May 08, 2025 City Council Meeting 05/08/2025

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THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

WE ABOUT TO START THE MEETING AND I CAN SEE COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON COMING IN HOT AND SHE IS RIGHT HERE WITH US.

[ Call to Order]

MAYOR ELLIS.

I'M HERE.

MEMBER ENCINA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS HERE.

UH, MAYOR HARKEY.

VICE.

VICE MAYOR ELLIS.

UM, COUNCIL OR MAYOR HARKEY IS STARTING, IS TRYING TO LOG ON RIGHT NOW.

SO WE SHOULD BE HAVING HIM IN, IN IN A MINUTE, I HOPE.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

WHEN HE'S ON, CAN YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HIM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE HIM IN THE RECORD? APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND THANK YOU MME. CLARK.

NEXT, UH, PLEASE STAND AS WE ARE HAVING OUR INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND ROBERT FELIX OF CHANDLER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

YES.

GREETINGS FROM CHANDLER PRESBYTERIAN.

WE'RE ABOUT TO OPEN UP A PRESCHOOL IN JUST A FEW DAYS, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SAY A PRAYER THAT WAS WRITTEN MOSTLY BY CHILDREN.

AND SO THIS IS, UH, DESI, THIS IS A PRAYER THAT'S PULLED FROM TWO CLASSROOMS AT A SCHOOL IN ENGLAND CALLED ST.

MARY'S.

LET'S PRAY.

DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE SUNSHINE.

THANK YOU FOR THE SEASONS AND EVERYTHING THAT GROWS.

THANK YOU FOR OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIGHT THAT ALWAYS SHINES ON ME.

THANK YOU FOR OUR LEADERS AND HOW WE LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

HELP US TO BE KIND AND SHARE.

HELP US TO BE GENEROUS AND FAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL WORLD AND FOR THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

APPRECIATE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WELL,

[ 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 May 8, 2025, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 11.]

I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE A MOTION.

UH, LOVE TO VICE MAYOR.

OH, I THINK I HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

DID YOU JOIN HIM WITH THE YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKIN YOU.

OH, WELL GO AHEAD.

YOU MAKE THE MOTION THEN.

YEAH, SHE LIFT HER HAND FIRST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE MAY 8TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 11.

UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANT A SECOND IT BESIDES ME? NO, IT'S, IT'S SECOND.

SHE'S CLEARLY, WE ALREADY HAVE A SECOND .

WE ALREADY HAVE A SECOND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POSTER.

.

DO I HAVE ANY RECUSAL? , DO I HAVE ANY RECUSAL AT THIS TIME? NONE.

I SEE NONE.

PLEASE VOTE.

IS EVERYTHING IN MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

WERE WE ABLE TO GET THE MAYOR ON MAYOR HARKEY? HE'S, HE CAN SEE IT, BUT I WE CAN'T HAVE AUDIO.

WE DON'T HAVE AUDIO YET.

SO WHEN HE GETS HIS VOTE, I'LL REGISTER THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS

[ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]

IS, UH, MR. MAURY BATEMAN HERE, VICE ELLIS? HE DECIDED, UM, HE DIDN'T NEED TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, WELL WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

UM, NOW, CURRENTLY WE ARE GONNA HAVE CURRENT EVENT.

UH, IF I PLEASE MAY START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINAS.

I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

WHAT'S MEMBER'S NAME? I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UM, THE FIRST WAS JUST TO CONGRATULATE THE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF THE EAST VALLEY.

THEY HAD AN EVENT THIS WEEK JUST SORT OF CELEBRATING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY SAY, HEY, THEY HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING IN THE FUTURE IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM.

THEY ARE A NONPROFIT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.

THEY ARE RUN COMPLETELY ON VOLUNTEERS

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AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, THEY RUN ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THRIFT SHOPS THAT I'VE EVER BEEN IN.

IT IS THEY DO A, A REALLY GREAT JOB AND IT'S, IT FUNDS ALL SORTS OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED IT OUT YET, YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD.

IT'S JUST UP ON ALMA SCHOOL NORTH OF WARNER.

SO IT WAS A GREAT WARNING, CELEBRATING THEIR WORK.

AND THEN NEXT I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE A RIBBON CUTTING THAT WE HAVE COMING AROUND THE CORNER.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR THE CITY.

ON MAY 17TH FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE TUMBLEWEED RECREATION CENTER.

SO THIS IS A BIG, BIG DEAL FOR ALL OF US.

WE'RE GONNA START THE MORNING WITH A RIBBON CUTTING WITH AN OPEN HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN GAMES, ACTIVITIES, REFRESHMENTS, VISIT VENDOR BOOTHS, AND TRY TO WIN SOME GIVEAWAYS.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT, I GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE ADDITIONS TO THE TRC.

SO I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AWAITED CEREMONY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC JOINING US TO CELEBRATE THE GRAND REOPENING.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER OLIN.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA WISH ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

AND THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE TODAY IS, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN.

SO EVERY 10 YEARS, THE CITY'S REQUIRED BY LAW TO CONDUCT WHAT THEY CALL A GENERAL PLAN.

THIS IS BASICALLY A VISIONING PROCESS OR A FUTURE LOOKING PROCESS.

AND WE'VE, UH, KICKED OFF THAT GENERAL PLAN WITH OUR COMMITTEE AS WELL AS UPCOMING RESIDENT INPUTS, UH, WILL BE HOSTING A CHANDLER TALKS THIS SATURDAY, MAY 10TH FROM TWO TO 5:00 PM AT THE CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE ON THE 10TH, THERE'S STILL A WAY, THERE'S STILL A WAY TO WEIGH IN.

YOU CAN GO THE ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE, IT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH JUNE AND WE'LL BE HOSTING SUBSEQUENT CHANDLER LISTENING EVENTS.

UH, YOU CAN FIND THIS SURVEY AND MORE INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING EVENTS, CHANDLER AZ.GOV/GENERAL PLAN.

AND FINALLY, THIS GENERAL PLAN, ONCE WE, UH, ADOPT IT AS A COUNCIL, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THIS RESIDENCE.

SO PLEASE GET YOUR INPUTS EARLY.

AND BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES, IT TELLS YOU HOW OUR LAND USE WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.

WHERE WE PUT INDUSTRY, WHERE WE PUT RESIDENTIAL, WHERE WE PUT OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR, OUR CITY.

SO PLEASE WEIGH IN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN BRA ORLANDO, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YEAH.

UM, JUST HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANKS.

VICE SM UM, THIS WEEK I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THAT CAR, CARVAN CARVANA, UH, TOUR.

LAST WEEK I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM ON A TOUR OF CARVANA'S FIRST VEHICLES RECONDITIONING MEGA SITE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

UH, THE SITE SPANS NEARLY A HUNDRED ACRES, INCLUDES OVER 5,000 PARKING SPOTS AND SET TO CREATE 200 NEW JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND MIND YOU, IT ALREADY HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SOME JOBS RIGHT NOW OPERATING.

UH, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE INNOVATION AND GROWTH HAPPENING HERE IN CHANDLER UP CLOSE IN REAL TIME.

I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A, TAKE A VISIT OF THAT SITE.

IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DETAILS GOING ON AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING SIGHT.

AND MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT, HAPPY TEACHERS WEEK TO ALL THE TEACHERS OUT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

I'VE BEEN GOING FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM, RECOGNIZING SOME AMAZING TEACHERS THAT WAS ACTUALLY NOMINATED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I PUT A PULSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SO MANY TEACHERS AND SO MANY PEOPLE, UH, RESPONDED.

AND I'VE BEEN GOING.

AND THESE ARE CURRENT, CURRENT, UM, CURRENT CLASSROOMS I'VE BEEN TO TODAY.

AND I COULD JUST TELL YOU SOME OF THE STUDENTS, I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS WAS WRITING LETTERS.

AND YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SEE IF YOU FOLLOW MY SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE'S A LOT OF VIDEO AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE INSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

BUT TRULY, I, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE TEACHERS.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL AND CHARTER SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S THE INCLUSIVE WAY OF HOW WE DO THINGS IN CHANDLER.

UH, AND SO AGAIN, THE DIVERSITY AMONG THE TEACHERS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT'S OUT THERE EDUCATING OUR YOUNG MINDS AND OUR OLDER MINDS, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AGAIN, HAPPY TEACHERS WEEK AND REC AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THESE AMAZING TEACHERS.

I HAVE, UH, SIX MORE STOPS TO MAKE, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY FUN.

SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

AND TEACHERS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND I FORGOT TO SAY VICE MAYOR, HAPPY NURSES WEEK.

IT IS, WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE NURSES DO, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND, UM, YOU'RE OUR PERSONAL NURSE ON THIS DIET, SO WE APPRECIATE, WE CAN CALL YOU ANYTIME ON CALL, ON CALL .

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'VE GOT SOME OF HARRIS, GOT SOME OF .

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UH, I JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND WHEN YOU'RE CELEBRATING.

SO WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU LOVE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND TO CONCLUDE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE TWO IMPORTANT RECOGNITION THIS WEEK THAT ARE HAPPENING INTO THIS MONTH, UH, WHICH IS NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AND NATIONAL EMS WEEK.

AND YOU GUYS KNOW, WHENEVER IT'S NURSES WEEK, I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO KISS A NURSE.

SO , GIVE AROUND, FIND A NURSE AND KISS A NURSE.

SO BECAUSE THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR HEALTHCARE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS TO MY FELLOW NURSES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNW COMPASSION SKILLS AND COMMITMENT TO PATIENT CARE AND TO OUR CHANDLER E-M-T-E-M-S PERSONNEL, YOUR COURAGE AND QUICK RESPONSE IN CRITICAL MOMENTS, SAVE LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU THAT YOU DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND HEALTHY.

AND NOW I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN ME IN THANKING ALL THESE HEROES FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SERVICES.

COME ON, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR ALL OF OUR REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.

ASSISTANT MANAGER, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM YOU? NOTHING TONIGHT, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THAT WAS THE QUICK MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE SAID THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

GOOD EVENING.