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Mesa council unanimously approves formation of theme-park district for former Fiesta Mall site
Summary
Mesa council voted unanimously to form a theme park district over the former Fiesta Mall property, appoint two council members to its board and approve a development and intergovernmental agreement; staff described the district's powers, financing tools and tax implications.
Jeff Robbins, Mesa's redevelopment administrator, told the City Council on a special meeting that a theme park district is a statewide economic-development vehicle that would provide dedicated governance and financing for redevelopment at the former Fiesta Mall site.
"Theme park districts provide both a dedicated financing as well as a dedicated governance mechanism to support development," Robbins said during the presentation. He said the privately owned 80-acre site has been in city conversations for more than a decade and that demolition began in 2023 after the mall closed in 2019.
Robbins told council members that a district would be a separate legal…
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