May 23, 2024 City Council Meeting 05/23/2024

I DO HAVE THREE CARDS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 13.

UM, JUST, UM, I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT THIS IS, BUT, UM, WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE OTHER CALL.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE CARD THAT ALSO JUST CAME IN ON NUMBER FIVE, AND THEN I, I MIGHT ASK, UH, UH, THE DEVELOPER TO COME UP AND, AND ADDRESS THESE, THESE COMMENTS IF THAT'S, I'M REALLY CLOSE TO MOVING THIS TO ACTION.

UH, CITY CLERK GI OR CITY ATTORNEY GIMME DIRECTION ON THAT.

BUT, UH, MAYOR, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT YOU WANNA HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE THIS ITEM TO ACTION IN BOTH THE CONSENT SEPARATELY.

GREAT COUNSEL, LET'S DO THAT.

LET'S MOVE THIS ONE TO ACTION.

IF THERE'S ANY ENGAGEMENT BACK AND FORTH THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

AND, OKAY.

ITEM, UH, SO I'VE GOT ANOTHER ACTION CARD ON THAT, THAT WE'LL CALL UP AFTERWARDS.

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FIRST ONE OFF, BRIDGET BEGA.

MS. BEGA, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ELOQUENT, PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS SINCE PRESTON LORD WAS BRUTALLY ASSAULTED AND MURDERED.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE TWO ORDINANCES TO CREATE A SAFER COMMUNITY AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU TO THE LORD FAMILY, AND TO CONNOR GAN FOR YOUR STRENGTH AND GRACE.

THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING THESE ORDINANCES PASSED ALONG WITH WORKING ON THE LANGUAGE, WE DO ASK AS A COMMUNITY THAT YOU LOOK AT ADDING TO THE LANGUAGE BEFORE VOTING TONIGHT TO ADD IN BANDING BRASS KNUCKLES OF ALL MATERIAL.

IF THIS CAN'T BE ADDED TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT THE ORDINANCE BE PASSED AND THEN LATER CHANGED TO THE GANS AND TO THE LORD FAMILY.

PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND BY YOU AS A COMMUNITY, AS YOU STAND IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, AND BE A BEACON OF HOPE AS A COMMUNITY.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU HAD MISSED THE CHAOS.

YOU ALL CONTINUE TO BE A VOICE, TO CREATE A SAFER TOMORROW AS A COMMUNITY.

WE ASK THAT YOU AS A COUNCIL LEAD AGAIN FOR REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON TEEN VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

ESPECIALLY, WE ASK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

WE'LL CON WILL CHANDLER BE IMPLEMENTING A SAFETY PLAN FOR THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY AS THE GOONS HAVE BEEN RELEASED? AND IS THERE MANY, AS THERE ARE MANY MORE CAUSING FURTHER VANDALISM AND HARM TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE YET TO BE ARRESTED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE? AND NOW THAT GILBERT GOONS IS CLASSIFIED AS A GANG, WILL THE GANG UNIT TAKE OVER AS THERE ARE MANY OPEN INVESTIGATIONS? LET'S CONTINUE TO KEEP THE LORD FAMILY AND THE JARIN FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS.

AND LET'S KEEP PRESTON AND THE YOUTH AT THE CENTER, IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO SILENCE FOR PRESTON LORD AND ALL THE TEENS WHO'VE BEEN ASSAULTED MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, AND ALL THE YOUTH WHO WERE WRONGFULLY MURDERED DUE TO SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE.

WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THE YOUTH.

LET'S CONTINUE TO RISE UP.

CHANDLER.

AND I'M SORRY.

UM, I KNOW, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MATERIALS AND BRASS KNUCKLES IS A PHRASE THAT COVERS METALS AND OTHER MATERIALS.

RIGHT THERE.

OUR ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY COVERS BRASS KNUCKLES AND OTHER, UH, KNUCKLES OF METAL.

METAL.

ANY METAL? YES.

AND IF, AND AGAIN, IF WE, IF WE FIND THE NEED TO ADD THIS, THE BEST DIRECTION WOULD BE TO PROCEED AHEAD.

'CAUSE TO DISMANTLE THIS WOULD BE STARTING OVER IN A SECOND READ.

SO WE, I MEAN, IF THERE'S INTEREST IN COUNCIL, WE CAN PICK THIS UP AT A, IF THERE'S AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE, CORRECT.

MAYOR, THAT IS CORRECT.

IF WE WERE TO TRY AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, IT HAS TO, THE WHOLE PROCESS HAS TO START OVER AGAIN.

SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING FORWARD WITH THIS, AND IF WE, UH, DISCOVER A NEED, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND AMEND IT.

GREAT.

PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION, BUT, UH, I, WE, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME PHONE CALLS OVER THE LAST DAY OR TWO ABOUT WHY A SECOND READING.

THIS IS SOMETHING IN OUR CHARTER.

IT'S UNIQUE TO CHANDLER.

I KNOW DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CITIES THAT DO A SECOND READING FOR AN ORDINANCE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE PASS IT THE FIRST TIME.

THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TIMEFRAME, UH, YOU KNOW, A PERIOD OF TIME IN BETWEEN, AND THEN YOU COULD PASS THE SECOND TIME.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT TWICE.

SO, AND, AND TO OUR COMMUNITY ON THAT, WE ARE, THIS IS A, A POSSIBLE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME POSSIBLE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT COULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF, OF NOT JUST THIS BUT A BUSINESS.

BUT AT THIS POINT, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND WE CAN'T ARBITRARILY CHANGE THAT.

AS MENTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, BECAUSE IT IS PART OF OUR CHARTER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS CONNOR JERNIGAN.

DEAR MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

IN DECEMBER OF 2022, I WAS APPROACH APPROACHED BY A GROUP OF TEENS WHO DEMANDED $20 AFTER I SAID, NO ONE TRIED TO ENTER MY CAR.

AND WHEN I WENT TO GRAB THE KEYS, HE PUNCHED ME WITH BRASS KNUCKLES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD AFTER FEELING BLOOD RUSHING DOWN MY HEAD, NOT KNOWING IF I WAS GONNA BE OKAY, AND CALLED THE POLICE.

I HAD TO GET TWO STAPLES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND DEAL WITH MY INJURY FOR WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS LATER.

I DO NOT BELIEVE BRASS KNUCKLES, METAL, OR OF ANY MATERIAL HAVE ANY

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THEY'RE NOT FOR SELF-DEFENSE, NOR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES BY BRANDING.

BRASS KNUCKLES WILL SEND THE PEOPLE COMMITTING THESE VIOLENT ACTS THAT A MESSAGE THAT WE'LL NOT BE TOLERATING THEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR HARTKE AND THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, CONNOR.

OUR LAST SPEAKER CARD ON ITEM 13, STEPHANIE JAR.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I DECIDED THAT I AM GOING TO DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUTTA CHARACTER AND SPEAK FROM THE HEART.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE.

UM, FROM THE MAYOR MEETING WITH OUR FAMILY JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CONNOR AND, AND THIS ISSUE AND HIS IDEAS, LIKE WHO CAN JUST REACH OUT TO A MAYOR? AND HE SAID, MEET ME FOR BREAKFAST.

THAT'S AMAZING.

AND IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SHARE WHAT AN AMAZING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN FOR BOTH CONNOR AND MYSELF.

WE AREN'T POLITICAL PEOPLE AND WE DON'T ADVOCATE FOR THE CHANGING OF LAWS EVER.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ALONG THE WAY AND YOUR SUPPORT.

AND WE HOPE THAT OTHER FAMILIES MIGHT LOOK TO WHAT CONNOR HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO AND SEE, SEE THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO, AND GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY AT WHATEVER LEVEL THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

WHETHER IT BE SERVING ON A BOARD LIKE I'VE DONE IN THE PAST, OR EVEN WRITING A LETTER TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS ON WHATEVER ISSUES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THEM.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS, UM, EARLIER TODAY WE WERE ASKED, HEY, DON'T YOU GUYS SUPPORT A FULL BAN ON BRASS KNUCKLES FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST MINORS.

ISN'T THIS A DISAPPOINTMENT? AND I HAD TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

UM, WE DO SUPPORT A FULL BAN, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE SHARES OUR VIEWS 100%.

AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, AND WE THERE, THIS IS A STARTING POINT.

IN NO WAY DO MINORS NEED TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A DEADLY WEAPON LIKE BRASS KNUCKLES.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IN CONNOR'S CASE WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD WAS ABLE TO GO TO A SMOKE SHOP, PLOP DOWN 20 BUCKS, AND BUY THIS DEADLY WEAPON.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU TODAY, BY PASSING THIS HOPEFULLY, UM, WILL MAKE IT HARDER AND IT'LL BE A DETERRENT.

NOW IN BOTH GILBERT AND CHANDLER, IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILY, AND IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND JUST LIKE CONNOR SAID, EVEN IF THIS INITIATIVE, UM, PREVENTS ONE SINGLE BREAST KNUCKLES ATTACK, IT WILL ALL HAVE BEEN WORTH IT.

SO THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

SEL, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKER CARDS.

SANDS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THAT'S BEEN MOVED TO ACTION.

I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAD OPPORTUNITY, UH, JUST TO SHARE IN, IN PREVIOUS TIMES AND TO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT IS MEANT TO WORK.

AND, UH, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY OF OUR TEENAGERS, OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, HELPING US BE AWARE AND MORE AWARE WITH THIS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

SO COUNSEL, UM, WITH THAT, MAYOR, WE WOULD, LET'S DO IT.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, LET'S VOTE I MOVE.

NO, THERE'S, I NEED A MOTION.

I MOVE.

AND LET'S SECOND MAYOR.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF MARK MAY 23RD, 2024, REGULAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 19, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FIVE.

THAT'S MOVE TO ACTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE A MOTION NUMBER ONE SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UH, COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON? YES.

BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

THAT'S OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND JUST, JUST GOING ON TO ITEM FIVE AND THEN THE REST? OKAY.

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LET ME CALL UP OUR SECOND SPEAKER.

AND THEN, UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, MR. PUGH THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MAYBE SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON THESE AS WELL.

SO, UH, JENNIFER ALVY.

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GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE WITH US.

RIGHT HERE? YES, MA'AM.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER ALVY.

I LIVE AT 1154 EAST GRAND CANYON DRIVE IN CHANDLER IN GENEVA STATES.

AND OUR BACKYARD ABUTS THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS EVENING.

UH, WE'VE LIVED HERE IN CHANDLER FOR 22 YEARS NOW.

WE THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN CREATING A LIVABLE FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.

AND SOMETIMES I ACTUALLY CALL THE CITY'S MAIN SWITCHBOARD AND LEAVE A LITTLE FEEDBACK ON HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE, UM, PARKS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND SERVICE TO MAKE IT A WONDERFUL PLACE.

UM, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT THE BUILDER OF THIS PROPOSAL HAS ALSO, IN MY OPINION, DONE A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO WE RESIDENTS CONCERNS, AND THEN MAKING SOME ADAPTATIONS, AND THAT'S VERY APPRECIATED.

I SECOND MY NEIGHBOR RIZ, WHO SPOKE EARLIER.

IDEALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BUFFER ZONE INCORPORATED, UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NOW, UH, ABUTTING MY BACKYARD.

HOWEVER, MY ACTUAL BIGGER CONCERN IS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND OTHER SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO THIS PROPOSAL.

DUE TO THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE INTERSECTION THERE AT MCQUEEN ROAD, INTERSECTING WITH ALAMOSA ROAD, THE CITY'S ALREADY AWARE THAT BECAUSE COOPER ROAD DOESN'T RUN FULLY NORTH-SOUTH AND GETS CUT OFF THERE AT THE AIRPORT, THAT ALREADY IN SOUTH CHANDLER MCQUEEN ROAD AND GILBERT ROAD TAKE ON A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF TRAFFIC FOR THOSE TRAVELING NORTHWARD.

UM, WE'VE INCREASED OUR TRAFFIC THERE THROUGH THE AMAZON FACILITY, THE CUSD BUS BARN, AND AN INCOMING HOUSING PROJECT GOING IN AT MCQUEEN AND HUNT HIGHWAY ALREADY.

SO MCQUEEN IS ALREADY OBVIOUSLY AN EXTREMELY HIGH CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE CRITICAL TIMES OF THE DAY WHEN THE MOST PEOPLE ARE ON THE ROAD.

AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE FOR WEE RESIDENTS IS THE BOTTLENECK THERE AT ALAMOSA ROAD.

UNLIKE BLUE RIDGE AND BROOKS FARMS ROAD, ALAMOSA IS NOT A FEEDER ROAD RUNNING FROM EAST TO WEST.

IT IS A TINY STRETCH ENTERING INTO ONLY GENEVA ESTATES AND ALAMOSA ESTATES THAT ENDS AT A T WHICH WOULD FORCE ALL TRAFFIC TO THEN TRAVERSE EITHER ONTO RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN GENEVA OR RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN ALAMOSA.

CONSIDERING THE INCREASED NUMBER OF CARS EXPECTED FROM THE PROJECT AND THE FACT THAT IT'S BEING MARKETED AS A FAMILY FRIENDLY SUBDIVISION, THE LIKELIHOOD OF TRAFFIC INCREASING THERE AT ALAMOSA AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY, SPECIFICALLY INVOLVING CHILDREN AND TEEN DRIVERS CONCERNS WE RESIDENTS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY IS LIKELY DECIDED TOWARD THIS PROPOSAL.

AND I'M NOT PERSONALLY ENTIRELY IMPOSED TO THE PROJECT MYSELF, HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS FOR SAFETY FOR THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES ALREADY IN THE AREA, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TONIGHT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INCLUDE ONE OF TWO THINGS FROM THE BUILDER TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

EITHER A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER, FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SUCH POLICE AND TRAFFIC SUPPORT AS MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE TO ENSURE SAFE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE INTERSECTION OF MCQUEEN AND ALAMOSA ROADS, AND PREVENT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FROM BECOMING A FEEDER STREET, WHICH IT WAS NEVER DESIGNATED NOR DESIGNED TO CARRY, OR THAT THE CITY REQUIRED THE BUILDER TO INCLUDE THE COST OF THE GATE, A GATE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMOSA SPRINGS, THEREBY CREATING A GATED ENTRY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE TRAFFIC AND COMMUNITY SAFETY FROM THE IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH YOU.

UM, COUNSEL, RATHER THAN GET A, A FULL, UH, PRESENTATION, UNLESS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE THAT, I WOULD, I'D BE JUST INCLINED TO INVITE THE DEVELOPER TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS.

SO, SO MR. PUGH MAYOR, COULD THE, WHAT COULD THE DEVELOPER ADDRESS, UM, ANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAD REQUESTED? LIKE EITHER RICK OR, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S, YEAH.

YOU MIGHT HAVE, THAT'S PROBABLY ALL WE NEED.

YOU WANT THAT? YEAH.

MR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND, UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UM, ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OR POSSIBLE WHAT'S HAPPENED AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

THERE'S THAT.

I JUST, AND THEN THIS IS, OKAY.

PERFECT.

ADDRESS IS 1744 SOUTH VAL VISTA IN MESA.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A LITTLE TECHNOLOGY TO STRAIGHTEN OUT.

MY NAME IS RALPH PUGH AND MY OFFICE

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IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF KHO MANIAN HOMES.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN WORKED ON AND TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME NOW.

THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, AND LET ME JUST ADDRESS THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD AND THAT WERE RAISED HERE THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH A BUFFER AREA.

SO EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS THE CONCEPT, POSSIBLE CONCEPT OF INCLUDING A TRAIL ALONG THE EASTERN B BOUNDARY HERE AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THESE LOTS HERE.

THE THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS THAT WE WOULD CREATE A 20 FOOT TRAIL THERE, AND THAT PEOPLE COULD USE IT AS A PASSA, THEY COULD WALK ON IT, EXERCISE ON IT, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL BUFFER.

THEN IT DAWNED ON US AS WE REVIEWED IT AGAIN WITH STAFF AND THOUGHT IT THROUGH, THAT IT DOES CREATE AN AREA FOR MISCHIEF.

THERE'S NOT A REAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE EYES ON THAT 20 FOOT AREA.

AND IT, IT BEGAN TO BE A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD AND DIDN'T REALLY WORK VERY WELL IN OUR MIND FROM A SECURITY POINT OF VIEW, IT DIDN'T ACHIEVE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

SO WE REMOVED THAT TRAIL FROM, AGAIN, ONE OF THE EARLY ITERATIONS OF THE PLAN, AND IN ESSENCE TOOK THAT 20 FOOT WIDTH AND PUT IT INTO THE LOTS.

SO THE LOTS ON THE PROJECT SIDE HERE AND HERE, THAT WIDTH AND THAT DISTANCE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE LOTS NOW.

SO THERE'S THE LARGER YARDS, THERE'S LARGER SETBACKS.

ALL THOSE THINGS, UH, WILL FIT BETTER, AND WE DON'T HAVE WHAT WE THINK COULD BE A PROBLEM, UH, WITH THE TRAIL SYSTEM BACK THERE.

SO THAT'S, IT EVOLVED AS A THOUGHT, AND THEN IT GOT CHANGED WHEN WE CONSIDERED IT MORE, UH, FROM A SECURITY POINT OF VIEW.

THE OTHER QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP IN, IN THE COURSE OF THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE AS INDICATED BY THE, THE LADY WHO JUST SPOKE, IS THE ALAMOSA ACCESS HERE.

SO THAT'S BEEN A SUBJECT OF SOME DISCUSSION FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED VERY QUICKLY IS THAT THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY HAS INDICATED THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT HAVING TRAFFIC PENETRATION POINTS OUT ONTO MCQUEEN.

NOT A REALLY GOOD IDEA AT THIS, THAT WE ALL KNOW HOW BUSY MCQUEEN IS.

AND SO WE WERE ASKED TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT WITHOUT ACCESS POINTS ON MCQUEEN.

UM, THAT WOULD BE COMPLICATED FOR TRAFFIC PURPOSES.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK ALAMOSA, WHICH IS THIS PUBLIC STREET TODAY, AS, AS THE NICE LADY INDICATED, IS NOT A THROUGH STREET.

IT'S NOT A TRUE ARTERIAL, BUT IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.

AND WE TOOK THAT.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS AT THIS POINT, AT THIS ENTRANCE, WE'VE CREATED A GATED ENTRANCE.

AND THE GATE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT IF YOU'RE DELIVERING PACKAGES, IF YOU'RE SEEING A FRIEND VISITING, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE.

YOU WOULD HAVE ACCESS UP ON OKAT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

SO FOR, FOR THOSE REASONS, WE, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE TRAFFIC ON ALAMOSA IS GOING TO BE UNREASONABLE.

THERE WILL BE SOME TRAFFIC CLEARLY GOING DOWN TO THE SCHOOL AND OTHER THINGS ON PUBLIC STREETS.

ONE THOUGHT WE HAVE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AND IF THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT WOULD APPROVE IT, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT A NO LEFT TURN SIGN AT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION HERE DETERMINED BY YOUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT LEFT TERMS GOING INTO THE SUBDIVISION.

UH, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THAT, UH, AS A, AS A POSSIBLE COMPROMISE HERE.

BUT AGAIN, UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD THE MOST ABOUT, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE TRAIL AND HOW WE ENDED UP REMOVING IT, AND HOW WE HAVE ACCESS ON ALAMOSA.

'CAUSE WE DO NEED TO HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS, ONE ON OCOTILLO, ONE ON ALAMOSA.

SO WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS OR, UH, WE HAVE MUCH OTHERS TO SAY ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T WANT BELABOR THE POINT HERE THIS EVENING.

COUNCIL, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, WITH THE REMOVAL OF THAT BUFFER ZONE, WHAT IS THE STANDARD SIZE OF FE THAT IS GONNA BE GOING UP AGAINST THOSE NEIGHBORS? EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER? DID YOU SAY THE FENCE SIZE? YES, THE HEIGHT OF IT.

I'M GONNA TURN TO FRANCISCO ON THAT ONE.

IS THAT SIX FEET, FRANCISCO, SIX FEET TYPICAL? MM-HMM.

SIX FEET.

RIGHT.

BELIEVE THAT IS ABOVE OUR CITY, OR SIX FOOT IS WITHIN OUR CITY CODE BUILDING AND ABOVE THAT CREATES, I KNOW SOME OTHER ISSUES.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT CAN BE INCREASED IF THEY'RE NOT, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT BUFFER ZONE THAT WAY, THERE IS THAT SEPARATION BETWEEN THESE NEIGHBORS, OR IS THAT, UM, PER OUR CITY CODE MAYOR, IF I MAY, I, I

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I'M NOT, I'M NOT THE BEST ONE TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE ABOVE, UM, OUR CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS AND KEVIN PROBABLY CAN ADDRESS IT BETTER.

, I WAS GONNA ASK GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL.

UM, SO OUR CODE ALLOWS UP TO SEVEN FEET, UH, FOR, FOR A FENCE HEIGHT OF THAT NATURE.

THOSE, THE EXISTING HOMES TODAY ALREADY HAVE THEIR SIX FOOT BLOCK WALL.

UM, OUR CODE DOES NOT ALLOW DUAL DUAL WALL TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

SO, UH, IF IT WAS, UH, KIND OF AT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO, UH, LOOK INTO DROPPING THAT SIX FOOT HEIGHT AND RAISING IT TO SEVEN, IT CAN'T JUST ADD BLOCKS TO IT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE WALL AND BUILD A, A STRONGER WALL TO SUPPORT THE EXTRA HEIGHT.

UM, AND THAT WOULD TAKE COORDINATION WITH ALL OF THOSE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ALONG THAT, UH, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN, UH, KIND OF BORDERS.

THANKS KEVIN.

I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR THAT FOR THE RESIDENTS.

WE'D HAVE TO AGREE TO DO IT.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELS.

KEVIN, DON'T GO TOO FAR, PLEASE.

, TRIED TO GET YOU BACK.

UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BUILDER WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE EXISTING WALL THAT, UH, THE CURRENT RESIDENTS HAVE AND THEN BUILD ANOTHER WALL, CORRECT.

WITH THE SEVEN? CORRECT.

AND AT THIS POINT, UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO GET, UH, WHAT, WHAT WILL THEY'RE REQUIRE TO GET? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT PART.

THEY DIDN'T END UP NEEDING TO GET TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS FROM EACH HOMEOWNER, UH, TO GO ONTO THEIR PROPERTIES JUST A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE THE NEW FOOTING AND, AND BUILD THE NEW WALL.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.

OTHER, OTHER SUBDIVISIONS HAVE HAD TO DO THAT.

UH, WHEN AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION CAN'T BE FOUND, UH, CAN, SO IT, IT CAN WORK.

CAN I TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT THE, THAT WALL TO SEE HOW MANY HOUSES WILL BE AFFECTED AND HOW MANY PERMISSION THAT WILL NEED? THERE'S CURRENTLY FIVE HOMEOWNERS THAT ABUTTED, UH, ON THAT SOUTHERN LEG THAT COMES DOWN, THERE'LL BE 10, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, IT LOOKS LIKE FOUR, UH, ON THE, ON THE PIECE THAT WOULD START HEADING EAST.

LOOKS ABOUT NINE, NINE TO 10 HOMES.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, OR WAS THERE ANY, ANY SUGGESTION OR DIRECTION WITH, WITH THOSE COMMENTS TOMORROW? WELL, I MEAN, IF IT'S FEASIBLE AND, AND, AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, IS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK ON THIS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

AND, AND THE OTHER PART THAT REALLY IMPRESSES ME ALSO IS THE FACT THAT YOU DID NOT TOTALLY TAKE AWAY THE BUFFER.

YOU ADDED IT IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

SO THOSE HOUSES ARE A BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE WALL.

BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA ASKED ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND, AND, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT'S FEASIBLE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ES UH, THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL HAS REALLY NEVER BEEN A DISCUSSION POINT IN ANY OF OUR MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

IT'S, YEAH, IT'S AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE TONIGHT, CORRECT.

SO IT'S A FAIR ITEM TO TALK ABOUT.

SOMETIMES IT'S COMPLICATED.

SO WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT THAT THROUGH AND PLANNED ON IT.

WE'VE DONE OTHER COMMUNITIES, LIKE MR. MAYO SAID IN CHANDLER WHERE GETTING THE NEIGHBORS TO AGREE WASN'T ALL THAT EASY AND TO COME WITH AGREEMENTS WITH THEM TO HAVE ACCESS AND THEN TO SHARE MAINTENANCE OF THE WALL AFTER IT'S DONE.

MM.

SOMETIMES, LIKE MR. MAYO SAID, IT WORKS SIMPLY, BUT NOT EVERY TIME.

UM, AND THE OTHER THING JUST TO KNOW, WE, WE HAVE BEEN VERY METICULOUS IN LAYING OUT WHERE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CAN, UH, SINGLE STORY HOMES ON OUR SIDE YEAH.

MATCH UP WITH SINGLE STORY ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO THERE'S REALLY NOT THAT TYPICAL PRIVACY ISSUE THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT, OR THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL WON'T AFFECT THAT.

I SEE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT THAT WENT BEHIND IT.

, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THINKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR'S PRIVACY.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AND MAYOR COUNCILMAN ORLANDO? ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU ANSWERED MY FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE SINGLE FAMILY ABUTTING THOSE HOMES, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

AND THAT'S ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ALL NINE PROPERTIES THERE? SINGLE STORY.

SINGLE STORY SINGLE, YES.

THAT ALL SIDES WHERE WHERE WE ADJOIN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UNITS HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR THAT.

UM, THE, AND YOU DO HAVE A GATE THERE, RIGHT? OSA? YES.

RIGHT.

SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

THE, THE RESIDENT SAID THERE WASN'T A GATE THERE.

I'M JUST CONFUSED.

OR DID SHE MEAN? 'CAUSE SHE HAD TWO STIPULATIONS.

ONE THAT WE HAD THE POLICE SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC AND THAT A GATE, THE ALAMOSA AND SPRING.

SO THERE IS ONE THERE.

THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE IS A GATE ON ALAMOSA THAT AGAIN, SERVES ONLY THE RESIDENTS, NOT VISITORS.

THAT IS ON THE OKAT SIDE.

MAIN.

THE OKAT SIDE.

NOT ON THE ALAMOSA SIDE.

NO.

ALAMOSA IS A, IS A, IS IS A, IS A PRIVATE GATE FOR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S IT.

O OKAY.

YOU HAVE A GATE ON THE SIDE AND YOU HAVE A GATE ON THE ALAMOSA SIDE? CORRECT.

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OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO GATES.

TWO GATES.

GOT IT.

ONE TO DOUBLE CHECK.

OH, MR. MAYS REMINDING ME THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THE CURSOR HERE, I DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT SEEING IT RIGHT NOW.

THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PUT A GATE ON ALAMOSA FURTHER EAST INTO THE EXISTING GENEVA SUBDIVISION.

THAT'S, THAT'S AN INTEREST.

OH, INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION? YEAH.

I, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID.

OH, OKAY.

IT WAS, IT WAS TO, UH, MOVE IT, INSTALL A GATE FURTHER TO THE EAST ON ALAMOSA, PREVENT ANY OF THESE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS FROM TRAVELING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE ALAMOSA FOLKS, AGAIN, I, WITHOUT A VISUAL HERE, GUYS, I'M SORRY.

I MEAN, WITHOUT THE, THEY WANT TO PUT A GATE, IT'S CLOSER TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JUST FOR, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, IF AT THE POINT THAT THAT HAPPENS, THEN THOSE STREETS BECOME PRIVATE STREETS.

IF, IF A GATE IS INSTALLED AND THEN ALL MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS GO AWAY FROM THE CITY AS A PUBLIC STREET AND ONTO THE HOMEOWNERS, THEY'D HAVE TO ESTABLISH THOSE RULES TO THEIR HOA AND THINGS.

THAT'S AN HOA ISSUE REALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE HA HAD TO VOTE, BUT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS SEVERAL TIMES WHERE HOAS CAME TO US.

THEY WANNA PUT A GATE UP.

I KNOW THE WEST SIDE CHANNEL, WE HAD A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT, AND THEN THEY REALIZED THAT THEY HAD A, MAINTAINED THOSE STREETS.

ONE OF 'EM WENT THROUGH, THE OTHER ONE SAID, NAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO, WE COULDN'T STIPULATE THAT TONIGHT 'CAUSE THAT'D BE AN HOA ISSUE.

THE HOA SAID NO, THEN WE WOULD BE BUILDING THAT, WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S AN HOA ISSUE AND A CITY OF CHANDLER ISSUE TO DECIDE.

I UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU WANNA PUT A GATE ON A PUBLIC STREET THAT HASN'T BEEN GATED FOR YEAH.

A LONG TIME.

AND AS FAR AS THE, THE POLICE SUPPORT, UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED A LOT OF TIME ON TRAFFIC DOWN THERE DUTIES, AND I KNOW THE POLICE CHIEF IS HERE, REPRESENTATIVES HERE, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CONTINUOUSLY DO, UH, TO SUPPORT THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL AND, AND I KNOW IT'S AN INTENSE AREA, AND I GET THAT.

UM, AND THE COOP, THE COOPER BYPASS, WILL THAT BE DONE? WHEN'S THE NEXT TIME THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE? WHAT'S THIS TIMEFRAME AGAIN? MR. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILOR, WE'RE IN DESIGN ON THAT COOPER INSIGHT LOOP CURRENTLY.

WOULD THAT RELIEVE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC? UM, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL HONOR, WE HOPE THAT IT WILL, IT'LL CONNECT THE TRAFFIC GOING NORTHBOUND OVER TO GILBERT SO IT DOESN'T GO OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE AIRPORT, BUT IT SHOULD PROVIDE SOME CONNECTIVITY THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.

SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME RELIEF THERE IN THAT AREA.

THE THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND TOO IS THAT THAT, UH, TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH HERE IS DIRECTED INTO THIS SUBDIVISION.

THIS IS A REZONE FROM A COMMERCIAL USE THAT WAS DESIGNATED 24 YEARS AGO, EVERYBODY, AND DIDN'T DEVELOP SO, AND, AND WON'T, AND FRANKLY, THE TRAFFIC FROM A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT, 76 UNITS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN COMMERCIAL USES ON THIS CORNER.

UH, IT, IT, IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANTLY LESS NUMBER.

AND, AND, AND I KNOW I, I KNOW I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW.

WE, WE HAD APARTMENTS THAT WANTED TO GO THERE.

THEY HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THAT WAS VOTED DOWN.

THEN WE HAD THE QT THERE THAT WANTED TO GO STANDALONE, AND THE NEIGHBORS WERE SAYING NO TO THAT.

THEN WE HAD A QT AND THEN WE HAD HOUSES BE, BE AS A BUFFER ZONE TO QT.

YOU CAME BACK WITH A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING HOMES, OR, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS, WELL, WE STARTED WITH 90 SOME, 97.

WE'RE 76 NOW.

SO NOW YOU'RE 76 NOW AFTER MUCH WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT I KNOW THE ONE CONSISTENT ARGUMENT THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING AS THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS THAT THEY'D RATHER HAVE HOMES THERE.

SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, THEN YOU CAME THROUGH ON THAT.

SO ONE LAST QUESTION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, STAFF, THE LEFT HAND TURN ONLY, WHAT DOES OUR TRAFFIC FOLKS SAY ABOUT THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GET US IN TROUBLE HERE, OR FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT, OR IS THAT A LOGICAL THING TO DO? WOULD IT EVEN BE HELPFUL? YEAH.

WOULD IT, YEAH, THAT'S FAIR.

THROUGH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU WANTED THE LEFT TURN PROHIBITED OR WHAT YOU WERE PROPOSING IS THE LEFT TURN COMING OUT OF HERE SO IT COULDN'T COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

CORRECT.

IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO A CILLO, UM, I, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD TYPICALLY GO THAT WAY.

CORRECT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING.

UM, IT'S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD DO, UM, IT WOULD, IT, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO GO THAT WAY, I MEAN, IT COULD BECOME AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, BUT MM-HMM.

THE ODDS OF PEOPLE, IT'S A VERY CIRCUITOUS ROUTE TO GET BACK OUT TO, TO A CILLO ON HERE.

SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE DOING IT IS SLIM.

I MEAN, IF THEY'RE GOING SOMEWHERE LIKE TO THE SCHOOL OR SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT

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SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH HELP IT WOULD BE.

AGAIN, COULD WE DO IT? IS THERE A LI CERTAINLY WE COULD POST THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO.

THERE'S, THERE'S, AND, AND KELLY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT FROM A LIABILITY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ISSUES THERE, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW USEFUL IT, OKAY.

DANA, STAY UP THERE FOR A SECOND.

SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M JUST, AND PUT THAT PICTURE UP AGAIN PLEASE.

I, I THINK WHAT MR. PUGH, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS REALLY THAT PEOPLE CAN ONLY GO INTO YOUR DEVELOPMENT THERE, RIGHT? SO THEY COULD COME OUT NO, GO AHEAD.

IN TERMS, RIGHT.

NO, THEY COULDN'T, THEY COULDN'T GO IN THERE, BUT THEY COULD ONLY GO OUT IS IF YOU SAID, IS THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME.

NO, GO AHEAD.

ONE SECOND.

SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I, THE, THE, THE THOUGHT ON THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE NO LEFT TURN WOULD BE NO, AT SOMEBODY TRAVELING SOUTH ON THAT ROAD, THE NEW, THE NEW SPRING DRIVE IN OUR PROPOSED PROJECT COMING TO ALAMOSA, THAT WE COULD PUT SIGNAGE THERE THAT PROHIBITS A LEFT TURN INTO THE GENEVA ESTATE SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

YOU COULD STILL TURN RIGHT AND GET OUT ON MCQUEEN.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO BASICALLY YOU COULDN'T COME, YOU COULDN'T COME SOUTHBOUND AND THEN TURN INTO YEAH.

ALAMOSA STATES OR GENEVA STATES.

CORRECT.

SO THAT, THAT MIGHT AT LEAST ELIMINATE SOME, SOME, SOME TRAFFIC THAT WOULD GO INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SO IT COULD OKAY.

UM, QUICK PULL UP OUR TWO RESIDENTS.

WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL TO YOU? I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THE, THE CONCERN WE'RE SEEING IN THE MORNINGS, PARTICULARLY AS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ARE TAKING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, IF YOU KNOW WHERE SAN TAN ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH ARE LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS THERE, THE PROBLEM WE'RE ENVISIONING IS YOU HAVE HALF OF THE SUBDIVISION ROUGHLY LEAVING AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME FOR WORKER OR FOR SCHOOL.

THEY'RE ALL TURNING, RIGHT? HOPEFULLY, YEAH.

OUT ONTO ALAMOSA.

AND THEN TURNING RIGHT ONTO MCQUEEN, THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON WHO WILL EVER BE ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT THAT TIME ONTO MCQUEEN.

IT IS, IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.

OUR CONCERN IS THAT YOU'LL START TO SEE FAMILIES GETTING THEIR KIDS TO SAN.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

I, I UNDERSTAND.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, OR WAS THAT WAS THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SORRY, I WAS JUST HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY MUTE.

UM, ARE ARE THERE ANY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT FROM OUR, OUR TRAFFIC FOLKS ARE, WOULD THERE BE ANY CONCERN THAT WE ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO ALL OF GENEVA ESTATES WHEN THEY'VE BEEN USED TO HAVING THAT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE? UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN.

WITH THAT LEFT HAND TURN, IT'S JUST, I JUST WOULDN'T WANNA DO IT ON THE FLY WITHOUT ANY SORT OF INPUT OR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THOSE RESIDENTS IN GENEVA STATES ARE USED TO HAVING.

AND THEY MIGHT BE UPSET THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE JUST MIGHT GET A LITTLE BLOW BACK.

AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT OR IF OUR TRAFFIC FOLKS COULD TELL US.

YEAH, YEAH.

I'M JUST, JUST, UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT, UM, TRAFFIC'S GONNA BACK UP ON ALAMOSA DRIVE? NO, ACTUALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS PEOPLE TRAVELING SOUTH ON MCQUEEN, I WOULD ASSUME THAT LIVE IN GENEVA ESTATES TODAY.

ARE USED TO TURNING LEFT AND HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES THAT WAY.

UM, BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST, I'M LOOKING AT A MAP.

MAYBE IT'S JUST THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT, THAT BACK UP TO THAT BACK UP TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND, AND MAYBE IT ONLY AFFECTS A FEW HOMES, AND THOSE ARE THE HOMEOWNERS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY.

MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT GENEVA ESTATE IS FAIRLY LARGE AND IF YOU HAVE THE REST OF THE HOMEOWNERS, NOW WE'RE TELLING THEM NO ONE CAN TURN LEFT.

WHILE THEY'VE HAD THAT ACCESS OFF OF MCQUEEN FOR MANY YEARS.

I JUST DON'T WANT ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

I'M, I'M NOT COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO CREATING A, A BLOCKING THIS LEFT HAND TURN.

I JUST DO THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE CONSIDERATION FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN USING THAT ACCESS FOR YEARS.

CONCERNS IS NO ONE IS SUGGESTING HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REALLY AREN'T RELATED TO THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS COUNCIL MEMBERS POSTED.

I, I DON'T THINK THE SUGGESTION IS TO IS TO ELIMINATE A LEFT ONTO MCQUEEN.

SO THAT I THINK YOUR

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OH, THANK YOU.

BECAUSE I, I I'M NOT SEEING THE, THE PRESENTATION VERY WELL.

OKAY, COUNSEL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED HERE? FURTHER QUESTIONS, OR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AS LONG AS WE'RE ADDRESSING THE TRAFFIC ISSUE AND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS WILLING TO PUT IN, UM, NAVIGATE SIGNS, UM, WORK WITH THE HOA, UM, TO PUT UP SIGNS EITHER INSIDE THEIR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THEIR COMMUNITY, SAY THIS IS A PRIVATE OR HOWEVER IT NEEDS TO DETER PEOPLE, I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

AS LONG AS RALPH IS ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SIGNS HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE OA, THEY CAN PLACE IT SOMEWHERE.

SO WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OUTSIDE OF DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE WILL KNOW.

I THINK THAT WILL SOLVE, I THINK THAT WILL SOLVE THE ISSUE.

MR. VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO DO SIGNAGE TO THE EXTENDED AGREEABLE TO YOUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE.

I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON AND YEAR OR TWO DOING THIS.

THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

MAYOR, YES, SIR.

THEN I WANT TO, THEN I, THEN I WOULD PROBABLY WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THAT, UM, INTO IT.

WELL, MATT WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION.

THAT'S FINE.

STIPULATION A STIPULATION THAT THEY WOULD ADD THAT.

RIGHT.

WELL, MATT SAID HE WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION.

GO AHEAD, MATT.

UH, LET THE MAYOR RUN THIS MEETING.

, I'M THE VICE MAYOR THOUGH.

THE MAYOR.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES.

SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HERE? NO, THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH, IF YOU GO AHEAD BAYER.

I MOVE, I MOVE THAT, UM, WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 5 5 8 0 5 AMENDING SECTION CODE 23 AREA PLAN AND, UH, TENTATIVE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE 5 0 9 9 REZONING PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THE PRELIMINARY PLA P LH 24 DASH TWO SLASH P LH 23 DASH 0 5 6 P LT 23 DASH ZERO TWO VDO LOCATING IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MCQUEEN.

IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET ALL THOSE IN ONE MOTION.

SO THAT'S WHY I HAD TO READ THE WHOLE THING.

UM, ADDING STIPULATION NUMBER 11, TAKING ACCOUNTS COUNCIL MEMBER'S CONCERN TAKING ACCOUNT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LEFT HAND TURN THAT YOU'LL WORK WITH STAFF ON THE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE BASED UPON OUR DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT.

AND AS LONG AS, YEAH, THE HOA AS LONG AS IT'S, UH, UH, LEGAL, YOU KNOW, NON, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, LIABILITY ON, ON THE PART OF US.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

I LIKE TO SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER POST? YES.

[20. Public Hearing for Annexation ANX23-0003 of Approximately 13.57 Acres of Land South of the Southeast Corner of Arizona Avenue and Germann Road 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close Public Hearing Council Focus Area(s):]

OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 20, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 13.57 ACRES OF LANDS IN SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA AVENUE AND GERMA ROAD.

SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION.

IS THAT DARCY OMER MAYOR COUNCIL? YEAH.

IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE DARCY OMER.

ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNERS STARTED WITH US ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND WHILE SHE HAS BROUGHT CASES BEFORE COUNCIL, SHE'S, UH, DODGED THE, THE BULLET, UH, FROM HAVING TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK.

SO TONIGHT IS HER, HER FIRST TIME BEFORE YOU, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT.

EASY HONOR.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE YOU.

TODAY IS THE ANNEXATION ANNEX 2303.

UM, THIS WOULD BE LOCATED AT SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA AVENUE AND GERMAIN ROAD.

THE SURROUNDING LAND USES TO THE NORTH, WE HAVE IND TWO AND C TWO WITHIN MARICOPA COUNTY.

UM, TO THE SOUTH WOULD BE PAD FOR INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE EAST WOULD BE RAILROAD.

AND THEN TO THE WEST IS ARIZONA AVENUE, THEN RU 43 WITHIN MARICOPA COUNTY.

UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND.

THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 13.57 ACRES.

UM, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS I AND D ONE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT I AND D TWO WITHIN MARICOPA COUNTY.

AND THE INITIAL CITY ZONING WILL BE PLANNED.

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT I ONE.

UM, AN ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY STAFF FOR THREE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATES IT AS EMPLOYMENT.

THERE ARE PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT.

THE CITY OF CHANDLER WILL PROVIDE WATER, WASTEWATER AND RECLAIM SERVICES TO THE

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SUBJECT.

PROPERTY AND STAFF HAS CIRCULATED THE REQUEST TO CITY DEPARTMENTS AND NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL, COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? GREAT JOB.

21, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION NUMBER 58 0 4, APPROVING THE FY 24 25 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER, DOWNTOWN CHANDLER ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB.

I'LL ASK, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNEXATION ITEM NUMBER

[21. Public Hearing for Resolution No. 5804 Approving the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Assessment for the City of Chandler, Arizona, Downtown Chandler Enhanced Municipal Services District 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close Public Hearing]

SO I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO OUR DOWNTOWN ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

UH, LAUREN COLE, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US? ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UH, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 EMSD ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.

THE EMSD WAS CREATED IN 2005, AND IT'S IN ITS 19TH YEAR.

THE DISTRICT COVERS 61.4 ACRES AND OVER 1 MILLION SQUARE FOOTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

AN EM UH, ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS FORMED TO PROVIDE SERVICES UP AND BEYOND TYPICAL PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE CITY.

SUCH SERVICES INCLUDE SAFETY, UNIFICATION, MARKETING, PROMOTION, AND PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS.

THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE DOWNTOWN CHANDLER COMMITTEE PARTNERSHIP, THE DCCP, THROUGH AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, WHICH WILL COME TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO FURTHER EXPAND UPON THE EMSD, THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WAS, UH, AUTHORIZED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCEEDS BEING PAID TO.

THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL IS A GOVERNING BODY WHO OFFICIALLY ENABLES THE DISTRICT AND DISTRICT MUST BE RENEWED EACH YEAR.

THE ANNUAL STEPS ARE AS FOLLOWED.

STEP ONE, SET THE RATE BY CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE SAME ASSESSMENT FORMULA THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS.

THIS YEAR.

THE DCTP HAS REQUESTED A 5% INCREASE FOR BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT IS ALLOWED BY THE EMSD BYLAWS.

STEP TWO, ON MARCH 21ST, COUNSEL APPROVED THE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT AND SET THE HEARING DATE FOR TONIGHT.

SINCE THEN, STAFF HAS PUBLISHED THE NOTICE OF HEARING AS REQUIRED BY A RS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING.

DCCP STAFF HAS MAILED NOTICES TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT OF THEIR RIGHT TO FILE FOR AN OBJECTION, AND NO OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS POINT.

STEP THREE TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.

AND STEP FOUR IS THE ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH DCCP TO ADMINISTER THE EMSD, WHICH WILL COME FOR FORWARD WITH YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH ON JUNE 24TH.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT? NICE PRESENTATION.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 58 0 4, APPROVING THE 24 25 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER DOWNTOWN CITY ENHANCED MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

SEEING NONE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE? ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

WE, WE HAVE TO RELATED TO THIS ITEM NUMBER 22,

[22. Resolution No. 5804 Approving the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Assessment for the City of Chandler, Arizona, Downtown Chandler Enhanced Municipal Services District Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5804 approving the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Assessment for City of Chandler, Arizona, Downtown Chandler Enhanced Municipal Services District. Council Focus Area(s):]

SO THAT IS ESSENCE OUR CONTRIBUTING OUR PART TO THIS AREA.

MOTION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

QUESTIONS.

SEEING NONE.

COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER 23,

[23. Resolution No. 5800, Adopting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Tentative Budget and 2025-2034 Tentative Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and Giving Notice of the Dates and Times for Hearing Taxpayers for Final Adoption of the Budget and for Setting the Tax Levies and Tax Rates Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5800, adopting the FY 2024-25 Tentative Budget and 2025-2034 Tentative CIP and giving notice of the dates and times for hearing taxpayers for final adoption of the budget and for setting the tax levies and tax rates. Council Focus Area(s):]

RESOLUTION NUMBER 5,800 ADOPTION OF THE FY 24 25 TENTATIVE BUDGET.

BUDGET AND FY 24 25.

TENTATIVE.

CIP.

DAWN, YOU WANNA GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS? I KNOW WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, WE'VE SPENT HOURS ON THIS, BUT, UH, PROCEED.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE IN THE AUDIENCE OR LISTENING FROM HOME.

UH, TONIGHT IS THE, UM, TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 PROPOSED BUDGET AND 25 THROUGH 34 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THIS VERY EXTENSIVE BUDGET PROCESS AND IT'S A LOT LIKE GOING INTO BATTLE.

UM, WE, UH, WE'RE, WE HAVE TO PREPARE OURSELVES,

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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MENTALLY PREPARE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND YOU COULD SAY, YOU COULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO BATTLE, THE KICKOFF IN MANY WAYS IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL LEADING US INTO THAT BATTLE EARLY ON IN OCTOBER.

AND, UM, AS ACCOUNTANTS AND, UM, FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS, I COULD MAYBE REFER TO YOU AS GENERAL LEDGER .

SO WITH THAT, UM, THERE IS SOME STATUTORY PROCESS.

UM, THIS, THIS ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IS DRIVEN.

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, MATT DUNBAR, HIS DAUGHTER IS GRADUATING TONIGHT AND HE SAID, I HAD TO TELL A JOKE.

SO THERE YOU GO.

SO MOVING ON, UM, THE STATUTORY BUDGET PROCESS, UM, WE ARE TO THAT POINT, AND AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, THERE'S BEEN A LOT HAPPENING LEADING UP TO THIS.

SO TONIGHT IS, IS REQUIRED BY THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET.

IT SETS FORTH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, NUMBERS THAT MEET MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S, UM, EXPENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO, UM, WHAT IS REQUIRED THEN IS WE ENTER INTO THE MINUTES, UH, WE PREPARE, UH, REFORMS FOR THE AUDITOR GENERAL THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION.

WE PUBLISH IT ON THE WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

AND THEN ONCE THE BUDGET IS TENTATIVELY ADOPTED, IT CANNOT INCREASE AFTER TONIGHT IT IS SET AT THAT LIMIT.

AFTER TENTATIVE ADOPTION, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL SHALL BE, UM, WITH, WE WILL HEAR TAXPAYERS.

UM, AND THE RESOLUTION ALSO SETS THAT DATE FOR JUNE 13TH.

UM, AND THAT IS COMING UP DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE REQUIRE A PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

AND THEN THE FINAL STATUTORY ACTION IS THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL TAX RATE.

UM, AND THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 27TH.

AND I SHOULD MOVE THIS FORWARD.

I DID NOT HAVE IT ON THAT SLIDE, BUT THAT IS EVERYTHING I JUST WENT OVER.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THE 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET IS A TOTAL OF $1,629,072,684 OF THAT TOTAL.

THE GENERAL FUND IS 500, ABOUT 578 MILLION.

UH, THAT IS A 1.6% DECREASE OVERALL ALL FUNDS.

AND THE GENERAL FUND IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN 5.4% DECREASE.

AND THAT IS OVER THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET WOULD BEGIN ON JULY 1ST.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IT DOES ADHERE TO FINANCIAL POLICIES.

IT'S STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, MEANING ONGOING FOR ONGOING AND ONETIME REVENUE SUPPORT.

ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.

UH, WE USE THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE DECISIONS IT PROVIDES FOR COST EFFECTIVE QUALITY SERVICES, UH, MAINTAINS LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH OUR FORECASTING.

AND ALSO RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

WE HELD THE KICKOFF, LIKE I MENTIONED IN OCTOBER, THE RESIDENT BUDGET SURVEY WENT OUT, UH, RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK.

UH, WE HAVE THREE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE ALL DAY BUDGET BRIEFING.

AND FINALLY TONIGHT WITH THE TENTATIVE ADOPTION, OUR NEXT ACTION.

SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE THINGS DRIVING THE BUDGET, UM, FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, IT DOES REFLECT THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT.

UM, AND THROUGH OUR UPDATE OF OUR FORECAST EVERY YEAR, WE USE DATA FROM THE STATE, THE LEAGUE, NATIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DATA, AS WELL AS OUR TRENDS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR LOCAL CO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, ALL OF THIS UPDATES, UM, THE REVENUE STREAMS AS WELL AS OUR STATE SHARED REVENUE FORECASTS.

UM, AND THEN I NEED TO MENTION TOO ON FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, UH, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS CONTINUED AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HELPING WITH THE REVENUE COMING IN.

UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN A SLIGHT DECREASE DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO REMOVE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL BY JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

FROM AN EXPENDITURE STANDPOINT, WE ARE STILL SEEING SIGNIFICANT INFLATION.

UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, LABOR MATERIALS, UTILITIES, WATER PURCHASES, CHEMICALS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT OUR SERVICE DELIVERY, UM, WE, WE STILL MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING SERVICE DELIVERY LEVELS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO ADD SOME ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE NOTED WITHIN COUNCIL STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

THE OTHER GOAL WAS TO CONVERT ONE TIME FUNDED POSITIONS IF A PROGRAM WAS GONNA CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.

AND MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS HAVE NOW BEEN CONVERTED TO ONGOING.

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SO THAT PROGRAM CAN CON, CAN CONTINUE USING AN ONGOING REVENUE SOURCE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, PERSONNEL COSTS, UM, ARE INCREASING JUST LIKE MANY PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE SEEING.

UM, SO WE COUNCIL HAS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET THE INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY WORKFORCE, UM, INCLUDING MERIT MARKETS AND HEALTHCARE COSTS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT INFLATION.

AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY, ALONG WITH A FOCUS ON AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

GRANTS CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS IN THIS BUDGET AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE MINIMAL BORROWING.

BUT WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN BECAUSE OF OUR AAA BOND RATING, WE HAVE LOWER BORROWING COSTS.

UM, THERE ARE ITEMS ALSO THAT ARE HELPING US REDUCE FUTURE EXPENDITURES, THE INVESTMENT IN SOLAR ENERGY AS WELL AS TURF TO ZEROSCAPE.

UM, OUR, OUR PLAN REDUCTION IN UTILITY COSTS.

SO A COUPLE ITEMS TO POINT OUT THAT ARE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FROM AN OPERATING STANDPOINT INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

UH, THIS BUDGET INCLUDES A REDUCTION OF THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATE.

THIS IS THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT COUNCIL HAS REDUCED THAT RATE.

THERE IS NO CHANGE TO TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE.

TAX RATES SHOP CHANDLER, BUT WE ARE THE LOWEST IN ARIZONA.

SO THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

UM, MOVING TO THE RIGHT HERE, NO PLANNED WATER WASTEWATER OR SI SOLID WASTE RATE CHANGES IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

UM, WE, WE, OUR NEXT PLANNED RATE CHANGES ARE NOT UNTIL JANUARY, 2026.

AND THEN MOVING AGAIN, UM, TO THE RIGHT BUDGET MAINTAINS EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS.

UM, CONTINUING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, UM, ADDS FUNDING FOR LABOR ASSOCIATION COMMITMENTS AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES.

IT CONTINUES DEBT ELIMINATION AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE GOAL OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO PAY OFF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND MAINTAINING THAT PAYOFF.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE STRONG RESERVES, UM, WITH, IN THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS A BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ECONOMY.

SO THIS IS ALWAYS A, AN IMPORTANT SLIDE IF YOU ARE WANTING TO GET A, A LITTLE BETTER VIEW INTO WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM AND WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

IN THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET, THIS REPRESENTS ALL FUNDS THAT WE MAINTAIN.

SO GENERAL FUND, OF COURSE, IS THE LARGEST, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF UTILITY FUNDS, CAPITAL FUNDS AND SO ON.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE MONEY ACTUALLY COMES FROM, THAT PAYS FOR ALL THE OPERATIONS IN CAPITAL.

THE LARGEST AMOUNT SHOWN IS IN BLUE.

AND THAT IS FUND BALANCE.

AND WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS IF YOU HAVE, UM, GOOD EXAMPLE IS LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IF THEY ARE IN PROCESS, WE SOLD BONDS IN 2023.

THOSE WILL CONTINUE FOR TWO, THREE YEARS AT TIMES THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO THOSE BOND PROCEEDS GET RE THEY GET PUT IN OUR REVENUES AND REBUDGETED THAT CARRY FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT CARRIES FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS BUDGETED AND AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO FUND BALANCE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR BUDGET.

THE LARGEST PART.

MOVING TO THE RIGHT, THE MAROON COLOR THERE IS OUR LOCAL TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAXES OR SALES TAX AND LICENSE FEES, UM, AT 202.6 MILLION.

UM, AND THEN IN YELLOW IS GRANTS.

WE RELY ON GRANTS QUITE A BIT WITHIN OUR BUDGET AS WELL AS UTILITY CHARGES THAT SUPPORTS THE WATER WASTEWATER SOLID WASTE AND RECLAIMED.

UM, AND THEN INTO THE BLUE WE HAVE OTHER CHARGES, USE OF FACILITIES, UM, AND OTHER TYPES OF CHARGES THAT FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.

UM, WE HAVE STATE SHARED REVENUES.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ALL, OR ALL OF OUR STATE SHARED REVENUES ACTUALLY FLOW INTO OUR GENERAL FUND AT 134.1 MILLION AS WELL AS PROPERTY TAX AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES, FEES, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT CAPITAL PROJECTS TIED DIRECTLY TO GROWTH.

AND THEN IF YOU FLIP DOWN TO WHERE THE MONEY GOES, THIS IS WHERE WE, UH, SHOW ALL THE EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD BE, UH, AVAILABLE OR APPROPRIATION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE COME JULY 1ST, 2024 TO START THE NEW YEAR.

THE LARGEST OR THE BLUE SECTION IS OUR DEPARTMENT OPERATING.

THAT INCLUDES ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, PARK, STREETS, LIBRARIES, UM, WATER WASTEWATER AND SO ON.

THAT IS THE EXPENSES THAT PAY FOR ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

YOU MOVE TO THE RIGHT,

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THE MAROON AND THE GRAY PART, UM, ARE VERY, VERY LARGE SECTIONS OF THE BUDGET THAT IN THAT REPRESENTS THE MAJOR CAPITAL CARRY FORWARD AND NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THIS YEAR OUR CAPITAL CARRY FORWARD IS VERY LARGE.

YOU'VE SEEN IN OUR, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ADDITIONAL PROJECT PROJECTS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT ARE GOING ON ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND ALL OF THOSE CAN, OF COURSE SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS.

SO WE CARRY FORWARD THAT APPROPRIATION THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UM, NEW PROJECTS TOTAL 238.9 MILLION.

WE HAVE SOME CONTINGENCIES AND RESERVES THAT ARE THERE IF NEEDED, CAN ONLY BE USED WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL AND IF NOT USED, WOULD FALL DIRECTLY BACK INTO FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN FINALLY, DEBT SERVICE ON OUR BONDS AS WELL AS SOME REPLACEMENT FUNDS.

SO THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE.

ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WE MUST BALANCE REVENUES MUST EQUAL EXPENSES.

UNLIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU CAN ONLY SPEND WHAT YOU HAVE.

WE DON'T PRINT MONEY.

SO, UH, A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE, SOME GOOD NEWS HERE TO REMIND RESIDENTS, UM, THAT IF YOU LIVE IN CHANDLER, YOUR AVERAGE ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL COST COMPARED TO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IS THE LOWEST.

AND THIS REPRESENTS, THIS IS A STUDY THAT'S ACTUALLY DONE BY OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, TEMPE.

UM, AND IT SHOWS A TYPICAL FAMILY OF FOUR, IF YOU WERE TO PAY WATER WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE PROPERTY TAX, AND THEN THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE OR YOU WOULD PAY ON PRODUCT THAT YOU WOULD PURCHASE FOR YOUR FAMILY.

WE ARE AT 1,816.

THE AVERAGE COST ACROSS OTHER COMMUNITIES IS 2,363.

IF YOU WERE TO CARVE OUT JUST THE UTILITY BILL, WATER, WASTEWATER, AND SOLID WASTE.

THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS AT $75, AND THAT'S FOR AN AVERAGE HOME THAT CONSUMES ABOUT 10,000 GALLONS ON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT MOVING FORWARD.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL AND HERE'S SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN OUR TENURE PLAN, OUR TENURE CAPITAL PLAN TOTALS ALMOST 2.5 BILLION.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS COMING.

UM, A BIG FOCUS ON AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND, UM, THERE IS ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT, UH, WE HAD A BOND ELECTION IN 2021 AND BECAUSE LIKE MANY OTHER OF OUR, OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE SEEING PROJECTS ARE COSTING MORE IN THIS TIME OF INFLATION AND WE'VE SEEN INFLATION LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

SO OUR BOND AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION IS NOT LASTING AS LONG AS AS WAS PLANNED.

SO THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION COMING UP IN, UM, VERY SOON.

SO WHEN WE, UH, BRING FORWARD THE TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION, IT ONLY INCLUDES YEAR ONE OF THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

THIS IS THE YEAR ONE TOTAL THAT, UM, KIND OF SEDONA RED CIRCLE THERE TO SHOWS THE TOTAL CIP THAT'S INCLUDED.

THE TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS OF 876.5 MILLION BREAKS OUT INTO OUR CAPITAL CARRY BOARD OF 631, NEW FUNDING OF 239 MILLION, AND A SMALL RESERVE FOR A DEVELOP DEVELOPER RESERVE.

AND FINALLY, UH, KEY BUDGET DATES.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND PLANNING AND STRATEGIZING THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE BUDGET PROCESS.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE AND SURVEY WHEN IT WAS POSTED.

UM, THAT TONIGHT IS THE FIRST FORMAL ACTION ON THE BUDGET FOR THAT WOULD START ON JULY 1ST.

AND, UH, AND OF COURSE THE NEXT WOULD BE JUNE 13TH FOR THE FINAL AND PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ADOPTION OF TAX LEVIES BEFORE WE START ANOTHER YEAR IN CHANDLER.

AND, UH, FINALLY MARIN COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION NUMBER 5,800 TO APPROVE THE 10 BUDGET.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION.

TENTATIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

YES, YOU HAVE.

VERY GOOD.

UM, ALRIGHT COUNSEL, NO QUESTIONS.

A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE, THERE WE GO.

UH, LEMME GO DOWN HERE.

, I GOTTA GET DOWN TO THE ACTION ITEM.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR ACTION 23.

RESOLUTION 58 A HUNDRED, ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR FY 24.

2025.

TENTATIVE BUDGET.

2025 IS 2034.

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GIVING NOTICE OF THE DATES, END TIMES OF THE HEARING.

DAX BARRS FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND FOR SETTING LEVIES, TAX LEVIES TAX RATES I WOULD LIKE.

SO MOTION SECOND.

MOTION BY VICE.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTED AS A MEMBER POSTED.

DID WE LOSE HER? WE MIGHT HAVE LOST HER.

SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, NEXT UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

MOTION CARRIES.

UM, THANK YOU COUNSEL.

DO WE HAVE ANY UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES? CITY CLERK, MAYOR, THERE ARE NO CARDS.

CURRENT EVENTS, I'LL START.

SEEING NONE

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

CHANDLER CHAMBER AWARDS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING TOGETHER FOR THE CHANDLER CHAMBER ANNUAL COMMUNITY AWARDS.

THIS EVENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE BUSINESSES, EDUCATORS, RESIDENTS, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT MAKE CHANDLER THE EXCEPTIONAL CITY THAT WE ARE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND THE CHAMBER ON MAY 30TH TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE 2024 AWARDEES.

SECONDLY, UH, I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO TO ATTEND THE DCCP ANNUAL MEETING.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA, I THINK YOU WERE THERE TOO, RIGHT? NO.

SILLY ME .

ANYWAY, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND PROVIDE A STATE OF THE DOWNTOWN.

YEAH, YOU SHOULD JUST TAKE IT WHENEVER THEY HAVE.

UM, NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I WAS THERE.

, YOU AND JOHNNY APPLESEED.

I LIKE IT.

AS YOU CAN GUESS, THERE WERE MANY EXCITING UPDATES.

WE'VE WELCOMED NINE NEW BUSINESSES HAVE FIVE NEW CONCEPTS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN COMING SOON, AND WE ARE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DOWNTOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A DESTINATION DRIVER FOR YEARS TO COME.

OUR DOWNTOWN IS TRULY THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A PLACE FULL OF MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, DINING, SHOPPING, AND JUST GETTING TOGETHER.

SO WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO MAKE THIS PRO HAS WHO HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING OUR STAFF, OUR PARTNERS AT THE DCCP, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.

THIRDLY, DO YOU WANNA CONGRATULATE OUR GRADUATES? IT'S THAT SEASON.

UH, WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT, UH, CHANDLER WILL ONCE AGAIN, UH, RELEASE AND PRODUCE SO MANY TALENTED, INTELLIGENT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE, ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THEIR LIFE GOALS.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A SAFE SUMMER.

WISH YOU LUCK.

WE EVER, YOUR PATH WILL LEAD.

AND FINALLY, YES.

FINALLY, FINALLY, I DO WANT TO, UH, JUST MAKE MENTION MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR OUR NATION, OUR NATION'S HEROES, AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE LOST DURING SERVING OUR COUNTRY.

BE SAFE THIS WEEKEND AND GOD BLESS YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA.

JUST CONGRATS TO OUR GRADS AND AGAIN, AS WELL, HONORING OUR, UH, SERVICE MEMBERS ON MONDAY.

THAT'S IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WE HAD SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

THE FIRST ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS THE GOLDEN NEIGHBORS, UH, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

ON MAY 15, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES STAFF TO CELEBRATE THE THIRD, UH, BIRTHDAY OF OUR GOLDEN NEIGHBORS PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM IS A D IS VERY, VERY DEAR TO MY HEART, AND IT'S MUCH NEEDED BY OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WAS STARTED TO CONNECT OUR SENIORS WITH SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CITY AND LOCAL PARTNERS AND TO HELP CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR OUR OLDER RESIDENTS.

IT WAS WONDERFUL TO CONNECT WITH OUR SENIORS AT THAT EVENT.

AND COUNCIL, OUR VICE MAYOR, YOU WERE THERE TOO.

UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS TEAMS HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I WANNA THANK OH, MAYOR WAS THERE TOO.

ARE NOW TRAINED ON AUTISM AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, AND UNDERSTANDING OF SENSORY SENSITIVITIES TO MAKE EVERY INTERACTION WITH OUR RESIDENTS SAFE, POSITIVE, AND WE CAN FOCUS ON RECREATION AND HAVE SO MUCH FUN.

THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BEING THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MS. ELA, CHANA, LEAH, AND ALL THE TEAM OF CHANDLER WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE LAST THREE YEARS OF GREAT SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THE SECOND THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOU IS COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, AUTISM CERTIFICATION.

OUR CITY, UH, HAS REALLY WORKED WITH MR. TURNER TO REALLY PUT THIS THING THROUGH.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTERED DESIGNATION.

AND SO NOW OUR STAFF

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THIS IS INCLUSIVE.

THIS, THIS IS INCLUSIVITY AT WORK, WHICH IS PART OF OUR DIVERSITY AND STAFF AT THE DIRECTION OF THIS COUNCIL, MAYOR INCLUDED, HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE THAT OUR SERVICES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD TO FILM, UH, A PROGRAM THAT I DO HERE IN THE CITY, AND IT'S CALLED BREAKING BARRIERS.

I WANTED TO SHARE AN IMPACTFUL INTERVIEW THAT I HAVE TAPED THIS LAST WEEK, AND I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION AND GET TO WATCH IT IN JUNE.

IT'S COMING TO YOU.

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD WAS TO SIT DOWN WITH TWO RE, UH, TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN MEDIA.

FIRST WAS DESIREE ELLEN, THAT'S HER LAST NAME, AND NIKKI CHRISTIAN.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT BREAKING BARRIERS IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY AND HOW TO HANDLE NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS AND HOW MENTORSHIP PLAYS A ROLE IN EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN.

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN ON CHANDLER YOUTUBE IN JUNE.

LASTLY, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.

I JUST RECEIVED, UM, A TEXT FROM ONE OF MY YOUNG MENTEES THAT HAS TAKEN HER NCLX, WHICH IS HER NURSING BOARD EXAM, AND MISS ELIZABETH HARE PASS IT WITH THE FLYING COLORS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WE ALL HERE THERE IN COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO TELL YOU AGAIN, GO WITH GOD AND HAVE AN AMAZING NURSING CAREER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, ALSO THIS WEEKEND, IT'S MEMORIAL WEEKEND.

I'LL BE SPEAKING AT THE SUN SUNBIRD VALLEY OF THE SUN.

VALLEY OF THE SUN.

VALLEY OF THE SUN.

I'LL BE SPEAKING THERE THIS WEEKEND ON BEHALF OF, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU GUYS THERE.

MY DAD WAS A VIETNAM VET.

UH, HE, UH, PASSED AND UM, I THINK WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, I THINK THE PRESIDENT, UM, THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, WILLIAM CLINTON, UH, SENT US SOMETHING IN THE MAIL AND GAVE US A FLAG AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE.

UH, THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE.

UM, BUT JUST REMEMBER, MEMORIAL'S DAY IS ABOUT HONORING PEOPLE.

WE'VE LOST, UM, VETERANS THAT WE LOST.

YOU KNOW, IT'S US ALIVE VETERANS, IT'S THE ONES THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY.

SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE TIME TO, TO HONOR A LOVED ONE OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW THIS WEEKEND TO RECOGNIZE THEIR LIFE SACRIFICES.

ALSO, TONIGHT COUNCIL IS FINALLY ADOPTING THE BRASS KNUCKLES AND ALSO, UH, THE UNRULY GATHERING ORDINANCE, AKA DEPRESSANT LORD, UH, ORDINANCE.

THESE ITEMS WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON JUNE 24TH.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING.

UH, IN THE AUDIENCE, WE DO HAVE THE LORD, FAMILY AS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTER FAMILY HERE.

UM, TO SEE THIS TO THE END FROM DAY ONE, WE HAVE CONDEMNED TEEN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND HAVE MAINTAINED A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.

TONIGHT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS COMMITMENT TO ACTION.

BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH POLICE AND LARGER CHANDLER COMMUNITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR TEENS AND FAMILIES.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT, FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE VOTED ON THESE ITEMS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS, MAYOR.

NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, CITY MANAGER, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR.