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[ Call to Order]
AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 24TH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA AND A DIRECTION TO STEP TO, UH, TO NOT MOVE ON AN ITEM, BUT TO TAKE GREATER PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND SO, AS WE GET STARTED HERE TONIGHT, I'D ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THEM.
MIRARCHI VICE MAYOR, STEWART COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROW HERE.
WE'RE IN VACATION TONIGHT WILL BE BIG RED BY FATHER ROBERT I, AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE.
ANDREW, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I'M SURE I BUTCHERED THAT NAME AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT ORLANDO, UM, FATHER.
MAYOR ERIC AND YOUR COUNCIL FOR INVITING ME TO LEAD THIS INCULCATION.
LET US PRAY GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND OF OUR GREAT NATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF CITY CHANDLER IN THESE TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND STRESS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC TO NOT ABANDON US, BUT POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT UPON US SO THAT ITS POWER BECOMES OUR POWER.
IT'S PEACE, OUR PEACE AND HIS JUSTICE, OUR JUSTICE MAKE US GOOD SERVANTS OF ALL THOSE WE SERVE AND INSPIRE US TO SPEAK THE TRUTH WITH RESPECT, BUT WITHOUT SHAME, OFFER HOPE TO OTHERS WITHOUT FEAR AND GIVE GLORY TO YOU IN EVERY WORD WE SPEAK AND ACTIONS WE TAKE AS A COUNSEL, HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION, HELP US TO LISTEN.
WE UNDERSTAND THE AND GOODWILL HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINT.
GIVE US A SPIRIT OF SERVICE, REMIND US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY.
GUIDE US TO BE THE LEADERS YOU ARE, PEOPLE NEED AND DESERVE.
HELP US SEE THE HUMANITY AND DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US AND TO TREAT ALL PERSONS NO MATTER HOW WEAK OR POOR WITH THE REVERENCE YOUR CREATION DESERVES.
AND FINALLY FATHER RENEW US WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HELPING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE THE, OF THE HUMAN PERSON.
WE ASK THIS AS YOUR SONS, DAUGHTERS, ALWAYS CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE A MAN, OH, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ 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.]
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SEVERAL ITEMS ON MONDAY AND GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT THIS POINT.UM, UNLESS THERE IS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR NO CARDS ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WOULD BE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'M JUST NUMBER ONE THROUGH 35 FOR THIS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH.
THAT'S MY MOTION, THEIR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO, SORRY, MAYOR.
WE HAVE A, UH, LAST MINUTE ITEM HERE FROM STAFF.
AND NUMBER TWO, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? STAFF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CITY MANAGER.
IT TELLS ME ORLANDO, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION ADDED? YEAH.
UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN ADDED TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT AND TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE FROM WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, SHOWN AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN.
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THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION TO THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO CLARIFY, AND HOPEFULLY PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED, UM, WITH THE OPTION TO SEND IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.SHOULD THERE BE A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? IF YOU'D LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS, I CAN CERTAINLY HAVE OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT COME FORWARD AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT I'D LIKE TO GET A COUPLE MORE MINUTES HERE.
THE MAYOR, WHICH ARE ADULTEROUS COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE GET A LITTLE MORE DETAILED.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? IT'S LAST COUNCIL MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THIS AMENDMENT? YES.
ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, DEREK HORN, COME FORWARD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS NORMALLY HOW WE DO BUSINESS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE PLANS THAT ARE PRESENTED, UH, FOR REVIEW AND PERMITTING, AREN'T SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE, UH, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SITE PDP.
HOWEVER WOULD YOU DO TO EXPRESS HIS CONCERNS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROJECT DURING SOME MEETINGS WE WANT TO ENSURE AND REINFORCE THE FACT THAT IF IT IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PLAN, WE SEND IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION TO STAFF IS IF WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME, WHY WASN'T THIS INCLUDED EARLIER IN THE P AND G AND A CHANCE TO SEE THIS? I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS A SLIP UP OR COMMUNICATION PROBLEM OR WHAT? NO, IT'S JUST OCCASIONALLY WE DO AN ADDITIONAL STIPULATION JUST TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT DO COME UP BETWEEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS IN THIS? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE CONSTANT, PLEASE VOTE.
[36. Discussion and Direction to staff to include review of the Draft Non-Discrimination Resolution in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Study Approved as Part of the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget, and Direct Staff to Engage a Public Process to Develop Recommendations for the City Council, as Requested by Mayor Hartke Council Focus Area(s):]
PUT ONE ITEM ON HERE? MY INTENTION WAS TO CAPTURE THE FACT ON ITEM NUMBER 36, THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR A, UH, NON-DISCRIMINATION RESOLUTION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH AND PRESENTED.AND THE INTENTION OF THIS IS TO SIMPLY GO TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SAY, UM, RATHER THAN HAVE US VOTE ON THIS, HOLD IN CONVERSATION RELATED TO THIS INTO AN, ANY OTHER ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT DESIRE INTO THE STUDY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE ENGAGING IN WITH THE NEW YEAR.
AND, UM, SO REAL SIMPLE, OTHER THAN BRING THIS WITHOUT COMMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO, UH, FOLD THIS INTO WITH EVERY OTHER PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH OUR, THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ENGAGING IN, IN LOOKING AT DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACROSS OUR CITY.
I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO VOTE TONIGHT WHERE JUST DEFERRING THE WHOLE ACTION SO THAT WE CAN GET A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKER COMMENT.
BUT SINCE TWO PEOPLE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, UM, ADORE TO SCHRADER.
MAJORITY THERE'S A, THERE'S A, IT WOULD BE A GREEN LIGHT THAT TURNS ON THERE.
AND WHEN IT TURNS YELLOW, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
AND WHEN IT TURNS RED, UH, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU COULD GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HI, MY NAME IS EDUARDO SCHROEDER AND I LIVE AT 3.80 WEST ROSS DRIVE.
AND I AM TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
I AM DOING THIS FOR MY CHILD AND THE COUNTLESS OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DISOWNED BY THEIR FAMILIES.
OFTEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL.
ONE ISSUE COMES UP, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SHOW ME PROOF THAT THERE'S DISCRIMINATION HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
AND I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON A FEW, UM, VERY SUBTLE ITEMS. UM, MINORITY COMMUNITIES, OFTEN EXPERIENCE MICROAGGRESSIONS ALL THE TIME, AND THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR EXAMPLE, IN EMPLOYMENT.
AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE FIRED AND YOU, NOBODY EVER TELLS YOU THAT YOU WERE FIRED BECAUSE OF YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
IF THAT HAPPENS AND YOU, AND YOU KNOW, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THE WHY GO PUBLIC WITH THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, THEN YOU ARE AT RISK OF BEING OUTED AND YOU'RE, UM, POSSIBLY SUFFER FURTHER DISCRIMINATION AND MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTIONS OR CAREER, UM, ENHANCEMENTS.
UH, IT'S A VERY RISKY KIND OF A THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT IS
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KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE, UM, IN THE AREA OF HEALTH CARE, UM, LGBT YOUTH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DISOWNED BY THEIR FAMILIES.THEY, THEY OFTEN LIVE IN POVERTY AND EXPERIENCED LOTS OF HARDSHIP.
THEY, IF THEY CAN AFFORD, FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTHCARE, THEY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, WILL IT PROVIDE THE CARE THAT I NEED? IT'S, UH, IT'S GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.
AND IT'S A TERM THAT YOU PROBABLY NEED TO, LIKE, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND YOU KNOW, FOR SURE THERE'S WAYS FOR YOU TO LIKE GO LEARN ABOUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, THEN THERE IS THE, UM, LACK OF PROVIDERS THAT ARE TRAINED TO CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM THE LGBT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY TRANS YOUTH OR TRANS INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THEY CAN BE ALSO DENIED CARE IF THEY DO QUALIFY FOR, UM, OR CAN AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE.
SO AS A PARENT, AS A PERSON, I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER BASED ON RELIGION, IDEOLOGY, POLITICS.
WHY ARE YOU WOULD NOT VOTE FOR AN ORDINANCE? UM, I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO BE LEADERS, LEADERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, EMBRACE THIS TOPIC, LEARN AND TAKE, TAKE SOME TIME TO GET TO KNOW INDIVIDUALS AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY VOTE YES ON AN ORDINANCE.
AND OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS JUDAS SCHRADER, SCHROEDER, AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THE SAME YOU HAVE, UH, UP TO THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS JUDE SCHROEDER AND MY ADDRESS IS 3 4 8 0 WEST ROSS DRIVE IN CHANDLER.
UM, I AM BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
UM, SO THIS, SO CHANDLER IS WHAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT SINCE WENT FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SORT OF FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK ABOUT ALMOST EVERY DAY, IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY, OR IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF A MARGINALIZED GROUP, YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THAT MY SAFETY, MY WELLBEING, JUST ME LIVING MY DAILY LIFE IS IT'S MORE DIFFICULT WITHOUT A NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE OR SOME SORT OF PROTECTION.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHERE I WANT TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE OR WHERE I WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THE, YOU KNOW, MY LIFE MOVING FORWARD, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ME IS, IS THE CITY THAT I'M GOING TO LIVE IN.
THAT I'M GOING TO WORK IN GOING TO HAVE A PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
AND THAT IS WHY I URGE THE COUNCIL TO NOT ONLY CONSIDER A RESOLUTION, BUT AN ORDINANCE TO CODIFYING PROTECTIONS FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS, BECAUSE, UM, I'M NOT SURE ALWAYS IF, YOU KNOW, I COULD BE DENIED HOUSING FOR WHO I AM FOR LIVING OPENLY AS MYSELF.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH MY GENDER IDENTITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO WEAR ALL THE TIME JUST AS ME.
I HAVE TO PRESENT WHO I AUTHENTICALLY AM, BUT THAT MEANS THAT I COULD GET DENIED HOUSING, UH, EMPLOYMENT, A PROMOTION, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCRIMINATION HAPPENS EVERY DAY TO ME.
SO I REALLY WANT TO STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE A CITY THAT IS WELCOMING TO EVERYONE, IF YOU TRYING TO CREATE A CITY THAT MAKES ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE AND VALUED, AND AS A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THAT MISSION TO ESTABLISHING.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY THE CHANDLER IS A PLACE WHERE IT'S DIVERSE AND WE INCLUDE EVERYBODY, I THINK THAT THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM FOR CREATING THAT KIND OF A CITY AND THAT KIND OF A CULTURE.
AND COUNCIL ALSO HAD ONE SUBMISSION FOR PUBLIC CONTENT THAT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVID SCHLESINGER AT 51 61 WEST IVANHOE STREET, A 5 2, 2 6.
HE SAYS GREETINGS REGARDING ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES OR PRACTICES.
CHANDLER IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ORDERED AND AMONGST THE MOST DESIRABLE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE VALLEY, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER COME HERE TO LIVE, RAISE FAMILIES AND TO LIVE AND TO WORK IN LOCAL INDUSTRIES, DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANY PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCE, HISTORIC NATIONALITY, OR GENDER IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT THAT MAKES THE CITY PROSPEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL.
AMERICA IS ABOUT FREEDOM AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL WE SHOULD SUPPORT IT.
SO AGAIN, COUNCIL, MY MY ACT WAS REAL SIMPLE RATHER THAN TAKING A VOTE WITHOUT PUBLIC CONTENT TO DEFER THIS AND FOLD THIS INTO PART OF THE GREATER CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY DIRECTION TO A CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, GOT THE WRONG SIDE.
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HEY, WE'RE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS THERE.YOU'VE GOT THE GOATEE GOING ON.
YOU GET CHALLENGED THE MUSTACHE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT THE MAYOR HAS SHARED AND JUST TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE TO THE CITY MANAGER, WHEN WE PUT THE STUDY OUT, LET'S LET US CONSIDER THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TODAY.
COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED VIA THE EMAIL AND COMMENTS THAT MAY, THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD PERSONAL PHONE CALLS WITH.
SO WHEN WE PUT FORTH THE STUDY, EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEIR QUESTION IS BEING ANSWERED.
SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, UM, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? LET'S SAY CITY MANAGERS, ACTUALLY MANAGER, W W WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHERE ARE WE TO DATE ON THIS? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE $50,000? WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND MR. MAYOR COUNCIL ORLANDO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE HRC, THE CITY'S HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
THEY PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020, REQUESTING THAT A CONSULTANT BE ENGAGED TO ADVISE THE CITY ON BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS BUDGETED AND APPROVED AS PART OF THE COUNCIL SISKEL YEAR 21, 22 BUDGET.
THAT TAKES EFFECT YOUR LINE ONE.
SO WE ARE PRESENTLY DRAFTING A SCOPE OF WORK FOR THAT.
UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THE COMMENTS WE ARE HEARING TONIGHT, UM, AND INCLUDE THAT, UH, TO DEFINE THAT SCOPE OF WORK.
WE PUTTING THAT OUT TO OUR TYPICAL REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS, THAT CONTRACT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO AWARD THAT TO THAT VENDOR.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD GO THROUGH A STUDY PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE BE IDENTIFIED WITH THAT CONSULTANT AT THAT TIME.
WHAT'S YOUR TIMEFRAME ON THIS? YEAH.
UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, AGAIN, UH, THE, THE MONEY THAT SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT BECOMES AVAILABLE EFFECTIVE JULY ONE.
WE ARE HOPING TO MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE ARE BUDGETARY IMPACTS FROM ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE BY, UH, THE CONSULTANT AS PART OF THE STUDY, THAT WE HAVE AMPLE TIME TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE BUDGET THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSIDERING FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
UM, SO WE WERE HOPING TO MOVE QUICKLY.
UH, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT TIMELINE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONSULTANT ENGAGED AND ACTUALLY MAPPED OUT ALL THE MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES WITH THAT CONSULTANT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND WHERE WE'D HAVE TO HAVE INFORMATION INSERTED INTO THE BUDGET, UM, IT WOULD, IT COULD NOT BE FOR EXAMPLE, A YEAR FROM NOW, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOONER THAN THAT, UH, CONSIDERABLY SOONER TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU OKAY, MAYOR, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT'S, UH, THE COUNCIL OR WHAT STAFF, AND IF IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE HERE IS THERE'S A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION GOING ON, WHAT WE'RE DOING, NOT DOING WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
WE DID SURVEY LAST YEAR, FEW YEARS AGO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO STAFF TO INCLUDE IN THE, THE PROPOSAL A, UH, A, UH, A PROPER POLL, A NON-PARTISAN POLL LIKE WE DID WITH THE PARKS AND RECS, WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING PULLED 500, WHEREVER THAT NUMBER IS, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL POLLSTER, BUT GET SOMEONE THAT'S PROFESSIONAL TO DO A POLL IN THE CITY, ASKING THESE, THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND, AND, UM, JUST WHAT WE COME BACK WITH, TRUE DATA POINTS.
UM, AND AS WELL AS DOING THE SURVEY, I HAD NO PROBLEM DOING WHAT, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND THE WEBSITE, ALL THAT STUFF, BUT SOME OF THAT STUFF IS NOT SCIENTIFIC POTENTIALLY BE.
AND I, I JUST WANT TO GET MORE CONCRETE DEFINITION OF WHAT SUPPORT IS OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC PROCESS.
I KNOW THE MAYOR OF HERE MANY YEARS, I KNOW A COUNCIL UP HERE.
I KNOW THIS WILL BE A JURY TRANSPARENT PUBLIC PROCESS.
AND, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, AND I THINK CITY MANAGER, THE ORIGINAL TENT WAS AT HRC INVOLVED WITH THIS AS WELL.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS MAYOR RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS OF ADVICE I'LL BE DISCUSSING? YEAH.
AS TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO STATED, THAT'S THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE TO OUR STANDING MANAGER THIS TIME IS THE TRANSPARENCY THEY CAN SHOW THAT I'VE BEEN FROM DAY ONE.
UM, I MEAN, I MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO CONSOLE WHERE MY HEART WAS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER AND LET THEM, BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE.
UH, THEY, AS WE HEARD IT TONIGHT, THIS IS WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE PART OF A PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN TO THEIR LIVES WHEN WE, WHEN WE START MAKING ORDINANCES AND THINGS THAT ARE GONNA CHANGE.
ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE, THE SURVEY OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT REFLECT THE POPULATION.
JUST A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION IS BEING
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ONLY ASKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT IT'S GOT, IT GOES AT LARGE, JUST LIKE WE RUN TO REPRESENT EVERYBODY ELSE IN CHANDLER.WE NEED IT TO BE AT LARGE FOR EVERYONE IN GENERAL, THAT WILL BE PRESENT.
UM, THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT AT THIS TIME IT HAS TO GO TO, UH, THE PEOPLE 270,000 PEOPLE VERSUS SEVEN OF US MAKING A DECISION.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HRC RECOMMENDATION TO US IS UPHELD AND THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CALL THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER TO RISE UP TO THIS OCCASION AND TRULY SHOW WHO THEY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO INCLUSION, DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE THE WAY TO REACH THOSE 270,000 PEOPLE.
WE HAVE CITY SCOPE THAT GOES ON TO PEOPLE'S MAILING.
AND SO THERE MAY BE A, PROBABLY A SEC, A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, HEY, UM, GET A CHANCE TO LOG ONTO THIS WEBSITE.
WE WANT MORE FEEDBACK ABOUT THESE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION AND HOW THAT IMPACTS YOU IN YOUR DAILY LIFE.
AND THAT MIGHT BE A WAY THAT WE CAN REACH EVERYONE AT ONE TIME CONSENT THAT WE ALREADY DO IT BY MAIL.
WE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT ELECTRONICALLY AS WELL.
BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT UTILITY BILL IN THE MAIL, ALONG WITH THE DOCUMENTS.
SO THAT JUST, JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING.
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, SO EVERYONE CAN BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE GROUP THAT'S LOOKING TO BE REPRESENTED IN MULTIPLE GROUPS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CHANDLER CONTINUES TO REPRESENT EVERYONE.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, AS I INITIALLY STATED, UH, CITY MANAGER, PLEASE PROCEED WITH US FROM, FROM COUNCIL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROCESS UNFOLD AND DEVELOP NEXT MONTH AND BEYOND.
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IS OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STARTING.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE APPROVED FIVE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR A APPOINTED POSITIONS TONIGHT, OUR CITY MAGISTRATES, PATRICK GAND AND ALEXA NOEL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY KELLY SCHWAB, OUR CITY CLERK, DANA DELONG, AND OUR BRAND NEW PRESIDING CITY, MAGISTRATE ALICIA SCOOPIN.
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE AND BE PART OF TEAM CHANDLER.
AND WE WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SERVING US IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDGE SCOOPIN, WHO HAS BEEN IN AN ACTING ROLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR HAS DONE GREAT THINGS.
UH, RECENTLY WE, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AND SHE CERTAINLY ROSE TO THE TOP OF, UH, OF OUR SEARCH.
AND WE ARE HONORED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE YOU PART OF TEAM CHANDLER IN THIS NEW CAPACITY.
WE'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK ETHIC, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR NEW ROLE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, UH, OUR NEW CHIEF MAGISTRATE, UH, NOT ONLY IS, IS, IS SHE A DELIGHTFUL PERSON, BUT AN AMAZING PERSON WITH AN AMAZING STORY AND A GREAT PASSION FOR JUSTICE AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY NEXT, I WE'VE ALL GOT SOMETHING COMING IN FRONT OF 4TH OF JULY.
I HOPE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE PERHAPS MORE OF US WILL BE STAYING IN THE VALLEY SINCE THE FOREST ARE SHUT DOWN.
AND, UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN AND CONTINUING TO PRAY FOR RAIN ACROSS OUR STATE, BUT I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER JOINING US FOR RED, WHITE AND BOOM ON JULY 4TH, OUR FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A DRIVE IN STYLE EVENT, HELD AT TUMBLEWEED PARK REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
SO BE SURE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO GET YOUR PARKING PASS EARLY, WE'RE DOING THIS SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHANDLER RESIDENTS HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS THAT, UH, IN FACT, WE'RE TOLD TO DO THAT.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS, BUT, UH, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING A FIREWORKS THING, UH, THEY CAN FIGURE THAT OUT ON THEIR OWN.
THE DRIVE IN STYLE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT TUMBLEWEED PARK, AS I MENTIONED.
AND WHILE YOU ARE OUT CELEBRATING, PLEASE BE SAFE.
MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE RULES IN YOUR OWN HOME.
AND WITH THE USE OF FIREWORKS.
UH, I DO HAVE A STORY FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID A FOUNTAIN EVENT FOR FIREWORK FOUNTAINS AT OUR, AT OUR CHURCH.
AND ONE OF OUR, OUR ZEALOUS PARTICIPANTS, UH, DECIDED TO CLEAN UP AND HE
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THREW THEM IN THE DUMPSTER A LITTLE TOO EARLY.AND SO OUR BIGGEST FIREWORK WAS, UH, SIX FOOT FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF THE, UH, THE DUMPSTER AND SEEING SEVERAL OF US PUSH THIS DUMPSTER.
TOM WAS NOT GOING TO CALL YOU, BUT PUSHING THIS TO WHERE WE COULD HOSE IT DOWN AND TAKE CARE OF IT WAS, UH, IT MADE FOR A, A, A GREAT, UH, CLIMAX OF FIREWORKS AT THE END THERE.
SO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FIREWORKS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR CHANDLER FIRES WEBSITE, AND WE HOPE AND WISH THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE A FUN, SAFE, AND MEMORIAL, A MEMORABLE HOLIDAY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO JUST SCOOP THE OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE YOU WAVING TO JUST STAND UP, STAND UP SO I CAN SEE YOUR FACE.
SO Y'ALL KNOW WHO YOUR CITY JUDGE AND, UH, AND IF HISTORY STANDS CORRECT, IS SHE THE FIRST LATINO, UH, WOMAN TO SERVE AS THE CITY JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER? SO THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE, SHE, THE PERSON, THE TOWN, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, WE GOTTA GET OUR, UH, OUR W THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR JUDY? YEAH.
ANYWAYS, WE HIRED HER ALREADY AS A, AS A MANAGER.
WELL, IF YOU GUYS DID NOT COME OUT LAST WEEK TO ALL CHALLENGING TEAM EVENTS, YOU SIMPLY MISSED IT.
SO LAST WEEKEND WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH PARENTS JAILER, AND I WAS SO AMAZED BY THE GREAT TURNOUT AT THE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
AND I WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY STAFF THAT WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WEEKEND SO MEMORABLE.
AND SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE WHO WERE A PART OF THE CULTURE, MUSIC IN THE PARK.
HEY, WHO WENT TO THAT? UH, WE WANT TO THANK ONE THING.
COVID CHECK CLOSURE SYSTEMS, GREATER PHOENIX, URBAN LEAGUE WAVE RUNNERS.
I SEE LEO IN AUDIENCE RIGHT THERE.
ONE OF OUR SPONSORS WAVE RUNNERS.
READY TO SAY, GO FOUNDATION CHANNEL FOR CHANGE.
I DON'T SEE SEAN MITCHELL HERE.
THE CHANDLER CHAMBER, TERRY KIMBALL'S RIGHT THERE.
I THINK PETER CAME OUT, SPOKE CHANNELING MEN OF ACTION, PASSIVE VICTOR HARDY.
HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION BASE AS WELL.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I CANNOT LIVE.
I CANNOT LEAVE OUT OUR MVPS OF THIS EVENT, NICKY TAPPIA AND ALSO MICKEY WHO CAME IN ALL SATURDAY TO MAKE SURE THINGS WAS GOOD.
BEN HERNANDEZ, FILLER, UM, MAGNESIUM.
UH, I THINK I SAID HIS NAME WRONG.
I THINK I, I FOUND ME GARCIA, HUMMER, LINDA, AND ALL THOSE WHO HELPED OUT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATIONS.
WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP FORUM LAST WEEK.
JUNE TEAM WAS AMAZING AND I SEE DR.
HE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN TYLER AND SOME OF THE OTHER BEDS, ALL OF THESE GREAT OLD WYDELL CHANDLER PRI, ALL OF THESE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, WE HAD FIVE DAYS OF JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS AND CHANDLER.
NOW THAT IS DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
YOU GUYS SHOULD GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I SUPPOSE IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 10 DAYS, CAN WE CALL IT JUNE 10TH? IF IT STAGGERS OUT OF THE TEAMS, IT BECOMES KWANZAA.
SO, UH, JUST A CONGRATULATIONS, JUST SCOOP IN.
UH, KELLY AND DAN, THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STICKING AROUND, UM, TRYING TO BE AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE WHILE YOUR KIDS ARE ON WATER.
IT'S GETTING REAL OUT THERE, BUT HE'S JUMPED TO THE POOLS, KEEP IT ON THE KIDS, WANT TO KEEP HIM SAFE.
UH, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A SONG TO GET HOME TONIGHT.
WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR ME.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY AND, UH, THERE'S A MINI GRANT.
THAT'S COMING OUT THERE FOR DIVERSE, UH, FROM THE HRC.
IT'S A $1,000 AND, UH, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE JUNE CARS.
I MEAN, NOT JUNE, JULY 1ST NOW, GET READY FOR IT.
AND, UM, THE MONEY WILL BE TO PROMOTE MUTUAL RESPECT AND INCLUSION IN CHANDLER.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE WANT YOU TO BE PARTICIPATING BECAUSE THERE WILL BE, THE MONEY WILL BE GONE BY THAT TIME.
THERE'LL BE NO MORE MONEY TO APPLY FOR.
SO GET INVOLVED AND START GETTING YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
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CITY IS ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT RIGHT NOW FOR OUR POPULATION AND THOSE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
PLEASE JOIN AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
I'LL KEEP IT REAL SHORT AND MAYOR HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY WIFE, PAT AT 43 YEARS.
OOH, FOR 43 YEARS, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT GOOD CONDUCT, MEDAL, AQUATIC METALS THERE, BUT CITY KEY CITY.
SHE'S A GRANDMOTHER, BUT SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND.
TERRY DIDN'T YOU JUST CELEBRATE AN ANNIVERSARY TOO? OR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY? TERRY KENDALL.
Y'ALL DIDN'T JUST CELEBRATE YOU AND GEORGE JANE IS SAYING, YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WOULDN'T DARE KEEP YOU FROM THE SUN'S GAME.