Chandler, Arizona Public Meetings, 11 May 2023

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Chandler City Council Meeting 5-11-2023

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That's great, oh he's not even well good evening and welcome to the May 11th regular city council meeting uh we've had a study session on Monday, in which we have the opportunity to go over the agenda, and so tonight's meeting will very likely be much shorter and with that clerk, please call the roll mayor.

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Hartke here.

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Mer Orlando.

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Member encinas.

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Councilmember Alice here, council member Stewart.

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Councilmember Harris is absent, excuse, council, member Poston. Here we have a quorum.

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Thank you so much city clerk. Your invocation will be brought forth by a friend of the city, Pastor Jim Sproul, from Tri-City Baptist, Church and and Pledge of Allegiance by councilmember brunsinas.

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I consider a great privilege to be here this evening and pray on behalf of you folks, as you dwell on issues and face things that you need to dwell on tonight in their business time father.

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We thank you for the opportunity to come to you bringing requests about everything because we are to cast all our cares upon you, and certainly there are cares and issues that are taking place tonight here in the council, things that are before these folks, the council members and the things that they may be making decisions on and voting on, that need great wisdom to because they affect the city and members and people who dwell in this area, and we thank you for the great city of Chandler and for these fine members who are serving you and giving of their time and their efforts and their talents Lord to benefit the city and the Dwellers and the constitution of this area.

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Lord and improve and strengthen and support. People who live here and work here and play here in Arizona and specifically in the town of the city of Chandler, bless this time tonight. May you give great wisdom and guidance and overseeing the business Lord at hand as these folks dwell on those things tonight and and make choices. I pray in Jesus name, amen, amen.

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You Pastor, please join me. The Pledge of Allegiance I, pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and.

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To the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you, Pastor sprawl. Thank you, councilmember Council again we had an opportunity to look in depth at the consent agenda on Monday. Unless someone would like to move an item to action, a consent, a uh motion would be in order mayor vice.

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Mayor I moved to approve the consent agenda of May 11 2023 regular meeting items, one through 15.

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So we have a motion. Is there a second a.

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Second, second,.

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By council member Poston uh any any recusals, any other things you report to the clerk hearing, none Council, please vote.

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Councilmember Ellis motion carries unanimously.

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Yeah so many jokes, we could make up here with each other. Can we all right um click to wave any unscheduled public appearances tonight, mayor.

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No I have not received any cards.

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Okay, thank you so much next, one uh first I want to say hello to Valley, Christian government class. I'm sure thank you for for coming and uh we always appreciate our students here and uh and uh sorry. You don't hear horrific debates tonight about any issues, but uh maybe come again another time.

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So with that I'd like to start with uh just uh announcements to end our session here got three or four. First I'd like to talk about are Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month, which is this month every may we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The library is hosting several special story times throughout the month and on Saturday May 20th a week from this Setter we will be hosting our second annual Asian American Community Conference It's a Wonderful opportunity to connect with the community to listen, learn and engage in meaningful conversations.

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There will be a keynote speaker, Lily Chen, Plus panel discussions and networking opportunities, so space is limited, so make sure that you register. Secondly, yesterday we had our one year anniversary of golden neighbors. Several council members were there. This is a wonderful program that began a year ago this month. It connects senior residents with cost of living assistance, home repairs and everyday supplies such as food and toiletries staff, hosted a celebration this week and handed out bags just chucked full of items, and so far the city has served more than 200 residents.

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As part of this, this engagement in our community and golden neighbors is up for a best neighborhood program award by the neighborhoods USA organization, so we're excited to see how we do this year at Noosa.

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Thirdly, I'd like to uh again give kudos to one of our non-profits Ascend this morning they had their ascends egg benefit breakfast, as you see on the screen. Many of us were able to make this as well as several council members and the mayor from Gilbert as well. This organization helps provide food and resources to people in need. They also have literacy, programs, children's programs, others that connect people who are experiencing homeless and also provide emergency lodging Services.

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Their work is so important to our community and Ascent has been engaged in Chandler for well I, guess close to about 50 years now pretty exciting, and then. Lastly, this is what I'm a little nervous about, so we have a a new business opening in town on Saturday called piefection.

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It's a new Sweet Spot in town now, you're wondering why am I nervous? Is it because of the amounts of sugar available?

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It's pretty close to my house and Dobson and Chandler Boulevard they're doing their ribbon, cutting on Saturday everyone's invited, there's lots of samples, games, raffles, and it turns out they're also having a pie in your face attraction featuring yours truly. So, uh if you've ever wanted to throw a pie in my face Council our.

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Community I've already signed up okay.

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Here is your chance: there is a there is a charge to do that and all proceeds will go to the Ukrainian children's Relief Fund. So not only is it a sweet deal to hit the mayor in the face with a pie but you'll be helping with a good cause as well.

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Councilmember encinas.

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Just a few quick announcements, I know uh vice mayor you're, probably gonna, be speaking about the event um that we had for um the military. Oh my gosh graduates, sorry, but so I'll. Let you speak more on that I just wanted to just say what a great event it was um our military and Veterans commission put on. It was my first time being part of that and honoring our youth that are making that commitment to our military service. It was a great event um also it is Nurses Appreciation Week.

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um So thank you. Thank you, um but I will be visiting some of our nurses down at dignity, Dignity Health um tomorrow, I'm taking them some treats uh to show our appreciation there and also yesterday was Mexican Mother's Day and we're also be celebrating this weekend. So happy Mother's Day to all the mothers. My mom gets to celebrate it twice so yeah. That's all my announcements for today.

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Maybe you should bring her something from piefection. What do you think.

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We we've got a long relationship. Maybe it'll be some good retail therapy to throw a pie in my face.

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Member Ellis, thank you mayor. Thank you for saying the happiness week to me because we all celebrating Nurses Week this week during my Facebook live earlier. I had a nurse here with me at the studio she her name is Trish she's from where you're going, which is Dignity Health, and she is the senior director for the nursing department. Over there. We discussed the importance of having nurses in our lives.

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Don't you just love to have a nurse in your life and that's me when I first got my they put that's my mom and my aunt with me and my left your right and then that's when I got my BSN over at uh at GCU, so I am an alumni close to all the nurses out there. Please take the time to express your gratitude to some of the nurses that are in your life and I will say please kiss a nurse this week and then they are your mom. They are your dad.

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You have been your dad. They are any anybody in your life that are nurses. Please reveal them, because without nurses we can't have hospitals without nurses. We cannot have really anything else in the world. You all knew what happened not drink of it, and so, if we didn't have nurses, where would we be today so again, I would like to shout out to all the nurses, all over Chandler and all over Arizona happy nursing week. Thank you mayor and.

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City attorney: do you have any admonitions for her invitation for us to kiss the nurses as well anything you would add to that or.

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Well, thank you so much for allowing me to say that that we need to kiss a nurse and on my way out, if feel free, to kiss me, because I'll be walking right down that way. Okay,.

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We've already signed up for that mayor.

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I'm so much speechless. Today, nice man, I.

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Know we lost control mayor as council member Cena say we had the privilege of uh giving 30 Chandler area students uh recognition for joining the military. We had the Navy Army Marines and the Air Force guys I, don't know where they were, but I'm going to make some phone calls next year. We're gonna have to get those Air Force guys down actually.

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They were, temperature was over 90 degrees. That's.

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It that's what it was yeah actually I think they had a back-to-back event, and this was yet the third one. So anyway, no worries well the kids enjoyed it. The mayor gave out some coins. I said a few words and I really appreciate the support of what they're doing and what's the best part about that uh the parents were in the audience. We had a few words for them on how to uh deal with their children uh being away from home. It's tough! It's tough life for everyone. So um wishing them the worlds of success.

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I want to thank the veterans commission. They have been what about 12 14 months now, maybe and yeah. They had been an aggressive group of individuals, they're doing a lot of things out in our community kudos to them, particularly Shane Levinson, who actually spearheaded thee or you know, was a point of contact for that and the best and your staff. Thank you great job on that. So and, as you said, Happy Mother's, Day and I'll be first to give you a kiss because Mark can't get over here.

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Stewart, thank you mayor and uh congratulations to all the the graduates and Valley Christian here tonight. uh You picked the right night. That's for sure. Last week, last session was about an hour and 15 minutes so and uh we make you stay to the end in order to get your credit, so you lucked out you have to tell your friends that but hey I'm, a proud dad I have a ASU, WP, Cary business school graduate.

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So shout out to my son Cole we graduated on Tuesday and he walked and I just couldn't be more happy for him. But again, I want to express all my congratulations to the high schoolers, the trade school folks, the college graduates Etc. This is that season when everybody is taking that next step in their journey of life, whether that's going to college, whether that's going to trade school whatever that may be.

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um This is a good time for a lot of families, so I'm super proud and Cole will continue to celebrate your accomplishments and I and I uh I know the sky's the limit for you. So you know, I was really happy to see it kind of give the shout out to piefection.

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uh You know Chandler is such a huge small business supporter and they are the lifeblood of what makes us work every day and and what makes this city as great as it is so I'm just grateful to see their continued success and and look forward to Saturday and then um the last thing I want to say is Happy Mother's Day and uh for those mothers that are still with us and those that are not, uh let's spend a special day on Sunday thinking about them and and treating them to pancakes and whatever it is that you do at home.

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That's what we do so anyway,.

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I all I have is just happy all the moms out there and and in the audience and happy Mother's Day to you, council, member Ellis I'm, not kissing. You saving that for my mom but uh anyhow. Thank you. Ma'am.

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um Daughter graduated also this morning with a master's over at ASU. Congratulations.

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To her yes, city.

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Manager, nothing tonight mayor. Thank you. Well Council, I'm I'm, going to come back with another announcement since I'm the only one wearing purple go Sons.

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All right with that concludes our meeting. Thank you all. Okay,.