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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 18TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING AT THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL.UH, CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE ROLE? MAYOR HARTKE.
WHAT'S UP, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? HERE.
TONIGHT IT'LL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PASTOR RANDY HERNANDEZ FROM TRI-CITY BAPTIST.
OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY MAYOR AND PASTOR KEVIN HARTKE AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.
LIKE WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, WHAT I WOULD DECLARE YOUR PRESENCE OVER A CITY.
WE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SAFETY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SO MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.
AND LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL LEAD AND GUIDE US AND, AND THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
AND KEEP OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR CITY SAFE.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS EVENING, FOR THE SUMMER AND, UH, FOR YOUR LIFE.
I PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ITS HANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ 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. Proposed Motion: Move to approve the Consent Agenda of the July 18, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 24.]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.UM, IS ANYONE, UM, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE UNLESS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE SOMETHING TO ACTION TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF JULY 18TH FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY REFUSALS QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER? I'LL BE VOTING NO ON NUMBER EIGHT.
WOW, THAT'S AN OUT SOUND, ISN'T IT? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR ORLANDO? YES.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET VICE MAYOR HARRIS.
UM, UM, ONE, UM, IS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ONLINE OR, UH, YES, THEY BOTH SAID YES.
UM, I'M JUST, WE'RE HEARING SOME BACKGROUND NOISE HERE.
IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE MUTE, MUTE, THAT MIGHT HELP US DETERMINE IF IT'S ELSEWHERE.
NEXT ON OUR, UH, AGENDA IS UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
FIRST, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, IN THE SECOND ROW OUR BRAND NEW, UH, P AND Z COMMISSIONER RYAN, STAND UP.THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE.
NEXT, I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, REALLY A TREMENDOUS EVENT THAT MAKES ME, UH, EXTREMELY PROUD EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS.
THIS IS OUR 11TH YEAR IN CHANDLER FOR OUR OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL.
OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDED, UH, HUNDREDS AND ACTUALLY OVER THOUSANDS OF A COUPLE THOUSAND BACKPACKS FOR CHANDLER STUDENTS AND SUPPLIES.
THERE WERE HAIRCUTS, THERE WERE SHOES GIVEN OUT, AND TO HELP OUR STUDENTS START THE YEAR, UH, RIGHT AND CONFIDENT WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.
THIS EVENT IS THE RESULT OF A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS, OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, STARTING WITH, WITH JANE ANDERSON,
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WITH THE, FOR OUR CITY BOARD TO OTHER VOLUNTEERS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER AND ELLIS AND MANY OTHERS THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.WE HAD HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE ENGAGED IN PACKING AND SHOWING UP ON THAT DAY.
SO WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, UH, WHO HAD A HAND IN MAKING THIS A BIG SUCCESS.
OUR DONORS, OUR VOLUNTEERS, UH, OUR COMPASS CHURCH WHO HOSTED THIS A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
IT REALLY WAS A TREMENDOUS DAY.
SECOND, I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD EXCELLENCE AWARD AWARD.
CHANDLER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS WHO HOSTED A COMMUNITY GAIN EVENT LAST YEAR ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION FOR THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD EXCELLENCE AWARDS.
THE ANNUAL AWARDS REC RECOGNIZED CHANDLER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN GAINED, AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHO CONTINUOUSLY WORK TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 26TH, AND MAYBE COMPLETED ONLINE FOR THIS YEAR'S, UH, GA UH, NOMINATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME MORE NOMINATIONS NATION.
NEXT, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.
I THREW IT OUT THERE BEFORE AND I FINISHED MY THOUSAND MINUTES.
MY WIFE HAS FINISHED HER THOUSAND MINUTES, AND, UH, THIS IS A GREAT, UH, EVENT FOR
THIS REALLY IS A, A REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY SYSTEM AS WELL AS MARICOPA COUNTY REALLY, UH, PUSHING THIS OUT.
THERE WERE SOME TREMENDOUS PRIZES RELATED TO FOOD OR A PARK PASS, MERCURY, UH, A MERCURY GAME, AND JUST REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO READ.
THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE IS A GREAT, GREAT WAY STILL FOR READERS TO, TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES, EXPLORE NEW ADVENTURES, AND AS I MENTIONED, EARN AWESOME PRIZES ALONG THE WAY.
AS I WAS LEAVING, MY WIFE HAD HAD, DID A DOORDASH OF, OF CANES OF CHICKEN TENDERS, AND I SAID, DID YOU GET YOUR FREE LEMONADE? AND SHE STARED AT ME BLANKLY AND THEN REALIZED THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE VOLUN, ONE OF THE PRIZES.
SO THERE'S A FEW MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS RELATED TO THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.
AS A REMINDER, AUGUST 1ST IS THE LAST DAY TO LOG POINTS.
AUGUST 15TH IS THE LAST DAY TO CHOOSE YOUR 1000 POINT BOOK PRIZE.
IN SEPTEMBER 15TH IS THE LAST DAY TO PICK UP PRIZES FROM YOUR LIBRARY.
SO I HAVE A 12 HOUR FLIGHT TO IRELAND COMING UP TOMORROW AND AT 12 HOUR FLIGHT BACK, AND I WILL BE ADDING THESE HOURS, THESE 20 PLUS HOURS TO MY BOOK CHALLENGE AND, AND SEE IF I CAN END UP IN THE TOP 100 OR TOP SOMETHING.
WE'VE GOT SO MANY AVID READERS.
SO WITH MORE INFORMATION, VISIT CHANDLER LIBRARY.ORG.
SRC, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS, UH, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ME, MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO ECHO, UH, THE MAYORS OUR THANKS TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS THAT MADE OUR OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL.
EVENT OF SUCCESS, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN MAYOR AND COUNCIL, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS WAS THERE WITH ME AT THIS EVENT LAST WEEKEND.
WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TURNOUT AND OUR CHANDLER STUDENTS ALREADY, THEY ARE DEFINITELY READY RIGHT NOW TO START THEIR SCHOOL YEARS, RIGHT? TRULY, YOU COULD FEEL THE PASSION AND THE LOVE THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE WERE THERE SERVING HAD FOR THOSE CHILDREN.
WE WERE, I WAS IN THE SHOE AREA AND I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BACK AND WHERE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WILL COME AND GET THE SHOES AND THEN TAKE THEM TO THE CHILDREN.
AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER AND WATCH THEM TRYING THOSE SHOES ON.
THIS ONE PARTICULAR LITTLE BOY, ONE OF THE SHIELDS EMPLOYEE, PUT A PAIR OF SHOES IN HIS FEET AND HE JUST LOOKED AT THEM.
HE STOOD UP AND HELD ONTO HER FOR ALMOST FIVE MINUTES AND WILL NOT LET GO.
HE WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE SHOES.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN CHANDLER, INCLUDING SHIELDS AND ALL OF THE OTHER COMPANIES, EDWARDS THAT CAME OUT REALLY BIG FOR US THIS YEAR, AND MAYOR AND CONSUL WAS ABLE TO PUT, UH, SOME MONEY INTO GETTING SOME MORE SHOES FOR THESE KIDS.
EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT I PARTICIPATE, I WALK AWAY FEELING TRULY THAT CHANDLER IS A PLACE WHERE WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THIS.
MAYOR, YOU STARTED THIS AND HERE WE ARE.
WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS WITH IT.
THE NEXT THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS, UH, IN CHANDLER, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED WITH THE CITY AND THE WORK BEING DONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'D LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS LEADERS ABOUT CHANDLER AND NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRATION PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
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A GREAT WAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON CITY PROGRAMS, SERVICES, EVENTS, AND EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS, AND TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.GO THERE AND REGISTER SO THAT YOU CAN BE SURE TO LEARN MORE.
I ACTUALLY HAD A, I ACTUALLY HAD A, A PANICKY MOMENT THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS, WHEN I SHOWED UP, I FOUND OUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE FOR CLEANUP AND THE COUNCILMAN, THEY THEN MADE ME IN CHARGE OF CLEANUP, BUT WE QUICKLY HAD ABOUT 40 VOLUNTEERS THAT PITCHED IN, INCLUDING VICE MAYOR HARRIS AND HIS WIFE SHOWED UP.
BUT I, I, UH, I THOUGHT, OOH, THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG AFTERNOON IF I HAVE THE CLEANUP, UH, COMMITTEE.
BUT YEAH, WE DID REALLY GOOD ON SHOES.
WE CLEANED UP RIGHT AFTER OURSELVES.
BY THE TIME YOU GUYS CAME OVER, WE WERE DONE CLEANING UP.
MAKE THE LIGHT A LOT, THE WORK LIGHT FOR US.
COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANK YOU.
YOU, IT'S AMAZING THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT THAT WE PUT ON AS, UH, AS JANE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB ON THAT AND YOU GUYS, UH, KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK.
I MEAN, IT'S PART OF OUR MISSION, RIGHT? TO, TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY.
AND, UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR, OUR BEST PEOPLE THAT REALLY PUT THAT AS PART OF THEIR MISSION AND VISION EVERY DAY.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE LEAH POWELL FOR WINNING THE GABE ZIMMERMAN AWARD, UH, THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A, UM, IT'S A, SHE'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES DIRECTOR, SO SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THAT ARE CHALLENGED OR, OR NEED HELP.
AND, UH, SHE'S DONE SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB BECAUSE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR AWARD GOES OUT TO A COMMUNITY BUILDER, SOMEBODY THAT RECOGNIZES OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP OTHERS, AND THEN PUTS TOGETHER THE, THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND NON-FOR-PROFITS, UH, TO HELP THOSE FOLKS OUT.
SO, OH, WE, SHE MADE IT ON TV, SO
BUT, UH, WE'RE JUST SUPER PROUD OF LEAH AND, AND HER HEART'S IN IT.
AND, UH, I'VE GOTTEN, UM, I JUST FEEL GREAT, UH, FOR YOUR AWARD AND CONGRATULATIONS.
I DO WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING.
THERE'S AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, NUMBER 19, WHICH IS A, UH, ITEM ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANT TO THANK LES MINKES AND, AND LINDA SAWYER FOR PUSHING THAT FORWARD.
I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN, CAN TALK TO THEIR GOVERNMENT, THEY CAN ADDRESS THEIR GOVERNMENT.
UM, WE DON'T CONSIDER OURSELVES GOVERNANCE BY, BY ANY MEANS, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO US AND, AND, AND, AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN OUR PLAN THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, UH, THIS JUST GIVES FOLKS MORE ACCESS TO DO IT.
SO THUS, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND REALLY DRIVING THAT HOME.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT THAT COUNCIL AND AND MAYOR HAVE BEEN SO RESPONSIVE TO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE'VE DONE THAT GIVE THE COMMUNITY MORE ACCESS TO US.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT CHANDLER IS SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE WHERE, UH, WE WERE THE PART OF THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT? AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD TO GET FEEDBACK ON THE SPOT FROM WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SORT OF IN THAT SPACE AND WHAT THEY DO, UH, AND HOW IT AFFECTED, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WE WERE IN.
SO WE HAD SOME EXPERTS IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
AND I'LL ECHO THAT BECAUSE LES, REALLY NOW THAT REALLY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, AND SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND, UH, REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, NOTHING FOR ME TONIGHT, MAYOR.
ACTING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, I WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE IF THAT'S THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WOULD SAY NOW 'CAUSE I'M QUICK ON GAVELING AFTER.
I, I SEE THAT I FOLLOW YOUR HANDS.
UH, MAYOR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, THE BLACK COMMUNITY REALLY LOST SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL TO US LAST NIGHT.
MS. EBONY, UH, FLAX FUENTES WAS ONE OF THE NICEST WOMEN THAT I'VE EVER MET.
HER DEMEANOR WHEN YOU WALK IN A ROOM, MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU BELONG.
AND SHE WAS ONLY 41 YEARS OLD AND WE LOST HER, UH, AN HOUR, UH, BEFORE I WALKED IN TO SPEAK AT AN EVENT.
AND SHE SERVED WITH VICE MAYOR ODI HARRIS, AND AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, THE, THEY ARE BOTH CO-CHAIR ON, ON THE ON BPI.
AND TRULY, MY HEART GOES OUT TO HER FAMILY.
SHE HAD JUST FOUND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND, UH, SHE'S AT THE PEAK AND LIVING TO A PLACE WHERE SHE WAS GIVING SO MUCH BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND HER, HER LIFE WAS GONE JUST THAT EASY.
UH, AFTER A MEETING ON TUESDAY EVENING WHERE SHE COMPLAINED OF A, A LEG PAIN, AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING SHE, SHE, SHE WAS GONE.
AND SO I WILL IMPLORE YOU ALL TO BE KIND TO EACH OTHER,
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LOVE ON EACH OTHER.LET YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THEM BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARY, FOR ALLOWING ME THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HER.
SHE, SHE'S REALLY ONE OF THE NICEST PERSON THAT I'VE MET HERE IN, IN MY FOUR YEARS BEING ON THIS COUNCIL.
I THOUGHT WE WERE THE NICEST ONES YOU'VE MET.
ACTING CITY MANAGER, TED WILLIE.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
WE, UH, WE WILL RESUMING NEXT MONTH.
I HOPE YOU HAVE, UH, STAY COOL, STAY HYDRATED.
UM, STAY DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.