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lassic old lunch counters, once a popular mainstay during downtown Mesa’s height as a thriving retail center, will live on as the former J.J. Newberry’s department store takes on a new high-tech purpose. The vacant Main Street store’s 1949 lunch counter, still in good shape but missing a few barstools, will be preserved as a memory of a different time while Mesa moves toward its future. The counter’s restoration is part of the company Launch Pad’s ambitious plans to turn the store into a trendy co-working space where young entrepreneurs attracted by the new ASU@citycenter campus will mingle, exchange ideas and launch high-tech startups. Mayor John Giles and Councilwoman Jen Duff hailed the project, unveiled last week in a virtual presentation by Launch Pad and Caliber, a Scottsdale-based investment �irm and a major downtown Mesa property owner.

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Mesa schools chief doubts Aug. 17 campus reopening BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Staff Writer

esa Public Schools Governing Board members and the community saw for the �irst time the district’s �inalized plan for the 2020-21 school year as administration of�icials strongly indicated a return to classrooms may not occur Aug. 17. “Mesa Public Schools does not have any

plans to return on Aug. 17,” said Superintendent Dr. Andi Fourlis. “We do not know that Aug. 17 is a safe date to return for our students or our staff.” Gov. Doug Ducey set Aug. 17 as the date all districts can reopen campuses, although at least one district, Scottsdale Uni�ied, already has set Sept. 8 as the earliest date for returning to classrooms. Meanwhile, Mesa will begin the new school

year Aug. 4 with online learning for all its nearly 60,000 students and Fourlis and her aides outlined how that will work during the board meeting. The district’s plan revamps remote instruction mode by providing a more structured learning environment for students. The �irst week of school will be on an early-

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he longer the pandemic wears on, the lonelier it gets for many elderly people who either live alone or are patients in care centers and senior living facilities. That’s why Fellowship Square Historic Mesa has coordinated a program with three churches and a preschool and a nonpro�it to form pen pal and phone pal relationships with its resident and others. The Mesa assisted living center is working with volunteers from Hiway Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, Mill Avenue Preschool and Love of Christ Lutheran Church, inviting children, teens and adults from around the community to help make its residents feel a little less lonely. The campaign started innocuously. “In the past we have had many community members just drop off anonymous notes of well wishes for our residents,” said Laura K. Ontiveros, activities coordinator for Fellowship Square And while Ontiveros said that while she originally intended to connect pen and

phone pals with residents at the facility, she decided to spread the love. “With the overwhelming support from people in our community and some from even out of state, I am currently reaching out to the assisted living directors and coordinators on our Phoenix campus and Mesa Main campus,” she said. “I am also anticipating our assisted living centers in Cottonwood, Surprise and Tucson would be interested.” She said she’s already inundated with people who have responded to her requests and that the letters that already have been sent have exceeded the facility’s 40 residents. She said the facility also has enough phone pals, who talk with residents at appointed times, but has told her counterparts at other Fellowship Square facilities to “put their needs out to our pool of volunteers as they know their residents best.” There are a few guidelines for participants. “I am sending out our volunteer application because we do work with vulnerable adults and anyone from the community

who is communicating with someone in our care has to be in our system,” Ontiveros said. “However, we also created a ‘pen pal coordinator’ title for family members or church youth leaders so parents and teachers, respectively, could have their children also send letters or pictures. We’re not having a 4-year-old sign paperwork to send someone pictures after all.” Every member of a family then gets assigned to write to the same resident. Initial letters can be sent to The Oasis Fellowship Square Historic Mesa, 22 W. 9th Place, Mesa, Arizona 85201. The Life Enrichment staff will screen the letters and help residents match up with a pen pal. Teen and adult pen pals will be informed of HIPPA regulations forbidding the sharing of patients’ personal information. Young children must have a guardian, teacher or parent go through the volunteer process. More information is at fellowshipsquareseniorliving.org. 

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Mesa site offering 24-hour COVID-19 testing

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Mesa OBGYN is offering free COVID-19 testing on the campus of Mesa Community College 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Embry Women’s Health has set up tents in the MCC parking lot at Dobson Road and Southern Avenue – as well as across from Tempe Marketplace – to offer tests for those who are asymptomatic. The clinic, which only requires patients to make an appointment online, aims to help solve the problem of insuf�icient testing as Arizona continues to see a surge in cases. “We are really excited to be doing what we are doing,” said Raymond Embry, coowner of Embry Women’s Health. “We are just trying to get the word out and try to get more test sites up. We all believe testing is in wide demand and we hear of people who aren’t able to get tested. We hope we are making a decision that can bene�it the community.” The clinic was founded six years ago by Embry’s mother, JoEllen, who was a nurse practitioner and wanted to start her own practice to care for her patients in a topnotch manner. After about three years, Raymond quit his job in technology to help run the healthcare facility. Together, the two have helped build the practice into what it is today. But as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived began gripping Arizona, Embry sought options to provide testing for the practice’s patients. Eventually, they began testing non-patients. As word spread that Embry Women’s Health was offering testing for those not experiencing symptoms, the volume of those seeking one increased. “Labs usually provide the testing materials for free, but there was a shortage, so I began trying to source everything we needed and we weren’t familiar with that side of things, so I really had to do some research,” Raymond said. “We put things together on our own and found FDA approved suppliers to put together the components we needed. We spent thousands of dollars to buy these supplies.” Raymond said the practice was doing

wants to be tested. They are registered and swabbed while remaining in their car. On days where the line isn’t too backed up, the process can take as little as 15 minutes. “We ask patients to select one time slot. Then they Workers for Embry Women's Health,. a Mesa OBGYN Clinic, operate a COVID-19 testing site can add 24/7 at Mesa Community College. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer) as many about 100 tests per week leading up to people to that slot as they want. We just the testing blitzes offered across Maricopa ask they input all the information,” Embry County. Embry Women’s Health took part said. “It really makes things that much in the blitzes and quickly became one of quicker.” As the virus spreads rampant in commuthe top testing sites. “The test blitzes ended and everyone nities across Arizona, results can often be thought June was going to be quiet,” Em- delayed due to backlogs at labs. When Embry said. “We started offering a small number of tests just from 6-10 p.m. but we noticed a trend where the number of positive results we got back were increasing. “At one point, we had more positives in a single day than we did in all four weeks of the test blitzes.” Embry Women’s Health launched the �irst 24-hour, seven-day-a-week testing site across from Tempe Marketplace. As that site began �illing up quickly on a daily basis, they reached out to Mesa Community College and an agreement was made to set up another site in the parking lot. The MCC site started small in comparison to what it is now, as only about 500 tests per day were initially performed. As word spread on social media, however, Embry said more patients started to come. The overall process to get tested is easy. Patients are asked to register online through Embry’s website for a desired Raymond Embry, who helps operate Embry Women's time slot. Unlike most testing sites, the Health, which was founded by his mom, looks over his COVID-19 testing site at MCC. (Pablo Robles/Tribune time selected can be for multiple people Staff Photographer) within the same car. Upon arrival, a member of the staff bry �irst started the testing sites, the turncomes to get the ID of the person who around time was in as little as two days.

Now, however, there are instances where patients can wait as many as seven days. But the clinic is always seeking ways to fast-track results. Staff members spend the entire day going from test site to test site to pick up samples and deliver them to as many as three different labs. Embry is also seeking the services of other labs as well for when other testing sites open in the near future. The practice hopes to open six more in Chandler, Phoenix and hard-hit West Phoenix communities. “If I could physically walk the tests through the lab and get the results for them, I would,” Embry said. “We are looking for additional labs to take the capacity off of other labs, but others are looking for the same thing.” New challenges arise every day for Raymond Embry and his staff, but they’ve so far been able to navigate them and provide tests for communities in dire need. Overall, that alone makes all the hard work they’ve put into quickly setting up the sites worth it, he said. “In the beginning, we really weren’t sure we could do this,” Raymond said. “But now that we’ve been able to, it feels really good.” To schedule an appointment to be tested at one of Embry Women’s Health’s sites, visit embrywomenshealth.com/covid-19testing. Cars can enter the college’s Lot C parking area at 1833 W. Southern Ave. Individuals arriving for appointments should enter at Enrollment Way off Southern Avenue. “Our commitment to serving our students and our community remains constant during these times of change,” said Brad Kendrex, MCC interim executive vice president of administrative services. “We are pleased to be able to serve as a COVID-19 testing site for our community and look forward to inviting our neighbors back to our campuses when it is safe to do so.” MCC campus facilities remain closed, while services continue to be offered to students remotely. Patients with insurance will need to provide their member ID, group number and a physical copy of their insurance card. Insurance will cover all costs related to COVID-19 with no out of pocket cost to the patient. Uninsured people are covered by a federal program but must provide a state ID, driver’s license or Social Security number. 

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Mesa teacher leads motorized ‘march’ for schools BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Staff Writer

group of Arizona educators took to the streets of Mesa Wednesday to send a message to the community and state asking that campuses be reopened only when it’s safe. Judy Robbins, a 34-year special education teacher for Mesa Public Schools, helped organize the “Motor March.” It was one of numerous such marches throughout the state organized by Arizona Educators United as more teachers and other school personnel began raising their voices amid the battle the intensifying debate over reopening campuses. Robbins and fellow organizer Cathy Zinkhon, a Pre-K special education teacher and parent, attracted an estimated 30 vehicles for their “march,” which winded through downtown and west Mesa for about 90 minutes with the vehicles written messages, mostly about delaying campus reopenings until COVID-19 isn’t a threat to students and staff. “A large percentage of (educators) came up with the same conclusion that we had to make our voices heard that we weren’t pleased with the plan or lack thereof for school,” Robbins said. “We communicated and quickly set up these motor marches to have our voices be heard and let them

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release schedule. Every Wednesday after that will be shortened by two hours. “We’ve taken lots and lots of feedback and reviewed data and input from our families, our students, our leaders, our teachers,” said Tracy Yslas, district executive director of teaching and learning. “Our design teams have worked tremendously hard over the past couple of months to design a plan for remote learning that’s going to be much more structured, more enhanced than what we saw,” Yslas added. The district adopted the Florida Virtual Learning model for K-6 students this school year while the Mesa Distance Learning Program will be used for grades 7-12. Elementary students will be assigned a home-room teacher and will learn different subjects at different times of the day. Lessons can be taught in a live set-

Emery Devlieger, 11, writes a message on a window of a minivan that was part of the 'motor march' asking that schools reopen only when it's safe. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

know we aren’t on board with going back to physical schools yet.” Robbins has spent the last nine years in Mesa Public Schools as a special education teacher for the deaf and hard of hearing, traveling to as many as 28 schools around the district and working with as many as 80 students from all grade levels every year. Before MPS, she worked for Phoenix School for the Deaf and Blind for 20 years.

ting through WebEx. But there will also be projects and assignments through Canvas. Junior high and high school students will navigate through classes via different virtual classrooms, which is equivalent to if they were moving from class-to-class when physically in schools. Classes will sometimes be live and other times be assignments through Canvas. Theresa Baca, the district’s executive director of special education, shared a similar model for resource students. Wednesdays were dedicated to of�ice hours and study sessions due to early release in one model shared with the board. Teachers will be required to provide grades, feedback and support at all grade levels every day. “Teachers will be checking in with students,” Yslas said. “They’ll be providing live lessons two to three times a week as well as assigning modules for self-paced learning.”

She said she recognizes the desire from both students and parents, especially working ones those with younger kids, to have schools reopen and avoid remote learning. However, Robbins questions whether an in-person classroom setting is worth the risk to the health of students, their families and the staff at schools. Noting new reports in Florida say that

David Sanders, the district’s chief technology of�icer, provided an update to the board on the status of the 45,000 devices Mesa plans to distribute to students for remote learning. Sanders said the district has utilized the help from student-interns and has brought back former interns to help with the imaging process on all the devices. On July 1, Sanders said the district would pause device refresh plans for two high schools in order to ensure there were enough devices for students. Sanders said his team has been able to image and prepare over 4,000 devices in the last week. He anticipates that the district will have close to all of the devices ready by the time remote learning begins on Aug. 4, but there will still likely be a one-device limitation for families who have more than one student initially. Sanders said device distribution will be-

up to a third of all children in that state have tested positive for the coronavirus, Robbins believes there could be a signi�icant outbreak even after just one day in classrooms. With as long as a two-week incubation period for symptoms to set in, Robbins fears the schools would have to once again be shut down due to a widespread outbreak and would cause disruptions in learning. “We know it’s a recipe for disaster,” Robbins said. “We see the governor open tattoo parlors and restaurants and now has to renege some of that. It’s a lot more challenging for us to do that.” Many districts, including Scottsdale and Phoenix Union, have already said students would not be able to return to class until after Labor Day on Sept. 7. Though some districts are contemplating a return after the �irst quarter in October. “We are between a rock and a hard place,” Robbins said. “Being physically in schools is not worth dying for and not worth potentially having to go to the hospital for several weeks. It could be a disaster.” Robbins hopes there will be several measures taken into consideration in order to allow students back into schools. She wants an extensive screening pro-

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gin July 23. “Our goal today is to get devices to those who need or want to borrow a device,” Sanders said. “We have a tentative schedule where we will be starting July 23 and run through July 31. We will start with our high schools and junior highs and working our way to the elementary schools.” The presentation was met by several questions and concerns from board members. President Elaine Miner asked how parents would be made aware of what their children’s schedule entails on a dayto-day basis. Richardson posed a similar question, adding how parents who work will be able to help students log on. Associate Superintendent Holly Williams said teachers would be expected to send out a weekly schedule to parents, so they know what to expect.

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State AG seeks resumption of executions BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ttorney General Mark Brnovich is once again pressuring Gov. Doug Ducey to pave the way for executions in Arizona. In a letter last week, Brnovich told the governor that it is clear that the federal government is able to get its hands on pentobarbital. What that means is an end to the problem the state has had in the past in getting the drugs legally from a willing supplier. And Brnovich pointed out there are now 20 individuals on “death row’’ who have exhausted their appeals. But it is up to the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to actually order the drugs. And that agency is under the control of Ducey. “It has been six years since Arizona carried out an execution,’’ Brnovich wrote, noting that some of the crimes for which people have been convicted and are awaiting execution date back to the 1970s and 1980.

Among them he cited was the 1984 slaying of 7-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, who disappeared while riding her pink bicycle at Tucson’s De Anza Park. Frank Jarvis Atwood, who had previously been released on parole from California, eventually was arrested and convicted. “The time has come for Atwood and others to be held accountable,’’ Brnovich wrote. Brnovich made a similar plea to Ducey a year ago when U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced that the federal government intended to resume executions after nearly two decades. Two executions of federally convicted murders were held last week. On Wednesday, there was no speci�ic response from Ducey about obtaining new execution drugs or asking for Brnovich’s help in getting them. Instead, gubernatorial press aide Patrick Ptak would say only that the governor has received Brnovich’s letter and “will continue working with the Department of Corrections to ensure justice is served and

that we follow the law.’’ Part of the new push from Brnovich on Ducey is because the state has either won or settled lawsuits over the death penalty and the drugs that can be used. Last year a federal appeals court concluded that Arizonans have no legal right to know where the state obtains drugs to execute inmates. That ruling, Brnovich said, makes it more likely that the state will �ind a supplier, many of which have been unwilling to sell their drugs for executions because they fear “harassment or retaliation by death penalty opponents.’’ And just three weeks ago the state settled other claims, agreeing not to limit the ability of witnesses to hear the sounds of the execution. Arizona has tried to get drugs used in executions in the past. The state in 2015 ordered 1,000 vials of sodium thiopental, a muscle relaxant used in the execution process, from a supplier in India. That came after a domestic manufacturer refused to sell it for

executions. The decision to order the drugs came despite warnings by the FDA that buying the drug from India-based Harris Pharmaceutical would be illegal. That followed a 2012 decision by a federal judge, ruling in a lawsuit brought by inmates, requiring the federal agency to block importation of the drug as unapproved. Customs and Border Protection seized the drugs at Sky Harbor Airport. And in 2017 the Food and Drug Administration refused to release them. Arizona has not carried out an execution since it put Joseph Wood Jr. to death in 2014 in a procedure that took nearly two hours. He had been convicted of the 1989 death in Tucson of his girlfriend and her father. Brnovich said it’s time to restart the process. But he needs Ducey’s cooperation. “I again ask for your assistance in procuring the drugs necessary to resume executions in Arizona,’’ he wrote to the governor. “It is imperative to ful�ill our obligation to uphold the rule of law.’’ 

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Launch Pad is an example of Caliber’s specialty in long-term, high-impact investments in federally designated Opportunity Zones, which use a signi�icant tax incentive to lure investors into low income, overlooked areas. Downtown Mesa is within one of the 11 Census tracts in the city that have that designation. “Caliber is investing deeply in Mesa and Launch Pad is a signi�icant part of our investment,’’ said Chris Loef�ler, CEO and co-founder of Caliber, during the digital announcement, which included U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., a supporter of Opportunity Zones. “People are coming back. Our fund is continuing to grow,’’ Loef�ler said. “We need to rebuild America. Part of that is bringing money back into cities and communities.’’ Rodney Riley, Caliber’s vice president for acquisitions, said opportunities always emerge in economic downturns. “The possibility here is that we will bring hundreds of new businesses. It would make downtown Mesa a critical mass to grow and grow,’’ he said. Launch Pad, Co+Hoots, and the Studios@asucitycenter are all considered vital cogs in the city’s concept of launching a unique Innovation District that the Brookings Institution think tank recommended for the area. It said such a district could theoretically spawn hundreds of new companies and thousands of new jobs. “I’m overjoyed,” Giles said of Launch Pad. “This is such a great thing. It’s a wonderful old building full of character.’’ “I think it’s very well suited to downtown Mesa,’’ Giles. “Just down the street is ASU. It’s going to bring a lot of smart, innovative, entrepreneurial people to our downtown.’’ Giles waxed nostalgically about eating at Newberry’s, saying, “One of the things I am excited about is the preservation of the old soda foundation. We will encourage them to have this as authentic as possible.’’ Launch Pad will occupy a building from

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another era for Mesa, when its downtown was the region’s premier shopping district more than 60 years ago. “Newberry’s was one of our go-to places,’’ he said. “Newberry’s and J.C. Penny’s. They were the Walmart of the day.’’ At the time, Phoenix and Mesa were the retail centers with little in-between. “This was a thriving metropolis back in the day,’’ Giles said, and the lunch counters were a prominent characteristic. “I ate at all of them.’’ Those times ended when the Tri-City Mall opened at Dobson Road and Main Street in 1968 as the East Valley’s �irst enclosed air-conditioned mall, luring away many downtown stores. New malls after eventually devoured

These new projects include The Grove, The Grid, the planned Eco Mesa sustainable apartment complex, and the redevelopment of Site 17. “I see the entire downtown as having that quality of preserving our history and creating a new future,’’ said Duff, who represents the area. She mused that Caliber’s plan to retain the soda fountain within a radically renovated building “brings back the nostalgia of our downtown, a beautiful blend of yesterday and tomorrow.’’ Vin Linoff, president of the Mesa Preservation Foundation, said Newberry’s opened in May 1949. The building was 22,000 square feet with a basement – unusual for Arizona

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each other as East Valley development moved south and east. Tri-City closed in the late 1990s, eclipsed by Fiesta Mall and Montgomery Ward. But they too were abandoned by shoppers as Montgomery Ward was leveled early in the new century to make room for a Target. Fiesta Mall is now vacant, a victim largely of the Chandler Fashion Center and the relentless migration of people farther east. “Little by little, the lifeblood was siphoned off,’’ Giles said. Downtown Mesa also faded. After years of setbacks and big plans gone bust, the city is planning a rebirth centered around the controversial Arizona State University project and a major infusion of at least 1,500 apartment units.

– along with high ceilings to promote air circulation. It also has an old freight elevator in the back leading up to a partial second �loor. A story in The Mesa Tribune said hundreds of visitors �locked to the store when it opened. Old pictures show a striped box awning on the front, another feature Giles remembered and prefers to the blue wavy awning on Launch Pad’s rendering. Although the soda fountain is a great feature, “we want to see the restoration take place on the outside,’’ Linoff said. “You want to see that character still remain.’’ Chris Schultz, chief community of�icer of CEO Launch Pad, said his company enjoys operating in historical buildings in downtowns, citing locations in New Orleans, Nashville and Newark, New Jersey.

“We like being in historic redevelopments. This is really about the revitalization of Main Street,’’ Schultz said. “We are focusing on cities that care about the entrepreneurial spirit.’’ Caliber said the “retro-style freight elevator’’ is in working order and that the building has unique vintage details – including 18-foot tall ceilings on the �irst �loor, a 10-foot basement ceiling, wrought iron railings and a polished concrete �loor. Launch Pad’s renovation plan includes the soda fountain, which will morph into the coffee bar, a large lounge and 67 of�ices of various sizes. It plans to occupy the space by the end of 2021. Founded in New Orleans in 2009, the company says it has generated more than 9,000 jobs and raised more than $230 million in capital at locations in Stockton, California; Newark, Nashville and Memphis. “As we look to a post COVID-19 world, we have been talking about the importance of remote work. We have been touting this for years,’’ said Anne Driscoll, CEO. She said people are anxious to get out of their house and use co-working spaces where, “you can work remotely and not have your kids and your dog in the background,’’ a reference to Zoom digital meetings that have become routine during the pandemic. Greg Farr, owner of the Antique Plaza, moved his store next door to accommodate Launch Pad. He said he welcomes a major investment project downtown and praised both Caliber and the city for helping him to continue operating for 25 years. “I am anxious to see it �inished,’’ Farr said. “It’s nice to see them restore old buildings, instead of tearing them down and building new ones.’’ The box-shaped awning would have disappeared many years ago, at least when the city installed a Colonnade that is gradually being ripped down to restore the natural beauty of Main Street’s original buildings. “I think it will help everyone in downtown Mesa,’’ he said. 

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Ducey extends stay on evictions to Oct. 31 BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

rizonans who can’t pay their rent because they’ve been impacted by COVID-19 will get a little more time before they face eviction. But Gov. Doug Ducey won’t implement the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending that Arizona further reduce restaurant capacity and limit crowd sizes to control the spread of the virus. In a press brie�ing Thursday, the governor also said: • he remains opposed to issuing a statewide mask-up order, saying that giving that option to local governments is a better alternative; • the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive – �igures that have pushed Arizona to the top nationally – will decrease as the state starts testing people who are not sick or showing symptoms; • he is counting on Congress to approve another aid package, including extended unemployment bene�its, meaning he need

But the most immediate effect will come from Ducey’s announcement that he is extending his order blocking people affected by COVID-19 from losing their homes. That protection, which had been set to expire this coming week, now goes through Oct. 31. There will, however, Gov. Doug Ducey said last week that while there are encouraging trends in be some additional COVID-19 cases recently, Arizonans must still observe safety protocols. (Capitol conditions that rentMedia Services) ers need to meet. not decide now whether to boost stateRight now, they need to provide eviprovided payments which are the second dence to the property owner that they have lowest in the nation. speci�ic reasons for not paying their rent. Both Ducey and state Health Director These range from a requirement to be quarCara Christ said the fact that the Maricopa antined to job loss or reduction of income. County Medical Examiner’s Of�ice has run Under the new order, they also will have out of space and has ordered refrigera- to certify to the landlord by Aug. 22 that tor trucks to store bodies can’t be blamed they have applied for rental assistance solely on the pandemic. from one of the state, county, city or pri-

vate organizations that provide it. That keeps the landlord at bay, even if the tenants don’t actually have the assistance by that time. Ducey’s order also is designed to provide �inancial aid to at least some property owners, setting aside $5 million in grants. “This will provide targeted relief to homeowners who rely on income from tenants to help them avoid foreclosure,’’ the governor said. The new executive order does not spell out who is eligible. But aides to the governor said this is being crafted to be available only to those with one or just a few properties and not for owners of apartment complexes. And Ducey said he is providing $650,000 to community agencies who are the ones who process applications for housing assistance. Ducey said there is about $80 million available in such assistance. But the governor’s of�ice said that distribution has been hampered because these community

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School board members seek Oct. 1 reopening date TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

ore than 80 members of school boards across Arizona – including two from Mesa Public Schools – have called on state of�icials to delay opening campuses until at least Oct. 1. Mesa Governing Board members Marcie Hutchinson and Kiana Maria Sears are among those who have signed a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey, Superintendent of Instruction Kathy Hoffman and the State Legislature. Board members from Chandler Uni�ied, Higley Uni�ied, Tempe Union and Kyrene are also among those who signed the letter. “Positive cases in Arizona are trending upward, not downward,” the letter states. “We cannot reopen our schools for on-site learning until we experience a downward trajectory of documented cases within a 14-day period.” The letter, which does not represent of�icial board positions but rather the feelings of individuals on them, makes a series of other requests beyond keeping campuses closed until Oct. 1. Ducey has delayed the opening of campuses until Aug. 17 – a date he reiterated last week as “aspirational” rather than set in stone. Mesa Public Schools will reopen with all-online instruction for all grades Aug. 4.

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Yslas added parents will go through boot camps to learn how to help younger students and there will be �lexibility. “Teachers will provide a schedule, so parents know what to expect that week,” Williams said. “So, for instance, on Monday, there may be two periods of time students need to be logged on with their class and the parents know those are the times.” “The �irst thing is how we access Canvas,” Yslas added. “We know we will have to provide some �lexibility. If my classroom meeting is at 8 o’clock in the morning and that simply doesn’t work for a majority of my class, then I’m going to have to change that.” Governing Board members Marcy Hutchinson and Kiana Maria Sears questioned how the district would handle a return to in-person learning when it is deemed safe.

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The letter asks the state of�icials to set a COVID-19 case data point for districts to use in determining when to reopen campuses and also asks for statewide safety protocols. It also seeks equal per-pupil funding for both online and in-class students; a waiver of the 180-day instruction requirement; suspension of standardized state assessment tests for the school year with allowance for districts to use their own student-performance measurements; and permission to distribute breakfasts and lunches even when campuses are closed.

Hutchinson, who was a teacher and parent in the district for several years, cited the “routine” kids and parents become accustomed to every new school year. She worried breaking the routine of online classes to return to some sort of a modi�ied in-person setting would cause disruptions, much like what transpired last spring. Associate Superintendent Holly Williams said the transition process could be a twoweek event, allowing for enough time for students and parents to adjust to a blended model of in-person and remote learning. But the question on the mind of Sears and many parents and community members watching the remote meeting was when exactly will it be safe enough for students to return. Sears has concern over the potential Aug. 17 start date proposed by Ducey. Sears said the date was causing “anxiety.”

“Let administrators and teachers plan for and excel at teaching the �irst quarter remotely,” the letter states. In their request for suspending state achievement tests, the board members wrote: “We ask that our focus this academic year be offering high-quality remotelearning and a measured return to safe in-person classes, rather than on reaching higher levels of academic success as measured by a single assessment.” It also complained the state penalizes school districts for offering only remote learning by providing a lower per-pupil reimbursement than it does for in-classroom students. The letter was sent within days of stepped-up pressure by President Trump, members of his cabinet and other leading Republicans, who demanded that schools reopen for in-class learning when their school year of�icially begins. U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, led a group of Republican lawmakers on July 9 who demanded that schools reopen as usual in the fall, stating, “It would be more harmful to keep children locked out of schools and less harmful and less risky for children to go back to schools.” During a press conference the same day, Gov. Doug Ducey said he won’t play politics in deciding when campuses can reopen.

“Aug. 17, I believe, is causing a lot of anxiety when it comes to our teachers speci�ically,” Sears said. “How do we start helping demystify that? That’s the only date that is out there but we are saying, ‘when it’s safe.’” Fourlis stressed that the district won’t do anything to risk the health of students or staff. But several community members asked for schools to open on Aug. 17 should Ducey and health of�icials deem it to be safe, saying parents should have the ability to choose what is best for their children. Another question centered around what the protocol be if a student or teacher in a classroom setting became infected with the virus. Williams said the district would continue to follow U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and have that person quarantined for 14 days and not return until three days after not hav-

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And on the same day of his press conference, Scottsdale Uni�ied became the �irst district in Arizona to announce it won’t reopen their schools before Sept. 8. Arizona Schools Superintendent Kathy Hoffman also said on July 9 that while she wants to get students back in the classroom, “we cannot ignore the severity of COVID-19 in our state and how that impacts adults and children alike in our school communities.” Speakers at the event organized by the House Freedom Caucus, which Biggs

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ing symptoms. If a child or teacher is exposed to someone with the virus, they are allowed to remain in school with a mask as long as no symptoms are present. “As far as making a decision to close classrooms as far as exposure goes, Maricopa County Department of Health is developing guidelines for that,” Williams said. “As we transition to in-person, they will have those in place.” District of�icials and board members acknowledged not all questions they and community members had were able to be answered during Tuesday night’s meeting. However, the district recently launched a new webpage with frequently asked questions parents, students and teachers can refer to. Those questions and answers, along with the district’s plan for the 2020-21 school year, can be foundmpsaz.org. 

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agencies, like Chicanos Por La Causa and Wild�ire, have not had the staff to process the applications. Those additional dollars would be earmarked to make those hires. Much of the rest of the brie�ing focused on the status of the virus in Arizona and how Ducey said many indicators show the situation is improving here. That includes fewer emergency room visits by COVID-19 patients and reports showing the rate of infection is declining here. Still, Ducey acknowledged, the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital beds, including the ICU ward, is increasing. But the governor said he’s not interested in implementing the latest Arizona-speci�ic CDC recommendations published earlier this week.

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chairs, called the CDC guidelines “ridiculous” and “extremely harmful” for students’ emotional and physical wellbeing. They repeatedly noted that being kept out of school is bad for children’s emotional health and that COVID-19 is neither dangerous to children nor easily spread by them. Meanwhile, Snow�lake Republican Sylvia Allen, who chairs the State Sen-

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cess on a daily basis for all students and staff. She said that process likely would need to start before students get on a bus in the morning. She also hopes schools do not open until Arizona’s transmission rate is wellbelow a level indicating it is transmissible and over a million tests administered. At that point, she said, of�icials would have a clearer picture of the virus’ imprint in the state. Robbins conceded the decision to open schools is not an easy one. “I can speak for all teachers when I say we recognize it may be hard for a child to learn at home,” Robbins said. “All of us will try our hardest to make it an adequate situation. But right now, it’s just not safe for anyone to be in schools.” Gov. Doug Ducey last Thursday said he will have more details on his “aspira-

These include limiting indoor dining at restaurants to no more than 25 percent capacity and prohibiting gatherings of more than 10. By contrast, Ducey’s current orders allow restaurants to seat up to 50 percent of capacity and allow gatherings of 50. “Those are recommendations,’’ Ducey said when asked about it. And he said it has been less than a week since he issued an edict tightening up on a prior order limiting in-house dining. “We’re seeing the results that we’re seeing over the last two weeks,’’ the governor said. “So we’re going to continually monitor it.’’ All this comes as Maricopa County ordered up refrigerator trucks as the morgue hit its capacity of 150 bodies, something that hasn’t happened in a decade. Ducey said that does not mean his actions so far have been wrong.

“We are headed in a better trajectory,’’ he said. Christ said the situation with too many bodies can’t be blamed entirely on the pandemic. Some of it, she said, is that more people die in the summer of heat-related issues. Still, Christ acknowledged, there is a link between COVID-19 and the increased death rate – and not just that people are dying of the disease. “We are seeing an increase in drug overdose and in suicide, not just here in Arizona but nationally,’’ she said. And some of that, Christ said, could be associated with the isolation and loneliness as travel and visitation is limited. The timing Ducey’s announcement of extending his anti-eviction order comes as the extra $600 a week in unemploy-

tional” plan to allow districts to reopen campuses Aug. 17. He said he is conferring with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman. Hoffman last week expressed skepticism about the possibility of reopening campuses by the middle of next month. “At this time, I am not optimistic that Arizona will be ready to open for in-person instruction on Aug. 17,” Hoffman said. “I would predict that we will have announcements regarding that in the near future, but that has not yet been decided.” Robbins said online instruction is less than ideal – especially teachers who also are parents to young children and to special education students like the ones she helps. Parents who are teachers must toggle between serving their students and doing their job on the one hand and making sure their own children are staying on tract with their distance learning.

And teachers of special education students – who by law have an individualized learning plan tailored to their needs – �ind online learning less effective than inperson interaction. “It’s not the perfect world,” Robbins said. “Obviously, we would prefer to go into the classroom �irst and foremost. But of course, the epidemic is the thing that we need to focus on and we need to control �irst and foremost.” 

ate Education Committee, told Cronkite News she doubts Ducey has the power to delay the reopening of campuses. “It is time to stop, call a special session, and get back to the constitutional operations of our state,” Allen said. Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, a teacher and chair of the House Education Committee, doubts that a special legislative session is feasible and she worries how many legislators would actually show up because of COVID-19 concerns and

obligations to family members who may be sick or at risk. “Calling a special session would end up with a bunch of people running in different directions, which is not going to help,” Udall said. “I don’t think we have enough consensus to get anything done.” Despite such reservations, Udall said, she “would love” to hold a special session to address education issues. However, she and Allen both support giving

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ment bene�its provided by the federal government is set to expire at the end of the month. Unless extended, that leaves those out of work with only state bene�its which are capped at $240 a week, the second lowest in the country. But Ducey sidestepped questions about seeking an increase in state bene�its, something that would require legislative approval, saying he hoping not to have to deal with that. “This is something we’ve been talking with the (congressional) delegation about, talking with the White House about,’’ he said. And the governor said he’s counting on another �inancial relief package coming out of Washington. “We’re not exactly sure what it’s going to be,’’ Ducey said.  schools the authority to delay the start of in-person classes. Allen said she recently worked on her own legislation that would have provided, among other items, “local control and �lexibility for schools opening and determination of health protocols.” Hoffman pointed to students with medical conditions and many others in schools – “instructional aides, librarians, bus drivers, nutrition workers and more” – who could be put at risk. 

Motor march co-organizer and Mesa Public Schools teacher Judy Robbins briefs participants before the protest begins. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

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Spencer’s opening new store in East Mesa TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

ocally owned and operated Spencer’s TV & Appliance has scheduled a grand opening July 24 for its new East Mesa location. Taking advantage of growing communities like Eastmark and signi�icant future residential growth in the southeast part of the city, Spencer’s will open a branch at Ray and Power roads. “As a thank you to Valley residents for decades supporting Spencer’s and other

new location, we just hope to take care of our great customers one at a time with the same service we’ve always offered,” said Biederbeck, who is known for his personal attention and daily interactions with both employees and customers. He believes staying involved and being “toe-to-toe with customers everyday” is the key to his company’s decades of success. “The entire Spencer’s TV & Appliance team seeks every opportunity to engage with Valley residents and provide them

with needed information, assistance, answers and guidance right when they need it,” he said. “Spencer’s success stems from their personal connection with Valley customers. Rick added. “If you don’t talk to people, how will you understand what they want? That is how we compete with national chains, day-in and day-out. If you haven’t been to one of our stores…stop by and see what you are missing.” The store at 5141 S. Power Road is the company’s 11th location. 

Widening of the Loop 101 Price Freeway is expected to be completed soon, but some of the state's longer term projects are jeopardized by the state of Arizona's finances, which have been battered by declines in revenue from sales and gas taxes. (Arizona Department of Transportation)

director of policy and research, said states still need to continue to make road safety improvements to the roads. “We have an aging interstate system, routine repairs are not adequate,” Moretti said. That may not be easy: Moretti pointed to signi�icant reduction in transportation revenue because of COVID-19, with TRIP estimating that $50 billion in highway funds will be lost nationwide over the next 18 months. ADOT of�icials have expressed concern about its own �ive-year plan for highway improvements and new construction in meetings the past few months of the State Transportation Board. They have called attention to state projections of a decline in hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales tax revenue this year as a result of business shutdowns and concern for the impact of unemployment on state income tax revenue over the next few years. The TRIP report said that travel on Arizona’s interstates grew 15 percent from 2000 to 2018 and that 12 percent of interstate travel in Arizona is by combination trucks. That makes keeping interstates up to par all the more important, with the introduction this month of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, said Arizona Chamber of Commerce President Glenn Hamer. “The Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry believes that U.S. highway infrastructure must be modernized to support freight mobility and what we anticipate will be increased cargo volumes, especially in border states like ours,” Hamer said in a statement with the report. 

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rizona’s interstate highways are in generally good shape but experienced the highest rate of fatalities in the nation in 2018, according to a national report released last week. The report by The Road Information Program said that Arizona recorded 1.09 highway deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled on the state’s interstate highways in 2018, almost twice the national average of 0.58 deaths that year. Authors of the TRIP report – titled “Restoring the Interstate Highway System” – called for more funding to rebuild and modernize the nation’s 64-year-old interstate system, claiming that deteriorating roads pose a threat to commerce and to safety. “Deteriorating conditions and fatality rate are because of poor funding,” said Carolyn Bonifas Kelly, director of communications and research at TRIP. But public and private of�icials in Arizona said it’s not the roads that are the issue, it’s driver behaviors. “The problem is many acknowledge that it’s wrong and dangerous and they do it anyway,” said Aldo Vazquez, a spokesman for AAA Arizona. “People need to be aware of the consequences of dangerous driving and change course to prevent tragedy.” Research from the AAA Foundation for Traf�ic Safety showed that drivers who have been in at least one crash in the past two years are signi�icantly more likely to engage in risky behaviors like speeding or

texting, even when they think the police may catch them. The Arizona Department of Transportation pointed to its 2019 Arizona Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report, released two weeks ago – which showed traf�ic fatalities on all Arizona roads reached a threeyear low in 2019. In a statement, ADOT also singled out risky behaviors in many of those crashes. “From 2015 to 2019, 642 people were killed in crashes on interstates in Arizona. At least 43 percent of those killed were in crashes where speeding was a factor; at least 36 percent were killed in crashes where impairment was a factor and at least 41 percent of those killed weren’t

wearing a safety device (seat belt or a child safety seat),” according to ADOT. “These are preventable deaths and everyone needs to make better decisions behind the wheel,” the statement said. Kelly did not comment on Arizona speci�ically, but pointed to National Highway Traf�ic Safety Administration research that shows the roadways themselves contribute to one-third of all crashes nationwide. The TRIP report said interstate highways are among the safest roads in the nation, and estimated that as many as 113 lives may have been saved in Arizona in 2018 because of safety features built into the interstates. But Rocky Moretti, TRIP’s

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Desert Ridge student competes in Braille Challenge BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Staff Writer

Desert Ridge High School student recently became one of 50 students from North America that competed in the Braille Challenge Finals. Elijah Massey, a visually impaired 17-year-old heading into his senior year at Desert Ridge, was selected to compete in the Braille Challenge Finals typically held in Los Angeles, California. This year due to COVID-19, however, competitors took part in the national �inals from their hometowns. “I was really excited for it,” Elijah said. “When I made the �inals, I was kind of nervous but mostly I was just excited.” Elijah was selected after placing in the top-10 of his age group at regional �inals earlier this year. The competitors were tested on a variety of fundamental braille skills such as reading comprehension, spelling, speed and accuracy, proofreading and charts and graphs. Overall, it’s meant to challenge students from �irst grade through their senior year in high school to practice their Braille literacy skills. “It makes me very proud,” said Dane Massey, Elijah’s father. “When he was born, I thought there would be so many challenges in his life. But he’s exceeded expectations. We had no idea how well he would adapt to everything.” Elijah was born with both of his eyelids shut and unable to open them. His parents thought it might require a simple, plastic-surgery-like procedure to open them, but when doctors did open his eyelids, his eyeballs were abnormally

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Elijah Massey’s father, Dane, said he, his mother, Rebecca Melton, and 13-year-old brother, Hudson, were all proud and excited for him to compete in the 2020 Braille Challenge Finals. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff)

small and cyst-like. He was then diagnosed with a rare condition known as bilateral microphthalmia. Elijah was unable to see but did react to changes in light. His parents elected to allow doctors to use conformers to shape the eye socket to what would be considered “normal.” “We decided we would rather he look quote-on-quote, ‘normal,’ as opposed to have reaction to intense changes in light or dark,” Dane said. “At �irst he went to a

school for the blind in Phoenix but they �igured he would be better in a public school setting. He’s very intelligent and loves technology.” Elijah fell in love with computers and software at a young age. He taught himself how to read �ive different coding languages. To do this, he utilizes a device called a refreshable braille display, which, instead of traditional paper, refreshes and raises the “bumps” for him to feel as he goes along.

The display has only further entrenched him in his love for technology, which he aims to pursue further after high school when he plans to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Elijah said he also had thought of attending the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology but ultimately wanted to remain as close to home as possible while still involved in a topnotch STEM program. “I wanted to go to one of the top STEM schools,” Elijah said. “I was planning to go to MIT before but it’s so far away and the weather is so different. There’s a lot of snow. That’s why I chose Berkeley.” Elijah completed the Braille Challenge Finals in Phoenix at the Foundation for Blind Children. The challenge as a whole took three hours to complete. He said his favorite part of the challenge was the speed and accuracy portion, largely in part due to it being one of the more challenging aspects of the challenge. To prepare, he would often speed up the sound on audio books. Elijah doesn’t yet know what he scored in the �inals and he will have to wait another week to �ind out. The closing ceremony for the Braille Challenge Finals is scheduled to take place virtually on Saturday, July 25. It’s there the competitors will �ind out their scores and where they placed and will also hear from a number of guest speakers. No matter the outcome of the competition, Elijah said it felt great to represent Arizona and Desert Ridge High School on a national stage. “It was cool to be one of the 50 picked throughout the country and Canada, too,” Elijah said. “It was challenging but fun.” 

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Mesa bar, 21 others sue Ducey over closure BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Mesa bar owner and 21 other tavern operators from around the state are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to rule that Gov. Doug Ducey does not have the constitutional authority to shut them or any other business down. Attorney Ilan Wurman is not contending that there is not an emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak. But Wurman, an associate professor at Arizona State University, said the law that gives Ducey the unilateral power to do things like close down certain businesses “unconstitutionally delegates the legislative power of this state to the governor. Among the owners he is representing is Charles Jenkins of the Of�ice Sports Bar on Gilbert Road in Mesa. The only other East Valley plaintiff is Peter Sciacca, owner of Chandler’s QuartHaus. Wurman wants the justices to not only void the law giving the governor those powers but also declare that any orders Ducey already has made under that law are illegal and cannot be enforced. Meanwhile Ducey’s top aide, Chief of Staff Daniel Scarpinato, said last week that bars likely won’t reopen anytime soon. The outcome of the legal �ight would affect not just the owners of the 22 bars around the state challenging his authority but every other kind of business that Ducey has shuttered or curtailed. And it also could affect the governor’s future ability to impose a new stay-at-home order as well as any directives he issues about when schools can and cannot open. The action is the third challenging Ducey’s powers to close businesses. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge earlier this month rejected a challenge by the Mountainside Fitness chain and last week a federal judge rebuffed a bid by EoS Fitness to reopen its 50 facilities. “The court does not doubt the earnestness of plaintiffs’ desire to open their businesses, generate revenue, earn a liv-

a contention the judge called irrelevant. “COVID-19 is highly contagious and continues to spread at alarming rates, requiring public of�icials to constantly evaluate the best methods by which to protect residents’ safety against the economy and a myriad of other concerns,’’ Humetewa said. Xponential has franchise operations around the state operating around the state as Club Pilates, Stretch Lab, CycleBar, Pure Barre, Yoga Six, AKT, and Row House. Central to the bars’ case The Office Sports Bar in Mesa is one of 22 establishments asking the is the law that both allows Arizona Supreme Court to overturn the governor’s closure order. (Facebook) the governor to declare an emergency and then gives ing, and employ – and as importantly him “the right to exercise ... all police powpay – others,’’ wrote U.S. Judge Diane Hu- er vested in the state by the constitution metewa, adding that she recognizes “the and laws of this state’’ to deal with that economic and emotional hardships’’ that emergency. the closure orders can impose on people “Petitioners have suffered great harm and individuals. from being unable to operate their busiBut Humetewa said she was powerless nesses in pursuit of their lawful occupato simply void Ducey’s orders. “In our constitutional republic, the decisions of whether, when, and how to exercise emergency powers amidst a global pandemic belong not to the unelected members of the federal judicial branch, but to the elected of�icials of the executive branch,’’ she wrote. Humetewa said a crisis like that created by the coronavirus calls for “quick, decisive measures to save lives.’’ “Those measures can have extreme costs – costs that often are not borne evenly,’’ she said. “The decision to impose those costs rests with the political branches of government, in this case, Gov. Ducey.’’ Alex Weingarten, the attorney for Xponential, argued that other businesses Gov. Doug Ducey ordered bars shut earlier this month that remain open would be more likely and his top aide says they may not reopen anytime places where the virus could spread – soon.. (Capital Media Services)

tions and ordinary callings,’’ Wurman told the justices. “They have no idea when they will be able to reopen.’’ “The ‘police power’ of a state is, in effect, its legislative power: its power of the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people,’’ he wrote. The law that Ducey is using, Wurman said, is “a naked delegation of the state’s legislative power to the governor and is therefore unconstitutional. “There are no standards whatsoever,’’ he said. “There is no suf�icient basic standard, no de�inite policy and rule of action which will serve as a guide for the governor. And what that means, Wurman told the court, is that the law gives Ducey unfettered authority. He argues Ducey could order students to attend school only every third day. “There is, in short, literally no standard by which to judge the governor’s actions under the statute, and it therefore must violate the nondelegation doctrine,’’ Wurman said. Wurman also told the court that declaring the state’s general emergency powers statute unconstitutional would not leave Ducey or future governors without the power to deal with emergencies, including the pandemic. He pointed out – and is not challenging – various other laws giving governors powers to deal with public health emergencies. But those powers, Wurman said, are limited. “Nothing in (health law) authorizes the governor to close down petitioners’ businesses,’’ he said. The lawsuit also raises an equal protection argument, saying Ducey cannot decide that some businesses are permissible while other are not. “If the purpose of the governor’s order is to mitigate the spread of a pandemic by ensuring that businesses follow particular sanitary measures, then the governor must permit all businesses to operate who can meet those standards,’’ he wrote. 

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ast Valley high school athletic directors continue to do their part to navigate sport programs through a tenuous summer �illed with uncertainty surrounding a fall sports season. The latest developments, which included an executive order by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to delay in-person learning to Aug. 17 followed by an announcement by the Arizona Interscholastic Association pushing back the start date of of�icial practices to the same day, led to several schools shutting down athletic summer training sessions on campus. “We are kind of in a holding pattern right now,” Red Mountain Athletic Director Jason Grantham said. “Once the AIA came out and said without kids in school there won’t be sports, Mesa followed suit and had us cancel summer camps until further notice. Hopefully we can return before the Aug. 17 date but as of right now the entire district is kind of on hold.” All summer activities across the Mesa district were suspended shortly after Ducey’s order. But even then, some teams decided to call off training sessions beforehand. Red Mountain coach Mike Peterson was the �irst to make such a decision, suspending workouts before July 4. Initially, they had set a tentative date to resume on July 13. Most of Red Mountain’s programs were able to conduct summer workouts outside, but only fall sports teams were allowed in the weight room. Volleyball, cross country and football all took advantage while swim and golf elected not to. Groups were limited to nine players and a coach. The baseball and softball teams took part in open �ield workouts with players spread out, wearing masks and gloves at all times. Despite the uncertainty, Grantham is trying not to cast doubt on the season. “I don’t know if I am optimistic but I’m hopeful we can either condense the season or push the start time back for fall, winter and spring,” Grantham said. “I would hate to have to cancel another sea-

Red Mountain Athletic Director Jason Grantham said the school’s athletic programs are in a “holding pattern” in regard to continuing summer workouts on campus. (Photo courtesy Red Mountain High School)

son. It was tough to do that.” Gilbert Public Schools was one of the �irst districts to allow athletes to return to campus to begin summer workouts. A three-phased plan that outlined a twoweek period for initial conditioning followed by the ability for teams to workout in larger groups and use equipment. Schools advanced to the second phase before camps were shut down. Athletic directors from all schools have met weekly to discuss the resuming workouts. Rod Huston, the athletic director at Mesquite, said they are hopeful to allow teams back to campus and resume activities in the second phase on Monday, July 20. “We meet and have a discussion, come up with our plans and share it with Steve McDowell, the district AD, then he takes it to the cabinet to share what we are thinking,” Huston said. “Everything is kind of week-to-week right now.” In Ahwatukee, both Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista’s athletic programs have also been told to pause workouts until at least July 20. School Athletic Director Aaron Frana is remains hopeful for a fall sports season. “I’m optimistic about sports happening in the fall,” Mountain Pointe Athletic Director Aaron Frana said. “Our student-

athletes need sports to give them some sort of normalcy.” Several of the Pride’s athletic programs decided against holding summer workouts despite being given the green light to do so on June 15. The football program began �ield workouts while the cross country program participated in daily runs. Badminton did not conduct workouts. The volleyball program also decided against a summer camp until the second phase. Cheer, which is a year-round sport, only had two conditioning workouts on campus before Tempe Union schools shut down camps the week of July 4. Desert Vista’s athletic teams took a slightly different approach. Football was the only school team practicing on campus. School Athletic Director Tommy Eubanks said volleyball, baseball and softball had considered conducting camps but decided to not go forward with plans so players could stick to their respective clubs. “Cross country did stuff on their own and volleyball thought with the restrictions it didn’t make a lot of sense for them to come in,” Eubanks said. “We are being strict with what they are allowed to do. And it would be the same if we are able to return on the 20th.” Chandler Uni�ied School District was one of the few to bring teams back on July 13. Chandler’s return-to-play plan called for four nine-day phases that would eventually allow teams to practice without limitations. Chandler teams should currently be entering the fourth and �inal phase, which involved playing other teams in traditional 7-on-7 tournaments. But schools never made it out of the �irst phase. The morning of its scheduled transition to the second phase, teams were told to essentially press pause on any advancements. “It was a combination of guidance from the district and our own decision,” Hamilton Athletic Director Brett Palmer said in regard to not moving into the second phase. “We want to do what is best for our athletes.” Several school districts have already ex-

plored ways to give students an option to resume school in the fall completely online, fully in person or a combination of the two. The AIA allows students to complete online schoolwork as long as it is registered through a district and one of its respective schools and compete on an athletic team. Executive Director David Hines said that will remain the case this year if students choose to only conduct online coursework. “Kids taking virtual classes through a third-person, Primavera type are not eligible,” Hines said. “If the governor says we can go back to in-person school, regardless if a kid decides to stay online, go inperson or do a combination of the two, they are eligible at that school. “For example, if a kid takes online classes through the Mesa district and some are through Mountain View, they are eligible to compete for Mountain View.” Arizona isn’t alone when it comes to uncertainty surrounding the fall sports season or in-person learning. Michael Hinojosa, the superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District in Texas, told multiple news outlets last week that he has doubts football can be played. Other states such as New Mexico have already moved football and soccer to the spring. Doing the same in Arizona is unlikely. However, Hines said the association is weighing a number of different options, including delaying and shortening the fall sports season. As it stands, the AIA said if kids are allowed back into schools by Aug. 17, golf is likely to begin Aug. 24, badminton Aug. 31 and all other sports, including football and volleyball, will begin the week of Sept. 7. Even if school is delayed further, however, Hines said the association has discussed several backup plans. As it stands, if kids are allowed back in schools sports will be played. “Plan ‘A’ went out the window, but we have a plan ‘B,’ ‘C,’ ‘D,’ and so on,” Hines said. “We have the ability to do a number of different things in order to not lose out on another season.” 

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ollowing the lead of the Big Ten and others, the Pac-12 Conference football teams will play only conference games in 2020. “Arizona State University and Sun Devil Athletics support the Pac-12’s announcement of a strictly conference schedule for the 2020 football and fall sports season,” said Ray Anderson, ASU’s vice president for university athletics. The sports affected also include men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. The conference also said it is delaying the start of mandatory athletic activities until health and safety indicators, “which have recently trended in a negative direction, provided suf�icient positive data to enable a move to a second phase of return-to-play activities.” “The health and safety of our studentathletes and all those connected to Pac12 sports continues to be our number one priority,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. ACC commissioner John Swofford announced the conference would make a decision at the end of July, and the SEC is still considering what it will do. Sixty-nine FBS schools nationwide have released or reported data on coronavirus testing of its athletes, the Buffalo News reported. Arizona State is not one of them. An athletic department spokesman said the reason is a university-wide policy to not disclose information. Five other conference schools said they will not report data: Oregon, Utah, Stanford, UCLA and Washington State. “As you know, we work in close coordination with ADHS and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health and will continue deferring to those public health agencies regarding disclosure of positive test results and related information,” the university said in a statement

With the college football season in peril because of the pandemic, it’s almost a sure bet crowds like this won’t be seen even if the Sun Devils take to the field. (Arizona State University)

“Public health of�icials will advise ASU if additional disclosure measures are necessary. University leaders, in consultation with public health of�icials, will determine the right protocols for intramural sports and �itness programs.” On June 29, Arizona halted athletes’ return to campus. At that time, there had been just one positive test among the 83 athletes that returned for voluntary workouts, the school said in a statement. If the Pac-12 cuts non-conference games, Arizona State would lose games against Northern Arizona, UNLV and Brigham Young. Arizona would lose games against Hawaii, Portland State and Texas Tech. Other notable Pac-12 non-conference games that have already been canceled due to the Big Ten’s announcement are Michigan visiting Washington in Week 1 and Ohio State visiting Oregon in Week 2. If the Pac-12 follows suit, the yearly matchup between USC and Notre Dame would also not be played.

Across the country, there has been a wave of universities deciding to cut numerous sports programs in order to save money due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stanford is dropping 11 programs, including wrestling and men’s volleyball. The move will save the school $70 million, published reports said. Anderson said he would do his best to ensure that wave would not reach ASU. “We recognize many of our Pac-12 colleagues and other institutions across the country have made dif�icult decisions to cut sports and support staff in recent weeks,” he said. “We remain steadfast in our intent and commitment to avoid such drastic measures through every means possible. “We are entering a critical period of time which will inform us of many pieces to the larger puzzle of our fall seasons. Until we have more clarity on those timelines and the parameters in which we’ll need to adhere to, we will continue to prepare for all scenarios to ensure the safest

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environment possible for the entire ASU community.” The coronavirus also continues to impact other parts of the sports world. The list of players opting out of the 2020 MLB season added another name as San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey has decided to not play. The decision came after Posey and his wife adopted prematurely-born identical twins. Posey joins Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Price, Washington Nationals �irst baseman Ryan Zimmerman and Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake, among others. After some back and forth and numerous holdups, Major League Baseball has released the numbers it has received highlighting the �irst round of coronavirus testing it has done across players and employees. The league has just 66 positive results from the 3,748 total samples tested, making a 1.8 percent total percent positive. For context, the Arizona Department of Health Services reported the most recent total percent positive in Arizona to be 11.7 percent. Of the 66 positive cases, 58 were from players, and the remaining eight were staff members. The Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority said it expects to see signi�icantly reduced seating capacity when the NFL season begins in September. The organization projects 17.5 percent attendance at football games in the �iscal year that began July 1. The overall budget was reduced about 36.6 percent year over year. “The authority and its stadium partners feel con�ident that some level of event activity will return to the stadium, slowly being phased in as new guidelines are put into place,” the organization said in its budget. Planned upgrades to the stadium facilities are on hold for six months. 

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eter Johnson and Beau Ralphs were at Dan Hawkins’ house, admiring his new electric scooter when they urged him to take them for a ride. “Within 15 minutes, we had been pulled over at least 50 times,” Johnson said. “We couldn’t get down the street without someone blocking us on the sidewalk to pull us into a shopping center and ask us what it was and where we got it.” In February 2017, the trio founded Tempe-based Phat Scooters and by July of that year, they had their �irst 400 production units, said Johnson, whose background is in tech companies, like Ralphs. “We had over half of them sold via Facebook campaigns and it just took off from there,” Johnson said. Johnson came up with the name, a play on the vehicle “fat” tires. The starting model/kids model is the Phlex, which retails for $1,295. From there is the Sport ($1,995), which boasts the fat tires. The standard and most popular model is the Phatty ($2,195). “Next is the HD, which adds a bigger battery and a bigger motor and rear and front shocks,” Johnson explains. “Then we have our Golf model, which is just an accessory that attaches to the HD. (Lastly,) we have our Phleet which is our delivery scooter that we do for restaurants and has pedals.” The company manufactures the vehicles in China and then they are shipped to Tempe for the �inal assembly and customization. Scooters max out at $3,650 for the HD Golf. “Every scooter that goes through is about �ive to six hours of labor in just �inishing touches and customization,” Johnson said. “We have our own battery technology.”

Peter Johnson and Beau Ralphs founded Phat Scooters in Tempe three years ago and, together with Dan Hawkins, are finding their unique vehicles are popular with restaurants that deliver orders. (Special to GetOuthe)

At almost 6-foot-3, Johnson likes the Phatty because of the extra leg room. “I’m still partial to the Phatty myself. It’s kind of like our baby from the beginning,” Johnson said. The team is hoping, sometime soon, to manufacture totally in the United States. “We are really attentive to sending out the best product that we can and we’re actually in the middle of shifting—hopefully by the end of the year—to be a ‘Made in the United States’ product,” Johnson said. That move will solve the problem of buying products overseas, waiting on delays and trying to rush getting product out in a timely fashion. “We’ve grown immensely over the last year,” Johnson said. “We’ve tripled in size and maintaining that level of quality and bringing on additional staff is always dif�icult to grow that quickly, but we have a re-

ally, really good team here. Everyone works as a family and everybody has played a part in making this company successful.” The company is truly a family affair. Johnson’s father, Rick, is the company’s chief operating of�icer. Although the pandemic has changed how many companies operate, Phat Scooters is still rolling. “Initially we were like everybody else,” Johnson said. “We had no clue what this was and how it was going to affect business and how it was going to affect us. We implemented everybody’s guideline standards and we made sure to take everyone’s temperature as they walked in.” The company also requires its staff to wear masks, sanitize the facility and stay home if they feel ill. Through the hardship, there was still light at the end of the tunnel. “We had the National Restaurant Association Show coming up in Chicago in May

that got canceled and we were going to of�icially launch the Phleet food delivery scooter there,” Johnson said. “When that didn’t happen, we looked at the restaurant community and they had been hit the hardest because they were forced to kind of shutdown essentially and just do delivery and takeout.” To help the food industry escape enormous fees from third-party delivery companies, Phat Scooters donated scooters to area restaurants. “We donated 12 of the units to restaurants and then we really tried to help them with publicity and getting the message across to call them directly and not just use a third-party app and they would deliver,” Johnson said. Scooters were sent to restaurants in Southern California and in the Midwest, along with ones here in the Valley like Postino, Joyride, Chestnut, O.H.S.O., Miracle Mile Deli and Philadelphia Sandwich Company in Old Town. Phat Scooters ships within the United States, Canada and Mexico and is looking for sites in Europe. To celebrate its threeyear anniversary, the company, which recently added staff, is looking to relocate to a larger facility. Due to the pandemic there will not be a public celebration of the anniversary, but they still plan on sharing the joy with their followers. “We have a really cool video that will be launched that shows the growth over the years,” Johnson said. “It’s kind of like a giant video slideshow from how we started to where we are now.”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following:

ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANT DESIGN

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The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide design services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Water and Wastewater Plant Design 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 Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide design services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Water and Wastewater Pipeline Design 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 Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Water and Wastewater Plant Design Services. This category is further defined below:

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Water and Wastewater Pipeline Design Services. This category is further defined below:

The Water and Wastewater Plant Design Services category includes plant type projects whose primary purpose is to provide, convey or otherwise directly support the provision of water and/or wastewater service to the City of Mesa's utility customers. Projects might involve new construction, remodels, rehabilitation, studies, models, or other modifications. Typical projects include (but are not limited to) water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, lift stations, odor control facilities, well sites, wastewater structures, water delivery structures, stormwater pump stations and water metering facilities with their associated utility lines, buildings, minor offsite improvements, etc. These projects may include any or all of the other design disciplines and services included under other categories.

Water and Wastewater Pipeline Design project category is defined to generally include horizontal construction projects whose primary purpose is to provide, convey or otherwise directly support the provision of water and/or wastewater service to the City of Mesa’s utility customers. Projects might involve studies, new construction, extension, rehabilitation, or other modifications. Typical projects include (but are not limited to) waterlines and wastewater lines and their associated infrastructure. These projects may include any or all of the other discipline design areas and services included under other categories.

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 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-design-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 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 appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10-point. Please provide one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format of the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2:00pm on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Maximum file size shall not exceed 20Mb. SOQ’s that are unable to be opened by City staff will not be 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.

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 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-design-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 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 appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10point. Please provide one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format of the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2:00pm on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Maximum file size shall not exceed 20Mb. SOQ’s that are unable to be opened by City staff will not be 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. 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 and On-Call Mechanical Engineering. 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-self-service).

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-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Heather Sneddon of the Engineering Department at heather.sneddon@mesaaz.gov.

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

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FAMILY COURT FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF HAWAl'I NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING (By Publication) CASE NUMBER FC-A. 20-1-6009 In the Matter of the Adoption of female child born October 29, 2008 by Steven Patrick Sabat, legal spouse of Prana Jetamia (Lackey-Macfield) Sabat, the child(ren)'s legal parent, Petitioner(s). THE STATE OF HAWAI'I TO: DAVID ANDREW PROVOST, Name of Non-Consenting Parent/Legal Guardian/Legal Custodian, 7726 Baseline Road #207, Mesa, AZ 85209, Address of Non-Consenting Parent/Legal Guardian/Legal Custodian YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the attached Petition of the above-identified child(ren) born to Prana Jetamia Sabat, the child(ren)'s mother, has been filed in the Family Court, First Circuit, State of Hawai'i. THE PETITION ALLEGES that your consent to the adoption of the abovenamed child(ren) by the above -named Petitioner(s) is not required and may be dispensed with pursuant to Section 578-2(c) of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS), as amended. A hearing on the Petitioner will be held on August 11, 2020 at 1:30 pm at the Family Court of the First Circuit located at the Ronald T.Y. Moon Kapolei Courthouse , 4675 Kapolei Courthouse, 4675 Kapolei Parkway, Third Floor , Kapolei, Hawai'i, 96707. IF YOU FAIL to appear at the hearing noted above or if you fail to file a writt en response to the allegations stated in the Petition for Petition, further action be taken , including the granting of the adoptio n, without further notice to you. Your written response should be addressed to the : Presiding Judge, Family Court, First Circuit , 4675 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, Hawai'i, 96707, ATTN: SPECIAL DIVIS ION CALENDAR CLERK. FAILURE TO OBEY this Notice may result in an entry of default and default judgment against you. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the child(ren), the adoptive parent(s) , and the natural parents have rights under HRS Section 578-15 regarding confidentiality of adoption records after the child(ren) reach/reaches age 18. DATE: June 23, 2020, CLERK'S SIGNATURE: /s/ R. Sabagala THIS NOTICE SHALL NOT BE PERSONALLY DELIVERED BETWEEN 10:00 P.M. AND 6:00 A.M. ON PREMISES NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC , UNLESS A JUDGE OF THIS COURT PERMITS, IN WRITING ON THIS NOTICE, PERSONAL DELIVERY DURING THOSE HOURS. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, and other applicab le state and federal laws, if you require accommodation for a disability, please contact the ADA Coordinator at the First Circuit Family Court office by telephone at 9548200, fax 954-8308, or via email at adarequest@ courts.hawaii.gov at least ten (10) days prior to your hearing or appointment date. Please call the Family Court Service Center at 954-8290 if you have any questions about forms or procedures. Published: East Valley Tribune, June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2020 / 31543

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INVITATION TO BID (ITB) INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a 500-Year Floodplain

Subcontractors and suppliers are encouraged to read the entirety of these instructions. For questions about the process, project or proposal submission, please contact the Bid Manager directly. Supplement and sample documents are for information only. Standard industry procurement procedures and negotiations will proceed bid day. Thank you for the interest in StreetLights Residential Date: July 16, 2020 Bid Deadline for Submittal: August 7, 2020, 2:00 PM Local Arizona Time Location: 1530 S. Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ 85296 (Project Construction Trailer Parking Lot NW Corner of Higley and Ray) Solicitation number: 409125-001 Project: Agritopia Epicenter Offsite Improvements Bid Manager: Courtney W. Dunlap SLR Construction Dept., cdunlap@streetlightsres.com Tel: (480) 407-2900 Contract Documents available at: https://streetlightsres.box.com/s/1qung0rya8nqem60kew3c0xjq qb9dtzu these files are available at no charge. Date and Location for Submittal of Sealed Bids: Sealed bids will be received at StreetLights Residential’s Construction Trailer parking lot for Agritopia Epicenter located at 1530 S. Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ 85296 (NW corner of Higley and Ray) until 2:00 p.m. August 7, 2020, for the above project. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the outside with the name of the Project and the solicitation number. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned unopened. It is the bidder’s responsibility to assure bids are received at the above location on or before the specified time. Bids will be opened at 2:05 p.m. in the parking lot of the Construction Trailer Offices, and publicly read aloud immediately after the time for receiving bids. In the case of extensive price listings, only the bidder’s names will be read aloud, and the determination of the highest bid will be made after further StreetLights Residential’s review. Pre-Bid Conference: A pre-bid conference will not be held. Right to Reject Bids: StreetLights Residential reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informality in

To: All interested Government Agencies, Groups and Individuals This is to give notice that HUD under Part 50 has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection. The activity will be funded under the Section 221 d4 Mortgage Insurance Program for new construction and is located in a 100-year floodplain. The project will be known as Nevada at Commonwealth Apartments (FHA #123-35570) and consists of 5.591 acres of vacant land located at the southeast corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Nevada Street in Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona (Latitude, 33.302921, Longitude, 111.836072). The proposed action will consist of three (3) apartment structures, one (1) clubhouse structure, landscaped areas, asphalt parking areas, an internal roadway, and asphalt on-street parking areas along Nevada Street and Commonwealth Avenue. According to FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) #04013C?2737M, dated November 4, 2015, the majority of the subject property is located in Shaded Zone X, designated as an area within the 500-year flood zone. A small portion of the northern edge of the site and the adjacent public roadways are in Zone AH, designated as an area within the 100-year flood zone with flood depths of one (1) to three (3) feet (usually areas of ponding) with a base flood elevation (BFE) of 1,218 feet NAVD 88. As currently designed, the proposed buildings will not be located within the 100-year floodplain. However, 0.104 acres of onsite 100-year floodplain impacts would result from the construction of landscaped areas, sidewalks, and curb and gutter associated with the Nevada at Commonwealth Apartments; and 0.40 acres of proposed off-site 100-year floodplain impacts would result from the construction of new asphalt parking spaces along Nevada Street and Commonwealth Avenue. Floodplains in their natural state provide beneficial functions for water resources, such as providing natural moderation of floods, water quality maintenance, and groundwater recharge. However, the on-site 100-year floodplain is not in its natural state as it falls within an area that has been almost completely urbanized. In the present condition of the on-site 100-year floodplain, there is no provision for retention or direction of stormwater flows on the development parcel. HUD has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to be taken to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and beneficial values: (i) The subject property is of adequate size and the property dimensions allow for an efficient use of the site to provide the number of units required to make the project economically feasible. The relatively flat topography will allow for the development to be constructed with little required grading work to elevate the first floor of the proposed structures above the Base Flood Elevation. In addition, the subject property is in a highly visible location in the heart of Chandler within easy walkability to downtown attractions. Finally, a market study conducted by Real Property Research Group indicated sufficient demand for this type of development in the Chandler market area. As such, the location, size, and sufficient demand for this type of development is undeniable in this area. Therefore, the subject property is the ideal location for the proposed development. (ii) Alternatives were investigated for the proposed development that included evaluating alternative locations and the “no action” alternative. The following alternative sites were considered for the proposed development: E Northrop Blvd and S Copper Road, Chandler; Rt. 202 and McQueen Road, Chandler; and 12749 E Chandler Heights Road, Chandler. Based on property size, zoning, potential noise pollution, and/or the possibility of wetlands which would be impacted, these alternative sites were not deemed to be suitable sites for the proposed development. The no action alternative is also impracticable because it will not provide for the growing demand in this area. (iii) To ensure protection of lives and property, the lowest finished floor elevation of the proposed occupied structures will be elevated greater than one (1) foot above the Base Flood Elevation, per HUD guidelines, with the lowest finished floor elevation at 1,219 feet NAVD 88. The proposed use of underground stormwater retention tanks for stormwater management has been designed to minimize infrequent ponding and to restore the water storage function of the on-site floodplain. Therefore, the proposed development will create the beneficial values normally attributed to floodplain areas. Therefore, the proposed development of the property within the 100-year floodplain does not represent a risk to lives and property or natural resources and impacts to any natural attributes of the on-site floodplain will be sufficiently mitigated.

a bid or to withhold the Award for any reason StreetLights determines.

HUD has reevaluated the alternatives to building in the floodplain and has determined that it has no practicable alternative. Environmental files that document compliance with steps 3 through 6 of Executive Order 11988, are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments.

Equal Opportunity: StreetLights Residential is an equal opportunity employer. Minority and women’s business enterprises are encouraged to submit bids on this solicitation.

This notice is being published to a) give those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment and/or will be affected by development within a floodplain an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas; b) act as a public educational tool; and c) inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk by the Federal government’s participation in actions taking place in floodplains.

Published: East Valley Tribune / Gilbert Sun News, July 19, 26, 2020 / 31949

Written comments must be received by HUD at the following address within 8 calendar days from the date of this publication: US Dept of HUD, Denver Multifamily HUD, 1670 Broadway Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-4801, Attn: Tim Sovold. Envelopes without a complete return address will not be opened. Additionally, all contact information must appear on the letter itself. Mr. Sovold can be reached by telephone at (303) 839-2617. A full description of the proposed action may be viewed at the above address from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday by contacting Mr. Sovold before July 27, 2020.

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