[ Call to Order]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE, UH, STUDY SESSION OF APRIL 7TH OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, NOTING THAT ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS, UH, HIS FLIGHT WAS DELAYED AND HE IS ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW, SO UNABLE TO CALL IN.
AND TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON AND HARRIS ARE, UH, ONLINE.
THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN, SO THEY ARE LISTENING, WATCHING US AUDIBLY, VISUALLY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON HERE.
[1. Service Recognitions]
SCHEDULE OR AGENDA, TONIGHT IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS TO JOIN ME UP FRONT.IF YOU NEED READING GLASSES, BRING THEM WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT, FIRST UP IS SERVICE RECOGNITION CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE THREE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
AND TO MAKE THE FIRST PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP RYAN REEVES, OUR AIRPORT MANAGER.
IT'S MY HONOR TONIGHT TO, UH, CALL UP DEANNA ALONZO, FRITZ, DEANNA ALONZO.
FRITZ BEGAN WITH CHANDLER'S COURTS AS A COURT CLERK, WON IN APRIL OF 2015, A TIME SHE FONDLY REMEMBERS FOR THE EXPERIENCE AFFORDED HER THERE, AS WELL AS THE WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIPS SHE MADE.
BUT IN OCTOBER OF 2019, WE HAPPILY WELCOMED HER TO THE AIRPORT.
AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS QUITE CONCERNED AS SHE KNEW VERY LITTLE OF FLYING, UH, WHEN SHE WAS HIRED, BECAUSE AVIATION, AS YOU KNOW, IS A DEMANDING EXACTING AND AN INTENSE INDUSTRY.
ALL CHARACTERISTICS WE KNOW DEANNA POSSESSES IN ABUNDANCE HERSELF.
WHAT SHE HAS SHOWN SINCE 2019 TO HER COLLEAGUES IN THE ENTIRE FLYING COMMUNITY HAS PROVEN THERE WAS NO NEED FOR HER TREPIDATION, HER TENACITY AND HER DUTIES, RELATIONSHIPS SHE HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HER INFECTIOUS HUMOR AND KINDNESS TO COWORKERS AND THE CREWS, WHICH CALL OUR AIRPORT HOME, HAVE ALL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER.
HER HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT, IN MY ESTIMATION IS THAT THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY NOW CONSIDERS HER FAMILY AND IN AVIATION THERE IS NO HIGHER COMPLIMENT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON 10 YEARS
FOR OUR NEXT SERVICE RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DIRECTOR JOHN KNUTSON.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE ROSA BARZA, UH, TO COME FORWARD FOR HER 25 YEAR SERVICE RECOGNITION.
ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ROSEA ZA FOR AN OUTSTANDING 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.
SINCE JOINING THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN 2000, ROSA HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT IN VARIOUS ROLES ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
ROSA'S ENERGETIC PERSONALITY, TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS, AND ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO SHARE IDEAS HAS ADDED GREATLY TO HER STREETS AND TRAFFIC TEAM'S MORALE AND EFFICIENCY.
ROSA CAME TO OUR STREETS AND TRAFFIC DIVISION TWO YEARS AGO AT A TIME WHEN KEY STAFF HAD RETIRED.
SHE LEARNED QUICKLY AND NOTICEABLY STAFF BEGAN RELYING ON HER.
FOR ALL HER KNOWLEDGE, ROSA WAS A KEY PLAYER IN ASSISTING WITH THE LED STREETLIGHT CONVERSION PROJECT AND A TEAM MEMBER FOR OUR FIFTH
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A PWA RE-ACCREDITATION.SHE'S ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CITY'S MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A TWO YEAR CHANDLER CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
THROUGHOUT HER 25 YEAR CAREER WITH CITY OF CHANDLER, ROSA HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND DEMONSTRATING A DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE, INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT.
WE THANK ROSA FOR HER 25 YEARS OF DEDICATION, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND EFFORTS TO MAKE CHANDLER A BETTER PLACE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF CONTINUED EXCELLENCE.
FOR OUR THIRD AND FINAL SERVICE RECOGNITION, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, BRIAN CHAPMAN.
GOOD EVENING AMERICAN COUNSEL.
I'M HONORED TO BRING UP, UH, DETECTIVE PAUL KEY TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
DETECTIVE PAUL Q WAS HIRED 30 YEARS AGO AND GRADUATED FROM THE ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY.
HIS EARLY CAREER IN CHANDLER INCLUDED, UH, PATROL DIVISION WHERE HE EARNED A REPUTATION FOR SOUND JUDGMENT.
THE BIKE TEAM AND A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR WILLIS JUNIOR HIGH, WHERE ACCORDING TO HIS THEN SUPERVISOR, HE MADE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO WORK WELL WITH THE STUDENTS.
FROM 2003 TO 2013, DETECTIVE KEY WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SEX CRIMES UNIT WHERE HE DILIGENTLY WORKED TO PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR ADULT AND CHILD VICTIMS OF DANGEROUS CRIMES LEADING TO THE CONVICTION OF NUMEROUS VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
SINCE 2013, DETECTIVE KEY HAS WORKED AS THE ASSET FORFEITURE.
DETECTIVE KEY CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES CITY OF VAL, CITY OF CHANDLER VALUES MOST ESPECIALLY THAT OF TEAMWORK HELPS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS OF COMPUTER CRIME SUSPECTS.
HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR SWAT TEAM'S TECHNICAL UNIT AND HE ASSISTS OUR NARCOTICS TEAM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IN 2025, DETECTIVE KEY WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN FURTHERING A COMPLICATED NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION INVOLVING MONEY LAUNDERING, AUTHORING NUMEROUS SEARCH WARRANTS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SEIZING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDS.
AND I THINK THE BEST THING I CAN SAY ABOUT DETECTIVE PAUL KEY IS THAT YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IF HE'S EVER HAD A BAD DAY.
HE'S ALWAYS SMILING, HAPPY TO HELP PEOPLE, AND HE IS A WONDERFUL COMPLIMENT TO OUR GREAT TEAM AT THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS PAUL MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SERVICE RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
[2. Proclamation: Child Abuse Prevention Month]
WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS.THE FIRST IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, IF I COULD CALL IT MEMBERS OF OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION AND EXCHANGE CLUB REPRESENTATIVES.
I THINK VICE MAYOR, YOU'RE IN THE EXCHANGE CLUB.
WE SETTLED
REPORTS 116 CHILDREN DIED OF NEGLECT AND CHILD ABUSE IN 2023, AND WHEREAS 71% OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIED OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE WERE UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
AND 44% OF THESE DEATHS OCCURRED IN INFANTS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD.
AND WHEREAS EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO GROW UP IN A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FREE FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT, WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY REDUCES THE INCIDENTS OF ABUSE.
THEREFORE, THE CITY OF CHANDLER STRIVES TO CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR ALL
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CHILDREN.AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION INITIATIVES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARKEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2025 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THIS OR RELATED? SO WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, UM, WE ALSO, AND CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF CHANDLER AND THEY HAVE AN EVENT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT.
THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF CHANDLER HAS WHAT WE CALL A CHILD ABUSE REDUCTION EFFORT PROGRAM, AND IT IS CALLED THE FIELD OF HOPE.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR HARTKE AND THE CITY, UH, OF CHANDLER AND VICE MAYOR ELLIS, WHO AS MAYOR NOTED, IS ALSO AN EXCHANGE.
I, UH, OUR FIELD, UH, OF HOPE, UM, IS BASED ON THE REPORT THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED.
AND SO WE WILL STAND UP 116 FLAGS FOR THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE, UH, IN 2023 IN ARIZONA.
WE'LL STAND THE FIELD UP AT TWO 30 ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH, AND WOULD LOVE IT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND JOIN US AND HELP US STAND THAT FIELD UP.
AND WE WILL DEDICATE THE FIELD AT 6:00 PM ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR.
UH, SO AGAIN, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COME OUT AND TAKE PART IN OUR, UM, UM, FIELD OF HOPE, WHICH IS A MEMORIAL TO THE CHILDREN THAT WERE LOST DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
ALEXIS IS GONNA WANNA MOVE US IN A BETTER SEMBLANCE RATHER THAN, SO IF WE COULD MAYBE GET, IF OTHER PEOPLE CAN CONSIDER YOU SHORT, PLEASE STAND IN FRONT.
WHO'S OUR CENTERPIECE? WHO IS THE PERSON? UM, PRETTY WELL CENTERED.
SQU TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU WANT ME TO SIT DOWN OR GO BACK? YEAH, YEAH, GO.
ARE WE TAKING ANOTHER PHOTO? YEAH.
WE'RE DOING ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.
[3. Proclamation: Sexual Assault Awareness Month]
MY CHEAT SHEETS, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.AND LOOK WHO'S ALREADY UP HERE.
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.
LET'S LET COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS READ THIS ONE.
IT'S MUCH SHORTER THAN LAST TIME.
WHEREAS SEXUAL ASSAULT OCCURS IN EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AFFECTING ONE ADULT EVERY 98 SECONDS AND ONE CHILD EVERY NINE MINUTES.
AND WHEREAS SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS A TOOL USED TO INTIMIDATE, CONTROL AND DEMEAN VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND WHEREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, 41% OF WOMEN AND 26% OF MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER.
AND WHEREAS SEXUAL VIOLENCE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND MEMBERS OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS BY WEARING THE COLOR TEAL DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY STANDS UNITED TO HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE AND CREATE A SAFER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL SURVIVORS.
NOW THEREFORE, KEVIN HARKEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 25TH AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
ON BEHALF OF THE, ON BEHALF OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION, I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S DO ANOTHER PHOTO.
I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE THIS WAY MORE.
KATIE, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE MIDDLE.
IF YOU PICTURE WHERE MY, WHERE THE IS BEHIND YOU THERE.
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ALL DO TWO? OKAY.[4. Proclamation: Earth Day]
LAST PROCLAMATION EARTH DAY.IF DEREK GERSON, RECREATIONAL SUPERVISOR AND TY TRENT, RECREATIONAL SPECIALIST CAN JOIN US.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS ENRICHED BY ITS ENVIRONMENTAL BEAUTY AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES, WHICH ENHANCE THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, WHILE PROVIDING VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA GROWTH AND PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.
AND WHEREAS CHANDLER AND HIS RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND IMPORTANCE OF USING NATURAL RESOURCES WISELY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS ADOPTED STRATEGIES TO MIGRATE, MITIGATE CLIMATE IMPACTS, CONSERVE WATER AND ENERGY, REDUCE WASTE, PRESERVE, AND EXPAND OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY, AND PURSUE RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES.
AND WHEREAS EARTH DAY ACKNOWLEDGES THE POSITIVE PROGRESS MADE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS, THE DEDICATION TO CLIMATE LITERACY AND DEEPENS OUR COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER URGES ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND RENEW OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE CHANDLER RESIDENTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARTKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 22ND, 2025 AS EARTH DAY.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATION.
I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER MYSELF.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT EVERY DAY IS A EARTH DAY.
UM, IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, WE, WE DO SO MUCH IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, TO, UM, HELP OUR COMMUNITY LEARN HOW TO DO THAT AT HOME AND HELP THE PLANET.
SO, UM, IT'S GREAT TO BE A PART OF THAT HERE, UM, WITH MY STAFF HERE, WHERE WE'RE PART OF THE NATURE CENTER TEAM, SO WE GET TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WE HAVE FUN DOING IT AND, UM, IT'S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE, UH, EARTH DAY CELEBRATION.
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH, FROM NINE TO NOON AT THE CHANDLER NATURE CENTER.
THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, CRAFTS ACTIVITIES, VENDORS YOU CAN LEARN, UH, MORE ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT THE PLANET.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME, SO THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROCLAMATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS, WELCOME TO THE MEETING.
YOU MUST HAVE JUST GOTTEN OFF YOUR PHONE OR OFF THE PLANE.
COUNCIL, THERE ARE NO ITEMS THAT WERE CALLED IN TO OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO WERE WONDERING IF YOU HAD A PARTICULAR ITEM.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE PARTICULAR ITEMS AND WE ARE PREPARED TO VOTE ON THEM, MEANS THAT IN OUR MIND, THERE IS NO CONTROVERSY IN OUR HEADS THAT WE FEEL WE NEED TO GET STRAIGHTENED OUT.
AND WE'RE PREPARED TO VOTE ON THESE ON THURSDAY.
SO IT IS, IT IS NOT A NEGATIVE IF YOU ARE WONDERING IF THERE
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WAS SOMETHING RELATED TO YOUR ITEM THAT WAS GONNA BE TALKED ON.SO WITH NO CONSENT, UH, AGENDA, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT, AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL ON THURSDAY.