FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Tucson Electronic Billboard Hearing

["Peter Argenziano" <pargenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The rescheduled public hearing before Tucson Mayor and Council on an ordinance 
to expressly prohibit billboards with electronic displays or rotating 
"tri-vision" panels will take place has been set.  It is this coming Monday, 
June 23, 2003, 7:30 P.M., Mayor and Council Chambers, 1st Floor, City Hall, 255 
West Alameda Street, and is Agenda Item #12 for the Regular Meeting.  
Again, please plan to attend this hearing and, if you have not yet done so, 
contact Mayor and Council in support of the ordinance.  Make sure you reference 
the meeting date and agenda item number, as many of the previous communications 
spoke against electronic billboards but did not link the comments to the public 
hearing.  If you have previously contacted Mayor and Council please do a brief 
followup referencing your previous communication and noting that since the 
public hearing was rescheduled you wanted to make sure your views were noted 
for this one.  The easy way to do that is through the Mayor and Council email 
address or "hotline" below.  

This ordinance is expected to pass, but there are other billboard issues in the 
city that are languising or backsliding so that this public hearing also 
becomes a vehicle to remind Mayor and Council that these billboard issues are 
important to the community.

Contact Mayor and Council as follows:

Mayor and Council Hotline (your taped audio message will be transcribed and 
delivered to each member of the Mayor and Council):  791-4700

Email (your email will be forwarded to each member of the Mayor and Council):
mcweb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Fax (Letters):  791-4017 (City Clerk)
Mail (Letters):  Mayor and Council, PO Box 27210, Tucson AZ 85726-7210

For Individual Members of the Mayor and Council:

Mayor Robert E. Walkup:    email_mayor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Phone: 791-4201  Fax: 
791-5348
Council Member José J. Ibarra:    jibarra1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Phone: 791-4040  
Fax: 791-5393
Council Member Carol W. West   cwest1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Phone: 791-5380  Fax: 
791-5380
Council Member Kathleen Dunbar   ward3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   Phone: 791-4711  Fax: 
791-5391
Council Member Shirley C. Scott   ward4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Phone: 791-3199  
Fax: 791-4717
Council Member Steve Leal           sleal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Phone: 791-4231  
Fax: 791-3188
Council Member Fred Ronstadt     ward6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx     Phone: 791-4601  
Fax: 791-3211


Also, there has been no further action on the electronic billboard bill (SB 
1138) in the Arizona State Legislature.  Governor Napolitano signed the budget 
yesterday (after many line-item vetoes) and the legislature is working on four 
budget "trailer" bills and about six very late introduction bills, including 
the three "big" bills (convention centers, university research infrastructure 
financing, and special health care districts).  It is doubtful that they can 
finish all of this this week, but the end is in sight.

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