Scottsdale Progress 08-07-22

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Little�ield, Whitehead, Graham hold leads

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Sunday, August 7, 2022

he three leaders in Tuesday’s Scottsdale City Council election saw their success as a vote against excessive development in Scottsdale.

But it might be days before anyone knows if incumbents Kathy Littlefield and Solange Whitehead, along with frequent city panel member Barry Graham, will ride their early election night leads to outright victory and avoid run-off contests in November for three seats on council.

Dog’s best friend Cities bite big into public safety pension debt

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ast Valley municipalities in the last fiscal year took advantage of unanticipated general fund revenue increases to make big additional payments on their debt to pensions earned by thousands of retired police officers and firefighters.

But Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Scottsdale still have a long way to go before they erase their huge unfunded liabilities.

Those five municipalities still owe a total $1.4 billion for pensions covering 955 retired firefighters, 1,471 retired cops and hundreds more firefighters and officers who are covered by Arizona’s Public Safety Personnel Re-

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By the last County Recorder’s data dump Thursday night before the Progress’ print deadline, Littlefield remained at 22% of the vote, Whitehead held at 19% and Barry Graham kept his 16% edge.

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Pima, Happy Valley road expansion begins

BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

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fter more than a year’s delay, work began last week on a $39 million project to expand Pima and Happy Valley roads.

Crews began relocating utilities and salvaging plants on Pima Road between Happy Valley and Pinnacle Peak roads.

Work is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete.

The Pima Road portion of the project includes adding a third lane in each direction with a landscaped median, bike lanes, sidewalk and drainage improvements from 500-feet north of Pinnacle Peak Road to north of Happy Valley Road.

The project also includes building an 18-foot high sound wall on the west side of the road from north of the commercial development at Pinnacle Peak and Pima and continues north to Happy Valley Road.

The Happy Valley portion includes widening the road to two lanes in each direction with a landscaped median, curb and gutter, bike lanes, sidewalk and drainage improvements from Pima Road through the intersection of Alma School Road.

The project is necessary because of increased traffic counts on the roads, the need for improved lighting, adding ADA ramps at the intersections, the need for left-turn lanes and the need to improve drainage, the city says.

The project’s delays stemmed from the need to buy numerous rights of way, said Mark Melnychenko director of the city’s Transportation and Streets Department. That delay will cost the city plenty as inflation has pushed up the price from the original budgeted amount of $33.5 million.

Much to the chagrin of nearby neighbors, that cost increase almost drove project planners to scrap the wall.

The city noise abatement policy requires a noise analysis be done anytime the capacity of a roadway is increased.

If the analysis shows the noise level will pass 64 decibels, a noise wall is justified. Also, if the cost of the wall falls under $60,000 per benefited re-

Works will take 18 to 24 months to expand Pima and Happy Valley roads in Scottsdale.

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ceiver, a noise wall is justified.

That’s where the hitch comes in.

The analysis showed the noise level would be between 50 and 70 decibels with the majority over the 64 decibel limit, Melnychenko said.

However, the delay saw the cost of the wall climb from $54,000 per benefited receiver to $74,000, Melnychenko said.

That did not sit well with the neighbors who had been promised a wall.

Mitch Roth, president of the Alta Sonora Home Owners Association has followed the project since its inception in 2017.

He said residents in the area residents had been promised a sound wall since 2018.

“Then we got a little postcard in the mail saying no wall,” Roth said.

That infuriated him and his neighbors.

His home is three blocks away from Pima and it’s so loud there are nights he cannot sit out on his patio before the widening project has even started, Roth said.

Area resident Ken Levey’s property abuts Pima Road.

“I called up the city and they were very nice,” Levey said. “There was several calls and they said we’re not going to build a wall but we may put up some more trees.”

But the city plans to raise the road three feet in order to improve drainage on it and that is just going to make the noise worse, Levey said.

“Putting up some more trees wasn’t going to work,” Levey said.

Roth got on the social media app, Nextdoor and started letter writing and email writing campaigns to the city council members. He also managed to mobilize about 50 raucous residents to show up to the July 6 city council meeting to speak their peace.

About a dozen people spoke about the decision not to build a wall, including Levey.

Levey and others had sold a piece of their property to the city for an easement for the project and had been promised a wall for doing so, he said.

“I told them I sold you my piece of property on good faith,” he said. “I told them they’re doing a good job and we’re grateful for what they’ve done but they lied to us … It’s about integrity.”

Mayor David Ortega and council members Kathy Littlefield, Solange Whitehead and Betty Janik voted to put the wall back in the project, which added roughly $4 million to the project.

“I was voted in by the people,” Janik said at the time. “I was voted in to represent their wishes. I think the city dropped the ball on this. I think we should have done a better job.”

Vice Mayor Tom Durham and councilwomen Linda Milhaven and Tammy Caputi voted against the wall. They supported moving forward with the project and revisit the wall issue at a later date.

“We have a window to approach this in a more orderly way,” Durham said.

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ELECTIONS from front

They were followed by Pamela Carter with 13%, Tim Stratton with 11%, Rauol Zubia with 10% and Daniel Ishac with 9%.

“The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office said there are still 150,000 votes county wide left to count and we don’t know how many of those are Scottsdale so we can’t make any prediction right now,” City Clerk Ben Lane said Thursday morning.

Candidates need a majority of the votes cast – that is 50% plus one vote - to win outright and avoid going to the Nov. 8 ballot for a run-off.

If only one candidate gets the majority of the vote, the four with the next highest total votes would head to the Nov. 8 ballot.

If two candidates get the majority of the vote, then the next two will face off in the general election.

If none get a majority of the vote, then the top 6 will run in the General Election.

“So far so good,” Littlefield said. “It’s early though.”

Littlefield, who has frequently been an opponent of tall, dense apartment and condominium buildings, predicted the election is coming down to development issues.

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“That’s really where people voiced their concerns,” she said.

Added Whitehead: “I just worked with thousands of residents over the four years and I got a lot of support just through personal interaction.”

Littlefield is in her second term and Whitehead is in her first term. Council members are allowed three terms before

term limiting out, which is why Councilwoman Linda Milhaven is not running again.

Graham, who has also run on a limitedgrowth platform, echoed Littlefield’s sentiments.

“I think people expect some level of growth but I think they want the growth more managed,” he said.

Graham also added that he has strong roots in town with having grown up in Scottsdale, has been involved in Republican Party politics and spent 10 years on the city boards and commissions.

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District council race measure stalls again

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he perennial issue of splitting Scottsdale into three districts for the city council members to represent is dead – again – or now.

The political action committee 3-2One Scottsdale, which was pushing for districting, failed to turn in any signatures by the July 7 deadline to get the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Paul Simonson, chairman of 3-2-One Scottsdale, said the group isn’t giving up for good though. The group hopes to bring the issue back before the voters in two to four years.

“This was not us throwing in the towel, it’s about just understanding it was not going to happen this round,” he said.

Starting in late February, the group, which numbered somewhere between 20 and 30 people, had about four and a half months to collect 27,244 signatures.

“We didn’t get the amount we needed so we just didn’t turn anything in,” Simonson said.

He didn’t know how many signatures the group collected but did say, “it wasn’t close.”

Other than the truncated allotment of time to gather the signatures, the team faced a number of hurdles, Simonson said.

First, they were primarily trying to gather signatures during the summer months “when people are more interested in just getting in their cars,” Simonson said.

During a candidate forum co-sponsored by the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce, Scottsdale United Methodist Church and the Progress, all seven candidates said they would not support district elections. (Progress file photo)

Second, “I think there were some party politics involved,” he said.

The group unsuccessfully asked both the Democratic and Republican parties to support the measure.

The Democratic Party felt it could win in the south and central portions of the city but would be giving away the north, while the Republican party felt the same in reverse, Simonson said.

City council races are non-partisan.

Potential signers also cited individual council members’ comments as a reason for not signing the petition, Simonson said.

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After a brief presentation by staff on the issue, City Council voted 5-2 on Feb. 15 to instruct staff not to look into the issue any further.

Mayor David Ortega and City Councilwoman Betty Janik were the lone votes for asking the city staff to look into the issue more.

Ortega pointed out that no council members live south of Indian Bend except for him.

“Equal and balanced representation

citywide is essential for fair City Hall decisions,” he said. Getting 27,244 valid signatures was a huge obstacle, but I expect the 3-2 model will be back.

“To those who argue that having no one elected south of Shea, where half of residents live, is no big deal – I strongly disagree,” he said. “Having atlarge council members commute 10 to 20 miles one-way to meet constituents does not work, in my opinion.”

Janik thought there were too many issues up in the air right now so 3-2One Scottsdale decided to hold off on pushing for districts.

But vice-mayor Tom Durham and councilwomen Tammy Caputi, Solange Whitehead, Linda Milhaven and Kathy Littlefied voted to tell city staff to drop the issue.

“I think it says people were not interested in the concept,” Durham said.

“It’s failed at the polls before and people are content with the system we have now.”

Caputi said, “The idea of dividing Scottsdale into segregated council districts championed by Mayor Ortega and funded by his 3-2-1 Scottsdale special interest PAC failed because it’s a solution looking for a problem.

“This issue was already put on the ballot and overwhelmingly defeated by the voters; the residents of Scottsdale have never supported the idea of dividing up our city, nor do any of the current council members or the current candidates for council.

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he Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation of Scottsdale has awarded a $250,000 grant to St. Joseph the Worker, a nonprofit that connects disadvantaged, homeless and low-income individuals to quality jobs The funding will support the organization’s Workforce Villages program, which works to eliminate housing barriers for employed individuals experiencing homelessness.

“The truth is, many people facing homelessness want to work but lack the basic resources to find and maintain employment,” said Bob Parsons, founder and CEO of PXG Apparel. “It’s pretty rough keeping a job when you don’t have a place to sleep or take a shower. By providing stable housing and employment resources, St. Joseph the Worker is helping break the cycle of homelessness.”

SJW operates under the mission of giving anyone who is stable, ready and wanting to work a hand-up and not a handout.

A transitional housing option for working, homeless clients, Workforce Villages provides up to three months of rent-free, stable housing.

Residents then have the opportunity to transition into permanent housing and receive up to 12 months of additional services such as transportation assistance, professional attire or uniforms, resume development, financial planning, credit repair planning, long-term goal setting and conflict management training.

Together, these resources build the foundation needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency and maintain quality employment. SJW defines quality employment as a career providing a livable wage and benefits as well as opportunities for upskilling/advancement.

“We are beyond grateful to The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation for this generous grant,” said SJW CEO Dean Scheinert. “With this additional funding, we will be able to bolster essential employment resources for our clients that many of us tend to take for granted in our day-

to-day lives.

“There are a lot of hard-working people out there who need a hand up when seeking and landing a job. And, having a significant financial boost from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation will bring us one step closer to ending homelessness through services that support long-term housing and employment.”

The recent grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation will allow the organization to expand its outreach and serve approximately 100 adults in the greater Phoenix area.

During the past 12 months, SJW and the Workforce Villages program have helped 5,399 clients maintain and secure quality jobs.

“Access to affordable housing in the greater Phoenix area is a growing issue and, without help, many people experiencing poverty and homelessness are unable to get back on their feet,” said PXG Apparel President Renee Parsons.

“St. Joseph the Worker is breaking down the most common barriers to gainful em-

ployment and providing its clients with the opportunity to overcome their circumstances, become financially stable and secure long-term housing.”

SJW reaches clients from more than 50 zip codes across the Valley through its five locations and 90+ nonprofit, government and private partners.

In total, the organization says it has helped transform the lives of more than 35,000 individuals since its establishment and continues to dispense the resources needed to remove employment barriers and create success.

SJW is currently the largest, 100 percent community-funded employment organization in the state and is responsible for employing more individuals in real, paying jobs than any other Arizona nonprofit.

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cottsdale state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita lost her bid for the Republican nomination to become the state’s chief elections officer to someone who has publicly denied that Joe Biden actually won the popular vote here in 2020 – and someone who said he might not certify the results of the 2024 presidential race.

Results Wednesday showed state Rep. Mark Finchem of Oro Valley with about a 15-point lead over businessman Beau Lane, his closest competitor, in the secretary of state race..

Trailing further back were

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Republican state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita lost her bid for the GOP nomination for Secretary of State. (Progress file photo)

last week.

“We’re not tempting fate or popping any champagne bottles yet,” he said.

Pamela Carter remains within striking distance of Graham.

“I’m really happy with the results,” Carter said.

She mainly credits the success of her campaign to good old-fashioned stumping.

“I have been out in the community and attending events,” she said.

She also figures her limited growth stance and desire to increase funding for the police really stuck with people.

“Over-development and crime has been on the minds of voters,” she said.

Despite the number of votes left to count, Zubia did not figure he’s got a shot of catching up to Graham or Carter.

“I was a little surprised at the results; I thought I would fare better,” Zubia said, who could not pinpoint what exactly put him in sixth place among the seven candidates.

“I’m trying to figure it out myself,” Zubia said. “It’s tough when you don’t have polling you’re kind of in that bubble and you feed that off that bubble and you don’t know where you stand.”

Ishac is also conceding defeat.

“I’m proud of the broad coalition that we built to get this far and while I’m dis-

appointed I won’t be moving on to November, you can be sure I will continue to fight for facts and data and input from residents,” he said.

“Of course,” Ishac added, “I will be at as many council meetings as possible to push to maintain our economic strength, achieve sustainability and enhance our security.”

He said, “I entered the race late and as an independent I didn’t have support from the parties and the independents stayed home. Though my message resonated with a broad group of people I didn’t have the time and the network to get the message out more broadly.”

Stratton did not return calls from the Progress.

Meanwhile, Tom Galvin lost a small margin of his lead in the election for the Maricopa County Supervisor District 2 seat.

That district represents Scottsdale and parts of Mesa and Gilbert.

Galvin had been winning with 40% of the vote at the end of Tuesday night. By Thursday, that margin had slipped to 38%.

He was followed Thursday morning by Doug Little with 23%, Gale Golec with 22% and Thayer Verschoor with 18%.

All the District 2 candidates ran in the Republican primary. There are no Democratic challengers.

Galvin was appointed to the District 2 seat in December 2021 after Steve Chucri stepped down from the position.

state Rep. Shawnna Bolick, who had proposed allowing the Legislature to override the popular vote for president, and UgentiRita who, while not denying the results of the 2020 race, had raised questions about how it.

Finchem, endorsed by former President Trump, has been at the forefront of election deniers.

He traveled to Washington for the Jan. 6, 2021 rally, though he said he did not enter the Capitol.

He also helped organize a hearing at a downtown Phoenix hotel following the 2020 election, bringing in Trump supporters, including attorney Rudy Giuliani, to detail their own theo-

see RACES page 12

Since he took over the position, Galvin has been tasked with finding a solution to the water crisis in the Rio Verde Foothills.

Approximately 700 homes rely on water hauling from a stem pipe owned by the City of Scottsdale for all or part of their water. The problem is, the city of Scottsdale is turning off the water to the stem pipe on Jan. 1, 2023 as part of its drought management plan.

Some members of the community of about 2,100 homes northeast of Scottsdale want to create a non-contagious domestic water improvement district, or DWID, with water coming from the Harquahala Valley.

However, others in the community are adamantly opposed to the water district on the grounds that it would have powers like condemning people’s private property and drilling into the local aquifer, thereby causing area wells to go dry.

Galvin organized a pair of open houses with both the pro-DWID and anti-DWID factions of the community back in February and had promised he would have a recommendation for his fellow supervisors to consider by May. He has not come up with a recommendation yet.

Galvin did ask the Arizona Corporation Commission last month to look into the situation and the board of supervisors have scheduled a meeting for public comment on the issue for August 29.

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ries about why Biden actually lost the Arizona race.

Finchem has stood with the former president at two Arizona rallies, even proclaiming at one in Florence that “we know it and they know it: Donald Trump won."

He also is a plaintiff in a lawsuit, along with gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, seeking to convince a federal judge to bar the use of equipment to tally vote totals and require all ballots to be counted by hand. No date has

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Another Trump-endorsed candidate clinched the nomination for state attorney general. He ran far ahead of anyone else in the six-way field.

That paves the way for a head-tohead with Democrat Kris Mayes, a former Republican who served on the Arizona Corporation Commission.

With the attorney general as the state’s chief prosecutor, abortion is likely to be a key issue in the race.

Even before the Supreme Court voided Roe v. Wade in late June, Mayes vowed she would never prosecute a doctor or medical provider for performing an abortion. That is based on her contention that the right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy is protected by a specific right of privacy in the Arizona Constitution, something that does not exist in the national analog.

And Mayes said she would give the same advice to county attorneys.

Hamadeh, by contrast, described himself even before the final ruling as a “pro-life activist.’’

“What we stand for are the rights of the vulnerable, to protect the vulnerable, which is the unborn child,’’ he said in a radio interview.

It is unclear how the issue might play out in the campaign.

In Kansas, a decidedly Republican state, voters went to the polls and rejected a measure that would have eliminated abortion rights in that state’s constitution.

In the race for state schools chief, Tom Horne, who used to have that job, outpolled business owner Shiry Sapir and state Rep. Michelle Udall. He will face off against incumbent Democrat Kathy Hoffman, who ran unopposed in the primary.

Incumbent Treasurer Kimberly Yee, seeking a second term, rolled up more votes than either of her two GOP challengers, state Rep. Jeff Weninger and businessman Bob Lettieri. State Sen. Martin Quezada was the lone Democratic contender.

Three Republicans were running for the two available seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission, with Kevin Thompson and Nick Myers leading Kim Owens.

Only two Democrats are vying for the two seats: incumbent Sandra Kennedy and Lauren Kuby, a former member of the Tempe City Council.

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Power plants moving away from fossil fuels

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ASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court ruled this summer that the EPA could not force power plants to move away from fossil fuels, advocates worried that the justices had removed the “most effective tool for regulating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”

While they’re still worried, some of those concerns in Arizona have been eased by a market-driven shift away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy that has long been in the works at the power plants in the state.

“Coal plants are going out of business,” said Jason Rylander, an attorney for Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity. “They are not economically efficient anymore … those market forces are going to continue and probably accelerate.”

It was market forces that led SRP to close the coal-burning Navajo Generating Station in 2019, along with the nearby Kayenta mine, for whom NGS was its only coal customer.

The utility said at the time that coal was no longer cost-effective compared to other fuels.

Three more coal-burning plants are set to close over the next 10 years, according to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

That includes the Springerville Generating Station – which produced the most carbon dioxide emissions of any facility in the state in 2020 – and the Coronado and Cholla plants.

“With or without this (Supreme Court) decision, the transition to clean energy is already happening in Arizona and across the country,” said Christina Cilento, an associate policy fellow for

New power plants are moving Arizona away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy.

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the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. “That transition is actually driven in large part by private-sector decisions, market forces and, of course, regulation.”

The Environmental Protection Agency said there were 95 facilities in Arizona that emitted a total of 43.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2020, the majority of which – 84.7% – came from power plants.

The EPA had set standards under the Obama administration that would have allowed it to require that power plants shift away from fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, toward renewables, like wind and solar – a practice that is known as generation shifting.

But that policy was never enforced, after court challenges put it on hold.

And it was struck down outright by the Supreme Court, which ruled 6-3 in West Virginia v. EPA that Congress did

not give the EPA authority to enforce generation shifting under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. Andres Restrepo, senior attorney for the Sierra Club’s environmental law program, said the decision denied the EPA its most effective tool in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. But he and other advocates said it did not remove that agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas altogether.

Cilento said the EPA still “has the ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants as a whole,” by requiring clean-air technology at the source of the emissions. It is costlier and less efficient, but the court’s ruling “isn’t a death knell for climate action.”

“There’s actually still a lot that can be done,” Cilento said.

Power plant closures are not the only solution, experts say: They suggested that corporations can make voluntary

commitments to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, states can take legislative action and Congress can pass climate legislation.

Congress may be on the verge of approving legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, that includes $369 billion for climate change investments, along with proposals to lower prescription drug costs, extend Obamacare subsidies and raise corporate taxes.

Supporters say that, if passed, the bill could reduce U.S. carbon emissions up to 40% by 2030. The U.S. has set a goal to cut emissions by at least 50% by the end of 2030 over levels in 2005, a goal the administration says is necessary to fight climate change.

But as of 2020, the U.S. had only been able to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 20% below the 2005 emission levels, according to the EPA. That has advocates urging President Joe Biden to take executive action, should Congress fail to reach agreement on a climate plan. In the meantime, they said, the EPA needs to fully enforce the regulatory powers it still has left after the court’s ruling.

“The Biden administration and the EPA have a lot of authority still on the books,” Rylander said. “They need to get to work because the climate crisis is not slowing down.”

Temperatures in Arizona have risen about 2.5 degrees since the beginning of the 20th century and the first 21 years of the century have been the warmest period on record for the state, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“Arizona is majorly affected by climate change,” Restrepo said, referencing the historic drought and rising number of heat waves in the state. “It’s a state that’s going to suffer from climate change.”

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tirement System, records show.

But that combined debt pales in comparison to the staggering $3.4 billion the City of Phoenix owes – which accounts for nearly half the $8.84 billion of the unfunded liability in the retirement system that existed at the close of the 2021-22 fiscal year on June 30.

For the entire system, including county and state corrections officers’ retirement plans and the plan for judges and elected officials, that number was $10.9 billion.

Still, the state Legislature – together with county, municipalities and fire districts – eliminated $2.85 billion of unfunded pension debt last fiscal year.

“I think it’s great,” said PSPRS Administrator Mike Townsend, who has been in the job since November 2019.

“This system has been underfunded for so long and those lingering unfunded liabilities just ended up costing taxpayers

PSPRS Administrator Mike Townsend is working to lighten the annual burden municipalities face in paying off millions of dollars in unfunded liability for police and firefighters pension plans. (Courtesy of PSPRS)

more and more money over time,” he said, calling the government employers’ additional pay-downs “a huge move.”

“I think also it speaks well to the staff that we’ve put in place and the changes we’ve made,” he added, referring to both his agency’s investment strategies and other internal moves as well as the vibrancy of Wall Street prior to its current woes.

Although the final results of PSPRS’ investments for the 2021-22 fiscal year won’t be known for a few months, its suc-

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cess in the 2020-21 fiscal year drew kudos in the Pensions & Investments annual 1,000 Largest Retirement Plans report.

It said the combined PSPRS plan pension trust and defined contribution plan assets under Townsend’s management grew 44 percent to $16.1 billion in 202021, exceeding the percentage growth of all public pensions in the top 200 of the largest 1,000 U.S. retirement plans surveyed.

Townsend said his agency’s success was more than just a matter of hiring new auditors, new actuaries, changing “a lot of the actuarial assumptions and the processes of how we’re managing the money.”

It also was a matter of convincing the municipalities and other government employers about the efficacy of those changes and showing them options for whittling down their pension debt.

“When you think about the decision makers, you’re talking about elected boards and councils around the state,” Townsend said. “They’re not pension people, obviously, and a lot of them are really not financial people. They need to get to a place where they can understand and understand what we’re doing.”

The agency’s moves increased the government employers’ trust in the system, which had been battered more than a decade ago by the Great Recession of 200708.

The Legislature last fiscal year applied $1.15 billion to the state public safety and corrections officers’ pension debts.

Maricopa County over the last two years has put an extra $10 million into its jail officers’ pension plan, which is only 56.7% funded with an unfunded liability of $283.7 million, PSPRS records show.

Tempe led all cities in Arizona with its additional police and fire pension debt contributions – $341 million last year alone. Even so, both its police and its firefighter pension plans are only about 45% funded with a total unfunded liability of $341 million.

Over the last two years, Scottsdale put down $41.1 million to reduce its unfunded liability to $191.1 million for its retired police and firefighters. Chandler did the same, shelling out an additional $37 million on a debt that now stands at $154.3.

“Clearing this much unfunded pension debt off the books in a single year takes an incredible amount of resolve and initiative among employers throughout the

see PENSION page 19

EAST VALLEY PENSION DEBT Here’s a look at five East Valley municipalities’ current PSPRS pension debt, according to the agency’s data, and what the total in additional payments they made toward reducing their unfunded liability over the last two fiscal years. Phoenix is included for comparison.

Chandler Fire: 73.7% of its pension plan is funded, leaving a debt of $1.5 million.

The city’s additional payments have totaled $12.5 million. Currently there are 82 retirees with an average annual pension of $69,024.

Chandler Police: 68.3 of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $102.8 million. Additional payments totaled $24.5 million. There are currently 201 retirees with an average annual pension of $60,766.

Gilbert Fire: 90% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $12.6 million.

Additional payments totaled $2 million. There are 30 retirees with an average annual pension of $60,772.

Gilbert Police: 91.7% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $14.4 million. Additional payments totaled $13 million. There are 92 current retirees collecting an average annual $58,573.

Mesa Fire: 50.2% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $235.9 million. Additional payments totaled $7.6 million. There are 289 retirees collecting an average annual $67,443.

Mesa Police: 47.9% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $422.7 million. Additional payments totaled $15.9 million. There are 660 retirees collecting an average annual $57,874.

Phoenix Fire: 43.4% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $1.2 billion. Additional payments totaled $21.2 million. There are 1,223 retires collecting an average $74,158 a year.

Phoenix Police: 41.4% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $2.2 billion. Additional payments totaled $44.5 million. There are 2,699 retirees collecting an average $69,371 a year.

Scottsdale Fire: 84.5% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $23.3 million. Additional payments totaled $5.3 million. There are 46 retirees collecting an average annual $53,879.

Scottsdale Police: 55.1% of its plan is funded, leaving a $167.8 million unfunded liability. Additional payments totaled $35.8 million

Tempe Fire: 44% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $121.9 million. Additional payments totaled $123 million. There are 150 retirees collecting an average $69,792 a year.

Tempe Police: 45% of its plan is funded, leaving a debt of $215.7 million. Additional payments totaled $218 million. There are 290 retirees collecting an average annual $59,787.

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state,” said Townsend. “It also takes faith in our commitment to protect members’ retirement benefits and to help employers and taxpayers save money.”

The $2.85 billion in additional government employer contributions last fiscal year surpassed the $1.58 billion in additional payments made in 2020-21 and dwarfed the $120 million in extra payments made in 2019-20.

The effort by local governments to pay down their unfunded pension liabilities isn’t just a matter of kindness for the men and women who spent years putting their lives on the line day in and day out.

It’s a legal obligation with genuine operational consequences that impact municipal spending decisions and capabilities for everything from supplies and infrastructure to payrolls.

Former Phoenix City Manager Ed Zue-

rcher outlined those consequences for his City Council in June 2021.

At the time, he sought permission to borrow $1 billion at a fixed-interest rate to pay down part of the city’s total $5.4 billion pension debt – which includes other plans besides the $3.4 billion PSPRS debt.

“This taxpayer burden must be balanced with being fiscally responsible and committed in providing pensions to retirees,” Zuercher told Council in a memo.

He said the pension fund liabilities and costs already had “placed significant budgetary constraints on the City’s ability to provide employee wage and non-pension benefit increases, public services and infrastructure maintenance.”

And he noted that “while currently manageable, this pressure will continue into the foreseeable future.

“Further, credit rating agencies and lenders place strong consideration on

the funding plan and funding levels of the City’s pension systems when determining their view of the overall financial health of the City,” Zuercher said.

Though several Phoenix Council members, including Mayor Kate Gallego, voiced support for Zeurcher’s proposal, it never came up for a vote.

Now Phoenix – and all the other entities with unfunded liabilities – face the likelihood of even higher interest rates on their pension debt.

But Townsend said his agency is working to help governments pay down their pension debt in a somewhat less burdensome manner, noting it will take years to eliminate that debt and voicing optimism that cities at some point in the future will have another opportunity to secure fixedinterest loans that will make it easier to pay off their PSPRS obligations.

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ments down to something similar to debt financing where they’re on more of a level dollar amortization for those unfunded liabilities.”

“They’re on a big way down,” he said.

“They’re going to pay it down one way or the other and so we’re changing the system to help account for that. If they want to put additional cash up front, pay it down faster, it just makes it better for them.”

“We’re kind of shifting the slope of the line because the contributions were planned to increase pretty significantly 10 to 15 years out into the future,” he continued. “By making these changes, we’re kind of shifting some of that cost to the short term.

“So they’ll see some increased contribution rates over the next five years” but then it “will get it to where it’s more of a stable line going forward without the huge cost out in the future.”

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ast Valley childhood and education advocate Katey McPherson is returning to Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill to host a series of film screenings and interactive panel discussions focused on trending parenting and family issues.

The film series is part of the Helping Chandler Families Thrive program and is presented jointly by Majestic and Chandler Education Foundation.

McPherson, a parent and educator, draws from her 25 years of experience working with students and families to bring valuable insight and guidance to community members of all ages navigating the complexities of today’s social environment.

“To support the needs of families in our community, it’s critical to promote positive and candid discussions and share real stories and experiences,” said McPherson, who also serves as director of professional development for Bark

for Schools, an artificial intelligence app that protects more than five million children nationwide.

“It’s gratifying to partner with organizations like Majestic and Chandler Education Foundation who share my passion for investing time, energy and resources to benefit Chandler families.”

The first installment of Helping Chandler Families Thrive will feature a screening of the documentary “Childhood 2.0” Aug. 24 at Majestic Chandler 9.

The film highlights the challenges resulting from growing up in the digital age, with particular emphasis on topics like cyberbullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more.

After the film, McPherson will lead an expert panel in an interactive discussion with event attendees. A portion of proceeds from the August event will benefit notMYkid, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides training and support programs focused on substance abuse, vaping, trauma, body image, mental health, internet safety, and other key issues.

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“Majestic is proud to debut Helping Chandler Families Thrive this month with highly respected partners like Katey McPherson and Chandler Education Foundation,” said Craig Paschich, CEO, Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill. “ We are proud to utilize our theaters in unique ways to make a lasting and positive impact on area families.”

On Sept. 21, Majestic Chandler 9 will screen “My Ascension,” an autobiographical documentary about Emma Benoit, who survived a suicide attempt at age 16 which left her paralyzed.

The film chronicles Benoit’s journey to inspire others to find hope through her painful experiences, as well as her efforts to bring a teen suicide prevention program to her home state of Louisiana.

Benoit will attend the film event virtually and participate via Zoom in the post-film panel discussion with McPherson and other local experts.

On Oct. 26 at Majestic Chandler 9.

McPherson will host “The First Day,” a movie filmed at public and private high

schools over the course of a year that “leverages the power of personal storytelling to explore the issues, relationships and events that deeply affect our youth.”

After the screening, experts in family advocacy and education will join McPherson for dialogue about the film and its themes.

“Chandler Education Foundation is proud to work with Katey McPherson and Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill to bring leading-edge family and educational programming to Chandler,” said Jennifer Hewitt, the nonprofit’s executive director.

“To truly strengthen our community, we must collaborate and find innovative ways to reach those in need, and this film series supports those objectives.”

Tickets to the upcoming Helping Chandler Families Thrive film events are limited and on sale now at MajesticPHX. com. Majestic Chandler 9 is located at 4955 S. Arizona Ave in Chandler, on the northeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Heights Road.

and division where none exists, pitting neighbors against each other. We are not three Scottsdales, we are one Scottsdale,” she continued.

Whitehead said people want candidates to be more accessible and for council members to be more accessible, but “they just didn’t think 3-2-One (Scottsdale) would do the trick.”

With about 240,000 people Scottsdale is the largest city in the state that doesn’t use districting, but Whitehead said people like it that way.

“You know, Glendale has districts, but Scottsdale has a brand,” she said.

Milhaven noted, “I only got one report of one person collecting signatures so I don’t think they made a very big push.”

Simonson said the candidates running for the city council in the Aug. 2 primary soundly rejected the idea of districting, except for Barry Graham, who supported putting the question to the voters.

“Which was all we were trying to do,”

Simonson said.

The topic has been coming up periodically for years.

The city explored a six-district system, with the mayor elected at large, in 2003 by forming a citizen 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 then went on the ballot in 2004 but failed with just 39 percent of voters supporting it.

Then Mayor Jim Lane brought the idea of three districts to Council in 2016 but the idea died there.

Proponents of districts say they would cut down on the costs to run for council while improving accountability for council members.

Opponents say districts will drive a wedge between council members and will lead to council members supporting members’ pet project in exchange for support of their pet projects.

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ccording to Nancy Silver, the cofounder of the Two Pups Wellness Fund, it started with a sick dog and a promise five years ago.

As Silver sat in the waiting room of a veterinary hospital, she was horrified by the number of pet owners she saw leaving the hospital feeling defeated because they could not afford to pay for the care their pets needed.

“When my two dogs were sick, I would watch people go into the veterinary hospital and have to turn around because they didn’t have the money to help their dog,” Silver said. “I knew I had to do some-

thing about that.”

After the passing of her second of two rescue dogs, Silver decided she has seen the same scene two too many times and she called upon a good friend and former neighbor of hers to kickstart the Two Pups Wellness Fund — Bip Haley, the former owner of the Naked Horse Gallery on Marshall.

“Bip originally had an art gallery across the street and my two dogs — Lacie and Mr. P. — would come out and sit at the top of the stairs and wait for Bip to bring them treats every day,” Silver said.

Upon the passing of Mr. In 2017, Silver decided to treat Haley to a dinner where

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fter concocting a drink designed to hinder pickleball players from cramping up during long tournaments, spouses Patrick Sullivan, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw Health, and his sales director, Ashley Leroux, decided to revolutionize the growing sport.

The two served up an idea to create a space that housed two indoor pickleball courts — one of which could be covered once a week with two sets of bleachers that could seat 50 people each to watch pickleball matches featuring some of the best players in the world competing every Tuesday.

“We saw a real need to help bring

people into the sport that maybe play a couple of times a week but they don’t follow the pros and don’t watch all the broadcasts,” Leroux said.

“We realized that there was an opportunity to raise the bar with pickleball and create a product for the professionals by having an indoor and a controlled environment where we could control the lighting and there wouldn’t be any rain or shadows to disturb the broadcast.

“We thought it was a unique opportunity for us to build this out, use our internal team to do the broadcast, have it be a pickleball court and also be a streaming studio.”

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the past thirty-five years.

“We’re looking to build on a solid foundation of serving Arizona children’s charities and continuing to serve the community far into the future.”

Founded in 1987, the philanthropic and social club known today as the Saguaros has raised millions of dollars for local Arizona non-profit organizations.

Composed of up to 50 young men under the age of 40, we proudly give back to the community and support children’s charities through our three main fundraising events: NiteFlite, Brokers for Kids, and Agents Benefiting Children.

The Saguaros not only raises money for children’s charities, but also encourages “hands on” interaction with the children the club supports. This active participation serves to strengthen relationships with those it serves and create a true partnership with its charity partners.

All proceeds from Saguaros’ fundraising activities are funneled directly to the nonprofit foundation, with 30% of the funds going into an endowment fund and the remainder going into a general fund for disbursement to the club’s charity partners.

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longtime Scottsdale nonprofit has changed is name.

The organization formerly known as the Scottsdale 20/30 Club has established itself as an independent nonprofit called The Saguaros.

The group has the same mission of supporting Arizona children’s charities and is composed of philanthropic leaders between the ages of 20 and 39.

Earlier this year, the Scottsdale 20/30 Club announced over $1 million in grant funding to 48 Arizona children’s charities.

In conjunction with the announcement of the new organization, The Saguaros have also announced a $500,000 grant to Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation, payable over two years.

“We have grown significantly since The Scottsdale Active 20/30 Club was first founded in 1987,” says Saguaros President Evan Weishar. “Last year, we raised nearly $2 million through our signature fundraising events – a record for the organization.

“As a collective team, we all decided the time was right to establish ourselves as an independent organization dedicated to

Scottsdale Saguaro members gathered recently to celebrate their organization’s new name. (Special to the Progress)

serving Arizona’s children.”

While the organization will have a new brand identity as The Saguaros, much will remain the same. The focus of the organization’s fundraising is to serve Arizona children’s charities.

All former members of the Scottsdale 20/30 Club reapplied and were accepted as official members in the new Saguaros organization.

The signature fundraising events will also remain the same: NiteFlite golf tournament and gala, which will take place

November 11-12 at McCormick Ranch and the W Hotel and The Olympiad Olympic-style fundraiser which is comprised of Brokers for Kids, a competition among commercial real estate professionals and Agents Benefiting Children, a residential real estate professional competition.

“The Saguaro is the perfect symbol for our new organization,’’ says Weishar. “The iconic Saguaro clearly demonstrates our connection to the home state we serve and symbolizes the strength and longevity we have established over

fundraising event in October.

The Oct. 14 event at Harold’s Cave Creek Corral, 6895 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, is organized by Foothills Food Bank and Sonoran Arts League.

Eight workshops will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 12, 19, 26 and

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30 with a goal of making 1,000 bowls, which will be sold at the fundraiser to raise awareness of World Hunger Day and benefit the Foothills Food Bank and the Sonoran Arts League.

“We are pleased to once again part-

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Sullivan also wanted to prove that this concept could be successful.

“We felt like we could increase the viewing experience for fans and I think it could be a model for others around the country to convert office spaces that have enough ceiling height into like an indoor pickleball stadium,” he said.

Leroux also figured a made-for-tv style match broadcast that lasted less than an hour would make the sport more digestible for fans.

“Pickleball tournaments are eight hours a day on the weekends and when you try to find it on YouTube, you don't know who you're watching, you don't know when it's going to be over or when it started,” she said.

“This is a one-night-only, one match, made-for-TV event people can tune into and it only takes an hour out of their day, but it’s something they can look forward to on Tuesday night after work.”

With this idea in mind, the duo signed a lease on the space that was once a document storage facility just doors down from Jigsaw Health’s office off of Pima

Road, south of loop 101 in November 2021.

After signing on the space, so began months of back and forth with the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission to get permitting to change the space into an assembly space.

“Changing from a typical office space to an assembly has a lot of different requirements with the city and that has been a challenge,” Sullivan said. “Inspection alone is different because a typical final inspection for office spaces would happen before the fit and finishes. But with an assembly, they want to see safe-

ner with the Sonoran Arts League in this important fundraiser,” said Foothills Food Bank Director Leigh Zydonik. “We hope to raise $20,000 in this year’s event, which will go towards

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ty measures like fire safety equipment, crowd control measures and fire code exits.”

Although Sullivan admits that the hassle was not too challenging, it did put him and Leroux into a time crunch to get their facility ready to begin hosting Professional Pickleball Association players as soon as possible.

“One of the things that we struggled with a little bit in the naming was why call it ‘The Orchard’? Like should it be the ‘Desert Oasis,’ ‘The Pickle Jar’ or

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she gave her pitch of starting a wellness fund that would help fund animal shelters in providing care for their animals, fund surgeries and pay for pet’s medication.

“We went to dinner and I saw her vision and work and I knew who needed help out there,” Haley said.

After toasting their glasses to a new venture, the two were quickly introduced to the needs that animal rescues across the state were facing.

“Immediately when we started, we got a phone call that a dog was hit by a car and we were asked if we could help,” Haley

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keeping our foodbank shelves stocked and raising awareness about hunger and food insecurity in our community.”

The bowls need to hold a serving of pasta and have a smooth and glazed inside to not trap food and be easily cleaned. Bowls can be any shape, and surface design such as imprinting or applique can be done in wet clay.

The free workshops will be led by a

said. “That was our first project and once word got out, it just started snowballing.”

Haley said that when she and Silver started the Two Pups Wellness Fund, they anticipated funding two to three cases a month.

But they have since been funding anywhere between 10 and 20 dogs a month who had myriad needs.

“It can go anywhere if this dog is sick – if it needs complete blood work and exam shots to where it needs long-term medication for valley fever or heartworms or if it needs surgery,” Haley said.

“Then there are special projects like when shelters go down with a disease team of professional artists who are members of the Sonoran Arts League.

They are held in The Arts Learning Studio at 7100 E. Cave Creek Rd., Suite 164, Cave Creek.

“The Sonoran Arts League is honored to invite the community into our new Arts Learning Studio to experience the studio, learn how to make a ceramic bowl and assist our efforts in raising the awareness of hunger in Cave Creek and the surrounding communities,”

and they have to quarantine,” she added.

“We’ll go in there with the funds to treat those dogs.”

Their reach over the past half-decade has spread far outside of the Valley as the fund has cut checks to 55 shelters and rescues state-wide.

One shelter that found the Two Pups Wellness Fund to be a lifeline is the Glendale-based animal rescue, Stealing Hearts Rescue.

“There are all kinds of grants that are open for shelters all over the place but trying to get them is worse than pulling teeth,” said Stealing Hearts Rescue founder and director Toni Cerepanya. added Sonoran Arts League Executive Director Warren Davis.

“We are honored to expand our partnership this year with the Foothills Food Bank, which dates back more than 20 years, and we are looking forward to another successful event this year.”

To reserve a space, go to sonoranartsleague.com.

Foothills Food Bank provides emergency food, financial assistance and

“Fortunately, with the Two Pups Wellness Fund It’s an easy form that says what you need and why and that’s it. Because of that, we can pay for medical procedures for dogs we would have had to euthanize.”

As the Two Pups Wellness Fund enters its fifth year, the nonprofit is excited to announce it is bringing back its signature Booze and a Band event and Silver hopes to eventually take the nonprofit national.

“All I want to do is save dogs, that’s all I want to do,” Silver said.

Info: Two Pups Wellness Fund accepts checks and grant funding. To contribute or find out additional information, visit twopups.org other life necessities and resources to individuals and families in the desert foothills, which encompasses a 180-square mile area that includes Black Canyon City, Cave Creek, Carefree, Anthem, Desert Hills, New River, north Scottsdale, Rio Verde and north Phoenix.

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something like that? But we wanted the name to feel like it could become iconic,” Sullivan said. “Because the logo for Jigsaw Health is two puzzle pieces coming together to create an apple and an apple a day keeps the doctor away, we thought, ‘Well, from a tiny appleseed an orchard grows so, here we are.”

Construction finally began in April and nearly ten weeks later, the facility opened Aug. 2 when pickleball pros Jesse Irvine, Irina Tereschenko, Catherine Parenteau and Lucy Kovalova squared off in a twoon-two match where the fans picked the pairings of players that would compete in two 18-minute-long sets.

Five additional matches have been booked for the rest of the season with the next being played on Tuesday, Aug. 9, when Ben Johns, Tyler Loong, AJ Koller and Collin Johns face off.

Future matches will resume in October on Oct. 4 and Oct. 11.

“These players are so good up close

and people, I think, tend to see pickleball or they think of it as something that’s played at retirement communities,” Sullivan said. “These are pro athletes standing 14 feet away from each other hitting the ball at 25 miles an hour at each other and seeing great points up close and personal, I think is going to be phenomenal.”

Although Tuesday Night Pickleball will likely bring sell-out crowds, The Orchard can also be rented out for private events.

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What: Tuesday Night Pickleball at The Orchard When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 9.

Where: The Orchard is located at The Orchard Indoor Pickleball Club 9035 East Pima Center Pkwy.

Cost: TBA Info: go to Tuesdaypb.com to vote on the teams and purchase tickets.

Or youtube.com/ppatour to watch.

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The League’s mission is to “give to the community by promoting art, artists and art education through leadership and service in the belief that an artistic awareness is essential to the well-being of life and our community.”

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Scottsdale Saguaro members gathered recently to celebrate their organization’s new name. (Special to the Progress)

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he Valley housing market’s cooldown is occurring at different rates in different cities and towns and high-end homes in Scottsdale and three other communities are being impacted by plummeting demand, according to a leading analyst of the Phoenix Metro market.

The Cromford Report said that Queen Creek, Buckeye and Maricopa already have become the most attractive areas for homebuyers to score a big deal while Phoenix is among the cities where buyers will have to wait a month before they can try to barter their way to a better deal.

The balance between supply and demand is now so tilted toward buyers, that they could be now calling the shots in Buckeye, Queen Creek and Maricopa, the Cromford Report said, adding that it

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may depend on their experience in the real estate game.

“Here buyers now hold a distinct negotiating advantage and have a total of 2,243 active single-family detached list-

ings to choose from,” it said. “This compares with 675 just three months ago.

“Because the majority of these areas cater largely to first-time buyers who are less experienced, it can take a few

weeks for these buyers to realize how strong a hand of cards they hold.”

The Cromford Report identified five

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Revel independent living communities near completion

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wo new independent living facilities, Revel Legacy and Revel Scottsdale are nearing completion and already have begun leasing residences.

The properties each feature over 150 apartment homes on over 170,000 square feet of land that were acquired by parent Wolff Company in 2018 and have taken a new approach to the world of independent living communities.

“We wanted to create an aesthetic that didn’t look like a typical senior property so that anybody can walk into here and not think, ‘Oh, I’m walking into an active adult or senior living facility,’” said Christina

Revel Legacy, located off Pima Road and Legacy Boulevard, began leasing units in June and construction should be completed by the end of the summer. (Special to the Progress)

Johnson, the creative director for Private Label International, which designed the two communities.

Wolff paved the way for Revel Scottsdale by buying the Scottsdale Athletic Club for $9 million and razing it, according to data reported by Valley real estate tracked vizzda.com.

Although the design team had a clear image in mind for both communities, they faced an uphill battle bringing them to fruition.

First, they were put on hold during the early days of the pandemic.

Then, Johnson said, the team had to practice “value engineering” when it got

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other communities whether neither buyer nor seller has a distinct advantage in sale negotiations. They include Tempe, Chandler, Surprise, Peoria and Gilbert.

But it’s sellers in those five areas that need to be a little nervous, it added.

“Astute sellers will realize that the situation is very fluid and slipping away from them,” the report said.

“At the current rate of change, Gilbert will become a buyer’s market by the end of the first week in August. Tempe is only a day or two behind Gilbert, while Surprise, Chandler and Peoria will probably become buyer’s markets by mid-August.”

Phoenix is in the same boat as Glendale and Mesa in Cromford Report’s opinion.

They “are seller’s markets but within a couple of days will enter the balance zone between 90 and 110. At the current rate of change, they will become buyer’s market before the end of August. Goodyear and Avondale are two weeks behind these but unlikely to be still seller’s market by the end of next

month.”

Four Valley cities – Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, part of Scottsdale and Cave Creek – are in a different situation and, in a way, a different world from the average buyer and seller.

Those four communities are largely considered in the domain of luxury housing, where homes $1.5 million and above have not been tilting as sharply and quickly from a sellers’ market to a buyers’ market as the rest of the Valley, according to the report.

However, the Cromford Report said part of Scottsdale is appearing as it will soon join the overall trend dominating the rest of the Valley.

“The luxury market over $1.5 million is seeing far less of a surge in supply and although the market is deteriorating through weakening demand, the deterioration is much slower,” it said.

“However in Scottsdale, the less expensive end of the market is behaving similarly to the rest of the Greater Phoenix area.”

Last week, the Cromford Report said that while the recent increase in homes for sale appears to be slowing down, “demand not only remains very poor, it

is getting weaker still.”

It said the 7,887 listings recorded in July not only were 28% lower than a year earlier, but the lowest for the end of July since 2007.

The Cromford Report also suggested bigger changes in the Valley’s housing market could occur before the end of the year.

“Prices have looked wobbly for the last two months,” it said. “But as buyers start to flex their muscles, we should be prepared for more serious consequences. While we cannot forecast accurately several months out, it would be reasonable based on current trends to expect significant declines in average prices, median prices and average price per square foot by the end of 2022. Current trends can – and often do – change, so this is not baked in, just a reasonable base case.”

It also said the rapid growth in inventory might slow down soon but without a corresponding uptick in demand.

“What is going to re-start demand?” it asked. “The most obvious answers are that either interest rates have to come down or home prices have to come down. Either or both of these can in-

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crease demand so we can get back to a balanced market again.”

Builders apparently are slowly reacting to the changing housing scene.

“Single-family permits are now dropping in response to the weak demand but probably not as fast as they should,” the Cromford Report said.

It reported that as of June 30, 17,788 single-family building permits have been issued so far this year in Maricopa and Pinal counties year-to-date – down only slightly from 18,803 last year for the first six months of 2021.

“There were only 2,248 single-family permits issued in June, which is the lowest monthly total since May 2020,” the Cromford Report said.

At the same time, multifamily developers aren’t slowing down at all and are at what the Cromford Report called “a full-bore gung-ho status.”

In the first six months of this year, a record 8,640 multi-family permits were issued in Maricopa and Pinal counties.

“Last year there were 6,871 at the same point and that was considered a lot,” the Cromford Report said. “There were 1,890 issued in June, making it the fourth busiest month ever.”

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The design of both properties had to cater to the property’s core demographic of individuals over the age of 55.

“We needed to be cognizant of all of the flooring transitions and whether something is slippery as well as the durability of all the materials knowing that there will be wheelchairs and walkers that could be banging into walls or things like that,” Johnson said.

The communities’ amenities also are designed to make them stand out among independent living facilities.

“We do whatever it is that makes people happy as they age, that’s what our mission is,” said Danette Opaczewski, the executive vice president and COO of Revel Communities.

“We approached it like we would a hotel or a resort and just going there with the mentality that it needs to feel welcoming, warm and inviting and also check the boxes of all these other functional things in need to do,” Johnson added.

With that in mind, Opaczewski and her team got to work asking for input from po-

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Saguaro’s Devon Dampier ready to prove doubters wrong

BY ZACH ALVIRA Progress Sports Editor

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aguaro coach Jason Mohns scoffed at critics last season that thought his team wouldn’t have the success it did in the Open Division playoffs.

The Sabercats were counted out against 4A Cactus in the �irst round of the state’s premier high school football playoff tournament. Saguaro won with relative ease.

The next week against top-ranked Hamilton, the Sabercats were again counted out, but quarterback Devon Dampier shined.

Dampier did the same against Chandler in the championship, rushing for 134 yards and throwing for 172 and two touchdowns in the Sabercats’ win.

Yet, despite his performance, Dampier remains to be one of the most underrated quarterbacks in the state, according to Mohns. Many think of him as a one-dimensional player who would rather use his legs than throw through the air. This year, he and Mohns are out to prove that isn’t the case.

“I showed I can pass a little bit, but nobody thinks I’m a real passer,” Dampier said. “I’m de�initely locked in with �ilm constantly learning coverages and different reads. I love competition. It’s what drives me to be the best and to be a better player.”

When Dampier entered his freshman season at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, some compared him to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray.

He’s a wizard in the back�ield when under pressure, using his legs to evade defenders and extend plays. In the open �ield, his speed can help him gap would-be tacklers for extra yards. He also has the arm strength to �ind open wideouts down �ield.

He was forced into a starting role with Pinnacle in the �irst year of the Open Division playoffs in 2019. JD Johnson, Pinnacle’s starter all season, was ruled out of the �irst round due to a heart condition

Saguaro senior quarterback Devon Dampier exploded onto the scene last year in the Open Division playoffs when he was named the starter after transferring to Pinnacle. He and the Sabercats proved doubters wrong by winning the state title, and now they aim to do it again. (Dave Minton/Progress Staff)

doctors found to be too much of a risk for him to suit up. The pioneers lost to Salpointe Catholic, which at the time featured current Ohio State safety Lathan Ransom, Texas running back and Heisman candidate Bijan Robinson and a slew of other players who are now playing high-level college football.

The COVID year was hard on every team, including Dampier and the Pioneers. He decided to transfer to Saguaro before his junior season and missed the �irst �ive games. With that, he was forced into thirdstring reps in practice.

That never bothered him.

“When we really got into season mode, there’s not a lot of reps for a kid who has to sit the �irst �ive games,” Mohns said.

“You have to prepare your starter and your backup. It really meant limited reps for Devon. He didn’t really start getting full reps until going into that week of the �irst round of the playoffs.

“For him to have a full spring, a full offseason to be the guy, he is just lights out.”

Dampier was of�icially named the starter heading into the Open Division playoffs.

The rest is history.

Saguaro has a history of producing quarterbacks, most of which Mohns views as underrated. Luke Rubenzer was a catalyst to Saguaro’s success in establishing itself as a dynasty. At Cal-Berkeley, he made the switch to defensive back.

Tyler Beverett carried on Rubenzer’s legacy and went on to play at Bucknell. He started three games last season and is entering his junior season. Ridge Docekal was next in line after Beverett, and he shined as a junior. He was thrust into competition with Dampier as a senior but made the most of it.

He will be a freshman at Idaho this fall.

Saguaro got an early taste of what Dampier could do in the playoffs. But now with a full season and the return of key players Deric English, Zaccheus Cooper and Jaci

Dickerson from injury, the Sabercats are ready to put teams on notice and prove they are ready to defend their title.

“I thought we were pretty good last year, the bond was crazy,” Dampier said. “I played with them during youth ball, so just that connection we all have – obviously they’re great players. Connection and great players make anything great.”

That won’t come easy, however.

Saguaro has one of, if not the toughest schedules in the state. The Sabercats open with Bergen Catholic, a powerhouse program from New Jersey. That game is followed up by Queen Creek, an Open Division team last season, Chandler, Liberty and Highland in the middle of the season.

Every week will be a physical test for Saguaro, but Mohns feels his team is ready for the challenge. Especially with a player like Dampier leading the offense.

“The way he played on the biggest stage last year against national top-25 teams, the kid is unbelievable,” Mohns said. “I don’t know how you can say beating Hamilton and Chandler back-to-back was a �luke, because it wasn’t. In my opinion, he’s every bit of a power �ive quarterback. If he’s just patient, people are going to see that.

“It’s going to be kind of like Brock Purdy.

I feel like Devon is that guy and will be that guy in college.”

Like his teammates and coach, Dampier is ready for the season. He embraces anyone that doubts him or his team. They know it won’t be an easy road to defend their title. They know they have a target on their backs.

That comes automatically with a Saguaro uniform. Dampier has already embraced that mindset as one of the team’s leaders.

“Me being a senior this year, one of the older guys, I’m de�initely feeling like a leader this year,” Dampier said. “I’m going to push everybody to be at their best. I have no problem with everyone giving us their best shot.”

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Old Town splash pad gets Larsen Galley to auction ‘Pinball Wizard’ sculpture Warhol self-portrait

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

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t wasn’t long after the initial construction of the splash pad on the south side of the Marshall Way Bridge near Stetson Drive and 6th Avenue that Scottsdale officials decided it needed some beauty.

The splash pad, which wrapped up construction in early 2020, had only been open for just over seven months when they approached Scottsdale Public Art to liven up the blank steps that were originally supposed to be a cascading waterfall.

“There used to be steps and water that would fall over it and it got turned off, so it just wasn’t a very pretty backdrop for splash pads,” explained Tanya Galin, the public art manager at Scottsdale Public Art.” Galin and Scottsdale Public Art issued a nationwide call to artists interested in garnishing the newly built splash pad that was

built to replace a patch of grass by the fountain nearest to Stetson Drive.

That was when Scottsdale Public Art found Littleton, Colorado, multimedia artist Annette Coleman, who had a unique idea to jazz up the space.

“The city wanted to make sure to beautify the area around the splash pads,” Galin said. “When we put together the artist selection panel, they then helped kind of narrow down what they thought would look nice in the area.”

Area business owners, Scottsdale Arts staff and city staff and the board helped devise a clearer image of what they were hoping would dress up the blank steps.

The team consulted with Coleman, who had her own concerns.

“When I took a look at the site, there were quite a few cracks and if I were to put mosaics right on top of that surface, they

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ome Andy Warhol paintings can’t shake controversy.

And that is true of a self-portrait that will be auctioned this fall at the Larsen Gallery at 3705 N. Bishop Lane, Scottsdale.

The controversy has its roots in 1964, when Richard Ekstract, a publisher of magazines about consumer electronics, acquired Tape Recording magazine.

After he and designer Peter Palazzo had spruced up the new publication, editor Robert Angus decided it would be a neat idea to review videotapes and video cameras.

Not long after Tape Recording magazine began publishing its reviews, Ekstract began receiving phone calls from famed artist Andy Warhol asking if he could use discarded videotapes that the magazine had used in reviewing projects he had been working on.

Ekstract provided him with a few tapes and a year later, Warhol asked for a favor that would cement his and Ekstract’s legacies.

“A couple of years after I first met Andy, he decided that he was going to switch from making his underground movies and instead of using a camera, he would use videotape,” Ekstract recalled.

Warhol had his eye on a high-dollar piece of equipment, a Phillips Norelco videotape recorder, video camera and recording tape.

Ekstract was able to secure the equipment on a loan from Phillips Norelco and the equipment was used to record Warhol’s first underground film “Outer and Inner Space.”

After the filming, Ekstract decided it would be a fun idea to host a party for the introduction of the tape underneath the Waldorf Astoria Hotel near train track 61

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would crack wherever the cracks were. So, I didn’t want to have to keep coming back to correct an underlying structural problem,” Coleman said.

The design was reworked to add additional concrete that Coleman and her team could sculpt and use to support the weight and size of her mosaics.

“We talked about doing some sculptural elements, and some other ways of making it more three-dimensional than we were able to get a little bit more money for the infrastructure for the concrete work,” Coleman said.

“And then with pouring new concrete, I could make wave shapes into that actual concrete form and enable the mosaics to be protected and easily installed.”

However, the concrete wound up being a

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in New York.

Word quickly got out about the party and some of Ekstracts good friends, including former Harmon-Kardon president Walter Goodman, agreed to front entertainment and equipment for the party.

Although Ekstract was flattered by the donations, he began contemplating a way that he and Warhol could contribute further to the party.

That was when Warhol had an idea of his own.

“In 1964 he did a silkscreen self-portrait and sold about 14 of them. He still had the separations for the sub-screen colors and he gave me sub screens so I could make them and we gave one to each guy who helped with the party and put them on display at the party,” Ekstract said.

In total, eight silkscreen paintings were made, including one for Ekstract.

However, he decided he didn’t want his to be signed by Warhol.

“I didn’t ask him to sign them because it wasn’t for sale. It was strictly a memento of the party and it’s been on my wall in my apartment ever since,” Ekstract said.

Although the painting sat on his wall for nearly three decades, Ekstract, 91, decided it was time to get a pulse on how much his prized work would be worth.

Ready to part ways with his long-time reminder of that fateful evening underneath the Waldorf Astoria near the train tracks, Ekstract contacted Richard Polsky, the owner of Richard Polsky Art Authentica-

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large expense.

“There was an art budget but there wasn’t an infrastructure budget and we needed concrete. So, I had to take money out of my art budget to do the concrete,’ Coleman said. “Once that happened, there was no art budget left.”

Coleman was able to talk with Galin about sourcing extra funding from the Downtown Cultural Trust Fund, which is used support downtown public art.

However, it wasn’t a completely easy process.

“We had to get city council approval and city staff approval but once we had that approval, we were able to transfer those funds to make this even more beautiful,” Galin said.

With the funding secured to finish the project, Coleman got to work in her Colorado studio sculpting concrete and forming

tion – which specializes in authenticating Warhol’s works.

Although Polsky was excited to get his hands on a work he had admired for decades, the work posed some controversies in the resale market.

“The controversy was that Warhol had done a number of these self-portraits in a few colors, including red and green,” Polsky said.

Another controversy was that Ekstract had sent his work to be authenticated by the Warhol Artist Authentication Board in 2002 and the work was denied for reasons it never divulged.

“My understanding was the reason they turned him down is that the paintings were done off premises, they were not done at the studio,” he said.

Although Warhol’s self-portrait was featured on the cover of his first catalogue raisonné, Ekstracts specific piece was not included in the catalogue.

However, Polsky said that could change.

“I believe that down the road, Richard’s painting and the others in the series will be vindicated,” Polsky said. “It’s also possible, but this cannot be guaranteed, that the Warhol people are still doing their catalogue raisonné, but it’s not done yet.

“There’s talk that there might also be an addendum where they’ll include things that maybe there was a mistake, new information came to light or it was overlooked, but there’s not yet.”

Another controversy was the fact that the painting is unsigned.

However, Warhol’s signature in and of it-

large mosaic balls that bred light and color to the once dull backdrop.

Once she finished, she loaded them onto a truck and a team of two mosaic artists and a concrete company worked to turn Coleman’s sketches and pieces into a reality.

The project finally came together in early July and upon seeing photos of her final work, Coleman realized that her designs looked like a game she and others enjoyed playing as a kid.

“I always look for commonalities that we all share. We all shared playing with balls as kids whether it was T-ball baseball, basketball, tennis or pinball. All of a sudden it was like, oh, yeah, this is like Pinball Wizard. So that was the name that was coined when I was presenting it and it just stuck plus it just seemed to be just a fun, whimsical way that the title fit the artwork,” Coleman said.

This 1965 self-portrait by Andy Warhol was part of a series for Richard Ekstract, a magazine publisher who helped Warhol create his first underground videos. The painting will be part of The Larsen Gallery’s upcoming auction. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

self is controversial.

“If it was signed, it would have been nice.

But Warhol is probably one of the only artists where the signature carries less weight than most artists,” Polsky said. “During the 60s, Warhol had a policy that he wouldn’t sign a painting unless it was sold or left his studio for an exhibition.”

Because of this, the painting is projected to sell somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,000 to $600,000. If the painting was signed and included in the catalogue raisonné, it could have sold in

Now that it is installed, Coleman hopes that kids enjoy it.

Kids can tap a user-activated switch to power on the water for less than 30-seconds. The low-water-use, plaza-style splash pad provides a place for them to frolic.

When the water is shut off for the winter in November, Galin hopes to see people engage with the works that will remain mothballed in storage until the conclusion of the Civic Center renovation.

“People are going to be down there actually using the splash pad the rest of the summer but then November through February is when it shuts off because it’s too cold to have a splash pad. But right then that’s the perfect time to make it a selfie spot or a photo opportunity,” Galin said.

“It’s just a fun, vibrant addition to the Old Town area.”

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“But because it isn’t (signed), it was denied by the Foundation and its controversial, whoever buys this, obviously believes it’s correct and they believe the stories that have been written about it,” Polsky said.

Larsen Gallery owners Scott and Polly Larsen are arguably the most interested since the two have devoted two of their past three auctions to testing the market for unsigned Warhol paintings.

Most notably, they had attempted to auction an unsigned red and black acrylic silkscreen canvas titled “Little Electric Chair” that was owned by shock rocker Alice Cooper.

Although that work failed to meet the minimum reserve bid of $2.5 million, Scott Larsen feels confident that Ekstract’s former prized possession will sell.

“We’re interested in determining where the market value for these works that are obviously Andy Warhol works but just hadn’t been signed actually are,” Larsen said.

Scott and Polly Larsen are also touting an impressive collection of pieces from other acclaimed artists for the auction, including pieces from Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and pieces from the estate of Fred and Gail Tieken that will be donated to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Our last two auctions have been our biggest to date, so we’re hoping to continue the trend,” Scott said.

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Sweet Dreams puts a new twist on wine, cocktails

BY JORDAN ROGERS Progress Staff Writer

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weet Dreams Vineyard and founder Bill Gibbs have brought a cutting-edge product to the cannabis industry.

As of early 2021, the company released a nonalcoholic, THC-infused red wine and margarita, dubbed “Cannabernet” and “Marijuarita,” respectively.

Both products are sold to anyone over the age 21 at Herbal Wellness Centers, as well as a growing number of dispensaries around the Valley.

The cost is in the low to high teens for the 187mL bottle of either Cannabernet or Marijuarita and in the low to high $30s for a 750mL bottle of Cannabernet, depending on the strength. As they are both essentially juices, both products must be refrigerated after opening.

“The impetus for this is I’m older, and I love to drink alcohol, but it’s just getting harder and harder for me to do,” Gibbs said.

“But I love the social experience of being around people. So that was kind of the impetus about why I did it, it was sel�ish on my part. I wanted to drink less alcohol, but I didn’t want to change my lifestyle at all.”

These beverages also offer fast-acting effects similar to that of an alcoholbased beverage without the hangover.

By using nano-emulsi�ication technology, which makes the THC water soluble, the effects are felt in as little as 15 minutes.

Cannabernet has half the calories of traditional wine per serving, and the Marijaurita only has 45 calories, which is far fewer than the traditional version of a margarita. Gibbs said keeping his products healthy was at the top of his list for things to accomplish.

No stranger to the marijuana indus-

When he decided to get back into it, he followed up on that response he received at that convention.

“I thought there would be a million products out there by that time because at that time, nobody had done it,” he said. “I was surprised to see that there was virtually none.”

“You know, we’re close to California. I thought I’d get some (nonalcoholic) wine and put THC in it. There you go; Sweet Dreams Vineyard founder Bill Gibbs has found a unique there’s the prodproduct that blends the effects of marijuana with the taste of uct.”

What Gibbs red wine. hadn’t realized is try, Gibbs founded a dispensary called that non-alcoholUrban Greenhouse Dispensary in Phoe- ic wine is not exactly fruitful in the taste nix in 2012 and served as its CEO until department. he later sold the company to Harvest “It’s not just awful; it’s incredibly terHealth and Recreation. rible,” he said. “You would never want While he was with the company, Gibbs to have it by the glass. I don’t know exwas at a marijuana convention in 2016 actly what causes that, but without the when, for fun, he threw a cannabis label alcohol in there, it really is bad.’” on a bottle of wine.

Gibbs hired a sommelier and pur“Just out of a lark, I took a bottle of chased “every kind of juice known to wine and put a cannabis label on it,” man.” The two of them, Gibbs said, Gibbs said. “I got calls from – and of that sat in his kitchen to try and �igure out convention attracts an international the juice combination that would best crowd – all over the world, from people mimic the taste of a glass of red wine. going, ‘We’re going to get the wine in After �inding the correct combination, my location.’ That was kind of an amaz- Gibbs wasn’t exactly done with the beta ing response. I also literally got prob- stage. He said the “edible experience” ably around 100 emails from people.” is something he did not want his canAfter selling that dispensary in 2019, nabis-infused beverages to mimic, as Gibbs took a break from the industry. edibles can be unpredictable and take a

long time to take effect.

“When I was able to do some research, I realized that this was an issue that the pharmaceutical companies had solved a long time ago to be able to have the active ingredients enter the bloodstream at a much quicker rate,” Gibbs said. “Then, I just went about trying to �igure out how to do that.”

Gibbs wanted his product to have the quicker response time that alcohol has – roughly 15 minutes.

“With cannabis, it’s been illegal for so long, so there’s no manual,” Gibbs said.

“Nobody writes any of this stuff down; it’s not like almost any other industry. If you go into any other industry, there’s long legions of people that have done stuff before.”

After learning about nano-emulsifying technology, he was able to �igure out how to correctly utilize it, and he had his �inished product. In this case, nanoemulsi�ication converted the THC into something that would allow it to enter the bloodstream faster.

Gibbs said the �lavor the of the juices serve as a blocker to the bitter taste cannabis brings.

Gibbs, however, said he doesn’t want people to expect a perfect �lavor pro�ile to a classic Cabernet.

“You’re never going to drink that and go, ‘That’s the best Cabernet I’ve ever had,’” he said. “You’re going to say, ‘It’s wine like, and it tastes good.’”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on August 24, 2022 at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following: Written comments submitted electronically at least one hour prior to the meeting are being accepted. A written Public Comment may be submitted electronically to PlanningCommission@ScottsdaleAZ.gov.

Public comments will also be accepted at the meeting.

1-GP-2022 (Scottsdale Office Remodel) Request by owner for a minor General Plan amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 Future Land Use Map from Cultural/Institutional or Public Use to Suburban Neighborhoods Land Use Designation on a +/- 0.65-acre site located at 7339 E. McDonald Drive. Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Neil Feaser / Jamie Angulo, (602) 955-3900.

3-ZN-2022 (Scottsdale Office Remodel) Request by owner for a zoning district map amendment from Single-family Residential (R1-43) zoning to Service Residential (S-R) zoning on a +/- 0.65-acre site, located at 7339 E. McDonald Drive. Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Neil Feaser / Jamie Angulo, (602) 955-3900.

1-UP-2022 (One Scottsdale PU III Quick Trip) Request by owner for approval of a Conditional Use Permit for a new gas station on a +/- 2-acre site with Planned Regional Center, Planned Community District (PRC PCD) zoning, located at 19552 N. 73rd Street. Staff contact person is Meredith Tessier, 480-3124211. Applicant contact person is Michele Hammond, (602) 463-4081.

1-ZN-2014#2 (The Osborn Residential Health Care Facility) Request by owner for approval of a zoning district map amendment to amend an existing development plan and zoning stipulations (1-ZN-2014) to allow for development of a residential healthcare facility with +/- 247 units/beds including both minimal and specialized care, and approximately 9,900 square feet of commercial space on a +/- 3.59 gross acre site with Downtown/ Downtown Multiple Use Type-2 Planned Block Development Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 PBD DO) zoning located at 3380 N Scottsdale Road. Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480312-2258. Applicant contact person is Michele Hammond, (480) 385-2753.

17-UP-2021 (The Osborn Residential Health Care Facility) Request by owner for approval of a Conditional Use Permit for a residential healthcare facility with +/- 247 units/beds including both minimal and specialized care, on a +/- 3.59 gross acre site with Downtown/ Downtown Multiple Use Type-2 Planned Block Development Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 PBD DO) zoning located at 3380 N Scottsdale Road.

Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258. Applicant contact person is Michele Hammond, (480) 385-2753.

3-UP-2022 (ASR Well 159 MUMSP) Request by city for approval of a Municipal Use Master Site Plan to allow for a new aquifer storage and recovery well site, on a 1.3-acre site. Staff contact person is Meredith Tessier, 480-312-4211. Applicant contact person is Brad Walldorf, (480) 312-7790.

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Public Notices 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 August 22, 2022, at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following: 1-ZN-2022 (Shadow Ridge North) Request by owners for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Singlefamily Residential Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-130 ESL) zoning to Single-family Residential Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-43 ESL) zoning with Amended Development Standards on +/22.99-acres of a +/- 29.5-acre site, for a 19-lot subdivision located at 24550, 24444, and 24334 N 128th Street. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Megan Le, 602906-1101.

1-AB-2022 (Shadow Ridge North) Request by owners for the abandonment of various public street rightsof-way falling within the site boundaries of a proposed 19-lot residential subdivision, and associated Zoning case 1-ZN-2022, on a +/- 29.5-acre site located at 24550, 24444, and 24334 N 128th Street. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Megan Le, 602-906-1101.

25-ZN-2018 (Megerdichian Residential Health Care Facility) Request by owner for approval of a Zoning District Map Amendment from Single-family Residential district (R1-35) zoning to Townhouse Residential district (R-4) zoning on a +/- 4.8-acre portion of a +/- 7.4-acre site located at 8849 E. Cholla Street.

Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Ed Bull, 602-2349913.

19-UP-2018 (Megerdichian Residential Health Care Facility) Request by owner for approval of a Conditional Use Permit for a residential health care facility on a +/- 4.8-acre portion of a +/- 7.4-acre site with Single-family Residential district (R1-35) zoning, located at 8849 E. Cholla Street. Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Ed Bull, 602-234-9913.

10-UP-2013#4 (Patient Alternative Relief Center Expansion) Request by owner for an amendment to

an existing conditional use permit for a 15,000 square foot marijuana cultivation facility (10-UP-2013#3), located at 7655 E. Evans Road, to allow for an expansion on-site (4,050 square feet) and into the existing building located at 7645 E. Evans Road and 7640 E. Gelding Drive (27,500 square feet), bringing the total floor area of the facility to 46,550 square feet, for a +/- 2.5-acre site with Industrial Park (I-1) zoning. Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Bob Chilton, (602) 692-3330.

31-UP-1982#2 (Truckmax: Sales Parking Expansion Project) Request by owner for an amendment to an existing Conditional Use Permit (31-UP-1982) for vehicle leasing, rental or sales to allow for an expansion of the vehicle parking and display area onto two adjacent parcels, resulting in an overall site area of +/- one acre, for a site with Highway Commercial (C-3) zoning, located at 911 and 925 N. Scottsdale Road Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is Rick McKee, 602796-7700.

4-ZN-2021 (Alameda 5 Acres) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Single-family Residential, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-130 ESL) zoning to Single-family Residential, Planned Residential Development, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-43 PRD ESL) zoning and approval of a Development Plan with Amended Development Standards for lot area, lot width, and setbacks for a 4-lot subdivision on a +/- 5.6 acre site located at the southwest corner of E. Alameda Road and N. 132nd Street alignment. Staff contact person is Katie Posler, 480-312-2703. Applicant contact person is Keith Nichter, (602) 313-7206.

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 Attest Lorraine Castro Planning Specialist 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).

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Scottsdale Market Reports BUY VIRTUAL

JUNE TOP 10 | SCOTTSDALE HOME SALES - 85255

JUNE TOP 10 | SCOTTSDALE HOME SALES - 85258

ADDRESS

ADDRESS

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BED

BATH

SQFT

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PRICE

BED

BATH

21264 N 113th Place

$28,100,000

8

15

21,150 $1,328.61

10791 E Fanfol Lane

$2,800,000

5

5

4,242

10355 E Robs Camp Road

$13,250,000

6

11

15,009

$882.80

10006 N 79th Place

$1,925,000

3

3

3,294

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$11,750,000

6

10

13,068

$899.14

8646 E Cheryl Drive

$1,924,000

4

3

3,625

10500 E Lost Canyon Drive 8

$6,000,000

6

11

8,711

$688.78

8533 E Thoroughbred Trail

$1,800,000

5

3.5

3,842

10040 E Happy Valley Road 2015

$4,500,000

3

4.5

4,600

$987.26

10674 E Saddlehorn Drive

$1,750,000

4

4.5

3,850

9820 E Thompson Peak Pkwy 820

$4,500,000

7

6.5

7,031

$632.91

7416 E Beryl Avenue

$1,410,000

3

3

2,439

9290 E Thompson Peak Pkwy 101

$4,350,000

4

4.5

5,047

$861.89

7740 E Gainey Ranch Road 3

$1,400,000

2

2

2,254

10124 E Whispering Wind Drive

$4,300,000

4

4.5

5,685

$756.38

$1,395,000

4

2

1,976

$705.97

18875 N 101st Place

$3,900,000

3

3.5

3,693 $1,056.05

8534 E Via De Viva al

$1,395,000

3

3

2,382

$585.64

8245 E VIA Del Sol Drive

$3,700,000

4

4.5

3,988

$1,395,000

3

2

1,970

$708.12

$927.78

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BED

BATH

SQFT

$/SQFT

$2,800,000

5

5

4,242

$560.06

11861 E Desert Trail Road Scottsdale AZ 85259 10006 N 79th Place 3 Sqft 3 3,294 5 Bedroom | $1,925,000 8.5 Bath | 6,518 Ancala Country Club | Offered at $2,195,888 8646 E Cheryl Drive $1,924,000 4 3 3,625

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$1,800,000

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3.5

3,842

$468.50

$1,750,000

4

4.5

3,850

$454.55

$1,410,000

3

3

2,439

$578.10

7740 E Gainey Ranch Road 3

$1,400,000

2

2

2,254

$621.12

8534 E Via De Viva

$1,395,000

4

2

1,976

$705.97

7825 E San Carlos Road

$1,395,000

3

3

2,382

$585.64

8989 N Gainey Center Drive 234

$1,395,000

3

2

1,970

$708.12

SUMMARY - SOLD AVERAGE: SOLD PRICE:$2,237,400 | APPORX SQFT: 4,433 | SOLD PRICE PER SQFT: $509.38 36791 N 102nd Place Scottsdale AZ 85262 5 Bedroom | 5.5 Bath | 5,469 Sqft Mirabel Club | Offered at $1,650,000

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