Tucson's 31st Historic District - Homesteaded February 8, 1898

September 1, 2024

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Holiday adjustments to JPNA meetings:

Wednesday, Nov. 20: in person and Zoom. (Note, meeting is one week earlier due to Thanksgiving).

Wednesday, December 18: in person and Zoom. (Note, meeting is one week earlier due to Christmas holidays).

The Jefferson Park Safety Committee meets before every JPNA meeting at 5pm (except October Meeting-Ward III construction). TPD attends. All interested folks are invited. If you have questions, contact Rosemary Bolza rbolza@me.com

The Traffic Advisory Committee meets monthly. Contact Cindy Doklan, chairperson, for time and place. cindy.doklan@gmail.com

On the 3rd Saturday of the month, 8:00 am., at the northeast end of Edison at Campbell Ave, neighbors clean up the little parklet.

Thank you all for August clean up - It needed it!

All garbage bags and tools are supplied and the company is great! We report hours to Tucson Clean & Beautiful as part of the Adopt-a-Park Program.

2024 Jim Click Raffle - Jeep Wrangler

Each ticket is $25 and the 5 for $100 option is back!

The 2024 drawing will be held in December 2024

Tickets available at JPNA meetings. Or you may purchase tickets by contacting Joan Daniels at jdchama@msn.com.

Attend the Annual Dinner

Please Click Here to get your tickets today!

To sign up for childcare please Click Here.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact annualdinner@istucson.org



More info at their website

https://www.istucson.org/parents/annual-dinner/

Support the International School by sponsoring a table or donating to the silent auction: Your business could be a sponsor of a table CLICK HERE

or you could donate an auction item. CLICK HERE

International School PTA (ISPTA) Fundraiser

This school year, the ISPTA is collecting gently worn, used, and new shoes. You may drop them off at the school office, 1701 E. Seneca St., Tucson, 85719.

What happens to the shoes?

The Funds2Orgs website states: "A shoe drive fundraiser goes beyond raising money for your cause and community. After your shoes are picked up, they’re sent to developing countries to create job opportunities.

It’s estimated 300 million people don’t own shoes. Shoe drive fundraisers help provide inventory to over 4,000 micro-entrepreneurs who sell the shoes to support their families. In turn, they help themselves out of poverty with a hand up, not a handout."

If you have any questions, please email: parents@istucson.org

Keep on pullin'

Our rains have brought out the weeds, particularly goatheads. Pull each plant out by the roots and throw it in the trash. Look for feathery leaves, small yellow flowers and of course, small, thorny stickers (and put those seeds in the trash also). For more information and better photos, see Goathead Warriors.

Need to get rid of downed tree limbs?

The Environmental and General Services team wants to support residents following the recent storm damage. Residents can request for a Special Brush & Bulky collection. https://bit.ly/OneCallHaulsItAll You'll place your materials where you normally set out for brush & bulky pickup and our team will pick up and dispose of your debris, and tree trimmings at the landfill. All for $55! Residents can share the cost with a neighbor as long as it's no more than 10 cubic yards

(from Ward III newsletter)

 Is there a pothole you'd like to see filled after a storm? Grates that need to be cleared? Is a street sign missing? Is a tree limb hanging too close over a roadway or sidewalk? You can report these issues via the new Tucson 311 app, 311 service request portal via web, or call 311. 

Tucson 311 Service Request Portal and download links 

Department of Transportation and Mobility 

In July, following a two week public hearing before the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee (LSC), Tucson Electric Power (TEP) was granted a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) for the construction of both the preferred route, Route B4, as well as two alternative routes. Detailed maps illustrating the approved route corridors are available on the project website at tep.com/midtown-reliability-project.

The Line Siting Committee’s (LSC) decision was filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), and a hearing is now scheduled. The Commission will take up the case for a final decision in a public hearing on Thursday, September 5th, beginning at 10:00 am. The TEP Transmission Line Project is the final item, #11, listed on the agenda.

For the upcoming ACC hearing on September 5, the public may participate in the hearing in the following ways:

1. Watch online by live stream video (Click here: http://www.azcc.gov/live) Please note there may be a 30 second delay v. real time.

2. Telephonically: Dial-in Phone Number: 1-877-309-3457 Passcode: 801972877## (Phone lines are made available up to 30 minutes before every Open Meeting).

3. In-person: ACC, Hearing Room One, 1200 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ, 85007

Note that all of the information, public comments, exhibits, and transcripts of testimony from the Line Siting Committee (LSC) hearing were forwarded to the ACC. However, that information represents hundreds, if not thousands of pages of documents from the two-week hearing.

Members of the public who wish to speak at the upcoming meeting, click on the link: https://efiling.azcc.gov/online-services/request-to-speak-external

Click on the meeting, then #11. Fill out the form and click submit. Each person will have three minutes. If you need assistance, contact the Consumer Services representatives at 602-542-425l or 800-222-7000.

To file written comments online to the Arizona Corporation Commission(ACC): 

Use this link https://efiling.azcc.gov/online-services/utilities-public-comment-external

A form then comes up with the following items:

1. Fill in all of your pertinent information. If your neighborhood association has a separate email or PO Box, use that. If not, use your personal information.

2. Name of Company - Tucson Electric Power

3. Docket number: L-00000C-24-0118-00232

4. Mark if you are For, Against, or Neutral about the project.

5. Then, fill in the comments section.

You may want to reiterate the concerns you filed with the Line Siting Committee and let the ACC know how the overhead lines and massive pylons will be such a detriment to our city and what the negative effect will be on many neighborhoods, including ours.

North University is in the process of getting greatly needed improvements at the Helen and Mountain intersection, which should significantly increase safety in the area.

Prop 411 Safe Streets has approved funding for a project to install vertical "delineators" on Mountain Ave, upgrading the street to a fully protected bike lane between Helen and Ft. Lowell. Not only will this upgrade protect cyclists, but it should slow traffic on Mountain. 

There is no concept or schedule yet for the project, but the Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM) will share info, timeline, design, etc., over the coming months on this project. 

Jefferson Park has asked that we and neighborhoods along the route be updated as the design and the project moves along. Ben Elias, project manager, responded that we will be kept in the loop and that DTM is "...excited to make sure Mountain Ave is truly a Bicycle Priority Street and improve safety for everyone along the corridor."

(C. Nichols)

Drop off your donations at the Ward 6 office (3202 East 1st Street), between the hours of 9-1pm, Monday through Friday. They are not accepting clothing at this time. See the list of items being collected below: 

• Women’s new underpants (any style) size S, M, and L 
• New or gently used socks for men, women, and kids 
• Toiletries and female hygiene products  
• New or gently used men’s t-shirt size S and M, men’s pants size 26 to 32 
• New or gently used children’s tops and pants size 2 to 6 

Summer hours for the Zoo are 8 a.m.-2 p.m., through Sept. 30.

For more information about the Zoo, including special events, click:

Reid Park Zoo

How to recycle just about anything. Tucson Clean and Beautiful website gives sites and information on everything from batteries to bulbs

U OF A ALERT SYSTEM U of A Alerts, the University’s emergency alert system, sign up at: https://cirt.arizona.edu/sign-ualert

Dorm Move In:

The start of the Fall semester at U of A is Monday, Aug 26, which means students will be moving back into the dorms and off-campus housing, Tuesday, Aug. 20-Saturday, Aug. 24. Please be aware of increased traffic and congestion.

UArizona Neighborhood Hotline

If at any point your peace is disturbed, report neighborhood loud party/unruly gathering complaints to 911. You may also call the UArizona Neighborhood Hotline at 520-282-3649. A team from the University’s Community Relations office and TPD’s Red Tag unit can visit problematic properties to educate students about the City’s Unruly Gathering Ordinance and Uof A’s consequences for violation of the Student Code of Conduct.

(Karen L Sanson, Office of Government & Community Relations)

New Rule:

Just take out any remaining pizza and discard box in Blue Bin. "Easy peezy" or is that "Easy Pizza"

Tucson's Environmental and General Services Department is holding hazardous waste collection events, allowing residents to drop off hazardous waste, electronic waste, and paper documents for shredding at no charge. 

The events will be held every second Saturday, 8 am to noon, throughout the year at various locations.

Acceptable waste: Automotive fluids, engine oil filters, rechargeable batteries, lithium batteries, cleaning products, drain openers, cooking oil, fluorescent lamps and bulbs, wet paint products, solvents, hobby chemicals, pesticides, lawn products, pool chemicals, propane cylinders, computer equipment, printer cartridges, and other items labeled as acid, flammable, caustic, poison, caution, toxic or danger.

The City asks you NOT to bring: Business or commercial waste, commercial gas cylinders, explosives, ammunition, infectious or radioactive waste, dried paint, alkaline batteries, televisions, or medical waste such as syringes or old medications.

Please note: Hi Corbett is no longer an HHW Collection site but the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union building at 750 S. Tucson is the new alternative.

DTM will assist residents concerned with flooding by offering free self-serve sandbags in the east parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, 700 S. Randolph Way, at Reid Park.

This location will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sand and sandbags will be provided by DTM staff, and residents should bring their own shovel. To accommodate as many residents as possible with sandbags, there is a limit of 10 sandbags per vehicle.

For a list of the Fall pool schedules, from September 1 to November 10, check out:  https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation/Pools-and-Splash-Pads

All City of Tucson pools are free!

FREE Water Conservation Kit for residents of Tucson. A simple form needs to be completed on their website at https://www.eeexchange.org/twconserve.

Request a Kit

ByFusion, the company that uses recycled plastics to create construction blocks, will soon be breaking ground for a plant in Tucson. In the meantime, please be patient and work with Environmental Services. The City IS recycling the plastic you save!

As of July 1, residents must use the orange Hefty ReNew bag to drop off materials. Starter kits of Hefty Renew bags are available at Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 during office hours. Residents can also purchase the Hefty ReNew orange bags at their local Walmart or Fry’s. Residents in participating areas can request a free Hefty ReNew starter kit at https://bit.ly/HeftyStarterKit

Each orange bag features a list of hard to recycle items that can be collected in the bag for recycling. Fill the bag with those items and when it’s full, tie it up tightly and bring the bag to a participating orange roll-off location.

https://bit.ly/OrangeBinLocations

https://bit.ly/AcceptedMaterials

Drop Off Locations

• Ward 2 Office, 7820 E. Broadway
• Ward 4 Office, 8123 E. Poinciana Drive
• Ward 5 Office, 4300 S Park Ave
• Ward 6 Office, 3202 E. 1st Street
• Fire Station 15, 1925 S. San Antonio Drive

Blue Bin Plastic bottles, jugs, and food containers labeled # 1, 2, and 5 

Orange Recycling at Ward Offices: What numbers go there? https://www.hefty.com/products/hefty-renew/hefty-renew-accepted-items

Prevent food contamination by wiping out or rinsing plastic ziplocks, utensils, food containers/bags/wrappers, etc so they are clean. Leaving the bagels in the plastic bag when you throw the bag in the recycling is not cool.

The flight pattern to the helipad is from the south. Banner records all non-compliant flights, whether filed online or called in. This data educates pilots and helicopter companies. Put the number in your phone and report fly-overs. It is quick and easy.

Call BUMC Security: 520-694-6533, or

Report online: https://forms.office.com/r/ED7gg3Lszu

MONTHLY REPORT OF FLIGHTS AND NON-COMPLIANT* FLIGHTS

January - total flights = 137; 46 non-compliant arrivals, 32 non-compliant departures

13 neighborhood reports 28.5% of flights in/out were non-compliant

February total flights = 107; 27 non-compliant arrivals, 28 non-compliant departures

5 neighborhood reports 25.7% of flights in/out were non-compliant

March total flights = 106; 24 non-compliant arrivals, 27 non-compliant departures

8 neighborhood reports 24% of flights in/out were non-compliant

April total flights = 144; 50 non-compliant arrivals, 36 non-compliant departures

8 neighborhood reports; 34.7% of arrivals were non-compliant: 30% of flights in/out were non-compliant

May total flights = 148; 50 non-compliant arrivals, 20 non-compliant departures, 14 neighborhood reports; 33.7% of arrivals were non-compliant; Total in/out flights 23.6% non-compliant

June total flights = 128; 33 non-compliant arrivals, 30 non-compliant departures,7 neighborhood calls, 25.7% of arrivals were non-compliant, 24.6% of flights in/out were non-compliant

July total flights = 101; 31 non-compliant arrivals, 27 non-compliant departures, 4 neighborhood calls, 30.6% of arrivals were non-compliant

*non-compliant with the "Fly-Friendly" agreement with Jefferson Park

Next meeting: November 12, 2024 1-2pm, Santa Rita Conference Room. 

Banner schedules periodic meetings with the neighbors to discuss helicopter activity:

Tue 11/12/2024 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

BUMCT Santa Rita - Conference Room Floor 2 Room#2455 

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device  

Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 293 633 864 047  Passcode: Lr5CMY

Jefferson Park: Report any homeless encampments immediately to:

https://reportencampments.tucsonaz.gov/  

To report an encampment by phone, please call the City of Tucson Resource Line: (520) 791-2540

For Services & Resources for the Homeless:

Call: 520-791-2540

911 remains your contact for any police related concerns :

• Suspicious activity/persons
• Any thefts
• Any shots fired
• Car theft/damage
• Domestic violence
• Medical assistance
• Fire
• Loud Parties/underage alcohol/dangerous behavior

What do I report to 311?: Use it to report any variety of housekeeping concerns. These include potholes, broken play equipment in your pocket park, if your trash pick-up didn’t happen as scheduled, water bill questions, damaged bus stops, parks and streets, debris, illegal dumping, litter, overgrown vegetation and trees, and any other city function that is not an emergency.

There’s also a 311 portal on the City of Tucson website. Use this link to find that: Tucson 311 Service Request Portal and download links 

ABOVE: Little Free Library - Vine and Lester

BELOW: Ramada and parklet honoring the UA Polo Team - north end of Warren

RIGHT: Seed Library - Vine and Waverly

BELOW: Park/ Grant Monument Sign declares JP is an Historic District

Hit the blue button to access the paving image and an explanation regarding the timing, etc.

Emergency preparedness is the responsibility of every resident in the City of Tucson,

Make a Plan

Build a Kit

Sign up for Pima County "My Alerts" to receive emergency notifications

Information about preparedness from Ready.gov

Sign Up for Tucson's Climate Action Report!   

You can use this link to subscribe to the Climate Action Report through the City Manager's Office:

https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZTUCSON/subscriber/new

TPD RESOURCES for JEFFERSON PARK

Westside Police Service Center, 1310 W Miracle Mile, 520-791-4467

TPD OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO JP​

CRO Karla Rubio-Corral #105100

Work: 520-330-9877

Email:Karla.Rubiocorral@tucsonaz.gov

SGT. Matthew Alexander #43116

Email: Matthew.Alexander@tucsonaz.gov

For sharing photos of concerns or to report suspicious activity that is ongoing, contact: Karla.RubioCorral@TucsonAZ.gov

or

CRO Kirsten Hinthorn #101777

Work:(520) 400-1404

Email: Kirsten.Hinthorn@tucsonaz.gov

Jefferson Park has a committee that works with Tucson Planning and Development to assure that work is appropriately permitted and changes stay within the scope of Jefferson Park's Neighborhood Preservation Zone.

E-mail the address and your questions to jpnalanduse@gmail.com

NEED A PERMIT? PDSD launched a Permit Dashboard in November 2023. The interactive dashboard provides insight into the permitting process. Users will be able to gain an understanding of review times, allowing staff and customers to pinpoint areas of improvement or excellence. Since the launch, PDSD has consistently met target review times more than 90% of the time.

Ward III is accepting furniture, cooking supplies, etc.—anything that might help someone set up a house. Drop items off at the Ward III office, 1510 E Grant (corner of Grant and Vine). Is the item too big? Give Ward III a call for pickup at (520) 791-4711; they will come, pick it up, and take it to the Wildcat House, where it will help folks who are just getting into housing.

Ward III also has "Slow Down" signs - FOR FREE!

Roaches getting too friendly? Report them!

Roach Control Hotline

Automated line, please provide requested information and staff will return the call

(520) 724-3401

Reporting Roach Activity | Pima County, AZ

https://www.pima.gov/1941/Reporting-Roach-Activity

GRAFFITI

• Report by Phone: (520) 792-CITY (2489).
• Graffiti on bus stops report to Sun Tran customer service at (520) 792-9222.

Give information: Address/cross streets of the graffiti. Graffiti removed only within City limits.

For graffiti, potholes,etc:

SeeClickFix Online

View SeeClickFix Tutorial Video

HELP END DANGEROUS ILLEGAL GATHERINGS

REPORT any time of day, any number of people, if unruly.

1) Loud party calls should go to 911.

2) Additionally, if student-related, contact the UA Neighborhood Hotline to report concerns at 520-282-3649.

3) Loud music/noise calls may be reported online: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/apps/crime-reporting/

STATS: 2024 Jan-0 loud party, 0 red tags; February - 0 loud party, 0 red tags; March -1 loud party, 0 red tags; April-3 loud party, 0 red tags; May- 2 loud party, 1 red tag; June- 0 loud party, 0 red tags; July - 0 loud party, 0 red tags.

When to call? Get red tag info sheet - CLICK HERE

STUDENTS DISTURBING THE PEACE

If at any point your peace is disturbed, report neighborhood loud party/unruly gathering complaints to 911. You may also call the UA Neighborhood Hotline at 520-282-3649. A team from the University’s community relations office and TPD’s Red Tag Unit are available to visit problematic properties to educate students about the City’s Unruly Gathering Ordinance and the UA’s consequences for violation of the Student Code of Conduct.

“Neighborhood Watch—A Leader’s Guide To Getting Started” 

• Block Map 
• Neighborhood Watch Sign Application 
• Home Security Booklet 
• “Operation Identification” Information 

Jefferson Park is proud to feature local businesses that support our neighborhood. To place an ad in our E-news, contact jdchama@msn.com. We have 12-15 editions annually, reaching over 350 local residents. Cost of one business card sized image = $120/year

Many thanks to The Prime Leaf for the Grant/Euclid Monument sign

Thanks to North America Powder Coating for the sign stands and DTM traffic for the sign manufacture.

Many thanks to the family of Minette Burges for the Park/Grant monument sign

Thanks to our neighbor Carly Quinn, creator of the current two entrance signs and the coming additions. Watch for the new end panels to be installed soon to the Campbell entrance signs.

Thank you Carly. You have made the neighborhood's east side entrance quite lovely. Like her designs? Email: info@carlyquinndesigns.com Phone: (520) 624-4117

See a new neighbor? Alert the representative in your area to let them know to take by a welcome packet!

Every Area Rep would appreciate help distributing doorhangers or taking Welcome Packets to new residents. Contact them via email.

Need a recommendation for a handy-person or a business? Go to http://www.jeffersonpark.info/recommended-services.html

Would you like to recommend someone to your neighbors? Let Cricket know. cricket16@cox.net, 520-798-3602 - Help us keep the list accurate- report any retired/inactive numbers to Cricket.

Another newsletter chock full of information!

WARD VI, 520 -791-4601

Ward 6 newsletter:

 www.tucsonaz.gov/ward-6/news

District Five Contact Info: Adelita Grijalva

• Email: district5@pima.gov, Phone:724-8126
• Website: www.pima.gov/district5 or https://www.adelitasgrijalva.com/

Chief of Staff: Keith Bagwell, Keith.Bagwell@pima.gov, (520) 724-8723

Board of Supervisors Meetings:

www.facebook.com/pimacountyarizona/ Live meeting broadcast: http://pima.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3

Participate in the call to the public: Contact the Clerk of the Board’s Office at (520) 724-8449 Send in a written comment: email COBmail@pima.gov

jdchama@msn.com

cnichols17@cox.net

cricket16@cox.net