City of Chandler Council Meeting 8/14/25

Good evening and welcome to the August
14th regular meeting of the Chandler
City Council. I'd like to call this
meeting to order. Clerk, will you please
take the role?
>> Mayor Hartkey
>> here.
>> Vice Mayor Ellis
>> here.
>> Council member Enzinas
>> here.
>> Council member Poston
>> here. Council member Orlando
>> here.
>> Council member Harris
>> here.
>> Council member Hawkins
>> here.
>> We have a quorum.
>> Thank you. And Vice Mayor is out of town
on a in a conference. That's why she's
calling in uh telephonically here. So
our invocation tonight will be presented
by Rabbi Tracy Rosen from Temple Beth
Shalom of the East Valley. And Council
Member Hawkins, if you could lead us in
the pledge afterwards.
Byebye.
Eternal source of wisdom and compassion,
we gather this evening in gratitude for
the sacred trust placed in those who
lead our community. In the book of
Exodus chapter 18, Moses's
father-in-law, Jethro, teaches that
leadership is not a solitary burden, but
a shared responsibility.
He counsels Moses to appoint capable,
trustworthy, and God-fearing individuals
to help guide to help judge and guide
the people so that the needs of the
community may be met with fairness,
clarity, and care. We remember that this
lesson is not only about delegation, but
about listening, hearing the concerns of
the people, discerning the right path,
and acting with justice and compassion.
May the members of this council be
blessed with open hearts to truly hear
the voices of the residents they serve.
May they be granted wisdom to weigh each
decision with integrity, patience to
consider diverse opinions, and courage
to act for the benefit of all. bless
their work tonight and in the days ahead
that Chandler may continue to be a place
of safety, opportunity, and dignity for
every person who calls it home. And may
their service bring honor not only to
this city, but to the highest ideals we
all hold dear. Amen.
>> Amen.
>> Please join me in the pledge of
allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America and
to the republic for which it stands. One
nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
>> Thank you, Rabbi. Thank you, council
member.
Council, before we go into our um
consent agenda, we do have one special
service recognition as as we have been
informed sadly, rofully that uh Andy is
going to be moving closer back home and
uh dep uh our deputy city manager. So,
we appreciate your presence, your work
here. And I want to call on acting city
manager uh John Pombierre to share some
remarks. And if you would like to share
anything after I do certainly we all
have opportunity.
>> Andy you know you got to come down here.
And as you come down, we have behind you
a mockup.
There will be another sign to follow. If
you had made five years, you would have
gotten a little bit of a bigger sign,
but you didn't quite get there, buddy.
So, um, before I start, I'm going to
hand this to Tad. Tad has something he's
going to share with the audience, and
then I will, um, sum it up.
Um, good evening, uh, esteemed council
members, staff, and residents of Chen
Chandler. Um, tonight we bid our
heartfelt farewell to an exceptional
leader, Andy Bass, who has served as our
city with unwavering dedication and
vision as the deputy city manager and
prior to that as community services
director. Andy will leave us on August
22nd um to embark on an exciting new
chapter as executive director of the
South Suburban Park and Recreation
District in the Denver, Colorado area.
Yes, you're going home starting
September 8th, 2025.
Andy joined the city of Chandler in July
2019 as community services director,
bringing expansive experience from
leadership roles in parks and recreation
across Colorado, Nevada, and Texas. In
this role, he transformed our parks and
recreation system um system, overseeing
the Chandler Public Library, recreation
and aquatic programs, park operations,
and park development. Under his
leadership, Chandler saw remarkable
enhancements, including the expansion of
Veterans Oasis Park, the design of
Tumbleeed Recreation Center expansion,
the Tumbleeed Park Diamond Fields, the
Gazelle Meadows Park renovation, and the
development of the Homestead North Park
and Montana Ranch Park, among others.
These projects introduce
state-of-the-art trails, playgrounds,
and aquatic facilities, creating
vibrant, inclusive spaces that enrich
the lives of families across the city.
In January of 2022, Andy was promoted to
deputy city manager where he excelled in
overseeing critical com departments
including cultural development,
development services, neighborhood
resources, and public works and
utilities. His leadership drove
transformative projects such as Boston
Street and Wall Street improvements, the
ULI a tap study that designated
Southside Village as Chandler's first
historic conservation district, city
hall and alle improvements and
affordable housing initiatives like
bills on McQueen and the forthcoming
Haven project. And his professionalism
and foresight in navigating these
complex endeavors have strengthened
Chandler's foundation and set the stage
for continued growth.
Um, as a personal note, Andy, your
professionalism, collaborative spirit,
and genuine care for the community have
made not you not only an outstanding
colleague, but also a true friend to
many of us across the organization and
the community.
Whether whether organizing pickleball
tournaments between public works and
development services, handing out ice
cream during staff appreciation meetings
and tours,
um sending particularly timed memes to
light intense meetings, and bringing a
calm, steady presence to the city
manager's office. You are truly an
inspiring leader. As you embark on your
new chapter, know you leave behind a
stronger, more vibrant Chandler. So,
please join me in thanking Andy for his
six years of remarkable service and
wishing him best wishes in Colorado.
[Applause]
>> Mayor and councel, uh, when you're five
days before you start as the acting city
manager and the deputy calls you to tell
you he's leaving, I will acknowledge
that while it's not great timing, I
didn't understand the loss.
Over the last five weeks, this man
standing next to me has showed me the
loss. He shows up every day. He shares
his wisdom. He shares his passion, and
he truly cares for Chandler. I believe
if he was not going home to oversee the
parks and wreck department that he grew
up playing in, he would not be leaving
Chandler. And so I wanted to take a
moment to personally thank him for
embracing my crazy, for helping me
navigate these first five weeks and
showing me what your loss means to this
city. Because up until that point, I
didn't understand it. And I will
honestly say you leave here as a friend
to me in only five weeks because of
everything you've done for me and for
Chandler. So thank you.
[Applause]
All right. Yeah, you could sit down if
you want, Andy.
>> He's going to Yeah.
>> Yeah. Uh Andy, I just uh we're gonna say
some things and then you could close
with whatever you want to say, but I I
have appreciated your leadership. You've
taken some some tasks and I've
appreciated your organizing. And for
example, the veterans event every year.
The uh you jumped right in with uh both
feet when we started organizing the 250
uh semiquincentennial event. you I've
appreciated uh that you were you and
Stephen were the two that I nominated
for the Harvard experience and and you
brought back uh the the initial and as
we work on a 311 system that will better
help our residents communicate with us
and that there will be uh better
communication across the the the entire
city. I thank you for your work on those
kind of things. But what I see Yunyu is
is a great professional, but I see also
see a boy in a man's body that you
you're fascinated by by the woods, by
collecting antlers, by doing all sorts
of fun things, and you you're a kindred
spirit to me. So, I I deeply appreciate
you, what you've brought to our city,
and um clearly our loss is Denver's
gain. So, thank you so much. Why don't
we start uh start with Angel and if
anybody would like to say anything and
we'll go to
>> Always starts with me. Thanks, Mayor. Um
Andy, I just want to thank you so much
for um your time here with us here at
the city and your commitment here with
us and most importantly your care. Your
work oversaw and your care oversaw many
of the core destinations that our
residents visit from our parks to your
community centers and that experience
that our residents feel truly comes down
um from you and your care for those
departments. I want to thank you for um
always answering my questions, answering
my phone calls, and helping um bring my
ideas to fruition, including um our
project that we worked on at Gazelle
Meadows Park. um you heard what I had to
say and you made it come to life. So I
appreciate that and I wish you the best
and Denver is lucky to have you. So
thank you.
>> Well, you know what I'm going to talk
about all of those days watching traffic
outside of the school. I just want to
thank you for um this was a project and
and there were no easy answers and you
know it's so difficult sometimes when
residents call us and we don't have the
solutions we would like to have but I I
it over a solid year you with patience
and perseverance just kept working at it
and working at it and we'd go out and
visit that resident and go talk to him.
I'd find out that you were out there
when I didn't know you were out there.
So I appreciate that. Um, I appreciate
all your hard work and I wish you
nothing but the best. There's nothing
like going home. So, I appreciate what
you're doing and good luck.
>> So, Andy, uh, Andy, I certainly
appreciate um the education, the
guidance you've given me over the years.
Uh, we've had some pretty good, you
know, give and take conversations. Uh, I
learned a lot from you from the details
of what's what's going on. Um, you know,
Andy's a behind-the-scenes person. He's
not flashy. He reminds me of that old
detective show called Dragnet. You know,
Inspector Web, just give me the facts,
ma'am. Just give me the facts. That's
Andy. Just let's get to the facts. Let's
figure this thing out. And um we'll
we'll we'll work the issue through. And
I certainly appreciate that about you as
well. Um you know, you made Chandler a
better place. And that if you could say
that when you leave any organization, uh
you you contributed. So, you made us a
better place. And finally, oh, about
four years ago, I believe it was four
years ago, Tad Mayor, um, what is it?
From Tacoma, uh, beat me up because we
stole you. Now I got to face Mayor
Stephanie Pico. That was the name,
right? We knew it. From Centennial that,
uh, she stole us. So, I'll get even with
her somehow. Don't worry about that. So
again, good luck in your future and um
looking forward to great things. And
when I do see Stephanie next, probably
later on this year, early next year,
I'll definitely say how's Andy doing. So
take care, my friend.
Council over here.
>> Thank you. Andy, what can I say about
you? Uh a lot.
And as I think that your contributions
to Chandler has been simply um pointed,
very strategic, and um very forward
moving. Um there's a lot to say about a
man that understands that you're here to
do a role and you're here to listen.
You're here to take in the feedback.
You're here to take the good and the bad
and process it out. um you worked with
me on projects and I really appreciate
how you supported and stood by me and
helped me guide me through that process
and then also u more importantly
appreciate the insight that you give and
because you have so much insight and
foresight in what you do. I know that
Denver is going to be a better place
because you're in position. Um, and I
know that you and your beautiful family,
which I had a chance to meet, they are
amazing people. You're an amazing
husband, an amazing father, an amazing
servant of the city of Chandler, and we
appreciate you. And, uh, if there's
anything I can do to support you in your
journey, please let me know. Um, and I
and I'm thankful for your time of
service.
>> Council member Hawkins,
>> Andy, it has been a true honor to work
with you. Um, I have learned a lot just
in our short amount of time together.
I'm very grateful for it. you have been
very instrumental in helping me grasp
big things, big items um that have come
across our desk and you just handle it
with such ease and deliver it with just
such um knowledge and just a friendly
smile and I couldn't be more grateful
for all of that for the last several
months. So, thank you. Um we're truly
going to miss you. you've been a big
asset here and even though um I didn't
get to know you the entire time you were
here and it's been a relatively shorter
time right that we've got to know each
other I did learn one key thing about
you and you are a fellow sweet tooth and
so for your going away I wanted to
provide you one little thing um
that I learned about Andy is he likes
donuts just as much as I do and so this
is the little token of my gratitude and
I just want to say thank you and
congratulations
Yeah.
>> Although, you know, he can share if he
wants to, but I would say probably for
those that already have a relationship
with him, if if you don't have that
relationship with him yet, it's probably
too late. That ship has sailed. You're
not getting a donut.
>> Vice Mayor,
>> thank you, mayor. Appreciate that. Um,
Andy, the one thing that I do know that
I'm going to really miss about you is
that laughter. I can get you to laugh, a
belly laugh all day long in our
one-on-one. And I've never seen you, you
know, whether you on the dis or walking
the wall, very serious, very stern. But
when we in our oneon-one and I start
really spitting out some words and
things, you would be laughing so hard. I
look forward to those and I'm really
going to miss those moments with you.
I'm grateful that um for the sacrifice
that your family has made for you to
stay here in Chandler. I got to serve
with you for almost those five years
that you were here uh with us. So, thank
you for your contribution and um may God
continually bless you and everything
that you touch will continually be
blessed. Go with in power my friend. God
bless. Bye.
>> Yeah, Andy.
It's not awkward or anything. I feel
like I just attended my funeral. So, but
thank you all for your kind words and uh
thank you mayor council uh six years.
It's been it's goes quick and uh so
appreciate your support and and teaching
me and and guiding and and getting
things done. It's been been fun. Tad,
well written. That was long, man.
Supposed to be like 200 words or less.
That was that was super long. But thank
you. I mean, we have a great team. Don
is not here. Josh hired me thanks to
him. John, thank you. It's been Has it
really only been five weeks? It's
>> crazy. Fantastic. But what a great team.
And that was team number one was that
group and we rely on each other. We
supported each other. So, thank you uh
for that. And then all the departments I
work with, community services was the
original uh great staff, a lot of
friends there. And then we picked and
worked with so many great directors. And
so, uh, just so grateful for the
different opportunities to learn, to
grow, to be stretched as a person and
to, um, you know, uh, hopefully
eventually grow into that mantle of
deputy city manager. So, thank you for
that opportunity,
>> Wandy. Again, thank you. And we're glad
that we can share things with you rather
than about you. So, uh, thank you,
[Applause]
>> council. Next on our agenda is the
consent agenda. Um, I know we usually
acknowledge, are there any board members
in the audience? Please stand up. Are
the nominees for new boards? That would
be you, Jenny.
Anybody else? Jenny's on has been
nominated. We're voting for the uh
domestic
disabilities. That's right. Thank you.
And thank you for being willing to
serve. She worked with ARC. Allison
would be here. Um Mark's dad passed away
early this week and they've been
traveling to St. Louis and beyond, so
she's not able to be here. Council, what
would you how would you like to proceed?
There a motion.
Council member uh Orlando.
>> Yeah. May I'd like to move the to
approve the consent agenda August 14,
2025 regular meeting items 1 through 29.
>> Okay, we have a motion. Is there a
second?
>> Second.
>> All right. Second by council member in
Cena. Any recusals?
Seeing none, council, please vote.
>> Vice Mayor Ellis,
>> yes.
>> Motion carries unanimously.
All right. All right. Congratulations,
Jenny. It's official. You're in.
>> Jenny's amazing. I was I was with her
just a couple days ago at uh Chandler
Business Alliance and uh my wife spoke
at a women's conference up in Xolo uh
this weekend that I drove her up and
back and Jenny was there at that
conference. So, I've gotten to know her
better in the last week. So, very cool.
Council, next on our agenda is
unscheduled public appearances. We do
have one card. Uh, Mr. Brook Bill,
please state your name and address for
the record and you have up to three
minutes, sir.
My name is Brook Beiel, 85 West Twood
Place Chandler. Uh, tonight um, I'm
going to talk about lies. Okay, a lie is
a false statement made with the intent
to deceive. Okay, so um
this past Tuesday I had a a conversation
with a police sergeant
um and I've had a conversation with him
before back in March and he still
believes that if you pedal an electric
bicycle on the canal that it's legal.
Now, this lie started at least April the
5th of 2025,
but it's still floating around and it
needs to stop. So, what I'm asking is
that the city attorney, city manager,
and the police chief get together, have
a huddle, come up with some
documentation that states that it is
illegal to ride an ebike on the canal,
and send it out to every employee of the
police department, including the
non-emergency.
answering. Okay. I I don't understand
how why we have this this communication
issue after two years.
Uh second, I have a question for uh
police chief uh Chapman. Um how many
crimes are there reported that you
conceal that you do not report?
The reason I ask this is because I I've
I've done my my due diligence with calls
for service. uh website which is part of
the Chandler Police Department o open
data. Um it to quote this it says this
data set contains details for all of the
calls for service that have been
reported in the Chandler Police
Department. So in June I reported 42
crimes through SMS. I have documentation
of that to Chandler Police Department
also went to SRP. I I included them. But
of those 42, only 25 were entered by the
non-emergency
service team. In July had 49 crimes, but
only 29 of those. So in that twomonth
period, there were 37 criminal trespass,
which is a crime
that were concealed of those 91 that I
reported. So 37 of them never made it.
They never showed up. So, um,
that's that's not acceptable. And I I
want to know what's going on there. Why
why is this why is this happening? I
expect to see every single one of my
reports show up. Secondly, now they at
least used to dispatch an officer. Now,
what they're doing is they're they're
adding it as a an attempt to locate
advised call. And because of this,
there's no information provided to the
officer. Nothing comes back. Never
happens. As if that was it.
>> Thank you.
>> Council member Orlando like to take a
point of order here. Um
um I know Mr. Be's frustrated. I know
we're frustrated,
but um telling a police officer that
he's lying,
that's a little disturbing to me. Now,
perhaps he needs to be educated. Perhaps
we all need to be educated. You're
right. We do have to get a better memo
communication for all of us to be on the
same grounds of where we're coming from.
I don't I've been doing this job since
1990 on and off. And to heard a police
officer, lie, that's a pretty strong
statement. Yeah, maybe he's misinformed
or she's misinformed. I get that. But
let's let's use that type of language in
another venue and not here in our
council chambers and let's get with that
police officer and let's get I think
we've been talking about this for 45
days now, maybe longer. Please, city
manager, I've asked council members up
here have been asking to get a direction
of where we're going on this issue.
Let's get that resolved. Let's get it
back to this council subcommittee. I
don't care. But let's not get to the
point where we're saying people are
liars. To me, that's not Chandler. Thank
you.
Um, thank you.
Next on our agenda is un is uh current
events. I'll start. Next week, Council
Lai will be joining over 1,800 local
leaders at the League of Arizona Cities
and Towns annual conference up in
Scottsdale this year. I had the
opportunity yesterday to um introduce
and speak this on Horizon show. That's
always fun to show up there. This event
allows leaders from across our state the
opportunity to collaborate, learn best
practices, network, and work together to
strengthen our communities. We'll have
discussions on Arizona's energy future,
short-term rentals, water, community
impact, federal funding, and many others
to name just a few. We look forward to
returning with fresh perspectives,
meaningful takeaways, and seeing
Chandler kick butt with our with the
cities and towns showcase as uh our
amazing staff always puts together a
great display. So looking forward to
next week and and thank you staff for
all the work that you put in to make
that happen.
Also like to talk about in three weeks
we are having a pickle ball ribbon
cutting. On September 6 the much
anticipated pickle ball facility will
open at Tumbleeed Park. This new
facility includes 18 lighted pickle ball
courts, restrooms, shade, ramadas,
parking, sight furniture, and
landscaping. So, join us at 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday, September 6 to open the
facility and welcome this new amenity to
our community. And after the ribbon is
cut, pickle ball instructors will be
available from 9 to 11 if you need a
refresh or for my case maybe just a
fresh before hitting the courts. We're
incredibly proud to bring you this
state-of-the-art facility. And whether
you're a seasoned player or just curious
to try something new, we invite you to
come out, enjoy the morning, and help us
celebrate this exciting milestone for
our community. And lastly,
um, council passed tonight our strategic
framework. I'd like to highlight,
uh, this item. Tonight, council approved
the 2025 2027
city council strategic framework. This
document will help guide policy
decisions and investments over the next
two years. It'll res. It's the result of
council and staff retreats, board and
commission feedback, and a review of the
progress we've made as a community over
the past two years. Want to thank you to
our big shout out and thank you to our
city manager's office, uh our legal
team, clerk's office, executive
leadership team, and especially Kappa
director Matt Berdick for the efforts in
compiling this important document. So,
thank you, team Chandler. Council member
Martinez.
>> Thank you, mayor. I just have one
announcement for today. Um, the Good
Neighbor 101 registration is going to be
open. Um, I've actually gone to this
program. It's great to learn a little
bit more about our city and how
everything works. Um, good neighbor 101
is a free educational program offered by
the city's neighborhood resource sources
um office is back in session starting in
this September. Join us for sessions to
learn about our city services,
resources, and tools that make a
positive impact on your home and your
surrounding neighborhood. In September,
they will feature sessions on economic
development, parks, uh, maintenance and
operation, and water quality. All
sessions will be held at the Chandler
Innovation Center just right down the
road from 4 to 5:30 p.m. And if you
attend all four of the sessions, you'll
be entered to win a funding uh to
support your neighborhood's gain event.
Uh, to register online, secure your spot
at chandleraz.gov/good. GV/Good
neighbor101.
>> And that's it. Council member Post.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, tonight we
actually approved a new member of our
charter subcommittee and I just didn't
want to let that go not unnoticed that
we're doing that because we lost a very
important member of our community, Terry
Lockach. He has been a good friend of
mine for gosh probably about 25 or so
years. I there wasn't a board I served
on. I don't think that he ended up
serving on the same thing. He was sort
of known as Mr. Chandler. He did
voiceovers. We did videos together. I
think we announced the Chandler Ostrich
Festival parade together a couple of
times. Um and he was just such the
perfect person to serve on a board like
ours because he was always willing to
stand up and give just such a an
educated and thoughtful opinion. So, he
will be very much missed on that board.
I I welcome Allison, but I do want to
remind the community that his
celebration of life. Um I appreciate his
family allowing the community to come
together like this. They did some
private services. Um but I think it's
really important that we do honor him.
That's Thursday, August 28th at our very
own Chandler Center for the Arts. So
appreciate all of the work that he did
and he was an important member of the
community and I just wanted to
acknowledge that this evening. Um, on a
little bit of a lighter note, um, we are
also doing an event on Wednesday, August
27th. I want to give a little shout out
and a thank you for to our Chandler
Chamber for offering to host a welcome
for our very own John Poier. So, this is
a welcome to our acting city manager to
allow the community to get to know him a
little better. So, if you're a member of
the business community, the nonprofit
community, I think city staff, anyone,
we do these at our vision gallery. And
you know, my thought was I think he had
had about 50 meetings trying to meet all
of the people in the community. I was
like, why don't we take 50 people and
put them in the same room? And I
appreciate all of the work that they did
and the the work that the chamber is
doing to assist with this. Um, thank
you, Tad, for assisting putting this
together. So again, that's Wednesday,
August 27th, uh, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
at the Vision Gallery. You know, I was
already calling John at about 9:00 last
night, and he answered the phone, um, to
make sure that our charter committee was
open and accessible to the public, and
we're going to get more people there.
It's the Constitution of Chandler. I
asked if he is really still happy about
the job. And every time I asked that, he
says, "I can't get the smile off my
face." So, I encourage the community to
come out, get to know him a little bit.
He's our acting city manager, but he has
been rolling through um and doing the
work. So, I know there's a lot of work
to be done um through his time here. And
um I encourage the community to come
out.
>> Thank you, Mayor.
>> And council member, tell us again what
time on Thursday. I don't think
>> Did I Did I say that wrong? It is 4:30
to 6 PM at the Vision Gallery.
>> 4:30 to 6.
No,
>> I think you're bringing them.
>> Council member Orlando.
>> Thank you, mayor.
>> Thank you. Um, so Chandler, listening to
our recap, as you know, earlier this
year, we set off uh we we kicked off the
general plan update workshops. Um,
excuse me, the general plan. We had
several workshops this week. I believe
we had close to 70 something residents
between both those workshops. I did
Billy attend one of them this week and I
know other council members here have
been attending as well. Uh I want to
thank you the residents they were they
uh attended. They were really good
thoughts um asking detailed questions
about the city and where it should be
going and I was very impressed with some
of the uh comments we were receiving. um
you know the one area was uh housing and
that is a uh where they should go and uh
we talked a little bit about some
options that we're looking at and then
again we followed up just this past week
on some other options for housing. If
you weren't unable to attend you could
still participate in the Chandler
listening virtual workshop until the end
of the month and you go to the web
Chandler uh a.gov general plan and you
could also leave your comments as well.
looking forward to your feedback. This
is your plan. I keep saying that over
and over again up the council. This is
your plan. We need your feedback so we
can move forward. Thank you, Mayor.
>> Council member Harris,
>> I don't really have an announcement, but
I just want to make a a public service
announcement. School is back in.
>> That is an announcement.
>> That is announce a I said a public
service announcement.
Um, thanks mayor for interrupting. It
was It started out really good till you
said something. So,
no, I just want to encourage the
residents and really just slow down.
School's back in. These kids are going
to school. I'm going tell you right now,
they text and talk on their phone and
they do not be paying attention to what
they're doing. So, I am asking our
police team and our safety team to be
out there looking to get drivers to slow
down. Um, every year it seems around
this time, mayor and council get an
influx of calls about speed driving and
it's so critical that our young babies
that are walking, they're starting
school for the first time and and things
of that nature. So, we just need to make
sure we're slowing it down. Give
yourself enough time to get out, get
your kids to school. The lines are
longer because, you know, this is coming
back again. So, just slow it down so
that way you don't get a ticket. Don't
call me if you get a ticket because I'm
going to say, "What did you get a ticket
for?" And they're going to say, "Speed
in the school zone." And I said, "Well,
you're going to have to handle it." So,
slow it down, you guys. And make sure
our babies are safe because they are our
future. They're the future council
members and mayors. So, let's slow it
down. I love you guys. And my birthday
is on Saturday. So, don't call me. I'm
gonna be doing something amazing. I
don't even know what it is. It's just
going to be amazing.
But thank you. That's it, Mayor.
>> So, so Andy's gonna share his donuts,
but you won't share your birthday cake.
Okay. Council member Hawkins.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, happy birthday,
OD. Council member Harris.
>> Thank you.
>> All right. We may be in the middle of
summer, but our special events team is
full steam ahead for our annual tumble
tumble weed tree lighting. That's right.
If you're a vendor or a performance
group interested in per participating in
this event, applications are now open.
So part of the magic of this celebration
is the partners that come out and they
make it so special for us. So if you're
interested in learning more, I encourage
you to head to
chandleraz.gov/tumbleweedree
or reach out to anyone on our special
events team. Uh, my other announcement
tonight is later this month our police
department is hosting the Common Ground
Teen Safety Forum in collaboration with
the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
I'd like to have Assistant Chief
Zakowski briefly share more about this
event.
>> Come on down.
So, you actually announced an
announcement.
>> Yeah.
>> Good evening, Mayor and Council. Thank
you for the opportunity to speak and
highlight this absolutely fantastic
event. I believe it's on August 27th.
Yes. Um 6 PM to 8:00 p.m. at our public
safety training center. U we think this
is an outstanding opportunity to really
highlight a number of a number of
initiatives that we've taken as part of
an East Valley coalition um to combat
and understand and basic and ultimately
address teen violence that was so
publicly in the news a year or so ago.
Um this is an event targeted towards
both parents and our community as well
as students. We're looking forward to
welcoming all ages, all aspects of our
community to share tips, trends, um
enforce, sorry, information on new laws
that have recently passed. Um as well as
discussing trends of what we're seeing
within our community and also highlight
some of the programs that we have within
both Chandler Police Department and the
East Valley as a whole to abate and
mitigate and certainly address um the
problematic teen violence. Anything else
that you'd like to know, Council Member
Hawkins?
>> No, that was brilliant. Thank you.
>> Thank you for the opportunity. All
right. We look forward to this
partnership and to seeing our teens and
families there. Um, I also want to say
congratulations to our newest board
members, Jenny and Allison. We know you
will do amazing things on there. So,
congratulations on your new spots.
>> Acting city manager,
>> mayor and council, I have one
announcement. Tonight, we said uh
goodbye to our deputy city manager.
Tomorrow morning, we will announce how
we plan to replace him. I will tell you
that was an internal promotional process
and this council should be very proud of
the fact that we had 10 very qualified
internal candidates to replace him and
we will be excited to see your reaction
to the announcement tomorrow morning.
Thank you.
>> Thank you. All right, with that
concludes our meeting uh council, see
see you all at the uh league next week.
>> Wait a minute. Is he tweeting that
announcement? I just need to know that I
need to be on Twitter, Tik Tok,
Instagram, Facebook. Which which
platform?
>> I'm gabling. I don't know where that's
going.
You should have