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RIGHT, GUYS, WE'RE STARTING[ Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 8TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE ARE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT WITH THE ROLL CALL BY THE CLERK, MAYOR HARKEY.
AND THAT WAS A PRETTY WEAK HERE.
OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PASTOR VICTOR HARDY OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE VALLEY, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP YOU HALLELU.
WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP YOU HALL.
WE GLORY
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE OF YOU.
HEY EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INVISIBLE LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ONLY SINGER SINGING INVOCATE IN THE VALLEY, PERHAPS IN THE STATE.
PASTOR HARDY IS GONNA BE CHRISTMAS CAROLING AT THE TREE AFTERWARDS, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN HIM.
[ 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.]
UH, SO THOSE ARE GUESTS.WE TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO ACTION ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA ON MONDAY.
WE DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEVERAL OF THE THINGS AS WELL AS ANOTHER, OR ACTUALLY ONLY ONE ON MONDAY.
BUT, UH, ALSO A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, OUR SECOND, OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE MONTH THAT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER.
SO, UH, WITH THIS COUNSEL, UH, A MOTION WOULD BE AN ORDER FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETING FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR ROE, UH, COUNSEL OF ANY, UH, RECUSALS OR, OR OTHER THAN A SINGLE VOTE THAT YOU NEED TO LET THE CLERK KNOW.
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HEARING NONE.THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY UNSCHEDULED APPEARANCES OF ANYBODY THAT HAS ASKED? MAYOR HARKEY? NO, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
AND WE DO HAVE ON COUNSEL JUST, UH, INFORMATIONAL PIECE THAT WE CAN, THAT THOSE ARE OUR AUDIENCE CAN LOOK AT FOR SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT VOTING ON.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
OUR NEXT, ON OUR AGENDA IS CURRENT EVENTS OF WHICH I'LL START.FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE TEEN, UH, ADVOCACY GROUP.
I WAS SO CLOSE ADVISORY GROUP THAT, THAT, UH, NO, THIS IS ADVISES OUR LIBRARIES.
SO, UH, THIS IS A GROUP THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF A MUCH LARGER GROUP THAT, UH, BRINGS ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO OUR LIBRARIES TO KEEP THEM INNOVATIVE AND RELEVANT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE, COUNSEL.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO, UH, TALK WITH OR TAKE PICTURES AFTERWARDS WITH US.
COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOU IS FIRST ON, UH, COMING UP ON A COUPLE SATURDAYS ON THE 17TH, WE HAVE THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA EVENT HAPPENING AT VALLEY OF THE SUN.
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA DAY IS ABOUT REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THE VETERANS OF THE VALLEY.
IN, IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN CEMETERY WREATHS WILL BE LAID AT GREAT SITES OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND FOUGHT FOR A FREEDOM IN THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
PROBABLY CLOSE TO 1800, 2000 REEFS WILL BE LAID AT THE VALLEY OF THE SUN ON SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP, I, I THINK, UH, COCOA AND DONUTS ARE GONNA BE SERVED AT ABOUT EIGHT.
I THINK WE'LL BE LAYING REESE ON THE GRAVES CLOSE TO NINE.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO AGAIN, HAPPEN ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER AT VALLEY OF THE SUN CEMETERY.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE A BRIEF, BRIEF SERVICE AFTERWARDS.
ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE MANY, MANY TIMES.
SECONDLY, I WANNA WISH OUR COMMUNITY, UH, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NO, NO COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART IS GOING TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT.
BUT, UH, IN JUST PREPARING AND REFLECTING ON THAT, I, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SO MANY THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF.
UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY COUNCIL, HOW WE HAVE REALLY, UH, MAINTAINED, UH, UH, RESPECT AND A DECORUM AND A STABILITY AND INNOVATION THAT CONTINUES TO, UH, MAKE CHANDLER WHAT IT IS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, THE, THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS, WHAT, NOT ONLY JUST WITH GROUPS LIKE THIS ARE BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS, THE, THE, THE INPUT THAT WE GET ON MONDAY, WE SAW AN EXERCISE OF REALLY GOVERNMENT IN ACTION AS THIS CHAMBER WAS FULL OF MANY PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY WERE FAR OR AGAINST DIFFERENT ITEMS. IT'S, IT'S UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL.
PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IS THAT CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND RIGHT TO ADDRESS LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES LIKE THUS.
AND WHETHER WE VOTED IN THEIR FAVOR ARE, ARE AGAINST INDIVIDUALLY.
IT'S THE PROCESS THAT ENDEARS ITSELF TO ME.
I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR CHANDLER COMMUNITY AND, AND CERTAIN TO BE PART OF THIS, WHAT HAD CONTINUES TO BE CALLED THE GREAT AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC EXPERIENCE.
SO, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, FIRST THE CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS COMING BACK TO CHANDLER.
SO, F FESTIVAL IS BACK ON THE 21ST TO THE 29TH.
UH, THE FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE SHOWCASING OVER 120 FILMS SUBMITTED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, SPANNING SIX COUNTRIES, UH, UH, SIX CONTINENTS AND 35 COUNTRIES.
WE'VE STILL GOTTA GET ONE FROM ANTARCTICA.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE FROM THERE YET, SO WE'LL TRY EVENTUALLY.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL, UH, FESTIVAL HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
SO THERE'S ANIMATION, HORROR, SHORTS, FULL LENGTH, UH, FULL FEATURE LENGTH FILMS, UH, A LOT OF INDEPENDENT.
EVERYBODY THERE IS INDEPENDENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF MAINSTREAM FILMS ALSO.
SO, UH, COME OUT, UH, GO ONLINE TO, UH, THE CHANDLER FILM FESTIVAL.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS.
YOU CAN BUY SINGLE DAY TICKETS, SINGLE FILM TICKETS, OR FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK.
I THINK THE PICTURE THERE HAS QUITE A FEW
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OF OUR COUNCIL AND OUR BOARD, UH, ON THAT.SO I DO HOPE TO ALL SEE YOU AT THE FILM FESTIVAL.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SAY ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR SINCE THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING TO ALL OF OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND ALL OF THE STAFF.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS YEAR OF GROWTH IS ALWAYS AMAZING.
UM, AND AGAIN, AS THE REFLECTION IS, UH, PUTTING SOME MORE, UH, GOODBYE NOTES BACK TOGE, UH, TOGETHER FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, AGAIN, I, I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER CITY TO SERVE WITH, UH, GREAT PEOPLE AND WITH THE STAFF.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, I, I THINK YOU SAID THAT PRETTY WELL.
UM, I, I, I, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR'S, OR, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS FOR SURE.
THAT'S, UH, UH, WE HOPE FOR THAT EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, UH, IT'S A GOOD THING.
AND, UM, I TOO AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE FRIENDS, UH, THE STAFF AND, UH, THE CHANDLER PROUD FOLKS.
SO MUCH HARD WORK OVER THE YEAR AND, UH, UH, PEOPLE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK LATE INTO THE NIGHT, AND, UH, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND, UH, MAKING SURE THE WATER FLOWS WHEN YOU CALL ON IT OR WHEN WE ALL CALL FOR IT.
SO, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR AND, UM, I HOPE YOU ALL WILL HAVE A SAFE, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND, UH, AND TO THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THANK YOU ALL.
IT'S BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN AN EXPERIENCE EIGHT YEARS, AND SO THANK YOU.
SO, UH, TO MY RIGHT, UH, THIS WILL BE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IN WHICH THESE TWO WILL BE, UH, HERE THE FULL-TIME.
AND WE'LL BE, UH, UH, HONORING THEM AT OUR NEXT GATHERING.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE.
AND YEAH, WE'RE, WE ARE CERTAINLY BEEN HONORED TO, TO SERVE WITH YOU GENTLEMEN.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE COMMENTS ON, UH, IN JANUARY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST LEFT THE EAST VALLEY PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS A CONSORTIUM OF, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BUSINESS LEADERS, EDUCATIONAL LEADERS, AND, UH, CITY LEADERS, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND WE MEET QUARTERLY TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY WITHIN IN THE VALLEY.
AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HEAR FROM, UH, MAYOR HARKEY TODAY ABOUT HOW OUR COMMUNITIES WORK TOGETHER.
THERE'S A SYNERGY THAT CREATES GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR EVERYONE IN OUR, IN OUR SOCIETY.
SO, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THAT, UH, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FORUMS AND CHANNEL WILL, WILL ALWAYS, UH, WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THINGS ARE WORKING WELL.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT EAST VALLEY PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS LEADER, I, I SUGGEST YOU'D LOOK THEM UP.
THEY'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION FOR, UH, MOVING THE NEEDLE AS IT RELATES TO, TO, UH, PROP 400 ROAD DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, WATER, UH, RIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT HELPS THOSE THINGS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME, UH, WHEN THOSE IN NEED, NEED OUR HELP, RIGHT? IT'S THE HOLIDAYS.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN THE EAST VALLEY IS WE ARE A GIVING COMMUNITY AND, UH, WE ARE SOME OF THE MOST CHARITABLE COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE NATION.
AND LET'S CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN NEED, SO PLEASE, UH, DO YOUR BEST TO DONATE YOUR TIME, DONATE YOUR TREASURE, UH, AND, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WISH EVERYONE, AND, AND BE MERRY WISH EVERYONE, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, HA, HAPPY HANUKKAH AND, UH, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
SO HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND PLEASE BE SAFE AND ENJOY YOUR FAMILY.
UH, I WANTED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE ZORA FOLLEY, UM, MURAL THAT THEY JUST PUT UP RIGHT OVER HERE ON OUR, ON, ON MY, UH, LEFT SIDE.
ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, UH, WE UNVEIL THE NEWS ZURA MURAL.
THE MURAL RECOGNIZED AN OUTSTANDING AND LONGSTANDING HOMETOWN HERO, AND, UM, THE LEADER INTO MR. ZORA FOLEY.
THE PIECE IS ENTITLED LEGENDARY, AND IT IS THE WORK OF GIOVANNI DIXON, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR ARTISTS HERE IN THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA.
HE'S A VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WAY THAT, UM, THIS MURAL CAME OUT, IT IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE MURAL.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND THANK HIM FOR HIS WORK AND HIS BEAUTIFUL MURAL.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR HIM TO STAND AND GET A CLAP, BUT HE'S NOT HERE, SO WE'LL GIVE HIM A CLAP.
WE WERE THERE, MAYOR AND I, AND EVERYBODY, SO IT WAS AN AMAZING MURAL.
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YEP.THE FOLEY FAMILY WAS THERE TOO.
WE RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR SHARING THEIR DIET WITH US.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TAKE THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW IN REFLECTION, UM, TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO THE STAFF AND THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED FOR US HERE IN THIS CITY.
IT IS SO HEARTWARMING TO WORK WITH A TEAM, AND WHEN I HASHTAG TEAM CHANDLER, TRULY I FEEL IT AND I KNOW IT, AND I LIVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT I GO HOME.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING SUCH AMAZING JOB HERE.
I WANNA START WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK.
I WANNA THANK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST FOR SERVING WITH ME AND THESE TWO GENTLEMEN DOWN HERE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH JANUARY 12TH WITH OUR CLIENT, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT CRACK
I SEE SO MUCH GROWTH IN ME IN, UH, HAVING, WORKING WITH BOTH OF YOU CITY MANAGERS.
I REALLY THANK YOU, UH, BOTH FOR REALLY KEEPING THE FOR GOING.
AND I WANNA THANK OUR, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, THEISTS, AND THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
I REALLY LIKE TO, UH, THANK OUR CLERK, OUR CITY CLERK, OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE IN CHANDLER, WHO OVERSEE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, OUR COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
I MEAN, IT, IT IS AN AMAZING TEAM.
COMMUNITY SERVICES WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS, UH, THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING OUT THERE.
THERE'S NOT A TIME I PICK UP THE PHONE AND SEE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS THAT I CALLED YOU.
YOU DIDN'T SEND A NAVIGATOR OUT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR KEEPING OUR DOWNTOWN REALLY LOOKING SHARP AND HAPPY EVERYWHERE ELSE IN CHANDLER, OUR COURT DEVELOPMENT, UH, ALSOS THAT ARE SERVING OUR SYSTEM, OUR MAGISTRATES.
SHE CAME IN AND REALLY ELEVATE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL THIS LAST YEAR, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES.
JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING WITH YOUR TEAM.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS.
AND THE PART THAT I REALLY ENJOY ALSO IS WORKING WITH OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE REALLY GET TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS DO IN THE BACKGROUND TO MAKE THIS CITY VI VI VI, I WILL SAY THE WORD, IT'S MUCH MORE VITAL TO EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING HERE INTO THE CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK OUR LAW DEPARTMENT FOR DOING EVERYTHING ELSE WITH ALL THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE DURING THAT, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR OUR PO FROM OUR POLICE FIRES, AND ALL OF THOSE THAT WORK AND SUPPORT THAT TEAM.
THANK YOU CHIEF FOR RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP.
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
UM, AND THEN AT THIS TIME, IT IS TRULY A TIME FOR ME TO SAY, MAY EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS CITY HAVE A TRULY HAPPY HOLIDAYS WITH YOUR FAMILY.
AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN WITH YOUR LOVED ONE, JUST TAKE A MOMENT, LOOK EACH ONE IN THE EYE AND TRULY TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM AND MEAN IT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MINUTE IF YOU DID NOT TELL THEM.
I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT THE LAST CALL IN THE LAST TIME I TEXT MY SON, I TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM AND HE KNEW HE WAS LOVED.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO LEAVE THAT LEGACY WITH YOU THIS YEAR TO CONTINUALLY LOVE YOUR FAMILIES AND TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM.
SO ONE OF THE VANTAGES OF SITTING IN THIS SEAT, I GET TO SIT NEXT TO TWO GREAT PEOPLE.
THE DISADVANTAGE IS THEY SAID IT ALL,
SO I'LL JUST SAY TO YOU, HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY, BE SAFE.
AND I THINK WE LEFT OUT HR, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DOING.
WE LEFT OUT, WE LEFT OUT FACILITIES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.
STREET SWEEPERS AND WHO ELSE? STREET SWEEPERS.
FORGOT ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY REALLY WORK HARD.
WE'RE IT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE THIRD ONE.
IT, I'M JUST, HEY, LISTEN, I'M JUST, I GOT YOUR BACK COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND PLEASE BE SAFE.
WE WANNA SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT YEAR, OKAY? YES, PLEASE.
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOU FOLKS DO OUT THERE.
YOUNG, YOUNG, UH, WOMEN AND MEN.
UH, JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL YEAR THAT 2022 HAS BEEN ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WANTED TO WISH YOU THE HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAY SEASONS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH.
HOPEFULLY IT IS A RESTFUL AND, UH, JOYOUS TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.