May 10, 2021 City Council Study Session - 05/10/2021

SPECIAL MEETING

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[ Call to Order]

AGAIN, TAKE THE ROLE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANDER.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU, CLERK

[ Scheduled Public Appearances 1. Service Recognitions 2. Proclamation - Public Works Week 3. Proclamation - Water Safety Month]

WE'VE GOT SOME SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND PROCLAMATIONS.

AND FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS TO JOIN ME UP FRONT, PLEASE.

CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR OUR FIRST SERVICE RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, SEAN DUGGAN TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

OKAY.

THE MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, SERGEANT CHAD TO COME FORWARD AND RECOGNITION OF HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY.

SO CHAD BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CHANNEL OF POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2006, AFTER SERVING FOUR YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE BALTIMORE COUNTY IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND, YOU QUICKLY, QUICKLY ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS A FOCUS AND HIGHLY DETERMINED OFFICER KNOWN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS.

AFTER SERVING IN PATROL, CHAD WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT AND LATER SERVED AS A DETECTIVE IN THE FAMILY CRIMES UNIT.

IN 2014, HIS HARD WORK PAID OFF AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT OR HE SPENT TWO YEARS DEVELOPING HIS PATROL TEAM WHILE RESPONDING TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IN 2016, CHAD WAS ASSIGNED IN 2014, HE WAS PROMOTED.

AND THEN IN 2016 WAS ASSIGNED TO THE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC SECTION WHERE HE PRESENTLY LEADS A NIGHTTIME DUI SQUAD, HELPING TO KEEP OUR ROADWAYS SAFE.

AND OVER THE PAST DECADE, IN ADDITION TO HIS PRIMARY JOB, CHAD HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF SECONDARY DUTIES.

HE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING TEAM, SPECIALIZING IN DEFENSIVE TACTICS.

HE SERVES THE DEPARTMENT AS A SPANISH TRANSLATOR AND AS A TEAM LEADER IN OUR RAPID DEPLOYMENT UNIT.

SO CHAD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR OUR REMAINING, UH, SERVICE RECOGNITIONS, LIKE TO ASK OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DIRECTOR, JOHN CONDUCIVE TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE HIS PRESENTATIONS.

THANK YOU, BARON COUNCIL.

UH, THIS EVENING I W I HAVE THREE.

MY FIRST WILL BE FOR, UH, ERIC KINSEY, UH, FOR HIS 20 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION.

I'D LIKE TO ASK ERIC TO COME DOWN.

ERIC STARTED HIS CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.

AFTER RECEIVING A DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, HE'S ALSO A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER IN 2001.

ERIC JOINED THE CITY OF CHANDLER AS A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFFICER.

IN 2006, ERIC WAS PROMOTED TO REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS COORDINATOR.

CURRENTLY HE IS A REAL ESTATE MANAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE REAL ESTATE GROUP WITHIN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DIVISION IN HIS CURRENT POSITION.

ERIC OVERSEES THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES, LAND ACQUISITIONS, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, AND DISPOSITIONS.

ERIC ALSO PROVIDES VALUABLE HISTORICAL INFORMATION REGARDING REAL ESTATE MATTERS, CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND ADVISES OTHER DEPARTMENTS, CITIZENS, AND UTILITY COMPANIES ABOUT PROJECTS AND LAND ISSUES.

AND THAT'S NOT ENOUGH AS ONE OF, AS ONE OF JUST A FEW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN ARIZONA CERTIFIED TO MANAGE AND MANAGE OUR OWN FEDERALLY FUNDED ROADWAY PROJECTS.

ERIC HAS GONE THROUGH FEDERAL TRAINING AND IS AUTHOR AUTHORIZED TO CERTIFY PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS TO FULFILL FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, ERIC WITH THE CITY OF CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU.

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I'D LIKE TO ASK CHRISTINE RAY BECK TO COME DOWN TO RECEIVE HER 20 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION.

CHRISTINE HAS BEEN A PART OF CHANDLER'S SOLID WASTE DIVISION SINCE 2001 AS A SOLID WASTE REPRESENTATIVE, CHRISTINE PROUDLY ASSIST CHANNEL RESIDENTS WITH ANY AND ALL RECYCLE AND TRASH SERVICES.

CHRISTINE STRIVES TO IN PROVIDING THOROUGH SERVICE WITH 100% ACCURACY TEAM MEMBERS DESCRIBE CHRISTINE AS KNOWLEDGEABLE, ORGANIZED, AND DEPENDABLE, AND SIMPLY PUT AWESOME.

THE TEAM OFTEN CONSULTS WITH CHRISTINE, FOR GUIDANCE AS A RESULT OF HER PROFICIENCY WITH OUR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND TO HELP CHRISTINE'S VALUE TO OUR ORGANIZATION DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED, SUPERVISE AND COWORKERS RECOGNIZE HER CONSISTENT PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND EXPERTISE.

CHRISTINE, WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF CHANDLER AND THE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

MY LAST SERVICE RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS FOR SALLY DAVIS FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.

IF I COULD HAVE SELF-EMPLOYED SAL BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN MAY OF 2006, AS A GROUNDSKEEPER WITH THE PARKS DIVISION SOUTH QUICKLY PROMOTED TO A PARK SPRAY TECHNICIAN.

AND THEN AGAIN TO STREETS DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE WORKED AS A STREET SWEEPER IN 2012, HE AGAIN, PROMOTED TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISIONS SIGNS AND MARKINGS.

TRUE SOUTH TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ALL HE COULD REGARDING ROAD MARKINGS.

AND IN 2017 WAS PROMOTED TO A TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TECH TO SAL AND HIS CREW ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE ROADWAYS, SYMBOLS AND MARKINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHANDLER ASSURING SAFE PASSAGE FOR ALL OF THOSE TRAVELING ON OUR CITY STREETS.

SOUTH TAKES GREAT PRIDE WITH HIS JOB WITH THE MARKINGS CREW AND IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

THANK YOU.

SO FOR YOUR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE HOPE TO HAVE MANY MORE.

OKAY.

WELL, WE'RE NEXT MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITION SINCE EVENING ACTUALLY GRABBED THE WRONG SHEEP.

ALL RIGHT.

SO JUST AS JOHN KNUTSON SITS DOWN, WE'D LIKE TO CALL JOHN KNUTSON BACK UP.

I READ THIS ONE AND YOU CAN READ THE NEXT ONE.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES.

THEY'RE A VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER.

AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORT OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER, SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE PROGRAMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2021 MARKS THE 61ST ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

NOW, THEREFORE I, KEVIN HARTKE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER ARIZONA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 16 THROUGH 22 AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS? THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF OUR 350 EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, I'D

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CHANDLER IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR STATES STATE ACCREDITED, OR I'M SORRY, NATIONALLY ACCREDITED, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY BLESSED TO HAVE A MARIN COUNCIL THAT SUPPORT PROPER CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ARE ENTITLED WITH ARE ENTITLED TO OUR CARE.

SO I WANT TO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND OUR LAST PROCLAMATION IS WATER SAFETY MONTH.

SO CHIEF TOM DRAGONS AND STACY MEANDERING FROM OUR CHANDLER FIRE WILL COME UP.

AND IF A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS CAN READ OUR PROCLAMATION, I DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU NEED MY GLASSES? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE.

I THINK I LOST MY GLASSES.

I HOPE I LOOK GOOD WITH THIS ONE.

THANK YOU IN THIS WELCOME NATION IS BEING PROCLAIMED NOW.

WHEREAS GENERAL RECOGNIZED WOMEN AND AQUATIC RELATED ACTIVITIES ARE INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE REWARDING EXPERIENCES THAT IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL CITIZEN AND WHERE AS THE AQUATIC CENTER AND PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY MAKE CHANDLER ARIZONA AN ATTRACTIVE AND DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND VISIT WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO ITS ONGOING QUALITY OF LIFE AND OVERALL VITALITY AND WHERE AS THE CITIZEN OF CHANDLER UNDERSTAND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT WATER SAFETY EDUCATION PLAYS IN PREVENTING DROWNING AND WEE CREATIONAL WATER RELATED INJURIES AND WHERE THE AQUATIC AND FIRE INDUSTRIES ARE PARTNERING THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WATER, SAFETY ISSUES AND INITIATIVES.

AND WHEREAS WATER SAFETY EXTENDS BEYOND POLES AND LARGE BODIES OF WATER.

CITIZENS MUST ALSO BE MINDFUL OF HOUSEHOLD AND THE MID-EIGHTIES SUCH AS TOILETS, TUBS, AND LARGE BUCKETS OF WATER AND WHERE AS THE CITIZEN OF CHANDLER UNDERSTAND, THEY MUST BE VIGILANT AND PRACTICE ORDER SAFETY RULES WITH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, WHERE WHETHER OWNERS OF PRIVATE POOLS, USERS OF PUBLIC SWIMMING FACILITIES, OR VISITORS TO WATER, PARKS AND LAKES.

NOW, THEREFORE I CHRISTIAN ELLIS ON BEHALF OF KEVIN HAKIM, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER ARIZONA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY, 2021 AS WATER SAFETY MONTH AND WITNESSED IT OFF.

WE HAVE SET OUR HANDS AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER ARIZONA TO BE A FIX THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY, 2021.

I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UH, WE DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET BACK OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHY WE HAVE AN OFFICER NOAH DUKE OPER WITH US IS WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, EXPANDED THE PROGRAM QUITE A BIT AND WE'RE OFFERING, UM, SOME CLASSES OR CURRICULUM IN SOME OF THEIR CLASSES BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN A MUCH DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE ARE.

UM, AND WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT.

SO, UH, WE WILL BE OUT DOING OUR WATER WALK THIS SATURDAY, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, HANGING FLYERS AROUND THE AREA AROUND STATION FIVE.

AND, UM, THAT JUST REALLY KICKS OFF OUR MONTH, UM, AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS MONTH.

SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN, UH,

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THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS THREE FOR 23 AT COSTCO.

SO COUNSEL, UM, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, CALLED IN TONIGHT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO AND MYSELF.

I JUST HAD A

[4. Resolution No. 5479 Adoption of City Council Strategic Framework for 2021-2023 Move the City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5479 approving the City Council Strategic Framework for 2021-2023. Council Focus Area(s):]

UH, THIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR, IF YOU RECALL OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND UH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL.

THIS WAS A GOOD RETREAT TO GET TOGETHER AND, AND BRING, UH, OUR UNIQUENESS, WHICH WE ADD TO THE CITY AND TO THIS PROCESS, AND TO LOOK AT THIS, I WANT TO THANK OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, OUR CAPITA DEPARTMENT, AND SO MANY OTHERS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS TOO.

AND AS YOU'VE NOTICED FOR MORE AGENDAS, THIS WILL BE PROMINENT, UH, UPON ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND THINGS COMING FORTH, WHETHER IT'S THE CHANGE WITH THE BRANDING STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ON, ON FUTURE ONES OR EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVES, YOUR INSIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, REALLY HAS MADE THIS INTO AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT THAT WILL SERVE US WELL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, I, I LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS HELPS US KEEP OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.

THESE ARE OUR DIRECTIONS, BUT HONESTLY IT ALSO KEEPS US, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE AGREED TO IN THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE'VE SAID ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL.

SO IT'S A, IT WORKS BOTH WAYS, BUT, UM, I, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DILIGENT WORK THAT EVERYONE HAS PUT INTO THIS.

[5. Resolution No. 5481 Approving Allocations of the Anticipated ARPA and Remaining AZCares Grant Contingencies Move City Council approve Resolution No. 5481, allocating spending of ARPA/AZCares Grant Fund Contingency (217.1290.5911) in the amount of $44,556,946, based on capital and operating needs discussed at the April 21, 2021, City Council Strategic Micro-Retreat, by the City Council Focus Areas of Economic Vitality of $4,611,946, Innovation and Technology of $18,275,000, Mobility of $4,000,000, Quality of Life of $12,820,000, and Neighborhoods of $3,850,000, with $1,000,000 remaining in Contingency, beginning July 1, 2021. Council Focus Area(s):]

AND, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, THE EXCELLENT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM ALL OF OUR STAFF, AS WE KNOW THESE, THIS MONEY IS, IS, UH, JUST ALLOCATES THIS AND COUNSEL THAT EACH OF THESE ITEMS, AS THEY COME FORTH, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY APPROVE THEM.

SO WE DIDN'T REALLY APPROVE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WE DID CERTAINLY SAY, THIS IS THE DIRECTION AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON EACH OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS, AS THEY COME FORTH.

AND, UH, I THINK THIS WILL AGAIN, GIVE US SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THESE ONE-TIME DOLLARS, UH, IN USE OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND CITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, DID YOU, YOU SUMMARIZE IT VERY WELL.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

THANK YOU AND COUNCIL.

THESE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE CALLED IN TONIGHT.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FOURTH MEETING TODAY AND, UH, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU.