April 2003
It’s Time To Clean!
It’s Symphony Time!
Gather Up Those Household Hazardous Materials
Saturday, April 12th 8 a.m. to 12 p.m City Hall Parking Lot 190 N. Litchfield Rd. This event is for residential hazardous waste only. Commercial waste will not be accepted. Proof of residency will be required such as driver’s license, picture ID, or utility bill. Materials should be tightly sealed in their original containers, if possible. Glass containers should be wrapped to avoid breakage. Materials should be transported in a cardboard box in the trunk or truck bed of your vehicle. Personnel at the event will identify and unload materials.
ABSOLUTELY NO MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 12 NOON See back page for list of acceptable and unacceptable waste materials. For more information, call 623-932-1637.
Music, Sports & Fireworks . . All Lakeside Enjoy a live concert by The Phoenix Symphony, Arizona’s premier professional orchestra, under a canopy of stars at beautiful Estrella Mountain Ranch. Bring a blanket, lawn chair, and the whole family while you relax, lakeside, at one of the most beautiful venues in the Valley. This “sports-themed” concert includes your favorite college fightsongs and a spectacular fireworks finale. For tickets, call the West Valley Fine Arts Council at 623-935-5384. Presented by Estrella Mountain Ranch and the West Valley Fine Arts Council with support from the City of Goodyear.
Saturday, May 10, 2003 Estrella Mountain Ranch Gates open at 4:00 PM 5:15 PM - Arizona Winds 7:30 PM - The Phoenix Symphony $15 General, $10 Junior (Ages 11-16), Ages 10 and under are free Buy in advance and receive 2 for $25!
Goodyear Hosts “Summer Safety Saturday” Child safety will be the primary focus of a special safety program being held at Loma Linda Park, 420 E. Loma Linda Ave., on May 3rd from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Baby shots, car seat checks, swimming safety, CPR classes, fingerprinting your children and safety displays will be highlighted along with a free lunch and fun activities for the kids. Have fun while you learn important safety tips that may save your child’s life someday!
Sign Up for Swim & Dive Teams Sat. April 26 - 9 am to noon Goodyear Pool 430 E. Loma Linda Blvd. $32 for first child; $25 for each additional child Call 623-882-7531 for more info.
A Message from the Mayor Vice Mayor Reviews City’s 2002 Successes
Vice Mayor Jim Cavanaugh
I am pleased and privileged to have the opportunity to serve this fine community as your Vice Mayor and soon as your Mayor. Goodyear is a great city with a wonderful quality of life which improved greatly this year due to the hard work of many dedicated people. During 2002, we had a lot of “firsts:” Experienced our first full year in the new City Hall building which enhanced our staff’s productivity and allowed us to renovate the old Police Station, the old Fire Bay and the former City Hall building for use as an interim Police Facility Held our first Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Sponsored our first G.A.I.N. event in cooperation with our first Park Appreciation Day to help strengthen Goodyear’s older neighborhoods Built our first official bike lanes on Estrella Parkway. Broke ground on Goodyear’s first full-service acute care hospital Purchased the city’s first Emergency Command Van Completed our first major Community Park Master Plan We also completed many other major City projects: Completed modifications to the administration building at the Water Reclamation Facility Reconstructed Litchfield Road from Yuma Rd. to MC 85 Passed a Truck Route Ordinance regulating routes within the City
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Installed replacement fuel tanks with bladders for all of our Crown Victoria police cars Installed crosswalks at Wildflower Elementary School and Millennium High School Passed a Smoking Ordinance prohibiting smoking in public places, businesses, places of employment and restaurants. Adopted Focus Future II Strategic Plan for Economic Development that entailed a huge community participation process Instituted a new Water Audit/ Appeal Process to aid citizens in water conservation efforts
The preservation of Luke AFB was a priority on Goodyear’s radar screen this past year and will continue to be a dominant concern. The City strongly advocated increased involvement by other government entities. In fact, Goodyear’s efforts were instrumental in the federal government’s appropriation of $13 million to fund Luke area land purchases. In addition, the dilemma of having an incompatible land use located within Luke’s accident potential zone prompted our City Council to purchase land used by Duncan Family Farms. Goodyear stepped up to the plate, removed an obstacle to Luke’s preservation, averted a safety problem and resolved a potential dispute with a landowner fairly and equitably. Many dedicated residents partnered with us to help plan for Goodyear’s future by serving on special committees and/or simply giving us their input: Established the 23-member General Plan Advisory Committee to guide the General Plan update planning process which goes to the voters in Fall 2003 Appointed a 22-member committee to explore permanently adjusting the City’s State Imposed 1980 Spending Limit which passed this year with 79% approval of the voters
Surveyed 414 citizens who told us that Goodyear is a “very good or excellent” place to live (90%) and that they feel safe in their neighborhoods (99%).
We welcomed many additions to our tax base. New hospitality and retail amenities included Wingate Inn & Suites, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Best Buy, Famous Footwear, Linens ‘n’ Things, Ross Dress for Less, Sleep America, Kyoto Bowl, and Willo Bread. We also helped provide jobs for Goodyear residents by relocating MasTec’s worldwide engineering division near our airport. After years of hard work by staff, our airport received Military Reuse Designation which gives tax credits to aerospace companies locating there. TIMCO, one of the nation’s largest aircraft maintenance and repair facilities, took over the bankrupt AMS facility at the airport and expects to employ 300 this year. Lockheed also relocated an entire division with 30 high paying positions from San Jose to Goodyear. But, we have only begun! We are a financially stable and fiscally conservative city. Together, we can build a greater Goodyear! I hope you are looking forward to our exciting future as much as I am. Sincerely,
Jim Cavanaugh
Be Prepared for Emergencies . . . See Goodyear’s “Citizens’ Preparedness Guide” Inside!
CityReport - April 2003
National Crime Victims Rights Week Reminds Us How Everyone Can Help “As a society, we have spent billions of dollars on dealing primarily with the perpetrators of crime, while far too many of the 25 million Americans who become victims of crime each year are left isolated in crime’s wake,” says Terri Woodmansee, Goodyear’s Crisis Services Coordinator. “Despite enormous strides in the past decade, most victims still have to fend for themselves and struggle alone with the enormous emotional, financial and physical consequences of crime.” Woodmansee hopes that National Crime Victims Rights Week will make more people aware of the need for a “parallel justice” system for crime victims which would run parallel to the criminal justice system that prosecutes criminals. A parallel justice system would compensate victims of all crimes (violent and non-violent) for all their losses, including pain and suffering. It would provide victims with emergency, transitional, and ongoing services including counseling, relocation assistance, and support groups.
Goodyear City Council (L to R): Sue Linney, Dick Sousa, Seth Kanter, Ken Porter, Vice Mayor Jim Cavanaugh, and Frank Cavalier.
Council Calendar All Council meetings and work sessions are held at the Goodyear Justice Facility, 986 S. Litchfield Rd.
Monday, April 14- Work Session - 5 p.m. & Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.
Monday, April 21- Work Session - 5 p.m. Woodmansee would like to see Goodyear’s crime victims receive such help, but to do so she needs the community’s help. AccounMonday, April 28- Work Session - 5 p.m. & tants and financial planners could volunteer their services to help Regular Meeting - 6 p.m. homicide survivors pay bills, attend to financial affairs and settle estates. Neighbors could help crime victims by running errands, cooking meals, performing household repairs or babysitting children. There are endless Visit the City of Goodyear web site at www.ci.goodyear.az.us or call the opportunities for Goodyear residents to City’s 24-hour hotline, (623) 932-1716, for job listings. Goodyear help victims of crime in our own accepts applications only for open positions. The Human Resource Office community. is located at 190 N. Litchfield Rd. Phone (623) 882-7752.
Job Openings
TTY (623) 932-6500. EEO/M/F/V/H/D. If you are a caring person and think you might be able to help crime victims, please contact Woodmansee at (623) 882-7677 to discuss how you might help.
Estrella Parkway improvements from Yuma Rd. to McDowell Rd. now set to begin in late May 2003! Improvements will include four lanes for traffic with raised landscaped medians and bike lanes in both directions.
CityReport - April 2003
“Weeds . . . We Don’t Want Them!” With all the rain we have received in the past few weeks, the weeds are growing fast. Remember that allowing weeds to accumulate and grow over 6 inches tall is a code violation. But even more important, yards or fields of weeds become a major fire danger when those weeds dry out. Cowboy Codey urges you to voluntarily remove any 6” or taller weeds in your yard or on an empty lot you own. If you are ordered by our Code Compliance Officer to remove the weeds and then do not follow through, the City has the right to hire a contractor to remove the weeds and charge the cost to the landowner. So, please voluntarily clean up the weeds in your yard or on your empty property to help eliminate a potential fire hazard!!
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Hazardous Items That Will Be Collected
Adhesives Aerosols Anti-freeze Art & Hobby Supplies Automotive Glue Automotive Products Bait Batteries (automotive or household) Brake Fluids Brake Sprays Carburetor Cleaners Caulking Charcoal Lighters Compressor Oils Correction Fluids Cutting Oils Engine Degreasers Fertilizers Fire Extinguishers Flammables Fluorescent Tubes Fuel Additives
Fungicides Rubbing Alcohol Gardening Supplies Rug & Upholstery Gasoline Cleaners Herbicides Sealers Household Cleaners Shoe Polishes & Waxes Smoke Detectors Injector Sprays Solvents Insecticides Spot Removers Kerosene Wood Stains Lacquers Thermometers Linseed Oil Thermostats Lubricants Tires Metal Conditioners Passenger-type tires Mineral Spirits only will be accepted. Motor Oil Wheels and rims must Nail Polish and be removed from tires. Removers No large or off-road Oil Filters tires will be accepted. Paint Related There will be a 5 tire per Material vehicle limit. Paint Removers Transmission Fluids Photography Chemicals Varnishes Poisons Maximum acceptable Primers limit per vehicle is 10 Propane Tanks gallons or 100 lbs.
Items That Will NOT be Collected
55-Gallon Drums of Waste Air Conditioners Ammunition Biological Waste Commercial/ Industrial Waste Explosives
Glass Infectious Wastes Large Truck Tires/ Passenger Tires with Wheels/Rims Medical Waste Metals Papers/Newspapers
Plastics Radioactive Waste Refrigerators Stoves/Ovens Syringes Televisions Water Heaters
SIDEWALK PAINT - REVISITED Last month’s CityReport had an article on the Blue Stake markings that you may find on your sidewalk or landscaping. A very common color, Precaution Blue, was omitted. This blue marking shows where water system infrastructure or slurry pipelines are underground.
Construction Hours From April 15 - Oct. 15, concrete construction is allowed to begin at 5 a.m. while all other construction trades cannot begin until 6 a.m. during weekdays. On weekends, all construction must wait until 7 a.m. to start. Construction can continue until 7 p.m. every day of the week. If you are being disturbed by workers who are not abiding by these rules, you may call the Police at (623) 9321220. Police will visit the site and advise them to stop until the proper hour.
Job Corridor Public Meeting Thursday, April 10 - 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Hampton Inn Suites, 2000 N. Litchfield Rd. Citizens are urged to attend the second public meeting on the 6,000-acre employment corridor to provide input on the proposed plan. The corridor will go from McDowell Rd. to Southern Ave. between Bullard Wash and Litchfield Rd. For more information and to RSVP, call (623) 932-3025.
Your Opinion Counts We want your ideas on how we may better serve you. Just fill out this form and return it with your garbage collection bill or mail it to Linda Dillard, Community Advocate, 190 N. Litchfield Rd., P.O. Box 5100, Goodyear, AZ 85338, or e-mail to Ldillard @ci.goodyear.az.us. Comments (please print) ___________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
Goodyear CityReport A monthly publication for the citizens of Goodyear April 2003 Vol. 18, Issue 4
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Published by City of Goodyear Public Information Office (623) 882-7820 TTY Number (623) 932-6500 Editor: Paula Ilardo
CityReport-April 2003