Scottsdale council adjourns to executive session to consult attorneys on state housing and zoning legislation and Hayden Road referendum
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At a May 20 special meeting the Scottsdale City Council voted to go into executive session to receive legal advice about recently enacted state housing and zoning laws, potential impacts on single‑ and multifamily land uses and related city zoning rules and policy documents, and a pending referendum concerning Hayden Road.
The Scottsdale City Council voted May 20 to adjourn into executive session to consult with city attorneys about recently enacted state housing and zoning legislation and a pending referendum related to Hayden Road, Mayor Jan De Boscas said.
“The council will discuss and consult with the city's attorneys and representatives to consider position and give possible instruction regarding recently enacted state legislation … and Hayden Road as well as the pending referendum regarding the same,” the presiding official said during roll call and the meeting’s opening remarks.
The council’s stated executive‑session topics included recent state housing and zoning legislation that may affect single‑family and multifamily residential land uses, the zoning code regulations and policy documents likely to be impacted, and the city's potential response to that legislation. The transcript records references to “Senate Bill” numbers but the bill identifiers were not clear in the public remarks.
A motion to move into executive session was made and seconded; those in favor responded “Aye,” and the council was adjourned to executive session. The transcript does not include a roll‑call vote tally or the names of the motion’s mover and seconder.
Present at the roll call were Mayor Jan De Boscas and council members Barry Graham, Adam Quasman, Cathy Littlefield, Mary Anne McAllen and Solange Whitehead. City Manager Greg Keaton, City Attorney Sherry Scott, City Treasurer Sonia Andrews and the city clerk were also noted as present.
Because the meeting moved into a closed executive session for legal advice, the public transcript contains no further public deliberations or records of advice given. The council did not announce any public decisions or actions beyond adjourning to the closed session.
No dates for follow‑up public meetings or the expected length of the executive session were specified in the recorded remarks.