Regular Meeting - 11/1/2022 6:30:00 PM

and
if everyone could please take your seats
and we'll get started in just a moment
good evening everyone welcome to the
Gilbert Town council meeting for
November 1st 2022.
we will call this meeting to order and
ask the vice mayor to lead us in a
pledge of allegiance
please stand for the pledge
I pledge allegiance to the flag
thank you vice mayor if we could have
Reverend Larry Foltz of Arizona
Interfaith movement please come down to
the podium good evening Reverend good
evening
I need to tell you that I am not a
resident of Gilbert
is it okay
I am a member of the Arizona Interfaith
movement and I live in Cave Creek
Arizona
and I was reminded tonight how far it is
from Cave Creek to Gilbert but I'm
grateful to be here I remember with
great fondness the first time Gilbert
came on my radar was when I met one of
your former mayors when he was still
Mayor John Lewis
and ever since then Gilbert's I've been
a fan of Gilbert Arizona let us pray
almighty God our heavenly father
thank you for the privilege it is ours
to be here tonight
unlike so many places of the world
we are free to assemble to conduct the
business
of our Affairs and we thank you for that
privilege
tonight we pray for the mayor
of vice mayor our council members
all the constituents of the town of
Gilbert
together
they'll be able to make Gilberts
the best that it can be
we remember father our
First Responders tonight
those men and women
fire department and the police
department who keep us safe
keep them out of Harm's Way as they go
about their business keeping us safe
remember our schools tonight
administrators the teachers the students
keep these schools safe
and it'll be a place where students can
study without fear teachers can teach
without fear and ministers can
administer without fear
I pray father for our churches
the churches of the town of Gilbert
pray that there will be
prosperous and vibrant in their message
of Hope and Faith
and love and peace
tonight we realize there may be
decisions made
it'll be different from what we think
ought to be made
help us to conduct ourselves in the way
in which our our faiths teach us
that we treat one another as we would
like to be treated
with dignity of respect Justice and love
and kindness
help us to remember that it's People
Like Us
we have differences of opinion yet stood
side by side hand to hand and fought on
the great battlefields of our world
so that we could be here tonight
we thank you for those men and women
We Salute them
and so tonight after this is all done
we pray that the town of Gilbert will be
a safer place
a more prosperous place
a more peaceful place
and a place where spiritual integrity
is always at its best
these things we pray in the name of
Jesus Christ Our Lord amen
thank you for that lovely invocation
Reverend thank you for your drive down
here to Gilbert this evening we
appreciate you being part of our faith
community that's willing to come out and
do an invocation on our behalf
now if we could have please have a roll
call by the deputy town clerk
mayor Bridget Peterson here Vice here
council member Scott Anderson here
councilmember Lauren Hendricks president
council member young Kapowski here
council member Scott September here and
council member Kathy tilkey here we have
a quorum present thank you so much Judy
now I'd like to ask Aaron fazel and
Carmelita Nichols to please come down
and join me at the front of the room
if I could ask Aaron Faisal and
Carmelita Nichols to please join me at
the front of the room
so our intent this evening was to
present this certificate to one small
step on behalf of the green Gilbert
business partner program but
unfortunately the representative
couldn't be here this evening so I asked
Aaron if and Carmelita if they would
come down and explain what the program
is because we'd like to get more
businesses involved in that
introduce yourself
hi I'm Carmelita Nichols I work at the
town of Gilbert in our Environmental
Compliance division I'm the coordinator
for Environmental Compliance green
Gilbert business partner program is a
program that was developed so that we
can give local businesses the
opportunity to be able to show that they
care about our environment
it's a collaboration between our
Wastewater Environmental Compliance
water conservation and environmental
services teams and we help them to focus
on pollution prevention waste reduction
and water conservation
hi I'm Aaron fossil I am the coordinator
for the green Gilbert program as well as
the education Outreach specialist for
the environmental compliance office just
a little bit more about the program it
is a program that is designed to be
virtually no cost to the business
involved it's really designed to
highlight everything that every effort
that they make put forth in order to
show that they really do care about the
environment and care about our community
and care about keeping our town
beautiful we highly encourage every
business out there to try and get
involved in this program it's very easy
and all information any additional
information for it can be found on the
town of Gilbert's website as well as how
to apply for a membership within the
program we actually just reintroduce a
new tiered system in the program as well
so those that really show that they go
above and beyond can reach additional
levels within the program and we are
very proud of where this program is
going to take us
thank you Carmelita and Aaron um that's
Amanda no no Bish she was supposed to be
here this evening to receive this
recognition on once on behalf of one
small step Amanda gives back to this
community quite a bit she's also on the
four-hour Town committee with me if we
could just take a photo Kirsten
thank you both
good work thank you thank you nice to
see you
foreign
that concludes our presentations and
proclamations this evening and I will
pass it over to the vice mayor for
communications from citizens
thank you mayor um so for this portion
of the agenda the communications from
citizens we do provide the citizens an
opportunity to speak on any issue that
was not noticed for for the purpose of
the printed agenda under the provisions
of 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 the matter
be put on a future agenda the town asks
when your name is called that you come
forward and state your name for the
record as well as your place of
residence and then you'll have three
minutes to speak all speakers are
expected to observe common standards of
decorum and courtesy personal attacks
political speeches or threats of
political action are inappropriate in
this forum and will be grounds at the
discretion of the mayor for endings
speaker's time at the podium
we do have quite a few individuals who
filled out cards but indicated they do
not wish to speak so we'll start with
those and read the comments into the
public record and then we'll proceed to
the individuals who did requests to
speak
um so beginning here with those who did
not wish to speak Wendy Romney as a
Gilbert and Elliott Groves resident very
against the ranch
Brian Romney as a Gilbert resident
Elliot grows I imposed to the rezoning
motion
Luke kilpack against the ranch I passed
by this intersection every day it is
already busy and it is not safe this is
not belong by a family neighborhood
Allison law I am opposed to the ranch
this doesn't belong in our neighborhood
and doesn't maintain consistency with
the character Planet Morrison Ranch
Daniel law I'm appalled and outraged
that this is being considered this
development does not belong in Morrison
Ranch Gilbert used to be a town
um Jenna killpack
um I am against the ranch project for
many reasons when we bought our home it
was not resumed for this it was dramatic
it will dramatically increase traffic at
an already dangerous intersection
increased pollution hazardous industrial
byproducts next to a family community so
many trucks it is a safety issue we live
in a town keep it that way
would you approve this if it was next to
your home you were elected to represent
the people this is not what the people
want please do not
have this in our community
Eric Gunderson the ranch I imposed to
this change of the master plan Jamie
Gunderson the ranch I'm opposed to the
project an excellent quality of life is
what a lot of you say you want for
Gilbert residents this project will
definitely not provide that for the
residents Morrison Ranch
Richard Fife I do not want an industrial
complex put in a power and wrecker the
ranch
Carly Fife I'm against the building of
the branch project
Karen Mount Ford I don't appreciate the
idea of rezoning change after we already
bought our homes feels like we are being
sold out to the highest bidder would any
of you be as anxious to pass this if
your home was there
Karen Ardent the ranch this rezoning
will make Gilbert a non-livable city we
do not need the traffic or pollution
Tom Aaron arrogant the ranch Industrial
Park does not belong next to the
residential it is a safety issue for all
the kids in Morrison Ranch it will also
increase the traffic pollution with all
the trucks
Lonnie a citizen no to the ranch Jackie
Cottrell I'm a resident of the Elliott
Groves and I approach oppose the ranch
the project puts over 90 percent
industrial right next to our homes this
is there is no buffer no Street to help
the transition from homes to Industrial
this project is completely out of place
and does not belong
yes
CJ Cottrell I opposed the ranch this
project does not meet so many of the
town of Gilbert's goals this project
should not be so close to homes
Brett Armstrong
please send the ranch back to planning
for a re-eval of the size six story
buildings will take away the character
of Gilbert
Brent henningsen I'm strongly opposed to
the ranch which is proposed next to
Morrison Ranch
Heather Armstrong concerns of the ranch
building size will diminish the
character of Gilbert send it back for
additional studies and evaluation
Rob Jones
anyone with ice to see ears to hear mind
to understand can appreciate this
project is currently planned doesn't
belong next to a residential
neighborhood and three schools
Todd stangle I came to express concerns
of the permitting of the ranch on Elliot
and Power I oppose it
and Laurel Tyler Stengel I'm against the
ranch rezoning it will increase traffic
with large trucks and provides no
benefit to local residents please uphold
current plan and zoning
okay thank you thank you for all your
comments and and uh for being attentive
to all those we will move to our
speakers who wish to speak starting with
Jim Torgeson
and then we'll have a couple people on
Deck since it takes a while to file all
the way down there are stadiums seating
um so after Jim will have Sean a Monahan
and then we'll have Brian Mosley
and uh just a reminder to state your
name and your place of residence
mayor and Council I'm Jim Torgeson I
live in Gilbert
I am standing here because I cannot
believe the town is being sued again
regarding a free speech issue
I am the only person in this room that
has any business talking about court
proceedings with signage in the free and
free speech I'm the only person in this
room including your own Council that is
ever set foot
in a quarter regarding that and one
every single time including in front of
the Arizona Supreme Court
we have a problem
yes we have a problem there's vitriol
there's people that are angry they don't
feel they're being heard
but to sit there and say somebody
quietly in the very back of this room
holding a sign is disruptive is
ludicrous it only adds to the we don't
want to hear from you I'm glad I've got
your attention Scott the uh
it is ridiculous
that we are in a lawsuit when simply I
had sent to every one of you
the request to reach out all the man
wanted to avoid this was an apology
some people in this room were just too
proud to offer that because they can't
admit when they're wrong
and we are in a lawsuit over we will
lose and we will look stupid again like
we did in Reed versus Gilbert
we lost we look stupid and here we are
again
I would hope that some of you up there
would figure out how to reach out and to
stop this kind of behavior to turn
around and realize these people in this
room don't feel heard the people she
read don't even feel like speaking
because there's nine officers in here
that don't exactly give you the warm and
fuzzy unless you know them
so let's start rethinking a little bit
about these people and for those of you
who are concerned about the vandalism to
my home it has continued
just the day after I told you about the
last one my front door was completely
covered
yesterday I drove home well Saturday
actually I drove home to find paint on
my house again
so thank you for that
goodbye
Sean
good evening my name is Sean Monahan I'm
a Gilbert resident Morrison Ranch uh 28
years
in Gilbert and I actually grew up next
to Scott Anderson good to see you Scott
uh grew up with his kids uh so I wanted
to talk tonight about the ranch and uh I
was able to attend the planning meeting
that took place a couple weeks ago
as you know the commission voted 4-3 to
recommend to the council to approve the
change to the zoning as it is currently
written
and but I do want to note for everybody
I don't know if you were in attendance
or got to view it virtually that the
commission pretty much unanimously
agreed that it doesn't fit they all
voiced that to one extent or another so
that's something I think we can all
agree on
um
and I don't envy you by the way thank
you for your service and it's tough you
guys are put in a tough spot and I think
uh this Ranch is just one of those
examples that where a heavy burden is
placed on you and you got to make a
decision and as Mr Torgeson expressed
you guys are often put in a tough spot
so
we do appreciate you guys and
um I want to bring up that in business
decisions the most successful business
transactions are always a win-win
the ranch has it is currently proposed
is a win-lose
um oftentimes the win-win scenario is
not the most obvious one it takes a
little more work it often takes going
back to drawing board and it takes a
little more patience than grinding it
through
um I feel like as a commission and as a
Town Council we probably haven't had the
opportunity yet to do that
but I think we can get there probably
not as it's currently proposed but it
will get there
and
um it was noted at the commission a
Planning Commission meeting also that uh
the reason why that area the property
hasn't been developed yet is because of
the zoning
um I don't think that's the case because
each of the four corners in this
intersection they're all undeveloped we
know that the North West corner will be
developed soon but as things continue to
develop around it that property will
become more and more of a hot item and
it will be developed and it will be uh
people will want to grab it
so my
um my thoughts tonight are that we're
going to get there it's going to take
more work and it's going to take a
little more patience but I'd like to see
the council make this into a win-win
situation I think we'll get there thanks
so much
after Brian we'll have Shannon Mosley
and then Linda Rawls
hello I'm Brian Mosley resident of
Gilbert and Morrison Ranch and I wanted
to thank those of you who've met with me
agreed to meet with me like to meet with
the rest of you to talk this through
um start again with the story this time
a true one a couple of quotes from our
meeting with the with the Planning
Commission
um
the only way that you can get what you
want is to buy it yourself and develop
it
and then from another commissioner many
people said this is not what the
developer told us when we bought our
house I would say this is probably
something that happens to everybody at
some point in their life Wednesday 850
they bought something their developer
lied to them that sucks
and then you know as was just said
although there seemed to be unanimous
agreement that this could be improved
um they didn't feel the need to instruct
the developer to do that
um
you know I'm not surprised that that a
developer is
is wanting to do it in this way I and I
don't hold anything against somebody you
know from another state uh developer
from another state and money from
another state trying to make the most
money they can on the project and I'm
not surprised by the landowner somebody
offered me tens hundred million dollars
for property yeah it's hard to say what
I wouldn't be willing to do for that
um but the thing that surprised and
disappoints me and I think all of us is
that we don't see this as something that
that the developers alone are doing to
us but that that is what our town is
doing to us and allowing
um and that when we look at it we look
at a general plan we look at Morrison
Ranch as being a development agreement
that was that has been going on for 25
years where all the owners of these
lands signed with the town agreed to do
these things in a certain way to develop
the area we put it into the general plan
we put a new character area we say all
these objectives and things we want to
do and you know someone comes along with
with money and says they want to build
something else and we're just steaming
forward as if that's that's okay and
like I say um
yeah developers might lie to us but the
the town should follow through the town
should support the the general plan and
those those things that are in it
um
you know if not you know how far why do
we have a plan at all if we're just
going to develop if we're going to prove
everything whereas one of the
Commissioners said If You're Going to
Prove if you'd approve even if someone
came in and said they wanted but all
General industrial right next to our
homes that we could that could have
happened too and like that would get
approved too and that's I mean I I say
this is the worst thing that could
happen because I think this is the worst
possible thing that anyone would
potentially approve not because it's
like the craziest you know thing in the
world like that but you know
you know just inclusion you know
somebody asked you know what are we
doing here on and I understand that the
commission wanted wants to be done with
it and then moving along since it's your
decision ultimately you know they said
are we just delaying the inevitable
um again we as as homeowners and as
neighbors we're not trying to just delay
the inevitable we're not trying to
cancel all development cancel any
version of this plan we just want
someone to tell the developers that the
current version really needs to be
changed because until somebody does in
the Planning Commission in the planning
department hasn't told them that it
won't make any changes and the owner
shouldn't be on us as homeowners to to
justify
all the objectives of the general plan
and why those make sense next to us the
owners should be on the developers to
explain how they're going to comply with
those and how that how those things meet
those thank you
Shanna Mosley and and then Linda sorry
Linda
um my name is Shanna Mosley I'm a
resident of Gilbert and I live in
Elliott Groves just four homes down from
the proposed Ranch project this is not
what I do this is what my husband does
but I felt compelled to to come talk
this time
um
this week as I was talking with my kids
I have four kids I was talking to him
about gratitude every November we talk
about things we're grateful for and we
spend every every day each each time at
dinner talking about what are we
grateful for um I think that gratitude
is a really important thing to instill
in our children in our own lives to help
us to see the positive
um
anyway as we were talking about this
this week I challenged them to think
about things they are grateful for each
day and we as we sat around the dinner
table tonight
um we shared our ideas and I just want
to share some of the things my kids told
me which prompted me to start writing
this as I as we drove over here tonight
one of my children said I'm thankful
that we have a nice home to live in
another said I'm thankful I have such
nice neighbor friends to play with out
front
another said I'm grateful we live in a
safe place
and my 17 year old son who's a typical
teenager said he was thankful for food
with the exception of my 17 year old's
response the things my kids are most
grateful for will be taken from them if
this Ranch project
um
is a result and the rezone go through as
currently planned
noise traffic and trucks will cause
their quality of life that they enjoy
and their safety to deteriorate they
will lose neighbors and Friends some of
them who've already put their homes up
for sale to move away from the fear that
of the potential issues that the ranch
will cause that's why I'm here I am
grateful I live in a country where I
have the freedom to stand up for what I
believe and for what I feel is right
um
tonight you will hear from more
neighbors and Friends
who will Who will list their concerns
and um
I urge you to listen to them I I know
we've been talking to you for a long
time but um
there's a lot of families with real
concerns about what's going to happen to
our homes and to our livelihoods
we've tried to work with the developer
um we've reached out my husband's met
with him multiple times
asking them to please make changes
um but they aren't willing to listen
they won't work with us unless you tell
them they have to
and we want to come up with a plan that
is reasonable for all of us something
that we can be grateful for
so I ask you
to please protect my family
and the home that I've worked so hard to
to give my children thank you
thank you Shanna thank you for your
heartfelt email too
Linda
and then after Linda we'll have uh Kevin
Marvin you know every time I come here
and I listen to the terrible things that
you're doing the people in the community
I go home and it makes me think my
brain's beginning to hurt from thinking
about how terrible all of you are and
you know what this time I was thinking
how AOC kept Amazon from going to New
York and I'm telling you up there all we
have to do is start calling the
companies that are trying to bring here
and tell them we don't want them here
companies don't want to be in a place
where they're not wanted so you know
what that is the only thing I could come
up with a plan to just start calling
these companies and saying we don't want
you here we're going to fight you go
someplace else so I really think that
you should consider rezoning because if
we can get enough people behind us to
call these companies and tell them no we
don't want you here you find someplace
else to go nobody will want to come
empty Gilbert so I'm just telling you
now that this is my plan I will try to
get in I hear all the people that live
there
I think that you'd all be willing to do
that just call them up and say no we
don't want you in our backyard we will
protest we will soon we will do whatever
we can to keep you from coming here you
can address the council okay thank you
then you know so I'm just saying you
need to consider rezoning because I'm
ready to start calling that company now
and telling them no do not come here we
don't want you here and hopefully these
companies will say we don't want to be
someplace we're not want it it's like
Amazon and go find someplace else to go
and Scott you lived in Morrison Ranch
how could you look at yourself in the
face knowing that you're improving this
when it's your it's where you grew up
it's the people that you know that is
just so shameful it's God how do you
look at yourself in the morning knowing
what you do to your friends and the
family that grew up and live there Linda
that's just terrible can I respond to
that you can't be responsible after all
this are finished yeah the council have
an opportunity to after the after the
communications from citizens concludes
okay so he's going to read I get to
respond back ma'am he's not allowed to
respond until after all the people have
spoken during Communications from
citizens during state law thank you
we're going to go to our next speaker
Kevin Marvin and then Stephanie Evans
and then after Stephanie will have
Daniel Payton
residence for the record sorry just a
reminder
is that good now okay so I'm Kevin
Marvin I live in Elliott Groves I spoke
with you about a month ago
um
if you'd walk out in the parking lot and
you looked at my license plate uh you
would see that my license plate is
Matthew 2239 which is about loving your
neighbor as yourself
and that includes all of us
I love all of you
as a Christian that's what I'm to do
um and I will do that to my best of the
ability with God's help
um
I'm up here for my neighbors
and I live there right like I'm
passionate about it as well but I'm here
for my neighbors
especially the ones who live right up
against it
and I'm also here because I I watched
just this surreal voting at the Planning
Commission
that I don't understand
they literally all
the ones that spoke were said it doesn't
make sense
three of them voted it down but they
couldn't get a second for you know
trying to vote it down so that was
bizarre
and then
um they canceled the continuance and
then Adam Baugh got up and said hey do
you want if you tell us to go work on it
we will go work on it
and
they didn't do it
I just don't understand that at all the
develop the developer's leader was
saying hey
tell us what you want us to do
and we'll go work on that
but they didn't do it now one of the
Commissioners did talk about muting the
noise
and I I I I forget his last name I think
it's Vaughn
um but he talked about muting the noise
we're not noise
we're people
you're coming and
yard and stealing money from us every
house there is you know average is like
maybe 750 000 and you're you're
literally devaluating all those houses
to do something that's totally different
from the plan
I I just can't fathom doing that why
can't we work together on this why can't
we come up with something that we're all
behind
there has to be a way the fact that they
are given that opportunity and turned it
down it was the most bizarre thing ever
I mean something like that should go
viral
I just don't understand it
and I remember Mr Anderson last time I I
did ask you and I asked each of you to
look yourself in the mirror when you
vote and I'll be asking you that in a
couple weeks
Stephanie
and then after Daniel we'll have Ryan
handelsman
and then Brandon riff
hi my name is Stephanie Evans I'm a
Gilbert resident and live in the
Morrison Ranch Elliott Groves division
subdivision
um I feel more safe typing things out
but I didn't tonight I kind of thought
I'd go off script a little as I was
driving here I was thinking about the
weekend
um
sorry
uh the weekend
that I just had with my kids
we took them to New York where the first
two were born and
um
sorry I'm going off very little sleep
uh anyway it was so interesting to drive
around where we used to live and to show
them the city and our neighborhood
and just driving here tonight I was it
just came to my mind like thinking about
how much that meant to me
um being able to show them where they
came from where they were born and also
just even driving around downtown
Buffalo and showing them the buildings
the architecture and it stuck out to me
how little had changed we moved over 10
years ago everything looked the same
um
the government buildings in downtown are
stately the architecture is beautiful
our neighborhood it's just a sweet
neighborhood
um the churches they they last right
buildings last
and the enduring nature of architecture
of buildings that it really does impact
a community
um and I know that your decisions can't
be based purely off of looks and the
feel that you get but I do feel like
there is something to that and why we we
chose to live here
um some some frustrating things about
the Planning Commission meeting a couple
weeks ago commissioner mundt responded
that
many of our arguments were hyperbolic
and you know we we don't have a lot of
concretes right now these industrial
buildings we have some general outlines
but is I mean we have a traffic study
but can there be a noise study we don't
know exactly what companies are going to
come here all we know is is the size
that we're dealing with and the
potential for the intensity of use for
the docs for the traffic for the for the
pollution for the fact that we're
concerned about what could be
manufactured there those sorts of things
may seem hyperbolic but they are real
concerns and I feel they really do
impact our property rights as being the
original owners here the the homeowners
in this area now if this was going to be
put in first and we chose to come build
our homes after that's one thing but we
we came here and built our lives here
and now this is coming in and we're just
asking as others have have stated for
for more of a transition we just need if
you can just have the developers give us
some more boundaries some some more of a
transition to buffer that noise
pollution the intensity of use this is
this would mean so much to us thank you
thank you Stephanie Daniel Payton
hello
I'm Daniel Payton I live in Morrison
Ranch I'm here today to express
opposition to the ranch project the
ranch is arguably going to be the most
dense and intense proposal that ever
comes before this Council
it is truly astonishing how dense it is
every square foot that can be developed
is receiving a massive concrete tilt up
building in the current proposal
almost 900 truck bays in the current
proposal and it's going to be one of the
biggest industrial complexes in the
state of Arizona so when we say
intensity and denseness
this kind of sets the bar I believe that
the residents and the developer were
starting down a path to create a
solution that all parties could live
with
and that would drastically reduce any of
the antipathy that is currently in place
with this project
uh I also believe that more resonant
coordination in time with this project
could get to an acceptable place for all
parties like the gentleman said earlier
there is a win-win solution no one's
come up here and said we don't want
anything built we want a cornfield for
the next 50 years that's not what any of
us want
and I don't think anyone's come up here
and said I'm totally anti-industrial
they're willing to take industrial we're
willing to take these things we just
think a little more work needs to occur
on the western edge of the property as
part of the application process the
applicant must demonstrate substantial
conformance to the general plan as you
have heard from several residents and
you saw a 26-page document written by a
resident explaining exactly how this
doesn't conform to the general plan
in our opinion it doesn't remotely
conform I'd like to take a minute to
just discuss the self-imposed hindrance
that this landowner Dale Morrison has
created with the property so we hear
from the applicant that this land has
been zoned this way since 2009 and has
failed to attract a buyer we also hear
the applicant
from the applicant that the landowner is
only willing to sell all 302 acres in a
single transaction interestingly enough
the applicant's general plan narrative
related to why the current zoning is
unsuitable has recently changed to make
it appear that the property owner and
the proposed development are not the
causes of the hindrance the first one
shows clearly that the project and the
owner are the cause of their own
hindrance
the use of the land for the last 13
years has been predominantly a feed lot
that feedlot is to feed the dairy farm
the family owns it's 2500 feet away it's
got 6 500 cows that dairy farm has
recently ceased operations in June of
2022 and it's sold in September 2022 to
coincidentally become a
approximately 4 million square foot
industrial complex so this landowners
created their own hindrance and I would
I'd like to leave you guys with an
analogy if I'm going to sell my house
and I tell you I will only sell my house
if I can sell my house my two cars my
two dogs and my timeshare to a single
buyer would any of you feel bad for me
if I can't sell my house for 10 years
now if I go to the Planning Commission
and I say hey my house can't get any
traction as a residential development I
want to rezone it to a batch plan
they're building all these industrial
buildings right here the demand for
concrete has never been higher would you
approve that absolutely not thank you
for your time
Ryan then Brandon and then after Brandy
will have Nikki Rieber
uh Ryan andelsman Gilbert Arizona
back around 2005 to 2010 a real estate
investor attempted to read and interpret
the direction of a market and bought up
various lands across Arizona and
California
this investor leveraged the Dallas
Police and Fire pension fund to help
Finance the purchases
the investment turned out to be a bad
decision ultimately that investor filed
for bankruptcy personally and abandoned
the pension fund to the tune of 200
million dollars
which also apparently prompted an FBI
investigation
in 2008 the IRS hit this investor with a
lien for more than 2.5 million dollars
in unpaid income tax
and also lost two homes to foreclosure
in 2010 2011 one of them being for a
mansion which had over 5.9 million
dollars of unpaid debt
in 2015 this investor faced a lawsuit
surrounding another real estate deal
gone bad in which they were ordered to
pay out a sum totaling 3.8 million
dollars in compensatory and punitive
damages
since then the investor has yet to keep
a company afloat for what looks to be
more than two years
but that didn't stop them from going on
a podcast and admitting that they helped
their Mentor cheat on taxes from a
commission
of a real estate sale
now you're probably wondering why I'm
bringing all this up and I ask does this
seem like a proud story that the town
would like to do business with
and I do ask that because that investor
was Mike shernin the CEO and newly
formed company indicap who as we all
know is requesting an absurd zoning
change based on the speculative
hypothesized and unproven demand for
industrial facilities in the area a
demand so high that when asked by the
Gilbert Planning Commission to maybe
name a potentially interested tenant
they were unable to do so
so if you're going to pretend that you
don't know about all this well now you
know and I'll email it to you so you
have it on record
um I think it's just important to look
at who and why behind it all
especially since you're voting on a
change that ultimately Gilbert is going
to be doing business with indirectly
this direct this developer has a proven
track record of failure and he's trying
to sell the town on a dream
I don't envy you this is a decision that
is likely to follow your political
career forever
so I go back to all of the comments I
made about this person and this
company's track history and track record
and you have plan on plenty of times
have told us you back the blue
you say that you're here to represent us
and act in the best interests of Gilbert
we'll see on November 15th
we're not opposed to this land being
developed
we want it to be developed but not like
this it's dirty money and Gilbert's
better than that
good evening no fireworks tonight guys
so everybody can relax
um listening tonight I think it's clear
people are heartbroken they're angry and
they're upset
um this is where we live this is deeply
personal for each of us here tonight I
think it's sad that people don't feel
that they can come to their elected
officials and uh ask for help I think we
should work to improve that relationship
The Proposal is for light industrial to
increase from 15 to 95 percent
this is Extreme
we should be balanced and reasonable
people depended on the general plan and
made the greatest purchases of their
lives based on that information and we
should honor that plan at least to some
degree
now the Planning Commission from uh some
just took some quotes
from that last meeting and Planning
Commission members referred to the
proposed plan as problematic they
questioned the noise pollution they
voiced issues with its compatibility
with the surrounding Community they
stated there's weakness in the plan to
question the amount of light industrial
being proposed stated I've struggled
with this and more work can be done and
some even asked does this fit now the
plan keeps changing we've seen dramatic
changes being proposed even as late as
last week
um and I I think we need to slow this
down and we need to really consider and
get all the information and we don't
have that in my profession patients are
made to make an informed decision and
can only make an informed decision if I
provide information relating to
advantages disadvantages risks
alternative and costs and I think that
applies to this situation where we're
making a very permanent decision that's
going to affect families for uh
Generations
I think we should Grant residents the
same courtesy and respect that I grant
my patients and with that I will leave
you with a quote
do nothing in haste look well into each
step and from the beginning think what
might be the end thank you
Nikki will have Terry Natty
then Chuck Bon Giovanni
hi I'm Nikki Reber Gilbert Arizona y'all
have seen me before
I didn't make the last meeting maybe not
even the one before that different
reasons
but then I got a newspaper in my mailbox
a little Gilbert newspaper and a
journalist was here and I found out
where that train track deal is coming
from from ADOT
anytime you get mixed up with ADOT
somebody's going to pay and pay big time
now y'all had gotten together and kind
of agreed that you would not settle
saddle the people of Gilbert with fees
funds taxes or anything else and then
you turned around and you went back on
it
you people can't be trusted anyway shape
or form a lot of you are going to be
leaving come January 1st thank God we
get some new blood in here that might do
the right thing for Gilbert to Shane
mayor Peterson that right now you
weren't up for re-election or we
probably got rid of you too there's just
too many people in Gilbert at that point
where they're done
they're just done
and for those of you who are here on
this Ranch project this is the first
time I'm hearing about what you're
complaining about but it's not the last
not the first time I've heard this being
here just first time I've heard about
yours and if you think the Planning
Commission is your friend and they're
going to help you you are sadly mistaken
because they're not here to help you
they are here to help the developers and
the people who want to sell their land
and make a lot of money so I wish you
guys a lot of luck
but I just want you to know that I'm
still in that group we will continue to
fight you on that railroad plan if it
ever comes through I sat and watched TV
tonight and saw a piece on there where
they're doing the freeway work over
there on the Curve
and nine million dollars is going on a
piece of that project to a company in
California they benefit only because
they're getting that nine million
dollars that piece doesn't benefit a
single solitary thing on the project
it's not going to benefit somebody who's
walking driving nothing but nine million
dollars is going to that person over in
California that money is not even
staying here
and that's what will happen with this
railroad deal if that thing ever goes
through somebody's going to make a huge
amount of money on it and everybody from
Tucson to Buckeye will pay a huge price
thank you
good evening my name is Terry Natty I
live in a county Island within the
Gilbert planning area
I've heard a lot of things tonight I was
going to kind of go in Direction but I'm
going to change
I heard win-win situation grind out an
answer the town should support the
general plan
I heard
for lack of a better term
the bastardization that bastardization
that has happened to the Gilbert that
most of us know and love
um
it's very frustrating
because
I have tried to do things the right way
I have emailed I've had conversations
with some of you in person some of you
on email and I appreciate
Congressman or councilman tell me if
you're one-on-one with me via email I
appreciate Vice marijuentes you're one
on one with me in person I even
appreciate councilman September who got
me in touch with David Fabiano who is
here
what I don't appreciate is
the lack of
actual movement
it feels like you
and I and I say you all and I know it's
not you personally but but you're here
you're who we can talk to
it feels like we we give you our reasons
and we give you the support and we give
you the facts and we give you the
statistics and we give you all of these
things that we found that that supports
our reasons
for our emotions
we're not doing we're not coming to you
out of an emotional place
we're coming to you out of a place of
logic and reason
and on my project the Ocotillo widening
I got
sorry can't happen well what about this
the the Blank Stare when I was give when
I brought up things that said what about
this it was almost as if oh
well if I had never thought about that
that's how I took that Blank Stare and
the no words
that I got from the people in our
one-on-one meeting I was so pissed off
and so frustrated
so I really really hope that you
all and the council the the Planning
Commission
listen to these wonderful people more
than you listen to me and my neighbors
because I really felt like I got blown
off
so I want to remind you
that you work for your constituents you
don't work for staff you don't work for
Developers
well
uh Chuck Bon Jovani Gilbert Arizona
Mary future colleagues on January 10th I
will take over the oath of office I will
agree to Bear allegiance to the town of
Gilbert it does not say I will Blair I
will bear blind allegiance to the town
of Gilbert's government or any Town
official that I feel is disrespecting
the people being a leader means taking
responsibility and apologizing for your
actions whether proven right or wrong
being a leader also means you hold other
leaders accountable with that said
tonight I plan on being a leader I feel
the need to call out some things I
perceive as BS I won't call it BS
however I'll I'll be respectful so when
I want to call out the BS I'll simply
kind of call it Gilbert kindness to
remind us all to be kind to each other
for example in a recent investigation
regarding a potential lawsuit it was
stated that a town council member didn't
see signs 70 feet away or knew who was
holding those signs before kicking those
citizens out of the meeting that is
complete and utter hashtag Gilbert
kindness
being on the council I remember I
remember that a gavel doesn't make
anyone powerful but to fact check that I
brought my own I don't feel more
powerful today
we get our power from the people and the
people have the right to take it away
which is why Council meetings have been
so vocal the people don't feel like
they're being heard they want to take
some of their power back now don't get
me wrong being being heard doesn't mean
get in your way it means knowing another
person truly sees your point of view and
take it under consideration before
making a decision being heard is not
walking away to get a Diet Coke when a
citizen is walking towards the podium to
speak no apology was ever given hashtag
Gilbert kindness council member Anderson
earned my respect for apologizing
publicly for his actions during the
meeting a few months ago he also spoke
about listening to each other and
working things out so we don't waste
taxpayers money on ethics complaints and
lawsuits now I don't want to hear about
people hating people or people targeting
people or any witch hunts if there's
enough there to perceive an Ethics
complaint or a lawsuit then perception
is reality the latest lawsuit will go
away with one simple thing and apology
in one dollar now I disagree with the
defendants in this lawsuit I think they
should have sued for a dollar and two
cents one dollar for a penalty and two
cents because you didn't respect them
enough to listen to their two cents in
the first place now I don't know the
rules I don't know if six council
members can Force One council member to
apologize an apology costs an apology
only costs one's pride and not one cent
of taxpayers dollars the way I see it a
choice a choice needs to be made to save
taxpayers hundreds of thousands of
dollars because that lawsuit won't be a
dollar
here's the choice
you can swallow your pride or you can
walk away and swallow another Diet Coke
if you make the wrong decision hashtag
Gilbert kindness will always be known as
complete and other BS thank you for
allowing me to utilize my first
amendment rights
[Music]
includes our Communications from
citizens we did receive 36 comment cards
that were in opposition to the ranch I
think they were marked public hearing so
they weren't they weren't submitted
properly but I think those can be
disseminated and put into the record as
well
yes thanks
did councilman Scott Anderson sorry
thank you council member Anderson would
you like to respond thank you
yes just to clarify
the wonderful Monahan family grew up
with my family in a subdivision about
five miles away from and before Morrison
Ranch even existed
thank you
thank you councilmember Anderson now
moving on to our consent calendar vice
mayor yes we have one item requested to
be polled item number three
and
we will do our Mouse motion first can I
interrupt you for a second do we need to
refresh our boating
yes Mary Kelsey good idea thank you
thank you I remembered this time Judy
you know
foreign
okay so we will move item number 20 up
and if councilman councilmember Toki if
you'd like to make the motion on item
20.
yes
um
should I do the whole consent and
include it
yeah
um I'd like to make a motion to approve
the consent agenda
with removing item number three and
adding item 20 a motion to appoint the
Redevelopment commission TJ Claussen and
Beau Bigelow as regular members with
terms beginning November 1 2020 two and
ending October 31st 2026.
do you have a second
I'll vote
Moshi carries unanimous sleeves
councilman Anderson would you like to
address item three uh thank you vice
mayor yes I asked item three to be
presented tonight by our my resources
manager Lauren
I'm going anything that has to do with
water I'm going to make sure that
there's a presentation done because we
need to understand as a community the
seriousness
of what's happening on the Colorado
River and the actions that we need to
take and this is one piece of action
tonight that I asked Lauren to describe
that the region is taking to address
conservation measures that will help us
in the region
thank you councilmember Anderson good
evening mayor and Council I'm Lauren
Hixson I'm the water resources manager
so tonight's item the request is to
Grant the Public Works director
authority to sign on to the memorandum
of understanding by and among Colorado
River Basin Municipal and public water
providers and this mou really is an
opportunity to showcase the collective
efforts in the region to conserve this
vital resource it's a commitment to
redouble our efforts in to conserve
water it's an opportunity to highlight
the water savings that has been achieved
in the region and also for Gilbert
specifically in the mou it highlights
that since 2000 Municipal and public
water providers in the Basin have
decreased annual water use by over a
million acre feet while adding 5 million
people
and specifically just highlighting
tonight that Gilbert's conservation
efforts have helped reduce per capita
potable water Demand by over 20 percent
since 1997.
so this mou really does fit into our
overall Colorado River shortage strategy
which is to evaluate the potential
impacts of additional reductions in the
supply and look for Innovative and
attainable Solutions and those Solutions
are really in three main categories of
operational resiliency long-term
portfolio sustainability and water
conservation and efficiency and
tonight's mou request is really under
that water conservation and efficiency
category
so in this mou it's a commitment to
redouble these efforts these specific
efforts here to expand our programs and
best practices to reduce non-functional
essentially ornamental grass increase
water Recycling and reuse and
collaborate with all of the Colorado
River Basin users
so we're already doing this in many
different ways we have a very robust
conservation program this is our
scorecard from 2021 highlighting the
ways that we've conserved water through
our existing programs through our water
efficiency checkups our landscape water
budget program and
um
our new development policies for
conservation codes as well as our
efforts in education in of the public
in addition to those efforts we have
other policies and programs in place
including our conservation oriented
tiered water rates our sustainable water
allocation policy we already recycle and
reuse 100 of our Wastewater through
direct use of reclaimed water or through
recharge and we've recently expanded
some programs with our recently launched
smart irrigation controller rebate
program and that's been online for about
five weeks and we've already approved 35
rebates through that program and coming
in 2023 we're also looking to initiate a
turf removal rebate program specifically
right now for commercial customers so
that we can get used to that program and
hopefully expand to residential in the
future
so again it all ties back to our
Colorado River shortage strategy we have
implemented stage one of our water
supply reduction management plan back in
June and so this really fits this mou
fits right in with that water education
and promotion of what we're doing and
helping encourage others to continue to
conserve this vital and precious
resource
so with that I just would end with the
request for the authority to sign on to
the mou and really the support to call
supporting this call to action to all
water users in the Colorado River Basin
because together that's how we're going
to address this situation thank you
thanks Lauren
anything further
this is a very significant item because
there are major cities Denver and some
other cities in other Basin states that
have signed on to this already
and that's a major step because the
Basin States and the Colorado River are
not in much of a mood to cooperate with
one another right now and I believe that
this is a major step by signing this mou
and I'd make a motion to approve the mou
do we have a second
second
old vote
motion carries unanimously and that
concludes our consent agenda
thank you vice mayor
we will be moving on to our public
hearing portion of our agenda at this
time
we have three items on our agenda
I did receive a do of that sheet
one person via online comment thank you
Lisa Ballard who is opposed to item 19
I'll open the public hearing Lisa
Ballard is opposed to item 19.
wanted to make sure that we shared that
I believe we need to we can hear 17 and
19 together but I do need to open 18 for
the public hearing I don't have any
other slips to speak on any of these
three items would anyone like to
entertain a motion for 17 and 19 I'll
close the public hearing
mayor I'd like to have a presentation on
19 19. okay then how about a motion for
item number 17 the liquor license move
to approve can I get a second I have a
motion in a second please vote
motion passes unanimously now number 18
open the public hearing annexation
a22-03 and I have Ashley McDonald to do
a presentation
hi thank you mayor and Council Ashley
McDonald principal planner with the
planning Division I do have a
presentation
um so I'll just give them a moment to
get that loaded before I jump in it's
very short
thank you so this is a2203 It's the
Keystone annexation
um the annexation I thought it would be
helpful to run real quick through the
process because uh Town Council will be
seeing this item again in the future
um the annexation process starts with
the filing of a blank petition and that
occurred on October 6th so after the
filing of the blank petition Town
Council is asked to hold a public
hearing to receive any input from
surrounding Property Owners we're not
requesting a motion from Council tonight
we're just again seeking feedback from
any surrounding Property Owners once
this hearing is held the applicant can
begin collecting signatures from the
property owners that are the subject of
the annexation they can begin that 30
days after filing of the blank petition
which will be on November 6th after that
another hearing will be held where
Council will consider adoption of the
annexation ordinance and with this
particular annexation we do have a
general plan Amendment as well as a
zoning application and that will be
accompanying that we're anticipating
that Coming to Town Council at your
December 13th hearing
so this particular site is located on
the south side of Warner Road between
power and wrecker it's directly off of
Sanders Drive where it will receive
access for future development you can
see by the hash pattern on the map that
is County Island so the full County
Island that you can see there will not
be annexed as part of this it's just
that 15-acre site
uh taking a look at their annexation
exhibit this is just about 15 acres of
land well the annexation is 13.99 the
rezoning application is slightly larger
because a portion of the roadway has
already been annexed
the existing General plan classification
on this property is residential five to
eight dwelling units per acre the
property being under Maricopa County's
jurisdiction has Maricopa County zoning
and that is airport District 3 that is
not consistent with the town of Gilbert
General plan Envision for the property
airport District 3 allows for
light industrial type uses warehousing
some commercial uses lumber yards are
the types of uses that are allowed in
airport District 3. as I mentioned there
is the companion cases that you will be
hearing when this does come back if the
applicant successfully receives
signatures for the petition for
annexation they will be requesting a
land use change from five to eight
dwelling units per acre which is the
existing General plan land use
designation and then an increase in
density to 8 to 14 dwelling units per
acre and then they would request also a
rezone from Maricopa County Airport
District 3 to multi-family low as part
of that
uh so tonight we're just seeking public
input and no motion is requested of
council happy to answer any questions
that you might have about this
annexation thanks Ashley we haven't done
an annexation in a long time and now we
have started two recently right yes
um any comments or questions for Ashley
and I don't have any slips for public
comment so
thank you very much thank you
moving on to item 19 making sure the
public hearing is still open
zoning z22-04
if staff would like to come down and
give us a short presentation please
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good evening mayor good evening council
members I am presenting in the zoning
case for z2204 the Gabriella Point pad
request the the request is related to a
39 Acre Site near the corner of Higley
Road and Warner Road so right on the
edge of the Morrison Ranch development
it is currently zoned multi-family
medium and multi-family low that zoning
has been there for about probably 20
years that has been on that site and
what the request is the request that's
being made is a an allowance to increase
height for buildings a number of
buildings from 40 feet to 56 feet within
a small defined area and an increase
accompanying increase in open space
required for the multi-family
development that will go in this go on
this site
uh just to really quickly give you a
look at the deviations requested it is
we're looking at the 56 foot height
increase so increase of 16 feet which I
can will show you where that is uh being
considered in a moment
um a maximum number of floors of four
floors and then an increase setback from
Martingale Road which is currently under
construction to the west of the site and
a increase in required open space
regardless of any changes that's made to
a future design review case just to very
quickly give a brief on what this case
is requesting what it's not requesting
the proposal is not asking for any
increase in the number of total allowed
units that is defined by the general
plan category the density classification
and the zoning and neither of those are
changing with this request
so the total unit count the density in
any multi-family entitlements none of
that has changed changing that's again
this has been Zone multi-family for a
number of years
this is just a look at the proposed
development plan it would be a number of
multi-family residential units with the
densities for each half of the site
given to you there it's also included in
the staff reports that were provided to
you
the area what makes this request
interesting is the fact that this site
intersects with our vertical development
overlay District area number four this
is an area that was developed a number
of years ago to accommodate increased
height for certain uses
which I've shown you in the table here
so you can actually see that there is a
increase in height that's allowed for a
number of zoning districts that can
extend as high as 105 feet if they meet
certain Community benefits that are
provided to the town
that you will see that multi-family
medium is currently not allowed in that
area but it is allowed as in a zone that
can take advantage of those vertical
development zones in other parts of the
town so many of the other areas also
allow this zoning District to be used
for increased height
so the proposed request is looking at an
area that's outlined in red on your
screen it's 1100 feet from the Eastern
property line
um that's adjacent to single-family
residential to the East and 230 feet
from the north inside of that existing
um
inside of that existing vertical overlay
area this is the area where the request
is being made to increase Building
height to 56 feet so it would only apply
to those three buildings that you see in
the southwestern portion of the site
um what has been done between the
applicant and planning staff has been to
restrict where that height can be
allowed only in that area and then a
number of other stipulations have been
agreed upon as well including a minimum
40-foot Street setback no exceeding four
stories and Heights no more than three
buildings can use this bonus so even if
the development review the design review
were to change the layout of the site
still no more than three buildings could
use that height increase and then there
was a requirement for increased direct
pedestrian access to open space
amenities related with this
so those those three buildings that
you'll see with the vertical development
overlay area outlined in yellow you'll
see that they're contained within that
and the buildings must be fully
contained in that area
the applicant has provided a um a
graphic that demonstrates the line of
sight from neighboring residential uses
and I've circled the buildings that
would be increased to four stories and
56 feet in the red circles and you'll
see that the sight line analysis shows
that there'd be no visual impact on
surrounding residential neighborhoods
and planning route potential
stipulations to ensure that there would
not be any effects to surrounding
residential areas based on this request
um the last note is just on the open
space increase I've provided a graphic
that shows the open space areas uh The
Pedestrian connections are in red and
you'll see that this site employs a
large number of private Open Spaces
throughout the site and the goal is to
increase that amount of area by moving
some of the building area onto
essentially these three buildings on the
western side of the property to increase
the amount of open space that's
available for all residents in this
development so that is kind of the the
kind of Nexus on which this case hinges
um in terms of public comment we re
there was a neighborhood meeting held in
March regarding this project for the um
all of the cases that go with this
project on their 15 meetings and
residents in attendance uh they had some
various concerns about density
um the potential impacts on surrounding
residential in the residential
environment and traffic impacts and all
of these were discussed with the
applicant at length during this review
process then seven additional comments
were received prior to the Planning
Commission decision hearing and then
there's six comments that were expressed
just in opposition to this project I
believe you've received some notice of
some of these comments
um prior to this presentation so the
recommendation is to recommend approval
of z2204 to rezone to the same base
zoning districts the multi-family medium
multi-family low with a planned area
development overlay that accounts for
the changes that have been requested by
the applicant
uh with that uh thank you for your time
council members and mayor
thank you so much Tiffany anyone have
any comments or questions
thanks mayor first of all thank you for
the additional information that you're
sharing and
um I think this type of explanation is
really important as we start looking
into the future we're going I don't
consider this an infill project but
we're going to see a lot of that coming
forward and hopefully at our Council
Retreat or one of them will be having
conversations about some expectations of
some of the types of apartment complexes
that come in this particular project
just caught my eye because
the height
um request so I was concerned that that
was going to be adding additional units
so knowing that helps me in making this
decision
um
I'm assuming that if we were to approve
this tonight that that additional
open space is part of that approval
tonight and we don't have to be
negotiating that at the next stage is
that correct correct uh council member
tilkey the open space requirement is
what you'll be making a decision about
this evening the actual specifics of the
open space design is handled by Planning
Commission through the design review
process which just started with the town
um actually just the other day okay
thank you thank you for that
presentation
would the applicant like to share
yes thank you
thank you
I was thinking to myself where's Reese
Anderson you are Ray Sanderson I and you
I'm a big easy target to spot
okay just introduce yourself for the
record please my name is Reece Sanderson
and for your record my address is 1744
South Val Vista and I fully recognize
that I am standing in the way of you in
a World Series game on a very exciting
series but the staff have given you an
excellent report I have a detailed
presentation that I don't think I need
to go through at all unless anybody has
specific questions but this is really
the most appropriate Place perfect place
to do what we've done here and
accomplish all the goals and to council
member tilkey's yes you're voting on
just those three buildings but the
conditions if you look at condition J
that locks in everything to the open
space
so I won't believe it we're here to
answer questions Mike Crone from the
Franco families here all of us are
available if you need it but we would
urge your support here we've done a lot
of neighborhood Outreach with key
leaders from Morrison Ranch as you can
see they're they're supported they
actually gave me permission to say
they're they're supportive so that's
what we're here for you tonight urge
your support thanks Reese any comments
or questions for Mr Anderson
well that's the best you can get right
there yes ma'am thank you thank you so
much thanks for being here thank you
very much I'll close the public hearing
and bring it back to the council for
discussion and motion and our motion
anyone
mayor move to approve
can I get a second
oh I got one from Ascent Scott and Scott
so motioned by council member September
2nd by council member Anderson Police
vote
motion passes unanimously thank you
thank you Mr Anderson
another Mr Anderson
moving on to our administrative items on
our agenda we've already handled item 20
so we'll move to 21 Council
Administration item consider acceptance
of the budget report and contingency
report for the fourth quarter quarter of
FY 2022 and the first quarter of FY 2023
Kelly do you need to say a few words or
do you need a motion
or you just yes okay thank you I can
never remember on these I apologize we
don't we only do them once a quarter and
I forget
um does anyone have any questions for
Kelly or would someone like to make a
motion to accept this report
mayor I'll make a motion to accept it
and just to note that we did receive a
copy of this in our packet yes thank you
second
motion by council member telkey seconded
by council member Kapowski please vote
motion passes six to one with
councilmember Hendricks dissenting
now on to item 22 boards commissions and
committees any reports from Council
Liaisons on any of your committees that
you serve
seeing none
next on our agenda we will move to
Communications report from the town
manager on current events
thank you mayor members of the council a
couple items for you tonight first for
the 31st year in a row get what has
received their certificate of
achievement for excellence in financial
reporting award from the gfoa for the
annual annual comprehensive financial
report for the fiscal year ending June
30th 2021 it's an incredible amount of
work that goes into that by our
accounting division that makes it
possible each year so we congratulate
them on the 31st year of consecutive
year of winning that award which is a
very important Financial document for
the town next on Sunday October 23rd the
Gilbert Wellness team coordinated
workout with a hero we're members of
Gilbert's police and fire departments
LED workout and exercise training for
members of the community at Desert Sky
Park donations were also collected at
this event for domestic violence
awareness month this is the first event
of its kind but hopefully not the last
and more to come then we want to
congratulate Albert Pineda in
development services who celebrated his
35th year with the town of Gilbert in
October her and he is second only in
tenure to Benny Ruiz in fire who has 37
years with the town in Gilbert so
congratulations Albert we thank you for
everything you do for our community
that's all and Benny's retiring
he's
almost retiring and then we'll be
rehiring him in a new role so we're glad
to have Betty still with us we can't
lose Benny that's
report from Council on current events
uh mayor I just want to remind everybody
that it is now No Shave November I got
an early start because I really needed
the extra help so I cheated a little bit
but I just want to encourage all the men
to grow a beard and this is of course to
bring awareness to men's health issues
and it's kind of an important issue for
me so uh everybody uh joined me Scott
Anderson councilmember Anderson maybe
you could join I see councilmember
Hendricks already got a head start our
town attorney Chris he's uh he's ahead
of the game so I just want to join
everybody or ask everybody to to join in
thank you thank you council member
September any more reports from Council
on current events
okay from report from Maryland current
events we have and I know we have one
more meeting before this actually takes
place but on Friday November 18th we
will be kicking off sharing the
Christmas spirit the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints will be
hosting an event for the light the world
Arizona giving machines kickoff the
machines will be placed in water tower
park again this year the recipients of
the donations will be Ascend Midwest
Food Bank Gathering Humanity Special
Olympics Arizona House of Refuge and the
African girls Hope Foundation The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
handles every cost that goes into these
machines the machines themselves they
handle the volunteers that are out there
all the time to help people use these
machines if you haven't had an
opportunity to get out and use these
machines one year in the past please
take an opportunity to get down there it
is the kind of the coolest thing that
you can do to be able to give back to
organization and their these out of all
of these five of these are local
organizations that will be recipients of
the donations this year and then one
that is
um I don't know if it's Nationwide or
worldwide I think it's worldwide so this
is an amazing opportunity if you can't
make it out on the 18th for the event
please stop by to see these they will be
there in place till at least January 1st
and that's all I have well we will
excuse me we will adjourn this meeting
recess this meeting because we'll be
moving to an executive session thank you
okay
thank you