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Contact: LaTricia Woods, Public Information Officer
Phone: 520/316-6816

City of Maricopa Researching Maricopa Meadows Issue.

Maricopa, Ariz. (May 6, 2010) – The City of Maricopa became aware of citizen concerns regarding potential problems with the soil conditions in the Maricopa Meadows subdivision in the latter part of March of this year. Since then, staff has been working to gather and review documents from the archives of the City and Pinal County that may provide further information regarding soil conditions in that subdivision. These documents have, so far, not yielded any conclusive information about the issue in question. To better understand the issue, the City recently engaged the services of a geotechnical engineering company to prepare an independent, scientific study of the soils in that area. The results of that study are expected in approximately 30 days.

We want the residents of Maricopa to know that the City is not only aware of this potential issue but is working diligently to gather information concerning this matter. If you are concerned about this problem on your property, we encourage you to do your own additional research as it pertains to your specific home and determine what potential remedies are available to you.

We will keep the citizens of Maricopa informed of the progress of our research, the research findings and any conclusions produced on the basis of those findings. In the meantime, if you have any questions or any additional information that you feel will be helpful to the City of Maricopa, please contact LaTricia Woods, Public Information Officer, at 520/316.6816 or latricia.woods@maricopa-az.gov. If you have a question of a technical nature, please submit it to http://ask.maricopa-az.gov and a member of staff will contact you.