Jun 12, 2023 City Council Study Session - 06/12/2023

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[ Call to Order]

[1. Service Recognitions]

DANNY HAS EARNED THE RESPECT IN EVERY POSITION THAT SHE HAS HELD FOR A HOST OF REASONS, BUT THERE ARE THREE THAT STAND OUT.

HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE, HER HARD WORK, AND HER SELFLESS SERVICE.

CONGRATULATIONS, DANNY, ON YOUR 10 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF CHANDLER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, FOR OUR NEXT SERVICE RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MICAH MIRANDA, OUR ACTING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING THESE, RECOGNIZING NICKI FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

NICK WAS ORIGINALLY HIRED IN 2013 AS A BUILDING INSPECTOR, HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO BUILDING INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR.

DURING THAT TIME, HE HAS ACHIEVED 28 BUILDING, EXCUSE ME, 28 BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS.

THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS COMMITMENT TO ONGOING EDUCATION AND KEEPING THE CITY OF CHANDLER RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES SAFE.

NICK REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHANDLER EMPLOYEE, AND HE DEMONSTRATES OUR CORE VALUES ON A DAILY BASIS.

WHILE I HAVEN'T, UM, WORKED WITH YOU CLOSELY FOR JUST, WELL, I'VE ONLY WORKED YOU CLOSELY FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT WHAT'S BECOME APPARENT TO ME IS HOW HE GENUINELY CARES ABOUT HIS JOB.

HE CARES ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE SAFE STRUCTURES.

UM, HE'S JOINED WITH HIS FAMILY.

IF YOU WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR FAMILY, GO FOR IT.

UM, BUT JUST BACK FROM VACATION AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM.

UM, HE'S A BRIGHT FUTURE IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THANK HIM FOR BEING A PART OF TEAM CHANDLER.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, FOR OUR NEXT SERVICE RECOGNITION, LIKE TO CALL UP JOHN SEPTON, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE JILL BAKER.

COME ON.

IN 10 YEARS AT CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY, JILL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING YOUTH SERVICES, CHILDREN AND TEEN PROGRAMMING AND EARLY LITERACY SPACES.

SHE HAS WORKED AT THREE OF THE FOUR CHANDLER LIBRARIES AS A SUPERVISOR, PROGRAMMER LIBRARIAN IN CHARGE, AND MORE.

WHEN THEY SAY MORE, I ASSUME SHE'S PROBABLY CLEANED UP A FEW THINGS.

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SHE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON TO STEP IN IF ANOTHER LIBRARIAN NEEDS TIME OFF OR PROGRAMMING HELP OR ASSISTANCE AT THE FRONT DESK.

SHE IS CALM IN CRISIS AND VERY GOOD AT GETTING TO KNOW OUR CUSTOMERS AND FINDING ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND OH BOY, DO THEY HAVE QUESTIONS? SHE HAS WRITTEN AND RECEIVED GRANTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICES AND HELPED TO FACILITATE GRANTS WITH OTHERS.

SHE OFFERS HER TIME AND TALENT TO MANY PROJECTS LIKE OUR NOW FAMOUS STORY, WALKS AND BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SCHOOL READINESS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TO OUR STAFF AND PATRONS.

JILL IS DEDICATED TO THE WORK THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND IS A GREAT ASSET TO TEAM CHANDLER.

JILL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADE OF SERVICE TO THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

OUR NEXT SERVICE RECOGNITION WILL BE FROM KIM MOYERS, OUR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MAYOR COUNSEL.

I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ELIZABETH OLSON.

LIZZIE

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SHE HEADS UP THE MUSEUM'S VISITOR SERVICES BY WORKING THE FRONT DESK FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

WHEN VISITORS WERE ASKED IN A SURVEY WHAT THE, WHAT THE MUSEUM DID BEST, THE TOP ANSWER WAS, STAFF MEMBERS MAKE ME FEEL WELCOME.

THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO LIZZIE'S WARM PERSONALITY AND WILLINGNESS TO CONNECT WITH THE VISITORS.

SHE IS A TRUE TEAM PLAYER, SUPPORTING OTHER STAFF MEMBERS IN THEIR PROJECTS AND TASK, JUMPING IN TO HELP WHENEVER NEEDED, AND ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS RECOGNIZED ON THEIR BIRTHDAY.

LIZZIE ALSO SERVES AS THE MUSEUM STORE MANAGER AND RUNS THE MUSEUM'S RENTAL PROGRAM.

SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING BOTH NEW PROGRAMS OFF THE GROUND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

EACH DAY, LIZZIE BRINGS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, A SMILE, AND A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

TO THE MUSEUM AND TO CHAIRMAN LIZZIE MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR OUR FINAL SERVICE RECOGNITION.

TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR PRESIDING CITY MAGISTRATE, ALICIA SKK.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR.

COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME AND HAVE US, UH, HAVE ALEXIS NALY COME UP AND JOIN US.

ALEXA NLY MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, JUDGE ALEXA NLY.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE HER.

15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UH, JUDGE NLY STARTED HER CAREER WITH THE CITY AS A PROSECUTOR IN 2008.

10 YEARS LATER IN 2018, SHE WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS OUR COURT'S COMMISSIONER, UH, QUICKLY BECAUSE OF HER, UH, WONDERFUL, UM, WORK ETHIC AND HER ABILITY TO ADJUDICATE CASES, SHE WAS, UH, PROMOTED TO JUDGE ONE YEAR LATER.

SO IN 2018, SHE HAS, UH, SERVED.

SHE SERVED AS OUR, OUR JUDGE, AND SHE HAS BEEN A JUDGE WITH US FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

UH, AS A PERSONAL NOTE, JUDGE NALY ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, WHO IS HERE TODAY.

UM, THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN.

UH, SHE LOVES ALL THINGS DISNEY, CHEERS ON THE SUN DEVILS, AND HAS A, A HOBBY OF VISITING NATIONAL PARKS AROUND OUR COUNTRY.

ALSO, UH, SHE HAS A VERY SPECIAL TRIP PLANNED THIS SUMMER WITH HER FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY TO VISIT GERMANY, UM, HER FATHER'S HOMELAND.

AND SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND RECONNECT WITH FAMILY THERE.

UH, JUDGE NALY HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE COURT, AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.

[2. Recognition - Neighborhoods USA Awards, Recognizing the For Our City Day Event and the Golden Neighbors Event]

SO FIRST WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, US A AWARDS AND FOR OUR CITY AND GOLDEN NEIGHBORS EVENTS.

SO IF I COULD HAVE LEAH POWELL, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM STAFF MEMBERS OF OUR NECK NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND FOR OUR CITY BOARD MEMBERS.

ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO COME ON UP? LET'S JUST HAVE A BIG PARTY UP HERE.

BILL.

BILL, COME ON.

BILL.

GINA, YOU, YOU COOK JUST AS MUCH AS WE DID.

REG.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO IS COME, IS HERE THIS EVENING.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BRING BACK TWO AWARDS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS USA THAT IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND STAFF SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION IN EARLY WINTER AND THEN HAD

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SO WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT FOR OUR CITY DAY, WHICH IS IN ITS 12TH YEAR, WON A FIRST PLACE AWARD, UM, AND ACROSS THANK YOU.

AND THAT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION AWARD CATEGORY.

AND AGAIN, WE COMPETED AGAINST A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES FOR THAT.

I WANNA, UM, CALL OUT AGAIN.

THIS WAS OUR 12TH YEAR.

WE HAVE OVER 1300 VOLUNTEERS THAT PARTICIPATED THIS LAST YEAR.

THEY COMPLETED 54 PROJECTS.

I WANNA DO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR TOP THREE SPONSORS, WHICH WERE HOME DEPOT, SHERWIN, SHERWIN WILLIAMS, AND THE AVI.

AND THEY WERE OUR TOP THREE VOL SPONSORS AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND THEN ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONLY A YEAR OLD, THAT'S OUR GOLDEN NEIGHBORS PROGRAM.

AND IT, WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS IS THAT THERE'S A VERY SPECIAL STORY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, PRISCILLA, AS PART OF HER APPLICATION PROCESS, WHEN SHE WAS GOING THROUGH INTERVIEWING FOR HER POSITION, WE GAVE THE CANDIDATES A TASK THAT THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH A NEW IDEA AND DO A PRESENTATION TO THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE.

PRISCILLA PROPOSED GOLDEN NEIGHBORS, SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE HER FOR THAT INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY.

AND I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR CREATING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STAFF CAN FLOURISH WITH THEIR IDEAS AND BE ABLE TO CREATE SUCH AN AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM.

NOW, THAT PROGRAM TOOK SECOND PLACE IN JUST THE ONE YEAR.

OVER 278 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED.

367 KITS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT WITH 11 EVENTS.

SOME TOP SPONSORS I WANNA RECOGNIZE THERE AS AMAZON, WHO REALLY GOT THE PROBLEM AND KICKED OFF WITH A LARGE DONATION RESURRECTION STREET MINISTRY, WHICH HAS BEEN AT EACH ONE OF THOSE EVENTS AND SALVATION ARMY.

SO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO STAFF LILIA, COME IN THIS PICTURE.

AND I KNOW THAT FOR OUR CITY PROGRAMS, I THINK EVERYONE OF COUNCIL HAS ATTENDED DIFFERENT ONES OF THESE, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE US BEING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A BEST PRACTICE.

SO THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU.

NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICES.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL AMAZING.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY, 1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THAT IS ALL FOR OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS.

AH, THERE YOU GO.

I WANT THAT SHOT WITH THE LEG.

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BUY ME A PAIR OF SOCKS.

OH, I ALSO WANTED JUST DO ANOTHER SHOUT OUT.

I KNOW WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE PROGRAMS FOR MENTIONED AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE SAME.

[3. Syed-Taha Hussain - Chandler Police Concerns]

MR. HUSSEIN, UH, PLEASE COME TO THE DAYS, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SO, UH, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, YOU'VE PLEASE START TO WRAP IT UP WHEN IT TURNS RED.

UH, TIME TO BE DONE.

MR. HUSSEIN.

GOOD EVENING, HONOR RAMIREZ AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO ARE PRESENT HERE.

I'M HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE.

UH, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STATE.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT BETTER THAN WHAT WE GOT.

AND, UH, THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES THAT I'D LIKE I BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER.

AND THAT NEEDS SOME SERIOUS, UH, ATTENTION BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE IN ANY SOCIETY THAT ARE NOT WORKING TOWARDS BETTERMENT OF THE SOCIETY.

THEY ARE TERMITE TO THE SOCIETY AND IS ALREADY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIX THAT PROBLEM.

AND, UH, FORTUNATELY WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

AND THEN YOU RECOGNIZE ALL THE NICE PEOPLE AND THERE ARE ALWAYS FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT, UH, PERFECT.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, I WAS ARRESTED LAST YEAR AND CHARGED SEVEN FELONIES ILLEGALLY.

AND I HAD TO RUN THROUGH THE STATE, I MEAN, UH, STATE, UH, LEGAL SYSTEM

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MY FAMILY SUFFERED AND I SUFFERED.

AND I SPENT TWO DAYS IN THE, UH, JAIL.

AND THE STATE FINALLY DROPPED THE CASE TO GIVE IT JUST FOR THE CASE.

I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF GO OVER A FEW THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

UH, I OWNED A RANCH ABOUT A MILL MILE, TWO MILES FROM HERE.

I HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS, WITH A PERSON WHO CALLED IN A FALSE REPORT TO CHANNEL A POLICE OF HORSE NEGLECT.

I HAD A HORSES AT MY HOUSE.

THESE ARE MY CHILDREN.

THE HORSES BELONG TO THOSE HO THOSE, UH, BOYS.

POLICE CAME 10 DAYS LATER TO INVESTIGATE THE STANDARDS.

UH, UH, POLICE POLICY IS ANYONE CALLS IN A REPORT.

THEY COME IN WITHIN 24 HOURS.

I CALL THE CITY OF TEMPE, CHANDLER, GILBERT AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

POLICE CAME 10 DAYS LATER AND TWO DETECTIVES CAME.

I INVITED THEM TO COME INSIDE.

THEY WERE RUDE AND THREATENING.

AND THEN I INTERVIEWED THE OFFICERS WHO CAME TO INVESTIGATE.

THOSE PEOPLE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HORSES.

THEY DIDN'T OWN HORSES, THEY DIDN'T DRIVE, THEY DIDN'T RIDE ANY HORSES.

AND THEN THEY MADE THE DECISION THAT, UH, MY, I WAS NEGLECTING MY HORSES.

AND THEY CAME AT FOUR O'CLOCK, THEY WENT TO THE COURT, GOT AN ARREST, OR THEY GOT A WARRANT AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

AND THE ARREST WARRANT CLEARLY STATED THEY'RE HERE TO, UH, COME DURING THE DAYTIME.

AND THEN THEY CAME AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

AT NIGHT, SAME NIGHT.

AND THEN THEY ARRANGED FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, MANY POLICE OFFICERS AND, UH, THE ARIZONA FARM SERVICES AND THE PEOPLE TO PICK UP THE HORSES, THE MANY OTHER AGENCIES.

AND, UH, THEY PICKED UP MY HORSES AND THEN THEY TOOK IT.

AND I FEEL IT WAS A PLANNED CONSPIRACY THAT THEY PLANNED FOR 10 DAYS.

AND THEY SHOWED UP AT MY HOUSE WITH FULL INTENTION TO ARREST FOR NO REASON.

MY HORSES WERE PERFECTLY FINE.

THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HORSES.

THEY TOOK THE HORSES.

THE STATE DID NOT WANNA PROSECUTE ME.

SO THEY ISSUED A, UH, LETTER OF, UH, DISPOSITION.

SO THE CITY OF CHANDLER, A WEEK, TWO WEEKS LATER, SUBMITTED A HUNDRED, 160 PAGE REPORT OF FABRICATED LIES.

THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS THEY REPLACED MY HORSES WITH THE DYING HORSE, REPLACED THE EVIDENCE, AND THEN THEY LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THERE SAYING THAT, UH, THERE WERE NO WATER.

AND IT'S A DETECTIVE.

AND I PROVED THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOUR YOUR TIME IS UP.

CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP UP? OKAY.

ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS FOR THE CITY OF STANDARD TO INVESTIGATE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED AND WHO'S RESPONSIVE FOR IT, AND PAY ME FOR MY HORSES AND COMPEND ME FOR WHATEVER THE THING IS.

AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF CHANDLER TO TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, MR. AND I EXPECT A POLICE OFFICER DO THE SAME THING.

99% PEOPLE DO THAT.

ONE OR TWO PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT.

AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

THANK YOU, MR. TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID DO THAT.

THANKS, SIR.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU.

KELLY, CAN YOU GIVE ME, UM, THE BACKGROUND ON THIS STORY IN A, IN A SEPARATE BRIEFING AND, AND, AND THE REPORT FROM THE, THE, UM, COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THIS CASE, PLEASE? I'M HAPPY TO DO SO, SIR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

[ 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.]

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT ARE A NUMBER OF STUDY ITEMS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT ARE CONSENT ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED IN.

UH,

[6. Project No. ST2203.401 with Sunland Asphalt & Construction, Inc., Pursuant to Job Order Project No. JOC1909.401, for the Boston Street Improvements Move City Council Award Project No. ST2203.401 to Sunland Asphalt & Construction, Inc., Pursuant to Job Order Project No. JOC1909.401, for the Boston Street Improvements, in an amount not to exceed $1,943,984.03. Council Focus Area(s):]

ALL RIGHT, KIM MOYERS, MAYOR, COUNSEL, THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EVENING ARE FOR THE BOSTON STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN DOWNTOWN.

THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL START AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, SANTA MARCO'S PLACE AND GO WEST TO CALIFORNIA STREET.

OOPS.

THERE WE GO.

THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, INCLUDE THE REPAVING OF BOSTON STREET, THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS, THE WIDENING OF THE SIDEWALKS TO THE NORTHEAST OF OREGON STREET AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OREGON STREET, ADA IMPROVEMENTS, A RIDESHARE DROP-OFF AREA AND PARALLEL PARKING THAT WILL BE ON THE NORTH, UM, NORTH SIDE OF, UH, BOSTON STREET.

TIMING IS IMPORTANT IN THE DOWNTOWN.

WE TYPICALLY DO ALL OF OUR PROJECTS IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THE DOWNTOWN'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

SO ONCE, UM, UH, COUNCIL, UH, APPROVES THE ITEM, WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS EXECUTING THE CONTRACT, DETERMINING THE BASELINE SCHEDULING, AND DOING THE PERMITTING.

WE ANTICIPATE THE WORK BEGINNING IN MID-JULY AND ENDING IN NOVEMBER.

THIS PROJECT WILL BE PHASED.

UH, WE WILL NOT DO ANY, UH, COMPLETE STREET CLOSURE.

SO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET OR THE OTHER WILL BE OPEN AT ALL TIME.

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WE'LL WORK WITH EACH OF THE BUSINESSES FOR THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

SOMETIMES THAT'S SIGNAGE, SOMETIMES THAT'S DROP OFF AREAS.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED, WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED.

AND THEN WHILE, UH, THE PROJECT IS SLATED TO END IN NOVEMBER, THERE IS A 30 DAY CURE PERIOD, UH, OF THE NEW ASPHALT BEFORE WE CAN STRIKE.

SO THE PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY BE FINISHED A LITTLE BEFORE THAT, BUT WE'LL OPEN UP THE STREET AND DURING THOSE 30 DAYS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK.

THE, UH, CONTRACTOR WILL COME BACK TO, TO STRIPE IT.

AND THAT PROJECT SHOULD TAKE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE DAYS.

THIS IS AN PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE, UH, UH, COUNCIL'S C I P BUDGET FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ARE VERY AWARE THAT THIS PROJECT IS COMING.

WE HAVE HAD TWO DOWNTOWN PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH, UM, THE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT.

WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATION, UM, THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN CHANDLER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP E-BLAST, AND THEIR EVERY OTHER MONTH STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.

AND WE'VE MADE PERSONAL PHONE CALLS AND HAD MEETINGS WITH THE, WITH THE AFFECTED BUSINESS OWNERS.

WE'VE ALSO CONTRACTED WITH THERESA MCIN AT MACPRO.

MANY OF YOU KNOW HER.

SHE'S BEEN IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.

THE BUSINESS OWNERS KNOW HER VERY WELL, AND SHE WORKS WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT, UM, UH, WE'RE LISTENING TO THE BUSINESSES.

WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SET FOR THIS THURSDAY AT 9:30 AM EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE SEQUENCING IN LINE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESSES, LET THEM KNOW WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE, LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S COMING, AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK A HOLD OF THEM YET AGAIN BEFORE THE WORK STARTS.

AND THEN THAT EXACT SAME PRESENTATION WE WILL PRESENT AT THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING, UH, FOR THE D C C P ON TUESDAY, UH, JUNE THE 20TH AT 9:00 AM I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THE D C C P HAS LET US KNOW THAT THEY WILL UP THEIR COMMUNICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRY TO, UM, HELP, UH, MARKET THESE SPECIFIC AFFECTED BUSINESSES AS WELL.

SO WHILE WE KNOW THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS DISRUPTIVE, WILL WORK TO MAKE IT AS LEAST IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT'S GONNA GO ON FOR 210 DAYS AND THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ALWAYS, UH, ONE OF THOSE ANNOYING FACTORS.

UM, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT, UM, THE TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF THE WALKABLE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF GETTING TO OUR BUSINESSES.

CAUSE WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE AND, AND MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO WALK THAT PATH.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEDESTRIAN, THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY, IS MADE READILY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT'S TRYING TO GET TO THOSE BUSINESSES THERE? YEAH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

UM, THE NICE THING IS, IS THIS WORK IS DONE IN BOSTON STREET.

WE HAVE COLON AIDS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN.

SO WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A, A PEDESTRIAN FAR THROUGH FOR ANYBODY, UH, COMING TO THE DOWNTOWN.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PARK IN THE PARKING GARAGES, AS YOU KNOW.

SO IT WILL AFFECT THE PARKING SPECIFICALLY ON BOSTON STREET, BUT IT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY ACCESS INTO ANY OF THE PARKING GARAGES OR YOUR WALK TO ANY OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.

AND THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE TO GUIDE AND DIRECT.

THERE'S GONNA BE NEW SIGNAGE UP TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO PARK.

THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO WALK THOSE TYPE OF SIGNAGE, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

UM, THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES LIKE THEIR SIGNAGE AND WE'LL PUT UP AS MUCH SIGNAGE AS THEY WOULD LIKE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, YOU SAID THAT THIS PROJECT IS TO COMPLETE NOVEMBER OF 2024, CORRECT? 23.

23.

THIS, THIS FALL.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, THIS IS MY FINAL QUESTION.

UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATED TO THE OVERALL PUBLIC, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS IN OUR NEWSLETTER? ARE WE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM? JUST, UM, BECAUSE THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES MAY BE ABREAST AND APPRISED ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW TO TALK TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, DID WE PUT OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE REST OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE APPRISED AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEIR DOWN THEIR BELOVED DOWNTOWN WILL BE GOING THROUGH SOME CONSTRUCTION TO HELP BETTER IT FOR THEM THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? UH, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL DO THAT.

WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.

OKAY.

CAUSE THE PROJECT HASN'T STARTED YET.

BUT ONCE WE HAVE, WE WORK VERY, UH, CLOSELY WITH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS WELL AS THE D C C P TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WE WILL HAVE, UM, SOME TRAFFIC, UM, THAT TRAFFIC CONES THAT WILL LEAD YOU INTO THE DIRECT, THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL

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ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIM.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, MAYOR.

YEAH.

AND KIM, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE NOTES FOR MY STATE OF THE DOWNTOWN ADDRESS, WHICH WE ALSO MENTIONED THIS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, AND HAD MANY OF OUR, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND ATTENDEES THERE.

COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR KIM MOYER ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR COUNCIL OVER STEWART? WELL, YOU THINK THIS WILL BE DONE BY THE, UH, THE, UH, TUMBLEWEE TREE LIFE? I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG, YEAH, IT'S MY FAVORITE THING THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

HER MELINDA WOULD HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY.

.

I LOVE IT.

THANK YOU.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

UH,

[8. Introduction of Ordinance No. 5058 Adoption of Historic Preservation District Landmark Zoning Overlay for the Goodyear Canal, Located Along the West Side of Basha Road Between Ocotillo Road and Snedigar Park Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5058 approving PLH23-0034, Goodyear Canal Historic Preservation District Landmark zoning overlay subject to the conditions as recommended by Planning and Zoning Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission. Council Focus Area(s):]

OUR NEXT ITEM CALLED IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT BY VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.

DID YOU WANT A PRESENTATION OR JUST HAVE A QUESTION? JUST A SHORT PRESENTATION.

IT'S A REALLY GREAT PROJECT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SHORT PRESENTATION HARLEY.

EIGHT.

EIGHT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

JUST, UH, GIMME ONE MOMENT WHILE I GET THE PRESENTATION OUT.

WONDERFUL FOR YOU.

TONIGHT IS P L H 2334 GOODYEAR CANAL, HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION, A REQUEST FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE GOODYEAR CANAL, WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTH OF OCAT ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF VACHER ROAD.

UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONIGHT, ABOUT NOT JUST THE CANAL ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVED.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS HAD ON THE LARGER CITY OF CHANDLER, UH, GOODYEAR YESTERDAY, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOODYEAR TOMORROW.

WITH THAT, THE STORY STARTS IN 1898 WITH DAVID FAIRCHILD, A US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS SENT OUT, UH, COMMISSIONED OUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET SEEDS THAT COULD GROW IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.

ONE SUCH SEED THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK WAS EGYPTIAN LONG STAPLE COTTON.

UH, THIS PICTURE DEPICTS DAVID FAIRCHILD ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT, DR.

AJ CHANDLER.

UH, THIS IS ON CHANDLER'S RANCH.

IT RANCH.

IT IS EVIDENCE THAT EGYPTIAN COTTON GREW IN CHANDLER.

UH, THIS LED TO A COTTON BOOM WITHIN THE 1910S THAT, UH, SAW A LOT OF COTTON RANCHES, UH, COMING UP ALL ACROSS CHANDLER, WHERE COTTON WAS NOT ONLY GROWN, BUT ALSO PROCESSED.

THIS PEAKED THE INTEREST OF THESE OF THE GOODYEAR TIRE COMPANY AND THEIR SUBSIDIARY, THE SOUTHWEST COTTON COMPANY, WHICH WAS INCORPORATED SOLELY TO PURCHASE LAND WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST.

THEY IDENTIFIED TWO SITES, LITCHFIELD OUT IN THE WEST VALLEY, AND GOODYEAR IN THE EAST VALLEY.

A LITTLE BIT BY WAY OF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.

UH, IN 1917, AMERICA JOINED THE GREAT WAR EFFORT.

WORLD WAR I AND EGYPTIAN COTTON WAS EMBARGOED.

THUS, THE COTTON THAT WAS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TIRES WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BE SOURCED FROM EGYPT.

THUS THEY HAD TO FIND A DOMESTIC SOURCE.

AND IT WAS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UH, IN THE PURPLE, IT DEPICTS THE LAND THAT THE CHANDLER IMPROVEMENT COMPANY LEASED TO THE SOUTHWEST COTTON COMPANY.

UH, APPROXIMATELY 12 SECTIONS IN BLUE IS THE GOODYEAR CANAL THAT WAS DUG IN 19, UH, 17.

AND THEN THE COMMUNITY WAS BUILT SUBSEQUENTLY, THIS IS PERHAPS THE BEST PRESERVED IMAGE SHOWING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE HISTORIC TOWN SITE MODEL, TOWN OF GOODYEAR.

UM, ONE CAN SEE FROM THIS PHOTO THAT IT WAS A RELATIVELY IMPROVED COMMUNITY.

IT HAD TREELINE STREETS, IT HAD A THEATER, IT HAD A MERCANTILE STORE, GENERAL STORE FOR ALL OF YOUR, YOUR, UH, DAILY NEEDS.

IT HAD FOUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND A PLETHORA OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, UH, LARGELY SPLIT BETWEEN THE LABORER SIDE AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE SIDE, WHERE A LOT OF, UH, COMPANY WORKERS FROM THE GOODYEAR TIRE COMPANY LIVED.

THIS IMAGE DEPICTS THE GOODYEAR STORE.

UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CURRENT LOCATION, ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING IS MUCH LARGER NOW OF THE BASHA HEADQUARTERS ALONG BASHA ROAD.

AND IT ACTUALLY GOES DEEPER THAN THAT.

UH, THE FIR THIS IS ACTUALLY THE STORE THAT IKE AND EDDIE BASHA IN 1932 LEASED OUT AS THEIR FIRST GROCERY STORE.

FROM THERE, THEY GREW THE CHAIN INTO THE BASHA BASHA CHAIN THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE TODAY.

THIS IS THE GOODYEAR SCHOOL, UH, CIRCA 1919 WITH SOME CHILDREN PLAYING.

UM, I'LL DRAW YOUR NOTICE TO, OH, I APOLOGIZE.

DRAW YOUR NOTICE TO SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT ARE REALLY PREVALENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE MODEL TOWN, INCLUDING THESE BREEZE BLOCKS, THESE PROJECTING PARAPETS AND THESE, UH, THIS WINDOW TRIM.

IT'S VERY CONSISTENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE TOWN.

IT HAD SOMEWHAT OF A VERNACULAR.

THIS IS ANOTHER IMAGE LOOKING AT THE FOUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THESE HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED SINCE, UM, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT THE TOWN EXHIBITED.

HERE WE SEE AN IMAGE OF THE RESIDENTIAL PART OF THE TOWN, UM, KIND OF THE MORE UPPER CRUST AREA, AND AGAIN, FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.

UH, AGAIN, STANDARD WIDTH, SIDEWALKS RUNNING WATER, A HOSE IN A SPIGOT.

THIS WAS REALLY A COMMUNITY.

THIS WASN'T JUST A SET OF BUILDINGS THAT CAME UP IN ONE

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THIS WAS A PLACE BUILT TO LAST.

THIS IS THE GOODYEAR HOSPITAL BUILDING.

IT ACTUALLY STILL STANDS TODAY AND IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE BOGAL FAMILY.

UM, THIS CERTAINLY WOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR FUTURE PRESERVATION EFFORTS.

UM, ALTHOUGH GOODYEAR WAS A COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS AND ROADS AND STREETS, IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.

IT WAS ALSO A COMMUNITY, UH, SERVING A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLES.

THESE ARE IMAGES OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, ACTUALLY, CLASS PHOTOS, RANGING FROM 1919, ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE LATE 1930S.

THERE WAS ALSO A VARIETY OF SLICES OF LIFE ONE COULD FIGHT IN GOODYEAR, UH, EVERYTHING FROM WORKERS TO LADIES GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT ON THE TOWN.

UH, PRESUMABLY THESE ARE GOODYEAR EXECUTIVES TO IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.

UM, COMING FOR THE, UH, AGRICULTURAL BOOM THAT CHARACTERIZED THE 1920S WITHIN THIS VALLEY.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF, UH, GOODYEAR IN 1949.

UM, IT'S CLEAR FROM THIS PHOTO THAT IT, IT, UH, EXHIBITED A, A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF IMPACT ON THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE.

UM, IT ACTUALLY HAD AN IMPACT FURTHER OUT, ONE CAN SEE SOME REMNANTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL, UH, CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUTH CHANDLER.

THIS IS A UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP OF THE LARGER EAST VALLEY AREA.

AND ZOOMING IN, THIS IS CHANDLER IN PARTICULAR.

UM, ONE CAN SEE THAT THE RAIL LINE DOES THIS KIND OF GOOFY CURVE THERE.

THAT'S ARIZONA AND JERMAINE.

AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SCAR OF THAT IN OUR LANDSCAPE TODAY.

UH, THIS RIGHT HERE IS AN IMAGE FROM THE 1950S WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE APPARENT.

BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT RAIL LINE SCAR RUNNING TODAY.

CHARACTERIZED BY THOSE LOT LINES THAT HAVE SPOKEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOODYEAR OF THE PAST.

I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT GOODYEAR TODAY.

UM, IT'S MUCH LIKE THE REST OF CHANDLER.

IT HAS SEEN MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

UM, IT'S ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM THE PAST.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH, THERE ARE SHADOWS OF THE PAST, THINGS LIKE THIS LATERAL CANAL.

AND THIS IS SNEER PARK RIGHT HERE FOLLOWING THE SAME EXACT LATERAL SIDEWALK.

UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THINGS LIKE THE BASHA BUILDING BEING RIGHT WHERE AGAIN, THE, THE, UH, GOODYEAR MERCANTILE STORE LEASE BY EKE BASHA 1932 STANCE.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, PERHAPS THE MOST POIGNANT EXAMPLE OF A, UH, PRESERVED IMPROVEMENT FROM THE TOWN IS WHAT MADE IT POSSIBLE.

UH, IT WAS AN AGRICULTURAL TOWN, AFTER ALL, AND THE SINGLE IMPROVEMENT THAT REALLY CHARACTERIZED THE COMMUNITY WAS THE CANAL.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE CANAL, UH, LATE 1930S IN THIS IMAGE.

IT IS BIFURCATING THEN ALMA SCHOOL ROAD, ORIGINALLY GOODYEAR STREET, TODAY KNOWN AS BASHA ROAD.

UM, WE CAN SEE THAT IT HAS THOSE SAME PALM TREES THAT IS, IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY TODAY.

AND IT ACTUALLY STILL CIRCULATES WATER, UH, CIRCULATES WATER FOR THE AAT MANAGEMENT GROUP, UM, TO CIRCULATE THEIR LAKE WATER SYSTEM AS WELL AS SERVING TO IRRIGATE SN PARK.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, IN RECENT YEARS, THE CANAL HAS FALLEN INTO SOME DISREPAIR.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, IN THI THIS YEAR, THE CITY RETAINED OWNERSHIP OF THE CANAL, A HUNDRED PERCENT OWNERSHIP AFTER SOME COMPLEX TIDAL WORK.

UM, WE WORKED VERY HARD TO, TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.

UM, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE 100% OWNERSHIP, WE ARE WORKING ON A MAINTENANCE PLAN.

AND MAINTENANCE HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED.

UM, THE NOR RATHER THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CANAL HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO BE CLEANED, FOLLOWED BY THE NORTH SIDE.

AND, UH, THERE'S A PLAN TO REPAIR, MAINTAIN, AND MAINTAIN INTO THE FUTURE.

THIS, UH, WONDERFUL HISTORIC RESOURCE.

SO WITH THAT, THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDMARK DISTRICT BOUNDARY IN RED.

UM, THE BLUE IS JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT FOR WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE HISTORIC TOWN SITE FROM A BUILDING PERSPECTIVE.

AND WITH THAT, UH, STAFF FINDS THAT THE GOODYEAR CANAL MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION AS A LANDMARK UNDER THE CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM, FINDING THAT IT HAS MAINTAINED ITS HISTORIC CONTEXT THAT IS RELATED TO PEOPLE OR EVENTS SIGNIFICANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A UNIQUE IMPROVEMENT NOT FOUND OTHERWISE WITHIN THE CITY OR EVEN TRULY IN A BUDDING COMMUNITIES.

SO WITH THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE GOODYEAR CANAL.

AND WITHOUT MR. MAYOR WEIS, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HISTORICAL LESSON AND APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

UM, YEAH, SO YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE CAUSE I DO DRIVE BY THERE A LOT.

WE LIVE IN THAT AREA, AND THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WHEN THROUGH THE MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THAT'S KIND OF GETTING ALL THE DEBRIS OUT AND STARTING TO REPAIR THE MAJOR CRACKS.

UM, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIME ON THE, THE FINAL RESTORATION, BUT IT IS IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT.

AND I GUESS DID, YOU DID ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD ABOUT ACTUAL SOLE OWNERSHIP OF THAT AREA.

UM, SO THE OTHER THING, AND I CHAT A LITTLE BIT TODAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL, IS SOMETHING I THINK WE WOULD, WOULD REALLY TOP OFF TO WHAT YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT AS AN HISTORICAL MARKER OF SOME SORT, MAYBE AT BOTH ENDS OF THE, THE CANAL THAT MAYBE GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY.

AND AGAIN, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING UNIQUE AND A TREASURE TO, TO BE, UH, UTILIZED.

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WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES DOWN THERE.

AND I THINK IF WE MAKE IT PRETTY PROMINENT THAT NO, THIS IS HISTORICAL MONUMENT, UH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU COULD FIND SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

IF NOT, UH, CITY MANAGER WRITE YOU, CHECK .

ABSOLUTELY.

MR. MAYOR WEISER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR, SOLELY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT WE COULD UTILIZE TO ERECT SUCH MARKERS.

PERFECT.

UM, THE OTHER FINAL QUESTION, AND GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE OF THE DESIGNATED AREA.

UM, WHAT DO, AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CANAL, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE BLUE HERE? I DON'T, I'M A LITTLE, UH, GO AHEAD.

THROUGH THE MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR, THE, UH, BLUE IS SIMPLY AN ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSE OF WHAT WAS HISTORIC GOODYEAR, UM, POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE.

THAT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO RECOGNIZE IT.

BUT THE ONLY ACTION THAT IS REQUESTED OF COUNSEL TONIGHT IS IN THE RED.

AND I KNOW ONE LAST COMMENT I GET, I KNOW THE, UH, UH, THE BA'S ORGANIZATION IS MOVING THEIR FACILITY.

I THINK THERE'S A GRAND OPENING NEXT WEEK SOMETIME, I THINK WEDNESDAY OR NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? YES.

YEAH.

OH, THIS WEEK.

YEAH.

OH, THIS WEEK, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

WEDNESDAY.

UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS WORK WITH THEM, OBVIOUSLY ON WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE IN, IN THAT AREA.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT SOME CREATIVE WAYS OF KEEPING THE, THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THAT SITE, UH, YET ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP TO REDEVELOP IT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD GET SOME GOOD, WE HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS TO SHARE WITH THE, THE FAMILY.

I'M SURE THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, MAYOR.

UH, COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MORALES.

THANK YOU.

UH, WANTED TO FIND OUT WILL IT BE FUNCTIONAL AFTER THE REPAIR? UH, WILL WE STILL CONTINUE TO PUT WATER THROUGH IT AND THEN DIFFUSE ALL THAT WATER AROUND TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, THAT IS CORRECT.

IT, IT, IT STILL WILL SERVE TO, UM, IT'LL SERVE THE AAT MANAGEMENT GROUP'S LAKE SYSTEM.

OKAY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PRIMARY USER OF IT.

AND IT, IT WILL CONTINUE AS NORMAL OPERATIONALLY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HARLEY.

GREAT.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, THAT IS MY FAVORITE CALL IN OF THE YEAR SO FAR.

YOU REALLY RAISED THE BAR VICE MAYOR OKAY.