PHOENIX
– Scottsdale City Manager Janet Dolan has been
elected chair of the Maricopa
Association
of Governments Management Committee
The
group is comprised of managers or administrators
of 25 cities and towns, three Native American
Indian communities, the county, ADOT, and the
Regional Public Transportation Authority.
“MAG
is responsible for making many big decisions on
how best to spend federal, state and local funds,”
Dolan said. “Managers provide a key role in the
policymaking process by working closely with technical
staff and making recommendations to the Regional
Council.”
Dolan
has been vice chair of the committee since January
2006, and has been city manager of Scottsdale
since August 2000.
Democratic
club sponsors collection
The
North Maricopa Democratic Club will celebrate
Independence Day by collecting food, toiletries
and other items for the troops serving in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
The
collections will be added to a larger project,
“Packages from Home,” sponsored by the Arizona
Democratic Party.
The
goal is to provide 100 care packages for the men
and women fighting overseas.
Those
interested in participating should take their
donations donation to the North Maricopa Democrats’
booth at the Freedom Days celebration in Anthem
on July 3rd.
The
booth will be open from 4 p.m. until dark. Residents
will have the opportunity to meet local candidates
and register to vote. Non‑perishable food
items as well as toiletries and entertainment
items will be accepted.
Scottsdale
water achieves safe yield in 2006
SCOTTSDALE
– Scottsdale recharged as much water back into
the aquifer as was pumped out for wells in 2006,
according to city reports.
Scottsdale
has gone from using 100 percent groundwater to
supply their system in the 1980s to 25 percent.
Strategic planning and the construction of the
Water Campus are cited as contributing factors,
but residents also played a role through conservation
efforts, a city news release states.
Long‑term
benefits of safe yield include decreased groundwater
pumping, conserving water for future drought conditions
and enhancing the water levels in the city’s aquifers.
Even
though Scottsdale achieved safe yield in 2006,
the city is encouraging people to continue their
conservation efforts. To learn more about conserving
water, contact the Water Conservation Office at
(480) 312‑5650.
Scottsdale
Web site launches new search tool
SCOTTSDALE
– A full text search engine has been added to
Scottsdale’s Web site to assist users in locating
documents.
Online
access to documents such as City Council agendas,
minutes, ordinances, resolutions and contracts
has been available since December 2005, but now
can be found using keywords instead of dates and
document numbers only.
With
the new system, users enter the type of document
they are seeking, a date or date range and then
have the option of entering a word or phrase in
a keyword search field.
The
link for the new site is: http://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/clerkdocs2/Disclaimer.aspx.
Global
Glasses Project at Foothills Animal Rescue
CAVE
CREEK – Old reading glasses don’t need to be thrown
out, they just need a new owner.
Foothills
Animal Rescue is the collection point for the
Global Glasses project. All kinds of used eyewear,
including reading glasses, prescription and sunglasses
are being taken for shipping to Asia and South
America, among other places.
Volunteers
ask anyone interested in donating old eyeglasses
to put them in a Ziploc bag and note the prescription
or reading strength on the bag.
Foothills
Animal Rescue is located at 37555 N. Cave Creek
Road and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
