Council to consider rezoning

SCOTTSDALE — The Scottsdale City Council on Tuesday will consider requests to change the land use and zoning on 8.8 acres at 136th Street and Via Linda.

Plans call for a 90-unit condominium development at the mostly-vacant commercial center. Villas 136 LLC wants to redevelop Saddle Mountain Plaza shopping center, which was anchored by a Bashas’ supermarket.

Residents have voiced concern about the proposed project’s height, density and propensity to draw more traffic to the area.

Also on Tuesday, the council will have its final public hearing on the 2013-14 budget, which takes effect July 1.

The tentative budget is roughly $1.19 billion, of which $230.8 million covers the general fund for basic city services. The council is expected to adopt the final budget that night.

More details: scottsdaleaz.gov/ Topics/Government.

Donate to Beat the Heat effort

SCOTTSDALE — Friday is the last day to drop off donations at the Via Linda Senior Center,10440 E. Via Linda, for Scottsdale’s Beat the Heat program.

Senior centers every summer provide a care package for isolated, frail and homebound seniors.

The city needs the following items: reusable water bottles, nutritional supplement drinks, bottled water, small snack items, personal hygiene items, stamps and grocery story gift cards for a minimum of $35.

More details: Scottsdale human-services specialist Leslie Lory at 480-3128465 or llory@scottsdaleaz.gov.