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[Call to Order]
TO OUR, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL, DECEMBER 10TH, 2020.THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, ARE WANTING, UH, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AS WELL.
AND SO, UH, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ARE YOU STILL THERE? WE MIGHT'VE LOST HIM.
YEAH, THAT'S A MEMBER ROW HERE.
MCCLYMONDS COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
THE CLERK, OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PLASTER PASTOR, PASTOR BLAIR WOODS FROM DESERT SPRINGS CHURCH.
A GREAT SEARCH OFF OF MCQUEEN, UH, AROUND TUMBLEWEED PARK AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT ORLANDO, PASTOR.
WE JUST BEGIN BY GIVING YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY.
LORD, WE, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE RULER OF OUR CITY.
GOD, WE PRAY FOR THE LEADERS THAT YOU'VE APPOINTED OVER OUR CITY.
GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD, FIRST OF ALL, BLESSED THEM.
GOD, WE THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY SACRIFICE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THIS CITY GREAT.
GOD, WE PRAY FOR HEALING ACROSS OUR CITY.
ANYONE BATTLING COVID-19 WHILE WE JUST PRAY THAT YOUR HAND WOULD BE UPON THEM.
GOD, WE INVITE THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO THIS PLACE.
WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE INTO THIS PLACE.
GOD, THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE ABOVE ANYONE.
ELSE'S WELL, GOD, YOU RULE THIS CITY.
AND SO GOD, WE PRAY RIGHT NOW THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE TODAY.
GOD, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY AND YOUR NAME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
UM, OR AS PER THE PREVIOUS SESSION, UH, MENTIONED CONCERNING ITEM NUMBER 26, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT TO ACTION SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.AND THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS BEFORE US AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE HERE? I MOVED THERE AND WE APPROVED THE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING AGENDA DATED DECEMBER 10, 2020, WITH THE ITEMS YOU NOTED THE ITEM 26, BEEN REMOVED AS AN ACTION ITEM.
AND THE SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE, I GUESS, UM, WE WERE ASKED AT THE PREVIOUS, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AND ASK IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO.
BUT WE WERE ASKED AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, UM, OR RECEIVED A NUMBER OF EMAILS RELATING TO, UH, ORDINANCE 49 49, WHICH HAD TO DO WITH, UH, UH, THE MARIJUANA, UH, LAW AND CHANDLER.
AND WE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS FROM FOLKS SAYING THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS, AND YOU'RE GOING AGAINST THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN ADAMANT STATEMENT THAT, UH, REGARDLESS OF MY THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS ON, ON, UH, RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA OR WHATEVER, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS BILL, AS IT WAS BROUGHT TO US, THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE BILL CONCERNING, UH, RECREATIONAL FREESTANDING FACILITIES THAT WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO REGULATE.
WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE WOULD JUST SAY, GO WITH THEM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS PRESENTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME REGULATORY ABILITY TO SAY THEY DON'T BELONG NEXT TO SCHOOLS.
THEY DON'T BELONG NEXT TO DAYCARES OR OTHER PLACES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE HAVE RESTRICTED THOSE BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF WORK IN THE GUIDELINES OF WHERE THEY WERE APPROPRIATE IN OUR CITY.
SO WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AS THE VOTERS VOTED.
AND IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT, IT'S THE WAY THAT THIS LAW WAS PRESENTED GOVERNMENT ONE OH ONE IS WHY I AM AGAINST THE INITIATIVE PROCESS LIKENESS, AS IT DOES NOT ALLOW US OUR LEGISLATORS TO MAKE THE TWEAKS.
I AM A BIG BELIEVER THAT THE BEST LAWS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, LATER BE GONE BACK AND MAKE CORRECTIONS.
BUT ACCORDING TO ARIZONA LAW, WHATEVER
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AN INITIATIVE BILL HITS IT, UH, NEITHER THE LEGISLATORS, UH, CAN ONLY BUY A SUPER MAJORITY FURTHER THAN MO MEASURE PRESENTED.THEY CANNOT COUNTERACT OUR GO AGAINST ANYTHING THERE.
SO I, UH, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
SO COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CLIMATE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO, UM, UM, ON, ON THAT NOTE, UM, I, I HAD VOTED NO ON, ON THAT INITIATIVE BECAUSE I HAD A CONCERN WITH THE ZONING AND JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE ZONING CONCERN RIGHT NOW WITH THE UPDATED CHANGE IN OUR ORDINANCE, UH, MEDICAL, MARIJUANA, OPERATIONS, AND THE WAY THEY'RE ROLLED OUT, THEY FIRST WERE ROLLED OUT THROUGH ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IN THAT LOCATION.
SO THERE COULD BE ONE IN WINSLOW, ARIZONA, THEY CAN RELOCATE THREE, THREE YEARS LATER.
AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY'S WILL START GOING TO POPULATION CENTERS.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN APPROVED.
THEY CAN COME IN HERE AND THEY CAN HOLD A JUUL LICENSE AS A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY AS WELL IN CHANDLER, IF THEY CAN FIND A SPOT IN CHANDLER THAT MEETS ALL THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
AND YEARS AGO, WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAME AROUND, COUNCIL CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THESE, THESE STRICT REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, SETBACKS FROM SCHOOLS AND, AND WHATNOT.
AND SO THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
THE ISSUE I HAD IS I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW RECREATIONAL IF THEY CAN FIT IN THAT SAME BOX TO DO THE SAME.
AND SO I WOULD JUST PROPOSE, UM, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING TO HAVE, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM ON ZONING FOR THAT SPECIFIC SCENARIO.
AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS, IS NOT THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.
IT'S JUST, WE BILL OURSELVES AS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS BEING EQUAL ACROSS THE BOARD AND TREATING SOMETHING EQUALLY THAT JUST GOT APPROVED BY 60% OF THE VOTERS.
AND SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT PROCESS.
SO I PROPOSE TO PUT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART WOULD AGREE WITH THAT FOR NEXT WEEK, MAYOR CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLYMONDS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, TWO THINGS, FIRST OF ALL, A CHANGE TO THE ZONING CODE IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS PUTTING IT ON AN AGENDA BECAUSE THERE ARE STATE LAWS AND KELLY CAN CERTAINLY GET INTO THAT, THAT, UH, REQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS WHEN YOU MAKE CHANGES TO ZONING CODE.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT, UH, LAID OUT PROCESS THROUGH STATE LAW.
UM, SECOND THING IS, IS THAT PLANNING STAFF, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE ZONING CODE.
AND SINCE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ZONING CODE, UM, I WOULD AT LEAST PROPOSE IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT, THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS TO DO, WE COMBINE THOSE TWO AND DO THEM AT ONE TIME.
UH, BUT THAT'S JUST A, UH, A REQUEST.
AND I I'M, I MEANT JUST IN THE FUTURE, I, I SAID THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I MET IN THE FUTURE AS IT IS.
I HAVE ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR I'M ALMOST READY TO PUNCH MY FINAL TIME CLOCK.
SO I'M MORE OR LESS POSING THIS, BRIDGING THE FUTURE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS.
AND I KNOW THIS CITY ATTORNEY TOLD ME I HAD TO STATE THAT TONIGHT.
YOU ARE COMING ACROSS AS THE GHOST OF COUNCIL MEMBER PASS, COMING TO HAUNT US WITH THESE IDEAS AND THE FUTURE MAYOR.
UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MEN, I NEED TO SAY THE WAS ITEM ONE THROUGH 44, NOT ONE THROUGH 43.
NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON ITEM SEVEN AND IN GOOD SPIRIT WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MCLENDON AND STEWART.
I THINK YOU OFFERED TO LOOK AT, UH, UH, A COMMITTEE OR SUBCOMMITTEE LOOKING AT THIS AGAIN.
I MEAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MAYOR.
YOU ASSIGNING IT TO ONE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES AND LET US TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND MAYBE THERE IS SOME RATIONALIZATION WE CAN COME BACK WITH.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
WELL, IF I WAS ASSIGNED TO THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE A MAJORITY, SO I WOULD NOT DO THAT NECESSARILY, BUT IT WOULD FIT INTO A SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE POTENTIAL PROCESS THAT IS POSSIBLE, BUT I I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT FAR A FAST TRACK, LIKE YOUR THING SOUNDED, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU GOT THAT.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR, UH, OR STATEMENTS OR DIVERGENT VOTES BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE
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COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.LISTEN CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH CARRIES BY MAJORITY.
UM, NEXT IS, ARE NOW ONE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
[26. Resolution No. 5430 authorizing additional allocations of AZCares Grant funds]
SO WE'VE MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER 26 OPTION.AND, UH, LET ME GO BACK TO YOUR CITY MANAGER.
APPRECIATE YOU PULLING THIS TO ACTION.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE ONLY REASON I HAD APPROACHED THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS ITEM, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PENDING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH IN TERMS OF EVICTIONS, UM, IN RELATION TO COVID IS BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT INFORMATION HAS CONTINUED TO COME IN.
I HAD YESTERDAY AFTER I SPOKE TO ALL OF YOU AND TODAY, SO LEAH PAL IS GOING TO COME FORWARD ALSO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE MEMBERS FROM ASCEND AND THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE AUDIENCE, UH, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, LEAH CAN GIVE YOU THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE KNOW, UH, IS GOING OUT THERE IN THE REAL WORLD RIGHT NOW IN OUR COURTS AND IN REGARDS TO NEED AND, UH, FOR RENT ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.
THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMING IN FAST AND FURIOUS.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH SHANDA AND JEFF PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT FOR TWO DAYS, AND NOT EVEN ENOUGH TIME TO PUT A POWERPOINT TOGETHER FOR YOU, BUT I DO HAVE THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
CURRENTLY A SAD HAS A BACKLOG OF 400 EVICTION CASES.
THE APPLICATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO PROCESS AND SALVATION ARMY HAS AN ADDITIONAL 40, THAT IS JUST FOR THE BACKLOG RIGHT NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'VE ASCEND HAS BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT 260 EVICTION APPLICATIONS A MONTH.
THERE ARE 116 THAT HAVE THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING ARE GOING TO COME IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER ON TOP OF THE 400 THAT ASCEND ALREADY HAS, AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY NUMBERS THAT GO THE SALVATION ARMY.
UNFORTUNATELY, ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE ANOTHER 106 CASES THAT ARE ON THE COURT CALENDAR THROUGH DECEMBER 15TH OF JUST THROUGH THIS, THIS NEXT WEEK.
AND OF THOSE, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES THAT ARE ON THE COURT CALENDAR HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR ANY FUNDING FROM ASCEND OR SALVATION ARMY.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT CARES TEAM THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER IS DOING AS THEY ARE ACTUALLY WATCHING THAT COURT CALENDAR AND GETTING THE NAMES OFF THE CALENDAR, CONTACTING LANDLORDS AND TRYING TO CON FIND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS ATTENDANCE SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM.
AND WE HAVE THE FAST PROCESS THROUGH ASCEND TO GET THEM STRAIGHT FROM COURT, BASICALLY OVER TO ASCEND TO TRY TO GET ASSISTANCE, TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING EVICTED.
AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY IS THE FACT THAT A SON HAS ABOUT $300,000, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO GET THEM THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.
IT'S UNFORTUNATELY A LOOMING ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO THIS IS NOT EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND WHEN THAT MORATORIUM IS UP, WE'VE DONE SOME TALENT.
AND WHEN WE WROTE THE MEMO, WHEN I WROTE THE MEMO EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THE PICTURE DIDN'T LOOK AS BLEAK AS IT DOES TODAY.
UM, WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE YOU, WE WERE ASKING FOR 3 MILLION IN EVICTION PREVENTION OR 3.2 MILLION AND ANOTHER 500,000, ROUGHLY FOR RENT FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
CAUSE KEEP IN MIND, KEEP SOMEBODY FROM GETTING EVICTED, BUT THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR UTILITIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO END UP GETTING EVICTED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WATER OR ELECTRICITY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT UTILITY ASSISTANCE PIECE WITH IT.
UM, FROM THEN SINCE THEN WE'VE GOT THE NEW NUMBER, THE UPDATED NUMBERS FROM ASCENT.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT ESTIMATES INTO JANUARY FOR BOTH RENT AND UTILITIES AND KNOWING ALL OF THAT PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT'S NEEDED TO GET PEOPLE WELL THROUGH JANUARY.
NOW THE ONE POSITIVE PIECE OF INFORMATION IS YESTERDAY MARICOPA COUNTY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON MONDAY APPROVED MORE MONEY FOR EVICTION AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
HOWEVER, WE THINK THAT PROBABLY WILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS FOR CHANDLER.
I DID SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH THEIR HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR YESTERDAY, AND THE FORMULA THAT WILL BE USED THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT THAN THE FORMULA THAT WAS USED THE LAST TIME WHEN THE ORIGINAL 31 OR ACTUALLY 27 MILLION WAS DIVIDED AMONGST THE CAP OFFICES.
AND HE DID ASSURE ME THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY, UH, LESS, UH, SLOWER PERCENTAGE THAN WHAT THE CAP OFFICE RECEIVED.
IT'S ALL BASED ON THE BACKLOG APPLICATIONS THAT THE COUNTY HAS.
THEY HAVE 800 THAT JUST CAME THROUGH THE STATE'S WEBSITE AND
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THEN THE ADDITIONAL BACKLOGGED APPLICATIONS THEY HAVE FOR ALL THE CAP OFFICES THROUGHOUT MARICOPA COUNTY.AND THAT'S HOW THEY'LL BE DIVVYING UP THE MONEY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING MAYBE AROUND A MILLION, IT COULD ACTUALLY BE LESS THAN THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE CDV CDBG C3 DOLLARS THAT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE OUT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE BECAUSE WE THINK IN THE SPRING THAT THE NEED IS GOING TO BE JUST AS GREAT, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH HUD, THE EARLIEST, AND THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY PUSHING AT THE EARLIEST, MAYBE IS APRIL, THAT WE COULD GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT.
WE HAVE A PROCESS EITHER WITH THE FIVE DAY WAIVER ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH PUBLISHING.
WE HAVE TO DO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS, CONTRACTING.
AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT HUD HAS AT LEAST UP TO 60 DAYS THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY TAKE TO APPROVE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE FUNDS.
SO OUR HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE COULD GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT AROUND APRIL.
UM, AND CERTAINLY WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN, UM, IN THE NEXT NEW YEAR TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUT FOR THE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
AS FAR AS THE LAST PIECE OF THIS, THE MONEY FOR THE HOTELS, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THERE ARE NO SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE.
I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN HEARING THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FAMILY SHELTER OPTION HERE IN CHANDLER AT ALL.
AND, UM, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY TO FACING THAT.
AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY FACING THE EVICTIONS IT'S ACROSS THE COUNTY, ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE NATION.
SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE COMPETING FOR WHATEVER SHELTER BEDS DO COME AVAILABLE.
THE HOTEL PROGRAM HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY THE COUNTY, AND THAT ENDS THE END OF DECEMBER.
WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDS TO KEEP THOSE 20 ROOMS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM OCCUPIED THROUGH MARCH.
AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS JUST GET US THROUGH MARCH.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT PIECE OF THE REQUEST IS FOR AT THIS POINT.
SO LEAH, WHEN WE SAY EVICTION, UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GIVE THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS OF RENT, OR, I MEAN, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? WELL, AND I, AND I CAN ALSO HAVE SHAUNA COME UP AND SPEAK TO THAT, BUT BASICALLY THE COUNTY MONEY WHEN THE COUNTY GAVE MONEY, THEY DID AT $1,500 FOR THREE MONTHS.
THERE'S ALSO SITUATIONS THOUGH THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CASE BY CASE SITUATION, SALVATION ARMY IS DOING JUST THE IMMEDIATE MONEY RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH I'M SURE SHAWNA CAN SPEAK TO THAT GO WAY BEYOND.
THERE'S PLENTY OF AN AVERAGE TIME THAT YOU NORMALLY GET THE FUNDING FOR IT'S THE THREE MONTHS.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT $4,500.
SO FOR THREE MONTHS, THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT UTILITIES? SAME UTILITIES HAS BEEN MUCH LESS BECAUSE OF UTILITY MONEY HAS NOT BEEN AS AVAILABLE.
IT'S BEEN MORE, UM, PORTIONS OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE OWED, NOT NECESSARILY THE FULL UTILITIES.
SO, UM, HOW FAST CAN YOU START THE CDBG PROCESS? WE CAN START IT RIGHT AWAY.
UM, THAT'S OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO GET GOING ON IT.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE APPLICATIONS IN, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY, I GUESS TECHNICALLY WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY INCLUDED IT IN OUR APPLICATION PROCESS THAT JUST ENDED.
SO THOSE APPLICATIONS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH TECHNICAL REVIEW.
UM, IT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF NOW WE HAVE TO DO THE PAPERWORK TO START A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.
SO YOU STARTED THAT PROCESS, WHICH IS GOOD TO HEAR.
WE STARTED THE PROCESS WITH THE APPLICATIONS ALREADY AND WE'RE, WE'RE THROUGH THE TECHNICAL REVIEW.
SO YOU'RE STILL ASKING FOR 3.8 MILLION.
NO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, CERTAINLY AS I, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS I SPOKE, THE GRENADE IS EVEN GREATER THAN WE THOUGHT WHEN I PUT THE MEMO TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR NOW, JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET AT LEAST GET THROUGH JANUARY AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AT THAT POINT.
UH, WE, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IS, UH, ANY BREAK IN SERVICES FROM THE NONPROFITS WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BROUGHT ON ADDITIONAL STAFF, THEY'VE LEASED SPACE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTINUITY STAYS AND THE CONSISTENCY STAYS AND, AND NOT MISS A BEAT IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH HARDER TO CATCH UP IF THERE'S A LAG.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
LET'S JUST KEEP IT GOING THROUGH JANUARY AT LEAST, AND THEN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT FROM THERE, YOU'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL TAKE HER EVALUATION.
WHAT YOU GET FROM THE COUNTY, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINES FOR THE CDBG AND THEN WHAT POTENTIALLY WE NEED TO DO OR NOT DO IT IN JANUARY.
SO I KEPT, I KEPT HEARING FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT CDC TINEYE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD FOR PITS THE LANDLORD FROM EXHIBITING THE TENANTS.
SO HOW EXACTLY IS IT THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LONG? IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT ANY OF YOUR BODY CAN BE KEPT FROM BEING EVICTED.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE TENANT MUST MEET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MUST DO IS THEY MUST APPLY FOR THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH SALVATION ARMY AND THE CAP OFFICE.
UH, THEY MUST COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR LANDLORD.
THEY MUST COME UP WITH A PAYMENT PLAN
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AND THEY MUST PROVE THAT IT'S COVID RELATED.IF THOSE FACTORS, ALL OF THEM ARE NOT THERE, THEN THEY MAY NOT BE PROTECTED BY THE MORATORIUM.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE ON BOTH THE TENANT SIDE AND THE LANDLORD SIDE.
SO SOMETIMES SOME OF THE CASES THAT ARE GOING TO COURT MAY GET THROWN OUT.
WE THINK SOME OF THE LANDLORDS ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO GET A JUMP ON WHEN THE MORATORIUM ENDS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE STARTING TO SEE EVEN INCREASE IN THE COURT CASES AS WELL.
UM, BUT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO QUALIFY FOR THE MORATORIUM EITHER.
UM, BUT SO, UH, WE PASS THIS, THIS MONEY.
UM, HOW DO WE KNOW, HOW, HOW CAN WE GET IN HERE? THE FAIRNESS OF, OF THE, THE MONEY BE DISTRIBUTED.
I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN LATE FOR MAYBE SIX MONTHS ALREADY AND THEY ARE STILL, ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THEM SIX MONTHS OF THE ROYANS RENT HALL ASSISTANT? AND SOME PEOPLE MAY BE ONLY ONE MONTH LATE, LATE.
SO HOW COULD WE CAN END HERE THE FAIRNESS OF THIS ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL, VERMONT.
I'M GOING TO LET SHAUNA COME UP FROM THE CAP OFFICE FROM ASCEND AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH.
MAYOR COUNCIL, MEMBER WONG, UM, THE CAP EVALUATES EACH SITUATION INDIVIDUALLY.
WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LANDLORDS AND THE PROPERTY MANAGERS TO ENSURE THE AMOUNT OWED.
AND SO IT'S REALLY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SOMETIMES CLIENTS WILL ONLY NEED ONE MONTH AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER CASES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN BEHIND SEVERAL MONTHS FOR OTHER REASONS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, UM, WE WILL ASSIST WITH SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S GIVING THEM THEIR BEST CHANCE TO CATCH BACK UP.
IF WE, IF WE, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING, WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
DOES THIS PERSON GET 500, EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL 4,500, IS THAT A GOOD INVESTMENT OF THE 500? YOU KNOW, CAN WE ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING? AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THEIR PAST DUE RENT PLUS THEIR CURRENT MONTH.
UM, GIVEN WE DO HAVE THEM SIGN AFFIDAVITS THAT THERE'S BEEN A CRISIS.
WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR LANDLORDS.
AND SO THERE IS AN ELIGIBILITY PROCESS.
THE CAP IS HEAVILY AUDITED EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR BY MARICOPA COUNTY AND OUR OTHER FUNDERS FUNDING SOURCES.
SO WE DO PUT TOGETHER A CLIENT FILE.
WE COLLECT THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT IT'S BEING SPELLED SPENT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
I FEEL THAT IF SOMEBODY ALREADY ALLS THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS, THEY STILL STAY A LAYER.
WE GIVE THEM FOUR MONTHS OF THE MONEY AND THEN THEY PROBABLY ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING LOTS.
AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE UNLIMITED RESOURCE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
SO OUR PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE TO THE, TO THE FAMILY.
THAT'S PRESENTING THE FIRST TIME AND TRY TO RESOLVE THAT CRISIS.
SHOULD THEY COME BACK THE FOLLOWING MONTH? WE WILL PRIORITIZE EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T RECEIVED ASSISTANCE YET FIRST.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CARES TEAM AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER TO PRIORITIZE ANYBODY WHO'S ON THE COURT DOCKET.
YES, I PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT'S MORE DESIRABLE.
I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE, REALLY ARTISTS PERINI HELP AND YES, WE, WE WANT TO HELP, BUT THE PROBLEM IS SOME, WELL, THIS IS CHRIS SETS LIE.
YOU KEEP PEOPLE A FISH, YOU FEED THEM ONE DAY AND YOU TEACHING SOME TEQUILA.
SO, UH, I REALLY THING, IF SOMEBODY RAKER HAS BEEN GOOD, THEY JUST COULDN'T MAKE A FOR ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, I THINK THEY SHOULD GET PRIORITY.
AND IF SOMEBODY'S ALREADY THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, OR PROBABLY THEY HAD HIS SHREE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO HELP THEM.
IF MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THEM FOR ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HELP THEM FOR THREE OR EVEN HALF YEARS OR SOMETHING.
AND WE GENERALLY DO ASK FOR A PLAN TO MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS SPENT RESPONSIBLY.
SO SHAUNA, STAY UP THERE, PLEASE.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY BETTER ANSWER.
I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
I UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOW-UP THE ASSURANCES OF MEETING WITH TENANTS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, BASED UPON THE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'VE HIRED OUR CITY AS TO DO THE FOLLOW-UP WORK WITH THESE? I, I, I'VE KNOWN SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE IN BED STRAITS ARE THERE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
THEY'VE LOST THEIR CAR, THEY'VE LOST THEIR HEALTH.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP IN THIS AREA WITHOUT NECESSARILY MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ADVANCES OR WORK BEING DONE ON THE THINGS THAT, THAT PUT THEM THERE, WHICH ARE AS VARIED AS EVERY INDIVIDUAL.
I GET THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE PATH TO, UH, TO LOSING YOUR, UH, YOUR RENTER AVAILABILITY TO PAY, BUT ARE THERE SOME SERVICES THAT ARE ALSO BEING EMPLOYED TO HELP WITH, IF, IF, IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED TO HELP OUR, TO PUT
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SOME FEET TO THE FIRE, FOR, TO GET A JOB OR TO HELP FIND A JOB, OR IF, AGAIN, IF A CAR IS, IS BROKEN OR, OR OTHER TYPES OF THINGS TO MITIGATE THE REASON THAT PERHAPS CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY RENT, WHAT IS BEING DONE ON THE WRAPAROUND SIDE OF THIS? MAY I REMEMBER AS A COUNCIL, WE REALLY DO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HELP OUR FAMILIES, NOT JUST WITH THEIR CURRENT CRISIS, BUT HOW WE CAN HELP THEM REACH A HIGHER LEVEL OF STABILITY FOR A LONGER PERIOD.UH, WE OFFER FINANCIAL COACHING.
THEY WERE COMING TO OUR OFFICE AND WORKING WITH CLIENTS WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED AND PROVIDING SERVICES ONSITE, PRE COVID.
UM, THAT'S BEEN ON PAUSE, BUT WE STILL MAKE THOSE REFERRALS.
WE DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE, WHAT THEIR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL COULD BE.
IF THEY GET A CERTIFICATION AND WE DO WORK WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TO TRY TO HELP THEM FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS.
SO OUR GOAL OF COURSE, IS TO HELP THE CRISIS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HELP PREVENT THE FUTURE CRISIS.
SO YOU USED THE WORD TRIED AND MAKE AVAILABLE.
ARE THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY EXPECTATIONS TO SAY BY RECEIVING THIS MONEY, YOU, YOU WILL DO THESE THINGS, SOME FORM OF ASSESSMENT THAT AGAIN, PICKS UP THE VERY REASONS AND, AND GETS COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THEM IN WHATEVER A PATH OF, RATHER THAN JUST OFFERING ASSISTANCE.
GENERALLY OUR FUNDING SOURCES DON'T ALLOW US.
IT'S NOT A PIECE OF ELIGIBILITY, SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WITHHOLD ASSISTANCE.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT THOSE KINDS OF CONDITIONS ON THEM RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.
WE DO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS WITH THEM PRIOR TO THE ASSISTANCE AND WE OFFER THE FOLLOWUP, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO WITHHOLD SERVICES, WHETHER IF THEY COMPLY OR NOT, THANK YOU THIS DIRECTION.
I MEAN, ASCEND DOES A GREAT JOB IN, IN ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND AGAIN, ASSISTING AND GIVING THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAND UP THE HOLISTIC.
AND HE SAID THAT THE, THE WRAPAROUND APPROACH THAT YOU TAKE IS, AGAIN, A MODEL THAT'S BEING FOLLOWED, HENCE WHY, UM, UM, YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND AND, AND HELP OUT OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US, UH, FOR THAT REASON.
SO THAT THE CREDIBILITY AND YOUR SUCCESS IS IS OF THE PAST.
UM, AGAIN ARE, ARE SECOND TO NONE, BUT HERE COMES THE, BUT, UM, AS THE MAYOR'S ALLUDED TO AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED, THIS IS WHERE THIS ALLOCATION OF MONEY WHERE IT IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
AND AS ALREADY EXHIBITED IN THE PRESENTATION, MARIA, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY HALF OF WHAT IT'S ENOUGH JUST FOR THE NEXT QUARTER AND NOT KNOWING WHERE THIS CRISIS IS GOING, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST, HOW LONG SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSE ISSUES ON WHETHER IT BE A JOB, WHETHER IT BE OTHER ISSUES THAT IS PREVENTING THEM FROM PAYING THEIR RENT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DELAYING US JUMPING OFF THAT CLIFF, BUT THAT CLIFF EDGE IS STILL COMING.
SO THAT'S A CONCERN ON, UM, WITH SOME OF THESE FUNDS.
IS THERE OTHER METRICS, UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT IMPLORE, THAT I SEND KNOWS THAT THIS, EVEN IF THIS WERE TO PASS TODAY, THAT IT MAY NOT GET DOUBLED UP AGAIN, NEXT TIME, THOSE FUNDS MAY NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, WHATEVER'S GOING ON IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND WE MAY NOT GET A SECOND BAIL OUT HERE OR ASSISTANCE WITH COVID.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN IF THIS DOES PASS, THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS KIND OF STRETCHES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AGAIN, CONCENTRATING ON THOSE THAT ARE, UM, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR OWN SUCCESS, RIGHT.
TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE AREN'T REPEAT ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, GOING AFTER THOSE RE AROUND, UH, SERVICES, UH, CAUSE THAT IS A WORRY, RIGHT? WE W WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T IN A PERPETUAL FORM OF, IN AND OUT OF ASSISTANCE, RIGHT.
WE WANT TO GET THEM LIKE, I LOVE THE, YOU PROBABLY GOT JUST THAT THE, THE NEXT LEVEL OF STABILITY, UM, THAT IS, IS DEFINITELY WHAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ASCEND IS EXCELS AT.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR CANDOR AND, AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.
IF I, OF, UM, CONSONANT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, FIBER CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF NEW APPLICANTS.
SO GENERALLY THE CAP SERVES FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC IS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE BEFORE, AND THEY'RE FINDING THEMSELVES EITHER.
UM, I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS ON FAMILIES.
WE'RE FINDING, UH, WOMEN WHO ARE NOW SINGLE PARENTS BECAUSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SPLIT, UM, DUE TO FINANCIAL ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MANAGED KITCHENS AND THEIR BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING DOWN AND THEY WERE FURLOUGHED AND NOW THEY'RE LET GO.
SO THERE IS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN ASSISTANCE FROM US.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU'RE IN THE OFFICE AND I'VE TAKEN A FEW CASES MYSELF, JUST TO TRY TO HELP WITH THE BACKLOG.
EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, EVERY SINGLE
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TIME, IT'S A, I GO IN THERE AND THEN I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S HORRIBLE.YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WANT TO HELP SO MANY FAMILIES.
SO EVERY RESOURCE WE HAVE, EVERY FAMILY WE CAN KEEP FROM BEING EVICTED AND CAUSING A BIGGER CRISIS.
IT MAY NOT BE EVERYONE, BUT EVERY FAMILY COUNTS.
SO IN YOUR OPINION, ON TO, TO FURTHER EXPAND UPON THAT IN ANECDOTALLY AGAIN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT I'M HEARING IS A LOT OF THE NEED.
NOW, AGAIN, IT APPEARS TO BE AGAIN A ONE TIME, NEED IT.
THESE WERE PREVIOUSLY STABLE, UM, EXCELLING FAMILIES.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS CRISIS JUST HAPPENED TO SET THEM BACK.
AND IN YOUR OPINION, YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF THESE ONE-TIME NEEDS COMING BACK AGAIN FOR THAT.
WOULD THAT BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT? THAT WOULD BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, SO A CRISIS COULD, BUT GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR RENT MONTH AFTER MONTH IF THEY HAVE THEIR REGULAR INCOME.
THAT'S A MEMBER OF A CLIMATE THEN THINK THINKING MAYOR THE, UM, FIRST, FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, I'M HEIGHTENED, AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE VULNERABLE POPULATION, THE DISADVANTAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HURTING.
WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO RAISE MONEY FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR LARGEST EVENT, WE HOLD IT EVERY NOVEMBER, IT'S CALLED ROCK BECAUSE, UM, LAST YEAR, THAT EVENT ONE NIGHT WE RAISED $1.2 MILLION, UH, SENDS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
I CAN, UM, CHAT THE CARE CENTER GRANTS ACROSS AMERICA.
UM, THAT EVENT, WE FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT POSTPONING IT.
AND WE ULTIMATELY MADE THE DECISION FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR.
SO 1.2 MILLION PLUS, AND JUST ONE ORGANIZATION TO GO TO OUR COMMUNITY, WENT AWAY AND, AND, AND THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
UM, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU CAN SEE INTERNALLY WITH THE FUNDRAISERS, YOU KNOW, THIS STILL HOLDING THEM, BUT NOT RAISING AS MUCH AND WHATNOT.
SO I, I CAN FEEL FOR THE CONCERN, UM, JUST, JUST AS VICE MAYOR, UH, RENEE LOPEZ SAID, BUT MY, MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS NOON YESTERDAY.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M A DATA DRIVEN GUY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST YESTERDAY I WAS TOLD THERE WAS 120 HOUSES IN THE COURT BACKLOG, AND ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THAT WAS IN CHANDLER.
SO JUST FROM A NUMBERS STANDPOINT, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE 80 HOUSES, YOU KNOW, THOUSAND BUCKS A MONTH.
I MEAN, ONE MONTH WE'RE TALKING 80 GRAND AND WE'RE GETTING HIT WITH $3.8 MILLION.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR A SECOND, UM, FOR COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT IS W ON THE ONSET OF THE CRISIS, BACK IN MARCH, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE BUDGET AND THEN WE HAD TO DO THE BUDGET AGAIN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A CITY KNOWN FOR OUR FISCAL DISCIPLINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE SAID IN MULTITUDE OCCASIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS OUR ORGANIZATION, 1700 EMPLOYEES.
IT'S A TOP-DOWN APPROACH WITH EVERYBODY HAVING THAT, THAT METHODOLOGY.
THEN WE GOT THE FEDERAL BONUS MONEY AND WE CHOSE TO, TO PACK AWAY ALMOST 10 MILLION, $9.7 MILLION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO LATER.
AND NOW WE'RE NINE MONTHS INTO W WHAT WAS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE IN A HUNDRED YEAR, UM, PANDEMIC THAT CAUSED A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST FOR COUNCIL TO MULL OVER IS WHAT, WHAT IS THE STOP GAP NUMBER TO GET US A MONTH FORWARD? SO WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS ARE ON FIRE TO HELP THE VULNERABLE POPULATION, BUT THEN I WOULD CHALLENGE COUNSEL, WHY DON'T WE PUT ALL IDEAS ON THE TABLE, NOT JUST FOR THE VULNERABLE, FOR EVERYTHING CITYWIDE, 265,000 PEOPLE ON CHANDLER TO PUT THE 9.7 TO WORK SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS OVER A MONTH AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT HARD VERSUS LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
AND SO MY QUESTION BACK TO YOU LAY, AS I HAD IN MIND, WE'RE TALKING 80 HOUSEHOLDS, AND THEN YOU CAME UP HERE, YOU KNOW, SO NOW NEW INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, AND YOU THROW OUT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS, 442 61 16 ONE OH SIX, UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT NARROWED DOWN NUMBER, HOW MANY EVICTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT MONTH, BUT IS THERE A STOP GAP NUMBER THAT GETS US TIME TO BE MORE FISCALLY DISCIPLINED? LIKE WE'RE KNOWN, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF AS OF TODAY, YOU CAN HAVE IT WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT.
LET ME JUST CLARIFY POSSIBLY, UM, IS WHEN YOU SAY STOP GAP, I'M ASSUMING,
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UH, PROBABLY THE END OF JANUARY, THAT RATHER THAN THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO THIS WOULD CARRY US FAR IS A STOP GAP.IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? THE SCENARIO, YEAH, THE, THE, THE CURRENT CRISIS, BUT THEN FOR US TO PUT ALL IDEAS ON THE TABLE, NOT JUST FOR THIS, EVERYTHING FOR THE REMAINING 9.7, BECAUSE WE'RE ON TRACK, WE'RE DOING WELL WITH BUDGET.
THANKS, DON CITY MANAGER AND WHATNOT, UM, WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN PROBABLY GET THAT MONEY TO WORK LIKE IT WAS INTENSE.
AND YOUR SUGGESTION IS LOOK AT THE STOP GAP AND, AND LOOK AT THE REST OF THE, AND, AND ADDRESS THIS.
BUT THEN LOOK AT THE REST OF THE MIND THAT 9.7, BUT IF IT'S 7.7 OR SIX OR WHATEVER, APPLY THAT TO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING TO, TO BE FRANK, AT LEAST FROM MY OPINION IS 3.8.
SO IS THERE A NUMBER THAT GETS US A MONTH AHEAD? SO THEN WE CAN BE FISCALLY DISCIPLINED IN WHAT WE DO WITH EVERYTHING IN THIS SCENARIO TO SOLVE THIS SCENARIO AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I PROPOSED.
AND AGAIN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS STOP GAP IS NOT THE FIRST MEETING IN, UH, JANUARY, BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY A TRANSITION MEETING, BUT REALLY WHAT WOULD BE THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY, WHICH IS THE END OF JANUARY.
SO REALLY SEVEN WEEKS THAT WE'RE TALKING AS A STOP GAP POSSIBILITY.
YOU, YOU, YOU KICK IT TO THE ENGINEER.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF THE DOOR.
UM, SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I JUST CAUGHT THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ERROR ON THE SUBTOTAL THERE, BUT I'LL TALK, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER.
SO, AS I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE, WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY IS THAT THERE'S A BACKLOG WITH THE SAND.
CURRENTLY, THESE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN HAND 400 APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE THE SALVATION ARMY BACKLOG OF AROUND 40, THE EVICTION COURT CASES OF 106.
AND WHAT WE KNOW IS ALMOST ALL OF THOSE, NONE OF THEM HAVE APPLIED FOR FUNDING.
THAT'S WHY, PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE IN THE COURT SYSTEM, AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REST OF DECEMBER 116, THAT'S BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR FOR DECEMBER AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS LEFT.
UM, AND THEN THE UTILITY ESTIMATE IS REALLY THE TOTAL IT'S 612, THAT GOES WITH THOSE TOTAL UP ABOVE.
SO IT'S 612 RENTAL APPLICATIONS IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING IS EITHER BACKLOGGED OR WILL BE IN BY THE END OF DECEMBER AND THE RENT.
UH, THE UTILITY ESTIMATE IS THE UTILITIES TO GO WITH THOSE CASES, THE COST GOING WITH THEM.
THE AVERAGE APPLICATION IS ABOUT A $4,500 NITA FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THREE MONTHS.
IT'S WELL, YOU WOULD REMEMBER THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN ALREADY BEHIND ON RENT.
SO IT'S NOT PAYING ONE MONTH RENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY BEHIND ON RENT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A SALVATION ARMY MIGHT ONLY BE PAYING ABOUT A MONTH'S RENT IS WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND, AND SALVATION ARMY AND ASCEND WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER.
AND I CAN HAVE JEFF COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY ARE, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT DOUBLE-DIPPING GOING ON.
AND SO SOME OF THE CASES THAT SALVATION ARMY IS SEEING IS HR ACTUALLY BEING REFERRED OVER.
AND THAT TYPE OF THING, IF WE TAKE ALL 106 THAT ARE IN THE COURTS RIGHT NOW, AGAIN AT THAT 4,500 AVERAGE, THE REST THAT WE EXPECT TO COME IN AND THAT'S WHERE, AND THEN YOU ADD THE UTILITY MONEY TO IT.
WE GET TO THAT 3.4 MILLION AND THAT'S TO COVER DECEMBER.
AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND DID AN ESTIMATE ON JANUARY FOR THE 300 IN RENT AND THE 300 AND UTILITIES THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND THAT AGAIN IS ANOTHER 2.8 MILLION.
SO AT THIS POINT, AS YOU CAN SEE THE REQUEST DOESN'T EVEN COVER ALL OF JANUARY, WE ARE IN, WE, WE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED IN THE ESTIMATE OF THE, UM, THE POTENTIAL FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TOP, BUT PUTS IT AT $5.3 MILLION TO GET THROUGH JANUARY COUNCIL MEMBER ROOM.
UM, YEAH, I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY.
AND, UH, BUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S CARE'S DOLLARS AND, AND I, AND I'D LIKE TO INPUT FROM, FROM OUR FOLKS HERE ON THIS, BUT, UH, UM, ARE WE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE, THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS MONEY CONDITIONED ON THAT YOU GIVE NOT MORE THAN $1,500 PER CLIENT, AND IS THAT STILL A USEFUL GRANT, UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ROWE? I THINK AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ASSISTANCE CAN BE GIVEN IS CERTAINLY USEFUL.
I'LL LET SHAUNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS VARYING THOSE AMOUNTS.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS IF SOMEBODY IS ALREADY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS BEHIND, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IS LIKE, IS GIVING $1,500 GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT SHAWNA, WHAT THEY LOOK AT WHEN THEY LOOK AT THOSE HOURS.
IS THIS THE KIND OF MONEY THAT COULD HELP SOMEBODY WITH A DEPOSIT ON A NEW APARTMENT? IS THAT THE KIND OF MONEY THAT COULD, UH, PAY SOMEBODY'S UTILITIES AND GET THEIR ELECTRICITY AND WATER ON? IS IT A, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE SAY ON BEHALF OF CARE'S DOLLARS,
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WHETHER IT'S 1500 OR 2000, YOU, YOU MUST HAVE OTHER FINANCE A LITTLE BIT.AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME MATCHING OR MAYBE NOT, BUT, UH, SO, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T LIMIT IT.
MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG IDEA, BUT WE'RE HAVING A SHORT, QUICK DISCUSSION HERE.
SO THIS IS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ROW.
AGAIN, THERE'S ONLY $300,000 LEFT THAT A SON HAS AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT, AND AGAIN, I'LL LET HIM, AND I'LL LET SHAWN SPEAK TO THAT.
JUST PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ONCE SOMEONE IS EVICTED, IT BECOMES VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO RENT, ESPECIALLY IF THAT EVICTION IS A NEW EVICTION.
AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOO, IS PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE FAMILIES BECOMING HOMELESS, IT'S MUCH, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
IT COSTS ABOUT $15,000 A YEAR TO HOUSE SOMEBODY.
IT COSTS ABOUT $45,000 A YEAR FOR THEM TO BE HOMELESS ON THE STREETS.
SO THAT IS A PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PREVENTING THAT HOMELESSNESS PIECE AS WELL.
AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO GO IF THEY DO BECOME HOMELESS.
SO THE ONLY, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS IS IT $4,500 GOING FORWARD? THAT SOUNDS BETTER THAN $4,500 GOING BACKWARDS BECAUSE IF YOU PAY AND YOU BRING SOMEBODY UP TO SPEED AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, THEY COULD JUST AS WELL BE OUT IN 60 DAYS OR 90 OR WHATEVER.
AND SO, UH, ANYWAY, I, I HEAR YOU, I DEFINITELY HEARD EVERYTHING YOU SAID, AND THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BE IN.
AND, AND, AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND THAT'S, I REMEMBER ONE, OKAY, WELL, I'M NOT VERY SURE THIS CAN PREVENT HOMELESS.
WE PROBABLY CAN MAYBE TELL YOU FOR ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS, EVENTUALLY IT LAYER.
THEY PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PAY IT BECAUSE THIS MONEY, BUT THEN UP TO, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LATE AGAIN.
THIS IS WHY I'M CONCERNED, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY NOW, BUT I JUST, IF WE PASS THIS MONEY, UH, I JUST, I JUST LIKED TO GIVE THE MONEY TO THE, TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BETTER RATE, UH, WHO ARE MORE RESPONSIBLE.
AM I, I UNDERSTAND SN HAS BEEN IN SALVATION ARMY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ALREADY, AND MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US SOME KIND OF STANDARD OR YOUR, YOUR, UH, PROTOCOL.
UH, HOW DO YOU DECIDE, UH, UH, THE MONEY GOES AND HOW IN A MONTH I KIND OF SEND, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST A PROTOCOL.
SOME, SOME PEOPLE WILL BE, WELL, WE'LL BE LATE ALL THE TIME.
YOU GIVE THEM, YOU HELP THEM THIS TIME.
THEY ARE COMING TO ME, HELP ANOTHER TIME.
I SOUND VERY NEGATIVE AND VERY PASSIVE, PASSIVE.
UM, W YOU SEE, WE HAVE SO MANY FUNDRAISING OUT THERE.
WE HAVE SO MANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CHARITY ORGANIZATION, AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BECOME ANY BETTER.
CAUSE IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK ANY BETTER WHEN THE ECONOMICS GOOD OR ECONOMICS BAD SITUATION SINGS REMAIN IN LAO WAY.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A MUCH, MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM, MUCH, MUCH BIGGER ISSUE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE MONEY.
SO WE ALL, I THINK I'M GOING TO VOTE.
YES, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, CAN WE SPEND THIS MONEY MORE WISELY? AND I DON'T PAY DAVE THIS WAY.
THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL LET US GO ON TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE AND HOW MUCH MONEY THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE.
AND ONE MORE, ONE MORE COMMENT.
UH, SO SAYING MY SON BY NOW HAD NO JOB, BUT, BUT HE, UH, HE RUINED A HOUSE M HE'S RESPONSIBLE.
HEY, CAN YOU HELP ME? ONCE I IN DOLLAR, CAN YOU HELP ME $2,000? AM I HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR HIM, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, OKAY, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO THEIR FATHER OR TO THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER.
AND THEY JUST KEEP IT LATE, LATE, LATE, AND EVENTUALLY, HEY X AND COMING IN CITY OF CHANDLER COMING IN, AND THEN WE GIVE THEM $4,500.
IS THAT FAIR? SO THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PHILOSOPHY QUESTION UP HERE.
UM, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE NOT CHARITY ORGANIZATION.
YOU ARE UPON TO HELP THEM, BUT DON'T DO SING, WHICH WE CAN, WE CAN JUST GIVE THEM FREE MONEY.
WE STARTED TO, IF ANYTHING, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND
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OF TRAY OFF.OKAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE MONEY, BUT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
CAN WE PUT LUCK? THEY ALREADY SAID, NO, I ASKED THIS SAME QUESTION EARLIER.
YEAH, YEAH, NO, I JUST SAY IT AGAIN.
I, I JUST DON'T LIKE THE FREE MONEY THING.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE LA S AND, AND SALVATION ARMY HAS BEEN DOING THIS IS VERY NOBLE.
THAT'S WHY DO I CARE? IT'S FREMONT.
I ALSO HEARD THAT SEND PEOPLE TO SAM HE'S HANDING OFF THOUSAND DOLLAR BILLS IS WHAT I JUST HEARD.
UM, SO I GUESS I WANT TO BOIL THIS DOWN TO THE ASK TODAY.
SO ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM AGAIN, IT WAS THE 3.8, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE DECEMBER, UM, NUMBERS, UM, AND ANOTHER 200,000 AND OUR 3.5 MILLION FOR THE, FOR THE CIP, 200,000 FOR ARMY NASH, UH, THE ARMY, UH, SALVATION ARMY, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, THE SALVATION ARMY, AND THEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES.
SO A TOTAL OF 3.8, BUT LOOKING AT YOUR GRAPH THAT YOU HAVE UP.
SO WE HAD 3.5, SIX FOR DECEMBER.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID THIS ON EXCEL, BUT YEAH, THE SUMMATIONS HERE ARE WAY OFF AS, I THINK YOU ALREADY ADMITTED THAT, UH, 300 TIMES A THOUSAND IS NOT 1.3 MILLION, BUT 300,000.
UM, SO THAT ACTUALLY SUBTOTAL ON JANUARY, OR DID I MISS SOMETHING IT'S $4,500, 300 TIMES.
SO YEAH, SO THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
THE 300 TIMES 4,500, I THINK I'LL JUST CHECK IT AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE I THOUGHT THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT THEN BELOW IT WOULD BE 300,000 ONLY.
SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL, A SUBTOTAL OF ONLY 1.65.
SO THEN OUR TOTAL IN THE, UM, AT 6.3, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE 5.1, ONE 5 MILLION IN ASK WITH A REDUCTION FROM THE COUNTY OF A MILLION.
NOW, AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY THE ASK HERE.
SO RIGHT NOW THE EXPECTED 3.8 WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO CLEAR.
SO IT'LL CLEAR THE BACKLOG FOR DECEMBER MUCH.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WITH ADDITIONAL MONIES TO SALVATION ARMY IN, UM, UH, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH TO THE END OF JANUARY, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE 4.1, ONE FIVE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO SEE THIS PROGRAM, AS YOU'RE ASKING FOR THROUGH TO THE END OF JANUARY, WOULD THAT BE CORRECT THROUGH THE MAYOR VICE MAYOR LOPEZ? YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S BASED ON THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE TODAY AT THE TIME OF DOING THE MEMO, WE THOUGHT THAT THE DOLLARS WOULD STRETCH THROUGH MARCH, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE WHAT IT SAYS IN THE MEMO.
UM, AND SO THIS IS ON THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION.
CERTAINLY AGAIN, YOU, YOU SAID THAT, SO THIS DOLLAR VALUE WOULD TAKE US THROUGH TO MARCH.
OH, THE MEMO SAYS THROUGH MARCH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE IN THE MEMO IT DOES SAY THROUGH MARCH.
BUT, UH, SO TODAY, NOW I GUESS, UH, WE'RE TALKING 3.8 TO TAKE US THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND 4.1, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE US THROUGH TO THE END OF JANUARY 3.4, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR 4.12, THE
SO AGAIN, THE 3.8, THEN IT GOES AWAY.
SO THE 3.4 IS JUST TWO END OF DECEMBER, THE 2020.
AND THEN THE 4.1, ONE WOULD BE GIVE US TO JANUARY OF 20, 21 WITH THE ADDITIONAL MILLION FROM, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL MILLION FROM COUNTY.
SO NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, SO IF I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION HERE, BUT IF THIS MONEY WAS TO BE ALLOCATED, HOW DOES THAT OPERATE? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WITH SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS, IT'S MONEY GETS SLATED, IT'S PENCILED IN, AND THEN THE SEN HAS TO COME BACK AND WE DIP IT EVERY SO OFTEN.
AND AGAIN, WHEN THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS COME IN.
SO AGAIN, ONCE THIS MONEY IS ALLOCATED, DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GONE OUT THE DOOR YET.
IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THAT MONEY GETS OUT? OKAY.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR LOPEZ, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE CAN DO THIS WITH THE SUN CURRENTLY WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN APPLICATION, THEY GET A 12 MONTH ALLOTMENT.
SO EVERY MONTH WE PAY THE SAME AMOUNT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL.
UM, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE AGENCY'S CAPACITY, DIFFERENT DOLLARS, AND WE WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THEM, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT EITHER WAY AND BACK TO, UM,
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ASCEND AT THIS POINT, WE BELIEVE IN THE NEED IS SO GREAT THAT, UM, WE SEE THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH CONSUMED.I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE, I MEAN, 1500, AND I KNOW THE RENTAL PRICES AROUND THIS AREA ARE INSANE AND TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN HOUSING RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WE'RE A VICTIM OF OUR OWN SUCCESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE AND IT DRIVES UP THE COST OF LIVING.
UH, AGAIN, ON AN AVERAGE, ARE YOU SEEING THAT THIS IS GOING TO TRULY MEET.
IF WE MEET YOU ALLOCATE THE 4.1, ONE FIVE, COME THE END OF JANUARY, WE'RE ABLE TO MEET ALL THAT.
AND NOBODY'S BEING, GETTING EVICTED AND WE'RE AS, AS, AS RULE OF THUMB, OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT? THIS IS AGAIN, THAT HIGH END THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THERE MAY BE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER, MAY NOT ALLOCATE AT ALL MARY BY THIRD MAYOR, VICE MAYOR LOPEZ.
UM, 1500 IS THE AVERAGE PAYMENT THAT OUR HOUSEHOLDS NEED.
AND THEN THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE MORE SO ON AVERAGE, IT IS 1500.
UM, EACH CASE WE WOULD PAY THE AMOUNT THAT'S PAST DUE PLUS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE DON'T LOOK TO PAY CURRENT MONTHS OR PAY AHEAD WITH THIS FUNDING.
UM, WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE CURRENT THOUGH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE CAN SUSTAIN THEIR HOUSING IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
UM, SWITCHING QUESTION ON THAT, THEN IF PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT STATUS ON THE RENT, ISN'T THERE A TIMEFRAME FOR EVICTIONS AS IT IS, RIGHT? SO IF THEY'RE UP-TO-DATE ON RENT AND THEY DO MISS FEBRUARY PAYMENT, THERE IS A TIMING BEHIND THAT, THAT INNOVATION PROCESS THAT HAS TO FOLLOW SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE IMMEDIATE.
WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? THERE'S GENERALLY A PROCESS THAT TAKES USUALLY AROUND 30 DAYS IN MY EXPERIENCE, ONLY 30 DAYS, NOT VERY LONG, USUALLY AROUND THE END OF THE MONTH, WE START SEEING CLIENTS WHO HAVEN'T PAID THAT CURRENT MONTH'S RENT COMING IN WITH COURT DATES.
CALIFORNIA WAS LIKE SIX MONTHS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MCLENDON HIT ON AN ISSUE THAT WAS VERY SENSITIVE THAT WE KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS MAYBE PAINFUL AND I DON'T, I'M HOPING WE, WE RESOLVE THIS AND GET THE MONEY YOU NEED WITHOUT BEING ANY MORE PAIN HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEW TAX LAWS WAS CREATED, I'VE TALKED TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND YOURS AND SALVATION ARMY, AND YOU TOOK A BIG HIT.
YOU TOOK 10 TO 20 OR 30% HIT IN YOUR BUDGETS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'M NOT GETTING THE POLITICS OF IT.
I'M JUST SAYING THE REALITY IS YOU TOOK A HIT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LONGER A TAX DEDUCTION.
THEN COVID HIT THIS YEAR ON PADRES.
ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES DID NOT DO THEIR EVENT, WHICH WE MAY BE TALKING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE RIGHT NOW, IF THAT TWO POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS WAS DELIVERED OR YOUR EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE EVERY YEAR, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE STORES NOW ASKING FOR MONEY WITH YOUR RED POTS.
RIGHT? SO, SO MY POINT IS THIS.
WHEN WE END THIS MEETING, HAVE A HABIT HOLIDAY, HAVE A VERY, VERY CHRISTMAS, BUT IF WE DON'T DO THIS 1,264 PEOPLE POTENTIALLY WILL NOT HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
SO WITH THAT MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION FIVE 40, 30, AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION FOR THE AC CARES.
GRANT FUNDS ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION ALLOCATING 3.8 MILLION OF THE AG CARES.
GRANT POINTS, A CHANDLER OF SENSE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM.
AND THAT IS SALVATION ARMY COURT FOR RENT, MORTGAGE UTILITIES ASSISTANCE, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.
YOU WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, WHETHER IT'S 15, 30, 40, 10, YOU WORK IT OUT, BUT LET'S KEEP THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION FOR ANY OTHER CONVERSATION AGAIN, A SECOND ONE WITH AN AMENDMENT.
WHAT IS YOUR AMENDMENT? I THINK THE AMENDMENT IS TO ACTUALLY CHANGE, ALTER THE DOLLAR VALUE TO THE 4.115.
SO THAT, THAT I THINK MEETS THE NEW AGAIN.
I THINK THAT'S THE TRUE NUMBER THAT IS NEEDED TO GO THROUGH TO JANUARY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT'D BE DUE TO THE CORRECTED MATH.
SO ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT? I CAN MAKE IT HIGHER IF YOU WANT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
SO, UH, WITH MY SECOND, I WILL ALSO, UH, KIND OF REITERATE THAT YET.
I MEAN IT CONCERNS, UH, COUNCIL MCCLYMONDS HAS, AS WE ALL DO AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS AND EVEN COUNSEL MARBLE ONE, THESE ARE OUR
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TAX DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GIVING BACK TO COMMUNITY.UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE NONPROFITS AROUND.
WE ARE AN AVENUE TO HELP STAKE SOME OF THOSE TAX DOLLARS TO HELP OUT THE NONPROFITS.
UM, I AM A BELIEVER THAT THESE, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THERE, INVOLVED IN HELPING THOSE THAT NEED A HAND UP, UM, NOT PERPETUALLY, BUT AGAIN, A, HOPEFULLY JUST A ONE TIME TO GET THEM ON THEIR FEET, THE NONPROFITS, THE, UH, FAITH-BASED, UH, NONPROFITS TO GO OUT THERE.
UM, AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLYMONDS IS THE ONES, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF A NONPROFIT.
WE ALL ARE THERE TO HELP OUT, UM, DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN THIS PANDEMIC IT'S, IT'S MASSIVELY UPSET THE APPLECART.
I MEAN, TALK ABOUT FUNDING BEING DOWN IN OUR FUNDING IS DOWN PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF 75%.
SO WE ARE ALL STRUGGLING IN THIS.
THESE EASY CARE FUND DOLLARS WERE SET ASIDE FOR THIS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT THESE PEOPLE.
SO HENCE WHY I DO SECOND THIS BILL.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO, UM, UM, TRUST ASCEND AND THE SALVATION ARMY.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AT IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO JUST ENABLING THOSE THAT MAY, UH, LIVE IN POVERTY, BUT AGAIN, MAKING SURE THEY'RE WORKING BEYOND AND SEEKING THAT NEXT LEVEL OF STABILITY.
UM, SO I WILL BE, UH, UH, VOTING FOR THIS FOR THAT REASON.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, I STILL, UH, I WILL, WELL, YES, ON DAYS.
UM, I REALLY BELIEVED, UH, WE SHOULDN'T JUST GIVE THE MONEY FOR FREE LAY.
THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE IT SHOULD DO SOMETHING, OR WE SHOULD ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING VOLUNTEER.
MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME VOLUNTEER WORK.
AND THE REASON THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR A ROYAL OR UTILITY WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A WALK.
UH, WELL, I'M SURE THAT DID NOT HAVE INCOME OR, OR HAVE, OR VERY LIMITED INCOME.
AND SO HA CAUGHT THE OTHER FREE TIME THEY ARE DOING AM.
I PERSONALLY KNOW A FEW PEOPLE.
THEY ARE JUST WATCH TV ALL DAY.
I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE REALLY TRY TO MEET, MAKE, MEET, AND WORKING HARD SOME, BUT I SEE, I PERSONALLY SEE A LOT OF THEM.
IT'S JUST, THEY'RE FORWARDING A WRONG, WE'RE DOING SOME SOMETHING NOT VERY PRODUCTIVE.
A VICE MAYOR SAY YES, THIS TEST PAYER MONEY.
WE WANT TO KEEP IT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE FREE MONEY MINDSET.
AM I REALLY HOPE IF NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO COME OVER AND ASK FOR THIS KIND OF MONEY, MAYBE YOU CAN ALSO COME WITH A PROPOSAL LOTS.
HEY, WE ARE GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHO GET THE MONEY DOING SOMETHING.
THERE'S NO COMMENTS ON MY LEFT ON MY RIGHT.
UM, SO THE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS IS NOT SOLVING THE ISSUE.
AND, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT IT PUTS ME IN A SCENARIO WHERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TYPE OF THING THAT I'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT FOR YEARS.
UM, BUT I DON'T LIKE HOW IT CAME TO US.
HOW DID THIS SNEAK UP ON US? I MEAN LIKE REALLY W WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WHILE AGO AND WE GOT DETAILS ABOUT THIS AT NOON, 1230 YESTERDAY, AND THEN WE'RE GETTING PRESENTATION TONIGHT WITH INCORRECT NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET.
HOW DID WE NOT KNOW THIS WAS COMING THROUGH THE MAYOR? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CLIMATES.
WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE COUNTY RAN OUT OF MONEY.
THEY JUST MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF THEIR $27 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO WE HAD JUST LEARNED THAT PIECE OF IT AND DIDN'T REALIZE ALSO WHAT THE BACKLOG WAS AT THAT POINT TOO, BECAUSE SEND HAS BEEN WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN ON GETTING THROUGH APPLICATIONS.
BUT, AND HISTORICALLY, I WILL SAY THAT IN THE PAST, OUR CAP OFFICE IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT CAP OFFICE IN THE COUNTY.
AND MOST OF THE TIME, AND IN NORMAL YEARS, OUR CAP OFFICE WILL BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL FREQUENTLY BECAUSE THEY CAN SPEND IT FASTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CAP OFFICES.
SO IT WASN'T UNTIL THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS JUST MADE THAT THE COUNTY WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF FUNDS, THAT WE WERE EVEN AWARE THAT THERE WAS NO MORE MONEY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
AND THAT WAS JUST THAT YOU DID LAST WEEK, MAYOR CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLYMONDS AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, IF HE'S STILL ON THE LINE, CERTAINLY IT IS ALWAYS THE GOAL OF STAFF TO HAVE COUNCIL FULLY BRIEFED, UM, PLENTY OF TIME TO GIVE THOUGHTS AROUND SOMETHING.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T TAKE THESE TYPES OF THINGS LIGHTLY.
UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE THESE KIND OF, UM, SURPRISES
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I WOULD CALL IT.UM, I JUST LEARNED THIS MYSELF YESTERDAY MORNING, AS LEAH SAID, THIS WAS KIND OF NEW NEWS THAT THE COUNTY RAN OUT OF MONEY.
UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT COUNCIL WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING, THAT WE COULD PUT SOMETHING AS DIFFICULT AS THIS ON AN AGENDA UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY, KNOWING, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE END OF JANUARY.
WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF STAFF THAT THIS IS A SURPRISE, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS UNAVOIDABLE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THIS UP TONIGHT.
AND I KNOW IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO HAND OUT ANY SORTS OF MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THESE AMOUNTS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NORMAL AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS EITHER.
I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY ANGRY YES, BUT I'M REALLY NOT HAPPY WITH IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
SO YOU GET SOMETHING A PSYCHOTIC MOMENT THAT TELL, YEAH.
WE, WE LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE, UH, YOU'RE CRITICAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I, I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN, WITHOUT SOME SORT OF A FORMULA THAT IS, UH, DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE I'M SEEING TONIGHT AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT.
SO I WAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF MAYORS THAT WAS INVITED BY THE GOVERNOR WHEN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FORTH TO GIVE CHANDLER $29 MILLION FOR PART OF THIS.
AND I, I LOOKED AT THAT AS A SACRED TRUST.
AND I THINK THAT WE, AS A CITY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF TO, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BEST INVEST THAT WE DIDN'T SEE IT AS SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING AS PAYING AS A PAYROLL AND, UH, AND A CASH RESERVE WITH THEIR CITIES.
BUT WE SAW THIS AS A, AS SOMETHING THAT WAS A RESPONSE TO AN EXTRAORDINARY TIME, NOT JUST AN ADDITIONAL INFLUX OF CASH TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I WANT TO COME THEN TO CITY MANAGER, UH, DAWN, AND CERTAINLY THIS COUNCIL OF THE, OF THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT WE PUT INTO THIS.
I THOUGHT THEN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE FOR EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT WE COULD NOT PLAN.
AND THIS IS WHY WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO PORT, UH, $9.7 MILLION IN RESERVE IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS THE APPETITE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WHAT WAS THE NEED WITH, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND SOCIAL SERVICES WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT? HOW COULD WE DO SOME OTHER THINGS, CERTAINLY TO HELP US BE MORE NIMBLE WITH, UH, COVID WITH, UH, WITH THE, UH, ADDITION TO IT.
AND TO ME, THIS, THIS IS WHY WE PUT MONEY AWAY.
THIS IS PART OF THE SAVINGS PLAN THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE KNEW BACK IN JUNE OR SO, WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THIS AS, UH, THERE WERE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT SEE, AND AS EXTRAORDINARY AS THE CITIZEN, IN TERMS OF A SHORT TERM REQUEST, UM, I'M NO STRANGER TO NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE SEEN THIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COMES BACK TO US AT THE END OF JANUARY, WHAT RESERVES WE'LL HAVE OR WHAT THIS COUNCIL WILL SAY.
BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THAT, AND HOPING THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK ON OUR FEET AS A BETTER NEWS AND A BETTER PLAN WITH THE VACCINE OF WHERE THINGS ARE AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING ON THEIR FEET, THAT YOU WILL SEE LESS APPLICANTS AND, AND YOU, JEFF WILL SEE LESS APPLICANTS.
AND THE REST OF HER NONPROFITS WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE FAMILIES FALL OFF THE CLIFF.
AND BY MORE PEOPLE STANDING ON STREET CORNERS ARE, ARE THE ESCALATING EFFECT OF, OF KIDS NOT BEING IN A STABLE HOME AND STILL EXPECTED TO GO TO SCHOOL.
THERE'S JUST LOTS OF RIPPLES WITH THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING YES, AS PART OF A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND TO OUR FOLKS.
SO GOOD CALL FOR THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, YES, UH, UH, PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE KNOW I'M I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT, UH, INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT.
I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, UH, FROM TAIWAN, UM, WHERE IT POINT MONEY FOR TWO YEARS, BUT I STAY HERE LONGER THAN TWO YEARS.
AFTER TWO YEARS, I'D RUN OUT OF MONEY.
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WHEN OUR MONEY M WHEN MY KIDS WAS, WHEN MY NOT, WHEN I KNOW MY WIFE WERE PREGNANT, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE STROLLER OR THE QUIP OR ANYTHING.I WAS THINKING I WOULD JUST USE A CAPO TO DO IT, BUT THERE'S A ROYAL STORY.
AM I HAVING STRUGGLE PAY 34 MORE IN 10 YEARS? UM, WE ALL, I DID.
I THINK SOME ASSISTANCE, MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS
I ALWAYS THINK I NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO NURTURE THIS KIND OF CULTURE, THE MONEY SHOULDN'T BE FREE.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT THE MONEY SHOULDN'T BE FREE.
I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS
I'M GOING TO LOSE MY JOB VERY SOON.
AM I TO NOT HAVE OTHER INCOME? SO, BUT I'M WILLING TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE MONEY.
AND I HAVE THESE CARDS WHO NEED, WHO NEED TO PUT YOU THERE.
NOT THERE TO NOTHING AND GET FREE MONEY FROM THE TAX PAYER, BECAUSE WE, WE ALL PAY FOR IT.
I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DO THAT AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY COUNSEL LET'S BOOK.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE RESET.
LET'S THIS IS A RIGGED VOTE AND I HAVE NO SAY THERE WE GO.
UM, COUNCIL NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER ONE, VOTE AGAIN.
DID YOU JUST WORK? AND COUNCIL MEMBER STUART, ARE YOU THERE? I THINK WE'VE LOST COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ASCEND SALVATION ARMY, AND THE OTHER VERY, UH, GIVING A SACRIFICIAL ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE THE SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
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UNSCHEDULED, UH, PARENTS.I HAVE A CARD FROM A TAYLOR GIRL.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A FEW MONTHS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES UP TO THREE MINUTES.
AND THIS IS UNSCHEDULED SO WE CAN NOT RESPOND, BUT, UH, CALLED STAFF WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS INTO A, AND CERTAINLY, AS I SAID, IF THERE'S ANY NECESSARY UNDERSTOOD MARION COUNCIL OR YOUR RECORD, MY NAME IS TAYLOR EARL.
I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF EARL AND CURLEY.
OUR ADDRESS IS 31 OH ONE NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE.
UH, NORMALLY I WOULD BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TONIGHT PRESENTING A ZONING CASE.
UH, BUT TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO COME TO SAY, THANK YOU.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, MY FATHER, STEPHEN EARLE, UH, RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
UM, MY FATHER HAD BEEN A MAINSTAY IN THE ZONING COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME HE REPRESENTED NUMEROUS CASES IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, UM, AS A FAMILY AT HIS PASSING, UH, WE WERE HEARTBROKEN.
UM, BUT IN THAT HEARTBREAK, THERE WAS GRATITUDE.
UH, WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT WE HAD WITH HIM.
AND I WAS PERSONALLY GRATEFUL FOR SO MANY YEARS TO PRACTICE LAW TOGETHER, ULTIMATELY BECOMING LAW PARTNERS, WHICH WAS REALLY ONE OF THE GREAT HONORS OF MY LIFE.
I KNOW THAT MY FATHER WAS PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HE DID IN CHANDLER.
HE WORKED ON WONDERFUL PROJECTS AND HAD VALUABLE COLLABORATIONS IN THE CITY, HIS WORK TO HELP BUILD THE COMMUNITY REALLY MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT NONE OF THAT WORK COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT MANY INDIVIDUALS AND CHAMPIONS.
AND SO THAT IS THE REASON I'D LIKE TO SAY.
SO FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, UH, FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.
ON THE MANY CASES HE WORKED ON, THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BOTH PAST AND PRESENT FOR THEIR DETAILED ANALYSIS, THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND FOR PUSHING HIS PROJECTS TO BE BETTER.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MENU, MANY WONDERFUL
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CITY EMPLOYEES, THE PLANNERS, CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEYS, DIRECTORS, AND EVERYONE WHO OVER THE YEARS, COLLABORATED WITH HIM TO TURN GOOD PROJECTS INTO GREAT PROJECTS.THERE WERE CERTAINLY COUNTLESS HOURS MEETINGS AND ON EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE MY FATHER'S CAREER MORE THAN JUST A JOB TO MY FATHER.
ONE OF HIS GREAT LIFE PURPOSES WAS TO BRING GOOD QUALITY DEVELOPMENT TO THE VALLEY, INCLUDING CHANDLER, AND TO DO SO WITH INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM.
AND IF YOU GOT TO KNOW HIM WELL, A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR.
SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND MY FIRM AND MYSELF.
UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND TO THE VALLEY THAT THEY DO MATTER AND THEY'RE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
MA'AM ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND SAY, THANK YOU, MR. O'BRIEN.
I CAN'T RECALL SOMEONE EVER COMING BACK AND SAYING THIS TO US BEFORE.
AND, UH, YOUR DAD WAS WELL LOVED AND, UH, I HEAR NOT ONLY IN YOUR VOICE, BUT IN, IN WHO YOU ARE A REFLECTION OF A, OF A MAN THAT WE LOVED AND RESPECTED.
IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH YOUR DAD ALL THESE YEARS.
HE NEVER, NEVER LET US ASTRAY SHOT STRAIGHT.
AND HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO WORK WITH BOTH SIDES, THE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE CITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
HE GAVE ME MANY BITES OVER THE YEARS.
THANK YOU, MY FRIEND, HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY.
COUNSEL, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS,
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IS CURRENT EVENTS.UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY JUST ABOUT CHANDLER AND THE HOLIDAYS.
AND DURING THIS HOLIDAY, EVEN WITH THE PANDEMIC, THERE'S PLENTY TO DO AROUND CHANDLER FOR THOSE CELEBRATING AT HOME OR IN PERSON ON THE CITY'S CHANDLER FOR THE HOLIDAYS WEBPAGE, YOU WILL FIND A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWNTOWN FOR THE SUGAR LAND DISPLAY, I DO HOPE YOU TAKE TIME TO SEE IT.
CHANDLER RECKITT HOME ALSO HAS A NUMBER OF CRAFTS AND IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, YOUR KIDS, AND THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, THE CCA ANYWHERE SERIES HAS A NUMBER OF VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES THAT YOU CAN ENJOY.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL, AS BOTH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MIKE AND MIRANDA, UH, STRONGLY ENCOURAGED US TO CHOOSE CHANDLER AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON SEASON.
DO YOU WANT TO WISH A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES? ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY MEMORIES HAD TO DO WITH THE TUMBLEWEED TREE PARADE, UH, LIGHTING PARADE IN 2013, WHICH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WROTE ON THE FIRETRUCK WITH US.
AND THIS WAS HER LAST HEALTHY DAY BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY.
AND ALL ALONG THAT ROAD, I HAD ASKED PEOPLE THAT ADVANCED TO SHOUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOIS, AND ALL ALONG THE HALF MILE OF A PARADE RAID PEOPLE MADE HER DAY.
AS SHE SAID, TOTAL STRANGERS WERE WISHING HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND, UH, IT MADE ME FURTHER APPRECIATE AND LOVE A COMMUNITY LIKE CHANDLER, A COMMUNITY THAT'S LARGE AND INNOVATION YET SMALL BECAUSE WE CARE AS WAS EXPRESSED TONIGHT.
SO MERRY CHRISTMAS COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEWART, I MEAN, TOM, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER, NICK CLIMATES.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ONE GOING BACK TO OUR LAST BOAT.
LIKE I HAVE GROWN A GRINCH LIKE BEARD.
I JUST, I W I WANTED TO JUST REITERATE MY FRUSTRATION WAS JUST IN THE SHORT NOTICE.
I TAKE FISCAL DISCIPLINE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN, UH, SENDS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NEED THE FUNDS WE'RE UTILIZING ARE FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.
JUST FRUSTRATED WITH THE PROCESS THAT SAID, UM, MY, MY SPIRIT AND FOUNDATION AND FISCAL DISCIPLINE, I MANAGE WEALTH FOR LIVING AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
SO I'M GOING TO DEPART YOU WITH SOME FINANCIAL THEMED HOLIDAY WISHES.
I HOPE YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON IS BULLISH ON GOODWILL AND, UM, YOU HAVE A WEALTH TO HAPPINESS AND IT'S STOCKED WITH GRATEFULNESS AND YOU HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
2021 IS ALMOST UPON US 22 DAYS, A LITTLE, WELL, ALMOST 21 DAYS, A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.
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YES, AS WE, UH, HAVE 2020 IN HINDSIGHT, HOPEFULLY IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2021.SO DO YOU WANT TO WISH A STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR, UH, AND ALL OUR CITIZENRY OUT THERE? UH, AGAIN, UH, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND CAN HAVE A HANUKKAH STARTED TODAY RIGHT TOMORROW, TOMORROW, TOMORROW.
UM, SO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, UH, AND BE SAFE OUT THERE.
UM, KEEP THIS PANDEMIC IN PERSPECTIVE.
UM, NONE OF US BELIEVE, AGAIN, THIS IS A HOAX OR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS.
HOWEVER, I DO IMPLORE ALL OF OUR CITIZENRY TO PLEASE KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO KEEP JOY IN YOUR HEART.
UH, KEEP LOVE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND, UM, AND GET OUT THERE AND AT LEAST TRY TO DO LITTLE EXERCISING AND SEE SOME OF THE SITES THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT.
UH, I DID VENTURE A LITTLE OUT BEYOND, UH, I WENT UP NORTH TO SEE SOME OF THE SNOW, UH, WAS, WAS DESIRING SOMETHING COLD.
SO I STOPPED AT THE CORNER OF WINSLOW, ARIZONA, AND ACTUALLY SAW TWO SNOWMAN AND THEY WERE TALKING AND ONE TURNED THE OTHER ONE AND SAID, DO YOU SMELL CARROTS? SO I JUST DROVE ON, OKAY, BEV.
HE SAID A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON, HANG OUT WITH THE FAMILY, ENJOY YOURSELVES, BE SAFE.
UH, AND, UH, THIS SATURDAY, I BELIEVE THERE IS A BIG FOOTBALL GAME GOING ON.
SO WE KNOW HOLIDAY SEASON, UH, FOR FEMINI.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T CALLED YOUR FATHER OR YOUR MOTHER, YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER, UH, USE THIS TIME TO CALL THEM.
UM, MAYBE YOU HAVE ARGUING BEFORE, HEY, KEEP UP SOME EGOISM AND SAYING, I'M SORRY, I MISS YOU.
UM, STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY AND STAY POSITIVE.
I WISH A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING EACH OTHER UNTIL AFTER THE, AFTER THE NEW YEAR.
SO, UH, I, I WANT TO, I DO WANT TO QUICKLY SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING THESE CRAZY SHIFTS, EVENINGS, WEEKENDS NIGHTS, AND, UH, UH, AND KEEPING US, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON, KEEPING US SAFE, TAKING CARE OF CHANDLER AND WITH GREAT PRIDE AND THANK YOU TO THEM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ORLANDO, UH, BEING THE END.
YOU HAVE TO IT'S THE THIRD TIME, SECOND TIME WE'LL BE SAYING HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, SAY MARSHA, UM, MS. MS. UH, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.
THIS IS A TOUGH YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR PARTICULAR CITIZENS AND MEMBERS.
UH, YOU GUYS PULLED THROUGH, WELL, WE HAD OUR UPS, WE HAD OUR DOWNS, BUT THE STAFF DID THEIR JOB AND I THANK THEM, TOLD YOU'RE OUT THERE AND HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY.
AND LET'S HOPE 2021 IS A MUCH, MUCH BETTER YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO GET A QUICK SHOUT OUT FOR THOSE, UH, ESPECIALLY MAYOR COUNCIL, THOSE REGULAR ATTENDERS OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, IF YOU PICKED UP THE COUNCIL AGENDA THIS TIME, IT LOOKED REMARKABLY DIFFERENT, UM, THAN IN, IN THE PAST.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JANINE BLAKE AND OUR IT DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE C AGENDA SYSTEM, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, TARI ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS AND THEN DESTINY, WHO WAS OUR COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY WORKED TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS A ONE OF A KIND IN THE COUNTRY.
I BELIEVE IN TERMS OF A COUNCIL AGENDA, HOPEFULLY VERY MUCH EASIER TO READ FOR THOSE THAT USE IT, BUT CERTAINLY IT IS MAKES EVERYTHING ELECTRONIC FOR US BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND I KNOW WE STILL HAVE A FEW KINKS TO WORK OUT THE CITY CLERK, BUT NONETHELESS, I JUST WANT TO GET A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE WHEN I TOLD THEM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I THINK THE REACTION WAS, OH MY GOODNESS.
UH, BUT FOLLOWING THAT, UM, ALSO PUSH TO GET THIS DONE BY THIS MONTH AND THE TEAM REALLY ROSE TO THE OCCASION.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN EXEC SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS AND WITH THAT.