City of Chandler Council Meeting 2.20.25

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welcome and good evening to the February
20 2025 regular meeting of the Chandler
C Council so good to see a full audience
without uh picking a fight tonight
that's a good thing at least that I'm
aware of at this point we're glad that
you're all here um clerk would you
please take the role mayor Harkey here
vice mayor
Ellis council member ancas presid
council member
Poston council member Orlando here
member Harris here and council member
Hawkins here so mayor we owe you a
little bit explanation on that that's
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representative uh really be Willoughby
how you enjoy and have an awesome
experience with banging the Gabel so she
went back and got us a bunch of gabble
just so we could share in your uh
pleasure
thank you representative Willoughby for
hosting us during this week how did it
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will so uh our invitation tonight is
brought forth by Pastor Roy cherion
International Assembly of God Church is
Pastor cherion here I didn't see him oh
there you are sir and our Pledge of
Allegiance by council member inas
Pastor good
evening we moved from Chicago to
Chandler in
1997 those days our children used to say
let's go back to America
today the great city of Chandler has
turned into one of the leading cities in
this great nation it is because of the
god-given vision to the leaders of this
great city today I'm representing the
community and acknowledging the wisdom
and guidance God Almighty has given to
our honorable mayor Kevin hary and all
the council members we pray that every
decision you take today and in the
future will be guided by Almighty God
may God continue to direct you our
esteemed leaders to make this city as a
role model for the nation Nobel Prize
winner San suuk Kai said you should
never let your fears prevent you from
doing what you know is right John Wesley
said do all the good you can by all the
means you can in all the ways you can in
all the places you can at all times you
can to all the people you can as long as
ever you can may God protect all the
citizens of this city from every evil
May many more businesses move into this
city and make it their home may this
city be known as the safest Community
for our citizens to live freely Psalms
46: 1 and 2 says God is our refuge and
strength always ready to help in times
of trouble so we will not fear when
anything comes against our Us in verse
11 says the Lord of Heavens armies is
here Among Us God Almighty is our
Fortress may God's love and grace
envelop as this day and ever
amen Pastor for your words please join
me in reciting the pledge of allegiance
iedge aliance to the flag of United
States of America and to
the stands
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indivisible andice for
all thank you Pastor thank you council
member next up we have scheduled public
appearances and council member Harris
please join in
so a little unusual we have no employee
recognitions this evening that's usually
we do so our first schedule appearance
is proclamation of disability awareness
month if I can have uh Tom Fay and
members of the mayor's committee for
people with disabilities please join us
and I do want to thank our our uh
disabilities commission for putting on
the fun run today uh council member Inus
and I were able to cheer on hundreds of
uh students from
cusd uh all that did a fundr run it was
an amazing experience so we're deeply
appreciative of the work that you guys
do
and you're lucky council member we only
have one Proclamation
today whereas more than 133% of adults
and children who live and work in
Arizona communities have a disability
and whereas individuals with
disabilities are valued contributing
members of our community and have the
right to achieve a self-determined and
valued lifestyle and whereas the
strength of our community lies within
its inclusivity and empowerment of these
individual so every person regardless of
ability is afforded equal opportunities
rights and respect and whereas it is our
Collective responsibility to Champion
the rights of people with disabilities
fostering awareness and understanding of
the challenges they face to create a
more inclusive and accessible society
and whereas through education advocacy
and collaboration let us work together
creating a community that recognizes
celebrates and empowers the abilities of
all now therefore for I Kevin Harkey
mayor of the city of Chandler Arizona do
hereby Proclaim March 2025 as National
disabilities Awareness
Month Tom would you like to share some
words thank you
mayor uh I myself I'm Tom uh but also
with the Chandler Mayors committee for
people with disabilities we are proud to
recognize the following award recipients
uh the first is for student students of
the year uh the first is Jordan
Moy Jordan attends Payne Junior High
School he has participated in Unified
sports including football basketball
track and soccer he is known throughout
the community and at church as big
hug he even hugged a complete stranger
at a car wash and the man admitted he
was feeling down he says because Jordan
sat next to him asked if he was okay and
gave him a hug he turned his whole day
around congrats Jordan
[Applause]
our next student of the year sves
chandran
sves are you here there we
[Applause]
go harves is attending Grand Canyon
University for a b Communications in
human relations and interpersonal
communication he has worked very hard to
succeed in college in spite of his
significant challenges GCU has names of
ours to the president list for academic
performance sves actively participates
in Arc meetings he contacts members of
Congress to raise awareness about
disability issues and urges the members
of Congress to take action to improve
the lives of people with disabilities
and their families
congratulations Jordan and cves on being
2025 students of the year
pict
[Music]
[Applause]
next we're gonna uh honor the educator
of the Year Erica
[Music]
[Applause]
Marsh Erica is a cusd teacher at Ryan
Elementary Erica has been working with
our specialized moderate to severe need
population for the last 20 years Erica's
love of teaching is evident
and the energy and enthusiasm she brings
to her
instruction next
page you can often find her singing
dancing and enacting stories with
puppets props and voices to make her
class accessible and engaging for her
students she has ensured that including
her students in the general education
community at Ryan is the norm she has
developed an an educational presentation
about how to engage with her students by
teaching her campus about our students
she has removed the unease when
encounter in differences open
communication for questioning and
learning and help to build acceptance
and understanding in our community all
the staff who works with her learn so
much from her uh she's quite quiet and
calm her quiet and calm leadership she
improves all those around her without
ever accepting praise or thanks she
truly is a gift to our families and our
school thank you Erica and
congratulations on being awarded the
educator of the year
our next person to be honored is the
volunteer of the year Ali anal
[Applause]
W Alli volunteers as the advocacy
director for Landon's Legacy it's a
chanler based nonprofit profit since
2024 consistently goes above and beyond
to ensure that the needs of those with
disabilities are met she doesn't just
identify areas for improvement she takes
action prime example is her initiative
to install a disability swing at Fox
Crossing Park after witnessing children
unable to safely enjoy the
playground this swing now allows
children of all abilities to play
together fostering a sense of belonging
and inclusion furthermore Ally has
proactively engaged in the stakeholders
and challenge schools to address safety
concerns for students with disabilities
ensuring a more inclusive and supportive
learning environment for all Alli truly
embodies the spirit of volunteerism
dedicating her time and expertise
without any exceptions of the award
driven by a genuine love for children
and a belief in their limited his
potential
[Applause]
[Applause]
employer of the
Year Sarah Clark MOD Pizza
Sarah is the manager of the pass Year
Linda Chandler M pizza location she's an
exceptional manager who supports and
encourage all employees and has helped
employees with disabilities become
valued members of The Mod Squad
employees enjoy working there knowing
that they can rely on Sarah to treat
treat them fairly and with kindness one
of Mod's employees participants in
participates in Special Olympics in last
year Sarah organized the day in support
of the upcoming Special
Olympics Bose Bachi Regional competition
that's a sport I got it all right she
and the rest of the staff decorated the
restaurant with Olympic rings flags and
Banners they made a cake and everyone
wore teen t-shirts that Sarah had
handmade on the day of competition they
provided free pizza to the athletes
Sarah is a very special person and very
deserving of this award thank you Sarah
and mod pizza and congratulations on
being awarded the employer of the year
[Applause]
congratulations
uh this is a new category this year too
disability Ally of the year it's brand
new and
uh it's blast
[Applause]
Miner oh Chief BL leadership was
instrumental in making the Chandler Fire
Department government a certified Autism
Center a designation that reflects their
commitment to specialized training this
initiative ensured that First Responders
are equipped to respond appropriately
and compassionately to autistic
individuals during
emergencies B his role in the fire
department Laz is a passionate Advocate
through the IM project an organization
focused on spreading awareness about
substance use and providing essential
resources for education and Recovery his
involvement in this project reflects his
drive to break stigmas around
disabilities and addiction connecting
individuals with the support they need
BL has consistently demonstrated his
commitment to Foster
fostering understanding and creating
positive change his dedication to
education and awareness serves as a
powerful example how leadership and
advocacy can transform communities his
efforts continue to make Chandler a more
more compassionate and inclusive City
for all its residents thank you blast
and congratulations being awarded 2025
disability alley Ally of the year
congratulations to all the award winners
[Applause]
[Music]
all right working through here so we've
given the disability Awards next we have
the 2024 and 2025 cease designations if
Stacy southernland Nancy Baldwin John
Mesa sergeant LOL and Lieutenant de
podesta can come on up
[Applause]
the city has now received its cease
recertification for 2024 and 2025
building upon the certification earned
in
2023 C stands for cities empowered
against sexual exploitation provides
training and resources to local
governments in the fight against human
trafficking and Chandler's partnership
with CE plays a crucial role in creating
a safer more informed community and
highlights are ongoing commitment to
combating human trafficking and sexual
exploitation so we want to thank our
employees who have made this
certification possible and cease for
their partnership Stacy you want to make
some
comments
got well good evening everybody my name
is John Mesa and I serve as the CEO and
president of the Arizon anti-trafficking
Network and I'm also a very proud uh
Channel resident uh I'm honored to be
here today to recognize the city of
Chandler once again the city has met the
requirements for the ceased designation
through its commitment to annual
retraining this recertification reflects
the city's ongoing dedication to
combating sexual exploitation and
ensuring its Workforce remains equipped
to identify and respond to trafficking
crimes a special thank you goes to Mayor
Harkey city manager Wright assistant
city manager Willie the entire Chandler
City Council especially the Channer
Police Department their human
trafficking unit for prioritizing this
critical issue and inviting us out to
celebrate this Milestone as the mayor
says C stands for cities empowered
against sexual exploitation and it's a
program of aat designed to equip local
governments with tools to combat sex
trafficking to earn the cease
designations cities must train at least
75% of their Workforce and in integrate
the education into to the ongoing staff
development sex trafficking is a reality
in every community and it's an impact on
victims families and society and cannot
be ignored on behalf of the Arizona
anti-trafficking Network it's my
privilege to present this plaque in
recognition of your efforts and let it
serve as both an achievement and a
reminder that fighting exploitation
requires all of us working together with
continued commitment we will move closer
to Arizona where no one is bought sold
exploited thank you very much
you syst or would
um all right I believe that concludes
our our uh special appearances so we're
going to go back behind the days as I'm
walking I I do want to thank city
manager uh for implementing this I think
I came to you a couple years ago and uh
I've heard about this at night of Hope
which is coming up again and uh I'm
really proud of our city achieving this
and continuing to be as aware Vigilant
and dutiful as we can so thank you
okay before we um vote on our consent
agenda we do have um one item that's
been called in uh council member Orlando
on item number two yeah mayor I don't
want to Bel this but I do want to thank
citizen Dwayne lman uh what we're doing
here is naming a park in the bull moose
Area North Chandler that has been
lacking apart for as long as that
organiz that Community has been around
Dwayne I want to thank you very much for
your leadership uh your patience and uh
your your contribution working with the
neighbors working with the city working
with the developers and making this a
reality so thank you very much sir um it
just proves that one person can make a
difference
in their lives and everyone's lives
around them Dwayne hats off to you my
friend we still have a lot of work to do
but we'll get
there all right and um council member
Poston you also had a question or an
item that you had called in yes thank
you mayor it was on item seven I just
had a couple of questions for Matt
berdick
hi Matt thank you um so this item is on
our digital advertising can you
basically give a broad it's $400,000
it's quite a bit of money can you give
us a broad view of what all will be
served by this because it's under
economic development but it's a little
broader than that correct correct yeah a
majority I there's a number of
departments that use these um use this
contract back our tourism uses it for a
variety of different visit Chandler
programs to promote our community to
both um commercial travel business
travel and local travel as well but then
a number of other departments use it so
for example we just had a budget work
session and you talked about the budget
survey we use it to promote Community
participation in that survey we use it
to promote fireworks safety and
awareness we use it to promote um water
safety and awareness and we also use it
to promote a variety of different water
coner a and um drought preparedness type
program so there's a wide variety of
uses of it um in today's media Market um
spending uh is a necessity to capture
attention with all the other things that
attract people's attention on their
phones um so we do a lot of different
digital advertising and so essentially
what this is is allows us to um compete
in the media Marketplace for those for
the attention of our residents to know
some of these important things that are
going on another program that we uh a
onetime use that we did this year and
followup to council's action in terms of
the ordinances that were passed for
brass knuckles and um unruly Gatherings
we had a significant campaign that we
did to educate our residents and our
youth about those new ordinances and
knock on wood we have not had um issues
or incidents that we've had to uh
respond to as a result of that but it's
for uses like that that we want to make
sure our community is aware of actions
or programs that the city has and then
about how many years have we actually
been doing the it's kind of a
pay-to-play world these days so how many
years have we been doing this so far
we've been doing this type of of uh
digital marketing really going back to
the covid days so okay when when we had
a lot of different things so um this I
believe is the second this is an
extension of a of a current contract um
second year of a five-year contract is
what is on the agenda for tonight but we
have done that um essentially three or
four years prior to that okay and then
we had a separate contract as well for
our city-wide recruitment as well
correct yeah that's that separate
contract essentially is uh twofold it
maintains the city website and then we
also did a number of different things
advertising wise to promote career
opportunities at the city so that is a a
separate contract uh I can tell you that
contract is now moved into more of a
maintenance mode okay um we still use it
for the Website Maintenance and
essentially more of payperclick ads and
and search engine optimization to really
Target uh potential applicants about
career opportunities but we don't have
the um significant advis that we've had
in this say 2022 and 2023 time frame
sure well and I understand this is a not
to exceed item and that we do only pay
for what we use in terms of those
pay-per-click items but in previous
conversations with both you and city
manager um I understand that we as a
city actually have quite a bit of very
talented staff that create the video
that create the collateral that are
basically creating the items that are
being presented coming up with the
campaigns and then are we choosing the
platforms as well yeah we work with the
the media buyer essentially so we will
provide them with the creative assets
that they use to create the ads but we
don't have them go out and acquire the
video or or get the photography we we'll
give them those assets and then we'll
work with them in terms of for depending
on the audience so if we're doing
something that is a teen audience it may
be a very different platform than if
we're targeting homeowners for water
conservation rebate so it's very
audience dependent all of our um efforts
are focused on the city of Chandler with
the exception of obviously the visit
Chandler Campaign which will have a
broader set of audiences but but our
efforts are really focused on reaching
our residents or businesses depending on
what the nature of the topic is but yes
we have the ability we work with the um
the media buyer essentially to identify
what platforms we're going to have and
then what the budget is associated with
any particular campaign okay the that
was mentioned so just for transparency
the um contract spells out that the for
any specific campaign so let's say we
have a a campaign that's
$10,000 the um vendor cannot uh receive
compensation above essentially 33% of
whatever that campaign budget is so
essentially those with the fees that go
along with this uh they do uh the
campaign reporting they buy the ads and
um if there is any sort of creative
assembling of those ads that covers all
those charges and if I recall correctly
the previous the recruitment campaign
actually had a larger portion going to
that payment this is that 33% so not to
exceed 400,000 it's in that 120
$130,000 range and I think that's
getting to the conversation that I'm
hoping that you as City staff you as
city manager could take a look at when
you're looking at
$120,000 a year where this digital
advert ing is probably not going away so
I understand this is year two of a
5-year contract but there's also a
previous one going on I'm just wondering
if well I am I want to be very very
cautious about adding staff especially
this year especially after our budget
session that we just had I'm wondering
if that in the future I'm in support of
this item tonight but in the future I
would hope that maybe you as staff could
get together and see if it actually
makes more sense either to have a person
on board they're serving the entire City
we already are providing them the assets
they're really just that middleman
placing Those ads and um whether it's
training current staff or finding a new
staff member I wonder if it'd be more
cost effective in the long run
especially as the need I think probably
for digital advertising growth so that's
just something I'd like you to look at I
am in support of this tonight but thank
you thank
you thank you mayor any additional
comments seeing none mayor I I wanted to
ask um based on what um council member
Poston said does that change the scope
or the parameters of which the contract
would be executed or will we be changing
how we are going to look at that from a
staff perspective will that require a
motion or something like that because it
sound like it changed a little bit so
what I heard council member poon say she
is in favor of this but in the future uh
to look at that as uh not affecting this
contract
okay but efficient ways to spend it
there you go all right thank you I like
the way you think all right all right
council is there a motion mayor council
martinz I move to approve the consent
agenda of the February 20th 2025 regular
meeting items 1 through 13 is there a
second second mayor second by vice mayor
Ellis any recusals others no council
please
vote motion carries
unanimously very good
thank you
Council next on our agenda tonight we're
having a briefing uh resident bomb explo
Bond exploratory steering committee
executive summary delivered by uh our
chair J tipy former mayor and Deputy
city manager CFO John Lang so mayor tipy
is that is he starting off
great thank you mayor and I see you
brought some special Entourage with us
tonight too I did be
kind anyway thank you mayor thank you
Council we're going to give a brief
presentation
tonight um we appreciate the opportunity
to present the recommendations of the 31
member resident Bond exploratory
committee this evening you put this
committee together so we have that and
we have the steering committee also I
would like to recognize first any of the
of the 31 member resident board
exploratory committee members that are
here tonight if they could stand and be
recognized okay and by name I'm going to
name the seven member resident Bond
exploratory steering
committee I was the chair of that we
have Gary Hayes is Gary here today no
K
zern Craig
Gilbert n
Mullins Rick
yman and Trinity
Donovan I I also mayor thank you for the
staff you let work on this with us and
we worked with a couple of staff that
did a lot lot of stuff Don Lang Matt
Dunbar and Tara Sher want to thank them
for the work they did Staffing the uh
committee the steering committee and
four subcommittees work diligently to
evaluate channers Capital Improvement
needs and prioritize potential uses of
General obligation Bond financing for
the planned November 20125 bond
election bonds fund almost 70% of
Chandler's 10-year Capital Improvement
program after mayor and Council approved
the formation of the resident Bond
exploratory committee on September 12
2024 we got to work nearly 30 me
meetings were held between September and
January including Financial briefings
department overviews and tours to assess
City F facilities parks and
infrastructure the sub the subcommittee
presented their recommendations to the
steering committee in December 2024 the
seven member steering committee the
steering committee attended many of the
tours to prepare for our meetings in
December and January tonight's briefing
allows mayor and Council time to
consider the recommendation before we
before needing to make a decision by May
8th but I've been told by your staff to
call for a November 4th 2025 election
the work of the steering
committee and subcommittees was
conducted with openness and
transparency each meeting was agenda
agendized and open to the public the
city web page Channel
a.gov bond election served as the
central source to track our progress and
review agendas meeting me minutes and
materials discussed during these me
meetings this would be the third General
obligation Bond authorization request in
the past 20 years for chanler voters to
consider residents approved a 451
million bond package in
2007 and $272 million package in
2021 this slide offers a comparison of
General obligation Bond authorization
requests and approvals among the largest
cities in the VA in the valley since
2000 Chann us on the lower end of total
request please note that the data for
the city of glendel reflects requests
and approvals since
2007 as of getting ready to start the
meeting tonight that's all we've
received so far from
Glendale there were several key
objectives the committee used to develop
the bond recommendation shown on this
slide by category and we heard you loud
and clear you've echoed what past uh
committees have have been recommended
the recommended bond package was
carefully developed to fund critical
improvements while ensuring that the
secondary property tax rates remain
flat we addressed and felt like we
addressed Community needs prioritization
prioritization focused on maintaining
aging infrastructure and improving
streets Public Safety resources parks
and recreation
centers fiscal responsibility we hear
you loud and clear on fiscal
responsibility the committee was very
cognizant of that the committee reviewed
37 potential Capital uses totaling $728
million we strategically reined the
proposal to recommend a combined total
of
$475 million to improve streets Parks
Parks and Recreation facilities as well
as fire and police facilities and
Equipment this package tonight is far
below $620 million amount that could be
sought and still maintained within
Chandler's current secondary property
tax rate the steering committee
prioritized fiscal conserv Conservancy
by the focusing on the highest needed
projects along with the prioritization
of the projects we worked with the
city's Bond Council to develop questions
that could appear on the November 2025
bond election
ballot the steering committee voted
unanimously to
recommend to the to approve the
recommended bond package and proposed
questions for consideration on the
November
2025 bond election ballot now Don Lang
Deputy city manager CFO and steering
committee lay is on will provide
additional details on recommendations
under Each Bond category and thanks and
discuss the financial considerations and
next stop and you need me I'll come back
up when we start going into Q&A some Don
will handle some I'll handle but with
that
dony and before Don speaks um we are
going to have a work session on this too
so we're not making decisions tonight
we'll have a chance to digest this
information tonight and then uh really
hash it out at a session so it's not our
job tonight to to Hash this out but to
really take this in and and later come
together so uh council member Orlando
yeah thank you uh for mayor K TR and
appreciate the introduction so um Don
take us back a little bit here when uh
communities
developing uh in Chandler's case we
could either use bonds for
infrastructure we could use uh one-time
dollars and Chandler was Forefront on
using impact fees I believe we were the
first city to do impact fees approve
impact fees so I got a question the
other day is Matt why bonds today and I
went through that scenario with them and
I said well as we're building out impact
fees was the predominant source of our
income in order for us to put in the
infrastructure that we see today
the new residents paid for that and
therefore the the existing residents
were not subject to that burden because
we're built out
today the impact fees are basically
going away they're declining because
there's no new fertile Grant or very
little fertile ground for us to to
utilize right now so therefore the
impact the bonds become even more
imperative that we have be able to
progress and get the infrastructure that
we need particularly the older
infrastructure was I correct on that I'm
doing this live so I'm assuming I was
correct on that one yeah through the
mayor council member Orlando you are
absolutely correct um we were able to
use that Revenue to support projects
while we were growing and so now when
we're adding things we're adding
additional amenities but it's hard to
correlate it directly to increase growth
at times so um we're to the point in our
life cycle say city of Chandler where we
have built a lot of those growth
projects that were identified that was
needed added wastewater treatment plants
water treatment plants additional
arterials all of that's been built and
now we're maintaining or caring for all
that aging infrastructure that was put
in years ago with that Revenue Source um
so bonds is very important to continue
to maintain our a our aging
infrastructure and add new amenities as
well I really knew the answer but I
wanted to at the stage you knew that no
but again we're losing a revenue Source
really and we're just using exist
another Revenue source is helping us
continue our movement as a community
that's correct thank you thank you
mayor all right Don L all right dollar
Deputy
Don excellent well thank you chair tip
trainy and mayor and counsel the
prioritized project lists from each
subcommittee were combined and some of
the project cost updated bringing the
total prioritized project to 728 million
as chair tip shy mentioned for the
steering committee to refine weighing
keeping the tax rate
unchanged and how voters would receive
the bond package that both of those were
very important so after focusing on the
highest needed Community projects the
final recommendation is 475 million as
it states on this slide I will go
through Each Bond category to explain
how this was accomplished
so starting with the Park and Recreation
subcommittee maintaining existing Parks
was the top priority as well as
maintaining existing community and
recreation centers and pools Dr AJ
Chandler renovation was prioritized next
part of the 2021 bond election as well
but now increased in cost like many of
the projects the Foley pool was
prioritized as a high impact project for
the surrounding neighborhood and the
First new project included was mosqu
grows Park site Phase 2 since it had
been also part of the 2021 bond election
like many others have increased in cost
with Desert Breeze Park and snar Sports
Complex Renovations and Lantana Ranch
Park site included as well the three
lowest ranked by the subcommittee were
tumble weed Ranch Tumbleweed Phase 2 gym
expansion and mosqu gross Park site uh
phase three which were all shifted to a
future bond election therefore the
recommended Total Bond authorization to
request for Park and Recreation ended up
at 158
million the proposed ballot question
includes some creative changes from
Chandler's typical ballot question Zach
seus from Greenberg trow is here this
evening and he provided initial drafts
for the steering committee to review
they have a title to allow the voter to
know what the question is right away and
they're written in a general manner like
they always are still to allow
flexibility in each category but the
project examples have now been added to
give voters an understanding of what may
be completed by voting yes the committee
ensured project examples reflected all
Geographic areas of the city now it's
probably very little on the screen up
there but I'm going to keep
moving um Public Safety fire sub
subcommittee is
next so this prioritized the main
priority here was facilities to to meet
the changing needs of Chandler including
a rebuild of fire station number 284 and
construction of a new fire station
2812 fire emergency vehicle Replacements
and a fire support Fleet facility were
also included the only change to this
category was Shifting the remodel of
Public Safety Training building a from
Bond funded to General funded therefore
the recommended Total Bond authorization
to request for Public Safety fire is 88
million
next is its proposed ballot question and
the opening sentence on this one is
enhanced Chandler Fire Department
Services and response through improved
facilities and Equipment again you'll
see the bullets in the middle that
provide examples for the voter and it
would appear on the ballot as long as
there's not a lot on the ballot the
counties confirm that they would be able
to put this all on the ballot for the
for the
voter next we have the public safety
police subcommittee
which again prioritized facilities to
meet the changing needs of Chandler
including the police main station
Renovations then came the radio
communications equipment and police
emergency vehicle Replacements therefore
they recommended Total Bond
authorization to request for Public
Safety police ended at 46
million its proposed ballot question
opens with a title sentence enhanced
Chandler Police Department Services and
response through improved facilities and
equipment and again the bullets show the
project
examples next is the public work
subcommittee or the streets Bond
category which prioritized maintaining
existing infrastructure through the
streets repaving program they also
placed a higher priority on upcoming
needed Street and intersection
improvements including a section of kyne
Road and M McQueen Road and the Arizona
Avenue Warner Road intersection
additional f es of McQueen Road and
Warner Road and Ray Road kyne Road
intersection and the acao shared use
path was moved to a future bond election
finally Washington Street
improvements was moved to be paid by
general fund so moved out of the bond um
ask therefore the recommended Total Bond
authorization to request for Public
Works streets is 183
million here is the proposed ballot
question with the opening sentence or
title sentence being keep Chandler
streets safe and improve traffic for
Chandler residents and it has the again
bullets and and they really belabored
this the language on those title
sentences because that's really what
they felt would grab the voters on
that when I say they it was the steering
committee sorry about that okay and then
the finally we had the subcommittee of
facility sustainability and Technology
this committee had multiple projects
that overlapped with other subcommittees
their committee members went on many of
the tours to understand each need the
subcommittee ranked the public safety
Project's highest and made the decision
to shift the sustainability projects of
sportsfield LED lighting conversion and
irrigation system water conversion
program to the park and recre
subcommittee now you didn't uh and that
was for a more focused evaluation you
didn't see those two on the list has the
parks committee then um absorbed them in
the existing Parks um and the existing
Rec Center both of those uh existing
Capital programs so they're just put in
there but those would be part of those
programs um the steering committee then
shifted the fire and police projects to
those Bond categories and part of the
existing C the program called existing
city building Renovations and repairs
pertaining to to Aquatics facilities
shifted to the parks Von
category uh so that still remains in
there understanding that that is a
priority to maintain those facilities
but the remaining amount of that program
and the city-wide fiber upgrade project
were moved over back to general fund and
not Bonds therefore in the end there is
no recommended Bond ask coming from this
subcommittee so overall the steering
committee is recommending to city
council four proposed areas requesting
Bond authorization for a total of 475
million ensuring no increase to the
current secondary property tax rate I
just have a couple more to go over and
that is the financial
considerations um the city of Chandler
continues the tradition of fiscal
strength by having a strong debt
management program or practices and
maintaining AAA Bond ratings from all
three rating
agencies this results in low borrowing
costs which help ensure capital projects
are completed at the lowest cost
possible a higher Bond rating correlates
to lower taxes and utility rates for
residents as the city ages and gets
closer to buildout much of the
infrastructure must be maintained or
replaced to continue to provide great
quality of life for our
residents selling bonds is a common
practice to fund capital and
infrastructure needs and state law
requires a City to obtain voter approval
through Bond
authorization this this slide shows how
Chandler's property tax rate compares to
other large Valley Cities reflecting us
on the lower
end next this graphic reflects where
each scent from every property tax
dollar goes only 11 cents of every
dollar comes to Chandler with the
majority going to schools and County and
Special Districts The majority of our
property tax rate pays the principal in
interest on General oblig ation bonds as
new bonds are sold bonds are paid off
allowing us to keep the tax rate flat
with the debt being paid by existing and
new taxpayers that enjoy the use of that
Capital asset over time providing better
Equity the city is in a great position
since we are well below this statu
statutory debt limit set by Arizona law
additionally maintaining a stable tax
rate requires balancing assessed values
and tax rates when selling bonds the
assessed value growth projections are
capped by a state formula which sets
growth in this case at 6.20 for the
first five years so assessed value
growth growing 6.2 and then 1.22
annually the steering committee's
recommendation reduced that annual
assessed value growth to 4.5 a much more
realistic projection the steering
committee's recommendation is well
thought out from all angles ensuring it
will not increase the property tax rate
based on financial assumptions so what
are the next steps there is a council
work
session planned for April 10th to
discuss this bond package and then April
24th a resolution will be brought
forward on at a regular meeting asking
Mar and Council to call a bond election
and approve the bond questions to go on
the ballot November 4th 202
and this summ summarizes the results of
the resident Bond exploratory committee
and with that mayor chair tip shy and I
are happy to answer any
questions thank you Don thank you mayor
tip triny uh for the work that you guys
have put into this uh very thoughtful
and I think every time when this comes
back I'm always a bit surprised at yet
some thoughtful
changes uh I think the last time to not
pursue with the airport this time for
the the the one committee that absorbed
another so we're grateful I know that
together we want to keep this as simple
as possible so our voters can understand
what they're voting for and and
hopefully agree with us that the value
proposition for safety and quality of
life is uh well worth the value so
Council any questions uh either mayor
tip Trini or or uh Deputy city manager
Lang
up wow very good and again we'll have a
deeper opportunity between now and April
10th to dig into this and uh and go from
there but to all the committee that's
here we're extremely grateful for your
time for your energy for your love and
commitment to our wonderful City and uh
uh who knows maybe we'll find another
committee to put each of you on again as
you guys are clearly a a well oiled
machine that uh that that is very
thoughtful so we are grateful thank
you next on our uh agenda tonight is
unscheduled public appearances uh we
have none tonight no May no no cards
tonight okay then we go to current
events I'll start
uh coun I just want to say I'm very
proud of our capista for the state of
the city uh that they uh really did a a
tremendous job and and fifth floor and
down in the video team as well uh I want
to thank everyone who attended or has
watched our state of the city event it
was a special showcase recognizing the
courage brains and heart of our
community special thank you again to
team Kaa for making the event a success
and I know many people watched it to the
end because the number one comment I've
received is where did you get those red
shoes so uh I thank you it it really uh
I I think that everything I had had saw
from that is a real connection with our
community a sense that we were in this
together and uh very well received
secondly um boy I looked at my schedule
this Saturday and it's just pretty
pretty incredible
want to invite you starting at 9:00 am
at Tumbleweed Park we're going to be
inducting former mayor Jay tip trainy
into the celebration
Plaza to honor him and his dedication
and service to the city of Chandler and
I might say uh Jay I still remember when
I was working on the cat ladies house
with a group of kids and we met and uh
you invited me to uh serve on a uh on a
a charter revision committee and then
later to CH the human relations
commission so uh uh I could say I
wouldn't be mayor without your uh giving
me the pathway to serve our community
back in the day so I'm
grateful right after that we can all
rush over the Innovation Fair will start
at 10 amm and uh council member Orlando
is going to share uh some more about
that but it's certainly one of my
favorite events of the year and then you
can join us at 11 o' at Hamilton High
School to celebrate the new inductees
for the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame and
then run back to downtown Chandler for
the
continuation of the Innovation fair so
it's going to be a a jam-packed day and
if you're not tired jet there is also
mother language uh ml mother language
day at back at uh Tumbleweed Park a big
celebration so yes and uh also want to
uh just shout out for Chandler we were
just a couple days ago proclaimed one of
the best cities in the nation for small
business and uh I'm very excited that we
continue to find these accolades that
support our business Community our
citizens and but we were rated one of
the best us CI cities for small
businesses by B2B review we are very
proud to be home to so many small
thriving businesses and continually
grateful for the entrepreneurs that
choose to call Chandler home councilman
ver cenus thank you mayor um today I
just want to highlight I had the
opportunity along with the mayor um to
attend the Chandler fund run and join
our youth and teens in a mile long walk
and most of them ran um in celebration
it was a great event celebrating and
empowering our youth uh with
developmental uh disabilities I want to
thank all the organizers the volunteers
and most importantly the Educators um it
was such a a fun experience for everyone
involved and I want to congratulate all
the participants again for another
successful run and it was a great time
to be there with them so thank you and I
must say at the start of the Run council
member was cenus was there and he was
the first one at the uh end of the race
too handing out Awards handing out the
medals alongside what you I didn't say
he ran neither did I but he was the
first one
there it was my rest day from my
cardio tall council member Poston thank
you mayor just a brief update during our
last council meeting I took a moment to
address some of the issues at the
federal level and how they will those
issues will be affecting our city of
Chandler residents and the City of
chanandler and since then staff has set
up a web page and that's at
chandleraz.gov
executive orders and that should help
address our questions any residents may
have about some of those executive
orders that are affecting some of the
services that we provide here in
Chandler we talked about that as well in
our budget session so while we don't
have all the answers yet that we I'm I'm
assured that that web page will continue
to be updated as we have more answers
about what issues will be affected and
what what issues won't and I just did
want to say thank you for the residents
that are emailing and calling us and
letting us know where their concerns and
questions are and if you keep doing that
we'll keep updating as we have that
information and um as we get more
answers so thanks
mayor vice
mayor thank you mayor appreciate that he
just gave me something now to say again
on top of all the things that I had to
do um Sunday night please join us it's
going to be the night of Hope at Christ
Church uh Grace Church Grace Church in
Tempe and it's going to be at 6 PM this
is in conjunction to the award what what
time you said
five he said six now he said five okay 6
PM right mayor we on that one 5:00 P PM
okay we got it 500 PM Sunday night Grace
Church in TP got it got it it's the
night of Hope please join us because
this city we take it very seriously when
it comes to really human trafficking and
doing the right thing that we need to do
to to be able to allow people to live
here in our city and the quality of Liv
will be much better uh I didn't want the
the month to finish without mentioning
uh the Black History Month uh that is
happening right now for us here in this
city as a nurse I wanted to highlight a
five women that have truly changed the
lens landcape of nursing into this world
literally the whole world when it comes
to uh things that they have accomplished
for us along the way the first one that
I would like to uh talk about the first
black woman to be a registered nurse in
the US was Mary Elisa Mahoney she lived
from 1845 to
1926 in her role she was able to pass
away that as a nurse I wouldn't be able
to sit here today and so for that I'm
very grateful the next one that I would
like to highlight is a really great
woman that I'm so passionate when I said
her name I see myself in her pathway her
name is Harriet tobman growing up in
Haiti we used to what watch this movie
called Moses all my younger years I
thought her name was Moses it was just
the name of the movie when she was
working with during the Civil War and
also underground well Road she
passionately worked during the Civil War
to help men and women and taking care of
them as a nurse the third one that I
would like to also highlight is Susie
King Taylor Miss Taylor uh also worked
during the Civil War but she never had
any training as a nurse it was always
because of her heart for people and the
idea that we every one of us can give
something back to our communities that
she worked during the Civil War to help
and the soldiers and their families to
recover after the war number four it's
Estelle Mosley Osborne she lived from
1901 to 1981 this is not too far from
now 1981 I remember coming here in
Chandler in
1986 so she was the first black nurse
with a master's
degree first one in the US to have a
master's degree and she fight to
disintegrate
literally um did I say the word where
right yeah I did yeah that's what she
did so in other word in order for me to
have a master's degree right now this
woman had to fight for that to happen
and so I wanted to highlight her tonight
the fifth one is Mabel Kon stuper she
lived from 1890 to
1989 she fought for the integration of
black nurses in the military and also
Black nurses to join the NAA which is
I'm a member of at this time which is
the American Nurses Association think
about that these five women if it was
not for them at this time where nursing
would have been and my career would have
been and so tonight I highlight them I
thank them and I believe my daughter is
graduating medical school next year and
that wouldn't have never happen if there
were not women like this this is a bit
of history for you tonight or for those
who are listening please let's learn
more so that we can actually live with
each other in a matter that we respect
history and continue to highlight it to
empower others and love on each other
thank you mayor for allowing me to speak
this evening Council
Orlando okay um I I believe council
member former council member human
started the Innovation fair or led the
effort for that and when I came on
counsil he said Matt don't screw it up
Rick I didn't screw it up in fact we
it's larger than ever we've asked
Channel Unified School District to join
us because they were doing two separate
scenarios uh We've also increased the
budget for that and the attendance was
increased so I don't think I screwed it
up buddy hopefully we're good all right
thanks buddy it as a mayor indicator
it's this Saturday from 10: to 2: it'll
be AJ Chandler Park by the main stage he
forgot to mention food there'll be food
there too so come on out and have a good
time council member Harris yeah just got
a couple announcements just want to take
a point in privilege to let everyone
know that um Valley Christian girls my
daughter plays on the party basketball
team they are in the Elite 8 and they're
playing for um they're going to be
playing this uh this Friday tomorrow
Friday so I'm going to be driving I
can't even remember the city but me and
Josh we talked about it um but is is so
far the team that we have to play is so
far up north it's like 5 hour drive up
North so I'm going be leaving tomorrow
about 12 o'clock in the middle of the
day to go watch uh my daughter play and
if they win they will be going to the
final four and hopefully Valley
Christian goes on and win the state uh
title this year so I'm super proud of
her I'm super proud of the girls at
Valley Christian so I wanted to shout
them out also on Saturday is going to be
busy I am going to be trying to check
out some of these things that is
happening but I am excited that on
Saturday I would invite you guys but
it's all sold out but on Saturday I'm
going to be recognized for a
humanitarian award on this Saturday uh
about 7 o'clock at night so I'm super
excited about that um I'm going to share
that with you guys after I received the
award on Saturday so I'm super glad um
to be recognized in that way and it
means a lot so again I just wanted to
put that out there and I just want to
say something about Black History Month
you know it's a time for us to be
educated and to learn more about what
African-Americans have contributed to
our community and I think that we have
some some Living Legends right here in
the city of Chandler uh Dr gilber for
one a man that um a man that embodies
black history and in the Excellence that
he brings in the work that he's doing
he's getting ready to retire but you
know his work is not done yet CU
obviously he's serving on the bond
but I just really wanted to acknowledge
Him in the work that he did for cusd and
as he get as he passes The Paton just
want you guys to know that that is the
embodiment of black history a man that
contributes to his community loves his
community and has spent so much time
doing that so I just wanted to recognize
um you Dr gibbert for your contributions
and on this past Thursday he had a um
there was a um a gathering of
individuals to recognize Dr Gilbert and
he received an award at that time so I
just wanted to recognize Dr gilber since
he's here and I wanted to tell you thank
you for your
contributions um and I definitely know
that you've made me a better person
because of your mentorship and your
guidance while serving on Council and I
will be remissed not to mention uh Dr
Bill Crawford who's here as well a man
who have served so on so many different
committees bonds I mean he has to
everything and I I I call him up I say
hey are you working on this are you
working on that he's like I'm working on
it let me get some more information but
he never stopped making it happen and I
just wanted to honor these two great
black men that actually walks Among Us
um sometimes we reflect on those that
have left us but I want to also
recognize those that are walking Among
Us in their greatness that they continue
to um bring into our community so
connect with them take time with them
post them in your social media and let
people know these are great men making
great differences and I'm glad to know
them and I'm glad that they live right
here in the greatest city on Earth City
of Chandler thank you mayor you can clap
for
[Applause]
that Hopkins thank you mayor so I H get
to tell you about something that I for
the first time ever last year got to
enjoy it's the public safety fets coming
up March 1st um it's actually going to
be held right here again right behind at
the um police uh main station right
behind us like I said so
the I would say the event is meant for
families it's got a little bit of
everything um I really enjoyed getting
to check out the SWAT vehicles there was
some demonstrations there's going to
be um can9 unit there this time that I
didn't get to well it was there last
time I just didn't get to see it uh a
robot dog some other things I think
there was fire station or excuse me a
fire truck that the kids can go and
check out so I highly recommend making
the time it's again March 1st Saturday
it starts at 9:00 am. till about 1 p.m
so you have all day to come check it out
I I hope you'll join me thank you city
manager thank you Mr Mayor members of
council just very briefly earlier
tonight you accepted the 2024 and 2025
cease designations for the city and I
want to make sure I give credit where
credit is due so the person who actually
led the effort to do that is uh someone
who joined our office a few months ago
so Amelia kvki is in the back of the
room we're embarrassing her right now
she's actually uh an intern in the city
manager's office and she is getting her
master's degree at Arizona State
University through their Marvin Andrews
program she'll be with us for the next
couple of years and she's a Chandler
native she grew up here went to high
school here and so we're thrilled to
have her working on great projects like
that one thank you
mayor all right with that uh Council are
we ready to gavel out one two three
they