2005 Fall Vol 36 Issue 2 Town Reporter Kiva Field Improvements Bay St Louis Hurrican Katrina

• t ow n o f p a r a di se va ll ey f a ll 2 0 05 -• - Kiva School Ath letic Field Improvement Project ....................................................................................................................................... In April of 20 0 5. th e Town Counc il form ed the Kiva Fi e ld Ta s k Force for th e purpose o f r esearch ing how to ren o va t e t h e athle ti c fi e ld located ar Kiva El e m e ntary S c hool, 69 11 Eas t M c Donald Drive . The Tas k Force mer w eekly fo r s ix weeks at Town H a ll and a ll the meetings we re open to the public. The Tas k Fo rce add r essed eac h a s pec t or athl eti c field re n ovati o n and r e ported its findings to the Town Counc il o n Ma y 26 , 2005 . Alt h o ugh Kiva El e mentar y Schoo l is lo cated in th e T o wn of Paradise Valley. i c is pare of t h e Scottsdale Unifi e d Schoo l Dis t ri ct. The Kiva lie ld is own e d b~1 th e Dis tri c t and is o fren u se d for s p o rtin g eve nts , s p ec ial events a nd o th e r r e c reati o nal a c tivities . Be caus e the field is located i n t h e T o wn , it docs not r ec ci vc fundin g for main tcnan ce from th e City o r S co ttsdal e as other school fick~s ch a r arc loc ated in th e c ity do. Ic is p o cked wi ch gophe r hol es and thorn y weed s Contents and is in d i re need o f re n ovation. lcs high -inte n s iq, li ghts a r e s ti ll s tandin g but are n o lo nger fun c ti o nal. In January 200-l, APS s hut off rhe powe r bec au se th ev were un safe to u se . I n t h e pa s t few 111 0 11 th s the T o wn has take n leade r s hip in developing a collabo rative plan t o r e n o vate the field. The re novation project h as r ece ived tre m e ndous s upport fro m th e Town, Ki va El e m e ntary S c hoo l. S cottsdal e Unifi e d S c h o ol Dis tri c t . Valley Pres b y t e rian Churc h. n e ighbo r s . s ports league r c p r cscntaLivcs . des ig n and building profe ss ion a ls , re g io nal bus in esse s . c ivic org ani zation s and o cher members o t the community. The K iva S c h o ol Fi e ld Ren o va ti o n and Improveme nt Project ha s b een divided into four phases . Phase s I and 2 will includ e rc nov;ni o n and s ite i 111 prove men c and che add i ci on o f n ew s porci n g eq uipm e nt and enhanced la nd sc apin g . Phase 3 incl u des the purchase and in stallation o f n e w spo rts lighting and Phase -l in c ludes th e con s truction o f a r es troom and s cor;i g e (;i c ility. The Town h as committed to completi ng Phase l of th e p roject and will Cund renovati o n and s ite improvements that inc lud es : · r emovi n g the inope r able li g hting sys tem · r e;ili g nin g rh (' fc n ,in g to make b e tter u se of th e availabl e land · making p e rimeter road improve - mcn t s b r adding new c urbing and s lu1T)' se al for the road that borders the field to the south · ins t a lling a nd refurbis hin g the I r ri g at1 0 11 syst e m · leve ling a nd r e-g radin g th e land · pl a nti n g n ew gra ss Th e T o wn ha s al so committed to providin g lon g-t e rm ma in t e nance to (C011ti1111 cd 0 11 Pag ,· 3) ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Kiva Schoo l Athletic Field Im p rovem ent Project 2 The Ma yor's Corner 4 Announcements 6 Ho m e Occupations 6 Identity Theft and Mai lboxes 6 Knox Key Switches For Electric Gat es 7 Tatum Boulevard/McDonald Drive Intersection 7 lnvergo rdon Road Improvement Project