Does the City of Mesa has A Contingency Plan Proactive of the Catastrophic Impacts from The 20-Year Drought?

Looks like there is no end to unsustainable suburban sprawl. We're now in what could be a catastrophic 20-year Water Drought here in The East Valley of The Lower Kingdom.

 

Here are some snippets from featured posts on this blog from more than three years ago:

Here's one

28 February 2016

How Awesome Are "Master-Planned Community" Real Estate Investments In Suburban Mesa?

How does DMB's newest Arizona master-planned community continue to grow and sell itself just a few years after getting approvals and starting construction for new housing in a large tract of open land formerly the General Motors Proving Grounds [.   acres] It's proving to be fertile ground for real estate developers - an investment that's paying off. Approvals from Mesa City Council came so fast there was no time for shock.

The vision for Eastmark as a major economic core for Phoenix’s East Valley is already coming to fruition.  Apple’s Arizona Global Operations Center resides at Eastmark and DMB’s Operations team is working to bring more high-quality jobs to the area. Buyers appreciate living in the heart of the region’s transportation system with direct connection to employment, schools and parks,
Eastmark saw strong traffic and sales in its neighborhoods last year - 550 with an average of fifty per month.
In response to the rapid sales pace, Eastmark launched its next phase.Residents enjoy a rich community life that will continue to expand in 2016:

• Resort style pool for residents coming in 2016
• Recreation center for residents opening in 2016
• The Eastmark Great Park including Event Pavilion, Splash Pad and The Orange Monster – growing each year
• More than 25 neighborhood parks
• 100+ community and resident programs throughout the year

Two world-class elementary schools in the heart of Eastmark educate more than 1,000 students today. 
BASIS, one of the leading charter schools in the nation, operates their only Mesa campus at Eastmark 
Sequoia Pathfinder Elementary focuses on STEM education for their students. 
A new A-rated public school opened this year to serve the community and it is just a short walk from Eastmark neighborhoods. . .

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Here's another one: 

22 April 2018

Here's another one

29 October 2019

 

Here's one more

There's a far bigger land deal going on in the expansion for the New Zion and exploitation of two more real estate holdings at Eastmark on some 3,000+ acres that the City of Mesa purchased on the former General Motors Providing Grounds . . . 
Here's some background written by Gary Nelson 

GM ends its operations at Mesa test track 

by Gary Nelson - Jun. 12, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

. . . there was an eastward-rolling tsunami of suburban sprawl. As early as the mid-'90s, developers were coveting GM's land and surrounding areas near the former Williams Air Force Base, now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, for new housing projects. . . In 2004, GM sold the southern portion to Phoenix businessman William Levine. Two years later, the northern 5 square miles was sold to Scottsdale-based DMB Associates for $265 million.

Featured in the article: Roc Arnett and Jack Sellers, a Chandler councilman at that time

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DMB pursues Mesa subdivision projectJanuary 11, 2012
Article by Gary Nelson
. . . A zoning plan approved by Mesa for the property in 2008 allows up to 15,000 dwelling units of various kinds. Dea McDonald, DMB’s vice president for development, said the time had arrived to start building them. . . Eastmark is expected to evolve over the next three or four decades into a dense urban center closely tied to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Eventually, there could be high-rise business districts fronting the airport along Ellsworth Road. . . Macdonald says he expects DMB and “multiple” developers to close escrow in June, and that Mesa also will approve plans for their subdivisions about that time. McDonald said he cannot reveal the builders’ names until deals are finalized.

Mesa to Annex Two Chunks of Former GM Desert Proving Ground

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12 December 2020