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WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 13TH.AND, UH, JUST THE, OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA AND ACTION ITEM, TWO BRIEFINGS, AND THEN UNSCHEDULED, UH, COMMENTS, AND THEN COUNCIL COMMENTS AT THE END.
SO AT THIS POINT CLERK, IF YOU WILL PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE ROLE MAY HARTKE, VICE MAYOR STEWART COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROW HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
THANK YOU, CITY CLERK OR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY ELDER BRUCE LINQUEST FROM FAITH CHURCH OF THE VALLEY.
AFTER THAT OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY SCOUT TROOP 3 25.
SO, SO ELDER BRUCE, THANK YOU.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME.
BLESS IT'D BE YOUR WONDERFUL WORKS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN ON OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE PRAY YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE WOULD FILL EACH ONE OF THEM HELP THEIR DECISIONS TO BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.
WE PRAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SCOURGE OF COVID, WHICH IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON OUR LOVED ONES, THAT IT WOULD BECOME LESS AND LESS OVER TIME.
LORD, YOU ARE MIGHTY AND IN CONTROL, YOU CAN HEAL.
WE PRAY YOU WOULD HEAL THOSE WHO ARE SICK WITH COVID, BUT AS WE ARE HERE FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE PRAY FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE WITH ANY DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR TIME TO BE HERE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
BLESS THIS MEETING IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH IS SAYING NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
SCOUT TROOP 3 25 AND ELDER BRUCE LINQUEST FROM FAITH CHURCH OF THE VALLEY.
[ 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.]
LOOK AT THE CONSENT AGENDA ON MONDAY, AND I BELIEVE A MOTION IS AN ORDER UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.THAT'S A NUMBER LIMIT A MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA DATED, UH, JANUARY 13TH, 2022.
AGAIN, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
ANY OTHER ACTIONS SEEING HEARING NUNS COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE.
REMEMBER ELLIS COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR US, CAN WE JUST APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WAITING FOR YOUR VOTE AND I VOTE? YES.
[12. Election of Vice Mayor for a One-Year Term Move that the City Council elect a Vice Mayor of the Council with a term beginning January 14, 2022, and ending January 12, 2023. Council Focus Area(s):]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 IS AN ACTION ITEM.THE ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL, UH, APPROVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
TERRY ROWE IS THE VICE MAYOR OF THE COUNCIL WITH A TERM BEGINNING, JANUARY 14TH, 2022, AND ENDING JANUARY 12TH, 2023.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE DID YOU HEAR FIRST? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GIVE IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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TWO BRIEFING ITEMS AND COUNCIL.UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION? YES.
ON EACH OF THESE, START WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS CAN START WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT BROUGHT THESE FORTH.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN IF THERE WAS ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS AFTER WE'RE DONE DISCUSSING THIS AT THE END.
[13. Briefing on COVID-19, as requested by Councilmember Harris.]
THAT, I REMEMBER 13, UH, BRIEFING ON COVID 19, UH, CHIEF WIGAN.THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION TONIGHT OVER COVID-19.
THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 12TH, 2021.
IT'S REALLY AN UPDATE OF NUMBERS, SPECIFICALLY.
THE INFECTION RATE THAT SEEING FROM THE UNITED STATES ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND THEN WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS OUR VACCINE STATUS.
SO THIS FIRST SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE UNITED STATES IS RIGHT AROUND 19.1%.
AND THESE ARE, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE TO THE TOTAL POPULATION.
UH, MARICOPA COUNTY IS AT 21% AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS AT 21%.
UH, BACK IN AUGUST, AUGUST 12TH, WHEN WE DID THESE NUMBERS, WHAT WE SAW WAS PROBABLY AROUND A SEVEN TO 8% INCREASE IN EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
AS FAR AS THE LOCATION, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL OF THE DATA THAT, UH, THAT WE RETRIEVED HAS COME FROM EITHER THE CDC, UH, THE MARICOPA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OR THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, THE TWO LOCAL ONES HAVE DASHBOARDS WHERE WE GOT THAT INFORMATION THIS MORNING, AS FAR AS OUR VACCINATION RATE GOES.
UH, AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE STARTED THE BACKSEAT PROCESS.
SO IT IS NOT THOSE THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE TWO SERIES OR EVEN THE BOOSTER INJECTIONS.
THIS JUST MEANS THAT THEY HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS WITH ONE VACCINE.
UM, THIS DATA IS ACTUALLY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION AND WE, AND WE, UH, WE MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE FIVE YEARS OLD OR OLDER TO GET A VACCINE.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT UNITED STATES, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT 79.3%.
UH, ARIZONA IS AT 71.1% MARICOPA COUNTY'S AT 61.
AND THEN CITY OF CHANDLER IS AT 67.4%.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S OUTPACING THE COUNTY, BUT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, BELOW ARIZONA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE UNITED STATES, UH, AGAIN, GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT AUGUST, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS ABOUT A THREE TO 4% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE STARTED THE SERIES, UH, FOR THE VACCINES.
SO OUR CHANDLER ZIP CODE DATA.
NOW, WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I'VE, I'VE PUT THE SIX ZIP CODES, UH, FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER, UH, AS WELL AS THE POPULATION.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVES VERSUS THE TOTAL POPULATION, AND THEN FOR VACCINES DOWN BELOW, IT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT AGAIN, HAVE STARTED THE FIRST DOSE OF THE SERIES FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FOR, UH, FOR POSITIVES, WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE A TWO TO 5, 8, 5, 2 TO FIVE AT 23% IS OUR HIGHEST WHERE WE HAVE 8, 5, 2, 4 8 IS AT 18% AS OUR LOWEST.
AND THEN WE LOOK TO, UH, THE VACCINE PERCENTAGES AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AT 54.7%, WHICH IS 85, 2 2 5, AGAIN, AND THEN 69.2% AND 8 5 2 4 9.
UM, AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR VACCINES, NOW, THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE POSITIVE IS IN LINE WITH THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THAT WE'VE SEEN A SEVEN TO 8% INCREASE IN POSITIVE RATES.
A LOT OF THAT OBVIOUSLY IS, IS DUE TO THE CURRENT VARIANT IN THE ARMY CRON.
UM, BUT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE AND THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE, UH, THE VACCINE OF OUR, WITHIN OUR ZIP CODES.
AGAIN, THAT'S ABOUT A THREE OR 4% INCREASE OF PEOPLE STARTING THAT NEW SERIES, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS HERE.
MY FINAL SLIDE IS IT'S A SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, AND THESE ARE THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS VACCINES.
THERE'S THREE VACCINES AVAILABLE.
THE MADRONA OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON AND THE PFIZER, UH, MASS IS, UH, THE CDC IS STILL RECOMMENDING MASS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CANNOT, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCE INDOORS, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING THE RULES TO SAY SIX FEET APART, IF YOU CAN.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY HYGIENE, UH, ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WASHING YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WORK AREAS ARE CLEAN, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT
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YOU HAVE TO DO TO KEEP YOURSELF CLEAN.SO THAT WAS A, A VERY QUICK, UH, PRESENTATION BASED ON THE DATA FROM LAST AUGUST.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS WHO BROUGHT THIS ITEM.
I WANTED TO BRING THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO INFORM, UM, OUR CONSTITUENTS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHAT'S STILL GOING ON, UM, HOW WE NEED TO PROSPECTIVELY LOOK AT THIS.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FACEBOOK DOCTORS AND, AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, BUT REALLY MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR CHOICES, THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE, UH, WITH THE NEW VARIANT AND THE DIFFERENT STRANDS.
UM, I WANT TO ASK YOU WITH THE DIFFERENT STRANDS THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
HOW DO WE AS CONSTITUENTS? HOW DO WE STAY UP TO DATE ON LEARNING ABOUT THESE NEW STRANDS AND KEEPING OURSELVES PROTECTED, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? SO THE, UH, THE NEW STRAND IS THE OMNICON STRAND AND IT'S, UH, IT'S REPLACED THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS STRAND.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, AS OF THIS MORNING, I HAD A MEETING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND IT ACCOUNTS FOR MANUFACTURED 0.7% OF ALL CASES IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
AND SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.
UM, AS FAR AS GAINING INFORMATION ON THAT STRAND, IT IS A NEW, IT REALLY HAS BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY SINCE DECEMBER 1ST.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT, UH, ALMOST DAILY.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT, UH, ONE, IT SPREADS MUCH FASTER.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EPI CURVE OF THE LAST TWO WAVES AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, UH, PROBABLY BACK IN AUGUST, WHAT WE SAW WAS A, A CURVE UP, BUT IT STABILIZED.
WHAT WE REALLY DID WAS WASTE, UH, RAISE THE BASELINE OF THE DELTA.
BUT NOW, UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AN ICE PACK.
AND THAT IS A, YOU KNOW, A HUMONGOUS RAISE WITH THAT SAID, IT ALSO MEANS IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND BECAUSE IT IS SPREADING SO QUICKLY, UM, IT'S THE EXPECTATION.
AND THEY'RE SEEING THIS IN, IN, UH, IN SOUTH AFRICA RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WATCHING IT IN LONDON.
THEY'RE SEEING THAT DROP START TO HAPPEN.
SO JUST AS IT'S RISING QUICKLY.
AND IF WE LOOK AT LAST WEEK COMPARED TO THIS WEEK, WE'VE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF CASES, UH, THE EXPECTATION IS, IS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE CAN STILL GET SICK FROM THIS VARIANT, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE UNDERLYING CONDITION, LIKE A SIMPLE SUPPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEM.
UH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS IT'S NOT AS HARMFUL AS THE PREVIOUS SCREEN, AS THE DELTA STRAIN.
UM, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE VARIANT ITSELF.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ANTIBODIES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BREAKTHROUGH CASES THAT ARE OCCURRING OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S STILL ANTIBODIES THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED.
UH, AND SO FROM EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IT IS NOT CAUSING THE HOSPITALIZATIONS, UH, THAT THE PREVIOUS STRAINS HAD CAUSED.
I JUST, AGAIN, I JUST SAW THAT TODAY AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A CONCEPT CALLED DECOUPLING.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE YOUR SPIKES OR YOUR WAVES OCCUR, AND THESE ARE CASES POSITIVE FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL BE DEATHS.
THEY ALL LAG A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE CURVE, YOU THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT AS HIGH AS EACH ONE IS THE SAME SHAPE.
WHEN A VIRUS IN A, IN A PANDEMIC STARTS TO DECOUPLE, THE CASELOAD GOES UP, BUT THE HOSPITALIZATION AND THE DESK DO NOT, IT STABILIZES OUT.
AND, UH, AND, AND I HAVE SOME OPTIMISM WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
THAT'S A, WHEN YOU SEE DECOUPLING, THAT IS A SIGN THAT THE END IS NEAR, AND THAT WE, WE MOVE FROM A PANDEMIC TO AN ENDEMIC.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M SAYING THAT THAT IS, UH, THAT IS WIDESPREAD INFORMATION.
I THINK, UH, THE C UH, THIS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER BANNER TALKED, UH, YESTERDAY ON THE NEWS AND SAID, THEY THINK 20, 22, WE'RE GOING TO HIT AN ENDEMIC WHERE WE GO FROM THIS RESPONSE REACTIONARY MODE TO HOW DO WE LIVE WITH IT MOVING FORWARD? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO DETECT IT, TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OUTBREAK? AND SO, UM, WHILE I, I JOINED YOU IN MY CONCERN WITH, ESPECIALLY THIS SPIKE, UM, I ALSO, UH, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OPTIMISM THAT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THIS COULD START TO BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE MOVE, MOVE INTO A NEW STAGE, BUT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
IT'S AVAILABLE ON AC DHS, IT'S AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, CDC.
UH, THERE'S GOOD SOURCES OUT THERE.
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IT'S BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF.AND SO THEY'RE STILL LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VARIANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, ILLNESS IT'S CAUSING, UM, HOW IT'S WORKING WITH THE VACCINES AND THAT INFORMATION IS PRODUCED AS THE STUDIES COME OUT.
THE LAST QUESTION HERE, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF VACCINATIONS, WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF VACCINATIONS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GET VACCINATED TODAY.
THEY STILL HAVE THE CHOICE, UH, TO GET VACCINATED.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT I SEEN, UM, I DID SEE, UH, UH, CHANDLER GILBERT IS STILL DOING POSITIVE.
I MEAN, THEY STILL DOING TESTING.
IF YOU WANT TO GET A TEST, IT'S STILL CREE.
SO, UM, CAN YOU JUST TALK JUST REAL QUICK ABOUT THE VACCINATIONS, UM, AND JUST TESTING SITES.
UH, SO AS FAR AS THE VACCINATION GOES, YOU KNOW, WE CENTRALIZE THE VACCINE AND WE WENT INTO TO, TO PODS AND WE DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGH THAT APPROACH, BUT THE PLAN ALL ALONG WAS TO PUSH THEM OUT TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PHARMACIES, THE WALGREENS, ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
UM, SO WE'RE SEEING THOSE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SITES UP RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WAIT, I THINK, UH, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, MY WIFE JUST GOT HER BOOSTER, UH, AND IT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT WITHOUT A PROBLEM.
UM, SAME WITH MY, UH, I HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD SON.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET VACCINATED.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
IT'S EASY TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, AND, AND THEY'RE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN STILL GO IN AND GET YOUR FIRST SERIES A, WHETHER YOU WANNA USE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, MADRONA OR PFIZER, EITHER ONE ARE FINE.
UM, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOW STARTING TO LOOK FOR THE BOOSTERS AND THE BOOSTERS ARE CERTAINLY, UH, THEY DO HELP PROTECT YOU.
THEY OFFER A HIGHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
UM, AS YOU FINISH YOUR SERIES OF VACCINATE OF VACCINES, THE DISTANCE FROM YOUR LAST VACCINE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO PROTECT YOU FROM A BREAKTHROUGH CASE.
IT, UH, IT REALLY DECREASES QUICKLY.
IN FACT, I, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS ALL OF THE VACCINES, TWO TO NINE WEEKS AFTER YOUR SECOND VACCINE, UH, FOR THE DELTA, YOU'RE PROTECTED AT 90% AND FOR THE AMI CRON, YOU'RE AT 90%, YOU FAST FORWARD, AND IT STARTS TO COME DOWN TO 25 PLUS WEEKS, THE DELTA YOU'RE PROTECTED AT A 64% RATE AND AMI PRONG YOU'RE OUT AT 35% RATE.
AND SO YOU DO SEE THAT PROTECTION START TO DROP OVER TIME, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE RECOMMENDING BOOSTERS.
UH, TWO WEEKS AFTER A BOOSTER, DELTA'S BACK UP TO A 93% PROTECTION RATE AND AMI CROHN'S AT 76.
AND SO AMI CRON, UM, CERTAINLY IS, UH, IS WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF BREAKTHROUGH CASES.
I KNOW WE'RE SEEING THAT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, BUT THEY'RE STILL RECOMMENDING THAT YOU GET VACCINATED FOR THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE SITES ARE AVAILABLE.
UH, ANYBODY CAN, ANYBODY CAN GO AT ANY TIME THE TESTING IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
UH, I KNOW THE BIO NEXT HOME TEST THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
UH, THEY'RE TOUGH TO GET, AND NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO LET YOU ONLY HAVE ONE, ONE BOX INSTEAD OF THREE BOXES.
UM, BUT THERE ARE TESTING SITES THAT ARE STILL UP THERE.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THAT STUFF IS AVAILABLE.
I WILL SAY THAT JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, PFIZER IS THE ONLY, UH, VACCINE THAT, UH, FIVE AND UP CAN GET A MODERNA AND JOHNSON AND JOHNSON ARE BOTH 18 AND OLDER, UM, FOR THE PFIZER AND THE MADRONA, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FIVE MONTHS FROM YOUR LAST DOSE OF YOUR SERIES BEFORE YOU CAN GET A BOOSTER.
AND THEN, UH, FOR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, THEY ACTUALLY SAY AFTER TWO MONTHS, YOU CAN GET A BOOSTER.
UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR, UH, I KNOW THAT WHEN I LOOKED IT UP, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER THAT CAN PROVIDE THE VACCINES.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS BRIEFING THERE.
NONE OF MY RIGHTS ANNOUNCE A MEMBER, ORLANDO, CHIEF, UH, YOU MENTIONED YOUR FIREFIGHTERS.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS HOLDING UP THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL ORLANDO? IT'S A, THIS, THIS IS TOUGH, UH, FROM, FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE HOLDING UP, UH, VERY WELL.
UH, BUT THIS IS REALLY A DISRUPTION OF THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE WE DO FALL UNDER THE CDC GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHCARE.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BLESSING THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE TAKEN THE ISOLATION PERIOD, WHICH ISOLATION IS FOR SOMEONE WHO IS POSITIVE OR WHO'S WAITING FOR A TEST RESULT, THAT'S SYMPTOMATIC.
AND THEY MOVED THAT FROM 10 DAYS TO FIVE DAYS.
SO NOW YOU GO FROM 10 DAYS BEING OUT TO YOUR FIVE DAYS OUT, AND THEN YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS WEARING A MASK.
UH, BUT THE FIVE DAYS OUT IS TOUGH ON OUR SCHEDULE.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, WE ARE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WHERE WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE POSITIVES PER DAY.
UH, AND, AND RIGHT NOW OUR CHALLENGE IS STAFFING.
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UM, LUCKILY WE HAVE A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAVE GREAT FIREFIGHTERS.AND SO THEY'RE WORKING A LOT OF HOURS.
UM, I THINK THEY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT FOREVER, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GRADUATE A FIRE ACADEMY.
I BELIEVE IT'S FEBRUARY SIX, WITH 20 NEW FIREFIGHTERS.
WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY GET OUT AND GET ON THE TRUCKS.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK AGAIN, THERE'S SOME OPTIMISM THAT THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.
THANKS FOR BRINGING US FORWARD, COUNSELOR HARRISON, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL FAMILY.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING HOW THIS VIRUS AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS DIFFERENTLY.
HE SHOWED VERY FEW SYMPTOMS. IN FACT, HE TESTED NEGATIVE FIRST AND THEN POSITIVE WAITER.
MY, MY SON OF MY MIND, MY SON, MY, UH, MY BROTHER WHO, YOU KNOW, TAKES CARE OF MY DAD.
HIS WIFE HAD VERY HEAVY SYMPTOMS, LOSS OF TASTE, SMELL SOME OTHER STUFF.
SO EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THIS IS LITTLE LESS ONEROUS, UH, THAT STILL AFFECTS YOU INDIVIDUALLY DIFFERENTLY.
SO TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, GEE, TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER OFF THAN THE THIRD.
MY POINT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WEAR A MASK AND, YOU KNOW, THE THING CDC RECOMMENDS.
UH, IS HE STILL VICE MAYOR OR COUNCIL VICE MAYOR? THAT'S RIGHT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THROUGH, FROM 2020, TILL TODAY, THESE BRIEFINGS WE WERE DOING EVERY TIME WE HAD A MEETING, IT SEEMED LIKE, BUT THAT, THAT GIVING OUR COMMUNITY DATA, LETTING THEM MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY.
UM, IT'S BEEN, I THINK, IMPORTANT.
UM, WE SHOWED A BALANCED APPROACH, UM, USING DATA TO WORK WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF CDC REQUIREMENTS, THE STATE AND EVERYTHING, AND STILL MOVE FORWARD.
AND I WAS TALKING EARLIER WITH OUR CITY CLERK ABOUT STAFF IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I THINK LED THAT WAS THE TIP OF THE SPEAR HERE YOU WERE PREPARED FOR, FOR THIS PANDEMIC, UH, WITH PPE, AND THEN ALSO SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH US.
UM, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM KIND OF FOLLOWED YOUR LEAD AS IT RELATES TO.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK OVERALL THAT CREATED A CALMNESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW I FELT THAT, UH, BEING PRETTY CLOSE TO IT, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT SAME WAY.
AND I THINK IT'S, UM, CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT, UH, THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
UM, AND WE HAVE AN EDUCATED COMMUNITY THAT THAT IS, UH, WORKING THROUGH IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND I'LL JUST KEEP IT AT THAT.
I THINK THAT IT'S ARTICULATED BY ALL OF US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO US TONIGHT.
[14. Discussion and possible action for use of fireworks in the city limits, as requested by Councilmember Orlando.]
THE NEXT BRIEFING IS ON, UH, RELATED TO FIREWORKS IN THE CITY LIMITS AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL HEARD COMMENTS.
UH, WE RECEIVED THEM ON EMAILS.
WE RECEIVED SEEING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THE PROLIFERATION OF FIREWORKS, LEGAL AND ILLEGAL.
AND AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO INVITE A CHEAP, DUG IT UP, I BELIEVE, OR A REPORT.
IS THAT CORRECT? CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN AFTER OUR PRESENTATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO, START-UP QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL ORLANDO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU THAT OUTLINES, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD.
SO SOME OF THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION, UM, HOW FIREWORKS THAT ARE LEGAL UNDER STATE LAW ARE REGULATED IN THE CITY TODAY, OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, AS WELL AS SOME POTENTIAL OPTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD AT THE END.
UM, I DO WANT TO SET THE TONE THAT THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE FOR EVERY CITY ACROSS THE STATE.
I THINK WE HEAR THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND A LOT OF THAT STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS A STATE REGULATED ISSUE.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE VERY CLEARLY WHEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY BEGINS TO SHOW YOU THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE NOW, UM, RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
IT WAS, THIS IS A MATTER OF STATEWIDE CONCERN AND CITIES ARE IN FACT PROHIBITED FROM DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO DO AROUND THIS ISSUE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE A FEW DIFFERENT SPEAKERS TONIGHT, UH, TO INTRODUCE THE HISTORY OF THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO IN 2010, THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE DECIDED, UM, THAT THE REGULATION OF PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER FIREWORKS.
AND I'M GOING TO LET THE CHIEF EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THOSE ARE A LITTLE LATER, BUT, UM, BASICALLY THINGS THAT DON'T GO UP IN THE AIR, BUT PERMISSIBLE,
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UM, CONSUMER FIREWORKS WITH A MATTER OF STATEWIDE CONCERN.AND, AND THEY ADOPTED A BILL HOUSE BILL 2246, WHICH BASICALLY VERY SEVERELY LIMITED ANY LOCAL REGULATION OF THOSE FIREWORKS.
UM, THEY ARE ALLOWED IN CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR AND CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE NOT ABLE TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF THEM OR PROHIBIT THE USE DURING THOSE TIMES.
UM, THAT BILL WAS AMENDED IN 2014, WHICH FURTHER EXPANDED THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO USE THOSE PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER FIREWORKS AND FURTHER LIMITED, THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REGULATE THEM AND ALSO MADE VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL INFRACTION RATHER THAN A CRIME, UM, UNDER THE STATE LAW.
SO THE CITIES COULDN'T MAKE VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW RELATING TO THE USE OF THOSE FIREWORKS, A MISDEMEANOR.
AND THEN IN 2015, THE STATE LAW LEGISLATURE, AGAIN CAME IN WITH HOUSE BILL 2008, UM, WHICH FURTHER LIMITED LOCAL REGULATION AND LIMITED WHAT THE CITIES AND COUNTIES AND TOWNS COULD REQUIRE FOR SIGNAGE, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF CITIES WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIMITATIONS ON THE USE WAS FAIRLY CLEARLY NOTED IN THE PLACES WHERE THESE PERMIT PERMISSIBLE, CONSUMER FIREWORKS WERE SOLD.
AND, AND WE ARE LIMITED NOW ON WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE FOR SIGNAGE.
AND THEN FINALLY IN 2019, I GUESS I COULD SAY THIS WAS A BIT GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHORITY BACK ON REGULATION.
UM, THE STATE LEGISLATURE DOES ALLOW FOR THE SEIZURE OR REMOVAL OF UNLAWFUL FIREWORKS OFFERED FOR SALE BY THE LOCAL FIRE MARSHALL, UM, AND ALLOWS FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A FINE FOR THE COST OF THAT ENFORCEMENT.
AND IF SOMEBODY VIOLATES THAT LAW TWO TIMES WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THEN THEY GET A THREE-YEAR BAN ON THEIR ABILITY TO SELL FIREWORKS.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITIES, THROUGH OUR LOCAL, UM, CODES.
AND THEN, SO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE SEAS CAN DO, UM, WE CAN PROHIBIT THE USE OF PERMISSIBLE, CONSUMER FIREWORKS, BOTH THE SALE AND THE USE, UM, EXCEPT WE HAVE TO ALLOW IT APRIL 25TH THROUGH MAY SIX, UH, MAY 20TH THROUGH JULY 6TH AND DECEMBER 10TH THROUGH JANUARY 3RD OF EACH YEAR.
SO BASICALLY THE BIG CELEBRATIONS WITH CINCO DE MAYO, UH, 4TH OF JULY AND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S.
UM, THOSE, THOSE YEARS, THOSE DATES WERE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE STATE PREEMPTION, UH, LAW ADOPTIONS.
UM, AND THE, THE USE RUNS THE SAME, UM, NOT AS BROAD AS THE SALE, BUT MAY FOUR THROUGH MAY SIX, JUNE 24TH THROUGH JULY 6TH AND DECEMBER 24TH THROUGH JANUARY 3RD, THEY, WE CANNOT, CITIES CANNOT CREATE THE USE DURING THOSE TIMES.
UM, AND ASIDE FROM CERTAIN FIREWORKS ALLOWED ONLY DOING THOSE PRESCRIBED DATES, THE PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER FIREWORKS, THERE'S A SMALL CATEGORY OF NOVELTY TYPE FIREWORKS THAT ARE ALLOWED YEAR ROUND.
THOSE ARE THE SNAPPERS, THE PUPPETS, THE PARTY POPPERS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THE CITY CODE DOES PROHIBIT THE USE OF FIREWORKS.
UM, BUT IT ALSO COMPLIES WITH STATE LAW AND ALLOWING THE USE OF THE PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER FIREWORKS DURING THOSE DESIGNATED DATES AND THE SALE DURING THE STATE DESIGNATED STATE LAW, DESIGNATED DATES, UM, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AND PERMIT, UM, WHICH I BELIEVE THE FIRE CHIEF WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON AND PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER FIREWORKS CANNOT BE SOLD TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 16.
I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO THERE IS JUST A LITTLE SEGMENT TIES.
THIS THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS FLOWING HERE.
I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY TURN, PLEASE.
UM, SO THEN IS THERE ANY THOUGHT PROCESS INTO WHY THEY GIVE THEM SUCH LONG DATES? THERE'S 20 DAYS HERE, 25 DAYS THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS IS TWO-DAY THREE-DAY TIMEFRAME, UM, IN UNFORTUNATE FLIES ONE DAY, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THEY ALLOWED FOR THOSE.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THEY COULD BE SOLD AND, UH, EXPLODED DURING THOSE TIMES, CORRECT.
IF I MAY MAYOR THE TIME THEY CAN BE SOLD AS IS LONGER THAN THE TIME THAT THE TIME THAT CITIES CANNOT PROHIBIT THE SALE OF PERMISSIBLE, CONSUMER FIREWORKS IS LARGER THAN THE TIME THAT CITIES CANNOT RE PROHIBIT THE USE.
AND I THINK THE INTENT, UM, GOING BACK WHEN THIS WAS BEING DISCUSSED AT THE LEGISLATURE WAS YOU WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, ORGANIZATIONS TO SELL THEM, TO BE PREPARED, TO USE THEM DURING THOSE SPECIFIC TIMES.
SO THEY'LL USE THE DATES ARE THE SIXTH
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AND THEN JUNE 24TH OF JULY 6TH.WHY JUNE 24TH? I MISS MY ANNIVERSARY AND I CELEBRATE MY ANNIVERSARY, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, JULY, JULY 4TH IS ONE DAY.
I MEAN, JUST ANY, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT WAS RIGHT.
UM, IF I MAY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, MY GUESS IS THOSE WERE NEGOTIATED.
I HAVE A FEELING THE INDUSTRY WON MORE DATES AND SEASONED COUNTS.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, DISTURBANCES, BUYERS, THOSE THINGS.
SO IT WAS PROBABLY NEGOTIATED ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO CITY MANAGER, FOUR, WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PART, HAD ONE.
UM, KELLY, DID THE, HAS ANYBODY CHALLENGED THE SIGNAGE FOR FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION? I MEAN, HOW CAN THEY TELL US WHAT WE CAN PUT ON A SIGN IF IT GOES UNDERNEATH THAT GILBERT SUPREME COURT CASE? LIKE, COULD YOU JUST SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT UP AND THEN USE THAT AS THE, UH, IF I MAY MAYOR VICE-MAYOR STEWART.
UM, ALSO UNDER THE REED CASE, THE SUPREME COURT SAID WE CAN'T REGULATE CONTENT.
WE CAN REGULATE SIZE LOCATION AND TIME, PLACE AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS.
UM, THERE ARE PARTS OF THE STATE STATUTE THAT REGULATE CONTENT, UM, OR ALLOW REGULATION OF CONTENT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THOSE UNDER THE STATE STATUTE HAS BEEN CHALLENGED AT THIS TIME.
AND I DO KNOW, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO THE, THE SALE USE THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE PICKING UP AS LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS AND, AND HAVE IT AS, UM, AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPING TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.
IF INDEED WE CAN FIND, UH, SOME TRACTION THERE, BUT IT IS ON OUR AGENDA.
AND I, I KNOW AFTER THE LAST SEASON, UH, WE RESPONDED IN KIND AND SESSION WAS OVER ABOUT OVER, AND THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO, BUT IT IS PART OF THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEASON COMING UP.
SO WE'LL SEE AGAIN, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE WE CAN FIND SOME FRIENDS IN THE LEGISLATURE TO, UH, PERHAPS NARROW THOSE WINDOWS OR PUT CURFEWS ON AT LATER AT NIGHT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, NEXT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THE PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER BAR WORKS AND THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE AREAS THAT WE BREAK THIS DOWN INTO IN THIS, UH, THIS SHEET RIGHT HERE HAS BEEN OUR WEBSITE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT WE PUSH OUT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN THE CITY PUSH IT OUT AS WELL.
UH, BUT THE THREE AREAS ARE THE PERMITTED USE, WHICH ARE NOVELTIES.
UH, THOSE ARE, ARE YOUR SPARKLERS.
UH, THOSE ARE THE POPPETS, UM, SOME OF THE SMOKE BOMBS.
UM, YOU CAN BUY THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND USE THOSE, THE PERMITTED SEASONAL.
AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT THE LAW ACTUALLY COVERS.
THESE ARE CONSUMER BASE 1.4 G FIREWORKS.
UM, AND THESE ARE ANY TYPE OF SPINNERS.
UH, WHAT WE PROBABLY SEE THE MOST, UM, OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE, THE ONES THAT THE, THEY ADMIT THE SHOWERS OF SPARKS.
UM, THEY COULD HAVE REPORT WITH THEM, WHICH MEANS THAT, THAT YOU'LL HIRE THE, THE ACTUAL CRACKING, UM, NOT AS LOUD AS A FIRECRACKER, BUT YOU WILL HEAR THE CRACKING.
AND THOSE ARE, WHAT IS THOSE ARE WHAT ARE LEGAL ONLY DURING THOSE DATES TO SELL AND UTILIZE, AND THEN THE, UH, PROHIBITED USE FIREWORKS.
THOSE ARE ANY FIRECRACKERS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER ONES, THE , THE ROMAN CANDLES, THE BOTTLE ROCKETS, ANYTHING THAT FLIES INTO THE AIR, UM, IS CONSIDERED AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK.
UH, I WILL SAY, UM, THAT IN MY TIME DOWN IN THE, UH, THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, UM, I'VE DONE INSPECTIONS OF THESE SITES AND THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE VERY HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT IS LEGAL AND WHAT'S NOT LEGAL BECAUSE THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS THE INSPECTOR ACTUALLY READ THEM TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF ACTION THERE IS WITHIN THAT FIREWORK.
UM, WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS DEVELOPED A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE VENDORS.
UH, WE HAVE HAD TIMES WHERE MAYBE WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL AND THE VENDOR THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL.
AND SO WE MET AT A LOCATION, USUALLY OUR TRAINING CENTER, UH, AND THEY LET THEM OFF FOR US.
AND IT WAS A DETERMINATION BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF HOW THEY, WE DIDN'T DO IT JUST FOR FUN.
YEAH, WE DID IT BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE SAID, HEY, IT SAYS THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOOTS FLAMING BALLS.
AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, NO, THAT MEANS THIS.
AND SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO SEE IT, BUT, UM, BUT IT, IT, IT IS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY CONFUSING.
I COULD LINE 10 OF THEM UP RIGHT NOW.
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YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS LEGAL AND WASN'T WHAT WASN'T LEGAL, UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD THE PRODUCT AND KNEW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.UM, WE DO, UM, WE DO HAVE FIREWORKS SALES, UH, PERMIT PROCESS.
AND SO W THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THAT WE GET AN APPLICATION FROM THE VENDOR AND THE APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY TO UTILIZE A TENT WITHIN OUR CITY.
AND IN THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, THERE'S A SECTION THAT ASKS WHAT THE 10 IS BEING UTILIZED FOR.
AND THERE'S A FIREWORK SECTION.
THIS APPLICATION PROCESS, WE ASK HOW BIG THE TENT IS, WHAT TYPE IT IS A WEATHER THAT IT'S A FLAMMABLE.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S TIED DOWN, HOW IT'S ANGERED TO THE GROUND, WHAT TYPE OF GROUND IT IS.
WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S EXITS HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY EXPECT, WHO THE RP IS.
WHO'S GOING TO BE ON SITE WHERE ANY GENERATORS ARE A STORAGE CONTAINERS, ALL OF THAT STUFF.
WE THEN TAKE THAT APPLICATION.
WE ASSIGN IT TO ONE OF OUR FIRE INSPECTORS.
THEY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IN THERE IS ACCURATE.
ONCE THEY FEEL GOOD WITH THAT, UH, OUR INSPECTOR WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION.
FIRST THING, THEY LOOK AS AT THE TENT.
AND AS I SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TENT IS CERTIFIED, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BLOW AWAY.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EXITS ARE IN PLACE, THAT THE EXTINGUISHERS ARE GOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLACEMENT FOR AN ACTUAL, A GAS GENERATOR.
AND SO THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING SURROUNDING THE TENT.
THE NEXT THING THAT THEY DO IS THEY ASK THEM TO DISPLAY ALL OF THEIR FIREWORKS.
PART OF THAT APPLICATION PROCESS IS THEY GIVE US THE ENTIRE INVENTORY THAT THEY HAVE, NOT ONLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE TABLES, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN THE STORAGE, WHICH IS USUALLY A CON X-BOX, OUR INSPECTOR WILL GO THROUGH THAT DISPLAY.
THEY'LL LOOK AT THE FIREWORKS, THEY'LL READ THEM.
THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
UM, AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS.
THE LAST THING WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO OUT TO, UH, THE STORAGE SITE, UH, AT THIS SITE.
USUALLY THESE FIREWORKS ARE SEALED IN A BOX.
OUR INSPECTOR WILL GO OUT AND PULL RANDOM BOXES AND HAVE THEM OPEN THEM UP, HAVING PULLED THE FIREWORKS OUT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ON THE INVENTORY LIST AND THAT THEY ARE THE PROPER FIREWORKS.
AND SO THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE WE STARTED, UH, FIREWORKS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, IN MY TIME, IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE, UH, THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, MADE THESE FIREWORKS LEGAL.
WE HAD ONE BAD ACTOR, UH, AND WE KNEW IT RIGHT AWAY, THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS THROUGH THE APPLICATION, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF RED FLAGS THAT WENT ON.
UH, WE WENT OUT, WE DID INSPECT THAT SITE.
WE DID, UM, FIND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
UH, WE GOT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE MARSHALL, UM, OUR CITY PROSECUTOR IN, AND WE SHUT THAT SITE DOWN SINCE THAT TIME.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UH, THESE, UH, THESE PEOPLE WORK WITH US.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, IF THEY ARE CAUGHT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR INSPECTION, OR IF SOMEBODY REPORTS THAT THEY'RE SELLING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, UH, THAT THEY ONLY GET ONE OTHER OPPORTUNITY AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN.
UM, AND SO I CAN JUST TELL YOU FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, AND I, I ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED OUR INSPECTORS AGAIN THIS MORNING.
UM, THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL LIKE THIS, THESE SITES ARE RUN VERY WELL.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCT, THEY HAVE THE LEGAL PRODUCT.
UH, AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE STREETS, AS FAR AS THE THINGS THAT ARE SHOOTING UP IN THE ERROR, WE DO NOT FEEL THEY'RE COMING FROM THESE SITES.
UH, WE ALSO GO INTO THE COSTCOS.
WE GO INTO THE WALMARTS, WE GO INTO THE BIG BOXES BECAUSE THERE ARE RULES THERE AS WELL, AS FAR AS HOW THEY STORE THEM, WHERE THEY STORE THEM, THERE USED TO BE QUANTITY RULES, AND THEY COULD ONLY HAVE SO MANY PALLETIZED, UH, FIREWORKS, UH, AND FPA, UH, CHANGED THAT.
SO WE CHANGED THAT IN OUR CODE AND OUR LOCAL CODE AMENDMENTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL GO IN, WE'LL WORK WITH THE STORE.
WE'D MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWAY FROM ANY EXITS.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNS ARE IN PLACE, UH, THAT THERE IS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
AND SO ON THE SALES SIDE, THE PERMITTING SIDE THAT WE DO, UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR US.
AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ISSUES CHIEF.
SO A QUESTION THAT IS YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT THE, EVERYTHING THAT IS SOLD AT COSTCO AND WALMART ARE THE SAME.
THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME LEVEL.
SO THEY'RE NOT SELLING THINGS UNDER THE GUISE THAT YOU CAN'T SHOOT THESE OFF IN CHANDLER OR WHATEVER CITY THEY'RE THEY HAVE TO ABIDE TO.
AND YOU ALSO SAID THAT, THAT IF YOU GET RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BOUGHT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS FROM ARE, ARE ANECDOTALLY THAT, CAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT IF I BOUGHT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, THAT I WOULD TELL YOU, BUT IF YOU HEAR THAT FROM SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE SELLING THEM, IF SOMEONE'S TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE,
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THEN YOU ALSO, YOU ALSO INVESTIGATE THOSE.SO THAT'S THE BASIS OF YOUR RELATIVE ASSURANCE THAT THESE AREN'T COMING FROM THE WALMARTS COSTCOS ARE, ARE TEMPTED DISPLAYS, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT, UH, THE, THE INSPECTION IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SELLING THE RIGHT PRODUCT AND, AND ALL OF THOSE SITES, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME FIREWORKS.
THEY LOOK DIFFERENTLY, THEY SAY DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THERE ARE 1.4 G CONSUMER-BASED FIREWORKS THAT DO NOT SHOOT UP IN THE AIR AND THAT ARE NOT FIRECRACKERS.
SO ANYTHING WITH WITHIN THAT CATEGORY CAN BE SOLD ANY TYPE OF REPORTS ON THE SALE, WHERE THERE'S A LEGAL SALES GOING ON.
WE WILL SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT THERE TO INVESTIGATE IT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHIEF DRAGONS? ORLANDO? THANK YOU.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR CALLING, BUT FROM THE CROSS.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SEVERAL ERAS IT'S ASKING ME HOW THEY GET THESE THINGS IN.
SO I KNOW SOME, LIKE WALMART USED TO PUT OUT A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER WHEN YOU SOLD FIREWORKS, WHAT'S LEGAL, WHAT'S NOT THE TIMEFRAMES.
DO YOU SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE DOING THAT ARE MORE AND MORE FIRE? YOU'RE DOING IT THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND ORLANDO.
WE, WE USED TO ASK THEM, AND THIS SPEAKS TO THE SIGNS.
UH, WE WANTED A BIG SIGN, 10 BY 10 SAYING THESE ARE ILLEGAL.
UM, AND, AND YOU SAW DIFFERENT CITIES DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND SO THEY REALLY REGULATE WHAT THOSE SIGNS CAN LOOK LIKE.
UH, BUT WE DO SEE THE SIGNS AND WE LOOK FOR THAT.
IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN IN THE CODE EXACTLY WHAT IT HAS TO SAY, HOW BIG THE SIGNS GOING TO BE.
WE DO ASK TO SEE THAT, UH, AND FOR THE MOST PART, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THAT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHIEF DRAGONS, RIGHT.
I GUESS WE'RE FINISHED BARON COUNCIL SPLIT THE FIRE CHIEF.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE OPERATING THESE DEVICES.
WELL, WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
JUST SCROLL DOWN HERE AND PICK ON IT OR, YEP.
I CAN JUST SPEAK TO IT IF WE CAN'T GET GOING.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT NEW YEAR'S EVE WAS A, UH, IT WAS A VERY BUSY EVENING FOR POLICING HERE IN, IN CHANDLER, UM, AND COMPOUNDING THAT IT WAS ALSO A FRIDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS NORMALLY A BUSY IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO THAT EVENING BETWEEN 6:00 PM AND 3:00 AM, WE HAD LET A TOTAL OF 507 CALLS, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY
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BUSY NIGHT, UM, 140 I'M SORRY, 126 OF THOSE WERE RELATED TO FIREWORKS, UH, COMPLAINTS, AND THEN 381 OTHER CALLS FROM CRIMES OF PROGRESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COLLISIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE TYPICALLY DEAL WITH.SO OF THE 126 FIREWORKS RELATED CALLS, UM, 77 OF THOSE CALLS, THE CALLER GAVE NO SPECIFIC LOCATION.
SO WHEN THE OFFICER, UM, WENT TO A GENERAL AREA, UM, THAT THEY COULDN'T PINPOINT SOMETHING, THEN THEY JUST WENT ONTO THE NEXT CALL.
BUT 33 TIMES, UM, THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE A LOCATION.
AND WHEN THE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THOSE CALLS, UM, THEY DID NOT OBSERVE ANY TYPE OF VIOLATION.
AND THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS FOR MOST ALL OF THESE, UH, THESE WERE VERY DELAYED CALLS.
SO WE PRIORITIZE, WE, WE TRIAGE, WELL.
I SAID WHEN IT'S ACTS OF VIOLENCE OR COLLISIONS, UM, WE'RE CONTINUALLY MOVING CALLS, A BUMPY CALLS AND PUSHING THE PARTY ONE CALLS UP TO THE TOP.
SO THE REALITY IS SOME OF THESE CALLS MAY HAVE TAKEN HOURS BEFORE THE OFFICER RESPONDED TO THE, UH, UH, FIREWORKS RELATED CALLS, THE CALLS THAT THEY DID GO TO AND MANAGE TO SEE, UH, UM, PEOPLE USING FIREWORKS.
THEY GET WARNINGS 16, UH, OF THOSE TIMES.
AND BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, UH, THERE WERE NO CITATIONS, CITATIONS ISSUED ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
AND THAT REALLY IS, UM, UM, REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER, UM, CITY, CERTAINLY IN THE EAST VALLEY.
UH, WE REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, PHOENIX COMMANDER OF, UM, SOUTH MOUNTAIN PRECINCT, WHICH WATER'S A CHANDLER AND THEY HAD EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH CALL VOLUME, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT NIGHT.
I SPOKE WITH THE CHIEFS OF MESA, UH, GILBERT AND SCOTTSDALE, AGAIN, EXCEPTIONALLY EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH CALL VOLUME, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND COLLECTIVELY, NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
SO WE WEREN'T REALLY DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR HEAD ABOVE WATER AND GO TO THOSE PARTY.
SO THAT WAS A, THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
UM, BUT THE FIREWORKS, THE COMPLAINTS, WE WERE GETTING THEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEEK, UM, EVEN BACK ON, UH, CHRISTMAS EVE.
AND ON THAT NIGHT, WE DID ISSUE A NUMBER OF CITATIONS.
UH, BUT BY AND LARGE, WE ARE NOT ISSUING CITATIONS EITHER.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THERE FAST ENOUGH, OR WE ARE, UH, ENGAGED IN OTHER ACTIVITY THAT JUST DRAWING OUR ATTENTION.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WE CAN DO.
AND WE COLLECTIVELY, AS A CITY, WE CAN DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, UH, EDUCATE AND, AND, AND PREVENT, UM, THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND THEN A STAFFING PERMITTED WITH ENOUGH NOTICE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO PUT IN A TASK FORCE TOGETHER, DEDICATED OFFICERS WORKING EXTRA THAT EVENING, THE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THOSE FIREWORKS RELATED TOPIC CALLS, UH, DIRECT, UH, RESPONDING DIRECTLY PROACTIVELY, OR, UM, RESPONDING, UM, AS A RESULT OF, UH, OUR, OUR COMPLAINTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED ON A IT'S VERY MUCH WHAT HAPPENED ON, ON, UH, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE FIREWORKS.
SO, CHIEF, LET ME START WITH THIS ONE.
THEN, UM, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT, UM, CAME OUT, I THINK A NEWS THAT, THAT, THAT SAID THAT, UM, PHOENIX WAS WORKING WITH WITNESSES.
SO THE OFFICERS DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE TO ACTUALLY ISSUE WARNINGS ARE CITATIONS.
AND I SAID, I APPRECIATE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST SHARED, BUT ARE WE DOING ANY, ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE? SO IF WE HIT A CALL AND SOMEONE SHOWS A DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS, OR IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED RATHER THAN JUST HEARSAY, WE, WE RESPOND TO THOSE.
AND, AND HOW DOES PHOENIX DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WE DO WITH THAT ARTICLE THAT WAS RELEASED ON THAT? WELL, I THINK TOTALLY, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT PHOENIX WOULD PROBABLY DONE A LOT LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE DOING, JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR, THEIR DEMANDS AND THEIR, UH, UH, STAFFING SHORTAGES.
UM, BUT WHAT THAT ARTICLE REFERRED TO WAS ESSENTIALLY THE ELEMENTS OF A CRIME.
SO THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, IT'S STILL A MISDEMEANOR IN OUR CITY, SO IT'S BUILDING THE CASE.
SO BE BETTER IF THE OFFICER SAW IT STRONGER FOR COURT, THEY SAW IT IN PERSON.
UM, BUT THERE COULD BE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE.
DO YOU HAVE THE BURN MARKS? YOU HAVE THE CANVASSERS, THE SPAN, CANISTERS WITNESS STATEMENTS.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN INVESTIGATING ANY OTHER CRIME.
SO IT'S PUTTING THOSE, CONNECTING THOSE DOTS, BUILDING THAT, THAT BUILDING THAT CASE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE THE TIME AND EFFORT TO SPEND ON THAT WHEN WE WERE FOCUSING ON OTHER TOP PRIORITY CALLS? SO WHEN THE TIME AND EFFORT, WHEN THE TIME IS AVAILABLE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE IT LIKE WE WOULD ANY OTHER MISDEMEANOR CRIME.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT'S NUMBER LINDA.
SO JUST TO REITERATE, AND I APPRECIATE THIS IS JUST NEW YEAR'S EVE.
SO YOU HAD THOSE OTHER DAYS WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
I'M SURE IT'S JUST AS HIGH OR MAYBE AS HIGH.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-TIME EVENT, IT'S SIX OR SEVEN OR WHATEVER THOSE DATES ARE.
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REAL QUICK THAT YOU'RE FACING THAT CHALLENGE, RIGHT.IT CLEARLY NEW YEAR'S EVE WAS PINNACLE.
THAT THAT WAS THE DAY, THE HIGHEST NIGHT.
UH, BUT THERE WERE, I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A CITY, THERE WERE FIREWORKS, UH, UH, TH THROUGHOUT THAT WEEK AS THEY WERE LEADING UP TO 4TH OF JULY AND THEN SEQUEL THE, SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS.
IT JUST SEEMS TO BE GETTING A LOT OF TRACTION.
THESE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ARE AVAILABLE READILY AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, YOU CAN GET THEM FROM OTHER STATES YOU CAN, FROM MEXICO, THEIR FIREWORKS ARE, ARE EVERYWHERE THAT THEY'RE JUST PROLIFIC.
I KNOW THERE'S AND, AND MAYOR, I DON'T, YOU'D WANT TO FINISH UP HERE AND I GOT SOME MORE COMMENTS, BUT, OKAY.
SO, UM, YEAH, CITY MANAGER, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS AGAIN.
THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT I WAS GETTING FROM THE RESIDENTS.
I KNOW THE MAYOR AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE REALLY INVOLVED WITH IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PERMIT PROCESS WORK.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IS KIND OF AT LEAST EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
AND I ALSO SEE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
UM, THE MAYOR INDICATED EARLIER, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD GET TIMEFRAMES, AT LEAST.
SO YOU DO HAVE TO GO TO WORK AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS OFF NEW YEAR'S EVE OR JULY 4TH, OR THOSE OTHER DATES, INCLUDING CHANNEL POLICE AND FIRE, AND SOME OTHER FOLKS IN THIS ROOM.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION.
MAYBE WE COULD DO A BETTER PUSH ON THAT, MAYBE PRINT MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT EARLY ENOUGH AND FAR ENOUGH TO SAY THESE ARE ILLEGAL OR NOT ILLEGAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I READ ANOTHER OTHER CITY DOES, I THINK IT WAS IN MISSOURI.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMON AREA.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A COMMON AREA WE COULD SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO SHOOT YOUR FIREWORKS OFF, GO TO MAYBE TUMBLEWEED OR SOME OTHER AREA JUST SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT FOCUSED ON HOW BEST PRACTICAL I'M NOT.
I'M JUST THINKING THERE'S GOTTA BE WAYS THAT, UH, WE COULD HELP MITIGATE THIS.
AND AGAIN, CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF, YOU KNOW, DURING THE BUDGET TIME, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE PARTICULAR NIGHTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER SOLVED THIS ISSUE.
I THINK THE EXPECTATIONS HERE IS A SOLVE THIS, BUT UNTIL THE WALLS CHANGED MAYOR OR MODIFIED OR SOMETHING, AT LEAST WE CAN MITIGATE THIS ISSUE.
AND AT LEAST PEOPLE AFFECTED INCLUDING NEW CHIEF, RIGHT? I THINK YOU WERE AFFECTED THAT NIGHT TOO.
SO, BUT AT LEAST, UH, MITIGATE THIS MAYOR.
I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF TIMEFRAMES, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN SHOOT THESE OFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT MIGHT HELP US A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
I JUST HOPE WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME BETTER IDEAS.
COMMUNICATION START WITH THAT.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB NOW LET'S KEEP PRESSING ON.
AND THEN IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THAT, THOSE PARTICULAR NIGHTS IN GENERAL, UM, THEN WE COULD AT LEAST AGAIN, MITIGATE IT 16, MAYBE IT'S 32 AND MAYBE IT'S 40.
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE FOLKS NOW KNOW THOSE ARE LEGAL AND THEY'RE NOT, I'M SURE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE KNOW ONCE YOU TELL THEM THAT'S ILLEGAL, THEY MIGHT SAY, OH WOW, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN OR SOMETHING.
I'M SURE THERE'S VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I MEAN, THANKS AGAINST ANY MAGIC PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW THERE'S FRUSTRATION ON EVERYONE'S PART IN HERE PUTTING ALL OF US.
SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER LOCUS, YOU STICK AROUND.
MA'AM UM, SO YOU MENTIONED AGAIN KIND OF ROOT CAUSE GUY.
SO A LOT OF THE SOURCING OF THIS IS, IS NO COMPLAINTS.
AND EVEN IF IT'S LOUD AND IT'S LIKE THE FOUNTAINS AND STUFF THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE COMING IN RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT IS THAT THEY'RE ILLEGAL OR, AND OR IF IT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOISY OR ARE THE REPORTS OF THOSE, UH, WHEN THEY CALL OUTS ARE MADE THAT IT IS SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, IT'S A COMBINATION, BUT WHEN THEY SAY ANY AERIAL FIREWORK IS ILLEGAL.
SO WHEN THEY SAY THAT THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING OFF ABOVE MY HOUSE, A PRETTY GOOD INDICATOR, IT'S ILLEGAL.
UNLESS THEY'RE THROWING THEM UP AGAINST.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, UM, THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ARE PREVALENT HERE AND AIN'T GOING AFTER THE ROOT CAUSE.
IS IT? AND YOU SAID THEY'RE BEING TRANSPORTED AGAIN FROM MEXICO OR FROM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BEFORE, BUT OUR SURROUNDING STATES ARE, ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING STATES ARE MORE PERMISSIVE ON THOSE FIREWORKS THAN WE ARE INCLUDING CALENDAR.
I KNOW NEW MEXICO IS, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT CALIFORNIA OR NEVADA, BUT THEY COULD BE COMING FROM ANYWHERE.
AND JUST, CAUSE I'M NOT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THIS IS THIS, THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION OF THOSE FIRE INTO ARIZONA ILLEGAL.
I MEAN, I KNOW YOU CAN'T BUY THEM HERE FOR OUR STATE STATUTE.
WHAT ARE THEIR TRANSPORTATION OR POSSESSION ILLEGAL ALSO GREAT QUESTION.
I, I, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERED CONTRABAND, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT DIRECTLY.
AND YOU'D BE THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IF I MAY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, UM, THEY WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND COULD BE SEIZED AS CONTRABAND.
OF COURSE, CATCHING THEM, FINDING THEM IS THE ISSUE.
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AND, UH, IT'S LITERALLY YOUR PRIORITIZATION CALLS IS WORKING.I JUST, I SAW SOMETHING RECENTLY.
WE'RE LIKE ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME, UH, MAJOR CITIES IN AMERICA AGAIN.
SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE YOU IN A WHILE, BUT I THINK THE TEAM FOR US, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IS WORKING, THANK YOU.
IN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS.
WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD AFTER OUR PRESENTATIONS AND OUR CONVERSATION IS ON ANY ADDITIONAL MAYOR, MAYOR.
SITTING IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN JUST SORT OF SUMMARIZE AT THE END HERE, PLEASE, WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE ONE FINAL SLIDE HERE, IF THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN, SO, OH, I'M SORRY.
I THINK WE'VE COVERED MOST OF THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT REALLY THE TOP RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS GOING TO BE PURSUING A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION.
I THINK AS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, UM, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT FIREWORKS ARE OR ARE ILLEGAL.
FIREWORKS ARE SOMEHOW BEING PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW.
IT'S THAT IT'S SORT OF SET A TONE STATEWIDE BACK IN 2010 THAT ALLOWED ILLEGAL FIREWORKS TO BE VIEWED AS MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ACCEPTABLE IN ARIZONA.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT STATE LAW AS IT IS, UM, NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY THROWN OUT IT'S THAT WE LOSE THAT LOCAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY THAT WE USED TO HAVE PRIOR TO 2010.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
I WILL TELL YOU AND MAYOR EMPHASIZE THIS EARLIER HAS BEEN ACTIVE ON THIS ISSUE.
IT IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC AT THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE, UM, A, AN OPTIMISTIC VIEWPOINT.
I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, RYAN PETERS RECENTLY ABOUT, IS THERE AN, AN AUDIENCE FOR THIS THIS YEAR? UH, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE SAME LEGISLATORS THAT WERE IN OFFICE WHEN THIS WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2010 ARE ALSO AN OFFICE NOW.
AND SO THERE MAY NOT BE AS MUCH RECEPTION TO THIS AS WE WOULD HOPE AMONG THE CITIES, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY, UM, WITH ENHANCED COMMUNICATION.
WE DO COMMUNICATION OVER YEAR.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DO NOT.
WE DO IT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE DO IT THROUGH PRINT MEDIA, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY RAMP THAT UP.
UM, WE I'VE SPOKEN WITH MATT BURDICK, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TODAY.
WE CAN SORT OF LOOK AT SOME OTHER CAMPAIGN TYPE ADVERTISING TO HELP DISTINGUISH BETTER.
WHAT IS LEGAL VERSUS ILLEGAL AND MAYBE HELP PREVENT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY YOU SEE ON SOME OF THESE MAJOR HOLIDAYS.
AND THEN AS CHIEF DOUG AND SAID, UH, OUR, OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION BE AS RESOURCES ALLOW.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE SAME NIGHTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS ACTIVITY.
THE SAME AD SAID, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE CITY TOO.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY BASIS.
UH, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN WORK ON AS RESOURCES, ALLOW DEDICATING SOME MORE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO PATROL THE STREETS OR RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN PLACE GOING FORWARD ON THESE, UH, MAJOR DATES.
AND THERE'S ALSO, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF CURRENTLY THERE.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE SETTING UP FIREWORKS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF STREETS AND WE'VE GOT SOME CODE AMENDMENTS COMING WITH THAT TOO.
DON'T WE? MR. MAYOR? UH, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, SO WE UPDATE THE, UH, FIRE CODE FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
UH, PERIODICALLY THERE IS AN UPDATE THAT IS COMING TO YOU THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
UM, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WILL SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS, BUT IT CERTAINLY COULD BE ONE MORE TOOL THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE FROM A CODE BASIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CITY MANAGER? ALL RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD ON THIS.
THIS IS BY RUTH JONES, RUTH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, THE LIGHT WILL BE GREEN AND AT 30 SECONDS IT'LL TURN YELLOW AND IT READ, UH, YOUR TIME IS UP.
SO IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, RUTH JONES, 27 34 EAST BIRCHWOOD PLACE.
AND THAT'S IN JANUARY, OF COURSE, I'M HERE TODAY TO WEIGH IN ON THE ILLEGAL FIREWORK ISSUE.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME WHO LOVE TO SET OFF THE FIREWORKS, BUT THE GROUPS THAT ARE HURT BY THIS ACTIVITY ARE MANY.
OUR VETERANS SUFFER PTSD FROM THE NOISE.
PETS ARE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF OUR HOME.
AND THE EFFECT OF THEM IS LONG LASTING, BUT YET THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE PROBLEMS. THE SMELL OF SULFUR AND THE CLOUD OF SMOKE IN THE AIR IS A REAL HAZARD TO THOSE WITH ASTHMA OR COPD.
AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE CONCERNING, WE LIVE IN A STATE WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS, BEING THE NORM.
I WENT OUT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SEVERAL CITIZENS WHO WANTED ME TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS WE WATCHED ONE DISPLAY, MY CAR WAS PELTED WITH DEBRIS.
LUCKILY IT WAS WET THAT NIGHT, BUT THE DANGER OF A HOT PROJECTILE STARTING A FIRE IS REAL USING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD MEANS ALL HOMEOWNERS ARE IN DANGER OF THESE RANDOM FIRES.
WHAT CAN BE DONE AS WE HEARD TONIGHT, UH, SOME TYPES OF FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL AND SOME ARE NOT.
SIMPLY PUT, IF IT SHOOTS IN THE AIR, IT IS NOT LEGAL.
THE DATES FOR THE SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN SET FORTH AND ARE IN THE ARIZONA STATUTES.
WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED AS A CITY TO DEVELOP A PLAN, TO STOP THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, COUNCILMEN MARIJUANA,
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ORLANDO.I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED BY YOUR RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TO THIS ISSUE, YOU REPEATEDLY TOLD CITIZENS, YOU WANTED TO WAIT AND DISCUSS THIS WITH OTHER CITIES AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
I QUOTE, TEMPE HAS A FIREWORKS TASK FORCE, AND WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
YOU ALSO SAID THIS IS A STATE ISSUE, EVEN GOING SO FAR AS THE LIST OF STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES BY NAME, I'M URGING YOU TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.
CHANDLER'S A CITY THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEEN AS LEADING, NOT FOLLOWING AND WAITING ON OTHER CITIES TO MAKE POLICY.
WE NEED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE.
I WOULD BEGIN WITH EDUCATION, A CAMPAIGN TO HELP OUR CITIZENS KNOW THE LAW AND DISTINGUISH IF THE FIREWORKS ARE SETTING OFF ARE LEGAL OR NOT, I WOULD THEN WORK ON A STRONG ENFORCEMENT PLAN.
OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WORK HARD FOR OUR CITY, WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED IN ORDER TO FIGHT THIS ISSUE AND NOT TAKE FOCUS OFF MORE SERIOUS CRIMES OF DUI OR OTHER ISSUES.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS SUCH AS HAVING MORE DISPLAYS SET OFF BY THE CITY, ENABLING US TO LET PEOPLE SEE THE FIREWORKS WITHOUT SETTING THEM OFF THEMSELVES.
WE NEED TO TAKE THESE DISCUSSIONS SERIOUSLY AND TAKE ACTION.
NOW, THE STATE SET THE LAWS AND YOU NEED TO CREATE A PLAN TO ENFORCE THEM.
I URGE YOU TO BE LEADERS OF OUR CITY AND LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS ISSUES.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PLAN BEFORE YOU, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT
[12. Unscheduled Public Appearances]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES, AND I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD HERE FROM, UH, MR. HATCH.MR. HATCHER, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.
HIRAM HATCH 700 NORTH DOBSON ROAD, NUMBER 16, CHANDLER EIGHT FIVE TWO TWO FOUR.
MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY.
I HAVE APPRECIATED MEETING ONE-ON-ONE WITH YOU, MR. MAYOR, MR. JOSHUA RIDE, AS WELL AS STEVE TURNER AND ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR YOUR HIRING OF OUR NEW AIRPORT MANAGER.
SOMEONE THAT I FEEL CAN LEAD THE AIRPORT FORWARD, MR. RYAN RAISES A VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND A TRUE LOVE OF AVIATION AND ALL THINGS RELATED TO IT.
I HOPE HE'S ALLOWED TO USE HIS EXPERTISE TO SOLVE SOME OF THE ONGOING PROBLEMS AT THE AIRPORT AND LEAD IT TO A NEW FORWARD, A NEW LEVEL, WHICH I TRULY BELIEVE HE IS PERSONALLY CAPABLE OF DOING IN 2003, I SAW THE NEED TO BUILD HANGARS AT CHANDLER TO ATTRACT THE KIND OF AIRCRAFT WANTED TO BASE HERE, BUT COULDN'T, I BUILT THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.
TOTALLY MORE THAN 70,000 SQUARE FEET OF HANGARS AND COMMERCIAL SPACE.
MY LAST PROJECT WAS COMPLETED SEVEN YEARS AGO ON THE AIRPORT THAT PROJECT SOLD OUT BEFORE WE EVEN HAD AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT, I IMMEDIATELY ENCOURAGED THE AIRPORT OR THE CITY TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT MORE AIRCRAFT UP UNTIL THIS PAST AUGUST SEVEN YEARS, NO RFP, NO DEVELOPMENT.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A WAITING LIST OVER 150 AIRCRAFT, IF WE WANT THIS AIRPORT TO BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING FINANCIALLY IT'S NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND GET THESE AIRCRAFT ON THE FIELD.
UH, POTENTIAL AIRCRAFT OWNERS WANT TO CONSIDER CHANA AS THEIR BASE.
IF WE WANT THEM TO THERE, WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST STELLAR AGAINST PEGASUS, AGAINST MESA GATEWAY AGAINST FALCON.
ALL OF THESE FIELDS HAVE AVAILABLE SPACE.
SO IF YOU HAVE A PLANE THAT'S, YOU'RE BUYING FOR A HALF, A MILLION OR $10 MILLION, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BASE IT A CHANDLER UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EMPTY HANGER TO PUT IT IN PLAIN AND SIMPLE WE'RE WAY BEHIND THE CURVE.
CHATTER NEEDS TO TRY TO BE THAT AIRPORT SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE AIRCRAFT TO BASE HERE.
EVERY AIRCRAFT THAT BASES AT CHANDLER PAYS FOR LAND TO SIT ON, WHETHER IT'S ON AN OPEN TIE-DOWN OR WHETHER IT'S ON A CITY HANGAR, WHETHER IT'S IN A PRIVATELY DEVELOPED HANGAR, WHETHER IT'S IN A COVERED TIE DOWN, THEY ALL PAY, THEY ALL PAY A FUEL TAX.
THEY ALL PAY BUSINESSES ON THE AIRPORT TO MAINTAIN THEIR PLANES AND DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BALANCE THE AIRPORT BUDGET.
UM, FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY BEEN OUT OF THE COMPETITION TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALLOW OUR AIRPORT TO DEVELOP, TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY 50 SPOTS BEHIND THE DAY, AND WE'LL BE ANOTHER 50 SPOTS BEHIND BEFORE THESE 50 CAN BEAT B, UH, DEVELOPED THE PROCESS TAKES A LONG TIME, THREE OR MORE YEARS, BUT I THINK IT CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE.
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MANAGER.CAN YOU, UM, GET US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT PHASE, SORRY.
I KNOW WE JUST WENT THROUGH AN AIRPORT STUDY PLAN AND PERHAPS COMMUNICATE IT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE ADDITIONAL REESE, UH TIE-DOWNS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS COUNCIL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I HAVE TO ONE INVITE YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND ENJOY OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.I THINK I'VE BEEN AT CLOSE TO EVERYONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, AND WE WILL SEE CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, KIDS' ACTIVITIES, VENDORS, AND DELICIOUS FOOD AT THE 27TH ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY AT DR.
AJA CHANDLER PARK AND THAT'S BETWEEN 11:00 AM AND 6:00 PM.
IT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS EVENT AND I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME AND COUNSEL OUT THERE.
AND SECONDLY, I DO WANT TO ALSO WANT TO INVITE YOU ON I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAS GOT A PRECEDING ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO I'LL TAKE THE LETTER IS, UH, UNDOCKED UH, WE'RE HAVING A CELEBRATION AT SPONSORED BY THE CHANDLER MEN OF ACTION AND CHANDLER CHURCH OF THE VALLEY FOR, UH, DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY, THOUGH, THAT'S CELEBRATED ON THE 17TH ON 16TH AT 6:00 PM.
THERE WILL BE A SERVICE INVOLVING SEVERAL OF US HERE AT THE, AT AGAIN, THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE VALLEY.
THE VOICE CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD THERE, HELD THERE AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO REMEMBER HARRIS.
AND I WILL BE THERE ALSO TOMORROW.
I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO JOIN ME RIGHT HERE IN A CONSOLE CHAMBERS FOR THE 2022 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE AWARD CEREMONY.
UH, SO I WILL BE HOSTING ALONG WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING SOME REALLY GREAT, PHENOMENAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE LED OUR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR VISION, PASSION AND DEDICATION.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING, UM, PASTOR VICTOR HARDY, WHERE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
CERTAINLY WE CAN, WE CAN SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS HAVE BEEN A PART OF, FOR OUR CITY IN OTHER VARIOUS ASPECTS OF GIVING BACK TO THE POOR AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL ACTUALLY.
UM, IF I DON'T MIND, I HAVE, UM, HIS WIFE IS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
UM, CYNTHIA, FIRST LADY, CYNTHIA HARDY IS HERE AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN EXPECT PASTOR VICTOR HARDY AND HIS WIFE WOULD BE HERE, UM, MOST OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW HERE AT 3:30 PM.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A VIOLINIST.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE HERE.
UM, SO JUST COME OUT AND ENJOY, COME TO THE COUNCIL ON CHAMBERS AND IT STARTS AT THREE 30 BE HERE OR, OR, OR NOT BE HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU AT YOUR EVENT HERE TOMORROW NIGHT.
MA'AM UH, SO YOU'RE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
AND SO FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A LOVE OF FILM, UH, THE SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS COMING BACK.
SO WE'RE KICKING OFF JANUARY 18TH FOR THE RED CARPET THROUGH THE 23RD, AND IT WILL BE HOSTED AT THE LOOK DRIVE IN RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.
THE FESTIVAL WILL BE FEATURING OVER 120 FILMS FROM ALL STRETCHES AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, THE FILM SCHEDULE IS, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN LOOK AT ONLINE, UH, CHANDLER FILM, FESTIVAL.COM.
SO EVERY NIGHT THERE IS A VIP AND AFTER HOURS EVENT AND THERE'S AN AWARD CEREMONY.
SO DEFINITELY CHECK OUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, OPTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE FILMS. THERE'S HORROR, THERE'S SHORTS AND THERE'S ANIMATION.
SO A WHATEVER PASSION YOU MAY HAVE, THERE IS ONE FOR YOU THERE.
SO DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AND I'LL SEE YOU THERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COUNSEL FOR THIS SHOWING THE HONOR OF BEING VICE MAYOR FOR THE PAST YEAR.
UM, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT IS SOMETHING ELSE TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND A PART OF THIS GROUP, UH, AND WORKING TOGETHER IN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, IN AGREEMENT AND SOMETIMES NOT IN AGREEMENT, BUT, UH, I, I FEEL BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND, UH, I BE ABLE TO FEEL BLESSED TO BE A PART OF CHANDLER.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, TERRY IT'S WHAT'S NEXT HELD SOME OF HER ROOM.
UM, YEAH, I'LL START OFF BY THANKING THE MAYOR AND A THING, THIS COUNCIL AND,
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UH, AND THE VICE MAYOR FOR, UH, HOLDING A SPOT AND, UH, DOING A GREAT JOB WITH, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR OVER THIS PAST PAST YEAR.AND, UM, I THINK SOMEBODY SET IT OUT HERE.
THEY SAID, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS WONDERFUL CITY.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF A, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I'VE HEARD TONIGHT.
SO CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE ROOM HERE.
SO, UM, UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UH, I RARELY DO THIS, BUT, UH, AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I SHOULD DO BETTER, BUT, UH, ON THE 16TH, UH, MY WIFE AND I WILL CELEBRATE OUR 41ST ANNIVERSARY TOGETHER.
AND, UH, WE, WELL, WE'VE ACTUALLY SPENT 43 YEARS TOGETHER, BUT, UH, 41, 41 YEARS MARRIED.
AND, UH, SO I THANK HER FOR THAT BECAUSE HER PATIENTS MAKES THAT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO, UH, SHOP CHANDLER AND I ALWAYS WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR, UH, OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF AND FOR YOU ALL SITTING HERE AND ENDURING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AND, UH, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU HAD SOME, BERLINDA LOOKING TONIGHT, MARRIED, THEY'RE HAPPY, NEW YEAR'S AND, UH, THANK YOU RESIDENTS FOR BEING ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT GIVES US A GOOD GUIDE POST AND BE ABLE TO HELP US DO OUR JOB BETTER.
SO, AND CONGRATULATIONS, VICE MAYOR RO.
WELL, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU MAYOR.
CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL BUREAU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS VICE MAYOR LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THIS COMING YEAR.
ALSO WANTING TO JUST CONGRATULATE PUBLICLY, UH, ANDY BASS, UH, TONIGHT IT'S HIS FIRST NIGHT JOINING US UP HERE ON THE DAYAS IS OUR NEW DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR PROMOTION.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOINING US UP HERE DURING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT.