Jun 11, 2026 City Council Meeting 06/11/2026

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GOOD

[ Call to Order]

TONIGHT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

WE'VE GOT OUR NORMAL CONSENT AGENDA AND MEETINGS RELATED TO THIS.

WE WILL THEN ALSO, UH, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, I'M, UH, RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF OUR BUDGET AS WELL.

SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND WITH THAT, UH, CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL.

MAYOR HARKEY HERE.

VICE MAYOR ENCINAS.

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.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR, UM, HAWKINS, OUR INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY, UH, PASTOR BERNARD WHITE FROM FEED THE CHILDREN AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY VICE MAYOR ENCINAS.

PASTOR, THANK YOU.

SO FATHER TONIGHT, HALL, WE BE THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

SO I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR WILL BEING DONE TONIGHT OVER THIS AGENDA.

I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, THAT IT SAYS THAT WE ARE TO FEED THE HUNGRY, TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE IN TROUBLE, AND THAT YOUR LIGHT WILL SHINE LIKE NOON, DAY IN DARKNESS.

SO I ASK THAT YOUR LIGHT SHINE TODAY OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE SERVANTS ON THIS COUNCIL.

I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT THEY DO.

I THANK YOU FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVE.

YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT ALL THOSE WHO REFRESHES OTHERS SHALL BE REFRESHED.

SO I ASK THAT YOU REFRESH THEM IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD, REFRESH THEIR WIVES, REFRESH THEIR HUSBANDS, LORD, REJUVENATE THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO GOVERNANCE.

I THANK YOU FOR THEIR LOVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE.

I THANK YOU FOR THEIR LOVE FOR THIS CITY.

AND I ASK YOU, LORD GOD, THAT YOUR LIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE OVER THE CITY, OVER EVERY DEPARTMENT, OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OVER ALL OF THE MEDICAL OFFICIALS, OVER ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE TONIGHT IN ALL OF THESE AREAS AND ALL THAT YOU DO, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE OVER THIS AGENDA.

SO I ASK YOU TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE OVER THEIR EARS SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR THEM TO HEAR.

AND LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE OVER THEIR TONGUE SO THAT THEY CAN SAY WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR THEM TO SAY.

SO, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE OVER THEIR FEET, LORD GOD, SO THEY CAN WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT.

SO CONTINUE TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE OVER THIS CITY, FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE, TO THE NORTH SIDE, TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE OVER THIS AGENDA AND LET YOUR WILL BE DONE.

'CAUSE.

'CAUSE YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WE'RE TO FEED THE HUNGRY TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE IN TROUBLE.

AND IF WE DO THAT, THAT YOUR LIGHT WILL SHINE LIKE NOON, DAY IN DARKNESS.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THESE GUESTS THAT HAVE COME FROM A MIGHTY LONG WAY, BLESS THEIR TRAVELS THAT THEY COME IN THEIR GOAL AND EVERYONE THAT WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.

WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY IN JESUS' NAME.

AND TOGETHER WE SAY AMEN.

AWESOME.

I CAN LISTEN TO THAT ALL DAY.

PASTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE WORDS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

[ Consent Agenda Items listed on the Consent Agenda may be enacted by one motion and one vote. If a discussion is required by members of the governing body, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion and determination will be made if the item will be considered separately. Proposed Motion: Move to approve the Consent Agenda of the June 11, 2026, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 38.]

IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE STAND UP.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

I BELIEVE WE'VE ALSO, UH, ON OUR AGENDA IS ALSO YOU, YOU CAN BE SEATED ALSO ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, SOME APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL.

PLEASE STAND.

I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME THERE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

VERY GOOD.

UH, TELL US WHICH COMMISSION YOU'RE WITH AGAIN, HUMAN RELATIONS, HRC, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.

I WAS THE FIRST CHAIR OF THAT BACK IN THE DAY, SO

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SO THANK YOU.

AND COUNSEL, I HAVE A, UH, A FEW SPEAKER CARDS, UH, RELATED TO THIS AND THEN, UH, A COUPLE OTHERS AS WELL.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER CARD IS RELATE, IS IN REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

WE HAVE MR. BEAL, UH, PLEASE COME UP.

STATE YOUR, YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

MY NAME IS BROOKE BEAL FROM CHANDLER.

UH, THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE PRETTY QUICK.

I, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS REALLY APPRECIATE THE RISKS THAT E-BIKES PRESENT AND THE, THE ORDINANCES THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO ADDRESS THESE, THESE CONCERNS OF MINE AND WHAT I THINK WILL TURN OUT TO BE, UH, RISKS THAT, THAT RESULT IN, IN, UH, DEATHS.

AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF ENFORCEMENT, HOW YOU SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCING THIS IS BEYOND ME.

UH, THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR EXPERTISE ON THE CANAL, AND THEY HAVE DONE SO BY DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

UM, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, CLASS THREE BICYCLE, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING 15 MILES AN HOUR OR 20 MILES AN HOUR, OR 28 MILES AN HOUR, WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S RIDING THE BIKE IS 12 YEARS OLD OR 15 YEARS OLD, UM, I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE ANY ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW OR ANY MEANINGFUL ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE ACCIDENTS, UH, INJURIES AND DEATHS AS A RESULT, AS, AS THESE BECOME MORE POPULAR.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS JUST TRYING TO EXPEDITE SO THAT YOU CAN SAY, I, WE'VE PASSED A LAW.

WE, WE'VE DONE SOMETHING, BUT IT'S MEANINGLESS.

SO, UH, I'M, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS IN ITS FORM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. VEAL.

UH, NEXT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, DEREK LOGAN.

HELLO, SIR.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

YOU'RE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

DEREK LOGAN, CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR HARKEY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SORRY, MY VOICE A LITTLE HARD TODAY.

I JUST WANT, UH, REAL QUICK TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE ANNEXATION OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF, UM, THE AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS, I'M IN FAVOR OF, AND I THINK I COULD SPEAK FOR MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ALL THE ISSUES WE'VE GONE THROUGH BEFORE WITH THIS.

AND SO WE'RE IN SUPPORT.

THE ONLY THING WE WANT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO FOLLOW THE CHANDLER GENERAL PLAN AND THE AIRPORT AREA PLAN.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR THIS TO BE A CHANGE FROM THAT, THAT WOULD COME BACK TO CHANDLER.

IT COULD NOT BY RIGHT.

DO ANY MEASURABLE OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO WHAT'S PROMOTED FORWARD.

SO IT'S WHETHER THAT'S USE OR OUR SETBACKS OR ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT WOULD TRIGGER OUR PLANNING AND ZONING TO BRING IT BACK TO US.

SO, ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. LOGAN.

AND, UM, LASTLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. BEAL, ITEM NUMBER 32, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, CITY OF RESIDENCE AGAIN.

UH, BROOK BEAL, CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

UH, I'M NOT, UH, ACTUALLY OPPOSED TO ITEM NUMBER 32, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, COUNCIL DO IS ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF POPULATION CONTROL OF, OF THE PIGEONS.

UH, WHAT THIS MIGHT DO AT BEST IS JUST SIMPLY DISTRIBUTE THE PIGEONS TO A WIDER AREA OR SO THAT THEY'RE NOT QUITE SO CONCENTRATED.

I DON'T THINK IT DOES ANYTHING TO REDUCE THE POPULATION OF PIGEONS.

AND IF THAT IS A CONCERN, THEN CHANDLER SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND ADDRESS THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UH, MEASURES THAT CAN, THAT CAN WORK WITH THIS BASICALLY BIRTH CONTROL FOR, FOR PIGEONS.

AND IT'S, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE.

UH, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER CHANDLER IS INVESTED IN THAT OR IF THEY ARE, HOW MUCH, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, A BENEFIT.

I CLEARLY, WE COULD ALWAYS DO A FEW FEWER PIGEONS.

UM, BUT, UH, I, I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO, TO DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO.

UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, THERE'S JUST NOTHING I CAN DO TO, TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

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THIS IS THE DISSEMINATION IN BIRD FOOD IN PUBLIC PLACES, RIGHT IN FRONT YARDS OR PARKS ARE A REALLY PLACE WHERE, WHERE THERE IS BIRDS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS COVERS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

THAT IS CORRECT.

GREAT.

OKAY, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANNA MOVE ITEM SEVEN TO ACTION.

YOU WANT TO MOVE ITEM SEVEN TWO.

ACTION.

OKAY.

UM, CITY ATTORNEY, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT VOTING ON THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

RIGHT.

MARY, YOU CAN ADD THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.

ALRIGHT, UH, FOR PRACTICE, YES, WE CAN MOVE.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHOEVER MAKES A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL, PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, QUICK QUESTION ITEM.

EXCUSE ME.

QUICK QUESTION.

ITEM SIX, STAFF, CAN YOU GET US THE, UM, THE PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, AS WE'RE TRANSITIONING FROM LESS MAINTENANCE TO, TO NORMAL MAINTENANCE? I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN IS, WHO WE'RE GONNA HIT TALK TO, AND WHAT, WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE THERE.

OKAY.

UM, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, YES.

WE CAN GET YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO NOTIFY THOSE LAND ORDERS AND NOW HAVE TO CARE FOR THEIR OWN PROPERTY.

HOW THE TIMING OF THAT, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW PEOPLE A LITTLE SURPRISED AND WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE ARTICULATED VERY WELL.

WE CAN DO THAT, SIR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

COUNCIL.

UM, AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER, UH, DESIRE TO MOVE THINGS TO ACTION OR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BEING CONFLICTED, UH, A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE.

COUNCILOR MORALES, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE, NOT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE REMOVED, BUT THE REST OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE OF ON THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SAMS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

AGAIN, NO CONFLICTS.

COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

UM, CLERK, I'M GONNA DISSENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS DISSENTING.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, WE,

[7. Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Ordinance No. 5170, Annexation of two parcels totaling approximately 22.19 acres at the Northeast Corner of Ocotillo Road and the Union Pacific Railroad Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5170 approving ANX26-0001 Northeast Corner of Ocotillo Road and the Union Pacific Railroad, as recommended by Planning staff. Council Focus Area(s):]

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WHAT IS YOUR WISH ON THIS? YEAH, MOVING THIS TO ACTION.

YEAH, MAYOR, I GOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, THAT I REMOVE MYSELF FROM THAT VOTE.

SO I'M GONNA STEP OFF THE DIET SO THEY CAN TAKE THE VOTE, BUT I DO GOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

OKAY.

I THINK YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE.

YOU COULD HAVE JUST VOTED NO ON THAT ITEM IN CITED CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON A, ON CONSENT.

WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S NOTED FOR THE RECORD THAT IS SHOWING UP A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR ME.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT'S IT.

SO, UM, FURTHER INSTRUCTION FOR HIM.

HE JUST DOES NOT VOTE OR TELL US.

MAYOR, UM, IF I MAY, UH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, JUST REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

SO THE NEED TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE DIOCESE IS NOT PRESENT TONIGHT.

OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MAYOR.

SO MOVED.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

ALRIGHT, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY VICE MAYOR AND CENA.

AGAIN, NO FURTHER CONVERSATION.

COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

MY TAG IS STILL.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES BY MAJORITY.

VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL, NEXT

[ Public Hearing]

UM, LET'S GET A LITTLE CONFUSED.

DO I NEED TO, UH, THIS IS A SEPARATE MEETING, CORRECT? MAYOR, THIS PORTION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS PART OF THIS MEETING.

OKAY.

AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU CAN CLOSE THIS MEETING AND WE'LL GO TO THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR AN ACTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

ALRIGHT.

AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE MATT DUNBAR TO WALK US THROUGH THIS PROCEED.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING FOR ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS FOR THE ADOPTION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 27, UH, BUDGET.

UH, THIS WILL BE THE LAST ON THE BUDGET AND THERE'S ONE MORE REMAINING STEP FOR OUR TAX LEVY.

BUT, UH, AFTER NINE LONG MONTHS OF WORK ON THIS, WE'RE HAPPY TO DELIVER THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING.

UH, FOR OUR 20, OUR FISCAL YEAR, 2026 TO 27 BUDGET, UH, THE TOTAL BUDGET

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UH, WHICH, UH, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THAT IS $617 MILLION OF THAT.

THAT DOES REPRESENT A 14.8% INCREASE OVER ALL FUNDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THAT THOUGH, COMING FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO, UH, ON THE OPERATING SIDE, ABOUT 1.2% INCREASE TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, ABOUT A 27.3% INCREASE TO CAPITAL AS WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH HAVE BEGUN IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND BE CARRIED FORWARD, AS WELL AS NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE NEW YEAR, UH, IN INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN WATER, WASTEWATER, AND OTHER UTILITIES AND STREETS.

WHEN YOU BREAK OUT JUST THE GENERAL FUND, UH, PORTION OF THAT BUDGET, IT'S A 0.3% INCREASE TO THE GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, COMING PRIMARILY FROM CAPITAL WITH OPERATING ACTUALLY BEING REDUCED BY 2.3% AND CAPITAL INCREASING 8.2%.

AGAIN, THIS BUDGET DOES ADHERE TO ALL OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.

IT PROVIDES COST-EFFECTIVE QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND INCLUDES ANY, UH, INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, INCLUDING OUR RESIDENT BUDGET SURVEY, WHICH HAPPENS IN THE NOVEMBER DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS AGAIN WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM AND WHERE THE MONEY GOES FOR OUR, UH, ANTICIPATED BUDGET.

UH, FUNDING COMES FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING EXISTING FUND BALANCE, LOCAL TAXES AND LICENSES, UTILITY CHARGES, PROPERTY TAX, STATE SHARED REVENUES, AND IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF OPERATING NEEDS.

UH, CAPITAL NEEDS, BOTH CAPITAL EXISTING AND CAPITAL CARRY FORWARD, AS WELL AS CONTINGENCIES AND RESERVES AND VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENTS.

THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING, THE 2027 TO 2036 CAPITAL PLAN IS A $2.9 BILLION CAPITAL PLAN.

UH, THAT HAS INCREASED ABOUT $330 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

BUT IT DOES REFLECT UPDATED UTILITY PROJECTS, UH, UPDATED PROJECT COSTS TO THEIR CURRENT VALUES.

IT INCLUDES INCREASED FOCUS ON OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY ON THE UTILITY SIDE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CHANDLER REPLACING SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS PUT IN MANY YEARS AGO.

UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES PROJECTS UTILIZING OUR BOND AUTHORIZATION, UH, IN YEARS THREE THROUGH 10 THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS FROM A PROPERTY TAX PERSPECTIVE ON OUR LEVY.

JUST A REMINDER FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT WHEN THEY PAY A DOLLAR OF TAXES IN PROPERTY TAX, ONLY ABOUT 11 CENTS OF THAT DOLLAR COMES TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

THE REST IS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS, MARICOPA COUNTY AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

UH, BUT THERE IS A PORTION THAT COMES TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER THAT 11 CENTS, AND THAT IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF, UH, PRO OF ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX.

AND THE SECONDARY IS FOR DEBT SERVICE.

ON OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.

FROM A PROPERTY TAX LEVY PERSPECTIVE, THERE WAS A 3.8% INCREASE, UH, TO TOTAL PROPERTY.

UH, 0.9% OF THAT IS NEW PROPERTY, UH, NET NEW PROPERTY ADDED IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER WITH 2.9% OF APPRECIATION IN TOTAL WITH THE NEW LEVY AMOUNTS.

THE TOTAL LEVY INCREASE ABOUT $1.4 MILLION WITH THAT INFORMATION.

AND AT THE ALL DAY BUDGET BRIEFING WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WERE REQUESTED TO MAKE A REDUCTION TO THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH WE'VE DONE.

SO THE TOTAL TAX RATE OF 1.0818 HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 1.0759, UH, WHICH REDUCES THE PROPERTY TAX FOR THE 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A MEDIAN VALUE VALUE HOMEOWNER IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER? UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART, COMPARING 2026 TO THE NEW YEAR, 2027, THE FULL CASH VALUE HAS INCREASED ABOUT 3%.

WITH THE LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE INCREASING ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT $270,000 IS THE LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OF THAT.

UH, 10% OF THAT IS ASSESSED.

THE, THE PROPERTY TAX.

SO THE NEW TAX RATE, UH, FOR PRIMARY IS ABOUT $55 AND 44 CENTS.

THE SECONDARY TAX RATE WOULD GENERATE $234 AND 24 CENTS FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $290 IN TOTAL.

UH, THAT DOES REPRESENT THOUGH AN INCREASE OF ABOUT A DOLLAR 2 CENTS PER MONTH FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

FROM A KEY BUDGET DATE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE MOST OF THE WAY THERE.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL ADOPTION OF THIS BUDGET, AND THEN THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX LEVIES WILL HAPPEN ON JUNE 22ND AND JUNE 25TH.

SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THIS PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WILL BE RESOLUTION 60 12, WHICH WOULD ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27 ANNUAL BUDGET SET, THE AMOUNT PROPOSED TO BE RAISED BY DIRECT PROPERTY TAXATION AND ADOPT THE 2027 TO 2036 CIP.

UH, AND THEN TENTATIVE AND FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 51 68, WHICH SETS THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX LEVIES WILL BE JUNE 22ND AND 25TH.

UH, THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC AVAILABLE@CHANDLERAZ.GOV SLASH BUDGET.

UH, ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NINE MONTH PROCESS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS

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WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MATTHEW.

UM, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THAT? MAY I HAVE THE NINE MONTHS? YEAH.

YEAH.

I, I WANNA TO THOSE IN OUR AUDIENCE, PARTICULARLY FROM, UH, MIAMI COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO BRINGS UP THE POINT IS WE, WE START OUR BUDGET, UH, REALLY LAST OCTOBER.

AND, UH, WE, WE WORK THROUGH THIS IN VARYING LEVELS, GETTING COUNCIL INPUT ON, ON SOME OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF, OF OUR BUDGET, WHAT DO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE, MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, UH, STREETS AND CONSTRUCTION, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND THEN KIND OF TAILORING THIS TILL WE GET TO THIS DAY.

SO IF THERE IS A SEEMINGLY LACK OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT, IT'S BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR NINE MONTHS AND WE'RE THERE.

SO NO DISCUSSION HERE.

I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 39.

THANK YOU, MATT.

UH, MR. BEAL, PLEASE COME UP.

STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE.

YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

UH, MY NAME IS BROOKE BEAL HERE IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FOR THE FULL NINE MONTHS, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

UM, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I ASKED FOR AT THE FIRST MEETING THAT I ATTEND.

ONE WAS FOR A LINE ITEM TO, UH, INCREASE POLICE PATROLS ON THE CANAL.

UM, AND THE SECOND THING WAS TO HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR, UH, UH, CAMERAS THAT COULD BE PLACED ALONG THE CANALS SO THAT, UH, THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE QUITE THE POLICE PRESENCE THERE.

YOU COULD, YOU COULD USE THE, THE CAMERAS TO MONITOR THE SITUATION.

SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THOSE MADE IT IN THERE, UH, INTO THE BUDGET THIS TIME.

'CAUSE I'VE, UH, I, I KNOW I'VE ASKED FOR IT AND, AND A PUBLIC MEETING.

UM, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO HAVE WITH YOUR BUDGET OF, UH, WHAT, $1.8 BILLION.

UH, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY COST YOU $20,000 TO INCREASE THE, UH, POLICE PATROLS ON THERE ONCE A DAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR AN HOUR.

NOT EVEN.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S MINIMAL MONEY.

AND TO NOT, UH, SPEND THAT I THINK IS, UH, IS RIDICULOUS.

SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IT MADE IT IN THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. BEAL, FOR YOUR OPINION.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CAN DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE IS OVER.

I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, DON'T GO FAR, MR. BEAL.

WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE, AND YOU WERE THE FIRST CARD IN.

SO THIS WILL BE YOUR DAY.

YOU'LL BE FIRST IN, MAYBE FIRST OUT.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU SHOULD SIT OVER HERE.

YOU CAN SAVE SOME STEPS.

NO, I, I NEED AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME.

CITY OF RESIDENCE.

YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES BECAUSE THIS IS UNSCHEDULED.

COUNSEL CANNOT ENGAGE YOU.

YEP.

UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

ALRIGHT, UH, BROOKFIELD CHANDLER.

UH, SO TONIGHT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE NEW SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ALONG THE CANAL.

UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER, I, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ASKING FOR MY INPUT INTO THE NEW SIGNS.

AND I PROVIDED MY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

UH, WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT, UH, NONE OF THEM WERE IMPLEMENTED.

UH, SPECIFICALLY I HAD, I HAD ASKED FOR, UH, SIGNS BE PLACED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANAL.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ONLY ON THE ONE SIDE.

UH, TWO IS THAT THEY ARE PLACED NEAR BRIDGES, UH, SO THAT AS, UH, AS BIKES OR E-BIKES GO ONTO OR CROSS OVER THE CANAL, UH, THEY'RE PLACED THERE AS THEY ENTER INTO THE CANAL SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE SEEN.

UH, THAT WAS NOT DONE.

UM, AND THE ONE THING I I IN PARTICULAR, UM, I, I DID MENTION WAS, UH, THE QR CODES WERE RIDICULOUS.

AND, UH, BUT THEY DID MANAGE TO PUT THE QR CODES ON, ON THESE SIGNS.

UM, AND JUST TO SHOW YOU, UH, WHAT I THINK IS RIDICULOUS ABOUT IT IS I'M SIX FEET TALL.

I'M ACTUALLY IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE OF ADULTS, PROBABLY IN THE HUNDREDTH PERCENTILE OF, OF JUVENILES AND THE QR CODE.

UM, IF I WANT TO SCAN IT, I HAVE TO HOLD IT ABOUT EIGHT INCHES FROM THE SIGN LIKE THIS, WHICH MEANS THAT 90% OF THE POPULATION ISN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT.

IT'S PRETTY STUPID.

SO, UH, ANYWAY, UH, THE, THE LETTERING ON THE SIGNS, UH, SINCE THEY'RE SEVEN AND A HALF FEET UP IN THE SKY THERE, UH, THEY'RE AN INCH AND A HALF HIGH.

AND, UH, FOR TRAFFIC AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR,

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THESE ARE THE, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BREAKING THE LAW, UM, NEED TO BE AT LEAST FOUR AND A HALF TO SIX INCHES FOR 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SO THEY'RE ONE THIRD TO ONE QUARTER THE HEIGHT OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE, QR CODES TAKING UP SPACE THAT REALLY ISN'T NECESSARY, TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE.

THEY'RE NOT PLACED PROPERLY, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH OF THEM AND BASICALLY DONE WRONG.

SO MAYBE YOU COULD PUT THAT IN YOUR AGENDA OR YOUR, UH, YOUR BUDGET ALSO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY MANAGER.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS GONNA BE A SURPRISE.

UM, I THINK MR. BEAL'S COMMENTS, IF, IF THAT INDEED IS A SCENARIO, COULD WE PLEASE LOOK AT THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY'RE BEST USED AND MOST READABLE.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST HAVE, I, I, I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS.

I'VE NOT SEEN THEM.

BUT AGAIN, JUST REVISIT THESE AND, AND, UH, GET BACK TO US, UH, CONCERNING THE, THE USABILITY ON THIS.

IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR ME, PLEASE, MAYOR, COUNCIL, WE CAN DO THAT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA ADD TO THAT SIGN LOCATION, BEGINNING EXIT IN BETWEEN, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SIGN LOCATIONS THERE.

IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THESE, IF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS, JUST LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU ENTER INTO THE SPACE, THERE'S A SIGN THERE.

AS YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH THE SPACE, IF THERE'S OTHER EXITS, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER SIGN AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE ONE AT THE END.

THAT WAY IT CAN JUST, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

OKAY? YEAH, PLEASE GET BACK TO US AND, AND LOOK AND SEE DO THEY BEST SERVE OUR PURPOSE FOR DOING THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE THREE OTHER UNSCHEDULED, UH, PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

WE'LL DO THOSE WE'LL THEN BREAK AND THEN VOTE ON OR NOT, OR GAVEL OUT, GAVEL IN AND VOTE ON THE BUDGET.

AND THEN OUR COMMENTS AFTER THAT.

I THINK OUR NEXT THREE ARE FROM OUR GUESTS FROM MIAMI.

SO, UM, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I BUTCHER YOUR NAME.

UM, UH, AND WHEN YOU COME UP, AGAIN, THIS IS UNSCHEDULED.

WE CANNOT ENGAGE YOU, BUT YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

UH, FIRST UP IS MARY ES ESME.

IRVIN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN, WELCOME.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, UM, HAKE, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN ELLIS AND ESTEEM MEMBERS OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL.

I AM COUNCILWOMAN MARY ESME IRVIN, REPRESENTING THE VIBRANT AND WONDERFUL CITY OF NORTH MIAMI.

AND I BRING WARM WELCOME FROM OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR 60,000 PLUS RESIDENTS, UM, FROM THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI.

WE ARE ESPECIALLY, UM, GRATEFUL FOR THE HOSPITALITY THAT YOU'VE EXTENDED TO OUR NORTH MIAMI YOUTH COUNCIL WHO HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATES HERE IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

YOUR SUPPORT IS INVALUABLE TO SHAPING OUR, OUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW.

I'D LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE CITY MANAGERS AND ALL OF THOSE, UM, WHO PARTICIPATED IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE WELCOME.

I'D LIKE TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, MY, MY COLLEAGUE AS IN THE NATIONAL HAITIAN AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS NETWORK, WHICH, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY OUR VICE CHAIR, UM, COUNCILWOMAN ELLIS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UM, MY PLACE OF RESIDENCE OBVIOUSLY IS THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI.

AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU.

'CAUSE OUR YOUTH, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR YOUTH MAYOR AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR YOUTH LIAISON.

UM, AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT OUR YOUTH UNDERSTAND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THAT THERE ARE INVOLVED.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TO SEE THEM LEARN HERE IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

AND, UM, JUST TO OUR TEAM, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET A PHOTO WITH ALL OF YOU AND COUNCIL UP IN FRONT AFTER A MEETING IF YOU GUYS, UH, WOULD SO, UH, ALLOW US THE HONOR OF BEING IN A PHOTO WITH YOU.

NEXT UP IS, UH, PAUL B BAZI, UH, LIBRARY DIRECTOR AGAIN, CORRECT MY MISPRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME.

AND STATE YOUR STATE OF RESIDENCE.

UH, PAUL BAZI, UH, NORTH MIAMI.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN ESTIMATE URBAN SAID, UH, WE JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY ON MONDAY WE GOT THE CHANCE TO VISIT, UM, YOUR CITY HALL.

WE GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT YOUR CITY, AND WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED.

UM, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, THE WHOLE GOAL IS FOR OUR YOUTH COUNCIL TO SEE, UH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE MIAMI AREA.

AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT I CAN SPEAK ON THE BEHALF THAT THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSED.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S,

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UM, I ALSO WAS, UH, IMPRESSED BY THE WAY YOU VOTE.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET BACK IN THE VAN.

UM, SO JUST COMING HERE AND SEEING HOW YOU GUYS OPERATE IS A VERY, VERY FIRST WORLD, REAL, REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.

UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION WHAT THEY SEE DIFFERENTLY BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES.

AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SETTING THIS UP.

UM, FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE, I REACHED OUT BACK IN MARCH, UM, TO FINALLY BEING HERE IN JUNE.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR HOSTING US AND THANK YOU GUYS WHILE YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND COUNCIL COUNCILMAN RES THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP A TIME THAT WE CAN BREAK BREAD OR BREAK TACOS WITH OUR WITH OUR NEW FRIENDS FROM MIAMI.

AND LAST SPEAKER IS THE YOUTH MAYOR OF NORTH MIAMI.

ES SAY COURTIER AGAIN, PLEASE CORRECT ME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

ES STACEY CORTIER, NORTH MIAMI.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ES STACEY CORTIER AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE YOUTH MAYOR OF THE NORTH MIAMI CITY YOUTH COUNCIL.

ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR REALLY BEING OUR HOST.

DURING OUR WHOLE STAY HERE, COUNCILMAN GAVE US A TOUR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER ON MONDAY, AND SHE'S REALLY, SHE REALLY HAS ACCOMPANIED US TO ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE HAVE VISITED THROUGHOUT, UM, THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SACRIFICING YOUR TIME FOR THE SAKE OF US.

IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CITY, UH, IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA ADJOURN OUR MEETING AND THEN OPEN UP AGAIN FOR OUR SPECIAL MEETING.

WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL, UH, UH, CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE.

MAYOR HARKEY HERE.

VICE MAYOR ENCINA.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

STILL HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS NEVER LEFT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS.

I'M HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND TO OUR GUESTS, WE BREAK OUT AND, AND GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE PACKAGED SEPARATELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO IT'S NOT A CONTINUOUS MEETING.

SO IT, UH, WE, WE HAVE BREAKS.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL DO IT.

PROBABLY THE SAME.

BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE, UH, ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, TO VOTE ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 60 12, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UH, AFTER NINE MONTHS, BEST PART OF THE, THE BUDGET, RIGHT? I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 6 0 1 2, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET SETTING FORTH THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, AND THE AMOUNTS PROPOSED TO BE RAISED BY DIRECT PROPERTY TAXATION FOR THE VARIOUS PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2027 AND ADOPTING THE 20 27 20 20 20 36 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

ANY COMMENTS? BETTER NOT BE ANY RECUSALS GIVING YOU ALL THE STINK EYE.

SO, MAYOR, I'LL HAVE COMMENTS AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I'LL HAVE COMMENTS AFTER WE VOTE ON IT.

YOU'LL HAVE WHAT? I'LL HAVE COMMENTS AFTER WE VOTE ON IT.

SO DURING OUR NORMAL, UM, AFTERWARDS WE'LL GO STRAIGHT INTO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA HAVE MY COMMENTS ON THIS ACTION ITEM.

SO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO NOW? YEAH.

'CAUSE I'M JUST GETTING READY TO TAKE A MOTION, SO, OH, OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

DO YOU, YOU WANNA TAKE THE MOTION? NO, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

OKAY.

WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO VOTE ON IT.

OKAY.

THEN LEMME JUST DO DISCUSSION RIGHT QUICK, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE BUDGET HAS BEEN A NINE MONTH, UH, GRUELING PROCESS.

UM, CITY MANAGER, THIS IS YOUR FULL BUDGET.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW I APPRECIATE, UM, THE, THE CARE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.

UH, ALTHOUGH WE'RE PASSING THIS BUDGET, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT OUR BUDGETS, IT'S THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET.

AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID, TAD DAWN, LEAH, RYAN, UH, AND ALL THOSE MISSION DUNBAR OVER THERE, AND ALL THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE, AND ALL OUR DIRECTORS, 'CAUSE THEY'RE A BIG PART OF THIS PROCESS TOO, IS THEY COME AND THEY SIT DOWN WITH YOU.

YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTERS AND WHERE WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM.

WE GET THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO THAT THROUGH SURVEYS.

WE DO THAT THROUGH, UM, COUNCILS, INDIVIDUAL

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AND YOU, AND YOU HEAR THE TESTIMONIES HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE RUN A VERY FISCALLY SOUND BUDGET HERE.

UM, WE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS NOT A COUNCIL SAVING BUDGET.

THIS IS NOT HOW WE PUT AWAY MONEY TO SAVE IT FOR THE, THE RAINY DAY, BUT WE BULLETPROOF OURSELVES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A CONTINUOUS QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO WHEN WE PUT THESE NUMBERS TO PAPER, WE PUT IT TO ACTION.

UH, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING REPRESENTED.

AND AS EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

'CAUSE IN FOUR MORE MONTHS, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK IN THE SAME PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS TO DO THAT.

SO I'M SUPER PROUD OF THE WORK YOU DID.

AND JOHN, I THINK YOU PUT THE BEST.

UM, THE, THE THEME WHICH I WENT THROUGH EVERY NUMBER WAS BULLETPROOFING FOR TOMORROW.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT DOES ADDRESS, I THINK WE, IT WAS A SCARY POINT 'CAUSE WE WASN'T FOR SURE WHERE WE WERE GONNA GO WITH THIS BUDGET, BUT I THINK YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THE THINGS THAT'S NEEDED FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY, WHICH I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T CUT PROGRAMS, WE DIDN'T LAY OFF STAFF, WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME CRAZY THING HAPPEN.

YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO MEET THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH OUR TEAM.

AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR FIRST BUDGET FROM A TO ZI JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT.

AND TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.

UH, AND, UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD PASSING OF A GOOD BUDGET.

THANKS, COUNCIL.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ANYBODY VOTE? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, LET'S VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA

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

SO I'LL START.

I WAS REALLY THRILLED THIS WEEK, UH, AS WE CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF VILLAS ON MCQUEEN, OUR NEWEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, AND THE FIRST ONE BUILT THROUGH HUD RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION, OUR RAD PROGRAM.

THIS 157 UNIT DEVELOPMENT REPLACES TWO PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES BUILT IN THE EARLY 1970S.

IT CREATES ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS FOR CHANDLER.

AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I WANNA CONGRATULATE LEAH POWELL, AMY JACOBSON, MEMBERS OF TEAM CHANDLER, OUR DEVELOPER, GORMAN AND COMPANY, AND THEIR WORK ON THE PROJECT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MANY FUNDING PARTNERS, INCLUDING ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, MARICOPA COUNTY, RBC COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL ONE AND STONE HEDGE CAPITAL AND CEDAR RAPIDS BANK AND TRUST FOR MAKING THIS PRO PROJECT POSSIBLE.

SO WELL DONE, LEAH.

WELL DONE AMY.

UH, WELL DONE.

CITY OF CHANDLER, I THINK WE STARTED THIS CLOSE TO SIX YEARS AGO.

AND IT'S GOOD TO, UH, SEE THIS INCREDIBLE NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, TO PROSPER, TO FIND NEW OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND CARRY ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO I, I, WE'RE COUNCIL WE'RE QUITE HONORED TO, I'VE HAD A ROLE WITH THIS.

SECONDLY, UM, I RETURNED SUNDAY, DID A ROAD TRIP TO LONG BEACH FOR A, UH, US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.

THEIR ANNUAL MEETING WERE MAYORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOCUS ON PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FACING LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

TOPICS RANGED FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, ALPS, DATA CENTERS, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE IN AI AND MANY OTHERS.

AND THEY WERE REALLY RELEVANT, ESPECIALLY TO US IN CHANDLER WITH OUR NATIONAL ROLE IN SEMICONDUCTORS AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

AND CERTAINLY MY WORK, UH, ON THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMITTEE AND THE CHIPS IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE.

I I FIND THAT ALTHOUGH I, I CONSIDER CHANDLER TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARY EXCEPTIONAL CITY, REALLY THE ISSUES FACING CITIES IN NORTH MIAMI ARE CHANDLER.

THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES.

WE, WE, WE MIGHT ADDRESS CRIME DIFFERENTLY.

WE MIGHT, UH, HAVE CHALLENGES WITH HOUSING OR, OR DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT AS COUNCILS AND MAYORS, WE'RE REALLY ALL TRYING TO SERVE OUR CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS, UH, UH, HAVE THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE.

THAT THEY'RE SAFE, THAT THE CITIES ARE CLEAN, THAT, THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY.

AND, UH, THAT WAS MY DISCOVERY HERE.

AGAIN, I EVEN WAS ABLE TO, ONE OF THE LAST SPONSORED EVENTS WAS A SNOOP DOGG CONCERT.

AND, UH, I WAS REMINDED OF WHY I DIDN'T ALLOW MY TEENAGE SONS TO LISTEN TO SNOOP DOGG , UH, LITTLE BIT OF PROFANITY

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UH, NOT JUST LACED, IT JUST, UM, I WAS THERE.

MY, MY NOW ADULT SON WAS GIVING ME GRIEF 'CAUSE I WOULDN'T LET HIM GO TO SNOOP DOGG CONCERTS.

AND I WENT AND, UH, SO I TOOK THAT.

BUT, UH, AND LAST, UH, COUPLE MORE FOR ME.

UH, I DO WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL AND MANY OTHERS FOR THE, WHAT WE PUT INTO THE BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TONIGHT.

UH, THIS, UH, ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR SALES TAX AS THE LOWEST IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

UH, LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES FOR 11 YEARS IN A ROW, MAINTAINING OUR TOP TIER AAA BOND RATING WHILE ADJUSTING FOR INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND ADDRESSING RESIDENTS PRIORITIES FOR SERVICE.

IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL CITY THAT IS ABLE TO JUGGLE SO MANY THINGS AND IT REFLECTS IN A BUDGET.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES, KEEP COST MAINTAINED, AND CONTINUE TO ASK HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS, UH, HOW CAN WE HELP THE COMMON TAXPAYER? SO TO COUNCIL TO STAFF, I, I FEEL YOU HEARD US AND YOU IMPLEMENTED, UH, WHAT WE ASKED.

UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT REALLY HAS PUT US IN A POSITION THAT ONCE AGAIN, THAT WE CAN DO THIS.

THIS BUDGET, UH, INCLUDES TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN THE POLICE FORENSIC FACILITY, AMBULANCE OPERATIONS, CITY PARKS, WATER TREATMENT AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE INTENDED TO FUTURE PROOF OUR CITY, WHILE CONTROLLING LONG-TERM COST OF TAXPAYERS.

OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, UH, LATER THIS MONTH WILL INCLUDE A VOTE ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE LOWERED, AS I MENTIONED, FOR THE 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA MENTION WE HAVE A PRIMARY ELECTION COMING UP ON JULY 21ST.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE.

VOTERS IN THE CITY HERE WILL ELECT A NEW MAYOR, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CONSIDER PROPOSITION FOUR 15 THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN.

UH, THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW, NO, I'M SORRY, THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE OF WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CITIZEN COMMITTEE.

I I SEE TERRY KIMBALL OUT THERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT AND OTHERS THAT REALLY, UH, HELPED US GET HERE AGAIN WITH A PLAN THAT WILL REFLECT OUR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER THE VOTE IS MONDAY, JUNE 22ND.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME.

RESIDENTS CAN REGISTER ONLINE THROUGH MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS AT REGISTER DOT MARICOPA DO VOTE.

AND, UM, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT SOUNDS WEIRD, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S BE BALLOT READY VOTE.

THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN GET REGISTERED AND CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION.

ALRIGHT, I'M GLAD I ASKED.

THANK YOU.

WHOEVER PUT MY NOTES TOGETHER.

TISK , UH, FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTER, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION, PLEASE CONTACT MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS AT 6 0 2 5 0 6 15 11.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, STILL TRYING TO GET OVER TISK TISK OVER HERE.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR .

UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO A LOCAL BUSINESS TODAY.

THE MAYOR AND SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT TO WELCOME A NEW BUSINESS, THE ANGRY CRAB SHACK INTO TOWN.

I'VE BEEN DRIVING BY IT A LOT AND WAITING ANXIOUSLY FOR IT TO OPEN, WHICH THEY DID TODAY.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE SORT OF CREATING A MILESTONE FOR CHANDLER AS THEY'RE THE FIRST, UH, ANGRY CRAB SHACK THAT WAS BUILT ENTIRELY FROM THE GROUND UP BY THE UPAYA FAMILY.

UM, AND WHAT IS REALLY EXCITING TO ME, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT LOCAL BUSINESSES DO, IS THAT THEY ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATING IN CHARITABLE INITIATIVES.

AND THEY TYPICALLY SUPPORT VETERANS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND LOCAL FOOD BANKS, WHICH I ALWAYS THINK IS WONDERFUL.

AND THEN NEXT, WANTED TO WISH A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

FATHER'S DAY IS COMING UP ON JUNE 21ST, SO I WILL TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY HUSBAND JASON, AS WELL AS HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IN CHANDLER, ALL THOSE FATHERS WHO DO SO MUCH FOR THEIR KIDS AND MAKE CHANDLER GREAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SOMEBODY.

NO, I JUST SAID IT IS THE FIRST TIME YOU SAID SOMETHING NICE ABOUT ME.

THAT'S IT.

OH.

OH, WHAT A PRIVILEGE HERE.

.

HE'S ONLY KIDDING.

NOR JONES.

THOSE HUSHPUPPIES WERE AMAZING, WEREN'T THEY? YEAH.

YEAH.

LET'S CITY MANAGER.

UM, THERE ALSO, THERE IS A SPACE THAT ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY THERE THAT, UH, THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE.