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Volume 3 Issue 8 Mesa, AZ

September 6, 2020

New supermarket chain to make EV debut

BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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he first of two discount-grocery stores proposed for Gilbert is set to open this fall, The first Aldi location is opening at 1801 Pecos Road in December, the company announced.

“We’re excited to welcome Aldi into our growing community and market,” former Mayor Jenn Daniels said. “Through their long history of success, we know they’ll become a successful part of the Gilbert business community.”

The no-frills German chain, popular in the Midwest, was approved for two stores in Gilbert back in 2018. The other location is at the southeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Desert Lane. The town referred questions regarding the status of that location to the company.

“We will be sure to let you know of future Arizona expansion plans and store locations, once available,” said Tom Cindel, Moreno Valley Group director of operations and logistics for ALDI when asked for the timeline for the Arizona Avenue location.

“Arizona is an exciting next step in our continued West Coast expansion after our success entering California in 2016,” he added. “We look at many factors in choosing new store locations, including proximity to our shoppers and ability to support a high daily traffic volume.

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located for our customers and the Arizona locations were a natural fit.”

Aldi is debuting three other Valley locations by the end of the year – Chandler, Peoria and Goodyear.

The four new stores will create a combined 90 new jobs. ALDI is currently hiring for these positions, ranging from store associates to store managers.

Those interested in applying can go to careers.aldi.us/PHOENIX. “This expansion is part of a multi-year growth plan that will make ALDI the third-largest grocery retailer by store count by the end of 2022,” Cindel said.

“This pandemic has reinforced how much consumers rely on us to provide the foods and items they want at the lowest possible prices. As an essential business, we take our commitment to serving communities very seriously, and opening new stores enables us to reach, serve and support new customers across the country.”

Aldi, whose corporate office is in Batavia, Illinois, operates over 2,000 stores across 36 states.

While most businesses are taking a economic hit during COVID-19, grocery stores are thriving during the pandemic as more people are cooking at home.

Doing especially well during this time are private or store-brand products.

In all U.S. retail outlets, private brands increased 14.6 percent in dollar volume and 12.8 percent in unit volume, just (USPS 004-616) is published weekly

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ahead of national brands for a total dollar sales of store brands for the first quarter reaching $38.4 billion and units reaching 13.2 billion, according to a Nielsen report in April.

Ninety percent of Aldi’s shelves are stocked with its own exclusive brand with a limited selection of national brands. The company states shoppers can save up to 50 percent on their grocery bills by shopping at Aldi.

Aldi brands are made by many of the country’s leading food producers and meet or exceed the quality of national name brands, according to the company.

Other ways Aldi keeps cost low is keeping staff to a minimum and no free bags for customers – they can bring their own or buy a reusable bag at checkout.

And customers who want to use a shopping cart must first deposit a quarter, which they get back when they return the cart. The cart-rental system means Aldi doesn’t have to hire someone to police the carts, passing along the savings to customers. Additionally, with the system there are no stray carts littering the parking lot or causing dents to cars.

Besides produce, Aldi also sells items such as bed sheets, small kitchen appliances, patio furniture and clothing.

Kanta, a data, insights and consulting company, ranked Aldi No. 7 on a list of top 50 global retailers for 2019.  Subscriptions are $26 for 2 years, $14 for one year.

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Visit Mesa is using this yoga pose to advertise the "Relaxation Retreat" segment of its new tourism campaign, aimed at locals who want to get out without flying. (Visit Mesa)

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he city’s tourism arm is promoting three themed “Escape to Mesa” vacation packages to help breathe life into the struggling hospitality industry and the city’s economy generally.

Visit Mesa last week launched the “Weekend Warrior,” “Family Fun” and “Relaxation Retreat” retreat packages with $150 in incentives to guests who book at least two nights in a Mesa hotel through Dec. 15.

Those incentives include a $50 gift card to a local participating restaurant and a $100 gift card good at a Mesa “experience, attraction or service.”

Not all the experiences are in Mesa, particularly where the “Weekend Warrior” package is concerned. Many involve riverbased adventures at places like Saguaro Lake and the Verde River.

The “Family Fun” package stays closer to home with a number of the billings, such as the Escape Rooms Mesa at 86 W. University Drive, which calls itself the world’s largest set of escape rooms. The “Relax-

ation retreat features more than a dozen yoga studios, hair and nail salons and spas in the city.

“A lot of locals don't ever see the advertising Visit Mesa does,” said Jaye O'Donnell. city assistant economic development director, adding much of its work is geared to out-of-state residents.

"It meets the needs of the current traveler's state of mind, the people who want to escape but don't want to get on a plane.

They don't want to drive too far."

“Visit Mesa has redirected much of its tourism marketing efforts in the last six months to help support the local community and has established numerous resource campaigns online for Mesa businesses,” the agency said in a release, adding: “The Escape to Mesa packages were developed to help stimulate Mesa’s economy as the state safely begins to reopen, while increasing awareness of Mesa’s hotel industry being ready for visitors in the fall and winter months.”

Visit Mesa President/CEO Marc Garcia

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said, “Our hotels are ready to welcome visitors back to Mesa. Safety measures are in place and updated daily to ensure our guest’s comfort level is taken into consideration at every turn.”

Call Escape to Mesa “our most ambitious campaign in years,” he added, “we are targeting locals and ultimately all Arizonans and inviting them to discover the rich destination that lies right outside their doorstep.”

According to Longwoods International, Mesa attracts 4.5 million visitors a year and visitor spending reached record levels last year with $486 million spent on both day-trip visits and overnight stays.

To qualify for the promotion, visitors must register online and connect with Visit Mesa’s concierge staff who will verify if their hotel stay qualifies for the promotion and identify participating businesses for the $150 incentive.

Stays at Airbnb and other short-term private rentals don’t qualify for the incentives. 

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Public Notice AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to construct a 35-foot overall height small cell telecommunications support structure at 273 W Buffalo St., Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona (N33° 18’ 16.2”; W111°50’ 40.4”). AT&T Mobility, LLC invites comments from any interested party on the impact the pro-posed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under National Historic Preservation Act Section 106. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Megan Gomez, 1375 Union Hill Indus-trial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@eca-usa. com. Ms. Gomez can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 405 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice. W2982/HMF

Public Notice CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following: ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SERVICES The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide design services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Transportation Engineering 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).

Utility subsurface locating and potholing services to support ongoing design and construc-tion efforts for Capital Improvement Projects throughout the City. The consultant will be responsible for identifying utility attributes such as size, material type, age, condition, owner-ship, and number of conduits while determining the accuracy of both the horizontal and vertical locations of the top and bottom of the utility while being referenced to an approved City of Mesa project survey datum. Collection of data will follow the guidelines outlined in CI/ ASCE 38-02 “Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data” or its updated version. Collected data will seek to obtain quality information which includes outside diameter, configuration of utilities, material composition, elevations, photos, paving thickness and type, and general soils conditions, and another pertinent information as is reasonably ascertainable from each test hole site. This data will be formatted and provided to the City and stamped by a registered

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. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http:// mesaaz.gov/business/engineer-ing/ architectural-engineering-designopportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter that contains current company/firm contact information including a valid phone number and email address, 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 in an unencrypted PDF format to EngineeringRFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2:00PM on Thursday, September 17, 2020.

Maximum file size shall not exceed 20MB. SOQ’s that are unable to be opened by City staff will not be considered for award. Submitters may request a single opportunity to verify that a test email and attachment are received and can be opened by City staff. Test emails must be sent to Engineering-RFQ@ mesaaz.gov. 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 and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/ business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Michele Davila of the Engineering Department at Michele.Davila@mesaaz.gov BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Aug. 30, Sept 6, 302020 / 32803

professional seal (surveyor or engineer) as an elec-tronic excel spreadsheet (Exhibit A of the RFQ) for incorporation into the maintained GIS database of potholing data, to be managed by the City of Mesa.

The intent of this investigation is to reduce as much as possible the risks associated with unknown or mis-located utilities. The result of this design service and product, when done correctly, can significantly reduce construction cost, improve construction schedules, minimize utility services disruptions, and reduce contractor’s claims inherent to work around existing underground utilities.

PLANNED ENGINEERING SERVICES The professional engineering services, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) includes, but not limited to: • Performing “designating” services to locate and identify the horizontal position of subsurface utilities, dependent upon project needs; • Performing “locating” services to obtain utility’s precise vertical and horizontal position utilizing minimally intrusive excavation method, when possible; • Performing “data management” services to accurately manage and incorporate survey data and CADD mapping capabilities providing efficient, timely, cost controlled and quality as-sured product; • Providing a written report for each “locating” excavation test hole sealed by a professional registered civil engineer. The report will identify the horizontal and vertical surveyed locations, grade elevations relative to the project basis of elevation, stations and offsets relative to project survey control line, and the sizes, types, and a description of all the utility line encountered.

• Providing deliverables format to clear and distinguish quality levels (ASCE 38-02); Providing all necessary permits and traffic protection provisions to enter public right-of-way and/or private property from the applicable jurisdiction; • Providing full job site permanent restoration to match existing surface per Mesa standard detail requirements; Accepting full responsibility for the job site during all phases of the SUE investigation services • Subsurface Utility Coordination; From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Transportation Engineering Services. This category is further defined below: A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

Contact with City Employees.

All firms interest-ed in this RFQ (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect con-tact 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, assure

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of Dissolution of Marriage in said cause within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication, (as specified in Rule 1-004(K) NMRA 2016), a default order will be entered against you for all relief prayed for in the Petition. Name and address of Petitioner’s Attorney: William E. Hoskovec, 6121 Indian School Rd. NE, Suite 203, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110, (505) 247-1726.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: CORTEZ & HOSKOVEC, LLC /s/ William E. Hoskovec WILLIAM E. HOSKOVEC Attorney for Petitioner 6121 Indian School Rd. NE, Suite 203 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 (505) 247-1726 Published: East Valley Tribune/Mesa Tribune, Sept 6, 13, 20, 2020 / 33034

Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under-signed intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien.

The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after September 18, 2020 at 9:00am using an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at US 60 Self Storage, 1661 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 102, Mesa, AZ 85210. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit # Marissa Hogan 236 Robert Davis 309 Stacy Koury 417 Clyde Baker 433 Maria Martin 501 Nathaniel Crary 519 Ryan Bowden 616 David Fergueson 736 Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit. Go to www.storagetreasures.com to bid on unit(s).

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Public Notice STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Case No.: D-202DM-2020-1663 ANTHONY PATINO, Petitioner, v. SUNDY PATINO, Respondent. NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION To Respondent, Sundy Patino: GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that Petitioner, Anthony Patino, through his attorney of record, William E. Hoskovec of Cortez & Hoskovec, LLC, has filed a Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marriage on July 9, 2020 in the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico, seeking a Dissolution of Marriage.

Unless you enter your appearance and/or respond to the Petitioner

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