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City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board Public Hearing - October 26, 2026

Planning and Zoning Meetings — Monday, October 26, 2026
BodyMesa, Arizona
SessionPlanning and Zoning Meetings
DateMonday, October 26, 2026
StatusNEW · FILED
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Speaker 1

0:05

Welcome welcome everyone to the October 14th, 2026, City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board public hearing.

0:13

Will all board members please unmute their microphones?

0:17

And we'll begin by taking role.

0:19

Chair person Peterson is here.

0:21

Vice Chair Pitcher.

0:22

Here.

0:23

Board Member Montez.

Norm Sendler · Speaker 2Inferred

0:25

Here.

Speaker 1

0:25

Board Member Carpenter.

Norm Sendler · Speaker 2Inferred

0:27

Here.

Speaker 1

0:28

Board Member Wagner.

Speaker 3

0:30

Here.

Speaker 1

0:30

Board Member Thomas.

0:31

Here.

0:32

And Board Member Truxler.

Speaker 3

0:33

Here.

Unassigned speaker

0:34

All

Speaker 1

0:34

right.

0:34

With a quorum present.

0:36

We will call this meeting to order.

0:39

As part of today's meeting, we have a consent agenda.

0:45

And for, as was said in the introduction, anyone from the public who would like to speak on one of any of the items on the consent agenda.

0:53

If you would please fill out a blue card.

0:56

We have one that's been filled out for item three B.

1:00

So we will for the consent agenda, we will only have item 3A and 2A on that, and then we'll we'll uh open up the public hearing for item 3B and go from there.

1:14

So yeah, please proceed with the consent agenda, Cassidy.

Speaker 4

1:19

Thank you, Chair.

1:21

Items on the consent agenda.

1:22

Item two A, the planning and zoning minutes from the September 23rd, 2026 Planning and Zoning Board meeting.

1:29

And item 3A Z O N 25-00943, Waffle Flower Warehouse Rezone.

1:35

2.4 acres located at the northwest corner of East Thomas Road and North 54th Street.

1:40

Rezone from single residence 90 RS90 to light industrial LI site plan review and special use permit.

1:47

This request will allow for an approximately 18,000 square foot industrial development.

1:51

Staff recommendation is approval with conditions.

1:53

Those are the items on the consent agenda.

Speaker 1

1:56

Thank you, Cassidy.

1:57

The board's now ready to consider the consent agenda as presented.

2:02

Is there a motion?

Speaker 3

2:13

I'll make the motion motion to approve the consent agenda.

Speaker 1

2:17

Is there a second?

2:18

I'll second that.

2:19

All right.

2:19

Motion has been made to approve and seconded.

2:21

All in favor, please

Unassigned speaker

2:23

vote.

Speaker 1

2:32

Yes.

2:32

And board member Carpenter.

2:34

Yes.

2:35

Thank you.

2:36

Well the consent agenda has passed unanimously.

2:42

All right.

2:42

We will now go to item 3B.

2:49

A presentation was made in study session.

2:52

Does the board desire the staff presentation again?

2:55

Or should we go?

2:56

Are you okay if we just go to the public hearing?

Speaker 3

3:00

Okay, with just public hearing.

Speaker 1

3:03

Okay, gotcha.

3:05

Alright, with that, we will formally open the public hearing for item 3b.

3:09

And a Norm Sandler has filled out a request to speak.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Environmental Protection████████████████████████████████████████40%
Procedural███████████████████████████████████████39%
Zoning And Land Use█████████████████████21%
Summary of Proceedings

City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board Public Hearing

The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board convened on October 26, 2026, with Chairperson Peterson presiding and a full board present. The meeting addressed a consent agenda and one public hearing item, resulting in unanimous approvals and a recommendation to the City Council.

Consent Calendar

  • Item 2A: Minutes from the September 23, 2026, Planning and Zoning Board meeting were approved unanimously.
  • Item 3A (ZON 25-00943, Waffle Flower Warehouse Rezone): The board approved a rezone of 2.4 acres at the northwest corner of East Thomas Road and North 54th Street from Single Residence 90 (RS90) to Light Industrial (LI). The approval includes a site plan review and special use permit for an approximately 18,000-square-foot industrial development, consistent with staff's recommendation of approval with conditions.
  • Item 3B was removed from the consent calendar to allow for a separate public hearing due to a citizen request to speak.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Norm Sandler (8550 East Mallory Street, Mesa) spoke on Item 3B, the Haas Crossing Village 6 Remainder Rezone. He expressed strong opposition to the project on the grounds that scraping native desert land for high-density development displaces dangerous wildlife. He described a personal incident where a coyote, displaced by nearby construction, entered his yard and killed his daughter's emotional support dog. Sandler urged the board to require mitigation measures, such as capturing dangerous species, whenever approving projects that destroy natural habitat.

Discussion Items

  • Item 3B - Haas Crossing Village 6 Remainder Rezone (ZON 26-00162): The board discussed a 44-plus-acre parcel located at the northwest corner of South Hawes Road Alignment and East Warner Road. The request is to rezone the property from a mix of Multiple Residence 5 with a Planned Area Development (PAD) overlay, Office Commercial with a PAD overlay, and Limited Commercial with a PAD overlay to Residential Small Lot 2.5 with a PAD overlay, to allow for the future development of state land. A motion was made to recommend approval to the City Council with the conditions recommended by staff.

Key Outcomes

  • The Consent Agenda (Items 2A and 3A) passed unanimously.
  • Item 3B: The board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Haas Crossing Village 6 Remainder Rezone to the City Council.
  • The meeting was adjourned following a unanimous vote.

Meeting Transcript

Welcome welcome everyone to the October 14th, 2026, City of Mesa Planning and Zoning Board public hearing. Will all board members please unmute their microphones? And we'll begin by taking role. Chair person Peterson is here. Vice Chair Pitcher. Here. Board Member Montez. Here. Board Member Carpenter. Here. Board Member Wagner. Here. Board Member Thomas. Here. And Board Member Truxler. Here. All right. With a quorum present. We will call this meeting to order. As part of today's meeting, we have a consent agenda. And for, as was said in the introduction, anyone from the public who would like to speak on one of any of the items on the consent agenda. If you would please fill out a blue card. We have one that's been filled out for item three B. So we will for the consent agenda, we will only have item 3A and 2A on that, and then we'll we'll uh open up the public hearing for item 3B and go from there. So yeah, please proceed with the consent agenda, Cassidy. Thank you, Chair. Items on the consent agenda. Item two A, the planning and zoning minutes from the September 23rd, 2026 Planning and Zoning Board meeting. And item 3A Z O N 25-00943, Waffle Flower Warehouse Rezone. 2.4 acres located at the northwest corner of East Thomas Road and North 54th Street. Rezone from single residence 90 RS90 to light industrial LI site plan review and special use permit. This request will allow for an approximately 18,000 square foot industrial development. Staff recommendation is approval with conditions. Those are the items on the consent agenda. Thank you, Cassidy. The board's now ready to consider the consent agenda as presented. Is there a motion? I'll make the motion motion to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? I'll second that. All right. Motion has been made to approve and seconded. All in favor, please vote. Yes. And board member Carpenter. Yes. Thank you. Well the consent agenda has passed unanimously.

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