Brightpath Day Care site plan approved by Mesa planning board
The children’s day care facility will be for children from three months old to school age. It is planned to have approximately 27 employees at peak times and will be licensed for up to 240 children.
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The Brightpath Day Care is to be constructed at 10920 E. Guadalupe Road Mesa in Mesa.
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The map portion of the site plan for Brightpath Day Care.
A site plan modification should be approved to allow for the development of a day care facility on 1.6 acres east of Signal Butte Road on the north side of Guadalupe Road, the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board decided recently.
The board voted 6-0 Aug. 23 on a consent agenda with other items to recommend that the Mesa City Council approve site plan changes and amending the conditions of approval for a planned Brightpath Day Care. Board member Genessee Montes was absent.
The project is within the Mesa Center Pointe group commercial center and is compatible with the surrounding developments and land uses, according to a written staff report from Planner Kwasi Abebrese.
The property is zoned limited commercial and a day care center is permitted in the LC district, Abebrese said at a study session prior to the Aug. 23 meeting.
“The proposed site plan shows the development of a 13,448-square-foot day care center with a fenced playground area located on the northeast and south sides of the proposed building. Vehicular access to the site is provided from an existing drive aisle from Guadalupe Road, specifically at the southwest corner; as well as internally from a shared access drive located at the north side of the site,” he said.
A total of 36 parking spaces are required and 37 spaces are proposed, he said.
Terrascape Consulting is the applicant. G Brown Investments 2 LLC is the owner.
The children’s day care facility will be for children from three months old to school age. It is planned to have approximately 27 employees at peak times and will be licensed for up to 240 children, according to a written project narrative from Terrascape Consulting LLC.
“The day care building will sit on the east side of the parcel with the play area to the north, east, and south of the building. There is currently a drive and parking on the west side of the site including 28 parking spaces that will be utilized along with the proposed parking to provide a total of 37 spaces, two of which will be ADA compliant,” it states.
Three people from the neighborhood attended an Aug. 3 online meeting and voiced concerns on traffic dynamics, particularly the ingress and egress from the site onto Guadalupe Road.
“(T)he development team articulated their view that the day care center’s traffic patterns significantly differ from those of school drop-offs and pick-ups,” according to a written citizen participation report.
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Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
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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