Apr 28, 2022 City Council Meeting 04/28/2022

ITEM NUMBER 29, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

NEXT ITEM NUMBER 29 30 AND 31.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

[29. Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Changes to Certain Water, Wastewater, Reclaimed Water, and Solid Waste Fees 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close Public Hearing Council Focus Area(s):]

THANK YOU, MATT DUNBAR FOR STAFF PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOU ON OUR UTILITY RATE CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED.

UM, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL ANY THUNDER FROM AND MIRANDA, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD, WE HAVE A NEW STORE OPENING AND CHANDLER.

UH, THEY'VE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE ALLERGY SENSITIVE, THEY'RE GOING TO SELL PERFUMES WITHOUT A CENT.

UH, SO THE NAME OF THE STORE IS TOTAL NONSENSE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM OPENING UP HERE IN CHANDLER.

I'M SURE IT'LL BE A HUGE SUCCESS.

UM, YEAH, YOU NEVER FAILED TO, UM, ENTERTAIN WELL GETTING INTO KIND OF THE MEAT OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA WANT TO

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TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

UH, FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR UTILITY REVENUE REQUIREMENTS, THE HISTORY OF THE RIGHT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT, UH, THE COST OF SERVICE FINDINGS AND WHAT A CUSTOMER SERVICE DOES AND UH, FOR BOTH OUR WATER WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED AND SOLID WASTE, ALL OF THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION.

THAT'S ALSO ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO REMIND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, UH, WE DO DO A 10 YEAR LOOK AT OUR REVENUE ANALYSIS FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO WATER WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER, AND OUR SOLID WASTE UTILITIES ARE ALL ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND HAVE TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING.

THAT MEANS THE REVENUES GENERATED FROM USER FEES, UH, ARE SPECIFIC TO SUPPORT THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF THOSE FUNDS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR TENURE ANALYSIS, WE SAW THAT WE NEEDED SOME INCREASES IN OUR REVENUES, A 2% FOR WATER, 4% FOR WASTEWATER, UH, WHICH INITIALLY WAS AN 8% AND 8% RECLAIMED WATER INCREASE AND A 6% SOLID WASTE INCREASE.

UH, THOSE INCREASES, UH, WERE NEEDED TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF THINGS.

WE HAVE WATER TREATMENT AND PRODUCTION, PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, WATER RECLAMATION, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, WE WITH A FOCUS ON REPLACEMENTS OF SOME OF OUR MAINS, WELL CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION, SOME SEWER ASSESSMENTS AND REHABILITATIONS AND AN ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT, UH, FOR OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

THOSE COSTS ARE ALSO INCREASING.

WE'RE SEEING WATER PURCHASE COSTS INCREASE AS WELL AS UTILITY AND CHEMICAL INCREASES THROUGH INFLATION AND OTHER INCREASES.

AND THEN OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT COSTS AND RECYCLING COSTS HAVE ALSO INCREASED.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DRIVERS THAT HAVE REALLY CAUSED THE NEED FOR AN INCREASE TO OUR REVENUES IN THOSE UTILITIES.

UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, THE CITY OF CHANDLER ONLY PROVIDES WATER WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED AND SOLID WASTE, UH, UTILITIES LIKE ELECTRIC AND GAS ARE DONE BY PRIVATE UTILITIES.

SO THIS YEAR IN COMBINATION WITH OUR TENURE ANALYSIS THAT WE DO HERE IN BUDGET, UH, WE ALSO, UH, WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND THAT COST OF SERVICE STUDY.

UH, WE USE AN OUTSIDE PARTY THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY ALL OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CUSTOMER CLASSIFICATION, UH, IN THESE DIFFERENT UTILITIES.

UH, THE REASON WE DO A COST OF SERVICE ANALYSIS, UH, IS TO BE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RATES THAT WE'RE CHARGING OUR RATE PAYERS ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

UM, AND IT COSTS US SERVICE STUDY IS THE MOST COMMONLY IS MOST COMMONLY UTILIZED IN WATER AND WASTEWATER INDUSTRY.

UM, IT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THOSE COSTS OF PROVIDING THE ACTUAL SERVICES TO EACH CUSTOMER CLASS.

AND IT DISTRIBUTES THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT TO THOSE CUSTOMERS BASED ON THEIR PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM COSTS.

SO AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN WE SAID WE NEEDED A 2% INCREASE IN OUR REVENUE FOR WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, IT LOOKS AT ALL THE CUSTOMER CLASSIFICATIONS AND SAYS, WHO IS CAUSING THE, THESE, UM, THE COSTS TO GO UP AND ARE THEY PAYING THEIR APPROPRIATE SHARE FROM AN EQUITABILITY STANDPOINT AND THEN ASSIGNS THE ACTUAL 2% REVENUE REQUIREMENT IN DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES TO THOSE CUSTOMER CLASSES, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RATE CHANGE PROCESS.

UM, SO THIS TALKS ABOUT ON THE RATE CHANGE INFORMATION, WHAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

SO OUR ANTICIPATED FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 CURRENT FISCAL YEAR RATE INCREASES, UH, WERE DISCUSSED IN WORK SESSIONS AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, UH, THIS TIME OF YEAR, UH, MANY OF THE HOS AND BUSINESSES CONTACT THE CITY, UH, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER TO GATHER THAT CHANGE INFORMATION FOR THEIR BUDGET PROCESSES.

SO HELEN PARKER AND BUDGET, AND I, WE FEEL THOSE CALLS AS WELL AS OUR UTILITY STAFF DOWN IN UTILITY BILLING.

UH, THEY'LL HANDLE THOSE CALLS AS WELL, WHERE THEY CALL IN AND SAY, WHAT ARE THE ANTICIPATED INCREASES SO THEY CAN ADJUST THEIR BUDGETS APPROPRIATELY.

THIS YEAR, WE SHARED WITH THEM OUR PROPOSED INCREASES, WHICH WERE 2% FOR WATER, 8% WASTEWATER, 8% RECLAIMED AND 6% SOLID WASTE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EXACT BREAKOUT OF WHAT THE COST OF SERVICE PERCENTAGES WOULD BE FOR RESIDENTIAL VERSUS INDUSTRIAL VERSUS MULTI-FAMILY AT THAT TIME, UH, WE JUST WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE KIND OF FLAT OVERALL REVENUE REQUIREMENT WAS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDS.

UH, WITH THAT GOING INTO OUR RATE CHANGE TIMING, UH, IF RATE ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED, THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

WE DO AN EVERY OTHER YEAR IMPLEMENTATION.

UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR 2021 OR 2122 IS WHEN WE WERE TO HAVE RATES GO INTO EFFECT THERE TO TAKE EFFECT JANUARY OF 2022.

SO SIX MONTHS AGO, ALMOST FIVE MONTHS AGO, UH, THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT'S DONE EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, UH, KIND OF PUTS SOME HAMPER OR, UH, HINDERED THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR US, UH, CAUSE DUE TO SOME DELAYS IN THAT PROCESS WITH OUR COVID IMPACTS AND CONSULTANT PERSONNEL TURNOVER, UH, THAT WAS THE COST OF SERVICE FINALIZATION WAS DELAYED.

AND SO THE PLAN RATE INCREASES WERE DELAYED ABOUT SIX MONTHS, UH, AT LOWER, LOWER OVERALL RATES.

SO INITIALLY OUR WASTEWATER RATE WAS PLANTED AN 8% INCREASE THAT CAME IN WITH A REVENUE REQUIREMENT

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AT 4%, UH, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT STUDY.

SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT ADJUSTMENT FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THOSE RATE INCREASES HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET FOR ALL OF THOSE, UM, BUSINESSES AND HOS THAT HAVE ALREADY BUDGETED IN FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.

THOSE IMPACTS THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THE RATE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

UH, SO STARTING IN JUNE OF 2020 THROUGH OCTOBER OF 2021, UH, WE WORKED WITH RAF TELUS CONSULTING ON THE COST OF SERVICE COMPUTATIONS IN MAY AND JUNE AND JULY.

AGAIN, WE PUBLISHED THE 2122 PROPOSED ADOPTED BUDGET THAT HAD THOSE ANTICIPATED UTILITY RATE CHANGES OF TWO, UH, EIGHT, EIGHT AND 6% FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

AND THEN IN AUGUST OF 2021, UH, WE HAD A REVISED IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR OUR PASTA SERVICE AND THAT REVISE IT TO JULY OF 2022, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE ARIZONA BY STATUTE TIME LINE REQUIREMENTS IN OCTOBER WAS OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND AT THAT MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT SOLID WASTE.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU AT THAT MEETING.

UH, THE, THAT DIRECTION WAS TO COME BACK WITH SOME DETAIL ON OPTIONS OF CHANGING THE TWO FREE RECYCLING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CENTER OR OUR SWCC VISITS.

INITIALLY THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY WAS TO CHARGE ALL CUSTOMERS GOING TO THE RSW CC.

UH, THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED WAS TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IF WE WERE TO OFFER TWO FREE VISITS TO THAT FACILITY, ALSO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BULK REQUESTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED FREE FROM ONE TO TWO A WAS THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED.

AND SO WE WENT BACK WITH OUR CONSULTANT, RAN THE NUMBERS AND ADJUSTED, UH, WHAT THE ACTUAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT FROM A RATE PAYER PERSPECTIVE WOULD NEED TO BE.

IF THOSE REVENUES WERE ADJUSTED TO MEET THOSE, UM, ADDITIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR RESIDENTS.

UH, THEN ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WE HAD OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION WITH MAYOR COUNCIL ON WATER WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED, AND WE RECEIVED SOME DIRECTION THERE AS WELL, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT ALIGNMENT OVER FIVE YEARS FOR OUR WATER, UH, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND AND BRING BACK SOME OPTIONS FOR RECOMMENDING, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDED 50% COST OF SERVICE ALIGNMENT IN WASTEWATER, BRINGING THAT UP TO 75% OR A HUNDRED PERCENT OVER FIVE YEARS.

UH, AND THEN IN DECEMBER ON DECEMBER 9TH, WE CAME BACK WITH THOSE OPTIONS, BOTH ON SOLID WASTE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE WASTEWATER, UM, DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND SEE WHAT THAT DID.

UM, THOSE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED AND THE DIRECTION WAS RECEIVED TO MOVE FORWARD ON, UH, ALLIE FEES TO KEEP THE TWO FREE BULK AND OUR SWCC VISITS, AND THEN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 75% COST OF SERVICE ALIGNMENT ON WASTEWATER OVER FIVE YEARS, UH, WITH THAT DIRECTION BEING RECEIVED, WE BEGAN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, OUR CUSTOMER OUTREACH AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

IT WAS A ROBUST WEBSITE INFORMATION.

WE DID A VIDEO, WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, WE HAD THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, ON THE FEE CHANGES.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE CHAMBER, AND WE GATHERED FEEDBACK VIA ONLINE IN PERSON AND ON THE TELEPHONE, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT TIME PERIOD.

AND EVEN UP UNTIL TODAY, IN FACT, RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, I SPENT ABOUT 40 MINUTES WITH, UH, A, UH, A CITIZEN TALKING ABOUT ALLIE COLLECTION AND HOW PASSIONATE THEY WERE WITH KEEPING ALLIE COLLECTION.

AND THEY WERE FINE WITH THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE FOR THEM.

UH, SO THE NOTICE OF INTENT CAME TO HUMIRA COUNCIL, UH, FOR WATER WASTEWATER, RECLAIM THAT ADOPTED, ADOPTED THE SETTING, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT.

AND THEN TONIGHT OF COURSE, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST READ OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND THEN THE RESOLUTION, UH, BROUGHT TO YOU FOR INITIAL ACTION.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE OUTREACH THAT WE DID, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

UH, EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO THESE CHANGES, WE TRY TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AT THE OUTREACH THAT WE DO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING AND GROWING.

UH, IN FACT, TODAY I TALKED WITH ANOTHER RESIDENT, UM, AND HE MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO BETTER.

LIKE WITH THE RS WCC, WE HAD A, LIKE A, A TENT OR A, AN A-FRAME THAT HAD THE INFORMATION ON THERE.

AND HE SAID, WELL, EVERYONE CROSSES THE SCALE AND TALKS TO THE PERSON THERE.

THEY COULD HAND OUT A FLYER AND THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION, TAKE IT BACK.

AND NEXT TIME WE'LL HAVE A FLYER IF THERE ARE IMPACTS OF THE RS WCC, BUT THIS YEAR, WHAT WE DID AS FAR AS OUR WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE HAD A ROBUST INFORMATION.

THE PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULES ARE THERE, ALL THE CASH, UH, COUNCIL ACTION SCHEDULE ITEMS. WERE THERE THE PROCESS TIMELINE, UH, THE RATE CHANGES BY CLASSIFICATION.

WE HAD EXAMPLE BILLS.

WE HAD FAQ'S WE HAD A HISTORY OF RATE CHANGES AND A FIVE-YEAR ANTICIPATED RATE ALIGNMENT.

SO GOING BEYOND TYPICALLY WHAT WE SHARE IS KIND OF OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WHAT THE RATES WILL LOOK LIKE.

WE TOOK THE FULL FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OUT SO EVERYONE CAN SEE HOW THOSE RATES ALIGN.

OVER THE FIVE YEARS, WE PROVIDED THE COST OF SERVICE, ACTUAL PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID WITH HUMIRA AND COUNCIL.

ALL OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW AS WELL AS THE COST OF SERVICE REPORTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A VIDEO PRESENTATION ABOUT

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A 13 MINUTE VIDEO, AND IT WENT THROUGH WHAT A COST OF SERVICE IS AND, UM, TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE RESULTS OF THAT COST OF SERVICE.

THEN WE ALSO HAD PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS.

UH, WE HAD A RESIDENTIAL FOCUS MEETING, UH, AT THE END OF JANUARY, WE DID A RESIDENTIAL WITH ALLIE KIND OF FOCUS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC, UH, ACTIONS THAT WERE GOING TO AFFECT ALLIE CUSTOMERS.

UH, AND THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY AS WELL AS A NON-RESIDENTIAL FOCUS MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

AND THEN THE CHAMBER ALSO ALLOWED US TO PRESENT AT THEIR PUBLIC POLICY MEETING ON APRIL 4TH OR FEBRUARY 4TH.

UM, AND WE MET WITH INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS AS NEEDED, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR LARGE, UH, SEMICONDUCTOR PARTNERS, UH, IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS OTHERS.

UH, INFORMATION WAS ALSO COMMUNICATED IN THE CITY SCOPE, UH, ON THE UTILITY BILL.

THERE WAS A MESSAGE ON THE UTILITY BILL, A MESSAGE BOARD AT THE RS WCC.

WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

WE HAD MEDIA RELEASES AND DATA AND INTERVIEWS THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR SEVERAL NEW NEWS ARTICLES THAT WERE WRITTEN FOR LOCAL PAPERS.

SO FROM THE WATER COST OF SERVICE FINDINGS, UH, THIS IS TO REACH A HUNDRED PERCENT COSTAL SERVICE ALIGNMENT IN THE WATER ON THE WATER SIDE.

SO YOU'LL SEE OUR 2% REVENUE REQUIREMENT IS STILL MET.

THE TOTAL REVENUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO OUR WATER ENTERPRISE FUND WILL EQUAL 2%, BUT THERE'LL BE ALLOCATED COSTS ACROSS THE CUSTOMER CLASSIFICATIONS DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THEIR UTILIZATION OF THOSE SERVICES.

SO OUR RESIDENTIAL INCREASES ABOUT 1.27% RECOMMENDED, UH, FOR COMING UP IN JULY AS THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE MULTI-FAMILY WOULD BE 1.8, 3%.

NON-RESIDENTIAL 3.7, 9% LANDSCAPE 5.8, 8% AND INDUSTRIAL 4.3, 3%.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME AVERAGE WATER BILL EXAMPLES.

UH, SO YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, WHAT THE KIND OF THE DIFFERENTIAL IS FOR THE AVERAGE WATER BILL IN THOSE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

IT'S AN INCREASED MONTHLY OF ABOUT 45 CENTS, UH, FOR OUR MULTI-FAMILY CUSTOMERS.

UH, IT'S A $22 INCREASE.

IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN, THAT'S 150 UNIT ON THAT AVERAGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LET'S SAY, UH, THAT EQUALS ABOUT 15 CENTS PER UNIT PER MONTH, AS THE INCREASE ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE.

AND INITIALLY, YES, UH, WE TALKED WITH HOS AND DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESSES THAT CONTACTED US.

THE INITIAL ESTIMATE WAS AN 8% INCREASE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OR FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE ACTUAL CAME IN AFTER THE COST OF SERVICE TO REACH 75% ALIGNMENT.

BUT 1.2, 1% INCREASE FOR RESIDENTIAL 8.3% FOR MULTI-FAMILY 6.88 FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL AND THEN 6.88 FOR INDUSTRIAL.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LOWER THAN THE 8%.

WE INITIALLY ANTICIPATED A MULTI-FAMILIES SLIGHTLY HIGHER, BUT AGAIN, UH, WITH THE RATES BEING DELAYED BY SIX MONTHS IN EFFECT, THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE ABOUT A 4.15% INCREASE FOR THE YEAR.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR THEY'D SEE THE FULL EFFECT OF THE 8.3%.

AGAIN, FOR AN AVERAGE BILL EXAMPLE, OUR RESIDENCES, OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS HAVE ABOUT A 33% OR A THREE 33 CENT INCREASE, NOT PERCENT, BUT A 33 CENT INCREASE PER MONTH.

A MULTIFAMILY IS ABOUT $121 AND 50 CENTS PER MONTH.

UH, AND WITH THE 150 UNITS THAT BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT 81 CENTS.

SO FOR OUR MULTIFAMILY CUSTOMERS WITH THE 15 CENTS FOR WATER, THE TOTAL IS STILL 96 CENTS UNDER A DOLLAR OF IMPACT.

UM, RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND ALL OVER ARIZONA RENTS ARE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY.

UH, AND WE WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A PAIN POINT, UH, BUT WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES ARE NOT THE DRIVERS OF THOSE.

UH, THERE'S A RECENT NEWS ARTICLE THAT ABC 15 DID USING TWO CHANDLER, UH, COMPLEXES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, AS AN EXAMPLE, IS ONE GOING UP $518 A MONTH OR 47% THE OTHER GOING UP $724 A MONTH OR 55%.

UH, AGAIN, UH, THE WATER PORTION OF THAT IS LESS THAN A DOLLAR.

THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PORTIONS OF THAT ARE LESS THAN A DOLLAR.

UM, SO THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THOSE THAT ARE, UH, IN MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITIES.

UM, AGAIN, OUR IMPACT IS PRETTY MINIMAL WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO SOME OF THE OTHER INCREASES THAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THEIR BILLS ON THE RECLAIMED WATER SIDE, OF COURSE, IN RECLAIMED WATER, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CLASSIFICATION OF USERS AND THAT IS A RECLAIMED USER.

UH, SO THE COST OF SERVICE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AS FAR AS A REVENUE NEED FOR THAT ENTERPRISE FUND.

SO WE NEEDED AN 8% COMING UP IN JULY AND THEN FOLLOWED BY TWO, 7% INCREASES IN THE OUT YEARS ANTICIPATED.

AND EACH YEAR WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NEEDS GOING FORWARD FOR THOSE OUT YEARS.

UH, WE NEVER LOCK IN A RATE AND SAY, THAT'S THE RATE, NO

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MATTER IF WE NEEDED IT OR NOT, WE DO A REVIEW EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN ON HERE, WE ALSO HAVE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE INCREASE, UM, FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT USE RECLAIMED WATER FOR OUR SOLID WASTE FINDINGS, REALLY SOLID WASTE.

WE ALSO HAVE ONE CLASSIFICATION OF CUSTOMERS.

WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

WE DON'T OFFER SOLLOWAY SERVICES TO BUSINESSES OR TO NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

UH, AND THAT INCLUDES THAT THE ROS WCC CENTER.

SO THERE ARE, UH, RECLAIMED OUR SOLID WASTE CENTER.

ANYONE THAT GOES IN THERE CANNOT BE A COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT.

THEY HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UH, INITIALLY WE ANTICIPATED NEEDING A 6% INCREASE TO OUR OPERATING COSTS AND THROUGHOUT THE ANALYSIS, UH, THE CONSULTANT CAME BACK AND REALLY KIND OF TARGETED THREE AREAS WHERE THEY SAW SOME INEQUITIES.

WHILE WE DO HAVE ONE CUSTOMER CLASS, THERE WERE SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT COULD BE TIED TO SPECIFIC GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UTILIZING THOSE SERVICES.

AND THOSE AREAS, UM, WERE FOR OUR, THE USAGE OF THE RS WCC FACILITY, UH, BULK COLLECTIONS AND THAT OUR ALLOWAY CUSTOMERS AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY FOUND THE SPECIFIC COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED AND WERE ABLE TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR ALLY CUSTOMERS, UM, THE SPECIFIC TARGETED COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED BY THE SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS.

AND WE DID THE ANALYSIS TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THOSE COSTS EQUATE TO ON A PER RESIDENT UNIT OR PER HOME UNIT.

FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVE THAT SERVICE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE, UH, THAT WERE MADE AT THE BOTTOM THERE, WHERE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR 61 FOR OUR HOURLY CUSTOMERS.

AND THAT WOULD COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS FOR THE ALLEY SERVICES.

IT DOESN'T RECOVER FULL COST, BUT IT'S THE MAJORITY OF THOSE COSTS FOR ALLI SERVICES.

UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY, WE SHARED THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT BACK FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS, UH, AND, AND ALMOST 90%, 88% OF RESIDENTS, UM, THAT WERE, THAT TALKED ABOUT ALLEY SERVICES WERE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING ALLIE SERVICES, EVEN WITH THE DOLLAR 61 INCREASE, UH, FOR BULK COLLECTION, UH, TWO FREE VISITS OR TWO FREE BOOK COLLECTIONS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN A $30 COST, UH, THAT $30 COST IS THE ACTUAL COST THAT WE PAY WASTE MANAGEMENT WHEN WE DO A BULK COLLECTION PICKUP.

SO IT'S JUST RECOVERING ACTUAL COSTS.

THERE'S NO MARKUP ON THAT AT ALL.

UH, AND THAT COVERS 98% OF HOUSEHOLDS.

SO LOOKING AT THE DATA WITH OUR, OUR CONSULTANT, UH, WE LOOKED AT WHO'S UTILIZING THE SERVICE.

AND, UH, WHEN COUNCIL RECOMMENDED, WE GO TO TWO FREE BULK PICKUPS, 98% OF RESIDENTIAL RESIDENCES FALL WITHIN THAT CATEGORY AND WOULD BE FINE WITH NO EXTRA COST TO THEM.

UH, IT'S REALLY THE 2% THAT OVER-UTILIZE THE SERVICE THAT WOULD THEN HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL BULK COLLECTIONS FOR THE RSW WCC VISITS, UH, TO FREE PER CALENDAR YEAR THAN $10 PER VISIT, UH, UP TO 400 POUNDS.

AND THEN YOU PAY FOR ANY WEIGHT ABOVE 400 POUNDS IN 20 POUND INCREMENTS.

AGAIN, WITH THOSE TWO FREE VISITS PER CALENDAR YEAR, THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE BASED ON ALL THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT, 95% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN CHANDLER, BASED ON THE UTILIZATION THAT THEY HAD, UH, WOULD SEE NO IMPACT, UH, BASED ON THIS CHANGE, THE 5% OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT OVER UTILIZE THE SERVICE, UH, WOULD THEN BE HELPING TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES BY MAKING THESE CHANGES INSTEAD OF A 6% ACROSS THE BOARD WHERE EVERYONE'S PAYING 6% INCREASE TO COVER SOME OF THESE SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR ALL CUSTOMERS, THESE INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER GROUPS THAT HAD SPECIFIC COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM BY CHARGING THEM FOR THOSE COSTS, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE SYSTEM-WIDE INCREASED TO A 3.4% INCREASE FOR SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS.

AGAIN, FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT THAT REALIGNS, WHO'S PAYING FOR WHICH SERVICES AND ONLY CHARGING THOSE THAT, UM, USE THAT SPECIFIC SERVICE OR USE IT MORE THAN IS NORMAL, UM, FOR THE CUSTOMER BASE.

SO HERE'S OUR SOLID WASTE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN BILL EXAMPLE, OUR ANTICIPATED REVENUE INCREASES 3.4% FOR THE YEAR.

AGAIN, UH, THAT TAKES OUR AVERAGE MONTHLY FEE FROM CURRENTLY 1795 TO $18 AND 56 CENTS.

OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE AN ALLIE CUSTOMER THAT WOULD GO UP TO $20 AND 17 CENTS BECAUSE OF THE SPECIFIC FEES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE ALLEY SERVICES, MISCHARGES COMBINES, THOSE PERCENTAGE INCREASES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF CUSTOMERS.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOLISTICALLY WHAT THE INCREASES ARE ACROSS THEM.

UM, ONE THING TO, TO CAUTION IS DON'T ADD THEM UP AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, RESIDENTIAL IS GOING UP FIVE, ALMOST 6%, UH, BECAUSE EACH COMPONENT OF THAT IS A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BILL.

SO IN TOTAL, RIGHT UNDERNEATH, WE CAN SEE WHAT THE NET EFFECT IS ON THOSE BILLS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN RESIDENTIAL, THE CURRENT TODAY, UH, AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER IS PAYING $74 AND 50 CENTS PER MONTH FOR THOSE SERVICES.

AND THAT WILL BE

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GOING UP TO $75 AND 89 CENTS, UM, FOR THOSE SERVICES.

AND THEN ALLIE SERVICES IS RIGHT IN UNDERNEATH GOING UP TO 77 50, AND YOU CAN SEE ACROSS MULTI-FAMILY NON-RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE, WHAT THOSE, UH, THE AVERAGE INCREASE WOULD BE, UH, TO THOSE DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CLASSIFICATIONS.

ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED THE MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE RESIDENTIAL.

OF COURSE WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

SO WE WANT IT TO KIND OF DO A COMPARISON TO OTHER VALLEY CITIES, UH, JUST TO REMIND THE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE VALUE THAT THEY GET FOR THE, THE UTILITIES THAT THEY PAY FOR HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UH, OUR EXISTING RATE THERE IS AT THE BOTTOM, THE VERY LOWEST AT $74 AND 50 CENTS WILL BE GOING UP TO $75 AND 89 CENTS KEEPING US WELL BELOW THE NEXT, WHICH IS GILBERT, WHICH HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER THIS LAST YEAR.

AND THEY'RE AT $87.

SO YOU'RE GONNA DO A COMPARISON AS TO THE VALUE THAT WE GET, UH, FOR THE VERY ROBUST SYSTEMS THAT WE DO PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS, UH, THAT ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SERVICES NEEDED, THAT THEY REQUEST.

SO FOR THESE CHANGES TO BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION ARE BOTH NEEDED, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 5, 0, 0 7, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ALLOWS FOR CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE CHAPTER 44 AND 50 CHAPTER 44 IS A SOLID WASTE CODE.

AND WE HAVE THE POLICY CHANGES IN THERE.

UH, CHAPTER 50, WE HAVE OUR RATES ALL OUTLINED IN THERE FOR OUR WATER WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED WATER.

UH, SO WE HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO BOTH OF THOSE CHAPTERS.

AND THEN ANY TIME WE CHANGED THE FEE SCHEDULE, WE NEEDED RESOLUTION.

SO RESOLUTION 55, 58 IS THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS WHERE OUR SOLID WASTE FEES ARE ALL LOCATED.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE CHAPTER THEMSELVES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE FEE SCHEDULE.

SO JUST SOME, UH, KIND OF FINAL STEPS TO IMPLEMENTATION HERE.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE COMPLETE, UH, TONIGHT AS OUR PUBLIC HEARING, NOT TONIGHT ALSO IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TO INCREASE WATER, RECLAIMED WATER WASTEWATER, AND SOLID WASTE RATES.

THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, INCREASED WATER, RECLAIMED WATER, WASTEWATER, AND SOLID AND RE, UH, AT AND WASTEWATER.

AND THE CHANGES IN CHAPTER 44 IS, UH, MAY 12TH.

SO THAT'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL IMPLEMENT COST OF SERVICE.

UTILITY RATES ANTICIPATED JULY 1ST, 2022 WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING IF THEY VISIT CHANDLER AC.GOV FORWARD SLASH PROPOSED UTILITY RATES, A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION, IS THERE THE COST OF SERVICE STUDIES ARE THERE, SO THEY CAN KIND OF GET A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU, MAN.

UM, I'LL START WITH SOME COMMENTS.

SO MAYBE WITH A QUESTION, HOW DO YOU FEEL? UM, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ALWAYS FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DID.

I MEAN, I SAW IT IN MY WATER BILLS CERTAINLY, AND, AND OTHERS AWHILE AGO.

UM, HOW DO WE RATE, UM, WHERE, UH, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO, I GUESS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE NORM? HOW DID WE ADD NEW COMMUNICATION WAYS? HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES WHEN WE DO THESE TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS? UM, MAYBE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, AS FAR AS HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE OUTREACH PROJECT PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE DID WAS WE TRIED TO BE AS ROBUST AS POSSIBLE.

OF COURSE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE FIND AFTER THE FACT WE COULD IMPROVE ON.

AND WE TRY TO DO THAT EACH AND EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE THESE, UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM OUR KAPPA GROUP, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR WEBPAGE, WE HAD 60 OVER 1600 HITS ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, SO THAT'S A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT IN THAT WEBSITE AS WELL.

UH, OUR YOUTUBE VIDEO, UH, THE PRESENTATION WAS 363 VIEWS.

UM, IN ALL FAIRNESS, ONE OF THOSE WAS MY MOM.

SO IT MIGHT BE 362 VIEWS.

UH, WE HAD A PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT IN JANUARY.

UM, OUR CITY SCOPE WENT OUT FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

SO I'LL RATE PAYERS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT.

AND IT GAVE THEM THAT WEBSITE TO GO TO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

UM, WE HAD OUR THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT.

UM, THERE WERE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE IN THOSE MEETINGS.

AND THEY GENERATED ALMOST 400 COMMENTS THAT CAME IN EITHER THROUGH PHONE OR THROUGH EMAIL, UH, THAT WE CATALOGED AND TRACKED ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS.

UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE, AGAIN, 88% OF THEM WERE RELATED TO THE ALLEYWAY, UM, ALLEYS.

UM, WE HAD FOUR NEWS ARTICLES, ONE IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT PAPER, ONE IN SANTA AND SON, ONE OF THE CHANDLER NEWS, ONE OF THE WRANGLER NEWS.

UH, AND THEN THEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAGIC IS THAT GOES ON BEHIND

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THE SCENES, BUT THEY HAD BOOSTED PROMOTIONAL, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, UH, AND THOSE BOOSTS, UM, CREATE WHAT'S CALLED IMPRESSIONS.

AND FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL FOCUSED, UH, MEDIA BLASTS, WE HAD 36,621 IMPRESSIONS.

UH, THE ALLEYWAY HAD 16,500 IMPRESSIONS AND OUR NON-RESIDENTIAL HAD 15,774 IMPRESSIONS.

UH, SO A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, VIEWED THE INFORMATION.

UH, WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WE TRY AS BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES WE RUN INTO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE FIRST WENT LIVE WITH OUR WEBSITE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATES LOCKED DOWN YET FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND SO THOSE DATES WERE TBD TO BE DETERMINED.

UH, AND THEN AS SOON AS WE GOT THOSE DATES, WE WERE ABLE TO PUBLISH THEM.

UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE DID, I THINK WE DID A, A FAIRLY GOOD JOB OF PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION, TRYING TO GET IT OUT EARLY, UH, TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY HAD ACCESS TO COMMENT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YEAH, I THINK THIS IS MY I'M TRYING TO THINK, IS IT MY THIRD OR FOURTH RATE STUDY THAT I'VE BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE? AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO PROBABLY HAS FOUR OR FIVE UNDER HIS BELT.

SO, UH, UM, I'M EXTOLLING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM.

I CHANDLER CONTINUES TO BE KNOWN AS A CITY THAT PLANS AHEAD.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE, WE HAD ROBUST CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS AND EVEN I, OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST TOO, HADN'T DONE A RATE INCREASE FOR 10 YEARS, AND THEN THIS IS, UH, A BIGGER NUT TO SWALLOW FOR THEM WITH, UH, PRETTY RADICAL PRACTICAL CHANGES.

WE'VE BEEN COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES, OVERALL COST OF SERVICE.

AND GILBERT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE LESS THAN US UNTIL THIS TIME, BUT AS THEY'RE FINALLY, EQUILIBRATED, THEY'RE THEIR WATER WASTEWATER SOLID WASTE.

IT IT'S PUT US, UH, REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE, WHICH IS THE BEST SERVICE, LOWEST COST OF SERVICE.

AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF, OR EVEN THOUGH IT'S PAINFUL, UH, BRINGING THIS TO US IN SUCH A TIME, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THE ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD AROUND THIS AND STAFF OR, UM, LISTENING TO US.

UH WE'VE WE CAME BACK WITH THINGS THAT WASN'T PART OF YOUR PLAN AND ASKED FOR MORE STUDY ASKED FOR, UH, DIFFERENT PLANS.

AND, UH, I REALLY LIKED THE, THE WORK THAT, UH, COUNCIL AND THE STAFF WENT IN TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

SO COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

THERE.

AND MATT, I TENDED EVERY ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THEY'RE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND YOU WERE, UM, CONSISTENT IN YOUR MESSAGE.

AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU FELT THAT THERE WAS A, A DELTA IN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, YOU'VE ACTUALLY IMPROVED IT AND MADE SURE THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE NEXT MEETING.

SO I COMMEND YOU ON THAT ONE.

UM, UH, YOUR JOKES THOUGH, I, WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT MAN, WORKING ON IT.

LET'S LET'S LET'S LET'S LET'S SET UP ONE SHOWCASE.

I'LL TELL YOU.

OH, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINE.

THAT THEY'RE FINE.

JOKE.

UM, SO MATT, THE, THE FEE STRUCTURE YOU PUT OUT WAS FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

UH, I KNOW YOU KIND OF GLOSSED OVER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY YEAR WE'LL BE VOTING ON THOUGH.

YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE FEES, LOOKING AT THE BALANCED LIFT IN THE, IN THE, THE, THE PORTFOLIO, AND THEN EITHER ADJUSTING THEM UPWARDS OR DOWNWARDS, CORRECT? CORRECT.

YOU'RE THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

THAT'S, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN IN FACT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF SERVICE ALIGNMENT THAT WE TALK ABOUT FOR WASTEWATER, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S MORE OUT OF ALIGN THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS.

UM, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE DID THESE RATE IMPLEMENTATIONS, WE IMPLEMENTED YEAR ONE, BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT TO YEAR THREE, WE DIDN'T NEED THE RATE INCREASE BECAUSE OF SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY JOHN KNUTSON AND IN HIS GROUP, UH, TO ALLOW US NOT TO HAVE A MAJOR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEED.

UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH THOSE RATE INCREASES.

AND WE LOOK AT THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A RATE INCREASE NEEDED, WE'RE DOING IT.

BUT IF THERE ISN'T, WE ABSOLUTELY.

DON'T GOOD.

FOLLOW-UP A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD ANSWER THIS, OR I KNOW JOSH, SOMEBODY DID THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

IT WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UH, OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

ANY OF THESE PROJECTS COULD BE AFFECTED BY THAT.

RATE INCREASE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY FACTOR THAT IN TO THE NEXT TIME WE CAME BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT RACE.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, ORLANDO, UH, I'LL HAVE TO SPEAK IN GENERALITIES BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE GUIDANCE ON HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED.

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN OR BEING TOLD THROUGH A LOT OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES.

AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WITHOUT HAVING SPECIFIC GUIDANCE YET ON HOW TO ACCESS THAT MONEY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAN A RAPE CASE AROUND THAT.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY AS MR. DUNBAR JUST SAID, IF WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN GETTING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS AND WE DIDN'T WIND UP NEEDING SOME OF THE RATE INCREASES IN THE FUTURE THAT ARE PLANNED, OR MAYBE AT A LOWER

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NO, I, AND I, I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE DOING THAT FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING.

UH, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WATER AS YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN A LOT OF PIPING SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, AND WE JUST, WE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS OVER THAT.

SO I GUESS THE KEY HERE IS THAT THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY TO OBVIOUSLY UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO POTENTIALLY OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS.

THANK YOU, MIRROR, RIGHT? ONE OF MY TWO MAIN GOALS THAT I'LL BE GOING TO DC IN TWO WEEKS, WORKING WITH GPS, BUT SPECIFICALLY IS TO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT AFFECTS CITIES AND THE CHIPS ACT 75% OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, SEMICONDUCTORS IS DONE IN CHANDLER, AND WE BEAR A LARGER SHARE THE CITY COST OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE TO WITH MY, UH, MY COHORT OF OTHER LEADERS TO ADDRESS THAT, AND, BUT WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THAT.

IF INDEED WE HAVE MONEY THAT COMES IN AND MAYBE THESE RATE INCREASES CAN AGAIN BE, UH, DEFERRED OR DAMPENED.

SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND, UH, MAN, THANK YOU.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOUR STAFF FOR THE WAY YOU HANDLED THIS AND IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S VERY THOUGHT OUT.

AND, UM, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK WE LEARNED TO DON'T MESS WITH THE ALLEYS.

SO FUTURE CONTENT MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE DON'T MESS WITH THE ALLEYS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH THAT I WANT TO DO, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REVOKE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WELL, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THOUGH, TO KIND OF MAKE A, MAYBE A AMENDMENT OR A STIPULATION SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND REVIEW THIS IN ABOUT A YEAR.

UM, BECAUSE, UM, I STILL WANT TO SEE WHERE THE, WHERE THE PRICING IS AS IT RELATES TO THE 75% INSTEAD OF THE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THE WASTEWATER.

AND SO IF WE COULD MAYBE GET A COMMITMENT FROM STAFF TO, TO CIRCLE BACK ON THIS, THAT'D BE GREAT.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. THIS IS A PURE PUBLIC HEARING RULE.

SO HANG THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

YES.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, YOU'VE DONE AND SET THE BAR HIGH.

THAT WAS GOOD.

YOU LIKE THAT? MR. DAVAR, BUT I HAD TO USE ME MAYOR.

YOU COULD JOIN US FOR LUNCH TOO.

UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST IN REGARDS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS RATE, THIS RATE, UM, WHEN WOULD THIS RATE GOING TO AFFECT THIS, THIS INCREASE, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BE JULY 1ST OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS JULY 1ST.

SO, OH, IT'S 2023, JULY 1ST, 2023.

THIS WILL GO ON 21ST, 20, 22 OF 2022, THE FIRST DAY OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAVE A WEIRD, OKAY, GOT IT.

BECAUSE WE'RE ON A FISCAL YEAR, NOT THE COUNT.

AND I WANTED TO ASK TO THE MANAGER ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JULY 1ST COMING UP REALLY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND IF WE LOOKED AT THIS TO JANUARY PUSHING US TO JANUARY, WHICH WOULD GIVE MORE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, ADD THOSE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEIR ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR BUDGET.

WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER? IF WE WAS TO SAY, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT THIS TO, TO JANUARY 23, THEN GOING INTO EFFECT.

WHEN YOU TALK, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER WATER INCREASE.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UM, I'LL SPEAK GENERALLY.

AND THEN I'LL KICK IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DON LANE TO GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS THAT GO WITH THAT.

UM, BUT AS, AS YOU HEARD, MR. DUNBAR SAY EARLIER, THIS ACTUALLY WAS THE LATE ALREADY.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY, WE WERE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST CURRENT DATA AND OBVIOUSLY COVID RELATED IMPACTS DELAYED SOME OF OUR STUDY WORK.

AND SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DELAYED FROM WHAT WOULD BE OUR NORMAL, EVERY OTHER YEAR SCHEDULE THAT YOU'RE ALL ACCUSTOMED TO.

UM, THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT ON THE BUDGET, CERTAINLY BY DOING THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO READJUST THE BUDGET THAT IN FACT, YOU'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW MORNING, UH, TO MAKE THAT, UH, IMPACT CLEAR, BUT I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAWN TO GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS, BUT TO GO INTO THAT, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

UM, WE LOOKED AT THAT IF WE WERE TO DELAY SIX MONTHS ACROSS ALL THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, IT'D BE ABOUT 2.2 MILLION WOULD BE THE IMPACT.

UM, SO IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO, AND THERE SPECIFICALLY ONE FUND THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LARGER RATE INCREASE THE OTHERS.

WE FELT WE COULD KIND OF SPREAD OR ADJUST CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE WATER FUND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A HIGHER INCREASE ON THE NEXT ONE.

FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

UM,

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SO BASICALLY IF WE SAY DELAY, THEN BASICALLY THE WATER BILL WILL GO UP BY, UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

IF WE SAY DELAY FROM JULY 1ST TO JANUARY, 2023, THE WATER BILL RATE CHANGE INSTEAD OF A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ON OUR NEXT INCREASE, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED.

WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP TO THREE TO THREE AND A HALF PERCENT BECAUSE TO MAKE UP THAT REVENUE DIFFERENCE, BUT WE CANNOT CHANGE WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WENT OUT ON PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO IT IS 2% REVENUE REQUIREMENT WITH COST TO SERVICE.

EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CATEGORIES THAT MATCHES DISCUSSED WOULD BE IMPACTED EXACTLY AS PRESENTED TO OUR RESONANCE.

SO JUST FOR 100% CLARITY, IF, IF WE SAID DELAY, THEN, THEN THIS PROCESS THAT WE STARTED, WE'LL START BACK OVER AGAIN AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC, UM, NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY KIND OF RAN THROUGH ALL THESE SCENARIOS PRIOR TO THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT AND IN CONSULTING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE FULL BREADTH OF WHAT'S REQUIRED IN ARIZONA, REVISED STATUTES.

IF COUNCIL MADE A MOTION THIS EVENING TO DELAY IT TO JANUARY, UH, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO REPEAT ALL THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.

IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD JUST LIKE IT IS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

IT WOULD JUST BE A DELAY TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCES, UM, TILL JANUARY 1ST, BUT ON THE BACKSIDE, WE, WE ARE PLANNING FUTURE RATE INCREASES AND OUR VERY NEXT RATE INCREASE PLAN FOR JANUARY OF 20, 24 WOULD REQUIRE US TO TAKE THAT PROJECTION HIGHER BECAUSE OF THAT LOSS OF REVENUE.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL VESPER.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, MATT, GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND, UH, THANK YOU.

I DON'T, I DON'T MIND YOUR JOKES AT ALL, BUT, UH, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT, UH, CLEARLY WE HAVE A PATH.

THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT HAVING A PATH.

THIS IS THE RATE.

THIS IS WHAT OUR, WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN EXPECT.

AND SO THAT'S GOOD.

THIS IS THE WAY WE DO A LOT OF THINGS.

AND, UH, IF THERE, FOR THE FUTURE, UH, IF THERE IS MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND THERE WAS, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WHERE WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL NEED BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PROJECTED, WE CAN ALWAYS REDO THIS IN THE FUTURE IN TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS.

ISN'T THAT CORRECT? SORRY THROUGH THE MAYOR VICE-CHAIR ROW.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IT IS A VERY, UM, LARGE ENDEAVOR FOR STAFF, UH, WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT ON A COST OF SERVICE STUDY, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN DO TODAY.

WE HAVE A PATH AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALK ABOUT IT.

AND SO, UH, I'M ALL FOR IT.

GREAT.

AND EVEN LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

SO EVEN WITH THAT, IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO CHANGE PERCENTAGE, WE COULD PICK THAT UP AT THE NEXT RATE INCREASE.

IF WE WANT TO MOVE UP THE ONE FUND FROM 75 TO A HUNDRED, AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

AND, UH, THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

AND THAT WILL COME TO US FOR A WEIGHT RATE INCREASE THE NEXT TIME, CORRECT MAYOR.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE WOULD JUST BASE IT ON THE ADJUSTMENTS STATED IN OUR CURRENT COST OF SERVICE STUDY, BUT WE WOULD ADJUST IT ACCORDINGLY BASED IF RATE INCREASES WERE HIGHER OR LOWER, WE WOULD LOOK AT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THE ONE THING THAT, AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR APPEAR, BUT THAT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WE HAVE TO FUND THESE WATER.

WE CAN'T TAKE THIS OUT OF GENERAL.

WE CAN'T SAY WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THIS.

IT'S NOT FAIR, OR IT'S NOT THIS AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND IT'S REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ITSELF.

AND THIS IS A WAY THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR DECADES IN TERMS OF SLOW, INCREMENTAL, ANTICIPATED INCREASES, RATHER THAN SURPRISING EVERYBODY WITH LARGE ONES, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE OUR JOB UP HERE.

CORRECT? YOU ARE CORRECT.

UM, COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

OTHERWISE I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS CARDS.

LET ME WAIT INTO THESE.

THE WAY THAT I'VE GOTTEN THEM FIRST IS JUST TO COMMENT.

THE OTHER ONES ARE, UM, SPEAKER CARDS, COMMENT CARD IS FROM NEVIN VIJU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR IF I BUTCHERED YOUR, YOUR LAST NAME, SIR.

SIMPLE COMMENT, TRASHCAN TO STAY IN ALLEY AND, UM,

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NEVIN.

I GOT ONE WORD FOR YOU.

AMEN.

THE PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO, WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH YOU.

UH, UH, TRASH CANS WILL STAY IN THE ALLEY.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER CARD THEN, UM, IS BY JOHN SUE SUE WAY.

UM, I'M SORRY, 3 98 NORTH HARTFORD.

JOHN, ARE YOU HERE? HAVE A THANK YOU, SIR.

IF YOU PLEASE COME ON UP TO THE DAY, IT'S YOU, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND AN ADDRESS I'D LIKE TO GIVE G WHOEVER, UH, UM, MATT VERDICT.

WE'LL COME TAKE THEM.

AND THEN, UH, WE WILL CAPTURE THAT.

BUT FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEAH, SIR.

ARE YOU ABLE TO COME UP OR DO YOU NEED, OKAY.

76.

I'M SLOW AND I'M NOT 76.

SO WE, AND SIR, IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AT 30 SECONDS LEFT THAT GREENLIGHT WILL TURN YELLOW, THEN WRAP IT UP WHEN IT TURNS RED, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS JOHN SULLIVAN.

I LIVE AT 3 98 NORTH HARTFORD STREET, AND I, MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS WANT ALLEY COLLECTION TO CONTINUE.

MY ALLEY IS BETWEEN NORTH HARTFORD.

I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT SINCE YOU KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT.

UH, WE ALL DO WELL.

LET'S GO ON BEYOND THAT TO, UH, USE CURBSIDE.

OH, WAIT.

UH, THERE ARE, I'M KIND OF SKIPPING IT.

SHOULDN'T DO IT.

THERE ARE SIX HOUSES ON NORTH VINE.

ANYWAY, LET'S SKIP THAT.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THAT ARE SAYING THAT, UH, OH ONE OUT PART OF THE ALLEY THAT THEY HAVE ALLEY DUMPSTERS.

THE OTHER SIDE ARE HAVING TO CONTAIN, UH, UH, CURBSIDE YET, UH, UH, BOTH SIDES ON VAT, BINE AND HARTFORD STREET.

THERE'S TWO ONLY, THEY'RE USING A CURBSIDE.

THE REST ARE USING, THEY HAVE TO BE USED IN SALT.

SO THEY'RE USING ALLEY AND WHY NOT MAKE IT TO WHERE EVERYBODY THAT WANTS ALLEY.

I HAVE WHAT I PASSED AROUND.

THERE'S UH, ON THE BACK PART THERE, IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT, I TRY TO MAKE IT EASY WHERE THEY WANT ALLIE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT AND WHY NOT LET THEM DO IT.

AND, BUT THERE'S SOME COUPLES, WELL, ONE IN PARTICULAR WHO ALWAYS WANTS CURBSIDE ALONE AND HE STAYED AND ALONE KINDA PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH ALONE BECAUSE, UH, WHEN I CONFRONTED HIM AT FIRST TO SIGN MY, MY PAPER, UH, HE TOLD ME THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS SIDE IS AGREEING TO CURBSIDE.

AND YET THERE'S ONLY TWO ON EACH SIDE THAT ARE USING CURBSIDE.

AND, UH, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT GOOKY GOOD PART.

UH, THE NEW CHARGES TO BOOK PICKUP, ALLOWING TWO FREE PICKUPS INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW, ONE EVERY SIX WEEKS, WHICH IS SIX LESS THAN, UH, THAN WHAT WE HAVE WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT, UH, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT, BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, SIX WE'RE GOING FOR BLACK SIX EVERY TWO MONTHS.

SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT EIGHT A YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO TWO AND THE BULK, UH, UH, THE BO OKAY.

THAT'S BULK PICKUP AND, UH, YEAH, I KINDA LOST, SHOULD'VE READ IT, UH, THE FREE OF TWO FREE VISITS PRESENTLY.

I THINK WE HAVE UNLIMITED, WE CAN DO, UH, I THINK WE CAN DO FREE ON LIVING AND GOING TO, UH, MY TIME'S UP.

I HOPE YOU READ WHAT I SAID.

IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE, SIR.

WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY READ THIS.

AND, UM, I'M WONDERING, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ALLEY SOUNDS LIKE YOU AT LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE WITH YOUR ADDRESS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARTFORD, THEY, IT'S KIND OF ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE LEFT TWIX AND RIGHT TWIX AND THE CANDY BARS, BUT, UH, WE'LL HAVE STEP, UH, LOOK INTO YOUR REQUEST WITH THAT AS WELL AS YOUR OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT STEP IS, IS RICK HUMAN.

MR. HUMAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND YOU

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HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WERE CUMIN 43, 10 WEST DUBLIN STREET SET UP THERE MANY YEARS WHEN WE DID WATER RIGHTS.

AND I THINK I KNEW A LITTLE ABOUT WATER.

UM, I'M HERE TO TALK AS REPRESENTATIVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE IN CHANDLER REPRESENTING OVER 1500 BUSINESSES, OVER 170,000 EMPLOYEES.

I'M ALSO AN HOA PRESIDENT AS WELL.

NOBODY'S GOING TO THE PRESENTATION THAT MATT MADE AND DON DOES AN AMAZING JOB OF EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENT RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW, WITH THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WE'RE ALL FACING AS A BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

THE FACT OF BEING ASKED TO DELAY THIS UNTIL JANUARY, WE CAN DO OUR BUDGETS.

PEOPLE'S BUDGETS ARE DONE.

OUR BUDGETS HAVE BEEN DONE FOR MANY MONTHS.

MOST COMPANIES ARE RUNNING ON JANUARY 1ST TO JANUARY 1ST TIMEFRAME.

UM, YOU CAN'T, UM, ANTICIPATE THINGS UNTIL SOMETHING'S APPROVED.

YOU'RE PROVING IT TODAY.

AND POSSIBLY 45 DAYS FROM NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A RE A MAJOR RATE INCREASE FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR HR NRH OAS IRRIGATION RATES GOING UP 6%, WHICH WILL AFFECT A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN JULY WHEN IT'S THE HEAVIEST WATER USE AS WELL STUFF.

SO THE $2 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY DELAYING IF BUSINESSES CAN PLAN AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE JANUARY OF 24, ACTUALLY GOING THAT EXTRA NUMBER IS A WAY TO PLAN THE BUSINESS.

WE RUN OUR BUSINESSES.

WE CAN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH ENOUGH INFLATIONARY PRESSURES RIGHT NOW WITH FUEL PRICES, ELECTRICITY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON, TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR OUR BUSINESSES.

ADDING ANOTHER LAYER ON THAT IS GOING TO HURT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT.

I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT RADIUS RATES, COST OF SERVICE AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

I REALLY DO URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT DELAYING THIS TO JANUARY 1ST, WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU, MR. HUMAN STUART, JOSH.

MY MEMORY MIGHT BE SERVANT JUST TO, WE RECEIVE ANY EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF OUR BUSINESSES ABOUT THIS RATE INCREASE.

UM, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, AS YOU HEARD EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THAT WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I CAN HAVE MS. LANGER, MR. DUNBAR, KIND OF SUMMARIZE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE, THE PROCESS INTERESTING, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

UM, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

UM, WE, IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE DID FOR DIRECTED TO NON-RESIDENTIAL BUSINESSES, UH, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE THERE.

UM, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS WERE JUST QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES.

WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS EITHER FOR OR AGAINST, UM, FROM ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT RECEIVED SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH COMMENT CARDS.

WE MAY NOT KNOW IF IT'S SPECIFIC A BUSINESS OR A RESIDENT.

UM, AND SO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS MAY HAVE COME FROM A BUSINESS OWNER, UH, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM AGAIN WERE RELATED TO THE ALLEY SERVICES AND HOS W WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM? YEAH.

SO FROM AN HOA PERSPECTIVE, WE DID HEAR FROM ONE HOA AND THEY JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON WHEN THE RATES WOULD BE IN EFFECT.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE ONLY OTHER CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH HOS HAPPENED, UH, BEFORE THIS WENT INTO EFFECT.

SO BACK IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WHEN WE WERE RECEIVING CALLS FROM THEM, THANK YOU, MATT.

I'D LOVE TO GET THAT CONTACT FROM THAT HOA AFTER THE MEETING.

NICE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MATT.

JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I KNOW YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND I PROBABLY SLEPT THROUGH IT.

THAT WE LOOKED AT, WE WERE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, EITHER ONE OR TWO, UM, IN SOME OF THEM WERE NUMBER THREE.

BUT, UH, UH, ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE, UH, SHOWN TO THIS GROUP WAS THE, UH, THE COST OF SERVICES COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

DID YOU SHOW THAT THAT WAS THERE TONIGHT, TH THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ROW, WE DID SHOW FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE COMPARISON, UH, BUT IF YOU, IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTED TO GO ONLINE, THE PRESENTATIONS, WHAT WE DID WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHOWED ALL OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS.

SO NOT ONLY RESIDENTIAL, BUT BUSINESSES NON-RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS OUR RECLAIMED.

SO IT SHOWED ALL THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS AND COMPARED US TO OTHER VALLEY CITIES.

SO THEY COULD SEE THOSE COMPARISONS IN ALL OF THOSE CLASSIFICATION.

AND WHEN, AND WHEN YOU WENT, WHEN YOU WENT OUT AND RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT WHAT THE VARIOUS RATES WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE ADVANCING TO, OR WHATEVER, UH, AT LEAST ONE COMMUNITY HAD A PRETTY DRAMATIC INCREASE BECAUSE THEY HAD DELAYED SOME STEP SO THAT MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE DONE TO KIND OF IRON THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT, CORRECT THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ROLE, THAT OR VICE MAYOR ROLE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE FOUND.

UM, IN FACT, IN, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID TONIGHT, THAT SLIDE, UH, GILBERT HAS PUT IN, UM, SOME NEW RATES.

AND SO WE INCLUDED THOSE NEW RATES IN THE COMPARISON, SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THEIR ACTUAL EXISTING RATES ARE, WHEREAS THE OTHER CITIES ARE BASED ON LAST YEAR'S RATES.

SO THEY MAY HAVE INCORPORATED OTHER RATE INCREASES THAT AREN'T IN THAT.

SO THEY MAY BE HIGHER EVEN THAN WHAT'S SHOWN HERE.

UM, SO FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, THE ONLY UPDATE WAS GILBERT.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, IN THE MAJORITY OF ALL OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS

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UM, BUT THOSE ARE BASED ON LAST YEAR'S RATES, COMPARING TO THE NEW RATES THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT FOR US.

SO ONE LESS COMMON FOR MYSELF AND LESS OTHERS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD.

SO WHAT I, WHEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DID REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND IT MADE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE HOS WHEN SPECIFIC GROUPS WERE, WERE HIGHLIGHTED TO US ARE RESPONDED TO US.

WE ALSO WENT BACK TO THEM AND ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE MAYOR THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IN FACT, UM, OF ALL THE COMMENT CARDS THAT WE RECEIVED ONLINE, UH, MANY EMAILS FROM THOSE COMMENT CARDS.

IF ANYONE HAD A SPECIFIC QUESTION, WE REACH OUT TO THEM SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD.

IF THEY SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DO THIS.

WE REACHED OUT AND KIND OF TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM.

SO WE REALLY TRIED FOR THOSE THAT REACHED OUT AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING, WHY THE CHANGES WERE GOING INTO EFFECT AND DID A LOT OF, UM, OUTREACH IN THAT FORM.

UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LEARN NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE AN OUTREACH, UH, IN A CONVERSATION, UH, DON LANG AND I HAD WITH, UH, RICK CUMIN, UH, HE MENTIONED, UH, THE NEXTDOOR APP AS A, A GOOD AVENUE TO POTENTIALLY, UM, DO SOME COMMUNICATION WITH.

AND SO WE'VE NOTED THAT, AND THAT'LL ONE OF THE ITEMS ON OUR CHECKLIST OF PUBLIC OUTREACH, AS WELL AS FLYERS AT THE RS WCC.

SO AS WE GET, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL AVENUES TO DO OUTREACH, OUR ABSOLUTE INTENT IS TO REACH AS MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AS WE CAN, SO THAT THEY'RE INFORMED ABOUT ANY CHANGES THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.

UM, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, OR SHOULD WE BRING UP OUR THIRD SPEAKER? ALL RIGHT.

OUR THIRD AND FINAL SPEAKER CARD AT THIS POINT IS, UH, RUTH JONES.

MRS. JONES, IF YOU PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO WALK SLOW.

RUTH JONES, 27 34 EAST BIRCHWOOD PLACE, CHANDLER ARIZONA 5, 2 49.

UM, AND WHILE I ALSO APPRECIATE MATCH JOKES, I'M LIVING IN A HOUSE WITH DAD JOKES.

I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS RATE INCREASE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.

UM, WHILE WE HAD PLENTY OF PRINTED MATERIAL, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WEB SAVVY TO RECEIVE OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE NOT WELL PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.

THE FIRST MEETING HELD, WHICH I ATTENDED THEM.

AND THE FIRST MEETING THAT WAS HELD WAS THE ONE FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

THERE WERE LESS THAN 20 RESIDENTS THERE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE OF MY OWN DIFFICULTY IN FINDING IT THAT IT WAS NOT ADVERTISED, IT WAS NOT ON THE CITY CALENDAR.

IT WAS NOT IN THE CITY SCOPE.

THE CITY SCOPE DID TELL PEOPLE THEIR RATES WERE GOING UP, BUT NOT THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THIS INCREASE AND TO ASK QUESTIONS AND VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.

SO YOU DID NOT HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE REPRESENTING OUR LARGEST GROUP OF HOMEOWNERS AVAILABLE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I, WHEN I CAME TO THE SECOND MEETING FOR OUR ALLEY CUSTOMERS, I SAW A MUCH LARGER GROUP.

AND I SAID, WOW, HOW DID YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING? AND I WAS TOLD BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ATTENDING, WE RECEIVED A LETTER.

SO AT THE FIRST MEETING I HAD ASKED, WHY WERE THERE SUCH A DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THE WORD OUT? AND I WAS TOLD, WELL, WE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

SO AT THE SECOND MEETING, WHEN I SAW ALL THOSE PEOPLE, I ASKED AGAIN, WHY IS IT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A LETTER TO THIS GROUP AND NOT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD? AT THAT POINT I WAS TOLD, WELL, WE HAVE TOO MANY RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.

THEY CAN JUST READ ABOUT IT ONLINE THAT WORKED FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME IS COMPUTER SAVVY, BUT WE HAVE MANY RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE ELDERLY.

WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE DISABLED.

AND FOR THEM, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO NAVIGATE THESE WEBSITES THAT WELL, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE ACCESS.

SO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE A VITAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

AND THAT WAS MISSED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I AGREE WITH RICK'S COMMENT.

WE HAVE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON OUR BUSINESSES GOING FORTH AND ON ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE SITE OF OUR 40 YEAR HIGH INFLATION THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.

I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT RAISING RATES AT THIS TIME, WITHOUT ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST WILL BE THOSE ON FIXED INCOMES ARE ELDERLY AND THOSE THAT HAVE THE LEAST RESOURCES TO PAY THIS INCREASE.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WAIT AND RESEARCH THIS FURTHER.

IS THE ALK PROGRAM STILL ENGAGED.

THANK YOU, MRS. JONES.

UM, STEP TWO, QUESTIONS.

ONE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME, DON'T WE HAVE

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SO I REALIZE WE'RE TALKING $10 A YEAR, EXCEPT IF YOU'RE ALLIE CORRECT WITH THESE RATE INCREASES.

UM, BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, UH, STRUGGLING WITH PAYING THIS, WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER MITIGATION RELIEF DO WE HAVE AS WELL? CAN YOU GO INTO HOW WE ADVERTISE THE, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT MS. UH, MRS. JONES REFERENCE? YOU BET.

MAYOR.

UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THE, UM, YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, I'LL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUR SECOND.

OR THEY'LL GET A MAILED BILL EITHER WAY, BUT THERE WAS A NOTICE ON EVERY BILL THAT WENT TO CUSTOMERS, BUSINESSES, UM, GOLF COURSES LIKE LANDSCAPING, ANYONE WHO RECEIVES A UTILITY BILL WOULD RECEIVE THAT THAT'S A MEMBER ELLIS.

YES, AOK IS, UM, IS AN OPTION FOR ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS BUSINESSES TO ADD TO THEIR UTILITY BILLS THAT THAT FUND IS ACCUMULATED AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE STRUGGLING PAYING THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A RESOURCE THAT OUR UTILITY BILLING REPRESENTATIVES WILL WORK WITH CITIZENS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND GUIDE THEM TOWARDS THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE, UM, VARIOUS FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AS A CITY TO HELP WITH UTILITY AND RENT ASSISTANCE THAT ARE BEING USED CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN USED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND CONTINUE TO BE USED.

UH, SO THOSE ARE BOTH, UH, VERY, VERY GOOD RESOURCES WITHIN OUR CITY.

AND OF COURSE OUR HOUSING TEAM IS OUT THERE OR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES TEAM IS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE FUNDS ARE CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED.

UM, AND THEN ON THE, TO JUST ADDRESS A COUPLE OF RISKS COMMENTS, UM, WE RUTH WAS AT THE MEETINGS.

UM, IT IS NOT, NOT TYPICAL FOR LARGE ATTENDANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, THIS, AND I WOULD SAY THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE WE'VE HAD.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER THEM VIRTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, FIRST TIME IN ALL OF THE HISTORY OF DOING THIS THROUGH THE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD BOTH A VIRTUAL OPTION, AS WELL AS AN IN-PERSON OPTION.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADD QUITE A FEW MORE FOLKS TO, UM, THE DISCUSSION, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO LISTEN IN AND ALSO ADD COMMENTS THAT WE REVIEWED AT THE END OF EVERY MEETING, UM, TO ADDRESS THE, UM, LET'S SEE, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS, OR A STATEMENT MADE REGARDING, UM, THE DIFFICULTY TO FIND THE LOCATION OF THE MEETINGS.

AND I KNOW MATT DID ADDRESS THIS IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED THE PUBLIC OUTREACH WE SHOWED IN THE WEEK, THE, UM, CITY SCOPE CAME OUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SET THE PUBLIC MEETINGS BECAUSE IT GETS PUBLISHED PREVIOUS TO THAT DATE.

SO THE CITY SCOPE JUST REFERENCED THE WEB LINK OR WHERE TO GO ON THE WEBSITE TO GET TO THAT INFORMATION.

UM, SO, AND OF COURSE THE CYCLE ON THOSE CITY SCOPES GO OUT WITH ALL OF THE CYCLES OF THE UTILITY BELLS, THEY GET DISTRIBUTED.

SO THEY, THEY START EARLY AND THEN THEY MOVE ON THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND IT WAS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK THAT THOSE DATES WERE LOCKED DOWN.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO START REALLY PUBLISHING THE DATES OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, DATES AND TIMES, AND THE LINKS FOR THE VIRTUAL OPTION.

SO ANYONE WHO COULD NOT COME OUT TO THE MEETINGS COULD STILL LISTEN IN.

UM, AND SO I, AND WE DID TALK TO SOME OTHER CITIZENS ABOUT THAT AS WELL, THAT WERE PRESENT THAT EVENING.

AND WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE INFORMATION WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

SO I AM SURE THERE'S ALL LEVELS THOUGH, OF, OF, UM, ABILITIES IN TRYING TO FIND THAT, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS HERE.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET, WE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH US.

THERE'S BEEN A COMMENT LINK ONLINE IF ANYONE HAD ANY INTEREST IN COMING TO THOSE MEETINGS THAT, THAT LINK IN THE CITY SCOPE, UM, WOULD DIRECT THEM DIRECTLY TO, UM, THAT COMMENT BUTTON THAT WE COULD HAVE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY IF THERE WAS ANY STRUGGLE FOR ANYONE THAT WANTED TO BE THERE.

UM, AND FINALLY, WE DID DO A TARGETED MAILING TO OUR ALLEY CUSTOMERS.

UM, AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE AND THE RESPONSE WE GOT WITH THE POSSIBLE CHANGE TO THE ALLEY SERVICE.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS WELL-INFORMED.

UM, AND THAT WAS DIRECTION FROM MAYOR COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, BUT ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT MAYBE THE THOUGHT OF ADDING ADDITIONAL COSTS TO, TO KEEP THE SERVICE.

UM, ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE GENERAL RESIDENT POPULATION THAT IS IMPACTED BY THE RATE CHANGES, WE ACTUALLY ADDED ON EVERY UTILITY BILL NOTES FOR TWO CYCLES THAT TALKED ABOUT UPCOMING RATE CHANGES, AND AGAIN, THE WEBLINK ON WHERE TO GO TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

SO, UM, WE, WE WERE THINKING THROUGH THAT AND MOST PEOPLE ARE EITHER GETTING AN EMAIL, UM, UTILITY BILL OR, UM, THROUGH AUTO PAY.

THEY GET THEIR EMAILED BILL

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THANK YOU, DON.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WELL, I'M STILL GOING TO BE TALKING TO DON A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE HAD THIS DISTINCT, VERY LOPSIDED WHERE THE, THE, THE CITIZEN WERE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY SHARE, AND THE BUSINESS WERE NOT.

AND THAT ALSO HELPED, UH, PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAD TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT AGAIN AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE BRING IT BACK INCREDIBLY, AS WE MENTIONED, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS AND NEEDS.

SO, UM, AND IN THIS CASE, THE CITIZENS ARE PAYING MORE THAN THEY SHOULD, AND THE BUSINESSES ARE PAYING LESS.

SO OVER A FIVE-YEAR TRANSITION, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK IN ALIGNMENT.

SO IT'S NICE AND EVEN AN EQUITABLE BASED ON THE DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM.

UM, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE MAYOR IS I KNOW IN CHANDLER, WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF CUTTING PEOPLE'S UTILITIES, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THAT BECAUSE WHEN COVID CAME, WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DID NOT PAY THEIR BILLS FOR MONTHS UPON MONTHS UPON MONTHS, AND THEY BUILD WOULD NEVER CUT.

AND THEN AT THIS POINT, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE STILL ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN ASSIST PEOPLE WITH PAYING THE BILL.

SO IF THERE WAS AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO COULDN'T PAY THEIR BILLS OR SOMEONE WHO WAS AN HARD TIME WHO COULDN'T PAY THEIR BILLS, DEBT, THAT WATER WILL NOT BE CUT UNTIL AFTER WE WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THEM.

IF THERE WAS A WAY TO WORK IT OUT THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, WE, WE STARTED, UM, WITH CUTOFFS AGAIN, BUT AS WE, UM, AS FOLKS GET CLOSE TO THAT CUTOFF DATE, THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT IS HAD WITH OUR UTILITY SERVICES.

THERE'S A MAILING THERE'S NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES AFTER THE MAILING AND CUSTOMER CONTACT, THAT'S HAPPENING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO US SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES.

IF THAT IS TRULY THE NEEDS, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, THEY FORGOT TO PAY THE BILLS AND, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE THE CUT.

BUT, UM, IT IS UNFORTUNATELY THE NATURE OF THE SERVICE.

IT'S A, IT'S A BILLING PROCESS.

AND, UM, THERE, THERE IS A PROCESS TO GET TOWARDS CAT, BUT WE, WE WILL TRY TO AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO AGAINST MY IS KIND OF REMINDED ME OF ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN WE, THIS ORIGINAL DISCUSSION ON WHY THERE WERE A LOT OF US THAT PUSHED SO QUICKLY IN FRONT OF HER SAYING, IF YOU DO LOOK HISTORICALLY AGAIN, BACK WHAT, 30, 40 YEARS AGO, AND, UH, COMES FROM ORLANDO, WAS ON THE COUNCIL.

WAS IT I'M SORRY, SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S JUST CAME OUT.

UM, THAT USUALLY IT'S AROUND A 50% WHERE WE TRY TO MEET AT THE FIVE-YEAR MARK.

WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET 50%.

AND THE LAST ONE WE WERE ON TWO, I RECALL WE WERE, WE'RE TRYING TO GO 50, 75%.

WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH IT UP.

AND THIS YEAR WE WENT TO A HUNDRED BECAUSE THE COST OF SERVICE.

AND I THINK, I REMEMBER, I FORGOT TO REMEMBER MEMO SAID THIS.

I WAS VERY, VERY AFFECTED AND WAS THE, SAY, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE ALMOST JUMPED UP OUT OF MY CHAIR WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING BUSINESSES ON THE WATER RATES.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS COUNCIL, THIS CYCLE PUSHED FOR THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BECAUSE I MEAN, I CAN TRULY APPRECIATE THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE.

IT'S STRUGGLING WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INFLATION, BUT SO ARE THE HOUSEHOLDS.

AND WE'RE ASKING IF, IF WE DO DELAY THIS, AND THIS IS A CONSIDERATION THAT ALL OF US WILL NEED TO KEEP, UH, TAKE UNDERWEIGHT.

IF WE ARE PLANNING TO DELAY THIS, WE ARE, FERLIE FURTHER PUTTING THE BURDEN ONTO OUR RESIDENTS TO SUBSIDIZE THE WATER THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE RECEIVING.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M DRAWING THE LINE AND SAYING THAT I DO THINK THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS NEED TO PAY THEIR EQUAL, FAIR SHARE AS THEY ARE USING IT.

AND THAT'S WHY I PUSHED FOR THAT.

WE PUSHED SO HARD FOR THE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPENSATION IN ORDER

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TO MAKE THINGS YOU KNOW, ALIGNED.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY I AM NOT REALLY A PROPONENT FOR DELAYING THE IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE, UM, AGAIN, RESIDENTS WERE STRUGGLING JUST AS MUCH AS BUSINESSES.

AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON THEM BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES MAY NOT HAVE ALREADY DONE THEIR BUDGETS.

SO, BECAUSE HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS ARE JUST AS THIN.

MA'AM JUST, UM, JOSH, PRIOR TO YOU BECOMING A CITY MANAGER AND NO SHASTA, ANY CITY MANAGERS BEFORE YOU, UM, WHEN AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, HOW MANY BUSINESSES WAS BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC? LIKE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS.

MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNSELOR HARRIS.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION READY FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WE COULD CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU.

WE CAN GET A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T COME PREPARED WITH THAT INFORMATION TONIGHT.

I APOLOGIZE.

CAUSE OUT BECAUSE, UM, I WAS SHARED THAT, UM, TO CONSTABLE MY ELLIS A POINT THAT WE'VE NEVER REALLY SHUT OFF BUSINESSES.

UH, WE NEVER REALLY CAME AFTER BUSINESSES WHEN THEY WERE BEHIND.

UM, AND I, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT NUMBER WAS IN SOMEWHERE.

SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HERE WAS SOMEWHERE IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BEHIND ON THEIR WATER BILL.

UM, ONE PARTICULAR TIME, UH, ONE PARTICULAR COMPANY JUST WOULD NOT PAY AT ALL.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO, $300,000.

THEY HAD BEEN BEHIND FOR YEARS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, WE'RE HERE AND I WANT TO TRY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MY THING WAS THAT, UM, I'M HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M ALSO HEARING FROM THE BUSINESSES, UM, AND BOTH HAVE SAID THAT WE, WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB IN COMMUNICATING.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE, UM, FEEL THAT WE COULD HAVE DID A BETTER JOB IN, UH, HEARING FROM OUR EXPERT TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE COMMUNICATED.

AND HISTORICALLY WE'VE DONE BETTER BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MORE VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE, UM, TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT THIS COULD BE, COULD BE HAPPENING.

NO, WE'RE DOING BETTER THIS YEAR.

WE'RE DOING BETTER.

WE'D WANT BETTER THIS YEAR.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER AT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

GOT IT.

SO I JUST KIND OF, BUT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THE, UM, FROM THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY WANT MORE TIME TO GET PAST THIS BAD TIME.

AND WHETHER IT'S FROM THE BUSINESSES OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM, YOU KNOW, WE LISTENED TO THE TESTIMONY TONIGHT.

THEY SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS $10 A YEAR INCREASES COULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THEM, BUT ALSO, UM, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO ADJUST THEIR PHYSICAL.

ALSO I'M HEARING TOO THAT, HEY, THE BUSINESSES DOESN'T, IF THE BUSINESSES DON'T CARRY THEIR WEIGHT, THEN THE, THE RESIDENCE IS GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY THE WEIGHT FOR THE BUSINESSES.

SO, SO I, I KINDA, SO WE'RE ON BOARD, SO WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS? I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT I HEARD TODAY.

CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO WITHOUT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF LET'S ALWAYS CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE ADMONISH AND MAKING SURE THAT ARE WE USING THE BEST TECHNOLOGY.

WE, WE PUT IT IN A SCOPE.

ARE WE DOING THE BEST METHODS TO COMMUNICATE, UM, OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AND IT, IT SOUNDED LIKE WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE'VE DONE BETTER.

SO I JUST KINDA WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, I JUST WANT US TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING CURRENT TECHNIQUES TO COMMUNICATE OUR MESSAGE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE RESPONSE, NOT JUST 15,000, BECAUSE WE HAVE 280,000 PEOPLE, UH, HERE.

UM, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT TO THIS PLACE AND WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

WE'VE DONE BETTER THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY.

I JUST KINDA, I'M JUST KIND OF HEARING THAT THE COMMUNITY STILL WANTED MORE OUTREACH.

THEY STILL WANT IT THERE.

SO I WANT US TO KIND OF LOOK FURTHER INTO MAKING SURE WE DO A BETTER JOB AS WE GROW WITH MORE CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING.

WE'RE HEARING THAT SOME ARE NOT HAVING ACCESS.

LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE, WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER THAT TAKES.

IDLE ITEM, NUMBER 30 ON OUR ACTION, WHICH,

UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN VOTE ON ITEM 30 AND 31, SEEING NONE I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CONSTANT NEXT WE HAVE

[30. Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Ordinance No. 5007 Amending Chapter 50, Sections 50-11, 50-12, and 50-15, and Chapter 44, sections 44-4, 44-5, 44-6, and 44-7, of the Code of the City of Chandler to Change Certain Water, Wastewater, Reclaimed Water, and Solid Waste Fees Effective July 1, 2022 Move City Council introduce and tentatively approve Ordinance No. 5007 amending Chapter 50, sections 50-11, 50-12, and 50-15, and Chapter 44, sections 44-4, 44-5, 44-6, and 44-7, of the Code of the City of Chandler to change certain Water, Wastewater, Reclaimed Water, and Solid Waste Fees effective July 1, 2022. Council Focus Area(s):]

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UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN LENGTH WITH THIS.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YES.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE INTRODUCTION IN TERMS OF ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 5 0 7, MENDING CHAPTER 50 SECTIONS, 50 DASH 1150 DASH 12 AND 50 DASH 15 AND CHAPTER 44, SECTIONS 44 DASH 4 44 DASH 5 44 DASH 6 44 DASH SEVEN OF GO TO THE CITY CHANDLER TO CHANGE CERTAIN WATT, CERTAIN WATER OR WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER AND SOLID WASTE FEES EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022 CLICK.

NO.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, UH, COUNSEL, ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CLARIFICATION IS NECESSARY.

UM, COUNSEL MERCER, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PASSED OVER.

SO ONCE YOU ASKED I'VE BEEN HERE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STIPULATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THIS IN A YEAR.

UH, I KNOW WE GO INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST.

I WANT TO LOOK AT THE WASTEWATER BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSIDIZATION, RIGHT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

AND IF IT MAKES SENSE, CAUSE I KNOW THAT YEARS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THOSE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES.

SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR AND THEN IF WE NEED TO GO TO THAT FULL 100, WE SHOULDN'T, I GOT A COUPLE OF EMAILS ABOUT THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

IS THAT OKAY? YEAH.

MR. MAYOR COUNCILOR STUART, WE CAN CERTAINLY AT THE TIME YOU START PREPARING FOR YOUR NEXT RATE REVIEW REVIEW THAT WASTEWATER 75 VERSUS A HUNDRED PERCENT COST OF SERVICE MODEL.

AND THEN ONE OTHER THING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE NOW, BUT I'M GOING TO ADD IT ANYWAY.

I'D LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATION ON THE AOK PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS WILL AFFECT OUR, THE FEDERAL, THE FEDERAL, UH, PRINTING OF CASH IS JUST DESTROYING FAMILIES AND, UH, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE WORKING POOR.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT TO HELP STEP UP WHERE WE CAN WITH THIS RATE INCREASE.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR CITY MANAGER.

SO WHEN YOU SAY THE NEXT TIME, WILL THAT BE NEXT YEAR OR WHEN WE, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE PHASE TWO OF THIS RATE INCREASE, CORRECT? THAT YOU'LL BRING THIS BACK TO US.

THAT'S CORRECT.

A LADDER.

UM, COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MOTION CARRIES BY MAJORITY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO DISSENTING.

OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 31.

AND, UH, COUNSEL NEXT ON

[31. Resolution No. 5558 Amending the Citywide Fee Schedule relating to the Public Works & Utilities Department, Solid Waste Division Moves City Council adopt Resolution No. 5558 amending the Citywide Fee Schedule relating to the Public Works & Utilities Department, Solid Waste Division, with fee changes effective July 1, 2022. Council Focus Area(s):]

UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I'LL DO IT.

MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ AND MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 5, 5, 5, 8, AMENDING THE CITY FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT SOLID WASTE DIVISION.

ALL RIGHT, IS THERE'S A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COUNSEL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS SEEING NONE.

PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY MAJORITY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO DISSENTING.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

HAVE ONE UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE CARD.

UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS WE'VE GOT CERTAINLY ITEM NUMBER 32 THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED AS PART OF CONSENT.

WE DO

[11. Unscheduled Public Appearances]

UM, UM, MR. KLASSEN, PLEASE COME UP.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I THOUGHT YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME.

NEVER, SIR, NEVER AT ALL.

MY NAME IS GLENN CLAWSON AND I LIVE AT THREE 80 WEST ALOE PLACE.

I AM YOUR CITY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR 2013.

THANKS IN PART TO WIGGINS WHO AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.

I'M BRINGING GOOD NEWS A WHILE BACK WHEN I BROUGHT MY FAIRY BY AIRPLANE OVER HERE FROM FALCON FIELD FOR ITS PERMANENT HOME HERE AT THE CHANDLER AIRPORT IS I MADE MY APPROACH TO A FINAL LANDING ON THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAYS.

I WAS HIT BY AUGUSTA WHEN I SAVED THE LANDING, BUT IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ASKED FOR A WIND SOCK ON THE WEST ENDS GREATLY A WIND SOCK IS BASICALLY A WEATHER VANE, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE APPROXIMATE SPEED OF THE WIND IT'S DESIGNED.

IT'S ENGINEERED TO DO THAT.

SO A PILOT AT A QUICK GLANCE CAN SEE WHAT HE'S FACING.

HE OR SHE IS FACING WELL, THAT IS ARRIVED.

HE CAME HERE ON JANUARY AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN, CAUSE YOU'VE JUST INCREASED THE SAFETY AT CHAIRMAN REPORT SIGNIFICANTLY.

SECOND OF ALL, BECAUSE I'M AN AIRCRAFT OWNER, I WAS GIVEN A, AN OPINION QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AT THE AIRPORT? AND I

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SAID, WELL, THE AIRPORT MANAGER, I'D LIKE TO SEE AN AIRPORT MANAGER THAT IS ACTUALLY A PILOT AND OWNS HIS OR HER OWN AIRPLANE.

THAT WOULD BE HUGE.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE RYAN, WHO I MET YESTERDAY IS A PILOT.

HE OWNS HIS OWN, UH, CESSNA ONE 50 AND HE'S A GRADUATE DEGREE.

HE HOLDS A GRADUATE DEGREE AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR RYAN AND, UH, AND THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.

IT'S LIKE SEEING OLD FRIENDS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. CLASSROOM

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

COUNSEL.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS CURRENT EVENTS AND COMMENTS AND I'LL START.

I RECEIVED A LETTER, UM, COUPLE OF DAYS AGO FROM THE SALT RIVER, PIMA MIRA, COPA INDIAN COMMUNITY.

AND IT TOUCHED ME AND I WANTED TO READ IT BECAUSE IT BRINGS ATTENTION TO, UM, SOME OF OUR FOLKS IN THE CITY.

DEAR MAYOR, KATE, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SALT RIVER PIMA MIRA, COPA INDIAN COMMUNITY IN OUR TIME OF GREAT NEED.

ON APRIL 8TH, THE SALT RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED A TRAGIC INCIDENT THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF FIREFIGHTER, BRENDAN BC, AND CRITICALLY INJURED FIREFIGHTER TYLER PECKER.

THIS INCIDENT WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE HISTORY OF THE S F S R F D AND SALT RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WAS NOT ONLY DEVASTATING TO SF R F D BUT TO THE SALT RIVER PIMA, MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THE INCIDENT TASKED ALL THE RESOURCES OF OUR TRIBAL DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND AND PLAN FOR THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOW THROUGH IT.

ALL YOUR CITY PROVIDED VALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

FOR THAT.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU, UH, OUR SINCERE THANKS.

YOU PROVIDED VITAL SUPPORT SO THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE IN NEED AND HONOR FIREFIGHTER, BRENDAN BC WITH FULL HONOR FUNERAL ON BEHALF OF THE SALT RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SALT RIVER, PIMA MIRACLE INDIAN COMMUNITY, PLEASE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE IN YOUR CITY THAT PROVIDED A ROLE IN THE SEPARATE.

SO SPECIFICALLY SHE PLUGINS AND, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT STEPPED UP.

I REALLY WANTED TO READ THIS LETTER AND THANK YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR WORK, UM, AND IT'S APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, A COUPLE MORE FOR ME.

I WANTED TO GIVE A EXTRA SHOUT OUT FOR THE YESTERDAY.

WE HAD THE CHANDLER EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COUNCIL APPRECIATION, ICE CREAM SOCIAL.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

WE HAD HUNDREDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES THERE.

UH, I THINK I SAW EVEN VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS DANCING.

IT WAS, UH, I DIDN'T CATCH A VIDEO, BUT I, I DID, UH, I DID SEE THEM.

IT WAS, UH, I, I, I'M NOT SURE IF VICE BAER WAS DOING IT WILLINGLY, BUT HE WAS OUT THERE.

SO, UM, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR, OUR CITY.

UH, CHANDLER STAFF ARE INCREDIBLY HARD INDIVIDUALS AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE THE CITY THAT WE ARE WITHOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE.

SO I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND KEEPING MORALE UP AND, UH, REALLY PROMOTING TEAM CHANDLER.

THIRDLY, I DO WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL ON MONDAY.

UH, CHANDLER'S FALLEN OFFICER MEMORIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 2ND AT 8:30 AM IN THE MORNING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL PLAZA.

THAT'S BETWEEN PD AND FIRE.

YOU CAN PARK IN THE LIBRARY, THE MAIN LIBRARY PARKING LOT, AND THEN WALK SOUTH ACROSS BOSTON.

AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU THERE.

THIS HAS ALREADY IS A, A PREGNANT AND MOVING, UH, EVENT, AND IT IS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS LIVE AGAIN.

I AM, UM, ALSO HONORED THAT, UM, I WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND PART OF THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN DC WHEN I'M THERE AS WELL, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO ACTUALLY DO MORE FOR ME.

UH, WE HAD, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE CITY HOSTED, IT'S AN ALL GIRL PARTNERSHIP EVENT FOR LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS WHO ARE RENTING THE CITY HOUSING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

AND IT WAS GREAT.

WE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT WERE THERE, UH, LEARNING ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

AND AS AN ALL GIRL, THIS WILL BE HAPPENING EVERY YEAR.

WE HONORED, UH, A RENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED, THEY LEARNED ABOUT CITY INCENTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM, MET THE HOUSING TEAM AND PREVIEWED THE NEW LANDLORD PORTAL, WHICH IS LAUNCHING SOON.

ALSO, UH, WE UNVEILED AN INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN THIS PROGRAM.

SO I, I THOUGHT THE INFORMATION WAS GOOD AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR, TO OUR HOUSING GANG.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS YOU ALL KNOW, COUNCIL,

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WE HAVE A BUSY DAY TOMORROW WITH AN ALL DAY BUDGET BRIEFING.

WE'LL GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.

THE DRESS CODE IS CASUAL.

LET'S SAY MY CASUAL AS I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF YOU FOLKS, PROBABLY POLO SHIRTS AND JEANS.

NO, BUT JAMAS, NO FLIP FLOPS.

UH, WE'LL BE HERE BETWEEN, I THINK BREAKFAST IS SERVED AT, AT EIGHT AND OUR, WE STARTED EIGHT 30.

IS THAT CORRECT? CITY MANAGER, 8, 8 30 START TIME.

IS IT EIGHT? CORRECT? IT'S EIGHT 15, EXCUSE ME.

THE EIGHT 15 START TIME.

AND THAT WILL BE HERE.

SO WE'VE GOT, YEAH, YOU CAN COME AT SEVEN 50 AND HAVE 25 MINUTES.

SO THIS WILL GIVE US A ROBUST CONVERSATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT I WON'T BRING MY SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS.

SO I HAVE JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, ROLL STYLES.

THEY WON TONIGHT, SO THEY MOVE IT ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THE PLAYOFFS.

OH, YOU WANT, OH, YOU WANT SMALLER ALERT? THE SONS WAS SLOPPY ABOUT THAT ONE FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCORE IS.

SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF CHANDLER'S HIGH SCHOOL JOB IN CAREER FAIR, UH, TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS ABOUT CAREERS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES WORKING IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALLOWING ME AND OUR HR TEAMS THERE AND OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE CHANDLER, UM, OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND CHANDLER WAS THERE TO CHAT WITH STUDENTS ABOUT MANY AVENUES THAT THEY CAN PURSUE AFTER GRADUATION.

SO IT WAS AMAZING.

AND THANK YOU TO EDUCATE OR CHRISTIE OR YOU GUYS SEE SIERRA PITCHER.

UH, SHE, UH, SHE SPEARHEADED IT.

IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS AWESOME.

SO, YEAH.

SO THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GO DOWN TO THE DIAMONDBACKS FIELD WITH A BASE ARIZONA AND THE BLACK STUDENT UNIONS AND THE EAST VALLEY.

I WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT BASE ARIZONA AND THE BSU AND CHANDLER AS THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE DIAMONDBACKS GAME FOR JACKIE ROBINSON DAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, JACKIE ROBINSON DAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR ALL THE BASEBALL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE KESHA FROM BASE.

SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

SHE CONTINUES TO PUT CHANDLER ON THE MAP IN DIFFERENT PLACES, WHICH ALSO ENCOURAGES OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

I THINK SHE'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH BASE ARIZONA, AND THAT IS ALL MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, NOTHINGS A NIGHTMARE.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

VERY QUICKLY.

UM, FOLKS, UH, THE FOLKS THAT COME DOWN HERE AND TAKE THE TIME TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND MAKE COMMENTS, UH, RUTH, UH, JOHN GLENN, UM, HEY, THIS, THIS, WE ARE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.

THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WHETHER WE NECESSARILY END UP AGREEING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UH, AND THEN ALSO ANNUALLY, PROBABLY A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR.

I TALK ABOUT THE FOOD PANTRIES.

UH, THE WEATHER IS ALREADY IN THE NINETIES AND, UH, THIS IS BEGINNING TO BE THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN, UH, SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS NEED FOOD.

IT'S NOT JUST A CHRISTMAS TIME.

PEOPLE EAT ALL YEAR LONG.

SO, UH, SO, SO LISTEN, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ASCEND, UH, AND THEY HAVE A FOOD BANK, UH, MATTHEWS CROSSING, UH, THEY HAVE A FOOD BANK AND THEN OF COURSE THE SALVATION ARMY.

AND THEN THERE'S, I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OTHERS, BUT, UH, AND THEN IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION.

THAT'S GREAT.

IF UNCLE BOB OR AUNT MARY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO ORGANIZE A FOOD DRIVE AND, UH, HELP THESE FOLKS OUT.

AND, UH, SO, AND THEN TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS DOING A GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU TEAM CHANNEL.

YOU'RE AWESOME.

THAT'S IT? OKAY.

CUSTOMER RESTORED, NOTHING FROM ME TONIGHT, MAYOR.

EARTHQUAKE, THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER REALLY ROSE UP AND THEY REALLY HELP SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE FAMILIES HERE IN CHANDLER, UM, DONATED, UH, ALL $10,000 TO SEND TO HAITI FOR FATHER, UH, JOSEPH, TO HELP.

THAT'S MY GRILLS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WELL, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT CHANDLER IS STILL PUTTING ITSELF ON THE MAP.

EVEN I'M ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I HAVE A FATHER OF JOSEPH WITH ME TONIGHT.

HE WOULD LIKE TO STAND AND THANK CHANDLER BECAUSE AFTER THE 2021

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I WILL SAY THIS FATHER, JOSEPH OVERSEEING SEVEN CHAPELS IN THE REMOTE PART OF, UH, SOME PART OF HAITI IN THE EAST SIDE.

AND HE HAS OVER 10,000 PEOPLE THAT HE OVERSEES THAT HE WERE TO DO A FUNERAL FOR THEM, WEDDINGS AND EVERYTHING.

AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADVOCATE HERE THROUGH, UH, PEOPLE OF CHANDLER.

WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY AND SEND IT TO NEON, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL HAITIAN AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND THE FATHER, JOSEPH WAS A RECIPIENT OF THAT MONEY.

HE FLEW FROM HAITI TO COME HERE TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND SAY, THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER FOR ALL DAY.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY THOUGH.

WE DON'T ONLY, I MEAN, IT'S NOT ONLY US THAT WE LOOKED AT.

WE LOOKED AT THE WORLD AT LARGE AND REACH OUT AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

SO FOR THAT, WE ARE GRATEFUL AND I BELIEVE THAT FATHER JOSEPH IS VERY GRATEFUL.

HE'S SWEET FRIENDS.

SO IF HE SAYS A COUPLE OF WORDS, HE WOULD LIKE ME TO TRANSLATE.

I WOULD LOVE TO TRANSLATE YES, YES.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

HE'S SPEAKING ENGLISH NOW.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU.

AND UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FATHER JOSEPH IS MY COUSIN COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

I CAN'T TOP THAT MAYOR.

SO NOTHING TONIGHT, CITY MANAGER.