East Valley Business - 12.01.19

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Volume 2 Issue 19 Mesa, AZ

December 1, 2019

Partnership to honor 2 Mesa �irms at economic forum TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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wo Mesa families who not only built successful businesses but also have been praised for their enormous contributions to the city and the region will be honored Tuesday during the PHX East Valley Partnership’s PHX East Valley Thought Leader Forum.

The Berge family, founders of Berge Ford, and Whiteman family, which founded Empire Southwest, will be honored with the partnership’s 2019 Corporate Legacy awards.

The forum, 3:30-6 p.m. Dec. 3 at Mesa Arts Center, will also host Arizona State University President Michael Crow and a presentation titled “The New Workforce: How Automation and Other Advancements are Revolutionizing the Way We Work and Do Business.”

The latter presentation by a panel of experts will explore changing dynamics in business and predictions and trends on which jobs will stay and which will go. Crow will kick that off with the keynote address.

“Our region’s diverse economy is demanding that we look at things differently and recruit professionals with expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, automation and the Internet of Things,” said Denny Barney, partnership president and CEO. “Our changing business environment also is creating opportunities to retrain and redeploy employees in jobs where they are needed the most,” he added.

Tickets are $75 for East Valley Partnership members and $85 for non-members.

Register at evp-az.org.

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and Whiteman families, Barney said, both were “generations and that “their visionary leaders not only help drive our economy, but improve our quality of life, too.”

Empire Southwest is a family-owned business that the late Jack Whiteman founded in 1950 as Empire Machinery, an Eastern Oregon Caterpillar and John Deere dealership.

When Whiteman was awarded Caterpillar’s Arizona territory in 1959, the company relocated and began building partnerships with Arizona’s construction and mining industries that endure today.

John O. Whiteman succeeded his father as CEO in the mid-1990s and focused Empire on customer service while encouraging employees to be involved in the community.

Third-generation CEO Jeffrey S. Whiteman took over in 2002 and further built the

company and its community commitment.

It also formed an alliance with Sitech Southwest, expanded the company’s focus on agriculture, launched a truck and trailer division and created a renewable energy group.

The company has more than 2,000 employees in a territory that includes Arizona and southeastern California.

Empire Southwest donates at least 2 percent of its pre-tax profits to childrenrelated initiatives. The Whitemans also have a history of championing causes such as early childhood education, health care and homelessness, and protections against human trafficking.

The family was one of the initial founders and contributors to Mesa’s i.d.e.a. Museum, which supports early learning, creative

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Pot shop’s bouquets can keep bride high on love If the dispensary doesn’t have a certain strain the happy couple want, it can be grown if Mesa medical marijuana dispen- they give the dispensary suffisary is allowing brides to create cient notice. original and unique bouquets The plant can come in purwith leaves from cannabis plants. ple, green, red, yellow or any GreenPharms owner Marie Parades Sa- mixture of those colors, acloum said she got the idea for the “can- cording to Tyler Fuduloff, nabouquets” when she was tending to its the grow manager at Greenmarijuana garden.

Pharms.

She noticed the beautiful, untrimmed Patients can tell Greenleaves on the plants that the public Pharms the color scheme they doesn’t frequently have the see with the are hoping for, and Fudulfinished product. off will research strains that The leaves around the flower are com- would best fit. monly trimmed off before packaging and The aroma of the plant can she thought they could complement flo- be utilized to enhance the boural bouquets. quet, as well.

Saloum said the cannabis flower gives According to Fuduloff, the bouquets a “pop that’s different than you scent of cannabis can have hints see every other place.” of strawberry, cherry or grape.

The creations can be customized to the Customers can also choose bride or groom’s desire. whether they want to include Patients can choose to have the canna- the whole flower, which inbis be the focal point of the bouquet or to cludes the bud that is what have it mixed with other flowers. gets smoked, or just the leaves. The wedding bouquets that GreenPharms puts together can come GreenPharms will work with customWhile customers won’t be with the whole marijuana plant, leaves and all or just the leaves. ers to go over all of the options for the able to choose a specific color (Special to the Tribune) strain, color and aroma of the cannabis. for the leaves, the leaves give cannabouquets accessible for any size According to Saloum, the cannabou- off a much milder scent than wedding. quets are something that need to be the entire plant will.

In addition to wedding bouquets, paplanned in advance to give the patient Patients can only possess two-andtients can purchase these medical armore options. one-half ounces of cannabis at a time, rangements for any holiday or event. according to the Arizona DepartPreviously, GreenPharms made Valenment of Health Services. However, tine’s Day bouquets which featured a strain purchasing only the leaves will not with a pink hue, according to Saloum. be counted against a patient’s allot“Normally after an event you have ment, said Fuduloff. flowers,” said Saloum.

“With this one, you When it comes to the choosing the actually invested into your medication. rest of the flowers for the bouquet, GreenPharms has in-house florists You can’t smoke a rose.”

At the time of the event or holiday, the that will work with patients. cannabis will still be a live plant and will If the bride has her own florist, need time to dry before it can be used.

GreenPharms will prepare the canThe bouquets or arrangements come with nabis and deliver them to the bride’s cure instructions that detail how to prepare florist. the cannabis for use after the event.

According to Saloum, these bouFuduloff said the bouquets end the quets can be ordered online or in stigma of cannabis by mixing it in with GreenPharms’s Mesa store, near the flowers.

U.S. 60 and Clearview Avenue.

“We’re trying to break that whole cycle Customers need a medical card there and make it a comfortable thing to purchase, and GreenPharms will that everybody is okay with,” said FuduGreenPharms makes floral arrangements for all kinds of work with every budget to make its loff. occasions. (Special to the Tribune)

BY DEVAN SAUER Tribune Staff Writer

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thinking and family engagement through art exhibitions and STEAM activities.

Berge Ford, which earlier this year was bought by Larry H. Miller Ford Mesa, also championed giving back.

It was founded by C.M. “Shorty” Berge more than 75 years ago and grew into one of Ford’s top 100 dealerships nationwide under his son, Craig Berge.

Craig, who died two years ago, joined the business in 1962 after earning an MBA and becoming a registered engineer for five years with Airesearch Manufacturing Corp.

Craig ran multiple businesses in multiple states, including construction, land development, farming and cattle feeding

Public Notice CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA McDowell Rd Underpass Repair McDowell Rd Between Higley and Greenfield PROJECT NO. CP0776 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, December 19, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Correction of eroding crib wall on the north and south side of McDowell Rd. between Greenfield Rd. and Higley Rd. Repair will consist of cleaning debris out of the voids and back filling with shotcrete, installation of a channels on top of the crib walls to convey water away from the walls.

The crib walls will be finished with a smooth troweled finish.

The Engineer’s Estimate range is $1,200,000 to $1,500,000.

For all technical, contract, bidrelated, or other questions, please contact Stephanie Gishey at stephanie.gishey@mesaaz.gov.

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

operations.

“There were many facets to his business life,” his obituary stated.

As a businessman, Craig became heavily involved in activities and charities in Arizona, including at the University of Arizona, which honored him in 2002 with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

He was active as the Mesa Planning and Zoning Chairman, the city Traffic Safety Committee, Chamber of Commerce, East Valley Partnership, Roosevelt Water Conservation District and Mesa Hohokams.

Under his leadership, Berge Ford adopted a mission statement that declared what “things we believe in and the way we conduct business: We will not do anything illegal, immoral, or unethical; your

The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/ pur-chasing/vendor-self-service).

The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 2019 / 26149

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 above.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.earc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_Main. asp?mem=29. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans.

NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bid-ding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $22.00, which is non-refundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c.

If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.”

Work shall be completed within 160 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

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attitude determines your altitude; and #1 Priority- Identify and satisfy the needs of our customers.”

At the time the family was looking to sell the dealership, Berge Ford President Nancy Berge said they were looking for a buyer whose “values and culture matched with our own.

The PHX East Valley Partnership was created in 1982 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of civic, business, education and political leaders dedicated to the economic development and promotion of the East Valley cities, towns and Native American communities.

The Partnership advocates in economic development, education, transportation and infrastructure, health care and other areas.

Public Notice AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY Capital Projects AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ON 2019 (3) HOMES CONSTRUCTION

The Ak-Chin Indian Community (hereafter called the “Owner”) invites all General Contractors to submit proposals on a Construction Contract. These misc. projects for Construction consist of the following; 44815 Vincent Ave. 46968 Farrell Rd. 47187 Farrell Rd. A MANDATORY Pre-Proposal Meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

(MST) on December 10th, 2019 at Ak-Chin Capital Projects Conference Room located at 47510 W. Farrell

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Road, Maricopa, AZ 85139. This meeting is considered mandatory, and in this meeting the project scope will be discussed. If you do not attend this pre-proposal meeting your proposal will NOT be accepted.

Deadline for any questions regarding this project will be 2:00 p.m. (MST) on December 17th, 2019. Proposal questions should be directed to Flora Howerton at FHowerton@ak-chin.nsn.us. Also, Cc: Project Manager, Casey Turgeon at cturgeon@ak-chin.nsn.us.

The Owner will receive Proposals until 2:00 p.m. (MST) on January 7th, 2019 at the Tribal Purchasing Department located at 42507 West Peters & Nall Road Maricopa, Arizona 85138. Proposals received after the specified date and time will be rejected and returned unopened.

This invitation is unrestricted; however, preference will be given to Indian Organizations and Indian Owned Enterprises in accordance to the Community Procurement Procedure. Request for Proposals (“RFP”) instruction/information package and related information may be obtained from the Ak-Chin Indian Community Purchasing Office, 42507 West Peters & Nall Road, Maricopa, Arizona 85138, and may be requested by electronic mail at FHowerton@ak-chin. nsn.us.

The Owner reserves the right to reject, any and all pre-proposal.

However, the Ak-Chin Indian Community at its discretion may postpone said action for such time as the Tribal Council may designate, as the interest of the Community may require.

No proposals shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the opening of Proposals without consent of the Owner.

The Selected Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining building permits from Pinal County, ensure that all design meets the requirements of the Community’s Planning and Zoning Ordinance, AkChin Fire Department, Utility Entities, Building Codes as well as applicable County, State and Federal Agencies.

All design is to be done to MAG, Ak-Chin standards, BIA and IHS standards.

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