Jun 23, 2025 City Council Study Session 06/23/2025

WE'LL GAVEL OUT OF THAT,

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SO, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE PAC MEETING TO ORDER.

UH, CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

CHAIRMAN HARTKE HERE.

VICE CHAIR ELLIS.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER LAUREN? HERE.

COMMISSIONER ENCINAS? HERE.

COMMISSIONER.

POSTED? HERE.

COMMISSIONER ORLANDO? HERE.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS? HERE.

COMMISSIONER HAWKINS.

HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONERS.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES? NONE.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR PHC, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, AND THEN THE ANNUAL RESOLUTION OF, OF SOME WRITE-OFFS.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? COMMISSIONERS.

MAYOR, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

CHAIR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ONE AND TWO, FOUR.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY VICE COMMISSIONER.

I GOTTA ALWAYS GET THESE PHRASES RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

DISCUSSIONS, CONVERSATIONS OR RECUSALS.

AND SHE WILL DO A VOICE VOTE ON US.

VICE CHAIR ELLIS? YES.

COMMISSIONER LAUREN? YES.

COMMISSIONER ENCINAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER POSTON? YES.

COMMISSIONER ORLANDO? YES.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS? YES.

COMMISSIONER HAWKINS? YES.

CHAIRMAN HARTKE? YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSION.

WELCOME TO OUR, OUR .

WELCOME TO OUR

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AND THESE ARE TAPED SEPARATELY, SO THAT THAT'S WHY THE, THE EXTRA DRAMA, IF WE WANT TO CALL IT.

FOR THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR, OUR REGULAR STUDY SESSION TOGETHER.

CLERK, UH, MEETING TO ORDER CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

MAYOR HARTKE.

PRESENT VICE MAYOR ELLIS.

HERE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ENCINA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POST HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS.

HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

VERY GOOD.

FOR SCHEDULED PUBLIC

[1. Recognition: CIVIC Graduation]

WE ONLY HAVE ONE, ALTHOUGH IT'S MIGHTY TONIGHT.

AND THAT IS OUR, UM, CIVIC GROUP.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO TO COME JOIN ME UP FRONT.

AND COUNCILMAN, WE TAKE A, A GROUP PHOTO AT THE END IF YOU GUYS WOULD JOIN US AS WELL AT THAT POINT.

SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CIVIC GRADUATES, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALEXIS APODACA AND, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SENIOR MANAGER.

YOU KNOW, MY TITLE IS JUST MAYOR, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT SEVEN WORDS.

YOU ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME, I GUESS.

WELL, THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TOPIC TO US AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF CHANDLER.

IF I, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT IF CHANDLER HAS A SUPERPOWER, IT'S COLLABORATION THAT WE CHOOSE TO WORK TOGETHER AND ARE ABLE TO GET FAR MORE DONE.

AND THIS CLASS REPRESENTS THAT BOTH IN YOUR INTENTION AND DESIRE TO SERVE AND TO BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND TO PLUG INTO THE CITY.

SO TONIGHT, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR CIVIC PROGRAM AND ITS GRADUATES CIVIC IS AN INTERACTIVE 13 SESSION PROGRAM PROVIDING CHANDLER RESIDENTS WITH THE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT CITY SERVICE.

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED, YOU TOOK TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY LIVES TO MEET WITH US, OTHER CITY LEADERS, TO TOUR FACILITIES, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND LEARN HOW OUR CITY RUNS.

WE ARE INTENSELY PROUD TO BE A COMMUNITY WHERE OUR RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED, INVOLVED, INVESTED, AND ENGAGED.

THIS PROGRAM AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IS A REFLECTION ON THAT.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU TAKING TIME TO BE IN, UH, TO BE PART OF THIS ACTIVE PROGRAM.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT, AND I HOPE THAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE, UH, JUST DOESN'T GET PARKED AT THE DOOR.

BUT WHETHER IT'S, UH, COMMITTING TO SERVE ON OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS, VOLUNTEERING WITH POLICE, FIRE LIBRARIES, OTHER DEPARTMENTS, I, I KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED.

AND I ALSO HOPE THAT, AS I LIKE TO SAY, THAT YOU HAVE NOW FAR MORE INFORMATION THAN AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CITY RUNS THAN 95% OF OUR COMMUNITY.

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AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT MYSELF AND COUNSEL ARE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF YOU.

ALEXIS, THIS IS YOUR FIFTH YEAR.

MM-HMM .

PULLING THIS TOGETHER.

I HAD TO COUNT THROUGH MY T-SHIRT THROUGH OUR SELECTION, AND YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN THIS OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2025 CIVIC PARTICIPANTS TONIGHT.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE OTHER MEMBERS OF TEAM CHANDLER THAT MAKE THIS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

OUR PARTICIPANTS VISIT WITH OVER 20 DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO IT TRULY IS A TEAM CHANDLER EFFORT THROUGH OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR CIVIC LIAISONS THAT MAKE SURE OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT PUT THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORTS INTO MAKING SURE THAT OUR CIVIC PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT THE CITY, ENGAGE WITH THE CITY, AND REALLY COME OUT HAVING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2025 CIVIC PARTICIPANTS.

PARTICIPANTS, WHEN I CALL YOU UP, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT AND JOIN MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL PICTURE, AND THEN STAY UP FRONT.

WE'LL HAVE A GROUP PICTURE AT THE END, AS MAYOR HAD ALLUDED TO.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE MARK YOST, WHO ISN'T HERE TONIGHT.

LACKLUSTER START.

BUT NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON RAMIREZ.

THERE WE GO.

KRISHNA KUMAR, JOAQUIN MADISON.

EXCUSE ME.

COLLEEN LEWIS.

ERIC LETHAM, GABRIELA HERNANDEZ, PHILLIP SI.

JANICE GROAT, KIM FOY, SHAVIA ELDER HALLE OSA, JUDE DECOSTA,

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LAURA ALEXANDER.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.

YOU GET A, SHE'S FIRST MAKING SURE I THE OTHER.

YEAH.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IF YOU

[ 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.]

ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, CALLED IN, UH, FOR PRESENTATION, OUR QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST

[4. Resolution No. 5898, Adopting a First Amendment to the Development Agreement between JEMBJACD, LLC, and the City of Chandler Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5898 adopting a first amendment to the Development Agreement between JEMBJACD, LLC, and the City of Chandler, approving an extension to the agreement term and development deadlines, amending the time to cure defaults, and approving an assignment of the Development Agreement to Everstead Ventures, LLC, for the properties located at 200 South Oregon Street and 210 South Oregon Street. Council Focus Area(s):]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNSEL.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE, UM, UH, 202 10 SOUTH OREGON STREET REASSIGNMENT OF A DE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH NEW TIMELINES.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THIS WAS CITY OWNED PROPERTY SINCE 2006, AND IT CURRENTLY SITS ON VACANT LAND.

IT'S PART OF THE FUTURE GROWTH AREA IN THE SOUTH ARIZONA AVENUE CORRIDOR AREA PLAN AND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REQUEST AN RFP FOR THIS PROPERTY.

AND IN 2023, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND JIMMY JACK IS WHAT WE CALL IT.

UM, TONIGHT THEY HAVE A REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND NEW TIMELINES.

I WANTED TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND THEN WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING AMENDED IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.

UM, THE PROPERTY WAS APPRAISED AT CURRENT PRICE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD PURCHASE IT FOR, WITH A CLAWBACK PROVISION THAT REMAINS.

IT ALSO NEEDED TO BE A MINIMUM OF A TWO STORY BUILDING.

IT DOES ALLOW FOR A THREE STORY AND CONSISTS OF A MINIMUM OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF MIXED USE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL.

THESE ARE NOT CHAINS, BUT MORE INDEPENDENT, UH, RESTAURANTS.

WHAT'S NEW IS NEW CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES FOR REZONING, PERMITTING AND COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, ALONG WITH THE CHANGE.

INSTEAD OF A 60 DAY CURE PERIOD, IT'S A 30 DAY CURE PERIOD.

AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE REASSIGNMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

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WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEPS BE? IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED, JIM B JACK WILL REASSIGN THE AMENDED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO EVERTED VENTURES LLC AT THAT TIME.

EVERTED VENTURES, LLC, WILL ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITIES AND TIMELINES OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THE APPLICANT, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, UM, THE, UH, THE NEW REASSIGNED EVERTED VENTURES AT JACKSON ARMSTRONG IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TONIGHT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME.

THANK YOU, KIM.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, START WITH YOU.

YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, KIM.

UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY ONE QUESTION IS THAT WITH THE REASSIGNMENT TO THE NEW ORGANIZATION, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DEADLINES, AND, AND I, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE REORGANIZING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

'CAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY NEAT.

BUT WITH THE NEW TIMELINES, IF ANYTHING GETS MISSED, IT WON'T COME BACK TO THIS DATE.

IT WOULD GO BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT SORT OF THING.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE COULD EXPECT.

COUNCIL MAY YES.

UM, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, THAT IS CORRECT.

THESE NEW TIMELINES, WERE WORKING WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPER AND THE NEW DEVELOPER AND THE NEW DEVELOPERS VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT THESE TIMELINES WOULD BE.

THAT'S WHY THE CURE PERIOD IS ALSO SHORTER AT ONLY 30 DAYS.

SO, UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE ANTICIPATE TO MOVE RATHER QUICKLY FORWARD.

OKAY.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN DOES THAT NEW AGREEMENT GET SIGNED? IS THAT SORT OF SEPARATE FROM THIS PROCESS? YEAH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE, THEY CAN'T, UM, EVERETT CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL IT'S REASSIGNED TONIGHT.

COUNCIL IS ALLOWING THAT REASSIGNMENT TO HAPPEN.

SO THE EVERETT COULD START WORKING WITH JIM, JIM B JACK TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY SO THAT, UH, ONCE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PURCHASED, THEY WILL WORK WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM JIMMY JACK TO EVERTED.

AND THEN THAT, WOULD THAT COME BEFORE US AGAIN? OR IS THAT MORE OF A PRIVATE IT, IT DOES, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCILMAN POST AND, UH, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

OKAY.

BUT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL IS, AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PAD AND PDP PROCESS, YOU'LL STILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE RENDERINGS AS THIS, UH, UH, REZONING COMES THROUGH.

SO YOU'LL STILL SEE THIS PROJECT ONE MORE TIE BEFORE IT STARTS.

AND THEN ONE NEW EDITION WAS THE GROCER, RIGHT? THEY, YES, THEY ARE.

TRY .

AM I ALLOWED TO SAY I'M LIKE, I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE CAN USE THAT IN DOWNTOWN.

IT'S MY DREAM FOR 11 YEARS.

.

I'M SO TOO CONGRATULATIONS.

YES.

LET'S HOPE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR KIM OR JACKSON? MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? ENCINA MY MICROPHONE OFF THERE, KIM.

UM, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION HERE BECAUSE IT IS GONNA COME BACK TO US ONCE REZONING 'CAUSE THE, THE, THE PROJECT, THE DESIGN HAS CHANGED AND I KNOW THE DEVELOPER HAS MADE SOME, SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS AND STUFF AS FAR AS LIKE THE HEIGHT.

'CAUSE THAT HEIGHT IS BECOMING A, A CONSIDERATION IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, I KNOW THEY'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR, THEIR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND STUFF.

BUT I KNOW WE'LL REACH THAT, UM, NOW THAT YOU SAID IT'S COMING BACK FOR REZONING AT THAT TIME.

SO THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION FOR ME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANKS MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE SALE OF THE LAND OF THE PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN? THEY ALREADY AR UH, ARRIVED AT AN AGREEMENT, NOW THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON US TO GO SIGN PAPERS, CORRECT.

UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR? THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, UH, JIMMY JACK HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY, UH, EVER SAID IS PURCHASING THE PROPERTY FOR THE EXACT SAME PRICE.

UM, WE DID NOT WANT THEM, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DID NOT ALLOW FOR THEM TO MAKE A PROFIT BY SELLING IT AGAIN.

SO IT'LL BE DONE AT THE EXACT SAME PRICE.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS GONNA BE MY SECOND QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

NEXT UP CALLED IN BY

[6. Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Ordinance No. 5127, Zoning Code Amendment, PLH25-0007 Medical Marijuana Code Amendment Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5127 approving Zoning Code Amendment PLH25-0007 Medical Marijuana Code Amendment, amending Chapter 35 - Section 2213 Medical marijuana facility, medical marijuana cultivation site, and infusion food establishment by replacing the one (1) year time condition for medical marijuana facilities approved through a Use Permit with any period of time approved by the City Council. Council Focus Area(s):]

AND KEVIN MAYO, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO US.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, I HAVE A PRESENTATION.

WE CAN WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND RECREATION MARIJUANA FROM THE STATE THROUGH THE CITY.

IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, IF YOU KIND OF WOULD RATHER JUST TALK ABOUT THE, THE LIMITED REQUEST THAT IS TONIGHT IN TIMING, I'M HAPPY TO GO EITHER WAY.

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I, I DIDN'T WANNA GO BACK THEN BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THE ALREADY OUT.

SURE.

SO WHAT THE, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IF THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER WILL BE, IS JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT SO THAT PEOPLE OF CHANDLER ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE ARE STILL REGULATING AND THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPEN, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE VOTE ON TONIGHT, IF ANYTHING HAPPEN, WE STILL HAVE THE POWER TO PULL LICENSES AND THEN STOP THE PROGRESS BECAUSE SOMETHING IS WRONG AND IT'S NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WHAT THE CITY EXPECT OF THEM.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO BE EXPLAINED TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.

UH, TAMIR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST CHANGING A TIME CONDITION OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, IS, WILL STILL REMAIN.

ALL THE REGULATIONS THAT GO INTO THAT, THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME THAT THEY ARE TODAY.

UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME BACK EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UM, IT CAN BE A CASE BY CASE DECISION BY CITY COUNCIL ON AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT.

THAT EXAMPLE, OVER TIME, UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED TWO DECADES AGO WITH A VERY RIGID TIMELINE FOR USE PERMITS, THEY WOULD'VE FOLLOWED A ONE YEAR, A THREE YEAR, A FIVE YEAR.

AND THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER LETTING THEM GO UNLIMITED.

UM, OVER TIME, UH, WE HAVE MIGRATED AWAY FROM THAT AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL.

WE'VE BEEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO TO FOUR YEARS, WE'VE BEEN REALLY WALKING THAT BACK, UM, HAVING A SHORT TIMEFRAME IN THE BEGINNING, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOOD KIND OF CORPORATE CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS, UH, AND THEN KIND OF CUTTING THEM LOOSE SINCE WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVOKE A USE PERMIT IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THAT ORIGINAL USE PERMIT.

SO THIS IS REALLY THE FINAL STEP FOR THIS.

THIS IS THE LAST PER USE PERMIT THAT WE HAVE THAT HAS A ONE YEAR RIGID TIME CONDITION.

THIS WALKS IT BACK TO ALIGNING WITH KIND OF COUNCIL'S POLICY GENERAL OVER ALL OTHER TYPES OF USE PERMITS THAT WE PROCESS.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, OR ORIGINALLY ALL THE REGULATIONS STAY THE SAME.

THEY'RE NOT CHANGING AND IT CAN ALWAYS BE REVOKED IF THEY ARE NOT COMPLIANT WITH THOSE.

PERFECT.

WE PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

AWESOME.

APPRECIATE THAT.

MR. MAYOR.

KEVIN, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

SO ARE THERE OTHERS THAT ARE STILL KIND OF, I, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE, LIKE A, A DOG PERMIT IN SOUTH CHANDLER THAT, ARE THERE OTHERS THAT ARE STILL MORE OF A ONE YEAR, THREE YEAR, FIVE YEAR? WHERE WE'RE AT IN GENERAL WITH WHAT IS THE, THE CITY NORM NOW? UM, GOOD QUESTION, MAYOR.

SO THE CITY NORM, ANY NEW ONES GOING FORWARD? WE START OFF WITH A SHORT, SOMETIMES IT'S ONE YEAR, SOMETIMES IT'S TWO YEAR.

WHATEVER WE DETERMINE IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S NECESSARY TO GET THEM RAMPED UP TO FULL SPEED AND THEN KIND OF TEST THEM TO SEE IF THEY ARE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

AND THEN GENERALLY WE, WE, UH, WE BRING FORWARD A, A CONTINUATION OF THAT, OF THAT USE PERMIT WITH NO TIME CONDITION.

THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE HANGING OUT THERE THAT WE'RE ON FIVE YEAR TIME LIMITS THAT'LL BE COMING UP THIS YEAR, PROBABLY NEXT YEAR.

SO THERE ARE SOME OF THEM THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE.

ALL CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS ARE JUST THAT CONDITIONAL.

UM, AND IF THERE IS A, A DOG DAYCARE THAT'S CLOSE TO HOMES THAT WE, WE CONTINUE TO GET KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS WHEN ANY OF THOSE CAN STILL BE, UH, APPROVED WITH A, WITH A CUSTOM TAILORED TIME CONDITION.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF'EM THAT ARE STILL FLOATING OUT THERE THAT HAVE SOME RIGID TIMELINES THAT WERE, WHEN THEY COME BACK TO COUNCIL, IF, IF THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD NO ISSUES AND WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES FOR MANY YEARS, WE WOULD, WE'RE BE RECOMMENDING NO TIME CONDITION ON ANY OF THOSE THAT ARE COMING BACK.

AND HAS THE, HAS THE COMMUNITY HAD, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT? SO WHILE THIS ZONING CODE IS FOR THE CITY, CITY AS A WHOLE, OKAY, THERE'S ONLY ONE ESTABLISHMENT THAT HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, UM, BACK FROM 23.

UM, AND BOTH AT THE ORIGINAL USE PERMIT AND AT THE RENEWAL THAT CAME ONE YEAR LATER, UH, WE HAD ZERO FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY.

AND IF THERE WAS KIND OF ISSUES THAT WERE COMING, YOU WOULD BRING THAT TO US AND WE MIGHT THEN GO BACK TO A, A ONE OR, OR SOME OTHER NUMBER RATHER THAN UNCONDITIONAL OR ADDRESS IT IN ANOTHER WAY IF THERE WERE ISSUES BEING FORCED TO US.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE, THE ONE INSTANCE, UH, THE ONE BUSINESS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF, OF THIS CODE AMENDMENT, UM, DOES HAVE AN EXPIRATION COMING UP ON THEIR, THEIR USE PERMIT.

SO THAT ONE WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ONE MORE TIME.

IF THIS CODE AMENDMENT IS SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING NO TIME CONDITION UNLESS THERE IS COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, THAT REQUESTS OTHERWISE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THIS ONE.

WHILE I AGREE THAT THE ONE YEAR IS A BIT OUTDATED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN, UM, GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY, I STILL THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF CAP, UM, ADDED TO THIS AMENDMENT.

SO IN MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A ONE OR A THREE, BUT IF WE COULD PUT MAYBE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR MAX BEFORE AND THEN HAVE TO REVISIT IT, I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAN LEAVING IT OPEN-ENDED.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, RIGHT, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

UM, ITEM

[9. Resolution No. 5919, Authorizing Support for the Expansion of the Approved Subzone for the Foreign Trade Zones Program for Intel Corporation to Include Additional Sites in the City, and Approving the Related Third Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Phoenix Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5919, authorizing support for the expansion of the approved subzone for the Foreign Trade Zones program for Intel Corporation to include additional sites in the city; approving the related third amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Phoenix dated November 12, 1993; and authorizing the Mayor to execute the third amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement on behalf of the City of Chandler. Council Focus Area(s):]

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UH, MICHAEL IS GONNA BE COMING UP.

PRESENTATION ON THE, THE REMOVAL OF TURF.

NO, THAT, IS THAT THIS ONE? NO, THIS WAS THE FEDERAL TRADE ZONE.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR COMPANIES AND FTZ SITES IN CHANDLER, INCLUDING THE THREE WAREHOUSES PROPOSED IN THIS, UH, REQUEST BY INTEL.

SO THE UH, FOREIGN TRADE ZONE PROGRAM IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1934.

IT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, AND IT OFFERS SPECIAL CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO INCREASE, UH, US EXPORTS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES OR FTZS, ARE CONSIDERED OUTSIDE OF US, UH, CUSTOMS TERRITORY, AND THEY ALLOW ACTIVITY INVOLVING FOREIGN ITEMS SUCH AS MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLY, REPAIRS, TESTINGS TO OCCUR BEFORE, UH, FORMAL CUSTOMS ENTRY.

AND, UH, THROUGH THIS FTZS CAN HELP OFFSET SOME CUSTOMS ADVANTAGES THAT OVERSEAS COMPETITORS HAVE, UH, FOR US CUS UH, COMPANIES.

SO FOREIGN TRADE ZONE BENEFITS INCLUDE DUTY DEFERRAL.

SO DUTIES ARE PAID ONLY WHEN THEY, THEY, UH, FORMALLY ENTER, UH, US CUSTOMS TERRITORIES.

SO WHEN THEY LEAVE THE FTZ SITE, THIS CAN ENHANCE CASH FLOW.

FOR COMPANIES, THERE'S DUTY EXEMPTION.

UH, SO DUTIES ARE NOT PAID IF THAT, UH, MERCHANDISE IS RE-EXPORTED.

THERE'S DUTY REDUCTION.

SO MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE TAKING, UH, COMPONENTS AND, UH, PRODUCING A PRODUCT, THEY CAN CHOOSE TO PAY THE LOWER DUTY RATE FOR THE COMPONENT OR THE, UH, FINISHED PRODUCT AND, UH, DUTY ELIMINATIONS.

SO IF PRODUCTS ARE OBSOLETE, DAMAGED, SCRAPPED, WASTED, THEY DON'T PAY DUTIES ON THAT.

UH, WEEKLY ENTRY SAVINGS, UH, THAT HAS REDUCED CUSTOMS ENTRY FILING FEES, UH, FOR THE COMPANIES.

AND THEN DIRECT DELIVERY IS, UH, STREAMLINED IMPORT PROCESS, UH, FOR COMPANIES AND FTZS.

SO THE MAP SHOWS THE, UH, SIX COMPANIES IN CHANDLER THAT CURRENTLY HAVE FTZ SITES.

UH, THESE INCLUDE INTEL, AVNET, RING CHEM, AVI SKEW DISTRIBUTION, AND CATALINA COMPONENTS.

UH, THOSE ARE SHOWN IN, UH, BLUE.

AND THEN THE ORANGE IS THE THREE PROPOSED INTEL WAREHOUSES, UH, WITH TWO ON WEST CHANDLER AND ONE IN THE AIR PARK AREA.

AND, UH, THESE PROPOSED SITES WOULD PROVIDE, UH, IMPROVED LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, UH, ACCORDING TO INTEL.

AND, UH, WITH THAT I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I CALLED THIS ONE IN BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH INTEL AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO DO.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO ADD TO, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO, TO LET THE COMMUNITY TEAM KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THANKS, MAYOR.

THAT'S IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

YEAH.

THANK YOU MAYOR MICHAEL.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE TZ, UH, THESE ZONES ARE, UH, ALLOWED TO TAKE LESS PROPERTY TAX.

UH, WILL WILL THIS, UH, COME BACK AND MAKE US WHOLE ON THIS ISSUE? WILL THEY BE PLAYING A A HUNDRED PERCENT PROPERTY TAX IN ORDER BE PAID? RIGHT THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO INTEL HAS AGREED TO NOT SEEK THAT PROPERTY RECLASSIFICATION, SO THERE WOULD BE NO FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY.

AND IF THEY IMPROVE INSIDE, UH, SALES TAX, ANYTHING LIKE THAT STILL COMES BACK TO THE CITY, CORRECT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGE TO THE CITY, UM, INCOME STREAM, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM RIGHT NOW.

IT'S REALLY ALL TO ALLOW THEM TO EXPORT AND IMPORT AT A MUCH QUICKER PACE.

UM, THAT'S REALLY, THIS IS WHAT I'M DOWN TO, RIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBER? YES.

IT'S, UH, SUPPORTING INTEL AND DOING BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENTLY.

SO THE FINAL QUESTION IS, UM, IS THIS, UH, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE FREE TRADE ZONE, THEN THE PROPERTY TAX REMAIN.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T COME BACK 10 YEARS FROM NOW

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UH, NO, IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND THE CITY OF PHOENIX, WHICH IS THE GRANTEE FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE NUMBER 75.

IF THEY WERE TO SEEK THE RECLASS, THAT FTZ DESIGNATION COULD BE PULLED.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE'RE PROTECTED IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY? YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

THANK YOU.

NEXT CALLED IN WAS HEAT RELIEF, UH, RYAN BALK, UH, PRESENTATION ON OUR HEAT RELIEF PROGRAMMING.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, COUNCIL, THANKS FOR CALLING THIS IN TONIGHT.

GIVE ME A CHANCE TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HEAT RELIEF SERVICES FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, TO START OUT, NOT SURE I HAVE THIS QUITE ON THE RIGHT.

THERE WE GO.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR REGION, HEAT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND IT CAN BE DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMFUL TO PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE LOW INCOME AND ARE UNABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF THE HEAT OR PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF, UM, AIR CONDITIONING, UM, IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

BUT IT CAN BE REALLY SEVERELY IMPACTFUL TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE HOUSING AND THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF TIME OUT ON THE STREETS.

AND SO, TAKING A LOOK, STARTING WITH LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS, UM, THESE, THIS DATA IS FROM MARICOPA COUNTY AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND THERE WERE MORE, BUT THIS IS THE LATEST DATA.

THERE WERE AT LEAST 608 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN MARICOPA COUNTY RELATED TO HEAT LAST YEAR.

AND EIGHT OF THESE DEATHS OCCURRED RIGHT HERE IN CHANDLER.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WITH THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE DO, UM, WITH HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT NEW, THE MAJORITY OF THESE CLIENTS, UM, 60% OF HEAT RELATED DUSTS ARE ACROSS THE COUNTY, ARE FOUR PEOPLE OLDER THAN 50.

SO IT DEFINITELY AGE DEFINITELY PLAYS A FACTOR.

AND THREE OUT OF FOUR OF 'EM OCCURRED OUTSIDE.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN CHANDLER.

UM, AND ABOUT 50% OF ACROSS THE VALLEY OF THOSE WHO DIED, UM, UH, WERE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN CHANDLER, WE'VE ALWAYS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A VERY ROBUST RESPONSE.

AND, UM, THAT IS TRUE THIS YEAR.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH ASCEND, OUR PARTNER RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON HEAT RELIEF SERVICES.

SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON DURING THE DAY THIS YEAR, AND THEN MOVE INTO THE EVENING.

SO THIS YEAR, UM, AS WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS PAST NOW, WE HAVE A VERY, UH, A DAY RESPITE CENTER.

AND AT A DAY RESPITE CENTER, YOU CAN, ANYBODY CAN COME IN, IT DOESN'T, YOU CAN BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, YOU CAN BE HOUSED, BUT MAYBE NOT HAVE, UM, THE FUNDS TO KEEP YOUR AC AT A LEVEL THAT KEEPS YOU COOL AND HEALTHY.

SO YOU CAN COME INTO THE DAY RESPITE CENTER, YOU CAN GET A DRINK, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING TO EAT, THERE ARE COTS, YOU CAN, UM, REST FOR THE DAYTIME.

UM, THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT EXCEPT THAT IT IS A DAY RESPITE CENTER THAT'S HAPPENING OVER AT ASCEND.

WE ALSO HAVE EIGHT COOLING STATIONS ALL AROUND THE CITY.

THOSE ARE OPERATED GENERALLY AT OUR OWN PUBLIC FACILITIES.

UM, AND THOSE HAPPEN DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COOLING CENTER AND A RESPITE CENTER IS THAT A COOLING CENTER IS MEANT TO WALK IN, GRAB A BOTTLE OF WATER, MAYBE SIT IN THE LOBBY FOR A FEW MINUTES, YOU KNOW, GET OUTTA THE HEAT, COOL DOWN, BUT THEN YOU MIGHT LEAVE AND GO ON YOUR WAY.

SO THERE ARE EIGHT OF THOSE AROUND CHANDLER, AND THEY'RE FULLY STOCKED, UM, WITH ALL OF THOSE SUPPLIES.

AND, UM, ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IS FREE TO USE THOSE.

IN ADDITION, SOLARI, OR YOU MIGHT KNOW THEM AS 2 1 1, THEY OPERATE, THAT SERVICE CAN BE CALLED FROM ANYWHERE AROUND THE VALLEY, AND YOU CAN GET TRANSPORTATION FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE TO A COOLING CENTER OR A RESPITE STATION.

THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN, UM, WORKING WITH EVERYONE AROUND THE VALLEY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGING AND OUR SIGNAGE IS AVAILABLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SAME ACROSS THE VALLEY.

SO PEOPLE HAVE AN EASY TIME RECOGNIZING WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THESE SERVICES.

WHAT'S NEW, UM, HERE IN CHANDLER THIS YEAR AND EXTREMELY EXCITING, IS THAT WE HAVE ALSO OPENED OVERNIGHT SERVICES.

AND SO BEGINNING ON, UH, JUNE 13TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE 13TH, YEAH, IT WAS FRIDAY THE 13TH.

I REMEMBER THAT.

WELL, WE OPENED OUR DOWNTOWN CHANDLER SENIOR CENTER FOR OVERNIGHT SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND ON THE FIRST NIGHT WE HAD 24 GUESTS, WHICH BLEW US AWAY.

UM, THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO GET IN FROM THE HEAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER SHELTERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OPERATING

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SO, UM, THAT PICTURE ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF OUR FIRST NIGHT.

IT WENT EXTREMELY WELL.

UM, ASCEND IS ALSO OUR OPERATOR OF THAT SERVICE, SO FOLKS WHO WANT TO UTILIZE THAT SERVICE CHECK IN AND ASCEND EACH NIGHT.

UM, AND THEY CAN, THEY'RE TRANSPORTED TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FROM 7:00 PM TO 6:00 AM EVERY NIGHT.

WE PROVIDE DINNER WHEN THEY GET THERE, AND THEN IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY GET BACK TO ASCEND, THEY RECEIVE BREAKFAST.

OUR AVERAGE SINCE, UM, WE OPENED ON JUNE 13TH HAS BEEN, UH, 26 PARTICIPANTS A NIGHT AND IS GROWING.

UM, SO THE, SO THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, UM, FOR US TO GET INTO CONTRACT WITH ASCEND FOR THESE SERVICES AND TO ENTER INTO A USER AGREEMENT FOR, UM, USE OF OUR FACILITIES, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT MAYOR COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, TO OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.

I, I KNOW, UH, WITH, UH, MS. DONOVAN, WHAT A AMAZING PROGRAM THIS IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

THEY USUALLY PROVIDE A GREAT PLACE, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED.

OH, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING CONCERNING, UH, THEY GO TO ASCEND AND THEY GET SIGN UP THERE, THEN WE TRANSPORT THEM TO THE SENIOR CENTER THERE, THEY HAD DINNER, AND THEN THEY SPEND THE NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY DO THEY HAVE TIME FOR HYGIENES AND ALL THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY RETURN BACK, UH, WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO.

UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL, OR I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE THOSE SERVICES, BUT NOT EXACTLY IN THAT ORDER.

OKAY.

SO IN THE MORNING THEY WAKE UP.

SO WE ARE USING, UM, OUR SENIOR CENTER.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO CONTINUE THE REGULAR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

YEAH.

SO WE DO HAVE AN EARLY MORNING, WE START WAKE UP AROUND FIVE 30, AND THEN WE START BUSTING BACK TO ASCEND.

ONCE THEY GET TO ASCEND, THEN WE SERVE BREAKFAST.

OKAY.

AND THERE ARE SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES AT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY.

DURING THE DAY MM-HMM.

WHERE THEY GO.

I KNOW ALSO IN THE PAST THAT WE WERE USING THE SALVATION ARMY, SO, UH, CAN YOU TELL US WE'RE NOT USING THAT SITE ANYMORE? YEAH.

SO, UM, FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE DID PARTNER WITH THE SALVATION ARMY FOR THESE SERVICES.

UH, THIS YEAR THEY DID LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE MOVING IN A NEW DIRECTION.

THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON SOME OF THEIR MINISTRY EFFORTS AND SOME OF THEIR YOUTH SERVICES, AND THEREFORE, UM, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE WAS A GREAT FIT FOR THEM.

BUT THEY ARE STILL A TREMENDOUS PARTNER.

THEY ARE OFFERING A COOLING CENTER DURING THE DAY.

SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A CLIENTELE THAT DOES GO THERE.

THEY CAN DROP IN, GET WATER, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THEY STILL HAVE A SHOWER TRAILER WITH LAUNDRY FACILITIES.

SO THAT IS WHERE OUR GUESTS ARE, UM, GETTING THE LAUNDRY SERVICE AND OUR AND SHOWERS DURING THE DAY.

WONDERFUL.

YEAH.

SO THEREFORE, HOW MANY RESPITES NOT WE HAVE, I KNOW YOU MAKE VERY DISTINCTION BETWEEN COOLING AND RESPITES.

HOW MANY RESPITES DO WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY? GREAT QUESTION.

AND I REALIZE I, I SKIPPED A SLIDE TOO, SO I CAN GO OVER THAT , BUT, UM, WE HAVE EIGHT COOLING CENTERS AND THE COOLING CENTER IS THE ONE WHERE YOU CAN JUST WALK IN, GET WATER, HAVE A QUICK BREAK, AND THEN BE ON YOUR WAY.

WE HAVE ONE DAY RESPITE CENTER WHERE YOU CAN GO ALL DAY.

MM-HMM .

THAT IS HAPPENING AT ASCEND ON CALIFORNIA STREET.

AND THEN AT NIGHT WE HAVE ONE RESPITE OVERNIGHT CENTER, WHICH IS HAPPENING AT THE CHANDLER SENIOR CENTER, ALSO OPERATED BY ASCEND, BUT HAPPENING IN OUR FACILITY.

YEAH.

UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REALLY EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT ONE CAN TELL THE OTHER IF SOMEONE CALL ME AND YOU KNOW, THEY WILL YEAH.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

YEAH.

EVEN IF, FOR THE COOLING CENTER, IF SOMEONE'S, UH, HOUSE OR TRAILER BREAKDOWN AND THEY WANT TO GET SOMEWHERE TO COOL UP, HOW DO WE PUT THAT MESSAGE OUT? UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR? A LOT OF WAYS.

SO, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, WE HAD A LOT OF NEWS MEDIA, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR, MYSELF AND OTHERS, WE DID A LOT OF, UH, NEWS STORIES, BOTH WRITTEN AND ON THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, ON TV AND ON THE RADIO.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SO YOU'LL SEE US ON, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AND ALL OF THAT.

WE HAVE A BROCHURE THAT WE'VE GIVEN OUT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALSO TO NONPROFITS THAT MAY ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED THIS SERVICE.

OUR CARES TEAM THAT OPERATES OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND OUR NAVIGATION TEAM WHO IS ON THE STREETS.

YES.

UM, AND EVEN OUR PHA FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE, UM, OF LOWER INCOME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO REALLY WATCH THEIR BILLS, UM, ARE GIVING OUT THAT INFORMATION.

AND ALSO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH SENIORS, BECAUSE SENIORS ARE THE ONES THAT TEND TO TRY TO REALLY, UM, BALANCE YES.

THEIR BUDGET, THEIR BUDGET, THEIR AC IN THE SUMMER.

AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE THEY CAN COME TO BE COOL DURING THE DAY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO

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YOU'RE WELCOME.

APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU AGAIN MS. DONOVAN FOR SAYING YES TO THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

SO HOW MANY ARE WE SEEING AT THE RESPITE CENTER DURING THE DAY? I KNOW THAT THIS IS A REPEAT, UH, SALLY SALVATION ARMY HAS DONE IT FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT WHAT'S, WHAT ARE OUR NUMBERS LOOKING LIKE THERE? AND DO WE HAVE A COMPARISON OF PREVIOUS YEARS? AND MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, THERE'S A SLIDE OH, IF THEY CAN PUT THE SLIDE BACK UP.

NOW.

I DID SKIP THAT SLIDE ON ACCIDENT, SO I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE.

SO TO DATE, UM, WE STARTED THE DAY SERVICE ON MAY 1ST.

WE STARTED THE NIGHT SERVICE ON JUNE 13TH.

SO THIS IS AN OVERALL LOOK, UM, AT BOTH OF THOSE SERVICES COMBINED.

SO WE'VE SEEN 168 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS, 60% OF THOSE ARE MEN, 40% OF THOSE ARE WOMEN.

AND WE HAVE HAD TWO FAMILIES, UM, COME INTO OUR OVERNIGHTS SINCE WE OPENED.

UM, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATELY ABLE TO GET THEM STRAIGHT INTO OUR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER PROGRAM THE NEXT DAY.

SO, UM, THAT WAS A GREAT THING.

UM, IN THE DAYTIME, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'RE HAVING 51 UNDUPLICATED PERSONS A DAY VISIT THE ASCEND SITE.

SO THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN GIVING OUT OVER 4,000 BOTTLES OF WATER ALREADY, 1200 SNACK BEDS, 800 NUTRITIOUS MEALS, UM, AT NIGHT.

I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'RE HAVING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 26 A NIGHT.

UM, BUT IN THE LAST WEEK WE'VE HAD ALL IN THE THIRTIES.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND I, I DON'T SUPPOSE WE, WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER AT THE LIBRARIES.

I MEAN, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE AWKWARD PLACE TO, TO TRY TO DISCERN AND DETERMINE SOMEONE'S CONDITION.

WE YEAH.

BUT WE WOULD KNOW THE, WHAT WE'RE GIVING OUT THERE.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE ARE MONITORING THE, THE LEVEL OF SUPPLIES WE'RE GIVING OUT, AND WE HAVE, UM, OUR, WE HAVE A LIAISON TO THE LIBRARIES THAT MEETS WITH THEM EVERY WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE MEETING THEIR NEED, DO THEY HAVE MORE NEED, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING? UM, WE ALSO HAVE, WHICH IS NEW THIS YEAR, AN INCIDENT COMMAND TEAM, WHICH MEETS WEEKLY, WHICH IS PEOPLE FROM EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING OUR NEW AND AMAZING INCIDENT OR, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGER.

AND SHE JUST HELPS US ALL TOUCH BASE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT EVERY LOCATION AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED OR IF WE NEED TO HAVE A CHANGE IN OPERATIONS TO MEET THE NEED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I'M GRATEFUL, UH, TO YOU TRINITY AND ASCEND.

I I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH RUNNING THE I HELP PROGRAM THROUGH THE YEARS AND, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR GUESTS SAFE BY YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW TO, WHAT TO LOOK FOR, WHAT TO CHECK THE QUESTIONS TO ASK FOR INTAKE.

SO I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU.

I'M, UH, RYAN, I'M ALSO GRATEFUL.

I KNOW WE'RE THE SECOND CENTER IN THE VALLEY.

I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WAS ONE IN PHOENIX.

SO, UM, MAG HAS A, HAS AN, HAS A HAND ON IN TERMS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTING.

SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM OVERNIGHT.

AND THANK YOU AND LEE AND, AND THE TEAM FOR YOUR WORK AND, UH, REALLY MINISTERING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND IF I COULD JUST SAY, UM, I, WE COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO ASCEND FOR STEPPING UP, UM, WHEN WE NEEDED THAT.

AND THEY'RE JUST THE PERFECT, UM, PARTNER FOR THIS.

THEY, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE AND, UM, THE, THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY PROVIDE CLIENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT CLIENTS HAVE WITH THEM, UM, REALLY HELPS THE WILLINGNESS TO USE THE SERVICE, AND WE JUST COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM IN OUR BACKYARD.

GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

YEAH, RYAN, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU, UH, TRINITY FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO THERE.

I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NAVIGATORS TO INTERACT.

WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THAT AREA TO GET THEM THE LONG-TERM HELP THEY NEED, WHETHER IT'S HOME OR PLACE TO LIVE, OR WORK CONDITIONS OR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GET THEM, UH, THE LONG TERM.

WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? YEAH.

THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCILMAN ORLANDO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT.

SO, UM, OUR, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SUCH AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT OUR NAVIGATORS ARE ACTUALLY STAFFING THE OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH ASCEND STAFF.

SO THEY ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN.

AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME AMAZING THINGS.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME INTO AN INSIDE SERVICE BEFORE, LIKE AN I HELP OR ANY OTHER KIND OF, EVEN OUR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER ARE STARTING TO COME IN BECAUSE THEY TRUST THE STAFFING BETWEEN ASCEND AND OUR NAVIGATORS.

AND NOW WE, UM, WE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING, UM, FOLKS WHO COME IN TO START WORKING WITH OUR NAVIGATORS IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.

AND THAT IS HAPPENING AND WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE SOME AMAZING SUCCESS STORIES BECAUSE NOW, NOW WE'RE OFFERING A FULL A FULL DAY INTO NIGHT SERVICE WITH OUR NAVIGATORS ALREADY ATTACHED.

SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE INCREDIBLE

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UM, I CAN'T WAIT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT'S MADE.

I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TRINITY AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SYMBIOTIC NESS, OF OUR NAVIGATORS AND HER TEAM BEING ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES US TRULY DIFFERENT AND WHAT'S GONNA MAKE OUR PROGRAM A REALLY GOOD SUCCESS.

WELL, GOOD.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S A LONG TERM EFFORT YEAH.

THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO HELP, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THAT HELP.

SO BUILD A TRUST AND THEN LET'S SEE IF WE GET THESE FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LONG-TERM CARE THAT THEY NEED.

I SEE TRINITY'S NODDING HER HEAD, SO MM-HMM .

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT IT, TRINITY.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, , THANKS, MAYOR.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, RYAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TRINITY.

ONE LAST

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THIS IS THE TURF DE ZERO ESCAPE PROGRAM.

UH, JEREMY, ABBOTT.

JOHN, GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE AUDIENCE.

HOW'S THAT KNEE DOING? ALL RIGHT.

GLAD TO HEAR NUMBER TWO.

LISTEN ALL, JEREMY.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR TURF TO ZEROSCAPE PROGRAM.

UM, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE BEFORE YOU.

SO I WANNA KIND OF START OFF, UM, FIRST OF ALL WITH THE WHY, WHY DO WE WANT TO CONVERT, UM, GRASS IN THESE RETENTION BASINS TO, UH, ZEROSCAPE? AND A LOT OF THAT GOES BACK TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UM, WHERE, UH, CHANDLER HAS, HAS EMBRACED, UM, WATER SUSTAINABILITY.

SO WE WANNA BE THE LEADERS IN TERMS OF WATER CONSERVATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A STATISTICAL PERSPECTIVE, SOME OF THESE LARGE BASINS CAN CONSUME ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO 6 MILLION GALLONS, UH, OF WATER PER YEAR PER BASIN.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING PRETTY LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO TO DEFINE, YOU KNOW, ZEROSCAPE, ZEROSCAPE, IT'S A, A TYPE OF LANDSCAPE THAT USES, UH, MINIMAL IRRIGATION, UH, BY INCORPORATING DROUGHT, UH, TOLERANT TREES, SHRUBS, AND NATIVE GRASSES.

AND IT REALLY IS JUST MORE THAN ROCKS.

UM, SO THIS SLIDE THAT, THAT YOU SEE HERE IS, IS THE PLANT PALETTE THAT'S BEING USED IN ALL OF THESE BASINS AND IDENTIFIES THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TREES, UH, SHRUBS, BUSHES, UH, AND, AND PROVES THAT THAT ZERO ESCAPING CAN BE A LUSH, COLORFUL, AND, AND IMPACTFUL ENVIRONMENT.

SO WHY NOW? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? WELL, AGAIN, CHANDLER, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO WATER CONSERVATION AND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF THAT CONSERVATION.

BUT TRANSITIONING FROM TURF TO THE ZERO SCAPING IS EXPENSIVE.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'VE LEVERAGED SOME STATE FUNDING, UH, SOME, A GRANT TO HELP US COVER THE COST OF THAT.

BEYOND THAT, UM, I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE FUTURE OF WATER IN ARIZONA, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND ALTHOUGH CHANDLER'S WATER PORTFOLIO IS VERY STRONG, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE IMPACTED IN SOME WAYS IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF, OF DOING, UH, WHAT WE CAN TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THAT FUTURE AND REDUCING OUR CONSUMPTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHEN POSSIBLE.

SO IS THERE A SAVINGS WHEN USING, UH, ZEROSCAPE? WELL AGAIN, UH, TO EMPHASIZE THE $3 MILLION GRANT, UM, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, UH, APPROVED AND FUNDED BY WA, UH, TO HELP OFFSET THESE COSTS.

PLUS THERE'S A UTILITY SAVINGS COST AND THE REDUCTION OF, OF THAT WATER.

AND NOT TO MENTION, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE 22 SOME MILLION GALLONS OF, OF EXPECTED WATER SAVINGS PER YEAR BY TRANSITIONING THESE BASINS, UH, TO ZEROSCAPE LANDSCAPING, UH, THERE, THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT INCREASE, UH, TO MAINTENANCE.