Today's 17 May 2018 Mesa City Council Study Session - Only One Item???

Huh? Smack dab in the middle of major issues hitting citizens and taxpayers here in the City of Mesa we get this:

a very strange "study session" ahead of a very important City Council Regular Session on Monday 21 May 2018 
NOTABLE ABSENCES Councilmember Mark Freeman and Mayor John Giles are absent. Whereabouts unkown.
Kevin Thompson also absent with what looks a somewhat tense gathering of city government: take a look and see for yourself - it's done and over  in a fast ten minutes

Vice-Mayor David Luna is immediately interrupted by City
Manager Chris Brady to have a presentation about the City's Development Services. . . with everything else on the agenda why this now? ....adding what they call COLLABORATIVE SPACES for staff to resolve challenges.
There is only meeting item that's in meeting details and it's the following while the "Study Session" is also supposed to review the agenda for Monday's very important regular meeting - What do the 3 councilmembers and Vice-Mayor Luna have to say about any questions?
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Meeting Name:

City Council Study Session

Agenda status:

Final

Meeting date/time:

5/17/2018 7:30 AM

Minutes status:

Draft

Meeting location:

Council Chambers - Lower Level

Published agenda:

Agenda

Published minutes:

Not available

Meeting video:

Not available

Attachments:

• Meeting Items (1)

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File # Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details 18-0640 2-a Minutes Judicial Advisory Board meetings held on March 26, 2018 and May 7, 2018     Not available

 
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Here's the 10-minute streaming video of the "Study Session" where the bulk of the time is taken up by some planned changes at Development Services office space. HUH? 

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A NOTHING BURGER mebbe all wrapped-up real nice with what? Stuff from two months ago! WTFu*#@! is going on here with trying to take the focus off all the million$$$$$$$ in the city's budget for the next fiscal year???? 
The Mesa City Council is supposed to be reviewing ALL THE NUMBERS 
at tomorrow's  'Study Session'
(or so they said just last week)
,,,must be a change in plans, huh?

BTW: THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT PLANNING & ZONING PUBLIC HEARING TODAY where there are some huge plans for developments on the agenda (See below) 
3,200-acre expansion of Eastmark
145-acre private developer plans for MCCC
WM Grace Plans for 'Fiesta Village'
. . . and a whole lot more!

Source: County, Board & Committee Research Center

_________________________________________________________________________________ File #: 18-0640    Type: Minutes Status: Agenda Ready In control: City Council Study Session On agenda: 5/17/2018 Title: Judicial Advisory Board meetings held on March 26, 2018 and May 7, 2018 Attachments: 1. March 26, 2018 Judicial Advisory Board, 2. May 7, 2018 Judicial Advisory Board _________________________________________________________________________________ Judicial Advisory Board "This seven-member board recommends to the City Council the best qualified persons to become City magistrates, and evaluates the performance of appointed magistrates and advises the City Council about retaining them. The board meets as needed in the Council Chambers, 57 E. First Street. The board consists of the Presiding Judge of the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County, or designee; one Arizona Appellate Court Judge to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court one active member of the State Bar of Arizona who resides in Mesa one member of the Maricopa County Bar Association who resides in Mesa three Mesa electors who are not City employees, judges in any official capacity, retired judges nor members of the State Bar of Arizona. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years. Call (480) 644-2382 for information. http://www.mesaaz.gov/city-hall/advisory-boards-committees/judicial-advisory-board _________________________________________________________________________________ This is a 130-Minute of last Thursday's City Council Study Session with Candace Cannistraro taking the entire budget discussions way off-track: talking about Open Budget Transparency?? _________________________________________________________________________________