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HOW TO GATHER.HEY, WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CITY
[ Call to Order]
COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 4TH.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL.
UH, IS PASTOR PRESTON DOBBINS HERE? YES.
HE'S GOING TO LEAD OUR INDICATION FOLLOWED BY VICE MAYOR HARRIS WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WELL, UM, YEAH, FIRST OFF, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BE HERE.
AS I WAS, UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT TONIGHT, A COUPLE OF SCRIPTURES CAME TO MIND THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, AND THEN SAY A QUICK PRAYER.
UM, FIRST TIMOTHY TWO, ONE THROUGH THREE SAYS, I URGE THEN FIRST OF ALL, THAT PETITIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSION, AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE, FOR KINGS AND ALL THOSE IN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LIVE PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIVES IN ALL GODLINESS AND HOLINESS.
THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD, OUR SAVIOR.
AND JAMES ONE FIVE SAYS, IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, YOU SHOULD ASK GOD WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FAULT FINDING, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
SO, UH, FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN HERE, THESE, UM, SERVANTS OF YOU, GOD, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY YOU.
THAT PROMOTION DOES NOT COME FROM THE EAST, THE WEST, THE NORTH OR SOUTH, BUT YOU PLACE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OVERALL POPULACE.
AND I JUST ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT WOULD BE HERE, YOUR WISDOM WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT, AND THAT YOU WOULD IN INCREASE THESE SERVANTS IN THE WISDOM AND STATURE OF GOD.
PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WISHES STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, PASTOR, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WITH YOUR CHURCH.
[5. Final Adoption of Ordinance No. 5086, Historic Preservation District, PLH23-0066 Silk Stocking Historic Preservation District, Generally Located East of the Northeast Corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard Move City Council adopt Ordinance No. 5086, PLH23-0066 Silk Stocking, establishing a Historic Preservation District zoning overlay subject to the conditions as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission. Council Focus Area(s):]
DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.SO, UM, BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, UH, MELISSA ESH.
MELISSA, MELISSA FROM FACEBOOK,
MELISSA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.
MY NAME IS MELISSA LEDGE, LIKE LOLLIPOP.
AND, UH, I AM FROM THE SILK STOCKING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UH, THAT'LL BE AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, I THINK, ON YOUR LIST.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE, UM, TONIGHT TO GIVE THANKS REALLY TO ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN GETTING US HERE TONIGHT.
STARTED BY, UM, UH, DOROTHY ROFF AND MARY LOU PERKINS.
UH, TWO LADIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED THIS PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO AND GOT THIS DONE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, I WANNA SAY 10, MAYBE 10 YEARS BACK.
AND THEN THEY WANTED TO PURSUE IT LOCALLY, AND OF COURSE, THE COMMISSION WAS FORMED, I WANNA SAY 2021.
SO, UM, WHILE THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE NEEDED TO SATISFY A CRITERIA OF SO MANY, UM, A PERCENTAGE OF SO MANY, UH, VOTES OR SIGNATURES WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED THAT, UH, THE END OF LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, TO START THIS PROCESS ROLLING.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE EARLY SUPPORTERS, UM, UH, WAS, UH, OF COURSE MATT ORLANDO.
UH, HE WAS AT, YOU KNOW, AT THOSE MEETINGS IN OUR HOMES IN DOROTHY'S HOUSE, AS WAS AS WAS, UH, MARTIN SEPULVEDA, WHO I BELIEVE IS A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S OTHER GALS IN, IN, UM, OUR GROUP, MAINLY ON WASHINGTON STREET, WHO BY THE WAY, WOULDN'T BE HERE LIKE THEY WERE LAST MONTH, EXCEPT WE SOMEHOW THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING.
AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE ACTUALLY, UNLESS, UM, ALYSSA CALLED ME THIS MORNING,
I'M LIKE, WHAT? SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THE ONE WHO NEEDS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF NOTICE.
THEY, OF COURSE, NEEDED ADVANCED NOTICE, SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT OR THEY'D BE HERE AS WELL.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN, WE'VE ALL, AS A GROUP WORKED TOGETHER AND THEY'VE BEEN INTEGRAL IN COLLECTING DATA, KEEPING SPREADSHEETS, THINGS THAT I,
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I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE TO DO.UH, I WAS THE DOOR KNOCKER PERSON.
SO ANYWAY, WE FINALLY GOT IT DONE.
AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
CITY COUNCIL'S ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE FROM DAY ONE.
UH, WE'D SURE MISS DEREK HORN AROUND HERE AND, UH, CATHERINE FLORES, HIS ASSISTANT WAS INSTRUMENTAL TOO, MAN, WHEN WE NEEDED A NOTARIZED SIGNATURE, SHE'D BE THERE LIKE, BAM, EVEN ON A SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, AND TOWARDS THE END IT GOT TO BE THAT WAY TOO.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE IN THIS POSITION, UM, AND WE HOPE WE CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANNEXING IN THE REST OF THE HOMES THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED INITIALLY TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
BUT THAT'LL BE LIKE PART OF STEP TWO AS WE'LL, YOU KNOW, FINALLY GETTING TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA BE LIKE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND I, I BELIEVE MARY LOU SAID SHE'D BE WATCHING ON TV.
MAYOR MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS AND FULL DISCLOSURE, I ONLY WENT BECAUSE, UH, DOROTHY WAS BAKING THAT NIGHT.
ALRIGHT, SO, AND APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THE ENFORCER.
YOU USED A VERY GENTLE WORD OF KNOCKING ON DOOR.
[ 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 April 4, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 23.]
MOTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS SEVERAL, MANY OF THESE ITEMS ON MONDAY.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONCERT AGENDA OF APRIL 4TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETINGS AND ITEMS ONE TO 23 AT THIS TIME.
SECOND, WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR HARRIS.
UM, ANY RECUSALS? ANY OTHER ITEMS? SEEING NONE, COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.
[10. Unscheduled Public Appearances]
CARD FOR UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.AND THIS IS, UH, JENNY VITALI.
HI, JENNY, IF YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND, UH, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES BECAUSE THIS IS UNSCHEDULED, WE CANNOT ENGAGE WITH YOU, BUT WE'LL LISTEN TO YOU AND STAFF CAN RESPOND.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JENNY VITALE.
I RESIDE AT 3 3 2 1 NORTH NEBRASKA STREET.
THAT'S THE SUBDIVISION UP OFF OF ALMA SCHOOL IN ELLIOT.
GOT A DOOR KNOCKER THE OTHER DAY SAYING UBIQUITI IS COMING IN WITH FIBER OPTIC CABLE, GET READY TO MOVE YOUR CARS AND GET READY FOR SOME, SOME FIBER OPTIC ACTION.
BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTIC COMING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T WANNA STIFLE ENTERPRISE, I DON'T WANNA STIFLE OUR, OUR PATH FORWARD, AND I DON'T WANNA STIFLE OUR CAPITALISTIC MARKET, BUT WHAT I'M FINDING OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS IS THAT WE EFFECTIVELY HAVE WHAT I WILL CONSIDER A GOLD RUSH.
EVERY TOM, DICK AND HARRY IS NOW A TELECOMMUNICATION FIBER OPTIC EXPERT THAT WANTS TO GET INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THE OTHER GUY DOES, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY HAS TO PIGGYBACK ON THEIR LINE.
THEY'RE ALSO SELLING ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ON MICRO TRENCHING.
MICRO TRENCHING IS AN APPLICATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DIG SOMETHING TWO TO FOUR INCHES WIDE BY ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES DEEP, MAKING A LITTLE ITTY BITTY TRENCH SO THEY CAN LAY THEIR FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND THEN BACKFILL ON TOP OF THAT.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING WITH PROJECT ENGINEER AT BOTH THE CITY AND FOR UBIQUITI AS WELL AS THE PRODUCT REP FOR UBIQUITY THAT THEY SPENT ABOUT NINE MONTHS GETTING, UH, A DETAIL APPROVED, UH, THROUGH THE CITY OF CHANDLER BECAUSE THERE IS NO MEG SPECIFICATION FOR IT.
THERE IS ALSO NO SUPPLEMENT THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS AS FAR AS AS A DETAIL FOR A MICRO TRENCH.
SO THEY CAME UP WITH A BRIGHT IDEA OF DOING A, A ONE SACK SLURRY BACKFILL IN THE HOPES THAT IT WON'T COMPRESS OR DEPRESS, AND THAT IT WILL STILL ALLOW THE PAVEMENT TO FLEX WHEN IT'S HOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MICRO TRENCHING AND THERE'S REASONS THAT THE BIG PLAYERS LIKE AT T AND SOME OF THE OTHERS DON'T USE IT.
YOU CAN'T GET A TIGHT SEAL AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE EDGE OF THE ROAD, WHICH IS WHERE THEY PUT THIS MICRO TRENCH.
THEY TRY AND SQUEEZE IT RIGHT IN THE GUTTER LINE THERE.
YOU ALSO GET DEFLECTION EVERY TIME THE TIRES DRIVE OVER IT.
UM, WHEN THEY'RE ONLY PUTTING THINGS 18 INCHES DOWN.
GUESS WHAT, WHEN WE DRIVE OVER IT, WHEN THE RECYCLE BIN GUY DRIVES OVER IT, WHEN THE AMAZON DELIVERY GUY DRIVES OVER IT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DEPRESSION THERE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT DO? THAT DEGRADATES OUR ROADS AT A FASTER RATE, RIGHT AT THAT INTERFACE.
WHAT DID CITY OF CHANDLER DO IN 2018? SPENT A GIGGLES WORTH OF MONEY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, REPAVING ALL THESE ROADS.
WHAT IS CITY OF CHANDLER IN THE PROCESS OF DOING RIGHT NOW? CONDITIONING, SPENDING GIGGLES OF MONEY CONDITIONING ALL THE ROADS.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOT CONDITIONED THREE WEEKS AGO, AND NOW UBIQUITOUSLY WANTS TO COME IN SIX YEARS AFTER PAVING, THREE WEEKS AFTER CONDITIONING AND TEAR UP THE ROAD FOR MICRO-TRENCHING.
I ACTUALLY, AND I, AND I CREDIT YOUR ENGINEERS, I
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WENT DOWN TWO DAYS AGO AND SAID, YOU NEED TO PUT A STOP TO THIS PERMIT.THESE, ALL OF THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF CHANDLER HAVE PLATTED ALLEYWAYS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR DRY UTILITIES.
THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THE CABLE.
AND IF A NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENS TO HAVE GAS THERE FOR THAT TOO, THE ROADWAYS HAVE THE WET UTILITIES.
WHEN I TALK TO THE PROJECT ENGINEER THAT UBIQUITOUS USED, WHEN I TALK TO THE PRODUCT REP AND THE PRODUCT REP SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A POLITICAL LOBBYIST.
HE'S VERY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES AS FAR AS SEMANTICS AND SCHMOOZING AND BEING VERY POLITE ON THE PHONE.
BUT WHEN I POINTED OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T BOTHER BLUE STAKING THE ALLEYS TO ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE UTILITIES WERE AND THE GUY ADMITTED THAT THE OTHER UTILITIES WERE NOT VERY FORTHCOMING WITH THEIR AS-BUILTS BECAUSE THEIR COMPETITION.
COX AND CITYLINK DON'T WANNA PROVIDE THEIR AS-BUILTS.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE BECAUSE YOU GUYS APPROVE THE MICRO TRENCHING AND I'VE ASKED THE PROJECT EVERYWHERE TO BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THEY FIND A WAY TO DESIGN IT, TO PUT IT IN THE ALLEYS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GUYS ON ROADS AND LETTING THIS FREE FOR ALL WILD WEST COME IN AND TEAR UP OUR BRAND NEW ROADS.
NOW WE NEED TO BE FIDUCIARY, WE NEED TO BE FIDUCIARIES, WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE TAX DOLLARS.
THANKS FOR FOR THE DISCUSSION AND BRINGING THAT UP.
UH, JOSH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, C CAN I GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MICRO TRENCHING BECAUSE IT SEEMS IMPORTANT AND CAN WE GET HER A COMMISSIONS, UH, APPLICATION? 'CAUSE UH, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.
THANK MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MS. VITAL, SHE MENTIONED DID COME VISIT OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY, AND WE ARE RESEARCHING THE, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED AS WELL AS WORKING WITH UBIQUITY ON THE ALLEY QUESTION THAT CAME UP.
UM, CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU JUST FOLLOW UP WITH OUR, OUR CONSTITUENT AS WELL JUST TO HAVE ANY FURTHER CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON WHAT SHE'S DISCUSSING AND, AND, UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.
UH, JOSH, I, AGAIN, YOU COULD GET BACK WITH US.
I SAY, OKAY, I HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE, BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND I THOUGHT WE WERE NOT MOVING FORWARD YET, SO I NEED TO, WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT LOOP.
BUT AGAIN, WITHOUT THE DISCUSSION, UH, COUNCILOR MUR THAT I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT, UH, COMPANIES WITH TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRENCHING, I THINK MAY WHAT WE WERE REFERRING TO.
SO WE'LL GET YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION.
[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS CURRENT EVENTS AND I WILL START, UM, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS WEEK THAT THE TRADER JOE'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS OUT THERE AND, UH, EXCITING NEWS THAT AFTER 25 YEARS, CHANDLER'S GONNA BE GETTING A TRADER JOE'S.I LOVE THE VIDEO WITH, UH, KEVIN MAYO ON THERE TALKING ABOUT, THIS WAS HIS VERY FIRST ITEM WHEN HE, WHEN HE CAME AS AN INTERN TO CHANDLER AND, AND WAS TASKED TO DO THIS.
I, I THINK IT'S, WE, WE'VE HEARD FOR A LONG TIME OUR COMMUNITY'S MESSAGES LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THIS WAS THE NUMBER ONE BUSINESS THAT OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WANTED TO SEE COME TO CHANDLER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
THIS IS AT THE, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ACA AND ARIZONA AVENUE.
AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM TIME, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THIS FALL IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHO HAVE WORKED HARD TO FULFILL THIS WISHLIST BUCKET LIST ITEM AND BRING THIS MUCH DESIRED BUSINESS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SECONDLY, I DO WANNA INVITE YOU TO A COUPLE OF EVENTS THIS SATURDAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING, STARTING AT 7:30 AM THE 16TH ANNUAL CHANDLER FAMILY BIKE RIDE KICKS OFF AT THE CHANDLER PARK AND RIDE WITH A BIKE SHOW.
OUR GUIDED 7.4 MILE RIDE ALONG THE PASEO CANAL BEGINS AT 8:30 AM WE'RE HEADING SOUTH THIS YEAR RATHER THAN NORTH, AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND THERE WILL BE KONA ICE AT THE BEGINNING OR AT THE END, BACK AT TUMBLEWEED PARK.
THIS YEAR'S THEME IS PEDDLING THROUGH THE TIME AND PARTICIPANTS ARE INVITED TO DRESS THEMSELVES AND DECORATE THEIR BICYCLES IN THE ICONIC STYLES OF THEIR FAVORITE DECADE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME CREATIVELY DRESSED COSTUMES AND BICYCLES AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
SO REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE BIKE RIDE IN THE EAST VALLEY THAT EVENING AS WELL.
LATE AFTERNOON IS THE ANNUAL EAST VALLEY RELAY FOR LIFE.
IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT PERRY
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HIGH SCHOOL.CHANDLER GILBERT AND MESA WILL BE COMING TOGETHER AS THEY HAVE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UH, AT THREE O'CLOCK THERE IS A, A KICKOFF AND A CEREMONY AROUND THAT.
AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, THERE IS A CEREMONY FOR THE, UM, FOR THE SURVIVORS OR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, EITHER SURVIVING CANCER OR OR TO, UH, REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.
SO I INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY AT THIS EVENT TO CELEBRATE THOSE WHO ARE STILL BATTLING CANCER AND TO COME ALONGSIDE OF THEM AND TO REMEMBER LOST LOVED ONES AND TO TAKE ACTION TO SAVE LIVES.
THIRDLY, UM, LIKE TO TALK ABOUT RANKED ARIZONA CHANDLER, OR RANKING CH ARIZONA CHANDLER'S RANKING, WE HAVE BEEN RATED THE THE BEST CITY IN ARIZONA TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY BY RANKING ARIZONA.
AND WE'RE HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO OUR CITY STAFF, OUR BUSINESSES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING CHANDLER THE SUCCESS STORY THAT WE ARE TODAY.
I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO RECOGNIZE CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO WAS NAMED AS THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ARIZONA.
AS WELL AS WE KNOW, A STRONG CITY IS FORGED BY STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS, AND THIS COULD NOT BE MADE CLEARER IN CHANDLER THROUGH THESE ACCOLADES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CITY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.
UM, I WANNA SHARE THE SUCCESSFUL EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEK AND HONORING, UH, CESAR CHAVEZ.
UM, A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR DEI AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES TEAM FOR PUTTING THESE EVENTS TOGETHER.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL, UM, WE BROUGHT IN THE GRANDSON OF CESAR CHAVEZ, UH, WHICH IS ANDRES CHAVEZ TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY AND THE WORK THAT HIS GRANDFATHER HAD RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO HIT ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN, UH, FROM STUDENTS AT FRY AND SAN MARCOS ELEMENTARY, GETTING A PRESENTATION IN ART CREATION AND OVER 400 BOOKS DISTRIBUTED TO THE STUDENTS.
OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY HOSTED AN UNTOLD STORIES, UH, BREAKFAST THAT BROUGHT RESIDENTS OUT TO SHARE THEIR STORIES OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND REUNITE.
UM, ALSO OUR TEAM CHANDLER STAFF GOT A ONE-ON-ONE VISIT WITH MR. CHAVEZ HIMSELF HERE IN OUR CHAMBERS.
AND FINALLY, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS PULLED TOGETHER FOR A GUARDIAN RESTORATION HERE IN DOWNTOWN A MARCH, AND AN EVENT WITH OUR CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HERE AT OUR COUNCIL CHAMBER COURTYARD ON SATURDAYS.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR FOR REPRESENTING OUR COUNCIL THERE.
UM, OUR CITY CAUSED A LOT OF BUZZES, UH, WEEKEND THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE HAD VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THIS, RADIO STATIONS AND EVEN THE GOVERNOR'S ATTENTION WHO PRESENTED MR. CHAVEZ WITH A STATE PROCLAMATION, UM, AS WELL IN TUCSON.
OVERALL, IT WAS A GREAT WAY, UH, FOR OUR CITY TO HONOR THE LAY ACTIVISTS AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HERE IN CHANDLER.
AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR STAFF THAT PUT SOME AMAZING EVENTS ON, UM, TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN AND LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR'S EVENTS.
UH, THE MAYOR HIGHLIGHTED SOME EXCITING EVENTS HAPPENING IN CHANDLER THIS SATURDAY, AND I HAVE ONE MORE WE NEED TO MENTION, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR TEAMS THIS WEEKEND.
UH, FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AT THE CHANDLER INNOVATION CENTER.
THE TEAMS IN CHANDLER CAN PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP AND TRAINING SESSIONS, YOUTH LED PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND ENGAGE IN POLITICAL PROFESSIONAL PANELS DISCUSSIONS.
POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IS VERY IMPORTANT HERE IN CHANDLER TO US, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE JOINING MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS EVENT ON SATURDAY TO HELP PASS ON A PASSION FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
NEXT MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIELD OF HOPE EVENT AT CONS STUDY.
LAST MONDAY EVENING, WE DECLARED APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
EVERY YEAR THE EXCHANGE CLUB, WHICH I'M A MEMBER OF, ORGANIZED A BEAUTIFUL, MEMORABLE FEEL OF HOPE IN DR.
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE CHILDREN WE HAVE LOST DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN ARIZONA.
AND SO THIS COMING SUNDAY, IT'S GOING TO BE ON, NOT THIS SUNDAY, NEXT SUNDAY ON APRIL 14TH AT 6:00 PM THEY WILL BE HOSTING A CANDLELIGHT DEDICATION CEREMONY, WHICH KICKOFFS OF A WEEK LONG TRIBUTE FOR THOSE CHILDREN.
I INVITE EVERYONE TO COME OUT TO THE DEDICATION OR TO STOP BY DURING THE WEEK LONG MEMORIAL, WHICH WRAP UP ON APRIL 19.
LAST AND NOT BUT LEAST JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH.
IT'S EVENT THIS WEEKEND, IT'S JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH IN CHANDLER, WHICH MEANS THE CITY CALENDAR IS FILLED WITH SPECIAL ACTIVITY.
AND I KNOW THAT CAM MOER IS ALL UP DURING THAT THIS WEEKEND FROM THE CHANDLER JAZZ FESTIVAL TO JAZZ PROGRAMMING AT OUR LIBRARIES.
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THE CHANDLER JAZZ FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND IN DOWNTOWN CHANDLER WITH AN IMPRESSIVE TALENT LINEUP AND 40 HOURS OF LIVE PERFORMANCES.IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT DOWNTOWN THIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE A YOUNG ARTIST SHOWCASE AND JAZZ ON THE MOVE SERIES, SO YOU CAN GET YOUR MUSIC FIXED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH.
WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE LOCAL ARTISTS FOR YOU AND SO MUCH TALENT THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A, OH, THERE WE GO.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE ON MONDAY.
UH, A LONG TIME, DEAR FRIEND, UH, PASSED AWAY, UM, LIVED IN MICHIGAN.
HIS NAME WAS, UH, JOHN FLOWERS JR.
AND THE THE PREACHER PREACHED JOHN FLOWERS JR.
THIS MAN THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU WAS A MAN THAT WAS, UM, BORN IN MISSISSIPPI, HAD 11 CHILDREN, LITERALLY A VERY POOR, POOR MAN.
UH, HIS FAMILY HAD TO, HE LITERALLY ATE ROADKILL, RACCOON AND, AND VARIOUS OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS AS HE WAS A YOUNG MAN SURVIVING THROUGH TERRIBLE TIMES.
UH, HE LATER MOVED TO MICHIGAN, UH, WHERE HE MET HIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE HIM AND HIS WIFE END UP HAVING 11 CHILDREN.
AND LEMME JUST TELL YOU, THIS MAN WAS A LONG TIME FRIEND.
I WAS, UH, RAISED WITH THIS MAN.
I KNEW HIM AS ANOTHER FATHER FIGURE IN MY LIFE.
UH, AND IT WAS JUST HEARTBREAKING, UM, WHEN I LEARNED OF HIS PASSING.
AND, UM, MONDAY WE CELEBRATED HIS LIFE AND HIS LEGACY.
AND WE, WE KNOW THAT HIS NAME, JOHN FLOWERS JUNIOR, THE GREAT, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO OVERCOME SO MANY DIFFERENT OBSTACLES THAT WE TODAY, UM, HAVE NO CLUE.
AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, I JUST WANTED TO HONOR HIM, HIS LIFE, HIS LEGACY, WHAT HE MEANT TO ME AS A MALE MENTOR, A MAN OF ONE WIFE, NEVER CHEATED ON HIS WIFE AND LOVED HER AND, AND, AND DID EVERYTHING HE CAN.
AND THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF EXAMPLES THAT I TRY TO LIVE MY LIFE LIKE, UM, BECAUSE HE REALLY REPRESENTS A REMARKABLE PERSON, A WARM SPIRIT, AND JUST A PERSON I REALLY, TRULY LOVE.
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND SOME OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WATCHING NOW, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW I LOVE THEM AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, UM, YOUR, YOUR FATHER'S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN MY HEART.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
YOU KNOW, LAST WEEKEND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD EASTER AND, UH, WE WERE, MY FAMILY AND I WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE, UH, JESUS CHRIST.
LATTER DAY SAINTS WITH, UH, MAYOR ACTUALLY OPENED WITH PRAYER, UM, EASTER CELEBRATION.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT, IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE, UM, SHOW AND, UH, TRIBUTE TO, UH, THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO SPEND EASTER SUNDAY WITH MY FAMILY AT CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND I'LL WATCH SEVERAL PEOPLE GIVE THEIR LIFE TO GOD.
AND, UH, IT WAS QUITE A MOVING EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU FOUND TIME TO BE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAY.
UM, THEN YESTERDAY I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH.
SO, SO YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS DOING SOME OF MY CAMPAIGN WORK AT A GANG PLANK.
I WAS ACTUALLY STARTING MY, UM, MY MARKETING AGENCY OUTTA GANG PLANK.
A LOT OF THINGS WERE GOING ON.
AND I SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THIS COLLISION SPACE THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN FOR ALL THE BRILLIANT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE EAST VALLEY AND IN CHANDLER AND STARTED WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHEREAS MICAH, IS HE HERE TONIGHT WITH, WITH FOLKS FROM, UH, A SU DOVE IN.
AND THEN SUDDENLY, UH, THEY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF CHANDLER ENDEAVOR.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS IT LAST NIGHT.
THERE, THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY IN THERE THAT IS DEVELOPING, UM, A PRODUCT FOR FEMININE HYGIENE THAT IS FULLY, UH, SUSTAINABLE, FULLY BIODEGRADABLE, USING BAMBOO.
AND I'M SURE SHE WOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT I'M, I'M NOT SHARING ANY SECRETS 'CAUSE SHE'S ALREADY OUT THERE WITH IT.
UM, BUT SHE'S UNDER 30 AND SHE'S ALREADY GOT CUSD INTERESTED IN IT.
HOPEFULLY JOSH, WE CAN TALK TO HER AS WELL.
BUT IT WAS JUST A REMARKABLE THING TO SEE HER GOING THROUGH THIS MENTORSHIP AND WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE AT ENDEAVOR TO BRING HER IDEAS TO LIFE, WHICH WOULD'VE NEVER REALLY HAPPENED IF MAYOR COUNCIL WOULD NOT HAVE PUT THE, THE SUPPORT BEHIND IT.
CROW, UH, OVER AT A SU WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THE SAME.
SO WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.
AND, AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THAT 'CAUSE IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL.
COUNCILMAN ORLANDO? UH, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
UH, LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE TALKED
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EARLIER WEEK AND SO HEART GOES OUT TO YOU.AND OTHER THAN THAT, MAYOR, NOTHING ELSE.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO NIGHTMARE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK, UH, SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU.
YOU HEARD MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, FROM OUR, UH, STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, KATHY FLORES.
UH, SHE'S ALSO THE, UH, CHAIRPERSON THIS YEAR OF OUR EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND SO SHE WAS IN CHARGE WITH HER TEAM OF PREPARING OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENT YESTERDAY THAT WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL ICE CREAM SOCIAL.
UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK HER PUBLICLY AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT FOR OUR STAFF.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.