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Controversial Greenbelt 88 wins Council OK BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

BUSINESS. ................. 29 Scottsdale developer's eyes on rental homes.

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fter nearly two years of planning and battles with neighbors, the controversial Greenbelt 88 mixed use development will become a reality – but not for a while.

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Scottsdale City Council on Feb. 8 voted 5-2 to approve the project, which will include 228 apartments and 25,000 square feet of retail space where the Lucky Plaza shopping center now stands at the corner of Hayden and Osborn roads. But embattled owner Todd Silver was forced to make further concessions to gain

Council’s vote to rezone the land and allow the planned unit development on the site. Council only voted to approve the development after Silver agreed to reduce the number of apartments from 238 to 228, cut the top fourth floor by another 30 percent and reserve 4,000 square feet of “flex

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BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

omeowners in the thirsty Rio Verde Foothills area may have to wait until May to see how Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin feels about creating a controversial water district to keep water flowing to the area. Galvin told homeowners at a meeting Feb. 4 that he will make a recommendation to his fellow county supervisors about creating a non-contiguous domestic water improvement district, or DWID, within three months. “For me, the three main points are: what is

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City Council to discuss dividing Scottsdale BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

new grassroots group is starting a move toward dividing Scottsdale into council districts. 3-2-One Scottsdale wants the city split into three districts: north, central and south, all with roughly equal populations. To make sure the division remains equitable the group is proposing districts be redrawn every 10 years, when the national census is conducted. The plan calls for two council members representing each district with them elected in staggered terms every two years. The idea is getting some traction as City Council is set to discuss it during its Feb. 15 meeting. The move already is galvanizing supporters and opponents – including current City Council members who are taking stands on both sides of the issue. Mayor David Ortega said he is “totally in support” of the idea. “It is not surprising that city hall echoes with residents who feel they are not directly represented,” Ortega said. “At-large elections of council members are archaic, costly and so imbalanced that reform is needed. “The 2020 Census indicates that McCormick Ranch is the midpoint of our population, but no council member lives in the south, except for me. As mayor, I would be equally concerned if no elected (official) resided north of Shea. I totally support three districts, each with two council members.” He said the concept “has been discussed for decades, is past due and should be placed on the November ballot. Three districts with two council members is fair to both residents and to candidates who also make decisions citywide.” But former Mayor Mary Manross already has stepped out in opposition of the movement. In a column in today’s Progress (page 34), Manross writes, “This change would seriously divide our community and lead to poor public policy.” She also notes that when she was mayor, voters defeated a measure for council districts. Also appearing on today’s Opinion

page is a column by 3-2-One Scottsdale Chairman Paul Simonson, said in a press release, “3-2-One Scottsdale will provide geographical balance to our council. Each district will always have two council members to hold accountable, lowering the financial bar for candidates, reducing the perceived need for dark money or outside support, giving citizens better access to more local representation, and keeping our local elections truly local.” The organization would like to have Council put the question on the Nov. 8 ballot so the new districts could be effective in the 2024 election. “At-large elections are no longer effective in Scottsdale,” said former councilman Paul Messinger, “In 2020, City Council elections cost as much as a quarter-million dollars, most from outside interests and ‘dark money.’ Yet, even with all this money spent, candidates were unknown to most voters.” Scottsdale has had at-large council members since it incorporated 1951 with a population of about 2,000 living within an area of less than a square mile. With a population of almost 250,000 people in 184.4 square miles today, some feel the city has outgrown that system. Scottsdale is the second largest city in Arizona that uses an at-large council system. The state’s three largest cities – Phoenix, Tucson and Mesa – all use a district system along with Glendale, which has a slightly smaller population than

“I’ve never been a supporter of districting. I represent all the citizens of Scottsdale. I think dividing us into north, central and south only increases the tribalism in our city. I don’t represent just the citizens in the neighborhood I live in. I represent all of the citizens of Scottsdale.” -Vice Mayor Tammy Caputi

Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega is all for dividing the city into council districts. (Progress file photo)

Scottsdale. Both Chandler and Scottsdale, the state’s fourth and fifth largest cities, respectively, use at-large systems. There is opposition to the idea on the council, though. “I’ve never been a supporter of districting,” Vice Mayor Tammy Caputi said. “I represent all the citizens of Scottsdale. I think dividing us into north, central and south only increases the tribalism in our city. I don’t represent just the citizens in the neighborhood I live in. I represent all of the citizens of Scottsdale.” Councilwoman Linda Milhaven agreed. While the north, central and south thirds of the city are distinctively unique, districting would lead to council members making decisions for the benefit of small groups, rather than the city as a whole. “I just think districting is a really bad idea,” Milhaven said. Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield also opposes districts. “I don’t have a problem letting the voters decide. I just don’t think it’s going to solve the problems they think it will,” Littlefield said. The topic has been coming up peri-

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space” for public use. The project initially proposed 338 apartments and 21,000 square feet of retail space in a five-story building. However, neighbors led by Jan Vuicich formed a grass roots effort called Safeguard Scottsdale to stop the redevelopment of the 40-year-old shopping center. Vuicich said the vote was somewhat of a victory, stating, “If we wouldn’t have spoken up, we would have had a fivestory, 388-unit building.” Silver altered the plan several times to accommodate neighbors, reducing the number of apartments, increasing the size of the retail space and lowering the building height on the 7-acre site. “This is not a victory so much as a culmination of a pretty significant compromise,” said Jason Morris, an attorney representing Silver. “The compromise became a work in progress all the way through to the council meeting. The leadership on Council really threaded the needle. Councilwoman Janik’s amendment really threaded the needle as to concerns from the community.” The approval does not mean the project is going up any time soon. Construction is scheduled to begin five and a half years from now. Councilwoman Solange Whitehead asked if that timeline could shortened to alleviate some of Scottsdale’s housing shortage problems but Morris said Silver’s hands are tied by leases with stores currently in the shopping center. Vice Mayor Tammy Caputi and council members Solange Whitehead, Linda Milhaven, Betty Janik and Tom Durham all voted for the project with the stipulations. Janik proposed the amendments reducing the fourth floor 30 percent and cutting the number of apartments. “This is a very, very difficult decision,” Janik said. “There are good arguments on both sides. There has been a lot of compromise from the developer so I am going to be requesting we get more compromise from him.” Whitehead further amended the approval by requesting the flex space be kept for public use. Durham pointed to the housing shortage in Scottsdale as the reason for his vote of support.

The Greenbelt 88 project calls for 228 apartments and 25,000 square feet of retail as well as 4,000 square feet of flex space for public use. (Courtesy Greenbelt 88)

Greenbelt 88 will replace the Lucky Plaza, which proponents of the new project have called too old. (Special to the Progress)

“Last week, an apartment (web) site indicated that there was a 31 percent increase in rental rates in Scottsdale over the last year. That made us No. 3 in the nation. "We were No. 3 and not No. 2 only because New York’s rental decline … provided them more upside to increase rental rates faster than Scottsdale. When you’re competing with New York, that’s not good.” He added that because rental rates are so high, many people who work in Scottsdale don’t live in the city, increasing traffic. Durham blamed the housing shortage in part on short-term rentals. “We know we have about 5,000 units in short-term rentals and if we didn’t have those, we would have much more reasonable rents,” Durham said. He also dismissed concerns by some who opposed the project over water usage, contending, “We are not in danger of running out of water in the near future.” Caputi addressed every concern about the project that was raised. “In terms of infrastructure our traffic department’s actually concluded Hayden road from McKellips to Indian school is over built,” she said.

She noted Silver has reduced most of the fourth floor so it is not visible from the ground and there are no homes in hundreds of feet from the center so views are not being obstructed. “They’ve already brought density down 20 percent and increased open space,” Caputi said. She also felt the city’s water supply could absorb the extra residents. “If you believe that we make decisions that are best for our city, then it’s imperative that we approve this project as it’s been presented,” Caputi said. “It checks all the boxes for quality, thoughtful development and resident input. If you’re worried about responding to loud voices who are unwilling to acknowledge our current reality or to compromise then you’ll vote no. I enthusiastically support this project.” Ortega opposed the plan primarily on the grounds of its density, saying that 34 apartment units per acre goes against the city’s General Plan, which lists high density at 25 units per acre. This sparked a brief argument between Morris and Ortega as each tried to talk over each other. Milhaven noted, however, that if the project went against the city’s General

Plan, city staff would have included that in their notes to Council. But Ortega did not budge, declaring, “I cannot support this motion because it exceeds the ... density limit that we should live by.” He added that Scottsdale does not have the water to support the new development. “This entire council in mid-April is going to be looking at substantial water (rate) increases due to preparation of stage 2 (of the city’s Drought Mitigation Plan),” Ortega said. Littlefield also cited water as a reason for her vote against the project. “I know we have a water shortage here, we all know that,” Littlefield said. “We’re telling Rio Verde (Foothills) residents that we can no longer supply water to them on an on-going basis. They have to find water elsewhere. Currently citizens of Scottsdale are being asked to reduce their water usage by 5 %.” Littlefield said she didn’t want to limit apartments in the city. “We are increasing apartments,” she said. “We have almost 10,000 apartments on the books already approved for development that have not yet been developed. We have to find water for those too.” She noted those new apartments haven’t been enough to drive down rents. Littlefield also said the project is too dense and will increase traffic too much. “If we’re going to up this density to this extant, then we need to up the streets’ ability to handle the cars, the streets are old,” she said. Supporters of the project showed up in person and on the phone in force. Only four of the 18 public speakers were against the project. Alex McLaren said he was originally against the project but when he saw the fourth floor pulled back and the fact that eight units will be dedicated for workforce housing, it solved a massive problem for him. He also noted the new building will face the greenbelt, whereas the current building backs up against it with loading docks and dumpsters. “If you don’t approve this project, I think it’s going to give a signal that the city is not prepared to approve high quality development, which I think this is,” McLaren said.

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School board discusses public comment policies BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

eople wishing to share their views with the Scottsdale Unified Governing Board may soon have another avenue to do so. The board discussed during its Feb. 8 meeting a policy allowing public comment through electronic means but ultimately took no action on any issues related to the whole issue. Members did not discuss eliminating public comment, either. “I actually like what Chandler does – in a way it’s more expansive,” board member Zach Lindsay said. “They actually allow the public to fill out a public comment card on their website and it goes to all the board members and the comments get posted on the website.” “So, you can choose to do public comment electronically or you can come to the board meeting and speak,” Lindsay continued. “It seems to have helped there somewhat. At the last board meet-

ing they had six submissions electronically given to the board and go up on their website, and they had three public speakers. (SUSD Superintendent) Dr. (Scott) Menzel was telling me they are probably the closest to us with similar issues with public comment.” Menzel likes the idea. “I think that process of online registration and the submission which is summarized by their public information officer in terms of what was submitted on line seems to have released some of the pressure,” Menzel said. “I mean they still have times where there are more speakers than other times at the governing board meeting, but creating two formal avenues for seems to have been helpful.” The idea appealed to board member Patty Beckman as well. “I think we should consider adding the electronic component for our public comment, broadening it,” Beckman said. “One of the concerns I’ve heard repeatedly is that our public comment

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Zach Lindsay not been part of our agenda that have brought to our attention some issues and some shortfalls that allows us to improve as leaders and make better decisions in our district,” she said. “I wish that everyone who came to public comment actually did focus on what topics that are within our board’s jurisdiction.” Beckman also raised concerns about the idea of limiting who could speak at board meetings to “stakeholders.” “I know that we are primarily funded through our property taxes. We’re all aware of that but we just received a great deal of” federal and state funding,” Beckman said, adding: “So are we defining stakeholder as only a Scottsdale property taxpayer or are we going to not consider Arizona or (federal taxpayers) as stakeholders? Furthermore, she also questioned how the board would enforce such a policy: “How is that happening? Who would handle it? Are we hiring someone new? What would the costs be if this was put through? “Is it a new technology? Would someone stand at the door? How would we vet that?” Governing board Vice President Libby Hart-Wells said those were important questions to ask. “I think those are reasonable questions to think through,” she said.

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going to be the source of water, how much is it going to cost you and is that source of water going to be long term and sustainable,” Galvin said. “I understand that you guys have a cost of water you pay for right now,” he continued. “I don’t want it to be super-expensive. I don’t want it to be what I call rate shock. There might be a chance it might be more than what you’re paying but maybe I think you guys might be willing to pay somewhat more if we have a longterm solution. “I want you to understand those are the three priorities for me. When I do come to a decision, I’m going to look you all in the eye and say, “This is why I did it.” I’m sure not all of you will be happy with my decision…but I just want you to respect the reason why I did it.” Galvin held two public meetings Feb. 4 to discuss the issue, one for those supporting the water district and one for opponents, at a horse ranch. About 300 people were at each. Karen Nabity, a homeowner who supports the DWID, said the costs of joining if it is formed are a moving target. However, as things stand at the moment, the cost to join would be $1,000 one time buy in fee and then $16 a month starting the second year. The water itself will then cost $10 per 1,000 gallons, plus the water hauler’s fees. The district would get its water from the Harquahala Valley, tap into the Central Arizona Project for transfering it and rely on the City of Scottsdale for to treat it. It also is vehemently opposed by a large section of the community for multiple reasons. Aside from the cost, some opponents with wells fear it would be exceedingly difficult to get into the district in the future if their wells run dry while others worry that once in place, the DWID would tap into the local aquifer and drain their wells. Leigh Harris, a local homeowner who supports the district, said the area’s aquifer is increasingly becoming an unviable option. “What water we are able to get out above 800-foot to 1,250-foot wells, we have increasing turbidity and arsenic levels … it can lead to bladder cancers and other cancers if you ingest it. You can wash with it but it is something that needs to be filtered out at great expense. Our water is

County Supervisor Thomas Galvin told a crown of anxious Rio Verde Foothills homeowners he’ll make some kind of recommendation on a water district in three months. (J. Graber/Progress Staff)

Hundreds of Rio Verde Foothills homeowners turned out for a townhall Feb. 4 on their water problem. (J. Graber/Progress Staff)

not of quality.” For residents like Diane Franzese, who has lived in the area for the last 15 years, it simply comes down to a matter of trust. “They have told some things to people that are in my opinion are untrue,” Franzese said. “They are not ethical. They have hidden information from us. For example, In the first meeting that was held long ago. The whole discussion was finding a solution. Then, before you knew it, they (gathered signatures to form) a DWID and nobody knew anything about it. “It started out on the wrong foot from the very beginning and once you lose credibility, it’s very hard to get that back. They haven’t shown signs of being open and honest with us.” Because the district would be non-contiguous, nobody would be required to join the water district. Like many homeowners in the area, Franzese doesn’t believe a DWID is the only solution. “I believe we can find another source of water,” she said. Bringing a for-profit water company like Epcor, which services the nearby Rio Verde community, is the only other solution, said Assistant Maricopa County Manager Jen Pokorski. But it’s not clear where they would get the water. By law, they would not be able to move water out of the Harquahala Valley. Epcor spokeswoman Rebecca Stenholm said the company is happy to step in but doesn’t know where it would get the water to service the Rio Verde Foothills area.

“The real challenge is the source of water itself,” she said. “The Rio Verde Foothills would need a water source and the water resources we have are dedicated to existing customers.” The crisis facing Rio Verde Foothills stems from the federal Bureau of Land Management’s announcement last year that it would begin water rationing on the Colorado River last month. That prompted the Scottsdale to launch stage one of its Drought Management Plan, which puts an end to the water hauling in the Rio Verde Foothills area starting next January. Somewhere between 500 and 700 homeowners in the area pay to have a tanker fill up with water from a massive spigot owned by the city and haul to their homes, where they store it in tanks. But the deadline to get an alternative water source in place is sooner than January 2023 for those supporting the water district. If homeowners can get all the paperwork in place and buy the water by June, Scottsdale officials have said they would be willing to front the district’s members water until the system could be up and running – which could take as long as two to three years, according to Pokorski, because the infrastructure would be needed to be placed. “I have faith our team can get this done,” Nabity said. “I have faith in the City of Scottsdale working with us. They have been such a great neighbor.” Some water district opponents threatened litigation if it is formed.

The situation is made possible because of “wildcat subdivisions” that do not require lots to have a 100-year water supply before they are developed. State law allows a landowner to split land into as many as five lots without being subject to certain regulations on size, infrastructure and amenities. Former County Commissioner Steve Chucri began addressing the issue in 2014 when he created a water committee to look into the issue. In 2016, that committee met with the Arizona Department of Water Resources, which suggested creating a DWID. Residents then penned a draft petition to create it in 2019 and submitted it for approval to the county before they could collect signatures. The county finally approved it at the end of 2020 so signatures could start being collected. Supporters have almost 600 signatures. But things came to a halt when Chucri suddenly resigned his position in November. The Board of Supervisors put the subject on hold until Chucri’s replacement was found Galvin was appointed to the position in December. The county cannot legally provide water itself but the road to getting a DWID formed starts with supervisors’ approval. “After dealing with an issue for several years – and I’ve been here less than two months – I think we are closer than ever to a decision,” Galvin said. “I don’t know what that decision is yet and that’s why this meeting is happening today.”

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alling it a matter of parental rights, a Scottsdale legislator led the charge as a House panel voted Wednesday to override mask mandates that exist in some public schools around the state. HB 2616 says schools can require masks of anyone younger only if they have ``express consent of the person’s parent or guardian.’’ It’s not just schools, however. The measure approved by the Committee on Government and Elections also would impose the same parental mandate before a minor can be forced to mask up on any government property. But there were limits on what lawmakers were willing to mandate. Before approving the measure on a 7-6 party-line vote, the Republican-controlled committee removed a provision that also would have extended the measure’s coverage to private businesses. It was the issue of schools, however, that provoked the biggest debate on the

proposal by Rep. Joseph Chaplik, R-Scottsdale. He told colleagues that, as far as he sees it, masks are medical devices. ``Parents should have the rights to make medical decisions for their children,’’ Chaplik said. He said it’s no different than schools having to ask parental consent for everything from giving a child an aspirin to going on a field trip. ``Parents want to have control over their children,’’ Chaplik said. He said nothing in his legislation precludes parents from having their kids wear masks. So, Chaplik said, if a parent buys a mask for a child and sends it with him or her to school, that would be considered ``express consent.’’ Similarly, he said, schools could come up with a form to send to parents. Rep. Sarah Liguori, D-Phoenix, said the legislation ignores the guidance of national and global health officials who say that masks are effective at preventing the spread of COVID. And the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, in its own recommen-

dations updated just last month, says students, teachers and visitors to K-12 schools should wear face coverings while indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Liguori also said she isn’t buying the idea that parents have absolute control over health decisions affecting their children. Arizona requires anyone younger than 16 wear a seat belt while in a vehicle. And child restraint seats are required for those younger than 8 if they are less than 4-foot-10-inches tall. ``I don’t want to argue that seat belts should be a parental choice when we have data that it saves people’s lives,’’ Liguori said. ``This is about parental consent for minors,’’ Chaplik responded, not addressing the seat belt issue. Rep. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, said it’s wrong to say that mandatory masks are a health issue. ``The only one here following the science is the bill sponsor,’’ he said. ``As the CDC has says, cloth masks and regular masks, they don’t do anything,’’ Hoffman said. ``They do absolutely nothing in terms of blocking disease, slowing the spread, stopping the spread. That’s not what they’re designed for.’’ And he said that schools are not providing N95 masks – those designed to

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odically for years. The city explored a six-district system, with the mayor elected at large, in 2003 by forming a citizen’s task force to research the topic. The in-depth report compared Scottsdale to similarly-sized cities across the country and found that of 48 “comparably sized cities” nationwide, only nine — or 19 percent – had at large forms of government. The proposition went on the ballot in 2004 but the measure failed to curry favor with a majority of voters; only 39 percent of voters supported it. Then mayor Jim Lane brought the idea of three districts up to the council in 2016 but the idea died there. Councilwoman Solange Whitehead is undecided on the issue. She would like to see a citizen’s com-

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This is familiar territory for Arizonans. In 1993, Arizona was set to be the home of Super Bowl XXVII, an event that was estimated to generate between $200 million to $250 million in economic revenue for the state. However, after Arizona voters failed to approve a 1990 proposition that would have made Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state paid holiday, the NFL and its commissioner at the time, Paul Tagliabue, decided to move the game from Tempe to Pasadena, California. A spokesperson for Gov. Doug Ducey released a statement that said, “The benefits, both direct and indirect, for businesses large and small are tremendous. It’s an opportunity to put Arizona on full display across the country. It is unfathomable why anyone would want to deny Arizona these benefits and this opportunity. … To call on the NFL to not bring the Super Bowl to Arizona over a bill that may not get out of committee is beyond belief.” In 2021, Major League Baseball pulled its All-Star game out of Atlanta and moved it to Denver due to what some said was a restrictive voting law against people of color in Georgia. That decision was inspiration for Green when he was creating his petition. “It definitely inspired it in understanding that sporting teams and sporting corporations have a role to play in protecting our democracy,” he said. “Major League Baseball’s move to suddenly move the All-Star game from Georgia I think suggests that it is possible to move the Super Bowl game from Arizona.” When asked if he expects the NFL to respond to the petition, Green said, “We do. You know, we will continue to escalate our ask, and our movement until they do.” Part of Green’s plan to escalate his movement is to hold a rally called “I Love Democracy” on Feb. 14 in Glendale. “We will hold a press conference in a rally to prove how serious we are about this effort to move the Super Bowl from Arizona,” Green said.

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otre Dame Prep social studies teacher Rob Gwinn has earned the Arizona Smart/Maher Veterans of Foreign Wars Citizenship Education Teacher Award. Gwinn was surprised by the announcement because he did not know that he had been nominated, according to a school spokeswoman, who said it was done secretly by Joe Loggia, Notre Dame’s director of facilities and maintenance and a VFW Post 9400 member. “I was working outside Rob’s class one day and overheard his amazing lesson,” Loggia said. “All I could think was that I wish I had a teacher like that when I was in high school. Loggia immediately decided to nominate Gwinn for the local VFW Citizenship Education Teacher Award. He submitted an essay about Gwinn, writing: “Robert (Rob) Gwinn is one of our founding educators here at Notre Dame Preparatory High School, spending the

Notre Dame Prep social studies teacher Rob Gwinn, left, receives an award for his excellence in teaching U.S. history from VFW member Joe Loggia. (Courtesy Notre Dame Prep)

better part of the last 19 years educating upper-classmen about history and government. He comes from a family of veterans who served in various roles leading up to and including Vietnam.

“Growing up at a time when our veterans were shunned by large swaths of the American public, he recalls how very little of their experiences were shared with him, yet in hindsight he recognizes

that the respect, sacrifice, valor, and honor possessed by his older relatives are a large part of who he has become today.” In January, Loggia was notified that Gwinn not only earned the local VFW Post 9400 award, but also the Arizona State VFW Citizenship Education Teacher Award. All state winners are in the running for the national award to be announced in June. Gwinn will be invited to receive his state award certificate at the State VFW Convention June 1-4 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. “I’m truly, truly humbled,” Gwinn said. “I’m never at a loss for words, but right now, I don’t know what to say except that I am very grateful and amazed that Joe did this for me and our school.” Notre Dame Prep is a Catholic diocesan college preparatory high school with a co-ed enrollment of 864 students. The school has received national recognition for the caliber of its academic, arts and athletic programs. The school is located at 9701 E. Bell Road in Scottsdale.

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State Senate poised to expand school voucher program BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

epublican lawmakers took the first steps last week to approve what would be the largest-ever increase in who can get a voucher of state funds to attend private and parochial schools. On a party-line 5-3 vote, members of the Senate Education Committee agreed to vastly expand a program first created a decade ago as providing opportunities for students with special needs. Since that time lawmakers have expanded that to include children of active duty military, children in foster care, residents of Indian reservations, and students attending schools rated D and F. About 10,000 students now get these vouchers, formally known as “empowerment scholarship accounts.’’ SB 1657, crafted by Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, would make vouchers available to all children of veterans and full-time health professionals who provide direct health care. Even broader, it would say any student living in the boundaries of a Title I school -- those serving a large percentage of low-income children -- also would qualify, regardless of their own financial status. An analysis of a similar proposal by Boyer last year by legislative budget analysts concluded it would make more than 830,000 of the 1.1 million students now in public schools eligible for the state vouchers. But Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Phoenix, said even that figure is misleading. She pointed out SB 1657 also would make vouchers available to any student in a school district that is seeking state funds for a new building based on enrollment growth. And all students in any district that spends more in local revenues than the tuition and fees charged Arizona residents at public universities – about $11,000 a year – also would qualify for a voucher. She called the Boyer plan “disingenuous’’ and said Boyer is trying to “hide behind our impoverished kids’’ as an excuse to vastly expand the program to others.

Mesa state Sen. Tyler Pace compared public schools’ need for money to the computer game Tetris, saying, “You can never win.” (Pace for AZ Senate Campaign)

“Nobody’s hiding,’’ Boyer responded. Anyway, Boyer said he also thinks that most of those students will stay put where they are, regardless of voucher availability. He puts the number of additional vouchers sB 1657 would create at only about 25,000. The vouchers provide about $7,000 to eligible parents, more for students with special needs or learning disabilities. These funds can be used not only for private and parochial school tuition but also costs of home schooling and “microschools.’’ Much of the debate surrounded whether lawmakers should be putting more money into the public school system rather than diverting cash to provide alternatives. Boyer said, though, its unfair to tell students who are not getting their needs met now in public schools that they have to wait until some yet-to-be-determined additional cash is provided. Drew Anderson, pastor of Legacy Christian Center Church in South Phoenix, said the financial aspects of kids trapped in public schools must be put in perspective. “There were slave owners that didn’t want to let go of their slaves because at that time they were financially into those Black bodies,’’ he told lawmakers. “Well, here we are in 2022 and we have school districts that don’t want to let those Black bodies go because there’s money attached to those Black

bodies.’’ Anderson brushed aside questions about the lack of accountability in the use of these public funds as there is no requirement for students in these programs to take the same achievement tests as students in public schools. He said the only thing that counts is that students are graduating from high school and, for many, getting the opportunity to go on to college. Ron Johnson who lobbies on behalf of the state’s three Catholic bishops, also spoke in support, speaking of the 23 Catholic schools in the Tucson diocese and 35 in the Phoenix diocese. “This will help many more children attend the school that best addresses their needs,’’ he said. Jim Swanson, CEO of the Kitchell Corp., did not dispute that some students are not getting the education they need in public schools. But he said that putting more dollars into vouchers is not the answer. “I’m a firm believer in funding the 93% of our students, of our kids, that go to public education,’’ Kitchell said. “So instead of taking money out of our public education system, why not, as Sen. Marsh suggested, invest where the real problem is, and that is poverty,’’ he continued, citing links between students who come from low-income homes and academic achievement. And Kitchell said that could be accomplished by giving schools more money based on

the number of poor students they have The idea of more funding drew questions from Sen. Rick Gray, R-Sun City. He said that Utah students do better academically and with fewer dollars. And Gray suggested to Kitchell that he needs to think more like the businessman he is. “If you’ve got a company that’s not producing, you find out what’s going on,’’ Gray said, rather than pouring more money into it. Kitchell said he can’t tell lawmakers how much it would take to properly fund public schools. “But I do know we have 2,000 vacant teaching positions,’’ he said, with people not wanting to become teachers and others leaving the classroom. “So that tells me you’re not giving people a job they want.’’ That question of how much publicschool funding is enough also bothered Sen. Tyler Pace, R-Mesa, comparing it to the computer game of Tetris where colored blocks keep coming. “You can never win,’’ he said, saying that whatever lawmakers allocate is never enough. Pace said that vouchers, while not for everyone, can and should be used “prudently.’’ Beth Lewis, co-founder of Save Our Schools Arizona, said lawmakers were ignoring what Arizonans want. She cited 2017 legislation that could have made all students eligible for voucher programs. But when her organization referred it to the ballot in 2018 it was rejected by a margin of nearly 2-1. Boyer, however, said voucher supporters also voted against it because of how it was worded rather than opposition to the program. And he said he has a poll which shows 74% of those asked support what is in this bill. Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, said as far as he is concerned the legislation doesn’t go far enough. Shope, who at one time served on the governing board of Coolidge schools, supports the concept of “backpack funding,’’ where the state aid follows the student wherever he or she goes. “We should encourage parents to make the right choice,’’ he said. The measure now needs approval of the full Senate.

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SuperBowl bets in Arizona could top $120M BY GABE SWARTZ Cronkite News

hortly after the final seconds ticked off the clock at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles to wrap up the NFL’s conference championship weekend, wagering on today’s Super Bowl LVI matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals opened for bettors across the country. The nearly endless opportunities for wagering on the big game are now available for the first time, at least legally, to Arizona gamblers. The Rams are a 4.5-point favorite on most sports gambling platforms, and the over-under (predicted combined score) for the game is 48.5 points. However, depending on the platform, bettors can also choose from proposition – or “prop” – bets that range from the time it will take country music star Mickey Guyton to sing the national anthem to the color of the sports drink that will be dumped on the winning coach’s head. With Arizona’s quick growth in sports betting playing a role, one expert said it could be a historic Super Bowl for sports bookmaking operations. PlayUSA, a media service that provides updates and analysis on the sports gambling landscape across the nation, projects that as much as $1 billion in bets could be placed on the game. “The market as a whole has grown really tremendously throughout 2021,” said Eric Ramsey, market analyst lead for PlayUSA. While Las Vegas’ hold on the market helps Nevada lead the way in projected handle, Arizona is quickly becoming a player. PlayUSA’s projections rank Arizona sixth in projected wagers among the 30 states with some form of legal sports betting, trailing only Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania. BetArizona.com estimated that $80-120 million in bets could be placed on the Super Bowl in the state. “I think people in Arizona got their

FanDjuel's sportsbook at the Phoenix Suns Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is ready to take bets on today's big game. (Susan Wong/Cronkite News)

feet wet. They dipped their toes in at the beginning of the season,” said C.J. Pierre, lead writer for PlayAZ.com. Legalized sports gambling began in Arizona on Sept. 9, opening day of the 2021 NFL season. “They’ve had a chance to get used to all the sports betting apps, get used to the retail sportsbooks and now with the Super Bowl on the horizon – I think they are primed and ready to get in on Super Bowl betting action,” Pierre said. Nevada’s lack of mobile betting – something Ramsey expects to change in the near future – is also opening a window of opportunity for growth in Arizona, where he believes the overall sports gambling experience is more enjoyable than in Nevada for now. “As we look across any state, the No. 1 indicator of success is the availability of online betting,” Ramsey said.

“Just having online betting means that a state will produce about 10 times as much revenue as a state that only has in-person betting.” When the Super Bowl returns to Glendale next year, Super Bowl LVII will become the first championship game played by the league in a state that offers legal wagering. And the Cardinals were to become the third consecutive home team to host and play in the game, Pierra said, “I think it will be the perfect storm to really establish where sports betting is in Arizona.” “The Cardinals were the most beton NFL team here in the state,” he said. “To have a team play in their home stadium while that state has legal sports betting, I can’t even fathom how much betting we would see.” The addition of unconventional

prop bets through some sportsbooks and apps has only increased interest in Super Bowl betting, but Ramsey warns fans to be wary of such wagers. “If you’re looking to make money from a sportsbook, you’re probably best keeping it simple and betting on the game itself,” Ramsey said. “Generally speaking, they’ll go as far as regulators will allow them to. If you let an operator offer a market on something, they will try to offer that for sure.” “Always make sure that you only bet what you’re willing to afford to lose. Betting is a recreational activity,” Pierre said. “How much money would you spend on a night out with your girlfriend or wife? That’s the kind of mindset that people who are new to sports betting should really take on.”

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Heel Pain Is On The Rise The weather has a big impact on heel pain. As the days cool down, our activity levels heat up. Going for a walk, playing a round of golf, and hiking are all possible again with the temperature below 100 degrees. But you need to pay attention to your feet. “Getting back to a normal lifestyle can be a shock to your feet, especially to your heels,” says Dr. Shah Askari of CIC Foot & Ankle. More than two million Americans suffer from plantar fasciitis, a sharp, stabbing, sometimes burning pain in the heel or arch of the foot. It’s anticipated this number will rise as people start taking advantage of better weather. It typically hurts when first getting up, may lessen after a few steps but always returns. In the past, a cortisone injection was the treatment of choice.

“Cortisone manages the pain, but it doesn’t address what’s causing the pain,” explains Askari. Now, treatment focuses on the condition, not just the symptom. “Regenerative medicine is one of the most promising ways to deal with pain, because it triggers the body to heal,” he explains. “Prolotherapy is an option that uses a natural irritant which starts the healing process.” Growth factor therapy also jump starts and maintains regeneration of new tissues. In addition, the FDA recently approved cold laser therapy for plantar fasciitis. “Laser treatment is another way to treat heel pain, because it increases circulation, which promotes healing,” says Askari. “It’s all about healing.”

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Parada del Sol returns in all its glory Photos by Zac BonDurant

Hundreds of happy people turned out Feb. 5 for the 68th annual Parada del Sol as the annual event returned to full pre-pandemic glory with colorful ﬂoats, stirring sounds and some eye-catching parade garb. Mother Nature cooperated with a clear sunny day as public officials, children, community groups and bands participated in the event, now organized by the Scottsdale Charros.

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PR, volunteering Abby Fink's passions

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

bbie Fink can barely remember a time when she wasn’t planning things, organizing things or volunteering, but she will never forget her first interaction with the media. “I didn’t know it was PR at the time, but my first experience with working with the media was when I was in elementary school and our sixth-grade graduation dance was being taken away from us due to some bad behavior by some of our students,” the Scottsdale woman recalled. “I didn’t think that was very fair, so we had a picket line in front of the school where I did my first television interview with the local affiliate at the time.” Though Fink loved the exhilaration of meeting reporters and doing a good deed, it was only later in life where she began to find her true calling. “As I look back over my formative years, I was always involved with organizing, planning and coordinating things,” she said. “It wasn’t until I got to college where I figured out that what I

Abbie Fink, vice president and general manager of HMA Public Relations, earned a chapter in the upcoming book “48 Women: Arizona’s Most Intriguing Women” because of her philanthropic efforts. (Special to the Progress)

really enjoyed and what I was particularly good at was English, writing and putting thoughts together.”

During those formative years, Fink also spent a great deal of time volunteering. “Growing up, my family always believed in volunteering and when we were little kids we would go with our parents when they were involved in community activities,” she said. Though she originally was a business major at Arizona State University, Fink quickly realized there was a field that she was a perfect fit for. “I found out that ASU had a very prestigious journalism program at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and when I discovered my passion, PR became an obvious choice for a career path,” she said. “I got a great internship out of college which led to several other positions and eventually to HMA, where I will be celebrating 29 years in July.” During the internship, Fink discovered a correlation between her field of study and how she spent time growing up. “Volunteerism was part of my life but when I was at my internship, point resorts sponsored an event that benefited the make-a-wish foundation,” Fink said.

“Working on that introduced me to people that were involved with makea-wish as volunteers and it spoke to me that I could take what I do professionally and offer those services to organizations and volunteer in that way. That was my foray into using my career in a volunteer capacity.” Currently the vice president and general manager of HMA Public Relations, Fink also is a passionate volunteer – and loves to celebrate the work of nonprofits. “Nonprofit organizations really recognize the value in sharing their stories and whether they do that with an inhouse staff, volunteers or through hiring a public relations agency, the reason I enjoy it so much is that there is a direct connection with the work that we do from a public relations perspective and how it impacts these organizations,” Fink said. “Nonprofits have a different way of telling their story and the impact in terms of the service that they provide in our community.”

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New business owner also helping rescue clinic

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

t was just about two weeks after Erika Thompson opened the doors of the Local Craft Gallery in Scottsdale that she heard the bad news about Betty White. The beloved actress, comedian and animal rights activist had passed away just weeks prior to her 100th birthday. Her death was memorialized with a nationwide “Betty White Challenge” asking people to donate to an animal rescue organization in her name. And that gave Thompson an idea as she was about to open her store at 8660 E. Shea Blvd. Thompson had known about Altered Tails’ Barnhart Clinic because one of her three dogs, Penny, a rescue dog, had been spayed and neutered there. Thompson had always admired the clin-

Erika Thompson, who recently opened Local Craft Gallery, is raising money for an animal nonprofit. Her dog Penny is a rescue dog. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

ic’s work and wanted to support it during the Betty White Challenge, so she began collecting items to raffle, forging partnerships with her vendors and neighboring businesses along the way. Thompson turned the one-day challenge into something that lasted over a month long. “It just kills me with animals that so many of them are born to die and people aren’t cognizant of that because it keeps happening,” she said. Even though Thompson had already had a full plate of opening a space for artists to utilize as a showroom, she knew that this was cause she wanted to help. “Erika reached out to us and said, ‘I love animals and I love helping animals, just like Betty White, so I want to do a fundraiser to help Altered Tails,’” said Michael Morefield,

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Fink strongly encourages her staff to volunteer as well. “We encourage our staff to volunteer in the same way and provide our expertise and knowledge to the community and organizations that may not have the chance to engage with that type of professional communications plans,” she said. Fink recently got involved with the Camp Colley Foundation, which helps to send underserved kids in Phoenix to attend summer camp.

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the marketing and development coordinator for Altered Tails Barnhart Clinic “It was just a clearly genuine and authentic statement.” “As a small-business owner, Erika has a lot on her plate so it was such a great thing to hear her say ‘how could I make my business help animals in my community?’” Morefield added. But Thompson said this is what she loves to do. “I love business and I love helping people,” she said. Thompson also understands that getting healthcare for pets can oftentimes be a large expense for pet owners. “I know a lot of people really love their animals and that it’s expensive to get them

“I’ve been involved in having some powerful discussions around the early stages of the pandemic when we had to cancel camp and where we weren’t able to deliver camps fully through last summer due to forest fires,” she said. Because of her efforts to promote and help these organizations, Fink was nominated by her peers to be featured in the next edition of “48 Women: Arizona’s Most Intriguing Women,” which is slated for an April 29th release date. “When I got the call that I was selected, I was quite surprised and very honored and that became even more so when I

initially spayed and neutered,” she said. “It can be upwards of $500 at a regular vet, which can be more than half of someone’s weekly pay.” Thompson has 14 items scattered about her shop for patrons to purchase raffle tickets for ranging in price from $5 to $20. However, the biggest prices are a twohour in-studio consultation valued at $150 or an original painting painted by Thompson valued at $800. Raffle tickets are $10. Customers can pay cash or with a check payable to Altered Tails Barnhart Clinic either to purchase raffle tickets or just make a donation. “The funds that Erika raised will go directly into our access-to-care program which is a driving force in the social aspect of veterinary care,” Morefield said. “These funds will help provide funds so that ev-

saw who else was on the list,” she said. “I also loved that it was such a diverse group of professional female leaders in our state, so it’s pretty great.” Fink was humbled to see the women she is in company with. “This is a great snapshot of who here in the state of Arizona is making a difference in whatever category they happen to fall into,” she said. “Anything that recognizes strong leadership, professionalism and giving back to the community is worth recognizing.” “I hope that when people flip through this that they see the diversity of the in-

eryone has access to care and for vaccines for their pets.” Shoppers at Thompson’s gallery will find that 75% of the items on her shelves comprise locally made furniture, original art and artisan gifts and 25% of the store is dedicated to vintage items and interior design. “This is twofold as it gives the artists exposure to people who may not necessarily go to a gallery and this brings some good into people’s lives. By helping artists bring their art to people and the benefit of the raffle, this is a two-way thing,” Thompson said. “In your home, you should only have things that bring you joy.” She also said a purchase from the Local Craft Gallery helps stimulate the local economy. “When you shop local and buy local,

dividuals that are recognized and that will inspire them to be intriguing themselves,” she added. She also hopes that the readers of the book find a source for inspiration. “For my story and everyone’s story is about our commitment to our profession, our community and the way that we give back and support within our organizations or within the community,” she said. “Perhaps our stories inspire somebody to take a different action or do something different because they read about someone or some project that might have been worked on.”

roughly 80% of that money stays in the economy,” Thompson said. In addition to shopping for items that will spruce up your home, Morefield and Thompson see a broader impact. “You are fundamentally changing your community when you donate to Altered Tails,” Morefield said. “Whether that is providing access to care to those who are unable to afford it and increasing our availability to provide surgeries for outdoor cats so that there is not an overpopulation problem. “When you donate to Altered Tails, you are building the community the animals deserve.” Info: Local Craft Gallery 8660 E Shea Boulevard #165 and localcraftgallery. com

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Scottsdale Community students get hands-on learning

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For the things we have to learn before we do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle knew 2,400 years ago that experience is the greatest teacher. Nowhere is that more true than in the world of art, communications, and marketing. Scottsdale Community College offers students a broad array of degrees and certificates in film, creative writing, website design & development, art, photography, marketing, visual communication, social media, journalism, and more. They prepare students for a career in telling stories, in connecting with people, in understanding the world and helping others understand their place in it. These are competitive fields, and SCC gives its students a leg up by focusing on practice, experience, and opportunity. “In today’s world, given the digital nature of most work, finding young candidates that already have experience and training coming out of school is more important than ever,” said Brian O’Malley, director of public relations at Highnoon Marketing + Consulting Agency. Just ask Foday Kromah. “This program really gives me that hands-on experience,” said Kromah, a journalism student now in his second semester at SCC. Every week Kromah is tasked with picking a story, conducting interviews, working with an editor, and submitting a finished story – just as he would in a reallife newsroom Aryanna Golabi, a senior studying web development, also extolls the value of the “non-stop hands-on experiences” she’s gone through since first enrolling at SCC in 2015 while she was still in high school. Back then it was a painting course, but the experiential nature of the programs led her to dive deeper and deeper, earning a certificate in social media marketing, a degree in photography, and now a degree in web development that she plans to use to create more accessible web pages and apps for the visually impaired. “It gave me things that I got to go out and use outside of school, which is ex-

Foday Kromah, a journalism student at Scottsdale Community College, said the hands-on experience he’s gaining on campus has been invaluable. (Courtesy SCC)

actly what I wanted.” Golabi thinks back to her social media marketing courses, where she was asked to develop business plans and pitch them to a panel of faculty members as though it was a real client meeting. She found the skills she developed through that process immediately useful when applying for jobs, saying that her public speaking and interview skills coupled with the resume she’d built in another class made landing a new job a breeze. Gary Lidman, who is studying visual communication, said that the real-world practical teachGary Lidman is getting design experience as editor of ing style at “Scottsdale the school paper, The Artichoke." (Courtesy SCC) Community College has

given me all the tools I need. Going out into the world, I know exactly how to present my work, how to talk to clients.” As a graphic designer, Lidman’s courses have prepared him beyond just the technical skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Professors, acting as clients, assign projects with intentional roadblocks, misalignments, and obstacles, forcing students to put their skills to the test, improvising and adapting to get the “client” what they need by heading off mistakes that would cost them time and money. “We know that it will always take time to hone skills in that real-world setting and that additional training will need to happen, but having that portfolio to show employers sets candidates ahead of their peers that don’t,” said O’Malley. Kromah, Golabi, and Lidman each mentioned how the portfolio they’ve built, along with the connections they’ve made, will be beneficial when the time comes to enter their respective careers. “I don’t want to toot my own horn too much, but it’s a really good-looking portfolio,” said Golabi. That portfolio has already created numerous opportunities for her, including an internship at the State Forty Eight Foundation. “There’s a family atmosphere here. It’s really hands-on… It’s throwing me in there, giving me as much information as possible, and getting me prepared,” said Kromah. “And there’s a lot of people here who will help you – you’re never by yourself.” As Lidman nears the completion of his certificate, he feels confident that his experience and his portfolio will make him a qualified candidate for his dream job at Disney, designing print graphics for the parks “My passion comes from visual design and communication, so being able to chase those dreams and having the confidence and tools that SCC gave me, that’s what gets me excited. Knowing that I can submit my resume and be able to back that up with the work I’ve already done… Disneyland has a lot of print design jobs that I can’t wait to put my application in for.” Information: scottsdalecc.edu

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Scottsdale developer takes build-to-rent to new level BY PAUL MARYNIAK Progress Executive Editor

ichard Felker keeps one eye on the ground and the other on the future. If that seems like an exaggeration, consider his track record. From managing and owning two family businesses in Milwaukee in the 1970s – one that sold furniture and the other that ran coin-operated washers and dryers – Felker started signing up university dormitories and apartment buildings for the latter. “I would call on apartment developers to get them to sign a lease with me put my laundry equipment into their buildings,” he recalled. “And that led me to say to myself, ‘Well, why don’t I try and get involved in real estate? So I became an entrepreneur who said, ‘well, let’s build

a couple of buildings and see how it goes.’” How it went is this: Felker sits atop The Empire Group, a Scottsdale company that over 40 years has accumulated more than $1.5 billion in assets and built a legacy of commercial, single family and multifamily residential and industrial development. Now, he is riding the wave of a multi-billion trend that experts say will radically change the single-family housing landscape forever. Empire’s announcement in December that it will Developer Richard Felker has a firm footing in a grow- build 144 single-family ing trend in new-home construction: building houses rental homes on 14 acres not to sell them but to rent them. (Courtesy of Empire Group) of Schnepf Farms – the cel-

ebrated Queen Creek agrotainment venue best known for its peach festivals and annual October Pumpkin and Chili Party – was just the latest in a series of buildto-rent communities Empire has on the drawing board, already is building or has finished. The company’s first was the Village at Harvard, a nearly fully occupied 184home community in Goodyear. Then there’s the 208-home Village at Olive Marketplace in Glendale that’s 65% leased and 50% occupied. A 194-home community is rising at Camelback Road and 107th Street, as is a 180-home development in Avondale along with the 272-home Village at Paseo de Le Luces in Tolleson. The Village at Schnepf Farms is the company’s seventh in the Valley and one

Data Sales a ‘booster rocket’ for young firms

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n 1973, Ron Breckner founded Data Sales, a business that offers specialty finance and IT asset disposition services. In 1988, the company became one of the first to move into the Scottsdale Airpark. During its almost 50 years, Data Sales has seen a number of family members work at the company – a tradition that is still going strong. Although Ron Breckner died in 2020, his wife, Judith, is still active on the company’s board. Their son, Bill, is vice president and general manager of the Scottsdale Airpark location, and their son Bob is vice president at the company’s Minnesota location. Two other siblings also are involved – Paul is chief executive officer and Jane Pederson is vice president. “The second generation is now running

Bill Breckner, vice president and general manager of Data Sales Co. in Scottsdale, and Noah Nelson, ITAD-business development are helping the company reach new heights. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

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the company, with the third generation just entering the business,” said Bill, who, along with his family, enjoys being part of the vibrant Scottsdale Airpark. “It’s a great location and fun to watch the growth here.” Since its inception, Bob said Data Sales purchased, sold and traded IT hardware, including IBM mainframe and peripherals, parts and support services. They have also offered equipment leasing for over four decades. Today, Data Sales focuses on two main services: specialty financing and ITAD services. “A big chunk of what we do with specialty financing is to help provide capital to young and fast-growing companies who want to build out their IT infrastructure and who are looking for what we like to

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town,” he said, “I just figured it was going to be the same kind of thing happening here. And so, we went ahead and we took a bunch of risks to do those couple of downtown projects.” He added that Jacobs “was really responsible for seeing the high-rise opportunity in downtown Phoenix.” Felker stressed that kind of risk-taking isn’t just a matter of having that rare vision that builders possess. And it explains why he’s jumped into the buildto-rent market with both feet. “It does come kind of naturally and intuitively. But it’s all based on data that you gain with being around in this industry for a long time. In the downturn, we bought houses and rented them. In this market and in many other markets, we’re just trying to stay ahead and this asset class of these single-family buildto-rent homes just appeals to everyone. “If you look at our rental base of people who move into this kind of product, they’re in their 20s, their 30s, their 40s, their 50s, their 60s, their 70s. Our first project had three or four 80-year-olds and two 90-year-old people. It appeals

of 21 projects in a market area stretching from Casa Grande to Prescott. And it’s hardly the last as Felker eyes not only further expansion of build-torent single-family homes in Arizona but in other states by the end of 2022. That expansion is extending a footprint that Felker began making in the Phoenix region not long after he came to the Valley for a vacation in the 1970s. By the 1980s, he had become “the land guy” to homebuilder Geoffrey Edmonds and Associates and together, “We built $700 million or $800 million worth of homes in Gainey Ranch and Scottsdale Ranch,” Felker said. Over time, Empire has become just that – an empire of almost every conceivable kind of development you can imagine, even including self-storage facilities. “I try to be on the cutting edge of something new,” he said, crediting the company’s growth as well to his two partners, Geoffrey Jacobs and Randy Grudzinski. That cutting edge includes several highrise apartment buildings that helped to reinvent downtown Phoenix in much the same way that Marquette University rein-

Empire Group partner and Principal Geoffrey Jacobs, left, and Richard Felker, talk with Randy Grudzinski, another partner and head of capital markets. (Courtesy of Empire Group)

vented downtown Milwaukee more than two decades ago, Felker said. “I had seen what Marquette University did to downtown Milwaukee over a 20-year period and it just blossomed

because of the university,” said Felker, who added to that blossom a 27-story apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan. “With ASU and the bio stuff down-

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This unidentified couple might appear to have had a bang-up time on their wedding day, but in actuality, this promotional photo from C2Tactical is the gun range’s way of suggesting that guns and roses might be considered as an alternative to chocolates and greeting cards on Valentine’s Day. (Courtesy of C2Tactical.)

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hocolates and flowers are a great gift for Valentine’s Day, but for someone looking for something outside the box, C2 Tactical’s date night package might be the way to go. The gun range, with locations at 7000 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, and 8475 S. Emerald Drive, Tempe, offers an alternative to movies and a dinner for that special someone. “The date night package was something that we wanted to create for customers to say ‘Hey, let’s go do something fun,’” said C2 Tactical managing member Vincent Vasquez. “Let’s get out of our normal routine. Let’s do something together.” The date night packages offer the opportunity to do just that while having an “empowering” experience. “The package is going to include ammunition, eye and ear protection, a couple of t-shirts and it’s going to include the range safety officer to be able to go out and walk people through how to do all of this neat stuff,” Vasquez said. The package for two includes two

handgun rentals, two boxes of 9 mm ammunition, four targets and preloaded ammunition for $125 per couple. “I don’t think that anybody else does anything like this,” Vasquez said. “But what I think is fun about this is it could be out of the norm for some people, something new for them to go and have an experience, have something fun.” Vasquez said one of his favorite memories of people participating in these packages is seeing the “empowerment” that people feel when they walk out. “For some people it can be really scary doing something new that they never done before,” Vasquez said. “Afterward, they feel empowered because they think ‘Wow I overcame some fear that I didn’t know about’ or ‘I overcame not ever doing that before because I didn’t know anything about it.’ “It’s like being able to swim for the first time. You’re empowered by that ability and knowledge of being able to do something new.” For those looking to take the romantic holiday up a notch, C2 Tactical also offers a fully licensed “Shotgun Wed-

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to everybody because there’s nobody living next to you, nobody living above you or below you. It’s your own space. And you have a little back yard.” And it comes maintenance-free as the people who move into one of those build-to-rent homes simply call the onsite maintenance crew if there’s a problem – no different from calling the custodian in an apartment building. Florida-based housing economist Brad Hunter said build-to-rent not only appeals to consumers who desire a “lockand-leave” lifestyle in their home base but also to investors. “Investors seeking yield are having difficulty finding enough built homes to buy,” Hunter says on his website. “So, they are shifting more attention to ‘ground-up’ development of brand-new rental homes.” He told the Wall Street Journal last June that by the end of 2022, investors already will have ponied up $40 billion in that trend. His analysis of eight markets across the country showed that the Phoenix area is possibly ground zero for that growth, with 3,920 build-to-rent houses completed in 2020 and another 4,259 coming on board last year. The next biggest isn’t that close: In Dallas/Fort Worth, Hunter reported, 2,580 rental homes were built in 2020 and 2,906 last year. In a five-year production forecast, Hunter predicts that even as the number of new BTR houses hits 180,000 units nationally by 2025, “overall demand for rental homes still exceeds production.” Hunter believes that the number of build-to-rent houses will account for 12 percent of all new houses by 2024. Taylor Morrison, the nation’s fifth-largest homebuilder, says that percentage eventually could reach half of all new singlefamily homes. And the commercial real estate finance company Walker & Dunlop notes, “The rapidly growing BFR market will continue expanding as more residents prefer to rent single-family homes with yards and upscale amenities on a long-term basis.” Empire approaches the construction of its build-for-rent communities with the same care and attention to detail and a traditional homebuilder would bring to the table. With the Queen Creek development,

Besides building rental home communities, Empire Group also built a 19-story apartment building, called The Stewart, in downtown Phoenix, among other projects. (Courtesy Empire Group)

for example, owners Mark and Carrie Schnepf “kind of interviewed” Felker about his vision before signing a deal with Empire, recalling how they told him, “’We don’t want something that doesn’t look good’” because of their popular and widely-visited agrotainment attractions. “We actually did some charrettes and spent a lot of time with Mark and his wife on coming up with what the architecture looks like, what the fencing looks like around the outside, and what the landscaping looks like,” Felker recalled, “because they were very concerned about what was being built next to their family treasure.” Now, Felker said, “we’re going to be really proud of that one as it comes out of the ground and finishes.” He said the community will “have a little bit of that farm feel to it.” “It’s going to be a little different from the rest of ours,” Felker continued, “because that’s how the Schnepfs felt comfortable selling it to somebody who’s going to develop it.” He anticipates it will take about eight months to lay the community’s infra-

structure and that “I’m thinking we’re going to start leasing probably 18 to 20 months from now.” Peering into the future with the same vision that has guided the growth of Empire for four decades, Felker said the only thing that could stop new build-torent housing in the immediate vicinity of Phoenix is a shortage of land. “It’s a kind of a new asset class but it is so well accepted by every age demographic,” he said of build-to-rent. “It does require more land. So, the more urban the city becomes, the less you’re going to see that this type of thing. But we are going to be in other markets as well.” “Places like Casa Grande are going to be the recipient of a lot more rental construction,” he said. “Once you go into the San Tan Valley, we’ve got two or three developments that are going to be in those areas. So yes, it is expanding.” And his biggest worry has nothing to do with the availability of water but that for the average household, “costs keep escalating.” “In the Phoenix market, we’ve been really low for a long time in terms of the

percentage of our income that people can spend on housing. It’s been 25%, 26% 27%. In San Francisco and other California places, people are spending 43% or 45% of their income and we are gradually bumping up against that.” He estimates that people in the Phoenix area are spending at least 31% or 32% of their annual income on housing and that with soaring appreciation in non-rental single-family homes and 15 percent annual increases in rent, places farther away from Phoenix will become far more favorable to homebuyers and renters. As a result, what might be broadly considered the Phoenix metro area will be not much different from how people view Los Angeles. And Empire gives every indication that it will continue to be a major player in that expanding megalopolis, especially with build-to-rent. “I’ve been around, obviously, a long time and done a lot of different things,” Felker said. “But we’ve gone very deep in this space…It takes a lot for me to get excited, and I’m very excited about this space and what we’re doing in it.”

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ding” ceremony at its venue. “We’ve had customers of all different age groups come out,” Vasquez said. “We’ve had young folks, we’ve had middle aged folks and older folks. “They always come up with their own theme of what they want to do to the wedding. It’s an opportunity to get out of the box and do something different.” C2 Tactical offers a vow renewal ceremony ($475), a fully legal wedding ceremony ($495) and a commitment ceremony ($475). The legal wedding ceremony includes use of a private room and range, 25 rounds on a shotgun, eye and ear protection for each shooter, dedicated range safety officer, photos with guns on the range (up to three guns each), gift bag (shot glasses, coffee mugs, hats and dog tags), and C2 Tactical t-shirts. Couples getting married are required to bring their marriage licenses and photo ID with them for the ceremony. “For some people it’s maybe their second wedding or maybe it’s their first wedding,” Vasquez said. “It’s unusual and it’s something that is memorable and it’s something that they get to speak of for years.” Valentine’s Day will operate during normal business hours for Monday which are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Monday through Saturday closing at 6 p.m. on Sundays. “We definitely have walk-in availability, but I do recommend that people preregister because they might find out that all of the particular booking slots are full,” Vasquez said. “It’s defi-

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call the large booster rocket of financing to help them get to the next level,” Bob said. These new companies are typically owned by young and enthusiastic entrepreneurs in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands. “They are looking to establish themselves into the market and become the next unicorn, and it’s really fun to see that and to assist with that.” The ITAD services include IT equipment “take outs,” which, Bill said, includes data center removals for servers, storage and switching out equipment like personal computers, printers and tablets.

“We definitely have walk-in availability, but I do recommend that people preregister because they might find out that all of the particular booking slots are full. It’s definitely good to prebook or call our call center to answer any questions people can have including booking the experience. Or they can go online and book it directly themselves.” nitely good to prebook or call our call center to answer any questions people can have including booking the experience. Or they can go online and book it directly themselves.” For couples looking to continue the fun after date night or people looking for a lasting gift, Vasquez mentions C2 Tactical’s membership. “If people are looking for a fun and unique experience that they can share together, I think a membership is a great way to go,” Vasquez said. “It’s $19 a month, it’s less than a gym membership and they can come in as often as they want. “It’s a great gift if you are looking for something inexpensive and fun to give your loved ones.” Information: c2tactical.com. “We offer equipment recycling and ensure proper disposal, and we are also proud to be certified in ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001,” Bill said. Bob said he is thrilled to be part of a family-owned company that has grown and flourished for almost 50 years. Loyal clients have worked with them for decades. He is also proud of his brother, Bill, who was injured in a diving accident in 1982 and, despite being paralyzed from the chest down and using a wheelchair, still reports to work every day. “Bill is an inspiration to all of us, and he shows how attitude and determination can help overcome anything,” Bob said. Information: datasales.com

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Scottsdale should scrap at-large council elections BY PAUL SIMONSON Progress Guest Writer

o you know who “your” City Council members are? Not really, because Councilmembers are spread too thin. Since 1951, the mayor and City Council have been elected at-large. When Scottsdale was incorporated, there were barely 2,000 residents within one square mile. Today, there are over 240,000 residents and Scottsdale is 31 miles long, encompassing 184.4 square miles. For too long, at-large council elections have resulted in selections who reside 10, 15 or 20 miles distant from original Scottsdale. At-large election of council members is obsolete and broken. 3-2-ONE Scottsdale is a “game changer” to reform the City Charter, so all voices are

represented at City Hall. Voting districts are straightforward and will be discussed in detail at the City Council Work Study on Feb.15. Three districts of equal population would be designated as south, central, and north. District boundaries would be set and adjusted every 10 years according to the U.S. Census data. Two Councilmembers would represent each district, elected in staggered terms. Every two years, voters can vote for a councilmember serving a 4-year term and have a second councilmember to represent them. Meaningful “grassroots” campaigns are then feasible. Looking at past election results, At-large elections have obvious �laws. In the 2020 City Council General Election, voters cast 156,656 ballots. Three council

posts were open, allowing voters to vote for three. However, there were 152,602 “undervotes,” meaning nearly all voters cast only two votes, not three. Undervotes indicate candidates are unknown and a failure of atlarge elections. Recently, several council candidates spent as much as $290,000 campaigning citywide, mostly funded by special interest groups, zoning lawyers and developers. And there were “dark money” attacks funded by unknown sources. 3-2-ONE Scottsdale enables balance, so that each district can always have two council members held accountable. City Council elections this November remain at-large and the 3-2-ONE Scottsdale measure to change the Charter would be added to the 2022 ballot.

Comparisons might be made to cities which have six or eight voting districts. Representation consists of a single councilmember elected every four years. The advantage of three districts with two council members is that Scottsdale voters elect their council every two years. 3-2-ONE Scottsdale is unique and local democracy. Scottsdale city government must be inclusive and balanced geographically. Charter reform is long overdue. Together we can deliberate citywide issues such as growth, Old Town, budget, sustainability, transportation, the Indian Bend Greenbelt, and the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. For more information, go to 32OneScottsdale.com. Paul Simonson is chairman of the 3-2-One Scottsdale Committee.

understand and constructively address concerns in all areas of the city. Also, it can be accomplished without spending enormous sums of money. It can be done. I can personally attest to that. I have worked with cities operating under district systems and have a good grasp of the impacts of a district governance structure. Here are just a few. Many more special interest groups will lobby each district individually. They can exert much more in�luence when the community is divided up. It is typical for these groups to help �inance and campaign for each district candidate. Allowing unions and other special interest entities to exert that much in�luence would not improve our community. It would damage it. It is commonly known that district representatives trade votes with their colleagues in other districts. That is not the way to bring about good, com-

monsense public policy which is in the best interests of the “entire” city. The city annual operational budget will increase significantly and there will be many unintended costs. Each district demands its own staff and the costs for each office are considerable and consequential. We should not dedicate an enormous amount of council and staff time, money, and good will to divide the city and pit neighborhood against neighborhood to create districts. It will take a signi�icant investment just to �ind and contract with a consultant. Then there is the challenge of getting community agreement on how to partition the neighborhoods, not to mention the likely legal challenges from all directions. If Scottsdale had had a district system in the early 90s, I believe we would not have a McDowell Sonoran Preserve. If we had districts in the early 2000s, we

would not have SkySong. You would no longer be able to vote for seven representatives. You would have only two votes. Each council member would only have to listen and respond to individuals in his or her district. If you look back at our history you will see that we have worked, for decades, to fairly allocate expenditures and services to all areas of our community. We should continue striving to improve that process and outcomes. Never has a Scottsdale mayor supported the idea of dividing up the city. The reasons to oppose districts are as strong as they have ever been. I strongly urge the city council to focus its time and energy on maintaining and strengthening our economy, keeping our city safe and protecting our neighborhoods and our Preserve. Mary Manross is a former mayor of Scottsdale.

Dividing Scottsdale does not make sense BY MARY MANROSS Progress Guest Writer

plan to divide Scottsdale into districts will be discussed by the city council on Feb. 15. It would be a serious mistake for Scottsdale to go down that road. While I was mayor, this issue was put on the ballot. It was overwhelmingly defeated. It was clear to our residents that this change would seriously divide our community and lead to poor public policy. If there is concern about encouraging more folks from the southern part of the city to become involved in our public process, there are a myriad of ways to accomplish that without creating this division. Many individuals from southern Scottsdale have served on our city council, including the current mayor. I know, �irst hand, that it is very possible to represent this size community and still

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Ranch Realty: Experienced, full-service Realtors for over 47 years in Scottsdale BY ALISON STANTON

hen Ranch Realty opened in 1974, it was the first business to in McCormick Ranch. While McCormick Ranch and the surrounding Scottsdale neighborhoods look vastly different today than they did almost five decades ago, Ranch Realty is still very much the same in several ways. For instance, in addition to occupying the same address in the Paseo Village Shopping Center, everybody who works at the full-service residential real estate and property management company is as committed to its clients as the original team. Partners and brothers Robert Berg, who is also a broker; Leo Berg, who handles marketing and Mike Berg, who is a manager, all oversee aspects of the family-owned business, which was started by their dad. “We handle mainly sales, leasing and property management, and 99% of our work is with residential properties,” Robert said. “Because of our company’s longevity and market conditions, many sellers have become landlords, so we can help with any season of real estate.”

Although Ranch Realty works with many clients throughout Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, Mike says they handle the entire Valley, including Tempe, Cave Creek, Phoenix and New River. One of things that helps Ranch Realty to stand out is its one-stop-shop approach to properties. From residential real estate buyers, sellers and investors to managing both furnished and unfurnished rental properties for landlords, investors and absentee owners, Ranch Realty can do this and more. “We work with all types of buyers and sellers, whether it is their first time or they are buying second homes or investment properties. But what has helped to set us apart over time is that when an investor wants to purchase a home, we offer property management and lease it out as if it was our own home,” Mike said. When people call Ranch Realty, they can rest assured that they will speak only with an experienced agent who knows the area and trends. This multifaceted and experienced approach to real estate, along with Ranch Realty’s devotion to offering outstanding customer service, means that the Berg brothers work with some of the same clients their dad did in the 1970s.

The fourth generation of Berg Realtors are involved now, Robert said, with Mike’s son Cayman and Leo’s son Matthew licensed at the company. “Some of our original clients have passed away and have willed their property to their children, so we are now working with their kids,” Leo said. “We have so many nice customers including landlords and tenants. It is a really great group, so we want to make sure everybody has property management Mike, Robert, Leo, Cayman and Matthew Berg of Ranch Realty, Wednesday, services they can reach out to.” February 2, 2022, in Scottsdale Arizona. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) Mike said the team from Ranch Realty is also proud to helping them find a buyer,” he said. work with many repeat customers, including “We are all excited about another great year, landlords, a first-time homebuyer who buys an- and we could not be any more pleased with the other home down the road, or people who are landlords and sellers who are getting a bonanza downsizing. they were not expecting.” Robert said the real estate market has definitely Ranch Realty is located at 7353 E. Via Paseo been interesting during the past couple of years. Del Sur, Suite 470 in Scottsdale. For more infor“In a market like this, the key is to have listings mation call 480-991-4000 or visit ranchrealty. so you can help the seller maximize profits while com

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Notre Dame united in tight playoff games BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

fter raising a state championship trophy but losing 12 seniors, Notre Dame Preparatory head coach and program director Charles Miscio knew it would not be easy to repeat last season’s success. In addition to losing the bulk of last year’s team, Miscio made the startling discovery that the number of hockey players enrolling at Notre Dame had been on a decline. “About a year ago, I tracked that the birth year of our players fell between 2004 and 2007, which was around the early days of the great recession and there may have been some financial hardships for families which may have caused less kids to start playing hockey because hockey is an expensive sport,” Miscio said. “We graduated a strong class of seniors last year and we only had three seniors going into the year when we had a young man from Minnesota transfer into Notre Dame and become one of our goalies,” he added. With six freshmen entering the team’s division I roster and only four seniors, the team looked to be the youngest team to lace up the skates and dawn a Saints sweater. “This is the first year in all the years that I’ve done this that we’ve had this many freshmen on the Division I team,” Miscio said. “We generally have kids that are skilled enough to play at the Division I level but we like to have our students get their feet wet at the lower levels because school is rigorous and there are a lot of social and spiritual commitments that the average student may not see at another institution.” Despite having a large age range on the team, Miscio’s goal has been to cre-

Teammates dogpile on top of Freshman Adam Kaplan after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against Horizon High School in the team’s first playoff game on Feb. 5. (Special to the Progress)

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ate a bond among his players. “This year, especially over the past six weeks, one of our mottoes has been together,” he said. “This year — maybe by default because our –numbers were lighter than usual – the team has done everything together and this has made for a unified group of kids.” Not only has the team stayed unified by a love of the game of hockey, but the team has also made sure to find ways to stay together and have fun during time off the ice. “We’ve done a lot of yoga, sound meditation, off-ice workouts, played football and done anything to keep the guys closely bonded,” Miscio said. Miscio has underscored the importance of staying in the moment. “It’s a cliche but it’s really been about staying together and being in the moment,” he said. This became especially meaningful during the team’s first playoff game against Horizon High after it went 4-3 with just 10 seconds left in the third period. While this may have been deflating for any team, Miscio admits he felt confident that his players would find its way back into the game. “We called a timeout and there were a few guys that were deflated and we did not send them back out. Instead, we sent out six forwards and pulled our goalie and told our skaters to take a deep breath and make this happen,” he said. “We drew up a play that they followed and we had a good bounce where it slid over to Carson Curry’s stick who slid it to Reed Gramlich who buried it as time expired.” Miscio admits that he rarely gets overly enthusiastic on the bench but that goal caused him to scream at the top of

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his lungs when the puck hit the back of the net, breaking the ice for the fourth time and shifting the momentum for his team. As the game progressed just under halfway into a five-minute overtime period, one of the team’s six first-year students, Adam Kaplan, buried the gamewinning goal on the team’s 46th shot to reach second round of the playoffs against Desert Vista. With the team riding high, Miscio told his team to bottle up their adrenaline following the big win and take a big slurp of it the following night when Notre Dame had its date with Desert Vista. The game proved to be another challenge with another hot goaltender but senior goaltender Ethan Hatzung was equally as hot, stopping all 40 shots he faced. Forward Reed Gramlich pulled the puck between his legs and lifted it over the goaltender, scoring his third goal of the playoffs and second big goal of the playoffs. Fresh off of two tight playoff wins, Miscio’s priorities shifted to a rematch

of last year’s state championship against top-seeded Pinnacle High School. (The game was scheduled for yesterday, Feb. 12. For an update see Scottsdale.org.) “We got them last year and they were the top seed last year,” he said. “We broke down film among the four coaches and while Pinnacle is a dynamic team, the matchup is going to be 100% heart and the weapon that I think we have is that I am blessed with an incredible group of partners as a coaching staff and we will have a few systems that we are going to try to implement throughout the game.” Miscio underscores the pride he has with his team. “I started to cry after our game against Desert Vista and I told them ‘thank you for making an old man happy,’” he said “With what we’ve done with a younger crew and my impetus of coaching is what’s next in life and what can I do with this young man after his senior year even if he never plays hockey again after his senior year. “One of the biggest lessons we learned this year was that you have to learn how to lose to be a winner and as long as they walk off that ice with their heads held high, that’s what matters to me.”

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Women take center stage in this film fest BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

he Worldwide Women’s Film Festival is returning next weekend with more than 120 films. Beginning Friday, Feb. 18 at Harkins Theatres Shea 14 in Scottsdale, the twoand-a-half-day festival will feature films across a wide variety of categories, including shorts, documentaries, features and music videos. Also on tap are interactive workshops, an after party and the famous filmmaker’s breakfast. “We are back,” festival President Kim Heunecke exclaimed. “We took 2021 off because of the pandemic but we are ready to show amazing films by filmmakers that tell a woman’s point of view,” Now that the world is seemingly safer for in-person events, Heunecke is anxious to pick up where the festival left off in 2020. “Women are making strides in the enter-

Ashley Maria and Lea-Ann Woodward Brest were on the red carpet for the Worldwide Women’s Film Festival in 2020. (Special to the Progress)

tainment industry, but we still have a way to go,” she said. “There’s women behind the scenes that really don’t get recognized that much and it’s validation to recognize women for doing amazing work.” Heunecke also believes the festival serves is the perfect venue for displaying women filmmakers’ unique ways of telling stories cinematically. “Women tell stories differently than men because it seems like women are more willing to go after tough or difficult subjects,” she said. However, there are films in the festival that are directed by men as the requirements for a film to make it in the festival are that woman play a principal role behind the camera – such as director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, sound, music or wardrobe – or the film must have a woman-centered story. “We think those are easy and attainable

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alk about the golden touch. Jazz singer Tierney Sutton and her band have received a Grammy nomination for each of their past eight albums and a ninth nomination for an arrangement on one of them. “I don’t know if it will ever happen again, but it’s a lovely thing, for sure,” Sutton said. “For me, it’s having a credit that my father would understand, because he was always worrying, ‘Is she any good at this?’” And, legendary movie actor-director Clint Eastwood, who calls Sutton “my favorite singer,” commissioned her and the band in 2016 to create the original score and perform the soundtrack for his box-office smash hit, “Sully,” starring Tom Hanks,

The Tierney Sutton Band, nominated for nine Grammys and commissioned by Clint Eastwood to score his hit film “Sully,” come to North Scottsdale at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 to perform a Lakeshore Music concert at Ravenscroft Hall. Band members (from left) are Kevin Axt on bass, Christian Jacob on piano, Tierney Sutton on vocals, Trey Henry on bass and Ray Brinker on drums. (Scott Mitchell/Special to GetOut)

including the end-title song, “Flying Home,” featuring music by Eastwood and lyrics by

Sutton and JB Eckl. “The cool thing about Clint is he’s one

of the true jazz fans in the film world,” she said. Soon, Valley audiences also can experience her smooth voice and jazz stylings when Lakeshore Music presents the blockbuster Tierney Sutton Band at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, at Ravenscroft Hall, Arizona’s stunning new state-of-the-art concert venue. Tickets, priced at $60, are moving fast and a sellout is expected at Ravenscroft, 8445 E. Hartford Drive, Scottsdale. Tickets are at akeshoremusic.org. The New York Times describes Sutton as “a serious jazz artist who takes the whole enterprise to another level.” Another big fan is Woody Wilson, founder, president and executive director of

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Scottsdale sisters saddle up for horse show BY LAURA LATZKO Progress Contributor

orses have changed Scottsdale native Molly Schwanz’s life. The Arizona State University student finds solace in riding, which has led to four Arabian Youth Nationals wins in the Arabian hunter pleasure category. At this year’s 67th annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show Feb. 17-27 at WestWorld of Scottsdale, she will be joined by her older sister, Madison, who will compete with her half-Arabian horse. The event highlights Arabians and half-Arabians with a focus on their breeding, movements, attitude, ability to perform certain tasks and This year, more than 2,000 horses will compete for $3 million in prize money. There also will be opportunities to ride, touch and learn more about Arabian horses through the HoofbeatZ USA program, as well as a shopping expo with art, clothing and jewelry vendors. Molly and Madison grew up showing

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Lakeshore Music. “I love Tierney Sutton for a host of reasons, but my heart literally skips a beat when I hear her sing,” Wilson said. “I’ve seen her do so many creative things with music over the years and I try to book whatever project she has going at the time. And our audiences always love it.” Humble through it all, Sutton, who studied Russian literature in college before moving from Boston to Los Angeles at age 29 to chase a dream, regards herself as just a storyteller who uses her magnificent voice as an instrument to transform even the most familiar song into a revelation. One Wednesday afternoon five years ago, when she says “my career was going nowhere and I had no gigs and didn’t know what was going to happen next,” she got a call. It was Eastwood. He was working on a film and wanted Sutton and Christian Jacob, the band’s pianist, to come over to Warner Bros. Pictures and see what he’d been working on.

Molly Schwanz is thrilled to be part of the 67th annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show at WestWorld, which starts Thursday. (Special to the Progress)

“He said, ‘We’ve been using a little bit of your music and want you to see it,’ ” Sutton said. “I thought Clint was just going to ask us to license things from our records or rerecord some things.” Sutton had met Eastwood about a decade earlier at the Monterey Jazz Festival. He asked her to do a private concert for friends at his country club nearby in Carmel, Calif., where he lives. In 2015, the Tierney Sutton Band was playing a couple of nights at the Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles and Eastwood showed up unannounced. He came back the next night, too. “It caused quite a stir. The Catalina folks kind of freaked out,” Sutton said. “There’s famous and then there’s Clint Eastwood famous.” Sutton and her husband became friends with Eastwood and his girlfriend, who confided to Sutton, “We listen to almost nothing but the Tierney Sutton Band when we drive around.” Sutton and Jacob were in that Warner Bros. screening room with producers, edi-

horses, which created a deeper sisterly bond. “We can support each other and help each other get ready. It’s been a very fun experience having your sister by your side, growing up with horses, learning about it together and helping each other,” said Schwanz, 20. On Saturdays, they continue the tradition of traveling to the barn as a family to spend time with their horses and train. Still, Molly goes multiple times a week. “I think every time that we left the barn, we were so excited for the next time we could go back there,” Molly said. “Growing up, we

tors, studio executives and Eastwood, the director. They basically screened ‘Sully’ for them. The only music in the film was two small a cappella cues of Sutton and one simple piano cue. “At the end of the film, they all looked at us and said, ‘So?’ And it was like holy cats, they’re asking us to score this movie,” she said. Having a band with 25 years together – it’s now 30 years – was, no pun intended, instrumental in managing a tight production schedule and last-minute tweaks. Onstage, the band — Trey Henry on bass, Kevin Axt on bass, Ray Brinker on drums and Jacob on piano — has an almost unearthly connection, which explains having the same world-class talent together for 30 years, virtually unheard-of in today’s music industry. “I think the key to us staying together is having a musical complicity with one another but also having a process that works and having great mutual admiration for that process,” Sutton said. Sutton, a member of the Bahá’í Faith,

used to stay at the barn all day on Saturdays. My mom would drop us off. We would help to feed the horses, just do anything we could to help out. We would travel to horse shows with our trainers to help set up. We fell in love with it instantly.” Their mother turned them onto horses. Molly, who started competing in Arabian horse events at age 9, said it can take years to connect with horses, but this is an essential part of competing. “The most important thing when it comes to riding horses is making sure the horse that you are showing or riding knows you,” Molly said. “When you are showing them, having a relationship with them and knowing they can trust you is super important.” She has two horses: Montie, whom she describes as “a very sweet boy,” and Chuck, who is energetic. Montie, 4, will attend the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show with her. Throughout the years, Molly has competed in showmanship, reign,

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and the band, none of whom are Bahá’ís, subscribe to the Bahá’í Faith principle of Consultation, which is not simply discussion or airing the views of those participating, but a collective investigation of reality. All decisions are formulated through the process. “Each person has to be heard, have a voice and feel like expressing what they need to express,” Sutton said. “But then, each person has to have the skill of being detached, of not being overly attached to your idea of what is supposed to happen. The amazing thing about my band is we, as a group of five people, function with these principles at a pretty high level.” Sutton said the Scottsdale concert will feature selections from their latest album, “ScreenPlay,” which is a 2019 deep dive into songs from American film that was nominated for a Grammy in the vocal-jazz category and hailed as “an aural Oscar” by allaboutjazz.com. She said there also will be numbers from the band’s previous albums. Information: lakeshoremusic.org.

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hunter, English, halter and hunter pleasure events. This year, Montie will take part in hunter pleasure class, and he may also compete in the halter class. In the hunter pleasure class, judges look at a horse’s manners, ability to perform different gaits and suitability as a hunter. The halter class focuses on a horse’s conformation to breed-specific standards and movement. Working with horses has changed Molly’s life. She learned important life lessons and values, and gained skills that she can use in other aspects of her life, such as school, charity work and pageantry. “I think just growing up and having a bond with such a big animal teaches

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requirements for the films,” Heunecke said. “We take these films very seriously and we want to present the best of independent women and men filmmakers.” “It’s a labor of love to make a film and some of these films run on tight budgets with actors who don’t get paid. These filmmakers also had to jump through hoops to get their film here and this may be the only time that this film may be shown,” Heunecke said. Heunecke admits feeling some trepidation about hosting an in-person festival. “This festival is going to be very challenging in so many ways,” she said. “The films that we have are good but it could be challenging for audiences to come out and view them since we are doing this in person.” Heunecke strongly encourages guests to wear masks in all applicable settings and situations and will be providing hand sanitizer at the festival’s registration tables. Despite that, Heunecke feels that inperson is the best way for filmmakers and audiences to enjoy the material that is projected. “The filmmakers are excited that their films are getting shown but they do have the regular anxieties of whether or not the crowd will like their work,” she said. “Filmmakers love it when they’re in a theater and people are laughing at the jokes they wrote or gasping when something gets revealed. When you are online,

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ways when you get on a horse is it the best ride, but you’ve just got to know that the bad rides don’t take away from the good ones.” Molly began competing in pageants in 2016 and won Miss Teen Arizona USA in 2020. At the national Miss Teen USA Pageant, she placed in the top 16. A graduate of the private Jones-Gordon School in Paradise Valley, Molly is studying business communication at ASU. She’s a member of the Phi Beta Phi Fraternity. She said her strong work ethic as a

you about love, patience and what you can do if you are so passionate about something and love something so much,” Molly said. “Horses also give you skills. Not al-

you don’t know what their reaction is.” Heunecke is also excited to offer educational experiences throughout the two and a half days of the festival like the interviewing 101 workshop — where attendees can learn interviewing techniques used by reporters on the red carpet. “We have a lot for everybody and we’re always looking for volunteers, we can find a use for anybody in the festival,” she said. “This festival is very special to me and everyone is welcome at this festival.” She is always grateful to see an audience that appreciates the lengths that women in film and filmmakers go to tell a good story. “I am honored when people come to the festival, whether it’s from around the country or far away, when they come to the festival on their own dime is amazing,” she said. She also hopes that the festival will inspire a new generation of filmmakers. “What I want people to take away from the festival is that they shouldn’t limit themselves,” Heunecke said.

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student developed from caring for and training horses. “Sometimes, when you are doing homework, it can be a lot, but you’ve just got to keep working hard and working through it, and it’s all worth it in the end,” Molly said. She’s still deciding on her post-college career, but she knows that Arabian horses will be part of her life. “No matter where I go in life and wherever it takes me, I will always be involved with horses no matter what,” Molly said.

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Buddha’s Ritual mingles food and fashion BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

lthough it is a bit off the beaten path, Buddha’s Ritual has found its place in the Scottsdale food scene just a month after opening. The fusion restaurant aims to merge fashion with food that delights any palette. “We call this food meets fashion and this is really a lifestyle brand,” said Scott McIntire, a managing partner of Buddha’s Ritual and the co-owner of MAC Entertainment Group. “Everybody loves good food and everybody loves good fashion, so why not merge the two?” However, McIntire is the �irst to admit he cannot take credit for the concept behind Buddha’s Ritual. “One of my good friends, Freddy Nguyen – who is a restaurant connoisseur around the Valley – had talked about doing something together and he created the concept,” McIntire said. With a concept in mind, Nguyen and McIntire went on the prowl for a space to house this concept. “We were looking for some areas to expand when we stumbled upon this location and we decided this would be a good location for us to do something with our other buddy ‘Joey Boy’ Rodriguez — best known as the host of “the morning mess” on 101.5 FM radio,” McIntire said. “We took our concept, developed it a bit further and boom! Here we are.” As someone who owns three other Valley restaurants – The Ainsworth in Downtown Phoenix, The Lola and McFadden’s at Westgate Entertainment District – McIntire likes how this Buddha’s Ritual �its into his repertoire of restaurants. “What really appealed to me was the fact that this is a smaller store compared to my other venues and this location is in an area that is a hidden gem that needed

Buddah’s Ritual Managing Partner Scott McIntire said the concept of combining fashion and food seems like “a real lifestyle brand.” (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

colored t-shirts, hats and hoodies for sale. “We try to offer a lifestyle of amazing food and drinks with merchandise that ties into it and it’s one of those things where few people can do it well. But it seems like something we hit the notch on,” McIntire said. Some of the menu items have garnered rave reviews. They include crof�les – a croissant that is �lattened in a waf�le iron and topped with a melted taffy drizzle, whipped cream and berries; A large mural greets guests at the entrance at Buddah’s Ritual in Scottsdale. (David Minton/Progress Kimchi Mac n’ Cheese – spiraled mac n’ cheese tossed in a roastStaff Photographer) ed garlic and onion parmesan a cool concept to drive traf�ic this way,” he cream sauce and topped with said. “I think that’s where Buddha’s Ritual kimchi – and Tarviche, a unique combina�its because it’s something that is done to tion of ceviche and tuna served with rice draw people in.” crackers and cucumber chips. Through its food-and-fashion concept, Buddha’s Ritual also inherited a brick Buddha’s Ritual combines a vibrant inte- oven from the previous tenants that it uses rior design with a lively menu and brightly to create pizzas and baked chicken wings.

“The goal from the get-go was to create an Asian-infused restaurant while making use of the brick oven pizza oven that was left behind from a previous restaurant that never opened and makes our wings and pizza pop,” McIntire said. McIntire is also excited at the promise offered by the restaurant’s location just off of 92nd street and Bahia Drive. “There’s 55 businesses within a twoblock radius here and two big schools. Even though there is not a lot of commercial traf�ic, this is one of the busiest areas I have ever seen,” McIntire said. “When you tie in all the events at Westworld of Scottsdale and TPC, this does go back to what I have at Westgate where I am tied to the big events and this is in the heart of a lot of stuff up here in North Scottsdale.” While McIntire is not afraid of a customer shortage, he is currently working through two challenges plaguing the restaurant industry – the labor and materials shortages. “Like every restaurant we are struggling a little bit with our staf�ing as well as getting a few ingredients here and there,” he said. “There’s some items we want to get on the menu that we haven’t been able to get in and some other aesthetics to the building we would like but we haven’t been able to get in yet. We know it will eventually happen but right now it’s kicking everybody’s butt.” While McIntire feels he and the rest of the industry is in the thick of the shortages, he does believe this concept will be a hit and has already noticed strong sales during the weekend and during happy hour. “Everyone who has come in has loved the food and loved the drinks and I encourage others to come out here and give us a try,” he said. “It’s a great spot, a great vibe and it’s something different in the valley that I encourage everyone to try.” Information: buddhasritual.com

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Beer fest an endless keg of samples, fun BY ALLISON BROWN Progress Contributor

rom lagers to IPAs to seltzers, there’s a lot of beer to try at the Arizona Strong Beer Festival. Complete beginners and connoisseurs will �ind what they’re looking for, whether it’s a starting place or a new go-to ale. The festival will boast 300 to 450 samples. The festival returns for its 21st year on Saturday, Feb.19, after a pandemic break. Rob Fullmer, executive director of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, who sponsors and produces the event, said the Arizona Strong Beer Festival is coming back strong and he, vendors and customers are excited to get back to it. “We can’t wait to get back to beer fests,” Fullmer said. “It’s been a long two years for everyone and we are thrilled to be hosting the Arizona Strong Beer Festival at a new, state of the art location.” Tickets to the festival start at $60 and can be purchased online. A ticket includes 30 tasting tickets and a commemorative glass. The festival spans 24 acres of the Mesa’s new Bell Bank Park, the largest sports complex in North America. Part of it will be transformed into a miniature city of breweries and other vendors to make up the state’s most comprehensive beer festival. There will also be live music, games and food trucks. The festival got its name for promoting beers 8.5% and above, with a strong alcohol content. However, now that the beer industry and technology hasve advanced, Fullmer said there are ways to get a bolder �lavor without having to add more alcohol. Now, they keep the name and characterize it as beers “strong in �lavor, strong in character and strong in tradition.” According to Fullmer, the Arizona Strong Beer Festival started with 25 vendors in a parking lot and has now grown to have as many as 10,000 people attend. “I think it’s one of the most fun beer festivals,” said Nicholas Rana, owner of State 48 Brewery, who will attend the festival for the sixth year. “It is the Strong Beer Fest, so a lot of people get pretty intoxicated, and it’s de�initely one of the busiest festivals. It’s about as central as can be in Arizona, so you get to see people from all over the state that go to it. You get to meet everybody, it’s

The Arizona Strong Beer Festival and Bell Bank Park in Mesa promises to be a fun time for fans of the sudsy beverage. (Special to GetOut)

Guests at the beer fest will have plenty of labels to choose from. (Special to GetOut)

good advertising and it’s just a fun festival to be at.” Because it is the premier beer event in the state, the festival will host product and brand launches. Drew Pool, co-founder of Wren House Brewing Company, said it has been part of the festival since it opened in 2015. Pool wants to show off its new barrel-aged projects they have been working on. Strong Beer Festival allows his staff to see what’s trending or what drinkers seek. Fullmer said beer and breweries have a way of bringing people together. Breweries often serve as a comfortable, laid back third space for people to gather. He said it’s different than a coffee shop or restau-

rant in that it’s more acceptable to walk up to a stranger and strike up a friendly conversation, whether it’s asking what they’re drinking or where the best pizza place is nearby. With about 60% of the vendors being from within Arizona – and Rana said instead of a feeling of competition between the breweries –it’s more of a feeling of community and togetherness. Laura Hansen, owner of Saddle Mountain Brewing Company, said her company has been involved for the past seven years and, while it’s fun to be recognized, the best part is the people. “We’ve won a few different metals over

the years for different beers, which is always a fun thing, but the most enjoyable part is honestly the people, both the other breweries and the customer base,” Hansen said. “Getting to talk to them about craft beer and just enjoying a lovely sunny afternoon with some outstanding craft beers.” In the spirit of community, Fullmer said the event is family friendly, and patrons even have picnics there. For those who don’t really like beer, there will also be mead, cider, seltzers and nonalcoholic drinks available. Those under 21 or serving as a designated driver are still welcome to enter the festival for a reduced cost but will not be permitted to drink. When it comes to the 30 tasting tickets, Fullmer said there are a couple different strategies to maximize the experience without ending up with a killer headache the next day. “Do what everyone else is not doing,” he suggests. “I don’t stand in the lines, but I do ask people why they’re standing in line to understand what’s there. De�initely hydrate and take opportunities to check out the food trucks.” Guests wanting to analyze the differences in the breweries to �ind a favorite should stick with one category, like sours, to better compare and contrast. Most likely, there will be brewers there who can discuss their particular version. The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild represents nearly 100 operating breweries, breweries in the planning state, craft beer bars and distributors across Arizona. Fullmer said Arizona breweries have won world class medals and competed in some of the most prestigious competitions in the world. He said people frequently ask him when Arizona will catch up to other states leading the beer industry, but said maybe the state won’t “catch up,” it will just do something different and be unique.

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f you were one of those enterprising folks that got caught up in the sourdough bread making frenzy during quarantine, you realize by now that the process isn’t exactly a piece of cake. (That requires another type of flour.) Sourdough bread making days, at least at my house, start early in the morning with hydrating the flour. That is followed by a technique called “autolyze,” which begins the gluten bonding process. Then, it’s the hours-long method of letting the dough rise, punching it down, letting it rise again, punching it down and letting it rise a third time. Finally, it’s incorporating the add-ins (like kalamata olives or rosemary) and shaping the bread for the oven. I haven’t even talked about the commitment of keeping, feeding and caring for the bread starter for years to come. My Amish Friendship Bread Starter, which I have kept alive for 14 years now, requires daily love and a babysitter when I’m on vacation. So let’s talk about another type of bread that’s Foccacia Bread Rounds (Makes 8 rounds) Ingredients: I package (or 1 tablespoon) active dry yeast 1 cup lukewarm water 2 teaspoons sugar ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 teaspoon white truffle oil, optional Directions: Place the warm water, yeast and sugar in a small bowl. Let yeast soften and bubbles form, about 10 minutes. In standing mixer with a bread paddle, combine yeast mixture, ¼ cup olive oil, flour and salt, mixing until dough forms a ball, about 5 minutes. (Dough should be elastic and smooth.) Place dough in bowl coated with olive oil. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double, about an hour. Punch down and divide the dough into 8 equal size portions, about 3 inches in diameter.

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much easier to make: Focaccia. What started as a poor man’s bread in Italy has become a classic Italian sandwich or dipping bread and an American favorite! Focaccia is about as close to full-proof as any homemade bread can be, and it’s wonderful for a panini sandwich as well as dunking it in good extra-virgin olive oil. This is the recipe for the homemade focaccia bread we served at my restaurants for years.

3-½ cups white flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 heaping teaspoon garlic powder 1 small yellow or red onion, diced and sautéed 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, stems removed Sea salt and pepper to taste Cover with cloth and let the dough rise for about 30 minutes. Sauté onion in 1 tablespoon of olive oil until soft. Set aside. When dough has risen, place rounds on two sheet pans lined with parchment paper. Poke the top with the tips of your fingers to make deep indentations. Brush with remainder of olive oil and white truffle oil. Top with onions, garlic powder, salt, pepper and rosemary. Bake at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.

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The City Hall Kiva Forum (Kiva) is open to the public during City Council meetings at a reduced capacity. Seating in the Kiva will be available on a first come, first served basis. City Council meetings are televised on Cox Cable Channel 11 and streamed online at ScottsdaleAZ.gov (search "live stream") to allow the public to listen/view the meeting in progress. Instructions on how to provide Public Comments will be provided on the posted agenda 15-UP-2021 Polestar Showroom at Fashion Square) Request by owner for approval of a Conditional Use Permit for vehicle leasing, rental, or sales in a 3,000 square foot space within Suite #1268 of Scottsdale Fashion Square mall, with Downtown/ Downtown Regional Use Type-2 Planned Block Development Downtown Overlay (D/DRU-2 PBD DO) zoning, located at 7014 E Camelback Road. Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258. Applicant contact person is Thomas Stahl, (626) 381-8944. 4-AB-2021(Cactus Residence Abandonment) Request by owner for approval of an abandonment of a 15-foot Roadway and Public Utility Easement (R/W and P.U.E.) along the southern boundary of parcel 217-23-027A, with Single-family Residential district (R1-35) zoning located at 10324 E. Cactus Road. Staff contact person is Jesus Murillo, 480-312-7849. Applicant contact person is Jason A Steele, (602) 492-3116. 9-ZN-1997#2(Astria & Associates) Request by owner for approval of a Zoning District Map Amendment from Downtown Office Commercial Type-1 Downtown Overlay (D/OC-1 DO) to Downtown Multiple Use Type-2 Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 DO) zoning to allow for mixed-use 3-story building on a +/- 6,311 square-foot site located at 7121 E. 1st Avenue. Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Greg Loper, 602-550-7004. For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov search "Scottsdale Planning Case Files" or in your URL search bar you can type in https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/Cases/ A COPY OF A FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND ANY MEETING LOCATION UPDATES, IS AVAILABLE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT THE FOLLOWING: Online at: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/council/meeting-information/agendas-minutes CHAIRMAN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Board of Adjustment of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on March 02, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. in in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona. Board of Adjustment meetings are televised on Scottsdale’s You Tube Channel and streamed online at ScottsdaleAZ.gov (search “live stream”) to allow the public to virtually attend, participate telephonically, and listen/view the meeting in progress. Instructions on the meeting forum, how to participate, and how to provide Public Comments will be provided on the posted agenda. 7-BA-2021 (Boyd Casita Extension Accommodation) Request by owner for a disability accommodation to the City of Scottsdale Zoning Ordinance, Section 5.404.E.1.a, as amended by case 59-ZN1992, seeking relief from the required front yard setback for a proposed building addition, for a property with Single-family Residential (R1-10) zoning located at 33833 N 67th St. Staff contact person is Omar Smailbegovic, 480-312-3087. Applicant contact person is Gregory Boyd, (408) 406-1470. This case is continued from the January 5, 2022 Board of Adjustment Hearing. For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov search "Scottsdale Planning Case Files" or in your URL search bar you can type in https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/Cases/. A COPY OF A FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND ANY MEETING LOCATION UPDATES, IS AVAILABLE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT THE FOLLOWING Online at: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/ boards/board-of-adjustment ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO LISTEN/VIEW THIS MEETING.

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For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, OR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW TIME TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION. FOR TTY USERS, THE ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE (1-800-367-8939) MAY CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). Published: Scottsdale Progress, Feb 13, 2022 / 44544

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NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on March 1, 2022, at 5:00 P.M at 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Project Name: Astria & Associates Case Numbers: 9-ZN-1997#2 Location: 7121 E. 1st Avenue Purpose: Request by owner for approval of a Zoning District Map Amendment from Downtown Office Commercial Type-1 Downtown Overlay (D/OC-1 DO) to Downtown Multiple Use Type-2 Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 DO) zoning to allow for mixed-use 3- story building on a +/- 6,311 square-foot site located at 7121 E. 1st Avenue. Staff contact persons: Greg Bloemberg, 480-3124306 Applicant contact person: Greg Loper, 602 5507004 A copy of the proposed amendments is available for review in Suite 105, 7447 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona. *For more information enter case number at: https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/C ases ?or to comment, e-mail projectinput@scottsdaleaz.gov. The entire case file may be viewed at Current Planning, 7447 E Indian School Road, Suite 105. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hear public comment regarding these cases at the hearing listed below:

Hearing Date: March 1, 2022 @ 5:00 P.M.

Location: City Hall – 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Attest Lorraine Castro Planning Specialist PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, OR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW TIME TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION. FOR TTY USERS, THE ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE (1-800-367-8939) MAY CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-3127620). Published in the Scottsdale Progress February 13th, 2022 / 44518

For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov/boards/board-of-adjustment Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting Staff at 480-312-7767. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange accommodations. For TTY users, the Arizona relay service (1800-367-8939) may contact Staff at 480-312-7767. Published: Scottsdale Progress, Feb 13, 2022 / 44545

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