* 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. [00:00:03] GOOD [ Call to Order] EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUST 13TH, 2026. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE. MAYOR HARTKE HERE, VICE MAYOR ENCINA. 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 INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY RABBI ISRAEL NELSON FROM BETH EMMANUEL AND OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. RABBI, PRAY, GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU GIVE WISDOM TO THOSE WHO ASK. AND GOD, WE NEED IT. LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR GOODNESS TO BE WITH US. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE GREATNESS OF OUR NATION IS A PEOPLE UNDER GOD. AND SO WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BE GOOD TO US, TO OUR CITY, TO OUR LEADERS, AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, YESHUA JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE IS TO THE FLAG OF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, RABBI. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL BEFORE WE, [ 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 August 13, 2026, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 52.] UH, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE, I TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD RELATED TO THAT. AND, UM, HERE WE GO. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, JOSEPH REC ROCK. I'M SORRY, WHO'S SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. WE'RE GONNA GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES TONIGHT TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. SO PLEASE COME ON UP. YOU, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY, UH, REFERENCE, AND, UH, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, TRY TO WRAP UP WHEN IT'S RED, YOU'RE DONE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. MY NAME IS JOSEPH ROCK. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CHANDLER. UH, THE BILL THAT, OR THE CITY COUNCIL HERE WANTS TO PUT UP IS A INCREASE OR HAVE A PUBLIC OUTPUT ON INCREASE OF WASTE WATER AND WATER. WELL, LAST NOVEMBER WE HAD, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING FOR PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOWED UP ON THE INCREASE THAT WE HAD IN JANUARY. THE REASON WHY WAS THE MEETING WAS HELD AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON A TUESDAY. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT SHOWED UP. I WENT TO THE INFORMATION OFFICER AND SAID, WHEN IS THIS MEETING? AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO GO TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEY FOUND IT IN THE INTERNET AND SAID, OH, THE MEETING IN A COUPLE HOURS. SO I WAS HERE FOR THAT MEETING. I WAS THE ONLY PUBLIC, THE REST OF THEM WERE CITY EMPLOYEES. OKAY? THAT WAS APPROVED A 7% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD ON OUR WATER RATES, WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, NOW THE WATER DEPARTMENT WANTS ANOTHER INCREASE. I'M, I'M SORRY, BUT IF THE CITY COUNCIL COULD HELP ME FIND THE TREES THAT GROW MONEY, UH, I MIGHT, MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING. BUT THE INCREASE IS, IS JUST STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT RIDICULOUS. I THINK BEFORE YOU PEOPLE HERE DO ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO IT AND SAY, WHY IS IT THAT WE JUST HAD AN INCREASE? AND NOW YOU WANT ANOTHER ONE? I, I'M SORRY. IT DOESN'T MAKE COMMON SENSE TO ME. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU MR. ROCK. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MR. ROCK, UM, WE BELIEVE ME WITH THESE ARE HARD DECISIONS FOR US. YOU CAN STAY THERE. YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK. UH, WE CAN ADDRESS YOU SINCE THIS IS NOT UN UNSCHEDULED AT THIS POINT, BUT I, I KNOW GILBERT HAS RAISED THEIR WATER RATES 250, 300% AND WE HAVE STRIVEN TO DO. SMALL MODEST INFLATION IS 6% ON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THIS YEAR AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT [00:05:01] OUR WATER LINES, OUR SORE LINES, ARE IN GOOD SHAPE SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING BREAKS, WHICH ARE EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE. SO, UH, I REALIZE THAT IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE IT, UH, BUT WE ARE, WE, WE REALLY TRY TO KEEP OUR RATES. WE ARE THE LOWEST IN THE ENTIRE VALLEY OF WATER WASTEWATER, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE, BUT I REALIZE IT'S STILL GONNA BE AN INCREASE FOR YOU, SIR, ARE YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT DON'T ORDER YOUR BUDGET DIRECTOR? THEY HAVE TO FIGURE IN, I MEAN, ANYBODY THAT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE GOES, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA NEED THIS IN THE FUTURE. LET'S ADD THAT IN. YEAH. AND THEN THEY, SIR, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY OUR RATES ARE SO LOW AS OPPOSED TO RAISING THEM A HUNDRED PERCENT A YEAR LIKE GILBERT, BUT WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY, YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I DO KNOW CITY MANAGER THAT WE'VE RECENTLY KINDA RELEASED SOMETHING FOR THE CHAMBER THAT EXPLAINS THE RATIONALE OF ALL THAT COULD. UH, IS THAT GONNA BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE SOON? YES, MAYOR. WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE TO ANNOUNCE THAT. GREAT. AND AS WELL AS, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION UNFORTUNATELY FOR MR. ROCK. SO WE DO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE, UH, WELL ADVERTISED AND, AND FOCUS SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING TO. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL. NEXT IS, UH, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UH, UNLESS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ONE TO ACTION, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE AUGUST 13TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING ITEMS ONE TO 52. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. ANY RECUSALS? SEEING NONE. COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE. VICE MAYOR ENCINA? YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET TO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES, I, I DO KNOW THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY WERE, UM, UNAWARE THAT WE HAVE, UH, CANCELED OUR CONTRACT WITH, UM, WITH FLOCK. UM, I JUST, COULD WE HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT SO JUST EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHERE THAT IS? WOULD THAT BE FROM YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER OR POLICE? WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? JUST A COUPLE MINUTE AND THEN WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUE OR COMMENTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL LAST WEEK, I WANNA SAY LATE LAST WEEK AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US, UM, FROM FLOCK, THE QUESTIONS WE WERE RECEIVING, NOT ONLY FROM COUNCIL BUT RESIDENTS AND LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SITUATION, WE MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THIS ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A PILOT PROGRAM. UH, AND WE DIDN'T START WITH POLICIES. WE DIDN'T START WITH GUIDE RAILS. WE DIDN'T START WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD'VE GIVEN US COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT WE COULD SAY TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THE USE OF THEIR DATA WAS WITHIN THESE CERTAIN PARAMETERS. SO WE DECIDED TO PAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING, TURN OFF ALL OF OUR FLOCK CAMERAS AND TAKE A STEP BACK SO THAT WE CAN BRING TO THIS COUNCIL A VERY DIRECT POLICY GUIDELINES AND EXACTLY HOW ANY INCIDENCES WILL BE HANDLED IN THE FUTURE. SO THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WHEN WE, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO BRING THIS BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THAT WE WILL HAVE ALL THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW AND FOR THIS COUNCIL TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY REAL CONCERNS WITH HOW THAT DATA IS USED. SO THAT DECISION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL AS OF LAST WEEK, THAT WE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD COUNCIL, MAKE THE DECISION, WE MOVE FORWARD TO PULL IT OFF. 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE FOR YOU THAT DIDN'T GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. VERY GOOD. SO THERE IS NO ACTIVE A LPR CONTRACT AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS A FUTURE COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN AT OR AT A TIME OR GET OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HAVE A BETTER LOOK AT THE CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE IT REFLECTS OUR VALUES AND COUNCIL'S WISHES. AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, IF, IF A FUTURE COUNCIL DESIRES, THEY WE WILL DO SOMETHING, BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON THE, ON THE AGENDA. THERE IS ALSO NO ACTION THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN TAKE THAT CAN PREVENT A FUTURE COUNCIL FROM, FROM DOING SOMETHING. SO THERE IS NO FIREPROOFING OF AGAINST A FUTURE COUNSEL FROM, UH, ADDRESSING OR TAKING UP APRS. THAT'S ALSO CORRECT. CITY ATTORNEY? THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I MAY CLARIFY ONE THING PLEASE. UH, OUR DECISION WAS TO TURN OFF ALL CAMERAS. UH, WE ALSO NO LONGER HAVE ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS. AND THE DATA THAT THAT PRODUCES OUR CONTRACT WITH FLOCK [00:10:01] FOR THE SECOND SET OF 26 CAMERAS WAS PAID THROUGH MARCH. WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN A CONTRACT DISPUTE TO GET THAT MONEY BACK, BUT WE ARE NO LONGER USING. SO I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT CANCEL THAT FLUX CONTRACT WAS CANCELED. WE TURNED OFF THE CAMERAS AND ELIMINATED OUR ACCESS TO THEM AS TO ANYTHING ABOUT THE MONEY GOING FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL TALK TO LEGAL AND FLOCK ABOUT GOING FORWARD. BUT TO BE VERY CLEAR, THE CAMERAS ARE NO LONGER IN USE IN CHANNEL. AND WHEN WILL THE CAMERAS BE TAKEN DOWN? IS THERE A, IS THAT, I KNOW THOSE ARE FLUX AND THAT'S THEIR DECISION, BUT IS THERE, UH, ANY WORD ON THAT YET? UH, WE HAVE ASKED THROUGH THE POLICE THAT THEY TAKE THEM DOWN AS EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WE DO NOT CONTROL HOW QUICKLY THEY COME DOWN. THAT IS WHY WE TOOK AWAY ACCESS FRONT OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO THE CAMERAS SO WE CAN ASSURE OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING USED BY THE CITY OF CHANDLER. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO [10. Unscheduled Public Appearances] THROUGH OUR SPEAKER CARDS. NOT EVERY SPEAKER CARD IS RELATED TO APRS, BUT I'VE, I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO GIVE ME THE CHANDLER ONES FIRST AND I'M GONNA GIVE EVERYONE UP TO TWO MINUTES. UH, SO WHEN YOU COME UP, AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. WHEN IT'S RED, PLEASE BE DONE. FIRST PERSON TO THE MIC IS REID NIER. READ NIER. IS REED HERE UP HERE, SIR? I KNOW. WHAT'S THAT? YOU CAN, IT'S UNSCHEDULED IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT. SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. THE LIGHT WILL TURN GREEN WHEN IT'S CELL. START WRAPPING UP, SIR. ALL RIGHT. REID NIER, UH, I'M FROM CHANDLER. BEEN HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS YEARS. UM, LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS THAT APRS DO NOT NEED TO BE ACTIVE IN CHANDLER WHATSOEVER. I MEAN, IT'S THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT. SO JUST TO QUOTE SPECIFICALLY FROM, AND THIS ISN'T FLOCK, BUT IT'S AXON FROM AXONS 2018, AI ETHICS BOARD DIRECT QUOTE. THE BOARD FOUND THAT ALTHOUGH APRS CAN AID LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IN IMPORTANT WAYS, THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THEIR UNREGULATED USE, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL TO EXACERBATE ENFORCEMENT OF LOW LEVEL OFFICE OFFENSES SUCH AS FINES AND FEES. ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT, EXCUSE ME, EVIDENCE THAT FALLS DISPROPORTIONATELY ON LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THESE RISKS, FALSE AND RISKS OF FALSE POSITIVES AND THE LONG-TERM TRACKING OF INNOCENT DRIVERS. ESSENTIALLY, THE BOARD GOES ON TO CALL FOR INDUSTRY-WIDE DEMOCRATIC REGULATION OF ALL THESE THINGS. IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE IN OUR CITY, THEY CAN'T BE FIXED CAMERAS. THEY GOTTA BE LIMITED TO POLICE VEHICLES. AT A MINIMUM, THE RETENTION TIME FOR DATA NEEDS TO BE THREE MINUTES. THIS IS POSSIBLE. IT'S DONE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAY ACTUALLY DELETE ALL INFORMATION IF IT'S NOT RELATED TO AND, UH, SOME SORT OF ILLEGAL OFFENSE. UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNOT BE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE DATA CAN'T BE SHARED WITH OTHER LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHOUT A FELONY, UM, SORT OF LAW BEING BROKEN. AND THEN AS FAR AS LOCALIZED USAGE, MISSING PERSONS CASES, IDENTIFYING FELONY INVESTIGATIONS OR UNREGISTERED SLASH UNINSURED MOTORISTS. LONG AND SHORT IS THAT THESE THINGS AREN'T GONNA HELP US ALONG. THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ARE GONNA BE NEGATIVE, NOT ONLY TO US, BUT THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. AND WE NEED TO JUST GET 'EM OUT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, JENNY VITALI. MS. VITALI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES, AND AGAIN, WE CANNOT ADDRESS YOU AS THIS IS UNSCHEDULED UNDER OPEN MEETING LOSS. JUST LIKE LAST TIME, I GOT A KNACK FOR PICKING THE MEETINGS, DON'T I? UM, MY NAME IS JENNY VITALE, CHANDLER, ARIZONA. I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR MICRO TRENCHING. CAME BEFORE YOU, WHAT? A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN UBIQUITY WANTED TO COME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, WE'VE GOT AT AND T IN THERE RIGHT NOW, COURTESY OF GIGA POWER AND BLACKROCK. WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF. THE CREW THAT'S IN THERE IS NOT CONSTRUCTING TO PLAN. THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING OSHA. YOUR STAFF IS ON IT AND IS GETTING THEM TO TIDY UP. BUT WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE MICRO TRENCHING, GUYS, THOSE PROPRIETARY DETAILS THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU. SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MAG STANDARD, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN A STM STANDARD, THEY CANNOT CONSTRUCT TO THE INTENT OF THE DETAIL. AND SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THEY'RE TRENCHING, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE LINE AND THEY'RE DOING A SLURRY BACKFILL, WHICH IS, UH, A PSEUDO VERSION OF CONCRETE. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THEY'RE NOT USING ANY MASONRY TOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GETTING IN ALL THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES ON THE ROAD BASE. AND SO IT'S SINKING RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE POURING IN 116 DEGREE HEAT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT WET MIX. IT'S DRYING, IT'S NOT CURING, IT DOES, IT CAN'T CURE IT'S CURING TOO FAST. SO IT'S DRYING AND FLAKING [00:15:01] AND CRACKING RIGHT AWAY. AND THEIR ANSWER TO IT IS, WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT SOME CAMO MASTIC, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY TAR OVER THE TOP. DO YOU WANNA SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? JUST GO BETWEEN, JUST GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN TREE LAND NURSERY AND SUMMER WINDS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL THAT DOES IS BASICALLY HIDE THE DEFECTS TEMPORARILY UNTIL THAT DRIES OUT AND THEN IT REFRAC REFRACTORY CRACKS. YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE CRACKS ARE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS OUR SUBGRADE AND OUR ROADS ARE GOING TO DETERIORATE BECAUSE WATER'S GOING TO GET IN THERE. IF YOU WRECK THE SUBGRADE ON THESE ROADS, WE'RE SCREWED. THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS TRY AND COME AND ASPHALT MILL AND OVERLAY, BECAUSE NOW OUR SUBGRADE SCREWED UP. AND THAT'S GONNA MIGRATE YOU IF YOU DON'T GET ALL THE POCK MARKS PROPERLY SLURRY BACKFILLED BECAUSE THE ROCKS ARE PICKING OUT AS THEY'RE MICRO TRENCHING. IF YOU DON'T GET ALL THOSE NOOKS AND CRANNIES AND POCK MARKS CORRECTLY DONE, IF YOU DON'T GET A NICE TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN THE TWO, THE CONCRETE GUTTER AND THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT, YOU GET A TON OF WATER INTRUSION. AND IT'S THE WATER INTRUSION THAT WRECKS OUR ROADS. YOU HAVE STAFF THAT ARE COMPETENT THAT CAN CREATE A DETAIL THEY'VE OFFERED, THEY'VE BEEN BOOHOOED BY UPPER MANAGEMENT. TALK TO YOUR STAFF, STOP ALL THE PROJECTS UNTIL YOU CAN GET A PROPER DETAIL THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE FIELD TO THE INTENT OF THE DETAIL. THANK YOU, JENNY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I, IF I CAN'T QUITE READ THIS. UM, IS IT HARRISON REDMOND? MR. REDMOND? HELLO SIR. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS HARRISON REDMOND, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF TO URGE THIS COUNCIL TO PASS AN ORDINANCE BANNING ALL APRS AND CHANDLER ENDING THE FLOCK CONTRACT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT WE MUST BE HONEST ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENED. ALONG WITH THE RELENTLESS ADVOCACY BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO VALUE CIVIL LIBERTIES, THE CONTRACT ENDED BECAUSE AN INTERNAL AUDIT CAUGHT SOMEONE IN EURO OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT MISUSING THE FLOCK SYSTEM, ALL FOLLOWING HABITUAL CLAIMS BY POLICE AND FLOCK REPS ALIKE. THAT MISUSE WAS NOT OCCURRING. THAT OFFICER RESIGNED TODAY. THIS ALL LED TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVELY PULLING THE PLUG ON FLOCK JUST DAYS BEFORE A COUNCIL VOTE ON A CONTRACT RENEWAL, THE CONTRACT ENDING IS A WIN FOR PRIVACY, BUT IT'S NOT A PRINCIPLED STANCE AS MUCH AS IT'S A PUBLIC POSITION AND VOTE BEING DODGED. THE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF MISUSE AREN'T JUST A FLOCK PROBLEM, BUT AN A LPR PROBLEM. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AN APACHE JUNCTION OFFICER RESIGNED FOR USING ALPS TO TRACK HIS WIFE. A GOODYEAR OFFICER IS ON LEAVE BASING POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR MISUSING A LPR TECH MOTOROLA'S VIGILANT NETWORK. A LEADING FLOCK COMPETITOR SPENT YEARS HANDING, HANDING ICE ACCESS TO OVER A BILLION PLATE RECORDS AND ARE ACTIVELY BEING SUED FOR DOING SO WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. YOU CAN SWAP OUT A CORPORATION'S LOGO ON THE CAMERA, BUT ALL THAT DOES IS HAND THE NEXT COP OR ICE AGENT A REBRANDED PIPELINE INTO CHANDLER RESIDENTS PRIVACY. AND THIS MORNING, HOURS BEFORE THIS MEETING, FLOCK PROVED THAT POINT ITSELF FACING NATIONAL BACKLASH HAD ANNOUNCED NEW SAFEGUARDS, THINGS LIKE A MANDATORY AUDIT TOOL AND A SHORTER RETENTION WINDOW. BUT THE ATTORNEY WHO'S BEEN SUING A OPR COMPANIES CALLED THE WINDOW DRESSING FROM A COMPANY IN PANIC MODE. HE'S RIGHT. NONE OF IT PUTS A JUDGE BETWEEN AN OFFICER AND A SEARCH. AND THAT IS NOT REFORM. THAT'S A COMPANY DOING DAMAGE CONTROL AND ATTEMPTING TO MANAGE ITS BRAND. NO CITY NEEDS FLOCK OR ANY BRAND OF ALPS. CHANDLER CAN AND SHOULD BE A LEADING VOICE ON PRIVACY PROTECTIONS. AND I IMPLORE YOU TO NOT LET THIS CRUCIAL TIME OF ACTION GO TO WASTE BAN ALPS AND ENSURE CHANDLER IS A CITY THAT PRIORITIZES ITS PEOPLE OVER THE POLITICS OF FEAR, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . MR. REDMOND IS A CHANDLER RESIDENT. NEXT, UH, MR. HOLDEN WILLIAM HOLDEN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. I KNOW YOU ARE UP NOT TALKING ABOUT FLACK. NO. HI, MY NAME IS WILLIAM HOLDEN. I AM FROM CHANDLER. I AM WITH THE EE LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS 514 HOMES JUST NORTH OF SUN LAKES. WE'VE HAD FOUR WATER MAIN BREAKS ON THE SAME 150 FEET OF PIPE WATER, UNDERGROUND WATER PIPE IN THREE YEARS. ONE OF THEM WAS A VERY MAJOR BREAK, UM, RIGHT UNDERNEATH ONE OF OUR CONCRETE MONUMENTS. UH, THE CITY DID COME AND REPLACE A HUNDRED FEET AT 50 FEET OF ROADS. THIS WAS NOT UNDERNEATH THE ROAD, BUT IT DID AFFECT THE ROAD THAT THEY DID REPLACE THAT. BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO WAS PROPERLY BACKFILL UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE MONUMENT. THE MONUMENT STILL, AND I'VE GOT A HANDOUT FOR YOU. YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THE MONUMENT, THE GROUND UNDERNEATH MONUMENT IS DEPRESSED. IT DID NOT, WE HAD A GEOTECH COME OUT AND ACTUALLY DO THEIR WORK. I HAVE A GEOTECH REPORT WE SUBMITTED AS PART OF OUR CLAIM, WHICH WAS DENIED THAT GEO PART, GEOTECHNICAL PART WAS DENIED. BUT THE CITY HAS NEVER COME BACK OUT TO DO THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO GO IN AND DO THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH YOUR WATER MAIN. WE WOULD HAVE TO TOUCH YOUR WATER MAIN TO GO BACK IN AND SUPPORT THAT 5,000 POUND CONCRETE MONUMENT. SO I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO, TO ADDRESS THAT. SECONDARILY, WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR FIRST CLAIM, THERE'S [00:20:01] TWO CLAIMS WE SUBMITTED. THERE'S BEEN FOUR ISSUES. WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR FIRST CLAIM, THE ONLY TIME WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEBODY OR COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEBODY WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE CLAIM WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. WE HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE, WHICH WAS MEMORIAL DAY OF 2025. WE HAVE ONE YEAR FOR THAT TO BE RESOLVED. THEY CALLED US ON THURSDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY TO GET THIS RESOLVED, MAKE AN OFFER, AND GET US TO SIGN SOMETHING BY FRIDAY TO GET OUR CHECK. AND THEY HAD CUT OUT THE GEOTECHNICAL PART, WHICH WE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN BACKFILLED. SO TWO THINGS. WE WANT THOSE TWO THINGS ADDRESSED. IF WE CAN, WE WANT TO GET THAT BACK BILL THAT'S, OR THE COMPACTION. WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT DONE. WE'D LIKE TO GET THE, UH, THE GEOTECHNICAL PAID. IF WE COULD, WE DID SIGN SOMETHING SAYING WE'RE NOT, BUT, AND WE'D ALSO APOLOGIES, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO GET THE SECOND POINT. THANK YOU MR. HOGAN. THANK YOU. AND CITY MANAGER. I I EVEN NOTICED WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO INTEL THIS MORNING, WE HAD A, A FOUNTAIN WHERE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN A MEDIAN. UH, COULD WE, COULD WE DO A SERIOUS DIVE ON THE HISTORY OF THE PIPES DOWN THERE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WASTING WATER AND WE'RE ALSO NOT WASTING TIME IF THERE'S SOME LARGER PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. CAN YOU GET WITH MR. HOLDEN AND SHARE WHATEVER PLANS THAT WE, WE NEED, INFORMATION WE NEED AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, PLEASE, MAYOR COUNCIL, WE'LL GET THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THIS RIGHT AWAY AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS FIXING, THAT WE ARE A PARTY TO FIXING THAT PROBLEM. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, NEXT, UH, ROHITH, SEAN D UH, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. WELCOME, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROHITH CHANDRA SHAKER. I'M A CHANDLER RESIDENT. FIRSTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECISION TO END THE CONTRACT WITH FLOCK. HOWEVER, THE DECISION TO END THE FLOCK CONTRACT AS ADMIRABLE AS IT IS, IS JUST THE FIRST STEP. I'M FIRSTLY DEMANDING FULL TRANSPARENCY IN REGARDS TO THE DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN DEEMED CLOSED DUE TO THE OFFICER'S RESIGNATION. I STRONGLY REJECT CHANDLER PDS ASSERTION THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. I'M ASKING FOR A FULL RELEASE OF ALL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CHANDLER AND FLOCK, ALONG WITH ALL ORGANIZATIONAL AUDITS FROM JANUARY TO AUGUST. SECONDLY, I'M ASKING FOR A FULL REFORM OF THE CHANDLER RECORDS DEPARTMENT AND A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE IMPROPER MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAVE HANDLED FOIA REQUESTS. THE CITY RECORDS DEPARTMENT HAS REPEATEDLY CITED TO COUNTLESS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT ACCESS THE RECORDS, IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO FULFILL FOIA RECORDS REQUESTS. AS I LASTLY, URGE THE CITY OF CHANDLER TO REJECT BIDS FROM ALL OTHER A LPR COMPANIES AND FOCUS ITS TIME AND RESOURCES ON REBUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST AND REMEDYING THE MISUSE OF THIS SYSTEM. I ASK THAT THIS COMMUNITY ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED TO YOU TO BAN APRS ALONG WITH ANY FURTHER ORDINANCE ON TRANSPARENCY IS MET WITH AN EARNEST ATTEMPT AND DISCUSSION. WHETHER IT BE THIS COUNCIL OR THE FUTURE COUNCIL, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE THAT IS SIMPLY WASHED OFF WITH TIME. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE AMENDS AND WORK TO RESTORE THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST AND THE CITY'S ABILITY TO GOVERN IN A TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE MANNER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. NATHAN TAYLOR. HELLO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. UH, MY NAME IS NATHAN TAYLOR TAFT AND I'M A CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. THE FIRST THING WE WANT IS FOR THE 40 C CITY OPERATED FLOCK CAMERAS THAT ARE STILL IN CHANDLER TO BE COVERED UP PHYSICALLY. SO THEY CANNOT TRACK US. AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, FLOCK AND OTHER AGENCIES CAN STILL ACCESS THE DATA FROM THEM, INCLUDING ONES AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES FROM E EVANSTON, ILLINOIS TO TROY, NEW YORK TO MANY OTHER CITIES WHERE FLOCK HAS KEPT OPERATING CAMERAS AFTER A CONTRACT HAS TERMINATED, SIMPLY NOT TAKING THEM DOWN OR EVEN AFTER THEY, AFTER THEY ARE TAKEN DOWN, PUTTING THEM BACK UP WITHOUT CITY PERMISSION, WE NEED THEM COVERED UP IMMEDIATELY. SECOND, WE NEED AN ORDINANCE TO BE PASSED PROHIBITING THE CITY FROM USING APRS OR ACCESSING A-A-L-P-R DATA FROM OTHER AGENCIES OR PRIVATE ENTITIES. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE READY THAT DOES JUST THAT AND THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY CLEARLY SUPPORTS IT. WE JUST NEED THE COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE AND THEN PASS IT TO PROTECT THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS POSITION IS NOT ANTI LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ANY WAY. IT'S PRO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. GUARDRAILS ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH, AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS CLEARLY AGREE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM ISN'T JUST FLOCK OR THE PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO THE DATA. ALPS GIVE THE GOVERNMENT UNPRECEDENTED POWERS OF SURVEILLANCE THAT VIOLATE OUR EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY. UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. THIS ISSUE APPLIES TO ALL ALP, INCLUDING [00:25:01] FLOCK, AXON, MOTOROLA, GENETIC LEONARDO, AND ANY OTHER A LPR COMPANY BECAUSE THEY CAPTURE INFORMATION ON EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE THAT PASSES BY. THIS TYPE OF DRAGNET SURVEILLANCE IS WHAT VIOLATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE NOW THAT AI IS THE MAIN DRIVER OF THESE SYSTEMS. THE CAMERAS NOW CAPTURE A CAR'S LOCATION, DATE, TIME, MAKE, MODEL, BUMPER STICKERS, DENT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT AI CAN PICK OUT. GUARDRAILS MAY SEEM LIKE A GOOD SOLUTION, BUT THEY'RE A DISTRACTION FROM THE BIGGER ISSUES AT HAND. THE USE OF APRS IN ANY WAY SHOULD BE PROHIBITED BECAUSE WE SIMPLY DON'T NEED OR WANT AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL MASS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM. IN OUR CITY. OFFICERS IN CHANDLER, APACHE JUNCTION, GOODYEAR SURPRISE, ET CETERA, HAVE ALL MISUSED A LPR DATA. WE ALREADY HAVE AN ORDINANCE READY FOR YOU. WE JUST NEED YOU TO REPRESENT US AND PASS IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. MICHAEL GUY, UH, MAYOR. MAYOR MICHAEL. GUY MAYOR. WHO IS THIS? MAYOR? IS THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES. OKAY. THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS MAYOR. IS IT POSSIBLE, UM, JOHN, CAN WE, UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE, UM, CAN WE, UM, CAN HE SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK THAT HE SAID THAT HE HAD, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT AN ORDINANCE TO LOOK LIKE? I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THAT, UM, AND HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THAT. BUT IF YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANKS. THANKS, MAYOR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I I WILL GET THAT DOCUMENT FROM HIM. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. MICHAEL DE DEI. LAST NAME. OKAY. HELLO SIR, YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL OOEY AND I'M A CHANDLER RESIDENT AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. LAST WEEK WE LEARNED OF AN ANOMALY IN CHANDLER'S FLOCK DATA AND TODAY WE LEARNED THAT AN OFFICER RESIGNED OVER MISUSE OF THIS DATA. THIS BREACH SHOULD UNDERSCORE WHAT WE HAVE LONG KNOWN THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE OR TRUSTWORTHY A LPR. WHEN A COMPANY'S BUSINESS MODEL DEPENDS ON COLLECTING, SHARING AND SELLING, PEOPLE'S DATA ABUSES WILL HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF ONE BAD OFFICER. THIS IS A PRODUCT OF A SYSTEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED. CHANDLER PD SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THEY HAD SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO STOP THIS KIND OF THING FROM HAPPENING. BUT WHAT SHOULD BE CLEAR IS THAT NO AMOUNT OF SAFEGUARDS OR POLICY CHANGES CAN GET AROUND. THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE THAT A LPR COMPANIES LIKE FLOCK ARE DRIVEN BY PROFIT. AND IN ORDER TO COMPETE FOR CONTRACTS, THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE, CREATE MORE AND MORE POWERFUL SURVEILLANCE TOOLS SO THEY CAN SELL MORE AND MORE OF OUR DATA. AS LONG AS WE LIVE IN THE SYSTEM DRIVEN BY PROFIT WHERE PRIVATE COMPANIES OWN AND CONTROL OUR DATA, THERE'S NO WAY TO REMOVE THE DANGERS OF ALPS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. TO CALL FOR A TOTAL BAN ON ALPS IN CHANDLER, WE NEED TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT BANS BOTH PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ALPS CON CANCELING THIS CONTRACT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP, BUT THE CITY STATEMENT SAID THAT THEY'RE ALREADY CONSIDERING DEVELOPING NEW GUIDELINES AND THEN SEARCHING FOR A NEW COMPANY. WHY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MAKE APRS WORK? WHEN THE CITY SHOULD BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO KEEP UTILITY RATES LOWER FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE, WE SHOULDN'T ACCEPT THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT A 9% WATER RATE HIKE NEXT THIS NEXT YEAR. INSTEAD OF SPENDING TIME AND MONEY TRYING TO BUILD SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH. WE SHOULD INVEST OUR TIME INTO RESOURCES INTO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. HOW CAN WE KEEP THESE RATES LOW AND KEEP THE COSTS OFF OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE? COST OF LIVING IS OUT OF CONTROL IN CHANDLER AND WHAT LITTLE EXISTS? ASSISTANCE EXISTS IS NOT ENOUGH. WHEN COUNCIL VOTED ON THE LAST SET OF RATE INCREASES, THEY SET ASIDE ONLY $25,000 MORE FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. THE LEAST THAT WE COULD DO IS USE THE $150,000 FROM FLOCK. TO ADD TO THIS, TO HELP FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS, WE NEED TO BUILD A CHANDLER FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FOR BIG TECH AND NOT FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ERIC FOWLER. ERIC FOWLER. IS THERE AN ERIC HERE? HELLO SIR, YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALL RIGHT. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. MY NAME IS ERIC FOWLER. I LIVE HERE IN CHANDLER AND I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY LIBERTARIAN PARTY. SIX DAYS AGO, CHANDLER WALKED AWAY FROM FLOCK. THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST STEP. TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO FINISH THE JOB. AFTER THREE YEARS OF POLICIES, TRAININGS, AND AUDITS, FLOCK'S OWN TOOL FLAGGED A USE THAT NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN. GOODYEAR APACHE JUNCTION AND SURPRISE FOUND MISUSE IN THE SAME WEEK. AN AUDIT IS AN AUTOPSY. IT ARRIVES ONLY AFTER AN INNOCENCE. PERSON'S PRIVACY IS GONE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE VENDOR. ANY LICENSE PLATE READER PHOTOGRAPHS EVERY PASSING CAR AND BUILDS A SEARCHABLE DATABASE WHERE 99% OF INNOCENT PEOPLE DRIVE WITH NO WARRANT, NO PROBABLE CAUSE AND NO DUE PROCESS. IT INVESTIGATES EVERYONE ALL THE TIME FOR EVERY CRIME. THIS IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. [00:30:01] THE FOUNDERS CALLED IT A GENERAL WARRANT AND THEN THEY WROTE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO ABOLISH THAT ARIZONA CON ARIZONA'S CONSTITUTION GOES FURTHER. ARTICLE TWO, SECTION EIGHT. NO PERSON SHALL BE DISTURBED IN HIS PRIVATE AFFAIRS WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF LAW. THERE IS NO AUTHORITY OF LAW FOR THIS DRAGNET. A FEDERAL COURT LAST WEEK SAID THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT HAVE ACCESS TO AN ENTIRE HAYSTACK BECAUSE IT MAY CONTAIN A NEEDLE. THIS WAS A COURSE COURT CASE ON A CELL PHONE TOWER DUMP THAT COLLECTED NUMEROUS INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THAT WARRANT. THREE S COVER ALL THE CAMERAS IMMEDIATELY. SURPRISE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE ALREADY. THE CHIEF HAS ALSO SIGNALED INTEREST IN ANOTHER SYSTEM WITH TIGHTER GUARDRAILS. SWAPPING CONS, UH, SWAPPING VENDORS DID NOT CURE A CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION. AND THAT WE ASK THAT YOU PASS THE CHAPTER 16 BAN ORDINANCE THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN ALREADY THAT WAS DRAFTED, UH, WITH THE LIBERTARIANS IN THE A CLU IN CONJUNCTION TO BE READY TO BE INTRODUCED. TONIGHT, WE SWO AN OATH TO THE, YOU SWORE AN OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION. WE DID NOT. YOU DIP, HONOR IT. TAKE DOWN FLOCK AND REPLACE IT WITH FREEDOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S . MAYOR. MAYOR. MAYOR. MAYORS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES. UM, CITY MANAGER. CAN WE JUST, UM, CAN WE BAG THE CAMERAS WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON TAKING DOWN THE PLOT CAMERAS AND CHANDLER, CAN WE JUST BAG THEM? CITY MANAGER? YES, SIR. DID YOU HEAR, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I ASKED MAYOR COUNSEL? I BELIEVE I WAS ASKED CAN WE BAG THE CAMERAS? I HAVE TO BE HONEST, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THESE CAMERAS ARE PLACED AND THE LOGISTICAL ABILITY TO GET ON A, THERE'S A MASK IN TERMS OF ON THE INTERSECTION, WHETHER ON A POLE, EASILY REACHABLE, THINGS LIKE THIS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO BAGGING THESE CAMERAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT RECORDING. BUT I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT AT THIS TIME OR I KNOW OUR TIMEFRAME FOR IT. I'M GONNA CONSIDER THAT. UH, WARNING ONE. THE NEXT TIME I WILL CALL RECESS AND WE'LL CLEAR. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIALOG AND, UH, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT, I WILL CLEAR THE CHAMBERS AND WE WILL MOVE ON WITHOUT YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN HERE, ALLOW US TO TALK, ALLOW US TO DELIBERATE. I I DON'T MIND CLEARING THE CHAMBERS. AND IF YOU WANT TO GO HOME EARLIER AND MISS OUT ON THE REST OF THE MEETING, WE CAN DO SO, SO THANK YOU. UM, ANY, WAS THAT THE REST OF YOUR ANSWER? UH, UH YEAH. MA UM, MAYOR, CAN I, UM, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS? YES. I'M CITY MANAGER. UM, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE FOR STAFF TO KIND OF PULL IT ALL TOGETHER, LOOK INTO WHERE EVERYTHING IS AT, PUT BAGS ON THEM, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT COULD POSSIBLY TAKE THAT A WEEK PROCESS? TWO WEEK PROCESS. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, I HATE TO SHUTTER A GUEST TO YOU AND THEN NOT BEG. WHAT I WILL HAVE FOR YOU IS BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY AND NEXT WEEK, A PLAN OF HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE AND HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL. OKAY. AND ALSO, UM, CITY MANAGER. UM, I, I THINK THE CHIEF WOULD KNOW WHERE ALL THE CAMERAS ARE. I THINK THERE WAS A, I THINK THEY HAD A, THEY, THEY LAID OUT A MAP OF WHERE EVERYTHING WAS. SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE THE, WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW FROM THAT POSITION AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED AROUND HER PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS THAT THEY WAS GONNA BE MOVED ANYWAY. SO IF WE CAN JUST KIND OF GET INTO THAT DETAIL AND GET BACK WITH COUNSEL ABOUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. NEXT UP IS PATRICK GILLILAND. PATRICK. HELLO SIR. YOU HAVE, UH, ARE YOU PATRICK? YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THE PERSON NEXT AFTER HIM IS, UH, YEAGER ZENKO. SO IF YOU WANNA BE READY TO COME UP NEXT. STATE YOUR NAME. CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. PATRICK ILIN, LIFELONG CHANDLER RESIDENT RAISING MY THREE KIDS HERE. I AM RELIEVED AND EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE CANCELED THE CONTRACT WITH FLOP. THAT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP. UH, I REMEMBER A LONG TIME AGO, MR. MAYOR, YOU CALLED CHANDLER A PROGRESSIVE CITY AT ONE POINT. I KIND OF ROLLED MY EYES TO IT, I WILL ADMIT. BUT IT'S TRUE. WE ARE NOW LEADING THE WAY. I'M TURNING OFF THESE FLOCK CAMERAS AND SAYING NO TO SURVEILLANCE. I AGREE WITH THIS YOUNG MAN HERE. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO RUN FOR MAYO, I'LL PROBABLY VOTE FOR YOU. BUT WE DO NEED TO LEAD [00:35:01] THE WAY. LET'S BE THE PROGRESSIVE CHANDLER. LET'S BE THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD. WE ARE A WORLD CLASS CITY. WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE NATION. WE HAVE THE BEST CITY COUNCIL IN THE NATION. IT IS A POINT OF PRIDE FOR US. WE HAVE LIVED IN CHANDLER OUR ENTIRE LIVES THAT WE HAVE THIS WORLD CLASS CITY COUNCIL, A WORLD CLASS POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A USED TO BE A THING. YOU WOULD LEAVE THE CITY BETTER THAN WHEN YOU FOUND IT. IT'S TIME TO DO THAT. NOW. LET'S REJECT THIS SURVEILLANCE BLANKET. WE DON'T NEED IT. CHANDLER IS QUIET. IT'S PROSPEROUS, IT'S PEACEFUL. LET'S JUST SAY WE DON'T NEED THIS ANYMORE. WE DON'T WANT FLOCK, WE DON'T WANT AXON, WE DON'T WANT MOTOROLA. WE WANT PUBLIC TRUST. WE'RE A RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE. WE'RE A GOOD PEOPLE. WE DON'T NEED TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE ALL GUILTY OF EVERY CRIME THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS. INNOCENCE SHOULD BE RESPECTED. DUE PROCESS SHOULD BE RESPECTED. BUT WE DON'T NEED TO TREAT OUR CITIZENS, OUR NEIGHBORS, LIKE CRIMINALS FIRST. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T DO THAT. WE'RE GONNA BREAK THE TRUST. LET'S NOT BREAK THAT TRUST. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Y FOLLOWED BY AN BAILEY AFTER YEAGER STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. HELLO MAYOR AND COUNSEL. MY NAME IS YOR ZEN CO. I LIVE IN CHANDLER AND I'LL BE ARGUING THAT WE MUST PASS THE NO APRS ORDINANCE AND FULLY RESPOND TO FOIA REQUESTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS. SPECIFICALLY WHAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN IS THAT, UM, CHANDLER PD TODAY GOT CAUGHT UP IN A MISFIRING FLOCK MARKETING CAMPAIGN. UM, AMONG THE BACKLASH, THEY FIRST TRIED TO LOCK THINGS DOWN BY GETTING POLICE OFFICERS TO NEVER MENTION A LPR USE. THEN IN A LEAKED EMAIL JUST THIS WEEK, IT WAS FOUND THAT FLOCK WAS INSTRUCTING POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE PUBLIC RECORDS USELESS TO THE PUBLIC BY STRIKING OFFICER NAMES AND LICENSE PLATES. IF YOU GO TO D FLOCK.ORG, YOU'LL SEE THE LIST OF, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE FULLY COMPLIED WITH A REQUEST. AND THAT HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL IN FINDING MISUSE. UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT STAY THE SAME. IF I HAD BEEN ABLE TO FULLY AUDIT ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS THESE UNSEARCHABLE PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION, WE COULD HAVE FOUND MORE ABUSE. IN FACT, I DO NOT BELIEVE FLOCK BECAUSE THEY HAVE COORDINATED, UM, THE RELEASE OF A AUDIT TOOL. AND IT IS MAGICALLY FINDING JUST ONE SINGLE MISUSE IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE NATION THAT IS FLOCK PUTTING POLICE DEPARTMENTS ON NOTICE. WE HAVE CONDITIONED YOU TO USE THIS SURVEILLANCE DRAGNA IN A CERTAIN WAY, BUT NOW IT IS AFFECTING OUR BOTTOM LINE. SO CLEAN UP YOUR ACT. HOWEVER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW IN A RACE TO THE BOTTOM TO FIND AN A LPR VENDOR THAT DOES NOT CAVE TO PUBLIC PRESSURE AND HAS EVEN LOWER STANDARDS. THIS IS BAD FOR RANK AND FILE POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE FIRST THEY'RE PRESSURED TO USE THE TOOL ONE WAY AND THEN THE RUG IS PULLED OUT FROM THEM. AND NOW THEY REALIZE THAT BY VIOLATING PEOPLE'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR FOR EXAMPLE, NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE TOOL THAT THEY ARE USED TO, THEY ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UM, UP FOR DISMISSAL. SO MY TWO ASKS ARE AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, PASS THE ORDINANCE. YOU HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM NATHAN ALREADY. AND SECOND, I WILL BE REFILING FOIA REQUESTS AND I EXPECT THEM TO BE FILLED DIGITALLY WITH OFFICER NAMES AND LICENSE PLATES SO WE CAN FIND THE REST OF THE ABUSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, TODAY A NJ BAILEY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THE ONE UP NEXT IS AMELIA GWEN AFTER AN WELCOME. YOU STATE YOUR NAME, STATE THE CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU END UP UP TO TWO MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. HELLO, MY NAME IS AN BAILEY. I HAVE LIVED IN CHANDLER MY WHOLE LIFE. I'M HERE TO APPLAUD THE CITY OF CHANDLER FOR ENDING THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH BLOCK. AND I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND IMPLORE YOU TO REFUSE ANY FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS WITH A LPR COMPANIES. ADDITIONALLY, PASS AN ORDINANCE TO UM, PASS THAT, UM, POSES A COMPLETE BAN ON ALPS. THE CITY OF CHANDLER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LEADING FORCE IN REJECTING MASS SURVEILLANCE AND CAN SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND I IMP AND I IMPLORE YOU TO NOT TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY LIGHTLY. ALPS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO CAUSE MA IMMENSE DANGER TO THE PRIVACY OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES LIKE WOMEN SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE, UM, POLICE OFFICERS USING DATA TO TRACK THEIR EXES. AND ADDITIONALLY THE USE OF ALPS TO PERPETUATE THE RAMPAGE NA UM, NATIONWIDE AGAINST IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE OVER 40 CAMERAS IN CHANDLER. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF, THEY AREN'T COVERED IN ALL THEIR LOCATIONS, CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED, UM, ON A MAP CALLED DEEP LOCK THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS. IT IS LIKE GOOGLE. UM, [00:40:01] NOT ONLY IS BAGGING THESE CAMERAS FEASIBLE, BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE. UM, THESE CAMERAS ENABLE MASS SURVEILLANCE THAT DON'T PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. WE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES BY INVESTING IN THEM AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS DESERVE PEACE OF MIND AND THE INSURANCE THAT THEIR PRIVACY WILL BE PROTECTED. IT DOESN'T MATTER THE COMPANY. WE HAVE BEEN SHOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT ON A NATIONAL SCALE THAT APRS ARE NOT SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FAILURE GWYNN, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF REFERENCE AND YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. AMELIA. HELLO, MY NAME IS AMELIA WYNN AND I LIVE IN GILBERT, ARIZONA. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SICK TODAY, BUT EVEN THE EVEN, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM STILL HERE. I AM HERE TO SAY THAT DESPITE FLOCK THE FALL CONTRACT GETTING CANCELED, THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO GO AND SEARCH FOR A DIFFERENT COMPANY. HOW IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY GOING TO PREVENT A LPR MISUSE? IT'S NOT, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE MASS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THAT JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. INSTEAD, WE SHOULD USE A FUND FOR SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP GOOD EXAMPLES TODAY AND I THINK IT SHOWS THAT SURVEILLING CRIME DOES NOT STOP CRIME HELPING. ITS YOUR CITIZENS DOES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STOP FLOCK BECAUSE WE ALL SHOWED OUT HERE TOGETHER, THE PEOPLE STOPPED FLOCK. AND WE WILL KEEP ON FIGHTING UNTIL WE GET ALL APRS OUT OF CHANDLER AND OUT OF ARIZONA. THANK YOU. FOLLOWED BY KAITLYN CONTRERAS, BROCK WILSON, FOLLOWED BY KAITLYN CONTRERAS. NEXT. HELLO SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. UH, YES SIR, TWO MINUTES. MY NAME'S BROCK WILSON AND I LIVE IN GILBERT. I DO NOT LIVE IN CHANDLER. HOWEVER, I DRIVE THROUGH CHANDLER EVERY DAY, SO I'M SURE YOU PICK ME UP ON YOUR CAMERAS. SO THE THE ISSUE WITH THE CAMERAS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE GUARDRAILS, UH, TO PROTECT FROM ABUSE FROM THE CITY OF CHANDLER. THIS ALL GOES INTO MASSIVE DATABASES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY NOT JUST FLOCK A THIRD PARTY COMPANY, BUT ALSO FEDERAL AGENCIES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THIS IS BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, MASS SURVEILLANCE, GENERAL WARRANTS. SO TAKE DOWN THE CAMERAS, REPLACE THEM WITH NOTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. KAITLYN CONTRERAS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE AND YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. FOLLOWED BY JASON CHAVEZ. GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND MEMBERS KAITLYN CONTRERAS WITH THE A CU OF ARIZONA. WE HAVE SUPPORTERS ACROSS ARIZONA, INCLUDING HERE IN CHANDLER. AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE WITH CITY? TEMPE, ARIZONA. THANK YOU. I'M ASKING MS. CHANDLER, UH, THIS COUNCIL TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF CHANDLER RESIDENTS. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION PROVIDES A REASONABLE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. AND THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION EXTENDS THAT RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN A PERSON'S PRIVATE AFFAIRS. THE SUPREME COURT HAS RECOGNIZED THAT OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY EXISTS ON A SLIDING SCALE IN PUBLIC. UNDER CARPENTER, THE COURT HAS HELD THE INDIVIDUALS MAINTAIN A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN THEIR WHOLE OF THEIR PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS, WHICH DOES INCLUDE OUR VEHICLES. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO FOLLOW AN INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR MARKED OR UNMARKED CAR. A LPR TECHNOLOGY IS NO DIFFERENT. AND WHEN ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, IT SAYS OTHERWISE, IT SETS UP A WORLD WHERE WE MUST ACCEPT TO LIVE UNDER CONSTANT PERVASIVE MASS SURVEILLANCE. WHILE FLOCK IS THE LARGEST PURVEYOR OF A LPR TECHNOLOGY, NOT ONLY IN THE STATE BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE SIMPLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM. IT IS CLEAR THAT IN THE LIGHT OF THE LAUNDRY LIST OF ABUSES OF FLOCK TECHNOLOGY, THE COMPANY IS NOW ATTEMPTING TO SAVE FACE WITH NEW AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THEY HAVE ROLLED OUT. HOWEVER, I WANNA STRESS THAT IT IS NOT FLOCK THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THOUGH THE ABUSES ARE RIFE. IT IS THE A-L-P-A-L-P-R TECHNOLOGY ITSELF AND THE VIOLATION OF A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO PRIVACY THEY POSE. IN JUNE 26, MOTOROLA WAS HIT WITH A CLASS ACTION OVER THEIR LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY AXON VADA RECORD, UH, GENETIC AND PLATE SMART, AND THE LIST GOES ON UNCONSTITUTIONALLY TRACK INDIVIDUALS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY MAKING THEM SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION OF A CRIME THEY WERE NEVER INDICTED NOR CONVICTED OF. FOR THESE REASONS, WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A BAN ON A LPR TECHNOLOGY AND PRESERVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO PRIVACY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JASON CHAVEZ, FOLLOWED BY JUNIPER, KU SOMETHING. JASON CHAVEZ. HELLO, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES. HELLO, I'M JASON CHAVEZ. I AM FROM AVONDALE. AND HI, COME A VERY LONG WAY, AS YOU CAN TELL. AND WHY DO I DO THAT? WELL, FIRST REASON IS I, I DO WANT TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH MY FELLOW EAST VALLEY NEIGHBORS FOR FIGHTING THIS GOOD FIGHT [00:45:01] AS WELL AS TO THANK, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCONTINUED THEIR CONTRACT, UH, WITH FLOCK. BUT ALSO, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. AS YOU SAID, THE CAMERAS ARE TURNED OFF RIGHT NOW, BUT ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT LIKE CYBERSECURITY KNOWS THAT THE BEST WAY TO BE SECURE IS THE PHYSICAL, LIKE BLOCKING OF THOSE CAMERAS. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD PUT LIKE TAPE OVER YOUR LAPTOP CAMERA BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN AND PERHAPS WILL ACTUALLY LIKE HACK INTO THOSE CAMERAS IN ORDER TO SPY ON PEOPLE. AND WHAT BETTER WAY FOR A PHYSICAL BLOCKAGE AND THE IT'S COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THESE CAMERAS, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THEM DOWN BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE CAMERAS CAN BE LIKE BE USED FOR NEFARIOUS PURPOSES SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE POLICE MISUSING THEM. BUT AGAIN, THEORETICALLY THEY CAN ALSO BE HACKED BY JUST CIVILIANS TO BE USED TO STALK OTHER PEOPLE. SO THERE ARE VERY LITTLE WAYS THAT THIS CAN ACTUALLY BE USED FOR THE GOOD OF THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. 'CAUSE I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR. MONITORING IS NOT SAFETY. COMMUNITY TRUST IS, AND THESE CAMERAS ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THAT COMMUNITY TRUST. IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT BEING MONITOR ALL THE TIME COULD ESTABLISH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW CHANDLER IS A CITY IN THE VALLEY, I REALLY URGE YOU TO BE A CITY ATOP A HILL AND TAKE STEPS SUCH AS MAKING, PASSING THOSE ORDINANCES AGAINST ALL A P LRS SO THAT OTHER CITIES LIKE THE ONES IN THE WEST VALLEY THAT I'M FROM WILL FOLLOW SUIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI JUNIPER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. HI, I'M JUNIPER KERR. I'M FROM SCOTTSDALE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE STATE COUNCIL ON MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION AND TERMINATING THEIR CONTRACT. HOWEVER, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW THESE CAMERAS WORK AND WHAT THEY CAN DO. NOT ONLY CAN THEY TRACK THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF ANYONE WHO, OF ANYONE UNDERNEATH THEM, THEY ALSO SHOW THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS WELL AS WHERE THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO. IF YOU TOLD JAMES MADISON AND THE OTHER FOUNDING FATHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ABOUT THESE CAPABILITIES, THEY WOULD SAY THAT CONSTITUTES A SEARCH AND SEIZURE AND REQUIRE A WARRANT. AND NOW IMAGINE TELLING THEM ABOUT A DEVICE THAT CAN DO THIS THOUSANDS OF TIMES IN A SINGLE DAY. THIS REQUIRES A WARRANT. AND THE WAY THESE, AND THE WAY THESE CAMERAS WORK, THEY, THERE IS NO JUDGE IN BETWEEN THEIR USE AND THEIR THEIR USE AND THE PEOPLE. AND IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT THE COUNCIL HAS NOT GONE FAR ENOUGH. THERE NEEDS TO BE TWO MORE DEMANDS MET. THE FIRST IS A BAN ON ALL A LPRS BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTORS BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING SPIED ON BY A CITY GOVERNMENT OR A CORPORATION. THE SECOND IS NOT JUST THE SECOND IS NOT JUST A TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT WITH FLOCK, BUT A PROMISE NOT TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ANY OTHER A LPR COMPANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COUNSEL. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE, UH, UNSCHEDULED SPEAKER, SPEAKER CARDS. NEXT IS OUR CURRENT [ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements] EVENTS AND I'LL START. DO YOU WANNA WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK? UH, APRS DATA CENTERS WATER ARE ALL ISSUES THAT WILL BE TOPICS THAT CITIES WILL BE LOOKING AT THERE AS WELL. IT'LL BE A GOOD CONFERENCE AND I WILL END MY STAY AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AT ON NEXT THURSDAY AT THE CONFERENCE. SO, UH, WE'LL, UH, THE MAYOR OF SUPERIOR, MILA BESI WILL BE THE NEW, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. SECONDLY, UM, NEXT MONTH WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE RETIREMENT OF MICHELLE MCLENNAN, THE CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, UH, GENERAL MANAGER. SHE'S BEEN PART OF THE CCA FOR 27 YEARS. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE, THE TEAM THAT SHE'S BUILT AND WE HAVE WILL ALSO BE WELCOMING JULIANA CRESPO TO CHANDLER AS THIS WEEK TO SERVE AS OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER. FOLLOWING A NATIONAL SEARCH WITH MORE HUNDRED THAN 240 APPLICANTS. JULIA COMES TO CHANDLER VIA ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA, WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MOSAIC THEATRICALS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS UNDER JULIANA'S LEADERSHIP AND THE REOPENING OF THE CCA LATER THIS FALL FOLLOWING ITS CURRENT RENOVATION. UH, AND THEN LASTLY, WE WILL BE KICKING OFF HISPANIC, UH, HERITAGE MONTH WITH AN EXCITING CELEBRATION OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND TRADITION ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. EXPERIENCE THE POWERFUL TRADITION OF RITO [00:50:01] CEREMONY, THRILLING LUCHA LIBRE WRESTLING MATCHES, FOLKLORICO DANCE PERFORMANCES, AND LIVE MUSIC. THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WE'LL HAVE DELICIOUS FOOD, TRUCKS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY, LIKE FACE PAINTING, BOUNCE HOUSES, AND FUN ACTIVITIES OF ALL AGES. SO JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE OUR RICH HERITAGE TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS. I GOT ONE. . ALL RIGHT, SO THE COLLECTION IS EXHIBIT. IT IS COMING TO THE VISION GALLERY. IT'S GONNA HOST THE COLLECTION FROM AUGUST 22ND THROUGH NOVEMBER 7TH. THIS EXHIBIT BY TWO LOCAL ARTISTS EXPLORES THE HUMAN DESIRE TO COLLECT EVERY DAY AND FOUND OBJECTS. THE EXHIBIT WILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT ITS 11 WEEK DURATION, MAKING MULTIPLE VISITS A MUST. AND THEN CHANDLER MUSEUM WILL HOST THE OFFICE OF COLLECTING AND DESIGN. FROM OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH OCTOBER 11TH, THIS TRAVELING MUSEUM OF DIMINUTIVE, MISPLACED, UNUSUAL AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AND TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE LATER THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND I AM REMISS IF I DO NOT ALSO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY. PATRICK, PLEASE STAND UP EVERYONE TO SEE YOU. PATRICK COMES TO US VIA PHOENIX AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, UH, OVERSEEING OUR LAW DEPARTMENT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INNOVATION, TO YOUR EXPERIENCE, AND TO YOUR, UH, LEADING US IN THAT REGARD. SO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. NOTHING FROM ME TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU AUDIENCE FOR COMING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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