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OUR REGULAR MEETING.[ Call to Order]
WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 12TH, 2024 STUDY SESSION.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, CLERK AGAIN, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.
UH, COUNCIL TONIGHT AS I, AS I TRIED TO SAY AND WAS RIGHTFULLY INTERRUPTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
WE DID HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE CALLED IN OF WHICH WE'LL BE VOTING ON.
UM, FIRST ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HAS GOTTEN THE ANSWERS THAT HE WANTED ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
THE ONLY ONE TALKING ON THAT ITEM NUMBER
[4. Construction Agreement No. ST2101.401, Change Order No. 3, to Achen-Gardner Construction, LLC, for Detroit Basin/Gazelle Meadows Park Storm System & Associated Improvements Move City Council award Construction Agreement No. ST2101.401, change order no. 3, to Achen-Gardner Construction, LLC, for Detroit Basin/Gazelle Meadows Park storm system & associated improvements, in the amount of $4,671,358.93. Council Focus Area(s):]
FOUR, ALSO CALLED IN BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HAS TO DO WITH THE AIKEN GARDNER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR GAZELLE METAL PARK.JOHN SEPTON, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WELL, THE AIKEN GARDNER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR GAZELLE MEADOWS PARK HAS BEEN SOMETHING OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, MULTIPLE PROJECTS, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AND IT'S ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW TEAM CHANDLER, UH, MEETING YOUR, UH, VISION OF THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IS MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS A LITTLE BIT BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO, GAZELLE MEADOWS PARK IS AN 8.4 ACRE PARK, NEIGHBORHOOD PARK LOCATED AT 500 NORTH EXETER DRIVE, EX EXETER STREET THAT IS BETWEEN GALVESTON AND ERIE.
AND WE HAVE A V VERY, UH, OLD PICTURE OF THE AERIAL HERE, UH, FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT.
BUT THE PARK ITSELF WAS DEVELOPED AS A RETENTION BASE IN BACK IN 1985, AND PARK AMENITIES WERE ADDED IN 92.
I REMEMBER THAT DAY, THAT YEAR HERE IN CHANDLER, THE EXISTING AMENITIES INCLUDE, UH, SHADED PLAYGROUND, RAMADA, OPEN SPACE, AND A LOT OF TURF, UH, LIGHTED WALKING PATHS OR ROLLERBLADING PATHS, ROLLER SKATING PATHS, AND, UH, OF COURSE A LOT OF LANDSCAPING.
AS WE FOCUS ON THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A NEW LIGHTED BASKETBALL COURT, ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONAL SHADE, ADDITIONAL PICNIC RAMADA, OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, SKATE PLAZA, ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, UPDATED LANDSCAPING, NEW SITE FURNISHINGS, INCLUDING A CHILLED DRINKING FOUNTAIN, PICNIC TABLES AND TRASH CANS.
THE ADDITION, UH, OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS IRRIGATION REPAIRS, AND IMPROVED TURF AND PLANT CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS A DA IMPROVEMENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK I PUT THIS ON MY FIRST SLIDE.
UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROCESS ON ALL PROCESSES, IF YOU WILL.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AT THE CONTIGO EVENT, AS WELL AS IN-PERSON PUBLIC DESIGN CHARETTES, UH, IN 2022, UH, WE DID AN ONLINE PRESENTATION AND SURVEY WITH SOME GREAT RESPONSE AS WELL AS A SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER GROUP IN EARLY OF FEBRUARY 23.
IN, UH, MARCH OF 23, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD SAW THIS, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND THEY ENDORSED IT.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOOD SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS IN AUGUST OF 23 AND WITH SOME OF THE INCORPORATED CHANGES, UH, IN DESIGN AREAS AND SPEC, SPECIFICALLY A DROP OFF ZONE, UH, ALONG EXETER THERE.
SO WITH THAT APPROVAL, I'M GONNA ROLL THROUGH SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES OF THE LAYOUTS OF THE PROJECTS JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THESE IMPRINTED IN YOUR MINDS.
AND THE EXCITING, UH, PLAYGROUND, ACTUALLY, BACK IN 2017, THE PLAYGROUND WAS A COMMUNITY BUILD, MARY, YOU REMEMBER THAT.
AND THIS WILL ADD ONTO THAT SPACE AND A ROBUST AMOUNT OF THE, UH, STATIC SHADE AND SHADE.
I KNOW WE DON'T WANNA BE NAMED AS THE SHADIEST CITY IN ARIZONA, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THE FITS, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE, UH, LANDSCAPE THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE TREES, MAYBE JURASSIC SOMETHING.
AND A NICE SHOT THERE OF THE BASKETBALL COURT.
MARY, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER TOO, WHEN WE'RE DOING VITA PARK, UH, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LOOKING FOR BASKETBALL OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE FINALLY GET TO, UH, DELIVER WITH A, WITH A BASKETBALL COURT, THIS SKATE PLAZA.
AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY ENOUGH, MARY WILL APPRECIATE THIS TOO.
A COMMUTER COMMUTER BIKE, UH, ON A SKATE PLAZA PROBABLY WON'T PERFORM VERY WELL.
HOWEVER, UH, I THINK THE GIST IS, OR YOU GET THE GIST OF, UH, HAVING THIS MULTI WHEEL, MULTI-FUNCTION, ROLLER SKATE, SKATEBOARD, BICYCLE, LITTLE PLAZA.
IT'S NOT A SKATE PARK, BUT A NICE PLACE
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FOR THE KIDS TO GO.AND THEN AS MENTIONED, THE PARKING AREA TOO TOWARDS THE NORTH, UH, WILL PROVIDE FOR THOSE, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE CRUISING OVER.
BUT, UM, WE'LL LIKELY, UH, BE CLOSING, UH, AS THE PARK CLOSES AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL DO MY BEST TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
COUPLE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, CONSTRUCTION WILL START AND APPROXIMATELY FINISH, AND UM, IS THERE A TIMER ON THE BASKETBALL JUST FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND NOISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? OR IS THERE CERTAIN PARK HOURS? YEAH, OUR PARK DOES CLOSE AT 10 30.
UH, SO WITH THAT AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY FROM A A SAFETY STANDPOINT, IT'S NICE AND WIDE OPEN AND VERY WELL PATROLLED.
BUT WITH THE APPROVAL, UH, WE'LL BEGIN THIS FALL FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH COMPLETION IN ABOUT 240 DAYS, SO EARLY NEXT SUMMER.
JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK YOU, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT IT MAY BE LURKING THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR OUR PETS.
UM, YOU KNOW, A PET CONTAINER.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST WE WE'RE A, UH, ANIMAL FRIENDLY FORWARD COMMUNITY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THERE FOR OUR PETS.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PARKS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR YOU TO CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR PETS.
SO WE HAVE
THERE'S NOT A OFF LEASH ZONE, SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, TO USE OUR PARKS, WALK THEIR DOGS ON THEIR LEASH, AND OBVIOUSLY CLEAN UP AS WELL.
AND WE PROVIDE THOSE SPECIAL TRASH CANS AND, UH, DISPENSERS AS WELL.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF SIGNAGE TO LET THEM KNOW TO KEEP THEIR DOG ON THE RIGHT
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, JOHN? I JUST WANTED TO SAY TOO, I I DO REMEMBER THE, WHEN WE HAD THAT CITIZEN INPUT FOR THAT POCKET, POCKET PARK, AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS TOO SMALL TO PUT IN A BASKETBALL COURT, BUT I, I REMEMBER CITY MANAGER WAS THERE AND MANY OF THE OTHERS AND, AND SAID THAT WE WOULD FOLD THIS INTO THIS DESIGN.
SO THIS IS, UH, GONNA BE WELL RECEIVED.
AND I, I KNOW THAT COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BASKETBALL COURT.
[23. Agreement No. 4820, Police Department On-Site Clinician Services Move City Council approve Agreement No. 4820, with Crisis Preparation and Recovery, Inc., for on-site clinician services for the police department, in an amount not to exceed $150,000, for a period of one year. Council Focus Area(s):]
ITEM CALLED IN WAS CALLED IN BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ENCINAS ELLIS AND STEWART, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION FROM ITEM 23, POLICE ON SITE CLINICIAN SERVICES, CHIEF CHAPMAN.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE CONTRACT FOR CPR, WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MAINTAINING ITS STATUS IS ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE, UH, AGENCIES WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICER WELLBEING, UH, AND, AND THEIR OVERALL HEALTH.
UH, AS, UH, I HAVE TALKED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT JOB.
UH, THERE'S NO MORE IMPORTANT JOB THAN THEIR FAMILIES WHO THEY GO HOME TO AT NIGHT.
AND THIS CAREER HAS A BEGINNING AND AN END, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN THAT END COMES, THAT THEY ARE WELL CARED FOR AND THEY'RE BALANCED AS APPROPRIATELY AS THEY CAN BE BEFORE THEY, UH, EARN THE TWILIGHT OF THEIR CAREERS WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
SO, UH, KEY ASPECTS OF THIS CONTRACT COMING FORWARD, UH, FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE HAVING AN ONSITE CLINICIAN AVAILABLE FOR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH A PUBLIC SAFETY LINE, DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, ONGOING COUNSELING AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CHECKS, POST SHOOT OR POST CRITICAL INCIDENT APPOINTMENTS ON-CALL, CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE, CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND CUSTOMIZABLE TRAININGS SPECIFIC TO MEMBERS OF THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WHILE THERE IS A LOT TO WORK OUT WITH RESPECT TO THE HOURS WE HAVE, UH, GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED SPACE, UH, AT THE FIRE ACADEMY TO HAVE A PRIVATE MEETING ROOM FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN TO GO TO.
SO IT'S A, A, A PLACE NOT ATTACHED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING OUT THE, THE HOURS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SCALE TO, TO MANAGE WITH THE 24 7 OPERATION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, WITH AS LARGE OF THE, UH, ORGANIZATION AS IT IS.
UH, BUT WE ARE, UH, COMMITTED TO, TO MOVING, UH, THIS FORWARD AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, OBVIOUSLY YOUR CONSIDERATION IN, IN RESPONSE AND ASSISTING US.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA ELLIS AND THEN STEWART AND OTHERS.
UM, I WAS GONNA START OFF BY ASKING WHAT DID IT, WHAT FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE ACTUAL SERVICES, BUT YOU KIND OF JUST LAID THAT OUT FOR ME AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME AND A LITTLE BIT.
WITHIN THE HOURS, IS THERE GONNA BE A CERTAIN LIMIT ON NUMBER OF SESSIONS OR SERVICES OR HOURS THAT ONE OFFICER OR INDIVIDUAL'S GONNA BE RECEIVING OR HAVE WE NOT WORKED THAT OUT YET? YES, THE, UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ENCINAS, THAT THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT AS PART OF
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THE, UH, SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT.UH, BUT CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE, UH, A, A THRESHOLD ONCE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, UM, GOES OVER THAT THRESHOLD, THEN THE, UM, CITY HEALTH BENEFITS WILL KICK IN.
SO THERE'LL BE NO LAPSE IN A CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE.
AND THEN, UM, IS, HAVE YOU GUYS LAID OUT AS FAR AS HOW THESE SERVICES ARE GONNA BE ACCESSED? IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY SIGN UP ONLINE, SEND AN EMAIL, SOMETHING TO THE PHONE IS MORE PRIVATE? UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, WE'RE, UH, ENCINA, I'M SORRY.
UH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW.
UM, STEP ONE IS, UH, FINALIZING THIS, UH, CONTRACT TO PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND LAY OUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS ARE.
BUT OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 24 7, UH, ACCESS FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE WORKING AT THREE IN THE MORNING, YOU STILL NEED SOMEBODY TO CONTACT.
SO THEY WILL HAVE A 24 HOUR HELPLINE.
UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF FACE-TO-FACE SERVICE, UH, FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP 24 HOURS A DAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DETAILS COMING ONCE YOU GUYS GET ALL THAT TO THE CONTRACT.
CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, PRESENTING THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS CONCERNING CLINICIAN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY.
AS A CLINICIAN MYSELF IN THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ARENA, I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CLINICIANS ARE GOING TO ALSO MANAGE MEDICATIONS, RIGHT? YOU MENTIONED THAT AS PART OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
HOW WILL THAT WORK WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLINICIANS THAT ARE OVERSEEING DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS THAT WERE PRESCRIBED? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF IT'S GOING TO BE EVERY PERSON THAT'S SEEING A CLINICIAN IS GONNA STAY WITH THAT CLINICIAN? 'CAUSE IN ORDER FOR, FOR YOU TO FILL ALL THOSE HOURS, UM, THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT CLINICIANS, UH, IS IT AN IDEA THAT THE, FOR COMMUNITY OF CARE THAT EACH, UH, PERSON WILL STAY WITH THE CLINICIAN THAT THEY STARTED WITH WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICATION MANAGEMENT? DO YOU KNOW, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? UH, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON SOME OF THOSE, BUT TO YOUR POINT EXACTLY.
SINCE, UH, THIS IS A 24 7 OPERATION, UH, WE, WE CAN, UH, FIGURE THAT THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE HELPING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, I DO KNOW IN A MEDICAL SETTING, CONTINUATION OF CARE IS IMPORTANT AND CONSISTENCY.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, WELL, ONCE WE, UH, SIT DOWN AND GET THE CONTRACT FINALIZED, WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S AN ULTIMATE POINT OF CONTACT WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, THE EVERYDAY, UM, UH, LOGISTICS OF, UH, MEMBERSHIP.
WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO WHO'S SEEING IT.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING WELL CARED FOR AND THERE'S CONSISTENT SERVICE.
SO THERE IS GONNA BE A VARIETY OF ONSITE CLINICIANS, TRIAGING EMPLOYEES, AND SOME, UM, OVER THE PHONE AS WELL.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE YET.
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THAT INFORMATION TO ME BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY AT THIS POINT, UM, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLIANT IN, UH, THEIR MEDICATION.
THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS CONCERNING INPATIENT UH, SERVICES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UH, SOMEONE IS BEING SEEN AND, UM, THE CLINICIAN WITH MEDICATION MANAGEMENT IS REALIZING THAT THERE WILL A POSSIBILITY WITH THIS PERSON NEEDS TO BE, UH, INPATIENT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WHETHER IT'S TWO, THREE WEEKS OR MAYBE A, A FEW MONTHS.
ARE, ARE WE IN THE CONTRACT? WE'LL HAVE BED BEDS RESERVED AT AN INPATIENT UNIT WHERE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES WAIT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE INPATIENT, BUT THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE CONTRACT TO BE SERVED THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN EXISTENCE A, UH, PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE, UH, SPECIAL SERVICES ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN THE EVENT THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY, WE DO HAVE GUARANTEED BED SPACE AND AVAILABILITY FOR THEM 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK INDEPENDENT OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO THIS WOULD JUST COMPLIMENT ANYTHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, UH, FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN.
WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, THANK, I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO INVEST, UH, IN THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FORCE AND, AND BRINGING THESE THINGS FORWARD.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO.
UH, COUNSEL, THAT DOES CONCLUDE ALL THE ITEMS CALLED
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IN BEFORE WE ADJOURN IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.TODAY IS NATIONAL SELFIE DAY, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A SELFIE UP HERE BEFORE WE LEAVE.