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WE HAVE A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ITEMS WE'LL BE VOTING ON AS WELL AS ONE ACTION AGENDA ITEM AS WELL.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS COVERED UNDER CONSENT, LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER AND CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? NICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.
CITY CLERK OR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY FROM A BUCK TO THE DANTE CULTURAL CENTER AND TELLS MEMBER STEWARD.
IF YOU WOULD THEN LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M GOING TO BE READING FROM STATE AND THE LOCATION ON FOR TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH.
THE PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD IS PERFECT AND COMPLETE, AND BECAUSE HE IS COMPLETELY PERF PERFECT, ALL EMANATIONS FROM HIM, SUCH AS THESE PHENOMENAL WORLD ARE PERFECTLY EQUIPPED AS COMPLETE HOLES.
WHATEVER IS PRODUCED OF THE COMPLETE HOLE IS ALSO COMPLETE IN ITSELF BECAUSE HE'S THE COMPLETE WHOLE, EVEN THOUGH SO MANY COMPLETE UNI UNITS EMANATE FROM HIM, HE REMAINS THE COMPLETE BALANCE.
IISHA DANA , MARGARITA CASHIERS, THE PANAM TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH, EVERYTHING ANIMATE OR INANIMATE THAT IS WITHIN THIS UNIVERSE IS CONTROLLED AND OWNED BY THE LORD.
ONE SHOULD THEREFORE ACCEPT ONLY THOSE THINGS NECESSARILY FOR HIMSELF, WHICH ARE SET ASIDE AS THIS QUARTER.
AND ONE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT OTHER THINGS KNOWING WELL TO WHOM THEY BELONG.
THE ROOT OF SIN IS DELIBERATE DISOBEDIENCE OF THE LAWS OF NATURE.
SO DISREGARDING THE PROPRIETORSHIP OF THE LORD, THIS WILL BE OBEYING THE LAWS OF NATURE OR THE ORDER OF THE LORD BRINGS THROUGH INTO A HUMAN BEING.
CONVERSELY ONE WHO IS SOBER, WHO KNOWS THE LAWS OF NATURE.
AND WHO'S NOT INFLUENCED BY UNNECESSARY ATTACHMENT OR AVERSION IS SURE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE LORD AND THUS BECOME ELIGIBLE TO GO BACK HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD, BACK TO THEIR ETERNAL HOME.
HOW DO YOU KRISHNA? OKAY, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
TED'S OUR NEW, TED'S OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
IT WAS HIS ROLE TO GET THE FLAGS TODAY.
WE'RE UH, WE'RE WAITING A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE A VIRTUAL FLAG? WE CAN PUT UP ON THE MOTHER.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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THANK YOU, BOTH COUNSEL.[ 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.]
WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS ON MONDAY.
YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE THROUGH 26 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATED FEBRUARY 10, 20, 22 SECOND.
SORT OF A MOTION AND A SECOND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING SEEING NONE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
[27. Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Ordinance No. 4994, Amending the Code of the City of Chandler, Chapter 28. Fire Prevention, by Repealing and Replacing Chapter 28 in its Entirety; Providing for the Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances; and Providing for Severability and Establishing an Effective Date Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 4994; Declaring the documents known as the “International Fire Code, 2021 Edition” and “2021 Amendments to Fire Code Exceptions in Chapter 28, Fire Prevention,” as Public Records; Amending the Code of the City of Chandler, Chapter 28, Fire Prevention, by Repealing the International Fire Code, 2018 Edition, by Adopting the International Fire Code, 2021 Edition, and by Amending and Clarifying the Exception Provisions to the International Fire Code; Providing for the Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances; and Providing for Severability and Establishing an Effective Date. Council Focus Area(s):]
ITEM NUMBER 27 THAT HAS BEEN PULLED TO ACTION.UM, IS THERE RE PRESENTATION OR I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, YOU PULL THIS, HOW WOULD A, IS THERE CONVERSATION DISCUSSION RELATED TO THIS? OTHERWISE A MOTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TENTATIVELY APPROVE ORDINANCE 4, 9, 9, 4, DECLARING ALL THE DOCUMENTS KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE 2021 EDITION AND THE 2021 AMENDMENTS TO THE FIRE CODE EXCEPTIONS IN CHAPTER 28, FIRE PREVENTION AS PUBLIC RECORD, UH, AND CHANGING THE LAST PHRASE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE SECTION 28 23, TO READ THE USE OF DISCHARGE IGNITION OR PERMISSIBLE FIREWORKS IS PROHIBITED IN ALL PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC RETENTION, BASINS, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, PROVIDING FOR A REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
THERE IS THERE A MOTION? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND CONVERSATION CLARIFY, WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? THE MOST I MAY MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HAS MADE A MOTION, BUT IN INCLUDED IN THAT MOTION IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE FIREWORKS PROVISION, WHICH REMOVES THE, UM, PROHIBITION OF USE ON STREETS, ROADS.
UM, SO IT WOULD ONLY PROHIBIT THE USE ON PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC RETENTION, BASINS, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
SO IF THIS GOES DOWN, CAN WE BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL MOTION BECAUSE YOU'RE AMENDING IT RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE, THE AMENDED, UH, UM, UH, RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE.
IF I MAY, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
YOU'RE VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE AS THE, WITH THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
UM, IF THAT DOES NOT PASS, THEN SOMEBODY COULD MAKE A MOTION BACK TO THE, OKAY, GOOD.
SO, UH, MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I, WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THIS AND I, AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM A BUYER.
POLICE ARE RISK MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDING AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE ROBUST DISCUSSION WHERE ALL THREE OF THOSE PEOPLE, I WILL ALWAYS, I ALWAYS RELISH THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IN THIS SCENARIO HERE, UM, I REALLY, I REALLY CAN'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES SENDS A CONFUSING LANGUAGE TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
I DO FEEL THERE IS A RISK MANAGEMENT HERE WITH PUTTING IN OUR STREETS OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, UH, WHICH THEN COULD POTENTIALLY BE A LIABLE OR LAWSUIT AGAINST US, WHICH WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR ON MONDAY NIGHT.
UM, THIS IS ON SOMEONE ELSE'S OWN PROPERTY.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE AT TYPE OF STUFF THAT THEIR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE OR HER INSURANCE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT THE TAX THE BURDEN BACK ON THE TAXPAYERS ON THIS ONE.
SO, AND I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN IN THE POLICY BEFORE, BUT UNFORTUNATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT.
SO AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
WE GOT TO SHOOT THEM OFF SOMEWHERE.
SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS, IF YOU WANT TO SHOOT THEM OFF, SHOOT THEM ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY AND DON'T INCUR ANY POTENTIAL COSTS FOR CHANDLER'S RESIDENTS.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THE STREETS IN THERE.
THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE POINTS.
I'M JUST, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY AND THE CHIEF WAS VERY CLEAR THAT SETTING HIM OFF NEAR YOUR HOME IS A LOT MORE DANGEROUS FOR A HOME THAN IT IS TO SET THEM OFF IN THE STREET.
SO UNDER THE GUISE OF SAFETY, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE OUR KIDS SETTING UP THE FOUNTAINS AND THE SPARKLERS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
BUT FURTHERMORE, THE REMOVAL OF THIS LANGUAGE FOR STREETS AND ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
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IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY, BUT ALSO TO PREVENT ANY SCENARIO THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.BUT LET'S JUST SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE LADY IS NOT FANS OF HER NEIGHBORS AND THE KIDS ARE OUT FRONT SETTING OFF SPARKLERS BY THIS CODE.
I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL CALL HER KAREN.
FOR EXAMPLE, SHE'S CALLS THE CITI AND SAYS, HEY, SHE, SHE CALLS THE CITY, CALLS THE POLICE AND SAYS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, YOU CANNOT SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS.
THE POLICE HAVE TO COME TO THAT CALL.
THERE'S NO DISCRETION THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP.
AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY SHOW UP IS THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THAT KID, SORRY, YOU CAN'T SHOOT YOUR FOUNTAINS OFF AND CALL THE SAC.
THAT'S A FACT OF THE MATTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE THAT IN OTHER SITUATIONS, BY REMOVING THIS LANGUAGE, WE TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE POLICE, WHICH IS A TAX BURDEN AND THE TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO DO THAT BY REMOVING THIS LANGUAGE, WE ALLOW THE FREEDOM.
IN FACT, IN FACT, FRANKLY, I THINK THAT THIS ORDINANCE, AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, DOESN'T FIT WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE QUALITY OF LIFE, TO, UM, TO, TO LIVE THEIR LIVES.
AS THEY SEE FIT AND SETTING OFF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME SHOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE IN THE CITY LIKE CHANDLER, WE SUPPORT LIBERTY, WE SUPPORT FAMILY VALUES AND WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT CELEBRATION OF DEVALE CELEBRATION OF SINKING, THE MILES CELEBRATION OF 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION OF A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO WITH FIREWORKS.
UM, AND SO BY MAKING PEOPLE MOVE THIS BACK TOWARDS THEIR HOME, I THINK THAT CREATES A FIRE HAZARD FOR PALM TREES, FOR ROOFS, UM, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE, WE WANT THEM OUT IN THEIR STREET.
WE WANT THEM OUT ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE REASON FOR THE MOTION, I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE COUNCIL THAT TELLS KIDS THEY CAN'T SHUT OFF FIREWORKS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE, COMMENTS, RIGHT.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, CHIEF, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, UH, CAUSE I JUST, I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW, UM, SHE, UM, THANK YOU THAT, UH, HOW, HOW MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW PEOPLE IN CHANDLER, THEY CAN GO TO THE STREETS, SHOOT THE FIREWORKS OFF CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.
SO HOW MANY ISSUES HAVE WE REALLY HAD? I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS INTO A LOT, HOW WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH VIRUS BEING LED OFF IN A CALL TO SET AS COUNCILLOR MARTIN STORY HAS ALLUDED TO THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO ISSUES OF, OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS SHOOTING THEM OFF IN THE STREET, I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THEM ARE, ARE 90 RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY THE CALL VOLUME AND THE AMOUNT OF FIRES THAT WERE RUNNING, UH, THE THREE HIGHEST DAYS FOR US ARE THE TWO HIGHEST DAYS RIGHT NOW, OUR 4TH OF JULY, WHICH IS THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
WE PULLED THE NUMBERS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS FROM, WE GO FROM 6:00 PM TILL 2:00 AM.
AND THERE ARE MORE FIRE CALLS IN THAT TIMEFRAME THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN THE YEAR.
UM, AND SO THAT'S 4TH OF JULY AND THE OTHER ONE IS NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IN THOSE THREE DAYS, WE RESPONDED TO 86 SPIRES.
I KNOW, UH, FROM THE METROPLEX POINT OF VIEW, THE CITY OF PHOENIX, ALL THE SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS, 4TH OF JULY IS OUR BUSIEST NIGHT ON NOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY WERE LIT OFF, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STREET OR SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY? WE DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE TALK ABOUT BOTTLE LOCKETS, ANYTHING THAT GOES UP IN THE AIR, ESPECIALLY PALM TREES.
THAT'S WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF OUR TREE FIRES, WHICH ARE A LOT OF THE FIRES THAT WE RESPOND TO.
BUT WE ALSO SEE HOME FIRES, A GARAGE FIRES FROM DISCARDED FIREWORKS.
WE SEE DUMPSTER FIRES, SEE CAR BUYERS FROM, UH, FROM FIREWORKS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE IN THE STREET.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THIS ISSUE IN THE STREET BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING ISSUES WITH FIREWORKS IN GENERAL, WHEREVER THEY'RE BEING LAID OFF.
AND I WANTED TO ASK THE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION.
UM, SO THE ATTORNEY, IF WE, IF WE SAY YES, IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION, UM, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE REALIZE THAT THE FIREWORKS FOR NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR COMING UP, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS WAY MORE INCIDENTS HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO KIND OF CONTROL THE SITUATION UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD MAJOR RISKS OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT CHIEF HAVE JUST SPOKEN ABOUT.
BUT IF WE SAID, YES, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT DECISION.
LET'S CHANGE IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S IN PLACE.
WE PUT IT IN IT RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT NOW THEY CAN DO IT IN THE STREET WE HAVEN'T HAD OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU HAD OUR NORMAL ORDINARY USAGE BUYERS OR USAGE THINGS THAT HAPPENS
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AROUND THIS TIME.CAN WE COME BACK AND CHANGE THIS UP AGAIN? WE DID IT MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
THE COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THE ORDINANCE IN THE FUTURE, UM, AS IT DEEMS FIT.
UM, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THE EMISSION FROM 2018, NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF IT, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SOME STAFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE VIEWED THAT AS A CHANGE.
YES, CHIEF, DON'T GO SIT DOWN.
I KNOW THAT, UH, TUESDAY NIGHT WE WENT AND LESS ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND US THAT THIS IS STILL WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS NEW PROPOSAL TO LIMIT THE TIME, EVEN ON THOSE HEAVY DAYS THAT WE HAVE THEM, RIGHT.
WE'RE LIMITING THE TIME NOW ON THOSE DAYS, CORRECT.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, WE ARE AT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING DATES WHERE WE'RE, UH, ADDING CINCO DE MAYO.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CHANGING THE TIME, UM, THAT YOU CAN START SELLING THEM TO WHEN YOU CAN START UTILIZING OR REFERRING THEM OFF.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE IS, I BELIEVE A HOUSE BILL OUT RIGHT NOW THAT LOOKS SPECIFICALLY AT THE TIME AND I THINK IT CAPS IT AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT IN MY, YET.
IT'S NOT IN THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
MA'AM I DO HAVE ONE, UH, UH, SPEAKER CODE, BUT IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM HERE BEFORE I LISTENED TO? UH VICE-VERSA UM, THANK YOU.
MA'AM UM, FOR, FOR CHIEF, UH, CHIEF DUGAN, A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK.
UM, SO IT, IT, I MIGHT BE WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THE GREATEST CONCERN THAT CHANDLER HAS ABOUT FIREWORKS IS THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
I THINK, ARE THEY THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MOST NOISE? ARE THEY THE MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE A FIRE BECAUSE THEY ARE PROPELLED INTO THE AIR? AM I AND, AND, AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.
SO OFTENTIMES, UM, SOME OF YOUR OFFICERS DO GO TO A HOME WHERE FOLKS HAVE LEGAL FIREWORKS AND, AND THAT ISN'T THE PROBLEM THAT ISN'T THE PROBLEM THAT THE ILLEGALS POSE, UH, THAT'S USUALLY THE CASE.
UH, OUR, OUR MAJOR CONCERN ON THOSE NIGHTS ARE THE INDUSTRIAL PYROTECHNICS THAT ARE BEING LAID OFF AT OUR CITY EXTREMELY LOUD AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD TAKE THAT TYPE OF CALL WOULD TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE LEGAL ARTWORK CALL.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S FOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS THAT THAT'S ILLEGAL, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, BOTTLE ROCKETS ARE ILLEGAL, RIGHT? THEY ARE, THE PYROTECHNICS ARE ILLEGAL, CORRECT.
NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR LEGAL OR ILLEGAL.
THAT GOES UP IN THE AIR, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO THIS IS FOR LEGAL, THIS AMENDMENTS FOR LEGAL FIREWORKS WITH YOU, JUST A LITTLE FOUNTAINS THAT YOU PUT OUT IN THE STREET.
THESE ARE FOR THE LITTLE SPARKLERS THAT THE KIDS RUN AROUND WITH.
AND, UH, TH THAT'S ALL THIS WOULD AFFECT WAS BEING ABLE TO SHOOT OFF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN A SAFE PLACE, NOT UNDER PALM TREES.
AND SO MY, I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, THOSE WILL ALWAYS BE ILLEGAL, NO MATTER WHAT THIS ORDINANCE SAYS, THOSE ARE ILLEGAL BY STATE LAW.
THE FIREWORKS THAT GO UP IN THE AIR ESSENTIALLY ARE ILLEGAL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
SO QUICK QUESTION FOR, I KNOW, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, I KNOW YOU WERE PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT THIS THE OTHER NIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THE LIABILITIES HERE? BECAUSE WE HAD THIS IN THE CODE.
WE INADVERTENTLY LIFTED OUT THE CODE.
NOW SOMETHING HAPPENS, UH WE'RE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE SPARKLERS GETS UNDERNEATH THE CAR.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A GAS TANK OR SOMETHING, OR THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE.
AND WE, UH, HOW DO, I MEAN, IS THIS DEFENDABLE IN A COURT OF LAW BECAUSE WE ALLOWED TO GO ON THE STREETS.
AND SO I SAID, THAT'S MY CONCERN HERE.
I MEAN, THAT WAS YOUR MAJOR CONCERN THE OTHER DAY AS A RISK MANAGER ABOUT POTENTIAL LIABILITY HERE.
UM, MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, AS THE RISK MANAGER, I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ALLOWING, UM, ACTIVITIES IN THE STREET THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO RIDING IN A CAR, DRIVING IN A CAR, BIKING, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE OUR STREETS FOR WHEN YOU, IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW FIRE WORKS, LET OFF IN THE STREETS.
IF THERE'S AN INJURY SOMEHOW, UM, AND SOMEONE IS HURT OR THEIR PROPERTY IS DAMAGED, THE PERSON WHO LIVED OFF THE FIREWORKS IS VERY LIKELY TO BE SUED AND THE CITY WILL PROBABLY BE DRAGGED INTO THAT LAWSUIT.
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IS IT DEFENSIBLE? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPECULATE BECAUSE EVERY CASE IS UNIQUE.UM, BUT AGAIN, I GO BACK TO FROM A SAFETY AND A RISK PERSPECTIVE, OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOW TRAFFIC RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE STREET.
SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I, AND I GET THAT AND THE, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY INCIDENT.
THAT'S, UH, HOPEFULLY AT LEAST WE MIGHT HAVE SOME, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM.
MAYBE THEY WERE ON, ON INCIDENT, BUT AGAIN, UM, HAVING THIS GO AND POTENTIALLY ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO ON THE STREETS VERSUS THEIR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A BIG CONCERN HERE WITH ME.
AND IF SOMEONE DID GET HURT AND THERE, NOW THEY'RE GOING AND WE'D LOOK, WE GET SUED EVERY DAY OUT THERE, BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO, TO ENCOURAGE, TO BE SUED? I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT ON THIS THING.
SO, UH, I, I DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE CURVES TO BE SUED OR TO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC DOLLARS BECAUSE IT IS EVERY TIME WE'RE SUED, IT'S YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
SO HOPEFULLY, LIKE I SAID, WE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE PRUDENT HERE ON THIS ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, STEWART, CITY MANAGER, UM, NOT CITY MANAGER, BUT CITY ATTORNEY, HAVE WE BEEN SUED FOR INSTANCE LIKE THIS? AND IF I MAY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, NOT DURING MY TENURE, HAVE WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN INDICATED IN ANY TYPE OF LAWSUIT SINCE WE'VE BEEN, I DO NOT RECALL.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
I DON'T RECALL ANY NOTICE OF PLANES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH INVOLVING FIREWORKS, NAMING THE CITY SPECIFICALLY PRIOR TO THAT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, BUT THAT DOESN'T, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN STUFF.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HERE AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, UM, THE CONCERN TODAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT OUT LOUD AND OPENLY, IT THEN DRAWS THE MIND LIKE, OH, THIS IS A POSSIBLE THING.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS REALLY NO WORRY UNTIL WE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THE ORDINANCE AND WE WANTED TO PUT SOME CHANGE SOME LANGUAGE IN OUR CODE.
WELL, IF I MAY MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, OUR CODE PROHIBITED, UH, FIREWORKS, LEGAL FIREWORKS, UM, IN THE STREETS AND ON THE SIDEWALKS UP UNTIL 2018.
AND SO TODAY WE'VE SO, SO I GUESS THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ASSESS IT FROM 2018 TO NOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY ISSUES OR ANY WORRIES IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LITIGATION OR, OR EVENING CLAIMS THAT ARE RELATING TO THE USE OF FIREWORKS.
SO, SO THEN THAT MEANS THAT, UM, FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THE PROFITABILITY OR THE PROBABILITY OF THIS HAPPENING IS PROBABLY VERY, VERY SLIM, UM, TO, TO ACTUALLY IT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
SO THERE'S PROBABLY NO PROFITABILITY, BUT I, I GUESS THERE COULD BE A PROFITABILITY WHEN YOU DEALT WITH STATISTICS AND NUMBERS AND WHATEVER, BUT THIS, THIS THERE'S A VERY, THERE'S A PROBABLY CLOSEST SLEEP, ZERO CHANCE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS OF A STREAM NATURE COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN TO THE CITY THAT, OKAY.
I DON'T THINK I CAN SPEAK AS TO PROBABILITIES, BUT I CAN JUST, ALL I CAN SAY IS JUST HAVEN'T HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FROM A RISK PERSPECTIVE TO ALLOW NON TRAFFIC RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE STREETS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PERMIT PROCESS AS WE TALKED ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT, WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN CLOSE OFF THE STREET AND HAVE ACTIVITIES IN IT, WHICH IS A SAFE WAY TO GO.
UM, AND, AND COMMUNITIES DO THAT REGULARLY.
UM, AND, AND IT GOES THROUGH OUR PROCESS OF EVALUATION.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBABILITY WOULD BE.
IT IS A CONCERN FROM THE RISK PERSPECTIVE.
AND I'M FOLLOWING ALONG WITH YOU, DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD STOP KIDS FROM MAYBE PLAYING STREET HOCKEY OR PLAYING CATCH UP ON THE SCREEN? BECAUSE IF THEY GET HURT, THEY COULD SEE THE CITY, RIGHT? IF I MAY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAYOR, STUDENT, IT GOES BACK TO IF YOU'RE, IF THERE'S ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THE STREET, THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK OF, YOU KNOW, UH, A VEHICLE AND A PERSON COLLIDING, AND THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND, AND A LOT OF THAT'S ON PARENTS AND WHAT THEY ALLOW CHILDREN TO DO.
SO, YEAH, AS FAR AS THE CITY CONDONING IT AGAIN.
I THINK IF THE CITY IS LOOKING AT ALLOWING THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES IN THE STREET, IT SHOULD BE WHEN IT'S, WE'RE NOT ADDING LANGUAGE THAT SAYS YOU SHOULD GO PUT FIREWORKS IN THE STREET, LIGHT THEM OFF.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS SAYING.
NO, WE'RE REMOVING THE LANGUAGE, WHICH PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE POLICE.
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WHICH, UM, WOULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR CRABBY NEIGHBORS TO CALL ON THEIR NEIGHBORS AND REPORT ON THEM.AND WE ARE CERTAINLY ARE NOT GOING TO SEE SPARKLERS LIGHTING.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HISTORY OF SPARKLERS LIGHTING, GAS TANKS ON FIRE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE KRISTA, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF HOS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER? JUST A PERCENTAGE.
JUST, I MEAN, JUST A WILD NUMBER.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 80, 80% AROUND 80%.
AND SO THOSE WITHIN THOSE HOS, AND THEN, UM, LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, HEY, WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DOING THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IF I MAY MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, IF IT'S A PUBLIC STREET, BHOS DO NOT GET TO REGULATE THAT.
UM, IF IT'S A PRIVATE STREET, THEY CAN, BUT ON THE PUBLIC STREETS, OUR PUBLIC LAWS ARE GOING TO APPLY.
UM, THERE ARE, THEY HAVE CERTAIN FLEXIBILITY, BUT THEY'VE ALSO, UM, STATE LAW PRECLUDES THEM FROM REGULATING TOO MUCH ON PARKING ON THE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO I THINK OUR LAWS WOULD APPLY TO THE PUBLIC STREETS.
SO IF WE VOTE YES TO THIS, THEN WE BASICALLY, UM, JUST TAKE OUT THE LANGUAGE AND LET THE, LET THEM HANDLE IT.
THE POLICE HANDLE IT, THAT THE HIGHER AUTHORITY HANDLE IT.
AND WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE TAKING CONTROL OF THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT WHAT THEY CAN DO.
BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS IS THAT IF WE START ALLOWING, IF WE LOOK AT FIREWORKS AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE OPEN AREA, WHICH I'M ACCUSTOMED TO BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I DID IT.
NOW WE'RE TELLING ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS, HEY, YOU HAVE TO DO THE FIREWORKS IN YOUR YARD.
THAT RISK BECOMES HIGHLY PROBABLE, THAT THEY COULD CATCH YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND IT BECOMES A, A BIGGER FIASCO.
AND I THINK MY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS NOT THAT I DON'T UNDER.
IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED THE RISK OF THE CITY, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ISSUE TO CONSIDER THAT RISK.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE CAN BRING UP ISSUES THAT IN MY OPINION, WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS SO WE CAN ASSESS RISKS TO IT.
UM, BUT IF IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED, THEN HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, A DILIGENT CONVERSATION ON WHAT WHAT'S THE PROPER BILL? LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DON'T DO WHAT PROFITABILITY'S OKAY.
WE, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROFITABILITY OF A RISK.
THEN WE'LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF LAWS THAT SAID YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE GOING TO WALK TWO STEPS THIS WAY, THREE STEPS THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT KIND OF ROLLS IN PROFITABILITY.
THIS NATURE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, I'VE BEEN DOING FIREWORKS SINCE I'M A 41 YEAR OLD, MAN I'VE ALWAYS DONE IN ONE AREA HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAFE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A FIRE BREAK OUT.
I NEVER HAD NO ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S KINDA WHERE I STAND ON IT.
AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE NEED TO ASSESS, AND I THINK WE, AS A COUNCIL CAN COME BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW WE CAN DO BETTER IN HOW WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT.
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I THINK THAT I WANT TO BE, I WANT TO LEAN ON THE SIDE OF IT.
HASN'T HAPPENED IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT THEN, BUT IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ALL MY YEARS OF LIFE.
BUT I, I DO RECOGNIZE THE POSITION AND I, AND I'D RATHER LEAN ON THE SIDE THAT I DON'T WANT THE KIDS TO BE PROHIBITED.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LET THE POLICE FIGURE OUT LATER, CALL THE QUESTION.
I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP.
UM, COUNSEL, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF CLEAR WHERE EVERYONE'S AT WITH US.
SO IF I'D LIKE TO CALL A SPEAKER PART OR CALL THE SPEAKER UP AND THEN, UH, TAKE THIS TO A VOTE IF WE MIGHT.
UM, SO I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FROM LEWIN SEDGWICK WHO OPPOSES THIS ACTION.
IF YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, IS THERE A MICROPHONE IT'S RIGHT THERE.
IT'LL TURN YELLOW WHEN, WHEN YOU SHOULD START WRAPPING UP RED, WHEN YOU SHOW, OKAY.
SO MY NAME IS LUANNE SEDGWICK AND I LIVE AT 7 5 3 EAST GEMINI, UM, CHANDLER ARIZONA, 8 5 2 4 9.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR HERE FOR 17 YEARS.
UM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE WHOLE FIREWORKS ISSUE WAS ABOUT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, UM, WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGAL FIREWORKS WHEN PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS GOING OFF AND PEOPLE PERHAPS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THAT, THAT I, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT WAS MORE OF A STATE LEVEL ISSUE AND HOW THE, THAT WAS GOING TO BE HANDLED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PROMPTED US
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TO DECIDE THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR VALUABLE TIME TALKING ABOUT LEGAL FIREWORKS THAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING, PUTTING UP OUT AT OUR HOMES THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR SOME TIME.AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE EXPANDING THE DATES, UM, THAT THEY CAN DO IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE JUST, IF YOU WANT TO PERHAPS CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, ON THE DAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, BE THAT 4TH OF JULY OR NEW YEAR'S OR WHATEVER THAT KIDS CAN GO OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS OUT IN THE STREET, UM, DOING THAT.
SO, BUT I THINK THE REAL ISSUE IS THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND HOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE TIME FOCUSING ON THAT.
AND WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION, I THINK, UH, PREVIOUS COUNSEL SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT SO YOU SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RATHER THAN A POST.
UM, I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART CALLED THE QUESTION.
IS THAT NEED A SECOND? MY UNDERSTANDING, NO.
ALL THE QUESTION MEANS THAT WE VOTE ON THIS COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY MAJORITY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO DISSENTING.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
WE HAVE CURRENT EVENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF.WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE STATE OF THE CITY.
I DO WANT TO INVITE ALL WHO WERE HERE AND ALL WHO ARE LISTENING OR WATCHING TO JOIN US AT THE CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS NEXT THURSDAY AT FIVE 30, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BEGINNING OF A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, UH, WITH SOME NETWORKING AND TASTE OF CHANDLER FOOD COMMENTS BY, UH, I'LL START MY ADDRESS AT SIX 30, WE HAVE A CONCERT AT 7:00 PM.
WE WANT TO INVITE ALL OF CHANDLER TO JOIN US NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
NEXT, I DO WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE IN EVENT.
THAT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS UP HERE IN DIFFERENT ACTIONS REGARDING REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS PARTNERING WITH COMPASS.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS OFFERING A FREE COMMUNITY-WIDE MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 25TH AND 26 AT COMPASS CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WHICH IS ON ALL THE SCHOOL ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE 2 0 2 STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME LEARN FROM LOCAL THERAPISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH TOOLS AND SKILLS.
AND THEN FINALLY WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR SUNSET LIBRARY WILL BE FULLY REOPENING TO THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AND ALL OF COUNCIL APPLAUDED COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NEWS.
UM, I SEE PASTOR MIKE GORDON'S HEAD LEFT OUT.
I WAS TRYING TO SUMMIT HIM BACK IN HERE.
I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME OUT THERE IN THE LOBBY AREA.
UH, HE CAN, HE CAN HEAR ME ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE PASTOR, UM, MY GOINGS, UM, ALONG WITH HE HAS SOME PASTORS HERE AS WELL.
THEY'RE IN THE AUDIENCE IF A WAVE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE.
AND, UM, THIS PAST SUNDAY, HE HAD, UH, AN EVENT CALLED NIGHT OF HOPE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A AMAZING, AMAZING EVENT.
AND IT DEALT WITH, UM, SEX TRAFFICKING AND, AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND HE IS DOING SOMETHING HUGE COMING UP FOR THE SUPER BOWL.
THERE HE IS MIKE PASTOR MIKE RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK.
HE'S DOING SOMETHING SHE USED FOR THE SUPERBOWL RIGHT BEFORE HE'S GOING TO DO A BIG NIGHT OF HOPE.
AND HE HE'S LOOKING FOR EVERYONE TO GET ON BOARD, THE CITIES AND THE STATES TO GET ON BOARD AND NATIONAL CALL TO HELP, UM, TO SEND A MESSAGE, NOT IN OUR CITY.
UM, THIS, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN, UM, SEX TRAFFIC, AND HE HAS DECIDED TO PUT FORTH THE BATTLE, UM, TO BRING AWARENESS TO IT, BUT NOT ONLY HAS HE BROUGHT AWARENESS TO IT, HE HAS ALSO BROUGHT RESOURCES TO IT.
AND HE HAS GOT, GOTTEN A LOT OF US, SOME OF THE MAYOR AND SOME OF US WAS THERE AS WELL, BUT I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
UH, WE NEED TO SEND OUT LOUD MESSAGES THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR CITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO PREVENT IT, TO STOP IT AND TO COMBAT IT, UH, WHEREVER IT MAY.
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IS HERE AND HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB WITH HIS TEAM, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A HIGH AWARENESS OF IT, BUT THE EVENT WAS AMAZING.AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO TO BETHEL, UM, THE, GO TO THE WEBSITE TO CHECK IT OUT AND, UM, GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE ANOTHER, THANK YOU PASTOR MIKE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING IT RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
UM, SO LAST NIGHT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TO LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION FROM THE BLACK STUDENT UNIONS ON BLACK EXCELLENCE AND COUNCILWOMAN ELLIS AND MYSELF WAS RECOGNIZED, UH, AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING EVENT.
UH, SHE IS THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION, UM, UH, LEADER OVER THERE AT CUSD.
I THINK COUNCILWOMAN, I, WE JUST HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THE STUDENTS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR BLACK STUDENT UNIONS OR THE EAST VALLEY HAS BEEN JOINED TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF NOISE TOGETHER.
AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO SUPPORT, UM, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE I TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
WHERE IS MATT DUNBAR? DUNBAR? IS THIS HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY? AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE, HE RAN AWAY TOO MANY NUMBERS.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, ALSO THERE FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THAT EVENT, TOO.
SO IT WAS CERTAINLY A GOOD EVENT.
UM, WE JUST ATTENDED ONE OF OUR FIRST BUDGET DISCUSSION MEETINGS FOR THE, THIS COMING YEAR AND A GREAT JOB IN, UH, IN GETTING THE ROLL OUT AND, UH, AND GETTING SOME INFORMATION OUT TO US AND SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF.
AND I'M DOING THE WAITING MY HANDS, MATT, THIS IS MY HAND.
THESE ARE MY, AND UH, BUT, UH, YEAH, I GOT IT.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN LAST NIGHT I WAS, UH, AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET, AND, UH, I'M GLAD, UH, UNDER, UH, CHIEF DUGGAN THAT, UH, YOU HAVE SUCH AN AWESOME GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE KIND OF GETTING BACK TO THE NORMAL FLOW OF THINGS AFTER COVID, UM, GREAT TO SEE, UH, PEOPLE HONORED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY.
AND FINALLY, UM, VALENTINE'S DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
DON'T FORGET YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR YOUR WIFE OR YOUR MOM.
SO KOWANAS IS NOT PROVIDING FLOWERS FACILITIES.
I RELIED ON YOU IN THE BEST HEALTH OF EVERY STORY.
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS MOVED AND TOUCHED BY IT, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE NIGHT OF HOPE AND THAT WE ATTENDED.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE PASTOR MIKE, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FAITH LEADERS AS WELL AS THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ATTENDED THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF OUR BUDGET, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH OUR CHIEF AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR FUNDING THAT CAN SUPPORT WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR CITY, IN OUR STATE.
AND, UH, I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT WITH THE BUDGET, NEEDED A GREAT JOB TODAY WITH THE INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL.
AND THANKS FOR THE RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS I ALWAYS GIVE, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
WE HAD SO MANY THINGS WERE HAPPENING LEFT AND RIGHT THIS WHOLE WEEK, BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UH, TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WITH THE NEON, WHICH IS A NATIONAL HAITIAN AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
WE BROUGHT OVER 300, UM, CONNECTED ELECTED OFFICIALS, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WE HAD TWO CONGRESS WOMEN HERE.
WE HAD MAYORS, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE EVEN THOSE WHO SERVE ON BOARDS AND THINGS HERE IN CHANDLER THROUGH, I MEAN, JUST QUICKLY A LITTLE ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID.
WE FOUND OUT THAT JUST THE EVENT ITSELF, WHAT ABOUT $150,000 HERE IN CHANDLER? AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF IT BECAUSE THEY WENT TO THE GRAND CANYON.
THEY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME DOWNTOWN AND SPENDING SOME MONEY HERE AT DC AND IN THE SQUARE AND DOING QUITE A BIT ALL OVER.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE MUSEUM.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE PARTNERED WITH THE MUSEUM ACTUALLY, AND HAD DISPLAYED SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT CHANDLER WAS ALL ABOUT.
SO WE WERE A GREAT HOST AND THEY ALL VERY HAPPY.
THEY SENT ALL THEIR BEST TO CONSOLE A MAYOR FOR BEING THERE THAT NIGHT.
THEY HAD A GOOD TIME, THEY DANCE AND THEY ENJOY, WE WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SENDING A COUPLE OF SURGEON AND ARMS TO
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MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE THERE ON TIME AND BEING THERE WITH US.SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHANDLER, FOR HOSTING.
I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL HOST AGAIN, BUT IT'S BY VOTE.
EVERYBODY SAID THEY HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME HERE.
THEY MIGHT COME BACK TO CHANDLER.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU HAVE THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ON TIME THING, BUT WE'LL GO WITH EVERYTHING ELSE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THAT GROUP TOO.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE NOW AT NASHVILLE AT LARGE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I, YES, I AM A MEMBER AT LARGE.
CURRENTLY I WAS VOTED AS A MEMBER.
THERE WERE MANY OF US AND I HEARD SOME MEMBER, LINDA.
I HEARD, I HEARD IT WAS NEW JERSEY DELEGATION THAT PUTS YOU OVER THE TOP.
WE WERE, WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THE NEW JERSEY DELEGATION BAND FROM NEW JERSEY.
SO IT WAS LIKE HOME, BUT GOOD JOB ON THAT.
SO I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT HERE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, TED, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING GRACIOUS FOR ALLOWING US TO I'LL LET THE CITY MANAGER INDUCE YOU.
I'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE YOU, BUT I WANT TO AT LEAST SAY PUBLICLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR AT LEAST LETTING ME, UH, GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTING THE HUMOR.
AND HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T EMBARRASS YOU TOO MUCH.
I APOLOGIZE IF I DID SO ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU, YOU PASSED YOUR PEST INITIATION TEST.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOMETHING EXCITING EVERY YEAR.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HUMAN STARTED THIS, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LOPEZ ACTUALLY, UM, TOOK THIS, UH, ANOTHER STEP.
AND OF COURSE I'M TRYING TO TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER STEP, BUT THE, THE CHANDLER INNOVATIONS THERE, YOU SHOULD BE CALLED A SCIENCE FAIR.
UH, WE'LL BE THIS SATURDAY, UH, FEBRUARY 19TH IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.
AND WHAT'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS.
THIS YEAR IS NORMALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE SCIENCE FAIR SEPARATELY.
AND IT WAS LIKE A WEEK LATER, A WEEK BEFORE, BUT THIS YEAR WE SAID, LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
AND NOW IT WOULD BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL DISPLAY THEIR SCIENCE PROJECTS THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT AS WELL AS THE TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS WE'VE HAD OUT THERE IN NORTH OF GRUMMAN'S OUT THERE LAUNCHING ROCKETS.
IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE, MUCH FUN AROUND WASTE MANAGEMENT OUT THERE AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER COMPANIES SHOWING OFF THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY BRIGHT KIDS IN CHAMBRE I'VE YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED THAT.
SO INVITE YOUR FAMILY, COME ON OUT AND LET'S HAVE SOME FUN.
DID WE FOOD TRUCKS THERE? OF COURSE.
SO YOU COULD EAT AS WELL AS YOU LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCIENCE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR LANDO, THAT STARTS AT 10 UNTIL MID AFTERNOON.
UNTIL ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK RIGHT UNTIL THE LAST ROCKET IS LAUNCHED THE CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST BRIEFLY.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LANDER FOR THE LEAD IN WANTING TO INTRODUCE, UH, AND WELCOME TAT WILLIE, OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
HE JOINS US FROM THE CITY OF TACOMA.
WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM, UH, FIRST TIME.
NOT THAT I'M COUNTING SINCE MARCH OF 2021, THAT WE HAVE BEEN FULLY STAFFED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO WE'RE VERY GRACIOUS TO HAVE HIM HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM JOIN US HERE ON THE DAYAS, WHERE WE WILL MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T FORGET ANY FLAGS.