Citizen referendum on a rezoning
Government Tank gravel site
Asphalt Paving & Supply (AP&S) runs a rock quarry near Fain Park, and it’s running out of rock. The Fain family owns about 39 acres south of town, at a spot called Government Tank, where AP&S wants to dig sand and gravel instead. On January 8, 2026, the Town Council rezoned that land from residential to industrial. Residents then gathered enough signatures to send the decision to voters, which is called a referendum. The rezoning is tied to a development agreement, a contract between the Town, the Fain family and AP&S that covers how the site would operate and what happens to about 80 acres next to Fain Park.Ordinance 2026-974Agreement
What your vote does
Approves the rezoning, so Government Tank can become a sand and gravel operation. The ballot says this also results in about 80 acres of open space next to Fain Park.Ballot
Rejects the rezoning, so the land stays residential and there’s no Government Tank site. The ballot says rock harvesting could then happen on those 80 acres next to Fain Park instead.Ballot
The case for yes
Filed by Fain family members, the Prescott Valley Historical Society, local business owners and residents
Supporters say gravel will be mined somewhere either way, so this vote is about where. By their count, about a dozen homes sit within half a mile of Government Tank, which is tucked in a canyon, compared with hundreds near the backup site by Stoneridge Drive. Rock trucks would use a private haul road instead of Stoneridge Drive and Highway 69. Supporters say the development agreement limits work to daylight hours, caps blasting at four times a year, bans drilling for water and keeps the site from growing for 15 years. Fain Park would grow by about 80 acres, and a nearby gravel source keeps the cost of local roads and buildings down.Pamphlet pp.28-32
The case for no
Filed by the Concerns of the Community PAC, the Prescott Valley Citizens Alliance PAC and residents
Opponents say the vote only rezones roughly 40 acres of residential land into an industrial mine zone, and the 80 park acres aren’t part of the ordinance voters are approving. They say the development agreement can require the Town to pay certain taxes back to the Fains down the road, so the park land comes with a bill. They worry about dust, noise, blasting and trucks for nearby neighbors, along with harm to water and wildlife. They also argue it goes against the Town’s General Plan, the voter-approved long-range land use plan, which they say is meant to keep this kind of use away from homes. One opponent cites AP&S’s own September 2025 closure plan to argue the last rock by Fain Park could be finished in about 10 years, which would end mining in town.Pamphlet pp.33-35