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Volume 31 Issue 28 Goodyear, AZ
May 27, 2020
Business Briefcase BY KATHERINE CAMBERG West Valley View Staff Writer
As more and more businesses in Arizona reopen, the Avondale Main Event opened its doors Friday, May 22. Avondale’s house of games features 26 bowling lanes, video games, laser tag, gravity ropes, billiards and shuffleboard. Main Events around the Valley closed in mid-March due to concerns surrounding COVID-19. Following the guidance of local and state authorities, they are returning with new enhanced health and safety measures. “The health and safety of our team and customers is our top concern while reopening,” Maine Event CEO Chris Morris said. New measures include enhanced sanitation measures for equipment, markers to promote social distancing at different activities, and the inclusion of sanitation stations throughout the fa-
EOS Fitness reopened multiple West Valley locations last week. (Photo courtesy EOS Fitness)
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cilities. Masks and gloves will also be available for guests who would prefer to use them. Employees will have daily temperature checks and are required to wear masks. Main Event, which is a popular place for hosting group events, also plans on reducing group size for reservations and limiting guest capacity in its centers to ensure better social distancing. Following Gov. Doug Ducey’s announcements that businesses in Arizona may begin to reopen, Main Event implementAvondale’s Main Event reopened May 22, but with COVID-19 safety guide- ed a new plan called lines for social distancing in place. (Photo courtesy Main Event) “Play Smart, Play Safe” Public Notices ............... page 3 © Copyright, 2020 West Valley View, Inc.
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to adapt its facilities for social distancing. As new safety measures have been put in place, Main Event has been soliciting feedback from customers. “The feedback has been a majority positive, and people are excited to be back,” Morris said. Morris added he hopes “families will be able to enjoy their time at Main Event and strengthen their bonds that they have built over the past few months.” For more information, visit mainevent.com. EOS Fitness also reopened all 22 Valleywide locations last week, also with enhanced sanitizing and social distancing guidelines EOS Fitness has centers in Goodyear, Avondale, Peoria and Glendale (three locations). Subscriptions are $26 for 2 years, $14 for one year. Periodicals postage paid at Phoenix, AZ 85026.
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New law proposed to make suing businesses harder BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
State representatives voted May 22 along party lines to put new hurdles in the path of people suing businesses, churches and schools over COVID-19 claims. HB 2912 would immunize defendants against lawsuits if their actions or inactions that resulted in someone contracting the virus were merely negligent. Instead, victims or their survivors could sue only if they could show someone was grossly negligent, a standard that Rep. Aaron Lieberman, D-Phoenix, said amounts to willful misconduct. “I support lawsuits,’’ Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, said during a hearing on the measure earlier in the day. But he said businesses need protections against threats designed to get them to settle out of court. “And they need to know when they open their doors that there are not going to be these trial attorneys out there lining their pockets and going door to door and filing these, in my opinion, frivolous lawsuits,’’ Kern said. What that change also may be is illegal. In fact, Tim Fleming, the House attorney, advised lawmakers that it could run afoul of a constitutional provision which prohibits lawmakers from limiting the rights of victims to sue for damages. But Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said the protection is necessary to help restore the state economy. “There’s a great cloud of fear that hangs over the business community about being sued,’’ he said. “It’s slowing down their efforts to go back and open, to get their employees back, to get everybody working, get tax revenue back in to fund programs,’’ Kavanagh said. “And this will go a long way to alleviating that fear.’’ He said the bill will do more than prevent lawsuits. “We’re trying to prevent extortion by unscrupulous lawyers,’’ Kavanagh
said, filing claims “not to go to court but with the express intent of basically extracting settlements of $3,000, $4,000, which is about half of what the business would have needed to defend the lawsuit.’’ Kavanagh wasn’t the only one seeking to capitalize on the animosity of some toward attorneys as a reason to support the liability limits. But Rep. Domingo DeGrazia, D-Tucson, said it would be one thing for lawmakers to say businesses that follow specific guidance from the Centers for Disease Control or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would gain some liability protection. HB 2912, he said, does not do that. “With this bill, if you are negligent, you have no liability,’’ DeGrazia said. “By raising the standard to ‘gross negligence,’ you are saying that if you are negligent there is not a claim that can be made against you.’’ And he asked colleagues if that’s the message they’re trying to send. “Do you want to look at your constituents and say, ‘Yeah, it’s OK for businesses to be negligent about COVID-19’?” DeGrazia said. Rep. Athena Salman, D-Tempe, said there are risks to people. “If a customer eats at a restaurant that does not take sanitary precautions and they get the virus, it would be almost impossible to prove that the restaurant is liable and that customer would have no recourse,’’ she said. Ditto, Salman said, situations where a nursing home is not following safety procedures and a resident contracts COVID-19. House Majority Leader Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, dismissed those concerns. “This absolutely allows redress,’’ he said. “It just has a different standard.’’ Some of the votes for the measure were based on another, semi-related provision that Kavanagh inserted. It would reduce the penalty for violating any emergency order issued by the governor from the current misdemean-
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or—with a potential six-month jail term and $2,500 fine—to just a $100 civil penalty. And offenders even could escape that by curing the violation before going to court. It also would eliminate the possibility that a business that ignored an executive order could lose its license. Gov. Doug Ducey used the threat of both the criminal penalty and loss of license to try to get compliance with the executive orders he issued in March shuttering certain kinds of businesses. That bothered Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction. “When the government can say that you have to close up shop or they will take your license for trying to feed your family, for trying to provide for your workers, your employees and the people that you have known for many years, then there’s something wrong, radically, drastically wrong,’’ he said. And Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, objected to rural businesses being dictated to “from the big state of Maricopa.” “Please don’t tell us how to live our lives,’’ he said. Despite the House approval, the future of the measure is unclear. State senators earlier this month approved a resolution saying they were finished with their business for this session and were ready to go home. But since they cannot do that without House approval, the Senate technically remains in recess. Senate President Karen Fann told Capitol Media Services that no decision has been made whether senators, who have never considered the issues in HB 2913, are willing to come back to vote on it. There’s also the question of whether Ducey will sign the measure. He dodged questions earlier this week about both whether he thinks businesses need new liability protections and whether he will approve a measure that limits the penalties that can be imposed for violating his executive orders.
MAY 27, 2020
Public Notice ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: MQM INVESTMENTS, LLC II The address of the registered office is: 1511 S 84TH DRIVE, TOLLESON, AZ 85353, The name of the Statutory Agent is: MICHAEL QUINTANA III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MAN-AGER: MICHAEL QUINTANA, 1511 S 84TH DRIVE, TOLLESON, AZ 85353. Published West Valley View/ Business May 13, 20, 27, 2020 / 30514
Public Notice CITY OF TOLLESON, ARIZONA PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARINGS FOR HOME RULE OPTION Pursuant to Arizona State Law, A.R.S. § 41-563.01, notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Tolleson, Arizona will hold two public hearings at the dates and times set forth below to consider approval of Resolution No. 2421 proposing the Home Rule Option – Alternative Expenditure Limitation to maintain local control over the City of Tolleson budget for the next four years and submitting the issue to the qualified voters of the City of Tolleson: THE TOLLESON CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 9, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M. THE TOLLESON CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 23, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M. Both hearings will be held
del Estado de Arizona, A.R.S. § 41-563.01, se les notifica que el Concejo Municipal de la Ciudad de Tolleson, Arizona llevará a cabo dos audiencias públicas en las fechas y horarios establecidos a continuación para considerar la aprobación de la Resolución No. 2421 que propone la Opción de Regla Local – Limitación Alternativa de Gastos para mantener el control local sobre el presupuesto de la Ciudad de Tolleson durante los próximos cuatro años y presentar el tema a los votantes calificados de la Ciudad de Tolleson: EL AYUNTAMIENTO DE TOLLESON REALIZARÁ UNA AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA EN SU REUNIÓN OR-DINARIA EL 9 DE JUNIO DE 2020 A LAS 6:00 P.M. EL AYUNTAMIENTO DE TOLLESON REALIZARÁ UNA AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA EN SU REUNIÓN OR-DINARIA EL 23 DE JUNIO DE 2020 A LAS 6:00 P.M. Ambas audiencias se llevarán a cabo a través de Zoom Conference en https://us02web. zoom.us/j/5439720804 o por teléfono al 1-253-215-8782 (ID de la Reunión: 543 972 0 8 0 4 ) . Visite elsitio web de la Ciudaden www.tolleson.az.gov/archive para ver la agenda con instruc-ciones detalladas de participación. Después de la segunda audiencia pública, el Consejo de la Ciudad puede convocar una reunión especial y votar para aprobar la Resolución sobre la Opción de Regla Local -Limitación Alternativa de Gastos y presentar el tema a los votantes calificados de la Ciudad para su aprobación el 3 de noviembre de 2020 durante la Elección General. Bajo la Opción de Regla Local, la Ciudad puede determinar sus propios gastos en función de sus ingresos y las necesid-ades de la comunidad. Si la Regla Local no continúa, se re-uerirá que la Ciudad reduzca los gastos a la limitación actual estimada por el estado, aunque tenga el dinero para pagar los gastos. Pueden enviar comentarios
via Zoom Conference at https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/5439720804 or via telephone at 1-253-2158782 (Meeting ID: 543 972 0804). Please visit the City’s website at www.tolleson.az.gov/archive to view the agenda with detailed participation instructions. After the second public hearing, the City Council may convene a special meeting and vote to approve the Resolution on the proposed Home Rule Option – Alternative Expenditure Limitation and submit the issue to the qualified voters of the City for their approval at the November 3, 2020 General Election. Under the Home Rule Option, the City may determine its own expenditures based on its revenue and the needs of the community. If Home Rule is not continued, the City will be required to cut spending to the current estimated state-imposed limitation even though it has the money to pay for the expenses. Written comments may be sent to City of Tolleson, City Clerk’s Office, 9555 West Van Buren Street, Tolleson, Arizona 85353 or emailed to cityclerk@tolleson. az.gov. Written comments may also be submitted at the public hearing via Zoom by clicking the chat button. Any interested person may participate and be heard at the public hearings. Published in the West Valley View and West Valley Business on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 and Wednesday, May 27, 2020. /Users/elainecota/Desktop/06 09 20 and 06 23 20 Alternative Expenditure Limitation Public Hearings - Home Rule Option. docx Published in the West Valley View and West Valley Business on Wednesday, May 20, 27, 2020. / 30687
Public Notice CIUDAD DE TOLLESON, ARIZONA AVISO PÚBLICO DE AUDIENCIAS PARA LA OPCIÓN DE REGLA LOCAL De conformidad con la Ley
por escrito a la Ciudad de Tolleson, Oficina del Secretario de la Ciudad, 9555 West Van Buren Street, Tolleson, Arizona 85353 o enviarse por correo electrónico a cityclerk@tolleson. az.gov. Los comentarios por escritos también pueden presentarse en la audiencia pública a través de Zoom haciendo clic en el botón de chat. Cualquier persona interesada puede participar y ser escuchada en las audiencias públicas. Publicado en el West Valley View y West Valley Business el miércoles 20 de mayo de 2020 y el miércoles 27 de mayo de 2020. / 30688
Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FIRE BOARD VACANCY Buckeye Valley Rural Volunteer Fire District is currently seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the Fire Board. The term begins no later than June 4th, 2020 and ends Nov. 3rd, 2020. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, a registered voter and reside within the boundaries of the Buckeye Valley Rural Volunteer Fire District. A letter of interest indicating why the candidate believes they are suited for this position must be received by 4 p.m. June 4th, 2020. Letters of interest will be reviewed by the Fire Board and interviews will be conducted in Special Board Meetings . The selected candidate will be notified and appointed in a Public Session at a date established by the Fire Board. Please mail letters of interest to Buckeye Valley Fire District Administrative Office , PO Box 75, Buckeye AZ, 85326. You may also hand deliver letters to the administrative office located at 6213 S. Miller Rd. Suite #112, Buckeye AZ, 85326 or fax to 1-800-409-0225. Published: West Valley View, May 27, June 3, 2020 / 30745
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