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Student Government Day

Elizabeth Fernandes, a member of the Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission, spent the day with Councilmember Clark on Student Government Day, February 5. CM Clark took Elizabeth, a freshman at Independence High School, on a tour of the Yucca District in the morning, and her afternoon was spent observing city business.

Winter 07-08 Yucca District Newsletter

This special issue contains information on the upcoming sporting events at University of Phoenix Stadium. Click here to read the pdf.

Watch Glendale Today with Councilmember Joyce Clark on location at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa. Join Joyce as she tours the banquet kitchen and prepares 3 dishes with Executive Chef Scott Cape – then visits the luxurious Spa Botanica.

Here’s the recipe for one of the dishes prepared on the show.

Pot-de crème with dried cherries and Ancho
1 QT Heavy Cream
8 oz Bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 oz Sugar
4 oz Pasteurized Egg Yolks
1 cup Dried Cherries, chopped
3 Tbls Ancho Powder

Divide cherries among 16 small serving dishes. Heat heavy cream in sauce pot over medium heat until steaming. Whisk egg yolks with sugar until pale and thick. Temper hot milk into yolks/sugar mixture and then return to stove. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a spatula until mixture reaches 180 degrees F, pour through a fine mesh strainer over chocolate. Add Ancho Powder and stir until smooth. Pour into serving dishes. Chill completely before serving. Makes about 16 2 oz servings.

Glendale Today with Councilmember Joyce Clark is running now. Click here for the Glendale 11 TV Guide.

Zone A Residents

Just a reminder that three big games are planned for the stadium in the upcoming weeks. The neighborhood protection barricades will be in place in Zone A for these events and you should use your vehicle placards and register your guests on the following dates:

• Sunday, December 30 – Cardinals football game at 2:15 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 2 – 37th Annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
• Sunday, February 3 – Super Bowl XLIII

If you need new or replacement placards, would like to register guests or have general questions, please call the Neighborhood Resources Line at (623) 930-3686 or visit www.GlendalesGotGame.com.

Thanks for your help with the Zone A traffic management program. If you have questions or concerns on a game day, please call your Zone A Neighborhood Hotline at (623) 930-3214.

Information for Glendale residents regarding the city’s major sporting events can be found at www.glendalesgotgame.com. If you live in the neighborhoods adjacent to the stadium, click here to go directly to the “Zone A” resident information page.

Walk the Vision 2007

Councilmember Joyce Clark is sponsoring the upcoming "Walk the Vision 2007" event. The newest segment of the West Valley Recreation Corridor (WVRC) will open on October 28 during the second annual “Walk the Vision” event. A 2-mile walk/ 6-mile horseback ride will celebrate the future of this 40-mile amenity in the West Valley. This free event is open to the public and includes a complimentary breakfast and access to several exhibitor booths. Click here to read more about the event (PDF).

On September 11, the citizens of Glendale will have the opportunity to vote for or against Prop. 401 – an enhancement to Public Safety Funding. For more information about the upcoming election and specific details on proposition 401, call Glendale’s Election Information Hotline at (623) 930-2296 or visit www.glendaleaz.com/elections.

If you have cable television, be sure to watch my current "Glendale Today Show" on Glendale 11. You’ll see an informative show featuring Glendale’s Budget Director, who provides an overview of the Public Safety Enhancement Fund; and our marketing manager, who informs viewers on how to get ready to vote. I also talk to Glendale’s Assistant Fire Chief and Assistant Police Chief about how this fund will impact both departments.

Click here to download the Glendale 11 TV Guide.

The realignment of Bethany Home Road is complete and traffic is traveling on the new alignment. Striping for Bethany Home Road is also now complete. Construction continues to take place off the roadway along Bethany Home road from 75th to 83rd avenues to complete sidewalk and curb improvements, landscaping and work on the pedestrian path. The pedestrian path will begin at the existing path at 81st Avenue, head west and travel under the new Bethany Home Road alignment. At the pedestrian bridge, it will go over the canal and meet existing trails on the other side of the canal.

The City of Glendale recently broke ground on a new Park and Ride facility at 99th and Glendale. This facility is a “green” design and the first environmentally friendly structure of its kind.

The environmentally-friendly facility will have various green engineering designs that will make this facility environmentally friendly including a street surface that will act as a sponge (say goodbye to puddles and urban heat). This project is one of the first large projects in the state utilizing this science.

For updates on this and other Glendale improvements, visit the City of Glendale’s improvements Web page (click here).