* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. HERE WE GO. [ Call to Order] [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING AT THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL. AT THIS MEETING, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, RECOGNITIONS AND, UH, AND MANY OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT. AFTER THAT MEETING, I WILL GAVEL OUT, AND THEN WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION, WHICH RELATES TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY. AND AT THAT MEETING, UM, UH, WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED. MANY OF YOU'RE ALSO HERE. I, I THINK, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, WANTING TO SPEAK RELATED TO A PARK, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE SPECIFIC REQUEST, UH, IN ADVANCE FOR SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE. SO IF YOU FILLED, UH, I THINK YOU WERE REQUESTED TO FILL OUT A WRITTEN COMMENT CARD, AND THOSE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE EVIDENCE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK ON THURSDAY NIGHT AS AN UNSCHEDULED, WHICH MANY OF YOU CAME TONIGHT, THEN YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU. BUT JUST A, A PUBLIC MEETING LAW, UH, KIND OF SETS THE GUIDELINES CONCERNING THESE. SO WITH THAT, UH, CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE. MAYOR HARTKE HERE, VICE MAYOR HARRIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER POSTING HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PASTOR KELLY, HAND FROM DESERT PALMS CHURCH AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ENIDA. PASTOR, I'M FIRST. SHOULD I? NO, YOU'RE FIRST SIR. OKAY. UH, SO MY ADMIN, MY OFFICE ADMIN TOLD ME I HAD TWO MINUTES, AND I THOUGHT, DO THEY KNOW I'M A PREACHER? ? UH, FIRST, UH, I'VE LIVED IN CHAND 18 YEARS. MY WIFE AND I HAVE RAISED FOUR KIDS HERE, 23 TO 14, GOT A COUPLE AT HOME. AND SO I COME TO PRAY FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY WITH A SENSE OF GREAT GRATITUDE. YOU ALL, UH, THIS IS AN AMAZING CITY TO LIVE IN, AND YOU DO A LOT OF AMAZING WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TIRELESSLY. UH, SCRIPTURE TELLS US TO PRAY FOR YOU. AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE LEADERSHIP IS HARD, AND THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO IS UPSET WITH YOU AFTER YOU'VE MADE A DECISION. AND, UH, AND YOU WALK AWAY FROM THESE MEETINGS WITH THAT. AND I, AND I KNOW THAT. AND SO I PRAY FOR YOU. MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU IN THAT. BUT MY PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT YOU WOULD DO GOOD. AND MY HOPE. SO IF I MAY BE SO BOLD, MY CHARGE TO YOU IS THAT YOU WOULD DO GOOD. MY HOPE IS THAT YOU WOULD DO SO, UH, WITH A SENSE OF, OF JOY AND GRATITUDE AS WELL. LET ME PRAY ALMIGHTY. FATHER, WE PRAY, AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THESE COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN WITH WISDOM BEYOND THEIR COLLECTIVE YEARS. YOUR WORD CLEARLY SAYS THAT YOU PUT THOSE IN AUTHORITY OVER US, AND WE'RE TO SUBMIT TO THEIR AUTHORITY, BUT TO PRAY FOR THEM AS WELL. PRAY FOR THEM, THEIR PEACE, THEIR THEIR WELLBEING, UM, FOR IT IS TO YOU THAT THEY WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT. SO PLEASE BLESS THIS CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, THE MEETING THIS EVENING. MAY THERE BE PEACE AS PEOPLE BRING THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PASSIONATE TO THEIR VERY HEARTS. BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, AND MAY THE COUNCIL HAVE INSIGHT TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND TRUE. AND LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM BEYOND THEIR COLLECTIVE YEARS. I PRAY YOU WOULD BLESS THIS GREAT CITY AND HER CITIZENS, LORD BLESS ALL THE CITY WORKERS AND THOSE ELECTED TO SERVE, EQUIP THEM WITH ALL THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. AND, UH, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE JOY OF LIVING HERE IN CHRIST, I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR YOUR WORDS. IF YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, OR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, PASTOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES. I'D LIKE TO INVITE VICE MAYOR TO JOIN ME UPFRONT. FIRST ON OUR LIST OF [1. Service Recognitions] SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES IS SERVICE RECOGNITION. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL ON OUR CITY MANAGER JOSH WRIGHT TO BEGIN THIS. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE THREE EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. AND FOR THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, KIM MOYERS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP TERRY REDDICK, UH, FOR HER [00:05:01] 10 YEARS. TERRY WAS HIRED BY THE CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN 2014 AS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER. TERRY HOLDS A BA IN THEATER WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION. SHE'S A NEXT GENERATIONAL LEADER IN VENUE MANAGEMENT WITH A CERTIFICATION FROM THE IAVM VENUE MANAGEMENT SCHOOL. SHE IS ALSO A FULBRIGHT GRANTEE AND TAUGHT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN SOUTH KOREA. UNDER TERRY'S LEADERSHIP, THE ART CENTER HAS SEEN THE COMPLETION OF NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND BASS OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. SHE HAS EXPANDED THE CENTER'S EDUCATIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, WHICH NOW SERVES OVER 7,500 YOUTH, UH, A YEAR, AND HAS REDUCED THE BARRIERS OF PARTICIPATION WITH FREE AND LOW COST ARTS EXPERIENCES. THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR TEAM. THANK YOU, TERRY, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO BRING ARTS TO THE CHANDLER AND TO OUR COMMUNITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR OUR SECOND SERVICE RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, SANDEEP DEIA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OR INVITE LAUREL TO PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR CELEBRATING HER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AND AS, AS ALWAYS, I'D LIKE TO CITE A POEM FOR HER . FOR 25 YEARS, LAUREL'S LED THE WAY A TECH INNOVATOR. SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY, AUGUST 9TH, 1999, SHE CAME ABOARD WITH A MISSION IN MIND IN HER TECH SAVVY SWORD FROM JIS MAPS TO CULTURAL EVENTS. EVEN WITH THIS BIG WATER PROJECT, SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER DILIGENCE. ARCHIVES SECURED CYBERSECURITY, TIGHT LAUREL'S, MADE SURE WE ESPECIALLY ME, CAN SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT. SHE CRAFTS WITH PAPER, TRAVELS WITH FLAIR GREEK FOODS, HER LOVE. NO DISH CAN COMPARE HER ARTS ON DISPLAY, HER WORKS WORLD CLASS. SHE'S THE HEART OF THE TEAM, NO ONE CAN SURPASS. SO HERE'S TO YOU LAUREL, WITH CHEERS AND DELIGHT. FOR 25 YEARS, YOU'VE KEPT OUR CITY BRIGHT. WE THANK YOU TODAY WITH MUCH ADMIRATION FOR YOUR ENDLESS PASSION, YOUR HEARTFELT DEDICATION, AND CONGRATULATIONS, CINDY JE LIKE EVERYONE TO WRITE A THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR THIRD AND FINAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MATT BURDICK, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. MAYOR. I DO NOT HAVE A POEM, BUT I DO HAVE A VIDEO PRODUCER THAT I CAN PULL UP. SO I ASKED STACY SOKO TO COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER 25 YEARS. SO STACY, IT'S GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE HER. SHE'S OUR DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGER. UM, SHE'S MADE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHANDLER OVER THE YEARS. SHE LEADS THE DYNAMIC DIGITAL MEDIA TEAM HERE AT THE CITY, THE AWARD-WINNING. IN FACT, WE'LL HAVE A ANNOUNCEMENT LATER TONIGHT. WE HAVE OUR FIRST ROCKY MOUNTAIN EMMY NOMINATION COMING TO THE CITY OF CHANNELLER. SO STACY AND HER TEAM, THEY OPERATE OUR CABLE CHANNEL. THEY BRING THIS DYNAMIC, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE CITY, OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND COUNTLESS, UH, VIDEOS THAT ARE SUCH AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. SHE'S CREATED A TEAM AND A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS ELEVATED THE QUALITY AND THE VOLUME OF VIDEOS PRODUCED BY THE CITY. DIGITAL MEDIA IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND KEEP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY INFORMED. AND STACY AND HER TEAM [00:10:01] HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS, UH, EFFORTS TO BRING ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND PROJECTS TO FRONT OF PEOPLE. THIS YEAR, SHE MANAGED THE DIGITAL MEDIA UPGRADE TO THE PRODUCTION STUDIO, CAMERAS, LIGHTING AND BROADCAST CONTROL ROOM. SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TAKE TAKEN MONTHS, UM, PROBABLY YEARS OFF OF HER, HER LIFE, UH, IN THE COURSE OF DOING THAT. BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE TALENT AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE TEAM THAT SHE'S BUILT HERE AT THE CITY. SO THANK YOU STACY, FOR YOUR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO CHANDLER, AND WE LOOK OUT, LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. AND STACEY, YOUR FAMILY'S IN THE AUDIENCE. THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE 'EM STAND. STACEY'S FAMILY. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE [2. Proclamation - Library Card Signup Month] OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION, UH, WHICH IS LIBRARY SIGNUP MONTH. SO I'M GONNA DO THIS ONE. OKAY. THEN YOU GET DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS. ALL RIGHT, WELCOME. YEAH, SCOOT OVER HERE A LITTLE MORE. SO WE'RE CENTERED. THERE YOU GO. OH, YOU'RE SASHA. LIKE THE WHERE US LIBRARIES ARE VIBRANT HUBS FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND LEARNING, PROVIDING FREE ACCESS TO A WEALTH OF DIVERSE PROGRAMS, LITERATURE AND RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE OFFERING FREE AND EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. AND WHEREAS CHANDLER RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A FREE LIBRARY CARD SERVING AS A PASSPORT TO LEARNING AND ADVENTURE WITHIN THEIR LIBRARY, WHETHER IT'S EXPLORING ONLINE OR VISITING ONE OF CHANDLER'S FOUR BRANCHES. AND WHEREAS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS CAN SEARCH THOUSANDS OF PHYSICAL BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MOVIES, AND MUSIC FROM THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY, OR ACCESS DIGITAL RESOURCES FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING EBOOKS, AUDIO BOOKS, STREAMING MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND LANGUAGE AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. AND WHEREAS DURING LIBRARY CARD SIGNUP MONTH, WE CELEBRATE OUR LIBRARIES AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER FOR THEIR CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD, EMPOWERING THEM TO PURSUE THEIR INTEREST, UNLEASHING THEIR CREATIVITY, AND ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS WITHOUT FINANCIAL BARRIERS. NOW THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARKEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2024 AS LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP OR RENEW THEIR LIBRARY CARDS AND VISIT OUR CHANDLER LIBRARIES AND EXPLORE ALL THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. WOO. SO, SO IS SOMEONE PREPARED TO TALK? IS THAT YOU? ALRIGHT, SO WE SHOULD, LET ME GO AND GET EVERYBODY'S NAME AND THEN DO YOU GET IT? DEBBIE MORENO. AND WHERE DO YOU WORK? I'M, I'M THE MANAGER OF THE SUNSET LIBRARY, KAREN NALL, AND I'M THE MANAGER OF THE HAMILTON LIBRARY. JAMAL MILLER, MANAGER OF THE OUTREACH, UH, BRANCH LIBRARY, SUE VAN HORN, THE ASSISTANT LIBRARY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M MICHELLE ICK, AND I AM THE LIBRARY MANAGER. AND I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT THE LIBRARY AND LIBRARY CARD SIGNUP MONTH. WE ARE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS MONTH. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN AN AIRPLANE AND YOU LIKE, TAKE YOUR SEATBELT OFF EARLY AND THEY SAY, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. PUT THAT SEATBELT BACK ON. WELL, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, . AND WE'RE COMING FOR YOU THIS MONTH, THIS, THIS YEAR WE HAVE THREE LIMITED EDITION LIBRARY CARDS, A SNOOPY LIBRARY CARD. IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO GET A TATTOO, YOU CAN GET A TATTOO LIBRARY CARD. AND IF YOU'RE PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE FREEDOM TO READ, WE HAVE ONE THAT [00:15:01] SAYS, LET FREEDOM READ. AND SO FOR ALL NEW CARD HOLDERS THIS MONTH, YOU'RE GETTING FIRST CHOICE. AT ONE OF OUR THREE NEW CARD DESIGNS, EXISTING CARD HOLDERS CAN COME IN ON OCTOBER 1ST AND CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THESE THREE CARDS. AND I WANT TO PUT A CARD IN THE HANDS OF EVERY SINGLE CHANDLER RESIDENT. THEY'RE TELLING ME I'M CRAZY. I SAY IT'S POSSIBLE . SO PLEASE COME AND SEE US THIS MONTH. WE WANT THIS TO BE THE BEST. THIS CARD HAS MORE PERKS THAN ANY CREDIT CARD YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR WALLET. SO WE WANT YOU TO COME IN AND GET ONE OF THESE AND MAKE THIS THE MOST POPULAR CARD THAT YOU CARRY AROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. RIGHT? LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. SURE. WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? WANT? OH, YOU WANT SNOOPY? DO YOU WANT TATTOO? DO YOU WANT LIP FREEDOM? READ? LET'S GO WITH THE TATTOO. OH, GOOD. GOOD CHOICE. YOU CAN SAY YOU HAVE ONE. I CAN NOW SAY I HAVE A TATTOO. ALRIGHT. LEXUS. SUE SUE. SHE'S WHAT? SNEAK 1, 2, 3. YOU CARD. THERE YOU GO. 1, 2, 3. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS [3. Proclamation - Domestic Violence Awareness Month] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. VICE MAYOR. NOW, IF WE COULD CALL UP MEMBERS OF OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TEAM. COME ON UP. WHEREAS ONE OR MORE CHILDREN WITNESSED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVERY 44 MINUTES IN ARIZONA, WHEREAS CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF CONTINUING THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS ADULTS. AND WHEREAS CYCLE OF INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY VIOLENCE HAVE ONGOING IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS SUCH AS SUBSTANCE USE, EMPLOYMENT RATES, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL RATES OF HOMELESSNESS. AND WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING INDIVIDUALS IN SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS AID AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND REDUCING HARM, AND WHEREAS TOGETHER THE CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES EDUCATE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES TO HELP PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CHANDLER. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR. KEVIN, ARE YOU OVER THERE? , UH, CITY OF CHANDLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2024 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND AND PASS THE MIC AND INTRODUCE YOU AND SAY WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO. I'M SHARON TIPTON. I AM A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIALIST AS WELL AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIALIST, AND I HELP OTHERS TO FIND RESOURCES AND INTO SAFE HOUSING IF THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HI. UM, I'M MICHAEL MORRIS. I'M A VOLUNTEER. I'M NOT PART OF A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, BUT I JUST, UH, SHOW UP AND DO WHAT I CAN AND TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. HI, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA HINCHEY AND, UM, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF VICTIM SERVICES FOR THE ARIZONA COALITION TO END SEXUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OKAY. HI, I AM KATIE KAIN. I'M THE VICTIM SERVICES SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I OVERSEE THE FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER WHERE WE WORK WITH VICTIMS OF CRIMES INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND I'M ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION. HI, UH, I'M SINE MA. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SAHARA PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, FREE HEALTH CLINIC, AND ALSO WE DO REFUGEE SERVICES. ALSO, I'M THE COMMISSIONER FOR CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAWN CURTIS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MY SISTER'S PLACE, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER HERE IN CHANDLER. AND I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND [00:20:01] INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO OUR 16TH ANNUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AT NINE 30 IN THE MORNING AT THE AVION CENTER HERE IN CHANDLER. THANK YOU. AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR YOUR WORK AT OUR REGION WITH THE MARICOPA, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL. WE'LL SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONTH. ALL [4. Recognition - Neighborhood of the Year Finalist] RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITION. DRUM ROLL, PLEASE. THERE YOU GO. HER NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALIST. WE COULD HAVE PRISCILLA QUINTANA COME FORTH. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM MANAGER AND OUR GALVESTON REPRESENTATIVES. OH, WE GOT A BANNER . ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU COMPETING? ALL RIGHT. AND WHY DON'T WE GO AROUND AND SAY, SAY WHO YOU ARE AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO A SPEAKER. HELLO, MY NAME IS FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ. I'M WENDY ROBINSON. RUTH MAYA, ROWAN KALE. LUCA KALE. KATIE KALE WITH THE CHANDLER CARE CENTER. TONY, I'LL CALL UP PRINCIPAL OF GALVESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF FORMER RAY CARNEY LIVE LOVE LETITIA GILMORE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES. OH, , JASON HAVEN, NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES. PAUL GUNTHER WITH THE LIVE LOVE MELINDA GUNTHER, WITH LIVE LOVE . LEAH POWELL, NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES WELL, VERY GOOD. AND, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME'S PRISCILLA QUINTANA. I'M THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM MANAGER, BUT ALSO, UM, GALVESTON NEIGHBORHOOD IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN. AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS USA, ALSO KNOWN AS NOOSA ORGANIZATION, RECOGNIZES WORK BEING DONE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH A VARIETY OF AWARD CATEGORIES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR, BEST NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER, AND WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA'S NEIGHBORHOODS. DURING THE 2024 NOOSA CONFERENCE STAFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER A PRESENTATION ON ONE OF THE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN CHANDLER. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SELECTED THIS YEAR WAS GALVESTON. IN 2020, THE GALVESTON NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED IN CENTRAL CHANDLER WAS SELECTED AS THE FIRST TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S AND VISION PROGRAM. THE ONE SQUARE MILE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDES OVER 1400 HOMES, THREE PARKS, THREE PARKS, EXCUSE ME, TOP RATED SCHOOLS, TWO NONPROFITS, AND A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER. NOTABLY, GALVESTON ELEMENTARY HAS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN, UM, BUILDING TRUST AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. LOCAL NONPROFITS AND FAMILY RESOURCES SUCH AS CASA DEDA LIVE LOVE, AND THE C CHILD CARE CENTER PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING YOUTH PROGRAMS, MENTORSHIP, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. DURING PREVIOUSLY STRUGGLING WITH CRIME AND DETERIORATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TRANSFORMED WITH RESIDENTS, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND CITY STAFF WORKING TOGETHER TO RESTORE PRIDE, SAFETY, AND CLEANLINESS. THE COLLABORATION EFFORTS HAVE FOSTERED A MORE UNIFIED, EMPOWERED COMMUNITY AND HAVE LED TO ONGOING BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THE STRONG RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT CONTINUES TO BE DONE. GALVESTON NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SELECTED AS A FINALIST IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR CATEGORY. CONGRATULATIONS TO GALVESTON RESIDENTS AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD, GALVESTON NEIGHBORHOOD A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LOVE TO LIVE. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA HAND THIS TO MY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRINCIPLES, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. UH, AS A FORMER STUDENT, GALVESTON, GROWING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL, AND NOW THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF GALVESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN A BRAND NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMPUS ON OCTOBER 8TH IS OUR RIBBON CUTTING. AND WE ARE SO, SO PROUD. THIS FINALIST AWARD ONLY, UH, [00:25:01] SHOWS HOW MUCH WE CARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW MUCH THE CITY CARES ABOUT US AS WELL. SO WE'VE HEARD IT, WE FEEL LOVE AND WE APPRECIATE MAYOR HARKEY AND COUNCIL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DRIVE BY GALVESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, SOMETIME SOON, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE AMAZED. LET'S CONDENSE THIS GROUP A LITTLE BIT IN THE FRONT. GO TWO, THREE. GREAT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, BOY, WHAT A GREAT EVENING OF PRESENTATIONS [5. Recognition - Si Se Puede Foundation's Women's Underwater Robotics Team Wins International Competition] AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET. UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CPUE FOUNDATION'S WOMEN'S UNDERWATER ROBOTICS TEAM AS THEY WON THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. AS THEY'RE COMING UP, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A VIDEO, UH, SHOW ON THE, UH, ON THE, ON THE, UH, ON THE MONITORS THERE. SO COME ON DOWN. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DESERT WAVE, A COLLEGIATE ROBOTICS TEAM RECENTLY PLACED. FIRST, GET THAT AGAIN. FIRST IN THE 27TH INTERNATIONAL ROBO SUB COMPETITION, THE TEAM COMPETED AGAINST 41 TEAMS FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND ENTERED TWO ROBOTS WHO WORKED IN TANDEM NAMED DRAGON AND BABY DRAGON. THEY ARE THE FIRST ALL WOMEN'S ROBOTICS TEAM TO WIN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND ARE ALREADY PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT. WE WANNA CONGRATULATE DESERT WAVE FOR THIS EXCITING ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, LET ME AGAIN EACH INTRODUCE YOURSELF, BUT WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO, FREDDY, WOULD IT BE YOU OR SOMEBODY ELSE TALKING? ALL RIGHT. UM, MY NAME IS NANCY SCAR VASQUEZ. AND WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL OR WHAT? UM, I GO TO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. HI, I AM GABBY HERNANDEZ AND I GO TO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. HI, MY NAME IS ALI RODRIGUEZ AND I GO TO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. HELLO, MY NAME IS PAULINA GAR, AND I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM A ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. HI, MY NAME IS JACQUELINE CASTRO AND I'M ALSO AN ALUMNI FROM A SU. MY NAME IS DR. DANIEL FRANK, AND I'M A PROFESSOR AT A SU. MY NAME IS FREDDY LAVATI. I'M THE CEO OF THE CPUE FOUNDATION, AND WE RUN, OPERATE A STEM CENTER IN CHANDLER. WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE THE TOP UNDERWATER ROBOTICS TEAM IN THE WORLD. THIS IS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. AND GABBY, YOU GREW UP AT GALVESTON ELEMENTARY, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SO TONY, WHERE'S TONY? STILL HERE. ALL RIGHT, AMAZING. FROM HOME DOWN CHANDLER TO BECOME GLOBAL CHAMPIONS. UH, THAT'S SUPER COOL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. THERE YOU GO. TWO OF YOUR STUDENTS. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A AND, UM, AS PART OF THIS, UH, OUR CONTIGO FESTIVAL, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING SPARE PARTS COMING UP AT LOOK THEATER, UH, JUST WHAT ABOUT 10 DAYS FROM NOW? SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING AS WELL. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. SCOOT THIS WAY, GUYS. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, READY? 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ONE MORE. ALRIGHT, ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [00:30:15] ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE [6. Duane Lidman - Comments on Parks Master Plan Orangetree Neighborhood] HAVE DWAYNE LIDMAN, UH, SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE TO TALK ON THE PARKS MASTER PLAN ON ORANGE TREE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I KNOW I SPOKE THIS , I KNOW I SPOKE THIS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO CAME HOPING TO TALK AN UNSCHEDULED, WE DON'T OFFER AN UNSCHEDULED SPEAKING PORTION ON MONDAYS. WE DO ON THURSDAYS, BUT IF YOU SPELLED, IF YOU FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD, THOSE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. SO, MR. LIDMAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. DWAYNE LIDMAN, 2301 WEST PALAMINO DRIVE. CHANDLER. THANK YOU MAYOR HARKEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. AS YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE TREE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NEVER HAD ACCESS TO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND 10 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, WE, WE HAD A RECORD BREAKER RAIN RAINFALL EVENT THAT BREACHED, BREACHED OUR STORM WATER RETENTION BASIN AND FLOODED OUR STREETS. AT THAT TIME, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE ORANGE TREE BASIN MIGHT BE UNDERDESIGNED IN 2021. KIMLEY HORNE AND PROSE CONSULTING WERE HIRED TO UPDATE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. THEY RECEIVED A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE LACK OF PARK ACCESS WITHIN THE ORANGE TREE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A RO AS A RESULT OF THIS ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT. THE PARKS MASTER PLAN INDIRECTLY INCLUDES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NORTH CHANDLER AS A RECOMMENDATION, AS A RECOMMENDED PRIORITY ACTION THROUGH 2028. A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THE TRACT OF LAND THAT INCLUDES THE ORANGE TREE REPE RETENTION BASIN. AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF OUR CITY MANAGER AND SEVERAL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, THIS REDEVELOPMENT WILL DELIVER A SMALL PARK AND A RETENTION BASIN THAT WILL MEET THE CURRENT DESIGN STANDARD AT ZERO COST TO OUR CITY. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE CITY STAFF'S EFFORT AND THE HOME BUILDER WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGING REDEVELOPMENT. DUE TO THE HEIGHT SITE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, THE HOME BUILDER HAD TO ADD ADDITIONAL LOTS TO PAY FOR THE SMALL PARK WITH A TOT LOT. AS A RESULT OF THESE ADDED LOTS, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RETENTION BASIN NEEDS TO BE DEEPER THAN THREE AND A HALF FEET. SO THIS REQUIRES A PERIMETER FENCE FOR SAFETY. SO THIS 2.8 ACRE AREA WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE. I WAS TOLD BY CITY STAFF THAT THERE ARE CIVIL, CIVIL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS THAT CAN REDUCE THE DEPTH OF THE RETENTION BASIN, SO THE FENCE COULD BE REMOVED, AND THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED AFTER THE REDEVELOPMENT. AS PART OF FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS ARE RATED AS A HIGH PRIORITY ITEM BY CHANDLER RESIDENTS. OUR NEW PARK WILL BE 1.7 ACRES, AND THE MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDS 6.7 ACRES FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FOR OUR NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, THE PARKS BOARD HAS SHOWN AN INTEREST IN ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TWO POINT ACRE BASIN AREA AND THE ORANGE TREE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE OUR CITY TO COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT. WE ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THE RE THE RESIDENTS OF THE ORANGE TREE AND HEATHER BROOK NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE OUR CITY TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR THE ORANGE TREE RETENTION BASIN. SO THE FENCE CAN BE REMOVED AFTER THE REDEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEN THIS AREA WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE AND ADDITIONAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS. MARY HARTKE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO FURTHER CORRECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK INEQUITY THAT HAS, THAT HAS EXISTED FOR MORE THAN 43 YEARS AS A PRIORITY ACTION BY 2028. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. LINMAN. I KNOW THE CONVERSATION WILL BE ONGOING, SO THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY, MAYOR, REAL QUICK. MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, DWAYNE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THIS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS, UH, AND LEADING THIS EFFORT AS WELL AS YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN COMING TO ALMOST EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, ALMOST EVERY WORK SESSION. SO I THINK YOU'RE THE, LIKE EIGHTH COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. I WOULD THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY DO A LOT OF, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. AND AGAIN, LET'S, UH, GET THIS PROPERTY DEEDED TO THE CITY FIRST AS WE'RE THE PLAN IS. AND THEN WE COULD TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO TO, [00:35:01] UM, RE REIMAGINE THAT AREA. OKAY. AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE HIM THE SEVENTH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER MANY TIMES, BUT, UH, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL. UH, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR, UH, SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES. AND AGAIN, ANYONE WHO HAD FILLED OUT A CARD, THOSE WILL BE READ INTO OR THOSE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. NEXT, COUNSEL, [ 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 September 9, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 and 2.] WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA OF OUR REGULAR MEETING. I KNOW THAT THERE IS [2. Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Ordinance No. 5109, Forming a Resident Bond Exploratory Committee Move Council tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5109, forming a Resident Bond Exploratory Committee, including a Steering Committee and Subcommittees, to review and identify programs requiring financing and to make recommendations to the Council regarding the use of bond financing. Council Focus Area(s):] A STAFF PRESENTATION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR BOND COMMITTEE. LET'S GIVE, UH, A MOMENT FOR EVERYONE TO LEAVE THOUGH, BUT YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON EXCITING STUFF. I JUST WANT TO SAY . YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PARKED IN THIS EASEMENTS, SEWER LINES, NEW PARKS, , ALL KIND OF, JUST WAIT A MINUTE, MATT. THERE. I'VE CLEARED A LOT OF ROOMS BEFORE, BUT NOT LIKE . THIS IS ALL TIME, THIS IS ALL TIME HIGH. SO , WE NAILED IT. I'VE NEVER SEEN SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, MATT, WHILE WE'RE WAITING. WHAT DO YOU CALL A STARVING HIPPOPOTAMUS IN BUDAPEST? I DO NOT KNOW. MAYOR. A HUNGRY, HUNGRY HIPPOPOTAMUS. OH, I HOPE IT'S BETTER THAN THAT, BUT WE'LL SEE. THERE, THERE ARE A FEW SLIDES BEFORE WE, SO THE SUSPENSE WILL BILL FOR IT, SO THAT'D BE GOOD. YOU GIVE HIM CREDIT. GIVE HIM CREDIT, PUT HIMSELF OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. LET'S BE FAIR. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ALRIGHT, MATT, IT'S YOURS. GO AHEAD. COURSE THE MAYOR DID WAIT TILL EVERYONE LEFT BEFORE HE SHARED HIS, SO, ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, COUNCIL, IT'S GOOD TO BE, UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 51 0 9, WHICH IS A BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE OPTION FOR YOU. UM, AS WE GO THROUGH, WE'LL BE SHARING SOME INFORMATION, JUST A BRIEF HISTORY. WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF, UM, ABOUT WHY THE NEED FOR IT AT THIS TIME. UH, SO TRADITIONALLY, GEO BONDS, UH, CANNOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT RESIDENTS AUTHORIZING THEM FIRST. AND SO THE CITY OF CHANDLER OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS HAS HAD MANY BOND ELECTIONS. UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST RECENT 2000, 2004, 2007, UH, WHICH GAVE US A, A LOT OF AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WE ANTICIPATED TO USE BETWEEN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. HOWEVER, UH, WITH THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN THAT LASTED 14 YEARS BEFORE WE HAD TO GO BACK OUT FOR ANOTHER ELECTION. SO THAT TYPICAL CYCLE OF EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS, UH, WAS BROKEN AT THAT POINT TO 2021 WAS OUR LAST ELECTION THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON, AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD GREAT SUCCESS, UH, WITH OUR RESIDENTS UPHOLDING OR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THAT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE RESIDENTS. UH, JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IN MARCH, WE CAME TO YOU, UH, FOR A BUDGET WORKSHOP, NUMBER THREE, WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE CAPITAL PLAN, UH, VERY IN DEPTH. AND WE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE FUTURE YEARS OF THAT CAPITAL PLAN. UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ALSO HAD A COUNCIL RETREAT, UH, WHERE ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO STAFF AND THEN A COUNCIL WORK SESSION. UH, OUT OF THOSE EVENTS, WE HAVE KIND OF FOUR IDENTIFIED AREAS. THE FIRST IS BONDS ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR CAPITAL PLAN WITH ABOUT 70% OF OUR PROJECT SPENDING UTILIZING BONDS. UH, WHEN I SAW THAT 70%, IT REMINDED ME OF ANOTHER FACT THAT I RECENTLY WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT 70% OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE IS WATER. AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT 99.9% OF THAT IS NONCARBONATED WATER. SO NOW WE HAVE SCIENTIFIC PROOF THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT. . THERE YOU GO. YEAH. HUNGRY HIPPOS MIGHT WIN. YEAH. UM, SO 70% OF OUR CAPITAL PLANNING IS UTILIZING BOND FUNDING. SO IT'S A VITAL PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE. UH, INFLATION, HOWEVER, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS REALLY UTILIZED OUR EXISTING BOND AUTHORIZATION FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED. AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH YOU THAT BOND ELECTION TIMING AND HOW 2005 WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST IDEAL TIME TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT BOND ELECTION. 2006 WAS ANOTHER OPTION. 2007 IS WHERE WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH OUR CAPITAL PLANNING. UH, FROM THAT, YOU GAVE US THE FEEDBACK TO START THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS, [00:40:01] YOU ALL WERE GONNA START REACHING OUT TO CONSTITUENTS AND TO THOSE THAT YOU HAVE A INFLUENCE AND, AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. AND YOU WANTED US TO REACH OUT TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH WE'VE, UH, BEEN DOING. SO FROM OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE NEED FOR A BOND ELECTION COMING UP. UH, WITH 11 SO FAR OF THE PLANNED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE WOULD VISIT OF THE 15, WE HAVE FOUR LEFT, TWO OF THEM TOMORROW, AND THEN ANOTHER TWO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THEM. SO FAR, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS FROM UH, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAS BEEN, THEY, UH, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE INFORMATION. UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THE TIMING OF THE BONDS, AND THERE'S A FEW NOTABLE QUOTES THAT WE MENTIONED THERE, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THOSE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO WHAT WOULD THIS RESIDENT BOND EXPLOR EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE LOOK LIKE? UH, IT WOULD BE MADE UP OF A STEERING COMMITTEE OF SEVEN MEMBERS, AND THEN FOUR OF THOSE STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD SERVE AS, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR FOUR DIFFERENT BOND AUTHORIZATION CATEGORIES, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, FACILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC WORKS. UH, SO IN TOTAL, THAT EQUATES TO 31 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HELPING IN THIS PROCESS, UH, 31 RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE HELPING THROUGH ORGANIZING THE PROJECTS, LOOK AT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN PROVIDE BACK TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER TO BE THE, THE MOST, UM, APROPOS WAY TO GO ABOUT GETTING THIS, UH, BOND AUTHORIZATION OUT TO OUR VOTERS. SO THE TIMELINE FOR OUR EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, UH, ON THURSDAY NIGHT, UH, IT WOULD BE TO SELECT THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE PARTICIPANTS. WE WOULD HAVE QUICKLY TURN AROUND A KICKOFF MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, UH, THROUGH THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, THE COMMITTEE WOULD, MEETINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE AND THEN IN DECEMBER THEY'D HAVE THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE. THAT STEERING COMMITTEE THROUGH JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WOULD BE DRAFTING A REPORT THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, MARCH. UH, AND THAT WAY MAYOR AND COUNCIL CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION BY THAT MAY 8TH DEADLINE IF WE WERE TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025. SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UH, APPOINT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL SERVE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WOULD BE ON THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING, HOLD A KICKOFF FOR THE PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANTS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND THEN FINALLY BEGIN THOSE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK IN PARTICULAR IN GOING AROUND TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. UH, LIKEWISE, INTERESTINGLY, AT ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, ONE OF OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS ASKED IF THEY COULD SERVE. SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE ALSO ON THAT. SO, UH, AS VERY GOOD AS WELL AS MR. LIBIN, WHO IS A, UH, ADVOCATE FOR LOTS OF THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. COUNSEL, I JUST, UH, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS WE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENT ON SATURDAY, A DOUBLE EVENT WITH THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AT OUR SOFTBALL FIELDS AND THE ROUND BREAKING AT OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND BOTH, BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, ARE COMING FORTH AS A RESULT OF THE, UH, OF THE LAST BOND. AND THERE IS CERTAINLY AN APPETITE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SET. AND, UH, THERE WAS GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT THE, AT BOTH OF THESE EVENTS TO SEE THESE PROJECTS COMING FORWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK THROUGH THE PLANS THAT WE HAD AND PROJECTS THAT WE HAD COMMITTED AND SEEING WHAT ELSE THAT IS AVAILABLE. COUNCIL, WE YOU HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY ON, ON WHAT IS APPROVED AND WHAT WILL NOT BE. BUT I, I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TOO. I KNOW THE SENSIBILITIES IN, IN LOOKING AHEAD WAS TO KEEP THE SECONDARY, UH, TAX FLAT IS THE, IS THE RECOMMENDATION. AND WE'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE, FUTURE COUNCILS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHATEVER, BUT I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND SUPPORT IN THIS. AND WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DOES ANYBODY HAVE? COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING INTO THE, UH, MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. . I'M SORRY. JUST KIDDING. UM, OH YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT NEWS. BUT THE OTHER THING I WOULD HOPEFULLY CAUTION ALL OF US HERE, THE DIOCESE AS WELL AS THE BOMB COMMITTEE, IS TAKE A LOOK AT CAPACITY. UH, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE TWO YEARS FROM NOW SAYING, GEE, WE UNDER CAPACITIZE, LET'S GET AS MUCH CAPACITY AS WE, WE THINK WE COULD, COULD DO OVER THAT FIVE TO 10 YEAR PERIOD. AND THEN IF WE SELL THE BONDS, AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE MATH HERE, YOU SELL THE BONDS, THEN YOU PAY FOR THE BONDS. IF YOU DON'T SELL THE BONDS, YOU DON'T PAY FOR THE BONDS. SO, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, LET'S ENCOURAGE AS MUCH OF, UM, CAPACITY AS WE CAN AND NOT BE ABLE TO [00:45:01] WORRY ABOUT IS IT GONNA FIT, FIT THE FIT THE, UH, I MEAN, WE ALWAYS WANNA WORRY ABOUT FITTING THE TIMELINE FOR ASSESSED VALUE. I GET THAT, BUT AGAIN, LET'S MAKE SURE THE CIP IS COVERED IN A PREDOMINANTLY WAY SO WE'RE NOT BACK HERE TWO, THREE YEARS FROM NOW. SO, AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A THOUGHT PROCESS OR AT LEAST WHERE WE WANT TO GO ON THE BOND FOR AMOUNT THAT WE THINK OR THAT GONNA STILL BE TBDS MAYOR IS THERE MIN MAX SOMEWHERE? COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO? UH, WE HAVE AN IDEA BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR TENURE CAPITAL PLAN THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN JUNE. UM, BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE, THERE'S CER CERTAIN NEW PROJECTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADD AND HAVE THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE DISCUSS THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL. SO NOT ONLY DO WE WANNA ENSURE OUR CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN IS COVERED BY THIS BOND AUTHORIZATION, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO ARE, ARE ALSO INCLUDED FOR POTENTIAL BOND AUTHORIZATION AS WELL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL STEWART AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART AND COUNCILMAN MORALES. YEAH. THANK, THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THIS PROCESS. RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS GOES TO THE VOTER AND THEY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH AMENITIES, ET CETERA. UH, CAN YOU REMIND ME AGAIN THE REAL BIG REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK OUT? YEAH. SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS, UH, DUE TO INFLATION. SO A LOT OF THE PROJECT COSTS HAVE INCREASED BACK IN 2020 19, 2020 WHEN WE WERE GATHERING INFORMATION, INFLATION RATES WERE NORMALIZED THEN, UH, WE HAVE SINCE SEEN THOSE INFLATIONARY RATES SKYROCKET ACROSS CONSTRUCTION ITEMS SPECIFICALLY. AND SINCE ALL OF THESE DEAL WITH THOSE CONSTRUCTION ITEMS, IT'S BEEN IMPACTING OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO WE CAN'T GET AS FAR AS WE ANTICIPATED WE HOPED FOR SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS WORTH OF COVERAGE IN OUR CIP. WE'RE GONNA GET ABOUT FOUR, MAYBE FOUR AND A HALF DEPENDING ON THE, THE CATEGORY, UH, WORTH OF COVERAGE OUTTA THESE AREAS THOUGH. SO, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE, THE FALLOUT FROM THIS FEDERALLY INDUCED INFLATION CONTINUES TO RIPPLE THROUGH, AND IT'S NOT JUST BREAD AND MILK, BUT HOW IT COMES DOWN TO WHETHER OUR KIDS HAVE PARKS THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW. WE, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THE TAX RATE HIGHER. OTHERWISE WE WOULD'VE TAKEN THAT AWAY. YEAH. THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BECAUSE OF INFLATION. IT'S JUST MEANING WE CAN'T SPREAD, UH, GET AS MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS IN AS WE ANTICIPATED. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO EITHER, UH, SPREAD THOSE PROJECTS OUT OR CUT BACK ON THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE PROVIDE. OUR PREFERENCE IS TO HAVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND GOING FORWARD TO THE VOTERS WITH. THANK YOU, MATT. YEAH, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. TRYING TO TURN IT ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND THE TEAMS, UM, FORTHCOMING IDEAS IN WITH THIS BOND. I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST SAT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE WERE NOT ALL ON THE SAME PLANE, UH, BUT YOU, YOU GUYS TOOK TO, TO THE PLAN AND KEEP BRINGING INFORMATION AS WE REQUESTED THEM IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THIS COHESIVE IDEA THAT WE ALL FOR IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE, THE, THE CASE IN THE BEGINNING. SO IT, IT IS VERY COMMENDABLE TO SAY THAT AS INNOVATIVE CITY, WE ALSO BRING THINGS FORWARD, UM, THAT WE ARE THINKING OUT OF THE BOX ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TAXPAYERS SEE WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IT. I WANNA THANK DON, WHERE IS SHE? RIGHT HERE FOR REALLY, YOU, YOU, YOU WERE REALLY WHAT I WILL SAY VERY MUCH INTO MY EARS, EXPLAINING IT OVER AND OVER BECAUSE I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. I WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE NEEDED TO GO BACK. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS ALWAYS NEVER TO SAY NO RIGHT OFF THE BAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE CONCEPT PER SE, EVEN IF WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT BEFORE, WHICH I HAD WHEN I FIRST CAME IN. BUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WAS TAKEN ME FROM ONE STEP TO THE NEXT, EXPLAIN THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO PUT ME IN A POSITION WHERE TODAY I CAN SAY THAT FREELY, I AM ALL IN FOR THIS BOND. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THAT. JOSH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING TO YOUR BOND ON THIS ONE. COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU DON. THANK YOU TEAM CHANDLER. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR MEETING. UH, THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR. VOTE ON MOTION. VOTE ON THE CONSENT MOTION. THANK YOU. I MOVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVED MOTION, SO I MOVED. MAYOR ALL, GO AHEAD. LET'S GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. STAFF. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. [00:50:02] WOO HOO. COUNCIL, I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOND THAT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.