•Sep 6, 2020
Monday, September 07, 2020
ON THE TENTATIVE AGENDA > Exactly What is Mesa City Hall Up To These Days To Ask Taxpayers To Fund More Money For ASU @ Mesa City Center
Looks like another Con Game as a follow-up to that proposition in the General Election 2018.
And it looks like in the rush to push this through in a bogus $500,000+ privately-funded public relations campaign the city's engineering staff didn't do their job on the specs.
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That is only one of twenty items on the meeting's Tentative Agenda that was printed on 09.03.2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mon 09.14.2020
APPROVED MINUTES OF EARLIER MEETINGS For Your Interest
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ITEM 4-j Here's just one of ten contracts
Asking approval for an increase in costs - "the first Guaranteed Maximum Price - a contract award in the amount of $213,095.00 (GMP) and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $21,309.50, for a total amount of $234,404.50.
This GMP for demolition work for The Studios @ Mesa City Center is the first of a series of GMP’s for the work on the building.
The scope of work includes interior demolition, site demolition and other associated tasks.
Additional GMP’s for the remaining building construction will be presented to City Council at a later date.

?? The lease agreement commits the City to the renovation of 6,000 to 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building
?? Completing this demolition work early during the design phase of the project will allow the Architect and CMAR to obtain a better understanding of the existing structure and systems in the building, making the design more accurate and allowing construction progress without encountering extensive unknown conditions in the building.
> the majority of the work in the project will be competitively bid by Okland Construction to multiple subcontractors.
UNKNOWN???
City Council Report
Date: September 14, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From: Beth Huning, City Engineer
Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
Subject: The Studios @ Mesa City Center (District 4) – First Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 1)
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And it looks like in the rush to push this through in a bogus $500,000+ privately-funded public relations campaign the city's engineering staff didn't do their job on the specs.
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That is only one of twenty items on the meeting's Tentative Agenda that was printed on 09.03.2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mon 09.14.2020
| Meeting Name: | City Council | Agenda status: | Tentative |
| Meeting date/time: | 9/14/2020 5:45 PM | Minutes status: | Draft |
| Meeting location: | Virtual Platform | ||
| Published agenda: | Agenda |
| File #: | 20-0827 |
| Type: | Minutes | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 9/14/2020 |
| Title: | Approval of minutes of previous meetings as written. |
| Attachments: | 1. August 24, 2020 Study, 2. August 31, 2020 Regular, 3. August 31, 2020 Study |
ITEM 4-j Here's just one of ten contracts
Asking approval for an increase in costs - "the first Guaranteed Maximum Price - a contract award in the amount of $213,095.00 (GMP) and authorizing a change order allowance in the amount of $21,309.50, for a total amount of $234,404.50.
This GMP for demolition work for The Studios @ Mesa City Center is the first of a series of GMP’s for the work on the building.
The scope of work includes interior demolition, site demolition and other associated tasks.
Additional GMP’s for the remaining building construction will be presented to City Council at a later date.

?? The lease agreement commits the City to the renovation of 6,000 to 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building
?? Completing this demolition work early during the design phase of the project will allow the Architect and CMAR to obtain a better understanding of the existing structure and systems in the building, making the design more accurate and allowing construction progress without encountering extensive unknown conditions in the building.
> the majority of the work in the project will be competitively bid by Okland Construction to multiple subcontractors.
UNKNOWN???
City Council Report
Date: September 14, 2020
To: City Council
Through: Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager
From: Beth Huning, City Engineer
Marc Ahlstrom, Assistant City Engineer
Subject: The Studios @ Mesa City Center (District 4) – First Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 1)
| File #: | 20-0901 |
| Type: | Contract | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 9/14/2020 |
| Title: | The Studios @ Mesa City Center - First Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP No. 1) (District 4) In February 2018, City Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Arizona State University (ASU) for a new academic building in downtown Mesa (ASU Creative Futures Laboratory). This agreement also included provisions for ASU to assist with the programming of the vacant City-owned building located at 59 East 1st Street (Mesa’s first public library). In November 2018, the City and ASU subsequently entered into a Lease Agreement for the new academic building. The Lease Agreement commits the City to the renovation of 6,000 to 12,000 square-foot of the existing 26,500 sf building, which will be called The Studios @ Mesa City Center. GMP No. 1 includes general site demolition, complete interior demolition within the existing structure, and associated tasks. Staff recommends awarding the contract for this project to the selected Construction Manager at Risk, Okland Construction, in ... |
| Attachments: | 1. Council Report, 2. Project Location Map |
THIS WEEK
| Audit, Finance and Enterprise Committee | 9/10/2020 | ![]() | 8:00 AM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Cadence Community Facilities District Board | 9/10/2020 | ![]() | 7:30 AM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Eastmark Community Facilities District No. 1 Board | 9/10/2020 | ![]() | 7:30 AM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Eastmark Community Facilities District No. 2 Board | 9/10/2020 | ![]() | 7:30 AM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| City Council Study Session | 9/10/2020 | ![]() | 7:30 AM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing | 9/9/2020 | ![]() | 4:00 PM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Agenda | Not available | Not available |
| Planning and Zoning Board - Study Session | 9/9/2020 | ![]() | 3:00 PM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Agenda | Not available | Not available |
| Design Review Board | 9/8/2020 | ![]() | 4:30 PM | Virtual Platform | Meeting details | Agenda | Not available | Not available |
Sunday, September 06, 2020
Politics In "The Nation"
LINK >> The Nation

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TODAY 4:30 AM LABOR ORGANIZING
Trump’s National Labor Relations Board Is Sabotaging Its Own Mission
The federal agency that’s supposed to protect union rights is instead championing the interests of bosses.
MICHELLE CHEN
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A Lawless Attorney General Hits New Lows
In a CNN interview, William Barr showed total willingness to bend, break, or deny the law on behalf of his boss.
JOAN WALSH
The Sycophants at Fox News
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ERIC ALTERMAN
Trump’s Paranoia Commands the Government
Too often dismissed as a personal quirk, Trump’s promotion of conspiracy theories is a major threat to democracy.
JEET HEERSnowden’s Triumph | US court rules NSA harvest on Americans’ phones illegal
A US federal appeals court has ruled that the National Security Agency broke the law with its telephone metadata collection program. The scheme was exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden seven years ago, resulting in charges of espionage. He was granted asylum in Russia.
•Sep 4, 2020
'Impossible' Black Hole Created by Largest Gravitational Wave Event
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A gravitational wave passed through the Earth
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GW190521 was the name given to a gravitational wave event observed by LIGO and VIRGO in May 2019, and after a year of analysis and modelling it's now clear that not only was this the largest gravitational wave event ever recorded, but, it required progenitor black holes which were more massive than can be created by a supernova.
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•Sep 4, 2020
Earthquake Flurry, The Sun & Health, Weather Watch | S0 News Sep.6.2020
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The Jet Stream says it's coming, . . . turning the first snow-storm, . .
The Polar Vortex, Earthquakes + an unusual event that's getting to be quite robust . . .and to cap it all off???????????????????????????????
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The Jet Stream says it's coming, . . . turning the first snow-storm, . .
The Polar Vortex, Earthquakes + an unusual event that's getting to be quite robust . . .and to cap it all off???????????????????????????????
•Sep 6, 2020
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