Jan 22, 2024 City Council Study Session 01/22/2024

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[ Call to Order]

WELCOME TO OUR GENERALLY 22 STUDY SESSION.

UH, WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CLERK, PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE ROLE.

MAYOR HARTKE.

HERE.

VICE MAYOR HARRIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRONC.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA

[1. Recognition - North American Youth Chess Champion 2023]

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

THE WOR THE FIRST IS RECOGNITION OF OUR NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPION 2023.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANISH AND PERHAPS HIS DAD TO COME JOIN US UP FRONT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND, AND CONGRATULATE ANISH ON HIS FIRST PLACE.

FINISH IN THE U ZERO EIGHT OPEN CATEGORY AT THE NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023, HELD IN MEXICO CITY AND AGAINST 256 PARTICIPANTS FROM MEXICO, CANADA AND THE USA ANISH WON HIS FIRST EIGHT GAMES.

ENDED UP WITH AN 8.5, UH, POINTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF NINE GRUELING ROUNDS.

ANISH ALSO SECURED THIRD PLACE IN THE BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS AWARDED HIS FIRST TITLE, CANDIDATE MASTER.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.

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ANISH HAS AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING SECURING THE FIRST PLACE IN PANAM PANAM 2023 BLITZ TOURNAMENT AND WINNING THE PHOENIX OPEN K 6 20 23.

ANISH HAS WON A TOTAL OF 58 TOURNAMENTS LOCALLY IN ARIZONA, AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ANISH ON YOUR AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? HOW ABOUT, OH, THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR KEVIN HARTKE AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT HERE.

I CANNOT THANK ENOUGH GOD, MY COACHES, MY PARENTS, AND MY BROTHER WHO STOOD BY ME.

HIGHS AND LOWS.

I STARTED PLAYING CHESS AT THE AGE OF SIX.

IN AUGUST OF 2020, I PLAYED MORE THAN A HUNDRED TOURNAMENTS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

SINCE THEN, I WANT 67 OUT OF THOSE.

I WANT TO SPECIAL SPECIALLY THANK MY DAD FOR ALL THE CARE AND EXTRA ATTENTION HE PROVIDES ME.

I ALWAYS MAKE HIM TROUBLE, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE HIM SO MUCH AND WANT HIM TO MAKE HIM PROUD.

I DO MARTIAL ARTS AND WANT TO GET MY BLACK BELT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CURRENTLY, I HAVE A BLUE BELT.

I LOVE TO PLAY SOCCER ON SATURDAYS, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR US BECAUSE OF MY CHESS AND MY BROTHER'S HORSEBACK RIDINGS.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE AND BLESSING ME.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT, UH, A PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MET AND HE WAS BEING HONORED WAS HE, THEN THEY HAD SET UP SEVERAL CHESS BOARDS AND, UH, CHALLENGERS CAME AS HE PLAYED MULTIPLE, UH, OPPONENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THE JUST WATCHING AS HE GLEEFULLY DISPATCHED, , UH, OF HIS OPPONENTS OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES, AND, UH, IT WAS A FUN THING TO WATCH.

I DECLINED BEING HUMILIATED AND, UH, PLAYING THERE AS WELL AS HE WOULD'VE DISPATCHED ME WITH EASE.

SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

WE WANT TO, UH, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE TEAM CHANDLER.

YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

SO LET'S TAKE A PHOTO.

NEXT UP,

[2. Recognition - Hamilton High School Pom Squad]

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HAMILTON VARSITY PALM SQUAD TEAM FOR WINNING THE A I A GAME DAY DANCE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND WE HAVE COACHED MEGAN RETURNING THE SEASON AS THE HEAD COACH AND DESCRIBE THIS YEAR AS A COMEBACK SEASON.

AND AFTER WINNING FIRST PLACE AT REGIONALS, THE TEAM TOOK HOME FOR THE FIRST PLACE TROPHY.

AT STATE COACH MEGAN CREDITS THE TEAM'S SUCCESS TO THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AS WELL AS THE KEY MOMENT IN THE SEASON WHEN THEY WON THE FIRST PLACE IN THE REGIONAL COMPETITION IN BOTH JAZZ AND GAME DAY.

THIS WIN HELPED THE GIRLS REGAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AND PUSH HARDER FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

AND BEFORE WE TAKE SOME PHOTOS, FIRST COACH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? ANYTHING? JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING US TONIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND UNDERSTAND BRINKLEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE .

ALRIGHT.

THAT, THAT WAS THE RESPONSE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

APPARENTLY YOUR MOM IS PRANKING YOU.

THE VARSITY, UH, PALM LINE TEAM HAS BEEN ON A WINNING STREAK, HAVING WON THE A I A STATE IN JAZZ DIVISION IN BOTH 20 AND 20, BOTH 21 AND 22.

AND WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AS THEY COMPETE IN THE GAME DAY JAZZ AND PALM DIVISION AT THE UNIVERSAL DANCE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL COMPETITION IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA IN FEBRUARY TWO THROUGH FOUR.

CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, HAMILTON, YOU MAKE US PROUD.

LET'S TAKE A PHOTO AND YOU CAN DIRECT US ACCORDINGLY.

SO WE WANT THAT THE POSTER OR THE BANNER IN THE MIDDLE.

CAN WE MOVE THE AIR? YOU GO.

THANK YOU ALL YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND OUR LAST RECOGNITION

[3. Recognition - For Our City Day 2023 Sponsor Recognition]

SO EVERY YEAR ON NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT FACILITATES CHANDLER'S LARGEST DAY OF SERVICE FOR OUR CITY DAY.

THIS EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER OVER 1000 VOLUNTEERS, AND I BELIEVE WE HAD OVER 1250 THIS YEAR.

I'M NOT MISTAKEN NOW, LOCAL NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR A DAY OF SERVICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION FOR OUR CITY DAY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS.

I'M EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE DO, CAN THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, WHO VOLUNTEERED ON THAT DAY, FIRST, IF ANYONE IS HERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? I KNOW WE HAD MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND IN TERMS OF PRISCILLA AND HER TEAM? GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT.

AND PRISCILLA, IT'S YOURS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE 20 23 4 DAY SPONSORS.

DURING THE 2023 FORESTER FOREST CITY DAY, WE SERVED THE COLONIAL COA NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OVER 561 HOMES AND COMPLETED 43 PROJECTS, INCLUDING PAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF HOMES, SPREADING GRAVEL, CLEANING, ALLEYWAYS, FRONT YARDS, REPAIRING, AND PAINTING A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WALL.

THIS IS ALL POSSIBLE, AS YOU MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE SPONSORS THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT.

UM, I WILL START OFF BY RECOGNIZING OUR TOP SPONSORS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

SPONSORS IN THIS CATEGORY DONATED $10,000 OR MORE TOWARDS THE FOREST CITY DAY PROJECTS.

THE FIRST GROUP WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, HAS BEEN SUPPORTING FOREST CITY DAY FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS.

THIS PAST YEAR, WASTE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTED FOREST CITY WITH AN IN-KIND DONATION EXCEEDING $19,000, REACHING A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING THEM TODAY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION, THEY'D LIKE TO COME ON UP.

IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR LONGEVITY SUPPORT TO, FOR CITY DAY.

APPROACHING NEARLY 10 YEARS OF SUPPORT, THEIR SUPPORT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN REMOVING OVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF TRASH AND

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TODAY.

AS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS.

UM, AND WE'RE HONORED THAT IT'S GONNA BE WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT RECEIVES THIS RECOGNITION.

UM, AS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION, WE AWARD THEM WITH OUR GOLDEN SHOVEL FOR THEIR INKIND CONTRIBUTION.

AND TONIGHT WE ARE ALSO AWARDING THEM WITH A, UH, BIRDHOUSE, A BELOVED BIRDHOUSE.

UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, LEAH POWELL, DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES, STARTED THIS TRADITION WHERE SHE WOULD GIFT A BIRD HOUSE TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S NO SECRET THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, .

THE NEXT ORGANIZATION WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION.

THIS YEAR THEY CONTRIBUTED 12,500 IN, IN-KIND DONATIONS TOWARDS FOREST CITY DAY.

IN ADDITION TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO FOREST CITY DAY, A FEW MONTHS JUST BEFORE FOREST CITY DAY, UH, WE ASKED THEM TO ASSIST US WITH ONE OF OUR BELOVED GOLDEN NEIGHBORS, UM, WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS HOME.

UM, HOME DEPOT AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS, UH, REPLACED A WOODEN FENCE AND COVERED THE TOTAL COST OF REPLACING AS, AS WELL AS COMING OUT TO DOING THE JOB THEMSELVES.

THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL $1,700.

SO THIS YEAR, OR THE 2023 HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION HAS DONATED OVER $14,000 TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER THROUGH THEIR WORK AND ALSO THE HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SO MUCH.

NEXT, UM, ALTHOUGH THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SHERWIN WILLIAM FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.

UM, THIS YEAR, SHERWIN WILLIAM DONATED NEARLY 400 GALLONS OF PAINT TOTALING OVER $10,000 IN, IN-KIND DONATION.

UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE PAINT THAT THEY DONATED TO FOREST CITY DAY, UM, THEY ALSO HAD PAINT EXPERTS ON SITE TO ASSIST OUR HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS AND MADE SURE THAT IF WE NEEDED SUPPLIES THE MORNING OF THAT WE WERE MAYBE SHORT OF, THEY WERE RUNNING TO THE SHERWIN WILLIAM LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED.

SO WE'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK THEM.

OH, SOMEBODY OH YES.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

THANK YOU.

AND AS TRADITION AFTER FOREST CITY DAY PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, VOLUNTEER SPONSORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS GATHER IN NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FOR A CELEBRATION.

THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION IN THE PARK, SPONSORS INCLUDE RESURRECTION STREET MINISTRY IN THE CHANDLER SALVATION ARMY, WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION IN THE PARK, HOSTING OVER 1200 ATTENDEES, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.

RESURRECTION STREET MINISTRY PROVIDED FOOD AND DRINKS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MORNING OF FOREST CITY DAY.

AND SALVATION ARMY DONATED RAFFLE PRIZES, ENTERTAINMENT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS STAYED HYDRATED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THE WHEEL.

THANK YOU, VALERIE.

IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY WE WOULD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ARE BLOCK LEVEL SPONSORS, BLOCK LEVELS, BLOCK LEVEL SPONSORS DONATE BETWEEN 2,500 TO $9,999.

AND THE FIRST ONE WE WOULD LIKE

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UM, I REMEMBER DURING OUR FIRST FOREST CITY DAY PLANNING MEETING, WE COULD NOT EVEN FINISH ASKING BEFORE AVI SAID, WE WILL DO IT.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.

NOT ONLY DO YOU SHOW UP FINANCIALLY, BUT YOU ALSO BRING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALSO, IN OUR BLOCK SPONSOR CATEGORY, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EDWARDS, JACOBS AND SRP FOR THEIR DONATION OF $2,500 EACH TOWARDS FOR CITY DAY AND FOR ALSO RALLYING GROUPS TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE THE MORNING OF FOR CITY DAY.

THANK YOU.

AND TODAY WE HAVE ED EDWARDS.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY JACOBS AND UM, SRP WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

JACOBS EDWARDS IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

I APOLOGIZE.

THANK YOU.

IN THE NEXT CATE, THE NEXT CATEGORY IS ARE STREET LEVEL STREET LEVEL SPONSORS DONATE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ST.

MATTHEWS CHURCH, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO FOREST CITY DAY.

AND FINALLY, UM, AT OUR HOME LEVEL SPONSOR, UM, SOME FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SPONSORS WHO DONATED $500.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM LD 13 AND CNS COMPANIES WHO, UM, DONATED BUT ALSO HAD A VOLUNTEER GROUP TO ASSIST THE MORNING OF.

YOU CAN ONE, TWO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND FINALLY, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MAYOR, WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS YEAR'S FOR CITY DAY POSSIBLE.

UM, STAFF IS ALREADY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 2024, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

SO THANK YOU COUNCIL.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA

[ 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.]

NO .

I DID ASK FOR A, UH, JUST A, A, A BRIEF REPORT OF UNDER THE INFORMATION AND CONTRACTS ITEM NUMBER 4, 5, 4 9, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH, UH, DISPATCHING TO, UH, MENTAL HEALTH TO SOLARI AND OTHERS.

I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE, THE PROCESS OF, UH, HOW THESE ARE ROUTED TO EITHER OUR HOMELESS NAVIGATORS, BUT IN THIS CASE SPECIFICALLY SOLARI AND, AND THE PROCESS.

AND THANK YOU CHIEF DEANDRE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO, UH, SOLARI, SO SOLARI HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT, UH, A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE, UH, MARCH OF 2021, EXCUSE ME, AUGUST OF 2021.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, SOLARI IS A CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK THAT IS REALLY AIMED AT EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO DEAL WITH, UH, SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE IN CRISIS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO MANAGE ANY FUTURE, UH, RESPONSES THEY MAY HAVE AS WELL.

SO THEY, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WHICH HAS ALLOWED OUR DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE SERVICES TO, UH, THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS COULD BE ANY ONES THAT'S SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL HEALTH

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UH, THEY MAY BE SUICIDAL, UM, EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, PTSD, WHATEVER THE, THE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL CALLS INTO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, THEY ARE, WE HAVE A CRISIS, UH, COUNSELOR THAT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABOUT 20 HOURS A WEEK.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THEM BEING EMBEDDED, THIS COUNSELOR HAS ALSO TRAINED ALL OF OUR DISPATCH PERSONNEL TO INCLUDE THE SUPERVISORS ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR WITH THESE TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE SO THAT THEY CAN BEST TRIAGE THESE TYPES OF CALLS.

SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL CALLS IN AND THEY'RE IN CRISIS, OR IT'S A THIRD PARTY CALLING FOR SOMEONE IN NEED, THEY CAN TRIAGE THAT CALL TO DETERMINE IF THEY NEED TO SEND IT TO A CRISIS COUNSELOR THROUGH SOLARI, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM A POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY'LL CREATE A CALL FOR SERVICE.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW THEY, UH, ESTABLISH THOSE TYPE OF CALLS.

SINCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WHEN WE'VE EMBEDDED A COUNSELOR SINCE MARCH OF 20 OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE, UM, TAKEN OVER 450 CALLS FROM THEM.

SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CALLS.

JUST THIS YEAR WE HAVE STABILIZED, UM, CALL, INCOMING CALLS.

THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 202 OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE STABILIZED BY PHONE.

UH, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH SOLARI TO DISPATCH A MOBILE TEAM AROUND 80 TIMES THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE SELF INITIATED AROUND, UM, 90 CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH SOLARI WHERE WE'RE REQUESTING THAT SOLARI SEND SOMEONE OUT.

SO, SO THE, SO FAR IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TRIAL AND IN BOTH DIVERTING AND GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UH, YOUR, THE, OUR FORCE, OUR TEAM IS PLEASED WITH US.

ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD AND IT'S REALLY ALLOWED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY MOST IMPORTANT.

UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS REALLY ALLOWED US TO TAKE SOME OF THE MORE VULNERABLE, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP PROVIDE THEM A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS AS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE NOT EXPERTS ON ALL MENTAL HEALTH.

SO WE CAN PARTNER WITH, WITH A PROGRAM THAT IS EXPERTS ON THIS TO HELP PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO HELP KEEP THEM SAFE.

WELL, VERY GOOD.

CHIEF, THAT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS OR, OR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK, UM, THE CITY MANAGER.

UH, THIS IS SO GOOD BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING SINCE SINCE 2018, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.

2019 ON THE TRAIL.

I PUSHED THIS AND THEN I GOT HERE AND SITTING DOWN WITH THE PREVIOUS, UH, CITY MANAGER AND NOW YOU, UH, MR. JOSH TO SEE THIS THING COME TO A REALITY RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIKE, IT'S A BABY, YOU KNOW, , YOU'RE BEING BORN.

AND, AND TO SEE IT DOING EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO, WHICH IS THE TRIAGE, WHICH IS GIVING US THAT SPACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND SOMEONE WHO'S UNKNOWN TO THE SITUATION, UH, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND, UH, THE PREVIOUS CHIEF ALSO TOOK THAT AT HAND AND, AND MAKE IT TO, TO THE REALITY THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING, UM, THIS WHOLE EFFORT AND NOW THAT IT'S HELPING US AND ALSO OUR CITY TO THINK THAT 450 CALLS, YOU KNOW, WW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE INTO THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A TASER.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A GUN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO IT'S TRULY, TRULY A, A A GREAT THING THAT, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER HERE IN CHANDLER.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, INTO PUSHING THIS THING THROUGH.

I WOULD THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR, UH, MAKING THIS A REALITY.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL, BEFORE, UM, I GAMBLE OUT HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO PERHAPS A LITTLE UNUSUAL, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON JUST TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME, MAYOR.

JUST VERY QUICKLY, UM, I WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BE OUT BEGINNING ON SURGERY OR I'LL HAVE SURGERY ON THURSDAY FOR BREAST CANCER.

SO I WILL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR WEEKS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE IF I'M NOT RESPONDING TO EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, UM, I DID WANNA THANK YOU ALL THE MEMBERS, THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR WELL WISHES AND YOUR THOUGHTS, AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, I TAKE THAT VERY MUCH TO HEART.

I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO JOSH AND THE CITY STAFF AND ALL THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF FOR BEING SO ACCOMMODATING.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME JUGGLING OF SCHEDULE TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

I WILL BE OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE GRACE IF, IF I HAVEN'T BEEN TO AS MANY EVENTS AS USUAL OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO AND PROBABLY TO COME ON.

BUT I'LL, I'LL TAKE, I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

UM, I AM IN GOOD HANDS WITH THE DOCTORS AT CHANDLER REGIONAL, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MY RETURN AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME

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THANK YOU.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

AND, AND I THINK YOU KNOW, OUR WELL WISHES, OUR PRAYERS AND IF NEED BE OUR CASSEROLE, WE'LL BE WITH YOU AND, AND, UH, WE, YOU'RE PART OF OUR TEAM AND WE, UH, WE YOU'RE GONNA BEAT THIS AND, UH, WE'RE STANDING WITH YOU, SO THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND MAYOR, SHE FORWARDED ALL THE CALLS TO YOU, .

YEAH, I KNOW YOU, YOU DIDN'T WANT A WHOLE LOT OF US COMMENTING ON THIS, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA RESPECT YOUR WISHES.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING.