The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-18
Incorporate And
Plan For The Future
Urges Roy 7. Heyne
City manager of Phoenix
tells civic group early
action will save regrets;
Richard Mime, prominent
attorney, answers queries.

attorney, answers queries.
Incorporate and plan definitely
for your future development, OF
you will regret it throughout the
years to come The sooner you
act in this matter the better" Such
was in substance the message OF
Roy T. Heyne, city manager OF
Phoenix, to the citizens and prop
erty owners of Coolidge at the
dinner meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce in the Community
Church basement Monday night.
Mr.. Heyne spoke of the need OF
coordinate planning to fix levels
for streets and sidewalks and pro
vide for drainage in all areas of the
community, as well providing for
a sanitary system with suitable
sewage disposal. These matters,
the speaker stated should be
planned and engineered early in a
fast-growing community like Cool
idge-perhaps far in advance of
actual construction-or mistakes
will be made in early improvements
that will later prove costly to the
individual property owners as well
as to taxpayers in general.
He spoke of the vital present
need of local control of problems
of policing, sanitation, fire pro-
lection and similar matters, which
cannot be secured excepting by in
corporation.
Takes need not be high in an
incorporated area" said the Phoe-
nix city manager, ''if only the nee
essary services and planning are
provided for and widespread i'm
provements are not undertaken too
rapidly, but meanwhile the future
of the community and its property
owners and business men will be
protected.
He concluded by pointing out how
.ordinary ad valorum taxes on real
estate would be supplemented IN
the new city by revenue from lieu
taxes, sales taxes, license fees, ETC.,
and pointed to the grants from fed
eral sources that are in prospect
for cities in the immediate post
war era, providing plans and pro-
jects are set up, saying that only
by early incorporation could Cool
idge hope for it's share in such
funds.
During the question period, Rich
ard Mime, city attorney of Phoe-
nix, joined with Heyne in answer
ing questions about Incorporation,
particularly in its legal aspects.
The speakers were introduced by
H. H. Wrenn of the Examiner, an
old friend of Attorney Mime.
Wrenn also introduced K. w. Alex
ander, who recently joined the staff
of the Examiner and became a resi-
dent of Coolidge.
President Howard Gosa of the
Chamber of Commerce presided
over the dinner-meeting, which
opened with the reading of the
minutes of the last meeting by
Secretary ]. ]. Jones.
Raymond Sroaf and Secretary
Jones reported on the meeting
April % of Chamber of Commerce
officials of Southern Arizona and
told of progress made toward
united front in the matter of re-
tanning in Arizona as many as pos
sible of the present vital military
establishments. They also spoke
of plans for better coordination or
effort in all matters affecting the
future progress and prosperity of
this state.
H. A .Unger was named to at
tend the next meeting of the South
ern Arizona group at the Santa
Rita hotel in Tucson on Thursday
of next week, when further pro-
gress will be made in the CO.
operative effort to assure Arizonas
place in Uncle Sans plans for post
war military establishments.
Many citizens and taxpayers took
part in the informal discussion OF
both the incorporation problem and
plans to retain military bases.
Mondays meeting was the last
regular session of the Chamber OF
Commerce until next fall, but i'm
portant matters will be kept NOV
ing by the board of directors and
the incorporation committee.