Mesa City Manager Chris Brady: Attitude Dude

Here he is in an image from the start-off of today's City Council Session that deals with two items of interest, not the least is the annual mad-dash for next years city budget and lingering tensions and contentions about his figures and projected estimates. During his more than 10-year tenure in office, the city's debt obligations have increased exponentially from about $40M in 2005 to over $180M last year.
More later  . . .

LIVE: The Future of Car Ownership

The Junk Heap of History

Streamed live 104 minutes ago

Views: 133 at time of upload to this blog site

The future of auto is electric and owned by someone else.
The automobile, invented 130 years ago, turned out to be a winner. We now own and drive 1.3 billion of them. But that’s set to change quickly. Even car companies recognize that their futures will look little like the past. Bloomberg Businessweek's Carol Massar joins Bloomberg News U.S. Autos Editor Craig Trudell and Bloomberg Intelligence Global Director of Automotive Research Kevin Tynan to discuss the coming mobility revolution and the industry's attempts to transform itself

Just A Random Quirk For A New Hire In October In City of Mesa Office of Economic Development

Then he got an urgent email in January: Who is Will Novak? Mebbe he's the new face and talent for econ dev here in Mesa . . .  This is about 25 minutes and five times

 

LISC Institute Webinar: Richard Rothstein on the Color of Law

Red-Lining was not what we called it here in Mesa for the de facto segregation of Mexicans and Blacks both in residential areas and in schools. It's wrong and immoral now, but all cities remain segregated now - it's even obvious in income disparities

Published on Mar 21, 2019

This LISC Institute webinar features a conversation with Richard Rothstein on his book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. The Color of Law, published in 2017, documents how local, state, and federal government created and reinforced the racial segregation of American cities from San Francisco to Boston, including many neighborhoods where community development efforts have focused.

During the webinar, Mr. Rothstein presents the book’s major themes, and then takes questions from the audience. Anyone interested in learning more about the history of redlining in the United States, and the ongoing effects of the practice, should watch the recording. 

Study Session: Mesa City Council Thu 21 March 2019

This 07:30 early morning session has four [4] items. The Final Agenda was printed two days before on 03/19/2019 on The Council, Board and Committee Research Center where you - and the seven Councilmembers - have had time to access and to read the information to be presented. . . Ready and prepared for  A DOUBLE WHAMMY or not?

 

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Two are up first: Items 1-a and Item 1-b on the Presentation/Actions to hear and discuss. The first one about a City-owned property on the SWC of University/Mesa Drive asks that Councilmembers provide direction of the next steps for the development of the 25-acre property that's been the subject for  public hearings and "public engagement" held by a consultant that was hired by the city. The 8.86MB presentation is an attachment that is linked to below (54 pages).

Here's a link on a City of Mesa website www.mesaaz.gov/TRANSFORM17

...Crandall Arambula has a preferred concept

CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLANNING / TRANSFORM 17

Refined Concepts & Recommendations  

 

Item 1-a
SITE 17: File #19-0113
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the recommended conceptual master plan for the City-owned property at the southwest corner of University and Mesa Drives and the next steps for development of the property
Item 1-b
THE CITY'S FINANCIAL  FORECAST: File #19-0314 
General Governmental Funds and Enterprise Fund
Presented by: Candace Cannistraro, Management and Budget Director Brian A. Ritschel, Management and Budget Deputy Director

File #:

19-0113

Type:

Presentation

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

3/21/2019

Title:

Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the recommended conceptual master plan for the City-owned property at the southwest corner of University and Mesa Drives and the next steps for development of the property.

Attachments:

1. Presentation

_______________________________________________________________________________

File #:

19-0314

Type:

Presentation

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

3/21/2019

Title:

Hear a presentation and discuss the City's financial forecast with an emphasis on General Governmental Funds.

Attachments:

1. Presentation

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NOTE:
Revenue Forecasting
• The city subscribes to a forecast group out of the University of Arizona which allows for access to raw data regarding econometrics
• Statistical software is applied in house to analyze the correlation between economic trends and the City’s revenue sources
• Relevant economic indicators are considered such as: population growth, wages, unemployment, building permits, gas prices, etc.
• Mesa specific factors are applied such as economic development activities, retail trends, etc.
• Includes an economic correction estimate

Next Steps – Anticipated Calendar
24
April 1 Review Proposed FY 19/20 Budget
April 4 Review Utility CIP Hear from Utility departments
April 11, 15, 18, 25, May 2
Hear from various departments
May 6 Budget Wrap-up
May 20 Adoption of the CIP Tentative Adoption of the FY 19/20 Budget
June 3 Final Adoption of the FY 19/20 Budget
June 17 Adoption of the Secondary Property Tax Levy

The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism

Streamed live on Mar 1, 2019

Views: 55,000++

Join The Intercept’s senior correspondent Naomi Klein and Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power,” for an engaging discussion about the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism” and the quest by corporations to predict and control our behavior.

How Bercow Changed the Future of Brexit - Brexit Explained

Cleaning up a BIG MESS

Published on Mar 19, 2019

Until yesterday there had been rumours that May was planning to bring back her deal for a third meaningful vote. Then Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, changed that. He declared that she wasn't able to bring back the same deal again without substantial changes.
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