Jun 25, 2026 City Council Meeting 06/25/2026

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[ Call to Order]

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT.

CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? MAYOR HARKEY HERE, VICE MAYOR ENCINAS.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HERE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH BY PASTOR CORBIN HALBER FROM DESERT SPRINGS CHURCH, AND FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PASTOR LAURA, WE THANK YOU, UH, FOR TODAY, LAURA.

UH, I JUST THANK YOU FOR MAYOR HARKEY AND THIS TEAM.

AND LAURA, I JUST THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE POSITIONING, UM, THAT THEY ALL HAVE TO LEAD.

AND LORD, I JUST, I JUST THANK YOU, UH, FOR THEIR SACRIFICE OF THEIR TIME, THEIR ENERGY, UH, LORD, THEIR EFFORTS AND, AND I THINK EVEN JUST FOR THE SELFLESSNESS OF, OF THIS TEAM TOO, UM, AND THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE LORD, UH, FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT, LORD AS WELL.

AND I JUST PRAY FOR, UM, FAVOR IN THE DECISION MAKING TONIGHT AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS.

AND, AND, UH, LORD, EVEN IN YOUR WORD, IT, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT IN, IN PROVERBS, FOR LACK OF GUIDANCE, THE NATION FALLS, BUT VICTORY IS ONE THROUGH MANY ADVISORS.

SO I, I, GOD, I JUST REALLY DO THANK YOU FOR THIS TEAM AND, UH, FOR THIS, THIS MANY ADVISORS THAT REPRESENT AND, AND FOR THE UNITY OF THIS TEAM.

SO, UM, GOD, I PRAY, UH, AGAIN FOR, UM, EVERY DECISION THAT THAT IS MADE, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAD, UM, MAY, UH, EVERYONE BE JUST IN UNISON LORD, UH, JUST EVEN AS YOUR WORD TALKS ABOUT AS WELL.

SO, LORD, WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU AND BLESS THIS TIME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

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

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ORLANDO.

NEXT, UM,

[1. Recognition: CEASE Designation by Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network]

IF WE COULD CALL UP STACY SUTHERLAND FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS STACY.

I'M AT STACY .

YEAH, THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

EVENING.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S ACCOMPLISHMENT AND COMBATING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

MY NAME IS FIDENCIO RIVERA AND I AM PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF, OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK, A A TN, OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION, APPRECIATION TO MAYOR HARKEY, CITY MANAGER, PALM BI, AND THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR, OF THE AT N TEAM AND ATTENDANCE TODAY.

OUR CO-FOUNDER IS NANCY BALDWIN, WHO'S UP THERE, NANCY.

WE HAVE OUR CEASE PROGRAM DIRECTOR HERE, UH, RACHEL DE LA TORE, AS WELL AS, UH, TRUST PROGRAM DIRECTOR STACY SUTHERLAND, WHO YOU KNOW AND MENTION.

UH, THEY ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF A TN.

TODAY WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO EARN CEASE DEC DESIGNATION FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

CEASE STANDS FOR CITIES EMPOWERED AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

IT'S A PROGRAM OF THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS OR KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE RESOURCES TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING.

THOSE TRAINED CAN IDENTIFY, REPORT AND ULTIMATELY PREVENT THESE CRIMES THROUGH A SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING APPROACH.

OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS ARIZONA WHERE NO ONE IS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR EXPLOITED.

TRAGIC TRAGICALLY, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OCCURS IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

TO INCLUDE CHANDLER, THE CITY OF CHANDLER'S COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING SEXUAL EXPECTATION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS I CALL CHANDLER HOME, AS MOST OF YOU HERE DO TODAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS PASSED YEAR TO MONITOR MULTI LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OPERATION TARGETING SUBJECTS SEEKING UNDERAGE CHILDREN.

CHANDLER.

UNFORTUNATELY, DURING THIS OPERATION, I WITNESSED NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ARRESTS OF INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT MINORS.

I GUESS FORTUNATELY, THEY WERE ARRESTED, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DOES HAPPEN.

UH, I WAS FOR INFORMED TODAY THAT THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE 60 FELONY ARRESTS FOR EXPECTATION AND OR TRAFFICKING, WHICH ARE RESULTED TWO IN OVER 200 FELONY CHARGES.

THESE CRIMES ARE OCCURRING AND THEIR IMPACT ON VICTIMS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

FORTUNATELY, THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS WELL SERVED.

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COMMIT TO ANNUAL RETRAINING AND INCORPORATE THIS TRAINING INTO NEW EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING.

CHANDLER HAS REMAINED STEADFAST.

THANK YOU TO CITY LEADERSHIP FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.

MAYOR HARKEY, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, PALM BI, AND POLICE CHIEF CHAPMAN.

IT'S TRULY MY PRIVILEGE ON BEHALF OF THE ARIZONA ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK NETWORK TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR CEASE DESIGNATION, WE APPLY YOUR COMMITMENT TO A FUTURE FOR ARIZONA WHERE NO ONE HAS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR EXPLOITED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A, A PLAQUE HERE, UH, COUNCIL, DO WE ALL GO RUN DOWN BELOW? WE'LL COME AND DO THAT.

THANK YOU.

UM, OUR STAFF.

SO YOU WANT THEM? DO YOU WANT, ARE WE READY? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS YOUR TIME.

SO BEFORE YOU GUYS GO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT RELATED.

I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM I THINK FOUR YEARS AGO.

WE WERE AT A, A NIGHT TO END SEX TRAFFICKING THAT WAS SPONSORED BY FAITH COMMUNITIES.

AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS IN TEMPE AT THE, UH, AT THE, WHATEVER, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AND I'D HEARD THAT TEMPE HAD JUST RECEIVED THIS.

UH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS DESIGNATION AND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

SO WE LOOKED INTO IT AND, UH, CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME, UH, BROUGHT US TO THIS.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND, UH, I HOPE THAT EVERY CITY, UH, ALSO PURSUES THIS.

THIS IS A STAIN AND APPLIED ACROSS, NOT JUST ARIZONA, AND NOT JUST CHANDLER, BUT EVERYWHERE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR, UH, HAVING THE GUMPTION, UH, TO HELP TRAIN US, HELP PREPARE US, AND, UH, AND CITIES ACROSS THIS NATION.

THIS IS TRULY NOBLE AND WORTHWHILE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR

[ 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 25, 2026, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 33.]

MOST OF THE, EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE A SINGLE MOTION.

SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME, ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS EACH AND EVERY ONE? AND MY ANSWER IS NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.

WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TALK OVER THESE A WEEK PLUS AGO ON MONDAY, WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE UP AT OUR COUNCIL TO HAVE SPECIFIC CONVERSATION, TO HAVE OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

JUNE 25TH, 2026.

REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE THROUGH 33.

THERE'S A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WHERE DID I HEAR THAT? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER POST IN SECOND THERE.

UM, I'M GONNA BE, UM, DOING A, I GOTTA GET THE, THE RIGHT NUMBER, BUT I AM GOING TO BE CONFLICTING OUT.

I'M TRYING TO FIND THE NUMBER, THE NUMBER THAT IS ON HERE.

I RECRUITS MYSELF.

SO, UH, IT IS, IT'S THE NUMBER SEVEN.

I'M GONNA BE RECUSING MYSELF IN THAT VOTE FOR NUMBER SEVEN, BUT I WILL BE VOTING

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WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, SEEING NO FURTHER CONVERSATION, RECUSAL COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE POINT WITH NUMBER SEVEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS RECUSED.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

WE DO HAVE

[11. Unscheduled Public Appearances]

AND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, UH, RELATED TO DENTIST CENTERS.

AND THIS IS, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, IS THAT YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE, PLEASE COME UP AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY THAT YOU ARE FROM.

AS THIS IS UNSCHEDULED, UH, WE CANNOT, UH, ENGAGE YOU, BUT YOU DO HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

UH, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, PLEASE WRAP UP WHEN IT'S RED, YOUR TIME IS OVER.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M NIGO ZOFF.

I'M A CHANDLER RESIDENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE, UH, SPEAKER CARD.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT DATA CENTERS.

UM, I WAS HOPING TO ACTUALLY COME TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING FUN LIKE THE E-BIKE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED.

UH, BUT INSTEAD THE SPEECH IS ABOUT, UM, FLOCKS, SURVEILLANCE, ALPS, AND THAT KIND OF MASS SURVEILLANCE IN A NATIONAL CONTEXT.

AT SOME POINT IN THE BACK AND FORTH WITH COUNCIL, I WAS ASKED TO REVIEW NOT JUST FLOCK, BUT ALSO THEIR COMPETITORS.

I LOOKED THROUGH THE MARKETING MATERIALS OF ALSO MOTOROLA, GENETECH, AXON, AND LEONARDO, AND I FOUND A SHARED VISION WHERE EVERY PRIVACY VIOLATION IS FOR SALE.

JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN GET MOTOROLA, A LPR DATA, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEIR CAMERAS, YOURSELF OR GENETECH.

THEY SELL PATTERN OF LIFE DATA AS A PREMIUM TIER.

LIKE ESSENTIALLY THEIR BOTTOM LINE IS PREDICATED ON YOU GETTING, UH, ALLOWING YOUR PRIVACY STANDARD TO SLIDE.

NOW THE REASON I MENTIONED THIS IS THERE WERE SOME VERY MOVING ANECDOTES GIVEN UP BY POLICE IN TALKING ABOUT HOW ALPS ARE HELPFUL IN PREVENTING CRIME.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER, BUT THE POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT POLICE WORK SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE EASY.

AND I'LL GIVE TWO EXAMPLES TO PROVE THIS.

FIRST, LET'S LOOK TO REALPAGE.COM AND ALSO AN AI TOOL, WHICH IS USED TO PRICE FIX ACROSS THE NATION.

SO IF YOU ARE A RENTER, YOUR RENT IS GOING UP BECAUSE A BUNCH OF DATA IS BEING POOLED TOGETHER.

AND PERFECT PRICE INFORMATION IS BEING USED FOR PRICE GOUGING PURPOSES.

ALSO LOOK TO THE REALLY, REALLY HORRIBLE MORALE AMONG TECH WORKERS RIGHT NOW AS THEY FIND THEMSELVES GOING UP FROM A POSITION OF WORKER POWER AND INCREASED QUALITY TO AI TOOLS BEING USED TO INCREASE THROUGHPUT.

IMAGINE IF GENETECH OR FLOCKS, UM, CLICK, CLICK CASE CLOSED MANTRA ACTUALLY GETS IMPLEMENTED IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHERE AI TOOLS USE ALL OF OUR DATA TO SCRUB THROUGH CRIMES AND TRY TO SOLVE THEM FOR THE COPS.

I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE HUMANS IN THE LOOP FOR A TIME, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE, THE DYSTOPIAN FUTURE THAT LITERALLY COMES FROM THE MARKETING MATERIAL.

I WANT TO ALSO SAY MORE BROADLY, I BELIEVE IT IS A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION TO SAY THAT THE ONLY WAY TO BRING POLICING INTO THE FUTURE IS TO HAVE FLOCK MICROPHONES, LISTEN TO FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS, AND THEN ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.

I BELIEVE IT IS A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION TO SAY THAT WE CAN ONLY BE SAFE WITH AGE VERIFICATION ONLINE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THIS CONS COUNCIL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR.

UM, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING CONSTRUCTIVE, I'M JUST GONNA THROW OUT A FREE IDEA.

Y'ALL CAN USE IT HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.

IMAGINE IF INSTEAD OF OUR A LPR DATA BEING FUNNELED INTO A CENTRAL SERVER AND THEN BEING SHARED WITH ALL MANNER OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ACTORS, IMAGINE IF THE A LPR, UM, IMAGE RECOGNITION WAS DONE ON DEVICE, ALL OF THE LICENSE PLATES WOULD BE STORED AS A HASH, ALMOST LIKE YOUR COMPUTER PASSWORD.

THEN WHEN A WARRANT COMES IN FROM A JUDGE FOR A CERTAIN LICENSE PLATE, ALL OF THE UM, CAMERAS COULD BE QUERIED AGAINST THE HASH.

THAT WAY THE VIDEO ACTUALLY STAYS ON THE CAMERAS AND WE CAN HAVE A PRIVACY PRESERVING NATURE OF A LPR, THE FACT THAT NONE OF THE VENDORS OFFER THIS TELLS YOU WHERE THE MONEY REALLY COMES FROM AND IT'S NOT PRIVACY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISREPRESENTING WHAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ON.

THAT WAS MY FAULT.

SEL, THAT'S THE ONLY, UM, PARTICULAR, UH, CARD AND, AND TO OUR PUBLIC.

ALSO, UH, WE WILL BE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A CONVERSATION RELATED TO APRS COMING UP IN, UM, AUGUST.

SO WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT.

I, OKAY.

OKAY, MR. STEERS? YES, YOU ARE WELCOME.

DO YOU HAVE,

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THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO THREE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

OKAY, SO MY NAME IS PAUL STEERS.

I LIVE AT 3 7 1 5 NORTH NEVADA STREET IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

AND, UH, I WAS, I CAME TO COMMENT ON THE HEARING ABOUT THE REZONING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WOULD GO SO QUICKLY, SO I ASSUME IT WENT ON CONSENT FOR THE APPROVAL.

UH, I DO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

I THINK IT GIVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOME CLOSURE.

I THINK IT ENDS SOME OF THE DISCUSSION OF COMMERCIAL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD KEEPS PEOPLE FROM THINKING THAT WE COULD BE 400 APARTMENT UNITS OR 142 TOWN HOMES.

IT ENDS UP BEING THE SIX RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACK IN THE 1960S.

SO I SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT, UH, COUNCIL DIRECT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO MAYBE WORK WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD WORK ON EXTENDING THIS PAD DEVELOPMENT TO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE ALL, UH, LEGAL NON-CONFORMING.

AND WHEN WE DO A LOT OF ANY KIND OF REDEVELOPMENT, WE SEEM TO BUMP INTO A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS.

AND I THINK IF WE DID A REZONE THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT PAD, A LOT OF THAT WOULD GO AWAY AND A LOT OF US COULD BE DOING, UH, WHAT WE FORESEE WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH OUR PROPERTIES.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER NEIGHBORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW, I'S CERTAINLY NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT THERE'S 72 HOMES IN THERE AND I WOULD ESTIMATE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, MEET NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS THAT IT'S AT LEAST IN THE UPPER TWENTIES OF THAT, SO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, OTHER THAN I REALLY LIKE YOUR TIE.

YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU .

BEST COMMENT I'VE GOTTEN ALL DAY.

AND, UH, AND SIR, AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE DID VOTE YES IN THIS AND, UH, ZONING.

WOULD SOMEONE MAYBE FURTHER HEAR OUT HIS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE REST AND GET BACK TO HIM IF THERE IS A PROCESS TO BE HAD? KEVIN, I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, THANK YOU SIR.

NEXT ON

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

I WILL START COMING UP ON JULY 4TH.

WE HAVE OUR ALL AMERICAN BASH.

I INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY AT CHANDLER'S DOWNTOWN AT OUR ALL-AMERICAN BASH ON JULY 4TH AT DR.

AJ CHANDLER PARK.

FROM SEVEN UNTIL NINE 30, I'VE ORDERED SOME COOLER WEATHER JUST FOR THAT NIGHT, WE'LL SEE IF MY DOG DOESN'T EVEN LISTEN TO ME.

WE'LL SEE IF ANYONE ELSE DOES THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT FEATURES LIVE MUSIC, YARD GAMES, FOOD VENDORS, AND A PATRIOTIC ATMOSPHERE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN CHANDLER.

MAYBE I'LL WEAR MY TIE AGAIN.

WE WILL HAVE LIVE MUSIC BY FEATURED PERFORMERS, THE PICKUP LINES, AND A SPECTACULAR PYROTECHNIC SHOW AT 8:15 PM YOU CAN FIND EVENTS AND PARKING INFORMATION@CHANDLERAZ.GOV SLASH EVENTS.

AND SECONDLY, COMING UP ON JULY 11TH, AS FAMILIES PREPARE FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR OPERATION BACK TO SCHOOL IS HERE TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT SPONSORED BY FOR OUR CITY.

CHANDLER PROVIDES BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES TO CHANDLER AREA STUDENTS IN NEED.

THE EVENT TAKES PLACE, AS I MENTIONED, ON JULY 11TH AT COMPASS CHRISTIAN CHURCH FROM 8:00 AM TILL 11:00 AM THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH MANY, MANY PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING FOR OUR CITY, CHANDLER COMPASS CHURCH AND LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND LOTS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PITCHING IN TOGETHER LEARN HOW TO REGISTER, DONATE, OR VOLUNTEER AT FOR OUR CITY CHANDLER.ORG.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON.

THANKS, MAYOR.

SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, CITIES WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN ANTICIPATED 35% SHORTFALL IN FUNDING FOR 9 1 1 STATEWIDE.

AND SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY AN EMERGENCY ON OUR PART.

THE GAP WAS DRIVEN BY LOWER REVENUES THAN PROJECTED HIGHER STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS AND BASICALLY INCREASED OVERALL SERVICES WITH COMPETING OPERATING NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1.

SO I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

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UM, I APPRECIATE THAT WE NOW ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE CRITICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ARIZONA'S 9 1 1 OPERATIONS.

I ALSO WANNA EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF CHANDLER'S FIRST RESPONDERS WHO USE 9 1 1 EVERY DAY.

THANKS, MAYOR.

YEAH, AND I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK MARGE ZILLA AND BRITTANY AND CERTAINLY THE AZ LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS THAT, UH, THAT REALLY TOOK A, A, A YEOMAN SHARE TO BRING THIS OUT AND TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU WRITE MY NOTES.

WHAT'S THAT? I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU WRITE MY NOTES JOB.

I LOOKED AT 'EM.

ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU FOR GREAT NOTES.

, IT WAS ALL TEAM CHANDLER AND THOSE GUYS.

YEAH.

THANKS MAYOR.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE A COUPLE EVENTS THAT WE HAD, UH, JUST RECENTLY.

LAST, UM, WEEK COUNCIL, UM, HOSTED THIS YEAR'S PRIDE FLAG RAISING EVENT CEREMONY ON JUNE 18TH AT OUR DOWNTOWN CHANDLER LIBRARY.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND ESPECIALLY THANK OUR LIBRARY STAFF THAT WERE SUCH GREAT HOSTS.

UM, WITH OUR A HA CHANDLER PARK RENOVATIONS GOING ON, WE HAD TO MOVE THE EVENT TO, UM, OUR STAGING AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT SPOT FOR THIS.

UM, THIS WAS A SPECIAL EVENT, UH, TO REMIND THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY THAT CHANDLER PRIDE AND THAT IT'S PRIDE MONTH AND IS IT ABOUT VISIBILITY, DIGNITY, AND THE FREEDOM TO LIVE OPENLY.

AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MS. MAAM MOI LAKO, UM, AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND COMMUNITY LEADER.

UH, SHE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN BUILD A KIND COMMUNITY WITH INCLUSION IN WHAT WE DO IN EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHETHER IT BE IN OUR FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, OR OUR BUSINESSES.

SO IT'S A GREAT EVENT, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND JOIN US THAT EVENING.

NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT WITH THE CHANDLER COMPADRES BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BRANCH.

UH, JUST YESTERDAY, UH, THE CHANDLER COMPADRES BRANCH OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE VALLEY HOSTED A RIBBON CUING CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF THEIR RECENT RENOVATION PROJECT.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE, PART OF THIS MILESTONE, WHICH WAS A JOINT INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND THE CHANDLER COMPADRES TO HELP UPGRADE, UM, THE SPACE AND MAKE IT A SAFE, SAFER.

AND A DA COMPLIANT UP TO 250 KIDS SPEND THEIR SUMMER DAYS AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

KEEPING THEM SAFE AND INVOLVED IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE CHANDLER'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAINTAIN A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

SO I WANNA GIVE ANOTHER THANK YOU TO OUR CHANDLER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND TO THE COMPADRES FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP IN, UM, OUR YOUTH HERE IN CHANDLER.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT.

MAYOR VASPER, YOU WERE, YOU SPENT SOME TIME THERE, WEREN'T YOU? I DID WAY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS IN SAN MARCOS.

SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION FROM THE MID AND NINETIES TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.

IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG IMPROVEMENT.

SO GREAT TO SEE YOU, GREAT TO BE PART OF THE LEADERSHIP WITH IT.

GREAT.

COUNCILMAN ORLANDO.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I UNDERSTAND KELLY'S YOUR LAST MEETING, COUNCIL MEETING.

FISHER, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ALL YOU'VE DONE PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO THE, TO THE CITY AND THE SERVICES, UH, THROUGHOUT YOUR 2030 YEAR CAREER.

30, 30, 30 PLUS YEARS.

ALRIGHT, LET'S JUST KEEP IT 30 PLUS YEARS.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE, UH, I MEAN, A LOT OF THINGS IMPRESSIVE, BUT THE ONE THING THAT STRUCK WITH ME, KELLY, IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT EVENT WE HAVE, YOU'RE THERE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, COMMITMENT TO YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY AS A RESIDENT.

AND ALTHOUGH WE'LL MISS YOU, I KNOW WE'LL BE SEEING YOU AT THE NEXT EVENTS, RIGHT? AND NOW YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO BE AT THOSE EVENTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST POP BY OR, BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING, BEING OUTSIDE THE, THE NORMAL EIGHT TO FIVE ROLE.

SO THAT WAS COMMENDABLE, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND, UH, I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY WILL BE A SATURDAY.

THANK YOU, KELLY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

THAT ONE ESCAPED ME.

SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

I HAD THIS LITTLE JINGLE THAT SAID, UM, UH, I DON'T WANNA GROW UP.

I'M A BOY.

I'M A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB KID, BECAUSE IF I DID, I WOULDN'T BE, IF I EVER GREW UP, I WOULD NEVER BE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB KID.

AND SO THAT WAS MY LITTLE JINGLE THAT WE USED TO SAY.

SO WE, WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, I WAS A PART OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS KIDS.

BEING A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WE HAD ALL THESE JINGLES, LIKE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GROW UP.

WE'RE

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SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

BUT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT CHANDLER AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS PRETTY AMAZING.

BUT I WANT, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, THE JACK AND JILL FOUNDATION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A JUDGE FOR THE ROOF B HOWARD TEAM ORACLE COMPETITION DURING JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA'S FAR WEST REGION TEAM LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.

JACK AND JILL IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING CHILDREN GROW THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND ADVOCACY.

THIS YEAR'S THING WAS YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK.

AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STAGE TRULY EMBODIED THOSE WORDS.

UM, THEIR ORIGINAL SPEECHES REFLECTED TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE, THOUGHTFULNESS, AND PURPOSE.

IT WAS INSPIRING TO HEAR THEM USE THEIR VOICE, THEIR VOICES WITH SUCH CLARITY AND CONVICTION.

AND SO, I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA IN THIS FAR WEST REGION FOR CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE STRENGTHEN THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS, SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES, AND RECOGNIZE THE POWER OF THEIR OWN VOICES.

AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THESE KIDS BLEW IT OUT.

THE WATER.

IT WAS NINE OF NINE AMAZING KIDS GIVING GREAT SPEECHES, AND I HAD TO JUDGE.

SO SINCE MY NAME WAS ON IT, I KIND OF GAVE 'EM THE BEST SCORES I CAN GIVE THEM , UH, BUT IT WAS REALLY A TOUGH COMPETITION.

THEY'RE VERY TALENTED AND THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS.

MY NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT IS CULTURE MUSIC IN THE PARK, ALONG WITH THE MISS JEAN, MISS JUNETEENTH COMPETITION.

UH, CHANDLER MARKED JUNETEENTH WITH SEVERAL MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER TO REFLECT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOLIDAY AND CELEBRATE THE CULTURE, HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

I WAS PROUD TO ATTEND THE MRS. JUNETEENTH COMPETITION, ALONG WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHERE YOUNG WOMEN SHOWCASE THEIR CONFIDENCE, TALENT, AND LEADERSHIP WHILE CELEBRATING THEIR HERITAGE.

IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE THEM STEP FORWARD, REPRESENT THE PROMISE OF THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE CONTINUE THE FIFTH YEAR CELEBRATING CULTURE MUSIC IN A PART AS FREEDOM WEEK.

SO FIVE YEARS AGO, I HAD THAT PRIVILEGE OF HELPING LAUNCH THIS EVENT, AND IT HAS BEEN VERY HISTORICAL AND IT HAS HAD A LOT OF INCREDIBLE MEETINGS, UM, THROUGHOUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.

AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THAT THESE ARE JUST A FEW PLACES THAT I WAS ABLE TO GO.

I LITERALLY WENT TO PROBABLY ABOUT 14 JUNETEENTH EVENTS, UM, TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH ACROSS THE VALLEY.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD SO MANY THAT I WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I MADE IT TO A LOT.

WHAT I'M WEARING TODAY IS A DASHIKI.

IT IT, I BOUGHT IT FROM ONE OF THE VENDORS AT ONE OF THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS.

THIS IS A BUSINESSMAN ATTIRE, UM, MADE IN KENYA.

AND I THOUGHT IT'LL BE BEFITTING FOR ME TO WEAR THIS DASHIKI WHILE I'M ON THE DAAS TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT JUNETEENTH IS ALL ABOUT.

IT IS ABOUT THE TIME THAT GALVESTON, TEXAS, UH, BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT FREE.

AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE STILL NOT FREE IN GALVESTON, TEXAS.

AND SO THROUGH THIS TIME, THEY, UM, AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION HAPPENED, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, UM, AND OUR ARMY WENT TO GALVESTON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF OUR TROOPS TO FREE THOSE THAT WERE ENSLAVED DURING THAT TIME.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, AN IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR HISTORY BECAUSE WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH HUMAN SLAVERY OR NOT, IT WAS A VERY DEVASTATING TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME MOST WAS, IT WAS ALSO CHILD SLAVERY WAS GOING ON DURING THAT TIME AS WELL.

SO IT WASN'T JUST HUMAN SLAVERY, IT WAS CHILD SLAVERY.

AND TO THIS DAY, THERE'S STILL CHILD TRAFFICKING THAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS DAY ACROSS THE WORLD.

WE HAVE TO BE COMMITTED AND VIGILANT, AND WE CAN SAY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ME, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO MY COMMUNITY.

BUT WE MUST BE REMINDED THAT WHEN THESE TYPE OF ATROCITIES DO HAPPEN, REGARDLESS IF IT'S YOUR GENERATION OR SOMEONE ELSE'S, WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP A VIGILANT EYE ON THESE TR ATROCIOUS CRIMES THAT DO HAPPEN IN THE WORLD.

AND NOT JUST AMERICA, BUT IN THE WORLD.

SO I'M, I'M COMMITTED TO ENDING CHILD CHILD'S, UM, TRAFFICKING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ANY TYPE OF TRAFFICKING.

I'M, I'M DOWN FOR THAT AND I'M DOWN FOR THAT CAUSE AND, AND SEX, SEX EXPLOITATION AS WELL IS, IS ANOTHER THING THAT COMES UP WHEN YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE CELEBRATE WHERE WE COME FROM.

WE DON'T DWELL THERE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE BEEN THERE AND WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MAKE THOSE SAME MISTAKES.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU MAYOR.

APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD.

TURN, , COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS.

THANK YOU.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND TELL

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I THINK, UH, I KNOW I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME WORKING WITH YOU, UM, AND I KNOW I'VE SHARED WITH YOU IN THE PAST WHEN, UH, I RECEIVED THOSE COMPLIMENTS AND THOSE KUDOS ON YOUR WORK OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, TO BE HONEST, I LOVE TO TAKE THE COMPLIMENTS FOR YOU, .

LIKE I TAKE A LITTLE, UH, UH, OF THAT AND, AND JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I'M PROUD OF YOU.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

UM, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING.

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE FIRST I WOULD LIKE OUR NEWEST ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AMELIA, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP FOR A SECOND? I WANT COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE I WAS NAMED BY THE C PEOPLE, ONE OF HER FIRST ASSIGNMENTS WAS TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT RECOGNITION AND EARNED THAT STATUS WITH CEASE THIS YEAR.

SHE IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.

SO I WANTED HER TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THE HARD WORK SHE DID AND WELL, SO THANK YOU.

SECONDLY, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS ENDS THE FISCAL YEAR FOR 25 26.

THE NEXT TIME WE MEET IT WILL BE 26 27.

AND UM, I WOULD ASK AS A POINT OF PRIVILEGE THAT COUNCIL STAY BACK FOR A, UH, A PHOTO WITH STAFF.

YOU MAY OR MAY HAVE NOT HAVE NOTICED.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DID THAT.

STAFF IS ALL WEARING WHITES TONIGHT.

THAT IS TO SHOW OUR UNITY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THIS COUNCIL GIVES US FOR THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND OUR STAFF DO TO BRING TOGETHER A BUDGET AND A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THE VISION OF THIS COUNCIL IS MET .

I WILL, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF MY STAFF SAID THEY THOUGHT I WAS A DOUBLE SETUP 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALL IN BLACK AND WE'RE ALL IN WHITE.

BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, UH, IF YOU COULD STAY BACK FOR A PICTURE, WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL, ALL THAT YOU DO AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE STAND UNITED IN MAKING SURE THE VISION OF THIS COUNCIL IS MET.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AND TO THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK.

ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL, PLEASE LINGER.

SO WE CAN DO A PHOTO WITH THAT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.