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FOOTBALL SPONSOR FREE ESTIMATES CALL FOR CURRENT PRICING WWW.HACKNEYINC.COM esidents fear hockey arena impact Family Owned Operated 24 Hour Service On All Makes Models HACKNEY REFRIGERATION, INC. OLD TIME QUALITY WITH MODERN KNOW HOW Don 't any of you city officials dare to come to any of our Block Watch parties because we will be tempted to set the dogs on you. Protest letter South Scottsdale neighbors furious about proposal By Carol Sowers jThe Arizona Republic SCOTTSDALE For 31 years, you're planning a special event, plan EEf'ca ft read "Weddings Occasions" Brazil v. 9 every Sunday in the Life section. You'll find advertised information on services such as: Horse drawn carriages Hotels Invitations Limousines Musicians Photography Banquet facilities Bridal gowns Catering Chapels Disc Jockeys Entertainment Event planning 1 w2 "I think he really sold us out," Steele said.

He was referring to Pettycrew's earlier comments that the arena would be good for south Scottsdale. "It's not just an America West Arena plopped down where Los Arcos sits now. It truly is a community-oriented entertainment mecca," Pettycrew said in September. Pettycrew was out of town and could not be reached for comment. Many residents living near the proposed arena don't like the idea of using state sales-tax revenues over 10 years to pay for an "entertainment mecca." "People are getting sick and tired of using tax money to pay for stadiums," Mayhew said, referring to the furor over a countywide tax imposed to build Bank One Ballpark in downtown Phoenix.

Added Latham Street resident Mary Beth Madden: "If it is a private development, developers should pay for it themselves." Earlier this week, Ellman Cos. told of a plan to use a state law that would return 50 percent of the state sales taxes generated by the new Los Arcos to help pay for the parking garage and perhaps the stadium. Kaufman said no one knows how much sales tax would come out of the mall, but he said it would not be enough to cover the redevel-opment's $600 million cost. Ellman Cos. and the Coyotes have agreed to kick in some money, but they haven't said how much.

Mayor Sam Campana called use of the state sales tax an "intriguing idea," partly because it does not call for a new levy. Under the plan, Scottsdale voters on May 18 would decide whether to allow the creation of a stadium district that would own the mall and decide how the tax money would be used. look for northern side of Moreland Street, closer yet to the mall, hates the idea of an arena. "I don't want it," she said. "It would be terrible." Neighbors Betty and Jack Hayes agreed.

"This is really disappointing," Betty Hayes said. Ruth Putzker, Steele's mother, who is 90 going on 70, scrunched her pleasant face into a scowl when asked her opinion of the arena. "1 don't like it," she said. A block north of Moreland Street on Belleview and 74th streets, residents are talking about getting out. Their street runs directly behind the proposed mall and arena.

Bob Kaufman, Ellman vice president, said earlier this week that his company has a "tentative agreement" with the 10 homeowners to buy their property, raze their houses and build a medical center. There also are plans to demolish the apartments on Belleview west of 74th Street. Perry Spadafore, who has owned his home on Belleview and 74th Street for 19 years, says he doesn't oppose the arena "because it will make the neighborhood a happening place." He said he has "verbally agreed" to a buyout if the price is right, because the street is too close to a busy mall. Luke Lucas, who owns a rental on Belleview, also is waiting for a firm offer from Ellman. "I agree with the concept of a buyout, but the proof will be in the pudding," he said.

Kaufman has pledged to pay fair market value. Recently, some homes in the area south of Los Arcos have sold for about $1 10,000 to $120,000. There is no talk of buying out homes on Latham Street, just south of the parking garage. Ellman spokesman Jason Rose said this week that the developer is talking with neighbors about ways to ease worries about traffic, noise and pollution. Nothing has been decided.

Bob Mayhew bought his house on Latham near 75th Street in 1961. Today, it is only 150 feet from the proposed parking garage. He worries that if he wanted to move, the house would never sell. "What they've been telling us about the price of our homes going up is hogwash," he said. "With the parking garage right behind us, who is going to want it?" He says City Council is not listening to the neighbors.

"They should get off their duffs and look at this," he said. The council recently held a 6'2-hour forum to allow residents to vent their views on the Los Arcos plan and arena. Some supported it. Others said they didn't get enough answers about the project's effect on their neighborhoods. Mayhew had the strongest words for Councilman Robert Pettycrew of south Scottsdale, who has long pledged to support neighborhoods there.

"If he doesn't fight this (arena), he should be recalled, and I think I could get enough backing to do it," Mayhew said. Steele agrees. "Special Occasions' the first Sunday of 1 each month in The Arizona Republic's I rrMfi Arizona Style! magazine, distributed in select northeast Valley areas orilyv Tire Arizona Refueuc Carol Sowers can be reached at 444-7482 or at carol.sowerspni.com via e-mail. he's lived on Moreland Street. For 31 years, he's watched the wasting away of what was once the center 'of Scottsdale.

He's watched what he says was the city's inexcusable neglect of south Scottsdale. Now the neighborhoods there have gotten the city's attention. But many residents are outraged about what officials and a developer want to do to fix what ails the area: turning the long-dead Los Arcos Mall into a 75-foot-tall shrine to professional hockey. The idea is to make the arena for the Phoenix Coyotes the centerpiece of a new mall that would revitalize south Scottsdale. No one is sure if that will happen.

What is sure is that the proposal has mobilized many residents who say they don't want an arena in their back yard. It has prompted people like Bruce Steele, 69 who had never gone to a City Council meeting to write angry letters and organize his neighbors in a battle against an arena they say will destroy their quiet streets with traffic, noise and litter. Anger is so high among some residents that there is talk of recalling a south Scottsdale councilman if he doesn't come out swinging against an arena that could be busy year-round with games, tractor pulls and rock concerts. Steele offers a sample of some neighbors' fury in this letter: "Don't any of you city officials dare to come to any of our Block Watch parties because we will be tempted to set the dogs on you." Some neighbors also are boiling about a proposal unveiled this week to use state sales-tax revenues to possibly help pay for the arena and a $111 million, 50-foot-tall parking garage that would loom over their neighborhoods. "You should be careful what you wish for," said Steele, who lives 100 yards southeast of the proposed parking garage.

"They (city officials) have neglected us all these years, and now they are giving us all this attention. But it's the wrong kind of attention." The Ellman the Phoenix-based developer that unfurled the 'elaborate redevelopment plan in September, has said the arena is only one phase of a new center that will jump-start the area's weak economy. And it will once again give residents a pleasant place to shop, see a movie, take a turn on the ice and grab a Scottsdale officials have not embraced the $600 million, 92-acre package, which would stretch from Miller Road west to Papago Plaza and from McDowell Road south to Belleview Street. They are eager to hear more about the proposal. The city has long promised to resurrect Los Arcos at Scottsdale and McDowell roads.

"But we never expected anything like this," Steele said. Several neighbors said they welcome new shopping and restaurants. "But we don't want the arena," 'said LaVonne Norwood, who has lived on Moreland Street, east of 74th Street, since the 1970s. Sylvia Struzik, who lives on the Mia S3D IT i33 How to give a piece of baseball history CO cev cw H33 This holiday season, The Arizona Republic and The Arizona Diamondbacks are making it possible for you to relive the magic of Opening Day with the officially licensed First Pitch Poster. Order yours today! Ozfy $15.00 C25 2D ce4 33 ISO JJ pi'- Available at all Valley Team F- 1 era OKI (Add $4.00 for (hipping and handling for mail orders) Whila SuppliM Last.

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