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Volume 1 Issue 28 Mesa, AZ
February 17, 2019
Cactus League is big business for EV cities BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune News Staff
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hough attendance was down slightly in 2018, the Cactus League continued to be a financial boon for East Valley cities. Mesa is home to the Chicago Cubs, the team that draws the largest Cactus League audience every year. That fact remained true in 2018 and Mesa has the receipts to prove it. The city took in $15,827,532 in sales tax in March 2018, up from the $14,620,629 it took in the year before. That total was Mesa’s largest single month sales tax revenue haul in the past two years. The Cubs led the Cactus league in attendance in 2018, drawing 222,023 fans, followed by the Arizona Diamondbacks (166,063) and San Francisco Giants (155,651). Mesa is also home to the Oakland Athletics, who play at Hohokam Stadium, the Cubs’ former home. Tempe, home to Tempe Diablo Stadium and the Los Angeles Angels, is not as reliant on Cactus League play to fill city coffers as other host cities. Tempe’s sales tax revenue of $8,085,000 in March 2018 was the fourth-highest monthly total calculated by the city in 2017-18. That total was significantly higher than the year prior, though. Tempe’s March sales tax revenue grew by 13.6 percent in March 2018 over March 2017. Some of that growth could be attributed to the Angels, who had just Public Notices ........... page 2 © Copyright, 2019 East Valley Tribune
signed international sensation Shohei Ohtani prior to Spring Training last year. Ohtani, a rare two-way player who could pitch and hit towering homeruns, drew an unprecedented amount of Japanese fans and media to Angels games last year. With Ohtani out with an injury this year, the Angels – and Tempe – could see Cactus League attendance slip. No East Valley city benefited more than Scottsdale as the city generated over $21 million in sales tax revenue in March last year alone – more than any other city in the East Valley. The city is home to one Cactus League team, the San Francisco Giants at Scottsdale Stadium, and two others, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, play nearby at Salt River Fields in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Scottsdale’s sales tax revenue of $21,613,590 in March 2018 was its highest monthly total in fiscal year 2017-18, accounting for just under 12 percent of citywide sales tax revenues that fiscal year. Fiscal year 2017-18 ran from July 2017 through June 2018. Despite its lasting popularity, the Cactus League is not always the top sales tax draw for Scottsdale, a city that hosts a number of high-profile events at the beginning of every year, including the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction and Waste Management Phoenix Open. Beyond the East Valley, the rest of the state benefits economically from the Cactus League as well. A 2018 study from Arizona State Uni(USPS 004-616) is published weekly
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versity’s W.P. Carey School of Business indicated that the Cactus League generated a total economic output of $644.2 million for the state of Arizona, an 11 percent increase from the output estimated by a study in 2015. The study found that fans, teams and ballpark operations contribute approximately $24.2 million in taxes to the state and $7.7 million to local coffers. Much of that impact comes in the form of hotel room stays and, unsurprisingly, Scottsdale’s hoteliers are a major benefactor. The city collected $3,558,035 in bed tax collections in March last year. That total accounted for nearly 18 percent of the city’s total bed tax collections last fiscal year. Scottsdale did not exceed $2.5 million in bed tax collections in any other month during that time. Mesa, which has a less robust hotel industry than Scottsdale, saw a similar trend. The city collected $790,380 in bed tax revenues in March 2018, good for 18.5 percent of its total bed tax collections in fiscal year 2017-18. The $1,133,000 in bed tax collections in Tempe in March 2018 was the second highest monthly totals that fiscal year and marked 27.9 percent growth over the year prior. Though Cactus League has long been a money maker for host cities, those municipalities still make efforts to attract the most fans possible every March.
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Cactus League host cities are not just competing with each other for fans’ dollars every year, either. Neighboring cities also make an effort to attract fans across municipal lines to boost sales at retailers, restaurants and hotels. Municipalities without teams like Chandler and Gilbert have funded targeted ad campaigns for this purpose. Chandler Tourism Manager Kimberly Janes said that March is a peak month for hotel occupancy in Chandler and demand for rooms is generally quite high and that the city targets out-of-town visitors from a number of feeder cities, including coldweather communities and drive markets. Last Year, Gilbert Tourism Administrator Glenn Schlottman said the town invested in weather-related ad campaigns targeted at fans who attended baseball games at the Oakland Coliseum in California and Wrigley Field in Chicago. Those venues are the homes of the Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs, respec-
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City of Mesa Public Notice City of Mesa Housing Authority Public Notice Notice of Availability of the Proposed Public Housing Authority FY 2019/2020 Annual Plan Notice of 45-Day Public Comment Period February 17, 2019 – April 3, 2019 Notice of Public Hearing (Proposed Public Housing Authority FY 2019/2020 Annual Plan April 4, 2019, 7:30 a.m. Lower-Level Council Chambers (57 E. First Street, Mesa, AZ 85201) Date of Publication: February 17, 2019 Elizabeth Morales, Director Housing and Community Development City of Mesa, P.O. Box 1466, Mesa, AZ 85211-1466 480-644-4546 Notice of Availability of the Proposed Public Housing Authority FY 2019/2020 Annual Plan
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tively, both teams that play Cactus League ball in nearby Mesa. Those campaigns appear to be working out for Chandler and Gilbert. Gilbert collected $96,761.71 from the sale of accommodations in March 2018, its highest single monthly total for 2018. The town’s total sales tax collections of $5,735,488.58 made March the third highest grossing month of the year. Chandler saw a similar trend. The city’s total bed tax revenues for March sales were the highest of the last fiscal year at $609,335, and the city’s sales tax revenue from restaurants and bars was $1,147,600, the second-highest monthly total of 2017-18. Much like their neighbors in the East Valley, Chandler and Gilbert experienced significant sales tax revenue growth in March over prior years. The revenue rise is somewhat surprising for all cities involved considering overall Cactus League attendance was down in 2018 to 1.77 million people from 1.91 million the year prior, according to an East
submit their comments to the: City of Mesa Housing Authority, 20 E. Main Street, Suite 250, Mesa, AZ 85211-1466; faxed comments may be sent to the City of Mesa Housing Authority at 480-644-2923; and e-mailed comments may be sent to housing.info@mesaaz.gov. Written comments regarding the Plan will be accepted on or before April 3, 2019, and oral comments will be accepted in person at the Public Hearing mentioned below. Notice of Public Hearing (Proposed Public Housing Authority FY 2019/2020 Annual Plan April 4, 2019, 7:30 a.m. Lower-Level Council Chambers (57 E. First Street, Mesa, AZ 85201) A public hearing will be held to review and solicit comments from the general public regarding the Mesa Housing Authority’s proposed Public Housing Authority FY 2019/2020 Annual Plan. The hearing will occur at a meeting of the Housing Governing Board on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at 7:30 a.m., in the Lower-Level Council Chambers (located at 57 E. First Street, Mesa, AZ, 85201). The City of Mesa endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in programs and services offered by the City of Mesa Housing Authority, please contact Elizabeth Morales at 480-644-4546 or at liz. morales@mesaaz.gov. Hearing impaired individuals should call 711 (Arizona TDD Relay). To the extent possible, accommodations will be
an Annual Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and that the public be given the opportunity to provide comments. The purpose of the Plan is to outline the goals, objectives, and methodology the agency will use to provide assisted and affordable housing through the use of federal funds in Mesa. Beginning on February 17, 2019, the Mesa Housing Authority’s proposed 2019/2020 Annual Plan will be available for review by the general public and can be found at: The City of Mesa Housing Authority, 20 E. Main Street, Suite 250, Mesa, AZ 85211-1466.The Plan may be viewed between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. To request an alternate format of the Plan, or for general information, you may call 480-644-3536. Also beginning on February 17, 2019, an electronic copy of the Plan will be available for review by the general public and can be found on the City’s Housing and Community Development website at: https:// w w w. m e s a a z . g o v / r e s i d e n t s / housing-community-development Notice of 45-Day Public Comment Period February 17, 2019 – April 3, 2019 A 45-day public comment period regarding the Housing Authority’s proposed FY 2019/2020 Annual Plan will begin on Sunday, February 17, 2018, and conclude at the end of business on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Public comments will be accepted any-time during the 45-day public comment period. Concerned residents should
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Valley Tribune report from April 2018. That decline was due, in part, to shortened schedules for some teams as the league hosted 24 fewer games in 2018 than it did in 2017. Both the Cubs and Giants hosted 16 home games in 2018 after having 17 and 18 home games in 2017, respectively. Some Cactus League officials also attributed the lower attendance to a slow February start. The Cactus League will get an early start again this year on February 21, though it will again see its total games fall, from 234 in 2018 to 228 in 2019. Still, Cactus League President Jeff Meyer said attendance numbers could a get a big boost at the end of March when fans have the rare chance to see two of Major League Baseball’s most popular teams – the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox – face off in two games at Sloan Park in Mesa. The Red Sox’ Spring Training home is in Florida’s Grapefruit League, and the team does not typically travel to Arizona for games.
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made within the time constraint of the request, and you may be required to provide information to support your reason-able request. Elizabeth Morales, Director Housing and Community Development Equal Housing Opportunity Publish: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 17, 2019 / 18590
City of Mesa Public Notice CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA VENTURE OUT DRAINAGE BROADWAY ROAD/48TH STREET PROJECT NO. CP0818 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Project will include installation of 54” and 36” RGRCP storm drain
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along Broadway Road between Greenfield Road and Higley Road. In addition, the existing catch basins will be disconnected from RWCD and tied into the new storm drain line. A series of new catch basins will be installed along the corridor and extending into 48th Street. The Engineer’s Estimate range is $900,000 - $1,100,000. For all technical, contract, bidrelated, or other questions, please contact Donna Horn at donna. horn@mesaaz.gov. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of dis-qualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified above. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/ PWell_Main.asp?mem=152. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bid-ding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $14, which is nonrefundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to en-sure that the documents are available for viewing. In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c. If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.” Work shall be completed within 150 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to fur-
nish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorse-ments. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa. BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 2019 / 18317
each Bid Set will be no more than $19.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing. In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c. If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.” Work shall be completed within 275 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor SelfService (VSS) System (http:// mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/ vendor-self-service). The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa. BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Publish: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 10, 17, 2019 / 18520
City of Mesa Public Notice CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA PD MAIN GENERATOR REPLACEMENT 130 NORTH ROBSON STREET PROJECT NO. CP0785 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: This project will remove and replace the existing 100 kW generator and replace it with a 500 kW diesel generator and associated electrical work at the main police station in downtown Mesa. The Engineer’s Estimate range is $400,000.00 – $450,000.00. For all technical, contract, bidrelated, or other questions, please contact Maggie Smith at maggie. smith@mesaaz.gov. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the pur-pose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified above. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e -arc.com/arcEOC/ PWell_Main.asp?mem=152. Click on “Go” for the Public Plan-room to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of
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GENERAL Public Notice
STATE OF INDIANA IN THE KNOX SUPERIOR COURT 1 CAUSE NUMBER: 42D0I1811-JT-000032 COUNTY OF KNOX IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENTCHILD RELATIONSHIP: RWDOB 9/26/2016 AND NICOLE WHITE (BIOLOGICAL MOTHER) AND ANY UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHERS SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING TO: Nicole White and Any Unknown Alleged Father Whereabouts
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unknown NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above noted parent whose whereabouts are unknown, as well as Any Un-known Alleged Fathers, whose whereabouts are also unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has filed a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the Judge of the Knox Superior Court 1, Ill North Seventh Street, 2nd Floor, Vincennes, IN 47591 812-885-2517 for a(n) Permanency Hearing on 4/15/2019 at 9:15AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said child. You are further notified that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the Comt tmminates your parentchild relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said child; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not con-test an adoption or other placement of said child. You are entitled to representation by an attorney, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, adjudication on said petition and termination of your parent-al rights may be entered against you, in your absence, without further notice. /s/ David Shelton, Clerk Anastasia M. Weidner, 32192-64 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 1050 Washington Ave Vincennes, IN 47591 Office: 812-882-3920 STATE OF INDIANA IN THE KNOX SUPERIOR COURT 1 CAUSE NUMBER: 42D0I-1811JT-000032 COUNTY OF KNOX IN RE THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF: Richard White- DOB 9/26/2016 (CHILD), AND NICOLE WHITE (BIOLOGIC-AL MOTHER) UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHER PRAECIPE FOR SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION COMES NOW the Indiana Department of Child Services, local office in Knox County, (hereinafter “DCS”), by counsel, Anastasia M. Weidner, and pursuant to I. C. 31-32-9-2 and Indiana Trial Rule 4.13, requests authorization for Summons by Publication on Nicole White (Biological Mother) and on “Alleged Unknown Father” with respect to the Verified Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights filed herein. In support thereof, DCS shows the Court the Affidavit in Support of Sum-mons by Publication filed contemporaneously herewith. WHEREFORE, DCS requests this Court enter an Or-der authorizing Summons by Publication on Nicole White (Biological Mother) and on “Alleged Unknown Father” and for any and all relief proper in the premises. Respectfully submitted, DATED: January 25, 2019 /s/ Anastasia M. Weidner Anastasia M. Weidner, 32192-64 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Ser-vices 1050 Washington Ave Vincennes, IN 47591 Email: Anastasia.Weidner@dcs.in.gov Office: 812-882-3920 Published: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 2019 / 18406
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