City of Chandler Study Session 05/06/2024

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welcome to the city council chambers we
have two separate meetings tonight the
first is the public housing authority
commission and then the second is our
May 6 study session so uh you get two
for the price of
one with that I'd like to call to order
our public housing authority commission
uh clerk would you please please take
the role of the Commissioners chairman
Harkey here Vice chair Harris here
commissioner
Lauren president commissioner enas here
commissioner Ellis here commissioner
Stewart here commissioner Orlando here
commissioner Poston here we have a
quorum thank you clerk do we have any
unscheduled public appearances for
tonight no chairman hary we do not all
right Council we've had a chance to see
this since last week uh very simple
consent related to some work on our
public housing uh Commissioners how
would you like to move chair
commissioner yes I would like to um
motion to approve consent agenda um for
May Monday May 6 2024 um for items one
and two I second may all right
commission M you've got a first and a
second any comments or
recusals seeing none um please uh take
our vote Vice chair Harris yes
commissioner
Lauren yes commission Nas yes
commissioner Ellis yes commissioner
Stewart yes commissioner Orlando yes
commissioner
Poston yes and chairman Harkey yes
motion carries
unanimously Commissioners that concludes
our public housing authority Commission
welcome to the May 6 study session like
to call this meeting to order as well
clerk please take our role May heart key
here vice mayor Harris here council
member enus here council member Ellis
pres council member
Stewart we might have just lost
him come um council member Orlando yes
council member
poon
here all right uh thank you and uh we
hope that council member Sumer
reconnects with us during this
timec next owner council member
Stewart council member Stewart okay yes
okay all right we knew you were out
there
somewhere next on our agenda is
scheduled public appearances and council
member Ellis would you please join me up
front
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hey to one of our council members can
you please put yourself on mute we
hearing all sorts of
things all
right so city manager first we have some
service recognitions please take it away
thank you Mr Mayor members of city
council uh we do have two employees
recognitions this evening and they are
both from the police department I'd like
to invite our acting assistant chief of
police Jason Sakowski to come forward
and make the
presentations good evening mayor and
councel I'd like to welcome Miss Nancy
Martinez morning
[Applause]
Nancy Martinez has held numerous roles
in the police department over the last
20 years many of them first for our
department Nancy started in the forensic
lab as a crime scene technician
responding to collect and document
evidence in 2007 Nancy helped open the
first substation at Desert Breeze as an
administrative specialist before
becoming the first civilian Teleserve
officer in that role Nancy assisted with
telephone reports and reduced the call
burden for patrol officers after eight
years Nancy jumped at the opportunity to
become the first investigative
specialist in the criminal
investigations Bureau where she not only
assists detectives with their cases but
takes lead on her own as well all this
work pales in comparison to ny's True
calling as a law enforcement ambassador
to the special needs Community each year
Nancy coordinates our popular pizza with
the police event where police employees
meet and engage with our special needs
Community she also helped plan and
Implement a curriculum specifically
designed for law enforcement interaction
with special needs individuals that is
utilized at the state level and
additionally just on a side note Nancy
is also helping launch our blue envelope
initiative which is partnered with the
Arizona Department of Transportation and
we will be the first Municipal Police
Department in the state to take on that
program so thank you for your service
Nancy
[Applause]
you
all right next I would like to welcome
up Sergeant Randy Meer
[Applause]
Sergeant Randy merer has served with the
Chandler police department since 1994
and has served his community in several
different capacities Sergeant merer was
a Reserve officer prior to becoming a
full-time employee he began his career
as a patrol officer become before
becoming a gang detective followed by a
Narcotics detective Sergeant merer
served as a recruit training officer in
the police academy before promoting to
the rank of Sergeant in 2007 Sergeant
Miker also served as a narcotic sergeant
and Contin to currently serve his
department and community in Patrol
Sergeant Mika recognizes the concept of
community policing and makes it a point
to positively interact with the
community on a daily basis Sergeant
Maker's positive attitude cultivates a
positive work environment which allows
for him to share his knowledge and
experiences with other newly promoted
supervisors Sergeant merer is a valued
member of this city and is well
respected among his team peers and
Command Staff I can personally attest to
Randy's role as a mentor he was one of
my first sergeants off of field training
back in 2008 so thank you for your
service
[Applause]
Randy mayor and Council that concludes
our Employee Service recognitions this
evening thank you
all right next we have a proclamation on
water safety month if Jessica at
Chamberlain and Battalion Chief Vargas
and officer Ducker if you could please
join us
whereas Chandler recognizes swimming and
aqu quatic related activities are an
integral part of communities and provide
rewarding experiences that enhance the
physical mental and emotional health of
all citizens and whereas the aquatic
centers and programs with in the city
make Chandler an attractive and
desirable place to live work play and
visit while contributing to its
exceptional quality of life and overall
vitality and whereas Chandler encourages
residents to understand the essential
role that water safety education plays
in preventing drownings and water
related injuries while also recognizing
the dangers of household features such
as tubs and buckets of water and whereas
residents must be VI Vigilant and
practiced water safety rules and
awareness with families and individuals
of all ages whether around water related
risks whenever around water related
risks and whereas the aquatics police
and fire departments partner in their
ongoing efforts and commitment to
educate the public on water safety
issues and initiatives in order Tove
lives now therefore I Kevin Harkey mayor
of the city of Chandler Arizona do
hereby Proclaim May 2024 as water safety
month Chief
Vargus uh first of all thank you for
having us um this is a joint effort
between the police department Aquatics
and the fire department in spreading
water safety awareness um this month it
starts to get hot and we get to our
summer months and we have to be careful
around water um so we teach the ABCs we
teach adult supervision around the water
uh barriers meaning in pole fences and
other things that stop children from
getting close to the water and then last
is see classes that are offered by our
Aquatics division uh these things are
important uh we're starting to see
incidents across the valley uh so we'll
continue to do our work and spread the
message of water
safety well said sir let's have a photo
thank
you and next we have recognition on
Water Festival sponsors so if Tiffany
yand from the water conservation program
manager please join us so each year the
city hosts the Chandler Water Festival
bringing over 1,000 fourth grade
students from Chandler schools together
to learn about water conservation our
water supply and water cycle this is a
critical top topic for our state and I'm
glad that we're starting the education
on this early taking proactive steps in
Chandler to talk to our students about
their water where it comes from and how
to be good water stewards an event of
this scale could not be possible without
Community Partnerships and we are
excited to be able to honor the event
sponsors this evening Tiffany floor is
yours yes hello everyone Chandler has
held an annual Water Festival for 19
years it's partnered with Arizona
project wet the curriculum provides
Chandler fourth graders with a deeper
understanding of water in the earth
system Arizona's water resources and
Water Conservation the Water festival is
a two-day Hands-On learning experience
with water professionals and community
volunteers engaging students in
activities on groundwater water sheds
the water cycle and water conservation
technology sponsorship donations help us
Support over 200 volunteers that are
needed to organize the two-day event the
sponsors provide breakfast snacks
lunches and transportation for
volunteers for each day of the festival
we need over a 100 volunteers to help
coordinate buses assist with activity
rotations teach the activities for
students and more the generous support
of our sponsors allows us to provide
support to our amazing volunteers
Chandler Water Festival is one of the
largest in the state educating over 1400
Chandler fourth graders each year and
supports the fourth grade curriculum we
greatly appreciate all of our 2023 Water
Festival sponsors I'll call them up to
be recognized one at a time Brown and
calwell
[Applause]
haisen and Sawyer
[Applause]
kitchel
[Applause]
Matrix new world
[Applause]
and PCL Construction
[Applause]
thank you again to our 2023 Water
Festival
sponsors all right thank you all that
concludes our special appearances for
the night
well Council we have something uh
unusual tonight something
extraordinary in that staff has done a
tremendous job in explaining all the
things that we are going to be voting on
on Thursday you have all of your
questions answered and nobody called in
any for presentations or questions I do
realize on Thursday that and certainly
we'll welcome uh comments from whoever
regarding the unruly Gathering and brass
knuckles ordinances that will be
henceforth but with no items called in
that concludes our study session tonight
we'll see you all on Thursday