A 35,000-square-foot industrial warehouse is to be constructed at Boeing north of the northeast corner of North Greenfield Road and East McDowell Road in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board discussed the look and landscaping for the development on 3.2 acres at an Oct. 13 meeting. Vice Chair Ryan Circello was absent.
The warehouse will be to the east of a fabrication building the board reviewed a couple months ago, Staff Planner Charlotte Bridges said during the meeting.
“It’s a single-story (warehouse) building. There are three access points from Greenfield Road — the two to the south are existing and the third one to the north will be constructed when that phase-two (fabrication building) is constructed,” she said.
A planting legend on the landscape plan shows there are to be shrubs including ariangle-leaf bursage, brittlebush, creosote and jojoba; accents such as desert spoon, ocotillo and cactus; and materials such as decomposed granite.
“(T)his is a building that has a security issue so they have to have a 100-foot-wide viewable area around the building, and so you’ll see that their landscape plan reflects the visibility that is required for the building,” Bridges said.
The warehouse will be used by existing and proposed fabrication centers to store unused equipment. No employees will be working in the warehouse, according to a written project narrative from Kimley Horn.
“The proposed warehouse will be located within the 100-meter secure perimeter around the Boeing fabrication center buildings to comply with the government’s Intelligence Community Directive 705 relating to physical and technical security standards for the site. Within this secure area, vegetation surrounding the existing buildings and proposed warehouse will be limited to ... quantities of ground covers and shrubs to allow for inspectable space for security and safety of the building,” it states. “Foundation base zones have been provided but will be without vegetation due to the inspectable space requirements next to the buildings.”
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
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Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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