By Scott Shumaker | Mesa Tribune
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board recommended City Council approval zoning change that will pave the way for a 359-unit apartment complex near Longbow Golf Club despite vocal opposition from neighbors near the parcel.
More than 20 residents showed up at the Feb. 9 board meeting in red shirts. Several addressed the board to express their opposition and others not in attendance submitted comments to be read into the record.
But the neighbors failed to turn the board against the project, which had the blessing of city planners. It approved the zone change request 4-1, with two members absent, sending the proposal by DHI Communities for a parcel west of Recker Road and south of the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway to City Council for a final vote.
