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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2022.
LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER AND CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PICK THE ROLE.
MY HEART KEY VICE MIRO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.
OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY PASTOR TIM CLUMPS FROM FAMILY BIBLE CHURCH AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRISTINE ELLIS, PASTOR LET'S PRAY, LORD GOD.
I THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE.
WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY, BUT A PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO ASK YOU TO COME AND BLESS US, LORD, WE WANT YOUR BLESSING.
WE WANT YOUR GUIDANCE AND FOLLOW.
I THANK YOU FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE IN OUR CITY FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THESE COUNSEL MEN AND WOMEN.
AND I JUST PRAY LORD THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM FROM ABOVE LORD, JUST BLESS AND PROTECT.
ESPECIALLY WE THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'D PROTECT AND BLESS OUR CHILDREN AS WELL.
AND SO GOD, WE JUST DEDICATE THIS NIGHT TO YOU.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN AWESOME CITY.
WE, UH, ARE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR THAT IN JESUS NAME.
I LET YOU LEAVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately.]
WE HAVE, UH, TONIGHT WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT 39 CONSENT ITEMS. I DO HAVE ONE, UH, UH, ONE STATEMENT ON ONE OF THESE, AND THEN WE HAVE THREE ACTION ITEMS AND A, UH, AS WELL AS A HEARING.SO BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION, HAD JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ONE OF OUR, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD APPLIED FOR THE CITIZENS PANEL OF REVIEW OF POLICE COMPLAINTS AND USE OF FORCE, UH, CLAY PROULX, UH, WITHDREW HIS APPLICATION.
SO EVEN THOUGH HE'S LISTED ON THERE, UH, WE WILL NOT BE PUTTING HIM IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S THE ACTION OF BEING SWORN IN THAT PUTS HIM ON THAT PARTICULAR COMMISSION.
AND WE WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO FILL ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONS AND INCLUDING THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IT'S A COUNCIL.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED TONIGHT? THERE'S FAIR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER ONE THROUGH 39 FOR THIS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATED THURSDAY, JUNE 23.
IS THERE A SECOND? I CAN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
UM, COUNCIL, ANY, ANY RECUSALS? ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE AND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON ITEM 27.
UM, EXCEPT FOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 27, WHICH CARRIES BY VOTE OF SIX TO ONE.
THANK YOU, CITY CLERK, COUNCIL.
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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 40 41 42, WHICH ARE ALL, UH, ON A VERY SIMILAR TOPIC.WHETHER IT'S A BLOCK GRANT, OUR HOME FUNDS ARE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO NONPROFITS OUT OF OUR GENERAL GENERAL.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PS SPEAKER CARDS RELATED TO THIS.
I'VE BEEN ADVISED BY LEGAL BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY OF THESE AS A MOTION, IF SO, INCLINED BY COUNCIL TO, UH, COVER ALL THREE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
SO WE COULD SIMPLIFY THIS IN ANY COMMENTS THAT WOULD COME IN.
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IN THE ORDER THAT THEY'VE COME IN AND ALSO, UM, RELATED TO ALL THREE PARTICULAR ITEMS, UH, LEOPOLD.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HUMAN SERVICES ALLOCATIONS PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A TAG TEAM EFFORT THIS EVENING BETWEEN RYAN AND MYSELF, BUT I'M GOING TO START TAKING YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT OUR PROCESS HAS BEEN THROUGH THE YEARS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND THEN RYAN, WE'LL DELVE MORE INTO THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.
SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND OUR NEXT STEPS.
SO AS YOU HAD STATED, MAYOR, THIS IS FOR ACTION.
I DON'T WANT TO DELVE INTO THE HISTORY.
AS I SAID, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PUBLIC PROCESS REALLY BEGAN BACK IN 1987 COUNCIL, BACK IN 1987, CREATED THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNDING.
AND AT THAT TIME THEY REALLY WANTED COMMUNITY INPUT ONTO HOW THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD BE SPENT REALIZING THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY WOULD KNOW BEST OF WHAT THOSE NEEDS WERE.
AND SO THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY TO CREATE AN ALLOCATIONS PANEL, THAT PROCESS CONTINUES TODAY.
AND I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS HISTORY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT DID START BACK 35 YEARS AGO WITH THIS PROCESS THAT WE USE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EXPERTS IN THE AREAS.
SO THEY REALLY GUIDE COUNCIL ON MAKING THESE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE PROCESS CONTINUED AND EXPANDED IN 1994, WHEN THE YOUTH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM WAS CREATED, THAT PROGRAM CAME OUT OF A YOUTH TOWN HALL THAT WAS HELD MANY OF THE NONPROFITS THAT SERVE THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY WERE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
BACK IN 1994, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE THERE AT THE TIME AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THEN.
IN 2000 ACTS OF KINDNESS WAS ADDED.
THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO CHOOSE, TO PUT THEIR DOLLARS TOWARDS THE NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY CAN DONATE THROUGH THEIR WATER BILL.
WE ALSO HAVE OPENED THAT UP TO OUR WORKPLACE GIVING CAMPAIGN, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES THAT MAKE REGULAR DONATIONS INTO THE ACTS OF KINDNESS PROGRAM.
AND THAT DOES FLOW THROUGH THIS ALLOCATIONS PROCESS AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS ALSO MADE UPDATES TO THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND REALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS THAT THESE FUNDS REALLY SET UP THE CULTURE OF COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE IN CHANDLER.
THEY'RE REALLY THE CATALYST FOR THAT CULTURE OF COLLABORATION.
SO COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED.
WE'VE MADE MANY CHANGES THROUGH THE YEARS 2010, WE HAD A CONSULTANT THAT CAME OUT, MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS, MET WITH THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES.
COMMISSION HAD QUITE A BIT OF DIALOGUE WITH THE NONPROFITS, MET WITH COUNCIL AT THE TIME CITY MANAGEMENT, AND REALLY GAVE US SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS ON OVERHAULING THE PROCESS AT THAT TIME, THE PROCESS PRIOR TO THAT, AND ABOUT 2006, 2007, THE PROCESS CAME BACK FROM THE UNITED WAY AND CAME INTO THE CITY WHEN OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION WAS EXPANDED AND THAT'S WHEN IT FELL UNDER THEIR PURVIEW.
AND THEN IN 2019, WE ALSO HAD A PROCESS UPDATE AND THAT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT THAT TIME.
AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THIS TIME FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS, OUR NONPROFITS HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE, THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION HAS HAD THIS CHARGE AND HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS A BIT BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF NOT ONLY WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, BUT HOW THE PROCESS ITSELF WORKS AND HOW THE PRIORITIES ARE SET.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE DO THAT THROUGH COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS FIRST, ALL THE BULLETS UNDER THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS BEGINNING WITH 1994, ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2019, THOSE WERE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED BY THE CITY ITSELF.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH THESE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, AND EVEN ON OFF YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOOK AT OTHER DATA THAT'S OUT THERE.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FIRST THING FIRST START CONDUCTING AND NEEDS ASSESSMENTS.
SO THAT ARE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR FUNDING ARE CONDUCTING.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THOSE NON-PROFITS THROUGH THE YEARS ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS.
THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID IS THE 2019.
AND AGAIN, THAT HAS WHAT SET THE PRIORITIES AND THE PROCESS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, WE, AGAIN, ENGAGED THE CONSULTANT COUNCIL GAVE US FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE A CONSULTANT, TO HAVE THIS VERY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
WE HAD FIVE FOCUS GROUPS, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN VOCAL IN THIS LAST YEAR'S PROCESS AND COME FORWARD DURING THIS RECOMMENDATION PERIOD, WE'RE PART OF THOSE FOCUS GROUPS.
MANY OF THE NONPROFITS THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR FROM TONIGHT OR A PART OF THE ALLOCATIONS PROCESS WERE PART OF THOSE FOCUS GROUPS.
WE HAD 17 STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS CAN WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE INVOLVED FOR OUR CITY AND THE GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITHIN FOREST CITY.
AND WE HAD 624, 4 SURVEYS THAT WERE COMPLETED AND RETURNED ABOUT WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES WERE.
AND THROUGH THAT THE CONSULTANT IDENTIFIED TOP AREAS, SEVEN AREAS OF NEED AND SIX AREAS OF PRIORITY.
ONCE AGAIN, WE BROUGHT ALL OF THAT BACK TO ME OR IN COUNCIL TO ADOPT AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS ANY CHANGES WE MADE TO THE ALLOCATIONS PROCESS.
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AND WHAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD WERE THE TOP AREAS OF NEED.AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SOME OF THEM RING EVEN MORE TRUE TODAY.
I LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE IN HOUSING FOR ALL INCOMES.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW TRUE THAT IS RINGING EVEN MORE TODAY THAN IT DID BACK IN 2019.
WE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS ACROSS OUR AREA, ACROSS OUR STATE AND CERTAINLY ACROSS OUR COUNTRY IS GROWING.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS TIED BACK TO THE HOUSING FOR ALL INCOMES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE SEE THAT IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN IT WAS BACK IN 2019, SOME OF THE POPULATIONS IN NEED.
I REALLY, I TALKED TO YOU DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT THE SENIORS THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WITH HOMELESSNESS AND OUR SENIORS WHO ARE ISOLATED, HAVE LOW INCOME.
THAT WAS A POPULATION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN 2019.
AND WE'VE JUST, AGAIN, ALSO SEEN THAT GROW.
YOU SEE THINGS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALL AGAIN, AREAS THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO THESE ARE WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE THAT EXIST TODAY.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT AS RYAN GOES THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT I THINK AGAIN, JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT'S BEEN.
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN THE ONE TO APPROVE THE PRIORITIES AND THE PROCESS, AND REALLY HAD A VOICE IN ALL THIS FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS.
UM, BEFORE I TURNED THIS OVER TO RYAN, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HISTORY COUNCIL MEMBER ELSE? THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OVER 35 YEARS, CAN YOU REALLY EXPLAIN WHO REALLY STARTED THAT? UH, AS FAR AS THAT GROUP AT THE TIME AND WHAT CHANDLER LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME VERSUS A CONTINUUM FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH THE TIMELINE.
MAYOR HARKEY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD COME FORWARD AT A COUNCIL MEETING LIKE WE ARE TONIGHT AND ASK COUNCIL DIRECTLY FOR FUNDING.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU'VE BEEN IN MANY TOUGH DECISIONS SITTING AT THE DAYAS.
THEY WOULD, IT WOULD BE HARD WHEN A NOT ONE NON-PROFIT MIGHT BRING IN A YOUTH.
SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT BRING IN SOMEONE WHO'S A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SOMEBODY ELSE, A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU WANTED TO HELP EVERYBODY.
SO THAT'S WHY COUNCIL THOUGHT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND WE LOOK AT EXPERTS IN THE AREA TO HELP DRIVE THIS PROCESS.
SO THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE CONTRACT WAS MADE WITH VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY, WHO AT THAT TIME HAD A LOCAL OFFICE HERE IN CHANDLER.
YOU KNOW, OUR POPULATION CERTAINLY WAS, UH, AT LEAST 200,000 LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
UM, PROBABLY EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A MUCH SMALLER COMMUNITY, BUT THAT ALSO IS WHAT'S HAS SET THAT TONE.
AND I, AS I TALKED ABOUT REALLY BEING THAT CATALYST FOR COLLABORATION ON OUR COMMUNITY SET THAT TONE, WE CAN, WE CAN BE CONNECTED HERE AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
AND EVEN AS LARGE AS WE ARE NOW, TODAY, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
OUR NONPROFITS ARE WONDERFUL COLLABORATORS.
THEY COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY AND THAT REALLY GOES BACK TO THAT INITIAL ORGANIZATION AND THE, AND THE WAY THAT IT WAS REALLY LAID OUT ALL THE WAY BACK 35 YEARS AGO TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND IT JUST HAS CONTINUED AS OUR CITY HAS GROWN.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I, I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE 2007 REVIEW AND ONE OF MY OBSERVATIONS WAS THAT THERE WAS A SIMPLE STATEMENT IN THERE SAYING THE FAITH COMMUNITY WASN'T UNDERUSED ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT LED MYSELF YOU AND MANY OTHERS TO FARM FOR OUR CITY.
AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE FAITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGING WITH THEIR VOLUNTEERS, THEIR, THEIR ASSETS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR PROPERTIES OR OTHER THINGS TO DO A LOT IN THEIR CITY.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS THAT STATEMENT ON THERE THAT KIND OF REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT.
AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND APPARENTLY TO THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.
AND SO I'VE BEEN REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY HAS JUST ALLOWED THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHERE THERE'S GAPS, WHERE THERE'S OVERLAP AND RESOURCES, AND REALLY MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES IN COMMUNITY, GET RID OF DUPLICATION, WHERE WE CAN GET RID OF DUPLICATION, BUT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO FILL THOSE GAPS RIGHT WITH THAT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RYAN FOR OUR NEXT SECTION.
THANK YOU, LEAH DAVID EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT, UM, THE CURRENT ALLOCATIONS PROCESS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FORWARD TO YOU TODAY FOR APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS OF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.
SO EACH YEAR IN AUGUST, THE STAFF AND THE HHSC WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, DEVELOP THE PROCESS FOR THE COMING YEAR, THEY REVIEW THE
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APPLICATION, THE SCORING CRITERIA, UM, AND THEY UPDATE THEM AS NEEDED.THEY APPROVE THE TIMELINES, THEY APPROVE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS AND THEY APPROVE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEES WHO END UP EVALUATING THE PROPOSALS.
UM, THIS IS THE TIME EARLY, VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR BEFORE THE APPLICATION EVEN GOES OUT, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE EVALUATION PANELS ARE, UM, DEVELOPED AND ALSO COMMITTEES ARE, UH, COMPOSED OF SEVERAL HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONERS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CHANDLER RESIDENTS.
AND THEN OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE EITHER CONTENT AREA SPECIALISTS FOR THE, UM, GROUP OF APPLICATIONS THAT WILL BE REVIEWED, OR THEY ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS LIKE POLICE AND FIRE PEOPLE FROM THE CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR EVEN OTHER COMMISSIONS SUCH AS, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER.
UM, THEN THE STAFF HOSTS AN ORIENTATION FOR ANY APPLICANT IN THIS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE CITY OF CHANDLER RESIDENTS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA OF WANTING TO MEET ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OUTLINED IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND THEY'RE ELIGIBLE AS A NONPROFIT.
UM, THE VERY NEXT DAY THE APPLICATION IS RELEASED AND WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR GRANTS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.
AND THEN TYPICALLY THE APPLICATION IS ON THE STREETS FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS.
THIS LAST YEAR, WE GAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
THERE WERE A LOT GOING ON WITH COVID AND, UM, OUR PARTNERS WERE EXPRESSED THAT THEY NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
AND THEN ONCE THEY COME IN ABOUT A MONTH LATER, STAFF CONDUCTS TECHNICAL REVIEWS AND THESE REVIEWS ARE LOOKING FOR ELIGIBILITY AND ALSO COMPLETENESS OF THE APPLICATION.
IF THOSE TWO CRITERIA AREN'T MET STAFF WILL CONTACT THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET IN A COMPLETE APPLICATION OR TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY FOR OTHER FUNDS SOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR.
THEN FOLLOWING THOSE TECHNICAL REVIEWS, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS ARE ASSIGNED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL SUB-COMMITTEES.
WE DO HAVE FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND I WILL BE GOING OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION HERE.
UM, EACH SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS TWO OR THREE TIMES TO REVIEW THESE APPLICATIONS.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, COMMITMENT OF THEIR TIME.
THEY INDIVIDUALLY, THEY INDIVIDUALLY REVIEW ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN THEY COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO MAKE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, WHO THEN IN TURN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
UM, I WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FUTURE HERE ABOUT OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
SO, SO AFTER THAT, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HHSC AND THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, UM, A COUPLE SLIDES FROM NOW, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL STAFF WILL WORK WITH EACH AGENCY TO DEVELOP A CONTRACT, UM, AND GET THEIR SERVICE GOING.
THIS IS JUST A REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR.
SO WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 64 APPLICATIONS WITH A TOTAL REQUEST OF OVER $5.1 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE JUST OVER BETWEEN THE THREE FUND SOURCES THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING, WE HAVE JUST OVER 2.6 MILLION TO ALLOCATE.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 50% OF THE REQUEST SO THIS IS ANOTHER SUMMARY SLIDE.
AND THIS IS OF OUR EVALUATION PROCESS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED BY FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES, THE CDBG AND HOME, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S ALL OF OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS GOING TO THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN THREE COMMITTEES THAT DIVIDE UP THE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR GENERAL FUNDS.
SO BASIC NEEDS YOUTH AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
SO BASIC NEEDS ARE THINGS THAT MIGHT MEET, UH, A VULNERABLE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE FOOD, IT MIGHT BE, UM, UH, CLOTHING.
THINGS LIKE THAT USE ARE FOR SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS GENERALLY SERVE, UM, SENIORS, VETERANS, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CATCH MY PLATES.
I'M SORRY, LET ME GO BACK ONE HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT, UM, FOR OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, WE ONLY RECEIVED 10 APPLICATIONS AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR FEDERAL FUNDS ARE HIGHLY REGULATED.
THE DOLLARS ARE VERY RESTRICTED FOR VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A VERY STRONG ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE RECEIVED 54 APPLICATIONS FOR OUR GENERAL FUNDS APPLICATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHERE, UM, THREE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE FOCUSED THEIR WORK.
SO BACK TO THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS, UM, AS I MENTIONED, OUR, OUR PROCESS HERE IS EXTREMELY ROBUST.
WE REALLY BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT PUBLIC INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHO CAN TELL US WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE THEM.
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THE FEDERAL FUNDS, THE CITY COMPLIES WITH, AND WE ACTUALLY EXCEED THE MARICOPA COUNTY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, THAT PLAN.AND WE FOLLOW THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE MIRA COPA COUNTY HOME CONSORTIUM, WHICH PROVIDES US A PORTION OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
THAT PLAN REQUIRES ONE PUBLIC HEARING AND A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HERE IN CHANDLER, WE DO TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR EACH OF OUR FUND SOURCES.
AND AGAIN, WE DO THAT JUST TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC, THE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT.
ALL OF OUR PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE FOUND DIGITALLY ON THE CITY OF CHANDLER WEBSITE.
UM, THEY ALSO, YOU CAN ALSO GET A HARD COPY JUST BY COMING TO OUR OFFICE OR ASKING US TO MAIL OR EMAIL YOU A COPY.
WE ARE NOT, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE NOT, UM, REQUIRED TO DO ANY KIND OF PUBLIC PROCESS FOR OUR GENERAL FUNDS, BUT AGAIN, WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT PUBLIC INPUT, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE ALSO DO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR GENERAL FUNDS BEFORE OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MAKES THEIR FINAL VOTE.
THAT GIVES BOTH BOTH RESIDENTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE APPLYING, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND TELL US WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE.
SO WE HAD, UH, AS LEAH MENTIONED, WE HAD A VERY ROBUST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AND SO WE GOT THAT THIS YEAR.
SO OVER 60 PEOPLE, IN FACT, 68 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE JUST WENT OVER THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR PROCESS.
THIS YEAR, RESIDENTS WERE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS ON NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PERSON SERVED IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND UNPROGRAMMED PERFORMANCE.
AND OF COURSE I'M SUMMARIZING NONPROFITS WERE PRIMARILY SPOKE IN APPRECIATION OF THE CITY SUPPORT AND EMPHASIZE THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR SERVICES AND FOR RESOURCES.
IN ADDITION, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A PETITION THIS YEAR, WHICH 52 CHANDLER RESIDENT SIGNED.
AND IT WAS IN OPPOSITION OF THE CITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, SUPPORTIVE HOMELESS PROGRAMS. SO LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ALWAYS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND WE GOT THAT THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE ALLOCATIONS PROCESS.
THEY REALLY TAKE GREAT CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SERVICES DO NOT IMPACT CHANDLER RESIDENTS AND CHANDLER NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, ENCOURAGE THROUGH OUR APPLICATION PROCESS IS, UH, INVOLVEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND WITH, FOR OUR CITY AND OTHER COMMUNITY WIDE, UM, EVENTS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT, OR GROUPS LIKE THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT THEY ARE HAVING IN THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, OUR EYE HEALTH PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR FAITH BASED PROGRAM, THAT IT'S NOT A FAITH BASED PROGRAM.
IT'S A PROGRAM OPERATED BY FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR VULNERABLE CHANNEL RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING WITHOUT SHELTER.
UM, THEY BUS IN AND BUS OUT, UH, PARTICIPANT EVERY EVENING AND THEN EVERY NIGHT FROM SHELTERS.
SO THAT RESIDENTS AREN'T WAITING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SERVICES OR BEING DROPPED OFF IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SERVICES, THEY COME AND GO FROM OUR HOST ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A SCENT.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF AT THAT LOCATION EACH NIGHT.
SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR PROGRAMS DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THAT THEY ARE NOT HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
BRIAN, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY YOU.
AND YOU SAID, YOU SAID BUST IN AND BUST OUT.
THAT REALLY IS JUST FROM THE ASCEND LOCATION WHERE THEY ASSEMBLE AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO DROPPED OFF.
THERE ARE THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF, UH, IF THEY'RE WORKING, IF THEY'VE ACQUIRED A JOB TO DO THE SAME.
CAN MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO, I'M SORRY.
THEY GIVEN THEY'RE TRANSPORTED BY ASCEND, FROM ASCEND TO THE, UM, WHATEVER, UH, ORGANIZATION IS HOSTING THAT EVENING.
SO THE PROGRAM HAS NEVER, UM, IN THE SAME PLACE TWICE, IF YOU WILL.
I MEAN, IT IS, BUT IT ROTATES.
AND THEN, UM, IN THE MORNING THEY ARE TRANSPORTED BACK TO A ASCEND WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE SERVICES.
UM, SO OF COURSE, UH, WE ARE, SIR, WE ARE PROVIDING OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROVIDING HUMAN SERVICES.
SO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE HAVE A DIFFERENT, A LARGE VARIETY OF NEEDS AND BARRIERS, AND THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT THEY RECEIVE LARGELY WILL, UH, DESCRIBE WHO THEY CAN SERVE, UM, WITH WHAT FUNDS AND ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL FUND COMMITMENT HAS NOT INCREASED, INCREASED SINCE JULY, 2001.
YOU AS THE CITY OF COUNCIL HAVE MADE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TAKEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU'VE HAD WHEN THERE HAD BEEN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING TO OUR NONPROFIT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO YEARS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
FUNDING HAS BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH THE CARES
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ACT AND THROUGH OUR BAT, UM, ALMOST DOUBLED TO OUR NONPROFITS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE YOU HAD IT AND YOU RECOGNIZE THE NEED.SO WHENEVER FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY ARE MADE AVAILABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE, WE'RE OUT OF THOSE SPECIAL COVID FUNDING.
SO WE'RE BACK TO OUR NORMAL LEVELS, BUT ANYTIME WE HAVE A CHANCE, WE TRY TO SUPPLEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TONIGHT TO DO THE SAME.
UM, LIKEWISE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS ARE ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE CAN'T DO, WE CAN'T MEET ALL THE NEEDS AS A CITY ALONE, ALONE, FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE WHAT THE CITY CAN DO AND TO DO EVEN MORE GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS, THERE WOULD BE A MUCH LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU WOULD SEE MUCH MORE THINGS LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER ON OUR STREETS FURTHER IT'S.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PROVIDING HOMELESS SERVICES IS MUCH LESS COSTLY THAN NOT PROVIDING HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T PROVIDE HOMELESS SERVICES, WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN UNSHELTERED POPULATION WHO ARE USING OUR PUBLIC SERVICES AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF, UM, SERVICE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAVE LOTS OF CONTACT WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM, LIKE IT'S THEIR DOCTOR.
UM, THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM JUST TO MEET, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SURVIVAL CRIMES AND TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS, LIVING LIKE THAT COSTS EXPONENTIALLY MORE THAN BEING STABLE, HOUSED AND WHAT, AND WE CAN STABLY HOUSE PEOPLE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST, UM, OF PEOPLE USING OUR PUBLIC SERVICES IN A WAY THAT THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO MAKE US THAT'S IN THE RULES.
CAN YOU PLEASE ALSO IN THAT LITTLE GAP, TALK ABOUT ENCAMPMENT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ALSO WHEN, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE SERVICES, WE SEEN THE INCREASE IN INCOME.
WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? SURE.
THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL, WOMAN ELLIS, UM, ENCAMPMENTS IS, UH, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO FUND, UM, ADDITIONAL OUTREACH WORKERS THROUGH OUR CHANDLER CONNECT HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, UM, A TEAM OF SEVEN ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO REALLY GO OUT THERE AND OUTREACH THE ADDITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT YOU ARE SEEING THAT'S HAPPENING IN EVERY CITY, BUT YOU'RE NOT SEEING WHAT YOU SEE IN EVERY CITY IN OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEAM THAT WORKS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THEY HAVE EXTENDED HOURS FROM SIX IN THE MORNING TILL NINE AT NIGHT, IN SOME CASES, DEPENDING ON THE DAY.
SO, UM, AND THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING EVERY AVENUE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS AND TO ENGAGE THEM, TO COME INTO SERVICES AND USE OUR SHELTER SYSTEM IN OUR HOUSING SYSTEM, UM, TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE STATE DOLLARS ARE ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S KEEPING OR HELPING PEOPLE LIKE MOVE AWAY FROM THEIR ON CAMPUS OR MAYBE GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
SO I GET COMMENTS ALL THE TIME WHERE PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I GO TO OTHER CITIES AND THERE ARE ENCAMPMENTS EVERYWHERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN CHANDLER? THAT'S MAKING THAT THERE IS THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING THAT'S HELPING US DO THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS USING, UH, THE CDBG FUNDING.
YOU'LL SEE, COMING UP IN A, IN A SLIDE HERE THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR, UM, NAVIGATORS IS FUNDED THROUGH THAT.
AND ALSO OUR CLIENT SERVICES SPECIALIST, AND ALSO A LOT OF THE, UM, THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT GO AROUND, GO AROUND THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY FUNDED BY CDBG.
AND THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FUND SOURCE FOR THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE GREAT BENEFIT OF USING COVID FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL NAVIGATORS.
BUT WHEN THOSE GO AWAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK TO ONLY REALLY HAVING OUR CDBG FOR THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW.
SO, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GF FUNDS THAT WAS, UM, PROVIDED LONG AGO AND IT, IT, IT FUNDS A PARTIAL NAVIGATOR, NOT A FULL NAVIGATOR.
SO THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FUND SOURCE FOR OUR CHANDLER CONNECT PROGRAM.
AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S JUST NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT HOMELESS PROGRAMS, UM, BRING HOMELESS PEOPLES TO A SPECIFIC LOCALE.
IN FACT, IT'S VERY HARD TO ENGAGE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR SERVICES.
IT TAKES TRUST BUILDING TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM AND HELP BRIDGE SOME OF THOSE TRUST ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE FROM ALL OF THE TRAUMA THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR LIFE.
AND SO IT, IT REALLY TAKES OUR, UM, REACHING OUT TO THEM TO GET THEM INTO HOMELESS SERVICES AND THEN THEIR LIVES CHANGE, BUT THEY DON'T COME TO US LOOKING FOR SERVICES.
SO THAT'S JUST A MISNOMER THAT I WANTED TO DISPEL COUNCIL MEMBER AND RYAN, THESE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE THEY GEN I MEAN, THESE ARE VETERANS, THESE ARE OLDER FOLKS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES IN MANY CASES.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT, IS THAT MORE THE NORM THAN THERE MAY BE FOLKS THAT ARE MAYBE DRUG ADDICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
W WHAT'S YOUR TAKE, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH,
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COUNCILMAN STEWART.UM, CERTAINLY WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION, UM, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS SAID THAT ABOUT 20% OF OUR POPULATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE WHAT WE WOULD CALL CHRONIC.
AND THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION THAT YOU, THAT YOU JUST SORT OF WENT OVER.
PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED PEOPLE WHO ARE USING SUBSTANCES AND, OR MENTALLY ILL, UM, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE FRANKLY OLDER, THAT'S OUR OLDER POPULATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
I THINK THAT POPULATE THAT WE'LL SEE WHEN THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO GENERATE AGAIN, START TO COME BACK IN.
I THINK THAT POPULATION IS RISING BECAUSE OUR POPULATION IS GETTING OLDER.
AND SO FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN UNTREATED FOR A LIFETIME, THERE'S MORE AND MORE OF THEM, BUT WE ALSO ARE SEEING FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, INCREASED VERY RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HOUSING MARKET.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING EVICTED, OUR FAMILIES, THEY ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ONE DAY HAVE HOUSING.
AND THE NEXT DAY THEY DO NOT, THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM LACK OF INCOME, UM, LACK OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS, UM, AND, AND GETTING VERY BEHIND, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UH, MAYOR, CUSTOMER MEMBER HARRIS.
UH, RYAN, I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UM, WE SEE, WE OFTEN SEE PANHANDLERS, UM, THAT SAYS I'M HOMELESS, I'M HUNGRY.
I'M THIS I'M THAT CAN, UM, WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE, UM, IN TERMS OF INTO, UH, IN TERMS OF INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GATHERED IN REGARDS TO THOSE, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ARE THEY, HAVE YOU SEEN THAT THEY'RE, THEY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS OR THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A LACK OF FOOD OR LACK OF, YOU KNOW, LACK OF KNEES, UM, WHEN THE ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED, CAN YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? UM, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN HARRIS, SOME ARE HOMELESS AND SOME ARE NOT HOMELESS.
UH, PANHANDLING IN CHANDLER SPECIFICALLY IS EXTREMELY LUCRATIVE.
WE HAVE A VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY, UM, AND TO THAT NOTE, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR CHANGE-UP CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, UM, RESIDENTS WHO ARE GIVING RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP, WE CAN HELP THEM USE THEIR FUNDS MORE EFFECTIVELY.
UM, REAL SOON WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF SIGNS GO UP AND BOTH ON THE, IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
UM, FOR THE EIGHT OUTRIGHT OF WAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 14 UP A MONTH IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE, UM, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 50 SIGNS ON ARTERIAL STREETS AND CHANDLER THAT ARE EDUCATIONAL SIGNS EXPLAINING THAT PANHANDLING.
IT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO HELP UNFORTUNATELY, PAN HANDLING WHILE THE INTENT IS VERY GOOD.
UM, THE OUTCOME IS VERY BAD BECAUSE YOU'RE ENABLING SOMEBODY TO STAY LIVING ON THE STREET, IF THAT'S THE CASE OR LIVING WHERE THEY'RE LIVING, BUT NOT ACTUALLY SEEKING PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM PURPOSE AND GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, STABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY.
UM, THE LONGER YOU LIVE ON THE STREET, THE STREET, THE FASTER YOU DIE.
SO THE, UM, THE, THE AVERAGE AGE FOR SOMEBODY THAT LIVES ON THE STREET IS 49.
SO THAT'S A VERY SHORT LIFESPAN.
SO, AND I'M WHAT I MEANT IS THAT YOUR AVERAGE LENGTH OF LIFE, NOT YOUR AVERAGE AGE, EXCUSE ME.
SO PAN, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD THING, THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY BETTER, BETTER WAYS TO GIVE.
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT THE END.
SOME PEOPLE DO COME FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES TO PANHANDLE AND CONTINUE.
SO HERE'S OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION.
THESE ARE THE CDBG RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, OF COURSE, IN YOUR PACKET.
THE HHSC IS RECOMMENDING TO YOU A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, AND THEN SUPPORT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO, UM, YOU WILL, YOU HAVE MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE NARRATIVES IN YOUR PACKET.
I KNOW THIS INFORMATION IS VERY SMALL.
THE TOTAL, UH, AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED IN CDBG THIS YEAR WAS ONE, ONE POINT JUST OVER 1.1 MILLION.
AND THIS IS OUR OTHER, UH, SOURCE OF FEDERAL FUNDING.
THE HOME FUNDING, THIS FUNDING COMES TO US THROUGH MARICOPA COUNTY THROUGH THE HOME CONSORTIUM.
AND THERE ARE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
ONE IS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, THAT HOUSING THEN STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AS AFFORDABLE AND OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR TVRA, WHICH IS RUN INTERNALLY BY THE CITY.
AND THAT IS, UH, UP TO TWO YEAR HOUSING FOR PEOPLE FORMALLY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEN TRANSITIONED TO INDEPENDENCE, UM, AFTER THOSE SERVICES.
SO THE TOTAL THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR WAS 424,695.
AND THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
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OKAY.AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR GENERAL FUNDS RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD AVAILABLE ABOUT 1.1 MILLION FOR ALLOCATION.
WE DID RECEIVE REQUESTS OF 2.9 MILLION.
SO, UM, IT WAS A VERY, UH, CHALLENGING, UM, PROCESS FOR OUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND FOR OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
BUT I THINK THEY PUT TOGETHER AN EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL PACKAGE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FUNDING 48 OUT OF THE 54 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
UM, EACH YEAR, OF COURSE, ARE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.
AND THE REQUEST AMOUNT GOES UP AS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND CHANDLER THAT WANTS TO SERVE CHANDLER RESIDENTS.
SO THE JOB GETS A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER EACH YEAR, BUT I THINK THAT I TOO AGREE THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL IN THIS PROPOSAL, UH, SERVICES THAT, UM, IN THE CATEGORY OF BASIC NEEDS WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 450,000 YOUTH PROGRAMS WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 440,000 AND A SPECIAL POPULATIONS, WHICH AGAIN, SENIORS, VETERANS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 200,000.
IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND RECOMMENDATION, THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION, UM, PUT TOGETHER A CONTINGENCY REQUEST.
AND THIS WAS IN CASE THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING LEFT.
THEY FELT THAT THERE WERE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEEDED FUNDING BEYOND WHAT THEY HAD TO ALLOCATE.
UM, AND STAFF ALSO PUT TOGETHER A RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR AND TOLD THIS, THIS TOTAL IS ABOUT 350,000.
UM, AND YOU HAVE THAT DELINEATED IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL.
AND SO THE TOTAL THIS YEAR FOR ALLOCATIONS WOULD BE JUST OVER 1.4 MILLION.
THE CONTINGENCY FUNDING, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE USE, UM, SOME FUNDING THAT YOU ALREADY ALLOCATED TO NONPROFITS THAT WAS ARPA FUNDING, UM, IN A PREVIOUS, UH, VOTE, UM, AND YOU ALLOCATED IT TO NARC, TO NONPROFITS.
SO WE WOULD PROPOSE TO TAKE 350,000 OF THAT AND MAKE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
SO, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A, UM, A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS THIS YEAR, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THE SERVICES AREN'T INCLUDING INCLUDED IN THIS AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SERVE HOMELESSNESS.
SO IN TOTAL, IT WOULD BE 13% OF THE FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARDS HOMELESS SERVICES AND THE CATEGORIES ARE COMMUNITY NAVIGATION AND CLIENT SERVICES.
THAT IS THE CHANDLER OUTREACH PROGRAM, AND ALSO AN OUTREACH PROGRAM, UM, THAT THE SALVATION ARMY OPERATES.
AND THEY ARE OUR GREAT PARTNER IN THIS WORK.
WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
THEY HAVE ADDED SO MUCH TO WHAT WE DO THROUGH SHOWER TRAILERS, UM, MOBILE FOOD, UM, HEAT RELIEF, LOTS OF THINGS THAT, THAT W WE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT.
IT'S ALSO SHELTER FOR FAMILIES, UM, CASE MANAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN SHELTER.
AND THEN AGAIN, OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS DESIGNATED FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO ABOUT 400,000 WOULD BE, UM, DELEGATED TO HOMELESS PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN A GO A LITTLE BIT TO SPEAKING TO THE PERFORMANCE CONCERN OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS. I'M SORRY.
JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ON THE LAST LIE, UH, ABOUT THE, THE HOMELESS, THE HOMELESS SERVICES, UM, THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE HAVE WE STARTED TO SEE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, RENT'S GOING UP SO MUCH, HAVE WE, ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASE OF HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE OF RENTS GOING UP? AND CAN YOU TALK TO US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC FOR THE RESIDENTS AT HOME, THROUGH THE MAYOR? COUNCILMAN HARRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS THAT RENTS IN CHANDLER AND NOT JUST IN CHANDLER ACROSS THE VALLEY, UM, ARE RAISING ANYWHERE FROM $500 TO, WE HAVE SEEN A $1,500 INCREASE IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.
SO, BUT GENERALLY IT'S ABOUT BETWEEN 500 AND $800.
AND IF YOU ARE ON A FIXED INCOME, SO YOU'RE A SENIOR, OR YOU'RE SOMEONE, UM, LIVING ON DISABILITY, OR YOU'RE JUST A REGULAR FAMILY, RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD TAKE A $500 BUMP TO MY MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
UM, THEY ARE JUST UNABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PAYMENT OR SIGN THEIR NEXT LEASE.
AND BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT SUPPLY OF, UH, OF HOUSING, NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT JUST HOUSING IN GENERAL AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
UM, LANDLORDS CAN EASILY LIVE WITHOUT ANY RENTER THAT DOESN'T WANT TO SIGN THAT NEXT LEASE AND JUST RENT AGAIN AT THAT HIGHER PRICE.
SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING, UH, POLICE HAVE BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH US THERE.
WE'RE FINDING, UH, SENIORS WHO HAVE JUST GONE TO LIVING IN THEIR CARS.
THEY'LL FIND THEM PARKED AT A PARK OR SOME, OR A WALMART PARKING LOT PLACES THAT ARE, UM, EASY FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
WE'RE FINDING FAMILIES THAT JUST SHOW UP AT OUR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH REFERRALS, JUST
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SHOW UP AT OUR DOOR AND SAY, WE GOT LOCKED OUT TODAY.UM, WE'RE FINDING THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.
SO YES, UH, COUNCILMAN WERE EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUTCOMES.
SO HOMELESS PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD, WHO HAS THE MOST FUNDING.
THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT THAT'S THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES THE MOST FUNDING AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEY ARE BASED ON, UH, THE EXIT TYPE THAT YOU HAVE FROM A PARTICULAR HOMELESS INTERVENTION.
SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE LEAVING, UH, IF YOU'RE IN AN OUTREACH PROGRAM, A POSITIVE EXIT MIGHT BE GOING TO AN EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM OR GOING INTO A NON CONGREGATE SETTING, OR EVEN GOING STRAIGHT TO HOUSING.
IF YOU ARE IN EMERGENCY SHELTER, A POSITIVE EXIT MIGHT BE GOING INTO A SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OR GOING INTO INDEPENDENT HOUSING, OR EVEN GOING BACK TO RELATIVES IN ANOTHER STATE TO LIVE WITH THEM.
ANYTHING THAT IS PERMANENT HOUSING, WHERE YOU'D NO LONGER NEED SHELTER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF POSITIVE EXITS, AND THERE ARE ALSO NEGATIVE EXITS NEGATIVE EXITS ARE RETURNING TO HOMELESSNESS.
UM, UNKNOWN, WHICH MEAN WOULD MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
MAYBE YOU LEFT THE PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, OR JUST DIDN'T SHOW UP AGAIN.
AND THEN OF COURSE, DEATHS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND WE HAVE THAT, UM, IN HOMELESS PROGRAMS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE IN VERY COMPROMISED HEALTH WHEN THEY GET TO US.
SO, UM, DEATHS ARE A NEGATIVE EXIT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THE OUTCOMES OF TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROPOSED TODAY.
ONE IS THE CHANDLER CONNECT HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM, UM, IN LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND I'M JUST REPORTING THAT BECAUSE IT'S OUR MOST, OUR LAST YEAR OF COMPLETE DATA.
AND THIS IS JUST WITH THE ONE NAVIGATOR THAT CDBG FUNDED.
WE SERVE 183 HOUSEHOLDS IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND THERE WERE 82 POSITIVE EXITS.
AND I WOULD SAY OUT OF ALL OF THE HOMELESS INTERVENTIONS, UM, THE OUTREACH IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST TO COME BY POSITIVE EXITS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT REQUIRES MOVING INTO HOUSING OF SOME KIND.
AND IF YOU'RE UNSHELTERED, THAT TAKES A LONG TIME.
SO THAT'S AN EXTREMELY HIGH-PERFORMING, UH, PERCENTAGE.
THEN I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE GETTING THE MOST OF OUR HOMELESS FUNDING, UH, RECOMMENDATION LAST YEAR, IT HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT POSITIVE EXITS.
SO LAST YEAR, ONLY EIGHT OUT OF THE 29 HOUSEHOLDS MOVED ONTO HOUSING IN THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD.
AND THEY WERE ALL POSITIVE EXITS AND 21 OF THE HOUSEHOLDS REMAINED STABLE.
WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYONE LAST YEAR.
NOBODY NEGATIVELY EXIT GOT EVICTED OR, UM, EXITED TO A NON-POSITIVE EXIT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT FOR YOU.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PREVENTION BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THE NUMBERS I'VE BEEN IN THIS ARENA FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT PREVENTION? WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN GENERAL? BECAUSE WE MAKE IT SO HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BE HOMELESS IN GENERAL.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT I HAVE HELPED OR BE ON THE PAVEMENT AND HELPING FEEDING, DOING WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP.
BUT IN CHANDLER, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MAKE IT REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME HOMELESS.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE'LL DO IN TO PREVENT PEOPLE? WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, I KNOW MISS LEAH ALWAYS SAID HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO KEEP PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOME VERSUS AFTER THEY BECOME HOMELESS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE? SURE.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN ELLIS.
UM, SO PREVENTION IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MAJOR TASKS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I, IT'S NOT ONE OF THE THINGS, WELL, ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WE ARE FUNDING PREVENTION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, BASIC NEEDS CATEGORY.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO FUND ASCEND OR EVICTION PREVENTION AND THAT IT LOOKS LIKE RENT AND UTILITY PAYMENTS.
SO THERE IS, I BELIEVE IT'S 120,000.
IF I'M NOT RIGHT, I'M GETTING THE YES, UM, 120,000 FOR EVICTION PREVENTION IN THIS, UM, PROPOSAL.
SO THE VERY BEST THING WE CAN DO IN A MARKET LIKE OURS AND IN SUCH A STRONG, A VIBRANT COMMUNITY, LIKE CHANDLER IS KEEP PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING THEY'RE IN, BECAUSE ONCE THEY LEAVE IT, THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL, MONETARY ASSISTANCE TO KEEP YOU IN YOUR HOME OR HOUSING, STABILITY SERVICES, TO HELP YOU BUDGET DOWN, UM, LEARN HOW TO STRATEGIZE, TO MAKE HOUSING A PRIORITY.
ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, ON THE PREVENTION ARENA IS EXCELLENT.
WE ALSO STILL HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR PREVENTION THAT WE'RE USING.
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ARE GOING TO RUN OUT, BUT OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT, UM, IS, UH, WITH ASCEND TO, AND RIGHT THIS YEAR WE HAVE 120,000 BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THAT.WE'RE ALMOST, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS? SO TODAY, OF COURSE, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE CDBG HOME AND GENERAL FUND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, IF, IF THAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, WE WILL SEND OUT PRE-CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO ALL OF THE AWARDEES AND THOSE DOCUMENTS JUST HELP US COLLECT INFORMATION WE NEED FROM THEM TO PUT INTO A CONTRACT.
UM, WE WILL THEN HAVE A FEDERAL PROGRAMS, ORIENTATION.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE GO OVER, ALL THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AND, UH, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THAT IN DETAIL, BEFORE THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY.
WE ALSO HAVE TO COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR EVERY AGENCY THAT IS ACCEPTING FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S A PROCESS AND WE WILL SEEK TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS VERY QUICKLY, UM, HOPE TO HAVE THEM ALL EXECUTED BY END OF JULY.
UH, WE NOW HAVE, UM, STEPPING TO HELP US DO THAT, WHICH HAS FANTASTIC.
UM, AND THEN COMES, YOU KNOW, SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION FOR PROVIDERS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, RIGHT PROVIDERS ARE PROVIDING SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR STAFF THAT MEANS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT PROVIDERS HAVE, UM, QUESTIONS.
AND THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, THE, THE NECESSARY REPORTING ON THE OUTCOMES THAT THEY ARE, UM, THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING.
SO FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, THAT'S A MONTHLY REQUIREMENT.
WE MUST SEE, UM, FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC, UH, REPORTS EACH MONTH FOR THE GENERAL FUNDS.
WE EXPECT THOSE TWICE A YEAR, A MIDTERM AND A FINAL REPORT.
AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OF COURSE, IS, UH, PUT OUT IN MANY WAYS.
ONE, SOME ARE BETTER REQUIRED LIKE THE KAPOR, WHICH IS A HUD REPORT.
UM, THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT THAT IS, UH, FEDERALLY REQUIRED AND CONGRESS SEES IT AND THEY SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR MONEY.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO MANY LOCAL REPORTS THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE OUR INFORMATION IN.
AND THEN OF COURSE, AS STAFF, WE MONITOR EVERY PROGRAM, UM, ACCORDING TO BOTH FEDERAL AND CITY, UM, MONITORING GUIDANCE.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT STEPS AFTER TODAY.
SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I HAD RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A CONCERN RESIDENT AND THAT THEY HAD HEARD THAT THE, UM, THE DOCUMENT THAT, THAT YOU DESCRIBED AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS, WAS, UH, REMOVED FROM ONLINE.
I GOOGLED IT, FOUND IT, SEND IT TO THEM, BUT DID WE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR WAS THERE EVER A TIME THAT, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY? UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR KNOWS THERE WASN'T UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO.
WE ARE WORKING WITH CAPITA, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, RIGHT.
SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO, BUT NO, WE'VE NEVER TAKEN OFFLINE.
WE ALSO LEAVE ALL OF OUR PAST REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE AN ARCHIVE BACK TO AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER OF EVERYTHING THERE.
AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES.
IT TAKES ME ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO GOOGLE LIVE AND IT WAS, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT AVAILABLE.
AND I DID SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
SO, AND TELL ME AGAIN, THE LENGTH OF THE PROCESS.
I THINK YOU TWO WENT THROUGH THIS, BUT WHEN DID WE START THIS PROCESS WITH HHSC AND PUBLIC HEARING, ET CETERA, WE START THE PROCESS WITH HHSC IN AUGUST.
SO BASICALLY WE GIVE THEM A MONTH OF JULY OFF JUST TO BE NICE AND 10 MONTHS AND WE START.
AND THEN WE WRAP UP IN JUNE OF EACH YEAR.
IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, THE MAKING HERE.
AND THERE'S THE, THE MINUTES OR REPORTING OF THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND ALSO THOSE ARE ON AIR, ON THE BLURBS AND CONDITIONS PAGE.
UM, THANK YOU CON UM, COUNSEL, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CARDS TO BE READ AS WELL AS, UM, SOME SPEAKER CARDS AS WELL.
WOULD YOU, UH, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR, FOR RYAN, HANG ON, PLEASE.
UH, WE'LL TAKE THOSE THEN I WOULD LIKE TO READ THESE CARDS AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AT THAT TIME.
SO IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO OR COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
UM, SO I WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, CHANDLER, UH, THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
WE'VE HAD A LOCAL OFFICE HERE IN CHANDLER, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
CAN I HAVE STAFF GIVE US A BRIEFING ON WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEPS AND ENSURE THAT CHANDLER, UH, THAT WE MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL OVER THAT FUNDING AND THAT PROGRAM.
I REMEMBER LINDA, I DIDN'T HEAR WHICH PROGRAM YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, THE CAT PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, IS THAT PART OF ALL OF THIS PRESENTATION AT ALL?
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IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY A, CONGENTA PLENTY COMES WITH IT.IS THAT THAT MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM, BUT IT'S REALLY A SEPARATE PROCESS FROM THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A DIRECT CONTRACT BETWEEN MARICOPA COUNTY AND THE PROVIDER AGENCY, AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE WOULD BE HAPPY THOUGH, TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE WITH THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IF YOU WANT THAT IN A FUTURE WORK SESSION, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE'LL SEND OUT INFORMATION ON THAT.
WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS IN THE LAST WEEK THAT WE'LL BE UPDATING COUNCIL ON.
IS THAT SATISFACTORY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO LET ME UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR CAT IN THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, RIGHT.
UM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN ORLANDO, THERE IS $120,000 OF GENERAL FUNDS, UH, PROPOSED TO GO TO THE CAP TONIGHT.
RIGHT? SO LIKE IT IS GERMANE TO THE DISCUSSION INDEED.
SO PROCEED WITH HIS ANSWER, PLEASE.
UH, COUNCILMAN ORLANDO, THIS IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS PROVIDED TO OUR CAP OVER TIME, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CONTINUE TO PROPOSE TO PROVIDE.
SO WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE COUNTY SHARE THIS? I THINK COUNCILMAN ORLANDO, THAT'S WHAT, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER, RIGHT.
IS SUGGESTING IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROCESS.
IT DOES, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S, UM, ACTION ITEMS AND THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT A FUTURE SESSION.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TRYING TO READ SOMEONE ONLINE.
SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE, UH, THE, THE MOMENTS AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER REALLY KNOW, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE OR ARE FURTHER FOLLOW UP, BUT VICE-CHAIR THANK YOU MIRROR THE, UH, THE SUBJECT OF, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, AND WHAT YOU ALL DEAL WITH IS, IS NOT AS EASY AS, UM, SOME WOULD SUGGEST.
AND IN FACT, WE DO HAVE SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT REJECT ANY KIND OF SERVICES.
AND SO, UM, WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME MANY CAMPS, UH, THAT CROP UP AND, AND WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND DEAL WITH THAT IN A LEGAL WAY.
UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR VICE MAYOR ROLE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UH, HOMELESSNESS IS NOT AS, NOT AS SIMPLE SOLUTIONS, VERY COMPLEX.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT, UH, PARTNERS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THEM TO DELIVER SERVICES WHERE WE CAN AND WHERE THERE ARE CRIMES BEING COMMITTED AND ENFORCEMENT IS, UM, IS, UM, THE RIGHT THING TO DO THAT.
WE ABSOLUTELY DO THAT WITH THEM.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING GREAT SUCCESS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH POLICE.
THERE, THERE WAS A RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT THAT BASICALLY SAID, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A HARD LINE WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE UNLESS YOU WORK TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T SAY GET OUT OF TOWN BY SUNDOWN, RIGHT? I MEAN, NO, THAT'S VERY TRUE.
AND THEN, SO THAT HAS CHANGED THINGS QUITE A BIT, UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCILMAN.
AND SO WE HAVE, HAVE HAD TO HAVE VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE CRIMES, WE CAN ENFORCE ON THAT.
WHEN THERE AREN'T CRIMES, THEN WE FOCUS ON SERVICES, BUT TOGETHER WE ARE GENERALLY ABLE TO CLEAR AN ENCAMPMENT AND, UM, GET PEOPLE INTO SERVICES AND WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO SERVICES THEN SOMETIMES, UM, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS NEEDED, UM, UNTIL THEY'RE READY.
AND I'VE, AND I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT GOES ON WITH IHEALTH THROUGH ASCEND.
AND, UM, AND TO BE HONEST, I WAS, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE AND, UH, AND YOU KNOW THAT THE SENDERS, UM, BASICALLY HAVING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU, IF YOU'RE IN OUR PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS AND YOU HAVE TO DO THIS AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO THERE, THERE IS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S IS A LITTLE BIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED THESE FOLKS.
AND, AND SO WHILE WE'RE BEING BENEVOLENT IN HELPING, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO GET PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR HOMES AND, AND, UH, TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T ON THE STREETS AND THAT PEOPLE, UH, OUR CITIZENS
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IN GENERAL HAVE A BETTER LIFE TOO, BECAUSE OF, UH, THESE FOLKS HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.IS THAT FAIR? THAT'S VERY FAIR.
UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR VICE MAYOR, UM, THIS IS A TWO-FOLD GAME, RIGHT? IT'S CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO BETTER THEMSELVES WITH ALSO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY, TO HAVE AN EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS AND STREETS.
AND THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT TO US AS DELIVERING SERVICES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR RYAN? ALL RIGHT.
COUNSEL, LET ME READ THESE, UM, I'M GOING TO READ THE COMMENT CARDS IN THE ORDER THAT I'VE RECEIVED THEM.
I WILL THEN GO TO OUR SPEAKER CARDS, UM, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, UM, WHO FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD, YOU WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THREE MINUTES.
SO, UH, THE LIGHT WILL BE GREEN.
AND UNTIL ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS, IT WILL TURN YELLOW.
AND THEN IT RED, UH, WE ASKED THAT YOU WOULD, UM, PLEASE FINISH UP YOUR SENTENCE IF YOU'RE STILL UP THERE AT THAT POINT.
UM, I READ THE NAMES, UM, THE ADDRESSES, THE COMMENTS.
THIS IS FROM PEGGY DONALDSON, 1, 2 6, 3 WEST LOS LEGOS BOUCHER AVENUE.
I'M I BUTCHERED THAT IN MESA 8 5, 2 0 2.
AND, UH, SHE WRITES OUR CHURCH HAS WORKED WITH I HELP ASCEND PROGRAM FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
WE HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW THE IHEALTH PROGRAM HAS GIVEN HOMELESS PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A HOME TO A JOB.
ASCEND GIVES A HELP UP, NOT A HANDOUT.
NEXT ONE IS FROM ED WEN MAITA MATA, UH, AT 2 95 NORTH RURAL ROAD, CHANDLER, ARIZONA.
HE WRITES, I WANTED TO WRITE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER GENERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL NONPROFITS.
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA HAS BEEN A GRATEFUL PARTNER OF THE CITIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEACH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM CHANDLER.
THE THIRD IS A JOINT FROM A JOINT WRITING FROM, UM, MISS MARIANO, MARY JANO, AND LINDA LINDA SAWYER ADDRESS GIVEN IS 7 5 7 5 OH NORTH KAREN DRIVE, CHANDLER, ARIZONA.
AND THEY WRITE THIS TOPIC WARRANTS, FURTHER DISCUSSION AND RESIDENT TAXPAYERS INPUT.
THE OTHER TWO WERE FOR THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT FROM MIKE SOLBERG FROM 75 EAST CIVIC CENTER IN GILBERT.
PLEASE APPROVE THESE ITEMS AS A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
OUR LAST COMMENT CARD FROM LINDA SAWYER, A 1 1 5 8 WEST LINDA LANE, CHANDLER ARIZONA, A REQUEST TO TABLE ITEMS. THIS IS A POST UNTIL 7 14 22 MEETING PUBLIC SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMENT.
WE NEED TIME TO ADDRESS WITH OTHER RESIDENTS THAT OPPOSE AND ONE MARK, A COMMENT CARD FROM A KIMBERLY SUE FROM 1 5, 4 9 WEST I L IT'S LANDIA DRIVE IN GILBERT, JUST A STATEMENT OR JUST A X OF SUPPORT.
I CAN NOW GO TO OUR, OUR, UH, SPEAKER CARDS.
OUR FIRST UP IS CRAIG KENT AND CRAIG WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40 42.
AND, AND CRAIG, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND SIR, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
I WANT TO SAY FIRST CHANDLER HAS BEEN A LEADER IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT STAFF PEOPLE AND MR. BOSCH AND MS. POWELL.
AND I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU ACTUALLY SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU'VE SHOWN THAT LEADERSHIP.
AND HOWEVER, 40% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS AND CHANDLER ARE HOUSING STRESSED AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT BLIND HUMANITARIANISM.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING A CITY THAT WORKS FOR ALL.
UH, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
HOMELESSNESS I'LL BELIEVE IT WITH THIS.
HOMELESSNESS IS BAD FOR THE INDIVIDUALS HOMELESS.
IT'S BAD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, THAT, THAT HAVE TO HAVE THE IMPACTS OF THIS.
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BAD FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.NEXT IS, UM, JEFF WILLIAMS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 42.
UH, JEFF, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES, SIR.
UH, JEFF WILLIAMS WITH, UH, REPRESENTING THE SALVATION ARMY 85 EAST SIERRA GOSA STREET HERE IN CHANDLER 8 5 2 2 5.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
UM, ALL OF YOU, UH, MARIN COUNCIL, WHO'VE BEEN CONTINUALLY IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THE SALVATION ARMY HAS DONE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO FURTHER, UH, EXPRESS JUST HOW WELL WHAT YOU'RE DOING WORKS.
UM, THERE IS A COLLABORATION IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER I'VE EVER WORKED IN.
I'VE BEEN IN LARGE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES AND SMALL RURAL AREAS, AND NOBODY CAN TOUCH THE SUCCESS THAT CHANDLER IS HAVING ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS COMING IN WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THAT I HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR LESS THAN A WEEK, WHICH MEANS IT IS HAPPENING AND IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU ON THE SAME BREATH, I CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL TO THE NAVIGATORS.
AND IN 15 MINUTES I HAVE THOSE PEOPLE, UH, ON THEIR WAY TO ICANN AND ASCEND TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED AND GET THEM INTO A BED AND THAT IT IS HAPPENING.
AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK OFF THE STREETS.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING STABILIZED AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET.
THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE ASKS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, HIGHER REQUESTS.
WE'RE IN A TIME IN OUR COUNTRY THAT THE NEED ISN'T GOING AWAY.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, TAKING NINE MONTHS, 10 MONTHS TO, UH, LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND REALLY DIVE INTO WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING AWAY AND WE WILL STAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ALLOW US TO ON YOUR BEHALF.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US UP TO THIS POINT.
ALRIGHT, NEXT PERSON UP IS CARLA SORRELL REDUCE, GO REDO.
SO APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING YOUR NAME.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME IS CARLOS
AND TOLLESON UM, I GREW UP IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA AND FORGIVE ME.
I HAD TO WRITE THINGS DOWN BECAUSE I TALK SO MUCH AND HE'LL BE LONG.
SO, UM, WHEN I SAW THE NEED FOR HOMELESS, UM, THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD, LIVING HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, JUST PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY CRYING OUT FOR HELP JUST BECAUSE OF HUNGER PAINS, WHICH BROKE MY HEART.
AND THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
AND, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF US HAVE LIKE REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY LIFESTYLES AND WHERE PEOPLE THAT ARE ESTABLISHED, WE GET VERY BUSY, BUT WE JUST CAN'T GET THE FOOD CAUSE WE'RE RUNNING LATE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT WE HAVE THOSE HUNGER PAINS, WHICH ARE UNSETTLING, BUT THINK OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS WITH NO FOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY'RE SUFFERING 10 TIMES MORE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY MEANS TO GET FOOD OR WATER.
ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE TIRED AND STRESSED OUT DUE TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES.
UM, I SEE PEOPLE DIGGING IN GARBAGE CANS AT STORES, LOOKING FOR FOOD THROUGHOUT MY COMMUNITY AND OCCASIONS.
I NOTICED PEOPLE, UM, DOING THESE THINGS AND I WOULD OFFER THEM FOOD, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE CRYING TO ME PLEADING FOR HELP WITH THESE THINGS.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT I TAKE AWAY FROM WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS HAS GIVEN, UM, MYSELF TO OTHERS, NO MATTER WHAT, THE CHOICE OF CIRCUMSTANCES THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, WE'RE NOT CALLED TO JUDGE.
WE ARE CALLED TO HELP AND SUPPORT TO PREVENT, TO PREVENT HUNGER AND HOMELESS MEN.
UM, JUST OFFERING THEM THAT SUPPORT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FROM SEAN DONALDSON.
MR. DONALD'S IN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS SEAN LEE, EXCUSE ME, SEAN DONALDSON.
1, 2 6 3 WEST LOS LAGO SYSTEM, MESA ARIZONA, 8 5 2 0 2.
AND, UM, I'M INVOLVED WITH EVIDENT LIFE CHURCH IN GILBERT AND WE'RE PART PARTNER WITH A SIN IN THE IHEALTH HOMELESS PROGRAM.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SIX YEARS.
WE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TELL YOU THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE ON THE STREET WITH THE SIGNS, THEY ARE NOT PART OF THIS.
I HELP ALMOST PROGRAM WHEN YOU'RE PART OF THE PROGRAM
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WITH I HELP.YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A SIGN.
ONCE THEY GET IN THE PROGRAM, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT IMMEDIATE AN INTAKE CENTER.
THEY'RE BROUGHT ON A SHUTTLE, OUR FACILITY OR OTHER FAITH-BASED FACILITIES.
THEY SPEND THE NIGHT, WE GIVE THEM DINNER, WE GIVE THEM BREAKFAST.
WE GIVE THEM LUNCH FOR THE NEXT DAY.
THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY, UH, SEND US A SHOWER TRAILER THAT THEY BRING IN FOR FACILITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ONSITE SHOWERS, WHICH NOT VERY MANY CHURCHES DO.
LIKE CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING OUT FOR A JOB INTERVIEW WITHOUT HAVING A SHOWER OR WORKING ALL DAY AND COMING HOME, NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE A SHOWER, GOING BACK TO WORK THE NEXT DAY WITHOUT IT, THE SHOWER TRAILER, THE SHUTTLE, THESE THINGS COST MONEY.
THESE HAVE TO BE PAID FOR A SEN HAS LOCKERS.
WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE LIVING OUT A ONE OR TWO BACKPACKS EVERYWHERE THEY GO.
IF THEY GO IN FOR A JOB INTERVIEW, THEY HAVE TO HIDE THEIR BACKPACK.
THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT WITH THEM, SEND AS LOCK.
WE CAN KNOW THEY CAN KEEP HIM.
YOU KNOW, I HEARD THAT THERE'S POSITIVE INPUT AND THERE'S SOME THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE THAT THE HOMELESS HAVE IN COMMUNITIES.
WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IF WE DON'T STAY ON IT, IF WE DON'T KEEP ADDRESSING IT, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.
WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE COST OF RENT GOING UP.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH EVIDENT LIVES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SUCCESS STORIES IN GOTTEN JOBS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A 90 DAY PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE GUIDELINES THAT THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
SO MY ART IS EVERYBODY DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE AND DO NOT CUT ANY OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FROM ASHLEY SANDRA'S.
ASHLEY, CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
UM, 1 8 0 3 EAST JADE PLACE IN CHANDLER AND I AM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ASCEND.
I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF TRINITY, TRINITY DONOVAN AND HER LEADERSHIP HERE IN CHANDLER AND THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING.
UM, I AM A CHANDLER RESIDENT FOR A LITTLE OVER 13 YEARS.
BOTH OF MY KIDS GO TO CHANDLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO LIVE IN THIS VIBRANT CITY.
THAT'S DONE SO WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WANTED TO TALK TODAY ABOUT ASCEND AND HOW THEY OFFER SERVICES THAT PREVENT OR MITIGATE, MITIGATE CHRONIC ISSUES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE RENTAL ASSISTANT PROGRAMS LIKE CAP, UH, FOOD SERVICES, WHICH MITIGATE HEALTH IMPACTS BY PREVENTING OR MITIGATING THESE ISSUES.
THAT PERSON IS LESS LIKELY TO NEED OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD SERVICES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE GETTING THESE HEALTHY MEALS, WE CAN MITIGATE HEALTH IMPACTS.
THAT PERSON IS LESS LIKELY TO CALL 9 1, 1 LESS LIKELY TO BE IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM OR NEED HELP SUPPORT BY HAVING THAT PERSON NOT NEED OTHER SERVICES.
WE ARE SAVING MONEY FOR CHANDLER.
THE SERVICES THAT ARE SEND PROVIDES HELPS INDIVIDUALS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND HELPS INDIVIDUALS GET HEALTHIER EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING FAMILIES FROM REQUIRING MORE RESOURCES FROM THE CITY.
AS A RESULT, ASCEND SERVICES OFFER COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY.
FAMILIES GET HELP NOW FROM ASCEND RATHER THAN GETTING NO HELP AND REQUIRING MORE INTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE.
THE STATE HOMELESSNESS REPORT FOUND THAT WE EXPERIENCED A 30% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS IN 2021.
THAT THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GROW WITH GAS PRICES ON THE RISE AND INFLATION AT 8.5%.
THERE ARE RUMBLINGS OF A POTENTIAL RECESSION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS WILL LOOK LIKE AS WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT AND WHO IS GOING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE AFTER THE RECESSION HITS ASCEND AND ITS PARTNERS WILL ASCEND AND ITS PARTNERS WITH, UH, THE POLICE AND ALSO WITH OUR CITY.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE ALL WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER.
ASCEND IS THE ONE WHO WILL BE THERE WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS.
THEY ARE NOT CREATING HOMELESSNESS.
ASCEND IS A STEADY RESOURCE WHILE THE COMMUNITY DEALS WITH AN UNSTABLE ECONOMY.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT SEPTEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER STATES.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES, SIR.
UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, I, UH, SCOTT SEPTEMBER.
MY ADDRESS IS 9 5 3 WEST MESQUITE STREET,
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GILBERT ARIZONA, 8 5 2 3 3.I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CC'S HOPE CENTER.
AND W I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 42 MAYOR AND CLERK.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COME BACK TO THE PODIUM FOR THAT? PLEASE CONTINUE.
WE'RE SINCE WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO SINCE WE'RE DOING THAT, WHAT I LIKE TO DO MAYOR WITH YOUR PERMISSION IS HAVE, UH, ANOTHER BOARD COLLEAGUE JANIE SCHOLES SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO, UM, CONTINUE ONCE WHEN SHE'S SPOKEN.
WE'RE BOTH HERE FOR CCS TONIGHT.
UM, OUR FIRST HOME WAS HERE IN CHANDLER IN 94, AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE WORK.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY MEETINGS THERE ABOUT BEEN SINCE THEN, BUT, UM, IT'S, THE CITY IS BEAUTIFUL.
I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER AND CHANDLER RIGHT ON THE OPPOSITE, UM, SINCE 1999.
SO I FEEL LIKE OUR MONEY, OUR TAX MONEY IS BEING SPENT VERY WISELY HERE.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ARE VERY, UM, RESPONSIBLE AND CAREFUL WITH THE FUNDS.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? OH, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, UH, I LIVE IN GILBERT AT, UM, 4, 4 1 EAST VERMONT DRIVE.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, COME HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER OF CC'S HOPE CENTER.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UM, OUR FOUNDING, UH, 2017 STARTED, I MET RENEE LOPEZ IN A STARBUCKS WITH OUR FOUNDER AND TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF THESE THINGS.
AND NOW IT'S COME TO FRUITION.
WE DO HAVE A HOME FOR, UM, YOUNG WOMEN THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY AGES 18 TO 24.
UM, THESE ARE WOMEN THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED, UM, SEX TRAFFICKING OR EXPLOITATION SEXUAL TRAUMA.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO GET SOME REFERRALS IN FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THERE ARE YOUNG WOMEN THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE HOMELESSNESS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT THAT, UM, OR THEIR FAMILY IS AT RISK.
AND WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE YOUNG WOMEN AND ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM BRIDGE THAT GAP WHERE THE FOSTER CARE IS NOT ABLE TO HELP THEM.
SO THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO THEM.
UM, AND SO BASICALLY WE'RE, UM, SMALL, BUT WE ARE A HOME THAT IS A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR THEM TO SLEEP, TO EAT, TO LEARN, UH, LIFE SKILLS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS OF AN 18 YEAR OLD GIRL, BUT EVEN UNDER THE BEST CONDITIONS, UM, LIFE IS HARD.
SO WE ARE, WE HAVE MENTORSHIP.
UM, ANYWAY, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING TO EXTEND SOME OF THE FUNDS AND ALL THAT.
UM, SCOTT TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNOW WITH ALL OF THIS, UM, HOMELESSNESS AND ALL OF THESE VERY CRITICAL PROBLEMS, DEFINITELY SLOW COOKER, NOT A MICROWAVE.
SO COUNTING ON YOU GUYS TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT TURNOVER.
THANK YOU, JANIE MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, WE'RE CC'S HOPE CENTER IS SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THE CDBG FUNDS THAT THAT YOU'LL BE DISTRIBUTING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT ONE ELEMENT THERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND UNGRATEFUL.
UM, BUT WITH THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS $21,600, AND WE THINK THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, A MISUNDERSTANDING.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN HOW WE FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION.
IT COULD BE HOW IT WAS PERCEIVED, UM, BUT THE WHAT, WHAT I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON GETTING OR WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DESIGNATED TO GET IS ABOUT $10,000.
AND I'M HERE TO ASK TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT COUNCIL TONIGHT CAN, CAN DIRECT STAFF TO, TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL, UH, $12,600 TO GET US BACK TO THE ORIGINAL $21,600.
UM, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS STAFF MAY HAVE PERCEIVED THAT, THAT, THAT THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR TRAINING STAFF.
UM, FURTHER IN THE APPLICATION, IT EXPLAINS THAT THE MONEY, MOST OF THE MONEY, ACTUALLY, THERE'S ONLY A SMALL PORTION, LESS THAN 10% THAT WILL BE USED FOR TRAINING.
THE REST WILL BE USED FOR THE REGULAR OPERATIONS TO HELP PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THESE GIRLS THAT ARE BEING RESCUED FROM TRAFFICKING.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR TONIGHT TO SEE IF COUNCIL WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT, UH, THAT IDEA AND THAT REQUEST TO MAYBE FIND THAT, FIND THOSE EXTRA FUNDS PERHAPS IN A CONTINGENCY FUND THAT EXISTS.
IT'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE THIS LEVEL OF OUTREACH FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAIN.
AND WE, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WE PRIDE AS WE TRY TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THE GIRLS COMING OUT OF THESE, THESE HORRIBLE SITUATIONS.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, THE, THE HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
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COMMISSION REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID, NOT JUST FOR SELECTING CCS, BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT YOU'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS YEAR.AND, UH, AND, AND FOR HELPING ALL THE PEOPLE, UH, FOR THE CONTINUED NEEDS TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR EVEN CONSIDERING THE USE OF THE CDBG FUNDS.
IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF HOW OUR CITIES SUPPORT THE, THE LAST, THE LAST AND THE LEAST OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHO ARE GOING THROUGH FOOD INSECURITIES, HOMELESSNESS, OR OTHER HARDSHIPS.
SO THANK YOU VERY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TONIGHT FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME, TALENTS AND EFFORTS THAT YOU INVEST HERE IN CHANDLER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, AND LEE, CAN I TALK TO YOU JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO RELATING RATING TO RELATING TO THIS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO SOME RESEARCH ON WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF? I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CORRECTED OR, OR IF THAT'S WHAT OUR ORIGINAL INTENT WAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT APPROPRIATE, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR VICE MAYOR.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE FUNDING, THE ALLOCATIONS PANEL, THE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING SUBCOMMITTEE FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT WANTING TO FUND CCS, HELPED TEST IT, RAISE THE ISSUE WITH THE TRAINEE THAT THEY'VE WANTED THE, THE FUNDING TO GO TO DIRECT SERVICES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THAT AND THERE IS MONEY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED ON THE CONTINGENCY PIECE, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE APPLICATION.
WE CAN CLARIFY IF THERE'S STILL SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND I CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON THE OUTCOME.
WE HAVE TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT, RIGHT.
THE ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
UM, HOW'S I REMEMBER HARRIS, UM, YES, UM, CC HOPE, UH, PROVISE, UM, PROGRAMMING, UM, FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND THESE YOUNG GIRLS, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND, UM, AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF PASSION THAT I HAVE FOR THE PROJECT AND WHAT IT PROVIDES TO THE CITY AND HOW THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF OUR CITY PARTNERS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE, UM, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO LOOK FURTHER INTO IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO FURTHER HELP CCS HOPE.
AND IF THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING OR MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING FURTHER, UM, CITY MANAGER CAN WORK WITH YEAH.
MR. MAYOR COUNCILOR HARRIS, VICE MAYOR RO.
UH, WHAT I SUGGEST IS THAT YOU GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK, MEET WITH THE APPLICANT, AND THEN ALSO COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT COULD BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT US TO FIND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR, OR FIGURE OUT OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THAT NONPROFIT.
I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
I, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS BE MAKING FUNDING DECISIONS FROM THE DAYS THAT'S EXACTLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION OF WHY WE APPOINTED A CITIZEN PANEL THAT WOULD ACTUALLY START THROUGH THESE.
BUT I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE WISHES OF, OF COUNCIL TO EXPLORE THE, EXPLORE THE, UM, REQUESTS AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OR POSSIBILITY.
SO CONSTANTLY ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? OKAY.
SO JUST ON THIS SPECIFIC ONE ITEM, THAT'S MOST, ARE WE TAKING THIS OFF THE AGENDA THEN? OR IS IT STILL ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE ON TONIGHT? I BELIEVE IT'S STILL ON THE AGENDA AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE, THAT COULD BE A SEPARATE THING.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT.
UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
I WAS VERY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT HOW WE ARE USING THIS, THESE FUNDS, THE PROGRAM HAS THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SAID BEFORE.
THIS HAS BEEN AROUND BEFORE I WAS THE COUNCIL MAN.
UH, AND I'M A PRETTY YOUNG MAN.
SO I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN QUITE A BORN YET, BUT IS THERE WAS A REASON WHY OUR, UM, THE, THE FRAMERS OF THE, THE FRAMERS THAT HAS PUT TOGETHER AND THE LAST 30 YEARS, WHAT CHANDLER'S SHOULD LOOK LIKE, THEY LAID OUT A VISION FOR THE CITY.
YOU SEE THE CITY TODAY, YOU WAS ABLE TO COME HERE WITH, WITH HARLEY, NO ISSUES WITH THE ROLES AND, AND ISSUES WITH BUILDINGS FALLING APART, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND IT CAN'T MINT OF HOMELESSNESS SITTING IN, OUTSIDE OUR DOORS.
YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE VERY, VERY GOOD BLESSINGS OF CHANDLER.
AND I THINK THAT THE FOUNDERS WANTED TO MAKE
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SURE THAT WE WAS A COHESIVE COMMUNITY, WHERE WE CAN GIVE TO ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED AND CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE BUILDING ON WHERE WE ARE.AND EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH OUR SUPPORT ON THIS AND INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO, WE'LL HELP CHANDLER CATAN TO BE THE CITY THAT EVERYONE IS, IS LOVE, LIVING, WORKING, AND PLANNING.
AND I AM GOING TO 100% SUPPORT ALL OF THESE THREE ITEMS THERE, INCLUDING LOOKING INTO THE FURTHER ITEM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CHANDLER, WE ARE A VERY PROSPEROUS CITY, UH, WE'RE NOT HURTING AND IN NO WAY, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FUNDS THAT WE WILL VOTE ON TO GIVE BACK TO THESE NON-FOR-PROFITS TO FURTHER OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE, UM, VERY WELL RECEIVED FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEY WILL PUT THE WORK TO GOOD USE.
AND I, I KNOW A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON THIS SHEET OF ORGANIZATIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN SPLENDID WITH THEIR WORK.
THEY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RESULTS, AND WE CONTINUE TO GET THE BENEFITS OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE, THIS IS WHAT THE BOOK TELLS US WE SHOULD DO.
THIS IS US REAPING AND SOWING THE BENEFITS OF WHEN WE DO WELL.
AND WHEN WE DO GOOD TO PEOPLE, THOSE BENEFITS THAT GOD GIVES US, THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR CITY HOME.
EVERY TIME WE STAND UP, WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GREATER, AND I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE THINGS AND, UM, BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SEE OUR CITY MOVE FORWARD.
SO MAYOR WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THANK YOU.
AND I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
MA'AM MAY I SAY, UM, BRING IT BACK TOGETHER FOR ALL OF US, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN HERE GOING ON IN CHANDLER, I CAME TO GENDER IN 1987 AND IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO ACTUALLY, UH, WHEN I DROVE AROUND TO SEE WHAT WAS NEEDED IN OUR CITY IN 1998, SOMEBODY INVITED ME TO GO DOWNTOWN PHOENIX UNDER THE BREACH NINE AVENUE AND YOU CANNON.
AND WHEN I WALKED UNDER THAT BRIDGE, THAT DAY, WHAT I SAW WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T LIVED WITH SEEN FROM THE TIME I HAD MOVED IN CHANDLER TO THAT MOMENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EXISTED IN ARIZONA.
I WAS SO MAD BECAUSE THAT PLACE WAS RIGHT AT THE SHADOW OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
I WAS SO MAD WITH ALL GOVERNOR.
I WAS SO MAD, WHAT WAS, WHAT HAPPENED? AND HOW CAN WE LET PEOPLE LIVE IN SUCH CONDITION? AND WHAT I STARTED DOING WAS DRIVING AROUND CHANDLER TO SEE WHERE WE IN A POSITION THE SAME WAY.
AND THAT KEPT ME GOING DOWNTOWN PHOENIX FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, EVERY SUNDAY MORNING, HELPING THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE HELPING THEM.
WE HAVE, SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE GETTING THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER, WE HAVE PUT SO MANY PEOPLE BACK INTO HOUSING.
I HAVE FOUND SO MANY CHILDREN THAT WERE UNDER THE STREET ALONE, BEING TRAFFICKED THAT WE HAVE REMOVED FROM THAT POSITION.
AND SO I'M SITTING HERE TONIGHT.
REMEMBER ONE PARTICULAR GENTLEMAN, HIS NAME WAS JOHN, AND WE WERE FEEDING JOHN CONSTANTLY.
IF HE WAS COMING AT ONE PARTICULAR MORNING, AS WE WERE FEEDING, WE HEARD THE TRAIN COMING AND JOHN WAS SITTING ON THE TRENCH AND HE HAD A CUP OF A CUP OF COFFEE AND HE WAS DRINKING AND I STARTED SCREAMING, TRENDS COME AND TRAIN IS COMING.
USUALLY EVERYBODY GOT UP AND RAN AND JOHN GOT UP AND RAN AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK FOR THAT CUP OF COFFEE.
AND JOHN DIED ON THE SPOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME THAT PARTICULAR MORNING, SUNDAY MORNING, AS A NURSE, I HAD TO STAND THERE BY HIM CALLED THE POLICE, KILLED HIM AS AN INDIGENT TO BE BURIED OVER A CUP OF COFFEE.
AND I MADE IT MY LIFELONG JOURNEY FOR THAT TO NEVER HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE.
AGAIN, HE WAS A WHITE GENTLEMEN.
I NEVER MET, I DIDN'T KNOW HIS PAST.
ALL I KNEW WAS THAT THAT TIME HE NEEDED ME.
AND ALL I WAS DOING WAS BEING THAT LITTLE BRIGHT, SHINY STAR OR THAT SMILE TO HIM EVERY SUNDAY MORNING.
IF YOU'RE NOT HOMELESS TONIGHT IS BECAUSE
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THOSE AROUND YOU OR HELPING YOU, THERE ARE THOSE OF US RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW WHO ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.AND I WOULD LIKE US TO THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISION.
I DON'T FEEL THAT WE SHOULD WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE TO RELEASE THESE FUNDS BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT TOMORROW THEY MIGHT NOT WAKE UP BECAUSE WHERE THEY SLEPT THE NIGHT SOMEBODY STOPPED THEM.
I HAD TO GO AND PUSH THEIR BODY OVER AND SEE THE KNIVES IN, IN THIS CITY THAT I HAVE LIVED FOR 35 YEARS.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND AS I, THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER HAVE EMPOWERED ME TO SIT HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE DECISION.
AND THEY BEHALF, I WILL NEVER WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN CHANDLER.
AND SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SAY YES, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FUND.
WE CONTINUE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO CRY.
I WANT US TO CONTINUE LOOKING INTO HOW CAN WE IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES? BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IT? THE CITY IS THE BEST PLACE FOR US.
WHY IS IT NOW IN THIS MOMENT, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS AN ISSUE AFTER 35 YEARS OF US HELPING AND BRINGING PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
IF YOU LIVE HERE ALL THESE YEARS, WHY WASN'T IT A PROBLEM BEFORE? WHY IS IT NOW A PROBLEM? AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU GET BACK TO YOUR HOUSE, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GO BACK HOME AND SLEEP IN MY FOUR POST-IT BED.
WHEN YOU SLEEP IN YOUR BED, THINK ABOUT IT.
WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HELPING TONIGHT IS GOING TO SLEEP IN THE RANT TONIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THIS TALK HERE BEFORE I GET A LITTLE BIT TOO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT.
MAYOR, I WILL STOP RIGHT NOW AND SAY YES TO THE BOOK.
WELL, LET ME HEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY YES, BUT NOBODY'S MAKING A MOTION TO MAKE THE MOTION.
MAY I ASK A SECOND? THE MOST, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS TO APPROVE ITEMS, NUMBER 40 41.
AND I'M SECONDARY MAYOR DOWN HERE BEFORE I CRY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL CONSOLE ONLINE? I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, IT'S CONSOLE THAT HAS GIVEN YOU, I KNOW THE PRIORITIES, EVEN IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST THAT, THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I KNOW IT'S COUNCIL THAT HAS SET THOSE PRIORITIES.
AND IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, I'M GRATEFUL.
I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT INVOLVED IN HELPING OUR HOMELESS FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
AND I, A LOT OF THEM ARE NO LONGER HOMELESS AND THEY HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER AND THEY CALL ME UP.
THEY TEXT ME AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING, FIND THEIR FEET, FIND A LIFE, UH, CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE BACK TO OTHERS.
AND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A STEP, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN CHANDLER AND, AND WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UM, CCS, UH, HOUSE, OUR, OUR ASCEND OR OTHER AGENCIES HERE, I APPRECIATE A CITY THAT DOES CONSIDER THE LEAST OF THESE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SEES HOW WE CAN HELP THEM.
SO WITH THAT, UH, CONSTANT, PLEASE VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ HAD TO DEPART, SO HE'S ALRIGHT.
ALL WHO SPOKE OR, OR, UM, UH, HAD LETTERS OR HAD US READ THINGS SO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS NEXT ON
[ Public Hearing]
OUR AGENDA NIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, A PUBLIC HEARING.AND, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A SPECIAL ONE TO ME, JUST KNOWING THE PROPERTY.
WE WILL HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN ANNEXATION.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MCQUEEN ROAD AND HUNTER HIGHWAY.
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UH, THIS IS A SPECIAL ANNEXATION AS THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST LARGE PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY.I MEAN, WE STILL VARIOUS TO CHIP AWAY AT, BUT THE SUBJECT SITE IS 40.2 ACRES, LARGE, UM, SURROUNDING LAND USES, UH, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.
UH, THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE HUNT HIGHWAY WITH THE, UH, INDIAN COMMUNITY SOUTH OF THERE, UH, TO THE WEST.
WE HAVE MCQUEEN ROAD AS WELL AS, UM, SOME COUNTY ISLAND, UH, HOMES AS WELL AS, UH, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, UH, UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE, UH, ALONG HUNT HIGHWAY AND MCQUEEN.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY, UH, A FARM.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS ALSO HOME TO, TO, UH, TEXTS EARNHARDT'S LONGHORNS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ANCILLARY, UM, BUILDINGS USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.
THE SUBJECT SITE WITHIN OUR GENERAL PLAN IS DESIGNATED AS NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN OUR SOUTHEAST CHANDLER AREA PLAN.
IT'S DESIGNATED AS TRADITIONAL SUBURBAN CHARACTER PLANNING STAFF WHO IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING AN APPLICATION FOR A, UH, ANNEXATION OR REZONING FOR A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION OF APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED LOTS AS WELL AS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE HOUSING PRODUCT.
AND THAT SHOULD BE BEFORE YOU IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO IT WAS THERE OR THE LONGHORNS, UH, GRANDFATHERED IN, IN THE, UH, NEW HOUSING SITE OR THIS PERHAPS NOT MAYOR.
ONE OF THE, DURING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF THE PROPERTY AND HOW THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED.
UH, THE SUBDIVISION SAME WILL BE EARNHARDT RANCH, AND THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION, THERE'LL BE AMENITIES, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF THE EARNHARDT FAMILY AND THE ANIMALS THAT USED TO RESIDE ONSITE.
COUNSELING, ANY, UH, CONVERSATION QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS AND THAT AIN'T NO BULL.
SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM OUR AUDIENCE RELATED TO THIS ITEM? OKAY.
I'D LIKE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITY CLERK? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE CURRENT EVENTS.SO COUNCIL I'VE GOT, UM, TO ME, WHAT IS SOME SAD NEWS AND MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT PERHAPS THE SAME, ONE OF MY MAYORAL MENTORS AND A PERSON, HE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, QUEEN CREEK MAYOR GAIL BARNEY PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT.
UH, MAYOR BARNEY WAS A MAYOR FOR OVER TWO DECADES OVER THERE.
HE, HE SAW THAT TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK DOUBLE.
HE HAD GREAT PASSIONS, HIS LOVES WHERE HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE, AND HIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, ANYTIME I'VE EVER SERVED WITH HIM ON A, ON A COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING IN PHOENIX, HE WOULD ALWAYS BE THE FIRST ONE THERE BECAUSE DRIVING FROM QUEEN CREEK, YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO GET IN THE WAY, BUT A VERY PATIENT MAN TOO, WITH ALL OF HIS DRIVING BACK AND FORTH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MAYOR BARNEY ON, ON VERY IMPORTANT REGIONAL ISSUES OVER THE YEARS.
SO IF, UH, THE GOVERNOR IS ORDERED TOMORROW FOR FLAGS TO BE LOWERED TO HALF FLAG IT HIS HONOR.
AND YOU WOULD PAUSE WITH ME AND TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR QUEEN CREEK COMMUNITY.
NO, LET ME ADDRESS MY LAST ISSUE TONIGHT, WHICH IS OUR UPCOMING HOLLY HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
I, UH, AS YOU ARE CELEBRATING 4TH OF JULY, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT.
I BELIEVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, OR AT LEAST ONE OF YOU WILL ADDRESS, BUT PLEASE BE SAFE AND MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE RULES AROUND FIREWORKS.
FIREWORKS ARE A WONDERFUL WAY TO COMMEMORATE THE FOURTH IN YOUR CELEBRATIONS, BUT PLEASE THINK ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR PETS, OUR VETS, AND
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IN THAT PROCESS, THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE FIREWORKS THAT ARE LEGAL.THERE ARE FIREWORKS THAT ARE ILLEGAL.
THINGS THAT ARE SHOT UP IN THE AIR ARE CONSIDERED ILLEGAL.
AND WE ASKED THAT, UM, AGAIN, YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A CHANDLER RESIDENT, THINK OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND UH, EVERY TIME WE HAVE FIREWORKS OUT HERE, WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR VETS THAT THIS TRIGGERS THINGS.
SO AS A, AS A COMMUNITY, WHO'S CONSIDERED ONE ANOTHER, JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE SO AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FIREWORKS AND WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO.
AND CHANDLER WILL BE FOUND ON THE S ON CHANDLER'S FIRE WEBSITE.
I DO WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A FUN, SAFE, AND MEMORIAL HOLIDAY MEMORABLE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, THE CITY OF CHANDLER PARTNER WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO HOST FOUR JUNE TEEN CELEBRATORY EVENTS.
UH, THE FIRST EVENT WAS FREEDOM.
UH, THE SECOND ONE WAS MS. JUNETEENTH PAGEANT, UH, THAT WAS, UM, HELD WITH SELF-HELP AND CULTURAL MUSIC IN THE PARK AND CHANDLER MEN OF ACTION, THE FOURTH ANNUAL MIXER.
UH, AND WE HAD A, SUCH A VERY DIVERSE, UM, AUDIENCE FOR CULTURAL MUSIC IN A PARK, UH, OVER 1000 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO COME OUT TO IT.
WE EVEN FORCED THE MAYOR TO DANCE WITH US, EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT BE DANCING AS MUCH A LOOSE INTERPRETATION, INDEED.
UH, BUT SURELY WAS A GOOD TIME.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS ALWAYS GREAT THAT THEY COME OUT AND SUPPORT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, IT, I MEAN THIS WHOLE WEEK, I GOTTA HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER REALLY RECOGNIZE YOUR TEAM.
AND IN FACT, WE WERE THE CITY THAT DID THE MOST JUNETEENTH SALVATORE EVENTS IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATE.
TAYLOR REALLY MADE HISTORY WITH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, AND IT JUST GOES TO THE FACT OF THE TYPE OF CITY.
WE ARE A DIVERSE, EQUITABLE INCLUSIVE CITY, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY.
UM, THE CULTURE MUSIC AND APART BAND WAS LED BY BON WILLIS AT YOUR CANDY.
AND WE WANT TO, AGAIN, JUST TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT WAS FUN AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN ELLIS OWES ME A NEW TOWEL.
CAUSE SHE LITERALLY TOOK MY TOWEL AND SAID IT BELONGS TO HER.
SO I WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE CHIEF, UH, INTERVENE ON THIS MATTER.
UM, UH, SO THAT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ADVANCE IF YOU GUYS MISSED IT.
WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND IT WAS GREAT.
AND LAST, THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT I ADD IS THIS SATURDAY, IF ALL THOSE THAT CAN FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER, PLEASE COME OUT TO THIS SATURDAY.
WE ARE HAVING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER PRESENTATION, UH, IS GOING TO BE HELD BY THE CHANDLER POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A TWO-HOUR COMMUNITY AWARENESS EVENT THAT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER.
THIRTY-FIVE 50 SOUTH DOBSON ROAD IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA, EIGHT FIVE, TWO, FOUR EIGHT.
THE EMISSION IS FREE, BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO COME BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY AROUND THIS, UM, ISSUE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW HOW WE ARE HANDLING AND HOW WE ARE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND WHAT ARE WE DOING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW TO PROACTIVELY MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
CHANDLER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SAFE COMMUNITY OR REMAIN A SAFE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO BETTER IN THIS AREA, PLEASE COME OUT AND SHARE AND GET A CHANCE TO TALK AND, AND, AND HEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY, BECAUSE WE MAY BE DOING WHAT YOU ALREADY THINK WE MAY NOT BE DOING.
WE MAY BE DOING WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OVER TO, UH, COUNSEL, UH, TO NAIR BACK TO YOU MAYOR BACK TO YOUR MAYOR, MAN.
UM, THANK YOU TO TEAM CHANDLER FOR ALWAYS DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR US.
UM, THE STAFF AND YOU FOLKS THAT ARE STILL HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR ENDURING OUR MEETINGS AND, UH, TOO MANY, TOO MANY PEOPLE RETIRING.
AND I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH OF THAT OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
PLEASE STAY AND CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR US.
I WANT TO TALK VERY QUICKLY ABOUT WATER SAFETY.
UH, WE'VE GOT JULY 4TH COMING.
IT'S THE SUMMER EVERYBODY'S AROUND AT THE END POOLS.
UM, SO AS TEMPERATURES RISE, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF WATER RELATED INCIDENTS THAT RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH.
UH, FOR CHILDREN AGES ONE TO FOUR DROWNING
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IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW THE ABC'S OF WATER SAFETY, UH, THAT'S ADULT SUPERVISION AND, UH, AND HAVING BARRIERS, UH, BETWEEN THE CHILDREN AND WATER OF COURSE, AND CLASSES FOR SWIMMING AND CPR.
CHANDLER AQUATICS OFFERS SWIM LESSONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IT'S AQUATIC CENTERS AND POOLS.
AND THE YMC ALSO OFFERS SWIM LESSONS FOR PARENT CHILD SWIM PRESCHOOL AND PRIVATE LESSONS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE@CHANDLERAC.GOV ORG SLASH WATER.
THANK YOU MAYOR SHORT TWO WEEKS, THE THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
THE, UH, IN SHORT TWO WEEKS WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DAY THAT, UH, I ALWAYS REMARK THAT, UM, IT, IT TOOK A VERY BRAVE NATION TO JUST STEP AWAY AND, UH, FROM A, UH, GOVERNMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO, TO, UH, TO BE FREE FROM.
AND, UM, IT IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR CELEBRATION.
CHANDLER DOES A GREAT JOB OF CELEBRATING THAT.
UM, AND SO THIS MONDAY, JULY 4TH, FROM SEVEN TO NINE 30, RIGHT DOWNTOWN, THERE'LL BE A BIG PARTY CHAT COLD SHOT.
AND THE HURRICANE HORNS WILL BE PERFORMING RHYTHM AND BLUES DURING TWO 60 MINUTE SETS PERFORMING BOTH ENSEMBLES, THERE WILL BE A FIVE MINUTE PYROTECHNIC SHOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET GREAT FIREWORKS LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR AND SOMEWHAT WE'D CAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
A LOT OF CITIES ARE FACING THAT, BUT THE NEXT YEAR WE PROBABLY GOT TO DO DOUBLE MIRROR.
SO MAYBE WE'LL, UM, BUT PARKING'S GOING TO BE FREE.
GET DOWNTOWN, ENJOY THE HOLIDAY, ENJOY 4TH OF JULY AND STAY SAFE AROUND YOUR POOLS.
THANKS VICE MAYOR CUSTOMER MOST THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WELL, LET'S CONTINUE THE WHOLE THING REGARDING THE ALL-AMERICAN BASH ON JULY 4TH, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN AND IT'S GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN.
RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY A MARY'S YOUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, OR THEY CAN BRING THEIR OWN COOLERS, NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, SNACKS, AND LAWN CHAIRS TO ENJOY THE SHOW.
THERE WILL ALSO BE FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS AND A YARD GAMES ALSO WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THEM.
WHETHER YOU CELEBRATE AT THIS EVENT OR AT HOME, PLEASE WATCH YOUR KIDS AROUND FIREWORKS AND WATER.
AS WE ALL GET INVOLVED IN THINGS, WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE WAS A RISE ON DROWNING.
AND SO PLEASE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION.
WE ARE WISHING ALL OF YOU ARE HAPPY AND SAFE.
THE NEXT THING THAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING INTO THE BACK TO SCHOOL DAY.
OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN BUSY COLLECTING BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
I BELIEVE TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY DROP SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO US, BUT WE CAN STILL TAKE MONEY AND SO MONEY.
YOU CAN GIVE US MONEY ALL THE WAY.
EVEN AFTER THE FACT, WE WILL TAKE MONEY, VISIT OUR CITY CHANDLER IT'S UM, WAIT A SECOND.
IT'S CITY CHANDLER DOT O R G TO MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION AND SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE NEED ALL YOUR HANDS AND FEET.
I SEE THE CAPTAIN STANDING RIGHT BACK THERE IS CHARGING ALL OF US TO FIND MORE PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THAT DAY.
AND LAST YEAR WE DONATED OVER 3000 BACKPACKS.
AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE MIGHT SEE A RISE AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS AND THINGS.
AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT EVERYONE THAT COMES TO THAT LOT, IF THEY ARE PRESENT WITH THEIR CHILDREN, THEN WE'LL GET BACKPACKS FOR THEM.
WHETHER THEY SHOW UP INTO A MERCEDES, THE SHOP INTO A JALOPY, OR THEY SHOW UP INTO WHATEVER A BIT THAT BEYDLER, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT.
EVEN IF THEY'RE COMING TO BENTLEY, WE'LL GIVE HIM A BACKPACK BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT IF YOU CAN GET UP AT 6:00 AM AND STAND IN LINE TO ASK FOR A BACKPACK THAT DON'T NEED IT.
AND SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT I'M MAKING HIM LAUGH BACK THEN BECAUSE HE TOLD ME THAT SOMEBODY ASKED THAT QUESTION THE OTHER DAY AND WHO DO WE GIVE THE BACKPACKS TO IT REALLY SERIOUSLY.
IF YOU SHOW UP, WE WILL GIVE YOU BACKPACKS AS LONG AS THE KIDS ARE WITH YOU.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS WITH YOU AGAIN, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, LIKE BE SAFE AROUND FIREWORKS AND WATER.
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YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST VERY BRIEFLY WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AND WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE FAMILY FUND WE'LL BE HOSTING, WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PATROLS OUT THAT EVENING.IT'S ONE OF OUR BUSIER NIGHTS FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, BUT WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION, UH, PER THE CONVERSATION COUNCIL HAD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO OUT LOOKING FOR THOSE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND TRYING TO HELP SOME OF THOSE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE AND FIRE FOR ALL THEIR WORK THERE'LL BE DOING THAT NIGHT AND A AGAIN, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT FISCAL YEAR.