Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive: 52 Reasons to Save a Landmark Community Service Project
Jul12

Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive: 52 Reasons to Save a Landmark Community Service Project

Courtesy of Friends of the Scenic Drive, May 5, 2015 The Desert Foothills Scenic Drive (Scenic Drive) was created 52-years-ago to preserve, protect, and showcase the desert roads of a “special place,” and thus, moderate future development, encourage tourism, and create an amenity that would attract customers for local businesses. For decades, hundreds of individuals, businesses, and community leaders have donated many thousands of...

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Scottsdale P&Z Link Newsletter, June 27
Jun30

Scottsdale P&Z Link Newsletter, June 27

Monday, June 27 *Amended Version Updated Location New Cases Near 94th Street and Union Hills Drive. The owner is requesting approval of the design of a new 8-foot-tall integral colored, solid block perimeter wall along the northern ends of lots 4,5,6,7 and 8; in the Legacy Cove subdivision with Single-family Residential, Evironmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-10 ESL) zoning, located at 9451 E. Union Hills Drive. CASE#14-PP-2013#2 Near...

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State Land Department: Rezoning Case (19-ZN_214) City Council Hearing Set for July 5th
Jun30

State Land Department: Rezoning Case (19-ZN_214) City Council Hearing Set for July 5th

  Courtesy Arizona State Land Department Dear Neighbors and Interested Parties – The Arizona State Land Department’s North Scottsdale Rezoning Case (19-ZN-2014) has been scheduled for its City Council hearing date.  The Council will hear this case at their July 5, 2016 meeting, which will be held in the City Hall Kiva at 3939 N. DrinkwatHer Blvd. starting at 5:00 PM.  Additional City Council meeting information is available on...

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Scottsdale Continues General Manager Search
Jun17

Scottsdale Continues General Manager Search

June 16, 2016 Contact: Kelly Corsette, communications & public affairs director, office: 480-312-2336, mobile: 602-359-5965   June 16, 2016 Contact: Kelly Corsette, communications & public affairs director, office: 480-312-2336, mobile: 602-359-5965 Council continues city manager search The Scottsdale City Council will continue the process to find Scottsdale’s next city manager after declining to make an offer to any of the...

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The Untold Story of the DDC
Jun08

The Untold Story of the DDC

          Courtesy of the Voice of Scottsdale June 2, 2016 Is The Next Big Idea For Scottsdale in Jeopardy?    It’s astonishing to watch all those who have worked so hard for so long to make the Desert Discovery Center a reality being so outmaneuvered by a grassroots group of citizens staking claim to our McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The silence of the DDC supporters is deafening. The proponents of the DDC...

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Scottsdale elections will wait until November
Jun02

Scottsdale elections will wait until November

          June 2, 2016 Contact: Kelly Corsette, communications & public affairs director, Office: 480-312-2336, Mobile: 602-359-5965   Scottsdale elections will wait until November There will not be an Aug. 30 primary election in Scottsdale. Two candidates filed to run for mayor and four filed to run for three City Council seats by the June 1 deadline, making a Scottsdale primary election unnecessary....

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Scottsdale City Manager Search Down to Three
May29

Scottsdale City Manager Search Down to Three

    April 6, 2016 Contact: Kelly Corsette, communications & public affairs director, Office: 480-312-2336, Mobile: 602-359-5965  Scottsdale city manager search down to three Three candidates for Scottsdale city manager have emerged from a nationwide recruitment that attracted 55 applications. The finalists, who were selected after a series of reviews and background checks, will meet with city executives and City Council...

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P & Z Request: Marijuana Too Close for Comfort?
May29

P & Z Request: Marijuana Too Close for Comfort?

Friday, May 27 New Cases Near 68th Street and Holly Street. The owner is requesting approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness – Historic Preservation and Historic Residential Exterior Rehabilitation (HRER) funding to replace existing windows with new energy efficient windows on a property zoned Single Family Residential, Historic Property (R1-7 HP), located at 6713 E. Holly St. CASE#8-HP-2016   Near 124th Street and...

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Green Building Lecture Set for June 2
May29

Green Building Lecture Set for June 2

  Green Building Lecture Series Green Innovative Built Projects: Energizing a 1979 Home Date: Thursday, June 2 Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m. Location: Scottsdale Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road (northwest corner of McDowell and Granite Reef, behind the convenience store) What are some of our citizens and building professionals doing to create better homes? What is possible considering budget and space...

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Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive and Public Notice for Zoning Case 19-ZN-2014
May19

Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive and Public Notice for Zoning Case 19-ZN-2014

You may have seen the red Zoning/Public Hearing sign posted 04/22/16 by the City of Scottsdale on the NE corner of E. Happy Valley and Scottsdale Roads and elsewhere. This gives notice that Case 19-ZN-2014 Rezoning Request will be heard by the Planning Commission on 05/11/16 at 5:00pm. Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) is the applicant. What does this notice say and mean? City Planner Jesus Murillo clarifies that “the ‘Request’ is...

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