By Adrian Skabelund | Arizona Daily Star
Flagstaff voters may again be asked to weigh the two values of open space and workforce housing as a group hopes to put a measure on the ballot that would designate a city-owned parcel near Schultz Pass as open space.
The 3-acre parcel, at the intersection of Schultz Pass Road and Fort Valley Road, was embroiled in a similar controversy only two years ago when Flagstaff City Council proposed the development of workforce housing on the land.
The land was bought by the city in 2005 specifically for the purpose of affordable housing by a developer who was building sections of the Cheshire Neighborhood. Later, the city spent $500,000 out of the affordable housing fund connecting the land to utilities in preparation of developing the property.
