". . . Moreover, the recovery of lost output would not be completed in 2021. And the uncertainty surrounding these predictions would notably increase, with the balance of risk tilted to the downside. SOURCE: Bloomberg Economics/Opinion Sunny Third-Quarter Economic Outlook Turns Cloudier
Confidence is waning in economic improvement as the Covid-19 situation worsens in several states.
Such a diminished outlook would worsen the already-concerning inequality trifecta of income, wealth and opportunity at a time of greater recognition and heightened sensitivity to long-standing social injustices.
It would also undermine the type of synchronized global recovery in which external demand reinforces domestic economic improvements.
It would increase the likelihood of more protectionism and faster deglobalization.
And it would risk pulling down longer-term economic growth and prosperity.
The answer is not to roll back health measures aimed at regaining control of what is a worrisome acceleration of infections. Rather, it is to ensure changes in behavior and policy that allow for healthier and sustainable economic reopenings during this tricky period of living with Covid-19. . . " THERE IS MORE
_________________________________________________________________________________ BLOOMBERG EDITOR'S NOTE: This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
IT'S ALL RIGHT DOIN' THE BEST YOU CAN AS LONG YOU LEND A HAND ... Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan
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Music video by The Traveling Wilburys performing End Of The Line. (C) 2007 T. Wilbury Limited. Exclusively Licensed to Concord Music Group, Inc.http://vevo.ly/xEMlQFEnd Of The Line
USMCA! USMCA! USMCA! USMACA! USMCA! USMACA! -----the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. "After 13 months of diplomatic negotiations, plus further political wrangling within Washington, a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA takes effect on Wednesday with modest changes in some areas, significant additions in others. . ." and that new name" Looks like E-Commerce and Digital Trade have changed the entire world everywhere. It's not just Politics like this point-of-view from Sarah Babbage writing in Bloomberg Politics So has the 2020 COVID-19 PANDEMIC in ways we don't know about in these uncertain times - impacts yet to see. _________________________________________________________________________
HALF-HEMISPHERE THINKING IN A GLOBAL NETWORK Here's some quick information from Bloomberg:
How do the six Mesa City Council District representatives and the Mayor use this available Visual Platform Zoom? "The Mesa City Council believes that its people, not leaders, are what makes a City great and actively works to encourage citizen participation in the decision-making process. Whether it is through neighborhood meetings, advisory boards and committees, telephone calls and letters, or email, the Mesa City Council sets policies based on the input and needs of its citizens.
HOW ABOUT A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION REPORT FOR EVERY ONE OF THE SEVEN?
Exactly how did your elected and salaried representatives encourage their constituents - you - to get involved in city government and the decision-making process?
Did they contact and/or reach out to you by any or all of the available means for your input?
Did you take the time to contact your district representative? Did they respond?
Telephone calls and letters
Email
Neighborhood meetings
Social media
Exactly how active are your Mesa City Council members to earn their salaries and benefits? Where, When, How and Why - and with Who - do they spend their time to make decisions?
Ever wonder how and why certain items get put into the agendas for the members of the City of Mesa's Planning & Zoning Board? Here's a flowchart visual graphic >> It might help readers of this blog to try to understand some of the dynamics that go into the process, and then that all gets passed onto the Mesa City Council. Some of the zoning cases have been going through the development process for months - and sometimes years. Reference: Council, Committee & Board Research Center
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STUDY SESSION MEETING MINUTES No Video Available Virtual Platform Wednesday, June 24, 2020 3:00 p.m.
1 Call meeting to order.
2 Chair Dahlke called the meeting to order at 3:00 pm - and that's all the public knows from "the Minutes"
Review items on the agenda for the June 24, 2020 regular Planning and Zoning Board Hearing.
Kusi Appiah, Mesa's Planning Director
3 Planning Director's Updates NOT READY
(The items in the Planning Director’s Updates are not for Board discussion and no Board action will be taken on the updated items.) Item3a. June 1 and June 15 City Council's land use cases and decisions. No records or attachments provided in either the agenda or the Minutes of the Meeting ________________________________________________________________________ BLOGGER NOTES: In the available video uploaded and inserted farther down, the opening seconds show the finish of whatever Kusi Appiah had to say for the updates - NOT MUCH. When asked again by Jeffrey Crockett at the end of the public hearing if the Planning Director had anything else to add (about the city's land-use cases and decisions) he put that all off until the City Council 'returns from a break' for the July 15th meeting ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Adjournment
NOTE: THE 'PUBLIC HEARING' LASTS FOR AN ENTIRE 8 MINUTES
Members of the public? Citizens participation? Discussion? PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTES Virtual Platform Wednesday, June 24, 2020 4:00 p.m.
Consent Agenda -
All items listed with an asterisk (*) will be considered as a group by the Board and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member or citizen requests, in which the item will be removed from the consent agenda, prior to the vote, and considered as a separate item.
Items on this agenda that must be adopted by ordinance and/or resolution will be on a future City Council agenda.
Anyone interested in attending the City Council public hearing should call the Planning Division at (480) 644-2385 or review the City Council agendas on the City's website at www.mesaaz.gov to find the agenda on which the item(s) will be placed. ________________________________________________________________________________ Call meeting to order. Chair Dahlke called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm 1 Take action on all consent agenda items. 2 Items on the Consent Agenda
Approval of minutes from previous meetings.
2-a PZ 20087 Minutes from the May 27, 2020 study session and regular hearing.
Approved (Vote: 7-0)
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3 Take action on the following zoning case:
3-a PZ 20088 ZON20-00214 District 6.
Within the 10000 block of East Southern Avenue (north side). Located east of Crismon Road on the north side of Southern Avenue. (1.57± acres). Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a medical office building. Carrie Fennelly, Cawley Architects, applicant; Pros Investments, LLC, owner.
Planner: Kellie Rorex
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions Approval with conditions (Vote: 7-0)
ZON20-00214 District 6. Within the 10000 block of East Southern Avenue (north side). Located east of Crismon Road on the north side of Southern Avenue. (1.57± acres). Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a medical office building. Carrie Fennelly, Cawley Architects, applicant; Pros Investments, LLC, owner. Planner: Kellie Rorex Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
4 Discuss and make a recommendationto the City Council on the following zoning cases:
4-a PZ 20089 ZON19-00872 District 6.
Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue. (81.4± acres) Rezone from LC-PAD and LC-PAD-BIZ to LC-PAD, RM-4-PAD and RM-5-PAD; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a mixed-use development.
Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant;
Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner.
(Companion case to preliminary plat “Mountain Vista Master Plan”,associated with item *5-a).
Planner: Evan Balmer
> Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions > Approval with conditions (Vote: 7-0)
How much time would the average person need to take to access, upload, view and understand the 17 Attachments that are provided and available to study? ________________________________________________
ZON19-00872 District 6. Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue. (81.4± acres). Rezone from LC-PAD and LC-PAD-BIZ to LC-PAD, RM-4-PAD and RM-5-PAD; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a mixed-use development. Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant; Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner. (Companion case to preliminary plat “Mountain Vista Master Plan”, associated with item *5-a). Planner: Evan Balmer Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
ZON20-00204 District 3. 860 and 864 West Southern Avenue. Located east of Alma School Road on the north side of Southern Avenue. (2± acres). Rezone from NC and LC to LC-BIZ; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for an office building and self-storage facility. Neil Feaser, RKAA Architects, Inc., applicant; Creation Funding, LLC, owner. Planner: Cassidy Welch Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
Within the 11200 block of East Ray Road (south side) and within the 5200 block of South Mountain Road (east side). Located west of Meridian Road on the south side of Ray Road. (3.9± acres). Rezone from RS-43 to NC.
This request will establish commercial zoning for future development.
Rod Jarbo, applicant;
SRF Holding, LLC, owner.
Planner: Evan Balmer Staff Recommendation: > Continuance to the July 15, 2020 meeting > Continuance to July 15, 2020 (Vote: 7-0) NO RECORDS ATTACHED
ZON20-00207 District 6. Within the 11200 block of East Ray Road (south side) and within the 5200 block of South Mountain Road (east side). Located west of Meridian Road on the south side of Ray Road. (3.9± acres). Rezone from RS-43 to NC. This request will establish commercial zoning for future development. Rod Jarbo, applicant; SRF Holding, LLC, owner. Planner: Evan Balmer Staff Recommendation: Continuance to the July 15, 2020 meeting
5 Discuss and take action on the following preliminary plat:
5-a PZ 20092 “Mountain Vista Master Plan” District 6.
Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue. (81.4± acres). Preliminary Plat.
Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant;
Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner.
(Companion case to ZON19-00872, associated with item *4-a).
Planner: Evan Balmer
> Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions > Approval with conditions (Vote: 7-0)
“Mountain Vista Master Plan” District 6. Within the 1400 to 1600 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side); within the 10500 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side); and within the 10300 to 10800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (south side). Located west of Signal Butte Road and south of Southern Avenue. (81.4± acres). Preliminary Plat. Reese Anderson, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant; Signal Butte BFC, LLC, owner. (Companion case to ZON19-00872, associated with item *4-a). Planner: Evan Balmer Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
