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Shortages, inflation impacting Gilbert

Manhole maintenance and replacement may be among the lesser town projects that have been impact ed by inflation in Gilbert, which has seen millions in ad ditional costs for several major projects.

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And when the 360-unit Aiya opens adja cent to Loop 202 later this fall, it promises even more tony offerings, like a community kitchen with espresso bar, craft beer on tap, 24-hour fitness studio with protein shake machine, lounge with ping pong and more. For the past decade, all 4,000 apartment units that came online in Gilbert are catego rized as high-end, earning the town the top spot in the country for luxury apartment new-builds, according to a recent Storage CafeThestudy.nationwide storage space search website is part of Yardi Matrix, which devel ops and supports industry-leading invest ment and property management software for real estate companies.

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On the books is a project to rehab 140 deteriorat ing manholes in south Gilbert but a 17% increase since the work was budgeted two years ago means the Town will have to redo 20 fewer manholes or look for more funding.

Gilbertprojectsleads nation in luxury apartment new-builds town it’s At age 6, Kyra Mishra has already become an author, publishing a book based on her meeting Cowboy, a Shet land pony. She is among the world’s youngest published authors, as you will find in the story on page 3. (David Minton/ GSN Staff Photographer)

The other two Arizona cities landing on the top 20 luxury apartment list are Chan dler at second place with 99% and Scotts dale, fourth place with 98.5%. Mesa ranked No. 53 with 84% of all units built in the 10year period considered luxury.

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Overall, Chandler saw the addition of over 6,800 new units over the past decade, while Scottsdale added 8,600 apartments to the local inventory. Luxury apartments in Chandler and Scottsdale, averaging 970 and 983 square feet, respectively, are about 200 square feet bigger than their non-luxu ry counterparts and feature a host of extra amenities, the study said.

A year later, the 380-unit Soltra at San Tan Village opened and screamed extrava gance with an onsite chef’s kitchen, a tiered pool with swim-up hospitality bar, resident lounge and bar, outdoor movie wall and a 2,000-square-foot skydeck lounge.

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he 408-unit Crossing at Cooley Sta tion opened in 2020 on Williams Field Road with luxury amenities such as poolside ramadas, cyber café, in door basketball, and racquetball court and a virtual yoga studio.

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“They were good for each other,” mom Isha said. “She would give apples to Cow boy and he started recognizing her and started neighing. They just connected.” Kyra, who is now 6, penned and pub lished a book in June based on her expe rience with Cowboy titled, “Kids, Hors es and Apples: Come Join My Horsey Fun.”And that’s not all – Kyra’s dedicat ing a portion of the book’s proceeds to horse-rescue organizations such as S.T.A.R.S of Horsemanship, where she continues to take weekly lessons to this day.“I thought that abandoned horse needed help,” Kyra said. “And I wanted to share my story with lots of kids.” The book’s available in paperback and on Kindle at Amazon and the Barnes & Noble store in Mesa. The Mesa Public Library also has purchased the book for patrons to check out. So far, the book’s getting five stars with one person calling it, “Fantastic... seamless and encouraging” and a United Kingdom reader saying, “Excellent read, will be waiting for the next one.” Kyra’s now one of the world’s young est female published authors.

When Kyra Mishra laid eyes on Cowboy, a Shetland pony, she felt an instant bond.

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Gilbert girl, 6, now one of world’s youngest authors

One of the most fun parts of writing was coming up with the glossary to ac quaint readers with equestrian words and phrases, Kyra said. Isha said her daughter often wrote stories on her own but when she saw how serious her oldest born was with her book, a professional illustrator was calledAlthoughin. Isha said she had a hand at editing for grammar, everything else was Kyra, including her thought process, telling the illustrator what scenes she wanted depicted and the colors used in the“I’mbook.like she ended up actually writing and publishing a book,” Isha said. “Best thing about her is how much she cares about animals. It was her idea to do something for Cowboy.

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The Gilbert girl, then 4 1/2 years old, had insisted on equestrian lessons and Cowboy was her first ride in a saddle. “He’s a grumpy horse and everybody told me to stay away from him,” Kyra re called. “He looked really sad.” But remembering her mother’s advice to trust her instincts, Kyra did trust the horse and the two became fast friends.

The title for the youngest to publish a book belongs to a British girl, who was 5 years and 211 days old, according to Guinness World Records. The youngest boy to achieve that distinction was 4 years and 356 days old. Kyra put pen to paper last fall as a kin dergartener and wrote the book in bits and pieces, taking one to two weeks to accomplish her task. She’s dedicated the book to sister, Amaira, who’s soon turn ing 4 months old.

“For her to say she wanted to write a book and contribute to them, I’m so proud of her.” Isha said her daughter developed an interest in horses at an early age, ex plaining that “my grandfather was a polo player.”

The purchases were on the June 28 consent agenda, approved unanimously without discussion.

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Harrison said Gilbert’s fire apparatus will be similar to the first pumper that Pierce customized for the Madison Fire Department.

Gilbert will pay $100,000 by Decem ber and then $225,000 for each of the next four fiscal years to Pierce Manu facturing in Wisconsin. The department already uses pumper and ladder trucks designed and built by Pierce.

The Volterra fire pumper is one of the first four electrified fire pumpers pro duced by Pierce Manufacturing. Under terms of the agreement, Gil bert’s electric fire engine will be a loan er for five years and upon expiration or early termination, the vehicle is to be returned to Pierce Manufacturing. However, Town spokeswoman Jen nifer Harrison said after the five years, the truck “will have been purchased out right.”She said that the expected purchase price for a Town-specified Volterra is ap proximately $1.4 million and Gilbert has the ability to purchase the engine at half theAndprice.“the Town negotiated the fee structure to shift the financial risk later in the agreement,” Harrison said in an email. “To further minimize the financial risk, the Town can return the Volterra to Pierce at any time if it is determined that the Volterra does not fit our needs.”

The department anticipates savings in maintenance costs as the chassis uses electric power in everyday operations and would only resort to the internal combustion engine for backup power in extended emergency operations, which means less wear and tear on the engine.

Gilbert officials said they’ve worked out a cost-friendly agreement with Volterra for one of its electric firetrucks. (Pirce Manufacturing)

Harrison said the department recom mended partnering with Pierce on this venture for a number of reasons. She said town mechanics are experi enced with working on Pierce apparatus and the company will provide Gilbert with a custom pumper “that has virtual ly no trade-offs to our high-performance standards.”“Gilbert’s version will operate just like our other pumpers, which is important for our crews,” Harrison said. “The only difference is the switch between electric and diesel Additionally,power.”the Volterra maximiz es the strengths of electric operations for daily responses and legacy internal combustion operations for infrequent long-term pumping on fires, according to “OtherHarrison.manufacturers rely upon on board diesel generators to provide an extended range or long-term pumping on fires,” she added. “Either way, die sel-generated power is required to en sure extended responses.”

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Town Council approved spending $775,000 to buy the Volterra fire en gine and $270,000 for an electric vehi cle charger. Fire officials said the town is getting an electrified fire pumper at a substantial price reduction with min imal upfront cost.

The fire engine, which is equipped with water, a pump and hoses, is expect ed to arrive at Gilbert’s doorsteps within 18 to 22 months.

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Gilbert Fire also will gather and ana lyze data to determine if the Volterra is meeting its needs, looking at operational costs of the apparatus compared with its diesel trucks.

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The company has agreed to a $50,000 discount for each additional electrical vehicle, limit 10, that Gilbert may buy. Under the agreement, the town will help Pierce improve its technology by collecting data such as on the truck’s battery life and durability while operat ing in the hot, arid Arizona climate.

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Mesa Council last fall authorized $1.4 million for an all-electric fire truck, which is expected to be delivered later this year. Los Angeles Fire Department was touted as the first in the nation with an electric fire truck, which deployed in May.

Electric fire trucks are touted as emis sion free, which cuts down on pollution, is quieter, allowing for clearer conver sation among firefighters, require less maintenance and reduce the use of die sel fuel.

“Gilbert’s version will have the same electrification drive-train features as the Madison version but (with) updated bat teries,” she said. And “Gilbert’s version will have a velocity cab, the same as our current ladder trucks, with the remain der of the pumper built to our pumper specifications.”

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The study notes that people are re maining renters longer than before so their expectations of what their homes must offer have changed and developers are rushing to fulfill that.

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“As renters continue to spend more time at home, developers should rethink what are considered standard amenities and implement new higher-impact al ternatives,” said Doug Ressler, Business Intelligence manager at Yardi Matrix.

“We considered luxury properties that the property ranking system de termines to be in the A+, A, A- and B+ categories, based on a series of factors, including unit size, architecture, quality of construction, finishing details, ameni ties, and more,” Gatea said in an email.

The study analyzed 3.1 million apart ment units built over 10 years, looking only at complexes with 50 and more units, according to Gatea. The ranking is based on a patented property-rating system by Yardi.

“Providing a co-working space that goes beyond the standard conference room will be in creasingly appreciated now that 40% of workers plan to work from home at least one day a week this year. Rethinking these strategies provides an opportunity to both attract new residents and retain existing ones.” Despite all the bells-andwhistles amenities these projects bring, residents in Gilbert are still reluctant to

This chart shows Gilbert’s ranking in the StorageCafe study of the percentage of new apartment construction in the country that is considered in the luxury class. (StorageCafe)

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LUXURY from page 1 ing almost exclusively high-end apart ments over the past 10 years, according to the study’s author Maria Gatea.

“Concierge and rental services, workfrom-anywhere amenities and local community support are at the top of the renters’ list of must-haves.

According to Gatea, what’s fueling the growth of these apartments is an em ployee-driven job market with compa nies such as Go Daddy Software, Banner Health and Deloitte doing business in town. The town’s population also grew during the decade from 210,000 in 2012 to about 270,000 now.

The lounge at the Aiya in Gilbert is among many luxury amenities at the complex. (StorageCafe)

In addition to the lifestyle-centered amenities, the apartments in Gilbert provided more elbow room, having an average size of over 1,000 square feet, about 250 square feet larger than those in the non-luxury category. “Gilbert is slowly becoming a hub for premier living,” Gatea said. “All these new apartment buildings come with resort-style pools and spas, manicured gardens and playgrounds, as well as more practical features like outside storage.”Other high-end amenities include common lounge areas with gaming sta tions, outdoor seating areas with gas grills and fire pits, bicycle storage spac es and bicycle repair shops.

“Volleyball courts are also wide spread in Gilbert – about 53% of the premier apartments built here over the past decade provide tenants with the opportunity to practice volleyball,” Gatea“Pet-relatedsaid. conveniences are also becoming increasingly popular in Gil bert’s newest complexes, with pet washing and grooming rooms or bark parks providing pampering options for the residents’ four-legged friends.”

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GILBERT SUN NEWS | JULY 10, 2022 7NEWS embrace them. When multi-family projects have come forward for approval in recent years, residents generally have opposed them, citing concerns with an increase in traffic, noise, impact to property values, loss of the small-town feel and crime.“AsI drove here tonight I looked over at all of these apartments and I’m just flabbergasted,” said resident Jean Frakes at the most recent council meeting on June 28. “Because when we moved to our home you couldn’t build a two-story home because they didn’t want to take away from the beauty. “What do we have now? Look at the apartments when you leave home to night now this is because people have not spoken up.” And, in June when a 19-year-old wom an was fatally shot inside her Gilbert apartment, people on social media were quick to point their fingers at multi-fam ily for her death with comments, includ ing “Apartments bring crime!” “Keeping building these apartment complexes and watch what happens!” and “Apart ments will be the downfall to the low crime in Gilbert.” And several among this year’s crop of candidates running for town council are using the velopmentidentialtypes11%priseshousingmultifamilyners,toplatforms.theirsentimentti-apartmentanincampaignAccordingtownplanhowever,comaboutofallofresdeinGilbert,comparedwith48%inScottsdaleand30%inChandler.

The Department of Housing and Ur ban Development considers an individ ual in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area earning $49,500 a year as low income; very low income at $30,950 and ex tremely low income at $18,559 and all may qualify for rental help. Gilbert doesn’t have any public hous ing units in town and it doesn’t offer

And of Gilbert’s total land use, 3% was zoned for multifamily development. As Gilbert continues its trend of al lowing developers to exclusively build these top-tiered residences, affordabil ity comes into play. Rent at Aiya will be approximately $1,700 for a studio apartment.Recent Arizona State University alumnus Garrett Glover, who’s running as a write-in candidate for council, said affordable housing is a big issue for him and many of his friends.

“Rent’s too damn high,” said Glover, who still lives in the family home. “We just financially can’t afford it right now. I want to fight for more affordable hous ing solutions so people who grew up in Gilbert, can stay in Gilbert instead of moving elsewhere in the country to find affordable housing.”

“We often find ma terial we typically rely on no longer in production or if it is in production it’s 10, 12, 16 months out,” Jensen said. “These were materials that were typically on the shelf, now we’re see ing lead times that are 10 folds higher.” Gilbert Police re cently saw that im pact of long lead times in ordering 23 Tahoes, Purchasing Manager Jim Campi on“Pursuit-readysaid. vehicles historical ly were four to six months lead time,” Campion said. “They went (to) 10 to 18 months. GM was limiting production to 10,000 units nationwide.”

Ryan Blair, CIP supervisor, said one of the major impacts to transportation projects is the availability and the price of concrete.

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“That price that was originally devel oped in 2018 has seen up to 400% esca lation on key commodities,” Jensen said, adding that the total budget cost has in creased by $4.6 million.

The Val Vista/Melrose street and traf fic signal project has seen cost escala tions of 50% for concrete, 35% for as phalt, traffic signals 48% and 200% for PVC waterlines, he said. “On a normal year, this is actually a project where we would have been charged $67,360,” he said. “The contract is now $99,512.” Adding to the mix is supply chain disruptions that are causing longer lead times and a timely availability of some materials.

“We are doing a deep look at our south manholes,” said Jeanne Jensen, Capital Improvement Project supervisor at the June 28 council study session, adding “we have seen a substantial change in the price of surface prep.” Jensen and staff gave the council an overview of how inflation and sup ply-chain issues are affecting town proj ects, purchases, maintenance and oper ations and what strategies officials are using to combat that.

“It’s no surprise to anyone who’s had to go grocery shopping or fill up their cars lately there are some significant pressures out there impacting our com munity,” Jensen said. “This challenge is serious.“It’sprobably one of the worst combi nations of factors we could have possibly asked for but in this case we have come up with alternatives, we’ve come with solutions and we have to just do what we always do but do it more and do it more often.”Market volatility, delayed or unavail able goods and price escalations are the main economic challenges, according to Jensen.Driving that volatility include both past general pandemic policies such as manufacturing shutdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the ongoing in vasion of Ukraine, she said.

“The availability of concrete’s difficult,” he said. “You can’t get large pours, you have to get small pours.”

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The town’s strategies to try and keep its projects moving include developing relationships with vendors and involving the leadership of general contractors for help in providing resources to a project or to help lower or forego in some in stances markups, such as on fees, accord ing to Jack Gierak, CIP supervisor.

“So volatility is not just a matter of escalation although that does generally provide upward price pressure. But what we’re really running into is the inability to predict the next price challenge.”

“Nickel is a primary product out of Ukraine and it is a core product that goes into stainless steel for us,” Jensen said. “So between March and May we’ve seen the cost impacts to ductile iron go up about 16%, cost impacts to stainless steel up about 18%.

She said the Capital Improvement staff was working closely with other depart ments “to make sure that we had appro priately scheduled other projects around this project’s dollar-cost necessity, mak ing sure that they have the resources they need to meet their goals but having to re-prioritize projects.”

“Other approaches we utilize – not our favorite – but we come back and we re quest for additional contingencies,” Gier ak said. “Also, we utilize all available pro curement methods, co-op agreements became very popular recently and that really is very helpful (and) we change products.“Ifaproduct is not available we work with our vendors, architects, engineers to replace the product for equal as to not compromise the integrity of the project.”

As a result, staff is seeing some direct pressures on a couple of significant cap ital projects in Gilbert, according to Jen sen. Besides the manhole fixes, the cost has also shot up for the South Reservoir Wa ter Quality Improvement project.

Campion said another approach is buying what the town needs early, such as executing advance purchases of tires, which are used for fire and refuse trucks. “We’re starting procurement process es well in advance, in some cases we’re starting procurement processes a year in advance,” Campion said. “We’re in constant contact with suppliers inquir ing about availability and supplies. We award contracts to multiple suppliers in some cases so we have backups. In some cases we had to cut back on frequency of service and revise scope of work to fit ourJensenbudgets.”said the town also is putting projects that can wait on the back burn er until the market is more economically viable, identifying alternative available stocks with engineering firms in advance and pre-purchasing and stockpiling criti cal materials like pipe segments. She said an emergency project arose last year after a contractor working in the area hit a 36-inch transmission line immediately outside the North Water Treatment Plant. Because the town had that pipe in stock, crews were able to make the nec essary repairs in under three days, she said.“We are identifying some of those ma terials as we take one out of inventory we go ahead and purchase a new one to put back into inventory so that we can keep these pieces of our infrastructure running day-to-day and not having that impact to the community,” Jensen said. And, the town plans to break projects into smaller “Typically,jobs.when we would hire a con tractor we would hire them for the du ration of the project at the beginning,” Jensen said. “The challenge with doing it that way in this market is that those contractors are having to price in the full guess that they’re making. And quite frankly it can be a guess of their risk. “What we’re proposing to do for a lot of these is to break these projects into smaller pieces. So, we order them to come out, they do the upfront work we pay them for that work. We then send them out to do the next piece, materials Capital Improvement Project Supervisor Jeanne Jensen gave an overview to Town Council last month on how inflation and sup ply-chain disruptions are wreaking ahvoc on Gilbert projects. (You Tube)

She pointed to the price of nickel, which was on a steady decline until March, when Russia attacked Ukraine.

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“We are able to say, ‘hey, you know I was able to get this over here, why don’t you try them?’” he said. “We are putting some of that into place but hopefully I don’t have to get to the point where I have to borrow toilet paper again or any thing like that.”

• Create a utility corridor or an alley by installing a barrier on the north side of the easement, block wall on the south property line and gates on the side property lines. Three parcels would require acquisition of the easement. Total cost: $18.5 million.

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“It’s no secret that over the past cou ple of years we’ve seen a tremendous amount of economic and global uncer tainty and instability that has really im pacted the supply chains as well as our ability to deliver goods and project, as well,” she “Thesesaid.impacts continue to become more and more significant and the Gil bert team is working diligently to miti gate those impacts, anticipate them and mitigate them to the best of our ability.”

The town showed this chart to illustrate the cost of various options for getting sewer line access behind 24 downtown Gilbert homeowners who stand to lose parts of their back yards. (Town of Gilbert)

• Acquire portions of the 24 properties and relocate walls/fences to north side of easement. Total cost: $20.5 million.

• Acquire land at manhole locations and install block wall around manhole to provide permanent access from the south. Total cost: $17 million.

After residents pushed back against the land grab, Council last year approved hiring Entellus for $225,302 to come up with other options besides eminent do main.The so-called Option 5, based off the residents’ feedback, calls for installing access gates to the properties with man holes. It also proposes to relocate the reclaimed water pipeline out of the cor ridor and into adjacent streets. Moving the pipeline, however, poses numerous challenges for design and con struction due to the contested right-ofway and complication with existing util ity conflicts, traffic control and roadway resurfacing, according to Entellus.

However, despite what the town may be able to do to mitigate against escalat ing costs, it’s moot if it can’t get its hands on the materials, according to Jensen. “We do have a series of strategies and plans that we deploy on all of our proj ects but we’re just having to pull more tools out of that toolbox,” Jensen said. “One of the most important things for us in CIP is cost quality and schedule. “We never want to have to choose one of those over the other two and so what we’re taking on is the same approach we would do on all of our projects through detailed scoping, identification of mate rials and all of the other components that we“We’recan. just doing it earlier, we’re doing it more frequently and we’re allowing for more opportunities to do parallel design to consider alternative delivery methods in lieu of low Councilmanbidding.”ScottAnderson asked if staff looked at what other municipalities are doing to address the challenge. Jensen said staff has reached out to the public and private sectors looking for in novative approaches that Gilbert could look“Weat.feel that the strategies we’re tak ing on probably represent the best com bination of tools we’ve seen out there,” she said, “Although there are certainly more and we will not hesitate to continue to investigate all those possible options.” Vice Mayor Aimee Yentes asked if Gil bert has a collaboration with another municipality where they can help each other out if there is a need for supplies.

“I think back when things get compli cated sometimes people go back to more rustic elements of our economies like bartering,” said Yentes, “and know what other cities have that are, you know in their inventory. Maybe it’s kind of akin to like when you can’t find beans on the shelf you ask your neighbor, ‘Well, I got a bag of beans and I’ll swap you for some toilet“So,paper.’isthere any collaboration to kind of maybe look at that as jurisdiction to jurisdiction.”Campionsaid the town so far has been able to manage its inventory and that he meets monthly with an East Valley pro curement group, where they share re sources for supplies.

Although this option would remove one utility from the corridor – and less en concerns – the sewer and the 24-inch portable waterline would continue to operate within the residents’ backyards with limited access and visibility for the town.And, it’s the most expensive option, coming in at $21.5 million. The other options are:

“We have arrived at five options, four of which are carryovers from the phase one analysis and the fifth being an offer ing from the residential community,” said Martin Weeden, Entellius project manag er at the June 28 council study session.

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10 GILBERT SUN NEWS | JULY 10, 2022NEWS BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor Council is weighing several possible outcomes for 24 downtown resi dents who face losing parts of their backyards to the Town for pipe work. Work crews over the years have found it increasingly hard to access the utility easement on the properties, where a 36inch sewer line and an 18-inch reclaimed water line sit. The backyards abut the Western Canal corridor from Lindsay Road to 700 feet west of Burk Street.

• Leave the existing property walls in place and install access gates at each

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The town is also is entering into lon ger-term contracts to keep control of cost.For instance, at the June 28 meeting, Council approved a $10.5 million, 10year contract with Axon for body-worn cameras, Tasers, in-squad cameras, soft ware and Accordingsupport.tothe Police Department, the contract will allow it to lock into cur rent prices and upgrade its service. Assistant Town Manager Leah Hub bard Rhineheimer said Council should expect to see more change orders, early procurements and JOB and CM@R con tracts come before them.

Jason Montgomery, town senior proj ect manager, noted staff’s recommen dation to rehab 10,000 feet of the dete riorating sewer line that is in danger of failure and 22 manholes. The sewer line was installed in 1986 and over time, resi dents have put obstructions like sheds in the line serves approximately 16,000 homes, delivering a significant amount of the town’s wastewater by gravity flows to the Neely Water Recla mation facility at a rate of approximately 3 million gallons per day, he said.

The pipeline, takes the drinking water from the North Water Treatment Plant to Cooper Road, serving 11,000 homes in the northwest of Gilbert.

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Also, in need of work in the future is the portable water pipeline, south of the easement, which was installed in 1991.

“To provide some context to how dire this situation could have been, this is the same pipe material and diameter to the pipe that recently failed in Tempe on the US 60, causing shutdown of that freeway and discharging approximately 8 million gallons of water before it could be shut down,” he said.

The 36-year-old reclaim water line, which is along the same corridor, has some degradation and will need replace ment but it’s not yet urgent, Wastewater Manager Ken Snow said. The line carries 16 million gallons a day of the treated wastewater for irrigation of large turf areas or to the Riparian Preserve for re charge.Snow drove home the importance of being able to get access to the pipes at issue.Recently, the town located a block age downstream from a manhole inside Freestone Park. “This manhole is 19.6 feet deep. We’re about 3 feet from the surface,” Snow said. “That means that the north side of Gil bert was surcharged with about 16 feet of sewage underneath the ground. …We were very fortunate that we were able to clear that blockage and restore service before we had a sanitary sewer over flow in particular into one of the town’s parks.”Montgomery said staff is tentatively scheduling the item to be heard on Aug. 9. He said information about the issue can be found atgilbertaz/cip. The public also can provide their feedback on the five options at the website.

GILBERT SUN NEWS | JULY 10, 2022 11NEWS of the properties that have existing manholes within their properties. To tal cost: $16.3 million.

Montgomery said that while making immediate improvements to the porta ble water line from September 2021 to this past April, an assessment found cor rosion and loss of the steel cylinder for a segment of pipe in the corridor area east of Gilbert Road and at other locations.

“These costs are only inclusive of esti mated construction cost and land acqui sition costs and don’t include any other soft costs or other project costs that may be associated,” Weeden said, who added that on average the costs since the pre vious estimates have increased about 22-32 % due to supply-chain shortages and other COVID-related impacts an in flation.

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“Each manufacturer is building electri fied fire pumpers differently. There is no guarantee that the electrification sys tems of the Mesa truck would translate to other manufacturers electrification solutions.”And,she pointed out, the information is proprietary and there is no assurance that the data gathered by Mesa would be available to Gilbert.

Danya Wright, founder of S.T.A.R.S. of Horsemanship near Williams Field and Lindsay roads, called Kyra’s endeavor “wonderful.”“Almostall the horses in our program are rescues and many were once in an auction kill pen,” Wright said. “Cowboy, however, was owned by a lady who did parades with one of our instructors and she sold him to our program.”

“Gilbert encourages a variety of hous ing types to meet the needs of all our residents,” spokeswoman Jennifer Har rison said. “This includes multi-family developments, single-family for rent neighborhoods and single-family homes of varying size on different lot sizes.”

The case was sent back to Gilbert Po lice for more work. Police are asking anyone with addi tional information to call them. Higley Unified School District, which first hired Dunton, 35, in 2015, also did not respond.

Additionally, Gilbert currently has 18 homes purchased and rehabbed under the Permanent Affordable Rental Pro gram, Harrison said. In general, apartment construction in the country is on an upward trend, with 2021 being the peak year of new apartment supply – 417,000 new units entered the market last year, up 12% year-over-year, according to Gatea

Section 8 housing vouchers, which pro vide rent subsidies for qualified low-in come families, provided that landlords accept them. But, the Town says it’s doing its part to ensure people of all income levels can afford to live in Gilbert.

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All 100 units at Page Commons in the Heritage District are for those 55 and older renters with incomes between 30% and 60% of the area median in come. Affordable units also are available at San Clemente at Power Ranch and The Reserve at Gilbert Town Center.

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GSN STAFF Charges were dropped against a for mer Higley High School teacher ac cused of having inappropriate re lationships with two underage students. Maricopa County Attorney’s Office dismissed the aggravated assault charge against Aaron Dunton on July 1 but stat ed that the case against him is still an ac tive

And, without fail, every time they drive to the stables, Kyra brings along carrots or apples for all the horses. Kyra’s accomplishment at such a young age is no surprise to Isha or dad Abhudaya, who says their daughter is a star pupil at a BASIS charter school.

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“It is unknown when Mesa will be in actual receipt of their purchased elec tric fire truck nor if the specifications on their truck will meet Gilbert’s re quirements and specifications,” she said.

The equestrian facility teaches En glish and Western Horseback riding les sons to all ages and also has a Special Olympics Equestrian Team. “My business motto is, my horse, my hero,” Wright said, “because of how much they have inspired me and changed my life. I am so thrilled to hear Cowboy has inspired Kyra to write a book about horses.” Kyra no longer rides Cowboy, hav ing advanced in her skills and is on the backs of larger and more athletic horses. She says she wants to become a doctor and an equestrian when she grows up. But for now, she has first grade to look forward to and a second book is in the works. “I’m trying to finish my tooth fairy story,” she said, unsure when she might publish again but then adding, “Maybe next year on June 22.”

The apartment development market has also been intensifying the amenities arms race with 86% of the new apart ments delivered over the past decade across the country classified as luxury dwellings, she said.

Because the 336-unit San Clemente participated in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, it must set aside a certain number of apartments for low er-income families. The Reserve at Gil bert Town Center also has set aside a certain number of affordable units.

“The Pierce Volterra was successfully piloted as a working fire pumper in Mad ison, Wisconsin, for 14 months, allowing Gilbert to assess if this innovation could be brought to Gilbert,” Harrison said.

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“The Mesa pumper is a first-of-its-kind, proof-of-concept apparatus that has not undergone any simulated or real-world trials.”

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til we are able to support our burden of proof,” read a statement released from the county attorney. “While there was a dismissal filed in the case, it was filed without prejudice, which gives MCAO the ability to file charges at a future date.”

The district in late June announced it has launched an outside investigation after claims were made that administra tors knew about Dunton’s behavior be fore his June 16 arrest and did nothing. Dunton, who posted his $10,000 bail shortly after his arrest, abruptly resigned from his job on April 14, a day after the district went to Gilbert Police with the allegations of the relationship with a 14-year-old girl. Dunton’s wife filed for divorce on June 16. The couple has a young daughter.

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The other two complexes with afford able units are San Miquel Apartments and The Groves Apartments in Mesa but near Gilbert, according to the Town.

During Gilbert Police’s two-month investigation, investigators discovered another victim, who made allegations against Dunton for incidents that oc curred in 2019 at Power Ranch Elemen tary when she was 11 years old. Dunton taught at Power Ranch from July 16, 2015 to May 28, 2021 and was the vic tim’s teacher. He transferred to Higley High in July 2021, where he also volunteered as a softball coach and an assistant football coach, according to the district.

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Arizonans are likely to get a chance to decide in November whether to provide new protec tions for themselves against medical and other debt. Backers of an initiative to make changes in bankruptcy and other laws turned in about 472,000 signatures Thursday to put a series of changes in state law on the November ballot. Only 237,645 of these need to be found valid by state and county election officials to qualify.Themeasure, if approved, would in crease the amount of equity someone could have in a home to keep it from being seized in bankruptcy to $400,000, up from $250,000. And it would man date annual cost-of-living increases in that figure rather than having to wait for state lawmakers to marshal the votes for future changes.

Initiative would provide more relief from medical debt

“Each one of us is only one major ill ness away from medical debt,’’ said the Rev. Dr. Bill Lyons, with the Southwest Conference of the United Church of Christ.“More than two thirds of all bankrupt cies are tied to medical debt from health care costs, ‘’ he said at a press confer ence Thursday when the petitions were submitted to the Secretary of State’s Of fice. “And 18% of Arizonans have medi cal bills that are past due.’’ Glendale resident Martha French said health insurance is not always an op tion.She said her husband had to wait un til he was 65 to qualify for health insur ance as she could not afford to have him as a dependent on the coverage she had as a Campaignteacher. spokesman Rodd McLeod brushed aside questions about the fact that the sponsoring organization, Healthcare Rising Arizona, actually is financed largely by a California branch of the Service Employees International Union.Hesaid that there are 1,309 “contrib uting members’’ in Arizona who, along with volunteers, gathered about 36,000 signatures. But most of those submitted came from paid circulators.

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Michelle Shreeve holds up copies of her first book on how losing a parent at a young age can impact people, like her moth er’s loss did to her, for decades. (GSN file photo)

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It was founded shortly after three students from the Paradise Valley School District were diagnosed with brain tumors and ultimately died.

But when Ayush talked to a survivor, he decided to join SSBTR and applied to become an ambassador.

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“Parental Death: The Ultimate Teen Guide,” which is also published by Rowman & Littlefield, offers a variety of ways in which teens especially can cope with the universal difficulties of losing a parent.

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GSN NEWS STAFF East Valley freelance author Michelle Shreeve was only 9 when her mother died and even 30 years later, her loss is never far from her mind.Inmany ways it has shaped her career as a student and a writer. While earning her master’s degrees in English and creative writing, one of her projects focused on how bibliotherapy and writing therapy can help children, teens, and young adults cope with the death of a parent at a young age. She has written numerous articles for local and national publications about the impact of a parent’s death on chil dren and teens and in 2018 published a book, titled “Parental Death: The Ulti mate Teen Guide,” that was based on her interviews with 90 people ranging in age from pre-teen to the mid-80s. It was the 56th book in the “It Hap pened to Me Ultimate Teen Guide” series published by Rowman & Littlefield and is still available on a variety of book-sale websites.Thismonth, Shreeve is publishing a sequel to her book that is directed mainly at teens who have lost a parent and for the surviving parent trying to guide an adolescent child through the trauma of losing a mother or father.

Michelle Shreeve’s new book examines the impact of a parent’s death on a teenager. (Special to GSN) see SHREEVE page 18

dent-runisTumorSupportingStudentsBrainResearchthelargeststunonprofit in Arizona. So far, it has raised over $3.7 million.The organi zation provides opportunities for students to work with managers of large companies, do media interviews, talk with researchers and observe live brainAyushsurgery.Kothari, who just graduated from BASIS Mesa and is the current co-chair for SSBTR, already has plans to extend the organization’s reach to other states.He joined the group three years ago, explaining that it was disturbing enough “to hear about statistics and what demographics brain tumors affect and how they disproportionately impact the youth population.”

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“My heart broke for that participant because the participant is still just a young teenager and has already gone through two tragic parental losses,” Shreeve said.

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“This book, and the research and interviews I conducted for my first book, have all been a 30 year process for me. In both books, I’ve shared what I’ve learned along the way to try and help others navigate this difficult situation.” Shreeve felt a certain urgency to write a book that focused on the unique impact of a parent’s death on a teenager.

... She said her book “can also be a helpful resource for grieving families, teachers, school administrators, coun selors, organizations, and other sup portive adults looking to help guide and support youth trying to navigate the death of their parent.”

One of her most memorable interviews involved a young teen who had lost one parent around the time she wrote her first book and the other around the time she was preparing the new one.

“My hope for this book is that no child, teen, young adult, or grieving family will think they are alone in navigating this tragic situation,” Shreeve said, “and that every reader can walk away feeling like there’s at least one person on the planet that can relate to what they’re going through and that some of my research and individual chapters can give positive insight into their loss to help guide them to a positive future.

Now that the new book is ready to hit book shelves, she said, “I’m very thankful for the participants who came forward, for had they not, this book, as well as my first one, would not have been made to try and help others.”

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“The pandemic caused issues for me writing this book,” said Shreeve, explaining, “I was having trouble finding participants willing to share their story. They had a minimum amount of partic ipant stories they wanted me to include throughout the book, and I was strug gling with getting teens to commit.” “I pretty much wrote this second book right smack in the middle of a pandemic and a recession which was no easy task,” said. “However, sadly, more than 200,000 children have lost their parent due to COVID-19 alone, so I feel like the timing of this book was meant to be, as it can serve as a helpful resource to all of these newly grieving parentless chil dren.”Shreeve explained, “A lot of the teens I interviewed for this book were strug gling to participate, not only because they are so young and have been dealing with a lot just regarding the death of their parent alone, but also because of the at-home school transition caused by schools closing their doors due to the pandemic.” Her subjects for the new book’s inter views ranged from 15 to 65 years old and she describes them as “brave” because “it’s not easy to share your story, espe cially when you’re young and the loss is so“Inew.was there in that position once myself and completely get it.”

“I got creative with my own research along the way, researching writing therapy, bibliotherapy, and movie therapy, focusing on fictional relat able characters who lost a parent,” she said. “I’ve compiled lists over the years of notable society members who lost a parent young, but still gave something extraordinary back to the world such as Nobel Prize Laureates, athletes, sci entists, actors, and more to serve as a healing coping mechanism.

“When a parent dies before a child turns 20, they’re still very much depen dent on them in many ways – emotion ally, financially, physically, and more,” she explained. “So many changes take place and life right after their death can be really overwhelming, confusing, so many emotions are going on and they suddenly feel empty without their parent. This book would be the ideal go-to book for a child, teen, or young adult who just lost a parent, or a book for adults looking to support grieving children.”Amajor undercurrent to her book is provided by real-life experiences that people of all ages shared with her,. For the first book, Shreeve put the word out on social media and through various local publications she was looking for people who lost a parent as a child and she was bombarded by more than 90 letters from people of all ages. She did it again for her new book, but didn’t garner nearly as many, although she added, “I thankfully was able to interview 13 brave participants.”

She also delves into the unique dynamics of specific losses – sons who lose fathers, daughters who lose mothers, and vice-versa – and how that impacts a teen’s future development. This book also identifies how the chal lenges of life without a parent can affect a young adult at different stages of life. Shreeve has been writing about parental loss and its impact since 2008 and has talked not only with counselors and experts but dozens of people young and old who lost a parent as a child.

“I hope readers will appreciate the bravery my 13 participants had by sharing their personal story of the death of their parent when they were young that can also provide many unique per spectives that can hopefully help readers as well. SHOWROOM: EASTSCOTTSDALEVALLEY

As she heads off to college, Radia wants to continue with the organiza tion.“SSBTR helped me develop my inter ests in the brain and how humans think,” adding she’s considering a career in brain research. “My advice to others thinking of joining is SSBTR is it’s a wonderful cause where volunteers, students and adults, are passionate and inspired to make a difference to help improve patient’s lives,” she said. “We are a team working through establishing and bringing together everyone’s different ideas and strengths to create these wonderful events.” She said the group is expanding this year, starting at lower grade levels such as elementary and middle school and going into universities. “We’re a growing organization and we’d love for other people to get involved,” added Ayush. “And the more people that are involved the closer we get to finding a cure.”

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“Second, for raising funds, we have ambassadors conducting their own fundraisers where they have their own events to increase awareness and response,” Kothari said. “At a “cur-a-thon” event earlier this year at Saguaro High School in Scotts dale, the group raised $22,000.

TUMORS from page 16 brought an incredibly personal touch which statistics themselves weren’t able to provide,” Ayush said. “Just hearing that story is what made me want to become involved in the organi zation.” Ayush recently talked to a doctor researching Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a fatal condition in children with a zero survival rate.

Radia Wong, a newly minted Notre Dame Preparatory graduate, has been involved in SSBTR since her freshman year and is also a student co-chair. “We help lead the meetings and we organize our fundraisers so that we can help raise money for SSBTR to donate to brain tumor research organizations,” sheShesaid.knows a lot of people at SSBTR who’ve been impacted by brain tumors and said, “I’ve met a lot of these won derful people who have lost their children, brothers or sisters to brain tumors.”Radia is also an advocate for the National Brain Tumor Society, talking and lobbying congressional representa tives and senators and their offices.

“It’s not curable,” he explained. “Cur rent treatments improve quality of life but they can’t extend life itself. It’s an incredibly complex disease but we’re making steps to combating it and cre ating a treatment plan that can help these children recover. And being able to help contribute towards that is very fulfilling.”Hesaid the organization has two main“Onegoals.isincreasing awareness about brain tumors and the second is raising funds,” Kothari explained. “To accom plish these two goals, first, we get researchers to talk with us. We hear directly from researchers and they can talk to us about different areas they’re working with and what research is being done with the funds that SSBTR has“Weprovided.hearcutting-edge research from phenomenal institutes like Barrow Neu rological Institute, T-Gen, the National Brain Tumor Society, and Phoenix Chil dren’s Hospital, and University of Ari zona Medical Research,” he continued.

“From these different areas, we can see what SSBTR’s tangible impact is. That helps increase awareness among the people we’re reaching out to.” He noted that 93% of every dollar raised goes directly to these institu tions to fund brain tumor research.

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“I also try working with other volun teers who are doctors and relatives of people who’ve passed away from brain tumors. We’re all working together to try and persuade the congressional offi cials to help pass legislation to increase funding for brain tumor research and also to help patients and caregivers.”

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Muscle cramping, difficulty walk ing, burning, tingling, numbness, and pain in the legs or feet are symptoms of neuropathy people live with every day,” explains Dr. Kerry Zang, podi atric medical director of CIC Foot & Ankle. “The thing is PAD has very sim ilar symptoms. So similar that in many cases, people are told it’s neuropathy when it may not be.” Medicine is often prescribed. “Pills aren’t a cure, they just suppress the symptoms,” says Zang. “If neuropathy isn’t causing the symptoms, the real problem could get worse.”

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It’s important to determine if PAD (pe ripheral artery disease) is causing the pain or making it worse. PAD is plaque in the arteries which causes poor circulation. “Blood brings oxygen and nutrients to your feet which they need to stay healthy,” explains Zang, “When your feet aren’t get ting an adequate supply, they start send ing signals.” Those signals include pain, burning, tingling, numbness, or cramping.

The good news is PAD is treatable in an office setting. Dr. Joel Rainwater, MD endovascular specialist explains, “We go into the bloodstream to find the blockage using imaging guidance. Then with small tools that can go into the smallest arteries, remove the blockage, and restore blood flow.” Getting the proper diagnosis is the first step to getting better. “It’s all about find ing out what’s causing the problem,” says Zang. “When your feet burn, tingle, or feel numb, it’s your body telling you it needs help, and you should listen.”

The trend is a stunning reversal for a market that began the year – and domi nated 2021 – with buyers at the mercy of bidding wars, foregoing inspections or making other concessions to sellers in a desperate effort to secure a home. While a sudden flood of new listings might be welcome by prospective buy ers, the Cromford Report said that they may be in for more heartache. The only difference is that some sellers will be grabbing their crying towels along with them as they watch their homes lionger for weeks on end on the for-sale listings. Home prices remain at record levels and rising interest rates appear to be dousing buyers’ interest. “In summary, prices have stopped ris ing but are still much higher than last year while sales volumes are dramati cally lower than last year,” the Cromford Report said, citing more price volatility with re-sales than new homes. Stating “it is predominantly the GSN NEWS STAFF Epicenter in Agritopia has added two new business that a spokes woman for Johnston & Co. says “will complement Epicenter’s best-inclass health and wellness operators.” The Beauty Boss Co. and The IVY are both coming to the emerging retail cen ter.The Beauty Boss is owned by Denise Walsh BSN RN, an aesthetic nurse injec tor who specializes in restoring volume loss.The Beauty Boss Co. specializes in an ti-aging by offering high quality aesthet ic injectables including Botox/Dysport, Kybella, PDO threading and other treat ments. Their esthetician team provides medical-grade facial treatments that help patients improve skin concerns and maintain ultimate skin health, ac cording to a release.

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Valley housing market dashing toward balance

This 5,512-square-foot house on East Waterman Court in Gilbert recently sold for $2.7 mil lion - $100,000 above the list price. Built in 2002, the five-bedroom, 3 ½-bath house boasted a large kitchen with butler pantry, five-car garage, a pool with a rock slide and many other amenities. (Special to GSN)

he Valley’s leading analyst of the Phoenix Metro housing market is predicting the entire region could see a balanced market – with sup ply meeting demand – by September. Buckeye is there, the Cromford Re port said on June 8, and Queen Creek and Maricopa are sure bets by the end of the month to achieve what the Valley hasn’t seen in more than three years anywhere.AsforGilbert, the Cromford Report’s data indicate supply and demand will reach equilibrium sometime in August. Gilbert is on the same path that most of the Valley is, it said: “Their markets are cooling rapidly and look likely to move into the bal ance zone with a matter of weeks rather than months. Unless the current trends change, we could be in a buyer’s market across much of Central Arizona by the beginning of September.”

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Meanwhile, On The House Hospitali ty plans to open Beer Barn in Epicenter thisThemonth.Beer Barn “draws inspiration for its name from the agricultural back ground of Gilbert and Agritopia,” the spokeswoman said.

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“For many weeks, we have been look ing for some convincing sign of the re laxation of one or both of these trends,” it continued. “We have not found any. Instead, over the last week, the situa tion has turned significantly worse, at least from a seller’s viewpoint. And it is worse from both a demand and a supply perspective.”Itobserved last week that the mar ket here “hit the brakes so hard it has skidded off the road” because demand has fallen sharply while listings are sky rocketing. Realtor.com, an affiliate of the Nation al Association of Realtors, said “Afford ability will continue to remain a chal lenge for anyone looking to buy in the current market, as mortgage rates and home prices are not expected to drop this year; thankfully, they aren’t antici pated to grow as rapidly or significantly as they did earlier this year, though. “One strong positive is that the num ber of homes for sale is likely to in crease as the year continues, meaning more options for buyers,” it continued.

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The Cromford Report based its pre dictions of the trend in the Phoenix Metro market on a variety of data it uses to compile the Cromford Market Index. The figures it arrives at each of the 17 major submarkets in the Valley indicate how close each community is to a bal anced market, with numbers above 100 indicating a sellers’ market and num bers below 100 favorable for buyers.

For all of 2021 and the first three months of this year, its CMI showed numbers at times exceeding 500 – in dicating markets heavily tilted toward sellers as supply shriveled. But the latest CMI shows a starkly dif ferent picture, with those figures falling between 25% and 43% from the previ ous month in 16 Valley municipalities.

22 GILBERT SUN NEWS | JULY 10, 2022BUSINESS wealthy who are involved in the market at the moment” and that “most ordinary buyers are priced out,” the Cromford Report gave a gloomy assessment of the current Valley housing market. “The last two months have been dis mal for the Greater Phoenix housing market, with demand fading sharply and supply growing at one of the fastest paces we have ever witnessed,” it said two weeks ago. “Either trend would have been negative but with both com ing together, we have had a very chilly wind blowing through the market.

The only exception is Paradise Valley, where the CMI dropped only 3% but remains heavily weighted toward sell ers at 232 and ranking second only to Fountain Hills, with 254.

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In the West Valley, Avondale regis 3,236-square-foot house on E. Fairview Street in Gilbert recently sold for $2.3 million. The six-bedroom, six-bath house boasted a stunning backyard and had been sued as a vaca tion rental.

GILBERT SUN NEWS | JULY 10, 2022 23BUSINESS tered 176 on Cromford’s market index – well below the 799 it registered a year ago this month. Glendale is now at 161 whereas in July 2021, its CMI was 495. Peoria is listed at 136, far below the 475 index rating it had a year ago. Buckeye in the last 12 months has fallen from 396 to 100. The identical trend has emerged in the East Valley. Chandler a year ago had the fourth most favorable market for sellers at 530; now, it has the 11th most favorable sellers market at 139. Gilbert fell from 490 in July 2021 to 137 last week while Mesa has dwindled from 433 to 161. Scottsdale retains a relatively high ranking for sellers, though its position has fallen from 451 to 232 in the past year.The Cromford Report noted that a wisp of panic among people trying to sell their homes before losing any ad vantage in the marketplace appears to be settling down. “The brighter sign is that the num ber of new listings over the past seven days is down from the extreme high of the week before,” it said on June 30. “ At some point the seller stampede may run out of new sellers. This is not happening yet, but at least the rate at which sellers are joining the stampede is slowing.” Still, a few days earlier, it also said, “More homes are being listed for sale than at any time since 2011.” But it added, “We are not seeing forced selling, like we experienced during the foreclosure wave of 2007 to 2011. This is people electing to sell because they fear a fall in home prices. That fear is likely to be self-fulfilling. When so many attempt to make it to the exit door ahead of everyone else, people get“Wehurt.do not pretend to know how much prices will fall in numeric or per centage terms, but the latest data sug gests that it is already impossible for home prices to rise under the current market conditions,” it said. “As people get more anxious to dispose of their housing assets, price cuts are growing in number and size. The very top and bottom of the market are least affected, but the mid-range, where the vast ma jority of transactions occur, is experi encing a big freeze. “When a buyer’s strike and a sell er’s stampede occur at the same time, the market stalls in mid-flight. A price correction becomes inevitable.

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Even if she can’t avoid the cost of con cessions, Team Marketing Report found that beer per ounce, soft drink per ounce, hot dog, hat and parking costs are all below league averages.

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For the 13th year, the Arizona Dia mondbacks remain the most af fordable fan experience in Major LeagueThat’sBaseball.thedetermination of Team Marketing Report’s 2022 MLB Fan Cost Index, which combines ticket price with other game-day costs, including beer per ounce, parking and hot dogs. The Diamondbacks had the lowest number in the majors with a Fan Cost Index of $152.30.ForArizona sports fan and mom of two, Crys Melton, the affordability makes a big difference in what she and her family are able to do during the summer“Especiallymonths.as season-ticket holders, when my brother brings his herd of children, (the cost is) not a big deal,” Melton said. “After the price of admis sion, it’s more expensive to go to the movies.”TheMeltons have been season-ticket holders for 10 years. Melton purchases the 28-game pass which allows flexibil ity for game choice and buying souve nirs and food at the ballpark. Despite a 5.6% increase from last year’s mark, Arizona is still the most af fordable team in MLB for fans. This comes as “the majority of Ma jor League Baseball clubs have begun ramping up ticket prices,” Chris Hart weg, CEO and Publisher of Team Mar keting Report, stated in the report. “In reversal of 2021, concessions hold (the) line, while tickets fuel (the) increase.” Melton’s work as a non-medical care provider for pregnant women forces her to be on call most of the time. It makes it hard to go to other ballparks. But from the few she has visited and from what her friends who live else where have said, the affordability of Chase Field makes family trips manage able.Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall said it’s important that despite new projects like the Caesars Sportsbook at Chase Field, families like the Meltons must not be priced out. “The affordability for us is a point of pride,” Hall said. “When you come to the ballpark, we want to make sure you’re not gouged. We allow people to bring in their own food (and) water. We have family-value pricing. We want to make sure that anything we do, it’s still affordable so people have a reason to come

“In a couple of weeks, I’m coming (to Chase Field) with my brother and his five kids,” Melton said. “There’s a zero percent chance of buying food at the ballpark. We will get a ton of McDon ald’s nuggets before we go.”

The Diamondbacks have dominated the Fan Cost Index, having maintained the least expensive fan experience in MLB every year since 2009. In the 13 years, the Diamondbacks’ Fan Cost In dex has increased $37.88 from $114.42 to the current $152.30. The Boston Red Sox have the most expensive fan experi ence, with a Fan Cost Index at $385.37.

Arizona has remained low in cost

Theback.”average ticket price around the majors in 2022 sits at $35.93. For Ar izona, the average cost is well below at $22.12. The ticket cost is a 3.5% in crease, which sits just below the league average of 3.6%. Melton often brings her nieces and nephews to Diamondbacks games, so she experiences the normal ticket price often. It is in those days that she makes sure to take advantage of outside food being allowed.

Fans often arrive early at Diamondbacks games to get an closeup view of players working out and taking batting practice. (Chris Nano/Cronkite News)

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are one of the few MLB ballparks that offer value items, helping them earn the title of “most affordable MLB team” by Team Marketing Report. (Chris Nano/ Cronkite News)

Diamondbacks still the best bargain in MLB see DBACKS

“I go to football games and I go to spring training games and I spend way more money at spring training than I do at Chase (Field),” Melton said.

MLB’s average cost is $256.41.

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Contact Zach Alvira zalvira@timespublications.comat and follow him on Twitter @ZachAlvira. while rising in performance on the field. After finishing tied for last in the standings with the Baltimore Orioles with a record of 52-110 last year, the Diamondbacks sit eight games below .500 after 76 games and are in fourth place in a strong National League West division. Arizona is 13 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. But as a diehard, Melton would show up to the games, no matter the perfor mance on the field or if the cost became greater.“Idon’t care how the team is,” Melton said. “If (the team) doesn’t look like it’s trying, then why do you expect me to pay just to park my car?

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“I have been obsessed with big cats and lions my entire life,” said Sanders, who plays Simba. “I named my first dog Nala and this was 15 years ago. I was obsessed with the an imated feature. I absolutely loved it. It’s been cool to come full circle.”

On Friday, July 15, O.A.R. will kick off its summer jaunt with G. Love and Dispatch at the Mesa Amphitheatre. (Zoe Rain/Special for GetOut) see OAR page 29 see LION 28 Lion King’ comes to ASU Gammage

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“My faith is what grounds me,” said Sanders, who also works as a worship leader.

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“We’re excited to go out with Dispatch this summer,” he said. “That one’s been three years in the making. Any time OAR is going out with Dispatch, it’s a good idea.” O.A.R. – which features vocalist/guitar ist Marc Roberge; lead guitarist Richard On; drummer Chris Culos; bassist Benj Gershman and DePizzo – formed in high school and this year rings in 25 years. Sticking with its moniker, Of a Revo lution, the band helms Heard the World Foundation, which raises money to cre ate education-based opportunities, in cluding music therapy programs in hos pitals, scholarships, donating computers to schools and provided an infrastructure in Flint to help with the ongoing water crisis.July 15 is a special day for O.A.R., best

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O.A.R. multi-instrumental ist Jerry DePizzo thinks about the Maryland band’s tours, he recalls love and memories. Within seconds of hearing the word “Phoenix,” he thinks Celebrity Theatre and its quirky revolving stage. “It’s one of my favorites, in a weird and wild sort of way,” he said with a laugh. “It’s quirky. There’s nothing else like it. It’s a great room and when it’s at capac ity, the audience has the ability to be a lot louder.”Theguitarist/saxophonist

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She fell in love with the magic of stage management at a young age when she at tended a production of “Beauty and the Beast.”“Iremember more things that hap pened in that wing than what happened on stage,” Scalpone said. “I immediately went to my middle school like, ‘How do I do that?’ I staged my way through high school and went to college for it and then I went to Juilliard working professionally and now I work for Disney,” Scalpone said. She started with the legendary compa ny 10 days before the pandemic put its clamp on the world. She was working on “Love Life” for En cores at City Center when she got a text from her mentor asking her if she wanted to go on tour for “The Lion King.” Scal pone interviewed and two days later she wasScalponehired.

He was hired as a cover for Simba and was in the ensemble for the Broadway show. Last year, he landed the role of Sim ba on the national tour.

Darian Sanders and Michelle Scal pone are obsessed with “The Lion TheyKing.”callthe musical – now at ASU Gammage through July 31 – beautiful, stunning and a story for all ages.

Sanders said, in some ways, he’s simi lar to his “Everybodycharacter.hasa little bit of Simba in them,” he said. “That story and that journey are per sonalized for everyone when they come and watch the show.”

The strongest connection between Sanders and Simba rests in their faith.

At Tucson native, Scalpone is the assis tant stage manager for “The Lion King.” She speaks to the joy of working on such a large-scale production.

Broadway’s “The Lion King” hit stages for the first time in 1997, three years af ter Disney’s animated film was released. Since then, it has garnered more than 70 theatrical awards. With roots in Kentucky, Sanders joined the cast of “The Lion King” in September 2019. He heard about the role after sing ing the national anthem at a basketball game. And, thanks to his former manager, he was connected with “The Lion King” producers.

“For Simba, Mufasa has told him that the kings of the past are who he can rest on and who he can call upon and I say, ‘Man, that’s awesome.’”

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Sanders, who made his theatrical debut at Lexington Theater Co., said audiences should keep an eye on the opening scene, “The Circle of Life.”

“There’s something about being there in the theater and having Rafiki do that opening call,” Sanders said. “That just shifts and changes some thing in your heart and it brings you back to the first moment you ever saw the ani mated feature.”

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“I’ve been working here, technically, for two years,” she said. “‘The Circle of Life’ still brings me to tears because it is just soShebeautiful.”saidher favorite line in the perfor mance is, “The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it or you can learn from it.” Sanders and Scalpone say they believe “The Lion King” is a show for people of all ages.He said anyone who has a pulse, heart beat and breath in their lungs needs to see “The Lion King.” “It is phenomenally great, and it is timeless,” Sanders said. Scalpone was quick to add that the show isn’t just for kids.

“There is nothing you can do or a spot you can go too far that you can’t come back and be redeemed from.”

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“The Lion King” is about inner strength and being OK with your journey, she adds.

Darian Sanders as Simba and Kayla Cyphers as Nola share a tender moment in “The Lion King,” now at ASU Gammage Theater. (ZoeRain/Special to GetOut) from page 26

With JAN D’ATRI GetOut Contributor can sightsee—agrees with Sanders that the opening scene is moving.

“The messages are so universal and make you feel like it is an individual story being told just to you,” Scalpone said.

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Aluminum foil Pastry brush Directions: Place oven rack in the bottom third of the oven, removing the rack above the one you will be using. Preheat oven the 375 degrees. Take the sheet of paper and roll into a tight cone, securing the end with a piece of tape. Trim the wide end of the cone straight across so it will stand upright on a baking sheet. Wrap cone tightly with foil (on the inside too), completely covering the paper. Lightly spray with cooking oil and set aside.

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“The aspect of redemption” is import ant, Sanders adds.

While the cones are cooling, melt chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in 30-second intervals until spreadable. When the cone is cool enough to handle, remove it from the mold. Pour chocolate into the cone and coat all the way around, pouring out any excess. Let the chocolate harden. Fill the cone with a scoop of your favorite ice cream and sprinkles. Serving size: 6

Ice cream churros are a tasty answer to any heat wave

It’s always on the list of favorite treats for summer –ice cream in any shape, flavor or form. And if you want to create a cone with a real Southwest twist, how about a home-made, hand-crafted ice cream cone that tastes just like a Mexican churro, and it holds as much ice cream as the cone you are willing to create. While homemade churros are pretty tough to tackle (churro dough is very dense and sticky), this cone is made with store-bough biscuit dough, making the process a whole lot easier. The dough is wrapped around a homemade paper mold. It is then baked, rolled in cinnamon and sugar, baked again and then coated on the inside with dipping chocolate which seals it, preventing a soggy cone. Load it up with scoops of your favorite ice cream for a cool and fes tive way to celebrate summer, Southwest style!

Candy sprinkles Special equipment: 6 sheets (8x10inch) of heavy stock paper or manila Painter’sfolders or regular tape

Repeat with remaining sheets of paper. Dust work surface with flour. Using a rolling pin, roll out the biscuit dough to a 1/4-inch thick piece of dough large enough to wrap around the cone mold. Wet your fingertips with water and press and seal dough around mold. Place the cone, base side down on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for about 12 minutes or until cone is golden brown. In a small bowl, mix together cinnamon and sugar. Remove the cones from the oven and brush the outside with melted butter. Sprinkle cones evenly with cinnamon sugar and return to the oven, baking for an additional 3 minutes. Remove the cones from the oven and let cool.

“The Lion King” When: Various times through July 31 Where: ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe Cost: Tickets start at $75 Info: asugammage.com, ticketmaster.com

“That was imprinted into our brains, watching it on TV and live concert vid eos, along with UB40, Sting and Police,” he said. “Those kinds of sounds and ele ments and textures really played a part in this album.” from page 26

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Timestack.Twoofkindmovies:TheLoveLetter,TheLakeHouse CB ACTOR/ACTRESSYEARMOVIE

Make sure your clothes are out of date and leave your present day objects at home before traveling back in time. Leslie Odom Jr. 2021 Your girlfriend’s ex wants her back, so he’s going to go back in time and erase your memories.

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Sad tale about a librarian with a paranormal genetic disorder, and no, I’m not making that up Malcolm McDowell1979 H.G. Wells chases down Jack the Ripper to the 1970s and they didn’t even stop in Lake Havasu to look at their old bridge!

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No Time for Movies!

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You know, bringing back your great, great grandpappy to fall in love with your ex isn’t as simple as it sounds.

Romance

Jennifer Jason Leigh1998 Keanu Reeves 2006

Given the year, an actor and a plot clue, can you guess the title?

These romance movies lie somewhere between time and destiny...

Two of a kind, similar plot line movies... Neither snow, nor rain, nor time, shall keep my letters from going to another year...

Hugh Jackman 2001

AnswersToptoBottom:Kate&Leopold,TimeTraveler’sWife,SomewhereinTime,Needleina

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