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WOOHOO.COUNSEL, I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOND COMING,
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ALRIGHT, WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, UH, 2024 STUDY SESSION.PUT PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE ROLL.
THREE ITEMS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN AND I WAS THE FIRST ONE.
[10. Preliminary Development Plan, PLH24-0009 Chandler and Cooper Retail - Shops A, Located at the Northwest Corner of Cooper Road and Chandler Boulevard Move City Council approve Preliminary Development Plan PLH24-0009 Chandler and Cooper Retail - Shops A, for a new drive-through building, subject to the conditions as recommended by Planning and Zoning Commission. Council Focus Area(s): ]
QUESTION TO MY FRIEND BRENDAN RAY IN THE BACK ON ITEM NUMBER 10, BRENDAN, I, WE, WE TALKED ON THIS AND I, I SHARED WITH YOU, I JUST HAD, UH, A SINGULAR CONCERN IN TERMS OF STAFF HAD BROUGHT UP SOME, UH, CONCERNS RELATED TO, UH, SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS.I ASKED YOU TO WORK UP ANOTHER, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR A PEDESTRIAN COMING BY.
SO, UM, ADDRESS MY CONCERNS OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT THAT POINT.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
BRENNAN RAY, 1850 NORTH CENTRAL HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I PUT TOGETHER A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
UM, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO IT, THE, THE DISCUSSION CAME UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, BETWEEN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND MYSELF, UH, WHEN LOOKING AT PARTICULAR CONCERN OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY, UH, SHOULD THEY COME ACROSS THE SITE FROM COOPER ROAD HEADING WEST, NOT ONLY TO THIS SITE, BUT AS WELL TO THE WALMART AS WELL.
AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THERE IS A BLACK AND WHITE SITE PLAN, BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW UP AND BLOW YOU A DETAIL THAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN NOW.
AND AT THE, AT THE DISCUSSION, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MEETING, UH, IT WAS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, VEHICLES TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY EXITING OUT OF THAT DRIVE THROUGH ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE AS YOU LOOK AT IT, UM, THAT THERE WAS A WAY TO, THAT THEY WOULD DO IT.
WE HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD PUT SPEED HUMPS THERE, BUT THROUGH TALKING WITH THE COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF STAFF, UM, WE DECIDED TO PUT A, A SPEED TABLE THERE.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE DID ON THOSE TWO DRIVEWAYS ON THE RIGHT, UM, IS ENHANCED IT.
INITIALLY IT WAS A MORE NARROW STRIP OF PAVERS, UH, SOMETHING TEXTURALLY THAT PEOPLE FEEL IN CARS AS THEY DRIVE OVER IT.
AND SO WE'VE WIDENED THAT, ALMOST NEARLY DOUBLING THE WIDTH OF THE AMOUNT OF PAVERS THAT EXIST THERE.
SO THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT KIND OF IN IN ELEVATION VIEW AS BEST WE CAN, YOU CAN SEE THERE, AND THIS IS THE EXIT DRIVING THROUGH ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL OF IT IN TERMS OF, OF HOW THAT, UH, SPEED TABLE WILL LOOK.
AND THAT'S THE A AND THE B BELOW IT.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS AN APPROXIMATE THREE FOOT, UH, LENGTH OF A SLOPE THAT OCCURS FOR THAT SPEED TABLE AS YOU GO DOWN.
UM, AND IT'S TOUGH TO TELL WHEN YOU'VE GOT A BIG BUILDING IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOPEFULLY THAT THE IDEA WAS THAT THE PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE ELEVATED AS THEY WERE CROSSING IN FRONT OF THOSE VEHICLES, EXITING THE SITE.
AND, UH, LET ME ASK CITY MANAGER STEP, IS THAT, AGAIN, MY, MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS JUST THE, UH, THE SCHOOL OFF TO THE WEST THERE AND STUDENT STUDENTS THAT ARE PASSING BY AND PERHAPS NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
I, I THINK THIS SLOWS CARS DOWN AND I'M GRATEFUL.
IS THERE, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO, COULD WE HAVE STUDENT CROSSING OR SOME OTHER SIGNAGE THERE TOO, JUST TO DRAW FURTHER ATTENTION TO THE, THE DRIVERS TO, TO LOOK BOTH WAYS COMING ON HERE RATHER THAN, UH, WHATEVER THEIR ATTENTION IS TO THE ITEMS THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR DRIVE-THROUGH.
UM, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO, WHETHER WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER STIPULATION BEFORE, UH, THURSDAY'S MEETING OR IF ME SAYING IT ON THE RECORD IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH, BUT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING SIGNAGE INTERIOR ON THE SITE ON OUR PARCEL THAT WOULD IDENTIFY PROBABLY PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IS HOW I WOULD DO IT AT ALL OF THESE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM, UH, TO DO.
YEAH, I, TO ME THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I'M JUST CONCERNED OF, OF STUDENTS NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
AND, UM, AGAIN, SOMEONE COMING OUT, JUGGLING WHATEVER FOOD OR BEVERAGE THAT THEY'VE GOT HERE.
AND WE, UH, MAYOR, IF, IF, IF WE MAY, WE WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THERE'S APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AND APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS AS, AS YOU COME ACROSS THIS FRONTAGE.
SO IF THIS IN WHATEVER LANGUAGE IS APPROPRIATE, I'D, I APPRECIATE AND CERTAINLY WE'LL BE VOTING THIS, COUNSEL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO MR. RAY? NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[29. Resolution No. 5839, Intergovernmental Agreement with Mesa Unified School District No. 4 for Police Department Security Camera System Emergency Access Move City Council adopt Resolution No. 5839, approving an Intergovernmental Agreement granting the Chandler Police Department emergency access to the Mesa Unified School District No. 4 Security Camera System; and authorize the Chief of Police, as designated by the City Manager, to conduct all negotiations and to execute and submit all documents necessary in connection with such an agreement. Council Focus Area(s):]
UH, IS ITEM NUMBER 29, THE IGA WITH MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEMS, EMERGENCY ACCESS.IF CHIEF CHAPMAN GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON FOR
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BRINGING THIS FORTH.GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE IGA THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, FOR CAMERA ACCESS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR ON THEIR CAMPUS FOR ONLY SCHOOLS THAT ARE INSIDE OF THE CHANDLER CITY LIMITS.
THIS, UH, IGA IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE HAVE WITH CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CAMERAS, UH, WHEN INCIDENTS OF AN EMERGENCY NATURE OCCUR ON CAMPUS.
THIS HAPPENS IN COORDINATION WITH OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WHO GRANT US ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET A REAL TIME LOOK ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS AND DIRECT RESOURCES APPROPRIATELY.
THIS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANYBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS TO ANY CAMERA AT ANY TIME.
THIS IS, UH, STRICTLY LAID OUT IN THE IGA, WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN TALK THROUGH THE, THE LEGALESE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE, UH, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF IT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, JUST TO CONFIRM, COULD YOU WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, DO THEY CALL 9 1 1 AND THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY HAPPENS? DOES IT WORK WHERE SOMEONE AT THE SCHOOL SAYS, YES, YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS? HOW DOES THAT EXACTLY WORK? UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.
IN A PERFECT WORLD
UH, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN TESTED IN REAL TIME IN OUR WORLD YET, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT OF CHAOS THAT ENSUES AND AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO LAY OUT A BEST PRACTICE ON HOW IT WOULD UNFOLD.
UH, BUT IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT'S A BIG CAMPUS AND THE EMERGENCY IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF LEARNING HERE TO, TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS IN, IN REAL TIME.
SO FINGERS CROSSED, WE DON'T EVER, UH, UH, GET TO THAT POINT, BUT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SECONDS MATTER AND, UH, THE SOONER WE GET INFORMATION, UH, THE BETTER PREPARED WE CAN TO BE RESPOND TO IT.
AND THEN NEXT UP, ARE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY GOING TO BE YEAH.
WORKING THROUGH THE IGA, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSTING? YES.
WE'RE WORKING ON A FINALIZING ONE WITH, UH, KYRENE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEN THAT WILL, UM, FILL OUT THE COMPLIMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND IS THIS ALL PART OF OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER? IS THAT IT'LL INTEGRATE WITH THAT THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON? THAT'S A, UH, SEPARATE ISSUE.
WELL, WE MAY COME BACK AT A LATER TIME AND TALK ABOUT MAYBE MODIFYING THIS BASED ON, UH, SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE IN THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, HANDLING WITHIN OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND DISPATCH BUREAU.
COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I'VE GOT ONE.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A FEW, UH, UH, PRIVATE CAMPUSES, UH, WHETHER IT'S VALLEY, CHRISTIAN, SETON, ARE, ARE SOME OF OUR BASIS, IS THERE ANY, UH, ABILITY OR, OR INTEREST IN THEIR PART AND ALSO BEING PART OF THIS, UH, MAYOR AS WE EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES WITH OUR REALTIME CRIME CENTER, THAT WILL BE THE NEXUS BY WHICH WE BRING IN ALL THIS INFORMATION.
AND CERTAINLY AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, GROWING THAT AS WE, AS WE LIVE RIGHT HERE WITH JUST, UH, CAMERA ACCESS TO TRAFFIC CAMS AND WE WILL BE ONBOARDING, UH, BUSINESSES AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE SCHOOLS, UH, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TO, UH, ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS WITH US.
AND WE'LL BE COMING OUT WITH SOME EDUCATION MATERIAL AND, AND HOW TO DO THAT, UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 30 TO 90 DAYS AS WE GET A LITTLE MORE, UH, STEADY FOOTED ON OUR, UH, REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.
MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO? YEAH.
CHIEF, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A LITTLE PREMATURE, BUT I'M ASSUMING ONCE WE GET THIS OPERATIONAL, YOU'LL BE DOING SOME TEST SCENARIOS TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS WORKING AND THE TIMING IS WORKING, AND ANY BUGS WE COULD WORK THAT OUT, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, THAT IS THE INTENTION.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE, UH, THE, THE NUMBER OF, UH, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH IN OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT PERFECTED BEFORE WE, UH, START TESTING ANYTHING IN REAL TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO PREPARE FOR A DISASTER THAN TO TEST FOR ONE.
SO WE WILL BE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT TOWARDS THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT LAST QUARTER? THANKS.
THAT'S LAST QUARTER, SO, SO, SO NEW YEAR'S EVE, YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE TESTING.
LOOKS LIKE, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
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YOU, SIR.[34. Agreement No. 4800, with Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project Move City Council approve Agreement No. 4800, with Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, for the AMI project, in an amount not to exceed $14,000,000. Council Focus Area(s):]
IN ALSO BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON HAS TO DO WITH OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE.JEREMY, EVAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO YOU ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A MI AND HOW A MI OR ADVANCED METERING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DIFFERS FROM OUR CURRENT METERING SYSTEMS. THAT'S A PRETTY PICTURE.
SORRY, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS ISN'T, UH, SHOWING UP ALEXIS TO THE RESCUE
SO, GETTING BACK TO THE DIFFERENCE, UM, OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM VERSUS WHAT AN A MI SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE, UH, REALLY, UH, THERE'S TWO MAIN COMPONENTS, UH, THE ADVANCED METERS AS WELL AS, UH, THE FIXED NETWORK.
UM, AND THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UH, WHAT THE FITS FIXED NETWORK IS COMPRISED OF IS A COMBINATION OF GATEWAYS, UM, LOCATED STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, THEY'RE COMPRISED OF AN ANTENNA, A POWER SOURCE.
IN THIS EXAMPLE, UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, POWER THEM VIA SOLAR, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO LOCATE SOME OF THESE GATEWAYS ON FIELD LIGHTS, UH, LOCATED, UH, AT SCHOOLS, AGAIN, TO GIVE US THAT, UM, OVERVIEW AND THAT THAT COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL AS THE COLLECTOR.
UH, THE MAIN BENEFITS OF A MI REALLY COME DOWN TO WHAT, UM, A MI PROVIDES TO THE CUSTOMER.
UH, THE, THE GOAL HERE IS, IS IMPROVED WATER CONSERVATION, UM, RED, UH, REDUCED HIGH, UH, WATER BILLS, AS WELL AS REDUCTION IN HIGH WATER CALLS AND OR CONCERNS.
UH, A MI ALSO PROVIDES FOR, UH, IMPROVED METER ACCURACY.
THESE NEWER METERS THAT WE'RE USING HAVE A LONGER LIFE AND THEY RETAIN THEIR ACCURACY THROUGH THE END OF THEIR LIFE, UNLIKE SOME OF OUR OLDER TECHNOLOGY THAT DEGRADE OVER TIME.
SO, TO JUST GIVE YOU A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THE FLOW OF HOW THIS DATA IS GOING TO WORK, UM, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, PROPOSED A MI NETWORK AS A CONSUMER USES WATER, THAT WATER IS REGISTERED BY THEIR METER.
THAT METER WILL NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK AND OR SPEAK TO THOSE GATEWAYS LOCATED THROUGHOUT TOWN.
THOSE GATEWAYS WILL RETAIN AND PUSH THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR, UH, A MI SOFTWARE WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF PUSHING THAT THEN THROUGH A CUSTOMER PORTAL TO THE CUSTOMER DIRECTLY.
SO THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW THEIR BILLS, UM, RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS AND SEE WHAT THEIR WATER USAGE IS ON A, UH, I'LL SAY DAILY BASIS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A MONTH TO MONTH.
THIS GRAPHIC HERE SHOWS JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS PORTAL MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UH, CURRENTLY THE STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING, UM, UH, THE PORTAL PORTAL.
AND SO THE END RESULT, UH, MAY VARY, BUT AGAIN, JUST KIND OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE CUSTOMER WOULD SEE IS THE ABILITY TO VIEW, UH, THEIR HISTORICAL
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USAGE COMPARED TO CURRENT USAGE, UH, WHETHER IT'S SEASONAL OR MONTHLY RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS.UH, THEY WOULD, UH, WE WOULD PUSH OUT NOTIFICATIONS IF THE SYSTEM NOTICES CONSISTENT WATER USAGE.
SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A, A, A LEAKING TOILET VALVE AND THEN YOU HAVE WATER RUNNING 24 7, OR YOU HAVE A SPIKE IN YOUR WATER USAGE FROM YOUR CURRENT, UH, OR YOUR PAST, UH, HISTORICAL AVERAGE, MAYBE EMPHASIZING, YOU KNOW, A LEAK IN YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
IT'LL ALSO PROVIDE DATA TO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS TO BETTER ASSIST AND HELP THOSE CUSTOMERS DURING THOSE, UH, SAY HIGH WATER USAGE PHONE CALLS OR ANY OTHER CALL THAT, THAT, UH, THEY MAY RECEIVE RELATED TO WATER USAGE OR THEIR UTILITY BILL.
AND ANOTHER USE AND BENEFIT, UH, OF A MI AND USING, UM, A CUSTOMER PORTAL PLATFORM SUCH AS, AS ONE OF THESE EXAMPLES HERE IS IN THE EVENT OF A, AN EMERGENCY MAIN BREAK, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOTIFY THOSE AFFECTED RESIDENTS VIA THAT PLATFORM, UM, VERSUS REACTIVE AND, AND WAITING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO CALL IN TO INFORM THEM OF THE POSSIBLE DURATION OF THAT OUTAGE.
SO AGAIN, IT JUST MORE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND LASTLY, UH, IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.
SO, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF, UH, INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS CUSTOMER SERVICES, UH, WATER CONSERVATION, AND IT TO DEVELOP AND GET THIS PROJECT TO THIS POINT.
UH, THEY'VE ALSO WORKED REALLY HARD TO LEVERAGE, UH, SOME OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES IN THE TERMS OF GRANTS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN EPA GRANT AND ALSO A WA GRANT, UH, JUST, UH, TOTALING UNDER $1.2 MILLION TO HELP PAY FOR, FOR, UH, THIS INTEGRATION.
UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY OVER THE NEXT, UH, UH, 18 MONTHS.
UM, THAT'S THE INSTALLATION OF THE GATEWAYS, INSTALLATION OF THE NECESSARY METERS, AS WELL AS THE PROCUREMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PORTAL, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO SEE WITH A, A ROLLOUT, UH, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SPRING OF OF 2026.
AND THE GOAL WITH THAT IS TO ROLL THAT OUT TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, ESSENTIALLY AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON THIS BEING A PHASED APPROACH.
WE'RE NOT GONNA IDENTIFY CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS OVER ANOTHER.
WE'LL, WE'LL ROLL THIS OUT TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, ESSENTIALLY AT THE SAME TIME IN THAT SPRING 2026 TIMEFRAME.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PRESENTATION AND I'D BE, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU FIRST READ IT, IT SEEMS VERY HIGHLY TECHNICAL, WHICH IT IS, UM, SORT OF MAYBE ISN'T EASY TO GRASP, BUT YOUR, YOUR DESCRIPTION BASICALLY SHOWED WHY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS, OF ALL THE THINGS WE DO, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PROACTIVE.
I KNOW WE ALREADY ARE, BUT EVEN MORE SO IN PROACTIVE IN ONE CONSERVING WATER AND TWO, LETTING RESIDENTS SAVE MONEY WHEN THEY HAVE THOSE ISSUES.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS $1.2 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING GOING TO THIS, SO THAT'S EXCELLENT.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, COUNCIL IS CHARGED STAFF WITH TO LOOK AT THAT GRANT FUNDING, SO THAT'S APPRECIATED.
AND THEN YOU DID ANSWER MY FINAL QUESTION.
WE HAVE BEGUN INSTALLING SOME OF THESE THOUGH, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NONE OF THE GATEWAYS HAVE, HAVE BEEN INSTALLED YET, YET.
UM, WE DO REQUIRE FORMAL APPROVAL FROM THE EPA BEFORE WE CAN START SPENDING SOME OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS.
UM, BUT WE ARE READY TO START PROCURING AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THAT, AND WE EXPECT THAT ANY DAY NOW.
I THOUGHT FROM YOUR CHART SHOWED THAT, THAT WE HAD SOME OF THAT ALREADY, BUT NO.
OH, MAYBE I LOOKED AT THE WRONG YEAR.
BUT NOT PART OF THE OVERALL, UH, FIX NETWORK.
THAT WOULD BE TIED TO THAT EPA, UH, GRANT FUNDED.
I I JUST REALLY DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS REALLY GONNA HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
VICE MAYOR, THEN COUNCILMAN BURRES.
YEAH, JUST WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, CHANDLER'S CITY OF INNOVATION, I THINK THIS IS VERY INNOVATIVE.
I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW, UM, HOW MANY CITIES, IF, YOU KNOW, IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA THAT'S ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED SUCH A PROGRAM? SO I, I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SURPRISE, UM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING A MI,
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UH, TEMPE IS ALSO WORKING ON, UH, IMPLEMENTING A MI, UH, I DO KNOW IN GENERAL THAT A LOT OF THE CITIES IN THE VALLEY ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF WORKING TOWARDS REACHING FULL A MI AS FAR AS, UH, UM, UH, METERING TECHNOLOGY.SO WILL WE BE ABLE TO KIND OF DO IT FIRST BEFORE
UH, I, I CAN'T SAY WITH ANY CERTAINTY THAT WE WILL BE THE FIRST, BUT WE WILL BE CLOSE SECOND, I JUST THINK THAT THEM BRAGGING RIGHTS WHEN I'M AROUND THEM WILL BE GREAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT HOW WE DOING IT INTERNALLY, BUT, UH, ONE THING THAT I, I WANTED TO ASK, HOW DOES THE CUSTOMER, WHICH IS, UH, OUR RESIDENTS, GET THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, USING THEIR PHONE.
UH, SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SO THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION? YEAH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR THE CUSTOMER TO OBTAIN THAT.
AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT ACTUAL ROLLOUT, WE WILL WORK ON SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH AND, AND, AND POST SOME INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ON HOW THEY WILL OBTAIN THAT AND DOWNLOAD THAT PORTAL.
UH, THE OPTIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS VIA YOUR PHONE, BUT ALSO VIA, UH, UH, THE WEB, YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET VIA, UH, A COMPUTER.
WE WILL NOT BE EMAILING THEM ANY INFORMATION.
THEY WILL HAVE AN APP THAT THEY CAN GO ON, CORRECT? YES.
THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE PORTAL.
AND, AND IT, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT THAT'S THERE FOR THE CUSTOMER IF THEY CHOOSE.
SO, MM-HMM,
AND ONE LAST QUESTION FROM ME PERHAPS IS YOU HAD MENTIONED THE, THE PACKETS OF INFORMATION WERE DAILY.
I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT COULD IT BE A LITTLE MORE SPONTANEOUS THAN WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE, UH, JUST JUST RESTATE AGAIN, HOW OFTEN COULD SOMEONE CHECK? I MEAN, COULD I CHECK IF MY, IF MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKING TOO LONG A SHOWER AS OPPOSED TO I HAD A LEAK IN THE, UH, BACKYARD OR MY WIFE COULD CHECK IF I WAS TAKING TOO LONG OF A SHOWER? YEAH, MR. MAYOR, UH, SO THE GOOD QUESTION, AND, AND REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO, UM, THE AMOUNT OF DATA.
SO I WON'T SAY IT'S REAL TIME BECAUSE IT, IT, WE WON'T BE PINGING EVERY SINGLE METER, 87,000 METERS EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY.
UM, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, UM, 15 MINUTES OR HOURLY WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE REALISTIC.
DAILY IS, I THINK PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE.
IT DEPENDS ON, I GUESS THE INDIVIDUAL.
UM, I KNOW I USE THE SRP POWER APP AND YOU KNOW, I, I'LL CHECK IT, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO SEE, OKAY, UH, HOW MUCH IS MY FAMILY TURNING DOWN THE THERMOSTAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER TOO, YOU KNOW? BUT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT, BUT IT, IT WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE MINUTE BY MINUTE, BUT MORE REALISTICALLY, HOURLY USAGE AND, AND UPDATE THE PORTAL AT THAT LEVEL.
SO IT'S POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE MORE THAN A DAILY, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE MIGHT CHECK IT AT THAT, SO.
THE, THE, THE INFORMATION IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, BUT THE RATE IN WHICH IT UPDATES WOULD VARY AND MORE LIKELY BE AT A DAILY INTERVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, NO? OTHERS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN, SO THANK YOU, JEREMY.