Oppose Project Blue - the Water Thirsty, Energy Hog Data Center

But Project Blue is a LARGE data center!

Project Blue is a secretive development proposed by a venture capital firm to build the largest data center complex in the state near the Pima County Fairgrounds to be occupied by an as yet unnamed customer.

There have been a number of promises made to Pima County and the City of Tucson that were convincing enough that the Pima County Board of Supervisors narrowly approved the project this week (though the swing vote, Supervisor Matt Heinz, has now changed his mind after the promise that the data center wouldn't increase electricity costs was broken by TEP on the same day the Supervisors voted. It would increase Tucson electric bills by 14%!) The project still needs City of Tucson Mayor and Council approval for the water component of the project, so it can still be stopped.

The developer promises no environmental impact because they are going to fund an expansion of reclaimed water service to the area of the project, but that ignores the fact that reclaimed water is being considered as a potential future potable water source if water supplies continue to dwindle and a portion of the reclaimed water is currently being used for riparian environment restoration along the Santa Cruz River. Adding a huge water user to Tucson Water's service area is bound to impact future water security. The other promises from the developers to fund projects that will increase the water supply in Tucson are assuming that it's possible to create water by spending enough money. You can't drink cash!

Reach out to your City Councilmember and demand that they vote against extending water service to this ill-conceived project. A theoretical gain in economic prosperity is not worth the risk of future water shortages.

SIGN THIS PETITION:

https://www.change.org/p/tell-tucson-city-council-to-stop-project-blue-ai-center-in-tucson?signed=true

Tucson Clean and Beautiful suggests these actions: 

Discover the rapid rise of U.S. data centers, with over $1 trillion invested, and see how this growth affects our environment and communities. Learn the stories behind the impact, explore ways you can get involved, and make your voice heard! We encourage everyone to do their research, stay engaged, and advocate for responsible tech development. 🤖🏜️

1. Identify Your Ward Councilmember: Find out who represents your neighborhood. Addressing your concerns directly to them can be especially impactful.

2. Attend Public Meetings: Keep an eye on scheduled public hearings, city council meetings, or planning hearings related to the project. Presenting your concerns in person or submitting written comments can make a difference.

3. Write Letters or Emails: Compose clear, respectful messages outlining your opposition or concerns about the development. Highlight how it might affect your community, environment, or local resources.

4. Engage with Planning & Development Services: Contact the City of Tucson department for information on review processes, comment periods, and upcoming hearings.

5. Coordinate with Others: Consider organizing or joining local groups or coalitions. Collective voices often carry more weight and demonstrate broad community interest.

6. Contact Pima County Officials: Community members in Tucson can reach out to Pima County officials to express their concerns and oppose the construction of the new data center.

7. Stay Informed on Utility Regulations: If power consumption or utility impacts concern you, reaching out to the Arizona Corporation Commission can provide additional avenues for advocacy. Visit at www.azcc.gov

Remember, active and informed participation helps shape outcomes that reflect your community’s needs! And don’t forget to utilize your platform!

Urge Mayor Romero and City Council Members to Reject the Siting of a Waste-to-Energy Facility in Tucson

waste-to-energy plant in Europe

The Tucson Environmental and General Services department is studying over 10 project ideas for turning municipal waste into energy, fuel or fuel ingredients at the Los Reales regional landfill on the southeast side of the city.  No final decision has been made, but it is important to let City leaders know that waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities represent a false solution to our ever-growing solid waste problem. 

WTE facilities (e.g., combustion, pyrolysis, gasification and refuse-derived fuel) generate heat-trapping greenhouse gases and toxic fumes that can harm our health and planet.  These facilities also destroy valuable resources and work against the circular economy, which keeps materials in use for as long as possible. 

Much better upstream solutions exist for minimizing the generation of solid waste, including waste prevention, reuse/refill, product redesign, recycling and composting.  The City should make zero waste solutions the priority, not downstream waste management treatment facilities.  

You can sign a petition opposing a WTE facility at the Los Reales landfill on Change.org at: https://www.change.org/p/don-t-burn-it-tucson.

You can also send an email directly to Mayor Romero (Mayor.Romero@tucsonaz.gov) and your City Council member (www.tucsonaz.gov/gov/ward-maps).   

For more information on the problems with WTE technologies and more sustainable alternatives, please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/dontburnittucson/home.

Recording of Sustainable Tucson meeting: STGM Chemical Recycline with Veena Singla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeO913M_vCA&t=1s

How to literally bridge park zoo

 

The following column is the opinion and analysis of the writer:

BOB VINT

Special to the Arizona Daily Star

Our community has been roiled in recent months by a controversy over the proposed expansion of Tucson's Reid Park Zoo into sensitive areas of Reid Park.

We can't agree on whether Barnum Hill is a just a pile of dirt standing in the way of progress, or a special place full of memories for thousands of Tucsonans. City officials are cognizant of their responsibility to spend tax dollars wisely, while activists advocate for preserving the majestic old trees, aquatic wildlife and public green space to counteract the heat island effect raising temperatures in our fair city.

Leaving disagreements aside, a group of Tucsonans has developed an alternative concept that addresses the legitimate concerns of all parties: a way to expand the zoo within a reasonable budget, while saving Barnum Hill and its mature tree canopy, the south pond, as well as all existing public green space.

We're calling this alternative 'G-Minor' because it's a variation of the community-preferred concept 'G' (expanding north into an underutilized service area) from among the many choices offered in the city's recently conducted survey.

We propose to extend the zoo north into a paved area now containing prefab metal storage structures that can be readily relocated off-site. Our approach is to reduce costs by minimizing disturbance of existing site features. Here's a written outline of our concept: A. Existing zoo entrance plaza to remain as-is (zero cost).

B. Existing zoo parking lot to remain as-is (zero cost).

C. Existing solar panel structures to remain as-is (zero cost).

D. Existing therapeutic center to remain as-is (zero cost).

E. Existing communications towers to remain as-is (zero cost).

F. Existing therapeutic pool and associated parking lot to remain as-is (zero cost).

G. Expand the zoo north into area of underutilized storage buildings (this would be approximately the same cost as Tucson city manager's favored Concept D.

* Additional cost: Replacement of metal storage buildings, which would be approximately $1.5 million.

H. A New over/under concrete arch bridge to connect the zoo expansion and permit pedestrian and service access to pool, ponds and Barnum Hill (cost: two spans at $250,000 each total out to $500,000.

The key to making this work is a pedestrian bridge extending north from the present zoo to the expansion area, while allowing east-west pedestrian traffic beneath it, along with access for required service vehicles.

We have explored the concept and received a cost estimate from an innovative engineer who designs and builds cost-effective thin-shell concrete arched bridges.

Such a bridge, which can be gently sloped for accessibility, would add an exciting element to the zoo experience, and permit the expansion without cutting the park in half. As a bonus this concept preserves the existing 4.3 acres of green space that would be lost under Concept D.

The cost of the bridge is offset by the savings of not having to re-create lost parkland elsewhere. And a bridge is a nice thing! (think of the bridges in NYC's Central Park — and Reid Park is Tucson's Central Park). Pedestrians crossing over would have views of the wider park and pond, plus distant views. Passers-by in the park would see zoo-goers crossing. A bridge becomes a signature element, an amenity for all.

My experience as an architect working with the Arizona/ Sonora Desert Museum tells me that the extra walking distance necessary to cross the bridge is actually an advantage.

One reason the Desert Museum expanded into the Arizona Uplands area was to increase their footprint, to be able to spread visitors out to avoid crowding. Plus, walking is good for us!

And the bridge might include zoo displays, demonstrations and exhibits along its path. In this light the extra distance is an opportunity, which can be accomplished without excessive cost.

In the end, the true value of preserving the heart of Reid Park isn't measured in dollars and cents. It's the environmental benefit of saving the great trees and the open space to be enjoyed by the community, for the common good, while accommodating the needs of the Reid Park Zoo.

Bob Vint is an architect and Tucson native. He's teaches arid region urban design at the University of Arizona School of Architecture.

https://savetheheartofreidpark.org/option-gminor?fbclid=IwAR1icOEf3LTHcSs1GrAtHVQTHU7GR9Oy-4esQdApQqH6DhBS7-iHyecpHSc

Contact information for your City Council Members: 

https://www.tucsonaz.gov/city-government


Tucson City Council votes to expand Reid Park Zoo to the northwest, Tucson.com, May 5, 2021  

Support Organic First in Tucson City Parks

Help Us on April 23 or before by Showing Your Support for Organic First Tucson City Parks!!!

You might remember that the Tucson City Council approved a motion to go Organic First in city parks on October 23, 2018. It’s now time to show your support of this plan to keep the momentum moving forward!

HERE’S HOW:
1. Attend Tucson City Council’s Study Session Meeting
Tuesday, April 23 @ 12pm to show support at the Mayor & Council Chambers: City Hall, 255 W. Alameda
.

Bring a handmade sign with a simple phrase such as
:
- Thank You! / We want Safe Parks – Go Organic
- We Support Pesticide Free – Go Organic

- Keep Our Community Safe – Bee Pesticide Free

- Or your own catchy phrase supporting Organic First
.

Click here to review the Agenda on the City Council’s Website for more information before going:
Tucson City Council Meeting Agenda #3 Link

Most of our main organizing group will be at the Study Session. Please look for us there!

Note: you will have to go through a security line to get into the City Council Study Session, so do not bring any glass, knives, etc.

2. Email the City Council Members and the Mayor by end of the day on Monday, 4/22/19

Tell them how much you appreciate their vote to go Organic First on October 23, 2018, and their continued effort to Make Tucson Safe in Public Lands and want them to keep moving forward on this effort.

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild: mayor1@tucsonaz.gov
Ward 1 Council Member Regina Romero: ward1@tucsonaz.gov
Ward 2 Council Member Paul Cunningham: ward2@tucsonaz.gov
Ward 3 Council Member Paul Durham: ward3@tucsonaz.gov
Ward 4 Council Member Shirley Scott: ward4@tucsonaz.gov
Ward 5 Council Member Richard Fimbres: ward5@tucsonaz.gov
Ward 6 Council Member Steve Kozachik: ward6@tucsonaz.gov

3. Share this email with others on your email list or share the information on Meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/Resist-and-Regenerate-Pima-County-AZ/events/260713121/

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- Toxin Free Pima County 

My letter to the City Council urging them to fight against TEP's gas-fired generators

I want to thank everyone who took a stand against TEP's proposed RICE gas-fired generators. You were amazing!  Sustainable Tucson's advocacy group is awaiting responses from the Pima Department of Environmental Quality regarding our individual comments. I'm afraid this is just the beginning.... Meanwhile, I would like to share the letter I just e-mailed to Mayor Rothschild and the Tucson City Council members detailing some of our efforts and asking for them to join the good fight.  I hope this inspires you to write a letter to your council member (maybe not so long...lol)

Find your City Council Member here.

Find which ward you are in here.

Dear City Council Member_____,

The city council committed to support the Paris Climate Agreement and take steps to combat climate change. But it will take a more proactive approach than adding some solar panels on city property or installing a few water recharge basins.

With some strong leadership, Tucson could become a model for sustainable practices. An oasis in the desert. A destination for ecological tourism. But none of this will be possible if we continue to accelerate climate change by allowing TEP to install 10 gas-fired RICE generators, encouraging our car culture by widening roads, and approving perpetual development (beyond what our annual rains can sustain.)

First things first. As you know, TEP is proposing modernizing the Sundt Generating Station by replacing two 1950's era steam units with ten natural gas fired combustion engines. The purpose of the new generators is to ramp up more quickly and to balance the variability associated with solar and wind energy generation. TEP claims that these units are part of a larger goal for 30% renewable energy by 2030. But gas fired engines should not be equated with clean, renewable power from wind and solar. The RICE units are fossil-fuel based generating units that would create significant greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, the project expects to cause an increase in emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter (fine particles PM_2.5 and coarse particles PM₁₀) and volatile organic compounds.

As a member of Sustainable Tucson, I am concerned about TEP’s unambitious goal of transitioning to 30% clean energy by 2030. The negative impacts of climate change are progressing much faster than that – even faster than scientists first predicted. We are already witnessing its devastating effects.  If TEP is truly dedicated to transitioning to clean energy, why would they be installing 10 new pollution spewing gas-fired generators that last 30 years?  

Members of Sustainable Tucson’s Advocacy team have been actively fighting the permit process for installation. First, we submitted comments to the Corporation Commission. I wrote the following comment: 

In Commissioner Tobin’s Arizona’s Energy Modernization Plan, he outlined steps for Affordability and Reliability. The first recommendation is “Thoughtful planning so the transition to clean energy is gradual and considers the useful life of existing facilities while not locking into new non-clean energy investments that may be stranded in the near future.” Aren’t the RICE Generators locking us into non-clean energy investments that may be stranded in the future?

My engineer husband, Dan Stormont, and I have been following the rapid innovations happening in solar storage and believe that they will be an economically feasible option in the near future. Battery storage has already resulted in the cancellation of proposed gas peaker plants in California. Regulators there are even requiring utilities to open competitive solicitations for solar + battery storage that are likely to supplant three existing gas peaker plants. 

Our team celebrated when the Arizona Corporation Commission refused to consider Tucson Electric Power’s Integrated Resource Plan – indicating that it would issue a moratorium on new natural gas-fired energy production projects. But we were appalled to learn that the ACC approved TEP’s underhanded plan to meet the imposed moratorium (not to exceed 175 megawatts) by phasing the construction into two 100 megawatt installations. There appears to be some shady dealings going on here. (This should not be a big surprise since some commissioners were under investigation for accepting dark money campaign donations.)

Our team's next step was contacting a member of the Board of Supervisors. When asked what he could do to deny TEP’s permit for the RICE generators, the supervisor claimed that their hands were tied - that it’s up to the EPA to set the laws about climate change. But, really, what are the chances of that happening with climate change denier Scott Pruitt at the helm of the EPA?

Our team met with a similar challenge when we submitted comments to the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality on how TEP’s permit doesn't meet the criteria for issuance prescribed in the Pima County Code. We couldn’t even argue that TEP didn’t meet the standards for carbon dioxide emissions since there was nothing in Pima’s code regarding carbon dioxide emissions. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt had delayed implementing the Clean Power Plan which places first-ever limits on the huge quantities of carbon pollution emitted by our country’s electric power plants. 

Three of our members spoke up at the public hearing held by the zoning examiner. We asked that the City of Tucson deny TEP’s request for a special zoning designation (Planned Area Development – “PAD”) because TEP’s request for rezoning contradicts Plan Tucson’s call for: (a) Increased renewable energy sources; (b) Recruiting, retaining and expanding Tucson’s key economic sectors in renewable energy; c) Increasing or promoting environmentally sensitive industry; and (d) “. . .[N]o compromise on principles of equity, fairness, justice, prosperity, livability, and environmental integrity.”

The Tucson zoning official explained that Plan Tucson’s provisions are not grounds to deny the TEP’s zoning request. He approved the zoning permit claiming it didn’t break any zoning codes. But when those zoning codes were written, we weren’t staring in the face of climate change!

Sustainable Tucson's advocacy team has done everything we can think of to stop the installation of TEP’s dirty generators. But we’ve been stopped by unethical roadblocks from the EPA.   Now we need your help.  It is time for bold action - to think outside of the box. It’s time to create new codes and ordinances that protect Tucson from the devastation of climate change and delay any permits until those codes and ordinances are put into effect.

The Tucson City Council committed to support the Paris Climate Agreement and take vital steps to combat climate change. It’s time to ask yourself some hard questions. Was that pledge just words or are you committed to doing everything you can to combat climate change to protect our children and the future of Tucson? If the answer to that question is yes, you need to ask yourself one more question, “Am I doing everything I can?” 

Sustainable Tucson is here to support your efforts to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement and protect our beloved town. Feel free to contact me if there is anything we can do to help.  

Sincerely,

Jana Segal
Sustainable Tucson Environmental Advocacy Group 

Keep up the good fight! 

Power Generation for Generations to come - YES to Solar + Storage! NO to fossil fuels

TEP is proposing modernizing the Sundt Generating Station by replacing two 1950's era steam units with ten natural gas fired combustion engines. The purpose of the new engines is to ramp up more quickly and to balance the variability associated with solar and wind energy generation. But all that ramping spouts more pollution into the air than the current steam units.

TEP claims that these units are part of a larger goal for 30% renewable energy by 2030, but gas fired engines should not be equated with clean, renewable power from wind and solar. The RICE units are fossil-fuel based generating units that would create significant greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, the project expects to cause an increase in emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter (fine particles PM2.5 and coarse particles PM10) and volatile organic compounds.

Over a third of carbon dioxide emissions in the US are from power plants.

TEP needs to stop promoting the idea of "clean gas." Just stop. It reeks of Big Oil rhetoric!  Burning fossil fuel still emits about 60 percent as much heat-trapping carbon dioxide as coal. Fracking for gas releases vast amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps 80 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide pollution. Gas extraction harms wildlife, disrupts ecosystems, and has been proven to contaminate water and even cause earthquakes throughout the U.S.

Neighborhoods in southeast Tucson have suffered from decades of coal and gas pollution from the Sundt plant. Pollution from the Irvington Campus has had negative health effects for generations. Now TEP is proposing a plant that will emit hazardous air pollutants that are harmful to our health, including benzene, fluorene, naphthalene, and toluene. This proposal will cause a net increase in pollution from particulate matter, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulfur hexafluoride.

And none of this is necessary! Utility-scale battery storage can provide the fast acting support that TEP needs to incorporate intermittent renewables like wind and solar even faster than gas units.

TEP claims that the RICE units are the most cost-effective option to incorporate intermittent renewables, but did they even consider clean alternatives to the RICE units? By pairing batteries with solar resources, utilities can use tax credits to reduce their costs. The prices for solar-plus-storage and windplus-storage systems have been plummeting, leading to record-breaking low prices in energy projects in other states. Colorado recently beat a record that Arizona held for the lowest-cost solar-plus-storage project. The median project in Colorado’s energy solicitation was 20% lower than TEP’s NextEra solarplus-storage project.

Sundt Generating Station represents a prime opportunity to choose renewable resources instead of building brand new fossil-fuel reliant projects. We have a great opportunity here! TEP’s service territory sits in one of the richest renewable resource zones in the country. Renewable energy creates far more jobs than fossil fuels. According to the Department of Energy, Arizona’s clean energy and energy efficiency industries already employ nearly 5 times as many people as the fossil fuel industry, and there is much room to grow. So why isn't TEP doing what's best for Tucson's economy and health?

TEP’s target to serve only 30% of its load with renewable energy by 2030 isn't nearly ambitious enough to protect Arizona’s air and water and to limit the impacts of climate change. It's time for our governing officials to demonstrate some strong leadership and do what's right for the people of Tucson and the future of our city.

The time for action is NOW - while we still have this window of opportunity. We can make a difference. Our city council can make a difference with some bold leadership! This is something concrete we can all do to leave a better life for our children in Tucson. 

Actions to take in March 2018

1.   Contact your Pima County Supervisor.  Ask them to deny TEP’s request for increased air pollution limits for the proposed installation of ten gas-fired Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) at the SundtGenerating Plant in Tucson. Most County officials claim that the County’s hands are tied, and that the decision is up to the EPA. But the County’s Department of Environmental Quality is holding public hearings, and even added one on March 28.  

2.   Contact your City of Tucson Council member and Mayor Rothschild (see Ward maps) and ask them to deny TEP’s request for a special zoning designation (Planned Area Development – “PAD”) because TEP’s request for rezoning contradicts the Tucson General Plan’s call for:

(a)  Increased renewable energy sources;

(b)  Recruiting, retaining and expanding Tucson’s key economic sectors in renewable energy;

(c)  Increasing or promoting environmentally sensitive industry; and

(d)  “. . .[N]o compromise on principles of equity, fairness, justice, prosperity, livability, and environmental integrity.”

TEP should not be rewarded for having previously failed to comply with development standards.

(brief talking points) (extensive talking points) 

Additional Resource: Sierra Club talking point for recent City of Tucson zoning hearing

3.   Join local neighbors, sustainable organizations, and the Sierra Club for a Rally and March on Wednesday, March 28.
4:15 p.m. Rally at TEP headquarters, 88 E Broadway.
March to the Pima County Public Works office, 201 N. Stone Ave, for…

4.   Pima County Department of Environmental Quality community meeting March 28, 2018, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Pima County Public Works Building, 201 N Stone basement Conference Room C, on TEP’s permit application. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/988829857935438/

Those unable to attend may submit written comments. Those who leave comments are qualified to appeal, but the comments must pertain to on how the permit meets the criteria for issuance prescribed in the Arizona Revised Statutes, Section § 49-481 of the Pima County Code.    

More information here:

http://renewnow.us/sundt/action.htm

The deadline to make public comments is THURSDAY. A well thought out public comment could stop the 10 gas-fired engines from being installed. But to be counted the comments MUST focus on how the permit doesn't meet the criteria for issuance prescribed in the Arizona Revised Statutes Section § 49-481 and Title 17 of the Pima County Code.

We need someone with the time and ability to comb through those government regulations to find inconsistencies in the revised statues or someone who has some knowledge in atmospheric science who can discuss how TEP's permit doesn't meet the Pima County Code air quality standards (like Ozone emissions). This will require an analytical mind and some time to do some research. Please, pass this onto any scientists or legal experts you know. This is our chance to save generations of Tucsonans from more toxic pollution.

Note: the codes do not include anything about greenhouse emissions, so the impact of climate change is not that is not a helpful argument for the public comments - but air quality is.

5. Share this blog:

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URGENT! Tell City Council not to spend $2.4 million to subsidize big water users

The City Council will be voting Wednesday on a plan to provide up to $2.4 million per year to subsidize the cost of new water lines to new industrial and warehouse businesses on the outskirts of Tucson. Like the other development incentives, the object is to stimulate Tucson’s economy by providing good paying jobs. The other perk is that in order to get the city to pay for the pipelines, the businesses must agree to include some environmentally sound practices in their building and business plan. Please, read Tony Davis’ article in the Arizona Daily Star for more details: Tucson City Council to consider paying for water lines to new employers

While the current plan is better than the previous plan that encouraged the new businesses to use green practices by offering incentives for implementing them (rather than requiring them), it is still just “greening” more development. For some reason the Tucson Chamber of Commerce wants us to compete with Phoenix in encouraging urban sprawl. 

This perpetual development is NOT SUSTAINABLE. We live in the desert during a drought. We have very limited reserves that rely on imported Central Arizona Project water. The CAP water  is transported 336 miles uphill requiring a whole coal fired power plant to power the pumps. The CAP water stored in Lake Powell is receding at a rapid rate. And other states get first dibs on that water. As climate change progresses, it is irresponsible to bring in more industry that will require water to manufacture their products and even more water to mine for the materials. 

The City Council has committed to taking action to fight climate change. Good! But it is not enough to just install some solar panels on city property. They need to stop promoting development on the outskirts of Tucson that increases traffic to those sites (putting more carbon in the air) and encourages the development of more housing complexes that use up even more of our diminishing water supply.

That $2.4 million would be better spent fixing our aging water system or retrofitting the houses and businesses we already have with water conservation and rainwater harvesting features. It would be better spent installing rainwater harvesting systems on neighborhood streets all over town.

As climate change progresses, Tucson will have more extreme weather. That means more droughts and flash floods. We need to work with the county to update our storm water infrastructure so that storm water is harvested. That would also save millions on storm damage. 

The City Council needs to decide if they are really serious about fighting climate change and making Tucson more sustainable. It’s time to encourage the growth of local businesses by incentivizing them to conserve water and retrofitting existing buildings – instead of bringing in more industrial water hogs. We can never compete with Phoenix. And why would we want to? Tucson Water cannot support perpetual development – particularly of businesses that require a lot of water. If we keep this up, Tucson will be a ghost town like all of the little mining towns that line our back roads. 

For a more sustainable vision for Tucson, check out Sustainable Living Tucson's blog: For the love of Tucson: Creating a desert oasis to combat climate change

Please, speak out to our Mayor and council members before the Wednesday meeting. And if you can, come to the City Council Meeting and make a public statement supporting a more sustainable plan for the future of Tucson's water.

Contact Mayor & Council Members

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild: https://www.mayorrothschild.com/contact-us/ or phone (520) 791-4201

*Ward 1 Vice Mayor Regina Romero: Regina.Romero@tucsonaz.gov (520) 791-4040

*See V.M. Romero's views on the proposal here.

Ward 2 Council Member Paul Cunningham: Paul.Cunningham@tucsonaz.gov (520) 791-4687

Ward 3 Council Member Paul Durham: Paul.Durham@tucsonaz.gov (520) 791-4711

Ward 4 Council Member Shirley Scott: Shirley.Scott@tucsonaz.gov (520) 791-3199

Ward 5 Council Member Richard Fimbres: Richard.Fimbres@tucsonaz.gov (520) 791-4231

Ward 6 Council Member Steve Kozachik: Steve.Kozachik@tucsonaz.gov (520) 791-4601

Speak up at the City Council Meeting

What: The Tucson City Council will consider a program of water infrastructure incentives at its Wednesday, Feb. 21 meeting.

When: The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m., and the water incentive package is the 10th and last item on the council agenda.

Where: In the Mayor and Council Chambers of Tucson City Hall, 255 W. Alameda St.

#saveTucson'swater