* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ Call to Order/Roll Call] [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING FOR JANUARY 21ST. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CHAIR HUMAN HERE. VICE CHAIR KOAL. HERE. COMMISSIONER QUINN? HERE. COMMISSIONER GALA. HERE. COMMISSIONER SCHWARTZER. HERE. COMMISSIONER BILSTEIN HERE. AND COMMISSIONER DESHAR HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FOR UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES UNLESS DWAYNE WANTS TO TALK, BUT SHE'S TALKING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. OKAY. UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 7TH, 17TH, AND JANUARY 7TH MEETING, AS WELL AS THE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF THE FEBRUARY 4TH MEETING. ANY CORRECTIONS CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. I ALWAYS DO THAT. WHO'S GOT THE MIC? NO MIC. OKAY, I'LL JUST TOO LOUD. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHES HAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I THINK HAVE THAT STAFF PUT THAT IN BIGGER PRINT? 'CAUSE I, FOR SOME REASON I SPACED THAT ONE EVERY TIME. SORRY, I DIDN'T THAT'S OKAY. NO, I THANK, THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME THAT I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE CONSENT [ 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 Board or Commission, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately.] AGENDA. ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THAT? OR IF I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. SORRY, RICK, WE DON'T WANNA DO A MOTION YET FOR THE, OH, NEVERMIND. SORRY. YEAH, YEAH. HUH? DISREGARD ME. I WAS THINKING OUR GENERAL PLAN WAS ON, SHOULD WE START THE WHOLE MEETING OVER AGAIN? WE START WITH, WE'LL GET THE ROLL CALL, THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE. AND THAT PLEDGE JUST THREW ME OFF. YEAH, I GUESS. NO, WE'RE GOOD. SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. DISREGARD LEGAL COUNSEL. OKAY, THANKS. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA CHAIR? YES. MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. [3. General Plan Update, Chandler 2026 General Plan: evolving the Chandler way Move Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval of the draft PLH25-0010 Chandler General Plan Update entitled "Chandler 2026 General Plan: evolving the Chandler way" as recommended by the Resident Advisory Committee and Planning staff. ] THE ACTION ITEM. WE HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE TWO WEEKS AGO. UM, WE DID GET THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD TO DO, UM, OVER AT THE MUSEUM. STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. UM, SO TONIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO DO A, UH, UPDATE AGAIN, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION. I, UM, I'M EXCITED TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY. I KNOW I WAS EXCITED THE LAST MEETING, BUT I REALLY AM EXCITED BECAUSE TODAY WE ACTUALLY DO TAKE ACTION . UM, AND YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A, A TAILORED DOWN VERSION OF THE LAST PRESENTATION JUST BECAUSE IF THERE WERE ANY RESIDENTS THAT MISSED OUR LAST MEETING, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT A GENERAL PLAN IS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED THOUGH, I DO ALSO WANNA START OFF BY THANKING EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS, OF THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CAME OUT AND SPENT SATURDAYS THROUGH WORKSHOPS. AND THE AMOUNT OF INPUT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM RESIDENTS, PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN, UM, THE STAFF THAT TOOK THE TIME TO REALLY VET THROUGH TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE POLICIES ARE STILL RELEVANT. UM, OUR CONSULTANTS, LOGAN SIMPSON AND SUB-CONSULTANTS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. UM, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, DAVID DE TORI BECAUSE DAVID'S DONE LIKE, UH, THE LAST, HE HAS DONE THE LAST TWO GENERAL PLANS, AND I THINK HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA GET OUT OF THIS ONE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I WAS IN HIS OFFICE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, LIKE MAYBE CRYING. SO, THANK YOU, DAVID. SO, UH, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UH, WITH ITEM THREE PLH 25 10 CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. IN THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE GENERAL PLAN IS, THE PROCESS THAT WE TOOK IN ORDER TO, UH, UPDATE OUR GENERAL PLAN, THE PROPOSED REVISIONS AND OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO, WHAT IS A GENERAL PLAN? A GENERAL PLAN IS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF BROAD POLICIES THAT HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT. UH, THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU IS OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOUR DIFFERENT LAND USES WITHIN THE FUTURE, LAND USE MAP NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT, AND RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE. UH, IT'S WITHIN THE TEXT OF OUR GENERAL PLAN WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW INTENSE USES COULD OCCUR WITHIN OUR GENERAL PLAN. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GENERAL PLANS, THINK OF IT AS THE ULTIMATE BLUEPRINTS FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE. AT ULTIMATE BUILD OUT CHANDLER'S GENERAL PLAN, IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN. UH, AND WE DON'T, IT'S NOT PARCEL SPECIFIC. IT'S VERY BROAD. [00:05:02] AS PART OF GENERAL PLANS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN THEIR GOALS, TO BE PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. OUR CURRENT IN PLACE GENERAL PLAN WAS APPROVED IN, UH, 2016 AND WAS RATIFIED BY THE VOTERS WITH AN APPROVAL RATING OF 85.8%. AND NO AMENDMENTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN DUE TO OUR POPULATION EXCEEDING OVER 50,000 PERSONS. UH, STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE LOOK AT 17 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. UH, A GENERAL PLAN IS NOT JUST A LAND USE DOCUMENT. WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, CIRCULATION, OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING, WATER RESOURCES, AND A WHOLE LIST OF OF ITEMS. UM, AND SO WE, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE WORKED WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAPTURE ALL OF THEIR VISIONS FOR THE CITY AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UPDATE OUR GENERAL PLANS, UM, BECAUSE THE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT MUNICIPALITIES DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS. UH, EITHER THEY COULD JUST OP THE CURRENT ONE IN PLACE OR THEY CAN MAKE REVISIONS OR COMPLETELY REWRITE IT. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANY REZONING THAT COMES BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, IT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN. UM, IT'S A GOOD HEALTHY CHECK TO, YOU KNOW, UM, GO BACK AND REVIEW YOUR GENERAL PLAN BECAUSE THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND FACTORS WITHIN CITIES. UH, 10 YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE SELF-DRIVING CARS. UH, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW PEOPLE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE PEOPLE PURCHASE THEIR GOODS. UH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME BACK AND ENGAGE AND SEE WHAT THE TRENDS ARE. UM, IT'S A GOOD CHECK TO, UH, COME BACK AND CHECK WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT OUR VISIONS AND OUR VALUES ARE STILL THE SAME. AND ULTIMATELY, THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S APPROACHING BUILD OUT. UH, THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU SHOWS, UH, HOW MUCH VACANT LAND WE HAD AT THE TIME OF THE APPROVAL OF THE 2016, WE WERE AT 85% BUILT OUT AT THE START OF THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT, UH, 94% OF THAT 6% OF REMAINING LAND. OVER 70% OF IT IS ENVISIONED FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. SO WE REALLY NEEDED TO TAKE A CONSIDERATION OF, OF HOW WE WANT THOSE PARCELS TO DEVELOP. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS PART OF, UH, OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, WE ALSO RAN CONCURRENTLY A COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING STUDY, UH, SO WE COULD UNDERSTAND, UH, THE NEED FOR HOUSING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO OUR GENERAL PLAN TIMELINE, IT REALLY STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF A YEAR. UH, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OFF WITH MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT. WE MET WITH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR A JOINT MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT OUR GOALS WERE FOR THIS UPDATE. UM, WE STARTED, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FIRST SURVEY. UM, AND THEN COME MAY, WE STARTED OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH. UM, WE WERE REALLY TASKED WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY VERSUS THE STANDARD, UH, OPEN HOUSES. UH, LOGAN SIMPSON HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS. WE HOSTED A SERIES OF, OF PANEL CHANDLER TALKS, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. UM, AND SO FROM THERE, UH, THE CONSULTANT THEN ALSO STARTED MEETING WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS. THERE WERE 54 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS THAT WERE HELD WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN IT JUST, IT WENT REALLY QUICK. UM, AND SO OCTOBER 1ST, UH, WE HAD OUR, OUR FINAL DRAFT PREPARED STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE, UH, POST THAT FOR 60 DAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW. UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, WE MET WITH OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, THEY MET SEVEN TIMES. UH, THEY WERE A RECOMMENDING BODY. THEY WERE THERE TO, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CONSULTANT AND TO CITY STAFF. SO AS WE COME TO THE END OF OUR TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WE'VE ENGAGED WITH NEARLY, UH, 4,500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH A SERIES OF DROP-IN EVENTS, CHANDLER TALKS, QUESTIONNAIRES, UM, RAC MEETINGS. UH, WE HAD A, A WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO IT. WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS. UH, AND THEN OUR LAST, UH, OUR LAST PUBLIC EVENT WAS OUR MOBILE IMMERSION LAB. UH, IT WAS AN OPEN HOUSE ALL DAY WHERE WE TOOK ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND LOGAN SIMPSON [00:10:01] WAS ABLE TO PUT IT INTO A 2D MODEL AND PROJECT IT ONTO A 10 FOOT, 180 DEGREE SCREEN, UH, FOR, FOR RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THEIR FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE. UH, WE HAD A GREAT, UH, 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT EVENT. SO WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE THE 2016? UM, THE 2016 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT. UH, WE HAVE SOME MINOR HOUSEKEEPING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LAYOUT OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE, UH, POLICIES IN PLACE WERE STILL RELEVANT. UH, WE HAD TO UPDATE OUR TIMELINES AND, UM, JUST INFORMATION WITHIN IT. BUT OUR MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, AS YOU KNOW, WE UPDATED THE VISION STATEMENT IN 10 YEARS. YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE STILL GUIDING DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING THAT WE WERE CREATING A COMMUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS. UM, WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, AND THEN A WALK THROUGH THOSE CHANGES. SO, BEFORE YOU, IS OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. UM, WE HAVE OUR 2016 AND OUR 2026 PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE DIDN'T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL LAND DESIGNATIONS. UH, WE KEPT THE FOUR. UM, AND SO ONLY A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES CHANGED. THERE WAS A PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PURPLE. IT WAS FOR EMPLOYMENT, BUT WE CHANGED IT TO RESIDENTIAL TO ALIGN WITH THE RECENTLY APPROVED DOWNTOWN REGIONAL AREA PLAN. AND THEN, UH, ALONG PRICE CORRIDOR, THERE WERE SOME SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS THAT MISTAKENLY HAD PURPLE PUT OVER THEM. SO WE CLEARED THOSE UP. WE ALSO, UM, REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AREAS WE HAD UNDER THE 2016. WE HAD SIX DIFFERENT GROWTH AREAS. WE REMOVED TWO OF THOSE BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO AREA PLANS IN PLACE, WHICH GIVE FURTHER GUIDANCE TO HOW THOSE AREAS ARE TO DEVELOP THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL AREA PLAN AND THE AIR PARK AREA PLAN, WHICH WERE BOTH RECENTLY APPROVED, REVISED, AND APPROVED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE ALSO CHANGED SOME OF THE NAMING AND EXPANDED SOME OF THE BOUNDARIES TO ALLOW FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THOSE AREAS. AND THE NAMING CONVENTIONS. WE WANTED TO ALIGN WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, UH, NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR BRANDING. UH, WITHIN THE TEXTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY, UH, WE INCREASED THE, WHAT URBAN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WAS FROM 18 DWELLING UNITS TO A MINIMUM OF 26. UH, WE DIDN'T PUT A CAP ON IT. AND UNDER THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL CATEGORY, LAND DESIGNATION, UM, UNDER THE 2016, IT DID SAY THAT THERE WAS A COMPATIBLE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES. BUT BECAUSE COM REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ARE GENERALLY THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, THEY'RE LARGER COMMERCIAL HUBS. WE PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT, UM, URBAN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, UM, COULD BE PROVIDED WITHIN THOSE AREAS AS LONG AS THERE WAS CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, UH, THE CAPABILITIES FOR, UH, WATER SEWER STREETS. AND, UH, IT WAS A COMPATIBLE LAND USE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES. I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, BILL BILSTEIN, YOU KNOW, HAD A COMMENT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. AND WE DID TAKE A LOOK INTO IT. UM, IF A DEVELOPMENT WAS TO COME IN, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT IT OCCURS WITHIN THE CITIES ON A FIXED ROUTE. UH, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REQUIRE THAT SOMEBODY GO GET A BUS TO RUN THROUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO GET THE DENSITY. AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT OUR, UM, GENERAL PLAN IS VERY HIGH LEVEL. UM, AND SO THAT TRANSPORTATION IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE ROADWAYS, UH, ARE CAPABLE TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC WHEN CHECKING WITH OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. THEY SAID A MAJORITY OF THE ROADS WITHIN CHANDLER ARE FULLY BUILT OUT AND ABLE TO HANDLE MOST DENSITIES. UH, OUR EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY, AGAIN, 10 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES. UH, I BELIEVE FEDEX WASN'T EVEN BUILT AT THAT TIME. UM, SO WE REALLY HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES. UM, IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS, WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN CHANDLER, PARDON ME. UM, SO IN 1979, UH, INTEL STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR FIRST, UH, PROPERTY ON CHANDLER BOULEVARD. AT THE TIME, OUR POPULATION WITHIN CHANDLER WAS ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE. UH, FAST FORWARD 10 YEARS, UM, THE POPULATION, UH, EXPLODED TO 90,000 PEOPLE WITHIN A [00:15:01] DECADE. SO WE ALWAYS WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CAPTURE THOSE, UH, INNOVATED TYPE USERS. SO WE PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WELCOME HIGH TECH MANUFACTURING, UH, PIONEERING RESEARCH AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. UM, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING KNOWLEDGE BASE INDUSTRIES, ADVANCED BUSINESS SERVICES, NEXT GENERATION SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO CRAFT THIS LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS, UH, WE USE THE, UH, 2026 COUNCIL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR TARGETED INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE CITY. WE ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW RESIDENTIAL COULD OCCUR WITHIN EMPLOYMENT, BUT IT POINTS TO SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE GROWTH AREAS FOR MORE DEFINED POLICIES. SO, FOR INSTANCE, SOUTH PRICE CORRIDOR GROWTH AREA, THIS HAS ALWAYS HISTORICALLY BEEN RESERVED FOR EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENTIAL HAS NEVER BEEN CONSIDERED WITHIN OUR SOUTH SOUTH PRICE CORRIDOR GROWTH AREA. WE DID ADD A POLICY THAT, UM, RESIDENTIAL COULD INCUR, UH, AS LONG AS IT WAS, IT INCLUDED TRUE VERTICAL MIXED USE, ALLOWING FOR EMPLOYEE AND RESIDENTIAL USES, CENTERED ON A COMMON DESIGN THEME, AND PROVING THAT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE, THE HIGHER DENSITIES. ANOTHER THING THAT WE TOOK, UM, UM, SIGNIFICANT, UH, CHANGE FROM OUR 2016 TO OUR 2026, UH, GENERAL PLAN IS WE ADDED AN IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLAN. A STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES KIND OF CHECK BACK AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. SO WE WORKED WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ESTABLISH THEIR GOALS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF HOW WE'RE DOING AS WELL. UM, WE DID HAVE THAT 60 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD. UM, IT WAS OPEN FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO DEC, DECEMBER 1ST. UH, WE RECEIVED 88 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FROM 19 DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE RESULTED IN 50 REVISIONS, UH, MINOR TWEAK. UH, WE HAD SOME COMMENTS MADE FROM STAFF, UH, WHICH REQUIRED 33 CHANGES. OH, I'M SORRY, UH, 33 REVISIONS, AND THEN SIX, UH, REVISIONS FROM OUR CONSULTANTS TO UPDATE SOME IMAGES WITHIN THE DOCUMENT. AND LAUREN, A LOT OF THOSE ARE JUST WORDING, A LOT OF IT'S JUST TECHNICAL KIND OF STUFF, MORE THAN OKAY. UH, AND THAT, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHAIR, UH, THAT LIST OF ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE WERE ADDED, UH, AS AN ATTACHMENT TO YOUR MEMO, UH, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WHO DOESN'T REALLY SEE THAT THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF COMMENTS AND SOME OTHER STUFF, GRAMMAR, THE GRAMMAR POLICE, SO, SO TO SPEAK. THANKS. YEAH. AND THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS REGARDING JUST, UH, ENSURING SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING SOME BICYCLES AND, UM, FOOD WASTE. AND, UM, SO WE, WE TOOK THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AND MODIFIED SOME OF THE POLICIES. AND HALF THOSE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WERE FROM ONE PERSON, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND SO, UM, AS I COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I, I WANTED TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE. OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, THEY WERE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THERE WERE 21 RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME AND MET, AND THEY WERE OUR SOUNDING BOARD. UH, WE WENT BEFORE THEM TO MEET ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOPICS. UH, IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INVITE UP THE CHAIR OF THE, UH, RESIDENT ADVISORY COM COMMITTEE CHAIR, UH, DUNN, TO MAKE A STATEMENT. THANK YOU, LORD. DO I HAVE TO MAKE HIM STATE HIS NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? OKAY. JUST CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. DON'T WANNA GET IN TROUBLE HERE. SO, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? 2180 WEST MARLIN DRIVE IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA. I CAME HERE WHEN THE CITY WAS 29,000 PEOPLE . SO I, I ENJOYED THAT COMMENT. I, I'LL JUST BE BRIEF. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE POINTS, BUT I REALLY WANNA BRAG A FEW THINGS. I BRAG ABOUT A FEW THINGS, UH, THAT HAS OCCURRED THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT I THINK WILL MAKE THIS GENERAL PLAN PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST IN THE VALLEY. FIRST OF ALL, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MADE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT WAS A GREAT COMMITTEE OF 21 INDIVIDUALS. SOME ARE SHORT-TERM RESIDENTS, SOME HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. SOME WERE INVOLVED IN SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, UM, THE CHAMBER. THEY GAVE GREAT COMMENTS AND THEY REALLY PARTICIPATED, UH, IN A WAY THAT, THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME. UM, THEY ASKED DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. UM, THEY WOULD GIVE [00:20:01] DIRECTION WHEN NECESSARY TO STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT. UM, AND THEY, THEY, SOME, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES HAD TO CHANGE THE LITTLE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PRESERVE WHAT WE FELT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY. BUT I THINK ALL THE MEMBERS UNDERSTOOD THE ASPECT OF BUILD OUT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY. AND AT FIRST, YOU WANNA GET A LITTLE DEPRESSED ABOUT, GOSH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE LAND DEVELOP. BUT I THINK BUILD OUT GIVES YOU, IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO, TO GO OUT AND ENCOURAGE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE REMAINING AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE VACANT, BUT ALSO FOR REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH WE DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT. UM, WE, WE JUST FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO PROTECT THOSE PLANS THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO REALLY PROTECT OUR BUSINESSES AND TO EMPHASIZE, CONTINUE EMPHASIZING THE CHARACTER OF WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER. WE HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE CITY. THANKS FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND, AND WHY PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE. AND I THINK WE JUST ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYONE HERE, BUT WE CAN HAVE CERTAINLY MORE PEOPLE HERE, HOPEFULLY WITH MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WITH DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. UM, I ALSO WANNA COMPLIMENT, UH, STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT. UM, THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB. AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CITY FOR 23 YEARS, UH, BEHIND THIS DI ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT DIOCESE, , I CAN GO BACK. AND I WAS, AND YOU KNOW, I BEGAN WITH A PLAYING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT A FEW GENERAL PLANS OVER THOSE YEARS AS A COUNCILMAN, A MAYOR, NEVER DID I SEE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THE LEVEL THAT WE DID AT THIS TIME. UM, IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE HOW STAFF CAME UP WITH MORE AND MORE IDEAS OF MAKING CERTAIN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE INPUT IN THIS PLAN. UM, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD NOT INVOLVE ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SAY WHAT THEY WANNA SAY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CHANDLER. SO THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND THE CONSULTANT DID A GREAT JOB, UM, IN DIRECTING, IN DIRECTING STAFF. AND, AND I, I, I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR A GENERAL PLAN, UH, IN THIS VALLEY. THE BOTTOM LINE, HOW WE FELT ABOUT THE GENERAL PLAN WAS IT WORKS. THERE WAS NO NEED TO THROW OUT THIS GENERAL PLAN. IT HAS WORKED SO EFFECTIVELY IN THE PAST IN ALLOWING THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT THOSE DEVELOPERS TO COME BEFORE US. BUT WE, WE NEEDED TO TWEET IT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. AND, UH, AND SO I, I, UM, COMMEND THE, UH, COMMEND THE COMMITTEE, UH, THEIR INVOLVEMENT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE, BUT ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE? OKAY. BUT, UM, YOU CHOSE A GREAT COMMITTEE AND, AND I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING GENERAL PLAN, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. DUNN. LAURA, THANK YOU, CHAIR DUNN. SO AT OUR FINAL MEETING FOR THE RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY ULTIMATELY HAD TO, UH, VOTE ON THE DRAFT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. SO OUR MEETING WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2025. UM, AND WE REVIEWED ALL OF THE COMMENTS. UH, THERE WERE TWO MAJOR COMMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING. UM, YOU KNOW, WE RENAMED GROWTH AREA ONE. WE HAD A, UH, CALLED UPTOWN CHANDLER TO ALIGN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THE CIRCLE IS THE AREA OF THE GROWTH AREA INDICATED. BUT IN REALITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEIR BOUNDARY OF UPTOWN ENCOMPASSED ALL THE WAY WEST TO ALMA SCHOOL ROAD. UM, AND SO WE DECIDED TO STAY WITH THE, THE CURRENT BOUNDARY AND RENAME IT TO ITS ORIGINAL NAMING, UH, FROM THE 2016 GENERAL PLAN, UH, AS NORTH ARIZONA AVENUE. UH, THERE IS LANGUAGE CURRENTLY WITHIN OUR DRAFT, IF ANY OF THOSE UNDERUTILIZED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONG ALMA SCHOOL ROAD, WERE WANTING TO DEVELOP WITH A HIGHER DENSITY. THERE'S LANGUAGE IN PLACE THAT COULD ALLOW FOR THAT AS LONG AS IT WAS A TRANSITIONAL, UM, A TRANSITIONAL, UM, TRANSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT SURROUND IT. AND THEN, UH, WE REMOVED ANY, UH, TEXTS REGARDING FUTURE LIGHT RAIL, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED DURING ANY OF OUR MEETINGS, NOR WITH THE PUBLIC. AND, YOU KNOW, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE RIDERSHIP IN ORDER TO WARRANT LIGHT RAIL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, AND AT THAT MEETING, THE RACK, UH, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND CHAIR HUMAN DID SIT ON, UM, OUR RACK, OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND HE DID RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING, UH, SO HE COULD TAKE PART IN THIS EVENING, [00:25:01] THIS EVENING'S VOTE. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, MY FINAL SLIDE IS, YOU KNOW, STAFF COMES BEFORE YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF DRAFT PLH 25 10 CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ENTITLED CHANDLER 26 GENERAL PLAN, EVOLVING THE CHANDLER WAY. AND WITH THAT, I OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. MR. STEIN, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, LAUREN, YOU KNOW, YOU AND STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID. IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND IT'S EXCITING TO, TO SEE ALL THIS EXCITING FOR, FOR THIS GENERAL PLAN. AND, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF GENERAL QUESTIONS FOR SOME FOLKS WHO AREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. AND YOU GUYS HAD SOME GREAT ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE HAVE A LARGE CITY WITH LOTS OF FOLKS WHO, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS SOMETIMES. AND I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IN THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS OF THE LAST GENERAL PLAN THERE HAD BEEN NO AMENDMENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, BILL STEIN, THAT IS CORRECT. SO IF A DEVELOPER OR WANTS TO COME IN AND, AND HAS A UNIQUE IDEA OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE, AGAIN, IT'S A PLAN, IT'S A FRAMEWORK THAT YEARS FROM NOW IS, AND I, I GET THAT WE UPDATE IT EVERY 10 YEARS. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN, OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER BILL STEIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, UH, SERVED US VERY WELL WITH OUR CURRENT 2016 GENERAL PLAN AND OUR DRAFT IS IT'S VERY BROAD. UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AROUND TO ALLOW FOR US TO, UM, IT'S NOT SO, UH, SITE SPECIFIC. UM, SO IT GIVES US A LOT OF GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT. UM, BUT IF SOMEBODY DID WANT TO, LET'S SAY, COME IN AND CHANGE A OPEN SPACE, A GREEN, A GREEN COLOR TO LET'S SAY EMPLOYMENT OR RESIDENTIAL TO YELLOW OR TO PURPLE, UM, THEY HAVE, THERE'S ONE TIME A YEAR THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO FILE AN APPLICATION. IT'S IN NOVEMBER. UM, AND, UM, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE TIMELINES AND IT HAS TO BE OF A CERTAIN SIZE. I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, FIVE ACRES. IT GETS TRIGGERED. UM, WE DID HAVE ONE, UM, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. WE HAD ONE THAT WAS GOING TO FILE. UM, BUT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WOULD, WE COULDN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF CHANGING UNEMPLOYMENT USE TO RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE IT FELL WITHIN OUR CHANDLER AIR PARK AREA PLAN. AND WE HAD MORE SPECIFIC PLANS IN PLACE THAT CALLED THAT OUT FOR EMPLOYMENT TYPE USES. PERFECT. THANK YOU. UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I THINK YOU, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THE, UM, I, I APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP WITH THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. AND I GUESS SOME OF THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM MY CURIOSITY IS HEARING THAT ALMOST EVERY STREET HAS FULL CAPACITY AND THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO 94, OR WE'RE AT 94% BUILD OUT. UM, IS THERE A PLAN FOR THE CITY TO LOOK AT THOSE STREETS THAT AREN'T AT FULL CAPACITY AND SEE WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THE CITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT? OR ARE WE WAITING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO COME IN AND, AND THAT WOULD THEN BUILD OUT THOSE STREETS? UM, BECAUSE CHANDLER'S DONE A GREAT JOB WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE NICE WIDE ROADS FOR THE MOST PART, BUT THOSE MAYBE THAT LIMITED AMOUNT THAT ISN'T AT BUILD OUT, HOW WOULD WE ADDRESS THAT? UH, GREAT QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR. UH, COMMISSIONER BILL STEIN, UH, THERE'S, UH, A TRAFFIC MASTER PLAN, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN THAT GETS LOOKED AT EVERY FIVE TO 10 YEARS. UM, AND THAT'S THE PLACE THAT THEY WOULD DETERMINE IF THERE'S NOT A LEVEL OF SERVICE BEING OFFERED OR THE BIL, IT'S NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD WARRANT A WIDENING AND POSSIBLY TAKING OF PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO WIDEN THE ROAD. BUT A MAJORITY OF THE ROADS THAT RUN THROUGH OUR ARTERIALS ARE BUILT, BUILT TO THE FULL BUILT OUT STANDARD. LAUREN, LEMME JUMP INTO THE COMMISSIONER BILSTEIN. SO IN THE LAST BOND ELECTION, UM, THAT ALSO CAME UP. SO THERE ARE THE MASS TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. THERE ARE A FEW ROADS LEFT, LIKE WARNER ROAD, MORE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHANDLER, THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO WIDEN SOME OF THOSE ROADS. THEY'RE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO. YEAH. UM, SO THE FOCUS ON THIS LAST BOND ELECTION WAS MAKING SURE WE'RE REPAVING ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT IS IN THE PLAN. STAFF LOOKS AT THAT ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S MORE NORTH CHANDLER. 'CAUSE REALLY WHEN YOU GO SOUTH THAT IT WAS ALL DESIGNED, UH, THE FORMER MAYORS AND COUNCIL DID A GREAT JOB THAT ALL THOSE ROADS ARE THREE LANES WITH BIKE LANES, TURN LANES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF IS THERE. SO, UH, BUT NORTH CHANDLER IS THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SPACE, UH, AND THE EXPENSE OF DOING IT. BUT THERE ARE PLANS, I KNOW WARNER ROAD'S, ONE OF THEM THAT WE PUSHED OUT PROBABLY INTO THE 2000 THIRTIES TO DO, BUT THOSE ARE BEING ADDRESSED. YEAH. KNOW, AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS ALL THE TIME IS TRAFFIC. AND SO I, I THINK THE MORE PLANNING WE DO AROUND IT IS FANTASTIC. THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE. UM, BECAUSE I I DO THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING IT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, FORMER MAYOR DON HAD MENTIONED THAT, UH, A FOCUS ON PART OF THIS WAS ALSO GONNA BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CAN YOU SAY WHAT, WHAT AREA WHERE ARE WE FOCUSED THAT ATTENTION AND, UM, IF [00:30:01] WE'RE, IF WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CHANDLER AREA, WHERE IS THAT CALLED OUT? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, BILL STEIN, UM, OF RECENT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE, THE MIDDLE HOUSING BILL, UH, COME THROUGH. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A MILE OF THE DOWNTOWN CENTER, YOU KNOW, ANY PROPERTY THAT HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS ABLE TO BUILD UP TO A FOURPLEX BY. RIGHT. UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GOING, UH, CREATING PRE-APPROVED PLANS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, A DUPLEX, A TRIPLEX, AND A FOURPLEX, AS WELL AS AN A DU. SO, UH, IF A RESIDENT WANTED TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO AND HIRE AN ARCHITECT, THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT PLAN. AND IT, IT TAKES OUT THE BUSY WORK OF THAT, SO IT GETS MORE UNITS INTO THE MARKET QUICKER. UM, AND THEN OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, TO REDO, UH, LIKE VILLAS ON MCQUEEN THAT'S, I BELIEVE GONNA OPEN IN ABOUT A MONTH. AND SO THEY'RE PLANNING TO MOVE RESIDENTS OUT OF SOME OF THE OLDER HOUSING AND INTO THAT ONE, AND THEN REDEVELOP THOSE PROPERTIES, UH, WITH DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF UNITS TO ALLOW FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN, IN TALKS WITH, UH, SOME HOME BUILDERS TO POSSIBLY COME IN AND, AND BUILD SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY. NO, THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. I, I THINK US AS A CITY LOOKING AT THAT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MORE DIVERSITY OF HOUSING CREATES A BETTER DIVERSE COMMUNITY. AND, AND, AND I, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'VE TAKEN SO MUCH TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT, SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THE COMMENTS, I'VE GOT A FEW LAUREN, UM, GET MY THING WORK HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK MAYOR DUNN FOR LEADING THE THING, JACK SELLERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE RACK. WAS IT, AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT WAS AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAD GREAT IMPACT. UM, THE IMMERSION THING, I WENT TO THAT, THAT WAS REALLY COOL. IT WAS DIFFERENT, UH, A LOT OF AI STUFF THAT WAS USED. AND SO I THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT. UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS IS THIS GENERAL PLAN IS A GENERAL, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THE FACT THAT IN 10 YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY COME IN FOR A GENERAL PLAN CHANGE WAS GREAT. UM, ANOTHER THING I LIKE IN THIS PLAN THAT I BROUGHT UP DURING THE SESSIONS WAS THE WATER AND SEWER CAPABILITIES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING YOU CAN POSSIBLY PUT SOMETHING SOMEPLACE, BUT DO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT? UM, WHICH I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT. UM, AND THEN THE, THE ALSO ABOUT, THERE'S WORDING ABOUT QUALITY JOBS, THE TYPE OF JOBS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. I THINK WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SPECIFYING LOTS AND WATER USAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE JOURNAL PLAN, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT CHANDLER'S REALLY LOOKING FOR THAT QUALITY JOB. UM, TO MR. STEIN'S POINT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE KIND OF A, UM, OUR OWN ENEMY IN A WAY. WE'VE CREATED SO MANY AMAZING JOBS THAT PEOPLE WANNA LIVE CLOSE, THEY DON'T WANNA DRIVE FAR. AND WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THE MONEY, THEY'RE MAKING, I REMEMBER WHEN NORTHROP WAS COMING ON PRICE ROAD AND WE HAD SOME NEIGHBORS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HOME VALUES. I JUST KIND OF CHUCKLED A LITTLE BIT. AND LIKE THE NORTHROP GUYS SAID, OUR PEOPLE WANNA LIVE CLOSE. THEY'RE MAKING GREAT MONEY. SO WE'RE KIND OF A, OUR, OUR OWN WORST ENEMY IN CER CERTAIN THINGS. BUT WE'VE HAD GREAT JOBS, YOU KNOW, CHANNEL'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO I JUST WANNA THANK STAFF AGAIN, EVERYBODY, DAVID, AND THIS IS HIS THIRD ONE. YOU STARTED WHEN YOU WERE SEVEN, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT I THINK WHEN YOU DID. BUT, UM, LAUREN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT ON THIS THING. AND, UH, I THINK THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 85%, WE'LL HAVE TO GET OUR CONSULTANT WHO'S DOING THIS, WE'LL HAVE TO CHALLENGE 'EM TO GET UP TO 88 OR 89, BUT IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OF, AND THE PUBLIC INPUT WAS GREAT. I, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, WE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE. THAT MANY PEOPLE. I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB OF REACHING OUT. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION? OKAY. IF NOT, WE'LL NEED A MOTION ON THE ITEM. SURE. EXCUSE ME, SORRY. MOTION, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, UH, THE DRAFT P LH 25 0 0 1, 0 CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. OKAY. SECOND. THERE A SECOND. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO TALK ON THIS ITEM? SO ON THAT. OKAY. ALL THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS WILL GO ON TO COUNCIL WHEN YOU GUYS FEBRUARY. WHAT? YES. SO, UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE ON A COUNCIL AGENDA ON FEBRUARY 5TH. DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS ALSO? JUST ONE. JUST ONE. OKAY. UM, IT'S GOING THROUGH A RESOLUTION AND THEN, UH, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THEY'LL BE VOTING ON THE DRAFT AND THEN ALSO TO PUT THE DRAFT ON THE BALLOT FOR THE RESIDENTS. UH, AND WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THE PRIMARY BALLOT, UM, IN AUGUST. IN AUGUST. OKAY. GREAT. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER [ Member Comments/Announcements] MEMBER COMMENTS? OKAY. THE NEXT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE HELD, OH, I'M SORRY, MY CHAIR. UM, YEAH, JUST TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS SATURDAY FROM [00:35:01] 10 TO TWO, WE'RE HAVING AIRPORT DAYS OUT AT OUR AMAZING AIRPORT. SO ANYONE THAT CAN HEAR THIS, I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER HEADING OUT AND ENJOYING SOME TIME. THEY'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT, UM, ENGAGING ACTIVITIES. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN FIND AN AIRPLANE IF YOU GET ON THE LIST AND GET THERE SOON ENOUGH. SO I HOPE EVERYONE WILL JOIN US OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO TWO. THOSE ARE FUN EVENTS. SO IF YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT EVENT TO GO OUT TO AND GET TO SEE THE AIRPORT OUT THERE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT STUFF WE HAVE. SO IF NOT STAFF, ANY COMMENTS? CITY ADUR. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.