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Sunday, February 24, 2019
Town inks deal for big S. Gilbert water park BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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$35-million water park featuring a surf lake, inflatable water obstacle course and a sand beach is coming to south Gilbert. Town Council last week inked a deal with The Strand Gilbert to bring the state-ofthe-art project to its regional park under construction at ueen Creek and Higley roads. “We’ve been talking about this so long,” Councilwoman Brigette Peterson said. “I’m excited to finally see this come to fruition and
look forward to seeing it in Gilbert.” The council has been meeting in closed session for months with staff to discuss the proposal, deal points and final lease agreement with The Strand, which responded to the town’s Request for Proposal in 2017. There is no cost to the taxpayers for the 25-acre water park, where people can kayak, canoe and do paddle boarding, according to Rocky Brown, Parks Recreation Business manager. Additional amenities include a cable wake park, swimming pool, an extreme slide, restaurant, indoor arcade, kid play area and out-
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door cabana areas. Gilbert residents will receive a discount. Construction is expected to begin in October with an anticipated opening next summer. Under the 50-year lease agreement, The Strand will pay an annual rent of $253,191 to Gilbert for use of the land. The town also will received a 3-percent cut of the water park’s revenue over $2 million, which is estimated between $450,000 and $750,000 annually, Brown said. These funds will help offset the mainte-
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BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ilbert is considering several options for electric scooters – including a pilot program open to all scooter companies that want to do business in
town. Staff is expected to bring back more details on the program and provide a draft licensing agreement and draft ordinance at the March 7 council meeting. “We feel micromobility is here to stay and will continue to evolve,” said Nichole McCarty, transportation planner at last week’s Town Council meeting. “A pilot program will let us monitor it.” Gilbert’s move comes as Scottsdale is examining the e-scooter regulations it passed in November after a lo-
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Ricardo Peralta Saucedo, Mexico's customs commissioner, peers over the should of a Mexican customs agent at Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport, where the only cargo processing customs operation in the interior U.S. recently opened. As a partner in the airport authority, Gilbert stands as much to gain from the new operation as Mesa and Arizona. For details, see page 2. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer)
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