Regular Meeting - 4/18/2023 6:30:00 PM

good evening everyone
Welcome to our Tuesday April 18th
Gilbert Town council meeting trying to
get started right on time this evening
because we have a lot ahead of us on our
agenda I will call this meeting to order
and I will ask everyone to please turn
off or silence your cell phones and
devices
that's everyone please in the room
everyone please in the room we will
start with a presentation of student
citizen of the month award presented by
our vice mayor vice mayor
thank you mayor
um good evening I am vice mayor Kathy
tolki and it is my pleasure to announce
the names of the Gilbert student
citizens of the month the recipients
were nominated by their teachers and
principals for demonstrating good
citizenship and character we appreciate
the opportunity to not only recognize
these hard-working students but to also
thank all the teachers and school
administrators in the community we
appreciate all your efforts to educate
and influence our young residents our
schools are some of the Gilbert's
greatest assets at this time we are
going to begin our students citizen of
the month presentation please enjoy for
those of you who are receiving an award
tonight a certificate and packet will be
delivered to your school we'll begin
with our elementary schools
hold on I gotta get my little cheat
sheet here we go
Ashland Ranch Elementary
Xander mandaza Bridges Elementary Jared
Garrett Burke Elementary Andrea Garcia
Carol Ray Ranch Elementary Sally Zoo
Chaparral Elementary Kendall zerlini
Charlotte Patterson Elementary mln
iberra
edger prize School
Aiden Vega Gateway Point Elementary Macy
litz
Highland Park Elementary Chase Olson
Higley Traditional Academy
James Bradley
Islands Elementary
McKenna Baxter
Mesquite Elementary Isaiah Edwards
Mana Steam
Neely Traditional Academy Julian
Gonzalez Oak Tree Elementary Andres
McRae Thompson
Patterson Elementary Maverick McKinley
Pioneer Elementary Mario madril
Riggs Elementary Elizabeth Thompson
Santan Elementary
Jace tardio
settlers Point Elementary
Yuki najin
sorry nugen Spectrum Elementary Parker
Mason
Town Metals Elementary
zamia
trailer sorry
now Vista Lakes elementary Grayson
Broderick
Weinberg gifted Academy Alicia
ing
now we will honor our Junior High and
high school students
American Leadership Academy Sophie
Tanaka Contreras
Campo Verde High School Quincy Saunders
Canyon Valley High School Andrew Daniels
Canyon Valley Junior High Christian
denick
Cooley Middle School amata
let me try that again
Campos
Gilbert Classical Academy Benson gayley
Gilbert High School Jasmine Hernandez
Higley High School Carson
win Gert
Leading Edge Early College Logan Ziegler
Mesquite High School Michael story
Mesquite Junior High hunter Tui
South Valley Junior High Mia
Ikeda
thank you
thank you
thank you vice mayor I know that's not
easy I think names get harder
all the time and when we did Student
Government when we did student awards in
here in the council chambers the kids
were always great to tell us what we
were saying wrong so that we could
correct ourselves but with them out
without them here in the chamber we
don't have that benefit so we just do
the best that we can and we appreciate
you you handling that next on our agenda
this evening we have
um the invocation and that will be led
by Pastor Michael Heaton of Christ
Greenfield Lutheran Church did I say
that correctly Haydn I debated thank you
thank you Pastor for being here just
push the button so that the mic lights
up
thank you thank you so much for the
honor of being here and for the
invocation I invite everybody to pray
pray with me
oh God in this invocation we do invite
you to come and fill the space with your
presence with your love let it Rule and
Reign and we're so grateful that you set
up governments and authorities and
leaders and thank you for the leaders
here in this room we do pray that you
fill them with your wisdom so that they
may lead us in peace and Justice and
collaboration and unity so that everyone
here in this great place of Gilbert may
may Thrive and we ask this in the
precious name of your son Jesus the
crucified and risen one amen
thank you so much Pastor for joining us
this evening next we will have the
Pledge of Allegiance led by vice mayor
tilkey
please rise
I pledge allegiance
of America and to the Republic for which
it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice for
all
next I would please ask Tom clerk
Herrera to conduct the Roll Call
mayor Bridget Peterson present vice
mayor Kathy tilkey here council member
Scott Anderson here council member Chuck
Bon Giovanni here council member Bobby
Buckley here council member young
koprowski here and council member Jim
Torgeson here a quorum is present
thank you town clerk Herrera the first
item on our agenda this evening is the
recognition of Gilbert's MVP volunteer
recipients and I will be headed down to
the floor
where's Melanie
oh I didn't even see
I didn't even see you sitting there
Melanie Dykstra
I will stand on this side of the podium
because short girls and podiums don't
really go well together
um you I look like a floating head
typically so thank you for joining us
this evening it is our opportunity to
recognize our Volunteers in the
community and we're doing something new
this year with an MVP recognition
do we have a okay so Gilbert has
incredible volunteers serving across the
community from town departments
non-profits businesses Faith
organizations schools and more
volunteers come together day after day
to make amazing things happen to support
our community these volunteers help
exemplify our Gilbert values of driven
kind humble and bold and we want to
recognize them and their contributions
to our town
tonight we will recognize the finalists
and announce the award winners of our
first annual Gilbert Community volunteer
MVP program
that's Presley he's getting a
proclamation later
the first value is bold with our
nominees being recognized for their
Innovation Big Ideas and making a
significant impact
and the finalists are and if I could ask
you to come join me down here as I call
your names
Gary Miller Gary's not able to be with
us this evening he's off volunteering or
is this Gary are you here oh okay
okay but a representative from the
organization is here and with us to
accept the nomination Gary is known as a
problem solver Joseph Yang who is
involved in multiple organizations and
has wonderful creativity
I can take that microphone now
hello hello and I can say Melanie
Dykstra
so I'm we're gonna do a photo together
first Kirsten with the nominees before
we announce the winners
foreign
thank you
and the winner is
Gary Miller who volunteers for about
care
an organization that helps Empower
seniors to stay safely in their homes by
having volunteers like Gary provide
assistance Joseph thank you for all you
do in the community we appreciate you
and it's all about being nominated right
thank you
um
thank you Joseph congratulations
the next value is driven these
volunteers are recognized for taking on
new challenges and devoting many hours
of their time to service
and the finalists are
Leah Leah Jenning who is a Who as a
full-time student is this working
and had a part-time job still served
over 900 hours with hushabai Nursery
thanks Leah
and
Deja Vu Joseph yang
who was driven to found his own
non-profit at the age of 16.
and Mark Ravens unfortunately he got
stuck at the airport but we have a
representative from one small step to be
here on his behalf
is it Amanda oh it's Amanda
[Applause]
[Music]
and the winner is
Leah Jenning
as I mentioned Leah volunteers at
Hushabye Nursery hashabai helps care for
infants born exposed to opioids and Leah
provides comfort and care as a cuddler
oh
all together now
oh
congratulations
[Applause]
next
I don't oh it next is kind I lost my
place these nominees exemplify serving
the community with respect kindness and
always a smile on their face
and the finalists are
Karen Shoemaker
Karen is unable to be with us tonight as
she is also a volunteering but we will
invite a representative from about care
to come up and join me
next we have Joyce McLaren she shows
tremendous kindness as she supports
trauma victims and is known to always
have a smile on her face at events hi
Joyce
and Jerry strohacker can be found
Jerry brought a cheering section
Sherry can be found helping out at
United Food Bank five to six days a week
providing kindness and energy to all the
volunteers
okay we're going to
[Applause]
one two three
thank you
okay stay right here stay right here
and the winner is
Joyce McLaren who consistently
chose consistently serves with Gilbert
Police Department and winged hope
providing kindness to those struggling
through trauma thank you for all you do
Joyce
[Applause]
thank you fun fact we live in the same
neighborhood too yes
next is the value humble these nominees
have the heart of service and make
strong contributions to the
organizations they serve and the
finalists are
Rachel Olam
is that correct did I say that right
okay Rachel Owen
who works in the background with area
Title 1 schools organizing volunteer
activities and as a voice for Cystic
Fibrosis
okay
Scott September takes on many of the
handyman tasks needed to help the CC's
Hope Center home be a safe living
environment for girls who have
experienced sex trafficking
Tracy Pagano
[Music]
serves at one small step doing all the
tasks needed with a smile on her face
and a humble heart
[Applause]
I attended one small steps annual Gala
just on Saturday night it was a great
event and great congratulations to them
I lived even shorter than normal
standing next to him
and the winner is Tracy Pagano
she makes a difference in the lives
served by one small step helping provide
free clothes work boots and other
Supportive Services to those in need
this organization does way more than I
ever knew that they do and I'm very
proud of them and to have them here
located in Gilbert
no
thank you
congratulations
oh Tracy Tracy stay here
see between us we have a brain and we
work out all the logistics this this
next award is to recognize a group that
gives back through service contributions
and more as they make a difference in
the Gilbert Community and the finalists
are Starbright Foundation these
volunteers work tirelessly to provide
education and support to those who have
been in sex trafficking situations
[Applause]
the Parks and Recreation Foundation
this group is instrumental in raising
funds to make sure that everyone has
access to parks and recreation
activities including free swim lessons
[Applause]
hi
I just saw all of you recently too
and for our town these volunteers are
full of energy and passion as they
connect our businesses faith-based
organizations and the community to fill
the gaps and needs of the community
represented by their director Fran
lauter let's do a photo
[Applause]
[Music]
thank you
you're perfect
you match your phones
and the winner is
Gilbert Parks and Recreation Foundation
to date they have raised over forty five
thousand dollars for the scholarship
program fifteen thousand dollars for the
learn to swim program and twenty five
thousand dollars for bike safety
programs in Gilbert let me come over for
a photo
thank you
thank you thank you congratulations
[Applause]
and just and just like three weeks ago I
was at their annual fundraiser at
Freestone Rec Center which was amazing
our final award category of the night is
youth volunteer these nominees are
definitely represented definitely
represent the dedicated positive and
hard-working youth in Gilbert and the
finalists are Victoria Barrera
Victoria here who is malicious
who is a volunteer at two different
organizations providing service and
support to seniors
hi and then Katie bake
helps at HD South and has been a
tremendous asset in helping with the
museum Collections and events did I say
your last name correctly look
that's see teens Katie Beck she was very
willing to tell me how to say it
get my steps in tonight
and the winner is Victoria Barrera
Victoria has been a volunteer for the
past five years at American Orchards
helping run activities for seniors and
in her spare time also volunteers with
Banner Gateway helping with
transportation
taller than me you're probably in the
back room
United Market
s in the front right
there we go
there we go
actually
get the orders
ready one two and three
hours
[Applause]
okay
so thank you to all the volunteers and
all the nominees we wouldn't be able to
run our community without them I have a
proclamation to read for National
volunteer month this happens to be
National volunteer week in the country
whereas volunteers are one of our
community's greatest assets continuing
to give back by volunteering with the
Gilbert police fire and rescue and Parks
and Recreation departments as well as by
serving on numerous boards commissions
committees foundations and non-profit
organizations and whereas Gilbert
volunteers perform a variety of Duties
vital to Gilbert including supporting
special events and activities helping to
maintain parks and Facilities assisting
with Public Safety efforts including car
seat technicians citizen patrolling
crime prevention and Crisis Support
helping to support non-profit and Senior
programs including delivering meals
stocking and sorting food providing
transportation and mentoring creating
and managing activities and programs for
the military and Veteran community and
Advising the Town Council on important
projects and Endeavors within the
community Through boards and commissions
and whereas the giving of oneself in
service to another empowers the giver
and the recipient and whereas volunteers
serve the community from Gilbert's youth
to its senior population with pride and
commitment and work to ensure Gilbert
Arizona is a place where we anticipate
needs strive to create Solutions and
help people and whereas volunteers are
vital to our future as a caring and
productive nation state and town and
whereas the maritime Council are proud
of and thankful for the volunteers that
serve our community now therefore I
Bridget Peterson mayor of the town of
Gilbert do hereby Proclaim April 2023 as
National volunteer month in Gilbert
Arizona
and Melanie Dykstra has to get a picture
with me
she hates being recognized
[Applause]
next we have a proclamation declaring
April 28 2023 as Gilbert Arizona's 2023
Arbor Day and this will be presented by
councilman raban Giovanni to the Parks
and Recreation Department anybody in the
department that would like to come down
and join the council member please
only one just cut just Kylie
Lane why don't you come down too Rocky's
back there
sure
come on come on
Milan you're being paged to the front of
the room
there we go
somewhere out in the lobby with the
foundation I think
[Music]
I'm good okay
ladies and gentlemen whereas April 10th
in where well whereas on April 10th in
1872 the first Arbor Day was celebrated
in Nebraska City Nebraska with an
estimated one million trees planted and
whereas Arbor Day is now observed
throughout 50 states and in the world
and will be observed in Arizona on April
28 2023 and whereas Gilbert's water
tower will be lit green on April 28th in
honor and observance of Arbor Day and
whereas communities across the great
nation gather annually to celebrate
trees and plant for a Greener tomorrow
and whereas trees clean the air we
breathe filter the water we drink
provide habitats for over 75 percent of
the world's living
organisms and with Force providing 25
percent of the key ingredients found in
all medicines and whereas trees wherever
they are planted are a great source of
Joy spiritual renewal and provide hope
for the future
uh now therefore on behalf of Bridget
Peterson mayor of town of Gilbert
Arizona I do be hereby Proclaim April 28
2023 as Gilbert Arizona's 2023 Arbor Day
and I urge all citizens to celebrate
Arbor Day by supporting efforts to plant
trees and protect the existing trees in
Woodlands and plant trees to promote the
well-being of this and future
Generations
[Applause]
and so you all know there's a method to
my madness councilmember Bon Giovanni is
the liaison to the Gilbert Parks and Rec
board so I thought it made sense for him
to present the Arbor Day Proclamation
next we have a proclamation declaring
May 1st as 20 May 1st 2023 AS Global
love day and unfortunately the recipient
can't be here this evening so I'm just
going to ask Kirsten to bring the
proclamation up to council member
Buckley so that she can read it from her
seat and know that we are part of this
well they gave this to a good person
anyway
Global love day
so whereas Global love day was
established to facilitate love and peace
on our planet and whereas since its
Inception Global love day has been
honored in over 170 countries and 830
proclamations issued in more than 40
languages all reiterating that all life
is interconnected with
and independent and whereas love begins
with see I told you
so love love begins with self-acceptance
and forgiveness whereas together we can
make a difference through love and
whereas the Dalai Lama famously stated
love and compassion our Necessities not
luxuries without them Humanity cannot
survive
now therefore I Bridget Peterson mayor
of well I'm not Bridget Peterson but I
Bridget Peterson the mayor of the town
of Gilbert hereby dedicate and Proclaim
May 1st 2023 as a global love day in
Gilbert Arizona and invite all citizens
to observe this day which honors the
public cause for Global love world peace
and Universal Joy
next up we have a proclamation declaring
April 30th 2023 as National therapy
animal day and I took this one myself
I would like to invite Cindy and her dog
Presley down to the front of the room
we're going to recognize National
therapy animal day whereas there are
thousands of pet partners therapy animal
teams serving in communities across the
United States and whereas pet partners
has designated April 30th as National
therapy animal day and whereas therapy
animal teams in the town of Gilbert play
an essential role in improving human
health and well-being through the human
animal Bond and whereas therapy animal
teams complete millions of visits per
year in settings such as hospitals
nursing home schools and hospice and
whereas therapy animal teams interact
with a variety of people in our
community including veterans seniors
patients students facing literacy
challenges and those approaching end of
life and whereas those exceptional
therapy animals who partner with their
human companions bring comfort and
healing to those in need now therefore I
Bridget Peterson mayor of the town of
Gilbert do hereby Proclaim April 30th
2023 as National therapy animal day in
the town of Gilbert and encourage our
community to celebrate our therapy
animals and their human handlers while
honoring and recognizing the service of
therapy animal teams
give them a hand
foreign
you're welcome Cindy would you like to
say a few words sure
so Presley is a school therapy dog he
was trained through a program that is
funded by the national
um when I forget the name of it now
North Shore Animal leagues of America
that's who funds it through pet partners
they do all the evaluations and set up
the trainers for the program to have
social emotional supports for our
students and staff in our Public Schools
I wanted to take this topic because we
have therapy dogs here that we work with
in the town of Gilbert we've had Zora
who has now retired with her Handler Ed
and we have Quinn who works with and I
my mind is escaping me one of our
firefighters to provide Comfort to our
Public Safety and I have a golden
retriever that started out as being
trained to be a veteran service dog a
veterans assistance dog and she flunked
out of the training and that's how I
ended up with her because she's a little
too food reactive
and so yeah she would drag you into the
street for a hamburger so she was not
going to be a great service dog but
she's a wonderful family dog so I
appreciate all the work that our animals
do within our communities we have fire
um ATF dogs that work for the town of
Gilbert we've had spring and we have
Zeta and we have buck and as much as
they work for the town and they solve
cases they also provide Comfort to our
staff when we are able to see them
throughout the buildings and just love
on them for a few minutes I know they
get as much out of it as we do because
they are working dogs but thank you for
bringing this to my attention and
congratulations and Sharon Presley with
us and here's your Proclamation thank
you
next I have council member Anderson
coming down to recognize our town
clerk's office for National clerks week
do I have that right National clerks
week
Valley right behind you
can't put my glasses on
yep
okay
oh great look at this boy am I
privileged
this is great
what's your is this the entire office
missing one
I want you to take a look at the size of
this department this is the smallest
Department I believe in the town
all right
traditionally the the clerk's office is
either the smallest or one of the
smaller departments in in a municipal
organization but the work that they do
is just tremendous they're responsible
for the records that keep us transparent
they administer elections they keep us
in line all of the boards and
commissions and the council they do a
tremendous work and we want to recognize
them all across the country but
especially our clerk's office who I feel
especially privileged to be here with
tonight
whereas the office of the municipal
clerk is the oldest among public
servants and whereas the office of the
municipal clerk is a vital part of local
government that exists throughout the
world and whereas the office of the
municipal clerk provides the information
center and professional link between the
citizens the local governing bodies and
agencies of government at other levels
and whereas Municipal clerks are dutiful
and remaining neutral and partial and
render equal service to all
and whereas Municipal clerks continually
strive to improve the administration of
the Affairs of the office of the
municipal clerk through participation in
education programs seminars workshops
and the annual meetings of their state
provincial County and international
professional organizations
whereas it is appropriate that we
recognize the accomplishments of
Gilbert's town clerk office and the time
and efforts of the town clerk staff now
therefore I'm Bridget Peterson mayor of
the town of Gilbert do hereby Proclaim
April 30th through May 6 2023 as
Municipal Clerk's week
[Applause]
look at me
they're all wonderful
thank you
thank you thank you
that's all of them we're done
well we made it through our
presentations and proclamations for this
evening we will now move to
Communications from citizens and I will
pass to vice mayor
thank you mayor
the Gilbert Town Council values citizens
comments and input anyone wishing to
speak before the council must fill out a
request to speak card for each item they
wish to speak on and submit it to the
town clerk or place it in the bid bin
provided prior to the start of the
meeting the communications from citizens
portion on the agenda provide citizens
an opportunity to identify for the Town
Council matters of Interest or concern
related to town government that are not
on the printed agenda under the
provisions of the Arizona open meeting
law the Town Council is prohibited from
responding to issues that have not been
properly noticed therefore the Town
Council may only listen to citizens who
wish to address them on non-agenda items
at the conclusion of the open call to
public response is limited to individual
members of the council responding to
criticism made by those who have
addressed the public body asking staff
to review a matter or asking that a
matter be played placed on a future
agenda the town asked that when your
name is called you come forward to the
podium state your name and place of
residence and then begin speaking all
speakers are expected to observe common
standards of decorum and courtesy
personal attacks political speeches are
threats of political action are
inappropriate in this forum and will be
grounds for ending a speaker's time at
the podium
you will have three minutes to speak and
you'll see a timer up there on at the
podium and also on the screen and our
first speaker is Terry Natty
followed by Shane krauser
good evening all my name is Terry Natty
I live in a
County Island within the Gilbert
planning area
one of my neighbors was
urged to speak
by the mayor and the town manager with
the public works director and Capital
Improvements manager
the results of that were sent out to the
neighbors
there were 10 bullet points I'm going to
speak to two
the first one is it is 65 feet it always
was and it always will be
my response to that is why
why can Maricopa County operate within
55 feet and yet Gilbert refuses to why
are they so hell-bent at 65 feet
I know why I'm invested
in having you guys take less but why is
staff so invested on the 65 feet
especially when
the minor arterials in the Gilbert
Street typologies say that it can be
done in 110 to 130 feet
the second one is
the main sticking points are that rwcd
and SRP both have indicated that they
are willing to reduce their footprint to
be inside the 65 foot right of way
although they prefer to be located
however
although they prefer to be located
however neither has has signed off on
that although those two entities could
demand that their right-of-way be
located outside the 65 feet limit the
town does not believe that will happen
so I still argue that this main sticking
point
with rwcd and SRP both entities told me
that they don't care what the easement
is 55 65 50 whatever
they just want their portion that is
unencumbered also SRP doesn't care
whether they have their lines below
ground or above ground they said that
the town was driving that and in my
small group meeting I was told that SRP
was driving that by one of your
assistant managers
so
um
imagine if you will
that I go to your house and I say
I'm going to take the back seat out of
your car you have can fit three people
in there and I'm going to take a tenth
of that back seat
because I need it for what I'm doing
I'm going to give it back to you you can
still drive your car works perfectly
fine you can get from point A to point B
you can still haul two passengers you
can't haul a third but you don't really
need to haul a third
I feel like that's what you all are
doing you're you're cutting off
something that you say that you need but
you don't oh but it'll be okay
because we're going to pay you for it
well I got my offer and my offer is two
dollars less per square foot than two
neighbors to one side of me and one
neighbor to the other side of me and we
all got our appraisals about the same
time
so what's going on doesn't make sense
thank you
thank you Miss Natty next up is
Shane krauser and that will be the final
thank you mayor Peterson and council
members I want to address the content of
a meeting that happened on April 12th of
this year just a few days ago that was
the meeting of the Maricopa County
Association of governments and at that
meeting what was discussed are air
quality standards and the town manager
Patrick Banger was there and I took the
time to watch that meeting and of course
I'm deeply concerned and I believe that
this is an issue that's not being
discussed and if it were being discussed
is something that the residents of this
community would be significantly
concerned about essentially what
happened there was there was a
discussion of Maricopa County's
obligation to comply with epa's air
control standard or air quality standard
and we were essentially told that if we
don't comply they'll come in and do it
for us that is the EPA
I appreciated Patrick Banger the town
manager acknowledging a couple of things
number one acknowledging the gravity of
the cost
and acknowledging that it's this Council
that ultimately is going to make that
decision so he he made it very clear
that is This Town Council and ultimately
the mayor that will cast a vote at a
meeting that's going to at least at this
point happen on April 26th as to whether
or not we will take measures to attempt
to comply with what we're being told by
the EPA
I also appreciated the recognition at
that meeting of the various people that
were there that this is virtually an
impossible standard for not just the
county to meet but for the town of
Gilbert to meet
so essentially just in a nutshell here's
what what what the standard is the ozone
standard for Maricopa County set by the
EPA
is at 70 parts per billion and we won't
go into the details other than just to
say this is impossible
outside of absolutely disrupting this
community
going back to the year 2000 almost 20
years ago
we were not even at that standard so you
look at a population that is about half
of what we are today and we didn't meet
the standard 20 years ago we didn't meet
the standard when covid was set when
coveted was happening and we were out
and about in the community not doing
much of anything not driving our cars
nearly as much as we as we were
so with that said the implementation I
want to I want to quote from that
meeting and mayor I know you're you're
going to be voting at this this
gathering on April 26th and I just want
to be very clear that at this meeting
that there was a question in terms of
what is the cost to implement and the
answer was we don't have a full
understanding why would we vote Yes on
something where we don't have a full
understanding as to what it may cost the
taxpayers next
and this is the final Point what
measures what are the measures that
would have to be taken and what was said
and I just want to quote this to close
I think I heard you say this is asking
the individual that's overseeing the
meeting I think I heard you say that if
we eliminated cars and trucks completely
we still not would meet the new standard
correct
the answer we would be very close to it
response but even if we eliminated every
car and truck from the road it would be
questionable whether or not we'd be able
to meet the standard correct yes we
might be we might meet the standard
we're talking about a standard that
would require us to eliminate every
virtually every car in the county off of
the road
and we might meet the standard this is
silliness and and mayor this is an
opportunity to be a shining light on the
hill to stand for the residents
ultimately securing the rights of the
people and ensuring that federalism
ultimately exists that we push back
against the federal government and these
illegitimate attempts thank you
thank you Mr krauser Mayor that is our
final comment tonight
thank you vice mayor moving on to the
consent agenda I'll pass it right back
over to you
thank you mayor I have no request to
pull an item I'm just going to glance
real quick to make sure I didn't miss
that with that I would make a motion to
approve items seven through
22. on the consent agenda
thank you
I second that motion thank you I have a
motion by the vice mayor seconded by
council member Torgeson please vote
motion passes 7-0 thank you for that
moving on to our public hearing items
this evening
thank you
we have I'll open the public hearing
items will be heard at one public
hearing at which time anyone wishing to
comment but we don't have any comment
cards at this point in time
um are there any items that I'm assuming
that we want to have a discussion about
23 in a presentation the other items 24
25 do we need separate presentations for
those I'm just checking with everyone
before we move forward
would anyone like a presentation on item
24 or 25
did you have something to add
councilmember Buckley your microphones
on no just 23. just 23 okay so just 23
then I'll go ahead and close the public
hearing and I would take a motion to
approve I would take a motion for items
24 and 25. if someone would like to make
that
I moved to uh vote Yes 24 and 20. move
to approved move to approve move to
approved sorry I'm losing my voice okay
can I have a second second I have a
motion to to approve items 24 and 25
from council member torgus and seconded
by council member Anderson please vote
I didn't hear that
motion passes 7-0 going back and opening
the public hearing on General plan item
gp22-14 zoning item z22-14 if I could
have staff come to the podium for a
presentation on this I see Keith making
his way forward if you could just
introduce yourself for us please Keith
I want to interject that I am going to
remove remove myself from the diocese
for perception of conflict on this thank
you
councilmember Buckley did you have
anything to add your microphones on I'm
just asking okay yes are we open for
discussion no oh okay I have to have a
staff presentation and the applicant has
to do a presentation then we'll be open
for a discussion or yeah because we
don't have any public hearing thank you
Keith
yes um
mayor Peterson members of the council
good evening
um my for for those council members who
don't know me my name is Keith Newman
and I am one of the senior planners here
for the town
um so the project tonight that I'm
presenting before you is District at
Coulee station
be and and is that already as as mayor
already stated it's a GP a general plan
amendment in the rezone and I'll go over
that in just a second
so the project site as you can see on
the screen in front of you is located at
the northwest corner of Recker Road and
Williams Field Road in the Gateway
character area in the in the Coulee
station planned area Development Area
and I'll show you on this next slide
kind of a context map of Coulee station
and you can see the the project site
highlighted there or surrounded with
that kind of turquoise rectangle
so this is the whole Coulee station area
that in this immediate area all the the
projects you can see that we've kind of
um
added a little site plan over or
embedded it over the top of this aerial
and you can see that the project sites
located in the heart at Coulee station
um
surrounded by lots of other types of
developments that are that are seeing
multi-family in nature commercial in
nature and a mix of uses as well
so the request tonight is for a proposed
General plan Amendment on 15 Acres from
General commercial The Village Center
and a proposed pad rezone with some
deviations also in the sites 15 Acres as
I've stated and the rezone will go from
General commercial to Gateway Village
Center
I'll explain a little bit more about
that but I just wanted to show you these
exhibits to show you the site so General
plan from General commercial to Village
Center and the zoning from General
commercial which is existing today to
the proposed zoning of of Gateway
Village Center
so just just before I dump jumps into
development plan a little background on
this site the site was
um originally General planned for
Gateway Village Center in 2004 and then
in 2007 the initial Coulee station
planned area development was created
creating and Zoning this property as
Gateway Village Center so this site has
been zoned this designation before
and I'd say I think it was around 2014
or so the applicant came or the property
owner came forward to rezone the
property from Gateway Village Center to
General commercial given the current
market conditions at the time
did not lend itself to a more mixed-use
urban residential environment like the
applicant is proposing tonight the
market conditions at the time were more
Blended themselves more to a a kind of a
master planned commercial corner so the
applicant is now going back to the
original vision for this site which is a
mixed-use pedestrian friendly and
environment with a mix of uses of
residential and Commercial uses instead
of just one use type so I will show you
the development plan and of course the
applicant when he comes up when Mr light
comes up he'll be able to explain more
of the background in history behind why
they're doing what they're doing but I
just wanted to show you this development
plan
very briefly 612 apartment units at the
max height of the buildings is about 54
feet to the top of the parapet walls
there's two five and a half to six story
parking structures and and you can see
the buildings either arranged on a site
there's two large apartment buildings
the L-shaped one and then the one along
Haskell and each one has a parking
garage in the middle
the parking garage is five and a half to
six stories tall but they they won't
exceed the height of the 54 foot height
of the buildings the bottom story and a
half or so of each parking garage is
underground
and this is what they call a wrapped
concept where you have the units on the
outside in the parking garage on the
middle kind of screening the parking
garage which is a unique concept that we
don't really see here we haven't really
constructed any in the town of Gilbert
like this there's a few planned but this
but this one is one of the ones that is
planned now and you'll start seeing
these come out of the ground in the near
future and several other projects
throughout the town
so the site is 46.13 dwelling units per
acre which the town General plan for the
Gateway Village Center core area you can
have densities up to 50 dwelling units
per acre there's 25 500 square feet of
freestanding commercial space with with
Second Story office residential
potential above the ground floor level
of on that commercial Corner that you
can see on the development plan
um 13 500 square foot of ground floor
commercial space
uh along uh and you can see it on the
site plan along Williams Field there's
some ground floor commercial space a
little about six and a half a thousand
square feet and it contains things such
as there's a clubhouse and a gym that
will be open to the public there's
wework space kind of like offices that
people can rent and then like a little
herbo market type grocery store thing
and the other building along record will
have the same uh commercial type of uses
as well and that has about 6 500 square
feet of commercial as well so a small
portion of each one of these buildings
at least the frontage is on record and
Williams Field are what we call a loft
unit so you have commercial or retail on
the ground floor and then residential
above it on the three stories that are
above that commercial
um and then along the street frontages
you will see 61 on street parking spaces
a lot of them along Williams Field and
wrecker are constructed today we've
already constructed those some of those
will be eliminated a few of them like 11
or 12 of them I can't remember the exact
number to accommodate accommodate D cell
lanes and increase Public Safety
but you will have and you can see them
highlighted on the screen in the green
and the yellows the D cell Lanes the
green are the our parking spaces that
are parallel parking along the street
that will remain and then the blue are
our on-street parking spaces that will
be added
and then there's four open space amenity
areas you can see them in the middle of
the buildings and they'll have various
pool and other types of amenities
so there are two site entrances so you
can see one off or two main side
entrances one off of record one off of
Williams Field and then there's
um the parking garage to the north in
the in the building along Haskell that
parking garage is entered through the
commercial parking lot
and then the parking garage along Verde
Drive or along that portion of the
street there's an access off a verding
Verde Drive to that parking garage
so the applicant has proposed a few
deviations from our Land Development
code
and
they have to do with with transparency
commercial transparency
so in our code it's required to have a
minimum of 75 percent of the ground
floor commercial or office building or
Frontage shall consist of Windows uh
display doors and outdoor patios and a
combination of those types of things the
applicants proposing
59 percent along Williams Field instead
of 75 and 67 percent along Wrecker
and the justification for this which the
town supports is those commercial
percentages along the windows and so
forth along um
that they're proposing along those
Street frunges aim to make room for
columns and structural elements that are
consistent with Coulee station
neo-traditional design architecture for
the buildings which really focuses on
brick and natural stone type materials
and a blend of glazing instead of just a
lot of glass and because glass is not
technically a characteristic of
neo-traditional designs so that's why
you see them kind of reducing some of
that glass in percentages which we which
we have supported as Town staff
and
I'll show you a graphic here really
quick and you can see the commercial
transparency there's still plenty of
glass plenty of transparency but it
allows for those additional
neo-traditional design elements that we
want on those buildings instead of just
a frontage of Glass on along each Street
Frontage
so going back to the table the the last
deviation that they're proposing is for
arterial V vehicular access so in the
code vehicular access is only is limited
um
to non-arterial streets in the Gateway
Village Center zoning District so per
the development plan
let me go back to it they have two
access points off of a principal
arterial streets one off of Williams
Field Road and one off of record
these access points and the applicants
justification for that is that
um
this standard the standards directs all
vehicular traffic
um
to
to these entrances that can handle that
are wide enough that can handle the
larger volume of traffic
and if you notice
there are other
locations in the town and I'm going to
bring up this driveway this little
exhibit for you
the town staff and the council has
approved these arterial entrances off of
other streets in the Gateway Village
Center zoning District most
predominantly across the street at the
Verde at Cooley station development
which you can see is amazing and it's
constructed they have one off of
williamsfield and they actually have
three off of wrecker and then there's a
project to the South that we're working
on that has one as well so these
entrances being off principal arterials
staff is supporting that and it is
something that will will Aid in the
safety and of cars going into the
commercial and the retail portion of the
development
as far as public participation is
concerned the applicant held one virtual
neighborhood meeting in April of last
year and only one surrounding property
owner attended and they asked general
questions and we have received no
comments from the public
from that point forward even after we
sent out notices and posted signs we
have received no comments from the
public regarding this project
um so that concludes my presentation but
staff recommends that you adopt the
Resolute resolution and approve the
general plan Amendment and that you also
make the findings a fact and adopt the
attached ordinance in your packet
approving the pad rezone
um and so I I'm open for any questions
if you have any otherwise the applicant
is Sean lake is here and he has a
presentation for you as well
thank you thank you Keith um
any questions for Keith's staff at this
point in time you will have more
opportunity to ask him questions
following the applicant's presentation
seeing none at this time thank you Keith
and I invite
no if you have questions for staff you
can ask them right now before the
applicant comes up because then the
applicant may be able to answer some of
those also when he does his presentation
and I know he'll sit down and take free
verse notes knowing Mr lake so if you
have questions for our staff right now
you can feel free to ask them okay I I
would like to ask some questions
um
sorry about that can you hear me now yes
yes ma'am um
okay so I
you know I have
uh quite a few questions and um number
one I believe initially I thought this
project was about 300 apartment units
maybe and then when it came back it
appears at 612 it's almost doubled in
number
is there any reason for that or is that
just redesigning or
uh and and I I believe this is probably
the largest if not the second largest
apartment complex in Gilbert or will be
am I correct in that
um mayor Peterson um council member
Buckley
um I don't know if it's the largest in
the town of Gilbert
um I'm not aware of that but as far as
the number of units
um
being at 612.
um that is to my knowledge that's been
the the number of units
um from the beginning of the project
um they haven't really varied too much
in the number of units it's always been
over six about 600 and about 46 dwelling
units per day per acre
okay
the the other question you know the the
glass item is that's not a big deal you
know for me I think if if it works I
would like to see all of that glass as
required there's a number of other
things but I want to read something that
um
was on the packet that you guys sent and
this is concerning to me not concerning
but it you know it's just and it's your
it was on uh page 564 and it's your
findings of facts at the end of your
presentation
and I'd like to read number one and it
says the proposed zoning Amendment does
not conform to the general plan as
amended any applicable any applicable
specific area plan neighborhood or other
plan and any underlay or overlay
uh zoning District
and do you want to explain that and and
well should I read the last one I mean
the number two is fine because all
required notices were given uh required
public hearings were given and then
number four the uh last one is the
proposed of rezoning does not support
the town's strategic Initiative for
community livability
do you have any comments to make on that
um mayor Peterson councilmember buchley
um the way the way it's worded is seems
to be a little bit misleading
um but it does comply with those things
so I don't know why it was worded that
way maybe maybe it was a typo but it
does comply with those things that you
have mentioned but the wording is just a
little bit misleading and that's
something that we can correct in the
future on our findings of fact but but
it does comply with those things that
you that you talked that you mentioned
it is kind of confusing the wording okay
well it was it was pretty clear to me
but okay I can understand that how you
could read it that way but
um it does comply with those things okay
okay
um
glass and
um
the parking that um
the parking that's on uh Williams Field
is that going to be parallel parking or
will that be
vertical parking or is that been decided
mayor Peterson council member buchley so
the parking that's along Williams Field
and I put the graphic back up on the
screen for you
um so you can see the parking that's in
green are existing
on-street parking spaces that the town
has constructed so those will remain
the the yellow along Williams Field is
an is there are some parallel parking
spaces there today kind of just a little
bit wet west of the existing bus pull
out
all of those parking there's like four
three or four of them those will be
removed and it will Ex it'll kind of be
half bus lane half decel Lane
so really the only pair or on-street
parking spaces that will be removed
along Williams Field Road are like three
or four spaces that are right before the
the right turn into that entrance and
the rest of them will remain
okay I hope that answers your question
uh
yeah that's fine thank you thank you uh
the other thing I I can't see on the
four sides if there's any residential in
the area is there um
oh
so the residential would so there's
nothing other than caddy corner there
of residential for that area
um mayor Peterson council member buchley
so so as of right now
um the only residential that's that's
adjacent to the project is the apartment
complex to the West which I believe was
just constructed a few years ago and
then there's an apartment complex to the
North and then there's some single
family as well
um but there is an apartment complex
that you guys approved a zone change for
about a year ago across the street on
the east side of Recker road called
Fred's place and they have a one and
two-story apartment units it's just not
constructed yet so it's surrounded by
residential on looks like three sides
going vertical or across the page
the right to the bottom left
not where the rest it's a street going
by the residential what street is that
um councilman so you're talking about
the street on the Northern boundary of
the project
is that what you're referring to on
really it's on the west
boundaries the Southwest that that
vertical line that's going okay from the
north to the I mean from south to North
yeah okay so councilmember buchley that
street that's on the West Side that's
going vertical north to south that that
is called Verdi drive and that stops at
Haskell Street it dead ends but it goes
south of Williams Field Road into the
Verdi at Coulee station project and
eventually we'll go all the way down
close to the railroad tracks you can see
it and then it'll and then it goes it'll
actually go east and it will go west and
go out to Williams out to wrecker and
eventually out to Williams Field Road
too
I just don't have it highlighted on here
but it goes in multiple different
directions
that's right eventually okay
that's correct
um okay well I think that um
you know I I will say I do want to bring
this up that I did receive a letter from
a resident that was in this area and I
you know
don't have that with me or anything but
I did receive data earlier in the week
that said they they none of them had
received any notifications so that's
something we probably should check up on
but they said they weren't notified they
had no idea I don't know where they were
you know where how far away they were
from this project
but I just wanted to bring that up okay
thank you as well
all right I think that um
answers the questions that I had
that mayor mayor council members
um I did quickly pull up the numbers of
some of the larger apartment complexes
in the town there's uh there are 840
units at the Playa and Sahara
can you talk to them Michael oh I'm
sorry uh there's 840 units at the Playa
and Sahara apartment complex 516 at BB
living
751 at Gabriella point and 613 at Bell
Astoria most of them that we see are
anywhere between that
three four five hundred units but we do
have several that are larger there are
several that are in the two and three
hundred as well but this definitely
won't be the largest but it'll be it'll
be close it'll have a large number of
units but it won't be the largest okay
thank you for that
thank you very much
you're welcome
um vice mayor I know you wanted to add
something I just want to throw something
in Keith I've seen this happen in the
past it's very possible that you used a
template from a past
presentation and it didn't conform under
the facts findings of fact since I spent
so much time on the Planning Commission
I have seen this so it could be that you
just cut and pasted the wrong ones into
this into this presentation and none of
us caught it so that was a great catch
on behalf of council member Buckley so I
wanted to comment on that and I also
received a letter this week about
somebody that that didn't get
notification for something but it wasn't
this project it was a different project
in Gilbert
um and I think we all received that
email about a different project that's a
multi-family project I don't want to
call it out but so I'm not sure I don't
know it could be it could be yes so it
could be the same one since we just
happened to receive something this week
too vice mayor
thank you mayor Keith before you leave I
was wondering if you could address the
phasing of this project please
mayor Peterson
um vice mayor tilkey yes I would love to
do that so
um
wrong direction
so the at the very back of my
presentation there's a little colored
see if I can find it there's a little
colored site plan that shows the phasing
it's kind of written in text and we do
have a phasing plan that we're getting
approved with the design review case
which we're currently reviewing
but it's not in the rezone case but you
can see on this site plan the big
L-shaped building that that has Frontage
along Williams Field and Frontage along
Verdi that big building that's that's
phase one
phase two is the lar is the apartment
building that has Frontage along Haskell
that goes all the way from all the way
along Haskell and has a little Frontage
on record that's phase two
and then phase three or I don't know if
it's a phase three but it's a future
phase we don't know when the commercial
is going to be constructed but at the
other phase is the commercial corner
we don't know when that's going to come
in but that's a future phase does that
answer your phasing question uh vice
mayor tilkey
yes thank you
um I'm assuming Mr Lake will address
that as well it's very important to me
that we don't lose that commercial
component and the closer those are
phased together the better and in my
mind so I'll look forward to the
applicant discussing thank you yep
you're welcome any other OH
councilmember Anderson
keys are Kyle thank you for your
presentation
um
do you recall the date when cooling
station actually first began
um mayor Peterson council member
Anderson so
Cooley station uh the major general plan
Amendment for 700 Acres was done in 2000
it was approved in 2004
the site was annexed in 2006 and in
March of 2007 Council adopted the first
ordinance for 302 acres for the Coulee
station pad so it looks like in 2007 is
when that pad was initially created
and what was the purpose what was it
intended to do to serve in that area
councilmember Anderson very very good
question I actually have at the back of
my presentation
I had this in my back pocket a little
bit I anticipated maybe this would be be
brought up so I have this is one of the
original development plans that was
originally approved for Coulee station
and if I wish I had a laser like I could
point this out for you but you can see
um I hope you can see the intersections
of of Williams Field and wrecker but you
can see that it was always the vision
for this area from the very beginning
and especially this corner was for a lot
of density and a residential density
um and and mixed-use type of environment
so that was what was originally intended
for this project and for this site and I
also want to note that the site is
actually located in a vertical overlay
District Area 3 which actually allows
Heights up to 90 feet by right and 150
feet with a pad so the applicant is
actually proposing less density than
originally anticipated for this area but
still it's it's a lot more density than
you see anywhere else in that area but
it was always envisioned to be a more
dense urbanized pedestrian friendly
mixed-use type of environment
I know it's hard to see on this plan but
the pink is like residential units
so we haven't varied really from the
original intent of Coulee station
council member Anderson that that's
that's correct thank you
sorry councilmember Buckley so I have
one more question for you uh it is in
regards to the underground parking
which I really like I wish every
developer would come in with underground
parking and uh but
um
the knobs is my understanding is correct
there's one floor of the underground
parking underground I mean yeah just one
floor or a floor and a half
um mayor Peterson council member buchley
I can have the applicant address that
when he when he presents it's either a
floor or a floor and a half but Sean
Lake can clarify that when he and and
that levels the parking garage out with
the same level as the apartments that
that is correct it won't extend above
the height of the apartment units that's
right okay that's correct okay awesome
thank you welcome any other questions
for staff at this time
thank you Keith I'll invite Mr Sean Lake
to the podium please
just push the button Sean so that the
mic turns on there you go thank you
foreign
thank you uh council members Sean Lake
here on behalf of uh Kaplan who is
looking to develop this property while
we wait for this PowerPoint to load
I find it interesting when this project
first started I think my partner had
brown hair and he could part it
and he said in the audience so I can I
can make fun of him I think Scott
Anderson was a planner one at the time
uh in talking with Mr Cooley we've been
he has been talking about this property
for a very long time even before Coulee
station in in the early 2000s it was
working with ASU and the town and the
Gateway plan and various different
things to talk about
how what this property would be and it's
always been from in the Inception a very
dense type of project and I know the
mayor has been there pretty much every
step of the way on this project and so
we're excited to see it happen and to
kind of see that Vision that has come
forward over the last two decades if you
will and even longer of of this property
as it's developed and this is is
following through on those two decades
of planning and bringing the type of
things that have been envisioned here
for a very very long time I won't go
over the the site I think uh Keith did a
very good job and so I'll try not to
duplicate what he has done but we're all
familiar with the site this isn't really
the epicenter of Cooley station at
wrecker and Williams Field where it has
always been envisioned to be this dense
area that's going to happen here this
was part of the Gateway plan that was
originally adopted it was part of the
Gateway Village Center growth area and
as Keith indicated it was part of the uh
height waiver area where they could go
up to 90 feet by right we're not asking
for that and our development plan will
not allow that but what that does is
kind of give you a vision of what they
thought could happen here more density
more height we're not asking for that
but we think this is a great project
that will help carry forward that Vision
that the coolies have had for this
property and the town have had over the
many decades that the site has been
being worked on Keith I think had a much
better plan than I have showing but this
kind of shows you what has happened and
been built in this area and some of the
areas that are yet to be built as they
go forward with the site but Cooley has
been living up or trying to live up to
that original Vision over the last
several decades a question was asked
what's around there and so here's some
pictures of what is existing around this
property both to the north and to the
west and to the South
um here's Recker road and for the to the
North or the wrecker Road Acero project
you've got the crossing to the West
you've got the Verde project on the
south and then kitty corner you've got
the Fry's Marketplace that is Kitty
cornered to this site so there is a lot
of existing dense development that
exists that's the vision that Cooley has
always had for the Coulee station plan
and we're just carrying that forward
we're requesting that the site be
changed back from General commercial to
Village Center
now what does that mean General
commercial I think is really
inconsistent with what the vision is
General commercial on a site like this
would be a Home Depot and five fast
foods I don't think that's what the town
wants I don't think that's what the
neighbors want I don't think that's the
vision of Coulee that's what General
commercial is and I say five faster
a number of fast foods what you would
typically see is as pads in front of a
large retail type user I don't think
that's the best thing for this
intersection I think what we are
proposing is the best thing it's an it's
an outstanding project it's a wrap
project one that has not been built
before uh in the town
um here's kind of a things that we're
going to change the the general plan
change the zoning ask for that
conditional use permit and then we'll be
coming back to the the town for a drb
and site plan application so it's not
over we're kind of still at the 20 000
foot level with the general plan and
Zoning request
now
let's talk about the vision for this
project if you will many of us have
lived in apartment projects and so
imagine if you will when you lived in
your apartment project you probably
drove into a parking lot for those of us
that lived in Arizona when we lived in
the in an apartment project we park in a
big parking lot
and we got into the trunk and we got our
16 bags of groceries
and then we traipsed across the parking
lot
50 yards 75 yards and then up two
flights of stairs if we're lucky and if
we're unlucky we're on the third floor
carrying our groceries at 122 degrees in
June
to get to our apartment complex that's
traditionally what we have seen built in
the valley that is not this project when
they talk about rap we're talking about
a parking garage where you drive into
this community you drive into the
parking garage and you park
inside in a closed parking garage and
you exit that garage onto the same floor
as your unit
a very short walking distance how much
of a Better Living environment is that
where you can put away your groceries
and decide I'm not going to cook I'm
going to walk down or I'm going to go
down and I'm going to go to a restaurant
nearby or I'm going to walk across the
street to a restaurant or I'm going to
go do a little shopping or go get some
other things done in that walkable
pedestrian type of environment that's
what we're trying to Envision a great
living environment that's better than
what we've seen with that mixed use type
amenities that are found in the area and
that's what we're trying to provide here
on this site with the Verdi project that
exists as well as the other multi-family
that exists at this neighborhood with a
well-designed vertical mixed use now
let's walk through this plan because the
colors are significant and mean
something the yellow would be the
residential units and you can see how
they're all designed to have open areas
or Windows onto open space areas around
the perimeter site so the yellow would
be the residential portion
the pink or the red or salmon whatever
color you want to be that would be the
non-residential or commercial uses that
would be built with the first phase with
each building so for example on the
L-shaped piece along Verdi and Williams
Field you would build the the mixed use
kind of up along
I'm forgetting the street on the North
Haskell
it took me a second I apologize you
would have some commercial up on along
Haskell and then you would also have
that large amount of pink commercial in
the first phase with the residential
units that are being built along
Williams Field Road along with the
residential the gray in the center of
that yellow would be the parking
structure and that parking structure
would be a four and a half
underground with the rest above ground
that would that would not exceed the
height of the structure so you're not
going to look at the top of the building
and see a parking structure above it
that's going to be brought down and
that's why we pushed it underground a
floor and a half and then on the second
phase or we'll call it the res the other
phase of the residential portion you can
see the pink areas that would be the
commercial or
non-residential type uses that would be
built with fitness centers and community
centers and herbal markets and and those
type of things would be built with that
phase there you can see the pink along
Haskell as well as the the portion along
record that would be built with that
phase
again you've had the yellow the
residential units and the gray parking
structure in the center the first phase
would be accessed off of Verdi the
second phase would be accessed off of
that internal drive kind of in the
middle of the site into that parking
structure the other phase and I don't
want to use third
the other phase is the immediate Corner
that you can see kind of in the the
beige area we are currently working with
vestar to develop that there are two
12 to 13 000 square foot retail
restaurant buildings that are kind of in
an l-shape with kind of a plaza area in
between and we'll get to that in just a
little bit on what they're doing but
we're working with vestar to develop
that but my client Kaplan would be
developing their residential herbal
market and the mixed use vertical
portion with their development and then
vestar a very successful
retail developer in the valley that
we've seen many projects and we're lucky
to have vestar quite frankly as a
partner on this would be developing that
portion and we're working with them
right now to do that so that's what
we're looking to do now let's talk about
some of the things that are unique to
this project kept Kaplan with all their
projects uses a very efficient energy
and water usage they they use an energy
star with the energy and then they also
have the water reduction water sense
program where they have a reduction in
water than normal on the inside of the
units as well as a reduction in water on
the outside with the landscaping and
that's important
because we're not going to have water
forever here in in this Valley and we
need to be sensible about our water use
and so Kaplan already does that with all
of their projects trash compactors set
areas for for Uber pickup and and Amazon
package delivery all those are built
into the site to make for a greater
living environment now let's also talk
about some of the unique things that
Kaplan does with all of their projects
not just in town
of Gilbert but all of their projects
they work with the police in the fire
department to give rental discounts for
those Pro for those people so that
people who work for the police and fire
department get discounts with their
program that's not just a Gilbert thing
that's a Kaplan thing that's what they
do on all their projects they do in all
their cities that's a normal thing that
they like to do because they try to
participate with the community as well
as working with the school district to
do the same type of thing because those
people need good quality housing and so
that's something that they they do let's
look at some of the amenities I'm going
to go through I think Keith hit all
these things where you've got the
fitness centers and the clubhouses and
the Conference Centers the Conference
Centers are available to other HOAs so
there's a lot of residential communities
around this project and they want to
have an HOA meeting but they may not
have a conference room or a boardroom
those rooms are available for those the
community to come and use and use those
facilities as part of what they may be
you know a conference center or a
neighborhood meeting or something that
they're wanting to have a discussion
with their ho those are all available to
the public as well as the fitness
centers as well bike maintenance area
one of the things I wanted to point out
that I think is really cool and I'm not
going to read all this all this on there
is the rooftop open space I haven't seen
this in the town
if you look there's a smaller picture
but I'm going to click on the next
on the Upper Floor they're going to have
a rooftop open space area that's really
unique and cool that's really going to
be a big amenity for people who want to
go out this time of year maybe not next
month but this time of year I want to
sit up there and drink a Diet Coke or a
glass of wine or whatever they're doing
meet up with their neighbors and kind of
spend some time that's a great and have
quite frankly some tremendous views in
this area so that's a great amenity that
we're excited to build into this project
we talked about the pink area retail or
commercial spaces that will be built
with the representative phases and then
vesar will build theirs as well kind of
listing all those uses that will be
built in the total amount of square feet
of that commercial non-residential space
and so it is trying to really live up to
that Spirit of mixed use vertical mixed
use and have some of those unique areas
that people can go can walk to and
participate as part of this living
environment that it's going to be much
different than we've seen before
uh again I talked a little bit about the
commercial Corner that we're working
with vestar to have that happen that's
about 12 to 13 000 square feet for
um the one building that fronts along
Williams Field and then about 12 13 000
square feet for the building that fronts
a long record invest our bill will be
working on that project hopefully that
if we get this approved and we can get
this moving forward and that can be
filled with restaurants and Retail and
other type of things that people can
walk to very easily from this project as
well as other projects because we need
the density to keep those things busy
and profitable
here's some elevations of what that
commercial would look like as when we
work with the town on the design review
of what that project will look like but
very attractive appearance this would be
the appearance I I believe a long record
a very attractive type buildings with
that Second Story uh windows and look
kind of kind of give that that feel that
streetscape that we've been going for
with uh Coulee station
so
let's talk about what we've done Keith
pointed out that we did have
neighborhood meetings we did but we also
went door to door
we sent a neighborhood
relations person and we got 39
signatures of support of this project so
it's not just nobody knew about it or
nobody we went door to door to these
neighbors people who lived out in this
area to tell them about what we were
Susan bittersmith did this but went door
to door and and got 39 signatures 39
people sent statements in support of
this project so we tried to go the extra
mile in addition to notices in addition
to the neighborhood meeting we went door
to door to talk to people let them know
what we're doing because we really are
excited about this project
we think this project as Keith pointed
out is consistent with the Gateway
character area the Gateway Village
Center growth area the vertical overlay
District it we think it's consistent
with the long-term vision for what
Coulee station is supposed to be
consistent with the Coulee station
master plan we think it's consistent
with the expectations that the neighbors
have had moving into this area the
vision that the towns had for this area
we have staff recommendation of support
and we have Planning Commission
unanimous recommendation of support we
think we have a great project the right
project
that's built in the right location
that is going to add to the Coulee
station vision and will be an asset to
the town that we're all going to look
back on in in a couple of years and go
that's a really cool project I voted on
that one I like that project and it's a
really big asset to the town and so
that's why I'm here to urge your support
of this project here tonight so that
they can move on to the next step and
get this project to advance and be built
eventually with that I'd be happy to
answer any questions
thank you Mr Lake do we have any
questions for Mr Lake this is your
opportunity to ask him any questions I
would advise if you take that
opportunity now
councilmember Buckley
yeah yeah I just just have a couple
um
so the the open area on the roof is is
that strictly
you know like could the could the
residents uh
have a band come up there and maybe play
music or something like that or is that
strictly
I'm thinking you know you know I'm not
sure
I don't know the rules and regulation I
doubt they're going to allow loud music
you know
I don't know
that's not in a good way I'm saying yeah
there's going to be there I'm sure
there's going to be parties and events
and and homeowner get-togethers up there
uh there might be some music up there I
don't Envision a band type of thing but
I'm not saying it won't happen obviously
there's noise ordinances that they'd
have to follow right of course but uh
they're definitely going to have some
events in there and it it's going to be
a real cool place to go right right and
that and that's what I kind of wanted to
confirm I mean it's uh you know they
could have a little party up there do
different things within the noise
ordinance and one music has to be and
there's on-site management that if it
gets out of control they can shut it
down yeah yeah I love the rooftop things
obviously it's it's real exciting yeah
and uh so when uh
well that isn't up there yet but when
when do you expect to start this project
when do you think it's going to be
completed what's the build out time
mayor council members assuming the
project because I don't assume
assuming the project gets approved
tonight we will continue working with
the planning staff on the design review
and site plan and Landscape plan process
and that could be many months until that
ultimately gets approved then if that
gets once that's approved the design the
landscape the the architecture the site
plan landscape plan all those things
once that's approved then you go back to
your architect and your engineer and you
say okay go on construction drawings
your both your civil plans for your
off-site and your building plans for
your on-site and quite frankly the way
the market is right now that's going to
take a lot of months to do because
they're so backlocked then once that's
all done then you submit it to the town
and permit process I don't know where
you're at Kyle I'm guessing four to six
months for permit not that long shorter
shorter
sort of it's going to be it's going to
be a while and then you've got a
construction phase I'm guessing Jerry is
a at least a year
by the land in May
break ground because we're going to spec
the plants before we have drv approval
we'll start on them that's how we do it
we're targeting the end of the year
first next year end of the year first of
the year trying to start breaking ground
yeah
um I mean just in general obviously I
know and I think the mayor started to
mention I think Gilbert has streamlined
their their permit processes and
different things
but um
my uh
I have to look at look at my right notes
and everything I I you know I have had
obviously my thoughts about all the
apartments and everything my big thing
was where they're located
and if they're located you know I don't
I I have always felt and and
um as far as zoning changing the zoning
and everything that
um you know they should be located in
the right place which to me these appear
to be because they're surrounded in like
properties which is where it should be
located I really like this project
especially and you you didn't bring this
up but Mr Kaplan I think wants that
corner on williamsfield to be a showcase
you know the the bottom floor yes he was
saying how he wants to to make that a
showcase area in in the town yes okay
well I think that's that's it let me see
okay I asked you about the Rooftop
okay I think that's about it and I and I
do really like this project for for what
Mr Kaplan is also going to do for the
community
yes so we also work with the police
department as well we talked about the
discount but we like to work to have a
police officer
live on site
and so we we offer and this is every
project this is not just the town of
Gilbert this is every city that we work
in that Kaplan Works in they have a unit
so that they that they offer for free to
the police department to have an an
officer live there
um just in case
um just they're off you know they're off
duty they're not officially working
there as a police officer but if there's
somebody being a little now loud on the
rooftop
they may be able to go up and and calm
that down or in the pool area if they're
getting a little crazy but we it's nice
to have somebody there and it's also
nice to get back to the community
okay I actually did have one one other
question on on the uh
the commercial parcel that's left
uh will you need to be requesting zoning
changing on that because I believe
that's already commercial correct it is
General commercial but the zoning that
we I'm sorry mayor council the zoning
that we are requesting does permit both
the residential component and the
commercial component so the zoning
allows both in this environment okay
wonderful thank you very much thank you
councilman Banji Giovanni
hi Sean
um you're killing me because I wanted my
first change of Zone to be a horrible
case
but I really liked your presentation
um the good news is I'm going to share
with you what what my expectations are
for the next four years and for a change
of zoning and projects is that fair
absolutely okay so I have some general
questions first and I have some other
questions so we're going to be a few
minutes
um what is the average hold period
history with Kaplan
I don't know but I can get an answer for
you okay I don't know that okay
um and you know my advice for the other
question 612 Apartments
how many residents do you do you believe
will be in per apartment
three
I'm five and Sean it's a two projects
with two separate leasing offices so
it's not one big
Kaplan views this as two projects
because it's the L-shaped building and
two separate leasing offices and they're
they they're usually about 1.5 residents
per unit okay and I'm really happy to
hear when we first talked you talked
about having the police officer there
because you know with 1.5 let's just say
let's say two
um you know you're at 1200 people and
average is like one 1800 person per per
police officer I'm really happy to hear
that you thought about something like
that
um EV stations any any EVC yes they do
have they do have EV stations do you
know about how many
I'm told they're they're looking for 25
great because the average is eight
percent so that's it and that gets
graduated as they built based upon I
mean
what the need is because what you don't
want to have is EV parking spaces that
nobody parks in gotcha gotcha okay so um
I could tell a quick story
um
you know Socrates once said that if you
want to be beautiful you have to make
beautiful choices
and I believe that Gilbert is beautiful
so we have to make beautiful choices so
let's just say the six of us here are
parents of uh let's call her Gilly and
uh Gilly reminds me of a girl in high
school you know we always had that one
girl who was beautiful on the inside and
beautiful on the outside and everyone
wanted to take her to prom
but she never said yes to the first
person you know the first gentleman came
and asked her and she waited and waited
for the next tutor and the next one the
next one
and then uh she would take everyone that
asked her and sit back and take a look
at her prospects and she'd think about a
couple of things
one was they had to be cute which is
which is why I never took out that girl
and two
she had to have she knew that she was
going to be taking this gentleman back
home to her parents to meet her to pick
her up to go to the prom so the values
had to match uh whoever she chose had to
match her parents values and her
personal values
so with that said
um tell me how your project aligns with
Gilbert's values
first let's talk about Kaplan
Kaplan aligns with Gilbert's values
because they do first-class projects and
they do things that nobody else does
they they put into the internal water
saving uh
water sense program that not a lot of
people do that both for saving water on
the inside of the unit and then also in
the Landscaping those align with
Gilbert's values the quality of project
that they're proposing is just not
something typically you have
multi-family developers come in here and
just want to build what everybody else
has built it's a proven thing then you
have a few people that are willing to do
something new and different and better
and take that risk and I think that's
what Gilbert wants to see with a
multi-family truck projects is something
new and unique and different that hasn't
been done with a parking garage with
some of these amenities that we're
talking about so those are the type of
values that I think Gilbert is looking
for and so bringing this project to
the town parents
the seven sitting up here
I I'm not I say
I wouldn't call it Gilly maybe we're
calling this uh Gilly's boyfriend Steve
I think Steve's pretty attractive but I
also think he's attractive on the inside
because of the highly amenitized things
and the uh things that are being offered
with this project open space Parks
Trails amenities uh all the things that
we've kind of listed through on this
project make this living environment a
much higher quality than what we've
traditionally seen in the town of
Gilbert that's why this Suitor in your
analogy I think is is well worth a
second look okay so this is where it
gets a little uncomfortable you've made
a great sport so far appreciate it
great do you remember what the four
values of Gilbert were this when we
first started our meeting today pardon
me do you remember what the four values
of Gilbert were when we started our
meeting today
I was on the phone but no problem so one
of them is humble
so tell me how your project is humble
and for a second here because I think
we're getting way out of line for what
we're looking at for a zoning change and
I want to make sure the project fits in
the lines with Gilbert's value so let me
finish please I I think this project is
humble humble in that they're willing to
work with the community and and give
back to the community okay how is it
bold
it is a project that as design and has
features and characteristics in the
design that currently aren't offered in
the town I agree
um how is it kind how is it kind because
it is giving back to those people that
give back to the community both the
school teachers Municipal Employees
firemen policemen people who don't
exactly get paid the highest in our
community but provide a great deal
to this community that make us a better
place to live excellent how's it driven
how is it driven how is it driven
now you're going to stump me on the
driven no I'm not I've already said it
it's driven is that they're trying to
push the envelope here in an area in the
right location to push the envelope to
something that there's a lot of
multi-family projects that currently are
built in this area but this is driving
to the next level thank you so Sean
you've been a really good sport
appreciate your answers and that's the
first thing I've ever been asked those
four questions are doing this so
so thank you Sean I appreciate it thank
you
council member kroprowski thank you
sorry I'm tripping over my words now
because I met a loss for what we just
experienced
thank you mayor
thank you Mr Lake
um appreciate the presentation there are
a lot of things I like about this
project I really like the
um water sense aspect of it the the fact
that the parking garages are wrapped and
at the same level really great to hear
about the 25 EV charging and also on the
corner of Recker and Williams Field that
direct access for pedestrians or
cyclists I think those are really
interesting and great Concepts that are
that are very appropriate for this
location
I do have one concern that I think
aligns with council member vice mayor
tilkey's comment earlier in regards to
the commercial area being developed near
the same time as the rest of the
property
how can you formalize the timeline on on
that part of the project
right now we're working with vestar to
to do it so we we have advanced that
discussion with a retail developer the
reason we chose vestar as opposed to
Kaplan trying to do something you know
outside the box is because vestar has
the relationships with the types of
specialty restaurants and users
that own typically only they get because
they have those relationships that's why
we went to them and how are we advancing
um
and I'm on a public TV we're giving
vestar a really good deal
really really good deal to get into this
site faster than what the market would
typically permit because you don't see a
lot of retail development going on in
the market right now and so what Kaplan
again trying to do something bold here
is they're giving them such a good deal
that would accelerate the timeline of
which they could make something work at
this site and that so that's what we're
trying to accomplish
are there any stipulations that
formalize that or are there any
penalties if that commercial development
is not built within a certain time frame
no there are not
I'll be honest with you that they are
there are not at some point I mean we
are a market driven driven economy and
Market development everything in the
town has been driven by the market but
we're trying to subsidize that market if
you will to accelerate that development
I can't force somebody to do something
but we can sir incentivize them to do it
vice mayor do you have anything
thank you um
Mr Lake I'm not sure if this is for you
or for for Keith
um falling along the same lines as
council member koprowski
this corner
based on the zoning requests that you're
asking
if that's approved
would you be able to come back and put
multi-family in there without that
retail component based on a decision we
made tonight
no to come back and and change that
retail to Pure multi-family would need
the affirmative would they need this
council's permission so we could not do
that
now back to and I apologize uh
councilmember telkey
we can
give Assurance to the town that the 51
000 square feet of non-residential that
pink area
will be built with the residential
component so it's not like just
residential will be built and then
vestar is going to build commercial
there is commercial and non-residential
being built as part of those residential
components that that Kaplan is building
so that there will be amenities and
services and places for those people to
go
um
as well that 51 000 square feet of the
pink area that you saw on that plan so
that will be built with those phases
with those residential phases
and hopefully vestar's right lockstep
next to us
Mr lake is that why you didn't want to
use the term third because it's very
possible that these won't be built in a
specific order but very possible that
they would be built at the same time am
I correct ABS absolutely you could have
the first and then the the vestar and
then the the second you could have the
first second investor you could have
vestar going concurrently with the first
we don't know what those phases will be
but typically retailers and restaurant
people to use an old phrase of Dan
Harkins you got to have butts in the
seat and we need butts in the seat and
the butts in the seat to make the retail
and restaurants work are the people who
live there and so they don't want to go
first this is not Field of Dreams if you
build it they will come they want to see
the population base there that's that's
what this whole Vision has been and I
can picture Linda Edwards standing here
years ago saying we need to have the
density if we want this type of mixed
use if we want something unique or
different we have to have density and
she was championing champion championing
the density and the type of things that
Cooley station was built upon and so you
build you get the the patrons there and
then when there's enough uh population
base then you go to the movie theater as
Mr Harkins used to say so
any other questions for Mr lake at this
time
thank you Mr Lake can I have a seat
any questions for
um our staff Keith
seeing none I'll close the public
hearing and bring it back to the diocese
for discussion
would anyone like to kick that
discussion off
don't be first anybody
I can I can be very simple this meets
the intent of the original Coulee
station master plan I'm good with it
thank you councilmember Anderson
any other comments from the council
discussion
uh I I just want to say I I sat through
a presentation with Mr Lake and Mr
Kaplan and and I've seen more than what
they've shown here you know with with
numbers and and different things and and
I actually I like this project uh I
think the corner that they have planned
with uh is it vestar yes that's going to
be fantastic for the community not just
for this particular you know
Apartments but for the community in
general to have a lot of different
places new places and I'm hoping kind of
enough scale restaurant in there
somewhere
so I I think that the location is is
you know what I like the best about this
because it's it's located with like
properties and that's you know what we
need to see more of
but
councilman thank you mayor I like I like
um I like a project that can prove in
Alliance with Gilbert's values and even
on the hot seat Sean did a great job
doing that I hope developers in the
future come to us with proving to us not
only is it that it's a great project but
it aligns with our values thank you
anyone else vice mayor
thank you mayor um
I agree with the comments that were
given already on the council
um
I'll be watching for that come that
corner to move forward I appreciate you
taking a proactive
um position and ensuring that that
happens but I believe that you know the
credibility of the of the project really
relies on that piece being finished as
well and so it's still very important to
me and just wanted to mention that thank
you thank you vice mayor councilmember
Kapowski anything no
so it was it was said that I probably
have the most experience with
um Coulee station even maybe a little
bit more than council member Anderson
because he was done with planning and
over at the riparian when this really
hit and I think it was December of 2004
not that I want to be specific as to
when Coulee station passed but I was
there
um this corner completely aligns with
exactly what Cooley's intent was back in
2003 2004 when we were talking about
this project the pad mentioned by Keith
in 2007 I remember that too and then the
recession hit
and so that never came to fruition and
then we went many many years before
Coulee station actually started to move
forward and we saw some swaps in land
uses we wanted to swap this corner for
that corner and that corner for this
corner and we've always worked very well
with the coolies and the other families
that are involved in the Coulee station
area and we made those decisions along
the way this corner happened to be one
of the ones that went from GVC to
General commercial and I agree with Mr
Lake General commercial doesn't fit this
corner what General commercial could be
is exactly what he stated is a Home
Depot with a couple of pads and when we
first started the discussions on Clay
station there weren't supposed to be any
drive-throughs at all but the Frye
Center the Kroger fry Center has allowed
some drive-throughs in there and we made
those concessions along the way that
meant we also lowered the density of
Coulee station along the way and over
the years and with the chain changes
that we've made to some of the projects
including Fred's place that's going to
be on the northeast corner of record
Williams Field that has gone from
500 for 500 units to 90 something units
so we have lowered the density in
situations when we can possibly lower
the density do I like 612 apartments no
but the GVC zoning calls out exactly
what the density can be in this area GVC
can take up to 50 units per Acres 50
unit dwelling units per acre which means
it determines and decides how many units
can be on that property they're coming
in at 46. somebody said so we're under
the 50. they're not asking to go over
the 50. I think they're bringing us a
really completely different looking
project than what we've had offered in
the town of Gilbert so far I love the
idea of the underground parking
I know of one other location in Gilbert
that we have underground parking so far
at the corner of valvest in
williamsfield
um it's not inexpensive to build
underground parking but they're doing so
to make this project wrap in a very
specific way to make this product
better
and unique and
Gilbert because we look for unique and
interesting design
so I am all in favor of this project I
I think that we've waited a very long
time for Cooley station to really come
to fruition
I don't even mind the entrances and the
Ingress and egress off of Recker and
Williams Field because I have been to
the Verde corner I can't tell you how
many times recently
if you haven't been to the decadent
macaron I highly recommend it
um just putting in a plug delicious
um
and I've used I think all of the
entrances off of Williams Field and
wrecker to enter that property so very
much needed in this case and in this
situation so I'm in favor of this
project if anybody would like to take a
stab at a motion it has to be two one
for the general plan and one for the
zoning
mayor council
um
I've got a proposed motion for that
subsection be either rezoning to address
council member Buckley's concerns over
that language that said not not
informing so I've got a draft if if
someone is going to make a motion to
approve um the rezoning I'll just bring
this to you thanks for that Chris yes
the findings a fact or not what they
should have been in the packet and that
was a great catch by the council member
um and if anybody wants to make a motion
including the findings of fact by our
town attorney this evening correct
does somebody want to see those before
we I would imagine it's the standard
ones that approve the findings of fact
versus the ones we saw the mayor council
yes I've just written a move to make the
findings of fact adopt an ordinance
approving the rezoning with the
following changes removing not from
finding Effect one and finding a fact
two that's what the post motion would be
would someone like to make that motion
as stated
I'll make a motion as stated
Town attorney
mayor Peterson um it's it's commission
number it's it's one in four things
removing not from conditions findings of
fact one and four
still made a commotion without change
do I have a second second I have a
motion by vice mayor tilkey seconded by
council member kurrowski please vote
that motion passes with a 6-0 vote thank
you everyone for the good discussion
and conversation congratulations to the
applicant oh sorry that was just the one
that was the first book we have to do
the second one I even said it and I
forgot
um the next one we have a motion for
um
the second the the we actually did the
second one first because it was the
findings so now we need to do the
approval of the general plan
we did them backwards that's what got me
can I have a motion for that does that
make sense I'll move to approve item
number 23 General plan GP 22-14 a a
second
I have a motion by council member
kubrowski seconded by council member
Anderson please vote
and the motion passes with 6-0 vote
congratulations thank you thanks for the
presentation this evening
I want to see a presentation by Ralph
before he leaves I haven't seen a
presentation by Ralph and Allah in a
long time probably at Planning
Commission level
now we'll move on to our administrative
items boards commissions and committees
do I have any reports from Council
Liaisons
this evening vice mayor mayor thank you
very much
um I just wanted to share some
information our community engagement
task force we had the opportunity to do
a survey with our Student Government
students last week and while the council
will get a full report of all of that
learn something new there truly is such
a thing called Bubble Soccer and they're
really interested in Gilbert
providing that service so sending that
out to the parks and rec people to take
a look at but I I thought I would just
share that information thank you they
already do Bubble Soccer at Cactus yards
from what I understand so any other
reports from Council Liaisons yes
Parks and Rec is doing their survey for
their master plan and so if you haven't
filled it out yet please do at
gilbertaz.gov
PR master plan
foreign
comments seeing none I will move on to
Communications report from the town
manager
thank you mayor members of the council I
want three for you tonight one to first
start with the recognition we received
by the Arizona Water Association our
integrated Water Resources master plan
was selected as the 2023 Water System
project of the Year by that Association
great work by Jessica marlaw a public
works director Lauren Hixson our water
resources manager as well as both of the
assistant Town managers Lee of
reinheimer and Mary Goodman that were
involved in that effort next I wanted to
call note to an article that just came
out today by the thing it's business
journals Gilmore was recognized as one
of the healthiest Employers in the
mid-size companies uh size category and
Nathan Williams or HR Director as well
as Erica Brown our Wellness coordinator
great work on their behalf and then
lastly I wanted to recognize the
volunteers that you recognized at the
beginning of the meeting for their
contributions and Melanie dyksta who
helps to promote and coordinate those
opportunities across the town down very
proud of their effort we couldn't do
what we do without volunteers thank you
mayor thanks Patrick so true and Melanie
hates the recognition but I'm glad you
gave it to her
um any report from Council and current
events
vice mayor
thank you mayor just very quickly I want
to add on to council member torgeson's
remarks at the last meeting regarding
Public Works I finished my second tour
with them and I got first-hand
experience at chip ceiling Street Light
maintenance up in the big bucket truck
bulk trash and I actually
got to pick up the trash with the the
front loader and put it in the garbage
truck it was a big day for me and my
brother's very proud of me by the way
and all the other services that they
provide and um I just
um again I just want to extend
councilman torgerson's comments that
these are really our unsung heroes you
know this work goes on day in and day
out and you never really see it or think
about it but it's always happening to
keep our community safe and and
beautiful and so I just wanted to take a
moment to say thank you for a great day
and remind residents since I got to pick
up bulk trash that uh you're only
supposed to have five feet of bulk trash
and that it needs to be in the street so
don't forget that I made sure my husband
knew that when I got home by the way so
anyway it was a great tour and a great
opportunity to see what we do behind the
scenes so thank you
and you're afraid of heights aren't you
and you went up in that bucket truck yes
good for you trying things that trying
things that aren't the norm I love that
that's opportunity that you have any
other comments from council members on
current events okay then I will share a
few current events the Gilbert Police
Department is participating in a shred
shred-a-thon on Thursday April 12th at
Pull and Save at 623 North Cooper Road
from 9 A.M to 11 A.M donations will be
accepted for future Community Shredding
Events you can bring up to five standard
legal sized boxes of documents for
drop-off in secured bins paper will be
transferred for shredding off-site at
asdd document destruction secured
facility I think it's a great asset for
our community because these these events
I get I have residents that will reach
out to me and ask me when the next event
is so I wanted to make sure that I
brought that up we have the Memorial Day
ceremony coming up on May 29 2023 from 8
30 a.m to 10 am right here at Town Hall
50 East Civic Center Drive if you would
like to attend that the vice mayor will
be in attendance we will have a guest
speaker there will be a flag and wreath
ceremony Battlefield cross pow Mia table
and the National Guard band we're
encouraging you to bring your own
blankets or lawn chairs for seating last
time I saw people bring the little
pop-up tents to that will be handy
because it'll probably won't be warm out
there out here on the grass and there's
plenty of room to spread out
having nothing else I will go ahead and
adjourn this meeting thank you
mayor we do need a recess and two
Executives sorry I will recess this
meeting because we're moving to
Executive session can we take a vote the
motion a motion please so um can I get a
motion to recess the meeting
second I am a motion by council member
torgus and seconded by vice mayor
do we vote okay we turn it off can we
just do a Voice vote sorry yes all in
favor
aye any opposed
hearing none motion passes 7-0 thank you
laughs
okay I caught most of those last motions
and my nose so make sure to share it
yeah especially since they changed
defining the facts
okay