(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Garfono family, who made the request.)
By Terrance Thornton | Arizona Digital Free Press
The adoption of resolution No. 12441 at Scottsdale City Hall equates to the abandonment of a 10-foot portion of existing public right-of-way along the eastern planning boundary of north 68th Street at 6750 E. Exeter Blvd.
But for one Scottsdale family the parcel identified as 173-44-014c is a ‘true generational home’ whereas proprietors of Augusta Emerita Partners use the acreage as an organic citrus farm in the shadow of the single-family residence.
Intertwined in the request included debated public safety impacts of narrowing 68th Street, the details of sidewalk design and how a kitchen remodel became the focus of City Council deliberations.
Omar Abdallah of the Rose Law Group represented Augusta Emerita Partners at City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
“We know people are dying on our roads. There are children being hit,” said Scottsdale Councilwoman Solange Whitehead during the public hearing on the abandonment request. “Why would we be sacrificing public safety for a kitchen?”
