Open Meeting - August 12, 2026 - Aug 12, 2026

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What opening prayers and pledges set the tone for the meeting?

Matt Durstein 0:02

All right, good morning, everyone. So we'll go ahead and call the August open meeting to order. If you could go ahead and please rise for an invocation from Commissioner Marquez-Peterson and a pledge from Commissioner Thompson.

Leah Marquez-Peterson 0:14

Great, thank you. Please bow your head if you would like. Thank you, Lord, for all that you have provided us. Please be with our families, Lord, and our state of Arizona. Be also, Lord, with those that have been impacted by the monsoon season and the storms. Thank you to our linemen, to our utility workers, And please give us guidance today, Lord, on the important decisions we'll be making and the actions we'll be taking. In your son's name, amen.

Matt Durstein 0:41

Please join me in our pledge.

Matt Durstein 1:00

All right, thank you. So the first item of business is, we actually have two consent agenda items today. So for the first one, the first consent has three items subject to ARS 4252. Those are agenda items one, three, four, and five. If, wait a minute. Is that right? No, I'm sorry, it's just three, four, and five. So if anybody has, if any party to those items has anything they need to say, now's the time. I do not see anybody. So with that, ask the fellow commissioners, are there any items on the agenda that need to be pulled? Yes.

Leah Marquez-Peterson 1:50

Chairman, I had a question on item number five, I guess for APS or the staff, if that would be allowed. Sure. Okay. Is, APS here in the room? I'm sure they are. They're in the back. Thank you. Just a question here related to this CEC. I believe the original CEC 15 years ago required that the current landowners be notified, and was that done, or should this item be pulled in order to provide you time to do so?

Tim Saba 2:20

Good morning.

Matt Durstein 2:21

Chairman Meyers, Vice Chair Walden, Commissioners, Commissioner Marquez-Peterson, you are correct that that CEC had a condition that required that in the event that APS seeks to extend the term of the CEC, in this case, for the Phase 2 portion of the project, that there is a requirement that APS notify parties to the case, anyone who appeared for public comment, as well as the landowners and residents within one mile of the project. So, APS undertook to provide direct notice by a mailing, a letter to the parties, public commenters, as well as public commenters RESIDENTS IN WHICH THEY HAD ADDRESSES. BUT AS TO OTHERS WITHIN THAT ONE MILE NOTIFICATION AREA, THEY PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE PAPER. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT POSSIBLY THAT THE PUBLICATION IS NOT SUFFICIENT OR THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DIRECT NOTICE TO THOSE LANDOWNERS AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT ONE MILE NOTIFICATION AREA.

Matt Durstein 3:32

AND WE ARE OPEN TO HAVING YOU PULL THIS ITEM TO ALLOW US TO obtain those addresses and provide that direct notice.

Leah Marquez-Peterson 3:39

Okay, and wanted to ask staff's opinion on that. Chair, Vice Chair, Commissioners, staff is

Belinda Martin 3:48

comfortable with that if you'd like to hold this until the next agenda.

Leah Marquez-Peterson 3:51

I guess with that, Chairman, I would like to pull this item to the next meeting and ask that APS conduct that in the meanwhile, please.

Matt Durstein 3:58

All right, we can do that. So we'll go ahead and pull item number five from this consent. And for the record, I'm not sure I stated my name, but it's Matt Durstein. Thank you.

Leah Marquez-Peterson 4:07

We all know you, yes.

Matt Durstein 4:10

Okay, any others? Everybody's good? Vice Chair Walden.

Patrick Ortiz 4:20

Yes,

Matt Durstein 4:21

I will move consent agenda number one for a vote. Oh, sorry. Can we just pull consent and move to poll five from a vote that does require a vote? Do not have our voting implements. Yeah, so let's go ahead and just do a roll call vote, Carolyn, for this removing number five from the consent.

Carolyn 4:51

Commissioner Lopez.

Unknown 4:54

Aye.

4:54

Aye.

Carolyn 4:56

Commissioner Thompson. Aye.

How are the consent agenda items presented, debated, and voted on?

Carolyn 4:59

Commissioner Marquez-Peterson. Aye. Vice Chair Walden.

Unknown 5:02

Aye.

Carolyn 5:03

And Chair

Matt Durstein 5:04

Myers. Aye. And with a vote of 5-0, item number 5 has been pulled to the next agenda. Now we can move item number 1, or agenda, consent agenda number 1 is amended. Thank you very much, Chairman. I move consent agenda number 1 for a vote. Okay, and we have our clickers, so...

Matt Durstein 5:32

Maybe they'll work. And Commissioner Lopez, your vote.

Unknown 5:38

Aye.

Matt Durstein 5:39

Okay, so with a vote of five ayes, zero nays, consent agenda number one passes.