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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO[ Call to Order]
A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING LIGHT SHOWN OF WHAT IS TODAY, JUNE 10TH.AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CLERK.
PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE LINE, I BELIEVE.
DO PROTOCOLS, DO WE NEED TO WAIT OR CAN WE WE'RE IN COURT? OKAY.
OUR, UM, INDICATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR GRANT BROWN FROM CORNERSTONE CHURCH AND COUNCIL MEMBER, TERRY ROWE.
IF YOU WILL PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTERWARDS, PASTOR YOUR WIFE ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE ITSELF.
AND FOR THE MEASURE OF HEALTH YOU PROVIDED US TO FULFILL OUR CALLINGS.
THANK YOU FOR SUSTENANCE AND FOR FRIENDSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES.
THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE YOU AS WELL FOR THE FREEDOM TO REJECT YOU.
SO FROM WHAT YOUR BOUNDLESS AND GRACE'S GRACIOUS NATURE IN THE SCRIPTURES, YOU HAVE SAID THAT CITIZENS OUGHT TO OBEY THEIR GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
SINCE YOU'VE ESTABLISHED THOSE VERY AUTHORITIES, PROMOTE PEACE AND ORDER AND JUSTICE.
THEREFORE, I PRAY FOR A MAYOR FOR ALL THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS.
AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS ASSEMBLE COUNCIL, I'M ASKING THAT YOU GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM, A SENSE OF WELFARE AND FOR THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE, A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, CONFIDENCE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING FOR OUR PEOPLE AND THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY.
I PRAY FOR THE AGENDA SET BEFORE THEM TODAY.
PLEASE GIVE THEM AN ASSURANCE OF WHAT WOULD PLEASE YOU AND WHAT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK AROUND THIS INCREDIBLE AREA.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RO IS COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO ON YET? THAT'S MY REAL LANDO GOT REMEMBER ORLANDO.
ALL RIGHT, WELL WE'LL PROCEED COUNSEL.
WE'VE GOT THREE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN A SPECIAL MEETING IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, AGAIN, TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET.
[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately.]
WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA ON MONDAY AND UNLESS THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION EMOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, JUNE 10TH, 2021.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS COUNCIL.
I WILL BE, I DO HAVE AGAIN, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND WE'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM VOTING ON THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS SEEING NONE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.
PLEASANT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR, WHICH DECLARES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
[ Public Hearing]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING OR AN OPEN RELATED TO THE, UM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND SETTING A PROPERTY TEXAS.SO IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE FOCUSING ON REBUILDING OR RETURNING TO NORMALCY AND PROVIDING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WITH THE RESOURCES TO THRIVE.
CHANDLER'S COMMITMENT TO STRONG FINANCIAL POLICIES, MAINTAINING HEALTHY RESERVES AND CONSERVATIVE FORECASTING KEPT CHANDLER IN GOOD, IF NOT EXCELLENT FIST FINANCIAL POSITION THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AND OUR CITY STAFF ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE UNPARALLELED TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC, CAREFUL PLANNING, LEAD TO A STABLE AND GROWING ECONOMY.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THAT IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND INPUT IN THIS LAST YEAR AND OUR BUDGET AND IN THE MANY OTHER WAYS.
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ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR BUDGET TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK.AND I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO DON LANG FOR A QUICK PRESENTATION.
UM, SO YOU'LL NOTICE I'M GIVING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
MATT DUNBAR IS NOT WITH US, SO WE'RE SADDENED BY THAT.
UH, BUT HIS WIFE DID SAY THAT HE IS HE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY THOUGHT THEY MAYBE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME BACK TONIGHT AND, AND HAVE GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
BUT SHE, SHE DID TELL ME HE WAS ONE OF THE CHEAPEST MEN SHE KNEW.
UM, BUT HE SAID HE'S NOT BUYING IT.
SO, SO WITH THAT, UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF CHANDLER ARE WATCHING THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS THE ACCUMULATION OF A NINE MONTH LONG PROCESS OR WE'LL COVER THREE DIFFERENT AREAS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO COUNCIL'S ACTION.
FIRST IS THE 2021 THAT WAS COUNSELED, TENTATIVELY ADOPTED ON MAY 27 SECOND, THE 2022 THROUGH 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH COUNCIL ALSO TENTATIVELY APPROVED MAY 27TH.
AND THIRD IS THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 20 21 22.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN SEVERAL OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THE TAX LEVY IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION IN TWO WEEKS ON JUNE 24TH.
MAGIC THEME THIS YEAR IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER, REFLECTS OUR DESIRE TO OVERCOME THE STRUGGLES OF THE PAST YEAR AND FOCUSED ON MOVING TOWARD MARIN COUNCIL LED INITIATIVES AND GOALS.
WE DEMONSTRATE THIS ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, FOLLOWING STRONG FINANCIAL POLICIES AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES, AND PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUDGET SURVEY WORKSHOPS, BUDGET INPUT, TIME AND COUNCIL MEETING DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS SUCH AS THIS TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22 IS 1 BILLION, $58,074,338.
THIS AMOUNT IS A 13.6% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT 2021, UH, ADOPTED BUDGET.
BUT WHICH IS JUST OVER 931 MILLION.
THIS INCREASE INCLUDES ABOUT 36 MILLION IN ANTICIPATED GRANT FUNDING, WHICH REALLY ADDS TO THAT PERCENTAGE THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
WITHOUT THOSE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL DOLLARS INCREASE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 9.7%, WHICH MORE THAN HALF OF THAT ARE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
SOME OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22 BUDGET ARE SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE INCLUDED AS A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE, NO CHANGE IN THE TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAXES AND ANTICIPATED WATER WASTE, WATER SOLID WASTE AND RECLAIMED WATER RATE CHANGES PENDING THE RESULTS OF A COST OF SERVICE STUDY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
THIS BUDGET CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS AND ADDS FUNDING FROM LABOR ASSOCIATION COMMITMENTS IN GENERAL, EMPLOYEE MERITS IN MARKET CHANGES.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS BUDGET CONTINUES THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, UNFUNDED LIABILITY PAY DOWN PLAN AND CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN STRONG RESERVES.
THE SECOND PART OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS CENTERED ON THE TEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR CIP.
THE TOTAL TENURE CIP IS JUST OVER 1.27 BILLION AND THE FIRST, BUT THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PLAN IS WHAT'S WILL BE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 BUDGET AND TOTALS 369 MILLION AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO CHANDLER'S FUTURE AND STRIVE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
IT'S VITAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WELL-DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES.
THIS CIP CONTINUES MARIN COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
THE FINAL PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS THE F FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22 PROPERTY TAX LEVY DISCUSSION.
THIS YEAR'S UPDATED LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OR LPV RECEIVED FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, INCLUDES NEW PROPERTY ADDED AND CHANGES IN THE MARKET VALUES OF CURRENT PROPERTIES.
THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22 LPV SHOWING IN THE BLUE BOX IN CHANDLER ARE JUST OVER 3.4, SIX, 4 BILLION AND REPRESENT A 6.8% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEARS LPV, WHICH HAS SHOWN IN THE GREEN BOX ON THIS SLIDE 3.7% OF THE 6.8% INCREASE IN THE LPV IS DUE TO NEW PROPERTY ADDITIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN CHANDLER.
AND ONLY 3.1% OF THAT IS DUE TO EXISTING PROPERTY APPRECIATION
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AS SHOWN IN THE NAVY BLUE SECTION OF THIS SLIDE.THE CURRENT YEAR'S TAX RATE IS 1.1201 PER 100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS A REDUCTION TO 1.1126, A SLIGHT REDUCTION, UH, TO HELP OFFSET THE INCREASE IN LPV.
SINCE MOST CHANDLER HOMEOWNERS WILL SEE THIS INCREASE IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX AND VALUE.
NEXT YEAR, THIS DECREASE IN THE RATE HELPS OFFSET THAT ACTUAL DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAXES PAID TO THE CITY.
WHEN YOU COMBINE THE REDUCED RATE AND THE INCREASE IN LPV, THE RESULT IS AN INCREASE TO THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER OF ABOUT 2.2 MILLION.
FINALLY, THIS SLIDE REFLECTS THE IMPACT OF THE TAX RATE REDUCTION ON THE MEDIAN VALUE HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAXES ARE BASED ON THE LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE ESTABLISHED BY THE MARICOPA COUNTY ASSESSOR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THE ASSESSOR HAS SET THE LIMITED VALUE OF THE MEDIUM VALUE HOME AND CHANDLER AT 213,000 3 92.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 5% FROM THE CURRENT YEAR TO HELP OFFSET THIS INCREASE THE PROPOSED REDUCTION IN THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM 2.25 CENTS 2.24 TO SIX IS INCORPORATED THIS.
I ALREADY MENTIONED WHAT THE TOTAL TAX RATE WAS, BUT THIS RESULTS, THE RESULTS OF THIS ARE SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE, UH, WITH AN INCREASE OF $9 AND 78 CENTS ANNUALLY OR JUST 82 CENTS PER MONTH.
THE RATE REDUCTION HELPS OFFSET AGAIN, THAT INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUES.
SO THANK YOU, MARIN COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22 BUDGET AND 2022 THROUGH 2031 CIP AFTER TONIGHT'S ACTION ON THE BUDGET.
THERE IS ONE LAST ACTION ON JUNE 24TH TO VOTE ON THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY AS REQUIRED BY ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? UH, MAYOR? YES.
I, I, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN HIS BUDGET AS WE ALL BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS EXCITING FOR ALL OF US ON THIS COUNCIL IS THAT WE'VE ADDED 15 NEW, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY BODIES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID ADDITIONAL 15 FOR HIRE FOR POLICE.
SO, UH, I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUDGET AND I KNOW THE RESIDENTS WILL SEE THE BENEFITS IN A YEAR COME.
THANK YOU, MAYOR DON, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU PUT IN NOT ONLY, UH, IN THIS BUDGET, BUT GETTING US THROUGH THE COVID CRISIS.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO PINCH PENNIES.
I KNOW OUR BUDGET WAS LOWER LAST YEAR AS A RESULT.
SO IF YOU WERE TO BLEND THOSE TWO BUDGETS TOGETHER, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE INCREASE FROM THE 1920 TO 2021 BUDGET? WHAT WOULD THAT BE LIKE? WE'RE DOING WE'RE AT LIKE 13.
WOULD YOU SAY WE, HOW, HOW MUCH DID WE CUT THE BUDGET LAST TIME? UH, IT WAS THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR STEWART.
THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WERE INCORPORATED IN 2021 WERE ABOUT 20 MILLION.
IF WE WERE TO BUILD THOSE BACK IN, UM, IN KIND OF LOOKING BACK, IT IS ABOUT 9.6% INCREASE.
UM, BUT I THINK I ENDED OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT'S ABOUT A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT, THEN YOU THROW IN THE FED MONEY.
AND SO IT WAS, THIS WAS A NORMAL YEAR.
IT JUST SEEMS, IT SEEMS HIGH BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTIONS WE DID LAST YEAR.
IT IS PRETTY MUCH A NORMAL YEAR IN THAT RESPECT.
GREAT WAY OF PULLING THAT ANSWER OUT OF THERE.
SO I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YEAH, THANK YOU DON.
AND TELL YOUR STAFF, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE TEAM EFFORT, UM, AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED BY THE CITIZENRY AND WHEN YOU GO OUT AND SEE THE PUBLIC ALL THE TIME AND UH, EVERYBODY'S VERY HAPPY WITH THE SERVICES LEVEL WE PROVIDE AND UH, THE, THE DOLLAR VALUE THAT WE ALL PROVIDE OUT THERE.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S ALL THE DIRECTORS AND ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY ON THE FRONT LINE, UM, THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THIS.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU MAKING IT THROUGH THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD BUDGET.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS ON THIS BUDGET.
AND NOW JUST COMING IN AND NOW WITH A GREAT UNDERSTANDING AND MY BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT
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TEDIOUS AND, UH, REALLY TIME-CONSUMING AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUT WE WENT RIGHT THROUGH IT WITH FLYING COLORS.I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR GUIDANCE AND, UH, THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE STAFF FOR QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
THEY WERE RIGHT THERE GUIDING US THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL THAT THIS WAS NOT ONLY A GREAT TIME FOR ME, BUT I'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT.
AND I THINK NEXT YEAR WE'LL GO THROUGH IT FASTER THAN EIGHT HOURS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS AND THE COUNCIL.
AND AS AN ACCOUNTANT, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO, BUT I MUST SAY THE COMMITMENT OF YOUR STAFF, UH, ESPECIALLY TO, UM, US NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED THE DIOCESE.
A LOT OF THE, THE WINDOWS, THE, THE SHORT, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT LANGUAGE LINGO FOR WORDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WAS IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THINGS AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU HAD TO KIND OF LEARN THAT LINGO.
AND I WANT TO JUST SAY YOU, YOU ALL WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE AND THERE REALLY UNDERSTANDS NUMBERS AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, BUT I AM EVEN PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD BUDGET, GOOD, SOLID BUDGET FOR EVERYONE TO BE PROUD OF.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU IN GREAT KUDOS AND JOSH, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER RIGHT UP WHERE TO TAKE THE LEAD AND REALLY BRING THIS HOME FOR THE HOME TEAM.
AND WE HAD A RETIREMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER FROM BEFORE AND YOU STEPPED UP AND YOU DID WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, THANKS, MIRROR COUNCIL MEMBER RO.
UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR KUDOS, DON.
UH, AND, UH, AND TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT, UH, SOME PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHEN SOME ARE NOT, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
I MEAN, COVID WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND, UM, AND THERE WE HAD CHANDLER HAD THE ABILITY AND THEY CHOSE TO BE CONSERVATIVE, BUT THEY, THEY COULD HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO MUCH WITH THE BUDGET.
THEY COULD HAVE HAD A REGULAR BUDGET AND A LOT OF CITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES DID NOT HAVE THAT OPTION.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN OVER FINANCE AND IT, AND IT WAS FOR US TOO, BUT WE HAD OPTIONS WE HAD AN OPTION TO DO OR NOT DO.
AND SO THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY OF CHAMP FOR ALL YOU FOLKS OUT THERE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE RELATED TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND SETTING UP THE TEXTS LEVIES, SEEING NONE I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNSEL WILL JUST TRANSFER ALL OF THOSE GREAT BUDGET COMMENTS TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING IN A MINUTE WHEN WE ACTUALLY APPROVE THE BUDGET BEFORE US, ARE THERE ANY UNSCHEDULED, PUBLIC APPEARANCES, UH, MAYOR? NO, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.