GSI Grant, Hot Weather, Noise

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Harold Hallikainen

GSI Grant, Hot Weather, Noise

by Ali Bickford, Mitman NA President

Hello Mitman!

Mitman has been approved for GSI Grant.

Community Design Event for June 13th at 530. Location to be determined.

Friday, some of the Mitman Board members met with Tucson Clean and Beautiful to discuss adding Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) to the Tucson City Water Pump site at 4th and Baker (gravel lot). The project’s goal is to capture stormwater runoff and divert it to water harvesting areas. That will cool neighborhoods, improve air quality, encourage pollinators, and recharge the aquifers.  TCB- Has an amazing vision that seems like it could be pulled from the Desert Museum or Tucson Botanical Garden. At the design meeting we will discuss color palettes, plant sizes that will keep the space visually open and drain patterns for the space.

            Please let us know if you have any questions or comments

As we all start to feel summer approaching- Please start preparing your home for summer months

1.     Please prepare your home. Sam Hughes NA has created a Heat Awareness guide. HOUSEHOLD CHECKLIST. 

2.     Sign up for the Pima County’s Mass notification system for emergency’s: via alerts from the weather service and/or the County (MyAlerts.pima.gov).  

3.     Know the signs of Heat Related Illness (flyer attached)

4.     “Nearly half of the energy used in your home goes to heating and cooling,” says EnergyStar.gov.  Here are some tips for getting the most out of your heating/cooling system, another big draw on the energy grid:

https://www.energystar.gov/saveathome/heating-cooling?s=mega

Reporting noise complaints or unruly gatherings. The board has had a number of people reach out about noise and unruly gatherings. The city of Tucson has a ‘Red Tag’ policy for situations of Unruly gatherings that was adopted to discourage the occurrence of repeated loud and unruly gatherings. You can report via 911 and stay anonymous. You may read more here: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Police/Red-Tag

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Ward 6 City Council Seat Vacancy Final Applicants Announced

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Harold Hallikainen

We received the information below from the Alvernon/Grant Initiative.

WARD 6 CITY COUNCIL SEAT VACANCY FINAL APPLICANTS ANNOUNCED

The Tucson Mayor and Council ranked their top four (4) applicants for the Ward 6 Council seat vacancy caused by the resignation of Council Member Steve Kozachik.

The highest ranked qualified applicants are:

1. Karin Uhlich

2. Ted Prezelski

3. Vince Rabago

4. Pamela Powers

The applicants have been invited to make a presentation during a Special Mayor and Council Meeting, on May 6, 2024, at or after 5:30 PM. The Mayor and Council may adopt an ordinance to appoint one of the individuals to serve the remainder of the term as the Ward 6 Council Member. Many of you may have received an email from a neighborhood advocate, asking you to support a specific candidate. It is not too late:

Even if you have voiced your opinion previously, TODAY is a good time to do so again. Mayor and Council are meeting tonight and may make a final decision as soon as this evening.

You need to submit an email today if there is a candidate you want to support or if you want to express your opinion about what skill set, experience, background, etc. the candidate should have to replace Steve Kozachik. EIGHTEEN months is a long time to serve as our representative on the City Council. We need someone as responsive, actively engaged, knowledgeable about budgets and City operations, and unafraid to ask the hard questions as Steve was.

You can check out the support letters, by clicking on the following link. It is important to have a candidate with skills that can ‘hit the ground running’:
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Clerks

Send your email to:

kevin.dahl@tucsonaz.gov, Paul.Cunningham@tucsonaz.gov, nikki.lee@tucsonaz.gov, richard.fimbres@tucsonaz.gov, ward1@tucsonaz.gov, Regina.Romero@tucsonaz.gov, cityclerk@tucsonaz.gov

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Agenda: Mitman NA Board of Directors Meeting, May 1, 2024

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Harold Hallikainen

Agenda: Mitman NA Board of Directors Meeting, May 1, 2024

The Mitman Neighborhood Board of Directors will meet May 1, 2024 at 7:00pm in the West Meeting room of the Ward 6 office at 3202 East 1st Street, Tucson. Use the South entrance to the building (behind the Ward 6 office). Note that these meetings are open to all neighborhood residents and businesses. The door to the meeting room is locked. We will check it now and then, but if you are stuck waiting outside, call 805 441 2246.

Agenda

  • Approval of minutes of the April 3 meeting.
  • Treasurer’s Report
    • EIN Progress Report – The IRS requires an organization to be “legally formed” to be issued an EIN.
    • Draft Articles of Incorporation – Discuss and consider adoption at October general meeting. These would be filed with the Arizona Corporations Commission to become a non-profit Arizona Corporation, and with the IRS to receive an EIN and become a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization.
  • Paypal Progress – Requires EIN
  • Bylaws Revision – Review draft incorporating suggestions from Neighborhood Services. Membership section still may need clarification on residents versus property owners. Discussion draft here. Current bylaws here.
  • Safe Streets MiniGrant Program
  • Traffic Circles
  • Proposed Watershed Park,  Baker and Van Buren
  • Desert Bloom
  • Noise Complaints – How to deal with. See Red Tag.
  • Arizona Heat Awareness Week
  • Other Neighborhood Events
  • Open Discussion
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