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Name, title & city/town:
Douglas Coleman
Councilman
City of Apache Junction
Year elected to office:
Councilman 1991-1995
Mayor 1995-2007
Councilman 2008-Present
Years served on Executive Committee:
1992-2007
President of the League 2006-2007
2011-Present
Where were you born?
Mesa, Arizona
Why did you decide to serve in local government?
For the money and the fame of course. Actually, I have always had a strong desire to give back to my community. At the time, 1991,
we had the reputation of being the wild wild west in my little community where local politics were concerned. I felt that I could
help restore civility to the local public discussion and that was really my catalyst for becoming involved.
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The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is asking for municipalities to fill out the Federal Highway Administrations form.
ADOT is responsible for compiling and submitting the biennial local highway finance report often referred to as the Federal Highway
Administration's form 536 (FHWA Form 536). This report helps the FHWA determine revenue and expenditure trends by local governments
that is essential in policy and program development. FHWA Form 536 is an important source of data for federal, state, regional, and
local transportation officials. Without your cooperation, this valuable information cannot be accurately and reliably compiled.
Once the information is received from the cities, towns and counties, we will compile and submit it to the FHWA.
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The League plans to do several online trainings on topics of interest including: lobbying at the legislature, Model City Tax Code,
and open meeting laws. These are just the few topics that will be available on YouTube in the coming months. If you have a training
or topic you would like the League to present, please let us know.
To view the last training on ProcureAZ, point your browser here.
Below is a list of training opportunities that may be of interest in the coming months:
Wednesday, November 30 - December 1
PV Power Plants
Thursday, December 8
How Cities and Towns Can be More Effective in Appearing Before the Liquor Board
Thursday, February 16 - 18, 2012
Barrier 2 Bridge: A Border Celebration
Point your browser here for more
information regarding each event.
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During the NLC Congress of Cities and Exposition in Phoenix on November 12, Mayor Marie Lopez Rogers of Avondale was elected as
First Vice President. Among other Arizona delegates were Councilman Dennis Kavanaugh of Mesa who was re-elected to the NLC Board for
a new two-year term and Councilman Mark Mitchell of Tempe who remains on the Board with one year remaining on his term.
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In 2008, Rick Buss became town manager of Gila Bend with a vision to make the town the solar capital of the world. As solar projects
usually take up to several years to approve, Buss approved the project in as little as four weeks. Within months of the process both
Paloma and Cotton Center solar companies had power plants under construction. Now, two other solar companies have filed
applications. By 2012 these power plant projects will send power to APS. To read the full article from the White House blog,
point your browser here.
24th Annual Event Celebrates Trip Reduction Efforts
What do IKEA, Scottsdale Healthcare, City of Mesa and the Boeing Company all have in common? These employers, among several other
Valley organizations and 11 individuals, received top awards at the 24th annual Clean Air Campaign luncheon. Thanks to their
outstanding efforts to improve air quality and comply with the Maricopa County Trip Reduction Program, they are helping to create a
cleaner environment and encourage greater sustainability in their daily commute activities. The awards, which ranged from
outstanding carpooler to corporate sustainability, are a way to honor year-long efforts to reduce commute-related emissions and
traffic congestion.
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Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of the country's most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the
natural world, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted two projects in the state of Arizona that will be included in
the final report - representing what states believe are among the best investments in the nation to support a healthy, active
population, conserve wildlife and working lands, and create travel, tourism and outdoor-recreation jobs across the country.
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Have news or photos to share?
If your city or town was recently featured in the news, has an interesting program or photos of events and travels to share,
please send them our way! Story ideas and materials may be submitted to
mvinzant@azleague.org.
The city of Mesa has been working throughout the year to launch their citizen driven project also known as iMesa. iMesa is a
grassroots citizen investment and improvement effort to develop transformational community projects in Mesa. As the city's project
takes off in social media, videos of the iMesa flash mob have begun to create a hit on YouTube.
Point your browser here to view one of the videos online.
Learn more about iMesa here.
The city of Cottonwood is leading efforts to re-use water in Arizona. Next year, the city plans to build an $8 million,
solar-powered plant capable of breaking apart many trace synthetic compounds by blasting them with ozone and hydrogen peroxide. The
Cottonwood Council figured it should build a facility to remove trace contaminants both for the health of the Verde River into which
it discharges and because regulators would probably require it someday. Not only will this facility provide clean water to the city
but the solar-powered plant could also be used as an educational facility. To read the full article in Arizona Daily Sun,
point your browser here.
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1820 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-258-5786
Fax: 602-253-3874
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