By Richard H Dyer | Apache Junction Independent
Gold Canyon residents would need to petition the city of Apache Junction to start any annexation process, the city council was told at a special meeting Saturday, Feb. 11. The council met 10 a.m.-noon in part to discuss Mayor Jeff Serdy’s suggestion to approach residents in adjacent communities in unincorporated Pinal County to consider annexation or a merger with the city. Those areas include county islands, Gold Canyon, Superstition Foothills and the Superstition Mountain Museum area.
Funds the city receives from the state would be reduced if San Tan Valley were to become a city, Mayor Serdy said at the meeting. If the city of Apache Junction could increase its population from 39,000 people, it could receive more funding, he said.
