06 October 2019

Catching-Up with City of Mesa Economic Development Advisory Board Meetings, Approved Minutes + New Members

Very few members of the public ever attend or speak up at these monthly meetings. Please take the time to get yourself informed.
This is what happens ahead of what gets published in mainstream media reports - and some of it doesn't get any attention outside the Lower Chambers.
Here is a link where readers of this blog can access and view what is in the public record > http://apps.mesaaz.gov/meetingarchive/meetings?body=EDAB
Please note: Unlike City Council Meetings and Study Sessions, or Planning & Zoning Board Meetings, these sessions are not recorded by Mesa Channel 11 or uploaded to YouTube . . . the public has to wait a month to see the "Approved Minutes.
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The Economic Development Advisory Board shall act as the advisory board to the Mesa City Council on matters pertaining to economic development, including 

  • goal setting
  • strategic planning
  • marketing and business recruitment, retention and expansion.  


The membership of the Economic Development Advisory Board shall include: 
  • nine (9) voting members and 
  • up to six (6) ex-officio non-voting members. 
Three of the ex-officio members shall be 
  • the Mayor, City Manager, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce
  • and three may be City of Mesa representatives that are currently sitting on the Greater Phoenix Economic Council Board of Directors
The mayor and city manager rarely show up for EDAB meetings. 

The current Chair is a real estate broker, Natascha Ovando-Karadsheh

Call (480) 644-2398 for information.
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NEW MEMBER
Dan Olson
Vice President and General Manager, Armament Systems Business Unit, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems 
EDAB Approved Minutes from September 2019
The issue of the proposed 15% Budget Increase for Mesa Public Schools was discussed on Pages 2-5 of those minutes

Readers of this blog might like to note 

that the proficiency levels on three 

indicators are at 42% 

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In the Business Prospect Report it was noted that Kim Gram will be taking over from JD Beatty. . . there could be some major drops in the prospects
The discussion on all that goes on for 2 pages . . .





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