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Tempe residents urge council to preserve 44-acre Shalimar site, warn rezoning would harm neighborhood
Summary
Multiple Tempe residents told the council during public comment that rezoning the 44-acre Shalimar Golf Course for high-density housing would destroy mature trees, increase heat and flooding risk, and damage neighborhood character. Speakers asked the council to reject rezoning plans and protect open space.
Residents pressed the Tempe City Council on March 5 to protect the 44-acre Shalimar Golf Course from proposed rezoning that would allow higher-density housing.
"By rezoning this land, you are stripping these opportunities from current and future residents," said Kelly Moran, who described five years of evening walks by the course and warned that removing green space would increase heat, flood risk and traffic. "Save Shalimar, stop the…
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