City of Chandler Council Meeting 1.23.25

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wow it's like I'm in church the holy
hush descends over the
building Welcome to our regular meeting
of the Chandler city council we're
having some audio questions up here that
are going to be resolved but until then
I'll be using Andor passing this mic to
make sure that we can be heard and
recorded and all that wonderful stuff as
I mentioned I would like to call this
meeting to order clerk please take the
role
here here
very good our invitation tonight will be
brought forth by Pastor Keith Shepard uh
certainly a friend of the Cities from
Church of Christ on Alma School and our
pledge allegiance by council member
Poston let's pray together please
holy God we thank you for the life that
you've blessed us with we thank you for
life at this time in this place we pray
your blessings father on this city those
who work for it those who live here we
thank you Father for our country we pray
for our country we pray for all of our
leaders national state and local we pray
and know that you give power to whoever
you wish we pray you bless these
servants that they may honor you and
serve the people we pray father for the
police and the firefighters and all the
First Responders we thank you Father for
for your grace and mercy that's been
with us in the past and we pray for your
mercy for we are a sinful people but you
sent your son that we would have hope we
pray again for your grace to continue to
give us peace and prosperity and
blessing If It Be Your Will we pray for
peace in the world we thank you again
father for all things in Jesus name we
pray
amen please join me in the Pledge of
Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the
flag
of the United States of America and to
the rep for IT stand
naice thank you Pastor thank you council
member although we don't have many
scheduled public appearances the ones we
have are large so we're excited to move
into that portion of our meeting and I'd
like to invite vice mayor Ellis to join
me up front
all right our first scheduled public
appearance is Chandler Unified School
District Arizona College Prep Hamilton
High School and Castile High School all
named to advanced placement high uh
School honor Ro so I'd like to invite up
uh representatives from cusd uh
Frank nuchi superintendent uh ACP School
Rob uh bicks hope I got your name right
okay uh chrisy Ludwig High School site
assessment facilitator and from Hamilton
High School Dominic Romero as
principal we want to thank you all for
joining us this evening to to
acknowledge and recognize the great
things going on in
cusd and our Chandler Community we're
proud of the students who are here in
Chandler and of the incredible schools
that are available to our families three
of our high schools being named to the
AP honor Ro is just one example of
academic Excellence that is being
provided by our Chandler schools and uh
Frank why don't you give us some more
details and share some on this sure
thank you mayor council thank you very
much for the honor and also our city our
city staff who support us
endlessly in high schools it's very
competitive and as you know we have many
ways and Pathways for kids to get to to
to different Pathways one's academic in
college and so our kids will either take
dual credit or they'll take AP which is
advanced placement or they'll even take
IB over a channel High School
International Borat so there's many
options and different roads for families
to take this schools that are being
recognized tonight have done an
exceptional job Nationwide of providing
more access so that more students are
equably treated that they can all learn
and they can all advance and that it's
not filtering kids out but we're pumping
them through and providing them
opportunity the other area to that
they're being recognized is that they
have high completion rates of kids
scoring high three or higher in that in
in on the AP tests or there's some kids
that have even taken five AP tests in
through the course of of a year and so
those numbers are just not heard of in
in most districts but in Chandler it's a
common place especially at these three
high schools our other high schools
would be up here too but there's dual
credits that many parents
choose at the end of the day all it
matters is that parents your kids are
going into a college a college of their
choice a destination of their choice as
a matter of fact during our college
recruitment Fair we had colleges from
across the nation that wanted to recruit
Chandler students um but it also
provides you a cost savings Advantage
when you're putting your children
through college because it's very
expensive Endeavor uh by taking these AP
credits or these dual credit credits
with them so again it's a these are two
principles here along with Mr J snitker
over at Castile do an amazing job you
guys want to add anything to
that we just obviously appreciate the
support the city gives to Chandler
schools and we're so excited and happy
that we have an opportunity to work with
your your children every single day and
see the success that they bring to our
schools our efforts are displayed by
their achievements and so it's fantastic
to see their accolades put us in the
spotlight the way they do so thank you
for being a part of Chandler
schools no I just want to thank the
mayor and the city for the support it
truly is the kids that we are producing
at um CD are going back into this
community and hopefully grow in it and
continue to be the place where people
want to be so I appreciate the parents
and the support
because these schools wouldn't be around
without you guys so thank
you all right we're going to take a
photo don't go
anyway and I know from the city side
whenever we talk in Economic Development
what sight Seeker looking for are a
really great education for families and
kids and I would say that our
relationship with cusd and the other
schools in our community is really part
of our secret superpower that helps
attract great companies and and keeps
people here because who doesn't want to
live in a safe community that has a
pathway forward to prosperity for them
for their kids thank you for being part
of our secret sauce of Chandler let's do
a photo
all right thank you
all all right uh next got ahead of
myself all right I don't know whether
you had the opportunity to join us in
December but at our annual Parade of
Lights and tumble weed tree lighting we
had such an amazing time there were
great floats uh an excellent time just a
great vibe that night and I'd like to
call up hermalinda yamus and we would
like to recognize the winners in our
parade good evening mayor and Council
I'm hermalinda yamas the special event
senior program manager and it's my honor
to recognize the 200 uh 24 Parade of
Lights winners the Parade of Lights is a
long-standing tradition for the city
chanler many families organizations
schools and businesses attend and
participate each year we are excited to
present the winners of the 2024 pra of
lights and thank them for all their hard
work and participation tonight we will
recognize eight winners from five
different categories we will have
representatives from each of the winning
groups come forward when their name is
announced and accept their reward our
first category is best lit musical or
dance group and we had two entries tie
for first place now in my 17 years this
is the first time it's happened so it's
always um fun to see when those first
take place our first place our first
first place group in best lit music and
dance group goes to Just Dance and
accepting the reward tonight is Debbie
Debbie
cantillo the performance and competition
teams of this local dance school
demonstrated their sweet moves with
their Candyland theme float for all to
see congratulations J dance
and at the end if we can have everyone
come back up
one is overwhelming you're ambitious but
we can do it all
right all right our next first place
group in best lit music musical and
dance group goes to motivating movement
creative and accepting the award tonight
are Alyssa Danielle and Sadi
Carlile these dancers range in age from
two
from two through adults and they had the
prayed audience wanting to move right
along with them congratulations
motivating movement
creative moving on to our next category
best lit community group second place
was awarded to Santan elementary school
elementary student council and accepting
their award on their behalf is bran
price and Danica Schroeder
[Applause]
this group wanted to keep things
traditional and had lovely blue and
white lights snowf snowflakes and snow
globes you can hear them sing their
Christmas carols as they drove past you
in the parade congratulations santen
Elementary student council
all right first place in best slit
community group goes to Legacy
Traditional schools and accepting their
award the award on their behalf are
Michelle tribal and Kim
[Applause]
Chapman the school and its students
brought out all the stops with their
float as they had lights banners and
Bubbles they were sure to be a sight to
be seen congratulations traditional like
or Legacy Traditional schools
thank
you our next category is best lit
business group our second place winner
is British Swim School and although they
are unable to be here tonight we
appreciate and thank them for their
participation and enthusiasm in the
Parade of
[Applause]
Lights our first place in best lit
business group goes to stars in Motion
Dance School and accepting their reward
tonight is Caitlyn
Williamson this Grinch them float was a
can't miss attraction in the parade with
dancers dressed up as who's from
Whoville Cindy and the Grinch joined the
community in the celebration
congratulations stars and motion dance
school the next category is always a
favorite among our parade Watchers and
parade participants biggest and
brightest first place in biggest and
brightest goes to Copper State
four-wheelers and here to accept the
award on their behalf is Jim nset and
Ronald Silva Silva come
on the club was formed in 1972 by a
group of families to promote safe and
enjoyable family style four willing and
lucky for us they chose to bring four 14
lit up four-wheelers to chanler this
past year for all to en Joy
congratulations Copper State
four-wheelers all right our final award
for the evening is judge's choice and it
goes to Just Dance and accepting their
award on their behalf is Debbie cantillo
come on back
up Just Dance also won our first place
prize for best lit Musical and dance
group but our judges love this float so
much they voted them judges Choice
congratulations Just
Dance all right all right can we have
all winners come back up for one big
group
picture come on you deserve
it how about the
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over here yep right over here in front
can you fit in the
middle can you fit them
all do I need to move this
back not too far back
we got a few more pictures so stay put
any more
pictures all right thank
you it's not want to move out corner
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hang great
all right I'm told that I am hot and
when I call your names they will they
will also uh bring you guys on
so next on our agenda tonight is our the
regular meeting consent agenda all the
items that had been called in have been
reconciled by private
briefings so uh do we have a motion for
our consent agenda council member
Hawkins mayor I move to approve the
consent agenda of the January 23rd 2025
regular meeting items 1 through 24 we
have a motion is there a second mayor I
second vice mayor mayor I second motion
all right we have a motion in a second
are there any
recusals any comments seeing none
Council please vote um we won't be able
to vote because you can't pull up your
screen so I'll do vote um vice mayor
Ellis yes council member Poston yes
council member Orlando yes council
member Harris is watching on YouTube
they can't get him but he votes yes he
said okay and council member Hawkins yes
mayor heartkey yes motion Carri
unanimously very good in Council we have
one action item which is resolution
number
5867 accepting the annual comprehensive
financial report for the fiscal year
ending June 30 2024 demonstrating
compliance with Arizona revised Statute
so this is mandatory that this is on
action rather than consent
staff good evening I'm Julie goer I'm
the accounting senior manager and we're
here tonight for uh resolution number
5867 the adoption of the annual
comprehensive financial report and
that's for our fiscal year ending June
30 2024 I'm pleased to introduce Joshua
jumper he is from our audit firm hfield
meech and he's going to be presenting
the annual
audit good evening everyone uh
PowerPoint not on the
TVs I don't see them but that's okay
I don't know if it's on YouTube or not
but I'll run through them like they are
I don't know if you can see them but
good evening uh mayor hary members of
council uh City management it's my
pleasure to be here this evening and uh
discuss the audit results for the fiscal
year end June 30th
2024 uh I have some prepared remarks um
some prepared slides but if you have any
questions during my brief presentation
don't hesitate to ask
uh so why does the city require an
annual audit uh so a few different
reasons so City Charter and state
statute require the city receive an
annual audit on its financial
statements additionally Federal Law
requires the city to go undergo a single
audit which is an audit of the federal
dollars that the city receives
additionally there's an AR that requires
the audit results be presented in front
of council outside of consent agenda uh
which is another reason I'm here this
evening and then additionally uh the
annual comprehensive financial report
the acfr that's the city's annual
financial statements is posted
online uh on the city's
website so it wouldn't be an audit
presentation if I didn't briefly discuss
the importance of an annual audit uh so
the annual financial statement audit
verifies management representations on
the financial statements they prepare
you're demonstrating stewardship and
accountability to a host of different
entities and individuals whether they be
the citizens you the governing body the
council uh grant tours state agencies
federal agencies uh Bond holders
Etc uh it includes reviewing compliance
with laws and
regulations and then ultimately you're
doing your duty to ensure management
fulfills their responsibility
uh so the audit process for this uh past
fiscal year uh our audit procedures
began in may we made four different
on-site visits to the city uh onewe
visits in July August October and
November uh we also perform audit
procedures remotely between those
on-site visits and then audit reports
were issued in December and
January so what's included when we say
the annual audit so there are uh various
different audit related reports issued
so the first one being the audit
communication to those charged with
governance so that's a letter directly
to you the council uh I'll touch on that
a little bit more in a minute uh but the
main one the big one the annual
comprehensive financial report uh the
city's financial statements uh that's
one of the that's the report we issue
our audit opinion on again that single
audit uh that gets issued to the Fed
federal government it includes two
different report on internal controls
one under government auditing standards
and then one on compliance with federal
laws and
awards additionally procedures related
to the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality adq over landfill
requirements Highway user Revenue fund
herf monies those monies you receive
from the state uh we issue a compliance
report on those and then the city's
annual expenditure limitation
report uh so just again three key items
from the fiscal year uh that I want to
touch on uh the most important number
one being the city received an
unmodified audit opinion that was dated
December 20th
2024 an unmodified opinion in
non-accounting speak is a clean opinion
uh so pleased to report that this
evening additionally number two is good
news as well no internal control
deficiencies were noted not notated
during the annual audit this year uh so
if they if there were any we'd have to
include those in the single audit that
goes to the federal government but
please report there were
none and then number three just noting
that uh the city continues to spend uh
those covid-19 Grant monies that have
been received in Prior fiscal years uh
in fiscal 24 and it just requires audit
attention and focus uh as the federal
government deems those monies of
importance to focus on from an audit
perspective all right uh other important
Communications so referencing that
letter to governance so that's included
in your agenda packet uh the main
letters just three pages uh also
included in that uh file is the
engagement letter that's signed at the
beginning of the audit management letter
representation letter that's signed at
the end of the audit that gives us
approval to issue our audit opinion but
that main three Page Letter just some uh
highlights that are included in that
letter uh we uh we're required to
disclose if we had disagreements with
management during the audit please to
report there were none we're required to
disclose if we had any difficulties
encountered uh preventing us from
concluding the audit there were
none uh please a report there were no
uncorrected statements either
significant or insignificant no
uncorrected
misstatements and then additionally just
there's verbiage in there regarding
fraud not to alarm anyone but more just
indicating the importance uh that
ultimately responsibility for fraud
within the organization realize with
management and Council uh and uh yeah
just in indicating the importance of
that and reiterating the
responsibilities that management and
Council have
that was a little longer than I was
expecting but went over a a host of
different things but ultimately those
are my prepared remarks the audit went
well uh we got what uh we needed from
City management throughout the year to
get our audit procedures completed um
all audit reports have been issued and
submitted on time as well throughout the
year but if you have any questions for
me as part of the audit process or
anything including in the reports I'm
happy to answer them thank you Mr jumper
um any questions or comments for Josh
jumper no I know we've encountered each
other in the past as well as you did
mags recently yes well yes so
uh uh did you have a question okay so we
have no questions thank you sir all
right thank you so much so Council what
is next in order would be a motion to
approve this one action item agenda
mayor council member Orlando yeah I move
that we approve resolution number 5867
accepting the annual comprehensive
financial report for the fiscal year
ending June 30th 2024 and demonstrating
compliance with Arizona advised statute
second we have a motion by council
member Orlando a second by council
member Poston we had no additional
questions uh assum will we still be
taking a voice call vice mayor Ellis yes
council member Poston yes council member
Orlando yes um council member Harris is
still watching virtually and he says yes
council member Hawkins yes and mayor
Harkey yes motion carries unanimously
thank you and thank you
all all right I do have two uh speaker
cards for unscheduled public
appearance and with our our unscheduled
public speaker speakers this is not
since this is unscheduled we cannot
engage you we cannot have a conversation
with you but we and staff hear your
comments and staff will follow up uh as
as necessary if necessary to uh further
understand and report back to us our
first Speaker card
is
from Paul
pavich Mr pavish please your name and
address and you have up to three minutes
to share when that light turns yellow
please uh consider wrapping up your
comments great do we have we don't have
a light do
we all right so you got to be a beep or
something at three okay excellent it's
already started so I get five more
seconds my name is Paul pavich I live at
1313 East heisen Street so members of
the council my family our neighbors in
the city of Chandler have been taken
advantage of for years by the short-term
rental operated by a nationwide
management company
at 1323 East Tyson
Street I had renewed hope that with the
April 13th 2023 unanimous adoption by
the city council of chapter 22
short-term rental regulations the
residents of Chandon would finally have
a mechanism to hold Str Str operators
accountable un unfortunately I've
learned through countless hours of
attempting to work with administrators
in various offices from code enforcement
to business compliance that chapter 22
simply appears to be for show verified
violations include but are not limited
to failure to notify neighbors prior
listing property 22- 6.1 Falls
attestation to obtain operating license
22 d3.5 C listing property without the
required disclosures 22- 7.1 on multiple
advertisements 22- 7.2 and others the
city has the authority to revoke the
license for 12 months solely based on
the false attestation per 22-35 C and
the city may also or also has the
authority based on the three violation
rule in 22- 3.5
or
22-9 these are only the Str Str
violations if you consider the code
enforcement violations the property has
admitted to like converting a garage
into an enclosed habitable space without
a permit to increase the occupancy or
you consider cost a law enforcement
including but not limited to February
trespassing March noise disturbance
March trespassing July noise disturbance
March noise disturbance April suspicious
activity April noise disturbance
November noise disturbance
I think you get the picture despite this
code enforcement case numbers 10267 and
10308 generated beginning August 8th
2024 are not resolved code enforcement
closed the cases by transferring them to
tax and Licensing tax and Licensing then
pass them around within business
compliance none of the individuals
Within These departments have been
responsive to my repeated requests for
status updates or provided resolution in
accordance with chapter 22 so
unresponsive in fact that I had to
submit public records requests to get
updates about these cases I had to
physically go to City Hall unannounced
in order to have a discussion with them
about it on November 19th I also
attempted to physically go to a
neighborhood advisory committee meeting
to be heard only to learn that it was
cancelled without notice to the public
in closing the property has been
operating on a business license that was
obtained through falsified records since
July 1st 2024 that's 206 days the
business compliance office has been
provided everything needed to enforce
city code has refused to do so has
provided non-resp responsive dismissive
replies to my simple
inquiries the operations of this major
Nationwide property management company
have been prioritized over Chandler
residents for too long it is the city's
obligation to penalize Bad actors and
not look the other way I'm here because
I do not know where else to go I've gone
everywhere else in the city I've tried
navigating the appropriate channels to
no avail I'm asking for support and
enforcing existing code and would love
to meet with any of you who are willing
to do so I've also provided some
documentation to thank you Mr P for your
availability thank you um Step I would
and I'm sure Council would just like an
update and a path to resolution for
these concerns so share with us where
we're at share with us how this is going
to be reconciled we would appreciate
that thank you council member Orlando
yeah and
as staff is looking into that I also
like the S process I think it's fair for
any individual that they know what the
process is who's responsible what are
the handoffs so how we get this resolved
because you got two issues here so I'd
like to see that as well thank
you thank you thank you you C
appreciate our next speaker is Jenny
Vitali um Miss Vali you have up to three
minutes please state your name and
address and the and the mic is yours I
don't even see the mic um for the Rec my
name is Jenny Vitali I reside at 3321
North Nebraska Street that's in the old
part of Chandler up north by the canal
I'm here tonight because I emailed all
of you in addition to John canson uh
regarding the lovely letter we got uh
that dealt with whether or not we have
lead pipes and whether or not our
neighborhood had to be
analyzed I'm sure that you read your
email and uh understood my frustration
with that letter one of the problems
that I have is that I understand that
it's a a tricky Wicket Sometimes When
government agencies have to play nice
with each other so city of Chandler is
under the jurisdiction of DEQ for their
public water service and DEQ is under
the direction of the EPA with regard to
this lead service line inventory that
we're embarking on the problem is this
city of Chandler already embarked on a
lead service line uh inventory back in
1992 EPA B baned lead pipes in 86 the
state banned them in 88 and in 1992 city
of Chandler went and did a lead service
inventory and tried to identify who had
Leed pipes in some of these older homes
or galvanized pipe too that's already
been done and so now we're being asked
to effectively redo what we've already
done when I talk to staff staff is
prepared to tell you they have to spend
up to $2 million to hire two
subcontractors to go and pot hole on
private property you are not allowed to
pot hole on private property that is a
violation of our fourth right Amendment
it is a violation of the administrative
search Doctrine unless you get a search
warrant you really don't have a right to
enter anybody's property when I talked
to John can he said now we're going to
try not to do that we're going to try
and look in the water meter boxes and
we're going to try and look at the hose
bibs where the stop valves are for most
people's homes most people don't even
know what those
are there Comes A Time and and the
letter that went out by the way your
city staff didn't write they didn't even
like it and they didn't want to send it
out they were dictated that letter by
the EPA there comes a point where your
city employees and you as a city need to
sometimes tell an agency to go fly a
kite and you need to sometimes tell an
agency no we're going to do do it our
way we're going to comply with your
regulation but this letter is manure and
we're going to actually put out a letter
that informs our homeowners what it is
we're doing and why we have to do it
I've had tons of neighbors call me
because apparently I'm the only one that
comes to you guys and and speaks up for
the neighborhood and say Jenny what does
this letter mean what it means is they
can enter your property and start
digging up trying to find your waterline
but what the letter doesn't say is that
you as a homeowner have a right to
refuse that what the letter doesn't say
is what's going to happen if they're pot
holing and accidentally hits your
waterline
why is that important I recently had my
curb stop valve fail and I needed the
water shut off so that I could fix a
pipe in the backyard they couldn't get
the water valves out in the street I
still don't have my water valve put back
together and they had to come out three
times to fix it because they had to Liv
stop it instead of spending $2 million
on a goose chase that was already done
in 1992 those resources need to be
allocated for aging infrastructure
you've got neighborhoods in which valves
don't work and shut off anymore you've
got uh valves that need to be replaced
and homeowners don't know what is their
responsibility versus the city's
responsibility so please have a chat
with your staff and John kuton and s in
particular because I think they can
Enlighten you as to some of the
resources they need from you instead of
lip service thank you m thank
you Josh vice mayor thank you Josh I
know that you had mentioned um this
particular case to me because I had a
question about it after I received that
letter and so it is important that we go
back now and backtrack and work
something out I know agency to agency
there might not be anything that we can
do because we are under the law just
like we have to abide by their laws also
but at the same time if we could just
look into how can we we reconcile
anything between our neighbors that we
live next door to and those state
regulations that we have to deal with
all h of tie we know that yeah thank you
thank you vice mayor next on our agenda
is current events uh Chandler Council
and staff opportunities to share things
happening or or highlight things so I'll
start with coming up this weekend is the
Chandler International Film Festival I
am excited to announce that it's back
again for another year at look theater
in downtown Chandler this event kicks
off tomorrow with a red carpet event and
will run through February 2nd the
Chandler International Film Festival
will be showcasing over 120 films
submitted from all around the world
spanning from six continents in 35
countries including last year's Chandler
state of the city video
struthio the festival is dedicated to
uniting the community Through film and
whether you're a filmmaker a casual
viewer there's something for everyone so
come join us on the red carpet Opening
Ceremonies tomorrow night and check out
the full schedule of events at Chandler
film festival.com
secondly the the next day Saturday
invite Council and our
community to join me at the unity walk
at annual 22nd annual Unity walk in
Tempe Chandler and six neighboring
communities will come together at tempy
beach park in downtown Tempe this
community-driven initiative is aimed at
fostering a sense of unity and
understanding amongst residents of
Chandler and their neighbors the free
event starts at 4:30 PM with a festival
at tempy beach park and a one mile
candlelight walk starting at 6m I look
forward to being there and and hanging
out with my Chandler Peeps and council
members who will also join me
and lastly I do want to invite you all
for the um this year's February 13th
state of the city
address we will myself and Council will
be there on Thursday February 13th we'll
present the highlights of our
community's accomplishments from the
past years and look forward to 2025
there's going to be reception starting
at 5:30 pm. where you can mingle uh
sample food from some local Chandler
restaurants enjoy a themed Lobby
experience and then at 6:30 the formal
remarks will begin for more information
and the opportunity to RSVP so that we
know we'll have enough food you can do
this at
chandleraz.gov
stateof thee City all right council
member Poston all right thank you mayor
so I'm excited to have a few
opportunities for our teens to get
involved some leadership opportunities
the very first one is that applications
are now open for the teen Leadership
Academy and that is for high school
students that gives them a behind
the-scenes look at how our city
government operates this program takes
place on March 14th and it is a
fantastic opportunity for teens to
explore the Civic leadership and learn
how they can make a difference in
Chandler what's really unique about this
program and absolutely fantastic is that
this is planned by teens for teens our
mayor's youth commission works all year
long to plan this event so we know it's
going to be right up their alley and all
the teens will enjoy it and then
speaking of mayor's youth commission we
are looking for teens who are interested
in serving on this board they help
advise mayor and Council about issues
that are facing the teen community and
help plan next year's Teen Leadership
Academy those applications open on
February 1st through March 31st and all
chanler teens in 8 through 11th grade
are eligible to apply and then finally
our community services team will be
hosting a youth and team art show in
March and submissions to participate in
that uh are due on March 7th if there
are any teens in your life that have a
Crea side encourage them to apply um you
can apply through our website and their
artwork could be selected to uh be
showcased at our community center so I
encourage all of our ambitious and
artistic teams to take part in any one
of these opportunities um we love to
have teens involved in the city and look
forward to seeing what they can do great
thank you vice mayor thank you mayor
with February around the corner we are
hearing uh Black History Month is coming
it's it's a time to honor and celebrate
the rich history culture and
contributions of black Americans it's an
important opportunity to reflect on the
past and to celebrate progress you'll be
able to find information on community
events at chandleraz.gov
blackhistorymonth but I want to
highlight one exciting event this
evening on Valentine's Day you can join
South Chandler self-help and celebrate
Black love through music at the Chandler
Center for the Arts there will be many
exciting performances including spoken
word live music dance showcases and
delicious food it's the perfect
opportunity to celebrate Valentine's Day
while honoring the beauty and resiliency
of Black Culture through the universal
language of music so ladies Nodge your
guys and let's get down there and have a
good time additionally I am pleased to
share that nominations are now open for
Chandler 2025 disability awareness
Awards this is an important opportunity
to rec oriz individuals organizations
and businesses that are making a
significant impact in advancing
inclusion accessibility and support for
our residents with
disabilities nominations are being
accepted through January 31st and I
encourage you to think about someone or
group in your network who deserve this
recognition whether it's through
advocacy Innovation or exceptional
service this is a chance to shine a
spotlight on those who are breaking down
barriers and making a difference in our
community that's all I have for tonight
mayor thank you thank you I consider
myself noted yes
noted council member Orlando you know
mayor those are all great events but
event you really want to be at is on
February 8th at the public safety center
on 3550 South doson Road yeah we have an
upcoming opportunity for our community
to learn more about our careers in
public safety
attendees will be able to learn about
valuable available position participate
in question answers with our Chandler
Police Department team and hear about
the benefits of joining the Chandler
team or team Chandler excuse me uh I
encourage anyone who's curious about a
future in public safety we see a lot of
young folks out there who may or may
know someone who wants to might be
interested in attend this event our
Police Department is one of the top in
the nation because our incredible
employees the the blue in you that's our
event and opportunity to connect
outstanding professionals and learn how
you can be a part of the team that makes
our community one of the best to call
home and you can find that more
information on the Chandler a website so
that's all I have tonight mayor thank
you sir council member Hawkins all right
debatable we save the best for
last um I wanted to present that there
is a daddy daughter dance coming up it's
going to take place on Saturday February
8th uh it will be at the Chandler
community center right down here from 5:
to 8:00 p.m. so this is a really cute
event it's for little girls ages 3: to
15 um if Dad isn't available go ahead
and grab stepdad uh a fun Uncle a
grandpa or even mom if she's available
to take the kiddo um you can find out
more information and registration on our
website and um I think it's going to be
a really good time it's going to have
not only the dance for the fun music for
everybody so Grandpa could get out there
and and uh and make a scene if necessary
um but there's also going to be contests
crafts and dinner provided as well so
check it out you get time thank you city
manager all right that concludes our
meetings tonight Council we will be back
here the February 3rd and February 6 um
have a wonderful evening