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Click Here for Neighborhood Map Next Scheduled Board Meeting: There will not be a regular board meeting in August. The next meeting will be held September 16, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Himmel Park Library. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Board meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month, usually at Himmel Library. Look for minutes of recent meetings on the Minutes/Agendas page.
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July 2008
Cool Day at Himmel Park! by Lisa Button
Survey ResultsBy Frank
Soltys The "results" are in from the
four-neighborhood (Sam Hughes, Blenman-Elm, Palo Verde, and Miramonte) survey
re Himmel Park, the Himmel Park Library, and the adaptive reuse of the Water
"tower" at First and Tucson Blvd., and one thing is for sure: Sam
Hughes neighbors are very verbose. Data and comments
were received from
620 residences of the four neighborhoods that meet at the corner of Speedway
and Country Club and 341 of them, or 55%, came from our neighborhood, representing
a 17% Sam Hughes response rate. Perhaps it's no surprise that 71% of Sam
Hughes respondents want more trees in the park (one self-described 84 year-old
specified that the trees should be "fast growing")! Only 17%
want more multi-use fields, 84% of our neighbors have a library card, and a
mere 3% (nine respondents) do not feel safe a the Himmel Library. The
most popular use for the Water Tower is a Xeriscape garden (65%) and the least
popular would be a Tool Locker/Info Kiosk (20%). There appears to be
strong support for the restoration and adaptive reuse of the 85 year-old
neighborhood landmark. Representatives from the four neighborhoods will begin meeting to consider the data and comments and to develop recommendations for Himmel Park. If you want to be a part of that effort please email Frank Soltys at fsoltys@cox.net. Our neighborhood listserv, website, and newsletter will keep you updated. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Home Tour - 2009By Denice Blake The
popular Sam Hughes Home Tour is scheduled for Sunday, March 15, 2009 from noon
to 5:00 PM. It typically consists of homes, gardens, and places of
interest within our one square mile boundary. Qualification for being
considered: a property of any age (historical, new, remodeled) that
would be of interest to the general public. Ticket price is still just
$15 with funds going to support ongoing activities in this historic
neighborhood. For further information about the tour or to suggest
homes, gardens, or places of interest, contact Denice Blake 323-7891 or johnden43@hotmail.com. U of A Leads Mission to Mars The University of Arizona is the first public university to lead
a mission to Mars. The Phoenix Mars Mission landed on May
25, 2008. Events were held from 3:00 to 7:00 PM at Kuiper Space
Sciences Building, Sonett Space Sciences Building, and Flandrau UA Science
Center on the U of A Mall. For more information visit http://mars.arizona.edu
. Follow the Phoenix mission at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu
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Military Community Relations Committee by Carolyn Classen
By-laws were approved at the October 23rd meeting at the Randolph Golf Course Copper Room, 600 S. Alvernon Way. DMAFB commander Colonel Laughbaum spoke before the group at the meeting on November 28. For information see DM website: 335fw.cit@dm.af.mil (link to "Community Initiatives" on the right column, then to "MCRC" link). DM Contact is former Colonel Scott Hines at: 228-5060, or 335fw.cit@dm.af.mil. The 2006 MC3 report & recommendations can also be found on this website. DM public affairs phone numbers to call if you have a concern/complaint are: 228-3204 (days), 228-5091 (after hours). You can also call the City of Tucson Information Line at 792-2489. Carolyn Classen, SHNA Secretary and former Chair of the Zoning Committee has been appointed to be the board’s representative to the MCRC, with President John O’Dowd as the alternate. Questions: call Carolyn at 327-7609, pololu@hotmail.com , or John at 882-8222, JSO-office@flash.net. MCRC. Meetings are open to the public, so please attend to voice your concerns at the Call to the Audience, or to your SHNA representatives. Memo to Student Renters...and all the rest of us... Read all about it!
![]() PINES FLOAT OVER THE UA CAMPUS MALL By Frank Soltys Four large Aleppo Pines literally floated over the UA Mall on Saturday, May 5 of 2007. The move - to make room for the new intercollegiate athletics (ICA) basketball/volleyball practice facility now under construction - is said to be the second-largest tree removal by size of trees in U.S. history. The trees once graced a front yard or yards in the 700 block of North Martin Avenue before the University expanded East to Campbell Ave. in the 1960s. The trees weighed about 90,000 pounds each in 13-foot square containers, 5 1/2 feet deep, and Civano Nursery conducted the daylong move. Thanks to involvement by your neighborhood association, ICA, and the UA Campus Arboretum, the landmark pines were only moved about a dozen yards to preserve their historic and landscape properties and to form an entry plaza to the UA ICA offices. Updated project information can be found at: http://www.fdc.Arizona.edu. If all goes as planned, the trees will continue to provide shade for band practice and other activities and construction is scheduled to be completed by August 2008. There are more than 500 individual tree species on the UA campus, many of them the largest of their kind in Arizona. To check out these and other beautiful and unique plant specimens, go to the Arboretum web site: http://arboretum.arizona.edu for maps and more information. Reorganization of Sam Hughes Cares for Seniors Program... Read the whole story! Transit reimbursement for Sam Hughes Cares for Seniors
project
Since January 2007, Pima Council on Aging (through the Regional Transportation
Authority plan passed by voters in May, 2006) has been
reimbursing Neighbors Care Alliance volunteers for mileage at 48.5 cents per
mile. Mileage reimbursement has increased to 50.5 cents a mile in January
2008. These are volunteers helping transport seniors to medical/dental
appointments and other errands, including picking up food boxes. Our Sam
Hughes Cares for Seniors project has been providing such services and others
(grocery shopping, light housekeeping, dog walking) to Seniors in our
neighborhood since November 1, 2006. Starting a Neighborhood Watch on Your Block Click here for information on getting started.
Proposed Development of Former Don Mackey Site An elderly housing complex has been proposed for the city
owned site of the old Don Mackey dealership at Broadway and Plumer.
Architect Thomas M McQuillen
Who
is Sam Hughes? By
Frank Soltys
Land Use Code Changes Go to Zoning Info for news about possible changes in the Land Use Code.
Development at 6th and Campbell
National Historic District Designation (and what it means to you) Click here for useful information!
Arizona Archives
The Museum of the Arizona Historical Society is always seeking information and
materials for its archives. If you have materials that may be of interest to the museum, contact (520) 628-5774 or 617-1185.
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