The Chandler Arizonan 10.30.22

Fundraising high in local board, LD12 races

BY KEN SAIN AND PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan News Staff

As candidates enter the final stretch be fore the Nov. 8 General Election, some in races for school board and legisla tive seats impacting northern and western Chandler have been helped by thousands of dollars in campaign support.

Voters in Legislative District 12 are picking the senator and two state House members who will represent them for the next two years as well as filling two seats on the gov erning boards for Kyrene, Tempe Union and Chandler Unified school districts.

Voters in Tempe Union also are being asked to weigh in on two capital spending overrides and a $100 million bond issue.

Not surprisingly, the most cash is going into – and being spent by – the campaigns in LD 12, where Republicans are trying to crack a district that has been all-blue for the last six years.

County Recorder data shows registered Republicans with 44,881 registered voters take a backseat to both the 51,376 voters registered as independents and 50,841 Dem ocrats.

But in the race for cash, LD 12 Republican

and Democrat candidate camps combined each have raised almost an equal amount of donations, according to their most recent available spending reports filed Oct. 15.

The three Republican candidates – Sen ate hopeful and Ahwatukee scientist David W. Richardson and termed-out Chandler Councilman Terry Roe and Chandler CPA Jim Chaston have raised a combined $306,844.

Democratic Senate hopeful and current state Rep. Mitzi Epstein of Tempe and House candidates Patty Contreras and Stacy Tra

These treats aren’t trickyTempers flare during Council NDO debates

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Chandler City Council on Oct. 24 began hammer ing out what a non-discrim ination ordinance (NDO) would look like and the heated discussion led to confrontations, accusations, some shouting and pleas to follow decorum.

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“I’m desperately trying to get through this meeting and you are desperately getting in the way of that,” Mayor Kevin Hartke told Councilman OD Harris. “I am

reaching the end of my patience, and I would appreciate it if you would show the respect and the decorum that we have shown you.”

Chandler is the largest city in Arizona without a NDO and Coun cil has been exploring how to im prove its Diversity, Equity and In clusion (DEI) for two years.

“What I don’t like is that peo ple are being discriminated in our ordinance in our city,” Harris said. “And we’re playing games

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Chickens could come to roost soon in Chandler

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

were multiple warnings to residents attending the Oct. 19 Chandler Planning & Zoning Com mission meeting: Yes, chickens were on the menu, um, agenda, but what com missioners could consider was very lim ited.

“So before you start, Lauren, with your presentation, I just want to make a note to the audience,” Chairman Rick Heu mann said. “That what is the commis sion’s purview tonight is really basically laying out what the definition of a chick en coop is. The fact that having chickens or not having chickens will be the pur view of the mayor and the council.”

Senior planner Lauren Schumann gave the same warning. So did a member of the city attorney’s staff.

So while there appeared to be more than a dozen citizens in the audience op posed to backyard chickens, commission members were not going to decide that

issue.

It will be up to City Council to decide if Chandler will join most of the cities in the Valley in allowing backyard chickens in residential areas. That vote is expect ed at its Nov. 10 meeting. It will likely be discussed at the Nov. 7 study session.

Councilmember Rene Lopez, whose term ends Jan. 12, pushed for the city to address this issue. According to city staff, only Chandler, Avondale and Glen dale do not allow chickens on residential lots. Chandler does allow chickens on large lots that are zoned for agriculture.

There was an attempt to allow back yard chickens in 2013. The P&Z Com mission then recommended adopting the change, but it was ultimately voted down at the City Council on a 4-3 vote.

Staff decided the best way to change city ordinances this time was to change the code under animals, not buildings. Therefore, it basically took the issue out of Planning & Zoning’s hands.

The one area where P&Z would still

be involved is chicken coops. Anyone who wants to put chickens in their back yards must have one. So commissioners worked out their definition for a coop and what it would mean for residents to build one.

Here is what they decided:

• The coop must be at least 5 feet from the edge of the homeowner’s prop erty. This is to provide a buffer to neighbors.

• A chicken coop would not count as an accessory building so long as it is not too large. This is similar to how the city considers small tool or storage sheds. Any coop that exceeds 7 feet in height, or a 120 square feet in size, would be considered an accessory building and would require a per mit to build. Residents are allowed only one accessory building on their property.

• Runways for the chickens would be considered part of the coop, so they will count against the 120 square feet

limit.

• Most of the discussion among the commissioners was about coops that are taller than the fences that separate properties. They decided to recommend that coops could not be taller than the fence line. If they are, then they would be considered an accessory building.

Heumann pushed for this change to what staff had recommended, saying neighbors don’t want to see chicken coops. Two commissioners voted against his revision, saying it might be unfair to people who have a 4-foot tall fence.

“If I lived next to them, I don’t want to have to look at them, and that’s my point,” Heumann said.

Commissioner Michael Quinn point ed out most neighborhood fences are about 6-foot tall and that by adopting the change it creates different rules for different neighbors.

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Chandler doctor makes a mission of mercy to Ukraine

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Onetrip was all it took for a Chan dler doctor.

Dr. Andrew Villa said when you’re exposed to the harsh conditions in other nations, it’s almost impossible not to want to do all you can to help peo ple.

Villa recently returned from a Septem ber trip to the war-torn nation. It is the fourth time he has been there. He’s also gone to Africa and Central America, the Philippines and others.

“Once you go, you understand,” Vil la said after returning from Ukraine. “I mean, we have nothing to really com plain about here. We have our own is sues, for sure.

“But, once you go to other parts of the world and see how other people live and the things that they tolerate, or don’t have access to … once you do it, it chang es your heart.”

Villa said many of the doctors in Ukraine fled the country when Russia invaded in February. Most of those who didn’t are caring for the troops fighting to retake parts of their nation from Rus sia.

That leaves a lot of Ukrainian citizens who are not getting basic health care. He and others, including his wife Renee, tried to fill that need by volunteering to see patients for two weeks.

He was there as part of a Global Care Force team. That’s a new name for an

organization that was founded as COVID Care Force in 2020.

With the pandemic winding down, the doctors who joined forces to help battle the coro navirus are expanding their focus.

The group now wants to bring high-quality medical care to under-resourced com munities.

Villa said many of the pa tients he cared for in Ukraine suffered from what you would expect in a nation at war.

“We did diabetes, hyperten sion, a lot of depression, PTSD, as you can imagine,” Villa said.

“It’s pretty heartbreaking, the stories that you see and hear. What they’ve been through is crazy.”

Villa and others started at the border in Belarus and worked their way down from north to south until they reached Odessa next to the Black Sea.

Chandler physician Andrew Villa of New Horizons Wom en’s Care recently returned from a trip with the nonprofit Global Care Force to Ukraine, where he and other doctors provided medical care to people in areas where the on going war with Russia has created a shortage of doctors. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

“We went to areas that were badly affected by the war,” Villa said. “And there were other areas where life has gone on reasonably as normal.”

Many of the patients he saw had not had any medical care available for the past six months. Some needed their prescriptions refilled. Many just needed mental health care to deal with the con flict.

“Depression, PTSD, they just need some body to talk to,” Villa said. “One of the docs that came was from out side of Albany, New York — family doctor, super awesome guy — and he brought a little medita tion sheet, to teach you kind of how to meditate and relax, etc. And so we

had it transcribed into Ukrainian and we handed that thing out and taught that hundreds of times.”

Villa said he was unsure if he should bring his wife on this trip.

“I tried to leave her at the Polish bor der, because I didn’t know what to ex pect,” he said. “We went there with body armor and helmets, just in case.

“We never wore them because we felt reasonably safe. She’s a musician by training, classical musician, but she served as my pharmacist, because when you go, it’s all-hands-on-deck.”

Villa, who specializes in women’s health when in Chandler, said they were well taken care of while working in Ukraine. They stayed at nice places and ate great food.

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Chandler vets panel finally finds its footing

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

year ago. It took a while,

the commission is ready to be part of the community.

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Bass said the commission decided to fo cus on three events they wanted to do. The first was something for Veterans Day.

“We’re going to keep it relatively sim ple, especially since this is our first ma jor event,” Dalpe said. “I mean we can have all sorts of things go in here and go in there but those tend to fail. Simple is better.”

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of it was we had to learn how to deal with the city,” said Bob Dalpe, who chairs the commission. “The city moves slow.

Dalpe said that he and some friends were able to put together an event last year in three days. He said he learned government doesn’t work that fast.

“Also you get the open meeting law. If four of us get together and decisions are made, we break the law. I’m not going to jail for a volunteer gig.”

Andy Bass, the deputy city manager and primary liaison for the commission, said it wasn’t until May that the group of seven found its footing.

“It’s fun to have a brand-new com

mission, but you have to formalize as a group, you have to team build, and then you formalize what you’re about,” Bass said.

At the May summit, both Dalpe and

The second event is a veterans’ town hall. They want to bring in veterans from the area to hear what their concerns are. A date for that has not been scheduled.

The final event will likely take place in May. Dalpe said they want to recognize high school seniors who have chosen to enter military service. They also want to honor those who are retiring from mili tary service.

Bass said they view it as a mentoring opportunity, where those who are about to serve can learn from those who are

Bob Dalpe, chairman of Chandler Military and Veteran’s Affairs Commission, is standing in the Field of Honor at Veterans Oasis Park, ready to mark Veterans Day. (David Minton/ Arizonan Staff Photographer)

Planning Administrator Kevin Mayo said the change would also add challeng es to enforcement. Currently any struc ture that exceeds 7 feet would require a permit. This change would mean some coops below 7 feet would need a per mit, but it would depend on the height of their fence.

Schumann, the senior planner, said the city has been collecting feedback on backyard chickens starting in June. Most of the feedback came in via the city’s website. There were 185 comments sub mitted and 130 were in favor of back yard chickens, Schumann said. Only 39 were against.

She also showed a map where those people lived.

“As you can see, we’ve had an over whelming support for backyard chick ens within North Chandler in the non HOA subdivision,” Schumann said.

South Chandler resident Les Minkus spoke against allowing backyard chick ens. More than a dozen people gave up their time so Minkus could speak in depth about why the group opposes al lowing backyard chickens in Chandler. Usually, residents only get three min utes to make their case. Heumann gave Minkus 15 minutes.

“As you know, this is deja vu for me be cause it was nine years ago at this time that I stood in front of this chamber and argued the same situation, that the city does not have the interest, and the vot ers do not have the interest in having backyard chickens,” Minkus said.

He said allowing chickens on smaller properties is not a good idea.

“You got a substan tial, terrible nuisance that is going to be cre ated for neighbors and others around them,” Minkus said.

He argued backyard chickens will make too much noise, disturbing their neighbors. He said there are many exam ples of chickens escap ing the backyards and getting into neighbor hoods. They also attract predators, like hawks, coyotes, and racoons.

Minkus said they are a health risk because many can become in fected with bird diseas es that might migrate to humans. He also argued it was putting more work on the code en forcement department.

This map shows where residents who made comments in favor (yellow dots) and against (blue dots) a Chan dler ordinance that would allow residents to keep chickens in their backyard. The brown areas of the map indicate homeowners associations, which likely will not allow backyard chickens. (City of Chandler)

City councilmembers were clear, they do not want the police to deal with chicken complaints, it would be up to code enforcement. Chicken op ponents have argued code enforcement is struggling to fulfill its current mis sion, and adding another major item like chicken enforcement would make mat ters worse.

Shumann said that the experience of

other Valley cities that allow backyard chickens is that there are relatively few complaints about them.

Minkus said they have collected more than 300 signatures on a petition to keep backyard chickens out of Chandler.

He also argued that the current Coun cil should not be deciding a controver sial issue, pointing out two new mem

bers will be joining on Jan. 12. Angel Encinas and Jane Poston will be sworn in on that date, replacing Lopez and Vice Mayor Terry Roe.

“It would not be fair to residents for them to go out, spend a lot of money on coops and everything, just to have the next Council possibly reverse the deci sion,” Minkus said.

leaving service. Dalpe said he’d like to hold it at the Chandler Center for the Arts, but they haven’t begun any plan ning on that event yet.

Dalpe said he entered military service when he was 19 in 1978 “to get away from my family.”

His former girlfriend had suggested the Navy, which he dismissed. However, when he arrived at the military recruit ing stations, he gave it another thought. He said he immediately ruled out joining the Army or Marines because they spend too much time in dirt.

“I don’t want to be those people, they catch bullets,” he said.

He ultimately chose the Air Force because the recruiting poster for the Navy showed a lonely aircraft carrier surrounded by ocean. He suspected the off-duty time was no fun.

“I said to myself, ‘Self, I want my ... freedoms, beer and European women, when I get off of work,’” Dalpe said. “So that’s really why I went to the Air Force.”

He worked as a weather forecaster and served in Saudi Arabia during Des ert Storm. He retired from the military in 1993.

“It was good for me,” Dalpe said. “I got to see Europe, spent time in the Caribbe an. The job itself was interesting. I may not have always been the best military personnel in the world. Don’t ask me to attack hills without giving me a good reason. It was an interesting experience.”

Bass said he thinks the commission is on the right track.

“Overall, I’ve been impressed,” he said. “There is a unity to try and make a differ ence, to try to have an impact.”

He went to work in the corporate world, but wanted to stay active in veter ans affairs. He has become an advocate, including advising state legislators. He

was the one pushing the mayor and city council to create a veterans commission in Chandler. He said Councilman Matt Orlando – himself a veteran – helped make it happen.

“We expect more events in the fu ture,” Dalpe said. “This is our first year. So we’ve had some teething issues, but we’re getting certain parts down. I’m sure whoever my replacement is in the future will have some terrific ideas.”

If you go

Celebrating veterans’ service Veterans Appreciation Breakfast

When: 8:30-to-10:30 a.m., Nov. 4

Where: Chandler Community Center, 125 E. Commonwealth Avenue Cost: Free

Veterans Day

When: 7-to-8 p.m., Nov. 11

Where: Veterans Oasis Park, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road Cost: Free

Chandler’s Field of Honor offers

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vers, both Ahwatukee residents – have raised a combined $306,214.

Epstein, who has been in the House since, is hoping to succeed Sen. Sean Bowie, who decided not to run again. Her jump to the Senate and a decision by Jen nifer Jermaine to become the uncontested candidate for the San Marcos Justice Court left both House seats up for grabs.

In LD12, Epstein and Chaston are neck and neck in the race for cash. Epstein has raised $169,120 and spent $38,262 while Chaston reported donations total ing $163,062 and expenditures totaling $118,661.

Richardson, running against Epstein, raised $54,939 and has so far spent $33,852.

Roe raised $88,893 and spent $23,660. Travers has raised $72,080 and spent $32,304 and Contreras raised $65,014 and spent $47,549.

Governing boards

Among school-related campaigns, by far the biggest fund raiser is the Yes Support Our Schools, which is pushing for passage of Tempe Union’s $100 million bond is sue and overrides to both its capital bud get and its District Additional Assistance budget. The latter covers smaller capital spending such as curriculum technology.

The PAC reported raising $43,630 and spending $8,580.

Among the three local governing board races, on the other hand, the three can didates running in Tempe Union – in cumbent Andres Barraza of Tempe and challengers Amanda Steele and Stephan Kingsley, both Ahwatukee residents –have raised and spent the least.

Barraza filed a report that basically shows his campaign finance activity is so low it fell beneath the minimum state law requirement for filing financial state ments. Kinglsey reported raising $2,775 and spending $1,175 while Steele report ed donations totaling $4,855 and expen ditures totaling $3,215.

In Kyrene, the cash is flowing somewhat more freely.

The big winner in fundraising is Ah watukee educator Triné Nelson, who has raised a whopping $10,915 and spent $3,817.

Board President Kevin Walsh of Tem pe raised $6,750 and spent $2,989 so far while Ahwatukee resident and former

teacher Kristi Ohman has reported raising $3,566 and spending $4,115.

The largest collective amount of cam paign dollars is in the five-way race for two Chandler Unified board seats.

In Chandler Unified, Charlotte Golla, one of five candidates, is getting campaign support from people outside of Arizona.

Golla reported 19 people who live out side of the state contributed $50 or more to her campaign.

“I was born and raised in Rhode Island and my parents have been in Vero Beach, Florida for 20 years,” Golla said. “I had my family members in both Rhode Island and Florida email fundraising appeals on my behalf.”

Golla raised the most of any of the candi dates as she battles incumbent Lara Brun er as well as political newcomers Marilou Estes, Kurt Rohrs and Patti Serrano.

Golla reported raising more than $22,000 for this campaign. Bruner was next highest with nearly $7,200, followed by Rohrs at more than $6,500, Serrano at $5,200 and Estes at close to $3,900.

Serrano’s numbers are from the second quarter. It appears she has not filed a third quarter report.

Both Golla and Rohrs earned the en dorsement of Purple for Parents, a group that formed to oppose the Red for Ed movement of the past few years. They tout parental rights and opposed mask mandates.

Save Our Schools, the political group that came from the Red for Ed movement, endorsed Estes and Serrano. The Chan dler Chamber of Commerce endorsed Bruner and Golla.

Golla had the most cash left entering the final weeks at nearly $5,800. She said she intended to repay a $3,000 loan she made to her campaign in the early days with most of that.

Lawyers representing the Arizona Dem ocratic Party filed a complaint against Rohrs with the Secretary of State, alleging he accepted an illegal contribution from the Republican Party.

The LD 17 Republican Party contrib uted $500 to his campaign. State statute limits parties to contributing only to the campaigns of their nominees. A school board race is non-partisan.

Rohrs said the contribution was legal.

“I checked with the Maricopa County Elections office before reporting the do nation,” Rohrs said. “They were okay with it.”

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[with] numbers. I don’t like that. I want to live in a city where I can walk down the street and not be discriminated on. That’s what I want.”

A non-discrimination ordinance would allow employees and customers to file complaints if they believe they are being discriminated against because they are a member of a protected class.

There are federal and state laws that protect many of those classes already, but not all of them. The ordinance the city is looking at would include sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran status, which are not protected now.

The clock is running out on the cur rent council as Vice Mayor Terry Roe’s and Rene Lopez’s terms end in January. The current council has not been eager to pass a NDO, with only Harris and Matt Orlando supporting one.

Roe and Lopez are being replaced by Angel Encinas and Jane Poston, who both said they support passing a NDO. If the vote to pass one is not there now, it likely will be after Jan. 12 when they are sworn in.

That context might explain why the Oct. 24 work session became so con frontational. The current council was ac cused of trying to pass a toothless NDO to prevent the next one from passing a measure with more teeth.

“If we have to wait for the next coun cil, because two new council members got elected on this issue, I’ll wait,” Or lando said. “If we can’t get there, we’ll wait three months. The last thing I want to do, councilmembers, is to usurp two new councilmembers who ran on this in the election … and come back and fix it because they feel strongly another way.”

City Attorney Kelly Schwab outlined what a Chandler NDO would look like, based on previous comments from council members.

It would prohibit discrimination, ha rassment, and retaliation based on actu al or perceived race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orienta tion, gender identity, veteran status, dis ability, marital status or familial status.

It would cover all city contractors, vendors, and consultants. It would also provide equity in employment and plac es of public accommodation.

In cases where there are existing laws and regulations, the city would forward

complaints to the appropriate body.

For example, if someone claims they did not get a job because of their race, their case would go to the Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commission.

There would be exemptions.

Nonprofit private clubs, such as the YMCA, would be exempt. So would re ligious organizations or people holding bona fide religious views.

The City of Chandler is exempt be cause it already has its own rules pro hibiting discrimination. Businesses that give senior discounts would still be able to do so and not be forced to give every one those discounts.

The biggest point of contention was for a small business exemption.

Schwab had proposed businesses with five or fewer employees being exempt. Councilman Mark Stewart suggested they should go with the Chamber of Commerce’s definition of a small busi ness and make it 500 or fewer. Roe sug gested they use the number the federal government used during the pandemic of 50 or fewer.

“Five, 50, it should be none,” Harris shouted. “No one should have the abil ity to do this. Nobody. I don’t care how big or how small they are, no one should discriminate on nobody.”

Chandler’s economic development of fice lists two dozen companies that em ploy 500 or more people in the city. The Chandler Chamber of Commerce says there are 28 that employ that many.

Most companies of that size, like the city, already have their own policies to prohibit discrimination.

Council members backing a higher ex

emption number said they did not want to burden small businesses with legal matters, especially because some com plaints may have no merit.

“I thought a mom or pop organization was not in the best position, so I’m the one that threw that in there,” said Hart ke, who suggested an exemption for five or fewer employees. “I just thought it would be something that a very small company is not equipped to address.”

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce, which looks out for business interests, is one of the groups that have been calling for a non-discrimination ordinance.

There were more disagreements when discussing penalties as well.

Councilwoman Christine Ellis said she thought mandatory training was enough.

Schwab had proposed public censure and suspension or debarment for city contracts for a period of three years.

Hartke asked Schwab to craft a pro posed ordinance that would focus on training and not include public cen sure. He left open the debarment, which would mean a city contractor found to be discriminating would not be awarded any city contracts for three years.

Schwab had begun the discussion on a NDO speaking about how it has played out in the nine Arizona cities that have passed one. They are Flagstaff, Glendale, Mesa, Phoenix, Sedona, Scottsdale, Tem pe, Tucson, and Winslow.

She said that most complaints get worked out before reaching the final step of the process, which involves pen alties. Only one case went that far, and that was appealed to the Arizona Su

preme Court.

The court ultimately decided against the City of Phoenix and for the business, saying it had a right to religious exemp tion when it had refused to print wed ding invitations for a same-sex couple.

There was even a disagreement on what to call the ordinance.

Harris said they could give it a new name, but everyone would still call it the non-discrimination ordinance.

Stewart said that title had a punitive feel. He suggested the title should be the “Chandler Embraces Diversity Ordi nance.”

Harris offered a compromise: “Chan dler Embraces Diversity, Equity and In clusion.” The other members did not go for that.

It did not appear a final decision was made.

Harris said he felt he had been under mined during the entire process. Some of his colleagues disagreed with him.

The next step is for Schwab and her staff to work out the actual code chang es based on the feedback they received from Council. They will then put it on an agenda at a future meeting for their con sideration.

“I’m glad conversations are taking place,” said Eduarda Schroder, who is president of Chandler Pride, a LGBTQ+ rights group.

“I’m with Councilmember Harris when he says you should not be discriminat ing,” Schroder said. “As described in the meeting today, the businesses wouldn’t be penalized in anyway, they wouldn’t even be censured. That’s another thing that I disagree with.”

(Left) Councilman OD Harris pushed for tougher ordinance. (Center) Councilman Mark Stewart favored exempting more businesses.

(Right) Mayor Kevin Hartke got annoyed with Councilman OD Harris. (YouTube)

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BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

The Chandler Planning & Zoning Commission is recommending the City Council approve a large project that essentially welcomes folks to downtown and a mixed-use devel opment that combines nine businesses with a home on top of each.

The District Downtown would be lo cated on nearly 45 acres at the south west corner of Arizona Avenue and Pe cos, just north of the Loop 202 freeway. It would contain a wide range of build ings, including apartments, a hotel and retail and office space.

McQueen Live Work is much smaller in scale, sitting on about an acre and a half at the city’s northeast border with Gilbert. However, it would be only the second vertical mixed-use property. The plan calls for nine businesses, each with a house built on top of their busi ness.

Here is a more detailed look at both projects, which still must be approved by the City Council.

The District Downtown

About 800 apartments would be built in two phases around a parking garage in the middle, making it easier for peo ple to get to their homes.

The hotel would have 180 rooms.

There are four office buildings planned, two with two stories, one with four stories and the largest at six sto ries. Those could change depending on market conditions.

The two two-story office buildings and one of the apartment buildings would be the first built. There are 11 retail buildings planned, only two of which would be drive-thru restaurants.

There are two mixed-use buildings planned near the hotel. They would most likely be retail on the ground level, and office space upstairs. However, the

developer has the flexibility to adjust to whatever the market conditions are at that time.

One of the new features added to

the plan is a splash pad between retail buildings. The developer says they will use high-end products and a quality de sign, including plenty of shaded walk ways for pedestrians.

“I think you hit it right at the end of the presentation,” Planning & Zoning Chairman Rick Heumann told senior planner Lauren Schumann.

“I think this is a link to the downtown – it’s come so long, so far, in the last 15 years or so. … I think just taking special care to make sure that’s it’s outstanding in terms of aesthetics and materials and all that, I think you’ve nailed that.”

McQueen Live Work

City officials say there is only one current place where a business owner can wake up in his bed, then after their morning routine, head downstairs and open up their shop. That would be the Crossing at Gila Springs at the corner of Gila Springs and Chandler boulevards.

This project would double that. Mc Queen Live Work is located on McQueen, just north of Warner Road. The develop er is proposing nine homes/businesses. There would be a two-car garage be hind the business on the ground floor and separate entrances to the homes.

They would be built in two buildings, with a pedestrian breezeway between them. The conceptual plans show a false front on the second level of the front of the buildings, making them look con nected from the street.

The floor plans show each home would have three bedrooms, however the description only promises two bed rooms and two bathrooms. The square footage for the business area is about 700. The home area is about 1,200 square feet.

(Above) The District Downtown project would have 800 apartments and include a splash pad amid the retail component of the development. (Below) The McQueen Live Work project has nine businesses,

with

home on top. (City of Chandler)

School club collecting sneakers

The Santan Junior High Booster Club is raising money for additional sun shades for the students by collecting old sneak ers for recycling. Club President Rebec ca Haag Guyne said the next collection – 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the school, 1550 E. Chandler Heights Blvd. –“costs nothing, keeps athletic shoes out of landfills, and reduces toxic chemicals from being released into our air and soil.” The group already has collected 61 large bags filled with over 600 pairs of sneak ers. (Special to the Arizonan)

CUSD takes new steps on student mental health

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

how it’s handling mental

issues, the Chandler Uni fied Governing Board took steps to ad dress the issue.

The board approved contracts with three firms to provide mental health ser vices for students. They will also provide support for the district’s mental health professionals and parents.

The firms are The Hope Institute of America, LLC; Lighthouse Wellhealth; and Southwest Behavioral and Health Services.

However, there are still some un knowns. Traditionally when the district approves a contract, there is a maximum cost included, but not in this case.

Stephanie Ingersoll, the district’s ex ecutive director for marketing and com munications, said the cost will be deter mined based on student needs.

She also said officials are still figur ing out which firm will be working with which grades or schools.

Superintendent Frank Narducci said earlier this year the district intends to spend about $5 million to bolster its mental health services. That was in re sponse to an increase in teen suicides involving CUSD students, including three

in a 10-day period in May.

Another student died by suicide about two weeks into this school year.

The suicides prompted the formation of Arizona Students for Mental Health. They have sent speakers to most of the Governing Board meetings since June, and led a walkout at Chandler and Ham ilton high schools on Sept. 29.

The district also held a town hall last week to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health.

“Due to the mental health services needed district wide, it was determined that awarding multiple vendors would be the most advantageous to the district to meet the needs of our students,” Nar ducci said.

A request for proposals had gone out and the district notified 335 vendors of its intent. Seven vendors applied. The district put together a panel of seven evaluators to look at the firms and they scored each. Contracts were awarded to the top three.

The contract is for one year with an op tion to renew for up to four years. Inger soll said this is a starting point, and the district plans to reevaluate how the pro grams are working and adjust as needed. She said there is no starting date yet. The district is contacting each of the three firms to work out next steps.

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BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Chandler Unified School District students’ performance on stan dard tests show their achieve ment on average is close to pre-pan demic levels.

The district’s Governing Board took an in-depth look at its statewide as sessment results at the Oct. 19 meeting.

Those results took a steep decline during the pandemic, as students stayed home and switched to online learning. But it appears that decline is over.

About 58% of CUSD students were proficient in English language arts last year. That was up 2% from 2021 and only down 1% from the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

In math, CUSD students were 53% proficient last year, an increase of 4% over 2021. There was no testing in 2020. CUSD students tested at 58% proficient in 2019 before COVID-19.

Those numbers were significantly higher than the state averages of 40% for English language arts and 33% for math.

“No surprise: we always are outper forming the state, right?” said Dr. Jes sica Fletcher, the district’s executive director of accountability, assessment and research. “But what is really im portant that I want us to focus on is given we’re returning from a pandem ic, our (English Language Arts) results are only 1% away from 2019, which are pre-pandemic.

“We did make some great strides in math, we moved from 49% to 53%. But

we still have a 5% return that we need to get back to those pre-COVID profi ciency rates.”

Chandler Unified continues to rank among the best in Arizona among pub lic schools. Higley and Scottsdale had the highest proficiency in the state in math, both at 57%. Neither is as large at Chandler.

Queen Creek was the only other dis trict higher than Chandler with 54% in math proficiency. That district has fewer than 11,000 students. Scottsdale has about 22,000 and Higley has about 13,000.

Chandler Unified has more than dou ble each of them with about 45,000 stu dents. Only Mesa Unified, with about 64,000 students, is larger. Mesa scored 33% in math proficiency and 39% in English language arts.

In English language arts, only Scott sdale and Higley tested better than Chandler at 62% and 60% respectively. Deer Valley Unified had the same 58% as Chandler did.

“Despite those improvements, though, you’ll notice we are still not to pre-pandemic proficiency rates,” Fletcher said. “The good news is we are still continuing to improve in math. We know that it’s not a one-year tackle and we’re done and we move on. So we are continuing in a math focus.”

The results were broken down by grades and there was a sharp drop among middle school students. Fletch er said that is seen statewide and said it’s probably caused by many factors,

7 fell to 59% and 42%, respec tively. Grade 8 scored even worse at

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the math test. Asian students scored highest among race/ethnicity in both tests.

Fletcher said the district improved

overall in both English language arts and math. Several of the racial sub groups have returned to pre-pandemic levels. And CUSD continues to outper form the state by grade and subgroup level on both tests.

“Not surprisingly, we need to contin

ue to work to close gaps between all of our subgroups, programs,” Fletcher said. “So race, ethnicity, and then male, female. And because our results have not yet returned us to pre-pandemic for math, overall, the district will con tinue with a focus on math.”

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City strikes deal for

KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

MattOrlando is praising his fellow Chandler City Council members for holding firm and finally get ting exactly what they want in a major development in the center of town.

“I’m glad we stuck together on this,” Orlando said during the Oct. 24 study session. “We actually said to the devel oper, ‘Look, you could do this: you could buy this piece of property, but you’ve got to give the residents something back from a long-term perspective.’”

The development is One Chandler, to be built around the Jack in the Box at the southeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard.

The mix-use plan includes space for retail and offices, plus multi-family housing. There would be 290 housing units, 13,000 square feet of office space, and 16,000 square feet for retail on the ground floor. The Jack in the Box restau rant in the middle of the currently empty lot would remain.

downtown multi-use project

Owens, the city’s redevelopment spe cialist for downtown. “Chandler Boule vard is the gateway to our downtown. So we’re thrilled to be working with such wonderful partners to deliver a project that’s worthy of that corner.”

Owens said the city has been trying for two decades to get a full block develop ment done in that space.

“When we had the opportunity to do so in August … Council gave us direction to pursue a development agreement ne gotiation with Jackson Dearborn part ners to make that nearly whole black development possible.

Orlando said it took a lot of patience to get to this point, but in the end the city got what it wanted out of this project.

The developer, Jackson Dearborn Part ners, initially wanted to build only 126 multi-family housing units, with about 3,500 square feet for retail on their part of that lot. The city is selling the devel oper the other half of the lot for the ap

praised value of $2.94 million.

That will allow them to build a bigger project. The developer has two years to start construction. The project must be completed within 54 months of the agreement becoming final, which is ex pected to happen in February.

The entire project must still go through the usual procedures, includ ing a review by the planning staff, pub lic hearings, Planning & Zoning Board review before it could get final approval by Council. Changes to the plan could be made along the way.

The city owns the portion of the lot starting behind the Jack in the Box south to Buffalo Street. Jackson Dearborn owns the northern half of the lot on Chandler Boulevard.

The city has the right to buy back the prop erty it is selling if Jack son Dearborn Partners is unable to fulfill the agreement.

“We understand that this is a very important intersection in down town,” said John Carter

“Like you said, we’ve been working for over 20 years,” Orlando said. “There’s been a lot of proposals come out … some good, some bad. They never really had the money and financing. I’m glad coun cil and staff stuck together and made sure that we got a retail element, and the office element.”

Adding retail brings more jobs to the city, officials said, and will generate more tax dollars. Orlando indicated the city could have just put apartments on that space years ago, but held out for more.

“What’s in it for the city,” Orlando said. “Apartments are great, multifami ly is great. But the key is we need retail to keep paying for those police officers, firefighters and other services. And the key is we need the places for businesses to grow

expand our community.”

Developer Jackson

BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Arizonan Staff Writer

Theorganization that built the $280 million, 320-acre youth and amateur sports complex known as Bell Bank Park in southeast Mesa is in default of its loan that covered the proj ect.

A formal notice issued Oct. 18 by bond trustee OMB Bank to investors states that Legacy has missed monthly pay ments on interest and principal, failed to submit audits and financial statements, and has unpaid construction company liens on the property.

Over the summer, at least 10 subcon tractors that worked on the project filed liens totaling millions of dollars against the property owner for non-payment for services, according to the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office.

Legacy Cares doesn’t own the land, but leases it from Pacific Proving LLC, a joint venture between William Levine and Ar turo Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels MLB baseball team.

Levine and Moreno were partners in the billboard company Outdoor Sys tems, which they sold to Infinity Broad casting for $8.7 billion in 1999. Pacific Proving purchased 1,800 acres of the General Motors testing facility, which has provided land for Mesa’s tremen dous expansion in the southeast.

Liens make the 320-acre property difficult to sell or mortgage, and one of the terms of Legacy’s lease with Pacific Proving is that no liens be allowed on the property for more than 20 days – a time frame that has long passed.

Executives for Legacy Cares told the Tribune on Sept. 14 there was no danger of the facility defaulting on its loans, say ing, “We’re right on track in the fall and winter heading into a position where we don’t anticipate having any shortfalls whatsoever.”

On Oct. 4, though, the trustee in formed Legacy that conditions exist for a “default,” including the failure to make its monthly loan payments. After manag ers for the sports complex failed to re solve the conditions, the trustee issued the notification and called a meeting of bondholders for Oct. 25.

Stephen Griffin, a whistleblower in

Rhode Island who is a former executive and investor in a failed youth sports company in Boston, has been predicting trouble for Bell Bank Park since Septem ber.

Griffin, an accountant for major firms before becoming an investor, doesn’t think the Mesa project is capable of gen erating the revenue needed to cover its current obligations.

He said the revenue potential and economic benefits of destination sports facilities like Bell Bank Park have been over-hyped to communities across the country.

That’s also been true in the East Val ley, where Mesa and Queen Creek offi cials have been especially enthusiastic about the park and its future potential as a magnet for visitors to their munic ipalities. Although some Gilbert officials were concerned about the park’s impact on the town’s Cactus Park sports venue, they too took a broader favorable view of its tourist potential.

Griffin pointed out that a similar sports complex in Indiana, the 400-acre Grand Park, was recently appraised for just $85 million.

Griffin said in his experience the youth sports market is “a mom and pop indus try” that’s “impossible to do at scale.”

“The destination youth sports com plex concept is a bubble,” he said.

He said when he heard about the proj

ect and looked into it, he was surprised Bell Bank Park was financed with mu nicipal bonds, and he thought the 7.5% interest rates offered were “really high

for bonds.”

It all seemed too good to be true.

Having read the loan documents “five

times,” Griffin believes there are omis sions and distortions in Legacy Cares’ sales pitch “meant to excite bondhold ers.”

Griffin said he is providing information to the Securities and Exchange Commis sion about Legacy Cares. He shared an email exchange with the Tribune show ing communication with Rebecca Olsen, deputy chief of the SEC’s Public Finance Abuse Unit.

A spokesman for the SEC said the agency “does not comment on the exis tence or nonexistence of a possible in vestigation.”

Griffin said the notice of default and bondholder meeting could likely be the start of “a very complicated, messy, liti gious situation for the next 12 months.”

He said that a possible next step in the default process is bondholders could hire an outside consultant to manage the facility.

If the principals of Legacy Cares and Legacy Sports, the for-profit group that manages the facility, resisted giving up control, it could unleash a “hornets’ nest

of lawyers and litigation.”

Legacy Cares did not respond to a re quest for comment before press time, but the organization may be seeking a way out by refunding the bonds, or find ing new investors who will put up the capital to cover the current bonds and loan to Legacy under new terms.

On Oct. 5, Legacy notified bondhold ers of a potential “refunding and defea sance of all or a portion of the Bonds by defeasance, redemption, open market purchase and/or exchange.”

Griffin said it might be difficult to find new investors, saying that in addition to possible concerns about revenue poten tial of the project, the investors would be on the hook for paying the interest through at least 2027, increasing the cost of taking over the debt.

There are also millions in contractors’ liens on the property that have to be tak en care of before proceeding.

Most of the contractors that filed liens with the county this summer are based in Phoenix or other Valley cities, and most of the lien amounts are in the high six figures, several over $1 million.

For example, Kearney Electric in Phoe

nix filed a lien for $1 million on July 21 and Siteworks Landscape Development filed a lien for $826,000 on the same day.

As its troubles have mounted, Legacy Cares has also gotten pushback from athletes and their families.

Under pressure from its bondholders to maximize revenue, the facility has started collecting parking fees Friday through Sunday. It also enforces prohi bitions on outside food and beverages, except water.

Some visitors to Bell Bank Park have complained in online reviews about having to pay for parking and admission to see their children play in addition to tournament fees, as well as paying for food and beverage in the venue.

One sentiment is that visitors are be ing “nickeled and dimed” and not getting a return on value for the fees.

Bell Bank Park has a two-star rating out of five on review website Yelp. The rating is 3.4 on Google, but several re cent viewers have savaged the facility for the fees.

“They charge $5 per vehicle per day to park in their dirt lot,” one poster wrote. “This place is at the ends of the earth in

Mesa, why is there a charge to park?”

Whatever the outcome of Legacy Cares’ default and upcoming bondhold ers’ meeting, a statement Griffin posted in early September to kick off his whis tleblowing campaign is resonating to day.

“Whoever said municipal bonds are boring has never been to Mesa, Arizona. Stay tuned – this story is incredible,” he wrote.

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Rent in the Valley isn’t the only thing that’s seeing a steady in crease.

The number of eviction cases in Mar icopa County justice Courts also has been rising.

“Eviction filings continue to rise,” Maricopa County Justice Courts spokes man Scott Davis reported last week.

September marked the third consec utive month “where filings are high er than they have been since October 2008,” he said.

In October 2008, justice courts in Maricopa County took in 6,975 eviction cases. Last month, 6,685 eviction cases were filed.

But the big difference between then and now is the size of judgments filed against tenants who are evicted.

“So far in 2022 the average judgment against tenants just rose to $3,337.50. In 2008 it was $1,750.58,” Davis said. “As I usually point out, not only was the pop ulation different then, but so was the economy.”

But the difference in the size of judg ments is not just a matter of a difference between 14 years.

“In 2019, the first full year before the pandemic, the average judgment was $1,976.81,” Davis said.

“Judges who hear eviction cases say a small portion of the increase is due to landlords catching up from the pandem ic on past amounts due, but mostly it relates to the higher lease amounts that tenants pay.”

Rents have risen dramatically across the country and tenants in the Valley are among the hardest hit.

Rents in the Phoenix are more than 45% higher than they were last year, and increased on average by more than $700 in the past year, according to some reports.

Other reports say that between 2016 and 2021, average rent in the Valley soared by 80%.

That partly explains not only why many existing multifamily complexes across the region have been sold for twice what the seller paid for them with in a matter of two to four years, but it also explains a significant increase in the

After the pandemic-related ban on evic tions, court cases against tenants, generally related to nonpayment of rent have been steadily increasing in Maricopa County, es pecially over the last three months. (Maricopa County Justice Courts)

number of building permits that have been issued in the past year for new apartment projects.

Last week, Mayor Kate Gallego noted at the end of the City Council meeting that on Oct. 12 alone, Council approved zoning changes for projects with a total 2,187 new apartments.

A third trend in eviction cases involves

a relatively new state law that requires justice courts to seal the details of an eviction case under certain circumstanc es.

David said that as of Oct. 6, sealed cas es stood at 248 after the law went into effect only two weeks earlier.

“That is unprecedented and due di rectly to HB2485,” he said.

The new law requires that an eviction case be sealed when any of the following conditions are met:

• A filed case is dismissed before the judge rules, as when, for example, a tenant pays the rent or the landlord’s

paperwork is found to be deficient;

• A tenant wins a favor able ruling;

• After a judgment, the parties file a written agreement to set aside and seal the case.

Advocates who pushed for the law said unsealed cases that ended well for tenants can still come back to unfairly haunt them. They can hurt their future prospects for find ing a new home and even harm their job prospects in an extensive back ground check.

There is no statute of limitations in the law, so even very old cases can be sealed if they meet the criteria set out in the law.

Chandler Pride hosting event

Chandler Pride, a local LGBTQ+ advo cacy organization, has announced the official line-up for its fall event, “Pride in Chandler” 3-8 p.m. Nov. 12 at Quarthaus, 201 S. Washington St. Billed as a fami ly event, it will feature featuring food, face-painting, arts and crafts, a photo booth and LGBTQ friendly nonprofit or ganizations.

In partnership with downtown bars and restaurants, it will also feature a Pub Crawl at local Chandler businesses start ing at Quarthaus at 3 p.m. The $10 tickets to the Pub Crawl are available at chandler pride.com and provide exclusive access to special drink prices for ticket holders.

The mission of Chandler Pride is to ed ucate the Chandler community on issues affecting the LGBTQ community and to advocate for policies and practices to advance the equity and inclusion of this community, as well as the broader Chan dler community.

Chandler Pride President Eduarda Schroder said the event promises “a safe,

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fun and welcoming environment for the LGBTQ community and their friends, fam ilies and allies.”

Sponsors include Dignity Health, the City of Chandler, Copper Summit Real Es tate, NeverNot Social, Out is the New In and Quarthaus.

Information: chandlerpride.com.

Golden Neighbors hosts bilingual outreach for residents

Chandler’s Golden Neighbors program is hosting a bilingual (English/Spanish) outreach event with Chandler Fire and Chandler Police departments from 9-11 a.m. Nov. 1, at the Chandler Police Main Station, 250 E. Chicago St., Community Room.

Attendees will learn more about public safety programs and resources available for seniors from Officer Eva Zermeño and Fire Battalion Chief Carlos Vargas.

In addition, Neighborhood Programs Administrator Priscilla Quintana will dis cuss free resources available through the Neighborhood Resources Department.

A light breakfast will be provided. In terested attendees may RSVP to 480-7824362.

For more information about Golden Neighbors, contact Priscilla Quintana or Tawna Mower at neighborhood.pro grams@chandleraz.gov.

Devorah Hadassah slates numerous events for Jewish women

Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Orga nization of America, is a volunteer orga nization that inspires a passion for and commitment to the land, the people, and the future of Israel. Devorah Hadassah is the regional chapter.

The first Monday of each month is lunch at a different restaurant, the Liter ary Ladies book group will discuss “The Perfume Thief” at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 9, and Rabbi Deitsch of the Chandler Chabad will discuss the Jewish view on abortion at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 16.

Members on the third Wednesday col lect non-perishable food for Jewish Fam ily & Children’s Services. In November,

they should bring their donations to the general meeting Nov. 16.

The chapter also sells cards for all oc casions: birthday, condolence, bar/bat mitzvah, anniversary, get well, congratu lations, in honor of, and major holidays. Cards are $2 each or 12 for $21. The club will also mail cards for people. Gift certif icates are available.

Information: Eliana Bar-Shalom at 860377-7126 or ebarshalom.eb@gmail.com.

Chandler Mayor’s disabilities panel holds golf tournament

The Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities’ 26th annual Chandler Golf Challenge will begin at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 11 with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at the Bear Creek Golf Club, 500 E. Riggs Road, Chandler. Proceeds support its scholar ship fund.

Presented by longtime sponsor Dig nity Health of Arizona, the tournament includes 18 holes of golf, followed by a

Residents skeptical about noise declines at data center

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Chandler Planning Administrator

Kevin Mayo says the number of complaints about the noise coming from data centers has dropped in recent months. He said he hopes some of that is because of steps taken by owners to mit igate noise levels.

“We have been working closely with the primary data center that is just west of Dobson Road, and they’ve done a lot of things,” Mayo told the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, saying the center has wrapped the chillers “in these acous tic blankets. They’ve added these sound attenuation panels, they’re screen walls, they’re actually sound absorbing pan els. So they’ve done a lot of that I’m not aware of any current noise concerns.”

Residents in the Clemente Ranch sub division east of the CyrusOne data center on Dobson aren’t convinced. They say complaints will likely start up again as the weather cools.

“Well considering it has been summer and everyone’s homes are completely buttoned up,” Jennifer Goehring wrote to a question on the Dobson Noise Com munity Facebook page. “When walking out to my car I hear it just as much if not more than normal.”

She was not the only one to say the summer heat account for the drop in noise complaints to the city.

“With windows closed and [air condi tioners] always on I’m sure it drowns out some noise,” Jenny Lowry wrote. “Now that it’s cooling down and windows are going to be open I’m sure the complaints will pick up.”

“It is better than four years ago, but it’s still an obvious presence in the area,” Katherine Saba wrote.

Mayo was before the Planning & Zon ing Commission to ask for changes that might prevent other residents living near a data center from complaining about noise levels.

It would also give any business seek ing to build a data center in Chandler some clarity about the steps they need to take.

Here’s some of what the proposed

changes would do:

• All future data centers would be des ignated primary use. That would re quire them to go through the planned area development process.

• Would require all developers to hire a sound engineer and conduct tests to establish a baseline for noise levels be fore any construction starts. Then they could mandate the data center not in crease levels above that baseline.

• Would mandate annual noise level tests during peak operations for the first five years after the data center opens.

Data centers prefer a place like Arizo na because it’s a safe area (i.e., no hur ricanes, no earthquakes, no tornadoes, etc.) Cities have been a little more hes itant to build data centers. They bring in few jobs, take up a lot of space, water, electricity and usually generate noise complaints.

Mayo said data centers prefer to use water cooling, which is quieter and cheaper. However, during a drought they have been switching to electric coolers to save water. The coolers are not the only noise maker, Mayo said.

Because a data center needs to be re liable, even during a power outage, they have to have a large number of genera tors so they can keep servers running if the power is out for an extended period.

“Kind of like your car, you don’t leave the car in the garage for four years and then go turn it on,” Mayo said. “Backup generators are cycled monthly, and then they run in full bore about every 90 days to ensure that they’re ready when that half a second trigger is turned on.”

Mayo said his department would try to steer any future data centers to indus trial areas that are not near residential neighborhoods.

The proposed changes will now go to City Council for consideration.

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Records show CUSD school buses a safe way to ride

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

AChandler Unified School District bus carrying 56 students was traveling south on Higley Road in Gilbert in August when a Chevrolet van at Palmdale Lane began making a left hand turn to go north on Higley.

According to the state Department of Public Safety report, the van did not have adequate space to complete the turn and it collided with the front of the CUSD bus. Three students and two adults reported minor injuries.

The Aug. 19 crash stands out because most of the incidents involving CUSD buses are very minor, and rarely include injuries, according to records obtained by the San Tan Sun News through a pub lic records request.

National School Bus Safety Week was Oct. 17-21.

From Jan. 1, 2021, through August of this year, there were 16 incidents, most of them minor. The only one involving injuries was the August collision in Gil bert.

In that case, two of the students re ported minor cuts. A third had said they were injured, but paramedics could find no injury. The bus driver has bruising on the left knee. The driver of the van was also injured and taken to the hospital.

“School buses are like the safest place for a child to be the way they’re built, the visibility of the bus, the compaction of the seats and how they are made,” said Lana Berry, chief financial officer for the district.

Perhaps the most serious incident in volving a CUSD bus happened in late Au gust 2021, when a school bus driver with nine Hamilton High School students was pulled over by Chandler Police after he had been filmed by a parent talking into his smart watch.

Officers took him into custody and placed on administrative leave. That driver no longer works for CUSD.

“I don’t know the particulars, specif ically, on each individual case that took place,” Berry said. “But there are certain

Chandler Unified’s 35,000-square-foot school,bus depot has five vehicle lifts, 16 service bays, and a 1,400 square-foot parts department. (CUSD)

rules. For example, you cannot be on a cell phone. You can’t be online, you’ll lose your [commercial] license.”

All CUSD bus drivers must have a com mercial drivers license (CDL). The dis trict, like most others around the Valley, is facing a shortage of bus drivers.

Berry said they will hire new drivers who do not have a CDL and pay them while they get the training to earn that license.

CUSD also bumped up the pay for driv ers last spring to both attract and retain drivers.

“So they got 4% the year before we gave an $1 adjustment in the second quarter,” Berry said. “So honestly, it went up $3 plus an additional 4% since last fall.”

Berry said CUSD buses transport about 12,000 of its 45,000 students each day to and from schools. However, she said that’s just the start.

“At some point, almost every child touches our school buses, if it’s an extra curricular activity, if it’s a sporting event, if it’s a field trip.”

The district employs about 175 bus drivers.

Nationally, a report from Zutobi says school-related bus crashes with deaths

or injuries have fallen to their lowest level in a decade. Zutobi is a drivers edu cation company.

It reported that accidents involving injuries or death plummeted 50% last year compared with 2019. The fact most schools were shut down for long stretch es by the pandemic played a role in the decrease, according to the National Safe ty Council.

The website SchoolBusFleet.com said that more than 400,000 yellow school buses provide transportation service daily in the U.S. to more than 22 million elementary and secondary school stu dents.

“School buses are the best option for transporting kids to school, safer than both walking or riding in a car,” the Na tional Safety Council says, urging the adoption of lap-and-shoulder belt safety restraints “to make them even safer.”

Here are some examples of the minor incidents reported by CUSD to state po lice:

• On Sept. 9, 2021, a CUSD bus made contact with a railroad crossing gate. There was no damage or injuries.

• On July 25 of this year, a bus driver was stopped at a red light and turned to speak to a student. His foot eased

off the brake pedal and it tapped the bumper of the car in front of him. There was no damage to either vehicle or any injuries.

• On May 6 of this year, a CUSD bus was making a left-hand turn when a sec ond vehicle struck its student cross over mirror on Val Vista Drive. About 10 days later, another CUSD bus was waiting to make a left-hand turn when it was struck by the overhanging load of a second vehicle. In the first case there was no damage, according to the police report. In the second there were several cracks in the mirror.

• On Feb. 1 of this year, a driver had trouble moving the large bus down a residential street. He had to squeeze between a parked car on one side and a garbage can on the other to pick up students. He made contact with the parked car.

“We try to do as much training as possi ble,” Berry said. “We try to work on that every year, but there are accidents that do happen. And there’s human decisions that get made. Unfortunately, sometimes there’s errors that happen. But for the most part, our kids have been very safe and riding a bus is a lot safer than in a regular vehicle.”

Golfers will also receive a golfer gift and haParticipation in the “all-inclusive” tour nament is $95 for individual golfers, $380 for foursomes, and $425 to be a tee box sponsor and a host a foursome.

register or for more information: chandleraz.gov/golfchallenge.

New Chandler eyecae clinic slates open house next month

A new eyecare clinic has come to Chan dler and Dr. Anh Tieu wants the publci to check it out.

Tieu, who owns Agape Eye Care at 2055 Frye Road, is holding an open house 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 12.

Information: appleeyecare.com

Chandler Police get $290K state grant for DUI enforcement

The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has awarded the Chandler Police Depart ment a $290,338 grant to support several traffic safety-related activities.

The Traffic Section was allotted $28,000 of this grant to fund civilian motorcycle

training, with an additional $25,000 to enforce Arizona’s seat belt and child safe ty seat laws. An additional $50,000 was awarded to combat excessive speeding, as well as distracted and aggressive driving.

The DUI Unit will use $97,338 to fund officer overtime, related equipment and supplies to work DUI enforcement during select times of the year to combat im paired driving, and $35,000 for the Know Your Limit non-enforcement, education program, the department said in a re lease.

The Traffic Section was also allotted $50,000 to fund pedestrian and bicycle safety overtime associated with the cam paigns to raise awareness through educa tion and enforcement.

The Vehicular Crimes Unit got $5,000 for accident investigation training related travel, materials, and supplies associated with collision investigation.

Chandler city court to open next Saturday for services

The Chandler Municipal Court will be open on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to noon to offer walk-in services to the pub lic. No appointment is necessary.

The Court has partnered with Arizona Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Services to offer limited court and motor vehicle services.

Judges, court staff and MVD repre sentatives will be available to address outstanding warrants, traffic tickets, defaults, resolving suspended driver’s licenses, payment plans, arraignments, MVD matters and other civil and criminal issues. Spanish interpreters will be avail able.

“Our goal for Saturday Court is to pro vide additional ways for the public to have access to the court,” said Presiding City Magistrate, Alicia Skupin.

“By providing hours on a Saturday morning, we are hoping to eliminate some of the barriers that may prevent defendants from resolving their cases during traditional business hours. As a court, we continually work to find ways to better serve the members of our commu nity and increase access to justice.”

This is the first time that Chandler Mu nicipal Court is offering Saturday Court. If it is well-attended, staff may consider adding additional Saturday court dates.

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Boyscan’t play on girls’ athletic teams in Kyrene School District –or in any other Arizona school dis trict – but the Kyrene Governing Board last week found a way to conform to the law but keep its distance from it.

The board unanimously voted last week on wording it feels indicates oppo sition to the “Save Girls Sports Act,” as SB 1165 was titled.

Board President Kevin Walsh stressed, “We do intend to comply with that lan guage. It’s just a question of whether or not we want to have that in our policies.”

Board members at an earlier meet ing balked at the law. They contended it violates the district’s equity policies and commitment to treating all students equally regardless of differences like gender, race and other individual char acteristics.

But because violating the law could lead to harsh penalties, including the withholding of state assistance, the board had little choice but to go along.

Still, members Michelle Fahy and Wanda Kolomyjec sought the elimina tion of the law’s language from the dis trict’s policy manual.

That language states: “Each inter scholastic athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school shall be ex pressly designated as one (1) of the fol lowing based on the biological sex of the students who participate on the team or in the sport: A. ‘Males,’ ‘men’ or ‘boys; B. ‘Females,’ ‘women’ or ‘girls’; C. ‘Coed’ or ‘mixed.’

“Athletic teams or sports designated for ‘females,’ ‘women’ or ‘girls’ may not be open to students of the male sex. Any student may participate in any intramu ral athletic team or sport designated as being for ‘males,’ ‘men’ or ‘boys’ or des ignated as ‘coed’ or ‘mixed.’

Fahy sought to replace that language that would simply cite the title of the state statute. She suggested wording that says, “Even though its contents are contrary to the district’s belief state ments and inclusionary policies.”

ban on boys in girls-only sports

Then, Fahy said, the pol icy could say, “we’re fol lowing state law, but leave the language out either way and make the state ment that we don’t agree with it.”

Kolomyjec agreed, stat ing, “I don’t want to give any oxygen to the law.” She and Fahy liked the idea of just listing the title num ber of the state law.

“We have to follow it,” Kolomyjec continued. “And yeah, I think it’s time for bodies that have the opportunity to stand up to bullies and I think we can do it in our own little way with that language.”

Chandler Unified mem bers last month adopted the policy but also ex pressed bitter opposition to it.

At least on Kyrene board member suggested the new law promotes fair competition in at least some instances.

Kyrene board member Margaret Wright succeeded in getting a link to the specific statute included in the policy “so that parents don’t have to dig through Arizona state statute, which is very con fusing and isn’t a language very accessi ble to the lay person.”

Saying “I personally lean towards leaving the (original) language and I understand we want fair and equitable treatment for our students,” Wright said.

“I think that there is an element to separating boys and girls sports that does provide some fair and equitable treatment, especially for girls who are

wanting to play a sport. None of that was brought up at our meeting.”

“We set rules in sports specifically all the time to promote fairness and the el ement of competition,” she said. “But I do personally want to acknowledge that there is an element of competition that would not be totally maintained if we did not follow this.”

“I think that in the end, we would still be discussing the element of fair ness and competition when it comes to sports specifically,” James added, insist ing “providing that language that’s very accessible and easy for parents is kind of important.”

Kyrene Governing Board member Margaret Wright asked that a link to the new law banning boys from girls sports teams be part of the Kyrene policy and said “there is an element” to the ban that involves fairness to girls in com petitive sports. (YouTube)

Chandler business recreates TV game show experiences

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

It’snot unusual for someone to come up to the staff at Game Show Battle Rooms after competing against their friends and ask the same question.

“People come in all the time and they say, ‘When is it going to air? I can’t wait to be on [TV],’” said Jennifer Jewett, who runs the Chandler location. Sorry, you won’t be on TV.

But it’s easy to see why some patrons might believe that. Game Show Battle Rooms tries to recreate the TV game show experience, with sound, lights, professional emcees and hosts.

The company started seven years ago in Minnesota. It opened its first Arizona location in West Chandler on Oct. 14.

Here’s how it works:

Groups of 18 or fewer can book a time in one of the two battle rooms. It costs about $35 for the 90-minute show. After a brief introduction they enter one of the battle rooms and are split into two teams where they will compete in three

games. Points are given for winning each round. At the end of the three games, one team gets to pose with the champi onship trophy.

The company has other locations in

Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Dallas, Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio. They also offer a virtual game room for people who live outside those cities. The games are different depend

ing which room you book. You proba bly have not heard of the games, but if you’ve seen TV game shows they should be recognizable as distant cousins. Be cause of licensing rules, no one at Game Show Battle Rooms will say the names of the more famous games.

Survey Battles sure looks a lot like Family Feud. That’s the one game that is played in both rooms. The other games are What’s the Cost? (think Price is Right), Spin & Solve (Wheel of Fortune), Match Up and Time Rush.

Match Up is a word play game where you fill in the blank of a sentence and hope your teammates come up with the same word. Time Rush challenges the teams in a series of skill competitions, such as stacking three cups after pulling away two cards that separated them in less than a minute.

While the games are fun, Jewett said the key to the experience is the interac tion between contestants and hosts. She

Chandler principal named one of nation’s distinguished

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Andersen Elementary School Prin cipal Kristin Kinghorn is not afraid to tackle big projects. In fact, she sought them out at the first two schools she has led.

“Go big or go home?” she asked with a smile. “I always say one of my core values is that I’m visionary. But I also believe that we can’t stay stagnant. The world is changing.

“We’re changing as humans, our kids have so much more than we ever had at that age. And so it would be against my core belief to not change.”

That willingness to adapt and to tack le really big projects is getting noticed. The National Association of Elementary School Principals awarded her one of its

41 National Distinguished Principals for this year.

Kinghorn first became a principal at Desert Canyon Elementary in Scott sdale, which had lagging enrollment because of competition from charter schools.

She led the school to becoming a firstof-its-kind dual language Mandarin im mersion class. She later moved to An dersen in 2018 and is leading the way as the school tries to become the first in the Chandler Unified School District that is sanctioned by the International Baccalaureate program at the primary level.

Chandler High School has been an IB school since 1982.

An IB program requires a commit ment to high-quality, challenging, and

international education. Kinghorn said the conversion to an IB school is going well.

“I have an amazing IB coordinator,” Kinghorn said. “So we have a teacher that we’ve taken out of the classroom who is very much into inquiry-based learning, very well versed in our state standards and multitude of resources.

“She meets with the teachers and they come together and they are pulling up their plans of inquiry. They’re creating these transdisciplinary units that incor porate reading, writing math, our social sciences. The kids are starting to ask the questions, we’re bringing in more guest speakers, kindergarten just finished their whole first unit of inquiry on with

Connor Wareing is one of the hosts at Chandler’s new Game Show Battle Rooms, which lets patrons compete against each other. (Ken Sain/Chandler Arizonan)

Andersen Elementary School Principal Kris tin Kinghorn was one of 41 chosen as a Na tional Distinguished Principal of 2022. (CUSD)

Annual chuck wagon event coming to Tumbleweed Ranch

BY TCHANDLER ARIZONAN STAFF

Tumbleweed Ranch will host the Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-off November 11-12, offering a unique family-friendly event that fea tures a Dutch oven cooking competition in which 1880s style chuck wagon teams cook five courses, meat, potatoes, beans, bread and dessert, over a wood fire.

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The Ranch is an event space within Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road.

While the main culinary competition is on Saturday, this year’s event has ex panded into Nov. 11 with a sunset din ner.

People can watch the sun set over the chuck wagons and enjoy music from DJ Figueroa and a catered dinner by Chan dler’s own West Alley BBQ. Appetizers and desserts will be prepared by the chuck wagon teams. Tickets are $45.

On Saturday, the Chuck Wagon Cookoff runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with free parking, admission and activities. Meals are served at noon.

Meal tickets are $15 and can be pur chased in advance at the Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch website. Each wag

on cooks 50 meals, and the tickets al ways sell out quickly. Judges will reward the best meals with cash prizes.

Tickets for both the Friday evening event and Saturday lunch are available at pardnersoftumbleweedranch.org.

The Chuck Wagon Cook-off is hosted

hilarity in the moment.”

by the nonprofit Pardners of Tumble weed Ranch, and the Chandler Museum. Funds raised help develop educational outreach opportunities at Tumbleweed Ranch.

“Think of the Old West chuck wagon as the first food truck and the black iron

pot, called a Dutch oven or camp oven, was the original slow cooker,” said Dave McDowell, President of the Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch. “The whole family will love the nostalgia of this event and the delicious comfort food prepared by some of the Southwest’s best chefs.”

Saturday’s activities include trick rop ing with Cowboy Steve, a Lil’ Rustlers kids’ game area and more.

“The Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-off is one of the Valley’s most unique culi nary events,” said Chandler Museum Ad ministrator Jody Crago. “We have worked with Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch for over a decade and it’s exciting to see how much the event has grown in popularity.”

For over ten years, this signature culi nary event has provided attendees with the rare experience of the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of authentic 1880s chuck wagons. Teams from across the West compete using slow-cook, woodfire methods from the time period.

The Pardners is a group of volunteers who help interpret Chandler’s agricul tural heritage through programs and events, while also enhancing Tumble weed Ranch’s amenities.

should know, she’s been on three actual TV game shows.

“The interaction between the host and the contestant is so important be cause you create a connection that has a lifetime memory with laughs, and a relationship that people love,” she said. “So that’s what we do here is we create a bond between the host and our custom ers, our guests.”

Jewett said they hired some stand-up comedians and actors to play the role of hosts and emcees. Liz Frisius is one of them.

“We’ll talk with the audience, we get their take, their feel, bring the energy up and realize that life’s not about tragedy,” Frisius said. “Life is about connecting and enjoying yourself and finding the beauty in the moment and finding the

Jewett said the most popular of their games is Survey Battles. To get the an swers for their questions they ask online and ask groups as they compete.

In addition to being a recreation ac tivity for friends and/or family, Jewett said they also do team-building events for companies. She said they can handle large groups of up to 32 per room if they book in advance.

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The Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off gives people a chance to taste the vittles of the Old West. (File photo)

And they are encouraging students to apply critical thinking.

For example, they asked the children to debate the new VAI Resort being built in Glendale, which will include the Mat tel Adventure Park amusement center and a massive lagoon with luxury hotels around it.

It’s expected to bring in about 1,800 jobs, but it is also being built in the mid dle of a drought that is impacting Arizo na’s water supply.

“They saw that Glendale is building this big, huge, massive water park and how much water it’s going to take ev ery single day,” Kinghorn said. “And so the teacher posed the question, is this a good thing or not a good thing?

The planned lagoon for the 60-acre project near State Farm Stadium would hold 36 acre feet of water, which is about 12 million gallons.

“It was great to hear that how the class started to divide. But it worked on their persuasive writing skills, their research skills, their collaboration, their critical

thinking, all these different things. And they were so excited about it and that’s what school is. It’s so exciting to see that change.”

Some of the students argued the proj ect would be good for the economy, bringing in tourists and their money.

Others said the state couldn’t afford to waste that much water and they should look for a different project that didn’t have a giant lagoon in the middle.

Kinghorn said just thinking through the different points of view was a win for all of the students.

“I really do believe that the job of the principal is to make sure that every child that walks through my doors, re ceives the best education possible,” said Kinghorn, who is mother to two chil dren.

“If I want my kids to be challenged and pushed and excited about school, and realizing their future potential, and what the world can give them, and pre pare them for that, I want that for every kid that walks through this door. And I want my teachers to want that for every kid who walks through this door.”

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Keno Hawker crossed the finish line on Octo ber 21, 2022, with fam ily by his side.

on July 24th, 1946 in Janesville, WI, Keno was the youngest of two boys in an active and loving family. An athlete like his broth er, Dennis, Keno was a

sports star in high school and college,

in football, basketball, and track.

studied business and economics at University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point and received an MBA from University of Wiscon sin – Madison. While in Madison, Keno dis covered a lifelong passion for economics and also for sailing, applying his economic philos ophies later in his public service and using his sailing skills throughout his life on boats from a 16 ft. Hobie-Cat to a 48 ft. Catalina.

Keno was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict. While serving his term in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, Keno married Marilyn Evans, with whom he had two chil dren, Ryan and Shelby. They raised their fam ily in Mesa, AZ, where Keno started a suc cessful asphalt products, sales and application business.

Keno loved life in Arizona. From owning cabins at Hawley Lake, Rainbow Lake and Haigler Creek, to becoming an instrument-rat ed pilot and flying his airplanes out of Falcon Field, racing his 400 Yamaha motorcycle in the desert, hiking to the top of Four Peaks and Weavers Needle, or just enjoying time on his family’s Apache Lake houseboat.

Keno’s athleticism continued throughout his lifetime. He competed the Alcatraz tri athlon twice. At age 39, he bicycled from San Diego, CA to Jacksonville, FL. Keno was also an accomplished juggler and uni

cycle rider. He enjoyed scuba diving around the world.

With the success of Keno’s business came the opportunity to serve his community, a time when he also met his wife, Mary Jo Vecchiarelli. Keno served in leader ship positions with Mesa Baseline Rotary Club, Mesa HoHoKams, Mesa Chamber of Commerce, ten years as a Mesa City Councilmember, and eight years as Mayor of Mesa from 2000-2008. As Mayor, Keno framed the path for a generation of sustain able growth in Mesa and the East Valley, including the expansion of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport, the 2002 Mesa General Plan, and passage of Prop. 400, which to gether created long-term infrastructure for transportation, mass transit, job creation, and economic growth.

Keno first met Penny when she presented a zoning case before the City of Mesa 33 years ago. Keno voted against the case but would later marry and find lasting love with the pre senter. During his active retirement, Keno en joyed traveling the world with Penny, spend ing time with grandchildren and gardening at home in Paradise Valley, Flagstaff, or their cabin in Young, AZ.

Keno is survived by his wife Penny Wolfswinkel Hawker of Paradise Valley, AZ, son Ryan Hawker (Renee Fry) of Quin cy, MA, daughter Shelby Hawker of Brook lyn, NY, stepchildren Erin Kolb (Rick), Clifford Jenkins (Lauren), and grandsons Beto Brea, Liam Hawker, Dillan and Wy lan Kolb. He was preceded in death by his father, Earle, mother, Genella, and brother, Dennis.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sun day, November 13th at 1:00pm, at the Mesa Arts Center Virginia G Piper Theater. Please consider making a donation in Keno’s honor to Mesa United Way.

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Come for the treats, stay for the scares

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Businessis going so well for Spooky’s Swirls that the owners have to close shop for four days just to pre pare for the three days they are open.

“Have you ever been to a place like that?” asked chef and co-owner Lola Forbes. “We work four times longer than we’re open, and somehow it still works.”

In addition to a gluten-free bakery, Spooky’s Swirls is also home to a muse um filled with props from well-known horror films.

“This theme came about a couple of different ways,” said Chris Szydlowski, who is also a chef and co-owner. “We had been food trucking for a while, and we wanted to open up a brick-and-mortar bakery. I have also been collecting props for about 25 years now.

“We had a couple of other owners who

are prop collectors, who wanted their own museum. I said, we want our own bakery. So we decided to combine the two.”

The combination of tricks and treats worked. And yes, they do see an uptick in business just before Halloween.

“We didn’t know how it was gonna work out,” Szydlowski said. “But, you know, we’d like throw it at the wall and see what sticks. And we not only were embraced by the horror community, but

Chandler restaurant cited by national media as ‘exciting’

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Therestaurant with the most buzz in Chandler is not a fan cy place.

Thaily’s is small, only seven ta bles for inside dining. It’s located inside an older building in the city’s Galveston neighborhood.

As is usually the case, looks can be deceiving. If you want dinner at the restaurant, reservations are re quired. On Oct. 5, they were booked through the end of the month.

Having the New York Times de clare a restaurant are one of the 50 places in America they are most excited about right now can do that for an eatery.

What makes Thaily’s stand out is

they are likely the only Cambodi an-Arabic fusion restaurant in the world.

“Based on the articles that have been written about us, it was brought to my attention that we are the only one,” said Lee Kambar, who runs the restaurant with his wife, Thai. “Which is kind of cool.”

That fusion came about because of their marriage. Thai is Cambodi an and Lee Iranian.

“I just like to experiment,” Thai said. “Arabic foods use turmeric spice a lot, so I just wondered how turmeric would taste in this broth, or this soup. And I like to watch old, old traditional cooking videos, of grandmas cooking in Iraq, or Cam bodia. Then I started cooking those

dishes myself at home.”

It had long been a dream to own their own restaurant and the pan demic gave them reason to pursue it. They opened in the spring of 2021 and in about a year they’ve earned national, if not internation al, attention.

Lee said they had no idea a Times food critic was eating at their restaurant.

“She contacted us a couple of weeks after the fact,” Lee said. “And you know, pretty much stated that she came to see our restaurant and she loved our food and she feels that she has got to write about us because everybody needs to know

ABOVE: The Horror and SciFi Prop Preservation Association Museum is located inside Spooky’s Swirls Gluten Free Bakery in Chandler and features a number of props actually used in horror movies. Left) Of course, baked goods this time of year at Spooky’s Swirls Gluten Free Bakery in Chandler reflect a Halloween theme. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

Lee and Thai Kambar own Thaily’s Restaurant, which serves a fusion of Khmer and Arabic food. Thaily’s is one of four restaurants in Arizona named as the ‘‘50 places in

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Chandler residents could save big on conservation projects

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Chandlerresidents who want to do their part to help conserve water got some good news with the last session of the state Legislature: It’s very likely they’ll be able to make upgrades to save water and get reimbursed the cost.

The city has had a program to help residents make smart water choices for years. Chandler officials estimate their program has saved 404 million gallons since 2017.

Now, the city could be getting even more money to help other residents con vert grass lawns to desert landscaping, or installing smart water controllers.

State lawmakers approved $200 mil lion for a water conservation grant fund. Cities and other municipalities can apply for some of that money to help residents make changes that save water.

“I think a lot of this will operate through existing programs that cities have already that have rebate programs,” said Lindsey Jones, senior program ad ministrator for Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) of Arizona,

which will be administering the conser vation fund. “It’d be basically granting it to the cities and they would grant it on to the homeowners.”

Chandler plans to be among the first to apply.

“The new conservation grant ... is really exciting,” said Sim one Kjolsrud, Chandler’s wa ter resource advisor. “We hope to take advantage of that. We would love to create some new con servation programs that just frankly, we wouldn’t have had enough funding to do in the past. So we’ve already got our shortlist of stuff.”

Gov. Doug Ducey has been pushing for a major investment in water infrastructure and was able to get a bill passed with the state having a large surplus. Democrats held out support un til they could get the conservation grant fund added to the bill through a floor amendment.

The final price tag for the water aug

mentation bill is about $1 billion. WIFA, which will oversee it, has been oversee ing federal investments since 1989.

In addition to the money the state is putting in, WIFA also received more than $100 million in base funding from the federal government. That money is split to tackle three goals. The first targets improving drinking water in disadvantaged areas. The second is replacing lead pipes, similar to the ones that contributed to the Flint, Mich. water crisis.

The third is to reduce in drinking water what they call forever chemicals, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluo roalky substances – man-made chemicals found in numerous every day household products.

About $67 million of that federal mon ey is forgivable, meaning Arizona will not have to pay it back.

The state money is being split into three funds. The Water Supply Devel opment Fund helps rural communities

primarily build out their infrastructure and secure water rights. The Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund seeks to find a way to deliver water to the state from outside of Arizona. The Water Conserva tion Grant Fund is the third goal.

It is the one that will likely benefit Chandler residents the most. Rick Heu mann, the chairman for the Chandler Chamber of Commerce this year said every resident should consider taking advantage of it.

Some of the programs the city offers residents include having someone con sult on landscaping; the city’s Xeriscape Demonstration Garden is meant to showcase smart ways to do landscaping in the desert; offers a large landscaping water efficiency program for larger wa ter clients; and offers Water Wise work shops to all residents.

“The smart controller thing, I put one in about four or five months ago, it’s a great tool,” Heumann said. “It drives me nuts when you see people after it rains, and they’re watering their lawn the next morning. Smart controllers take all that into consideration.”

especially the gluten free community.”

She said that may be the ultimate key to their success. Szydlowski said there was a need for a gluten-free bakery of fering desserts in Chandler and they filled it.

The highlight of the museum before Halloween was the original Sam cos tume from the film, “Trick R Treat.” That, however, was due to be replaced after Halloween.

One of the fan favorites, Szydlowski said, is their collection of the wardrobe from the 1988 classic “Beetlejuice,” which are screen matched (the top of the line for collectors).

But there are plenty of other scares in the collection, including a ghost from “Ghostbusters,” Freddy Krueger’s face from “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” and half of the “Swamp Thing.”

Parts of the collection are swapped out and replaced by other items. And the desserts also change.

“Right now the movies that are fea tured in the bakery are “Halloween

Ends,” “Trick R Treat,” Forbes said. “We just finished a big round with “Ho cus Pocus” and ghostface is always … you know the “Scream” killer is always super popular.”

Szydlowski said they opened the bak ery in 2019 and that most of the collec tion in the museum is hers.

She said horror films are so popular because people want that escape.

“It gives people an opportunity to see all this terribleness and kind of be able to be a voyeur perhaps,” Szydlowski said. “That psychologically, I think it helps a lot of people.

“I think embracing it was a way for me to handle psychologically, maybe to deal with some of my personal demons.”

They sell so many treats on weekends that they’ve been known to run out of some of their products on Saturdays. They no longer take custom orders.

Forbes was featured on the Food Network during Season 8 of its Hal loween Baking Championships. That season is currently airing so the final re sult is not known.

“Even if you’re crazy and you’re not in the mood for a chocolate chip cook ie, you’re still going to have a good time when you come in here,” Forbes said.

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An editor called a little later, wanting to send a photographer. Lee and Thai said they thought it might just be a reg ular feature and they had no idea they were going to be included in a top 50 list.

When it published, life began to change. They had to start accepting res ervations only for dinner and are now considering plans to expand. They say are looking to open a second restaurant, either in Chandler or Gilbert.

Thaily’s was named after one daugh ter. The second restaurant would be named after their other daughter, Leelah’s.

For anyone unfamiliar with Cambo dian or Arabic food, it will look familiar. Thailand is a neighbor of Cambodia and many of the dishes on Thaily’s menu would look at home on a Thai restau rant’s menu.

The highlight of the Arabic side of the menu are gyros, which Lee admits is originally Greek.

“The original gyros in Greece were

made out of pork, not lamb or beef,” Lee said. “The way that I make it leans toward the Iraqi style, because beside the meat and pita bread, nothing else is Greek. I’m using recipes that I grew up on as a child.”

While it will take a reservation and a wait to get dinner at Thaily’s, there are still some openings for lunch. If you come at the right time, you can skip the reservations and wait to taste their mix of Cambodian and Arabic foods.

While the dishes may look similar, what the New York Times and oth ers have loved is it’s a new experi ence.

“There’s a similarity between all South Asian dishes, but the fact that she puts my spices on it, that gives it a whole dif ferent spin and a whole different taste,” Lee said.

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Thaily’s 444 E. Chandler Blvd. 480-927-3865

Thai and Lee Kambar work up some of their original

in the kitchen at Thaily’s

(David Minton/Staff Photographer)

NFL ties a catalyst for Chandler football’s success

BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

Ties

to the National Football League run deep in the Chandler High School football program.

Several former players have gone on to play at the game’s highest level, in cluding recent Super Bowl Champion Bryce Perkins, potential star defensive end Cam Jordan and newcomers N’Keal Harry and Chase Lucas, among others.

Many of those former players often come back to Chandler when in college and praise coaches for preparing them to play at a high level. Not only does that come from years of experience from head coach Rick Garretson, coordina tor Collin Bottrill and longtime running backs coach Eric Richardson, but the as sistants they have around them, some of them former NFL players.

“For me, growing up, I didn’t really know a lot of NFL guys,” Chandler pass ing game coordinator Chad Carpenter said. “You’ve got guys in here that have been there. Our players can look at these guys and see that it isn’t just about tal ent. It’s about hard work and putting the time in.”

Carpenter is one of four former NFL players on Chandler’s coaching staff. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals where he played three years as a wide out and one in Cleveland for the Browns before wrapping up his career.

He had stops at other local high schools in the East Valley before making his way to Chandler under former head coach Shaun Aguano, who is now the in terim at Arizona State.

Carpenter has been part of Chandler football’s growth into a national pow er. He’s done it alongside other former professional players, including offensive line coach Leonard Davis.

“We take pride in what we do,” Davis said. “Just to be able to share something, share our life’s experience, game experi ence with the kids and then see them go

out and do the job, you smile. When they don’t do it right, we coach them hard, but we still love ‘em.”

Davis was the No. 2 overall pick by the Cardinals in the 2001 draft. He spent six seasons in Arizona before playing four with the Cowboys where he was named to the Pro Bowl three times. He also played for the Lions and 49ers.

While in Detroit, he played alongside Dominic Raiola, a longtime center for the Lions who is now a coach alongside Davis for Chandler’s offensive line.

The two have brought a different dy namic to the Chandler front. The big men that make up the line have no choice but to be physical daily going up against one of the best defensive fronts in the state.

“We get to block one of the top defen sive tackles in the country every day,” Raiola said. “It’s a great measuring stick for them. We also have to block the rest of the defense. I take great pride in say ing that we practice against those guys.

“You wanna talk about battling in the trenches, they compete early in the

week.”

The battles between Chandler’s firstteam offense and defense can get in tense at times. Major recruits on both sides of the ball bring out the best in every player. It’s the type of competition found in college and the NFL.

Sometimes, it involves chatter be tween coaches. Raiola and Davis are quick to let the defense know when their line has a good rep. Defensive line coach Kelvin Ingram, who spent time with the Saints and Seahawks before he became dominant in arena football, isn’t afraid to fire back.

The banter is friendly yet brings out a different level of intensity for both sides of the ball. Overall, it makes the entire team better on and off the field.

“It’s a way to keep our competitive juices going with each other,” Ingram said. “We don’t just teach the game of football, we teach the game of life with these guys. That’s one thing I like about having this group here.”

All four coaches know what it takes to

be successful. They’ve added on to what Chandler had already started to become before their arrival.

Just having the presence of former professional athletes has helped raise the level of expectations from Chandler players. They’re coached hard and have lofty goals they are expected to meet. But more importantly, they are required to hold themselves to a higher level of accountability on and off the field.

Just like professionals.

“It’s a blessing to have four former NFL players coaching you now,” Dylan said. “You don’t see that very much. I think for us it’s about observing what they do and do everything you can to do what they did. It’s really just about go ing to change my life. It would be a fun journey.”

Chandler junior safety Kennedy Ur lacher had a similar childhood. Growing up as the son of an NFL great in lineback er Brian Urlacher, he recalls the advice given to him by his father throughout his long career with the Chicago Bears.

Chandler’s success isn’t a secret. The Wolves have won five out of the last six state championships. Talented players were key to those state title wins, but the coaches around them played a ma jor role, too.

This year’s team, however, has taken on a new mindset after losing to Sa guaro last season in the Open Division state championship. The 2022 season is all about a “reset.” And the Wolves have done that so far.

It’s a mindset they have learned from their coaching staff. Players in the NFL are forced to bounce back from adver sity on a weekly basis, whether it be a loss, overcoming a deficit or something in their personal lives. Chandler’s play ers now know how to do the same.

“We’re all really lucky to have them,” Urlacher said. “Just watching them and using them as examples has really helped all of us as football players and people.”

From left: Chandler juniors Dylan Raiola and Kennedy Urlacher have benefited their entire lives being around NFL players. Now, they are being coached by them, too. Chad Carpen ter, Dominic Raiola, Leonard Davis and Kelvin Ingram, who are all former NFL players, have helped Chandler’s rise to national prominence. (Dave Minton/Arizonan Staff)

SanTan Gardens patio hosting al fresco events

BY GERI KOEPPEL Contributor

Eversince it opened its brewpub in downtown Chandler in September 2007, SanTan Brewing Company has continued to grow.

Its latest addition is a 2,000-square foot patio that joins its retail shop, tasting room and production facility on Warner Road just east of Arizona Avenue, where it hosts live music and other public and private events.

The idea for the al fresco area at San Tan Gardens was sparked by the earlier days of the pandemic when people were concerned about keeping six feet apart, said SanTan Brewing Company founder/ brewer Anthony Canecchia of Gilbert.

“It evolved from “a place for people to socially distance to a genuine events cen ter that can hold upwards of 250 people,” he said.

Originally, the outdoor area was only around 10 by 10 feet, but they removed a door and windows to open up the space. Then they got the idea to add a stage for live music.

“It kept snowballing,” Canecchia said. “The catering department came over and asked, ‘When are we going to be able to use this for events?’”

SanTan Gardens began testing the wa ters over the summer with gatherings such as psychedelic jam sessions on Sat urdays and “Whiskey Wednesdays” fea turing live music and specials on whiskey cocktails and bottles.

Events ramped up in September with “Beer, Bourbon, BBQ + Band,” featuring a pig roast; a roster of live music and other happenings is ongoing.

Canecchia said SanTan Brewing Com pany built some large events in down town Chandler over the years, but they became overwhelming.

“The last one we did was Oktoberfest 2019, and we looked at each other and said, ‘It was successful, it was great, I think we’re done.’ It takes so much ener

gy and months and months of planning.

“When we said, ‘Let’s start doing events at Warner,’ it was, ‘Yes, they’re intimate, they’re manageable,’” he remarked.

SanTan Gardens events are “mellow er; there’s not a lot of pomp and circum stance,” Canecchia noted, and they don’t run past 10 p.m.

Upcoming activities include A Grate ful Dead Halloween and a comedy series with headliners such as Harland Wil liams, Jamie Kennedy and Jay Mohr.

SanTan Brewing Company’s tasting room and SanTan Gardens is generally open 3-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday for retail sales, tastings and tours, and all special events are listed on the website.

There’s no kitchen, but food trucks are present at some special events.

The patio and tasting room also are available to rent for private parties such as weddings, reunions and more. In the tasting room, barrels stacked eight high against the 25-foot ceilings make for a fun backdrop, and the patio can be dressed up with centerpieces, flowers and other decor.

The website lists blackout dates when it’s closed to the public.

SanTan Brewing Company has expand ed exponentially since its start as a small

brewpub on historic San Marcos Square, which was one of the early brewpubs in the Valley.

Canecchia originally was a home brew er and worked at Four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempe as its first employee starting in 1996.

After the brewpub launched, it helped revitalize a then-sleepy downtown Chan dler. Its craft beer made on-site along with a menu of comfort food favorites with a Southwestern twist — including meats smoked on hickory and oak out back — drew lines of people waiting for tables.

However, the Great Recession soon hit, and the brewery “scrambled and started distributing our beers,” to other restau rants and retailers, Canecchia said.

A year later, they signed to a major dis tributor, and before long, they outgrew their production capacity at the brewpub and opened the bigger facility on Warner Road in 2010.

The company also got its Series 1 li cense in 2015, which “allows us to pro duce any type of alcohol you can think of,” Canecchia said.

Back then, few breweries were making other alcohol, but now, “it’s becoming very popular for people to diversify be yond beer,” he noted.

The brewery makes a variety of styles, including IPAs, lagers, stouts, wheat beers and more, and SanTan Spirits dis tills vodka, gin, whiskey, bitters, canned cocktails and other occasional special re leases, such as coffee liqueur or brandy.

A wall in the tasting room displays the copious number of awards it has re ceived.

In addition to its retail/tasting room and live entertainment, a major focus at SanTan Gardens is education. Tours at the production facility started in 2019; they cost $15 and can be booked online.

The tours, which last an hour or more, discuss the company’s history and the nuts and bolts of making beer and spirits, with explanations about the ingredients, the distilling, the canning and more.

The Warner location produces 98 per cent of the company’s beer in its 50-bar rel brewing system and all of its spirits in a specially designed artesian pot still.

SanTan Brewing Company is now the state’s largest independent brewer and distiller. It brews about 50,000 barrels of beer — roughly 16.5 million cans — and more than 10,000 cases of whiskey.

Yanina Santos of Mesa, who took a tour on Sept. 24, said “I think I have a new ap preciation for beer and what goes into it than I had before.”

Her husband, Isaac Santos, said, “It was pretty cool learning the history of it and learning that the main owner designed the still and all that.” He added, “They make a great caramel whiskey, which is the big takeaway.”

If you go

What: SanTan Gardens

Where: 495 E. Warner Road, Chandler

Hours: 3-8 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday

Contact: 480-534-7041; santanbrewing.com/santan-gardens

SanTan Gardens’ patio is open daily except for private parties, and often hosts live bands and special public events. (Geri Koeppel/Contributor)

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