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NEXT.WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION TONIGHT AND CLERK AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD CALL US TO TAKE A ROLL CALL.
MIRARCHI VICE MAYOR STEWARD, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HERE THAT'S MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROW COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
WE HAVE A FEW SCHEDULED PUBLIC
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APPEARANCES AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, PLEASE JOIN ME UPFRONT TONIGHT.THANK YOU FOR ASKING AND HELP.
YOU PICK THE SHORTEST COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TH THIS IS CALLED ADDING PERSPECTIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP COACH SHARON VANESS AND THE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
STEWART BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION TO RECOGNIZE THIS TEAM TONIGHT FOR RECENTLY WINNING THE SIX, A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, TIM HAMILTON IS TRULY TEAM CHANDLER IN THE SENSE THAT YOU REPRESENT ALL OF THE CITY AND YOU DID IT VERY, VERY WELL.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, PASS THE MIC, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS, UH, HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH HER COACH.
I'M CARLY DILLARD UNDERMINE THE TAPE.
I AM TATUM THOMAS I'M, ADDISON HARRIS COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
I THINK YOU GOT A PLAN TO DOING WHAT, WHO, AND THEN YOU GOT YOURSELF STUCK THERE THEN YA WELL, COACH MAN IS, UH, THIS IS CERTAINLY AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF ATHLETES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH US ABOUT THE SEASON? I WOULD LOVE TO WITHOUT GETTING EMOTIONAL, BUT, UM, NOT ONLY DID WE WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR ON THE TROPHIES LAST YEAR WAS THE OTHER, ONE'S STILL GETTING, UM, ENGRAVED.
THIS, THIS GROUP WENT BACK TO BACKSTAGE CHAMPIONS, UM, CHAMPIONSHIPS.
UM, THIS GROUP HAS NINE SENIORS ON THEM, ON THEM.
AND I WISH WHEN THEY INTRODUCED THEMSELVES TO SEVEN OF THEM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE OTHER TWO MIGHT HAVE THAT WAY TOO, BUT SEVEN OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED VOLLEYBALL SCHOLARSHIPS TO GO ONTO THE NEXT LEVEL AND PLAY THIS REAL QUICKLY.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THESE GIRLS.
WE FINISHED THE SEASON 34 AND FIVE.
WE WERE THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAMS TO BE AIRED BY ESPN.
THEY HAD NEVER AIRED A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM BEFORE.
NOT ONLY DID THEY GET A CHANCE TO PLAY ON ESPN PLUS AND ESPN ESPNU, THEY DEFEATED ASSUMPTION OUT OF LOUISVILLE WHO WAS AT THAT TIME, NUMBER FIVE OF THE NATION, AND THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MARY MOUNTS OUT OF LA WHO'S WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE SEASON UNDEFEATED AS THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE NATION.
WE TOOK THEM FOUR AND WE TOOK THEM WITH OUR LIBERO PLAYING OUR SETTER.
SO PRETTY PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF KIDS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE COURT.
AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN, UM, FOR JUST THE CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
CAUSE THEY, THEY DEFINITELY DESERVE IT.
SO THANK YOU AND FROM ALL OF CHANDLER, CONGRATULATIONS, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE YEAR
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COUNCIL MEMBER LANDO.BE SURE TO CALL YOU BACK WHEN WE HAVE THE DEBATE TEAM TONIGHT, I'M ALSO EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE OUR VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM.
THIS TALENTED TEAM IS INTEGRAL TO HELPING US CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED RECENTLY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK, THE TELLY AWARDS, HONORS EXCELLENCE AND VIDEO AND TELEVISION ACROSS ALL SCREENS.
AND THIS YEAR THE TEAM WON SEVERAL.
SO LET'S GO DOWN THE LINE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
HI, I'M COURTNEY RANDOLPH AND I'M JULIE CARPENTER.
I KEEP THINKING OF THE WISE OLD OWL.
AND I KEEP HEARING YOU SAY WHO BACK THERE.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AMAZING RECOGNITION TOO.
AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANTED FOR, UM, SO I WANT TO TELL YOU A WORD IN THE CULTURAL CATEGORY FOR DOING A VIDEO SERIES ON THE INSTITUTE WHICH IS A GROUP HERE IN CHANDLER.
I'LL JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ON MINE.
THIS ONE WAS FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY, THE 2020, UM, THE ONE WHERE WE SHRUNK THE MAYOR.
AND, UH, THIS WAS REALLY COOL FOR US BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WON, UM, THIS TELLY AWARD IN THE SPECIAL EFFECTS CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE FIRST EVER.
SO, AND THIS AWARD IS THE CHANDLER PERSEVERES DOCUMENTARY.
AND WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS AWARD AS WELL AS MOLINA'S.
THESE ARE THE STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY.
THAT ONE, WE JUST KIND OF HAD FUN AND GOT TO MEET THEM AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WIN THESE SNAZZY AWARDS.
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS THE DIGITAL CITIES AWARD.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR, OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER SAM DE SAN SANDEEP TO HOPE.
SO THIS ISN'T OUR FIRST TIME WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE, BUT WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT ONCE YOU GUYS STAND IN THE MIDDLE? OKAY.
SO I'D BE DOING A DISSERVICE IF I DIDN'T ACTUALLY ASK KRISTEN TO SPEAK KRISTIN, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF KAPPA, I'VE DONE A LOT OF LEGWORK WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY, UM, TO EARNEST THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ACCOLADES I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK, UM, KRISTEN TO DO SO.
HI, MY NAME IS KIRSTEN OLD AND I'M HONORED ON BEHALF OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND OUR GREAT CIO HERE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY'S WORK IN TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS A CITYWIDE AWARD THAT REALLY LOOKS AT HOW WE DO CITIZEN CENTRIC SERVICES AND PROVIDE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO BUILD EFFICIENCIES, DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
UM, THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR, UM, COMPETING IN THE DIGITAL CITIES AND THIS IS THE HIGHEST WE'VE FINISHED.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.
AND A LOT OF IT, UM, WAS SPAWNED BY THE PANDEMIC.
AS ALL OF US HAVE KNOWN, IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE WORK.
IT'S CHANGED THE WAY WE CONNECT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, AS A CITY CAME TOGETHER AND TRANSITIONED MORE THAN, UM, TWO THIRDS OF OUR WORKFORCE MOBILY DURING THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS CONTINUED ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS AND SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A HUGE AWARD, UM, NOT ONLY FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT.
AND I KNOW IN TIMES PAST MYSELF AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AT NATIONAL
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LEAGUE OF CITIES OF WHICH WE WERE VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO A WEDDING SECOND, FIRST, FIRST, NEXT YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, KANSAS CITY FIRST WE COME ALL RIGHT.
AND WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR DAYS AND WE HAVE, UH, SHANNON ELLINGSON WHO WILL BE SPEAKING THERE ADVOCATING FOR BACKYARD CHICKENS AND SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE, UH, THREE SECONDS ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT THERE.
SHANNON ELLINGSON, 7 0 1 WEST TOLEDO STREET AND CHANDLER.
UM, MAYOR HART CAME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADVOCATE FOR ALLOWING BACKYARD CHICKENS IN SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS.
I'M A HOMEOWNER AND AN SF 8.5 ZONING DISTRICT.
WHO'S ALWAYS WANTED TO RAISE CHICKENS FOR FRESH EGGS.
UM, WHEN WE MOVED TO OUR CURRENT HOUSE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN HOA, WE THOUGHT THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCITING.
WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE BACKYARD CHICKENS.
UM, WE CAREFULLY RESEARCHED THE CODE AHEAD OF TIME AND WE OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 14.3, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND WE HAD TROUBLE GETTING ENOUGH EGGS IN THE STORE, WE THOUGHT THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
WE CONSTRUCTED A SHED AND BLOCKED OFF PART OF IT TO USE AS A COOP.
WE BUILT AN OUTDOOR AREA AND BRUCE AND WE HAD NESTING BOXES AND WE WERE SO EXCITED TO RECEIVE OUR FIRST CHICKS AND START THIS ADVENTURE.
UM, ABOUT A YEAR LATER, WHEN WE WERE FINALLY GETTING A NICE HARVEST OF FRESH EGGS, WE RECEIVED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM THE CITY CODE INSPECTOR WHO HAPPENED TO DRIVE BY AND SAW OUR CHICKENS ROAMING INSIDE OF OUR CHAIN LINK FENCE.
OBVIOUSLY WE WERE NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING.
UM, THEY CATEGORIZED OUR CHICKENS AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A ZONING VIOLATION UPON FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE INSPECTOR.
I WAS TOLD THAT CHANDLER HAS A PERMISSIVE CODE, MEANING UNLESS THE CODE SAYS YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, THEN YOU CANNOT, UH, THIS WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE TO US AS NORMAL, REASONABLE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAD ACTUALLY READ THE CODE.
UH, WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS A SERIOUS INTERPRETATION AND WE WERE ALSO SURPRISED BECAUSE CHANDLER HAS A CULTURE OF BEING FAIRLY HANDS-OFF AND GENERALLY NON-INTERFERING.
UM, AND WE FOUND THIS TO BE PRETTY MICROMANAGING.
WE WERE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE CHICKENS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO THE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT WE HAD IN THE SHED IN THE COOP, WHICH WAS OVER $2,000.
MY REQUEST IS THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD EXPLICITLY ALLOW CHICKENS ON SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT LOTS.
WHEN WE EMBARKED ON THIS ADVENTURE, WE DISCOVERED MANY UNINTENDED POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM RAISING CHICKENS.
UM, I HAVE A LIST INCLUDED WITH A LETTER THAT I'M GOING TO LEAVE WITH THE CLERK, BUT TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WE'RE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNWANTED INSECT PESTS, WHICH ALSO DRASTICALLY DECREASED OUR SCORPION POPULATION.
AND THE OTHER WAS, UM, INTERACTION WITH OUR NEIGHBORS WHO WOULD INTENTIONALLY DRIVE BY STOP BY A TALK WITH US, ASK HOW OUR CHICKENS WERE.
THEY WOULD PULL OVER AND LOOK AND SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING.
UM, WE ENJOYED SHARING THIS EXPERIENCE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERYONE WE TALKED TO WAS SUPPORTIVE.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND HOPE THAT THE ZONING CODE COULD CHANGE SOON.
AND WE DO HAVE THE SUN AND UPCOMING AGENDA IN WHICH, IN WHICH YOU'LL BE A PUBLIC SESSION THAT YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO COME.
UM, SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS AND LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF ZONING, I THINK WHAT, WHEN DO I HAVE THAT SCHEDULED, SIR? MR. MERRIMAN WAS COUNCIL.
WE HAVE THAT TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.
SO, UM, YOUR TIMING, YOUR TIMING IS GOOD AND, UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT THAT NEXT MONTH.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A NUMBER OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN.
[1. Board and Commission Appointments Move City Council approve the Board and Commission appointments as recommended. Council Focus Area(s):]
I WANT TO THANK CONSTANT AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR, UM, MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION.UM, WE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT ON THURSDAY.
THIS IS OUR FIRST ITEM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THOSE, I SEE SEVERAL OF THOSE HERE WHO HAVE APPLIED AND, AND TO OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR, OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY, OUR VETERANS, AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD FIRST STEP TO DRAW ATTENTION AND TO PUT SOME FOCUS TOGETHER.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR
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FUTURE COMMISSION, PROBABLY STARTING IN JANUARY IN PARTICULAR, TO, TO AGREE ON AN AND UH, AN INITIAL SCOPE OF WORK.WE DON'T WANT TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE TO WHERE WE'RE TOUCHING EVERYTHING AND DOING NOTHING.
AND, UH, WITH THE PARTICULAR FOLKS THAT I KNOW THAT ARE ON THERE, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WE WILL IN SHORT MEASURE THE, UH, ESTABLISHING THIS AS ONE OF THE BEST MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSIONS AROUND THE VALLEY.
SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU ARE HERE AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNSEL.
MANY OF YOU HAD OFFERED SUGGESTIONS AND NAMES TO THIS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD FOR THIS GROUP TO MOVE FORWARD.
NEXT TIME THAT WAS CALLED IN TO, UH, IS ITEM NUMBER 22
[22. Agreement No. HR2-918-4354, with Logic Compensation Group, for Compensation and Classification Study Move City Council approve Agreement No. HR2-918-4354, with Logic Compensation Group, for a Compensation and Classification Study, in an amount not to exceed $215,000. Council Focus Area(s):]
WITH COUNSEL MEN, ORLANDO LOOKING FOR A SHORT BRIEFING.YEAH, MAYOR, UM, THIS, UM, THIS ITEM, I KNOW THIS IS COMING UP JUST FOR A, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT HOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE FILLING JOBS, PARTICULARLY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, UH, POLICE OFFICER'S ONE AREA, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT AND HOW DO WE GROW THE PUBLIC SECTOR? BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, ITEM IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, DO A GREAT JOB, THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AS A COUNCIL HERE.
SO I'VE ASKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND THEN MOVING ON.
SO THAT'S SURE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
SO I'M BACK AT THE END OF JUNE, WE MET IN A COUNCIL WORK SESSION OF WHICH I PRESENTED OUR COMPENSATION AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND IN THERE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAD A NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CITYWIDE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY.
THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS, UM, A FULL, FULL ONE WAS BACK IN 2008.
SO REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS IS FOR US TO, UM, REMAIN MARKET COMPETITIVE, UM, IN A VERY CHALLENGING RECRUITMENT MARKET.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE SEEING IT ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR AWESOME STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, WE DID AN RFP, UM, AT THE END OF AUGUST OF WHICH WE HAD FIVE, UM, COMPANIES APPLY AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HAD DIFFERENT MEMBERS, UM, SOME FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME FROM THE GENERAL GROUP THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE RFP PROCESS AND ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, UM, AGENDA, I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH LOGIC COMPENSATION.
UM, I WAS FORGET THEIR LAST NAME GROUP.
THAT'S AN EASY ONE TO REMEMBER.
UM, THEY'RE A TEMPE BASED COMPANY.
AND WHAT WE ARE HOPING IS TO KICK OFF THE STUDY, UM, RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS MAY ANTICIPATE THAT THIS COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS, AS WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR PAY, OUR BENEFITS, WHAT OUR MARKET IS.
UM, DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT COMPETITORS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT? DO WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR PAY PHILOSOPHY? AND, UM, THEN WE WILL ADD CHECKPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
UM, I IMAGINE THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION AND DECISION POINTS THAT WE MAY NEED, BECAUSE OUR HOPE IS THAT WE COULD MAKE CHANGES ALONG THE WAY WITH, UM, A FINAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU AND RAY LYNN, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, WE RECRUITED A CITY MANAGER, A MAGISTRATE I GO ON AND ON AND ON, BUT YOU WERE, YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN WORKING THE EMPLOYEE MORALE, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO AGAIN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WHEN WE CAN ENABLE YOU TO DO YOUR JOB, YOU'RE OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE ALREADY OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE, AND THEY DO HAVE A POSITIVE FACE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKES US LOOK GOOD.
IF IT'S A NEGATIVE ISSUE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PHONE CALL.
SO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING US ALL OF THE STAFF THIS YEAR FOR HELPING US, UM, LOOK, UH, LOOK GOOD, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
REALLY NEXT ITEM CALLED IN ALSO BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO COUNCIL NUMBER OR
[26. Settlement Agreements with Pharmaceutical Distributors McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Manufacturers Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., OrthoMcNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., relating to Opioid Litigation Move City Council authorize the City Attorney to enter into Settlement Agreements with Distributors McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Corporation and Manufacturers Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., OrthoMcNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. for Chandler’s portion of the opioid litigation settlement proceeds. Council Focus Area(s):]
ITEM NUMBER 26.UM, THIS IS A NATIONAL, THIS IS, UM, LITIGATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON NATIONALLY.
IT'S BEEN INITIATED BY A NUMBER OF STATES AND CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND IT'S REALLY REGARDING THE, UM, DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOIDS WHEN THEY WERE FIRST DIS DISTRIBUTED.
THEY CAME ON THE MARKET AND THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED.
THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF CONTROL.
THEY WERE GIVEN TO DOCTORS TO HAND OUT, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN SOME PRETTY DRASTIC, UM, CHALLENGES FROM OPIOID ADDICTIONS AND PEOPLE OUT
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THERE WHO, WHO TAKE THEM AND THEN CHOOSE TO DRIVE AND, AND CAUSE CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.SO THIS IS A NATIONAL LITIGATION, IT'S, IT INVOLVES TWO SETTLEMENTS WITH SIX MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN RECEIVING, UM, THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE AWARDED.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 549 MILLION, UM, TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
THAT'LL BE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE STATE AND THEN THE COUNTIES AND CITIES.
UM, THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE RESTRICTED IN THEIR USE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEEDED, UH, USE FOR OPIOID TYPE ABATEMENT.
UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO USE AND POSSIBLY NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES.
WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE DETAILS YET, NOR HAVE WE GOTTEN THE DETAILS ON EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY CHANDLER WILL RECEIVE FROM THIS LITIGATION AND THESE SETTLEMENTS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT PUT FORTH ANY MONEY, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THIS LITIGATION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST A BENEFICIARY OF IT.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, I KNOW VICE MAYOR, UH, STUART HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH A WHOLE, ALL OF US INTO SOME TIPS, SOME EVENT AND OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, BEING HER HER CAREER FIELD, OBVIOUSLY FOR, FOR HELPING US KEEP THIS ON A FOREFRONT, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
UM, AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE COULD HELP GET THE VICTIMS OF THIS TRAGIC, UH, EVENT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT NOT ONLY FROM THE LEGAL SIDE, BUT ALSO FROM THE VICTIM SIDE OF HOW WE COULD HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS RECOVER AND THEIR FAMILIES QUITE FRANKLY.
SO, UM, THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS UP HERE IN GALS UP HERE FOR HELPING US, UH, PUSH THIS FORWARD.
MA'AM UM, IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT FUNDING DIRECTLY TO, UM, REHAB CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO HELP FOLKS? OR IS THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT'LL BE A POSSIBILITY? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO IF I MAY MAYOR VICE MAYOR STEWART? UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
WE HAVEN'T, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE RESTRICTED USES.
WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT AND TALK TO THE STATE ABOUT THAT.
UM, YES, ALSO, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UM, UM, GOD BLESS, UM, GRANT WHO WAS A GREAT ADVOCATE LEADER AND LET THE, UM, THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST THE OPIOID ADDICTION PROBLEM.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE ADDICTION THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE GETTING LAWSUITS FROM MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR STUDENTS ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND IT'S A CONSTANT ONGOING ISSUE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THE MONEY TO EDUCATION.
UM, WE LOOK TO PUT INTO EDUCATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
UM, AND I JUST KNOW THAT FIRSTHAND BECAUSE I'M WORKING DIRECTLY IN THE TRENCHES WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS OTHERS.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR, UM, IT'S NOT JUST THIS AFFECTS ADULTS, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, AFFECTING OUR STUDENTS.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IT TO GOOD USE EDUCATION THAT WE CLEARLY MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THIS IS GOING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CHANDLER, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FROM WITHIN OUR CITY TO ADVANCE LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT USING PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT, UM, ON THOSE FARMS. THANK YOU.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, I, I ASSUME ONCE WE HAVE THE DETAILS OF THIS AND KNOW WHAT AMOUNT WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, PUT TOGETHER A WORK SESSION AND LEARN AND GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU AND OTHERS AS WHAT'S THE BEST USE OF WHAT WE HAVE.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PRE SPEND MONEY WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO OR HOW MUCH OF A GAP.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
ONCE WE HAVE MORE DETAILS, IF I MAY, MARY, THIS IS JUST SAW, THEY'RE AUTHORIZING ME TO SIGN THE DOCUMENTS SO WE CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS STATED GRANT WOODS, UM, WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS LITIGATION AND ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE ADVOCATES FOR MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE CITIES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE EVEN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
[47. Resolution No. 5533, Authorizing the City of Chandler to Enter into an Agreement to Share Costs for the Feasibility Study of Bartlett Dam Modification Alternatives Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5533, authorizing the City of Chandler to enter into an agreement to share costs for the Feasibility Study of Bartlett Dam Modification Alternatives Among Various Participating Entities and Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District in the amount not exceed $400,000. Council Focus Area(s):]
IN BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, A BRIEFING ON ITEM NUMBER 47 AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.AND OBVIOUSLY I COULDN'T LET PUBLIC WORKS, GO WITHOUT A STUDY, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC WORK.
SO, NO, I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT FOR ALL OF US, ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT TO TIER ONE THIS YEAR AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATION ISSUES AND WE'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THIS.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS A LITTLE BIT STEP POSITIVE STEP TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
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YEAH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR CHANDLER AND REALLY ALL THE VALLEY CITIES.AS YOU KNOW, WE GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR WATER COMES FROM THE SALT RIVER WATERSHED, WHICH IS SALT RIVER AND VERDE RIVER COMBINED.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL RESERVOIRS ON THE RIVER SYSTEMS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY SRP MANAGES THOSE RESERVOIRS.
THEY COLLECT THE WATER, DELIVER IT TO THE CANAL SYSTEM, TO OUR TREATMENT PLANTS.
AND ON THE VERDE SIDE, THERE'S TWO RESERVOIRS, THERE'S HORSESHOE RESERVOIR.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST RESERVOIR THAT CAPTURES ALL THE RUNOFF FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
UM, AND IT CAPTURED THE SRP CAPTURES THE WATER THERE LET'S FLOW BACK DOWN TO THE VERDE TO BARTLETT RESERVOIR.
WELL, THE HORSESHOE RESERVOIR, UM, UNFORTUNATELY HAS LOST 30% OF ITS CAPACITY BASED ON DUE TO SEDIMENTATION.
SO, UM, WHEN BOR DID BUREAU RECLAMATION AND SRP GOT TOGETHER, THEY INITIATED A MITIGATION STUDY SEVERAL YEARS BACK COMPLETED THE STUDY, LOOKED AT WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT SEDIMENT LOSS OF THE CAPACITY.
AND IT CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN BOTH OPTIONS INCLUDED HEIGHTENING THE ELEVATION OF BARTLETT DAM.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT, THAT WOULD JUST INCREASE THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF BARTLETT.
AND THEN ALSO USE THE, UM, HORSESHOE RESERVOIR, UH, TO MANAGE THE SEDIMENT AND ALSO TO CREATE ADDITIONAL HABITAT.
SO THE OTHER PART OF THAT MITIGATION STUDY, THEY RECOMMENDED TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS MEANT TO STUDY BOTH THOSE OPTIONS.
LOOK AT THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, THE TECHNICAL IMPACTS, THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF HEIGHTENING THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UM, WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT STUDY.
UM, THE STUDY IS PROJECTED COSTS, $10 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING.
UM, HALF OF THE STUDY, HALF OF THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM VAIL RECLAMATION.
THE OTHER HALF WILL BE COMING FROM NON-FEDERAL PARTIES.
THERE'S 21 PARTIES IN THIS COST SHARE AGREEMENT.
AGAIN, CHANDLER'S ONE OF THOSE PARTIES AND WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO PARTICIPATE AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
UM, WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS THAT WOULD GET US A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE WOULD HEAR THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY COMING IN AT A REAL TIME BASIS.
UM, AND WE ALSO WOULD BE CREATING, UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, THE CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHO GETS THE WATER AT THE VERY END, UM, AND THE NEEDS, UH, EACH PARTY WOULD NEED FOR THAT WATER SUPPLY.
BECAUSE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE THE TWO ALTERNATIVES, THE FIRST WOULD BE JUST STRICTLY MITIGATING THE SEDIMENT LOSS, THE CAPACITY LOSS, THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE STORAGE CAPACITY AND WOULD INCREASE OUR WATER SUPPLY.
UM, SO THAT'S TWO VERY IMPORTANT PIECES FOR CHANDLER, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR DEMAND PROJECTIONS AND OUR SUPPLY PROJECTIONS.
AND AS YOU STATED WITH COLORADO RIVER SUPPLY THERE'S SHORTAGES ON THE HORIZON, AND THIS WILL JUST BE AN ADDED SUPPLY INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, THE DELTA, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANNEL HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF WATER, WATER PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION WASTEWATER.
NOW THERE'S AN OLD SAYING IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE DINNER TABLE, YOU USUALLY DINNER, SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DINNER.
WE'LL DEFINITELY BE AT THE DINNER TABLE.
AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY WELL WITH WATER INTEREST IN SERVING ON M Y.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN QUITE ACTIVE IN WORKING, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY WELL ON THIS AND OTHER WATER ISSUES.
AND IF I'M, IF I MAY SAY MIRROR, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THE, I SAY IT'S A LOT NOW AT THE MOS, UH, MEETINGS AND, AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO TALKING WATER FOR MANY GENERATIONS AND CHANDLER THE LEADERSHIP, THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, AND OUR STAFF HAS ALWAYS ADVISED THAT WE NEED TO BE STORING OUR NUTS FOR THE WINTER.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HEADING INTO THIS SHORTAGE AND YES, WATER IS VERY PRECIOUS.
UM, WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN A CRISIS MODE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE HAVE A HUNDRED YEAR ASSURED WATER SUPPLY.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, I WOULDN'T SAY MUD WATER DESPAIR, BUT WE'VE GOT WATER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE WELL FED WITH WATER.
WE'LL WET WITH WATER, UM, FOR, FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT.
AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, JOHN AND GREG, BOTH OF THEM, UH, AGAIN, EVERY YEAR WE, WE LOOK AND EVALUATE THE OUT OF THE BOX THINKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ON, UH, LIKE ITEMS LIKE THIS.
WE KEEP AN EYE ON KEEPING OUR WATER SUPPLIES ASSURED.
I'D LIKE TO SHOWER YOU WITH PRAISE AND STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING THIS STEP FORWARD.
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ALL RIGHT.I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE IS TRYING TO THINK OF WATER JOKES UP HERE.
UM, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED IN ON THURSDAY.
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT, UH, RELATED TO AN ANNEXATION.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, THE GAVEL IS PAUSED.