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Mesa Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approves Rio Salado 25 minor plan amendment; clears consent agenda
Summary
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board on May 11 unanimously approved a minor general plan amendment (PZ26014) changing 3.1 acres along West Rio Salado Parkway from "local employment center" to "urban center," and approved the consent agenda items including several rezonings; no public comment was received on the amendment.
Mesa — The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved a minor general plan amendment on May 11 that changes the place type of a 3.1-acre site at the northwest corner of West Rio Salado Parkway and North Cubbs Way from "local employment center" to "urban center," clearing the way for a hotel and a 36-unit multiple-residence building.
The board voted to approve PZ26014 (Rio Salado 25) after staff presented a recommendation for approval with conditions, including a modification to condition 7. The board chair moved the motion; the motion was seconded and, after a roll call in which Vice Chair Peterson and Board Member Farnsworth were recorded voting yes, the board approved the item unanimously. No members of the public spoke during the public-comment period for the item.
The action follows a consent-agenda vote earlier in the meeting in which the board approved multiple development items in a single motion. Cassidy Welsh, the city's principal planner, read the consent agenda into the record; items included AZON25-00535 (Edgecore Mesa North Campus: a major site plan modification for a data center at the southwest corner of East Elliott Road and South Everton Terrace), AZON25-00942 (the Rio Salado 25 rezone and site-plan requests), and AZON25-00917 (Longbow mixed-use rezone and council-use permit matters). Staff recommended approval of the consent items with conditions.
The transcript contains a likely transcription error in the consent-agenda reading of the Edgecore item's size, which was read as an implausibly large figure; meeting materials and staff records should be consulted for the correct project size and technical specifications. The Longbow item included a condition requiring shade structures that must cover at least 75% (no less than 1,350 square feet) of an approximately 1,800-square-foot turf area and provide seating, with final design approval to be administratively reviewed by the planning director.
After the votes, staff reported no updates. The board then moved, seconded and voted to adjourn.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda: approved unanimously (quorum present; Board Member Carpenter excused). Staff read three principal items into the record and recommended approval with conditions. - PZ26014 (Rio Salado 25): minor general plan amendment approved unanimously. Motion moved by the chair; the second was recorded but not separately identified in the transcript.
What happens next - Approved items on the consent agenda and the Rio Salado amendment will proceed per the city's standard administrative and permitting process; project applicants must meet the conditions of approval and any required recordation or plan adjustments prior to building permits. For technical details (project sizes, final condition language), refer to the city planning department's staff report and posted meeting packet.
