Development in Scottsdale’s Old Town district is leaching away the neighborhood’s identity, according to Mayor David Ortega.
That is why he asked city staff Aug. 24 to review the Old Town Area Character Plan.
Council agreed, too, voting 5-2 to support his request
“You don’t have to look far in the Old Town Character Area Plan – in fact it’s page 4," Ortega said. "The executive summary states, ‘Achieve the city’s vision of a dynamic city center which recognizes its western heritage while boldly looking to its metropolitan future.’ It’s right there, page 4: ‘metropolitan future.’”
“However, most residents came to Scottsdale to leave the metropolitan past. They didn’t come to Scottsdale to recreate a metropolis here,” Ortega said. “We’re not interested, I’m not interested in looking into a metropolitan future.”
He noted five of the seven council mem-
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BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
It’s been a rough start to the year in the Scottsdale Unified School District.
Neo-nazi comic books were found by staff on the Chaparral High School campus three times over the first two weeks of school. The material was removed in the mornings before students entered campus.
Then a woman was arrested after trying to sneak past police while attempting to gain access to a SUSD Governing Board meeting room during the Aug. 17 special meeting, according to board President Jann-Michael Greenburg. That meeting was held virtually
So many people showed up to voice their opinions on masks at the Aug. 24 Scottsdale Unified Governing Board meeting that many ended up waiting outside just to get into an auxiliary room reserved for speakers. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
but the woman believed the meeting was being held live.
“That individual does not live in our community. She’s not a parent in our community but I think that shows the scope of what is
going on here,” Greenburg said during the board’s regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 24.
Also, there were protests at Cocopah
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Lawyer helps Afghan interpreter flee Kabul
BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
As chair of Rose Law Group’s immigration department, attorney Darius Amiri has helped countless clients around the world gain legal status in the United States.
He is used to fighting through bureaucratic processes and filling out papers upon papers to help clients obtain a green card, business visa or asylum.
But Amiri never thought his work at the Scottsdale firm would end up saving a life.
Amiri was referred to a case a few years ago by a high school friend who was a Marine battalion commander and wanted to help an Afghan interpreter appeal his denied application for immigration – a time-consuming process.
“He has to pass clearances, background checks, biometrics and medical exams,” Amiri said of the years-long process.
The interpreter, who was only identified as Zabi to protect his identity from Taliban forces, had been still going through the process in Kabul when the capital city of Afghanistan fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15.
Zabi lost the luxury of patiently waiting for the bureaucracy. He knew if he was found by the Taliban, he was going to be killed.
“As the Taliban began to come back into Kabul, he asked what more could be done because there was no embassy or office to go to,” Amiri said.
With that in mind, Amiri began reaching out to members of Congress and was fortunate enough to receive a response from U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly’s office, who helped escalate Zabi’s case.
Even as his case was escalated in the U.S., however, Zabi felt like he constantly had to look over his shoulder as he moved through Kabul.
“He thought the Taliban knew who he was, but the Taliban that are in Kabul right now are not the same Taliban he was fighting in 2012 and 2013,” Amiri said. “They’re younger kids and fresh recruits.”
Darius Amiri is the chair of the immigration department and an attorney at Rose Law Group who worked tirelessly to free an Afghan interpreter from Kabul. (Courtesy of Rose Law Group.)
,bi was fortunate enough to sneak around Kabul until he finally made his way to the airport. There, things got more dangerous.
Outside the airport, Marines had a manifest of whom they could let in and who had to stay and wait.
As Zabi waited, Amiri kept pressing for a Special Immigrant Visa, which is specifically for interpreters who assisted the U.S. military.
There are many requirements for obtaining this visa, but the main ones are passing a background check, demonstrating the applicant does not pose a security risk, past service for two years as an interpreter and no record of abandoning their post.
There was a misunderstanding with one of the sergeants, who ended up drafting a document that asserted Zabi had abandoned his posting
Amiri obtained letters from several soldiers refuting that claim.
“Because that determination is such an important one, that document became a controlling piece of evidence that held up his case and resulted in the initial denial and need for an appeal,” Amiri said. “Initially when I was contacted, it was a case of trying to get this case appealed and it quickly turned into a case where I had to get this guy out of Kabul before they killed him.”
Amiri’s attention quickly shifted from trying to get Zabi his paperwork to getting him to a safe location.
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Despite the recruits being a new generation of the enemy Zabi once fought, they still posed the same danger to him and his family.
Zabi had to fight his way up to the gates but found himself having to wait in the wave of people seeking to flee Kabul.
Zabi’s name and contact information were eventually transmitted to Marines
Zab, wearing the helmet, interprets for a U.S. soldier conversing with citizens of Afghanistan. (Courtesy of Rose Law Group.)
Planning panel OKs controversial Greenbelt 88 plan
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
Acontroversial proposed mixed-use development project near the intersection of Hayden and Osborn roads took another step toward becoming a realty Wednesday.
The Scottsdale Planning Commission voted 4-3 to recommend that City Council approve the rezone of the seven-acre site earmarked for the Greenbelt 88 project.
Commission Chair Renee Higgs, Vice Chair Joe Young, and commissioners William Scarbrough and George Ertel voted to recommend approval.
“This is going to be a great project that I think is going to improve property values in the area,” Young said.
Commissioners Christian Serena, Barry Graham and Barney Gonzales voted against the rezone.
“I don’t think it fits the personality of the area,” Gonzales said.
Council will have the ultimate say on rezoning the property from a Planned Neighborhood Center Planned Community District designation to Planned Unit Development.
If successful, the project would put 278 apartments and 25,000 square feet of retail space where the aging Lucky Plaza shopping center currently stands.
The rezone would allow the developer to build up to a maximum of height of 48 feet
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bers who approved the plan in 2018 are no longer in office. Only Linda Milhaven and Kathy Littlefield remain.
Milhaven and Councilwoman Tammy Caputi voted against the move.
Milhaven defended the plan, saying Ortega is “trying to create a boogeyman where one doesn’t exist. We do not have gridlock in our community. We do not have overburdened infrastructure. We do not have water problems.”
Caputi said reopening the Old Town Character Plan for examination should wait until after residents vote on the city’s General Plan in November.
“I don’t understand why we are rushing this conversation,” Caputi said. She agreed for the need to reexamine
Jan Vuicich has fought the Greenbelt88 Project, gathering 630 petition signatures against it and vowing to collect more. (Progress file photo)
(four stories) with allowances up to 54 feet on up to 30 percent of the building to allow for rooftop mechanical systems. Under current zoning, the maximum allowable base height is 36 feet.
It would also allow the density of apartments on the property to jump from four units per acre to 39.71 units per acre.
The project has split the community, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
“This is not the Scottsdale I have loved for the last 60 years,” said Paula Sturgeon, an area resident who spoke in favor of the project, admitting it has triggered a “civil war” in the neighborhood.
the plan but added, “I personally think putting in some height and density in a downtown area makes sense. It reduces traffic because you’re going to have more live-work-play options, which is the goal for the future of our city.”
Vice Mayor Betty Janik also took exception to the word “metropolitan” used in the character plan.
“We are not a Chicago, we are not a New York ad I think most of us don’t want to be a New York; we want to be Scottsdale,” she said.
The current plan does things like limit apartment density and building height requirements.
But Ortega contended that too many exceptions to the rule are being made.
The idea isn’t so much to slow growth as it is to encourage “responsible growth.”
Jason Morris, an attorney representing property owner Todd Silver, said his group has had over 25 communications with Vuicich’s group and has changed the plan five times in an attempt to accommodate them.
“We disagree, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t listened,” Morris said.
Cars would access to the development via the existing two driveways on E. Osborn Road and existing three driveways on N. Hayden Road. Hayden would also get a deceleration lane. There is also an existing exit-only driveway directly north of the Starbuck’s building that will remain.
Jan Vuicich and her Safeguard Scottsdale group raised over 630 petition signatures against the rezoning.
They say building is too high and contains too many apartments that will generate too much traffic.
“The commissioners who voted for it, if they think 278 units at 787 square feet per unit – more than doubling the density (of apartments allowed on the property) – is the future of Scottsdale, that’s pretty darn scary,” Vuicich said Thursday.
Sturgeon told the commission, though, “I’m sick and tired of south Scottsdale being used car lots and bars.”
“Growth is managed by limited resources: water, streets,” Ortega said the day after the meeting. “The idea there would now be zero growth … that is a fallacy. I never said that.”
City staff will conduct six in-person and virtual open houses and focus groups with property and business owners as part of the effort with final approval by council projected for March.
“This is moving us forward and I’m very, very excited. I think one of the problems is we haven’t negotiated public benefit with past development and that has created a lot of rage,” Councilwoman Solange Whitehead said.
Bastien Andruet, with the Arizona Multi-Housing Association, warned against reducing density limits.
“It’s important to consider the eco-
The land to the south and east of the property is zoned commercial, to the north it’s zoned for commercial and multifamily use, and Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt is to the west with an open space designation.
Vuicich said she and her group will continue to fight the project at the city council level.
“We started this journey back in 2020 with a full heart of wanting to work with the developer and I don’t see us coming this far to stop now,” she said.
With her online petition getting over 500 signatures in one week, Vuicich predicts she can raise 1,000 more signatures before the issue gets to the council.
“It’s about listening to the community and I hope the council members do that,” she said.
nomic impact of a multi-family development,” Andruet said. “For example, a 250-unit multi-family construction generates $1.2 million for the city of Scottsdale with an estimated additional $415,000 in on-going annual revenues.”
He also contended that more units in the area will drop rents in a market already strapped for affordable housing options.
He also suggested limiting density in the down town area could run the city afoul of the Legislature, which passed a law limiting zoning regulations that could add to housing costs.
“Local policy makers should be considering ways to reduce barriers to housing construction, rather than creating new ones.,” Andruet said.
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at the airport.
On Aug. 22, Zabi and his wife were able to be extracted from Kabul through a coordinated effort that resulted from a connection made by the wife of a Marine in Kabul who had heard about Amiri’s efforts via social media.
Zabi and his wife were flown from Kabul to Qatar, where they will remain as Amiri continues to process their Special Immigrant Visa applications. Once they get it, they can enter the United States as lawful permanent residents.
“This is another time in my career where I feel a calling,” Amiri said. “People who put their lives at risk to help our country, we owe them the bare minimum of getting them out of there and making sure they’re safe.”
Despite fearing for his life several times over the course of the past week, Zabi has nothing but admiration for the United States and the soldiers he once served alongside.
“The main take away from me is that he is upset about what’s happening in his country but there is no love lost for the American Military,” Amiri said.
Thunderbirds help Special Olympics, Maggie’s Place
BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer
Maggie’s Place and Special Olympics Arizona were awarded funds from Thunderbirds Charities – the charitable giving arm of The Thunderbirds, host of the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
The Family Success Center opened in 2014 and is committed to providing vital support services, resources and engagement opportunities for all Maggie’s Place moms.
It welcomes women living in Maggie’s Place homes and the network of more than 1,000 alumni moms to stay connected through on-site family coaching, resource support, social events and community.
“With the challenges of the last year, we could not have continued to remain open, serve our mission, our moms and their children without the continued support and investment of partners like Thunderbirds Charities,” said Maggie’s Place CEO Laura Magruder.
“With hundreds of current and alumni
moms visiting and connecting with the Family Success Center each month, it is a central pillar of our Maggie’s Place community, and we are so grateful for the support of the board of directors at Thunderbirds Charities.”
Special Olympics Arizona received $120,000 to fund its “Return to Activities” initiative coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Special Olympics Arizona has only hosted a few in-person events since the pandemic shut down programming in March 2020, but is planning to bring back its yearround sports training, competitions and support programs starting this fall, including its Phoenix Breakfast with Champions in September and Fall Games in October.
“In-person competition is incredibly important to Special Olympics Arizona, and we’re obviously thrilled to help bring these athletes back to the playing field after what has been an extremely tough year,” said Scott Jenkins, president of Thunderbirds Charities.
“The Thunderbirds and Special Olympics Arizona have a longstanding relationship
and we’re very proud to continue our support of the organization and their athletes who give it their all every chance they get.”
Fundraising was extremely limited this past year, and this grant from Thunderbirds Charities will help financially support Special Olympics Arizona and its athletes,” said Jamie Heckerman, Special Olympics Arizona president and chief executive officer.
“This grant from Thunderbirds Charities is so important to Special Olympics Arizona as we look to get back to in-person activities and events this fall, something that is so vital to our athletes, both physically and mentally,” Heckerman said.
“With fundraising taking a hit during the pandemic, grants like these are crucial to help us get back on our feet. Thunderbirds Charities has been a great partner for many years, and we can’t thank them enough for their continued support.”
The 2022 WM Phoenix Open will be held at TPC Scottsdale in early February. The 2022 edition will mark the 87th playing of the event and the 13th with Waste Management as title sponsor.
City Council opposing downtown liquor store
BY J. GRABER
Progress Staff Writer
The entertainment district will not be getting a liquor store any time soon, if the Scottsdale City Council has anything to say about it.
The council voted 7-0 last week to not recommend the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control grant a license for a liquor store proposed at 4439 Saddlebag Trail.
“A retail liquor store in this location is not in the best interest of our community,” Councilwoman Tammy Caputi said in a written statement after the vote. “This is right in the center of our entertainment district.
“We’re already experiencing an increase in violent crime in this area and easier access to alcohol will not help the problem. I spent some time over the summer in the ‘U’ of the entertainment district with the Scottsdale Police Department, and it’s a pretty wild scene. Adding more alcohol outlets will be detrimental to our public safety issues downtown,” Caputi also said.
None of the council members expressed any concern about the applicant, who operates several other sites in the Valley, but rather with the location of the proposed store.
“We want to make our downtown a safe, desirable, thriving location for residents and tourists, and I don’t think this application accomplishes that goal,” Caputi said.
The police did raise concerns about the license as well.
“The police department did express concerns given the location, the entertainment district, for the potential of purchase and consumption on the street,” city Planning Director Tim Curtis said.
“They brought up the potential for purchase and consumption immediately prior to or after attending a venue and they also have a concern about the potential for disturbances and altercations surrounding this establishment.”
Jake Curtis, an attorney representing the applicant, said his client was surprised to hear any opposition to the request.
“This body and Scottsdale in general has been advocating for more mixed use
in the downtown area, including residential,” Curtis said. “There’s no liquor store in this particular area. This provides a great opportunity for people who live nearby to avoid their cars … to pick up liquor.
“This is a necessary use in this particular area that’s not being currently met.”
He also noted bars in the area are licensed to sell packaged liquor for off-site consumption now.
“The idea that this would be the first or only place you could buy liquor and take it away is simply not true,” Curtis said.
“All of the bars that have Series 6 licenses in the immediate area can sell packaged liquor so all of the problems they identified to the extent they are not existing now, this particular use will not increase those problems either,” he added.
A dozen people spoke out against the license, but about half were connected to the Riot Hospitality Group
Ryan Hibbert, CEO of Riot Hospitality Group, said the entertainment district is a “high end” area and he feared a liquor store would that could sell slushy alcoholic drinks for immediate consumption would affect that.
“This will have a direct effect on increase public consumption, increase vagrancy, increase traffic issues, increase loitering, increase crime, increase consumables such as cigarettes and cigars and over all people trying to consume their single serve beverages in parking lots and streets, putting the onus on the other businesses in the area and Scottsdale PD to manage open containers on public and private property every day,” he said.
Tom Hatten, owner of Mountainside Fitness Centers – and whose headquarters is near the proposed liquor store – also opposed the application.
“There are some uses that even though allowed by code just don’t fit in certain zoning districts and this is one of them,” Hatten said.
The state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control is not obligated to follow a municipal council’s recommendation – or lack of one – in awarding a license, but a vote carries a lot of weight in its consideration of an application.
Teams, tribes lining up sports betting here
BY JILL R. DORSON Sports Handle
As companies like Caesars, FanDuel, and Penn National Gaming build out sportsbooks at professional sports venues across the Valley, it’s no secret that sports betting is coming.
And when it does, Arizona will be the biggest state in the West to launch live sports betting since the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amatuer Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in May 2018.
The Arizona Department of Gaming is targeting the first day of the NFL season, Sept. 9, to launch the first operators. And according to industry sources, many of the biggest, most well-known sports betting operators will be offering odds and taking bets.
The Cardinals’ first game is set for Sept. 12 at the Tennessee Titans.
The Arizona launch is poised to be the fourth in the U.S. this year – unless either Wyoming or South Dakota, both of which are also moving toward offering live sports betting, get there first.
In January, operators went live online in both Michigan and Virginia, and two North Carolina tribal casinos began taking bets in March.
As legal sports betting has spread from Nevada to more than 30 other U.S. jurisdictions in the last three years, the western states have been a little behind the curve. And where sports betting is available, it’s not widely available.
Lawmakers in Washington State legalized sports betting in March 2020 at brick-and-mortar locations only. The state regulator expects the first bets to be taken before the end of 2021.
Live wagering west of the Mississippi is up and running in six states. In-person wagering is currently available at a handful of tribal sportsbooks in Oregon and New Mexico as well as at lottery-run kiosks throughout Montana, and in-person at handful of Arkansas venues.
Consumers can wager on professional sports online/mobile in Oregon via the state’s lottery platform.
Statewide mobile wagering is available in Colorado, Iowa, and Nevada, but the Arizona launch represents only the third new
Stretching over 7,400 square feet, including an outdoor terrace, the FanDuel Sportsbook at Footprint Center will be fans’ onestop-shop to enjoy Suns games and other sporting events around the world while placing wagers on the action. The sportsbook will feature five betting windows, and one VIP window, 40 HD televisions, a 35-foot video wall, an MVP Room and 26 self-service betting kiosks. he FanDuel Sportsbook will be open daily for patrons to place wagers on a wide variety of events throughout the year. (Courtesy of FanDuel)
open, competitive marketplace west of the Mississippi since PAPSA was overturned.
Big population excites operators
With a population of just over seven million, Arizona will be the biggest western state to open for sports betting by a longshot.
It doesn’t hurt that the state is home to a professional sports team from each of the four major leagues, hosts NASCAR events, is a PGA Tour stop and has a passionate college football fanbase.
“We are very excited about the future in Arizona. During the NBA playoffs, the world learned that the state has one of the most passionate fan bases in the country,” Matt Prevost, chief revenue officer at BetMGM said.
BetMGM has formed a partnership with the Arizona Cardinals and the Gila River Indian Community to offer sports betting at the team’s stadium and Wild Horse Pass, Lone Butte and Vee Quiva casinos.
“With that comes a lot of expectations
“We are very excited about the future in Arizona. During the NBA playoffs, the world learned that the state has one of the most passionate fan bases in the country.”
–Matt Prevost, chief revenue officer at BetMGM
and we look forward to delivering an above-and-beyond sports betting experience with unique mobile and retail activations throughout the state,” Prevost said.
Arizona’s new law allows for a maximum 20 “event wagering operator” licenses, divided evenly among tribal casinos and professional sports teams/franchises. Those with a license will be able to operate at least one retail sportsbook and up
to two digital platforms. There are an additional 10 retail-only licenses available for the state’s horse racetracks and OTBs. Consumers will be able to wager on professional, college, and Olympic sports. The new law is broad enough that operators may ultimately be able to offer betting on things like the Academy Awards, Heisman Trophy, and other events that are not specifically tied to sports.
Major operators have partners
While Arizona will ultimately offer consumers myriad choices in who to bet with, the design of the law means that some tribal casinos won’t be able to offer sports betting.
According to the ADG, 16 tribes applied for licenses, but under the law, there are only 10 available. On the pro sports side, there are seven teams/franchises that clearly fit the bill, but the ADG said it got 10 applications.
The agency said it will let those who are approved for licenses know by Aug. 27.
At a meeting on Aug. 24, the ADG confirmed that approved daily fantasy operators can go live as early at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 28. Those that are licensed must also have received approval for internal controls and house rules from the ADG by 4 p.m. Aug. 27.
In addition, approved event wagering operators can begin offering consumers the chance to create and fund accounts beginning at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 28.
Approved operators can also begin marketing to consumers at that time.
So far, BetMGM, FanDuel, and Penn National Gaming, which operates digitally as Barstool Sportsbook, say they received license approval. and Gila River Casinos on the tribal side.
FanDuel, which was also approved as a daily fantasy sports operator, is partnered with the Phoenix Suns. Penn National Gaming is partnered with Phoenix Raceway.
Operators have plans for brick-andmortar sportsbooks at professional venues – and some are also entitled to open a
“With that comes a lot of expectations and we look forward to delivering an above-and-beyond sports betting experience with unique mobile and retail activations throughout the state.”
–Matt Prevost, chief revenue officer at BetMGM
second location within a set distance of the stadium.
FanDuel has already released renderings of a modern, state-of-the-art facility in the works at the Footprint Center while Caesars has plans to begin offering in-person wagering via kiosks at Chase Field as soon as possible.
For the most part, operators plan to launch their mobile platforms on Sept. 9 with brick-and-mortar locations to follow.
Sports betting companies partnered with tribes have been mostly mum about their license status, and the ADG is not releasing a list of applicants.
The ADG said it would alert tribes by Aug. 16 if they made the first cut to be considered for a license.
Industry sources say PointsBets’ partner the Yavapi-Apache Nation, which owns and operates the Cliff Castle Casino, made the first cut. It’s not clear how many of the other 15 also made the cut, but a total of nine tribes, including the Gila River Indian Community, have already announced sports betting partners.
Arizona is among the first U.S. jurisdictions in which sportsbooks will exist at professional sports venues.
Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena became the first pro venue in the country to accept wagers when it began doing so in the summer of 2020.
And as of now, only Washington, D.C., Illinois, Maryland, and Arizona allow for sportsbooks in arenas. There are currently two open in Washington, since the BetMGM began accepting bets at Nationals Field earlier this year.
– Jill R. Dorson is the managing editor at sportshandle.com, a national sports betting website that focuses on sports betting legislation and regulation. Dorson is a longtime newspaper sportswriter who covered everything from high school sports to the
Operators and partners
Sports teams
Bally’s and WNBA Mercury
*BetMGM and NFL Cardinals
Caesars and MLB Diamondbacks
DraftKings and TPC Scottsdale (PGA)
*FanDuel and NBA Suns
*Penn National Gaming/Barstool
Sportsbook and Phoenix Raceway (NHL)
* Have been approved for license and live sports betting
The NHL Coyotes also had plans to apply for a license, but have not announced a partner.
Tribal Casinos
BetFred and Fort McDowell Yavapi
BetMGM and Gila River Casinos
BlueBet and Colorado River Tribes
Caesars/Harrah’s and Ak-Chin Indian Community
Kindred/Unibet and Fort Yuma
Quechan
PointsBet and Yavapi-Apache Nation
Scientific Games and Pascua-Yaqui Tribe
TwinSpires and Tonto Apache
WynnBET and San Carlos Apache
Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, but her specialty now is how sports betting is getting legalized and how it operates in different states across the U.S.
Middle School and Cherokee Elementary School schools during the week encouraging students to not follow the district’s mask mandate.
“We heard some pretty unfortunate comments about Asians; comments that COVID is a Chinese bio-weapon,” Greenburg said.
And things didn’t get any easier for Greenburg during last week’s meeting. He was heard saying, “Jesus (expletive) Christ people!” into a hot mic after a parent claimed it was a school employee who left the comic books, called “White Will,” for students to find.
“I apologize for saying that,” Greenburg said Wednesday. “I am sorry if I offended anyone. I’m sorry if I offended anyone’s beliefs.”
A school employee was investigated for leaving the comic books, but was later cleared by police.
Forty-five people lined up to comment on the district’s mask mandate, that went into effect last week. For security reasons, they were made to wait outside the board’s chambers and enter one at a time to speak.
Many opposed the mandate.
Charlie Kirk identified himself as a new resident of Scottsdale.
“It kind of feels like I’m living in San
Francisco because of all of you and your self-righteous measures you’re putting (in place) to abuse the children of this wonderful state,” Kirk told the board.
“I’m going to have children here one day and I sure hope people like you aren’t in charge,” he continued.
“You are defying Arizona law and measures to mask children even though there is zero evidence to show children are at a significant risk of catching or dying from the Chinese Corona Virus … we know what masking children does. This has a serious mental health toll on young people."
Not everyone was critical of the mask mandate.
Quite a few speakers, like Kaveh Najafi, a local doctor with two children in the district, thanked the school board for the mask mandate.
“I and the medical community stand behind you,” he said.
Numerous school boards that held meetings last week, particularly on Aug. 24, were swamped by emails and in-person speeches related to masks.
Some of those districts, such as Mesa Public Schools and Gilbert Public Schools – two of the state’s largest – are not even requiring masks.
The board voted 4-1 two weeks ago to require students in the district’s 29 schools wear masks until Sept. 29, when state law outlawing mask and vaccine
mandates takes effect.
Gov. Doug Ducey contends the law is already in effect.
He has said he will offer private school vouchers to students in any district violating the ban on mandates and will prevent them from sharing $163 million that the state got through the American Rescue Plan to boost per-pupil funding.
The latter threat does not appear to impact SUSD since it is not listed on a spreadsheet maintained by the governor’s office showing potential amounts various districts are eligible for.
The Biden administration has said it will use civil rights laws to prevent governors from cracking down on school districts that require masks be worn in school. The mandate ban is at issue in at least two lawsuits that remain unresolved.
The SUSD board did add a stipulation to its mandate stating parents could make “requests for accommodation” for students who could not wear a mask for “reasonable” reasons like anxiety from wearing a mask. Ideological considerations do not constitute a reason to grant an exemption, district spokeswoman Nancy Norman said.
The district has just over 22,000 students, and officials have received just under 500 requests for accommodation, Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said Tuesday. That is less than 2.3 percent of
the student body. Less than 20 percent of those requests have been denied, Menzel said.
Things aren’t just hard for the district’s leadership though.
“We’ve had reports this week of verbal abuse targeted at teachers, assistant principals, principals and others using language that I don’t feel comfortable repeating here,” Menzel said.
“Our frontline staff, building secretaries, nurses, teachers and administrators are following the governing board directive and the guidance of public health officials regarding the mask requirement.
“None of them should be subject to verbal abuse as a result of them implementing practices designed to keep our schools open for in person learning.”
The debate over masks comes amid a continuing surge in COVID-19 cases.
Data released by the county health department Aug. 26 show Scottsdale Unified is in the highest level of virus transmission.
Cases per 100,000 climbed for the fourth consecutive week to 273 – a level not seen for months – while new positive test results held steady at about 11.5 percent.
The county does not break down data on vaccinations by school district but the latest figures released last week show that 65.8 percent of all eligible Scottsdale residents are fully vaccinated.
SUSD outlines help for quarantined kids
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
Scottsdale Unified School District students quarantined because of COVID-19 will have “a robust level of support” in keeping up with their coursework, including access to private tutors.
Students at the elementary level will have access to up to up to three hours per week of tutoring by either a teacher from their school or six hours per week through the Varsity Tutors private company if a teacher is unavailable.
Middle school and high school students will have access up to 12 hours per week of tutoring by a teacher from their school or six hours per week from Varsity Tutors.
“It is a robust level of support that we’re rolling out, particularly at the secondary
level,” Scottsdale Unified School District
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Guerin told the governing board during a hearing Aug. 17 on how the district will approach educating quarantined students. “We want to make sure we hit all the core classes.”
That’s on top of access to teachers’ lectures and other course material available online through Google Classroom.
It’s all part of the district’s plan to keep students learning and avoid them being counted as absent during a quarantine period.
While tutoring with district teachers will take place at regularly scheduled times and could include small groups of students, students will be able to get oneon-one tutoring through Varsity Tutors and will be able to receive services on demand.
“I like to call it Uber for tutoring because you put in your subject and you put in your grade level and within 10 minutes you’re contacted with a tutor you can meet with virtually,” Guerin said Aug. 17. “It’s great for when your child gets stuck on homework.”
During an Aug. 23 public hearing on the same topic, Guerin noted the district will also work with students who did not take advantage of the tutoring during quarantine but need help catching up once they are back in school.
“We are going to try really hard not to say no,” she said.
Many parents who commented on the plan, including one who called in tears Aug. 17, lamented the need for the plan.
Sending students home for extended periods puts a real hardship on parents.
District teachers will be paid $30 per hour to tutor students. With overhead, the cost to the district comes to $36.26 per hour of tutoring with a teacher. The price to the district jumps to between $50 and $60 per hour when Varsity Tutors is used.
“The Varsity Tutors, though a great service, is supposed to be the fall-back,” Guerin said.
Board Vice President Julie Cieniawski said she would rather see the district pay the higher rate to district teachers as a means to encourage them to sign up for tutoring duty, rather than paying the higher cost to Varsity Tutoring and seeing the money go toward their bottom line.
“That might encourage teachers instead of going to their second or third job
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Felons from other states can own guns here, court rules
BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
Afelony conviction in another state does not preclude someone now living in Arizona from getting the right to own a gun, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
Judges last week concluded that state courts do have the power to restore an individual’s right to possess or carry a firearm, regardless of where a prior conviction occurred.
But Judge Karl Eppich, writing for the unanimous three-judge panel, said that does not make it automatic. He said there are limits, depending on the underlying conviction.
And, regardless of all that, it ultimately is up to a trial judge to decide whether to remove the legal impediment to having a weapon, not only in this case but in all similar cases.
The ruling involves Jacques Gahary, a Pima County resident who, according to court records, pleaded guilty in 1982 in New York to a charge of third-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon. Gahary said he paid the $500 fine.
A second conviction occurred in New Jersey in 1994 under that state’s “Gifts to Public Servants’’ law. At that time he was placed on probation for two years and fined $125.
Gahary claimed he satisfied the terms of his sentence and, in 1996, moved to Arizona.
Earlier this year he asked Pima County Superior Court Judge Kyle Bryson to restore his rights to possess a weapon. But Bryson concluded his authority did not extend to granting relief from crimes
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to work with their students and therefore cut out that potential lack of communication or on a positive note a more direct line to what the students are actually learning in the classroom like their peers are,” Cieniawski said.
Cieniawski also said she would like to see this tutoring paradigm used outside of the quarantine scenario when students
committed in other states.
That led to this appeal and, according to Eppich, this precedent-setting ruling on an issue that has never come up before. And the way Eppich and the other appellate judges see it, there is no such restriction on Arizona trial judges.
He said the law is clear.
At one extreme, Eppich said, are people who are convicted of what are classified as “dangerous offenses’’ under Arizona law – or any offense in another state that, had it occurred here, would have been in the same category – have no legal right to seek to have their rights restored.
A second category involves those who are convicted of “serious offenses,’’ here or elsewhere. They cannot seek to restore their rights for at least 10 years after their cases have been “absolutely discharged,’’ meaning after all fines are paid and all periods of probation have ended.
But Eppich said those convicted of “any other felony offense’’ can seek to regain their rights two years from date of absolute discharge. Gahary contends -- and prosecutors do not dispute -- that his convictions fall into that last category.
Put simply, the judge said, Arizona law contemplates exactly the kind of relief that Gahary is seeking.
What happens now is Gahary gets to go back to trial court to convince the judge he should be allowed to possess and carry a weapon. But Eppich said that is far from automatic.
“As both Gahary and the state acknowledge, it is in the trial court’s discretion on remand to determine whether to grant the motion on the merits,’’ the appellate judge said.
just need help with their typical coursework.
“I can’t wait until we get to that point,” Guerin said. “To me, that point is going to be when we have less students in quarantine, we know what we’ve spent, what the cost has been, we know how many people have taken advantage of this because we have to make sure not only that we have the band with for it but we can afford it with our (federal grant) dollars.”
Falcon Nest Hangar coming to Airpark
BY JORDAN HOUSTON Progress Staff Writer
Aburgeoning attraction for local and national business alike, the Scottsdale Airpark is making room for at least one more — a sleek and innovative hangar.
The proposed Falcon Nest Hangar, owned by Falcon Nest LLC, is slated to sit in the Corporate Center of the Sun Airpark on Lot 5, neighboring the airport’s east side.
The building will house a roughly 17,920-square-foot hangar and 5,000-square-foot warehouse. It will have direct access to Taxiway Bravo, according to city documents. The Federal Aviation Administration and Scottsdale Airport have granted the owner preliminary approval, architect Jim Elson said. He would not reveal the owner’s name.
Adding to the airpark’s allure, Falcon Nest will house the owner’s aircraft, automobile collection and corporate offices, city documents disclose. Elson didn’t According to Elson’s project narrative
submitted to the city, the hangar’s doors will open onto a larger aircraft staging area.
“I always respect the owner as far as budget . I like to use money prudently,” said Elson, who has designed 150 buildings in the Airpark so far, including 34 hangars.
The proposed hangar includes twostory corporate offices, complete with a 450-square-foot lobby underneath 2,750 square feet of office space above, city documents disclose. The second floor will incorporate private offices, a conference room and an observation deck with a view of the airport and staging area.
A kitchen is also in the works to meet catering and other aircraft needs, Elson adds.
As far as appearance, Falcon Nest will illustrate a bold and sleek design, the architect shares.
The tilt slab concrete structure will mirror the lot’s trapezoidal shape, Elson said. The ASU alum said he refrained from incorporating right angles into the overall aesthetic to add interest and detail.
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Coupling a modern, trapezoidal design with high tech elements, the proposed Falcon Nest Hangar will include a spacious warehouse and two-story office
to fuse the exposed structure steel and glazing elements near the front office area, Elson continues.
Falcon Nest will feature an aluminum solar screen at the 83rd Way front gate. The screen, introducing another architectural design element, will protect the glass along the second-floor offices, Elson said.
Clad with a satin, stainless steel fascia, the office roof will also provide additional shading for the insulated glass with a deep overhang. The roof will follow the tilt construction to unify the building, Elson explains.
Falcon Nest will not only enhance the Scottsdale Airpark, the architect said, but it will also benefit the whole community.
“If you look at the airpark itself, it is one of the major economic engines in Scottsdale,” Elson said. “Scottsdale has been proud of its planning department and has worked through the years to be able to attract busi-
nesses.”
Functioning as a primary source of employment, the Scottsdale Airpark boasts over 59,000 employees, according to its website. The operation also serves as a base for 85 “major companies” and roughly 3,233 small and medium-sized businesses, the website continues.
Pending final approval, Falcon Nest will require the demolition of an existing building owned by Impact Church, city documents state. (Impact Church did not respond to requests for comment.)
According to Elson’s project narrative, the property was originally developed by Airpark Holdings as a multi-tenant industrial building of roughly 22,000 square feet.
“We’re probably going to start the demolition of that building within 60 days,” Elson said.
Elson said he expects the Falcon Nest Hangar to be completed within a year.
building in the Airpark. (Courtesy of Jim Elson)
Firms can demand vaccinated employees, patrons, AG rules
BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
Private businesses in Arizona are free to require that their workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 and can make the same demand on customers, Attorney General Mark Brnovich concluded last week.
But the attorney general’s 40-page legal opinion said neither of those rights is absolute.
In both cases, businesses must provide “reasonable accommodations’’ for those who cannot get vaccinated due to a disability. And they must not discriminate against customers who will not get inoculated due to a sincerely held religious belief.
He laid out ways that employers can deal with workers, like staggered schedules. telework assignments and mask requirements.
Brnovich, however, had no real answers for how a grocery store, bar, restaurant, retail outlet or even movie theater could meet their burden to provide a reasonable accommodation, especially as federal law does not require a company to make changes that would “fundamentally alter’’ their services.
Press aide Katie Conner said, “It’s not our job to say exactly how they can do it. It’s our job to interpret the law as it’s currently written, not to come up with a policy for them.’’
Strictly speaking, the formal opinion has no force of law like a court ruling. But it can be cited when there is litigation.
While Brnovich is providing broad authority to private employers, he is siding with the state and Gov. Doug Ducey, who contend that a state law that takes effect on Sept. 29 precludes governments from imposing vaccine mandates.
The conclusions come amid increased public debate about the rights of those who, for whatever reason, have decided not to get the vaccine.
These range from arguments about personal liberties to questions about the vaccine’s safety given that it has not been given full approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration but instead is being
distributed under an “emergency use authorization.’’
Brnovich suggested that he’s not entirely comfortable with his conclusions.
“The attorney general ... believes strongly that government should not mandate that citizens relinquish their bodily liberty and undergo vaccination,’’ he wrote.
“The law does not always reflect good public policy,’’ Brnovich said. “And our role with respect to an attorney general opinion is to say what the law is, not what it should be.’’
For employees with medical reasons for not getting vaccinated, he said there are accommodations that can be made like “teleworking, masking, social distancing, enhanced sanitation measures, and/or staggered work schedules.’’
He said that is covered under the federal Civil Rights Act which bar discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. That law, in turn, defines “religion’’ to include all aspects of religious observance and practices as well as beliefs.
But there is language that provides an “out’’ for employers who can demonstrate an inability to reasonably accommodate a worker’s religious observance or practice “without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business.’’
And it’s even more complicated than that.
The leaders of various religious groups, including the Pope and the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have issued statements saying the inoculations do not run afoul of church doctrine. That even includes the fact that some of the vaccines are the result of research on fetal tissue.
But Brnovich said their opinions are not the test.
“The fact that no religious group espouses such beliefs or the fact that the religious group to which the individual professes to belong may not accept such belief will not determine whether the belief is a religious belief of the employee or prospective employee,’’ he said. Instead, it has to be “measured by the employee’s words and conduct at the time the conflict arose between the belief and the employment requirement.’’
Neighbors
BY LAUREN SERRATO Progress Staff Writer
In America, it’s estimated that about 3 percent of children are without a bed, creating what a Valley nonpro�it calls a national bed crisis.
In the shadow of that crisis, Sleep in Heavenly Peace has one goal: to make and deliver beds to children who don’t have one.
“We need other people who believe what we believe: that no child should sleep on the �loor when we can do something about it in our town. And we’re just really passionate about serving kids in need and their families,” said Joe Genovese, president of the Arizona chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace in Scottsdale.
Buckeye’s Parker Fasteners stepped in and helped. On Aug. 14, employees, community members and �irst responders built beds from scratch for children.
Buckeye Police, as well as firefighters and members of Buckeye City Council, helped build 90 beds for children in need during a build drive hosted by Buckeye’s Parker Fasteners. (Courtesy of Joe Genovese)
“It was our 30th mobile build so it was huge for us,” Genovese said. “Parker Fasteners put up the money for us to build a minimum of 50 beds, provided the volunteers and the space, and we brought all of our equipment and all of our team leaders to Buckeye. We set a record on Saturday, we built 90 beds in �ive hours. It was just amazing.”
One of 270 chapters in the country, the Scottsdale nonpro�it serves about 40 ZIP codes, with a concentration within the loops 101 and 202.
Genovese said the backlog of more than 150 bed requests proves the need.
“I think the main reason we’re successful is we’re helping the most innocent and vulnerable among us – children. They
They’re back.
After last year’s pandemic-driven hiatus, the Scottsdale Fire Fighters Association has scheduled its 21st annual Behind the Flames Scottsdale Fire�ighter Charities Dinner at Dominick’s Steakhouse Sept. 26. The event will honor several dignitaries, including Arizona 2021 Teacher of the Year
Sara Wyffels, former Mayor Jim Lane and Professional Fire Fighters Association of Arizona President Bryan Jeffries. All three will receive the associations C.A.R.E award, an acronym for “Contributing to Achievement and Rede�ining Excellence.”
Previous recipients of the C.A.R.E. Award include Randy Johnson, Misty Hyman, Tom Hatten, Isiah Acosta, Shane Doan, Dan Harkins, Linda Pauling, Amy Van Dyken, and Craig Jackson.
Following a rooftop cocktail reception, dinner will include the prime steaks, seafood and signature dishes that have made Dominick’s Steakhouse in the Scottsdale Quarter a legendary restaurant.
Wyffels, the 2021 Arizona Teacher of the Year, is a Spanish teacher at Chandler High School. “Since earning her national board certi�ication, Wyffels has embarked on a journey for equity and access in her class, school, district and
now the state of Arizona,” the association noted.
Lane retired at the end of last year after three four-year terms as mayor and another term as a City Council member.
Jeffries has been in the Fire/EMS service since 1991, and currently serves as a captain/paramedic for the Mesa Fire Department. He also is a former Phoenix City Council member.
Charities bene�iting from the dinner include Vista Del Camino Food Bank, Scottsdale Community Partners, the Paiute Community Center, Scottsdale Human Services and Partners for Paiute.
Tickets are $150 each and there are four
don’t get to make choices in their lives and sometimes they’re just in circumstances, unfortunate as they may be, that they have no control over,” he said.
“People come out and they feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. It’s ful�illing. It’s heartwarming for kids. It’s fun. It gets people out of the house and into the community doing something worthwhile and meaningful.”
Applying for help is simple, with only one question required to answer, “Do you need a bed?”
If the answer is yes, you’re approved.
“The only requirement is that if your child doesn’t have a bed, we’re going to give them a bed, that’s the only thing that’s important to us. So, to qualify is not that dif�icult,” Genovese said.
“We have a lot of families who are coming out of homeless shelters who lost everything because of changing life circumstances, maybe a �ire, maybe a broken family, whatever the case may be. If a child doesn’t have a bed, we’re going to �ind
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Local nonpro�it builds beds for children in need Scottsdale gala bene�its �ire�ighters
sponsorship opportunities ranging from $2,000 to $10,000, including seating for four to 10 people.
People also can sponsor a �ire�ighter’s attendance at the event for $500.
This event will comply with all current CDC and state guidelines for restaurants that will be in effect at the time.
Checks to United Scottsdale Fire Fighters Charities, PO Box 14935, Scottsdale AZ 85267. To con�irm your donation, contact Pete Tocco at 602-799-9543 or ptocco@ scottsdale�ire�ighters.org.
Information: Jennifer Sturgeon at 480-495-3806 or JSturgeon@ RoseMoserAllynPR.com.
Scott Smith promoted to Scottsdale PD commander
PROGRESS NEWS STAFF
Scottsdale Police Lt. Scott Smith has been promoted to the rank of commander.
Commander Smith, who holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Arizona State University, joined the department in 1996 and served as a patrol of�icer, �ield training of�icer and �irearms instructor before joining the SWAT Team in February 2000 and then the Special Assignments Unit as a detective that September.
opment Program, which training of�icers who were interested in detective assignments.
In 2015, Smith was promoted to lieutenant and served as a patrol watch commander in the Downtown District. An alternate SWAT commander, Smith was selected to command the Tactical Operations Section in 2017 and led the Special Assignments Unit, Technical Operations Unit, and the SWAT Team.
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He has been an instructor in force-onforce, building clearing, dignitary protection, active shooter response and less lethal munitions.
Smith was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2006 and two years later became the Street Crimes Unit supervisor, addressing community problems with six detectives and assisting the Uniformed Services Bureau.
He became Burglary Unit sergeant in 2013, and implemented the Detective Devel-
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a way to �ind a sponsor to help us build them and then put delivery teams together of volunteers to go out and deliver and assemble.”
Matthew Boyd, vice president of sales with Parker Fasteners, spoke highly of Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
“It is such a well-run organization,” Boyd said. “I like how people with no experience whatsoever in woodworking could be involved, show up and make a really big impact in half a day’s work was very appealing.
“So, our company decided earlier this year that we wanted to give back to the community, and we had a few different options that everyone put up on the board and this organization, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, the company decided would be a good way to make an impact on the local community.”
“We had roughly 80 members and family members from our company alone come up along with other local volunteers, and we put together 90 and a half beds that
In January, he was selected for the Special Investigation Section and led the Drug Enforcement Unit, Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force, Criminal Intelligence Unit and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
“During this time, he served on a council to address the opioid epidemic and a term chairing the Arizona State Governor’s Parent’s Commission on Drug Education and Prevention,” the department said in a release.
Smith will oversee the Downtown District and be responsible for the day-to-day operations there and at the city, supervising and leading over 100 employees.
day. That’s cutting out the lumber, sanding and drilling it, staining the lumber for the beds, and we also did a delivery of a bunk bed system that day,” Boyd said.
Boyd said his employees bonded and it was a memorable experience.
With the primary goal of supplying children with beds, Genovese said the experience and comradery of the build events make Sleep in Heavenly Peace so special.
“We also build a sense of community,” Genovese said. “And I know that sounds kind of altruistic but that’s what we do.”
Genovese encouraged the community to help if they’re able. There are many ways to help a child get a bed, something so many people take for granted every day.
“Make a donation, volunteer, help the family in need. That really does add meaning to your life,” he said. “Yes, it’s hard work, but it’s ful�illing and meaningful work, and it’s fun. Just to see the joy on the faces of children, nothing else really matters in that moment.”
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Kristine Reich has been practicing law for almost a decade, focusing on mediation and collaborative divorce. But her interest in helping families goes back further.
Reich began her career as a social worker working in foster care licensing and child welfare.
betterment of their children.
“When parents make this decision to end their relationship as spouses, it doesn’t end their relationship as co-parents,” she said. “The most helpful thing we can do is help guide them and remind them about how they can ensure their children’s wellbeing through the process.”
joy than they could have contemplated.”
That doesn’t mean there is no stress at all, she noted.
“When parents are in despair, oftentimes children don’t know what to think about,” she said. “They worry about their parents, they want to take care of their parents. They feel unsettled and when parents are mindful of that and can speak to it, the anxiety begins to de-escalate.”
At Vesta Divorce, Kristine Reich helps families through all phases of what can be a complicated and painful process.
(Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
After 15 years, Reich went back to school to study law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She started her own firm, Restorative Law and Mediation, in 2014 and began working with Vesta Divorce, a firm dedicated to helping people through all parts of an often painful and complicated process. Reich has incorporated into her work some of the practices she learned in social work, aiming for “mediation, collaborative divorce or just problem solving,” she said. While problem solving is a large part of Reich’s job, she also prides herself in her ability to help parents reconcile for the
“The greatest message I give parents when I’m working with them is that ‘if parents are OK, kids will usually be OK,’” Reich said. Reich understands that the process of divorce is challenging for all parties, but her optimism often can lighten some of the stress that comes with divorce.
“When you get married, you believe your future is going to look one way,” she said, adding that when life takes an abruptly different course, “sometimes folks immediately think that’s going to be a worse outcome and that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.
“It can actually be an opportunity for a new chapter that brings an abundance of
“When children are experiencing distress, that anxiety can manifest in different ways,” Reich said. “For younger children, they may have a difficult time sleeping or they may become clingy.”
That’s why choices in legal counsel are important, she said.
“When parents make the choice or are contemplating divorce, it is a great idea to reach out to the right professionals,” Reich said. “Vesta is almost a center for resources and because Vesta has taken the time to vet
Mark Taylor president thrives on people, numbers
BY J. GRABER
Progress Staff Writer
When John Carlson was 7, he and his mother went to live with his grandmother.
He slept on the floor in those days and had one thing on his mind: “I can’t wait to have my own room someday,” he recalled.
As president of Mark-Taylor Companies, the leading developer, owner and investment manager of Arizona and Nevada’s modern luxury apartment communities, Carlson is responsible for giving a lot of people their own rooms.
“I love real estate,” Carlson, 45, said. “I love numbers and the people are amazing.”
As president, he leads the strategic direc-
tion, and oversees business development, operations, and the property performance portfolio for Mark-Taylor’s 20,000-plus apartment units. That includes Waterside at Ocotillo and Mira Santi in Chandler.
Carlson didn’t start out to be a developer. He moved to the Phoenix area in 2001 after earning his bachelor’s degree and working as an engineer in Minnesota.
He had an engineering job all lined once in Arizona but it disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks terrorist attacks.
Carlson was putting out resumes, looking for work, with no luck. He happened to be living in a Mark-Taylor property and mentioned to the office manager he was looking for a job.
She offered him a part-time leasing gig but Carlson “poo pooed it at first.”
“I thought about it probably for 30 seconds and said ‘No thank you,’” he said. “In my mind I wanted to be an engineer.” But then he second thoughts. “I thought I shouldn’t be closed off to new opportunities,” Carlson said.
So, he took the job and eventually made his way up through the ranks and became president of Mark-Taylor in 2016.
He credits his ascension to old fashion hard work. “I’m a Capricorn by trait,” he said. “I’m wired a lot like my mother, with just a hunger, a desire to get better.”
It was that work ethic that served Carlson when he was working 15 to 20 hours per week for $5.25 an hour as a 10-yearold on his stepfather’s farm or playing foot-
John Carlson worked his way to president of Mark-Taylor Companies from apartment complex office manager.
(Special to the Progress)
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out the professionals and the resources to families divorcing, families can be assured that all of these folks are going to be problem solving in nature.”
Reich said she and her colleagues at Vesta understand the flaws in the American divorce system.
“We happen to have a legal system that, unfortunately, creates parents into adversaries right from the very beginning,” she said. “That is why having the right professionals to guide people in a productive way that reduces conflict versus escalating conflict is important.”
Though there are many reasons why
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ball, baseball and basketball in high school.
He has scaled Mark-Taylor to its largest size in the company’s history while increasing employee satisfaction and retention, keeping people his upmost priority.
He credits the exceptional employees and the authentic and ambitious culture at Mark-Taylor as the keys to the company’s continued success.
“Whether I was working as a part-time
couples choose to divorce, Reich has noticed two things that weigh heavily on divorcing parents.
“The two greatest things that I see really weighing heavy on people who are moving forward with divorce are the well-being of their children and their financial security,” she said.
Reich said the pandemic has created new problems for families.
“We’re living through a historical time and when you add the pandemic, the political climate and the historically heightened level of conflict, these are prevalent issues that manifest in different ways in these family systems,” she said.
“For example, maybe one parent believes
leasing agent … or an asset manager, I always said, ‘If I was ever in charge, if I was president, we would want to make it a people-first organization,’” Carlson said.
He gets that sentimentality by working through the ranks himself. He knows what it’s like at every level of the organization.
With no other family in the area, Carlson said Mark-Taylor became his family in Arizona and he wants the company’s other employees to feel the same way.
“Whether we have five employees or 500
in immunization and the other one is resistant. Or one parent wants the child to wear a mask in school or they don’t want them to go to a particular school so it’s creating a whole new set of disagreements and potential conflict.”
Throughout these new issues, however, Reich sees a glimmer of hope.
“We’re now seeing an attention to mental health, so maybe that’s the silver lining of all of this,” she said. “Instead of mental health having a stigma, we’re able to talk about it in a more frank and normalized way.”
Reich often finds herself reminding clients to be mindful of their mental health.
“One of the most important messages is
employees, we want to be familial,” Carlson said. “We want to have a career path for employees to grow.”
Company culture goes a long way in explaining Mark-Taylor’s success, he said said. “When I leave, hopefully in 45 or 50 years, I want to leave the organization with a vital culture; that really means a lot to me."
Carlson’s data-driven leadership and emphasis on innovation has driven MarkTaylor to become an admired leader in de-
to prioritize mental health, self-care, being mindful of the well-being of your children and to acknowledge that your relationship with your spouse is not working but just because your relationship as spouses is not working does not mean that your relationship as co-parents can’t work,” she said.
“As difficult as this time in our history is, there is a real message of hope where people are becoming more educated about mental health and becoming more educated that the traditional way of doing divorce doesn’t have to be that,” she said. “The key is finding the right resources to help you navigate through that time.”
Information: Vestadivorce.com
velopment, as well as national asset management and consulting services. His focus on excellence for Mark-Taylor means they continuously enhance technology and operations to stay at the forefront of the multifamily industry.
The secret to building a quality property is timeless architecture and listening to what residents say they want, according to Carlson. And the one thing residents always seem say is, they want more space.
“Size matters,” he said.
Sports & Recreation
Football preview: Saguaro chases Open Division
BY DREW SCHOTT Progress Staff Writer
This is part two of a two-part series previewing the upcoming football season for Scottsdale high school teams.
On Thanksgiving morning last November, Jason Mohns called his team into a Zoom meeting.
Saguaro was set to face off against Salpointe Catholic in the Open Division Quarter�inals the next day, yet the game plan was not the discussion’s purpose.
For the third time in two weeks, the Sabercats registered a positive COVID-19 test among players and staff. The rules of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee called for an eight-day shutdown.
Mohns soon shared the news with his team: Saguaro’s 2020 season was over.
“It was tough,” senior quarterback Ridge Docekal said. “We got that call and we were just heartbroken. Tears were shed and it de�initely was a tough couple weeks, but that just gave us more motivation this year.”
To build a championship roster, it takes more than high-level talent, according to Mohns. It takes molding that talent into a team that goes to battle for one another.
The Sabercats did not have spring practice and summer camp in 2020, removing the opportunities to develop these skills. Yet they did in 2021, training hard in the hopes winning a state championship for the �irst time since 2018.
With early September fast approaching, the workouts are paying dividends. The team is not only familiar with its playbook, but bonded by an instilled culture and a motto: “Burning the Boat.”
“We have lofty goals and we’re not going to make any excuses for ourself to settle for anything less,” Mohns said. “We have to be willing to commit to achieving those goals
Saguaro coach Jason Mohns believes his team, fresh off its 2020 season coming to an end due to COVID-19 cases within the program, is ready to chase after the coveted Open Division Championship once again. (Pablo
15.5 tackles-for-loss and seven sacks in 2020. Lucas, a four-star deciding between programs such as Texas A&M, USC and Miami, will be joined by strong safety Jacob Franze (36 tackles) and cornerback Davondre Bucannon (22 tackles).
Horizon
and so, that’s hard work. It’s attitude. It’s effort. It’s consistency.”
For junior cornerback Cole Shivers, this year seems different. He can sense Mohns, the coaches and his teammates want the Open Division Championship badly.
This feeling is ampli�ied by the Sabercats’ practice environment. Mornings at the team’s �ield in Scottsdale are marked by high energy on the sideline and players “embracing the grind,” Mohns said.
“We de�initely have the guys to get it done,” senior Javen Jacobs said. “I just want the state to know that we’re coming for that Open (Division Championship). We’re gonna run it up for sure.”
In previous years, Saguaro has found its way to success behind a �ierce defense, according to Docekal. This year is similar, in that he feels the defense is still the backbone of the Sabercats, yet the offense could be a difference-maker for the Sabercats’ success in Division 5A.
The unit has been moving at a quick pace
during practice this summer with a fastpaced tempo and returns veterans such as Docekal and versatile senior playmaker Javen Jacobs, who registered 886 all-purpose yards, 392 receiving yards and 290 rushing yards during the Sabercats’ 5-1 season in 2020.
“Either we’re winning or we’re not coming back,” Docekal said. “Blood, sweat and tears, we’re pouring it all in for this. We’re really all bought in to this team, so I’m really excited.”
Chaparral
For the �irst time since 2011, Chaparral is a defending state champion. The Firebirds won the 6A title over Highland in 2020 and are seeking continued success after a 6-2 campaign. Chaparral returns quarterback Brayten Silbor, who threw for 2,348 yards and 18 touchdowns last season. To �ill the gap left by leading rusher Jared Williams, Jamarei Ashby-Phan will see more carries. On defense, Chaparral is led by defensive end Anthony Lucas, who made 46 tackles,
Senior quarterback Drew Boxwell is back under center after throwing for 325 yards and six touchdowns. Boxwell, one of the team’s leading rushers in 2020 with 352 yards, will work in the back�ield with Skyler Partridge, who rushed for 111 yards last season. The team’s leading receiver, Matthew Klopfenstein, returns after reeling in 25 catches for 174 yards.
On the other side of the ball, leading tackler defensive lineman Daniel “Boobie” Santiago returns after 28 takedowns and six tackles-for-loss. In the secondary, cornerback Ethan Tinsley is the only returning member with an interception — he caught two in 2020.
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Following the graduation of quarterback Tyler Schweigert, the job will likely be Braden Wells’ after he threw 43 passes in 2020. Leading receiver Gavin Smith returns after reeling in 45 catches for 591 yards and seven touchdowns.
Defensively, defensive back John Ruvo (17 tackles) and defensive end Ben Roberts (13 tackles) are among players returning.
Saguaro senior quarterback Ridge Docekal still recalls the pain he and his teammates felt when Mohns told them their season was over before they were able to play in the opening round of the Open playoffs. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff)
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Arts & Entertainment
Condo complex, museum forge fruitful union
BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
Apartnership between the Ascent at the Phoenician and Scottsdale Museum of the West is starting to bear fruit.
As work begins on the Mountain Club at Ascent, developers have relied on museum leaders as they incorporate into the building an homage to the venerable Jokake Inn.
The Mountain Club includes Ascent’s pool and �itness amenity.
Tucked against the mountain, its “architecture is reminiscent of the Jokake Inn,” said Todd Patrick, the vice president of sales and marketing for developer Replay Destinations.
“We wanted to build a modern interpretation of the Jokake Inn, which has ties to the adobe architecture.”
Replay Destinations tries to incorporate some sort of history of the area into its properties and turned to the Museum of the West to help it incorporate into Ascent echoes of the Jokake Inn, which opened as a tearoom in 1926 and began accommodating overnight guests two years later.
Enter the now 2-year-old partnership between Replay Destinations and the Museum of the West.
“This is a partnership that rightfully is with multiple bene�iciaries, including the museum, Replay Destinations and its many new residents,” museum CEO and Director Mike Fox said.
“I am certain many of the new residents come from backgrounds and interests in the arts and culture that will be stimulating and even expanding for us associated with the museum.”
Replay Destinations asked Fox to try to track down artifacts, letters and any other information that re�lected the Jokake Inn’s history.
Noting that the Jokake Inn “had a tre-
mendous history of hospitality, resorting, art and wine back in the early 1900s,” Patrick said Fox “helped us unearth some of the artifacts, stories and context of the Evans family who built the Jokake Inn.
“From that day on, we thought there would be a tremendous opportunity to partner on something,” he added.
Fox said the partnership has helped him promote his efforts to keep the history of the west alive outside of the museum’s walls.
“This has always been my mantra in helping museums develop in their communities – foster relationships that help share the information, knowledge, collections, and other resources with a broader community than merely the visitors who come to the museum,” he said.
“This is a tremendous opportunity being afforded in this relationship with an international corporation to meet and welcome, educate, excite, and entertain many new residents to the Western region and
get them to better understand and appreciate the American West,” Fox said.
One of the main ways that Replay Destinations plans to incorporate the artifacts is by housingthemt in a revolving exhibit within the Mountain Club.
The works will have several themes and also give residents a taste of the many exhibits on display at Scottsdale’s Museum of the West.
“We are anxious to introduce and energize the Ascent residents with the great themes of Western culture: integrity, optimism, perseverance, courage and creativity,” Fox said.
Within these themes, Patrick has noticed striking similarities between the Jokake Inn guests and the incoming homeowners that have put a down payment on a condominium at Ascent.
“When we really got to understand the history of the people and the guests that came to that inn in the early 1900s, we had a whole collection of artifacts and letters
that were written to the owners saying that the magic and the beauty of Camelback Mountain was why they came to visit the Jokake inn decades ago,” he said.
“It was very interesting to see that some of the letters and history of guests were similar to why people come to the desert today.”
It was for that reason that Patrick jumped at the opportunity to create the Ascent at the Phoenician.
“We’ve always wanted to do something special in the Scottsdale area,” he said, noting a parcel of land like that “does not come across a developer many times in our lifetime” in that it is “located adjacent to such a fantastic hotel property, at the base of an iconic mountain and right in the heart of Scottsdale.”
“It can’t be repeated,” he added.
Patrick believes the exhibits will motivate Ascent residents to see all the museums and art that Scottsdale has to offer.
“Our owners and guests will have a desire to be close to Fashion Square and Old Town and we think this will give them the opportunity to drive over quickly once they want to see new exhibits at the museum or show friends who come into town the museum,” he said.
Fox is equally excited about having new residents to invite into Scottsdale’s Museum of the West.
“Ascent at the Phoenician will add many new residents to the region which gives us a tremendous opportunity to ful�ill our mission and foster a relationship with the new residents of the new properties,” he said.
Patrick also reported that the Ascent at the Phoenician has received down payments on 25 of its 30 golf villas that will be completed by the spring 2022 deadline and there are plans to open sales on 40 additional condominium units in about a month.
Information: Ascentatthephoenician. com and scottsdalemuseumwest.org
Volunteer Gail Bavis and Wade Weber, director of education at the Museum of the West in Scottsdale, are excited about the possibility of drawing more people to the museum as a result of the artifacts that will be on loan to the Ascent at the Phoenician. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
Food & Drink
Cook & Craft �inds success though its staff
BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
Brandon Juniper has never been a fan of restaurants with unfriendly service or overbearing management.
As someone who has worked in the restaurant industry since age 15 – and has attended his fair share of bad restaurants – Juniper knew that if he ever opened his own eatery, he would do things differently.
When Juniper, along with two of his partners, opened Cook & Craft in February of 2020, he knew he wanted to create a space where everyone felt comfortable, including the staff.
“The vision here is that it starts with the staff, the friendly service and the friendly environment and then we pack it up with our product,” Juniper said. “We work as a team and we’re all like a little family here.”
Though Juniper has found success in his concept, he almost lost it all just weeks after Cook & Craft opened its doors.
Juniper admits he was blindsided by the onset of the pandemic and had to contemplate closing shop permanently or trying to “grind this out.”
He chose the latter and was able to make the most out of an initially scary situation. With the help of a manager, a bartender and a cook – all three whom he credits as key players in the restaurant’s survival –Juniper and Co. keep Cook & Craft alive by working sevenyeah. days a week preparing takeout orders for nearly three months.
When Juniper initially acquired the space, he was unsure if he would ever have a use for the building’s existing drive-thru window, but quickly found it perfect for takeout orders.
“When we took this over, I didn’t know what I was going to do with a drive-thru and having one turned out to be a blessing in disguise,” Juniper said with a smile.
After takeout orders helped Cook & Craft
weather the storm, Juniper was elated to allow customers back in the dining room to experience what makes the restaurant unique.
“We set ourselves apart by doing little
things,” Juniper said. “For instance, when we did takeout, we wanted to do something that set us apart. We put handwritten scrolls tied by a ribbon in every one of our to-go bags that will say something to show
our appreciation.”
Now that Cook & Craft has had around a year of experience serving hungry customers in house and via takeout, Juniper has noticed a change in trends.
“To this day we have a regular clientele just through takeout,” he said. “Now, after things have begun to open back up, we’re getting our takeout clientele in our restaurant and they’re so excited to see us and what we’re about.”
Some of the menu items that have excited customers have been the meatballs and hamburgers.
However, the most popular entree has been the meatloaf. Unlike traditional meatloaf, it is �inished on a grill to “add a nice char on the outside,” according to Juniper.
But meat isn’t the only thing on the menu. There are vegan and vegetarian options like a plant-based burger, gnocchi stuffed acorn squash, mac & cheese and cauli�lower wings.
Of course, Cook & Craft has a selection of craft beers from local breweries like Four Peaks, San Tan Brewing Company, State 48, College Street and many more.
Juniper takes pride in its diverse range of local beer and big-name brewing companies.
“We like to support as many local breweries as possible, but we’re not so stuck up in the craft beer world where we won’t carry beers like Coors Light,” Juniper said.
With an expansive beer menu, Juniper also is proud of his cocktail offerings.
“I wanted our craft cocktails to be a nice variety that have all the spirits along with good presentation,” he said.
With an expansive menu of beverages and cuisine, Juniper is prideful that “there is not a dead item on the menu.”
Cook & Craft is looking to keep things evolving by opening a second location in the High Street area sometime in October.
Info: cookandcraftaz.com
Brandon Juniper is one of the partners who opened Cook and Craft last year in Scottsdale a month before the pandemic struck. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
Bri Medina mixes a Magnifica margarita at Cook and Craft. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
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8-ZN-2020 (Hawkins - CSOK) Request by property owner for a zoning district map amendment from Commercial Office (C-O) to Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) on +/- 1 97 acres, and from Single-family Residential Planned Residential Development (R1-18 PRD) to Service Residential (S-R) on +/- 0.67 acres, and from Commercial Office (C-O) to Service Residential (S-R) on +/- 0 89 acres, and amending the development plan for the existing PRD to adjust lot size and setback requirements on +/- 1 48 acres, all representing portions of an overall +/- 5 01 gross acre site, located at the southwest corner of N 114th Street and E Shea Boulevard Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258 Applicant contact person is Brittnee Elliott, 208-908-5637
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