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Pressure mounts on Council for discrimination ban

BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer

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handler’s Democratic legislators and the Chandler Chamber of Commerce are urging City Council to pass an ordinance prohibiting discrimination.

Sen. Sean Bowie and Reps. Jennifer Jermaine, Mitzi Epstein and Jennifer Pawlik wrote Mayor Kevin Hartke, asking him and Council to adopt an ordinance that would ensure equal access to employment and housing. Including for what Bowie called “our active and growing LGBTQ community.”

“We strongly believe that passing an anti-

discrimination ordinance that treats everyone with dignity and respect is representative of the values and the character of the city that we love and represent,” the letter said.

Noting that Chandler is now the largest Arizona municipality without such an ordinance and is home to many major employers, the letter stated: “We believe that implementing these protections in Chandler will not only protect our LGBTQ community but will also send a strong message to our business community that Chandler is a place that values equality, diversity, and equal rights for all and is a great place for its employees to live and work.”

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Both Scottsdale and Mesa in recent months have passed anti-discrimination ordinances, joining Tempe, Tucson and Phoenix. The state does not have such a law.

The lawmakers warned that the absence of a discrimination ban could discourage developers and businesses from coming to Chandler.

“We believe the failure of Chandler to consider and adopt such an ordinance will harm the city’s ability to compete and bring future investment and jobs to the city,” the legislators wrote.

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Saving lives

BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer

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ew mitigation measures released by the Chandler Unified School District show students won’t have to wear masks in the next school year and will be allowed to stand closer to each other.

After more than a year of social distancing and mask mandates, CUSD officials are planning to ease some of their pandemic-related restrictions and begin the process of returning to a sense of normalcy.

The district’s mitigation plan for next year includes more than 20 changes to Chandler’s current policies and include reduced restrictions on afterschool activities and off-campus field trips.

“We are optimistic and it is reflected in this plan for 2021-2022,” said Superintendent Camille Casteel, who will be retiring this summer.

Perhaps the biggest deviation in the district’s new plan is the removal of a mandate that had been requiring all 44,000 of Chandler’s students to wear face masks on campus.

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ne of the two vacant big-box stores at Chandler Fashion Center is getting a new tenant in 2023.

Scheel’s, a sporting-goods chain based in Fargo, N.D., plans to open a 220,000-square-foot store in the space formerly occupied by a Nordstrom department store.

Nordstrom’s, on the north end of the mall, closed in 2020, blaming the COVID pandemic for a lack of customers. It was the second anchor store to leave the 20-year-old mall; the first was Sears, an iconic retailer still dealing with fallout from its 2018 bankruptcy.

In Nordstrom’s place, Scheel’s will encompass 75 separate shops with merchandise for virtually every kind of team and individual sport.

A typical Scheel’s store is something of a tourist attraction and the one in Chandler will come with a 16,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, a “wildlife mountain,” arcade games and a restaurant.

Scheel’s operates 29 stores, with another opening this fall in Montana. The Chandler outlet is its first in Arizona.

“Scheel’s’ entrance into the Chandler market speaks volumes about the dynamic retail environment and vibrant quality of life in Chandler,” Mayor Kevin Hartke said in a press release. “Chan-

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dler Fashion Center continues … to cement itself as a premier shopping, culinary and entertainment destination.”

Scheel’s CEO Steve M. Scheel said the company studied the Phoenix market for several years before deciding to locate here.

Its closest Valley competitor in terms of scale and style is likely to be Bass Pro

Shops in Mesa’s Riverview shopping area. Bass, however, focuses on outdoor sports such as fishing, hunting and boating.

The arrival of Bass in Mesa about 15 years ago was accompanied by major controversy.

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The Memorial Day gathering will include a color guard, guest speakers and American Legion motorcycle riders.

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The event is in collaboration with the Gilbert Veterans Advisory Board, the town and American Legion Post 39. The event will include a flag and wreath ceremony, the battlefield cross, the POW/MIA table, performance by a local area band, and remarks from local dignitaries.

The guest speaker for the event is Ret. US Air Force Special Ops Master Sergeant and Combat Controller, Eric Ballester. Eric served 20 years at the Join Special Operations Command as a Special Warfare Operator. He has 10 counter terrorism deployments supporting Operations: Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Enduring Freedom in Iraq, Afghanistan, Horn of Africa, and Syria.

Ballester, a combat-disabled veteran, earned three Bronze Stars, the Army Commendation Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Combat Action medal.

This event is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chair for seating.

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or the second consecutive year, the Valley’s largest Memorial Day ceremony has been canceled.

Although the National Cemetery Administration lifted all restrictions for its 155 cemeteries, the announcement on May 21 came too late for them to organize any major ceremonies at any of them, including the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Cave Creek.

But Chandler residents wishing to honor the nation’s war dead and other service personnel who have passed away have some options tomorrow, May 31. There are none in Chandler.

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The district says it will support every student’s wish to continue wearing masks and will be encouraging administrators to prevent any mask-related bullying observed between students.

The mitigation measures are still subject to change as Arizona’s vaccination rates continue to change and new recommendations come down from state and federal agencies.

“There still is no playbook on how to manage a pandemic,” the superintendent added. “We’ve been operating under conflicting, changing messages and varying opinions.”

Students will now be expected to distance themselves from each other by at least three feet rather than six. The sharing of classroom materials will be permissible again, as long as hand-washing practices remain in place.

Elementary students will be allowed to return to pre-pandemic protocols and will be allowed to play on their school’s playground before the school day starts.

The district intends on deferring to the Arizona Interscholastic Association for any mitigation rules involving athletic activities.

Assistant Superintendent Craig Gilbert said the district’s plan attempts to

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ensure every student and employee will feel safe on campus.

“We believe this is the best course of action for moving forward,” Gilbert said.

While an unknown number of CUSD teachers have received the COVID-19 vaccine, the district will not be asking teachers or students to show proof of vaccination in order to return to school in the fall.

“We have had no goals established in regards to vaccination of students,” Gilbert said. “Just like any other vaccinations, it is going to be up to the parents to decide if that’s what they’re going to do.”

That policy, which almost certainly will prevail in other districts, contrasts sharply with many colleges and universities across the country. They are requiring staff and students to be vaccinated.

Arizona State University President Michael Crow said he “expects” students will be vaccinated when they return to campuses in August, but there has been no indication that the state universities will mandate it.

Chandler Unified has reported only about a dozen active COVID-19 cases throughout the district and administrators now rely on county officials to decide when a campus should close due to a sudden outbreak.

CUSD had been using its own data to determine when schools would have to close, but the district has yet to have enough active cases of COVID-19 to warrant a temporary shutdown.

Students who have been in the presence of an infected individual will continue to be quarantined for up to 10 days, but CUSD is contemplating whether it’s still effective to keep students home while the rest of society starts to open up again.

“This is one area that we know school districts are debating,” said Larry Rother, the district’s executive director of educational services.

Students who have been fully vaccinated won’t be required to quarantine after coming into contact with an infected person.

But Rother said school districts across the Valley have been discussing whether quarantine procedures should remain in place or if a better system should be implemented.

During the worst days of the pandemic, CUSD had quarantined up to 2,700 students. And yet only a handful of these students ended up testing positive for the coronavirus.

“It’s kind of hard to use that data to say if they’ve gotten (COVID-19) at school or not,” said Rother, adding it’s been difficult for CUSD to trace how a quarantined

student contracted the virus.

Furthermore, quarantined students could now potentially contract the virus at a restaurant, theater, or any other business that had been previously shuttered for most of the pandemic.

The data dashboard CUSD created during the pandemic, which shows how many COVID-19 cases have been reported at each campus, will continue to be updated on a weekly basis.

CUSD additionally plans to continue practicing the cleaning and hand-washing procedures it initiated during the pandemic.

Students who are not comfortable with returning to campus will be encouraged to enroll in the Chandler Online Academy, since CUSD does not plan to provide any other type of virtual learning next year.

Interim Superintendent Frank Narducci said the district’s plan will undoubtedly anger some parents who may feel the mitigation is too strict or too lenient.

But the district intends to be committed to the best practices that can protect students, he said, regardless of the divisions that still exist among families.

“Our community is divided in their ideology, as well as opinion, as to COVID-19 mitigation practices,” Narducci said.

Kyrene lightens up on mandatory mask policy

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

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yrene School District has made face coverings optional for kids who are on campus outside buildings and will allow limited public attendance at governing board meetings beginning with its next meeting on June 8.

But despite those changes, district officials said they will wait for further guidance from county and state health officials before deciding whether children will be required to wear masks inside school buildings in the coming school year.

At a governing board meeting last week, the administration released a survey showing that parents and staff at this time are more comfortable with requiring masks for all adults and children in school buildings.

The survey, which drew 4,595 parents

and 1,493 staffers, showed more than half of both categories of respondents were more comfortable with a mandatory mask policy and less comfortable with an optional approach for people inside buildings.

The reverse was true when they were asked about optional and mandatory masks outside.

Respondents also were overwhelmingly in favor of Kyrene’s current quarantine policy that requires students to stay at home if they are exposed to someone infected by COVID-19.

Christie McDougall, Kyrene’s director of curriculum and assessment, noted that while a mask policy for the coming school year has not been determined,

there will be a great return to normal for students.

Elementary students will no longer be restricted to staying with their own classmates and middle school students will have more electives to choose from.

“Students will also have more freedom of choice for activities at lunch,” McDougall said. “We will continue mitigation strategies such as hand-hygiene sanitizing and use of HEPA filters. We also anticipate that many events will be able to resume, although they may need to look a little different to maintain mitigation strategies, such as social distancing.”

The district’s change in the outdoor mask requirement came a week after an Ahwatukee mom posted in social media how her 9-year-old son Nicolas, a third grader at Kyrene de los Cerritos Lead-

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her son’s episode prompted personal calls from Cerritos Principal Amy Gingell and Kyrene Superintendent Laura Toenjes.

Despite the change, students and all staff and visitors will still be required to wear masks for the rest of Kyrene’s school year, which ends June 8.

The unusually late end of the 202021 year is the result of the district’s late start. Officials had delayed the first day of school until mid-August as COVID-19 cases were rising dramatically.

Helm earlier said that Kyrene’s mask and other COVID-19-related policies are “based on the most current guidance provided by the CDC and the Maricopa

County Department of Public Health” and that “Kyrene’s practices continue to evolve as that guidance is updated.”

McDougall said last week, “Updated guidance for schools from the Centers for Disease Control is anticipated in the coming weeks and that is why some mitigation strategies are still to be determined.

“For example, the termination for face coverings indoors will be made based upon updated CDC guidance and updated guidance from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Additionally, we will continue to notify families of exposure to positive cases of COVID-19.

But students may or may not need to be

quarantined.”

Governing Board President Kevin Walsh said that while people will be allowed to attend the board’s meetings, their number will be limited.

The board stopped in-person meetings when schools were shut down in March 2020 and for a while members held their meetings online.

Over the past few months, the board has met in person with only essential administrators allowed in the meeting room.

Walsh said additional rules and protocols for public attendance at board meetings would be released prior to the June 8 meeting.

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percent margin.

In contrast, Chandler spokeswoman Stephanie Romero said, the city offered no tax breaks to Scheel’s.

Edyie McCall, Chandler’s economic development manager, said the arrival of Scheel’s speaks to the overall strength of the city’s economy.

“Chandler has pro-actively attracted high wage jobs, which allows for dispos-

able income to be spent in our retail venues, making Chandler an attractive location for Scheels,” McCall said. “Scheels is a premier destination retailer, which will draw visitors to Chandler Fashion Center, strengthening the mall and surrounding retail environment.”

Chandler Fashion Center is owned by Macerich Co., whose president, Ed Coppola, said the store “will be a great ame-

nity for this family-friendly market.”

Scheel’s expects to employ about 400 people in Chandler.

The first Scheel’s store opened in 1902 in Sabin, Minn., financed by $300 that German immigrant Frederick A. Scheel had earned from harvesting three acres of potatoes. Eventually, sporting goods replaced hardware as the company’s primary line of business.

ership Academy, nearly fainted playing soccer during recess.

But district spokeswoman Erin Helm noted that Kyrene officials had advised parents they were reviewing the policy and that it was “unrelated to any single student, staff member or school.”

Koester was elated and grateful nonetheless.

“I’m grateful for the change and appreciate the leadership and quick response from the superintendent,” she told the Arizonan. “She’s been fantastic.”

Koester said her social media account of

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The Chandler Chamber of Commerce has expressed similar concerns about the economic harm Chandler could experience by failing to institute more protections for minorities and vulnerable populations.

In its own letter to Council, the Chamber board asked to pass new policies that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

“For the Chamber, which represents the interests of more than 170,000 people employed by businesses operating in Chandler, instituting an anti-discrimination statute is essential to the continued vitality and competitiveness of our city,” the letter stated.

The public pressure on Council for an anti-discrimination ordinance comes as many members have appeared reluctant to do much to combat discrimination.

During a special meeting in April, Council discussed the practicality of enforcing an anti-discrimination ordinance.

Some members balked at the idea of citations and fines for proven acts of discrimination as well as how complaints would be vetted.

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The April meeting ended with Council directing city staff to start drafting an anti-discrimination resolution rather than an ordinance.

Resolutions are considered watered down versions of ordinances that normally don’t institute any sort of accountability or penalties.

Some council members have said they’re wary about making the city responsible for deciding who’s guilty of discriminatory behavior.

The ordinances passed in other cities ban residents from discriminating others on the basis of sex, gender, race or ethnicity.

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ing ordinances that try to fill in the gaps where existing laws fall short.

The ordinances passed in nearby municipalities at times generated pushback from residents.

Residents in Mesa attempted to reverse the city’s non-discrimination ordinance earlier this year by petitioning for a referendum, but the group failed to get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.

A reconstituted council in Scottsdale up-ended previous councils’ refusal to adopt an anti-discrimination ban and there was no citizen efforts to oppose the move.

Councilman OD Harris, one of the few Chandler Council members who has publicly supported an ordinance, said he’s grateful to see other Chandler leaders start to signal their support for stron-

ger measures to prevent discrimination.

The letters the Chandler Chamber and local legislators are an important first step to bringing systemic change to Chandler, he said.

“This is the type of bold and ethicallysound leadership our country and our city are capable of when we work together to protect our citizens and I cannot praise and thank them enough,” Harris added.

On May 24, the council held a closeddoor meeting to discuss the legalities of instituting new non-discrimination policies.

Councilman Matt Orlando said he believes he and his colleagues will be holding more meetings in the future to discuss how Chandler will address discrimination.

Like Harris, Orlando has expressed interest in adopting ordinances similar to the those passed by Chandler’s neighbors.

“I think it’s important for Chandler to be there with the other cities – from a competitive edge,” Orlando said. “It’s the right thing to do.”

Some Chandler residents are hopeful more members will be swayed toward Harris’ and Orlando’s viewpoint.

Eduarda Schroder, a community leader and mother of a transgendered child, said it’s important for Chandler to pass a policy that can have some “backbone” to it.

A resolution probably feels like the safer option, she said, but an ordinance can bring greater peace of mind to some residents.

“As a parent of a trans child, I am pretty adamant about having protections codified,” Schroder said. “I want my child to be able to have an opportunity to thrive.”

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“The reason that we’re asking for this is because it is very, very important,” Schroder added. “It’s really about making sure that everyone feels safe and comfortable.”

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Chandler scaling back pandemic leniency “These temporary patios take away customers and overall business from those businesses that had invested in the very expensive permanent patios,” Kreipke explained.

Kreipke said he supports extending street-side dining for a couple months, but doesn’t believe the program is warranted now that restaurants can return to serving at their full capacity.

“Additional time beyond the short extension has mixed support at best and, frankly, creates unfair advantages to those businesses who have gained extra seating and business with minimal to no cost to their businesses,” Kreipke added.

Another regulation Chandler is planning to phase out soon has allowed local businesses to put up signs and advertisements indefinitely without applying for a permit.

Last March, City Council passed a resolution that eliminated some of the rules businesses must follow for posting out-

door signs.

The goal was to make it easier for business owners to promote new services during the pandemic, such as curbside pickup or home delivery.

The city plans to reinstate its old rules

by October and will attempt to educate businesses about the changes before enforcing the sign codes.

Chandler intends to continue allowing its city manager to greenlight applications for liquor license extensions, which was a change made at the start of the pandemic.

In an attempt to assist bars and restaurants, the city had streamlined its application process for businesses wanting to expand the areas where their staff serve alcohol.

The city plans to start charging fees again for extension requests, but will continue letting its city manager authorize applications in order to speed up the process.

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The city’s code enforcers had relaxed its rules on signage, liquor licenses and outdoor dining areas to help local bars and restaurants work around the pandemic’s restrictions like reduced occupancy and social distancing.

But city officials believe now is the time to begin enforcing some of those old rules and have businesses return to their pre-pandemic operations.

One of the city’s most popular accommodations has been allowing restaurants to turn parking lots into outdoor dining areas. Since the state had been limiting the number of diners that could be served indoors, many restaurants benefited from being able to use some additional space to serve customers.

Now that the state has begun to ease its pandemic-related protocols, Chandler is expected to discontinue this “street-side dining” by July, although it could potentially return the initiative as a seasonal program.

“Staff will be working to bring a proposal back to the City Council in the future for discussion regarding the use of an outdoor patio program in downtown on a seasonal basis,” said city spokesman Matthew Burdick.

Some restaurant owners in the downtown area had been hoping the city

would permanently extend its outdoor dining regulations.

Chris Purcell, chief operating officer of Pedal Haus Brewery, noted how up to 17 percent of the restaurant’s sales in any given week have come from guests sitting in street-side patios.

“We have found that ever since Governor Doug Ducey lifted the social distancing executive order, many of our guests still prefer to remain socially distant and dine outdoors,” Purcell wrote the city.

Gavin Jacobs, co-owner of Hidden House, has found the outdoor dining to be a valuable amenity for customers worried about staying safe while out in public.

“The outdoor street dining program has been absolutely pivotal in creating healthy and safe dining spaces for our community and a new opportunity for our business to sustain itself,” Jacobs said.

But the outdoor dining has not been favored by everyone, since some see the city’s lenient rules as being unfair to some businesses.

Desert Viking, a real estate firm that has refurbished many of Chandler’s downtown buildings, highlighted how restaurants positioned along Arizona Avenue cannot participate in street-side dining.

Niels Kreipke, owner of Desert Viking, said there are several restaurants around downtown that have already invested thousands of dollars in building permanent patio spaces and must now compete with nearby businesses utilizing the street-side patios.

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– and found a solution in a bill that another Chandler lawmaker, Rep. Jeff Weninger sponsored that updates various aspects of the state liquor laws.

Among the updates is a provision that allows bars and restaurants to take orders for and deliver cocktails, beer and wine.

Weninger’s bill was signed into law earlier this month.

While the Buitenhuys appreciated Mesnard’s help, they said their treatment by the state liquor department has left them too discouraged and bitter to think about resuming their business.

“We went for months, trying to get answers from them out of how to proceed legally – they provided no answers,” Bill said. “We were pretty much forced to shut down because of their inaction and we’re not in this environment even thinking about trying to start up again.”

The department has not responded to a call for comment or a public records

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espite a helping hand from their state senator, a Chandler couple whose cocktail flavoring business was flattened by the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control say they’re too discouraged to start again.

State Sen. J.D. Mesnard read about Bill and Lillian Buitenhuys’ plight in the SanTan Sun News, a sister publication of the Arizonan.

The story recounted how the Buitenhuys had built a cocktail flavoring business, called AZ Bitters Lab, from scratch after getting the go-head from state liquor officials seven years ago.

Then, last October, the department shocked them with a ruling that forced them to shut down a business that had more than 600 bars and restaurants in Arizona alone and that drew customers form across the country and even the other side of the world.

After reading about their woes, Mes-

Bill and Lillian Buitenhuys of Chandler built a successful business making and selling cocktail flavorings until the state Department of Liquor & Control crushed it. They appreciated Chandler Sen. J.D. Mesnard’s help in undoing the damage, but say they are too discouraged to restart their business. (File photo) nard said his first reaction was, “Well, that’s not right.”

With the Legislature already knee-

deep in voting on bills and trying to wrap up its 2021 session, Mesnard said he looked for a bill that he could amend

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Chandler cyclists may get protection on Frye Road

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handler is planning to use federal funds to redevelop a 2.5-mile section of Frye Road with additional lanes reserved for cyclists.

A $3.7-million grant could be spent on protective barriers that would physically shield cyclists from nearby motorists and pedestrians.

Preliminary designs show the special bike lanes would start near the Frye Road and Paseo Trail intersection, then proceed west before ending near San Marcos Elementary.

Ryan Peters, the city’s government relations manager, said the road redevelopment could be a major addition to Chandler’s central region and offer a safer route for the cyclists.

“This is one of those projects that could really enhance the downtown area,” Peters said.

Compared to conventional bike lanes, a protected barrier can better reduce conflicts between motorists and cyclists and provide

This rendering shows how the protective barriers along a section of Frye Road would be situated. (City of Chandler) more space for all roadway users, he said.

Cyclists would have a 6-foot-wide lane that would be buffered by a 3-foot median designed to hold desert landscaping.

Some sections of Frye Road would

have a slimmer bike lane due to onstreet parking located outside Frye Elementary and Willis Junior High.

Because the proposed bike lanes would be in close proximity to four Chandler Uni-

fied School District campuses, the city expects the new infrastructure to be popular among students looking for an alternative mode of transportation.

According to a survey by the city earlier this year, many parents indicated they would allow their children to bike to school if Frye Road had the barriers.

That same survey found that 64 percent of respondents ride their bike around Chandler at least once per week and some felt the city had a perceived lack of safety for cyclists.

“The majority of respondents were very supportive of the project and thought this is a great idea for many parts of the city,” said Jason Crampton, the city’s transportation planner.

Crampton said the Frye Road project would complement Chandler’s ongoing push to build more infrastructure that supports active transportation.

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to strengthen Chandler’s network of cycling pathways and arterials.

Residents have been wanting a new type of infrastructure that offers a greater amount of safety and accessibility, Crampton said, and the Frye Road improvements could be the first of many projects that revitalize Chandler’s path network.

Valley cities like Chandler have been attempting to prioritize safety for pedestrians and cyclists as the state’s rate for deadly car accidents has continued to remain high year after year.

More than 1,200 cyclists were injured in car accidents across Arizona in 2019, according to the state Department of Transportation, and 30 of them died as a result of their injuries.

Frye Road’s proposed protected bike lanes are being strategically positioned on a road that can connect residents with several high-traffic destinations.

The project could serve as an accessory to a piece of land located east of Frye Road that’s scheduled to be developed into a new city park in the near future.

Acting City Manager Joshua Wright said this park might include a section of its parking lot that could be designated as a “bike hub” and serve as a gateway to Paseo Trail and Frye Road’s new bike lanes.

“There’s a nice kind of functionality that occurs at that eastern end,” Wright noted.

A survey by the city last year found only 3 percent of Chandler residents rely on bicycles as their primary mode of transportation. But residents expect that rate to gradually increase over the next 20 years, as more commuters look for alternatives to their personal vehicle.

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“We had a business we built for eight years and then the government just decided, ‘Hey, we’re shutting you down for no good reason,’” Bill added. “We don’t want to go through that again. It took too much energy out of us.”

Added Lillian, “This has been frustrating, disheartening. “This was a labor of love and it took that piece out of it.

“Bill and I both have day jobs and so thankfully, this is not something that we are dependent upon for living wages,” she continued. “But we know a lot of small businesses and if they’re told, ‘Sor-

Before the pandemic, ridership in Chandler’s bus routes had been steadily rising annually and the city had begun to form new partnerships with tech companies to help transport residents lacking access to a car.

A recent contract with the ride-share company Lyft has resulted in 1,600 discounted trips for residents living in south Chandler.

Since the future of transportation will likely depend less on conventional automobiles, Chandler has spent the last few years imagining how the city should prepare for a transit system that can accommodate a wider variety of transportation options.

Studies recently done by the city recommend making more bike-friendly improvements to the region of Arizona Avenue and Pecos Road that can connect residents to high-traffic areas and the Frye Road improvements could potentially be the first step to creating a safer pathway to one of the city’s most congested areas.

The city’s elected leaders appear to be supportive of the Frye Road project and expect the city’s residents to demand for protected lanes to be built around more Chandler schools.

Councilwoman Christine Ellis appreciates how the bike lanes could feasibly allow for many young students to avoid having to walk to school during the city’s hotter months.

“What I like the most is the parents feeling comfortable enough to start sending their fifth graders with bikes to school,” Ellis said.

If approved by the city council, construction on Frye Road could begin sometime in 2022. All three phases of construction would be funded with federal dollars, plus a 5-percent matching cost the city would be responsible for.

ry, we’re changing the rules on you but we’re not going to tell you what those rules are,’ what resources do they have for a livelihood?”

“We were very blessed,” Lillian said.

“We had people reaching out to us, offering us support and help and at that time, it was just really hard to manage it. But, you know, if you’re a small business and this is what you’re dependent upon, would someone have resources to hire a lawyer or be able to cover operating expenses while they’re trying to get information?”

“We’re okay,” she added. “But there are a lot of small businesses that if this happened to them, it’s not right.”

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LD17 delegation laments rental bill defeat

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

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en. J.D. Mesnard suggested the Arizona League of Cities and Towns shares as much blame for the defeat of a short-term rental regulatory bill as those who oppose any regulation of such homes at all.

Mesnard, joined by his Legislative District 17 delegation colleagues Reps. Jeff Weninger and Jennifer Pawlik, spoke about that defeat and other legislative issues in a virtual roundtable May 14 hosted by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce.

Pawlik and Weninger both supported Mesnard’s SB 1379, which tried to prevent those rentals from turning into rowdy party houses by allowing local governments to set occupancy limits and insurance requirements on the owners who lease out their homes through websites like Airbnb and VRBO. Pawlik said she felt the House defeat-

ed it because too many legislators saw it as “an industry bill” while Weninger put the blame for its defeat on the League of Cities.

Scottsdale Rep. John Kavanagh had pushed a competing bill in the House that went much further, restoring much of the authority to cities and towns that previous legislatures and Gov. Doug Ducey stripped away in recent years.

The Arizona League of Cities and Towns, which represents the interests of most East Valley communities, said Mesnard’s bill did not go far enough to resolve the issues brought up by local governments.

On the other hand, short-term rental owners and some House members opposed any regulation, contending that people had a right to use their own property in any way they see fit.

At the time the bills were being considered, Nick Ponder, the League’s legislative director, said Mesnard’s measure failed to make enough substantive

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The League was not advocating for outlawing short-term rentals, he added, but cities and towns want more autonomy over how to control these properties.

During the Chamber roundtable, Mesnard criticized that kind of thinking.

“I think of all the bills I’ve ever run, that probably failed the worst of any,” said Mesnard.

His measure passed by a 27-3 vote but got clobbered in the House, 43-17.

“I want to clarify that there were as many folks – or nearly as many folks – who voted against it because they don’t support any regulation on short-term rentals,” Mesnard said. “I think there was a belief that all folks universally voted no because they wanted to do more regulation, but that’s not the case.”

“The cities want full regulatory zoning authority,” he continued. “They want to say, what can be where, and how many and all of that – which I think is a bridge too far. And they did oppose the bill be-

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cause they want that authority. My frustration with that is that I think the bill would have done some serious good. I think it would have addressed the most important of the issues,” Mesnard continued.

“Would it have addressed every issue?

No, but you don’t sacrifice the 90 percent for the 10 percent unless it’s some sort of power issue. And so that was very frustrating. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future but that was a disappointment.”

Pawlik said she and Weninger had pushed Mesnard’s bill in the House but to no avail.

“When it came over to the House, both Representative Weninger and I were advocating for the bill because we know how much it means to our community to have some regulation with short-term rentals,” she said, stating “the bill failed miserably.”

She added, “That’s a bill that seems to be dead,” though she added it “could always come back before the session ends.”

Weninger said he gave “an impassioned speech” to his colleagues for Mesnard’s bill and that the outcome “was really disappointing.”

“It essentially was the League of Cities on one side, who was influence,” he said. “Now, like JD said, a lot of people just don’t want any regulation, but on the other side, it was the influence of the League of Cities saying, ‘it’s not good enough.’”

Weninger said Mesnard’s bill would have addressed the short-term rentals that become party houses and neighborhood nuisances.

“This bill fixed the party house and you could have literally taken someone’s license away,” he said.

He also took a shot at the League and both Chandler and Gilbert.

“When I get an email complaining about these party houses,” Weninger said, “I’m going to put it back on the cities because the cities collectively are the ones who did this. Now this is Chandler, Gilbert – they pay in dues to the League of Cities, a lot of taxpayer money and then they’re making decisions based on those cities’ influence.”

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Ottawa gave him a passion for learning In 2017, Daniels experienced what he says was “one of the proudest moments of my life:” He walked the commencement stage after completing his bachelor’s degree.

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loyd Daniels lost his job unexpectedly in 2013, when his employer closed its Phoenix of�ice. He was 39, had worked his way up to management level with only a high-school education and was now at a crossroads.

He realized that education needed to be his priority, so he decided to pursue an associate’s degree in business administration and enrolled in Everest College.

Nearly two years later, with only two courses left to complete his degree, Everest �iled for bankruptcy in 2015 and closed all its campuses nationwide.

“Needless to say, I was devastated and discouraged – I just felt hopeless,” Daniels said “This is when I was introduced to Ottawa University’s Arizona campuses. I remember meeting with an Ottawa admissions representative, who encouraged me by saying: ‘It’s not over. Let me help you complete your degree.’

“I was defeated at the time, thinking maybe I wasn’t meant for school, so that’s exactly what I needed to hear.”

Daniels took the information shared with him about Ottawa’s �lexible, online adult education offerings, which included an opportunity to �inish his two outstanding associate’s degree courses and a transfer opportunity to get his bachelor’s degree from Ottawa.

Though he thought of taking a break, he received a call from the admissions department at Ottawa University-Arizona asking if he was ready to �inish his education.

“Even though I wasn’t yet convinced about my plan of action, something made me say, ‘Yes, let’s do it.’ By the summer of

Ottawa instilled that passion in me, and really changed my life.”

Daniels is the �irst and only member of his immediate family of eight to have completed any type of degree. He said he will be forever grateful that “Ottawa

I won’t say this time that I’m done because, “ obviously, I have developed a passion for continuing my education. Ottawa instilled that passion in me, and really changed my life.

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Floyd Daniels 2015, I was enrolled and taking my �irst class at OUAZ’s Phoenix campus.”

Now 41, Daniels was on his way to earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He was also working again full-time, putting in a minimum 55 hours per week.

“There were many times I wanted to quit,” Daniels said. “I �igured I made good money, so why did I need to continue? I came to the realization that this was not about the money. It was something I needed to do for myself. Not having a degree and working around many that did make me feel inadequate. This frame of mind really motivated me to push forward.”

let me get through this,’ and with his grace I did,” Daniels said.

There was something inspiring about the accomplishment and his experience at Ottawa: he wanted more.

“I never would have thought I’d consider pursuing another degree after what it took to get my bachelor’s,” Daniels said. “But that’s exactly what I did. In 2018, at the age of 44, I decided to take the leap once more and get my master’s in leadership from Ottawa.”

Daniels completed his masters in 2019.

He could have just move on to the next chapter in his life.

But he wasn’t quite �inished yet.

“The strangest thing happened, I enrolled yet again!” Daniels said. “This time, I am pursuing a second master’s in human resources. I’m currently in my last two classes which I will complete at the end of April 2021 at the age of 46.

“I won’t say this time that I’m done because, obviously, I have developed a passion for continuing my education.

took a chance on me and allowed me to live up to my potential.”

“It has truly been an honor, and I sing Ottawa’s praises every opportunity I get,” Daniels said.

Founded in 1865, Ottawa University has grown from a single building in Ottawa, Kansas, into a comprehensive educational institution serving more than 5,000 students through its residential and adult campuses in Kansas and Arizona, an adult campus in Wisconsin and online.

Ottawa-University-Arizona (OUAZ) in Surprise opened in August 2017 and has grown to more than 800 students.

With its adult campus in Phoenix, Ottawa University has had a footprint in Metro Phoenix since 1977 with more than 8,000 alumni. Nationwide, the university has more than 22,000 graduates.

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No end in sight as home prices skyrocket

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omeowners in Phoenix and throughout the Valley are seeing the value of their homes skyrocket – and right now there’s no ceiling in sight.

The Cromford Report – which tracks the Valley housing market daily – expressed so much amazement over the fact that home values increased 35 percent in the last year that it suggested a game of sorts.

“Last year on Sept. 5 we made the comment that as far as home price appreciation goes, you ain’t see nuthin’ yet,” the report said. “Now we are really seeing something as we head over 35 percent and beyond. Anyone care to forecast the highest percentage we will see?”

For those who are looking for a house, Cromford’s latest data offered slim hopes for any significant change in the trends that have dominated the Valley

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market – and most others in the country – for more than a year.

That means more of the same: low inventory of re-sale homes, rising prices and strong demand.

The slim hope is found in Cromford’s market index, which takes a variety of data and assigns a number to each of 17 cities that indicates whether the market in each municipality is tilting favorably to sellers or buyers.

The good news about its latest index: that number has fallen by more than 10 percent in some Valley cities. Cromford’s market index slipped 9 percent in Chandler.

“We see declines of 10 percent or more in Avondale, Cave Creek, Phoenix, Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Peoria and Maricopa over the last month. The average change for the 17 cities is -6.6 percent, a somewhat greater decline than last week’s -5.8 percent,” it said.

The bad news: The index number for all those cities ranges between 325 and 794, indicating the market still favors

buyers by a country mile.

In Chandler, for example, Cromford’s market index stands at 533.3 – far above the 100 mark that indicates a balanced market between sellers and buyers.

Cromford said the downward trend in its market index “is caused mainly by an increase in supply.”

“The decline in demand that we reported for the last seven weeks is petering out in most areas and some are seeing a slight rebound,” it said. “When supply is extremely low, as is the case in 2021, a small increase in active listings is a large change in percentage terms and can make a big difference to the Cromford Market index.”

To further dash buyers’ hopes, it added, “The overall CMI stands at 467, which is the same level we measured in mid-January. The difference is that in January it was on a rising trend, while in May it is falling.”

Prices also continue to soar.

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Court ruling may doom eviction ban

BY CHRIS ZARDA Guest Writer

T

he federal government has passed and extended various pieces of legislation and deferred to federal agency rulemaking authority to stifle landlords’ ability to evict tenants who are delinquent on their rent payments.

On March 13, 2020, then-President Trump signed the CARES Act into law which included a 120-day eviction moratorium with respect to rental properties that participated in federal assistance programs.

On Aug. 8, 2020, he issued an executive order directing HHS and the CDC to consider whether measures temporarily halting residential evictions of tenants for failure to pay rent were reasonably necessary to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

The CDC on Sept. 4, issued the infamous “Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19,” creating a moratorium on essentially all residential evictions due to lack of rent payment which was to sunset Dec. 31.

The CDC order was extended through Jan. 31, 2021, then through March 31 and finally through June 30.

Now, U.S. District Courts are issuing orders challenging the propriety of the CDC order across all 50 states.

The U.S. Judiciary comprises 667 individual federal district court judges who in the 1960’s began issuing rulings on pieces of federal legislation, usually in the form of a “universal” or “nationwide”

injunction that oftentimes found a federal statute, administrative rule or executive order to be impermissible and unenforceable, not just with respect to the parties appearing before the given court, but unenforceable across the country.

Parties disagreeing with such a ruling could appeal first to the appropriate federal appellate court and then, if still unsatisfied, seek review by the Supreme Court.

Challengers to the CDC order are no exception, as recent decisions by federal courts in Tennessee, Ohio and Texas have each found it exceeded the statutory authority of the Public Health Service Act. Yet, none purported to be an outright invalidation of the CDC order.

That changed on May 5, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which vacated the entirety of the CDC

order, effective nationwide, holding: The question for the Court is a narrow one: Does the Public Health Service Act grant the CDC the legal authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium?

It does not. Because the plain language of the Public Health Service Act… unambiguously forecloses the nationwide eviction moratorium, the Court must set aside the CDC Order, consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act.” The CDC immediately filed an emergency motion to stay to permit the CDC to appeal the ruling to the appellate court.

The district court judge entered a narrow, limited stay order, holding: “This Minute Order should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of the defendants’ motion. …

Where a court concludes that an agency

has exceeded its statutory authority, as this Court has done here, vacatur of the rule is the proper remedy in this Circuit.

Based on this clear authority, courts in this Circuit do not restrict vacatur only to those plaintiffs before the Court.”

Stated otherwise, the court has ruled that the CDC order far exceeded the narrow authority properly exercised by the CDC such that it is vacated entirely, with the only catch being the court has temporarily paused its ruling to allow the CDC to argue its motion asking the court to stay the order while the CDC prosecutes its appeal.

If stay is denied, the official rule across the land will be that the CDC order no longer prohibits residential landlords from evicting tenants in arrears, although there still may be enacted state laws providing tenants additional protections from eviction.

Such a ruling is entirely consistent with federal district court jurisprudence.

While various Justices have challenged a district court’s authority to universally strike down a federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to find federal district courts lack such power.

Accordingly, should the D.C. Circuit Court refuse to stay its order pending the CDC’s appeal, the CDC order will be deemed stricken in its entirety and, absent pertinent state law, residential evictions may be resumed.

Chris Zarda is an attorney with MacQueen & Gottlieb PLC, one of the state’s top real estate law �irms. If you have a question about the CDC eviction order, contact him at 602-533-2840 or info@ mandglawgroup.com.

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For the first time in history, Cromford said, the average price of a home in Phoenix is $500,000 – 30 percent above the $390,000 average posted a year ago.

Average price per square foot also has risen dramatically in all Valley municipalities.

For example, in Chandler, the average square foot price of a home is $206.13, according to Cromford. That’s 14.6 percent increase over the $180.03 squarefoot price in Chandler in May 2020.

Paradise Valley has the highest square foot price at $490.07 – 11.8 percent above the May 2020 price of $438 .38, Cromford reported. The six municipalities with the lowest square foot prices are all in Pinal County, it added, with Coolidge at the bottom with $116.06 – up by 18.1 percent over the May 2020 average of $98.21.

Adding to buyers’ frustration may be another bit of data Cromford reported: Closings are coming in at an average 2 to 3 percent above list price.

“April saw many closings at record high percentages of list price,” it said,

This chart shows the trajectory of home values so far this year. (Cromford Report) noting that those closing prices are also well above the previous peak in 2005, when closings were coming in at about 98 percent of list price.

Cromford also reported that its analysis of April home sales data for Maricopa County showed closings were 48 per-

cent higher than April 2020. The 11,984 closings included 10,468 re-sales and 1,516 new-builds.

The overall median sales price was $376,000, with $395,452 for new builds and $375,000 for re-sales.

Cromford said, “The overall median

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was up 19.4 percent from a year ago with new builds up only 8.9 percent and re-sales up 24.6 percent.”

“We note that re-sale prices are still accelerating much faster than new-build prices,” it said. “Despite some evidence of buyer fatigue, there are so few active listings that every re-sale is effectively an emotion-packed auction process resulting in a majority of sales closing for more than the asking price.

“New homes usually do not sell for more than the list price. They sell at the list price and builders get to charge premiums for nicer lots and optional extras.

Despite these opportunities, the homebuilders still seem unable to raise their prices fast enough to match the upward speed of the re-sale market.”

It also said that new-home buyers who can get a fixed price in their contract probably will have a home worth more than that by the time it’s built.

“Although they are leaving money on the table, homebuilders’ profitability has rarely been higher than it is today.

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Chandler students try saving peers from suicide

BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer

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n the aftermath of two Chandler teenagers dying as a result of mental health struggles, local high school students are ramping up their efforts to reach out to classmates in distress before it’s too late.

Chandler Unified may be wrapping up the 2020-2021 school year, but some students are focused on ensuring their peers have the resources they need for help during the summer break.

Their efforts have taken on a greater urgency this month after a Perry High School sophomore took his life and a Hamilton High senior died of a drug overdose. In Scottsdale, a Chaparral High freshman girl took her life as well.

A group of Perry High School students recently assembled at Uptown Cheapskate on Chandler Boulevard with a box of business cards.

The teenagers spent a couple of hours strolling around the clothing store, placing hundreds of the cards inside jackets, purses, and pockets – hoping they’d be discovered someday by someone who needs them.

The cards list phone numbers of free hotlines available to teenagers experiencing suicidal ideation, depression or anxiety.

The Perry students are hoping the cards will come in handy for someone in Chandler who needs help and doesn’t know where to go.

The teenagers are members of Pumas for Pumas, a school club that advocates for mental health awareness on campus.

Samuel Cristerna, the club’s president, said hiding hotline numbers around the community has been a new outreach strategy.

“People just need to know that they always have someone to talk to at the end of the day,” Cristerna said. “It’s okay to not be okay.”

The Pumas for Pumas initiative includes, from left, Chandler Unified counseling services director Brenda Vargas, Perry student Sidney Stockham and Perry High counselor Holli Cagle. (Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer) Cristerna, who will be starting his senior year this fall, said he joined Pumas for Pumas as a freshman when the club started out as an initiative to guarantee that no student on campus sat alone during lunch period.

The club has since evolved to be more focused on educating students about mental health issues and guiding them toward professionals who can treat their needs.

The club’s goal is to encourage students to take care of one another, Cristerna said, and help each other feel less alone.

Members of Generation Z, which consists of individuals born after 1995, are believed to be plagued by depression and anxiety at much higher rates than previous generations.

According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, at least 70 percent of

today’s teens have noticed their peers suffering from depression and 61 percent reported feeling intense pressure to achieve academic success.

Cristerna said he thinks members of his generation feel pressured to compare themselves constantly to others and are harder on themselves when they experience failure.

The high school student said he’s struggled with anxiety in the past and has watched his brother experience fainting spells due to chronic stress.

Those personal encounters motivated Cristerna to join Pumas for Pumas and to help one classmate from experiencing the same struggles as his brother.

“I’m doing this for him and just for people who struggle with mental health and need that support,” Cristerna said.

In the last couple of years, each CUSD high school has established some sort of

mental health club that can serve as a local resource for its students.

Brenda Vargas, the district’s director of counseling services, said all of the schools are planning to conduct outreach campaigns, dispersing informational cards with resources for struggling teens.

The goal is to have each school go out to different regions of the Chandler community, Vargas said, and hide the info cards in places where they can easily be discovered.

“You never know who’s going to end up with this information and who’s going to need it,” she added.

Vargas’ department has spent the last year having to completely reevaluate how it reaches out to students, since many were learning virtually from home

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for much of the school year.

During the early months of the pandemic, Vargas and her staff spent much of their time trying to track student engagement and ensuring nobody fell off the grid.

If a student stopped logging online, Vargas said the district would often have to dispatch somebody to their home or ask law enforcement to conduct a welfare check.

The ongoing instability and isolation caused by the pandemic has notably had negative impacts on teenagers all across the country and many didn’t know how to cope with suddenly being disconnected from their peers.

National studies show rates of depression and self-harm quickly started to rise shortly after the pandemic began last March.

Just in the last month, CUSD has lost two students who had been struggling with mental health problems during the pandemic.

Zyon Anderson, 16, of Perry High died by suicide on May 2 after having survived multiple suicide attempts in the past year. A week after Zyon’s death, a Hamilton High School senior, Alex Taylor, died of a possible drug overdose.

Alex’s mother, Lindsay Taylor, is Perry High’s social worker and had been helping the school’s students mourn Zyon’s passing.

A couple days before her own son’s death on May 9, Taylor penned a letter to Perry’s families detailing her sorrow over Zyon’s death and personal frustrations with how mental illness is clinically treated in Arizona.

“I continue to be determined to be part of the solution and advocate for a better, more affordable, easier to access system

producing a series of web videos to educate teens on a variety of mental health topics.

Holli Cagle, one of Perry High’s guidance counselors, said she’s hopeful that the school’s new outreach efforts will reach the students in greatest need of support.

In the 25 years Cagle has worked in education, she’s noticed a significant shift in the types of problems students need help with.

The influence of social media has completely changed the way students see themselves and each other, Cagle said, explaining teenagers often don’t know how to avoid a constant stream of negative images and messages.

“When they start to feel uncomfortable or start to feel alone,” Cagle added, “they don’t know how to process those feelMadison Rose, 15, was another Puma for Pumas who left suicide-prevention cards inside shoes and ings.” clothing at local stores. (Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer) Cagle mentors Pumas for Pumas and thinks the club is helpthat allows for a variety of therapeutic It’s important to be open and honest ing to identify the struggling services that fit the needs of each indi- about mental health, she said, and more students who may get overlooked by vidual and family,” Taylor wrote. teenagers today are starting to under- teachers or counselors.

“The current options are limited, not stand the value of sharing their feelings The club’s members are trained in how to the highest quality, unaffordable, and and trauma. approach a classmate they think is having not user-friendly.”

Stockham said she’s lost family mem- problems, Cagle explained, and ask them Sidney Stockham, a Perry High junior, bers to mental illness and has personally the right questions that could direct them said the recent deaths of two teenagers struggled with a panic disorder in the past. to someone who can professionally help. in the community has been an impactful, Now that she’s overcome her strugThe club is planning to do some exeye-opening experience for many of the gles, Stockham said she’s determined to citing activities in the next school year, students at her school. help anyone else who may have walked Cagle said. She thinks they will boost the “It’s definitely a time when we should in her shoes. club’s influence and hopefully prevent be reaching out and that we should be “It’s stressful being a teen,” she added. any student from feeling lost or adrift. learning from it,” Stockham said.

“Mental health is definitely an issue in “I love being able to do a club like this Stockham is another member of Pumas kids today.” and be able to put ourselves in front of for Pumas and has helped the club grow Perry High is in the midst of collabo- the students so they know how to access its presence on campus this past year. rating with Arizona State University on the counselors,” Cagle added.

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Chandler urologist excited about her own practice ARIZONAN NEWS STAFF

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s the stepdaughter of a German immigrant who struck out for America and worked hard to become a businessman, Dr. Lauren N. Byrne knows all about the challenges and hard work involved in setting out on your own.

And Byrne thinks about him as she prepares to launch her own urology practice in Chandler, called Desert Sky Urology.

Her stepfather “gives me great inspiration as I embark on my current venture,” said Byrne, whose mother was a teacher.

Byrne and her husband, parents of three children under 10, moved to Chandler nine years ago and she immediately began practicing after her residency.

“I have been part of two large urology

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groups,” she said. “I am now ready to run the practice in the way I have always imagined.”

Born in Louisiana and raised in Colorado, Byrne graduated in 2001 from Cornell College in Iowa, where she majored in English as well as biochemistry and molecular biology.

In 2006 she earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where she did a year-long surgery internship before heading to Case Western Reserve University Hospitals for a urology residency that spanned 2007-12.

“I knew when I decided to go to medical school that I wanted to be a surgeon,” Byrne said. “I had no idea there were so many amazing surgical subspecialty options at that time."

She gravitated to urology because she considers it “a great surgical field in which there are many large hospital surgical procedures and smaller in-office procedures and they can all have a drastic effect on patient quality of life.

“I love that I see patients from age 15 to 105,” Byrne said. “I love that I have patients that I see once and take care of their issue efficiently, I also have patients that need ongoing follow up that I have known since my first days in practice.”

She has been so popular with patients that some “have sent me all of their family members, each of whom I see for very differing issues – which is extremely rewarding to have that level of trust.”

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Billiards-bowling venue opening in Chandler

BY ASHLYN ROBINETTE Staff Writer

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eady to socialize again?

Chandler’s entertainment scene is growing as a new billiards and bowling joint with a “be social” motto plans to open soon near Chandler Fashion Center.

810 Billiards & Bowling, a South Carolina-based entertainment concept, is opening its first two Arizona locations in Phoenix and Chandler within the next few weeks.

Husband and wife Ronak and Poonam Manek are the franchise owners of the Chandler location at 3455 W. Frye Road.

“We feel as though people are ready to get out and start having a social life again,” Poonam said. “Meeting with friends and getting out with the family or doing whatever is up their alley, pun intended.”

Mike Siniscalchi founded 810 Billiards & Bowling in North Myrtle Beach, South

810 Billiards & Bowling General Manager Michael Cleveland shows off one of the venue's balls while co-owner Poonam Manek stands amid the arcade games she and husband Ronak Manek have included in their entertainment lineup.

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Carolina, in 2015. Now, Siniscalchi is expanding the franchise beyond its three existing locations in South Carolina to the Arizona market.

“We’re excited to be a part of post-COVID as Phoenix returns to life,” Siniscalchi said.

810 Billiards & Bowling is family-

friendly entertainment “with an upscale twist,” Poonam said.

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Byrne comes from a large family of educators and is the first physician in her family.

And opening her practice in Chandler was only logical, she said.

“We love living in Chandler and have no plans to leave,” Byrne said. “Chandler has a great patient population with a significant ongoing need for urologic care. I enjoy operating at our local hospitals and am credentialed at Chandler

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The Chandler location has 12 bowling lanes – eight regular and four reserved for private parties – as well as an arcade, shuffleboard, table games, cornhole, darts and five billiards tables.

The entertainment center stands out because it offers a full-service restaurant and bar with the option to bowl, Poonam said. It is not a bowling alley with the option to eat.

810’s restaurant specializes in American comfort food, Poonam said. All pizza is made from scratch, and the menu has options like burgers, fries, salads, wings and specialty cocktails.

“We want to give you that elevated feeling without elevating prices,” Poonam said.

Because their motto is “be social,” 810 Billiards & Bowling will emphasize social aspects and service.

“Every single person who walks out of here needs to walk out with a smile on their face,” Poonam said.

Originally, the Maneks had no interest in 810 Billiards & Bowling.

Before moving to Arizona, Ronak and Poonam lived in Chicago, where Poonam was a nurse and Ronak was a pharmacist. They previously owned pharmacies in Chicago and ran them for years until an opportunity came to sell them. Since they had always wanted to move to Arizona, they took the opportunity.

After selling their businesses, Ronak and Poonam took time to catch up on life and spent time with their two children.

“After about a year, we kind of got a little stir crazy and knew we needed to do something,” Poonam said.

“We are both entrepreneurial and have that spirit of wanting to get out and

Regional Hospital, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and the new Banner Ocotillo Medical Center.”

“I have felt extremely supported by the community and my colleagues in the local area,” Byrne said.

Where to find her

Dr. Lauren N. Byrne 1076 W. Chandler Blvd., Ste. 108, Chandler 480-933-5557, desertskyurology.com try new things. That’s when we started to look at things outside of healthcare and explore different franchises.”

The Maneks were actually going to run a preschool franchise, Poonam said.

However, on the day they were going to sign off on it, Ronak spoke with Siniscalchi about 810 Billiards and Bowling and told Poonam to call him.

At first, Poonam was hesitant about 810 as she already envisioned herself in the preschool scenario. But after her conversation with Siniscalchi, the rest was history.

“The way Mike explained everything changed my perspective,” Poonam said.

“We are his first franchises, his first venture outside of his corporate locations, so the amount of attention and handholding we would get from Mike in the process of working in the entertainment industry was reassuring.”

The Maneks started their process over a year and a half ago and were faced with derailed construction and other setbacks due to COVID-19 restrictions, scheduling and availability. They say that things are taking a turn for the better now.

“There is value in getting social life back up and running, but doing it safely,” Poonam said.

810 Billiards & Bowling will take every safety precaution necessary and follow COVID-19 guidelines, which includes having extensive sanitization and mask requirements.

The opening date and official operating hours for 810 Billiards & Bowling are not yet finalized. It is predicted that they will open in a few weeks and that their doors will open at 2 p.m. on weekdays and at 11 a.m. to midnight on weekends.

To keep an eye on any opening announcement: check out 810bowling.com.

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Chandler schools dominate state track & field meets

BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

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he start of the coronavirus pandemic last spring put many Chandler schools’ plans to defend their state track & field championships on hold.

Chandler girls were forced to wait another year to attempt to capture their 14th state title in 15 years at the highest level, while the boys were also unable to compete for their fourth championship in five years. Valley Christian’s boys were also on pace for their third straight state title last spring.

But the long break didn’t seem to have a negative effect on any of the programs overall as Chandler schools once again dominated the field across three divisions. The Wolves won both the boys and girls Division I titles while Casteel boys captured their second state cham-

Valley Christian’s boys and girls track & field teams captured the Division IV state championships during the two-day meet. (Courtesy Valley Christian Athletics) pionship overall and first in Division II. Valley Christian, meanwhile, won both the Division IV boys and girls titles.

“There’s a lot of pressure on you when you come out and you’re defending a state title,” Chandler junior Trinity Hen-

derson said. “Especially because we all lost a year, we didn’t really know how fast we would all be.”

Henderson led the way for the Lady Wolves throughout the two-day track meet. Henderson and Jocelyn Johnson qualified for every sprint they were involved in and were often the two highest qualifying times.

On May 15, Henderson continued to dominate and rack up points for their team. Henderson, the 2019 girls’ 100-meter dash champion, once again won gold with a time of 11.82 seconds.

Chandler senior Eryn Garrett placed third overall in the event and sophomore Tara Sommerville placed fifth to add more points to the Wolves’ team score. Henderson also added gold medals in the 400-meter dash and 200-meter dash.

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Banner year for Chandler teams led by senior class

BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

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igh school athletics programs in Chandler didn’t skip a beat this school year despite the interruption from the pandemic.

Eight Chandler programs were crowned champions throughout the entire 2020-21 season, with five senior athletes winning individual championships in their respective sports.

Hamilton senior Neha Shakir kicked off the 2020-21 season with a singles championship in badminton. In many ways, the championship win was redemption for Shakir. As a junior, she fell in the quarterfinals as the No. 6 overall seed in the 2019 tournament.

While Shakir represented Hamilton, Dayton Carlson ran to an individual state championship in Division II cross

Left: The Hamilton girls’ volleyball program captured its first-ever state championship this past fall. (Pablo Robles/Staff) Right: In a downto-the-wire game against rival Hamilton, Chandler captured its fifth straight state football championship led by a slew of senior starters.

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country in November. The Casteel senior finished the 5K race in 15 minutes, 6.1 seconds, nearly 18 seconds faster than the second-place runner.

Carlson also went on to shine on the track for Casteel in the spring, helping lead the Colts to the Division II track & field state title. They finished fifth in

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The fall sports season also presented

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dash and was part of the Wolves’ relay team along with Jamere Haskell, Andereya Nsubuga and Eli Sanders that repeated as state champions from 2019.

“This was our last ride together,” Tippett said. “It was really important to us.

Last year, of course, we couldn’t defend our titles. People maybe thought we would come in slower but that wasn’t the case.”

Casteel’s athletics programs have been on the rise since the football team captured the school’s first championship in 2017.

As athletes continue to poor into the school boundaries, it has created more opportunities for title. And the track & field program is no exception.

Casteel’s relay team started off the meet on Thursday, May 13 with a second-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay. Mason Salonic, Jacob Hullings, Joseph Meagher and Dayton Carlson had the fastest qualifying time heading into the final but finished just behind Millennium for the state title.

Regardless, the group was pleased with their performance and ability to

hand their team some early points.

“I feel like it was a really good race,” Carlson said. “It could’ve been better but all-around it was good. That’s the second-fastest time our school has had.”

It didn’t take long, however, for Casteel to pick up steam in other events. Carlson competed in and won the 1600- and 3200-meter runs. The Colts also picked up points from senior and UCLA football signee Isaiah Newcombe, who placed fourth in the 100-meter dash and was part of the Casteel relay team that placed second overall in the 4x100-meter relay.

The Colts also placed second in the 4x400-meter relay to pad their lead.

Overall, Casteel finished with a dominating 121 points to win the Division II state title. The next closest team, Desert Mountain, had just 45 points.

“It was crucial for us to set up momentum for the rest of the team,” Meagher said. “It helps determine how the rest of the meet will go.”

The Division IV state track & field meet took place alongside Division II at Perry High School. Due to the pandemic still

ongoing, the AIA split the four divisions and held them at two separate locations.

The change in logistics had no effect on Valley Christian, as the Trojan boys cruised to the state championship behind strong performances by the 4x100meter relay team, made up of Christian Bell, Andrew Hanzal, Lake Jennett and Logan Kelley, as well as Jose Garcia in the 400-meter dash and 800-meter run. The Trojans also received a boost in point total in field events, including the pole vault where Kelley placed first overall, Corbin Stuber second and Benjamin Meiter and Tucker Roth fifth and sixth, respectively. Kelley also placed second in the long jump.

Valley Christian’s girls were locked in a tight race for the championship and sat in third with pole vault still yet to be completed. All Rebecca Smith had to do was clear her vault and the Trojans would win the title. She did just that.

Overall, Valley Christian’s girls won the championship by a mere three points. It’s the first time since 2009 both the boys and girls won the state titles.

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win the championship by 12 strokes.

Johnny Walker, a standout senior and University of Arizona commit, finished seventh overall to help lead his team to the championship.

The fall sports season was capped off with an exciting finish between Chandler and Hamilton in the Open Division football state championship in early December. The game between the two rivals came down to a last-second field goal that hooked left off the foot of Hamilton’s kicker.

Chaos ensued as Chandler players rushed the field to celebrate their fifth straight state championship. But there were soon tears from many of the Wolves’ seniors, including running back Eli Sanders who scored the opening touchdown of the game and was one of many seniors who led Chandler the entire season.

“These are the type of games we live for,” said Sanders, an Iowa State signee who rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns in the championship. “This is the type of game every athlete wants.”

Sanders was also part of the Chandler relay team that captured the 4x100-meter championship in the spring. He and fellow senior Tyson Tippett helped lead

the Wolves to the boys’ state title while the girls also won in Division I. The winter sports season brought much of the same for Chandler schools, as 3 senior wrestlers won individual titles – one of which led to a team championship.

Basha senior Amber Rodriguez captured the 145-pound state title in her final season with the Bears. It also led the team to win the program’s first-ever state championship.

Hamilton senior Elijah Sobas also won a gold medal this winter. Sobas, a California Baptist University commit, wrestled in and won the 195-pound class. He joined rival Zach Espalin in winning gold medals for Chandler male athletes.

Espalin, who signed to wrestle with the United State Naval Academy, won four straight state championships throughout his high school career at Chandler.

Now he hopes to represent the Wolves on the NCAA’s biggest stage.

“It feels amazing knowing all my hard work towards this one goal paid off,” Espalin said in April. “It was a dream come true since I was little. Just knowing I accomplished that, it feels amazing.”

For the 13th time in program history, Seton Catholic’s girls’ basketball pro-

gram was crowned a champion. Led by seniors Isabella DiGiovanni and Amanda Barcello, the Sentinels dominated yet again to win the title.

The final winter championship of the season came from the Casteel boys’ soccer program, which scored eight total goals in the title game. Senior Kaden Cameron was responsible for one of the goals against Ironwood, and 14 overall throughout the course of the season.

Much like the soccer program, Casteel’s boys’ volleyball program also dominated throughout the year. The Colts lost just one game all season and cruised to a 3-0 win in the 5A title game.

Much of the team’s success fell on senior Kyler Evans, who had 306 total kills in his final season. “(Evans) is just such a talented individual, such a great student-athlete,” Casteel coach Ryan Myen said. “He’s just a leader, he’s a captain on this team, he has fire, emotion and he just does things the right way.”

On the track along with Casteel and Chandler, Valley Christian’s boys’ and girls’ programs captured state titles.

It’s the first time since 2009 both teams were crowned champions.

Chandler added more points from its relay teams in various events and finished with 154.5 points overall in the meet. Highland, the runner-up, score 83.

“I was nervous coming out here not knowing whether or not I could win,” Henderson said. “I’m grateful I was able to get close to my big (personal record) from two years ago after losing a year.”

The Chandler boys were locked into a closer race for the state title, as Desert Vista pushed toward its first championship since 2018. But the Wolves managed to keep a comfortable lead, led in part by its throwers and sprinters in a variety of events.

Amar Elmore, who also plays football for the five-time defending state champion Wolves, placed first overall in the discus and second in shot put. His teammate, Isaiah Johnson, also racked up some early points for the Wolves with a third-place finish in shot put.

On the track, senior Tyson Tippett placed second overall in the 100-meter

an opportunity for teams to capture their first-ever championship in their respective sport. And despite being one of the powerhouse programs in the state, Hamilton’s girls’ volleyball program finally managed to get over the hump.

The Huskies finished 17-2 overall on the year and won the 6A Conference title for the first time in program history. It was the fourth championship overall the Huskies had competed in, losing the previous three. Jahara Campbell was one of the few seniors on the young Hamilton squad, but she made the most of her opportunity with 194 total kills on the season.

“They have just established Hamilton as one of the programs,” Hamilton coach Sharon Vanis said in November. “These kids, they feed off that. They take pride in that, not only on the court, but in the classroom, they want to be the best.

“We’ve had three state runner-up trophies, but we’ve never been able to get that final one.”

While the volleyball team got it done on the court, Hamilton’s golf program did the same on the links.

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The purpose of the project is for Pinal County to complete the final phase of their planned improvements along the Hunt Highway corridor, through the widening of the existing Hunt Highway alignment and the realignment of Arizona Farms Road.

Hunt Highway both north and south of the project area have been improved and widened to four lanes; however, the older roadway within the project area is only two lanes. The lane reduction in the project area presents a potential safety concern for existing vehicle traffic on Hunt Highway. The project would widen Hunt Highway through the project area to match the new roadway and lane configurations to both the north and south. Additionally, the Hunt Highway and Arizona Farms Road intersection currently presents line-of-sight safety concerns for drivers on Arizona Farms Road. The project would realign this traffic intersection and replace the stop-controlled intersection with a traffic light to improve traffic flow and safety.

As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal agencies are required to consider the potential social and environmental impacts of proposed actions. This letter serves as the BIA’s invitation for comments, concerns, or suggestions regarding the proposed action. All comments received become part of the public record associated with this proposed action. Accordingly, your comments (including your name and address) will be available for review by any person that wishes to view the record. At your request, we will withhold your contact information to the extent allowed by the Freedom of Information Act. Please submit comments to: Cecilia Baker, Superintendent Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pima Agency P.O. Box 8 Sacaton, Arizona 85147 Telephone: (520) 562-3326 Email: Cecilia.Baker@bia.gov Published: East Valley Tribune May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021 / 37928

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