City of Mesa Design Review Board: Who's On It + What They Do

Design Review Board
Second Tuesday of each month

4:30pm

City Council Chambers (lower level)

57 E. First Street

City CodeThe Design Review Board is composed of seven members who are residents of the City, and who volunteer their services. The Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, appoints the members of the Board.
The Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the Zoning Ordinance to include

• two architects
• two from other design professions (i.e. landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background)
• one contractor or developer, and
• two citizens.

The purpose and duties of the Design Review Board have changed and evolved over the years. The original purpose of the Board was to hear appeals of decisions made by the Building Safety Division regarding the newly adopted Design Guidelines.
It now reviews:

• buildings of four or more stories in height;
• any multiple residential projects that exceed the RM-2 density range;
• commercial and industrial projects that have frontage on an arterial street, or that are part of an existing or planned development that has frontage on an arterial street;
• and any commercial and industrial projects which have, or will have, greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area.

The Board also Reviews parking garages, and City of Mesa municipal projects.

For a full explanation of the duties and responsibilities of the Design Review Board see Chapter 71 of the Zoning Ordinance.
Board

Role	Design Review Board	Date Appointed	Term Expires
Chair	Randy Carter	7/1/2015	6/30/2021
Vice Chair	Scott Thomas	3/1/2019	6/30/2022
Boardmember	Jeanette Knudsen	7/2/2018	6/30/2021
Boardmember	J. Seth Placko	9/22/2016	6/30/2020
Boardmember	Nicole Posten-Thompson	7/1/2014	6/30/2020
Boardmember	Sean Banda	7/1/2014	6/30/2022
Boardmember	Tanner Green	7/1/2019	6/30/2022

Staff Contact:

Lesley Davis

480-644-4934

Lesley.Davis@mesaaz.gov
City of Mesa Planning Division

55 N. Center Street

P.O. Box 1466

Mesa, AZ 85211-1466

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Most recent Design Board Meeting - Items Downtown

September 10, 2019 

City Council Chambers – Lower Level  

57 East 1st Street   4:30 PM     

A. Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding Design Review cases: 

This is a preliminary review of Design Review Board cases. 

The applicant and public may speak about the case, and the Board may provide comments and suggestions to assist the Applicant with the proposal, but the Board will not approve or deny a case under Preliminary Review.           

B. Call to Order   

C. Consider the Minutes from the 8/13/2019 meeting   

D. Discuss and take action on the following Design Review case:   None   

E.       Other Business:   None              

F. Adjournment  

 

Item A.1. DRB17-00114 41 West Main Street  District 4.

Located in Downtown Mesa.

Review of façade improvement.

City of Mesa, applicant;

PSGE Investments LLC, owner. 

Staff Planner: Angelica Guevara 

 

Item A.2. DRB17-00115 45 West Main Street  District 4.

Located in Downtown Mesa.

Review of façade improvement.

City of Mesa, applicant;

Teichman 45 West Main LLC, owner. 

 Staff Planner: Angelica Guevara   

 

Item A.3. DRB17-00116 47 West Main Street District 4.

Located in Downtown Mesa.

Review of façade improvement.

City of Mesa, applicant;

Teichman 47 West Main St LLC, owner.  

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Item A.4. DRB19-00233 Within the 8300 block of East Baseline Road  District 6. Located north of Baseline Road, east of Sossaman Road.

 3.9 ± acres).

Review of a group commercial center for multiple buildings.

• RKAA Architects, applicant
• Baseline Mesa LLC, owner.  

Staff Planner: Wahid Alam Continuance to the October 8, 2019 meeting 

 

Item A.5. DRB19-00521 7353 East Ray Road     District 6.

Located within the 7200 through 7500 block of east Ray Road (south side). Located east of Power Road, south of Power Road

(5.19± acres).

Review of new commercial building.

• Balmer Architectural Group, Inc., applicant;
• PhxMesa Gateway Airport 193 LLC, owner. 

Staff Planner: Ryan McCann 

 

Item A.6. DRB19-00556 7125 East Guadalupe Road  District 6.

Within the 9100 block of East Guadalupe Road (south side). Located west of Ellsworth Road on the south side of Guadalupe Road.

(1.14 ± acres).

Review of a retail tire sales and repair facility.

Neil Feaser, RKAA Architects, Inc.;

Eric Schoessler, owner. 

Staff Planner: Wahid Alam 

Item A.7. DRB19-00570 8946 East Germann Road  District 6. 

within the 8900 block of East Germann Road (north side). Located on the west side of Ellsworth Road and north of Germann Road. 

(4.07± acres).

Review of new retail shopping center.

Navarro Design, applicant;

ETP Queen Creek Building LLC, owner.  

Staff Planner: Ryan McCann  

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LINKS TO AGENDA ITEMS

 

Meeting Date	Document Title	Meeting Type	Document Type
9/10/2019	Agenda	Regular	Agendas
9/10/2019	DRB19-00570	Regular	Attachment
9/10/2019	DRB17-00114	Regular	Attachment
9/10/2019	DRB19-00521	Regular	Attachment
9/10/2019	DRB17-00116	Regular	Attachment
9/10/2019	DRB19-00556	Regular	Attachment