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Todd House Defends The Utility
House quotes report that “there’s actually no violations.”

While Pecan Creek was ing strong odors of “am- a recent Board of Super-
dealing with anoth- monia and waste” from visors Meeting on March
er sewage spill in their Section 11, Supervisor 28th.
neighborhood and Magic Todd House made a point Continued on page 5
Ranch residents report- defend the utility during

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April 2, 2018

Monday’s Word Search Puzzle



Todd House sues, and related health and safety issues
Defends The Utility related to Johnson Utilities.
Both, Supervisor Smith and Miller were
House Claims “there’s actual- very supportive of the resolution. Super-
ly no violations” From Local visor Miller applauded the resolution.
Utility. Miller said, “I think this makes the state-
ment to the public that we have their
By San Tan Times best interests at heart.”

Continued from page 1

While San Tan Valley residents continue Supervisor Rios was less than supportive
to fight for water quality, improved air of the resolution, though he did vote for
quality, clarity on billing practices, and it, saying it didn’t have any teeth and lik-
a solution to ongoing sewage overflows, ened it to sending a postcard, which we
Supervisor House felt the need to defend all know Rios is quite familiar with.
the utility company during the recent Supervisor House felt the urge to submit
Board of Supervisors meeting. into the record a study done for Johnson
Supervisor Mike Goodman put forth a Utilities done by GHD. According to
resolution, Number 032818-ACC-JU, to the study, House said “Jim Taylor did a
vote that the Pinal county board of su- Johnson Utility check on how they are
pervisors support the Arizona Corpora- running their organization... but accord-
tion Commissions investigation of water ing to that statement they are running
quality, billing, waste water facility is- Continued on page16

April 2 - 4, 2018

San Tan Valley Weekday Weather

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

High 88° High 86° High 91°
Low 59° Low 59° Low 60°

Partly cloudy skies. High Mainly sunny. High 86F. Some clouds in the morn-
88F. Winds SSW at 10 to Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. ing will give way to mainly
15 mph. sunny skies for the after-
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Gantzel is Open

The Long Awaited Gantzel
Road Extension is Open

By Pinal County

Drivers in San Tan Valley have anoth- project, this will make a big difference
er route to take going north and south in the Community.”
in the area. As of 12:30 PM on Friday, A top asphalt surface course is sched-
the Gantzel Road Extension is open for uled to take place in the fall which
motorists wanting to connect up with will require lane closures for approx-
Hunt Highway without having to use imately four to five days. Landscape
Bella Vista Road. The five-lane road restoration and pedestrian pathway
spans from Hunt Highway to Omega improvements along the Flood Control
Drive. Channel side are still underway with
This opening is the culmination of sev- construction through May. Motorists
eral years of pre-construction work. are asked to please be mindful of tem-
Negotiations with farming operations porary 35 miles per hour posted speed
and the Arizona State Land Depart- limit and work-zone traffic control
ment took several years to obtain along the corridor.
necessary land rights, however, once “This project is on schedule and con-
resolved construction began immedi- tinues to be under budget,” stated
ately. Public Works Director Louis Anders-
“There is a lot of commercial devel- en. “This significant regional connec-
opment interest in this area. This tion for commuters in the San Tan Val-
connectivity in our roadway network ley area to Hunt Highway will make a
will greatly improve our traffic flow,” great positive impact. I thank all who
explained District 2 Board of Supervi- worked hard on this project.”.STT
sor Mike Goodman. “I want to express
my sincere appreciation to our staff of
men and women who worked on this

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April 2, 2018

Monday’s Sudoku Puzzle

Local Sports Boys Volleyball
The boys team had 2 reported scores last
How Have Our Local High week starting with a 3-0 loss to ALA, and
School Teams Done? a 3-2 loss to Kellis.

By San Tan Times San Tan Foothills Sabercats
Continued from page 1
Baseball
Combs Coyotes It was an undefeated 7 days for the Saber-
cats, and they were all huge wins! 26-3 over
Baseball San Carlos, 14-2 in Chandler against Chan-
The Coyotes had a great week last week dler Prep, and finally 14-1 at Gilbert Chris-
going 2-1. The two wins were both against tian Academy.
Coronado, a 4-2 game at home followed
up with a 5-1 win in Scottsdale. The lone
loss of the week was a 14-3 game in Tempe
against Marcos de Niza.

Softball Softball
It was a busy week for the softball team The softball team also had a great week
going 5-2, and beating Coronado by a com- for San Tan Foothills goin 4-1 started off
bined 43-1 over two games! They also beat with a 11-2 defeat against Valley Union.
Bradshaw Mountain 9-8, Florence 23-8, Things heated up fast though as they beat
and Marcos de Niza 16-0. The defeats on Tonopah Valley 18-3, Central 12-1, Leading
the week were 11-5 to Superior, and 6-2 to Edge Academy 18-0, and Gilbert Classical
Goldwater. Academy 13-2.

Boys Volleyball ALA Ironwood Warriors
The Boys Volleyball team had a rough
week with a 3-1 loss to Dobson, 3-2 loss to Baseball
Gilbert Christian, and a 3-1 loss to Arizona ALA had two games and two wins last
College Prep. week beating Southwest Leadership 16-0,
and a 3-2 win over Our Lady of Sorrows.
Poston Butte Broncos Softball
The girls were 2-1 over the last seven days
Baseball beating Tri-City 25-5, and Mission Heights
The Broncos went 1-2 last week with a 4-3 Prep 13-1. The single L of the week came
10 inning loss to Flowing Wells, a 14-13 loss by way of an 13-8 game against Tri-City.
in Gilbert against Campo Verde, and finally Coed Soccer
a 9-3 win in Tucson against Cholla. The perfect season came to an end last week
Softball with a 5-1 loss against ASU Prep Poly, but
The Softball team was 1-1 over the last the warriors bounced back in their next
seven days starting with a 5-0 loss against game with a 7-3 win over Sequoia Charter.
Campo Verde, and then a 10-0 win over .STT
Cholla.

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AZ Care Rescue Sex: Female
Pet ID: 11436398
Local Rescues Looking For Jesse Jane was adopted from us as a
Homes puppy. We were recently called because
she was at the local shelter. We con-
By San Tan Times tacted the owner who said they gave
Continued from page 1 her away and do not remember to who.
Poor girl. After we picked her up and
This week’s collection of pet rescues checked her out, we believe that she
comes from AZ Care Rescue. A local res- is deaf. She is very sweet and gentle
cue group located in San Tan Valley. but will need to learn hand signals for
training. Welcome this lover into your
More information on AZ Care Rescue home today!!
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Phone: (480) 987-2212

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April 7 12:00 PM

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Jesse Jane Penny

Breed: Labrador Retriever/Australian Breed: Hound (Unknown Type) Mix
Kelpie Mix Color: Brindle - with White
Color: White - with Tan, Yellow or Fawn Age: young
Age: young Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Sex:Female
Pet ID: 12782139
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She is approximately 7 months old. A
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sweet. She is spayed, up to date on all car rides, walks on the beach, and pup-
vaccines and She is slowly learning to be py ice cream! He is dog friendly, however,
a little more social when out and about. he needs a proper introduction in a neu-
She is good with kids, cats, and other tral setting so that he can make the best
dogs. Her ideal new family will be one impression and they can become friends!
that will take her out and get her used to He is good with kids. He loves all humans
all the noise and bustle of everyday life, and when you meet him, you’ll see why
take her on trips, and show her how cool his name is so fitting!
the world really is! She is gentle, walks
on the leash, and knows how to sit. She
is trying hard to learn new skills. She is
housebroken and crate trained.

Mr. Wigglesworth Laney

Breed: Staffordshire Bull Terrier Mix Breed: Pit Bull Terrier Mix
Color: Gray/Blue/Silver/Salt & Pepper Color: Brindle
Age: adult Age: adult
Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
Sex: Male Sex: Female
Pet ID: 9856085 Pet ID: 12755516
Laney is Spayed, up to date on shots,
house-trained, she is good with other
dogs, and she is also good with kids.
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A very people friendly dog! He loves long

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Intervene to share an opinion of yours the only
& Submit Your thing that matters to the ACC is solid ev-
Billing Issues! idence. Things like pictures, bills, videos,
etc…
SupervisorGoodmanHas A Some of the items discussed by the pub-
Request lic at the hearing were whether or not
there was an easier process, and whether
By San Tan Times or not there was a way to get involved in
Continued from page 1 the case remotely.

San Tan Valley residents now have more
time to get involved in the Johnson
Utilities case. During a scheduled Judi-
cial hearing on March 29th, 2018 it was
decided that the deadline to intervene
in the hearing would be extended un-
til April 14, 2018 with the next hearing
scheduled for April 16, 2018.

While we all want this process to come The ACC has said that being involved
to a quick conclusion we also need more remotely is an option because of a new
time to get our facts together so that we video conferencing system that has been
can complete this process as accurately installed in the ACC hearing room. There
and effectively as possible. are a few local residents working to make
These hearings are to determine whether this happen, and as more information is
or not an Interim Manager should be put available San Tan Times will provide it
in place at Johnson Utilities, and Super- to the community.
visor Goodman and the ACC need the As for a simpler process for being in-
public’s help in order to come to a fair volved that is also something that is in
determination. the works, and we will provide the infor-
In order to have your voice heard in this mation as it becomes available.
case you must officially intervene. While Information about how to intervene using
some within the community have been the current process is available on page 13
reluctant to intervene based on some of
the language stated on the ACC website
it is imperative that you intervene if you
want to be a part of the solution to this
problem.

The main thing to keep in mind through-
out the process to intervene in the case is
to have proof! While you may want

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Intervene
& Submit Your
Billing Issues!

Continued from page 5

Phoenix, AZ 85007

Time and location of meeting

Monday, April 16, 2018, 10:00 AM
1200 W. Washington St.

Phoenix, AZ 85007
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Example letter:
To intervene or to speak at the ACC
meeting, a public comment submission is
required in advance.
You can see a full example of a letter to
intervene online at the ACC website. Go
to the main navigation and bring down
the drop menu under “I Want To” and
select the “Intervene in a Utility Case.”

Once you have written your letter, mail it
to the ACC:

Arizona Corporation Commission
Docket Control
1200 W. Washington St.

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Todd House ed “The Section 11 WWTP is the only
Defends The Utility wastewater plant the Company runs
that lacks any monitoring or automated
By San Tan Times control system. Staff is concerned with
Continued from page 5 the amount of unauthorized discharges
at the site and believes immediate imple-
mentation of a monitoring and control
system is warranted. Staff estimates the
cost of the system to be approximately
$25,000. Staff recommends the Compa-
ny install a monitoring and control sys-
tem at the Section 11 WWTP no later
than April 16, 2018.”

“Staff believes the repeated odor com-
plaints necessitate further investigation.
To that end, Staff understands that
ADEQ has contracted with Westland
Resources to conduct an air quality in-
vestigation of the Company.”

the organization just fine, everything is 36 sanitary sewer overflows were docu-
going well, As a matter of fact they rate mented from February 11, 2015 to No-
them fairly high.” vember 15, 2017 in the San Tan Valley
He then goes on to talk about ADEQ, area, with another happening on March
“ADEQ went out to the system 11 treat- 28th in Pecan Creek.
ment plant and found some minor errors,
minor issues, that’s fine and those can be If you would like to watch the Board of
corrected and should be. But, there’s Supervisors meeting where this was dis-
actually no violations at the section 11 cussed visit
plant.” http://pinalcountyaz.swagit.com/
Additionally House goes on to say “I just play/03282018-717 and watch item 15.
feel that in the end that Johnson Utilities
might be found not to be in any of these Contact Todd House:
problems that are currently involved in Todd House
this resolution.” Roy Hudson County Complex
575 N. Idaho Road, Suite 101
Apache Junction, AZ 85119
ph: 480.982.0659
Email: [email protected]

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also had an ACC Staff report that stat-

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