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Deadline possible as Ahwatukee Farms battle intensifies
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BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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he bitter battle over the future of the defunct Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course intensified last week as a top official for developer/owner True Life Companies said it might set a deadline for its campaign to win the support of enough homeowners for its “agrihood” plan. Expressing frustration over the pace of its effort to get approval from 51 percent of the community’s approximate 5,200 homeowners to change land-use regulations for the 101-acre course, True Life executive vice president Aidan Barry said, “We’re thinking of a deadline” in order to “create a sense of urgency” among residents. “We are not as far along as we want to be,” Barry said, adding, however, that the 1,700 approvals the company already has obtained
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Diolenda Sellers isn’t about to let age stand in the way of her physical regimen. At 91, the Ahwatukee woman turns heads when she struts into personal trainer Carlos Monge’s Body by Design Training Studio for her three-times-a-week workouts. You can read about her regimen on p. 19.
to change the course’s conditions, covenants and regulations surpasses the total votes cast in Ahwatukee Lakes during last year’s presidential primary. Barry made his remarks March 1 during a meeting with about eight homeowners. It
was held at the same time about 150 Lakes homeowners had gathered two miles away at a Save the Lakes town hall to hear a halfdozen professionals condemn True Life and See
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City to add center lane to two-lane Chandler Boulevard Extension AVAILABLE NOW! Spring Training Guide
BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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third lane has been added to the design of the two-lane Chandler Boulevard Extension, easing concerns about motorists’ safety along the impending roadway. But even as they hailed the city Streets Transportation Department’s concession, both Phoenix City Councilman Sal
DiCiccio and Village Planning Committee Chairman Chad Blostone conceded that the addition does not resolve all the concerns for the new road. The 1.2-mile stretch between 27th and 19th avenues will connect the two ends of four-lane Chandler Boulevard, and become a permanent part of Ahwatukee’s street grid. About 30 feet wide and bordered by South Mountain Park to the north and state trust land to the south, the east-west extension
originally was to be a two-lane highway with bike paths on either side. The city is hoping to complete the $11.5-million project next summer, and work is expected to begin soon. “The community got a big win,” said A road made for AC/DC? ................ p. 31
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