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B4 THE JANUARY 20, 1987 Mesa reduces mulfifamily-unit densities Developers, landowners, the Multihousing Association and the Home Builders Association of Lush, thick silk plants in 6" clay pots Central Arizona protested the ordinance during council study sessions and a Planning and Zoning Board meeting in September. In response to a developer's attorney who said it was "unreason By CATHRYN S. RETZLAFF Th Arizona Republic The Mesa City Council on Mon-l day reduced the number of apart-: ments and condominiums the city zoning code allows per acre despite objections from builders who said, the measure will increase prices and decrease construction quality. the ordinance, which takes effect immediately on building plans not already approved by the council, the number of apartments or condominiums will be reduced to 12 from 15 on land zoned R-2; to 17 from 20 on land zoned R-3; and to 25 from 30 on land zoned R-4. The classifications R-2, R-3 and R-4 are for residential zoning.

Vice Mayor Dave Guthrie and Councilman Ross Farnsworth objected to the ordinance, saying it will reduce the amount of affordable housing in Mesa. "A reduction in density will be to the detriment of the average wage earner," Guthrie said. Farnsworth added, "We could really strut and just have acre lots in Mesa, but then a high percent could not afford housing." Mayor Al Brooks and Council-members Pat Blake, Keno Hawker, Peggy Rubach and Willie Wong voted in favor of the ordinance, saying they believe it will improve the quality of life in Mesa. Rubach said she believes high-density apartment complexes burden Mesa schools. "I'm not against multifamily housing," she said.

"I started out in an apartment we called 'The But I think we're taking a step in the right direction." able" to reduce the density of apartment projects that have been approved by the council but not yet constructed, the council agreed to give those builders until January 1988 to build their projects at the originally approved densities. Reg. $15.00 Choose from Pothos, Ivy and Stronger bridge approved at Seventh will cost Sale ends 1-24-87 Experienced, Professional Design Staff to Serve You MONDAY -SATURDAY 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. ARIZONA- for crossing $4.2 million will connect Interstate 10 with a six-lane expressway that the nonprofit group plans to build between the interstate and Bell Road with about $80 million in tax-exempt bonds.

Construction of the road and interchange is expected to start in mid-March. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to form the corporation after property owners in the area agreed to commit their land as collateral for the bonds. Once the road is built, the property owners plan to give it to the county. SiCb FCower COMPANY SCOTTSDALE 7031 E. Camelback Rd.

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Lincoln Dt 468 1662 MESA 1955 W. Guadalupe Rd 897-1029 By SUSAN LEONARD The Arizona Republic A $4.2 million bridge that can withstand 10 times the amount of' floodwater as the current bridge will be built across the Salt River at Seventh Avenue in Phoenix. State officials said Monday that they expect construction of the bridge to start in a month and be completed in 10 months. The new bridge will have the capacity to withstand 200,000 cubic feet of water per second, which is the record flow for the Salt River. The capacity of the current bridge is 20,000 cubic feet per second.

While the construction is going on, a detour will be built in the riverbed adjacent to the bridge site. The state Transportation Board voted Monday to give a contract for the project to C.S. Construction Inc. of Phoenix, which submitted the low bid among 10 bidders. The board also agreed to allow a private, non-profit corporation called Sun Valley Public Building Corp.

to build a $6 million interchange about 40 miles west of downtown Phoenix at Interstate 10 and 291st Avenue. The interchange Crime-probe figure lost in fall off pier By MARK SHAFFER Northern Arizona Bureau PAGE A search continued Monday at Lees Ferry for a Paradise Valley man, who was the subject of a six-month Phoenix crime probe, after he reportedly fell into the Colorado River from a pier late Sunday after a day of fishing. Deputies from the Coconino County Sheriffs Department and divers from the National Park Service searched the cold waters for Robert G. Arcieri, 47, of Paradise Valley, said Lt. Rex Stermer of the Sheriffs Department.

Arcieri had been fishing with three companions Sunday and began to complain about not feeling well as the group's boat neared the pier, Stermer said. The man, who was wearing hip boots, reportedly became dizzy as the group was standing on the pier after getting off the boat. Stermer said Arcieri grabbed his nephew for support and both tumbled into the river. Stermer said Arcieri had been taking medication for back problems and had drunk "a Suspect jailed in Scottsdale shooting death A Phoenix man was arrested Monday in the slaying of a Scottsdale man who was shot early Sunday in his apartment during an quarrel, police said. John George Gross, 28, of 2G02 N.

30th Place was arrested without incident in a room at the Pyramid Motel, 3307 E. Van Buren at about 11 a.m. Monday, said Don Burgess, a Scottsdale police spokesman. Police were called about 2 a.m. Sunday to the apartment of Christopher Joseph O'Donnell, 26, of: 7110 E.

Continental Drive, No. 141, Burgess said. They found O'Don-nell's body with a bullet wound in his side, he said. Witnesses said O'Donnell and about six men were playing cards when Gross and several others arrived. "An argument between the victim and the suspect broke out, couple or three beers" during the day.

Stermer said Arcieri's nephew, identified as 24-year-old Kenneth Cauwels of Scotts-dale, "was spooked pretty bad." Arcieri and three other members of an alleged crime ring were the subject of a six-month investigation by the organized-crime unit of the Phoenix Police Department, culminating in his' arrest in June. Arcieri is the owner of Snyder's Soft Pretzel at 3325 N. 35th Ave. He was charged with illegally conducting an enterprise through racketeering, conspiring to commit first-degree murder, conspiring to commit fraudulent schemes, conspiring to commit second -degree burglary, theft and armed robbery. James Keppel, a deputy Maricopa County attorney, said Monday that the charges were dismissed last year.

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