Aug 12, 2024 City Council Meeting 08/12/2024

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THIS IS FOR VIDEO PURPOSES.

SO WELCOME

[ Call to Order]

WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, 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 POSTON.

HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY ELDER BRUCE LUNDQUIST OF FAITH CHURCH AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

ALRIGHT, HEAVEN, FATHER, BLESSED BE YOUR NAME.

YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH.

IT IS IS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

THANK YOU JESUS FOR THIS CITY OF CHANDLER.

AND MAY YOU BE GLORIFIED AMONGST THE PEOPLE HERE.

YOU HAVE TRULY BLESSED OUR GREAT LAND AND PEOPLE WITH FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY.

I PRAY YOU WOULD FILL OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH WISDOM AND UNITY.

LORD, WE LIVE IN A TIME OF MUCH DIVISION, BUT I PRAY THAT IT WOULD NOT OVERCOME AND CONTROL THIS COUNCIL AS THEY MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER.

I PRAY FOR CALM DISCUSSIONS AND FAIR AND IMPARTIAL OUTCOMES.

ALSO, LORD GOD, I I BLESS THE, THE POOR IN OUR CITY AND HELP THEM TO OVER TO GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE.

HELP THEM TO OVERCOME WHATEVER IS KEEPING EACH ONE BOUND TO A LIFE OF STRUGGLE AND ADDICTION AND TO ESCAPE THEIR POVERTY.

AND FINALLY, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BLESS OUR POLICE AND HELP THEM TO WORK THEIR HELP, THEIR WORK NOT TO BECOME BURDENSOME.

THEIR WORK CAN BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS.

I PRAY YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM AND HELP OUR CITY TO BE KNOWN AS A PLACE OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY WITH VERY LITTLE VIOLENCE OR CRIME.

JESUS, YOU SAID THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE THE LORD GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND, SOUL, AND TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

I PRAY WE, WE WOULD ALL DO THIS AND I PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK ELDER.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL TO THE FLAG, AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR SUSTAINED ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE TO LIBERTY AND THIS FILE.

THANK YOU, BRUCE.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

[1. Service Recognitions]

I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON TO JOIN ME UP FRONT ONLY.

GOT ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST ON OUR SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES IS SERVICE RECOGNITIONS, CITY MANAGER JOSH RANK.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

WE DO HAVE FOUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

AND FOR THE FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DIRECTOR JOHN KNUTSON TO COME FORWARD.

HI.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHARLIE AUSTRALIA FORWARD, UH, TO RECEIVE HIS 20 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION.

CHARLIE AUSTRALIA'S JOURNEY WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER BEGAN IN AUGUST OF 2004, MARKING THE START OF AN IMPACTFUL CAREER DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THE CITY'S WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. INITIALLY SERVING AS A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR, CHARLIE QUICKLY DEVELOPED A SOLID FOUNDATION AND WASTEWATER PROCESSES, WHICH PAVED THE WAY FOR HIS TRANSITION IN 2008 TO A WELL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.

IN THIS ROLE, HE BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING ALL OF CHANDLER'S AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY WELLS WITHIN THE CITY.

BY 2013, CHARLIE'S COMMITMENT AND EXPERTISE LED HIM TO BECOME A SENIOR UTILITIES MECHANIC WHERE HE CONTINUED TO THRIVE AT THE AIR WATER, UH, AT THE AIRPORT WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO ITS OPERATIONAL SUCCESS BEYOND HIS TECHNICAL PROWESS, CHARLIE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ETHIC AND WILLINGNESS

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HE EMBRACES TEAMWORK AND GOES THE EXTRA MILE TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.

HIS PASSION FOR THE MENTORING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF WATER WORKERS REFLECTS HIS COMMITMENTS TO FOSTERING A SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS A VALUED MEMBER OF TEAM CHANDLER, CHARLIE AUSTRALIA EXEMPLIFIES THE QUALITIES OF A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND A TRUE ASSET TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

THANK YOU CHARLIE, FOR 20 YEARS OF GREAT WORK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR OUR SECOND SERVICE RECOGNITION I'D LIKE TO CALL UPON.

AND ALSO WELCOME TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, KEVIN SNYDER.

THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PLEASURE TO RE RECOGNIZE 10 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR JAYA VELA CAPUTI.

IF JIA COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.

I THINK I SUPPOSED WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY JAY, NOT JAS.

SO MY APOLOGIES.

SO, JA WAS HIRED AS THE CITY'S GIS MANAGER IN AUGUST, 2014.

AT THAT TIME, THE GIS TEAM WAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, AND ONE OF HER MAIN PRIORITIES WAS TO HELP THE CITY DIG OUT OF A BACKLOG OF 800 PLUS ASALT PLANS, WHICH IN OUR WORLD IS A BIG DEAL.

AND THAT WAS A BIG BACKLOG.

SHE TOOK A PROJECT THAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS AND HELPED LEAD AN EFFORT TO GET IT DONE IN SIX MONTHS, WHICH WAS THE OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND THEN WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT GOAL OF TAKING GIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SHE LED AN EFFORT IN RESTRUCTURING THE GIS GROUP IN 2019, CREATING THREE SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS.

THIS NEW STRUCTURE HAS FACILITATED AN ON ONGOING LIST OF GIS INNOVATIONS THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS THE RIGHT, UH, TO BE PROUD OF.

THIS NEW STRUCTURE HAS FACILITATED, UH, THE INTRODUCTION OF AS-BUILT SUBMISSIONS INTO OUR PERMITTING SYSTEM, AND ALSO CREATED A LONG LIST OF DEDICATED GIS MAPS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHICH ARE BENEFIT TO CITIZENS, CUSTOMERS, AND PROPERTY OWNERS.

SHE ALSO HELPED DEVELOP A, A DASHBOARDS OF PERFORMANCE IN 2020, AND THEN ALSO, UH, INTRODUCED MOBILE GI IS APPLICATIONS IN 2021.

IN 20 20, 20 23 JN HER SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM ASSISTED BY THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY MIGRATED, UH, ARC MAP TO J ARC JS PRO, WHICH AGAIN, IN OUR WORLD IS A VERY BIG DEAL.

UH, THIS YEAR IS NO EXCEPTION.

AS, UH, SHE IS HELPING TO LEAD A 3D DIGITAL TWIN IN ARC JS URBAN, UH, IMPLEMENTATION.

UH, TO DATE, WE HAVE OVER 500 LAYERS OF JIS DATA WITHIN OUR ENTERPRISE DATABASE.

AGAIN, A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

JAYA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW FAR YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE TAKEN THE CITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IN THE FUTURE.

AND ALSO, THIS IS, UH, ALSO A SHOUT OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GISI WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT GIS IS.

UH, PLEASE JOIN US FOR NATIONAL GISA IN NOVEMBER, AND THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION TO COME ABOUT THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO JF MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING THE NEXT TWO SERVICE RECOGNITION SINCE THEY'RE MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE RECOGNITION.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, MATT BURDICK.

AND, UH, BEFORE I READ THIS REALLY NICE WRITEUP WE HAVE HERE, I I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN WE HEARD THAT MATT WAS GONNA HIT 10 YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE DISCOVERED SOME EVIDENCE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY HAD A SIDE JOB THIS ENTIRE TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.

UM, APPARENTLY HE'S BEEN THE COACH OF UCLA BASKETBALL THIS ENTIRE TIME.

UH, SO THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN ON THIS JOKE, THE LEFT SIDE IS ACTUALLY M**K CRONIN, THE HEAD

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AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE SAME PERSON.

YOU, YOU, YOU BE THE JUDGE.

UM, THANK YOU MATT, FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS INSIDE JOKE THAT KEEPS RUNNING OVER HERE.

BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HONORED THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE MATT BURDICK, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

SINCE JOINING OUR TEAM IN 2014, MATT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING AND ELEVATING CHANDLER'S PUBLIC IMAGE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, MATT HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY, AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING CHANDLER'S RESIDENTS INFORMED AND CONNECTED.

HIS STRATEGIC VISION HAS MODERNIZED OUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, EMBRACING DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND INNOVATIVE OUTREACH METHODS TO ENSURE OUR CITY INITIATIVE, SERVICES, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS REACH ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

MATT'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCURACY, AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED MESSAGING HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN MAINTAINING CHANDLER'S REPUTATION AS ONE OF ARIZONA'S MOST DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

HIS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH HAS FOSTERED STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL MEDIA, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AMPLIFYING THE CITY'S VOICE AND IMPACT.

MATT'S ALSO A LONGTIME CHANDLER RESIDENT WHERE HE RAISED HIS TWO SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN WITH HIS WIFE LAURA.

AND AS WE CELEBRATE MATT'S 10 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR BRIGHT FUTURE.

THANK YOU MATT, FOR ALWAYS BEING CALM UNDER PRESSURE, A CONSISTENT VOICE OF REASON, AND A COMPASSIONATE LEADER AND COLLEAGUE.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THERE, SHE'S .

GET IN THERE.

GET IN THERE.

THAT'S THE PICTURE I WANNA DO, MATT, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

EVERYTHING YOU SAID JOSH IS TRUE.

THAT'S TRUE.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO INVITE NIKKI TAPIA, OUR DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICER TO RECOGNIZE HER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

SHE'S ONLY 29, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TODAY WE CELEBRATE NIKKI TAPIA EXTRAORDINARY 25 YEAR JOURNEY WITH THE CITY OF CHANDLER, A CHANDLER NATIVE WHO STARTED WITH THE CITY PART-TIME AS ONE OF OUR EARLIEST COE STUDENTS THROUGH CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 1996, AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO HER FULL-TIME ROLE BY 1999.

NIKKI'S DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN PIVOTAL IN HER RISE THROUGH SEVERAL PROMOTIONS, CULMINATING IN HER CURRENT POSITION AS OUR DEI OFFICER.

OVER NEARLY THREE DECADES, NIKKI HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ADVANCING DEI INITIATIVES WITHIN CHANDLER.

HER TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEI EFFORTS HAS BEEN CRUCIAL IN IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY STAFF.

THESE EFFORTS HAVE LED TO IMPACTFUL CHANGES IN PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS, FOSTERING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.

NIKKI'S COMMITMENT TO BRIDGING CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE COMMUNITY GROUPS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.

CHANDLER BECAME THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN ARIZONA TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL DEI STRATEGIC PLAN, A TESTAMENT TO HER VISIONARY EFFORTS TO CULTIVATE A MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, NIKKI WAS HONORED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS LATINO LEADER AWARD BY THE COUNCIL FOR LATINO WORKPLACE EQUITY, ONE OF ONLY 25 HONOREES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

THIS RECOGNITION IS A TESTAMENT TO HER LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AND HER COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING AND LEVERAGING LATINO TALENT.

IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE AS DEI, OFFICER NIKKI SERVES AS A CITY LIAISON FOR THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND AS ACT AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR CHANDLER CHILDREN'S MEDICAL AND DENTAL, AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FOR OUR CITY CHANDLER.

HER INVOLVEMENT UNDERSCORES HER DEDICATION TO MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NIKKI, YOUR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE HAVE ENRICHED CHANDLER AND ADVANCED OUR MISSION TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY.

WE ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VISION, KINDNESS, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO YOUR HOMETOWN.

YOU HAVE MADE CHANDLER PROUD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND YOUR IMPACTFUL WORK.

THANK YOU,

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THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

UH, NEXT

[2. Recognition - Olivia Lu, Artistic Roller Skating National Championships]

HEY.

JUST COMING OFF THE OLYMPICS, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE A VERY TALENTED AND ACCOMPLISHED CHANDLER TEAM.

OLIVIA LIU IS A JUNIOR AT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, A MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION AND HAS JUST WON TWO GOLD, ONE SILVER, SILVER, AND ONE BRONZE MEDAL AT THE 2024 AMERICAN ARTISTIC ROLLERSKATING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MY HOME STATE UNION, MISSOURI, OLIVIA COMPETED AGAINST 300 TOP SKATERS FROM 36 DIFFERENT CLUBS ACROSS THE NATION AND CAME OUT ON TOP MAKING CHANDLER PROUD.

WE WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS EXCITING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OF COURSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, IT'S SUCH A HUGE HONOR TO BE HERE, AND EVER SINCE I STARTED SKATING AT THE AGE OF FOUR, I'VE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS IN SKATES, PUSHED THROUGH FALLS, AND RISEN TO THE CHALLENGE MORE TIMES THAN I CAN EVER COUNT.

SO STANDING HERE WITH THESE MEDALS TONIGHT IS WITH TWO GOLD, ONE SILVER, ONE BRONZE IS FROM THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, IS A DREAM COME TRUE.

BUT EACH MEDAL IS NOT JUST A WIN FOR ME, BUT ALSO A STORY OF SUPPORT AND INCREDIBLE DEDICATION FROM MY FAMILY, COACHES AND EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED IN ME.

AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY AND COACHES.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR EVERY EARLY MORNING PRACTICE AND EVERY TOUGH COMPETITION, ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME AND KEEPING ME GOING WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH.

YOU'RE MY BIGGEST SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DEFINITELY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO ALEXIS, OUR AMAZING MAYOR, YOUTH COMMISSION LEADER AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING SPORTS AND YOUNG ATHLETES LIKE ME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT MEANS SO, SO MUCH TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SUPPORTED IN MY EFFORTS.

CELEBRATING THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT IS SUCH A TR BIG HONOR AND WILL MOTIVATE ME TO STRIVE IN EXCELLENCE, BOTH IN THE RINK AND IN EVERYTHING ELSE I DO, WHETHER IN THE COMMISSION AND IN LIFE IN GENERAL.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.

THANK YOU.

AND SO IS THAT YOUR FATHER AND YOUR BROTHER? YEAH, MY DAD, MY BROTHER.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

AND THEN I UNDERSTAND YOUR BROTHER IS IS ALSO THE GOING TO BE THE NEWEST MEMBER ON OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION JOINING.

VERY EXCITING.

THANK YOU MAYOR HART .

ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A PHOTO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND, UH, CHIEF CHAPMAN IS COMING UP FOR A, NO, I'M SORRY.

THIRD

[3. Recognition - Maria Andrade, Meritorious Conduct Award]

CHIEF CHAPMAN WOULD COME ON UP AND JOIN US.

THIS IS AN EXCITING STORY.

, UH, GOOD EVENING.

CAN I HAVE, UM, OFFICER STOVER COME UP HERE AS WELL? UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT MS. ERICA ANDRADA HERE AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE NOTORIOUS CONDUCT AWARD.

UH, FROM AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE NOTORIOUS CONDUCT AWARD IS AWARDED TO A NON-EMPLOYEE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A DUTY RELATED ACT OF OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE MISSION AND GOALS OF THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ON JUNE 3RD OF THIS YEAR, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY AT THE ESTABLISHMENT WHERE MS. ANDRADE WORKS.

SHE WAS WORKING WHEN SHE SAW THE SUBJECT APPROACH THE BANK WEARING MASK, GLOVES, JACKET, AND PANTS,

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FORTUNATELY, THE SUSPECT DROPPED SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED HER TO ACT IN A MOMENT AND LOCK ALL THE DOORS, PREVENTING HIM FROM ENTERING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND KEEPING HERSELF AND THE 10 EMPLOYEES OF THE BANK SAFE.

MARIA'S ALERTNESS, OR I'M SORRY, ERICA'S ALERTNESS AND ATTENTIVENESS WERE NOTED IN ALL INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY OFFICER STOVER AND HIS TEAMMATES.

SHE PROTECTED HERSELF AND THE EMPLOYEES DUE TO HER QUICK ACTIONS.

I ASKED OFFICER STOVER TO COME UP AND BE A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.

'CAUSE I HAVE SAID CHANDLER'S A SPECIAL PLACE WITH SPECIAL PEOPLE.

TONIGHT WE GET TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR SPECIAL PEOPLE AND I THANK OFFICER STOVER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR THIS SELFLESS ACTION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND OUR,

[4. Proclamation - Drowning Impact Awareness Month]

IF JESSICA CHAMBERLAIN, UH, BATTALION CHIEF BLA MINOR, AND OFFICER NOAH ER COULD COME UP AND JOIN US, RIGHT? WHEREAS DROWNING IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

WORLDWIDE AND VALLEY COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN MORE THAN 100 WATER RELATED INCIDENTS AND 49 DEATHS SO FAR THIS YEAR, EXPECTING BOTH AFFECTING BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

AND WHEREAS PREVENTION IS CRUCIAL, ENSURING LAYERS OF PROTECTION OR IN PLACE DESIGNATE ADULT SUPERVISION WHERE CHILDREN ARE IN OR NEAR WATER PLACE BARRIERS SUCH AS FENCES AND LOCKED DOORS PARTICIPATE IN LEARN TO SWIM IN CPR CLASSES AND HAVE NON-SWIMMERS WEAR COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFE JACKETS.

AND WHEREAS DROWNING HAZARDS EXIST IN AS LITTLE AS TWO INCHES OF WATER FROM HOUSEHOLD BUCKETS, BATHTUBS AND TOILETS TO RIVERS, LAKES, AND BACKYARD SWIMMING POOLS.

AND WHEREAS CHANDLER AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES MUST REMAIN VIGILANT YEAR ROUND AS DROWNING AND WATER RELATED INCIDENTS OCCUR BEYOND THE SUMMER MONTHS, ESPECIALLY AMID BACK TO SCHOOL DISTRACTIONS.

AND WHEREAS RECOGNIZING THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF DROWNING ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY ALLOWS US TO MOBILIZE AS A COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT WATER SAFETY PREVENTION, EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT SUCH TRAGEDIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARTKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST, 2024 AS DROWNING IMPACT AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CHANDLER RESIDENTS TO COMMIT TO WATER SAFETY BEST PRACTICES, CONNECT AND SUPPORT TO TO ONE ANOTHER, AND BE VIGILANT AROUND BODIES OF WATER ALL YEAR LONG.

ALRIGHT, WOULD ONE OF YOU, BOTH OF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY THE DROWNING RATES THIS YEAR IN OUR COUNTY ARE HIGHER THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE ALL OF LAST YEAR.

SO WE, UM, ME LIKE AQUATICS, FIRE POLICE, WE PARTNERED TOGETHER FOR.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE'VE EFFORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE GIVEN AWAY OVER A HUNDRED FREE LIFE JACKETS.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH CHANDLER HOUSING WITH ICAN.

WE'VE GIVEN OVER 120 FREE SWIM LESSONS TO THOSE KIDS.

BUT OUR SWIM INSTRUCTORS HAVE DELIVERED OVER 7,000 SWIM LESSONS YEAR TO DATE THIS YEAR.

WOW.

UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE YMCA, THEY JUST GOT A GRANT.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, UM, INTO SWIMMING LESSONS AND THEY HAVE FREE SWIMMING LESSONS CURRENTLY GOING ON.

WE NEVER WANT COSTS TO BE A BARRIER FOR SOMEONE LEARNING HOW TO SWIM.

YOU MENTIONED THE ABCS OF WATER SAFETY.

ADULT SUPERVISION IS KEY, IS NUMBER ONE.

THOSE OTHER PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE IN CASE THAT ADULT SUPERVISION FAIL FAILS.

SO A FENCE AROUND THE POOL BUYS YOU TIME, AND THEN IF YOU LEARN

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SO IS THERE A WATER EVENT STILL COMING? WE JUST HAD A POPUP EVENT, BUT WE ARE AIMING NEXT YEAR TO DO A WATER SAFETY EVENT EVERY MONTH.

AND THEN ALSO SOME COMMUNITY CLASSES FOR CPR.

SO.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

I WILL.

YOU CAN I WILL SAY SOMETHING.

UM, I'M NOT, UH, I DON'T USUALLY USE A LOT OF WORDS, BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

THIS IS NOT JUST POLICE, FIRE AND AQUATICS.

THIS IS EVERY, UH, PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND BEYOND.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NONE OF MY FIREFIGHTERS, UH, OR THE FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE, THE STATE OF ARIZONA WANT TO WALK INTO.

UM, WALKING IN A BACKYARD, HAVING SOME, UH, PARENT HAND HAND YOU THEM, THEIR CHILD, UH, IS NOT A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.

AND IT CARRIES ON WITH ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS.

SO IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT, OBVIOUSLY THE INDIVIDUALS, THE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED, BUT ALSO THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE THERE, THE LIFEGUARDS THAT ARE ON DUTY.

UM, IT AFFECTS US ALL.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT.

WE, WE FULLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY DROWNING IS PREVENTABLE.

UH, SO WE WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND WE WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN GETTING US THOSE, UH, SWIM FREE SWIM LESSONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.

SORRY I MISSED THE WATER EVENT THIS YEAR.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OUR, UH, PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS COUNCIL.

WE HAD A FEW ITEMS THAT WERE CALLED IN TONIGHT, AND, UH, THE FIRST ONE, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART SAID HE GOT HIS INFORMATION RECEIVED.

OH, I'M

[ 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 August 12, 2024, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 3.]

WHAT AM I I'M AHEAD OF MYSELF.

SORRY GUYS.

WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

COUNCIL, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS FOR OUR REGULAR CONSENT.

UH, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS OF THE, UH, RECENT ELECTION HERE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF AUGUST 12TH, 2024.

REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

SECOND.

BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

ANY RECUSALS, ANYTHING? SEEING NONE.

COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANKS, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK EV ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO VOTE.

UH, WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, JENNIFER HAWKINS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US TO TODAY.

AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, ALSO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY WIFE IS IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, AS WELL.

I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HER.

AND I SEE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, ROY TATUM, IN OUR AUDIENCE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M EXCITED THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER AND I THANK GOD THAT EVERYONE CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO STAY CIVICALLY ENGAGED.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR US TO GET ENGAGED, UM, WHEN WE USE, WHEN WE ACTIVATE OUR VOTE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO STEWART ON, UM, HIS FIRST LEG OF HIS ELECTION.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR MEETING.