Mesa P&Z Board Unanimously Approves Haas Crossing Village 7 Rezoning and General Plan Amendment via Consent Agenda
Mesa Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved a rezoning and general plan amendment for Haas Crossing Village 7, a 103-acre mixed-use development project on state land.
Mesa P&Z Board Unanimously Approves Haas Crossing Village 7 Rezoning and General Plan Amendment via Consent Agenda
The Mesa Planning and Zoning Board approved both a major general plan amendment and rezoning for Haas Crossing Village 7, a 103-acre mixed-use development project, in a single unanimous consent vote on August 12, 2026. The approval enables future development of state land at the southeast corner of South Haas Road and East Elliot Road and represents a significant land-use change from office and industrial designations to residential and mixed-use. No public comments were submitted, and the board processed both cases without discussion.
Project Details
- Case numbers: GPA 26-00161 (General Plan Amendment) and ZON26-00160 (Rezoning)
- Location: Southeast corner of South Haas Road and East Elliot Road
- Total acreage affected: 153.5 acres (rezoning); 103 acres (general plan amendment)
- Current zoning → Proposed zoning:
- 102.9 acres: from mixed-use with planned area development overlay and light industrial with planned area development overlay → to residential small lot 2.5 with planned area development overlay
- 50.6 acres: from limited commercial with planned area development overlay and mixed-use with planned area development overlay → to limited commercial with planned area development overlay and mixed-use with planned area development overlay
- General plan land-use changes:
- 29.7 acres: from urban center → to urban residential
- 73.2 acres: from local employment center → to urban residential
Timeline
- Public hearing: Chair opened public hearing for GPA 26-00161; no speakers; hearing closed immediately
- Consent agenda presentation: Principal Planner Cassidy read all consent items (including meeting minutes from July 22 and July 29, 2026, plus the two Haas Crossing items)
- Board motion: One board member moved to approve all items on the consent agenda as read
- Second and vote: Motion was seconded; all board members voted in favor unanimously
Vote Breakdown
- Final tally: Unanimous approval
- Individual votes: All board members present voted yes (Board Member Klein specifically confirmed yes when called upon; other votes stated verbally as "I")
- Board members present: Chair Peterson, Vice Chair Pitcher, Board Member Montes, Board Member Carpenter, Board Member Wagner, Board Member Hales, Board Member Klein
Outcome & Next Steps
The approval removes regulatory barriers to development by converting industrial and office-designated land to residential use and updating the general plan to reflect the intended mixed-use character. The state land can now proceed through development review and permitting processes under the new zoning designations. The board processed both the rezoning and general plan amendment items together to ensure compliance with Arizona state statute requiring separate public hearings for each action, though both were voted on simultaneously.
Procedural Notes
The meeting opened with a procedural question about whether the general plan amendment should be heard before the rezoning. Chair Peterson, with staff guidance, determined that holding the general plan public hearing first and then the rezoning would create a clear chronological record of two separate public hearings as required by state law, even though both items could be voted on together. This procedural care ensured statutory compliance despite the consent-agenda streamlined process.
No blue cards (requests to remove items from consent) were submitted before the vote, meaning no board member or member of the public requested to pull either case for individual discussion or separate voting. This allowed both Haas Crossing items to be processed as routine business without presentations or debate.
Duration
- This item: Approximately 5 minutes (public hearing opening, closure, and consent vote for both cases)
- Total meeting: Approximately 15 minutes (roll call, consent agenda approval, and adjournment)
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Source: Planning and Zoning Meeting - 8/12/2026 — August 18, 2026. Auto-generated YouTube transcript; may contain transcription errors.
Welcome to the August 12th, 2026 City Mesa Planning and Zoning Board public hearing. We're ready to begin our meeting. If everyone would please unmute your microphones. I will begin by taking roll call. Chair Peterson is here. Vice Chair Pitcher. Here. Board member Montes. Here. Board member Carpenter. Here. Board member Wagner. Here. Board member Hales. Here. Board member Klein. Here. All right. Uh with the quorum present, we'll call this meeting to order.
As part of today's agenda, we're scheduled to Uh we have a consent agenda. And as a reminder, all items on the consent agenda are considered routine and will be acted upon with a single motion without individual discussion unless a request is made to remove an item. Danica, have any requests been made? Chair, board members, we do not have any blue cards. Okay, perfect.
And now we'll ask uh Principal Planner Cassidy to read the consent agenda and from understand with the general plan, we that will not be on it. Um so this will just be the Okay. So So since the general plan needs to be voted on before we do consent, do we need to do the general plan first and have uh and and open the public hearing, do that separate first and then do I mean, we're we're with no blue cards, we're not doing a full presentations, right?
So So should we just not do consent right now and just go to the read the general plan item first and then open the public your discretion. You can certainly have the public meeting or excuse me, public hearing on the general plan first. Okay. and then move to consent. Um you could do consent first and then have the general plan because this is just a recommendation, they don't necessarily have to be both taken off consent.
We just want to make sure we have a strong record that there were two public hearings held so we are in compliance with the state statute. Okay, got you. So, for my the benefit of of my OCD, we'll do that. We'll do general plan first and then zoning afterwards since it seems like that's how the world order should work, right? So, on item 3A to uh Do you want to Do we need to read the item first or just open the public hearing?
Uh, you can just open the public hearing, but you should identify what it is a public hearing for. Okay, got you. For item 3A GPA 26-00161 Haas Crossing Village 7 Uh Do I need to read the description, too? Okay. So, for this case we will formally open the public hearing. Are there any who would like to from the public who would like to speak? Seeing none, we will formally close the public hearing. Now that we've done that, can we do them both in one vote? Okay. All right, Cassidy, you're up.
Thank you, Chair. Item 2A, the planning and zoning minutes from the July 22nd, 2026 Planning and Zoning Board. Item 2B, the planning and zoning minutes from the July 29th, 2026 Planning and Zoning Board. Item 3A GPA 26-00161 Haas Crossing Village 7, 103 acres located at the southeast corner of South Haas Road and East Elliot Road.
Major General Plan Amendment to change the place type from urban center to urban residential on 29.7 acres and local employment center to urban residential on 73.2 acres. Staff recommendation is adoption. And then item 3B ZON26-00160 Hawes Crossing Village 7. 153.5 acres located at the southeast corner of South Hawes Road and East Elliot Road.
Rezone of 102.9 acres from mixed-use with a planned area development overlay and light industrial with a planned area development overlay to residential small lot 2.5 with a planned area development overlay and rezone of 50.6 acres from limited commercial with a planned area development overlay and mixed-use with a planned area development overlay to limited commercial with a planned area development overlay and mixed-use with a planned area development overlay.
This request will allow for a future development of state land. Staff recommendation is approval with conditions. Thank you, Cassidy. Is it the board's pleasure for a motion? Would someone like to make a motion? I'll go I'll go ahead. I recommend adoption of [laughter] item 3A and you want me to read the whole thing again? all been read. Just say move to approve as read. Move to approve items 3A and 3B. Is there a second? Second.
So, I chair board because there are our minutes and other things that were on the consent agenda, um the motion should include everything that was on the consent agenda. Yeah, so just move to approve I move to approve everything on the consent agenda. As read. Okay. As read. Is there a second? motion. Second. All in favor? Uh board member Klein, what is your vote? Uh okay. Yes. Okay. Thank you. With that, uh motion to approve the consent agenda, uh it carries unanimously.
Is there any other items from for the agenda? I have no additional items, chair. Okay. Thank you. Hearing that, is there a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn the meeting. Second. All in favor? I. It's not online, but motion carries verbally so yeah, meeting's adjourned. Verbally. Meeting's adjourned. [music]