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GOOD EVENING, CHANDLER AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 28TH, 2021.UH, MAYOR KEVIN HARKEY WILL BE CALLING IN AS MAYOR ON THE PHONE.
UM, LIKE TAKE ROLL CITY CLERK, MAYOR HART, T NICE STEWART COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.
UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE A
MAHA MEANS GREAT MANTRA MEANS SOUND THAT LIBERATES THE MIND FROM IGNORANCE, HEADACHE, KRISHNA, KRISHNA, KRISHNA, KRISHNA.
HURRY IN VOCATION ON
THE TRANSLATION, THE PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD IS PERFECT AND COMPLETE AND BECAUSE HE'S COMPLETELY PERFECT.
ALL EMANATIONS FROM HIM, SUCH AS THIS PHENOMENAL WORLD ARE PERFECTLY EQUIPPED AS COMPLETE HOLES.
WHATEVER IS PRODUCED OF THE COMPLETE HOLE IS ALSO COMPLETE IN ITSELF BECAUSE HE'S THE COMPLETE WHOLE, EVEN THOUGH SO MANY COMPLETE UNITS EMANATE FROM HIM, HE REMAINS THE COMPLETE BALANCE.
THE COMPLETE WHOLE, THE PERSONALITY OF GOD HEAD HAS IMMENSE POTENCIES.
ALL OF WHICH ARE COMPLETE AS HE IS, DOES THE PHENOMENAL WORLD IS ALSO COMPLETE IN ITSELF.
THE 24 ELEMENTS OF WHICH THIS MATERIAL UNIVERSE IS A TEMPORARY MANIFESTATION AT ARRANGED TO PRODUCE EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SUBSISTENCE OF THIS WORLD OF THIS UNIVERSE.
NO OTHER UNIT IN THE UNIVERSE NEED MAKE ANY EXTRANEOUS EFFORT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE UNIVERSE.
THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS ON ITS OWN TIMESCALE, WHICH IS FIXED BY THE ENERGY OF THE COMPLETE WHOLE.
AND WHEN THAT SCHEDULED IS COMPLETED, THIS TEMPORARY MANIFESTATION WILL BE UNHIGHLIGHTED BY THE COMPLETE ARRANGEMENT OF THE COMPLETE WHOLE, OKAY, NEXT PLAYER
ONE SHOULD THEREFORE ACCEPT ONLY THOSE THINGS NECESSARY FOR HIMSELF, WHICH ARE SET ASIDE AS HIS QUARTER.
AND ONE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT OTHER THINGS KNOWING WELL TO WHOM THEY BELONG.
ONE SHOULD THEREFORE BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT EXCEPT FOR THE LORD.
NO ONE IS THE PROPRIETOR OF ANYTHING.
ONCE YOU ACCEPT ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SET ASIDE BY THE LORD AS HIS QUARTER, THE COW FOR INSTANCE GIVES MILK, BUT SHE DOES NOT DRINK THAT MILK SHEETS, GRASS, AND STRAW, AND HER MILK IS DESIGNATED AS FOOD FOR HUMAN BEINGS, SUCH AS THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LORD.
THUS, WE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THOSE THINGS.
HE HAS KINDLY SET ASIDE FOR US AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS CONSIDER TO HOME THOSE THINGS WE POSSESS ACTUALLY BELONG.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING IT THE OPPORTUNITY.
I PLAN TO THE GYM SORT OF ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
[1. Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee Update – Chairman Boyd Dunn]
SO WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS EVENING.AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITIZENS BOND, EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BOYD, DUNN TO COME UP AND SHARE WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, MAYOR HARKEY MIRROR, VICE MAYOR STUART, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME TO, UH, GIVE A STATUS REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE CITIZEN BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLIS AND HARRIS.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND BY THE WAY, YOU'RE SERVING ON THE BEST CITY COUNCIL IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT SAYS AN EXPLORER EXPLORATORY
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COMMITTEE AND THE SEVEN SUBCOMMITTEES WERE FORMED BY THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE A CITIZEN INPUT REGARDING A POSSIBLE BOND AUTHORIZATION TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.THE LAST BOND AUTHORIZATION OCCURRED 13 YEARS AGO, AND THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME APPOINTED 38 CITIZENS ON SIX COMMITTEES TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON 10 SEPARATE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR NEEDED PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS THIS TIME, THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, IT INCREASED THAT NUMBER TO 49 INDIVIDUALS SERVING ON EIGHT COMMITTEES TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.
THEY'RE DEEMED FISCALLY PRUDENT AND FOCUSED ON SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS THAT WE FEEL ARE NEEDED.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED VERY WELL.
THE CITIZEN BOND, EXPLORATORY STEERING COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE NOW MET NEARLY 60 TIMES SINCE AUGUST COLLECTIVELY, THE 49 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES HAVE A NEARLY PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
THE MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN THEIR ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THERE'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
THERE ARE GROUP THERE'S GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND PARTICIPATION FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
NUMEROUS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOURED FACILITIES BOTH APPROVED FROM PAST BOND AUTHORIZATIONS AS WELL AS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAVE PRESENT NEEDS AND REQUIRE UPDATES.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF CHANDLER HISTORY AND THEY WORK WELL WITH STAFF DISCUSSING PROJECTS AND FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.
THEY DEVELOPED UNDERSTANDING OF DEBT CAPACITY BASED ON THE REMAINING PRIOR BOND AUTHORIZATION.
THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CITY PLANNING STUDIES COMPLETED IN RECENT YEARS BY THIS COUNCIL HAS OFFERED VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, THEY REVIEWED YOUR 10 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ALONG WITH COUNCIL STATE PRIORITIES CONTAINED THEIR STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN, UM, SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE SUBCOMMITTEES BY OFFERING INFORMATION, EXPLAINING OPERATIONAL NEEDS, MAKING PRESENTATIONS AND ADDRESSING QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS AND LIKE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANKING STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK, ESPECIALLY DON AND MATT.
UM, THEY PROVIDE ENORMOUS, UH, GUIDELINES AND, AND, AND HELP WITH THE, UH, WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CITIZEN PROCESS BE ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY DONE THAT.
THE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDAS, COPIES AND PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO VIEW ON THE CITY WEBSITE@CHANDLERAZ.GOV SLASH BOND ELECTION STAFF HAS BEGUN A SIT STAFF ALSO BEGAN A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROCESS IN NOVEMBER TO INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE WORK OF THE BOND COMMITTEE WHILE ENCOURAGING THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
ALL MEETINGS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES WERE NOTICED HOW PUBLICLY AND PUBLIC COMMENT WAS WELCOMED.
ALSO ALSO THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
THE SUBCOMMITTEES TOOK THEIR ASSIGNED AREAS UNDER CAREFUL STUDY, MET WITH DIRECTORS AND PREPARED THE WISHLIST THROUGH A THOROUGHLY INDICATING THEIR PRIORITIES AND THOSE WISH LISTS WERE EXTENSIVE.
AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT LISTENING TO THEM IN, IN, IN ACCORDANCE TO IMPORTANCE FROM THEIR VIEWPOINTS.
I SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIRS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES FOR, UM, FOR LEADING, UH, THEIR MEMBERS SO WELL AND PRESENTING THEIR REPORTS TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE, BOTH IN WRITING AND VERBALLY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAVE BEGAN WORKING SINCE BEGAN WORKING SINCE DECEMBER EVALUATING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WISHLIST FURTHER BY THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
I LIKE TO ANNOUNCE, MAKE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT SUCH EVALUATIONS I'VE WORKED TOWARDS A FINAL PROPOSAL TO SAY, COUNCIL THAT WILL NOT INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES FOR YOU.
THE PRIMARY AND SECRETARY RACE BY MAKING CERTAIN THAT, UM, PROPOSED PROJECTS WERE ABLE TO FIT WITHIN CAPITAL FUNDING WHILE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATE OPERATING OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE FEES AND COSTS.
SO BOTH, UM, HUMIDITY'S UNDERSTOOD, UNDERSTOOD THE STANDING FISCAL POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE COUNCIL THAT HAS.
I SAW IT IN ACHIEVING OUR TRIPLE A BOND RATINGS.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE STAYED HOW ADDITIONAL BOND AUTHORIZATIONS WOULD NOT RESOLVE AND THEY INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAXES.
THE MEMBER SPECIFICALLY REVIEWED FUNDING OPTIONS FOR ALL, ALL PROJECTS IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS OCCURRED ON THE TYPES
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OF PROJECTS, TYPICALLY SUPPORT BY VOTERS.THAT DISCUSSION INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF BOND ELECTIONS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING A 2020 THAT OCCURRED IN TEMPE, MESA AND GLENDALE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, TEMPE AND MESA, UM, APPROVED ALL OF THEIR BOND AUTHORIZATION BY THE VOTE OF THEIR CITIZENS WHILE GLENDALE'S, UM, UH, AUTHORIZATIONS FAILED UNTIL WE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT TEMPE AND MASON, THE, UM, THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND STEERING COMMITTEES, UH, ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BILL DAVIS FROM PIPER SANDLER AND THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL, TIM STRATTON FROM GUST ROSENFELD AND APPLYING THESE FACTORS AS STEERING COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER, 1820 20 UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO NOT INCLUDE UTILITIES AS A QUESTION IN THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION, BY DETERMINED THAT ETRO BONDS HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY USED TO FUND UTILITY PROJECTS.
AND ON JANUARY 15, 2021, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AGAIN, UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO NOT INCLUDE THE AIRPORT OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS QUESTIONS.
AND THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION SAYS PROJECTS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE FUNDED WITH EITHER REMAINING BOND AUTHORIZATION, CASH, OR A FUTURE BOND ELECTION.
THIS ALLOWED US TO PUT MORE OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE CRITICAL PROJECTS ON THE QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED BY THIS COUNCIL FOR 2021.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS PLANNING TO VOTE SOON ON THE BOND QUESTIONS AND HOW THEY SHOULD APPEAR ON THE UPCOMING BONDS, UH, ELECTION LATER THIS YEAR.
AND I PLAN TO PRESENT ALL THE PROPOSED PROJECT DETAILS WITH THE FINAL REPORT ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2021.
BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE PROVIDING A FINAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO THE SE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THIS DATE FOR YOUR REVIEW DETAILING THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED BY A FUTURE BOND ELECTION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVING AS CHAIRMAN AND FOR THE CITIZENS WORKING ON THIS IMPORTANT, UH, THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO GIVE YOU THE BEST POSSIBLE ADVICE FOR YOUR FINAL DECISION.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, COMMISSIONER, DOUG.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUBMISSION.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY MAYOR DON, THANK YOU FOR HAVING MAYOR JOHN AND COMMISSIONER DONE HOLIDAYS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ORLANDO VICE MARIANNE.
I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE FIRST AT THIS POINT 27 YEARS AGO, THIRD, 25 YEARS AGO.
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER OFF, STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO GET HELP YOU OUTTA BE SLEEP.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE SUBMITTED INFORMATION? CITIZENS WENT ONLINE, SUBMITTED INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THAT? I PROBABLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY FROM THE WEBSITE, BUT WE DID HAVE PARTICIPANTS AT THAT APPEARED IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, ACTUALLY TWO FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY COUNCIL WHO ASKED FOR A GOOD QUESTION TO, TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF HITS ON THE WEBSITE.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANY RECORDS OF HOW MANY CITIZENS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE ON? YOU CAN GET IT TO US.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A BIG, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS ARE, ARE RESPONDING AND IT'S GOOD.
SECOND, UM, PUT THAT ON THE EXECUTIVE ON THE SECTOR REPORT AS TO ANY QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
I APPRECIATE, I THINK THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.
AND THAT HELPS US PRIORITIZE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMEBODY'S ISSUES WHERE THE MINDSET ARE, THE CITIZENS ARE.
SO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT.
WELL, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMITTEE.
THEY HAD, THEY LOOKED AT VERY SERIOUSLY WHAT, UH, HOW OTHER PATHS ON AUTHORIZATIONS, EACH CATEGORY.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ONES THAT ARE VERY POPULAR ASSISTANT POLICE WITH POLICE, FIRE PARKS AND, UH, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE GONNA BE THE KEY ITEMS YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AS WELL AS BRING UP SOME NEW AREAS.
UM, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES, WE'VE NEVER REALLY GONE OUT AND ASKED FOR ON, UH, AUTHORIZATION, NOT FOR THE COST, MAINTAIN THOSE, UH, THOSE ENTITIES, BUT TO IMPROVE THEM, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY, TO KEEP THEM VIABLE FOR SERVING OUR CITIZENS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A, IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING BOND AUTHORIZATION, BUT AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS HAD THOSE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY DIVIDED.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS DEVISE SO THAT SOME OF THE SENATORS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON EACH ONE ANY WAY THEY WISH TO DO SO EXCELLENT VICE MAYOR, WHICH ARE ADULTING.
UM, SO THEY, WE HAVE ANYTHING I'VE BOUGHT FELL OFF THE LIST.
UM, WHAT I WOULD RE SORRY, I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY FALLEN OFF BECAUSE IT'S INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UM, UM, BUT ONE ITEM THAT, THAT WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH IS THE DETENTION CENTER.
UH, THERE WAS REQUESTS TO BUILD A NEW DETENTION CENTER FOR CHANDLER ALONE AND THE POLICE, SHE ACHIEVED AN
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EXCELLENT JOB IN PRESENTING THAT AND REALIZING THAT SCOTTSDALE HAS ONE.SO I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SCOTTSDALE AS WELL, WE GOT TO HAVE ONE, BUT, UH, BUT AFTER LOOKING AT REALIZING THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE PERHAPS 33, WAS THAT THE CORRECT NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO MAN IT HAS SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS.
AND, UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS HAD THIS POLICY THAT IF WE, IF WE DO INCLUDE A CAPITAL ITEM, THE OPERATIONAL MANAGED COSTS NEEDED TO BE PART OF THAT QUESTION.
AND THOSE OPERATION MANY COSTS WERE HOW MANY MILLIONS WE KNOW DONALD HAD THE POSITIONS.
AND THE COST WAS ABOUT 3.3 MILLION IN ONGOING OVER 2 MILLION, 3.3 MILLION.
SO WE FELT THAT UNDER THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, SO TAKEN AWAY A LOT OF PROJECTS AND ESPECIALLY WE LOOKED VERY CAREFULLY AT HOW WELL THE PARTNERSHIP IS, IS OCCURRING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WITH A GILBERT FACILITY WE'RE STILL COOPERATING.
WE STILL HAVE, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, I'M TA I'M SAYING THINGS THEY SHOULD KNOW ALREADY, BUT I LEARNED THAT WE HAVE OPS TWO MORE YEARS OF, OF, OF ASSURANCE THERE.
AND SO WE FELT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO EXPAND ON THE LAB FACILITY.
UM, UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND THE COUNSELOR DID APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAD A TOUR FIRST TIME, I THINK SINCE THE, UM, UH, FOR A LONG TIME OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
AND I SAW HOW CRAMPED THOSE QUARTERS WORK AND I SAW HOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMITTEE REALLY WAS TAKEN BACK BY HOW LIMITED THEIR LAB FACILITIES ARE.
SO WE FELT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO BUILD A NEW LAB FACILITY.
THERE'LL BE ABLE TO BE PHASED IN THAT WILL NOT HAVE THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE COSTS INITIALLY.
AND THAT, UM, AND THAT COULD ALSO SERVE, UH, COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF CHANDLER PERHAPS, UM, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A LAB THAT OTHER CITIES WANT TO USE TOO, AND THAT COULD BRING IN SOME INCOME.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE EXPLAINED THAT REPORT.
SO IT WAS VERY TOUGH TO LOOK AT THE WISHLIST OF ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS THEY WANTED TO DO, AND THEN LOOKING AT MORE CRITICALLY.
AND THAT WAS THE ROLE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION AND HELP WITH THE STAFF TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THINGS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WE DID NOT WANT TO GET IN THE POSITION TO EVEN OFFER COUNSEL, UM, AN OPTION THAT WOULD INCREASE SECONDARY OR EVEN POTENTIALLY A PRIMARY PROPERTY CHECKS THAT WILL, I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, ANYTHING THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO GO FORWARD.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS WHY WE CHOSE CERTAIN THINGS AND WHY OTHER THINGS ARE, OR LATER ON.
BUT THE THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THEY'RE THERE, WE LOOKED AT TWO PHASES OF THE BOND QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A TEN-YEAR PERIOD, CORRECT? YES.
AND, UM, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE THE PRIVATE OF THE COUNCIL MAKE CHANGES.
I MEAN, YOU MAY HAVE YOUR WISDOM ON A CIP PROGRAM DECIDED TO BRING SOMETHING UP SOONER OR LATER.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROJECTS THAT FIT, YOU KNOW, FISCALLY AND THOSE IN THAT AREA, BUT REALIZING THAT THE TIMING OF THOSE ITEMS AS ALWAYS WILL BE DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL AND, AND FINALLY, UM, THANK YOU.
UM, THE, UH, THE IT AND THE AIRPORT THAT ALSO BE INCLUDED THE REPORT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WERE THERE AS WELL.
AND IT'S NOT, THE AIRPORT DID NOT GET OBTAIN WHAT THEY FELT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOP THE AIRPORT.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE MAJOR ITEM IS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY ON THE STREETS AREA, UM, AND THERE'S CASH AVAILABLE TO DO OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE, UM, OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT.
AND IT WAS ALSO ANOTHER ONE THAT I HAD REALLY LOOKED INTO JUST TO UNDERSTAND OUR FIBER OPTIC, UM, STRUCTURE IN THE STATE CHANDLER.
UM, WE FEEL, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY THE FIBER OPTICS WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
AND THAT MAY BE EITHER PAID BY FUTURE RESOURCES, OREGON UNDER THE BOND ELECTION OUT WE'LL FURTHER.
SO ALL THAT WOULD BE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL.
AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE ONCE AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE, IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE REALLY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, SERVING AND LEADING THIS, THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WITH CHANDLER.
I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA WORK OUT GREAT WHEN WE GET THE REPORT IN APRIL TO, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY DEEP DIVE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE DEMONIC AND HE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE MYSELF, JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN A PLEASURE COMING BACK TO CHAMBER AS LAST BONDED AUTHORIZATION OCCURRED 13 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS MAYOR.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT, BUT, UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR THE CITY AND I JUST COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE GOT THE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE CITIZENS.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RECEPTION IF WE NOT FOR THE, UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN TO SERVE YOU AND TO SERVE THE CITY, HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT,
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YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER NEEDS, BUT ALSO THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAKE THESE DECISIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN, THAT WE HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT WE NEED FOR THE FUTURE.SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, YOUR SKIM, A CERTIFICATE OR SOME SORT OF DIPLOMA FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS, BUT, UH, I'M CERTAIN YOU WILL, BUT, UM, BUT THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND THEY'RE DONE.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS OUTSTANDING FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING.
W WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP NOW, IS THERE A TIMELINE OR, UM, I PLAN TO BE BACK HERE ON FEBRUARY 25TH.
UM, BEFORE THAT YOU'LL GET A VERY DETAILED WRITTEN REPORT.
UH, THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS MEETING TOMORROW TO, UH, TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS ON NUMBERS, BUT ALSO TO START REVIEWING THAT REPORT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER AS WE'RE SPEAKING.
NO, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT DOLLARS LAY SHE IS WORKING ON IT.
NO, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO SPEAK TO ME.
I ALWAYS GOT ANOTHER LAYER TOO, BUT, UM, BUT, UH, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A DETAILED REPORT TO REVIEW BEFOREHAND.
SO WHEN I COME BACK AND MAKE THE REPORT, YOU'LL HAVE ALL THOSE FACTS IN FRONT OF YOU AND, AND, UH, AND, UM, AND BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THE DECISION THEN.
SO WE'RE WRAPPING UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
[Consent Agenda]
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ON MONDAY ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE TOPICS.
UM, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 13 IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL THE FEBRUARY 25TH MEETING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED? VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
I APPROVED THAT WE, UH, I MAKE A MOTION.
WE APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 28TH, UH, AGENDA ITEM ONE THROUGH 27.
AND AS YOU INDICATED, CONTINUE TO ABIDE IN 13TH OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2021 MEETING.
I SECOND THAT I HAVE A SECOND A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
SO WE'VE, UH, CARTER LIKE FOR VOTE.
[28. Councilmember Orlando Requests a Briefing on COVID-19 Vaccinations]
FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO HAS REQUESTED A BRIEFING FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF, TOM WIGGINS ABOUT COVID VACCINATION.THANKS SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER ORLANDO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF.
AND I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THIS MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO, ARCHIE STARTS.
UM, I KNOW HE'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE EMBARRASSED HERE, BUT I TRULY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU AND YOUR STAFF IS DOING, UH, TO KEEP US SAFE UPTICK WITH THIS COAL BED AND THEN OUT AT THE POND SEVERAL TIMES, AND YOUR FOLKS ARE OUT THERE HUSTLING, AND I KNOW THEY'RE FLAT RATE, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE HUSTLING.
AND I SAID, THE OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE HUSTLING THE NATIONAL GUARDS OUT THERE, HUSTLING.
THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, THAT SHINE, ARMS SAVES A LIFE.
AND I TRULY WANT TO PLAY, I TRULY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA.
UH, IT'S BEEN, UM, WELL-RECOGNIZED BY, UH, EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE LEANED FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE FROM DAY ONE.
AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I PROMISE I WON'T BARGE YOU ANYMORE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH VICE MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO, UH, JUST TO ECHO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THIS IS, UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY SICK PEOPLE DYING.
UM, BUT I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU AT SOME POINT, EVEN OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VACCINES TONIGHT IS A GOOD THING.
UH, REALLY THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO A VERY LONG, UH, PROBLEM THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD.
AND SO, UM, AS, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO BE DONE WITH COVID, UM, WE ARE IN THAT LAST STAGE, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO BE RESILIENT.
WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT, UM, TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VACCINES AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE CITY.
SO, SO ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT IN PREPARING FOR THIS, UH, THIS BRIEFING, YOU KNOW, I'VE VISITED ALL OF THE SITES, AC DHS, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH.
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I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU ARE RECEIVING PHONE CALLS, UH, EMAILS, PROBABLY DAILY LOOKING FOR INFORMATION.UM, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOURCES OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT IS CONFLICTING.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC.
AND SO I DO WANT TO PUT ONE DISCLAIMERS THAT THE INFORMATION THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND IT IS VERY BASIC INFORMATION, UM, IS, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE PULLED MY STAFF AND I FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
BUT LITERALLY AS WE SPEAK TONIGHT, IT COULD BE CHANGING IT.
THINGS ARE CHANGING THAT QUICK.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS AT THE STATE LEVEL AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BY THE TIME THE MEETING AND THE INFORMATION HAD CHANGED ON US.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY DO THE BEST I CAN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN TALK ABOUT THIS.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE I HAVE UP IS THE, UH, IS, IS REALLY THE, UH, THE FACE SLIDE.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE AS TO HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THESE PHASES? WHAT ARE THESE PRIORITIES ABOUT? UM, AND SO THIS IS RIGHT OFF THE MARICOPA COUNTY WEBSITE, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S A GROUP AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT REPORTS TO THE CDC, THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO HOW YOU SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE VACCINES FOR THE JAC, FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION.
THEY THEN SEND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS DOWN TO THE STATE LEVEL AND THE STATE TAKES THEM.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COMMITTEE THAT IS FORMED, THAT TAKES THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN THEY, THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOTH THE STATE AND COUNTY.
UM, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN HERE.
SO AS IT'S LAID OUT HERE, YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE REALLY THREE PHASES, BUT WITHIN PHASE ONE, WE HAVE PHASE ONE, A PHASE ONE B AND PHASE ONE C A PHASE ONE, A ACTUALLY STARTED ON JANUARY, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER 21ST.
UH, AND THAT WAS FOR ALL OF OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS OR HOSPITAL STAFF, UH, CARE WORKERS FROM, FROM MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS.
UM, OUR EMS WORKERS, WHICH WERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND THEN IN LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES, THEY REALLY START TO ENGAGE THE CDC AND THE COUNTY TO GET IN THERE FROM PHASE ONE, A AND IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THAT ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THEY TRANSITIONED TO PHASE ONE B.
NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, PHASE ONE B HAS FIVE DIFFERENT SUB CATEGORIES.
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY, INSTEAD OF TAKING ALL FIVE CATEGORIES, THEY TOOK THE FIRST THREE.
SO OUR TEACHERS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ANYONE OVER 75 AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY CALL THEM WAS PHASE ONE B PRIORITY.
AND SO THAT PHASE ONE B PRIORITY IS WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO BE VACCINATED RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK, AS YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT HE WANTED A 65 AND OLDER, WHICH CURRENTLY RESIDES IN ONCE HE MOVED INTO PHASE ONE B UH, THAT MOVE WAS ACTUALLY, UH, MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
IT WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO THE STATE, THE STATE ADOPTED THAT, AND THEY ARE NOW VACCINATING EVERYONE 65 AND OLDER, ALONG WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION AND EVERYONE REMAINING IN ONE A HOWEVER, THE COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE OUR PODS ARE DECIDED THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE POPULATION THAT THEY'RE SERVING, UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS 400,000 PEOPLE IN MARICOPA, 65 AND OLDER.
AND SO WHAT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO DO IS, IS TO WAIT.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH MORE OF THE ONE, A AND ONE B PRIORITY POPULATION.
AND THEN THEY'LL START WITH THE AGE 65 AND OLDER, AND THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE HERE PRETTY SOON.
AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT 65 TO 74 GROUP THAT ARE VERY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN'T GET APPOINTMENTS.
AND ANY OF OUR PODS THAT OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS OUR SOUTHEAST POD, UM, THE ONLY PLACES THEY CAN GO IS TO THE TWO STATE PODS, WHICH IS AT THE CARDINAL STADIUM AND THEN A PHOENIX MUNICIPAL STADIUM, THE COUNTY MADE THEIR DECISION, NOT ONLY BASED ON A SUPPLY ISSUE, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AGE GROUP, THE 65 TO 74, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE 75 AND OLDER, OLDER, IF YOU BASE IT OFF OF THE 18 TO 29, I MEAN, THE, UH, THE 65 TO 74, THEY HAVE ABOUT A 5% INCREASE OR FIVE THEY'RE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED VERSUS THE 75 AND OLDER ARE MORE LIKELY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT MORTALITY, THE 64 TO 75 ARE AT 90 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A FATAL OUTCOME VERSUS THE 18 TO 29.
BUT THE MINUTE YOU GET TO THAT 75 AND OLDER, IT GOES TO 200 TIMES.
AND SO THEY REALLY MADE THEIR POLICY BASED ON NOT JUST SUPPLY, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE DATA, WHAT ARE THE, THE, UH, THE PATIENT OUTCOMES.
AND SO AT THIS TIME THEY'RE HOLDING, UH, RIGHT HERE AT THE, AT THE 75 AND OLDER, AND
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HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME SOON.UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, PHASE ONE C THAT HAS ALSO THE ADULT, UH, WITH HIGH RISK MEDICAL CONDITION, THEN WE START GETTING INTO PHASE TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS MORE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.
SO I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THINGS ARE LOGGED JAM, THAT THEIR SUPPLY ISSUES.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POPULATIONS OF THESE PHASES, PHASE ONE, A HAD A POPULATION OF 376,000 PEOPLE PHASE ONE B, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WITH THE PRIORITIES ABOUT 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE.
AND THEN PHASE ONE C ONCE WE GET IN THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3.5.
AND SO IT WAS OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN JUST PHASE ONE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VACCINATED.
AND SO THAT'S TOTAL ALL THREE
UH, SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, THIS IS A BIG LIFT.
THIS IS A BIG LIFT TO GET THAT MANY PEOPLE, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THE VARIOUS SITES TO GET THEM VACCINATED.
ORIGINALLY, THE PLAN WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS THAT THE, THE FIRST PODS THAT WERE UP, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE UP IN DECEMBER AND PART OF JANUARY.
AND BY THE END OF JANUARY, ALL OF THE DISPENSARY OF THESE VACCINES WERE GOING TO GO TO YOUR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
AND THEN ALL OF YOUR LOCAL PHARMACIES, YOUR, YOUR ALBERTSONS, YOUR FRIES, DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE PODS.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP THOSE UP.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MANY OF YOU HAD QUESTIONS OR YOU'VE HEARD RUMORS.
I THINK I HEARD IT ON THE NEWS THE OTHER NIGHT THAT THE SOUTHEAST POD IS GOING TO BE CLOSED HERE IN A WEEK.
THEY HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT THAT POD WILL BE OPEN THROUGH FEBRUARY, AND THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING OUT INTO MARCH KEEPING THAT POT OPEN.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST IDEAL, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY DISPENSARY SITES.
UM, RIGHT NOW THIS IS WORKING.
AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO STAY WITH THIS POD CONCEPT WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO INTRODUCE MORE PHARMACIES, UH, MORE GROCERY STORES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO OUR, OUR POINT OF DISPENSARY LOCATION, AND THAT'S WHAT POD STANDS FOR.
YOU CAN SEE I'VE LISTED, UH, THESE HERE, THE ONES IN BLACK WITH THE C AND THERE'S FIVE MAIN ONES.
AND SO THOSE ARE ALL RUN BY THE COUNTY.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE USING THE PFIZER VACCINE.
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO START USING SOME MODERATE VACCINE AS WELL, THEN YOU HAVE THE TWO STATE SITES, WHICH I SAID WAS A STATE FARM STADIUM IN GLENDALE, A PHOENIX, MUNICIPAL STADIUM, AND PHOENIX WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE COUNTY SITES, AS I SAID, WILL NOT VACCINATE ANYONE WHO IS NOT OVER 75.
SO THAT 65 TO 74 AGE AGE RANGE HAS TO GO TO ONE OF THE TWO STATE SITES.
BUT ADDITIONALLY, WHEN YOU GO TO A POD, WHETHER YOU USE PFIZER OR MODERNA, YOU HAVE GOT TO STAY WITH THAT SAME MANUFACTURER.
SO YOU CAN'T GO TO ONE POD SITE AND GET A PFIZER VACCINE, NOT BE ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT, BUT BOOK ONE ACROSS TOWN AND GO TO ANOTHER ONE AND RECEIVE A SEPARATE TYPE OF VACCINE, YOU HAVE TO STAY CONSISTENT.
UM, THE ADVICE THAT I'VE BEEN GIVING PEOPLE IS TRY TO STAY CONSISTENT WITHIN YOUR POD, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPER VACCINE.
UM, BUT THESE ARE THE FIVE SITES.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO OPEN MORE SITES.
I KNOW THE GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY IS OPENING THE SITE IN THEIR PARKING LOT, RIGHT NOW, THE STRATEGY WITH THAT IS THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE SECOND DOSE.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE COLLEGES, UH, AREAS OPEN UP SITES.
AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IS REALLY SEPARATE SOME OF THESE PODS FROM FIRST DOSE TO SECOND DOSE, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE, MANY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND, BUT MANY ARE STILL WAITING FOR IT.
AND YOU JUST HAD SUCH AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE ALL AT ONCE THAT THOSE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE SECOND DOSE ARE REALLY SCRAMBLING.
NOW WE DID HAVE A CALL WITH COUNTY LAST NIGHT.
THEY SAID THAT EMAILS ARE GOING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSE AS TO HOW TO REGISTER AND WHERE TO GO FOR THEIR SECOND.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UP AGAINST A CLOCK OBVIOUSLY TO GET THOSE DOSES IN THOSE ARMS AND THE, AND THAT'S OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
SO OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, POD LOCATIONS, UH, WE HAVE PHARMACIES.
AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY OR AC DHS, THERE IS A VERY BOLD STATEMENT THAT SAYS, IF YOU ARE OVER 75, BEFORE YOU REGISTER, CLICK ON THIS LINK, AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO BRING YOU TO A PHARMACY, A REGISTRATION PROCESS.
AND IF THAT'S AN OPTION FOR YOU, UM, YOU CAN GO TO HERE, YOU CAN SEE ALBERTSONS AND SAFEWAY AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE VACCINE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE AT THE POD, THE SITE, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE EVERY DAY, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE LINES.
WHEREAS IF WE GO TO THE ALBERTSON'S ON CHANDLER, IT'S
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NOT GOING TO BE AS BIG.SO THE, THE, UH, APPOINTMENTS BOOK VERY QUICKLY, I TRIED TO GET IN THERE AND BOOK AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT, AND I COULDN'T GET ONE.
AND I'M SURE THAT THAT'S COMMON, BUT THIS IS AN OPTION.
AND I JUST, I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PREFERRED METHOD WHERE THE STATE AND THE COUNTY WANT TO GO.
THEY REALLY WANT TO FLUSH THESE OUT INTO THE PHARMACIES.
AND AS I SAID, THE PRIMARY CARE, SO THEY CAN GET PEOPLE GOING THERE, VICE MAYOR.
IS IT PURELY A SUPPLY ISSUE OR IS IT A CONTRACTUAL ISSUE OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? IF YOU HAVE ANY VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, I PUT THE SIX CLOSEST ONES, BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE, UM, THERE IS, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THE SUPPLY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 169,000 VACCINES PER WEEK ARE THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BOOK THEIR APPOINTMENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE COUNTY AND THE STATE CANNOT GUARANTEE HOW MANY VACCINES THAT THEY CAN GET.
SO THEY'RE ONLY DOING ONE TO TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH VACCINES ON HAND SO THAT IF ANY OF US BOOK AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY GO, THEY CAN GET IT 169,000 IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD IS THAT WE'RE GETTING PER WEEK.
I KNOW THAT, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK.
UM, WE, WE HAD A REQUEST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 300,000 THAT WAS DENIED.
UM, THEY'RE STAYING AT ONE 69 RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THE STATE IS OBVIOUSLY VERY MOTIVATED TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET MORE SUPPLY.
AND WE ARE SEEING MORE SITES POP UP.
I'M HEARING ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
THERE'S A NEW SITE THAT'S POPPING UP AND IT HAS, THAT HAPPENS.
YOU'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE SAME SUPPLY.
SO YOUR SUPPLY JUST GETS SHORTER AND SHORTER AND SHORTER.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLA'S G WHEN YOU SAID 169,000, IS THAT BOTH OF FIRST AND SECOND BILLS AT THE SAME TIME, UH, OF EACH VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT'S BOLD.
AND SO THEY HAVE A, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BREAKDOWN FOR PFIZER AND MADRONA.
THEY'LL TAKE EITHER ONE OF THEM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING TOTAL INDEXING WITH BOTH MANUFACTURERS.
MA'AM UM, MAYBE IT'S TOO TECHNICAL.
ONE IS THE PFIZER'S TWO SHOTS AND MADONNA'S ONE, OR IS, ARE, HAS BEEN DURING ALSO TOO, UH, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, BOTH OUR TWO SHOTS.
UH, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THE, UH, THE MADONNA IS MUCH EASIER TO STORE.
UH, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE FREEZERS THAT, THAT THE, UH, PFIZER DOES.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, THE PFIZER IS A 21 DAY WINDOW MINIMUM BEFORE YOU GET YOUR SECOND DOSE.
AND MADRONA IS A 28 DAY 10TH, THE FIRST ONE, AGAIN, IT WAS 21 DAYS.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GET YOUR INJECTION, YOU HAVE ABOUT 50% IMMUNITY, 21 DAYS LATER, YOU GET THE SECOND INJECT INJECTION, WHICH IS CALLED A BOOSTER, AND THAT'LL BRING YOU UP TO 96%.
SO EVEN WITH THE FIRST DOSE, YOU HAVE SOME IMMUNITY, BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET YOU TO 96.
AND SO AFTER 21 DAYS FROM THE FIRST INJECTION, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO GET THAT BOOSTER INJECTION.
NOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT ON THE 21ST DAY.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS WINDOW IN THERE, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ARE FOCUSING RIGHT NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE STAY WITHIN THAT WINDOW AND GET THAT SECOND DOSE.
UH, SO TALK TO ME ABOUT, AGAIN, THE SUPPLY CHAIN HERE, UM, 169 A WEEK, UH, I MEAN, PLANNING THIS OUT, DOING SOME MATH, AND YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS, THAT WOULD COVER ALL OF ONE B IS THAT EXPECTED THAT WHEN SHE WOULD OPEN UP IN ONCE IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, AND IF THAT NUMBER HOLDS, IT SHOULD BE OPENING UP IN FIVE, SIX WEEKS, UH, AS A COUNTY HAVE ANY PLAN ROADMAP ESTIMATIONS ON THAT.
AND AS PART OF THAT, IS THERE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, BECAUSE AGAIN, HAS THIS LAYS OPEN FOR THE ONE BEES WHEN THEY PASS 75%, ARE THOSE THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE TAKING IT, THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
IS THERE A POINT WHERE THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GIVEN THE ONE B'S LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE.
NOW WE HAVE ON HAND AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO WE'RE MOVING ONTO ONE SEAT OR ARE THEY STAYING UNTIL ALL ONE B'S ARE DONE? WE'RE NOT MOVING INTO ONE SEAT OUT.
HOW IS THEIR PLAN, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER? SO THEY ARE WHAT THEY DID WITH TIER ONE A IS THEY MOVED ON, BUT THEY KEPT IT OPEN.
SO YOU CAN STILL REGISTER WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE REGISTRATION SITE RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU'RE A TIER ONE B PRIORITY, THE FIRST COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ARE STILL ASKING YOU IF YOU'RE A HEALTH CARE WORKER.
AND IF YOU INDICATE THAT YOU ARE,
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YOU CAN STILL GET THAT, THAT VACCINE.AND SO, UH, I BELIEVE THEY WILL MOVE ON AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION GOES AS TIMES.
THAT IS, I MEAN, THAT'S THE GOLDEN QUESTION WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKING IS WHAT CAN WE PROJECT? ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST VACCINE AND THE SECOND VACCINE.
SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE DOING ONE 69 PER WEEK, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S TIMES TWO, BECAUSE THAT WHOEVER WE VACCINATE HAS TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND ONE.
AND SO IT REALLY BUILDS UP BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT, AND, AND THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE SOMEBODY ONE DOSE AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THEM TO THE SECOND DOSE, TO GET THEM TO THAT 96 PERCENTILE, AS FAR AS YOUR, THEIR IMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER.
IT'S A, IT'S A QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY THING THAT I DO KNOW FOR SURE IS THEY WILL MOVE ON AND THEY WILL KEEP YOU OPEN.
AND SO IT'LL JUST CONTINUE TO WORK, RIGHT.
AS STATED IN YOUR PREVIOUS GRAPH THAT IT'S, IT'S WITHIN THE PREVIOUS, THE ONE 81 B BE STILL OPEN.
THEY CAN ALWAYS COME IN ANY TIME, BUT THEY'LL MOVE ONTO ONE.
SEE, AFTER AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, BY THE NUMBERS, IF THEY THINK THAT WE CAN OPEN UP AND STILL HAVE ENOUGH.
I KNOW I DISCUSSED IT WITH YOU BEFORE REGARDING SYMPTOMS AND, AND WE ACTIONS LIKE THAT ABOUT IT.
UM, HOW'S THAT GOING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL LEAVE ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY EXPERIENCE IN OTHERS.
I KNOW WHEN I TOOK MINE, I HAD PEN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN MY ARMS. SO WHAT ELSE ARE WE SEEING BESIDE THAT VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER WE'VE BEEN AT THE, UH, AND REALLY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU IS ANECDOTAL BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T STUDIED IT.
UH, BUT WE, WE HAVE STAFF ON SITE THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREATMENT AND THE EVALUATION, AS YOU KNOW OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS.
UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, UH, MUCH LIKE YOUR PAIN AT THE SITE IS A SYSTEMIC RESPONSE THAT IS LOCAL.
UH, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A FULL BODY SYSTEMIC RESPONSE.
I KNOW THAT THE SITE REPORTED, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST NIGHT, THEY'RE AT 75,000 VACCINES JUST AT THIS, UM, SOUTHEAST SITE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY, BUT I ALSO HAVEN'T, UH, ASKED FOR ANY SPECIFIC STUDIES.
WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING OUR EAR OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT WE HEAR AND, AND YOU DO HEAR THINGS, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOTHING SIGNIFICANT WHERE OUR MEDICAL DIRECTORS AND THE PHYSICIANS BOTH AT THE COUNTY AT THE HOSPITAL, WHO'S, DIGNITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS POD, OR THEY'VE, THEY'VE STOPPED US, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT US IN AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO START LOOKING FOR THESE TYPES OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS. THAT COULD BE A SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC REACTION.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THAT ARE HURTING THEM THAT YET.
THAT'S MY RIGHT HARRIS AND CHIEF, HOW YOU DOING? I'M DOING GOOD.
DO I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? UM, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS AFTER YOUR, AFTER YOU VACCINATE THE FIRST AND SECOND TIME, THIS IS A TWO-PART QUESTION.
UH, DOES MASK GO AWAY AT THAT POINT? AND THEN CAN YOU CATCH COVID AGAIN AFTER RECEIVING THE SECOND VACCINATION VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER? SO THAT QUESTION IS A, IS, UH, SO FAR ABOVE MY HEAD, AS FAR AS WHETHER A MASS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THOSE DECISIONS ARE TO COME, BUT I HAVE TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT OR, OR WHAT THE COUNTY OR AC DHS IS GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW.
I DO KNOW, AND I CAN SPEAK FOR, UH, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, IS THAT WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED OR NOT, WE ARE STILL WEARING MASS.
UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN STILL GET THIS VIRUS, HOWEVER, THAT IMMUNITY THAT YOU BUILD FIGHTS IT.
SO YOU'RE NOT SYMPTOMATIC TO IT.
THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU STILL SHED IT? CAN YOU STILL BE CONTAGIOUS AND SHED THAT VIRUS? AND SO, UM, OUR OWN INTERNAL POLICY BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND OUR MEDICAL DIRECTION, UH, IS TO CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS AND WE'LL DO THAT UNTIL THAT DECISION IS MADE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, QUITE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF, UM, THE SENIOR POPULATION AND CHANDLER, ARE THEY KEEPING TRACK OF DATA TO SHARE THIS POPULATION OF PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO CHANDLER, LIKE OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION, OUR OLDER POPULATION, ARE WE, UH, DO YOU HAVE DATA TO SAY, OKAY, 25% OF OUR CITIZENS AND CHANDLER HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OR THEY'RE WORKING ON OUR SECOND BACK AND VACCINATION.
UM, AND THEN IS THERE ANY PLANS IN TERMS OF OUR SENIOR
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POPULATION, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, GET THE VACCINATION OR DO WE SET SOME ASIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT, IF YOU CAN JUST BE, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT EVERYWHERE, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SPEAK TO THOSE ISSUES THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER.SO TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION, AS FAR AS, UH, DATA GOES, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU RECEIVED THE VACCINE VACCINATION, UH, YOU GO THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC DATA POINTS THAT YOU ARE ENTERING.
UM, AND THAT DATA, UH, GOES TO THE STATE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, THEY'RE KEEPING THAT THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT RELEASING A DASHBOARD, JUST LIKE WE SEE FOR OUR COVID CASES, THE DASHBOARD HAS NOT BEEN CREATED YET.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IS TO SEE MAYBE A DASHBOARD SPECIFIC TO ZIP CODES OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, UH, WHAT PERCENTAGES ARE VACCINATED, AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, WHAT AGE GROUPS WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
BUT, UH, TO DATE, I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND THERE'S, UH, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR US TO GO TO GO GRAB THAT DATA.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS, I'VE HEARD THERE'S PLANS FOR A DASHBOARD IN THE FUTURE, YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR SECOND QUESTION REGARDING OUR, UM, OUR, OUR ELDERLY POPULATION, UH, WE ARE, UH, WORKING AT, ESPECIALLY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, WITH MANY OF OUR CITY GROUPS EVERY DAY, TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, OR IDENTIFY THE POPULATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE POD SITE, UH, MAY BE LIMITED BY CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY CAN GET THE VACCINE.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING TO EITHER FIND A WAY TO, UH, HELP THEM REGISTER, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET THEM TO THE POD AND, OR GIVE THEM, UH, VACCINATIONS.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY IDENTIFYING THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET, THAT COULD CHANGE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS US GIVING VACCINES, WE HAVE NOT STARTED THAT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, WHEN, UH, IT WAS ALMOST A YEAR AGO WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT COVID AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH, AND WHEN WE NEEDED INFORMATION, YOUR TEAM, AND YOU STEPPED UP TO GET US THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
I THINK, UM, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRISON, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR IS THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY, THE SAFER THAT WE FEEL, THE MORE COMMON THINGS ARE.
AND YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF DOING THAT FROM THE REPORTS THAT WE GET WEEKLY ABOUT WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE TO THIS REPORT TONIGHT.
SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A FEELING THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND THAT IN OUR CITIES SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CITY MANAGER.
THE CHIEF LIKES ABOUT THREE SLIDES BEING COMPLETE WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO CONTINUE YOUR, YOUR CHOICE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT THE END.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, THIS SLIDES UP HERE, AND THIS IS JUST, UH, THESE ARE THE WEBSITES.
THERE ARE WEBSITES FOR, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE STATE, THE COUNTY AND THE, UH, THE PHARMACIES, EACH ONE OF THESE SITES, UM, WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO REGISTER.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A HELPLINE IN PLACE THAT IF FOR SOME REASON YOU CAN'T, THERE'S JUST A PROBLEM.
YOU CAN'T REGISTER, OR YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER, YOU CAN GO TO THE HELPLINE AND, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN GUIDE YOU NOW, UH, TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT.
I TRIED AND I TRIED FOR HOURS AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET TO THESE HELPLINES.
THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A HELPLINE, JUST THE STATE.
UH, MANY OF US THAT, THAT SIT ON THESE TASKFORCE HAVE SAID THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY TO GET MORE HELP OUT THERE REGISTERING.
WE BELIEVE THE MESSAGE IS GETTING TO THE POPULATION, BUT IT IS, UH, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST PROCESS TO REGISTER.
AND SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, STAFF OR WHATEVER THEY CAN DO, UM, REALLY QUICK, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY THE SOUTHEAST POD, AS I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL POD.
UH, WE'VE DONE 75,000 VACCINES, UH, VERSUS 42 IS THE NEXT 42,000.
THE NEXT ONE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, LEADERSHIP FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, SOME OF OUR TEAMS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, NOVEMBER WORKING WITH THESE GROUPS, WITH DIGNITY, WITH THE COUNTY TO PLAN THIS EVENT.
UM, WE'VE HAD BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, WITH EMS STANDBYS, I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THE STAFF OUT THERE AT THE COLLEGE.
UH, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE TURNING OUT SO
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MANY VACCINES CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UH, HOLDING A VACCINE CLINIC THIS WEEKEND.
UH, ONE AT PERRY, ONE AT HAMILTON, THEY HAVE ASKED HELP FROM PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO W WE WILL HAVE OUR PARAMEDICS THERE TO STAND BY JUST AS WE'RE DOING IT AT THAT SOUTHEAST POD.
THAT WAY, IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, UH, W WE CAN BE RIGHT THERE TO HELP RESPOND, UH, THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND IMMUNIZATION CLINIC.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE, WE HAD TO, TO IMMUNIZE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN WE DID THAT, WE DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL VACCINES LEFTOVER.
WE WENT THROUGH THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY SAID, HEY, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO START VACCINATING SOME OF YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND SO WE DID, UH, WE DID PUT A, UM, A CLINIC TOGETHER TO VACCINATE EMPLOYEES.
I CAN TELL YOU HUMAN RESOURCES, NOT SURE IF BRAYLEN STAFF SLEPT FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS TO GET THIS ALL TOGETHER, TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WE PULLED IT OFF IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
CAUSE WHEN THEY GIVE YOU THAT VACCINE, YOU GO GET IT RIGHT, AND YOU BRING IT HERE TO CHANDLER AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
AND, UM, THEY TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE VACCINE COMMUNICATION.
UH, OUR CITY, OUR CAPITA DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER ON OUR WEBPAGE.
IF YOU GO TO THE COVID BANNER AND YOU, UM, YOU HIT THAT, THERE'S A SPOT THAT SAYS, UH, UH, VACCINATIONS, EVERYTHING THAT I PRETTY MUCH JUST TOLD YOU GUYS, AS FAR AS WHERE TO GO IS ON THERE.
AND FACT, THEY ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN THE QUESTIONS, QUESTION FOR QUESTION, AS FAR AS THE REGISTRATION PROCESS GOES, IT HAS THE HELP LINE NUMBERS, UM, REALLY TONS OF INFORMATION, EVERYTHING THAT OUR CITIZENS NEED.
AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW LEAH PALS TEAM, AGAIN, THEY'RE MEETING CONSTANTLY.
THEY'RE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE TALKING TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST THEM.
THEY'RE REALLY LEVERAGING A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS TO EXPAND OUR WORKFORCE AND JUST GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.
THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE HERE, AND THIS IS JUST CITY OF CHANDLER.
SO THIS IS WHAT AS FAR AS VACCINATIONS, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE AT, UH, THIS THE 150 NUMBER.
THESE ARE CHANDLER EMPLOYEES THAT WERE VACCINATED AT THE SOUTHEAST POD.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE ENOUGH THAT WE THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
UM, THE CITY OF CHANDLER EMPLOYEES VACCINATED BY, UH, CHANDLER BY, BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH HR, WHO, AS I SAID, HAS DONE AMAZING WORK THAT'S WAY PAST THREE, 27.
WE HAVE A GREAT DAY PLAN FOR SATURDAY.
SO WE THINK BY THE END OF SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 650 CITY EMPLOYEES VACCINATED.
UH, WE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, I GOT THE WORD THAT OUR SECOND DOSES ARE ALREADY IN.
WE'RE PICKING THEM UP ON MONDAY.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, AS OUR, UH, AS THE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES COME UP IN TIER ONE B AND MORE OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE, WE'LL BE OUT THERE TRYING TO GET THOSE VACCINES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE VACCINATED.
THANKS SO MUCH VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SEE, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT VICE MAYOR SAID, UH, THREE SLIDES AGO IS THAT, THAT THANK YOU.
AND AGAIN, TO TEAM CHANDLER, LIKE YOU SAID, WE NEVER, WHICH DEPARTMENT'S GONNA WIND UP GETTING, UH, THROWN INTO THE, INTO THE HEAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HR KAPPA NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
WE THINK THAT YOU'D BE INVOLVED THIS HEAVILY INTO COVID VACCINATIONS, RIGHT.
BUT, UH, EVERYBODY STEPS UP SO QUICKLY AND THAT'S PART OF THE TEAM CHANDLER COMMITMENT THAT, UH, EVERYBODY'S THERE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS BEST WE CAN.
MY APOLOGIES TO THE CHIEF DUTY, SEAN, I WAS GOING TO LIST EVERY ONE.
I FORGOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES OUT THERE, NOT ONLY FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL, BUT ALSO THE GUARD, THE VACCINATION, AS WELL AS OTHER DUTIES TOO, TOO, THAT NECESSARY.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY CHIEF, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPS TEMPO.
I'M HOPING YOU'VE GIVEN GUYS AND GALS TIME OFF AND THE BEST YOU COULD BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SCARY TO ME THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS OPS TEMPO WAS FOLKS ARE GETTING ILL PLUS NORMAL LIFE ACTIVITIES.
AND TO BE OUT THERE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPS TEMPO IS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GIVING THOSE TIME OFF AND WORKING WITH THEM TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY AND SAFE THEMSELVES.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, CITY MANAGER, IF WE CAN GET THIS PRESENTATION SPLICED OUT OF THIS, UM, THIS MEETING FROM YOUTUBE AND SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION, I THINK WOULD PEOPLE LOVE TO HEAR FROM, FROM A FIRE CHIEF AND SPEAK IN A VIDEO? IS THERE ANY VIDEO OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVEN THE POLICE
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SO MOVING TO A CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE.AND SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE HERE.
SO, UM, FIRST OFF I WANT TO, UH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLISON COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST MEETING.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA DO TOGETHER, UH, AS A TEAM, AS TEAM CHANDLER.
SO, UM, AND TO DOVETAIL OFF WHAT CHIEF WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE MAYOR SHARED SOME INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE.
AND SOME OF THE STUFF YOU HEARD TONIGHT IS IN THAT VIDEO.
UH, BUT THERE'LL BE, UM, MORE INFORMATION THERE.
SO WE HOPE THIS WILL ANSWER A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ON THAT PAGE AS WELL.
THERE'LL BE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO REGISTER ABOUT THE STATE'S VACCINE PORTAL, UH, IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FAQ'S, UH, WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
SO WITH THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION, I WOULD ECHO THE MAYOR SENTIMENT ABOUT HOW, UM, ABOUT HOW NOW BEING THE TIME BEING TO REMAIN DILIGENT, UH, PROTECTING YOURSELVES AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL THAT A LITTLE OF RELIEF THAT WE ARE MOVING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BEING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AGAIN.
SO LET'S, UH, LET'S KEEP, KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
LET'S KEEP, UH, PROTECTING OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO MAKE THIS GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
OUR CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FOOTBALL TEAM HAS WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE A REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR TEAM TO COME FOR OUR FEBRUARY MEETING AND WE CAN NOT DISCOUNT DISCOUNT HAMILTON HUSKIES FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
THEY WERE THE RUNNER UP, SO GOOD JOB, HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.
WHAT A GREAT SEASON WE WERE PULLING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, UH, AS CHANDLER RESIDENTS ALSO, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM AND, AND DOING ALL THAT GREAT STUFF.
ALSO, I AM EXCITED BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE INAUGURATION WAS, UM, WAS JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED JANUARY 14TH.
AND MANY OF YOU ALL SEEN ME WITH A STACK OF BIBLES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BOOKS ARE, THOSE, THOSE ARE KING JAMES VERSION BIBLES.
AND SO EACH ONE OF THEM WAS ACTUALLY, UM, IT WAS DATED.
I HAD IT MONOGRAMMED AND I AM, UM, WHEN I WAS, I SWORN ON THOSE, BUT I AM DONATING ONE OF THOSE BIBLES TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER LIBRARY, UM, TO THE MUSEUM.
AND, UM, THEY WILL BEGIN THAT TOMORROW.
AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT WAS VERY AS A HISTORIC TIME AND I WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO WATCH THIS MORNING, UH, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN, UH, CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO I'LL BE THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO SIT WITH THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UM, NOT JUST THAT, JUST FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE TALKING FIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND A HUNDRED OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, AND THAT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING.
AND IT'S JUST COMPLIMENTS TO WHERE CHANDLER IS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TOGETHER.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE I, UM, STOPPED SPEAKING WAS I HAD A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINES.
UH, HIS NAME WAS DANIEL HOYER.
AND SPEAKING OF COVID, HE PASSED FROM COVID LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS.
SO I WANTED TO SOMETHING THAT HIS FAMILY WROTE.
I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE, SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD PASSED ON FROM COVID THAT WERE STILL FIGHTING ON THIS BATTLE.
SO DANIEL'S DREAM, WHERE WAS HIS TREASURE? AND THE LOVE HE SAYS HERE CANNOT BE MEASURED.
DANIEL WAS A VISIONARY, INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION VIBE.
SO LET'S TAKE A MOMENT, UM, JUST A FEW SECONDS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED THEM.
UH, THIS LAST WEEKEND WE HAD OUR FIFTH ANNUAL CHANDLER NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, UH, HERE IN, UH,
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IN CHANDLER.SO IT WAS, UH, MOSTLY HOSTED AT THE HARKINS AT CHANDLER, UH, FASHION.
UH, BUT, UH, IT WAS HELD, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND A LOT OF DOWNTOWN AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME PICTURES OF THE RED CARPET, UH, PICTURE OF OUR BOARD.
UM, SOME OF THE ACTORS AND PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS THAT FLEW IN FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, WE HAD SIX COUNTRIES AND 120 FILMS, UH, FROM I'M SORRY, IT WAS 30 COUNTRIES ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS THAT HAD COME.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET A FILM FROM ANTARCTICA.
THAT'S THE HARDEST ONE TO GET A FILM FROM.
UM, BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY FUN EVENT.
UH, WE MADE SURE THAT WE DID THE PROPER SOCIAL DISTANCING AND I'M ASKING HIM FOR POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, WE HAD SOME, UH, A LOT OF FILMS, FEATURE FILMS THAT WERE FIRST TIME EVER SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN AT OUR FILM FESTIVAL.
UH, THE AWARD WINNER OF THE FILM FEAT, THE FILM FEATURE, UH, AWARD WINNER WAS ANGIE LOSS GIRL, WHICH WAS A FILM THAT I HAD TO HOSTED.
IT IS A FILM ABOUT, UH, ANTI-SEX TRAFFICKING IN ORDER TO WHERE AWARENESS RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING.
SO, UH, IT WAS KIND OF A PROPOSED SINCE, UH, JANUARY THE SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH.
AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE WAS ANOTHER EVENT THAT IS COMING UP ON A SUNDAY, THIS COMING SUNDAY, UH, SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE DATE GEAR, WHATEVER SUNDAY IS, UH, ON AT FIVE 30.
IT IS A VIRTUAL, UH, UH, EVENT THAT THIS IS THE NIGHT OF HOPE THAT HAS BEEN HELD HERE IN DOWNTOWN JANET THE LAST THREE YEARS.
BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL.
SO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, THE NIGHT OF HOPE, YOU CAN GO TO NIGHT OF HOPE, A Z.COM IN ORDER TO, UH, SEE THE STREAMING OF THAT ON SUNDAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER RO, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
AND, UH, I'M PRETTY SURE THE MAYOR IS LISTENING, SO, UH, RESPECT TO HIM, BUT, UH, I TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR US.
UH, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU TO THEM, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS, BUT TONIGHT WE SHOULDN'T FORGET THE ARTS, THE ARTS ARE OUT THERE.
THEY MATTER VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, LIFE GOES ON.
UH, AND, UM, SO THE CHAIRMAN ARTS COMMISSION IS LOOKING FOR A GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY, AND THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO DON'T CATCH YOURSELF OUT BEFORE YOU CATCH YOURSELF IN A, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE A PUBLIC ART PROJECT WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, SO ONE RESIDENT GROUP, UH, OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL BE CHOSEN FOR A PROJECT THAT WILL HELP EXPRESS THE BEAUTY IDENTITY AND VITALITY OF THE, OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THIS MEANS YOU PUT IN FOR IT, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO WIN, RIGHT? SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTED OR INCLUDE A MURAL, A PUBLIC SEATING, A UTILITY BOX RAPS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I THINK WE CAN GET A LITTLE CREATIVE WITH THAT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, YOU CAN APPLY ON THE VISION GALLERIES WEBSITE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROWE, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN ELLIS.
AS YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND SO WE ARE GUARANTEED HERE IN CHANDLER TO HAVE A SWELL TIME AND GETTING EVERYBODY ALL EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE ARE PARTNERING ACTUALLY WITH A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, STARTING MONDAY NIGHT.
AND SO WE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO WATCH ONLINE AND THOSE WHO CAN PARTICIPATE TO COME DOWN AND BE HERE WITH US SAFELY FROM THE PANEL DISCUSSION, WE WANT TO HAVE MIKE, UH, NIGHTS, MOVIES, SCREENING, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL HISTORY.
BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS NOT ONLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, I BELIEVE IT'S ALL OVER THE WORLD WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE THE HISTORY AND THE HERITAGE OF THE BLACK PEOPLE IN ALL NATION.
YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE SERIES, OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH WEBPAGE, UH, OUR DIVERSITY OFFICES CALENDAR TO VIEW ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HAVING THEM FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY.
ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT FEBRUARY, WE ALSO IS THE MONTH OF LOVE.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE GETTING READY TO GET YOUR SWEETHEARTS ALREADY FOR LOVE THIS MONTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT YOU TO GIVE BACK SOME LOVE TO CHANDLER.
AND WE WANT YOU TO REALLY SHOW US SOME LOVE, DEFINITELY INTO THE PARTS AREA.
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CHALLENGE.CHANDLER LOVE CHANDLER CHALLENGE IS BEING LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK.
SO WE WANT YOU IN ALL THE POTS, LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL SHIRT.
YOU CAN GET ONE OF THOSE FOR EVERY PART THAT YOU GO TO, WHATEVER YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE IN THE PARK AND YOU LOVE WHAT YOU SEE.
PLEASE HASHTAG A PICTURE, LET US KNOW THAT YOU LOVE IT.
AND THEN WE WILL ENTER YOU INTO THIS WHOLE, UM, TYPE OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
ARE WE DOING A DRAWING? AND THEN EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT? OH, AWESOME.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT CITY-BASED PLACES, PARKS, TRAILS, TRCS LIBRARIES, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN GENERAL.
JUST SO HAVE SOME LOVE BECAUSE IT IS A LOVE CHALLENGE AFTER ALL FOLLOW THE CITY, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE DO SO.
AND I WANT TO BRING US HOME CAUSE REMEMBER ORLANDO.
AND KUDOS TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS WEEK TO KEEP THIS CREW IN LINE.
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU'RE HERE IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY OUR MAYOR IS, UH, IS ILL AT HOME.
WE WANT TO WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, STAY SAFE, KEVIN, AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE SOON.
CITY MANAGER, NOTHING TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR, I SWEAR, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.