Jun 20, 2022 City Council Study Session - 06/20/2022

AUTHORITY

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THE NEXT OWNER

[ Call to Order]

UM, LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

THE MAYOR HARTKE VICE MAYOR WROTE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ HERE, AND SOME MEMBER STEWARD, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS THAT'S MEMBER ORLANDO.

WE HAVE A CORN.

[1. Proclamation - Parks & Recreation Month]

NEXT STONER AGENDA IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

I HAD YOU ON THE SCHEDULE TO GO OUT FRONT WITH ME TONIGHT.

SO, UH, JUST PRETEND YOU'RE OUT THERE WITH ME IN SPIRIT IN YOUR WAKE.

UH, IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART WOULD JOIN ME OUT IN FRONT, PLEASE I'LL COVER FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO OUR FIRST PART OF OUR SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AS A PROCLAMATION FOR PARKS AND REC MONTHS, AND IF JOHN SEPTIN AND PARK BOARD MEMBERS, MELANIE DYKSTRA AND JIM MONTGOMERY ARE HERE.

IF YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US, VERY GOOD, WELCOME MORE.

THE MERRIER, WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING CHANDLER PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO DISCOVER, IMAGINE, AND GROW.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S PARKS, NATURAL AREAS, PLAYGROUNDS SPORTS FIELDS, RECREATION PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY AND AQUATIC CENTERS MAKE CHANDLER ARIZONA, AND THAT'S ATTRACTIVE AND DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND VISIT WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO ITS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND DYNAMIC VITALITY.

AND WHEREAS GENERALLY RECOGNIZES THE PERSONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES AND SERVES TO BE STEWARDS OF OUR AIR, WATER, LAND, AND WILDLIFE, AND CONTRIBUTE TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS THROUGH EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES IN HEALTHY, OUTDOOR FUN.

AND WHEREAS PARKS AND REC MONTH ALLOW US TO CELEBRATE THE PARTNERSHIP OF STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES, THE RECREATION AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES AND PARKS AND RECREATIONAL PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE REWARDING EXPERIENCES THAT IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, KEVIN HARTKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2022 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AND INVITE ALL CITIZENS TO EXPLORE WHAT CHANDLER HAS TO OFFER FROM TRYING A NEW SPORT PICKLEBALL TO LEISURELY STROLLING IN HER PARKS AND TRAILS, EXPLORING NATURE TO FINDING YOUR FIT IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.

AND MELANIE, ARE YOU CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? SO I AM MOLLY AND I SHOW THAT TEAR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY THE HECK IS JULY PARKS ARE GRACIOUS.

UM, IT'S NATIONALS.

SO SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL DIGGING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE SNOW AND RAIN AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, UH, WE'RE A LITTLE HOT, BUT IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

AND I'M ACTUALLY MISSING MY WATER AEROBICS CLASS TONIGHT TO BE HERE.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT, GET ACTIVE.

THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES STILL HERE IN THE SUMMER WITH ALL OF OUR REC CENTERS OR NATURE CENTERS, THE POOLS, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS TO DO TONS OF SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPLORED AND LOOKED AT THE BREAK TIME, GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU DO HAVE TO PARTICIPATE HERE IN CHANDLER, NOT ONLY IN THE SUMMER, BUT YEAR ROUND, WE CENTERED OR PARKED DIRECTOR SAYING I'M DOING A GOOD JOB.

I READ THAT PROCLAMATION.

WELL,

[2. Recognition - Miss Juneteenth]

MISS

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I'D LIKE TO INVITE RODNEY LOVE TO JOIN ME.

AND OF COURSE OUR JUNE TEETH, UH, JUNETEENTH WINNERS, I WAS GOING TO, I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF THE NOW AND RIGHT THERE.

AND I WAS THINKING QUEENS JEANS.

I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT IT WAS.

SO FOR DECADES, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH SOUTH CHANDLER SELF-HELP AND LAVONNE WOODS AND RODNEY WHO IS NOW STARTING TO PUNK ME AT EVENTS LIKE THIS LAST ONE, I NOTICED ON MANY IMPACTFUL PROJECTS, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE, THE MS. JUNETEENTH PADS.

IT BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF CHANDLER'S BRIGHTEST, MOST TALENTED YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE THIS YEAR'S WINNERS HERE WITH US.

SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THIS.

YEAR'S MISS JUNETEENTH PAGEANT WINNERS.

WE HAVE SEAN DRE, NORMAN KENDALL, THE FELLOW, RODNEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? AND THEN AS WELL AS OUR PAGEANT WINNERS.

GREAT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS KENDALL MCCOLLOM.

I ATTEND CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL AND I WILL BE AN UPRISING SOPHOMORE.

I STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE ENCOURAGING WORDS OF MY TEACHER, MRS. GLORIA GARZA ROSE, HER ENCOURAGEMENT INSPIRED ME TO COMPETE FOR THE GIN TEAM PAGEANT.

THANK YOU, MRS. GARDAWORLD.

I BELIEVE I BELIEVE EDUCATORS AND EDUCATION ARE SO IMPORTANT.

I WILL USE MY PLATFORM TO EDUCATE THE YOUTH ABOUT CHILD TRAFFICKING, HOPING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE TRAFFICKED THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING THE CHILD CHANDLER HEALTH FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS SHONDRA NORMAN, AND I AM YOUR APPOINTED MESSAGING TEAM, ARIZONA 2022 I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST GIVE MY APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS SOUTH SHORE, SOUTH CHANDLER, SOUTH HOPE NOTABLE MENTIONS TO MR. RODNEY LOVE AND MS. JENNIFER FRANCIS SHAQUAN PALMER, FORMER MISS ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL AND OUR FACILITATORS BASE ARIZONA, THE CITY OF CHANDLER CHANDLER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING SOUTH CHANDLER SELF-HELP AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER AND RESIDING AREAS FOR SHOWING UP TO SUPPORT THE PAGEANT AND HOST OF OTHER JUNETEENTH RELATED ACTIVITIES THAT I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO ATTEND AND REPRESENT AT.

I DEDICATE MY PLATFORM TO MY AUNTS AND NISHA ROBY, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TWO WEEKS CONCLUDING HER WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN 2012, THE DISEASE MADE HER IN CAPITATED AND SHE IS NOW WHEELCHAIR BOUND THROUGH MY PLATFORM.

EMBRACE YOUR DIAGNOSIS.

I AM EAGER TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE ON THIS DISEASE WITH A 47% HIGHER RISK IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND ONLY 5% OF BLACK PATIENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS FOR TREATMENT.

I HAVE BEGAN MY WORK BY ATTENDING THE BLACK MS. SUMMIT.

THIS MONTH, I ENGAGED WITH MANY BLACK SURVIVORS ON THEIR STRUGGLES AS A PERSON OF COLOR, WHAT THE DISEASE THAT HAS NO CAUSE OR CURE WHEN I AM NOT FULFILLING THE HONOR OF MY TITLE, I HAVE TWIN SISTERS AND MY BROTHER WHOM ARE YOUNGER THAN ME TALLER THAN I AM, BUT I'M THEIR PROTECTOR.

YES, I SENT CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M THE FORMER PUBLICITY MANAGER FOR CHANDLER HIGH BLACK STUDENT UNION DURING THE 20 21, 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR.

HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ELECTED AS PRESIDENT FOR MY BSU THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AS YOUR NEWLY APPOINTED QUEEN, I AM TO REMIND YOUNG PEOPLE NO MATTER THEIR PRONOUNS THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.

THEY PUT THEIR MIND IN EFFORT TO.

I'M SO BLESSED TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY CULTURE AND UPHOLD THE LEGACY OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.

THANK YOU.

JUST, BEFORE I GIVE THIS TO RODNEY, I HAVE TO SAY I, I GOT SO CAUGHT UP IN THIS EVENT.

I WAS CRYING WHEN YOU GUYS WERE ALL THE, THE, UH, THE, YOUR, YOU WERE DISPLAYING THE DEPTHS WITHIN YOU AND, AND EVERYTHING.

AND, AND TO ME, THIS WAS JUST A DAD MOMENT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS SUDDENLY RELIVING EVENTS WITH MY CHILDREN, MY GIRLS AT THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND, UH, I, IT CAUGHT ME.

I, I JUST REALLY FOUND MYSELF BLUBBERING THERE.

AND AS DID WE HAD THE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS COUNCIL MEMBER LS, COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO

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AND, UH, IT WAS A POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL TIME.

AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL WHO, WHO HAVE FURTHER ELEVATED JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, THIS WAS CERTAINLY A VERY POWERFUL EVENT THAT I'M GOING TO REMEMBER.

SO, RODNEY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AREN'T THEY WONDERFUL.

I DON'T DESERVE ANY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID IN THE PAGEANT WAS THEY HAD SOMETHING CALLED AFFIRMATION WHERE THE PARENTS CAME OUT ON THE STAGE JUST BEFORE THEY WERE CROWNED AND SAID SOME KIND WORDS TO THEM.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, AND HER FATHER HAD EVERYBODY IN THE JAR.

THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE JOINT THAT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALL NAN CANDIDATES.

SO MIRA CRIED FOR A LONG TIME.

I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO STAND UP.

YOU BELONG, UH, THINGS.

I AM GOING, I'M STANDING HERE NOW TO PRESENT THEM WITH THE AWARD FOR WINNING THE TITLES OF MS. JUNETEENTH AND MS. TEEN JUNETEENTH.

SO SANDRA AND NORMAN, ANDREA WILL BE GOING TO GALVESTON, TEXAS IN OCTOBER 13, 14, 15TH, AND 16TH TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN THE NATIONAL MS. JUNE TEEN PAGEANT.

THANK YOU.

GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT.

SHE'S GOING TO CENTER US.

OH, PARENTS.

NO, DON'T STAND IN THE BANK.

COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE A PICK MOVING UP? YEAH, THERE'S THE DAD THAT WRECKED ME RIGHT THERE.

AND ANOTHER SITE, EXCITING DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR TOO, IS THAT, I MEAN, NOT ONLY DO THEY GET TO GO TO GALVESTON, BUT THEY WILL BE AT MANY OF OUR, OUR CELEBRATIONS, OUR DEI EVENTS THROUGHOUT THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND, UH, THEIR PLATFORMS ARE SOUND AND SOLID, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUALLY, UM, NOT JUST WELCOMING YOUR LEADERSHIP AT OUR EVENTS, BUT CELEBRATING ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IN CHANDLER WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU ALL YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DRY I'D EITHER

[3. Recognition - 2nd Annual CIVIC Graduation]

I'M SORRY IS ALSO, UH, A LARGE ONE, UH, A GROUP THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF AS WELL.

THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL CIVIC GRADUATION.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALEXA APODACA GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR TO JOIN ME.

AND TONIGHT WE WILL RECOGNIZE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR SECOND ANNUAL CIVIC PROGRAM.

CIVIC WAS STARTED TO PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS A BEHIND THE SCENES, LOOK AT CITY SERVICES AND TO HELP RESIDENTS CONNECT WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT CHANDLER.

I WANT TO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS PROGRAM, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING FOR, I THINK SO FAR FOR QAPI, I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE SCHEDULED AND, UH, I, MY OFFER IS STILL GOOD.

MEET THE MAYOR WITH COFFEE, OUR TEA OR SODA, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

AND, UH, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU YOUR EXPERIENCES, UH, HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PROGRAM BETTER.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND TRUST THE WORK THAT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL OUR STAFF DOES TOGETHER.

SO I HOPE THAT THESE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN VALUABLE AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR CITY.

SEVERAL OF YOU FROM THE PREVIOUS CLASS HAVE SIGNED UP AND NOW ARE REPRESENTED ON MANY MORE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND I HOPE THAT EACH OF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE SAME.

I ENCOURAGE ANY INTERESTED RESIDENTS ALSO TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF CIVIC, WHICH WILL BE THIS FALL.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE AND TAKE A PICTURE OF EACH GRADUATE, FOLLOWED BY ONE GROUP PICTURE.

ONCE ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED AND COUNCIL, ONCE WE DO THE GROUP PICTURE, IF YOU GUYS WOULD THE, THE COUNCIL LAST MEN, WOMEN STANDING JOIN US UPFRONT FOR THAT PART AS WELL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

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SO FIRST WE HAVE ON RITA DESPONDENT.

THAT'S BRAZIL.

PICTURES.

PLEASE BE AS WELL.

DIANA LEWIS.

NINA LOPEZ.

YEAH.

JIM TRUCK.

JARED PRO SYS JERICA NICKEL.

DO YOU LEAD YOUR HERO, KYLE IN LAUREN MAYFIELD,

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ROBIN JACKSON, WAYNE RUDOLPH.

ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY FOR OUR GROUP PHOTO TYLER PEOPLE IN THE BACK TABLE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I CAN SEE HER.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT INCLUDES OUR SPECIAL APPEARANCES DAWN.

LET'S GET THAT.

OR MY RATES ALONE EXPIRES.

I THINK

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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE CONSENT ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED IN.

UH, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM BY

[14. Resolution No. 5594 Amending City of Chandler Personnel Rule 1, Sections 4, 5, 7 & 12; Rule 3, Sections 3, 4 & 5: Rule 6, Section 1; Rule 9, Sections 4 & 5; Rule 12, Section 1; and Rule 15, Sections 2, 3 & 7 Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5594 amending City of Chandler Personnel Rule 1, Sections 4, 5, 7 & 12; Rule 3, Sections 3, 4, & 5; Rule 6, Section 1; Rule 9, Sections 4 & 5; Rule 12, Section 1; and Rule 15, Sections 2, 3, & 7. Council Focus Area(s):]

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

[15. Resolution No. 5596 Approving the Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Maricopa County Community College District, on behalf of Chandler-Gilbert Community College, and the City of Chandler for a shared Student Services Internship Coordinator Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5596 approving the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Maricopa County Community College District, on behalf of Chandler-Gilbert Community College, and the City of Chandler for a shared Student Services Internship Coordinator. Council Focus Area(s):]

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAD SOME COMMENTS.

UM, YEAH.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCILLOR HARRIS.

UM, IF YOU HAD A COMMENT OR A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIDE OF THEM, I THINK YOU MAY BE WANTING TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH CHANDLER-GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL.

I JUST WANTED THEM TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO BETTER.

SURE.

I'LL HAVE RAELYNN NIELSEN OR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M NEVER VERY EXCITED TO COME UP HERE, BUT I'M SO EXCITED TO COME UP HERE TODAY ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SO WHAT THIS WILL DO IS WE WILL HAVE A SHARED EMPLOYEE 50%, UM, FROM THE COLLEGE 50% FROM THE CITY, THEY WILL BE HOUSED IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND REALLY OUR PLAN IS TO DEVELOP AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SO THAT WE HAVE A PATHWAY INTO SOME OF OUR CAREERS AND A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH CHANDLER GILBERT.

THEY ALSO HAVE AGREED TO BE OUR CONDUIT WITH OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

SO RIGHT NOW, EXCUSE ME, WE ALREADY PARTNER WITH GATEWAY, UM, IN OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER AREA.

SO THEY WILL HELP US, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE, UM, VALLEY.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

UM, AND IN ANTICIPATION OF YOU APPROVING THIS ON THURSDAY, I ALREADY HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED ON MONDAY, SO WE CAN WORK ON THE RECRUITMENT TO GET THAT COORDINATOR MOVING.

THANK YOU.

UM, THE REASON WHY I WON, I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE HOW THE CITY CONTINUES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, TO CREATE THAT PIPELINE FROM, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVING OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS STAY HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING GREAT STRIDES WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL HERE AND BE ABLE TO FIND A CAREER HERE.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE OPENING UP THOSE PIPELINES.

AND THAT IS JUST KUDOS TO MAYOR COUNCIL VISION AND YOU ALL'S VISION, HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND BUILDING ON OUR, OUR ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS DO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SAY, I CAN GO TO SCHOOL THERE.

I CAN WORK THERE AND I CAN HAVE A GOOD LIFE THERE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR THIS, UM, AWESOME, AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED MAKE HAPPEN HERE.

WE'RE EXCITED.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL VESPER? THANK YOU, MAYOR RAELYNN, UM, KUDOS TO YOU, TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO STAFF FOR DOING THIS.

I'M A HUGE FAN OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND, UM, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE REMEMBER L AS YOU KNOW, FROM DAY ONE, RIGHT, WE WANTED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THIS PROJECT AND KEEP PUSHING THROUGH BECAUSE HIGHER EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE ARE TELLING THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THAT INTO BRINGING THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ONCE THEY'RE INTO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.

I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE THESE STUDENTS STARTED TO COME HERE AS AN INTERN AND SEEING WHAT WE DO AND GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE ON.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THIS.

AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD, WE USED TO HAVE A GOOD INTERN PROGRAM AND PEOPLE LIKE NIKKI TAPPIA AND HEATHER FROM PITTSBURGH, AND REALLY A HANDFUL OF GREAT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STILL WITH US CAME THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE A NEW EDITION RENDITION, UH, UPDATED THAT WILL, UH, REALLY BRING US SOME TOP QUALITY FOLKS THAT, UH, WE'LL FIND A LIFE AND A CAREER WORKING FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU AND CITY MANAGER AND ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH US,

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I ALWAYS INSANE AND WE'RE HIRING, SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

VERY LYNN.

[24. Final Adoption of Ordinance No. 5018 Levying upon the Assessed Valuation of the Property within the City of Chandler, Arizona, Subject to Taxation, a Certain Sum upon Each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of Assessed Valuation Sufficient to Raise the Amount Estimated to be Required in the Annual Budget, Less the Amount to be Received from Other Sources of Revenue; Providing Funds for Various Bond Redemptions, for the Purpose of Paying Interest Upon Bonded Indebtedness and Providing Funds for General Municipal Expenses, all for the Fiscal Year Ending the 30th Day of June, 2023 Move City Council pass and adopt Ordinance No. 5018, levying upon the assessed valuation of the property within the City of Chandler, Arizona, subject to taxation, a certain sum upon each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation sufficient to raise the amount estimated to be required in the annual budget, less the amount to be received from other sources of revenue; providing funds for various bond redemptions, for the purpose of paying interest upon bonded indebtedness and providing funds for general municipal expenses, all for the Fiscal Year ending the 30th day of June, 2023. Council Focus Area(s):]

I JUST HAD SOME COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 24.

UM, THIS IS THE LAST OF THE, UH, THE FINANCIAL PACKET THAT WE STARTED A PROCESS WITH PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL MEETINGS BACK IN, UH, REALLY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND, UH, WE'VE PASSED A BUDGET AND THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THAT, WHICH IS THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX.

AND I'M VERY PLEASED COUNCIL THAT, UH, WE'RE WE'RE WELL OFF.

I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THAT, OUR COFFERS ARE, UH, WELL-POSITIONED IN THE CITY, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATES.

AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S THEIR COMMUNITY, IT'S THEIR TAX DOLLARS.

AND, UM, COUNCIL WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE PART OF THIS.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR STAFF.

AND, UH, ONE OTHER COMMENT ON THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY TAX.

UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOWING LOWERING THE CITY'S RATE BY 1 CENT, ONLY 10% OF YOUR OVERALL PROPERTY TAX GOES INTO THE CITY COPPERS.

THE LARGEST PORTION IS THROUGH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR SHARE OF THE SAME.

SO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO ADD MED.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

UM, LAUREN AND PROPERTY TAXES AND MAKING SURE WE USE PAYERS DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF HOW WE CAN, UM, HOW WE USE OUR TAX PAYER DOLLARS TO GIVE BACK TO THEM WHILE THEY'RE GIVING, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS TAKEN CARE OF AND KUDOS TO DAWN'S TEAM FOR DOING A GREAT JOB ON THAT AS WELL.

VERY GOOD.

[27. Ordinance No. 5020 Amending the Code of the City of Chandler, Chapter 6, Emergency Management, Section 6-3 Powers and Duties, Subsection 6-3.2 Relating to the Mayor's Authority to Declare an Emergency Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5020, amending the Code of the City of Chandler, Chapter 6, Emergency Management, Section 6-3 Powers and Duties, Subsection 6-3.2 relating to the Mayor's authority to declare an emergency. Council Focus Area(s):]

OR DO I TURN THIS OVER TO CITY MANAGER? UH, NO, I, YEAH, JUST WANTED TO, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS.

I JUST WANTED TO HEAR WHAT HIS THOUGHTS WERE ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

I THINK JOSH IS GOING TO GIVE A RUNDOWN OF THE, UH, OF THE ORDINANCE CHANGE REAL QUICK.

AND THEN I'LL, I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT, YEP, MAN.

HEY, MAYBE THAT'S A DISCONNECT.

THANKS.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU BET.

IF I MAY MARROW I'LL JUMP IN.

UM, SO THE, THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, UH, THE MAYOR IS AUTHORIZED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BY PROCLAMATION THAT'S UNDER STATE LAW, AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT CODE.

THE CURRENT CODE ALLOWS THE MEREDITH TO PROCLAIM OR DECLARE THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DONE FOR FUNDING PURPOSES.

AND WITHIN AFTER 24 HOURS, THE MARIN COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO BRING THAT PROCLAMATION BACK TO THE MARIN COUNCIL FOR, UH, CONTINUING, UH, MANDATING OR, OR TERMINATING.

UM, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS DRAFTED WOULD ACTUALLY, IF THE MAYOR WERE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, UM, IT WOULD EXPIRE WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.

90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF DECLARATION, IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THAT AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING AND EVERY 30 DAYS THEREAFTER THAT THE PROC THE EMERGENCY SITUATION BE REVIEWED AT AMERICAN COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, SO, AND OF COURSE IT WOULD NOT.

THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD ALWAYS RETAIN THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO ACT ON THE DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY, JUST LIKE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THAT POWER.

NOW I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S A MUMBRELLAS WELL, WAIT, BEFORE YOU DO YOUR PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO ASK MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE NEVER REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BUT NOW THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, CURRENTLY MAYOR CAN CALL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THEN WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE MAYOR IS REQUIRED TO PULL IN COUNCIL.

SO ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? NO, IF I MAY CLARIFY MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, THE MAYOR MAY DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO EXIST.

AND AFTER 24 HOURS, THE COUNCIL CAN BRING IT TO A MEETING TO ACT ON IT, CONTINUE IT, GET A RE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

UM, THAT'S BUT IT WOULD, THE EMERGENCY WOULD EXIST UNTIL THEY COUNCIL TOOK AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO DETERMINE THAT IT SHOULD BE TERMINATED.

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SO IN THE CURRENT ONE, WHAT IS THE CHANGE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED? IS THAT AN, IF A MAYOR WERE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO EXIST, IT WOULD EXPIRE AUTOMATICALLY 90 DAYS AFTER IT IS DECLARED.

AND THEN AFTER THE 90 DAYS, BECAUSE YOU SAID EARLIER, SORRY, YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THIS IS PURPOSELY FOR FUNDING AND I, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE FUNDING WILL FINISH WITHIN 90 DAYS.

AND IF I MAY MAYOR, UM, UNDER STATE LAW, UM, TITLE 26 OF OUR ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, YOU CAN DECLARE, UH, THE MAYOR IS AUTHORIZED TO DECLARE A LOCAL EMERGENCY IF AUTHORIZED, PURSUANT TO OUR CODE NIAS, UM, IN THIS SITUATION.

AND IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO EMERGENCY FUNDING, BOTH FROM THE STATE AND THE FED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND IF I MAY MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY ONE FURTHER THING, COUNCIL, UM, THE WAY THIS ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, UM, COUNSEL COULD TAKE ACTION AT ANY TIME TO EXTEND THE PROCLAMATION, UM, THE DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY TO AMEND IT, OR TO TERMINATE IT EARLIER, IF, IF THE COUNCIL WEREN'T INCLINED TO DO SO, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT AT THAT TIME IT CAN BE CHANGED BY CONSOLE, CORRECT.

SO WE COULD NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY OR SAY NO TO THE MONEY.

YES.

AND I MEAN, LET ME JUMP IN NEXT.

SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS JUST PUTS A SUNSET ON AN EXISTING EMERGENCY CLAUSE.

UM, IF THE, WE HANDLED THIS EXTREMELY WELL IN CHANDLER, AND I MADE SURE THAT I WAS IN CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL AND ANY TIME THAT, UH, WE HAD SOME DECISION POINTS, THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY, UH, PUT A TWILIGHT OR A SUNSET ON IT, A STATE ONE, I BELIEVE FOR SIX MONTHS.

SO OURS IS, IS, UH, TO THREE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT HAS TO BE OVER.

IT JUST MEANS THAT, UH, THIS RESTORES THIS, THAT COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN CHANGE IT, STOP AT ANY TIME WITH A VOTE OF COUNCIL.

THIS JUST BRINGS US BACK TO COUNCIL.

IN OUR CASE, WE DID THAT ANYWAY.

UH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE HERE IN THE FUTURE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT FUTURE LEADERS WILL BE HERE.

AND I WILL BE HONESTLY SURPRISED IF, UH, ANY OF US WILL EVER SEE ANOTHER EMERGENCY DECLARATION ORDER THIS IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN SERVING OUR, UH, ALL THE YEARS THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN SERVING.

THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY, UH, SO THIS MIGHT BE THAT IT REALLY AN EXERCISE OF DEMOCRACY RATHER THAN PRACTICAL APPLICATION, BUT IT DOES, IT DOES PUT A TWILIGHT ON THERE AND, UH, ALLOWS COUNCIL TO, UH, IN ESSENCE, SAY, IF THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE, WE CAN DO IT.

FUTURE MAYORS ALSO HAVE THE, THEY COULD TURN AROUND AND DECLARE ANOTHER STATE OF EMERGENCY RIGHT AFTERWARDS, IT WOULD NOT PREVENT THAT, BUT IT REALLY JUST BRINGS COUNCIL BACK INTO THE FOLD IN THE MIX.

AND WE MET WEEKLY, UH, WHILE IN THE FIRST DAYS OF COVID AND WITH AN EXACT SESSION TO KNOW THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE.

AND THEN, UH, ONCE AND THEN REGULARLY MOVED BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER.

SO WE HAD TREMENDOUS COMMUNICATION WITHIN OUR CITY, BUT THIS JUST PUTS IT AT A 90 DAY.

UM, TWILIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, JUST, UM, UH, I, I DID GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M STILL WORRIED ABOUT IT.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

IT JUST CAME TO ME WHEN WE WAS TALKING.

IT WAS, UM, SO TYPICALLY THE MAYOR CALLS TO MEETINGS, CORRECT KELLY.

WELL, LIKE THE MAYOR CONTROLS IN, IN TYPICAL FASHION, THE MAYOR TYPICALLY CONTROLS THE MEETINGS FOR, UM, FOR CITY COUNCIL AND AMBASSADOR VIEQUES AND DANA DANA, WHO CONTROLS THE MEETINGS, SORRY.

UM, COUNSEL THROUGH THE AMERICAN COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

UM, I THINK BASED ON THE CHARTER, THE CHARTER STATES, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UM, MEETINGS NEED TO BE HELD AND THEN SPECIAL MEETINGS CAN BE CALLED BY THE MAYOR OR, UM, NUMBER OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY.

SO I GUESS MY ONLY THING WAS JUST IF, IF, IF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IS CHALLENGING THE MAYOR ON CALLING THE EMERGENCY, WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR, OR WHAT'S THE PROCESS, IF WE'RE SAYING, HEY, MAYOR, WE DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR STATE OF EMERGENCY.

WE WANT TO DO A 24 HOUR MEETING.

WHAT IS THAT PROCESS AFTER THAT? CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PROCESS IS.

WHAT DO I, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP BALANCE THE POWERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE POWER THIS SHIFT IS.

DOES IT GOES TO THE VICE MAYOR, WHO'S THE SECOND HEAD OF STATE.

HOW DO WE, HOW DOES THE COUNCIL ACT ON CALLING A MEETING? IF THE MAYOR IS SAYING, I WANT THIS TO BE IN PLACE, HOW DOES WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS EMPOWER OURSELVES AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO CALL A MEETING TO CHALLENGE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE

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SO WHAT I'M ASKING IF I MAY MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UM, THERE ARE, WE HAVE COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES ON HOW THINGS ARE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

AND BASICALLY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN REQUEST AN ITEM ON AN AGENDA IF IT'S A SHORT, IF IT'S WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND I'M LOOKING REAL QUICK TOO.

AND I APOLOGIZE, UM, IF IT'S, IF IT'S LIKE WITHIN 48 HOURS OR AFTER THE AGENDA'S BEEN POSTED, THEN IT TAKES TWO OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUT SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA.

SURE.

W WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO FLUSH OUT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

CAUSE I REALLY, EVEN WHAT YOU'RE SHARING WITH ME AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.

CAUSE I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT LITERALLY, JUST NOW ABOUT HOW, IF I DISAGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE, UM, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT YOU SAID I HAVE 24 HOURS TO CHALLENGE IT.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT IS MY PROCESS TO CHALLENGE IT, IF IT EVER COMES.

AND I KNOW THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WHAT WE ABOUT TO DO IS MAKE A LIFETIME DECISION.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M COOL WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE D'S.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND MY PROCESS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAY I'M CHALLENGING THAT OFFICE, THIS POSITION ON AN EMERGENCY.

SO IF I MAY, I HAVE THE ANSWER, IF I MAY, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UM, IT D R THE COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES SAY ALL AGENDA ITEMS TO BE SUBMITTED BY STAFF TO THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY MANAGER NO LATER THAN 12:00 PM ON THE THURSDAY OF THE WEEK, PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, FOR WHICH THOSE ITEMS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AFTER THAT TIME FOR STAFF TO SUBMIT MATTERS ON THE AGENDA FOR EITHER THE STUDY SESSION OR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE CITY MANAGER MUST HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, AND ANY MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MESA, MIDNIGHT OF THEM FOR THE COUNCIL AGENDA PRIOR TO NOON ON THE THURSDAY OF THE WEEK, PRIOR TO THE WEEK OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THE SAME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SUBMITTED, OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S WITHDRAW.

WE'LL SKIP THAT.

UM, AND THEN IF IT'S SOONER THAN THAT SOONER, OR AFTER THE THURSDAY, IF IT'S QUICK, CLOSER TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, THEN IT TAKES, UM, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY.

SO, SO BASICALLY IN ORDER, SO WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICE, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU MAY OR WE TALK ABOUT THE OFFICE THAT YOU CARRY.

UM, SO IF THE, IF THE, IF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CAUSES A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THEN IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CHALLENGE THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY AND SAY, HEY, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WE NO LONGER WANT, WE WANT TO CHALLENGE YOUR POSITION ON THIS EMERGENCY.

THEN MY JOB WOULD BE TO CALL TWO, THREE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET BACK WITH YOU WITHIN A, SO THE RULES IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 24 HOUR SPAN.

SO IF HE SAID THAT IF THE MAYOR, THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR SET THE EMERGENCY, THEN WE HAVE 24 HOURS TO CHALLENGE THE EMERGENCY.

NOW, MATE, IF I CAN CLARIFY THAT, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT CODE, AFTER THE MAYOR DECLARES AN EMERGENCY, AFTER 24 HOURS, THE COUNCIL CAN BRING THAT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AT ANY TIME TO CONSIDER.

AND THE REASON THE 24 HOURS IS THERE IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO POST NOTICE OF A MEETING AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN A DAY.

SO IF HE SAYS 24 HOURS, THEN THAT MEANS THAT, UM, AFTER 24 HOURS, LET'S SAY HE HE'S, HE POSTS A MEETING AND SAYS, OKAY, I'M DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

AND THEN, UM, HE AUTOMATICALLY DOES THAT.

24 HOURS GOES BY COUNSEL SAYS, HEY, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THEN I HAVE TO RECRUIT THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIM TO PUT IT ON AN AGENDA FOR HIM TO, FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OR OVERTAKEN.

NOW, THIS IS MY NEXT QUESTION.

IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, WHY, WHY CAN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR DECLARE EMERGENCY, UM, THAT FAST? AND THEN IT TAKES THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU TAKE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT LIKE TWO, THREE WEEKS TO CHALLENGE IS SHOULDN'T THERE BE A CLAUSE THAT SAYS THAT WE CAN CHALLENGE IT JUST AS FAST AS HE GAVE IT, BECAUSE LET'S SAY HE SAID WE HAVEN'T HAD FLOODS AND WE DON'T AGREE THAT THERE IS FLOODS GOING ON.

HE DECLARES THE EMERGENCY.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT TWO, THREE WEEKS OR SO FOR THE NEXT AGENDA, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A REP.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA, I MEAN, CAUSE IF WE'RE CHECKING THE BALANCE OF POWER, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY HE DID IT IN 24 HOURS.

OKAY.

BOOM.

WE WAIT 48 HOURS.

NOW THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE CAME IN AND CHALLENGED IT.

THE EMERGENCY SHOULDN'T CONTINUE.

IF THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS CHALLENGING, IT, THERE SHOULD BE A CLAUSE IN THERE TO SAY, IF HE DECLARES IT, THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO OVERTURN IT.

THEN IT SHOULDN'T TAKE WEEKS A WEEK FOR US TO DO IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN THE EMERGENCY HAPPEN, WE ARE SOMETIMES WITHIN THREE WEEKS OR A MONTH

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SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN THAT CLAUSE OR WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT? CAN WE ADD THAT IN THERE? I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S I REMEMBER LET ME ADDRESS THIS PLEASE.

SO RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE COUNSEL CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AS WELL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS NOW WHAT THIS ADDS, IS IT JUST A TWILIGHT? SO THE WAY UNDER A PREVIOUS STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND THIS IS PRETTY WELL BOILER PLATE VERDE CITY COUNCIL CAN SAY, THE MAYOR IS WRONG.

WE CAN MEET AND CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.

THE 24 HOURS AFTER ANY TIME IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES IN ORDER TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC.

SO IT DOESN'T TAKE TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, A MONTH.

COUNCIL CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME.

THERE IS ONE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THEIR COUNSEL DISAGREED WITH THE MAYOR AND THEY WENT BACK TO CALL THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

AND, UM, IN ESSENCE, LISTENED TO THE MAYOR AND THEN THEY, THEY MODIFIED SOME OF THE CONDITIONS OF THAT.

SO COUNCIL HAS THAT OPTION.

THIS IS JUST RESTRICTING FURTHER WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BY AUTOMATICALLY TWILIGHT ING IT.

AND JUST THIS LAST TIME, W OUR STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH COVID WENT ON FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS AS DID EVERY CITY'S AS DID THE STATES.

THIS WOULD JUST MAKE COUNCIL HAVE TO FURTHER RATIFY IT IF IT WOULD CONTINUE AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.

SO ALL THE ALL DAY ASSURANCES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ARE IN THERE.

THIS JUST ADDS A CONDITION OR AN ADDITIONAL ONE THAT WOULD SAY AFTER 90 DAYS, THIS AUTOMATICALLY TWILIGHTS.

SO IF YOU, SO IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE ISSUE, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY HAPPENS, IT JUST SAYS BASICALLY IN 90 DAYS, THIS IS GOING TO STOP WHATEVER THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY IS GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY PUT INTO THE END.

I WAS JUST, MY, MY CONCERN WAS JUST, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, UM, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'RE CHECKING THE POWERS OF IT.

I'M OKAY WITH THE CLAUSE.

I JUST WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO WHEN WE CHALLENGED, UM, THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, WE CAN, WHEN OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CHALLENGED THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR THAT WE UNDERSTAND AT THE COUNCIL, THAT IT TAKES THREE OF US VERSUS LIKE THE THING THAT WE ALWAYS DO, IT TAKES THREE OF US TO SAY, WE WANT A SPECIAL MEETING TO CHALLENGE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.