By Mark Carlisle | Glendale Independent
Glendale deannexed a 6.4-acre property Tuesday it had annexed just a few months ago so that the property can instead be annexed by El Mirage to combine it with a 1,400-acre proposed industrial park in El Mirage called Copperwing Logistics Center, which is planned to be one of the largest business parks in the southwestern U.S.
While the end goal was always for El Mirage to annex the property, located near Dysart Road and Northern Parkway, Glendale needed to annex and deannex it first for El Mirage to be able to add it to its city. The property changing city jurisdictions has been forwarded to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for approval.
In 1978, Glendale annexed a 10-foot wide strip around county-controlled property near the city. The property inside the strip remained under county control but by strip annexing it, Glendale became the only city with the right to annex this county property in the future. Many Valley cities participated in strip annexation in the ‘70s to stake claim to land without having to take responsibility for it yet.
