Monday, March 22, 2021
$4500 EV: Tiny and Cute (Sold Only in China) The Hong Guang Mini EV Hatchback
The price is right for 'a people's car"
This tiny car beat Tesla’s Model 3 as the best-selling EV in the world for January and February
China-based Wuling sold over 56,000 Hong Guang Mini EVs in the first two months of 2021
The Hong Guang Mini EV launched last summer and was a surprise success, but is still only sold in China. Some reports suggest that it may come to other markets eventually, but the US is likely low on the list.
The diminutive vehicle is made under a joint partnership between China’s state-owned SAIC Motor, Wuling Motors, and US carmaker General Motors, and is locally referred to simply as Wuling. The Hong Guang Mini EV sells in China only for 28,800 yuan, or about $4,500.
It claims to get 170 kilometers (roughly 106 miles) per charge, and can reach a top speed of 100 kilometers per hour or 62 miles per hour (so no drag racing in this thing).
Its specs include a wheelbase of 76.4 inches, and it is just under 115 inches long, 59 inches wide, and stands about 64 inches tall. Its total weight is about 1,466 pounds.
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Sunday, March 21, 2021
What? ONLY ONE HOUR for This Planning & Zoning Board "Study Session"?? City of Mesa Planning Division’s work plan, including a list of major land use planning strategies and goals for 2021 and into the future.
HEADS UP! This is outrageous and requires MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAN THIS
Planning & Zoning Study Session
To decrease COVID-19 exposure, the City Council Chambers is closed, but public viewing and participation are available electronically.
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ONLINE COMMENT CARD >
Planning & Zoning Board applicant comment card
Must be completed at least 1 hour prior to start of meeting.
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Members of the Planning and Zoning Board will appear electronically for study session meetings via a video or telephonic conferencing platform, and the live meetings will be accessible via video broadcast and telephonically.
The live meeting may be watched via a video conferencing platform at https://mesa11.zoom.us/j/
For any difficulty accessing this meeting, please call 480-644-2099
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Planning and Zoning Board - Study Session
City of Mesa Meeting Agenda - Final
Mesa Council Chambers 57 East First Street
Chair Dane Astle
Vice Chair Jessica Sarkissian Boardmember Tim Boyle Boardmember Shelly Allen Boardmember Jeffrey Crockett Boardmember Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo Boardmember Benjamin Ayers
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 3:00 PM Virtual Platform
1 Call meeting to order
2 Review items on the agenda for the March 24, 2021 regular Planning and Zoning Board Hearing
3 Hear a presentation and discuss the Planning Division’s work plan, including a list of major land use planning strategies and goals for 2021 and into the future
STUDY SESSION DETAILS:
| File #: | PZ 21039 |
| Type: | PZ Presentation | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | Planning and Zoning Board - Study Session |
| On agenda: | 3/24/2021 |
| Title: | Hear a presentation and discuss the Planning Division’s work plan, including a list of major land use planning strategies and goals for 2021 and into the future. |
| Attachments: | 1. Planning Division Presentation |
PRESENTATION 17 Power Point Slides
Planning Strategies
Nana Appiah, Planning Director
Rachel Prelog, Senior Planner
March 24, 2021
Presentation Goals:
Discuss the City’s land use and development activities, strategies and priorities for improving the urban form Outline • High-level concepts • Specific work plan for 2021 • Near-term (2-5 years) goals
Major Land Use Projects 8
• Eastmark, Cadence and Avalon Crossing Planned Community build-out
• Destination at Gateway
• Commercial and industrial development in southeast Mesa
• Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport expansion
• Hawes Crossing
• Landing 202
• Site 17
Falcon Field District
• Continued development proposals and growth of the City
General Plan Overarching policy document -- expression of the community ’s goals and priorities that guides the future action of the City
• Required to be updated every 10 years and approved by voters - Due 2024
• Entails significant stakeholder and community outreach
• Coordinate effort with sub -element updates e.g. Transportation Master Plan, Balanced Housing Plan, Parks, etc.
Sub-Area Planning
Identify new sub-area planning areas and pursue opportunities
• Communities unto themselves
• Define the urban form and character
• Build upon their uniqueness and sense of place
• Utilize overlay zones to specify distinct development standards
Corridor Plans
• Identify corridors ripe for redevelopment or in need of planning for the future
• Encourage pedestrian connectivity to neighborhoods, open space, and key destinations in Mesa
• Harness corridors for their view, as potential amenities, and utilization for alternative modes of transportation
• Evaluate adjacent land uses and development standards 13
Revitalization Plans Redevelopment Plans, Adaptive Reuse, and Infill Strategies
• Evaluate existing Redevelopment Plans and implementation tools
Town Center Redevelopment Area
Southwest Redevelopment Area
West Redevelopment Area
East Redevelopment Area
• Identify strategies to revitalize deserted malls, vacant shopping centers, and blighted strip malls
2021 Zoning Strategies In Process
• Text Amendments Recreational Marijuana Community Residence Subdivision Regulations Leisure and Recreation District (LR) standards
• Infill Development Guidelines
• Small Lot Development Guidelines
• Historic Preservation Guidelines 16
Near Future
• Begin planning for the 10-year General Plan update
• Conduct sub-area plan evaluations
• Explore placemaking strategies
Wayfinding Plans
Streetscape Design Guidelines
• Explore a Lehi area zoning overlay
Zoning Strategies 17
•10-year General Plan Update
• Corridor Plans
• New Sub-Area Plans
• Revitalization Plans and Strategies
• Explore Potential Zoning Overlay Districts - including Downtown
4 Planning Director's Updates
• Decisions of the City Council’s March 15, 2021 land use hearings
5 Adjournment.
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WORK PLAN + A LIST: MAJOR LAND-USE PLANNING + STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS FOR 2021 AND INTO THE FUTURE
What do we have in front of us for this week >
City of Mesa Planning & Zoning Board @ 3:00
Allotted time = one hour before a Public Hearing
Meeting Details and Attachment
| File #: | PZ 21039 |
| Type: | PZ Presentation | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | Planning and Zoning Board - Study Session |
| On agenda: | 3/24/2021 |
| Title: | Hear a presentation and discuss the Planning Division’s work plan, including a list of major land use planning strategies and goals for 2021 and into the future. |
| Attachments: | 1. Planning Division Presentation |
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Planning & Zoning Public Hearing
To decrease COVID-19 exposure, the City Council Chambers is closed, but public viewing and participation are available electronically.
Members of the Planning and Zoning Board will appear electronically for this meeting, via a video conferencing platform, and the live meeting will be accessible via broadcast and telephonically.
Because of the current public health emergency, the City Council Chambers is closed for Planning and Zoning Meetings. However, the live meeting may be watched on local cable Mesa channel 11, online at Mesa11.com/live or www.youtube.com/user/
Public participation will be available electronically.
> If you want to provide a written comment or speak telephonically at the meeting, please submit an online comment card at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting.
> If you want to speak at the meeting, you will need to indicate on the comment card that you would like to speak during the meeting, and you will need to call 888-788- 0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts, prior to the start of the meeting. You will be able to listen to the meeting; and when the item you have indicated that you want to speak on is before the Board, your line will be taken off mute and you will be given an opportunity to speak.
> Applicants and their representatives who have items on the Board agenda and who want to be able to comment on their item or be able to answer questions should fill out this Applicant online comment card at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting and call 888-788-0099 or 877- 853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts, prior to the start of the meeting. You will be able to listen to the meeting; and when the item you have indicated that you want to speak on is before the Board, your line will be taken off mute and you will be given an opportunity to speak.
For help with the online comment card, or for any other technical difficulties, please call 480-644- 2099.
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AGENDA Printed on 3/18/2021
Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing City of Mesa Meeting Agenda - Final
Council Chambers 57 E. First Street
Chair Dane Astle
Vice Chair Jessica Sarkissian
Boardmember Tim Boyle
Boardmember Shelly Allen
Boardmember Jeffrey Crockett
Boardmember Deanna Villanueva-Saucedo
Boardmember Benjamin Ayers
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 4:00 PM Virtual Platform
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 Boardmember 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. 1
Take action on all consent agenda items. Items on the Consent Agenda 2
Approval of minutes from previous meetings.
*2-a PZ 21037 Minutes from the March 10, 2021 study session and regular meeting
MEETING DETAIL
| FIle #: | PZ 21037 |
| Type: | PZ Minutes | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing |
| On agenda: | 3/24/2021 |
| Title: | Minutes from the March 10, 2021 study session and regular meeting. |
| Attachments: | 1. March 10, 2021 Study Session Minutes, 2. March 10, 2021 Meeting Minutes |
City of Mesa Page 1 Printed on 3/18/2021
3 Take action on the following zoning cases:
PZ 21034 ZON20-00884 District 6.
Within the 4000 to 4400 blocks of South Ellsworth Road (east side) and within the 4000 to 4400 blocks of South Eastmark Parkway (west side) and within the 9200 to 9800 blocks of East Warner Road (north side) and within the 9200 to 9600 blocks of the East Mesquite Street alignment (south side). Located north of Warner Road and East of Ellsworth Road.
(181± acres)
A modification to the Development Unit Plan (DUP) for Development Unit 2 (DUP 2) within the Eastmark Community Plan (CP), also known as the Mesa Proving Grounds Community Plan, to allow a large-scale campus type as one of the allowed uses in the DUP 2.
Eric Tune, Brookfield Development, applicant
DMB Mesa Proving Grounds, LLC, owner
Planner: Tom Ellsworth
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions *3-a
MEETING DETAIL
| FIle #: | PZ 21034 |
| Type: | PZ Zoning - Action | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing |
| On agenda: | 3/24/2021 |
| Title: | ZON20-00884 District 6. Within the 4000 to 4400 blocks of South Ellsworth Road (east side) and within the 4000 to 4400 blocks of South Eastmark Parkway (west side) and within the 9200 to 9800 blocks of East Warner Road (north side) and within the 9200 to 9600 blocks of the East Mesquite Street alignment (south side). Located north of Warner Road and East of Ellsworth Road. (181± acres) A modification to the Development Unit Plan (DUP) for Development Unit 2 (DUP 2) within the Eastmark Community Plan (CP), also known as the Mesa Proving Grounds Community Plan, to allow a large-scale campus type as one of the allowed uses in the DUP 2. Eric Tune, Brookfield Development, applicant; DMB Mesa Proving Grounds, LLC, owner. Planner: Tom Ellsworth Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions |
| Attachments: | 1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Development Unit Plan 1, 4. Narrative, 5. Citizen Participation Plan, 6. Citizen Participation Report, 7. Emails from residents, 8. Presentation |
PZ 21035 ZON20-00888 District 6
Within the 9200 to 9600 blocks of East Elliot Road (south side) and within the 9200 to 9600 blocks of the East Mesquite Street alignment (north side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of South Ellsworth Road (east side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of the South Eastmark Parkway alignment (west side). Located south of Elliot Road and east of Ellsworth Road.
(145± acres)
This request is for the approval of the Development Unit Plan for Development Unit 1 within the Eastmark Community Plan, also known as the Mesa Proving Grounds Community Plan
Eric Tune, Brookfield Development, applicant
DMB Mesa Proving Grounds, LLC, owner
Planner: Tom Ellsworth
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions *3-b
| FIle #: | PZ 21035 |
| Type: | PZ Zoning - Action | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing |
| On agenda: | 3/24/2021 |
| Title: | ZON20-00888 District 6 Within the 9200 to 9600 blocks of East Elliot Road (south side) and within the 9200 to 9600 blocks of the East Mesquite Street alignment (north side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of South Ellsworth Road (east side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of the South Eastmark Parkway alignment (west side). Located south of Elliot Road and east of Ellsworth Road. (145± acres) This request is for the approval of the Development Unit Plan for Development Unit 1 within the Eastmark Community Plan, also known as the Mesa Proving Grounds Community Plan. Eric Tune, Brookfield Development, applicant; DMB Mesa Proving Grounds, LLC, owner. Planner: Tom Ellsworth Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions |
| Attachments: | 1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Development Unit Plan 1, 4. Narrative, 5. Citizen Participation Plan, 6. Citizen Participation Report, 7. Emails from residents, 8. Presentation |
PZ 21033 ZON21-00057 District 6.
Within the 8800 to 9100 blocks of East Ray Road (north side) and within the 4900 block of South Ellsworth Road (west side). Located north of Ray Road and west of Ellsworth Road.
(35.2± acres).
Site Plan Review; and Special Use Permit to allow for an industrial development
MEETING DETAIL
| FIle #: | PZ 21033 |
| Type: | PZ Zoning - Action | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing |
| On agenda: | 3/24/2021 |
| Title: | ZON21-00057 District 6. Within the 8800 to 9100 blocks of East Ray Road (north side) and within the 4900 block of South Ellsworth Road (west side). Located north of Ray Road and west of Ellsworth Road. (35.2± acres). Site Plan Review; and Special Use Permit to allow for an industrial development. Ryan Companies US, Inc., applicant; Prairie Dog Investments III LLC, owner. Planner: Jennifer Gniffke 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, 10. Avigation Easement, 11. Presentation |
Ryan Companies US, Inc., applicant
Prairie Dog Investments III LLC, owner
Planner: Jennifer Gniffke
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
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4 Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following zoning cases:
PZ 21036 ZON19-00832 District 3.
Within the 1800 block of West Main Street (north side) and within the 100 block of North Dobson Road (east side) and within the 0 to 200 blocks of North Sycamore (west side). Located east of Dobson Road and north of Main Street.
(21± acres)
Modification of the Sycamore Station Smart Growth Community Plan.
This request will allow for a mixed-use transit-oriented development
Neil Calfee, Miravista Holdings, LLC, applicant
- Dobson Station, LLC
- City of Mesa
- Pride Ventures, LLC
- owners
Planner: Cassidy Welch
Staff Recommendation: Continue to April 14, 2021 *4-a
PZ 21024 ZON20-00210 District 5.
Within the 6800 to 7000 blocks of East University Drive (south side). Located east of Power Road on the south side of University Drive.
(1.6± acres)
Rezone from LC to LC-BIZ Overlay; and Site Plan Review
This request will allow for the development of a commercial center.
John Reddell, Reddell Architects, applicant
- ETR Enterprises LLC and
- United States Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management
- owner
(Continued from March 10, 2021)
Planner: Charlotte Bridges
Staff Recommendation: Continue to April 14, 2021 *4-b
PZ 21031 ZON20-00877 District 1.
Within the 2400 block of North Old Gilbert Road (east side) and within the 2000 block of East Hermosa Vista Drive (north side). Located south of the 202 Red Mountain Freeway and east of Gilbert Road.
(4.55± acres)
Rezoning from RS-35 to RS-15-BIZ
This request will allow for the development of a single residence subdivision
- Jared Cox, Vist Design Group, LLC, applicant
- Brent /Deborah Berge, owner
(Companion case to Preliminary Plat “Los Nietos Residential Subdivision”, associated with item *5-a)
(Continued from March 10, 2021)
Planner: Jennifer Gniffke
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
5 Discuss and take action on the following preliminary plat:
PZ 21030 “Los Nietos Residential Subdivision” District 1.
Within the 2400 block of North Old Gilbert Road (east side) and within the 2000 block of East Hermosa Vista Drive (north side). Located south of the 202 Red Mountain Freeway and east of Gilbert Road.
(4.55± acres)
Preliminary Plat
- Jared Cox, Vist Design Group, LLC, applicant
- Brent /Deborah Berge, owner
(Companion case to ZON20-00877, associated with item *4-c)
(Continued from March 10, 2021)
Planner: Jennifer Gniffke
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions *5-a
Items not on the Consent Agenda
| Meeting Name: | Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing | Agenda status: | Final |
| Meeting date/time: | 3/24/2021 4:00 PM | Minutes status: | Draft |
| Meeting location: | Virtual Platform | ||
| Published agenda: |  Agenda |
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