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DISTRICT 1 EVENTS:

METROCENTER “WALK N’ TALK” WALKERS CLUB

Thursday September 4, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Metrocenter Mall Food Court (FREE to the public). Come celebrate 1 year of “Healthy Lifestyles for a Healthy Life!”. The event includes: Pilates Demonstration, Refreshments, Promotional Items, and Chances to receive Metrocenter Mall Gift Cards & Products, Information Displays and much more! The Metrocenter Walk N’ Talk Walkers Club was created with the intention to Make a Difference in the lives of others. With the logo of “Healthy Lifestyles for Healthy Lives”, the all-volunteer organization has provided monthly presentations on topics ranging from Preventing Strokes, Senior Living Issues to Crime Prevention Topics for the past year. Please note: Presentations are for the purpose of providing free information; they are not an opportunity to provide a sales pitch. For more information, please contact MetrocenterWalkNTalk@gmail.com

DEER VALLEY AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE

The Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Master Plan has been initiated to determine the current and future needs of the airport and will begin Spring 2014 continuing through Summer 2015. In accordance will the Federal Aviation Administration, the master plan objectives will be customized to accommodate specific aviation demands while remaining economically and environmentally feasible. This site will provide you with information about the project as well as give you an opportunity to provide feedback and get involved.

View the 2007 Master Plan information for Deer Valley Airport.

Phoenix Deer Valley Airport Master Plan Update, Public Meeting #2 Thursday, September 4, 2014, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Deer Valley Community Center 2001 W. Wahalla Lane Phoenix, AZ 85027

The Public Meeting will be an open house format. For more information, please visit: www.deervalleyairport.com.

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DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

The Breakfasts are held on the last Friday of each month at Deer Valley Airport Restaurant, unless a change is noted. The next District 1 Community Breakfast will be held Friday, September 26, 2014. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. and the speakers will start around 7:45 a.m. Breakfast will be available for $4.99, not including tax or gratuity, and the District 1 office will pay for your drink.

Guest Speakers for September will be Rusty Mitchell, Director of the Luke Air Force Base Community Initiatives Team, and John Wayne Gonzales from the City of Phoenix Office of Government Relations.

TEOTIHUACÁN & ASU: ARCHAEOLOGY IN ACTION Based on the exhibit: “City Life: Experiencing the World of Teotihuacán” Deer Valley Rock Art Center | July 8, 2014 - January 31, 2015 Learn about ASU’s archaeological work in Teotihuacán, central Mexico. Discover the historic, cultural and social dynamics that shaped North America’s first urban civilization which long pre-dated the Aztecs. See ancient artifacts that give life and context to the apartment dwellers of this ordered monumental city. Test your archaeology skills with the ceramic sherd sorting game. See the replicas made from original ancient molds of toys, musical instruments, pottery and more. Museum hours: (May - September): Tuesday - Saturday 8 a.m. to 2p.m. (October - April): Tuesday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check out our website or facebook for more information dvrac.asu.edu | facebook.com/RockArtCenter

An academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Deer Valley Rock Art Center

3711 W. Deer Valley Road | Phoenix AZ 85308 (623) 582-8007 | Fax (623) 582-8831

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CITY NEWS & EVENTS

PHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTS STEVE VALEV ART EXHIBITION

Burton Barr Central Library will host an exhibition of mixed media works by Steve Valev, titled “Quinn's Wanderings: Of Books and Cities " August 18 – October 15, 2014 at the library’s @Central Gallery, 1221 N. Central Ave. An opening reception with the artist will be held 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Friday, September 5. The band Woodworks will perform, providing a mix of rock, folk, blues, indie and alternative music. The reception is sponsored by Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. Visit https://www.phoenix.gov/news/library/264 for more information.

FREE FAIR HOUSING WORKSHOPS OFFERED

Housing providers, including landlords, leasing agents, realtors and property managers, are invited to attend free fair housing workshops offered by the Equal Opportunity Department at the Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building, 251 W. Washington St., 10th floor, room CCG West.

• 9 a.m. to noon – Thursday, Sept. 18

The three-hour workshops provide information about fair housing practices and laws and explain housing discrimination investigations from the experts who conduct them. Fair housing practices apply to apartments, houses, condominiums and mobile home parks. The workshops are presented in partnership with the Southwest Fair Housing Council and offer ADRE-authorized fair housing REALTOR® re-licensing credit. It is illegal for housing providers to discriminate against tenants, rental applicants or customers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status or sexual orientation.

Registration is required. Call 602-262-7486/voice or 602-534-1557/TTY to register or for general information.

2014 BACK TO SCHOOL ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN The Traffic Bureau of the Phoenix Police Department is participating in a three week Back to School Enforcement Campaign throughout Phoenix, which began on Monday August 18th and will continue until Friday September 5th, 2014. Funds have been provided by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to assist with this program.

The Traffic Education Safety Unit of the department will coordinate the efforts of the campaign and deploy motorcycle officers throughout the city to gain voluntary compliance with traffic laws and improve the overall traffic safety on our roadways. School zones will be the focus of the program. The enforcement efforts will concentrate on both the morning “drop-off” and afternoon “pick-up” times in each precinct.

The point of contact for the Back to School Enforcement Campaign will be Sergeant Carl Clovis of the Traffic Education Safety Unit. He can be reached at (602) 534-0815 or carl.clovis@phoenix.gov.

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Save the Date for the 7Save the Date for the 7Save the Date for the 7Save the Date for the 7thththth Annual Annual Annual Annual Anam Cara Award Gala!Anam Cara Award Gala!Anam Cara Award Gala!Anam Cara Award Gala!

Friday, October 17, 2014, 6pm.

Join us at the Irish Cultural Center and the McClelland Irish Library.

Anam Cara "Soul Friend" honorees are Senator John McCain and Janice Bryson.

Join us for Irish food, song and dance. Your participation helps us raise funds needed to

continue our important mission.

Reserve you table or tickets on-line at www.azirishlibrary.org. Click the Anam Cara Gala button.

For more info call the ICC office at 602-258-0109

Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA) Blog: Wetlands Sanctuary Created From Wasteland

The dry Salt Riverbed, which served as a dump for decades, is now a wildlife habitat for 200 bird species, including burrowing owls. In this week's AMWUA Blog executive director Kathleen Ferris talks about how Phoenix reinvented a 5-mile strip of landfills into a bird-watching destination with miles of hiking trails, 12 shade structures, and plenty of benches.

The AMWUA website is filled with clear, useful and reliable information and news about local water issues, conservation, and desert landscaping. For example, the Shortage-AMWUA Cities Prepared page offers a link to the Drought Management Plans for each of the 10 AMWUA member cities. The cities would implement these plans in case of water shortages. Follow AMWUA on Facebook and Twitter for timely, informative and information about local and regional water issues.

You are invited to publish any of the weekly AMWUA Blog posts on your own website or in your publications. Go to http://www.amwua.org/ for more information.

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NEXT WEEK’S PUBLIC CITY MEETINGS

• Downtown, Aviation and Redevelopment Subcommittee – Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Phoenix City Hall, 1st Floor Atrium, Assembly Rooms A, B & C, 200 West Washington Street.

• City Council Formal Meeting – Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 200 West Jefferson Street.

• Zoning Adjustment Hearing – Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Assembly Room C, Phoenix City Hall, 200 W. Washington Street, First Floor

• Board of Adjustment – Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 200 West Jefferson Street.

• Neighborhood Block Watch Grant Program Oversight Committee – Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 6:00pm at the Adams Street Training Room, 1st Floor, Adams Street Parking Garage, 304 W. Adams St.

For more information on these and all other public City meetings visit https://www.phoenix.gov/cityclerk/publicmeetings/notices. City Council meetings are live on Cox Cable Channel 11 and streamed live on phoenix.gov and facebook.com/cityofphoenix. Past City Council meetings are posted to YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/cityofphoenixaz.

COMMUNITY MAHALO MONDAYS

Hula’s Modern Tiki at 4700 North Central Avenue will donate 10% of their proceeds to a different local charity every month! For the month of August, 10% of their proceeds will be donated to the 100 Club of Arizona.

The 100 Club of Arizona’s motto is “Standing Behind the Men and Women Who Stand Behind the Badge since 1968”. Their mission is to provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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Follow Councilwoman Williams on Twitter! Thelda is tweeting! Follow her @TheldaWilliams1. TRIVIA Mary had a coin purse with fifty coins, totaling exactly $1.00. Unfortunately, while counting her change, she dropped one coin. What is the probability that it was a penny?

CITY NEWS NIGHT FLYING AT LUKE AIR FORCE BASE

Luke Air Force Base will increase night flying throughout the month of August. F-16 student pilots from multiple squadrons are scheduled to fly Monday through Friday until approximately 11:30 p.m. each day. This night flying will not involve F-35s and is not scheduled to occur on Saturdays and Sundays. Nighttime flight training is an integral phase for students. Learning this critical skill over Arizona’s skies ensures the pilots’ safety and mission success while supporting combat operations around the world. While Luke AFB reserves the right to fly 24 hours a day if needed, the base has been successful in minimizing late-night flights to reduce the impact on West Valley and neighboring communities. For more information, please contact Maj. Matt Hasson with 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs at (623) 856-4997.

PINNACLE PEAK ROAD UPDATE Contractor work continues with concrete sidewalk and driveway placement along the south side of Pinnacle Peak Road from 55th Avenue to 45th Avenue. In the upcoming weeks, crews will install new street light poles, complete remaining concrete sidewalk and driveway installation and complete landscape irrigation installation. The anticipated completion is mid November 2014. The project is approximately 75% complete and on budget.

GRANT AWARDED TO CITY OF PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT

Chief Kara Kalkbrenner announced that the Phoenix Fire Department has received an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Fire Protection and Safety grant award in the amount of $74,800. The Federal share is $71,060.00 and the local match is $3,740.00.

The grant is for 20 tablet-style computers, 20 printers, and the associated wireless cellular service, software, tax and shipping for our Fire Prevention Section. Currently, Fire Inspectors must complete all research and paperwork related to inspection in a central office. This grant will increase productivity now that most work will be able to be completed in the field.

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ALLEGIANT AIRLINES ANNOUNCEMENT In response to positive demand, Allegiant has added a Provo Wednesday flight beginning the first part of September. This additional flight increases service to five times a week during much of the fall and winter schedule.

Allegiant will be adjusting their schedule for the Las Vegas route, moving days of service from Thursday, Friday, Sunday to Wednesday, Friday, Sunday and reducing Sunday flights from two per day, down to one.

CITY MANAGER’S WEEKLY REPORT

CITY ELECTIONS The Arizona Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court ruling which overturned legislation attempting to preempt the City Charter on the timing of City candidate elections. The ruling is good news not only because it affirms local control, but it also helps facilitate City compliance with the State spending limit. Notwithstanding a possible Attorney General appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court, the ruling allows the City to continue its current process to request voter approval for adoption of an alternative spending limit as allowed by the State Constitution following the current four-year cycle that has been in place for decades. A change to the Mayor and City Council election years would have meant the City would have to identify alternate measures that put the City at large risk of not being able to comply with the formulaic spending limit and as a result, having to severely reduce citywide services. Regarding the upcoming process for the August 2015 election, staff continues to working on various components of analysis and reporting.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION

Juan Salgado and the Phoenix IDA have been selected by the Capitol Times as one of the honorees for the 8th Annual Arizona News Service/Arizona Capitol Times Leaders of the Year in Public Policy award. Phoenix IDA will be honored in the category of Economic Development on Tuesday, September 16 at a cocktail reception at the Phoenician. The reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

In late August, Community and Economic Development and Public Works will issue an RFP for property management services for the TGen/IGC Headquarters Facility on the downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus. The current contract with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank to manage this City-owned, 6-story, 170,000SF research facility expires in February 2015. A site visit and Q&A for prospective proposers is being planned for early September, and proposals will be due in early October.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Beginning on August 28, 2014, Phoenix Fire Department will conduct Fire Ground Survival (FGS) Continuing Education training. FGS Continuing Education provides lesson reinforcement for

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firefighters and opportunities to practice the skills developed during the initial FGS training. All Fire companies will be scheduled to participate in the 40 week training cycle held on Thursday mornings.

NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIVABILITY

The collaborative Request for Qualification for IN FLUX 4 has been posted. Arts & Culture staff will be giving a presentation with project organizers to interested artists at Giant Coffee on September 9, 2014 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Throughout the week, more than 2,485 children and adults shared books, literacy activities, songs and stories at Phoenix Public Library locations. An additional 119 children and adults attended story time programs provided by outreach staff at area schools and organizations. Outreach activities are funded by a grant from First Things First.

PHOENIX TEAM

Labor Relations staff coordinated with Dennis Teel of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to finalize the date for the upcoming Labor Management Committee Training and Planning Session. The training session will focus on interest-based bargaining, which uses a consensus-building approach in decision making. Attendees at the Friday, September 12 session will include union/association representatives and executives and/or middle managers from City departments that will serve as the members for each employee group’s Labor Management Team. Notification of the training date has been sent to the unions/association and City representatives.

INFRASTRUCTURE

An article by the Telegraph daily newspaper in London praising Sky Harbor for its customer service and inclusion of local businesses was shared with Sky Harbor's Facebook and Twitter followers. The writer of the article, while enjoying a meal at Cowboy Ciao in Terminal 4, stated that he “lost (his) heart to Phoenix.” He went on to say that Phoenix “might stand as a city that rises from the culinary ashes of the international travel experience.”

Street Transportation staff conducted a training session with Verizon Wireless, LLC concerning the installation of small cell sites (antennas) in City right-of-way. Verizon Wireless plans to install small cell sites on city-owned streetlight and traffic signal poles. Their goal is to complete the construction of over 20 small cell phone sites in time for Super Bowl festivities in January 2015. Staff presented information on the City’s utility permitting process and answered questions regarding street light installations.

The Street Transportation Department recently held pre-construction meetings for the construction of three new bus bays at 35th Avenue and Dunlap, Central and Dunlap, and 7th Street and Glendale. Notice-to-Proceeds have been issued to all three sites and the estimated duration for construction is two months. Street Transportation is coordinating the public information services related to the construction.

SUSTAINABILITY

A total of 10 City projects have been selected as finalists for the Arizona Forward’s 34th Annual Environmental Excellence Awards Program. Awards will be presented and the Crescordia Awards

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announced on September 20, 2014, at the annual event to be held at the Westin-Kierland Resort. The finalists include: Innovations in Aquifer Storage and Recovery Well Technologies (Water), Faye Gray Recreation Center (Holly Streets Studio Architects/Parks), Greening Lower Grand Avenue (Street Transportation), Energize Phoenix (APS/Public Works), Complete Street Ordinances (Street Transportation), Phoenix Transit Plan (Public Transit), Apache Wash Trailhead (Gavan & Barker, Inc./Parks), Ground Cover Public Art Project (Arts & Culture), Hope Gardens at Matthew Henson Hope VI Public Art Project (Arts & Culture), and the Desert Spring Sonoran Boulevard Public Art Project (Arts & Culture).

TRIVIA ANSWER: There is an 85% probability that Mary dropped a penny. There are two (and only two) comginations of 50 coins that will add up to $1.00. These are: 40 Pennies, 2 Dimes, 8 Nickels, and 45 Pennies, 2 Dimes, 2 Nickels, 1 Quarter With the first scenario alone, there would be an 80% probability, and the second scenario alone equates a 90% probability, respectfully. But because we don’t’ know which she had, the probability is the average of the two, or 85%.

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