Office of the City Manager TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Mark A. Coronado, Interim City Manager DATE: October 22, 2010 SUBJECT: Issues Update 3RD ANNUAL CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. The 3rd Annual Cancer Treatment Centers of America Tennis Championships, presented by Sanderson Volvo kicked off Wednesday, October 20. The 5-day event features tennis greats John McEnroe, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Wayne Ferreira, Mark Philippoussis, Jimmy Arias, Aaron Krickstein and Jeff Tarango. Enjoy mixed doubles on Saturday with Anna Kournikova and Ashley Harkleroad. Tournament Match Schedule: Session 1 Wednesday, Oct 20 7pm Match A: Philippoussis vs. Krickstein Match B: Courier vs. Tarango Session 2 Thursday, Oct 21 7pm Match A: Chang vs. Arias Match B: McEnroe vs. Ferreira Session 3 Friday, Oct 22 2pm Match A: Philippoussis vs. Arias Match B: Chang vs. Krickstein Session 4 Friday, Oct 22 7pm Match A: Courier vs. Ferreira Match B: McEnroe vs. Tarango Session 5 Saturday, Oct 23 Noon Match A: Arias vs. Krickstein Match B: Kournikova & Tarango vs. Harkleroad & Ferreira Match C: Chang vs. Philippoussis Session 6 Saturday, Oct 23 6pm Match A: Courier vs. McEnroe Mixed Doubles: Kournikova & Arias vs. Harkleroad & Krickstein Match B: Ferreira vs. Tarango Session 7 Sunday, Oct 24 Noon 3rd Place Match Championship Match Mayor & Council -2- October 22, 2010 Along with the CTCA Tennis Championships, The City of Surprise will host the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Junior Team Tennis Nationals at the Tennis and Racquet Complex. The National Championships serve as the crown jewel of USTA Junior Team Tennis as the nation’s top teams compete for the title. The National Championship will take place over 2 weekends in October (October 22-24, 29-31, 2010 and October 21-23, 29-31, 2011) and consist of two age divisions; 14 and under and 18 and under in both intermediate and advanced play. Over 500 athletes will participate in each of the 4 divisions. WAY-FINDING SIGNS. The Transportation/Engineering Division of the Public Works Department installed the Way Finding Signs on October 19. These signs are intended to provide motorist guidance and direction to the Surprise Civic Center and Recreation Campus areas and guide them to the specific attraction within those two areas. Staff fabricated and installed these signs completely in house. Material cost was $4,200, below the originally estimated $6,000. All the older signage has been removed and stored. Shown below is a sample photo of an internal way-finding sign. If you have any questions, please contact City Engineer, Nick Mascia at 623-222-6140. SURPRISE STADIUM. The Arizona Fall League Surprise Rafters games are taking place in the stadium. The season’s first night game is scheduled for Thursday, October 21 at 6:35 pm. Ticket costs are $5 and $6 and can be purchased at the stadium ticket office one hour before the start of the game. Mayor & Council -3- October 22, 2010 Community & Recreation Services is hosting the annual Men’s Senior League Baseball World Series games. Over 300 teams from all over the country will participate in three games throughout the Phoenix area over the next 3 weeks. Seventy-two of the games will be played in Surprise on the Kansas City Royals practice fields. Games are free to the public. WEST VALLEY REGION AND SKYLINE REGION SWIMMING AND DIVING INVITATIONAL OCTOBER 21ST – 23RD. Dysart and Shadow Ridge High Schools will host Regional Swimming and Dive meets this Thursday through Saturday at the Surprise Aquatic Center. Diving will be held on Thursday with warm ups beginning at 10 am and competition beginning at 11:30 am. The swimming prelims begin Friday morning @ 7:15 am for warm ups and competition begins at 9 am. Schools in the Skyline region include Liberty, Desert Edge, Buckeye, Sierra Linda, Verrado, Mingus, Youngker, and Shadow Ridge. All will compete in the swim in finals on Saturday with competition beginning at 11:30 am. POLICE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REVIEW. The monthly review for September, 2010 is attached as EXHIBIT A. ADA COORDINATOR. Joe Gladieux is attending the National ADA Coordinator’s Conference in San Diego this week. He has reported that staff from the Department of Justice has mentioned Surprise as a “Model City” in its efforts to make this a barrier free community. THANKSGIVING WEEK. Due to the shortened week, there will be no Council Update meetings on Monday and no Issues Report on Friday. EXHIBIT A Surprise Police Department Monthly Review September 2010 EXHIBIT A Part One Crime Stats – Citywide 12 Months October 2009 to September 2010 All numbers below are preliminary and must still go through a verification process and may change. Person Crimes Part 1 12 Person Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Month Crimes 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 Avg. Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.08 Sexual Assault 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0.58 Robbery 3 6 3 5 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 3.17 Assault 15 24 15 18 15 20 23 32 13 5 12 16 17.33 Domestic Violence 79 81 93 80 85 81 95 105 111 91 92 80 89.42 Child Abuse, Molest, Neglect 14 21 15 11 12 17 15 12 5 5 20 15 13.50 Total - Person 125.0 Crimes 112 132 126 114 115 120 137 153 132 105 129 113 9 Property Crimes Part 1 Property Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 12 Month Crimes 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 Avg. Burglary 75 51 47 43 34 53 47 40 73 74 47 50 52.83 Theft 110 105 93 79 77 83 91 93 95 89 65 74 87.83 Stolen Veh 14 9 17 14 6 8 12 9 11 9 7 12 10.67 Arson 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 8 0 1 2 1.75 Total - Property Crimes 201 166 157 138 118 145 151 144 187 172 120 138 153.08 Total Part 1 Crimes 220 196 175 161 136 167 178 180 203 181 137 157 174.17 *Total Part 1 Crimes only include the standard UCR Part 1 Crimes and does not include Domestic Violence or Child Abuse/Molest/Neglect. All numbers above are preliminary and must still go through a verification process and may change. Person Crimes Property Crimes 200 250 150 200 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 Jul 2010 Jul 2010 Jul Jan 2010 Jan 2010 Jan Jun 2010 Jun Jun 2010 Jun Oct 2009 Oct 2009 Oct Apr 2010 Apr 2010 Apr Feb 2010 Feb 2010 Sep 2010 Feb 2010 Sep Dec 2009 Dec 2009 Dec Aug 2010 Aug 2010 Aug Nov 2009 Nov 2009 Nov Mar 2010 Mar 2010 Mar May 2010 May 2010 May Comparison of 2008 through 2010 Part 1 Crimes 300 200 100 0 08 09 08 09 10 08 09 10 08 09 10 08 09 10 08 09 08 09 10 08 09 08 09 10 08 09 10 08 09 10 08 09 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jul Jul Jul Jan Jan Jan Jun Jun Jun Oct Oct Apr Apr Apr Feb Feb Feb Sep Sep Sep Dec Dec Aug Aug Aug Nov Nov Mar Mar Mar May May May Prepared by Cheryl Vendt, Crime Analyst EXHIBIT A Response Times July 2010 through September 2010 Priority 1 calls are those in which there is an imminent danger to life or major damage/loss to property or an in progress or just occurred major felony. These would be of a serious nature or have a degree of immediate personal danger or harm. This includes business and residential hold up and panic alarms. Priority 2 calls are those in which a crime in progress might result in a threat of injury to a person, or major loss of property or immediate apprehension of a suspect. These calls are urgent but not known to be life threatening. This includes traffic accidents with injuries, traffic accidents blocking a roadway, residential panic alarms, business audible hold-up/panic alarms and business silent burglar alarms. Priority 3 calls are non-emergency requests for service to report a crime after the fact. This includes audible residential and business burglar alarms and silent residential burglary alarms. Dispatch Time (Start=Call is received, End=First Officer is enroute) Officer Response Time (Start=When Officer is enroute to call, End=First Officer arrives on scene) Response Time (Start=Call is received, End=First Officer arrives on scene) Month Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Ofc. Total Ofc. Total Ofc. Total Dispatch Dispatch Dispatch Response Response Response Response Response Response July 0:01:21 0:03:34 0:04:55 0:01:30 0:06:08 0:07:35 0:14:15 0:07:57 0:22:22 2010 Aug 0:00:45 0:03:42 0:04:28 0:01:32 0:05:47 0:07:16 0:12:28 0:02:47 0:20:43 2010 Sept 0:00:49 0:02:09 0:04:52 0:01:44 0:06:08 0:07:46 0:16:26 0:08:41 0:25:10 2010 *All times are averages. The actual times for each incident are used to determine each average and therefore the Total Response average will not equal the Dispatch average plus the Officer Response average. Using the actual times gives a more accurate average.