Final Agenda City Council Study Session/ City Council Study Session

Readers note that item 6-j [in live streaming video is not on this final agenda]
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Roll Call (Members of the Mesa City Council will attend either in person or by telephone conference call)
1 Review items on the agenda for the October 17, 2016 regular Council meeting.
2 Presentations/Action Items
 
2-a 16-1116
Hear a presentation and discuss an update of the City's Multi-Use Path Projects.

2-b 16-1054
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the following unsolicited proposals for the development of approximately two acres of City-owned property on the southeast corner of 1st Avenue and Macdonald:
1. Mesa Housing Associates II
2. artHAUS
3. Artisan Development

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16-1083 Information pertaining to the current Job Order Contracting projects.

4 Approval of minutes from an Executive Session held on September 22, 2016.

5 Acknowledge receipt of minutes of various boards and committees.

5-a 16-1100 Human Relations Advisory Board meeting held on August 24, 2016.5-a

5-b 16-1101 Historic Preservation Board meeting minutes held September 6, 2016.

5-c 16-1102 Judicial Advisory Board meeting held June 29, 2016.

6 Hear reports on meetings and/or conferences attended.

7 Scheduling of meetings and general information.

8 Convene an Executive Session.

8-a ES-009-16 Discussion or consultation for legal advice with the City Attorney. (A.R.S. §38-431.03A (3)) Discussion or consultation with the City Attorney in order to consider the City’s position and instruct the City Attorney regarding the City’s position regarding contracts that are the subject of negotiations, in pending or contemplated litigation or in settlement discussions conducted in order to avoid or resolve litigation. (A.R.S. §38-431.03A(4)):
1. Boruch I and II v. State of Arizona and City of Mesa,     Nos. CV2014-014115 and CV2015-007341
Discussion or consultation for legal advice with the City Attorney.  (A.R.S. §38-431.03A (3))  Discussion or consideration of employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, demotion, salaries, discipline, dismissal, or resignation of a public officer, appointee or employee of the City.  (A.R.S. §38-431.03A (1)):
2. City Clerk Review
3. City Attorney Review
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The Times They Are A Changin

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Peter, Paul & Mary, and John Sebastian

Peter, Paul and Mary - Blowing in the Wind

Tribute> Bob Dylan
Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature

Published on May 26, 2012

Blowin' or Blowing in the Wind info:

"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described[by whom?] as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".

In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Tentative Agenda for Mesa City Council Meeting 17 October 2016

Mesa City Council Meeting Agenda - Tentative
Monday, October 17, 2016 5:45 PM
Link to entire 13-page file can be accessed here

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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION All citizens are permitted and encouraged to speak on agenda items including and preceding “Items from citizens present.” If you are interested in speaking on such an agenda item, please fill out a blue card in the back of the room and give it to the City Clerk.  When the Council considers the item, you will be called to the podium to provide your comments.
CONSENT AGENDA All items listed with an asterisk (*) will be considered as a group by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.  If a citizen wants an item removed from the consent agenda, a blue card must be completed and given to the City Clerk prior to the Council’s vote on the consent agenda.
OOPS!
On August 22, 2016, Council approved the initial three-year term contract to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidders.  Due to a typographical error on the bid tabulation, Group 5 - 400 Series Poles was inadvertently awarded to the second lowest bidder, Cem-Tec Corporation. 
Both contractors were contacted and the City will re-award Group 5 to the actual lowest, responsive and responsible bidder, Southwest Fabrication, LLC. 
The Business Services and Transportation Departments, and Purchasing recommend awarding the additional vendor, Southwest Fabrication, LLC, at $55,895 to this term contract.

Ranked By Budget Mesa Office of Economic Development is #1 .... ranked by result TBD

Economic Development Organizations Ranked by 2016 budget

Locally Researched by: Dale Brown, Phoenix Business Journal Oct 07, 2016, 3:00am MST

The City of Mesa Office of Economic Development scored its first No. 1 ranking when the Phoenix Business Journal published the 2016 edition of its annual Economic Development Organizations list.
The list was previously dominated by the City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development Department, but that agency dropped workforce connection funding and personnel from its budget total. As a result, the group's annual budget dropped from $29.5 million to $5 million, and staffing dropped from 90 to 44.
Phoenix's Community and Economic Development Department now ranks fifth on the list.
The list is ranked by 2016 annual budget and the City of Mesa Office of Economic Development reported $10.22 million with 14 employees.[Bill jabjiniak in image above left] 
Second on the list was the Arizona Commerce Authority with an annual budget of $10 million, and third went to the City of Chandler - Economic Development Division at $5.74 million.
Source >> Phoenix Business Journal

City of Mesa Office of Economic Development works to enhance Mesa’s economy by

• supporting the creation of jobs,
• increasing per capita income and
• improving quality of life for residents.

Website >> http://www.mesaaz.gov/business/economic- development                                      

2016 Featured results

Office of Economic Development receives international Excellence in Economic Development award		Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority Names J. Brian O'Neill Executive Director
Mesa Office of Economic Development welcomes new deputy director		$10M project gets underway at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
Dexcom to expand manufacturing operation to Mesa		City of Mesa launches Business Districts Opportunity Maps
City of Mesa Office of Economic Development receives state economic development awards		H Mart to bring Asian-American supermarket to Mesa
Lots of moving parts led to new manufacturing facility in Mesa		Harvard Investments and East Valley Institute of Technology create partnership through development of Cadence at Gateway Master-Planned Community
Dexcom brings 500 jobs to Mesa		Top reason why Dexcom chose Mesa
The $120M acquisition of Mesa's Alpine Valley Bread Co. was ACG "Deal of the Year"		CEOs rank Arizona 6th best state to do business
Grand opening for Santander Consumer USA in Mesa's Fiesta District		Grand opening held for American Traffic Solutions headquarters in Mesa
Holmes Spring Manufacturing moves to Mesa, brings 21 jobs		Grand opening for new ATS headquarters in Mesa
Chicago Cubs post another record-breaking spring training season in Mesa, AZ		Boeing's Mesa plant gets $1.5B Apache contract
Textron Aviation purchasing Mesa-based Able Engineering		New owners purchase downtown Mesa Marriott hotel, will invest $13 million in renovations
AT Still University will expand Mesa campus adding 122K SF academic building		$10M international supermarket opening in Mesa

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Mesa Ballot Measure Town Hall > Prop 205 and Prop 206

Opponents and proponents of the measures have been invited to speak at the meetings.

A meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the Saguaro Room at the Mesa Public Library, 64 E. First St.