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Surging virus rattles Gilbert schools

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

NEWS.................................3 Gilbert recycling costs go up again.

SPORTS...................... 26 A look back at a rocky fall season.

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

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ll students attending Gilbert Public Schools campuses are back in hybrid learning beginning Monday through winter break.

The Governing Board on Nov. 4 adopted guidelines that determined the type of learning for each school based on the num-

ber of active COVID-19 cases on that particular campus. Higley Unified School District’s board did the same last week.

The GPS guidelines call for a district-wide return to hybrid when two of three state health benchmarks – 100 cases per 100,000 residents, more than 10 percent positive tests and over 10 percent hospital visits with COVID-like symptoms – for GPS boundaries show a substantial spread

of the virus for two consecutive weeks.

“I anticipate us meeting that criteria this Thursday when the metrics come out from the Department of Health as well as Maricopa County,” Superintendent Shane McCord told the Governing Board at the Dec. 1 work study. “We will be going hybrid starting Monday, Dec. 7 and that would last

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HD SOUTH’s director Dance to the tower leaving for a new job

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fter 15 years at the helm of HD SOUTH, Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum, Executive Director Kayla Kolar is leaving at the end of the year.

In January, she will join Mesa-based House of Refuge as its executive director, following the retirement of its longtime head Nancy Marion.

Kolar, who is well-known in the East Valley – and especially in Gilbert – said she wasn’t looking for another job.

When Marion’s position was posted, a couple of contacts in the community drew her attention to it.

“I did follow up and was very intrigued. These kinds of opportunities do not come along very often. And House of Refuge is a quality organization with a mission that really tugs at my heart strings,” Kolar said.

“I wasn’t sure what to expect, so I threw my hat in the

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The Gilbert Water Tower was officially lit for the holiday season last week and will stay that way through Jan. 3.

Motorists can tune into 88.9 FM as they drive through the Heritage District for holiday music synchronized to the water tower dancing lights.The water tower will dance each day from 5:30-10 p.m. with the show restarting every 30 minutes.

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Town’s recycling costs rise again

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ilbert Town Council will tackle the escalating cost of recycling at a retreat early next year after it approved last week a $100,000 increase to United Fibers’ contract.

The contract amendment covers the rise in the processing and the contamination disposal fees beginning Jan. 1. The total revised contract is not exceed to $900,000.

“The challenge we have with the market right now is that the resale of the materials, there’s not a lot of resale value because China no longer accepts our material and so the market over the past two to three years have gone from very favorable to less favorable,” said Public Works Director Jessica Marlow.

“We are working internally to do what we can do reduce our costs and clean up our recycle stream so we can maximize that value,” she said, “but the main challenge is just the market isn’t there for a lot of the recyclable material anymore.”

China in 2018 implemented steep restrictions for the percentage of allowable contamination in the global recycle stream.

Because China imported about 45 percent of the world’s total waste, the action sent the recycle market into a downward spiral, impacting Gilbert and other municipalities negatively.

Councilman Laurin Hendrix questioned how the town made sure its contract was competitive.

“Do we just award whatever price they ask for to the existing vendor or is there a process where we are assuring that this process is competitive?” asked Hendrix,

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who pulled the item off the consent agenda for discussion.

Marlow said staff compares United Fibers’ contract with its other recycling vendor, Waste Management, and also looks at what surrounding municipalities pay for theirs.

“As of now, the pricing is very consistent between the two contracts that we have,” Marlow said, adding the town’s contracts had a little bit better pricing than some of its neighbors are seeing at this time.

“At this point these are our only two recycling options,” Marlow said. “We potentially in the future may have the opportunity to work with Republic Services, if they choose to get back into the market and rebuild their facility after it burnt down (October 2019).”

Mayor Scott Anderson asked if a town pilot recycling program could affect the numbers they are seeing today and Marlow responded it could.

The town launched a four-week pilot program in August at three neighborhoods – Morrison Ranch, Copper Ranch and Higley Groves – that aims to reduce the rising cost of processing collected recycle commodities for sale to end users.

Marlow said residents were educated on how to keep recycling materials with good market value and remove previously desirable recycles such as glass, paper and magazines that are now causing the cost per ton to increase to nearly double that of landfill trash fees.

The pilot program focuses on recycling the most desirable recyclable commodities such as aluminum, high-density polyethylene, steel, tin and cardboard.

“The whole model of the blue can helps reduce the cost of the black can, I

think that has been solid for many years,” Councilman Jared Taylor said. “Now that the market for some the blue cans is kind of falling out from under us, there is no market for some of that but it sounds like there is still a pretty solid market for some of the items that we have been putting in the blue can.

“Is part of the pilot program understanding the economics that we’re still going to benefit the residents if we can scope down to just what is true recycling market that it’ll still reduce the cost of the black can?”

Marlow said the pilot program will help the town reduce its cost if it is successful in removing all of the less marketable materials.

“What we did is look at where the cost is more or less than taking it to the landfill,” she said.

“So, if we are able to recycle it at a cost that is less than taking it to the landfill, we want to continue to recycle it. If it cost more than taking it to the landfill, these are the materials we are trying to remove to at least balance it out so it’s not costing us more to recycle than it is to just landfill the materials.”

Taylor, who noted he will no longer be on council when it makes its decision, advised staff to bring back fiscal data for options, including charging residents a nominal fee to continue recycling or do what some other municipalities have done and remove the blue cans.

Marlow said staff intends at the retreat in January or February to bring back more details of the pilot program, including the recycle audit and the cost to roll out the program town-wide if that was the direction chosen.

ering spending $146,000 to buy 10 twoway radios with supporting equipment for the ambulance crew and vehicles.

“I wasn’t on the council when we voted to purchase the ambulances but I did oppose it at the time,” Hendrix said. “I continue to oppose it.

“The new ambulance services that we are taking in under the town’s umbrella

is an expansion of government and an encroachment of the private sector,” he continued, stating: “I see this as a step toward socialized medicine, socialized ambulance services for maybe a better term. I can’t support the socialization of our ambulance ser-

Council stymies anti-ambulance move

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ew Councilman Laurin Hendrix, who successfully sued to take his seat before January, led a failed attempt last week to hobble the town’s ability to form its ambulance service.

The move came as Council was consid-

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through the rest of the semester and that will take us up to and through finals and into winter break.”

The data subsequently released by the county health department showed the district with substantial spread in two benchmarks – 493 cases per 100,000 and 12.98 percent positivity.

Gilbert last week reported it had 10,727 total positive cases, which was 4.3 percent of the county’s total. Of the town’s six largest zip codes, 85295 had the most cases with 2,122, followed by 85234 with 2,181 cases.

Under hybrid learning, students are split alphabetically by their last name with one group in classrooms Mondays and Thursdays and the other Tuesdays and Fridays. All students learn at home on Wednesdays.

McCord said that as the cases continue to trend upward, staff will monitor the data through winter break, which is Dec. 21-31, and make a determination what model of learning will take place when school resumes in January.

“I can’t tell you what it will look like,” he said. “But I have my suspicions.”

He recommended that the board meet Dec. 30 if all-virtual learning needs to take place.

Board member Reed Carr, however, said it was premature to look at a return to remote learning.

Carr said the information from experts is constantly changing and pointed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s action last week to shorten the COVID-19 quarantine to 7-10 days from 14.

He said medical experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, are recommending schools keep students in the classrooms. He also referenced a news conference held in early November where Dr. Cara Christ, who heads the state Health Services Department, stated that teen suicides have surpassed last year’s numbers.

“I feel strongly students need to be in the classroom,” Carr said. “They need it for their mental health, for their well-being.”

He said the board’s decision Nov. 4 was based on the recommendations that were in place at that time.

Parent and Bridges Elementary special education teacher Cristin Willson-Gomez, addresed the Higley Unified Governing Board last week, saying she appreciated the fact schools are remaining open. (Special to GSN) “The recommendations we are getting from local, state and national leaders continue to change,” he said. “I’m not willing at this point based on the information we have today to jump into a discussion of do we start going back online in January. I think our direction needs to continue to be how do we keep students in-person consistent with all the experts.”

Carr said if teachers are able to get the COVID-19 vaccination “than it changes our whole discussion for January.”

Gov. Doug Ducey in a news conference last Wednesday announced that vaccine doses were expected in Arizona in mid to late December, pending FDA approval, and that the first priority will go to teachers, health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities and other “vulnerable’’ populations.

Board President Charles Santa Cruz agreed with Carr that it was too soon to decide what will happen with learning in January because of the virus’ unpredictability.

“Hybrid is the right choice for the next few weeks,” said board member Jill Humpherys, who added the emails she has received are divided on the issue.

“What we need is action by the governor for a curfew or to provide so things are not out of control and have a mitigation strategy.”

She also advised parents to reach out to their children to see if they are struggling.

The increasing cases prompted HUSD’s Governing Board last Wednesday to put a mitigation plan in place with triggers for a return to remote learning. The vote was 4-0 with Greg Wojtovich absent.

The district’s site-by-site plan will be based on the number of positive active cases reported on each campus on the HUSD dashboard.

For preschools and elementary schools, the cases would need to reach 2 percent of the campus population, middle schools, 1.5 percent and high schools, 1 percent.

Remote learning is triggered if a school has three consecutive school days where the percentage of active cases meets or exceeds those thresholds or if trending data suggest active cases will do so soon.

Higley’s 16 campuses last week were not even close to meeting those triggers. There were a total of 18 cases district-wide with Williams Field High School reporting the most cases at six.

HUSD boundaries, however, were in the red or substantial spread in two of the three health benchmarks – 512 cases per 100,000 and 13.12 percent positivity, according to Maricopa County data.

“This is different than what happened under the executive order that had us go into school closure,” Associate Superintendent Dawn Foley told the board.

“This is a mitigation strategy if we find we have concern about the number of rising cases that are sustaining.”

She added the plan would be trumped by any state directive suspending in-person learning.

Foley acknowledged that most students learn better in person and that social-emotional learning and connections are essential for students and hard to replicate through a screen.

Should a school need to transition to remote learning, the closure will be for a full school week, Monday to Friday, which would cause minimal adverse impact on in-person learning, according to staff. But if cases continue to rise or the positivity rates sustain during the closure, remote learning could be extended.

If a campus were to close, all activities, including sports and clubs also would close, according to David Loutzenheiser, secondary education executive director.

Loutzenheiser said the district will submit a waiver to the state education department for exemption from having to provide support services on site during the closure. He said that way, students won’t be congregating.

Seven people spoke at the Higley meeting, six asking the board to keep

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schools opened.

Christin Willson-Gomez, a special education teacher at Bridges Elementary, said she has three children in the district, one who is special needs student.

“As a mom, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the fact that you all gave him the opportunity to go to school because online teaching for him is a huge struggle like many special-education kids,” she said. “Even though the staff tried with aides’ support or the extra support that the teachers were trying to give him, it was awful.

“For the first time in my life having an autistic child, I thought I was going to have to do something for his mental stability because he needs to have in-person. He needs to have that connection with a person, even his peers.

Without that connection, he struggles,” Willson-Gomez said.

She said school was a safe place for kids and as a teacher, she knows that the classrooms are disinfected and the students follow the rules such as wearing their masks.

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Rebecca Shaver said schools are the safest place for children to be and closing them won’t stop community spread of the virus as long as people are still going out to bars and restaurants.

And Heather Maez said her daughter, who attends Cooley Middle School saw her grades dropped when the district initially went to remote learning in March.

“In-person learning is so incredibly effective for her,” said Maez, who added her daughter was once again earning almost all As. Board member Scott Glover said in order to keep schools open, everyone must do their part, including wearing masks, washing hands, not holding large gatherings and staying home when sick.

He added that he’s seen people easing up on safety protocols such as a man he saw who wore his mask on his chin in a store or some parents at a recent HUSD game.

“A group of parents visited our school and were in the stands,” Glover said.

“They weren’t adhering to the mask protocols and they were asked politely by security and instead of adhering to that so that we all would be safe, and sports could continue for our kids they decided to chant, ‘mask police, go away.’

These are the people we have to be angry with. They are the people who are ruining it for all of us.”

He suggested people need to write the governor to ask him to close down some businesses in order to preserve schools.

“What I hope people didn’t take away from looking at our dashboard is that you can relax now,” Glover said. “We have got to keep our foot on the gas pedal here. When I hear people saying kids don’t get COVID or they’re not carriers, kids do get it, more than a million American kids have gotten it.

“They can transmit and it’s dangerous to suggest otherwise. But these are not magical numbers. This is the result of hard work. Our numbers are low compared to the outside community because of the Herculean effort of our

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staff and I would say some responsible parenting and a massive investment in things like air filters and cleaning supplies. So if we are to stay open, we cannot be complacent or cavalier about these numbers.

“They’re serious and there are triggers now. Tonight is a call to the community that we’re fighting the clock for time until a vaccine gets here.”

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rizona is expected to receive “hundreds of thousands” of doses of vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the month, state health chief Cara Christ said last week, with priority for health-care workers, vulnerable populations, residents of long-term care facilities and teachers.

The Dec. 2 announcement came even as she disclosed that one person out of every seven who got tested for the virus last week showed they were infected.

And her agency reported a new one-day record for cases.

But Gov. Doug Ducey, standing at her side, refused to put any new mitigation measures or restrictions in place to get the state past the point where a majority of Arizonans can actually be inoculated.

He specifically rejected a proposal by the chief medical officers of several Arizona hospitals to put in place a curfew, close restaurants to indoor dining and cancel group athletic activities. Instead,

Ducey said he is relying on the idea that Arizona will have sufficient hospital beds to treat those who get ill in the interim.

That assumes that hospitals can find the qualified medical personnel to staff these beds.

Earlier Wednesday, Marjorie Bessel, chief clinical officer for Banner Health, said the problem now is that Arizona is no longer the only state with a surge.

That makes it difficult to recruit help from elsewhere.

And while Banner is in the process of filling 1,500 positions, she said efforts are still underway to hire 900 more.

Ducey agreed to provide an additional $60 million to Arizona hospitals to help them find the staff they. That is on top of a $25 million infusion less than a month ago.

But Bessel said the picture in Arizona is “grim,’’ predicting that Banner hospitals will hit 125 percent of bed capacity this month and even exceed that, at least

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briefly, in January.

The most recent data from the Arizona Department of Health Services already has ICU bed use at 90 percent of capacity.

Hitting 125 percent is not necessarily a problem as hospitals are required to have made plans for that surge, including converting other non-ICU beds and other facilities for intensive-care use. But the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation predicts that the demand for ICU beds will hit 300 percent of capacity by the middle of January unless there are steps taken to curb the spread of the virus.

It was for that reason that Bessel and medical officers from Mayo Clinic and Dignity Health specifically asked Christ this week to impose the additional restrictions. In fact, Bessel specifically praised Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and the city council for voting Tuesday night to impose a 10 p.m. curfew that will run for three weeks.

“A curfew is mitigation that absolutely can work,’’ Bessel said. “It can work

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and it will work if we deploy it.’’

Ducey conceded that the vaccines, which will only start to be available later this month only for those in the highest priority classes, won’t make any immediate dent in the increasing trend in cases.

“We are in for a tough several weeks here,’’ the governor said.

As for Tucson’s curfew, Ducey said, “I don’t think it’s the right approach.”

“We want to do things that will allow businesses to operate safely,’’ Ducey continued.

The governor brushed aside questions about the rapid virus spread even as Christ acknowledged that 15 percent of the tests for the virus conducted last week are coming back positive.

His focus is on the economy.

“I don’t think the right answer is to throw hundreds of thousands of Arizonans out of work before the holidays to slow this spread because I don’t think it would slow the spread,’’ he said.

And the governor said there are other complications of restrictions, “like

suicide attempts, like depression, like emotional and social disconnection, like child abuse and like domestic violence.’’

The lone new regulation of sorts that Ducey did impose Wednesday is not actually anything the state would enforce.

His current executive orders prohibit gatherings of more than 50 unless local governments approve. Now, the governor said, these governments will have to have a written agreement with event organizers that they will require and enforce certain safety measures, like distancing and the use of masks.

For vaccines, Ducey said first priority will go to health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities and other “vulnerable’’ populations.

The governor is specifically including teachers in that first group.

That dovetails with his often-repeated argument that he wants more in-classroom teaching and less online education. The premise is that once teachers have immunity, they will be more willing to return to work.

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And while the date for vaccines for all Arizonans has yet to be determined, Ducey issued an executive order spelling out that all residents will be able to get inoculated “without financial barriers.’’

Ducey also set aside $1 million in grants to help restaurants and other dining facilities expand their outdoor dining operations.

But not everything being done for restaurants is financial.

Ducey is suspending a provision in law that says restaurants can serve alcoholic beverages only to patrons dining in-house or at an outdoor patio directly connected to the business.

That has proven to be a barrier for restaurants that have received local permission to operate in parking lots and even on cordoned-off areas of the street because there is a sidewalk in between.

The governor said that prohibition makes no sense when the state, with its good weather, should be encouraging more dining outdoors, where the risk of spreading the virus is reduced.

Planning Commission generally likes Val Vista project For a related story, see page 20.

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developer wants to bring a multi-family development that has the look and feel of single-family homes to a 5-acre infill lot at the southwest corner of Val Vista Drive and Ray roads.

The Planning Commission in study session last Wednesday discussed the merits of New Village Homes’ request for a minor general plan amendment and rezone to allow for the 41-unit Lamb Lane. The land is currently zoned for single-family dwellings.

“This is one of the last sites in this general area to be developed,” planner Stephanie Bubenheim said.

The proposed ungated development consists of four single-story buildings.

Each unit would have a front porch, a

This rendering shows the proposed design of the New Village Homes’ 41-unit Lamb Lane residences. (Town of Gilbert) backyard and an attached one-car garage.

The units, with styles like farmhouse ranch, cottage and craftsman, would range from one to three bedrooms and amenities include a tot lot, a dog park and walking trails, according to Bubenheim, who also asked for feedback on the project design.

She said the developer was using enough colors and material so that each

unit stands apart from one another. She added the developer has a similar project, the Village at Hampton Court at the northwest corner of Val Vista and Ray roads.

Commissioner Tyler Jones sad he’s toured a similar project by the developer in Chandler and he liked what he saw.

“Compared to the traditional multi-family that we see from a zoning deviation perspective it makes a lot of

sense here for this infill site,” Jones said.

“I actually like the colors and style and differentiation in the product here.”

Other commissioners also voiced their support of the project.

“It’s a great product,” Commissioner David Blaser said. “As I look at this, I thought about how apartments typically look and how it could look, a typical apartment complex and this is very atypical, I think in a positive direction.

It’s going to look and feel like single-family homes.”

Commissioner Noah Mundt called it “a cool project.”

“There is a market for this in individuals who don’t want to take on the responsibility of single-family homes as well as the simple fact of the financial implications,” Mundt said. “When I look at the differentials of what a multi-family would be and what these little casitas are, it has a very nice feel. As an infill it does quite

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ring, and the rest is history.”

HD SOUTH, which is in the middle of a $2 million capital campaign for renovations and a new building, had just launched the community phase of the project when the pandemic hit.

About 70 percent of the fundraising is complete and construction is to begin in the spring with a bridge loan.

Hence, the reaction from its board and staff was predictable.

“With many people, the reaction has been the same – shock followed by congratulations followed by panic,” Kolar said.

“No one, including myself, expected this at this point in time. Our HD SOUTH family is happy for me but the unknown is scary. But the organization is on a solid path with a solid future,” she added.

Jim DoBrunz, HD SOUTH board chair who is heading the search for her replacement, said the office has mixed emotions regarding her leaving – saddened but happy about her success.

“To say it was a surprise is an understatement,” DoBrunz said. “The timing is a bit tough, as we are in the middle of a pandemic and capital campaign. Kayla has been at HD SOUTH for 15-plus years. Filling her shoes will not be easy.”

He added: “Many in this community know Kayla as HD South and vice versa.

She has grown HD SOUTH into a cornerstone of the Gilbert community. Our goal is to build on Kayla’s success.”

Johnna Switzer, president of the House of Refuge board, said the organization is “very pleased that Ms. Kolar has chosen to accept this position as she brings not only a great depth of experience but also a true passion for the mission.”

House of Refuge provides transitional housing and social services to Arizona families that are experiencing homelessness.

Working with staff and nonprofit partners, participants work towards self-sufficiency while having a safe, dignified place for them and their families to live.

Situated on 20 acres in southeast Mesa, the organization maintains 80 two-bedroom, single-family homes.

During its 23-year history, House of

KAYLA KOLAR Refuge has created a healthy and safe neighborhood environment through partnerships with state, county, and local governments, the local community and faith-based partners.

Switzer said Marion, who announced her retirement last winter at its annual gala, leaves an enduring and remarkable legacy.

“Throughout her 23-year history with House of Refuge, Nancy impacted and transformed thousands of lives. She leaves an indelible statement in our community that we must shelter and feed families experiencing homelessness with dignity and love,” she said.

Kolar, who counts 28 years in nonprofit executive leadership, said that her experience translates well to the position.

Previously, she was the executive director of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the deputy director of the Desert Botanical Garden.

“My experience runs the gamut from organizational and change management, networking, finance and fundraising, program building and oversight, leadership, board governance, and volunteer management, all while keeping the mission at the forefront of

everything,” she said.

“I’m excited to bring my experience and passion to House of Refuge as they continue to do miraculous work in the lives of so many.”

House of Refuge received many applications for the position and whittled them to a final eight who were interviewed in depth.

The four finalists toured the offices and met with the management teams of House of Refuge and Community Housing Partnership, a subsidiary organization, as well as the boards of both organizations.

“We spoke with many well qualified candidates, but Ms. Kolar consistently rose to the top,” Switzer said.

Kolar’s diverse executive leadership and development experience in nonprofits, leading them through unprecedented growth, economic downturns and rebranding stood out, she added.

When Kolar joined the Gilbert Historical Museum in 2005, it was an all-volunteer run museum displaying the town’s artifacts, with a few memberships and a thrift store in the basement and little earned revenue.

Realizing that the concept of history museums is outdated and dying in the modern, technologically enhanced world, Kolar directed a successful effort to turn it into a multi-faceted arts and culture community center while also remaining the keeper of the now 100-year-old town’s stories.

The formal rebranding as HD South in 2017 also enhanced the Communities for All Ages model implemented earlier, a program where the generations can learn and grow together.

One of its salient features is programming, especially in health and wellness, art and history.

Kolar increased the museum’s capacity to serve the public in many ways.

She added public programming, created an art gallery, hosted traveling exhibitions, started an annual quilt show that has run for 15 years and launched the signature fundraising Night at the Museum gala that has occurred for eight years.

Moreover, the center now enables scouts to do eagle projects and gold

award projects, hosts thousands of children on field trips to learn local history and holds a Memorial Day service each year for hundreds of residents.

Maria Hesse, a member of Faculty, Higher Education at Arizona State University and a board member of HD SOUTH, said although she feels sad to see Kolar leave, she is delighted at this opportunity for her.

“I am grateful for what Kayla has done for HD South over the years,” Hesse said. “She has been the heartbeat of the organization, providing intergenerational programming to create a strong future for our family-focused community, while also preserving our past through the historical collections and exhibits.”

“I have no doubt that she will do well at House of Refuge,” she added.

Kolar is optimistic that the HD South board will select someone with extensive experience, preferably in a private nonprofit arts and culture center, that can propel the organization to the next level.

DoBrunz has begun the process of looking for a candidate and plans to have it filled by middle to late first quarter.

“We don’t want to rush this process, just to hire somebody,” he said.

HD South is looking for someone who has experience in working for and managing a nonprofit. Fundraising experience is also very important, given the current capital campaign.

Ideally, DoBrunz said, someone from Gilbert or who has a lot of knowledge of Gilbert would be a good fit.

“However, it isn’t everything. We expect to receive resumes from all over the country. We will work through them and see where we end up. At the end of the day, we want to make the best decision for the future of HD SOUTH,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kolar said that HD SOUTH is not a typical museum or arts organization.

“Gilbert is a unique community of excellence, and we have had to find a way to survive and find a niche that is not being filled by anyone else,” she said.

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Commissioner Jan Simon said his initial concerns such as with parking and refuse were addressed by the developer and that he also liked the look of the project.

Commissioner William Fay, however, didn’t join his peers in their support.

“I think this is too heavy a lift for this site,” Fay said. “I think we are trying to pack too much into it and the result is it will be two years or two tenant iterations down the road, it’s going to be a mess.

“I think we can get higher-quality in Gilbert,: he continued. “I think Gilbert as a town has positioned itself to get higher quality and not the absolute, squeeze every drop of life out of some of these projects.”

Chairman Carl Bloomfield noted that

the land is the last undeveloped piece of the pioneer Riggs Family property and asked about neighboring property owners’ feedback on the project.

Bubenheim said the developer held a virtual meeting in May where 44 people, including town staff and the developer’s team, attended.

She said concerns raised included if Lamb Lane would have access to the adjoining Ashland Ranch open space, which it would not.

A second in-person meeting was held in October where one person attended and had questions about traffic, she added.

The majority of the feedback has come from two homes located at the southwest corner of the development and the devel-

oper is working with them over their concerns such as moving its building farther from them and adding more landscaping, according to Bubenheim.

Bloomfield said the developer does a good job and is well-known as a good developer in town.

“This is his niche that he’s choosing to operate in,” Bloomfield said. “He has lot of market research to justify why he’s doing what he is doing.

“It is providing an alternative housing product for the area.”

He added he understood Fay’s concerns as far as with the parking, which would be an issue.

But “I might disagree on this being a couple of iterations away of being to-

morrow’s slums today,” Bloomfield said.

“I don’t necessarily have that vision or view on this where if it’s going to be a single-family residential then yes it’s up to the ownership of 100 people.

“But where there is a single common ownership they can go through and update, clean up and spruce up all at one time and keep it looking nice and fresh and up to date like it needs to be and I believe that is what would happen in this situation where this is kind of a niche boutique-like community. They’ve done their home work and I like what I see.”

Bubenheim said the project is scheduled for a public hearing before the Planning Commission on Jan. 6, where a recommendation to the council is expected.

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T

en years ago, with the East Valley all but paralyzed by the Great Recession, Mesa officials sank ceremonial shovels into some dirt just north of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

They were breaking ground for a new stretch of a city street.

Ordinarily, a new stretch of city street doesn’t bring out the mayor, City Council members, top bureaucrats and the press. We get new streets around these parts all the time – big whoop.

But this was Ray Road and the work beginning that morning would – in the rosy estimation of those pols and bureaucrats – open the floodgates for a 21st century gold rush. With Loop 202 just to the north and the airport next door, how could they miss?

Well, it took some time. But they nailed it.

The south side of Ray east of Sossaman now presents a phalanx of large industrial buildings on what was open land as little as two years ago.

More are on the way, with the prospect of turning Ray Road’s intersection with Hawes Road into one of southeast Mesa’s busiest business hubs.

Within these buildings is a dizzying array of enterprises, ranging from cabinetry to swimming pool supplies to the latest in high-tech aviation.

It has worked out so well for CAVU Aerospace Inc. that the 10-year-old Arkansas-based company is thinking about moving its national headquarters to Gateway.

Ken Kocialski, one of CAVU’s founding partners, said the rapidly growing company opened its 80,000-square-foot Gateway facility in the fall of 2019 because of a combination of private and public cooperation.

Originally, he said, the company had wanted to lease a building in Chandler.

“We thought it would be a perfect fit for us. After about four to six weeks of the most excruciating lease negotiation … finally we just gave up on this group,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kocialski’s wife, Tarasa

Mesa and MarWest Enterprises officials broke ground earlier this month for Landing 202.

(Special to GSN)

Haase, a real estate agent, came across Landing 202, then under development on the south side of Ray Road by Scottsdale-based Marwest Enterprises LLC. Within the space of a weekend, a lease was negotiated even before the building was finished. Two meetings with Mesa’s economic development staff cemented the deal.

CAVU’s Mesa shop refurbishes parts from dismantled aircraft and sells them with FAA certification for re-use in other planes. Kocialski is looking to add about 20 qualified mechanics to his existing Mess staff of 25 by the end of the year.

Mesa’s economic development director, Bill Jabjiniak, doesn’t have an exact figure in terms of dollars flowing into the Gateway sector.

But he said, “I will tell you that we are in the billions.”

Jabjiniak, who has been in his position with Mesa since 2007, seems personally awestruck at the transformation.

“Southeast Mesa on all sides of the airport has become a significant draw,” he said. “We’re seeing things I never thought we would see.”

Mesa has long touted the economic potential of land near the airport, which until 1993 was a U.S. Air Force base. In 2006, a study by the Urban Land Institute predicted that the Gateway area could someday support 100,000 well-paying jobs.

Fruition of that employment forecast is still years in the future. But recent growth suggests it is not necessarily a

pipe dream.

EuroContempo Cabinetry LLC, which originated in Gilbert in 2017, kicked off the land rush with a 72,000-square-foot factory and showroom in 2018. Kevin Thompson, who represents southeast Mesa on the City Council, said that seems to have been the catalyst.

When he first joined the council in 2015, Thompson said, “We were just coming out of a recession and man, nobody was wanting to build anything.”

In fact, he said, a proposed large mixed-use development at Ray and Hawes fizzled in 2015 for lack of funds.

But when EuroContempo broke ground, “Everybody kind of saw suddenly that there were cranes and there was dirt being moved and it generated some excitement,” Thompson said.

In short order, a Potato Barn furniture store opened on the north side of Ray, and the building boom was on.

Several projects have come under the auspices of Marwest.

Just this year, Marwest built 605,000 square feet of Class-A industrial space on 45 acres on the north side of Ray. Jabjiniak said that project, called Landing 202, already is mostly leased.

Another Marwest project is under construction on the east end of the existing industrial row – 525,000 square feet in seven Class A industrial buildings, scheduled for completion in April.

And, Jabjiniak said, there is far more to come.

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announced, will add 3.6 million square feet of space to the Ray Road corridor between Hawes and Power roads.

This all adds up to something Mesa has craved for decades: jobs. Mesa historically has been a bedroom community for other nearby cities with more employment opportunities.

Citywide, Jabjiniak said, Mesa has added more than 12,000 jobs in the past five years, with an average wage of $46,586.

By far the majority of that activity has come in the city’s southeast corner, where already-established companies such as CMC Steel, Fuji Films and Able Engineering have announced expansions of their operations.

Thompson said those jobs were his priority from the moment he joined the City Council.

“Our citizens leave our community to go to other communities to work, and I said we need to reverse the trend,” Thompson said.

“We’re meeting the demands of the market,” Jabjiniak said. “People wanted industrial buildings that had big floor plates and high ceilings. Mesa didn’t have those five years ago. We now do, and they’re being occupied right and left.”

These projects are coming to life outside the boundaries of what Mesa calls its Elliot Road Industrial Corridor, which Mesa laced with industrial-grade infrastructure and which already has attracted Apple Inc., Google and other firms. Google plans to build a data center on 187 acres at Elliot and Sossaman, with construction beginning in the first half of 2021.

The airport itself has developable land in what it calls SkyBridge.

The 363-plus acres is expected to have nearly 4 million square feet of industrial and commercial space at buildout, supporting 6,400 jobs and 10,000 cargo flights per year by 2036.

In addition, southeast Mesa is poised to become a tourist and recreation destination.

Jabjiniak expects a development

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called Gallery Park to resume construction soon on the northeast corner of Ray and Power roads.

“The COVID beast hit and put the brakes on a lot of stuff, but that’s 1 million square feet of mixed-use non-industrial development,” Jabjiniak said.

Less than a mile north, a large water park and mixed-use project called Can-

non Beach is in the works.

“That’s real. That’s gonna happen,” Jabjiniak said. Groundbreaking is on tap for early 2021.

And groundbreaking already occurred this fall for a $250-million recreation complex called Legacy Sports Park on 320 acres at Ellsworth and Pecos roads just south of the airport. Completion is

expected in early 2022.

Jabjiniak said Mesa has worked hard to identify and preserve industrial and commercial areas even as residential growth explodes in southeast Mesa.

“We still have three eligible employees for every full-time job” in Mesa, he said. “We’re exporting talent to other communities. That’s a hard ratio to get

to change with the amount of residential growth that we’ve seen.”

Kocialski, of CAVU Aerospace, can barely contain his enthusiasm over the welcome his company received.

“Mesa – they really are trying to create something different,” he said. “They really want to put together a community that benefits everybody.”

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No other council member spoke before the 4-3 vote. Hendrix was joined in his dissent by fellow conservatives Councilwoman Aimee Yentes and Councilman Jared Taylor.

The town has been exploring the possibility of operating its own ambulances since 2013 when it was caught off guard by then-provider Rural Metro’s bankruptcy filing.

Council in August approved $1.65 million for the purchase of six ambulances, stretchers and power cots with

the intent of launching services in May. American Medical Response, or AMR, currently serves Gilbert but staff has voiced concerns, including two areas of the town didn’t have the same level of service.

Fire Chief Jim Jobusch in August told Council the town would be able to provide a higher-level of service at a more consistent level of care to residents and with faster response times at a lower cost.

Yentes and Taylor have criticized the proposal and questioned the need to spend the money when ambulances

were already provided by a private operator.

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ocal theaters are learning to pivot and adapt as the pandemic continues to rage on.

Since the start of the pandemic, Valley theatres have faced closed and canceled shows.

Karen Rolston, artistic director of Mesa’s East Valley Children’s Theatre, said the pandemic has imposed numerous changes that cost the nonprofit revenue.

“We had to move all of our classes and camps from March through June online in a virtual setting,” Rolston said, “The online programs just don’t generate as much income.”

In addition to loss of revenue, she said, the transition to an online format has created other challenges.

“Our technical theater program is not

East Valley Children’s Theater hasn’t been able to present its colorful shows to live audiences for months. (Special to GSN) functioning currently,” she said, “All of our outreach programs for performances at retirement communities, libraries,

bookstores and elementary schools have been canceled.”

Arizona Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Sean Daniels, saw a similar decline.

“For us, we estimated the loss at about a $1.5 million in revenue,” said Daniels.

Theaters also have had

to cut staff.

“Our staff went from 96 people to 26 people just in March,” said Daniels.

Rolston added, “We have been unable to hire a large portion of our part-time staff since we don’t have programs.”

Daniels has managed to find something to be grateful for.

“The silver lining is that we were terrible at social media before,” he said, “It forced us to be present in the modern world.”

In addition to having a stronger presence on social media now, the Arizona Theatre also started streaming its former productions online.

“Online programming has attracted younger theater goers,” said Daniels.

Another local theater has also turned to social media to stay present, afloat and appeal to younger audiences.

“Everybody’s out of business now,” said Howard Paley, general manager of the Phoenix Opera Company, “On Face-

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Family helps hospice families in Gilbert

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or the past four years, Amber Kovarik of Chandler has donated dozens of Thanksgiving meals to Hospice of the Valley patients and families impacted by cancer.

She says it’s a gift of gratitude in memory of her sister Shannon, who received such compassionate care at the agency’s Dobson Home in 2017.

After Shannon’s death at age 32, Kovarik started Shannon’s Giving, a foundation to help families who recently lost a loved one to cancer or have someone so sick that the thought of putting on a Thanksgiving dinner is completely overwhelming.

“I know how tough life can be when you have a loved one in hospice and my

Amber Kovarik of Chandler enlisted her daughters Jade, left, and Tatum as well as her father Dave to deliver meals to hospice facilities in Gilbert and other communities for Thanksgiving. (Hospice of the Valley)

hope with Shannon’s Giving is to be able to shed some light on a dark time,” said Kovarik, a branch manager and loan officer for Guild Mortgage in Chandler.

On Thanksgiving eve, 90 Thanksgiving meals from a Whole Foods store in Chandler were delivered to families under Hospice of the Valley care in Maricopa and Pinal counties, and to inpatient care homes including Dobson Home in Mesa, Lund Home in Gilbert and Eckstein Center in Scottsdale.

“It is such an honor to be able to do this and it would not be possible without the support from Hospice of the Valley,” Kovarik said.

“It is so important for me to give back to HOV and their patients because HOV gave so much to me. The passing of my

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The USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River are laid out along the lines of the exact footprint of the ship, which sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Columns are installed, as shown on the right, to represent each sailor who died in the attack. (Special to GSN)

Pearl Harbor attack to be commemorated tomorrow onoring the loss of over 2,400 people who lost their lives on Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day will be commemorated tomorrow, Dec. 7, at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River.

Though events this year are going to be different than originally envisioned, The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community will host an event at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River and invites the public to join virtually and to join the live streaming of the Pearl Harbor ceremony in Hawaii immediately thereafter.

Both events will be live-streamed at memorialgardensatsaltriver.com and will include a 9 a.m. ceremony at the Salt

River Indian Community, including a flag breathing ceremony, taps and a 21-gun salute.

At 10 a.m. the Hawaii remembrance titled “Above and Beyond the Call” will focus on the surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

Of the 2,400 servicemen and women killed, 1,177 were from the USS Arizona; 68 civilians also died. Hundreds of aircraft were damaged or destroyed, as were most of the ships in the harbor. It was an unprecedented surprise attack that precipitated the United States entry into WWII as the U.S. sided with the allies and declared war on Japan.

The USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River is located on tribal land and was built by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to honor the brave

individuals that sacrificed so much.

The gardens span the exact length and width of the USS Arizona with over 1,500 commemorative columns, outlining the actual perimeter of the USS Arizona. Each column is representative of a life aboard the ship that day.

In addition, there are gaps within the column outline representing an individual who survived the attack.

As the day ends, each column illuminates, transforming the memorial at night representing each individual as a light that will continue to go on and stand through the test of time.

Open daily from dawn until dusk, the Gardens are free to the public. Located in the Talking Stick Entertainment District at 7455 North Pima Rd., between Salt River Fields at Talking Stick and Great

Wolf Lodge Arizona, on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

The relic room will reopen to the public for visitation on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Those interested in learning more can also stop by the Discover Salt River Visitor Center located at 9120 East Talking Stick Way, Suite E-10, in the Pavilions at Talking Stick shopping center.

The visitor center is open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) is home to two distinct Native American tribes; the Akimel O’odham (River People), more commonly known as the Pima and the Xalychidom Piipaash (People Who Live Toward the Water) known to many as the Maricopa.

book, we have outtakes of performances from the past.”

Prior to the pandemic, the smallest demographic that attended performing arts productions comprised younger generations like millennials.

A 2017 study by the National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture found that millennials were less inclined to attend performing arts events than older generations.

In fact, 13 percent of respondents 18 to 34 years old in 1992 attended plays in comparison to 7 percent of polled

those 18 to 34, the study reported.

“Typically, the average theatre goer in the country is a 57-year-old married woman,” said Daniels.

The Phoenix Opera Company’s general demographic was consistent with the national average.

“Our audiences are mostly seniors over 60-years-old,” said Paley.

According to Paley, younger audiences are more attracted to works of contemporary opera playwrights. This is in stark contrast to the interests of the older audiences that are regulars at his

opera company, however.

“Classics are a consistent draw,” said Paley, “They want to see ‘Aida’ or ‘Carmen.’”

Classic opera productions are primarily sung and spoken in foreign languages such as French, Russian and Italian.

Paley said this could deter new and younger audiences. To counteract this, the opera company installed a system to translate the productions in real-time.

“Super titles are captions above the stage that audiences can use to understand,” said Paley, “Languages are no

longer a barrier.”

As for the East Valley Children’s Theatre, Rolston hopes to slowly transition back to performing for in-person audiences.

“The hope is to do a couple of in-person shows with small audiences that we will also stream,” Rolston said.

However, the director remains cautious and does not expect to hold these shows until 2021.

“Those are all scheduled after the new year,” she said, “Hopefully, we will feel safe doing it at that time.”

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sister was the hardest and most emotional experience of my life,” she continued.

“The way our HOV caregivers handled this extremely trying time was incredible. They coached us through it and felt like family to us.”

This was the fourth year of Shannon’s Giving with Hospice of the Valley, which identified the patients and families receiving the meals and assisted with deliveries. But it was the first year for her father, who flew in from Florida.

Her husband and daughters, 7-yearold Tatum and 5-year-old Jade, also got involved.

“It was incredibly special to have all of them with me helping deliver meals and spread love to over 100 families!” she said.

Lin Sue Cooney is community engagement director for Hospice of the Valley.

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ome women get insulted when they’re called a “diva,” but Amber Miller wears that name proudly.

Indeed, she has made her Gilbert business a nationwide enterprise business with her “delegation divas,” the linchpin of her four-year-old Smart to Finish Office Solutions.

Her “delegation divas” are virtual office assistants who perform a variety of services for businesses, from simple administrative tasks like data entry to more sophisticated projects like overseeing customer support to even running the whole show – all from their phones and home computers.

“Many business owners try to do everything on their own because they cannot afford staffing, but not having

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the right support will eventually cripple your business,” said Miller, a mother of three children ranging in age from 9 to 20.

“You can’t always do it all – and though you try – you eventually will either burn out or start dropping too many balls, resulting in lost business. You need to delegate if you want to have a successful company,” she added.

Moreover, she noted, “We are very different from other services in that our staff is highly trained to handle anything – even complex operations management and overseeing sophisticated online marketing systems like Infusionsoft.”

And the best part for the delegation divas’ boss is that she doesn’t have to worry about relocation costs or travel expenses when her employees are on the job.

“Because our business is ‘virtual,’” she said, “traveling is not required. We primarily assess their needs over the phone or via email.”

Unlike some staffing agencies, Miller said her business specializes in “we try to stay true to our core values and uniqueness and not compromise in any of those areas.”

That kind of specialization, she said, keeps Smart to Finish ahead of cheaper competition. “They often don’t have the skills necessary to handle the tasks at hand,” Miller said.

Until she formed her company in 2014, Miller was one of those full-time staffers her business replaces for clients.

“I was the marketing and tech manager for a medium-sized accounting firm

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$7.5M deal sealed for 317-unit Gilbert complex GSN NEWS STAFF

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developer has paid $7.5 million for nearly nine acres of land in Gilbert for a 317-unit luxury apartment complex.

Crescent Communities of North Carolina bought the 8.6 acres near the southeast corner of Val Vista Drive and Pecos Road for a complex it will call NOVEL Val Vista, according to a release from NAI Horizon, which represented the seller, Park Corp. of Ohio.

“NAI Horizon is thrilled to be part of such a significant land transaction,” Horizon Vice President Lane Neville said. “Crescent Communities is top tier and will be building one of the finest luxury apartment properties in the entire Southeast Valley.

“The addition of this high-end residential component is a critical milestone for our overall commercial mixed-use

Crescent Communities has bought nearly nine acres at Val Vista Drive and Pecos Road for the NOVEL Val Vista apartment complex. (Special to GSN)

project. This deal is such a nice addition to Val Vista Square and complements the soon-to-be grand opening of ALDI Grocery Store located adjacent to the

NOVEL community.”

Ken Keefe, director of development for Crescent Communities, said he expects breaking ground early next year.

“The community will feature a variety of amenity-rich offerings suited to the residents of the growing Phoenix market, including top-of-the-line finishes, a spacious and refined clubhouse, a luxury pool, sky lounge, fitness center and more,” Keefe said.

Park Corp. Properties said it was important to find “the right residential developer” that for the overall project’s multifamily dimension. Val Vista Square is a mixed-use property that includes commercial development.

“We first selected Crescent Communities based on their stellar longstanding reputation to create highquality, high-density apartment living throughout the country,” said Park Corporation representative Morgan Neville.

“As we began our work to complete the land sale, we knew immediately we had

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homes in Gilbert, there was a bit of a bidding war and the house sold for more than the asking price,” said Charlene Wright of Gilbert.

“We sold in August in Gilbert. One day on the market and 10 offers, it was crazy,” said Doug Osborne, who now lives in Colorado.

Investors are getting in on the action, profiting from properties that they have been holding on to in hopes to make a pretty penny.

S. Abdul had an investment property that was 2,025 square feet in Chandler. The property was listed $30,000 over appraisal and comparables in the area. She received three offers, finally receiving a cash offer after three weeks

on the market.

Laura Edgar, mortgage advisor at Finance of America in Gilbert, said the Southeast Valley may see this low inventory and strong numbers for many years because more people are relocating there from out of state.

“An interesting perspective is that the first-time home buyer age is 33. Thirty-three years ago, there was a baby boom, and that baby boom lasted for five years,” Edgar said.

“With all the first-time home buyers in the market, coupled with the folks that are relocating here, these two gigantic factors are working against us in terms of having a positive inventory situation,” Edgar said.

Cathy Green, branch manager for the Southeast Valley Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty said COVID-19 has changed course of the market. “iBuying markets such as Opendoor and Offer pad, completely shut down in the beginning due to the fact that it was not safe having people in their homes and they didn’t really have any way to control the showings like a real estate person did.” Green said.

“It has taken away from some of that market because if an agent puts a property on the market for a consumer, they can normally get them the asking price or

possibly more, literally due to the supply and demand problem, which that’s not really conducive to the strategy of the iBuying-type market,” Green said.

According to market data, the total number of homes bought on iBuying market in the Southeast Valley in October was 221 – less than half the 466 that bought a year earlier.

The number of homes sold through the iBuying sites in October totaled 167 – a 68 percent decline from the October 2019 total of 527.

Real estate professionals say a market crash is not in the cards. iBuying companies may struggle and there may be a few foreclosures, they said, but this market is not built on a house of cards as it was in 2007, when the real estate market collapsed.

“There may be some who have to sell after the deferrals end and even some potential foreclosures for people who might be maxed out. But that kind of stuff didn’t really happen like it did during our last crash,” Edgar said.

Back then, she added, “We had so many unregulated shenanigans happening. But now everything is so tightly regulated that is hard to do that. Even with foreclosures, I don’t see banks offering lower prices, I see them asking for market value.”

He was grateful earlier this year that his was considered an essential business by Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order when the pandemic broke.

Inspired by a book titled “The Pumpkin Plan,” Gilliland used COVID-19 as an opportunity to restructure his business.

The book discusses what clientele businesses should and shouldn’t invest their time into.

So, Gilliland and his wife made some hard choices in hopes of strengthening their company.

“We basically cut our company in half,” Gilliland stated.

But a majority of the employees have family in Mexico or are from Mexico.

So, during this time, those employees have been going back and forth between Mexico and Arizona to be with family.

Hence, there has been “a lot of turnover with employees,” said Gilliland, whose company will be 6 years old next month.

Now, Platinum Landscapes has fewer than 50 employees.

Gilliland said that made it difficult for Platinum Landscapes, though he is confident business is on the upswing. He is thankful for the decisions he made and the progress he has seen in retrospect.

Gilliland and his wife started the company out of necessity, as they used to work for his wife’s dad and were later forced to start their own company with only $200 in the bank.

Now, Gilliland said his life and career have done a full 180 as he and his wife are now the proud owners of a successful small business.

Gilliland noted how he is now able to give back to his community, supporting ZooLights at the Phoenix Zoo and other charitable events.

“We try to pay it forward as much as we can to everyone in our community,” Gilliland said.

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eny, meeny, miny, moe catch that escrow by its toe.

The Southeast Valley housing market right now is “absolutely on fire,” Realtor Jen Schumacher said, and it’s a matter of the best offer wins the home.

“Right now, there is no inventory, so when there is a home on the market, its going within hours with multiple offers.

People are waiving their appraisal contingencies. They are going sometimes $10,000, $20,000and even $50,000 over the listing price,” said Schumacher, who hangs her hat at Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty in Gilbert at 275 E. Rivulon Blvd.

The pandemic has not dampened the booming housing market and may have even given people the itch to buy and sell, she said, adding that sellers are the ones making out big time.

Sellers agree.

According to a recent market report for Gilbert, the average home with 3 to 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and 1,850 square feet, is selling for $387,000 in about 33 days.

“My father-in-law just sold his home last month and it was sold prior to the open house. Due to the shortage of

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Gilbert landscaper stays atop pandemic woes

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his is a year that will live in infamy for Gilbert business owner Michael Gilliland, though his reason for thinking so poorly about 2020 is much different than that of other business owners.

Many businesses and the economy in general have taken a hit from COVID-19.

On the contrary, Gilliland’s Platinum Landscapes has only prospered. Platinum Landscapes is a commercial landscaping business, specializing maintenance, design and installation.

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Pandemic doesn’t stop sound of music at Milano’s

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ilano Music Center has stood in downtown Mesa for over 74 years and it’s not about to lay down for the pandemic.

The store sells everything a musician or recording artist could ever ask and is known for its row of hanging guitars and a rolling ladder alongside that says, “Not the stairway to heaven.”

Upstairs above the main store, the Linton-Milano Music School has taught generations of aspiring musicians to play instruments or learn voice. Across the street, the Linton-Milano piano store holds drum lessons in their basement.

While many Mesa businesses have suffered during the pandemic, the music center, piano store and the music school have all survived.

But Brenda Martin, the manager of Linton-Milano, said it has not been easy.

“All of our lessons went online,” said Brenda Martin, manager of Linton-Milano Music. “I think at the time we had close to 800 students. We lost probably a third of them in March.”

Martin said in the beginning, staff was severely cut. “We pretty much had to furlough everybody,” she said. “Chuck

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in Tempe,” she said.

But she decided to leave what she called her “cushy” corporate job because she felt “called to a higher purpose” to run her own business that primarily provided support to entrepreneurs.

“The biggest challenges were how to get clients, how to work efficiently, life balance and trying to not work all the time,” Miller recalled.

“I started doing a lot of networking

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Minch witnessed a sharp spike in home recording equipment and an influx in families shopping for instruments.

He said customers wanted to encourage their children to learn an instrument than Milano Music Center in Mesa has seen parents getting instruments for their rather spending kids, who are largely at home. (Special to GSN) more time on a screen.

Linton was covering the piano store “There’s so many customers that I’ve across the street and I was upstairs by had for a long time and you get to be myself.” friends with them,” said Minch. “You get All lessons switched to an online to know their first name and how many format and the teachers quickly learned kids they’ve got. It’s just a different busihow to use Zoom, according to Martin. ness relationship. It’s different than Downstairs in the Milano store, man- buying tires or something.” ager Jim Minch said masks were, and Family is an important factor for the are, enforced as well as social distancing. Milano business, said Minch.

“Customers came in with their, you The Milano Music Center opened after know, COVID checks, their $600 and World War II and when the owner’s said, I want to buy an instrument,” said daughter Mila Milano met a musician and subcontracting work for others who were doing what I wanted to do. By doing work for them, I was able to build up my skills and they began to refer me to clients they were too busy for. Word of mouth was how I built the business for the first few years.”

The company provides services on a 10-hour monthly minimum basis and no contract is required. Each client receives a free 30-minute consultation to determine the services needed and is then assigned their own diva. Weekly updates are part of the service.

Her 10 divas are based in Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Maryland and Ohio and were hired based on their business acumen and online expertise. She also hires from across the country – and she doesn’t have to worry about moving

named John Linton, the business became Linton-Milano, said Martin.

Eliot Webb, a 15-year-old guitar student, works Friday afternoons in a sort of musical clerical job at Linton-Milano’s. Once employees, his mom and dad met and fell in love in the very same spot.

“This year, Eliot’s mother encouraged his desire to sign up for lessons.

He wanted to become more independent and save for a Fender guitar, so in September, he started a campaign to get a job at Milano’s. “He made his mom call in three times and ask if there were openings,” Martin said.

Eliot is one of many students who signed up for lessons later this year and increased the total number of students to 750 – just 50 shy of the students Milano had before COVID-19 hit.

Additional business for Milano comes from schools and churches.

Schools have bought large amounts of sheet music, said Martin, while Minch said that some schools have bought a high number of flat, roll-up keyboards because they’re easy to sanitize.

“And then the churches were setting up their conferences,” Minch added, noting that these services were online.

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“This was really important given that this is the first multi-family project in the Town of Gilbert to be approved and developed in their newly created multifamily, high-density zoning district and will set the bar for future urban style developments.”

The process was more challenging than usual given the unprecedented and difficult COVID-19 environment, according to the announcement of the deal.

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You can brighten a foster child’s Christmas

BY DAN SHUFELT GSN Guest Writer

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tatewide statistics published June 30

by the state Department of Child Safety should make everyone concerned.

It indicated that for the year ending June 30, 9,566 children entered the foster care system. For that same period, the DCS received 45,172 reports requiring investigation.

That’s a lot of boys and girls whose lives have been turned upside down by actions inflicted on them by adults.

The report showed that the average time a child will spend in a foster placement was 19.6 months – almost two years while the world decides if reunification with your biological family is a safe and

healthy option.

The holidays bring a myriad of emotional challenges for everyone, and even more so in these days of COVID-19. But what about children in foster care?

The holiday season evokes so many feelings of doubt, insecurity and uncertainty. The average number of placements a child in foster care in Arizona will experience is 1.4, with some children being moved more than a dozen times.

No wonder some of these boys and girls wonder if Santa even knows how to find them.

Arizona Helping Hands exists to bring hope to the 14,000 children currently in the state’s foster care system. Along with our programs that provide basic needs including beds, cribs, clothing, diapers and school supplies, we add our Birthday

Dreams Program and Holiday Toy Drive.

This month we want to bring hope for the holidays to thousands of boys and girls in foster care.

Our 22nd annual toy drive we will rely on our community partners to let children in foster care know that Santa will arrive at their house. In 2019, we provided gift packages to 6,500 boys and girls.

We set a much smaller goal for 2020, hoping that despite these days of the pandemic, we will generate the resources to provide two toys and a book to 3,500 children in foster care this December.

In past years, our Fill Santa’s Sleigh holiday party was held at our warehouse and attended by many visitors who delivered toys, games, books and puzzles to help fill those gift packages.

This year’s event will be a drive-through

collection party 5-8 p.m. this Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Guests will be shepherded through our parking lot, passing by carolers and a photo op with Santa after dropping off their donated items to Fill Santa’s Sleigh for children in foster care. We are hoping for a traffic jam at 3110 East Thunderbird Road in Phoenix.

Bringing hope to children who have lived a life that has been filled with trauma is the mission that Arizona Helping Hands takes on year round. We all have an opportunity this holiday season to bring Hope for the Holidays to boys and girls who deserve a little extra love and support.

To confirm a drive-thru visit: surveymonkey.com/r/R6MD3W7. Information: dshufelt@azhelpinghands.org

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Fall wrap: Gilbert teams make deep playoff runs

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he fall sports season is officially nearing its end as football heads into the final week of the season.

Mesquite, Highland and Campo Verde are the only Gilbert schools in contention to make the championship game in their respective conferences. As for the rest of the fall sports, those seasons wrapped up throughout November, with several Gilbert schools taking home hardware.

Here’s a look at how every Gilbert school fared during the pandemic-delayed fall sports season.

Highland Highland has become an annual contender in several sports throughout the academic year. This fall was no different.

The Hawks saw both the girls’ and boys’ cross country programs finish in the top three, with the girls finishing second overall and the girls third. The Highland volleyball program finished the 2020 regular season as the third-ranked team in 6A but fell in the quarterfinals to Sunnyslope. The football team, which many believed to be an Open Division-caliber opponent, finished ranked No. 4 in the 6A Conference and faced Boulder Creek in the semifinals.

Gilbert Gilbert High School’s success this fall largely stemmed from its boys’ cross country program winning the Division II title. The Tigers were led by junior Terrance Keys, who finished third overall in the final race of the season. Junior Javier Garcia placed sixth to help catapult Gilbert to the top of the leaderboard.

Gilbert’s volleyball program had a strong regular season and entered the 5A tournament as the eighth-ranked team.

However, the Tigers ran into a strong opponent in Arcadia and fell in the first round. The girls’ swim team placed fifth

program made it back to the semifinals for the second year in a row. The Wildcats took on American Leadership Academy – Queen Creek Friday with a chance to go back to the title game on the line.

Desert Ridge It was the first Highland’s boys’ and girls’ cross country program finished second overtime in the Jerall in the Division I final to wrap up the 2020 season. (Pablo Robles/GSN emy Hathcock Staff) era the Desert Ridge football team was left out of the postseason. The Jaguars struggled to find their footing in the shortened season, as a twoweek pause on all activities was enforced due to COVID-19 cases within the proCampo Verde’s badminton program enjoyed a breakout season in gram.

The Desert which it finished second overall in Division II. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff) Ridge girls swim overall at state while the boys placed team finished seventh overall at the state meet, while the boys placed 12th.

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Mesquite Campo Verde Mesquite’s badminton program, a For the second straight year, Campo perennial power in recent years, saw its Verde’s football program has returned season end in the quarterfinals in 2020. to the semifinals in the 5A Conference Sabrina Farias, however, represented playoffs. The Coyotes, who missed two of Mesquite and won the Division II singles their last three games due to COVID-19, state championship. The volleyball pro- are the fifth-ranked team in the playoffs gram, which was ranked No. 9 overall in and faced top-ranked Sunrise Mountain 4A, lost in the first round of the playoffs. on Friday. Campo Verde’s cross country Led by senior quarterback and Ore- team, a traditional contender in Division gon commit Ty Thompson, the football II, saw its girls’ team /’place sixth overall

and the boys place third.

Campo Verde’s badminton team entered the tournament with an undefeated record and the top-ranked seed overall. Maya Gibbs and Jaclyn Whaley finished as the runners-up in the doubles state championship, while the team placed second overall. The Campo Verde boys’ and girls’ swim teams both placed second this season at state.

Higley Higley’s Keaton Jones placed second overall in the boys’ dive finals while Brylee Heywood placed fifth for girls.

The Higley boys’ golf team, led by Kai Heiner, placed fifth overall in the finals.

The Knights’ football team ended the regular season 3-5 overall, but took advantage of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s allowance of an extra “bowl game” to be played by teams who did not qualify for the postseason. Higley faced Mountain Ridge Thursday night.

Williams Field Williams Field’s football program, a young team rebuilding after losing several seniors, missed the playoffs for the first time in history due to a shrunken field of qualifying teams. At 5-3, the Black Hawks finished ranked No. 9 overall, just outside the top-eight cutoff.

Noah Plaza placed 11th overall in the cross country final. Rylan Johnson represented Williams Field in the boys golf final, placing second overall and just two strokes behind the state champion.

Gilbert Christian Gilbert Christian’s football program made the 3A Conference play-in tournament but fell to third-ranked Pusch Ridge from Tucson. The boys’ swim program placed seventh overall in the final.

The Knights also saw their volleyball program succeed on the court this season, as they advanced to the quarterfinals as the No. 7 ranked team in the 3A Conference.

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B Gastrobar Formerly known as Cuisine & Wine Bistro-Gilbert, B Gastrobar is renovated and rebranded and still serving delicious made from scratch food. It offers three different boards—mixed board with two cheeses, two meats, grilled bread, fruit, nuts and pickles; fried brie board served with garlic bread and raspberry jam; and burrata board with fig jam, roasted pistachios and grilled bread.

B Gastrobar, 1422 W. Warner Road, Gilbert, 480-497-1422, bgastrobar. com, $15-$18.

Copper and Logs Owned by the Buschtetz family who also owns B Gastrobar, Copper and Logs offers its rendition of a charcuterie board. The C&L Board features an assortment of cheese and cured meats served with addition condiments like jam and fruit and nuts.

Copper and Logs, 832 S. Greenfield Road, Suite 101, Gilbert, 480-5904260, copperandlogs.com, $16.95.

Humble Pie There is more to Humble Pie than just great pizza. They have a board literally

The charcuterie boards at the Peacock Wine Bar in Gilbert, left, and Queen Creek Olive Mill are among a number of such menu items in the East Valley.

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called the Smorgasboard, which is their antipasto extravaganza of charcuterie with cheese, hummus, artichokes, wild mushrooms, crispy Brussels sprouts and their very own forno bread.

Humble Pie, 6149 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale; 480-556-9900, humblepieusa.com, $17.

Merkin Vineyards Markin’s guests can pick and choose what locally produced meat and cheeses they would like on their charcuterie boards that come with a chef’s selection of housemade accompaniments.

Cheeses from Rovey Dairy in Glendale include pecorino, gouda and cheddar, along with goat cheese from Crow’s Dairy in Buckeye. Wagyu summer sausage is available from Rovey Farms in

Glendale as well as bundnerfleisch, schinken and blutwurst from German Sausage Co. in Phoenix.

Merkin Vineyards, 7133 E. Stetson Drive, Suite 4, Scottsdale, 480-9121027, merkinoldtownscottsdale. com, $11-$52.

Mingle + Graze Part of the fun of charcuterie boards is picking out what you want on the board. Mingle and Graze lets customers do exactly that with a build-your-own board broken down in four steps—step one, pick between two, three or four cheeses; step two choose meats including prosciutto and Mortadella; step three choose accompaniments such as artisan jams or fresh and dried fruits; and step four choose the type of bread

North Italia The single Chef’s Board at North Italia really packs a punch. It is comprised of prosciutto di parma, spicy coppa, pecorino stagionato, crescenza, grilled piquillo pepper, Castelvetrano olive, marcona almond, fig mostarda and grilled bread. The board serves two to four people.

North Italia, 15024 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, 480-948-2055, northitalia. com, $17.

Peacock Wine Bar Peacock Wine Bar offers three boards to accompany wine. The Peacock’s Choice Board is an assortment of meats and cheeses and accompaniments that the chef chooses for you. Or your own with three meats ranging from calabrese salami and Iberico chorizo along with three cheeses like manchego or port wine derby finished off with three accompaniments such as spicy pickled asparagus or fig spread. There is also a cheese board that includes four cheeses of choice and three accompaniments.

All boards come with almonds, crackers and naan.

Peacock Wine Bar, 1525 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, 480-590-1586, peacockwinebar.com, $20-$25.

Pedal Haus Brewery Each of the two Pedal Haus Brewery restaurants offers a separate shareable board. The Chandler location has

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The Tempe location serves a sausage and charcuterie board with andouille sausage, beer braised brat, prosciutto di parma, soppressata, Irish cheddar, balsamic and cherry onions, Marcona almonds, house marinated olives, crostini and haus mustard.

Pedal Haus Brewery, 730 S. Mill Avenue, Tempe, 480-314-2337; 95 W. Boston Street, Chandler, 480-6561639, pedalhausbrewery.com, $16.

Postino Postino offers four charcuterie boards. The Bounty has crispy cauliflower, market vegetables, guindilla pepper, spicy Marcona almond, herb cucumber cream and smoked almond hummus. The cheese board dishes up an artisan cheese trio, assorted nuts, quince jam and toasted bread. The Butcher’s Block brings together artisan meats and cheeses, smoked almond

meats and cheeses, chardonnay herb mascarpone, roasted vegetables, Sonoran spicy beans, Cerreta dark chocolate, salted roasted nuts, del Piero olive mix and ciabatta from Noble Bread.

Also on the menu is a cheese board with artisan cheeses, chardonnay herb mascarpone, roasted vegetables, sonoran spicy beans, seasonal fruit, del Piero olive mix and ciabatta from Noble Bread.

Queen Creek Olive Mill, 25062 S. Meridian Road, Queen Creek, 480888-9290, queencreekolivemill.com, $15-$17.

The Copper & Logs restaurant’s board in Gilbert brims with tasty offerings. (Special to GetOut) hummus, asparagus, olives, assorted nuts and crostini. Lastly, the Pub Board ties in soft pretzel, Schreiner’s chorizo, cornichon, aged cheddar and Peruvian corn nuts. Postino, 302 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, 480-632-6363, postinowine-

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The Sicilian Butcher This restaurant puts together four options of charcuterie boards, one of which is served on a 5-foot-long board.

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condiments and jams, and traditional bruschetta. They also serve the mozzarella board, polenta board and the cured meat and cheese board.

The Sicilian Butcher, 3151 W. Frye Road, Chandler, 480-573-8550, thesicilianbutcher.com, $14-$16.

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for a chef choice board and a bottle of red or white wine. The items of the board are different each time.

Va Bene, 4647 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee, 480-706-4070, vabeneaz. com, $14.95-$30.

The Vig This might only be a starter, but it can surely stand alone. The Chef’s Board at The Vig consists of a selection of meats and cheeses, grilled noble bread, pickles, fruit paste and beer mustard.

The Vig, 6015 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, for additional locations see website, 602.633.1187, thevig.us, $19.

Va Bene in Ahwatukee also serves up a scrumptious assortment of delicacies.

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He will be joined by author Karen Mueller Bryson of Florence, fiber and glass artist Adriene Buffington and author Edward L. Gates, both of Prescott.

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Obituaries Dr. Darrell D. Smith On November 22, 2020, Darrell D. Smith, M.D., died while being cared for at home, under the direction of his admired colleagues.

He was born November 2, 1935, to George and Lucy Hamilton Smith, the 6th child in a family of 11 children. In 1956, Darrell received his pre-med degree in Biology from Ohio State University and was married to Mary Catherine Smith. They spent 3 years in the U.S.A.F. flight training program before Darrell returned to OSU, where he obtained his medical degree in 1963. They moved to Arizona in 1965 to complete a Medical Residency and a fellowship in Cardiology.

Darrell then practiced in Scottsdale until his retirement in 2005. After retirement, his interests included family time, flying, cycling, fishing, and reading. He was an active member of the Scottsdale Masonic Lodge #43 and a 48yr devoted member of Shepherd of the Hills UCC Church. He is survived by his wife, three children, Steven Smith (Janis), Joan Smith and Suzanne Smith-Santellanes, 5 grandchildren, Andy Smith (Kara), Adam Smith (Taylor), Aaron Smith, Mike Santellanes and Olivia Santellanes, his great-grandchildren Ava, James and Wyatt, and his extended family in Ohio. A memorial service will be held at a future date when it is safe to gather, due to the pandemic. The family wishes to express its appreciation to the many friends and colleagues who have offered their care and support and to Hospice of the Valley for their guidance during his final week. Green Acres Mortuary will be making arrangements and will announce services on their website in early 2021. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your local food bank [or favorite charity].

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Donald Wayne "Donnie" Hiland, 78, of Washington, formerly of Mesa, AZ, passed away at 9:50pm Saturday, November 28, 2020 in Washington.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE APPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL WATERPALO VERDE UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.; GLOBAL WATER - RED ROCK UTILITIES COMPANY.INC.; GLOBAL WATER - NORTHERN SCOTTSDALE WATER COMPANY, INC.; GLOBAL WATER - TURNER RANCHES IRRIGATION, INC.; GLOBAL WATER - BALTERRA UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.; GLOBAL WATER - EAGLETAIL WATER COMPANY, INC.; GLOBAL WATER - HASSAYAMPA UTILITIES COMPANY. INC.; GLOBAL WATER - PICACHO COVE UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.; GLOBAL WATER PICACHO COVE WATER COMPANY, INC.; GLOBAL WATER - GREATER TONOPAH WATER COMPANY, INC.; AND GLOBAL WATER - SANTA CRUZ WATER COMPANY, INC. FOR PERMANENT RATE INCREASES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SERVICE AND CERTAIN OTHER APPROVALS. (DOCKET NO. SW-20445A-20-0214 et al.)

Summary On August 28, 2020, Global Water - Palo Verde Utilities Company, Inc. (“Palo Verde”) filed an application with the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for an increase in rates and charges in Docket No. SW-20445A-20-0214.

On the same date, rate applications were filed by Global Water - Red Rock Utilities Company, Inc. (“Red Rock”) in Docket No. WS-04245A-20-0215, Global Water - Northern Scottsdale Water Company, Inc. (“Northern Scottsdale”) in Docket No. W-03720A-20-0216, Global Water - Turner Ranches Irrigation, Inc. (“Turner Ranches”) in Docket No. W-01677A-20-0217, Global Water - Balterra Utilities Company, Inc. (“Balterra”) in Docket No. SW-20403A-20-0218, Global Water - Eagletail Water Company, Inc. (“Eagletail”) in Docket No. W-03936A-20-0219, Global Water - Hassayampa Utilities Company, Inc. (“Hassayampa”) in Docket No. SW-20422A-20-0220, Global Water - Picacho Cove Utilities Company, Inc. (“Picacho Utilities”) in Docket No. SW-20494A-20-0221, Global Water - Greater Tonopah Water Company, Inc. (“Greater Tonopah”) in Docket No. W-02450A-20-0222, Global Water - Santa Cruz Water Company, Inc. (“Santa Cruz”) in Docket No. W-20446A-20-0223, and Global Water - Picacho Cove Water Company, Inc. (“Picacho Water”) in Docket No. W-20495A-20-0 224 (collectively, “Global Water Utilities”). The rate applications have been consolidated for purposes of hearing and consideration by the Commission.

In conjunction with the requested rate increases, Global Water Utilities proposes to consolidate some

of its systems (as shown below); to implement standalone rate increases if consolidation of the systems is not granted; to phase-in consolidated rates over a three-year period, beginning no earlier than January 1, 2022; and to implement a rate case expense surcharge, the amount of which will vary based on meter size and between systems, to be collected in 2023 and 2024 only.

Consolidations & Proposed Revenue Increases.

Global Water Utilities requests approval to consolidate Santa Cruz with Red Rock (water division) and Picacho Water; Palo Verde with Red Rock (wastewater division) and Picacho Utilities; Greater Tonopah with Eagletail and Northern Scottsdale; and Hassayampa with Balterra. Global Water Utilities proposes different revenue increases for the stand-alone systems if consolidation is not approved versus the consolidated systems, as follows:

Meter Size & Median Water Usage

Santa Cruz

314" 5,000 gal.

$32.50

$1.62

$1.69

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5/8" X 3/4" 3,500 gal.

3/4" 5,000 gal.

$33.40

$(0.70)

$1.53

$1.80

$43.00

$(8.88)

$1.69

$1.84

Palo Verde

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$3.31

$2.70

$2.07

$90.39

$(20.35)

$2.70

$2.07

$80.00

$(9.96)

$2.70

$2.07

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$45.56

$9.59

$6.55

$6.19

Eagletail

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$69.08

$(10.65)

$0.78

$6.05

Northern Scottsdale Hassayampa

1" 12,500 gal.

$119.30

$4.46

$0.90

$0.00

Red Rock (Wastewater) Picacho Utilities

$1.84

3/4" Sewer-Flat $54.25 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Rate Balterra 3/4" Sewer-Flat $105.00 $(50.75) $0.00 $0.00 Rate $26.54 $2.96 $3.30 $2.96 Turner Ranches Residential IrrigationFlat Rate $1,258.21 $140.34 $151.35 $140.34 Turner Ranches 8" Metered Irrigation 1,148,000 gal. * Includes Rate Case Expense surcharge except for Hassayampa and Balterra. ** Hypothetical usage level for illustrative purposes - Picacho Water has no customers.

System

Potential Impact to Bills. The examples below illustrate how residential bills may be impacted with consolidation and without consolidation (standalone) as proposed by Global Water Utilities for a residential customer with the most common meter size for a system and with median monthly water usage for that meter size (or hypothetical usage if a system has no customers). Each customer’s bill, however, is specific to individual usage, meter size, and customer classification.

Actual bill impacts will vary. Customers can use the H-4 tables provided in Global Water Utilities’ application available on www.azcc.gov and https:// www.gwresources.com/globalwaterratecase or can contact Global Water Utilities at Utilities at ratecase@gwresources.com or 866-940-1102 to determine the potential change to their own bills.

CONSOLIDATED BILL IMPACTS Monthly Increase or (Decrease) Monthly Phase-In PhaseBill Under Phase-In Year 3* In Year Authorized Year 1 (2022) (2024) 2* Rates for 2021 (2023)

System

Median Water Monthly STAND-ALONE BILL IMPACTS Usage (gallons) & Bill Under Monthly Increase or (Decrease) Meter Size Authorized Phase-In Phase-In Phase-In Rates for Year 1 Year 2* Year 3* 2021 (2022) (2023) (2024)

Santa Cruz

3/4" 5,000 gal.

$32.50

$1.56

$2.06

$1.62

Red Rock (Water).

5/8" X 3/4" 3,500 gal.

$33.40

$6.57

$0.44

$0.00

Picacho Water

3 /4 " 5, 000 gal.

$43.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Palo Verde

3/4" Sewer-Flat Rate

$66.73

$3.34***

$ 3.41***

$0.00

Red Rock (Wastewater)

5/8" X 3/4" Sewer-Flat Rate

$90.39

$18.18

$0.45

$0.00

Picacho Utilities

3/4" Sewer-Flat Rate

$80.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Greater Tonopah

3/4" 4,500 gal.

$45.56

$94.31

$0.47

$0.00

Eagletail

3/4" 3,500 gal.

$69.08

$115.47

$0.44

$0.00

Northern Scottsdale

1” 12 ,500 gal.

$119.30

$4.46

$0.40

$0.00

Hassayampa

3/4" Sewer-Flat Rate

$54.25

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Balterra

3/4" Sewer-Flat Rate

$105.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$26.54

$2.96

$3.30

$2.96

$1,258.21

$140.34

$151.35

$140.34

Turner Ranches Residential IrrigationFlat Rate Turner Ranches 8" Metered Irrigation 1,148,000 gal.

* Reflects application of Rate Case Expense surcharge in 2023 and 2024 except for Picacho Water, Hassayampa, and Balterra. ** Hypothetical usage level for illustrative purposes - Picacho Water has no customers. *** Two-year phase-in.

NEITHER THE COMMISSION’S UTILITIES DIVISION (“STAFF”) NORANYINTERVENOR HAS YET MADE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING GLOBAL WATER UTILITIES’ APPLICATIONS. THE COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE PROPOSALS OF GLOBAL WATER UTILITIES, STAFF, OR ANY INTERVENORS. THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO BE GRANTED IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WATER UTILITIES’ APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THIS MATTER. THE FINAL RATES APPROVED

BY THE COMMISSION MY BE HIGHER, LOWER, OR DIFFERENT THAN THE RATES PROPOSED BY GLOBAL WATER UTILITIES

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Public Notices OR BY OTHER PARTIES. If you have any questions concerning how the Application may affect your bill or other substantive questions about the Application, you may contact Global Water Utilities at: ratecase@gwresources. com.

How You Can View or Obtain a Copy of the Application Copies of the Application are available from Global Water Resources, Inc. 21410 N. 19th Avenue, Suite 220, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, Phone Number 866940-1102; by emailing a request to ratecase@ gwresources.com; at the Commission’s Docket Control Center at 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, and the Commission’s office at 400 West Congress Street, Suite 218, Tucson, Arizona, during regular business hours; and on the Commission website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. Access to the Commission’s Docket Control Center and the Commission’s Tucson office is restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic but can be arranged by appointment by calling 602-542-4250.

Arizona Corporation Commission Public Hearing Information The Commission will hold a hearing on this matter beginning May 24, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the Commission’s offices, 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona. Telephonic public comments will be taken before the hearing commences, as set forth below.

Telephonic Public Comment Sessions Due to federal and state COVID-19 pandemic safety guidelines, public comment will not be permitted in person. The Commission will allow telephonic public comment to be provided as follows:

To provide telephonic public comments, call 1-866705-2554, and enter this code: 241497# The Commission will impose a three-minute time limit per speaker, to maximize the number of callers who have an opportunity to speak. That time limit may be extended by the presiding Administrative Law Judge.

There may be a significant wait time to speak, and callers will be muted until it is their turn to speak.

However, once placed into the proceeding, callers will be able to har the comments of other callers

through the phone line. Callers should turn off their computer audio during the public comment meeting, as the live stream on azcc.gov is delayed by 28 seconds and may cause feedback when it is the caller’s turn to speak.

The Commission encourages callers to use landline telephones for the telephonic public comment meetings, as mobile telephones do not consistently provide adequate audio quality to permit the verbatim transcriptions of telephonic speech. If a caller cannot be sufficiently understood to make an accurate transcription, the caller will be requested to file written comments in the docket.

Written public comments may be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket No. SW20445A-20-0214 et. al. to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Service Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007, or by submitting comments on the Commission’s website (www.azcc. gov) using “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Make a Public Comment in a Docket.” If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Service Section at 602-542-4251 or 1-800-222-7000.

If you do not intervene in this proceeding, you will receive no further notice of the proceedings in this docket unless you sign up to Follow the Docket. However, all documents filed in this docket are available online (usually within 24 hours after docketing) at the Commission’s website (www. azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. Information on how to Follow a Docket is available on the Commission’s website by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Follow a Docket or Document Type.”

About Intervention The law provides for an open public hearing at which, under appropriate circumstances, interested persons may intervene. An interested person may be grated intervention if the outcome of the case will directly and substantially impact the person, and the person’s intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case. Intervention, among other things, entitles a party to present sworn evidence at hearing and to cross-examine other parties’ witnesses.

Intervention is not required for you to provide telephonic public comment, to file written comments in the record of the case, or to receive emailed notice of each filing made in the case by following the docket.

Information about what intervention means, including an explanation of the rights and responsibilities of an intervenor, is available on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and then clicking on “Intervene in a Case.” The information includes a Sample Intervention Request and a

Fillable Intervention Request Form.

To request intervention, you must file a written request to intervene, either (a) by filing a hard copy request (meeting filing requirements) with Docket control (Docket Control, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007), or (b) by eFiling the request.

Your request must be filed or eFiled no later than February 16, 2021. Instructions and restrictions for eFiling are available on the Commission’s website at http://azcc.gov/hearing/efile-for-utilitiesinstruction. You also must serve a copy of the request to intervene on each party of record, on the same day that you file the request to intervene with the Commission.

Your request to intervene must contain the information below: 1. Your name, address, and telephone number; 2. A reference to Docket No. SW-20445A-20-0214 et. al; 3. A short statement explaining: a. Your interest in the proceeding (e.g., a property owner in an area to be affected by the case, etc.), b. How you will be directly and substantially affected by the outcome of the case, and c. Why your intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case; 4. A statement certifying that you have sent a copy of your request to intervene to Global Water Utilities through their attorney and to all other parties of record in the case; and 5. If you are not represented by an attorney who is an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and you are not representing yourself as an individual, sufficient information and any appropriate documentation to demonstrate compliance with Arizona Supreme Court Rules 31, 38, 39, and 42, as applicable. This only applies if you are NOT representing yourself and you are not a licensed attorney.

The granting of motions to intervene shall be governed by A.A.C. R14-3-105, except that all motions to intervene must be filed on or before February 16, 2021.

ADA/Equal Access Information The Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to its public meetings.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, Carolyn Buck, E-mail ADACoordinator@azcc.gov, voice phone number 602-542-2247. Requests should be made as early as possible and no later than 48 hours in advance of the event to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

Published: East Valley Tribune & Scottsdale Progress, Dec. 6, 2020 / 34906

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