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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 21ST.UH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE TONIGHT, AND WE'RE GOING TO, AFTER A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INDICATION, WE WILL BE HAVING, UH, A, UH, SPECIAL, UH, HONORING OF AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD.
WE'LL GO THROUGH CONSENT AGENDA, THEN WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM, AND THEN UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
SO, WITH THAT CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.
OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON AND OUR AFTER OUR INDICATION BY REVEREND DR.
CANDACE LANDSBURY FROM CHANDLER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
PASTOR, I INVITE YOU TO PRAY WITH ME.
WE INVITE YOU TO PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING, EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, GIVE US UNITY OF SPIRIT.
HELP US TO EACH LISTEN POLITELY AS OTHERS SHARE THEIR POINTS OF VIEW.
HELP US TO WORK AS A UNIFIED TEAM IN COMBINING IDEAS FOR A GREAT OUTCOME.
HELP US TO WORK AS A WHOLE, RATHER THAN AS INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN AGENDAS.
MAY WE HAVE A SPIRIT OF COMRADERY IN THIS ROOM AND WORK TOGETHER ON OUR SHARED MISSION OF BEING A WORLD CLASS CITY THAT PROVIDES AN EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE.
GOD, OF WISDOM, WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL BLESS THIS MEETING.
HELP US HAVE FUN YET PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BROADEN OUR PERSPECTIVES.
HELP US TO TAKE THE VARIOUS IDEAS PRESENTED AND THINK OF WAYS TO FLESH THEM OUT.
AND IF WE DO DISAGREE, LET IT BE ON THE CONTENT AND NOT PERSONALITY CONFLICTS OR POWER PLAYS.
HELP US TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES GRACEFULLY.
BE CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS, AND HAVE GREAT TEAM SPIRIT.
HELP US TO FIND PRINCIPLES THAT WE ALL CAN AGREE ON AND PUT THESE INTO ACTION.
MAY ALL OF THESE OBJECTIVES TONIGHT KEEP US ON TRACK.
MAY THEY BOND US TOGETHER WITH A COMMON GOAL, AND MAY WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE RATHER THAN JUST PASSIVELY LISTEN, MAY THIS MEETING BE LIVELY AND PRODUCTIVE, AND MAY THE DESIRED OUTCOMES BE ACHIEVED.
AND JOIN ME FOR REGIT TO THE PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[1. Outstanding Citizen Award]
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED APPEARANCE TONIGHT FOR OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD.AND, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME UP FRONT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF DEANDRA, CHIEF HARGIS, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S COMING UP THAT I SEE STANDING.
AND TONIGHT WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A HEROIC CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL WHO STEPPED UP AND RESPONDED TO AN EMERGENCY EVENT IN SOUTH CHANDLER, ET CHEME.
AIDED BY OUR TEAM, CHANDLER FIRST RESPONDERS STEPPED UP IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS.
ETHAN REPRESENTS THE BEST OF OUR CITY, AND WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIM TONIGHT.
UH, MY NAME IS MELISSA DEANNA.
I'M THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE, AND THIS IS, UH, CHIEF HAR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO, UH, BRING FORWARD, UH, UH, ETHAN UCK, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD FOR US, PLEASE.
SO, ON FEBRUARY 20 OR FEBRUARY 7TH, A HARROWING INCIDENTS UNFOLDED AS A VEHICLE KANE OFF THE ROADWAY PLUNGING INTO A NEARBY LAKE NEAR DOBSON AND CLEAN CREEK ROADS.
AS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS ARRIVED, THEY OBSERVED A COURAGEOUS TEENAGE TEENAGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS ETHAN ON
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TOP OF A SINKING VEHICLE, ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THROUGH THE WINDOW TO REACH THE UNRESPONSIVE DRIVER.ENGINE 2 85 TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION INITIATING THE PLANNING PHASE OF A WATER RESCUE.
HOWEVER, THEIR EFFORTS WERE COMPLICATED AS THE VEHICLE UN UNEXPECTEDLY DISLODGED FROM THE LAKE BED AND BEGAN DRIFTING AWAY INTO THE LAKE.
RECOGNIZING THE URGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION, OFFICER JOSH MENDEZ SHRED HIS DUTY EQUIPMENT.
AND TOGETHER WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS, RICHARD ZITTEL AND BRADY WECH, UH, THEY BRAVELY SWAM OUT TO THE FLOATING VEHICLE.
AT THIS POINT, THOSE RESCUE, UH, CREWS WORK TOGETHER TO BREAK THE WINDOWS OF THE VEHICLE SO THEY COULD MAKE ACCESS TO THE PATIENT INSIDE.
FOUR MINUTES AFTER ARRIVING ON SCENE, THOSE RESCUERS WERE ABLE TO PULL THE DRIVER THROUGH THE SUNROOF.
AS THE CAR BECAME COMPLETELY SUBMERGED, THEY SECURED THE DRIVER IN A LIFE VEST AND WERE, UH, ABLE TO BRING THAT VICTIM BACK TO THE SHORE WITH THE HELP OF THE RESCUE SWIMMERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS ON SHORE.
CLEARLY, THIS IS AN INCIDENT WHERE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND CRITICAL DECISIONS MUST BE MADE IN SECONDS.
AND WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE EFFORTS OF ETHAN OFFICER MENDEZ AND THE MEMBERS OF CHANDLER FIRE CREW ENGINE 2 85 FOR THEIR ACTIONS DURING THIS UNIQUE AND DANGEROUS RESCUE OPERATION.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CHANDLER POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN AWARD FROM EACH OF US TODAY AS TO COMMEND ETHAN FOR TAKING IMMEDIATE, SELFLESS AND DECISIVE ACTION TO HELP THE PERSON IN NEED.
I AM DEEPLY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE HERE TODAY, STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
AS A 16-YEAR-OLD, I NEVER IMAGINED GETTING THIS MUCH, UH, RECOGNITION.
UM, IT FILLS ME WITH IMMENSE, UH, PRIDE FOR MY ACTIONS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO, UM, SORRY, I'M BLANKING HERE.
UH, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND FOR INSPIRING ME TO BE A BETTER CITIZEN.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MY ACTIONS AND FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR, I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO UPHOLD THE VALUES OF SELFLESSNESS, COURAGE AND HONOR THAT YOU EXEMPLIFY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
ALL RIGHT, WHO'S OUR PHOTO TAKER? ALEXIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, ARE YOU WITH US? YES, I'M HERE.
WE CERTAINLY ARE HONORED AND LOVE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
[ 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 March 21, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 31.]
AGENDA TONIGHT IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.UH, WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THESE, UH, PARTICULAR ITEMS ON MONDAY, AND THEY'RE ALL LISTED AS A SINGLE VOTE.
UNLESS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANY OF THEM OFF FOR ACTION.
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ORDER.MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MARCH 21ST, 2024.
REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 30.
ONE SECOND, WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, UH, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR HARRIS.
ANY RECUSALS OR ANY OTHERS TO BE STOCKED? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
YEAH, MAYOR FOR ITEM SEVEN, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SILK STOCKTON ORGANIZATION.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HELPING US OUT.
UH, PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SEPULVEDA, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SEPULVEDA, UH, FOR HIS LEADING EFFORTS AND BRINGING ME INVOLVED WITH IT EARLY ENOUGH.
AND OF COURSE, DEREK HORNE FOR BRINGING IT TO FRUITION.
BUT MOST OF ALL, THANKS TO YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OUT THERE FOR MAKING THIS A REALITY.
WE FINALLY GOT TO THE, THE END GAME HERE, AND SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE THE PHOTO OFF, BUT I WAS UMPIRING SOFTBALL DOWN SOUTH HERE.
YOU GUYS, YOU ALL KNEW THAT, SO, BUT YOU KNOW, MY HEART WAS WITH YOU, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SO MAYOR, WITH THAT, I WANT, AGAIN, WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT, COUNCIL MEMBER SEPULVEDA, AND OF COURSE, UH, DEREK KORN FROM MAKING THIS REALITY, WORKING WITH BRIDGE, SAY ALL THOSE THINGS MORE TONIGHT.
I REALIZED ONE MEETING NEXT MONTH, SO I'M THANK YOU.
UM, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE.
[10. Action Agenda]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS AN ACTION ITEM RELATED TO OUR QUICK TRIP.UH, MY, MY PLAN AT THIS POINT IS THAT WE'LL INVITE OUR STAFF TO COME UP AND TALK, INVITE THE, UH, THE PROPONENTS, THOSE WHO WHO ARE, THEIR PLAN IS FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE WILL HAVE INTERACTION WITH THEM AS COUNCIL.
IN BOTH CASES, UH, WE HAVE A STACK OF SPEAKER CARDS, PROS AND CONS, CONS AND PROS.
WE WILL WORK THROUGH THOSE AND THEN, UH, WE WILL DELIBERATE OUR, UH, OUR CON OUR CONTINUE AS ACCORDING TO SEEING WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO DO AT THIS POINT.
SO, WITH THAT, IF I COULD HAVE OUR STAFF COME ON UP, MAKE A PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM A CITY PLANNER HERE, UH, WITH THE CITY OF CHANNEL PLANNING DIVISION.
UH, THIS IS A HEARING ON PLH 23 DASH 0 0 4 4, QUICK TRIP CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION.
UH, THIS IS A PROPOSED LOCATION.
IT'S ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DOBSON AND RAILROAD.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PAD ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL USES TO PERMIT A FUEL SERVICE STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE AND ALSO A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SITE LAYOUT AND BUILDING ARCHITECTURE FOR FUEL STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF.
UH, THE SITE, IT'S ABOUT 2.51 NET ACRES.
THE PROPOSED CONVENIENCE STORE WOULD BE ABOUT 5,312 SQUARE FEET WITH A FUEL CANOPY, UH, WITH EIGHT PUMPS.
THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 7,287 SQUARE FEET.
AND, UH, PER CODE, UH, 30 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 50 ARE BEING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ELEVATIONS FOR YOU.
THIS IS JUST THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING OFF OF.
UM, WHAT IS THAT DOBSON, SORRY.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OUT OUTREACH.
SO THE APPLICANT MAILED OUT NOTICE TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN SIX 20 FEET AND TO HOA AND REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2023 WITH 25 NEIGHBORS IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, A MEETING SIGN WAS POSTED ON SITE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA VIA NEXTDOOR.
AND AS OF WRITING THIS MEMO, STAFF IS AWARE OF SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, UH, POTENTIAL TRANSIENTS, UH, INCREASE IN CRIME AND TRAFFIC.
SO STAFF HAS RECEIVED A, AN OPPOSITION.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 29 CONFIRMED CHANNEL RESIDENTS, UM, THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION TO REQUE TO THE REQUEST.
UH, TWO OF THEM ARE BUSINESS, UM, TIED BACK TO, TO BUSINESS ADDRESSES, AND THEN SEVEN OF THE OPPOSITION, UM, DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDRESS.
SO IN TOTAL WE HAVE 38, UH, EMAILS AND LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
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AND THEN IN SUPPORT, WE HAVE 10 CONFIRMED CHANDLER RESIDENCE.AND THEN THREE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDRESSES WITH A TOTAL OF 13 TOTAL EMAILS AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, IN ADDITION, UH, THERE WAS A, A INDIVIDUAL OR RESIDENT WHO, UM, UH, SPREAD A POT WHO, UH, SPREAD A PETITION.
AND SO THERE ARE TWO PETITIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED.
UH, ONE WAS ONLINE, AND THAT WAS THROUGH CHANGE.ORG.
NOW, FOR THAT ONE, WE HAVE 44 STATED CHANDLER RESIDENTS.
AND THE REASON WHY WE SAY STATED CHANDLER RESIDENCE IS THAT NO EXACT ADDRESS IS PROVIDED.
IT JUST STATES CHANDLER AS THE CITY AND ARIZONA AS A STATE, AND THEN 52 NON CHANDLER RESIDENTS.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE EITHER IN OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE VALLEY OR OTHER, OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, ET CETERA.
AND THEN ONE WITH NO CITY BEING PROVIDED WITH A TOTAL OF 97, UH, TOTAL SIGNATURES FOR THE ONLINE PETITION.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID RECEIVE A WRITTEN PETITION WITH 214 CONFIRMED CHANDLER RESIDENTS, 70 NON CHANDLER RESIDENTS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN SURROUNDING CITIES OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN 109 WITH NO ADDRESS, UH, PROVIDED FOR A TOTAL OF 401 TOTAL SIGNATURES AND TOTAL 258 TOTAL CHANDLER RESIDENTS DID SIGN THAT OPPOSITE THAT, UH, THOSE PETITIONS AND OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
ALL RIGHT, SO FOR THIS SECTION, I'M GONNA HAVE OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER DANA RE, TO COME UP AND, UH, ASSIST WITH THIS COMPONENT OF IT.
UH, EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND HERE.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY, UH, REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE AT THIS POINT, AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD GO BACK AND HAVE FURTHER MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORS AND WE WOULD PICK UP THIS CASE AT ANOTHER TIME.
UM, MR. RAY, IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR DESIRE FOR YOUR APPLICANT? UH, MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, BRENNAN RAY, 1850 NORTH CENTRAL, UH, TOGETHER WITH BRIAN HOUSE.
WE ARE REP REPRESENTING QUIKTRIP IN THIS APPLICATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WITHIN THE PAST FEW DAYS, THERE HAVE BEEN A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY, UH, INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, EXPRESSED ADDITIONAL CONCERNS WITH THIS CASE, AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT.
UH, AND WE FEEL IT ONLY PRUDENT GIVEN THE SHORT TIMEFRAME WITH WHICH WE'VE LEARNED OF THIS, UH, TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTION, UH, BEHIND THIS AND THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE OPPOSING IT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE FACTS AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC CRIME, UH, THINGS OF THOSE NATURE.
AND SO WE WOULD REQUEST A CONTINUANCE TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE IF WE NEED TO SIT DOWN IN THEIR LIVING ROOM, SIT DOWN ON THEIR FRONT PORCHES, BACK PORCHES, WHEREVER, TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THIS CASE SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND REQUIRED FOR THAT ON OUR PART TO CONTINUE THIS? JUST REFRESH ME, MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE A MOTION AND A VOTE ON THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON OR WHO, WHO HAD A QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
UM, SO HELP US WITH A TIMEFRAME HERE.
HOW, HOW FAR OUT DO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW? MORE INFORMATION OR GATHERING DATA AND LETTING RESIDENTS KNOW YEAH.
SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, WE WOULD REQUEST A 30 DAY CONTINUANCE.
JUST, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS 30 DAYS.
THIS IS THE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.
UM, UH, MY PARTNER BRIAN GREATHOUSE AND DANIEL CHAMBERS WITH QUICKTRIP HAVE ALREADY THEMSELVES, PERSONALLY GONE DOOR TO DOOR AND KNOCKED ON DOORS.
AND SO THIS IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE TO GET OUT THERE AND TO GET THE INFORMATION.
WE, OF COURSE, WILL MAKE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT AND ARE CONTACTING, UH, PEOPLE VIA EMAIL, PEOPLE VIA MAIL, HOWEVER, WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA RUN AT BREAKNECK PACE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OUT IN FRONT OF AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
WE THINK THAT IT WILL TAKE US, UM, AND I'LL HAVE TO CONFER WITH STAFF ON THE TIMEFRAME FOR A NOTICE, BUT TWO WEEKS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND TO PRESENT, UH, TO THOSE NEIGHBORS, UH, EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING.
AND AGAIN, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE BOOGEYMAN, AS I CALL IT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SOME, SOME FACTS THAT HOPEFULLY DISPELS THAT.
SO MAYOR, WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE, WE, UM, CONTINUE THIS TO THE, I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE APRIL 18 18TH, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THE APRIL 18TH COUNCIL MEETING.
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SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND OR SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS? SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? NO, THAT'S LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
YEAH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL NOT BE FURTHERING DISCUSSION ON THIS TONIGHT, BUT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT AND THIS WILL COME BACK FORTH ON APRIL 18TH.
I DO HAVE TWO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES, AND I, AND I, I DO WANNA THANK YOU ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS OUT HERE TONIGHT.
I KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE YOU OR YOU'LL HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT AT OUR NEXT TIME.
I DO HAVE TWO, UM, SPEAKER CARDS, AS I MENTIONED, AND I, UH, WILL TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THAT I RECEIVED THEM.
WHY WOULD, LET'S WAIT ABOUT A MINUTE, LET PEOPLE, UH, FURTHER OUT.
I GUESS EVERYONE IS GONNA LEAVE.
[12. Unscheduled Public Appearances]
SPEAKER CARD IS FROM STEVEN BRENNER.YOU, YOU'RE IN SUN LAKES, RIGHT? NOT IN CHANDLER PROPER? THAT IS CORRECT.
IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US, SIR? YES.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN BRENNER AND I LIVE AT 93 29 EAST CHERRYWOOD DRIVE.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS, UH, THE EXTREMELY DIRTY CONDITIONS ON NORTH DOBSON ROAD, UH, CHAPARRAL WAY AND OTHER SURROUNDING STREETS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION AT INTEL'S OCOTILLO SITE.
UM, THE STREETS WERE VERY CLEAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2022.
BUT STARTING A YEAR AGO, UM, DIRT WAS CONSISTENTLY BEING DRAGGED ONTO, UH, DOBSON ROAD AND KIND OF TURNING THE PLACE INTO A, A MESS.
UM, I'VE TALKED WITH, UM, INTEL'S COMMUNITY, UH, AFFAIRS MANAGER AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID IT WAS CHANDLER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN.
UM, ON SOME DAYS, CARS CREATE A CLOUD OF DIRT AND DUST AS THEY DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, IT HAS TO BE REALLY BAD FOR THE HOMES THAT BACK UP TO DOBSON ROAD, THEIR BACKYARDS AND HOMES JUST MUST BE VERY DIRTY.
UM, I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH INTEL AND THEY, THEY'VE TOLD ME VIA EMAIL THAT IT'S THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN.
UM, I, I KNOW PERHAPS THEY WANNA HELP, BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR BUDGET OR TIME OR, OR WHATEVER THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION, UH, CAN TAKE PLACE.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE RECENTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, INCREASED, UH, SOME CLEANING EFFORTS, BUT IT'S STILL FALLING WAY SHORT.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE FOR COMPARISON IS I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN MANY BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED ON PRICE ROAD WITH BARELY ANY DUST OR DIRT BEING DRAGGED ONTO THE STREETS.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M KIND OF THINKING, WHY CAN'T INTEL ADOPT THAT KIND OF MODEL FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION? UM, YOU KNOW, OTHERS CLEARLY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY CAN KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO CLEAN UP BY WHAT IS THE DIRTIEST STREET IN CHANDLER.
WE CANNOT DIRECTLY, UH, ADDRESS YOU BECAUSE THIS IS UNSCHEDULED, BUT, UM, CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE OUR STAFF LOOK INTO, UH, THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED? YES, SIR.
OUR NEXT UNSCHEDULED SPEAKER IS BRIDGET VEGA.
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HELLO, MS. VEGA.AND AGAIN, COUNSEL CANNOT ADDRESS YOU.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
DUE TO SAFETY, I'M NOT DISCLOSING ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I STAND HERE TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS AND THE CHILDREN, AS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BEG OR SIT HERE PLAYING AS A COMMUNITY.
AS THE COMMUNITY IS CRYING FOR HELP, WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING EVERYONE TO DO THEIR JOBS, TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
AS CUSD BOARD HAS BEEN, HAS GIVEN MAJOR RED FLAGS OF COVERING UP SEXUAL ASSAULT, TEEN VIOLENCE, BULLYING, INCLUDING RAPE, DRUGS GOING ON IN THE CAMPUSES, IN THE BATHROOMS THAT KIDS WON'T EVEN USE THE RESTROOMS, THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
LEADERSHIP FROM THE TOP DOWN STARTS WITH EVERYONE TAKING ACTION AS ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
THANK YOU VICE MAYOR HARRIS FOR SPEAKING AT PRESTON'S WALK LAST MONTH.
BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING AS JALEN COLLINS, SAN TAN VALLEY TEEN WHO ATTENDED QUEEN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS SHAW AND KILLED AT STENGER PARK.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE WOULD LIKE CONTINUED CONDEMNATION ON TEEN VIOLENCE.
IT'S PERPLEXING WHY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SO SILENT ON THIS CASE, ESPECIALLY WHEN VICE MAYOR OIE HARRIS AND MAYOR KEVIN HARKEY HAVE BEEN SO VOCAL.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
PLEASE KEEP THE COLLINS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS.
IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR JALEN COLLINS, PRESTON, LORD, AND ALL THE YOUTH THAT HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, SEXUALLY, AND FOR ALL THE YOUTH THAT HAS BEEN MURDERED DUE TO SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
NEXT ON OUR, ARE YOU STILL HAVE 56 SECONDS? ARE YOU DONE SPEAKING? NO, I'M STILL HONORING THE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE FAMILIES.
AND I BELIEVE WE DID THAT, BUT, UM, OKAY.
RISE UP CHANDLER AND DO BETTER CHANDLER, THIS ENDS WITH ALL OF US TAKING ACTION.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
ON OUR AGENDA, OUR CURRENT EVENTS, AND I WILL START AFTERWARDS.WE WILL RESUME WITH OUR STUDY SESSION RELATED TO OUR BUDGET.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE INTEL ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, I THINK MANY OF US UP ON THE DAYS, IF NOT ALL, WERE THERE.
YESTERDAY, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME PRESIDENT BIDEN TO CHANDLER AS HE ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FROM THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT.
THE WHITE HOUSE'S ANNOUNCEMENT BUILDS UPON INTEL'S CAPACITY, EXPANDING INNOVATION, OPPORTUNITY, AND HIGH QUALITY JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE SPAWNED A UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM OF SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURING SUPPLIERS AND INNOVATORS.
OUR BUSINESS FRIENDLY TAX, CLIMATE, REGULATORY POLICIES, RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WORLD CLASS EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS HAVE HELPED CEMENT CHANDLER AS A LEADER IN THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO SEE CHANDLER RECOGNIZED ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, AND YESTERDAY WAS A WONDERFUL REMINDER OF THE EXCEPTIONAL IMPACT OUR CITY HAS.
I'D SAY THE ONE THING THAT I WAS MISSING, I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T SAY ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY.
I, I LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY OTHER TIMES AND HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE SAID THAT, BUT, UH, IT CLEARLY WAS NOT SAID BY ME.
NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND PERHAPS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE TALKING ON THIS.
BUT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO DC TO MEET WITH OUR FEDERAL DELEGATES, THE CHIPS ACT, AND OUR PEERS FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
WE HAD TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF TO DISCUSS CHANDLER'S FEDERAL PRIORITIES, PAIN POINTS, AND HOW WE COULD COLLABORATE ON PERHAPS ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS.
IT WAS AN IMPACTFUL TIME, UH, A GREAT TIME FOR US TO BE TOGETHER, WORKING ON BEHALF OF OUR JOINT CONSTITUENTS, AND WE'RE VERY, UH, HONORED TO BE THERE.
AND THIRDLY, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE HIRING OF OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF CHIEF BRIAN CHAPMAN, CHIEF PREP CHAPMAN CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CITY OF PHOENIX'S ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF, AND HAS OVER 28 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE.
HE WILL BE WORKING TO CONTINUE OUR LONG TRADITION OF BEING ONE OF THE TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE NATION, AND IS SCHEDULED TO JOIN TEAM CHANDLER
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IN EARLY APRIL.AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY EASTER, UH, WHICH WILL BE THIS SUNDAY, AND AS WELL AS THIS YEAR, CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, WHICH IS ALSO SUNDAY, THE 31ST.
AND I'LL KICK IT OFF RIGHT FROM THERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING
IT IS ACTUALLY CESAR CHAVEZ'S BIRTHDAY.
UM, THIS IS A TIME THAT PROVIDES, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE HIS WORK, ORGANIZING AND ADVOCATING FOR LABOR RIGHTS.
MANY RESIDENTS MAY NOT KNOW THAT CESAR CHAVEZ, UM, HAD A LOT OF HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST UNITED FARM WORKER NATIONAL OFFICES WAS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER, RIGHT ON BOSTON STREET.
IT'S A PLACE THAT I FREQUENT AS A LITTLE KID 'CAUSE MY MOM WORKED THERE.
SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, BE WITH CESAR CHAVEZ AND BE PART OF MY HISTORY AND ACTIVISM.
OUR DE AND I DIVISION HAS A VARIETY OF EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY, WE'RE HAVING GATO AND CONVERSATIONS, WHICH, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ, UM, AND HAVE, UM, SOME REUNION ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, THE, OH MY GOSH, THE 30TH.
THE 30TH, RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.
WE'RE DOING A DAY OF SERVICE FOR A CLEANUP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, PROVIDING THE RESIDENTS, UM, MATERIALS TO DO SOME CLEANUP WORK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO FRESHEN UP THE AREA, AS WELL AS HAVE A DEMONSTRATION RIGHT HERE IN OUR, UM, COURTYARD RIGHT HERE OF OUR CITY HALL, A PRESENTATION AND JUST DOING A RE, UM, PROCLAMATION OF CESAR CHAVEZ.
SO I INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME AND BE A PART OF THAT HERE ON THE 30TH AS WELL.
I THOUGHT I HAD FIVE MORE MINUTES TO GO.
UH, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY
SO, UH, FAMILY EASTER CELEBRATION IS A, IS UPON US.
AND SO I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS.
UM, NEXT WEEKEND IS EASTER CELEBRATION.
SO COME ON DOWN AT CHANDLER AJ PARK, DR. CHANDLER, AJ PARK ON FRIDAY, AJ CHANDLER PARK ON FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30 TO VIEW LIVE DANCE PERFORMANCES, PLAY CARNIVAL GAMES AND HOP DOWN THE 24 KARAT TRAIL COLLECTING EASTER EGGS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS, BUT I THINK IT'S, UH, I, I THINK NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOUR SPIRITUAL HIGHER POWER IS, THE REC RESURRECTION OF JESUS IS A, A TIME FOR US TO SPIRITUALLY RENEW.
UH, IT'S A A TIME TO START OVER IN THE SPRING.
AND AS A, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LOOK AT FRESH NEW IDEAS AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, UH, INTO THE, INTO THE SEASON.
SO, UM, COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO TO CELEBRATE EASTER OR THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
UH, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND HOPE WE SEE YOU DOWNTOWN.
I THINK, UH, RAMADAN'S STILL HAPPENING NOW.
SO THOSE OF YOU THAT CELEBRATE RAMADAN HAVE YOUR RAMADAN AND I THINK PASSOVER IS NEXT, LATER, NEXT MONTH, RIGHT? SO WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA FLIP MY TUBE SO WE CAN END ON KIND OF A, AN UPBEAT NOTE.
UM, BUT I, I THINK OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO NLC WAS VERY VALUABLE.
UM, ONE THING THAT I DID GET TO DO, I WAS, UH, APPOINTED TO THE NLCS PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE.
ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID DISCUSS WITH FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DELEGATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WAS MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR CHANDLER.
UM, WE SAW A SPEAKER TALK A A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK IT'S RELATED TO THAT, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAS VERY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT AND IT WAS A, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT COMMITTEE TO BE ON AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE CAN BRING RIGHT BACK HERE TO CHANDLER.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS, AS I THINK SOME OF US UP HERE KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF BEING AN EMPTY NESTER, YOU START LOOKING BACK.
AND SOME OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES ARE FROM CHANDLER NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE.
SO THEY HAVE THEIR OPENING DAY THIS SATURDAY.
SO I'LL BE GOING OUT TO SORT OF SPEAK AND WELCOME THEM ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER ALL THE WAY FROM THE TODDLERS ON UP.
SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE SOME FUN, THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT BIG EVENT OUT AT SNEER PARK.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE INVITED TO GO OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL LET ME THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH, BUT I CAN TRY
AND WANT TO JUST TELL THEM PLAY BALL, HAVE A GREAT SEASON.
I THINK I DID THROW A STRIKE MY LAST TIME OUT THERE.
OH, LAYING THE CHALLENGE DOWN.
RIGHT? I'M WAITING TO THROW THE OPENING BALL TO SOMETHING.
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OKAY.ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING COUNCIL AGAIN.
WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, RESUME RESUMPTION OF OUR WORK SESSIONS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.