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Mesa City Council Study Session – November 3, 2026

Council Study Sessions — Tuesday, November 3, 2026
BodyMesa, Arizona
SessionCouncil Study Sessions
DateTuesday, November 3, 2026
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Speaker 1

0:07

Welcome everyone to our Mesa City Council study session for November 2nd.

0:12

My gosh, November already.

0:15

Thank you.

0:15

Uh it's 2026.

0:17

All of our council members are present.

0:20

As usual, council item wise to review the cassette agenda, if you can do that.

0:24

I know that we went over it previously, but if you have any more questions, staff is here to help answer.

Speaker 2

0:37

And mayor, uh maybe I could just clarify for council's wishes on this.

0:41

Um 7A and 7B would be removed.

0:45

Right, Councilmember Duff, because you wanted a presentation upstairs on that.

0:50

Is that in line?

Speaker 3

0:51

I was just talking to Mary about that.

Speaker 2

0:53

Okay.

Speaker 3

0:54

We discussed

Speaker 2

0:54

that.

Speaker 3

0:55

Um and wanted to inquire also, I I know I really wanted the presentation to be more public-facing because this is a tremendous accomplishment to get this these guidelines and the text amendments done.

1:10

It's been in the works for many years.

1:13

Um I realize uh the council meeting is more public-facing, but I also realize we might have a gap of time between this meeting and the next if there's not a lot of discussion, and we could use it wisely.

1:29

So, mayor, this is your meeting.

1:30

I'll let you decide.

Speaker 1

1:35

Wow.

1:36

Thank you.

1:37

Well, if you're asking me, uh so let's do this.

1:40

We're gonna take these two items off consent and we'll have uh presentation on it, and then we'll vote on those separately, okay.

1:48

Upstairs.

1:49

Upstairs, we'll have a presentation for everybody.

1:53

So thank you for remembering that.

1:55

And otherwise, is there anything else on the agenda for tonight that you would like discussion with?

2:13

Okay.

2:16

Well, hearing none, then uh the next item is gosh, it's pretty simple.

2:23

Next is current events and conferences attended.

2:26

Council members, do you have anything you wish to share?

2:28

We can start to my right, Miss Taylor.

2:30

You put you on this spot.

2:31

Are you okay or should I start with Mr.

2:33

Adams?

2:34

Mr.

Unassigned speaker

2:34

Adams, I'd want to make it.

Speaker 1

2:35

Mr.

2:35

Adams, would you have anything you'd like to share?

Speaker 4

2:39

There we go.

2:40

Um, Mayor, I imagine you'll have some remarks about this as well,

Unassigned speaker

2:45

but

Speaker 4

2:45

a number of us attended the renaming of the Park of Canals, Park of the Canals, and I'm gonna try this.

2:52

I believe it's Toa Vacoan is the new name.

2:56

I messed that

Unassigned speaker

2:58

up.

Speaker 4

3:00

So uh but we could have all said yes, yeah.

3:04

Okay, well, I will in my defense I will say that that several members of the Salt River Pima Maricopa community uh had a different take on it, so uh I'm gonna I'm gonna defer to to that um phonetic pronunciation.

3:21

It's a cool name,

Speaker 1

3:23

and uh,

Speaker 4

3:24

what does it

Speaker 1

3:24

mean, Mr.

3:25

Adams?

Speaker 4

3:25

I believe it refers to a waterfowl of some kind, doesn't it?

3:29

Oh, the snow the snowy.

3:32

The snowy white egret.

3:33

The indigenous woods.

3:35

I didn't know that.

Speaker 1

3:36

Yeah,

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Summary of Proceedings

Mesa City Council Study Session – November 3, 2026

The Mesa City Council held a study session on November 3, 2026, with all council members present. The transcript’s opening refers to the “November 2nd” study session, while the provided meeting timestamp is November 3, 2026, at 01:35:22 UTC. The meeting was brief and largely devoted to consent-agenda logistics, council reports on recent community events, and announcements of upcoming city events. No public comment was recorded.

Consent Calendar

  • The council reviewed the consent agenda. Items 7A and 7B were removed from consent at Councilmember Duff’s request so that a presentation could be made “upstairs” and the items voted on separately; the mayor agreed.
  • Councilmember Duff said the related guidelines and text amendments were a major accomplishment and had been in the works for many years, and she wanted the presentation to be more public-facing. No agenda was available, so the exact titles of items 7A and 7B could not be confirmed.

Discussion Items

  • Councilmembers reported on recent events. Councilmember Adams and others attended the Park of the Canals renaming ceremony; Adams said the new name refers to a snowy white egret and praised the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s prayer and song. Councilmember Duff attended the PTK magazine launch honoring Jay O’Donnell as one of the most influential people in Arizona real estate, a Fiesta PD substation Halloween walk-through, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs South Central Region conference, and a Global Ties STEM-education visit at the Arizona Natural History Museum. Councilmember Taylor did a Red Mountain Station police ride-along, attended the Fiesta District Halloween walk-through, and visited the Falcon Field Haunted Hangar and car show; Taylor described hundreds and hundreds of people at the Haunted Hangar. Councilmember Goforth also attended the Haunted Hangar and estimated there were probably a thousand people. The vice mayor attended a Desert Ridge High School trunk-or-treat.
  • Mayor and council members also mentioned the Mesa PD Academy Class 64, an ASU Mix Center innovation summit, and the Boots and Bling gala at the Sheraton at Riverview. A community meeting was announced for Thursday at 6 p.m. at Lehigh School.
  • City Manager Butler announced that the Thursday study session was canceled and the next study session would be Thursday, November 12. Upcoming events included the downtown barbecue on Friday and Saturday; the Signal Butte Bike Park opening at 10 a.m. Saturday; Fire Station 224 ribbon cutting/open house at 1:30 p.m. Saturday; Gain from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday; and the East Valley Veterans Day Parade next Wednesday at 11 a.m., described as more than 60 years old.
  • The mayor reminded voters that Election Day was November 3 and that ballots could be dropped off at the convention center at 263 North Center or other voting locations; ballots should not be mailed.

Key Outcomes

  • Items 7A and 7B were removed from the consent agenda and scheduled for a presentation and separate votes; no vote tally was recorded in the transcript.
  • The Thursday study session was canceled; the next study session was set for Thursday, November 12.
  • The meeting adjourned after a motion and unanimous “aye” vote, with a planned Alzheimer’s Awareness Month proclamation and council photo to follow.

Meeting Transcript

Welcome everyone to our Mesa City Council study session for November 2nd. My gosh, November already. Thank you. Uh it's 2026. All of our council members are present. As usual, council item wise to review the cassette agenda, if you can do that. I know that we went over it previously, but if you have any more questions, staff is here to help answer. And mayor, uh maybe I could just clarify for council's wishes on this. Um 7A and 7B would be removed. Right, Councilmember Duff, because you wanted a presentation upstairs on that. Is that in line? I was just talking to Mary about that. Okay. We discussed that. Um and wanted to inquire also, I I know I really wanted the presentation to be more public-facing because this is a tremendous accomplishment to get this these guidelines and the text amendments done. It's been in the works for many years. Um I realize uh the council meeting is more public-facing, but I also realize we might have a gap of time between this meeting and the next if there's not a lot of discussion, and we could use it wisely. So, mayor, this is your meeting. I'll let you decide. Wow. Thank you. Well, if you're asking me, uh so let's do this. We're gonna take these two items off consent and we'll have uh presentation on it, and then we'll vote on those separately, okay. Upstairs. Upstairs, we'll have a presentation for everybody. So thank you for remembering that. And otherwise, is there anything else on the agenda for tonight that you would like discussion with? Okay. Well, hearing none, then uh the next item is gosh, it's pretty simple. Next is current events and conferences attended. Council members, do you have anything you wish to share? We can start to my right, Miss Taylor. You put you on this spot. Are you okay or should I start with Mr. Adams? Mr. Adams, I'd want to make it. Mr. Adams, would you have anything you'd like to share? There we go. Um, Mayor, I imagine you'll have some remarks about this as well, but a number of us attended the renaming of the Park of Canals, Park of the Canals, and I'm gonna try this. I believe it's Toa Vacoan is the new name. I messed that up. So uh but we could have all said yes, yeah. Okay, well, I will in my defense I will say that that several members of the Salt River Pima Maricopa community uh had a different take on it, so uh I'm gonna I'm gonna defer to to that um phonetic pronunciation. It's a cool name,

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