BRING BACK THE SPLASH POOL PARTY!
Wednesday, May 30, during “Family Swim” from 5:30-7 p.m.

The public is invited to help celebrate the grand opening of six Summer
Splash pools! You and your family won’t want to miss this exciting event. The Omni Tucson National Resort has donated a two-night Family Staycation (valued at $500), and your family could win.

The Tucson Parks Foundation will coordinate the free raffle at each pool site listed below. Each pool will select one winner and that person must be 18-years-of-age or older to participate. Drawing is limited to one entry per household. No purchase necessary and need not be present to win.

Local radio stations will be broadcasting from each of the Summer
Splash pools and will announce the winners of the Omni Tucson National
Resort Staycation at approximately 6:45 p.m.

POOLS:
Jacobs Pool, 96.1 KLPX
1010 W. Lind St. (Flowing Wells, Prince and Oracle area)

Palo Verde Pool, 94.9 MIXfm KMXZ – (Live broadcasting from 4-6
p.m.)
300 S. Mann Ave. (south of Broadway between Wilmot and Kolb Rd.)

Purple Heart Pool, 88.1 K-LOVE
10050 E. Rita Rd. (Rita Ranch and Houghton Rd.)

Mansfield Pool, 93.7 KRQQ
2000 N. 4th Ave. (south of Grant Rd.)

Menlo Pool, 99.5 KIIM
1100 W. Fresno St. – (On Grande, south of St. Mary’s – West of I-10)

Himmel Pool, i97-5 KSZR
1000 N. Tucson Blvd. (Tucson south of Speedway Blvd.)

The Tucson Parks and Recreation Department offers a special thanks to
Catalina Rotary, Jim Click Automotive Group, Pima Medical Institute,
Nova Home Loans, Royal Automotive Group, Watson Chevrolet & Infinity of
Tucson, the Emerald Foundation and countless individuals for funding the
inaugural Bring Back the Splash campaign.

Doug Martin of KVOI radio, Rick Stertz of 4 Tucson and Tucson Olympic swimming gold medalist Crissy Perham, a former UA Wildcat, have been amazing volunteers and partners in this project. And a proud recognition also goes out to Tucson’s Mayor and Council for promoting this public/private partnership.

Be fit and have fun by supporting your neighborhood pool. Daily
admissions rates are: $1 for youth 17 years and under, $2 for adults, 18
years and older. Summer season will run from May 30-August 1.

Tucson Parks and Recreation Administration
520-791-4877

http://www.tucsonaz.gov/parksandrec

Sounds like a fun way to cool off from the summer heat on May 30 and also enter for a chance to win that two night Family Staycation. And remember that these pools stay open till August 1.

The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission composed of 2 Democrats (Jose Herrera, Linda McNulty), 2 Republicans (Scott Freeman, Rick Stertz), 1 Independent (Colleen Mathis) have been meeting & holding public hearings on proposed Congressional/legislative maps for Arizona since this Spring.

The Commission & their staff recently drew up 2 preliminary draft maps of 30 new legislative districts and 9 Congressional districts for the public to consider & comment on. (Arizona has an additional seat in Congress due to increase in population based on the 2010 Census).

These draft maps are now online at ther website: http://www.azredistricting.org/Maps/Draft-Maps.asp

And the 2nd round of public hearings have begun. The first round of public hearings in the summer were well attended and many individuals & groups provided feedback to the Commission on how the maps should be drawn. Factors to consider in drawing up districts are equal population, existing geographic & political lines, compactness & contiguousness, competitiveness, communities of interest.

Plan on attending these Southern Arizona hearings:

Monday, October 24, 2011
City of Tucson 6:00 p.m.
University of Arizona
Student Union Memorial Center
North Ballroom
1303 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721

Friday, November 4, 2011
Town of Marana 6:00 p.m.
Town of Marana
Marana Municipal Complex
Auditorium
11555 W. Civic Center Drive
Marana, AZ 85653

Saturday, November 5, 2011
Town of Green Valley 10:00 a.m.
Desert Hills Social Center
Desert Hills Auditorium
2980 S. Camino del Sol
Green Valley, AZ 85622

Online comments are welcome at www.azredistricting.org or click here for the public input form.

My previous blog on this redistricting issue (click here). KUAT’s “Arizona Week” host Michael Chihak interviewed Democrat & Republican leaders on the draft maps on October 14 (click here).

If you care about how the new Congressional and state legislative districts in Arizona are drawn (based on 2010 Census changes), then you might want to attend the upcoming meeting of the AIRC (Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission). Based on population increase, Arizona is supposed to get an additional Congressional District seat in the U.S. Congress. Next meeting of the AIRC in Tucson:

Thursday June 30, 1 p.m. at

Pima Community College – District Office
4905 E. Broadway Blvd.
Building “C” Room #105
Tucson, AZ 85709 (West of Rosemont Blvd)

I reported about this AIRC when they met earlier this month on June 15 in Oro Valley (click here), and I attended a May AIRC meeting in Tucson at the UA Student Union. You can also watch the meetings via Live Stream (usually) at their website: www.azredistricting.org. And there is always a Call for Public Comment period in which members of the public can provide input.

The June 30 agenda indicates a presentation by their mapping consultant.

The Commission meets mostly in Phoenix, so this is another chance for Tucsonans to watch the process live, and participate if they chose to.

Note: I personally know Commissioner Rick Stertz having served as Co-chair with him years ago on a neighborhood Zoning/Land Use committee.