Lots to Say About "Water-Rights" - Yes, We Paid For The Water?

Yesterday's Mesa City Council Study Session at 07:30 am Thu 14 June 2018 was NOT usual in many ways. 

If you don't have the time to watch and listen to the entire session, at least take the time to see the opening few minutes as the mayor's attention darts to the left-hand side of the screen back-and-forth to let the city manager and city attorney chime in on questions how to proceed. What's the mayor appear to be so nervous and so anxious about? . . .
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The streaming video from YouTube is uploaded and inserted - scroll down
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It's time to be much more careful instead of trying to skim over items on the agenda as is the usual way Giles runs these sessions, perhaps realizing he might be on shaky ground if he doesn't honor points-of-order in his official capacity being in-charge of how these sessions are conducted. 
Notice before the first presentation when no one present asked ahead of time about water, How many times do city officials keep repeating "Yes, we paid for it"...
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Did they also overlook putting on the final agenda  a required second notice for a  Home Rule PUBLIC HEARING??? ...
and City Attorney Jim Smith says "it will only take a couple of minutes"????  
Hey! This is important for any number of reasons that city officials might want to keep the public in the dark and un-informed about.
Home Rule is the local authority that let's the city of Mesa bust Arizona State's balanced budget statute, allowing hikes in any utilities fees/charges - or anything else - they can get away with.
If Home Rule is not approved, the city can collect the increase, but they can't spend it .
(That means no money to pay for the $120,000,000 ASU hand-out)
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On top of everything - more than 40+ items -they dump this on the public yesterday???
When there's a bribery trial going on involving Mesa Mormon Republicans, yes.
When there's many questions about the millions and millions of taxpayer dollars spent on water treatment and wastewater treatment, yes.
When there's been a drought for 18 years and the city keeps approving more demand for residential and commercial water usage in the endless expansion of suburbia?, yes.
When the city manager calls on city officials as a reaction to "Grumblings in the media? yes.