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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020.
I GUESS HE CALLS ARE COMING IN.
GAVE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE HERE.
CLAIMANT'S COUNCIL MEMBER WONG.
COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER LANDO.
OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT BY PASTOR RYAN, OUR NACIN OF REDEMPTION CHURCH AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, JEREMY MCCLYMONDS, PASTOR LET'S PRAY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNCIL THAT REPRESENT THE CITY OF CHANDLER.
KEVIN HART, KEY RENEE LOPEZ, TERRY ROWE, MATT ORLANDO, MARK STEWART, CHAIRMAN MCCLYMONDS AND SAM HALL.
OR THANK YOU FOR THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE.
YOU'VE GIVEN THEM A SERVING THE CITY, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, NOT JUST THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES, BUT THE PEOPLE I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE GRACIOUS TO THEM AND GIVE THEM ALL THE WISDOM AND PATIENCE THAT IT TAKES TO SEE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ACTION.
WE ASK YOU THAT YOU WOULD LEAD AND GUIDE THEM IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT IN JESUS NAME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AMERICA
[CONSENT AGENDA]
COUNCIL TONIGHT.WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA AND ONE ACTION ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT TO ACTION AT OUR MONDAY MEETING REGARDING OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? YOUR CONTENT? REMEMBER CLARENCE, I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING SEPTEMBER 17 ITEMS ONE THROUGH 31 TEGAN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROW.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MAN, VICE MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO THROW A SPIRITUAL THANK YOU OUT THERE TO A, AGAIN, MORE OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE NEED YOU THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD AND WE NEED MORE OF YOU.
SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING OUT THERE, PLEASE GO TO OUR BOARDS OF COMMISSION WEBSITE AND SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP OUT YOUR CITY.
SEEING ANOTHER, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[2. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 4939, amending the Code of the City of Chandler, adding Chapter 22 – Short Term Rentals, providing for the repeal of conflicting ordinances, providing for severability, and providing for penalties, as recommended by the City Manager’s Office.]
WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM AND THIS WAS BROUGHT TO ACTION BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEWARD COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, MAYOR.AND UH, I'M GLAD I BROUGHT THIS UP ON MONDAY.
WE GOT A LOT MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND I WANT TO THANK AND COMMEND THEM FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST 72 HOURS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF THE, UH, STR OWNERSHIP GROUPS LIKE AIRBNB, EXPEDIA AND SUCH, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION FROM THEM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME COMMITMENT FROM THEM TO COMMUNICATE TO STR OWNERS, UH, THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE A CASE FOR DOING THAT.
UM, AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, MR. RYLE, UH, FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES EARLIER TODAY.
AND WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FACING, UH, WITH ONE ADJUSTING CC AND RS, AND THEN TO, UH, MANAGING, UH, BAD ACTORS.
AND SO FORTUNATELY I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IN THE WAY IT WAS SET UP IS GOING TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS TO HELP, UH, MOVE THE NEEDLE AND GIVE THIS THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND OWNERS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE ABILITY TO, TO DO SOME THINGS.
SO MARY I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL TENTATIVELY ADOPT ORDINANCE FOR NINE THREE NINE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER BY ADOPTING AND ADDING CHAPTER 22 SHORT TERM RENTALS.
UM, FROM THAT, UM, IT'S MY EXPECTATION UPON THAT ADOPTION ON OCTOBER 12TH, STAFF WILL IMMEDIATELY BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC, UH, IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND CHANDLER OF THIS NEW LAW, UH, AND ITS ABILITY TO, UH, UH, UH, HELP OUTLINE TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
SO I THINK RYAN'S GOING TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT AS WELL.
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UM, WOULD YOU, ARE YOU REQUESTING A PRESENTATION FROM RYAN OR OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY? WHICH WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT THE WORD OUT THERE, WHICH YOU ALREADY WERE AHEAD OF IT, BUT, UH, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE PRESENTATION ON MONDAY.I'M HAPPY TO AMERA COUNCIL MEMBER.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, WAS NOT ABLE TO VIEW THE MEETING ON MONDAY.
UM, JUST TO SET THE STAGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING HOSPITAL 26 72, WHICH CREATED A VERIFIED VIOLATION PROCESS, UM, AND REALLY CREATES THAT BALANCE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ENSURING THAT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SOME, UH, UH, SOME RIGHTS AS WELL AS THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME RIGHTS.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART HAD BROUGHT UP WAS ENSURING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE A WAY TO, UH, NO ABOUT THIS NEW CHANGE.
AND SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT SINCE MONDAY AS A STAFF, THAT THE VARIOUS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, IN ADDITION TO OUR TRADITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHERS, UM, IF THAT'S SOME CONTACT WITH, UH, VRVO SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT, UH, OUR STAFF IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THROUGH THESE OTHER CHANNELS THAT WE TALK ABOUT UP HERE, UH, EITHER DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE VACATION RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, THE PLATFORMS THEMSELVES AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUPS, A UTILITY BILL NEWSLETTER OF THAT, THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THAT GOES OUT.
SO THAT WILL TOUCH THE RESIDENTS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE'RE GOING TO BROADCAST THIS ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA AND USING NEXT DOOR AND TRADITIONAL NEWS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, WE THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, WAY TO GET TO, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S SOME TRACKING THAT ALREADY EXISTS, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN TOUCHPOINTS BEFORE WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, ALTHOUGH NOT A FORMAL TRACKING, WE'RE GOING TO WORK IN AND SEE IF WE CAN LOOK IN THAT, THAT DATABASE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY AND ENSURE THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED VISITS FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE PAST, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET EXTRA SPECIAL ATTENTION THAT THIS IS COMING.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COUNSEL MEMBER? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I GOTTA COMMEND YOU FOR, UH, TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND WORKING ON THAT TUESDAY AND ALREADY HAVING INFORMATION BACK.
THAT'S A TESTAMENT THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL OF CHANDLER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, STERNBERG, DIGGING INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN, RYAN AND YO, YOUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE WRITTEN, UH, AND CALLED IN THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A FAIR THERE, UM, ORDINANCE THAT I THINK WILL HELP US, UH, EDUCATE, BUT THEN AGAIN, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TEETH IN IT FOR THOSE BAD ACTORS.
AND AS I SPOKE MONDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE A GOOD ACTOR IN OUR AREA AND WE HAVE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY GOING TO GET KNOCKED ON THE DOOR ESSENTIALLY AND HOPEFULLY CLEAN UP THEIR MESS UP.
I'D ALSO, I AGREE WITH THAT IN THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM, UH, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, ASKING US TO HELP THEM WITH THIS.
SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL RYAN FOR YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY, BOTH IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND TO HELP GET THIS ACROSS.
SO COUNCIL SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS LET'S VOTE.
IT HAD TO GO, DO WE NEED TO REDO IT AGAIN? I FOUND MOST OF THEM.
WELL, HAVE YOU NOT HEARD FROM MARY? IT WAS BLUE WHEN I HIT IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, SORRY, MAN.
AND I SEE WE HAVE NO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES TONIGHT.
[CURRENT EVENTS]
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE HAVE CURRENT EVENTS, WHICH I'LL START FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER, STEWART, SOMEONE IN THE CITY THOUGHT OF YOU AND PROVIDED A ONE PIECE OF CAKE FOR ALL OF US TO SPLIT.I SEE BEYOND THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF REMINDERS, UH, TODAY, THE LAST DAY TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION IS OCTOBER 5TH.
SO IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY TO, UH, TO REGISTER AT THIS TIME AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO VOTE EARLY IN-PERSON AND BY MAIL VOTING WILL START OCTOBER 7TH.
CHANDLER DOES HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE BALLOT FOR
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RESIDENTS CONCERNING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION.I BELIEVE, UH, ALL OF COUNCIL, IF NOT ALL, ALMOST ALL HAS PARTICIPATED AND WILL BE, UH, ACTUALLY WE'LL HAVE A LETTER, UH, UH, ADVOCATING FOR THIS.
I BELIEVE THE CHAMBER IS AS WELL THAT WE'LL BE PROMOTING THIS WITH THIS PARTICULAR BALLOT ITEM.
THE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE UTILITY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE ITS NATURAL GAS SYSTEM IN THE CITY OWNED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
WANT TO COMMEND STAFF AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK WITH SOUTHWEST GUESTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT AFTER OUR RATE PAIRS AND OUR COMMUNITY FROM ANY, UH, UNANTICIPATED EXPENSE.
SO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS ITEM, KEY ELECTION DATES AND HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SO WITH THAT BIRTHDAY BOY COME MEMBER STEWART.
AND, AND I NOTICED THAT, UH, ONE YEAR OLDER, THE FONT ON MY, ON MY PAPER HERE THAT I'M GOING TO READ IS A LOT LARGER THAN IT WAS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, BUT A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LAUREN CALL.
WHO'S SHARED HER BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH ME.
SO SHE'S IN OUR, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENTS OR OUR SHE'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THANKS LAUREN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
SO, HEY, JUST A REMINDER, YOUR CENSUS IS DUE HERE PRETTY SOON.
WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST THE DEADLINE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO HOLD FIRM, BUT THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE CENSUS.
AND SO TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE CENSUS, THE CITY OF CHANDLER IS DOING A GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY.
UM, SO, UH, RANDOM PEOPLE WILL BE SELECTED THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR CENSUS.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS GO ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, SAY, HEY, I TOOK MY CENSUS AND, UH, YOU'LL BE ONE OF SEVERAL, UM, WINNERS OF GIFT CARDS FROM SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO, UH, KEEPING THAT ECONOMY, THAT LOCAL ECONOMY MOVING.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR CENSUS@MYCENSUSTWENTYTWENTYORMYTWENTYTWENTYCENSUS.GOV.
THE MORE THAN 500 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY, UH, CHANDLER BUSINESSES SEEKING SUPPORT THROUGH OUR, I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS HIRING AND RETENTION PROGRAM SINCE ITS LAUNCH ON AUGUST 17 TO DATE, APPROXIMATELY $2.4 MILLION HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR 312 BUSINESSES IN CHANDLER.
AND LAST WEEK I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS, UH, HIRING AND RETENTION PROGRAM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL, UH, FIVE BUSINESS INDUSTRIES, WHICH ARE A CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, WHOLESALE TRADE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES.
UM, BUSINESSES WITHIN THESE INDUSTRIES CAN APPLY TO RECEIVE $1,300 PER FULL TIME EMPLOYEE RETAINED OR HIRED SINCE DECEMBER 31ST, 2019.
AND YOU CAN RECEIVE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $10,000.
UH, QUALIFIED BUSINESSES CAN APPLY ON ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE, GET YOUR MONEY.
UH, SO THE CITY OF CANADA, IT'S ALSO ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A DIVERSITY INCLUSION SURVEY TO GAUGE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT.
THE SURVEY IS OPEN NOW AND, UH, AND WILL BE OPEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH.
ONCE THE SURVEY HAS CLOSED, THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WILL REVIEW THE RESULTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND PLEASE GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WAIT, A TEMPERATURE IS STARTING TO COOL DOWN VERY SOON.
THE TIMBER IS A LIBRARY COST SIGN UP MONTHS.
YOU CAN SIGN UP, YOU CAN KILL A FREE LIBRARY, ANY OF OUR FORTUNE DOT LIBRARIES LOCATION WITH YOUR PICTURE ID.
UM, ALL THE TENDO LIBRARIES ARE NOW OPEN IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW VOICE, UH, LIMITED, UH, POROSITY, BUT RESERVATION AND TIME SLOTS ARE REQUIRED TO VISIT, UH, THE LIBRARY IN PERSON.
SO YOU CAN VISIT A TINDER, PROBABLY LIBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION.
UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUNCILMAN STEWART AND, UM, UH, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR WEEKEND, THIS, UH, THIS WEEKEND MAYOR AND, UH, COVID IT DOES SEEM MAYBE LIKE THE DUST IS BEGINNING TO SETTLE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME OPTIMISM AND SO LET'S CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED AT EACH OTHER AND UH, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS OUT THERE AND PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING HARD.
YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AND THAT IS ALL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR.UM, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, CHANDLER HAS BEEN A STRONG MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES USE TO IN ORDER TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES AND TOWNS, UH, SEVERAL NEW, MANY OF YOU IN THIS CUP SERVED ON COMMITTEES.
I KNOW CURRENTLY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STUART AND MYSELF ARE SERVING ON TWO SEPARATE COMMITTEES.
AND, UH, JUST RECENTLY OUR FAIR COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATION IN OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE, UM, HAD A, I'M GOING TO SAY NOT EMERGENCY MEETING, BUT THEY HAD A, UH, AN UNSCHEDULED MEETING IN ORDER TO PROMOTE, UM, A BUNCH OF ISSUES THAT WE FEEL HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT CARE, UH, ACT, UH, WHICH MAY GET HOPEFULLY GETS APPROVED BY CONGRESS.
AND WE PUT TOGETHER, UH, A BUNCH OF RESOLUTIONS.
ONE OF THEM WAS HELP SMALL BUSINESSES OF VITA EVEN, UH, SUPPORTING, UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, FAMILY ASSISTANCE, EXPAND, EARNED INCOME CREDIT, SO THINGS THAT WILL HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, UH, I, I BROUGHT UP AS A PERSONAL THING THAT TO ME IS BOATING.
UM, I, UH, PUT FORWARD AN AMENDMENT WITH THE HELP OF STAFF.
I APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS THAT WILL HELP, UH, ASK THE U S UH, CONGRESS TO, TO, UM, UH, SUPPORT, UH, FUNDING AS WELL AS, UM, UH, UH, RE KNOW RESOURCES TO HELP US, UH, ALLOW FOR ACCESSIBLE, SAFE VOTING DURING COVID, UH, THAT
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT STAFF.
AND, UH, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT WE, WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT HELPS OUR COMMUNITIES WITH, UH, VOTING BY MAIL.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEND THAT MESSAGE THROUGH COVID AS WELL AS SOME OF THESE OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO AND STEWART FOR SERVING AND REPRESENT THE CITY AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH US CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR COUNCIL, JUST WANTING TO GIVE YOU A FIVE SECOND UPDATE.
YOUR CITIZEN BOND, EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE IS HARD AT WORK.
UM, ALL OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE MEETING.
SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUILDING AROUND THIS.
AND SO WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING BACK WITH THE CHAIRMAN DONE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO ALRIGHT WITH THAT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT.