Feb 08, 2024 City Council Meeting 02/08/2024

[ Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024.

UM, JUST SO OUR AUDIENCE, UH, IS AWARE, JUST THE FLOW OF THE EVENING AS WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA, AN ACTION ITEM THAT WILL INCLUDE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE END.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

MAYOR HARTKE, PRESENT VICE MAYOR HARRIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

OUR, UM, INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY SUSAN STEVENS CLARK, OUR CHANDLER BAHAI COMMUNITY, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL VICE MAYOR HARRIS.

BUT BEFORE, UM, YOU PRAY, COUNSEL, WE HAD A CHANDLER RESIDENT WHO WAS A MARINE THAT WAS KILLED IN THIS HELICOPTER CRASH OFF OF, UH, CALIFORNIA THAT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED AN HOUR.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PRAY FOR THE FAMILY.

AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LEAD US, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD.

UNITE THE HEARTS OF THY SERVANTS AND REVEAL TO THEM THY GREAT PURPOSE.

MAY THEY FOLLOW THY COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE IN THY LAW.

HELP THEM OH GOD, IN THEIR ENDEAVOR, AND GRANT THEM STRENGTH TO SERVE THEE.

OH GOD, LEAVE THEM NOT TO THEMSELVES, BUT GUIDE THEIR STEPS BY THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE AND CHEER THEIR HEARTS BY THY LOVE.

VERILY THOU ART THEIR HELPER AND THEIR LORD.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

ALRIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AYE, PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE TO SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE, THE REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, SUSAN STEVENS CLARK.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL, BEFORE WE

[ 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 February 8, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 21.]

UM, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, YOU WANTED TO MOVE AN ITEM TO ACTION? YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 10 TO ACTION, AND, UH, I'LL TAKE A VOTE AS A BODY ON, UH, EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY ON.

WELL, I THINK AT THAT POINT I THINK WE, UH, I'M NOT SURE WE .

WE CAN MOVE IT TO ACTION, BUT I THINK IF COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE ON THEM, UH, AS ONE WE CAN WELL, I JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THREE OF THE ITEMS, BUT IF WE, IF I CAN GET THAT, THEN WE CAN GO TO, WE CAN GO TO A VOTE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YEAH, THERE'S LIKE, THERE, THERE'S A, A BUCKET LOAD OF THOSE 30, 40 AND I IF I WOULD RATHER ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS ANYONE HAS AND, AND MAYBE ADDRESS THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.

BUT IF WE ARE IN AGREEMENT ON 95%, LET'S VOTE ON THOSE AS A CORPORATE UNIT.

UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYOR, AND, AND IF WE'RE WE'RE ADDING ORDINANCES THAT COULD, WE COULD FIND RESIDENTS OR, OR GIVE THEM TICKETS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE TAKE OUR TIME AND GO THROUGH THOSE.

SO, UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND SO WE'LL GET TO IT.

UM, I THINK I'M COMFORTABLE WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING ON HERE AND I THINK ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION ABOUT SOME, BUT THANK YOU.

SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT TO ACTION? YEAH, ACTION.

AND WE CAN VOTE ON, ON MOST OF THESE AS A THANK YOU.

GREAT.

UM, OKAY.

SO BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, IF I COULD CALL UP, UH, YURI AND I'M, I APOLOGIZE.

KENNA, KENNA, GUCCI.

UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME TO THE MIC AND, UH, MS. YANA KANA GCI, YOU, UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YEAH.

UP TO THERE.

YOU'LL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.

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

IT'LL TURN YELLOW.

UH, WHEN IT'S RED, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MY NAME IS .

I LIVE ON, UH, EVERGREEN STREET.

AND THEN, UH, UM, I BELIEVE THERE IS A PLAN TO PUT A DUPLEX, UM, ON THE CORNER OF A HIGHLAND AND .

UM, WE, UM, I WAS TRYING TO GET MY NEIGHBORS TO COME WITH ME, BUT I, I THINK THEY ARE JUST KIND OF GIVING UP 'CAUSE CITY WOULD JUST DO, YOU KNOW, IGNORE US.

UM, SO I'M JUST HERE TO REPRESENT, TO BE HEARD.

UM, WE, I I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF HOUSING IT WOULD BE.

UM, THERE WAS NO,

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UM, IT JUST KIND OF SAID LIKE HOW IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT, UH, UM, JUST KIND OF, WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT JUST, UH, NORTH OF THERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICE PRESENCE.

AND THEN, UH, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, UM, HUGE, UM, PROBLEM WITH NUMBER OF CARS THAT USE THE STREET.

IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT RESIDENTIAL STREET, BUT WE GET LIKE A MAYBE A CAR EVERY FIVE SECONDS AND, UH, UM, AND THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC RULES.

I, WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE RACING ON THAT STREET.

THERE'S NO NOT EVEN A LINE, UH, IN THE CENTER.

SO, UM, THERE'S SPEED BUMPS, BUT IT'S SO SMALL THAT PEOPLE JUST GO OVER IT, LIKE THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

AND, UH, UM, SO WITH THAT DUPLEX, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE LIKE, UM, EIGHT DUPLEXES, SO LIKE 16 FAMILY, UM, MOVING IN THERE.

UM, AND, UH, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE TRAFFIC.

AND, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A WALMART THERE, , AND PEOPLE WILL BE GOING TO WALMART AND THEY'LL BE USING OUR STREET, AND THEN THAT WILL JUST KIND OF CREATE MORE ISSUES.

AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

UM, SO I'M JUST HERE TO KIND OF, UM, UH, HAVE MY VOICE HEARD.

UM, AND THEN, UM, IS THAT LIKE A AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I BELIEVE THE, UH, COUNTY, UM, IS KIND OF GIVING OUT GRANTS, SO JUST WANTED TO, UM, FIND OUT WHAT, UM, WHO WILL BE MOVING TO THOSE, UM, DUPLEXES AND, UH, UM, JUST, JUST HERE TO FIND OUT MORE.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

UM, IS, IS THERE SOMEONE THAT COULD ANSWER HER QUESTIONS? SO THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF OUR AGENDA AND THAT THIS, THERE'S, THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.

OKAY.

AND SO THIS IS A, A NORMAL RENT.

UM, YEAH.

MAYBE, UH, DAVID, JUST, HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

UH, THE, UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, THE RESIDENT IS REFERRING TO IS, IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'S CALLED HIGHLAND PLACE.

THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, FOUR DUPLEXES, SO IT'S EIGHT, EIGHT UNITS TOTAL.

UM, THEY ARE, UH, GONNA BE FOR SALE, SO WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME LIKE WHO'S GONNA MOVE IN THERE, BUT, UH, THE, IT WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

UM, THEY HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, UM, GOT SOME COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND, UH, WENT TO PLANNING A ZONING COMMISSION AND, UH, HOW IT WAS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR, MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

DAVID, WHAT WERE THE QUESTIONS FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORS, IF I MIGHT ASK? UM, THE, UH, NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED DUPLEXES, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST.

UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE APPLICANT DID MOVE THE DUPLEXES, UM, TO THE WEST AND CREATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BUFFER, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN, UH, THE DUPLEXES AND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST.

UH, THEY ALSO MADE SOME OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS.

UM, THERE USED TO BE, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A RAMADA AND AMENITY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT PROJECT, AND THEY ENDED UP MOVING THAT TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THEIR PROPERTY.

SO IT DOESN'T, UH, CREATE ANY KIND OF, UH, NOISE OR DISRUPTIONS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

THANK, THANK YOU, DAVID.

AND, AND ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

WE CAN WE DO SOME, LIKE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND SPEEDING AND THE RACING, CAN WE, CAN WE GET EXTRA PATROLS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? MAYBE WE CAN PUT A A STOP TO THAT HERE SOONER THAN LATER.

AND THEN I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HAS A QUESTION.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEAH, AND I WAS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AS YOU KNOW, DAVID.

UM, THERE WAS ABOUT THREE NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP.

UH, THEY HAD THE INITIAL CONCERNS, UH, WHICH I NO, NO, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T THERE OTHERWISE.

YOU AND I WOULD'VE TALKED, I'M SURE EARLIER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUPLE THAT LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO THAT PROJECT WAS THERE AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOR, UH, THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THE CHANGES.

I THINK THEY, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY SPEARHEADED THESE CHANGES, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AT LEAST THE MAJORITY THAT WAS THERE AT THE TIME.

UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT, UNFORTUNATELY YOU COULDN'T BE THERE.

BUT, UH, AND THE OTHER THING IS THE SPEED BUMPS.

I KNOW THAT DID COME UP, DAVID, IN A SIDEBAR, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE THEM MORE ROBUST.

UH, NOW WITH THE FIRE STATION AND STUFF GOING IN THERE, POTENTIALLY THERE MIGHT BE A, A MORE, A BUSIER INTERSECTION.

SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS WITH THAT.

SO IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE, IF THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, DEGRADED OVER THE YEARS, WE COULD, WE COULD POP THOSE UP FOR YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE AND THEN PEOPLE JUST, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE, BUT PEOPLE STILL LIKE 50 MILES AN HOUR ON THAT 20 .

I AGREE.

SO, YEAH.

AND I HAVE, I GOT LIKE, ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN JUST, YEAH.

I'M GLAD I BROUGHT THIS UP.

WE'LL HELP YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE

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YES.

EVERYBODY WENT TO THEIR SEAT.

I JUST WANT THE NEIGHBOR TO KNOW WE, WE HEAR YOU.

AND WE WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND JOSHUA'S GONNA GET WORKING ON THAT FOR US.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR CONCERN TO US.

OKAY, COUNSEL, THAT'S THE ONLY, UM, ITEM THAT'S ON CONSENT AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING RELATED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT, UM, YEAH.

THAT YOU HAD MOVING SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I'M MAKE A MOTION.

YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO WE PICKED UP AN ACTION ITEM, BUT WE'RE LOSING ONE.

SO I GUESS WE'RE OKAY WITH A 50 50 HERE.

UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, UM, WITH THE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 21 WITH THE STIPULATION.

WE'RE MOVING 10 TO ACTION.

MM-HMM.

AND MOVE TO ITEM 23 TO CONSENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF, UH, FOR HELPING US WORK THAT ISSUE.

UH, I KNOW WAS YOUR FIRST CASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND MAKING THIS HAPPENING.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING COUNCIL HAS BEEN LOOKING AT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AS WELL AS P AND Z THAT SOMETIMES PROJECTS A DEVELOPER WILL COME IN, PUT ONE PHASE IN, AND THEN WE FORGET ABOUT THE SECOND AND THIRD PHASE, AND WE'RE LEFT WITH THIS CORNER THAT HAS VACANT LAND.

SO THOSE VACANT LANDS, YOU COULD SEE THAT.

SO WE TRY TO PUT THE STIPULATION THERE THAT SAYS EVERYTHING MUST BE BUILT CONCURRENTLY OR WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE YOU GET YOUR PERMIT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT LEFT WITH VACANT LAND THERE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR WORKING THAT ISSUE.

SO THAT'S MY MOTION, MAYOR, AND I SECOND THAT.

MAYOR, DO I TAKE TIME ALSO TO EXPAND ON THAT? NO, JUST SECOND MEETING.

NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY CRU, THOSE OR ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UM, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL T 10 ON THE END OF THOSE, THE, THE ONES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE OTHERS AND THEN, UH, MOVE THIS AT THE, THE VERY END OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR ACTION ITEMS. UM, NEXT

[22. Resolution No. 5776 Recognizing the Harm of Violence Among the Youth in the Community, Condemning all Violence Among the Youth in the Community, and Reaffirming the City's Commitment to Investigate and Prevent Youth Violence in Chandler Move City Council adopt Resolution No. 5776 recognizing the harm of violence among the youth in the community, condemning all violence among the youth in the community, and reaffirming the City's commitment to investigate and prevent youth violence in Chandler. Council Focus Area(s):]

AND, UH, COUNSEL, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE RECOGNIZING THE HARM OF VIOLENCE AMONGST YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND OR CONDEMNING ALL VIOLENCE AMONGST YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE.

IT ALSO STATES THAT THE CURRENT THINGS THAT, THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN, CERTAINLY, UH, WE, WE WANT TO BE AS ROBUST AS WE CAN.

AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SETTING THE STAGE FOR, I BELIEVE, A NEW CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THIS, UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO BE, UH, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, BUT I, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING IN TERMS OF PROACTIVE, UH, MEASURES ON A PART OF COUNCIL RELATED, UH, TO LOOKING AT AND POTENTIALLY CHANGING, UH, UH, SOCIAL MEETING, ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER GATHERINGS AND WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT COME.

BUT BEFORE, UM, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION POINT IN THIS BEFORE WE CALL OUR COMMUNITY? ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T WE CALL OUR, UH, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS HERE.

IF I COULD HAVE MELISSA SANTE, UH, IF YOU'D COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THIS, AND THEN ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION SINCE THIS IS ON ACTION, WE CAN HAVE.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS MELISSA SANTE.

UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF CHANDLER.

I'M CHOOSING NOT TO DISCLOSE MY ADDRESS FOR SAFETY REASONS.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HARKEY, VICE MAYOR HARRIS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE INCREASING INCIDENTS OF TEEN VIOLENCE HAS LED TO THE DEATH OF OUR SON, PRESTON.

LORD.

HIS DEATH HAS BEEN IN THE MEDIA AND BROUGHT IN AWARENESS TO THE EAST VALLEY.

I HATE THAT THE REASON I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU IS THAT OUR SON'S LIFE WAS TAKEN DUE TO TEEN VIOLENCE.

PRESTON'S LIFE REPRESENTED HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

HE HAD A BRILLIANT MIND, HIGH MORALS AND GENUINE KINDNESS.

WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT GREATNESS HIS LIFE WOULD'VE TRANSFORMED INTO.

WE LOST A VALUABLE HUMAN BEING TO SOCIETY.

THERE ARE MANY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT LEAD TO AND RESULT FROM TEEN VIOLENCE, BUT THAT IS NOT WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.

TONIGHT IS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

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PROVIDING RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL ASSIST WITH DECREASING THE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE IN CHANDLER, COMBATING ISSUES WITH TEEN VIOLENCE AND SETTING THE BAR SO THAT THIS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

LET THE NEIGHBORING CITIES AND TOWNS KNOW THAT CHANDLER IS THE LEADER FOR REAL CHANGE.

AND WE WILL HOLD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO INVESTIGATE EVERY INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE INFLICTED UPON TEENAGERS.

AS A CHANDLER RESIDENT, I KNOW THE BENEFIT OF LIVING IN THIS CITY.

CHANDLER TAKES PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND LISTENS TO THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS.

WE AS A COMMUNITY, NEED TO DO OUR PART TO KEEP OUR TEENAGERS SAFE.

PRESTON'S LIFE WAS IMPORTANT.

HE WAS IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR HEART.

AND NOW HIS PRECIOUS LIFE IS GONE.

LIFE MATTERS.

HIS LIFE MATTERED, AND WE NEED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

DON'T LET THERE BE ANOTHER PRESTON.

IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, TOO MANY TEEN VIOLENCE CRIMES WENT UNREPORTED AND THE NECESSARY ACTIONS WERE NOT TAKEN, WHICH RESULTED IN OUR SON'S DEATH.

THERE WAS A FEAR OF REPORTING DUE TO RETALIATION AND A LACK OF PROTECTION FROM SCHOOLS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, KNOWING THAT WHEN OUR CHILDREN IN CHANDLER ARE SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE, THAT THEY WILL HAVE A VOICE AND THAT THIRD VOICE WILL BE HEARD, WILL MAKE US AS RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE LIVING IN CHANDLER.

WE WILL NEED CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN THIS MANNER.

WE NEED TO ELIMINATE TEEN VIOLENCE TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE COMMUNITY.

ACTION AND CHANGE IS IMPERATIVE, AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

SILENCE IS DEADLY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FROM NICK.

LORD NICK, SAME.

UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR ADDRESS.

AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS NICK LORD.

I AM A CHANDLER RESIDENT.

I AM ALSO THE FATHER OF PRESTON.

LORD PRESTON WAS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF MY LIFE.

HE WORKED HARD AT BOTH SPORTS AND HIS SCHOOLWORK.

HE ALWAYS DID WHAT I ASKED HIM THE FIRST TIME I ASKED HIM.

HE WAS A KIND, GENTLE, LOVING SOUL THAT WE WILL MISS FOREVER.

THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED AGAINST MY SON ON OCTOBER 28TH AND HOW HE DIED AS A RESULT WILL UNFORTUNATELY ALSO REMAIN IN MY MIND FOREVER.

THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN CHANDLER, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE IMPACT OF YOUTH VIOLENCE IS FAR MORE WIDESPREAD THAN WE ALL COULD HAVE IMAGINED.

AT THIS POINT.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CITY OF CHANDLER IS DOING TO COMBAT THIS EPIDEMIC, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE EVERYONE, RESIDENTS, THE CITY OF CHANDLER, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER, TO, TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE.

I'M ALSO ASKING THAT WE HOLD EVERYONE TO A HIGHER DEGREE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD COMPLACENCY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY THAT WE ARE A PART OF THIS SOLUTION.

AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HERE TONIGHT FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I ALWAYS TOLD MY KIDS THAT IF YOU WANT TO DO BETTER, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AT THE END OF THE DAY AND SAY, I CAN DO BETTER.

CITY OF CHANDLER, WE CAN DO BETTER.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT US FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER FOR SUPPORTING US AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS BRIDGET VEGA.

BRIDGET, I WILL JUST HOLD IT.

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HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT STEVE AND JACOB'S DAD WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL.

AND, UH, JEREMIAH VALLI'S.

MOM, IF THEY COULD FILL OUT A, A A CARD, PLEASE DID PUT IT ON THE, THEY PUT IT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SO IF WE COULD SWITCH IT, THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TEEN VIOLENCE AS AN AGENDA ITEM AND OPENING THE CONVERSATION.

ASHTON SPEAKS VOLUMES.

OLGA LOPEZ, JEREMIAH VELI, HIS MOM SAID IT BEST.

TEEN VIOLENCE HAS NO ZIP CODE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOT SURE IF OUR LEADERS FROM GILBERT HAS INFORMED YOU, MAYOR OR COUNCIL, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE INVITE TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TEEN VIOLENCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS IN GILBERT WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER ON A PARTNERSHIP TO BRIDGE THE GAP.

CHANDLER TAKES PRIDE IN COMMUNITY AND THERE'S A CRY FOR HELP.

WILL YOU PLEASE STEP UP AND TAKE THE LEAD AS THE WORD UNITY IS IN COMMUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE ALL MUST DO BETTER.

PLEASE PRAY OVER THE YOUTH AND CONNOR AS HE CONTINUES TO TAKE A STAND.

CONNOR, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.

IT TAKES SO MUCH COURAGE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WEEK MEETING AFTER MEETING WHILE STILL TRYING TO BE A CHILD.

NO ONE EVER ASKS, HOW DOES THE CHILD FEEL? THINK ABOUT THE TRAUMA INFLICTED ON THE INNOCENT TEENS, HOW HIS LIFE IS TODAY AND WHAT HIS MENTAL HEALTH LOOKS LIKE WHILE HE'S STILL TRYING TO BE AN ATHLETE GOING TO SCHOOL AND HIS LIFE OF GOING OUT IN PUBLIC.

AFTER COMING FORTH AND SHARING HIS TESTIMONY, HIS LIFE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN DUE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ASSAULTED HIM FOR NO REASON.

MY HEART BREAKS FOR THE CHILDREN THE AMOUNT OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO SPEAK, NOT ONLY CONNOR, BUT FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES.

PLEASE NOTE, FROM A TRAUMA-INFORMED PERSPECTIVE, C-P-T-S-D IS REAL.

AND EVERY TIME THIS YOUNG MAN AND THE FAMILY SPEAK, THEY'RE RELIVING WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO NOT ONLY HIM, BUT TO THEIR SONS OR DAUGHTERS.

THIS JUST GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO THE ASSAULT AND MURDERS, THE TRAUMA, THE PAIN, THE HURT, AND SO MUCH MORE TO THIS, THE JOURNEY OF FORGIVENESS TO BE A LIGHT OF HOPE FOR SO MANY WHO AREN'T READY TO COME FORTH, CONNOR IS THE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH YET, BUT PRAY TO GOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE.

NOW THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY BEHIND THEM TO LOVE ON THEM.

WE HAVE YET TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN.

WE MUST SHOW THEM LOVE ON THEM.

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS TO THE YOUTH, THOSE THAT HAVE REPORTED PRIOR.

BUT WE'RE SILENCED.

YOU'RE COURAGEOUS.

I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE ENDURED, BUT I'M PRAYING FOR HEALING, STRENGTH, PROTECTION AS GOD CONTINUES TO BRING THESE STORIES TO LIGHT.

PLEASE KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.

YOU ARE ENOUGH.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS.

WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU.

WE STAND BY YOU.

WE LOVE YOU.

BE AN UPSTANDER.

CONTINUE TO KEEP THE LORD THE JENKINS, DECEIVES, THEVES, THE JACOBO FAMILIES AND ALL OF THE YOUTH IN YOUR PRAYERS.

WE HAVE NO FUTURE.

IF WE DON'T PROTECT THE CHILDREN, WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT.

IF NOT, THAT BLOOD IS ON OUR HANDS.

IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE YOUTH WHO'VE BEEN ASSAULTED, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, AND FOR ALL THE INNOCENT SOULS OF THE CHILDREN WHO WERE WRONGFULLY MURDERED DUE TO TEEN VIOLENCE.

AND KEEP THE YOUTH AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES, AGAIN, IN YOUR PRAYERS, JUSTICE FOR THE YOUTH AS WELL AS JUSTICE FOR PRESTON.

LORD, IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, CITY ATTORNEY.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING THESE.

GREAT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT, THAT ADDS TWO MORE SPEAKERS TO THIS.

UH, WE HAVE OLGA LOPEZ.

OLGA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CHOOSE YOUR ADDRESS, YOU HAVE, UH, UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS RED, PLEASE WRAP UP.

AND THERE, BY THE WAY, THIS IS CONNOR JERNIGAN, YOU, YOU'RE ADDRESSING ABOUT RIGHT.

THAT, WAS THAT THE NAME THAT YOU YES.

WHAT'S THAT? TEEN VIOLENCE.

NO, NO.

BUT YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, CONNOR.

WAS THAT CONNOR JERNIGAN THAT YOU WERE, THAT I MENTIONED? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS OLGA LOPEZ.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF BEING JEREMIAH AVILA'S MOM.

WE ARE RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER 7 0 1 8 WEST CORONA DRIVE.

WE HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF CHANDLER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND MY BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING STELLAR STELLAR'S SON

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MY SON WOULD DRIVE 30 MINUTES ONE WAY AT THE AGE OF 16 WITH THE PERMIT, FIGHTING BY THE LOFT AS A GOOD CITIZEN, AND WOULD DRIVE TO MESA TO BE AT SCHOOL AT 6:00 AM HE DID THIS FOR TWO YEARS WITHOUT COMPLAINING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TEENAGERS WOULD DO THAT, BUT HE DID.

ON, ON, UH, MAY 6TH, SIX, HE WENT TO MESA, THE NEIGHBORING, NEIGHBORING CITY FOR A SLEEPOVER.

MY SON IS A HOMEBODY.

HE NEVER GOES ANYWHERE.

SO NATURALLY, WHEN HE ASKED FOR SOMETHING, I KNOW WHO I RAISED AND I KNOW TO TRUST HIM.

AND I SAID, YES.

MY SON NEVER CAME HOME FROM THAT NEIGHBORING CITY.

MY SON WAS MURDERED ON MAY 7TH, 2023, NINE MONTHS AGO, YESTERDAY.

AND SO I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TODAY.

I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED TO ADDRESS TEEN VIOLENCE.

AND I THANK YOU PERSONALLY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE NEIGHBORING CITIES WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT CHANDLER IS DOING, AND THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD ALSO CHOOSE TO LOCK ARMS IN COMMUNITY.

THAT WE STOP LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARY LINES, WHICH IS ONLY ONE STREET SIDE, LITERALLY.

IT'S A, A CROSSING A CROSSWALK.

THAT'S WHAT DIVIDES OUR CITIES.

AND THAT WE STOP LOOKING AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CITY AS IF IT'S ITS OWN.

AND WE DON'T WANNA PLAY IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SANDBOX.

OUR KIDS TRAVEL.

AND SO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE LOCK ARMS AND MODEL FOR OUR KIDS WHAT IT IS TO BE IN COMMUNITY.

AND SO I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU WILL ALSO, UH, RECEIVE THE INVITATION THAT WAS EXTENDED TO YOU TODAY, TO BE PART OF THAT COLLABORATIVE AND SHOW THE OTHER CITIES HOW EFFECTIVE THIS IS GONNA BE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER CARD ON THIS IS, UH, MARK KOBO.

DID I SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT? YES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECORD.

AND YOU HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES TO SHARE WHAT YOU WILL, SIR.

UH, MY NAME'S MARK KOBO.

I LIVE IN MESA, 9 1 9 NORTH SHANNON CIRCLE.

UH, I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY SON STEVEN.

I HAVE THREE BOYS.

HE'S MY YOUNGEST.

UH, HE WENT TO RED MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, UM, HE'S AN AMAZING KID.

LOVES MUSIC, LOVES BASEBALL.

HE HAD MANY TALENTS.

ONE OF 'EM WAS DEFINITELY BEING A SCHOLAR STUDENT, BUT ALSO LOVING MUSIC, WRITING MUSIC, PLAYING MUSIC.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, ON HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2022, UH, HE WENT OUT FOR HIS, UH, BIRTHDAY, ACTUALLY, NOVEMBER 5TH.

AND ON NOVEMBER 6TH, HE WAS MURDERED AT A GATHERING WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS.

UM, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING ACTION.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE DEALING WITH A LOT WITH, UH, NOT ONLY WAS HIS MURDERED ARRESTED ONCE, UH, THE STATE RELEASED HIM FOR A WHOLE YEAR TO WAIT FOR MESA POLICE TO WRITE, REWRITE A REPORT.

NOT ONLY ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES.

AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY FINALLY ARRESTED HIM A SECOND TIME AND FINALLY PRESSED CHARGES FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

BUT AS OLGA IS SAYING, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING CHARGE AGAIN.

WE'RE ALL ONE STATE.

THESE KIDS ARE GETTING KILLED DAILY ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, FROM OTHER CITIES.

AND HOPEFULLY THESE OTHER CITIES COULD PITY, PIGGYBACK WITH YOU GUYS ON GATHERING TOGETHER TO TAKE PROPER ACTIONS TO NOT ALLOW ANY OTHER PARENTS GO THROUGH WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, TO HONOR MIKE'S SON'S LOVE THAT HE LOVED EVERYBODY THAT HE IMPACTED SO MANY PEOPLE, TEACHERS, ADULTS, KIDS, UM, ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE, UH, CAME UP WITH A FOUNDATION TO, UH, AND STEPHEN BENITO JACOBO FOUNDATION TO, UH, BRING AWARENESS, UH, EDUCATE AND ALSO SUPPORT FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH GUN VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR JUVENILE.

SO, AGAIN, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING ACTION, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS COULD CALL UPON OTHER CITIES TO, UH, TAKE ACTION AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I THINK I SPEAK FOR COUNCIL.

WHEN I SAY MELISSA

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WE'RE HERE WITH YOU.

AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT OUR ACTIONS ARE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CHANDLER MODEL, OTHER CITIES WORK WITH OTHER CITIES.

OUR POLICE NETWORK IS STRONG THROUGH THESE, WE, WE STAND WITH YOU AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LOSS.

AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HOW WE CAN BE PART OF SOLUTIONS IN CHANDLER AND IN OUR GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH SURROUNDING CITIES AND, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STATE TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE, A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU COUNCIL, ANY MOTION COMMENTS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? WE CAN MAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 14, RESOLUTION NUMBER 5 7 6 5 AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION.

I'M SORRY.

ITEM ITEM NUMBER 22.

SORRY, I'M A LITTLE, WE GOT, YEAH.

ITEM NUMBER 22, RESOLUTION 5 7 7 6.

RECOGNIZING THE HARM OF VIOLENCE AMONG THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY, CONDEMNING ALL VIOLENCE AMONG THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY, AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE IN CHANDLER.

SECOND.

SECOND.

WE ALL THANK ALL SECOND MAYOR, I JUST, SORRY, COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, THANK YOU.

AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL FOR, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER IDEAS THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING, UH, UH, VICE MAYOR FOR LOOKING AT SOME, UH, SOCIAL INITIATIVES AND OTHERS.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS, UH, ONE OF MANY OTHERS THAT WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR, A FEW OF US ARE WORKING WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL, CORRECT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TORGESON, AND, UH, WE'RE TALKING TO QUEEN CREEK AND, AND MESA COUNCIL MEMBERS JULIE SPILSBURY.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA COME TOGETHER, SO, AND WE ARE PART OF THAT GROUP.

YEAH.

COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION.

A SECOND.

UH, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, YOU'RE BEING THE APPLAUSE STARTER HERE TODAY, AREN'T YOU? ? WE AGREED.

ALRIGHT,

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WE TOOK ITEM NUMBER 10 OFF OF CONSENT.

UM, LET ME JUST, UH, START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR STATEMENTS, UH, IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE MOST OF THESE, OR ANY OF YOU WANT A SEPARATE VOTE ON ONE, WE CAN VOTE FOR THAT.

I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT YOU, UH, WHILE SUPPORTING THE OVER THE BODY OF THESE, YOU, YOU PERHAPS DO WOULD LIKE MORE WORK OR DO NOT SUPPORT SOMETHING.

AND IF WE CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE WITH COMMENTS AND VOTE ON ALL THESE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IF, IF WE WANNA PULL THEM OFF, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA, I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT OR STATEMENT FOR, UH, MY ITEM, SO I'LL PASS IT FORWARD TO YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THANKS VERY MUCH.

UM, ON THE HOME BASE BUSINESS PIECE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLARIFYING THAT THAT, AND I, I THINK I'VE COVERED THIS IN THE STUDY SESSION, BUT FOR ME TO, TO, TO APPROVE THIS, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE ANY HINDRANCES TO MICRO BUSINESSES IN THE HOME.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, BUT THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT GOING TO HINDER, IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT STATES THAT, THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS IN, IN THEIR HOME OR IN THE OTHER, IN THE OTHER VEIN, IS THIS OPENING IT UP? GOOD EVENING.

UH, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, GREAT QUESTION.

UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, UH, IF I WAS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, YOU WERE ASKING, UH, WITH THE HOME OCCUPATION CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER L OR LETTER L? YEP.

WELL, LET ME GET, I HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT.

LET ME JUST THROW IT UP HERE.

THERE WE GO.

YEAH.

SO CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, UH, WE DON'T HAVE HOME OCCUPATION, UH, OUTLINED WITHIN OUR CODE.

UH, IT'S DEFINED, UH,

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UH, BUT UNDER THAT, UH, THERE WERE CERTAIN, UH, LIMITATIONS THAT WOULD OCCUR.

UH, CURRENTLY YOU ARE UNABLE TO HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS COME TO THE HOME.

UH, IT WOULD NEED TO BE CONDUCTED ALL WITHIN THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNIT.

UM, THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNS.

UH, THERE'S EVEN SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAYS INVENTORY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE SIZE OF A, A SMALL CLOSET.

UH, SO WITH THE CODE AMENDMENT, WE WERE HOPING TO ALLOW, WE, WE HEAR QUITE OFTEN, UH, UH, RESIDENTS WANTING TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR PROPERTY FOR, UH, BUSINESS TYPE RELATED USES.

UH, SO WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP.

UM, WE WEREN'T TOTALLY OPENING IT UP, UH, UNDER THE PROPOSAL.

UH, WE WOULD ALLOW CERTAIN USES, UH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL SERVICES, CONSULTING THERAPISTS, UH, PIANO LESSONS, A SEAMSTRESS, UH, BEAUTY SERVICES PHOTOGRAPHY.

UH, WE DO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICES, UH, ANY ANIMAL SERVICES, MASSAGE THERAPY, AND GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICES.

UM, UNDER THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE AND ONE CUSTOMER AT THE SAME TIME ON PROPERTY, UH, AS RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, BUSINESSES COULD OCCUR WITHIN A, A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM AND 7:00 PM.

UM, AS FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL AT OUR, OUR JANUARY WORK SESSION, UH, WE DID MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, WITH THIS PROPOSAL, WE'RE OPENING IT UP TO A ALLOW FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS TO BE PERMITTED WITHIN, UM, ACCESSORY UNITS, UH, UM, GARAGES.

UH, BUT WE DID, UH, AMEND THE LANGUAGE TO SAY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES MAY TAKE PLACE IN A GARAGE.

SO, UH, LONG AS NO PERMANENT MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE TO THE GARAGE, THUS MAINTAINING THE ABILITY TO PARK VEHICLES, UM, THE RESIDENT MAY OPT TO USE THEIR GARAGE FOR A BUSINESS.

BUT IF THE NEXT PROPERTY OWNER COMES IN, WE WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE MODIFICATIONS MADE.

UH, WOULDN'T, UH, NO LONGER ALLOW THE GARAGE TO BE PARKED IN.

THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT'S, THAT GIVES US THE DISCRETION THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS, IT SHOULD NOT GENERATE ANY, UH, VEHICLE, UH, VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT ALTERS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HOW WE REGULATE HOME OCCUPATIONS NOW IS WE DON'T WANT IT CHANGING THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN, UH, THE BUSINESSES SHOULD, UH, AT ALL POSSIBLE EXTENT, TRY TO KEEP THEIR, UH, VEHICLES PARKED WITHIN THE PROPERTY.

UH, AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, COMMISSIONERS DID ADD THAT SWIM LESSONS, SWIM LESSONS BE ADDED AS A, A PERMITTED USE.

SO, TO BE CLEAR, THIS ALSO DOES, SO THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T A WIDE OPEN DOOR FOR ANY BUSINESSES.

YOU MENTIONED SOME AUTO MECHANICS, ANYTHING THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NATURE OF A MERIT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD TO A BUSINESS PARK, THOSE AREN'T ALLOWED.

BUT THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE ALLOWING ARE, I WOULD CONSIDER NON-INTRUSIVE INTO THEIR NEIGHBORS BY NOISE OR BY PARKING THE OCCUPATION, THAT, THAT WOULD CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF A NATURE OF A, OF A HOME OR A NE OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO SUDDENLY THERE WOULDN'T BE CARS PARKED ALL OVER THE PLACE OR, OR, OR A HOME FULL OF, OF STUDENTS OR, OR, UH, WHATEVER ELSE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

I MEAN, IT, IT ADDS BUSINESSES, BUT IT STILL ALLOWS, ENSURES THAT THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO ENJOY THEIR, THEIR HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT A BUSINESS.

THAT'D BE A CORRECT STATEMENT, MAYOR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

MAYOR, I'VE GOT A, OH, GO AHEAD.

I'VE GOT ONE, ONE MORE.

AND THEN A, I DIDN'T COMMENT, UM, ON THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, N ON THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE RELATING TO VEHICLES, TRESPASSING, LIGHT LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S THE PENALTY ON THE TRESPASSING LIGHT? AND THEN WHO DECIDES WHAT'S TRESPASSING? IS IT A SUBJECTIVE, OR DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF METRIC THAT WE USE? I GET IT'S AN ISSUE, UH, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME HOUSES NOW THAT WE'RE GROWING OUT OR BUILDING OUT THAT ARE PRETTY TIGHT.

AND SO HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE GONNA MANAGE THAT? AND THEN WHAT IS THE PENALTY? AND THEN HOW FAR DO THAT, DOES THAT PENALTY GO IF LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY I'M NOT MOVING MY SPOT SPOTLIGHT IN THE BACKYARD.

NOT ME.

I'D ALWAYS MOVE IT, BUT MY NEIGHBOR , MY NEIGHBOR IS BEING A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

WHAT, WHAT'S THE REMEDY? AND, AND DO WE TICKET IT? AND THEN DOES THAT GO INTO PROBATE AND CAN THEY LOSE THEIR HOUSE? I MEAN, HOW, WHAT'S THE SLIPPERY SLOPE HERE IS WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

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THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL SAY CITY ATTORNEY.

COULD I HELP OUT ON THAT ONE? YEAH.

UM, MAYOR VIOLATIONS OF, UH, CHAPTER 30 FOR THE MOST PART ARE CIVIL OFFENSES.

OKAY.

UM, WHICH MEANS YOU'D BE CITED AND SUBJECTED TO A FINE, WHICH COULD GOES THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, UM, FOR THE VERY DIFFICULT PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO, THAT CHOOSE TO NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND THEY CONTINUALLY GET CITED.

IT COULD BE ELEVATED AS AN HABITUAL OFFENDER TO A CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR, BUT NOTHING IN, UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR ANY, UM, LIENS AGAINST THE HOME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT IS A PERSONAL, UH, OFFENSE TO THAT PERSON.

AND THEY WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO IN ALL THE, UM, ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT THE COURT CURRENTLY HAS FOR OTHER CIVIL OFFENSES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CLARIFY.

AND JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR, HAS THE STATE OF ARIZONA, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH ANY CASES IN CHANDLER WHERE SOMEBODY HAS, WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS HAS CONTINUED AND SOMEBODY'S ACTUALLY LOST THEIR PRIVATE RESIDENCE, OR IT'S BEEN PUT ON LIEN? WHAT LIEN MEANS THAT WHEN THEY SELL IT, THEY HAVE TO THEN PAY THE FINE FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE? YEAH.

UM, BUT THEY CAN'T BE KICKED OUTTA THEIR HOUSE EVER FOR BEING MEAN MAYOR AND MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, THIS IS, AGAIN, NOT AN OFFENSE THAT WE WOULD LIEN THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S NO AUTHORITY TO PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, SO IT WOULD NOT AFFECT OWNERSHIP OR, UM, VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

IT IS A PERSONAL OFFENSE SIMILAR TO A PARKING TICKET.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE FINAL, THE FINAL COMMENT THAT I HAD, THANK YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER, UH, WHERE'S MY RAMADA ONE? I, UM, ANYWAY, FOR, FOR RELAXING THE CODE IN OUR BACKYARDS AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

I KNOW THAT COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND, AND I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD SOMETHING IN THEIR BACKYARD WITHIN REASON, AND THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE OKAY WITH IT.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS 1 0 1, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS EVER IN OUR CODE IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT I HOPE TO SEE HUNDREDS OF NEW RAMADA, BEAUTIFUL RAMADA ALL OVER.

CHANDLER WILL BE KNOWN AS THE RAMADA CITY.

I DON'T KNOW.

ANYWAY, THANKS FOR DOING THAT.

THANKS, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER, I HOPE FROM YOUR HOUSE, YOU CANNOT SEE HUNDREDS OF NEW RAMADA.

THEY WOULD VIOLATE CODE MAYOR, DO YOU, I WAS GONNA ASK COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR? ? I MEAN, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK.

WE CAN DO A PETITION.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT.

WE CAN GET THE ITALIAN CONNECTION TO, UH, UM, VICE MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, JUST WITH ITEM L, UM, IT SEEMED LIKE AN ITEM THAT I CAN, UM, I CAN GET ON BOARD AND SUPPORTING, BUT I, FOR THIS SPECIFIC ITEM, IF COUNCIL IS WILLING, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SUNSET CLAUSE OF ONE YEAR TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

TO SEE IF THERE'S, UM, IF INDIVIDUALS, IF WE GET COMPLAINTS OR WHATEVER THERE COULD BE, I JUST REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT ONE YEAR FROM NOW TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY.

THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.

I JUST REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, OUR BUSINESSES FEEL, UM, COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A ONE YEAR SUNSET CLAUSE FOR OUR STAFF TO BRING IT BACK.

SO WOULD YOU BE HAPPY WITH A, A REPORT FROM ONE YEAR RATHER THAN A A SUNSET MEANS IT'S OVER? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S, YEAH, I I WOULD BE, I CAN I AMEND YOUR REQUEST TO SAY, GIVE US A REPORT ON, ON, ON PERHAPS ALL THESE, HOW ARE THESE, HOW ARE THESE IMPACTING US IN OUR COMMUNITY? WOULD YOU BE HAPPY WITH THAT? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY WITH THAT.

SO WE CAN GO, COME BACK AND REVISIT IF WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING GOOD, GOOD STEWARDS OVER WHAT WE HAVE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL.

ANY OTHERS THERE? OTHERWISE, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR, UM, YOU HIT HER THING, BUT SHE SAID IT.

I'M GONNA GO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES.

HERE.

I HAVE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU PASS BY THE ORDINANCE.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 10.

ITEM NUMBER 10.

WITH ALL THE LETTERS STARTING WITH A ALL THE WAY TO O RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WITH THAT AMENDMENT ADDED TO IT THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND, WELL, I THINK THAT'S JUST A, I DON'T THINK IT, IT'S JUST A REPORT.

OKAY.

WE DON'T NEED TO, OKAY.

GOT IT.

ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, BEFORE WE VOTE, MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR THE RECORD, UM, TO BE KNOWN THAT I'LL BE VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER 10 E 35 DASH 18 0 4 1 REGARDING MULTIFAMILY PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

OKAY.

SO ONE ASPECT THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS IS SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT TO SAY NO.

ANY OTHERS? HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POST.

YES.

MOTION

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ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, I WANNA THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF WORK THIS ENTIRE YEAR TO GET US THROUGH THIS.

I WANT TO THANK OUR, OUR STAFF, LAUREN, UH, DAVID, KEVIN, ALL OF YOU THAT, UH, IS REALLY GONNA OFFER SOME MORE FREEDOMS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I, I JUST THINK IT IS AN EXCELLENT THING THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT DIRECTION.

ALRIGHT.

COUNSELS, DO WE HAVE ANY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE TURNED THEY TO WAIVE ANY OTHER UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES? OH, WE GOT ONE MORE.