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City of Mesa — City Council Strategic Planning Session (2026-05-28)

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PROJECT REPORT
P L A N  R E V I E W  P R O C E S S  M A P P I N G
O F F I C E  O F  I N N O V A T I O N  A N D  E F F I C I E N C Y
C O M M E R C I A L  D E V E L O P M E N T
E N V I S I O N .  E L E V A T E .  I M P A C T .

Executive
Summary

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• Extensive effort to 
understand what is 
happening NOW and not 
how it is “supposed” to be
• Allows a deeper dive for 
better findings & 
recommendations
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• 84 staff & stakeholders
• 15 departments & 1 partner 
organization
• 32 process mapping sessions
• frontline staff AND 
management
• 70% of participants frontline 
who do day-to-day work
Assessment of 
Current State
Comprehensive 
Process
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• Participants documented roles
• Freely spoke with concerns AND 
innovations
• Leveraged experience & expertise 
to capture:
⚬inefficiencies
⚬bottlenecks
⚬redundancies
⚬technology issues & 
limitations
⚬gaps in processes & role clarity
Active 
Engagement 
through OIE 
Facilitation

Enhancing Mesa as THE 
Welcoming Place
Through a Development Review
Process that:
To Do Business

Positive, 
Responsive 
Customer Service
Speed to Market
Predictable & 
Quality-Assured
• Reduced cycle 
times
• High quality & 
helpful reviews
• Warm & responsive 
interactions with clear & 
intentional communication

Organizational 
Strengths

Improvement Capital
Subject Matter Expertise

Estabish publicly accessible performance report featuring the 
outcomes -based KPIs with plain
-language definitions, and an 
internal performance page with supporting operational metrics. 
Process Innovations to Address 
Unmet Customer Needs and 
Improve Outcomes
Workflow Optimizations & 
Standardizations for Streamlined 
& Consistent Processes
Articulate and Comprehensive 
Customer Guidance to Enhance 
Customer Experience
Foundational Changes to 
Strengthen Organizational 
Culture
Deep Dive Assessments 
Required to Inform Total 
Improvement
5 Areas of Recommendations

Foundational 
Changes to 
Strengthen 
Organizational 
Culture

1.1 - EXECUTIVE 
COMMITMENT
1.2 - Dev. Rev. Collective 
Advisory Board
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

KEY ROLE- DRIVER

Deep Dive 
Assessments 
Required to 
Inform Total 
Improvement

Customers
Development -Related 
Processes 
Technology
• VALUE MAPPING
• DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & 
URBAN TRANSFORMATION
• UTILITY SERVICE COORDINATION
• DIMES GOVERNANCE PROCESS
• INITIAL ACCELA OPTMIZATION 
ASSESSMENT

Process 
Innovations to 
Address Unmet 
Customer Needs 
and Improve 
Outcomes

Pre-submittal and Site 
Discovery Options
Redesigned Submission 
Processes
Internal Development 
Review Group Practices
Community Character 
Plans

Workflow 
Optimizations & 
Standardization 
& Consistent 
Processes

Workflow Optimizations
Standardization
TECHNOLOGY/ ACCELA  
PROCESS FLOW
OPERATING PROCEDURES
TRAINING PLANS

Articulate and 
Comprehensive 
Customer Guidance 
to Enhance 
Customer 
Experience

Comprehensive Customer 
Guidance Framework
GUIDANCE, CHECKLISTS, AND RESOURCES
CONSISTENT & CLEAR COMMUNICATION
COHESIVE ACROSS CITY PROCESSES

The
Next Steps

Welcoming Place
To Do Business

Thank
You
PERFORMANCE PLUS
E N V I S I O N .  E L E V A T E .  I M P A C T .
O F F I C E  O F  I N N O V A T I O N  A N D  E F F I C I E N C Y