May 25, 2023 City Council Meeting 05/25/2023

COUNCIL MEMBER IN CNI.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

WITH THE MOTION BY COUNCIL ELLIS, THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTIN.

OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY PASTOR VICTOR HARDY OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE VALLEY, AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JANE POSTON.

PASTOR, LET US PRAY.

I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO THANK GOD, SO MANY WONDERFUL BLESSINGS AND SO MANY OPEN DOORS, A BRAND NEW MERCY, A LONG AND EVERY DAY.

THAT'S WHY I PRAISE YOU.

AND FOR THIS, YOU PRAISE FOR EVERY MOUNTAIN YOU BROUGHT ME YOUR, FOR EVERY TRIAL YOU'VE SEEN ME THROUGH, FOR EVERY BLESSING.

HALLELUJAH.

BEFORE THIS, YOU BROUGHT ME OVER FOR EVERY TRIAL YOU SEEN ME THROUGH.

HALLELUJAH.

I GIVE YOU FOR EVERY, YOU BROUGHT ME EVERY PLEDGE PLEDGE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATION

[ 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 25, 2023, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 14.]

COUNCIL.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD ON ITEM NUMBER 15.

THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S OUR ACTION ITEM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE, UH, ANY ITEM REMOVED TO ACTION FOR ANY RECUSALS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, UH, MOTION WOULD BE AN ORDER NOT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS, UH, REGULAR, UH, AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.

I START WITH NUMBER, UH, PROPOSED MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MAY 25TH, 2023.

REGULAR MEETINGS, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14.

SECOND

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COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER AND CS.

[15. Resolution No. 5694, Adopting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Tentative Budget and 2024-2033 Tentative Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and Giving Notice of the Dates and Times for Hearing Taxpayers for Final Adoption of the Budget and for Setting the Tax Levies and Tax Rates Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5694, adopting the FY 2023-24 Tentative Budget and 2024-2033 Tentative CIP and giving notice of the dates and times for hearing taxpayers for final adoption of the budget and for setting the tax levies and tax rates. Council Focus Area(s):]

AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 15, AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, SOMEONE'S MAKING A BRIEF PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THIS IS, UH, A BUDGET ITEM, I BELIEVE.

YEAH, NOT, NOT, UH, THE EMST.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COME BACK IN A MINUTE.

I WAS WONDERING WHY KIM WAS COMING UP THERE.

I'M SO SORRY.

THAT WAS MATT'S JOKE.

I, UH, I THOUGHT, OH, WE'RE EXPANDING HER, HER ABILITIES.

I'VE NEVER SEEN KIM DO THAT ONE BEFORE.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IT'S PRIVILEGE TO BE BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EVENING, TO TALK ABOUT THE TENTATIVE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, 24, AND OUR 24 TO 2033 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU AND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER ABOUT OUR BUDGET.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE STATUTORY BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.

SO WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS UNDER ARIZONA VICE STATUTES THAT, UH, ALLOW US TO GO TO PROCESS OUR, GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS, EXCUSE ME.

UH, WE ADOPT A TENTATIVE BUDGET THAT SETS FORTH THE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET OUR NEEDS FROM A PUBLIC EXPENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, WE ENTER THAT INTO THE MINUTES.

WE PAIR OUR FORMS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, SO THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND THEN WE PUBLISH ALL OUR, OF OUR INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

UH, AND THEN ONCE TENTATIVE OF ADOPTION HAPPENS, THE BUDGET CANNOT INCREASE FROM THAT POINT ON.

SO ONCE, IF THE TENTATIVE OF A BUDGET IS APPROVED TONIGHT, UH, IT WON'T BE CHANGED BEFORE UNTIL THE, UH, ADOPTED BUDGET BETWEEN THAT TIME PERIOD.

IT WON'T CHANGE.

UH, IT CAN GO DOWN, BUT IT CANNOT INCREASE.

UH, AFTER TENTATIVE OF ADOPTION, A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IS HELD, AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX LEVY AS WELL.

AND THAT'S SET FOR JUNE 15TH.

AND THEN WE HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION OF THE TAX LEVY WILL BE ON JUNE 29TH.

SO, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, AS IN ALL YEARS, WE, WE HAVE A THEME SURROUNDING OUR BUDGET AND OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS INNOVATION AT WORK.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT THEME.

UH, ACTUALLY IT WAS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF CAME TO ME ONE DAY.

I WAS AT TUMBLEWEED REC CENTER AND I SAW SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS COMPLETELY INNOVATIVE, AT LEAST IN MY MIND.

AND SO FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, INNOVATION AT WORK HAPPENED.

AND WHAT I SAW WAS SOMEONE ON THE TREADMILL, AND I'VE BEEN ON TREADMILL A LOT.

AND, UH, HE WAS USING THE PRINGLES HOLDER FOR A WATER BOTTLE, AND I THOUGHT THAT IS INNOVATION RIGHT THERE.

UM, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE.

IT'S PRINGLES HOLDER.

SO, UM, OUR TOTAL BUDGET THIS YEAR THOUGH, FOR OUR INNOVATION AT WORK IS 1.6 BILLION.

1.66 BILLION.

MAN, I KEPT WAITING FOR A PUNCHLINE, JUSTIN.

THERE, THERE REALLY ISN'T ONE IN THAT ONE.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TO, TO FIND THAT INNOVATION.

IT MAINTAINS OUR LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.

UM, OUR GENERAL FUND TOTAL IS ABOUT 610 MILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, COMING FISCAL YEAR.

OVERALL, ABOUT A 22 AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE, UH, 800 MILLION INCREASE IN OPERATING ABOUT A 5.9% INCREASE, AND THEN 856 MILLION INCREASE IN CAPITAL, WHICH IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE TO THE BUDGET.

43.4%.

IF YOU HAD TO CARVE OUT JUST THE GENERAL FUND PIECE, WE HAVE A 23.8% INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND, 483 MILLION OF THAT IN THE OPERATING, AND 128 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL SIDE.

UH, SOME THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT THE BUDGET, UH, IT DOES ADHERE TO FINANCIAL POLICIES.

UH, THOSE POLICIES ARE SET BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THEY ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED.

UH, THEY ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN AAA BOND RATINGS.

THOSE FINANCIAL POLICIES GIVE US GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FISCAL STABILITY OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS MAINTAINED.

UH, WE USE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE OUR DECISIONS.

IT PROVIDES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE QUALITY SERVICES, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AND THE COST EFFECTIVENESS THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER MAINTAINS.

UH, WE ENGAGED RESIDENTS THROUGH INPUT OPPORTUNITIES.

UH, WE HAD A BUDGET SURVEY, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TWO WORKSHOPS.

WE RECENTLY HAD OUR ALL DAY BUDGET BRIEFING, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TENTATIVE AND

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THEN FINAL ADOPTION NEXT MONTH.

SOME OF THE THINGS ARE, THE DRIVERS IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET ARE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, UM, OF WHY IT MIGHT BE INCREASING.

UH, FIRST OFF, REVENUES ARE INCREASING.

WE HAVE INCREASED REVENUES TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

UH, INCREASES ARE COMING FROM CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT INFLATION AND STRONG CONSUMER SPENDING, AS WELL AS INCREASED STATE SHARED REVENUES, UH, WITH UPDATED PROJECTIONS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, AS MANY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER CAN ATTEST, INFLATION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OVER THE LAST MANY MONTHS, AND INFLATION HAS ALSO BEEN FELT HERE AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

SO WE HAVE INCREASES TO OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS BECAUSE OF THAT.

PERSONNEL COSTS ARE INCREASING TO NOT ONLY INVEST IN THE CITY WORKFORCE AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES, UH, BUT ALSO TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

FROM A CAPITAL PROJECTS PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, ADD IN THOSE AUTHORIZED PROJECTS FROM THE BOND AUTHORIZATION THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED, AND OUR GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS, AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE INTEL EXPANSION.

UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223, IT'S ABOUT 148 MILLION.

SOME OF THAT WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD AND THE NEW YEAR, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL 30.5 MILLION FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE NEW YEAR.

FROM A GRANT'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT INCLUDES ABOUT 20 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS, UM, IN THE 2324 BUDGET AS CARRY FORWARD, AS THOSE DOLLARS CONTINUE TO BE SPENT ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, AND A CONTINUED FOCUS ON GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVING SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS THAT MAY QUALIFY FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS AS THEY COME AVAILABLE DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

NOW, ONE THING THAT'S DRIVING, UH, POTENTIAL DEBT OR POTENTIAL INCREASES DOWN IN FUTURE YEARS IS AN INCREASE IN WHAT WE'RE PAYING OFF FROM A DEBT PERSPECTIVE.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF 73 MILLION TO PAY OFF ESSENTIALLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PENSION OBLIGATION, THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY THAT'S BEEN ON MANY COUNCIL'S MINDS, UH, FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A, HOPEFULLY ONE-TIME FINAL PAYMENT ON THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY PORTION.

ON THIS SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THE TOTAL ANNUAL PROPOSED BUDGET FROM WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, AS WELL AS WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF REVENUE SOURCES HERE AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UH, PRIMARILY THIS FISCAL YEAR OR COMING FISCAL YEAR FUND BALANCE WILL BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE.

SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE THAT WE'LL BE TAPPING INTO, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE CARRY FORWARD PROJECTS FROM THE CAPITAL SIDE, BUT FOR OTHER PROJECTS COM.

MOVING FORWARD IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, UH, WE HAVE LOCAL TAXES.

WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING.

UH, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE ISSUING BONDS.

SO 209 MILLION OF THAT IS ANTICIPATED BOND SALES.

WE DO AN EVALUATION CLOSER TO WHEN WE ACTUALLY SELL THE BONDS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE IS THAT WE NEED FOR THAT SALE.

SO IT MAY COME IN LESS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT THAT'S THE ANTICIPATED BOND SALE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE UTILITY CHARGES FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

WE HAVE OTHER CHARGES FOR SERVICES, UH, FEES AND SERVICES.

WE HAVE STATE SHARED REVENUES, PROPERTY TAX AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES ON THE, WHERE THE MONEY GOES, PORTION OF THE SLIDE.

UH, IT SHOWS THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN OPERATING AND CAPITAL AND SOME OTHER RESERVES AND CONTINGENCIES AND DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.

AS YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, DEPARTMENT OPERATING IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT WHEN YOU BREAK IT OUT INDIVIDUALLY.

BUT IF YOU WERE ADD TOGETHER THE CARRY FORWARD FOR MAJOR CAPITAL AS WELL AS THE NEW MAJOR CAPITAL, UH, CAPITAL IS DRIVING THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET.

OVER HALF OF THE BUDGET IS CAPITAL RELATED, WHETHER IT BE CARRY FORWARD FROM THE CURRENT YEAR PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T FINISHED OR NEW PROJECTS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FROM SOME OPERATING BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, THIS YEAR, THE CITY HAS, UH, REDUCED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THROUGH DIRECTION FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE NO CHANGE TO THE TRANSACTION PRIVILEGED TAX RATES, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME WATER WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE RATE CHANGES TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS COST OF SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ENSURE THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE FULLY FUNDING THEMSELVES.

THE BUDGET ALSO MAINTAINS EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS AND ENHANCES PROGRAMS TIED TO THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, WE'VE ADDED FUNDING FOR OUR LABOR ASSOCIATION OBLIGATIONS OR COMMITMENTS, AND ALSO GENERAL EMPLOYEE MERIT AND MARKET TO MAINTAIN OUR WORKFORCE.

IT DOES PLAN TOWARDS THAT DEBT REDUCTION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY HERE, THE 73 MILLION IN ONE TIME FUNDING, UH, TO ESSENTIALLY PAY THAT OFF.

AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, PAYMENT.

THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THESE SUBSTANTIAL PAYMENTS TO VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE THAT DEBT DEBT.

AND THEN WE ALSO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN STRONG RESERVES, INCLUDING A 15% GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY RESERVE AND A 20 MILLION BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE, WHICH ALLOWS

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US TO MAINTAIN A, A STRONG FINANCIAL FOCUS GOING INTO THE FUTURE.

IT ALSO HELPS US MAINTAIN THAT AAA BOND RATING AS WE MEET WITH RATING AGENCIES WHENEVER WE ISSUE DEBT, UH, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE A STABLE GOVERNMENT ONE WITH CONTINGENCIES AND RESERVES SET UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, ARE PLANNING FOR ANY, UH, DECREASE IN THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN OUR AREA.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICES RES CHANDLER RESIDENTS RECEIVE, UH, WE DO LOOK AT A COMPARISON THAT THE CITY OF TEMPE PROVIDES EACH YEAR.

WE'LL GET AN UPDATED, UH, COST COMPARISON IN PROBABLY AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THIS IS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S ESTIMATE, BUT IT REALLY SHOWS KIND OF THE TOTAL COST.

A HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER CAN EXPECT TO PAY FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, WATER WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE, PROPERTY TAXES, AND THE SALES TAX THAT HELP FUND GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.

UH, AS YOU SEE, THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS ONE OF THE, IS THE LOWEST COST, UH, FOR EACH HOME HOUSEHOLD IN THE, IN THE STATE, UH, FOR ALL THE VALLEY CITIES ANYWAY, UH, AT $1,754 IS OUR AVERAGE ANTICIPATED COST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR A, UH, HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

MATT? YES.

GOT A QUESTION ON THAT? MM-HMM.

, SO JUST WANTED TO, YOU SAID SOMETHING, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, SO YOU SAID THIS IS GONNA BE UPDATED IN AUGUST, SO THESE ARE THE CURRENT OF OTHER CITIES, BUT THIS IS OUR REAL NUMBERS AND THE OTHER CITIES WILL ONLY INCREASE AT THAT POINT, CORRECT, MAYOR? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THIS, AND THIS SHOWS OUR ANTICIPATED RATE CHANGES IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, BUT IT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY RATE CHANGES FOR THE OTHER COMMUNITIES UNTIL THOSE ARE SET BY THEIR MAYORS AND COUNCIL.

SO OUR NUMBERS WILL REALLY BE STARKLY, UH, EVEN LOWER THAN THE OTHERS.

UH, WHEN THIS IS SAID AND DONE, MAYOR, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OTHER VALLEY CITIES, ESPECIALLY ON THE UTILITY SIDE, THEIR WATER WASTEWATER RATES ARE, UH, GROWING AT A MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGE THAN OURS ARE.

SO THAT WILL, UH, CREATE MORE OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE PAYING AND OTHER RESIDENTS FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED.

AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF REALLY GREAT PLANNING FOR DECADES AT THIS POINT, THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO, UH, HANDLE THESE EXPENSES AND THE COST OF WATER AND WASTE WATER IN A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.

YEAH, MAYOR, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

THROUGH YEARS OF PLANNING FROM COUNCILS BEFORE INCLUDING THIS COUNCIL, UM, GREAT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS GUIDING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS MAINTAINED, THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, LARGE FACILITIES NEEDED, ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, FROM THE BUDGET STAFF MAKING SURE THAT OUR RATES ARE RATCHETED UP SLOWLY AND SURELY TO ENSURE FUND BALANCE IS, IS THERE TO PAY FOR ALL THE PROJECTS AND UPCOMING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS PLAY INTO ALLOWING THAT RATE TO REMAIN SO LOW.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S NOT TAXPAYER EXPENSES, BUT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT OF ALL THINGS SPENT IN OUR BUDGET, EVEN IF WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT, MARY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, UH, FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.

UH, WHEN YOU BREAK OUT, SPEAKING OF WATER AND WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE SPECIFICALLY, UH, AGAIN, THIS SHOWS WHAT CHANDLER WITH OUR ANTICIPATED RATE INCREASES IN THE NEXT YEAR WOULD LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO EXISTING VALLEY CITY RATES.

UH, WE MAINTAIN THE LOWEST RATES FOR THOSE, UH, ENTERPRISE SERVICES.

MOVING ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS.

UH, THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN FOR 24 20 24 TO 2033 IS $1.96 BILLION, ABOUT 299 MILLION MORE THAN THE 23 TO 32 C I P.

UM, THAT UPDATE DOES REFLECT INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.

UH, WE'VE MENTIONED THAT ALREADY ONCE, HOW INFLATION HAS IMPACTED, UH, SPEAKING FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE, INFLATION HAS REALLY HIT HARD ANYTHING WITH STEEL, CONCRETE, ASPHALT AND LABOR.

AND WHEN YOU PUT THOSE FOUR INGREDIENTS TOGETHER, YOU GET A CAPITAL PLAN.

SO JUST ABOUT EVERY CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT WE, WE DO HAS THOSE MAIN, UM, INFLATED ARTICLES IN IT.

SO WE HAVE HAD TO REFLECT THOSE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON OUR PROJECTS.

WE DO HAVE AN INCREASED FOCUS OR CONTINUED FOCUS ON THAT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AS WE'VE MENTIONED, UH, ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS HAS GONE IN THIS YEAR TO ENSURE THAT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF OR PLANNED OUT FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO DO.

UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE CITY IS ON TARGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENSURING QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESIDENTS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING OUR INTEL EXPANSION.

THE PARTNERS WITH INTEL, UH, BOND AUTHORIZATION LONGEVITY HAS BEEN SHORTENED THOUGH BY INFLATION.

SO WE RECENTLY WENT OUT TO THE VOTERS FOR AUTHORIZATION NEED, AND WITH SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS COMING IN HIGHER DUE TO INFLATION, UH, WE ANTICIPATED ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OF AUTHORIZATION, UH, BEFORE WE NEEDED TO GO BACK OUT TO VOTERS.

AND THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED DOWN TO ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

SO, AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW, UH, BOND RATES COME IN, HOW IF THINGS, COSTS ARE ABLE TO COME DOWN, THAT MAY SHIFT OUT.

UH, BUT WE WILL BE, WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

MAN, ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO THAT LARGE NUMBER IN THERE FOR THE INTEL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET, THAT'S A REIMBURSEMENT FROM INTEL,

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INTEL AND AS WELL AS A TAX, UM, REBATE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS WHAT'S PAYING FOR THAT.

ALTHOUGH WE DO PROVIDE THE, IN THE, IN, UM, INVESTMENT IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND IT.

IT IS REIMBURSED BACK TO THE CITY FROM THOSE TWO PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE STATE AS WELL AS WITH INTEL.

ALL RIGHT.

SO FOR, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET ONLY ADOPTS OR AUTHORIZES SPENDING FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CAPITAL PLAN, YEARS TWO THROUGH 10 ARE THEN ADJUSTED EVERY YEAR AND ONLY THE NEW YEAR IS WHAT'S APPROPRIATED.

SO THIS TALKS ABOUT JUST THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AND A TOTAL OF 856.5 MILLION OF APPROPRIATION FOR CAPITAL NEEDS.

OF THAT, WE HAVE A SMALL RESERVE, $450,000, UH, AND THEN BETWEEN CAPITAL CARRY FORWARD ALMOST 500 MILLION AND NEW FUNDING, 360 MILLION.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY THAT WE'VE HAD CAPITAL CARRY FORWARD EXCEEDING OUR NEW FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROGRAMS. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH LONG LEAD ITEMS, UH, THE DELAYS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, AS WELL AS JUST FINDING LABOR TO GO IN AND GET, GET THE WORK DONE.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE A LITTLE SLOWER ON THE UPTAKE, IF YOU WILL, TO GET TO COMPLETION.

THAT BRINGS US TO KIND OF OUR FINAL SLIDE HERE, KEY BUDGET DATES.

SO TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION, AND C I P ON JUNE 15TH IS THAT PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOT ONLY THE BUDGET, BUT ALSO THE TAX LEVY.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, TO ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET.

AND THEN ON JUNE 29TH WILL BE THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL TAX LEVY FOR PROPERTY TAX PURPOSES.

SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, RESOLUTION 56 94 APPROVES THE TENTATIVE BUDGET.

AGAIN, ONCE THAT IS APPROVED, THE BUDGET CANNOT INCREASE.

IT CAN ONLY DECREASE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.

AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, CHANDLER AZ.GOV/BUDGET, WHERE YOU CAN GET THE ENTIRE BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE C I P PROPOSED C I P DOCUMENTS, UH, AND A LOT OF OTHER INFORMATION.

SO IF RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT AND SEE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET, THEY'RE OUT THERE FOR THEM TO REVIEW.

ANY QUESTIONS CAN COME TO MY OFFICE AND OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THAT WEBSITE AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

PLAN THAT WE WANTED TO PURSUE.

SO IN THIS BUDGET, THERE'S, THERE IS NO MONEY THAT IS, I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE BIKE PROJECT THAT IS, THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE REDUCING LANES, IT'S GOING TO BE PUTTING BIKE LANES ON THE SIDE.

BUT THERE IS, UH, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE THAT ARE QUITE INTERESTED IN TRANSPORTATION.

IS THERE ANY MONEY IN THIS BUDGET OR WHAT'S THE TIMELINE OF FUTURE BUDGETS THAT YOU WOULD SEE RELATED TO, UH, THE CONCEPT OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS IF, IF INDEED FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDE THAT THEY WANNA DO THAT? YEAH.

MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

UH, FIRST, LET ME BE CLEAR, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THAT INCLUDES ANY SORT OF REMOVAL OF LANES FROM ANY ROADS OR WHAT'S BEEN TERMED ERODE DIET.

NONE OF THE PROJECTS IN YOUR BUDGET REFLECT THAT.

UM, IN FACT, QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

YOU HAVE QUITE A BIT OF, UH, ARTERIAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION THAT IS STILL GOING ON, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, SOUTHEAST CHANDLER, PARTICULARLY WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY AT LANES.

UM, IN FACT, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT THAT ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT ADDING LANES ON ACAT ROAD.

SO, UH, ACTUALLY THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD REFLECT ANY SORT OF ROAD DIET IN THE BUDGET.

SAME GOES FOR B R T BUS, RAPID TRANSIT.

THERE ARE NO PROJECTS IN YOUR, IN YOUR TENURE CAPITAL PLAN THAT REFLECT A PROJECT OF THAT NATURE.

I THINK WE'RE, THAT, UH, NOTION COMES FROM, THERE IS A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT MAG HAS PUT TOGETHER WHERE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, COULD BE FOR A BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED OR EVEN DISCUSSED UNTIL 2045.

SO 22 YEARS FROM NOW WOULD BE THE SOONEST YOU COULD EVEN REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOCKED INTO.

UH, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY ADOPT THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THE CITY COULD CONSIDER, AND CERTAINLY A LOT CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND 2045 WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION.

SO, UH, THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS BUDGET THAT REFLECTS ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. AND SIMILAR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIGHT RAIL, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE DID STUDIES THAT LOOKED AT BRINGING LIGHT RAIL AND, AND MEMBERS, SOME MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL, OR AT LEAST TWO OF US, AND AS WELL AS PREVIOUS MEMBERS, DECIDED THAT THAT WAS NOT A

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AND ANY FUTURE THINGS RELATED TO THAT WOULD ALTER THE ROADS OR, OR SPECIFICALLY DEDICATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE BY THAT COUNCIL WOULD INITIATE WHETHER MAGNETS A RECOMMENDATION ARE NOT AND AS WELL AS, AND THE PROC, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS, EVEN IF 10, 20 YEARS FROM NOW THIS CONVERSATION STARTS? YEAH, MR. MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JUST AS IT TOOK MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TONS OF PUBLIC INPUT TO EVEN GET TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW, THERE WOULD BE A BUNCH MORE OF THAT BETWEEN NOW AND 2045.

SO, UH, YOU'RE A LONG WAY AND A LOT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS AND ADDITIONAL STUDY AND RESEARCH BEFORE YOU WOULD EVER GET TO THAT POINT.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? I DID, I DID HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD RELATED TO THIS, BUT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS BUDGET? NO, HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

UM, THIS IS THE TE TENTATIVE ADOPTION.

SO I'M GONNA HOLD MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE FINAL ADOPTION.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH I WANNA DO WITH, WITH JOSH, BUT, UH, UH, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OUR, IN OUR FINAL ADOPTION MEETING VERSUS TONIGHT.

IS THAT, IS THAT AS SAFE TO SAY, MAYOR? IT'LL BE AN, IT'LL BE AN AGENDA ITEM AGAIN.

UM, SEEING NO QUESTIONS, LET ME BRING UP OUR, OUR ONE SPEAKER, THIS.

THANK YOU, MA.

UM, JANET ACKERMAN, IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

UM, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

THE LIGHT WILL BE, BE GREEN WHEN IT TURNS YELLOW.

IF YOU'D PLEASE WRAP UP, AND WHEN IT'S RED, THEN YOUR TIME IS OVER.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THOUGH, MA'AM.

UM, HELLO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS JANET ACKERMAN.

MY ADDRESS IS, DO YOU WANT THE FULL ADDRESS OR? SURE.

UH, 63 20 NORTH 16TH STREET, UH, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 85,016 PHOENIX.

I'M HERE, UM, TODAY JUST TO GIVE YOU, UM, THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE AS SOMEONE WHO, UM, USES THE, THE LIGHT RAIL AND USES, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

I USED TO USE IT FOR, UH, DAILY COMMUTING TO WORK AND, UM, RIDING THE BUS.

AND I'M REALLY, UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THESE, UM, UH, THE PLANS FOR, UH, ROAD DIETS IN THE FUTURE.

I'M PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE AROUND HERE IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO I WANNA GIVE YOU MY TESTIMONY NOW.

UM, I, I THINK IT'S, UM, THE, THE BIG ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH, UH, WITH LIGHT RAIL IN THE BUS IN ARIZONA, IN PHOENIX IS THAT, UM, UH, JUST THE SUMMER, HE, I WAS SITTING AT A BUS STOP, UH, WAITING, UM, UH, LIKE AT SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT TO TAKE THE BUS HOME.

IT WAS 115 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

I HAD TO CALL AN AMBULANCE TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE I WAS SUFFERING WITH HEAT EXHAUSTION.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT I'VE BEEN TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE SUMMER.

SO IT'S JUST THE IDEA THAT, UM, WE ARE GONNA CONVERT FROM OUR AIR CONDITIONED CARS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UM, THE BUS, THE, UH, OR LIGHT RAIL, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE, IT, IT'S THE TIME THAT YOU'RE SPENDING OUTDOORS, UH, WAITING FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION.

UM, IT, THAT, UM, CREATES A, A HEALTH PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE.

UM, AND I WAS READING ON THE B R T, UH, PLAN, UH, SITE, AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT, WELL, IT'S GONNA BE FASTER BECAUSE THEY'LL MAKE FEWER STOPS.

BUT THE PROBLEM WITH FEWER STOPS IS THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO WALK FURTHER TO YOUR DESTINATION.

SO IT'S BASICALLY GONNA CUT OFF ALL BUSINESS AND IN, IN THOSE AREAS BETWEEN THE STOPS, UM, PEOPLE JUST AREN'T GONNA COME.

UM, THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS THAT I THINK CUTTING DOWN THE ROADWAYS DOWN TO A SINGLE LANE, UM, UNLESS THERE'S A DEDICATED LANE FOR BUSES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CONGESTION.

UM, I GUESS CATION, WHICH IS PART OF OUR BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY CARD, UM, RELATED TO,

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UM, COUNSEL AT THIS POINT, A MOTION WOULD BE AN ORDER MAYOR, OUR CONVERSATION? YES, SIR.

MAYOR I, UH, MOVE CITY COUNCIL PASS AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 56 94, ADOPTING THE FY 20 23 24 TENTATIVE BUDGET, AND THE 2024 TO DASH 2033 TENTATIVE C I P, AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE DATES AND TIMES FOR THE HEARING TAXPAYERS FOR FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND THE SETTING OF THE TAX LEVIES AND THE TAX RATES.

SECOND.

SO GOT A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UH, COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENC.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

[16. Public Hearing for Resolution No. 5692 Approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Assessment for the City of Chandler, Arizona, Downtown Chandler Enhanced Municipal Services District 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close Public Hearing]

ON OUR AGENDA IS KIM MOYER.

SO EXCITED TO SHARE ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEM NUMBER 16, HAVING TO DO WITH HER ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR DOWNTOWN CHANDLER ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

KIM, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

MAYOR, CAN I GET THIS STARTED? OKAY.

UH, MAYOR COUNSEL, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.

THE E M S D WAS CREATED IN 2005 AND IS NOW IN ITS 18TH YEAR AND COVERS 61.4 ACRES.

AN ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS FORMED TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES UP AND BEYOND TYPICAL CITY SERVICES.

SUCH SERVICES INCLUDE SAFETY, BEAUTIFICATION, MARKETING AND PROMOTION, AND PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION.

THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE DOWNTOWN CHANDLER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, THE D C C P, THROUGH AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT WE WILL BRING BACK NEXT MONTH FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, CALL UP REBECCA HILL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE E M S D SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE D C C P LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU, KIM.

THANKS, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.

UM, QUICKLY, UH, MY NAME IS REBECCA HILL AND I AM THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE D C C P.

UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THEN A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICES.

AS KIM MENTIONED, OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS THE DOWNTOWN CHANDLER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IS A 5 0 1 , NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, WHOSE MISSION IS TO MOBILIZE LEADERSHIP AND RESOURCES TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN CHANDLER AS A REGIONAL DESTINATION FOR SHOPPING, DINING, LIVING, CULTURE, AND THE ARTS.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS INCLUDE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS, ALL OF THEM OWNING BUSINESSES THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE HERE IN DOWNTOWN.

THE D C C P SERVICES INCLUDES MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE BOARD MEETINGS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, STRATEGIC PLANS, SUSTAINABILITY BUDGETS, AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS.

EVENTS ARE ONE OF THE MORE VISUAL SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, INCLUDING THE FARMER'S MARKET, AND WITH AN INTENTIONAL, UM, FOCUS.

OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE FARMER'S MARKET HAS GROWN IN VENDORS AND IN ATTENDANCE.

THE CHANDLER'S FARMER'S MARKET HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE TOP THREE MARKETS IN ARIZONA THROUGH THE BEST OF THE DESERT, 2023 FROM AZ CENTRAL.

OTHER EVENTS INCLUDE THE WEDDING WALK, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED SAN MARCOS HILTON SOHO, 63 CHANDLER POPS, AND VARIOUS RESTAURANTS THAT MAY BE A GOOD FIT FOR REHEARSAL DINNERS AND BRUNCH THE NEXT MORNING.

CONTINUING ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, VARIOUS PUB CRAWLS AND CREATING GREAT PARTNERSHIPS ALLOWS US TO HOST FINE ARTS AND WINE FESTIVAL, BEER, BOURBON AND BARBECUE OCTOBERFEST, ALL WITH THE GREAT PARTNERS FROM SANTAN AND PETAL HOUSE BREWERIES.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT PILLAR OF OUR SERVICE IS OUR MARKETING OF DOWNTOWN.

WE HAVE MORE THAN 33,000 FOLLOWERS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA COMBINED PAGES, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL THOUSANDS WHO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, AND WE CREATE VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO INCLUDE CHANNEL YOUR CHILL, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WHICH INCLUDES A DIVE IN MOVIE FOR FAMILIES, STAY AND PLAY CAMPAIGNS TO ATTRACT THE LEISURE, TRAVELER AND LOCALS.

IN ADDITION, WE HELP ALL THE BUSINESS MARKET THEIR SPECIALS, SERVICES AND EVENTS, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN JUST PUTTING THE WORD OUT ON THE STREET ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO EX, UM, THE EXPERIENCE AND WELCOMING OF VISITORS PLACEMAKING, SUCH AS PLANTING FLOWERS, PLACING THE AMERICAN FLAGS, HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND DISPLAYS, ROOFTOP LIGHTING, AND OVERALL AND INVITING DOWNTOWN.

ONE OF THE

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MOST IMPORTANT AND NOTICEABLE SERVICES WE PROVIDE IS THE CLEAN TEAM.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CLEAN TEAM IS TO ENSURE LITTER AND GARBAGES PICKED UP.

UM, GRAFFITI IS REMOVED AND OR REPORTED PROMPTLY EMPTYING TRASH CANS, REMOVING STICKERS AND RANDOM FLYERS THAT END UP ON POLES IN THE DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS EMPTYING TRASH CANS AND WIPING DOWN THE SURFACES SUCH AS THE PARK BENCHES.

AND THIS PERSON SERVES AS A DOWNTOWN AMBASSADOR.

AGAIN, ALL SERVICES OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO DOING.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND SO MUCH MORE.

WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND OUR UPCOMING ANNUAL MEETING ON JUNE 8TH FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

BACK TO KIM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, YEAH, REBECCA.

SORRY.

I, UM, JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR APPROACH.

YOU GOT AHOLD OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, STAKEHOLDERS, AND, UH, YOU REALLY DID A DUE DILIGENCE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE BASELINE IS AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UM, ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, TAKING YOUR INPUT, OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT ARTS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE TREES, WE PLANTING SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT IN OUR BUDGET TO HELP SUPPLEMENT, UH, SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, ART, UH, HAS, IS A BIG ATTRACTION, AND AS WE EXPAND IN THAT AREA, WE, WE'VE GIVEN, UH, KIM SOME MORE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO WORK WITH US TO GET SOME MORE OF THOSE ART WALKS THAT DRIVE PEOPLE DOWN HERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TOURISM DOLLARS, WHICH WILL GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO AT THEIR DOWNTOWN.

SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR APPROACH AND THE OPTIMISM AND POSITIVE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND, UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO MR. MAYOR AND STAFF, UM, FOR PROVIDING THAT INSIGHT AND THAT FEEDBACK AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PUT SOME OF THOSE MISSING PIECES TOGETHER.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND THE, UH, HOPEFUL DOLLARS THAT WILL BE COMING SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, MAYOR, ADDITIONAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION? VICE COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND KIM, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING DOWNTOWN.

I KNOW IN BASICALLY THE LAST FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS, OUR DOWNTOWN HAS BECOME A TOURISM, IT'S A DESTINATION, UH, PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME SO WE CAN GET TAX DOLLARS FROM GILBERT AND TEMPE FOR .

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

BUT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO OUR DOWNTOWN AND IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEING DONE AT D C C P AND WHAT THE PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD ARE DOING TO DRIVE EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A REAL FUN PLACE AND IT'S SAFE AND IT'S VIBRANT AND, UH, WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND, AND CONTINUING FORWARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, I APPRECIATE IT.

CUSTOMER HARRIS, JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, REBECCA, I GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.

AND I, AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE KIM MOYERS BECAUSE SHE DEFINITELY KNOWS DOWNTOWN.

SHE DEFINITELY KNOWS WHAT MAKES THE CITY COME ALIVE.

AND I THINK WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH D C C P BEING LED BY YOU AND KIM MOYERS, YOU GUYS ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

UM, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I GET COMPLIMENTS ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN CHANDLER ALL THE TIME.

LIKE, PEOPLE LIKE COMING TO DOWNTOWN CHANDLER, AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A CLEAN, WELCOMING, WARM, SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF COME LIVE, HANG OUT AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN SAY THIS WORD, CHILL.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'LL LEAVE IT AT.

GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

I'D ALSO ECHO THAT AT OUR, UM, IN JANUARY AT OUR, UH, AT OUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND INTERNATIONALLY.

AND WHAT I HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN IS THAT THEY FELT SAFE.

THEY FELT THAT OUR PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY, THAT OUR CITY WAS CLEAN.

THAT REALLY WAS, UH, MOST OF THEIR UNIVERSE ON THAT TRIP WAS JUST IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND STAYING AT THE HILTON ACROSS FROM CITY HALL AND JUST TRAVERSING BACK AND FORTH.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMENTS AND VIBE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

HAS REMAINED THE SAME SINCE ITS IN, UH, INCEPTION IN 2005.

SHUT YOU UP.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.

UM, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE RELATED TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING? YOU HAVE, MAYOR, I GOT, OH, I'M SORRY.

WE'RE STILL GOING.

YEAH, MAYOR, KEEP GOING.

I APOLOGIZE.

WE JUST NEED TO FINISH THE PROCESS FOR IT TO VOTE IF IT THANK YOU.

IF IT'S OKAY.

UM, SO, UH, JUST WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, UM, TO FURTHER EXPAND ON THE E M S D PROCESS, THE ASSESSMENT, UH, WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCEEDS BEING PAID BY, UH, BY THE DISTRICT.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING BODY WHO OFFICIALLY ENABLES THE DISTRICT.

AND THE DISTRICT MUST BE RENEWED EVERY YEAR.

THE ANNUAL STEPS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

THE STEP ONE IS TO SET THE RATE BY THE COUNCIL.

THE RATE

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THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR THE D C C P REQUESTED A 5% INCREASE THAT IS ALLOWED BY THE E M S D BYLAWS AS THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER IN THE DOWNTOWN.

THE D C C P ALSO REQUESTED THE COUNCIL APPROVE A 5% INCREASE TO OUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THAT CONTRIBUTION FROM $118,804 TO $124,000.

UM, 700 4420 4,744.

UH, ON MARCH 23RD, THE COUNCIL, UH, PROVIDED TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT APPROVAL ON THAT.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD A PUBLISHED NOTICE OF HEARING AS REQUIRED BY A R S FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING.

THE D C C P ALSO MAILED NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT OF THEIR RIGHT TO FILE AN OBJECTION AND NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS POINT.

TONIGHT'S THE HEARING.

AND THEN FINALLY WILL BE BACK ON JUNE 22ND FOR THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE D C C P TO ADMINISTER THE ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

AND WITH THAT, I'M FINISHED UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE E EM E M S D PROCESS? VERY QUICK QUESTION.

VICE KIM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION YESTERDAY.

DID WE PICK UP NEW MEMBERS FROM LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR? YOU KNOW, I ASKED THAT QUESTION EVERY YEAR.

SO WHY I'M KEEPING TRADITION? OKAY.

YES, WE, UM, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR, YES, WE DID.

UM, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAPLE HOUSE, WHICH WE'LL BE OPENING UP, UM, THAT WAS A RESIDENTIAL HOME.

SO AS WE CONVERT THAT INTO COMMERCIAL, THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT.

ANY EXPANSIONS THAT WE SEE WOULD BE THAT ASSESSMENT AS WELL.

BUT, UM, THE MAPLE HOUSE IS THE MOST, IS WHAT THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THE MOST.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE E M S D PROCESS OR WHAT IS BEFORE US SEEING NONE? I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT POINT.

THANK YOU ALL.

[17. Resolution No. 5692 Approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Assessment for the City of Chandler, Arizona, Downtown Chandler Enhanced Municipal Services District Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5692 approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Assessment for City of Chandler, Arizona, Downtown Chandler Enhanced Municipal Services District. Council Focus Area(s):]

ITEM 17 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, RELATED TO THE ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT COUNSEL.

I BELIEVE A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

I MOVED AT THE CITY COUNCIL PASSANT OP RESOLUTION NUMBER 56 92 APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.

2024 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, DOWNTOWN CHANDLER ENHANCEMENT MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

WE HAVE MOTION BY VICE MAYOR RESERVE.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENC? YES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

COUNSEL.

NEXT ON

[12. Unscheduled Public Appearances]

OUR AGENDA, PUBLIC AGENDA HERE IS UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

WE DO HAVE A FEW CARDS HERE, UM, TO THOSE WHO DESIRE TO SPEAK, UH, AS AN UNSCHEDULED ITEM.

WE CANNOT ENGAGE YOU IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC MEETING PROCESS, BUT YOU, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TIME AND I ASK THAT YOU, UM, PLEASE STICK TO THAT.

I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO NOT REPEAT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.

IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING NEW TO BRING, UH, PLEASE SHARE THAT.

UH, AND IF YOUR COMMENT IS AS SIMPLE AS I AGREE WITH THEM, THAT'S JUST AS ACCEPTABLE.

OR IF SOMEONE PREVIOUSLY HAS SAID WHAT YOU DESIRE TO SHARE, UH, YOU CAN ALSO, UH, DECLINE TO SPEAK AT THAT POINT.

SO I'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF CARDS ON TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

FIRST UP IS MR. CLOVIS HUNG.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SIDES OF THIS.

GO BIG OR GO HOME, SIR.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S TRUE.

MY NAME'S CLOVIS HUNG GATE.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M HERE BEFORE YOU REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON MARICOPA COUNTY ISLAND.

IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CATE IN HUNDRED 40TH DUE TO A CONFLICT.

WE ARE REQUESTING THE FURTHER WORK ON THAT LOCATION AND SAID PROJECT BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING ISSUE IS REC.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

MA'AM, CAN YOU TURN HIS SINGER AROUND FOR REST? PLEASE? KEEP GOING SIR.

OKAY, WE GO, UH, UNTIL THE FOLLOWING ISSUE WAS RECTIFIED EXCEPT FOR THE REPAIR OF OUR IRRIGATION VALVE THAT BLEW UP ON THIS BY THEIR CONSTRUCTION, THERE WAS A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT DATED 11 9 11 20.

THE GRANTS FIVE FOOT TEMPORARY, STRICTLY TEMPORARY EASEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE WIDENING OF CATE ROAD.

AFTER THAT CONSTRUCTION, THE TCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE REVERTED BACK TO OUR PROPERTY AS

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OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND, AND PROPERTY THERE.

THAT BORDERS ON THE ROOSEVELT WATER DISTRICT EASEMENT AS WELL.

THE TCE HAS BEEN SURVEYED IN STATE BY MLC SERVICES SHOWING THE LEGAL NORTH SIDE OF THAT TCE.

THE MLC SERVICES STATE AT THE LOCATION OF THE VINYL FENCING THAT WAS PURCHASED WHILE AND REPLACED BY CHANDLER.

THE THOUGHT ON THAT IS THEY SAID IT WAS PERMANENT AND THEY REPLACED IT, BUT THEY'RE TELLING US NOW THAT THEY NEED TO TEAR THAT DOWN.

SO, UM, THE FENCE AND AT THEIR EXPENSE AND THEY'RE WANTING TO REMOVE IT, THE VINYL FENCE IS ALREADY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT TCE E THIS ALLOWS HAYDEN CONSTRUCTION ACCESS TO USE THAT FIVE FOOT EASEMENT.

HOWEVER, THE FENCE WAS NOT INSTALLED IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

IT'S AT AN ANGLE ALL THE WAY DOWN 300 FEET ON OUR PROPERTY.

DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT WELL.

THERE'S AN INCLUSION OF A BLOCK WALL, WHICH WAS PART OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT ON OUR SOUTHERN SOUTH EASEMENT LINE, MR. LASETTE WITH C E I SAID THAT THE WALL WOULD BE ON OUR SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS THE EASEMENT AREA THERE.

MR. GARCIA WITH CHANDLER CITY PUBLIC WORKS IN UTILITIES WAS THERE AND HE AGREED WITH THAT POINT THAT MR. LIZETTE HAD MADE.

BUT THE WALL IS GOING TO BE AT AN ANGLE AS WELL, WHICH ON THAT CORNER, WHICH IS, LIKE I SAID, 300 FEET, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT DIFFERENT.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2016.

WE'VE HAD CONFLICT INFORMATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE LAND AGENCIES WITH CHANDLER AND THE INFO THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN TO US.

I'VE TALKED TO THE MA, THE CITY MANAGER ALREADY TONIGHT AND HE'LL BE GETTING WITH US.

GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT IT'S HARD TO TRUST BECAUSE THE SUBJECT AND THE INFORMATION HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY OVER THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S HAPPENED ONE TIME AND ONE DAY IT TOOK PLACE.

FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND AGAIN, CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWING UP WITH, UH, MR. HUNG.

YES.

UH, MAYOR, WE HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER TONIGHT.

WE'LL GET A MEETING FOR NEXT WEEK WITH, UH, MR. AND MRS. HUNG.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

NEXT DOOR, UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE IS JANET WHO, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M SAYING YOUR NAME WRONG AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

PERFECT.

AND WE WANNA WORK WITH THE CITY.

MY NAME IS JANET HO AND I LIVE AT 21 16 32 SOUTH HUNDRED 40TH STREET IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

UM, TALKING TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ON AN ADDITION TO WHAT CLOVIS WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, THAT IS THE AAT WIDENING PROJECT.

WE LIVE OFF A HUNDRED AND 40TH STREET BETWEEN LINDSEY AND GILBERT.

THAT IS THE ONLY ENTRANCE TO THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DO NOT HAVE A BACK AREA BECAUSE THAT EASEMENT WAS CLOSED BY THE ROOSEVELT DISTRICT BACK IN 1999.

SO WE HAVE NOT HAD ANOTHER ENTRANCE OUT TO THAT PROPERTY.

THE AGREEMENT WAS MADE WHEN THE WIDENING WOULD HAPPEN, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE A LEFT TURN LANE ONTO HUNDRED 40TH.

THEY HAVE CLOSED THAT OFF, NOT JUST DURING CONSTRUCTION HOURS, BUT NON-CONSTRUCTION HOURS.

TO GET A FIRETRUCK INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YESTERDAY, THEY HAD TO STOP AND MOVE CONES TO GET IN, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I CANNOT MOVE MY HORSE TRAILER WITH MY HORSES IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY WITH THE CONES.

I MUST STOP AND MOVE CONES IN ORDER TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN SAFELY TO MOVE MY HORSES OUT.

THERE ARE ABOUT 150 HOUSES BACK THERE.

MULTIPLE HOUSES HAVE HORSES, HAVE COWS, HAVE SHEEP, HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROPERTY.

OUR GARBAGE SERVICES HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FROM GETTING IN.

AND WHEN THE GARBAGE TRUCKS CANNOT GET IN, THEY DO NOT COME BACK.

THEY LEAVE AND WILL COME BACK THE NEXT TIME, WHICH MEANS WE CANNOT HAVE OUR POOP REMOVAL, WHICH IS A PROBLEM.

I GET.

UM, PELLET AND HAY DELIVERY BY THE SQUEEZE EVERY 10 DAYS.

THEY CANNOT GET IN AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE BLOCKED FROM MAKING A LEFT TURN.

THE BIGGEST AND MOST CRITICAL ISSUE THOUGH, IN TOP OF ALL OF THAT, THE SCHOOL BUSES NOW ARE DROPPING OFF ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHANDLER AND THE KIDS ARE WALKING IN FRONT OF THE BUS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ONTO THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE THE BUS IS NOT STOPPING ON THAT TURN LANE WHERE THEY USED TO.

THE CARS COMING WEST ARE NOT STOPPING, AND THOSE KIDS ARE WALKING WITH NO ONE SUPERVISING THEM THROUGH THAT STREET.

ON TOP OF THAT, ANYONE COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE HAS TO MAKE A U-TURN TO GET INTO OUR PROPERTY WHILE LINDSAY IS NOW BLOCKED OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

SO YOU CANNOT SAFELY MAKE A U-TURN ON LINDSAY AND THERE IS CONSTRUCTION GOING DOWN IN GREENFIELD.

YOU CANNOT MAKE A U-TURN.

SO ANYONE COMING IN THAT NEEDS TO MAKE A U-TURN CAN'T GET INTO OUR PROPERTY.

SO WE'RE COMPLETELY BLOCKED

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WE WANNA WORK TO GET THIS RESOLVED, BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR PROPERTY, FOR OUR ANIMALS RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE NEED TO, TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

AND CITY MANAGER AGAIN.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THE NEXT UN SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE IS, UM, I'M JUST TAKING THESE NOTE OR I'VE GOT 'EM.

UM, JEN DIXON.

AND IF YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS.

HI, MY NAME'S JEAN DIXON.

I LIVE AT 65 NORTH HAMILTON, NUMBER 19 IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA, 85 2 25.

UM, I'VE LIVED HERE 18 YEARS IN CHANDLER.

UH, I MOVED HERE AND DECIDED I LIKED IT AND I STAYED.

AND I'VE SEEN LOTS OF CHANGES IN CHANDLER, DOWNTOWN CHANDLER AS AS WELL OF ALL OF CHANDLER.

BUT THE MAIN THING I'VE SEEN, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROAD DIET AND THAT THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO NOW MAKE ONE WAY STREETS AND IT'S GONNA BE BUS LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SECTION OF ARIZONA AVE, WHICH IS WHERE I GO IN AND OUT TO GET TO MY COMPLEX.

THE, I SAW THIS SAME KIND OF THING HAPPEN IN MES IN DOWN IN DOWNTOWN MESA IT ON MAIN STREET WHEN THEY PUT THE LIGHT RAIL IN AND THEY HAD CONSTRUCTION FOR THREE YEARS.

AND MOST OF THOSE BUSINESSES WENT OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE PEOPLE COULDN'T GET THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF YOU PUT THAT CONSTRUCTION IN DOWN, THAT THOSE ARE ALL SMALL BUSINESSES.

THEY'RE NOTHING.

THERE ARE NO BIG, BIG NAMED ONES.

THEY'RE ALL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY, THEY'VE JUST RECOVERED FROM COVID AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA PUT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THERE AND TAKE AWAY THEIR BUSINESS CUZ NO ONE WILL WALK DOWN THERE, THERE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE STREET.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF CARS, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, CAUSES ITS OWN PROBLEM.

AND, UM, WE'VE HAD POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM WALKING DOWN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BECAUSE, SO IT, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE THAT PROBLEM EVEN MORE WHEN YOU PUT IN THE BUS LANES BECAUSE WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE GONNA WALK? AND I, SO I'D LIKE TO PUT AN NAY IN FOR THAT, FOR NOT PUTTING IN THE ROAD DIET.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU RELEASE AN ISSUE TO COUNSEL EXPLAINING, UM, THE PROCESS THAT WAS EXPLAINED EARLIER, JUST SO WE COULD HAVE THOSE THAT WERE NOT RESTRICTING LANES AND THAT NONE OF THIS IS, IS HAPPENING.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE SEND US A MEMO ON THAT AGAIN, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT UP OUR SPEAKER IS DEREK LOGAN.

DEREK AGAIN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

LET ME KNOW CAUSE I'VE WORKED A LOT IN TRANSPORTATION TOO.

MAYOR HARKEY, VICE MAYOR ORLANDO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DEREK LOGAN.

I'M LIVE IN LOT 96 PINE ESTATES IN GENERAL.

UM, I WAS BROUGHT HERE BECAUSE OF HEARING ABOUT THE OLD DIET, BUT IT JUST GOT ME THINKING ABOUT ALL WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE THE FUTURE'S GOING.

I MOVED HERE 33 YEARS AGO.

I LOVE CHANDLER.

I LOVE WHERE WE'VE GONE, HOW WE'VE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE, WHERE WE'VE GONE SINCE THEN.

AND WE'VE CERTAINLY HAVE DEVELOPED A GREAT CITY.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND ALL THOSE BEFORE YOU REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO NOW WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WE MIGHT SAY, WELL THIS ROAD'S NOT GONNA BE 2045, WE WON'T KNOW ABOUT IT FOR 10 YEARS, BUT MAG IS THINKING ABOUT IT NOW OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALREADY STUFF OUT THERE.

WHAT ABOUT WHAT ARE THE, THE DRAW FOR THIS? THEY MIGHT SAY, WELL YOU GOT ALL THIS HIGH DENSITY, ULTRA HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, LIKE THE PROPOSED HOUSING IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FINALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST NORTH OF PINE OFF OF ROAD.

UM, SO THE THING IS, SO LET'S NOT BUILD MY, YOU KNOW, MY WISH FOR YOU GUYS IS PLEASE LET'S NOT TRY TO BUILD MASSIVE ULTRA HIGH DENSITY POCKETS THROUGHOUT THE SUBURBS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE SUBURBS.

LET'S KEEP THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, LET'S KEEP THE SUBURBS AS A SUBURBS, WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS MASS TRANSIT, WHICH REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PER PERSON PER PER MILE OR PER TIME, I MEAN, DO THEY REALLY TRANSFER THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE? THEY REALLY DON'T.

I MEAN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE DEDICATED LANES.

I MEAN EVEN LIKE THE LIGHT RAIL.

UM, SO LET'S JUST, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD? WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO NOW CAN REACH OUT WITH MAG, START TALKING TO THEM NOW, NOT WAIT 10 YEARS FROM NOW FOR THEM TO COME TO US WITH A PROPOSAL? WELL, CAN WE DO NOW? I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS FOR YOU AND IF YOU WANT ANY SUPPORT, PLEASE

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NEXT PERSON, UH, JEFF CALDWELL.

THANK YOU SIR.

AGAIN, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

JEFF CALDWELL, I'M A RESIDENCE RESIDENT OF MARICOPA COUNTY ORIGINALLY.

THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, ORIGINALLY I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK, UM, BUT IT WAS CONCERNING TO ME WITH THE MAYOR WHO'S ALSO MEMBER OF MAG STANDING OUTSIDE REQUESTING FOR US NOT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND SO THAT'S A HUGE RED FLAG TO ME AS AN AVERAGE CITIZEN.

UM, AND IT COMPELLED ME TO SPEAK, BUT FROM A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION WE SAW EARLIER TONIGHT, UM, BECAUSE OF DECADES OF PLANNING AND WHAT HAS HELPED OUT, UH, RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER TO CUT DOWN ON THEIR COSTS, WE HAVE PLANNED DECADES INTO THE FUTURE ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND SO THIS PLAN, I CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR NOT MOVING FORWARD CURRENTLY WITH ROAD DIETS.

HOWEVER, MAG SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST AND THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS ON HOW THEY WANT THEIR, UH, CITY RUN.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE BECAUSE ROAD DIETS WILL CAUSE MORE POLLUTION TO ADD ONTO JANET'S, UH, COMMENT EARLIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE CONGESTION AND MORE CO2 EMISSIONS FROM CARS IN THE FUTURE.

SO I DO GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING A STAND RIGHT NOW, BUT UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SERIOUS AND THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SIR.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I WANT TO JUST TALK TO JOSH FOR A SECOND.

UM, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS, WHAT MAYOR HAVE ALREADY SAID TO PUT THE PRESS POLICE OUT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE WE KEEP HEARING PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING, DON'T DO THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING IT.

BUT WE KEEP HEARING THEM SAY, DON'T DO IT, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING IT.

SO I THINK HAVING A CLEAR TO SEND TO OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER THAT THEY'LL KNOW WE HAVE THE CITY SCOPE, WE DO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AND VARIOUS OTHER WAYS THAT WE INFORM 'EM.

BUT I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE SAYING, DON'T DO THIS AND WE'RE NOT DOING THIS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE NEED TO SAY IT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT, BUT IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT.

GET THE PRESS RELEASE DONE, WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE SO WE CAN DO IT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN STOP SAYING STOP DOING IT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANKS JOSH.

HER LAST SPEAKER IS, UM, MELINDA HAMILTON.

AGAIN.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR, I'M SORRY, I'M, IS IT MARISSA? MARISSA, I'M VERY SORRY.

UM, NEXT ON OUR SCHEDULE IS WE HAVE HEARD OF IT, OF WHICH I WILL BE STARTING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

I HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MY NAME IS MARISSA HAMILTON.

I AM A RESIDENT OF MARICOPA COUNTY.

I DID NOT REALIZE I SIGNED UP, UH, BUT I WILL JUST ADD TO THIS, UH, THE COMMENTARY ON THE ROAD DIETS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE NOT DOING IT, HOWEVER, THERE IS THIS UNELECTED BUREAUCRATIC ENTITY THAT YOU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CALLED MAG THAT IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO RUIN OUR CITIES AND RUIN THE ABILITY FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SELF-GOVERNANCE IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DISCONTINUE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS ENTITY.

THIS ENTITY IS HOSTILE TO SELF-GOVERNANCE.

IT IS HOSTILE TO THE PEOPLE.

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THEY ARE HERE TO DISRUPT THAT.

UH, THEY WERE CREATED IN 1960.

UH, THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY CALLS IT COERCIVE FEDERALISM.

WE NEED TO END COERCIVE FEDERALISM, BRING US BACK TO SELF-GOVERNANCE WHERE WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER ABOUT SPENDING AND TAXATION AND ROADS.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, MAKING A DEFINITIVE STATEMENT ON THIS.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES IN MARICOPA COUNTY TO DO THE SAME.

AND, UH, IT IS MY WISH TO SEE THE COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT IN ARIZONA CEASE TO EXIST BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

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

I DO WANNA WISH EVERYONE, UH, A VERY HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AND I HOPE THAT THIS WEEKEND THAT YOU TAKE TIME OUT FROM, UH, THE FAMILY, THE BARBECUE, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING TO REFLECT UPON THE REASON THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE ENJOY SO MANY RIGHTS TODAY AND THAT A PRICE HAS

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BEEN PAID IN ORDER THAT WE CAN ENJOY THEM.

WE APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK AND THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN DEFENSE OF OUR, OUR GREAT NATION.

MEMORIAL DAY WAS STARTED AT DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHEN AMERICANS WOULD BRING FLOWERS AND OTHER ITEMS TO GRAVES OF THOSE LOST IN BATTLE.

SO SPEAKING FOR COUNCIL AND PERHAPS OTHER WILLS TOO.

SO SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM.

TWO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS, UM, REALLY A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO MICAH MIRANDA, OUR ECONOMIC TEAM AND THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

AS CHANDLER IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE ARIZONA CHAMBER'S 2023 BEST CITY FOR BUSINESS.

AND THIS EVENT, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP IN EARLY JUNE, IS A AWARD GIVEN THE CITIES AND TOWNS THAT SHOW THAT THEY DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HIGH QUALITY OF LIVE AND FAVORABLE BUSINESS CONDITIONS.

DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AGAIN OUR CITY STAFF WHO HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN CHANDLER.

AND, UH, MANY OF US WILL, RETE WILL BE ATTENDING THIS AWARD CEREMONY ON JUNE 6TH.

AND THEN FINALLY AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE BROUGHT UP SOME HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT, THAT, UH, WERE TOP OF THE STATE REPRESENTING US RELATED TO A NATIONAL ECONOMICS CHALLENGE WHILE THEY, THEY IS THAT YOU IN THE BACK? OLIVIA? YES.

YEAH, OLIVIA WAS ONE OF THEM.

UH, SO THEY TRAVELED EAST AND CAME IN FOURTH IN THE NATION.

AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU OLIVIA'S ALSO ONE OF OUR BRAND NEW MAYOR'S, YOUTH COMMISSIONED MEMBERS THAT COUNCIL YOU VOTED ON TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THIS LAST, UH, WEEKEND, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF, UH, THE ANNUAL HAITIAN FLAG DAY.

AND I WAS ABLE TO READ, UM, UH, PROCLAMATION OF THE 1803 FLAG DAY FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

WE HAVE MANY OF THEM THAT ARE LIVING THROUGHOUT CHANDLER AND ALSO ALL OVER ARIZONA.

THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REALIZE IT, HAITI WAS THE FIRST BLACK NATION IN THE WORLD TO HAVE TAKEN ITS INDEPENDENCE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE DID.

THE FIRST BLACK NATION FROM THE FRENCH AS A FRENCH COLONY.

AND FROM THAT PLACE, HAITI WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD TO HELP OTHERS GET THEIR FREEDOM.

AND SO FREEDOM FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE IS INNATE IN THEM.

IT'S SOMETHING THEY CARRY WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY GO AND WHEREVER THEY ARE, THEY COME TO BRING THAT PEACE WITH THEM.

THEY COME TO BRING THAT, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER.

THE HAITIAN PEOPLE, AS THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND UNITED STATES INCLUDED, NEVER COME HERE TO JUST ONLY TAKE, THEY COME HERE ALSO TO GIVE BACK AND TO HELP.

THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR A HAND UP.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REFUGEES THAT ARE TO OUT THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO IN ARIZONA CURRENTLY.

AND THOSE REFUGEES, THEY ARE HERE LEGALLY.

AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT LEGALLY, THEY ARE UNDER THE STATUS OF BEING A REFUGEE.

AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE CITY OF CHANDLER, AS WE HAVE STAND TO RECEIVE THEM AND TO HELP THEM THRIVE IN THIS CITY, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS THEY GO TO SCHOOL, AS THEY PROVIDE A PLACE FOR THEIR FAMILIES TO LIVE AND TO THRIVE RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER.

AND SO WE WANNA THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR HAVING GIVEN ME THAT PO NATION AND FOR HAVING GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THE TIME.

THERE WERE ABOUT 300 OF THEM IN A ROOM ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY THAT CHANDLER HAD OPENED A DOOR FOR THEM TO BE HERE AND TO THRIVE.

YOU GOOD? YOU COULD APPLAUD.

NOT THAT SELF CENTERED.

I KNEW IT WAS FOR HER.

I'M JUST, IT WAS NOT FOR ME.

IT WAS NOT EVEN FOR ME.

SENTIMENT.

GO AHEAD, VICE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD? IT'S ALL GOOD.

SO, ON MONDAY MEMORIAL, IT WILL BE MEMORIAL DAY IN THE, AS THE NORMAL EVENT VALLEY THE SUN, UH, AT NINE O'CLOCK.

UH, I'LL BE SAYING A FEW WORDS ON, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, HONOR MAYOR.

UM, BUT I DO WANNA SAY REAL QUICK THING IS, UM, IF I HAD TO PRESENT THE FLAG MANY TIMES TO, UM, DECEASED, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE DECEASED, UM, MEMBER OF THE MILITARY, AND JUST RECENTLY I RECEIVED ONE MYSELF FROM, WAS MY DAD.

UM, AND AS WE GO FORWARD

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THIS WEEKEND, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER KEY WORDS THAT, UH, WE SAY DURING THAT LITTLE, THAT LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION WITH WE HAVE WITH THE, UM, THE, THE, THE DECEASED MEMBERS, FAMILY MEMBER.

UM, THE WORDS ARE ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION.

MM-HMM.

, KEEP THOSE IN YOUR MIND AND SAYING THANK YOU TO VET.

AND SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU LOST A LOVED ONE, KEEP REMINDING THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, THE AMERICAN MILITARY WOULD NOT BE WHERE IT IS TODAY.

SO ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER STUART.

MAYOR, I DON'T WANNA FOLLOW THAT.

THAT'S POWERFUL.

THAT WAS POWERFUL.

BOB.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THANK YOU.

YEAH, .

SO I'VE GOT ABOUT 10 ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I WANNA GO THROUGH REAL QUICK NOW.

BUT HEY, THIS, THIS WEEK, EARLIER THIS WEEK, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, GO THROUGH A SIMULATION TRAINING EVENT WITH, UH, COMMANDER FAAN AND LIEUTENANT SHELL OVER AT OUR, UH, WORLD RENOWNED PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN.

UM, THERE'S A, WE'VE GOT A VIDEO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FACEBOOK PAGE.

YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT.

THERE'S, UH, SOME TRAINING EXERCISES THAT WE DID.

WE'VE GOT A ADVANCED SIMULATOR, UH, ROOM THAT THEY TRAIN IN, UH, FROM A COMPANY THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN INNOVATIVE COMPANY, RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER.

UM, AND SO GO CHECK THAT OUT.

BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU FOLKS, THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE IN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, I HAD LUNCH WITH THE, UH, CHIEF THIS WEEK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE FACED, BUT WE ALSO, CHA TALKED ABOUT THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING.

AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, CRIME IS DOWN DRAMATICALLY, UH, IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS OF ADDING POLICE OFFICERS, ADDING FIREMEN.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR BUDGET TONIGHT THAT WE APPROVED, UH, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANDLER ONE OF THE SAFEST COMMUNITIES IN, AND NOT JUST THE STATE, BUT IN, IN AMERICA.

SO, THANK YOU LIEUTENANT AND THANK YOU COMMANDER FOR HAVING ME OUT AND, UH, TEAM CHANDLER FOR, FOR DOING THE VIDEO.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE PEOPLE COME AND ADDRESS THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? IT'S THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU GET TO TELL YOUR, YOUR, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE ARE YOU TO THIS BODY, TO THIS, TO THIS GOVERNMENT, AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT YOU, UH, THE WE, THE PEOPLE.

SO IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE THIS AND TO SEE PEOPLE COMING OUT AND SHARING WHAT THEY THINK AND, AND WHERE THEY WANNA SEE THEIR GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THEM.

SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HARRIS.

THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, JUST GONNA FOLLOW VICE MAYOR AS A MILITARY VETERAN MYSELF.

UM, HAVE PROUD TO SERVE, BUT ALSO MY FATHER, I'LL BE MOURNING HIM, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO A MILITARY VETERAN AS WELL.

AND HE DIED FROM, UH, AGENT ORANGE.

UM, HE SERVED IN VIETNAM, AND SO I'LL BE MOURNING HIM.

AND ACTUALLY, UM, THIS IS, MY FATHER PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.

UH, HE'S BEEN, HE'S BEEN GONE 26 YEARS NOW.

SO, UH, I DO KNOW ABOUT THAT SACRIFICE.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT I'M GRATEFUL IT ENCOURAGED ME TO JOIN THE MILITARY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, UM, SO WE'RE MILITARY FAMILIES IS ABOUT THOSE THAT PASSED AWAY.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA ALL BAND TOGETHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND, UM, UH, SALUTE THOSE THAT LEFT US.

UM, BUT DEFINITELY NOT, UM, GOING TO LEAVE THOSE OUT OF OUR MEMORIES.

SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, MAY IS ARMED FORCES.

UH, WE, THERE'S A DAY IN MAY 20TH, WE CELEBRATE ARMED FORCES DAY.

SO VICE MAYOR AND I HAD THE AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY.

UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL TO HEAR THE STORIES FROM OUR CHANDLER, UM, VETERANS.

UM, DAVE FROM OUR COMMISSION, HE SPOKE, HE TALKED ABOUT HIS TIME TRAVELING ACROSS, UM, THE, THE NATION AND ALL THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE VETERANS, UH, ALONG WITH MYSELF.

UM, SORRY, VICE MARY.

YOU WAS NOT THERE FOR THAT PICTURE.

I HAD THE OTHER EVENT I HAD TO GO TO, YEAH.

SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.

AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TAKE MY POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO TALK ABOUT MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, UH, WHO RECEIVED HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN DIGITAL AUDIENCE STRATEGY AND WITH DISTINCTION.

UH, SHE GRADUATED FROM ASU OFF .

SO I'M A PROUD PAPA.

UH, I ASKED HER TO GIMME THE PICTURES YOU WANT ME TO SHOW OF YOU CAUSE I KNOW.

SO IF YOU HAVE A ROLE OPEN FOR MY DAUGHTER, CHIEF MARKING SOMETHING, UH, SHE'S DEFINITELY READY.

UH, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER BECAUSE, UH, NUMBER ONE SHE WORKS FOR, SHE CURRENTLY WORKS FOR DISNEY RIGHT NOW.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

UH, SHE WAS AN ANCHOR FOR P B S, UH, FOR A A WHILE.

UH, SHE WORKED AT SEVERAL OF THE NEWS STATIONS HERE, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THIS YOUNG LADY.

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UH, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THIS LAST POINT, UH, AS A FAMILY THAT KIND OF DOES MEDIA, AND YOU APPRECIATE THIS AND YOU APPRECIATE THIS, UM, SHE'S BEEN ON SO MANY RED CARPETS THAT MOST PEOPLE ONLY SEE LIKE THE GRAMMYS, THE B E T AWARDS AUTHORS.

AND SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT IN HER JOURNEY IN GETTING HER MASTER'S DEGREE.

SO IT IS JUST REALLY BEEN GREAT JUST HAVING, UH, HER DO SOME AMAZING THINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT, UH, TOMORROW HOLDS FOR HER, UM, BECAUSE SHE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE AND SHE GRADUATED WITH DISTINCTION.

SO SHE DID SOMETHING EVEN REALLY GOOD.

SHE HAD GREAT GRADES THROUGHOUT SCHOOL.

SO VERY PROUD, AND I'M PROUD OF YOU.

LOVE YOU.