Oct 15, 2020 City Council Meeting - 10/15/2020

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[Call to Order]

SO, SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING US ONLINE, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AS WELL.

A CITY CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE HERE, HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, MCCLINEMAN'S NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER ROW.

HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

OUR INDICATION THIS EVENING WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JASON TURNER FROM CHRISTIAN FAITH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.

OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY VICE MAYOR, RENE LOPEZ, PASTOR.

WELCOME, AND THANK YOU.

UH, LET'S PRAY FATHER.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR SCRIPTURES GIVE US DIRECTION, THAT IT IS OUR DUTY TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GOVERN.

SO FATHERS TONIGHT, AS WE HEAD INTO THIS SESSION AND THIS TIME OF GOVERNANCE FATHER, WE PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT HAS BEEN ELECTED AND APPOINTED THAT GOD, YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, PATIENTS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR EACH OTHER.

AND FOR THE ISSUES FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHANDLER FATHER, WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO DO BY OURSELVES, BUT IT IS THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A MIND TO SEE THE PROGRESSION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

SO FATHER, WE PRAY THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR SACRIFICES THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE AGENDA ITEMS, THAT GOD YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AND THEIR HOMES INCREASE THEM AND PROSPER THEM.

FATHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSING OF HEALTH AND SHRIMP, AND WE PRAY THAT IT CONTINUES BEYOND TODAY AND INTO THE DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME.

WE THANK YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A DIFFICULT MOMENT, THAT GOD, YOU HAVE A WAY OF ALLOWING YOUR LIGHT TO SHINE THE BRIGHTEST WHEN THINGS APPEAR TO BE THE DARKEST.

SO THANK YOU THAT IN THIS TIME AND THIS SEASON YOU'LL LEAD US AS WE LEAN TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE FATHER, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

THANK YOU FOR BLESSING MIRACLE COUNTY AND THANK YOU FOR BLESSING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION.

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

THANK YOU.

VICE CHAIR.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE I BELIEVE EMOTION IS AN ORDER BY MAN.

I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING, EIGHTIES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, SECOND MOTION.

SECOND BY WHO IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CLIMATE MASKS MAKE A DIFFICULT AND THIS, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS? THAT'S A MEMBER STEWART.

YES.

I WANTED TO THANK CHIEF DUGAN AND STAFF FOR, THEY PUSHED OFF SOME PURCHASING OF SOME NEW, UH, VEHICLES FOR NOT ONLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALSO OUR GENERAL FLEET FOR A FEW MONTHS, UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT OUR, UH, SORT OF OUR FINANCIAL STATURE.

SO, AND JUST GIVE MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE WILL BE PROVEN TO MOVE THROUGH, UH, TO GET THEM RE-EQUIPPED AND, AND MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL AND NONE COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE.

WASN'T CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL

[PH1. ANNEXATION approximately one-quarter of a mile south of the southeast corner of 101/Price and Elliot roads.]

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THAT WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVING TO DO WITH ANNEXATION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OUR FIRST ONE HAS TO DO TO PROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER

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SO WITH THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND UH, HAVE CHRISTINE GAYE, OUR SENIOR PLANNER COME CHRISTINE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HARLEY MALWARE TO THE COUNCIL.

HARLEY IS RELATIVELY NEW AT THE CITY OF CHANDLER.

HE'S A JUNIOR PLANNER.

HE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE FEBRUARY AND HE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.

THANK YOU, MR. MELBOURNE, PLEASE PROCEED.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN ANNEXATION REQUEST LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE FOURTH OF A MILE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF PRICE AND ELLIOTT ROADS.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY POINT 16 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS ZONED RURAL 43 WITHIN MARICOPA COUNTY.

A BUDDING.

THIS PARCEL IS A RURAL TO THE EAST BOROUGH, 43 TO THE EAST WITHIN MARICOPA COUNTY PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT FOR, UH, MULTI-FILAMENT TO THE SOUTH.

EXCUSE ME AND PRICE SLASH ONE OH ONE ROAD TO THE WEST TO THE NORTH IS AN AGRICULTURAL LOT OF COMPARABLE SIZE.

THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS NEIGHBORHOODS AND THERE CURRENTLY EXISTS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON THE PARCEL.

THE ANNEXATION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND THREE SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED.

NO COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

UH, TWO TO STAFF KNOWLEDGE ON THIS ANNEXATION.

THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO SUBMITTED A REZONING AND PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS FOR MULTIFAMILY.

AND THIS WILL APPEAR ON A FORTHCOMING AGENDA UPON ANNEXATION.

THE INITIAL CITY ZONING WOULD BE AGRICULTURAL.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SEEING NONE? LET'S GIVE HIM ONE MAYOR WITH ALL RIGHT.

LET'S COME ON.

HE'S A NEW GUY.

LET'S GIVE HIM WINE.

COME ON NOW THAT'S A MEMBER.

ALANDO WELCOME.

DO YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TIMEFRAME THAT A MULTIFAMILY APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY UNITS YOU THINK WILL BE THERE? YEAH.

UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, UH, THIS SHOULD BE APPEARING ON THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 40 UNITS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND AGAIN, WELCOME TO CHANDLER, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

[PH2. ANNEXATION approximately one-quarter of a mile north of Germann Road and east of Arizona Avenue.]

I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE A STAFF PRESENTATION AGAIN FROM CHRISTINE GAY OR SENIOR PLANNER.

CHRISTINE, THANK YOU AGAIN, MIRROR.

THIS ONE, I AM PRESENTING AND PUBLIC HEARING.

NUMBER TWO IS A REQUEST TO ANNEX.

UH, LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA AVENUE AND JERMAINE ROAD.

IT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SITE, JUST OVER 12,000 SQUARE FEET IN AREA.

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, IT'S OUTLINED IN BLUE, IT'S LOCATED ABOUT 12 I'M SORRY, 1300 FEET EAST OF ARIZONA AVENUE.

THE PARCEL ITSELF IS VACANT AND UNIMPROVED, UH, WHICH HAS SOME OVERGROWN LANDSCAPING ON IT.

UM, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS SITE, TO THE EAST.

IT'S ADJACENT TO THE RAILROAD AND TO THE SOUTH.

YOU HAVE AN EXISTING NURSERY.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE YOU UTILITIES AVAILABLE IN ARIZONA AVENUE TO SERVE THIS SITE? IT IS ZONED WITHIN THE COUNTY.

ARE YOU 43? OUR EQUIVALENT ZONING WOULD BE AGRICULTURAL AG, ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UH, ANNEXATION AS A FUTURE POTENTIAL REQUEST TO REZONE, UH, FOR MULTIFAMILY AS WELL.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, SO SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, WHEN WILL THIS BE APPEARING? UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UH, FUTURE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ONE, WILL THAT BE APPEARING TO US THEN? NOVEMBER 5TH, NOVEMBER 5TH AS WELL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE I'D LIKE TO CLOSE OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING

[PH3. ANNEXATION approximately 1.71 acres south of the southwest corner of Gilbert and Ocotillo roads.]

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SO AS STATED YESTERDAY, THIRD PUBLIC HEARING ON ANNEXATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS PROPERTY IS JUST A LESS THAN ONE AND THREE QUARTERS ACRES.

IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF GILBERT ROAD.

IT IS DIRECTLY WEST OF THE NEW CHANNEL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY IS ZONED.

ARE YOU 43? IT IS VACANT.

IT WILL BE INITIALLY ZONE UNDER THE, THE CITY ZONING.

THERE WILL BE A FUTURE PROPOSAL COMING BEFORE YOU FOR A SENIOR SEMINARY, WHICH IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, THE LATTER DAY SAINTS.

AND THEY WILL BE STUDENTS COMING FROM THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL.

I WANT TO PROVIDE AS WELL THAT THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY, THERE IS A DOLLAR STORAGE FACILITY, WHICH IS IN THE CITY AND TO THE NORTH.

IT IS STILL UNDER A MIRA COPA COUNTY'S CONTROL TO THE WEST.

THERE IS A CITY RECLAMATION FACILITY AS WELL.

AND JUST THE BROADER PICTURE HERE, AS YOU SEE, THERE IS RTO ROAD TO THE NORTH AND GILBERT TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY HERE.

AND YOU SEE THE COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTH AS WELL WITH THIS PROPERTY.

THERE ARE CURRENT UTILITIES WITHIN GILBERT ROAD THAT SUPPLY UTILITIES CURRENTLY TO THE OTHER EXISTING DEVELOPED SITES.

UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT GILBERT ROAD IS TO BE WIDENED IN THE FUTURE FOR THE SECTION FROM TWO TO THREE LANES.

AND THAT IS PART OF THE, THE 20 TO 21 CIP.

ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS ANNEXATION, THERE WILL BE FOR FUTURE WHINING AS WELL AS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 660 FEET SOUTH OF TO SERVE THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WITH THAT, I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

UH, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE KIND OF HEARD OF IT EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WE GOT A LITTLE BRIEFING ON IT.

UM, IS THAT THE BEST, I MEAN, WAS THAT THE BEST OPTION FOR THESE KIDS TO BE CROSSING A SIX LANE STREET? UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE A SEMINARY NEAR PERRY HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S ACROSS A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, VERY SAFE.

THIS IS A SIX LANE ROAD.

THEY GO BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY LONG, RIGHT? I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW THE, AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE FORUM FOR THAT, BUT WERE ANNEX SAYING UNDER THE GUISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A BUILDING HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING CLOSER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET THAT THEY LOOKED AT, OR MAYBE OVER WHERE THE ELS FITNESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS STEWART AS TO THE, THE EAST SIDE OF GILBERT ROAD, I AM UNAWARE THAT THEY LOOKED AT ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FOR SEMINARY.

IT IS PRETTY MUCH DEVELOPED THE COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND YOU HAD THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THERE.

SO WITH THAT, YES, THEY WILL.

ANY OF THE STUDENTS WILL EITHER HAVE TO DRIVE OR THEY WILL HAVE TO WALK TO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND THAT NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS RIGHT NORTH OF THAT.

SO THE SIGNALS RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY WOULD CROSS TURN 60 SOUTH OF THERE.

SO 600 FEET SOUTH OF RTO KNOCK, BUT IT'S RIGHT AT WHERE THE SCHOOL WOULD CROSS OVER TO THE SEMINARY.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER, UH, MAY OR NOT DIRECTLY TO THAT? AND I DON'T HAVE THE PARTICULARS.

I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK ON THAT, BUT THERE WILL BE A SIGNAL FOR, TO ALLOW FOR THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND SIGNALIZE AT THAT AREA.

THANK YOU.

UM, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, TELL SOME NUMBER ORLANDO.

THANK YOU.

THANKS MARY.

JUST QUICK QUESTION.

SO WILL THEY BE PAYING FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE WIDENING THE SEMINARY ON THEIR SIDE OR IS ON THE OTHER SIDE? IT'S I'M TRYING A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR ANYTHING DEALING WITH THE PARTICULAR ROAD WHITENING.

THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS, SO I, I'M NOT AWARE I CAN LOOK INTO IT IF YOU'D LIKE LOOK INTO IT.

I'M ASSUMING THEY DO, BUT I JUST WANT, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

IN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL THING, NONE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR AUDIENCE HEARING, SEEING NUNS THAT ELECTRIC CLOSE OUR THIRD DENIC STATION HEARING.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

I'M NOT BANGING THE GAVEL TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH I COULD BE

[1. DISCUSSION, as requested by City Manager Marsha Reed, on the I Choose Chandler Business Hiring & Retention Program.]

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SO CITY, YES.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THESE TWO BRIEFING ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, AS MICAH IS MAKING HIS WAY AT THIS DIRECTION.

JUST AS A REMINDER ON THAT SHE'S CHANDLER A CAMPAIGN AND THE, AND THE BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM.

THIS IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE CARERS DOLLARS AND THAT THE CITY OF CHANDLER RECEIVED AND SUBJECT TO THE GIFT CLAUSE SINCE WE RECEIVED THOSE, AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A GENERAL FUND DOLLARS MIKE, AND CAN TALK ABOUT THE, THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM SO FAR.

UH, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MICAH AND HIS STAFF, UM, BECAUSE AS QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO ARISE REGARDING CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, UM, AT SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKED WITH, UH, LEGAL TO, UH, COME UP WITH WHAT MIKE IS GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.

AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME, UH, GENERAL ACCEPTANCE IN ORDER TO MAYOR, PLEASE PROCEED.

MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION CITY MANAGER, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO, UH, WE ARE, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS HARDER RETENTION PROGRAM, UH, THIS WAS LAUNCHED, UH, BACK IN AUGUST TO AID OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

UM, IT IS REALLY BUILT AROUND THE PREMISE OF SUPPORTING BUSINESSES THROUGH THE RETENTION AND HIRING OF EMPLOYEES.

UH, COUNCIL SET ASIDE $9.5 MILLION FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND, UH, THE QUALIFYING BUSINESSES CAN RECEIVE UP TO $1,300 PER FULL TIME EQUIVALENT RETAINED, OR HIRED UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $10,000 PER BUSINESS.

SO THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN AUGUST, AS I SAID, AUGUST 17TH, TO BE EXACT.

AND TO DATE, WE HAVE, UH, PROVED MORE THAN 430 BUSINESSES.

OUR MOST RECENT NUMBER JUST CAME IN AT 442 WITH A LITTLE OVER $3.3 MILLION IN FUNDING AWARDED TO CHANDLER SMALL BUSINESSES.

THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.

UM, ONE OF THE REALLY POSITIVE THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE FROM, UH, ORDER SUBPOENA IS THE EASE OF THE PROGRAM AND THE SPEED AT WHICH THE, THE CHECKS GO BACK OUT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH HOW THE PROGRAM IS RESPONDING, BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.

UH, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO SOME ALTERNATIVE THINGS.

AND SO ONE OF THE AREAS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS HELPING TO PROVIDE THIS BENEFIT TO BUSINESSES WHO, UH, EMPLOY IN THE LOOSEST TERM POSSIBLE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO STRUCTURE THE PROGRAM, UH, TO PROVIDE, AGAIN THAT $1,300 PER FULL TIME EQUIVALENT, UH, UNDER THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE $40,000 IN CUMULATIVE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES.

UM, AGAIN, WE WOULD, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND KEEP THIS SIMPLE, EASY FOR FOLKS TO GET THROUGH SO WE CAN GET THESE DOLLARS OUT QUICKLY.

UM, REALLY JUST LOOKING AT A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.

I LOOK BACK AT THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR'S CONTRACTED EXPENSES, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE OUR BUSINESS REGISTRATION THROUGH TAX AND LICENSING.

SO WE'RE REALLY, UH, FUNDING, TRUE CHANDLER BUSINESSES, UM, WITH, WITH YOUR DIRECTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP OCTOBER 19TH AND RUN IT THROUGH NOVEMBER 9TH AS OUR NEXT TRAUNCH, IF YOU WILL, UH, PROGRAM FUNDING, UM, SHOULD YOU GO FORWARD WITH THIS? UM, WE'LL GET IT ROLLING, GET IT OUT THERE.

WE HAVE A MARKETING PLAN READY TO GO, READY TO EXECUTE AGAINST IT, UH, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, UM, AND CONCURRENT WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE, I CHOOSE CHANDLER, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHAMBER.

THEY HAVE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT TO, UH, MARKET THAT PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE, UH, PPE KITS TO CHANDLER BASED BUSINESSES WHO ENCOURAGE, UH, THE SAFE PATRONAGE OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO LET ME START WITH YOU, UM, EXPLAIN THE KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE, UH, UNDER THE PREVIOUS, UM, TRUNKS OR WHAT WE WERE OFFERING MAYOR EVERY BUSINESS AND CHANDLER THAT ENGAGES IN HIRING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF THEIR BUSINESS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

SO IT'S ACROSS ALL INDUSTRY CLUSTERS REALLY TARGETING THOSE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M SMILING UNDERNEATH MY MASK RIGHT NOW, WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

CAUSE I GOT THAT CHOSEN EYES.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

SMILING EYES.

CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING? NO.

AN EXAMPLE COULD BE A GYM.

THEY HAVE TRAINERS THAT COME IN.

THOSE TRAINERS COULD WORK AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

SO WE WERE REALLY WANTING TO GET THE FUNDING TO THOSE BUSINESSES.

SO LET'S SAY A GYM HAS $120,000

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UH, FOR THE FURTHER INTO THEIR BUSINESS, WE WOULD DIVIDE THAT 120,000 BY THE $40,000 THRESHOLD THAT EQUIVALENCY OF THREE FTES AND THEN PAY THEM OUT $3,900.

SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE, BUT IT CAN REALLY BE ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT INDUSTRY TYPES.

SO SOME TYPE OF OTHER TRADING OR SCHOOLING TYPE SITUATIONS BEYOND FITNESS THAT COULD ALSO APPLY AS LONG AS THEY MET THAT 40,000 THRESHOLD.

YUP.

AS LONG AS THEY'RE A CUMULATIVE, UH, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ARE $40,000 AND ABOVE ABSOLUTELY.

THE, THE OTHER, UM, PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL IN PLACE.

WE JUST WANTED TO EXPAND IT TO CAPTURE THOSE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.

AND IS THERE, OKAY.

THERE IS A MIX TOO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

CONSOLE OTHER QUESTIONS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CLIMATES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM THE, UM, UM, MIKE, UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS NEW CHAIN, UH, GOOD WORK.

UM, I'VE BEEN THINKING BACK FROM SOME, UM, SOME MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT COULD BE THE, UH, WHAT AS FAR 3.3 MILLION.

OH, SO THERE'S NOT EVEN, NOPE.

THAT'S ALL INCLUSIVE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, SO WHOA, YOU'RE GOING TO LAND REAL QUICK.

UM, SO, UM, ONE PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS A, IS A LOYALTY PROGRAM.

AND HOW CAN YOU STRUCTURE A LOYALTY PROGRAM, A GIFT CARD PROGRAM THAT FITS UNDER THE GIFT CLAUSE.

THAT'S EVEN A GIFT CARD AT ONE THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, IS IT ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATED IF THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT PHASE, YOU COULD STRUCTURE A GIFT CARD PROGRAM.

THAT'S TIED STILL TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A, UH, UM, A BUSINESS AND DOWNTOWN CHANDLER, ALL THE SHOES ARE RESTAURANT, UM, HIDDEN HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY APPLY IT OR NOT, BUT LET'S SAY THEY DID APPLY.

AND THEY HAD ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.

SO THEY GOT THE $10,000 AND THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A GIFT CARD PROGRAM.

THE WAY THE GIFT CARD PROGRAM IS IT WOULD STILL BE TIED PER EMPLOYEE.

AND SO THEY COULD RECEIVE UP TO $10,000 IN GIFT CARD MATCHING AND WHAT TO INITIATE THOSE GIFT CARDS.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO GO AND PURCHASE A $25 GIFT CARD, AND THEN WE WOULD MATCH THAT.

AND SO WHAT, WHAT IT COULD DO IS IT COULD AMPLIFY THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT TOWARDS THE BUSINESS, BUT WE'RE STILL TYING IT TO PER EMPLOYEE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER CLIMATES? I THINK I GET WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.

I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY, MORE DETAIL AROUND THE MECHANISMS THAT WE PUT THOSE IN PLACE WITH THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND JUST TO, TO STRIVE ON, YOU KNOW, WORK COMMUNITY INNOVATION, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOFTWARE THAT UTILIZES BLOCKCHAIN THAT CAN TRACK THIS AND YOU CAN RUN NODES TO THAT'LL SIMPLIFY IT AND ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO EXECUTE IT QUICKLY AND FAST.

AND IF YOU JUST UTILIZE IT WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT DID APPLY, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO RE SIGN UP TO WANT TO GIVE GIFT CARDS.

YOU COULD, IF WE ENDED UP GIVING OUT 3 MILLION IN GIFT CARDS, THAT MEANS THAT IT WAS DOUBLE, THAT AMOUNT ACTUALLY WENT TOWARDS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CIRCUIT.

IT CAN, IT COULD GREATLY, UM, UH, HAVE A GREAT MULTIPLIER EFFECT FROM A DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT.

THANKS.

GOOD.

WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE THEM TO RESEARCH THIS AND GET BACK ON THIS TONIGHT, FURTHER DISCUSSION, CHANGING THE TOPIC.

IT'S A MEMBER ORLANDO, RIGHT? I WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND MARSHA YOUR STAFF, AS WELL AS KELLY, YOUR STAFF FOR BRINGING US FORWARD.

AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CRAWLING INTO.

UM, AND SO, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, AS, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANTS HAVE COME TO ME AND THEN TO OTHERS AND HIS COUNSEL SAYING, LOOK, HOW CAN I HANDLE THAT? AND IT IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY AND HELP BROADEN THE BASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL ALONG WITH OTHER IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW, GIFT CARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO ANYTHING TO, YOU KNOW, GET, GET THEM THROUGH THIS NEXT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT PHASE.

IT'D BE GREAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID ON THIS.

APPRECIATE IT.

COUNSEL.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MICAH ON THIS BEING NONE.

THANK YOU.

MICAH CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO TO SUMMARIZE, IT SOUNDS LIKE COUNCIL WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF OPENING AND CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

WHAT I'M HEARING.

ALL RIGHT.

DO

[2. DISCUSSION, as requested by City Manager Marsha Reed, on Police Department Policies and Programs.]

ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THESE DAYS, AND FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, YOU PRETTY MUCH CAN'T TURN ON ANY NEWS CHANNEL WITHOUT SEEING SOMETHING AROUND POLICING, SOME KIND OF INCIDENT, SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE, UM, TRAGEDIES,

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UM, AND SO, UH, I DO WANT TO APPLAUD CHIEF DUGGAN AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK AT, UM, THE CITY OF CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES.

AND SO THAT'S CHIEF, DOUG, AND TO COME FORWARD, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE HE WAS IN FRONT OF YOU TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND AT LEAST A WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO, UH, TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. WELL, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, BACK IN, BACK IN JUNE, ACTUALLY, UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SPEAK TO YOU.

AND I TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE GEORGE, UH, GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST.

BUT I ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE BEEN IN A CONSTANT STATE OF REFORM AND, AND TRANSITION OVER OVER MANY YEARS.

AND I DISCUSSED HOW WE CONTINUALLY SEEK TO IMPROVE AND UPDATE OUR, OUR POLICIES, OUR PROCEDURES, AND OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW WE ARE ENGAGED AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US SO WE CAN HELP SHAPE OUR PROFESSION MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN I PROVIDED SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE ACTUALLY ADOPTED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING REPORT BACK IN 2015, AND THEN ALSO THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORMS, UH, REPORT ON USE OF FORCE BACK IN 2016.

AND JUST MOST RECENTLY WE REVIEWED THE PRESENCE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SAFE POLICING FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT AFFIRMED AGAIN, THAT WE ARE HOLDING OURSELVES TO THE HIGHER STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE.

AND OF COURSE, EACH DAY WE ARE LOOKING, UM, AND LEARNING FROM OUR, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE'RE LEARNING THEIR SUCCESSES AND WE'RE LEARNING FROM THEIR MISTAKES.

AND SINCE I LAST SPOKE TO YOU IN JUNE, UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW AND EVOLVE EVOLVE, AND WE HAVE NOT STOOD STILL.

IN FACT, WE'VE MADE A NUMBER OF ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR POLICIES AND OUR PROGRAMS. I THOUGHT TONIGHT, JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND UPDATE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WITH YOU.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, MOVING, MOVING FORWARD, ALL NO KNOCK SEARCH WARRANTS WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF.

SO IN, IN THE PAST, UM, THAT AUTHORIZATION WAS PROVIDED AT A, AT A LOWER LEVEL IN THE ORGANIZATION.

BUT NOW, UM, WE HAVE ADDED A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT TO THAT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OTHER OPTIONS, UH, ARE, UM, EXPLORED BEFORE A NO KNOCK WARRANT IS SOUGHT.

AND OF COURSE THOSE TYPES OF WARRANTS ARE, UM, THEY ARE ALLOWED UNDER STATE, UH, STATUE, AND OF COURSE THEY MUST BE SIGNED BY A JUDGE, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY ARE SELDOM USED IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ANOTHER AREA WE TALKED ABOUT WAS A USE OF FORCE AND THE USE OF FORCE REPORTING SO EFFECTIVE.

UM, A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, ALL USE OF FORCE REPORTS ARE NOW REVIEWED, REVIEWED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CHAIN, UP TO THE LEVEL OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AND AGAIN, AN ADDED LAYER OF OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WHEN AN OFFICER IS COMPELLED TO USE FORCE AGAINST THE SUSPECT ON THE STREET, THAT OFFICER THEN COMPLETES A SEPARATE FORM DOCUMENTING THAT FORCE AND THE TYPE OF FORCE THAT THAT WAS USED.

AND IN THE PAST THAT LEVEL OF REVIEW WOULD GO TO THE SERGEANT AND LIEUTENANT, AND THEN THE COMMANDER, USUALLY THE PRECINCT COMMANDER, AND NOW WE'VE JUST TAKEN THAT TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

SO WE HAVE A MORE TIMELY, UH, OVERSIGHT OVER ANY TYPE OF USE OF FORCE THAT OCCURS IN OUR CITY.

AND OVER MANY YEARS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ESCALATION AND WE JUST REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SUCCINCT DEFINITION OF THE ESCALATION.

SO WE WERE PREPARING A SIMPLE DEFINITION OF THE ESCALATION.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT IT, NOW WE CAN FRAME WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANS.

AND THEN ANOTHER CHANGE WE MADE TO THE, UH, OUR POLICIES THAT OFFICERS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO, UM, ANYTIME IS SUSPECT, UM, IS ARRESTED AND THAT PERSON MAY RESIST ARREST OFFICER THEN OFTEN WOULD TAKE THAT PERSON TO THE GROUND PER THEIR TRAINING AND THEN, UH, HANDCUFF THEM.

UM, SO MOVING FORWARD, ALTHOUGH THIS IS PRACTICED AND IT'S TAUGHT IN TRAINING, IT'S NEVER BEEN IN POLICY, BUT THE EXPECTATION NOW FOR POLICY IS TO RETURN THAT PERSON TO A RECOVERY POSITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S SAFE TO DO SO.

AND THAT'S SIMPLY A HAVING THAT PERSON SEATED UP.

SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT THEM AND AFFECT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR BREATHING.

SO AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRAIN FOR, UH, FOR, FOR YEARS AND YEARS, BUT NOW IT'S EXPLICITLY WRITTEN A POLICY TO AS SOON AS IT'S SAFE TO DO SO RETURN THE SUSPECT TO A RECOVERY POSITION.

ANOTHER A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR POLICY IS FOLLOWING ANY TYPE OF OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OR A, UM, IN CUSTODY DEATH.

IN ADDITION TO THE INVESTIGATORS THAT WOULD RESPOND TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SENDING OUR TRAINING SERGEANT OUT TO THE SCENE.

SO WHEN THE INVESTIGATION, UM, ALL THE INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES ARE COMPLETED THAT TRAINING SERGEANT NOW CAN LOOK AT THAT INCIDENT AND LOOK AT

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SO THAT GIVES US A LOT MORE, UH, MOBILITY AND WE'RE NIMBLE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO AFFECT IF WE NEED TO CHANGE RIGHT AWAY BASED ON THAT, THAT INCIDENT, ANOTHER, UM, UH, CHANGE TO OUR POLICY IS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, DUTY TO INTERVENE.

THAT'S BEEN A FABRIC OF OUR DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS.

SO NOW WE ARE PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND ENSURING THAT THOSE DUTY TO INTERVENE SCENARIOS ARE BASED IN OUR TRAINING, OUR REALITY BASED TRAINING.

SO OFFICERS WILL BE TAUGHT THAT THERE'LL BE CONDITIONED THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICY, BUT IT WILL BECOME AN EXPECTATION AND REALLY INGRAINED IN THE CULTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

WE'VE HAD A STANDING TRAINING COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF SWORN OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND THAT TRAINING COMMITTEE.

UM, EACH YEAR THEY LOOK AT THE CALENDAR OF TRAINING.

WHAT TRAINING WILL WE PROVIDE IN SERVICE TRAINING TO OUR OFFICERS AND THEY HELP IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS? SO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE ADDED A CITIZEN TO THAT TRAINING COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAVE A CITIZEN THAT BRINGS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, A DIFFERENT INSIGHT, AND, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, DEMONSTRATES, UH, UM, UM, THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN.

AND, UH, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WE ADD A DIFFERENT CHARGE TO THAT COMMITTEE.

SO IN ADDITION TO SCHEDULING OUT THE TRAINING THAT COMMITTEE NOW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND LOOK AT THOSE EVENTS TO THE LENS OF A CHANDLER POLICE OFFICER.

SO WHETHER IT'S, UH, KENOSHA OR ROCHESTER OR HOUSTON OR ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER EVENT THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT'S BLASTED ALL OVER, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEWS, AND EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IT, OR OFFICERS TALK ABOUT IT.

WE TALK ABOUT, OR NEIGHBORS OR FAMILY.

EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT THAT EVENT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST THROUGH WHAT W WHAT'S RELEASED, UM, UH, THROUGH THE, THE VIDEOS, WHICH DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL THE COMPLETE STORY, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE IN INCIDENTS AND WE ALREADY HAVE, AND PUSHING OUT HOW WOULD WE EXPECT THE CHANDLER OFFICER TO RESPOND IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE BASED ON INFORMATION WE KNOW AT THE TIME.

SO OUR TRAINING, OUR TACTICS, OUR EXPECTATION, OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR CULTURE.

SO WE CAN THEN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS AN ORGANIZATION AND LEARN FROM OTHERS MOVING FORWARD.

AND IT JUST GIVES US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO, UH, CONVEY TONIGHT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT STANDING STILL, WE'RE CERTAINLY PAYING ATTENTION, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING A LEADER IN OUR, IN OUR PROFESSION.

AND WE KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT WE KNOW SUPPORTS US, A COMMUNITY THAT STANDS ALONGSIDE US, UH, REALLY DESERVES, AND THEY EXPECT NOTHING LESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO.

SO CONSTANT STATE OF EVOLUTION.

AND I'M SURE THAT I'M QUITE, UM, QUITE POSITIVE IS MORE OF THE CON.

WE DO ANOTHER, UH, UH, UH, BRIEFING PERHAPS IN A FEW MONTHS, BUT, UM, WE ARE NOT STANDING STILL, WE'RE LEARNING, WE'RE GROWING AND, UM, WE'RE REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF PRIDE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

I'M SURE THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE AND I'LL START OFF, UM, AS PROBABLY MANY HERE, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, WE'VE RESPONDED TO HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS.

AND, UM, I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO RESPOND WITH THESE WITH THINGS IN CHANDLER THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE EIGHT CAMP WEIGHT THAT WE'D BEEN TRAINING.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON THAT.

I DO HAVE ONE, UH, SUGGESTION FOR YOUR LAST ITEM.

THERE IS, CAN THAT CITIZEN, CAN WE PRIORITIZE MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS A MINORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN A, UM, SOMEONE ELSE THAT MAYBE HAS THE OPTICS OF, UH, OF SOMEONE WHO HAS GROWN UP AS A MINORITY AND PERHAPS IS HAD A FAMILY DIFFERENT VIEW OF POLICE THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US A DIFFERENT VANTAGE OF THAT AS WELL.

AND I'LL LEAVE IT AS A, AS A SUGGESTION AT THIS POINT, BUT I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS YOU WANT TO GET DIFFERENT UPTICKS, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE A, A SPECIFIC SET OF OPTICS THAT PERHAPS THAT, THAT I DON'T SEE THAT YOU PERHAPS DON'T SEE AS WELL ON THERE.

SO I LOVE YOUR IDEAS.

SO COUNSEL OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHIEF? MY SMEAR.

YES.

UM, I WANNA THANK YOU AND, AND KNOW ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE THAT, THAT, UM, I MEAN, DEALING WITH THESE SCENARIOS.

AND, UH, I RECALL WHEN I FIRST CAME ON IN, UH, IN 2016, UH, WHICH CAME OUT, UH, I THINK THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHEN YOU REPORTED ON IT ON THE, UM, LISA, THE NATIONAL, UH, POLICING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY INSTITUTED A VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE AND A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT SHOWS THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD BROUGHT TO CHANDLER AND THE

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AND I THINK THAT HELPS AGAIN, FOSTER THAT, THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY FEELING THAT, THAT OUR PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT TO, OR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AT ANY LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP THAT EITHER THE BEAT COP OR THE, UM, THE COMMANDER WATCH COMMANDER OUT ON THE STREET, UM, I THINK THEY'RE ALL APPROACHABLE.

SO I THINK FOSTERING THAT, THAT CULTURE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POSITIVE.

AND, AND I WANT TO ACTUALLY MOST RECENTLY RELIEVES RECEIVING SOME FEEDBACK FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL.

I WANT TO TALKING WITH ONE OF OUR CONGRESSMEN AND, AND, UH, HE ACTUALLY HAD VERY, VERY POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CHANDLER, IN, IN THE POLICE AND IN FIRE, UM, THAT WERE DEFINITELY A STEP UP, UH, UH, NOT JUST AROUND THE STATE, BUT IN NATIONALLY, UH, WHEN HE TALKS WITH OTHER, UH, UH, CONGRESSMEN ON WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.

UM, HE'S, UH, AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU AND THE TEAM.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, A MEMBER ORLANDO.

THANKS MAYOR.

I DO WANT TO ECHO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND WHAT THE POLICE, UH, EVERYDAY OFFICERS DO.

AND I DO WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.

IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTICS WHEN WE DO THIS TRAINING, I THINK THAT'S BE HELPFUL.

AND IF YOU HAVE TO HIRE TWO CIVILIANS, THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY TOO.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO CIVILIANS ON THERE, OR THAT'S FINE TOO, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT HELPS US SCROLL IS AS YOU POINT OUT EARLIER, YOU CAME UP HERE, SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS HELP YOU GROW AND YOUR OFFICER'S GROWN THOUGHT PROCESS.

THIS COULD TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL AS WELL.

I BELIEVE SO.

LET'S, LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK IN THAT, THAT PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER STORY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THAT PRESENTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A HARD YEAR.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE KIND OF YEARS WITH, I MEAN, WITH THE HEAT, WITH THE, UH, IMPACT OF, OF THE, UH, GEORGE FLOYD WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON WITH, WITH, WITH OUR POLICE FORCE.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, TALKING RIGHT TO THEM, UH, TO, TO YOUR TEAM IS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST LISTED AND THE THINGS ON THE EIGHT CAN'T WAIT, WE WERE ALREADY DOING THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE FORCE HERE.

SO CONTINUE TO KEEP SHARPENING THE SAW, CONTINUING TO COME TO US AND ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED.

IF IT'S TECHNOLOGY, IF IT'S WHATEVER IT MAY BE, UH, TO, TO MAKE YOUR TEAM FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE, UH, WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, CROSSING PATHS OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, UM, CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THOSE THINGS AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT, UH, YOU AND, AND ESPECIALLY YOUR TEAM.

SO WE ARE PROUD OF THEM.

AND, AND, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

THANK YOU TOO, MARY.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SPORT OF OUR TAR COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT IT'S THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE THE ONES OUT THERE THROUGHOUT THE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IN THREE IN THE MORNING, THEY'RE OUT THERE INVESTIGATING CRIME AND TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO, IT'S AN AMAZING TEAM WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY AND THEY ARE THE ABSOLUTE, MOST COMMITTED, TALENTED GROUPS, A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.

SO VERY PROUD AND THE KUDOS IS TO THEM.

I THINK WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

CITY MANAGER.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THOSE? NO, MA'AM THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT BRINGS US TWO UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.

DO WE HAVE ANY TONIGHT'S CITY CLERK? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.

ALL RIGHT.

NO CARDS RECEIVED SEEING NO, UH, PEOPLE JUST STIPULATING WILDLY IN THE AUDIENCE.

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I HAVE THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT.

UH, FIRST WAS A PLEASANT NEWS TODAY.

I RECEIVED WORD TODAY THAT CHANDLER WAS NAMED THE HAPPIEST CITY IN THE STATE AND THE 10TH HAPPIEST CITY IN THE NATION BY ZIPPIER A LEADING CAREER SEARCH WEBSITE.

SO PETALUMA REQUIREMENTS, I KNOW FIRMLY RECENTLY, YOU TOOK YOUR FAMILY TO DISNEYLAND, BUT NOW YOU CAN SAY THE HAPPIEST CITY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

I LOOKED AT EDUCATION, INCOME, HOME PRICES, COMMUTE TIMES AND FAMILY LIFE TO DEVELOP THESE RANKINGS.

AND I DO KNOW THAT OUR COUNCIL

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AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE HARD WORK OF SO MANY OF OUR GREAT EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IS PAYING OFF WITH THIS ACCOLADE.

SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MIKE AND MIRANDA MENTIONED THE I CHOOSE CHANDLER PPE KIT PROGRAM.

SO THIS WEEK WE LAUNCHED THE ITUNES CHANDLER PPE KIT PROGRAM AND COUNCIL APPROVED AND AC CARES, CRAMP GRANT ALLOCATION OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO BE ALLOCATED TO PPE EQUIPMENT, TO SUPPORT THE CHANDLER BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR CHANDLER COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

SO EACH QUALIFIED BUSINESS WILL RECEIVE A KIT THAT CONSISTS OF BASKS HAND SANITIZER, A DISPENSER STAND AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS WORTH $240.

THE CITY HAS CONTRACTED THE CHAMBER CHANDLER CHAMBER TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.

AND JUST BEFORE COUNCIL, I SPOKE WITH TERRY KIMBALL, OUR CHAMBER DIRECTOR, AND SHE HAS SAID THIS, THE PROGRAM HAS NOW BEEN IN EFFECT TWO DAYS YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND ALREADY THEY'VE GIVEN OUT 150 ROUGHLY OF THESE KITS.

SO, UH, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

AND THANK YOU CHAMBER FOR THIS.

LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND HIGHLIGHT OUR CHANDLER'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR IT'S BACK, BUT IT'S BACK IN A WHOLE NEW FARM.

DOWNTOWN CHANDLER IS EXCITED TO HOST A DRIVE THROUGH EXPERIENCE, KEEPING THE FUN TRADITIONS AND EXCITEMENT OF HALLOWEEN ALIVE IN A SAFE AND ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE'RE INVITING OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY TO TRAVEL ALONG COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, EAST OF ARIZONA AVENUE, TO EXPECT TO SEE SOME LARGER THAN LIFE SCENIC ENVIRONMENTS FEATURING HALLOWEEN FAVORITES.

SO WE INVITE OUR COMMUNITY TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM.

OUR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, FROM ONE TO FOUR AND SIX TO 9:00 PM.

AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR SUBMITTED ONLINE PHOTO ENTRY BY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.

AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN YOU.

DON'T COUNSEL.

I THINK IF WE SHOW UP, UH, THAT'S, WE'RE PRETTY SCARY BUNCH OURSELVES.

I MEAN, POLITICIANS IN TODAY'S WORLD ARE PRETTY SCARY, UH, EVEN MASKED TO OUR UNMASK.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS SCARIER.

SO, UH, COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO BE THERE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 8:00 AM, AND I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME TO HELP SET UP THIS SO THAT, UH, THERE HAS BEEN INVITED OUR HELP, IF YOU WOULD CARE TO HELP US ALL.

AND THOSE ARE WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE.

I'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS, STEWART.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IS THERE A REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS? WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET SOME EARLY PEANUT BUTTER CUPS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS YEAR ANYWAY, HEY, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP.

THE HOA ACADEMY IS COMING UP VERY SHORTLY AND I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, UH, ON QUESTIONS ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY WORK WITH THEIR AGL.

H O A'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HAS A LOT OF POWER TO MAKE CHANGE WITH RED.

IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL GROUPS IN THE STATE AND CAN SOMETIMES SUPERSEDE A CITY ORDINANCES AND IN SOME CASES, SO REMIND THOSE RESIDENTS, UM, THAT WHEN THAT, UH, THE HOA ACADEMY THAT'S COMING UP, UM, ON 11:00 AM TO NOON ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, THE MULCAHY LAW FIRM PC WILL BE ON FACEBOOK LIVE AS WELL TO DISCUSS THESE TWO TOPICS, HOS AND CONDOS AND CRISIS TIPS FOR HOS AND CONDOS ON HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND FEDERAL LAWS.

AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL ABOUT AIRBNBS, UM, BUT YOU CAN GET THE DETAILS FOR THAT ON THE LINK BELOW.

SO PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

SO, UH, PLEASE SHARE, UH, AND, AND SPREAD THE WORD, UH, TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND MAYBE SHARE A STORY ABOUT HOW YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT BY SPREADING THE WORD, UM, THIS MONTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR HOSTED VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER, UH, OR MAKE A ONETIME, A MONTHLY DONATION TO A WOMAN IN NEED OR SOMEONE IN THAT NEEDS TREATMENT.

BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS MEETING.

AND REMEMBER WHERE YOUR PINK, THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONG.

I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE CENSUS, WHICH IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

AS OF NOW, I KNOW THAT YOU TWO HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE WITH THIS AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW HER FINAL NUMBERS, BUT I

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HAD WE NOT HAD GOOD LEADERSHIP AND AGGRESSIVE, UH, EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE CLIMATES.

THANK YOU, MIRROR, FIND OUT THE FINAL NUMBERS.

WELL, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, I WILL DEFER TO THE EXPERT, WHICH IS LEAH POWELL, WHO ACTUALLY DID ALL THE WORK.

UM, THAT'S HER AND HER TEAM, UH, DESERVE THE REAL CREDIT FOR, FOR THE SENTENCE.

I CAN'T, UH, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH MAYOR HARKEY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES.

THE CENSUS HAS CONCLUDED OFFICIALLY AS OF TODAY, OUR SELF RESPONSE NUMBER IS 74.5%, WHICH TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, WE HIT 76% BACK IN 2070 5% IN 2010.