Cold Protection
During the cold spell we’re having, please remember all 4 of the P’s for protection – people, of course, plants need to be covered (especially fruit-bearing ones); pipes will burst when temps dip – and don’t forget the pooches. Many of them have personalities that would make them fall under the ‘people’ category, but please be sure to protect pets during this time of year.
RTA and Prop 101
I’ve written a bunch about the city’s participation in the Next RTA. We have issues that still need to be addressed if I’m going to be supportive. Our ‘line in the sand’ of February 1st for seeing positive movement from the RTA board came and went last week, and based on actions taken the prior Thursday at the RTA, M&C agreed to stay at the table and continue working towards full resolution of our concerns. At that Thursday meeting, the RTA acted in good faith to advance the conversation.
One of our major concerns was the ‘voice’ of what is over 50% of the voting and tax public in the region. With the city having the same weighted vote as, say, Marana, there’s a built-in inequity in terms of representation of our residents. What became clear as we explored the process by which a formal change in weighted voting would happen is a change like that would have required the state legislature and/or the governor to sign on. Neither of those would have happened. Instead, the RTA increased Tucson’s representation on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee, the RTA Technical Management Committee, and the Citizen’s Accountability for Regional Transportation committee. Those 3 groups are where the RTA Next plan will be developed and where project budgets, scope, and schedule are discussed. We’ll see how, if at all, those new members change the dialogue, but having them added was a sign that our concern over the Tucson voice is being heard.
Another issue we’re watching is full funding of our projects. I’ve shared in previous newsletters the language in the RTA by-laws that stipulates inflation-related cost increases will be covered by the RTA, not charged to the jurisdiction. On Grant Road, for example, the 2006 budget amount is underfunded by over $50M, solely due to inflation. The current executive director for the RTA has indicated the city should bear that cost. At their recent meeting, the board voted to “identify the proposed plan and funding to complete the projects as part of the original RTA.” Their discussion affirmed that our projects will be fully funded, and any that aren’t completed by the termination of RTA 1 will be at the front of the line in RTA Next, and those costs will not be charged against our project allocation in the Next package. This is one we’ll be watching closely. I’m hoping we don’t get into debates about what constitute ‘eligible costs’ that result in attempts to cost-shift to the city. Coming away from their Thursday meeting, I’m encouraged that we won’t be seeing any more of that.
Flexibility in project scope was another of our concerns. In their vote, the RTA agreed to review projects every “5 or 10 years” for both feasibility and need. That means our fight over Broadway may not have unfolded the way it did. We’ll see if they’re serious based on how our current 1st Avenue conversation goes. That one carries an unnecessary $60M cost increase. We’ll see soon enough if the ‘flexibility’ and full funding discussion was for real.
In addition, the city also has the expiration of Prop 101 looming. That’s our own ½ cent sales tax, 40% of which is going to residential road repair. The February 1st deadline for deciding on RTA also included our own need to decide when and in what form to put residential road repair back on the ballot. During our special meeting held on Tuesday, we made those decisions. Here’s the language of the motion we passed unanimously:
Motion Language:
I move that we pass and adopt Ordinance No. 11904, approving the ballot language for the extension of the existing sales tax, to be submitted to the City’s voters on May 17, 2022. The ballot language will use the following terms and provisions:
- The tax rate will stay at the same ½ cent rate, as previously approved by the City’s voters in 2017;
- The extension will be for a period of 10 years;
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The revenues generated by the extension will be allocated as follows:
- 80% will be dedicated to restoration, repair, resurfacing, and improvement of local, neighborhood streets;
- 20% will be dedicated to fund street safety improvements that benefit all users and modes, such as bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements, sidewalks, traffic signal technology, and lighting.
We have, as M&C, embraced Vision Zero. That’s an aspirational goal many cities have signed onto of zero traffic/pedestrian fatalities in a year. We’re nowhere close to hitting that goal. The 20% piece of what will be Prop 411 is to invest roughly $15M annually for 10 years in roadway safety elements; HAWK lights, better street lighting, speed mitigation measures, sidewalks, and protected bike lanes. Those kinds of things. I think it makes sense to tie them in with road paving work, so we’re not having to come back later and retrofit the work. And those are items the RTA currently funds. We’re taking a portion of it off their table.
In Prop 101, we’re dedicating 60% of the tax to public safety capital needs. On Tuesday, we committed to using our reserves to fund up to $18M annually for the next 5 years to cover those needs. And we’ve included capital needs out at the 911 center as well as police and fire. That, of course, is a function of our annual budget process, but it keeps all of the new Prop 411 focused on roadway needs.
You’ll be seeing more about Prop 411 very soon. It’ll be on the ballot on May 17th. I can’t use the newsletter to advocate one way or another specifically about the proposition, but I can say it’s good to see the forward movement with RTA, and it’s good to see a comprehensive roadway package headed to the May ballot.
More Dangerous Behavior at Sol Student Housing
Over the course of the past 5+ years, I’ve had to write about Sol y Luna student housing complex far too often. It has never been in a positive light. The facility is owned by Nelson Properties. That is a national firm recently highlighted in a NY Times article – also not in a positive light. It seems the Nelson brothers thought student housing towers would be a cool, get-rich-quick scheme. Until it wasn’t. Now they own properties all over the country that they’re ill-equipped to manage properly. Sol is our local example, and it was named in the NY Times piece. Here’s a link to that Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/business/student-housing-real-estate.html
Three weeks ago, I received word that the elevators in the tower were not operating. They’ve got 4. At the time of the report, one was working. That’s a direct fire code violation. Our Fire Inspector responded with a notice of violation,and they quickly got the place up to minimal code standards with 2 of the 4 operational. And this is a photo of the conditions management had allowed to develop in the hallways of the tower. That’s also arguably a fire code violation. It has since been cleaned.
 As I mentioned above, this place has been a problem for years. We’ve had incidents of bottles and other objects being tossed from top floor balconies onto the Mosque below. More on that in a minute. And this was the scene during the height of COVID last fall – a rooftop super spreader event allowed by Nelson and his management team.
 Encouraging socially responsible and adult behavior is not one of Nelson Properties’ strong points.
Last week some of my contacts at the Islamic Center shared more videos with me. Below are the links of just a couple of them. They identify the balconies from which students were tossing objects down into the ICT parking lot – again. In one, you’ll see 4 large boxes being thrown from the roof. I’ve turned the videos over to TPD and have written Nelson management. Not surprisingly, no reply from the out-of-state property owners. Included in my email is a copy of a notice Sol management recently sent to their own residents stating that what’s shown in the videos is illegal and that they’ll act on it. We’re still waiting for that action. Here’s that notice:
 And here are links to two of the incidents I included in the letter to Nelson’s crew.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cKm8sUvM3oR_DguyA-TrKXWv4mTnsi_E/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16nN0xMbnLa2ucbPn4YE7mpN_yh9B2XIx/view?usp=sharing
KOLD was as concerned as I was and jumped right on the story. Here’s a link to their coverage. Yes, I’ve also shared that piece with our contact at Nelson Properties. No, we have not heard back.
Kozachik sounds alarm after objects continue to be thrown from balcony of student apartments
As I said in the interview, this is way beyond enough. Friday, I engaged the city attorney. We’ll stick with this until we get a suitable response from Nelson.
Housing Shortage
It’s no surprise to anyone who pays any attention that we have a housing shortage. It’s also no surprise that bipartisanship is hard to find, especially in our own State Legislature. So with that as the prelude hearing, there’s a new bipartisan bill in the Arizona legislature that’s aimed at addressing the housing shortage should seem like a good thing. House Bill 2674 is co-sponsored by Republican Steve Kaiser and Democrat Cesar Chavez – both from Phoenix. But the title gives away the fact that there may be red flags contained in the proposed bill – and there are.
“Municipal Zoning; By Right Housing” is the title. Note that I said this bill is about the housing supply – not anything about affordable housing. It’s a broad pre-emption of local zoning authority that goes beyond anything I’ve seen floating around any state legislature nationwide. Again it’s the Arizona legislature leading the way on eliminating local decision-making.
You can use this link if you want to scroll through the full bill. Look for the blue highlit portions to see what’s being added. I’ll give you a few examples.
Text: https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/hb2674p.pdf
Much of the bill refers to its own Section 9-462.09. That’s where the pre-emptions are described in detail. This is the opening paragraph of that section. It simply says housing supply is the state’s concern and that all local housing laws and ordinances are pre-empted by the provisions of this new bill – even for Charter cities like Tucson.
 Earlier in the bill, they define what the pre-emption is about. Note in line 14 below they say we can regulate the use, location, size, etc of buildings “other than a single-family dwelling.” That includes multi-family units like apartment complexes. And then they go on to set a limit on setbacks we can establish - “minimum side yard setbacks for lots within single-family dwellings may not exceed five feet.” Get ready to know your neighbor.
 Back in section .09, though, they have these provisions. First, any area zoned for single-family residences, we must allow 8 single-family dwellings per acre – or 12 two-family units per acre. That’s their way of forcing density into neighborhoods.
- ON ANY LAND LOCATED IN ANY EXISTING AGRICULTURAL OR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR ON ANY LAND DESIGNATED BY THE MUNICIPALITY'S MOST RECENT GENERAL PLAN AS SUPPORTING SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHT SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR TWELVE TWO-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. (My emphasis.)
It’s also for multi-family structures. Here they address the height allowed for apartments – minimum of 55’, but taller if something taller is within a mile of the site.
IN ANY EXISTING AGRICULTURAL OR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR ANY LAND DESIGNATED BY THE MUNICIPALITY'S MOST RECENT GENERAL PLAN AS SUPPORTING MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS WITH THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: (a) THE GREATER OF THE HIGHEST ALLOWED HEIGHT FOR THE SITE OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THE HIGHEST ALLOWED HEIGHT FOR A COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE SITE OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR FIFTY-FIVE FEET.
But if there’s a bus stop within a half-mile, the minimum allowed height goes up to 75’. And the density allowed can be no less than the nearest multi-family development.
IF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF A RAIL STOP, BUS STOP, FREEWAY OR MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITATION MAY NOT BE LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE FEET. (b) THE DENSITY LIMIT APPLICABLE TO THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE THE GREATEST ALLOWED DENSITY FOR A MIXED-USE OR RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE SITE OF THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, OR, IF THERE IS NOT A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE SITE, THE NEAREST MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
And another section says we have to issue permits for anyone building residential within 30 days of receiving a complete application. The exception is if “a property owner within the zoning area demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the proposed housing units will create an objective externality that has not been mitigated.” They’re talking about things such as parking, stormwater runoff, drainage, traffic – things we generally talk through during rezoning’s. Now, if the bill passes, a neighbor will have to demonstrate with ‘clear and convincing evidence’ that those issues have not been addressed. The remedies we insist on cannot ‘create an undue burden on the development.’
We have a housing supply challenge. Eliminating local zoning authority is going to create havoc in our neighborhoods and along our major corridors. This one bill undercuts the hard work so many of us – including community members – have done on things such as our General Plan, the Sunshine Mile Overlay, the Infill Incentive District, and more. It also simply undercuts all residentially zoned areas of the city. There is one section that absolutely incentivizes neighbors pursuing historic designation. Here’s the text of the bill:
- SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY ORDINANCE, CODE, STANDARD, REGULATION, GUIDELINE, STIPULATION OR OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT IS:
- APPLICABLE SOLELY TO STRUCTURES LOCATED IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A DISTRICT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 9-462.01 OR AN AREA DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC ON A NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
- APPLICABLE SOLELY TO STRUCTURES INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNATED AS LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS
I’ll be watching to see how this ‘taking’ advances through the legislature. Now would be a great time to let your state representatives know if you have thoughts on what’s being proposed.
Afghan Refugees
On Saturday, I hosted roughly 30 refugees who came to collect from the donations many of you have been bringing. Some now have apartments, but most are still in a hotel. Even so, they’re trying to put their lives together, and the donations are a big help. Remember, they arrived here with nothing but what they were wearing. Most face language barriers. All need jobs.
Here are some very popular and needed items; pressure cookers, large pots to boil food in, dishes, laptops (I had 3 college-age students in on Saturday who are trying to navigate school on their phone) sewing machines are a very hot commodity, and rugs. Rugs are an essential in the Muslim community, but please don’t bring old soiled ones that really belong in the trash.
Huge thanks to Doug over at Feast for being open to hiring. I sent a couple from the Saturday group over to see him. And Nate is the owner of Flora’s. If you go in and see a 20ish young lady working, that’s Khadifa. Greet her. She’s a sweetheart who Nate and his team are putting to work. And the IRC is hiring caseworkers, one of whom is going to be Judge Ahmad, and I referred a computer science guy over to them on Saturday. The people who arrived here through the botched evacuation have skills. The English is a little rough around the edges, but if you own a business and can use some eager help, let me know.
The now infamous Fed Ex package that took 6 days to travel from Phoenix to Tucson made it to Istanbul in 2 days. Ahmad’s wife has now submitted it to the Turkish authorities, attempting to have both her and their 2-year-olddaughter’s stay permit for Turkey extended. We have no idea if or when that approval will be granted. If it is not, they are subject to deportation back to Afghanistan at the worst, and the best case is any movement she takes within Turkey is illegal and subject to bribery.
There are 155 Afghan refugees in Turkey waiting for the U.S. to reunify them with their family members who are now over here. I have been told by State that we now have Ahmad’s family on the reunification list. And nobody can say what that means in terms of timing, process, or anything else related to getting these people back together. It’s frustrating for me. It’s heartbreaking for them. On Saturday, a lady with a 3-month-old baby was in the office getting donations. There were also kids probably aged 3-10. In Ahmad’s case, he hasn’t seen his 2-year-old in nearly a year. Not only are they waiting on reunification, they’ll have to get reacquainted once they’re together again.
On Friday, my contact at State finally wrote me back and apologized for not writing with details. He said they’ve ‘been busy.’ Understood. He also said the State Department feels these displaced families are ‘in a safe place.’ First of all, that’s hogwash. Taliban are all over the area. And secondly, it totally misses the point that these are families we have separated. Putting 155 families on a plane tomorrow would be one less thing for them to have to deal with. Until that happens, I’ll be staying in regular contact.
Thanks to all who are donating. We really do not need clothes. But the list I shared above is important stuff. Monday through Friday from 9 until noon. I’m arranging the family visits on weekends to choose from what you bring.
Film Incentive Bill
For years I’ve been advocating for a statewide film incentive that will get Arizona back into the film business. Jonathan and I met with some members of the state legislature back when he was mayor, and we made the pitch even back then. At the time, it fell on deaf ears.
A couple of years ago, Ducey set up the state film office. There was no money behind it, but it appeared to be a potentially good step. One concern I raised at the time was the guy who he chose to run the office is also involved with one of the larger film studios in the state. It’s up in the Phoenix area. It felt like giving this guy the title with no money might just end up with some self-dealing and Tucson/Pima County being left behind. So far, I have not seen that happen.
This legislative session, a film incentive bill is being introduced in the Arizona Senate. Normally I’d be writing in strong support. But the fact that it’s being sponsored by David Gowan, Vince Leach, Mark Finchem, Karen Fann, among others (no friends of Pima County), is one red flag. So I looked at the language of the bill, and several other red flags popped up.
The bill is SB1708. Here’s the full text: https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/sb1708p.pdf
The bill offers a graduated scale of tax credits for qualified production costs – for qualified producers. The other red flags appear when you dissect who qualifies for the credits. Here are some of the operative terms that define a production in order to qualify for the credits:
- DO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
(a) USE A QUALIFIED PRODUCTION FACILITY IN THIS STATE TO PRODUCE THE MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION.
(b) IF THE MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION IS FILMED PRIMARILY ON LOCATION, PRODUCE AND FILM THE MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION PRIMARILY IN THIS STATE AND PERFORM ALL PREPRODUCTION, POSTPRODUCTION AND EDITING AT A FACILITY IN THIS STATE, IF A FACILITY IS AVAILABLE.
While all of that sounds good, the reality is there is not a ‘qualified production facility’ in Arizona outside of Maricopa County. Here’s how that facility is defined in the bill.
- "QUALIFIED PRODUCTION FACILITY" MEANS A STRUCTURE THAT IS BUILT FOR FILM INDUSTRY PURPOSES, IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE, IS AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND MEETS GENERALLY ACCEPTED INDUSTRY STANDARDS, INCLUDING STANDARDS FOR SOUNDPROOFING, LIGHTING, AIR CONDITIONING AND MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION QUALITY TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCING, FILMING OR OTHERWISE CREATING A MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION.
And the requirement for ‘location’ films to do all of their preproduction, postproduction, and editing at a facility within Arizona also excludes Tucson and Pima County. We would not have secured the recent HBO series that’ll be back if we had told them they had to do all of that pre/post/editing work here.
It’s great to see the film industry on the state’s radar screen. Perhaps that happened because we did get HBO. I encourage Visit Tucson and our local film community to work hard on getting 1708 amended in ways that preserve the tax credit incentive but ways that don’t explicitly exclude Tucson and Pima County from competing for film work within Arizona.
Did You Lose Your Vax Card?
The COVID infection counts are decreasing. We’ve seen this before, but with the vaccinations, there’s a reasonable hope that this time we might not see a rebound. Many businesses and events are requiring proof of vaccination for entry. If you’ve lost your vaccination record card, there are limited ways you can get it replaced
Arizona is one of the states in which you can access your vaccination records from a smartphone. You have to set up an account to get that access. Use this link to get started: Arizona
If you had your shots administered by your own doctor, that office should have a record of when you received the shot(s.) And most states require the health care provider who administered the shots to log that information in with state health officials. If your doctor doesn’t have your records, you can try www.azdhs.gov. What is certain is that the CDC will not send you a new card. The feds passed the vaccination administration task down to states and localities,so they don’t even have the records, and it’s not worth your time checking in with them about a lost card.
Sadly this pandemic has been extended unnecessarily, largely due to the high percentage of the population that chose not to get the vaccines. That left a door open to the variants. The logic of the vax hesitant group is a head-scratcher.
 Omicron Surge
Because of the vaccine-resistant part of our population, the U.S. leads the world in cumulative deaths per 100,000 population. We brag on how advanced our health care system is. But it’s kind of like you gotta use it in order to enjoy the benefits.
 Yes, the data clearly show it’s the unvaccinated who are driving the fatalities. These numbers are from last year’s surge. The science hasn’t changed.
 And yes, there is a political connection as well. Fewer than 1/3 of registered Republicans have been boosted. Nearly 2/3 of registered Democrats have been. Those numbers reflect more than a rounding error.
 In Pima County, we are still in a high-risk situation. I pulled this from the county site last weekend.
That classification is based on 9 criteria the state has been measuring since COVID began. If you follow this newsletter, you’ll find these graphs to be familiar. They’re where we are today in terms of coming out of COVID.
  If you’d like to dig into how those criteria are defined, you can use this link.
https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=568644
The is another new Omicron variant that had the health care professionals’ concern. So far, the consensus seems to be that it might drag out the national recovery time, but it is not likely to set us back to square 1 like Delta and Omicron did. A slowdown of the downward trends will result in more fatalities.
Vaccines are still the best way to stop the spread. Here’s a list of the Pima County mobile vaccination sites. In order to speed up the service, pre-register using this link: here
 Flu Season
In last week’s newsletter, I shared that the Arizona flu spread rate was listed as minimal. That was an improvement from the prior week. At this time, that trend seems to be true across the country. Here’s this week’s flu infection map. Note that it’s a week behind, but that’s the most current data that’s posted. Mask wearing, distancing, and staying home if you’re sick continue to work. Thanks for doing your part.
 TMC Book Festival
If the current COVID trend continues, the book festival held on the UA mall will be back in person next month. It’s scheduled for March 12th and 13th. In addition to the hundreds of booths that are the usual fare at the festival, there’ll be a full lineup of authors on hand to present their work.
 The authors will be on hand at multiple locations all day Saturday and Sunday. Use this link to check out the full calendar of activities. The overall event is free and is geared to all ages. Some of the author events are ticketed – you can recognize those on the calendar by the small ticket icon shown in the upper right-hand corner.
TPD Car Seat Event
Saturday, February 12th, is my bride’s birthday. Note to self: don’t forget! It’s also the day TPD will be hosting a free car seat check. Road injuries are a leading cause of child fatalities. Many can be prevented simply by having your car seat properly installed. The TPD event is free, and the check only takes a few minutes.
The event will run from 8 am until noon. Go to the front parking lot at the TPD substation located at 1100 S. Alvernon. If you’re not 100% sure your car seats are correctly installed, this event is an important investment in the safety of your kids. This Youtube link will give you a quick preview of the event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1FVhNmyA4
Sustainable Tucson
It’s time for this month’s Sustainable Tucson meeting. This month they’re featuring UA Professor Greg Barron-Gafford. His team has been working out at Biosphere 2, studying how well vegetables grow in the soil beneath solar panels. It turns out the results are hopefully impressive.
The meeting will be held by Zoom on Tuesday, February 8th at 6 pm. Greg is a professor in the School of Geography, Development, and Environment. The field he’s researching is called agrivoltaics. You can sign up for his presentation at www.sustainabletucson.org;
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COVID Case Counts
We’re into February now, so I’ll drop from the newsletter the end-of-year weekly counts. They were hovering in the mid-2000's range per week. Here’s what has happened at the start of 2022. The decrease in new case counts continued this past week. We’re at the lowest count so far in ‘22. That’s very encouraging.
Week of 12/27 - 4,229 new cases
Week of January 2nd - 10,433 new cases
Week of 1/10 - 15,472 new cases
Week of 1/17 - 18,308 new cases
Week of 1/24 - 13,735 new cases
Week of 1/31 - 8,634 new cases
January was the highest case count month we’ve had in Pima County since COVID began in March 2020. February begins on a much brighter note. We’re still going to pass 3,500 deaths and a quarter million COVID cases. In the past month, there have been over 250 COVID deaths in Pima County, so this is not a done deal. The human lives of loved ones reflected in those data send a serious message; don’t let your guard down too soon again. We’ve been down this path before, very recently.
Harvard Global Health Institute
Nationwide the risk level map is beginning to see some slight changes popping up. This was the Harvard risk map I had in last week’s newsletter.
 And here’s how that has changed in the most recent week. At this point, it's only human behavior that can reverse the good direction we’re headed.
 Last week our 7 day average of new cases per 100,000 population in Pima County was 210. The daily new case count averaged 2,204. Here’s the current comparison. While none of those data are what anybody would call good, they represent a good direction. Keep up the work you’re doing to help control spread.
 And here’s my usual closing – the current Arizona COVID count by county. You can find all of this data at www.azdhs.gov.
Community Sale benefiting Casa Alitas Welcome Center
Saturday - February 26, 2022
Time - 9 am - 5 pm
Location - St Marks Presbyterian Church
3809 E 3rd Street
(Enter from parking lot in rear of church on E 2nd. Street)
Come and browse the amazing deals and amazing prices!!!! All items priced to sell.
Furniture, household goods, beautiful new quilt section, craft supplies-section, books, loads and loads of preschool toys; blocks, legos, wood puzzles, puppets - many items sold by bag or bin. Clothing for all ages, boys and girls, men and women's clothing, shoes and purses. All clothing in gently used and sometimes new condition.
Visit our boutique for high end clothing items from designers like Vera Wang, Eileen Fisher, Ann Taylor, Ralph Lauren, etc. Also featured in our boutique are antique, vintage, and collectibles. Boho items and jewelry.
Free coffee at our Bakery table.
Sponsored by Casa Alitas Clothing Team and with special thanks to the University of Arizona, Student Health Advocacy Committee for partnering with us on this event.
 Sincerely,
Steve Kozachik
Council Member, Ward 6
ward6@tucsonaz.gov
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