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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL.
MAY HARKEY VICE MAYOR STEWART COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ HERE.
THANK YOU ARE IN VACATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PASTOR SEAN EDDIE FROM CHANDLER BIBLE CHURCH.
AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT ORLANDO, PASTOR.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE OF THOSE VIEWING, IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO GREET YOU ON BEHALF OF CHANNEL BIBLE CHURCH.
AND WE WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR YOU PUBLICLY.
JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL THOUGH.
WE DO PRAY FOR YOU PRIVATELY IN THE CONFINES OF OUR OWN HOMES AND AS WELL AS OUR CHURCH FAMILY.
SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PRIVILEGE OF OURS.
IT IS WITH GRATITUDE, HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD OF ALL NATIONS THAT WE BOW BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND WE THANK YOU THAT ON BEHALF OF THESE CIVIC LEADERS, YOU ARE ACCOMPLISHING YOUR WORK IN THEM AND THROUGH THEM AND IMPACTING OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR FAVOR UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT THEY WOULD KNOW YOUR PEACE.
THEY WOULD KNOW YOUR PRESENCE.
THEY WOULD KNOW YOUR POWER, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM COURAGE IN STANDING FOR WHAT IS TRUTHFUL AND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A WINSOME ATTITUDE.
AS THEY, WE CONTINUE TO FIND A WAY OF, UH, SEEKING IN THEIR OWN HEARTS.
THAT, WHICH IS GOOD, THAT WHICH IS HONORABLE THAT WHICH IS NOBLE LORD, PROTECT THEM, PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES.
AND AS THEY LEAD WELL, NOW YOU'D BE GLORIFIED.
MAY THEY BE BLESSED? MAY WE BE BLESSED THROUGH THEM AS A COMMUNITY SO THAT WE WOULD THRIVE UNDER YOUR HAND OF COMMON GRACE AND LORD, I PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately.]
COUNSEL.NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA AND I DID WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ON ONE OF OUR ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UH, I DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL.
THANK OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY THAT AS WE RECEIVED A FIRST ROUND OF DOLLARS RELATED TO THE KARA'S FUND, WE SET ASIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, 9.5 MILLION TO INFUSE INTO SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM.
WE RENEWED THIS, UH, POLICY, UH, IN JANUARY FOR A SECOND ROUND AND OF THAT WE COMPLETELY, UH, UH, WENT THROUGH THE 9.5 MILLION AND THEN WE HAD SOME THAT WERE LEFT IN THE QUEUE THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BEFORE WE RAN OUT OF, UH, THOUGH WE HAD RAN OUT OF MONEY.
SO THIS IS TO, UM, CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE.
I KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF OURS TO TAKE THESE DOLLARS AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND, AND INFUSE THEM BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE DONE.
SO IN LOOKING AT HOUSING OPTIONS, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING THOSE WITH THE MOST NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND TO COUNCIL AND THE CITY FOR, FOR YOUR VISION TO TAKE THESE DOLLARS AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ TO BASICALLY TOOK DOORS RIGHT AMOUNT, AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE THAT SAME THING, AND YOU'D SAID, GREAT PROGRAMMING.
AGAIN, EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THESE DOLLARS TO GET THEM DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF OUR BUSINESSES.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO PROPOSE ON APPROVING THE REGULAR MEETING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE FOR MARCH 22ND.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, RO COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.