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Controversial Morrison Ranch project wins OK BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
T NEWS............................ 8 Couple to replace Bergie’s with 2-story pizzeria-bar.
COMMUNITY............. 21 Barrel racers find a home in the East Valley.
he first phase of a mega light-industrial project that includes a 16-acre landscape buffer, commercial and up to 750 multifamily units is anticipated to break ground in about a year. Town Council gave its stamp of approval last week for the developer to move forward with The Ranch – which includes 271 acres of light industrial uses and the Residences at the Ranch project, 39 acres of open space, residential rentals and retail development on Power Road between Elliot and Warner roads. “I think if we look around this room, it’s quite different than it was in November of last
Realtors mentoring ASU students planning to join them. COMMUNITY..............................21 BUSINESS...................................24 SPORTS.......................................26 GET OUT...................................... 27 CLASSIFIEDS.............................29
year regarding this project,” land-use attorney Sean Lake told the council June 20. “There has been a substantial amount of work that the neighbors had put in, their time in working with Langley and Colmena and IndiCap on this project to try to work together to try to come up with a solution.” It took eight months for the developer and a core group of seven Morrison Ranch residents to agree to a project that both could live with. Originally the proposal was to rezone 286.6 acres for light industrial uses and 24.7 acres for general commercial development. But angry residents packed public meet-
ings, objecting to the large amount of light industrial adjacent to their community, the truck traffic, noise and building heights. After Council urged the parties to find a resoluteion, the developer replaced its zoning at-
see RANCH page 9
True grit
Gilbert patrols now carry a life-saving device BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
BUSINESS.................. 24
Sunday, June 25, 2023
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evin Mohatt remembers the day that he died. It was Valentine’s Day 2022 when his heart stopped beating as he sat behind the wheel at Warner and Ray roads. “I had a widowmaker heart attack in my car,” the 61-year-old Gilbert man said. “I had my foot on the brakes initially and slump forward and pushed
the car into park. “I lost my life – died.” Mohatt’s car sat through three to four light changes as other vehicles drove around him. Finally, a woman pulled up behind to see what the matter was and saw that Mohatt’s skin was blue. She flagged passing motorists for help and they pulled Mohatt out of his car to perform life-saving CPR. While the woman proceeded to do 150 chest
see AED page 12
Perry High School senior forward Ella Murakami and her teammates showed grit and determination June 15 in the Section 7 Basketball Tournamen, which hosted 120 high school girls basketball programs from several states at State Farm Stadium. For the story, see page 26. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)