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THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
WE HAVE GOT A COUPLE PARTS OF OUR MEETING GOING ON HERE TONIGHT AND, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AND CLERK.
MY LOPEZ HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE DO HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, SPACE OUTSIDE AS WELL AS IN THE FOUR-YEAR WITH TV MONITORS.
AND, UH, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
VICTOR HARDY IS GOING TO COME UP AND LEAD OUR INVOCATION.
BUT BEFORE WE DO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING ONE OF OUR, OUR FIRST CHANDLER EMPLOYEE, UH, PASSED AWAY FROM COVID OFFICER TYLER BRITT, WHICH WAS, UH, ONE OF OUR FINE, UH, SWARMS WITH, UH, OUR CHANDLER POLICE OF 19 YEARS.
AND IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME THE MOMENT OF SILENCE
DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME WITH YOU.
WE COME TO YOU ASKING YOU FOR PEACE.
WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT PIECE LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR THE PEACE ONLY YOU CAN GIVE THE PEACE AND MIND AND THE PEACE AND DUTY MAY EACH ONE OF US LOOK INTO EACH OTHER'S OWN HEARTS AND OWN MIND THAT WE MAY FIND WHAT WILL MAKE US BETTER THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND FOR YOUR GRACE.
MAY YOUR LOVE ALWAYS BE WITH US AND WAY MAY WE CARRY FORWARD.
LET US ALL SAY TOGETHER THAT WE ARE ONE FAMILY AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER, THAT NONE OF US ARE SEPARATED FOR ANYTHING THAT WE MUST AND MUST ALWAYS STAND FOR ONE GOD, ONE NATION, LET THOSE WHOM ARE IN OUR LEADERSHIP, BE TAGGED TO YOU AND THAT ALL THINGS THAT COME FORWARD, THEY LOOK TO YOU FIRST, LET THEM BE OUR LEADERS.
DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE NEW DEFINITION OF THE WORD HERO AND FOR LOOKING INTO THE SKY, KNOWING THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US.
DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR DREAMERS AND THOSE WHO LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW.
LET US LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY AMEN.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO POST THEIR COLORS AND FOR COLOR GUARD TO COME FORWARD.
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PLEASE JOIN ME IN REFINING OF A POLITICAL REGION.
THANK YOU, PASTOR COUNCIL MEMBER COLORGUARD.
[Consent Agenda]
COUNSEL BEFORE US.WE HAVE A, A CONSENT AGENDA AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE OUR, OUR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE DEPARTING, MAKE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND WITH US TONIGHT IS SO IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER? MY MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENTED AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING ON JANUARY 14TH, 2021 ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART MAYOR.
I'LL BE VOTING ON NUMBER FIVE.
ANY OTHER SAME NONE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH PASSES BY MAJORITY.
[Presentation of Gifts to Outgoing Councilmembers Followed By Remarks]
COUNCIL.WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN UP HERE AS WE,
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UM, AS WE HONOR OUR, OUR TWO DEPARTING COUNCIL MEMBERS.AND AT ONE POINT THOUGH, WE WILL, UH, INVITE THEM UP IN FRONT TO RECEIVE, UH, SOMETHING A LITTLE LARGER THAN UP HERE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WONG, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALL GOT SOME GIFTS FOR YOU.
I HAD THIS MADE FOR YOU AND IT SAYS ON HERE, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, SAM WONG FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER FROM MYSELF.
AND WE JUST WISH YOU WELL, AS WE CONTINUE.
SO WHY DON'T WE START ON THIS SIDE GOING HERE AND THEN WE'LL GO THE OTHER WAY ON THE OTHER.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WONG, UM, COUPLE OF THINGS I'VE NOTICED ABOUT YOU OTHER THAN BEING A FRIEND AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF HEART AND YOU COULD, UH, SEE THAT, UH, UH, DURING YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, YOU, YOU TOOK THIS, YOU REALLY WANTED TO MAKE CHANDLER A BETTER PLACE.
AND THOSE THAT HAVE HEART USUALLY HAVE PASSION.
YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR WHAT YOU DO AND, AND WHAT YOU WANT DIVISION FOR CHANNEL, BUT THE VISION FOR CHANNEL GO TO BE.
AND I RESPECT THAT A LOT IN W WE'LL DEFINITELY MISS THAT.
BUT FINALLY, AS MAYOR ALLUDED TO EARLIER, YOU HAD A LOT OF IDEAS.
SOME QUITE FRANKLY WERE REALLY GOOD, SOME QUITE FRANKLY MORE WORK, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT UP HERE.
WE WANT THE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IT MAKES US BETTER.
I'LL MISS YOU, BUT STAY IN TOUCH.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND, UH, I ALWAYS CALLED YOU SAM WONG INSTEAD OF JUST SAM.
AND THEN, UH, AS IN RECENT YEARS IT JUST BECAME SAM BECAUSE WE BECAME FRIENDS AND, UM, HE WOULD HAVE WORKED VERY HARD, UH, FOR, UH, FOR YOUR PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU WORKED VERY HARD ON YOUR CAMPAIGNS.
YOU WORKED VERY HARD ON THE COUNCIL AND, UH, YOU'RE VERY COMMITTED TO YOUR IDEALS AND, UH, AND I'M NOT LIKELY TO BE SWAYED EASILY.
AND, UM, SO, UM, I COMMEND YOU, UH, YOU'RE OFF ONTO ANOTHER CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE.
AND, UH, UH, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT THEY CAME HERE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND STARTED A NEW LIFE AND THEN FOUND THEIR WAY TO A COUNCIL SEAT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER OR ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
AND SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING THERE, BUT YOU CAN OPEN THAT LATER AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
UH, A LOT OF WHAT A COUNCIL ROLE IS VERY APPLICABLE.
I MEAN, YOU SHOWED A LOT OF PERSEVERANCE AND PERSISTENCE, UH, TO GETTING ON THE COUNCIL.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HELPING MAKE SURE AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND, UH, UH, STICKING TO YOUR GUNS WHERE YOU NEEDED TO, UH, FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVED.
SO I HAD, NO, I HAD NO DOUBTS THAT, UH, YOU DEFINITELY WANTED TO SEE, UH, CHANDLER GROW AND FLOURISH, UH, STAY AS BUSY BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND, AND, UH, UH, YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, HELPING A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, APPROVALS AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS THAT ARE REALLY STARTING TO COME TO FRUITION.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU GOT TO BE ON THE COUNCIL FOR, FOR SOME OF THE RESULTS THERE.
SO AN I PERSONALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR IT.
SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED SOME GOOD INSIGHTS AND QUESTIONS AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, THAT CONTINUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, MAKING THIS KEEPING CHANDLER IN THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS.
SOMETIMES GIVE ME SOME ADVICE.
IT'S A SHELTER, BUT IT'S GIVE US A CALL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU.
AND, UH, UM, EVERYBODY ON COUNSEL'S HIT ON MOST OF THE POINTS.
UM, UM, BUT I, I WILL LEAVE WITH THIS.
YOU ALONE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE ON COUNCIL ACCOMPLISHED, YOU WERE ABLE TO BY ACTION, EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN'T A MAJORITY VOTE IT, UM, CREATE SAM'S PARK ACROSS THE STREET ON OFFICIALLY.
AND YES, YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH,
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UH, TERRY ROWE, UH, HIT ON IT COMING FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, SERVING ON OUR COUNCIL.I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME.
AND THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTIONS WITH CHANDLER, AND IT'S GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, WE RAN WITH EACH OTHER FOUR YEARS AGO, BECAME FRIENDS EVER SINCE, BUT I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY UP HERE IS TALKING ABOUT IS, YEAH, BRAVERY IS VERY HARD TO SIT UP HERE WITH SIX OTHER PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOU AND A COMMUNITY LISTENING WHILE YOU'RE ON TV AND FIGHTS AS THINGS YOU FOUGHT FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ELECTED YOU TO DO.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY LEFT ALL OF US TO DO.
THAT'S REMARKABLE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO DO.
SO SAM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FRIENDS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PHONE CALLS AND THOSE COPIES, AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU DO AT THE NEXT STAGE IN YOUR POLITICAL CAREER.
UM, I'VE ENJOYED, UH, WORKING WITH YOU ON CITY COUNCIL AND YOU'VE MADE CHANDLER A BETTER PLACE.
PICK DOES REASON I FIGHT WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE I, I KNOW I HAD BEEN FIGHTING WITH SIX GENTLEMEN SAYING, WOULD YOU JOIN CITY MANAGER, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER WONG, MAYOR, I MUST STAY OVER HERE.
WHY AM I MASCOT YOU? MY COUNCIL MEMBER WONG.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF.
UM, ALL 1700 MEMBERS OF TEAM CHANDLER REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION.
I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, JUST SO FOR THE FOLKS HERE TO KNOW, UM, WHEN WE DO ONE-ON-ONES WITH COUNCIL, I SPEND ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND IN THAT TIME YOU GET TO KNOW THEM PRETTY WELL.
AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, THAT THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF CHANDLER.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND HOPE YOU FAREWELL IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS, BUT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU? SO I'M GOING TO HAND THIS TO MARY
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY COMMENTS? WELL, I THINK TODAY IS MY BIG DAY.
I'M GOING TO SAY ANYTHING I WANT TO DO.
I WANTED TO DO, BUT I AFRAID TO DO BECAUSE CARRIE'S WHILE CITY CITY, UH, APPARENTLY ARE NOT GOING TO STRAIGHTEN ME SAYING, GIVE YOU TWO DAYS, I'M GOING TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE OFFICE.
SO, SO, WELL, IT WAS LIKE JUST LAST DAY.
AM I ENJOY EVERY DAY? UM, WE ALL DON'T LOOK LIKE WE ARE REALLY, WE ARE GENTLEMAN.
WE SOMETIMES FIGHT BEHIND THE SCENE.
UM, FORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GO TO HOSPITAL FOR THAT.
UM, SO I LOOK AT THE MENU MIRROR THIS MORNING AND MY PHONE NOW I DIDN'T CHANGE IT A BIT.
I'M STILL ONE OF ACTUALLY I'M STILL THE MOST HANDSOME PERSON.
AND YOU KNOW, OKAY, LET'S BE SERIOUS.
LAY TREATING ME VERY, VERY WELL.
AND THEY CAN MEET, GIVE EVERY YEAR.
AND SOMETIMES NOT SOMETIMES, ACTUALLY MOST YEAR I FORGET.
SO I THINK WE ARE SINCE I'M LIVING, SORRY, I THINK I NEED TO PREPARE SOMETHING FOR THEM.
HEY, SEND ME, IT'S NOT A STINGY.
SO I WAS THINKING THEY ARE ALL MEN WATCH YOU.
I WAS THINKING OF THE POT PIE.
SO I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING BIG.
I NEED TO USE SOME OF THE TIME.
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM IS, WELL, EVERY MEN NEELA, BUT THE PROBLEM IS UP TO FOUR YEARS, I THINK THEY ARE LOSING
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SOMETHING, BUT YOU WILL BE TOO CRUEL FOR THEM.SO I COME UP WITH ANOTHER IDEA INSTEAD OF KEEP, KEEP TO LEARN.
I'LL GIVE THE KID TO LAY A WIFE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE FULL OF MEN, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE WIVES, WE DON'T REALLY NEED ANYTHING.
BUT THE WIFE NEEDS A LOT OF THINGS.
MISHA, AH, YOU PRESENT THAT TO YOUR WIFE.
I SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE IN THE RECEIPT IN CASE YOU WANT TO RETURN IT, IF YOU FAIL TO.
SO ANYHOW, UH, FOR THE CT, I W I LIKE TO POINT UP SOME NEW IDEA.
UH, I KNOW EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY HAVE MENTIONED.
I SOMETIMES HAVE SOME NEW IDEA.
I THINK THEY WANT TO SAY NEW, RIGHT? THEY ARE SAYING, WE ARE THE IDEA.
UH, UH, I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO ARE SAYING INSTEAD OF UP, WE CAN PEEL DOWN.
SO MAYBE YOU WANT TO COME SEE THE, UH, PALLET.
WHEN IS, WHEN IS A POLE HERE AM ALSO, I ALSO LIKED TWO THINGS.
UH, BUT, UM, I'M STILL A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M GOING TO USE MY LAST TIME OF THE POWER TO GIVE INSTRUCTION TO OUR CITY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.
NO, WHEN WE ARE SIGNING SOME CONTRACTS, WHICH WOULD BE BETTER FOR SOMEBODY, I WOULD REALLY THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE IN SOME KIND OF PENALTY IF THEY FAIL.
SO JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, UH, I'M USING JUST MAINLY ON MY POWER.
AND ABOUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, UH, UP TO LARGE, I STILL HAVE PATIENT FOR THE CP AND THE PATIENT FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTRY, OR ESPECIALLY YOU SEE ALL THE PER MOYA RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED FOR THIS A FEW DAYS.
AND THIS A FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, I STILL BELIEVING UNITED STATES.
I, I STILL PERIOD, WE WERE BECOME, PAID HER AND PAID HER.
I DO HAVE THREE THINGS IN MY EAR, WHICH MY PATIENT, NUMBER ONE, OUR MEDICAL EXPENSE NEED WHO? LLOYD TOWN.
WE, WE ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTRY IN THE WHOLE WAR.
NUMBER TWO, GIVE ME TWO MORE MINUTES.
SO AFTER 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION WITH PUBLIC MONEY, AND MOST OF OUR KIDS HAVE A SKI OR THEY CAN MAKE A DV RIGHT AWAY.
I THOUGHT DIDN'T LOVE FEED THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE LA SOME KIND OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AVAILABLE FOR EVERY KIDS AND EVEN MAKE IT REQUIRED.
AND NUMBER THREE, TO, YOU KNOW, THE SECRET OF CHINESE CHINA'S SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC GROWTH IS BECAUSE PEEL ONE SAW THE MILES OF HIGH SPEED RAILROAD PER YEAR, 1000 MILES PER YEAR.
IF WE START BUILDING IN, I CAN
AND OUR SECOND HONOREE THIS EVENING IS COUNCIL MEMBER, JEREMY MCCLYMONDS AND JEREMY.
THEY WANTED TO GIVE YOU ONE OF THESE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR SERVICE, YOUR, YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOUR PISTOL CONSERVATIVE WAYS, AND I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU.
UM, LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SPIRIT, PLEASE.
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WE READY? WHAT'S UP COUNCIL MEMBER.MCCLYMONDS I, I, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY, UH, TO WORK WITH YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU JOINED, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, TO, TO VOLUNTEER, TO TAKE ON A ROLE THAT WAS VACATED, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A BUSINESS AND A FAMILY, AND TO DO THE THINGS YOU DID TO STEP UP INTO THE POSITION, UH, CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, YOU BROUGHT A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.
YOUR BACKGROUND WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CRISIS, WHEN OUR ECONOMY LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GONNA, UH, REALLY TANK, UM, YOU BROUGHT THAT BACKGROUND AND THAT ACUMEN TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND TO SESSIONS THAT WE HAD, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE.
JEREMY AND YOUR PASSION FOR CHANDLER IS REMARKABLE, AND IT SHOWS IN EVERYTHING YOU DO PROFESSIONALLY, BUT MOST OF ALL, UH, AS REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, HERE IN, IN THE CHAMBERS.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME HERE, AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
AND JEREMY, UH, AS MARK SAID, HE COMING IN, COMING IN ONTO A WELL-ESTABLISHED, UH, COUNCIL, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGETS AND, AND, AND REALLY COME UP TO SPEED SO QUICKLY, UM, YOU WERE SELECTED FOR YOUR PASSION AND YOUR LOVE OF CHANDLER, AND YOU NEVER LET US DOWN EVERYTHING YOU EVER DID ON THE STYLUS AND VOTED FOR YOU.
AND WE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS YOU CAN IN CHAMBERS, OUT OF CHAMBERS, AND AS WE ALL MALL OVER VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS, WE HAVE TO MAKE, UM, YOU ALWAYS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER FIRST, THAT WAS ALWAYS YOUR PRIORITY.
AND I HAD NEVER ANY DOUBT, UH, THAT YOUR PASSION AND, AND WAS GOING TO SHOW THROUGH, UM, YEAH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US FOR THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S BEEN, UH, GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU A LOT BETTER ON A PERSONAL BASIS.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING, CONTINUE TO SEE MANY, UH, SEE EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS.
I JUST HOPE WE GET STAY INVOLVED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO YOUR PASSION AND COMMITMENT, UH, I KNOW IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT ON THE, ON THE FOREFRONT IN OUR CITY IS YOU'RE YOUR CHANDLER THROUGH AND THROUGH.
AND YOU'RE AN ASSET THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE UP FRONT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR HELPING US.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE I GET ON THE OFFICE.
UH, YOU HAVE PARTY EVERY YEAR AND I ALSO, I ALSO MISS YOUR SMILE AND YOU ARE A VERY GENEROUS PERSON.
AND, UM, ALSO, UH, I, I SEE YOUR PATIENT FOR THE CT AM ALSO IN THE PAIN IS WAR.
UM, UH, YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS SOMETIMES STAY WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME.
UM, SO I, I LOVE TO BE WITH YOU.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, HOW KNOW EACH OTHER FOR AWHILE ALREADY, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WE, WE, I KIND OF FEEL THAT YOU, UH, YOU HAVE VERY OPEN PERSONALITY, UM, ACTIVE AND ALSO SUCCESSFUL BEINGS, MEN AND GENDER AWARE NEED YOU TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE.
UM, SO UP TO ALL, I, IF YOU HAVE PARTY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IT'S COMING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR JEREMY MCCLYMONDS.
I MEAN, A LOT OF YOU KNOW WHO JEREMY IS, SOME OF YOU DON'T, BUT JEREMY IS A GUY THAT HAS A VEST FOR EVERY OCCASION.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAS DENIM, BUT, AND YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY, BUT, UH, HE HAS, YOU DON'T HAVE A DINNER.
YOU NEVER, YOU NEVER CATCH HIM WITHOUT A VEST, BUT HE CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL HERE IN CHANDLER ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
UH, YOU HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ANY, AND HE IS HE'S FAST MOVING AND QUICK COUGHING AND, AND, UH, UM, YEAH, BUT, UH, I LIKE TO CALL IT PASSION, A LOT OF PASSION, A LOT OF, AND A LOT, A LOT ON THE GO.
AND, UH, HIS EXPERTISE IN FINANCE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT HAS BEEN GOOD FOR CHANDLER.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON HOW WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY, BUT,
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YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHY WE DISCUSS.AND WE VOTED AND, AND, AND YOU'VE GIVEN GOOD COUNSEL.
AND I WOULD SAY, UH, JEREMY HAS DONE A LOT OF CHARITY WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU KNOW WHO THE COMPADRES IS, JEREMY IS A COMPADRE HE'S RAISED.
UH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE YEAR WHERE HE RAISED A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COMPADRES TO HELP.
JEREMY WAS THE FINANCIAL, HE WAS THE LEAD.
IT WAS THE LEAD PERSON WITH A COMBINED RAISE.
AND THEN YOU ALL RAISE THE BILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE'VE DONE IT BOTH TIMES NOW.
AND MORE THAN ONCE, MORE THAN ONCE.
AND A SPA WORKED ON A TOY DRIVE, UH, WITH THE CHANDLER AIR SERVICE FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
UH, HE'S A, A FORMER QUANTIS MEMBER.
AND SO I REMEMBER THOSE ONCE A QUANTIS, ALWAYS A QUANTITY, BUT, UH, BUT I DO, I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION.
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND, UH, BEING PART OF OUR COUNCIL FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND, UH, UH, AND YOU'RE QUICK MOVIE, YOU'RE QUICK.
ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS RATES.
I DO A NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE AND, UH, AND IF YOU NEED A SAYING, CALL ME, YOU'VE GOT MY NUMBERS SPEED.
SO JEREMY STARTS HIS MEETINGS OUT LIKE THIS, EVEN SOMETHING AS MUNDANE OR AS ROUTINE AS COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE? UM, YEAH.
AND THEN A MEDIA COUNCIL, UM, OH, GOD ENDED UP, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS.
IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE HE MAKES IT SO DARN EXCITING AND THAT'S HOW YOU ARE.
YOU'RE SO ENERGY AND I CAN'T DO THAT LIKE YOU DID, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT YOU DO.
SO YOUR ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS.
YOU FEEL IT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK AND, AND, AND YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS SENSE OF HUMOR.
UM, JEREMY, SHE'S A FUNNY GUY AND ALTHOUGH I THINK SAM IS COMPETING THE FIRST TIME I HEARD SAM, BUT, UM, AND NOW JEREMY, WE'RE ONLY STUCK WITH THE MAYOR'S DAD JOKE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE.
UM, NOT THAT THEY'RE BAD MAYOR, BUT THEY'RE NOT JEREMY'S JOKE, BUT JERRY IS A VERY FUNNY GUY, VERY HUMOROUS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING SOME TOUGH DISCUSSION, HE'LL SAY SOMETHING JUST FUNNY AND JUST BREAKS THE ICE.
WE WERE GOING TO MISS THAT UP HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR PASSION, YOUR LOVE FOR CHANDLER, AND I GOT YOU SOME CHANDLER STUFF THERE.
SO YOU COULD HAVE YOUR CHANNEL LOGO THERE, BUT LIKE, UH, YOU COULD TELL THE LOVE, THE LOVE FOR CHANDLER AND, AND IT'S ALWAYS TEAM CHANDLER, WHICH REALLY IS A RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO I'M GONNA MISS YOU HANG IN THERE.
UH, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO, YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS, STILL DOING GREAT THINGS AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE UP HERE.
SO JEREMY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS FOR YOU, BUT, UH, IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO PERHAPS
MCCLYMONDS I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
ON BEHALF OF ALL 1700 TEAM CHANDLER EMPLOYEES, IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE.
AS I MENTIONED, ONE-ON-ONES HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY FUN WITH YOU.
UH, YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY WITTY, VERY SMART.
YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE WE DO, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD.
AND SO, UH, AND ONE THING I ALWAYS APPRECIATED AS WELL AS YOU WERE THE MOST PROMPT MAN I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH OR BEEN AROUND, HE IS NOT ONE MINUTE EARLY AND NOT ONE MINUTE LATE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU BECAUSE I COULD ALWAYS TELL WHEN I WENT, HUH, Y'ALL GOT A MINUTE OR I DON'T.
SO ANYWAY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION.
I KNOW DAWN'S GONNA REALLY MISS, UH, YOUR PASSION DURING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING DECISION PACKAGE MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US THIS WEEK YEAH.
SO ANYWAY, BUT WE WISH YOU THE BEST WITH YOUR BUSINESS, UH, YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITIZENS OF BUSINESSES HERE IN CHANDLER.
AND SO WE HAVE FOR YOU, YOUR PICTURES ON THE SIDE, FLIP IT OVER AND WE'LL SEE WHICH WAY IT IS.
I WAS WONDERING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS.
WE CAN'T GET YOUR SON, THE TERESA, CONGRATULATIONS.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME COMMENTS YOU'RE PREPARED TO SHARE WITH US BACK THERE.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO BACK THERE?
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OH, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.SO I ASKED COREY HOW LONG I'M GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND, UH, AND SAID, I COULD TAKE AS LONG AS I NEEDED IT.
SO I, I CAN, I NEED A SOLID COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT, UH, TONIGHT, UH, MY TOWN, THE CITY COUNCIL TERM COMES TO AN END.
AND, UH, WHILE THIS CHAPTER ENDS, I'M EXCITED AS I GET TO TURN THE PAGE TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT CHAPTER HAS HAS FOR ME.
UM, I MOVED TO CHANDLER ALMOST 18 YEARS AGO, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS TO RAMP UP MY FAMILY, START A FAMILY AND BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION.
AND THROUGH MY YEARS, LIVING IN CHANDLER, I'VE CONTRIBUTED THE CITY, ECONOMICALLY CHARITABLY, AND NOW POLITICALLY, UM, I BELIEVE CHILDREN AND COMMERCE ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF ALL GREAT COMMUNITIES.
AND THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I'VE WORKED WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE PADRES QUANTIS, UM, THAT WORK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY THAT, UH, FOR ALL THAT CALL TAYLOR HOME, I'VE DEDICATED MY TIME BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO ENSURE A STRONG ECONOMY THROUGH A FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE I'M IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER WENT TO ITSELF WELL, TO MY DUTIES ON COUNCIL, ALLOW ME TO LOOK INTO SITUATIONS THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT LENSES.
UM, SO AS I LOOK AT ACCOMPLISHMENT, SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I'M PROUDEST AS A, OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I SAY OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BECAUSE NOTHING GETS DONE UP HERE, UNLESS YOU CAN COUNT TO FOUR.
AND, UM, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT EVEN THROUGH THIS CRISIS, THIS HEALTHCARE CRISIS, GREAT, IT BECAME A FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT, UH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK COHESIVELY TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL ONGOING.
WE'RE STILL NOT A COVID SPIKING AND WHATNOT, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I'M MOST PROUD IS, IS WE SET A VISION, UH, UM, FOR THE FUTURE OF CHANDLER THROUGH CHANDLER'S FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY PLANNING THROUGH UPDATES OF SEVERAL MASTER PLANS, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PARKS, MASTER PLAN, THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN.
THESE ARE MAJOR THINGS THAT YOU SEE FEEL AND TOUCH.
AND THAT'S WHY, WHY I GOT INVOLVED.
UM, WE ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF DOWNTOWN CHANDLER THROUGH MY, UH, THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF PROJECTS LIKE OVERSTREET, NEW SQUARE, THE TRACTION OF GEORGE OLIVER'S, $53 MILLION REDEVELOPMENT, NEW PARKING GARAGES, THE EXPANSION AND OPENINGS OF SEVERAL NEW AND UNIQUE BUSINESSES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN CHANDLER CELL, UM, SUPPORTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, I GET REALLY GEEKED UP ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHY I DO IS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE MAKE A DECISION TO MOVE TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OR THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST.
AND I BELIEVE YOU ALWAYS GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE AND, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, WE JUST, IN THE LAST YEAR, 2019, UH, OVER $190 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT OR A COMMUNITY CREATED NEARLY 4,000 JOBS AND ADD 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND FLEX SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST IN 19 ALONE OF ALL THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EAST VALLEY CHANDLER CAPTURED ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM.
HOW AWESOME IS THAT? UM, AND YOU KNOW, LASTLY PRODUCTIVITY, I ALWAYS KID IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE.
UM, I, AN COUNSEL WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PRIORITIZE INNOVATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF CHANDLER, THE CITY CHANDLER AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE PRIORITIZING INVITATION, UH, INNOVATION, INCLUDING LAUNCHING ANTONYMOUS VEHICLE RIDE HAILING PROGRAMS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE FLEET CLASS, UM, USING TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER CONNECT WITH RESIDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC IN TRADING UNIQUE RELIEF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT A BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES AFTER MY TERM EXPIRES, WHICH IS T MINUS A COUPLE OF MINUTES, UH, I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK AND SERVE CHANNEL AND GOING FORWARD.
I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT I ACHIEVE MY GOAL, WHICH IS TO LEAVE CHANDLER IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WHEN I WAS APPOINTED.
UM, MAYOR HARKEY, UH, VICE MAYOR LOPEZ, CHELSEA MEMBER, STEWART, UH, CHELSEA MEMBER, ROW COUNTS, MEMBER WONG, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU ALL.
SO MY, MY GIFT FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT IS BASED ON THE PHRASE, ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR WALK.
AND SO IN MY BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, I'M BLESSED, UM, WITH THE TRUST, MY CLIENTS HAVE BESTOWED IN ME TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR FINANCIAL, UH, ENDEAVORS, ALONG THEIR JOURNEY IN LIFE FROM TODAY TO THE RETIREMENT, THROUGH THE REST OF THEIR LIFE, THEIR GO-GO YEARS OR SLOW-GO YEARS AND THEIR NO GO YEARS.
UM, AND IN MY OFFICE, I HAVE ADORNED MIXTILE PHOTOS OF ALL MY CLIENTS
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ALONG MY HALLWAY WALL.AND THE, YOU KNOW, THESE PHOTOS SERVE AS A HEALTHY REMINDER OF ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M THERE EACH DAY, UH, UH, UH, IN THE COURSE OF EACH DAY.
AND OF COURSE IN MY OWN OFFICE, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, KIDS, GRANDKIDS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS, THAT IS THE WHY FOR MY BUSINESS, MY WIFE, FOR SERVING CHANDLER, THE CITY PLACE, UH, IS THE PLACE THAT MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE THAT I CARE ABOUT CALL HOME.
AND I FELT WITH MY EXPERIENCE AND SKILLSET, I COULD MAKE CHANDLER A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR HIM.
SO MY GIFT FOR YOU TONIGHT, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNPACK IT, BUT THE A IS A DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME, UM, TO UPLOAD YOUR Y UM, IT'S INSCRIBED WITH, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU IN PURSUIT OF THE BEST FOR CHANDLER.
ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR WHY, AND THAT'S FOR ALL YOUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN AWESOME WORKING WITH YOU TEAM CHANDLER, WE ON COUNCIL SET POLICY, BUT YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN AND YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD.
UM, PLEASE, CHIEF DUGAN, FIRE, CHIEF WAGONS, EVERYONE IN THE DIOCESE.
UM, DANA KELLY, JOSHUA, DEBRA, AND DAWN, EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, MIKE, UH, MATT COREY, LANDA, TRACY, RYAN, LEAH, CINDY, UH, STACY, ANDY KIM, DEREK, AND KEVIN.
I KNOW I MISSED SOMEBODY, BUT I CAN'T NAME ALL 1700 EMPLOYEES GO TEAM CHANDLER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST OUR RETIRING CITY MANAGER, UH, YOU ARE MY FAVORITE CITY MANAGER OF ALL TIME.
I HAVE ENJOYED SO MUCH WORKING WITH YOU, AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER YOUR WHY AS WELL.
SO I GOT YOU A DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME, AS WELL AS DEPARTING RETIREMENT GIF.
I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL AND STELLAR RETIREMENT MARCIA, AND, UH, TAKE CARE OF TAYLOR, UH, TO A PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY 2021.
THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME AND THAT FIBER, WHATEVER MINUTES IT WAS.
SO CUTS, UH, UM, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT TWO MINUTES THAT, UH, WE CAN SHUFFLE HERE AND, UH, AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
DID WE'LL START UP IN 10 MINUTES.