Pointe Resorts, Inc. v. Culbertson

GORDON, Chief Justice.

On March 26, 1986, the Phoenix City Council adopted Ordinance No. S 16367, authorizing the city manager or his designee “to enter into an agreement and execute necessary documents to effect a trade of 29 acres of City-owned land located at the southeast edge of South Mountain Park ... for 34 acres of land owned by Gosnell Development Corporation [GDC] which adjoin South Mountain Park____” The ordinance required GDC to donate the 29 acres back to the City of Phoenix. The City then would execute a 35-year lease granting to GDC the right to use the land as a public golf…