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Volume 2 Issue 35 Mesa, AZ
April 5, 2020
Mesa caterer’s deal helps healthcare workers BY PAUL MARYNIAK
Tribune Executive Editor
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ith two of the biggest holidays on the horizon and a crisis that puts many healthcare workers in almost constant danger, Sue Carlisle has come up with a deal. That the deal also helps her Mesa catering business – also a victim of the social distancing crisis triggered by COVID-19 – is a win-win-win. For more than six years, Carlisle has owned and operated Straight to the Plate at 500 W. Southern Ave., which caters weddings, corporate meetings, celebrations and galas – in other words, events basically prohibited under guidelines restricting public gatherings to no more than 10 people. So, she’s offering a deal that she hopes will keep her business breathing for a while, help people who still will celebrate Easter and Passover in this dark time and show some love for healthcare professionals. Anyone who gives her a six-person order for Easter brunch or dinner or kosher-style Passover feast can also order and pay for a dinner for six for frontline healthcare workers. Peoples can pick up their own meals curbside on the day they desire. “For the frontline professional healthcare workers, we will be in touch with East Valley hospitals to see what the best way will be to handle the meals,” Carlisle said, saying she’ll either arrange a possible drop-off of heated meals or arrange for a pickup by the bene�iciaries of the customers’ charitable act. Public Notices ............... page 2 © Copyright, 2020 East Valley Tribune
“We also request and are hopeful that corporations as well as individuals will step forward and order meals for the healthcare professionals that are protecting us and our families,” Carlisle said. Straight to the Plate has received recognition over the years for its customized menus overseen by an executive chef. Her menus for six people for the upcoming holidays include items such as crustless Mediterranean quiche and baked French toast for brunch while Passover and Easter meals include salmon, beef brisket or ham as an entrée. Both the brunch and the two meal packages also include a number of side dishes. Prices start at $95 for brunch and $125 for the dinners and the packages include instructions for heating the chilled items. Carlisle and her husband Brett started Straight to the Plate after another economic catastrophe – the Great Recession of 2008. “Our previous business, Entrees Made Easy, which was a meal prep business tanked when the economy collapsed in 2008,” she said. “Somebody said, ‘You have two chaffing dishes; why don’t you start a catering company?’” she recalled. “We had no money, so we got out our four-ingredient cookbook for recipes. Then we asked our friends to con�identially taste and rate our �irst 25 recipes as ‘It’s a Winner!’ ‘I’ll have seconds please.’ ‘Ok, but nothing to talk about’ and ‘Please don’t serve this.’” After settling on the recipes that made the �irst two categories, they started (USPS 004-616) is published weekly
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Straight to the Plate and now have three full-time employees and 15 part-timers “during our season” – which, as with many businesses that thrive during Arizona’s tourist season, has felt the hammer of the coronavirus and efforts to reduce its spread. They chose the name for their business “to bring families together,” Sue explained, noting she and Brett “worked in corporate previously and did not see our kids enough because of long hours or business traveling. “So, we thought Straight to the Plate implies bringing families together, from our family to yours.” With a daughter in college and a son in high school, the Carlisles have felt the impact of social distancing regulations just as hard as restaurants and other small businesses. “Normally our off-season is Memorial Day to Labor Day,” Sue said. “So, we have lost virtually all of March and all of April and May of weddings, social events, nonpro�its, grand openings, etc. “Due to a great January and February, we have not had to lay off or furlough our full-time employees and we would prefer not to,” she added. “We are evaluating this, every pay period.” She added, “We are hopeful we can furnish many meals. “We believe we can bring families together during this time, thank the frontline healthcare professionals and give our team something positive to hold on to.” People can order at facebook.com/ StraightToThePlateCatering or at straighttotheplate.com. Subscriptions are $26 for 2 years, $14 for one year. Periodicals postage paid at Phoenix, AZ 85026.
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Public Notice Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed SkyBridge AZ Business Park at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, AZ The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed Skybridge AZ Business Park project. The FONSI is based on results documented in a Final Environmental Assessment (EA), completed in March 2020, that outlines a proposed change to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport’s Airport Layout Plan (ALP) to accommodate the SkyBridge AZ Business Park project. The PhoenixMesa Gateway Airport seeks FAA approval of an update to the ALP to develop the SkyBridge site with mixed-use development that includes a joint United States -Mexico Customs in-spection facility and air cargo hub and consists of both aeronautical and non-aeronautical land uses. Anti-cipated businesses include air cargo, aerospace and auto parts, food processing (dry goods and refrigerated products), e-commerce, office/research and development (R&D), retail, and a hotel. The Proposed Federal Action, for which FAA retains approval authority, consists of the following project elements for the aeronautical portions of the project (approximately 154.8 acres): • Construct a 75-foot-wide by 2,545-foot-long taxilane (Taxilane L) southwest from Taxiway A; • Construct approximately 277,330 square yards of ramp outside of the Taxilane L and Taxiway A object free areas; and • Construct nine hangars (approximately 1.33 million square feet of hangar space on 84.8 acres). The FONSI indicates that the Proposed Federal Action is consistent with existing environmental policies and objectives as set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act and will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment. The Final EA and FONSI are available online for review at: http:// www.gatewayairport.com. Please contact the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority at: 5835 S. Sossaman Road, Mesa AZ 952126014, c/o: Carl D’Acosta; 480-9887612; or cdacosta@gatewayairport. com for information regarding the availability of hard copies. Published; East Valley Tribune, April 5, 2020 / 29890
Public Notice CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Construction Manager at Risk for the following: FIBER NETWORK EXPANSION PHASE 2 PROJECT NO. CP0696 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) to provide PreConstruction Services assistance and complete Construction Services as the CMAR for the Fiber Network Expansion Phase 2 Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of
Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/ business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk selection process or contract issues should be directed to Stephanie Gishey of the Engineering Department at stephanie.gishey@ mesaaz.gov. BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen City Clerk
Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements de-tailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected CMAR and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping. The scope of work for the Construction Services phase of the project will include the following: furnish & install new fiber optic cable installed in 157,700 LF of existing conduit; furnish & install 44,900 LF of quad 2” conduit w/1” conduit, #12 tracer wire, # 9 pull boxes, 4x4 manholes & new fiber optic cable; deliver the fiber optic cable to eleven (11) City facilities; and various fiber strand splices as needed on the project. The estimated construction cost is $5,000,000. A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on April 15, 2020 at 8:00am remotely as a video and telephone conference. If you would like to participate, please send an email to stephanie.gishey@mesaaz. gov to receive the invite. At this meeting, the project team, including City staff will discuss the scope of work, general contract requirements and respond to questions from the attendees. The video conference Pre-Submittal Conference is not mandatory. All interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether they at-tend the conference or not. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the PreSubmittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference. 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 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 below. RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City’s website at http:// mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/ construction-manager-at-risk-andjob-order-contracting-opportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide eight (8) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by April 29, 2020 at 2:00PM. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City
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Public Notice CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA MESA FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (FFZ) RECONSTRUCT HIGLEY RAMP PROJECT NO. CP0918 FAA AIP NO. 3-04-0023-030-2020 DAVIS BACON WAGES APPLY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 2:00 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: The project will consist of 3 phases. Each phase will consist of reconstructing a portion of the ramp to the limits shown in the project plans. The existing asphalt and base materials will be removed, and a new pavement section will be constructed. The existing aircraft tie-downs in all phases will be removed prior to the pavement removal operation and new aircraft tie-downs will be installed after the new pavement section is constructed. Temporary and permanent pavement markings will be applied to the new asphalt. The Engineer’s Estimate range is $3,000,000 to $3,500,000. 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 disqualification, 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://
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order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_ Main.asp?mem=29. 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 up-dates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $45, which is nonrefund-able. 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 160 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 ACCEPT-ABLE. 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/pur-chasing/ 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: Dee Ann Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 2020 / 29889
Public Notice CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant for the following: CENTRAL MESA REUSE
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PIPELINE 960 W. RIVERVIEW PROJECT NO. CP0896 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide design services for the Central Mesa Reuse Pipeline Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected Design Consultant and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping. • Design Services Package 1 – Design of upgrades, replacements, or new equipment associated with delivery of reclaimed water by means of new in-line pumping and equalization storage systems. • Design Services Package 2 – Design of approximately 9.5 miles of new large diameter 36-inch or 42-inch waterline from Val Vista and Quenton Drive to Baseline and Recker Road A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on April 29, 2020, at 8:00 am remotely as a video conference. If you would like to participate, please send an email to donna.horn@mesaaz. gov to receive the invitation. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference. 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 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 in-tended 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 below. RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http:// mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/ architectural-engineering-designopportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by May 28, 2020 by 2 pm. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of
Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/ business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@ mesaaz.gov. BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr 5, 12, 2020 / 29944
• Upgrade or replace effluent disinfection system • Critical building Uninterruptible Power Source (UPS) and Electrical Instrument and Controls (EI&C) upgrades • Methanol system replacement • Programmable Logic Control (PLC) upgrades Aeration basin upgrades to include improvements to meet the required oxygen demand at 12 mgd average daily flow. Improvements are also to include life-cycle equipment replacement including blower actuators, dissolved oxygen (DO) probes, air control valves, flowmeters, control loops, waste activated sludge (WAS) sampling equipment, electrical duct bank and wiring, return activated sludge (RAS) and WAS piping, and any other upgrades deemed necessary to keep the treatment capacity at 12 mgd average day. Perform site evaluation to determine the feasibility of upgrading the existing Headworks. If a new Headworks is recommended, design to include a new building, odor control, bar screens, process flow channels, mechanical equipment, associated electrical instrumentation and con-trols, and replacement of the main flume, if necessary. The upgrade will also include the interconnection of the primaries to allow better flow split of downstream trains. The plant electrical room in the existing headworks building will be evaluated for code compliance, and if necessary, improvements to the building will be made. The electrical gear will also be evaluated and replaced, if necessary. Design grit removal system with (upgraded or new) headworks. The effluent disinfection system will be evaluated to determine required upgrades. The existing Ultra Violet (UV) system may be upgraded or replaced with a chlorine contact basin, depending on recommendations from the DCR. This project may also include the design of pump station modifications needed to deliver the effluent to the Gila River Indian Community for Central Arizona Project (CAP) water credit exchange. Critical building UPS and EI&C upgrades to include a plant wide power study evaluating the need for a centralized UPS vs. separate building UPS systems. Recommended alternatives from the study will then be designed along with up-grades to the electrical system to accommodate the new UPS system. The methanol system will be evaluated to deter-mine the need of a carbon source at the plant. If it is determined that a system is required, a new methanol tank will be designed. PLC upgrades to include design of replacement input/output (I/O) for PLC-C and PLC-D, and replacement I/Os and PLC processors for filter polymer, thickening centrifuges and dewatering centrifuges. Design also to include electrical system upgrades to accommodate the PLCs. Design team to create a record drawing master set for the entire plant including all the civil, mechanical and E&IC components. Design team to create a 3-D model for the processes upgraded in this project. City may include other miscellaneous improvements at the Site, as needed. A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on April 23, 2020, at 8 am, at the Mesa City Plaza Building, 20 E. Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, in
Public Notice CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Con-sultant for the following: NORTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION PLANT PROCESS IMPROVE-MENTS 960 W. RIVERVIEW PROJECT NO. CP0951 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide design services for the North-west Water Reclamation Plant (NWWRP) Pro-cess Improvements Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Various plant processes at The Northwest Water Reclamation Plant (NWWRP) have been identified as needing to be upgraded. This project includes an evaluation and detailed design of these processes as outlined below. Project will be constructed using the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) delivery method. A Design Concept Report (DCR) phase will precede a detailed design. The purpose of this phase is to evaluate alternatives for each of the plant processes based on capital cost, life-cycle costs, Operations & Maintenance (O&M) considerations, constructability and safety. This phase will include submittal of a report which shall include a detailed description of the evaluation along with a list of items for each pro-cess that should be considered as part of the upgrades. A Facilities Evaluation Report was recently completed for the plant. It will be made available and should be reviewed as part of the DCR phase. After City approval of the selected process improvement alternatives, the detailed design phase will begin. Design shall include 30%, 60%, and 90% submittals, and be done in coordination with the CMAR contractor. The following improvements have been identified as part of this project and are detailed be-low. • Aeration basin upgrades • Upgrade or replace headworks and add a grit removal system
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Conference Room 501. A plant tour will follow. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the PreSubmittal Conference. 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 con-tact 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 lev-el 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 below. RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http:// mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/ architectural-engineering-designopportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide seven (7) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by April 30, 2020 at 2 pm. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submit-tal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/ business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@ mesaaz.gov. BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr. 5, 12, 2020 / 29888
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