By Delarita Ford
Twitter: @AzNewsmedia

A portion of a public road no longer necessary is set to go nowhere as Scottsdale City Council consents to abandon an unimproved right-of-way in the area of north 86th Place and east Montello Road.

Located within the Bellezza Da Stallone subdivision, according to a city staff report, the area is at the southwest corner of east Stagecoach Road and north Pima Road, within a single-family residential zoning district at 8636 E. Montebello Road.

City Council authorized the request, at the regular June meeting, to abandon the existing internal street system located within the Bellezza da Stallone subdivision boundary.

The applicant, David Gulino, of Sustainable Engineering Group, LLC, proposes to extinguish the existing subdivision plat and combine the existing 11 lots, and associated tracts, into one parcel.

Key items considered:

• Abandonment request would require a re plat of the existing subdivision plat;
• Access not impacted by this proposed abandonment;
• Conformance with the Transportation Master Plan and Local Area Infrastructure Plan;
• Public inquiries were received by staff, but no public opposition expressed about the proposed abandonment; and
• Planning Commission heard and voted for the case on Oct. 24, 2018 and recommended approval with a 5-0 vote.

The report also said there was a proposal for the property owner to pay the city an amount that was to be determined as compensation for the abandonment of right-of-way and noted a cost of $164,236 in addition to any other fees associated with the resolution.

Bellezza Da Stallone, a 13-acre residential subdivision recorded in June 2008, was previously platted and not constructed, the report stated.

Noting that the subdivision’s improvement was never constructed and the road never built, according to the report, intentions to remove the existing recorded plat and “all the associated encumbrances” were enacted to return the property that was reportedly planned for developing a worship center back to a single parcel property.

Delarita Ford
Lead Reporter | Surprise
@AzNewsmedia

dford@iniusa.org

Meet Delarita
Delarita Ford originally joined Independent Newspapers Incorporated, now Independent Newsmedia, Inc. USA in 1997, as a general assignment reporter for the Delaware State News daily paper after starting her journalism career in Maryland in 1994, where she honed her skills by writing obituaries, covering community news from births to deaths, education to legislation and more. As a reporter, she has had the opportunity to cover sitting and former U.S. presidential visits in Baltimore, Delaware, and Arizona.

Community: One of the few seasoned journalists who still enjoys covering community events, she can be found with a reporter’s pad taking notes, her phone taking pictures while capturing life’s moments to memorialize them in print for the local newspapers and for the active-adult community where she lives. She maintains a presence with the Black media and the National Association of Black Journalists to encourage peers, socialize, and mentor younger writers.

Education: Life learner who learns from life. Aside from the collegiate education received, she got the best training from on-the-job experience with former editors who went through copy with a red pen and demanded the best writing for hard news and feature stories. 

Random Fact: While a Delaware State News reporter, she could call then Sen. Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, usually late at night if a quote or input was needed for varying topics, including legislation and education.

Hobbies: Adopt rescue dogs and give them a nice home. Continuously read and critique news stories from various platforms.