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UH,IT'S FUN TO SEE YOU GUYS JUMP, ACTUALLY.
WELCOME TO THE, UH, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 18TH.
UH, CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? MAYOR HARTKE.
OUR, OUR INVOCATION WOULD NORMALLY BE LED BY PASTOR SCOTT SMITH.
SO I'VE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IF SHE COULD LEAD US IN THAT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE STAND WITH ME AND BOW YOUR HEAD AS I PRAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS FORUM RIGHT NOW AS WE ASK YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO TEACH AND TO OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
FATHER, YOU HAVE PROMISE IN YOUR WORD THAT, THAT YOU WILL TEACH US ALTING AND WISDOM.
IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, WE CAN ASK FOR IT AND YOU WILL GIVE IT TO US FREELY RIGHT NOW.
WE ASK FOR THE WISDOM OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DECIPHER THIS EVENING.
LET OUR EYES BE FIXED ON YOU, GOD, AS YOU LEAD US IN THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE YOU SAY YOUR WAY IS HIGHER THAN OUR WAY.
AND LET YOUR WORD BE OUR LAND TO OUR FEET AND ALSO TO OUR PATH.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALL THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, WHICH STANDS NATION, ONE NATION ON THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT DONOR AGENDA IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE VICE MAYOR TO COME UP FRONT WITH ME.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR GLASSES? SO FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS SERVICE RECOGNITIONS, CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE TWO EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
AND FOR THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, SAN DEIA.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR FIRST SERVICE RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANAN OVER TO THE FRONT PLEASE.
IN CONTINUING WITH THE LAST TRADIT, UH, LAST RECOGNITION, I'M GONNA TRY TO START A NEW TRADITION IN CITING AN ODE TO AN AN STARTED AS A CONTRACTOR IN 2007.
THEN HE CONVERTED TO A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE IN 2009, AT WHICH TIME IT TEAM WAS IN HEAVEN.
HIS FIRST POSITION WAS A DEVELOPER, BUT EVENTUALLY HE WAS PROMOTED TO A MANAGER.
OKAY, NOW I WANT EVERYBODY TO GROAN WITH ME AT THIS ONE.
HE MANAGED LOTUS NOTES, THEN HE HELPED THE CITY GET ON THE MICROSOFT O 365 VOTE, ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT, THE HR PORTAL AND RISK MASTER.
THREE OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR WHICH HE IS THE GRANDMASTER.
YOU KNOW, THE TRUST PORTAL THAT WAS SOMETHING CREATED BY THE SPIRITUAL HUMBLE MORTAL HERE WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE AND TWO SONS IN THE AUDIENCE TO CELEBRATE.
AN AMAZING GENTLEMAN, A COOK, A SINGER, AND A HUMOROUS VISIONARY.
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR SECOND AND FINAL RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR KEVIN MAYO.
CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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TO INVITE DAVID ELLA TORE UP TO CELEBRATE THIS QUARTER CENTURY 25 YEARS.SO DAVID JOINED THE CITY, UH, CHANDLER IN MARCH OF 1999, BEFORE Y 2K AS A PLANNER.
ONE WHERE HE PROCESSED COUNTLESS USE PERMITS, PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ZONING APPLICATIONS BECAME EVIDENT THAT HIS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY OF GIS SYSTEMS WAS A VALUABLE SKILL.
AND MANY DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT DAVID ACTUALLY HELPED CREATE THE LAND USE DATABASE LAYER IN GIS, WHICH WE STILL USE TODAY.
2005 FOUND DAVID PROMOTED TO PLANNER TWO AS WELL AS THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN COORDINATOR, WHERE DAVID CALCULATED CHANDLER'S BUILD OUT PROJECTIONS, MONTHLY POPULATION ESTIMATES, PROJECTIONS, AND MAINTAINED NUMEROUS OTHER DATABASES ALL RELATED TO LAND USE.
IN 2008, DAVID BECAME PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
HE TOOK THE LEAD ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESS PROCESS OF NOT ONE, BUT TWO STATE STATUTE REQUIRED GENERAL PLAN UPDATES IN 2008 AND IN 2016.
AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, DAVID'S TEAM WILL BE STARTING UP.
THE NEXT GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UH, IN LATE SPRING OF THIS YEAR, IN AUGUST OF 2018, DAVID BECAME PLANNING MANAGER, BASICALLY MY RIGHT HAND MAN, UH, WHERE HE OVERSEES THE DAY-TO-DAY CURRENT AND LONGRIDGE PLAN EFFORTS, UH, FOR ALL OF CHANDLER OUTSIDE OF WORK.
DAVID'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, LIZ FOR 23 YEARS.
TOGETHER THEY HAVE SIX CHILDREN, SO OBVIOUSLY HE HAS LOTS AND LOTS OF FREE TIME.
UH, FIVE OF THEM, UH, AND LIZ ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
SO DAVID, THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO SEE THE CHANDLER.
MAYBE 25 YEARS MORE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.
THANK YOU DAVID, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION HAS TO DO WITH RED CROSS MONTH.
IF I COULD HAVE, UH, GEORGIE DUNES, LET'S HAVE NOT GEORGIE DONE
WHEREAS DURING AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH IN MARCH, WE RECOGNIZE THE COMPASSION OF PEOPLE IN CHANDLER AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
AND WHEREAS TODAY, KINDHEARTED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY EXEMPLIFY THIS COMMITMENT AS THEY STEP UP TO PROVIDE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH THEIR VOLUNTARY AND SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS, THEY MAKE A LIFESAVING DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S DARKEST HOURS, WHETHER IT'S DELIVERING SHELTER FOOD COMFORT DURING DISASTERS, PROVIDING CRITICAL BLOOD DONATIONS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND SUPPORTING MILITARY MEMBERS.
AND WHEREAS WE HEREBY RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH OF MARCH IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO LEAD WITH THEIR HEARTS TO SERVE PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND WE ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN IN THIS COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARKEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH, 2024 AS RED CROSS MONTH.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I'D BE HAPPY TO.
I AM ON THE BOARD FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
I JUST RECENTLY JOINED IN 2016.
I STARTED WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AS A CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
BEFORE THAT, I THOUGHT THE RED CROSS WAS SIMPLY DONATING BLOOD.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WERE SO MANY LINES OF ALLEVIATING HUMAN SUFFERING THAT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DOES.
IT IS THE OLDEST NONPROFIT IN THE WORLD.
IT IS INTERNATIONAL, AND YOU MAY HEAR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HERE ON OUR SHORES, BUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, IT'S KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL, UM, COMMITTEE OF CRESCENT SOCIETIES.
HENRY DO NOT STARTED THIS ALONG WITH, UM, MAJOR LEADERSHIP IN OUR OWN COUNTRY BACK IN 1888.
AMERICAN RED CROSS IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF.
I WAS PROUD TO WORK THERE AND I'M EVEN MORE PROUD TO BE ON THE BOARD.
ONE MORE, EVERYBODY IN THE BACK.
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OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.AND IF RACHEL KAZAK AND SUE VAN HORN COULD COME UP, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE, WE READ THIS, I WAS IN DC AT THIS MUSEUM CALLED PLANET WORD, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HAD TURNED BEYOND.
AND THERE WAS THIS QUOTE I WANNA READ TO LIBRARIANS.
IF LIBRARIANS WERE HONEST, THEY WOULDN'T SMILE OR ACT WELCOMING.
THEY WOULD SAY, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL HERE, BE MONSTERS.
THEY WOULD SAY THESE ROOMS, HOUSE HEATHENS AND HERETICS AND MURDERERS AND MANIACS, DILUTED, DESPERATE, AND DISSOLUTE.
IF LIBRARIES, IF LIBRARIANS WERE HONEST, THEY WOULD SAY, NOBODY SPENDS TIME HERE WITHOUT BEING CHANGED.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST GO HOME WHILE YOU CAN'T
THE THE POWER OF READING AND THE POWER OF LIBRARIES.
WHEREAS LIBRARIES SERVES AS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SPACE TO ENGAGE IN LIFELONG LEARNING, COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT AND CONNECTION.
AND WHEREAS THESE RESOURCES CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING INCLUSIVE PLACES THAT WELCOME PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, CULTURES, WALKS OF LIFE.
AND WHEREAS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS A LONG SERVED, HAS LONG SERVED AS AN A TRUSTED INSTITUTION AT THE HEART OF OUR CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOL CAMPUSES LEADING IN INNOVATION, PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING, AND ACCESS FOR STATE OFTHE ART CREATOR EQUIPMENT, IN WHEREAS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LIBRARIANS LOOK BEYOND THEIR TRADITIONAL ROLES PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, WHILE THOUGHTFULLY DEVELOPING COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT EXPLORE THE DIVERSITY OF OUR EVER CHANGING SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS AMERICA IS CELEBRATING NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK TO RECOGNIZE THE FAR REACHING IMPACT OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS, INCLUDING NATIONAL LIBRARY GIVING DAY ON APRIL THE THIRD, ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I
WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU.
YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE NEWS A LITTLE BIT MORE LATELY THAN WE MIGHT NORMALLY BE, AND, UM, YOU JUST WON'T FIND A GROUP OF PEOPLE MORE DEDICATED TO WHAT THEY DO.
AND TARA LIN IS HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR FRIENDS GROUP WHO DONATES COUNTLESS HOURS, TIME, MONEY, AND EVERYTHING TO HELP SUPPORT PROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY.
AND SO TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER, IF YOU HAVE NOT COME INTO OUR DOORS RECENTLY, PLEASE COME VISIT US AND GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
WHY DON'T WE MOVE THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT.
I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO SHOW.
NO, YOU'RE JUST THANK YOU ALL.
AND OUR LAST PROCLAMATION IS EARTH DAY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS ENRICHED BY ITS GREEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURES, WHICH ENHANCES THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE, WHILE PROVIDING SPACE FOR ESSENTIAL HABITAT, FOSTERING GROWTH FOR LOCAL FLORAL AND FAUNA.
AND WHEREAS CHANDLER AND HIS CITIZENS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SHARING A DEEP COMMITMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND INSPIRE
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COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD THE PLANET OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS ADOPTED STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE IMPACTS, CONSERVE WATER AND ENERGY, REDUCE WASTE, PRESERVE OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY, AND PURSUE RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES.
AND WHEREAS EARTH DAY IS AN ANNUAL CALL TO ACTION, UNITING COMMUNITIES LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS TO ENHANCE CLIMATE LITERACY AND CONTINUE OUR DEDICATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER URGES ALL MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND RENEW OF OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION IN CHANDLER.
NOW THEREFORE, I ON BEHALF OF MAYOR KEVIN HARKEY, WHO IS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU,
UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING EARTH DAY.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS DEREK GERST AND I'M THE SUPERVISOR DOWN AT THE CHANDLER NATURE CENTER AT VETERANS OASIS PARK.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, MENTION THAT YOU SHOULD COME CHECK OUT THE PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT, UH, ON DISPLAY, UH, AT THE, UH, LOBBY OF THE NATURE CENTER SO YOU CAN COME CHECK IT OUT.
UM, NEXT WEEKEND WE HAVE A SORT OF A PRECLUDING EVENT TO EARTH DAY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT LAND CONSERVATION, UH, WILDLIFE PROTECTION.
SO YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY COME CHECK THAT OUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR EARTH DAY CELEBRATION IS GONNA BE, UH, APRIL 20TH, SATURDAY, OH, I'M SORRY, NATURE AT NIGHT TO BE THERE.
THAT'S SIX TO NINE, BUT, UM, EARTH DAY IS GONNA BE NINE TO NOON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE, UH, CELEBRATION FOR EARTH DAY.
UM, BOTH EVENTS ARE GONNA BE REALLY FUN.
WE GOT VENDORS, EXHIBITORS, ALL SUPPORTING PLANET EARTH.
AND, UH, LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M SO GLAD TO BE, UH, EMPLOYEE OF CHANDLER, WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY.
WE TRULY DO WITHIN ALL OUR DIVISIONS AND ALL OF OUR, UH, DEPARTMENTS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND, UH, SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS.
ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING, WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM AND, UH, NOBODY CALLED THAT IN, WHICH ARE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, MEETING.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MARCH 18TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY POSSIBLE REASONS FOR RECUSALS.
UH, COUNCIL THAT THEN, UH, ENDS OUR REGULAR MEETING.
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WELCOME TO OUR STUDY SESSION CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? MAYOR HARTKE.[ 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.]
ITEM.I DID MOVE THE, UH, THE QUICKTRIP ITEM TO ACTION, BUT ONLY ONE ITEM HAS BEEN CALLED IN AS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS REQUESTING A SHORT PRESENTATION.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITY MANAGEMENT.
IT'S AN HONOR TO CONTINUE THE THEME OF EARTH DAY AND TALKING ABOUT THIS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS WEEK IS THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 57 81, APPROVING THAT THE CITY ENTER INTO A SUBRECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS TO PA FOR PASS THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $767,000 UNDER THE, UH, INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
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THE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM RECEIVED A HISTORIC $1.5 BILLION TO SUPPORT URBAN TREE PLANTING, URBAN FORESTRY PLANTING AND MANAGEMENT, AND THE RELATED ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.ONLY 46% OF THE GRANT RECIPIENTS, UH, WERE SELECTED, UH, FROM THE FOREST SERVICE.
CHANDLER'S WAS ONE OF 842 APPLICANTS FROM ENTITIES WORKING TO INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TREES IN NATURE AND THE BENEFITS THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR COOLING THE CITY STREETS, IMPROVING THE AIR QUALITY AND PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDES PLANTING TREES AND IRRIGATION INSTALLATION TO ADDRESS EXTREME HEAT.
YES, IT GETS HOT HERE AND HEALTH ISSUES FROM THE LACK OF TREE CANOPY IN IN OUR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AS IDENTIFIED BY THE CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL OR CJ.
UH, THIS SCREENING TOOL IDENTIFIES DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT ARE UNDERSERVED AND OVERBURDENED BY A MYRIAD OF ISSUES, INCLUDING POLLUTION, ENERGY COSTS, HEALTH RELATED IMPACTS, HOUSING ISSUES, TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES, AND EVEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BURDENS.
THE GRANT TIME FOR TIMEFRAME WILL END JUNE 30TH, 2028 AND IT IS 100%, UH, REIMBURSABLE, SO NO MATCH FOR THERE FROM OUR LOCAL CITY DOLLARS.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES PUBLIC EDUCATION ON TREES INVO INVOLVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST WITH TREE PLANTING, DISCUSSING THE BENEFITS OF TREES AND THE PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF OUR TREES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
A KEY PARTNER IN THIS WITH US IS THESE CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP PLANT TREES AND THE POTENTIAL TO PLANT ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WITHIN THE DEFINED AREA OF THE C JS TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
WE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN PLANT NEARLY 700 TREES ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 11 OF OUR PUBLIC PARKS AND PROPERTIES.
CONTRACTORS WILL BE SELECTED VIA RFP TO PROCESS AND PERFORM IRRIGATION, INSTALLS, MAINTENANCE AND PURCHASE OF PURCHASE OF THE TREES, AND ASSIST WITH OTHER LABOR ITEMS. AND, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THIS STARTING AS EARLY AS THE FALL OF THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE THE TEAM OF OUR CAPA GROUP AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, UH, FOLKS.
WE'LL PROVIDE THE LEAD IN INFORMING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROJECT.
WE PLAN TO LEVERAGE THEIR PRODUCTION AND DESIGN OF NEWSLETTERS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESS RELEASES, SPEECHES, VIDEOS, WEBSITES, ET CETERA, TO GET THE WORD OUT AND TO BROADEN THE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I CERTAINLY WANNA RECOGNIZE RYAN MCCARTHY, OUR, UH, URBAN FORESTER FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
KERRY WILLIAMS, THE CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL, FFA, UH, DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS OUR GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, ROSALYN SLEEP FOR ALL OF HER HELP AND SUPPORT WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION IN REVIEW PRIOR TO, UM, THE GRANT BEING RECEIVED.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE GETTING A LOT ON RETURN ON OUR DOLLARS BY INVESTING, UH, WITH THIS NEW FORESTER THAT WE HAVE JUST EMPLOYED.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE WAS FORWARD THINKING INTO DOING THIS, UH, GRANT FOR US.
AND AS YOU EXPLAINED, IT'S GOING TO DO SO MUCH GOOD FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHENIN.
APPRECIATE YOU DOING, UH, THIS AND GIVING US SUCH A THOROUGH EVERY QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
YOU ALREADY ANSWERED TIMING WHAT WE WERE GOING, I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING WAY AHEAD, WHATEVER WE ARE GONNA DO AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO APPLY THE MONEY AND, AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED INTO THEM AND, UH, THE PLANTING OF THE TREES.
YOU ALREADY ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, SO I'M GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT.
HEY, DO YOU THINK WE COULD TIE THIS IN WITH THE FOUR PARKS, UH, INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHERE WE CAN MAYBE HAVE THE COMMUNITY TAKE PART? I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE CONTRACTORS DOING MOST OF IT, BUT YES.
THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES.
IT, IT FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH ALL OF THE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SPOKE OF, OF RYAN'S WORK THAT HE'S ALREADY DONE.
HE'S ALREADY HAD STUDENTS OUT IN THE FIELD AND PLANTING.
WE DID A NUMBER OF TREES OVER AT TIMNEY.
THIS FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH YOUR VISION OF, FOR OUR PARKS AND INSPIRATION ALONG THAT LINE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, JOHN.
AS THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM CALLED IN.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR STUDY SESSION COUNCIL.
WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER BUDGET SESSION AT THURSDAY AT 4:00 PM WITH A COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON THESE 31 CONSENT AGENDAS AS WELL AS THE ONE ACTION ITEM.
WITH THAT, WE'LL SEE YOU THURSDAY.