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TO ORDER OUR FEBRUARY 3RD[ Call to Order]
STUDY SESSION.AGAIN, CLERK, UH, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND I WOULD INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO TO JOIN ME FRONT.
[1. Service Recognitions ]
WE HAVE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS.THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, WE JUST HAVE ONE VERY SPECIAL SERVICE RECOGNITION AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP JOHN SEFTON, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S A TRUE HONOR FOR ME TO INVITE MS. TARA ENGLAND DOWN.
TARA, I UM, I OF COURSE WAS GIVEN A SCRIPT, BUT I'M GONNA GO OFF SCRIPT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO I LOOKED UP TO SEE WHEN TARA STARTED, AND I REALIZED THAT SHE INTERVIEWED DURING THE YEAR 1999.
AND YOU REMEMBER MANY OF US CAN REMEMBER, UH, THAT THAT WAS A REAL PARTY, ESPECIALLY Y 2K, AND SHE STARTED ON THE 4TH OF JANUARY.
SO JUST AFTER, SO WHILE THEY WERE CELEBRATING THAT WE, THE WORLD DIDN'T END WITH THE Y 2K THING, UH, THE LIBRARY WAS CELEBRATING THAT.
TARA SHOWED UP AFTER ALL OF THAT GREAT WORK.
BUT TARA, OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, YES, THAT'S A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
TARA HAS SERVED AS THE AMBASSADOR FOR THE LIBRARY'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
IN THAT TIME, ADULT AND TEEN LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED ALMOST 375,000 HOURS OF TIME.
AND ACCORDING TO THE 2023 INDEPENDENT SECTOR, THAT'S A VALUE OF NEARLY $12 MILLION.
THESE VOLUNTEERS ASSIST WITH RESIDENT ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
THEY PROVIDE READING ASSISTANCE TO FIRST GRADERS.
THEY ASSIST STAFF AND PATRONS THROUGHOUT ALL FOUR LIBRARY BRANCHES.
THEY PRO PROCESS BOOK DONATIONS AND SO-SO MUCH MORE.
AS OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, TARA OVERSAW THE BOOKS FOR BABIES READING IS FUNDAMENTAL STORY, TRAVELERS DAYCARE DELIVERY AND BOOK BUDDY PROGRAMS UTILIZING SKILLED VOLUNTEERS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT LITERACY SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY BUILDINGS THEMSELVES.
ADDITIONALLY, TARA HAS INTRODUCED THE NATIONAL, IF I CAN READ, I CAN DO ANYTHING LITERACY PROGRAM TO STUDENTS ON THE GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.
SO IN HER CURRENT ROLE, TARA CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING GOOD WORK INITIATIVES.
THROUGH HER COLLABORATION WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY, HER OVERSIGHT OF THIS LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY CONNECT LITERACY AND LEARNING ADVOCATES TO OUR LIBRARY SUPPORT AND A SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS, TARA, ON AN EXCEPTIONAL CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
YOU HELP MAKE CHANDLER THE AMAZING PLACE IT IS TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY MORE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
[2. Proclamation: Anti-Human Trafficking Month]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS AN ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING MONTH.I'D LIKE TO INVITE SCOTT SEPTEMBER, MIKE GOWANS, JASON TURNER, AND COUNCIL, IF YOU WANNA JOIN US UP FRONT.
THIS IS ONE THAT IS RELEVANT AND PERTAINS TO US ALL AND OUR STAND AGAINST ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING MONTH
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WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A GLOBAL PLAGUE THAT IMPACTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH WOR YEAR, INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS.
AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES RANKS AS ONE OF THE WORST COUNTRIES GLOBALLY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND WHEREAS ARIZONA RANKS IN THE TOP 15 STATES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PER CAPITA.
AND WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IMPACTS PEOPLE ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS AND AGES, INCLUDING TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN.
AND WHEREAS THE BATTLE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCLUDES SUPPORTING EFFORTS IN SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, NONPROFITS, LAW ENFORCEMENTS, AND BUSINESSES TO INTERVENE, DISRUPT, AND DISMANTLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER JOINS OUR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FEDERAL AND STATE COALITIONS, AND THE NOT IN OUR CITY.ORG MOVEMENT IN OUR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING EPIDEMIC THAT IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARTKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY, 2025 IS ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING MONTH.
AND IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, WE URGE OUR RESIDENTS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, TO WORK TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF FRONTLINE ORGANIZATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR BATTLE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TAKE A STAND.
SCOTT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS, SIR? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR ONCE AGAIN, TAKING A STAND AND SAYING NOT IN OUR CITY, PROCLAMATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY TELL EVERYBODY WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR.
AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T TAKE THESE LIGHTLY AND NOBODY SHOULD.
UM, TRAFFICKING THRIVES IN SILENCE AND BETHEL CHURCH RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER, ALONG WITH NOT IN OUR CITY.ORG, IS TAKING A STAND ALONG WITH YOU IN DOZENS OF OTHER CITIES WHO ARE MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION AGAIN THIS YEAR, UM, TO SHINE A LIGHT INTO THIS DARKNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I'M GONNA PASS THIS OFF TO NIECE JACKSON, ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH NOT IN OUR CITY IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND KEEPING CHANDLER FREE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
UH, ON FEBRUARY 23RD, WE WILL BE GATHERING AS A COALITION OF CHURCHES, UH, THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE JOINING US, UH, TO, UH, GRAZE MORE AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AROUND TRAFFICKING.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 23RD AT GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN TEMPE.
UH, SPACE IS LIMITED, BUT TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT NOT IN OUR CITY.ORG.
MAYBE I'LL SHIFT THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT.
[3. Proclamation: Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month]
WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION, TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.IF WE COULD INVITE THE CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION TO COME ON UP.
HOW'S IT GOING? SO MAYOR, I DID WEAR MY GLASSES 'CAUSE I FIGURED THE LAST TIME I DID THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE 'EM ON.
PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IS THE MOST PREVALENT TYPE OF YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE IN THREE TEENS BEING A VICTIM OF PHYSICAL,
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SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, OR VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER.AND WHEREAS CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS EXPERIENCE VERBAL ABUSE AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY THEIR PARTNERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE ABUSE AND VIOLENCE IN THEIR DATING RELATIONSHIPS.
AND WHEREAS YOUTH WHO ARE VICTIMS OF TEEN DATING VIOLENCE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY SYMPTOMS ENGAGE IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE, EXHIBIT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE AND OTHER POTENTIAL NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.
AND WHEREAS MINIMIZING TRADITIONAL GENDER STEREOTYPES AND SUPPORTING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY GENDER EQUALITY CAN REDUCE PER PERPETUATION OF ABUSE, DATING BEHAVIOR, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION IS A RESOURCE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING TEENS, FAMILIES, SCHOOL, AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY TO PREVENT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND HELPING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE GROW UP FREE FROM VIOLENCE, GROW UP FREE FROM VIOLENCE.
THEREFORE, THE MAYOR OF, UH, CITY OF CHANDLER, KEVIN HARKEY, PROCLAIMS FEBRUARY, 2025 AS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
I'M A TALKING POINTS KIND OF PERSON.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE CHANDLER POLICE VICTIM SERVICES, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO MAYOR HARKEY, AND ESPECIALLY TO VICE MAYOR CHRISTINE ELLIS FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
IT IS THROUGH THAT SUPPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS INITIATIVE AND IT REMAINS A CORNERSTONE, UM, INITIATIVE FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.
AND WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TONIGHT OF THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND WOULD YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AS WELL? OH, YES, I AM LETITIA KIN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE.
ALSO, I'M A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SAHARA PROGRAMS. THAT'S ALL ALSO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, SHELTER FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC, UH, POPULATION.
MEGAN PEREZ, COMMISSIONER FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.
I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH, UH, COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES AND THEIR FAMILY LAW UNIT.
I'M BETH BRAZE AND I'M A COMMISSIONER OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR APPOINTING ME.
AND I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER, DAWN CURTIS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF MY SISTER'S PLACE, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER HERE IN CHANDLER.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S TAKE A PHOTO.
[4. Brian Fox - Comments Regarding the City Attorney, City Manager, and Mayor and Council to Deny his Codified Rights and Duties]
PUBLIC APPEARANCE IS BRIAN FOX, WHO WANTS TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO DENY HIS CODIFIED RIGHTS AND DUTIES.MR. FOX, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, AT THAT TIME, PLEASE THANK US OR JUST PLEASE BE DONE.
ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN PACKET OF IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE ON THE ONGOING EFFORT TO SUPPRESS MY RIGHTS.
ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024, I COMMISSIONER BRIAN FOX DURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING SUBMITTED MY WISH TO BRING FORTH EVIDENCE FOR DISCUSSION THE MANY INSTANCES OF PUBLIC BULLYING, QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR THAT DOCUMENTED REPORTED IN PATTERN OF LIES TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MOUNTING LEGAL PROBLEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER ODI HARRIS FOR DISCUSSION TO ASCERTAIN IF IT WAS WARRANTED TO BRING THE ATTENTION TO MAYOR AND COUNSEL TO ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS REMAINS FIT FOR OFFICE.
I BROUGHT THE MATTER FORTH IN PROPER PROCEDURE AND PROTOCOL.
IT WAS PUT FORTH BY OUR CHAIR AND SET FOR DISCUSSION THE NEXT MEETING, THE VERY NEXT DAY ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY KELLY SCHWAB INFORMED ME THAT SHE HAD DECIDED TO PULL THE ITEM FROM DISCUSSION UNDER
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THE AUSPICES.IT WAS NOT IN THE PURVIEW OF THE POSITION AT THIS VERY POINT.
WE CONCLUDE, CONCLUDE TWO THINGS WITH CERTAINTY.
EITHER ATTORNEY SCHWAB WAS IGNORANT OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S LAWS IN MY RIGHTS AS A SITTING COMMISSIONER, THEREBY DENYING THEM OR CITY ATTORNEY SHAWA WAS INTENTIONALLY DENYING ME MY RIGHTS AND DUTIES AS A SITTING COMMISSIONER.
BOTH ARE VIOLATIONS OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, CITY OF CHANDLER MUNICIPAL CODES AND RESOLUTION 5 1 66, YOUR RESOLUTION, MAYOR, TO CONTINUE ON NOVEMBER 23RD, UM, I RESPONDED WITH AN EMAIL ARGUING THAT I DISAGREED WITH THIS POSITION.
I LAID OUT A LITANY OF DOCUMENTED, INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED INSTANCES OF BAD OR QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR, LIES AND QUESTIONABLE LEGAL PREDICAMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
I POINTED OUT CHAND AND MUNICIPAL CODES AND RESOLUTION 5 1 6 6, WHICH SPECIFY MY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AS A COMMISSIONER TO BRING THESE TO YOU AS ITS ATTENTION AND REQUEST A LEGAL INVESTIGATION.
I WAS ANSWERED WITH AN EMAIL THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD REVIEWED MY REQUEST FROM ALL ANGLES AND THEIR DECISION WAS FINAL.
I WAS NOT PROVIDED ANY LEGAL REASON NOR JUST CAUSE OF ANY KIND.
AT THIS POINT, WE CAN SURMISE ONLY ONE THING WITH CERTAINTY.
THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WILLFULLY AND ACTIVELY DENYING MY CODIFIED RIGHT TO SPEECH.
BRING FORTH THIS CASE AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
I INQUIRED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WAS MET WITH THE SAME UNRESPONSIVE INDIFFERENCE.
THIS IS ILLEGAL AND THIS IS DELIBERATE.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHO DIRECTED THIS COURSE OF ACTION AND WHY.
FURTHER THIS WAS DONE WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
IF ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN CC'D ON EVERY ONE OF THESE EMAILS, TRANSMISSIONS THIS AND YOUR COHESIVE INACTION TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT MAKES ALL OF YOU COMPLICIT.
IT WAS ONLY AFTER I SHOWED THIS EVIDENCE OF THIS CRIME TO THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE THAT I WAS INVITED TO GET THREE MINUTES HERE TONIGHT.
SO NOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE OF THIS CRIME TO CONTINUE TO EXPRESS MY RIGHTS, TO BRING FORTH THESE, THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS TO THIS BODY, I AM NOW AS A COMMISSIONER, DEMANDING THAT THE ENTIRE SWATH OF THIS BEHAVIOR BE INVESTIGATED BY AN IMPARTIAL AND QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY WITH THE FINDINGS OPENLY DISCUSSED AND DEBATED BY WAY OF PUBLIC INQUIRY.
THAT IS GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY.
BE IT NOTED THIS CITY MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUED BY A 30 PLUS YEAR VETERAN FOR BULLYING.
AND THANK YOU, MR. BRIAN ON YOU'RE CURRENTLY BEING THANK MR. FOX.
AS IN MR. FOX'S ROLE AS A CITIZEN AND AND APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMISSIONER HAVE HIS RIGHTS BEEN DENIED IN ANY FASHION.
MAYOR, WE'VE REVIEWED ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS RAISED AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY DENIAL OF RIGHTS AND THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF CODE AND OPEN MEETING LAW THAT HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE OPINED ON AND HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH.
[4. Ordinance No. 5116, Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Rezoning and Preliminary Development Plan, PLH24-0024 Costco Business Center, Located at the Southwest Corner of Alma School Road and Pecos Road Rezoning Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5116 approving PLH24-0024 Costco Business Center, Rezoning from Planned Area Development (PAD) for an office park with ancillary retail and restaurant uses to PAD for wholesaling, a fuel service station, and commercial uses permitted under the Community Commercial District (C-2), subject to the conditions as recommended by Planning and Zoning Commission. Preliminary Development Plan Move City Council approve Preliminary Development Plan PLH24-0024 Costco Business Center for site layout and conceptual building architecture, subject to the conditions as recommended by Planning and Zoning Commission. Council Focus Area(s):]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE'VE HAD TWO ITEMS CALLED IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, REZONING AND PDP OF THE COSTCO BUSINESS CENTER.
IF, IF DARCY OMER IS HERE, THIS HAS BEEN CALLED IN BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.
SO DARCY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE YOU.
TODAY IS PLH 24 24 COSTCO BUSINESS CENTER.
THIS SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AMMA SCHOOL ROAD IN PECOS ROAD.
UM, THE REQUEST IS A REZONING TO PAD FOR WHOLESALING OF A FUEL SERVICE STATION AND A COMMERCIAL USES PERMITTED UNDER THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT C TWO AND A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, APPROVAL FOR SITE LAYOUT AND BUILDING ARCHITECTURE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 18.65 ACRES AND IN 2016, THE VACANT SUBJECT SITE WAS ZONE PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT FOR AN OFFICE PARK WITH ANCILLARY RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES, INCLUDING A MID-RISE OVERLAY FOR BUILDING HEIGHT UP TO 75 FEET, THREE OFFICE BUILDINGS, A PARKING STRUCTURE AND TWO RETAIL PADS WITHIN A, WITH A POTENTIAL BUILD OUT OF 400,000 SQUARE FEET IN 2019, A TIME EXTENSION WAS APPROVED.
THE PROPOSAL TODAY IS A, UM, A COSTCO BUSINESS CENTER WITH THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE BEING APPROXIMATELY 141,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PARKING REQUIRED IS 536 SPACES AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 603 AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 15 FUEL PUMPS MORE ON THE COSTCO BUSINESS CENTER.
THEY CATER DIRECTLY TO SMALL BUSINESSES BUSINESS CENTER STOCK, MORE FOOD AND SUPPLIES IN BULK.
SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IT MAY SERVE ARE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SLASH SERVICES, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND MOTELS, CONVENIENT STORES, VENDING MACHINE OPERATORS, ET CETERA.
PEAK HOURS AT A BUSINESS CENTER
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ARE TYPICALLY MID-MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.A BUSINESS CENTER WILL TYPICALLY SEE ROUGHLY HALF OF THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS COMPARED TO ITS WAREHOUSE COUNTERPART.
HERE'S SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT COSTCO HAS PROVIDED WITH THE ENTRYWAY, THE EAST AND THE NORTHWEST PERSPECTIVE.
THEY'RE USING SMOOTH FACE, CMU, CONCRETE AND METAL PANELS AS THE FACADE MATERIALS AND THIS WOULD BE THE FUEL STATION.
A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2024 AND THERE WERE 11 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WITH CONCERNS REGARDING POTENTIAL TRAFFIC.
THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA VIA NEXTDOOR AND STAFF IS UNAWARE OF ANY OPPOSITION.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS, UM, APPROVAL WITH FINDING GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE AND COMPATIBLE LAND USE.
COUNCILMAN POSTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DARCY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE, UM, I KNOW THAT I GOT A FEW CALLS ON THIS BOTH PRO AND CON, BUT COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE EFFECTS, UM, OF THE TRAFFIC GOING TO THIS COSTCO FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH.
UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HERE AS WELL.
IF, IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE COMING UP, I'M REALLY, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS WHAT THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE, UM, TRAFFIC PATTERN I BELIEVE, AS WELL AS MAYBE WHERE THE LOADING DOCKS HAVE BEEN POSITIONED, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, CAN YOU HELP ME BRING UP THAT? IS IT THIS ONE? OKAY, PERFECT.
SO THROUGH, UH, MAYOR HARKEY AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS SITE FROM THE TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE AND REVIEWED THEIR DOCUMENTS AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND IT IS LESS TRIPS AS DARCY NOTED, THAN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PAD.
SO THE SURROUNDING AREAS, UM, INCLUDING THE, THE WORK THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL DO TO BUILD OUT THAT THIRD LANE ON AT, UM, ALMA SCHOOL WOULD, WOULD MORE THAN HANDLE THE TRAFFIC AT THIS AREA.
AND, UM, STAFF PARTICULARLY PLANNING STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO LOCATE THE FUEL, UM, STATION PUMPS SO THAT TRAFFIC FLOWED WITHIN THE SITE AND, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS OF IT BACKING UP ON ONTO ANY OF THE ADJACENT ARTERIALS.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT STAFF WORKED HARD WITH THE DEVELOPER ON TO, TO MINIMIZE THAT.
AND THEN MY, ONE OF MY FIRST CONCERNS WAS WHERE THOSE LOADING DOCKS WERE, UM, I HAD THE CONCERN THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE BEHIND, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NOW JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD FACING WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS AND OTHER BUSINESSES.
UM, YEAH, THEY TALKED TO ME KIND OF TO THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE, THE BUILDING.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE DELIVERY TIMES AND SUCH? THE DELIVERIES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE NORMAL COSTCO AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE TRUCKS AND STUFF IS, IS OUR UNDERSTANDING.
THEY DO HAVE A FEW MORE OF THE LIKE SMALLER LIKE COMMUTER, LIKE VAN TYPE DELIVERIES MM-HMM
BECAUSE THEY DO DELIVERIES OUT OF THIS AS WELL.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE OF THOSE, BUT TYPICALLY THEIR, UM, DELIVERIES ARE OFF HOURS AS FAR AS NOT WHEN IT'S OPEN TO PUBLIC FOR, FOR RETAIL.
AND THEN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, TYPE OF COSTCO BUSINESS CENTER IS REALLY MORE SPECIFIC TO BUSINESSES.
UM, YOU DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF CONSUMERS GENERALLY COMING IN, CORRECT? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
OTHER THAN THE FUEL PUMPS, YOU KNOW, COULD BE USED BY EITHER, BUT TYPICALLY THE ACTUAL RETAIL ITSELF IS PRIMARILY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, UM, YOU KIND OF GLOSSED OVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STREETS.
CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION WHAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO DO WITH THE PECOS ROAD IN THE ALMA SCHOOL ROAD? SURE.
GREAT QUESTION THROUGH AGAIN, THROUGH MAYOR HARKEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
UM, PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE, AS, AS ANY DEVELOPMENT, WOULD THEIR OFFSITE STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THIRD LANE ON ALMA SCHOOL, UM, ADJACENT TO THEIR FRONTAGE.
AND THEN BOTH OF THE DRIVEWAYS ON PECOS AND THE DRIVEWAY ON DRIVEWAYS ON ALMA SCHOOL WOULD REQUIRE DESAL LANES AS WELL.
AND THAT'S PART OF THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY AND DOCUMENTED, UM, IN, IN THERE AND WILL BE PART OF THEIR CIVIL SITE PLAN IN CONSTRUCTION.
SO IN GENERAL, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS MAYBE, UH, SOMEONE ELSE CAN I, UH, WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE, IS IT, WILL THIS GENERATE LESS TRAFFIC THAN THE PROPOSAL WE SAW IN, IN 2015 AND UPDATE IT IN 2019? YES.
UH, AGAIN, THROUGH THROUGH MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO,
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THIS IS PROPOSED OR THIS IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE LESS TRAFFIC THAN THE OFFICE PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED.MAYOR, MIGHT I ASK, WHAT ARE THE, UH, HOURS OF THIS FACILITY COMPARED TO, IS IT THE SAME AS THE OTHER COSTCO TO THE MAYOR? UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
I THINK THAT QUESTION MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED FOR THAT ONE.
SO WHEN WE SAY LESS, LESS TRAFFIC, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DOES THAT SPAN OVER CONCERNING THE HOURS? YEAH.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRIAN WRIGHT, I'M WITH KIMMY HORN.
I'M THE APPLICANT ON THE PROJECT.
SO THE, UM, THE, THE HOURS OF THE, UM, THE WAREHOUSE IS FROM, SORRY, FROM 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, AND THEN 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM ON SUN ON SATURDAYS AND JUST CLOSE ON SUNDAY.
SO IT DIFFERS FROM A TYPICAL WAREHOUSE THAT OPENS, I BELIEVE AT 10:10 AM ALRIGHT.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING AT THE END CONTRARY ABOUT SUNDAY.
WHAT IS, SAY THAT, TELL ME AGAIN, JUST MAKE SURE I GOT IT.
SO THE HOURS ARE OF OPERATIONS FROM 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SUNDAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I GOT A QUESTION, MAYOR.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES.
UM, I, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, FROM THE TIME THAT THE PROJECT BEGINS TO THE TIME OF THE PROJECT COMPLETES, HOW MUCH TIME WILL IT, WHAT'S THE TIME? WHAT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINES ON THE PROJECT? CONSTRUCTION DURATION? UH, ROUGHLY NINE MONTHS.
SO WE, SO WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS PROJECT DONE BY EARLY 2026 COMPLETED IN THAT REALM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO? YEAH, THANKS.
I THINK I MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER.
I WANNA DOUBLE CHECK WITH STAFF HERE.
THE, UH, WIDENING OF SCHOOL ROAD.
UM, WE JUST GO TO PECOS RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? CORRECT.
MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, ARE YOU REFERRING TO? TO THE NORTH? YEAH.
WHEN DO WE LOOK AT, WHEN DO WE START CONSTRUCTION? THE THIRD LANE.
AND WILL THIS HAVE ANY OVERLAP? UM, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILOR ORLANDO? THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY INTERACTION BETWEEN THE REST OF ALMA SCHOOL WIDENING OTHER THAN THE HALF STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED BY THE APPLICANT TONIGHT.
SO JUST THAT WESTERN SIDE OF THE STREET, THAT SECTION BETWEEN PECOS AND THE LOOP 2 0 2, WHICH NEEDS TO BE MATCHING THE REST OF THE STREET THAT THE APPLICANT WILL CONSTRUCT AT THEIR COST.
AND THEN WHEN'S OUR TIMEFRAME AGAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF ALMA SCHOOL? WHEN WE TAKE FROM PRE PECOS, UH, THE LAST PHASE OF ALMA SCHOOL, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK THE DATE YEAH.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE PIECE THAT'S MUCH FURTHER SOUTH FROM THERE.
SO GERMANE OR KINGBIRD IS THE ACTUAL CROSS STREET TO QUEEN, TO QUEEN CREEK ROAD.
WE, SO WE HAVE A THREE LANE, TWO LANE BACK TO THREE LANE.
SO MAYBE CORRECT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CIP, MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT MOVING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT LITTLE FUNNEL UH, SCENARIO.
WE CAN REVISIT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU SIR.
[13. Resolution No. 5870, rescinding Resolution No. 5361 which authorized extended use of temporary signage to promote Chandler businesses, and authorizing the Zoning Administrator to waive provisions of Chapter 39-10 of the Chandler City Code as reasonably necessary to promote Chandler businesses during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Move City Council Pass and Adopt Resolution No. 5870, rescinding Resolution No. 5361 which authorized extended use of temporary signage to promote Chandler businesses, and authorizing the Zoning Administrator to waive provisions of Chapter 39-10 of the Chandler City Code as reasonably necessary to promote Chandler businesses during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. Council Focus Area(s):]
IN ITEM ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, RESENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 61 RELATED TO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, LEO POLICY PRESENTATION.THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE REPEAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 61.
JUST TO REMIND YOU, RESOLUTION NUMBER 53 61 WAS ENACTED BACK IN MARCH OF 2020.
IT WAS IN A RESPONSE TO COVID.
THE THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS THAT WE, OUR BUSINESSES WERE GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING UNCERTAIN TIME AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD AS A CITY TO SUPPORT THEM.
SO BY LOOSENING OR PUTTING MORATORIUM ON THE TEMPORARY SIGN CODE AT THAT TIME, IT GAVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING AND TO BUILD OR REBUILD THEIR BUSINESS.
JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT TYPE OF SIGNAGE WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT TEMPORARY SIGNAGE.
HERE'S SOME COMMON EXAMPLES THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
A-FRAMES, FOR EXAMPLE, BUSINESSES CAN HAVE AN A-FRAME.
THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ABOUT WHERE IT CAN BE CAN'T, THERE HAS TO BE CLEARANCE FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
FEATHER SIGNS ARE KIND OF THE TALL, USUALLY ABOUT 12 FOOT KIND OF SKINNY FLOWY TYPE AIR CONTROLLED SIGNS THAT YOU SEE.
AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT WILL BE REENACTED WITH THE, WITH THE MORATORIUM RESCINDED, UM, AND ASSIGNED
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PERMIT IS REQUIRED.I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
THEY COME IN LOTS OF SHAPES AND SIZES.
THE TEMPORARY SIGN CODE DOES HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE BASED ON PROPERTY AND DIFFERENT PARAMETERS.
SO IF THIS IS RESCINDED THIS EVENING, THIS WILL PUT ALL OF THOSE REGULATIONS BACK INTO PLAY AND BUSINESSES WILL NEED TO GET TEMPORARY SIGN CODE PERMITS DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF SIGN THEY WANT TO INSTALL.
UM, HERE'S JUST SOME VISUAL EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT SIGNS IN IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS, WHEREAS OUR SIGN CODES REGULATE THOSE NUMBERS AND TYPES.
AND JUST TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, BANDIT SIGNS, BANDIT SIGNS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE DID CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THROUGHOUT THE MORATORIUM.
AND UM, AGAIN, YOU WERE, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE LAWSUIT OF UM, TOWN OF GILBERT REED VERSUS TOWN OF GILBERT.
STAFF DOES NOT LOOK AT THE CONTENT OF A SIGN WE REGULATE BASED ON THE SIGN ITSELF, BUT NOT ON THE CONTENT.
AND SO JUST SOME STATISTICS FOR YOU ON THAT.
AND ONE OF THE CATEGORY I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, OF COURSE, CAMPAIGN SIGNS HAVE THEIR OWN RULES.
RESCINDING THIS RESOLUTION WILL NOT IMPACT THAT.
THE SAME RULES THAT ARE PUT OUT BY THE STATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS LAST CAMPAIGN, YOU SEE WHAT THE DATES THAT WE HAVE THERE, BASICALLY 71 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION AND 15 DAYS AFTER, WE ARE COMPLETELY HANDS OFF IN CODE ENFORCEMENT ON CAMPAIGN SIGNS UNLESS THEY ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY CAUSING A SITE HAZARD OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF HAZARD GOING INTO TRAFFIC.
AND THEN FINALLY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE LIKE TO DO EDUCATION BEFORE WE DO ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE ABOUT A 60 DAY PERIOD OF EDUCATION.
THE FIRST 30 DAYS WE WOULD BE DOING FORMAL INFORMATION, FORMAL LETTERS, EDUCATIONAL TYPE LETTERS TO BUSINESSES.
WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ONE OF TERRY'S RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE TENANTS, NOT JUST THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES.
SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO OWNERS AND TENANTS.
IN ADDITION, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE DCCP, WE WERE GOING TO, WELL STAFF WILL COME OUT TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS, UM, IN FEBRUARY, DO A PRESENTATION TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
I'VE ALSO TALKED TO, UM, WICKED AWESOME CONNECTIONS AND WE WILL BE INVITED TO THEIR NEXT EVENT IN FEBRUARY TO DO SOME EDUCATION AND HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CHANDLER SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCE.
THERE'S ANYONE ELSE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE THE TEAM TO COME OUT AND DO EDUCATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AFTER THE 30 DAY PERIOD OF EDUCATION.
WE'LL THEN GO ON TO COURTESY NOTICES.
AND THESE WILL BE JUST FOR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE VIOLATIONS THAT ALSO IS A SOFT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT.
WE WILL NOT BE DOING NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS AT THAT POINT.
JUST LETTING THE BUSINESSES AGAIN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE IN VIOLATION AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO REMEDY THAT.
SO AFTER ABOUT 60 DAYS, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD START THE FORMAL ENFORCEMENT WITH NOTICES OF VIOLATION LIKE WE DO WITH ANY CODE CASE THOUGH WE WILL WORK WITH A PROPERTY OWNER.
SO IF WE FIND THAT THERE'S A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS A PERMIT APPLICATION IN AND NEEDS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, WE CERTAINLY WILL WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION LEAH.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET REACH A BROAD, UM, BASE OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN LONG ENOUGH THAT THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE THAT I THINK SOME OF THE NEW BUSINESS OWNERS OR OR BUSINESS OWNERS IN GENERAL MAY JUST THINK THAT THIS ACT, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW RIGHT NOW.
HAVE WE BEEN DOING ANY OUTREACH TO THEM? LIKE, AND WHAT DO YOU DO NOW WHEN YOU GET A CALL ABOUT SOME OF THESE SIGNS THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON? IF WE GET A CALL WITH A SIGN THAT IS A HAZARD, SO LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S A BANNER THAT'S COMING DOWN INTO THE SIDEWALK OR INTO TRAFFIC, WE CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT AND EDUCATE THAT PROPERTY OWNER, UM, MAKING SURE IT'S SECURED, THAT TYPE OF THING.
IF WE DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, WE DO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHERE WE ARE WITH, WITH THE SIGN CODE AND WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE AND WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY OUR CODE STAFF, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMERCIAL STAFF, HAS A LOT OF DIALOGUE WITH BUSINESS OWNERS AND TENANTS.
THEY, THEY'RE ALWAYS EDUCATING TO SOME EXTENT.
UM, CERTAINLY IF WE FIND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR WE'RE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR VERY BEST TO REALLY WORK WITH THEM AND GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE FIRST BEFORE WE START DOING VIOLATIONS.
BUT RIGHT NOW COMPLYING THERE, THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH TO COMPLY WITH OR, OR YOUR HAND'S A LITTLE BIT TIED THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCILOR POST AND THAT IS CORRECT UNLESS IT IS A HAZARD SITUATION.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA TO, UM, MAKE THIS ALLOWANCE AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS IN NEED, BUT I DO AGREE THAT IT IS TIME TO MAKE A LITTLE CHANGE AND CLEAN SOME OF THAT UP.
I KNOW THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS THOUGH, HAVE
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PROBABLY INVESTED, THOSE SIGNS ARE EXPENSIVE AND THEY WON'T STILL WANT TO GET PEOPLE INTO THEIR BUSINESSES.SO I APPRECIATE THE APPROACH, I APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVE EDUCATION FOLLOWED UP BY THE COURTESY NOTICES.
SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION OR TWO MAYOR, UM, UM, HANG ON THERE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH I'VE NOT SEEN, UH, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH HAVE STUCK WITHIN OUR CURRENT RULES, BUT, UH, REALTORS, ARE WE REACHING OUT TO THEM? UH, MAYBE AND, AND JUST REMINDING THEM OF, OF WHAT, SINCE WE PERHAPS WERE NOT AS ENFORCING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I I, I HAD NOT SEEN A LOT OF EGREGIOUS ABUSE, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY REALTORS WANT TO GET ALL THE COVERAGE THEY CAN WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING.
HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT TO THEM? UM, YEAH.
YES, WE WILL DO SOME ADDITIONAL REACHING OUT.
WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE, UM, THE REAL ESTATE.
AND I'M, I, I'M BLANKING RIGHT NOW ON WHAT THE NAME OF THE THE OH MY GOSH.
YES, WE WILL GET WITH SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL GROUPS FOR REAL ESTATE AS WELL.
UM, AND THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT RULES THAT APPLY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A MODEL HOME OR AN OPEN HOUSE, YOU DO GET ADDITIONAL A-FRAME SIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO USE.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THE RULES ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE MODEL HOMES AND OPEN HOUSES.
AND I DON'T HAVE YOU, ARE YOU REACHING OUT TO GROUPS LIKE THE CHANDLER BUSINESS ASSOCIATION DO THE CBA WITH CAROL PAULISON? UH, IS THAT ON YOUR RADAR AS WELL? YES, MAYOR, I DID LEAVE HER A MESSAGE LAST WEEK.
WE JUST HAVEN'T CONNECTED YET, BUT I DID LEAVE HER A MESSAGE.
COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LIN? NO.
UM, JUST HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, SUGGESTIONS.
UM, PERHAPS I KNOW THAT, UH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESS TEAM IN TERMS OF THE RENEWALS OF THE APPLICATIONS MONTHLY.
UM, THERE COULD BE NEW RENEWALS COMING UP, UM, FOR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OR PEOPLE WHO'S LOOKING TO START A BUSINESS.
AND CHANDLER, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO HAVE THAT LITTLE INSERT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO SEE IF CITY MANAGER, IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN PUT A BLUR INTO OUR UTILITY, INTO THE UTILITY BILLS THAT KIND OF GO OUT.
I KNOW IT GOES OUT TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN FOCUS IN ON THE BUSINESSES AND JUST SAY, HEY, THERE'S SOME NEW, UM, UM, SIGN CODE STANDARDS THAT'S COMING FORWARD THAT WE NEED TO BRING, UH, YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
YEAH, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO BUSINESSES THROUGH SOME STANDARD MEANS, BE IT, UH, UTILITY BILLS, WE CAN INVESTIGATE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AND NARROW THAT DOWN OR THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH RENEWALS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT THROUGH THAT MEANS AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO THE STUDY SESSION.
WE WILL HAVE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY, AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL ALSO BE INVITING, UH, THE NAMES OF THE, OF THE RESIDENT COMMITTEE AND OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE, ARE BEING, UH, ARE BEING, UH, YOU'LL BE VOTING ON FOR DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.