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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 27TH, 2020.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CITY CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL, PLEASE.
MCCLYMONDS COUNCIL MEMBER WONG HERE.
WE'RE IN VACATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY PASTOR ANDY WHITE, A FAITH FAMILY CHURCH, AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER OF SAMWOL PASTOR.
THERE IS A MICROPHONE AT THE DAYS THERE, SO, AMEN LORD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING CITY AND WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
AND I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A WONDERFUL CITY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS MAINTAINED PEACE AND PROSPERITY, AND THEY FULFILLED THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL CITY AND GOVERNMENT.
AND I JUST ASK THAT TONIGHT WOULD BE A GREAT MEETING THAT, UH, THE MEMBERS WOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND STRENGTHENED IN THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY.
WE JUST PRAY PEACE, PROSPERITY, LOVE AND JOY WITH A BOUND IN ALL OF WHAT WE DO.
FOR THIS EVENING, WE JUST PRAY BE FRUITFUL AND THAT ISSUES WILL BE RESOLVED AND WE WILL CONTINUE IN THE PIECE THAT YOU'VE CALLED US TO LIVE IN IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME.
UH, THE REGION FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
SO COUNCIL TONIGHT WE HAVE 21 ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.I DID HAVE ONE RESPONSE THAT RELATED TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER 14.
UM, I WILL READ THAT SINCE WE OFFER PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL THESE THEN RATHER THAN BE HERE.
THIS IS BY A SHERRY BUTTER ON AT EIGHT 60 WEST COMSTOCK.
SHE ASKED, CAN YOU DEMONSTRATE, PLEASE SHOW ME THAT THE PURCHASE, THIS PURCHASE ITEM 14 WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED TO BE MADE IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNTS OF $4.2 MILLION AND SHOW US THAT THE $1.7 MILLION SHORTFALL IN TAX REVENUE IS DUE TO THE COVID VIRUS ECONOMIC IMPACT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT QUITE THE WAY THAT THE DOLLARS WERE GIVEN TO US AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE LATITUDE, BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS THIS MAYOR.
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION COMING IN FROM A CONSTITUENT OF YOURS.
SO, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, THIS ITEM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR TO GET THE ORGANIZATION MORE MOBILE.
IT WAS VERY STRATEGIC IN THE FACT THAT WE WERE GETTING READY TO REPLACE ALL OF THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS AT THE CITY.
AND IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S OCCURRED.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TO SET OURSELVES UP AS AN ORGANIZATION TO BECOME MORE MOBILE.
THEREFORE WE DID ASK THE COUNCIL, IF WE COULD USE THE $1.7 MILLION OUT OF THE CARES PROGRAM, AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, THOSE DOLLARS DID COME TO THE CITY AS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPENT ON ANYTHING THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, GIVE US DIRECTION TO SPEND IT ON.
AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL ITEM AND WHAT'S BEING PURCHASED, I WILL REFER THAT OVER TO SOME DEEP MALACHY RCIO.
AND ANOTHER, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HEAD OPPORTUNITY ON MONDAY, I WAS JUST ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO THIS ONE ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, SO COUNSEL, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
EMOTION WOULD BE AN ORDER HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLIMATES, A MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENTED IN THE ITEM FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING AUGUST 27, 2020 CONSENSUS AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 21 THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR AND LOPEZ.
YOU NEED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS RELATED TO OUR AGENDA TONIGHT BEFORE WE VOTE A MAN COUNCIL MEMBER WALL, UH, I WOULD LIKE 14, 15 AND 16.
I THINK WE ARE OVERCHARGED AND THAT'S IT.
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NOTED IN THE RECORD.ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
SO CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, NOTED AS WELL SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT AND CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, ATLANTA DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND COUNCIL AND ITEMS 14, 15 AND 16 COUNCIL MEMBER WONG VOTED.
AND ARE THERE ANY UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES? I KNOW NOBODY HAS TURNED IN A CARD.
[CURRENT EVENTS]
ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, OUR COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, I HAVE A FEW AND WE GO DOWN THE LINE.THE FIRST IS RELATED TO FIRST MILE.
LAST MILE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLYMONDS HAS BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE PAST, BUT THE NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHANDLER, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT STUART I'M SORRY.
AND LIFT BEGINS NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, THIS FIRST MILE LAST MILE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE UP TO 50% OFF ON RIDES TO AND FROM DESIGNATED BUS STOPS SOUTH OF PECOS ROAD.
THIS PARTNERSHIPS HELPS THE CITY EXPAND PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS TO AN AREA OF THE CITY WITH LIMITED AVAILABILITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME AVOIDING THE HIGH COST OF ADDING MULTIPLE NEW BUS ROUTES.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR CITY CONTINUES TO FIND IN A WAY INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHILE SAVING TAX DOLLARS.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE JOB FAIR, WHICH WE PARTICIPATED IN, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA AT WORK BEST COMPANIES, AAV CAREER CONNECTORS AND PIPELINE AC.
WE HAD THE FIRST EVER VIRTUAL HIRING EVENT THIS SUMMER TO CONNECT JOB SEEKERS WITH CHANDLER BASED EMPLOYERS.
OVER 700 JOB SEEKERS SIGNED UP OR ACCESS TO THE HUNDREDS OF JOBS POSTED FROM THE 12 PLUS CHANDLER BASED EMPLOYERS, NEARLY 600 SEEKERS WERE INTERVIEWED, HIRED OUR MATCH TO A CHANDLER BASED EMPLOYER.
I WANT TO THANK OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR PARTNERS FOR MAKING THIS A STANDOUT SUCCESS.
IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE JOBS WHEN OTHERS WERE LOSING JOBS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS, SOME MORE GOOD NEWS THAT THE RESULT OF COUNCIL DECISIONS, WE STARTED OUR CITY AND I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS RETENTION AND HIRING PROGRAM.
THE I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS RETENTION AND HIRING PROGRAM IS EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
AND THE FIRST WEEK AND A HALF, SINCE THE LAUNCH COUNSEL, AS YOU RECALL, WE STARTED THIS ON AUGUST 17TH AND AS A RESULT OF THE, OF THE $9.5 MILLION THAT WE SOUGHT TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AS OF YESTERDAY 380 TOTAL APPLICATIONS WERE INITIATED, SUBMITTED AND ARE PROCESSED A TOTAL OF 1.2 TO 3 MILLION IN PROGRAM FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR DISBURSEMENT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS GOING OUT IN BATCHES RATHER THAN JUST KIND OF INDIVIDUALLY.
SO IT GOES OUT AT A BIGGER BUNCH AND FEEDBACK AND THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED THE EASE OF THE APPLICATION TO BE INCREDIBLY SMOOTH AND SIMPLE.
SO I SAY TO THOSE ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES WHO DO NOT HAVE, WHO HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YET, PLEASE DO.
SO THIS IS OUR WEBSITE TO A CLI WE HAVE AMPLE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS DURING THESE TIMES.
AND THE FIRST ROUND OF APPLICATIONS, WE'LL CLOSE SEPTEMBER 7TH WITH THE SECOND ROUND OPENING SHORTLY AFTER.
SO WE, UH, HOPE THAT ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ABLE AND CHANDLER WHO THINK THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT, PLEASE APPLY.
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO HELP YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
THANK YOU, MIRA, AND APPRECIATE THOSE UPDATES.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, UH, I CHOOSE CHANDLER PROGRAM.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT TUNED INTO THE, UH, MEETING, UH, JUST NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, AT FOUR 30, WE HAD A, UM, A MEETING REGARDING OUR BUDGET AND I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF AND DON, ESPECIALLY YOUR STAFF WITH, UH, WITH PUTTING US IN A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WE FEEL SAFE AS RELATES TO OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
UM, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
AND IN LIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL, UH, APPLICATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE
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COVID CHALLENGES THAT MUCH OF AMERICA'S FACING CHANDLER'S IN A GOOD PLACE.AND I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT, UH, AND WHERE WE ARE.
AND DON'T FORGET IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE CENSUS YET, GET ON YOUR PHONE, GO TO CENSUS.GOV AND GET THAT CENSUS DOWN.
WE'RE STILL CHASING OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST AND I'M ALREADY HEARING ABOUT IT.
SO HELP ME OUT, HELP OUT THE CITY AND GET THAT CENSUS TAKEN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CLIMATES.
NO, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
SO IF THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED 72% OF IT, THAT MEANS THEY MUST KNOW THE END NUMBER TO CALCULATE A PERCENTAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THAT AS A RHETORICAL QUESTION HERE.
RHETORIC RISES, RIGHT? HOW DO THEY KNOW? I KNOW AN OFFICE TODAY, MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, NUMBER ONE, THAT'S THE ONE TO ADD CALL A COUNCIL MEMBER, MAX STEWART, A PRIEST.
CAN YOU SAY, HAVE CONQUERED AND NOTHING ELSE.
UH, AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO, UH, SHOUT OUT MY SUPPORT TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS, OUR POLICE OR FIRE, ALL OUR HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT THERE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO, FOR, UH, WORKING TOGETHER AND JUST TRYING TO KEEP CHANDLER IN PERSPECTIVE AND KEEP THINGS WHERE WE ARE DECENT TO EACH OTHER.
AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY TO RACHELLE HOOSICK, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND PRESENTING ABOUT THE LIBRARY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE REALLY PUT YOU THROUGH IT, BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR OF NOTHING TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT.