Nov 06, 2023 City Council Study Session 11/06/2023

IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE BY VICE MAYOR ORLANDO, UM, TREE INVENTORY URBAN FOREST

THAT'S RIGHT.

I THOUGHT, AND, AND AND WEEKS WILL VARY DEPENDING UPON THE EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.

IT WILL MAKE A PRESENCE FOR SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YEAH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH LEAH, UM, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE LIKE A GREAT GAME, UH, PARTICULAR THING TO GO OUT TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES AND, UM, WORK WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

AND THEN, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE DARE PROGRAM COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER, BUT OUR OFFICERS JUST SAYING, THANK YOU .

WE'RE GOING RETRO.

WOW.

ALL RIGHT.

SEEING OTHER COMMENTS AND, AND TO THOSE IN OUR AUDIENCE, UM, WHO PERHAPS WE'RE HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 30, WHICH IS THE, UH, AMENDING THE CITY CODE CHAPTER 14 OF OUR ANIMALS.

I AM MOVING THIS ITEM TO ACTION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS ON THURSDAY.

UH, THAT WILL ALSO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS AND WEIGH IN ON THAT.

SO RATHER THAN TREAT THESE SEPARATELY AND COUNSEL REITERATE THEMSELVES, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF THAT ON THURSDAY.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS PART OF THE AGENDA WHERE TONIGHT YOU WOULD NOT.

OUR NEXT ITEM CALLED

[3. Agreement No. CS3-918-4620, Tree Inventory and Urban Forest Management Plan Move City Council approve Agreement No. CS3-918-4620, with ArborPro, Inc., for the tree inventory and urban forest management plan, in an amount not to exceed $145,000. Council Focus Area(s):]

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MANAGEMENT PLAN.

JOHN EPTON.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UH, ANOTHER, UH, GREAT STORY 'CAUSE THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO READ A BOOK THAN UNDER A NICE BIG TREE.

SO THIS TOO, YOU MAY RECALL FROM OUR DECISION PACKAGE PROCESS WITH THE BUDGET, UH, WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD THROUGH THE PARKS AND MAIN OPERATIONS DIVISION, THE NEED FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, UH, FOR THE ABILITIES TO DO A TREE INVENTORY AND URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING AND THE CONTRACT APPROVAL, OR THE ACTION FOR THE APPROVAL WITH ARBOR PRO, UH, IS, IT IS ARBOR PRO IS THE BEST VALUED CANDIDATE SELECTED AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE RFP PROCESS.

THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE A TREE INVENTORY DATA AND THE COLLECTION AS WELL AS THE SOFTWARE NECESSARY FOR US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR RESOURCE AND OUR ASSETS.

ALONG WITH THAT WILL BE THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, SPECIFIC TO OUR SOUTHWEST SONORAN DESERT, AND THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AND IMPROVE UPON WHAT WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION BASED UPON WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.

UH, WE, WE FIGURE THERE ARE BETWEEN 20,020 5,000 TREES JUST ON OUR, UH, AREAS THAT WE MANAGE NOW, UH, UNDER PARTS AND RECREATION.

SO WITH THAT, THE, UM, INFORMATION, UH, THAT WE'LL BE SEEKING WILL INCLUDE THE QUANTITIES, THE SPECIES, THE LOCATIONS, THE OVERALL HEALTH OF EACH OF THOSE TREES, AS WELL AS ANY RECOMMENDED, UH, MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD OCCUR.

THIS WILL BE A BALANCE BETWEEN, UH, THIS, UH, ADDED, UH, BUDGET THAT WAS DONE WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT ALSO SUPPLEMENTED WITH $40,000 FROM A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND FOREST, OR FROM FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.

SO THAT WILL ENABLE US TO FUND THE TREE INVENTORY, THE TREE ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THAT MANAGEMENT PLAN.

UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT ARBOR PRO WILL BEGIN THIS WORK RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT A QUARTER.

SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET A LOT DONE IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME WHERE OUR ONE URBAN FORESTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT WHAT HE CAN DURING HIS REGULAR WORK TIME.

I ALSO HAVE JEFF LARSSON, SENIOR MANAGER, UH, WITH A PARKS DIVISION HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER VICE FAIR? YEAH, JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LONG TIME COMING.

UM, AND THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PLAN.

OBVIOUSLY, ONCE WE DETERMINE WHERE TREES ARE, THEN THERE'S GONNA BE SOME BACKFILL IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT MAY BE LACKING ADDITIONAL TREES.

SO IT'S A BIGGER PICTURE WHEN WE DO THESE, UH, TREE PLANTINGS, AT LEAST IT GIVES US AN IDEA, A STRATEGIC INTENT OF WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE, THE SHADE STRUCTURES.

IS THAT CORRECT, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR? ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THE BEST ASPECTS OF THIS UNDERTAKING THIS PLAN IS THE FACT THAT EACH OF THOSE TREES WILL BE GEO-LOCATED AND PUT INTO A DATABASE THROUGH GIS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE.

IT WILL LEVERAGE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PLATFORMS THAT WE'RE USING.

WE TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING BLOCKS THAT LEAH'S, UH, LEAH'S GROUP IS USING NOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SHADE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.

TREE GROWTH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO NOT JUST WHAT INVENTORY AND WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THROUGH THIS ASSESSMENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO BE, IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

RIGHT.

THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND JOHN, I WANTED TO SAY I GOT YOU NEXT.

I, I DID WANNA SAY I WANT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ARBOR DAY EVENT OUT IN, UH, VETERANS OASIS PARK ON SATURDAY, AND I KNOW THAT WE HANDED OUT A NUMBER OF TREES TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT THE WHOLE EVENT WAS, UH, WAS WELL RECEIVED.

ARE, ARE WE STILL HANDING OUT TREES OR WAS THAT A ONE DAY EVENT? JEFF? ONE DAY ONE DAY.

THAT WAS A ONE DAY EVENT WITH OUR PARTNER, UH, FROM TREE LAND NURSERY.

UH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY ARE, THEY WERE A GREAT PARTNER FOR THAT EVENT.

AND THEY DO HAVE TREES AVAILABLE.

GREAT.

PLUS FOR TREE LAND .

SO WE WERE OFFERING THAT AS A ONE DAY EVENT, BUT TREES OBVIOUSLY ARE AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME, SO, VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK.

NO, , BECAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE IT AT THE, AT THE, AT THE EVENT.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW THAT, UH, CAN I GET A TREE? I MEAN SURE.

GO TO TREE LAND, THEN I STILL GET A TREE.

BUY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'LL, LET'S GO TO TREE LAND.

WE'LL GET A TREE.

HOW'S THAT ? WELL, TO THE CITY, TO THE CITIES, I'LL HAVE TO BUY IT.

SO WHEN HE GOT ONE FOR FREE, I, I SHOWED UP THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE CAN'T MAKE AN ACCEPTED MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, WE DO PLAN THROUGH, THROUGH SOME OF OUR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO DO CONTINUED EDUCATION AND CONTINUED EVENTS LIKE THIS.

IT WAS A REALLY BIG HIT.

AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, UH, THE PUBLIC REALLY LOVED THE FACT THAT THEY COULD GET A TWO AND A HALF TO THREE GALLON TREE.

UH, IT'S A, IT'S A SMALL TREE.

IT WILL TAKE MANY YEARS.

BUT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO PLANT A TREE THAN 20 YEARS AGO

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OR TODAY.

UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FROM A PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT, AND A AND REALLY A, A, A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO, UH, TO JEFF LARSSON AND A LOT OF HIS VISION IN CREATING THE POSITION AND THE PROGRAM.

UH, IT IS THE TYPE OF LEGACY TYPE OF, UH, PROJECT THAT WE SEE, RIGHT? AND AS A CITY THAT HAS ALREADY AN AMAZING ASSET, UH, IN OUR ARBOR SPACE.

UH, THIS, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, VICE MAYOR, UH, GREEN LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH UBIQUITY, ARIZONA AND MICHAEL MIRANDA, I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE FOR A PRESENTATION.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ? NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH IT AFTER THAT.

YEAH, SO, SO, UH, RYAN, I DID PUT THOSE CEDAR LOGS IN THE, UH, AT CITY HALL.

SO, UH, OR IF YOU COULD LET, UH, RYAN KNOW THAT, UH, FOR FUTURE COASTERS OR WHATEVER, I DID BRING BACK, UH, UH, SOME CEDAR LOGS FOR HIM, SO.

UH, YOU COULD TRY PLANTING ONE OF MY CEDAR LOGS, BUT, UH,

[9. Resolution No. 5750, Authorizing a License Agreement between Ubiquity Arizona, LLC, and the City of Chandler Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5750, authorizing the Mayor to execute the license agreement between Ubiquity Arizona, LLC, and the City of Chandler for the use of facilities in the City’s rights-of-way and public places to establish Class 4 and Class 5 Communications Systems, and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute other documents as needed to give effect to the agreement. Council Focus Area(s):]

MICAH, REAL QUICK.

UM, YOU KNOW, BELABOR, WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY.

UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WE HAVE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN VENDORS, MAYBE MORE COMING DOWN THE PIKE, AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN THESE, THE FIBERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, DO WE HAVE A, A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO SAY, EXCUSE ME, SUFFERING FROM A LITTLE BIT OF ALLERGIES HERE.

DO WE HAVE A PLAN THAT SAYS, UM, THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE LIKE OUR TREES? I GUESS THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'VE COVERED.

THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE, WE NEED MORE COVERAGE.

I MEAN, WHAT'S THE, I, I GUESS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE HERE THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR? SO YOU'RE CORRECT.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT FIBER, UM, TELECOM PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GETTING PRETTY WELL DIVERSIFIED THROUGHOUT, UM, UH, ALL PARTS OF THE CITY WITH UBIQUITOUS PLAN.

THEY INTEND TO FOCUS ON THE NORTHERN HALF OF CHANDLER, SO UPTOWN CHANDLER, AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WITH THAT, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE, UM, UM, COMPETITION WITHIN THE MARKET FOR OUR, UH, RESIDENTIAL UTILITY PROVIDERS AS WELL AS OUR PRIVATE BUSINESSES.

SO AGAIN, DO WE HAVE A, A, A PLAN IN PLACE SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FIBER'S GOING YET? THERE'S SOME AREAS POTENTIALLY, WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION.

ARE THERE ANY AREAS IN CHANDLER RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE, UM, A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FIBERS, UH, PROVIDERS, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR? I'M GONNA ASK DENNIS TO COME UP.

YOU PROBABLY ANSWER THAT ONE IN A LOT MORE SPECIFICITY ON WHERE THOSE FIBERS ARE OUTS ARE BEING RUN.

UH, DENNIS, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY, THE WHOLE CITY BEING COVERED, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THAT'S YOUR ROLE AS WELL.

DO WE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH? UH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, THE, THE REASON WHY WE'RE GETTING A, A BIG INFLUX OF SEVERAL FIBER PROVIDERS IS TO FILL IN A LOT OF THOSE GAPS.

THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE TOWARDS JUST DEPLOYING A LOT OF THAT FIBER TO THE HOME THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE, UH, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, THE PROVIDERS ORIGINALLY FOCUSED IN SOUTH CHANDLER OR THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY WERE BUILDING THEM OUT AND DEPLOYING FIBER INITIALLY.

UH, NOW WERE GETTING A LOT OF FIBER PROVIDERS COMING IN AND FILLING IN THE GAPS OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FIRST, AND THEN EXPANDING POTENTIALLY ALSO TO ADD COMPETITION WITH THE EXISTING INCUMBENTS AS WELL.

ALRIGHT.

SO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE GONNA PRETTY MUCH COVER THE AREA BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF FIBER PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN.

WE'RE GONNA COVER MOST OF THE CITY RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

SO, ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

IN THE NEXT PROBABLY FIVE YEARS OR, OR SO.

PERFECT.

THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

UM, THIS IS GREAT THAT THEY'RE COMING IN, BUT IT'S ALSO DISRUPTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS TO SOME EXTENT.

DO, WHAT DO WE DO TO TRY AND MITIGATE THAT A LITTLE BIT? UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, WE HAVE A, A A TEAM WHO DOES PLAN REVIEW OF ALL OF THEIR DESIGNS AND THEN DOES, UH, INSPECTION OF THEIR WORK AND WORKS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE HOAS AND, UH, THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY'RE DONE, ANYTHING THAT IS, UH, IMPACTED IS RESTORED TO LIKE, OR BETTER CONDITIONS.

AND DO WE ASK THAT THEY NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING? OR, OR, OR EVEN TRY AND WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER PROJECTS SO THAT IT'S NOT COMING BACK TO BE DUG UP AGAIN AND AGAIN? YES, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER POST, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN ANY GIVEN AREA AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND WE DO A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THOSE PROJECTS, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND THESE UTILITY DRIVEN PROJECTS.

AND WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE THE, THE PLAN REVIEWERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT, THAT, ARE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE WORKING WELL TOGETHER, BOTH

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SO THAT HELPS MAKE IT, WHEN THEY GET TO CONSTRUCTION, IT GOES FASTER, SMOOTHER, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND, AND LESS IMPACTFUL HOPEFULLY IN THE, OKAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND DENNIS, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, WITH EVERYONE SEEMINGLY DESCENDING UPON US AT ONCE WITH, UH, MULTIPLE COMPANIES, HOW ARE WE KEEPING UP WITH THE WHOLE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT'S THOUGHTS ON, ON KEEPING UP WITH THE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT PLAN REVIEW ALSO DOES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR SERVICE DOESN'T LAG OR SUFFER TO, TO OTHERS WHO ARE ALSO, UH, ENGAGING AND DEVELOPING IN CHANDLER? SURE.

MAYOR, I'M, I'M CURRENTLY, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY KEEPING UP WITH THE WORKLOAD AND AS WE'RE, WE'RE SORT OF ENTERING THE FIRST PHASES OF THIS WITH THE PROVIDERS THAT HAVE ALREADY COME THROUGH EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, WE'RE WORKING, I'M WORKING WITH MY SUPERVISION TO GET SOME TEMP HELP TO COME IN AND START HELPING US WITH THIS INITIALLY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'LL BE DOING IS POTENTIALLY PUTTING FORTH, UH, UH, UH, DECISION PACKAGE TO POTENTIALLY REQUEST SOME ADDITIONAL HELP TO OFFLOAD A LOT OF THE ADDITIONAL LABOR THAT'S COMING.

SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS IF IT'S WARRANTED.

AND HOW LONG, RELATED TO THAT QUESTION, HOW LONG IS THIS BUBBLE? DO YOU SENSE OF A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES COMING, THEY'RE ALL DOING IT NOW, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT IS THIS A, IS THIS A A, A WINDOW OF TIME OF A, OF A COUPLE YEARS, OR HOW, HOW ARE WE DOING? WHAT'S YOUR PROJECTIVE IN THAT? UH, THE MAYOR, THE, THE PROVIDERS, UH, THE, THE TIMELINES THEY'RE GIVING US RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO DO THE ENTIRE CITY.

UH, MY PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL OPINION IS THE, THERE'S WORKFORCE CHALLENGES IN THAT, NUMBER ONE, UH, MAKING SURE THE CITY STAFF CAN KEEP UP WITH IT.

BUT MORE PREDOMINANTLY WHAT WE SEE, UH, WHEN WE SAW WITH THE SMALL CELL BUILDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THE, THERE'S ONLY A, A, A CERTAIN POOL OF CONTRACT LABOR OUT THERE TO DO BOTH THE DESIGN WORK AND ALSO, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION LABOR AND THE DESIGN WORK.

THEY'VE BEEN BRINGING A LOT OF FOLKS IN FROM OUT OF STATE, SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CRANK THAT THROUGH PRETTY FAST.

BUT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK TENDS TO BE A SMALLER POOL, AND IT'S HARDER TO GET THOSE FOLKS IN HERE THAT ALSO KNOW OUR LOCAL, UH, MAG STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE ARE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK.

SO THAT'S WHERE THEY TEND TO RUN INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A BOTTLENECK.

AND I WOULD EXPECT, IN REALISTIC TERMS, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT MORE OF A FIVE TO 10 YEAR WINDOW RATHER THAN A THREE TO FIVE YEAR WINDOW TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE WHOLE CITY WITH FIBER TO THE HOME.

NUMBER 15 CALLED IN BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART ELLIS ENCINAS AND VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DENNIS.

NEXT ITEM CALLED IN, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

MICAH.

ITEM

[15. Resolution No. 5743 Approving the First Amended Chandler Infill Incentive Plan and the First Amended Chandler Infill Incentive District Move City Council approve Resolution No. 5743 approving the First Amended Chandler Infill Incentive Plan and the First Amended Chandler Infill Incentive District. Council Focus Area(s):]

UH, THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, INFILL INCENTIVE PLAN AND DISTRICT, IF YOU'D GIVE US A, A BRIEF BRIEFING AND THEN THERE WILL BE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

YES.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AMENDMENT TO OUR INFILL PROGRAM.

UH, ONE OF COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK POLICY DOCUMENT, UH, FOCUS AREAS IS RIGHT ON REDEVELOPMENT INFILL.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP, UH, REDEVELOP OUR NORTH-SOUTH ARTERIALS, PRIMARILY THROUGHOUT NORTH CHANDLER, UM, AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE HISTORIC AREA OF THE INFILL INCENTIVE AREA TO INCLUDE DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS WEST CHANDLER.

SO THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT, WE'VE ADDED A, A HANDFUL OF ITEMS ON TIMELINE INCENTIVES FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS, UM, UM, SETBACKS SITE DESIGN, WHICH WILL BE IN CONCERT WITH OUR PROJECT CORNUCOPIA.

SO WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE TO REALLY SPUR AND AID THE REDEVELOPMENT IN NORTH CHANDLER.

IF WE WANT, WE HAVE A PREPARED POWERPOINT FOR YOU ALL.

COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU NEED ON THAT? ANYONE NEEDS A POWERPOINT OR WOULD YOU RATHER GO STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS? I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS.

I'VE SEEN, LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I SEEN IT.

OH, DID YOU CALL IN? ALL RIGHT.

SO I WANTED TO APPRE, UH, TELL YOU APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

MICAH, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND YOUR TEAM, UM, THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT WHAT WE HAD BEFORE CONCERNING THIS WHOLE, UH, AREA WAS NOT WORKING.

WE WERE NOT ENTICING MORE PEOPLE TO COME AND WANNA DO THIS PROJECT.

AND NOW THAT WE, WE HAVE BROADENED OUR HORIZON AND ADDING MORE TO WHERE WE CAN GO AND HOW FAR WE CAN GO AND HOW MUCH INCENTIVE THAT WE CAN GIVE ALONG THE WAY, THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE MORE LUCRATIVE TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS TO COME TO THE TABLE.

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THANK YOU FOR WORKING, UH, WITH ALL OF US.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, THAT I WAS IN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE, GIVE YOU SOME OF THE INPUT, MAKE SOME CHANGES THINGS.

AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THOSE CHANGES IN DEPTH IN MINE AND THEN COME BACK TO US WITH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, UM, DURABLE AND FEASIBLE AND REALLY VALUABLE FOR THIS CITY.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND, UM, I HAVE YOUR MS. SANTA RECOGNIZE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.

UH, WE TOOK THIS BEFORE THEM AS WELL AS THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND GOT A LOT OF THEIR FEEDBACK AND THERE WAS A LOT OF NODDING HEADS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AT THAT MEETING.

AND THEN TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, REALLY GIVING US SOME, SOME TWEAKS YOU GUYS WANTED TO SEE AND HAVE THAT BROUGHT BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

SO REALLY WANTED TO THANK THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AND EAB ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA MAYOR.

FINE.

I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW, UH, THE DETAILS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M WITH IT.

IT'S FINE.

THANK YOU MAYOR MIKE, GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SEMI OF MY PROACTIVE ACTIVITY THAT, UH, YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND I THINK MARRYING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS IS GONNA REALLY BRING BIG DIVIDENDS FOR, FOR THE CITY.

I THINK NOT SO MUCH JUST FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH RE INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE TO, TO, TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SURROUNDING SOME OF THESE INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, I THINK IT'S GONNA ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEM.

UM, SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT YOUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND BRING THIS FORWARD.

AND THIS IS EXCITING.

UM, THIS IS AN EXCITING EVENT FOR A COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION LIKE CHANDLER.

UH, I LIKE THE EXPANDED AREA.

IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO INCLUDING WEST CHANDLER AND SOME OF THE NORTHERN AREAS.

UM, THE, UM, THE, THE CAP, THE $250,000 CAP MM-HMM.

IS, IS THAT FLEXIBLE? 'CAUSE I'M WONDERING HOW, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE INCENTIVE FEE THAT SOME OF THE STUFF WE CAN WAIVER ADDS UP TO ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, BUT HOW FLEXIBLE IN YOUR MIND IS THAT? WELL, IF YOU HAVE TO GO HIGHER, SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THE GIFT CLAUSE.

AND PART OF THAT, UM, IS OPEN FOR NEGOTIATION.

WE WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE, UH, NOT ONLY ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, BUT WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE'RE, UH, POTENTIALLY GIVING OUT, UM, ISN'T IN VIOLATION OF THE GIFT CLAUSE.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT AND THE POTENTIAL NET BENEFIT TO THE CITY.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO BE WARY OF THAT OUT AND THAT'S FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I JUST JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE, SO I HEARD YOU SAY NEGOTIATION OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT.

YES, SIR.

PERFECT.

AND IF THAT WAS THE CASE, YOU WOULD COME BACK TO US? I ASSUME SO MAYOR E EVERYTHING THAT, UH, WOULD COME BACK AS PART OF ANY INCENTIVES AGREEMENT WOULD BE THROUGH THE COUNCIL.

GREAT.

A HUNDRED PERCENT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NUMBER 22, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, WANTING A, A BRIEF BRIEFING ON THE AGREEMENT WITH MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ASSISTANT CHIEF HARGIS.

UH, NEXT WE'VE GOT TWO MORE ITEMS. ITEM

[22. Resolution No. 5742 Adopting an Educational Services Agreement with Maricopa County Community College District Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5742, authorizing the Chandler Fire Department (CFD) to enter into an Educational Services Agreement with Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) to offer college credit to CFD Paramedic students for college courses, and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to perform all necessary provisions of the agreement. Council Focus Area(s):]

HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I AM WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, THANKS FOR CALLING THIS, UM, UP FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THE RESOLUTION AND CORRESPONDING AGREEMENT IS A REALLY A, A RECONNECTION, A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS.

UM, THIS EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT IS THAT NEXT ITERATION.

UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS VERSION FOR A WHILE NOW, AND IT ALLOWS US AS C CHANNEL FIREFIGHTERS TO PROVIDE, UM, EDUCATION, WHICH WE DO, UM, ALL THE TIME.

IT'S VERY VALUABLE FOR US TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS WELL AS, UM, ALLOW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS TO GAIN COLLEGE CREDITS.

AND SO THIS REALLY BRIDGES THAT GAP.

SO OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE ABLE TO DELIVER TRAINING COURSES AND OUR MEMBERS WHO TAKE THE TRAINING COURSES ARE ABLE TO GET COLLEGE CREDITS FREE OF CHARGE.

SO IT'S A WASH AGREEMENT.

UM, IT'S, UH, RESULTED IN ABOUT $80,000 OF SAVINGS.

THEY'LL THIS LAST YEAR LOAN IN OUR PARAMEDIC EDUCATION PROGRAM AND OUR FIRE ACADEMY FOR CREDITS.

UM, WE'VE MIRRORED OVER OUR ENGINEERED DEVELOPMENT CLASS AND OUR CAPTAIN'S DEVELOPMENT CLASS SO THAT THOSE THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE, ARE LOOKING TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE, UM, ARE ALSO ABLE TO GAIN COLLEGE CREDIT.

SO IT'S REALLY VALUABLE FOR US.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP AND IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE IT FORWARD BEFORE OUR NEXT PARAMEDIC EDUCATION PROGRAM BEGINS.

WE, WE NEED OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO BE VERY WELL EDUCATED IN THOSE AREAS.

COUNCILMAN MORALES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, I HAVE A COMMENT AND QUESTION.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS REALLY NEEDED.

UH, I, I SEE THE FACT THAT WE ARE BRANCHING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO CHAMBER.

WE, WE BRING IN THOSE, THOSE ARE NEEDED.

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IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PUSH THROUGH WHEN THEY WALK INTO SOMEONE'S HOME.

LIVES CAN BE SAVED VERY QUICKLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT I WANNA COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR, FOR ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD INTO SAVING LIVES WHEN YOU COME TO THE, WITH THESE PROGRAMS. THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE I'M HEARING THAT WE MIGHT GET A CONDITION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE, OR WE'RE LOOKING INTO BE FITTED UP MORE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE AT THE LEVEL OF A, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE GRADUATE, MORE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK THE MAYOR COUNCILMAN ROSE.

SO THE PARAMEDIC EDUCATION PROGRAM ALONE, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

I ACTUALLY WAS A GRADUATE OF THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HELD IN 2006.

MM-HMM.

UM, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

UM, IT IS, UH, IT IS VERY RIGOROUS PROGRAM.

UM, AND NOW US BEING ABLE TO GIVE COLLEGE CREDITS, NOT ONLY IN THIS PROGRAM BUT IN OTHERS, REALLY HELPS OUR MEMBERS CONTINUE TO, UH, TO GO AFTER FURTHER EDUCATION.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE STRIVED TOWARDS AS YOU KNOW, IN, IN MEDICINE, UM, PARAMEDICINE USED TO BE A CERTIFICATE, NOW IT'S A TWO YEAR DEGREE, AND MOST UNIVERSITIES SIMILAR TO, TO NURSING AND LPN AND NOW BACHELOR'S OF NURSING, ET CETERA.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A PROFESSION TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EDUCATION.

UM, THIS ALLOWS OUR MEMBERS ACCESS TO THAT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

AND WE RUN A VERY RIGOROUS, UH, PROGRAM.

SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH, UM, THE FINAL STAGES OF ACCREDITATION.

I LOVE IT.

WE WILL BE, UM, THE ONLY DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT HAS THE FULL ACCREDITATION IS DELIVERING OUR, OUR OWN PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM.

STANDALONE.

THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US.

WE WANNA BE ABLE TO CONTROL, UM, OUR FUTURE AND WE NEED PARAMEDICS ON EVERY FIRETRUCK.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT RELIANT ON ANYONE ELSE TO DELIVER THAT TRAINING, THAT WE CAN DO IT IN-HOUSE, UM, THE SAME AS A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT, THAT PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S OUR GOAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THAT, UH, THAT END.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WOULD WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO ANOTHER FIRST RESPONDER.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER TAKING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

IN ITEM NUMBER 28 BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CATHERINE.

APPRECIATE YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR KEITH? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

LAST ITEM CALLED

[28. Resolution No. 5747 Approving Amendment No. 5 to the Intergovernmental Agreement Between Maricopa County Administered by its Human Services Department and City of Chandler to Accept Federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds in the Amount of $442,726; Reallocate 2019 HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds in the Amount of $141,585, and Extend the Expenditure Term to September 30, 2025 Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5747, Approving Amendment No. 5 to the Intergovernmental Agreement Between Maricopa County Administered by its Human Services Department and City of Chandler to Accept Federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds in the Amount of $442,726; Reallocate 2019 HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds in the Amount of $141,585, and Extend the Expenditure Term to September 30, 2025; Authorizing the Adjustment of the Performance Timeline to the HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan Program Funds; Authorizing the City Manager to Sign All Related Documents and Assurances on Behalf of the City of Chandler; and Further Authorizing the City Manager to Take All Action Necessary or Prudent to Implement the City’s HOME Investment Partnerships and HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan Program Activities. Council Focus Area(s):]

UH, OUR AGREEMENT WITH MARICOPA COUNTY FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS.

AND, AND HERE WE ARE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY SEEKING APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL FOR AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING IGA WITH MARICOPA COUNTY, WHO IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS.

THE AMENDMENT INCLUDES SEVERAL ITEMS, UM, THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE TO THAT IGA FIRST, AN ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAM YEAR 2020 3 24 FUNDS TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN THE AMOUNT OF $442,000, 726 TO SUPPORT NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THE BILL ON MCQUEEN PROJECT.

ADDITIONALLY, A REALLOCATION OF HOME FUNDS THAT WERE AWARDED IN A PRIOR YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $141,585.

UM, THAT REALLOCATION WOULD GO TO SUPPORT THE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND EXTEND THE EXPENDITURE TERM.

AND THEN LASTLY, GOING AHEAD AND REVISING THE ACTIVITY TIMELINE FOR HOME ARPA FUNDS, WHICH ARE THE HOME, UM, FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH, THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

AND THAT ALSO WILL BE SUPPORTING THE VILLAS ON THE QUEEN PROJECT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL BRAS.