Scottsdale City Council may be on “summer snooze,” but other boards and commissions remain busy.

The Development Review Board, for example, had two meetings in July.

While the July 17 DRB meeting was over in 20 minutes, the board slogged through a two-plus hour meeting the week before.

The Goldwater – a seven story, 40-unit building – was the highlight of the July 10 board meeting.

Does this Old Town project sound familiar?

“This was previously approved but they did not pull permits within the time period,” noted Meredith Tessier, a city senior planner.

The Goldwater would be built on a vacant “infill” lot between Fourth Street and Goldwater Boulevard at 70th Street.

“Museum Square will be to the north,” Tessier added – referring to the 13-story mixed-use development that, similarly

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