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Published by City of Goodyear Communications Office January 2008 Volume 23 Issue 1 Editor: Paula Ilardo Design: Michael Leone

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For the citizens of Goodyear

Connecting You with Your City

Contents

Calendar of Events

Council Calendar – page 2 Neighborhood Day at Council Corner – page 3 the State Legislature Heart & Sole Run/Walk – page 3 Thursday, January 17, 2008 Neighborhood Day at the State Legislature – page 3 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

State Capitol Mall, 1700 W. Washington Water Resources Open House – page 4 New Street Signs – page 4 Water Resources Lower Your Sewer Bill – page 4 Administration Building From the Mayor – page 5 Dedication Ceremony Sanitation Service a Success – page 6 Tuesday, January 22, 2008; 3 p.m.

Sanitation Survey Results – page 6 Water Resources, 4980 S. 157th Ave. New Special Interest Classes – page 7 Historic Goodyear Water Line Project – page 7 Well Dedication Ceremony CERT Classes – page 7 Thursday, January 24, 2008; 9 a.m.

Shop with a Cop – page 8 Goodyear Community Park McDowell Road Commercial Corridor Update – page 9 Goodyear Rodeo Senior Activities – page 9 February 15, 16 and 17, 2008 Fill-A-Need Program – page 10 Estrella Mountain Regional Park Conserve Water Now to Save All Year – page 11 Rodeo Grounds Holiday Schedule – page 11 Jobs with the City of Goodyear – page 11 Heart & Sole 5k Run/Walk Cowboy Codey – page 11 and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk Well Dedication – page 11 Saturday, February 23, 2008; 8 a.m.

Goodyear Rodeo Days – page 12 West Valley Hospital

Goodyear City Council Council meetings and work sessions are held in the Goodyear Justice Facility, 986 South Litchfield Road unless indicated otherwise.

Brenda Holland, Frank Cavalier, Vice Mayor Rob Antoniak, Mayor Jim Cavanaugh, Dick Sousa, Georgia Lord and Joanne Osborne

Goodyear City Council Calendar Monday, January 14 Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.

Monday, February 11 Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.

Monday, March 10 Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.

Monday, January 28 Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.

Monday, February 25 Work Session - 5 p.m.

Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.

Monday, March 24 Regular Meeting - 6 p.m.

Monday, February 4 Work Session - 5 p.m.

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Come one, come all! Put on those runnin’ shoes and run or walk for fun or health on Saturday, February 23. Runners.

Walkers. Families who want to do something outdoors together. Baby strollers are welcome. There’s an event for everyone. T-shirts for all entrants! Ribbons and finish-line refreshments for all!

Time 8:00 a.m. – 5k Run/Walk 8:15 a.m. – 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk Location West Valley Hospital 13677 W. McDowell Rd. (east of Litchfield Road, south side of McDowell Road) Cost Early registration through February 10: $20 per participant for 5k Run/Walk $15 per participant for 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

$1 from each entry goes to American Heart Association

Mail or take completed form to Goodyear Recreation Office, 3075 N. Litchfield Rd. Exact change or check required.

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This “Council Corner” column is a new feature now appearing in this and every future INFOCUS issue. I’d like to thank my friend and newest councilmember Joanne Osborne for suggesting that councilmembers have an opportunity to communicate directly with you. Keeping our constituents informed is a high priority for us.

This column gives each of our six councilmembers an opportunity twice a year to communicate with you, our residents. As your representatives, we each serve on several local and regional committees for organizations such as Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and more. Through this column, we can let you know what we are each involved in and discuss topics important to you and Goodyear’s success.

If you have a question that you’d like us to address in the “Council Corner,” just send the question to infocus@goodyearaz.gov. Communication is a two-way street and we’d truly like to hear from you. Also, feel free to contact any of us at any time. Our phone numbers and e-mail addresses are all listed on Goodyear’s website: www.goodyearaz.gov.

Warm regards, Rob

After February 10, registration only at event: $25 per participant for 5k Run/Walk $20 per participant for 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

Registration Register online at www.goodyear.gov/rec or pick up a registration form at: Sportsman’s Warehouse 13277 W. McDowell Rd. or 19205 N. 27th Ave. Runners Den 6505 N. 16th St. Goodyear Recreation Office 3075 N. Litchfield Rd. (weekdays only, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

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I hope you enjoyed a wonderful holiday season blessed with your family and friends. Thanks to hundreds of generous Goodyear employees, as well as area sponsors, more than 50 families in the Goodyear area had a brighter Christmas through our Fill-A-Need program.

And Goodyear police officers brought smiles to dozens of children’s faces during Shop with a Cop. Photos of these cheerful events appear in this INFOCUS issue.

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You’re Invited to the State Capitol!

Neighborhood leaders are invited to attend a neighborhood legislative program, enjoy a free lunch and tour the Arizona House of Representatives and State Senate during Neighborhood Day at the State Legislature. The event will take place on the Capitol Mall, 1700 W. Washington St., rain or shine, Thursday, January 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Come share the stories of your neighborhood, learn about the 2008 neighborhood legislative agenda and find out how it will affect the future of your neighborhood.

R.S.V.P. required by January 14 to Joanne McLaughlin at 623-882-7804 or joanne.mclaughlin@goodyearaz.gov. Van transportation will be leaving from Goodyear City Hall, 190 N. Litchfield Rd. at 10 a.m., if you are interested.

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Happy New Year to each of you! Great things are on the horizon for Goodyear in 2008. Several major projects that have been on the drawing board will finally begin to take shape this year.

Goodyear residents are invited to join Goodyear’s Mayor, City Council and staff at a brief dedication ceremony for the new Water Resources Administration Building at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22. The new facility is located at 4980 South 157th Avenue, and can be reached by taking Estrella Parkway to the entrance of the City’s dog park, just north of the Gila River bridge. The public is welcome to tour the building after the ceremony.

The residential-looking, stucco building with mission tile roof was built in a Tuscan style to complement the housing being built in the area.

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As just about anyone over 40 can attest, our eyesight begins to diminish as we age. This unfortunate fact of life can cause safety concerns for older drivers as they try to read street and directional signs.

But a clearer future may be in store, thanks to a project being funded by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG).

The MAG Safety and Elderly Mobility Sign Project allocates funds to cities and towns to provide larger and easier to read street and directional signs using the Clearview font. Clearview font specifically addresses four issues: • Accommodates the needs of older drivers.

• Improves word pattern recognition by using mixed case words.

• Improves the speed and accuracy of destination recognition.

• Controls or minimizes the “halo effect” around letters and sign legends.

Sign installations will continue through April.

Residents South of I-10 Only

Conserve Water to Lower Your Sewer Bill The key to keeping your sewer rate low for the next year if you are a City of Goodyear water customer (everyone who lives south of I-10) is to conserve the amount of water you use during January, February and March of 2008. (Homes north of I-10 are served by LPSCo.) The City bases its estimate of your household’s monthly sewer usage upon your household’s average monthly water consumption during the winter (January, February and March). The City then averages your monthly water usage for those three months to determine your Winter Quarter Average (WQA).

Each May, your sewer bill is adjusted based on your WQA. The average is the maximum usage you will be charged monthly for the next 12 months. If any month’s water consumption is lower than your WQA, your sewer bill will be calculated using the lower sewer usage that month. If your monthly water consumption is higher than your WQA, your sewer usage will still be based on the lower WQA and could save you money.

If you have questions, please call 623-932-3015.

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Bullard Avenue. ADOT is almost finished widening Bullard Avenue under the freeway. The road should be reopened to traffic by March 2008.

ADOT is also building a full freeway interchange at Bullard to service the new regional mall and development on the south side of I-10. The interchange should be completed before the end of 2008. Construction is also underway to widen Bullard north of McDowell Road and will be completed by the end of 2008.

The widening of Bullard south of I-10, between I-10 and the newly completed Van Buren Street, will begin mid-2008 as a joint project between the City and adjacent development.

And, Bullard between Van Buren and Yuma Road will be paved with two lanes by summer 2008.

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Water Resources Director Shawn Bradford says that the new headquarters for all water and wastewater operations will make his staff much more efficient.

“Having everyone under the same roof offers greater communication capabilities and much more efficient training opportunities.” Staff moved into the building in early December.

Widening of I-10. One of the long-awaited projects is the widening of I-10 between Sarival Avenue and Loop 101 with one carpool lane and two general purpose lanes in each direction.

Construction will begin with the inside lanes in February 2008.

When the inside widening is complete in winter/spring 2009, one outside lane in each direction will be added, along with auxiliary lanes at each of the four interchanges along this corridor.

Estrella Falls Mall. The I-10 widening and Bullard interchange will help traffic flow to our new mall. It is anticipated that buildings will be coming out of the ground sometime this summer, leading to the mall’s much-awaited fall 2009 opening.

You can already see remarkable progress on the Bullard Wash as it runs the length of the mall area from Virginia Avenue to McDowell Road. This linear park with its walking trails, public art, ramadas, lakes and amphitheater should be completed in 2008. The McDowell Road improvements between the Bullard Wash and Bullard Avenue are underway, to be completed by March 2009. (See page 9 for more details.)

Baseball. Consistent progress is being made on the Goodyear Recreational Sports Complex. We plan to hold a grand opening for the clubhouse/practice field area in September 2008. Meanwhile, construction of the ballpark is also under way and will be nearly completed by the end of 2008, since the park must be ready for February 2009 Spring Training.

Cancer Treatment Center of America. Steel is already coming out of the ground on the Cancer Treatment Center of America just south of I-10 between Litchfield Road and Bullard Avenue. This asset for our city is really on the fast track and should be open by December 2008.

City Center. And last, but certainly not least, is City Center. Three developers have been chosen from a national search as finalists to become the City’s partner in the design, building and marketing of Goodyear’s future City Center.

The three firms will be submitting highly detailed proposals to the City by March on their vision and how they expect to accomplish this goal on the City’s 40-acre site at the northwest corner of Estrella Parkway and Yuma Road. A winner is to be named by April. One firm will be submitting a detailed proposal for a potential Performing Arts Center on the site as well. The City will evaluate the submittal in February. As a result of these proposals, it is anticipated that construction could begin as early as the end of 2008 within the 40-acre site.

With so many projects on our platter, these are extremely hectic, yet gratifying times. We will keep you well informed of our progress throughout the coming year on these many projects via our website and INFOCUS. Each milestone that is met brings us closer to becoming the great city we have envisioned. May this year bring you joy, health, and comfort.

Mall Area Shopping Centers. Goodyear Centerpointe, which opened a few months ago at the southeast corner of McDowell Road and PebbleCreek Parkway, will be adding more stores and restaurants throughout the year. The Market at Estrella Falls, Westcor’s shopping center west of Bullard Wash and the mall, is under construction and will be completed in 2008.

Cotton Lane Bridge. The bridge will be completed in January 2008, but will remain closed to traffic until Cotton Lane is extended through the King Ranch development towards the end of 2008. The new bridge and roadway, extending to the new Estrella Parkway roundabout, will greatly improve access to the developments south of the Gila River.

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It doesn’t seem like it has been just over a year since we implemented our new automated curbside sanitation and recycling program, does it? Remember how apprehensive we all were? Based on the incredibly successful statistics from the first 12 months (shown below), it seems that this new service has been instituted very successfully.

The credit goes to Goodyear residents for such excellent participation and cooperation.

Congratulate yourselves on a job well done!

• Approximately 20,000 tons of waste was generated by Goodyear’s curbside refuse and recycling program.

- 6,000 tons of this waste was recycled and not buried in a landfill.

• Goodyear residents continue to divert 30% of the waste stream which meets the national average, but is well above neighboring cities.

- This high diversion rate is well above the Arizona average of 19%.

• By recycling so much, residents saved the City over $190,000 in landfill tipping fees, which helps control program costs.

• A recent recycling audit showed that 70% of materials recycled were paper, 8% was glass, and the remaining 22% were other recyclable materials.

• Only 8% of the materials residents recycled were contaminants (materials not currently accepted in the recycling program).

- The contamination rates in other West Valley cities range from 20% to as high as 35%.

• Thanks to our residents reading and understanding the educational materials about what size of containers to choose based on their lifestyle, only 4% of the 19,000 households requested container size exchanges.

• Approximately 300 residents are currently using an additional recycling container to accommodate their recycling volumes.

• During the year, 3,700 new accounts were added.

- During program implementation, approximately 2,700 new accounts signed up for sanitation services that were not paying for service before.

- More than 1,000 new growth-related accounts were established in the first year.

• Over 2,500 tons of bulk trash were collected, an increase of 12% over the previous year.

May 2007 Survey Proves Sanitation Service a Success

We would like to thank you for all your cooperation and especially thank you for rating your weekly bulk trash, weekly curbside recycling, and weekly curbside trash collection as three of the top five rated services in the 2007 Citizen Survey six months into the new program (see chart). On that same survey, you also rated us 8.1 out of 10 on “excellence of implementation of the program,” and 67% of you rated the educational materials “very helpful.”

Fire protection 8.56 Weekly bulk trash collection 8.46 2007 Survey: Weekly curbside recycling 8.45 How Well the Paramedic services 8.4 Weekly curbside trash collection 8.28 City of Goodyear Cleanliness of parks 8.22 is Providing Police protection 8.15 runoff on major streets 7.93 Current Services ConditionStormwater of park landscaping and equipment 7.92 10 = excellent Neighborhood street repair 7.71 1 = poor Amount of water pressure 7.65 Communication with residents 7.5 Requiring property owners to meet City code standards 7.5 Amount of large community parks 7.03 Street reconstruction 6.92 Art and cultural events 6.77 Attracting quality jobs to our community 6.7 Water quality 6.61 Traffic congestion on major streets 5.94 Public transportation 4.84

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To register or for more detailed information, go to Goodyear’s website: goodyearaz.gov/rec.

Correction – Historic Goodyear Water Line Project The Nov/Dec issue of INFOCUS incorrectly referred to the water line replacement project in Historic Goodyear as a sewer replacement project. The project in Historic Goodyear is a water line replacement not wastewater.

Nothing is being done with the sewer lines in this area.

Pet CPR – Receive 2-year certification; approved by ASAPCA • Date/Time: Wednesday, Jan. 16; 7 to 9 p.m.

• Age Group: 12 years and up • Location: Fire Station 183 on Estrella Parkway in Estrella • Cost: $45 ($55 non-resident) Babysitting – 1-day class; receive 2-year certification • Dates/Time: Saturdays, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23; 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Age Group: 10 -18 years • Location: Fire Station 183 on Estrella Parkway in Estrella • Cost: $50 ($55 non-resident) each class Skateboard Clinic – 4-week session; instruction and demonstration • Dates/Time: Saturdays, Feb. 2 through Feb. 23; 8 to 9 a.m.

• Age Group: 6 -17 years • Location: Goodyear Community Park skatepark • Cost: $40 ($45 non-resident) Outdoor Boot Camp – Please go to www.goodyearbootcamp.com or call 623-210-8233 for more information and to register.

• Dates: Feb. 4 through Feb. 29; 1-day, 3-day or 5-day sessions • Age Group: women only • Location: Goodyear Community Park • Cost: $59 for one day; $199 for three days; $299 for five days CPR/First Aid – Receive 2-year certification and be effective in an emergency.

• Date/Time: Tuesday, Feb 5; 9 a.m. to noon • Age Group: 12 years and up; • Location: Fire Station 183 on Estrella Parkway in Estrella • Cost: $35 ($45 non-resident) Instant Guitar Workshop – Bring guitar; learn basic chords and you’ll play songs right away.

• Date/Time: Thursday, Feb. 21; 4 to 6:30 p.m.

• Age Group: 11 years and up • Location: Fire Station 183 on Estrella Parkway in Estrella • Cost: $25 ($35 non-resident) plus $27 collected in class for workbook and practice CD

The $1.1 million Goodyear Historic water line replacement project is about to begin, updating this part of the city’s critical infrastructure.

More than 7,400 linear feet of new, larger ductile iron piping will replace the old, brittle materials originally installed decades ago. Main line valves, fire hydrants and customer service connections will also be installed as part of this project. Sidewalks, driveways and other pavement disturbed during the work will be restored, and residents of the area will be informed by mail of any expected disruptions to traffic, etc. on their specific block.

The historic area targeted for the rehabilitative work is bordered on the west by Litchfield Road and Los Robles Drive to the east, San Xavier Avenue to the north and Western Avenue on the south. Work is expected to be completed by summer 2008.

Want to Help in an Emergency?

Join CERT!

The next class to teach skills that people can use to safely help their neighbors during a disaster will be held on Thursday evenings starting February 21 and ending April 17, 2008. All classes are free and will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Goodyear Fire Training Room at 175 N. 145th Ave., Building E in the Venida Business Park just south of Van Buren Street.

Instant Piano Workshop – Learn basic chords and you’ll play songs right away in any style and any key.

• Date/Time: Thursday, Feb. 21; 6:40 to 9:40 p.m.

Through Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, citizens • Age Group: 11 years and up can manage utilities and put out small fires; search for and safely rescue victims; • Location: Fire Station 183 and organize themselves and other spontaneous volunteers while waiting for on Estrella Parkway in Estrella emergency responders such a Police, Fire and Public Works.

• Cost: $25 ($35 non-resident) plus $28 collected in class To sign up or for more information, please contact Ms. Lairi Carson, Goodyear Fire Department, at 623-932-2300 or by e-mail at cert@goodyearaz.gov. for workbook and CD 7

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First breakfast was served to 47 children who had been selected by Goodyear school officials to participate in the 2007 Shop with a Cop program on December 15. Next, a cavalcade of motorcycles and patrol cars with sirens screaming and lights flashing drove the children to the Goodyear Wal-Mart on Estrella Parkway where Santa arrived in a helicopter to pass out gift certificates worth $200 to each child! Then the shopping spree began!

Thirty Goodyear police officers helped the kids pick out toys.

The children chose gifts for themselves as well as for their families. The generosity of Wal-Mart and other community groups helped purchase the gift certificates.

Phase II of the McDowell Road Commercial Corridor includes the bulk of the project’s improvements – the remaining construction of McDowell Road east to Bullard Avenue as well as Bullard Avenue, Bullard Wash improvements and park amenities, two bridges over Bullard Wash (at McDowell Road and at Monte Vista Road), construction of Monte Vista Road and 150th Drive and improvements to Encanto Boulevard. Phase II construction is under way and will be completed by March 2009.

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McDowell Road Commercial Corridor Project Over the last two years, the City of Goodyear, in partnership with developers Westcor, W. M. Grace Development Company, Evergreen Development Company, Globe Properties and Tang Realty and other partners (Arizona Department of Transportation, Flood Control District of Maricopa County and the Roosevelt Irrigation District) have begun construction on the McDowell Road Commercial Corridor Project. The public was invited to several public meetings during the design of this project which includes the construction of infrastructure for the future Estrella Falls Mall and surrounding Residents attending a McDowell Road Commercial Corridor public meeting development.

Pulice Construction was awarded the $25,261,511 construction contract for Phase II. This is the same construction company that successfully completed the Van Buren Road Project and will also be the contractor for the I-10 Widening Project.

The McDowell Road Commercial Corridor Project is being completed and funded through an Improvement District (ID) An ID is a funding mechanism by which the City sells bonds to fund the ID project and the property owners within the district are assessed for these improvements. The City does not pay. This process expedites the construction of these improvements and allows for a coordinated effort between the City and property owners and developers.

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Seniors!

Meet Other Seniors at Activities Just for You!

Please call 623-882-7525 for reservations to participate in senior activities. Fees will be collected at the door.

Locations: Goodyear Community Center, 420 E. Loma Linda or Goodyear Community Park, 3151 N. Litchfield Rd.

Phase I of the McDowell Road Commercial Corridor was completed in October 2007. Phase I included Lecture: 5 Secrets for Permanent Weight Loss – 1,700 feet of roadway construction on Community Center, Jan. 16, 1 to 2 p.m.; $1 McDowell Road and 700 feet of roadway Wild Horse Pass Casino – Meet at Goodyear Community Park to take bus. construction on PebbleCreek Parkway.

Bring photo ID. Jan. 23, depart at 8:15 a.m., returning at 5:15 p.m.; $2 This includes all the roadway Instant Piano – Learn all the chords you need to play any song in this one session. improvements fronting the Community Center, Jan. 30, noon to 3 p.m.; $20 plus $28 for workbook and CD. new Goodyear Centerpointe Lecture: 5 Secrets to Look and Feel Better – Community Center, Feb. 6, 1 to 2 p.m.; $1 development anchored by Mervyns at the southeast Cerreta’s Candy Factory – Meet at Goodyear Community Park to take van.

Feb. 13, depart at 9 a.m., returning at 11:30 a.m.; $5 corner of McDowell Road and PebbleCreek Parkway.

Art Class – Learn to paint with acrylics. Supplies will be included.

Community Center, Feb. 20, 10 a.m. to noon; $5 Walk and Lunch – Walk around Goodyear Community Park. Lunch will be provided.

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Sponsors for the program included: • Goodyear employees and families • Wal-Mart • CIVICA-Rose Properties • PebbleCreek Ladies 9 Golf Association • Osborne Jewelers • Goodyear Police Officers Association • United Goodyear Firefighters Local 4005 • Don Bennett and Associates • UPS • Goodyear councilmembers • LDS Waddell Young Women’s Group • King Ranch • Malcolm Pirnie Inc. • Betsy’s Kitchen • Robert McGeorge

• James Mulhall • Jack and Marnie Horn with Society of St. Vincent de Paul/John Vianney Conference • Kim Sandstrom • Girl Scout Troop 4055 • Goodyear Gauchos Baseball Team • Fill-A-Need committee members • Residents from West Valley Cities • Goodyear Fire Department • Poker Run sponsors: • Harrah’s AK-CHIN Casino, Maricopa • LL Decker and Associates • Doug Strong and staff, Town of Buckeye • Neva at Gila Bend Elks Lodge • Mobile Elementary School

Conserve Water Now to Save All Year

Holiday Schedule

Winter is a great season to adjust your landscaping water use to save money in the hotter months ahead. Remember that saving water now will keep your sewer rate low, too (see related article on page 4).

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 21 City Offices Closed

Stretch the interval between waterings of your established trees, shrubs and groundcovers to 30 -45 days. Skip a scheduled watering altogether after long soaking rains like we had in early December.

It will pay off today and all year long.

Plan to make this the last year you over-seed. Save 15 inches worth of winter watering.

Keep your succulent (water-storing) plants healthy. If their leaves or pads are bulging, they are full of water! Turn off the irrigation to prevent rotting. Cover small water-gorged ones so they won’t freeze solid when we have hard frosts.

Presidents’ Day Monday, February 18 City Offices Closed Following each holiday, pickup that week for garbage, recycling and bulk trash will switch to the day after your normal scheduled pickup day.

Save more water by segregating succulents on an irrigation line with a less frequent schedule than those that don’t store water. They thrive without irrigation in the desert hills around you.

For more help keeping your landscape beautiful without wasting water, request a free Landscape Watering Guide by calling 623-882-7504.

Conservation is good for your wallet, your community, and your environment.

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Jobs with the City of Goodyear Visit the City of Goodyear website at www.goodyearaz.gov or call the City’s 24-hour hotline, 623-932-1716, for listings.

The Human Resources Office is located at City Hall, 190 N. Litchfield Rd. Phone: 623-882-7765 or 623-882-7762.

TTY: 623-932-6500.

EEO/M/F/V/H/D. Goodyear accepts applications only for open positions.

Let’s Take the Bite Out of Barking Dogs Barking dog complaints are handled by the City of Goodyear Code Compliance Department. When a complaint is received, a letter is sent to the property owner of the dog to inform them of the City Code. If the problem continues, the complainant is given a packet to complete which includes a barking dog petition and three barking dog logs.

In order for Code Compliance to initiate legal action against Goodyear residents are invited to attend the the violator, it is required that at least three neighbors dedication of Well EA-06 on January 24 at 9 a.m. sign the petition and keep a log for two weeks in the northeast corner of the Goodyear Community documenting the barking nuisance. This log and Park, 3151 N. Litchfield Rd. The Environmental Protection petition should be corroborated by either Agency (EPA) out of San Francisco is hosting the dedication a video or audio tape recording. which marks a huge milestone in the clean-up efforts of the Goodyear PGA North If a complaint is received by Police during the night, an officer is sent to check the Superfund Site. disturbance and the information is forwarded to Code Compliance.

This new well is an extraction All corrective options, including well, which means that it extracts mediation, will be attempted the contaminated water from the prior to taking legal action. contaminated portion of the aquifer, treats it to drinking water quality and Dog owners – please help then re-injects it into the safe portion of us by insuring that your the aquifer to be available for appropriate dogs do not disturb your neighbors. future use.

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The Estrella Mountain Regional Park Rodeo Grounds will be home to three days of fast paced rodeo action February 15 – 17. Both male and female professionals will converge on the area to compete in roping, bulldogging, saddle and bareback bronc riding, bull riding, and barrel racing.

Only top Senior Pro competitors compete in this sanctioned rodeo event nestled in the beautiful Sierra Estrella Mountains with incredible views of the Valley below.

Slack Day is Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This exciting rodeo competition is FREE to the public, this day only. A great time to bring the entire family!

Gates open at 11 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. The rodeo begins at 2 p.m. and ends about 4 p.m. each day. Admission on the weekend is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors (60 and over) and military, and $4 for youngsters five to 12 years of age. Children younger than five are admitted free.

Come out and celebrate the days of the Old West in Goodyear.

Saturday’s intermission will have teams of local business people vying for top honors in the annual Corporate Calf Dressing Contest. It’s a kick to see these “city slickers” try to put clothes on a calf! A BBQ dinner under the stars with entertainment and dancing will immediately follow the rodeo at 6 p.m. right on the rodeo grounds. $6 will be charged for the dinner.

During Sunday’s intermission, all three- to five-year-olds can join in the fun of a Boot Scramble to find their shoes and boots in the arena.

The Estrella Mountain Regional Park Rodeo Grounds is located in Estrella Mountain Regional Park. Take I-10 to Estrella Parkway and go south across the Gila River bridge.

Turn left on Vineyard Avenue. Go past the main entrance to the park, and follow the signs to the Indian Springs Road entrance.

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Tickets can be purchased at the gate or prior to the event in the lobby of Goodyear City Hall, 190 N. Litchfield Rd. For more information, visit Goodyear’s website: www.goodyearaz.gov or call 623-327-3798 or 623-932-3910.

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