Dec 05, 2022 City Council Meeting 12/05/2022

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WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO

[ Call to Order]

AND I, UH, ASSUME THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE IT'S SEVEN 30.

WE'RE GONNA GO LIGHT THE TREE AND YOU'RE ALL GOING TO FOLLOW US OVER THERE AND WE'LL BE PART OF THE TREE LIGHTING, RIGHT? RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

GLAD TO HEAR.

UH, TONIGHT, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING WITH A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT HAS A SMALL CONSENT AGENDA.

I HAVE TWO CONSENT CARDS HERE FOR THAT AS WELL AS A, AN ACTION ITEM THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE, HAVE ASKED TO SPEAK ON AFTER THAT.

WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION OF WHICH WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING A NUMBER OF ATHLETES THAT ARE HERE AND SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE CITY, BUT THAT IS THE SECOND PART OF OUR MEETING HERE TONIGHT.

SO, WITH THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE HAVING SOME, UH, LITTLE BIT OF QUESTIONS HERE, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL US FOR THE VOTE, BUT AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER, AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

MAYOR HARKEY, PRESENT, VICE MAYOR ROWE.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

PRESENT.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ALL RIGHT.

AND WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE PASTOR KELLY HAND HAND FROM DESERT PALMS CHURCH HERE TO LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION.

UH, KELLY OR PASTOR KELLY, YOU'RE HERE.

PASTOR KELLY IS NOT HERE.

I'M GONNA ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IF SHE WOULD LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION AND THEN, UH, VICE MAYOR ROW, IF YOU WOULD LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

NO, YOU CAN DO IT HERE.

PLEASE JOIN PRAYER.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE.

AS WE ENTER YOUR THRONE TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT BE IN THIS ROOM, AND THIS MOVES UPON US TO TEACH, TO GUIDE, AND TO TAKE US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

WE ASK THAT OUR HEARTS AND OUR MIND WILL BE DIRECTED UNTO YOU, AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY, IT WILL BE IN THE ORDER THAT YOU HAVE PRESCRIBED IT TO HAPPEN.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE WITH US.

YOU HAVE PROMISED THAT YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE US ORSAK US.

AND FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU.

AND THE CITY IS IN YOUR HANDS.

SO, BECAUSE YOU HAD SAID THAT THE HEART OF THE KING IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AND YOU CAN TURN IT EVERY WISH WHERE WE ASK TONIGHT AS WE PONDER UPON THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS CITY WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED IT TO BE, THAT OUR HEARTS WILL BE INTO YOUR HAND AND YOU WILL GUIDE US IN THE WAY WE NEED TO GO.

WE PRAISE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU.

IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAN OF THE STATES AND THE REPUBLIC, INVISIBLE LIBERTY, THE THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND VICE MAYOR, UH,

[ 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 TWO SPEAKER CARDS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR BEFORE WE VOTE.

OKAY.

I HAVE A THIRD SPEAKER CARD, UM, DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS PRESENT HERE TONIGHT, WE ARE GONNA GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE AND A HALF TO SPEAK, AND I WILL CALL YOU UP OF THOSE WHO ARE REGISTERED SPEAKER CARDS.

WITH THAT, UH, LASUS, IF YOU'D COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS, SIR, MAY I POINT OUT TO YOU THAT MY WIFE HAD ALSO, UH, SUBMITTED HER CARD AND SAID THAT I CAN SPEAK ON HER BEHALF AS WELL? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS LASUS.

UH, I LIVE AT 33 72 EAST COURT IN CHANDLER.

I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT, UH, A, UM, CHANDLER RESIDENCE RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE.

UH, A RESOLUTION OF THE RESIDENCE OF, UH, CHANDLER OPPOSING THE PROPOSED, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, 50 35 AMENDMENT, UH, TO REZONE, UH, AND ALLOWED BACKYARD CHICKENS IN EVERY SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN CHANDLER ON LAST SIZES OF 2,700 SQUARE FEET AND LARGER, LIMITED ONLY BY CC AND R, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT EXIST, UH, IN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, NUMBER ONE, WHEREAS THE SUBJECT, UH, PROPOSED, UH, ORDINANCE DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS, DOCUMENT AND STUDY CITYWIDE, UH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS CODE ISSUES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE,

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AND, UH, THE CLEARLY STATED THERE HAD BEEN CLEARLY STATED, PRESENTED BY AND STUDIED, UH, THAT THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE CITY.

ITEM TWO, WHEREAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED ARE HEALTH, SAFETY AND DAILY, UH, IMPACT ISSUES THAT INCLUDE, UH, CHICKEN ODORS NOISES, UH, VIRUSES, DISEASES SUCH AS H FIVE N ONE WEST VIAL, NIS, ZIKA, UH, DUNGEE AND AVIAN, UH, PACKS THAT ATTACK AND INFECT CHICKENS.

AND THAT CAN ALSO IMPACT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF HUMANS, UH, AS WELL AS ENDANGERED TO CHICKENS.

SMALL PETS AND CHILDREN ARE PREDATORS SUCH AS COYOTES, HAWKS, UH, RODENTS AND, UH, RACCOONS THAT COULD RE, THAT COULD ROAM AND IMPACT 284,000 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

ITEM THREE, WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE ANNOTATED TITLE 13 CRIMINAL CODE REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL CARE FOR ANIMALS, THESE ARE NOT CURRENTLY, UH, ADDRESSED BY THE, UH, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

WHEREAS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, IT SHOULD BE FURTHER NOTED THAT INDOCUMENTED THAT IN THE, THAT INHERENT IN THIS, UH, ORDINANCE IS AN ELEMENT OF DISCRIMINATION WHERE THE MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF CHANDLER, UH, MAKE UP 30% OF THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHANDLER WILL BEAR THE MAJORITY OF THE BURDEN AND IMPACT OF THE ABOVE STATED ISSUES COMPARED WITH THE 70%, WHICH ARE HOA COMMUNITIES IN CHANDLER THAT HAVE LIMITED IMPACT BECAUSE OF THEIR CCNRS IN THEIR HOAS.

NOW THEREFORE, SINCE THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE 50 35 HAS NEVER BEEN RATIFIED BY, UH, CHANDLER VOTERS, UH, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, NUMBER ONE, AS VOTING RESIDENTS.

WE OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, DUE TO ITS UNPROVEN COMPATIBILITY WITH AND THE LACK OF, UH, REPRESENTATION OF THE INTERESTS, WISHES, AND DESIRES OF THE MAJORITY OF THE CHANDLER RESIDENTS AND VOTERS.

LAST YOUR TIME IS IF YOU COULD DRAW UP YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE.

LAST ITEM.

THANK YOU.

NUMBER TWO, WE HEAR BY RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR AUTHORIZED THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND ACT AS NECESSARY TO REPRESENT THE CHAND OF RESIDENCE, UM, IN THEIR OPPOSITION OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS RUTH JONES.

RUTH STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS, MAN.

RUTH JONES, 27 34 EAST BIRCHWOOD PLACE.

I'M NOT QUITE AS ELOQUENT AS MR. MANCUSS, BUT I'M MUCH MORE DIRECT AND I HOPE THAT MAKES AN IMPACT THIS EVENING.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS CHICKEN ISSUE SINCE DAY ONE.

I HAVE SEEN ONLY TWO RESIDENTS EVER COME TO SPEAK FOR CHICKENS, AND I'VE SEEN MULTITUDES COME AGAINST, THERE WAS EVEN A PETITION SUBMITTED, PETITION SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.

I HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR OBJECTIONS.

I HAVE LISTENED TO YOU SPEAK POORLY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO MAKE AN OBJECTION TO THIS MOTION.

I LISTENED TO MARK STEWART SPEAK TO THE MEDIA AND SAY THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY OUR CITIZENS, AND YET WHEN WE FOER THE INFORMATION, IT WAS A COUNCIL INITIATIVE, NOT CITIZEN.

I LISTEN TO OUR MAYOR JUST NOW, TALK TO THE PRESS AND TELL THE PRESS, WELL, WE'RE AN ISLAND.

WE'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE CHICKENS.

I LISTEN, LISTENED TO COUNCILMAN LOPEZ SAY THE SAME THING AT THE LAST MEETING AS HE SCOFFED AT THOSE OF US WHO CAME.

BUT THIS IS WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, CHANDLER SHOULD BE A LEADER, NOT A FOLLOWER.

THE FACT THAT OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOLLOW OTHER CITIES INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS, INSTEAD OF LETTING CHANDLER STAND ALONE AS THE GREAT CITY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IS A SHAME.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED TO THE INPUT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN SCIENTIFIC RESIDENT, UH, CONCERNS AND HEALTH CONCERNS.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO ANY OF THAT BECAUSE YOU JUST ARE DETERMINED TO PUT THIS INITIATIVE THROUGH IS SHAMEFUL.

AND I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, THERE WILL BE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS.

I HOPE YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE CHANDLER FOR THE GREAT CITY IT IS, AND STOP SEEING CHANDLER AS WELL.

WE GOTTA DO WHAT GILBERT'S DOING.

WE'RE NOT GILBERT, WE'RE CHANDLER.

AND I'M PROUD OF BEING IN CHANDLER, AND I HOPE SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE TOO.

MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE,

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I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF PROTOCOL HERE, MAYOR, BUT WITH YOUR, IT'S YOUR COURTESY.

I WANT, I WANT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION.

YOU GOT A QUESTION? SURE.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE PROTOCOL, MR. INGUEZ.

I, I HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, AND SO PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS, THIS, UH, THIS 0 0 1 ORDINANCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES, SIR.

CLARIFY IT.

YEAH.

WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO HERE? I THINK I'VE MENTIONED FOUR.

I I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES YOU'RE FACING UP.

YES, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? YOU WANT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'M TRYING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS OF, UM, THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.

I ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR A, UH, A REFERENDUM TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, UH, THERE WAS A PROPER BALANCE.

UH, I'M NOT AGAINST PEOPLE HAVING CHICKENS IN THEIR BACKYARD.

IF THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER DECIDE THAT THEY WANT THAT AND THEY WANT THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GONNA CREATE, I AM AGAINST IT IF THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER VOTE AGAINST IT.

SO I'M EXPECTING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WHICH THE TWO NEW MEMBERS THAT WILL BE JOINING US IN, UH, JANUARY, I'M EXPECTING THAT THEY WILL LIVE UP TO THEIR, UH, THEIR, UM, UH, WHAT THEY HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD DO, AND THAT IS THEY'D VOTE AGAINST IT, UH, WHEN THEY HAD THEIR DEBATES, UH, BACK IN, UH, JUNE, UH, IN JULY BEFORE THEY WERE ELECTED.

I KNOW THAT YOU AND, UH, ODI HARRIS, UH, COUNCILMAN HARRIS HAD VOTED AGAINST IT AS WELL.

THAT WOULD MAKE FOUR OF YOU AGAINST IT, UH, IF YOU TOOK A VOTE ON IT IN JANUARY.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL HOLDS OFF AND NOT PUSH THIS DOWN THE THROAT TO THE RESIDENCE OF, UH, OF CHANDLER, UH, HOLD OFF AND WAIT UNTIL THE NEW COUNCIL COMES ON.

INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE LEAVING THEIR TERMS ARE, THEIR TERMS ARE DONE, AND, UH, THEY NO LONGER WILL HAVE ANY OBLIGATION OR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZEN'S CHANDLER.

SO THIS IS MORE OF A RESOLUTION TO GET A, A REFERENDUM OR SOMETHING AS WE'RE AS WE'LL GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE REST.

IT IS.

GOTCHA.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY SPEAKER CARDS RELATED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, I BELIEVE A MOTION IS IN ORDER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAD ONE PARTICULAR QUESTION I WANTED TO, TO KNOW IF, AND I, I BELIEVE THAT DANA SENT THIS OUT IN AN EMAIL OR SOME SORT THAT ABOUT IF, FOR INSTANCE, IF THE, THE VOTERS WANTED TO DO A REFERENDUM THAT I BELIEVE THERE WAS 56,000 PEOPLE THAT VOTED.

WHY DON'T YOU SHARE, LET SHARE HOW THAT, HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS, IF THE VOTERS WANTED TO TAKE IT ON AS THEIR ISSUE? UM, PLEASE.

THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, UM, IF THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED THIS EVENING, UM, STARTING TOMORROW, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

UM, CITIZENS COULD COME AND TAKE OUT, UM, A PETITION TO GET THIS PUT, UM, TO GET THE ISSUE PUT ON A BALLOT.

UM, THEY WOULD REQUIRED TO HAVE 5,619 SIGNATURES, AND THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO COLLECT THOSE SIGNATURES ON A PETITION.

AND ONCE A PETITION IS SUBMITTED, THEN IT GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, AND THEN THE ISSUE COULD BE PUT ON AN ELECTION, AN UPCOMING ELECTION.

OH.

SO, SO BASICALLY, UM, IF THE VOTERS WANT TO GO OUT AND SAY, IF THIS ADOPTS TONIGHT, THE VOTERS CAN SAY, HEY, WE DON'T WANT THIS.

WE COULD CHANGE.

WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS.

AND THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO COME UP WITH 5,600 SIGNATURES, AND THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES A, A BALLOT INITIATIVE AT THAT POINT.

OKAY.

MAYOR HART KEY, UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES.

IT WOULD BE PUT ON THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED ELECTION.

AND HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO, TO, TO DO THIS? IF THE VOTERS DECIDE TO DO THIS? UM, THEY HAVE THE 30 DAYS TO GET THE PETITION AND THEN IT, IT FROM THERE, BUT IT DOES TABLE, THE, I THE ORDINANCE WOULD NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL IT WAS VOTED ON.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S 5,600 VALID SIGNATURES.

SO THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKOUT TO BE REGISTERED CHANDLER VOTERS, MAYOR HARKEY? YES.

IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PETITION PROCESS.

GREAT.

OKAY.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

SO I DO MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE KEN SENT AGENDA FOR THE, UH, CHILD CITY COUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETING FOR DECEMBER 5TH, ITEMS AT ONE THROUGH SIX.

SECOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY, UH, UH, ARE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE, YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKING US YES OR NO ON THESE, CORRECT? YES.

MAYOR HARKEY, APOLOGIZE, THE VOTING, THE VOTING EQUIPMENT'S NOT WORKING SO WE'LL.

THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT, YOU CAN SAY IF YOU'RE AGAINST IT, BUT ANY COMMENTS RELATED TO THE OVERALL TOPIC BEFORE YOU VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

OKAY.

THAT I WAS GONNA JUST CLARIFY THAT.

SO WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO VOTE, WE'LL JUST SAY I'M VOTING AGAINST ITEMS SUCH AND SO, YEAH.

YEAH.

GOT IT.

OKAY.

SEEING NONE, UM, PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE VOTE.

UM, VICE MAYOR ROW.

UH, THANK YOU.

I'LL BE VOTING NO ON ITEM SIX AND OTHERWISE YES.

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COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YES.

ON ALL ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES.

ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES.

ON ITEM ONE THROUGH SIX, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

AND I'LL BE, UH, VOTING NO ON ITEM FOUR, OBVIOUSLY THE REST OF YES.

AND COUNT AND MAYOR HARKEY? YES.

MOTION CARES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR, WHICH PASSES BY MAJORITY.

AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH PASSES BY MAJORITY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CLERK.

NEXT ON OUR

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UM, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE HERE AND SOME OTHER CARDS THAT ARE COMMENTS THAT WILL BE PUT INTO THE RECORD.

UM, I'M GONNA FIRST GO TO YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, STEWART, SINCE YOU PUT THIS HERE, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL PROCEED I SUPPOSE WITH SPEAKER CARDS.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO, SIR? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE RESOLUTION ACTION ITEM, UH, ON NUMBER SEVEN, UM, AT THE BEHEST OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THROUGH SUGGESTIONS FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE BROUGHT FORTH THIS RESOLUTION TO BASICALLY STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR GENERAL IN SUPPORT OF OUR AIR PARK AREA PLANS, IN SUPPORT OF OUR WATER PLAN FOR OUR CITY, AND OVERALL TO SUPPORT THE DECADES OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER TO BUILD WHAT IS AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, I THINK THAT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ORDINANCE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND, AND, AND FORTUNATELY, UM, I THINK MOST OF, UH, EVERYONE HERE IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, BRING PEOPLE UP THAT WISH TO SPEAK.

AND IF YOU, IF YOUR COMMENT IS AS SIMPLE AS I, I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION OR I AM AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION, THAT WILL BE ADEQUATE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO REITERATE SOMEONE ELSE'S COMMENTS, UH, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING NEW TO SHARE, BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU UP TO 90 SECONDS TO SHARE, SIMILAR AS TO GAVE RESPECT TO OUR OTHER SPEAKERS.

UH, I'M JUST GONNA CALL THEM UP IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE THEM.

IF YOU'LL COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND, UH, WE'LL SET THE CLOCK FOR 90 SECONDS.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GIVE A WARNING BEFORE IT WENT GREEN AND THEN IT WENT RED? UH, UM, MAYOR HARKEY, I DO APOLOGIZE.

I WAS TRYING TO GET THE 30 SECONDS WHEN MRS. JONES WAS SPEAKING, SO IT WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH.

OKAY.

SO IT WILL GO YELLOW AT FIVE LEFT AND THEN, AND THEN, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I APOLOGIZE TO MRS. JONES IF THAT WAS CONFUSING, MR. MINAS AS WELL.

UM, FIRST UP, ROBIN SAVAGE AND AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND, UM, YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS.

MY NAME IS ROBIN SAVAGE AND I LIVE AT 4 96 EAST TANTO DRIVE IN CHANDLER.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF THE LANDINGS AT AL CILLO.

AS CITIZENS, WE VALUE AND RESPECT THE EARLY VISION, WHICH THE CITY LEADERSHIP HAD DEVELOPED STARTING IN 2001, AND AGAIN VOTED IN 2016, WHICH WISELY DESIGNATED THIS AREA AS NON-RESIDENTIAL.

THIS MASTER PLAN WAS VOTED AND PROVED BY MORE THAN 85% OF THE CITIZENS OF CHANDLER, WHICH IS AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.

WE ASKED NOTHING MORE THAN YOU UPHOLD THE CHANDLER MASTER PAN AND NOT REZONE THE LANDINGS AT AAT TO BE RESIDENTIAL TO ALLOW HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.

THE CLOSEST INTERSECTION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE LANDING S IS THE INTERSECTION OF AAT AND ARIZONA AVE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS STATE HIGHWAY 87.

THIS IN INTERSECTION IS FACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE WORST INTERSECTION FOR ACCIDENTS IN ALL OF CHANDLER.

WITH THE ACCIDENTS BEING CLOSE TO DOUBLE THE NEXT WORST INTERSECTION, IT IS ALSO ADJACENT TO HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL WITH ALMOST 4,000 TEENAGE STUDENTS AND POTENTIALLY TEEN DRIVERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY DONE BY THE DEVELOP DEVELOPER DOMINIUM.

THE TRAFFIC REPORT REFLECTED POORLY ON ADDING MORE VOLUME TO THIS ALREADY TAXED AREA, WHICH CANNOT HANDLE THE MORE THAN 500 NEW HOMES IN APPROXIMATELY 2000 RESIDENTS IN NEED OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WOULD OCCUR SHOULD THE LANDINGS ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH.

ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD CHALLENGE THIS TRAFFIC REPORT BRAVELY UNDERESTIMATES.

ROBIN, YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU HAVE A CLOSING SENTENCE, PLEASE DO.

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT NUMBER ONE, THE TRAFFIC REPORT IN AUGUST, 2021 TOOK PLACE WHILE ALL OF OUR SNOWBIRDS WERE

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THANK YOU, ROBIN.

LIKEWISE, THE TRAFFIC REPORT IN AUGUST, ROBIN DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING WITH, DUE WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME IN THE PANDEMIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LUANN SEDWICK, AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RESPECT THE DECORUM OF OUR COUNCIL AND LET THE SPEAKER SPEAK AND US LEAD, WE UNDERSTAND MOST OF WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR.

CAN I DEFER MY TIME TO ARTIE? YOU MAY.

SURE.

OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU DON'T REITERATE ANY OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS, AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ART DE COSTA AND I LIVE AT 2 91 EAST INDIGO DRIVE IN CHANDLER.

I STAND HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNITED TO SUPPORT OUR GENERAL PLAN AND OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AT THE OUTSET, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR CRAFTING A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND HONORING OUR REQUEST TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION.

WE ARE THANKFUL TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR STANDING TODAY TOGETHER.

TO SUPPORT THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR STANDING WITH THE EVERYDAY AVERAGE CONSCIENTIOUS AND HARDWORKING RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE CONNECTIONS AND RESOURCES LIKE THE DEEP POCKET DEVELOPER, THEIR ACCOMPLISHED ATTORNEYS AND PRESTIGIOUS PR FIRMS. IN 2001, IN 2008 AND MORE RECENTLY, 2016, CHANDLER RESIDENTS VOTED IN AN OVERWHELMINGLY AFFIRMATIVE WAY, 85.8% IN FAVOR OF THE CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN.

YOUR RESOLUTION TODAY INDICATES TO CHANDLER RESIDENTS AND MARICOPA COUNTY THAT THE PRESERVATION OF THE, THAT YOU ARE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

AND FURTHER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS PEOPLE ARE ALIGNED WITH HOW THE CITY SHOULD BE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED.

WE ARE PROUD THAT OUR CITY HAS REACHED, RECENTLY APPROVED HUNDREDS OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH THE CHANDLER HOUSING AUTHORITY AND SUGGESTED SEVERAL NEW LOCATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS GOODWILL, GOODWILL GESTURE AND RESOLUTION WILL SET A POSITIVE PRECEDENT, ESPECIALLY TO FUTURE RESIDENTS AND INVESTORS THAT THE CITY VALUES ITS VOTERS AND HAS A CLEAR VISION REGARDING PLANNING AND ZONING.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TOWARDS SUPERVISOR JACK SELLERS FOR HIS PAST EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN.

THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN TODAY, THE QUALITY WE OF LIFE THAT WE ENJOY IS DIRECTLY A RESULT OF THIS GENERAL PLAN.

WE ARE ALL HERE GATHERED ON A MONDAY NIGHT TO SHOW OUR PAST ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

TODAY WE HAVE SHOWN UP FOR YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THE VOICE OF CHANDLER.

THAT SPEAKER IS ALLISON GERARD.

ALLISON, CAN YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS AND PLEASE, UH, JUST REFER TO PREVIOUS COMMENTS AND SHARE SOMETHING NEW WITH US.

YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME'S ALLISON GERARD, AND I LIVE AT 40 29 EAST PINE LAKE, UM, IN PROBABLY LIKE ESTATE, SORRY, EAST HORSESHOE DRIVE.

I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO THANK YOU FOR DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 56 56 AND BRINGING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

WHAT AN AMAZING WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY AND CITY.

THE PARCEL OF LAND FOR THE PROPOSED LANDINGS PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR EMPLOYMENT TO SUPPORT THE CHANDLER AIRPORT CORRIDOR, AND WE SHOULD STICK TO THE WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN FOR OUR CITY.

THE CITY WATER MASTER PLAN HAS ALLOCATED WATER TO THIS PARCEL AS PLANNED FOR EMPLOYMENT USE, NOT THE MUCH HIGHER WATER USE OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MARICOPA COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR JACK SELLERS HAVE STATED THAT THE POSITION OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR DECISION MAKING.

THE COUNTY HAS STATED THEY WILL NOT BE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THIS PARCEL, AND ALL SERVICES WILL BE DRAWN FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

ANNEXATION OF THE COUNTY ISLANDS TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES IS THE GOAL OF THE COUNTY.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 56.

56 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S POSITION, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, THE WEIGHT THAT THE TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS VOICES CARRY TO CONTINUE BUILDING OUR GREAT CITY AS WAS DRAFTED AND PASSED BY ALL OF YOU, WE VALUE AND SUPPORT YOU AS NEIGHBORS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND AS THE BACKBONE OF OUR BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS OWEN METZ.

MR. METS CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS, SIR.

SEEING AS THIS ISN'T A I'M AN APPLICANT, I'M OWEN METS WITH DOMINIUM, SO I'M SURE I'LL GET A BUNCH OF BOOZE HERE SHORTLY.

UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES IF, IF POSSIBLE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

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THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE SAME AS WE'VE GIVEN EVERYBODY ELSE.

THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION, NOT THE ZONING OF PRESENTATION.

I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONTINUE THIS, UM, APP REQUEST AND SEND IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A PROPER APPLICATION AND AND REVIEW.

UM, TOGETHER WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BUILD MORE THAN 500 NEW HOMES ALMOST FOR SENIORS, FIREFIGHTERS, TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, NURSES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO WORK IN CHANDLER BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A RENT IN THE CITY ANYMORE, SOMETHING THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO DO.

WE CHOSE CHANDLER BECAUSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND IT HAS A NEED FOR HOUSING AT ALL PRICE POINTS, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR HOMES LIKE THIS FOR OLDER RESIDENTS AND ONES THAT FAMILIES CAN AFFORD ACCORDING TO CONSOLIDATED PLAN, ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HIGH PRIORITY.

UH, IN A CITY OF 280,000, SOME PEOPLE, LESS THAN HALF OF 1% OF THE HOUSING STOCK IS AFFORDABLE AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.

AND ONE OF THOSE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LAST 21 YEARS.

IT'S BEEN 21 YEARS SINCE ONE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UM, AND MORE OF HALF OF THOSE UNITS THAT ARE HERE ARE SLATED TO EXPIRE AND GO TO MARKET IN A FEW SHORT YEARS.

THIS IS A CRISIS.

UH, OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION IS TO BUILD REALLY HIGH QUALITY HOUSING WITH RENT, STARTING AROUND A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, LESS THAN HALF A MARKET, AND SERVING HOUSEHOLDS THAT MAKE UP TO $70,000.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF AM MISINFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROPOSED RESIDENT AND WHO WE WOULD CALL HOME.

UH, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR, BECAUSE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE VET TO BE HARDER TO RENT FROM US THAN IT IS TO QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE, UM, MORE PAPERWORK, BACKGROUND, CRIMINAL, UM, CHECKS.

I ALSO DISAGREE THAT THIS IS THE WRONG LOCATION.

UM, IT, IT IS A PERFECT TRANSFER IN IN TRANSITION TO, TO HOUSING CITIES, INCLUDING CHANDLER FREQUENTLY AMEND AREA PLANS AND IN ORDER TO APPROVE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENTS.

THEIR PAR AREA PLANTED RECENTLY TO ACCOMMODATE MULTIFAMILY.

NOT TOO DISSIMILAR, AND IT'S THE GROWTH AREA.

THE GENERAL PLAN ALSO STATES THAT AREAS IN THIS AREAS ARE DESIGNATED FOR GROWTH WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF USES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL.

THANK YOU MR. REZ.

THANK YOU.

UM, MR. BOWL.

WELCOME SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CONS, ED BOWL 1850 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE.

MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, AND AS SOME OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL KNOW, FOR THE PAST OVER 35 YEARS, SINCE 1985, I'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PASSION FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

I'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REASON TOGETHER WITH THE CITY NEIGHBORS AND OTHERS OVER THE YEARS TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

SOMETIMES EASY, SOMETIMES NOT.

EVERETT'S BEEN MORE IMPORTANT IN MY CAREER TO FIND A SOLUTION THAN IT IS TODAY TO FIND A SOLUTION OF THE HOUSING SITUATION THAT WE ALL FACE EVERYWHERE HERE IN THE VALLEY AND ELSEWHERE.

I'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF PASSION, UH, FOR HOUSING OF ALL TYPES, UH, FOR PEOPLE OF ALL INCOME LEVELS, ALL STAGES IN LIFE, BE IT SENIOR, BE IT PEOPLE STARTING OUT, AND FOLKS IN BETWEEN.

THIS AFTERNOON IS, IS I THINK ALL ON THE DYE OF SNOW.

OUR OFFICE, UM, WITH DOMINION'S AUTHORIZATION SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY, A LETTER, UH, CONTINUING INDEFINITELY, OUR HEARINGS POTENTIALLY SCHEDULED IN THE COUNTY WITH THE HOPE OF FINDING OPPORTUNITY TO SIT TOGETHER AND REASON TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING PARTIES.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENED YET.

UH, I COULD POINT FINGERS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS, FUTURE SENIORS AND OTHERS IN THE CITY, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND.

I KNOW THERE'S A WATER ISSUE, UH, THAT WAS BROUGHT TO BRENNAN'S ATTENTION THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER.

UH, WE HAVE WATER COUNCIL.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GRANDFATHERED RIGHT TO 111 ACRE FEET.

I KNOW THAT OVER MY FOUR DECADES OF PRACTICING THAT WATER RIGHTS ARE TYPICALLY ASSIGNED TO THE CITY.

MR. BULL? YES, MA'AM.

I'M SORRY.

YES, SIR.

OUT, OUT OF FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT, UM, I'M STICKING WITH WHAT WE'RE GIVING EVERYBODY.

I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT I HAD THAT TIME LEFT.

NOT THAT I WAS OVER THAT TIME.

YEAH.

SO I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THAT WE REQUEST YOU CONTINUE OR WITHDRAW THIS AND GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AS WE'VE DONE MANY TIMES.

THANK YOU MR. AUDIENCE, PLEASE.

AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, MR. BULL, UM, AND MR. RAY, I THINK, AND YOU KNOW ME, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH YOU SINCE 1990 AND WE'VE HAD OUR GOOD TIMES, WE HAD OUR BAD TIMES, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PLANNING AND ZONING AND A LOT OF ISSUES.

WE RESPECT THAT.

BUT THE ONE ISSUE THAT I'VE BEEN FINDING OUT THE RESIDENT'S BEEN TELLING ME NOW IS THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SCAMMED.

SIMPLE QUESTIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW,

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AND WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THEM IS THEIR OWN INITIATIVE.

THEIR OWN RESEARCH.

IN FACT, THE OTHER DAY, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO, I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF YOUR CONSULTANTS AND GILBERT, WHO YOU HIRED RECENTLY TO HELP MITIGATE THIS.

AND I'VE GOTTEN YOUR PHONE CALL BACK YET.

YES.

SO I'M FRUSTRATED.

SO IF I'M FRUSTRATED, AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, THE GRAY HAIR PROVES IT.

IMAGINE HOW THESE FOLKS OUT HERE WHO ARE FULL-TIME WORKERS HAVE FAMILIES GOING TO THE SOCCER GAMES FEEL.

SO I THINK YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

YOU GOTTA GET THIS COMMUNICATION THING GOING.

NOW WHETHER WE, WE, WE GO PAST RESOLUTION OR NOT, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE TONIGHT.

YOU'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD CHAMPION OF COMMUNICATION OVER THE YEARS.

LET'S NOT STOP THAT NOW.

OKAY, LET'S REACH OUT TO THESE FOLKS.

LET'S MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND IF THEY STILL HAVE A OPPOSING VIEW, THAT'S FINE.

BUT AT LEAST THEY FELT LIKE I FEEL NOW OF BEING SPARED BY THIS PERSON I KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU AFTERWARDS, YOU, YOU HIRED 'EM JUST RECENTLY.

SHE, HER TEAM.

I'VE GOT A PHONE CALL BACK.

I EVEN CONFIRMED THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, MOBILE NUMBER.

THAT'S WRONG.

SO ANYWAY, IF YOU COULD JUST, LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK.

LET'S GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THESE FOLKS.

LET'S MEET WITH THEM.

UM, AND LET'S GET THIS, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET A LEV LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

THANK YOU.

MAY OR MAY I RESPOND AT ALL? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

UM, I'M SORRY YOUR CALL WASN'T RETURNED.

WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT WHO IT WAS MADE TO AND, AND I WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

UH, AS YOU AND AND THE MAYOR MANY OTHERS KNOW, THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, UH, I HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION OF TALK WITH NEIGHBORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES HERE.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE THE THINGS THAT WERE TO DO THROUGH THE COUNTY'S PROCESSES THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY'S PROCESSES I ABOUT TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND ANY NEIGHBORS HERE.

IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO KEEP, UH, WORKING ON THIS SCENARIO, WE WILL NOTICE UP A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.

UH, HOPING TO HAVE THAT MEETING BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WILL CHOOSE TO COME OR NOT COME.

I KNOW WE'VE COM SEEN COMMUNICATION FROM SOME FOLKS IN OPPOSITION SAYING, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED, DON'T COME TO OUR MEETING, THAT'S FINE.

UH, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING AND WE WILL, UM, SHOW OUR CARDS FACE UP TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO'S WILLING TO COME.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN EFFORTS TO TRY TO COORDINATE, UH, A TIME TO MEET WITH SOME NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION LEADERS THAT HAS NOT COME TO FRUITION.

UH, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE REASONS WHY, BUT I GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL EVAL.

WE WILL NOTICE UP A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO OCCUR BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU, MR. BULL.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT SPEAKER.

I'VE GOT SEVEN MORE.

THESE IS PEGGY BILSTON.

PEGGY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS TO SHARE.

HI, YES, MY NAME.

PLEASE DON'T DUPLICATE PREVIOUS COMMENTS.

MY NAME IS PEGGY BILSTEIN.

I LIVE AT 67 11 SOUTH BROADWAY.

I MEAN, SO, UM, BRADSHAW AND CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

AND SO I MADE SOME COMMENTS SO I COULD GO REALLY FAST.

I'VE BEEN A VALLEY RESIDENT SINCE 1987.

I, UH, MOVED HERE WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND WE RAISED OUR FAMILY HERE.

MOVED TO CHANDLER FIVE YEARS AGO TO BE CLOSE TO MY SON, WIFE, AND TWO PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN.

I'VE ALSO HAD, UH, THE UNBELIEVABLE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS A PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND VICE MAYOR FOR 14 YEARS, AND NOW AS A PROFESSIONAL VICTIM FOR, UM, AN ADVOCATE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER AND A FAN OF CHANDLER, EXCEPT MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS IN THOSE MAG MEETINGS.

I LOVE THIS CITY.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND I RESPECT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.

I I'VE BEEN IN MANY MEETINGS WHERE THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM ARE FULL.

SO I KNOW IT'S NOT A EASY DECISION, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU IS THAT JUST, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE, HOW DO YOU AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE? NOT JUST, I, I'M TALKING ABOUT ARIZONA, BUT IN CHANDLER, YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, TO BRING, TO, TO ALLOW FOLKS FROM, WHETHER YOU'RE A TEACHER OR A FIREFIGHTER, A RETIRED, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY

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MA'AM, YOUR TIME HAS RUN OUT ON YOU.

I WOULD JUST ASK YOU, HOW ARE YOUR KIDS WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE? I THINK THANK YOU, MISS PTRO.

UM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE YOU COME BACK TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.

I'M VERY, UM, THANKFUL THAT YOU STOOD THERE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH US.

BUT DID YOU GET THE FULL STORY ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT TO US AND HOW WE WERE WILLING AND WANTED TO WORK WITH DOMINION, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE BROUGHT OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO BE AT THAT MEETING FOR THEM TO GIVE US GUIDANCE AND WHERE WE WANTED THIS PROJECT TO GO.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, LET ME FINISH PLEASE FOR A MINUTE.

OF COURSE, ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALLOW AND SPOKE WITH THE, UM, THEIR LAWYER AND THEMSELVES AND GIVE THEM 14 DIFFERENT SITES IN CHANDLER WHERE WE FAILED THAT DOWN, WHERE WE FAIL, THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM AND PRODUCE THOSE HOUSING UNITS THAT WE ARE SO NEEDED RIGHT NOW, THAT ARE SO NEEDED RIGHT NOW FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER AND THOSE THAT AROUND US.

HAVE YOU ASKED THEM WHY IS IT ONLY THIS SITE AND THIS SITE ONLY THAT WILL WORK FOR THIS PROJECT? THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO.

NUMBER TWO, HAVE YOU ALSO DO YOUR HOMEWORK TO FIND OUT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WE CURRENTLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING MORE HOUSING.

AND THIS WOULD'VE BEEN SUCH A GREAT PART TO ADD TO OUR PORTFOLIO.

IF THEY'RE WILLING TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE, I'LL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY YES, BUT SAY YES IN THE CONTEXT WHERE WE FEEL THAT FOR THIS CITY, IT WILL BE THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.

SO I AM, I AM NOT SITTING HERE BEING LECTURED TO THE FACT THAT I AM UNCONSCIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE IN THIS CITY.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 36 YEARS, THAT'S ALMOST FOUR DECADES.

AND SO I HAVEN'T INVESTED, I WILL SAY MORE THAN INVESTED PART IN SEEING THIS CITY PROVIDE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.

YES, MA'AM.

I'M SORRY IF IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS LECTURING YOU.

I WASN'T.

I JUST HAD THE MINUTE AND A HALF.

SO I WAS TRYING TO GO REALLY FAST AND DO I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE? ALL I KNOW IS I DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL DO ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT, AT LEAST IF WE COULD HAVE A CONTINUANCE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT.

SO AT LEAST WE ON OUR, AS YOU SAID, SO THAT I CAN BE MORE INFORMED, UM, WHAT I'VE LEARNED, I'VE LEARNED ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, I GO ON THE CITY OF CHANDLERS EVERY TIME I CAN.

I'M KIND OF A JUNKIE IN THAT WAY.

UM, BUT YEAH, SO I WOULD'VE WISHED THAT YOU, YOU, BEFORE SPEAKING TO TONIGHT, YOU HAVE REACHED OUT OR ZONING DEPARTMENT.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU WOULD'VE REACHED OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE WE WERE AVAILABLE.

WE ARE AVAILABLE.

WE CONSTANTLY ARE HERE.

FOR THOSE WHO NEED INFORMATION FROM US, I WOULD.

IF I DON'T HAVE IT, I WILL FIND YOU.

I GUARANTEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE IT.

I'LL FIND A STOP FOR IT.

I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS Y'ALL.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR.

BLESS.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

NO, WE HAVE PEOPLE TO SPEAK.

THERE WAS NO MOTION MADE.

MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, WE GOT MORE SPEAKER CARDS.

I DO HAVE SIX MORE SPEAKER PARTS, PEOPLE SPEAK.

THERE WAS NO MOTION MADE.

WE GOTTA SPEAK, GIVE ME GUIDANCE TO THE ATTORNEY.

MAYOR, IF I MAY, NORMALLY, UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

ALSO, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM I WOULD BE CONCERNED OF HEARING FROM SOME, BUT NOT THE REST OF THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT'S HERE, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ACTION ITEM.

SO CITY ATTORNEY, IF THE REST OF US WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE TO VIEW.

SO, WELL, I GUESS ACTUALLY IS, UNLESS THERE'S A SECOND, THEN THIS

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SO LET ME ASK IF THERE, IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? OKAY, MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND AND WE CAN PICK THAT UP AFTER.

WE CAN DO THAT A SECOND.

WHAT, WHAT I WANNA BE CLEAR IS WE DO WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS THAT HAS FILLED OUT A CARD THAT WANTS TO SPEAK AT THE, UH, AT THE LECTERN.

UM, AND CAN WE, UH, RUN THROUGH THOSE AND THEN I'LL SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE, UH, UH, THE RESOLUTION.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YEAH, WE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SPEAK IN FOUR AND OPPOSED, UH, UNLESS THERE'S A, UNLESS THOSE FOUR WANNA COMBINE INTO ONE LAST SPEAKER, THOSE AGAINST WANNA COMBINE INTO ONE LAST SPEAKER AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.

MAYOR, MAYOR, LET ME HOLD ON.

HOLD ON.

QUESTION TO CITY ATTORNEY.

IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? MAYOR? MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, THE, THE MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

OBVIOUSLY IT CAN BE RENEWED AT ANY TIME AND SECONDED AT ANY TIME.

I'M SECONDING IT.

YES, I'M SECOND, BUT I WANT THESE CARDS TO BE READ.

NO, MAYOR, MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY GAVE ME MORE GUIDANCE FOR MAYOR.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE MOTION'S NOT REALLY RIGHT, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA LISTEN, YOU WANNA HEAR FROM MORE, UM, SPEAKERS.

SO I WOULD HOLD OFF ON BOTH TO LET THE SPEAKER SPEAK.

MAYOR, JUST ONE SECOND.

MAYOR, WE'VE, UH, MAYOR.

MAYOR, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

THEN MY INTENTION IS I'D LIKE HAVE EVERYBODY SPEAK.

OKAY.

AND THEN FOR US TO VOTE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNSEL, IF IN AGREEMENT, I'D LIKE, WE JUST ASKED THE APPLICANT TO HAVE, HEAR EVERYONE'S VOICE, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TURN AROUND AND SAY YOU CAN'T TALK THE REST OF YOU, SIX PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING A MOTION NOW.

I, I THINK IT'S UN I THINK WE SHOULD JUST PRESS ON WITH THE MEETING.

MY PERSONAL OPINION.

I JUST SAID WE WOULD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WANNA MAKE SURE? THANK YOU.

MAY I CONTINUE OR ARE YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

DID YOU SECOND THIS MOTION? OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT NOW.

WE WILL VOTE ON IT NOW, DON'T WE? RESIN THEM RESCIND THE SECOND.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH SPEAKER CARDS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I WELCOME YOUR VOTE, YOUR, YOUR MOTION IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS RON YA.

MR. RAHI.

OH SIR, YOU HAVE UP TO 90 SECONDS.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND IF YOU AGREE WITH OTHERS, YOU CAN JUST SAY SO AND BE SEATED.

UM, MY NAME IS RON YO SHURA.

I LIVE AT, UH, 3 0 7 WEST ON THE SCRATCH THAT SOUTHWEST ROAD IN MESA.

I AM A TENANT OF A DOMINIONS, UH, AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT THERE.

I WAS A, A RESIDENT OF, UH, CHANDLER FOR, UH, NINE YEARS.

I HAD TO MOVE OUTTA CHANDLER A YEAR AGO, UH, WHEN MY, UH, UH, RENT WENT UP SO HIGH THAT I COULD NOT AFFORD IT.

WHEN I MOVED HERE NINE YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO, MY RENT FOR TWO BEDROOM HOUSING WAS, UH, APPROXIMATELY $800.

UH, IT'S SINCE DOUBLED LAST YEAR, SO I HAD TO FIND ANOTHER HOUSING.

AND DOMINION WAS, UH, A PLACE THAT I FOUND THAT FIT IN MY, UH, PRICE RANGE.

NOW I'M THE ADVOCATE FOR LOW, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

EVENTUALLY, YOU MAY HAVE TO FIND A PLACE LIKE THAT OR A RELATIVE OR SOMEONE OF, UH, OUR AGE.

WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM 55 TO, UH, 90 SOMETHING LIVING IN OUR COMPLEX IN THE 90 YEAR OLD PERSON IS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.

UM, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO IN OUR COMPLEX, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS THE LAST PLACE THEY'RE GONNA LIVE AND WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE FOOT FIRST.

SO, UH, AND THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL TOO.

AND DOMINION HAS A GOOD PROP, UH, PROJECT OUT THERE.

GOOD.

UH, THANK YOU MR. YAMAR.

YOUR, YOUR TIME IS COMPLETED.

OH, OKAY.

BUT THINK ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDY H THIS IS HAN.

WELCOME.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU'VE GOT UP TO 90 SECONDS.

MY NAME IS JUDY HAH AND I LIVE AT 3 0 7 SOUTH HA ROAD, APARTMENT 1 0 2 IN MESA.

I TOO AM A RESIDENT OF THE DOMINION PROPERTY.

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I COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.

MY INCOME, I'M ON A VERY FIXED INCOME AND WE FOUND DOMINION PROPERTY, THEY ACCEPTED ME AND I'VE LIVED THERE NOW FOR ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS.

IT, I AM ONE OF THEM THAT WILL GO OUT FEET FIRST.

I WILL NEVER LEAVE.

IT IS THE GREATEST THING FOR SOMEBODY OF OUR AGE.