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Volume 3 Issue 12 Mesa, AZ
October 4, 2020
City-sponsored program helping Mesa businesses BY ALLI CRIPE Tribune Contributor
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mall businesses across the Valley are struggling to adapt to the pandemic and few have been as hard-hit as restaurants. That’s why the Mesa location of Flancer’s Restaurant is one of 50 Mesa businesses that have joined the online program hownd.com in an effort to accelerate foot traffic and revenue during the pandemic. “The Mesa Cares program gave us the funding so we thought, ‘Oh, we’ll give it a try,’” owner Jeff Flancer said. The online program is available at no cost to Mesa merchants after the city established used some of its federal pandemic-relief money to cover Hownd’s administrative fees, according to Kim Lofgreen, Mesa’s marketing and business development manager. Hownd is a Tempe-based business that offers an app called MyHownd designed for consumers to find nearby businesses. The merchant-focused site, originally called FetchRev, is the digital promotional tool founded in 2015 by CEO Brandon Willey and rebranded as Hownd in Nov. 2019, according to spokesman Larry Fleischman. Mesa businesses work with Hownd to create a variety of promotional offers, according to Fleischman. These offers can be vouchers, coupons or value packages. “We will distribute that offer, or offers, through the MyHownd app,” said Fleischman. “We’ll make it available through the business website through pop up. Public Notices ............... page 2 © Copyright, 2020 East Valley Tribune
empe-based website Hownd.com helps generate foot traffic for businesses by enabling them to post specials. The City of Mesa has partnered with it to help struggling local businesses. (Special to the Tribune)
We’ll distribute it through email, through the business’s Facebook as well.” The Mesa and Hownd partnership started in early September and by Sept. 23, over 800 coupons have been claimed, 100 have been redeemed in-store and 23 gift cards and vouchers have been purchased, according to Fleischman. Fleischman said Hownd’s app is an ideal way for brick-and-mortar businesses to increase the number of customers during the current environment. Hownd and municipalities saw an opportunity and began partnerships in April. “The city of Tempe was actually the first East Valley municipality to create a partnership with us,” said Fleischman. “It went really well really fast. Mesa picked up on that.” Hownd has since partnered with Queen Creek and Tucson. A couple of weeks ago, (USPS 004-616) is published weekly
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Hownd partnered with Winter Garden, Florida. Over $3 million in immediate revenue has been raised since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Hownd’s website, which also states that Pedal Haus Brewery in Tempe raised $3,700 in less than a month using the app. Flancer, who signed up nearly a month ago, said Hownd is still a work in progress but that he’s seen results. “We had a flash sale on certificates and sold a couple of thousand dollars’ worth, and got claims on a coupon,” he said. Flancer said the most noticeable difficulty is the learning curve for his staff to redeem customer’s coupons. “We have to get the okay when we try to do a coupon,” said Flancer. “It seems we have to wait for Hownd, which is kind of Subscriptions are $26 for 2 years, $14 for one year. Periodicals postage paid at Phoenix, AZ 85026.
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unusual.” ed Sept. 11 that the impact Fleischman said Hownd alof the COVID-19 pandemic most always approves offers response on American small quickly when a merchant crebusinesses is weakening. ates their own and that repCiting the latest data from resentatives are available to the U.S. Census Bureau Small provide technical and other Business Pulse Survey, it said assistance. “fewer businesses than ever In addition to Hownd, Lofare reporting that the pangreen said the City of Mesa ofdemic creates a very negafers free technical assistance, tive effect on their company” over 100 webinars for small and that 31.8 percent of small businesses, a restaurant boot business owners the bureau camp and other services prosurvey reported that the vided on the mesa.gov webpandemic is having a “large site. negative effect” on their op“Our small businesses are erations. really getting hurt right now,” But it added, “There are still said Lofgreen, who cited rethousands of small businessports about the number of es reeling from the harshest small businesses nationally business restrictions imposed that could close their doors by some states. Restaurants, for good as the result of the bars, hotels, and gyms and fitpandemic. Restaurateur Jeff Flancer said he's seen some results after signing up with hownd.com ness centers are likely those indicating the pandemic is “The economy is built on through the city program. (Special to the Tribune) the back of small businesses still having a harsh impact on to some degree,” said Lofthat we can right now.” business. These businesses green. “I know the city is doing everything The website smallbiztrends.com report- truly need a helping hand or two.”
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: RED MOUNTAIN PARK EXPANSION 7745 E. Brown Road PROJECT NO. CP0932 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 Red Mountain Park Expansion 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 proposed project includes various park and sports facility improvements to the existing Red Mountain Park located at 7745 E. Brown Road in Mesa, Arizona. The project scope includes: • Improvements south of Brown Road include construction of up to ten (10) regulation-sized lighted soccer fields, LED-lighted parking lot expansion, increase irrigation
capacity through a new pump, a new restroom building, rerouting the disc golf course lay-out, and additional landscaping improvements. • Improvements north of Brown Road include four LED-lighted youth baseball/soft-ball fields, lighted parking lot expansion, and a new restroom building. • Additional improvements include site furnishings and field/ site signage. The estimated construction cost is $22,500,000. The City requires construction completion in the Fall of 2023. An electronic Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on October 8, 2020 at 8 am, through Microsoft Teams. 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 avail-able 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. Any parties interested in attending the
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Pre-Submittal Conference should request-ed an invitation from Donna Horn (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 pol-icy 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/busi-ness/ engineering/construction-managerat-risk-and-job-order-contractingopportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding PPVF’s and 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
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be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide one (1) elec-tronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format to Engineering-RFQ@ mesaaz.gov by October 22, 2020 by 2 pm. Refer to the City’s website for the most current information about how to submit Statements of Qualifications. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System ( h tt p : / / m e s a a z . g ov / bu s i n e s s / purchasing/vendor-self-service). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk 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: DeeAnn Mickelsen, City Clerk Published: Mesa Tribune Sept 27 & Oct. 4, 2020 / 33300
Public Notice City of Mesa Public Notice Public Online Auction
OCTOBER 4, 2020
The City of Mesa is conducting a Public On-line Auction to identify the highest bidder for City-owned parcels located at the Northwest corner of Adobe and Recker Roads in Maricopa County, Arizona. Auction Date: October 20, 2020 Auction Registration: October 5, 2020 to October 19, 2020 Bidding Start Time: 11:00 a.m. Auction Location: Online at: https://mesa.easibuy.com/ advertisements/1056 Auctioneer: EasiBuy PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: MARICOPA COUNTY ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER: 141-78-820 containing approximately +/- 2.1 acres CURRENT ZONING: Residential RS-7 GENERAL PLAN: Neighborhood Buyer will be responsible for obtaining approval, through the City’s ordinary and customary processes, to obtain Minor General Plan Amendment (if necessary), rezoning and a site plan approval. The minimum bid is $435,000.00. Appraisal reports for the parcels are posted at www. mesaaz.gov/landauction. After the first bid, bidding increments shall be a minimum of $2,500 thereafter. Bidding will be conducted online only. More information, including the public online auction notice, bidding requirements, terms of sale and the Purchase and Sale Agreement and Escrow Instructions are available online at www.mesaaz.gov/landauction All questions regarding this public auction shall be directed to Kim Fallbeck at kim.fallbeck@ mesaaz.gov . All due diligence investigations must be completed by prospective bidders prior to the auction. The City of Mesa may cancel this auction in whole or in part at any time prior to the acceptance of a final bid. The City Council may accept the highest bidder for cash, re-serving the right to reject all bids. For additional information please go to www. mesaaz.gov/landauction. Published: East Valley Tribune, Oct. 4, 11, 2020 / 33532
Public Notice CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following: ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide design services and/or construction administration services on an oncall basis in the following area/ category: Architectural Services. 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 Re-quest for Qualifications (RFQ). From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will
considered for award. Submitters may request a single opportunity to verify that a test email and attachment are received and can be opened by City staff. Test emails must be sent to Engineering-RFQ@ mesaaz.gov. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. 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 Michele Davila of the Engineering Department at Michele.Davila@mesaaz.gov BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen, City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Sept 27, Oct 4, 2020/ 33317
establish a list of on-call consultants for Architectural Services. This category is further defined below: The Architectural Services category refers to vertical construction projects, including construction of new buildings/ facilities/pools and/or remodels of existing buildings and facilities. Building projects often include design disciplines or design elements such as architectural programming, architectural design, site planning, grading, drainage, demolition, site civil improvements, offsite street improvements, offsite utility extensions, site lighting, landscaping, landscape irrigation, survey, horizontal control, structural engineering, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, lighting, fire protection, special systems, security systems, data and telecommunications systems, systems furniture design, roofing, flooring, site amenities, etc. Architectural projects including buildings or facilities such as storage facilities, equipment rooms, electrical buildings and other facilities that may not be generally occupied by people during normal business hours. Projects in this category may include transportation improvements and/ or water/wastewater improvements associated with buildings, as supporting ancillary improvements. A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this RFQ (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, assure that con-tract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All con-tact 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 that contains current company/firm contact information including a valid phone number and email address, plus a maxim-um of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding PPVF’s and 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 ap-pendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format to EngineeringRFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2:00PM on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Maximum file size shall not exceed 20MB. SOQ’s that are unable to be opened by City staff will not be
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Public Notice CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE FY 2021/2022 FUNDING AVAILABILITY Date of Publication: October 4, 2020 This City of Mesa is issuing this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 202122. The following anticipated amounts will be available: CDBG: $4,066,246 ESG: $327,701 HOME: $1,510,846 Human Services: $720,000 Note: The HOME Housing Production application program is open year-round, and provides funding for For-Profit, NonProfit, and Community Housing Development Organizations. Funding for the above-mentioned federal programs (CDBG, ESG, and HOME) are provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and used for housing and community development activities that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income persons and assist in the prevention or elimination of slum or blighting influences. Funding for the Human Services programs comes from the City’s general fund and the A Better Community (ABC) program consisting of donations from the public made through utility bill payments. These funds support programs and services that directly impact community safety services and encourage self-sufficiency so that residents can fully realize economic and social opportunities. The annual application process, other than LIHTC, will open on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 and close on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. October 19, 2020 Agency Pre-Application Kick Off Meeting*
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Zoom Meeting *The following items will be covered: Funding sources, eligibility requirements, 5-Year Consolidated Plan priorities, and City Council priorities. October 20, 2020 Application Process Opens October 26, 2020 Applicant Orientation &Technical Assistance – CDBG, ESG, Human Services, and Zoom-Grants 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Zoom Meeting October 27, 2020 Applicant Orientation & Technical Assistance – HOME 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Location: Zoom Meeting November 12, 2020 Application Process Closes at 6:00 p.m. For more information, visit: https://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/ community-development 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 and Community Development Department, please contact Andrea Alicoate @ 480644-5034. Hearing impaired individuals should call 711 (Arizona TDD Relay). To the extent possible, accommodations will be made within the time constraint of the request, and you may be required to provide information to support your reasonable request. Si necesita asistencia o traducción en español, favor de llamar al menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 480-644-2767. Michelle Albanese, Housing & Community Development Director (October 4, 2020, East Valley Tribune) Published: East Valley Tribune, Oct. 4, 2020 / 33561
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