* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL [ Call to Order and Introduction of Guests] MEETING THAT'S NOT SO REGULAR TONIGHT. SO I USUALLY, IF WE HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP AT A COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE, WHO ARE STEPPING DOWN, AS WELL AS CELEBRATING THOSE WHO WILL BE JOINING US ON OUR NEW COUNCIL. SO WELCOME TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. A LITTLE BIT LATER I'LL BE, UH, JUST CALLING OUT PARTICULARLY SOME, SOME SPECIAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WHO ARE HERE JOINING US. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE. MAYOR HARKEY. PRESENT VICE MAYOR ROW HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, OR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR VICTOR HARDY. AND THEN WE WILL BE POSTING THE COLORS. PASTOR HARDY, LET US PRAY. WE'VE COME TO SERVE YOU. WE'VE COME TO PRAY. PRAISE YOU. WE'VE COME TO HOLY. HERE IS THE TO PRAISE NAME ON WE PRAISE YOUR, UH, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE HOST OF COLORS. AND THEN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY BOTH VICE MAYOR ROWE AND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. AND [00:06:46] PLEASE BE SEATED. COUNSEL, BEFORE WE GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, I HAVE A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE HERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE IN A NORMAL ORDER BECAUSE WE WERE JUST KIND OF SCROLLING THINGS IN AT THE END HERE. THANK YOU, MELISSA. UH, SO IF I CALL YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU, IF YOU'RE HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND LET'S, UH, DEFER APPLAUSE UNTIL WE'VE CALLED EVERYONE'S NAME. SO, UH, VICTORIA ALU, REPRESENTING SENATOR KIRSTEN SINEMA. AND HANG ON THOSE APPLAUSES. COME ON NOW. SANDY MOSHI, REPRESENTING CONGRESSMAN GREG STANTON'S, OFFICE STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 13. JENNIFER P*****K, MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERVISOR JACK SELLERS. ALL RIGHT. GILBERT MAYOR BRIDGET PETERSON, GILBERT. COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG KAPOWSKI QUEEN CREEK VICE MAYOR, JEFF BROWN, FORMER CHANDLER MAYOR, BOY DUNN, FORMER CHANDLER MAYOR J TRAN, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER NORA ALLEN, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ANNA ASCEND, C E O, TRINITY DONOVAN, FORMER CHANDLER. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN SEPULVEDA. I DON'T SEE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER RICK HUBEN, BUT HE MIGHT BE. HERE WE HAVE MR. FRANK NUCCI, UH, CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, SIR. TERRY KIMBALL WITH THE CHANDLER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WELCOME, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, SAM WONG, BRAND NEW SCHOOL BOARD NUMBER, C U S D, SCHOOL BOARD NUMBER KURT. WORSE, FORMER STATE REP, SEAN BOWIE. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE WORKING IN THE, THE MARGINS HERE. FORMER TEMPE MAYOR NEIL GIULIANI, FORMER GILBERT COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, SEPTEMBER, UH, COUNTY ASSESSOR. EDDIE. EDDIE, UH, COOK . THERE HE IS. FORMER GILBERT COUNCIL MEMBER BILL SPENCE, FORMER CHANDLER COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF WINNEGER. AND FORMER STATE SENATOR CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL. I'M SORRY, MAYBE I WAS BEING PROPHETIC THERE. JEFF CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, BARBARA MAZDA. THANK YOU, BARBARA. FORMER CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JEREMY MCCLEMENTS, FORMER GILBERT MAYOR AND C E O OF THE EAST VALLEY PARTNERSHIP. JOHN LEWIS. [00:10:01] AND IF I HAVE MISSED ANYBODY, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE COULD RECOGNIZE YOU? LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. OH, THANK YOU. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE C U S D, UH, BOARD REP PATTY SERRANO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WELL. SEE WHEN I SKIP YOUR NAME, YOU GET YOUR OWN APPLAUSE. I DID SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL. [ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately. Proposed Motion: Move to approve the Consent Agenda of the January 12, 2023, Regular Council Meeting, Items 1 - 8.] NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A, A BRIEF CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ARE MOSTLY SECONDS, AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THESE. WE'LL TURN TO MY RIGHT FOR A FIRST AND A, AND A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO, MAYOR, I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH IRREGULAR MEETING. AGENDA, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, A FINAL MOTION AND A SECOND FROM THESE TWO. NOT YET. NOT YET. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY RECUSALS? IF NOT, LET'S VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ON [13. Presentation of Gifts to Outgoing Councilmembers followed by Remarks] OUR AGENDA IS WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THESE TWO. SO IF YOU TWO WOULD PLEASE STAND OUT IN FRONT. COUNSEL, I'LL START THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, TO BOTH OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY. AND, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. AND WE ARE A BETTER CITY BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICE. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HOURS THAT WE'VE SPENT TOGETHER THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU. IT HERE IS A, IS A GLASS WITH THE MAP OF CHANDLER ETCHED ON THERE. SO JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE, OF YOUR SERVICE. AND, UH, ALSO IN CASE YOU GET LOST, IT'LL BE A GOOD GUIDE. SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT IN YOUR CAR. NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, COME AROUND YOU LAWYER YOU WANNA DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE SERVED WITH THESE TWO GENTLEMEN. UM, YOU KNOW, RENEE, THE PRAGMATIST AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AND A, A REAL SCHOLAR OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE CITY. UM, AND I THINK YOUR EXPERTISE THAT YOU BROUGHT FROM A WATER PERSPECTIVE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO NOT ONLY COUNCIL, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT AT LARGE. UM, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, IT WAS AN LG MEETING YEARS AGO. AND, UH, YOU WERE SOMEBODY THAT I ADMIRED FOR TAKING THE LEAP AND, UH, SERVING THE WAY YOU DO AND, UH, THE CONSTITUTION'S IN YOUR HEART. AND I, I CAN SEE THAT EVERY DAY THAT I SERVE WITH YOU. SO, UH, I'M GONNA MISS YOU A LOT. I'M GONNA MISS OUR DISCUSSIONS, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THINGS AND, UH, AND FOR YOUR COACHING. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UH, I'LL TRY TO CARRY ON, UH, AND, AND TRY TO BE AS THOUGHTFUL AS I CAN LIKE YOU ARE. UH, AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU. AND, AND TERRY, UH, MY, MY CONFIDANT AND UH, TEAM MEMBER, UH, I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU. UH, YOUR LOVE OF THE CONSTITUTION IS THE SAME AS, AS RENEE'S, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME. AND, UH, WE'D HAVE, UH, HOUR LONG TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SERVICE OF THE CITY. AND, UM, Y YOU WERE THAT, UH, THAT PERSON THAT REALLY HELPED COACH ME ALONG IN THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS THAT I WAS HERE. AND I REMEMBER, REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME, HE'S LIKE, BE CAREFUL. YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO GO TO EVERYTHING YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO DO. EVERYTHING HE SAID, GO OUT AND MEET EVERYBODY THAT YOU CAN, BUT REMEMBER TO TAKE A BREATH [00:15:01] AND REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY AT HOME. SO, UM, YOUR FAMILIES GET YOU BACK. AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE THE REMARKABLE, THEY SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BOTH OF YOU. AND, UH, I'VE GOT GIFTS THAT ARE OVER AT, AT, AT YOUR STATION RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, ONE IS A GREAT BOTTLE OF WINE CAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVE YOUR WINE. AND, AND THEN I'VE GOT A HAMMER FOR YOU AND A BIG OLD HOME DEPOT GIFT CARD AND SOME WORK GLOVES, BECAUSE CHERYL SAID YOU'VE GOT SOME HONEY DUES TO DO IN PINE. SO, ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA PASS TO, UH, COUNCIL ORLANDO. EXCUSE ME. I'M GONNA GO MY, UH, FELLOW VETERAN HERE. RENEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION. THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE IN OUR CITY. IT TAKES A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. YOU HAD A BIGGER PICTURE OF THE WORLD AND NOW YOU HAVE ME, THE BIGGER PICTURE OF CHANDLER, I THINK CHANDLER'S BIGGER THAN THE WORLD. SO WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT ONE. , I'LL MISS YOUR ANALYTICAL THOUGHT PROCESS BEING AN ENGINEER. YOU KNOW, I USED TO REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU YESTERDAY, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I DEALT WITH THEM FOR 35 YEARS OF MY CAREER AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THING I'D LEARNED TO DEAL WITH ENGINEERS. UM, BUT I SURVIVED IT. AND I'M GLAD, UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO WORKING WITH YOU BECAUSE YOUR ANALYTICAL THOUGHT PROCESS WAS INSTRUMENTAL SOMETIMES IN PARTICULARLY IN OUR, OUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. UM, YOU KISS CAME THROUGH AND SAID, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS, WHAT ABOUT THAT? WE'LL MISS YOU ON THAT. AND AGAIN, STAY INVOLVED. STAY SERVING OUR NATION AND OUR OUR CITY, OKAY, MR. ROE, YOU SERVED THIS AREA AS A POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR THAT SERVICE. THAT'S, UM, NOT AN EASY JOB, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY. I WILL MISS YOUR QUICK WIC, YOUR, YOUR QUICK WIT AND YOUR ONE LINERS. IT'S AN AMAZING THING. LIKE TONIGHT, VERY MATTER OF FACT. SECOND, MOVE ON. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT THOUGHT PROCESS IN YOU. AND EVEN IF OUR MEETINGS THE SAME WAY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? YOU ALWAYS, WHERE'S OUR GUT CHECK ON THINGS? YOU WON'T MISS THAT AS WELL. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE GIFTS FOR YOU. I HAVE A, I COULD GIVE TO YOU IN THE DIOCESE HERE. I HAVE A BOOK OF CHANDLER. IT'S ABOUT, IT'S PICTURES, IT'S WRITTEN BY , JUST NOT, NOT TO DIMINISH THE NAVY, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OR POLICE OFFICERS . OH, UM, I BETTER NOT SAY THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA SAY, CUZ MARTIN'S STILL HERE, I THINK. ANYWAY, UM, IT, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PICTURE BOOK. AND ACTUALLY JOE, UH, JODI, UM, JODI KRAGO ACTUALLY SELF-AUTHORED THAT BOOK. I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, I'LL TAKE IT BACK. WE'LL GET YOU SOMETHING ELSE. AND I ALSO HAVE YOUR GIFT CARD SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SPOUSES OUT FOR A NICE, UH, BARBECUE DINNER. OKAY? THANK YOU. YOU WANNA GO DOWN? THANK YOU. THE CHANGING OF THE GUARDS IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT AND IT'S NEVER EASY, BUT THERE IS A SPIRIT OF EASINESS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE WELL. SO WE CAN STAND HERE AND SAY, WELL DONE. AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR HAVING BEEN THAT FATHER FIGURE AND THAT BROTHERLY FIGURE FOR ME. I REMEMBER , I KNOW, I I I CAN'T SAY FATHER WALK ON THIS SIDE EITHER. YES, BECAUSE YOU GET IT, YOU GET IT, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU SERVE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE A HEART FOR THIS CITY. BOTH OF YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I CAME IN, IT WAS ONLY FOR THE LOVE OF GENDER AND THAT REMAINS THE SAME FOR ME. IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT. AND YOU HAD SPOKEN WITH ME CONCERNING THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SAW THAT LOVE IN ME AND YOU SAID THAT LOVE IS GOING TO CARRY YOU THROUGH. AND SO EVERY MOMENT OF THE DAY I'M REMEMBERING THAT I CAN ONLY DO IT BECAUSE OF THE LOVE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING REKINDLE THAT AND ME CONSTANTLY. I WANNA THANK YOUR WIFE, MISS JESSICA, FOR ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT YOUR SUITS ARE ON POINT , AND ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT I REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, [00:20:01] THINGS COME INTENSE, GO, BUT ANYBODY WHO TOUCHES YOU , THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO RECKON WITH HER. AND SO I LIVE IN THAT LINE SO THAT I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT I WAS ON HER GOOD SIDE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RO I WILL ALWAYS BE CALLING YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RO I KNOW YOU KEPT SAYING NO, IT'S, NO, YOU HAVE EARNED THOSE BADGES. YOU HAVE EARNED THOSE STRIPES. AND SO I THANK GOD FOR YOU AND I DON'T THINK HE'S DONE WITH YOU YET. AND SO WE ARE WAITING AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY ME, I'M WAITING TO SEE WHERE HE'S GONNA TAKE YOU NEXT. AND THE BEST IS ALWAYS MAY YOU CONTINUALLY BE FRUITFUL IN THE THINGS THAT YOU DO. I ALSO WANNA THANK YOUR WIFE FOR MAKING SURE YOUR TIES ARE ALWAYS ON POINT . SO EVERY TIME I ASK IT'S LIKE, YEAH, SHE PICKED IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY, IT'S ALL THE WAY FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. UM, AS YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER IS IN, UH, SCHOOL IN BARDOS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL THERE. SO I WAS THINKING, WHAT SHOULD I GIVE THOSE TWO GUYS THAT I HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME WORKING WITH? BUT I'VE COME TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU BOTH. UM, YOU HAVE FOR YOU, YOU HAVE SOME CIGARS FROM THE CENTER OF MANGO AND FROM YOU, YOU HAVE A SERIES 1757 FROM BARBADOS OF ALCOHOL. SO ENJOY , ENJOY THEM WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD TIME. ENJOY THAT. I WILL CONTINUALLY HAVE YOU GUYS IN MY THOUGHTS AND AS I HAD GIVEN YOU GUYS PERMISSION WHEN I FIRST COME ON THIS CONSOLE TO ALWAYS TOUCH ME ON THE SHOULDER AND LET ME KNOW WHENEVER I'M DOING A GOOD JOB OR WHENEVER I NEED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. THAT REMAINS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I TAKE AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. WELL, I'M COMING DOWN. ALL RIGHT, DO YOU WANNA HAND HIM THE MICROPHONE DOWN THERE? YES. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL IT IS MY TURN AND I HAVE TO COME. SO THE FIRST THING, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THE BAGS REPRESENTS ALL THE SMILES AND LAUGHS AND CRIES THAT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER ON THIS COUNCIL. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SEE US AND WE'RE MAYBE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT YET WHEN WE LEAVE THE DI IS WE DON'T CARRY ON OUR, UM, WE DON'T CARRY IT ON OUR SLEEVE. AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SEE US DISAGREEING, SOMETIMES THEY SEE THAT'S A SAD MOMENT, BUT REALLY IT'S THE BEST MOMENT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ARTICULATE HOW WE FEEL AND HOW WE DIFFER. THE ONE THING I APPRECIATE ABOUT BOTH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VICE MAYORS, THEY'VE BOTH BEEN MY VICE MAYOR, THEY'VE BOTH BEEN MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MY COLLEAGUE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD A WAY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE, UM, VERY OPEN-MINDED PERSON. AND I'M GONNA START WITH YOU, RENEE, MY BROTHER WHO SITS OVER HERE ON THE SIDE WITH ME. WE BUST JOKES, WE MAKE LAUGHS, WE DO ALL THAT TOGETHER. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INTELLECT AND YOUR HIGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO RUN A WELL RAN CITY. AND YOU DO THAT VERY WELL. UM, SOMETIMES IF I'M NOT ON POINT, YOU'LL SAY, HEY, OD YOU KNOW, HEY, LET ME HELP YOU GET ON POINT ABOUT THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I'M ONLY TWO YEARS IN. I'VE NEVER BEEN ELECTED IN ANYTHING IN MY LIFE EXCEPT STUDENT COUNCIL WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, . AND, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT MENTORSHIP, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THOSE KIND WORDS AND ALWAYS WILLING TO PICK UP THE PHONE FOR ME AND JUST BE A MENTOR. AND I'M GONNA MISS THAT. AND I'M GONNA MISS JUST HAVING SOMEONE, I CAN JUST DO SOLID DAD JOKES WITH JUST DRY HUMOR, WHATEVER THAT IS. BUT YOU'VE BEEN REALLY A GOOD FRIEND AND SOMEONE I CAN REALLY LEAN ON AND REALLY HAVE PUT THE CITY OF CHANDLER FIRST. I SEE HOW YOU CARRY THE CITY CHANDLER AND HOW IMPORTANT [00:25:01] THAT IS. AND SO I SAY THANK YOU, SIR. SO I INSIDE YOUR, INSIDE YOUR GIFTS, I GOT YOU A A BOTTLE OF WINE , A A A AFTERWARD. I WAS LIKE, UH, I GOT YOU A BOTTLE OF WINE BECAUSE I WANT YOU AND YOUR WIFE TO ENJOY Y'ALL SELF TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TAKEN SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND WE FORGET ABOUT THE SPOUSES THAT SIT AT HOME WAITING FOR US. AND SO I WANT YOU TO ENJOY THAT WITH YOUR WIFE. VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING UP AS WELL. SO THE OTHER THING I GOT YOU, WAS I INSIDE THE BAG? I GOT YOU A, UH, A GLASS THAT ACTUALLY IS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THE GLASS ALLOWS YOU TO HOLD, UM, TO GET A SHOT AND IT HOLDS YOUR CIGAR TOO. YOU ALREADY GOT THAT? NO. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I, THE GLASSES WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO GET FOR YOU, OKAY? ALRIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. SO I GOT THE GLASS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. AND I GOT YOU A, UM, A NICE, UM, BOX. SO, OH, IT'S A, UH, WHISKEY BOX SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR FAVORITE AND I GOT YOUR GIFT CARD SO YOU CAN PICK OUT WHAT YOU WANT. SO THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. SO NOW THE FATHER DAD. DAD, OH, DAD. ALRIGHT, DADDY . I LOVE TERRY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE GIVES THESE SPIRIT FINGERS. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SEEN TERRY DO THE SPIRIT FINGERS? THAT IS I'M DONE WITH THE ISSUE. OKAY? WHEN HE DOES THAT, I'M DONE WITH THE ISSUE. THAT MEANS MOVE ON. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T MOVE ON, ON TO THE NEXT THING, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT YOU IN A WAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT THESE FIVE FINGERS COMING TOGETHER. AND I'LL JUST POINT. BUT HE GOT THESE SPIRIT FINGERS AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT HELPS US MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD. SOMETIMES WE CAN GET STUCK ON A ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR ISSUES. BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO BE THAT GUY THAT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S MOVE THIS CONVERSATION ON. LET'S MOVE IT RIGHT ALONG. AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU. AND ALSO YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN A GREAT MENTOR IN MY FIRST TWO YEARS OF JUST KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS. CUZ I THOUGHT WHEN I CAME HERE, OH, I'M READY TO GO. LET'S DO THIS. AND THEN I FOUND OUT GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WORK. LIKE I WORK . AND SO AS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND MOVING INTO THIS SPACE, I LEARNED THAT SOME THINGS TAKE TIME. YOU GOT TO CALM THINGS DOWN. YOU GOTTA TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU GOTTA HAVE CONVERSATIONS. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DISAGREE IN AN HONORABLE WAY, AND THEN COME BACK AND READDRESS THE ISSUE. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS DO GET HEATED, AS YOU SEE IN THE BAG, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO STILL PUT THE CITY OF CHANDLER RESIDENCE FIRST. AND YOU'VE DONE THAT IN YOUR SERVICE. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU, I LOVE YOU FOR THAT. AND I, I WILL SAY THIS TOO, IS THAT I ALWAYS, UM, REMEMBER OUR CONVERSATIONS AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE GUY TO CARRY THE WISDOM OD LET THAT GO. THAT'S NOT A BIG THING. MOVE ON. YOU KNOW? AND IT'S THOSE LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED. CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. AND YOU'VE BEEN THAT TYPE OF PERSON. SO FOR EIGHT YEARS, I APPRECIATE YOU. I DIDN'T DO NOTHING DIFFERENT WITH THE GIFTS. I'M A DUDE, I KEPT IT VERY BASIC. YOU GOT THE SAME GIFT AS RENEE, SO THERE'S NO GIFTS SWAPPING AROUND HERE, OKAY? SO, BUT TOGETHER, THIS IS A MONUMENT OF KNOWLEDGE. UM, EXPECT ME TO CALL, EXPECT ME TO CALL AND BIG BROTHER ON THE WATER, I'M GONNA NEED YOU. BUT I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU GUYS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER. SO NEXT, UH, CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT, LET ME, UH, COME AROUND HERE. SO I'VE GOT SOME BIGGER ITEMS FOR YOU. IT'S NOT WINE. YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT YOU DON'T ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBERS BY THEIR FIRST NAME IN A FORMAL MEETING. THIS IS THE ONE TIME I GET TO BREAK THAT RULE. SO TERRY, RENEE , THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF STAFF, UH, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOUR WISDOM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR PATIENCE, AND YOUR SUPPORT AS STAFF. UM, I'LL TELL A VERY BRIEF STORY ABOUT EACH ONE OF YOU VERY, VERY QUICK. AND IT WAS ABOUT THE FIRST [00:30:01] TIME THAT I FELT LIKE I ACTUALLY GOT TO KNOW EACH ONE OF YOU. I REMEMBER THE MOMENT. SO I'LL, I'LL START WITH YOU, RENEE. SO WHEN I CAME TO WORK FOR THE CITY ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO, I, YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ANGLE CAN WE GO AT THAT WE HAVE A COMMON GROUND. AND I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS GONNA BE EASY. HE'S THE ONLY OTHER GUY HERE THAT WENT TO U OF A, RIGHT? HE'S THE OLD, HE'S THE OTHER WILDCAT. SO I'M THINKING, GREAT, LET'S GO UP AND THROW SOME BEAR DOWNS OUT THERE AND THIS'LL BE EASY. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW RENEE VERY WELL, AND THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT APPROACH. SO, UM, AFTER A COUNCIL MEETING ONE NIGHT, WE WERE TALKING IN THE HALLWAY AND I START TALKING ABOUT U OF A SPORTS, AND HE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, I HAVE THREE HEADS, . AND HE'S LIKE, HE FINALLY STOPS ME. STONE BASIN SAYS, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, , AND I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO ANY U OF A SPORTS. AND I THOUGHT, OH MAN, I REALLY, REALLY SCREWED THIS UP. AND THEN I FIGURED OUT WE BOTH LIKED COMIC BOOKS AS KIDS, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS THE END. THAT WAS THE END. FINALLY, I FIGURED OUT THAT, UH, WE HAD THAT IN COMMON. AND I ACTUALLY REMEMBER ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I REALLY GOT TO KNOW YOU TWO AS WELL, TERRY, WE WERE ACTUALLY DRIVING TOGETHER TO LOOK AT A PROJECT OVER AT ASU BALL PLACES, A SOLAR PROJECT. AND WE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE VAN. AND I FELT LIKE I REALLY GOT TO KNOW HOW PROUD YOU WERE OF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR WIFE. AND THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE ROLE THAT WE GET TO PLAY AS STAFF AND CERTAINLY I DO, IS WE GET TO KNOW YOU NOT JUST AS COUNCILORS, BUT AS PEOPLE, AS GREAT PEOPLE, AS GREAT HUMAN BEINGS. AND I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF YOU. SO AS IS OUR TRADITION AND CUSTOM HERE AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER, I DO HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU FROM THE STAFF. AND HERE IS YOURS, RENEE, THIS IS YOUR STREET SIGN AND IF YOU WANNA TURN IT AROUND, THERE'S A, A BACK AS WELL, AND TERRY AS WELL. AND, UH, TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ISSUES THAT YOU WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT DURING YOUR TIME IN OFFICE. AND AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF TEAM CHANDLER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. SO, TERRY, BEFORE YOU DO, I DO HAVE TO SEE, IS THAT ROW ROAD NO . I I THOUGHT IT WAS TEA MONEY OR SOMETHING. OKAY. UH, UH, DEBORAH CHINKY FROM THE, UH, CHANDLER REPUBLICAN WOMEN ALSO HAD JUST A PLAQUE THAT YOU WANTED TO THANK BOTH OF YOU TWO FOR YOUR SERVICE. HI DEBORAH. HI. WE'RE GONNA LET YOU TALK. OKAY, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I, IT'S THE HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THESE TWO WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN THAT I HAVE CAUGHT THE PRIVILEGE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH, WITH THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, I BELIEVE. AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR COUNSELING. SO ON THE BEHALF OF THE CHANDLER GILBERT REPUBLICAN WOMEN, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER VICE MAYOR TERRY ROWE AND COUNCILMAN AND FORMER VICE MAYOR RENEE LOPEZ. WE WANNA THANK YOU. AND CAN I TAKE A QUICK, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT, IT'S, UH, VICE MAYOR. I, I DO SAY WITH, UH, ALL THIS WINE, WHISKEY, AND CIGARS. YOU GUYS ARE REDEFINING VICE MAYOR FOR US . THAT WAS GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR . SO I GUESS I GET TO TALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. UH, I LIKE THESE MEETINGS TO GO PRETTY QUICKLY AS YOU MAY HAVE KIND OF GOTTEN THAT INDICATION. UM, AND I'M LARGELY, UH, OFTEN IN CONSIDERATION OF STAFF BECAUSE STAFF HAS TO STAY UNTIL IT'S ALL OVER. AND SO, UH, SO MANY TIMES I SAID, I, I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES. CHANDLER PROUD AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO, THEY WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEY WORK ALL NIGHT LONG, AND THEY KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. THEY DO THE STUFF THAT WE JUST COUNT ON, JUST KNOW IS GONNA HAPPEN MM-HMM. . AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE FOR US. AND, UH, AND I I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT I'M GONNA HAVE SHOW, BUT, UH, I I, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT I MUST THANK, UH, OF COURSE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR, [00:35:01] FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND BE PART OF THIS. UH, THANK MY WIFE CHERYL. SHE, SHE, UH, . STAND UP, STAND UP, STAND UP. MY WIFE CHERYL . I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS THINKING, UH, IN 2010 WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY. AND, UH, AND I DO KNOW WHAT SHE WAS THINKING WHEN, UH, I ANNOUNCED THAT I WAS RUNNING FOR HER OFFICE THIS PAST YEAR. AND, UH, AND I KNOW SHE'S, UH, ANYWAY, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE. LET'S PUT IT THAT, THAT WAY. AND, UH, AND AFTER 40 SOME YEARS, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT LIFE TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TRIPS, WE'RE GONNA DO PLUMBING, WE'RE GONNA DO ELECTRICAL, AND, UH, TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL. AND WE, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE GRANDKIDS WHEN WE GET THE CHANCE. AND, UH, SO I HAVE HAD THE PERFECT LIFE. AND, UH, SO IT'S, UH, 1.0 POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2.0, POLITICS 3.0 THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT, UH, TO THIS COUNCIL AND TO STAFF, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, YOU GUYS. UM, YES, OCCASIONALLY WE DISAGREE. UM, BOY, IT WOULD BE CRAZY IF WE DIDN'T. AND SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE'VE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND THAT WE CAN BE HONEST AND OPEN ABOUT IT, WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS. AND, UH, AND SO, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR, AND IT IS THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. AND I'M GETTING MY LAST PITCH IN FOR A FEW THINGS HERE, . THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS I STILL WANT BUILT OR DONE OR WHATEVER, BUT, UH, UH, SOMEHOW I ENDED UP BEING THE GUY THAT LIKED PARKING, G PARKING GARAGES AND, UH, IN DEVELOPMENTS. I WANTED SIDEWALKS, I WANTED WIDE STREETS. AND, UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE STRANGE THINGS TO BE WANTING, BUT, UH, BUT FOR ME IT WAS ABOUT GOOD WATER, YOU KNOW, AND GOOD TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND, AND, AND GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF A CITY THAT MAKE IT GREAT. SO I'VE HAD THE BEST TIME, AND I'M GONNA SHOW JUST A SHORT VIDEO. AND THEN, UH, THANK YOU ALL. HI, MY NAME'S TERRY ROWE. I'M THE VICE MAYOR OF CHANDLER. I'M WRAPPING UP EIGHT YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S GONE BY SUPER FAST AND IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME AND CERTAINLY HAS BEEN. AND, UH, SO I JUST HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS THAT I JUST WANNA SHARE QUICKLY WITH YOU, UM, UH, AS, AS I LOOK BACK ON MY TIME, UH, HERE WITH CHANDLER. AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, I'D SAY CHANDLER IS A GREAT CITY. AND, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T THINK SO, UH, I'M SORRY. IT IS. AND WE'VE GOT, UH, A GREAT BIG FAMILY HERE THAT, UH, WORKS TOGETHER. UH, WE ATTEND RIBBON CUTTINGS AND POTLUCKS AND, UH, AND FUNDRAISERS OR A, AN EVENT WHERE WE, UH, HAVE A TUMBLEWEE TREE LIGHTING, FOR INSTANCE. SO IT IS A GREAT, BIG, AWESOME FAMILY. AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN HONORED TO BE PART OF THAT. LOOKING BACK OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, THE THING THAT I ENJOYED THE MOST WAS, UH, WATCHING PEOPLE START A NEW BUSINESS. AND SO, WHETHER IT WAS A RIBBON CUTTING OR SOMETHING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS HERE, UH, HELPED PUT TOGETHER, UM, I, I GOT TO SEE PEOPLE REALIZING THEIR DREAMS. THEY WERE, UH, INVESTING THEIR HEART, THEIR SOUL, UM, AND, UH, THEIR FAMILIES MOST OF THE TIME. AND, UH, ALONG WITH FRIENDS AND, UH, TO START A BUSINESS, UH, TO MAKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO WORK AND, UH, ALSO HAVE A LIVING, RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND, UH, MAKE CHANDLER PART OF THEIR LIVES. I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE THAT I MET, UH, AND HAVE KNOWN THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING IS A FRIEND OF MINE, JERRY BROOKS. JERRY BROOKS WAS THE MAYOR OF CHANDLER IN THE, IN, IN THE 1980S. THEN, UH, I GOT TO KNOW HIM, UH, WHILE I SERVED MY FIRST, UH, TERM AND COUNCIL. I GOT A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM, UH, HERE IN THIS STUDIO. AND, UH, WE, WE TALKED, WE SPENT, UH, THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW TALKING ABOUT CHANDLER AND WHAT HE, UH, WHAT HE DID WHILE HE WAS MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND, UH, ALL HIS, UH, HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT, UH, KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING THE MALL, THE 1 0 1 FREEWAY, AND, UH, AND, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. AND SO, UM, IT WAS PEOPLE LIKE JERRY THAT, UH, THAT CERTAINLY HAVE SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ME AND, UH, AND, AND HELPED ME, UH, TRY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR CHANDLER. SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHANDLER IN GENERAL. LOOK, WE'VE GOT ACAT, UH, AND WE'VE GOT THE PRICE CORRIDOR. WE'VE GOT THE DOWNTOWN, WE'VE GOT THE CHANDLER AIRPORT, THAT WE'VE GOT THE BEST MALL IN, UH, ONE OF THE BEST MALL EXPERIENCES AND SHIELDS IS COMING TO TOWN. [00:40:01] UH, AND, AND I WAS AROUND WHEN THEY BEGAN THAT PROJECT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO THAT BEING COMPLETED. SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND, CHANDLER HAS IT ALL. AND, AND CHANDLER CAME OUT OF THE GROUND, UH, IN A BIG, BIG WAY AT THE PERFECT TIME. IT, UH, IT WAS A SMALL CITY AND THEN IT JUST BLEW UP. AND WE HAVE JUST SEEN THE BEST KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT. AND OF COURSE, INTEL HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT. BUT OTHER, MANY OTHER BIG COMPANIES AND SMALLER ALIKE HAVE COME TO CHANDLER AND MADE THIS COMMUNITY THEIR HOME AND BROUGHT WITH THEM EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE THAT WANNA RECREATE AND ENJOY OUR PARKS AND, UH, AND SPEND TIME FELLOW SHIPPING, UH, TOGETHER AND ENJOY CITY ACTIVITIES. SO AT THE END OF A SECOND TERM, AND I'M A PERSON THAT SUPPORTS TERM LIMITS, UM, I'VE HAD A BALL, IT'S BEEN GREAT. IT'S A GREAT HONOR. UM, IT'S NOT HONORARY. IT IS AN HONOR, AND IT IS A POSITION, IT IS A POSITION THAT I NEVER TOOK LIGHTLY. SO I, UM, ANYWAY, I WANNA SAY GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK TO THE NEW COUNCIL AND, UH, UH, I WISH MAYOR AND THIS NEW COUNCIL THE VERY BEST. AND, UH, CHANDLER ALWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I DO HAVE SOME PREPARED REMARKS, BUT, UH, FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY. I HAVE MY PREPARED REMARKS BECAUSE I KNOW WE GET VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS. SO, UM, AS I GOT OLDER, I GUESS I GOT MORE EMOTIONAL. BUT, UH, I THANK MY WIFE FOR ALL THE SACRIFICES OF MY CHILDREN, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT MY EXTENDED FAMILY AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER-IN-LAW, I'VE GOT MY AUNTS, I I'VE GOT SOME COUSINS IN THE BACKGROUND. I'VE GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE THAT HAVE HELPED ME THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE EIGHT YEAR POLITICAL CAREER AND THEN SOME. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK YOU, JESSICA. COUNSEL, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU. AGAIN, NOT ANYTHING MORE I CAN ADD. AND THEN AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ALL GET ALONG VERY, VERY WELL. WE HAVE OUR DISAGREEMENTS, BUT AGAIN, AS EXPECTED, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY WHEN I CAN AGREE WITH MY WIFE 51% OF THE TIME. SO AS LONG AS WE CAN GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT AND WE'RE DOING GREAT. SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND IT WAS A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU STAFF AND YOU'RE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE CITY AND THE REASON THAT IT RUNS SO WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS COME AND GO. MAYORS COME AND GO. WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD ONES HERE IN THE AUDIENCE ALSO, BUT IT'S THE STAFF THAT TOO, THAT, THAT REALLY, IT KEEPS THE ARTERY AND THE ARTERIES RUNNING OF THE BODY AND THAT, THAT HEART GOING. SO AGAIN, ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU. SO EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN TERRY AND I STARTED THE COUNCIL, I KNEW THE DAY WOULD EVENTUALLY COME WHERE I WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVING ON. AND IT WAS IT A HEAVY HEART THAT I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT, THAT TATE IS TODAY ALL I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN. I KNEW, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA MESS UP. THAT'S WHY I HAVE IT. I KNEW I WAS GONNA MESS UP. I CAN DO IT. SO FURTHER, I DO WANNA THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR YOUR LOYALTY AND YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND MY GRATITUDE TO YOU AND YOUR ADMIRATION WITH HERE TODAY WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR KEVIN HARKEY, ALONG [00:45:01] WITH JANE POSTON AND ANGEL ENCINAS, TAKING KEY POSITIONS ON THE COUNCIL. THIS PLACE WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER. TRUST ME, THIS HERE IS ELLIS ISLAND. I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU CAME FROM, WHO YOU ARE, IF YOUR RELATIVES CAME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER OR AN INNER TWO FROM HAITI. THIS HERE, THIS HERE IS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. CHANDLER IS AMERICA. I LOVE YOU TOO. LOVE YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. SO IT'S A SHAME, YOU KNOW, THAT FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ALL TO BELIEVE IN THE CITY TO KEEP ENGAGED UNTIL YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT. BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT. AND WITH THIS, EXCUSE ME, WITH THIS TERM ENDING ME BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL NOW BEING ALLOWED TO RUN AGAIN. THE FREAK IS THAT I'M GILBERT. I MIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. IT'S ME TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER. IT'S ME BEING TOLD AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT'S ME BEING HYPOCRITE. SO I'M NOT LEAVING , I'M NOT FREAKING LEAVING. THE SHOW GOES ON. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING A WRECKING BALL IN HERE TO GET ME OUT. WE WILL CONTINUE THE SHOW. HEY, GINGER MONKEY MIC. YEAH, THE MICROPHONE IS NOT A PARTING GIFT. COUNCIL NUMBER. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE GOING TO, UH, I'M GONNA GAVEL US OUT. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A SHORT INTERMISSION AND ALLOW OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VACATE THE STAGE AND THEN WE WILL, UH, START OUR, OUR SECOND MEETING WITH THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE WELL, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE BALL. [00:52:01] HELLO CHAIR. ALRIGHT, IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE TAKE A SEAT. WE'RE GOING TO START OUR SECOND PART. SECOND. YEAH. SO MAYBE WE'LL SEE. OKAY. I'LL CATCH YOU NEXT IF YOU AT ALL. PLEASE TAKE A SEAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. YEAH, MY MIKE'S NOT ON. HI, MIKE IS NOT ON. I SAY HELLO. GOOD TO SEE YOU, SAM. SEE YOU. I KNOW. HI, MIKE IS NOT ON HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MIC IS NOT ON TESTING. HERE WE GO. IF YOU COULD ALL, IF YOU COULD ALL PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. I'M STILL NOT ON. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. LET'S NOT TESTING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? HELLO? HELLO. TESTING. ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME THE MIC. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR OUT SEAT SO WE CAN GET STARTED? EVERYONE BREAK YOUR SEAT SO WE CAN GET STARTED. EVERYONE TAKE YOUR SEAT SO WE CAN GET STARTED. IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO START THE SECOND PART OF OUR MEETING. TAKE YOUR SEATS. EVERYONE PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS PLEASE. EVERYBODY GET YOUR SEATS, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL. IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TWO SITTING COUNCIL AND TWO NEW. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BE STARTING OFF WITH MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT POSTON, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT ENCINAS. SO IT'S THAT TIME I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JUDGE SCOOPIN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. WE ARE READY. [00:55:18] ARE WE READY? THANK YOU MAYOR HARKEY. IT'S MY HONOR TO DO YOUR SWEARING IN THIS AF THIS EVENING. I PLEASE HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AYE KEVIN HARKEY. AYE. KEVIN HARKEY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME, AND I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF OFFICE OF MAYOR. AND I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF ARIZONA, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO HELP ME, GOD. GOD ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. SO HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I'VE PREPARED. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILY, MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. SHE IS OF 41 YEARS. YOU ARE AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, AND BRILLIANT. AND MY OLDEST SON WHO'S WALKING IN RIGHT NOW, MAN, YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE . NATHAN LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY IN MARICOPA, I'M SORRY, IN BARNA. AND, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL THAT YOU DO. MY NEXT CHILD IS AALIYAH, WHO LIVES WITH HER FAMILY IN CASA GRANDE, OUR YOUNGEST GRANDDAUGHTER. WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BE HERE. NEXT IS CAITLIN, MY ONE TRUE CHANDLER WITE, WHO HAS REMAINED IN CHANDLER. THEN WE HAVE MY SON ZACH, AND HIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDE, SARAH, ALTHOUGH THEY LIVE IN TEMPE, THEY BOTH WORK IN CHANDLER . I'M TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND, UH, YOU MAKE EVERYTHING THAT I DO WORTHWHILE. SO THANK YOU. NEXT, I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL FRIENDS FROM, UH, OUR CHURCH HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME FOR DECADES. I'VE SHARED MY LIFE WITH YOU AND PASTOR SMITH. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SING WHEN YOU GIVE THE INTER, WHEN YOU GIVE AN INVOCATION , YOU'RE WELCOME TO, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO. TO THOSE HERE AND BEYOND WHO HAVE SHARED WISE COUNCIL WITH ME THROUGH THE YEARS, PARTICULARLY FORMER MAYORS AND TIMNEY, THANK YOU TO THE CHANDLER CHAMBER AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED MY REELECTION. THANK YOU TO OUR BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, DREAMERS, AND ASPIRING WORD, WORLD CHANGERS. WE'VE GOT A LOT TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. I AM TRULY HONORED THAT YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED ME WITH SERVING AND LEADING CHANDLER FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. IN THE VIALS THAT I JUST STATED, I SAID THAT I WOULD SERVE WITH THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. I REALLY MEAN THAT TO ME. THIS IS A SACRED TRUST BETWEEN GOD, MYSELF, AND YOU. AND IT'S WITH THAT PASSION AND ENERGY THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME TO OUR STAFF. I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOUR INSIGHT AND DILIGENCE HAS PUT FLESH AND BONES ON COUNCIL'S VISION AND POLICIES WITH AMAZING PANACHE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR EXISTING COUNCIL. YOU HAVE SHOWN YOURSELF EACH TO BE SMART, TO BE PASSIONATE, AND TO, TO CONTINUE AND TO COMMITTED. CONTINUE TO COMMITTED TO SERVING. HOWEVER I CAN SERVE EACH OF YOU, I AM HERE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY. OUR SUCCESS IN SERVING AND LEADING OUR COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALLY AND CORPORATE CORPORATELY ACCOMPLISHES MY FIRST AND GREATEST GOAL, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY TO ALL. [01:00:01] SO TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFITS LIKE ASCEND OR CHANGE FOR CHANDLER, WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE WITH COUNCIL AND SO MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE WILL DO SOME GREAT THINGS IN CONTINUING TO ENSURE CHANDLER'S BRIGHT FUTURE AS A WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY WITH GREAT JOBS, GREAT SCHOOLS, GREAT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND GREAT UNCHECKED POTENTIAL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MANOR ORLANDO. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR LOWERING THE MIC FOR ME. APPRECIATE IT, . I DON'T THINK IT WOULD'VE WORKED ME LIKE THIS. READY? OKAY. COME OVER HERE. READY, JUDGE? I'M READY. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I, MATT ORLANDO. I MATT ORLANDO, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE CONSTITUTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME. I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH IN THE ALLEGIANCE OF THE SAME AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. AND I'LL DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND, UH, IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF ARIZONA, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO HELP ME GOD, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, JUDGE. JUDGE, I , JUDGE, I ALMOST KNEW THAT BY HEART AFTER THE SIXTH TIME I WAS TRYING NOT TO GET AHEAD OF YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NOW, UM, JUDGE SCOOPIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE. YOU KNOW, JUDGES ARE MAGISTRATE. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE'S IN CHARGE OF ALL OF OUR COURTS. SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, GO SEE HER. . FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK MY FAMILY FOR COMING UP HERE. MY SON, MATT, HIS, UH, LOVELY, UH, WIFE, APRIL, MY LITTLE TULU, CUTIE PIES, ADRIANA AND MATEO, THANK YOU FOR BEING GOOD TONIGHT. MATEO AND TO MY LOVELY WIFE, PATTON. I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. ALSO, WATCHING FROM LIVE STREAMING, MY SON ANTHONY'S IN DC WHO'S WORKING FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT. AND MY DAUGHTER WHO'S IN BROOKLYN, WHO'S, UH, WORKING FOR, UH, A MAJOR TV CORPORATION. SO, LOVE YOU. AS THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. UH, MIGHT THANK ALL OF YOU OUT HERE FOR ENTRUSTING ME. AS I SAID EARLIER, FOR MY SIXTH TERM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON IN THIS ROOM HAS SERVED LONGER THAN I HAVE AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SLASH MAYOR JAY. OKAY, HAVE YOU HERE. OF COURSE, MY GOOD FRIEND BOYD DUNN AS WELL. UM, VERY TWO GOOD MAYORS THAT I SERVED WITH. AND, UH, UM, WISDOM AND ADVICE WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY BOTH OF 'EM. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT FOR THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND I COULD PROBABLY SPEND A WHOLE NIGHT, UH, JUST, UM, REMEMBERING WHAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER. SO THE OTHER THING I WANNA REALLY QUICKLY SAY, I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, NEVER, EVER SPEAK A LONG, LONG, IF THERE'S BEER AFTER A MEETING, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MY GOOD, MY BROTHER PAT FROM COMING HERE TONIGHT. PATSY, UM, I KNOW MARLENE COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT HIS, HIS, UH, FRIEND TIM LEWIS IS HERE. MY GOOD NEIGHBORS, UH, CHRISSY AND LENNY, AND I THINK I SAW THE BARRONS SHOW UP EARLIER AND THE NAGA MOTOS, [01:05:01] THANK YOU NEIGHBORS FOR COMING OUT TODAY. JIM JAK JIM'S BEEN WITH ME. HE RAN MY FIRST CAMPAIGN IN 1989, AND HE'S BEEN WITH ME EVER SINCE. AND FINALLY, UH, AS I THANKED EVERYONE BEFORE, I MUST THANK SOMEONE THAT QUITE FRANKLY, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE A TENT OF WHAT I'VE DONE. I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. SHE CALLS ME A CRY BABY ALL THE TIME. . OKAY, I ADMIT IT, I CRY. ALL RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU, PAT FOR 40, 40 YEARS GOING ON 45. I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, TAO APRIL NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, THE HONORABLE J TIB REINI TO COME FORWARD, WHO WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE VIALS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT JANE POSTON, COME. OKAY, LET'S JUST DO IT WITH THIS. THERE WE GO. OKAY. I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR LETTING ME PARTICIPATE IN THIS GREAT AND HONORED MOMENT THAT YOU'RE HAVING HERE AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER. I, I HAVE A LOT OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN YOU. YOU'VE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY BOTH AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT THE CITY, SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND NOW YOU'RE A COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I WISH YOU THE BEST AND THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED. IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, JANE POSTON. I JANE POSTON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME, TO THE SAME, AND DEFEND THEM AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DIS DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF ARIZONA, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD, THANK YOU, . ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JAY, FOR, FOR DOING THAT. I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS CAN COME A LITTLE CLOSER TOO. SO, UM, I WANNA INTRODUCE MY FAMILY AND, UH, I, I'M JUST GONNA START WITH MY HUSBAND, JASON HENKEL. UH, IT WILL BE 23 YEARS NEXT MONTH. JASON, HE IS MY PARTNER IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. MY BUSINESS PARTNER, MY BEST FRIEND, MY ROCK, MY SUPPORT. HE'S BEEN THERE THROUGH THICK AND THIN. AND, UH, I KNOW HE IS. HE'S SIGNED UP TO CONTINUE BEING THAT SUPPORT WHILE I'M HERE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS LATE AT NIGHT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. AND THEN MY TWO HANDSOME BOYS. MY BEST, I'M, I AM A WOMAN WITH A HOUSE OF MEN, AND I LOVE IT. SO THIS IS MY SON, JACOB HENKEL. HE IS STUDYING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT ASU. YOU'RE THE FORK AND , AND THIS IS MY OTHER [01:10:01] SON, JACKSON. AND HE IS STUDYING JUST EVERYTHING OVER AT ARIZONA COLLEGE PREP, GO ACP. AND, UM, THESE TWO ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR OWN FASHION. I'VE GOT AN ARTIST AND AN ATHLETE, BUT EVERY MORNING THEY WOULD, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING OVER THIS SUMMER, THEY'D PUT ON A JANE POST AND T-SHIRT AND WAKE UP EARLIER THAN ANY TEENAGER OR 20 YEAR OLD EVER WANTED TO DO AND, AND WALK THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ME. AND, UM, BOY, I'M NOTHING WITHOUT MY FAMILY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE TONIGHT. AS MUCH AS THIS IS AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SO I LOVE YOU BOTH, AND YOU GUYS BOTH KNOW THAT TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, JUST, I'M GONNA TAKE A, A FEW MOMENTS, JUST A FEW MORE WORDS. UM, MY MOTHER IS A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. I AM HOPING SHE HAS FIGURED OUT YOUTUBE AND IS WATCHING THIS EVENING. AND SO I DID JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE HER AND THANK HER. AND, UM, SHE, UH, ALLOWED ME TO USE A BIBLE SHE GAVE TO MY FATHER MANY YEARS AGO, SO, UH, TO BE SWORN IN THIS EVENING. SO IT WAS VERY SPECIAL. I KNOW BOTH OF THEM ARE HERE WITH ME IN SPIRIT. UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. I'M GONNA TAKE MATT'S ADVICE. AND, UM, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE TO THINK THERE WAS SO MUCH HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND TO SUPPORT ME. AND IT'S, IT'S ALMOST INTIMIDATING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT YOUR FAITH IN YOU. UM, BUT ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS SAID, AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THIS AGAIN, IS YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYWHERE. OR IF YOU WANNA GET SOMETHING DONE, GET SMART, STRONG WOMEN BEHIND YOU. , RIGHT? CHRISTINE . SO I'M GONNA TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW OF THEM TONIGHT. AND ONE IS KNEELING RIGHT UP FRONT, NACHI MARCUS, WHO ACTUALLY STAND UP. YOU'RE SHORT ALREADY. NACHI, UM, HAS BEEN MY FRIEND, MY BOSS, MY MENTOR, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO WALK THE STREETS WITH ME AND GIVE ME GUIDANCE AND GIVE ME SUPPORT AND GIVE ME THE KIND OF ADVICE SHE HAS ALWAYS GIVEN ME. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY. LORI COLLINS IS HIDING SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK. I KNOW. IF YOU WANNA STRIKE, STAY, COME ON, STAND UP. ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WOKE UP EARLIER ON A SATURDAY MORNING THAN ANYBODY WHO'S NOT PLAYING GOLF SHOULD TO WALK THE STREETS WITH ME. I WOULD LISTEN TO HER, GIVE A SALES PITCH ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN AS COUNCIL MEMBER AND GO, OH MY GOSH, WHO'S THAT WOMAN? I WANNA VOTE FOR HER. SHE DID BETTER THAN I DID. SO THANK YOU LORI. AND ONE OF MY BFFS STANDING RIGHT UP FRONT WHO DOESN'T WANNA BE ACKNOWLEDGED? DEANNE ESKY, PLEASE STAND AND WAVE AND SAY HI. SHE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN CHANDLER. SHE IS ONE OF OUR FRIENDS TO THE WEST, BUT SHE'S SORT OF AN HONORARY CHANDLER MEMBER. SHE WOKE UP MANY EARLY MORNINGS AND HAS, UH, SPENT MANY LATE NIGHTS ON THE PHONE LISTENING TO ME TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS GOING ON. AND SO THANK YOU AND THERE TO ALL OF THE STRONG SMART WOMEN IN THE ROOM THAT HAVE HELPED ME. AND I KNOW I WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON YOU IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UM, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. AGAIN, THERE'S A LITTLE PARTY AFTERWARDS, SO I'LL THANK ALL OF THE REST OF YOU AT THAT TIME. UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I LOOK FORWARD AND WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO LIVE UP TO THE TRUST THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THIS POSITION, AND DO THE BEST I CAN FOR THIS CITY EVERY DAY. I AM SO PROUD OF CHANDLER. I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF CHANDLER AND SO EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND GET TO WORK. THANK YOU. I REMEMBER ANGEL, THERE'S BEER TO BE DRINK LATER, SO . ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL ELECT ANGEL ENCINAS TO PLEASE JOIN OUR JUDGE AS I'M, I'M BRINGING UP ALL MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY, SO GIVE THEM JUST A QUICK SECOND UP HERE. UNDERSTANDABLE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. I ANGEL ENCS. I ANGEL ENCINAS. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME, THAT I'LL BEAR [01:15:01] TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES AND DEFEND THEM AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF ARIZONA, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. STAND. I'LL JUST HAVE THEM ALL STAND UP HERE. AND I'M GONNA NEED A MICROPHONE CAUSE I TALK WITH MY HANDS ALL THE TIME. UM, REAL QUICK, THIS IS, UH, JEN, YOU CAN STAY UP THERE. THIS IS MY MOTHER, JUANITA, UH, MY FATHER PEDRO, MY SISTER CE, MY LITTLE NEPHEW, ETHAN, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, PHILO, MY NOT SO LITTLE NEPHEW, ASHTON, UH, MY NEPHEW, JOHANNA, MY NIECE GIANNA, UM, MY LITTLE GREAT NIECE, UH, JACKSON, UH, MY SISTER MARIVALE, MY BROTHER PETE, AND MY SISTER-IN-LAW MELISSA. SO, ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'M BUK. UH, FIRST OFF, TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER, I AM AT YOUR SERVICE, CHANDLER, TO ALL OF THE VOTERS, VOLUNTEERS, DONORS, AND SUPPORTERS, I STAND HERE IN GRATITUDE AND THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN MY CHANDLER'S STORY. WITHOUT YOU, OUR VISION WOULD NOT BE A REALITY. TODAY, MY CHANDLER'S STORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES. OUR GREAT CITY, ITS COMMUNITY AND ITS PEOPLE HELPED TO CREATE LIKE MANY OTHER CHANDLER'S STORIES. MINE BEGAN WHEN THE ENCINAS AND BURCIAGA FAMILIES SETTLED HERE IN CHANDLER. MY FATHER FROM THE SMALL TOWN OF SA, GUPA, SONORA, MEXICO, AND MY MOTHER, SORRY, IN ARIZONAN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIGHTOWN, FROM FARM WORKER ROOTS, MY PARENTS WORKED HARD, SACRIFICED AND CREATED A LIFE AND FAMILY HERE FOR MY SIBLINGS AND I, WE WERE INSTILLED WITH FAITH, RESPECT, INDEPENDENCE, AND THE PASSAGE TO ACTIVISM. AS A YOUNG CHILD GROWING UP HERE IN CHANDLER, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR CITY CHANGE FROM ENDLESS FIELDS TO THE AMERICAN CITY IT IS TODAY. I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE I WAS INSPIRED BY OUR TEACHERS AND THEY OPENED UP NEW WORLDS FOR ME TO EXPLORE THEIR WORDS AND THEIR DEDICATION. STILL SIT WITH ME TODAY AS AN ADULT. THIS CITY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ME GROWTH. AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I'M ABLE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH MY FAMILY, ASSISTING AND EDUCATING OUR CLIENTS ON THE PROCESS OF LEGALIZATION AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY BRING TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS A WORK THAT INSPIRED ME TO DO MORE AND TO JOIN THIS DIAS, MY MISSION IS TO HELP CREATE MORE CHANDLER STORIES LIKE THE LEADERS BEFORE ME, THE TEACHERS THAT TAUGHT ME AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE HELPED ME. IT IS MY TIME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND DO MY PART TO BE THAT EXAMPLE, TO INSPIRE THE YOUTH, LIKE THE LEADERS THAT INSPIRED ME. LEADERS LIKE THE CESAR CHAVEZ, THE ALBERTO SPARA, THE WHO HAVE ALL MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES AND MADE A DIFFERENCE TO PROVIDE A VOICE AND A SENSE OF SECURITY AND HOPE FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER. THESE, THEIR LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TODAY. AND LITTLE DID THESE LEADERS KNOW DECADES AGO THAT THEY WERE PLANTING SEEDS ALONG THE WAY. AND TODAY THOSE SEEDS HAVE COME TO BLOOM. THIS IS MY CHANDLER STORY. I AM A PROUD AMERICAN LATINO, L G B T ARIZONAN RAISED RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN CHANDLER. AND AS YOUR COUNCILMAN, I PLEDGE AND AFFIRM I WILL GOVERN AND REPRESENT YOU ALL EQUALLY WITH TRANSPARENCY AND KINDNESS. I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS, THE CHANDLER CHAMBER OF COM COMMERCE FOR THEIR PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT. I WANNA THANK ALL OF MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, AND MY INCREDIBLE CAMPAIGN TEAM. I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. [01:20:18] WE'RE ON THE LAST LAP. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING WITH OUR NEW COUNSEL AND CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? MAYOR HARKEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ENCS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED HERE. WE HAVE A QUO. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PASTOR SCOTT SMITH FROM TRINITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL ELECT ANGEL ENCINAS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE LOVE YOU. WE WELCOME YOU IN THIS PLACE. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD POUR OUT YOUR WISDOM ON THIS COUNCIL. AND IN ALL SUBSEQUENT COUNCILS ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS THE GOD WHO ENRICHES YOUR MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS AND SLOW TO ANGER, ABOUNDING IN LOVE. WE ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD HEED YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR COUNCIL ABOVE ALL OTHER VOICES, THEY CLAMOR FOR THEIR ATTENTION. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLICAN FOR RICH NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, JUSTICE. OH, THANK YOU PASTOR COUNCIL MEMBER NO LONGER. COUNCIL ELECT. COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, WHICH IS TO ELECT A NEW VICE MAYOR. AND TO THAT PURPOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE SELECT COUNCIL MEMBER MATT ORLANDO TO SERVE THIS NEXT YEAR AS VICE MAYOR. I, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT. . ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. MAYOR, I'LL HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UM, MAYOR HARKEY? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS JUST SHARING OF, UH, CURRENT EVENTS. AND I'LL START. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO JOIN US THIS SATURDAY CLOSE TO HERE WE ARE. THIS'LL BE OUR 28TH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 14TH. THE FESTIVAL PROMOTES THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, FOOD, BEVERAGE, VENDORS, AND FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS UP ON STAGE DOING SOME BELLY DANCING. B NOT BELLY. MAKE SURE I GET THAT CORRECT. SO JOIN US FROM 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT DR. AJ CHANDLER PARKS STAGE PLAZA. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE CHANDLER AZ.GOV/MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL. SECONDLY, I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST REMIND US ALL, ALTHOUGH THERE'S SEVERAL EVENTS THAT OTHERS WILL BE ANNOUNCING THAT MONDAY, JANUARY 16TH IS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HONOR THE LEGACY AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE PRECEDENTS AND EXAMPLES SET FORTH ON THIS DAY FOR DR. KING AND THE IMPACT THAT HE HAS FOR [01:25:01] EACH OF US TODAY. AND THIRDLY, I DO WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. THIS WILL BE OUR SEVENTH ANNUAL, WHICH WILL BE OCCURRING FROM JANUARY 21ST WITH A RED CARPET AT LOOK THEATER THAT EVENING TO JANUARY 29TH. WITH THE SAME, THE FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE SHOWCASING OVER 120 FILMS SUBMITTED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, SPANNING SIX CONTINENTS IN 35 COUNTRIES. YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FILM FESTIVAL LIST OF MOVIES AND EVENTS@CHANDLERFILMFESTIVAL.COM. AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR ASIAN FRIENDS WITH OUR ASIAN NEW YEAR SING. YOU CHECK NOW MOK SO IN THREE DIFFERENT VARIETIES. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I'M GONNA TOP THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. , I'M STILL LEARNING ENGLISH AS MY FIRST LANGUAGE . UH, ANYWAYS, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, TO PIGGYBACK ON MAYOR'S MARTIN LUTHER KING ANNOUNCEMENT. I AM SO GLAD THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE SECOND ANNUAL M L K AWARDS. I WAS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO REBOOT IT LAST YEAR. UH, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE IT COMING UP TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK. WE GUYS WANT YOU GUYS TO COME ON DOWN TO SOHO AT FOUR O'CLOCK WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR M L K AWARDS. WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING RECIPIENTS, AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF THE RECIPIENTS THAT ARE THERE. UH, SOME ARE IN THIS ROOM. IF YOU WAS A MLK RECIPIENT LAST YEAR, WAVE YOUR HAND WHEREVER YOU ARE. YES, YES. LET'S GIVE EM BIG HAND CLAP. UH, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT FORWARD ALSO ON SUNDAY. WE HAVE THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL THAT'S GONNA BE HELD AT PASTOR HARDY'S CHURCH. UH, MEN OF ACTION WILL BE HAVING THEIR CANDLELIGHT VI AT THE CON CONGRESSIONAL, UH, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE VALLEY FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM I KNOW MYSELF AS WELL AS MAYOR AND SOME OTHERS ARE GONNA BE THERE SPEAKING. UH, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY COOL EVENT. I AM ENCOURAGING EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS, I BEECH EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND, AND PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE M MLK EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE, HUGE ONE. AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY GOOD. SO PLEASE, IF YOU GUYS CAN INDULGE US, PLEASE COME OUT ALSO ON READY, SET, GO FOUNDATION WILL BE HAVING THIS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT. UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SECOND ANNUAL ONE. IT'S GONNA BE HELD SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, UM, FROM 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM ALSO, IT IS FOR THE AGES, PRIMARILY FOCUSED IS 12 TO 18 YEARS OLD. IT'S $2. BUT IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT REACHED THAT AGE AND YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE IT TO, TO, UH, TO COME, JUST HAVE 'EM COME. ANYWAYS, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK 'EM IN THERE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 30 THERAPISTS THERE, AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS AND INFLUENCERS. SO IT'S GONNA BE AT THE TEMPE MAIN EVENT, THAT'S GONNA BE THIS SUNDAY FROM 2:00 PM UH, TO 5:00 PM. AND LASTLY, I AM GOING TO BE IN THE MESA M L K PARADE. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO JOIN MYSELF AND MY WIFE AND SOME OTHERS THAT'S GONNA BE GOING OUT TO MESA TO ENJOY M L K. BUT LASTLY, I WOULD JUST SAY WHATEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF DOING FOR MLK WEEKEND, JUST DO IT. CELEBRATE IT. POST IT. AND AS MLK WILL SAY, IF YOU CAN'T, IF WE CAN'T RUN WALK, AND IF YOU CAN'T WALK, CRAWL, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T STOP MOVING. ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL. I'M PEACE. . OH MY GOD. T*****S. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE MONTH OF JANUARY HAS CELEBRATION OF UNITY EVENTS. UH, SO WE INVITE YOU TO BE THE CHANGE FINDING YOUR MOVEMENT, WHICH IS GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 14TH, FROM 10 TO 11:00 AM AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. UH, DR. TAMIKA SANDERS WILL WALK THROUGH THE PAST AND CURRENT EXAMPLES OF HOW PEOPLE COME, HAVE COME TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF ADVERSARY ADVERSE, OH MY GOSH, ADVERSITY TO CREATE CHANGE. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TOO MUCH . AND ALSO WE HAVE THE MULTICULTURAL FASHION SHOW. UH, THIS, UH, ACTUALLY TOMORROW, JANUARY 13TH FROM THREE 30 TO 4:30 PM AT THE BASHA LIBRARY. UM, COME CELEBRATE THE STYLE AT, UM, CELEBRATE STYLE AT THE BAIA LIBRARY. THE MULTI CULTURAL CLUBS OF BASHA HIGH SCHOOL ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THEIR CULTURES THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF FASHION. THIS PROGRAM IS PROUD, UM, PART OF, PROUD OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, CELEBRATION OF UNITY. TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE VISIT THE CELEBRATION OF UNITY EVENTS. VISIT CHANDLER AZ.GOV. THAT'S IT FOR ME. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. LINDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT. APPRECIATE THAT LOOK FORWARD AND GOT THE OTHER TWO. ALL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHISKEY AND CIGARS. EXACTLY. , I'M GONNA GO FIND THOSE GUYS. RIGHT? UM, TO THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRUSTING ME IN THIS ROLE. I APPRECIATE IT. I [01:30:01] WON'T LET YOU DOWN OR I'LL TRY NOT TO LET YOU DOWN. OKAY. UM, TO STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL. UM, SOMEONE SAID IT VERY ARTICULATE. WE WE COME AND GO COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE GOT A STABLE GROUP RIGHT HERE TO ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AND THE CITIZENS. UH, I MEAN OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY MAKING THIS CITY A GREAT CITY. UM, I WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS AND THE VOTERS, THE CITIZENS OF ENTRUSTING ME AGAIN TO SERVE AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, I'LL TRY TO LET YOU DOWN AS WELL, BUT JUST GIMME A PHONE CALL IF YOU THINK I AM SO, AND I'M VERY OPEN TO THE CRITICISMS. WE ALSO TAKE COMPLIMENTS TOO. SO REMEMBER THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO, AND UM, FINALLY, UH, TO ALL THOSE THAT SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN, ARE OUT THERE KNOCKING ON DOORS. AND, UH, I CERTAINLY WANNA APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, AND IT WILL TAKE ME FOREVER TO THANK ALL OF YOU. BUT YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO AFTER THIS MEETING. WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOME GOOD THANK YOU OVER THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART MAYOR, THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR, YOUR REELECTION AND YOUR INSTALLMENT TONIGHT. AND, UH, VICE MAYOR, UH, ORLANDO, UH, MAYOR, WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. AND I'M, I'M, I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE IN THAT POSITION. UM, YOU ARE THE, UH, THE SAGE, UH, WITH THE HISTORICAL, WITH THE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE. I TELL THAT TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. SO IT'S, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUR VICE MAYOR AND REPRESENTING US WHEN THE MAYOR CAN'T. AND THEN TO ANGEL AND JANE COUNCIL MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAD SENT US, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE SERVING WITH YOU. THIS IS A, UH, PROUD MOMENT FOR ME TO BE ON THE DIAS WITH YOU. AND, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO, UH, MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, OUR BRIEF, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR, UH, ENTRUSTING ME IN SERVING ON THE MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS MAG TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE. THIS, THIS, UH, THIS GROUP OVERSEES A 20 YEAR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE REGION, DEVELOP, DEVELOPS THEIR TRANSPORTATION POSITIONS, AND PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OVER PROPOSITION 400. AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ADVOCATING FOR NOT ONLY CHANDLER, BUT THE EAST VALLEY ON THAT BOARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE UP ON THE CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SO THERE ARE SOME BIG NAMES COMING TO THIS FESTIVAL. IT'S NOW NINE DAYS LONG OR EIGHT DAYS LONG. I SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THAT. AND, UH, THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT, UH, THE SCREENING OF THE MOVIE BEZOS. AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT A SCREENING IS, IT'S THE FIRST RUN. SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL, UH, WITH KEVIN SORBO IN THAT MOVIE, THE SCREENING OF THE NEW ROB SCHNEIDER MOVIE, UH, CALLED DADDY DAUGHTER TRIP. SO, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT ROB SCHNEIDER RECENTLY MOVED TO, UH, SCOTTSDALE, AND HE'LL BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR I THINK OUR, ONE OF OUR BIG NIGHTS. UH, SO BETTY BETTY CAN FILL ME IN LATER AND FILL YOU IN LATER ON, WHAT ALL THAT IS. AND THEN SEVERAL OTHER MOVIES IN ALL DIFFERENT GENRES. I THINK WE HAVE AN INDIAN, UH, AMERICAN DAY, UH, CELEBRATING THE 110 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF INDIAN FILM AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. SO THERE'LL BE FILMMAKER AWARDS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. SO PLEASE, UH, GO ONLINE, GO TO THE CH CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND TAKE PART IN THIS AMAZING CULTURAL EVENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER. AND TO ECHO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ SAYS, IT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF AMERICANA WITH THE DIFFERENT GENRES THAT WE HAVE IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL EVENTS. SO THANKS VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, FOR THE NEW AND COMING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY LOVE LANGUAGE IS GIFT GIVING, AND I DO THE GIFT GIVING. THAT'S HOW I SAID I LOVE YOU. AND SO TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I LOVE YOU AND, UH, I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING YESTERDAY. I KNOW IF YOU GOING TO KEEP SAYING YES, BUT ALSO THIS IS ALL FOR YOU. SO I FELT THAT I REALLY, TO REALLY DO THAT AND, UH, SAY THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES TO THIS AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER ON MY RIGHT. WE SAT DOWN FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS BEFORE YOU DECIDED. WELL, AFTER YOU DECIDED TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER. AND, UM, I MADE YOU A PROMISE THEN. AND THE PROMISE STILL STAND ON THIS DIAS. WE WILL LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER. WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WELLBEING AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IS ALWAYS IMPROVING UNDER OUR WATCH. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES, I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH ME AND TO SERVE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU REALIZE THAT I'M ALL ABOUT THE WOMEN SERVING , I'M ALL ABOUT THE WOMEN SERVING. UH, SO THIS IS GONNA BE A WONDERFUL TIME WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, SERVING AND, UH, WELCOME YOU TO THE DIAS WITH ME AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA. UH, THIS IS A HISTORY MAKING. I WAS SITTING THERE AND WHEN YOUR MOM HELD THAT BIBLE AND YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN IT, HAVING BEEN IN CHINA FOR 36 YEARS, I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT TO HER. AS A MOM MYSELF, I [01:35:01] KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT TO HER. AND SO I WILL CHERISH THAT FOREVER IN MY HEART TO HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES. APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. SO THE NEWS THAT I HAVE FOR TONIGHT, IT'S, UM, ABOUT THE UNITY WALK. UH, THE REGIONAL UNITY WALK IS, UM, TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28TH AT TEMPE TOWN LAKE. PLEASE JOIN US. YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THAT ONE MILE WALK. TO CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY, CHANDLER IS ALL OVER IT. BRING YOUR FLAGS, SIGNS OR BANNERS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALL THE FESTIVAL. START AT FOUR 30 AND THE WALK STARTS AT 6:00 PM LEARN MORE AT CHANDLER AZ.GOV/DIVERSITY. THE NEXT THING I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IS, UH, ON SUNDAY, WE MADE HISTORY AGAIN HERE IN CHANDLER WITH THE SOUTH CHANDLER HISTORICAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT CELEBRATION. WHAT A MOMENT FOR CHANDLER, A CITY OF OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY LOOK AROUND US AND DESIGNATED AN AREA WHERE THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CHANDLER WITH ALL THEY HAVE. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW MAYORS IN THE BACK THAT CAME FROM THAT AREA. AND I WAS SO PROUD TO SIT AT A TABLE WITH MRS. ENCINAS, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS. MRS. ENCINAS SAYS THAT THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED. AND I HAD TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY, LOOK AT US AT THIS TABLE RIGHT NOW. I THINK A LOT HAVE CHANGED HERE IN CHANDLER AND ALWAYS FOR THE BEST. SO THIS HISTORICAL MOMENT ALSO FOR THE SOUTH SIDE WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIGNS IN THESE AREAS DESIGNATED THE AREA, SAYING THAT IT'S IS A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS ALSO WHERE PROFESSIONAL BOXER ZORA FOLEY GREW UP. SO IF YOU KNOW ABOUT ZORA, YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO HAD CHANDLER'S NAME BE CALLED OVER THE MICROPHONE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR ALL THE WORLD TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE CHANDLER BELONG AND WAS. IT IS A PLACE WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HISTORY AND STRONG COMMUNITY TIES THAT AREA THERE. AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR RECOGNIZING THIS WONDERFUL PLACE. THE LAST THING I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS ABOUT MARTIN LUK. WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO LIVE INTO THE TRUTH OF KNOWING THOSE WORDS THAT MARTIN LUK SAID, SAID, DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS. ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT. HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE. ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I LIVE BY THE PRINCIPLE. I LIVE IN THAT KNOWLEDGE OF LOVE. IT DEFINES WHO I AM. IT DEFINES WHAT I DO HERE FOR CHANDLER. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE MENTIONED THAT MONDAY WILL BE A VERY SPECIAL DAY. IT IS GOING TO BE MARTIN LURE IN JR DAY. PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING. I HOPE EVERYONE WILL TAKE SOME TIME THIS WEEKEND TO THINK ON THE LEGACY AND THE SACRIFICE THAT THIS MAN HAVE MADE THAT I CAN SIT ON THIS DI RIGHT NOW, AND ALL OF US CAN SERVE TOGETHER IN THIS LIGHT. LET'S TAKE THOSE WORDS TO HEART AND ALWAYS LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED AND EN SHE USED TO GIVE US COACH BAGS TOO, SO ENJOY THE MOMENT. NO, I, I GOT MICHAEL, I GOT MICHAEL COORS. I WAS MICHAEL KORS, JUST FOR THE RECORD, FEELING VERY LOVED RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POSTING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I, I DO WANNA THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, UM, PUTTING ME ON THE MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. UM, THAT'S MY FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT. IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. IT FOCUSES ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS RELATION TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO I INVITE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I INVITE YOU TO PLEASE CONTACT ME. UM, I'VE APPRECIATED THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS REGARDING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I AM A BIG BELIEVER THAT IF, YOU KNOW, I, I NERD OUT A LITTLE BIT. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT FOR ANYONE. IT, IT, YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM, YOU CAN BE, AND CHANDLER IS ALL ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. [01:40:01] AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OPENINGS RIGHT NOW ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THAT RANGES FROM ANYTHING FROM CULTURAL FOUNDATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE AIRPORT TO MILITARY PLANNING AND ZONING. IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST AND YOU'D LIKE TO GET ENGAGED, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. SO YOU CAN GO TO AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ON CHANDLER AZ.GOV/BOARDS AND COME BE A PART OF ALL OF THIS GREAT STUFF. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU. TIME TO GET TO WORK. MAYOR IS HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST BRIEFLY, ON BEHALF OF STAFF, WANT TO CONGRATULATE FORMALLY OUR NEW AND, UH, RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR HARKEY, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO COUNCIL MEMBER EN CENA AND COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THIS YEAR AND APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH US THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN ORIENTATION FOR YOUR, YOUR POSITIONS THAT YOU TOOK TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS EVER CLAPPED FOR YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE. SEIZE THE MOMENT. IT'S A GOOD DAY. WE STARTED OUR FIRST SERVICE WITH PASTOR HARDY, UH, SINGING A PRAYER. AND WE, WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR SECOND, UH, COUNCIL SESSION HERE WITH THE SAME PASTOR HARDY. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A LI UH, MICROPHONE SERVANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO IT. DO YOU WISH? ONE MORE TIME. FROM THE MOUNTAINS. FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SESSION. UH, LETS YOUR FESTIVITIES CONTINUE ELSEWHERE. OH, PHOTO. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, IF WE COULD HAVE A PHOTO IN FRONT. FRONT. HURRY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.