Apr 14, 2022 City Council Meeting 04/14/2022

CITY CLERK OR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY SUSAN STEPHENS, CLARK OF THE CHANDLER BEHIND COMMUNITY AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT ORLANDO, SUSAN.

WELCOME IF YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER, PLEASE.

THIS IS A PRAYER FOR AMERICA.

OH, THOU KIND, LORD, THIS GATHERING IS TURNING TO THE, THESE HEARTS ARE RADIANT WITH THY LOVE.

THESE MINDS AND SPIRITS ARE EXHILARATED BY THE MESSAGE OF BY GLAD TIDINGS, OH GOD, LET THIS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BECOME GLORIOUS IN SPIRITUAL DEGREES, EVEN AS IT HAS ASPIRED TO MATERIAL DEGREES AND RENDERED THIS GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS CONFIRM THIS REVERED NATION TO APPRAISE THE STANDARD OF THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY TO PROMULGATE THE MOST GREAT PEACE TO BECOME THEREBY MOST GLORIOUS AND PRAISEWORTHY AMONG ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

OH GOD, THIS AMERICAN NATION IS WORTHY OF THY FAVORS AND DESERVING OF THY MERCY, MAKE IT PRECIOUS AND NEAR TO THE THROUGH THY BOUNTY AND BESTOWAL AMEN.

WELL KEEPING WITH OUR, OUR THEME HERE HONORING OUR NATION LET'S HONOR AMERICA THROUGH OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL A LITTLE WEAK COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

COUNCIL ON OUR AGENDA IS AT THIS POINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO

[ 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.]

I DO THINK AS ON CONSENT, I DO KNOW THERE IS SOME CONVERSATIONS SPECIFICALLY AROUND ITEM NUMBER 11, BUT ALL THINGS EQUAL UNLESS THERE'S A MOVE TO TAKE IT OFF CONSENT.

I'VE ONLY GOT ONE SPEAKER CARD.

SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN JUST DO THIS ALL AS ONE.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, WITH ITEM NUMBER 11, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY, AS I MENTIONED, I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD.

SO COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE? NOPE.

MAYOR TWO SPEAKER CARDS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS WITH STAFF? I KNOW WE DID THAT ON MONDAY BEFORE WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE SPEAKERS MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

WE JUST, THIS RECENTLY I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EASEMENT.

THAT IS A CONCERN FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

UH, CAN SOMEWHAT ADDRESS THAT ABOUT MOVING THE POLES HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE LIGHT POLES THERE.

GOOD EVENING, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UH, THE EASEMENT, IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, UM, I GUESS THE RESIDENTS SAYING THAT IT'S GOING DIRECTLY ON HER PROPERTY, THE, THE, THE DRIVE OR THE ACCESS TO THE DRIVE, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT ISSUE IS ALL ABOUT.

SO, UH, DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE IS, UH, AN EASEMENT, A 25 FOOT EASEMENT ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE.

UM, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL UP AN EXHIBIT TO BETTER DESCRIBE THIS.

SO JUST THE ONE POLE WILL BE MOOT.

SO, UH, AT THE EDGE OF THE SUBDIVISION HERE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN MARICOPA COUNTY, IT'S A UNINCORPORATED, UH, PROPERTY, UH, THERE'S A 25 FOOT EASEMENT THAT RUNS ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY ALL ALONG THE WEST.

AND IT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT, UH, THERE'S POWER POLES, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

UM, AND SO UNDER THAT EASEMENT IT'S TO, UH, FOR SRP TO LOCATE THEIR POWER POLES.

AND SO AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE POWER POLE IS GOING TO BE RELOCATED TO THE CORNER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC.

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UM, YES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE MOST IMPACTED.

SO WE'RE THE BLUE IS, UM, ON THIS CHART AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

I JUST, JUST, THE QUESTION WAS GIVEN TO ME NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES AGO.

UM, THIS BLUE AREA HERE IS THAT WHERE THE EASE IS, THE POLE WOULD GO TO THE WEST OF THAT.

SO IT WOULD BE DIRECTLY WEST OF THAT.

SO THE BLUE IS, UH, THE ADJACENT TREE LANDS PROPERTY.

AND THEN, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THE NON OUTLINED PROPERTY, THAT'S THE 25 FOOT EASEMENT THAT EXISTS, UM, IS CURRENTLY THERE'S SR PEOPLES IN THERE.

AND SO AS PART OF HAZELWOOD'S DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO UNDERGROUND THEIR SRP POLES.

UM, AND SO SINCE THEY'RE UNDERGROUNDING THEM ALL ALONG THEIR PROPERTY, THIS ONE FALLS RIGHT AT THE CORNER OR RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

UM, AND SO THEY'VE OFFERED TO RELOCATED TO THE CORNER VERSUS BRINGING THE GROUND WIRES PART OF ME, THE GROUND WIRES UP AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL.

AND I'LL HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.

IF THOSE SPEAKERS HAVE TO SPEAKERS, I JUST WANT TO GET THAT ONE ON, SO ON RECORD, JUST BE, THEY HAVE TO, UH, THERE THEY DO ON THE EASEMENT SRP, SO THEY COULD THEREFORE DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO BY, BY LAW OR BY, UH, RIGHTS, I GUESS.

RIGHT.

IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THIS TO THIS CITY ATTORNEY.

GOOD MOVE, GOOD MOVE.

I WOULD DO THE SAME THING.

IF I MAY, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, THERE IS THAT 25 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT.

UM, SRP CLEARLY HAS FACILITIES WITHIN THAT EASEMENT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY ANY MOVEMENT OF THEIR POLES WILL BE COORDINATED WITH SRP AND THEY WILL DICTATE WHERE THEY GO.

UM, BUT THE PROPERTY RIGHT ALREADY EXISTS AND HAS EXISTED, WHICH IS WHY THERE IS A, UM, POLAND MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT ALL WORKED OUT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A ROAD AND, UM, THE POLLS THERE, BUT FOR SAFETY AND FOR SERVICES IT'S TO BE RELOCATED.

SO, OKAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SRP ALREADY HAVE RIGHTS TO THAT.

THERE IS NO, UM, THREE MIDNIGHTS OR ANYTHING FOR THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY.

UM, UM, I KNOW THAT'S AN A YES ANSWER, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE RECONCILE, IF I MAY.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THAT THAT EASEMENT COVERS THAT AREA AND IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

UM, SO IS THERE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? I DID FOLLOW UP WITH OUR, OUR CONVERSATION ON MONDAY AND OFFERED TWO MORE STEPS.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN FRONT OF YOU EIGHT AND NINE.

THAT NUMBER EIGHT TALKS ABOUT THE IRRIGATION, CANAL AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF.

AND AS WELL AS, UM, NUMBER NINE, LOOKING AT FURTHER SPEED MITIGATION, UH, BOTH EIGHT AND NINE, I GUESS ALSO TALKING ABOUT FURTHER, UM, SPEED MITIGATION ON THERE.

SO THAT'S ALSO IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE COULD READ THAT IF NECESSARY, ONE, ONE SIDE COMES INTO THE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STEP THAT INTO THIS AS WELL.

UM, SO COUNCIL IS, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE A PRESENTATION FROM THE, FROM THE DEVELOPER BEFORE WE DO THE SPEAKERS MAY REAL QUICK COUNCIL MEMBER, THE RESIDENTS, HAVE THEY SEEN THESE TWO STIPULATIONS? THEY HAVE NOT BECAUSE I JUST CAME UP WITH THAT.

I WAS TALKING WITH CITY MANAGER JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING.

SO IT'S PROBABLY WORTH READING THEM AS YOUR POINT BEFORE, OR MAYBE WE HAVE A COPY FOR THEM TO AT LEAST LOOK AT, OR WE COULD READ THEM.

I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING, CAUSE THERE'S A BARRICADED HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

I'M SURE.

I MEAN, THESE ARE GOOD.

THESE, I THINK THERE ARE GOOD IMPROVEMENTS.

THANK YOU MAYOR FOR WORKING ON THIS.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE SHARED THIS WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, IS THIS AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN TABLE? WELL, I SEE NO REASON WHY WE WOULD WANT TO TABLE THIS ISSUE.

WELL, ONLY THE RESIDENTS HAVEN'T SEEN THE STEPS.

THESE ARE, THESE LOOKS GOOD TO ME AS WELL.

DO YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TABLE IN IT, SO THAT WAY THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE WHAT THE ADDITIONAL STEPS WERE.

RESIDENTS RARELY SEE STEPS WHEN WE MAKE THEM FROM THE DAYS HERE.

SO RATHER THAN JUST STATING THE MONEY I HAD CITY MANAGER MAKE A COPY FOR EACH OF YOU.

SO THIS IS NOT A PRACTICE OF WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IN TERMS OF MAKING STEPS FROM UP HERE.

SO YEAH, WE DID.

WE JUST, WE DID DISCUSS THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS ON THERE,

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SO ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

SO NO INTEREST IF THERE'S NO INTEREST OR ARE, I SHOULD SAY, DOES THE LANDOWNER, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION WITH US? OTHERWISE WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE NEIGHBOR, HIS COMMENT CARDS.

GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

CAN YOU WERE, YOU WERE WISE BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD AT LEAST GIVE YOU EQUAL TIME AS THEY WERE.

AND UM, SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY COMMENTS.

SO I HAVE TWO CARDS, UH, UP HERE.

UM, WE'LL START WITH TERESA MARTINEZ STOLE AND THEN I PROMISED, UH, UH, MR. MCALLISTER SOME ADDITIONAL TIME, OTHER THAN THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS.

AND SO, UH, MR. MCALLISTER OR MS. STOLL, I'M SORRY, THERESA MARTINEZ STILL, IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, THE LIGHTS WILL BE GREEN WITH 30 SECONDS LEFT.

IT'LL TURN YELLOW.

MY NAME IS THERESA STOLE I IN 2, 3 8 1 5 SOUTH HUNDRED 24TH STREET.

I AM THE HOMEOWNER WHO'S, UM, BEING, UM, UH, THE PROPERTY THAT'S GOING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MINE.

ALSO.

I AM THE ONE THAT HAS THE EASEMENT, UM, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

MY QUESTION TO YOU, UM, THE ATTORNEY JUST SAID THAT IT'S NOT A ROAD IN HER STATEMENT JUST A MOMENT AGO.

UM, IT IS AN EASEMENT.

IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THEY'VE TALKED TO WITH SRP, AND WHO'S GRANTED THAT PERMISSION TO MAKE THAT MOVE ON THAT POLE ON MY PROPERTY.

THERE'S TWO POLES THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

UM, WHY ARE WE DOING ONE AND NOT TWO? UM, THE OTHER THING IS I FEEL THAT FIRST POLL THEY'RE TRYING TO REMOVE THE POLL FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THEM OR THE CITY TO DIRECT TRAFFIC ONTO THAT EASEMENT.

AGAIN, THE ATTORNEY SAID IS NOT A ROAD THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT ANY DOCUMENTATIONS.

UM, SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE WHOEVER SAID THEY'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH THIS BACK.

SO AT LEAST AS HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU, THAT WAS NEVER GIVEN TO ANY OF THE HOMEOWNERS, ESPECIALLY ME, WHO'S DIRECTED ON BOTH SIDES.

I'VE GOT THE TREE FARM SIDE AND I'VE GOT THE NEW HAZELWOOD.

SO IT'S AFFECTED ME ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO AGAIN, I'D JUST LIKE YOU GUYS TO, UM, CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, SOME LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATION INSTEAD OF US COMING TO THESE CITY MEETINGS AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING THREAT THINGS THROWN TO US AND SAYING, OH, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TABLE THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

I, AGAIN, DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY HAS ON THEIR PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT EASEMENT, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DIRECT TRAFFIC ONTO THAT EASEMENT AGAIN, WHICH IS NOT A ROAD.

IN THAT, THAT STRIP OF LAND ALONG MS. UM, MS. DOLE'S PROPERTY.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO NOT ADD THESE ADDITIONAL STEPS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING, IF YOU, IF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD PREFER.

SO, SO ON THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE, I'M FINE WITH YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUTTING THINGS IN OUR WORDS, INTO OUR MOUTH.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

I'D LIKE TO READ AND SEE WHAT WAS PRESENTED.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS PRESENTED.

I HAVEN'T THREE MINUTES AGO FROM THE TIME I GOT UP IS WHEN I GOT THAT DOCUMENT GIVEN TO ME.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S A COURTESY TO TABLE IT AND LET, GIVE US THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AND REVIEW WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US AS A HOMEOWNERS, UM, CITY ATTORNEY.

CAN YOU ADDRESS HER OTHER, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLLS AGAIN, IF I MAY MAYOR, UM, AS FAR AS THE POLES AND THE EASEMENT, ANY MOVEMENT OF THOSE POLLS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE THROUGH PLANS WITH SRP.

AND THAT'LL BE, I DON'T THINK THAT C HAS ANY PLANS IN PARTICULAR, OTHER THAN OUR UNDERGROUNDING REQUIREMENT, UM, AND A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT THAT HAS TO BE COORDINATED WITH SRP WHO CONTROLS THAT THOSE POLES AND WHO HAS RIGHTS UNDER THE UTILITY, AS FAR AS THE EASEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW IT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER RIGHTS OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS MAY HAVE ON THAT.

I JUST KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE, AND IT HAS, THERE'S THE UTILITIES MINT.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY DOCUMENT I KNOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE PUBLIC

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CAMARO, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS AND TO COME BACK TO IT IN 30 DAYS.

UM, MAYOR, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE SOME OF THE SECOND IT JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES? THAT'S OKAY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M SUPPORTING, I JUST WANT, I WANT TO MOVE.

I WANT TO GET MORE DIALOGUE HERE WITHOUT CUTTING OFF THE BAIT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO.

SO MAYOR, UM, I GUESS THIS, UH, BARRICADE AND SOME OF THESE OTHERS, WHICH IS AGAIN, I WANT TO GO BACK AND COMMEND YOU AND STAFF AND WHOEVER ELSE WORKED WITH THIS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAKE SURE WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS, WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS NEW.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT, MAYBE STAFF.

SO MY CANCEROUS, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS NEW IDEAS VERSUS SOME PROPOSED IDEAS IT'S ALREADY BEEN IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENT IN THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS HERE.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRIPING.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME SIGNAGE OF BARRICADING.

I DON'T THINK WE, WE BROUGHT THAT UP ON MONDAY NIGHT.

AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS ALL GOOD STUFF, BUT THIS WOULD HELP MITIGATE TRAFFIC.

AND THEN THE FURTHER WEST SIDE OF THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS, I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO I'M SAYING THERE'S ELEMENTS IN HERE.

WE DID SPEAK ABOUT, AND THERE'S ELEMENTS IN HERE.

I THINK THERE'S NEW TO ME AT LEAST AS WELL.

IF I COULD, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ORLANDO, UH, AFTER MONDAY'S STUDY SESSION AND I APOLOGIZE, I GAVE MY COPY AWAY TOO, SO I CAN'T READ IT VERBATIM.

BUT, UM, AFTER, UH, MONDAY STUDY SESSION, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ANSWERS OR A COUPLE OF INQUIRIES THAT WERE ASKED OF YOU.

UM, ONE WAS, UH, FUTURE MAINTENANCE OF THE IRRIGATION DITCH.

UM, AND SO IN THE MEMO PREPARED BEFORE YOU STIPULATION NUMBER EIGHT, THAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED, UH, IN THE MEMO, THE RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN IT.

UH, THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO IT IS, UH, MIDWAY THROUGH THE PARAGRAPH, IT DISCUSSES, UM, MADE IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED PER STATE LAW, UH, BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS, UM, IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN LATER IN THE FUTURE, AFTER BEING UNDERGROUNDED, HOW WOULD IT BE MAINTAINED? UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRIVATE, UH, UM, AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT THEY FOLLOW THE STATE STATUTE AND THE STATE LAW.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST STIPULATION IS.

AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND STIPULATION IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE REGARDING TRAFFIC COMING OUT ALONG THE 124 STREET.

SO WE OUTLINED, AND I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT, UM, SHOWING, CALLING ALL OF THOSE OUT SO WE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH AND SHOW YOU THOSE.

AND I CAN ASK DANA TO COME UP, BUT THE STIPULATION THAT WAS ADDED, UH, STATES THAT A SPEED HUMP WILL BE ADDED, UH, OUT ALONG 120 FOURTH STREET AS WELL.

IT GOES ON TO SAY A SPEED STUDY SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER SIX MONTHS AFTER THE FINAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED TO DETERMINE IF TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS OR ALTERATIONS ARE DEEMED NECESSARY ALONG THE 124 STREET TO FURTHER EVALUATE IF A TRAFFIC OUT ALONG 120 FOURTH STREET IN THE, THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS A DETRIMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO LET ME BE CLEAR.

THESE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 UNDER ITEM MATE, WHERE THESE ALWAYS IN THE DOCUMENT, OR THESE ARE NEW, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PART OF ME.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT PARAGRAPH.

UM, SO THOSE BULLET POINTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, PARDON ME, ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE, UM, I HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT WALKS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH STRIPING SIGNAGE, UH, BARRIERS.

THAT'S WHAT THESE BULLET POINTS ARE TALKING ABOUT.

EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TO, UH, ALLOW FOR THE MOST, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS.

UM, AND THEN ON THE SECOND, THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND PAGE, AND THEN ONTO THE SEC, THE THIRD PAGE, THAT'S THE NEW STIPULATION.

IT WOULD BE A NEW, UH, STIPULATION UNDER THE ORDINANCE, THE REZONING, UM, REQUESTING THAT A SPEED HUMP BE INSTALLED, NOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE, THOSE BULLET POINTS ARE THE RESULTS OF MULTIPLE MEETINGS WE HAD WITH THE TWO OF THE TWO CITIZENS.

SO THESE WERE IN THE PACKAGE ON MONDAY NIGHT, CORRECT? YEAH, THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE ACTUAL DRAWINGS THAT DICTATES ALL OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO, UH, THE TWO RESIDENTS BEFORE WE EVEN WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

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THAT'S NOT JUST, THAT WAS MY QUESTION FROM, SO ALL THIS WAS IN THE PACKET MONDAY NIGHT AND HOPEFULLY RESIDENTS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW, A WEEK AND A HALF.

NOW THE ONLY THING NEW IS WE EDIT PER STATE LAW AND ON NUMBER EIGHT.

YES, SIR.

AND THEN WE ADDED OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR SUGGESTION, THE OTHER NIGHT TO SPEED HUMP WITH THE, UM, THE SPEED STUDY.

INCLUDING RELOCATING THE POLL WITH SOME, OKAY.

I, I APPRECIATE IT.

I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE NOW.

THIS IS JUST OTHER THAN THOSE THREE THINGS, I JUST POINTED OUT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IS THERE FURTHER, THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

THERE IS A MAYOR DISCUSSION POINT.

THAT'S A MEMBER.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT TOO.

SO AGAIN, THESE HAD BEEN DISCUSSED, PRESENTED AGAIN, ALL THE STUFF THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND HASHED OUT ON MONDAY, THIS IS JUST, CAUDIFYING IT.

SHOULD THEY SAY IN A DOCUMENT SAYING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PUT INTO THE STIPULATION SO THAT THIS IS ADHERE TO WHAT WE TALK ABOUT ON MONDAY? CAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY DOCUMENTED PREVIOUSLY.

IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE SAFE TO SAY, OR THAT'S CORRECT.

MAYOR COUNSELOR.

I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH, SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE BULLET POINT LIST IT'S THERE, IS IT NOT ON THE PROPERTY THAT ULTIMATELY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TASER, WOULD THE ADJOINING TREE LAND? UH, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM ARE COMING AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE NEGOTIATING WITH THIS.

ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT THAT WHOLE STREET WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO SOME OF THAT IN THAT MEMO ACTUALLY APPLIES TO THE TREE LAND, NOT SUBJECT FOR TONIGHT, BUT IT'S THERE FOR CONTEXT.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER COMMENT, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WHICH WOULD BE TO DELAY THIS FOR A MONTH.

IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU READ THAT BACK TO US? SOMEBODY 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS.

UM, IS ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW, UM, THE CAMI MEASURES THAT WAS INCLUDED.

SO THAT WAY THE RESIDENTS CAN FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTED AND UNDERSTANDING THE COMMON MEASURES OF, SO THE ONLY ADDITIONAL COVING MEASURE WAS A SPEED BUMP, RIGHT.

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY'VE SEEN OR IT'S BEEN AVAILABLE AND UNDER DISCUSSION, OR IT WAS PART OF TREE LAND.

SO WE'RE REALLY, YOU'RE MOVING THIS FOR 30 DAYS IS A SPEED BUMP.

NOPE.

AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK, SORRY, MAYOR AGAIN, I, UH, I WAS CONCERNED LIKE I THINK SOME FOLKS UP HERE AS WELL THAT THEY'RE BEING PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION, THOSE 10 BOLTS FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT I HEARD STAFF SAY, NO, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING DISCUSSION.

SO IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST PROBABLY PRINTED OUT ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER FOR THE FIRST TIME.

CAUSE THE RESIDENTS, UM, THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY WASN'T INFORMED ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHY, AND THEN THE PER STATE LAW WAS NEW.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD A STEP EIGHT IN THERE ALREADY AND I APOLOGIZE.

AND THEN NINE, THE MAYOR PROPOSED THE OTHER NIGHT ABOUT THE SPEED BUMP STAFF WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT DOES CONFORM TO OUR TRAFFIC PLAN.

SO IT'S OKAY TO DO THAT.

AND THEN THE, UH, THE APPLICANT, AGAIN, I'M JUST SUMMARIZING FORGIVE ME.

AND THEN THE APPLICANT WENT BACK AND SAID, HEY, NOT ONLY WE DO THAT, WE'LL DO A TRAFFIC STUDY TO SEE IF TRAFFIC IS GOING SOUTH.

FAIR ENOUGH.

THAT'S FAIR.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT A STAFF SUPPORTS THEM IN THE PROCESS AFTER THIS PROCESS.

SUBCONTENT MEMBER, DO YOU STILL WANT THIS MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO RESCIND YOUR YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RESCIND THE MOTION OF TABLING, THE WITHDRAW AND I CHECK IN THERE, BUT WITHDRAW THE ALL RIGHT.

WE DON'T SENSE.

IT'S RESCINDED.

WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON ANY OF THAT.

I CUT THESE VIDEOS TO TRY TO MAKE THEM SHORT.

APOLOGIZE.

A LITTLE MORE MOVING ITEMS HERE.

UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS KEN MCALLISTER AND KEN I'LL GIVE YOU, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU SIX MINUTES PER LIKE WE DISCUSSED.

WELL, THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO GO INTO MY PRESENTATION EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, IF I MAY SHOW YOU, UM, A VIDEO, NOT THAT ONE, THIS ONE HERE, THIS IS ON ONE 24TH, RIGHT OUTSIDE MY RESIDENCE.

IF YOU'LL WATCH IN THE BACKGROUND, NOTICE THE JEEP FLYING UP THE STREET DID EVER DID, DID YOU SEE THAT MAYOR? DID THE COUNCIL SEE THAT? LET ME SHARE WITH YOU ANOTHER VIDEO.

THIS IS RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE

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UM, A CAR TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AGAIN, GOING FAST.

LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY ISLAND, HOW THEY DRIVE I DON'T AGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS EVER SAID, EXCEPT FOR THE OTHER NIGHT AT THE STUDY SESSION.

AND SHE SAID IT TWICE.

SHE SAID THAT THERE COULD NOT BE A SPEED BUMPER, A SPEED HUMP.

THERE COULDN'T BE ANY COMMIE MEASURES LIKE THAT.

THE PUT IN BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC BEING TOO FAST AND MAY OR YOU CALLED HER OUT ON IT AND SAID, I'M SURPRISED THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE TOO FAST ON A DIRT ROAD.

THE VIDEOS THAT I'VE JUST SHOWED YOU SHOW THAT PEOPLE DRIVE TOO FAST ON THESE DIRT ROADS.

SO SHE IS WRONG.

SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT GOES IN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY.

DAMAGE HAS ALREADY DONE.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

I REACHED OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON COUNCIL ASKING FOR A SIT DOWN MEETING TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. I HAD ONE SIT DOWN MEETING EACH ONE OF YOU HAD A PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME.

I HAD TWO OTHER PHONE CALLS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT ONE SIT DOWN MEETING.

THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED FOR INITIAL DESIGN, WITH THE INGRESS EGRESS ON CHANDLER HEIGHTS AND CITY STAFF KNEW THAT WE AS RESIDENTS DID NOT WANT IT ON ONE 24TH BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT YET THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT IT.

THERE'S MANY BUSES.

THEY GO IN AND OUT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT TO DROP KIDS OFF AND TO PICK KIDS UP IN THE AFTERNOON.

THEY'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO TRAVEL ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL WITH NO CONTROL SIGNAL AT THAT LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TURN, HOW MUCH SAFER IS AN INTERSECTION WITH A CONTROLLED SIGNAL.

IT'S A LOT SAFER YET.

CITY STAFF IS TELLING YOU THAT IT WILL BE NOT AS SAFE.

IT WILL BE LESS SAFE WITH A LIGHT.

IF IT, IF TRAFFIC LIGHTS CREATE LESS SAFE ENVIRONMENT, WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE ANY, WHY NOT JUST PUT FOUR WAY STOPS EVERYWHERE OR ARE THOSE NOT SAFE ENOUGH? THERE'S NOTHING.

THAT'S GOING TO STOP TRAFFIC GOING INTO THAT SCHOOL, WHERE THOSE BUSES ARE GOING TO BE GOING IN.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW I DON'T AGREE WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WORKED WITH THIS SPECIFIC TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON ANOTHER PROJECT, WHICH NOW HOUSES AMAZON, WHICH WE WERE TOLD BY CITY STAFF THAT AMAZON WAS NOT GOING IN THERE YET.

THAT'S WHAT'S THERE TODAY.

WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE A CONTROLLED SIGNAL GOING INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT YET.

THERE IS ONE THERE TODAY.

WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD NOT, THAT THEY COULD NOT PUT A INGRESS EGRESS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THAT THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

GUESS WHAT'S THERE TODAY.

I THINK US AS RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND THOSE AREAS KNOW MORE ABOUT THOSE AREAS AND HOW THE TRAFFIC IS IMPACTED.

THEN YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS OUT THERE WATCHING THE BUSES, HOW THEY GO IN AND OUT WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT A SIGNAL THERE.

AS SOON AS A BUS IS HIT AND A CHILD IS ENDANGERED, I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THOSE PARENTS AND GIVING THEM A COPY OF THIS VIDEO THAT WILL, THAT IS BEING RECORDED TONIGHT.

I LIKE HOW THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT THE POWER POLE IS NOT LOCATED ON A ROAD.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING THE WHOLE TIME.

THIS IS NOT A ROAD.

THIS IS ACCESS.

THIS IS COUNTY PROPERTY.

THE CITY CONTINUALLY SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER COUNTY PROPERTY

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QUICKLY A POINT ON THE IRRIGATION DITCH BECAUSE I HAVE 12 SECONDS LEFT.

THE IRRIGATION DITCH IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY MATTER.

HOW CAN THE CITY GIVE A BUILDING PERMIT TO A BUILDER THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE RESIDENTS TO DO THAT? HOW IS THE CITY DOING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT OKAY.

IS GIVEN BEFORE THEY ISSUE A PERMIT.

THANK YOU, KEN, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, JUST, JUST FOR MR. MCALLISTER, HIS LAST QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE DITCH.

CAN YOU ELUCIDATE ON THAT PLACE? ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR.

THERE ARE CERTAIN RIGHTS REGARDING THE IRRIGATION DITCH AND THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE WATER THAT EXISTS TODAY.

THOSE RIGHTS REMAIN DESPITE WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO FULFILL.

UM, AND THIS DEVELOPER HAS TO FULFILL HIS OBLIGATIONS UNDER STATE LAW.

UM, THAT IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY MATTER.

AND AGAIN, NOTHING THE COUNCIL'S DOING TONIGHT CHANGES THOSE OBLIGATIONS.

THEY EXIST TODAY AND CAN BE ENFORCED TODAY AMONG THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

DON'T REMEMBER LINDA.

SO I KNOW WE WENT OVER THIS AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK WE HAD SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS MAKING IT ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC STUDY.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND OUR STAFF TO COME UP AGAIN AND LET'S SHOW US, TELL US PUBLICLY AGAIN, WHY THEY MADE THAT DECISION AND, UH, WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE.

IF THEY DO NOT DO THAT ACTIVITY AGAIN, WE WENT THROUGH THIS MONDAY NIGHT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS MAY BE A NEW AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

STRIPING INTO NARROW THE ROAD, WHICH HAS A TRAFFIC CALMING EFFECT.

THANK YOU, LAUREN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION IS REGARDING THE KIND OF THE BULLET POINTS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, OR ARE YOU ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ACCESS? OKAY, SO, UM, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE ACCESS ON ONE 24TH IS, IS AGAIN, BEST ENGINEERING PRACTICES.

WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS THAT WE HAVE OR ACCESS POINTS THAT WE HAVE ON AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY WHERE WE CAN, THIS PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY HAS FRONTAGE ALONG AN ARTERIAL AND A COLLECTOR, AND THAT COLLECTOR HAS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SO IT IS, UM, FROM A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, THE RIGHT CHOICE TO PUT THE ACCESS ON ONE 24TH.

AND WE HAVE LOCATED THAT ACCESS, YOU KNOW, PER OUR STANDARDS GIVES ENOUGH ROOM FOR TURNING MOVEMENTS, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION WITH CHANDLER HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS TURNING MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUT OF THAT, THE NEW, YOU KNOW, HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED, UM, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AGAIN, UM, SINCE WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ACCESS THERE, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO THAT, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO ON THAT.

UM, I CAN GET IN KIND OF JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED.

WE DID MEET WITH, UM, NEIGHBORS FOR, WE HAD AT LEAST FOUR MEETINGS AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

UM, AND, AND THERE'S TWO MAIN THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET ACROSS, UM, AND ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE MEETINGS.

ONE WAS TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS, WHICH IS TO MINIMIZE TRAFFIC GOING SOUTHBOUND, UM, PAST THE HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCE SPEEDS.

AND THEN ALSO FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE TO NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT, UM, SAFETY IN THE AREA.

SO SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, THAT WE HAVE ALREADY INCORPORATED AND HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, UM, AS, UH, KEVIN MAYO HAD MENTIONED, THEY WERE PRESENTED TO THE RESIDENTS PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

UM, THERE'S, UH, IT IS POSTED AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ON THE SEGMENT, UH, SOUTH OF CHANDLER HEIGHTS, THERE IS GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL STRIPING AND SIGNAGE TO DIRECT VEHICLES INTO CHERRY WOOD PLACE, WHICH IS THE DRIVEWAY THAT WILL, OR I'M SORRY, THE ACCESS POINT TO THE NEW HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL PRIVATE SITE, UH, DRIVE SIGNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, JUST SOUTH OF THAT DRIVEWAY.

AND THAT'S TO INDICATE TO DRIVERS THAT IT IS BASICALLY THE END OF THE CITY ROAD OR A PUBLIC ROAD.

AND THE BEGINNING OF THE PRIVATE DRIVE AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THERE IS ALSO A PUBLIC TURN-AROUND WITHIN THE HAZELWOOD PROPERTY, SO THAT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TURN THERE ACCIDENTALLY OR ARE INTENDING TO GO THROUGH, CAN TURN AROUND AND HEAD BACK NORTH TOWARDS CHANDLER HEIGHTS.

UM, AND THEN ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE CONTINUE TO INCLUDE, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL ONES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESENTED, UM,

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UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NARROWER LANES, IT KIND OF ACTS LIKE A CHICANE OR A CHOKER FOR THOSE SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES, BUT ALSO DISCOURAGES CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC.

UM, THE NEXT ONE, UH, IS, IS THIS, THIS NEXT ONE IS ASSIGNED THAT WE ADDED AND IT'S JUST TO MIMIC WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.

IT'S NOT ON THE DRAWING THAT THEY SEE IN BED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME IN IN THE, UM, AS, AS THEY GO THROUGH THE CIVIL PLANS.

AND THAT IS TO ADD A PAYMENT ENDS AND A 20 MILE ADVISORY SIGN.

UM, AGAIN, IT MIMICS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON ONE 22ND, WHICH IS JUST, UM, TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY.

UM, AND, AND THAT'LL GO IN AS WELL.

THERE'LL BE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADS TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS.

UM, THERE WILL BE A BARRICADE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE WEST HALF STREET.

SO YOU'LL SEE IT ON HERE.

UM, THAT IS JUST ABOVE WHERE THAT BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS.

THERE'LL BE A BARRICADE.

SO YOU PHYSICALLY CAN'T GO THROUGH THERE AGAIN, THE INTENT IS TO ANYONE THAT IS GOING THROUGH ANY TIME IS TO PUSH TRAFFIC OVER ACT AS A, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING AND ALSO A CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, UM, TO DISCOURAGE THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UM, THE DEFERRAL OF THOSE WEST HALF STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THAT BLUE AREA YOU SEE THERE THAT WOULD ONLY GET, UM, DEVELOPED AS A COLLECTOR ROAD IF FOR ONE THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST GOT DEVELOPED.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

OH, UM, SO THE, UH, THE STATEMENT THAT, UH, THE TREE LAND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE ALSO ACCESS TO 24TH.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST A MISTAKE OR MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT THERE IS NO, THIS IS THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WILL HAVE AGAIN, ACCESS TO THE TREE LAND, UH, PROPERTY TO THE WEST DOES NOT HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO 120 FOURTH ONLY TO ONE 22ND.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO 1 24.

SO MAYOR CUTS MEMBER ORLANDO, WOULD YOU ADDRESS WHY WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CUT-THROUGH ON THE NORTH STREET, UH, YOU KNOW, BY WHAT'S IT, UM, ARCHITEAM CHANDLER HEIGHTS, GENERAL HEIGHTS AREN'T GENERALIZED.

UM, THE INTENT IS NOT TO NECESSARILY PUT THE, WHEN YOU PUT THAT UP AGAIN SO WE CAN GO THROUGH IT.

YEAH, VISUALIZE IT.

NO, NO, GO, GO, GO BACK.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

THEY'LL TELL US WHY THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO PUT IT, UM, OH, THE ACCESS.

SO THE ACCESS ON CHANDLER HEIGHTS, UM, AGAIN, IS, IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

WHEN YOU HAVE VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IS THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT SOMETIMES GREATER THAN THAT.

UM, CERTAINLY IN THIS AREA, IT WOULD BE GREATER THAN THAT ON WHEN, UH, ON CHANDLER HEIGHTS.

UM, AGAIN, BREAST ENGINEERING PRACTICES IS NOT TO PUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCESS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ON THERE.

AND BECAUSE THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY HAS ACCESS IN FRONT OF JOHN, BOTH THE CORRECT ANSWERS IS AGAIN TO PUT IT ON ONE 24TH AND THE SCHOOL IS THIS, WOULD THIS NOT HAVING AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT THERE.

AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

WOULD THAT BE SAFER FOR BUSES PULLING OUT AS WELL AS REGINA'S MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN OUT OF THAT PROPERTY OR ADMITTED, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE A WORSE SCENARIO THROUGH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO TRAFFIC SIGNAL? SPACING IS A BIG ISSUE HERE.

AND PUTTING IN TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, UM, IS, IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY CONCERN.

WE KNOW, UM, THAT TRAFFIC SIGNALS THERE TEND TO BE MORE ACCIDENTS.

THEY TEND TO BE REAR-END ACCIDENTS, UM, WHICH IS LESS SEVERE, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO BALANCE WHEN WE PUT IN A SIGNAL THAT IT ACTUALLY HELPS IMPROVE SAFETY AND OTHER AREAS, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT JUSTIFICATION, TO PUT IN A SIGNAL AT THIS LOCATION, BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGNAL RIGHT DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS.

UM, AND THERE'S NO, NEITHER THE SCHOOL ITSELF WITH THE BUSES NOR THIS, UM, HAZELWOOD DEVELOPMENT WOULD WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL DUE TO THE AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUMES THAT ARE THERE.

UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN IT DOESN'T WARRANT.

UM, AND FROM THE SAFETY PERSPECTIVE OF THAT, WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THAT LOCATION.

IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE LOCATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME CLARIFYING IN YOUR STATEMENT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS MAYBE WHERE SOME OF THE CONTEXT OF THE CONFUSION COMES TO THAT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS NOT AS SAFE, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CALMING OR, OR IS NOT AS SAFE.

SO YOU NEED TO DRAW THAT COMPARISON OF YOU'RE SAYING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ISN'T AS SAFE AS JUST A THRUWAY, OR ARE YOU SAYING YOUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS NOT AS SAFE AS A NON TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERSECTION? IT

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AGAIN, WE WANT TO PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN WHERE THERE'S APPROPRIATE SPACING, WHERE THERE, OR IT'S WARRANTED BY VOLUMES OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER OF THE WARRANTY CRITERIA.

UM, SO TO PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN AN INAPPROPRIATE LOCATION MAKES IT LESS SAFE.

UM, RIGHT.

SO JUST AGAIN, TO, TO CLAIRE.

SO BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALREADY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL AND AT 120 FOURTH BEFORE WAY, UH, LARGER ARMS, A TREVALLY TRAVELED INTERSECTION PUTTING ANOTHER, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT A HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THE ROAD, OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN LESS, BUT THAT PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SO CLOSE TO THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE COULD CAUSE, OR MORE THAN LIKELY AGAIN BY THE NUMBERS CAUSE LESS SAFE CONDITIONS.

CORRECT.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR CONTEXT TO, UM, THIS, THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN THERE FOR A DECADE OR MORE.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT DID.

UM, AND WE, WE TALK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS QUITE OFTEN ABOUT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING.

THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ANY CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS OR MADE ANY KIND OF REQUESTS FOR US TO PUT A SIGNAL AT THIS LOCATION.

UM, AGAIN, THEIR VOLUMES WOULDN'T LIKE THE WARRANTY CAUSE THAT'S BUSES ONLY, BUT WE'VE ALSO NOT HAD, UH, A HUGE CRASH HISTORY HERE.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CRASHES WE HAVE HERE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN PAST AND DO THAT TO THAT POINT.

I MEAN, BRINGING UP SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND BUSES CROSSING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND THAT'S A VALID CONCERN.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, LOOKING THROUGH AND THINKING BACK TO ALL THE, THE ROUTES AND THE TRAFFIC AROUND OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A DEDICATED, LEFT TURN SIGNAL FOR BUSES TO TURN INTO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN CHANDLER THAT I'VE SEEN ANYWAY.

SO, UM, BUT I THINK THAT MAY BE JUST SOMETHING OF NOTE, UM, AGAIN, WITH AS TRAFFIC AS WE DO GROW AS A CITY AND WE'RE APPROACHING, YOU KNOW, BUILDUP.

AND, UM, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH BUSES TURNING INTO, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE.

MAYBE JUST, UH, AGAIN, A SEED TO PLANT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE, HEY, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW IS, YOU KNOW, BUS ENTRY AND EXIT IN THE SCHOOLS OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE JUST FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, NOTHING TO DO WITH HERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I THINK THROUGH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE AS WELL AS THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AT LARGE.

AND, UM, WE DO WORK, LIKE I SAID, WE DO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH BUS DROP-OFF.

AND IN FACT, NOT ONLY IN THAT SITUATION, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REDOING THEIR SITE PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE IT IN A NEW LOCATION BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH THE DISTRICTS ON AS IT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY IDENTIFY ISSUES OR AS WE IDENTIFY ISSUES, SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

PERFECT.

GREAT.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT.

BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.

YEP.

THANK YOU, DANA COUNSEL, LIKE ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD.

UM, UM, MARK, SAY IT AGAIN, PLEASE.

MONDAY, IF YOU'D PLEASE COME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY, COUNSEL.

UH, MY NAME IS MARK .

I LIVE AT 1 24, 1 2 EAST VIA DIPLOMAS, UH, IN CHANDLER IT'S DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE STOLES.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST RECEIVED AS FAR AS THE NEW, UM, BLOCKADES AND SPEED BUMPS UP.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IT.

THE LADY OVER HERE SAID THAT SHE SPOKE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'VE NEVER GOT A CALL OR ANYTHING FROM THIS PERSON.

UH, ALSO AS KEN MENTIONED, ONCE THEY PUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY SIX MONTHS LATER, IF IT SHOWS THAT IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY GOTTA CHANGE THE INGRESS EGRESS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE THAT INGRESS EGRESS GETS PUT IN.

IT'S DONE.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT.

SO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME BETTER PROPOSAL BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT GETS PUT IN PLACE, UH, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE.

AND THERE'S ONE COMMENT SHE MADE ABOUT THE SAFETY.

THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT ON THE CORNER OF MCQUEEN AND CHANDLER HEIGHTS.

THEY HAVE AN EARLY TURNOFF.

UM, SO PEOPLE THAT GO INTO THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA HAVE A SAFE WAY TO GET OFF BECAUSE SHE WAS MENTIONING SPEEDS ABOUT GETTING REAR-ENDED THAT THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS WELL, UM, AS TO PUT THE INGRESS EGRESS, UM, UH, CHANDLER HEIGHTS,

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IT'S DONE ON THE PRIOR DEVELOPMENT, JUST WEST OF, OF TREE LAND.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY GONNA DO THE SAME THING FOR TREE LAND, UH, AS WELL AS HAVE AN EARLY TURNOFF BECAUSE THE SPEEDS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FLY JUST TO BE HONEST.

UH, AND I THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN, THAT THE INGRESS EGRESS NEEDS TO BE ON CHANDLER HEIGHTS AND HAVE A CONTROLLED STOP THERE.

THAT WAY EVERYBODY IS SAFE.

AND ALSO TO MENTION THAT ONCE, UH, THE PRIVATE DRIVE, WHICH IS A UTILITY EASEMENT GOES PAST THE STALLS, IT GOES DOWN TO A EIGHT FOOT SECTION AND WE HAVE A, UM, A WATERGATE, WHICH THERE'S NO WAY THAT, THAT UNLESS A LOT OF MONEY IS SPENT, WHICH I'M SURE THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND, THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE DOWN 120 FOURTH STREET AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ABOUT HOW THAT WATER, UH, THAT GATE IS GOING TO BE PROTECTED.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GUYS PUT THE STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE, THE EAST SOUTHEAST SECTION OF TREE LAND, THERE THERE'S NOTHING FROM A CAR TO STOP PLOWING INTO THE GATE AND ALSO INTO THE, TO THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH HAVING THE INGRESS EGRESS ON 120 FOURTH STREET.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE IN HERE? THAT'S BRILLIANT.

SO IT WAS BROUGHT UP TWICE AND I WAS REMISS WHEN DAN WAS UP HERE.

UH, WHAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS STIPULATION SIX MONTHS LATER, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO APPROVE? AND WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO IF THERE IS AN ISSUE SO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, WE CAN STUDY THE CONDITIONS THAT EXIST OUT THERE, AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, IT'S GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

TRAFFIC STUDY OBVIOUSLY GIVES US A, A GOOD PREDICTION OF WHAT WE EXPECT OUT THERE, BUT THIS WILL TELL US WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AS A DELL DEVELOPER, AGREED TO, TO, UH, RECOVER ANY COSTS, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.

UM, NOT AT THIS TIME, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S A, IT WOULD BE A CITY STREET AT THIS POINT.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE WE TAKE ON.

I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE DOING IT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO BEAR.

IF I MAY A CITY MANAGER, UM, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IF I CAN JUST BE CLEAR THAT THE STIP DOES REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE WARRANTED OUT OF THAT SPEED STUDY.

SO IT DOES STATE THAT IF WARRANTED, THE DEVELOPER OR SUCCESSOR SHALL PAY PER SET IMPROVEMENTS OR ALTERATIONS ARISING FROM THE SPEED STUDY.

SO THAT WOULD BE AT THEIR COST.

I BELIEVE THE ONE THING IN CONTEXT HERE, UM, ONE IS A SPEED BUMP BEING EFFECTIVE.

SHOULD IT BE REMOVED? IS THERE OTHER TRAFFIC MITIGATION THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE? SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONE CHANGE AGENT THAT WOULD BE THIS ROAD DEVELOPED AND THEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF 20 SOME HOUSES COMING IN.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON THE RECORD.

SO MAYOR FOR ME, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR REGULAR MEETING CONSENT AGENDA FOR APRIL 14TH ITEMS ONE THROUGH 26, CLUED THE ADDITION, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS AS PRESENTED EIGHT AND NINE.

CAN'T OVERLOOK THE FACT OF WHAT WE SEEN, UH, ALTHOUGH MAYBE SOME OF THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ON CITY PROPERTY AS MUCH AS IT IS ON COUNTY PROPERTY.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR, RO COUNSELED ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR WE HOPE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? UH, I, I W I WANT US TO, UM, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE.

I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO PUT THIS, UM, UM, AFTER, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A STUDY THAT WILL BE DONE OR SET FOR, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO US TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THE ISSUE TO MAKE SURE AFTER THE STUDY IS DONE, THAT THEY GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THEIR ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE SPEEDING ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FILLING IN.

WE DID TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH SOME OF THE ECONOMY MEASURES PUT IN PLACE.

UM, BUT WE DID, WE

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WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS TRAFFIC.

UM, THERE IS A SCHOOL THERE.

I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE TRAFFIC.

UH, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND, UH, UH, ON CHANDLER HIGHS.

AND SO I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS CASE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY MOVED THAT EXIT A LITTLE BIT NORTH, UM, W WHERE THE LIGHT IS.

UM, THEY, THEY MOVED THE, ENTERING THE EXIT OF THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT MORE NORTH, UM, TO HELP, UM, WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

BUT I DEFINITELY WANT US TO GO BACK AND JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION, JUST DO ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU, SIDNEY MANNERS, IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEF US ON THAT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.

SO I'M CONTEMPLATING COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A BRIEFING CALLED IN BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

[24. Debriefing on the Current Status of the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Assessment, as Requested by Councilmember Harris.]

SO LIKE TO SAY SOME COMMENTS AND THEN TURN THIS OVER TO OUR STAFF AND THEN MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

SO AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, OUR STAFF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION ON THE STATUS OF THE DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND ASSESSMENT.

AS A REMINDER ON OCTOBER 14TH, COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH THE CONSULTANT FOR FARMING.

THE ASSESSMENT.

THE ASSESSMENT BEGAN IN DECEMBER AND COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE CONSULTANT.

A DIVERSE GROUP OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WERE IDENTIFIED AND ARE CONTINUING TO MEET WITH A CONSULTANT.

AS PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT.

THE ASSESSMENT ALSO INCLUDES A PROCESS TO ENGAGE CITY EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN LATER THIS YEAR, THE ASSESSMENT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL TO US FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

UH, I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS ITEM.

AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEI PROGRAM MANAGER, NIKKI TAPIA, TO PRESENT THIS ON HELLO, MAYOR COUNCIL.

I'M HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON OUR CHANDLER DEI ASSESSMENT AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT, EVEN THOUGH MARY, YOU KIND OF EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT, I WOULD LIKE TO BACKTRACK AND SHOW HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.

UM, IN JUNE, 2020, MARIN COUNCIL ISSUED A UNITY PROCLAMATION TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL THE BENEFIT, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC EFFORT, OPPORTUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNSEL.

AFTER THIS MEETING, THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WENT BACK.

THEY STARTED A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MET WITH ME, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND A LOCAL DEI CONSULTANTS TO COME UP WITH A SURVEY TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS.

THIS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID AND IT WAS THE SAFEST, MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO ENGAGE WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

THEY WORKED ON QUESTIONS.

THEY, UM, WORKED ON PRESENTING THE SURVEY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND THEY READ THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THE 665 RESULTS THAT WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO MARIN COUNCIL AND DECEMBER, 2020, OUR CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION PRESENTED THE SURVEY RESULTS TO CITY COUNCIL.

WITH THE ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HIRE A CONSULTANT TO ASSESS OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEI EFFORTS ON OCTOBER 20 IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH CPS HR FOR A CITY-WIDE DP, A DEI ASSESSMENT.

AND IN DECEMBER, 2021, THE KICKOFF OF THE ASSESSMENT STARTED WITH OUR LEAD CONSULTANT, REGINA ROMEO, HAVING ONE-ON-ONES WITH ALL OF YOU.

THOSE ONE-ON-ONES WERE INTENSE TO GET, UM, HELP CPS, UH, HR, UNDERSTAND OF WHAT A PRODUCTIVE OUTCOME WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR YOU AND TO CAPTURE YOUR INDIVIDUAL IDEAS AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION MEANS TO YOU AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO MEAN TO THE CITY.

SO NOW WE GET INTO THE PROCESS WHERE WE START THE ASSESSMENT WE STARTED WITH IN JANUARY, YOU CAN SEE OUR ARROW, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH STEP.

BUT FIRST WE OPENED UP APPLICATIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS FOR RESIDENTS TO APPLY, TO BE ON THE COMMUNITY PANEL.

WE WORKED AGAIN WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE RESIDENTS, APPLYING FOR THE PANEL ON ALL OF OUR MEDIA OUTLETS, PRESS RELEASES, SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING, AND SENT OUT TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, ASKING THEM TO SHARE AMONG THEIR NETWORKS CAN SEE ABOVE.

HERE ARE THE 25 MEMBERS WHO WERE SELECTED.

IT'S A VERY DIVERSE PANEL THAT REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENT AGES, FAITH, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER OF OUR CITY.

INDIVIDUALS WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT AS MUCH

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DIVERSITY AS POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WHO AT THE TIME TO COMMIT TO THIS PROCESS.

ALSO MANY OF THE NAMES ON THIS LIST ARE LEADERS AND TRUSTED VOICES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

IT WAS OUR HOPE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD PROVIDE VALUABLE INPUT TO HELP US IN THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, THE PROCESS SO WE CAN AVOID SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.

THE SECOND STEP OF THIS PROCESS WAS THE FIRST INITIAL KICKOFF MEETING.

THIS WAS IN PERSON, FEBRUARY 16TH AT THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THEY'RE ALL THE PANEL MEMBERS THAT TO MEET ONE ANOTHER, THEY GOT TO MEET THE LEAD CONSULTANT, REGINA ROMANO, ROMEO.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF THEMSELVES, OF THE PANEL, UM, OF THE CITY.

THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE CITY DID WELL IN DEA EFFORTS.

AND FINALLY, THEY DISCUSSED AREAS WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE.

AFTER THIS MEETING, FIVE TOPICS WERE ESTABLISHED.

THE TOPICS ARE SHOWN ABOVE CPS, H R USE THESE FIVE TOPICS TO CREATE FIVE SEPARATE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THEY SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THE PANEL MEMBERS AND THEY ASKED THEM TO RANK THEIR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CHOICES FOR SUBCOMMITTEE BREAKOUT GROUPS.

A MAJORITY OF THE PANELISTS WERE SELECTED TO BE ON THEIR FIRST CHOICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE TOPIC.

THEY HAD THEIR FIRST BREAKOUT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14TH.

AFTER SOME DISCUSSION WITH CPS, HR AND CONFIRMATION, NO CITY STAFF, NONE OF MY STAFF NOR I WERE PRESENT AT THESE MEETINGS.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO HINDER ANY OF THE CONVERSATION BY HAVING A CITY FACE THERE.

AND WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE OPEN DIALOGUE AMONG THE PANELISTS.

AFTER THESE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, THERE WERE AN ADDITIONAL SIX THEMES THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE.

I SENT THEM TO YOU IN A MEMO DATED APRIL 8TH.

I CAN GO OVER THOSE LATER IF YOU'D LIKE, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE EXTERNAL PANEL IS TO HAVE A SECOND BREAKOUT SUB COMMITTEE MEETING.

THE, UM, THE END OF APRIL RIGHT NOW, STAFF IS LOOKING AT THOSE ADDITIONAL THEMES THAT CAME UP AND WE WERE WORKING CITY WIDE TO FIND OUT WHAT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT COVER THOSE TOPICS.

THIS IS SO IN THE SECOND BREAKOUT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, THE DISCUSSION CAN FOCUS AROUND ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMPROVING WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO OR ADDRESSING THE AREAS WE HAVE NOT TOUCHED YET.

THEN IN MAY, WE HOPE TO HAVE THE FINAL AT LARGE IN-PERSON WRAP-UP MEETING WHERE THE ALL THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TOGETHER.

AGAIN WITH REGINA, SHE WILL DISCUSS THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PLAN OF ACTION BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT.

ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR VERY FIRST INTERNAL EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT.

THIS WILL HAPPEN AT THE END OF APRIL, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY.

WE'LL GET AN EMAIL FROM CPS HR WITH THE DEI SURVEY.

THEN, UM, CPS HR WILL LIKE THEY DID WITH THE EXTERNAL PANEL.

THEY WILL COME UP WITH THEMES BASED ON THE RESULTS FROM THE CITY EMPLOYEE SURVEY.

THEY WILL COME UP WITH FIVE FOCUS GROUPS THAT CITY EMPLOYEES CAN VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THE FIVE FOCUS GROUPS CAN HAVE UP TO 15 EMPLOYEES.

EACH WE'RE HOPING THE EMPLOYEE PLAY FOCUS GROUPS, UM, FACILITATED BY SEAT.

CPS, HR WILL TAKE PLACE IN MAY IN JUNE.

THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PROJECT WRAP-UP MODE.

THAT'S WHERE CPS HR IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY OBTAINED FROM YOUR ONE-ON-ONES FROM THE EXTERNAL FOCUS GROUPS AND FROM THE INTERNAL EMPLOYEE SURVEY AND EMPLOYEE FOCUS GROUPS.

AND THEY WILL COME UP WITH A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY WILL PRESENT TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FIRST, AND THEN THEY WILL PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL ALONG WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP, UM, SENSE OF GIVE US A D I ACTION PROGRESS SYSTEM.

THIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TRACK EACH RECOMMENDATION WHO IT'S ASSIGNED TO MEASUREABLES GOALS, AND, UM, JUST HELP US BETTER BE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

FINALLY, AS THIS PROCESS IS GOING ON, RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE CHANDLERY Z DOT GO FORWARD SLASH DEI PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC CAN SUBMIT A COMMENT.

WE'RE WORKING AGAIN WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO SEND OUT UPDATES, OCCASIONALLY ASKING OUR PUBLIC THAT THEY STILL ARE TELLING OUR PUBLIC.

THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.

ALSO, WE HAVE A DEI ASSESSMENT WEBPAGE WHERE WE PUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON, AND THEN FINALLY I AM AVAILABLE ANYTIME FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, PROBABLY STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARRISON CITY RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, CAN YOU GO BACK, UM, ON THE PRESENTATION ON THE TOP FIVE? UH, THE BREAK.

AND THEN IF THERE WAS, IF THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, OR IS THIS LOOKING AT A, AN ASSESSMENT AS A WHOLE? SO, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE TOPICS CAME OUT FROM THE FIRST, AT LARGE MEETING, WHICH I WAS PRESENT FOR.

UM, I WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, IN OCTOBER, UM, ABOUT, UM, DOING THIS SURVEY BECAUSE, UM, COUNSEL WAS AT A, A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IN TERMS OF, UM, LOOKING AT A NON-DISCRIMINATORY ORDINANCE.

AND, UM, I WANTED TO KNOW, I WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW DOES THESE TOPICS PLAY IN THAT ROLE.

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SO THE PANEL MEMBERS JUST WENT AROUND KIND OF ROUND ROBIN TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT, UM, AGAIN, HOW COUNCIL WAS DOING OR A CITY WAS DOING WELL IN D I EFFORTS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SO THESE SUBCOMMITTEE TOPICS WERE JUST THE BASIC INITIAL BREAKOUT GROUPS WHEN THEY MET IN THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL BREAKOUT GROUP MEETINGS, DIFFERENT THEMES CAME UP AND SOME OF THOSE WERE OTHER ISSUES THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NON-DISCRIMINATORY ORDINANCE? THOSE THEMES CAME UP IN INSIDE THE SUBCOMMITTEE GROUPS AND CAME UP THEN IN ALL OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.

SO IF THAT WAS A THEME, WHY, WHY WOULDN'T WE ALLOW THAT TO BE, WHY, WHY IS THAT NOT A BREAKOUT, UM, SUB TOPICS, SUBCOMMITTEE TOPICS? WE'LL BE OKAY.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SECOND SUB COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON THE SIXTEENTHS.

WE JUST HAVEN'T, I AM WORKING CITYWIDE TO FIND OUT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WAY, WHEN THEY START TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SECOND THEMES, THEY HAVE A BASIS OF WHERE WE ARE, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU KNOW, IT'LL HELP US KIND OF GET MORE, UM, OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON.

AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WAYS TO MEASURE WHERE WE ARE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFIC.

I KNOW I PUT OUT THERE SCIENTIFIC POLLING, THIS LOOKS LIKE SURVEYING.

HOW WOULD THE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY RE RECORD THESE ACCURATE DATA RESOLVED POINTS? IS THIS GOING TO BE SCIENTIFIC OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A SURVEY? I KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN WEIGH IN NOW, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT MORE, SOMETHING MORE ACCURATE? W HOW ARE WE GOING TO BRING ALL THIS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, THE HRC CONDUCTED THE CITY WIDE SURVEY.

UM, SO AS FAR AS, AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT BASIS TO START FROM.

UM, IF THE EXTERNAL COMMUNITY HAS DISCUSSION AROUND THAT, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON WITH CPS HR, THAT WAS AN OPTION AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW IN THOSE BREAKOUT GROUPS, HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSION.

AND THEN I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO ASK, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, I JUST KINDA WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, PENALTIES THAT HAVE BEEN SET FORTH FOR NON-DISCRIMINATORY ORDINANCES FOR OTHER CITIES.

AND IF YOU CAN ALSO DISCUSS, UM, THE PENALTIES THAT LARGE, THAT WE, THAT YOU'VE SEEN, IF I MAY MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UM, MOST I HAVE NOT LET ME BACK UP ORGANIZE MY THOUGHTS A LITTLE BETTER IN THE ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY VARIOUS CITIES IN ARIZONA, THE PENALTIES HAVE BEEN CIVIL VIOLATIONS, NOT CRIMINAL.

SO CIVIL IS SUBJECT TO A MONETARY FINE, BUT NO FURTHER PUNISHMENT, NO, NO JAIL TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THESE ORDINANCES WITH MORE STRICT PENALTIES THAN CIVIL.

AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOT CAME INTO A WRITTEN DOCUMENT.

UM, IT'S ALL BEEN KIND OF ENCOMPASSED IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF, UH, UM, THE ACTUAL PENALTY PART, WHICH IS SILVER, WHICH WE TALKED MORE ALONG THE LINES OF EDUCATION.

I WANTED TO KNOW.

UH, DO YOU KNOW IF WE WORKED ON THINGS TO LIKE PENALIZE BUSINESSES IN TERMS OF, HAVE WE ASSESSED THESE TWO BUSINESSES BY OPTED IN OR OPTING OUT AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, NON THIS CONTROL OR THIS, HAVE YOU SEEN, HAVE YOU SEEN ORDINANCES PUT FORTH WHERE BUSINESSES, WHERE IT COSTS BUSINESSES MONEY FROM A CIVIL PERSPECTIVE? AGAIN, IF I MAY MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S REALLY, I'M ONLY AWARE OF ONE ENFORCEMENT CASE IN ARIZONA.

UM, AND THERE WERE, UH, CIVIL PENALTIES ASSESSED, BUT THOSE WERE OVERTURNED BY THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT.

THANK YOU CONSTANTLY.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE.

UM, WE HAVE NO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES, SO NEXT ARE CURRENT EVENTS.

I LIKE TO WISH THERE WAS A LOT OF HOLIDAYS KIND OF COMING TOGETHER HERE, SOME NEW YEAR'S AND, UH, CERTAINLY EASTER AROUND THE CORNER.

SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, WISH OUR COMMUNITY A VERY HAPPY EASTER AND NEW YEAR'S AND OTHER APPROPRIATE

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HOLIDAYS.

THERE IS A EASTER EGG HUNT GOING ON THIS SATURDAY, A SATURDAY MORNING.

IT'S NOT A GOOD PARK.

UH, NOBODY IN THIS ROOM IS ELIGIBLE TO COLLECT EGGS, BUT YOUR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS MIGHT BE.

SO WE DO WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY EASTER.

AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANKS MAYOR.

UH, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS ACTUALLY.

UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID A FIRETRUCK LADDER DEDICATION COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT ORLANDO.

AND I JOINED THE FORMER MAYOR TO DEDICATE CHALLENGED, NEWEST LADDER FIRETRUCK IN HIS HONOR.

AND THIS IS THE FOURTH TRUCK AND CHANDLER HISTORY TO HAVE THIS DEDICATION.

AND IT W IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

UH, AND ALSO CHIEF WAS OUT THERE.

UM, AND WE TOOK A LOT OF GREAT PICTURES AND IT WAS A COOL EXPERIENCE.

THE OTHER, THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THE ANNUAL SUN GROWS SPRING FESTIVAL WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

THERE WERE EVENTS FOR KIDS, INCLUDING AN EASTER EGG HUNT, ROCK CLIMBING, UH, COMMUNITY VENDORS, AND SO MUCH FUN, SO MUCH MORE.

I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SO MANY CHANDLER RESIDENTS AND IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

I KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ELLIS WAS THERE.

COUNCILOR MATT ORLANDO.

I BELIEVE MAYOR WAS THERE.

YES, WE WAS ALL HANGING OUT AND SUN GROWS.

IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME.

SO GREAT, GREAT WAY TO CONNECT WITH MORE THE CHANNEL OF RESIDENCE.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS CHIEF.

I DON'T SEE HIM HERE, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE CHANDLER POLICE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS FIRST THROUGH ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.

SO, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS SO IMPORTANT BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE RESIDENTS AND THEY PROTECT, AND THE INTERNATIONAL WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.

SO I LITERALLY WALKED UP ON THE OFFICER.

I WAS JUST KIND OF STROLLING AROUND, AND THIS IS WHAT I SEEN OUR OFFICERS DOING.

AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS SO REMARKABLE.

I EVEN TEXTED JOSH.

AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

THIS IS HOW OUR OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, DO, AND I WAS JUST SO EXCITED.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GIVE OFFICER CHRIS, UH, CHRIS FRESHENER, UM, JUST, JUST A GREAT ACCOMMODATION FOR MAKING THAT EFFORT.

THAT'S THE KIND OF EXAMPLE THAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE ONLY SEE COPS IN A NEGATIVE WAY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE MEDIA LIKES TO SWING THINGS SOMETIMES.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT COPS IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND I WAS BLASTED JUST TO WALK UP ON IT.

AND HE WAS THERE TEACHING, HANGING OUT WITH THE KIDS AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, GOOD JOB.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THOSE SCOOTERS OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

MA'AM SO, UH, YEAH, VERY BRIEF, UH, AN OFFICE DAY.

SO HAPPY EASTER, UH, TO THOSE THAT RECOGNIZE.

AND ALSO, I BELIEVE WE ARE IN RAMADAN ALSO, SO HAPPY RAMADAN TO THOSE OTHER AND HAPPY PASSOVER.

IS IT HAPPY OR MARY GOOD PASSOVER? I DON'T THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

I'M CULTURALLY IGNORANT VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, SHOUT OUT TO TEAM CHANDLER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU ALWAYS DO.

THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH THESE WONDERFUL MEETINGS FROM START TO FINISH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, CHERYL AND I ARE GOING TO ATTEND THE, UH, EASTER PAGEANT AT THE MESA TEMPLE TOMORROW EVENING.

AND, UH, SO WAS JUST, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY DIVERSE BUNCH OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS WEEKEND.

AND, UH, AND THEN I'M GOING TO SPEND, UH, EASTER MORNING WITH MY NINE YEAR OLD MOTHER AND WE'LL HAVE A BIG BUFFET THERE.

SO ANYWAY, GOD BLESS EVERYBODY.

HAVE A GREAT EASTER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOT SOME MEMBER LANDO MAYER, NOTHING TONIGHT, OTHER THAN CITY ATTORNEY, YOU'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE FORMER MAYOR, THEY WERE TRYING TO COAX HIM UP THE LADDER TO TAKE A PICTURE, BUT THE CHIEF CAME OUT AND SAID, NO, THERE'S A LIABILITY HERE.

NO, ALL KIDDING ASIDE.

IT WAS A GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND UH, THE FORMER MAYOR WAS VERY HONORED TO HAVE THAT TRUCK DONE.

SO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR.