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[ Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 23RD, 2023.UM, LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CLERK, PLEASE TAKE AND PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.
AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE THREE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE THAT IS UNABLE TO CALL IN VICE MAYOR.
THE OTHER TWO ARE CALLING IN REMOTE FROM DC.
THEY'RE PART OF A CONFERENCE THAT MANY OF US WILL BE JOINING.
UM, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO IS ABSENT.
IS PASTOR NATHAN MESSER? HERE? PASTOR MESSER IS PASTOR VICTOR HARDY IN THE CROWD.
WE HAVE COME INTO THIS HOUSE AND GATHERED IN HIS NAME TO WORSHIP HIM.
WE HAVE COME THIS HOUSE AND GATHERED IN HIS WORSHIPING WE HAVE COME INTO THIS HOUSE AND GATHER IN HIS NAME, WORSHIP CHRIST.
AYE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLICAN, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, HUNDRED GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR AW.
THANK YOU PASTOR FOR THAT FOCUS.
[ 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 March 23, 2023, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 24.]
HONOR, CONSENT ITEM, WHOEVER MAKES A MOTION.THERE IS, UH, A LITTLE MEMORANDUM FROM OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT REFERS TO ONE OF THE ITEMS, UH, IF THIS COULD BE READ BEFORE THAT.
BUT, UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THIS PACKET THERE IS, UH, A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, WERE, WE'RE POINTING PEOPLE TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR CITY MEMBERS WHO APPLIED FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE A, A BUMPER CROP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED AND WHICH MEANS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO APPLIED, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY WHO APPLIED TO SERVE.
AND SO MY METHODOLOGY ON THIS WITH, IF SOMEONE HAS SERVED A TERM, UH, UH, UNLESS, UH, THEY ARE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR FIRST TERM, THEN I, I USUALLY LET PEOPLE SERVE A SECOND TERM AND THAT TAKES UP THE BULK OF THESE REAPPOINTMENTS.
I THEN LOOKED TO, UH, COUNSEL RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THAT TAKES UP MOST OF, IF NOT ALL OF THE REST OF THESE.
SO I, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS APPLIED AND ALL OF THOSE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE WILL BE, UH, VOTING IN TONIGHT.
THERE ARE A FEW MORE THAT WE WILL FOR OTHER REASONS THAT NEXT MONTH WE WILL ALSO, UH, COMPLETE THAT PROCESS.
A BOARD WASN'T QUITE READY OR ASKED FOR, UH, A DELAY.
SO THERE'S SOME REASONS WHY WE WILL BE COMING BACK NEXT MONTH AND COMPLETING THAT PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO BE MADE HERE, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER
MY NEW ROLE, UM, MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR MARCH 23RD, 2023.
REGULAR MEETING ITEM ONE THROUGH 24
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PLUS.UH, PLUS, UM, UH, I GOTTA RE PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT, THE ORDINANCE.
PLUS EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE F UH, F 5 0 48 RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF SHORT TERM RENTAL, UM, HAS BEEN LAID OUT ON SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, UM, RECIDIVOUS.
WAS REPLACED WITH HABITUAL OFFENDER.
AND THIS IS NOT A SUSTAIN, THIS IS NOT SUSTAIN OF CHANGE IN THE MEANING AND THE INTENT REMAINING THE SAME.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? UM, RECUSALS, ET CETERA.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN A RESOLUTION.
I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THAT CITY CLERK.
UM, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE, UM, ADDED TAX, THE $250.
IF THAT CHANGES LATER, I, I'LL AMEND MY VOTE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PART OF THIS VOTE THIS TIME, SO THAT'S, IT'S OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE, UH, ONE NO VOTE ON THAT.
PLEASE NOTE COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH CARRIES BY MAJORITY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART DISSENTING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, I, I KNOW WE HAD THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION, BUT YOU STILL WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UH, ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON MONDAY AT PRETTY LONG LENGTH.
AND I THINK MOST EVERYONE'S AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK THIS IS JUST, UH, A TESTAMENT TO OUR MOVING FORWARD AND BEING A COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION AND, AND TRYING NEW THINGS AND, UH, TRYING TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
OH, THIS OF THIS CENTURY LINK.
OH, THIS IS NOT THE, UH, I DON'T THINK I CALLED THIS ONE IN.
DO WE MOVE NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE NO, THIS IS SOMETHING RELATED TO THE, UM, BRIEFING ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE.
COMMENT ABOUT TWENTIES YOUR BRIEFING.
IT'S YOUR, YOU SAID, I THOUGHT YOU SAID SIX MAYOR.
SIX ON MY CHEEK SHEET, YOU MEAN? YES.
I FOOLED YOU THERE, DIDN'T I? I WAS READY THOUGH.
YOU WERE READY TO, LOOKS LIKE TO IMPROV ON THE FLY, RIGHT? DAVE SPEC CAN USE YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 26, WHICH YOU HAD PUT ON THE AGENDA.
[25. Discussion and Direction to Staff Regarding Ideas for Further Revenue Cuts to Provide Assistance to the Citizens of Chandler as Discussed in the Budget Meetings, as requested by Councilmember Stewart]
THANK YOU.I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT THE ONE ON THE ONLINE.
UM, YEAH, SO THIS WAS THE, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT INFLATION REDUCTION OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON MONDAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS MISSING, UH, AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO BE HERE AS WE TALK ABOUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, TO LOWER REVENUES OR HELP OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE STRUGGLES WITH INFLATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS DISCUSSION TO A LATER TIME, MAYBE EVEN OUR NEXT, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
[11. Unscheduled Public Appearances]
THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE UNSCHEDULED SPEAKING CARDS AND SEE IF I CAN GET THEM.IT WAS DAVID, FIRST OF THE TWO OF YOU, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
SO IF I CAN CALL UP DAVID FLETCHER.
DAVID, IF YOU WOULD COME UP TO HERE, THE LIGHTS WILL TURN GREEN WHEN IT'S TIME TO WRAP UP.
AND PLEASE BE DONE BY WHEN IT'S READ.
AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND RECORD OR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.
YES, MY NAME IS DAVE FLETCHER.
AND, UH, I LIVE AT SEVEN OH ONE SOUTH DOBSON ROAD, MESA, ARIZONA.
I JUST MOVED THERE FOUR MONTHS AGO, BUT I'VE BEEN COMING TO ARIZONA FOR THE LAST, ACTUALLY 17 YEARS.
UH, FOR THE WINTER I WAS A SNOWBIRD FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
AND, UH, MY TWO SONS, MY ONLY TWO CHILDREN, UH, AND THEIR WIVES AND MY NINE GRANDCHILDREN LIVE HERE IN CHANDLER.
AND BOTH OF MY BOYS AND MYSELF ARE ALL INTERESTED IN PLAYING AT TABLE TENNIS AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING AT YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER AND, AND YOUR TUMBLEWEED RECREATION CENTER.
AND, UH, WE'VE ENJOYED IT AND GOT A LOT OF BENEFIT OUT OF IT.
BUT, UH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE ASKING, UH, AS PLAYERS THAT YOU, THAT YOU GET A FACILITY WHERE IT WILL BE A PERMANENT FAC FACILITY WHERE TABLES CAN BE SET UP PERMANENTLY, NOT HAVE TO BE SET, TAKEN DOWN AND ROLLED AWAY AND THEN PUT BACK UP.
UH, MOST IT'S BEEN PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN TA SETTING THE TABLES UP, SETTING THE CHAIRS UP, SETTING, UH, OTHER, UH, TABLES FOR EQUIPMENT TO BE SET ON,
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UH, THAT HAS BEEN PREPARING THE FACILITY FOR, FOR PLAY.AND THEN THEY HAS TO HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE EVERYTHING AT THE END OF PLAY, UH, UH, IF WE CAN.
IF WE'RE NOT UNABLE TO GET A PERMANENT FACILITY WHERE WE CAN LEAVE THE TABLE SET UP, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT MAYBE YOU HAVE A PERSON THAT COULD HAVE THE FACILITY READY FOR PLAY.
THE TRUTH IS, UH, YOU'D PROBABLY THINK, WELL, THIS IS KIND OF SILLY TABLE TENNIS.
WELL, TABLE TENNIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN YOUR COMMUNITY IF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT OR NOT, BUT THERE'S MORE INTEREST SHOWN.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, I WENT TUESDAY TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE HAD MORE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND WAITING TO PLAY THAN THERE WERE PLAYING AND, UH, THEY, THEY HAD TO WAIT THEIR TURN.
UH, SO WE NEED, UM, WE NEED MORE TABLES, MORE OF A PERMANENT FACILITY SO WE CAN LEAVE THE TABLE SET UP AND, UH, WE NEED MORE DAYS TO PLAY.
UH, AT ONE TIME IT WAS THREE, NOW IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO TWO, EVEN THOUGH THE INTEREST IS GREAT.
AND, UM, SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS THROUGH THE WEEK TO PLAY AND THEN EX AND EXTENDED TIMES ALSO.
SO, UH, YOU'VE GIVEN A LOT OF CONSIDERATION TO SOME OF YOUR OTHER SPORTS LIKE RACQUETBALL.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DO OR PICKLEBALL RATHER, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT FOR PICKLEBALL.
VERY LITTLE MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE SPORT OF TABLE TENNIS.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT LOVES THE SPORT THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THESE, UH, PROPOSALS AND, UH, GIVE US SOME HELP.
AND, AND ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT, UM, ENGAGE YOU, UM, STAFF IS LISTENING AND THEY, THEY WILL HAVE YOUR ADDRESS FOR FURTHER FOLLOW UP, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO STAFF AFTER THE MEETING, THEY'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION.
NEXT UP IS, UM, MIKE FINO, AND AGAIN, WE CANNOT ENGAGE YOU AS AN UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE, BUT PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS, SIR.
MICHAEL FINO, 10 81 WEST BOSTON COURT, CHANDLER.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO, I'M HERE FOR, UH, TWO ISSUES, BOTH OF 'EM DEALING WITH TABLE TENNIS.
UH, WE, WHEN WE'VE BEEN PLAYING, UH, THERE'S 600 PEOPLE NOW ON THE, ON SEAN.
HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CLUB.
THERE'S 600 PEOPLE ON HIS EMAIL LIST THAT HE SENDS.
THAT ONE WANTS TO PLAY TABLE TENNIS.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, SIX TABLES AT CHANDLER COMMUNITY CENTER AND EIGHT AT TUMBLEWEED.
BUT WE ONLY CAN PLAY A FEW HOURS A WEEK AT BOTH FACILITIES.
AND WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THE HIGHER RATED PLAYERS, BUT WHEN I GO THERE, THERE'S SO MANY PADDLES THAT FOR PEOPLE WAITING TO PLAY, IT FRUSTRATES THE PLAYERS CUZ THEY HAVE TO WAIT AROUND AND SOMETIMES THEY, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, A LOT OF PLAYERS DON'T EVEN SHOW UP OUT OF THOSE 600.
UH, THEY WANTED ME TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT PRETTY MUCH LIKE DAVE SAID, THAT THEY, THEY HAVEN'T SPENT THAT MUCH ON TABLE TENNIS.
AND, UH, I, I, I THINK YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW FACIL FACILITY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A TABLE TENNIS AT THAT FACILITY OR MAYBE EXPAND AND TUMBLEWEED TO HAVE MORE ROOM OR A PLACE THAT WE CAN PLAY ALL THE TIME.
I KNOW THE PRESIDENT WAS THINKING WHERE THEY HAVE THE, UH, PHYSICAL FITNESS, IF MAYBE THEY CAN DIVIDE HALF OF THAT INTO A, MAYBE A PERMANENT TABLE TENNIS FACILITY.
UM, SO I'M JUST REQUESTING MORE HOURS TO PLAY BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND, UH, MAYBE MORE DAYS TO PLAY OR LIKE DAVE SAID, IT, IDEALLY IN THE FUTURE IF WE COULD GET A, A, UH, EITHER A PER A, A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN PUT A TABLES, UH, A PERMANENT FACILITY TO PLAY OR ELSE, UH, EXPAND THE COVER THE PLAYING AT THE TUMBLEWEED AND CHANDLER COMMUNITY CENTER.
ALSO, UH, WHEN I GO TO TUMBLEWEED, UH, I HAVE A SILVER AND FIT, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND I'VE BEEN BUGGING THEM SINCE I'VE HAD THAT TO HA HAVE THAT COVERED BECAUSE THEY, THEY COVER, UH, SILVER SNEAKERS AND, AND ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS. SO I CALLED SILVER AND FIT.
I SAID, HOW COME WE CAN'T GO TO TUMBLEWEED? AND THEY SAID TUMBLEWEED WON'T ALLOW IT.
SO I WENT TO, UH, I FORGET HOW I WENT TO A TUMBLEWEED, ONE OF THE HIGHER UP MAY BE ABLE, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
AND HE SAID, WELL, HE TRIED TO GET IT WITH SILVER AND FIT, BUT THEY, THEY SAID THEY WANTED HIM TO HAVE TOO MANY PROGRAMS. SO I CALLED SILVER AND FIT BACK AND, UH, THEY SAID, NO, WE, WE ARE NOT VERY STRICT ANYMORE AND WE'D BE GLAD TO HAVE TUMBLEWEED, UH, COVERING THE SILVER AND FIT MEDI, WHICH IS UNDER THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, BUT I, WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP, THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK INTO IT AND SEE ABOUT GETTING A COVER, BUT IT'S BEEN OVER
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A YEAR NOW.I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK.
SO IF MAYBE YOU GUYS SHOULD JUST LOOK INTO HAVING THE SILVER AND FIT, BECAUSE THAT'S UNDER SEVERAL OF THE MEDIC CARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAMS TO, UH, HAVE THEM THAT WE COULD USE TUMBLEWEED AS ONE OF OUR PHYSICAL FITNESS FACILITIES.
STEPH, I, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE OUR REC BOOKS.
YOU EVER PLAY TABLE TENNIS ONCE OR TWICE? YEAH, IT'S GOOD.
UM, BUT I, I, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND I THINK REMEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WONG HAD PUT SOME TABLE TENNIS INTO TUMBLEWEED PARK, BUT I'M SURE WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT LOVE TO PLAY OR AT LEAST, UH, DABBLE IN IT FROM TIME TO TIME.
IF ONE OF YOU GUYS WILL, UH, TAKE ME UP ON A CHALLENGE.
WILL WE GET SOME NEW TABLES IN THERE? MAYBE, UH, I'LL TAKE YOU ON.
I'LL START WITH SOMEBODY'S A LITTLE LOWER RATED FIRST.
MAY, MAYBE THE MAYOR
UH, NEXT UP, UH, MIKE SIMPSON.
MR. SIMPSON, AGAIN, WE CANNOT ENGAGE YOU, BUT YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MIC AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SIR, WE WON'T START TILL YOU GET UP HERE.
MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, MY NAME IS MIKE SIMPSON.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER FOR SIMPSON WALKER CONTRACTING.
AND WE ARE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S REMODELING THE TENNIS CENTER RESTROOMS. UH, WE AT TRE PARK AND, UH, WE COMPLETED THAT PROJECT ON NOVEMBER 4TH, WAS ACCEPTED AS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY THE ARCHITECT AND BY THE CITY OF CHINA.
UH, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A THING CALLED, UH, UH, LIQUIDATED, NOT LIQUIDATED DAMAGE, BUT THE, UH, UH, CHANGE ORDERS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAVE TO APPROVE ALL CHANGE ORDERS IN ORDER TO GET PAID.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UH, I BROUGHT WHAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET US OUR MONEY.
UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PROJECT.
NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE NOW IS, UH, ONE OF OUR SUBCONTRACTORS, IT'S, UH, TRUE TO THE WINDOWS AND GLASS COMPANY, IS SLOW ABOUT PUTTING IN THE GLASS, AND IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM THERE.
SO WE HAD TO CALL IN THE REGISTRAR CONTRACTORS TO, UH, GIVE 'EM A LITTLE BOOST.
WELL, THEY GAVE HIM TILL MARCH 31ST TO BE THROUGH WITH THOSE WINDOWS.
THE PROBLEM IS, BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH US REMODELING THE BATHROOM.
THOSE ARE COMPLETE AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM, BUT WE CAN'T GET PAID.
AND, UH, THERE'S TWO NAMES I WANT TO THROW OUT, WHICH IS THE, JASON GARCIA IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
AND THEN THAT'S CLAY CORNWORTH, WHO REPRESENT KEITH KITCHER CONSTRUCTION.
AND CLAY IS THE PROBLEM WHERE WE CAN'T GET PAID.
JASON GARCIA HAVE OKAYED IT, HAVE TOLD CLAY TO PAY US, AND HE STILL WON'T PAY US.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, CHANGE ORDERS, UH, MORE OR LESS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
CITY OF CHINA IS ALREADY HOLDING $55,000 IN RETENTION.
UH, WE NEED TO GET PAID SO WE CAN PAY OUR PEOPLE AND PAY OUR BILLS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, WE CANNOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, SIR, BECAUSE THIS IS UNSCHEDULED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT MATERIAL, UH, MAYBE TO THAT GENTLEMAN, MATT OR THE CLERK OVER THERE, THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SOMEONE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER CARD IS FROM, UH, VICTOR HARDY.
GET TO MAKE THE LONG WALK TWICE.
AGAIN, UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC BEARS.
IF WE CAN LISTEN, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.
PASTOR VICTOR HARDY, 2220 EAST SPRUCE DRIVE, CHANDLER, 85,000 2 86 EAST, PART OF MY CONGREGATION, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
UM, I AM HERE TO, UH, FORMALLY RESIGN FROM
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FOUR OUR CITY CHANDLER BOARD.I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO DO IN FRONT OF YOU HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO DO IT HERE BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT NO ONE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.
NO ONE SAID ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT IT.
UM, I DIDN'T WANT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY, WHERE, OR WHATEVER THAT SITUATION IS.
IT'S A DECISION THAT I HAD TO MAKE FOR MYSELF, AND SO I WANTED IT ON VIDEOTAPE THAT WAY NO ONE HAS TO SAY, WELL, VICTOR TOLD ME THIS, OR VICTOR TOLD ME THAT.
SO THAT IS MY REASONING FOR COMING HERE, UH, TONIGHT, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE BOARD.
AND I THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME IN, UH, GETTING THINGS DONE.
WE HAD SOME MOVES, WE DID SOME THINGS.
UH, IT WAS A LONG PROCESS TO GET THINGS DONE, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO, UH, RELINQUISH, UH, MY POST WITH FOR OUR CITY CHANNEL.
COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND I WILL START WITH THAT.WANNA FIRST, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE CHANDLER JAZZ FESTIVAL WILL BE HERE FROM MARCH 30TH TO APRIL 2ND.
EACH DAY YOU CAN EXPERIENCE SOME GREAT JAZZ MUSIC, SOME OF THE BEST YOU'LL EVER HEAR, AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE@CHANDLERAZ.GOV TODAY.
YOU MAY OR NOT BE AWARE OF IT, BUT IT IS CHIP AND DIP DAY.
AND WE CELEBRATED AT CITY HALL WITH A CHIP AND DIP PARTY ON FIFTH FLOOR.
SORRY, TO THOSE OF YOU ON COUNCIL THAT THAT DIDN'T GET THE MEMO, THAT DIDN'T GET SENT OUT.
STAFF BROUGHT SOME OF THEIR BEST RECIPES AND THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD ONES.
MORE THAN 284 MILLION AMERICANS CONSUMED POTATO CHIPS IN THE YEAR 2020.
THAT'S PROBABLY THREE FOURTHS OF OUR POPULATION, IF NOT MORE.
AND AFTER THIS AFTERNOON, THAT NUMBER MIGHT GO UP SOME MORE.
SERRANOS AND OTHER STORES, UH, AND OTHER GREAT RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER ARE STILL OPEN AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, UH, TO CELEBRATE CHIP AND DIP DAY.
SECONDLY, UH, TODAY IS ALSO PAA CHALLENGE DAY TODAY, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT PAUA PEAK FOR THE PTO CHALLENGE.
THE PURPOSE WAS TO HONOR THE 177 WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN COMBAT OPERATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.
LORI PAUA, ARIZONA NATIVE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO BE KILLED IN COMBAT DURING THE IRAQ WAR IN 2003.
HER CONVOY WAS AMBUSHED AND SHE AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE.
SHE LATER DIED OF HER INJURIES.
SO WE ALL JOINED, UH, TODAY'S CHALLENGE.
WE, WE JOINED ALL OF TODAY'S CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS IN HONORING THE MEMORY OF LORI AND THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOM.
NEXT, I I DO WANNA INVITE, UH, COUNCIL AND OUR AUDIENCE TO OUR EAST VALLEY MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST.
THE TOPIC THIS YEAR IS YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE AWARENESS.
IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH FAITH LEADERS, UH, AND OTHER COUNCILS AND MAYORS FROM AROUND THE EAST VALLEY.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE@EVMPB.ORG.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA SAY HAPPY EASTER AND HAPPY PASSOVER TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WE WILL NOT BE GATHERING UNTIL AFTER THOSE DATES NEXT MONTH.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE CHANDLER CHAMBER FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL OSTRICH FESTIVAL.
IT WAS FOUR DAYS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK DESPITE THE WEATHER BEING A LITTLE BIT COOLER, THEY HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HAD AN ENORMOUS PRESENCE OUT THERE.
BOTH THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE, ARE BETTER WHEN THEY'RE BORING, AND IT WAS SAFE AND CALM AND FAMILY FRIENDLY, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS DUE TO THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, THERE WERE QUITE AN, A FEW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OUT THERE BEING TOURED AROUND LOOKING AT WHAT CHANDLER IS DOING IN TERMS OF THEIR EVENTS AND HOW THEY'RE DRAWING PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAMBER AND TO THE CITY FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
UH, SO THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAS SEEN US AND I, UM, ATTENDED THE FRESH BRUNCH BY ONE IN 10.
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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.UH, AND AMONG MANY OF THE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS THAT WERE THERE WAS, UH, GOVERNOR HOBBS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE STANTON AND MANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND THERE, THERE IS NATE STANDING BETWEEN COUNCILMAN S AND I, UH, AT THE FRESH FRONT.
1500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE, UM, THE EVENT.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT TO, UH, UH, TO BE AT.
AND AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, I'M STYLING WITH MY SHORTS AND MY BLAZER.
ALSO, I ATTENDED A MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM, UM, THAT WAS HELD AT ST.
UH, MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WAS THERE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE, A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND SO WE HAD A GREAT TIME TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION.
MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT NEEDS TO HAVE A LIGHT SHINE TOO.
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER TO DIAL POUND 9, 8, 8 IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S EXPERIENCING THAT TYPE OF EMERGENCY.
AND WE ALSO, THIS, UH, PAST WEEK, UH, I ATTENDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, UH, 104TH BIRTHDAY RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE BILL, HE IS 90, 96 YEARS OLD, AND HE'S THE OLDEST AMERICAN LEGION MEMBER, AND I'M THE YOUNGEST AMERICAN LEGION MEMBER.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL HAVE THE OLDEST, OLDEST MEMBER AND THE YOUNGEST MEMBER CUT THE CAKE.
SO WE KIND OF CUT THE CAKE TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME WORDS OF EXPRESSION.
AND IT'S, UH, AMER, THIS ONE IS, I THINK THIS IS THE OLDEST ONE IN THE CITY.
WELL, IT IS THE OLDEST ONE IN THE CITY OF CHANNEL THAT IS FOR SURE.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES IN THE STATE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT'S STILL THERE, AND IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY AMAZING, A PRETTY AMAZING EVENT.
AND LASTLY, I'LL SHARE THAT THIS WEEKEND I WILL BE MCING, UH, THE JACK AND JILL, UM, JACK AND JILL EVENT, UH, WHERE WE WILL BE FEATURING YOUNG, YOUNG MEN, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN, UH, WHICH IS LIKE A SYMPOSIUM.
UH, AND IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT HERE AT THE HEALER RIVER.
UH, AND THE MISSION IS BASICALLY TO, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE REALLY HELP THESE YOUNG MEN GET TO THEIR NEXT LEVEL THROUGH MENTORSHIP.
AND SO IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY COOL.
IT'S GONNA BE AT THE WILD HOUSE PASS.
THE MEN, ACTUALLY THE YOUNG MEN, THEY ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN ENTERTAINMENT STEP, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT, COME AND JOIN US.
IT'S GONNA BE A FULL, FULL EVENT.
UH, THAT'S RIGHT HERE AT THE WILDHORSE PASS.
UM, THIS SATURDAY IS 6:00 PM AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE.
THAT WAS QUITE THE, UH, BOLD REDEFINITION OF FORMAL WEAR
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO WEAR MY SNEAKERS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I LIKE MY LEGS.
GET SOME, SOME BREATHING ROOM
GET THOSE LEGS ON A CALF MACHINE.
HEY, I HAD A, I GOTTA TELL YOU TO, TO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENT ABOUT THE OSTRICH TEST.
I CHECKED OFF A BUCKET LIST ITEM TO SEE THE COMMODORE IN PERSON A FEW YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE LIKE SOME CHILDHOOD MEMORIES BROUGHT BACK.
AND, AND CHANDLER CHAMBER ALWAYS DOES IT RIGHT.
IT WAS PERFECT COMMUNITY EVENT.
HEY, SPEAKING OF GOOD MUSIC IN THE DOVETAIL ON WHAT MAYOR HARKEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, MAKE IT TO THE CHANDLER CHANDLER FESTIVAL, THE JAZZ FESTIVAL.
IT IS TOP SHELF AND, UH, THERE'LL BE BIG BANDS.
THERE'LL BE SMALL ONE MAN BANDS, BUT IT IS A GREAT WEEKEND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, I MEAN, IT IS A BLAST.
AND, UH, I'M, YOU MIGHT SEE ME DOWN THERE ON ANOTHER NOTE.
WE HAD A GREAT MEETING ON MONDAY.
MATTER OF FACT, WE TALKED FOR FOUR HOURS ABOUT, WE REALLY DUG INTO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEAT OF THE BUDGET.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO AS A COUNCIL.
AND EVERYBODY BROUGHT THEIR IDEAS.
WE USE THE SURVEYS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO JUST TO, SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AND COMBING OVER IT WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB.
SO, UH, AT THE END, I KNOW IT WILL BE ANOTHER FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET, AND IT WILL BE, UH, SET US FORWARD INTO 2324.
WELL, UM, HEY, I WANNA CONGRATULATE EIGHTH GRADER CLARET RICE GRAPH AND HER ROBOTICS TEAM.
THEY ARE THE 2023 ARIZONA STATE CHAMPIONS OF THE FIRST TECH ROBOTICS CHALLENGE.
THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN A LOT HERE IN CHANDLER.
AND, UM, STEAM AND STEM PROGRAMS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO CHANDLER'S FUTURE AS A COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE, CLARET.
UM, CAN WE GET THE CAMERA ON CLARET? IS THAT POSSIBLE HERE? BACK IN THE BACK ROW.
MAYBE WE COULD WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU RIGHT AFTER.
WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH YOU UP HERE.
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EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE, AND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE.THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN TOO, MAYOR.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE IS ONE MORE THING.
WELL, I, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO WHY OR WHAT FOR.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN YOUR INVOCATIONS ARE JUST SECOND TO NONE.
AND, AND, AND THE MAYOR KIND OF WHISPERED, THEY SET THE TONE FOR WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, UH, FOR OUR MEETING.
SO I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU MAY BE RESIGNING FROM ONE POST, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST TWO BRIEF THINGS I'D I'D LIKE TO ADD TONIGHT.
UH, JUST TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER POSTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART'S, UH, THANK YOUS FOR OUR STAFF THAT, UH, WORK THE OSTRICH FESTIVAL.
UH, NOT ONLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS AND POLICE AND FIRE, BUT ALSO OUR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF THAT PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO PLANNING THAT SPECIAL EVENT.
AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES TEAMS, OUR, UH, PARK MAINTENANCE FOLKS, UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB HELPING GET THAT FACILITY READY FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.
SO WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM AS WELL.
ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UM, THAT UH, THIS WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME OUR VERY FIRST CLASS OF CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERNS TO THE CITY.
UH, THEY STARTED HERE ON MONDAY.
AND SO WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UH, RAYLAND NIELSEN AND HER TEAM FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU APPROVED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CHANDLER COMMU, UH, CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO START BRINGING INTERNS, UH, OVER HERE TO HELP WITH OUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS.
SO, 13, UH, FRESH FACES, UH, JOINING TEAM CHANDLER THIS WEEK.
AND WE'LL BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, STAFF, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.