May 11, 2023 City Council Meeting 05/11/2023

HE'S CALLING

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THAT'S GREAT.

OH, HE'S NOT EVEN.

WELL, GOOD EVENING AND

[ Call to Order]

UH, WE'VE HAD A STUDY SESSION ON MONDAY IN WHICH WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE AGENDA.

AND SO TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL VERY LIKELY BE MUCH SHORTER.

AND WITH THAT, UH, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR HARKEY HERE.

VICE ORLANDO.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENC.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS IS ABSENT.

EXCUSED.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

HERE WE HAVE A QUO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CITY CLERK.

YOUR INVOCATION WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY, UH, FRIEND OF THE CITY, PASTOR JIM SPER FROM TRI-CITY BAPTIST CHURCH AND, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA.

I CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND PRAY ON BEHALF OF YOU FOLKS AS YOU, UH, DWELL ON ISSUES AND FACE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DWELL ON TONIGHT IN THEIR BUSINESS TIME.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU BRINGING REQUESTS ABOUT EVERYTHING.

CAUSE WE ARE TO CAST ALL OUR CARES UPON YOU.

AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE CARES AND ISSUES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TONIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL.

THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE THESE FOLKS, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY MAY BE MAKING DECISIONS ON AND VOTING ON THAT NEED GREAT WISDOM TO CAUSE THEY AFFECT THE CITY AND THE MEMBERS AND PEOPLE WHO DWELL IN THIS AREA.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT CITY OF CHANDLER AND FOR THESE FINE MEMBERS WHO ARE SERVING YOU AND GIVING OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR TALENTS.

LORD, TO BENEFIT THE CITY AND THE DWELLERS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS AREA LORD, AND IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE AND PLAY HERE IN ARIZONA.

AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE TOWN OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

BLESS THIS TIME TONIGHT, MAY YOU GIVE GREAT WISDOM AND GUIDANCE IN OVERSEEING THE BUSINESS, LORD AT HAND, AS THESE FOLKS DWELL ON THOSE THINGS TONIGHT AND, AND MAKE CHOICES.

I PRAY IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

PLEASE, YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU PASTOR SPRO.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER

[ 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 May 11, 2023, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 15.]

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK IN DEPTH AT THE CONSENT AGENDA ON MONDAY.

UH, UNLESS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, AN ITEM TO ACTION, UH, CONSENT.

A, UH, MOTION WOULD BE AN ORDER MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MAY 11TH, 2023.

REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

SECOND.

BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

UH, ANY, ANY RECUSALS? ANY OTHER THINGS YOU REPORT TO THE CLERK? HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, DID YOU YES.

NO.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

VERY GOOD.

.

SO MANY JOKES WE COULD MAKE UP HERE WITH EACH OTHER, CAN'T WE? ? ALL RIGHT.

UM, CLERK DOWA.

UNSCHEDULED, UH, PUBLIC APPEARANCES TONIGHT.

MAYOR.

NO, I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.

YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT ON, UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY HELLO TO VALLEY CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENT CLASS, I'M SURE THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING.

AND, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR STUDENTS HERE.

AND, UH, AND, UH, SORRY YOU DON'T HEAR HORRIFIC DEBATES TONIGHT ABOUT ANY ISSUES, BUT, UH, MAYBE COME AGAIN ANOTHER TIME.

SO, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO

[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]

WE'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH IS THIS MONTH.

EVERY MAY.

WE CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

THE LIBRARY IS HOSTING SEVERAL SPECIAL STORY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.

AND ON SATURDAY, MAY 20TH, A WEEK FROM THIS CENTER, WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CONFERENCE.

IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY

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THERE WILL BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, LILY CHEN PLUS PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO SPACE IS LIMITED, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REGISTER.

SECONDLY, YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GOLDEN NEIGHBORS.

UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE.

THIS IS A, A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT BEGAN A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH.

IT CONNECTS SENIOR RESIDENTS WITH COST OF LIVING ASSISTANCE, HOME REPAIRS, AND EVERYDAY SUPPLIES SUCH AS FOOD AND TOILETRIES.

STAFF HOSTED A CELEBRATION THIS WEEK AND HANDED OUT BAGS, JUST CHOCKED FULL OF ITEMS. AND SO FAR THE CITY HAS SERVED MORE THAN 200 RESIDENTS, UH, AS PART OF THIS, THIS ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GOLDEN NEIGHBORS IS UP FOR A BEST NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM AWARD BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS USA ORGANIZATION.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE DO THIS YEAR AT NUSA.

THIRDLY, I'D LIKE TO, UH, AGAIN, GIVE KUDOS TO ONE OF OUR NONPROFITS.

ASCEND THIS MORNING.

THEY HAD THEIR ASCENDE EGG BENEFIT BREAKFAST, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

UH, MANY OF US WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS AS WELL AS, UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR FROM GILBERT AS WELL.

THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, HELPS PROVIDE FOOD AND RESOURCES TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

THEY ALSO HAVE LITERACY PROGRAMS, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, UH, UH, OTHERS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS AND ALSO PROVIDE EMERGENCY LODGING SERVICES.

THEIR WORK IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ASCEND HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN CHANDLER FOR, WELL, I GUESS CLOSE TO ABOUT 50 YEARS NOW.

PRETTY EXCITING.

AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS WHAT I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT.

SO WE HAVE A, UH, A NEW BUSINESS OPENING IN TOWN ON SATURDAY CALLED PIE PERFECTION.

IT'S A NEW SWEET SPOT IN TOWN.

NOW YOU'RE WONDERING WHY AM I NERVOUS? IS IT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNTS OF SUGAR AVAILABLE? IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AT DOBSON AND CHANDLER BOULEVARD.

THEY'RE DOING THEIR RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY.

EVERYONE'S INVITED.

THERE'S LOTS OF SAMPLES, GAMES, RAFFLES, AND IT TURNS OUT THEY'RE ALSO HAVING A PIE IN YOUR FACE ATTRACTION FEATURING YOURS, TRULY.

SO, UH, IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO THROW A PIE IN MY FACE COUNSEL COMMUNITY, I'VE ALREADY SIGNED UP, MAN.

OKAY.

UH, HERE IS YOUR CHANCE.

THERE IS A, THERE IS A CHARGE TO DO THAT, AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE UKRAINIAN CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND.

SO NOT ONLY IS IT A SWEET DEAL TO HIT THE MAYOR IN THE FACE WITH A PIE, BUT YOU'LL BE HELPING WITH A GOOD CAUSE AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS, JUST A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I KNOW, UH, VICE MAYOR WILL PROBABLY GONNA BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE EVENT, UM, THAT WE HAD FOR, UM, THE MILITARY.

OH MY GOSH, GRADUATES.

SORRY, BUT, SO I'LL LET YOU SPEAK MORE ON THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY WHAT A GREAT EVENT IT WAS, UM, THAT OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION PUT ON.

IT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING PART OF THAT AND HONORING OUR YOUTH THAT ARE MAKING THAT COMMITMENT TO OUR MILITARY SERVICE.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

UM, ALSO IT IS NURSES APPRECIATION WEEK.

UM, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU .

UM, BUT I WILL BE VISITING SOME OF OUR NURSES DOWN AT DIGNITY, DIGNITY HEALTH.

UM, TOMORROW I'M TAKING THEM SOME TREATS, UH, SHOW OUR APPRECIATION THERE.

AND ALSO, YESTERDAY WAS MEXICAN MOTHER'S DAY, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE CELEBRATING IT THIS WEEKEND.

SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS.

MY MOM GETS TO CELEBRATE IT TWICE.

SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD BRING HER SOMETHING FROM PIE.

PERFECTION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? BRING HER TO .

WE, WE'VE GOT A LONG RELATIONSHIP.

MAYBE IT'LL BE SOME GOOD RETAIL THERAPY TO THROW A PIE IN MY FACE.

SO BE IN HERE TOO.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR SAYING HAPPY NEXT WEEK TO ME BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING NURSES WEEK, UH, THIS WEEK DURING MY FACEBOOK LIVE EARLIER, I HAD A NURSE HERE WITH ME AT THE STUDIO.

SHE, HER NAME IS TRISH.

SHE'S FROM WHERE YOU ARE GOING, WHICH IS DIGNITY HEALTH.

AND SHE, SHE'S THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR THE NURSING DEPARTMENT OVER THERE.

WE DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, HAVING, UH, NURSES IN OUR LIVES.

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE TO HAVE A NURSE IN YOUR LIFE, .

AND THAT'S ME WHEN I FIRST GOT MY, THEY PUT, THAT'S MY MOM AND MY AUNT WITH ME AND, UH, MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT.

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I GOT MY B S N OVER AT, UH, AT G C U.

SO I AM AN ALUMNI CLOSE TO ALL THE NURSES OUT THERE.

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO EXPRESS

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AND I WILL SAY, PLEASE KISS A NURSE THIS WEEK.

AND THEY, THEY ARE YOUR MOM, THEY ARE YOUR DAD.

YOU, YOU, I MEAN YOUR DAD.

THEY ARE ANY, ANYBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE NURSES, PLEASE REVEAL THEM.

BECAUSE WITHOUT NURSES, WE CAN'T HAVE HOSPITALS.

WITHOUT NURSES, WE CANNOT HAVE REALLY ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.

YOU ALL KNEW WHAT HAPPENED, NOT DURING COVID.

AND SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE NURSES, WHERE WOULD WE BE TODAY? SO AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE NURSES ALL OVER CHANDLER AND ALL OVER ARIZONA.

HAPPY NURSES WEEK.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY ATTORNEY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADMONITIONS FOR HER INVITATION FOR US TO KISS THE NURSES AT, UH, ? ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT OR HERE? .

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO STAY THERE.

THAT WE NEED TO KISS A NURSE.

AND ON MY WAY OUT, IF, FEEL FREE TO KISS ME BECAUSE I'LL BE WALKING RIGHT DOWN THAT WAY.

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OKAY.

I'VE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

MAYOR , MARK, I'M SO SOMEWHAT SPEECHLESS TONIGHT.

HOPEFULLY.

NICE.

MAYOR.

WE LOST CONTROL.

MAYOR AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEN US SAY WE HAD, UH, THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH, UM, GIVING 30 CHANDLER AREA STUDENTS THE RECOGNITION FOR JOINING THE MILITARY.

WE HAD THE NAVY, ARMY, MARINES, AND THE AIR FORCE GUYS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THOSE AIR FORCE GUYS DOWN HERE.

ACTUALLY, THEY WERE, THE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 90 DEGREES AND THEY COULDN'T FLY.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

YEAH.

FLY THOUGH, ACTUALLY, UH, I THINK THEY HAD BACK TO BACK EVENT AND THIS WAS LIKE THE THIRD ONE.

SO ANYWAY.

NO WORRIES.

WE'LL, THE KIDS ENJOYED IT.

THE MAYOR GAVE OUT SOME COINS.

I I SAID A FEW WORDS AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THAT.

UH, THE PARENTS WERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

WE HAD A FEW WORDS FOR THEM ON HOW TO, UH, DEAL WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

UH, BEING AWAY FROM HOME, IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S A TOUGH LIFE FOR EVERYONE.

SO, UM, WISHING THEM THE WORLDS OF SUCCESS.

I WANNA THANK THE VETERANS COMMISSION.

THEY HAVE BEEN WHAT, ABOUT 12, 14 MONTHS NOW, MAYBE? AND 14.

YEAH, THEY HAVE BEEN AN AGGRESSIVE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, KUDOS TO THEM, PARTICULARLY SHANE LEVISON WHO ACTUALLY SPEARHEADED THE, OR, YOU KNOW, WAS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR THAT.

ANDY BASS AND YOUR STAFF.

THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB ON THAT.

SO, AND AS YOU SAID, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND I'LL BE FIRST TO GIVE YOU A KISS CUZ MARK CAN'T GET OVER HERE.

BASKETBALL.

, I APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE, THE GRADUATES AND, AND VALLEY CHRISTIAN HERE TONIGHT.

UH, YOU PICKED THE RIGHT NIGHT, THAT'S FOR SURE.

LAST WEEK, LAST SESSION WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES.

SO, AND, UH, WE MAKE YOU STAY TO THE END IN ORDER TO GET YOUR CREDIT.

SO YOU, YOU LUCKED OUT, YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS AT, BUT HEY, I'M A PROUD DAD.

I HAVE A ASU WP CAREY BUSINESS SCHOOL GRADUATE.

SO SHOUT OUT TO MY SON, COLE.

HE GRADUATED ON TUESDAY AND HE WALKED.

AND, UH, I JUST COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY FOR HIM.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO EXPRESS ALL MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, THE TRADE SCHOOL FOLKS, UM, THE COLLEGE GRADUATES, ET CETERA.

THIS IS THAT SEASON WHEN EVERYBODY IS TAKING THAT NEXT STEP IN THEIR JOURNEY OF LIFE.

WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO COLLEGE, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO TRADE SCHOOL, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.

UM, THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.

SO I'M SUPER PROUD.

AND COLE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND I, AND I, UH, I KNOW THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT.

KIND OF GIVE THE SHOUT OUT TO PERFECTION.

UH, YOU KNOW, CHANDLER IS SUCH A HUGE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORTER AND THEY ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF WHAT MAKES US WORK EVERY DAY AND, AND WHAT MAKES THIS CITY AS GREAT AS IT IS.

SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO SEE THEIR, UH, CONTINUED SUCCESS AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SATURDAY.

AND THEN, UM, THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

AND, UH, FOR THOSE MOTHERS THAT ARE STILL WITH US AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT, UH, LET'S SPEND A SPECIAL DAY ON SUNDAY THINKING ABOUT THEM AND, AND TREATING THEM TO PANCAKES AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO AT HOME, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

SO ANYWAY, THANKS VERY MUCH.

WE DO TAKE GIFTS AROUND HERE.

GOT SOME EFFORT POSTED.

I, ALL I HAVE IS JUST HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE AND ALL THE MOMS UP HERE IN, IN, IN THE AUDIENCE.

AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I'M NOT KISSING YOU, SAVING THAT FOR MY MOM, BUT, UH, ANYHOW.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE THAT KISS TO HER.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S, UM, DAUGHTER GRADUATED ALSO, UH, THIS MORNING WITH A MASTER'S OVER AT ASU.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.

YES.

CITY MANAGER, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

WELL, COUNSEL, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA COME BACK WITH ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT SINCE I'M THE ONLY ONE WEARING PURPLE.

GO SONS.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

HERE GO.

I HAVE, ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL.