Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Big Banks Start Adding Staff After Cutting 802,000 Jobs
Mixed results and pressure from tech sector replacing some jobs > "Zombie Banks" no more . . . Listen up/watch
Published on Apr 3, 2019
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Apr.03 -- Some big banks have started to slowly boost staff levels, reversing the trend of Wall Street job cuts since the financial crisis. Bloomberg's Yalman Onaran reports on "Bloomberg Markets."
Mind-Shift Anyone? Medications For Your Brain via Artificial Intelligence
Myndshft Technologies to quadruple in size in 2019
March 20, 2019 at 3:23 pm
Here's how it starts . . . [read the rest in the link provided]
Mesa Mayor John Giles led the ribbon-cutting ceremony held March 20 and attended by Councilmember David Luna, Myndshft executives, staff, business neighbors, and local media. The move signals Myndshft's strong commitment to the Arizona technology community . . ."
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. . . “We decided to stay in the Phoenix/Mesa area because of its strong local workforce and high quality of living,” said Ron Wince, Founder & CEO, Myndshft.
“There’s a young and educated workforce in place, which helps to create a viable talent pool for a tech company like ours.”
According to company officials, Myndshft’s new office will allow for future growth and expanded strategic partnerships within Arizona’s burgeoning digital-health sector. Myndshft has experienced hypergrowth rates of 400% with plans to aggressively recruit 75-85 employees over the next nine months across all its departments, particularly in sales, software engineering and operations. . . "
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About Ron Wince from https://www.crunchbase.com
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Press Release From City of Mesa Newsroom
Earth Day, yo-yos and a fashion show at Celebrate Mesa
April 2, 2019 at 9:36 am
Mesa’s free party in the park will celebrate Earth Day, offer an environmentally friendly fashion show, and feature yo-yo’s, live music and many fun, family activities. Celebrate Mesa is being held Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pioneer Park.
Mesa’s free party in the park will celebrate Earth Day, offer an environmentally friendly fashion show, and feature yo-yo’s, live music and many fun, family activities. Celebrate Mesa is being held Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pioneer Park.
Admission and parking are free . . .
For other details > CLICK HERE
AGENDA: Mesa City Council Study Session @ 07:30 a.m. Wed 04 April 2019
Item 1-a File #19-0373
Hear a presentation, discuss and provide direction on an overview of the FY 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Program.
Item 1-b File# 19-0404
Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the Fire and Medical Department budget.
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Here are the links provided in two separate sections:
| File #: | 19-0373 |
| Type: | Presentation | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council Study Session |
| On agenda: | 4/4/2019 |
| Title: | Hear a presentation, discuss and provide direction on an overview of the FY 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Program. |
| Attachments: | 1. Presentation, 2. Attachment A - FY 2020-24 CIP Project Summary |
| File #: | 19-0404 |
| Type: | Presentation | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council Study Session |
| On agenda: | 4/4/2019 |
| Title: | Hear a presentation, discuss, and provide direction on the Fire and Medical Department budget. |
| Attachments: | 1. Presentation |
At the same time and at the same place:
| Meeting Name: | Mesa Housing Services Governing Board | Agenda status: | Final |
| Meeting date/time: | 4/4/2019 7:30 AM | Minutes status: | Draft |
| Meeting location: | Council Chambers - Lower Level | ||
| Published agenda: |  Agenda | Published minutes: | Not available | |
| Attachments: |
FY 2020-2024 CIP OVERVIEW
Beth Huning | City Engineer
Scott Butler | Office of Management & Budget
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Good Luck looking into this!
CALENDAR
April Program Reviews w/ Budget Discussions
May 6th Public Notice of proposed 2020-24 Capital Improvement Program
May 20th Public Hearing and Council consideration of 2020-24 Capital Improvement Program
Agenda
• Discuss Five Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
• Review Current Bond Authorization
• Review Active Projects
• Discuss Future CIP
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FY 2020-24 CIP *Does not include budget carryover
Funding Source FY 19/20 FY 2021-24
General Obligation Bonds $32.9M > $147.2M
Utility Revenue Bonds 126.8M 28.6M
Local Revenues 74.2M > 85.0M
Joint Ventures 81.8M 40.4M
Grants 15.0M 9.7M $330.7M $310.9M
FY 2020-24 CIP *Does not include budget carryover
General Obligation Bonds 8.4%
Utility Revenue Bonds 37.6%
Local Revenues 23.4%
Joint Ventures 25.9%
Grants 4.7%
FY 19/20
General Obligation Bonds 47.3%
Utility Revenue Bonds 9.2%
Local Revenues 27.4%
Joint Ventures 13.0%
Grants 3.1%
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2020 – 2024 Capital Improvement Program
Project Summary by Fund
Blogger Note: Good luck finding the time to go over all these details with "a fine-tooth-comb" or even understanding some or any of the details.
Images are provided for the various industry site locations to show where expenses are invested.
NOTE [6]
Capital Improvement Program Project Funding Summary
Fiscal Years 2020-2024
Economic Investment
COUNCIL DISTRICT 4
Fund
Estimated Exp Thru FY 18/19 FY 19/20 FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24
Future Years (3) Totals Capital Economic Investment Fund $512,217 $14,000,000 - - - - - $14,512,217
Excise Tax Obligation Bond Construction Education - $28,000,000 $20,977,650 - - - - $48,977,650 Sum: $512,217 $42,000,000 $20,977,650 - - - - $63,489,867
COUNCIL DISTRICT 4
Fund
Estimated Exp Thru FY 18/19 FY 19/20 FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24
Future Years (3) Totals Capital Capital - General Fund $15,464 $2,100,000 $1,048,883 - - - - $3,164,347 Sum: $15,464 $2,100,000 $1,048,883 - - - - $3,164,347
COUNCIL DISTRICT 4
Fund
Estimated Exp Thru FY 18/19 FY 19/20 FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24
Future Years (3) Totals Capital Capital - General Fund $138,900 $500,000 - - - - - $638,900 Sum: $138,900 $500,000 - - - - - $638,900
NOTE: [12]
Capital Improvement Program Project Funding Summary Fiscal Years 2020-2024
NOTE: [35]
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Expansion
Mesa Share (CN0015)
Construct additional treatment capacity to meet the increasing wastewater flows to the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant. The towns of Gilbert and Queen Creek will share in the cost of the plant expansion
Fund
Estimated Exp Thru FY 18/19 FY 19/20 FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24
Future Years (3) Totals Capital 2014 Wastewater Bond $74,959,892 $47,829,862 $1,804,182 - - - - $124,593,936 O&M Wastewater - $84,000 $515,743 $527,401 $540,006 $553,342 $1,743,658 $3,964,150 Sum: $74,959,892 $47,913,862 $2,319,925 $527,401 $540,006 $553,342 $1,743,658 $128,558,086
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MESA FIRE & MEDICAL
FY 19/20 Budget Presentation
NOTE: [3]
CHALLENGES CONSIDERATIONS
•Call volume •Training •Span of control •Transportation •Social services
• Travel time • Firefighter well-being • Cost of service • Quality of Intervention
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NOTE: [5]
Data-based Deployment Model
• 12-year historical data evaluation • Addition of Medical Response Units (MR) • Deployment Pairing Stations • Satellite Medical Stations
* Smart City Initiative *Council Priority: Community Safety
NOTE: [9]
Social Services High Utilizers
Number of 911 Calls
90 days prior SS Assessment
30 days post 60 days post 90 days post Totals after Assessments
97 year old lift assists 13 2 0 1 3 75 year old in home assistance 8 0 0 1 1
74 year old increase level of care 9 0 0 0 0 60 year old mental health concerns 15 3 3 0 6 Totals 45 5 3 2 10
Oct – Dec 2018
Patients
911 calls 90 Days prior SS Assessment
Assessments
911 calls 90 days post Assessment
NOTE: [11]
CENTER FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES RECENTLY APPROVED MODEL: EMERGENCY TRIAGE, TREAT AND TRANSPORT “ET3”
Washington DC February 14, 2019 CMS to reimburse for: –Transportation to alternate destinations –Nurse Practitioner care Billing to be at same rate as current transports
NOTE: [12]
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
A Muslim-Hate Crime in Mesa 3 Days After 9/11 In New Book by Preet Bharara
". . . The story begins – like so many terrible (but ultimately uplifting) stories – with the morning of September 11, 2001.
On that day, of course, terror rained down on New York City and on Virginia and also on Pennsylvania. And the world has never been the same.
In the aftermath of that awful day, some misguided individuals thought that they would exact vengeance for those acts. A sad spree of hate crimes followed. Three days after 9/11, a man named Frank Roque declared at a bar that he wanted to kill “ragheads”. So he shot and killed Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh American father of three, as he was planting flowers outside the gas station he owned in Mesa, Arizona. . ."
The law is an amazing tool, but it has limits.
Good people, on the other hand, don’t have limits.
The law is not in the business of forgiveness or redemption.
The law cannot compel us to love each other or respect each other.
It cannot cancel hate or conquer evil; teach grace or extinguish passions.
The law cannot achieve these things, not by itself.
It takes people – brave and strong and extraordinary people.
READ MORE > https://www.governancenow.com/views
_________________________________________________________________________________Washington Monthly has its own opinion of the new book:
SPOILER ALERT:
"Real, meaningful reform will require law enforcement officials from the beat cop to the nationally renowned prosecutor to honestly confront the system’s defects and work to make things better. Until then, whatever the criminal justice system is doing, far too rarely can we say that it is doing justice."
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A 4-MINUTE REVIEW ON YOUTUBE:
Doing Justice A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
Preet Bharara’s Willful Blindness
We’ll never fix the criminal justice system until “liberal” prosecutors recognize how badly it’s broken.
The broad agreement that our criminal justice system is profoundly broken, most recently embodied in a reform bill passed by Congress in December, is a rare contemporary example of genuine bipartisanship. We incarcerate and punish far too many people; we rely on counterproductively punitive sanctions that are often disliked by the very victims in whose name they are imposed; and the system is rife with racial bias at every stage. Thanks to years of work by advocates, academics, and journalists, a broad coalition is now pushing to overhaul how we punish in the U.S.You would not know any of this, however, from reading Preet Bharara’s new book, Doing Justice. Bharara was appointed by President Obama in 2009 as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, perhaps the most prestigious posting a federal prosecutor can get. Although criticized by some for, among other things, not prosecuting the financial fraud underlying the 2008 financial crisis, Bharara aggressively targeted the deep rot of corruption in Albany, convicting both the Democratic head of the assembly and the Republican head of the senate. He was broadly respected by the time President Trump fired him in March 2017. In fact, his abrupt termination, and speculation as to its causes, made him something of a hero to the #Resistance.
In Doing Justice, Bharara explores the criminal justice system by looking at how cases work their way through it, from investigation to trial to punishment. Nearly all the examples and anecdotes come from cases that Bharara’s office handled, which often gives the book the feel of a memoir. But it is clearly intended to be a broad discussion of criminal justice—not just of the rarified world of the federal courts, but of the far messier state systems that handle well over 90 percent of all cases.
READ MORE > https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/preet-bhararas-willful-blindness/
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One extract from Pfaff's book review:
Police violence is a direct product of how officers are trained to use force and the incredibly permissive legal doctrines that insulate them from liability.
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