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Surprise’s 28th Annual 4th of July Celebration – Get Your Tickets Now they are Going Fast!
Celebrate the Fourth of July with the City of Surprise and the Community and Recreation Services Department, 4:30 – 8:30 pm, July 4 at the Surprise Recreation Campus – Surprise Stadium.
Enjoy 4th of July at the Surprise Stadium with America’s Favorite Pastime, Baseball. Watch a Rookie League Baseball Game featuring the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres. Gates will open at 4:30 pm with the game starting at 5:30 pm. Concession stands will be offering a variety of food and ice cold beverages including $1 peanuts, popcorn, popsicles and $2 hot dogs and Coke (limit 2 per transaction).
The evening culminates with a 20 minute firework show set to patriotic music following the baseball game at approximately 8:30 pm.
The 4th of July Celebration is a FREE family event, with a donation of a canned food item, which will be donated to the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance and Valley View Community Food Bank. Space is limited. Tickets will be required for admission. It is highly recommended families pick-up their tickets in advance at the Community & Recreation Services Office located at 15960 N. Bullard Avenue, office hours are Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday you can pick up tickets at the Surprise Recreation Campus Box Office, 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday starting at 8 am.
The Surprise Recreation Campus is located at 15850 N. Bullard Ave., about two miles west of Grand Avenue between Bell and Greenway roads. For more information, call the Community and Recreation Services Department at 623.222.2000 or visit www.surpriseaz.gov/specialevents
Good afternoon, The following changes should be made to the news release issued Thursday night, June 24 (“Council amends ordinance to help with problem properties”), based on the language in the final council approval of changes to Rental Accountability Ordinance:
1) Owners of rental units must get a business license fee at a cost of $100. The prices is not increasing to $200.
2) Therefore, there are no rebates as an incentive for offering a crime free lease or lease addendum; or for voluntary crime prevention training.
3) Rental contracts must include a crime free lease or lease addendum.
Marketing and Communications Department
16000 N. Civic Center Plaza
Surprise, Arizona 85374
623.222.1400
www.surpriseaz.gov
Push to keep streetlights powered continues
Surprise, AZ (June 29, 2010) The City of Surprise will continue paying for street light service in several city locations beyond June 30, until City Council can consider a 60-day extension for accepting Street Light Improvement District (SLID) petitions at their next meeting on July 22.
Fifty percent, plus 1, of the property owners in an area must agree to form a SLID and sign a petition stating that fact. After a SLID is formed, the cost of illuminating the streetlights in the District is paid for through the owners’ Primary Property Tax.
“We are seeing some real progress,” says City Engineer Nick Mascia. “City Council has asked us to work very closely with the community on this issue and already the Coyote Lakes and Stonebrook neighborhoods have obtained enough signatures to form a SLID. With many of the other areas getting close, we hope the extra time will result in more property owners submitting their petitions to us.”
SLID petitions collected as of late last week:
Kingswood Park Parcel 16: 27 out of 38 required petitions received.
Bell West Ranch (4 lights only on Cotton Lane, not the neighborhood): 32 out of 132 required petitions received.
Original Townsite Commercial North: 10 out of 17 required petitions received.
Original Townsite Commercial South: 1 out of 30 required petitions received.
Original Townsite Commercial West: 2 out of 8 required petitions received.
Blank SLID petitions are available for printing at www.surpriseaz.com/slidpetition. Property owners can sign the petition and mail or deliver it to the city at 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza, Surprise, AZ, 85374, to the attention of Ms. Patsy Fawcett. You may also call Ms. Fawcett directly at 623-222-6141 for questions.
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Surprise Senior Center offers activities and programs for seniors ages 60 and older from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at 15832 N. Hollyhock St.
Lunch is served at noon. A contribution of $3 is suggested and reservations are required 24 hours in advance by calling 623-222-1500.
The following events are scheduled for June 28-30:
Monday
10 a.m. — Craft: woven ribbon closet organizer. Cost is $2.
10 a.m. — Rummy Q.
11:15 a.m. — Feel Great Exercise class.
1 p.m. — Bingo for Thrift Dollars.
Lunch: Teriyaki chicken.
Tuesday
10 a.m. — Guitar.
10 a.m. — Pokeno.
11 a.m. — Ukulele.
11 a.m. — Elements of Surprise.
1 p.m. — Mah-jongg.
Lunch: Salisbury steak.
Wednesday
10 a.m. — Game Time.
11:15 a.m. — Feel Great Exercise class.
1 p.m. — Idol rehearsal.
1 p.m. — Needlecraft social.
1 p.m. — Pinochle.
1 p.m. — Digital photos.
3 p.m. — 1:1 Computer Tutor.
Lunch: Hot dogs.
City of Surprise Web Site
Recruitment for City Manager pushed until 2011
Surprise AZ (June 24,2010) The City of Surprise will postpone recruiting a new City Manager until January, 2011, after a City Council discussion Thursday indicated the Council would prefer to wait.
I thought no decisions could be decided in a workshop, but as I have said previously, the City of Surprises Council can do whatever they want.
We have lobbyist in Washington to achieve the goal of businesses, in cities we have staff to ensure that landowners will receive maximum value for their land.Because staff has maximum influence on how city councils vote, wanting usage or zone changes, owners are using staff more often then attorneys specializing in land development. Staff’s success rate is almost 100%.
Having staff present the change before the planning and zoning board and the council almost ensures the passage of any zoning or usage, whether it is good planning for the city or not.
To see if this is true or not, look to see how the City of Surprise General Plan has changed without any input from the citizens who voted for the original plan. The citizens certainly haven’t been for the higher density that we now have, most of us moved here of the rural atmosphere.
Excerpt’s from: Is Civic Duty Optional, by Bargain Citizen
In truth, most Americans are either too busy, distracted, trusting or just too ignorant to get involved.
Perhaps our citizenry lacks a proper understanding of government. Its natural tendency is to grow. Unabated, it can only become bloated, growing to suit itself. Once any form of government becomes un-tethered from the bounds established to limit and restrain it, it simply creates its own authority.
For those who are engaged and involved in how we are to be governed, what with Washington waging a daily assault on their way of life, it becomes difficult to understand how anyone can stand idly by and watch it all happen without lifting a finger. How did we get to this place?
Excerpt’s from: Is Civic Duty Optional, by Bargain Citizen
In truth, most Americans are either too busy, distracted, trusting or just too ignorant to get involved.
Perhaps our citizenry lacks a proper understanding of government. Its natural tendency is to grow. Unabated, it can only become bloated, growing to suit itself. Once any form of government becomes un-tethered from the bounds established to limit and restrain it, it simply creates its own authority.
For those who are engaged and involved in how we are to be governed, what with Washington waging a daily assault on their way of life, it becomes difficult to understand how anyone can stand idly by and watch it all happen without lifting a finger. How did we get to this place?
‘cdmil@q.com’
Message:
‘I live in the Sierra Montana complex in Surprise, I wish to send my support to the City Council to adapt ‘do not solicit’ code this week. Nearly every day we have advertisements hung on our front door. We go away for long periods of time and don’t want people to know we are away.
E-Mailed to the City of Surprise today
Re: Annexation for the northwest corner of Cactus Road and Cotton.
I find this process confusing, an annexation hearing in the City Council Meeting held on May !3, 2010 under use: The subject property is currently zoned R-43 through Maricopa County. If annexed the property will be zoned RR (RuralRanch) according to the Surprise Uniform Development Code.
There was no action taken by the Council, for some reason it was taken back to the P&Z, now you have a completly different agenda for the Council in their meeting ofJune 24th.
Is the blank petition filed with the Maricopa County Recorder’s office dated April 22, 2010 still valid?
Surprise’s 28th Annual 4th of July Celebration- Get your tickets today!
Surprise, AZ (June 11, 2010) Celebrate the Fourth of July with the City of Surprise and the Community and Recreation Services Department, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m., July 4, at the Surprise Recreation Campus – Surprise Stadium.
Enjoy 4th of July at Surprise Stadium with America’s favorite pastime- baseball! Watch a Rookie League Baseball Game featuring the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., with the game starting at 5:30. Concession stands will offer a variety of food and ice cold beverages including $1 peanuts, popcorn, popsicles and $2 hot dogs and Coke (limit 2 per transaction).
The evening culminates with a 20-minute firework show set to patriotic music following the baseball game at approximately 8:30 p.m.
The 4th of July Celebration is a FREE family ticketed event, with a donation of a canned food item, to support the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance and Valley View Community Food Bank. Space is limited and tickets are required for admission. It is highly recommended families pick-up their tickets in advance at the Community & Recreation Services Office located at 15960 N. Bullard Avenue.
The Surprise Recreation Campus is located at 15850 N. Bullard Avenue, about two miles west of Grand Avenue between Bell and Greenway roads. For more information, call the Community and
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