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city manager’sMESSAGE

The City of Mesa is a full-serviceCity offering residents diverse

recreation opportunities, arts and culture, reliable utilities, transportation and transit, libraries, and public safety services. This edition of the Community Report details some of these services as well as some of the programs and recent accomplishments that preserve Mesa’s history, expand economic growth, and ensure we are being good stewards of the environment. Mesa continues to embrace its rich heritage, celebrate the present, and keep an eye to the future. The City of Mesa has welcomed a new Council in January that is working to ensure Mesa’s future is abundant.

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table ofCONTENTS

pg 6mayor & council

pg 8mayor & council bios

pg 10eastward bound

A ground breaking celebration was held October 15th to kick off construction of the Gilbert Road light rail extension.

pg 11fire station 203

The Mesa Fire and Medical Department now has a new Fire Station 203 located at 324 S. Alma School Road.

pg 12your place to play

The Mesa Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities department has been busy this year, most notably with the opening of two parks within a week of each other.

pg 14accelerating business growth

LAUNCHPOINT, the Mesa Technology Accelerator, relocated to Downtown Mesa from its previous location in the southeast Gateway area.

pg 15bringing jobs to mesa

DexcomInfineonSantanderAmerican Traffic SolutionsBoeing

pg 16environmental management and sustainability

The newly formed Environmental Management and Sustainability Department has combined the powers of Solid Waste, Recycling, and Sustainability to ensure Mesa residents are provided with a clean, safe and environmentally-sound community.

pg 18preserving mesa’s heritage

The City of Mesa has created a new program to recognize neighborhoods that have historic value to the City but do not meet the requirements for the historic district zoning designation by classifying them as “Heritage Neighborhoods.”

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mayor & council

MAYOR

VICE MAYOR

COUNCILMEMBER

COUNCILMEMBER

JohnGiles

DavidLuna

MarkFreeman

JeremyWhittakerDistrict 5

District 1

District 2

Elected to the Mesa City Council in August 2016, Councilmember Mark Freeman began his first term representing District 1 in January of 2017. His term on the Council runs until January of 2021.

Elected to the Mesa City Council in November of 2016, Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker began his first term representing District 2 in January of 2017. His term on the Council runs until January of 2021.

Appointed to fill the vacant District 5 seat in September of 2013, David Luna became the first Hispanic elected to the Mesa City Council when voters elected him in August of 2014.

John Giles was elected the 40th Mayor of Mesa, Arizona in August, 2014. Mayor Giles is committed to taking Mesa to the next level with his NextMesa vision.

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COUNCILMEMBER

COUNCILMEMBER

COUNCILMEMBERRyanWinkle

ChrisGlover

KevinThompsonDistrict 3

District 4

District 6

Elected to the Mesa City Council in August 2016, Councilmember Ryan Winkle began his first term representing District 3 in January of 2017. His term on the Council runs until January of 2021.

The youngest person ever to serve on the Mesa City Council following his election at age 23 in 2011, Councilmember Chris Glover was re-elected to a second term representing District 4 in August of 2014.

Elected to the Mesa City Council in August 2014, Councilmember Kevin Thompson began his first term representing District 6 in January of 2015.

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mayor & council bios

John GilesM AYO R

David LunaV I C E M AYO RD I ST R I CT 5

Mark FreemanCO U N C I L M E M B E R

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John Giles was elected the 40th Mayor of Mesa, Arizona in August, 2014. He was re-elected in August 2016 and will begin his first full four-year term in January 2017. Mayor Giles is committed to taking Mesa to the next level with his NextMesa vision.

Mayor Giles has overseen a growing economy that added thousands of new jobs, new employers like Apple and Textron Aviation and over $1.5 billion in new capital investment. He is bringing renewed focus and attention to Mesa’s downtown resulting in a budding creative economy with new businesses and entertainment options. In his 2016 State of the City he announced the start of discussions with Arizona State University to bring a new campus and student housing to the heart of Mesa.

In March 2015 he joined the Mayor’s Challenge

to End Veterans Homelessness and Mesa’s program has housed more than 120 homeless vets.

Recognizing these efforts and more, Money.com, a subsidiary of Time Magazine, named Mesa the best big city in the Southwest.

Born and raised in Mesa, Mayor Giles earned degrees from Brigham Young University in Political Science and Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and has managed his own law firm in downtown Mesa for more than 20 years. Mayor Giles is an active marathoner and triathlete who has completed two full Ironman competitions, 20 marathons and four Boston Marathons. Mayor Giles and his wife Dawn have been married for more than thirty years. They have five children and five grandchildren.

The first Hispanic to serve on the Mesa City Council, David Luna was appointed to fill the vacant District 5 seat in September of 2013 before winning election for a full term in August of 2014. He was named the Vice Mayor on January 23, 2017. His term on the Mesa City Council runs until January of 2019.

Vice Mayor Luna seves as the Chair of the National League of Cities Information Technology and Communications Committee and is also a member of the NLC Board of Directors. Luna works as a Community

Outreach Specialist for Mesa Public Schools. Luna spent 27 years as the Director of Education Television for Mesa Public Schools, directing and managing channel 99 and edtv99.org. He was also named Mesa’s Citizen of the Year in 2012.

David is married to Hilda Luna, Director of Nursing Services at University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health. They have two adult daughters, Melina Smith and Marissa Luna, and two grandchildren, Sophia and Henry Smith.

Elected to the Mesa City Council in August of 2016, Mark Freeman serves as the Councilmember for District 1. His term on the City Council runs until January of 2021.

Freeman’s Mesa roots run deep, as his ancestor, Charles Crismon, was one of the founding fathers of Mesa. His family has farmed in the Valley since 1878 and Freeman continues that tradition today, growing

alfalfa and sweet corn and running a summer farmer’s market at Brown and Center Street. In addition to farming, he spent 31 years with the Mesa Fire and Medical Department as a Captain Paramedic before retiring in 2011.

Mark has lived in Mesa for 61 years. He and his wife, LeeAnn, have been married for 38 years and have 3 children and 8 grandchildren.

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Jeremy WhittakerCO U N C I L M E M B E R

D I ST R I CT 2

Ryan WinkleCO U N C I L M E M B E R

D I ST R I CT 3

Chris GloverCO U N C I L M E M B E R

D I ST R I CT 4

Kevin ThompsonCO U N C I L M E M B E R

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Elected to the Mesa City Council in November of 2016, Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker began his first term representing District 2 in January of 2017. His term on the Council runs until January of 2021.

Whittaker is the founder and president of Velocity Technologies, a technology

solutions company for small to medium size businesses. He has worked in the IT consulting and technology industry for more than 15 years, owning his own firm since 2004.

Whittaker’s family moved to Arizona more than 20 years ago, and he and his wife Roshana have lived in Mesa since 2005.

Elected to the Mesa City Council in August of 2016, Ryan Winkle serves as the Councilmember for District 3. His term on the City Council runs until January of 2021.

Winkle is one of the co-founders of the Mesa Urban Garden, a community organization that provides fresh produce directly to the community and local food banks. He is also a co-founder of RAILMesa, a registered neighborhood group that advocates for increased citizen participation, responsible

development of housing, transit options and the creation of quality jobs along Mesa’s Light Rail Corridor.

Winkle holds a both a Bachelor of Arts in Sustainable Urban Dynamics and a Bachelor of Sciences in Urban Planning from Arizona State University and a Masters of Business Administration from Wilkes University Mesa. Raised in Mesa, Ryan and his wife Ericka have one son, Rian Erick.

In 2011 at age 23, Chris Glover became the youngest person ever elected to the Mesa City Council. He served as Vice Mayor from April 2014 to January 2015 and is serving his second term as District 4 Councilmember. His term runs through January of 2019.

Councilmember Glover holds a Master of Science in Management from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a B.S. in Political Science from ASU. He

also served as an intern in Washington, D.C. for Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada). Glover also studied at Universidad de Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor for the business department at Mesa Community College and Northern Arizona University and associate faculty for the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University.

Elected to the Mesa City Council in August 2014, Councilmember Kevin Thompson began his first term representing District 6 in January of 2015. His term on the Council runs until January of 2019.

Since taking office, Councilmember Thompson has been very active representing Mesa on both the national and local level. He is in his second term as a member of the National League of Cities Community and Economic Development Committee and he serves on the American Public Gas

Association’s Public Gas Policy Council.

A veteran of the United States Air Force, Thompson spent eight years in the service, including serving in Operation Desert Storm. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and is a 2012 graduate of the Mesa Leadership Training and Development program. Thompson is the principle owner of his own consulting firm. Kevin and his wife Donna have two children.

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A ground breaking celebration was held October 15th to kick off construction of the Gilbert Road light rail extension. The Gilbert Road extension will add an additional 1.9 miles of rail service on Main Street from Mesa Drive to Gilbert Road. The extension is slated to open in May 2019 with a programmed budget of $186 million from federal and local funds.

The Gilbert Road extension will be the second time that light rail service will be extended in Mesa. In August of 2015 light rail service was extended through downtown Mesa with an additional 3.1 miles of service, four stations, and park and ride lot. In its first year over 2.1 million trips were taken on light rail in Mesa. More information on light rail ridership can be found on Mesa’s Open Data Portal.

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The Mesa Fire and Medical Department now has a new Fire Station 203 located at 324 S. Alma School Road. The fire station replaces the original Fire Station 203 at 1340 W. University Drive, which was inadequate to serve the needs of current fire operations due to its age, location and size. Funding for the project is from the 2008 and 2013 Public Safety Bonds approved by Mesa voters.

The replacement fire station has approximately 12,000 square feet, three apparatus bays, six dormitory rooms for firefighters, two dormitory rooms for captains, a Fire/EMS training/community room and an onsite fuel station. Fire Station 203 is the fifth fire station built in Mesa since 2009 with voter-approved bond money.

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The Mesa Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities department has been busy this year, most notably with the opening of two parks within a week of each other. Fiesta Sports Park opened in late November and the renovations to Dobson Ranch Park were completed early December. Both parks provide unique spaces for Mesa youth to play.

Fiesta Sports Park located at 936 S. Extension Road features four new ballfields for youth baseball and softball and a multi-use field with bleachers. The youth ballfields are in a quad layout with Cubs-branded signage and scoreboard, centralized concession and restroom area. The 17-acre park also includes a new playground with shade covering and enlarged parking lot.

The four ballfields are named after Cubs Hall of Fame players, Fergie Jenkins, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks and Billy Williams. The Billy Williams championship field has a turf infield and brick backstop to mimic Wrigley Field and Sloan Park. The Chicago Cubs Charities and the Mesa Hohokam Foundation donated $100,000 to sponsor Fiesta Sports Park. The Fiesta Sports Park playground is open from sunrise to 10 p.m., but the fields require a use permit.

Dobson Ranch Playground located at 2359 S. Dobson Road gives all children regardless of abilities the opportunity to play. The park is universally inclusive and equipped

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with play structures designed to allow all children the opportunity to experience the park. Dobson Ranch playground is 10,000 square feet with features that includes:

• A multi-layer play experience with upper and lower play structures connected through ramps

• Toddler expression swings that allow parents to swing with younger children

• Sandbox table and musical instruments to encourage sensory play

• A 50-foot double zip line with supported seat and disc for side-by-side play

• Triumph Climber with transfer station for side-by-side climbing

• Cozy Cocoon and Saddle Spinner for children who need a quiet space

• Two shade structures covering the playground

• Mixed surfacing with rubber and wood fiber

• Restrooms which were both renovated to be ADA family restrooms

Dobson Ranch Park is open from sunrise to 10 p.m. For more information, please visit the Mesa Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities website.

LAUNCHPOINT, the Mesa Technology Accelerator, relocated to Downtown Mesa from its previous location in the southeast Gateway area. The new location at the Mesa Center for Higher is a modern facility that offers businesses office space, access to conference and classrooms with state-of-the-art furnishings, use of collaborative workspaces, a lounge area, phone and internet connectiv-ity. LAUNCHPOINT also features outfitted science and engineering lab spaces and is also extending a collaborative workspace program pass for qualified participating companies. Moreover, the new location provides greater access to the Phoenix metro area, as well as regional partners and resources.

Following the move, LAUNCHPOINT has tripled participation by adding nine new companies to the mix, bringing the total participating businesses to twelve and increasing occupancy to more than 4,000 square feet of office and lab space. LAUNCHPOINT businesses have attracted over $1.1 million in capi-tal investments and house 31 jobs. LAUNCHPOINT, Mesa’s Technology Acceler-ator, is a program created by the City of Mesa to accelerate the growth of young technology companies, creating high-quality jobs and economic growth in the community.

For more information about the program, visit www.mesaaccelerator.com.

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D E XCO MDexcom, a leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for patients with diabetes, announced that it will construct a new state of the art manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona for the company’s growing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) business. This new, 180,000 square foot facility will support the company’s global manufacturing operations and is projected to create more than 500 jobs over the next several years. The company expects initial manufacturing operations in this facility to commence in the second quarter of 2017. Advances in technology have helped those with diabetes stay on top of their glucose levels. Continuous glucose monitoring is considered the most significant breakthrough in diabetes management in the past 40 years.

I N F I N E O NInfineon, a Germany-based world leader in semiconductor solutions, celebrated the Grand Opening of its new warehouse and Gallium Nitride (GaN) cleanroom at its Mesa facility located at 550 W. Juanita Ave. The multi-million-dollar expansion project added approximately 11,500 sq. ft. and

will create more than 20 new high-quality jobs. GaN is a new semiconductor material that will help increase the efficiency and performance of power electronics used in everyday life such as power adapters for laptops.

S A N TA N D E RThe grand opening of Santander Consumer USA was held on May 3, 2016. Based in Dallas Texas, Santander provides full financing on vehicles and third party servicing. Modern and technology driven, they deliver superior service to more than 2.7 million customers nationwide. Their first Arizona office is located in the Mesa Fiesta District. Santander leased the Centrica project, a 117,000 square foot vacant retail center at 1550 W Southern. The space was revitalized into a bright, vibrant, and modern Class A office space.

A M E R I C A N T RA F F I C S O LU T I O N SAmerican Traffic Solutions’ opened their new corporate headquarters, which relocated 464 employees, to the new Waypoint development at Mesa Riverview. The Mesa based employees will completely occupy one building, totaling 108,956 square feet, at

the new Waypoint development at Mesa Riverview. In addition to its corporate offices, ATS will have employees in several departments including information technology, accounting/finance, human resources, sales and marketing and customer service. Waypoint is a high-tech office complex offering large open floor plans and high ceilings, allowing users to occupy their space in a variety of ways.

B O E I N GBoeing continues to have a strong presence in Mesa manufacturing Apache helicopters at their Falcon Field plant. Boeing’s status as a world class company was further cemented this year as they celebrated their 100th year of operations. As stewards of a legacy of pioneering aviation accomplishments and contributors to advancing the frontiers of aerospace and commercial aviation, Boeing launches into its second century ready to build a better future by inspiring the next generation of aerospace visionaries. The company is a critical part of America’s defense and space industrial base that builds and supports weapons and equipment that our troops use every day to protect the U.S. homeland.

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The newly formed Environmental Management and Sustainability Department has combined the powers of Solid Waste, Recycling, and Sustainability to ensure Mesa residents are provided with a clean, safe and environmentally-sound community. Environmental Management and Sustainability promotes sustainable development, use of renewable resources, and ensures City operations comply with environmental regulations. Go Planet! Mesa residents have several programs available to help protect our environment; the power is yours to take advantage of these great resources!

Remove Grass, Save MoneyMesa residents can receive a $500 rebate by converting their grass into an attractive low-water use landscape which will conserve water and energy, save money, and reduce maintenance with the Grass-to-Xeriscape Landscape Rebate. Qualifying projects must remove at least 500 square feet or more of grass and replace it with a water-thrifty landscape. There are landscape rebate opportunities for non-residential customers, too. Check out www.mesaaz.gov/conservation or email conservation.info@mesaaz.gov for more information!

Household Hazardous WasteGet rid of old cans of paint, batteries, pesticides, electronics, tires and prescription drugs and other household hazardous waste materials at City sponsored Household Hazardous Waste collection events. The City of Mesa conducts four events per year where residents can properly dispose of Household Hazardous Waste. The next Household Hazardous Waste event is:

CENTER STREET FACILITY April 8, 20172412 N. Center St. 8:00am to 12:00pm(Center Street, north of McKellips Road)

More information on Household Hazardous Waste events can be found here.

Meeting the needs of Mesa businessesThe City of Mesa offers a wide variety of programs and services to Mesa businesses, including weekly trash and recycling service to temporary roll-off container rentals. Environmental Management & Sustainability staff is dedicated to working with each individual client to determine the most efficient and cost effective way to handle their trash disposal requirements. For more information, call (480) 644-6789 or visit mesaaz.gov/waste.

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RecyclingRecycling is easier than ever in Mesa! Every one of the approximately 128,000 single family households in Mesa is eligible to participate in our signature Blue Barrel Program, allowing residents to fill their barrels with paper, glass, metal and plastic, which are then picked up on a weekly basis.

Residents can also dispose of their grass clippings, tree branches and other yard debris with our Green Waste Barrel Program and Green Sweep Program. The City of Mesa also offers many additional user-friendly residential recycling programs and services such as Christmas tree recycling, paint reuse program, appliance, and electronics recycling.

Environmental Management & Sustainability Department is committed to teaching our youngest residents about the importance of recycling and taking care of the planet. All children aged 4 to 10 can join “Club Blue – Mesa’s Young Recycling Squad” for free and elementary schools can request a recycling presentation.

To learn more about Mesa’s recycling services, visit mesarecycles.org.

Going Green with CNGSince 2012, Mesa’s garbage truck fleet has been moving forward toward becoming a 100% compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet. CNG is a cleaner burning fuel and engines powered by this fuel source are quieter and produce less noise in the truck cab. Full conversion to CNG is expected to occur by FY 2021/22.

Make sure to take advantage of these programs and services to help Mesa remain an environmentally responsible city.

• Solid waste barrel customers: 127,517• Solid waste frontload bin customers: 2,500• Black barrel collected 115,996 tons of waste• Metal bin 86,548 tons• Recycling: Blue barrel: 32,777 tons resulting

in Recycling revenue of $609,445 and avoided $835,158 of landfill costs.

• Green barrel: 18,872 tons• Green barrel customers: 40,680• Christmas trees collected: 60 tons• Metal bin recycling

Cardboard: 1,885 tonsNewspaper: 197 tons

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The City of Mesa has created a new program to recognize neighborhoods that have historic value to the City but do not meet the requirements for the historic district zoning designation by classifying them as “Heritage Neighborhoods.” There are many areas of the community that have played an important part in Mesa’s history but have not maintained sufficient integrity to meet requirements for either local or national historic district designation. Given the desire to provide some level of recognition and possible protection for areas the Historic Preservation Board has developed the Heritage Neighborhood program that focuses less on maintaining specific structures or details of structures but instead focuses on basic neighborhood development patterns and the social and cultural history of the area.

The first neighborhood to be recognized as a Heritage Neighborhood was the Washington-Escobedo Neighborhood. The Washington-Escobedo area has a history that dates back to the early 1900’s when it became the first area to allow African-Americans to purchase property in the Mesa area. African-Americans arrived in Mesa starting in the early 1900’s, but discrimination kept them from

owning homes in the original town site. The first housing subdivision to welcome them as buyers, homesteaders and residents was the Mitchell addition created on the land North of University and East of Center Street.

In the 1920’s another subdivision was opened where many Hispanic residents moved to. In the 1940’s the Escobedo Apartments and the Washington Activity Center were built to provide a place for African American soldiers at Williams Army Air Corp base. Because of segregation, the area had its own stores, schools, churches and doctors. Children who grew up there were part of a close-knit community.

The neighborhood included its own churches, schools, stores, and even its own doctor. During World War II, and after, they had their own activity center where the neighborhood gathered for social events. The Washington-Escobedo Neighborhood has a rich history which will be honored through their status as a Heritage Neighborhood.

Neighborhoods interested in applying for the Heritage Neighborhood designation can visit the City of Mesa Historic Preservation Office at:

55 N Center St.Mesa, AZ 85201

And discuss their application with the acting Historic Preservation Officer John Wesley.

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PreservingM e s a ’ s H e r i t a g e

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Veora Johnson

The Alhambra Hotel was built in 1894 at a cost of $4,000, after two fires in 1921 the Alhambra was rebuilt in 1922 and underwent an expansion in 1951. The Alhambra is now starting its newest chapter in its 122-year history as student housing.

The history of the Alhambra is long and the building on the National Register of Historic Places was first built to satisfy the tourist trade in the early 1890’s. The Alhambra opened in November 1893 with eighteen rooms, described in the Mesa Free Press as “elegant and cozy”. Its location on Macdonald Street just south of Main placed it in the center of the town’s business activity. Besides the construction of the hotels, the 1890’s also saw the founding of the first newspaper in 1891, the first railroad line into town in 1895, and the introduction of electricity in 1897.

On January 6, 1921, a small fire broke out in the rear wood frame portion of the Alhambra but was quickly brought under control by the fire department. However, early on Friday morning, April 15th, another fire broke out and nearly leveled the hotel except for the front brick portion. Five men were injured by the blaze and one, Harry Scores, died

four days later. The fire was suspected to have been started in the basement by a cigarette from one of the men who slept there. 0. C. McElrath, the owner of the Alhambra, after many attempts could rebuild the hotel and after 1926, McElrath was no longer associated with the hotel. In 1949, the name of the hotel was changed to the Pioneer Hotel and in 1951, the large addition of rooms was added to the back.

The Alhambra is now Mesa’s last standing historic hotel and will serve as student housing accommodating about 60 Benedictine University students after a $3.5 million overhaul which includes dorm rooms, apartments, and shared amenities such as an outdoor courtyard, study areas, a community kitchen, a cafe, laundry rooms, and exercise rooms.

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