Video + Agenda: PUBLIC HEARING Mesa Planning/Zoning Board Meeting Wed 20 March 2019

Readers of this blog might ask why the double posting about this meeting last week. That's a fair question - at least there are few people here in Mesa that want to know what is going on not only with the elected City Council, but with the boards and committees that are appointed and nominated to be the members for two-year terms.
The Planning & Zoning Board has seven people, both male and female appointees unlike the City Council.
The Public Hearing last Wednesday lasted 78 minutes - with one item asked to be removed - Item 4-d [see details below). Rest of Consent Agenda passes unanimously, then attention is given to an item on the regular agenda, Item 6-a (see details below)
There are more meeting details in the post here on March 24th.  

Planning & Zoning Meetings

City of Mesa

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Item 4-a Commercial Development in District 4
PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend
Link > http://mesa.legistar.com/LegislationDetail

File #:

PZ 19037

Type:

PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

3/20/2019

Title:

ZON18-00984 District 4.  Within the 700 block of South Stapley Drive (east side) and the 1200 block of East 8th Avenue (north side).  Located south of Broadway on the east side of Stapley Drive. (0.9± acres). Rezoning from RM-3 and OC to NC-BIZ Site Plan Review.  This request will allow for a commercial development. Adaptive Architects, Inc., applicant Pro Tax Financial Services, LLC, owner.   Planner: Wahid Alam   Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Site Plan, 4. Grading and Drainage Plan, 5. Landscape Plan, 6. Elevations, 7. Narrative, 8. Citizen Participation Plan, 9. Citizen Participation Report

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Item 6-a A 58-acre mixed-use development in District 6
PZ Zoning - Discuss and RecommendLink > http://mesa.legistar.com/LegislationDetail

File #:

PZ 19035

Type:

PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

3/20/2019

Title:

ZON18-00775 District 6.  Within the 4900 to 5200 blocks of South Power Road (east side). Located south of 202 San Tan Freeway on the east side of Power Road and north of Ray Road.   (58± acres). > Rezone from AG to LC-AF-PAD > Council Use Permit to allow multi-residential, commercial entertainment, hotel, and college and commercial trade school uses in the AOA 1 and AOA 2 and LC District > Site Plan Review.  This request will allow for a mixed-use development.  Vivo Partners, LLC, applicant Arizona State Land Group, owner. (Companion Case to Preliminary Plat “Gallery Park”, associated with item 7-a). (Continued from February 20, 2019)   Planner: Lisa Davis Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Site Plan, 4. Design Guidelines, 5. Narrative, 6. Citizen Participation Plan, 7. Citizen Participation Report, 8. Airport Letter

 

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Item 7-a
PZ Preliminary Plat

File #:

PZ 19041

Type:

PZ Preliminary Plat

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

3/20/2019

Title:

“Gallery Park” District 6. Within the 4900 to 5200 blocks of South Power Road (east side). Located south of 202 San Tan Freeway on the east side of Power Road and north of Ray Road. (58± acres). Preliminary Plat. Vivo Partners, LLC, applicant; Arizona State Land Group, owner. (Companion Case to ZON18-00775, associated with item 6-a). (Continued from February 20, 2019). Planner: Lisa Davis Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Narrative, 4. Preliminary Plat

THE NARRATIVE IS 44 PAGES LONG
Submitted by:W. Ralph Pew
1744 S. Val Vista Drive, Suite 217 Mesa, AZ 85204
Phone: (480) 461-4670
Email: ralph.pew@pewandlake.com
On behalf of:
VIVO Development Partners 
NEC Power & Ray 
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Distraction By Electronic Enhancement. . . Nah Read Books With Your Toddlers

What about that rich back-and-forth turn-taking that was happening in print books . . . a print book, with a young child, may be a better piece of technology, if the goal is dialogue and conversational turn-taking

New York Times 25 March 2019
Reading to Your Toddler?
Print Books Are Better Than Digital Ones

By Perri Klass, M.D.

March 25, 2019

In a a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, researchers at the University of Michigan asked 37 parents to read similar stories to their 2- to 3-year-olds in three different formats (the order was varied for the different families):

• a print book
• a basic electronic book (no bells or whistles) on a tablet
• an enhanced electronic book with animation and/or sound effects (tap a sea gull or a dog and hear the sounds they make).

The interactions were videotaped and coded, looking at the number and kinds of verbalizations by parents and by children, at the amount of collaborative reading that went on, and at the general emotional tenor of the interaction.

Reading print books together generated more verbalizations about the story from parents and from toddlers, more back and forth “dialogic” collaboration. (“What’s happening here?” “Remember when you went to the beach with Dad?”)

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Third grade in school is the pivotal year when children are expected to achieve full fluency as readers.

 

 

 

Denny's Fix on PHXEast Valley Fever: A Hotbed for Barney

(Photo by Mike Mertes, AZ Big Media

Showing no teeth this time around, Denny Barney is on a public relations blitz just after he got ensconced in February for his new full-time job as President and CEO of The PHXEast Valley Partnership, the 35-year old "regional advocacy group" where he succeeded John Lewis,  the former mayor of Gilbert who took over leadership of the East Valley coalition in January 2016 resigning in late May 2018 to serve a Mormon mission overseas. Lewis in turn took over from former CEO and president, Roc Arnett, who retired after 13 years.

Barney served as part-time EVP CEO earlier balancing his duties with his role as principal of Arcus Private Capital Solutions, a specialized realty investment and finance company.
Joining Barney on the Partnership’s leadership team will be Mike Hutchinson, a longtime PHX East Valley leader and former city manager of the City of Mesa, who will serve as full-time executive vice-president.
Was Denny Barney "born to lead" the EVP?

In one sense, Michael Gossie might be right when he attaches that phrase in an interview considering Barney is, after all is said and done, the 7th generation descendant of Mormon pioneers sent by Joseph Smith from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1858 to colonize the territory of Arizona and make it their own corner of The Kingdom, Deseret. Perhaps that why he starts off saying what he says when AZ Big Big Media talked with him to get his take on where the PHX East Valley is today and where he sees it going tomorrow. . . yes it's very personal: family, kids and jobs for them.
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Before we get into Barney's blitz

A Long and Winding Road: The Arizona 30-Year Outlook

by George W. Hammond Ph.D.

Director and Research Professor, EBRC

(Sep 20, 2014 1 min read)

The long-run forecast, which extends to 2044, calls for the state to add jobs and residents at a faster pace than the nation . . .

Arizona’s population growth accelerates in the near term. This reflects faster national growth and rising house prices, which boosts residential mobility across the U.S., and net migration into the state. Rising population growth drives up residential construction activity, . . Arizona’s job growth accelerates in the near term. . . However job growth gradually decelerates during the remaining years of the forecast. This reflects the aging of the baby-boom generation, which will reduce growth across a range of indicators in coming years. Indeed, the forecast calls for job growth to average 1.8% per year from 2014-2044.

Arizona’s First Quarter 2019 Economic Outlook Update*

By George W. Hammond, Ph.D.
Director and Research Professor, EBRC
March 1, 2018

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  Let the Good Times Roll: Arizona’s Expansion Stays... 

Risks to the Outlook

While the U.S. baseline outlook calls for continued growth, we should consider alternative scenarios. Given recent concerns about the ability of the U.S. economy to keep growing, let’s start with the pessimistic scenario. This story assumes two main sources of trouble. The first is real estate prices, which are assumed to turn slowing growth into outright declines.

This damages consumer confidence and household spending pulls back. Further, an inverted yield curve hurts business confidence, resulting in falling stock prices and reduced nonresidential investment. Overall, the pessimistic scenario generates a moderate three-quarter recession beginning in the first quarter of 2020 (Exhibit 3).

Reference: https://www.azeconomy.org/2019/03/

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Just yesterday, AZ Big Media published an interview by Michael Gossie
PHX East Valley becomes a hotbed for innovation and a great place to live

Denny Barney, a sixth-generation Arizonan* and PHX East Valley resident, was born to lead the East Valley Partnership.

“It’s very personal to me,” . . . I was born and raised here. I’ve lived on the East Coast, the West Coast, overseas, but I’m back here because this is where I want to raise my family. Ultimately, I want to make sure that when my kids are entering the workforce, there are the right kinds of jobs waiting for them if they choose to stay here. It’s important to attract those 21st Century jobs so our economy can continue to grow.”

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In November of last year Mesa Mayor John Giles was presented with the Dwight Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award for the PHX East Valley
Thought Leader of The Year
. . . .Because of its talented and highly educated workforce and favorable quality of life, the area also continues to be a magnet for new businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, particularly in industries such as aerospace and aviation, technology, financial services and healthcare. . .
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AZ Business talked with Barney to get his take on where the PHX East Valley is today and where he sees it going tomorrow.
PHX East Valley becomes a hotbed for innovation and a great place to live
LINK > https://azbigmedia.com 


AZ Business:
> How do you view the business climate today in the PHX East Valley?
> Why has the PHX East Valley become such a hotbed for innovation?
> Did having companies in place like Intel and Boeing help attract those other companies that have sparked the technology explosion in the East Valley?
> What trend should should we be watching in the next year?
 It’s all about jobs and creating the right kinds of jobs that will move our economy forward in a sustainable way
> What’s the appeal of the East Valley?
> In what sectors has the PHX East Valley become a game-changer in technology?
> How much does the fact that Arizona State University calls the PHX East Valley home play into the region’s ability to innovate?
> What are some of the other disruptors or game-changers you see coming from the PHX East Valley?
> How is East Valley Partnership helping the region prepare for its next stage of development?
We are not the Chamber of Commerce. We are not GPEC. We are kind of positioned in between, where we are beating the drum day in and day out telling people why this is a great place to do business and what you are missing out on. That story needs to be told
> How do you see the PHX East Valley 10 years from now?
Historically, the PHX East Valley has been very suburban. We are going to see more evolution toward urban cores that are part of the suburban model.
There is a certain segment of the population that wants to be close to where they work, so we are going to see an evolution that will change some of our communities’ dynamics like we’ve seen in Tempe. Queen Creek and Apache Junction are going to continue to fill in and grow. Each of our communities are investing in infrastructure in unique and different ways that will elevate their missions.
I don’t think we are going to be flying around in cars like “The Jetsons,” but I think we’ll be riding around in cars that don’t have drivers.
We have seas and seas of parking lots that may become less important.
So what is currently critical infrastructure could become adaptive re-use space 10 years from now.
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About: Michael Gossie

Profile: Michael Gossie is an award-winning journalist who has earned more than 50 awards for writing, editing and design. He studied economics at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y., and put his entrepreneurial spirit to work in 2007, using a 200-year-old family recipe to launch an Italian sauce company. He is a competitive marathon runner, Ironman triathlete and is most proud of being the founding president of the Steuben Arc Foundation in Upstate New York, which serves individuals with developmental disabilities, including his sister.

Reference: https://azbigmedia.com/author/michael-gossie/ 

Theresa May’s Government Failed to Deliver Brexit, Says Stanford Univers...

Extraordinary Predicament
with Brit Gov in shambles + BOJO makes a denunciation. Prime Minister crushed. May should have gone weeks ago

Aspire Academy MFMD and MPD

4 years ago they got an idea from going to Tucson. Here in the Mesa Fire Department and Mesa Police Department they don't have very females in "the profession".  HUH?
Equal opportunity for all in the workplace. How's that work when MPDFD has been working with the Girl Scouts for 3 years now to 'de-mystify' the uniforms of the police.
Blogger's Note: Mesa FireMedical Chief has the same job here father did for more than 30 years.

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Key trends from below in The Atlantic Ocean

MYnd Analytics, Inc: Technology-Enabled Behavioral Heath Services

Value-based medicine?

Published on Mar 25, 2019

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