SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO APPROVE ONE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION???? ...Thu10.21.2021

It all took a total of less than 2 minutes. . .Seems like a lot of accelerated effort to fast-track or Roll-out-the-red-carpet for one 3-hour event named Moments Gala 2021.

But there's a WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT GOING BACK TO 2019 AND THE TAX-ADVANTAGED INCENTIVES TO DUMP INVESTMENTS IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES.

At first glance it looks straight-forward

City Council City of Mesa 

Meeting Agenda - Final 

Council Chambers 57 E. First Street  Thursday, October 21, 2021 7:30 AM Lower Council Chambers 

Special Council Meeting 

Roll Call (City Council members participate in person or by electronic means.) 

1 Take action on the following liquor license application: 

21-1140 Oakwood Creative Care 

This is a one-day event to be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021, from 5:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. 

at CAVU Aerospace, 7717 East Ray Road. (District 6) 

ITEM 1-a 

File #:

21-1140

Type:

Liquor License Application

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council

On agenda:

10/21/2021

Title:

Oakwood Creative Care This is a one-day event to be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021, from 5:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. at CAVU Aerospace, 7717 East Ray Road. (District 6)

Attachments:

1. Background, 2. Application

BACKGROUND (Special Event Liquor\Background Form Letter)

Revenue Collections Operations Licensing Office 

 

THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE – ON-SALE RETAIL. 

COUNCIL DISTRICT #6 SPECIAL EVENT

> LIQUOR LICENSES ARE PERMITTED UNDER ARS 4-203.02 WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ONLY. 

> NO PUBLIC NOTICE POSTING OR CITY AGENCY CHECKOUTS ARE REQUIRED. 

 

EVENT LOCATION 7717 East Ray Road Oakwood Creative Care Inc. 

> ORGANIZATION’S NAME APPLICANT, POSITION MAILING ADDRESS 

Sherri Friend, Agent 247 North Macdonald, Mesa AZ 85201 

 

>This is a one-day event to be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021, from 5:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. 

> The professional bartending service, Couple of Bartenders, will provide alcohol service and implement control measures to prevent any violations of Arizona liquor laws. 

Identification will be checked by bartenders at the point of sale and only patrons of legal drinking age will be served. 

All alcohol service and consumption will be confined to the designated event area. 

• 10% of the proceeds will go to Couple of Bartenders. 
  
• 90% of the proceeds will go to Oakwood Creative Care Inc. 

TYPE OF LIQUOR SERVED:

Free/Host Alcohol, Beer, Wine, and Distilled Spirits. 

TYPE OF EVENT BEING HELD:

In conjuction with event titled: Moments Matter Gala 2021. 

Texas Roadhouse will be catering this event. 

ADVERSE INFORMATION: None.

OTHER INFORMATION: None

 

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NEWS STORIES:

 

In The News

01 AUGUST 2019

Arkansas aerospace company opening $5M Valley facility

Company recently closed an operation in Goodyear

Phoenix Business Journal | 2019-08-01T17:31:00-04:00

CAVU Aerospace Inc. is opening a $5 million aircraft component repair facility in Mesa, with plans to hire up to 75 employees.

The Stuttgart, Arkansas-based aerospace company, which focuses on end-of-service aircraft dismantling, engine repair and aerospace maintenance, was founded in 2010. Component repair is a new business for the company, and Mesa will be the first of this facility for the company, said Ken Kocialski, CAVU Aerospace’s managing partner. . ..

> Kocialski said Mesa was chosen after a six-month process that included looking in other parts of Arizona, New Mexico and California. Mesa ultimately worked out best because of the airport location, the existing building and the good working relationships with the Bliss Realty Group, developer Marwest Group/CBRE and the city of Mesa. . .

"Mesa was chosen because they rolled out the red carpet like nobody else," said Kocialski in an interview with the Business Journal. "They knocked it out of the park for us. They did everything they could. There was no way we couldn't pick Mesa."

> CAVU expects to open the new building by the beginning of November, he said.

> CAVU may be eligible for up to $450,000 in Quality Jobs tax credits and $150,000 in Job Training grants, according to Arizona Commerce Authority spokeswoman Connie Weber. However, CAVU has not yet submitted any applications for these programs, Weber said.

CAVU is also certified for benefits under the Military Reuse Zone Program, which could result in property tax savings of up to 72% for five years, she added.

> A Los Angeles-based investment firm purchased the 20 acres of land in an opportunity zone for $2.25 million in February. . ."

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In The News

27 FEBRUARY 2019

Industrial land near Mesa airport acquired by LA investor

The owner is selling 72 additional acres in the opportunity zone near the airport

Corina Vanek

Phoenix Business Journal | 2019-02-28T00:13:00-05:00

 

A Los Angeles-based investment firm has purchased 20 acres of land in an opportunity zone in Mesa, and has plans to develop a speculative industrial project.

Abington Emerson Investments LLC bought the land, located near Ellsworth and Germann roads, for $2.25 million.

> A representative for the buyer said the property is a “home run” for speculative industrial development.

 

Rommie Mojahed and Beau Flahart of SVN Desert Commercial represented the seller, Ellsworth 92 LLC, in the transaction, and will still represent the seller on the remaining 72 acres Ellsworth 92 owns within the opportunity zone.

“The Opportunity-Zoned real estate is a massive 'opportunity' for investors and developers," Flahart said in a statement. "The buyer felt the location was in a perfect position to build in a thriving area with so much planned development ahead."

That area, near the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, has become a hot spot for industrial development, due to lower asking prices for land compared with other submarkets and availability of developable land. . .

Orsett Properties is under construction on two speculative industrial buildings near Loop 202 and Power Road, called the Gateway Technology Commerce Center. One building will contain nearly 65,000 square feet and the other will contain about 70,000 square feet.

The first phase of the Landing at PMG, which will include six buildings and cost about $30 million to develop is scheduled to come online in the first quarter.

In October, Chris McClurg, a principal at Lee & Associates, said between 15 and 18 industrial developments of various sizes could be built in the area within the next year or so."

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In The News

01 AUGUST 2019

CAVU Aerospace to locate 80K SF facility in Mesa

Blufish

AZ Big Media

Today, CAVU Aerospace, one of the world’s leading providers of aircraft disassembly, aircraft recycling, asset management and MRO repairs, announced it will locate CAVU Component Repair (CCR), a new CAVU Aerospace company, in an 80,000-square-foot maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility at The Landing at PMG, located just north of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. . .

CCR will start with a wide range of repair capabilities for wide, narrow-body, and regional aircraft for all Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Embraer aircraft types, and will deliver OEM quality material at competitive prices to its customers.

In addition, CCR will obtain EASA approval and look at possibly a CAAC approval for the near future. CCR’s main focus will be on landing gear, thrust reversers, structures and flight controls, hydraulics, pneumatics, wheels, and mechanical accessories to list a few.

“We are very excited to be establishing CCR, a CAVU Aerospace company, in Mesa Arizona,” Ken Kocialski, Managing Partner of CAVU Aerospace, stated.

“We are extremely grateful for how the Bliss Realty Group and Marwest Group/CBRE, together with the City of Mesa, did everything possible to make us feel welcome. Their “red carpet” treatment has made us feel extremely welcome and we are very excited to begin operations. We are confident the new facility will exceed all expectations. The team we have brought together is undeniably the best in the industry, with significant 145 MRO repair facility experience, we all share the cohesive vision of delivering the highest levels of quality and customer service. We know that CCR will raise the bar in the aviation industry.”

The Landing at PMG, where the facility will be located, is a 281,000-square-foot Class A industrial subdivision consisting of six-buildings on approximately 20 acres just south of Loop 202 at the southeast corner of Ray and Sossaman Roads in Mesa’s Gateway Area.

“Marwest is thrilled to welcome CAVU to The Landing; they are a business and industry that reflects the burgeoning Mesa Gateway Airport,” David Martens, Principal with Marwest, said. “We have enjoyed working with the CAVU team and look forward to their long-term success in Mesa.”

The City of Mesa partnered with the Arizona Commerce Authority, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, the Landing PMG developer Marwest, CBRE, and Bliss Realty to attract CAVU to Mesa."

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In The News

05 AUGUST 2019

Mesa lands $5M CAVU Aerospace facility near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, up to 75 jobs

Riley Murdock  | The Republic | azcentral.com

azcentral

A new aircraft maintenance facility is planned near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and expected to create up to 75 jobs over the next three years. The jobs will pay an average salary of $50,000 a year, according to the city.

CAVU Aerospace will invest $5 million on an 80,000-square-foot facility called CAVU Component Repair, which will repair wide, narrow-body and regional aircraft for Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer aircraft types.

The nine-year-old company has three other facilities in Arkansas, New Mexico and California.

The Mesa location is in the Landing at PMG, a recently opened industrial subdivision north of the airport, near Ray and Sossaman roads. 

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