City Manager's Update
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Date: |
February 26, 2007 |
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To: |
Mayor and City Council |
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From: |
Christopher J. Brady,
City Manager |
Council and Advisory Board
meeting calendar
Engineering
Park & Ride Lot at U.S. 60 and Power Road
The proposed location for this Park & Ride Lot
is along the north side of the Superstition highway,
(U.S. 60) between Superstition Springs Boulevard and
Power Road, in the ADOT right-of-way. The facility
will provide approximately 200 parking spaces, a
frontage road connecting Superstition Springs
Boulevard and Power Road, and a passenger platform.
The City issued a Notice to Proceed for February 20,
2007 and the project is scheduled to be complete in
July 2007. The contractor will initially focus on
completing the earthwork for the project.
Falcon Field Airport
Northwest Quadrant Development
Reilly Aviation met with the Design Review Board
(DRB) on February 7 and was told that the exterior
of the hangars that will face Greenfield and
McDowell Roads must be higher quality than
presented. since The hangers are considered by the
DRB to be "fronting" those roads until the next
development is built that will block the Reilly
development from the public’s view along Greenfield
and McDowell Roads. The Reilly development sits 300
feet back from both roads.
Horizon Land & Development
The first amendment to the Horizon lease
agreement has been executed to extend the term of
the lease for the Gosshawk hangar and to include
additional land that will be improved with paved
parking and landscaping.
Fire
Community Services
A Mesa Fire Department Fire & Life Safety
Education Specialist partnered with Mesa Public
School's School/Home Adjustment Reinforcement
Program (SHARP) to teach injury prevention lessons
to approximately 65 special needs students. During
the 45-minute presentations students learned about
home escape plans, bike safety, basic first aid, and
fire safety. The Mesa Fire Department will continue
to work with the students throughout the school
year.
Emergency Management
Emergency Management, provided an emergency
preparedness presentation for the National
Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE)
last week.
The group is also working on completing a grant
application for Fleet Support for an emergency
generator at the East Mesa Service Center. The grant
will be submitted to the Az Central Regional Council
for State Homeland Security Grant Program.
Police
MPD Sends Four to Northwestern University
training
Four Mesa Police Department Lieutenants have been
selected to receive continuing education at the
nationally recognized Northwestern University Center
for Public Safety and Management Training that is
being held in Gilbert, Arizona.
Lieutenants Tony Filler, Steve
Stahl, Mario Lattanzio, and Bill Peters are
attending the 10-week School of Police Staff and
Command that started January 22 and ends March 30,
2007. Their training provides
knowledge and skills necessary
for assuming increased responsibilities in
administrative staff or line command positions. Some
of the subjects covered include, understanding
management and managing organizational change,
police ethics and standards, criminal law and
procedure update, and managing criminal
investigations. Upon completion, each lieutenant
will receive eight college credits. MPD has sent
officers for training there in the past and recent
graduates were Commander John Meza and Lt. Wade Pew.
Neighborhood Services
Mesa accepting Nominations
The City of Mesa is accepting nominations of
deserving residents and organizations from the
community for the City’s annual Historic
Preservation Awards. Since 1998, 34 awards have been
presented to citizens and groups, recognizing them
for their contributions in preserving Mesa’s past.
Anyone who has helped Mesa's Historic Preservation
Program can be nominated. Categories include
Adaptive Reuse, Rehabilitation, Restoration,
Archaeology, Education, Tourism, Activism, General
Preservation and Lifetime Contribution. The awards
are presented in conjunction with National Historic
Preservation Month in May. Nomination forms are
available by calling the City’s Historic
Preservation Office at (480) 644-3663 or logging on
to the City’s Web site at
www.cityofmesa.org/historic/Awards.aspx. The
deadline to submit a nomination is March 23, 2007.
Solid Waste Management
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event
A Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event is
scheduled for Saturday, March 3 from 8 a.m. to 12
p.m. at the East Mesa Service Center, 6935 E.
Decatur St. This is an opportunity for residents to
dispose of their household hazardous waste material.
There is no charge for residents to drop off
household hazardous waste items.
Transportation
Superstition Freeway – Gilbert Road to Crismon
Road
ADOT’s contractor, FNF Construction, started the
rubber asphalt paving on The Superstition Freeway,
US 60, the weekend of February 17. The project will
re-surface the US 60 with rubberized asphalt between
Gilbert Road and Crismon Road. This is the final
phase of the widening project and paving is expected
to be complete by early June. Very specific
temperature conditions are needed for this paving
and the schedule may need to be adjusted based on
weather. ADOT is allowing this work to start a month
sooner than the normal spring paving window because
of the large amount of paving that has to be done.
There will be freeway closures, lane restrictions,
and ramp closures throughout this process with a
different section being paved each week.
Transit Studies
At a joint meeting of the Valley Metro Operations
and Capital Committee (VMOCC) and the Financial
Oversight Advisory Committee (FOAC), the members
voted to accept the consultant’s recommendations for
the Transit Lifecycle Program (TLCP) with the
addition of language that excess or unused funding
would be allocated at the discretion of the RPTA
Board. The vote was 10-8 and 5-4, respectively. to
advance to the management committee, the
consultant’s recommendations for the Transit
Lifecycle Program (TLCP) with the addition of
language that excess or unused funding would be
allocated at the discretion of the RPTA Board. Mesa
voted no on this issue (along with Gilbert, Tempe,
and Scottsdale) over concerns about timing of the
approval and Mesa’s jurisdictional allocation. The
proposed TLCP recommendations include all of the
transit service and capital improvements included in
Proposition 400, however, Mesa’s jurisdictional
allocation is $32.7 million less than the amount
initially approved in 2003.
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