Jan 23, 2023 City Council Study Session - 01/23/2023

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WELL, GOOD EVENING

[ Call to Order]

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS OF WHICH YOU ALL ARE THERE.

THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ABANDON US AND WE'RE GONNA FEEL LONELY.

, I WOULD DO THE EXACT SAME THING.

, WE DO HAVE A CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ALSO GOING ON AT LOOK THEATER, SO PERHAPS I'LL SEE SOME OF YOU THERE AFTER OUR COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL.

CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? MAYOR HARKEY, PRESENT, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CNIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

VERY GOOD.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, YOU'RE WITH ME UP FRONT.

SO OUR NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

[1. Service Recognitions ]

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

WE DO HAVE FOUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES THIS EVENING.

AND TO BEGIN THE FIRST SERVICE RECOGNITIONS, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO IN THIS DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DON LANG.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

HEY, FIRST OF ALL, I'D ASK THAT CATHERINE DIXON, COME FORWARD PLEASE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

SO, CAT BEGAN HER CAREER WITH CHANDLER IN 2007 IN THE TAX AND LICENSE DIVISION AS A TAX AND LICENSE REPRESENTATIVE WHERE SHE EXCELLED AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE LEAD ROLE IN MAY, 2013.

IT SEPTEMBER, 2013, KAT PROMOTED TO THE BUDGET DIVISION AS THE BUDGET MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT WHERE SHE EXPANDED HER KNOWLEDGE AFTER FIVE YEARS OF EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HONING HER BUDGET SKILLS, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE BUDGET AND RESEARCH ANALYST POSITION WHERE SHE SUPPORTED VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.

AS OF JULY OF THIS YEAR, I'M HAPPY TO SAY SHE WAS PROMOTED TO A SENIOR BUDGET AND RESEARCH ANALYST AND CONTINUES TO GO ABOVE MBR.

R KAT IS A WONDERFUL, DEDICATED TEAM MEMBER WHO REFLECTS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HIGH WORK ETHIC.

SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY DURING HER 15 YEARS, MAKING MANY PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT SUPPORT CITYWIDE EFFORTS AND MAKING PEOPLE SMILE WITH HER HUMOR AND LOVE OF LIFE.

WE THANK HER FOR HER 15 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE.

15, 15 MORE YEARS THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

SHE HAS HER ENTIRE BUDGET TEAM HERE TO SUPPORT HER TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, MY NEXT, UH, RECOGNITION IS CLARISSA MARTINEZ.

I'D ASK HER TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND BE RECOGNIZED.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY 15 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION OFFICIALLY, BUT TECHNICALLY 25 YEARS BECAUSE SHE STARTED WITH THE CITY IN 1997 AS A COOPERATIVE OFFICE EDUCATION STUDENT WORKING IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS A TEMPORARY CLERK.

IN JANUARY, 2008, CLARISSA BECAME A PERMANENT MEMBER OF TEAM CHANDLER, WHERE SHE CONTINUED HER SERVICE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE.

SHE ASSISTED CUSTOMERS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING PASSPORTS, ELECTIONS, AND RECORD REQUESTS.

IN OCTOBER, 2015, CLARISSA JOINED THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE ACCOUNTING DIVISION AS AN ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST IN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.

SHE WORKS TO ENSURE THE TIMELY PAYMENT OF CITY INVOICES AND PURCHASING CARDS AND SERVES EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.

CLARISSA GRADUATED FROM ASU, IS STILL A DEVOTED SUNDEVIL FAN AND HAS ATTENDED MANY GAMES TO CHEER ON HER NEPHEW WHO PLAYS IN THEIR BAND.

SHE ALSO LOVES TO TRAVEL IN LONDON, IS HER FAVORITE PLACE.

CONGRATULATIONS, CLARISSA, ON 15 YEARS, TECHNICALLY 25 OF SERVICE.

YOU ARE A VALUED MEMBER OF TEAM CHANDLER, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS TOGETHER.

AND I JUST WANNA MENTION TOO, SHE HAS MANY OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, INCLUDING HER PARENTS.

KATHERINE, SHE SAID SHE'S IN FOR 16

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MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR OUR NEXT SERVICE RECOGNITION.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE FORWARD OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, SEAN DUGGAN, TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

DO YOU THINK MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE AMANDA SYMINGTON TO COME FORWARD IN RECOGNITION OF HER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY.

SO AMANDA BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK IN JANUARY, 2003 AS A RECORDS CLERK, WHICH NOW, NOW IS KNOWN AS A RECORD SPECIALIST.

BUT THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, AMANDA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HER COMMITMENT TO QUALITY SERVICE, HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND HER WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS EARNING THE RESPECT OF HER COWORKERS AND SUPERVISORS.

DURING HER TIME IN RECORDS, SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FROM HELPING THE TRAIN NEW EMPLOYEES TO VOLUNTEERING FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES AND PROJECTS.

AMANDA HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED HER TIME OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS SHE HELPED ORGANIZE AND LED TEAMS FOR MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER.

FOR HER EFFORTS, AMANDA HAS RECEIVED A UNIT CITATION FOR RECORDS, A COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD, AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.

SO CHANDLER IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A DEDICATED AND TALENTED EMPLOYEE.

SO AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

FOR OUR FINAL SERVICE RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE FORWARD OUR FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGER MIKE COLLINGSWORTH.

IN RECOGNITION OF 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, I'D LIKE TO CALL MARTA PRADA TODAY IS HER HUSBAND AND OUR FAMILY, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE CHEERING SECTION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

MARTA BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE CITY IN JANUARY OF 1998 AS A CUSTODIAN WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT FROM 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM SHE PRIMARILY WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, SENIOR CENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OVER THE YEARS, AS THE DEPARTMENT EVOLVED, THE WORK HOURS CHANGED.

THE MARTA BECAME FAMILIAR WITH ALL CITY FACILITIES AND SERVED AS SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP, WHO COULD STEP INTO ANY BUILDING TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS NEEDED.

ONE COULD SAY THAT MARTHA KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED.

SPEAKING OF BODIES, SHE DID HAVE A NOTABLE EXPERIENCE.

SHE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE HAPPY WITH US, BUT I'LL MENTION IT ANYWAY.

IN THE FORENSIC LAB WHERE SHE ENTERED THE LAB AND SPOTTED A HAND THAT HAD BEEN SEPARATED FROM ITS OWNER, SHE DIDN'T PHASE HER A B***H.

SHE KEPT ON CLEANING, BUT AGAIN, SHE'S, SHE'S EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS, HER EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM.

IN 2012, SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO A DAY SHIFT TO PROVIDE PORTER SERVICES, AND THEY'RE PROMOTED TO A CIAL SUPERVISOR IN 2020.

MARTA SERVICE TO THE CITY HAS BEEN EX EXEMPLARY.

SHE HAS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP TO HER STAFF AND AN UNPRECEDENTED COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENT TO TEAM CHANDLER AND CITIZENS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNSEL.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

OH, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER 25.

I'M STILL FIXATING AND I WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF THE STORY ABOUT THE HAND .

OUR FIRST

[2. Proclamation - Anti-Human Trafficking Month]

WE HAVE GILBERT MAYOR BRIDGET PETERSON, FORMER GILBERT COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT SEPTEMBER.

PASTOR MIKE GOINS WITH BETH BETHEL CHURCH.

WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ISRAEL NELSON, PASTOR BRAD DAVIS, ERIC JONES, CAL WHITAKER, AND DAVID WRIGHT.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS ONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A POWERFUL SHOW AND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN CITIES ALL OVER THE EAST VALLEY.

UH, WE ARE HERE TO TAKE A STAND, UH, TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, WE ARE NOW NO LONGER TO GOING TO ALLOW TRAFFICKING TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.

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AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL OVER THE EAST VALLEY AND WE'RE GONNA CONNECT AND WE'RE GONNA UNITE AND WE'RE GONNA FIGHT.

AND, UM, SO I'M PROUD TO READ THIS.

WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A GLOBAL PLAGUE THAT IMPACTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR, INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS AMERICANS.

AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES RANKS AS ONE OF THE WORST COUNTRIES GLOBALLY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

AND WHEREAS ARIZONA RANKS IN THE TOP 15 STATES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PER CAPITA.

AND WHEREAS THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IMPACTS PEOPLE ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS AND AGES, INCLUDING TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN, WHEREAS THE BATTLE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCLUDES SUPPORTING EFFORTS IN SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, NON-FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFITS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BUSINESSES TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, TO INTERVENE, DISRUPT, DISMANTLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYNDICATES, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

THE CITY OF CHANDLER JOINS SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FEDERAL, STATE AND COALITIONS, AND NOT IN OUR CITY.ORG IN A MOVEMENT SOLIDIFYING OUR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING EPIDEMIC THAT IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION.

THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF KEVIN HARKEY, OUR MAYOR, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2023 TO BE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING MONTH.

WOO.

PASTOR GALLENS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENT? THANK YOU MAYOR AND, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE SUPPORT AND WE'RE HERE TO, UH, TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE WORKING HARD, UH, FIGHTING THIS EVIL.

AND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES, PASTOR FRIENDS IN THE CITY FIVE YEARS AGO, CHANDLER HOSTED THE FIRST, UM, NIGHT OF HOPE.

AND, UM, AND WE'VE HAD OVER 35 CHURCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST VALLEY PARTICIPATE OVER THOSE YEARS.

AND WITH THE SUPER BOWL COMING TO OUR CITY, OUR STATE, UM, WE FELT LIKE WE NEED TO MOVE THIS VALLEY WIDE.

AND, UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A MOVEMENT.

THIS IS, UH, NOW GONNA BE 10 CITIES IN OUR, IN THE MARICOPA TAKING A STAND TOGETHER.

WE HAVE, UH, RENTED SECURED GAM AUDITORIUM FEBRUARY THE 10TH, TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL TO HAVE NIGHT OF HOPE FIVE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO JOIN TOGETHER, PROCLAIMING, UM, THE NOT IN OUR CITY MOVEMENT THAT THEN WILL, UM, MOVE ON AS WE CONTINUE TO DO IT HERE, UH, TO THE NEXT, UM, SUPER BOWL LOCATION, WHICH IS IN LAS VEGAS.

BUT WE WANNA INVITE YOU OUT.

IT'S A FREE EVENT.

UM, WE HAVE MANY, UM, DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE, MANY THAT ARE HERE.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO GET ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENTS TO BE THERE.

YOU CAN JUST SAY IT NOW, RIGHT? THAT YOU, WE CAN COUNT ON YOU.

IT'S, UH, UH, BUT, UH, I'LL BE THERE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, UH, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, WE KNOW THE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT WATCH ONLINE.

UM, WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND, UH, JOIN US THAT NIGHT.

IT'S A FREE EVENT AT GA AUDITORIUM.

UM, AND, UH, YEAH, THIS IS A FIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO JOIN TOGETHER AND WE ALL AGREE THIS IS AN EVIL THAT, UM, IS NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN OUR CITY, RIGHT? SO, THANK YOU.

LET'S, CAN WE, COUNCIL, WILL YOU COME UP? WE'RE ALL TOGETHER.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN EVERY CITY.

YEAH, THAT'S, THANK YOU.

[3. Proclamation - National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month]

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I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF DUGGAN, KATHLEEN KAIN, CHELSEA GREEVE, THE CHAIR OF OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.

AND BECAUSE OF HER WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU COULD READ OUR COMMISSION.

WE COULD READ OUR PROCLAMATION.

QUIT HUGGING.

GET UP HERE AND READ .

I NEED MY GLASSES IN THE VOLUME.

SURE.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE THAT IS HERE DOING THE WORK.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO READ, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS ONE IN THREE TEENS IN THE UNITED STATES IS A VICTIM OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER.

AND WHEREAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WITNESS EXPERIENCE OR PERPETRATE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN A DATING RELATIONSHIP ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, ARE AT A GREATER RISK OF SUICIDE AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO CARRY PARTNERS OF, UH, PART PATTERNS OF ABUSE INTO THEIR FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WHEREAS NEARLY HALF OF TEENS WHO EXPERIENCED DATING VIOLENCE REPORT THAT THE ABUSE OCCURRED IN A SCHOOL BUILDING OR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE, SO ADULTS CAN SERVE AS ALL LIVES FOR PREVENTION AND ASSIST THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION, THAT'S YULEE, HE'S AND GENTLEMEN, EDUCATION, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP PREVENT DATING VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW THEREFORE, THE MAYOR, KEVIN HARKEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, DO ARRIVE, PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2023 AS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND WITNESS THEREOF.

HE HAS SET HIS HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED THIS 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2023.

VERY HIGH.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A SPOKESPERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS? CHELSEA.

HI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION AND ON OUR GOAL TO PREVENT AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING SEVERAL OF OUR CHANDLER SCHOOLS OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL APRIL.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK WITH CLOSE TO 700 STUDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

AND THIS WILL LEAD US RIGHT INTO CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH IN APRIL, WHERE WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON APRIL 16TH AT THE FIELD OF HOPE TO HONOR THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ARIZONA.

THANK YOU THERE.

AGAIN, WHY DON'T WE, UH, STEPHANIE CHOREOGRAPH US AND LET'S MOVE EVERYONE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE HERE, PLEASE.

YEAH, WE CAN GET SOME OVER THERE.

WHY DON'T YOU, WE CAN DO TWO ROWS HERE, NOT SAYING YOU'RE SHARP.

GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BREAKFAST, I BELIEVE, COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER AGAIN TOO, CORRECT? YES.

SO APRIL 16TH AND SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE TWO FANTASTIC EVENTS FOR US TO BE AWARE OF

[4. Recognition - Basha Football Championship]

SO IF WE COULD CALL UP CHRIS MCDONALD, THE COACHING STAFF, ANY OF THE PLAYERS THAT ARE HERE, AND YEAH, COUNSEL, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA WANNA

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SO TEAM BASHA TO SPEAK.

WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T YOU, AND THEN YOU APPOINT A PLAYER.

SO, YEAH, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT.

UM, SO ALL MY KIDS WENT TO, TO CHANDLER HIGH, THEN I BECAME MAYOR, AND SUDDENLY, UH, BASHA KIND OF, YOU GUYS AMAZED EVERYBODY THIS YEAR AND WE SAW IT RISING AND COMING, BUT, UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US IF YOU'RE CHANDLER, YOU'RE HAMILTON NOW BASHA IN TERMS OF, UH, SHOWING HOW, UH, HOW GREAT CHANDLER IS.

WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF YOU ALL AND, UH, HONORED THAT, UH, BASHA IS A FANTASTIC, UH, CHANDLER SCHOOL, CERTAINLY NOW GETTING SOME BRAGGING CREDS IN FOOTBALL, BUT SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GREAT GOING ON THERE.

SO LEMME TURN THIS OVER TO THE COACH AND THEN WHOEVER YOU DESIGNATE, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR RIGHT HERE AND, AND, UM, HAVING US UP HERE.

THESE ARE GREAT KIDS, UH, A PLUS SCHOOL.

THESE GUYS ARE A PLUS STUDENT ATHLETES.

THEY GET IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM TOO, UH, GREAT WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE.

THEY'RE JUST GREAT HUMANS.

UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIDS THAT YOU WANNA ROOT FOR LATER ON AS THEY PROGRESS AND GO ON IN LIFE.

SO THEY'RE CHAMPIONS ON THE FIELD, BUT THEY'RE CHAMPIONS OFF OF IT AS WELL.

UM, TURN IT OVER TO ONE OF OUR, OUR CAPTAINS, JAMES DURAN.

UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING US OUT TONIGHT.

UM, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE RATHER DONE IT WITH ANYBODY ELSE WAY TO GO OUT, UM, SENIOR YEAR.

I MEAN, WE GOT IT DONE, UM, .

SO I'M PROUD OF US.

I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE DID, UM, THANKFUL FOR OUR COACHING STAFF AND MAKING US, UH, MAKING US A YOUNG MAN.

WE ARE.

ALL RIGHT.

WOO.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE, COUNSEL, IF YOU WANNA COME JOIN US, CERTAINLY BE.

NOBODY WANTS TO MISS THIS PHOTO.

HEY GUYS.

AND THEN ONE MORE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE A TON OF PHOTOS.

HEY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, BASHAS, MAKING US ALL DONE.

DONE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

SWAP NEVER WASHED MY HEAD AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR, OUR

[5. Recognition - Chandler Film Festival]

THIS IS OUR CHANDLER FILM FESTIVAL.

SO IF I COULD CALL UP OUR FESTIVAL DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT MATT PATEL, THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE NOW SHOWCASING OVER 120 FILMS SUBMITTED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IN FACT, THE FESTIVAL FILM SPANS SIX CONTINENTS AND 35 COUNTRIES.

THEY RANGE IN GENRES TOO, FROM HORROR TO COMEDY, TO DOCUMENTARIES, TO LOVE STORIES.

YOU CAN ALSO TAKE PART IN

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WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL FILM FESTIVAL RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER.

AND, UH, A PERSONAL MOMENT OF MY FAVORITE WAS YESTERDAY WHEN WE HAD, UH, ROB THERE, BUT IT WASN'T JUST HIM.

IT WAS THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAD, UH, MADE A POINT OF A SPONSORSHIP OF OUR RED PROGRAM, WHICH IS RAISING ABOVE DISABILITY GROUP.

AND I GOT TO SIT NEXT TO RIGGINS.

SHE WAS DELIGHTFUL.

SHE KEPT SHARING HER, UH, SWEET AND SOUR GUMMY GUMMIES WITH ME, AND WE JUST HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.

SO WHAT A GREAT EVENT FOR CHANDLER, BUT ALSO WHAT A GREAT EVENT FOR THESE KIDS TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME FANTASTIC PEOPLE.

SO, I, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL.

UM, W WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, BETTY WOOD, IF YOU WON'T, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE, UH, SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS GIVE IT TO US.

AND WE VERY PROUD OF THE SEVEN YEARS THAT WE HERE IN CHANDLER.

AND YES, WE ARE NONPROFIT, BUT WE STILL ADOPTING TWO NONPROFITS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO PLEASE COME AND JOIN US.

WE'RE GOING TO BE INTO THE 29TH.

COME AND SEE MOVIES IN THE AFTERNOON, AND COME AND SAY HI.

HELLO.

SO IF WE GET DONE IN TIME, I'LL BE AT THE DOCUMENTARY WHAM BAM TONIGHT, AND THEN THE AFTER PARTY.

SO LET'S SEE IF WE GET DONE IN TIME.

TIME, WHICH I SHOULD QUIT TALKING AND TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL

[6. Recognition - FY2022-23 GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award]

AND OUR LAST AGEN, OUR RECOGNITION GOES TO OUR 2023 G F O A.

DO WE CALL THAT? OR JACOBO? WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT THING? ALL RIGHT.

I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

G F O A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.

SO WE'D LIKE TO CALL UP DON LANG AND OUR BUDGET TEAM.

OKAY.

.

ALL RIGHT.

CATHERINE'S GOT DOUBLE DUTY HERE TONIGHT.

WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM FOR RECEIVING THIS DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

THIS MEANS THAT THE TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB PRESENTING AN EFFECTIVE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

THERE'S SEVERAL GUIDELINES IN PLACE TO ASSESS HOW WELL A CITY'S BUDGET SERVES AS A POLICE DOCUMENT, FINANCIAL PLAN, OPERATIONAL GUIDE, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE.

OUR BUDGET DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS VERY WELL.

THIS IS, GET THIS THE 35TH YEAR IN A ROW, THE TEAM HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS PRECEDES VICE MAYOR ORLANDO, EVEN .

SO WITH THAT, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE THOUGHTS? I, I, I THOUGHT OF A JOKE, UM, AND IT WAS GONNA BE A JOKE ABOUT A PENGUIN.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD FLY .

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE, UH, ANOTHER G F O A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD WITH THIS BUDGET TEAM.

UH, WE HAVE A GREAT BUDGET TEAM THAT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB.

UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE SMALLEST TEAMS, UH, COMPARED TO SIZE IN THE VALLEY, AND, AND WE JUST DO, THEY, THEY KNOCK IT OUTTA THE PARK EVERY YEAR.

I'M SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SUCH A GREAT DOCUMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER.

GREAT.

SO WE, SHOULD WE START CALLING YOU TEAM CHIHUAHUA, THE SMALLEST DOG THAT DOESN'T KNOW IT'S SMALL AND DOES GREAT THINGS.

LET'S TAKE A PHOTO.

.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

CATHERINE, CAN WE COUNT ON 17 YEARS? DO YOU WANNA ? ALL RIGHT.

UH, BEFORE WE GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE DO WANNA SAY A QUICK HELLO TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WE'RE HERE TO OBSERVE TONIGHT'S MEETINGS.

PLEASE STAND.

ALL RIGHT.

COURT, SHOW OF HANDS, FUTURE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OF YOU.

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OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL.

HOW WE DOING, VICE MAYOR? REALLY? WELL, SIR, I THOUGHT SO.

I GOT A BY REPETITION KEEP SAYING VICE MAYOR ORLANDO, AND THEN I'M, I'M GONNA GET IT, SO NO WORRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TONIGHT FOR, UM, UH, QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL, AND LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I AM NOT MISSING A SHEET HERE.

ALL

[2. Agreement No. CAPA2-918-4421, Amendment No. 1, with Davidson Belluso, for Digital Marketing Services for Recruitment Campaigns Move the City Council approve Agreement No. CAPA2-918-4421, Amendment No. 1, with Davidson Belluso, for digital marketing services for recruitment campaigns, in an amount not to exceed $381,000, for the period of one year, beginning March 1, 2023, through February 28, 2024. Council Focus Area(s):]

OUR FIRST ITEM, UH, CALLED IN IS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER EN C AT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT TARGETING AND SUCCESS RATES.

DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER C, DO YOU GET TO LEAVE WITH A QUESTION? WHAT? OH, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

UH, MY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THIS ITEM NUMBER TWO WAS JUST MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE, THE TARGET MARKETING.

I WANTED TO KNOW FROM THIS BUDGET HOW MUCH WAS GONNA BE ALLOCATED TO THE DIRECT MARKETING THAT WAS GOING TOWARDS, UM, THE RECRUITMENT IN ILLINOIS, UM, AS WELL AS WHY WAS ILLINOIS CHOSEN SPECIFICALLY, UM, AS A TARGET MARKET TO RECRUIT.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN HASINA.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS ON, UH, ITEM TWO.

UH, THIS IS A EXTENSION OF A MARKETING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE DID A, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REVIEW, UH, CONSIDERED MULTIPLE MARKETING AGENCIES ENDED UP SELECTING DAVIDSON BASO, THEIR APPROACH AND STRATEGY MOST ALIGNED WITH WHAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM, UH, WAS LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MAXIMIZE OUR EXPOSURE AND REACH IN OUT-OF-STATE MARKETS.

UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ILLINOIS, I'LL TAKE INITIAL STAB.

I MAY ASK THE CHIEF TO, TO COME UP AND ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT.

UM, BUT REALLY THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS TO GET EXPOSURE TO OUT-OF-STATE MARKETS.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN FOR, UH, POSITIONS AT THE CITY, WHETHER THAT'S IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IN OTHER ROLES COME FROM WITHIN ARIZONA AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE CITY.

UM, RAY LYNN, OUR HR DIRECTOR, OFTEN SAYS, WE ARE IN THE, THE, UM, MINDSET OF TRADING TALENT AMONG OTHER VALLEY CITIES.

SO THIS IS REALLY AN EFFORT TO TRY AND GET EXPOSURE AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR, INTO OUR CITY FOR VARIOUS, UH, ROLES RANGING FROM POLICE TO IT, TO PUBLIC WORKS, TO ADMINISTRATIVE, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ROLES THAT ARE NECESSARY.

UM, SPECIFIC TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THIS IS AN EFFORT, UH, ESSENTIALLY TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT, GIVEN THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY FACING, WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, ROUGHLY 181,000 OF THAT AGREEMENT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WITHIN THAT, THE MEDIA BUDGET THAT'S PROPOSED IS 153,000.

AND WITHIN THAT, THERE'S MULTIPLE STATES THAT WOULD BE TARGETED.

SO WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT WOULD BE A PORTION OF THAT 153,000 IS WHAT WOULD BE TARGETED FOR ILLINOIS SPECIFICALLY.

WE DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC FIGURE, BUT IT WOULD BE A PERCENTAGE OR A PORTION OF THAT.

AND SO WE WOULD WORK WITH THE MARKET AGENCY DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FEEL OUR NEEDS ARE.

UM, WHAT OUR SUCCESS RATE, AND THAT IS OVER A SPAN OF SEVERAL MONTHS, IS WHAT WE'RE TRACKING ILLINOIS SPECIFICALLY.

UM, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN ATTRACTING APPLICANTS MINUS THIS ACTIVITY.

UM, RIGHT NOW, ILLINOIS IS OUR SECOND HIGHEST ON APPLICANT, ROUGHLY ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE, UM, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY NECK TO NECK IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS FOR 2022.

AND THERE'S ALSO SOME LEGISLATION THAT IS TAKEN EFFECT THAT IS, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.

UM, AND I'LL HAVE THE CHIEF MAYBE GET, COME UP AND TALK, BUT IT'S A LEGISLATION CALLED SAFETY LEGISLATION.

AND SO WE JUST FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO TARGET ILLINOIS SPECIFICALLY AND ATTRACT APPLICANTS.

THERE ARE ALSO OTHER, UH, STATES THAT ARE IN THIS MARKETING PROPOSAL, STATES THAT SURROUND, UH, ARIZONA, SPECIFICALLY NEVADA, UTAH, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, AND THEN STATES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AND THEN ILLINOIS WOULD BE THE ONE MIDWESTERN STATE.

AND SO I'LL MAYBE ASK THE CHIEF TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SAFETY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YEAH, IF WE CAN JUST GET A BRIEF, UM, INTRODUCTION INTO SAFETY.

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THANK YOU.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, SO FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT 30 POLICE OFFICER VACANCIES PER MONTH FOR THE LAST, UH, 18 MONTHS, IN FACT, SINCE JULY OF 2021 WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED AND ADDITIONAL, UH, 25 BODIES, 25 POSITIONS.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, I REPORTED OUT IN NOVEMBER SOME OF OUR UPDATED, UM, EFFORTS IN, IN RECRUITING.

UH, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO DO MORE THAN WE'RE DOING PRESENTLY.

WE KNOW THAT, THAT IN THE VALLEY TODAY, THERE ARE ROUGHLY 1000 POLICE OFFICER VACANCIES IN THE VALLEY.

SO WE ARE COMPETING WITH EVERY OTHER AGENCY IN THE VALLEY.

AND, UM, THAT POOL, THE POOL OF TALENTED AND QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL WILLING TO BE POLICE OFFICERS HAS BEEN DEPLETED.

SO WE NEED TO, UH, SET OUR SITES OUTSIDE OF ARIZONA IF WE'RE GONNA FILL OUR RANKS.

SO OUR TARGET NOW IS, UM, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE MIDWEST, THE NORTHEAST.

UH, THESE ARE AREAS THAT, AS FAR AS POLICING WITH THEIR STANDARDS OR TRAINING, ARE VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH ARIZONA.

SO, UH, THAT IS A DELIBERATE, UH, TACTIC WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS.

AND, UH, JUST ANECDOTALLY, UH, THE OFFICERS, THE RECRUITS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE LATERALS THAT WE'VE HIRED FROM THOSE STATES HAVE, HAVE BEEN STELLAR.

SO VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE, THE CALIBER AND THE, UH, AND THE, AND THE, UH, AND THE QUALITY OF OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

SO WE ARE, WE ARE HOPING, UH, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT BY THIS INVESTMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPAND OUR REACH AND TO JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHT, UH, TO OTHERS OUTSIDE THE STATE WHAT ARIZONA HAS TO OFFER, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT CHANDLER HAS, THE OFFICER, AND WHY CHANDLER, UM, SHOULD BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PROFESSIONAL POLICING.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

AND I ONLY ASK THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES OF RECRUITMENT ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTED AND THAT YOU, THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE TO RECRUITMENT ARE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

WELL, THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, POSITIVE RESULTS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU.

NEXT

[6. Introduction and tentative adoption of Ordinance No. 5044, approving a request to amend Chapter 35 of the Chandler City Code related to regulating medical marijuana facilities, medical marijuana cultivation sites, and medical marijuana infusion food establishments. Proposed amendments include expanding hours of operation, increasing square-footage size limitations, and permitting the collocation of an ancillary medical marijuana facility with its affiliated onsite medical marijuana cultivation site and/or medical marijuana infusion food establishment when approved through a Conditional Use Permit, as recommended by Planning and Zoning Commission. Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5044, approving the citizen initiative Zoning Code Amendment PLH22-0060 Medical Marijuana Code Amendment, as recommended by Planning and Zoning Commission. Council Focus Area(s):]

UM, FIRST WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION AND, UH, AND THEN YOUR QUESTIONS.

KEVIN MAYO.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

SO ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, IT'S A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT.

IT'S A CITIZEN INITIATIVE ZONING CODE AMENDMENT TO, UH, EXPAND OURS.

WE DO A COUPLE THINGS TO, UH, THE SECTION OF OUR CODE THAT REGULATES MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

I'M GONNA BRIEFLY JUST LIST OUT IN BULLET POINT KIND OF FORMAT WHAT THESE, WHAT THESE ITEMS ARE, UH, AND THEN BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

UH, THE CITIZEN GROUP THAT APPLIED FOR THIS IS HERE TONIGHT AND HAS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AS WELL FOR YOU.

UM, SO THE, THE CHANGES ARE PROPOSED ARE PRETTY SMALL.

IT'S A SHORT LITTLE LIST.

UH, AND IN ESSENCE, UH, THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF THE PERMITTED FACILITIES IN CHANDLER.

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, UH, USES IN CHANDLER.

THERE'S THE FACILITY WHERE YOU CAN BUY THE PRODUCT.

THERE'S A CULTIVATION SITE WHERE YOU CAN GROW IT, AND THEN THERE'S THE INFUSION FOOD ESTABLISHMENT WHERE YOU PROCESS IT, GREAT BROWNIES AND OTHER OTHER THINGS, GUMMIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO EXPAND THE SIZE LIMITATION FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY WHERE IT'S SOLD, UH, FROM CURRENTLY 2,500 SQUARE FEET TO A MAXIMUM OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, TO EXPAND THE SIZE LIMITATION FOR A CULTIVATION SITE, AGAIN, WHERE THAT'S GROWN FROM 3000 SQUARE FEET TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND THEN ESTABLISHED A SIZE LIMITATION FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA INFUSION FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.

CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LIMITATION ON THAT SIZE, UH, BUT ESTABLISHED KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD ALSO 5,000 FEET.

SO FIVE, FIVE AND FIVE, UH, AS WELL.

UH, THE REQUEST IS INCLUDES TO EXPAND THE HOURS, UH, THAT THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY WHERE YOU CAN BUY IT, UH, CAN BE OPEN CURRENTLY FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND EXPAND THAT TWO HOURS EARLIER, UM, FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM UH, AND THEN THIS, THE LAST PIECE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO PERMIT, UH, THE CO-LOCATION OF AN ANCILLARY MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY WITH ITS AFFILIATED ONSITE CULTIVATION SITE OR INFUSION FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SUB TO A LIST OF THINGS.

UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

UH, IT'S GOTTA BE CONSIDERED ANCILLARY, UH, TO THE PRIMARY USE.

UH, CAN'T BE LARGER THAN 2,500 SQUARE FEET OR 25% OF THE GROSS AREA, WHICHEVER'S LESS.

IT'S GOTTA BE LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF A ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND HAVE DIRECT FRONTAGE ONTO, UH, RIGHT OF WAY, CAN'T BE BURIED IN THE BACK OF A, OF AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE REAL QUICK BULLET POINT OF WHAT THIS REQUEST IS, AND MANY LITTLE PIECES OF, UH, THE CODE THAT REGULATES MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR THEIR

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COUNCIL MORALES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU BRINGING, UM, THE INFORMATION, UH, THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN IT, AND ALL AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANT, UM, DO THAT PRESENTATION BEFORE I START ASKING QUESTION.

UH, DON'T GO TOO FAR BECAUSE I MIGHT CALL YOU BACK.

UH, MAYOR, FOR YOUR RECORD, LINDSEY CHUBI, MAYOR COUNSEL, MAYOR FEIS.

MAYOR COUNSEL LINDSEY CHUBBY WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GA BURNHAM, 40 NORTH CENTRAL IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT A FULL PRESENTATION.

I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU WANT DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO JUST LIKE A A A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

NOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION, NOT A FULL ONE.

PERFECT.

OKAY.

THIS WILL BE VERY PLANNED.

USE LAWYERS.

I SPENT 10 YEARS WITH PAUL GILBERT.

WE LEARN HOW TO TALK, BUT I'M GONNA DO IT VERY CONDENSED.

OKAY.

SO DO YOU SEE THIS ALL ON YOUR SCREEN? UM, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

WE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THIS IN FALL OF 2021, UM, BUT THEN OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED IN APRIL OF 2022.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE SUBMITTED IN SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THEN AGAIN OCTOBER 27TH OF LAST YEAR.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.

UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MICHAEL O'BRIEN AND JEREMY BASHA.

THEY'RE BOTH CHANDLER RESIDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE CHANDLER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND INCREDIBLE STEWARDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.

I ALWAYS LOVE STUDY SESSION AND, AND SEEING ALL THE ACCOLADES THAT YOU'RE OFFERING.

BUT THESE, UM, THESE FINE MEN ARE, ARE, ARE PART OF THAT FABULOUS COMMUNITY WORK WITH CHAN CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I CAN SAVE SECOND BASE PUB CRAWL STATE, 48 READY, SET, GO FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS CHANDLER COMPADRES TO NAME JUST A FEW.

UH, KEVIN DID A REALLY NICE JOB OF EXPLAINING THE TEXT AMENDMENTS.

THE ONLY ONE THING THAT'S IN THERE THAT'S A TECHNICAL NUANCE IS WE ARE, UM, JUST CLEANING UP THE ORDINANCE.

THIS IS FOR MY FRIEND KELLY SCHWAB AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT DISPENSARIES CAN BE OPERATED AS DUAL USE.

THAT'S JUST CLEANING UP TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.

TO BE CLEAR, ESTABLISHMENTS ADULT USE ONLY CANNOT BE OPERATED HERE.

JUST THE DUAL, DUAL USE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.

SO, ONE THING I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS CHANDLER HAS ALWAYS HAD VERY STRONG SEPARATIONS BETWEEN PROTECTED USES.

THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE VERY FEW MARIJUANA FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

I WAS AROUND WHEN THAT FIRST HAPPENED.

UM, SOME OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE AROUND WITH, WITH THE INITIAL ADOPTION OF YOUR MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE.

WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT AT ALL.

THERE SHOULD BE NO INCREASE IN FACIL ONE INCREASE OF A DIS, UH, POTENTIALLY OF A DISPENSARY.

BUT THIS WILL NOT CHANGE.

THERE WILL NOT BE A BIG PROLIFERATION OF, UH, DISPENSARIES OR MARIJUANA USES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PROPOSING THAT WE CHANGE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN PROTECTED USES.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTED USES.

UH, ESPECIALLY YOUR, YOUR SEPARATION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS, IS VERY MEANINGFUL.

IT'S THE BIGGEST, IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE STATE.

SO THE FIRST ONE, JUST TO CLEAN UP, TO CONFORM WITH STATE LAW.

SECOND ONE, AS, UH, KEVIN SAID, I WAS HERE BEFORE WHEN WE DID ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA SECTION, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, AND WE ASKED TO GO LATER.

A LOT OF YOU LOOKED AT ME IN THE EYE AND SAID, LINDSAY NEVER COME BACK TO ASK TO BE OPEN ANY LATER.

SO I'M NOT DOING THAT.

I'M KEEPING MY WORD, BUT WE ARE ASKING TO BE OPEN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

THE NORMAL WORKDAY IS FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND SO TO BE OPEN AT 7:00 AM TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE FROM BEFORE THEY GO TO THE OFFICE SO THEY CAN GET STRAIGHT HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AFTER THEY'RE DONE WITH WORK, THAT IS WHY WE'RE REQUESTING TO BE OPEN TWO HOURS EARLIER.

AGAIN, AS KEVIN, UH, DESCRIBED THE SIZE, UH, RIGHT NOW YOUR, THE RETAIL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS LIMITED TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET.

WE ARE ASKING TO GO TO 5,000 CULTIVATION.

WE'RE GOING FROM 3000 TO 5,000 INFUSION.

THERE IS NO LIMIT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GONNA CAP THAT AT 5,000.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, MANY JURISDICTIONS DO NOT HAVE A CAP ON THESE SIZES.

SO YOU GUYS CAN STILL, UH, SAY YOU ARE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MESA AND THEIR RETAIL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS STILL A LITTLE SMALLER.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR CULTIVATION ALLOWS 25,000 SQUARE FEET AND INFUSION 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU, YOU ARE STILL THE MOST CONSERVATIVE JURISDICTION AS FAR AS LIMITING THE SIZE OF ANY MARIJUANA OPERATION IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND THIS IS THE, THE, THE, THE BIGGER ONE IS ALLOWING I, UH, A DISPENSARY, SO A RETAIL USE IN I ONE AND I TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, AS KEVIN JUST SAID, WITH THE, IF THIS ADOPT, IF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WERE TO PASS, IT DOESN'T MEAN A DISPENSARY CAN OPEN IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

ANY APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK, APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT YOU WILL VOTE ON.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS INCIDENTAL, SO ACCESSORY

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IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE TO APPROVE A DISPENSARY IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING, THE SIZE WILL BE LIMITED TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET OR 25%, WHICHEVER IS LESS.

UM, THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE, THAT THEY'RE PUT IN THE PROPER LOCATIONS, UM, AGAIN, ALMOST EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION DOES ALLOW.

AND, AND SORRY, MARIN AND COUNSEL, THE REASON WHY, UM, WE PUT THESE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN IS TO, IS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY YOU TREAT OTHER SIMILAR USES IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UM, ALMOST EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION ALLOWS DISPENSARIES AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

UM, AGAIN, YOU WILL NOT BE UNIQUE.

UM, SOME WITH A USE PERMIT, SOME BY RIGHT, AND SOME WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE FOUR CHANGES.

WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH 40 LETTERS OF SUPPORT, STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, AND A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

MAY I HOPE THAT WAS QUICK ENOUGH SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE FILM FESTIVAL.

AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

THAT'S .

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, SINCE I WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED IT IN, UH, IT'S PREDICATED ON ME NOW TO ASK QUESTIONS ON MAYOR, BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED IT IN THE REASON WHY I CALLED IT IN.

I WANTED YOU TO GO ON RECORD, MICHELLE, BECAUSE WE HAD HAD THIS DISCUSSION NUMEROUS TIME.

MM-HMM.

, AND YOU KNOW, WHERE I STAND ON IT.

AND MY COLLEAGUES RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE ALSO VERY WELL AWARE AND STAFF IS ALSO WELL AWARE WHERE I STAND ON THIS POSITION.

HAVING YOU HERE TODAY IS NOT PUTTING YOU ON THIS DISPLAY FOR ANY OTHER REASON, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER TO BE WELL AWARE WHAT YOUR INTENTS ARE AND YOUR CLIENT'S INTENTS ARE, AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED, WHEN STAFF BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER HAVING LOOKED AT IT AND, UH, PUTTING IT IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS FOR ME, UM, I, I TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT ALSO.

BUT HAVING YOU HERE TODAY, AGAIN, AS I SAID, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WANTED, UM, YOU TO THINK THAT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO FIGHT WITH YOU OVER ANYTHING.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ON RECORD BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY WHAT LAST CONSOLE HAD SAID CONCERNING NOT COMING BACK FOR, UH, ANOTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, PAST 10:00 PM AND NOW WE ARE HERE AGAIN, RIGHT? TALKING ABOUT ENLARGING YOUR BORDERS, GIVING YOU MORE CLEANING UP AS YOU HAS, UH, PUT IT, WHICH IS, WE SHOULD DO, WE SHOULD LOOK AT CODES.

IF THEY ARE OUTDATED, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THEM AND TRY TO, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, WHEN WILL YOU BE COMING BACK FOR MORE? UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UH, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF TEXT AMENDMENTS.

I'M PROCESSING MANY TEXT AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MARIJUANA SPACE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES TO STATE LAW.

I THINK THE OTHER REASON, UM, THAT, THAT WE SEE A, A LOT OF TEXT AMENDMENTS IN THE MARIJUANA SPACE IS BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

MM-HMM.

, RIGHT? IT WAS SO NEW 10 YEARS AGO.

I THINK THERE ARE STILL, UM, SOME, SOME IDEOLOGICAL CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO IT.

I WANT TO STATE ON THE RECORD THAT, THAT ME AS A MOM OF THREE AND MY CLIENT, WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE ILLEGAL USE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

UM, WE, WE ARE HERE AND WE, WE ONLY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY TESTED, YOU KNOW, THE SALE OF, OF SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VOTED ON.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

SO THAT IS WHY YOU, YOU DO SEE A FEW MORE AMENDMENTS IN THE MARIJUANA SPACE, UH, THAN YOU DO IN OTHERS.

ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, YOU GUYS JUST DID THE, THE CHICKENS.

I'M NOT GONNA RAISE THE CHICKENS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE CHICKENS ANYMORE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO SEE OTHER TEXT AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU, AS YOU DO.

UM, I DON'T PLAN TO COME BACK.

YOU WILL SEE ME, UH, IF I AM, UH, IF, IF COUNCIL DOES MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, YOU'LL SEE YOU, YOU MAY SEE ME ASKING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A DISPENSARY AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

AND AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S PROPERTY SPECIFIC AND SEE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

BUT AGAIN, THIS AMENDMENT IS, IS CITYWIDE.

UM, WE DON'T, NO CHANGES TO THE PROTECTED USES.

AND, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY CHANGES.

AND I DIDN'T ASK FOR LATER.

I JUST ASKED FOR EARLIER, BUT I, I DON'T SEE MYSELF MAKING ANY CHANGES, UH, ANYTIME, ANYTIME SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, WE GOT YOU ON RECORD.

AND, UM, THAT IS, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, I WILL SAY VERY KIND OF YOU TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON, GO ON RECORD STATING THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN MAYO.

KEVIN'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD A CITIZEN INITIATIVE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU HAD AN APPLICANT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WHY WASN'T THAT JUST AN APPLICANT INITIATIVE? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT,

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WHEN I THINK OF A CITIZEN INITIATIVE, I THINK OF PETITIONS AND I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS ACTIVITY.

SO WHY ARE WE CALLING SOME INITIATIVE WHEN IT'S REALLY AN APPLICANT INITIATIVE? YOU BET.

SO, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN BE AN APPLICANT TO SEEK A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT.

IT COULD BE A DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL.

IT ACTUALLY COME FROM AS A DIRECTION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT COULD BE A STAFF INITIATIVE.

UM, AND IT CAN BE ALL THE WAY FROM THE CITIZENS OF CHANDLER CAN PROPOSE.

UM, SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW CHICKENS BECAME THE FIRST TIME WAS IT WAS CITIZEN INITIATIVE COMING INTO THE COUNCIL.

SO, UM, THIS ONE, WE REFER TO IT AS A CITIZEN INITIATIVE, JUST TO BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, WHO IS, WHO IS ASKING FOR THIS AMENDMENT, THAT IT WASN'T STAFF, IT WASN'T CITY COUNCIL, IT WASN'T PLANNING COMMISSION.