* 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] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 23RD CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING CLERK. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS HERE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A STUDY SESSION, UH, OF WHICH MANY OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT, BUT THIS IS TO, UH, COVER A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE PRESCIENT WITH US. SO, WITH THAT CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE. MAYOR HARKEY HERE. VICE MAYOR ENCINA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ACTUALLY DO THAT TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR INVOCATION IS GONNA BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PASTOR CHRIS MORRIS FROM FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH. WELCOME, PASTOR. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE, AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT EVERYONE HERE SAFELY FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEANING. I THANK YOU FOR THE PASSION ON THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE HERE, A PASSION THAT RESULTS IN BEING PRESENT AND IN PARTICIPATING AND IN SHARING AND VOICING THEIR PERSPECTIVES. LORD, UH, I ALSO ASK IN THIS PRAYER TODAY THAT COMPLIMENTING THAT PASSION WOULD BE YOUR WISDOM AS THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO BE MADE. LORD MADE YOUR WISDOM INFILTRATE THIS ROOM AND THE HEARTS AND THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN, SO THAT THE BEST DECISIONS CAN BE MADE FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA. AND WE PRAY THIS PRAYER, LORD, IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF I PLEDGE. PLEDGE TO THE FOR THE UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES AMERICA. THE TWO DOOR REPUBLICS ALWAYS STAND. ONE SMALL COUNCILMAN BARIS. THERE'S A COUPLE SECOND DELAY ON THE, UH, ONLINE THERE. SO WE'RE ALL, YOU'RE COMING ACROSS AS AN ECHO TO US, SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THINGS WITH US, SO, ALL RIGHT. UM, I'LL NOT BE SPEAKING, SO I'LL STAY SILENT. SILENT. ALRIGHT, [1. Karthik Pallam - Request for Family Restrooms at City Parks and Spaces] WE, UH, WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OTHER AWARDS AND THINGS ON THURSDAY, BUT, UH, UH, MR. PELHAM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY THAT YOU ARE IN, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES, SIR, TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KARTHIK. I LIVE IN CHANDLER. I HAVE, UH, TWO DAUGHTERS. ONE IS FOUR YEARS OLD AND ANOTHER ONE IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANDLER IS WELCOMING TO FAMILY. I STILL REMEMBER THE BIRTHDAY WISHES FROM MAYOR, AND WHEN MY SECOND DAUGHTER BORN, WE HAD GREETING CARD FROM THE MAYOR. RIGHT? THAT MEANT A LOT FOR US. AND, UH, THAT SHOWS THAT CITY CASE PEOPLE. AND THAT'S HOW, UH, UH, WE CAN BUILD A BETTER CITIES, I FEEL. BUT TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A PROBLEM THAT MANY PARENTS, ESPECIALLY THE FATHERS COULD, UH, FACE WHEN THEY VISIT PUBLIC SPACES, PLACES LIKE PARKS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO SINGLE, UH, RE UH, SINGLE PERSON RESTROOM OR FAMILY RESTROOMS. THEY DAUGHTER OF, UH, TWO, WHEN I VISIT THE PARKS, RIGHT, I HAVE TWO OPTIONS. WHETHER I CAN TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO THE MEN'S WASHROOM OR THE WOMEN WASHROOM TAKING MEN'S WASHROOM, I FEEL UNCOMFORT AND IT'S NOT DESIGNATED FOR HER. AND, UH, TAKING TO WOMAN WASH FROM MY FIELD, THAT IS NOT, UH, UH, THAT WILL CREATE INCONVENIENT TO THE OTHERS. THE INCONVENIENT IS NOT ONLY, UH, A SMALL ISSUE, IT'S CREATES, IT, IT, IT COULD AFFECT THE CHILD, UH, PRIVACY, SAFETY, AND, UH, DIGNITY. AND THIS IS, UH, NOT SMALL, UH, UH, ISSUE, UH, UH, UH, NOT MY PERSONAL, OR NOT MY PERSONAL, MY DAUGHTER. IT BASICALLY, UH, EVERY, UH, CHILDREN, EVERY, UH, CHILD DIGNITY ISSUE, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE THAT AGE, RIGHT? UH, IT, UH, ALSO PUT A LOT OF, UH, DIFFICULT POSITION TO, AS A PARENT. AND I FEEL, UH, FAMILY ARE MORE AS, UH, SINGLE PERSON USE RESTAURANTS COULD SOLVE THIS ISSUE. AND THAT, UH, GIVES THE PRIVACY AND SAFETY AND GIVEN PARENTS PEACE OF MIND. AND AL ALSO HELPS TO THE CAREGIVERS, INCLUDING GRANDPARENTS. AND WITH THE PEOPLE WITH THE DISABILITIES. I HOPEFUL THAT THE, UH, BOTH NEW PUBLIC [00:05:01] AND EXISTING FACILITIES IN CHANDLER, UH, WILL INCLUDE MORE SINGLE, UH, PERSON, FA UH, FAMILY RESTROOMS THAT COULD MAKE CHANDLER, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST CITY TO OF, UH, ADDRESS THIS KIND OF ISSUE. UH, I AM HOPEFUL THAT WILL HAPPEN SOONER, AND ALSO FAMILIES LIKE ME, UH, UH, MINE, UH, UH, FEEL FULLY SUPPORTED FOR THIS INITIATIVE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. MR. PELMAN, CITY MANAGER. WILL YOU MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO OR, OR RATIONALES THAT PARKS OR STAFF WOULD GET WITH MR. UH, MR. UH, PELHAM AND, AND WALK THROUGH THIS? YES, MAYOR, WE WILL. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. UM, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, TELL THE APPLICANT WE GOT A CHANCE TO CHAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, OUTSIDE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THAT DIFFERENT RES PERSPECTIVE FROM A PARENT AS A MOM OF BOYS THAT ARE NOW GROWN UP. I REMEMBER THAT SAME ISSUE. ONE BOY WOULD BE OLD ENOUGH TO SORT OF BE AWARE AND UNCOMFORTABLE OF HIS SURROUNDINGS WHILE THE OTHER ONE COULD CARE LESS. AND THERE'S THAT CONCERN OF SENDING THEM IN. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE EVER BEFORE, IT MIGHT NOT OCCUR TO YOU. SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE AND SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YEAH, I'M MAYOR. AND JUST, AND I THINK, UM, I THINK WE HAVE ALL OUR, I THINK OUR BATHROOMS AND, AND CHANDLER'S LIKE MEN, MEN, WOM, WOMAN, WOMAN, MALE WOMEN AND MEN. I THINK WE HAVE WOMEN IN MEN BATHROOMS. THEY'RE BOTH LABELED THE SAME. UM, BUT TO THE POINT OF, UM, MEN BATHROOMS, UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE LIKE, THE BABY CHANGING DIAPER IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM BECAUSE MEN CHANGE THEIR BABIES TOO, YOU KNOW? AND SO, I MEAN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE, I MEAN, MY YOUNG BABIES, I HATED GOING INTO THE MEN'S BATHROOM 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A BABY CHANGING TABLE WAITING THERE FOR ME TO CHANGE MY BABIES. I ALWAYS HAD CHANGE MY BABY ON THE SINK, AND I HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE PAPER TOWELS TO LAY IT ON THE SINK SO I CAN CHANGE MY BABY. SO HOPEFULLY THERE COULD BE AN ADDITION TO THE MEN'S BATHROOM AND HAVE BABY TA CHANGING TABLES IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM AS WELL. AT LEAST ONE OR TWO. CAN WE HANDLE THAT? CITY MANAGER? I THINK MY ONLY ANSWER FOR THAT IS YES, . THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. UH, THANK YOU, SIR. UM, [1. Proposed Local Alternative Expenditure Limitation- Home Rule Option Election, First Public Hearing 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close Public Hearing] NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THE PROPOSED LOCAL ALTERNATIVE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION, HOME RULE OPTION ELECTION. UH, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. SYLVIA, WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED LOCAL ALTERNATIVE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION CALLED HOME RULE OPTION FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER. ON JUNE 3RD, 1980, THE STATE OF ARIZONA PLACED A NEW EXPENDITURE LIMITATION ON CITIES AND TOWNS. THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION SETS A MAXIMUM SPENDING LIMIT BASED UPON A FORMULA INCORPORATING THE EXPENDITURE LEVEL FROM FISCAL YEAR 19 79 80, ADJUSTED FOR ANNUAL INCREASES IN POPULATION AND INFLATION. THE FORMULA ALSO ALLOWS FOR SOME EXPENDITURE EXCLUSIONS. THE CONSTITUTION ALSO PROVIDES SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES TO THE STATE AND POST SPENDING LIMITATION, A ONE-TIME OVERRIDE THE LOCAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION KNOWN AS HOME RULE AND PERMANENT ADJUSTMENT OF THE BASE LIMIT. CHANDLER HAS ALWAYS OPTED FOR THE LOCAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION. HOME RULE OPTION RESIDENTS APPROVAL OF HOME RULE GIVES THE CITY COUNCIL THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ITS BUDGET DECISIONS BASED ON UPON REVENUES AVAILABLE IN SERVICES AND AMENITIES DESIRED BY THE CITIZENS OF CHANDLER. RATHER THAN BEING HELD TO A STATE FORMULA BASED ON THE 1980 BUDGET, CHANDLER VOTERS HAVE APPROVED THE HOME RULE OPTION 11 CONSECUTIVE TIMES SINCE 1982, MOST RECENTLY IN AUGUST, 2022, BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR 22, 23. THE APPROVAL IS GOOD FOR FOUR BUDGET YEARS. SO THE 22 APPROVAL OF HOME RULE COVERS US THROUGH THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 26, 27 BUDGET. THE NEXT HOME RULE WOULD THEN START WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 27, 28 BUDGET. TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE REQUIRED. [00:10:01] SO TONIGHT IS THE FIRST OF THOSE HEARINGS, AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED A SECOND FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH. FOLLOWING THAT SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, COUNSEL WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION TO PLACE HOME RULE ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 3RD. THE COUNCIL VOTE REQUIRES A TWO THIRD MAJORITY TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND PUT THE ITEM ON THE BALLOT. THIS, THIS IS FIVE OF THE SEVEN VOTES IF AND WHEN PLACED ON THE BALLOT, IT NEEDS A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING TO APPROVE. THE PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF OPERATING WITHOUT HOME RULE ARE SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE. THE STATE COMPUTED LIMIT TAKES THE 1978 POPULATION AND THE 1980 BUDGET AND APPLIES A FORMULA FOR POPULATION GROWTH AND INFLATION TO COME UP WITH A COMPARABLE BUDGET OF ABOUT $350 MILLION. IN ADDITION TO THIS BASE AMOUNT, CITIES ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND BOND PROCEEDS, INTEREST INCOME, FEDERAL GRANTS, AND SOME OTHER REVENUES WHICH DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THE SPENDING LIMIT AND MAKE THIS AMOUNT THAT, AND MAKE THE, THE AMOUNT THAT CAN BE SPENT HIGHER, BRINGING THE TOTAL STATE MAXIMUM TO ABOUT $873 MILLION. WHEN COMPARING THIS TO THE CITY'S ANTICIPATED FISCAL YEAR, 27, 28 EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT 1.1 BILLION, THE PRELIMINARY PROJECTED AMOUNT OVER THE STATE LIMIT IS ABOUT $232 MILLION. WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE HOME RULE OPTION, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO REDUCE THE BUDGETED EXPENSES BY THIS AMOUNT IF THE CITY WERE TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH HOME RULE. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WOULD BE IMPACTED, BUT SOME OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED ARE SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE. OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT WORKING THROUGH A FULL PROCESS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HOME HOME RULE DOES NOT INCREASE TAXES WITHOUT A HOME RULE. REVENUE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SPENT BASED ON THE STATE AND POST EXPENDITURE LIMIT. LASTLY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THE HOME RULE ELECTION SCHEDULE. THERE ARE ACTUALLY MANY MORE ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS IN THE PROCESS, BUT I BOILED IT DOWN TO THE KEY DATES SHOWN HERE. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS TONIGHT, AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER A RESOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION DURING A SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY 21ST, WE WILL SEND OFF THE FINANCIAL WORKSHEETS TO THE STATE AUDITOR GENERAL. THE ARGUMENT FILING PERIOD IS JULY 6TH THROUGH AUGUST 5TH. IN JULY, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY CLERK TO PREPARE THE VOTING PAMPHLET, AND THESE PAMPHLETS WILL GO OUT SEPTEMBER 22ND AFTER APPROVAL BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL. THEN WE WILL END WITH A HOME RULE ITEM ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 3RD. THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION. SO I'LL START WITH A QUESTION AND WE'LL COUNSEL DISCUSSION AND THEN INPUT FOR THE PUBLIC IF THEY WISH, IS I, IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD PEOPLE, UH, APPROACH ME AND SAY, WELL, C, WHY CAN'T YOU LIVE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET? YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH? WHICH IS A MISNOMER BECAUSE THIS IS A FORMULA THAT HAS NEVER APPLIED TO MANY CITIES ACROSS THE STATE. AND THE TRUTH IS, WE DO HAVE A, WE ARE A, A CITY THAT IS PROUD TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. WE JUST TAKE MORE MONEY IN THAN WE SPEND. SO THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE OVER THE STATE PRESCRIBED AMOUNT HAS REALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH OVERSPENDING OR LIVING WITHIN, UH, OUR BUDGET. IT'S JUST WE DON'T FIT THE FORMULA. AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE ALLOWED THIS SPECIAL, UH, HOME RULE DESIGNATION. SO, I, UH, TO ANY OF OUR AUDIENCE LISTENING, WE, WE DO LIVE WITHIN OUR BUDGET. WE JUST BECAUSE OF THE INTELS AND OTHER COMPANIES WITHIN OUR CITY, OUR BUDGET IS JUST LARGER THAN WHAT THE PRESCRIBED FORMULA THAT THE STATE IS. HOW MANY WE'VE, YOU'VE SAID WE'VE RUN THIS, UH, MANY TIMES, AND MY RECOLLECTION IS WE USUALLY PASS THIS BY 85, 90%. IS THAT, UH, DO, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE FIGURES OR ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? SO I UNDERSTAND IN 2022, IT WAS, I THINK THAT'S CLOSE TO THE FIGURE. I'D HAVE TO GET THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT YEAH, THEY'VE PASSED. YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S NEVER A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURE THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO, UM, TO STATUS SATISFY STATE STATUTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, IT'S A OVER 40 SOMETHING YEAR OLD RULING, UH, OR LEGISLATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND PROBABLY IT'S TIME TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS EVERY YEAR. AND, UM, ALLOW FOR GROWTH, ALLOW FOR EXPANSION, UM, WHICH IS WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE CITIES [00:15:01] TO GROW, EXPAND, AND MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR POPULATION. SO, UM, I COULDN'T IMAGINE THIS FAILING EVER, BUT WHAT WOULD, I MEAN, POLICE, FIRE, WHAT WOULD WE START CUTTING? SO THE RESIDENTS, THEY GET IT, THEY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT'S JUST ONE MORE HOOP WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AN ARCHAIC LAW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS, CAN YOU PROVIDE, UM, THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR WHERE THEY CAN GO TO FIND THE SLIDES THAT YOU SHOWED US ALL TODAY FOR FUTURE? WOULD YOU MIND? YEAH. SO, UM, THESE SLIDES ARE, UM, IN OUR WEBSITE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. UM, AND THEN WE CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE THEM IN OUR BUDGET, UM, PAGE AS WELL. MM-HMM . WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST OBVIOUSLY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, THAT AS WE GET CLOSER THAT THIS IS, THIS IS PROMINENT AND EASY TO FIND SO THAT WHEN CITIZENS ARE LOOKING HOW TO VOTE, THAT, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WONDER HOW TO FIND THIS INFORMATION. MAYOR, WE WILL DEFINITELY CREATE A HOME RULE LANDING PAGE THAT HAS SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATIONS. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR SYLVIA? SEEING NONE, [2. Chandler General Plan Update, PLH25-0010, Public Input, Consideration and Discussion Regarding the Update of Chandler's General Plan - Continued from the February 5, 2026 Regular Meeting Open Public Hearing Staff Presentation Council Discussion Discussion from the Audience Close Public Hearing] ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE RELATED TO HOME RULE? SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, SYLVIA. WE HAVE A SECOND, UM, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AND FOR THE GUY WHO LIKES TO BANG GAVELS, I'M NOT BANGING MY GAVEL YET. SO THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, PLH 25 DASH 0 1 0, UH, FOR PUBLIC INPUT, CONSIDERATION, AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE UPDATE OF CHANDLER'S GENERAL PLAN CONTINUED FROM THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE STAFF PRESENTATION FROM LAUREN SCHUMANN, OUR PLANNING SENIOR PROGRAMS MANAGER, LAUREN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SO WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS OF OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. UH, STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE CONDUCT A, A PUBLIC HE HEARING AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, DURING MY PRESENTATION, UH, TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW I'M GONNA GO OVER WHAT'S A GENERAL PLAN AND WHY WE UPDATE IT, UH, OUR PROCESS AND THE TIMELINES THAT WE HAD, UH, THE TYPE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE DID, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PROPOSED REVISIONS. BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, EARLIER THIS MONTH AT THE MAYOR'S, UH, FOR OUR CITY, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, HE SPARKED SOMETHING IN ME, UH, WHEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW CHANDLER GREW. UH, AND THERE'S THIS PRESENTATION I LIKE TO DO. UH, I HAVE A SERIES OF MAPS, AND IT'S, UH, EVERY DECADE OF WHEN LAND WAS PLATTED, NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL, ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT WAS PLATTED. SO I JUST WANNA RUN YOU THROUGH THIS JUST TO SHOW YOU A BRIEF, QUICK HISTORY OF, OF CHANDLER. SO THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU IS 1912 TO 19. 1919. 1919. UH, SO IN 1914, UH, ARIZONA RECEIVED STATEHOOD, UH, AND THIS IS WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE IN 20, 20 19, PARDON ME. 19, UH, 21. 1921, UH, CHANDLER BECAME A TOWN SITE. UH, YOU COULD SEE A MAJORITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN. 1930 WAS A SLOW DECADE WITH ONLY ONE SUBDIVISION BUILDING SOUTHEAST OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE HILL LAGO, UH, SUBDIVISION, 1940, UH, MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. UH, 1950. UH, THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF CHANDLER WAS 3,800 PERSONS WITHIN OUR TOWN SITE. HERE WE HAVE, UH, THE SIXTIES AND THE SEVENTIES. AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IN 1979, INTEL BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR FIRST CAMPUS WITHIN CHANDLER DEVELOPMENTS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, BOOMED AFTER THAT WITH, UH, NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS, COMMERCIAL CENTERS BEING, UH, UH, PROVIDED ALL WITHIN NORTH CHANDLER. UH, THE POPULATION DURING 1980S WAS, UH, 29,673. A DECADE LATER, THE POPULATION INCREASED TO ABOUT 90,000 [00:20:01] PERSONS. IT WAS A 205 INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. THE, UH, LOOP 2 0 2 WAS COMPLETED MOVING DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH. AND, AND HERE WE ARE AT OUR PRESENT DAY. UH, SO AS YOU COULD SEE, GROWTH HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. BUT WHY SO GENERAL PLAN? UH, WHAT IS A GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC? UH, THE GENERAL PLAN IS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF BROAD POLICIES THAT HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CITIES. UH, SO ALL OF THOSE COLORS ON THOSE MAPS, ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF SPECIAL PLANNING, PLANNING FROM ALL CITY OFFICIALS. UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT GENERAL PLANS, THINK OF IT AS, UH, THE VISION FOR THE CITY AT ULTIMATE BUILDOUT, THE BLUEPRINTS FOR OUR, OUR ULTIMATE BUILDOUT IN CHANDLER. OUR GENERAL PLAN IS NOT, UH, A, A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S VERY BROAD. UH, WE DON'T, IT'S NOT PARCEL SPECIFIC. THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU IS OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. UM, WE USE IT WHEN ANY DEVELOPER COMES. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST DOCUMENTS WE LOOK AT. UH, WE HAVE TO, UH, DEEM THAT IT'S, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN. UH, WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT LAND DESIGNATIONS. UH, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, EMPLOYMENT, AND OPEN SPACE. UH, RECREATIONAL. IT'S WITHIN THE, IN THE TEXT OF OUR DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAINS WHERE, UH, INTENSITIES OF USES COULD OCCUR. UM, GENERAL PLANS, UH, OUR COMMUNITY GOALS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR VISION FOR THE CITY IS. UH, THE LAST GENERAL PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2016, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS WITH AN APPROVAL RATING OF 85.8%. SINCE THAT APPROVAL, NO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS HAVE OCCURRED. THE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT CITIES, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, UH, 17 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO BE, UH, EXACT. IT'S NOT JUST A PLANNING DOCUMENT. UH, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, OPEN SPACE, UH, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION. THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF IT. UM, AND SO WE WORKED WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR GOALS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UPDATE OUR GENERAL PLAN BECAUSE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT CITIES DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS. UH, ANY REZONINGS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, TRENDS. UH, SO BY UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN, IT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS NEW DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND FACTORS WITHIN CHANDLER. 10 YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES WITHIN OUR CITY. UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHECK BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY VISION IS STILL THERE AND THAT THE VALUES, UH, ARE STILL RELEVANT. AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE APPROACHING BUILD OUT. IN 2016, WHEN THE GENERAL PLAN WAS APPROVED, THE CITY OF CHANDLER WAS 85% BUILT OUT. WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN JANUARY OF 2004, CHANDLER WAS BUILT OUT AT 94% OF THE 6% THAT'S REMAINING. 70% OF THOSE LAND USES ARE, ARE, UH, VISION ENVISIONED FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. SINCE, UH, THE LAST GENERAL PLAN, UH, UPDATE IN 2016, THE CITY'S SEEN, UH, JUST UNDER 12,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS BUILT. SO WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS GENERAL PLAN PROCESS, WE REALLY HAD TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE FUTURE LAND USES OF THESE PROPERTIES WERE STILL RELEVANT. UH, AND WE HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, THAT THE RESOURCES WATER, MORE SPECIFICALLY, WATER WAS AVAILABLE AND WE MADE, HAD TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE PLANNING ACCORDINGLY. BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY DOCUMENT, WE WERE TASKED WITH TRYING TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO DO PUBLIC OUTREACH. UM, I WAS HERE FOR THE LAST GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IN 2016, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD WHERE IT, IT WOULD BE A POSTER BOARD IN THE LIBRARY, AND WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC AND WE WOULD GET A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. UH, SO WE WERE TASKED TO, TO REALLY REINVENT [00:25:01] WHAT THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH WAS. WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANT, LOGAN SIMPSON, WE HAD A SERIES OF EVENTS. OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WAS A, UH, A SPIN ON A TED TALK, BUT WE CALLED IT CHANDLER TALKS. WE HAD, UH, A PANEL OF EXPERTS FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY COME AND TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND WATER. UM, AND WE HAD A PANEL OF, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX, UH, PROFESSORS AND EXPERTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COME AND COME AND CHAT. UM, IT WAS RECORDED AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. THE FOLLOWING WEEK. WE HELD A CHANDLER LISTENS WHERE WE TALKED FOR THE FIRST WEEK. AND THE NEXT WEEK WE INVITED PEOPLE TO AN, UH, PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY CONSIDERED, UH, WHAT TYPES OF LAND USES THEY WANTED TO SEE WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE HELD A TOTAL OF TWO CHANDLER TALKS. THE SECOND WAS WE INVITED, UM, A A BUILDER WHO SPECIALIZED IN SMALL INFILL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, AND GAVE A BUNCH OF EXAMPLES. UM, AND THEN WE HELD A SERIES OF, UH, CHANDLER LISTENS. FOLLOWING THOSE CHANDLER TALKS, UH, WE WERE INVITED TO COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE HAD TABLES. UH, WE, WE OFFERED, UM, FOUR OR THREE DIFFERENT, UH, ONLINE SURVEYS TO GET, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. OUR CONSULTANT ALSO HAD 54, UH, ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH, UH, STAKE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, ANOTHER SOUNDING BOARD THAT WE HAD WAS, UH, THE MAYOR APPOINTED 21, UH, MEMBERS AS PART OF OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY WERE OUR SOUNDING BOARD. UH, WE WENT WITH THEM. WE WENT TO THEM WITH IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE US FEEDBACK ON THAT. UM, AND THEN OUR LAST SHOWCASE, WE HELD A MOBILE IMMERSION LAB, UH, AT SOHO 63 FOR ONE OF OUR LAST EVENTS. AND WE HAD 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, UH, ALL TOGETHER. WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE HAD A TOUCH POINT WITH NEARLY 4,500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. IT'S BEEN A PROCESS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH, UH, JUST OVER A YEAR. UM, THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU SHOWS THE TIMELINE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARING EVENTS, MEETINGS WITH OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, BUT SOME THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, FOR THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS, UH, ONCE WE, UH, HAVE THAT DRAFT IN PLACE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT OUR PENCIL DOWN AND POST IT ON A WEBSITE FOR 60 DAYS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT WAS DONE ON OCTOBER 1ST, AND WE LEFT THE PORTAL OPEN TILL DECEMBER 1ST. SO WE HAD IT OPEN FOR 61 DAYS. AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. UM, WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT, UH, THE GENERAL PLAN BE HEARD AT TWO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS, AS WELL AS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE DOES GET PUT ON A BALLOT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT, UH, THE MINOR HOUSEKEEPING CHANGES. WE, YOU KNOW, CHANGED THE FORMAT FROM 2016. WE UPDATED PICTURES, POLICIES, UH, HISTORIC TIMELINES, GLOSSARIES, BUT REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH WERE MORE OF OUR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UH, REGARDING OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, OUR GROWTH AREAS, AND, UH, A, A POLICY AS WELL AS OUR IMPLEMENTATION ACTION TABLE. SO BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE OUR 2016 FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AS WELL AS, UH, TO THE RIGHT, OUR 2016, UH, DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE NOT ADDED ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, LAND DESIGNATION. WE STAYED WITH THE FOUR LAND CATEGORIES. UH, WE DID REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AREAS, UH, TAKING OUT OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, REGIONAL AREA PLAN, BECAUSE THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. AREA. PLANS, UH, ARE MORE SPECIFIC AND OFFER MORE GUIDELINES WITH REGARDS TO LAND USE AND DESIGN OF THE AREAS. WE ALSO REMOVED, UH, THE CHANDLER AIR PARK AREA PLAN, BECAUSE THAT TOO HAS A RECENTLY APPROVED, UH, 2021, A REVISED, UH, CHANDLER AIRPARK AREA PLAN, UH, IN PLACE THAT TALKS ABOUT USES THAT COULD OCCUR AS WELL AS DESIGN. IT'S WITHIN THAT TEXT THAT SOME OF OUR, OUR CHANGES OCCURRED. SO THE FIRST, UNDER THE YELLOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY, UH, IN ORDER TO ALIGN WITH THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, UH, [00:30:01] WE'VE JUST, UH, INCREASED DENSITIES. UM, 10 YEARS AGO, UH, A STANDARD APPLICATION WOULD BE, UH, NO MORE THAN, UH, 20, 25 UNITS PER ACRE. UM, SO WE ALIGNED OUR DENSITIES TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT SUBMITTALS THAT WE SEE. SO, HIGH DENSITY IS ANYTHING UNDER 25. AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES IS ANYTHING EXCEEDING 26 UNITS PER ACRE. IT'S WITHIN THE TEXT OF THE GENERAL PLAN THAT STATES WERE URBAN RESIDENTIAL COULD OCCUR, UH, REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTERS ALONG ARTERIALS AND GROWTH AREAS, AS WELL AS IN THE INFILL INCENTIVE AREA TO, UM, INCENTIVIZE UNDERUTILIZED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE NEXT CHANGE WAS WITHIN THE MAGENTA PURPLE, UH, UNDER THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL CATEGORY IN THE 2016, UH, DRAFT OR GENERAL PLAN, IT DID SAY THAT, UH, RESIDENTIAL, A COMPATIBLE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES COULD OCCUR. WE FURTHER DEFINED WHAT THAT MEANS. WE ENCOURAGED THAT ANY, UH, DENSITY WITHIN THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL CATEGORY, B 26 OR HIGHER, UH, COMMERCIAL REGIONAL COMMERCIAL IF ARE AREAS IN AND AROUND THE MALL. THEY'RE LARGE, UH, POWER, POWER CENTERS, LARGE REGIONAL COMMERCIALS. UH, SO WE ADDED ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO HIGHER DENSITY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED IN THOSE AREAS. AS WELL AS WE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAID, UM, AS, AS LONG AS THERE WAS CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXISTING LAND USES THAT SURROUND IT, AS WELL AS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURES WERE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE HIGHER DENSITIES. AND MOVING ON TO THE EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY, THE PURPLE, UH, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS, UH, USED THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, REGARDING TARGETED INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, THE SERIES OF MAPS THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER SHOWED, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE USER COMING IN AND WHAT THAT DID TO A COMMUNITY AND HOW IT, UM, UH, IGNITED GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD LANGUAGE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE GOT THAT NEXT BIG USER, UH, SAYING THAT, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE EMPLOYMENT USES OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING KNOWLEDGE BASE INDUSTRIES, ADVANCED BUSINESS SERVICES, NEXT GENERATION, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LIGHT INDUSTRIALS AL ALSO CONSIDERED, AS WELL AS CORPORATE AND LARGE OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS. UM, AND WE ADDED SOME CONTEXT IN OUR 2016 GENERAL PLAN. IT SAID THAT LAST SENTENCE HERE, A COMPATIBLE MIX OF INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT USES AND RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES MAY BE CONSIDERED. WE EXPANDED ON WHAT THAT MEANT, UM, AND IT, AND IT POINTS TO, UH, THE GROWTH AREAS HAVE, UH, MORE SPECIFIC POLICIES TO HOW RESIDENTIAL COULD OCCUR. AGAIN, HERE'S OUR GROWTH MAP. UH, WE REMOVED TWO, TWO GROWTH AREAS, UH, BUT WE DID ENLARGE THE AREAS TO ENCOMPASS MORE DEVELOPED AREAS IN AND AROUND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF OUR LARGE POLICIES, ONE OF THE LARGE CHANGES WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IS OUR SOUTH PRICE ROAD CORRIDOR GROWTH AREA. HISTORICALLY, THIS CORRIDOR HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR EMPLOYMENT USERS OF LARGE CAMPUSES. PRIOR TO OUR LAST GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURRED ON PRICE CORRIDOR HAD TO BE 15 ACRES OR LARGER. UH, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN RESERVED FOR EMPLOYMENT AND RESIDENTIAL HAS NEVER BEEN CONSIDERED. UM, IN ORDER TO STAY RELEVANT WITH THE TIMES AND THE TRENDS, UH, WE'VE SEEN A CHANGE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, LARGER CORPORATIONS WANTING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. UM, AND SO WE DID ADD A POLICY WITHIN THE SOUTH PRICE ROAD CORRIDOR GROWTH AREA, WHICH COULD CONSIDER RESIDENTIAL. UH, IN SPEAKING, IN WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, THE POLICY READS, UM, ENHANCE CAMPUS LIKE ENVIRONMENT BY SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES TRUE VERTICAL MIXED USES, ALLOWING FOR EMPLOYEE AND ANCILLARY RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH ARE SUBORDINATE TO THE PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT USES, CENTERED ON A COMMON DESIGN THEME. URBAN RESIDENTIAL 26 UNITS OR MORE WITH VERTICAL INTEGRATED USES MAY BE CONSIDERED WHEN [00:35:01] GROUND FLOOR USES INCLUDE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS. AND, AND IT IS ANCILLARY TO AN, A SUBORDINATE PART OF A LARGE EMPLOYMENT CAMPUS THAT OFF OFFERS SHARED AMENITIES AND ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. AND LASTLY, THE LAST MAJOR CHANGE I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH IS, UH, FOR THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, WE DECIDED TO, UH, IMPLEMENT, UH, AN ACTION PLAN, UH, SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO USE OUR GENERAL PLAN AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, MEETING OUR GOALS. WE WORKED WITH THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR GOALS WERE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. UH, AND WE, WE HAVE 73 DIFFERENT ACTIONS BETWEEN ALL THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, WITH TIMELINES RANGING FROM SHORT ONE, ONE TO FIVE YEARS, UH, MID FIVE OR MORE. AND THEN, UH, UPWARDS FOR LONG-TERM GOALS. SO AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO A 60 DAY STATUTORY PUBLIC REVIEW. UH, WE DID POST IT FOR 61 DAYS. FROM THAT, WE RECEIVED 88 COMMENTS FROM THE, THE PUBLIC, UH, FROM 19 DIFFERENT PERSONS. IT WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR, UH, MEMO. UH, OF THAT 50 REVISIONS CAME ABOUT. UM, THERE WERE NO MAJOR EDITS FROM IT, IT WAS JUST TWEAKS WITH POLICIES IN PLACE. UH, ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAD 33 COMMENTS, UH, TO, UH, ENHANCE LANGUAGE WITHIN OUR, OUR GENERAL PLAN DRAFT REGARDING, UH, URBAN FORESTRY, UM, AS WELL. SO IN TOTAL, WE HAD 127 COMMENTS AND 89 REVISIONS. UH, SO AS PART OF THE PROCESS AFTER THAT, WE HAD TO TAKE THE FINAL DRAFT TO OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, THERE WERE 21 MEMBERS AND THEY WERE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, AT THIS POINT, I DO WANNA TAKE A QUICK MINUTE. I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, IF, IF YOU WERE PART OF THE RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU STAND IN TOTAL? WE HAD SEVEN MEETINGS, AND OUR FINAL MEETING OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 9TH OF LAST YEAR. WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ALL OF THE EDITS AND ALL OF THE LARGE EDITS WE TALKED, TALKED TO THROUGH, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS OCCURRED. SO, SO, UH, WHAT CAME OF THAT? UM, THE RAC MEMBERS REQUESTED THAT WE RENAMED, UH, OUR GROWTH AREA. NUMBER ONE, ORIGINALLY, WE RENAMED ALL OF OUR GROWTH AREAS TO ALIGN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND THEIR BRANDING OF, OF THE AREA. UM, AND SO WE CHANGED, UH, GROWTH AREA NUMBER ONE. ORIGINALLY WE HAD IT UPTOWN CHANDLER, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THE BOUNDARY OF UP UPTOWN IS, IT, IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE WAY TO ALMA SCHOOL, UH, INCLUDING THE NXP PROPERTY. UH, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO JUST RENAME IT TO NORTH ARIZONA AVENUE BECAUSE, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT THE GROWTH AREA TO EXPAND ALL THE WAY TO ALMA SCHOOL. AS WELL AS, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE REGARDING FUTURE LIGHT RAIL THAT WAS NEVER PART OF THE DISCUSSION DURING ANY OF THE GENERAL PLAN MEETINGS. SO WE REMOVED ALL LANGUAGE REGARDING GE, UH, LIGHT RAIL. AND AT THAT MEETING, THE RACK, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN TO THE HEARING BOARDS. WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO TO TWO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE FIRST OCCURRED, UH, ON JANUARY 7TH. UH, THE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT IT BE HELD AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE NORMAL LOCATION IN ORDER TO THROW THE NET OUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND GET AS MANY RESIDENTS INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE. WE HAD IT AT THE, THE CHANDLER MUSEUM. UH, IT WAS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND NO, UH, ACTION WAS TAKEN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS. WE DID HAVE TWO RESIDENTS SPEAK AT THAT MEETING, AND THEY WERE VERY POSITIVE OF ALL THE, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THE SECOND MEETING OCCURRED ON JANUARY 21ST, AND OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF APPROVAL, UH, SEVEN [00:40:01] TO ZERO. UH, SO BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UH, ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS, UH, THE ACTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN WITH THE NEW EDIT, UH, TO THE SOUTH PRICE CORRIDOR GROWTH AREA, AND APPROVE THE LANGUAGE FOR THE BALLOT. AND WITH THAT, UH, I OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YEAH, I'LL START WITH A FEW. UM, YOU'D MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE HAD INPUT FROM ABOUT 4,500 PEOPLE INITIALLY, AND, AND I'VE BEEN IN, I WAS THE, THE PREVIOUS TWO, I, I THINK I WAS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN A LIBRARY ROOM. AND, AND, AND, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER, BUT IS THIS A GOOD NUMBER? AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT 1.5%. WHY STATISTICALLY, UH, IT, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPARED TO TWO 90, IT'S 290,000. IT, IT'S NOT HUGE. BUT STATISTICALLY, IS THAT CONSIDERED A GOOD NUMBER OF CITIZEN INPUT? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF THE PREVIOUS ONE OR TWO? GREAT QUESTION, MAYOR. UH, I DID GO AND PULL, UH, THE 2016, THE AMOUNT OF TOUCH POINTS THAT THEY HAD, AND IT WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF, OF WHAT WE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT WE HAD IN THE INNOVATIVE WAYS FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, YOU HAD MENTIONED INCREASED DENSITIES, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS WHAT IS POSSIBLE, NOT MANDATED, RIGHT? SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PUT, UH, UH, A PROJECT SOMEWHERE, PERHAPS OTHER THAN THE, THE MALL WHERE THAT IS CONSIDERED A SPECIFIC, IT ISN'T, IT ISN'T, UH, MANDATING MAXIMUM, IT'S JUST GIVING A, A, A HIGHER DENSITY POSSIBILITIES. CORRECT? UH, GREAT QUESTION, MAYOR. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S ENCOURAGING HIGHER DENSITIES IN AND AROUND THE MALL AREA. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT LAUREN. EVERYTHING I SAY IS A GREAT QUESTION. SO APPARENTLY MY, UH, MY LAST GREAT QUESTION, OR LAST QUESTION ANYWAY, HAS TO DO WITH, NO, I CAN'T READ MY WRITING. YOU'D MENTIONED THE, THE LAST BIT CHANDLER HONORS AND KIND OF A TICK LIST OF POSSIBILITY OR, OR A LIST OF THINGS TO DO. AND ULTIMATELY THESE ARE, THESE WILL APPEAR BEFORE COUNCIL AND PRESENTATIONS AND PERHAPS SOMETIMES APPROVAL, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS LIST OF 70 THINGS THAT'S NOW GOT ITS OWN ENGINE. THERE IS A CHECKS AND BALANCE CONCERNING, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL, CORRECT. UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR OR MAYOR, THAT, THAT'S CORRECT. UH, WE WOULD HOPE TO ACTUALLY USE IT AS LIKE A REPORT CARD TO REPORT BACK YEARLY OF HOW MANY OF THOSE ITEMS WERE COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. GREAT. THANK YOU, LAUREN. UM, LOT OF GOOD WORK FROM YOU, THE, THE RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THE STAFF ALL AROUND. SO COUNCIL, I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS WAVING HIS HAND THERE. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU LAUREN. I HOPE I HAVE A GOOD QUESTION. UM, MAY WE'LL SEE. UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, THE BACKGROUNDS, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE VICE CHAIR, FORMER VICE MAYOR JACK SELLERS MENTIONED THE BACKGROUND OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WAS PARTICIPATING IN THAT. CAN YOU KIND OF TELL US WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND IS OR CAREER BACKGROUNDS ARE THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, HARRIS, GREAT QUESTION. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, NO, IT WAS, UH, OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS A, A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD FORMER MAYORS ON THERE. UH, MY, THE, THE CHAIR WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING, UH, BUT A FORMER MAYOR, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THERE. WE HAD ZONING ATTORNEYS, WE HAD RESIDENTS THAT WERE JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT, IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT VOICES IN THE ROOM. YEAH. AND I DID SEE, UM, ELISA GRAY OUT THERE, WHO'S A REALTOR, LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF THE CITY, CHANDLER. AND THIS AIN'T HER FIRST RODEO, BUT I KNOW SHE WAS A PART OF THAT GROUP. THERE SHE IS. LISA, WAVE YOUR HAND. HAD TO CALL HER. BUT, UM, JUST ONE LAST THING. THE FUTURE THOUGHT OF WHY THIS GROUP OF AMAZING RESIDENTS DECIDE TO SAY, HEY, LET'S EXIT OUT THE, THE LIGHT RAIL CONVERSATION. WAS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON FOR THAT OR CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH, UH, THERE WAS, UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE IN AIR, UH, STAFF DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, UH, THERE WAS, UH, TALK OF FUTURE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH A LIGHT RAIL. AND OUR CONSULTANT WORKS FOR MANY DIFFERENT CITIES. AND I THINK IT WAS JUST A, UH, GUESS THAT AT SOME POINT THE CITY WOULD, UH, CONSIDER LIGHT RAIL, BUT WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE RIDERSHIP OF, OF BUS. UM, AND SO IT, IT'S NOT THE TIME TO, UM, [00:45:01] LIGHT RAIL. IT'S NOT READY NOT FOR THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER AND TALK ABOUT WITHIN OUR GENERAL PLAN. YEAH. BECAUSE LIGHT RAILS MORE, BUT AIC PEOPLE MOVER. CORRECT. AND WE'RE STILL HAVING A SHORTAGE ON PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS TO GET AND THE FOOT TRAFFIC. THE FOOT TRAFFIC. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, I JUST HAVE A MEDIOCRE QUESTION. SO BACK TO THE PRICE CORRIDOR, UM, PAGE THAT YOU SHOWED. THERE WAS A POINT IN THERE WHERE IT MENTIONED THAT THE BOTTOM FLOOR NEEDED TO SERVE EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS. UM, JUST TO CONFIRM, THAT WOULDN'T EXCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WOULD IT, FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE A RESTAURANT THAT SERVED THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL, THAT THROUGH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN POST AND, UH, THAT'S CORRECT. WE WOULD ENVISION THAT THESE BUSINESSES BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR, TO SERVICE, UH, THE EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS AND ANYBODY IN AND AROUND THE AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POST. AND I'M SORRY, THAT WASN'T A GOOD QUESTION OR A GREAT QUESTION. IT WAS OKAY. IT WAS OKAY. OR A GREAT QUESTION HERE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. SO LAUREN, UM, YOU COVERED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. IT'S VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, BALANCED APPROACH. THIS IS MY THIRD ONE. UM, AND I MUST ADMIT, YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, PARTICULARLY THE VISUAL, UH, PRESENTATION YOU HAD. AND I KNOW YOU KIND OF GLOSSED OVER THAT, BUT I THOUGHT YOU MAY WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THIS 3D PARAMETER, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. YES. UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. UH, SO FOR OUR LAST, UH, PUBLIC, UH, PARTICIPATION POINT THAT WE HAD, SO, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES MUNICIPALITIES, WHEN THEY POST THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT, IT, IT GETS COMMENTS THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN IT, IT GETS REALLY SLOW. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT THAT MOMENTUM GOING. SO THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, WE, WE HELD A, A SECOND CHANDLER TALKS, BUT AT THE END OF THAT OF OCTOBER, WE HAD THE IMMERSION EXPERIENCE WHERE LOGAN SIMPSON WAS SO KIND TO PROVIDE US THE TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY TOOK FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND THEY RENDERED IT INTO A 2D 3D TYPE SETTING. AND THERE WAS A 10 FOOT TALL SCREEN, 180 DEGREES, AND YOU STAND IN FRONT OF IT AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AND IT WAS JUST GIVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE THROUGH THE POLICIES IN PLACE, WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN DRAFT. YEAH. AND I PARTICULARLY ENJOYED IT 'CAUSE IT DID VISUALIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT A HIGHER DENSITY LOOKS LIKE, WHAT AN URBAN AREA LOOKS LIKE, WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE MIXED USE. AND I THINK, UH, AS I WAS, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE, MAYOR, IT'S A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE. UM, IT, I GOT SOME GOOD COMMENTS FROM THE RE RESIDENTS AT THAT TIME, ONCE YOU VISUALIZE WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. AND, UH, IT'S ONE THING TO SEE IT ON PAPER, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY VISUALIZE WALKING THROUGH THAT. UH, SO IT WAS, WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. UM, YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UM, 4,600 IS A BIG, IS A BIG NUMBER. UM, I MEAN, IF YOU START TAKING AWAY KIDS AND SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, ENTITIES THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ANTICIPATING, THAT'S, THAT'S EVEN A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION. SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE FOLKS, UH, BOTH A PUSH AND A PULL AND BE ABLE TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THIS. AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GETTING ON THE BALLOT AND, UH, GETTING THAT 87%, 89% APPROVAL RATING. AND THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID. IT WAS GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, GREAT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. THANKS MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, NO QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. I JUST WANNA GIVE SOME COMMENTS. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, FOR HAVING THEIR INPUT AND BEING PART OF THIS, THEIR TIME. THIS IS A BLUEPRINT FOR US FOR THE NEXT DECADE AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I WOULD SAY COUNCIL, THANK YOU. AND THIS PROCESS OF EVEN FORMING A RESIDENT, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH OF YOU HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU, UH, THAT MADE AVAILABLE. THEY WERE WILLING AND IT REALLY HELPED PUT TOGETHER EXTRAORDINARY TEAM. I HEARD THE RELATIONSHIPS THERE WERE GREAT AND, UH, FROM STAFF. THEY WERE JUST REALLY PLEASED OF HAVING AN ENGAGED GROUP. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWED US TO PUT TOGETHER A GREAT TEAM. ALRIGHT, NO ADDITIONAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING. [3. General Plan Update, Chandler 2026 General Plan: Evolving the Chandler Way Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5973, updating the city's general plan to guide future development within the City of Chandler and place the "Chandler 2026 General Plan: evolving the Chandler way" on the primary ballot for voter ratification, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Council Focus Area(s):] NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE THE CHANDLER 2026 [00:50:01] GENERAL PLAN, EVOLVING THE CHANDLER WAY COUNCIL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR, LIKE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT A MOTION. MAKE THAT A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS. 5 9 7 3. UPDATING THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN. UM, I DON'T THINK I NEED THE REST OF THAT, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. BUT AS REGULATED PLANNING AND ZONING AND OF COURSE WITH THE CHANGES THAT WAS ANNOUNCED EARLIER, WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. UH, SO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL. NO REASON TO RECUSE, PLEASE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS DEAL WITH US. SHE SAID SHE, I WONDER SHE DROPPED OFF. WELL, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. [4. Resolution No. 5990, Repealing Resolution No. 5968 and Providing Notice of the Primary and General Elections to be held on July 21, 2026 and November 3, 2026, Respectively Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5990, repealing Resolution No. 5968; designating and providing notice of the 2026 Primary and General Elections to be held on July 21, 2026, and November 3, 2026, respectively; and authorizing the City Clerk to enter into agreements, as required, to provide election services for the 2026 Primary and General Elections. ] NEXT IS, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 59 90, REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 59 68, PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON JULY 21ST, 2026 AND NOVEMBER 3RD. IF YOU RECALL, UH, THE, THE STATE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO CHANGED, MOVED UP THE DATES OF THE PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL OR, OR THE PRIMARY BY TWO WEEKS. AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO REPEAL OUR RESOLUTION THAT WAS MADE JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. COUNSEL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I MOVE, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL TO PASS AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 59 90, REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 59 68, DESIGNATING AND PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE 2026 PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON JULY 21ST, 2026 AND NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, SSEL, IS THERE ANY, WILL YOU DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER OUR, OUR MEETINGS HERE? IS DOES, I DON'T HAVE ANY. DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY FOR TONIGHT? WE WILL AGAIN ON THURSDAY. SEEING NONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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