* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
          [ Call to Order]
          [00:00:02]
          GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE, UH, OCTOBER 15TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? MAYOR HARKE. 
          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, OUR, UH, INVOCATION WILL BE BROUGHT BY PASTOR KELLY HAND OF DESERT PALMS CHURCH, AND KELLY'S BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. 
          PLEASE RISE. 
          SO, UH, PROVERBS SAYS, "WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS INCREASE, PEOPLE REJOICE, BUT WHEN THE WICKED RULE, THE PEOPLE GROAN." AM, AM I FIRST OR NO? YOU ARE. 
          I AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHEN THERE'S NO GUIDANCE, THE PEOPLE FALLS, BUT IN ABUNDANCE OF COUNSELORS, THERE'S SAFETY. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          LEADERSHIP IS NOT EASY. 
          TONIGHT YOU WILL DOUBTLESS MAKE SOME PEOPLE UNHAPPY. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'LL MAKE SOME PEOPLE HAPPY TOO. 
          UM, BUT MY PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO GOOD, NOT JUST WHAT IS POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT, BUT DO GOOD FOR THIS CITY. 
          UH, BUT THAT YOU WOULD DO GOOD FOR THE CITY AND YOU WOULD EVEN ENJOY DOING THAT. 
          SO LET ME PRAY TO THAT END. 
          LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU'VE PLACED IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY. 
          I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM BEYOND THEIR YEARS. 
          I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ENJOY SERVING. 
          AND GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS CHANDLER THROUGH THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE. 
          MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE. 
          IN CHRIST, I PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. 
          PASTOR, PLEASE TURN TO THE FLAG AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, PASTOR HAN. 
          [1. Recognition: Congressionally Directed Spending Grant for Chandler Flex]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, COUNCIL, IS SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES. 
          AND, UM, OUR FIRST ONE, WE'RE GONNA FIT HIM IN NEXT WHEN HE ARRIVES, CONGRESSMAN GREG STANTON, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS TO JOIN ME UP FRONT. 
          ALL 
          [2. Proclamation: Friends of Library Week]
RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY WEEK. 
          IF I COULD HAVE BOB LOWRY, YAY, BOB, AND, UH, HE'S OUR BOARD CHAIR OF OUR FRIENDS OF THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          AND IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, PLEASE JOIN US AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT, THIS PROCLAMATION IS BEING READ AT THIS TIME, WHEREAS CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARIES SERVE AS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SPACE TO ENGAGE IN LIFELONG LEARNING, COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT AND CONNECTION. 
          AND WHEREAS MANY OF THESE RESOURCES ARE MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF SUPPORT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY, A NONPROFIT VOLUNTEER-BASED ORGANIZATION OF DEDICATED ADVOCATES WHO COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT THE MISSION, INNOVATION AND INCLUSIVITY OF OUR LIBRARIES, AND WHEREAS THE FRIENDS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WELL-FUNDED LIBRARIES AND ADVOCATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIBRARIES GET THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO MAINTAIN ROBUST PROGRAMMING, HELP EXPAND COLLECTIONS AND FOSTER A LOVE OF READING ACROSS ALL AGES. 
          AND WHEREAS THE FRIENDS GIFT OF THE TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW VOLUNTARISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK CELEBRATES THE VITAL ROLE THAT VOLUNTEERS, ADVOCATES, AND DONORS PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CHANDLER LIBRARY. 
          NOW THEREOF, KEVIN HARKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, 
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ARIZONA, DOING BY PROCLAM, OCTOBER 18 TO THE 24TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARY WEEK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          A FEW COMMENTS, BUT THEY'RE SHORTER THAN THE PROCLAMATION. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS HONOR. 
          THIS IS, I THINK, THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH YEAR I'VE BEEN UP HERE TO GET THIS. 
          UM, I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF CHANDLER PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          WE'RE NOW IN OUR 45TH YEAR OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE FRIENDS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, AND OCCASIONALLY THINGS LIKE THE DISCOVERY VEHICLE, ONLY DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS AND THOSE WHO VISIT OUR BOOKSTORES WHO BUY OUR BOOKS ONLINE AND OUR ONLINE OUTLETS, AND EVEN THOSE WHO COME TO OUR COFFEE SHOP. 
          VERY HELPFUL TO US ALL. 
          SO FOR EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE FRIENDS AND THE FRIENDS' ABILITY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THE LIBRARY, THANK YOU. 
          A LOT. 
          UM, THIS YEAR, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          AND OUR NEXT 
          [3. Proclamation: Arizona League of Cities and Towns Week]
PROCLAMATION HAS TO DO WITH THE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS LEGISLATIVE RECOGNITION. 
          I SEE MY FRIEND RENE GUILLAND WHO IS THE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS DIRECTOR. 
          PLEASE JOIN US. 
          WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER RELY ON THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS ARIZONA WORK 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO DELIVER VITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING FIRE, POLICE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF ALL RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHEREAS, CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS ARIZONA PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES, INCLUDING UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, SANITATION AND RECYCLING SERVICES. 
          AND WHEREAS, CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS ARIZONA ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE BY OFFERING FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, PERFORMING ARTS VENUES, GALLERIES, PARKS, AND RECREATION CENTERS THAT OFFER CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER REMAINS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF SERVICE, ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS BUILT ON THE DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM OF TEAM CHANDLER EMPLOYEES WHO WORK DILIGENTLY EVERY DAY TO SERVE RESIDENTS THROUGH TEAMWORK, UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT, UPHOLDING OUR STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, AND ENSURING CHANDLER REMAINS A RESPONSIVE, FORWARD-THINKING AND INNOVATIVE CITY. 
          NOW THEREFORE, I, KEVIN HARTKE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 18TH THROUGH 24TH, 2026 AS ARIZONA'S CITIES AND TOWNS WEEK. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR HARTKE OR, UH, YOU MAY NOT KNOW, AS I CALL HIM PRESIDENT HARTKE, UH, HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION THAT I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, THE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS, WHERE WE, UH - OH, TRUE. 
           NEW, OLD HABITS DIE HARD. 
          UH - WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE - RIGHT. 
          UH, WHERE WE, UH, ADVOCATE AND EDUCATE AND, UH, REALLY FACILITATE THE CITIES AND TOWNS AND THE GREAT THINGS THEY DO HERE IN ARIZONA. 
          AND I WILL SAY, I'VE WORKED FOR THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, I'VE WORKED FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, BUT THE ONE P - AREA OF GOVERNMENT THAT I ALWAYS COME BACK TO IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS IN ARIZONA ARE TRULY CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE. 
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YOU'RE HERE TODAY. 
          YOU CAN COME AND YOU CAN TALK TO THEM. 
          UH, YOU SEE THEM AT THE SUPERMARKET, YOU SEE THEM AT CHURCH. 
          THEY ARE TRULY CLOSEST TO YOU. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT YOUR, YOUR NEEDS ARE. 
          THEY CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO YOUR NEEDS. 
          AND POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRUST AMONG VOTERS IN ARIZONA. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WORKING WITH CITIES AND TOWNS. 
          AND THE, THE MAYOR SAID IT RIGHT WHERE CITIES AND TOWNS IN ARIZONA ARE THE ECONOMIC ENGINES IN ARIZONA. 
          THEY ARE WHERE, UH, ACTIVITIES HAPPEN. 
          THEY'RE WHERE THAT HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE HAPPENS. 
          HERE IN CHANDLER, I JUST SAW A STUDY FROM, UH, VIVINT SECURITIES WHERE THEY FOUND OUT OF THE THOUSANDS OF CITIES IN AMERICA, I BELIEVE THEY RANKED CHANDLER 8TH SAFEST FOR NEW, NEW HOME BUYERS IN AMERICA. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT HAR - THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. 
          AND I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MAYOR, THAT'S ALSO WHILE LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES 11 YEARS IN A ROW. 
          YES. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          AND, UH, THAT ONLY HAPPENS WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP AND GREAT LEADERSHIP THAT HIRES GREAT STAFF. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, THAT, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DO ON BEHALF OF THEIR RESIDENTS. 
          AND CHANDLER HAS A GREAT HISTORY WITH THE LEAGUE FROM PRESIDENT HARTKE TO PRESIDENT TIBSCHRAINI TO PRESIDENT DUNN. 
          AND SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT PERHAPS WITH, UH, FUTURE MAYOR ELECTS, THAT MAYBE THAT I HOPE THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES ON INTO THE FUTURE. 
          WITH THAT, MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. 
          SINCE YOU ARE ALL PART OF LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS, IF YOU WANNA JUMP BEHIND, PLEASE DO. 
          THANKS, RENEE. 
          THANK YOU, RENEE. 
          THANK YOU, RENEE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          TAKE CARE EVERYBODY. 
          THANKS, BUDDY. 
          GOOD SEEING YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CONGRESSMAN GREG STANTON TO COME UP. 
          UH, SO THIS HAS BEEN A BIT OF SOME EXCITING NEWS, UM, FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER. 
          UH, ON MONDAY, STAFF PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHANDLER FLEX PROGRAM AND THE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING GRANT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU AND I THINK WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME INFO ON THAT. 
          UH, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH CHANDLER ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCE, AND I IMAGINE HAVING THE LEAGUE OF CITIES IN TOWN HERE WARMED THE COCKLES OF YOUR FORMER MAYORAL HEART AS WELL. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE TAKE A PHOTO? I SUPPORT CHANDLER FLEX BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO. 
          UH, AND, UH, I LOVE SERVI - REPRESENTING CHANDLER IN CONGRESS. 
          I LOVE WORKING WITH THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND WHEN WE TRY TO GET FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THIS COMMUNITY, IT'S ALWAYS IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH WHAT YOU AND THE COUNCIL DIRECT ME TO DO. 
          THAT'S MY JOB. 
          I'M A RECOVERING MAYOR, SO I'M GONNA LISTEN TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAKE DECISIONS. 
          AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET, SO FAR, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROGRAM, WHICH HAS ALLOWED SO MANY ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS TO USE IT. 
          WE'RE GOING AFTER MORE SO I CAN GO INTO NORTHEAST CHANDLER, CHANDLER GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM. 
          BUT I LOVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          I GREW UP IN A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FAMILY. 
          MY DAD TOOK THE BUS EVERY DAY TO AND FROM WORK TO SELL SHOES AT JC PENNEY, SO WE ARE A WORKING CLASS FAMILY. 
          SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS TO SUPPORT MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES THROUGHOUT, UH, THIS COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THROUGH THE COUNTRY. 
          SO WE WANNA EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THIS PROGRAM I LOVE BECAUSE I JUST FOUND OUT, I SAW WHEN I WAS READING ON THE WAY HERE, I DIDN'T REALIZE 30% OF THE RIDES ARE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, GIVEN THAT INDEPENDENCE AND OBVIOUSLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET SOME INDEPENDENCE FROM THEIR PARENTS, MAYBE THEIR PARENTS' INDEPENDENCE FROM THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY COULD USE CHANDLER F**K TO GET TO SCHOOL.THAT'S A REALLY, UH, REALLY GREAT THING. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE PURSUING OTHER THINGS. 
          WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS IS NOT THAT ENVIRONMENT, BUT, UH, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING. 
          WHEN YOU'RE ONCE A MAYOR, NO MATTER WHAT ELSE YOU DO, YOU WILL ALWAYS LOOK BEST UPON YOUR TIME AS MAYOR AS YOUR FAVORITE TIME IN PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          SO I DO OTHER THINGS NOW AND I LOVE IT, BUT MAN, I MISS BEING MAYOR. 
          THAT WAS A GOOD GIG. 
           SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
          AND THANKS TO THIS COUNCIL, YOU GOT A GREAT COUNCIL. 
          CHANDLER IS A SPECIAL PLACE. 
          EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT. 
          YOU GOT A GOOD THING GOING. 
          LET'S KEEP IT GOING WITH, UH, THE MAYOR ELECT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO A PHOTO. 
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COUNCIL AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO. 
          GET, GET MY GOOD SIDE, SARAH. 
          COME ON, GIRL. 
          WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
           SCOOT OVER THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          PERFECT. 
          GET THE SHORT GUY HERE. 
           YEAH. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE REALLY IS. 
           I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY BEST LOOK. 
          THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, 
          [4. Recognition: Water Festival Sponsors]
ONE, UH, ONE MORE RECOGNITION. 
          THIS IS THE WATER FESTIVAL SPONSORS. 
          SO IF MICHAELA REED, OUR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM MANAGER, CAN COME, AND WE WILL START THIS PROCESS. 
          OUR WATER CONSERVATION TEAM DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB OF PROVIDING EXCITING AND DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD WATER STEWARDSHIP. 
          THAT'S THE HEART OF THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO WHY CHANDLER HAS THE LOWEST COST OF WATER OF ANY CITY IN THE ENTIRE VALLEY HERE, THE LOWEST COST OF, UH, UTILITIES COMBINED OF ANY CITY IN THE VALLEY. 
          AND IT STARTS REALLY WITH THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT, UH, ARE TRAINING OUR CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THESE VALUES AND THE UNDERSTANDING WITH THAT. 
          ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS IS THE WATER FESTIVAL, WHICH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF OUR SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO I'M EXCITED THAT SOME OF THOSE SPONSORS ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING TO BE RECOGNIZED. 
          MICHAELA, TAKE IT AWAY. 
          MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2025 WATER FESTIVAL SPONSORS. 
          CHANDLER HAS HELD AN ANNUAL WATER FESTIVAL FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 
          THIS CHANDLER TRADITION IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL CHANDLER FOURTH GRADERS, OFFERING THESE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ARIZONA'S WATER RESOURCES AND WATER CONSERVATION. 
          THE CHANDLER WATER FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE, EDUCATING OVER 1,200 CHANDLER FOURTH GRADERS EACH YEAR. 
          THIS TWO-DAY EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER WATER PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE GROUNDWATER SCIENCE, WATERSHED CONCEPTS, THE WATER CYCLE, AND WATER CONSERVATION. 
          THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS ALLOWS US TO MAKE THIS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          SPONSORSHIP DONATIONS SUPPORT BREAKFAST, LUNCHES, AND SNACKS FOR OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAYS. 
          WITHOUT OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS, THIS EVENT SIMPLY WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE. 
          WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THE 2025 WATER FESTIVAL SPONSORS. 
          I WILL NOW ASK EACH OF THEM TO INDIVIDUALLY COME UP TO BE RECOGNIZED, STARTING WITH AIKEN AND GARDNER. 
          OKAY. 
          JOINT PHOTO AFTER AS WELL, EVERYONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AIKEN AND GARDNER, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU, SCOTT. 
          GREAT. 
          ARCHER WESTERN. 
           ALL RIGHT. 
          READY ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 
          BROWN AND CALDWELL. 
          CAROLLO. 
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DIBBLE. 
          DIBBLE CM. 
          AND TILLIS. 
          HAZEN AND SAWYER. 
          GREAT. 
          KIMLEY-HORN. 
          ONE, TWO, THREE. 
          AND THE LAST SPONSOR IS KITCHEL. 
          THAT MAYBE CHANGED THEIR MINDS. 
           THINGS COME UP, SO THAT IS IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          OH, SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          READY? ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 
          JUST A COUPLE MORE. 
          ONE, TWO, THREE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC APPEARANCES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
           ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNSEL, GIVE ME A MINUTE HERE. 
          WE HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, ARE RELATED TO CONSENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I 
          [ 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 October 15, 2026, Regular Meeting, Items 1 - 44.]
HAVE TWO, UH, SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN ONE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON ITEM 14, WHICH IS THE, THE PAD BY THE AIRPORT. 
          IT DIDN'T GARNER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE STUDY SESSION, SO THEY ONLY WANTED TO SPEAK IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO FIRST, UH, SPEAKER RELATED TO 
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OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS, UH, ED CONTRERAS. 
          MR. CONTRERAS, PLEASE COME UP. 
          STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO TALK. 
          WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT. 
          OKAY. 
          FIRST, YOU WANTED WHAT? STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          MY NAME IS ED CONTRERAS, AND I'M... 
          CITY OF RESIDENCE IS - YOU LIVE IN HERE? I LIVE HERE IN CHANDLER. 
          I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 44 YEARS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          CONTINUE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M SPEAKING TO WHICH ITEM AGAIN? I'M SORRY, BECAUSE I GOT SEVERAL. 
          UH, THIS WAS ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          YOU, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT AS WELL AS UNSCHEDULED. 
          YOU HAD A, YOU HAD A WRITTEN CARD, BUT IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, THEN, UH, I, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER DOING NUMBER FIVE, SO LET ME SEE. 
          OKAY, THIS IS RELATED TO THE, UH, PIMA PARK PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, WHEN THE LADY SPOKE AT THE, UH, PREVIOUS MEETING ON, UH, MONDAY, UH, SHE MENTIONED THAT, UH, THEY WERE RECEIVING A GRANT AND THEY WERE DOING THIS ELABORATE, UH, UH, POOL OR PARK IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND ALSO, YOU HAD ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT I THINK IS SOMEBODY AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAT MENTIONED THAT, UH, THAT THIS WAS ALL RELATED TO THE, UH, UH... 
          I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. 
          THE, UH, FUTURE PLANS FOR THE PARK SYSTEM THAT WAS DONE SOME YEARS AGO, PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          SO I'M, IN RELATION TO THAT, I HAVE A PARK THAT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I LIVE IN THE VERY NORTHEAST OF THE, OF THE CITY, AND IT IS CALLED ORANGE TREE. 
          UH, DURING THAT WHOLE PLANNING PHASE, THE CITIZENS THERE CAME TO THE CITY AND TOLD THEM WE NEEDED A PARK, THAT WE COULD USE THAT WHOLE AREA. 
          BUT THE CITY PLANNERS HAD OTHER MI - OTHER IDEAS AND WANTED TO PUT IN SOME, UM, UH, A, A HOUSING PROJECT THERE ALONG WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SPONSORING IT. 
          AND WE WERE BAS- BASICALLY SHUT OUT. 
          WE WERE AT THOSE MEETINGS. 
          WE HAD PROVIDED A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO, UH, SEE A PARK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ONE IN OUR CIRCULAR, UH, ONE MILE RADIUS. 
          THERE ARE OVER, UH, 1,500 HOMES THERE AT LEAST IN THAT AREA. 
          AND WE HAVE THE SMALLEST PARK IN THE WHOLE CITY OTHER THAN SEVERAL PARKS THAT HAVE A, UH, RUNNING TRACK AROUND THEM WITH A GREEN BELT INSIDE. 
          OUR, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? PARK HAS A VERY SMALL, UH, I WOULD GET, CALL IT KIDS, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. 
          MR. KOTRES, YOUR TIME IS OUT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          BUT I, I DO KNOW THAT WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ORANGEWOOD. 
          WE DID HAVE A WONDERFUL RIBBON CUTTING THERE TWO YEARS AGO. 
          I, I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ONGOING, UH, CONCERN WITH US, BUT THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, PIMA, BUT YOUR TIME IS OVER FOR NOW, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE'VE BEEN SHUT OUT QUITE A BIT BY THE CITY AND IT'S PLANNED. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER 15, I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FROM RICK HUMAN. 
          MR. HUMAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          RICK HUMAN, CHANDLER, ARIZONA. 
          I KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS UP HERE. 
          AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UM, I JUST WANNA COMMENT ON NUMBER 15. 
          I KNOW IT'S ON CONSENT, BUT THIS IS A SITE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS ABOUT ITS POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT AND ENDS UP, YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL'S THERE, IT'S BY, BY RIGHT. 
          THEY CAN PUT THE NEW RETAIL IN, FIX THE RETAILERS THERE, BUT TO TAKE THIS CORNER UP AND PUT A BUNCH OF PADS UP, AND AGAIN, THE CONVERSATION IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND, UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE WHAT'S GETTING BUILT THERE TODAY. 
          SO JUST WANNA GO ON THE RECORD THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE CORNERS THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, THAT WE STAND OUR GROUND AND MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL, THOSE ARE THE, UM, ONLY TWO RELATED TO, UM, SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME. 
          AND SOMEWHERE I'M, I THINK I'M MISSING ONE OF MY SHEETS, BUT WE'LL SEE. 
          WE'LL JUST WING IT THROUGH HERE. 
           UM, RELATED TO CONSENT AGENDA, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 44. 
          UM, UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          IS THERE ANY RECUSALS? MAYOR? ANY SPECIAL NOTES? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. 
          YEAH, I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF ON ITEMS 37 AND 38 THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE HOA WHERE I LIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          37 AND 38 RECUSING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON? ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON RECUSING ON NUMBER 37 AND 38. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          NEXT ON 
          [45. Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Changes to Certain Water, Wastewater, Reclaimed Water, and Solid Waste Rates and Fees 1.Open the Public Hearing 2. Staff Presentation 3. Council Discussion 4. Discussion from the Audience 5. Close the Public Hearing Council Focus Area(s):]
OUR AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM NUMBER 45. 
          AND I BELIEVE MATT DUNBAR IS COMING UP. 
          THIS IS REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES TO CERTAIN WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER, AND SOLID WASTE RATES AND FEES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UTILITY RATE POTENTIAL INCREASES FOR OUR WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER AND SOLID WASTE FEES IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH JUST INFORMATIONAL FOR THE PUBLIC FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND WE'LL SHARE, UH, WHEN WE DID THAT AS WELL. 
          IT'S ALSO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC SINCE ABOUT AUGUST TIMEFRAME. 
          UH, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR RATE ANALYSIS AND REVENUE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE UTILITIES, THE RATE ADJUSTMENT OUTREACH AND OUR RATE ADJUSTMENT OVERVIEW FOR EACH OF THEM. 
          UH, EACH YEAR THE CITY DOES A RATE ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OF THESE UTILITIES, UH, JUST TO FIND, FIND OUT WHAT THE ACTUAL FUNDING REQUIREMENT IS IN THE LONG TERM TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE UTILITIES ARE SOLVENT. 
          UH, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MISINFORMATION STILL OUT THERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS ONLINE. 
          THESE ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER. 
          AND SO EACH ENTERPRISE FUND IS SEPARATE. 
          SO WATER, UH, UTILITY RATES PAY FOR WATER EXPENDITURES AND WASTEWATER REVENUES PAY FOR WASTEWATER EXPENDITURES AND SO ON. 
          UH, THESE AREN'T USED FOR STREETS OR PARKS OR POLICE PURCHASES OR OTHER ITEMS THAT THE GENERAL FUND TAKES CARE OF. 
          THESE ARE SPECIFIC TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          AND WHEN WE DO THIS ANALYSIS, WE DO A 10 YEAR, UH, ANALYSIS ON EACH OF THESE AND ENSURE THAT THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT MEETS THE NEEDS OF EACH UTILITY TO KEEP IT SOLVENT FOR EACH OF THE 10 YEARS GOING FORWARD. 
          IN THIS LAST REVIEW OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL PLAN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A 9% INCREASE FOR WATER, 6.5% INCREASE IN WASTEWATER, 9% FOR RECLAIMED, AND A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE WAS NEEDED. 
          UH, WE DID DO SOME OUTREACH. 
          WE HAD OUR WEBSITE AVAILABLE WHERE WE SHOWED THE PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULE, COUNCIL ACTION SCHEDULE, THE PROCESS TIMELINE. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THOSE MEETINGS SHARED AVAILABLE ON THAT WEBSITE, THE RATE CHANGE IN PERCENTAGES AND DOLLARS, UH, A MONTHLY BILL CALCULATOR WHERE INDIVIDUALS COULD GO WITH THEIR ACTUAL CONSUMPTION AND CALCULATE WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE FOR THEM. 
          AND WE ALSO HAD A FEEDBACK BUTTON ON THAT, UH, WEBSITE, WHICH WE'VE PROVIDED YOU, UH, THE FEEDBACK FOR PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE CITY CLERK AS WELL AS TO EACH OF YOU. 
          UH, WE DID RECEIVE 11 WEBSITE COMMENTS FROM THAT. 
          UH, WE DID ADDITIONAL OUTREACH. 
          UH, WE HAD CITY SCOPE SUBMISSION, SO ARTICLE INFORMATION ON CITY SCOPE, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THOSE SE - SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE 46 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND THEN OFFERED TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS AS REQ - AS REQUESTED. 
          UH, SO FROM THE TOTAL 56 OR SO COMMENTS OR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CAPTURES WE RECEIVED, IT WAS A MIXED RESPONSE. 
          UH, THERE WERE, UH, A NUMBER OF THEM IN FAVOR. 
          THERE WERE A, A LARGER NUMBER OPPOSED TO, AND THEN THERE WERE, UH, AN EQUAL NUMBER ABOUT TO THE ONES IN FAVOR THAT WEREN'T RELATED TO UTILITY RATES AT ALL. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE 11 THOUGH THAT CAME THROUGH THE FEEDBACK OPTION FOR YOU, UH, AND WILL BE PUT INTO THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          FROM A WATER WEIGHT PERSPECTIVE, UH, THESE ARE THE, SOME OF THE IMPACTS ADJU - THAT REQUIRE THE ADJUSTMENT. 
          SO WE'RE INCREASING THE RATE OF REPLACEMENT OF OUR HIGHEST AND HIGHEST RISK WATER MAINS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. 
          SO AS DISCUSSED WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN, UH, MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR, WE DO HAVE 
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A PLAN TO INCREASE THE ACTUAL REPLACEMENTS OF THESE, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. 
          AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE RATE OF RE - UH, OF REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THE REDUNDANT 48 INCH TRANSMISSION LINE TO REDUCE RISK OF A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE IN CHANDLER IS ONE OF THE LARGER PROJECTS COMING UP, UH, THAT'S REQUIRING SOME OF THE INCREASES. 
          UH, AGING PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, FILTER IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE PLANTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, WATER PURCHASE COSTS FOR NOT ONLY OUR CAP WATER, BUT ALSO SRP WATER. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, CAP WATER IS BECOMING MORE SCARCE, UH, THROUGH THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          AND SO THE COST, UH, THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS MORE GALLONS OF WATER MEANS WITH LESS OR FEWER GALLONS OF WATER, THE COSTS GO UP PER GALLON. 
          SO OUR PURCHASE COSTS FOR THAT CAP WATER IS GOING UP AS WELL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OPERATING COSTS FOR TREATMENT, UH, INCLUDING CHEMICALS AND POWER. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE SOME SOLAR SAVINGS WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN SOLAR FACILITIES AT SOME OF OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS, AND THAT WILL HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE POWER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TREATING THE WATER. 
          SO AGAIN, THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT OF 9% IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE WATER OR IS RECOMMENDED FOR WATER, UH, AND THAT'LL BE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS, RESIDENTIAL, MULTI-FAMILY, NON-RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND LANDSCAPE EVENLY OR ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UH, THIS JUST SHOWS KIND OF THE INCREASE, THE NET INCREASE OF 9% ACROSS THE DIFFERENT TIERS FOR WATER USAGE, THE DIFFERENT BASE CHARGES, UH, DEPENDING ON METER SIZE AND THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF CUSTOMERS. 
          AN AVERAGE BILL EXAMPLE ON THE WATER SIDE AVERAGE RESIDENT THAT USES 10,000 GALLONS ON A FIVE INCH METER WOULD GO FROM A CURRENT $30.27 TO $32.99, A LITTLE UNDER A $3 INCREASE. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, GOING UP ABOUT 200 OR $140. 
          NON-RESIDENTIAL WOULD GO UP ABOUT $150 AND LANDSCAPE WOULD GO UP ABOUT $60. 
          KEEPING IN MIND FOR OUR RESIDENTS THOUGH THAT WATER CONSERVATION DOES MATTER. 
          THE LESS WATER YOU USE, THE LESS WATER YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A TIERED RATE THAT ENCOURAGES CONSERVATION. 
          SO THE LESS WATER YOU USE, THE LOWER THE COST IS FOR THAT WATER. 
          UH, WE DO ALSO OFFER FREE WATERWISE WORKSHOPS. 
          UH, WE DO SITE VISITS OF HOMES AND WE HAVE SOME RETROFIT KITS AVAILABLE FOR HOMES BUILT PRIOR TO 1992 TO HELP REDUCE THE WATER USAGE IN THOSE HOMES. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE CURRENT CONSERVATION REBATE PROGRAMS FOR, UH, GRASS REMOVAL, NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF REMOVAL, AND SMART IRRIGATION CONTROLLER INSTALLATIONS. 
          ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, UH, THE IMPACTS THAT ARE CAUSING A, A COST INCREASE, UH, WE HAVE, WE ARE INCREASING THE RATE OF REPLACEMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RISK LINES AND 7,000 MANHOLES IN THE HIGHEST, HIGH, AND MODERATE RISK OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. 
          UH, THAT'S NOT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANHOLES THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S THE TOTAL THAT NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT OF SOME SORT. 
          AND SO WE'RE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THOSE THAT WE'RE, UH, BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EACH YEAR. 
          AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          ALSO, THIS INCLUDES THE 66 INCH REDUNDANT LINE THAT GOES UNDER LOOP 202, WHICH WOULD THEN ALLOW FOR OUR EXISTING PIPE THAT GOES UNDER THE LOOP 202 TO BE REHABBED TO NEED OF SOME REHABILITATION. 
          SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, THAT OTHER PROJECT WILL KICK OFF. 
          UH, OKATIO WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, INFLUENT PUMP STATION CONSTRUCTION, AGING PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT WAS JUST APPROVED IN THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA AND OPERATING COSTS INCLUDING, AGAIN, TREATMENT CHEMICALS AND POWER COSTS. 
          AGAIN, WE DO HAVE SOLAR FACILITIES AT OUR WASTEWATER PLANTS AS WELL THAT WILL HELP BRING DOWN SOME OF THOSE POWER COSTS. 
          SO THE TOTAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT FOR WASTEWATER IS SIX AND A HALF PERCENT SPREAD ACROSS RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND NON-RESIDENTIAL AT A FLAT CAPACITY OR ACROSS THEM EQUALLY. 
          UH, THE ANTICIPATED CHANGE FOR A RESIDENTIAL WILL CHANGE THAT BASE RATE OF 3180 TO 3387, UH, MULTIFAMILY BASE FROM 1486 TO 1582, AND THEN THE VOLUMETRIC ON OUR NON-RESIDENTIAL OF 503 TO 535 AND THE CUSTOMER CHARGE OF 1102 TO 1173, AGAIN, ALL SIX AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          SO AN AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL BILL WOULD GO UP FROM $31.80 TO $33.86 FOR WASTEWATER. 
          MULTI-FAMILY AT 150 UNITS WOULD INCREASE OF ABOUT $150 AND NON-RESIDENTIAL WOULD GO UP ABOUT $70. 
          FROM THE RA - RECLAIMED WATER RATE SIDE, AGAIN, THIS IS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CLASS OF CUSTOMER IN THIS TIER. 
          UH, SO A 9% INCREASE WOULD MEAN THEIR PER THOUSAND GALLONS CHARGE OF 94 CENTS WOULD GO UP TO $1.2, UH, AND, UH, AN AVERAGE MONTHLY RECLASS OR RECLAIMED WATER BILL WOULD GO FROM $799 TO 870.91. 
          OUR SOLID WASTE RATES ARE ANTICIPATED TO GO UP FOR ALL COVERED RESIDENCES AT FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT, AND THAT'S THE, THE MAJOR DRIVER IS THE COLLECTION CONTRACT INCREASES WE'RE SEEING WITH BASE - WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, SO THE TOTAL COMBINED BILL ON, ON AN AVERAGE BILL FOR RESIDENTIAL WOULD GO UP FROM $83 TO ABOUT $88 OR $89, ABOUT A $6 INCREASE 
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PER MONTH. 
          MULTI-FAMILY WOULD GO UP ABOUT $280. 
          NON-RESIDENTIAL COMBINED WOULD GO UP ABOUT $1040. 
          AND JUST AS A COMPARISON, THESE CHARTS SHOW KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, UM, CITY OF CHANDLER CURRENT TO CITY OF CHANDLER WITH INCREASES. 
          SO WE WILL GO UP ABOUT THAT $6 ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, AND THEN HOW WE COMPARE ACROSS, UH, THE CITY, DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. 
          I DO WANNA BRING UP ONE OF THE COMMENTS ONLINE SAID, UH, "BEFORE PURSUING ANOTHER RATE INCREASE, THE CITY, THE CITY SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT ALL REASONABLE COST SAVING MEASURES HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY EVALUATED AND THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE WASTE, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND CONTROL EXPENSES HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. 
          RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MANAGE THEIR MONEY RESPONSIBLY BEFORE ASKING THEM TO PAY MORE." WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THAT STATEMENT, AND WE DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND I THINK THIS GRAPH REALLY SHOWS THAT, THAT, UH, ACROSS ALL THE VALLEY CITIES, WE TRY TO BE EF - AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING THE MOST VALUE OUT OF THIS SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE, THIS CRITICAL SERVICE. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE FOR THOSE THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THAT INCREASE, AOK DONATIONS PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE VOLUNTARY DONATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM CUSTOMER UTILITY BILLS. 
          THOSE THAT ARE MORE AFFLUENT CAN HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS OUT BY DONATING ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR ON A, AS THEY CAN BASIS. 
          UH, THE LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED JUST UNDER $25,000 AS, UH, VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          WE ALSO RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $25,000, UH, FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE TO THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT WE'LL USE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR OUR UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OUR LOW-INCOME CHANDLER RESIDENTS. 
          FROM THE AVERAGE MULTI-FAMILY COST COMPARISON FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, AGAIN, CHANDLER IS AT THE LOWER END FOR THESE, UH, FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES. 
          FOR OUR NON-RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESSES, UH, AGAIN, WE ARE THE LOWEST IN THE VALLEY, BUT AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE'RE CL - MUCH CLOSER TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT, UH, BUSINESSES OR NON-RESIDENTIAL PAYS FOR THEIR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. 
          INDUSTRIAL, AGAIN, VERY CLOSE TO, UH, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, BUT AGAIN, CHANDLER REMAINS THE LOWEST PROVIDING THE BEST VALUE FOR THESE CRITICAL UTILITIES. 
          FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE WILL AGAIN STILL BE THE LOWEST IN THE VALLEY, UH, VERY CLOSE TO, CLOSE-ISH TO, UH, GLENDALE, WHICH IS OUR NEXT CLOSEST COMPETITOR FROM A LANDSCAPE WATER COMPARISON. 
          SO FROM A RATE ADJUSTMENT TIMEFRAME, UH, WE DID MEET WITH COUNCIL IN A WORK SESSION TO TALK ABOUT THESE PROPOSED RATES IN MARCH. 
          UH, THE, THE PROPOSED RATES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT, UM, WORK SESSION DID NOT CHANGE AS WE HAD ANOTHER WORK SESSION ON SOLID WASTE AND UTILITY RATES AGAIN IN AUGUST. 
          UH, THAT WAS THEN, UM, PRECEDED THE NOTICE OF INTENT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AUGUST 13TH, WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UH, ALSO WE POSTED THAT NOTICE OF INTENT ONLINE IN THE NEWSPAPER ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. 
          THAT WEBSITE INFORMATION CITY SCOPE WAS PUBLISHED AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ALL HAPPENED AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER. 
          TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, UH, BEING PRESENTED, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ORDINANCE AND TENTATIVE ADOPTION. 
          UH, THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CITYWIDE FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES AS THE SOLID WASTE FEES RESIDE IN THAT CITYWIDE FEE SCHEDULE IS ALSO ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE ORDINANCE FINAL ADOPTION WOULD BE SLATED FOR NOVEMBER 12TH. 
          AND IF THESE WERE ADOPTED, RATES AND FEES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FOR, IT SAYS MARCH THERE, THAT'S INCORRECT. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY THE JANUARY 4TH DATE IS CORRECT. 
          UH, SO JANUARY 4TH, 2027, THAT FIRST BILLING IN THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR. 
          UH, WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, JUST NOTING THAT THE NEXT ACTION AFTER CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE, UH, ORDINANCE 5181, WHICH ARE THE CHAPTER 50 CHANGES FOR WATER, WASTE, WATER, RECLAIMED WATER AND RESOLUTION 6044, WHICH IS THE SOLID WASTE FEES. 
          SO STUART, I'VE GOT THREE QUESTIONS THAT I KIND OF KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I WANT YOU TO SAY THEM JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO OUR WASTE RATES, THOSE ARE SET BY WASTE MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? AND THIS IS JUST A PASS THROUGH. 
          SO WE, WE DON'T REALLY SET WASTE RATES. 
          WE WORK WITH THEM, BUT THAT'S FOR THEIR SERVICES, CORRECT? YEAH, MAYOR, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE CONTRACT WE HAVE FOR THEM HAS BUILT IN INFLATORS EACH YEAR. 
          UH, SO THE WASTE RATES THAT WE'RE SEEING INCREASE HERE NOT ONLY COVER A SMALL AMOUNT OF O&M THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, BUT THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION WE HAVE WITH WASTE MA - WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR OUR COLLECTION OF TRASH. 
          AND IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU MEASURED UP THERE, WE ARE, WE ARE THE LOWEST COST, AND EVEN AFTER THESE RAISES WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE LOWEST. 
          YEAH, A- AGAIN, WE, WE KNOW WE'RE EFFICIENT, BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU SAY? WHY? WHY ARE WE DOING SO WELL? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, MAYOR. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS, UH, WE'VE HAD INCREMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS. 
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SO THOSE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN SMALLER, ALLOWING US TO SPREAD KIND OF THE, THE NEED OF THOSE RATE INCREASES. 
          UH, INSTEAD OF WAITING AND WAITING AND LETTING OUR FUND BALANCE DROP SO FAR THAT WE NOW NEED A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN OUR UTILITY RATES TO RECOUP THAT FUND BALANCE, UH, WE HAVE DONE THOSE INCREMENTAL CHANGES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S HELPED CHANDLER. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY BUILDING BRAND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE REHABBING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN THE 80S AND 90S AND EARLY 2000S, WHICH IS FANTASTIC BECAUSE LOOKING BACK, THOSE PRICES WERE, ARE MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD PAY TODAY FOR SOME NEW FACILITIES. 
          SO WE ARE NOW ON THE REHAB SIDE OF THINGS, WHICH IS MUCH CHEAPER THAN BUILDING A NEW FACILITY, UH, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHY THESE RATES ARE NEEDED, IS IF WE DON'T DO THOSE REHABILITATIONS, WE ARE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE A FAILURE OF ONE OF THOSE, UH, PLANTS OR FACILITIES, AND THEN WE WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED A REBUILD, WHICH WOULD BE MUCH MORE COSTLY. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, THERE'S THAT OLD ADAGE, YOU KNOW, POUND FOOLISH AND PENNY-WISE, UH, THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEEP IT IN OPERATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO EXPECT, UH, US TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE, WE PASSED TONIGHT WAS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT FOR WASTEWATER AND, UM, DO, WILL WE BE ABLE TO CONTINUE REHABBING OR, OR AT, AT SOME POINT, IS THERE, IS IT JUST NOT BECOME USABLE OR ARE WE ABLE TO SCRAPE AND REDO AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO KEEP COSTS DOWN? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UH, JEREMY CAN ANSWER IT PROBABLY BETTER THAN I CAN. 
          UH, SO I'LL LET HIM KIND OF ADDRESS, LIKE, ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE HOW THAT WILL ALL WORK. 
          SURE. 
          THANKS, JEREMY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          YES, MAYOR. 
          UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, EVERY- EVERYTHING HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY. 
          OUR GOAL THROUGH REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENTS IS TO EXTEND EVERY ASSET WE HAVE TO THE END OF ITS LIFE. 
          SO EVENTUALLY THINGS WILL REACH A POINT TO WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED, BUT THAT IS THE GOAL. 
          BUT EVEN THEN, LIKE, WE'RE RE - IN ESSENCE, REHABBING A POOL AT ONE OF OUR PARKS, OUR OLDEST POOL, BUT WE'RE USING THE SAME FOOTPRINT, WE'RE NOT PURCHASING NEW LAND OR THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE WHATEVER FACILITIES AND THE, AND THE, AND THE MATERIAL TO GET IN AND OUT THAT WILL ALSO BE SAVINGS. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT ANALOGY TOO, I GUESS, AGAIN, TO, TO, WITH THE REHABILITATION THAT DOES ACTUALLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THAT ASSET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ONE FINAL QUESTION FROM ME. 
          UM, WE WERE, WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING A, A COST OF SERVICE STUDY THAT WILL, UH, RE-LOOK AT THE, THE ALLOCATIONS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, MULTI-HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL, ET CETERA. 
          UH, TELL, TALK TO US BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT AGAIN. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SO THAT'S A GREAT, UH, POINT, MAYOR, UH, FOR US TO BRING UP. 
          SO THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY DOES A DEEP ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE DIFFERENT CLASS- CLASSIFICATIONS OF CUSTOMERS. 
          UH, AND WHAT THAT TELLS US IS, IS EVERYBODY PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE? THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT ANALYSIS WAS IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, 21, UH, AND WE MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS GETTING TO A RIGHT SIZE, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS ALIGNED WITH OUR COST OF SERVICE. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, SIX YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, NOT ONLY FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE COST PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO THE PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR PLANS, IN OUR CIP. 
          SO OUR CIP WAS MORE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC, UH, REPLACEMENTS AND REHABILITATIONS, AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES A DIFFERENT CUSTOMER CLASSIFICATION, OUR WATER MAIN LINES, UH, AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WANTED TO DO THESE FLAT INCREASES, REEVALUATE BASED ON TODAY'S DATA, UH, WHERE WE FALL WITHIN COST OF SERVICE. 
          SO WE HAVE ALREADY KICKED THAT OFF. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU GAVE US AUTHORITY TO START THAT OFF THIS, THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY. 
          WE JUST RECEIVED LAST MONTH THE FUNDS TO DO THAT, SO WE'VE KICKED THAT OFF THIS MONTH, UH, AND WE'LL BE IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THEN ANY CHANGES TO THE RATES GOING FORWARD WILL BE UNDER THAT NEW COST OF SERVICE ALIGNMENT STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING AND WILL HELP US SEE WHERE WE AT, WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS OUR, IS EVERYBODY PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THE NEXT TIME WE LOOK AT A, A, UH, COST ADJUSTMENT OR, OR RATE ADJUSTMENT, IT WILL TAKE THAT NEW INFORMATION, AGAIN, WITH OUR GOAL OF EACH AREA WILL PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          COUNCIL, OTHERS? COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS, THEN, UH, THEN I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          SO I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD TAKE A MINUTE AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND A GENERAL FUND FOR OUR GUESTS THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS FAMILIAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE GENERAL FUND 
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IS THE F - THE PRIMARY FUND THAT WE USE FOR MOST CITY SERVICES. 
          UH, THOSE SERVICES ARE TYPICALLY SERVICES THAT WE DON'T CHARGE FOR. 
          SO POLICE SERVICES, STREETS, UH, THE USE OF STREETS, UH, LIBRARIES, WHICH ARE FREE, PARKS WHICH ARE FREE, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES ARE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THE GENERAL FUND IS FUNDED WITH, UH, PROPERTY TAX, AS WELL AS SALES TAX OR PRIVILEGE TAX, UH, AND THEN A VARIETY OF STATE SHARED REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES. 
          THAT, THAT ALL GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND USED FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY. 
          ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE SPECIFIC TO THOSE SERVICES THAT WE CAN CHARGE FOR THAT WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE SPECIFICALLY RECEIVING A GOOD OR SERVICE. 
          UH, SO WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A PRIME EXAMPLE WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL USER, WE MEET, WE METER THE WATER GOING THROUGH AND THEY'RE PAYING DIRECTLY FOR THE WATER THAT THEY'RE USING AND SHOULD BE PAYING FOR ALL OF THE COSTS OF TREATING, DELIVERING THAT WATER TO THEIR RESIDENTS OR THEIR BUSINESS. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY ARE USING THEIR SINK OR FLUSHING THE TOILET WHERE THAT WATER GOES AWAY, THEY'RE ALSO PAYING FOR THAT SERVICE FOR US TO THEN TREAT THAT WASTEWATER GOING OUT. 
          SO ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE KEPT SEPARATE TO, UH, TRACK THOSE SERVICES FOR WHICH WE CHARGE A SPECIFIC USER FEE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE ARE TWO VERY SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, THAT THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN THEM. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE PROGRAM. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR USERS TO GO AND LOOK AT THEIR USAGE, THEIR HISTORICAL USAGE, PAY THEIR BILL. 
          UH, JUST ONE MORE WAY FOR THE TRANSPARENCY, PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION IN REAL TIME. 
          UM, AND THEN CITY MANAGER, I HAD ONE REQUEST FOR YOU, SIR. 
          UM, IF WE DON'T ALREADY, CAN WE CONSIDER ADDING A LANDING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE TO SHOW THE PROGRESS OF REPLACEMENT PIPES AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EFFORT? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. 
          THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE AVERAGE WEBSITE, BUT I THINK WE CAN - I, I JUST WANT A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN PROGRESS. 
          WELL, THANKFULLY MY IT DIRECTOR'S HERE TO HEAR THAT TOO, SO WE WILL, WE WILL START WORKING ON THAT, UH, UH, BEFORE HE GOES HOME TONIGHT, ALL RIGHT?  OKAY. 
          SLOW YOUR ROLL, NOT THAT QUICK, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU MENTIONED, UH, MATT, WHAT WE HAVE A FUND THAT WE CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE. 
          ON THE LIST THAT YOU GAVE ME TODAY, THERE WAS ONE, UH, UH, LADY THAT SAYS THAT SHE IS A SINGLE WOMAN LIVING SINGLE, IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND TAKING CARE OF HER 94-YEAR-OLD FATHER. 
          HOW ACCESSIBLE WOULD THIS FUND BE TO HER IF SHE WANTED TO GET THAT HELP? AND IN HER, UH, TEXT, SHE STATED THAT HER BILL WILL GO UP $10 A MONTH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO WE WANTED, I WANTED TO KNOW IF, WHAT, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SHE WOULD LIKE THE HELP THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER BASED ON THE FUND THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER? YEAH. 
          SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE, THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR, UM, CARES TEAM AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR ASCEND CONTRACT. 
          UH, SO IT'S BASED ON INCOME ELIGIBILITY. 
          THEY GO THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS WITH THEM, AND IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY PERSPECTIVE, THEN THEY CAN RECEIVE THIS FUNDING TO HELP PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS. 
          UH, THE AVERAGE UTILITY BILL RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING IS ABOUT $400, SO THAT'S, UH, A VARIETY OF MONTHS BEHIND. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF ARREARS AS WELL FOR SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THAT ASSISTANCE, BUT THAT ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION, UM, THAT I WAS GONNA ASK. 
          HOW OFTEN DO WE CUT, CUT PEOPLE'S WATER HERE IN THE CITY OF CHILDREN? I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, WE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT PAID FOR SIX MONTHS, AND WE WERE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL TALK JUST IN GENERAL - YES. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, UH, BUT WE CAN GET THAT AC - THE ACTUAL NUMBERS. 
          BUT WE ARE VERY, UH, PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE THAT FALL BEHIND DON'T GET BEHIND FAR ENOUGH THAT THEY THEN CAN'T PAY THAT BILL. 
          CORRECT. 
          UH, SO WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS, WE SET UP PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE DO TO TRY TO HELP. 
          WE HAVE THE CARES TEAM THAT WE'LL REACH OUT TO AS WELL, UH, IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED, UH, JUST A HELPING HAND. 
          WE WILL DO A DELAYED PAYMENTS. 
          SO WHEN THEY CALL OUR OFFICE AND TALK WITH OUR STAFF, UH, OUR STAFF CAN WALK THEM THROUGH THE VARIETY OF, UH, OPPOR - OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          UH, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO DO IS IF SOMEONE WERE TO HAVE LIKE A, A WATER LEAK, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THAT HAPPENS AND THEY DON'T REALIZE IT AND THEY USE MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER BEFORE THEY GET THAT FIXED, THEY CALL OUR OFFICE, THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP, UH, KIND OF MITIGATE THAT COST INCREASE OR THAT BOOST IN THEIR MONTHLY BILL, SO. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU, YOU WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE VERY PROACTIVE, THAT IF SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, YOUR LIFE CHANGE, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH YOU, DON'T WAIT, JUST CALL US AND TALK TO US. 
          YEAH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT'S E- EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND. 
          AND THEN, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS' POINT, WE WILL HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A SYSTEM CURRENTLY THAT THEY CAN GO 
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AND SEE THEIR BILLING USAGE AND HISTORY, BUT WE'LL HAVE A NEW ONE BEING, UH, PUT FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO SEE THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, WHAT THEIR ACTUAL FLOWS ARE, THEY CAN CATCH THOSE QUICKER, GIVE US A CALL QUICKER. 
          UH, THE, THE SOONER WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHETHER EITHER IT'S A NON-PAYMENT OR A WATER, UH, EMERGENCY ISSUE, THE BETTER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER ORLANDO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON HERE ABOUT, UM, UH, INFLATION COST, YOU KNOW, THREE, 4%. 
          WHAT, CAN YOU ADDRE - OR MAYBE JEREMY MIGHT BE BETTER, OR YOU, EITHER ONE OF YOU, WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IN THIS AREA, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, CORRECT? YEAH. 
          SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE CONSTRUCTION RELATED. 
          AND SO CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICALLY IN THE PHOENIX AREA, WE'VE SEEN THAT PEAK AT, RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY ABOUT 7% INFLATION. 
          SO IT'S HIGHER THAN NORMAL INFLATION, UH, BUT 7% INCREASES ON A 50 MILLION OR 150 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UTILITY RATES THAT NEED TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          SO WE'VE SEEN HIGHER INFLATION SPECIFICALLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE AND ALL OF THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO DO. 
          WE'RE ALSO SEEING IT IN CERTAIN POCKETED AREAS, SO UTILITIES IS ONE OF THOSE. 
          UH, WE ALSO PAY UTILITIES, UH, THE POWER TO GENERATE AND PUMP ALL OF THIS WATER IS SIGNIFICANT IN, AS PART OF OUR OPERATIONS, AND WE'VE SEEN HIGHER THAN NORMAL INFLATION IN THAT AREA, AS WELL AS THE CHEMICAL COSTS. 
          SO LUCKILY IN THIS YEAR, I THINK WAS PROBABLY OUR FIRST YEAR, WE'VE SEEN SOME CHEMICAL COSTS AT A MORE NORMAL INFLATIONARY RATE, UH, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN IN DOUBLE DIGITS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR SOME OF THOSE CHEMICAL COSTS. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE SINGLE DIGIT INFLATION, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, BUT THOSE ARE, UH, SOME OF THE COSTS, OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT ARE DRIVING SOME OF THESE RATE INCREASED NEEDS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO HOPEFULLY INFLATION COMES OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THESE INDUSTRIES, SO OBVIOUSLY REDUCE THE NEED FOR FUTURE COST INCREASE IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, JEREMY, THE 66-INCH PIPE REDUNDANT PIPE, THAT'S BEEN A TWO-YEAR, THREE, THREE-YEAR PROJECT NOW? WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? THAT WAS A LARGE EXPENDITURE. 
          AND MAYBE YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          YES. 
          UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UH, THE REDUNDANT PROJECT IS, UM, WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR INTO IT, AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF BUILDING A NEW 66-INCH LINE UNDER THE 202, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME, SOME VERY LARGE, UM, UM, DIVERSION STRUCTURES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, SHIFT FLOWS TO, UH, REHAB THE EXISTING 66-INCH THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER THE FREEWAY. 
          THAT PROJECT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE, UH, NEXT JULY. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, VERY MASSIVE PROJECT. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF COSTS, THAT PROJECT WAS, TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WAS AROUND, UH, $48 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          THEN WE JUST HAD ONE TONIGHT ABOUT $50 MILLION FOR THE REHAB OF THE FAN. 
          THEN, I MEAN, I QUICKLY ADDED UP, IT'S LIKE ALMOST $65 MILLION JUST ON THE, THE FOUR OR FIVE ITEMS WE HAD TONIGHT. 
          AND THIS IS CONSISTENTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THESE LARGE, ANYWHERE BETWEEN $100,000 FOR, YOU KNOW, NEW CHLORINE TO $50 MILLION PROGRAMS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT REDUNDANT PIPE IN BECAUSE THAT IS A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE UNDER 202. 
          OBVIOUSLY, IF THAT SHOULD BURST, KNOCK ON WOOD, UM, THAT WOULD SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE AREA FOR A WHILE. 
          WE'VE HAD BURST IN THAT, UH, OTHER AREAS OF AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BE PROACTIVE IN THAT AREA, AND THAT'S COSTLY TO BE PROACTIVE. 
          YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AS, I THINK YOU SAID IT EARLIER, MATT, A 35-YEAR-OLD HOME, UM, THINGS ARE GONNA GO BAD. 
          FAUCETS ARE GONNA GO BAD, A ROOF'S GONNA BE NEEDED, A NEW AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. 
          UM, WE CAN LET IT GO. 
          AND, UM, ALTHOUGH I AM, UH, BUT, WELL, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS IT WHEN IT OCCURS, UM, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          AND I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AS LET SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, AND I THINK I CAN HONESTLY SAY WE DO THINGS RIGHT HERE. 
          WE DO THINGS METHODICALLY. 
          UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE, WE SCRUTINIZE THE CIP EVERY YEAR. 
          UH, WE SCRUTINIZE THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, AND WE DO LOOK FOR COST SAVINGS. 
          THE SOLAR POWER ALONE COULD SAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ALMOST EVERY BUILDING, FACILITY IN CHANDLER WILL HAVE SOLAR POWER, WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE COSTS IN THE LONG TERM FOR THE, FOR THE RATE PAYERS. 
          SO THESE ARE LITTLE THINGS WE'RE DOING. 
          I, I GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT HOW WE ARE SAVING COSTS. 
          LED LIGHTING SAVES COSTS. 
          WE GO ON, UM, UH, THE, THE METER READERS NOW ARE SAVING COSTS. 
          UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS OF SAVING COSTS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL, I.E. 
          INFLATION, UH, MATERIAL COST, TIME, EVEN SOURCING NOW, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING GEOPOLITICAL STUFF, BUT EVEN SOURCING OF MATERIAL NOW IS DRIVING 
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UP COSTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S A TOUGH ONE. 
          YOU KNOW, I NORMALLY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THE COST. 
          IT'S THE ALLOCATION OF COST THAT I ALWAYS HAVE A DISCUSSION POINT WITH TOO. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT NEXT YEAR AND HAVE A MORE, UM, UH, MORE CONCRETE LOOK AT WHO IS USING WHAT IN WHAT AREAS. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. 
          UM, AM I CORRECT WHEN YOU, YOU, WHEN YOU PUT OUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING INTO AOK AND BEING DONATED, IS, IS THAT GOING DOWN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS? SO THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'VE SEEN THAT COME DOWN SOME. 
          IT'S BEEN KIND OF STAGNANT OVER THE LAST ABOUT THREE YEARS OR SO. 
          UH, BUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS A HIGHER NUMBER. 
          SO WE'VE SEEN IT DROP DOWN FROM AROUND 30, 35,000, DROPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 26, 27, AND THEN NOW IT'S ABOUT $25,000. 
          BUT THAT'S BEEN KIND OF STEADY FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW. 
          SO FOR THAT VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MORE APPROPRIATE ON ACTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DIRECTING STAFF TO MAYBE FIND A WAY TO GET SOME MORE FUNDS INTO THE AOK PROGRAM LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, OR AT LEAST TO RESEARCH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITY TO ASSIST SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HAVING A LITTLE MORE OF A DIFFICULT TIME. 
          TED IS TAKING NOTES EVEN AS WE SPEAK, SO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS, TED. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          NEXT AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE. 
          I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARD HERE. 
          THERE IS ONE WRITTEN THAT WILL BE ENTERED INTO COMMENTS, BUT, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO READ THAT, UM, JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT, AT READING OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF. 
          UH, BUT IT WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD THAT WILL BE ONGOING. 
          FOR EACH OF OUR SPEAKERS ON HERE, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          PLEASE TRY TO ADD SOMETHING NEW TO THE CONVERSATION OTHER THAN JUST REPEATING OR REITERATING WHAT THE PERSON BEFORE YOU HAS SAID. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU WILL HAVE UP TO THAT. 
          UH, OR, AND WHEN I'M GONNA CALL YOU UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW, THAT MEANS IT'S TIME TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. 
          FIRST UP IS MARK JIANG, J - UH, I-A-N-G. 
          AND PLEASE ADDRESS US. 
          YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE, YOU'RE TALKING TO COUNCIL. 
          GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS MARK JONG AND I'VE LIVED IN CHANDLER MY WHOLE LIFE. 
          AS A HIGH SCHOOLER AGAINST USD, I WANNA LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT GUARANTEES THE PROVISION OF HUMAN NECESSITIES. 
          HOWEVER, THESE UTILITY RATE HIKES IN CHANDLER AND THE RAPID INFLATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL, UM, IMPERIL THAT FUTURE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS NECESSARY AND I'M NOT ARGUING AGAINST THAT. 
          HOWEVER, WHILE CHANDLER MAY HAVE LOWER UTILITY COSTS THAN OTHER CITIES, OUR CITY'S OVERALL COSTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE STATE'S AVERAGE CITY BY 19%. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL GAVE FOR DOING, UM, AN ACROSS THE BOARD RATE HIKE. 
          UM, THERE WAS A WORRY THAT BUSINESSES IN A CITY WOULD LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR THEIR WATER, BUT ONE MUST ASK WHY IS A SIMILAR JUSTIFICATION NOT APPLIED TO OUR WORKERS? CITIZENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY ARIZONA, WHICH IS RANKED 25TH OF THE STATES IN AFFORDABILITY, ARE BEING CRUSHED BY INFLATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, WHETHER THAT BE GROCERIES, GAS, HEALTHCARE, AND US BEING FORCED TO SUBSIDIZE ELECTRICITY UTILITY HIKES BY APS. 
          WHY IS THERE NOT A LARGER FEAR THAT WORKERS, THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE CORPORATIONS LIKE INTEL RUN, UH, WILL BE GRADUALLY PUSHED OUT OF OUR CITY? WHILE CORPORATIONS WILL POCKET ONLY SLIGHTLY SMALLER PROFIT MARGINS THAN USUAL, RESIDENTS MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT MEALS TO SKIP BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE ACROSS THE BOARD HIKE. 
          LASTLY, UM, A 2021 REPORT FOUND THAT RESIDENTS DO OVERPAY ON UTILITIES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE BUSINESS' SIGNIFICANT UNDERPAYMENTS AROUND FIVE TO 12%. 
          UM, TODAY, CHANDLER IS STILL DEVELOPING A NEW STUDY, UH, FOR THE COST OF THESE THINGS AND PROPOSING RATE HIKE DESPITE NOT KNOWING WHETHER WE HAVE ACTUALLY FULLY FIXED THAT ISSUE. 
          I THINK THE CITY SHOULD KNOCK ON EVERY SINGLE DOOR AND ASK FAMILIES DIRECTLY IF THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH A RAISE IN UTILITY COSTS. 
          I PERSONALLY HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND I'VE HEARD FIRSTHAND THAT THESE RATE HIKES WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO FAMILIES. 
          ULTIMATELY, THIS RATE HIKE SHOULD NOT BE YET ANOTHER BURDEN ON A WORKING CLASS. 
          NO RATE HIKE ON RESIDENTS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND WE MUST MAKE MEGA CORPORATIONS LIKE INTEL, UM, PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          IN A SYSTEM THAT REALLY ONLY RUNS DUE TO WORKERS, A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF THOSE SAME VOICES ARE NO LONGER DROWNED OUT BY CORPORATIONS. 
          UM, A BETTER CITY FOR ALL UNDERSTANDS THAT ONLY A SOCIETY 
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THAT RUNS AND LISTENS TO THE PEOPLE WILL WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. 
          UM, I'M ADVOCATING TO END THESE FAVORABLE UTILITY RATES TO CORPORATIONS AND WORK TOWARDS A SOCIETY BY US AND FOR US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL DEI. 
          AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL UE, AND I'M A CHANDLER RESIDENT AND EDUCATOR. 
          UM, AS AN EDUCATOR, I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE I WORK. 
          I WANT TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT I AM PART OF, AND I WANT MY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THEIR LIVES HERE IN CHANDLER. 
          BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, NEW FAMILIES NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAY. 
          MY PAY DOES NOT GO UP BY 9% EVERY YEAR. 
          EVERY YEAR IT GETS HARDER TO LIVE HERE IN CHANDLER, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. 
          THESE COSTS DON'T RISE BY ACCIDENT, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE. 
          RENT GOES UP BECAUSE HOUSING ISN'T A RIGHT AND LANDLORDS CAN RAISE PRICES TO MAKE MORE MONEY. 
          GAS AND FOOD CAN GO UP BECAUSE OF WARS THAT NOBODY VOTED FOR. 
          UTILITIES CAN RISE BECAUSE THE CITY IS CHOOSING TO PRIORITIZE BUSINESSES OVER PEOPLE. 
          THE CITY SAYS THAT THESE RATE HIKES ARE NECESSARY TO COVER THE RISING COSTS, THAT THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DO THIS. 
          BUT IT'S NOT TRUE THAT THIS IS INEVITABLE. 
          THESE RATE HIKES ARE A DELIBERATE CHOICE. 
          THE CITY CREATES THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WATER USERS. 
          THEY SET THE RATES FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES. 
          THEY COULD CREATE CATEGORIES THAT FULLY REFLECT THE VARIETY OF USERS IN CHANDLER. 
          WHY ARE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS LUMPED IN WITH FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES? AND THEY COULD USE THOSE CATEGORIES TO CHA- CHARGE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE INCREASED COSTS, BIG TECH, DATA CENTERS, AND INDUSTRIAL USERS WHO DRIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS OF UTILITIES. 
          THE CITY COULD SET THESE RATES TO MEET THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE. 
          THE 2121 STUDY FOUND THAT THE RATES DID NOT MEET THIS. 
          WHY SHOULD RESIDENTS COLLECTIVELY PAY MORE THAN IT COSTS TO SERVE US JUST SO THAT BUSINESSES CAN PAY LESS? THESE RATE HIKES TELL THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER THAT WE COME SECOND, THAT THE CITY THINKS THAT THE PROFITS OF BUSINESSES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR ABILITY TO LIVE HERE, AND THEY REFLECT DELIBERATE CHOICES BY THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE THE BOTTOM LINE OF COMPANIES OVER OUR LIVES. 
          THE CITY SAYS THAT BUSINESSES WILL LEAVE IF WE RAISE PRICES, BUT WHO WORKS AT THESE BUSINESSES? WHO MAKES THEM RUN? WITHOUT A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT. 
          I'M HERE TO DEMAND NO NEW RATE HIKES FOR RESIDENTS, THAT BUS - BIG BUSINESSES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, AND A SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE PRIORITIZED OVER PROFITS. 
          I'M DEMANDING AN AFFORDABLE CHANDLER WHERE WE RUN THE CITY AND THE CITY IS RUN FOR US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY BECK. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ASHLEY BECK. 
          UM, I AM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, UM, AND I LIVE IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, SO I AM NOT A CHANDLER RESIDENT. 
          UH, YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I'M HERE SPEAKING TO THE CHANDLER CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO LIVE IN CHANDLER. 
          THE REASON THAT I AM HERE IS BECAUSE HAVING THEIR WATER RATES AND THEIR WATER BILLS INCREASE IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG IMPACT ON THEIR LIFE. 
          CHANDLER HAS ALREADY INCREASED THEIR WATER BILLS 15% THIS YEAR. 
          THEY ARE EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO LIVE AMONG THE RISING COSTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR INCOME AND THE MONEY THAT THEY TAKE IN DOES NOT ALSO INCREASE AT THE SAME RATE. 
          THE WATER RATE DOES NEED TO INCREASE, BUT IT IS NOT THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. 
          THE PEOPLE PAY MORE THAN WHAT THEY USE AND BUSINESSES ARE GIVEN PREFERRED RATES THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PAY MUCH LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY USE. 
          UH, I'VE TALKED TO RESIDENTS HERE IN CHANDLER. 
          ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I SPOKE TO, UM, SHE LIVES ON A FIXED INCOME. 
          SHE WAS PAYING, SHE MOVED TO CHANDLER VERY RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, AND SHE WAS PAYING OVER $300 FOR 
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HER WATER BILL, DESPITE LIVING IN A SIMILAR CITY AND ONLY PAYING $80 PER MONTH. 
          WHEN SHE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY, NOBODY DID ANYTHING UNTIL SHE STARTED BOTHERING THEM ALMOST EVERY WEEK. 
          I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO RESIDENTS WHO HAD NO IDEA THAT THE RATE HIKE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. 
          AS WAS MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THERE ARE ALL OF THESE ONLINE TERMINALS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GET INFORMATION, BUT NOT ALL RESIDENTS HAVE THE TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS IN ORDER TO LOOK THIS INFORMATION UP FOR THEMSELVES. 
          I AM HERE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO DEMAND THAT WE DO NOT RAISE EVERYDAY PEOPLE'S WATER BILLS, AND WE INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMELIA, I THINK, NGUYEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ORLANDO. 
          CITY ATTORNEY, UM, THIS IS A OPEN MEETING, CORRECT? PUBLIC MEETING? YES. 
          SO THE RESIDENT THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT HERE THAT'S SPENDING $300 A MONTH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES OR WHAT, BUT I WOULD CAU, I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          LET'S GET THAT PERSON RECORD OR, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS INFORMATION. 
          SHE COULD HAVE A MAJOR LEAK SOMEWHERE THAT POTENTIALLY IS DRIVING THAT COST UP. 
          SO LET'S GET THAT FIXED, OKAY? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          OFFER YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS AMELIA NGUYEN, AND I LIVE IN GILBERT. 
          UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT IS A CITY THAT HAS RAISED THEIR UTILITY RATES BY 25% THIS YEAR, WHICH CHANDLER IS ACTIVELY ATTEMPTING TO AVOID BY DOING THESE SMALL INCREMENTAL COST INCREASES. 
          HOWEVER, THESE 9% RAISES THIS YEAR ARE ON TOP OF THE RAISES THAT WERE INSTITUTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. 
          WHAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE ISSUE IS MAKING CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          CHANDLER WANTS TO SET IT- ITSELF APART FROM CITIES LIKE GILBERT BY KEEPING PRICES LOW AND KEEPING CHANDLER AFFORDABLE FOR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU'RE PROUD OF INCREMENTAL INCREASES RATHER THAN HUGE JUMPS, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TO PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR WHEN RENT, GROCERIES, AND GAS ARE INCREASING WHILE AS PEOPLE PAY, PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS STAY THE SAME. 
          YOU SHOULDN'T BE PATTING YOUR BACKS AT ALL OVER ANY INCREASE WHEN THERE IS A SOLUTION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD STICK TO THEIR WORD AND ACTUALLY DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES BY PRIORITIZING THEIR RESIDENTS OVER CORPORATIONS. 
          EVEN A SMALL INCREASE WILL FEEL BIG TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO REMEMBER THIS. 
          TALKING TO PEOPLE IN CHANDLER, KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS, MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE CUTS, AND THE ONES WHO DO ARE ACTIVELY AGAINST THEM. 
          YOU CLAIM TO HAVE DONE OUTREACH BY SETTING UP A WEBSITE AND POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY KNOCKED DOORS AND SO MANY RESIDENTS HAVE NOT HEARD. 
          THERE IS CLEARLY A GAP THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY REACH ALL OF YOUR RESIDENTS. 
          THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THE CUTS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE, AND THAT ALTERNATIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          CHANDLER RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY SHOULDN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST SIT BACK AND TAKE THESE CUTS. 
          LISTEN TO YOUR RESIDENTS, MAKE SURE CORPORATIONS PAY WHAT THEY OWE INSTEAD OF DOING THESE ACROSS THE BOARD RAISES THAT DON'T BENEFIT ANYONE BUT THOSE CORPORATIONS. 
          WE'RE NOT AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, BUT WE DO CARE ABOUT WHO PAYS FOR IT. 
          LIKE I SAID, I AM FROM GILBERT. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF DIFFERENT FROM CITIES LIKE GILBERT BY LISTENING TO YOUR RESIDENTS AND PUTTING YOUR PEOPLE FIRST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY JUNG. 
          KATHY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          AND I WAS JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SHIRT. 
          IS THAT PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? OKAY. 
          ARE YOU ALL WITH, UH, BASICALLY AFFILIATES OR FRIENDS THERE OF EACH OTHERS? OKAY, THANKS. 
          YEAH, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KATHY JANG AND I AM A HIGH SCHOOLER IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PRO- PROPOSED RATE HIKES, BUT TODAY I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY MORE STATISTICS. 
          TODAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON A PRINCIPLE THAT SHOULD GUIDE EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE, WHICH IS THAT PREVENTION IS FAR BETTER THAN REACTION. 
          TOO OFTEN, WE WAIT UNTIL A PROBLEM BECOMES A CRISIS BEFORE WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. 
          WE WAIT UNTIL TOO MANY FAMILIES CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THEIR BILLS, UNTIL TOO MANY RESIDENTS 
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ARE FORCED TO SACRIFICE BASIC NECESSITIES, AND UNTIL THE DAMAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. 
          ONLY THEN DO WE OFTEN ASK WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. 
          ALREADY, CHANDLER RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING THE RISING COSTS ON EVERYTHING, FROM ELECTRICITY AND GROCERIES TO GAS. 
          SO WHY SHOULD WE WAIT ANY FURTHER? THE PURPOSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO ANTICIPATE THESE CHALLENGES, RECOGNIZE WHO MAY BE HARMED, AND TAKE ACTION BEFORE THAT HARM OCCURS. 
          IF WE CAN SEE THAT THE RISING COSTS ARE ALREADY PUTTING PRESSURE ON RESIDENTS TODAY, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER WHAT THE, THOSE COSTS COULD MEAN FOR THEM TOMORROW. 
          EVERY POLICY THAT YOU SET TODAY IS A PRECEDENT FOR HOW CHANDLER WILL RESPOND TO FUTURE CHALLENGES. 
          WHETHER WE WILL BE A CITY THAT ACTS ONLY WHEN ITS RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING OR ONE THAT TAKES THEIR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY BEFORE HARDSHIPS BECOME UNAVOIDABLE IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. 
          I URGE YOU TO APPROACH THESE PROPOSED RATES INCREASES WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN MIND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHANG. 
          OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JOSEPH RECK. 
          JOSEPH? ON ITEM 45? PRONOUNCED ROCK. 
          SURE. 
          I'M, I'M SORRY. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          YOU HAVE UP TO THREE UNITS, SIR. 
          MY NAME IS JOSEPH ROCK. 
          I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT CHANDLER HERE. 
          UH, WHAT I'VE COME UP TO SAY TO MR. MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THAT, UH, I OPPOSE THE RATE INCREASE, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU ONE LITTLE INSTANCE. 
          UH, THE CITY SPENT, THREE MONTHS AGO, 300, $685,000 TO REMOVE THE GRASS AND THREE RETENTION BASINS ON OMOSCHOOL, WARNER AND ELLIOT. 
          AND IT WAS A CONSERVATION EFFORT, I GUESS, TO SAVE ALL THIS MONEY. 
          WELL, AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY WAS NEGOTIATING WITH THE MICROCHIP COMPANY, UH, IN THE SOUTH, SOUTH CHANDLER, AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING ANOTHER 55,000 GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH THEIR TOTAL NOW IS 76,000 GALLONS PER DAY. 
          THAT'S JUST ONE COMPANY. 
          THAT'S NOT INTEL OR WHATEVER OTHER COMPANIES DEAL WITH THIS WATER. 
          AND I HAD TALKED TO MATT DUNBAR AND HE EXPLAINED A LOT TO ME, BUT I STILL SIT THERE AND HE SAYS THE COST OF WATER, WELL, YES, THE COST OF WATER, BUT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE WATER IN ONE DAY THAN I USE IN FOUR MONTHS, AND I'M JUST LIKE, AND YET I, I'M SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THIS RATE INCREASE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEIR PAPERWORK, IT'S THE SAME INCREASE, S- SAME 9% INCREASE. 
          THEY'RE USING 76,000 GALLONS A DAY AND I MIGHT USE 10, 20 MAYBE AT THE MOST, AND IT'S THE SAME 9% RATE. 
          UH, THAT'S WHY I DISAPPROVE OF IT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT MAKING INSINUATIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT TO ME, IT'S JUST LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT? WE ANNEXED 20 ACRES OR 40 ACRES SOUTH, THE CITY DID, AND IT'S GONNA BE ZONED INDUSTRIAL. 
          SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? ARE THE TAXPAYERS GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INNER STRUCTURE TO GO IN THERE AND THEN THEY GIVE AWAY MORE WATER? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL OF THE, UM, DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE. 
          I'D LIKE TO - MAYOR, MAYOR, I TURNED IN A CARD. 
          YOU TURNED IN, UM, UNSCHEDULED A SECOND CARD. 
          I'VE GOT TWO CARDS FROM YOU. 
          ONE ON NUMBER FIVE AND THEN ONE AS UNSCHEDULED AT THE END. 
          I TURNED IN FOUR. 
          OH. 
          BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHETHER, WHAT THINGS WERE GONNA BE BROUGHT UP. 
          YEAH. 
          I'VE ONLY GOT, I'VE ONLY GOT THE TWO CARDS THAT I MENTIONED FROM YOU. 
          OUTSIDE TAKING THEM. 
          I, I, I COMMENTED OR PUT COMMENTS CARDS IN FOR FOUR SUBJECTS AND THIS WAS - OH, OKAY. 
          SIR, THOSE WERE WRITTEN CARDS AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE WRITTEN INTO THE RECORD WHEN YOU FILLED OUT A COMMENT CARD, NOT A SPEAKER CARD FOR TWO OF THEM. 
          SO THOSE COMMENTS ARE, ARE INCLUDED INTO THE RECORD. 
          SHE GAVE ME THE CARDS. 
          YEAH. 
          I TOLD HER I WANTED TO SPEAK. 
          YEAH, WE CAN... 
          I'M, I'M FINE. 
          LET'S MAKE SURE THAT OUR AUDIENCE AND, AND OUR PERSON IN FRONT UNDERSTANDS 
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THEIR INTENTIONS, SO... 
          WE ADJUSTED MY SPEECH OR MY TALK TO ELIMINATE STUFF THAT WAS REDUNDANT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO COMING UP, SIR, YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 45, WATER RATES. 
          AND AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, AND, UH, CITY OF REFERENCE FOR THE RECORD. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS ED CONTRERAS. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF CHANDLER. 
          I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED UTILITY RATE INCREASES FOR OUR WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAM - RECLAIMED WATER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITIES. 
          WHILE I UNDERSTAND MAINTAINING OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE IS NECESSARY, THE SHEER SIZE OF THE UPCOMING RATE INCREASES SLATED FOR NEXT YEAR IS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO FAMILIES AND FIXED INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY WHO ALREADY S - ARE STRETCHED THIN BY RISING LIVING COSTS. 
          FAMILIES ACROSS CHANDLER TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CITY'S EFFICIENCY AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH MAKES STEEP UTILITY JUMPS HARD TO ABSORB ALL AT ONCE. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT A, A MAJOR FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE TO ASK, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE THESE SYSTEMS WERE LAST SYSTEMICALLY, SYSTEMATICALLY UPGRADED AND WHY ARE WE FA- FACING SUCH A HEAVY BURDEN NOW? IF INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE WAS DEFERRED OR SPACED OUT EVENLY IN PAST YEARS, IT PLACES AN UNFAIR ACCUMULATION OF COSTS ONTO OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THESE PAST IMPROVEMENTS WERE COMPLETED AND WHY RESERVES AND PRE- PREVIOUS BUDGETS COULDN'T BE BETTER OFFSET THESE CAPITAL COSTS IS A CRITICAL, UM, SITUATION FOR PUBLIC TRUST. 
          AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR SISTER CITIES IN THIS AREA ARE FACING BACKLASH FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF RISING COSTS. 
          WE MIGHT BE THE LOWEST, BUT NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO PUSH IT UP INTO ANOTHER RANGE, AND IT'S JUST A STEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO LEAVE HERE TO GO TO SOMEPLACE ELSE, EVEN OUTSIDE OF ARIZONA. 
          OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, THE INDIVIDUALS TOLD US THAT THEY HADN'T MADE A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE SYSTEMS IN THAT TIME. 
          THEY HAD MADE LITTLE IMPROVEMENTS, AND WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS WHY WEREN'T THOSE BUDGETED IN OVER THE TIME? WE WERE TOLD THAT THE $50,000 THAT IS THE EXTRA MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND IS BECAUSE OF HAVING THESE PEOPLE SUPERVISE OUR WORK. 
          IF WE SPACED OUT THAT, THAT TIME, THEN WE WOULD HAVE, WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THIS MUCH MONEY. 
          THE LAST TWO THINGS ARE THE RE- REAL ESTATE COSTS AND THE FEES ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT ARE CO - THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REQUIRES REVENUE CENTERS. 
          WE STILL GET HIT FROM BOTH SIDES. 
          THEY JUST SPREAD THEM IN, AND ACCOUNT FOR THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          THE $50,000 THAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR HELPING PEOPLE AT $50 A PIECE, THAT WOULD ONLY, LAST COMMENT, WOULD ONLY HELP A THOUSAND PEOPLE. 
          A THOUSAND PEOPLE IS ALL YOU'RE GONNA HELP, HELP WITH $50,000. 
          THANK YOU, MR. COOPER. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T INCREASE THAT - COUNCIL NEXT. 
          YOUR CUTTING YOUR AGENDA IS, UM, CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND THEN, 
          [46. Introduction and Tentative Adoption of Ordinance No. 5181 - Adjusting Certain Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water Rates and Fees Move City Council introduce and tentatively adopt Ordinance No. 5181 amending the Chandler City Code Chapter 50, Sections 50-11 (Water Rates), 50-11.1 (Reclaimed Water Service Rates)  and 50-12 (Wastewater Service Rates), effective January 4, 2027.  Council Focus Area(s):]
UM, INTRODUCING THE TENTATIVE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 5181, UH, ADJUSTING CERTAIN WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER RATE AND FEES, AS WELL AS RESOLUTION NUMBER 6044, AMENDING THE CITYWIDE FEE SCHEDULE RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY DEPARTMENT SOLID WASTE FEES. 
          SO, UM, COUNCIL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THESE? SHOULD WE JUST MOVE IT? SO MOVED. 
          I... 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON... 
          PARDON ME? WE DO ONE AT A TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHICH ONE ARE YOU MAKING THE MOTION FOR, ITEM NUMBER 45? YES, NUMBER FIRST ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A - MR. MAYOR. 
          MR. MAYOR, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 46. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YOUR 45 WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OKAY. 
          45? DID YOU JUST READ 45? YEAH. 
          SO YOU MADE, UH... 
          PLEASE START OVER AGAIN. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          COULD YOU READ IT AGAIN, PLEASE MA'AM? WHICH ONE? SO 46 IS THE INTRODUCTION. 
          I READ BOTH OF THEM, 46 AND 
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SEVEN. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE IS INTRODUCTION AND TENTATIVE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 5181, ADJUSTING CERTAIN WATER, WASTEWATER, AND RECLAIMED WATER RATES AND FEES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND?. 
          I, I ONLY HAVE THE CARDS THAT I HAVE UP HERE, SO I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          AT THIS POINT, THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED, SO THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. 
          DID I HEAR OR NOT? NO, I'M SORRY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO VOTING NO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, ITEM NUMBER 47, 
          [47. Resolution No. 6044 - Amending the Citywide Fee Schedule Relating to Public Works & Utilities Department's Solid Waste Fees Move City Council adopt Resolution No. 6044, amending the Citywide Fee Schedule relating to the Public Works & Utilities Department, Solid Waste fee changes, effective January 4, 2027. Council Focus Area(s):]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6044, AMENDING THE CITYWIDE FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES, DEPARTMENTS, SOLID WASTE FEES. 
          IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 47? SO MOVED. 
          I HEARD VICE MAYOR ON THAT ONE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          NO COMMENTS. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MINE HASN'T CLEARED YET FROM THE PREVIOUS... 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR LAST, UH, ITEM 
          [48. Resolution No. 6040 - Setting the 2027 City Council Regular Meeting Schedule Move City Council adopt Resolution No. 6040, approving the 2027 City Council Regular Meeting Schedule. ]
ON ACTION IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 6040, SETTING THE 2027 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          UH, COUNCIL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS? I DO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS BEEN HANDED OUT HERE. 
          IS, IS THAT THE SCHEDULE? AND, UM, CAN SOMEONE... 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP TO US. 
          MAYOR, UM, THE, THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL SCHEDULE JUST BEFORE COUNCIL RIGHT... 
          THE, THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MEETINGS IS BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY. 
          THE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I JUST SIMPLY, UM, COUNCIL, I'VE GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. 
          I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APP - TO APPROVE THE ADOPTED REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING SCHEDULE THAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY AS, AS IT STATES HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER, BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER WITH ONE MEETING SCHEDULED IN JUNE, WHAT WILL, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO US IN TERMS OF BUDGET PLANNING? MAYOR, COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CFO, DAWN LANG. 
          SHE BELIEVES THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS SCHEDULE AND STILL PROVIDE THE BUDGET TO COUNCIL ON TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S NOT GONNA PUT US IN A HOLE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I, I'M SAYING THAT WE CAN... 
          YEAH. 
          IT, IT WON'T PUT US IN A HOLE AS LONG AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO. 
          MAYOR, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE ON THIS. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, WE PUT OUT A SCHEDULE, YOU LOOKED AT IT, UM, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID WITH STAFF AND AS WELL AS TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO BRING THIS FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UH, COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MAYOR? MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          ARE YOU VOTING ON WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE AGENDA OR WHAT IS THIS PIECE OF PAPER? THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS IN THE AGENDA. 
          SO I THINK IT HAS TO BE TO - NO, I, I, UM, I THOUGH I... 
          I MADE THE MOTION TO, TO ADOPT THIS REGULAR MEETING AS, UM, AS EXHIBIT A. 
          AS REVISED. 
          AS REVISED. 
          YEAH, AS REVISED. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU, YOU NEED... 
          YEAH, YOU NEED TO MAKE CLEAR IN YOUR MOTION THAT IT'S AS REVISED. 
          AS REVISED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, SHOULD I... 
          MAYOR, SHOULD I WITHDRAW MY MOTION? SO IF THIS... 
          I BELIEVE IF THE SECOND ALLOWS HIM TO AMEND THAT, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. 
          IS THAT CORRECT, CITY ATTORNEY? YEAH. 
          NO, I, I THINK... 
          SO WHO MADE THE, WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. 
          UH, SO COUNCILMAN HARRIS, Y- YOU, YOU CAN AMEND YOUR ORDINANCE, YOU CAN AMEND YOUR MOTION AND JUST, UH, STATE, RESTATE YOUR MOTION AND, AND MAKE THE MOTION AS REVISED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YES. 
          MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 48, RESOLUTION NUMBER 6040, UM, SETTING THE 2027 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, UH, FOR RESOLUTION, UM, UH, FOR EXHIBIT A AS REVISED - ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, TO BE, UH, APPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          AND DOES SHE 
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HAVE TO MAKE THE SECOND AGAIN? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          I SECOND. 
          ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO DID. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          I'M NOT GETTING IT. 
          YOU GETTING IT? OH, HERE WE ARE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BEFORE CURRENT EVENTS, I DO HAVE ONE MORE 
          [13. Unscheduled Public Appearances]
SPEAKER CARD. 
          UM, UH, MR. CONTRERAS, UH, YOU ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK IN UNSCHEDULED, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT THAT, UH, THAT OTHERS HAD OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, YOU DID FILL OUT A - IS THAT RELATED TO THE, UH, UH, AIRPORT EXTENSION? SINCE WE DID NOT, THAT COULD BE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE - ON THE, UH - YEAH. 
          AGENDA THAT I, THAT I SAW, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED TONIGHT BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED BEFORE I, UH, THE COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          SIR, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. 
          UM, THAT WE MADE A MOTION ON MONDAY. 
          THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO CITY... 
          YOU WERE HERE, SIR. 
          THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO CITY MANAGER. 
          PLEASE LET ME TALK. 
          OKAY. 
          THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO CITY MANAGER TO RETURN TO US WITH SOME OPTIONS ON THERE, BUT SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU CARE TO SPEAK ON THAT AS UNSCHEDULED, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK OR? I'M SORRY? ARE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          I... 
          WHEN YOU GET THE CITY BUDGET - YEAH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          EVEN FOR SOMEBODY THAT READS BUDGETS. 
          YEAH. 
          MY NAME IS ED CONTRERAS. 
          I'M A CITY, UH, CHANDLER RESIDENT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MR. HARKEY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          I HAVE BEEN A CHANDLER RESIDENT SINCE JANUARY OF 1985. 
          HAVING WATCHED THE CITY GROW FOR OVER 41 YEARS, I AM HERE TONIGHT TO STRONGLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PRESERVE CITY ORDINANCE 3888 AND REJECT ANY CLAIM, ANY ATTEMPT TO AMEND OR BYPASS THE VOTE OF CITIZENS REGARDING THE AIRPORT RUNWAY EXTENSION. 
          AS OUR ELECTED LEADERS AND CITY ADMINISTRATION, YOUR PRIMARY OBLIGATION IS TO ACT ON THE BEHALF OF EVERY CITIZENS WHO LIVES, WORKS, AND RAISES FAMILIES HERE, NOT CORPORATE INTERESTS OR WEALTHY AIRCRAFT OWNERS. 
          THIS EXPANSION, EXPANSION IS MEANT TO ACCOMMODATE. 
          FOR DECADES, THE CHANDLER HAS MAINTAINED A VITAL CHECK AND BALANCE. 
          ANY PHYSICAL EXPANSION OF THIS RUNWAY MUST GO TO THE BALLOT. 
          VOTERS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE TWICE BEFORE DURING MY TIME LIVING HERE, ACTUALLY THREE TIMES, IN 2000 AND 20, 2007. 
          BOTH TIMES THE CITY CLEARLY SAID NO. 
          ATTEMPTING TO REWRITE THE RULES NOW BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION IS AFRAID OF A DEMOCRATIC OUTCOME THAT WOULD REPROD - ERODE PUBLIC TRUST IS NOT A REASON. 
          IF A PROJECT IS FULLY, TRULY SAFE AND NECESSARY, THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CASE THAT DIRECTLY, THAT DIRECTLY, UH, AFFECTS THE BALLOT, UH, VOTERS AT THE BALLOT RATHER THAN TAKING THAT RIGHT AWAY FROM THEM. 
          FURTHERMORE, THIS IS NOT JUST A LEGAL DEBATE FOR THOSE OF US LIVING NEAR THE FLIGHT PASS. 
          IT IS A DAILY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. 
          IN RECENT YEARS, NEIGHBORS THAT I KNOW HAVE EXPERIENCED A NOTABLE INCREASE IN NIGHTTIME FLIGHTS AND INCREASINGLY LOWER FLIGHT PATHS. 
          THIS CREATES REAL NOISE DISRUPTIONS AND SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS RIGHT OVER THEIR ROOFTOPS. 
          WHILE THE CITY'S IMPACT STUDY CLAIMS THAT LONGER RUNWAYS WILL ALLOW PLANES TO CLIMB HIGHER AND QUIETER, THE REALITY IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION HISTORICALLY INVITES MORE FREQUENT TRAFFIC AND LARGER A- AIRCRAFT. 
          PLEASE PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S PEACE, SAFETY, AND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS. 
          DO NOT OVERRIDE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. 
          KEEP THIS DECISION WHERE IT LEGALLY BELONGS IN THE HANDS OF CHANDLER RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, MAYOR. 
          YOU'RE VERY WELCOME, MR. MR. CONTRERAS. 
          UM, WILL YOU PLEASE SEE IF RYAN, UH, CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH MR. CONTRERAS AND MAYBE HAVE A TOUR OF THE AIRPORT AND, 
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AND TALK ABOUT RYAN? CAN YOU PLEASE MEET WITH THIS GENTLEMAN AFTERWARDS? SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, SIR. 
          NEXT IS 
          [ Current Events 1. Mayor's Announcements 2. Council's Announcements 3. City Manager's Announcements]
CURRENT EVENTS. 
          I'LL START IT OFF. 
          NOW THAT THE WEATHER FEELS LIKE FALL, IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOME SCARY FAMILY FUN WITH THE CHANDLER'S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR, HOSTED ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, UH, FROM 5:30 TO 8:30 AT DR. 
          AJ CHANDLER STAGE PLAZA. 
          THIS EVENT IS FREE AND SPOOKY FUN FOR ALL AGES. 
          MAKE SURE TO WEAR YOUR COSTUME AND BE READY FOR A TRUNK OR TREAT GAME AND PRIZES. 
          AND IF MONSTERS AREN'T YOUR CUP OF TEA, HOW ABOUT MUSIC? THE 27TH ANNUAL MARIACHI AND FOLKLORICO FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST AT 4:00 PM AT CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 
          IT FEATURES TOP ARIZONA MARIACHI AND FOLKLORICAL ARTISTS. 
          SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE AS WE CLOSE OUT THE HISPANIC MONTH CELEBRATIONS. 
          AND FINALLY, DIWALI WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND I WANNA WISH A HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WILL BE CELEBRATING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POSTON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE EVERY YEAR. 
          IT'S THE CHANDLER GOLF CHALLENGE AND THAT RETURNS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH FROM 12:30 TO 6:00 AT BEAR CREEK GOLF COURSE. 
          FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, THIS EVENT HAS RAISED FUNDS FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          THE SCHOLAR, IT'S A SCHOLARSHIP STIPEND FUND. 
          UM, LAST YEAR THE CHALLENGE RAISED MORE THAN $19,000 AND THAT MONEY SUPPORTED A VARIETY OF EFFORTS, SUCH AS MORE THAN $5,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, DISABILITY AWARENESS AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND CHANDLER'S DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER. 
          ALL THINGS THAT I THINK CHANDLER'S VERY PROUD OF. 
          I HAD THE HONOR OF WELCOMING THE GOLFERS LAST, AT LAST YEAR'S EVENT, AND THAT IS A PERFECT REFLECTION OF WHO I THINK WE ARE IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER. 
          WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES EVERYONE. 
          SO ROUND UP YOUR FOURSOME, GO TO CHANDLERAZ.GOV TO SIGN UP AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE GREEN. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS. 
          SHE'S EXCITED BECAUSE SHE'S A GOLFER. 
           I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN US TOMORROW, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 6:00 PM AT CHANDLER CITY HALL FOR OUR ANNUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS KENDALL VIGIL. 
          OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AND THIS VIGIL IS A TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WE HAVE LOST, HONOR THE COURAGE OF THE THRIVERS AND STAND WITH THE ADVOCATES WHO SUPPORT THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          IN CHANDLER, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY RESIDENT DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME AND NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO FACE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALONE. 
          PLEASE COME AND JOIN US. 
          LEARN ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOW SURVIVORS THAT CHANDLER STANDS WITH THEM. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT I HAVE IS ALSO THE GRATITUDE GATHERING FOR 2026, 2027, UH, 2026, 2027. 
          I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE 2026 GRATITUDE GATHERING RETURNS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 1ST AT 7:00 PM AT LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH AT 717 WEST RAY ROAD IN GILBERT, HOSTED BY THE CHANDLER INTERFAITH COALITION. 
          THIS EVENING BRINGS TOGETHER FAITH CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM ACROSS CHANDLER AND GILBERT. 
          IT IS A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE OUR GREATEST STRENGTH, SO BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND JOIN US IN GRATITUDE THIS NOVEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA START OFF BY, UH, SHARING HOW PROUD I AM MYSELF TO BE, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS TO BE WELCOMING, UM, THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT HOSTED ITS VERY POPULAR POLICE ACADEMY IN SPANISH FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER THIS MONTH, OPENING ITS DOORS OF OUR DEPARTMENT TO EVEN MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, FOR MORE COMME - CONNECTION AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, THIS, UH, THE PARTICIPANTS GOT TO GET A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP CHANDLER SAFE. 
          OFFERING IT IN SPANISH MEANS MORE FAMILIES CAN ASK MORE QUESTIONS, BUILD TRUST, AND BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR OFFICERS AND THEIR DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES IN KEEPING CHANDLER SAFE. 
          I WANNA THANK, UM, OFFICER JOSE AND THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND CHIEF CHAPMAN WHO, UH, GAVE A GREAT WELCOME IN SPANISH, UM, AND ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO MADE THIS, UH, POSSIBLE, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS GREAT EVENT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          NEXT, UM, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE BEKIND BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION GALA, WHICH IS GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. 
          UM, I'LL BE THERE AT 
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THE EVENT. 
          I WANNA THANK IRMA, UM, FOR SENDING OUT THAT INVITATION TO US. 
          THIS CHANDLER-BASED ORGANIZATION WORKS TO DELIVER ACTS OF KINDNESS TO CANCER PATIENTS IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          IT'S A REMINDER, UM, AS WELL THAT IT'S BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SCHEDULE THEIR SCREENINGS AND SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES WHO ARE IN THE FIGHT OR HAVE OVERCOME IT. 
          SO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS THERE ON SATURDAY THE 17TH AT THE A- A... 
          IS IT AVION CENTER? AVION CENTER. 
          AVION CENTER, YES, IN SOUTH CHANDLER. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, WRAPPING UP OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE'VE HAD SO MANY GREAT EVENTS THAT WE ARE PROUD OF HERE IN THE CITY FROM OUR CONTIGO EVENT TO OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE CONSULATE. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS OUR HIGH SCHOOL HISPANIC LEADERS EVENT WHERE STUDENTS HEARD DIRECTLY FROM LEADERS WHO ONCE SAT IN THE SEATS THAT THEY WERE SITTING IN BEFORE. 
          I WANNA THANK SENATOR RUBEN GALLEGO AND JUDGE MARIA CRUZ FOR THEIR TIME TO SHARE THEIR JOURNEYS AND REMIND OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR VOICES, THAT THEIR VOICES BELONG IN EVERY ROOM. 
          UM, I ALSO GOT TO VISIT WITH THE STUDENTS FIRSTHAND, SO THERE ARE STUDENTS FROM ALL, UH, FROM BASHA, CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL, HAMILTON, AND ACP, AND JUST KNOWING THEIR SENSE OF LEADERSHIP AND HEARING THEIR VOICES AND THEIR GREAT QUESTIONS PUTS ME AT COMFORT KNOWING THAT OUR CITY WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THANK ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ORLANDO. 
          NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR. 
          I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. 
           NO, I DON'T YIELD THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YIELDING YOUR TIME FOR REST OF THE YEAR. 
          JUST KEEP IT ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE. 
           HE YIELDED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          UH, ALSO, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT READY, SET, GO FOUNDATION WILL BE HAVING ITS FIFTH ANNUAL MENTAL WELLBEING WALK THIS SATURDAY. 
          YAY. 
          SUPER EXCITED. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD EVENT. 
          A LOT OF FUN STUFF THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING. 
          BE PREPARED, GET YOU SOME SHIRTS. 
          THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT COMES TO THE WALK WILL GET A VERY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL, UH, UM, UH, BRACELET, A WRIST BRACELET HONORING MENTAL WELLNESS. 
          AND IT'S A SUPER COOL BRACELET, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA WEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I PROMISE YOU, I WOULD NOT GIVE YOU ANYTHING THAT'S HALF BUT EXCELLENCE, OKAY? SUPER EXCELLENT. 
          AND THEN ALSO CHICK-FIL-A'S GONNA BE THERE GIVING AND DELIVERING SOME SANDWICHES TO PEOPLE WHO WANT BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING TIME AS WELL, SO THAT'S GONNA BE SUPER COOL. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES. 
          UM, THE CHIEF IS GONNA BE THERE SPEAKING SPANISH TO ALL OUR BILINGUAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, SO THANK YOU, CHIEF CHAPMAN. 
          WOO-WOO. 
           UM, BUT TRULY, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME FOR US TO COME OUT. 
          I KNOW THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE ALREADY RESERVED. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING OUT SOME AMAZING WORKS AND SOME AM- AMAZING MENTAL WELLBEING CHAMPIONS. 
          WE WILL HAVE RESOURCES THERE. 
          WE WILL HAVE DOCTORS THERE, UH, AND ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF. 
          BUT MORE THAN, MORE THAN EVER, IT'S A TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND AS INDIVIDUALS, OUR MENTAL WELLBEING. 
          FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THIS WALK HAS HELPED BREAK THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND CONNECT FAMILIES WITH SUPPORT BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD BE WALKING THROUGH THIS LIFE AND DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES ALONE. 
          EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE. 
          SO PLEASE, BRING YOUR FAMILY, BRING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UH, FURRY FRIENDS. 
          UH, BRING YOUR REGULAR FRIENDS. 
          BRING YOUR MAMA AND YOUR COUSIN, ALL, AND ALL OF THEM. 
          UM, AND, AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME. 
          AND I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU COME, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL SO MUCH LOVE AND PEACE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DJ THERE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING. 
          AND I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU, GET READY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. 
          THE WALK IS SHORT. 
          IT'S LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A, LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING. 
          SO I JUST WANT YOU TO LOCK IN 8:00 IN THE MORNING TO 9:00 AM. 
          UM, WE'LL GET DONE ABOUT 9:15, BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND LOCK IN AND ENJOY THIS MOMENT AND JUST, JUST ENJOY YOGA, ENJOY ALL THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING. 
          IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A FANTASTIC EVENT. 
          FOR FIVE YEARS, GET READY. 
          IT'S GONNA BE SPECIAL. 
          VERY, VERY SPECIAL. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, PLEASE DON'T YIELD TIME TO HANDLE THIS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS. 
          LIKE I'M EXCI - I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THAT LEVEL EXCITED, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THIS, TO INVITE EVERYONE TO CHANDLER'S CELEBRATION OF ARBOR DAY ON SATURDAY TO NOVEMBER 7TH FROM 9:00 TO 11:00 AM. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT HERE AT FOLEY PARK. 
          THIS FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT IS A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT TREES, ENJOY SOME FUN ACTIVITIES, AND GET OUTSIDE NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS FINALLY REASONABLE. 
          UH, YOU MAY KNOW ARBOR DAY AS AN APRIL HOLIDAY THOUGH, BUT HERE IN DESERT, IN THE DESERT, IT'S THE BEST TIME TO PLANT AND PRUNE. 
          THAT'S WHY CHANDLER CELEBRATES IN NOVEMBER, SO NEW TREES GET THE BEST POSSIBLE START. 
          BEST OF ALL, CHANDLER RESIDENTS CAN TAKE HOME A FREE NATIVE TREE. 
          SO TREES ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, SO YOU BETTER GET THERE EARLY. 
          BRING YOUR PROOF OF RESIDENCY. 
          THAT IS ONE TREE, OD. 
          ONE PERSON. 
          ONE TREE, MY FRIEND. 
          UH, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST PLANTING TREES THOUGH. 
          IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO TREES 
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SHADE OUR SIDEWALKS, THEY COOL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY MAKE CHANDLER FEEL LIKE HOME. 
          SO WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY USA COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR SINCE 2011, AND OUR CITYWIDE TREE INVENTORY HELPS US MAKE SMART DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE AND WHAT TO PLANT, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS YEAR'S MONSOON STORMS. A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP AROUND TOWN. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO STAFF VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS FOR THE WATER FESTIVAL THAT'S COMING UP AGAIN. 
          UH, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY CHAPERONE LAST YEAR FOR MY FOURTH GRADER AT THE TIME, AND IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENT. 
          UM, IT'S JUST WELL PUT ON. 
          IT IS ENTERTAINING. 
          IT'S EDUCATIONAL AND THEY JUST DO A REALLY, REALLY GREAT JOB OF, UH, MAKING IT INTERESTING FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS THAT ARE THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TODAY TO MC THE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON. 
          FROM MY DAY ONE HERE, THIS COUNCIL HAS SHOWN UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO FROM CITY MANAGEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND ALL OF OUR STAFF, WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. 
          THANK YOU ALL.
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