FINAL AGENDAS: City of Mesa Planning & Zoning Board Wed 06.23-2021 > Study Session + Public Hearing

Two new members on the Planning & Zoning Board will replace Dana Astle and

 Jeffrey Crocket

Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years.

For a full explanation of the duties and responsibilities of the Planning and Zoning Board, please see: Title 2- Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 1 of the Mesa Code of Ordinances.

 

Board Member	Date appointed	Term Expires
Dane Astle, Chair	7/01/15	6/30/2021
Jessica Sarkissian, Vice Chair	7/01/20	6/30/2023
Tim Boyle, Boardmember	7/05/16	6/30/2022
Shelly Allen, Boardmember	7/01/20	6/30/2023
Deanna Villaneuva-Saucedo, Boardmember	7/02/18	6/30/2022
Jeffrey Crockett, Boardmember	7/02/18	6/30/2021
Benjamin Ayers, Boardmember	7/01/20	6/30/2023

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION Planning & Zoning Board

The seven members conduct hearings and make recommendations to the City Council on requests for changes in zoning and on required site plans. They also consider and recommend changes in the City's long-range plans and in the Municipal Code concerning planning and zoning matters. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years.

Meetings are broadcast live on Mesa Channel 11.

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Planning & Zoning Study Session

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 may 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/5301232921 or listened to by calling 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts.

Applicants and their representatives who have items on the Planning and Zoning Board agenda and who want  to comment on their item or be able to answer questions from the Board should fill out an applicant online comment cardat least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting.  Prior to the start of the meeting, call 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) use meeting ID 530 123 2921 and follow the prompts. 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 any difficulty accessing this meeting, please call 480-644-2099.

Planning & Zoning Public Hearing

To decrease COVID-19 exposure, the City Council Chambers is closed, but public participation and viewing will be 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 atMesa11.com/live or www.youtube.com/user/cityofmesa11/live,at https://mesa11.zoom.us/j/5301232921 or listened to by calling 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 530 123 2921 and following the prompts.

Public participation will be available electronically. If you want to provide a written comment or speak telephonically at the meeting, please submit anat 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 thisat 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.

Meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

4:00 pm.

City Council Chambers (upper level)
57 E. First Street

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Item 2-a

File #:

PZ 21074

Type:

PZ Minutes

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

Minutes from the June 9, 2021 study session and regular meeting.

Attachments:

1. June 9, 2021 Study Session Minutes, 2. June 9, 2021 P&Z Meeting Minutes

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Item 3-a PLANNING & ZONING ACTION

File #:

PZ 21075

Type:

PZ Zoning - Action

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

ZON20-00876 District 6. Within the 3800 block of South Power Road (east side). Located south of Elliot Road on the east side of Power Road. (2.35± acres) Site Plan Review. This request will allow the development of a self-storage building. Brian Greathouse, Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., applicant; Rockall Power 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, 10. Presentation

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Item 4-a PLANNING & ZONING > DISCUSS AND RECOMMEND

File #:

PZ 21076

Type:

PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

ZON20-00840 District 1. Within the 1000 block of East McKellips Road (south side). Located west of Stapley Drive on the south side of McKellips Road. 4.5± acres). Rezone from Single Residence 9 (RS-9) and Multiple Residence 4 (RM-4) to Multiple Residence 2 (RM-2) with a Planned Area Development Overlay (PAD); and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a multiple residence development. Victoria Snively, United Realty MTA, applicant Thomas Adhoot, owner Planner: Cassidy Welch Staff Recommendation: Continue to August 25, 2021

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Item 4-b PLANNING & ZONING > DISCUSS AND RECOMMEND

File #:

PZ 21077

Type:

PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

ZON21-00224 District 6. Within the 8800 to 9100 blocks of East Elliot Road (north side) and within the 8900 to 9100 blocks of East Peterson Avenue (south side). Located west of Ellsworth Road on the north side of Elliot Road (41± acres). Rezone from Limited Commercial (LC) with a Planned Area Development Overlay (PAD) and Planned Employment Park (PEP)-PAD to Light Industrial (LI)-PAD; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for an industrial development. Taylor Earl, Earl & Curley, PLC , applicant EL DORADO ELLIOT 128, LLC , owner Planner: Cassidy Welch   Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Site Plan, 4. Conceptual Plan, 5. Landscape Plan, 6. Elevations, 7. Narrative, 8. Citizen Participation Plan, 9. Citizen Participation Report, 10. Avigation Easement, 11. Presentation

 

Item 4-c PLANNING & ZONING > DISCUSS AND RECOMMEND

File #:

PZ 21078

Type:

PZ Zoning - Discuss and Recommend

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

ZON21-00293 District 1. Within the 1900 block of East McKellips Road (north side). Located west of Gilbert Road on the north side of McKellips Road (0.2± acres). Rezone from Agriculture (AG) to Limited Commercial (LC). This request will allow commercial uses on the property. Sean Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant; Orange Tree Marketplace II, owner.   Planner: Cassidy Welch   Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Narrative, 4. Citize Participation Plan, 5. Citizen Particpation Report, 6. Presentation

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Item 5-a PLANNING & ZONING PRELIMINARY PLAT

“Avalon Crossing”  District 6. (ZON21-00138)

File #:

PZ 21079

Type:

PZ Preliminary Plat

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

“Avalon Crossing”  District 6. (ZON21-00138) Within the 10100 to 10600 blocks of East Williams Field Road (south side) and the 6000 to 6400 blocks of South 222nd Street (west side). Located south of Williams Field Road and east of Crismon Road. (144.4± acres). Preliminary Plat.  Krista Zinser, Coe and Van Loo, LLC, applicant; Pacific Proving, LLC, owner.  Planner: Evan Balmer   Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Narrative, 4. Preliminary Plat, 5. Presentation

 

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Item 5-b PLANNING & ZONING PRELIMINARY PLAT

Insert: Investment Prospectus (from an earlier PDF from City of Mesa)

 

File #:

PZ 21080

Type:

PZ Preliminary Plat

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

Planning and Zoning Board - Public Hearing

On agenda:

6/23/2021

Title:

“View 202” District 6.  (ZON21-00125) Within the 4800 to 5000 blocks of South Ellsworth Road (west side). Located on the west side of Ellsworth Road north of Ray Road. (73.6± acres) Preliminary Plat. Russell Schulte, Hunter Engineering, applicant; Sunbelt Investment Holdings, LP, owner.   Planner: Evan Balmer   Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Attachments:

1. Vicinity Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Narrative, 4. Preliminary Plat, 5. Presentation

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Here it is - from the leader of The Freedom Caucus

The Week in Review Happy Friday! This week the House was back on Capitol Hill for a week of hearings and votes. While President Biden spent his time at the G7 in Geneva, Switzerland, showing world leaders what an “America Last” agenda looks like, I stayed focused on exposing his radical policies in Congress. Despite a record number of encounters at the southern border in May, inflation requiring the involvement of the Federal Reserve, and a dramatic increase in crime, the sole focus of the Democrat party is to keep spending your tax dollars at a record pace on wasteful programs. Keep reading below to see several important highlights from the week.   Fire Fauci Press Conference If you want to be trusted, tell the truth. That was my main focus during a press conference I participated in exposing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s gross misconduct in the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Fauci knowingly misled the American people throughout the pandemic, while bolstering up his own fame and popularity. A recent FOIA request of his emails revealed his private beliefs were different from those he shared as truths with the public. Since Dr. Fauci is the highest paid individual in the federal government, the Fire Fauci Act will reduce his salary to zero dollars, among other things. Click on picture below to watch the press conference:   Letter to Chair Sheila Jackson Lee Demanding a Hearing on Defunding the Police and the Rise in Crime Crime is soaring in cities across America, yet Democrats have shown zero interest in addressing why. The answer is simple. The “defund the police” movement has emboldened criminals and caused police retention rates to plummet. I wrote a letter to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, urging her to hold a hearing examining the calls to “defund the police” and the corresponding surge in violent crime. Read about my letter below:   Hearing w/ FBI Director Christopher Wray  FBI Director Christopher Wray came back to the Hill this week to testify in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. The topic of the hearing was, yet again, the events that occurred on January 6, 2021. I used my time to highlight the hypocrisy of the Left in turning a blind eye to the violent Left-wing protests across the country, but crying foul at the Capitol events.  Click on the photo below to watch my statement: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security The Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing titled, “Undoing the Damage of the War on Drugs: A Renewed Call for Sentencing Reform.”  During the hearing I discussed overcriminalization, duplication of crimes at the state and federal level, the dangerous calls to defund the police, and the associated rise in crime. Click on the photo below to watch my opening statement:   Re-introduced the LIST Act On Thursday, we reintroduced H.R. 3973, the Less Imprecision in Species Treatment (LIST) Act, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to de-list species from the endangered species list when there is evidence demonstrating a species has recovered. It also penalizes those who intentionally submit false or fraudulent data in order to cause a species listing. You can read more about the LIST Act by clicking below:    Service Academy Last Saturday, I co-hosted a Military Service Academy Conference with Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) and Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-06). Arizona high school students and their families were able to hear from representatives from the Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, U.S. Military, and Naval Academies and the unique service opportunities offered by each school. Thank you to everyone who participated and to all the representatives and volunteers who made this event possible. Photos of the event below:   FOLLOW US:      Letters Signed: Letter President Biden Requesting He Replace VP Harris to Address Border Crisis   Letter to Secretary Haaland Regarding the Greater Safe Grouse   Letter to  Secretary Becerra Requesting an Accounting of Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Housing Illegal Aliens and Transportation Inside U.S. Bills Co-Signed: Firearm Due Process Protection Act   PRIME Act   Act for Veterans Act   To prohibit any requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive vaccination against COVID-19   To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to teach the 1619 Project curriculum in elementary schools and secondary schools   Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

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The Remote Work Revolution and Where Mesa, Arizona Stands in The Nation

There's a big difference between local overblown blasts of "happy-talk" compared with national standards and rankings so let's see.

First of all there's this information sent by Chris Salivate just the other day:

Hi Tim,

Three-in-four remote workers expect that they’ll have long-term remote flexibility beyond the pandemic. These remote workers have the potential to shake-up housing markets across the country. In our latest report, Best Cities for Remote Workers, we dive into the places that are likely to heat up due to remote work. 

Our Best Cities for Remote Workers Report ranks 250 cities across the country based on a mix of remote-friendliness, housing affordability, urban amenities, and natural amenities. These are the factors that remote workers told us they value most in a recent survey. 

Some Mesa highlights from the report:

• Mesa ranks #26 on our Best Cities for Remote Workers Index, out of 230 cities nationwide.
• Mesa scored highest on our subindex for natural amenities, ranking #32.
• Mesa's weakest spot in our analysis was urban amenities, with a ranking of #141 on that subindex.

 

 

You can read the full report here, and check out the complete analysis and methodology behind this study here. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to hop on a quick call!

Best,

Chris

CHRIS SALVIATI

Housing Economist

Apartment List

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USA FACTS > Top 5 Articles This Year (So Far. . .)

The top stories of the year (so far) The midway mark of 2021 is quickly approaching. Already. With vaccinations available in more places nationwide, states reopening, a new presidential administration, increasing air travel, and more, this year is starting to look different from 2020. In some ways, at least.    So what kind of year has it been? To mark the start of summer, here are the most-read reports since January 1. Take a look and see if your favorite articles are here, or if there’s anything you missed the first time around. And as always, thanks for being part of this mission to bring government facts to discussions of national importance.  5. Wealth is growing, as is inequality Despite the pandemic’s effects on the economy, the total wealth of American households is up. In the spring, USAFacts presented an in-depth look at wealth in the US, including the fact that middle-class families went from owning 12% of wealth in 1990 to 7% in 2020. Investments like corporate equities and mutual fund shares have grown 294% since 2009, adjusted for inflation. Real estate asset worth increased 31% in that time. 4. COVID-19 killed more Americans than the worst flu season of the past decade As COVID-19 vaccinations were ramping up in late March, readers dug into the data on another illness that can be guarded against with a shot: the flu. 2017-2018 was the worst flu season of the past decade, with 61,000 people dying. About 22,000 people died of the flu during the 2019-2020 season — the second-lowest total in 10 years. The United States reached 61,000 COVID-19 deaths in late April 2020. 3. Tracking marijuana legality by state This piece was in this newsletter just two weeks ago, but it’s already a reader favorite. The article explains the many different forms of cannabis legality, from CBD oil to medical use to fully legal, and includes a handy chart to track how the laws differ from state to state — while still being illegal federally. As of April 14, marijuana is fully legal in 16 states and Washington, DC. 2. The 2021 State of the Union in numbers The second year for the State of the Union in Numbers was a big one. This updated report collected data on how the pandemic impacted Americans, including the economy losing 9.4 million jobs last year or how 9.5% of US adults facing housing insecurity in December 2020. The report also illustrates many other facets of life in the US, from the fact that wages for people with a bachelor’s degree have increased 5% since 2000, to how immigration accounted for 41% of population growth from 2019 to 2020.  There’s much more in the report, including an overview of the 333 federal government actions in 2020. One action affected the population (a presidential memorandum requesting that unauthorized immigrants not be counted in the 2020 census for Congressional reapportioning. Lower courts found the action unconstitutional) and there were 82 actions on defense.  1. COVID-19 vaccine tracker It’s clear that the USAFacts vaccine tracker didn’t slip under anyone’s radar; it's by far the most-visited spot for newsletter readers all year. This tracker, which is updated daily, is a resource for measuring vaccination rates close to home. In fact, as of June 20, 46% of the population is fully vaccinated.  See how many people have received doses in your state, track how rates change by demographic (females are more vaccinated than males, for example), and see how many doses have been distributed nationwide in this coronavirus data hub. One last fact While overall inflation is not at Great Recession levels, many prices have risen over the decade. Here's a sampling of metrics from the Consumer Price Index, which measures the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a figurative basket of consumer goods and services.