East Valley Business - 01.16.2022

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Volume 4 Issue 27 Mesa, AZ

January 16, 2021

Zabdi and Kyle Hess have opened The Sugar Bar at Warner and McQueen roads in Chandler. It’s Arizona’s first bar and candy store. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

State’s �irst candyland-bar opens in Chandler

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IN THE BIZ

abdi Hess said it wasn’t hard coming up with the inspiration for a new kind of tap room. She and her husband Kyle have a three-year-old child.

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“We wanted something different,” Zabdi said. “There’s lots of tap rooms in the area, but we wanted to stand out, and offer different pairings with candy and beer.”

So that’s how she came up with the idea to open The Sugar Bar at Warner and McQueen roads in Chandler. It’s Ari(USPS 004-616) is published weekly

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zona’s first bar and candy store.

It’s a family-friendly place where a couple can bring their children. While they are sampling craft beers, the kids can eat candy or select one of the board games to play.

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not much in terms of craft beer availability,” Kyle said. “We did our demographic research too, and around here there’s a ton of that 30-to-45 year range, … one or two kids, so that family demographic that we’re looking for.”

The Sugar Bar opened in early December and Kyle said they’ve been very happy with the turnout.

“It’s been awesome man,” Kyle said.

“We’ve been busy pretty much every day. Mondays and Tuesdays are a little slower, per the usual, but every weekend is busy.”

Before opening their combination bar and candy shop, Kyle worked in digital marketing and Zabdi was a teacher.

They admit changing fields during a pandemic and with a young child was a challenge.

“It was definitely a risk, for sure,” Kyle said. “But we felt confident enough in a lot of the research we had done, and the overall market for it.”

They began forming the company at the start of 2021, when hopes were high that the vaccine would soon allow people to socialize again. By summer they had selected the location and began getting their shop ready to open.

And just a few weeks after the Dec. 2 opening, COVID cases are hitting record highs as the Omicron variant spread.

“Everything was looking like it would be OK,” Kyle said. “Obviously, that’s taken a weird turn.”

Patrons can bring their own food to The Sugar Bar. That’s because the food options inside are limited, mostly to the candy, some popcorn and maybe nachos on the weekends.

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The family-friendly Sugar Bar is a place where adults can bring their kids to eat candy or play games while they enjoy some craft beers. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) Finding beers that pair with candies is part of the fun.

“There are a lot of new beers that pair really well with candies,” Kyle said. “Obviously our dark beers pair really well with chocolate, we have a lot of sour beers that pair well with our gummies and sour candies.”

Above all, however, was Kyle and Zabdi wanted a place for families.

“We wanted it to be a place where people could take their kids too,” Kyle said.

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The Sugar Bar 960 East Warner Road #6 Chandler, AZ 85225 (480) 572-0804 kyle@thesugarbar.co

building. This project is federally funded through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the State of Arizona Department of Housing and the City of Surprise. Federal labor standards, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, and Equal Employment Opportunity regulations of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 for Employment and Contracting Opportunities will apply to the project. Small, minority and/ or women owned businesses are encouraged to submit proposals.

Sealed Proposals will be received until 1:00PM Arizona Time, on

Public Notice INVITATION FOR PROPOSALS FOR DESIGN BUILD SERVICES: West Valley Housing Support Center, 12785 W. GRAND AVENUE, Surprise, ARIZONA 85374. A New Leaf, Inc. will receive proposals for the design build renovation of a 5,640 square foot apartment

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“We have a three-year-old, and he goes with us everywhere. It’s nice to find a place that’s kid friendly.”

Information: thesugarbar.co

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Thursday, February 17, 2022 at A New Leaf, 868 E University Drive, Mesa, Arizona 85203. Proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud at 1:15 PM on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at A New Leaf conference room, 868 E. University Drive, Mesa Arizona 85203. Proposal documents, including previous building plans for the proposed work and the Request for Proposals may be obtained electronically.

Contact Keon Montgomery, Director of Real Estate at : kmontgomery@ turnanewleaf.org, Tel 480-7333063, ext. 4311. All proposals must be a fixed firm price. A New Leaf,

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Inc., reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. A Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00AM Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at the project site, 12785 W. GRAND AVENUE, Surprise, ARIZONA 85374, at which time the Client will be available to answer questions. Pro-posers are required to attend. Unless provided in writing, verbal authorizations or acknowledgments by anyone present will not be binding.

Public Notice ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROPOSED STUDY RESULTS FOR THE MESA ZONE D PHASE 1 FLOODPLAIN DELINEATION STUDY WITHIN THE CITY OF MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ The Flood Control District (FCD) of Maricopa County has conducted a floodplain delineation study (FDS) for the previously unstudied Zone D area within the City of Mesa. The FCD conducts floodplain delineation studies to identify and refine areas that are subject to flooding by a 100-year flood.

These floods have a 1% chance of occurring in any given year. The FCD also proposes to establish areas subject to a 500-year flood.

These floods have a 0.2% chance of occurring in any given year.

The Zone D area is approximately 10.2 square miles and roughly bounded by Meridian Road to the east, Baseline Road to the north, Ellsworth Road to the west, and Ray Road to the south.

Phase 1 studied the portion north of Elliot Road, approximately 4.1 square miles.

As a result of this revision, this study proposes to establish Zone AE and Zone AO 100year floodplains and Base Flood Elevations (BFE’s), and Shaded-X Zone 500-year floodplains along several water-courses and within several Regional Detention Basins.

Specifically, these floodplains and BFE’s are pro-posed along Crismon Channel and Crismon Channel Breakouts #1 and #2 extending from the US 60 to Elliot Road; Eastridge Channel extending from Baseline Road to near Guadalupe Road; Sunland Springs Channel extending from Baseline Road to Signal Butte Road; Guadalupe Channel extending from Santa Rita Road to Crismon Road; Siphon Draw extending from Meridian Road to Elliot Road; and the Elliot Road Regional Detention Basins EA, WA, and WB located along the north side of Elliot Road between Signal Butte Road and Ellsworth Road. Remaining areas within the study that are not one of these watercourses or Basins, are proposed to become Unshaded-X Zones, which are not Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs).

Study Documentation is pending finalization. Once it is finalized, impacted property owners will be notified. In the interim, they can review information about the study and proposed floodplains on the FCD website: https://apps.fcd. maricopa.govfcdprojects/Details/71 The results will be used by the City of Mesa and the District to regulate development within the flood-plains. Technical documentation for the study will be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for updating FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps which are used to determine federal flood insurance requirements and rates.

Any relevant technical

information or comments can be sent to Richard Harris at 2801 W. Durango Street, Phoenix, AZ 85009 or Richard.Harris@maricopa.gov.

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address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding PPVF’s and resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation).

Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide one (1) electronic copy of the Statement of Qualifications in an unencrypted PDF format to Engineering-RFQ@ mesaaz.gov by February 10, 2022 at 2 pm. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications.

The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System ( h tt p : / / m e s a a z . g ov / bu s i n e s s / purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Job Order selection process or contract issues should be directed to Stephanie Gishey of the Engineering Department at stephanie.gishey@mesaaz.gov.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published in: East Valley Tribune January 16, 23, 2022/ 44002

Public Notice ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Job Order Contractor for the following: TRANSPORTATION JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROJECT NO. JOC-T22 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Contractor to provide Job Order Transportation Construction Services. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The following is a summary of the project.

The Transportation Job Order Contract will require a variety of tasks to be completed, including but not limited to roads, streets, sidewalks, curb and gutter, utilities located in transportation Right of Way (ROW), paving, striping, landscaping associated with roadway ROW, lighting, traffic signals, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and other work as deemed necessary.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on January 26, 2022 at 8:00 am through Microsoft Teams.

Parties interested in attending should request an invitation from Stephanie Gishey at stephanie. gishey@mesaaz.gov.

At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to at-tend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees.

All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, as-sure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City’s website at http:// mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/ construction-manager-at-risk-andjob-order-contracting-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to

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Public Notice CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Construction Manager at Risk for the following: PUBLIC SAFTEY CAMPUS MICROGRID 245 W 2ND STREET PROJECT NO. CP1032 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) to provide PreConstruction Services assistance and complete Construction Services as the CMAR for the City Of Mesa Public Safety Campus Microgrid Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The following is a summary of the project.

The City of Mesa will construct a new microgrid station at the Public Safety Campus (Microgrid.) The Microgrid will include the installation and commissioning of natural gas generators totaling approximately three (3) to four (4) megawatts (MW) in nominal capacity, 15 kilovolt (kV) switchgear, system protection relays, distribution source-transfer equipment, controls, communications equipment, modularized control room, transformers, ductbank, cabling and facility security. Site improvements include installation of a security wall, site grading, landscaping, and drain-age. The project includes off-site system upgrades to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA) as well as communication infra-structure, as needed to support the project.

The estimated construction cost is $8,000,000. The city anticipates completing construction by June 2023.

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A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on January 26, 2022 at 9:00 am through Microsoft Teams. If you would like to participate, please send an email to Stephanie Gishey (stephanie.gishey@mesaaz.gov) and request an invitation. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees.

All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City’s website at http:// mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/ construction-manager-at-risk-andjob-order-contracting-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding PPVF’s and resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation).

Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide one (1) electronic copy of the Statement of Qualifications in an unencrypted PDF format to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov by February 10, 2022 at 2 pm. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System ( h tt p : / / m e s a a z . g ov / bu s i n e s s / purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk selection process or contract issues should be directed to Stephanie Gishey of the Engineering Department at stephanie.gishey@ mesaaz.gov.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published in: East Valley Tribune January 16, 23, 2022/ 44009

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