Jan 25, 2024 City Council Meeting 01/25/2024

[ Call to Order]

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UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THIS PROMISES TO BE ONE OF OUR CHARTER MEETINGS, AND, UH, SO GIVE YOURSELVES A PAT ON THE BACK FOR CHOOSING THIS ONE TO BE AT.

UH, CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

MAYOR HARTKE.

HERE, VICE MAYOR HARRIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HERE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON IS ABSENT.

EXCUSED.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PASTOR ROY IAN FROM INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD AND A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MATT ORLANDO.

LET'S PRAY.

ALMIGHTY GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH A GRATITUDE.

WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOD OF LOVE WHO IS WITH US NOW IN THIS VERY ROOM.

YOU NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US.

YOUR GRACE HAS BROUGHT US THUS FAR, AND YOUR GRACE WILL LEAD US HOME.

WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING EACH OF US IN THIS ROOM, EVERY PERSON WE MEET, EVERY CITIZEN OF THIS CITY AND EVERY CITY AND THE TOWNS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE CALLING.

YOU HAVE GIVEN EVERY ONE OF US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR CREATION, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OUR VOICES.

I PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS THE CITY COUNCIL IS MEETING TODAY AND UH, ALL THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE.

MAY I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BRING HARMONY AND UNITY IN THIS CITY AND PROSPERITY FOR THIS CITIZENS, PLUS ALL THE LEADERS OF THIS GREAT CITY WHO ARE GOVERNING.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND GUIDANCE.

WE BLESS YOUR NAME.

I PRAY FOR ALL THESE IN THE MATTRESS NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE HONOR ME, UH, CONDUCTING PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE NATION, UNDER AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

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 January 25, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 11.]

WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LEARN MORE ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS ON MONDAY, AND NOW IT'S OUR TIME TO VOTE ON THESE.

UNLESS SOMEONE, UM, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE SOMETHING TO ACTION.

A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WOULD BE IN ORDER.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF JANUARY 25TH, 2024.

REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 11.

WE'VE GOT A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA.

SECOND.

ANY RECUSALS? SEEING NONE.

COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL.

THANK YOU CLERK.

UM, CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES? ANY CLEARANCE THAT HAVE COME IN TONIGHT? NO MA'AM.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY

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

ALRIGHT, SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS CURRENT EVENTS.

AND I'LL START.

SO I'VE GOT A FEW.

SO COMING UP, WE HAVE THIS SATURDAY, CHANDLER AND SIX NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WILL COME TOGETHER FOR THE 21ST ANNUAL REGIONAL UNITY WALK IN TEMPE.

THIS COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVE IS AIMED AT FOSTERING A SENSE OF UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING AMONGST THE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER AND OUR NEIGHBORS.

ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS FROM PHOENIX AND SCOTTSDALE, AND TEMPE, MESA, GILBERT, QUEEN CREEK.

AND THIS FREE EVENT STARTS AT 4:30 PM WITH A FESTIVAL AT TEMPE BEACH PARK AND A ONE MILE CANDLELIGHT WALK THAT STARTS AT 6:00 PM I LOOK FORWARD TO REPRESENTING CHANDLER AND HOPEFULLY SEEING OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT A T-SHIRT FOR YOU OF OUR COLOR.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN WEARING GREEN.

ARE WE BACK TO THAT THIS YEAR? ANYONE? NOPE.

DON'T SEE MY USUAL FOLKS TO TURN TO.

SO, UH, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.

IS THAT, YEAH, I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT YOU, LEAH.

OKAY, WELL THERE YOU GO.

I ASKED AN OFF SPEED QUESTION AND DON'T GET, DON'T GET AN ANSWER.

IT'S ALL ON ME, , BUT I HOPE TO, UH, THAT MANY OF YOU CAN JOIN US.

THERE'S

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SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR COMMUNITY ON TO A CHIEF OF POLICE MEET AND GREET.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, OR MANY OF YOU KNOW, OUR PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEF, UH, CHIEF DUGGAN RECENTLY RETIRED, AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO FIND THE NEXT PERSON TO LEAD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A CRITICAL ROLE FOR OUR CITY AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS IS WELCOMED AND IMPORTANT.

ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST FROM FOUR 30 TO 6:00 PM IN THE VISION GALLERY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEET AND GREET WITH INTERVIEW CANDIDATES THAT IS OPEN TO ANY THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.

THE VISION GALLERY IS RIGHT ACROSS THE, THE GRASSY PARK IN THIS PARTICULAR COMPLEX.

I ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, MEET OUR CANDIDATES, AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON WHO THEY THINK SHOULD BE CHANDLER'S NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE TO BE SURE THIS IS A DECISION BY THE CITY MANAGER.

IT IS NOT A COUNCIL DECISION, BUT YOUR INPUT IS ALWAYS WELCOME.

THIRDLY, WE'RE HAVING A FIRE STATION OPENING OR A REOPENING.

WE'VE REBUILT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO AND I'M EXCITED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR FREE OPEN HOUSE AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FIRE STATION.

NUMBER TWO ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD FROM NINE UNTIL NOON.

FIRE STATION TWO IS THE FIRST PROJECT COMPLETED WITH THE 2021 VOTER APPROVED FUND AUTHORIZATION.

AND THIS NEW STATION WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE AND INCREASE CAPACITY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

THIS WILL BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE NEW STATION, LEARN ABOUT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CHANDLER TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING SAFETY, FIRE PREVENTION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND, UH, JOIN MANY IF NOT ALL OF US ON CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.

SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

AND LASTLY, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE BASHA LIBRARY TEEN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

IF ANYONE REPRESENTED, PLEASE STAND.

WELL, THAT'S A SAD MOMENT.

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THEY'RE READING MAYOR.

THEY'RE READING.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL GET 'EM HERE ANOTHER TIME.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

AND WHAT'S THAT? LET ME TURN IT OVER.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

ENA, DO YOU HAVE ANY? NO, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ME.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, VICE MAYOR, I WON'T DISAPPOINT TONIGHT.

I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, MLK WEEKEND, UH, EVENTS WAS AMAZING AND WE HAD MLK AWARDS AND WE HAD THE AS THE A-S-U-M-L-K AWARDS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW.

WE RECOGNIZED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

DAY A WEEK AGO AND HAD A BI I HAD A VERY BUSY WEEK AT EVENTS ACROSS THE REGION FROM PHOENIX TO MESA TO CHANDLER.

IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE OUR COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF DR.

KING'S LIFE AND LEGACY, UH, AND TO CONTINUE HIS WORK FOR FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.

UH, CHANDLER'S DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARDS, UM, HAPPENED AS WELL AND WAS, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE EVENTS ORGANIZED BY OUR VERY ONLY CHANDLER, OUR VERY OWN DEI TEAM.

IF NIKKI OR ANYONE IN HER TEAM IS HERE, THEY DID A REALLY, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AS WE CELEBRATED MANY OF THE, UM, MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL WAS THERE WHILE WE RECEIVED MANY INSPIRING, INSPIRING APPLICATIONS.

TRULY THREE TRULY INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED, UM, AT THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.

SO, SINA, SHE WAS AWARDED THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING DISTINGUISHED, UH, ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

UH, UM, HANNI WAS AWARDED THE EMMA RUCK EMPOWERMENT AWARD AND OUR YOUTH IN ACTION AWARD WAS GIVEN TO CALEB TRANE.

WE ALSO HAD TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS, VIOLA, UM, VIOLA, FLOWERS AND RE THAT.

THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE A FEW OF THE MANY WHO EMBODY THE WORK OF THE LEGACY OF DR. KING WITH WAS THE COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE DEI TEAM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

ALSO, AT THE A SU, AT THE A-S-U-M-L-K AWARDS, THERE WAS A BIG CELEBRATION THERE, INCLUDING HONORING AWARD RECIPIENTS THAT WORK TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO UNDESERVED COMMUNITIES.

THE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION, AND I WAS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THOSE WHO WERE BEING HONORED WITH FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

LASTLY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS COMING UP, AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF EVENTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.

UM, THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TONIGHT, WE WERE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION, BUT WE'LL BE DOING THE BLACK HISTORY PROCLAMATION NEXT, UH, ON FEBRUARY THE FIFTH.

UM,

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SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT'S GOING UP, GOING ON, LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE AT THE CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM THERE'S GONNA BE A GUEST SPEAKING OR PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TUESDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2024.

FROM 5 36 30 THERE'S GONNA BE AN EVENT.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA ALSO BE DOING A, A MOVIE SCREENING THERE FEBRUARY THE FIRST FROM FIVE TO SEVEN IN MENTAL HEALTH PANEL ON FEBRUARY 7TH.

ALSO, OUR VERY OWN, UM, UH, SOUTH SOUTH CHANDLER SELF-HELP WITH THE LANG WOODS.

AND MANY OF HER, UM, UH, MANY OF THAT BIG GROUP WILL BE REC THEY WILL BE HAVING A, A BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM ON FEBRUARY 9TH CALLED KINGS AND QUEENS.

AND THEY'RE THERE.

THEY WILL BE HONORING SOME OF YOUR VERY OWN, BUT ALSO IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GOOD TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.

SO PLEASE, YOU GUYS SEE THE FLYER ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.

IT IS GONNA BE A HUGE, HUGE EVENT AND WE'RE GONNA BE POSTING AND SHARING ALL OVER.

SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

AND THEN ALSO, THE CUSD IS HAVING A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM ON FEBRUARY 21ST, SEVENTH, UM, ON FEBRUARY THE 21ST, 27TH.

OKAY.

FEBRUARY 27TH FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM AT THE WEST ALLEY BARBECUE.

SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR THING.

NOW THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS THAT IF YOU MISS ANY OF THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING.

AND, UM, TALK TO ALEXIS TODAY AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO GIVE THIS BACK OUT TO YOU IN PORTIONS THAT YOU CAN DIGEST.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAD.

THANKS.

SORRY.

THAT'S LONG.

WELL DONE.

IT'S GOOD.

YOU WANT SOME WATER ? NO, I WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PAINTED SOUL, THEY'RE OUTSTANDING.

I'VE SEEN THEM LIVE.

THEY'RE AN INCREDIBLE BAND.

UH, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET OUT TO THAT, YOU SHOULD.

HEY, YOU KNOW .

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO, HEY, IT'S S TAX SEASON.

SO IF YOU'RE A FAMILY THAT MAKES UNDER $64,000 A YEAR, THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS PARTNERING WITH THE MESA UNITED WAY IN AZURA FOR VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE.

SO, UH, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND, UH, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT TEAM CHANDLER HAS COME FORWARD WITH.

UH, WE APPRECIATE OUR STAFF FOR DOING THIS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK RYAN REEVES.

HE'S HERE WITH THE TEAM WITH SOME FOLKS FROM THE, UH, AIRPORT AS WELL.

RYAN PUT ON AN INCREDIBLE AIRPORT DAYS THIS PAST SATURDAY.

WENT OUT THERE.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO TALK WITH SOME OF THE PILOTS AND JUST LET THEM TELL THEIR STORY ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT, UH, THE CHANDLER AIRPORT MEANS TO THEM.

AND I WAS REALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE, WITH THE TURNOUT AND, UH, JUST THE OVERALL JUST THE COOL PLANES THAT WERE OUT THERE.

THERE WERE BIPLANES, WORLD WAR II PLANES.

IT WAS VERY, VERY COOL.

SO NICE JOB TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL TELL YOU IS THIS WEEKEND WRAPS UP THE CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND, UH, IT DRAWS FILMMAKERS, PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS, UH, DEAN NORRIS FROM BREAKING BAD.

I THINK HE WAS THE COP THAT WAS IN BREAKING BAD WILL BE THERE ON SATURDAY.

UH, HE'LL BE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I GOTTA TELL YOU, AND I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO AN INDIE FILM FESTIVAL LIKE THIS, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN GOING TO LIKE A HARKINS.

IT'S RIGHT OVER HERE AT LOOKS CINEMA DOWNTOWN.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS DOWNTOWN.

UH, BUT YOU SHOULD TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND TAKE IN A MOVIE AND, AND SUPPORT THE, UH, THE, UH, THE ARTS OF FILMMAKING IN INDIE FILM.

SO THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT, .

COUNCIL LIN.

I THINK NEXT TIME WE SHOULD PUT COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR UNDER SCHEDULE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OR SOMETHING.

COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PUBLIC SCHEDULE, PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

THEY'D BE BETTER.

SO, SO WE'LL NEED TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS AND YEAH, EXACTLY.

GIVE 'EM THREE MINUTES.

YOU TURN THE LIGHTS ON.

NO, WE'RE, IT'S ALL GOOD STUFF.

COUNCIL, UH, VICE MAYOR, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

HEY, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THE OTHER DAY THAT SHE WON'T BE AROUND FOR A WHILE.

SHE'S HAVING MAJOR SURGERY.

I SPOKE WITH JASON TODAY, HER HUSBAND, EVERYTHING WENT WELL.

SHE'S HOME RECUPERATING, SO, AND SHE APPRECIATES ALL THOSE OUT THERE THAT HAS SENT HER, UH, WELL WISHES THAT WAS, UH, HEARTWARMING FOR HER.

SO THAT'S THE SOME GOOD STUFF GOING ON OVER THERE.

THANKS.

AND ACTING CITY MANAGER.

NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY, BUT I WILL SAY ON BEHALF OF STAFF AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL.

WANTED TO WISH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.

I KNOW WHO TO GO TO THAT ONE NOW.

I KNOW .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

I KNOW THAT, UH, DR. CHANDLER HAD BEEN AT SOME OF YOUR PREVIOUS ONES, , SO COUNCIL, SORRY, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I WAS AT HIS 50TH.

QUITE .

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.