Jul 15, 2021 City Council Meeting - 07/15/2021

[ Call to Order]

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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR JULY 15TH, A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

MOST OF OUR THINGS WILL BE ON A CONSENT AGENDA UNLESS PULLED BY COUNCIL AND WILL BE VOTED ON BY A SINGLE VOTE.

AND, UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE COME TO BE PART OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE ROLE.

MY HIERARCHY.

YEAH.

VICE MAYOR STEWART.

YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

THAT'S MEMBER ROW.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK.

OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'M SORRY.

OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY REVEREND MY YOUNG SON, YANG FROM THE EDEN EVANGELICAL KOREAN CHURCH.

AND THAT OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY THE BSA TROOP 32 80.

SO REVEREND, PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT AND LEAD US.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSELOR FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY OVER YOU EN THIS CITY.

I BE SAYING MY PRAYER IN KOREAN TODAY, BUT YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE PRAYER IN ENGLISH.

LET YOU PRAY.

I DIDN'T GO GOTTEN TECHNICAL MODERN TO NAME SO SHE SHE'S CAPTURED IT ON GOVERNOR PETER TO GET YOUR TWO SHOPS ARE SO .

THANK YOU.

AND IF TROOP 32 80 WOULD COME UP AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, 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 FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

BOY SCOUT TROOPS, 32 80.

THANK YOU, REVEREND FOR, UM, LEADING US THIS MORNING OR THIS EVENING.

[ 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.]

ON MONDAY, WE BROUGHT FORTH A COUPLE ITEMS FOR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

IT WOULD BE, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION, UNLESS THERE IS A FURTHER ACTION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ON THIS MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YOU'RE LISTENING.

OKAY, WHATEVER

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UM, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING CONSENT AGENDA DATED THURSDAY, JULY 15TH, 2021 ITEMS ONE THROUGH 36.

I SECOND THAT ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE SEEING NONE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

UNANIMOUSLY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

NEXT,

[37. Annexation Public Hearing, Approximately 3.8 Acres located West of the Southwest corner of Willis and McQueen road 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close Public Hearing Council Focus Area(s):]

I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS BEN .

I'M A CITY PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER PLANNING DIVISION.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO ANNEX PARCELS LOCATED WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WILLIS AND MCQUEEN ROADS.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3.8 ACRES AND ARE CURRENTLY RURAL 43.

CURRENTLY THE PROPERTIES ARE BEACON .

THE SITE IS BOARDED BY PROPERTIES, ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE NORTH VACANT LOT ZONED AG ONE OR AGRICULTURAL TO THE EAST SAN TAN FREE TO THE SOUTH AND SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS ZONED PAD TO THE WEST.

THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATES A SITE AS NEIGHBORHOODS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE CHALLENGE AIR PARK AREA PLAN DESIGNATES THE LAND AS PARKS AND OPEN SPACE UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM WILLIS ROAD.

THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AREA PLAN AMENDMENT REZONING AND PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH 44 RENTAL UNITS PROPOSED, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY STAFF AND WILL APPEAR IN AN UPCOMING AGENDA.

UPON ANNEXATION INITIAL STUDY, ZONING WILL BE 81 AND THE SITE WAS POSTED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY INCREASE.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AND IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ANNEXATION REQUEST, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

SO, UM, WHAT DO THEY PLAN ON DOING HERE AND WHEN I ORIGINALLY HEARD THAT THEIR PLAN, BUT I WANT TO GET, WE CLARIFY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

W SO WHAT THEY PLAN ON PUTTING HERE, I SHOULD SAY, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TONIGHT, BUT AT THAT ONE THERE, THE CHAIR, UH, COUNCILMAN MORLANDO, THEY ARE PROPOSING 44 SINGLE STORY RENTAL UNITS, RENTAL UNITS.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

UM, I KNOW IT'S EARLY IN THE PROCESS, UM, BUT I HOPE STAFF AND NEED BE, UH, WORK WITH THEM AND FIGURE OUT THERE'S SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT COULD GO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

UM, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT IN THAT PARTICULAR UPON MIKE AND MY CONCERN IS IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT.

AND I LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVITY IN THAT PARTICULAR PIECE.

I KNOW IT'S SMALL AND I GET THAT AND I NOTICED IT A FREEWAY AND I GET THAT.

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE WOWED AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THERE.

ACKNOWLEDGED APPRECIATE THAT.

YEP.

THANK YOU.

AND COUNSEL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE TONIGHT.

THIS IS JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING OF WHICH THIS WILL COME BACK TO US WITH, UH, A PHD AT THAT POINT.

DID I HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER? OKAY.

I THOUGHT HE WAS COMING FORTH FOR A COMMENT.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE RELATED TO THIS ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE I'D LIKE TO THEN CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THAT HEADS US INTO, DO WE HAVE ANY UNSCHEDULED, PUBLIC APPEARANCES TONIGHT? ANY CARDS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK

[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]

SO THAT MOVES US TO CURRENT EVENTS OF WHICH I WILL START.

SO THIS WEEKEND WE WILL BE, UM, PARTICIPATING COUNCIL.

YOU'RE ALL INVITED OF COURSE, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE INTO OUR ANNUAL OPERATIONAL OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL.

AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT USED TO HAND OUT BACKPACK SEPARATELY THAT ARE NOW WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE BACKPACKS TO CHILDREN RATHER THAN SEEING DO DUPLICITY

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I WANT TO REALLY GIVE A BIG KUDOS TO THOSE WITH, UM, WITH OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE MANY NONPROFITS THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH US HERE.

SO TOTALLY WE PLAN ON HANDING OUT ABOUT 3000 BACKPACKS FULL OF SUPPLIES TO HELP OUR STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THEIR FIRST DAY BACK.

AND THIS WEEKEND WE'LL, WE WILL ALSO BE AT FOUR LOCATIONS AND CHANDLER DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES IN A DRIVE-THRU STYLE EVENT.

SO THOSE THAT INFORMATION I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE LISTED ON HERE AND WHAT I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANDERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR CAFETERIA FOR PREPARATIONS ALL SUMMER.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF STUFFING BACKPACKS EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT I WAS AT THE TAIL END BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT HAD RESPONDED HAD BEEN DOING THIS EARLIER.

THIS EVENT DOES GET BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.

SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

GOING BACK TO SCHOOL ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IN MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN AND TO OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF.

I WISH YOU A FUN AND SAFE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, AWESOME BACKPACK DRIVE, LOVE IT.

MOX BOARDING HOUSE JOINS CHANDLER.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MOX BOARDING HOUSE TO CHANNELER MOCKSVILLE IS CREATED FOR THE GAMING COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN BORROW GANGS FROM THE LIBRARY FOR FREE WHILE YOU HANG OUT AND EAT WITH MORE THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

THIS NEW MOTT'S LOCATION WILL BE UNIQUELY DESIGNED, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR TAYLOR.

IT WILL HOUSE TWO DIFFERENT THING, PRIVATE ROOMS THAT CAN BE RENTED FOR EVENTS IN A LARGE OUTDOOR PATIO.

WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE MOTS BOARDING HOUSE JOIN OUR CHANDLER COMMUNITY AND GOLD SONS.

THANK YOU.

TURN MY MIC ON HERE.

SO YOU HAVE TO, EXCUSE ME.

MY ALLERGIES ARE ON FIRE THIS WEEK, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A SPECIAL MOMENT TO THANK, UM, CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PRINCIPAL.

UH, HEATHERLY MASTER ANGUIANO.

SHE HAS WON THE DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF RECEIVING THE 2020 NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

UM, THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF HER HIGH STANDARDS OF INSTRUCTION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER, AND CREATING A CLIMATE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, FAMILY AND STAFF IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, MS. WAS MY KIDS' PRINCIPAL WHEN THEY WERE IN GRADE SCHOOL AND IT SET THEM IN MOTION FOR AN INCREDIBLE, UM, UM, SCHOOL CAREER.

AND THEY BOTH GRADUATED FROM PERRY AND, UH, I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THEY WERE SET IN MOTION FROM WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THEIR, AT THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN SAN TAN.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR CONTINUED WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANKS HEATHER.

UM, AND THEN THIS SATURDAY I'LL BE AT BASHA FOR THE BACKPACK, UH, THE OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL.

SO I'LL BE THERE WITH MY FAMILY.

SO I'D LOVE TO SEE, UH, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE.

AND PLEASE WALK UP TO ME AND SAY HI AND, AND, UH, LOVE TO MEET YOU.

THANKS.

I NEVER MISSED THE BACK TO SCHOOL BACKPACK.

SO I'LL BE AT TOP WILLIS, UH, WITH, UH, PASSING BACKPACKS AND I WAS ALSO AT, UH, UM, ANDERSON FILLING THEM OUT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY, PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP.

I SEE MS. CHRISTINE HOTCHKISS IS IN THE AUDIENCE, SAYS SHE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HELPS US OUT WITH THAT.

BUT TONIGHT I WILL BE REMISS NOT TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS SO DIVERSE AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE HAITIANS THAT LIVE HERE IN CHANDLER, AND THEY HAVE MADE THIS CITY, THE PLACE TO THRIVE, LIVE AND WORK.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD WHAT HAPPENED IN HAITI IN THE LAST A WEEK THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED THERE.

AND AT THIS MOMENT I WOULD LIKE TO STAND AND TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND ASKED YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.

AND THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI, EVEN BEFORE I EVEN THOUGHT I WOULD BE ON COUNCIL AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER RALLY TOGETHER AND COLLECTIVELY, THEY SEND OVER $4.8 MILLION WITH A MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN HAITI.

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW THAT STILL DO HAVE, UH, TIES WITH HAITI, WITH ORPHANAGES.

AND, UH, ONE OF OUR POSTURE IS HE WHO DOES THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND SO CHANDLER AND HAITI SOMEHOW HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THEMSELVES IN A CROSSROAD.

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SO TONIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME.

I'M ASKING THE CITY, I'M ASKING THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TO PLEASE STAND WITH ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TOWARDS THE OTHER HAITIAN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE COUNCIL MEMBER ROAD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE WITH US? YEAH, I'LL BE QUICK ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I THINK I CAN SAY THIS, UH, TODAY WAS QUITE A DAY AND, UH, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH, UH, WORKING ON THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR OUR, UH, NEW CITY MANAGER, UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.

AND, UH, AND OR OUR CANDIDATES, UH, JOSH WRIGHT, MILTON HONI, SARAH HENSLEY, TOM , YOU CAME AND YOU WENT THROUGH THE GAUNTLET.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THANK YOU TO, UH, RAY LYNN AND ALL YOUR FOLKS AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE UP UNTIL TODAY AND PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO DO BEYOND THIS AND, UH, IN HELPING US, UH, PICK THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND, UM, TO THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS, ALL THE CITIZENS THAT CAME AND PARTICIPATED AND, UH, AND OUR STAFF AND ALL THE OTHER FOLKS AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THE FUTURE.

WE'LL TRY TO GET A DECISION OUT AND AS SOON AS WE CAN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO, NOTHING TONIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR COMMENTS, I, I AM REMISS IF I DID NOT, UH, ALSO ANNOUNCE ONE OF OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEES.

ONE OF OUR MAGISTRATES, UH, MICHELLE LOOSEN IS IN THE BACK.

AND IF YOU'D PLEASE STAND JUDGE, UH, UH, SAYING, HAD, HAD APPLIED FOR OUR, UM, OUR, UH, OUR CHIEF MAGISTRATE POSITIONED, UH, WENT TO, UH, UH, JUDGE SCOOPIN.

WE REALIZED WE HAD A GOOD THING HERE AND, UH, AND IT JUST WORKED OUT FOR HER TO JOIN TEAM CHANDLER.

SO WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU CHOSE TO JOIN US AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU SERVE WITH US.

SO THANK YOU AND, UH, ETHNIC CITY MANAGER, NOTHING TO MAKE NEAR.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING SITE.

THANK YOU.