Agenda: Mesa City Council Study Session Thu 14 June 2018

Wheeeee! Here we go again! Don't know about anyone else, but with all the jammed-up huge number of items piled on the agenda for Monday, June 18th's regular Mesa City Council Meeting that deserve attention from the public, it's a disappointment to say the least that none of the 40++ items up for hearing and discussion on Monday are scheduled for tomorrow's "study session" NOR are there yet any meeting details available to the public in advance of a "study session" before that regular council meeting. It's up to you to hold  City Hall responsible and respond-able to the public.
You pay their salaries - they are obligated to work for you, not special interests.
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If the public wants to keep city government accountable, open and transparent,  it's suggested that
YOU GET ENGAGED to give your input to the people you elected to serve the interests of the public
by calling or contacting via email the city manager, the mayor or your city council district representative to request that your concerns and your issues about what the city council is doing or not doing or how they do it are placed on the agenda for Monday's City Council Study Session.
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As promised by Mesa City Manager Chris Brady on June 8th, what he referred to as "GO Bonds" - Brady-shorthand for General Obligation Bonds - is one of five items on the Final Agenda published yesterday.

To be brief and to-the-point
 General obligation bonds are debt instruments
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Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on general obligation bond items for the 2018 election including:

> funding mechanisms

> operations and maintenance costs for public safety, parks and cultural projects

> the Mesa Plays project

Blogger Note: There is no doubt more objective information
about GOBs (Gobs of million$-in-public debt) you can find using any search engine.
(You don't have to wait to see what might very one-sided)

HUH? The Mesa Plays Project????

Will we be seeing City Manager Chris Brady explaining all the details and making this presentation to the public himself?
. . . or is he planning to put an assistant city manager or Candace Cannistraro, head of the Office of Management & Budget, into the hot seat again???
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Scroll down farther to view the study session for 14 June 2018
Source: Mesa Legistar/Council, Committee, Board and Research Center

WHAT ARE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS?

What Are General Obligation Bonds? - Morningstar

https://news.morningstar.com/classroom2/course.asp?docId=5384&page=2...

General obligation bonds are debt instruments issued by states
and local governments to raise funds for public works.
What makes general obligation bonds (or GO bonds for short) unique
is that they are backed by the full faith and credit of the issuing municipality.

Here's an infographic from a recent
presentation at a city council
meeting that shows Mesa’s net worth
is declining year-after-year >
According to the data provided by
District 2 rep Jeremy Whitakker,
the decline started around 2006 when
current City Manager Chris Brady
first got hired and employed inside
City Hall.
Source >> click here

OK. . . How's the City of Mesa's credit and how's the Mesa City Manager's Credibility?? 
In the over 12 years of Chris Brady's high-salaried tenure as the city's chief executive officer, the public
debt has risen drastically from less than $40M in 2006 to over $750 today in 2018

Follow-up question: Do you trust and have confidence
in city manager Chris Brady?

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Meeting Name:

City Council Study Session

Agenda status:

Final

Meeting date/time:

6/14/2018 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 (5)

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File # Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details 18-0745 2-a Presentation Hear a presentation and discuss the City of Mesa Water Shortage Management Plan 2018.     Not available 18-0726 2-b Presentation Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on general obligation bond items for the 2018 election including funding mechanisms, and operations and maintenance costs for public safety, parks and cultural projects, and the Mesa Plays project.     Not available 18-0743 3-a Minutes Historic Preservation Board meeting held on May 1, 2018.     Not available 18-0742 3-b Minutes Economic Development Advisory Board meeting held on June 5, 2018.     Not available 18-0753 3-c Minutes Public Safety Committee meeting held on June 10, 2018.     Not available

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 Please take the time to look at the attachments.
Look at them closely
Seriously
Like some people say, "The Devil's in the Details" 

While you're at it, please take the time to notice that while they are Approved Meeting Minutes now available for two board and one committee meeting, there have been none published for City Council Meetings since 05/21/2018.
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Here are the attachments for the GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS PRESENTATION:

File #:

18-0726

Type:

Presentation

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

6/14/2018

Title:

Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on general obligation bond items for the 2018 election including funding mechanisms, and operations and maintenance costs for public safety, parks and cultural projects, and the Mesa Plays project.

Attachments:

1. Presentation - Bond Projects, 2. Presentation - Mesa Plays Project Financing

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