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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO OUR STUDY SESSION OF MAY 22ND.
[ Call to Order]
UH, A LOT OF GREAT FOLKS HERE, SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS.UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.
MAYOR HARKEY, PRESENT, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.
[1. Recognition - Basha High School Marching Band State Championship]
OUR SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, YOU'RE UP TO JOIN ME UP FRONT.
WHAT ELSE WE GOT? WELL, THAT WAS QUITE AN ENTRANCE.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THIS GROUP OF TALENTED MUSICIANS IS CALLED THE BASHA BEAR REGIMENT.
THERE ARE ABOUT 80 STUDENTS TOTAL WHO PUT IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS PLAYING SHOWS ACROSS CHANDLER AND THE VALLEY.
AND THIS YEAR THEY COMPETED STATEWIDE, TURNING TO BRING HOME THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE ARIZONA BAND AND ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.
AND IN DECEMBER, THEY WILL TRAVEL TO HONOLULU TO PERFORM IN THE HISTORIC PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL PARADE.
AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RESIG OF RECOGNITION.
YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING FROM BASH? ABSOLUTELY.
JUST WANTED TO THANK THE, THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND, AND THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS WORK SO HARD, BUT WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE PARENTS AND WITHOUT THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PAINTING AND, AND VOLUNTEERING AND, AND DOING ALL THAT YOU DO.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, BASHAS ON YOUR SPORTS, YOUR, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR MANY OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT BASHA IS, IS BECOMING AND IS RENOWNED TO KNOW.
ALRIGHT, JENNIFER, SHOW US HOW TO TAKE THIS PICTURE.
SO CAN THE DORM COME ON THIS SIDE? CAN THANK YOU, BASHA.
[2. Recognition - Chandler Fire Department Lifesaving Awards]
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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART WAS A BIG BASOON.NO, HE WAS A BIG, THIS IS IN OUR MEETING,
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT LIFESAVING AWARDS.
WE HAVE CHIEF DWIS AND, AND, UH, CARLOS VARGAS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN US.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP PRINCIPAL MARYANNE JO, OFFICER MEGAN FRITZ, POLICE CHIEF SEAN DUGGAN AND SUPERINTENDENT FRANK NACI.
TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED TO AWARD TWO LIFE-SAVING AWARDS TO PRINCIPAL MARIANNE ROSA NICO OF SANTA JUNIOR HIGH, AND OFFICER MEGAN FRITZ OF THE CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WANT HER ON MARCH 28TH, MR. JEFF EVANS WAS RUNNING ON THE TREADMILL WHEN HE COLLAPSED AND WENT UNCONSCIOUS.
PRINCIPAL ROSA NICO NOTICED THAT MR. EVANS WAS LYING ON THE GROUND UNCONSCIOUS AND CHECKED FOR A PULSE, UNABLE, UNABLE TO FIND A PULSE.
SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 9 1 1 AND STARTED C P R.
MOMENTS LATER, OFFICER MEGAN FRITZ ARRIVED ON SCENE WITH AN A E D.
SHE HOOKED UP THE AED TO MR. EVAN'S CHEST AND DELIVERED A SHOCK.
SHE THEN TOOK OVER C P R AND CONTINUED TO UNTILT.
PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ON SCENE BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF OF PRINCIPAL MARYANNE, ROSA, NICO, AND OFFICER MEGAN FRITZ.
MR. EVANS IS ALIVE AND WELL TODAY.
MR. EVANS, COULD YOU COME UP AND ASSIST US IN PRESENTING THESE AWARDS? ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND THE CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE HONORED TO PRESENT BOTH OF YOU WITH THE LIFESAVING AWARD.
SO THESE CHALLENGE, UM, I WANTED TO GIVE THEM TO BOTH OF THE OFFICERS CAME MY HOUSE THAT NIGHT.
UM, I PUT THE ENGRAVING ON THERE THAT SAYS J EVANS.
AND THE DATE THAT YOU SAVED MY LIFE.
I KNOW THE OTHER GENTLEMAN IS NOT HERE.
IF YOU COULD PASS THAT ON TO HIM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP STAFF SERGEANT O'BRIEN BENELLI AND MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
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THANK YOU.TONIGHT WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE STAFF SERGEANT O'BRIEN BENELLI OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS FOR HIS ACTIONS AND SAVING LIFE.
ON MARCH 25TH, SERGEANT BENELLI NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS NEIGHBOR'S APARTMENT DOOR.
SERGEANT BENELLI OPENED THE DOOR TO FIND THICK BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE CEILING DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
SERGEANT BENELLI MADE THE DECISION TO ENTER THE APARTMENT AND SEARCHED FOR ANY POTENTIAL FIRE VICTIMS. DURING THE SEARCH, SERGEANT BENELLI FOUND ONE VICTIM LYING ON THE FLOOR, WHO WAS CLEARLY UNCONSCIOUS AND UNABLE TO ESCAPE.
DUE TO THE HEAVY SMOKE, SERGEANT BENELLI GRABBED THE VICTIM, PULLED HER OUT OF THE APARTMENT, AND PUT HER IN A SAFE SPOT UNTIL FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS COULD ARRIVE.
BECAUSE OF HIS CUR COURAGEOUS ACTIONS, LIFE WAS SAVED THAT NIGHT.
WILL THE CLAIR FAMILY PLEASE ASSIST US IN PRESENTING THIS AWARD? ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND THE CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE HONORED TO PRESENT STAFF SERGEANT O'BRIEN BENELLI WITH THE LIFE-SAVING AWARD.
[3. Proclamation - Centennial Year for Arizona Lions Club International]
ALL RIGHT.WE'RE HAVING A PROCLAMATION, THE CENTENNIAL YEAR FOR THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL.
IF I COULD HAVE DISTRICT GOVERNOR ELECT FOR HANA LION, FOR HANA SHAH AND THE PRESIDENTS AND OFFICERS OF SUN LAKES, SUN LAKES BREAKFAST, CHANDLER SUNBIRD AND CHANDLER LYS.
WHEREAS THE YEAR 2023 MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE CHARTERING OF LIONS CLUBS IN ARIZONA.
AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA LIONS CLUBS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO SERVING THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN NUMEROUS HUMANITARIAN AND PHILANTHROPIC PROJECTS, PROJECTS IN APRIL, 1923.
AND WHEREAS THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC IDENTITY, RELIGION, PHYSICAL ABILITY, GENDER OR POLITICAL PREFERENCE, WITH A MISSION STATEMENT TO EMPOWER VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, MEET HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, ENCOURAGE PEACE, AND PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH LIONS CLUBS.
WHEREAS THE ARIZONA LIONS CLUB MEMBERS SHARE WITH ALL OTHER LIONS CLUB MEMBERS.
THE SAME INTERNATIONAL MOTTO OF WE SERVE, WHICH INSPIRES MEMBERS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY TO MAINTAIN HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH ITS MANY INITIATIVES, LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL AND CHANDLER SUN, SUN LAKES CLUBS MEMBERS, FOUR ACTIVE LIONS CLUBS IN CHANDLER, SUN LAKES AREA, AND MANY OTHER LIONS RESIDING IN CHANDLER, ALONG WITH THEIR FELLOW 3000 PLUS LIONS IN ARIZONA.
AND 1.4 MILLION LIONS IN 210 COUNTRIES AND 49,000 CLUBS WORLDWIDE MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY WHEN WE VALUE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEREFORE, I MAYOR KEVIN HARKEY OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA TO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE 2023 AS CENTENNIAL YEAR FOR ARIZONA LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL.
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THANK YOU, HONOR WILL MAYOR, AND ALSO VICE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE LIONS INITIATIVE FOR YEARS.I WILL TELL YOU A QUICK STORY.
FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT THE CHARGE OF MAYOR KEVIN HARKEY, HE WOULD COME OVER THERE, HELP THE LION TO SET UP THE TABLE, TAKE THE FOOD AND DELIVERY EVERYTHING SET UP.
HE WILL MAKE THE COFFEE FOR THE VOLUNTEER AND IT'S STILL DARK AND HE WILL SERVE WITH US.
SO THAT KIND OF LIONS WE HAVE IN, UH, ARIZONA, IN CHANDLER, THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY AND WORLDWIDE WE ARE THE FIRST ONE TO GO TO ANY HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND LAST ONE TO LEAVE.
SO I INVITE YOU TO KNOW ABOUT US AND JOIN US MORE.
GIVING HANDS AND HEARTS WILL MAKE THE LIFE MORE MEER FOR ALL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR DISHONOR.
AND COULD ALL THE LIONS AND OUR AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND? ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO A PHOTO.
AND ALSO, AS AN APPRECIATION OF TOKEN, OUR LION WANTS TO GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THE HUNDRED YEAR PINS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR UP UPFRONT PRESENTATIONS.
YEAH, I DON'T NEED THREE OF THEM.
HE'S GETTING, OH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ONE SCHEDULED, UH, APPEARANCE OF A SPEAKER WHO HAS CONCERNS REGARDING OUR POLICE RESPONSE.
WOULD MR. COME UP, MR. MR. JOSHUA KANER? NOT HERE.
[ 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.]
ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.UM, WE'VE GOT FOUR ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED IN
[4. Joshua Cotner, Concerns Regarding Police Response]
[4. Professional Services Agreement No. TP2202.201, with Kimley-Horn & Associates, for the Kyrene Branch and Highline Canal Shared Use Path Design Services Move City Council award Professional Services Agreement No. TP2202.201 to Kimley-Horn & Associates for the Kyrene Branch and Highline Canal Shared Use Path Design Services, in an amount not to exceed $574,883.11. Council Focus Area(s):]
AND WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE THAT ASKED IF THEY COULD SPEAK.THEY'RE UNABLE TO BE HERE ON THURSDAY, SO LET'S FIRST, UH, TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, VICE MAYOR, BUT I WILL A INVITE THEM TO COME UP.
JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM STAFF HERE.
UH, JASON, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
I KNOW, UM, THERE WAS A LOT ON THE, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT SOME OF THE PREVAILING COMMENTS THERE WAS THE TYPE OF, UH, SURFACE AREA.
I KNOW SOME OF THE, THE, THE BIKERS, LIKE THE HARD SURFACE OR JOGGERS, LIKE THE GRAVEL, WE HAVE PLANS OF SOMEHOW FIGURING THIS OUT TO MAKE IT HALF AND HALF OR SO THAT THERE'S ABILITY TO DO BOTH.
THROUGH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO, UH, THE PATH THAT IS THE CONCEPT THAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE 15% PLANS.
THE, THE PATH WIDTH WOULD BE 10 FEET OF CONCRETE, AND THEN NEXT TO THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER ROUGHLY 10 FEET OR SO OF, OF DIRT THAT COULD REMAIN FREE FOR WALKERS AND AND RUNNER JOGGERS.
I THINK THAT'S MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
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I KNOW THE OTHER THING WAS THE CROSSING.UH, HAVE WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GONNA FIX, ENHANCE THAT CROSSING, CORRECT? UH, YES, SIR.
SO THE CROSSING AT RAY ROAD, YOU'RE REFERRING TO, RIGHT? UH, YEAH.
THE, THE CONCEPT PLANS CALLED FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CROSSING THERE, ALTHOUGH AGAIN, THOSE ARE VERY INITIAL 15% PLANS THAT WILL BE FURTHER ANALYZED DURING THE DESIGN AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC, UM, OUTREACH TO, UH, SEE WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION WILL BE.
AND, AND IT COULD, COULD BE THAT, OR WE, WE COULD COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE CROSSING THE KEYS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A, A SAFE CROSSING OF RAY ROAD AND THAT, THAT COULD TAKE A NUMBER OF FORMS. I, I THINK, IS IT KYRENE IN KNOX OR IS IT RAY ROAD IN KNOX? YES.
THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER CROSSING AT KYRENE IN KNOX.
UM, AND THAT'LL ACTUALLY BE IN THE CITY OF TEMPE, JUST JUST NORTH OF OUR BORDERS.
BUT, BUT WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF TEMPLE TO DEVELOP A, A SAFE CROSSING THERE AS WELL.
AND I THINK, UM, IT CAME UP AGAIN AS FAR AS IN OUR DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGERS WEEK IS SOMEHOW ENSURING THAT, UM, VEHICLES WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, POTENTIALLY WE MAY HAVE A FIRE VEHICLE THAT NEEDS TO GET IN THERE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SOME KIND OF BARRIER OR SOMETHING.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MARY ORLANDO, THAT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A CONCERN THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND WE CAN WORK WITH S R P TO INSTALL GATES, UH, THAT WOULD RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS.
S R P MAINTENANCE VEHICLES WOULD CONTINUE TO NEED ACCESS.
UH, THE CITY WOULD BE PROVIDED ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL, BUT IT WOULD KEEP OUT, UM, UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES OUT OF THAT AREA.
SO, SO JASON AND S R P HAS AGREED TO DO THAT AT ORDER TO KEEP, UH, PICKUP TRUCKS OR OTHERS, BUT S R P AND THE CITY CAN STILL ACCESS THAT, BUT THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO THAT, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, MAYOR
THEY HAVE NOT, UM, FORMALLY AGREED, BUT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND INITIALLY THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO THE CONCEPT.
WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH, UH, FULL PLANS AND INCORPORATE THOSE GATES AND, AND THEN WE CAN DEVELOP AN AGREEMENT.
CAN YOU, UH, I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE RIGHT NOW AND INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED RIGHT NOW.
ARE WE REALLY CONSIDERING MAKING SURE THAT THEY, AT THE TABLE, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING BEYOND, UM, THE DUTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS NOTIFIED AND EVERYTHING, BUT SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHO HAVE WA RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT THE CASE? RIGHT? YEAH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
UH, THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE A KEY CONSIDERATION DURING DESIGN, WE, WE COMPLETED THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, WHICH IS AN EXTRA STEP THAT THIS PROJECT UNDERTOOK, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN EARLY JUMPSTART ON PUBLIC OUTREACH, BUT PUB PUBLIC OUTREACH WILL DEFINITELY BE A KEY COMPONENT OF THE DESIGN MOVING FORWARD.
UH, IT WAS INTERESTING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR VICE MAYOR ORLANDO BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT VEHICLES CAN'T GET ON THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH S R P.
BUT DO WE HAVE ANY PATHS? UH, I, I LIVED BY THE CANAL FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND LOVED WALKING ON THE, ON THE PATH.
I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT ABOUT THE JOGGERS WANTING IT TO BE THE DUSTY ROCK, BUT I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE.
HAVE WE DONE THAT ANYWHERE BEFORE? IS IT PRACTICAL TO DO THAT? UH, YEAH, IT'S THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY, WITH MOST OF OUR PATHS, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE AREA BETWEEN THE CANAL AND, AND THE PATH OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE PAVED PATH FOR, UH, JOGGERS TO USE.
SO IT, IT'S CERTAINLY AN OPTION.
AND, AND YEAH, JOGGERS DO TEND TO, TO LIKE THAT SURFACE BETTER.
AND, AND, AND THERE, THERE IS A CONCERN THAT, THAT THERE'S, UM, THAT CONFLICT BETWEEN A FAST MOVING BIKE AND A AND A WALKER THAT SOMETIMES THEY LIKE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THAT AND, AND JUST FOLLOW UP.
IS THERE ENOUGH CLEARANCE, 10 FEET FOR BIKES TO PASS ONE ANOTHER? BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS THE ONLY THING I THOUGHT OF IS LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE HUMMING THROUGH THERE PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WITH THEIR LITTLE LIGHTS ON AND YEAH.
AND THAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF THE DESIGN MINIMUM.
IT'S TYPICALLY 10, 10 TO 12 FEET IS THE WIDTH THAT, THAT, UH, WE LIKE FOR THESE PATHS.
BUT 10 FEET PROVIDES THAT PASSING DISTANCE.
UM, I'M GONNA INVITE OUR TWO SPEAKERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP.
LINDA, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THE, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, YOU'LL HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT, SO PLEASE TRY TO WRAP.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS LINDA CALIFF AND I LIVE AT 1133 NORTH ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE ALONG THE KYRENE CANAL PATH IN TUSCANY, RIGHT NEAR THE BRIDGE ON ROOSEVELT.
WE HAVE LIVED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN UNAUTHORIZED VEHICULAR ACTIVITY ALONG THE CANAL.
WE REALIZE THAT THE SIGNS ARE POSTED STATING MOTOR VEHICLE USED BY S R
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P PERMIT ONLY.HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE DO NOT OBEY THE SIGNS.
AND WE HAVE SENT MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO JASON KRATON AND SASHA PETITO WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND BRIANNA MCHENRY WITH S R P REGARDING MULTIPLE VEHICLE VIOLATIONS.
SO MY QUESTIONS TO YOU IS, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE VIDEOS, ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MAYOR? OKAY.
IF NOT, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM, BECAUSE WE'VE SENT ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT VIDEOS, AND THAT'S JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT INCLUDE MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES, PICKUP TRUCKS, LANDSCAPERS IN THEIR TRAILERS, REGULAR CARS, GOLF CARTS, YOU NAME IT, WE'VE SEEN IT.
AND MOST RECENTLY, WE SUBMITTED A VIDEO LAST NIGHT, AN EMAIL WITH SEVERAL VIDEOS, I SHOULD SAY.
AND THERE WAS THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, BLACK S U V THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPEEDING DOWN THE CANAL.
I MEAN, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE HOW FAST IT WAS GOING EASILY, 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE CANAL, AND, UM, DUST WAS RAISING UP BEHIND THE VEHICLE, ALL THAT.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERATION TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF VEHICULAR GATES THERE, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HARM OF ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE WALKING ALONG THE CANAL THERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO PHYSICALLY WALK ALONG THE KYRON CANAL PATH OR IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CANALS, LACK OF SANITATION, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'D WANT YOU TO CONSIDER.
WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE PATH AND THE CANAL CLEAN? IF YOU'VE WALKED ALONG THE CANAL, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THE PET DROPPINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT MANY, MANY OF THE CHANDLER INTERSECTIONS, ESPECIALLY AT RAY AND KYRENE, ARE NOT SAFE.
WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
SO WE DON'T NEED VEHICLES TAKING SHORTCUTS, CUTS ALONG THE CANAL PATH, CAUSING HAVOC TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO COORDINATING WITH S R P TO INSTALL GATES OR OTHER PHYSICAL BARRIERS TO RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CANAL PATH USERS, AS A CITIZEN AND RESIDENT ALONG THE KYRENE CANAL PATH, WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OF VEHICULAR GATES AT BOTH ENTRANCES ON RAY AND AT KYRENE AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE SIGNAGE TO PROHIBIT VIOLATORS AND TRESPASSERS FROM ENCROACHING ON OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND I, AND I THINK AS WAS PREVIOUS STATED, WE DO SUPPORT THAT AND, UH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT WORKS.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MAREN, AND I'M GONNA REALLY BUTCHER THIS.
I'M SORRY, MARIN MARTINA THEORY.
UH, AND AGAIN, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE.
I LIVE IN THE 1132 NORTH ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
UM, I AM, UM, AEROSPACE ENGINEER, EXPERT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND I HAVE SPENT MY LIFE TAKING CARE ABOUT SAFETY, UH, AND I HOPE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IN EVERY PLANE YOU HAVE PART OF MY DESIGN, SO YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT.
SO MY MAIN POINT, UH, FIRST WE EMBRACE THE PROJECT, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WALK TO HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SAFETY.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU CAN'T ENCOURAGE A PROJECT WHERE YOU MAY AUTHORIZE OR ALLOW PEDESTRIAN KIDS, OLD PEOPLE, UH, ON THE SAME PATH, SAME WAY.
THEN YOU WILL HAVE MOTORIZED VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY ARE ELECTRICAL OR THERMAL ENGINE.
SO MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE SAFETY.
YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM WHICH PROTECT THE LIFE OF, UH, OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL MAKE IT SHORT AFTER WE HAVE, I THINK LINDA DID A GREAT JOB.
IF YOU CAN TAKE ALL OF THEM, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THE MAIN ONE IS THE SECURITY.
UH, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS HERE? WE'LL MOVE TO 10.
I DID COUNCIL MEMBER, ALEX, JOSH HARRIS,
YOU GOT ME JOSH ON THAT PATHWAY.
IT'S GONNA BE WELL LIT AS WELL, BECAUSE HE, HE MENTIONED SECURITY.
CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE TO DIVERT TO, TO MAKE HIM MORE SECURE AND NOT, UM, FOR THE PATHWAY? YEAH.
JASON, WOULD THAT BE YOU OR I OR WOULD YOU GOT IT, JOSH? DOESN'T MATTER.
YEAH, YOU WANT, YOU WANNA ANSWER LIGHTING? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, WE, WHAT DID YOU BACK UP HERE? ALL RIGHT.
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OVER HARRIS.WE DO INTEND TO DO SOME LIGHTING ANALYSIS, ADD LIGHTING TO THE PATH, UH, TO, TO INCREASE SAFETY, UH, OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE NEIGHBORS, TO MAKE SURE WE SHIELD ALL THE LIGHTING SO WE DON'T CREATE ANY UNWANTED LIGHT POLLUTION AS WELL.
[10. Resolution No. 5690 Intergovernmental Agreement with Chandler Unified School District No. 80 for Police Department Security Camera System Emergency Access Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5690 pertaining to an Intergovernmental Agreement granting the Chandler Police Department emergency access to the Chandler Unified School District No. 80 Security Camera System; and authorize the Chief of Police, as designated by the City Manager, to conduct all negotiations and to execute and submit all documents necessary in connection with such agreement. Council Focus Area(s): ]
THANK YOU.NEXT ITEM, UH, CALLED IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAD SOME QUESTION FOR, UH, CHIEF DUNGAN.
UM, THANKS CHIEF FOR, UH, UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE? SURE.
THIS IS A, UH, A REQUEST TO, UM, AGREE TO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING M O U WITH THE CHANNEL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 9 1 1 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO ACCESS REALTIME, ANY OF THE NEARLY 2000 CAMERAS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AMONG THEIR 35 CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT WOULD EN THAT WOULD ENABLE OUR DISPATCHERS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR RESPONDING OFFICERS TO THOSE TRUE EMERGENCIES, UM, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE LOCATION.
AND IN THESE EMERGENCIES, TIME IS EVERYTHING.
SO THE QUICKER OUR OFFICERS CAN ENGAGE THAT THREAT AND STOP IT OR MITIGATE IT, UM, THAT'S THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
SO THESE CAMERAS WILL PAY, PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE PROVIDING THAT REAL-TIME INFORMATION TO OUR RESPONDING OFFICERS.
I, I, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GOOD BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE.
IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, NO MATTER WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS, WE KNOW IN REAL TIME, AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED WHAT IT IS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE AND DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE INTERACTIONS AT IGAS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAVE MASSIVE CA CAMERA USAGE, SO WE CAN ALSO BE READY TO, UM, RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY IF NEEDED.
AND CHIEF, I, I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT, AND YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO SAY IT.
SO IN CASE ANY IS WATCHING, HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAMERAS EXCEPT WHEN THE SCHOOL WOULD WANT US TO, IF THERE IS AN, AN ACTIVE SITUATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, TRIAGE AND, AND, UH, MOVE APPROPRIATELY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THESE CAMERAS ARE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY GIVE US PERMISSION EVERY TIME WE WOULD ACCESS THEM.
[11. Resolution No. 5683 Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property Rights Required for the Water Main Replacement Project WA2203 Move Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5683, authorizing the acquisition of real property rights required for the Water Main Replacement Project WA2203 within Arrowhead Meadows, Tyson Manor, and Sunset Manor neighborhoods, as shown on the attached map; authorizing the City’s Real Estate Administrator to sign, on behalf of the City, the purchase agreements, authorizations to access property, and any other documents necessary to facilitate these acquisitions and access the properties; authorizing eminent domain proceedings as needed to acquire said real property and obtain immediate possession thereof; and authorizing relocation assistance as may be needed and required by law. Council Focus Area(s):]
NEXT ITEM UP, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, A QUESTION ABOUT WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT.ITEM NUMBER 11, I THINK, UH, JOHN KNUTSON.
JOHN, BEFORE HE ASKED THIS, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
JOHN, YOU WERE A MARCHING BAND DAD FOR MANY YEARS.
DID YOU EVER GET TO GO TO HAWAII? NO, NO.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CHAPERONE.
UM, SO JOHN, YOU AND I, A LITTLE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.
THIS IS UNIQUE AREA CHANNEL IN THE OLDER PARTS OF CHANDLER WHERE, AND THAT WAS THE DISCONNECT I HAVE AS I WAS READING THE MEMOS.
IS THIS, UH, THESE ARE WATER MAINS, MOST OF 'EM ARE WATER MAINS IN THE BACK OF THE, OR IN THE ALLEYWAYS, CORRECT? YES, YES.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.
UM, AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR PRIORITIZED WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THE NEXT ONES ON THE LIST ARE IN THE AREA OF CHANDLER BOULEVARD ALMA SCHOOL IN THAT AREA.
AND IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE DAY, THEY WOULD BUILD, UH, WATER, SEWER, AND ESSENTIALLY ALL UTILITIES WERE RUN DOWN THE ALLEYS.
AND SO AS THE WATER MAINS AGE AND WE NEED TO REPLACE THOSE, IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO RE UH, TO REINSTALL THE WATER MAINS IN THE ALLEYS BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER, UH, UTILITY OBSTRUCTIONS.
SO IT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE TO MOVE THOSE PIPELINES FROM THE ALLEYS OUT TO THE CITY STREETS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOME.
SO TO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE HOME.
AND IT IS A, UH, TYPICALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE, UH, OFTENTIMES IT REQUIRES US, WELL, EVERY TIME IT REQUIRES US TO RUN THE SERVICE LINE THAN FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE NEW MAIN IS AROUND THE HOUSE AND THEN BACK AND PLUG IT BACK INTO WHERE THE, UH, WHERE THE WATER SERVICE WAS ORIGINALLY.
AND SO THEY'RE TIME CONSUMING.
THEY INVOLVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, COORDINATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFICULT PROJECT, BUT IN THE END, WHAT WE WE HAVE IS A WATER MAIN, A NEW WATER MAIN THAT'LL BE IN PLACE FOR HOPEFULLY 75 TO A HUNDRED YEARS.
THE STREETS GET REDONE AND EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO NORMAL.
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AND, UH, AND UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY YOU NEED THE PROPERTY.UH, THE PERMISSION OF THE PROPERTY, UH, OWNERS AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY BUYING AN EASEMENT IF NECESSARY IN THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, OFTENTIMES, UH, WITH MANY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, WE MIGHT UNCOVER, UH, A PIECE OF LAND THAT IS, UH, FEE OWNERSHIP IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THAT IS KIND OF A STRANGLING PIECE THAT WASN'T PURCHASED YEARS AGO.
SO WE AT TIMES HAVE TO, UH, PICK UP THAT PIECE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND, AND PURCHASE THAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, RIGHT OF ENTRIES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE AND SIGNED WITH EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER AS WE GO THROUGH.
SO THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF REAL ESTATE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ALONG WITH, UH, THESE PROJECTS, UH, AS I SAID, UH, RIGHT OF ENTRIES, OFTEN EASEMENTS, SOME PROPERTY PURCHASES WHERE THE PIPELINE IS, UH, IS NEEDED.
UH, IT MIGHT BE, UM, AS I SAID, JUST A SMALL SLIVER OF PROPERTY ALONG THE WAY THAT, UH, COMES ALONG DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND SO THIS, UH, MEMO IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS JUST TO GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON THOSE AS THEY COME UP, AS THEY COME UP DURING THE PROJECT.
AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ASKED ME EARLIER TODAY IS, HOW CAN WE CAN'T JUST ATTACH, WHICH WAS A GOOD QUESTION BY THE WAY, AND I ADMIT DIDN'T, DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I FIGURED YOU HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR IT.
HOW CAN WE JUST CAN'T ATTACH TO THE, UH, THE NEW PIPELINE TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THEN TAP OFF THE ORIGINAL CUT? WELL, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO DO, EXCEPT IT WOULD REQUIRE REPLUMBING OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE BECAUSE ALL YOUR PLUMBING, UM, EMANATES FROM A SINGLE, SINGLE SPOT IN THE HOME.
SO THERE'S A MANIFOLD COMING INTO YOUR HOME, THAT'S WHERE THE PIPE PLUGS IN.
UH, AND IF YOU WANT TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE WORK INSIDE THE HOME TO PHYSICALLY RE-PLUMB.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROJECT.
AT LEAST WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE JUST RERUNNING A PIPELINE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME AND PLUGGING IT INTO ITS ORIGINAL PLACE.
BUT TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY WOULD REQUIRE REPLUMBING OF THE HOME IN SOME FASHION.
THAT WAS A GOOD QU GOOD ANSWER.
CAUSE I RATHER SAY JOHN SAVED YOU $5,000
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE SENATE? ALL RIGHT, THANK
[19. Contracts and Agreements Administratively Approved, Month of April 2023 Council Focus Area(s):]
YOU.AND OUR LAST ITEM CALLED IN ALSO BY VICE MAYOR ORLANDO, ITEM NUMBER 19, HAVING TO DO WITH CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED.
YEAH, MAYOR, I GOT MY ANSWER TODAY.
IT WAS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE SAME CONTRACTOR, IT WAS TWO SEPARATE STATEMENT OF WORKS.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS DIVIDED UP THE WAY IT WAS DIVIDED UP CUZ IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST ONE LARGE THING DIVIDE, YOU KNOW? BUT, UH, I, I GOT MY ANSWER ON THAT, SO.
UM, COUNSEL, ON THURSDAY WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, TENTATIVE BUDGET, A PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEM.
BUT ALSO TONIGHT WE HAVE A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON HAVING TO DO WITH GROUP HOMES AND RECENT ACTIONS BY THE, THE STATE ARIZONA IN RESPONSE TO FRAUDULENT ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS, A H C C C S CLAIMS. LEAH POWELL.
ONE SECOND HERE TO GET UP, GET THE POWERPOINT GOING.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR HAVING ME HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON FOR ASKING FOR INFORMATION.
UM, I AM SURE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS OVER THE LAST, REALLY OVER A LITTLE BIT OVER A WEEK NOW, A CONTINUING STORY THAT DEVELOPS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND, AND LITERALLY THE INFORMATION CHANGES ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND SO I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON HOW, WHAT THE CITY IS DOING WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
SO, UM, OFFICIALLY ON MAY 17TH, THE GOVERNOR HOBBS DID RELEASE INFORMATION, HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING THE SITUATION WITH SOBER LIVING HOMES.
IN PARTICULAR, WHAT HAS BEEN REALLY, IT, IT'S BEEN AN INVESTIGATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2019 AND HAS TO DO WITH FRAUDULENT BILLING, PRIMARILY FOR SOBER LIVING HOMES.
AND, UM, REALLY AS EARLY AS JANUARY OF 2020, THE F B I BECAME INVOLVED IN THIS AND STARTED INVESTIGATING SOME OF THE CATALYSTS FOR THAT WAS MISSING INDIVIDUALS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS FROM DIFFERENT RESERVATIONS.
THE STORIES ARE THAT THEY WERE BANDS THAT PICKED UP PEOPLE IN FARMINGTON AND GALLUP UP NEAR WINDOW ROCK TO THE CITY, BROUGHT THEM INTO PHOENIX, PUT THEM INTO WHAT WERE DEEMED AS SOBER LIVING HOMES AND STARTED BILLING FOR TREATMENTS.
UM, SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MISSING LITERALLY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, AND EVERYONE
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THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH PLAN, WHICH IS BILLED TO ACCESS.AND IT IS A FEE-BASED PLAN, WHICH RATHER THAN A MANAGED PLAN, WHICH WAS PART OF WHAT ALLOWED THE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY TO OCCUR.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE, AS I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN AN INVESTIGATION THAT'S GOING ON, GOING ON SINCE 2019 AND CONTINUES TO GO ON TODAY IN CHANDLER.
WE DO HAVE GROUP HOMES, AS YOU ARE AWARE, A GROUP HOME IS LISTED AS A RESIDENCE THAT HAS THE FIVE AND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE OUR GROUP HOMES AND OUR RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
WE DO HAVE A REGISTRATION PROCESS HERE IN CHANDLER.
THERE IS A MA MAXIENT OCCUPANCY LIMIT AND FOR HOMES THAT WISH TO GO OVER THAT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OR IF THERE IS A, THERE'S ALSO A, A DISTANCE RESTRICTION OF 1200 FEET.
THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR A WAIVER.
THERE IS A COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT THAT PROCESS.
IT INCLUDES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT COURSE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
MANY DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE, THAT PROCESS AND AT THOSE WAIVERS, UM, THESE HOMES MAY OR MAY NOT BE LICENSED BY THE STATE OR ANOTHER ENTITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
IN CHANDLER, WE HAVE 276 GROUP HOMES AND WE HAVE 20 THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT ARE DEEMED AS SOBER LIVING HOMES.
AND THESE ARE HOMES THAT ARE REGISTERED AS SOBER LIVING HOMES IN CHANDLER.
SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? WELL, WE, WE RECEIVED, BEGAN RECEIVING INFORMATION ON THIS DIRECTLY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SOLAR, WHO HAS BEEN CONTRACTED TO BE BE THE FIRST RESPONDER AND OR THE FIRST INTERVENTION IN THIS SITUATION.
RE RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER A WEEK AGO.
IMMEDIATELY WE STARTED RESEARCHING WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, LOOKING IN OUR OWN DATABASE.
AND THEN, UM, THE LIST OF 102 AGENCIES THAT HAVE HAD THEIR LICENSE, EITHER TERMINATOR SUSPENDED, WAS RELEASED.
ONCE WE GOT THAT LIST, WE CONTINUED TO RESEARCH THOSE SPECIFIC NAMES.
WE BELIEVE THERE ARE ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN ASSOCIATED HOMES IN CHANDLER.
UM, SO THE NAVIGATION TEAM, THEIR HOMELESS NAVIGATION TEAM HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO SPEED.
THEY ARE OUT MONITORING ON A DAILY BASIS.
THIS IS A HOMELESS CRISIS SITUATION.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR THE MOST PART AND COULD BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF HOMES CLOSING DOWN, WE KNOW THAT, UM, AGAIN, SOLAR HAS BEEN CONTRACTED AS THAT FIRST LINE OF INTERVENTION.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 250 HOTEL ROOMS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE ACROSS THE VALLEY TO BE ABLE TO PUT PEOPLE INTO HOMES.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SO FAR THEY'VE PUT ABOUT 85 PEOPLE OR INTO THE HOTELS, ABOUT 85 PEOPLE INTO THE HOTELS COMMUNITY.
BRIDGES IS ALSO CONTRACTED TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, UM, HAVE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING, BEING PUT INTO THE HOTEL ROOMS. SO OUR NAVIGATION TEAM IS DOING WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE HOMES THAT WE ARE SUSPECTING MIGHT BE PART OF THIS, UM, AND TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT BECOME EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE OF IT.
TO DATE, WE'VE ONLY HAD INTERACTION WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT ACTUALLY WAS THIS MORNING.
AND WE WILL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS INFORMATION COMES OUT.
OF COURSE WE WILL WORK AS WE DO REALLY ON A DAILY BASIS WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLS US WHEN THEY FIND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE CERTAINLY WILL BE WORKING WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS THE GROUP HOMES THEMSELVES ARE CONCERNED AND JUST CONTINUE TO REALLY BE THERE TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AGE.
SHOULD ANYONE IN CHANDLER BE IMPACTED.
WE ARE HAVING CONTACT WITH SOLAR ON A REGULAR BASIS AND SOLAR WILL CALL US IF THERE ARE CHANDLER RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBER OF POSTON QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
I KNOW THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT THAT GOT DUMPED IN YOUR LAP A LITTLE BIT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT, WHOLE LOT OF CONTROL AND THE CITY ONLY HAS SO MUCH PURVIEW OVER THE GROUP HOMES.
AND, AND, UM, COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF LAYERS TO THIS.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH COMMUNICATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THESE HOMES ARE AND WHETHER THESE PEOPLE ARE, HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
AND COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN LAST WEEK AND IT'S DONE BY THIS WEEK.
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
UM, AS WELL AS THE IDEA THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE THINK THAT WE HAVE HERE VERSUS OTHER PARTS OF THE VALLEY, OR HOW MANY OF THESE HOMES HERE VERSUS OTHER PARTS OF THE VALLEY? CUZ I, I, I DON'T WANNA SCARE PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THEM HERE.
THEY, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO MAYBE THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY, BUT IT'S STILL AN ISSUE.
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEED TO BE PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION OR SOMEONE MAY NEED TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
CUZ MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY FAR FROM THEIR HOMES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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YES.SORRY, THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE CAN GO ONE AT A TIME IF YOU NEED TO, EXCUSE ME THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSTING.
UM, AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY AND WE'RE GETTING NEW INFORMATION ALL OF THE TIME.
WE, BASED ON THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE, WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE LAYERS UPON LAYERS OF LLCS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE HOMES.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY FOR SURE SOME OF THE HOMES.
AND, UM, THERE MAY BE MORE THAN A HALF A DOZEN, WE'RE JUST NOT SURE.
BUT WE CONTINUE AS WE FIND NAMES OF COMPANIES OR NAMES OF OWNERS TO TRY TO RESEARCH THAT WE, UM, WILL ABSOLUTELY, IF WE COME ACROSS SOMEONE DO, THE FIRST THING WE WILL TRY TO DO IS CONNECT THEM TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND RECONNECT REUNIFY, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.
THE NAVAJO NATION IN PARTICULAR HAS A CRISIS TEAM SET UP AND THEY WILL DO TRANSPORTATION BACK TO ANY MEMBER OF THE NAVAJO NATION COMMUNITY.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD WORK WITH OTHER RESERVATIONS AND, AND WE DO SERVE CLIENTELE THAT COME FROM OTHER RESERVATIONS INTO CHANDLER FROM TIME TO TIME.
WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS BECAUSE WE DO SERVE PEOPLE WHO END UP MOVING TO CHANDLER FROM RESERVATIONS, BUT THEIR SERVICES MAY STILL BE TIED TO THEIR RESERVATION.
SO WE HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH THAT AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO REUNITE PEOPLE WITH, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S SERVICES OR FAMILY OR WHATEVER'S MOST APPROPRIATE.
IF WE ARE IN THE NEED OF ASSISTING WITH TRANSPORTATION, THAT'S WHERE WE USE OUR CHANGE UP FUNDS.
THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO A BUS TICKET OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE TO GET SOMEBODY BACK TO WHEREVER THEY CAME FROM.
WE ALWAYS THOUGH, WE WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS, WE KNOW WHERE THE PERSON'S GOING.
IT IS CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
WE NEVER WANT TO TRANSPORT SOMEONE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND FIND THEM HOMELESS IN THEIR NEW SITUATION.
SO WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONFIRMED LOCATION FOR THEM TO LIVE A, A LIVING SITUATION FOR THEM TO GO TO.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED AGENCIES THAT ARE ON THE LIST.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S OVER A HUNDRED HOMES EASILY.
WE'VE HEARD THE ESTIMATES IT COULD BE PEOP IN THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS.
UM, IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON FOR A LONG TIME.
THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONTINUING.
THERE'S A FULL AUDIT THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE OF ALL THE BILLING SINCE 2019.
SO I IMAGINE THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME AND, UM, IT'LL JUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS IT PLAYS OUT FOR PROBABLY MONTHS.
AND THEN YOU HAD, WE, CHANDLER DOES HAVE A REGISTRATION PROCESS.
UM, ARE WE FINDING THAT THESE HOMES ARE REGISTERED OR NOT? AND IF NOT, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, THE ONES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, WE HAVE NOT FOUND THAT THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AS WE WOULD DO WITH ANY HOME-BASED BUSINESS THAT IS NOT REGISTERED THROUGH THE CITY.
WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT AND WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS IN THAT SITUATION.
AND I, I DON'T WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF GROUP HOMES OUT THERE DOING GOOD WORK, HELPING THE RES THE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF BAD ACTORS AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU AND YOUR NAVIGATOR TEAM FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT TEAM IN PLACE, I'M SURE WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACT SO QUICKLY.
AND I, AND I HAVE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US ON HAVING THE NAVIGATION TEAM BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A ROBUST TEAM IN PLACE THAT WE COULD RESPOND SO QUICKLY.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AS THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS, THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF HOME.
YOU MA YOU SUPERFICIALLY MENTIONED THEM, BUT THE ASSISTED LIVING HOMES, UM, ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN, UM, THE SOBER LIVING HOMES.
THOSE ASSISTED LIVING HOMES, WHICH I HAD OWNED, 19 OF THEM.
THOSE ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
AND THEY ARE MONITORED BY THAT DEPARTMENT ON A YEARLY BASIS TO KEEP THEIR LICENSE.
AND THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO REGISTER IN THE CITY THAT THEY ARE IN BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE FIRE CODE, THEY NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS.
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME, UH, FOR YOU, I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS IS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA, IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY, I JUST SAT DOWN WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER OF AVONDALE.
THEY ARE SEEING A LOT OF, UH, ISSUES IN THEIR OWN CITY.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT, UH, CHANDLER HAD 12 OF THEM AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I DO KNOW SOME SUBURB LIVING HERE IN CHANDLER THAT ARE REGISTERED ALSO WITH THE CITY AND THEY ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
AND NOTE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THERE.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT ARE REGISTERED COMPARED TO THE ONES THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMES, AND IN PARTICULAR, THIS INVESTIGATION SEEMS TO BE CENTERED ON THE SOBER LIVING HOMES.
THERE ARE 20 THAT ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
AND NONE OF THOSE ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, I
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UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT ONCE THOSE PEOPLE ARE PICKED UP FROM THE, UM, THE RESERVATION AND THEY ARE BOUGHT INTO THOSE HOMES, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, THERE ARE NO CARE PLAN FOR THEM.AND, AND I, AND I THINK FROM THE BEGINNING AND 2019 WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING, I WAS IN THE FRONT OF IT.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF IT BECAUSE I HAD SAT DOWN TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE INVESTIGATION IN HOW TO APPROACH IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY GET THE INFORMATIONS THAT THEY NEEDED TO PURSUE THOSE WHO WERE ILLEGALLY RUNNING THOSE HOMES.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING PROACTIVE INTO REALLY PUTTING SOLARIS OUT THERE, NUMBER ONE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, PEOPLE ARE FINDING THEIR WAY HOME AND SOMETIMES IT, IT'S, IT'S EVEN HARDER FOR THEM TO GO BACK HOME AND IF THEY DECIDED THEY DON'T WANNA GO AND THAT WE WILL HAVE A SAFETY NET HERE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP THEM TRANSFER TO A MORE LICENSE, WELL RUN OTHER FACILITIES.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSTING FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND STAYING ON TASK WITH THIS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HAD ALREADY JUST MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SIX HOMES THAT WAS IN CHANDLER THAT WAS, UH, EXPECTED, UH, THAT WAS A PART OF THE FRAUD.
UM, HAVE WE, SINCE THEN, WHAT HAVE OUR ACTIONS BEEN IN TERMS OF THOSE PARTICULAR HOMES? AND THEN HOW DID WE IDENTIFY THAT? IT WAS SIX FROM CHANDLER THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WE TOOK THE LIST THAT WAS RELI RELEASED BY THE STATE OF THE CLINICS.
AND, AND AGAIN, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING IS THAT MOST OF THE BILLING IS TAKING PLACE IN A CLINIC SETTING, BUT THE CLINICS HAVE UNREGISTERED HOMES WHERE THEY ARE PLACING PEOPLE.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE RAN THE LIST THAT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED THROUGH OUR DATABASE OF OWNERSHIP AND CHANDLER.
AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THERE, THESE WERE HOMES THAT WERE OWNED BY THE SAME ENTITY AND THEN WENT BACK TO OUR LIST OF REGISTERED HOMES AND FOUND THAT NONE OF THEM WERE ON THAT LIST.
UM, WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE BEEN SENDING THE NAVIGATION TEAM OUT.
AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOODS BY PEOPLE BASICALLY BEING DISPLACED AND, AND WANDERING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS MONITORING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
WE HAVE FOUND AT LEAST A COUPLE THAT APPEAR TO BE VACANT HOMES AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT APPEAR TO BE ACTIVE.
AND SO WE WILL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND, AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE HAD, UH, CONTACT WITH ONE INDIVIDUALS TO DATE.
WERE THESE HOMES, RENTAL HOMES OR DOES THE OWNER IN SNOW, DO YOU KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TENANT AND THE OWNER? UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
WHAT I DID FIND IS THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WERE ALL LISTED AS RENTALS.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE TO YOU, UM, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT IN TERMS OF THIS FRAUD WAS HAPPENING AT A HIGHER LEVEL, A LOT OF THE MID-LEVEL INDIVIDUALS OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPINOFFS OF MANY DID NOT KNOW THAT THE FRAUD CAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUT OUT THERE IS THAT A LOT OF THE FRAUD WAS AT A HIGHER, HIGHER LEVEL.
IT WASN'T ALWAYS THE SPINOFF OF MULTIPLE, UH, OF MULTIPLE HOMES.
SO, UH, THEY COULD HAVE, THEIR LLC COULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN IT, BUT IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN A SPINOFF OF A SPINOFF, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, MEDICAID FRAUD IN TERMS OF BILLING AND THINGS LIKE, UH, AND THAT NATURE.
BUT IT, IT, IT WAS UNFORTUNATE TO, TO HEAR ABOUT THE REPORTS OF POSSIBLE PEOPLE, UM, BEING TAKEN OUT OF THEIR HOMES OR BEING PICKED UP OFF THE STREETS AND PUT IN PLACES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, UH, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, AND, UM, AND THEN, AND, UM, WE, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO GET THROUGH THIS.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER POST FOR BRINGING US UP.
SO I, I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING HERE.
UH, I HEAR A DOZEN OR SO HOMES THAT'S IMPACTED BY THIS INVESTIGATION.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE RESIDENTS IN THERE? WHO'S CARING FOR THEM AND WHAT IS REALLY GOING, I HEAR YOU SAY MONITORING, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RESIDENT? THAT'S MORE I IMPORTANT TO ME RIGHT NOW THAN THE LEGAL ASPECT.
ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES HAPPENING, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH THE MAYOR, UM, VICE MAYOR, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ARE WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS SIX, POTENTIALLY SEVEN HOMES SPECIFICALLY IN CHANDLER.
AND AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THAT A COUPLE OF THEM ARE VACANT.
YOU KNOW, ALL WE CAN DO, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE TREATING THIS AS A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY TEAM IS COMING INVOLVED WITH IT.
SO WE'RE MONITORING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED AND PUT IN BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS AS A
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RESULT OF THE SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS TO THESE HOMES.AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE STRICTLY MONITORING.
WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO DO ANY ENFORCEMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT, OKAY.
SO WHO SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED? I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHO'S DOING THAT? WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO THE HOME AND SAYING THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE IN THIS HOME AND THEY HAVE TO LEAVE? OR WHAT'S, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE MECHANISM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED IS BECAUSE THE PAYMENTS TO THOSE HOMES ARE BEING CUT OFF.
AND THOSE HOMEOWNERS OR COMPANIES ARE IMMEDIATELY DISPLACING PEOPLE TO THE STREET.
THERE ALSO IS THE TWO 11 SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SET UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ENCOUNTER SOMEONE OR IS LOOKING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER.
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING ABOUT 250 CALLS A DAY BASED THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS ISSUE.
SO I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT A, THE WAY THAT SOME OF THESE HOMES HAVE BEEN UN IDENTIFIED WAS WHEN THERE WAS OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING OR THERE HAVE BEEN DEATHS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
AND SO OF COURSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING IF THERE'S A CRIME OR SOMEONE DIES.
AND IN THROUGH THAT THEY'RE DETERMINING THAT SOME OF THE HOMES AND, AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TURNING IT OVER INVESTIGATION TO THE FBI OR WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY WOULD BE.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE STATE SUSPENDING AND TERMINATING LICENSE.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FBI BEING CALLED OUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND THEN AGAIN, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IT'S IF PEOPLE GET DISPLACED AND ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE COMING INTO IT.
YEAH, IT SEEMS, IT STILL SEEMS SQUISHY HERE.
I I TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO IN THE STATE IS ACTUALLY SHUTTING THESE HOMES DOWN AND GOING IN THERE AND SAYING, LET'S MOVE THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE MECHANISM? WELL, CAN YOU GET BACK WITH US AND WE FIND MORE INFORMATION.
I KNOW THIS JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHO'S TAKING CARE OF THESE PEOPLE AND MONITORING IS ONE THING.
UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHO'S GOT THE POINT ON THIS? I GUESS THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, ORLANDO.
SO SOLAR IS THE POINT WHEN THERE IS A HOME THAT'S DETERMINED.
AND SO WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SOLAR.
IF THEY COME CONSTANTLY CHAND THE RESIDENTS, THEY WILL BE CONTACTING US.
SO SOLAR'S THE ONE THAT'S ENGAGED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE STATE EMPOWERING TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF.
I NOW, I I, NOW I GOT CONNECT THE DOTS.
A LITTLE SLOW TODAY, BUT WE GOT IT NOW.
JUST TO CLARIFY AND TO BUILD OFF WHAT THE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THERE ARE SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT IT LOOKS AS IF THERE ARE STILL RESIDENTS BEING CARED FOR IN THOSE HOMES.
IS, WOULD, IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WOULD JUST BE DISPLACED AT ANY PARTICULAR NOTICE THAT THERE'S NO ONE ACTUALLY COMING IN INFORMING YOU WHEN THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN OR WHEN THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON THE STREET? IT'S JUST SORT OF HAPPENING AT SOME POINT WHEN THEY POTENTIALLY AREN'T, THE GROUP O HOME ISN'T GETTING THEIR PAYMENT ANYMORE, THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HOSTON? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING.
AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, PEOPLE GET SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED, THEY ARE SHUTTING HOMES DOWN AND DISPLACING PEOPLE.
WE'VE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE ARE SOME HOMES THAT ARE TRYING TO RE-LICENSE UNDER OTHER TYPES OF LICENSING.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY CONVOLUTED SITUATION AND IT'S ONE THAT WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND WE'RE JUST THERE TO RESPOND IF WE START SEEING PEOPLE GET DISPLACED.
SO AT THIS POINT, YOUR TEAM IS JUST KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE HOMES JUST TO MAKE SURE AND SEE IF, IF THEY JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THOSE HOMES AT ANY GIVEN TIME THROUGH THE MAYOR CO COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN FIVE OR EIGHT OR 10 PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED ON THE STREET AND LITERALLY ARE SITTING OUT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO PLACE TO GO.
WHICH IS WHY THIS WOULD BE PART OF AN ONGOING ISSUE AND ISN'T GONNA WRAP UP ANY TIME SOON,
UH, THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED CONCERNING, WHO IS AT THAT HIGHEST LEVEL TO EVEN SHUT THOSE HOMES DOWN AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCESSED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONE WHO HAVE GIVEN THE CONTRACT TO THE CLINIC.
AND THEN THE CLINIC THEN FIND THOSE HOMES OR THOSE OWNERS OF THE HOMES AND PLACE THE PEOPLE IN THEM.
AND THEN SUPPOSEDLY THE CLINIC IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO MANAGE THE CARE OF THAT CLIENT.
SO AT THIS POINT, THE THIRD PARTY PAYER WISHES THE HOME IS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CLINIC AND SAY, COME AND PICK UP YOUR CLIENTS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE NOT PAYING ME, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GETTING PAID FROM ACCESS, SO THEREFORE I CAN'T CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF YOUR PATIENTS.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY GO BACK TO ACCESS FOR ACCESS TO DEAL WITH THOSE CLINICS THAT ACCESS HAVE CONTRACT WITH ELIGIBLE CONTRACT.
BUT IT'S THOSE CLINICS NOW THAT HAVE TO REALLY ANSWERS WHY DO THEY GO INTO BED
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WITH THESE HOMES KNOWING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THOSE CLIENTS AT THOSE HOMES.I ALSO HEARD, UM, THAT THOSE HOMES, IN ORDER TO KEEP THOSE CLIENTS THERE THAT ARE PICKED UP FROM THE RESERVATION, THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH DRUGS, THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH OTHER THINGS SO THEY DON'T RUN AWAY SO THAT THEY CAN STAY THERE.
IS THAT, ARE THERE ANY OF THE ONE IN CHANDLER TRULY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BELIEVING THEY THEY WANNA DRINK, THEY WANT TO CONTINUE AND GO OUT AND GET DRUGS.
UM, THE MONITORING THAT WE ARE DOING AT THAT LEVEL WHERE WE ARE, WE ALL CANNOT BE ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.
SO WHEN OUR NAVIGATORS ARE ENCOUNTERING ANYBODY THAT THEY ENCOUNTER, ARE WE SEEING THOSE PEOPLE OR STILL ABUSING ALCOHOL OR THEY STILL ABUSING DRUGS THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AS A, WE'VE ONLY ENCOUNTERED THE ONE PERSON.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE ONE PERSON WAS, APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED.
NOW THAT PERSON WANTED TO GO INTO TREATMENT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE THE SITUATION AND THE PERSON WILL BEGIN DETOX AGAIN.
BUT THAT'S THE, AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE'VE SEEN.
WE HAVE HEARD THE SAME STORIES.
WE HAVE HEARD EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT WHEN SOME OF THE HOMES THERE, THERE ISN'T, THERE IS NO SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.
THERE ARE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND, AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE WHAT ALL OF US ARE READING IN THE MEDIA, THOSE ARE THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD AS WELL.
AND SO OUR, OUR GOAL HERE AS A CITY IS NOT TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY TO FIX IT EITHER, BECAUSE THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INTERFERE IN THIS KIND OF LIKE SYSTEM OR WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS TO JUST MAKE SURE, AS YOU SAID, WE ARE THERE AS A SAFETY NET TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY HOMELESS, NOT BECOMING HOMELESS AGAIN, AND THEN TRY TO ACCESS CARE FOR THEM IF THEY'RE WILLING.
CUZ IT'S, IT'S REALLY FEE FOR SERVICE AND IT'S ALSO THEY HAVE TO WANT TO BE SERVED IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE THE CARE FOR THEM THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
AND THEN REUNIFICATION, IF IT IS SOMEONE WHO CAME FROM ANOTHER PLACE, CAME FROM ANOTHER STATE.
SO LIAM, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU JUST KEEP US POSTED.
WE'RE, WE'RE JUST REPEATING THE SAME INFORMATION BUT, AND YOU'VE SHARED WHAT YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU'D PLEASE JUST KEEP US POSTED WITH US AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, YOU AND, UH, THE TEAM TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL OF OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND UH, THURSDAY WE'LL BE BACK FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA AGAIN, THE BUDGET AND, UH, ONE OTHER ITEM.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL ON THURSDAY.