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Mr. Junion's points are well made. Now consider the impact that SRT's have had on the rapidly aging population of Scottsdale. It has been 20 years since a Family-Friendly master planned community was approved for development in Scottsdale. Also during that 20 year period, STR's grew from nearly nothing to over 5,000 units (SAAR statistics). In neighborhoods where SRT's are prevalent, it's not surprising that famlies with kids moved out.

Nor is it surprising that during that same 20 year period, population growth stagnated, and in particular the percentage of our population with children in the home first flattened out then started to drop.

For ten straight years school age children have declined as a % of our population. In 2012, 0-19 year olds made up 19.8% of our population (already lower than most Arizona cities). Since then they have dropped an average of 0.5% of the population each and every year - now barely 15% of the population. At the same time, those AARP eligible grew from 35% of the population (already high) to 41% of the population (higher than any community reported by the State of AZ.

This uninterrupted streak of "aging of Scottsdale" will be perpetuated without shocking the aging progress. Without restoring the prevalence of Family Friendly communities in Scottsdale, we will watch Scottsdale turn into the largest Assisted Living Complex in Arizona.