Aug 10, 2020 City Council Study Session - 08/10/2020

ALRIGHT, SPECIAL

[00:00:01]

[CALL TO ORDER]

[1.Proclamation – Drowning Impact Awareness Month]

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR LINDO.

WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME OFF AND JEFF WEST, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US? I HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO, UH, ALRIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE ON, I HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO READ WHAT THE MASK AND GLASSES ON WITHOUT FOGGING UP.

SO IT'S YOUR PERMISSION.

I'LL TAKE THIS OFF AND READ THIS.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR COMMUNITY AND DEDICATED TO CREATING A SAFE SWIMMING FACILITY AQUATIC PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HEALTHY PLACES TO RECREATE AND LEARN LIFELONG SKILLS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS 10 PEOPLE DROWNED EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE DROWNING REMAINS THE TOP CAUSE OF INJURY AND DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN ARIZONA YET DROWNING IS A HUNDRED PERCENT PREVENTABLE.

AND WHEREAS THE CHANDLER AQUATICS CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHANDLER POLICE UNDERSTAND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT WATER SAFETY EDUCATION PLAYS IN PREVENTING DRONING AND RECREATIONAL WATER RELATED INJURIES.

AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THE CITY OF CHANDLER IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS WILL BE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ARIZONA IN A COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE.

NOW, THEREFORE I, KEVIN HARTKE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 2020 AS DROWNING IMPACT AWARENESS MONTH, APPLAUSE IS APPROPRIATE.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.

UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THIS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE DROWNING IMPACT AWARENESS MONTH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE START IN APRIL OR MAY AND EVEN THIS YEAR, IT WAS, UH, A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT WITH KIDS NOT BEING IN SCHOOL.

HAS THAT IS OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE PARENTS AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH AQUATICS.

AND THIS YEAR CHANDLER POLICE, UH, JOINED US IN GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT, WHICH WE COULDN'T HAVE REACHED AS MANY, UH, WITHOUT EVERYONE'S HELP.

AND SO A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO GET OUT.

THE IMPACT OF DROWNING IS VERY FAR REACHING, WHETHER IT'S A FATAL AND NONFATAL, UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR, FOR THE DROWNING IMPACT AWARENESS MONTH.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[00:05:01]

THIS HAS TO DO WITH AN IGA TO DEVELOP A LUMINARY DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR THE WALL STREET PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

AND THE CITY IS CONTINUING ITS WORK IN MAKING DOWNTOWN CHANDLER A VIBRANT AND WALKABLE DESTINATION.

IT IN THAT SPIRIT, IN THAT THE CITY APPLIED FOR AND WAS AWARDED NEARLY $67,000 GRANT FROM MEG MIRACLE PLUS ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS TO PRODUCE AND DESIGN PLANS OF WALL STREET, EXPANDING THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN INTO A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AMENITY, COMPLETE WITH BENCHES LIGHTING, WALKING PATH AND SIGNAGE.

AND WE WILL SEE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT IN A FUTURE CIP.

SO I, WITH THIS ITEM, I WANT TO COMMEND OUR STEP OR ALWAYS LOOKING AND FINDING GRANTS THAT, UH, THAT WILL HELP UNIFY OUR CITY AND MAKE THESE PROJECTS A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE ON OUR TAXPAYERS.

SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THAT.

SECONDLY, I CALLED IN NUMBER SEVEN, EIGHT AND 13 ON A VERY SIMILAR VEIN, NOT WITH A QUESTION, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US.

SO WE HAVE OUR AGENDA HAS A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ENHANCE OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXEMPLIFY OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE MOBILITY IN SCHINDLER.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF FOR THEIR WORK TO ADVANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUCH NEEDED WIDENING OF ALMA SCHOOL ROAD NEAR LUKE TWO OH TWO.

NOT ONLY DID THEY FIND A WAY TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT BY NEARLY 10 YEARS AT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, BUT THEY ALSO FOUND NEARLY $4 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

WHEN COUNCIL ADAPTED THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE EXPECTATION WAS IT STEPH ALSO WOULD WORK TO COMPLETE THE ARTERIAL NETWORK INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.

SO OUR STAFF IS ALSO WORKING HARD TO EXECUTE THAT VISION THAT WAS ALSO LAID FORTH BY THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS COUNCILS.

AND THEY'VE SECURED ANOTHER GRANT AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT THAT LOWERS CHANDLER TAXPAYER COSTS BY NEARLY 7.5 MILLION.

SO BETWEEN THESE TWO GRANTS, CHANDLER TAXPAYERS WILL BE SERVING BOOBY SAVING ALMOST 11.5 MILLION.

SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM, THOSE WHO ARE HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN SECURING ADDITIONAL CARE ZACK MONEY THAT WILL ALSO SUPPORT CHANDLER TRANSIT SERVICES.

THIS RESOURCE WILL MAINTAIN TRANSIT ACCESS TO OUR CITIZENS WHILE REDUCING CHANDLER'S COSTS BY NEARLY 42% OR AN ADDITIONAL $4.1 MILLION OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND OUR STAFF THAT WORK VERY HARD TO FIND THESE GRANTS THAT WILL HELP STRETCH OUR CITY DOLLARS AND MAKE THESE THINGS WORK FOR US.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, IT'S CALLED THE END BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S MS. LANE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE STATE'S BEEN COLLECTING REV, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX FOR US THE FIRST FIVE OR SIX YEARS NOW.

I GET THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THE WAY WE, UH, WE WERE DONE BY A POPULATION BY POPULATION OR PERCENTAGE WISE.

BUT MY GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN THAT IS HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR COST AND INCREASED AND HOW DO WE KNOW, UH, THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR, UH, COLLECTIONS AND ACTUALLY IF, IF BUSINESSES STILL ONLINE.

AND SO, I MEAN THAT THEY'RE AT THE STATE AND WE'RE HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

CAN YOU HELP ME GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS? YOU'RE THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

UM, THE STATE DID BEGIN COLLECTING ON OUR BEHALF BACK IN JANUARY OF 2017 AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE EVER.

WELL, IT ACTUALLY STARTED IN 15, 16 AS THEY PREPARED FOR THIS ENDEAVOR.

AND IT'S REALLY BEEN, UM, A PROCESS OF NURTURING A PARTNERSHIP, UH, THERE'S VARIOUS SUB COMMITTEES THAT WORK ON, UM, ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WHERE PERHAPS TAXES ARE POSTED TO THE WRONG COMMUNITY AND HOW TO CORRECT THAT.

UM, COLLECTIONS IS A BIG PART OF IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE A VERY ROBUST COLLECTION PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THEY HAVE VERY, VERY FEW COLLECTORS THAT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STATE.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA OF, UM, NOT CONTENTION, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY I THINK, TO IMPROVE ON THE CITY'S, UH, POINT OF VIEW.

[00:10:01]

UH, THE CURRENT ITEM IGA DOES NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR THAT.

UH, SO IT'S BEEN VERBALLY EXTENDED AND ALLOWED, BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON CHANGES AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, REALLY IMPROVE OUR PARTNERSHIP.

AND IT HAS, IT'S BEEN A LONG FEW YEARS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE STATE HAS COME A LONG WAY.

CITIES HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN REALLY LEARNING THE PROCESS AND HOW EVERYTHING IS WORKING.

UM, AND I THINK, UH, I THINK THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CORRECTIONS WHEN THERE ARE MISTAKES ARE HAPPENING MUCH MORE TIMELY, UM, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY AN, UH, DESIRE TO HELP CITIES BE SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ACCURATE TAX COLLECTION.

SO THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON COLLECTIONS.

UM, AUDIT IS ALREADY A CHANGE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO AUDIT TAXPAYERS WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

SO I THINK, UM, AS TIME GOES ON, THE IGA WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED.

UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED, UH, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT HELPS US, UM, REALLY GET TO THE ACCURACY OF THE TAX COLLECTIONS THAT COME TO OUR CITY.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S REASSURING.

I KNOW.

UM, IT'S, IT WAS A TOUGH, YOU KNOW, DYNAMIC CHANGE TO HAVE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T TURN AROUND THE STATE COLLECTED ON OUR BEHALF AND DISTRIBUTED, BUT I GUESS THE COST IS, AGAIN, I HAVE OUR COSTS GONE DOWN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY POPULATIONS ARE INCREASING FOR THE VALLEY.

SO AS THE COST GONE DOWN AND THEN HOW DO WE, UH, UTILIZE, UM, IF IT'S GETTING OUT OF CONTROL THE COST, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S MY MORE CONCERN THERE IS HOW DO WE CHECK THAT? MAKE SURE, CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE CHECKING REVENUE ALL THE TIME AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, DO OUR BUSINESS AT THE CITY LEVEL.

AND WE CONTROL OUR COSTS TO SOME EXTENT WE HAVE PRODUCT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

SO ARE WE DOING THE SAME THING AT THE STATE? YEAH.

THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UM, THE COST HAVE INCREASED SINCE WE STARTED PAYING IN 2015, 16, UH, THERE WASN'T, UH, AN ADDITIONAL ONETIME PAYMENT AT THE TIME TO, TO HELP WITH THEIR SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS.

BUT OUR BASE CHARGE WAS 513,000 TODAY WE'RE PAYING 672,479.

AND, UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IT'S FLUCTUATED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4.7 AND 4.5% OF THE TOTAL BILL.

UM, AND IT'S BASED ON OUR POPULATION TO THE TOTAL POPULATION IS HOW THEY'RE GIVEN OUR PERCENTAGE OF 4.5.

BUT THE COST THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOWARDS THIS EFFORT HAVE INCREASED OVER TIME.

SO OUR PERCENTAGE HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH, BUT THE COST HAS, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT, RIGHT.

SO WE GET OUR BILL EVERY YEAR AND WE LOOK AT IT AND, AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR, OF COURSE THE PROCESS IS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT REALLY THE BILL, THE INVOICE COMES TO US AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, OF ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH.

AND I GUESS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, WE GOTTA KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ON, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING IS COLLECTION, I THINK ON OUR TERMS AND WHO HAS GOT A LICENSE, THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A WORKING GROUP TO COVER THOSE TYPES OF TICKETS ACTIVITIES, RIGHT.

UH, THROUGH THE AMERICAN SUMMER OF ORLANDO, WE DO, WE HAVE NUMEROUS WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE CONTINUALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE THE PROCESSES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR VICE MAYOR.

YEAH, THIS IS, UH, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, THIS WAS ONE OF MY HOT BUTTON ISSUES THAT ACTUALLY GOT ME PRETTY PASSIONATE AT FIRST.

HENCE WHY I WOUND UP GETTING PLACED ON THE MUNICIPAL TAX CODE COMMISSION.

I THINK, UH, UM, YOU GOT VOLUNTEERED VOLUNTOLD FOR THAT ONE, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN WORKING OUT VERY WELL BECAUSE IT DOES HELP KEEP, UH, THE STATE AS, AS A GROUP, AS THE CITIES, WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF, I WON'T SAY SAY, BUT AT LEAST HOPEFULLY A VOICE, UH, UP TO THE STATE, UH, AS AN EDICT AGAIN, THAT WAS PASSED BY THE STATE TO THE CITIES THAT THE STATE WILL NOW BE COLLECTING OUR TAX REVENUE VERSUS US DOING IT OURSELVES.

UM, WITH THAT YOU DID MENTION AS ONE OF THE CAUSE OF COSTS, CONTINUE TO GO UP, THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES AND THAT GET THAT POSTPONE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

HAVE THOSE, ARE THOSE ON A ROADMAP NOW OR ARE THOSE STILL, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I MEAN, HAVE BEEN TALKS ABOUT THAT INSTRUCTION CAUSE WE PAID FOR THAT STARTED THREE YEARS AGO, BUT YET A KNOWN WHETHER THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE, UH, TO THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR LOPEZ.

UM, I WILL, LET'S SEE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UM, I WOULD CALL THEM MORE LIKE MINI UPGRADES TO HELP ACCOMMODATE TAKING ON SO MANY, UH, CITY'S TAX COLLECTIONS.

[00:15:02]

UM, BUT THE, THE THOUGHT OF COMPLETELY REPLACING THAT WITH A MUCH MORE ROBUST SYSTEM, UM, A NEWER MODEL HAS NOT YET HAPPENED.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A ROADMAP ON THAT YET, UM, OR WHERE, WHERE THAT'S EVEN IN THE PLAN, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THEY'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK ON THE CURRENT SYSTEM QUITE FREQUENTLY.

WE HEAR ABOUT NEW UPGRADES AND NEW, NEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE ADDING TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE SEEN.

UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T KNOW OF A, A DATE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR LOPEZ.

CAUSE THANK YOU'RE POKING AT WHAT I WAS KIND OF WONDERING IN MY QUESTION AND UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO FOR BRINGING IT UP.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PAYING MORE.

UM, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT LESS SERVICE.

THEY'RE NOT DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY PROMISED.

UM, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING, WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

CAN WE STOP DOING THIS AND, AND GO THE OTHER DIRECTION? SO CITIES THAT RAN THEIR TAX COLLECTIONS WELL, LIKE WE DID, CAN WE REVERT BACK TO THE OLD FORM OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO DO? YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, UNFORTUNATELY, NO, WE CAN'T OPT OUT OF THIS.

THIS IS IN ARIZONA.

REVISED STATUTE IS WRITTEN THAT THEY WILL COLLECT ON OUR CITY'S BEHALF, WHETHER YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY WHAT THEY CALL THE PROGRAM CITY OR NON-PROGRAM CITY, WHICH WE WERE NON PROGRAM AND WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT.

UM, BUT THAT WILL NOT REVERSE UNLESS THERE IS AN ACT OF LEGISLATURE.

ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, AMIR.

THANK YOU.

SO THE PROCESS TO GET THAT REVERSE FOR US TO SORT OF USE OUR INNER GOV DEPARTMENT TO, TO SORT OF LOBBY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND MAYBE AS A COUNCIL, WE COULD, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT OR, OR MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS UNDERTAKING.

UM, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY START THERE AND, AND YOU'D HAVE TO GET REALLY, UH, A GROUP OF CITIES AND THE LEAGUE INVOLVED AND IT WOULD BE A VERY BIG CONVERSATION.

WELL, IF IT'S COSTING OUR TAXPAYER MONEY, IT'S PROBABLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO WELL, THANK YOU.

MA'AM ALRIGHT.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO ITEM NUMBER 16.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK THIS IS STILL MISSES ON MS. LYING.

SO, UM, SO IN, IN THIS, THERE WAS NO COST COSTING THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THE COSTUME GOES, IT'S A STAIRSTEP APPROACH AT PENN WHO WORKS ON THE PARTICULAR ASPECT OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

YES.

UM, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE'S A DIFFERENT RATE DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL, UH, POSITION WITHIN THE GUEST ROSENFELD BOND COUNCIL ORGANIZATION TO GO OUT FOR RFP OR RECOMPETE ON THIS, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR 28 YEARS, TOOK IT A COMPANY, WHICH YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I'M NOT, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE COMPETITIVE RATES? I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE'VE HAD, WE'D BEEN WITH GUYS AND ROSE GUESSED ROSENFELT AS OUR BOND COUNCIL FOR 28 YEARS.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING EXTENSION OF THIS AGREEMENT THAT WAS CREATED IN 2015.

WE DID DIRECT SELECT THAT AGREEMENT.

UM, I THINK BEFORE MY TIME THERE WAS AN RFP, UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE, IT'S A SPECIALIZED SERVICE.

THEY KNOW OUR CITY, THEY KNOW OUR PROCESSES AND IT'S BEEN A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S WORKED WELL FOR US.

UM, WHEN I DID IT IN 2015, I DID SURVEY MY PARTNERS AND OTHER CITIES.

THERE'S SOME BIG FIRMS THAT WE ALL KNOW OF IN THE VALLEY THAT DO THIS SERVICE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE FEES WERE IN OTHER CONTRACTS.

AND WE ARE, THEY ARE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH THEIR PARTNERS ACROSS THE VALLEY.

UM, SO WE DID DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DIRECT SELECTION.

IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2015 WITH THESE EXTENSIONS BUILT THERE.

OKAY.

SO IS THERE ONE MORE EXTENSION TO THIS CONTRACT? UH, THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO ALLOWABLE EXTENSIONS.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO CREATE A NEW AGREEMENT AFTER TWO MORE YEARS AND THEY ARE HONORING THE 2015 RATE SCHEDULE AS WELL.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

GREAT.

SO WITH THAT HIGHER THEN IT JUST NOT JUST, BUT THEY OVERPRICED JUST CASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

I CALLED IN ITEM NUMBER 19, SOME COMMENTS THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE EAST MINI PARK, A LITTLE PARK DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER OF ERIE AND HAMILTON.

LAST SUMMER, WE MET WITH RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE EAST MINI PARK TO SEEK INPUT ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR DIRECTOR,

[00:20:01]

IF WE'VE SAY YES, THAT WOULD ADD NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AREA, LIGHTING, PERIMETER, FENCING, BENCHES, AND MORE, AND RENOVATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED.

EARLY.

NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT SHOWED UP PERHAPS 50 THAT SHOWED UP AND HAD THEIR INPUT IN THAT PARK.

AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAD REQUESTED WILL HAVE BEEN MOVED TO GIZELLE MEADOWS PARK, WHICH WILL ALSO SHOW UP AT A FUTURE CIP.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS HERE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS MEET SOME OF THEIR NEEDS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, A FULL BASKETBALL COURT COMING UP AT A, SO I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EARLY DESIGN OF THIS.

YOUR PARTICIPATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ASSURING THAT THE IDEAS AND ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS ARE HEARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION WITH THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDUCTION MAYOR.

IT'S GOOD.

I DO HAVE, I DID HAVE IT ANSWERED EARLIER TODAY.

I SAW ON HERE THAT ONE OF THE FUNDS WAS FROM THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND I, I TOOK A DEEP BREATH BECAUSE I SAID, WAIT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? TAKING MONEY OUT TO GO TO THE MEMORIAL, BUT PAY FOR THIS PARK.

AND YOU KIND OF EXPLAINED THAT THAT'S JUST A HOLDING GROUND FOR ANY GRANTS AND DONATIONS THAT COME INTO THE CITY.

AND THAT'S CORRECT ON RIGHT TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IT IS, IT IS MORE LIKE A MISCELLANEOUS GRANT ACCOUNT AND BELIEVE THE NAME OF THAT ACCOUNT REALLY JUST NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

AND I LIKE THE VETERAN MEMORIAL COUNSELOR.

THAT'S GOOD.

KEEP FILLING THAT ACCOUNT UP, BUT LET'S GET A MEMORIAL BILL, BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO THAT WAS CAME FROM A GRANT.

SO 200 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THIS CAME FROM A GRANT, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD TO SEAT THOUGH.

SO THAT'S A, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION EARLIER, SO THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMELINES ON THE BENNETT MEMORIAL WHERE YOU HAVE THE UP HERE? UH, SURE, SURE.

THROUGH THE MAYOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO? UH, YES.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, FINALIZING OUR STAFF REPORT TO BRING TO YOU, UH, FOR, TO START THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR PHASE TWO OF THAT.

UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT TO YOU, UH, AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

GREAT NEWS.

THANK YOU.

THANKS MAYOR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? UH, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 32 COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

YOU KNOW, MAYOR JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE.

THEY SPLIT THE PARCEL, WHICH IS FINE.

THEY'RE BUILDING A COUPLE BUILDINGS OUT THERE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT I GUESS WHAT'S THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS THING.

WHAT DO THEY PLAN ON DOING IN THAT AREA? IT COULD BE A CONTRACTOR MAYOR MEMBER ORLANDO, UH, THIS FINAL PLAT, IT'S A REPLAT OF A LITTLE PORTION OF CHANDLER CORPORATE CENTER.

UH, THIS IS THE PHASE TWO PIECE OF IT, AND IT'S A SMALL PART OF A MUCH LARGER BUSINESS PARK.

THAT'S ZONING SEARCHES BACK ABOUT 35 YEARS HAS BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

SO CURRENTLY YOU SEE THE BUILDINGS COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND TODAY.

UM, IT'S 120,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING, UH, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A SINGLE, A SINGLE TENANT TO TAKE THE ENTIRE BUILDING FOR THAT THIS PIECE, THIS PLAQUE CLEANS UP, UH, SOME EASEMENTS CLEANS UP SOME RIGHT-AWAY ISSUES AND ALSO KIND OF CREATES THAT, THAT EXTRA LOT OFF TO THE, UH, TO THE WEST.

UM, IT'S LAND USE SINCE PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICE AND SOME SERVICE RETAIL FOR THAT BUSINESS PARK.

WE REALLY ANTICIPATE THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO FINISH OFF THAT AREA, BUT THERE'S NO PLANS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR THAT REMAINING SMALL PARCEL TO THE WEST.

HOW MANY ACRES THAT LEFT? HOW MANY ACRES IS LEFT? UH, ABOUT EIGHT, EIGHT OF THE SIDE.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY SOME COMMERCIAL THERE.

I MEAN, NO, SOME RETAIL, SOME SERVICE RETAIL FOR THE BUSINESS PARTNERS.

OKAY.

WELL LET'S COVERAGE THAT OUT VISUALLY.

THAT'S A GOOD USE FOR THAT 50 WITH THAT WHOLE AREA PLAN, BEING THAT TYPE OF A BUSINESS PARK ENVIRONMENT.

SO GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS? THE LAST ITEM CALLED IN WAS ALSO BY ME, HAS TO DO WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 33 RESOLUTION 53 99.

MY THEME TONIGHT IS, UH, THANKING STAFF OR SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

THIS IS A, A SIMILAR ONE IN WHICH, UH, WORKING WITH MIRA COPA COUNTY.

THIS ON CONSENT IS AN IGA WITH MARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO EXTEND THEIR CURRENT SUPPORT IN PROVIDING HOTEL ROOMS FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR VULNERABLE TO COVID-19.

SO THEY CAN BE SHELTERED IN PLACE.

THE CHANDLER COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS IDENTIFIED VULNERABLE PERSONS, PLACE THEM IN HOTELS AND PROVIDE DAILY MEALS WITH SUPPORT SERVICES.

THIS IGA, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING WITH THE COUNTY,

[00:25:01]

GET THEM OUT OF A, A COMMUNITY SETTING TO WHERE PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE MORE VULNERABLE FOR COVID-19, IT'LL MOVE THEM TO A HOTEL.

AND IT, HOPEFULLY THE GOAL WILL BE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS THEN TO GO FROM THE HOTELS TO A SAFE, PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION OF WHICH THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH AC CORRESPONDING.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK DEBORAH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TEAM FOR CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR AT RISK INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS OR ANY, ANY FINAL ONES BEFORE WE CLOSE THE STUDY SESSION ON THURSDAY, WE HAVE A, AN ACTION ITEM AND A BRIEFING,

[34. AUTHORIZATION AND ASSISTANCE, as requested by Councilmember Orlando, to the Chandler Unified School District for use of AZCares Dollars, to purchase 1,000 mobile hotspots for Chandler residents to provide internet access for students, in the amount of $250,000.]

[35. DISCUSSION, as requested by Councilmember Huang, of Development Agreements forSite 7 with LGE Design Build, and of privately owned property known as D.C. Heights withChasson Affinity Companies.]

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR STUDY SESSION.