Dec 07, 2023 City Council Meeting 12/07/2023

JESSICA, ON THE

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[ Call to Order]

LET THIS SEASON BE A TIME AND THAT EACH OF US MIGHT HEAR THE VOICE OF THE HOLY CALLING US TO THE WORK OF COMMUNITY, TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND PATIENCE, TO BE PRESENT TO THE CHALLENGES EACH OF US FACE, WHETHER THEY'RE SPIRITUAL, FINANCIAL, FAMILIAL OR PERSONAL, TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AND THIS PLANET A PLACE WHERE ALL OF US MAY LEAD WHOLE LIVES, WHERE OUR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS ARE MET, AND OUR HUMANITY IS HONORED.

FOR THIS, WE PRAY.

AND WHILE EACH OF US MAY NAME THE HOLY DIFFERENTLY, OR EVEN PERHAPS CELEBRATE IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS ANOTHER TIME OF YEAR, MAY WE KNOW AND SERVE THE LOVE AND POSSIBILITY THAT COMES TO US IN THIS SEASON WITH HUMILITY AND COURAGE.

BLESSED BE AMEN.

AND MAY IT BE SO.

AMEN.

PLEASE, AMEN.

IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALL THE STATES OF AMERICA.

OF AMERICA ONE.

ME ALL.

THANK YOU, REVEREND.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately. Proposed Motion: Move to approve the Consent Agenda of the December 7, 2023, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 33.]

THERE ARE 30 PLUS ITEMS ON THERE.

UH, WOULD ANYONE, UH, CARE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 7TH.

ITEMS ONE THROUGH 33.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

MAYOR ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

UH, DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I'LL NOT BE VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER 21.

VERY GOOD.

SO, MAYOR CLERK, PLEASE, UH, NOTE HIS, UH, RECUSAL ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, ANY MAYOR QUICK COMMENTS RELATED, YES, I WANT TO THANK, UH, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY FOR WORKING WITH ME THIS WEEK ON THIS LANGUAGE IN HERE, ON ITEM 21.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT, AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANK YOU.

I, AND I WANNA THANK VICE MAYOR ORLANDO FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

I MEAN, IT'S A NICE LITTLE CATCH, NOT LITTLE, IT'S KINDA A BIG DEAL, BUT IT'S ENSURING THAT WE HAVE VISIBILITY WHEN WE'RE DOING EMINENT DOMAIN, THINGS LIKE THAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND THAT, UH, AS A GROUP, WE ARE, UM, COGNIZANT OF, UH, PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS.

SO IT'S GOOD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT FORWARD, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ENC IS DECLARING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ITEM 21.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[ Public Hearing]

AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE MATT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR UPDATES TO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES, UH, THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

UH, AS I WAS PREPARING FOR TONIGHT, I WAS LOOKING UP, UH, SOME OF THE KIND OF KNOWN, UH, HUMOROUS ANECDOTES ABOUT ASSUMPTIONS, AND I DECIDED TO FOREGO SOME OF THOSE.

BUT THERE WAS ONE INTERESTING FACT THAT I FOUND, AND THAT'S THAT THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, THOSE THAT CAN MAKE AN ASSUMPTION BASED ON A PREVIOUS STATEMENT.

ALL RIGHT, AS WE GET READY FOR OUR AGENDA HERE, UH, TONIGHT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEE BACKGROUND, UH, OUR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, SOME FEE CATEGORIES AND SERVICE AREAS, OUR LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, SOME OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, AND OUR REMAINING PROJECT TIMELINE.

SO FIRST OFF, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT WHY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR AND USEFUL FOR.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S, THE FIRST IN ARIZONA TO IMPLEMENT A FULL RANGE OF SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEE OR IMPACT FEES.

THAT WAS DONE IN 1997.

AND REALLY THE INTENT OF THAT WAS TO ENSURE THAT GROWTH CAN PAY FOR GROWTH SO THAT OTHER RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER, THAT OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS AREN'T PAYING FOR THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED FOR NEW RESIDENTS MOVING IN.

SO THESE DEVELOPMENT FEES WERE IMPLEMENTED, UH, FOR THAT GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THOSE FEES WERE PAID BY THE DEVELOPERS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.

NOW, IF NOT FOR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES, CHANDLER WOULD'VE HAD TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD HAVE

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SO SDS HAVE ALLOWED THE CH, UH, CITY OF CHANDLER TO KEEP TAXES LOW OVER THE YEARS.

UH, THEY'VE PROVIDED A CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCE IN LIEU OF SELLING BONDS.

AND THEN TO THE FAR RIGHT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS, UH, UTILIZING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES, SO ARTERIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FIRE STATIONS, POLICE FACILITIES, LIBRARIES, PARKS, UH, UTILITY PROJECTS.

AND THEN THERE'S A LIST UNDERNEATH OF SEVERAL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING IF YOU NOTICE, FIRE STATIONS TWO THROUGH 11.

SO THE MAJORITY OF FIRE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHANDLER, UH, WERE BUILT USING, UTILIZING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES, UH, WATER MAINS, WELLS, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, MA, MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS AND WIDENINGS.

SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY USEFUL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES.

UH, THIS PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE.

UH, THE DEVELOPERS PAY THESE FEES DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE PROCESS, AND THIS IS ONE TIME FUNDING THAT'S FOR GROWTH RELATED CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC PROVISIONS THAT THE STATE STATUTE SAYS THAT WE CANNOT USE THESE FUNDS FOR.

THEY CANNOT BE USED TO FUND REPAIRS OR OPERATIONS OF MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR CAPITAL THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO GROWTH, AND THEY MUST BE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S A NECESSARY PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THAT DIRECTLY PROVIDES A BENEFICIAL USE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE REVISED STATUTE ALSO REQUIRES US TO DO, UH, THREE KEY ITEMS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHICH ITEM, HOW FREQUENTLY WE HAVE TO DO THEM.

THE FIRST IS TO COMPLETE A LAND USE ASSUMPTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN REPORT AS A PRECURSOR TO ANY FEE UPDATES BASED ON METHODOLOGY OUTLINED IN STATE STATUTE.

THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND FOR US, LEGALLY REQUIRED BY JANUARY OF 2024.

THE LAST LAND USE ASSUMPTION AND IIP ADOPTION WAS IN JANUARY OF 2019.

IT INCLUDES AN UPDATED FEE SCHEDULE AND THERE'S PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESSES DICTATED.

WE ALSO, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, MUST REPORT, PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT AND POST THAT ONLINE, WHICH WE HAVE DONE, UH, SINCE INCEPTION OF THE SDFS.

WE ALSO COMPLETE A BIANNUAL AUDIT EVERY TWO YEARS.

WE BRING FORWARD THE RESULTS OF THAT AUDIT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THE RESULTS ARE, UM, PRESENTED IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY'RE ALSO POSTED ONLINE AS WELL.

IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THE FIRST TWO, THE ACTUAL REPORT THAT WE'RE UPDATING AND TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT AND THE BIENNIAL AUDIT, UH, THEY MUST BE PREPARED BY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

SO IT'S NOT CITY STAFF THAT PREPARES THOSE.

IT'S AN OUTSIDE, UH, CONSULTANT FIRM THAT PREPARES THOSE FOR US OR OUR AUDITORS, UH, CITYWIDE AUDITORS FOR THE FEE CATEGORIES THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS.

WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL FEES WHICH ARE CHARGED BY WHAT'S CALLED EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS OR EDUS OR SQUARE FOOTAGE, DEPENDING ON THE PERMIT TYPE.

UH, AND THOSE INCLUDE OUR ARTERIAL STREETS, PARKS FOR WHICH WE HAVE THREE SERVICE AREAS, FIRE, POLICE, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

AND THEN THERE ARE SDFS, WHICH ARE BY METER SIZE FOR WATER WASTEWATER, AND RECLAIMED WATER.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PAID FOR WHEN THE BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR MOST OF THOSE FEES, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.

MOST OF THOSE FEES THERE ARE, THERE'S ONLY ONE, UM, AREA OR SERVICE AREA, AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE CITY.

UH, BUT FOR TWO OF THEM, THERE ARE UNIQUE SERVICE AREAS WHERE IF YOU'RE PULLING A PERMIT IN THOSE AREAS, YOU'RE ONLY CHARGED THOSE FEES IF YOUR PERMIT IS IN THAT AREA.

SO FOR ARTERIAL STREETS, YOU'LL SEE HERE, UH, THE BROWN RUST CUDDLED AREA.

THAT'S THE AREA IN WHICH, UH, THE AR ARTERIAL STREETS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEE WOULD BE APPLIED.

UH, WE DO HAVE SOME REMAINING PROJECTS FOR OUR ARTERIAL STREETS, AND THOSE ARE INDICATED IN THE BLUE LINES.

UH, WE HAVE ALMA SCHOOL ROAD AND WE HAVE, LEMME GET MY LIST BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT ON THERE.

SO, ALMA SCHOOL ROAD FROM GERMAIN TO QUEEN CREEK, AND FROM FRI FRY TO PECOS, UH, CHANDLER HEIGHTS ROAD FROM GILBERT TO VAL VISTA AND LINDSEY ROAD FROM OKT HUNT HIGHWAY.

FOR OUR PARKS, WE HAVE THREE SERVICE AREAS AND PARKS.

WE HAVE THE NORTHWEST, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHEAST.

AND THESE WERE REALLY, UH, THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THREE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UM, SDF IS TO ALLOW FOR SMALLER PARKS, WHICH BENEFIT THOSE IN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC REGION, TO HAVE THOSE IN THAT GEOGRAPHIC REGION, REGION PAY FOR THOSE PARKS.

SO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY FUTURE PARKS IN THE NORTHWEST OR NORTHEAST SERVICE AREAS, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO REMAINING PARKS IN THE SOUTHEAST SERVICE AREA.

UH, WE HAVE

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THE UPDATE GOES THROUGH AND LOOKS AT THE GENERAL PLAN, ANY UPDATES TO OUR GENERAL PLAN, ANY ZONING CHANGES AND ANY DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, AND INCORPORATES THOSE, UH, TRENDS INTO THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES ANY EDS, WHICH INCLUDE HOUSING UNITS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOT, WHICH ARE UPDATED BASED ON CITY PROJECTIONS.

AND THEN IT LOOKS AT A BUILDOUT OF OUR ED'S EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS.

UH, THOSE ARE UPDATED BASED ON THE MARICOPA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS.

SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, UM, AND PRESENTED TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THROUGH THIS REPORT PROCESS.

HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE CHANGED FROM THE 2018 REPORT TO THE 2022 REPORT.

THE EXISTING AVERAGE EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS HAS INCREASED.

UH, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE TO THE BUILDOUT AVERAGE EDS, AN INCREASE TO EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE ON NON-RESIDENTIAL, AND A DECREASE IN OUR BUILDOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL ON OUR LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS FOR OUR ARTERIAL STREETS.

WE HAVE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE TO OUR EXISTING EDS FOR RESIDENTIAL, AN INCREASE TO OUR BUILDOUT AVERAGE EDUS FOR RESIDENTIAL, AN INCREASE TO EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL, AND A FLAT, UH, BUILDOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE LOOK AT THREE KEY AREAS WHEN WE'RE UPDATING THE IIP.

UH, FIRST WE UPDATE ANY REMAINING GROWTH PROJECTS AND THE RELATED COSTS.

SO THE STREET PROJECTS AND THE PARK PROJECTS THAT I IDENTIFIED EARLIER AS BEING PART OF THIS, IIP, THOSE COSTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED, UH, TO SHOW THE THE TRUE COSTS THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE PROJECTS.

WE ALSO UPDATE OUR 10 YEAR REVENUE FORECAST AND ESTIMATED FINANCIAL NEED FOR EACH CATEGORY, AND WE UPDATE ANY OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR EACH CATEGORY SO WE CAN MAKE OUR CALCULATIONS AGAIN IN THAT GREEN BOX.

WE DO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR FUTURE GROWTH PROJECTS, UM, FOR PARKS AND FOR STREETS AND ALL OTHER CATEGORIES BESIDES PARKS AND STREETS ARE SIMPLY COLLECTING FEES TO REPAY DEBT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SDF DEBT, WE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS INTERNAL DEBT.

THIS IS DEBT THAT'S OWED WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WHERE WE HAVE FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS IN SOME OTHER METHOD, WHETHER IT BE CASH FUNDING OR BOND FUNDING, UH, IN ORDER TO BUILD THOSE PROJECTS DUE TO LACK OF REVENUE FROM THE SDF FUNDS.

AND THOSE SDF FUNDS WHEN THEY COME IN THROUGH BUILDOUT, WILL BE UTILIZED TO PAY BACK THE OUTSTANDING DEBT.

IN TOTAL, WE HAVE ABOUT $329.2 MILLION WORTH OF OUTSTANDING SDF DEBT.

THEY'LL BE COLLECTED THROUGH BUILDOUT OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER THROUGH STATE STATUTE.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, INCLUDING THIS, UH, HEARING THIS EVENING.

BUT WE'VE ALSO DONE A PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS WHERE WE HELD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS IN OCTOBER, UH, WHICH INCLUDED REPRESENTATION FROM EACH DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY.

UH, WE SENT NOTIFICATIONS THAT, THAT, THAT THIS MEETING WAS HAPPENING AND WE HAD, UH, PEOPLE BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE INCLUDED, WAS A PRESENTATION, UH, AND THE UPDATED L-U-A-I-I-P REPORT, UH, WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE.

THERE WAS ONE REQUEST FOR A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH THE CENTRAL ARIZONA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE ALSO HELD IN OCTOBER.

AND THAT MEETING WENT WELL FROM A PROJECT TIMELINE.

UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE COMPLETED BOTH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND A WORK SESSION WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.

UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LUA AND IAP REPORT.

THAT REPORT, UH, IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION TO BE BROUGHT FORTH TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN JANUARY, ON JANUARY 11TH.

UH, WITH THAT ADOPTION WOULD ALSO BE THE ADOPTION OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO MODIFY SDF FEES, WHICH AS OF THIS REPORT UPDATES THOSE FEES BASED ON ALL OF THE NEW DATA THAT FLOATED INTO THE REPORT.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE JANUARY 11TH.

THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FEES IN FEBRUARY AND THE FIRST READ OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE, UH, THE CITY CODE FOR THOSE FEES.

AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION WOULD BE IN APRIL, AND THESE NEW FEES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN JULY.

AND WITH THAT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

UM, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THANKS, MAYOR.

YEAH, MATT, WE JUST WANNA, UH, DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANY DOUBT IN THE THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS OR GET THE FEEDBACK THAT THE 392 MILLION IS THE INTERNAL, UM, BUDGET SHEET WE'RE KEEPING IN REGARDS TO THESE IMPACT FEES.

AND ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, ACCORDING TO WHERE WE'RE WE DO THIS, WHICH WE BE DOING FOR THE LAST 26 YEARS, THE LAST PERMIT THAT IS PULLED IN THE CITY, I THINK THAT'S THE WORD YOU USED THE OTHER DAY, THE LAST PERMIT THAT'S PULLED IN THIS CITY WILL BE

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THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

UH, THE INTENT OF WHY WE DO THESE UPDATES IS TO ENSURE THAT AS WE'RE PULLING ALL OF THOSE PERMITS, REMAINING PERMITS THAT ARE LEFT BY THE TIME THAT LAST PERMIT HAS PULLED ALL THE DEBT AND ALL THE CURRENT NEEDS FOR FUNDING HAVE ALL BEEN MET.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLES IN THE BOOK, I THINK YOU, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS THE OTHER NIGHT, YOU'LL SEE OVER THE TIME PERIOD OF FRAME WHERE THIS DEBT IS THEN ABSORBED AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ZERO BALANCE.

YEAH.

CORRECT.

GREAT.

ALRIGHT.

AND THIS IS, UH, I CAN'T, ANOTHER THING I WANNA EMPHASIZE.

THIS IS, UM, STATE STATUTE, UH, FOR THESE UPDATES, CORRECT? YEAH.

THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THE STATE REQUIRES US TO HAVE AN UPDATE AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH, WHICH IS FINE.

I MEAN, BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A ROBUST PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GET AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, UM, THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PUBLISHING, WE'RE SAYING WE COULD DO BASED UPON THESE ASSUMPTIONS.

CORRECT.

GREAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR ME, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW TOO, IS THAT, UM, THIS IS ONLY CONSIDERED DEBT ON WHAT IS A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT EXISTING.

SO THERE'S ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS OR TO OTHER CITY BUILDINGS OR OUR LIBRARIES, WHICH WE HAVE NO INTENTION AT THIS POINT OF BUILDING ANYMORE.

THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED TO THOSE.

AND THIS REALLY ALLOWS, IF SOMEONE SHOWS UP NOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT, THEY, THEY REALLY ENTER INTO TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE AND THE CITY PREVIOUSLY PAID FOR, HENCE THE DEBT THAT THAT VICE MAYOR MENTIONED.

SO IT REALLY IS AN EQUITABLE WAY OF, OF, UH, ALLOWING GROWTH TO PAY FOR ITSELF AND TO MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THOSE WHO HAVE PAID IN AND FOR DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY DON'T PAY TWICE.

HENCE, THE, THE PARKS AND THE STREETS SEPARATION AS WELL, WHERE WE'VE COMPLETED THIS OUT.

SO, COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.

NEXT PART ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING OF, UH, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THANK YOU, STEPH.

NEXT

[11. Unscheduled Public Appearances]

I HAVE THREE CARDS IN FRONT OF ME, AND I'M GONNA JUST CALL THEM IN THE ORDER THAT I RECEIVED THEM.

THE FIRST IS FROM MR. HUSSEIN.

WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU UH, HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS.

THE LIGHT WILL BE GREEN FOR TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.

WHEN THAT LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN, UH, END YOUR COMMENTS WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS RED.

MR. HUSSEIN, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD LADIES, GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS TAJA HUSSEIN.

I'M A RESIDENT OF CHANNEL FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I'M APPEARING FOR THE COUNT FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE SAME CASE.

CHINA POLICE FALSIFIED FALSELY ARRESTED ME IN FRONT OF MY CHILDREN, CHARGED ME WITH HORSE NEGLECT AND ANIMAL CRUELTY, SEVEN FELONY COUNTS, DRAGGED ME THROUGH COURT FOR TWO YEARS AND CLOSED MY BUSINESS, TOOK MY TRAVEL RIGHTS, TRAUMATIZED MY WHOLE FAMILY.

AUGUST 20, AUGUST, 2021, CHANDLER POLICE RAIDED MY HOUSE IN VIOLATION OF SEARCH WARRANT.

THE DETECTIVE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING ON THE INITIAL REPORT, SEES MY CHILDREN'S HORSES, WHICH WERE HEALTHY HORSES, THE STATE, AND THEN THE STATE DID NOT FILE ANY CHARGES AGAINST ME.

SEPTEMBER, 2021, CITY OF CHANDLER SUED ME FOR THE COST OF THEIR MISADVENTURE.

CITY MAGISTRATE DENIED THEIR REQUEST.

I COUNTERCLAIM FOR THE COST OF MY HORSES, WHICH CITY ATTORNEY SAID THEY WILL PAY.

AND THEN THE CITY, UH, THEN THE CITY RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO PAY JANUARY OF 2020.

SECOND CITY OF CHANDLER PREPARED 160 PAGE REPORT OF LIES FALSE, FABRICATED INFORMATION WITH REPLACED HORSE, AND ASK THE COUNTY TO PROSECUTE ME TWO YEARS OF COURT TRIPS.

COUNTY ATTORNEY TRIES SIX TIME TO GET ME TO ACCEPT THE CHARGES, AND THEY WILL DISMISS THE CASE, THEN DOWNGRADED MY CHARGES FROM FELONY TO MISDEMEANOR.

THE STATE ATTORNEY SAID, GIVE SOMETHING AND WE'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING THE JUDGE SAID IS THE BEST, UH, OFFER.

THE, IT'S A VERY GOOD OFFER.

I FILED SEVEN PETITION MYSELF TO THE COURT FOR DISMISSAL OF THE CASE, POINTING OUT EVERY SINGLE LIE THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF, UH, CHANDLER, REPLACEMENT OF EVIDENCE, PLANTING OF EVIDENCE, AND ALL THE FALSE ACCUSATIONS.

FINALLY, MAY OF 2020 THIRD THIS YEAR, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WITHDREW THE CASE.

THIS IS A CRIMINAL CON CONDUCT ON THE CHANDLER POLICE.

I'M NOT ACCUSING OF ANY THE WHOLE CHANNEL DEPARTMENT.

MAYBE IT COULD BE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE, THERE'S, WE ALL SAY THERE'S BAD APPLES EVERYWHERE.

AND SEEMS LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR TIMES REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

NOBODY HAS EVER CALLED ME.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THERE IS ANY, UH, INVESTIGATION DONE ON THIS PARTICULAR

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I ASKED FOR INVE, NOTHING HAPPENED.

SEEMS LIKE THE MAYOR, HE DOESN'T CARE.

AND, BUT AT LEAST MR. THE VICE MAYOR MATTO ORLANDO, HE OFFERED HELP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HE CAN HELP IN ANY CASE, UH, I ACCEPT IT'S OKAY FOR THE POLICE TO CRIMINALIZE.

I GAVE UP ON THE IDEA OF GETTING AN INVESTIGATION.

I FILED A CASE FOR FINANCIAL COMPENSATION, AND IT WAS DISMISSED ON THE FINANCIAL GROUNDS.

I WILL FILE AGAIN WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

ALL I WANT NOW IS TO JUST WALK AWAY FROM HERE AND COMPENSATE ME FINANCIALLY FOR ALL THE, UH, HEARTACHE YOU'VE GIVEN ME FOR STEALING MY HORSES.

AND I'LL JUST WALK AWAY.

SO I AM REQUESTING ONE MORE TIME TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SEE IF THERE IS, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MISCONDUCT.

AND I WILL PRESENT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT THE CHANDLER POLICE MISREPRESENTED AND FALSIFIED.

AND IF YOU DON'T CARE, JUST PAY ME AND I'LL GO AWAY.

THAT'S ALL.

I CARE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND, AND TO OUR AUDIENCE AND SPEAKERS, WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE BECAUSE THIS IS UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

BUT, BUT AGAIN, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, I ALWAYS ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S FOLLOW UP TO BE HAD THAT MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AND GET BACK TO US.

OUR NEXT UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE IS TOM, FOR STILL, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME WRONG AGAIN, SIR, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TOM FRIOL, 49 23 WEST GALE DRIVE, CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, BRIEFLY TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR THE PAST, UH, 10 DAYS, UM, ALLOWED SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION UNIT WAS PLACED AT 49 80 WEST RAILROAD, APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE, AND NEAR A PLAYGROUND WHERE CHILDREN PLAY AT THE MAXWELL DAYCARE, UH, CENTER THERE IN THE SAME MERCANTILE AREA.

IT WAS TURNED ON NOVEMBER 27TH.

THIS WAS APPARENTLY TO CLEAN UP A MESS LEFT BEHIND BY THE NOW DEFUNCT AVALON.

DRY CLEANERS LOCATED AT SUITE NUMBER 14 THAT IS APPARENTLY POLLUTING THE SOIL AND CONTAMINATING OUR GROUNDWATER.

I CALLED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO GET SOME INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT ABOUT THE NOISE.

I WAS REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL.

UM, THE GENTLEMAN I SPOKE TO THERE, UH, INFORMED ME THAT, UM, THEY HAD RECEIVED ANOTHER COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT.

UM, HE GAVE ME A LOT OF INFORMATION INCLUDING, UH, THE NUMBER TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, AND A MITCH WILLIAMS WITH PARTNER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE INCORPORATED, WHO WAS THE CONTRACTOR RUNNING THIS MACHINE.

I SPOKE TO MITCH WILLIAMS AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE TAKING STEPS TO QUIET DOWN THE UNIT.

I ASKED IF IT COULD BE MOVED.

HE TOLD ME NO.

I ASKED IF IT COULD BE TURNED OFF UNTIL IT COULD BE MUFFLED AS I, I SUFFER FROM MIGRAINES.

I WAS TOLD I CAN'T DO THAT BY MR. WILLIAMS. UH, THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WAS, UH, THEY WOULD, UH, TURN IT OFF AT NIGHT AS THEY WANTED TO RUN THIS UNIT 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR HO WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.

UM, I ALSO CONTACTED MY STATE SENATOR FOR DISTRICT NUMBER 12, UH, SENATOR EPSTEIN'S OFFICE AND THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL QUALITY TO FILE A COMPLAINT.

THE REPLY FROM A DEQ WAS TO REFER THE STATE, DOESN'T DO NOISE COMPLAINTS, AND REFERRED ME BACK TO THE, THE CITY OF CHANDLER PD.

I SPOKE TO, UH, CHANDLER PD, SEVERAL OFFICERS.

UH, THEY WERE VERY EMPATHETIC TO MY SITUATION.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATIONS I KEPT, I CAME OVER WITH THE FEELING THAT THE BEST I COULD HOPE FOR, AND IT WASN'T EVEN GUARANTEED, WAS THAT A SMALL FINE WOULD BE LEVIED AGAINST HENDERSON BELTWAY, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THE LOUD NOISE CONTINUED THROUGH THE WEEK, CAUSING ME AND MY FAMILY ANXIETY AND MENTAL DURESS.

YOU COULD HEAR IT THROUGH THE WHOLE HOUSE WITH DOORS AND WINDOWS SHUT, AND WE COULD NOT STAND TO EVEN GO IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

WE FELT LIKE PRISONERS IN OUR OWN HOUSE.

MY WIFE IS ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO LOUD NOISES AS SHE WAS HOME WHEN THERE WAS A LARGE GAS EXPLOSION IN THE SAME MERCANTILE AREA, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WAS.

AND SHE'S NOW VERY JUMPY WHEN SHE HEARS LOUD NOISES, UH, CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE IN SEARCH OF SOME RELIEF.

I CALLED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1ST.

I WANTED TO SEE THE SITE PLAN AS TO HOW THIS COULD BE, UM, LOCATED SO CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE.

UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

UM, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME INSPECTORS COMING OUT, UH, TO VIEW THIS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY, THE STATE.

UM, ALSO, UM, I'M GONNA REACH BACK TO, THEY SHOULDN'T JUST BE REFERRING ME BACK TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY SHOULD BE LETTING US KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THIS PERMIT FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THINK EVERYTHING'S ON THE UP AND UP TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE FILED THE SUFFICIENT PAPERWORK WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, CITY MANAGER, SEE WHAT, IF THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL MUFFLING OR WHATEVER THAT WE CAN PUT LEVERAGE ON TO, UH, ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION.

THANK YOU.

OUR LAST SPEAKER CARD IS FROM PATRICIA EVANS.

DEAR MS. EVANS, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ARE AT THE MIC.

GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GIVING ME TO SPEAK.

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ALL EXPENSIVE HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN MY AIR STOCK AND HOOVERING OVER ABOVE MY HOME AND COMMUNITIES, AND WISH SHE TOOK A HARD LOOK AND BENEFITS IN THE COST OF, UH, AERIAL SURVEILLANCE.

AND THIS IS ABUSE.

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 20 TIMES WHERE AERIAL SURVEILLANCE OF HOVERING, HOVERING AROUND MY HOME, ABOVE MY HOME 24 7.

AND I'M BEING GANG STOCKED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

IF I GO TO FRY'S, MACY'S, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, BUT THE AERIAL SURVEILLANCE AND DRONES HAVE, UH, CAUSED ME AND MY HUSBAND ANXIETY AND DISTRESS.

AND TWO, THIS PAST TUESDAY AT SEVEN 30, A HELICOPTER SCRAPED, UH, MY ROOF.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I NEED HELP TO INVESTIGATE, TO SEE WHAT'S, TO SEE WHAT THIS ALL ABOUT.

BUT THE GANG STOCKING HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ME FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS IN AERIAL SURVEILLANCE AND DRONES AND FIXED WING SURVEILLANCE.

AIRCRAFT IS 24 7.

I WENT TO WALMART TODAY, MACY'S, AND A AIRCRAFT.

FOLLOW ME ALL THE WAY TO MACY'S, BACK TO WALMART.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS ALL ABOUT.

AND THIS IS 24 7.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS HEARD ABOUT AERIAL SURVEILLANCE AND GANG STALKING.

IT'S REAL HERE IN SOUTH CHANDLER.

AND I LIVE AT 4 6 7 3 EAST CHERRY HILLS DRIVE, SUN GROVES AREA.

THANK YOU.

UM, AGAIN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M JUST MAKING YOU AWARE.

OKAY, MAYOR, UM, ARE, ARE YOU DONE THEN? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, CHIEF, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF THERE'S AREAS THAT SHE CAN FILE A COMPLAINT, THAT WOULD BE, GET TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES THAT, UH, THAT SHE'S HEARD AND, AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE QUITE HELPFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, CITY MANAGER.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT A POLICY AROUND DRONES.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS IN PROGRESS AS FAR AS, YEAH, MR. MAYOR KASPER STEWART, WE'VE BEEN, UH, TAKING A LOOK AND UPDATING OUR OWN INTERNAL DRONE POLICIES FOR CITY OWNED DRONES.

WE DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF CONTROL OVER NON-CITY DRONES, SO WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON IN THIS SITUATION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKER CARDS FOR

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

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS CURRENT EVENTS.

COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, WHICH I'LL START.

WE HAVE OUR GOLDEN NEIGHBORS HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, THAT'S GOING TO BE DECEMBER 14TH FROM NINE TO 11:00 AM AT THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY CENTER.

RESIDENTS CAN CONTRIBUTE A GIFT TO A GOLDEN NEIGHBOR THROUGH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, OR DIRECTLY FROM THE EVENTS AMAZON WISHLIST.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN VISIT CHANDLER AZ.GOV/GOLDEN NEIGHBORS FOR DETAILS.

SECONDLY, THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF CHANDLER IS HOSTING A WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA EVENT.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AT THE VALLEY OF THE SUN CEMETERY TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.

THE EVENT IS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, STARTING WITH VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTING WREATHS AT 9:00 AM AND THEN THERE WILL BE A BRIEF, UH, PROGRAM AND CEREMONY AT 10:00 AM THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR.

I DO WANNA WISH OUR COMMUNITY A HAPPY HANUKKAH, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND COUNCIL, I WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HIT THE YEAR RUNNING NEXT YEAR WITH A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT A GATHERING OF COMMUNITY RECENTLY.

UM, AS NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE TO ME, I, ALONG WITH, UM, A FEW COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, GOT TOGETHER, GOT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, UM, HERE IN THE PUEBLO VIEJO NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.

UM, WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF RESIDENTS.

UM, WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF PARTICIPATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LISTENING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR ISSUES, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE IN THIS AREA.

AND I WANT TO THANK, ESPECIALLY THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME OUT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND BEING A VOICE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, FOR BEING THERE.

AND, UM, ALSO I WANNA THANK OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR STAFF THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORKING WITH THESE RESIDENTS TO SOLVE SOME ISSUES AND ALSO TO EDUCATE AND TO ACTIVATE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, FOR THEIR FUTURE.

AND AS WELL, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY AS WRAPPING UP MY FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

IT HAS FLOWN BY SO QUICKLY.

IT WENT BY SO FAST.

I'M READY FOR 2024.

UM, AND I WANNA WISH ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN CHANDLER A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND THAT OUR BLESSINGS CONTINUE IN 2024.

SO THANK YOU.

NICE MAYOR MARY, I WANNA WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAY AS WELL.

AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT JACKET.

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VERY FEW PEOPLE COULD PULL THAT OFF.

I KNOW I COULDN'T, BUT YOU PULLED THAT OFF VERY WELL, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

IT, UM, YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN AROUND ST.

PATRICK'S STATEMENT.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE TO CONCUR.

AND THAT'S A GREAT JACKET, A GREAT TIE, VICE MAYOR.

AND THEN YOU GUYS PULLED IT ALL OUT.

I THINK I WAS SAYING TO SOMEBODY EARLIER, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY THE SEVENTH AND CHRISTMAS IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

AND OF COURSE, I HAVE ZERO SHOPPING DONE, BUT THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL UNTIL THE 24TH.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE, THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING CHANDLER MAYOR AND COUNCIL AT THE A SU POLYTECHNIC, UH, GRAND OPENING AND GROUNDBREAKING THIS WEEK.

UM, IT'S A HUGE CAMPUS EXPANSION FOR THEM.

AND, UH, IT'LL BE TURNING OUT.

IT'S NOW IT'S TURNING OUT ABOUT 6,000 ENGINEERS A YEAR AND ANYTHING FROM, UM, AVIATION TO ROBOTICS TO CYBER MANUFACTURING, UH, TO SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, ENERGY SECTOR.

BUT, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THEY'LL BE TURNING OUT ANOTHER 15,000 STUDENTS A YEAR, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

UM, AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS, IS WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING EMPLOYERS HERE IN OUR AREA.

AND AS DR.

CROW SAID DURING THE GROUNDBREAKING, YOU KNOW, THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

AND, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE ENDORSERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION IN GENERAL BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT GRAND OPENING.

AND THEN I THINK I HAD ANOTHER COMMENT, UH, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO, UH, CHANDLER.

WE WERE RECENTLY, I'M LOOKING FOR MY NOTES HERE.

UM, OH, IT'S ON THE BACKSIDE.

I USUALLY DON'T HAVE TWO PAGES OF NOTES.

THANKS, MATT.

UM, CHANDLER IS THE FIRST AND ONLY CITY TO RECEIVE AAA RATINGS ON OUR EXCISE TAX REVENUE BONDS FROM ALL THREE CREDIT RA RATING AGENCIES.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN WE GO OUT AND, UH, BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER, UH, WASTEWATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHEN WE BORROW THAT MONEY, UH, WE'RE BORROWING IT AS EXTREMELY LOW RATE.

AND THANKS TO OUR FEDERALLY INDUCED, UH, INFLATION RIGHT NOW, IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.

SO IT'S, UH, IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING TO BORROW THE MONEY, AND WE CAN USE THAT FOR, FOR PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, SO I WANT TO COMMEND OUR FINANCE STAFF, DAWN AND YOUR TEAM, AND, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE TEAM FOR, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO THANKS VERY MUCH.

AND TO BE THE ONLY ONE, THE ONLY ONE IN ARIZONA.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

THANKS, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WELL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN EVERYONE IN WISHING, UH, ALL OF CHANDLER HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

AND AS YOU ARE CELEBRATING, PLEASE REMEMBER TO SHOP CHANDLER AND SHOP LOCALLY.

I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW ON MY SHOW, THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THE CHANDLER FASHION CENTER, ALONG WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, KIND OF GETTING BOTH SIDES OF THAT COIN.

AND THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OWNS MEMENTO CAFE, A VERY SMALL COFFEE SHOP, VERY PERSONAL.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.

SO WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HELP, UM, YOUR CITY DO THE THINGS THAT, UM, THEY DO FOR YOU, FOR YOUR PARKS, UM, THE STREETS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WHEN YOU ARE OUT SHOPPING ON THE 24TH COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WILL NOT SEE YOU IN ANY OTHER CITY.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FACT THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY OUR KIDS, THAT EMPLOY OUR FAMILIES.

THE SMALL BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY SUPPORT US IN SO MANY WAYS.

I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH A PART OF GIVING BACK IN THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO JUST THAT LITTLE REMINDER, YOU KNOW, JUST COME ON ACROSS THE BOARD AT TO CHANDLER, DON'T STOP FOR YOUR GROCERIES OR GAS ANYWHERE ELSE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

AND AS I'M FINISHING UP MY FIRST YEAR, TWO, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A YEAR.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU JOSH AND ALL THE CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED US AND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL WHEN I NEEDED IT.

IT HAS FLOWN BY AND HERE'S TO 2024.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MR. MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL, WANTED TO ALSO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL 2023.

AND ON BEHALF OF STAFF, WE TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATE THE VISION AND LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BRING HERE TO CHANDLER.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL 2024 AS WELL.

AND ALSO WANTED IN PARTICULAR TO MENTION TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH.

SO HAPPY HANUKAH H TO ALL OF YOU AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND A BRIGHT 2024.

THANK YOU.

BYE DONORS.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU ALL WITH THAT, CLOSE OUT OUR MEETING.