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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.APOLOGIZE FOR THE BRIEF DELAY.
WE GOT SOME SPIRITED CONVERSATION IN OUR WORK SESSION, AND, UH, WE WANNA KEEP MOVING ON THOSE THINGS.
UH, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR HARTKE.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON PRESENT.
OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY REVEREND SARAH OGLESBY DUNNIGAN OF THE VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION, AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY VICE MAYOR ORLANDO.
REVEREND SPIRIT OF LIFE AND LOVE, GOD OF MANY NAMES AND NO NAME AT ALL, BE WITH THESE LEADERS AND THIS COMMUNITY.
HELP THEM TO LISTEN MORE DEEPLY, ASK MORE QUESTIONS, AND HOLD THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS NEEDS IN THE CENTER OF ALL OF THEIR DECISIONS.
SPIRIT, HELP THEM TO CONSIDER FAR INTO THE FUTURE AND TO LEARN FROM THE PAST.
HELP THEM TO LEARN AND GROW AS LEADERS AND AS HUMANS, SHAPING THIS COMMUNITY FOR OTHER HUMANS.
BLESS THIS COMMUNITY WITH COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, AND TRUE LEADERSHIP.
FOR ALL OF THIS, WE PRAY AND GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND LOVE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING AMERICA THROUGH THE PLEDGE OFE OF OUR FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FACT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN ISRAEL WITH LIBERTY, BE AND JUSTICE FOR.
AND REVEREND OGLESBY, BEFORE YOU GO, I JUST WANNA THANK YOUR CONGREGATION IN PARTICULAR DURING COVID WHEN, UH, UH, WE HAD THIS PROGRAM CALLED I HELP THAT'S ROTATED AROUND FOR YEARS IN DIFFERENT CHURCHES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS AND THE UNKNOWNS OF COVID, UH, UH, YOUR CONGREGATION TOOK ON, UH, THE LION'S SHARE FOR TWO YEARS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
UH, YOU HELPED OUR COMMUNITY IN A GREAT WAY, AND WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL.
BEFORE WE GO ON, I DO ALSO WANNA, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE AND WELCOME ONE OF OUR LEGISLATORS, JULIE WILLOUGHBY, WHO IS WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
[ 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 August 14, 2023, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 2.]
WHAT'S BEFORE US NOW IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS ON MONDAY.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF AUGUST 17TH, 2023.
REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 31 2 30, WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
ANY, UH, RECUSALS? ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, REQUESTED BRIEFING.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING BUSINESS IN CHANDLER
NEXT, WE'VE GOT A, A BRIEFING CALLED IN BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, UH, REGARDING CHANDLER'S RESPONSE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND, UH, WHO'S GONNA BE MAKING THAT PRESENTATION? UH, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE ASSISTANT CHIEF RAYMER WILL BE DOING.
HE WAS, HE WAS BEHIND THE SCREEN WAITING FOR YOU TO CALL HIS NAME.
DRAMATIC FASHION, NOT THIS TIME.
YEAH, I DREW THE LONG STRAW, I THINK TODAY.
FIRST, UH, GREETINGS, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, THIS IS A BRIEF PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS IN FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SO IN 2014, RECOGNIZING THE IMMENSE IMPACT THAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION HAS ON A COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT BEGAN TO DEDICATE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH A FOCUS GOAL ON, ONE, PROVIDING AWARENESS, TWO, BRINGING OFFENDERS TO JUSTICE, AND THREE, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THE VICTIMS OF THESE TYPES OF CRIMES.
IN 2015, COUNSEL APPROVED FUNDING
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TO CREATE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT TO INVESTIGATE INDIVIDUALS IN GROUPS WHO ENGAGED HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ASSOCIATED CRIMES FOR 2023.JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DONE, THE TEAM HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN DOZENS OF UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS.
THESE INCLUDE PREDATOR OPERATIONS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN 40 ARRESTS YEAR TO DATE PROSTITUTION STINGS, WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN 25 ARRESTS YEAR TO DATE PARK OPERATIONS, FOCUSING ON LOITERING AND PUBLIC SEXUAL INDECENCY IN OUR PARKS, WHICH HAVE LED TO 10 ARRESTS HERE TO DATE AND RESCUE OPERATIONS WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED 25 VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND HAVE OFFERED SERVICES TO HELP THEM ESCAPE THE LIFESTYLE OF PROSTITUTION.
IN ADDITION, WE'VE HOSTED TWO MULTI-AGENCY PREDATOR OPERATIONS, WHICH HAVE LED TO 31 TOTAL ARRESTS WITH OVER 70 FELONY CHARGES SURROUNDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THIS WAS IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE F B I AND HOMELAND SECURITY.
NOW, I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES THAT'S IN THIS UNIT, THAT'S DETECTIVE, UH, MIKE RUSSO, WHO'S JUST AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING WHO IS DEDICATED A GREAT PORTION OF HIS CAREER TO HUMAN FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
HE'S ASSIGNED TO THE FBI'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, WHERE HE IS PARTNER OR PARTICIPATED IN DOZENS OF OPERATIONS, INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PARTNERS.
MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS PART OF OPERATION CROSS COUNTRY AND OPERATION CLEAN HOUSE, WHICH LED TO 31 FELONY ARRESTS, THE RECOVERY OF FIVE JUVENILES WHO WERE BEING TRAFFICKED, AND ONE TRAFFICKER THAT WAS ARRESTED.
HE IS RECOGNIZED AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN THE FIELD, AND HAS TRAINED FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LIFT OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EFFORTS BY THE F B I DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER RAY, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT HE'S ON OUR TEAM IN FURTHERANCE OF OUR MISSION.
THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT IS PARTNERED WITH THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK.
TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTNERS WHO BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING, WHICH ARE NOTED ON THE SLIDE.
IN ADDITION, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR VICTIM SERVICES UNIT THAT WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS NONPROFITS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO GET 'EM OUT OF THE LIFESTYLE OF PROSTITUTION.
NOW, TO FURTHER OUR EFFORTS, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE $500,000 GRANT FROM THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS IN JUNE.
THIS GRANT'S GONNA HELP US IN THREE SPECIFIC AREAS.
FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS ADVANCED EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES TO CARRY OUT SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS.
TWO, FUNDING WILL PAY FOR CURRENT PERSONNEL, OVERTIME, SALARY ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE OPERATIONS, AND THREE, FUNDING WILL GO TO EDUCATION AWARENESS AND TRAINING TO VARIOUS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE INCLUDE THE HEALTH AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, WHO ARE OFTEN ARE THE FIRST TO ENCOUNTER PEOPLE THAT ARE VICTIMIZED IN THESE AREAS.
THE SECOND IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TO EDUCATE THEM, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE, THESE ARE THE YOUTH AND CHILDREN THAT ARE OFTEN TARGETED BY THESE FOLKS.
AND THEN ALSO PART OF OUR HISPANIC OUTREACH FORUMS, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE FALL AND THE SPRING.
AND THIS IS IN LIGHT OF STUDIES THAT SHOW THE LATINO POPULATION IS UNFORTUNATELY, UH, TARGETED MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP.
SLIDE EIGHT IS, OOPS, I WENT TOO FAR.
WE ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK AS A CITY, WE ARE WORKING WITH A DIVISION UNDER THAT GROUP CALLED CEASE, WHICH STANDS FOR CITIES AND POWERED AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
CCE WORKS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH TRAINING EMPLOYEES, DEVELOPING POLICY, AND HELPING IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT INTERVENTIONS, ALL AIMED TO REDUCE COMMERCIAL SEX TRAFFICKING.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OVER THE MANY YEARS TO HELP US COMBAT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF RAINER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT EXPLANATION AND, AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COME TO LIGHT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S ATROCIOUS.
AND, AND THE MORE I'M LEARNING ABOUT, IT'S, UM, IT'S HAPPENING IN EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN SOUTH CHANDLER, MID CHANDLER, WEST EAST, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S A, IT'S AN ATROCITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE ON THE DAIS OVER THE PAST, WHAT, TWO OR THREE YEARS REALLY GETTING FOCUSED ON THIS.
AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHEN I SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT IN OUR CITY,
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AND WE WANT TO DEVOTE THE RESOURCES AND THE EFFORT TO, TO ENDING THIS.SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME SERIOUS ISSUES HERE, AND, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST HEINOUS CRIME THAT THERE IS, UM, THAT I, THAT I CAN THINK OF OTHER THAN, THAN MURDER.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO FIX THIS.
AND IF WE CAN START HERE, I THINK WE CAN DO SOME AMAZING THINGS AND HELP OTHER CITIES IN THAT REGARD.
HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WHEN THE CITY OF CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT PUTS THEIR MIND TO LOWERING CRIME, IT HAPPENS WHEN THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO DOING ANYTHING, IT HAPPENS.
AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEEDED, WE COULD MAKE A BIGGER DENT IN IT THAN WE ALREADY ARE.
COMMEND YOUR OFFICERS FOR THE WORK THEY'VE ALREADY DONE.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE WILLOUGHBY WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE WITH HER EFFORTS, SHE'S APPROPRIATED $2 MILLION DIRECTLY TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND THROUGH THE REST OF US, WE CAN DEDICATE SOME OF THAT FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO, TO DO THINGS TO STAMP OUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SO THANKS VERY MUCH, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
I, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU.
UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF, ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP THAT C SLIDE.
I, AND THIS APPLIES, I WANNA CHALLENGE ALL OF US ON THIS DAYS TO, UH, GO AHEAD.
CITY MANAGER SENT OUT A LINK, I THINK IT'S A 15 MINUTE OR SO TRAINING TO HELP US AND, AND, AND REALLY IN OUR PART TO LEAD THE CITY AND CHALLENGE THE REST OF OUR CITY TO BECOME MORE INFORMED AND MORE AWARE.
AND WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY'S GONNA BE, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN GET TO 75 AS, AS, AS THE RECOMMENDED TO MINIMUM OF OUR CITY, IF NOT MORE, TO TAKE THIS TRAINING, THAT, UH, I, I, I THINK, THINK WE CAN EVEN BE A, A BETTER FORCE IN THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT SLIDE UP AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL STEWART, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ALL OF US, A LOT OF US.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE CRIME IS WAY TOO MANY, WHETHER IT'S IN CHANDLER ANOTHER COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT.
BUT AGAIN, I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT LIKES TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? SURE.
AND YOU KNEW THAT WAS COMING, RIGHT? CHIEF, I SAW YOU SMILE
SO, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO US NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING THE BUDGET CYCLE SOON.
AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY LET US KNOW.
BUT LET'S LOOK AT OUR BUDGET CYCLE, UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY LEGISLATION, OBVIOUSLY BE DONE, WE GOTTA GET WITH RYAN PETERS AND THE, THE, THE LEGISLATORS.
SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR, OR LAWS OR SOMETHING TO HELP US DO THE NEXT STEP.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLI AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UM, WHEN I MET WITH, UM, DETECTIVE RUSSO AND FOR ALMOST TWO AND A HALF HOURS, HE WAS REALLY GETTING DEEP INTO EXPLAINING TO ME WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND WHAT THE BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT WAS GONNA MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
SO I BROUGHT HIM TO THE TABLE WITH SOME OF THE, UH, ANTS AND CHIEF, UH, TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT.
THE ONE THING THAT, UH, I FOUND OUT FROM HIM, HE WAS, UH, A TEAM OF ONE.
YEAH, HE'S A TEAM OF ONE, AND WE CANNOT PUT SO MUCH ON ONE PERSON.
AND WHEN I ASK HIM AS A FIRST RESPONDER, MYSELF AND A NURSE, I WANTED TO FIND OUT FROM HIM WHAT ARE THE GRACIOUS THINGS THAT HE HAS SEEN.
HE COULDN'T EVEN DESCRIBE THEM TO ME.
HE HAS CHILDREN HIMSELF, AND EVERY SINGLE DAY HE'S DEALING WITH THESE THINGS.
ANOTHER THING THAT I FOUND OUT ALSO ABOUT HIM, HE'S NOT ONLY WORKING HERE IN CHANDLER, BUT HE'S TRAVELING ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE HE'S PART OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.
SO HE IS GETTING THE BURDEN FROM CHANDLER, BUT HE'S ALSO GETTING THE BURDEN.
AND VICE MAYOR, YOU DID ASK, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT WE WILL NEED TO PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, FORCE BEHIND THAT, MAKING SURE THAT HE HAS THE STAFF AND, AND THE, THE MAN POWER THAT HE NEEDS FOR US TO SEE MORE AND MORE BEING DONE IN THAT AREA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE TEAM'S ACTUALLY, JUST TO CLARIFY, YEAH, THE TEAM HAS ONE SERGEANT, AND THERE'S FOUR DETECTIVES AS WELL, JUST FOR STAFFING.
PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO OTHER AREAS.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BACKFILL THAT.
BUT WE DID CREATE A, A TEAM, A LIST THAT WE HOPE TO PUT ON THERE.
AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN HELPING OUT.
THEY, WHEN WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY ON OVERLAP DAYS, THESE FOLKS WILL GO AND, AND ASSIST, UH, WITH DIFFERENT OPERATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND FIND WAYS TO ENHANCE THIS MISSION BECAUSE IT'S SO VITAL.
AND DO YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER IF HE MENTIONED IT TO ME, DO WE HAVE, UH, MONEY FOR HIRING, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HIRE YET? STAFFING
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IS AN ISSUE THAT'S, UH, NATIONWIDE, UH, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER THAN MOST.UH, AND THERE'S SOME RECENT CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE TO HELP ADDRESS THAT WITH SOME INCENTIVES FOR HIRING, WHICH IS VERY GRATEFUL.
AND I THINK THAT WILL PUSH US FORWARD.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME RECENT SUCCESS.
WE HAVE EIGHT GOING TO THE ACADEMY, UH, THIS MONTH, AND WE HAVE FOUR LATERALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS.
SO IT'S A CONSTANT, UH, STRUGGLE, BUT, UH, WE'RE WORKING IT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE LIST PERMANENTLY INTO THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, FOR BRINGING THIS BOARD.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT YOU, UM, DECIDED TO BRING FORWARD.
UM, NOT ONLY THAT, UM, YOU HELPED LEAD THE, THE, UM, UH, FOR US TO GET THE PROCLAMATION FOR NOT IN OUR CITY.
UM, I GUESS I WANTED TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO STATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE JULIE WILLOUGHBY FOR GETTING THAT $2 MILLION OVER TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
IT'S VERY TO, UM, FROM A GRATEFUL CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THAT, UM, WORK AND THAT SUPPORT.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO YOU CHIEF, IS THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY SAID, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, TRACK, LIKE, IS THERE DATA? I MEAN, BECAUSE SEX TRAFFICKING IS, IS SUCH A, IS ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, IS THERE DATA THAT CAN TRACK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHANDLER? CAN WE, IS THERE DATA THAT SAYS, OKAY, KIDS ARE BEING ABDUCTED FROM CHANDLER AND PUTTING INTO THAT ROOM? HOW DO WE TRACK THAT FROM LIKE A CITY PERSPECTIVE? WELL, WE KEEP TRACK OF ALL CRIMES THAT, THAT TAKE PLACE, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN PULL SOME OF THAT.
UH, THERE'S NO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, TH THIS ISN'T THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON TV WHERE THERE'S KIDS BEING ABDUCTED.
THIS IS, UH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
AND MOST OF THESE OPERATIONS, IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE, UH, NARCOTICS OPERATIONS WHERE YOU'RE EITHER POSING AS A SELLER OR A BUYER.
AND A LOT OF THESE OFFENDERS AREN'T NECESSARILY IN THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY, BUT THEY PREY UPON MANY OF THE YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VALLEY.
AND THEY DO IT THROUGH THINGS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, GAMING SYSTEMS, DIFFERENT APPS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE HITTING ALL OVER THE VALLEY, ALL OVER THE STATE.
UM, BUT THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY WHERE YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT'S BEING ABDUCTED OFF THE STREETS.
IT'S, UH, VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN PRO PRODUCE SOME DATA THAT KINDS OF SHOWS SOME OF THE ARRESTS, SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND ARE WE, UM, CONTINUALLY TO PUT UP SIGNAGE AND WORKING WITH BUSINESSES TO PUT UP SIGNAGE AROUND OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE TO, UM, PUT PREVENTATIVE MESSAGES OUT THERE OR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EDUCATED? ARE WE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY BUSINESS OWNERS AND SCHOOLS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT, UH, THE PLAN'S BEEN.
AND, AND SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THIS GRANT, IT'S GONNA BE COMPLETE EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF THAT OFTEN THEY ENCOUNTER THESE VICTIMS. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, CHIEF, WHEN THIS, UH, ITEM, THIS GRANT ITEM CAME TO COUNCIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO THE LATINO HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS FAR AS BEING, UH, VULNERABLE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
UM, YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT IS THERE A CERTAIN, I DON'T WANNA SAY OCCASION, OR IS THERE LIKE AN UPTICK? IS THERE A REASON WHY THIS, UM, COMMUNITY IS BEING TARGETED? AND THEN DO WE ALREADY HAVE A STRATEGY IN PLACE AS FAR AS THE OUTREACH OR HOW WE'RE GONNA BE INFORMING PEOPLE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A, IT'S AN AWARENESS PIECE.
I, AS YOU KNOW, 23% ROUGHLY OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC ARE HISPANIC, AND WE HAVE OUTREACHES WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE THE HISPANIC POPULATION ABOUT CRIME TRENDS, HOW THEY CAN, UH, BE AWARE OF IT, HOW THEY CAN PREVENT FROM BEING A VICTIM.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST, WE HAVE ONE IN THE FALL, ONE IN THE SPRING.
SO OCTOBER 28TH, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UH, C O S D.
WE'RE GONNA BE AT, UH, GOODMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A HISPANIC OUTREACH THERE.
AND THIS WILL BE A PART OF THAT.
JUST EDUCATING THEM, AWARENESS HOW, UH, PREDATORS PREY UPON, UH, THE YOUTH AND GIVING THEM TOOLS TO BE AWARE AND TO AVOID, UH, THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN FROM BEING VICTIMIZED.
YEAH, AND CERTAINLY IF YOU WANNA ATTEND, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
IF YOU CAN GIMME THE INVITE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
MAKE SURE YOU SEND THAT TO ALL THE COUNCIL.
NEXT ON OUR, UH, AGENDA TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE NO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES THIS EVENING.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CO CARDS.
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UP NEXT MONTH IS OUR CHANDLER CONTIGO FESTIVAL.IT'S A MONTH LONG CELEBRATION TO COMMEMORATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTHS.
IT KICKS OFF SEPTEMBER 16TH WITH A FAMILY FRIENDLY FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN.
THERE WILL BE STROLLING MARIACHI'S CRAFTS, FACE PAINTING, INTERACTIVE CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS, EL LIBRE, MASS WRESTLERS, WHO WILL BE THERE TO TEACH YOU SOME MOVES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, VICE MAYORS AGREED TO PUT A MASK ON
SO, UH, YOU'LL RUN
UH, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, UH, A FEW TIMES AT DIFFERENT LOCALES, UH, BUT WE HAVE OUR, FOR OUR CITY DAY EVENT COMING UP OCTOBER 21ST, WE'RE GONNA BE TACKLING A NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO THE CORNER OF COOPER WEST, EAST OF COOPER, SOUTH OF CHANDLER BOULEVARD, NORTH OF, AND EVERY OCTOBER OUR COMMUNITY JOINS FORCES ON FOR OUR CITY DAY.
LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 1300, AND THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS HAS BEEN REVITALIZING AND WILL AGAIN THIS YEAR, A NEIGHBORHOOD BY PAINTING HOMES, SPREADING GRAVEL, CLEANING ALLEYS AND MORE.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FAMILIES, OUR BUSINESSES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS TO SET UP FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A JOB FAIR AT THE, UH, CELEBRATION AT THE LOCAL PARK.
YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THIS AND MORE AT FOR OUR CITY CHANDLER.ORG.
AND ONE MORE FROM ME IS NEXT WEEK.
WE, WE, UH, ARE VERY EXCITED AS A COUNCIL TO, UH, COMMEMORATE, UH, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH A S U AS IT COMES THROUGH FRUITION AS WE OPEN UP A NEW COMMUNITY CO-WORKING SPACE AT THE A S U CHANDLER INNOVATION CENTER.
AND, UH, SO LIKE TO INVITE OUR COMMUNITY TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD AT 9:15 AM TO TOUR THE FACILITY.
AND OUR GOAL IN THIS PARTNERSHIP IS TO MAKE THE A S U CHANDLER INNOVATION CENTER, A C I C A ONE SHOP STOP FOR ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING TO LAUNCH OR SCALE A BUSINESS.
THE PIECES ARE FALLING INTO PLACE WITH COWORKING SPACE, PROTOTYPING SPACE, AN UPCOMING LAUNCH OF THE CHANDLER ENDEAVOR VENTURE INC.
I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU READ THAT ONE.
WE ENCOURAGE LOCAL INNOVATORS TO EXPLORE WHAT THIS GREAT COMMUNITY RESOURCE HAS TO OFFER.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN LEARN MORE@CHANDLERAZ.GOV.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO THANK AS COUNCIL, UH, MELISSA ARD FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO US.
MELISSA IS TAKING ON A NEW JOB, AND WE HAVE APPRECIATED, UH, HOW YOU HAVE, UH, REALLY HELPED US MESSAGE AND, UH, HELP US BE A BETTER COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AT ALL.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS ON MY LIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ME.
WELL, WE CAN'T ALL AGREE THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY HOT.
AND WHENEVER YOU SEE ME WITH MY LITTLE UMBRELLA, YOU KNOW THAT I'M TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE SUN, BUT WE ARE GETTING SOMETHING DOWNTOWN THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP US TO COOL DOWN.
THAT IS, UH, CRISPY, UH, CONE.
I MEAN, CONES, CORNES, CRISPY CONE.
OH MY GOD, THIS IS GONNA SO COOL.
IT'S GONNA BE SOME ICE CREAM DOWNTOWN.
I'M THERE TOMORROW FOR THE, WE'VE BEEN CUTTING ANYBODY ELSE'S COMING.
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? THEY SAID, OH,
SO WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AT 11:00 AM TOMORROW, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL.
SO WE ARE ASKING EVERYBODY FROM CHANDLER, PLEASE COME DOWN AND JOIN US.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TASTE ALL THE DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST TOUR OF DUTY HERE, WE'VE HAD ONE PERSON THAT HELD THAT DESK.
NOW WE'VE HAD TWO, SO IT MUST BE MY FAULT, I APOLOGIZE,
NO, SERIOUSLY, GOOD LUCK AND, UH, KEEP, KEEP IN TOUCH.
UH, SECOND MAYOR, I DON'T THINK WE MEET UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY, SO EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE LABOR DAY.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UM, UH, FATALITY DAYS OF THE YEAR.
MELISSA, ALL THE BEST IN, UH, IN YOUR ENDEAVORS.
SO, HEY, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF ENTREPRENEURS, UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CHANDLER BASED ENTREPRENEUR THAT'S OPEN TO RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN CHANDLER CALLED ELLIOT STEAKHOUSE.
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LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR OPENING.I THINK THEIR GRAND OPENING IS TOMORROW, SO, OH, YEAH.
AND I WENT OVER THERE WITH YESTERDAY WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL WERE THERE, AND, UH, I'M SORRY, GRAND OPENING WAS YESTERDAY.
AND SO THEIR BIG OPENING IS THIS WEEKEND.
SO, UH, TRY TO HIT THEM THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT, BUT, UH, GREAT TO SEE FLOURISHING BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.
UM, I KNOW I WAS AT ELLIOT'S PLACE LAST NIGHT,
UH, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SAY REAL QUICKLY, JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, THE CITY OF CHANDLER FOR ALL THE PRAYERS.
I HAD A DEATH IN MY FAMILY AND I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE.
AND THEN, UH, YESTERDAY I CELEBRATED MY BIRTHDAY.
I THINK I HAVE RECEIVED OVER 7,000 HAPPY BIRTHDAYS.
AND SO I JUST, IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING.
UH, AND SO WITH EVERYTHING I HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH, I, I NEEDED THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA TELL THE CITY OF CHANDLER THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ALL THE STAFF HERE WHO WAS SENDING ME TEXT MESSAGES AND STUFF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, SO THANK YOU.
I WAS ONE OF THOSE 7,000 AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET A THANK YOU.
ALL 7,000 OF US COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED.
WELL, I HAVE MY RESERVATION FOR NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ELLIOT, SO I'M ALL SET.
AND, UM, THERE, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVED TONIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I THINK IS REALLY KIND OF NEAT.
IT'S THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL, UM, AGREEMENT EXTENSION TO STOP THE FISH IN OUR LAKES, WHICH SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A SIMPLE LITTLE THING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
AND I ACTUALLY ONE TIME HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THAT HAPPEN.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT WHAT, 18,000 FISH GOING INTO DESERT BREEZE AND VETERANS OASIS.
I GOT TO SEE IT HAPPEN OUT AT VETERANS OASIS.
IT'S A SITE TO BE SEEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS KIND OF RECREATION THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN POSSIBLE.
ALL OF THE FISHING, YOU DON'T THINK OF FISHING A LOT IN THE DESERT, I DON'T THINK.
BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY NEAT THING THAT WE DID, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.
IT ALSO MEANS THAT GAME AND FISH ASSIST WITH WATER QUALITY TESTS AND LAKE ASSESSMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT MOSTLY IT MEANS SOMETHING REALLY NEAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANDLER RESIDENTS TO GO OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR KIDS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I'M IN, I'M TERRIBLE AT IT, BUT I'M IN CITY MANAGER.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, IT'S 6 33.
THAT CLOSES OUR MEETING TONIGHT.