For Old Town to survive and thrive the parking garage needs to be located on Indian School Rd. or Drinkwater Blvd. and integrated with a trolley station. This will allow drivers to easily find the garage, park and take the trolley to and from the downtown shops.
Council Members Dubauskas, Graham, Kwasman, Littlefield, and McAllen voted against giving Mayor Borowsky 30 days to finish her discussion with Honor Health for the City to reacquire the two acres at Drinkwater and 2nd Street that the City sold to them 15 years ago and remains vacant.
Put Residents First!
In making the motion to begin the construction of the garage, Councilman BS Graham used the Mission’s Bell Tower to rationalize the height of his 3-story garage, saying: “As for the building height in the area, across the street there’s a four story tower”. (February 11, 2025 Council meeting vote on the garage).
At the March 18, 2025 Council meeting, Councilman BS Graham falsely claimed that in the 2019 bond election that “70% of Scottsdale voters” actually voted to build the 3-story garage directly across from the Old Adobe Mission and displacing the Farmers Market.
Sign the Petition. Tell Councilman BS Graham that it’s time to actually put “residents first” and stop the BS-ing.
The above garage is the same height as the BS Graham’s proposed parking garage’s height as seen below that will obscure the Old Adobe Mission and displace the Farmers Market.
