Thursday, August 17, 2017

Video Upload Added to LONG AGENDA: Mesa City Council Study Session

Final Agenda for Mesa City Council Study Session
Thu 17 Aug 2017 @ 07:30 am
Council Chambers/Lower Level
Any citizen wishing to speak on an agenda item should complete and turn in a blue card to the City Clerk before that item is presented.
Please Note: There are some very major tentative actions to be considered here that the public needs more information and time is needed for more than a few

PRE NOTES:
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.
The City of Mesa is committed to making its public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities.  For special accommodations, please contact the City Manager’s Office at (480) 644-3333 or AzRelay 7-1-1 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
Si necesita asistencia o traducción en español, favor de llamar al menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 480-644-2767.
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.
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NOW WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THIS ONE-HOUR SESSION: 12 Views
 

District 3 Mesa City Council Representative is back.
This starts with a number of presentations and discussions with comments and back-and-forth statements by councilmembers Winkle and Kevin Thompson and City Manager Chris Brady to clear up some details
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MEETING AGENDA
Roll Call
(Members of the Mesa City Council will attend either in person or by telephone conference call)
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1 Review items on the agenda for the August 21, 2017 regular Council meeting.
BLOGGER NOTE: This is 13 pages for the Tentative Meeting Agenda
Mayor's Welcome
Roll Call (Members of the Mesa City Council will attend either in person or by telephone conference call)
Invocation by Pastor Ramon Valencia with Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Hispana.
Pledge of Allegiance
Awards, Recognitions and Announcements

TENTATIVE MEETING AGENDA
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1 Take action on all consent agenda items.*2 Items on the Consent Agenda
17-0904 Approval of minutes of previous meetings as written

3 Take action on the following liquor license applications
     There are 14

4 Take action on the following bingo applications
     There are 2

5 Take action on the following contracts: 14

6 Take action on the following resolutions: 6

7 Introduction of the following ordinances and setting August 28, 2017 as the date of the public hearing on these ordinances: 10


8 Take action on the following subdivision plat: 1:
*8a 17-0835 “Canyon Preserve at Mountain Bridge” (District 5) 
The 1600 through 2000 blocks of North Ellsworth Road (east side). 
Located on the east side of Ellsworth Road south of McKellips Road (
30.46 ± acres). 
Paul Dugas, Pinnacle Ridge Holdings, LLC, developer
Daniel W. Matthews, P.E, Wood, Patel & Associates, Inc., engineer.

ITEMS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
9 Conduct a public hearing on the following annexation case:
17-0710 Public hearing for the release of the petition for signatures for the following annexation case A17-002, located along the 9200 through 10800 blocks of East Elliot Road.  The property includes the current and future Elliot Road right-of-way between Ellsworth Road and Signal Butte Road (30.2± acres).  Initiated by the City of Mesa. (District 6)

10 Conduct a public hearing on the creation of the East and West Redevelopment Areas and take action on the resolutions creating the East and West Redevelopment Areas and expanding the City’s Central Business District: 3 
17-0875 Conduct a public hearing on the creation of the East and West Redevelopment Areas. 10-a

17-0876 A resolution finding and declaring the necessity for the creation of the East and West Redevelopment Areas. (Districts 1,2, 3 and 4) (2/3 vote required) 10-b

17-0877 A resolution approving the expansion of the existing Central Business District to include the proposed East and West Redevelopment Areas. (Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4)

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Continuance of Study Session Final Agenda
For Tue 17 Aug 2017
 
2 Presentations/Action Items:
17-0910 Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the City's assistance programs for businesses impacted by the construction of the Gilbert Road Light Rail Extension Project. 2-a
Link >
File #: 17-0910   
Type: Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the City's assistance programs for businesses impacted by the construction of the Gilbert Road Light Rail Extension Project.
Attachments: 1. Presentation

17-0908 Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the creation of East and West Redevelopment Areas and expanding the City's Central Business District. 2-b


Link >
File #: 17-0908   
Type: Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the creation of East and West Redevelopment Areas and expanding the City's Central Business District.
Attachments: 1. Presentation

17-0873 Appointments to the Independent Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials.
Link >
File #: 17-0873   

Type: Appointment Status: Agenda Ready


In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017

Title: Appointments to the Independent Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials.
Attachments: 1. Memo

3 Acknowledge receipt of minutes of various boards and committees.
17-0820 Transportation Advisory Board meeting held on May 15, 2017.3-a
Link >
File #: 17-0820   
Type: Minutes Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Transportation Advisory Board meeting held on May 15, 2017.
Attachments: 1. 05-16-2017 Minutes Approved.pdf

17-0842 Museum and Cultural Advisory Board meeting held on May 18, 2017.3-b
Link >
File #: 17-0842   
Type: Minutes Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Museum and Cultural Advisory Board meeting held on May 18, 2017.
Attachments: 1. May 18, 2017 Minutes


17-0897 Economic Development Adivsory Board meeting held on June 6, 2017.3-c
Link >
File #: 17-0897   
Type: Minutes Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Economic Development Adivsory Board meeting held on June 6, 2017.
Attachments: 1. 6-6-17 City of Mesa EDAB Approved Minutes

17-0920 Audit, Finance and Enterprise Committee meeting held on July 10, 2017.3-d
Link >
File #: 17-0920   
Type: Minutes Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Audit, Finance and Enterprise Committee meeting held on July 10, 2017.
Attachments: 1. July 10, 2017 Audit Finance and Enterprise



Page 1 City of Mesa Printed on 8/16/2017
August 17, 2017City Council Study Session Meeting Agenda - Final

4 17-0911 Information pertaining to the current Job Order Contracting projects

Link >
File #: 17-0911   
Type: Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Study Session
On agenda: 8/17/2017
Title: Information pertaining to the current Job Order Contracting projects.
Attachments: 1. Project List, 2. Project Map, 3. Sub Participation Cumulative


5 Hear reports on meetings and/or conferences attended

6 Scheduling of meetings and general information\

7 Adjournment

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

THIS IS REAL: Affordable Housing Crisis of UnPrecedented Proportions

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
Worst-Case Housing Needs Increase
In 2015, 8.3 million households had worst-case needs, approaching the record high of 8.48 million
By
BLOGGER NOTE: Reproduced and posted here almost in its entirety from this source: http://www.housingfinance.com               
The number of very poor unsubsidized families struggling to pay their monthly rent and who may also be living in substandard housing increased between 2013 and 2015, according to a new report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
We are experiencing an affordable housing crisis of unprecedented proportions
 
WORST CASE HOUSING NEEDS 2017 REPORT TO CONGRESS LINK> https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/Worst-Case-Housing-Needs.html
Authors:   

 
This Worst Case Housing Needs report is the sixteenth in a longstanding series providing national data and analysis of the critical problems facing very low-income renting families. Households with worst case needs are defined as very low-income renters who do not receive government housing assistance and who paid more than one-half of their income for rent, lived in severely inadequate conditions, or both. The report draws on data from the 2015 American Housing Survey (AHS), which debuted a major redesign that included a new national and metropolitan area longitudinal sample.
We find that benefits of the strengthening national economy are not adequately flowing to renter households at the lowest income levels and severe housing problems are on the rise.
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Donna Kimura's report:
In 2015, 8.3 million households had worst-case needs, up from 7.72 million in 2013 and approaching the record high of 8.48 million in 2011. These households are defined as very low-income renters who do not receive government housing assistance and who paid more than half of their income for rent, lived in severely inadequate conditions, or both.
“Severe housing problems have grown 41% since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007 and 66% since 2001,” says the Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress. “Worst-case needs continue to affect all subgroups, whether defined by race and ethnicity, household structure, or location within metropolitan areas or regions.”
The report also highlights the importance of housing assistance to reducing these worst-case needs, says Andrew Aurand, vice president for research at the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
> “Too many very low-income households eligible for assistance do not receive it,”
> "The cuts to HUD’s budget proposed by the Trump administration and by the House would have a devastating impact and increase the number of families with worst case housing needs even further.”
The White House’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal calls for the tenant-based rental assistance program to receive $19.3 billion, a nearly 5% decrease from $20.3 billion this year. The president’s budget would lead to more than 250,000 of the lowest-income people losing their housing vouchers, putting them at immediate risk of eviction and, in worst cases, homelessness, according to NLIHC. The House plan calls for $20.5 billion, and the Senate proposal seeks $21.4 for the program.
For project-based rental assistance, the administration seeks $10.4 billion for project-based rental assistance, a drop from $10.8 billion this year. The House seeks $11.1 billion and the Senate proposes $11.5 for the program.
> “While fewer regulatory barriers to housing production would help in high-cost markets where the rental supply has not kept up with demand, housing assistance is a necessity for the lowest-income households,” Aurand says.
> “Without housing assistance, what these families can afford to pay in rent is often too low to cover the costs for the private market to serve them.”
While it appears that the nation’s continuing economic recovery is having some beneficial effect on the incomes of very low-income renters, a limited supply of affordable housing, a rising population of renter households, a widening rental assistance gap, and rising rents continue to drive severe housing problems.
“Most cases of worst-case needs are caused by severe rent burdens—paying more than one-half of income for rent,” says the report. “Inadequate housing caused only 2% of worst-case needs. An increase by 700,000 in the number of very low-income renters who lack housing assistance—the group at risk of experiencing worst-case needs—explains about 402,000 of the 582,000 new cases of worst-case needs between 2013 and 2015.”
HUD points out that a shift from homeownership to renting contributed most to the increase in worst-case needs between 2013 and 2015.
> “Modest gains in household incomes were met with rising rents, shrinking the supply of affordable rental housing stock in an increasingly competitive market,” the report explains. “Even with the supply of more expensive units growing, higher-income renters occupy a growing share—43%—of the most affordable units. Only 62 affordable units are available per 100 very low-income renters, and only 38 units are available per 100 extremely low-income renters.”
> The number of families with children having worst-case needs increased by 55,000 during the 2013-to-2015 period to 2.89 million—partially offsetting the 400,000 decrease observed in the previous two years. Worst-case needs increased despite a reduction of 61,000 in the number of very low-income renters with children.
> During 2015, 1.85 million elderly renters had worst-case needs, an increase of 382,000 since 2013. The proportion of elderly very low-income renters with worst-case needs was 39.8% in 2015, less than the rate for families with children but representing a 2.6-point increase since 2013.
For the first time, HUD is reporting estimates of worst-case housing needs for select metropolitan areas across the country.
More than half of the very low-income renters residing in and around Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, and Riverside, Calif., experienced worst-case needs in 2015.
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area had the highest percentage, with nearly 61% with worst-case needs.
Homeless people are not included in official estimates of worst-case needs because the American Housing Survey (AHS), which is used in the report, covers only housing units and the households that live in them, and persons experiencing homelessness, by definition, do not live in a housing unit and are not surveyed by the AHS.
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Ground Broken for Speculative Industrial Project @ Longbow Business Park and Golf Club

Recent News
The Opus Group® Announces Plans for Speculative Industrial Project in Longbow Business Park        

HERE'S A SHORT VIDEO OF THE GROUND-BREAKING (37 VIEWS)
 


The Opus Group (Opus) announced today plans to build a speculative industrial project in the Longbow Business Park and Golf Club in Mesa.
Construction on the 147,672-square-foot project, named Longbow Gateway One, is slated to begin this month, with project completion scheduled for January 2018.
> Image to the right is Boeing's AH-64E Apache Attack Longbow helicopter manufactured and serviced right here in Mesa.

“We are excited to develop this project in the Southeast Valley, as we look to capitalize on the steady demand in the market from a variety of users,” said Sean Cummings, vice president, real estate development, Opus Development Company, L.L.C.
“We are designing the building with maximum flexibility in mind to meet the needs of users of all sizes.”
Located near the southeast corner of Higley Road and Longbow Parkway, the industrial development offers prime proximity to the 2 million-square-foot Boeing Co. manufacturing facility, which makes AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.
Other nearby businesses include the Falcon Field Airport. Longbow Business Park and Golf Club is a mixed-use commercial development, which features the Longbow Golf Club, alongside planned office, industrial, retail and hotel spaces.

Team

Sean D. Cummings is a real estate developer in Phoenix for The Opus Group.
Sean D. Cummings
Vice President

Ron Ensley Arizona construction management.
Ron Ensley
Senior Project Manager
 
Aside from its desirable location, the industrial development features 32-foot clear heights, a fully secured truck court and 1,200 square feet of office space. Situated within the 330-acre Longbow Business Park and Golf Club, the project is suited for a single user, but flexibly designed to be broken up and accommodate tenants requiring 25,000 square feet or more.
Opus’ recent portfolio of work includes more than 6.8 million square feet of industrial developments currently under construction or completed in the past 24 months across the United States.

 
In addition to this work in the sector, Opus’ local work includes the 540,000-square-foot Goodyear Crossing Industrial Park in Goodyear and the 393,000-square-foot Opus Airport Industrial in Phoenix.
Opus Development Company, L.L.C. will be the developer
Opus Design Build, L.L.C. will be the design-builder and contractor
Opus AE Group, L.L.C. will be the architect and structural engineer of record
John Werstler and Cooper Fratt of CBRE will lease the space.
 
About The Opus Group
The Opus Group® is a family of commercial real estate development, construction and design companies headquartered in Minneapolis with offices and projects across the country. Opus operates as an integrated, multidisciplinary team with expertise in development, capital markets and finance; project management and construction; architecture, engineering and interior design. The Opus Group includes Opus Holding, L.L.C. and its operating subsidiaries: Opus Development Company, L.L.C., Opus Design Build, L.L.C. and Opus AE Group, L.L.C. Specializing in industrial, office, residential, retail, healthcare and institutional projects.
Opus specializes in developing, designing and constructing efficient, innovative spaces that meet the business needs of modern industrial users. In addition to Longbow Gateway One, Opus’ growing portfolio in the Arizona market includes the 540,000-square-foot Goodyear Crossing Industrial Park in Goodyear and the 393,000-square-foot Opus Airport Industrial in Phoenix. Across the U.S. in the last 24 months prior to beginning this building, Opus’ industrial development portfolio includes more than 8.1 million square feet of space, either completed or currently under construction
The Opus Group has broad capabilities, deep experience and a proven design-build model that delivers speed, cost savings and best overall value for clients. For more information, visit www.opus-group.com and follow @TheOpusGroup on Twitter.

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Groundbreaking for large industrial facility designed for aerospace and defense businesses
Post Date: 08/16/2017 9:59 AM 
Source: City of Mesa Newsroom Mesanow.org      

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for Longbow Gateway One, a 150,000-square foot speculative industrial facility designed to attract aerospace and defense businesses to the Falcon Field District. 
"Longbow Gateway One will be an excellent addition to Mesa," Mayor John Giles said. "The decision by Opus Development Company to bring a new industrial facility for aerospace and defense companies to the Falcon Field District is a great endorsement of our business-friendly environment." 
The development will be adjacent to Boeing’s two million square foot manufacturing facility, Falcon Field Airport and the Loop 202, providing easy access to all parts of the valley.
“This is an exciting step towards the future of the Falcon Field District. The City of Mesa is committed to being a business-friendly community and to attracting top flight companies to our city,” Vice Mayor and District 5 Councilmember David Luna said. “This facility will check all the boxes companies look for and will be a tremendous addition to Mesa.”
In addition to aerospace and defense businesses, Opus Development Company L.L.C., investor and developer of the project, is also targeting light assembly, distribution, general industrial, storage, food and e-commerce businesses as future tenants.
“This strategic location within Longbow Business Park is ideally suited to capitalize on the consistently steady demand we have seen in the southeast valley across a variety of industries, especially aerospace and defense,” said Sean Cummings, vice president, real estate development, Opus Development L.L.C. “The City of Mesa, as our strategic partner, was integral in the process and we look forward to working with them to bring a great project and future tenants to the City.”
Construction of the facility is expected to be completed Jan. 31, 2018.
Once fully leased, Longbow Gateway One is expected to have at least 175 employees.
 
Office of Economic Development
Contact: Kim Lofgreen
Tel. 480-644-3962 kim.lofgreen@mesaaz.gov  
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