Apr 10, 2023 City Council Study Session - 04/10/2023

COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

HERE WE HAVE A QUO.

GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, IF YOU JOIN ME OUT FRONT FOR SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES CITY MANAGER.

UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ONE SERVICE RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNSEL.

WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL SERVICE RECOGNITION THAT WAS, UH, CARRIED OVER FROM LAST MONTH.

THIS PERSON WAS ABSENT ON THE NIGHT THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RECOGNIZED, SO I'M GONNA SLIP IT IN RIGHT NOW.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'M HONORED TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE FIRE CHIEF TOM WIGGINS FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

CITY OF CHANDLER.

HE THOUGHT HE GOT OUT OF IT, BUT, UH, LITTLE DID HE KNOW.

CHIEF DINS JOINED THE CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A FIREFIGHTER IN 1998.

AFTER PREVIOUSLY SERVING WITH THE CITY OF TOLLESON FIRE DEPARTMENT, HE QUICKLY MOVED UP THE RANKS PROMOTING TO ENGINEER IN 2002.

CAPTAIN IN 2005, BATTALION CHIEF IN 2009, AN ASSISTANT CHIEF IN 2014.

AND WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM ON THE SCREEN OF WHEN HE STARTED, UH, HIS, UH, TIME IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST TO NOTE .

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN RECOGNIZE HIM THERE.

IN 2016, CHIEF TWIGGS BECAME JUST THE FIFTH CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SINCE THE FIRST PAID FIREFIGHTERS WERE HIRED IN 1953, A VALLEY NATIVE WITH DEEPER DEEP CHANDLER ROOTS, CHIEF D WIGGINS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US AIR FORCE AND HOLDS BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREES FROM GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY.

HE'S ALSO A CERTIFIED CHIEF FIRE OFFICER THROUGH THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE AND ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS AND THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE REGIONAL AUTOMATIC AID SYSTEM.

AS CHIEF THOMAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN GROWING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, HE HAS LED OR BEEN INVOLVED IN THE EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION TWO, NOW OCCURRING IN UPTOWN CHANDLER AND THE PLAN RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION FOUR.

HE HAS ALSO LED A CHANGE IN THE CITY'S AMBULANCE PROVIDER TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO RESIDENTS AND WAS OFTEN THE FACE OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

EVEN THOUGH I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE HE'S NOT ACTUALLY A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

SO ALL OF THOSE, HE'S ASKED ME TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE MEDICAL QUESTIONS, HE'S NOT ACTUALLY AN MD OUTSIDE WORK CHIEF D'S BIGGEST PASSIONS ARE HIS FAMILY AND JIU-JITSU WHERE HE HAS WON MULTIPLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

HE IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIS THREE KIDS AND LOVES WATCHING THEM COMPETE IN SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING HIS WIFE ANGIE, IN HER ROLE AS A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CHANDLER SCHOOLS.

TOM, THANK YOU FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF TEAM CHANDLER CHIEF.

HE'S GOING, HE DID NOT WANNA BE OUT THERE.

HE DID NOT WANNA BE UP THERE.

NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, DOLE OUT QUITE A FEW RECOGNITIONS RELATED TO THE CHANDLER INNOVATION FAIR WINNERS.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT THROUGH THE YEARS, AND COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, EXPANSION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SCIENCE INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY FAIR.

SO WITH THAT FIRST ONE, TO CALL UP ARIZONA COLLEGE PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF LARISSA BROWN, KIM MYERS AND STUDENTS WOULD COME UP.

SUPERINTENDENT NACI, IF WE COULD GET YOU IN THE PHOTO AND ALL THESE TOO, IF YOU COULD GET SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE THAT PHOTO, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THEM.

LARISSA, THERE YOU GO.

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WAIT, YOU IN THE BACK? OKAY.

ON THE COUNT OF THREE.

1, 2, 3.

CAN YOU SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT? ONE THREE.

JEN HAS THE OFFICIAL CITY.

JEN'S NOT WORKING.

THANK YOU ALL.

NEXT, WE'D LIKE TO CALL UP ARIZONA COLLEGE PREP ACP HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IF , MEGAN LARSON AND JOSH ROTH WOULD PLEASE COME ON UP.

AND THE STUDENTS RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.

HERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET HER THE CHECK.

YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE 1, 2, 3.

PERFECT.

OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS BASHA HIGH.

SCIENCE IS FUN.

LAURA.

PEG, SUCH A GOOD JOB.

HEY, LAURA'S RIGHT? OKAY, GRAB SEAT.

OKAY, SO IF YOU GUYS CAN SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT BACK, YOU GOTTA COME UP.

OUR LAST HONOREES TONIGHT IS KNOX SKIPPED AT SCHOOL.

SO IF OLIVIA CAMPING AND PRINCIPAL CHRISTIE BRAMAN.

AND I MUST SAY I HAVE KNOWN PRINCIPAL BRAMAN LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PRINCIPAL IN CHANDLER.

SO GREAT JOB.

WE DID NOT DO THIS.

WOW.

, THIS IS GOOD LEADERSHIP WHEN THEY SHOW UP.

DRESSED READY.

ONE, TWO.

ALRIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.

WE DO HAVE ONE MORE SCHOOL FROM HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.

SCHOOL IN THE HOUSE? SORRY, COME ON IN.

IS HAMILTON HIGH

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SURE, SURE.

JUST WANNA SAY IT ALL THE STUDENTS HERE AND OUR STAFF AND OUR FACULTY AND AS WELL AS PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OF US, CHANDLER UNIFIED DOES AN AMAZING JOB, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TALENT WE GET.

OUR PARENTS ARE WELL-EDUCATED, THEY VALUE EDUCATION, AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THE SCIENCE FESTIVAL.

IF ANYBODY HAD BEEN THERE, THEY SAW, SAW A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITY, A COMMUNITY, LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE EDUCATION FORWARD.

SO I WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR DISPLAY OF TALENT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND IT'S AN HONOR BEING YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND BEING UP HERE THIS TO REPRESENT WITH YOU TODAY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.

IT'S ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS.

NOW WE HAVE A FEW PROCLAMATIONS AND, UH, AFTER THAT, AFTER THESE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE.

SO NEXT IS OUR NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, AND IF I CAN HAVE, UH, LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER BOB LOWRY, STAFF MEMBERS, TARA AND GINA SUE VAN HORN, CHRIS SHERMAN, AND JOEL MILLER.

I WAS JOKING.

COULD YOU LOOK SIMILAR HERE? RIGHT.

WHERE IS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY? AS LONG SERVED AS A TRUSTED AND TREASURED INSTITUTION AND LIBRARY WORKERS AND LIBRARIANS FUEL EFFORTS TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS CHANDLER LIBRARIANS ARE ORGANIZERS AND INFORMATION EXPERTS WHO FOR OVER A CENTURY HAVE PROVIDED THE EXPERTISE TO GUIDE ALL PATRONS TOWARDS CREDIBLE SOURCES AND INFORMATION.

SO THEY MAKE THEIR OWN INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE WORLDS THEY NAVIGATE.

AND WHEREAS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY IS AN ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE PLACE THAT OFFERS MORE THAN BOOKS, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DELIVERING NEW SERVICES THAT MORE CLOSELY CONNECT COMMUNITY AND THEIR NEED.

AND WHEREAS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENS A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES THROUGH INTRODUCTIONS TO TECHNOLOGY, STEM PROGRAMS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LIFE PLANNING SEMINARS, AND INSTILLING A SENSE OF THE POWER OF READING AND LIFELONG EDUCATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I KEVIN HARTKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 23RD THROUGH 29, 20 23 AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

WOO.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE THIS CREW? I BETTER, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF, UH, CHANDLER LIBRARY AND MEMBER OF THE CITY LIBRARY BOARD, I AM HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT FOR ALL OF US WHO MAKE CHANDLER OUR HOME, WE CAN BE VERY PROUD AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR SUCH A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS EARTH DAY.

IF DEREK CARSON GERSEN, I'M SORRY, OUR RECREATIONAL SUPERVISOR AT THE CHANDLER NATURE CENTER WOULD COME FORWARD.

THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR LOCAL FLORA AND FAUNA AND WILDLIFE.

THIS HAS MORE WORDS IN IT THAN THE LIBRARIAN'S.

ONCE I'M APPRECIATING MY LIBRARIANS MORE .

WHEREAS CHANDLER BENEFITS FROM GREEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES THAT ENRICH

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AND WHEREAS EARTH DAYS AN ANNUAL REMINDER OF THE CONSTANT NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM, STEWARDSHIP COMMITMENTS, AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.

AND WHEREAS IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE IMPACT, WE ACT LOCALLY AND COOPERATE INTERNATIONALLY.

WE AFFIRM THE ENVIRONMENT TO PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN, THAT HAS BEEN GAINED, AND WE EXPAND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CLIMATE LITERACY AS THEY'RE VITAL TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND THE ULTIMATE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS ADOPTED STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO MINIMIZE CLIMATE IMPACTS, CAN CONSERVE WATER AND ENERGY, REDUCE WASTE, PRESERVE OUR TREE CANOPY, AND SEEK OUT RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES WHILE BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO DO MORE.

AND WHEREAS, AND EN WE ENCOURAGE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND COMMITMENT TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION.

IN CHANDLER NOW THEREFORE OUR KEVIN HARKEY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, DO YOU HEAR MY PROCLAIM? APRIL 22, 23 AS EARTH DAY ON, UH, BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR AT THE CHANDLER NATURE CENTER, I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND HOLD IT ON DISPLAY TO HELP LEAD THE WAY IN THE ENDEAVORS OF, UH, EARTH DAY AND, UH, STRIVING TOWARDS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ALL GOOD THINGS, UH, CONSERVATION TO HELP EARTH DAY OUT.

THANKS.

I'LL SEE YOU, UH, ON THE EARTH DAY.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION, IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS WOULD BE WILLING TO READ IT IS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH.

AND IF I COULD HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY, AZ FOUNDATIONS, DOC JONES, SUN LAKES RESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA CLASSIC JAZZ SOCIETY, HELEN DALEY AND CHANDLER JAZZ PIANIST, DAVE HENNING, COME UP AND JOIN US FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

YOU NEED THESE .

WHEREAS JAZZ MUSIC IS AN INDIGENOUS FORM BORN IN THE, THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS IN AND AROUND NEW ORLEANS, STEEPED IN THE RHYTHMS OF AFRICAN CULTURE INFUSED WITH THE HARMONY OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN CULTURE, IN WHEREAS THE US CONGRESS HAS DECLARED JAZZ A RARE AND VULNERABLE, UH, VALUABLE TREASURE, IN WHEREAS THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, WHICH REGARDS JAZZ AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MUSIC CULTURE TO EMERGE IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS ESTABLISHED A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION OF JAZZ TO BE HELD ANNUALLY IN APRIL.

AND WHEREAS THE PROPOSED OF THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION WILL BE A THREEFOLD TO DRAW TOGETHER GREATER PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY HERITAGE AND HISTORY OF JAZZ, TO SIMULATE THE CO THE CURRENT JAZZ SCENE, AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PARTICIPATE IN JAZZ BY STUDYING THE MUSIC, ATTENDING CONCERTS, LISTENING TO JAZZ ON THE RADIO AND RECORDINGS, READING BOOKS ABOUT JAZZ AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS REGARDING JAZZ.

AND WHEREAS APRIL WAS CHOSEN AS A CELEBRATION MONTH IN, UM, CELEBRATION MONTH, IT IS THE BIRTH MONTH OF THE NUMBER JAZZ INNOVATORS AND LEADING FIGURES, DUKE ELLINGTON, BILLY HOLIDAY, LIONEL HAMPTON, TITO PONTE, ELLA FITZGERALD, HERBIE HANCOCK, AND JER GARY MULLIGAN.

NOW THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR, KEVIN HARKEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2023 AS JAZZ APPRECIATE MONTH.

I DID WEAR A T-SHIRT IN APPRECIATION, NOT IN PROTEST TONIGHT.

UH, MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WE'RE HERE, BUT WE HAVE A MONTHLY EVENT.

WE FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL JAZZ.

WE ALSO HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER.

IT BRINGS PEOPLE IN FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES TO DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.

AND SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ANY

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OF YOU COME.

AND WE HAVE AN OUTDOOR PATIO VENUE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CHARGE.

SO YOU CAN ADD THAT TO YOUR CITY OF CHANDLER.

THINGS TO DO.

PEOPLE LOVE TO COME TO THAT.

AND WE, AS AN ORGANIZATION STARTED SUPPORTING THE CITY AGAIN WITH OUR JAZZ YOUTH PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.

IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, CHERYL THURSTON, WHO IS HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, IS THE PIANIST FOR THOSE EVENTS.

AND, UH, WE DID SEVEN SCHOOLS, SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS WHERE WE DID A PROGRAM INTRODUCING THEM TO TRADITIONAL JAZZ AND MUSIC.

ON BEHALF OF UNITED NATIONS IN HERBIE HANCOCK, I'M HONORED TO TAKE THIS AWARD AS APRIL 30TH, UH, IN NATIONAL JAZZ DAY.

AND WE INVITE, IN FACT, THE GOVERNOR, FORMER GOVERNOR, THE MAYORS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIES, HAVE ALL JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM A COALITION, TO, TO EXPOSE THIS, THIS GREAT ART FORM ON APRIL 30TH, WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ.

THERE AROUND THE WORLD, 196 COUNTRIES HAPPEN TO CELEBRATE SOME TYPE OF, UH, EVENT.

SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US THIS YEAR AT THE SCOTTDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

BUT NEXT YEAR, I HOPE I'LL BE OVER HERE IN CHANDLER WITH THIS EVENT.

SO PLEASE, UH, JOIN US ON APRIL 30TH.

THANK.

SO I, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY I THINK JAZZ IS SO IMPORTANT AND, UH, UH, THE COUNCILMAN, UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TOO IS, IS THAT JAZZ IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK PEOPLE WHY JAZZ IS IMPORTANT, THEY'LL ALWAYS SAY THAT IT'S THE UNIQUE AMERICAN ART FORM.

AND I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.

YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC OF JAZZ IS IMPROVISATION, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY TIME YOU PLAY JAZZ, YOU'RE DOING AN EXPERIMENT, RIGHT? WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS.

THE WHOLE POLITICAL FRAMEWORK OF THIS COUNTRY IS AN EXPERIMENT.

AND SO WITH OUR KIDS, IF WE GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO EXPERIMENT AND TO IMPROVISE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING TO THEM IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY AMERICAN IS THAT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR VOICE IS UNIQUE.

AND SO THOSE YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT, THAT HELEN IS TALKING ABOUT AND I'VE DONE IN THE SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY CONTINUE ON, ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, I FIND THAT THEY'RE UNIQUELY AMERICAN.

AND THE OTHER PIECE OF JAZZ, GIVEN ITS SPONTANEOUS NATURE, IT'S IMPROVISATION, NA IMPROVISATIONAL NATURE.

AND I WOULD SAY IT'S DEMOCRATIC NATURE.

IT'S THE REASON THAT WE F ALL THE CULTURAL ELEMENTS THAT THE COUNCILMAN TALKED ABOUT, ALL THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CULTURES COMING TOGETHER IN A MELTING POT HAPPEN IN JAZZ MUSIC.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT A JAZZ LISTENER, GIVE IT A CHANCE.

AND IF YOUR KID'S NOT A JAZZ MUSICIAN, GIVE HIM A CHANCE OR HER A CHANCE.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS.

THIS ONE RAN OUTTA MAYOR, CAN QUEUE UP SOME KBY HANCOCK FOR THE EXIT.

YOU TOLD HIM TO LEAVE AND YOU KNOW, YOU COULD STAY, SO YOU CAN TAKE THIS.

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I, UH, CITY MANAGERS HERE.

DID WE LOSE SOME OF OUR STAFF WITH THE MIGRATION TOO, OR SO I, EITHER THAT OR THE HERBIE HANCOCK, I'M NOT SURE WHAT SCARED EM OFF.

WAS ITEM NUMBER THREE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOU HAD A QUESTION ITEM NUMBER THREE TO RYAN PETERS.

SO COUNCIL, THE FIRST ITEM CALLED IN ON OUR STUDY SESSION

[3. Final Adoption of Ordinance No. 5048, Amending City Code Chapter 22 – Short-Term Rentals, Related to the Regulation of Short-Term Rentals Move City Council adopt Ordinance No. 5048, amending the Code of the City of Chandler by amending Chapter 22 – Short-Term Rentals, providing for the repeal of conflicting ordinances; providing for severability; and providing for penalties. Council Focus Area(s):]

YEAH, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

UM, JUST WANTED STAFF TO GIVE A, A SHORT PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS ITEM AND JUST HAD A SIMPLE, SO ACTUALLY, I JUST HAD A SIMPLE QUESTION, RYAN.

UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW, LIKE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, IS THE NEW, IS THE NEW LICENSE FEE REFERENCED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL COME TO COUNCIL AT THE FUTURE DATE? I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLARIFY THIS IS A NEW TAX THAT WE'RE ADDING.

UM, OR IS THIS SOMETHING ELSE? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE QUESTION IS.

VERY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THERE'S NO TAX IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

UM, THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A FEE IN THE FUTURE, DURING A FUTURE, UM, UH, REQUEST THAT WE'LL MAKE AS PART OF THE OVERALL FEE PACKAGE SCHEDULE.

BUT THERE IS NO TAX IN THIS, IN THIS ORDINANCE.

NUMBER FOUR WAS CALLED IN, UH, FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND POSSIBLE QUESTIONS BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART AND VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.

THANK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PETERS.

ITEM

[4. Resolution No. 5667, Authorizing a Grant Agreement with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) for a Tree Inventory, Tree Asset Management Software System, and Urban Forest Management Plan Move City Council approve Resolution No. 5667 authorizing the City to enter into a grant agreement with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, in an amount not to exceed $40,000, for a Tree Inventory, Tree Asset Management Software System, and an Urban Forest Management Plan, and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City and take all actions necessary or appropriate to carry out the terms of the Agreement. Council Focus Area(s):]

JOHN SEPTON.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

I WAS HOPING TO MAYBE TEE THIS ONE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AS YOU WERE DOING ALL THE WHEREAS'S, I THOUGHT ABOUT EARTH DAY WITHOUT TREES.

, THE JAZZ WOODWIND SECTION WOULD PROBABLY SOUND A LITTLE FLAT WITHOUT TREES, AND OUR LIBRARY COLLECTION WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT WITHOUT TREES.

THERE YOU GO.

THINK ABOUT IT.

SO CHANDLER HAS A LONG HISTORY OF CARE AND STEWARDSHIP FOR OUR TREES WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, CERTIFIED ARBORISTS ON STAFF THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

UM, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE, UM, THAT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY THIS YEAR STARTED OUR FIRST DIVISION OF URBAN FORESTRY.

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE RYAN MCCARTNEY, WHO IS CHANDLER'S FIRST OFFICIAL URBAN FORESTER.

RYAN JOINS US WITH A GREAT, UH, GREAT PASSION FOR WHAT HE DOES, UH, AND A GREAT KNOWLEDGE, AND HE'S ALREADY BEGUN TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR TEAM MAYOR COUNSEL, YOUR ACTION, YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR ACTION FOR THIS WEEK IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 5 6 67, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40,000.

UH, THAT'S OUT OF THIS E EFFORT.

UH, WE WILL LOOK TO ACHIEVE A TREE INVENTORY, A TREE ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM, AND THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HELP US DO AND EXECUTE ON THE MISSION THAT IS TO, UH, PROMOTE A SAFE, HEALTHY, AND DIVERSE URBAN FOREST BY PRESERVING, MANAGING ENHANCING TREES, RESOURCE TREE RESOURCES, WHILE PROMOTING AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CALL ON RYAN.

START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE A, A QUICK POINT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET EMAILS FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT TREES THAT HAVE FELL IN, UH, PARKS OR TREES THAT ARE DISEASED.

UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS AS IT RELATES TO HEAT EFFECT AND THAT ISLAND EFFECT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CHANDLER IS THE MORE FOLIAGE THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR LOW WATER TREES, UH, THE MORE WE CAN AFFECT THAT HEAT EFFECT.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ON THE TEAM, RYAN, THAT IS A, UH, STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR US.

ONE, TO SAVE MONEY, UH, AND NOT BE WATERING TREES THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN.

UH, AND TWO, KEEPING THEM HEALTHY SO WE'RE NOT WASTING MONEY THERE.

SO IT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

VICE MAYOR.

NO, I WANNA ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART'S COMMENTS.

THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE LOST SEVERAL TREES AT ONE OF OUR PARKS, VERY MATURE TREES, VERY, AND AGAIN, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE DIDN'T TAKE AN ACTIVE LOOK AT IT, AND I CERTAINLY GLAD THAT WE'RE NOR MORE PROACTIVE.

NOW, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TREES AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD, UH, SAY FUTURE TREES.

SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, I, I ECHO THOSE CAUSES.

AND ALSO THIS COUNCIL'S BEEN VERY GENEROUS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN PUTTING EXTRA MONEY IN TO PLANT TREES.

WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS TREE REPLANTING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT'S STILL GOING ON, UH, THE MULCHING OF THAT TO ACTUALLY HELP GROW, KEEP THE TREES, UH, ALIVE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE GO THE TREES, UH, THAT I'M IMPRESSED WITH.

BUT REAL QUICK QUESTION.

UM, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THIS STUDY? AND THEN DO WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME KIND OF ACTION PLAN AFTER THIS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RECENT, WELL, WHY IT'S ON AT THIS POINT AS OPPOSED TO THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IS

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THAT THE TIMELINE IS VERY QUICK.

SO WE WANT TO GET STARTED AS EARLY AS JULY ONE, ONCE WE HAVE THE MATCH FUNDING AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

UH, SO THIS GIVES US THE AUTHORITY WE HAVE.

WE WERE RECOGNIZED WITH THE $40,000 GRANT AND, UH, WILL SET US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND REGARDLESS OF THE BUDGET OUTCOME, UM, AGAIN, YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT IN THESE AREAS.

WE'VE, WE'VE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND LEVERAGE THIS GRANT.

SO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AS WELL AS THE INVENTORY AND THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM, REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT LEGACY, UH, TREES LIKE ME ARE JUST GETTING OLDER AND OLDER, SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CHECK ON OUR HEALTH OVER TIME.

AND, UM, THIS SOFTWARE SYSTEM IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

UH, THE INVENTORY IS A SNAPSHOT OF TIME, SO SIMILAR TO YOUR ISSUE OF, OF WHEN STORMS COME THROUGH, WE DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THOSE TREES.

WE DO KNOW THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORK THAT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE A THINNER TREE, A HEALTHIER TREE, PROPER PRUNING, UH, PROPER WATERING, ALL OF THE, THE HEALTH THINGS THAT JUST LIKE US, UH, KEEP TREES HEALTHY AS AS WE DO.

THIS IS PART OF THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO THE STRUCTURED PLAN ITSELF IS GONNA HELP GIVE US DECADES OF, UH, DIRECTION, UM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY PROFESSION.

SO THE TIMELINE THAT STARTS IMMEDIATELY, I GUESS I'VE HEARD YOU SAY, OR I'M READ BETWEEN LINES.

WE ARE, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON WHAT THE R F P WILL LOOK LIKE TO BRING THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT ON BOARD.

NUMBER 11, UH, REQUEST MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOU HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO OUR DETENTION FACILITY STUDY CONSULTING SERVICES.

SO GETTING THAT DETAIL DONE AHEAD OF THAT JULY ONE FUNDING TIMEFRAME, UH, WITH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE GRANT FUNDING WILL BE SPENT PROBABLY WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS, AND THAT FOR THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BEGIN THE WORK OF THE INVENTORY AND, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT INVENTORY SOFTWARE.

NEXT TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN BY VICE MAYOR ORLANDO, NUMBER FIVE AND SIX.

THEY WERE JUST QUICK QUESTIONS IF THESE WERE GOING TO BE, UH, RENTALS OR ACTUALLY OWNER OWNED AND I BELIEVE IT'S OWNER OWNED, CORRECT.

BOTH OF THOSE.

GREAT.

SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER INVENTORY ABOUT 18 NEW HOMES IN CHANDLER.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M SO VERY GOOD, AND I THINK AT LEAST NO COMMENT NECESSARY.

ITEM

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THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YES.

UM, CHIEF, I, I KIND OF WANT TO HA I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, UH, DETENTION, ABOUT THIS DETENTION STUDY.

UH, COULD YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT, WHAT THE DETENTION STUDY IS? AND THEN I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SURE.

SO LAST YEAR OUR OFFICERS MADE ABOUT 8,200 ARRESTS IN, IN THE CITY.

AND MOST ALL OF THOSE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE ARRESTED ARE PROCESSED AND BOOKED IN AND IN, IN JAIL.

UH, SOME ARE SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED WITH A, UH, WITH A CITATION.

UH, SOME, SOME MAY BE REMANDED OVERNIGHT TO, UH, UH, SEE A JUDGE, UH, A LOCAL JUDGE, UH, MAGISTRATE IF IT'S A MISDEMEANOR OR SOME MAY BE HELD.

AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO, UH, COUNTY JAIL, WHICH IS AT 28TH AVENUE IN LOWER BUCKEYE ROAD.

SO MOST EVERYONE IS BOOKED A PROCESS IN, IN, IN JAIL.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE A DETENTION CENTER.

SO FOR THE LAST, UH, NINE YEARS, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE TOWN OF GILBERT AND WE HAVE A JOINT HOLDING FACILITY.

IT'S THEIR JAIL THAT WE, UH, JOINTLY STAFF.

SO WE HAVE A 24 SE, A 24 HOUR SEVEN DAY WEEK FACILITY.

SO THIS STUDY IS TO LOOK AT, UH, REAL, REALLY, UH, IT, IT'S TWOFOLD, NUMBER ONE, TO LOOK AT THE EXISTING, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH GILBERT AND HELP IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES, MAYBE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP EXPEDITE THE, THE, THE PROCESS OF OUR, OUR BOOKINGS.

UM, BUT IT'S ALSO TO LOOK AT, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE, UH, OPTIONS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE, UH, TOWN OF GILBERT, UH, NO LONGER WISH TO, UH, PARTNER WITH US.

AND THAT MAY INCLUDE, UM, IT'S GONNA LOOK AT THE ARRAY OF OPTIONS, UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, MAYBE BUILDING OUR OWN FACILITY.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

THERE'S NO PLANS, UH, TO BUILD OUR OWN FACILITY.

SO CHIEF, I WANTED TO ASK, JUST KIND OF WANTED FOR CLARIFICATION.

I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT, UH, THAT THIS STUDY IS ONLY LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO CONTINUE MEETING THE CITY'S, UH, TEMPORARY HOLDING NEEDS.

IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT COME IN AND NEED, UH, AN IMMEDIATE HOME FOR A SHORT, FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, LESS THAN 24 HOURS OR LESS? CORRECT.

SO IT'S NOT LOOKING AT EXPANDING WHAT WE DO NOW.

THAT'S WHAT THIS, THIS STUDY WILL HELP IDENTIFY.

UM, BUT WE PARTNER WITH, WITH GILBERT, SO WE ARE RELYING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON, ON GILBERT TO UTILIZE THEIR FACILITY.

SO AGAIN, THIS, UH, THIS STUDY WILL LOOK AT, CAN WE EXTEND, CAN WE, UH, UM, ADD LIFE TO THAT BY IDENTIFYING AND CREATING EFFICIENCIES? AND THEN IF THAT, UM, IF THAT WERE TO CHANGE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD, IF THE PARTNERSHIP CHANGED, IF GILBERT BACKED OUT, UM, WHAT WOULD OUR OPTIONS BE AT THAT POINT? SO

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IN ITEM NUMBER 16 BY VICE MAYOR ORLANDO AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, YOU BOTH HAD SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING, VIDEO DETECTION CAMERAS.

SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT, UM, LONGER TERM INCARCERATIONS HERE IN THE CITY? NO, WE DON'T INCARCERATE, UM, ANYONE.

THIS IS A HOLDING FACILITY SO THEY CAN SEE A JUDGE AND BE ARRAIGNED OR TRANSPORTED TO COUNTY JAIL.

UM, OKAY.

JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.

UM, UH, WITH THIS, WITH THIS PARTICULAR STUDY, UH, ARE WE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN AVOID BUILDING A DETENTION FACILITY THROUGH CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TECHNOLOGY OR A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT? IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING? RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, IT, IT WILL IDENTIFY PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT EXISTS NOW, BUT IT WILL ALSO LOOK AT, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE ARE NOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GILBERT, WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PROCESS PEOPLE WE ARREST.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT A LONG-TERM HOLY FACILITY.

IT'S SHORT-TERM UNTIL THEY SEE THE JUDGE.

NORMALLY IT'S WITHIN THE NEXT DAY.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

RIGHT? UTILIZING GILBERT, IT'S A 24 HOUR HOLD, THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM DURATION THAT WE WOULD HOLD SOMEONE.

AND I THINK THE INTRIGUING THING ABOUT THIS TO ME, AND, AND I'M SURE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WHO READ, YOU KNOW, THAT AS THEY READ THIS WAS WE'RE LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY CHANGES TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE COULD USE TECHNOLOGY, HOW WE USE PERSONNEL TO SPEED UP THIS PROCESS.

CUZ YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 23 A DAY, THAT'S ROUGHLY, AND I'M SURE IT'S TOUGHER ON SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS AND, BUT THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF, UH, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH TO THIS FACILITY.

AND IF WE COULD USE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER MEANS OF DOING THIS, I THINK IT'D BE MUCH BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST CHANDLER'S SHARE.

SO GILBERT OBVIOUSLY BRING THEIR OWN TO THE TABLE.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A, AT TIMES IT CAN BE VERY, VERY DEMANDING AND BUSY FACILITY.

SO TECHNOLOGY WILL BE EXPLORED TO SEE HOW WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, AT SOME POINT THAT RELATIONSHIP MAY END AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

FAIR ENOUGH.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES.

UM, CHIEF, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS IS THE SCOPE OF, YOU KNOW, A PERSON WHO'S IN THE HOLDING AREA CAN, UH, BE ARRAIGNED AND SEE A JUDGE VIA SOME TYPE OF VIRTUAL MEETING SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY THERE LONGER THAN AN HOUR IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THERE'S A VIRTUAL WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THE A, A RAINY TO SEE A JUDGE SO THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT SITTING THERE OVER THE WEEKEND OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

CORRECT.

THAT'S EXACTLY ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.

OKAY, THANKS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF.

LAST ITEM CALLED

[16. Construction Agreement No. ST2110.401, with Technology Construction, Inc., for the Traffic Signal Timing Video Detection Cameras Move City Council award Construction Agreement No. ST2110.401, to Technology Construction, Inc., for the Traffic Signal Timing Video Detection Cameras, in an amount not to exceed $2,084,626. Council Focus Area(s):]

WE'LL START WITH VICE MAYOR ON THIS ONE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO THIS, LET ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE SYSTEM WE HAVE, CORRECT? I'M USING TODAY MM-HMM.

AND I KNOW EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT TE NOT EVERY TIME, BUT MOST OF TIME LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT LITTLE ANSWER IS THIS IS INTRUSIVE.

UM, SO THIS WILL JUST BE FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING.

THERE IS NO DATA STORAGE, MY UNDERSTANDING.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

VICE MAYOR.

UM, WILL YOU BE EXPANDING THE AMOUNT OF, UM, CAMERAS, UM, OR DEVICES? I GUESS PROBABLY A BETTER WORD.

SO FOR, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAMERAS IN THIS PROPOSAL.

ONE IS VIDEO DETECTION CAMERAS.

THOSE ARE A ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT WITH WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW WITH THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY.

THE OTHER TYPE OF CAMERA THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THIS PACKAGE IS CCTV CAMERAS.

THOSE ARE ONES THAT JUST BASICALLY GIVE US A, A FULLER PICTURE OF THE INTERSECTION.

GIVE US THE DETECTION.

CAMERAS ARE FIXED, THE CCTV CAMERAS, LET US PAN THE FULL INTERSECTION.

THOSE ARE NEW LOCATIONS.

SO THOSE, THERE'LL BE 15 NEW LOCATIONS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE CCTV CAMERAS TODAY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD, UH, AS I READ THROUGH THIS OR READ THROUGH THIS AND IS THAT THIS WILL, THESE CAMERAS WILL HELP DETECT BICYCLISTS THE DETECTION CAMERAS.

YES.

HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT THE CAMERAS ARE LOOKING AT, AT, AT AN INTERSECTION.

ONE IS VISUAL IMAGING WHERE WE SET UP A BOX IN, IN, WITHIN THAT BOX OR WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS THAT WE SET UP.

THE, BASICALLY THE CAMERAS ARE, ARE LOOKING THERE VISUALLY OR WITH THERMAL IMAGING.

SO THAT'S WHAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF MORE ADVANTAGE ON THIS.

ONE IS THE THERMAL IMAGING HELPS WITH BICYCLIST, ALSO HELPS INCLEMENT WEATHER WITH GLARE ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE BICYCLIST? I MEAN YOU DOES THAT DO JUST SLOW, HAVE YOU SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN, THROW THE LIGHTS DOWN, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, TURN THE SIGNAL.

SIGNAL IT TURNS THE SIGNAL.

OH, IT TURNS THE SIGNAL.

IT LETS US KNOW THAT THERE'S A CALL LIKE ON A SIDE STREET OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE KNOW TO, TO GIVE THAT SIDE STREET A GREEN.

TODAY WITNESSING AN ACCIDENT MYSELF, UH, UH, A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL GOING, OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SCHOOL WAS ON A BIKE IN THE LANE AND A CAR WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND HAD HIT HER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T PREVENT THAT, BUT AT LEAST YOU COULD STOP THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN ORDER TO DIVERT THAT TRAFFIC.

IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? I'M TRYING TO VIS, FORGIVE ME, I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE HOW THIS WILL WORK.

NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

VICE S MAYOR AND, AND RIGHT TURN, DEPENDING IF IT'S A RIGHT TURN ON RED THAT THAT CAN BE, IT WAS A RIGHT TURN ON RED, BUT I DON'T WANNA GET THAT PERSON IN TROUBLE.

I WOULD SAY THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.

I'M SURE THE POLICE OFFICER'S GONNA HANDLE THAT ONE.

AND THE JUDGE, I MEAN IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.

I'M NOT SURE THE DIS YOU KNOW, SIGNAL OR DETECTION NECESSARILY WOULD, COULD PREVENT THAT.

BUT IT SHOULD HELP IN, IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE LIKE SOMEBODY IS ON A, IN THE, IN BICYCLING AND IS WANTING TO GO THROUGH OR WANTING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET OFF THEIR BICYCLE OR PUSH OKAY.

THE BUTTON TO CHANGE THE LIGHT.

GOTCHA.

UM, OR WAIT FOR A CAR TO, TO TRIP THE SIGNAL.

FORTUNATE INDIVIDUALS.

TOO.

I THINK THE DRIVER OBVIOUSLY WAS SHOOKEN UP, BUT BOTH SURE.

THEN I GUESS IF THEY'RE IN A BICYCLE LANE IT COULD DETECT THAT AND THEN BE ABLE TO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

MM-HMM.

, CASA RIVER STEWART, THANKS VERY MUCH.

AND, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO ALLUDED TO IT, THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SPEED CAMERAS OR RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

CORRECT.

PERFECT.

YEP.

WE JUST ARE LOOKING FROM A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE PROMISE.

GREAT.

AND SO, SO I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP CALLING JOHN KNUTSON.

SO WHEN I'M DRIVING UP ARIZONA AVENUE, THIS IS GONNA HELP TIME THE LIGHTS SO THAT, UH, WHEN I'M LATE FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, I CAN GET HERE QUICKER.

IS THAT, I CAN'T PROMISE THAT IF THERE'S SIDE STREET BIKE TRAFFIC MIGHT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, STOP YOU ONCE OR TWICE TO LET THOSE BICYCLISTS THROUGH, BUT, WHICH I'M OKAY WITH.

BUT, BUT, BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, UM, WILL THIS HELP WITH SOME LIGHT TIMING? I KNOW LIKE I CAN DRIVE DOWN RURAL ROAD FROM SCOTTSDALE.

WELL LIKE IF I'M DRIVING 45 AND I ALWAYS DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT IF I'M JUST DRIVING 45, I DUNNO WHAT'S SO FUNNY .

UM, BUT I CAN HIT 'EM AND THEY JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALWAYS GREEN AS I'M GOING DOWN.

I KNOW ON ALMA SCHOOL THEY'RE LIKE THAT AS WELL.

WOULD THIS HELP WITH OTHER INTERSECTIONS LIKE THAT? IT'LL HELP WITH TRAFFIC PROGRESSION AND, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD HELP MINIMIZE DELAY FOR ROAD USERS AS A WHOLE, WHETHER IT'S SIDE STREET TRAFFIC OR BIKE TRAFFIC OR ARIZONA AVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY CUZ YOU KNOW, ALMA SCHOOL AND AND RURAL TYPICALLY HAVE A PEAK FLOW DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.

ARIZONA IS A LITTLE BIT LESS DRAMATIC AS FAR AS WHICH DIRECTION PEAK TRAVEL CUZ YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO AND FROM.

BUT UM, IT SHOULD HELP IN THE, IN THE LONG RUN IT SHOULD HELP WITH THAT AS WELL.