Scottsdale Progress 10-23-22

Scottsdale nonprofit saves horses from slaughter.

Cash flows to candidate coffers in both local races

Graham cash edging Carter, but she gets surprise help Thousands pour into SUSD Governing Board campaigns

BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

They say politics make for strange bedfellows, but it also can show up in campaign financial reports.

In the race for the last open

seat on City Council, Pamela Carter, who – like opponent Barry Graham – espouses slowing Scottsdale’s growth, received a $1,000 campaign contribution from Dan Ishac,

BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

Amy Carney so far is winning the race for campaign contributions in the five-way campaign for two seats on the Scottsdale Uni-

fied School District Governing Board.

Carney out-raised her nearest competitor Carine Werner by more than $6,000 for the quarter and finished the re-

Haunted by inflation, local man still pays homage to Halloween

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

Scottsdale chef growing his concept.

Halloween is a date that Scottsdale resident Chris Birkett has circled on his calendar every year.

He has been decorating his residences for 37 years, including the home he has owned the last 16 years near Granite Reef Road and McDonald Drive.

Scottsdale pie lady ready forThanksgiving onslaught.

He began his annual homage to Halloween in August, pulling lights and decorations out of three offsite storage units, and then spent 10 to 16 hours a day converting the outside of his house into a eye-popping display of ghosts, goblins and assorted other characters of the season.

Chris Birkett spent weeks setting up the Haunted Graveyard Halloween decorations at his home for his annual “Halloween Town” show. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)see HALLOWEEN page

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Project near Fashion Center would bring 529 new apartments

BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

Developers have big plans for a big hole in the ground on 3.73 acres of prime real estate near the intersection of Scottsdale and Camelback roads, next to the Arizo na Canal and the Scottsdale Fashion Square.

After sitting fallow for years, the site is on course to become the home of the Hazel&Azure multi-use fa cility with two buildings, 12-sto ries and eight stories, that together would house 539 apartment units and 14,610 square feet of commercial space on the first floor.

The plan calls for the Hazel to be 12-story tall with 178-higher-end apartments and 960 square feet com mercial space. The Azure’s eight sto ries would house 362 medium-priced apartments with 13,650 square-feet of retail.

That would bring the density of the project to 142 dwelling units per acre.

The 837 parking spots will be con cealed in an underground garage.

The project has its roots in the early 2000s when developer Bruce Gray first had a vision for the site.

By 2011, Gray managed to get the land zoned to allow three 12-story towers with 749 residential units. He started the preliminary earth moving in 2013 that gave birth to the hole be fore financial issues forced him to put the project on hold.

ZOM Multi Family Living purchased the property and has proposed scaled back the project.

Cutting back on it was intended to attract a more mature crowd, said Ja son Morris, an attorney for the devel oper.

“It was a conscious decision to re strict size for the betterment of qual ity,” Morris said.

A total 529 apartment units would be spread across two buildings near Scottsdale Fashion Center under a proposal submitted to the city. (City of Scottsdale)

“The public realm improvements oc curring with the proposal will vastly improve the existing conditions, pro vide sorely lacking connectivity be tween sites and uses, and help create the desired walkability and sense of place.”

The Hazel&Azure project incorpo rates several design elements that align with the City’s goal of sustain ability including recessed windows, deep roof overhangs, use of low water use plant species, and use of low en ergy consumption lighting.

In addition, the proposed build ings will be designed in accordance with the United States Green Building Code’s Leadership in Energy & Envi ronmental Design certification stan dards.

Councilwoman Linda Milhaven loves the project and called it gorgeous.

The size doesn’t bother her, she said, stating, “It’s not as tall as the Water Front Towers kitty corner to it.”

Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield said she has no problem with the design of the buildings, but said they are simply too tall.

She would like to see no buildings in the Old Town area be taller than three stories, “but they wouldn’t make as much money that way, so there you go,” she said.

and fulfills many of our General Plan goals for housing,” Caputi said. “It will be using the highest quality con struction materials, it’s less tall and less dense than it’s entitled for, and it activates pedestrian access along the canal.

“This project provides the live, work, and play options we are looking for in our downtown, and best of all, it moves a project forward that’s been in our pipeline for 12 years!”

Mayor Ortega said the project origi nally called for 1,250 apartments so he is pleased with the lower count as well as the covered walkways along Scottsdale Road.

“I commend the design team and expect any deficiencies to be re solved,” Ortega said. “I look forward to groundbreaking.”

ZOM was founded in 1977 by Joost P. Zyderveld, a Dutch oil company ex ecutive who targeted Florida for real estate investment, the company’s website states.

“ZOM’s investment activities were initially broad in scope,” it says. “The company invested in land and devel oped both single-family residential, as well as commercial, office, and re tail projects.

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The city Design Review Board still needs to approve the location of pub lic art on the site.

The project will include five open spaces for the public, including areas known as the urban pedestrian street, a central plaza drive, linear greenway, Sonoran oasis, and a canal park.

A brochure on the project states,

Councilwoman Betty Janik said the buildings are going to be nice and added the current council had no say on how tall the project is.

Councilwoman Tammy Caputi said the Hazel and Azure is a project wor thy of its location downtown.

“It meets or exceeds all our strict standards and guidelines for projects

By 1990, it refocused its activity on apartment complexes in Orlando be fore branching out across Florida. It began the 21st by expanding across the country and boasts involvement in the development of more than 22,500 apartment units, gathering 180 indus try awards along the way.

“ZOM’s success through the years is

Halloween in full gear at libraries, other locales

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

People looking to get out of the house and get into the Halloween spirit have an array of events to choose from in Scottsdale.

From family fun events at all four public libraries, festivals at the Arizona Boardwalk and concerts to a pub crawl, there is plenty of fanfare across the city for patrons to partake in.

Kicking off the fun is a slew of events throughout all four public libraries across the city, including Halloween Family Fun nights, the monster mash and spooky stories of Scottsdale.

“It’s just a way to kind of have, you know, people celebrating October, those who want to celebrate Halloween,” said Jennifer Wong-Ortiz, Scottsdale Public Library community engagement and outreach coordinator.

Wong-Ortiz is most intrigued by the Appaloosa Library’s Spooky Story Hour, which describes the paranormal activity that has occurred in the library.

“We’ve done programs with a group of paranormal investigators and, according to them, we have had some paranormal activity in our libraries. Arabian in particular, has had some interesting things happen,” Wong-Ortiz said.

Despite paranormal activity occurring in the library, the spooky stories that will be told on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Appaloosa Library will feature stories about two Scottsdale residents who met an untimely end.

“Apparently there are two stories about people in Scottsdale who’ve met an unusual end in the last 20 years,” Wong-Ortiz said.

In addition to telling scary stories at the Appaloosa Library, the Mustang Library will offer an opportunity for guests to get their screams out by showing a scary movie and providing some monster-themed munchies for guests to snack on during the film.

Outside of the library system, patrons have their pick of litter when it comes to fun activities to do throughout the city.

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HALLOWEEN CALENDAR

MONDAY, OCT. 24

Halloween Family Fun

When: 6 p.m.

Where: Arabian Library, 10215 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road Cost: Free Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

Halloween Family Fun

When: 6 p.m.

Where: Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th St. Cost: Free Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

TUESDAY, OCT. 25

Halloween Family Fun

When: 6 p.m.

Where: Appaloosa Library 7377 E. Silverstone Drive Cost: Free Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

Hometown Happy Hour

When: 5:30 p.m.

Where: Civic Center Library 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Cost: Free

Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26

Scottsdale Concert Band presents “Things That Go Bump in the Night”

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Amphitheater at Scottsdale Community College, 9000 E. Chaparral Road.

Cost: Free Info: scottsdaleconcertband.org

Halloween Family Fun

When: 6 p.m.

Where: Civic Center Library 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Cost: Free Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

Spooky Stories of Scottsdale

When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27

Where: Appaloosa Library 7377 E. Silverstone Drive

Cost: Free Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

FRIDAY, OCT. 28

Halloween Scottsdale Pub Crawls

When: 4 p.m.

Where: Check-in is at Boondocks Patio & Grill, 4341 N. 75th Street

Cost: $20-$25

Info: crawlwith.us/scottsdale/halloween

SATURDAY, OCT. 29

Halloween Bash - Presented by Family Fun AZ

When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Arizona Boardwalk Courtyard 9500 E. Via De Ventura

Cost: FREE Info: azboardwalk.com

Boo & Brew

When: 2 p.m.- 7 p.m.

Where: Scottsdale Quarter Price: FREE Info: Scottsdalequarter.com

A cute ghost reading Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” tops a spooky cardboard haunted house for a special Halloween themed book section at the Appaloosa branch of the Scottsdale Public Library. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

NANCY BARTO

16 YEARS IN THE STATE SENATE

ABORTION

Barto has sponsored Arizona’s most extreme abortion ban laws, and agrees with bans that have no exceptions for rape and incest. (1)

ECONOMY

In tough economic times, Barto has cost Arizona taxpayers tens of millions. Between her extreme laws getting the state sued (and the state subsequently losing) and her willingness to spend $9.4 million for a “Cyber Ninja” 2020 election audit, Arizona can’t afford Barto. (2)

GUNS IN SCHOOLS

Barto supports gun sales without any background checks (3) and has voted to allow adults to carry fully-loaded guns while around children at school. (4)

6/25/22, SB 1164 2022;

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ABORTION

CHRISTINE MARSH

YEAR ENGLISH

& 2016 AZ TEACHER OF THE YEAR ENDORSED BY FIREFIGHTERS

YEARS IN AZ SENATE

Marsh has been very public about protecting women’s access to the healthcare they need and will work to keep the government out of the decisions made between a woman and her doctor.

ECONOMY

Christine Marsh has worked hard to support Arizona’s economy during this tough time, has supported key investments in Arizona’s infrastructure, and has worked to get our schools the funding they need. She even brought Republicans and Democrats together to fight illegal fentanyl which has torn apart too many Arizona families. (1)

GUNS IN SCHOOLS

As a mother of a police officer, Marsh supports all measures that will keep our children safe – including prohibiting adults (except for trusted School Resource Officers) from having loaded guns on or near school property.

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Birkett began decorating yards at his homes in 1986 at age 12 and said that he reverts to his childhood every year when he dusts off his Halloween decorations – some of which he has had since his first project.

“Every moment, it feels like I’m (back) in 1986,” Birkett said. “I can remember when I used to ride to RadioShack to buy strobe lights, go to Spencer’s Gifts and get the blacklight bulbs.”

This year has been especially nostalgic for Birkett as he dusted off yearsold props like the fan favorite Mr. Bones and a custom-made sculpture of a possessed little girl who sits on a swing suspended to a hollow tree in his front yard.

“It’s been so nostalgic because there have been years where I have gone into the shed and thought about bringing out particular decorations,” he explained. “But this year is the year where we’ve brought out all of the stops.”

Among those decorations is a tall sculpture in the side yard that appears to be Dracula but is actually a custommade sculpture of Birkett’s grandfather, who used to dress up as the king of bloodsuckers every Halloween.

“My buddy owns Midnight Studios FX, which is based in Scottsdale, and I said, ‘I want to bring back my grandfather from the dead,’ so we did that,” Birkett said. “This is Gramps at his finest and those are the actual clothes, cloak and everything he wore back in the 80s.”

Birkett estimates that 80% of the items lining his front lawn and backyard are custom-made.

Because of this, Birkett admits that he has been spooked this year by the rising costs of materials he uses to build and

maintain props.

“Last year we shot 40 gallons of Fog Fluid and because we added two more nights of allowing people to walk through, it could be about 45 gallons,” Birkett said. “The price of fog juice went from being in that $20 range to around $40 now.”

Birkett has also seen the cost of 2x4 slabs of wood, paint and corrugated plastic skyrocket as he has put the finishing touches on his beloved haunted graveyard.

Despite spending thousands of dollars and exhausting hours converting his home into a house of horrors, Birkett feels that this is needed these days.

“I’ve been doing it so long and the

world is so messed up in general that I thought ‘sometimes when you feel like you’re so lost and the world’s messed up, you have to go back to your roots,” he said. “It’s really bringing back those 1980s roots and it just makes the world feel almost normal again, which is fantastic.”

He plans to make people feel normal by giving them the same goosebumps they felt back in the day by hiring 31 costumed actors to jump out at patrons at every corner possible.

He said there’s been no shortage of applicants for the jobs.

“Because it’s magically been around 30-some odd years, we have a following,” Birkett said. “I already have a whole bunch of people that have been

scaring (people) for many years with me and people get so excited about being part of this type of a production.”

Birkett admits that he often has to turn people away who want the jobs that scare, but this year will include some new faces behind the masks.

“Even if a couple of my actors move, I always have a few people in my mind,” Birkett said. “We have a couple of brand-new replacements that have been asking me for years and I said, this is the year.”

Birkett is set to host a family-friendly walk-through without any actors on Oct. 25 and 26 before going all in with actors on Oct. 27 through Halloween.

He expects nearly 10,000 guests to trek through his home on Halloween night.

“It’s a 13-minute haunted house when you enter (there’s) one way in and one way out and we had 9800 guests in four and a half hours on Halloween night last year,” Birkett said.

Though he expects a large crowd, Birkett is as excited as ever to begin touring people through his hometurned “Haunted Graveyard.”

If You Go:

Haunted Graveyard

When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 25-26 for a family-friendly walk-through with no actors. 6:30-10 p.m. October 27-31 for a regular haunted house, not recommended for children under age 13.

Where: 8414 E. Valley Vista Drive Cost: Free.

Info: hauntedgraveyardaz.com

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Scottsdale Community Orchestra Fall Halloween Concert

When: 3 p.m.

Where: Scottsdale Community College

MUS Amphitheatre, 9000 E. Chaparral Road

Cost: Free

Info: scottsdalecc.edu/calendars

Monster Mash

When: 4 p.m.

Where: Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th St.

Cost: Free

Info: scottsdale.libnet.info/events

SUNDAY, OCT. 30

Bug Fest - Presented by Butterfly Wonderland Foundation

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Arizona Boardwalk Courtyard 9500 E. Via De Ventura

Cost: Free Info: azboardwalk.com

Chris Birkett hangs a decorative shield from the roof while setting up the Haunted Graveyard Halloween decorations at his house. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

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The only way to effectively treat chronic pain and/or peripheral neuropathy is by targeting the source, which is the result of nerve damage owing to inadequate blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet. This often causes weakness, numbness, balance problems. A lack of nutrients causes the nerves degenerate – an insidious

cannot survive, and thus, slowly die. This leads to those painful and frustrating consequences we were talking about earlier, like weakness, numbness, tingling, balance issues, and perhaps even a burning sensation.

The drugs your doctor might prescribe will temporarily conceal the problems, putting a “Band-Aid” over a situation that will only continue to deteriorate without further action.

Thankfully, Mesa is the birthplace of a brandnew facility that sheds new light on this pressing problem of peripheral neuropathy and chronic pain. The company is trailblazing the medical industry by replacing outdated drugs and symptomatic reprieves with an advanced machine that targets the root of the problem at hand.

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Aspen Medical will be offering this free chronic pain and neuropathy severity evaluation will be available until October 31st 2022. Call (480) 274 3157 to make an appointment.

As displayed in figure 1 above, the nerves are surrounded by diseased, withered blood vessels. A lack of sufficient nutrients means the nerves

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Depending on your coverage, your peripheral neuropathy treatment could cost almost nothing – or be absolutely free.

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one of the pro-growth council candi dates who lost in the primary.

But the most recent campaign fi nancial statements filed in the race show Graham slightly ahead in the to tal amount of money donated by sup porters.

Carter said Ishac’s gift has not changed her view on growth issues.

“I am still not in favor of high-rise, high-density apartments,” Carter said.

Ishac, who did not donate any mon ey to Graham, said, “Neither candidate aligns at all with my vision of the city, but one of them will be elected and it comes down to character and for that reason I am supporting Ms. Carter.”

Graham declined comment on the situation.

Here’s a look at what the two General Election combatants said they’ve raised and spent as well as the financial state ments filed by the other five Primary Election candidates.

Pamela Carter

Carter started the quarter, that ran from July 17 to Sept. 30 with $1,409, raised $16,698 and spent $14,312. That

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porting period with $34,852.68 in her war chest, according to the most recent campaign financial statements. The deadline for filing those statements was Oct. 15.

There are five candidates running for two seats being vacated at the end of the year by Jann-Michael Greenburg and Patty Beckman. Besides Carney and Werner, Mary Gaudio, Andrea Keck and Robb Vaules also are vying for a board seat.

Here’s a look at what each candidate says about the financial health of their campaigns.

Amy Carney

Carney started the quarter with a balance of $12,617 and raised $34,675, spending $12,441. That leaves her with a cash balance of $34,852.

She raised $30,665 in individual con tributions of $50 or more as well as $4,000 from political action commit tees.

PAC contributions of $2,000 each

left her with a balance of $3,795.58.

Contributions of $100 or more com ing from in-state sources totaled $9,800 and her out-of-state contributions of $100 or more came to $5,708.

Besides Ishac, her largest contribu tors were $5,000 from Douglas and Irene Mergenthalther of Ashiton Capi tal in Renton, Washington, and $3,000 from Scottsdale businessman Randon L. Miller.

She l;isted her largest expenses $2,866 to "Zelle Tate Tate" for website services, $1,145 "Zell Bolic Fire Bir In

came from Politics Uncorked and the Freedom Club.

She gave her campaign $191 in an inkind contribution.

Among the largest individual con tributions were $4,050 from Phoenix entrepreneur Elijah Norton and $2,500 from Paradise Valley surgeon Michael Gregory. She also received $1,000 each from retired Scottsdale resident Linda Sullivan, Scottsdale attorney Steven Twist and Paradise Valley homemaker Cynthia Miller.

Carney’s largest expenses involved advertising of various kinds. They in cluded $4,162 to Mesa Sign Shop for communications, $1,709 to the Scotts dale Progress and $904 to Karen’s Hall mark Shop.

Mary Gaudio

Gaudio started the quarter with $14,972. She raised $7,514 and spent $6,361, leaving her with a balance of $16,125.

She raised $5,904 in individual con tributions over $50 each and $1,510 in donations under $50 each. She took no

stallations" and $2,501 to Times Media Group for advertising.

Barry Graham Graham started the quarter with $7,743, raised $38,900 and spent $20,506 for a balance of $26,137.

He raised $33,575 in in-state contri butions of over $100 and $2,000 from the Politics Uncorked Political Action Committee.

Graham’s largest single donors were Scottsdale VGP business owner Elijah Norton, with $4,000, and $3,200 each from Simonson Buildings co-owners

money from PACs or political parties, nor loaned her campaign any money.

Gaudio’s largest contributions in cluded $500 from retired Paradise Valley resident Stephanie Davis, $500 from retired Scottsdale resident Vivi enne Gellert, $500 retired Paradise Valley resident Brooks Hilliard, $500 from Scottsdale Physician Frank Bauer and $500 from retired Scottsdale resi dent Linda Rivoir.

Her biggest expenses were $1,675 to J&R Graphics and Printing for yard signs, $1,167 to J&R Graphics and Printing for postcards and $1,083 to J&R Graphics and Printing for yard signs.

Andrea Keck

Keck started the quarter with $10,388, raised $28,354 and spent $29,648, leaving her with a balance of $9,094.

She raised $900 in individual contri butions over $50 and $250 in contribu tions under $50 each, taking neither PAC nor political party money.

She loaned her campaign $27,000.

Michael and Cynthia Simonson.

Graham also loaned his campaign $3,000.

His largest expenses totaled $18,428 to Primary Consultant for text messag es, consulting, signs and emails.

Kathy Littlefield

Littlefield started the period with $3,540, collected $5,400 and spent 8,940 for a zero balance.

She collected $1,700 in individual donations of more than $100 each, re ceived no out-of-state donations but raised $3,500 from PACs.

Those PACs are $1,500 from Phoenix Firefighter Union Local 493; $1,500 Surprise Pro Firefighter PAC and $500 from United Goodyear Firefighters PAC.

The largest individual contributors were Caroline Bissel, a Scottsdale resi dent with no employment listed, who gave $500; Dewey Schade, a Phoenix businessman who gave $500; Dennis Ryan, a Scottsdale resident with no listed employment who gave $250, and Carol Urban, a Scottsdale woman with no listed employment who gave $150.

Her biggest expense was $1,712 to

Her largest contributions were $250 from local businessman Paul Mess inger and $250 from retired Scottsdale resident Marianne Schmitt.

Keck also received of $100 each from Chicago resident Rochelle Roersma, and Scottsdale retirees Deborah Knud sen, Carolyn Frank and David Hall.

Her largest expenditures were $13,110 to Cactus Mailing, $4,116 to Cactus mailing, $3,500 to Lucent Cre ative for Social Media strategies and $3,500 to Lucent Creative for Social Media strategies.

Robb Vaules

Vaules started the quarter with $11,043, raised $12,595 and spent $4,238, leaving a $19,399 balance.

He raised $6,899 in individual contri butions of $50 or more and $2,848 in contributions of less than $50 each. He took no money from PACs or political parties nor made any personal loans to his campaign.

His largest contributions were $500

Pamela Carter

Barry Graham

Michael Burns to remove campaign signs. She also repaid loans she made to her campaign that totaled $7209.

Daniel Ishac

Ishac started the quarter with $47,383, raised $10,850 and spent $47,442, leaving a balance of 10,791.

He raised $9,425 in in-state contributions of more than $100 each, $200 in contributions of less than $100. He also raised $1,225 in out-of-state contributions.

Ishac’s largest contributions were $6,500 from DMB Associates executive Bennett Dorrance; $1,000 from DeRito Partners CEO Marty DeRito; $500 from Focus IT owner Josh Bopp and $500 from Kevin Ransil, a realtor with JLB Partner.

His largest expenses totaled $34,869 to Adobe Basin Printing for printing and postage and $4,350 to Affinity Web & Graphic for design of a mailer and social media support.

Tim Stratton

Stratton did not file a fourth-quarter campaign finance report, which was due Oct. 15.

Solange Whitehead

Whitehead started the quarter with $11,535, raised $8,628 and spent $2,724. That leaves her with a war chest of $17,439. She raised $3,968

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from retired Scottsdale resident Linda Rivoir and $250 each from retirees Phyllis Banucci and Nancy Stephens. He also received $200 from Hcompute CEO Hector Escarcega.

His biggest expenditures were $4,212 to J&R Graphics for printing, $974 to Union Print Shop for advertising and $483 to Switchboard Public Benefit Corporation for advertising.

Carine Werner

Werner started the quarter with $14,441, raised $28,397 and spent $12,573. That leaves her with a cash balance of $18,143.

Werner raised $24,117 in individual contributions of at least $50. Her campaign finance report does not list how

in in-state contributions over $100; $1,600 in contributions that were less than $100 each. She got no money from out of state but did receive $3,500 from a political action committee.

Those PACs were $1,500 from the Surprise Pro Firefighters PAC; $1,500 from the Phoenix Fire Fighters Local 493 Fire PAC; and $500 from the United Goodyear Firefirghters PAC.

Here biggest single contributor was Brenda Vanderhout, vice president Silver King Companies who gave $2,500. Alexander Vanderhout, vice president of Silver King Companies, donated $1,000.

Her largest expenses were $1,002 to the Postal Service, $697 to Intuit Quickbooks; and $488 to Michael Burns for sign removal.

Raoul Zubia

Zubia started the quarter with $20,015 and raised $641. He spent $14,061 and finished with $6,596.

He raised $6,855 in individual instate contributions over $100 each and $286 in contributions of less that $100. He received no out-of-state money.

His biggest donors were $3,000 from Lisa Druss with Riot Hospitality Group, $3,000 from Ryan Hibbert with Riot Hospitality and $500 from Stephen Krager.

His biggest expenditures were $10,362 to Adobe Basin Printing for road signs and $625 to Affinity Web & Graphic Design for campaign signs.

much she received from contributions less than $50 each.

Werner received $2,000 each from two PACs, Politics Uncorked and the Freedom Club. She took no money from political parties.

Werner also contributed $1,500 to her campaign.

Her largest single contributions were $4,000 from Phoenix entrepreneur Elijah Norton of Veritas Global Protection Inc., $3,510 from retired Paradise Valley resident Pam Kirby, $1,000 from PV homemaker Ellen Andeen, $1,000 each from Scottsdale retirees Donald Hesselbrock and Deb Oberhammer, and $1,000 from Scottsdale attorney Steve Twist.

Werner’s largest distributions were $1,709 to the Scottsdale Progress, $600 to Independent Newspapers and $416 to Arcadia News.

owed to the trust placed in us by

shareholders and capital partners,”

“We have rebranded the company to ZOM Living, as our projects are more about experience and emotion than bricks and mortar. Demographic trends continue to deliver a steady flow of new renters into the housing market, primarily millennials and aging baby boomers, who find rental housing more attractive than homeownership,” it continues on its website.

“Recent changes in U.S. tax law will further encourage renting instead of owning. We have also moved confidently into senior housing, as the leading edge of the baby boomers are now in their 70s. These aging seniors are also attracted to urban living, and are looking for higher levels of service and lifestyle amenities, which is what ZOM Senior Living is all about.”

It adds that its tradition involves “delivering well-conceived, designdriven living spaces that stir the emotions of our residents.”

State’s jobless rate ticks up even as jobs stay unfilled

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

The state’s jobless rate ticked up again last month – the third time in four months – even as the national rate dropped.

But Doug Walls, the labor market analyst for the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity, said he’s not seeing anything causing him great concern. He noted the 3.7% seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, while up two-tenths of a percent from August, is still below the state’s prepandemic average.

Some of that is job creation in Arizona, up by 102,500 since last year. Growing even faster is the number of people in the labor force, both employed and not. A household survey last month showed total employment approaching 3.5 million – up by 3,242 from August.

But the labor force increased by 11,717. So more people available to work, whether by reentering the labor market or moving to Arizona, translates to a higher unemployment figure.

And Walls said a separate report shows there are close to two open jobs for every unemployed person. “So I think the labor market is still tight,’’ he said.

“There are employers that are looking for employees,’’ Walls continued. “They still are not able to find them.’’

Average hourly wages in Arizona hit $30.57 in September. That’s up 7.8% from the same time a year earlier. By contrast, wages on the national level are up 4.9% year over year, though the average of $32.40 is still higher than the state.

Still, costs at the state level are eating up pay increases at an even faster rate.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the September consumer price index for Maricopa and Pinal counties -- the only are in Arizona they measure -- was up 13% from the same time a year earlier. That is being driven by the price of gasoline, energy prices and housing, especially for renters where costs are up 21.4%.

One area of the economy that may bear watching is the construction industry.

Sharply higher mortgage rates appear to be finally driving housing prices down in

Arizona.

The median listing price of a home in the state dropped last month to $477,500, down $12,000 from the prior month.

And while that’s still 6.2% higher than the same time a year earlier, data from Realtor.com showing a continuing decline from earlier this year when the average his $520,950.

Housing starts, as measured by the number of new building permits, decreased 2.8% in August, the most recent figures available.

“With interest rates increasing, that does impact the monthly mortgage rate that a buyer would have to pay,’’ Wells said. “So individuals that might have been able to afford a house when interest rates are low, they might either be thinking twice about that.’’

And Walls said buyers might be holding off on making a purchase. But all that could reduce the number of people needed in construction.

“We haven’t seen it yet,’’ Walls said. “But we have to wait and see where construction employment goes from here.’’

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City’s top education leaders give rosy assessments

BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

The state of education in Scottsdale is strong and growing, according to the city’s two top education leaders.

Speaking at a Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce of Commerce breakfast Oct. 19, Scottsdale Community College President Dr. Eric Leshinskie and Scottsdale Unified Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel painted a rosy picture of how things are going under their respective control.

“I think we are rebounding from the pandemic,” Leshinskie said. “I think we are poised to excel and poised to grow and thrive. The pandemic definitely provided some challenges to our students and us as institutions to adapt. We learned a lot from that and the state of education is onward and upward in Arizona.”

Menzel had a similar message.

“In terms of education in Scottsdale Unified its that our achievement is strong, we’re improving and we’re focused on our strategic plan designed to engage all students in world class future focus learning,” Menzel said.

“Today we’re in a very good place. We have tremendous support from the community. We have had that support over time and hope to continue to have that support so we can create those opportunities for students.”

Leshinskie pointed out the annual tuition for a full-time student at SCC is $2,500 while it’s $10,000 for a fulltime in-state student at Arizona’s universities.

He also noted:

• 92% of SCC graduates in occupational areas report that the college prepared them effectively or very effectively for a job in their field;

• 86% of graduates in occupational areas were employed;

• $40,000 is the median salary for occupational graduates over the last five years;

• There has been a 12.7% increase in students employed full-time from 2020 to 2021. For occupational graduates, and the percent employed full-time was 60.2% in 2020 and 63.8% in 2021.

“Scottsdale Community College is a strong partner for our community leaders that is preparing the next lead-

ers of the city as well as being the next pipeline of workers to fill the job needs that we have,” Leshinskie said. “We’ll do so with care, we’ll do so with academic rigor and we’ll do so in an innovative way.”

SCC has three groups of students, Leshinskie said.

They include students looking to get their general education courses out of the way before transferring to a university, workforce-development students and people who are not interested in graduating or getting a certificate but are taking one or two classes simply to learn something new.

Leshinskie said the biggest challenge to SCC is the many different paths to success with which the college is competing.

“Right now I think we have a lot of competing interests for students who come to us, meaning the job market right now, there’s a way for students to earn income that meets an immediate need. So we are competing with the value of getting a job right of way versus that value of coming to school and honing your skills a little more,” he said, adding:

There’s a lot of choices in the valley now too, so consequently we are doing our best to make sure Scottsdale Com-

munity College experience is one that is innovative, it is exceptional and it is one that students will remember.”

Menzel pointed to SUSD’s standardized test results that are first among nine other districts in the East Valley in five different grade levels and third in two others for English language arts.

In math, SUSD students were first among the districts in four grade levels, third in two more grade levels and sixth in the sixth grade.

He also pointed out the district’s ACT college prep test scores (taken by high school juniors) are about 20 percent higher in both English language arts and math than the county and state.

He pointed out that SUSD is asking voters in the Nov. 8 election to approve a district additional assistance override. The request is for $14.5 million a year or 10% of the revenue control limit (whichever is lower).

That comes to a bill of $112.17 annually on a $497,840 home (the median value of a home within the district).

The money will go to pay for things like laptops and software, curriculum materials, equipment for athletics, performing arts and safety, classroom furniture and playground and shade structures.

One of the biggest hurdles facing SUSD is being able to spend its full budget, Menzel said.

State law makers approved an addition $1 billion in funding this year for schools around the state. However without an override of the aggregate expenditure limit, schools won’t be able to spend that money.

The limit caps what school districts around the state can spend in a year to a 1980-level plus 10% adjusted for inflation.

If state law makers don’t pass the override by March 1st, SUSD would have to cut 17% of its budget this year. That comes to $28.4 million.

“The challenges in the future relate to talent attraction and retention and the ability to confidently spend the money the Legislature appropriated because of the aggregate expended limit,” Menzel said. “Those are probably the two biggest challenges we are facing right now.”

Dr. Eric Leshinskie

Dr. Scott Menzel

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Hunkapi Programs comes to 2 doomed horses' aid

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

WhenHunkapi Programs Execu tive Director Terra Schaad first saw that two horses were be ing auctioned off to avoid a final destina tion at a Texas kill pen, she opened her heart and wallet.

She also took swift action to save the two equines – just as she had done five times before on behalf of other horses set to go to kill pens, where the animals are often brutally beat, kicked and poked in the head or the eyes by uncaring work ers before they are shipped off to slaugh ter houses in Mexico.

Schaad recalled sitting at her com puter watching a malnourished 18-yearold draft mare, later named Adira, and a scarred 16-year-old bay gelding that eventually would be named Angus.

They would trot about an empty are na as an auctioneer called out the price of each animal along with the date the horse would ship out to the kill pen if not purchased.

Though slightly mortified by what she saw as countless horses trotted in and out of the arena, Schaad took several things into consideration before bidding on a steed.

“For us, the horses have to fit a cer tain bill. So, we looked into the eyes of the horses to see that they were mostly sound and not lame,” Schaad said.

“Then we looked at size and tempera ment by watching how they were moving through the auction and assessing their temperament in that very traumatic and scary situation.”

Horses are central to Hunkapi’s pro

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Scottsdale team walking for Parkinson’s help

BY PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

This year’s fourth annual Moving Day Phoenix walk for Parkinson’s fundraiser will take place on Nov. 5, at Ki wanis Park in Tempe, where the North Scottsdale Movers & Shak ers team will once again be front and center.

Since the team formed in the northern Scottsdale community of Terravita in 2019, the Movers & Shakers has grown and raised over $50,000 for the Parkinson’s Foundation to improve care and advance research toward a cure.

Movers & Shakers Team Found er Cathy Boss-Fessel is passion ate about making lives better for those with Parkinson’s.

“Moving Day is personal,” Fes sel said. “This year I am honor ing my friend Nancy Downs who was diagnosed in August 2015. She is very courageous and dedi cated to improving and main taining her lifestyle while living with Parkinson’s Disease.”

Scottsdale residents Nancy Boss-Fessel and her children, Jennifer and Jason, have helped the North Scottsdale Movers & Shakers raise money to improve research and care for those suffering from Parkinson’s disease. (Facebook)

Downs said, “Many of my everyday ac tivities are affected by Parkinson’s, but with will and perseverance, I carry on the best I can. Thanks to the research efforts of the Parkinson’s Foundation, I finally decided to have deep brain stim ulation surgery in March 2022.

“I did this because I was getting dys kinesia [involuntary movements] due to all the Parkinson’s meds I was taking. I still take meds, but only eight instead of 29 pills a day.

“It has given me my life back. I was lucky enough to be able to have the sur gery because of the type of Parkinson’s

I have.”

Last year the North Scottsdale Mov ers & Shakers was recognized as the top fundraising team in the Southwest and fifth in the nation. For 2022, the team has set a goal of raising $30,000.

Jennifer Campbell of The Boulders, captain for the 2022 event, “Our team was started in the Terravita community by a core group of people passionate about supporting the Parkinson’s cause. Cathy Boss-Fessel and Anne Prine, our publicists, have been invaluable to the team’s fundraising success.

Cathey Nichol of Hunkapi talks to the two new horses – Angus (left) and Adira – that were rescued from a kill pen in Texas by the Scottsdale nonprofit. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

grams for a broad age range of people with a wide range of diagnoses like autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, emotional disorder, addiction disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder.

Both Adira and Angus maintained a calm demeanor throughout their terrifying arena appearance, prompting Schaad to go all in for the two steeds.

Though the auction price was high, the two new additions to Hunkapi programs brought even bigger bills with them as costs have risen for vet care, immunizations, feed and shoes.

The current bill for each horse totals nearly $7,000 per animal.

Among the most staggering parts of the expense has been the cost of feed and specialized hoof care. Neither horse had received proper foot care.

“These guys are going to need specialized hoof care because they haven’t had the health care they need,” Schaad said. “So, we’ll have to put a lot of effort towards their foot care to get them back in the stable.”

Hoof care was not all the animals need-

ed, which became abundantly clear when Schaad’s team first pulled the horses off of a trailer that traveled from Texas to Flagstaff, where Hunkapi Programs has a second farm it used to quarantine the horses before carting them to Scottsdale.

Angus “has an old wound and scars on his head, jaw, on his hoof and up his leg which are probably old ranching scars,” Schaad said. “It’s clear that (Adira) had

a halter left on her for way too long because she has extreme sores along her jaw and along her face.”

Despite the high cost of their care, Schaad is proud and relieved to know she spared the two horses from an early grave.

And she is hopeful that her supporters will follow her lead in opening their hearts and wallets to the two new addi-

tions to Hunkapi Programs.

“They are healing, they are happy, their spirits are resting and we’ve really got to see a huge transformation in them,” Schaad said.

“We wouldn’t have been able to do that without the donors and the contributors towards our program and I feel like these two are going to really do incredible work with our program.”

The donors who aided in the purchase and care of the animals early on got to submit a name for each horse and a name was drawn at random.

Once Adira and Angus have become acclimated to their new home, Schaad’s goal is to train the steeds to provide equine therapy for clients with a broad spectrum of diagnoses including ALS, PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD and more.

Shaad hopes to have the horses riding with clients in the coming weeks.

She also has been moved by the experience of rescuing horses from kill pens again.

“It has been a really moving experience for me and it’s been really eye-opening

Terra Schaad of Hunkapi welcomes Adira and Angus to Scottsdale after they were saved from a Texas kill pen. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

“Cathy, Anne and our other supporters from Terravita, The Boulders, Winfield and surrounding Foothills communities are dedicated to supporting the work to find a cure for PD,” she continued. “Every dollar raised by our team will ensure we can boldly pursue promising research towards a cure, make exceptional care more accessible for everyone with Parkinson’s and provide vital resources that empower all community members.”

Team registration is now open and donations are being accepted at movingdayphoenix.org for this year’s Moving Day Phoenix walk on Nov. 5. Jennifer said, “Join our team and help us reach our goal!

To join or donate to the team, go to movingdayphoenix.org and select “N. Scottsdale Movers and Shakers”.

In 2021 thanks to generous donors, the Parkinson’s Foundation nationwide funded more PD research and community programs than ever before, including $2 million for 143 community grants that support educational and wellness classes.

WHERE TO FIND HELP

There are various area organizations and activities that help victims of Parkinson’s Disease and their families. Here are a few:

• Rock Steady Boxing Legends Boxing in North Scottsdale, run by Nikkel Nielsen. 15681 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale. Classes Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. –noon. valleyots@rsbaffiliate.com; Web: valleyots.rsbaffiliate.com

• Support Groups

Jewish Community Center, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Recently Diagnosed Support Group: second Fridays, 9–10:30 a.m.

Scottsdale Support Group: second Fridays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Contact: Patty Hatton, (602) 4063840; Email: Patrice.Hatton@Dignityhealth.org

• Parkinson’s Foundation Helpline 1-800-4PD-INFO (1-800-473-4636) or Helpline@Parkinson.org for programs, support groups and referrals to nearby Parkinson’s specialists. Helpline specialists can assist Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

to our animal care regulations,” Schaad said.

“I feel that they have the potential to come in and do amazing work for many more years of their life.

“And for me to be able to take their story and allow other people to relate to it that are coming from traumatic backgrounds, I think gives them an instantaneous connection and also hope that they can have the same resiliency and healing that these guys are going to receive from being a part of our program and the love that’s here.”

Schaad also said she is making an effort to source more horses from kill pen auctions moving forward.

“I’m really going to make a commitment to begin to replace our horses with as many horses from this effort because we have the love and the capacity here at the farm,” she said.

“As long as we can be supported by donations, we will do this because no animal deserves to die that way and in the conditions that these horses were in.”

Information: hunkapi.org

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Chef brings the taste of home to three concepts

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

When people �irst greet Chef Dom Ruggiero and shake his hand, one of the �irst things they may notice are letters tattooed on his �ingers that spell out “home” and “made” when he makes two �ists.

Those words re�lect Ruggiero’s credo.

The Scottsdale native and former Marine, a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu college of culinary arts, had been a veteran of the culinary scene for nearly six years, learning how to run restaurants, before he decided to open his own in 2019.

He has two running and plans to open a third next month.

Hush Public House

During his various jobs and education under esteemed chefs, Ruggiero said the biggest lesson he learned was to always

focus on honing his craft.

“Everybody always told me ‘learn your craft,’” Ruggiero said. “It was all those years of working for those great chefs that I was able to �ine-tune my craft and

really learn how to cook.

“And then from there, I started learning how to do pro�it and loss statements and learned how to run the business.”

With his craft honed by six years in the

industry, Ruggiero opened Hush Public House in February 2019 – a restaurant he describes as a high-end version of The Original Beef of Chicagoland, the name of the �ictitious restaurant featured in the comedy-drama series “The Bear.”

“We set out to open a cool little neighborhood restaurant and a place that I’d like to eat out at myself,” Ruggiero said.

Decorated by dark walls, a wood top bar and posh seating, the seemingly small space, located in a strip mall near a Goodwill, offers an intimate ambiance with a rotating menu that packs a punch.

“It doesn’t look like much when you’re pulling up to it since it has tinted windows, we’re in a strip mall next to Goodwill and the inside is very minimally done,” Ruggiero said. “But really, the focus for Hush was really about the food.

“We weren’t trying to set a mood back

Fashion Square to renovate its South Wing

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

Scottsdale Fashion Square will begin an extensive renovation of its South Wing and host Off The Field, which is the National Football Players Wives Association’s nonpro�it’s annual charity fashion show event this Feb. 10.

It’s been �ive years since mall operator Macerich undertook the �irst south wing renovation.

Starting in February, it will undertake a second upgrade of both the interior and exterior that is expected to take a year.

The multi-dimensional project will focus on the premises anchored by Nordstrom.

“Echoing the aesthetics of the Luxury Wing, interior renovation elements for the South Wing include upscale new �inishes,

new natural stone �looring, enhanced lighting, elegant furnishings, additional restrooms, and improved sightlines to highlight individual retailers and more,” said Andy Greenwood, vice president of development for Macerich.

“From top to bottom, everything will come together to deliver a more cohesive and holistic luxury experience for guests and retailers throughout the property.”

The interior renovation will include three new custom-designed light �ixtures, natural stone �looring, new paint, and ceiling treatments in cool grays, warm beiges and other neutral tones. White marble accents will mirror the colors and �inishes of the Luxury Wing.

The new round of renovations also calls

Chef Dom Ruggiero of Hush Public House and The Vanilla Gorilla Taproom and Bottle Shop makes a point about where his offerings come from. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

A new elevator will be part of the extensive renovations planned for the South Wing of Scottsdale Fashion Square. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

then. We spent our money on the food and dealt with the rest to get the place open.”

The gamble paid off as the restaurant began receiving rave reviews.

Though the menu is frequently shuf�led, depending on what Ruggiero and his chefs feel inspired by and what ingredients are in season, the menu has become known for staples like the Italian beef sandwich, grilled oysters, chicken liver mousse and crab hush puppies –all of which Ruggiero calls his favorites.

After the early success of his �irst restaurant, Ruggiero felt compelled to expand his presence into the vacated building next door to Hush Public House.

The Vanilla Gorilla Tap Room & Bottle House

After stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns decimated the dining industry, Ruggiero capitalized on a vacant space next door to Hush Public House.

He restored it into a concept that is the opposite of Hush Public House that he could use in case there was another restaurant shutdown and also maintain

as a waiting room for patrons waiting to dine at Hush Public House.

“We wanted something that we could have in case something ever happened again, that could remain open and we could sell alcohol out of,” he said. “So we have that space now and it also serves as Hush’s waiting room, if you will.”

He also wanted to do the one thing he

couldn’t do when he �irst opened Hush Public House: create an ambiance.

“For this place, we wanted the opposite” of Hush, Ruggiero said. “We wanted something big and bright, open and fun and airy with bright colors.”

In August 2021, Ruggiero opened the doors to a vibrant-colored beer bar decorated by chalkboards that list out the beers on tap, casual seating, a grocery-

store-style refrigerator displaying all the canned and bottled beverages for sale and board games for patrons to play as they sip and swig.

He felt it was a place that northern Scottsdale residents had been yearning for.

“It’s something that I feel like was lacking in north Scottsdale since there aren’t many grab bars up here,” he said.

This is also a place where Ruggiero feels he can throw a party. The Vanilla Gorilla Tap Room & Bottle House hosts live music, Trivia Tuesdays, Weenie Wednesdays where Fripper’s hot dogs are sold at half price and football across big screen TVs on Sunday.

However, his next concept veered back to his roots in upscale dining.

Fire at Will

For his next concept, Ruggiero wanted to create an intimate spot offering dark lighting, and intimate seating, highlighted by craft cocktails, local brews and signature dishes that diners at Hush Public House have enjoyed in the past, like burgers and sandwiches.

for modern furnishings and planters, a new elevator, resort-level restrooms, as well as the property’s �irst family lounge to accommodate nursing mothers.

A new handrail will be installed across the second �loor and walking bridges on the second �loor will be straightened.

The project developers also have reimagined a new south entrance.

Scottsdale Fashion Square also will “extend its luxury presentation beyond the luxury wing itself, creating a striking arrival point, complete with luxury valet service, at the property’s most active entrance,” Macerich said..

For traf�ic entering from Marshall Way, a multi-lane luxury valet will be installed alone with a new ceiling that is dimmable by a pinhole �ixture so the lighting can be adjusted for the time of day.

A new “meeting point” will also be installed with the implementation of a tall, backlit stone column featuring a laser-cut image of an agave. That will be set next to a new low wall of continuously moving water and native plants outside.

Surrounding the new porte cochere and main valet will be a newly designed restaurant rotunda with space for �ive restaurants and offering spill-out café seating. The restaurants are expected to open in the winter of 2023.

Macerich is currently in negotiations with luxury brand retailers to �ill the added space.

Scottsdale Fashion Square will remain

open throughout the renovation, with careful attention to ensuring a comfortable and convenient shopping experience for guests, including scheduling construction activity during off hours, according to the release.

“We have a lot of work ahead, but, in just a couple of months, it will be obvious that changes are coming and we cannot wait to unveil everything in spring 2024,” Greenwood said.

Also announced is a continuation of a partnership that will bring Off The Field’s annual charity fashion show that will showcase NFL players and their wives strutting down the runway back to the Fashion Square for the third time in 15 years.

“This longstanding partnership with Macerich and Scottsdale Fashion Square allows us to celebrate the pinnacle of the football season with a fashionable and fun event that ultimately supports the mission of Off The Field and that is to support the community through cause initiatives,” said Off The Field board member Ericka Lassiter.

“We have hosted this event for 22 years and it’s our opportunity to give back to causes that enhance the quality of life for families.”

A majority of the proceeds from the show will go to one major charity and several smaller local charities that are near and dear to active and retired NFL player’s wives.

Andy Greenwood, vice president of development for Macerich, discuss the planned renovations to Scottsdale Fashion Square earlier this month. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

Opening late 2022

Hyatt at Gainey Ranch offers poolside football

PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

The

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch has come up with a different way to watch Sunday football games.

Instead of offering games on TV sets in a bar, it’s inviting people to watch poolside form the comfort of a private cabana.

The TVs in the luxury cabanas offer DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, which telecasts every game live.

“Hyatt Regency Scottsdale is very excited to provide a one-of-a-kind football experience by our pool at the resort,” said Vincent de Croock, Hyatt director of sales and marketing. “We took our ‘Sunday Funday’ experience to a new level and combined it with the NFL SUNDAY TICKET to offer guests ‘Sunday Fanday.’

“Whether they are looking for an exciting and unique way to root for their favorite team with a group of friends, or wanting to arrange a Sunday activity the entire family can enjoy, the ‘Sunday Fanday’ poolside football experience provides a fun-�illed day for football fans of all ages.”

The resort’s luxury cabanas feature large �lat-screen televisions, a minifridge, a cooling ceiling fan and refreshing misters and dedicated food and beverage service from the resort’s H2Oasis poolside restaurant.

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“It’s going to be really dark,” he said. “We have brick (walls) inside, we have burgundy tile, black ceilings, really dim lighting and lots of plant �ixtures are everywhere, so it’s going to be super dark.”

Fire at Will is projected to open Nov. 12 and will mark the third restaurant to open under Ruggiero’s hospitality group, Cast Iron Concepts, which he launched last month.

Overall, Ruggiero says his goal is to “make the Arizona dining scene cooler one restaurant at a time” through his approach to homemade concepts and cuisines.

“Whether they are looking for an exciting and unique way to root for their favorite team with a group of friends, or wanting to arrange a Sunday activity the entire family can enjoy, the ‘Sunday Fanday’ poolside football experience provides a fun-filled day for football fans of all ages.”

Before and after the games, guests can enjoy the resort’s 2.5-acre water complex, which features 10 swimming pools, 20 fountains, 45 waterfalls, a sandy beach, and a three-story high-speed water slide.

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa’s family cabana day pass provides cabana and water park access for a family of up to �ive people. The adult cabana day pass provides cabana and water park access for up to four adults.

Cabana day passes also include a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine and bottled waters, complimentary parking, and included wi-�i. The experience can be booked at resortpass. com/hotels/hyatt-regency-scottsdaleresort-and-spa.

Hush Public House

14202 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Hushpublichouse.com. 480-758-5172.

The Vanilla Gorilla Taproom & Bottle House

14202 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Tvgtaproom.com. 480-597-6526.

Fire at Will 4912 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale. Eatfireatwill.com

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The Nash plans growth in its next phase

BY CHRISTINA FUOCOKARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer

The Nash has spent the last 10 years filling a void for jazz fans in the Valley and the staff hopes to expand its offerings going for ward.

Exhibit celebrates the ‘Modern Latina’

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

Executive director and jazz pianist Joel Goldenthal boasts that The Nash has been sat isfying a pent-up community need since Wynton Marsalis played the first note at the club on Sept. 30, 2012.

“Everything that’s happened at The Nash has been from people walking in the front door wanting to be involved in it,” he said.

Scottsdale

Public Art has unveiled a timely exhibition centered around the connections of culture and family displayed in Latina-made art.

“Modern Latina: Cultura, Familia y Arte” opened at the Civic Center Public Gallery, 10 exhibiting a range of artists and media that includes paintings of Hispanic cuisine, photos of families and a print of clothing worn by women of Hispanic descent.

There also are vibrant paintings with a unique take on the famed Día De Los Muertos holiday celebrated by people of Mexican heritage.

The exhibit is the product of artists who are “all at different stages of their artis tic careers and all passionate artists who know the power of art to celebrate their lives and traditions,” said Scottsdale Public Art curator of collections and exhibitions Wendy Raisanen.

“Their artworks express how their re lationships with their family, friends and culture have been affected and reinforced because of the unusual times we are expe riencing during these last couple of years.”

A prime example of the bond forged be tween an artist and her family is a collec tion of paintings of foods enjoyed by her family, particularly during the early days of the pandemic when her son returned home from college.

“During the pandemic, my son, who goes to ASU, moved back home to do all his classes online and while he was home, he showed an interest in cooking,” Costello said.

“So, I pulled out my grandmother’s old recipe book that she had written by hand and we started finding out ways to make them a little bit healthier and we bonded over that experience.”

Inspired by her new bond with her son,

That includes a key component to The Nash – its education programs like sum mer jazz workshops, emerging artist pro gram, masterclasses and clinics, Hot Dogs & Jazz, The Nash Legacy Ensembles, The Nash Vocal Ensemble, The Nash Futures Workshop, Nash Jazz DivAZ and Sunday Jam Sessions.

“The educators all came to us and asked to do these programs at The Nash,” Gol denthal said. “The jam session has been a steady flow of musicians, audiences, teachers and supporters who just want to be involved.”

Named in honor of musician Lewis Nash, the club will celebrate its 10th anni versary Thursday, Oct. 27, to Sunday, Oct. 30.

It kicks off with a VIP private preview at 6 p.m. Thursday, when guests can see a 10-Year Photo Exhibition, which runs throughout the 2022-2023 season.

The celebration officially kicks off Friday with Cocomama Latin Jazz at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.

On Saturday, Oct. 29, Hot Dogs & Jazz makes its return from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Families are invited to this free event that includes a jazz performance geared for all ages, an instrument petting zoo, and expo of The Nash education programs fostering the next generation of jazz musicians. Fol lowed by free hot dog lunch with the band.

Furthering that mission, the educa tion expo is from noon to 1:30 p.m. and it features performances by The Nash’s Education Ensembles, including The Nash JazzDivAZ (all-female ensemble of musi cians ages 10 to 17), The Nash Legacy En sembles (top high school jazz musicians selected by audition) and The Nash Jazz Vocal Ensemble (community-based group of jazz vocalists).

Artists Emily Costello, Annie Lopez, Kathryn “La Jefa” Sesma and Charissa “Cha” Gutierrez recently talked about their works that are part of the ”Modern Latina" public art exhibit at Scottsdale Civic Center Library. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

The club’s namesake, drummer Lewis Nash, will per form with his All-Star Quintet at 7:00 and 9:15 p.m., Oct. 29. (Courtesy of The Nash)

2 Scottsdale authors to discuss their work

PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

Four published Arizona authors, including two from Scottsdale, will discuss their books Nov. 3 in Tempe.

Jan Kelly and Judith Clayton Van also will meet with guests following the panel discussion 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Changing Hands, 6428 S. McClintock Drive.

Kelly, a native Arizonan with an master’s in fine arts degree in creative writing who taught at Arizona State University for 30 years, will talk about “Elder Brother’s Maze,” the first book in her Arizona Series.

That series revolves around the ancient desert O’odham people’s creation of stories that parallel the path a young Guy Thornton takes.

Thornton, a down-on-his-luck Arabian horse trainer fresh out of prison, attempts to emerge from the “maze” he has made of his life.

Other Kelly titles include “Jackrabbit,” “The Last Creation,” “Sacred Arrow” and

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Prior to the performances, the Phoenix mayor’s office will present a proclamation to The Nash to honor its contributions to the community and to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

The club’s namesake, drummer Lewis Nash, will perform with his All-Star Quintet at 7:00 and 9:15 p.m. later that night.

The Nash volunteers will be honored during a private event on Oct. 30. A public concert with the SCC Jazz Orchestra and Jimmy Greene will happen at 7:30 p.m.

Longtime Valley attorney Herb Ely pitched the idea for The Nash to Goldenthal over coffee in the end of 2010.

“He told me he wanted to open a jazz venue in Downtown for the purpose of giving young people a chance to be exposed to this music,” Goldenthal recalled.

“I suggested to do it through Jazz in Arizona, a nonprofit founded in 1977. We connected Lewis Nash to it because of his stature in the jazz world as a musician and educator, and a role model we would want to put forth.”

The Nash was conceived and born in one day, Goldenthal said.

“People of the Sun.”

Van, who also has an MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University, taught English there for 23 years. She grew up on a horse ranch.

She has just released “Faster Horses,” a coming-of-age story from the perspective of 4-year-old Annie Butler, who is

raised by her grandparents on their Oregon horse ranch while her mother travels the country as a famous trick rider in professional rodeo, collecting World Championship belt buckles and boyfriends.

Van was also a literary artist with the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

Another panelist is Laurie Fagen of Chandler, who graduated from ASU with a degree in radio and television and has written three crime novels set in Chandler.

She will discuss “Dead Air,” the second book in her “Behind the Mic Mysteries,” about a young radio reporter who covers the crime beat, helps Chandler Police solve cold cases and writes campy murder mystery podcasts.

Also speaking is Karen Randau of Payson, who has published 12 books in three series, all mystery and suspense.

Her latest is “Into the Fog,” the first book in the Peach Blossom Romantic Suspense Series, where MJ Goodrich hopes to find peace when she agrees to help her mother manage Peach Blossom Orchard.

Josh Rivers has artistic desires, but he’s stuck running the failing auto shop he inherited. When women close to them disappear, MJ and Josh set aside their insecurities to rescue the women before it’s too late.

year five. Then we had just, in the last our months, added our first development and marketing director, and our first full-time education director. Those additions to the staff have just put us in a position to really grow and maximize our potential.”

Going forward, Goldenthal sees the educational programs expanding. They are, in earnest, evaluating the facility for the future to figure out how to accommodate the growth.

“The performance venue doesn’t have to be any bigger,” he said.

“It took about a year and a half to get it off the ground,” he added. “There were many naysayers. It was interesting, the negativity toward it in the beginning. People were skeptical of a jazz venue being a nonprofit and having the youth as the focus. But that gives us the special position.

“There is no other entity in the country that has the exact model we have. We provide students an opportunity to experi-

ence these jazz greats in live performance.

Nothing done in the four walls of academia begins to approach the impact of experiencing the greats in live performance.”

In the early days of The Nash, the staff was just Goldenthal. It has since been expanding.

“When we started out 10 years ago, I was the only staff person,” Goldenthal said. “We added a managing director about

“Jazz is an intimate artform. If we could do two shows with 116 people in them, that would be just dandy. Clearly in order to accommodate additional educational programs, we’re going to need more space under the same roof. I think that’s the biggest opportunity that we have—expanding to accommodate the growth that the market is asking for.”

The Nash 110 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix 602.795.0464 thenash.org info@thenash.org

The Nash has been satisfying a pent-up community need since Wynton Marsalis played the first note at the club on Sept. 30, 2012. (Courtesy of The Nash)

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Costello began reflecting on her mother’s stories about gathering ingredients to make food and eventually decided to paint those ingredients.

Costello is not the only artist in the exhibition to pay homage to her family.

Annie Lopez used cyanotype– a cameraless photographic printing process – to print images onto tamale wrappers.

“I use the tamale wrapper papers (because) that’s what connects me to my nana, who worked in a tamale restaurant,” Lopez explained.

Artist Cha Gutierrez also paid homage to her family by reflecting on stories her grandmother told her.

“For me, the biggest source of tradition is (learning about) my ancestral times through storytelling,” Gutierrez said. “So, my paternal grandmother would babysit

us when we were kids – there were 13 cousins and she watched us all – and she had to keep us entertained.”

Gutierrez recalled how her grandmother used to sit her and her cousins down to tell elaborate tales that had elements of what she describes as “magic realism.”

“When I look back at them, some of them I’m like ‘that couldn’t possibly be true.’ There were always these elements of magic realism to a lot of the stories that she told where it was almost like a little fairy tale, or at least that’s how I remember it,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez tries to incorporate elements of magic into her realistic portraits of women as seen in a piece where there are two women, one in the middle of the desert and another in a big city. Both are intertwined by their long black hair.

Artist Kathryn “La Jefa” Sesma also paid homage to her family with her artwork

Taliesin West hosting three plays

PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

Southwest Shakespeare Company will present three plays in the Pavilion Theatre of Frank Lloyd

Wright’s Taliesin West, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The acclaimed theatre company will perform two of William Shakespeare’s iconic plays – “Love’s Labour’s Lost”

but slightly more morbidly.

“My work is very much surrounded around Día De Los Muertos and it wasn’t something that I was interested in until probably the pandemic when I saw this post on Facebook about this woman from northern Mexico who created this large ofrenda honoring those who had passed from the pandemic,” Sesma said.

“It just resonated with me since I experienced death at a very young age and I found that when working with that subject and skeletons, it’s actually very healing.”

Intrigued by the idea of exploring grief through painting works honoring the dead, Sesma began creating works centered around these themes every November.

After spending the last two years creating works inspired by the topic of death and family, Sesma’s works light up the

Nov. 17-20 and “Much Ado About Nothing” May 18-21 – and “THE ALCHEMIST” April 13-16, Ben Jonson’s 1610 satire of greed and foolishness directed by David Ira Goldstein.

“Performing in this intimate, iconic space is a special experience for both

exhibition with bright colors and intriguing subject matters ranging from mental health to paying homage to loved ones.

Rounding out the exhibition are works from several other artists that pay homage to their families and Hispanic culture.

The works will remain displayed through New Years’ Eve at the Civic Center Public Gallery inside the Scottsdale Civic Center Library.

If You Go:

Modern Latina: Cultura, Familia y Arte

When: Now to Dec. 31

Where: Civic Center Public Gallery, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale Cost: Free Info: scottsdalepublicart.org

our performers and the audience,” said Debra Ann Byrd, Southwest Shakespeare’s producing artistic director.

“The actors are able to stretch their wings and bring a new perspective to

Singer Sophie B. Hawkins celebrates 30 years

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer

Thirtyyears ago, when Sophie B. Hawkins created the album “Tongues and Tails,” she wanted to make a classic album.

As a result, the hit “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” kickstarted her career. It sounds as fresh as it did in 1992.

“The lyrics are still so appropriate,” Hawkins said. “I really was conscious of wanting to make a classic album and I feel that, in my own heart, that was achieved because every song is so valid. The melodies in these chord structures are so good.”

Hawkins will celebrate the album’s anniversary with a show at the Musical Instrument Museum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. She says the songs are still fun to perform.

“I perform songs from ‘Tongues and Tails,’” she said. “Then there are the new songs, which I’m previewing and I’m excited about that. ‘Love Yourself’ dropped Oct. 6. So, I will definitely be

singing that song and a few others from the new release.

“Then there are going to be some covers that people have never seen me play before. Of course, I’m going to do the cover from ‘Tongues and Tails,’ ‘I Want You’ (by Bob Dylan). So, the question is always how to slim down the set and really make it the perfect time. We’re really working within the music to bring something new without leaving the old behind.”

“Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” didn’t just help her career, it broke through a

sensitive barrier of LGBTQ understanding.

“I was fighting for that without fighting,” she said.

“I would not let them take that third verse away,” which refers to said lover as a “her.”

“I had to get my vision across, but I never named what I was doing, but I knew what I was doing. I thought if I named it, those big guys would never let me get away with it.”

If You Go:

Sophie B. Hawkins

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26

Where: Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix

Cost: Tickets start at $38.50 Info: mim.org

the text when they are in such a gorgeous architectural space.”

The Taliesin West performances are part of Southwest Shakespeare’s efforts to expand to other parts of the Valley, as well as bring works to different types of venues.

Single tickets for performances at Taliesin West are $35 and $45 and are on sale at swshakespeare.org.

Bard Cards are also on sale. They include six tickets that can be used in any combination for any of Southwest Shakespeare’s productions. For full schedule and information visit swshakespeare.org.

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Sophie B. Hawkins’ song

“Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” reached No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart.

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SugarJam begins pre-orders for Thanksgiving pies

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

Patrons

looking to score a warm, 9-inch-deep dish pie from SugarJam

The Southern Kitchen to serve at their Thanksgiving dessert have until Nov. 13 to get their orders in.

SugarJam is offering nine �lavors: apple, caramel apple, apple crumb, cherry, cherry crumb, southern sweet potato, SJ pumpkin, bourbon pecan, chocolate pecan, and peach cobbler, and the restaurant is looking to get as organized as soon as possible ahead of the controlled chaos that is expected on the pickup dates of Nov. 22 and 23.

“I’ve always started taking pre-orders on Oct. 1 and this year, because the demand is so high, we were going to stop the pre-orders as of Nov. 13 so that we have enough time to produce the pies and not be too crazy at the last minute,” said Dana Dumas, head chef and CEO of SugarJam

The Southern Kitchen.

So far, Dumas has received over 220 orders and in the past, she has �illed more.

“Last year we did 2,800 pies and then before the year before – when I was in my SugarJam bake shop and bistro amid COVID, the heavy part of COVID – we did 3500 pies,” Dumas said.

“My biggest year on pies, I would say, was the years of 2017 and 2018 and we were doing nearly 4,000 to 4,500 pies and we almost got to 5000.”

Dumas also sees a surge of corporate orders around this time as well.

“Corporate doors usually are the week before Thanksgiving and we typically do anywhere between 500 to 800 pies for corporate people,” she said.

Dumas attributes her soaring demand for her delectable desserts to her commitment to simplicity.

“At the end of the day, my �lavor pro�ile is not taking fruit and a little bit of sugar and

a little bit of this and then thinking back to pie,” she said. “It really is putting love and care into the batters that we made.”

Not only is love put into the batter, but each batch of batter must pass the approval of Dumas as well as her staff.

“We taste all our batters to make sure the �lavor pro�ile is where we need to be so when it bakes, it bakes up your pie full of �lavor and people enjoy it,” Dumas said.

Pie is not her only top seller as peach cobbler will be returning for a second year

after successful sales last year.

“I also do a peach cobbler that we were in such high demand for last year that I said ‘OK, let me put this on the menu this year to make sure that we have it available,’” Dumas said.

Dumas is already plotting how to orchestrate pickups on her two pickup dates.

“Since we’re starting pickups on Tuesday, we begin to make the �illings and line pie shells that Thursday and Friday before and we’ll start to wrap and freeze them,”

she said.

“We then start baking off pies on Sunday and Monday for Tuesday and then Monday and Tuesday for the Wednesday pickup.

The pies are getting made all around the clock so we’re trying to bake and make them as fresh as possible.”

On pickup day, Dumas will do her part to control the chaos. When customers place an order, they will �irst be asked to select a pickup date and time and will have a twohour window to pick up their pies.

Since she has the added space of her retail shop, The Market by SugarJam, Dumas plans to line customers up there and usher them into her second dining room near the bake shop counter during their allotted pickup time.

Guests will also be asked to show a virtual order con�irmation or printed receipt of their order when they come to pick up their pies.

Although Dumas admits her pies can be enjoyed at room temperature, she recommends that customers heat their pies in an oven at 325 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes and serve them with vanilla bean ice cream. For pies sweet potato and pumpkin pies, she recommends that customers leave them refrigerated overnight and then keep them out for about an hour before serving.

Although Dumas typically sees record pie sales ahead of Thanksgiving, she also says that pie sales soar following the holiday too, as people want extra slices of her famous pies.

“It’s crazy because we get people that order pies that pick up on Wednesday, and then they have a standing order for the Saturday after Thanksgiving,” Dumas said.

“Most of the time they told me, it’s because their guests want a fresh pie so they can have their own.”

Info: sjsouthernkitchen.com

SugarJam The Southern Kitchen head chef/CEO Dana Dumas has gained a big following with her pies.

(Courtesy Dana Dumas)

SugarJam The Southern Kitchen is taking pre-orders for Thanksgiving pies like pumpkin, sweet potato, apple and pecan online until November 13.

(Alex Gallagher/ Progress Staff)

JAN D’ATRI

Progress Columnist

Planning a party? Think paella and plenty of sangria

Itwas on this day, decades ago, that my momma and I celebrated my birthday in Madrid, Spain.

She took me on a magnificent trip to six European countries on our way to her hometown of Treviso, Italy. It was in Madrid where we both fell in love… with paella. The place was Restaurante Botin, the oldest restaurant in the world, according the Guin-

Seafood Paella

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped fine

1 red bell pepper, diced

1/3 cup olive oil

1 ½ tsp salt, divided 1 lb. calamari, cut into rings

½ cup tomato sauce

1 teaspoon black pepper

12 raw jumbo shrimp, peeled & deveined

½ lb Spanish chorizo, cut into small pieces

12 fresh mussels, cleaned

½ teaspoon smoked paprika

3 cups fish broth (Can be made with Better Than Bouillon Seafood Paste)

1 teaspoon saffron threads or powder

1 cup uncooked Carnaroli or Arborio rice

1 cup finely chopped parsley

1 large lemon, sliced into wedges

Directions:

1. Mince 3 cloves of garlic. Chop onion fine.

Dice red bell pepper.

2. Slice calamari into thin rings.

3. Heat a paella pan with a medium-high heat and add in 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil. After 1 minute season the olive oil with 1 teaspoon of sea salt.

ness Book of World Records – and to this day, one of the most charming establishments I’ve ever visited.

We bought our paella pan there and have loved making this authentic Spanish dish ever since.

If you’re in the mood to party, a paella party (with plenty of sangria to wash it down!) can be a very tasteful get-together!

4. Add the calamari and cook for 2 minutes then remove from the pan and set aside.

5. Add the garlic and onions to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the red bell pepper and continue to sauté until the vegetables are soft and tender, about 4 minutes.

6. Add the tomato sauce, smoked paprika ½ tsp salt and pepper. Stir to incorporate and then cook for 2 minutes or until the tomato sauce has thickened. Add the calamari back into the pan and stir.

7. Add the fish broth and bring to a boil.

8. Add Carnaroli or Arborio rice, mix well and cook for 20 minutes.

9. Add the shrimp and mussels, and cook for another 10 minutes.

10. Lower the heat to medium low, and simmer until the broth has been absorbed by the rice and the rice is tender.

11. Return the heat to medium high, stir the mixture once and then leave it undisturbed to achieve the socarrat. (Socorrat in paella is the thin layer of toasted rice that sticks to the bottom of the pan. The rice should smell toasted, make a crackling sound.)

12. After 5 minutes, garnish the paella with lemon wedges and finely chopped parsley. Serves 6

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NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on November 09, 2022, at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following:

Written comments submitted electronically at least one hour prior to the meeting are being accepted. A written Public Comment may be submitted electronically to PlanningCommission@ScottsdaleAZ.gov. Public comments will also be accepted at the meeting.

5-GP-2022 (City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 - HB2482) Request by City of Scottsdale for a minor General Plan amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 in response to the recently approved House Bill 2482 amending Arizona Re vised Statutes 9-461.06, relating to the City’s major General Plan amendment process. Applicant/Staff contact person is Adam Yaron, (480) 312-2761.

6-ZN-2022 (Scottsdale 3200 North) Request by owner for a zoning dis trict map amendment from Highway Commercial (C-3) to Downtown/Downtown Multiple Use Type 2, Planned Block Development, Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 PBD DO), including a development plan with amended development standards for building location and bonus residential density (50 du/ac to 55.8 du/ac) for a total of 135 residential units, on a +/- 2.4-acre site, located at 3202 N. Scottsdale Road Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, (480) 312-4306. Applicant contact person is David Gulino, (602) 330-5252.

3-GP-2022 (94 Hundred Shea - The Village) Request by owner for a minor General Plan amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 to change the land use designation from Commercial to Mixed-Use Neighborhoods on a +/- 11-acre site located at 9375 E. Shea Blvd. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, (480) 312-2376. Applicant contact person is Andy Jochums, (480) 429-3063.

8-ZN-2022 (94 Hundred Shea - The Village) Request by owner to re zone from Commercial Office Planned Community District (C-O PCD) and Highway Commercial Planned Community District (C-3 PCD) to Planned Unit Development Planned Community District (PUD PCD) on a +/- 11-acre site locat ed on the south side of E. Shea Blvd east of N. 92nd Street to allow for a maximum of 219 residential units with a de velopment plan. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, (480) 312-2376. Applicant contact person is Andy Jochums, (480) 429-3063.

6-GP-2022 (Mercado Courtyards) Request by owner for a minor Gen eral Plan Amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 from Commercial to Mixed-Use Neighborhoods on +/3.92 acres of the +/-8.52-acre site located at 10301 N. 92nd Street, 10299 N. 92nd Street and 9301 E. Shea Boulevard. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, (480) 312-2376. Appli cant contact person is Jennifer Hall, (480) 505-3939.

12-ZN-2022 (Mercado Courtyards) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Highway Commercial, Planned Community District (C-3 PCD) and Commer cial Office, Planned Community District (C-O PCD) to Planned Unit Development, Planned Community Devel opment District (PUD PCD) Zoning with a Development Plan on a +/- 8.52-acre site located at 10301 N. 92nd Street,

10299 N. 92nd Street and 9301 E. Shea Boulevard for a mixed-use development including 273 multi-family units and +/- 24,000 sq. ft. of commercial area. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, (480) 312-2376. Applicant contact person is Jennifer Hall, (480) 505-3939.

27-UP-2006#4 (T-Mobile Scottsdale Ranch PH10928B) Request by own er to renew a Conditional Use Permit for an existing Type 4 alternative concealment wireless communication facility concealed within an artificial palm tree with Single-family Residential, Planned Community District (R1-18 PCD) zon ing located at the southwest corner of E. Shea Blvd and N. 100th Street. Staff contact person is Omar Smailbegovic, (480) 312-3087. Applicant contact person is Todd Daoust, (602) 549-9054.

1-AB-2020#2 (Rancho Vista Alley Abandonment) Request for abandonment of the sixteen (16) foot alley right-of-way located between Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Rancho Vista subdivision, gen erally located between E. Chaparral Road and E. Mariposa Drive, west of N. 69th Place, with Single-family Residential District (R1-7) zoning. Staff contact person is Brad Carr, (480) 312-7713. Applicant contact person is Suzanne Dubar ry, (760) 808-5010.

For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov search “Scottsdale Planning Case Files” or in your URL search bar you can type in https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/Cases/

A COPY OF A FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEMS CONTIN UED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS IS AVAILABLE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT THE FOLLOWING: Online at: http://www.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/Boards/planning-commission CHAIRMAN Attest CAITLYN GULSVIG

Planning Specialist

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