City of Chandler Study Session 06-26-23

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um we will be doing a regular thank you
we'll be doing the regular meeting first
and okay you got my note right yes I did
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thank you
thank you
well good evening and welcome to the the
city council chambers tonight we have
three separate meetings so first we're
going to move up the regular meeting of
which we will be uh voting on the
assessed value the property evaluation
then we will go to a public housing
authority Council and then our regular
study session of which
most of you are probably here for that
so we're saving the best for last today
and with that uh let me call this
meeting to order and clerk please take
the role mayor Hartke present vice mayor
Orlando
here council member and Cena's here
councilmember Ellis president council
member Stewart here councilmember Harris
yeah councilmember Poston here we have a
quorum thank you councilmember Harris
would you please lead us on the pledge
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all
well Council it's uh taken us a while to
get here we've been to those in our
audience we've started working on this
budget after we passed a budget last
year so it really is a year-long process
and we're at the culmination of that uh
with first and second votes this
particular week we have one agenda item
which is on action which is passing the
ordinance 50 59. Council what would you
like
mayor council member Stewart I'd like to
make a motion to approve ordinance
number 5059 living the levying upon the
assessed valuation of the property
within the city of Chandler Arizona
subject to taxation a certain sum upon
each one hundred dollars assessed
valuation sufficient to raise the amount
estimated to be required in the annual
budget
for the fiscal year ending the 30th day
of June 2024.
second Batman Second so you've got a
motion by councilmember Stewart a second
by council member encinas
uh Council any comments
all right please vote
vice mayor Orlando
yes
motion carries unanimously all right
thank you
you're going to hear me gavel a lot
tonight
next on our agenda is the public housing
authority commission
um clerk would you please call the uh
take the role of the Commissioners
chairman Hartke president uh Vice chair
Orlando
here
commissioner Laureen
president commissioner encinas your
commissioner Ellis president
commissioner Stewart here commissioner
Harris here commissioner Poston here we
have a quorum all right thank you
on clerk do I have any unscheduled
public appearances for our P hack
meeting tonight no Mary do not all right
Council we have got
um two items on our agenda approving of
minutes and then authorizing the
approval of a of a write-offs which is
very light this particular year Council
how would you like to
commission how would you like to proceed
chairman
commissioner Harris yes I would like to
approve
um consent agendas uh for June 26 2023
of consent Agenda One and consent agenda
2.
second that motion come here all right
we'll give that to commissioner Ellis we
have a motion and a second any comments
Commissioners yep no please vote
I'll have to do a roll call okay voice
phone thank you
um Vice chair Orlando
yes commissioner Laurie
present
yes I'm sorry
yes or no yes yes okay I'm commissioner
encinas yes commissioner Ellis yes
commissioner Stewart yes commissioner
Harris yes commissioner Poston yes
chairman Hartke yes Washington carries
unanimously all right and with that that
concludes our P hat committee
and our last is our June 26th study
session
we we take separate roles because these
all show up on different places online
so it's uh we're we're not just being
redundant for redundant sake so clerk
please take the role mayor Hartke
present I believe my vice marylando is
off the call now okay
um council member and Cena's here
councilmember Ellis yeah councilmember
Stewart here councilmember Harris
councilmember Poston here we have a
quorum very good
our next in our agenda tonight is
scheduled public appearances we've got
quite a few awesome recognitions tonight
and with that I'd like to invite council
member Ellis to join me up front
so first we would like to recognize our
Civic grads and if I could have Ryan
Peters and Alexis Apodaca come up
we believe that Civic engagement is so
important in our community and and it
really sets the stage for the future of
our community by getting people informed
engaged and involved that's why tonight
we're celebrating the dedicated
participants in this year's Civic
program Civic is an interactive 13
session program providing Chandler
residents with the behind the scenes
look at city services these participants
took time out of their busy lives to
meet with city leaders tour facilities
and participate in interactive sessions
to learn how the city runs we're so
grateful for each and every one of you
this is our our third cohort of of Civic
in Chandler and we're so glad that you
had had a a burning interest and a deep
desire to learn more about how your city
runs so with that let's meet the
participants
Aaron tippetts
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Joe setlist
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Santa Saha
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Bob dalpy
Heidi pakonen
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Court osprey
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Ross lameyar
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Monica Johnston
Mark mount
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Armon sidhu
Ryan lemayer
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Bernadette Gomez
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Richard beans
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Kelsey Brown
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Diane Martis
Betty Ramirez
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that is our group mayor
I appreciate all the time that you all
have put into the program I know six
months is a significant commitment to
put into learning about your local
government but I appreciate it and the
time that you've put into Civic
engagement and learning about each of
our departments you all have been
extremely dedicated so thank you all
very good
and if we can gather for a picture
Stephanie we'll walk us through that
come on yeah
a few times
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because there's a lot of eyes all right
thank you thank you
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all right
next
I won't even try to compare the
excitement and energy of this with that
because they're both just super exciting
we'd like to recognize the 2023 Miss
Juneteenth pageant winners so Rodney
love
with South Taylor South Park please come
on out
Partnerships like this that we share
with South Chandler self-help are really
important to our community and this is
in my opinion has been a legacy group
that has been serving our city and a
local community with so many years and
decades so it's been really exciting to
see the the last several years with this
organization bringing forth the Miss
Juneteenth pageant providing
opportunities to our youth in the
community and surrounding communities so
tonight we have both this year's and
last year's Miss Juneteenth and uh to
here to share some words with us and Mr
love
lower is yours
oh over there okay
thank you
good evening everyone evening everyone
first of all I'd like to thank the mayor
the council members especially
councilwoman Ellis and councilmember
Harris for the support they've given
South Channel itself up over the years
especially with the June team
scholarship program that we're running
right now without their help I don't
think that we would have made this
happen so first of all can we give them
all
[Applause]
now with that being said the next thing
that's going to happen is I'm going to
introduce you to miss Juneteenth 2020.
Miss Juneteenth Arizona 2022 and she's
going to introduce you to miss
Juneteenth Arizona 2023 and I'm not
going to have to say another word except
hand out a check
so miss Juneteenth Arizona 2022 is
leaving us Chandra Norman
therapists very well tomorrow morning
she's getting on a plane and she's going
to Prairie View A M starting her track
on getting through college and going to
law school so we're going to miss you
I will be calling you to tell you made a
mistake in choosing prayer review
good evening everyone
many in this room have watched me grow
from an incoming senior in high school
who was recently crowned as the first
Miss Juneteenth of Arizona to be an Alum
at Chandler High School this year before
and during my reign I have accomplished
many achievements such as passing
legislation in the city of Chandler
being a part of two political campaigns
as a paid intern president of Chandler's
black student union becoming a National
Honor Society of dance in Spanish and
more
though my reign has come to an end I
have much more in store for myself and
as Mr Rodney had said I will be
attending Prairie View Agricultural and
Mechanical University the third largest
historically black college in the nation
and the third large or the first the
number one in Texas the number one in
Texas that's big
I will be in a political science major
at the Marvin D and June Samuel Bros for
College of Arts and Sciences and I will
be vying for the title as Miss freshman
of Prairie View a m University this
upcoming fall and I do plan to run for
many other missed positions at the
school as well I leave for Texas
tomorrow so I'm really excited to be on
the hill finally and additionally I did
receive my scholarship from the alumni
Phoenix metropolitan chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta sorority Incorporated so and
I have more scholarships coming through
as well and while it's emotional and
Bittersweet for me to hand off my reign
I am more than confident that I have
worn my stash and my crown with styling
Grace though a proud California girl the
State of Arizona and the City of
Chandler is my home away from home and
I'm so glad that they were able to be a
part of my life especially with the rain
they've been so Hands-On and so
supportive and for our new queen I'm
very very proud of you and I feel like
you're my bonus sister already and we
haven't even talked that much even this
is our second event with each other and
you are holding that Crown which style
and grace just as I did so I'm very very
happy and I'm very grateful to have you
as a little bonus sister you can always
text and call me I'm always a call away
even though I'm not in this state
because you know
[Applause]
thank you
good evening everyone thank you Jay
Ricky rock that um my name is Sasha
reveron I am 15 years old and a
sophomore a rising sophomore who's will
be attending basis Mesa
um
I don't I can't follow that up but I I'm
here today to speak about my platform
thank you for having me by the way I'm
excited for my reign and these are some
very big shoes to film
um my platform is amplify her voice it
is essentially my plan to increase Civic
engagement in the political process for
young women of color specifically black
women with the help of South China
self-help and hopefully this Council I
would like to make this happen by
reaching out to women in political
spaces across Arizona and asking them to
attend a panel where members of the
community can come and watch this and
hear about their stories of being women
in politics specifically women of color
and politics and their journey through
it and any advice or recommendations
they have for those
um so that in turn they can help and
then this will create hopefully create
relationships between me and them and we
can create a program where we can reach
out to those in community in the
community and create a program that
serves overlooked youth in Chandler and
across the state and encourage them to
get involved in our government and
encourage them to get involved in the
political process thank you
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scholarship program that we run each
year is a scholarship program which
consists of three elements there's
workshops that go on before the pageant
there's the pageant and then there's
there are all the appearances that
appear that come after uh Sasha revron
is Miss Juneteenth Arizona 2023 and I'd
like to present to you your check for
winning the pageant
yes
all right let's take a photo
are there any others that should be in
this photo
come on
it's on up here
come on Elaine what you doing looking
around YouTube yeah come on up here
looking around trying to figure out
[Applause]
one
um
all right and uh our next presentation
is a proclamation with Parks and
Recreation months so can we have our
Parks and Rec board members come on up
and Melanie Dykstra
and stamp and present as well
you're pretty fast on that
next to you
all right whereas access to parks open
spaces and Recreation is a fundamental
human need that helps Foster personal
Health social inclusion and a stronger
community in Chandler we are fortunate
to host a vast system of special places
that provide countless recreational
opportunities for residents and visitors
alike and whereas engaging in
recreational activities can improve
one's quality of life and overall
well-being in Chandler we value the
importance of social equity and ensure
all people have access to the many
benefits of parks open spaces and
recreational activities
and whereas Chandler features various
parks open spaces and trails for both
active and passive outdoor activities
these assets provide recreational
benefits and could contribute to the
city's stewardship of our natural
environment and conservation efforts and
whereas parks and Rex month celebrates
Chandler's spectacular parks and
recreational services along with the
many volunteers and professionals
working to raise awareness for this role
they play in individual community and
environmental well-being now therefore I
Kevin Hartke mayor of the city of
Chandler do hereby Proclaim July 2023 as
Parks and Recreation month and I invite
all citizens to explore what Chandler
Parks and Recreation has to offer and
enjoy the benefits derived year-round
from quality public Recreation and park
resources
thank you
thank you my name is Melanie Dykstra I'm
the chair of the parks board right now
and I know you might think that July is
an odd time for it to be get out and
enjoy your Parks but it's a national
program but here in Arizona it is a
wonderful opportunity because city of
Chandler offers so many different
opportunities for us you can get out
into the swimming pools take water
aerobics which I'm missing tonight to be
here but I will be back at class
tomorrow but we have awesome rec centers
you have the nature centers classes for
kids and all ages for everything we I
know have we have ping pong enthusiasts
here one of our Parks Road members out
there she's a pickleball Enthusiast so
we represent everyone and encourage
everyone to continue to enjoy everything
I don't think probably anyone here has
not been touched by Parks and Recreation
whether you know it or not if you're
ever on the trails or just enjoying the
outdoors that is part of this system and
so we encourage you to make sure that
you continue to take your family out and
enjoy all that Chandler has to offer
thanks
take a photo
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thank you all that concludes her up
front though we have one more service
recognition
all right thank you Mr Man members of
the council we do have one surprise
retirement recognition tonight well we
knew it was coming but he doesn't know
that we're going to surprise him tonight
so
uh Mr Derek horn if I could ask you to
stand up real quick
Derek I'll I'll read something about you
and then I'll meet you in the middle
because we do have a gift for you as
well but mayor and Council I'm honored
tonight to recognize my colleague and
friend Derek horn on his retirement from
the city of Chandler effective early
next month this week represents Derek's
last Council meetings after five years
of service as Chandler's development
services director
Derek had an interesting path to joining
team Chandler trained as both an
architect and an engineer he worked in
the private sector for Maricopa County
and ultimately for the City of Phoenix
rising over a distinguished career to
serve as its director of planning and
development services
upon his first retirement and writing
his first book about Central Phoenix's
architectural history he took a
temporary assignment as Chandler's
director of transportation and
development overseeing building safety
civil engineering capital projects and
Street Maintenance
I was actually hired as Derek's
supervisor during this time and I'll
never forget our first meeting for three
reasons first he struck me as one of the
kindest people I had met since joining
team Chandler
second for such a mild-mannered guy he
drove around a very flashy sports car
and third he told me that he was leaving
in a month to write his second book and
sail around the world
fortunately about seven months later
Derek decided to come back to team
Chandler to stay and at the time he
promised us five years and he has kept
his word
as director of the then new development
services department Derek built a
phenomenal team hiring new managers in
all of the divisions under his purview
and putting in place processes that have
made Chandler a great place to do
business bringing his expertise in
infill Redevelopment and adaptive reuse
at a time when Chandler has begun to
rapidly urbanize Derek earned a
reputation as a problem solver and
patient leader among his many
accomplishments are the updated Air Park
area plan fully digital plan review and
seamlessly handling multiple corporate
expansions all of which contributed to
Chandler recently being named the best
city for business by the Arizona Chamber
of Commerce
of course everyone knows Derek for his
passion for history and he deserves
credit as the champion for Chandler's
historic preservation program under his
leadership historic overlays were added
to Chandler's first neighborhood and to
Landmark sites and later tonight in fact
we'll discuss making Chandler a
certified local government with the
state historic preservation office these
accomplishments simply would not have
been possible without Derek's tenacity
and his vision
I'd like to argue though that Derek's
real Legacy in Chandler is the people
he's mentored promoted and supported
Derek your team and your colleagues have
witnessed your professionalism patience
humility and sense of Duty to serve the
public and we are all better for it
personally I will miss our talks about
mid-century modern architecture Star
Trek classic cars world history the
Twilight Zone and so many other things
as Derek departs to write his third book
this one about his hero Winston
Churchill and spend more time with his
family and his Hobbies we wish him all
the best in his retirement thank you
Derek for your outstanding service to
the city and its residents
foreign
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next on our agenda tonight is looking at
our consent agenda but Derek I think I
speak for all of councilman saying that
you have been a consummate professional
you have given us great advice you uh
really we've been so honored to have you
as part of Team Chandler and uh
I recently am was accepted into a
mayor's Institute of Creative Design and
I'd pretty much already picked a project
and by the sheer force of presentation
uh Derek had uh convinced me uh not
twisted my arm but just by by sheer
presentation it convinced me of a of a
different project would be would be
noteworthy to present and get some some
experts looking at so I'm looking
forward to going to Kansas City next
month to be part of that and
you've left a deep indelible mark on
Chandler and we are very grateful sir so
thank you
[Applause]
all right counsel with your permission
I'm going to go a little out of order
for these just because
um councilmember Ellis called in
um one and the uh the person from
Dignity Health has to be in Queen Creek
for another presentation almost
immediately afterwards so let's go with
item number 25 and you wanted a
presentation and then questions council
member all right Julie Alvarado thank
you Miss Julie for being here yeah
appreciate you
I know that's right
only thing I'm going to clarify with you
was
um
was it ready for presentation and then
questions all right so do you want me to
just I can
separaneously give a summary or what
would you like I think a summary is I
will be worth it the whole idea behind
this was uh to for you to come and talk
about what is this represent and why is
it that we passed in this grant through
Chandler not only because it's going to
benefit our uh Community but also what
is it going to do for the school of uh
medical school that we just opened here
now in Chandler and how it's going to
prepare doctors for the future and
things like that if you may that was a
mouthful
so much in one and I thank all of you
and I know in particular that you toured
with me um as we opened Tower D last
year so I appreciate all of your
interest in Chandler Regional Medical
Center and our parent company is Dignity
Health and then we're part of a national
network that's common Spirit health so
let's just start with some real Basics
um Chandler Regional Hospital turned
into Chandler Regional Medical Center
I've been serving this area for 60 years
and for those of you that may or may not
know it started with residents selling
any I'm going to date myself and we'll
see how many of you can remember trash
cans used to be metal and there were
metal trash can Lids if anyone remembers
that you can probably Google it it's
probably under you know antiques now and
they sold those metal trash can Lids to
raise the money
to be in their hospital and they began
their Hospital in a way that they were
taking care of the workers in the fields
whether that was the Dairy Farmers or
you know the farmer agricultural farmers
and we continue that today so we're here
not only to be an excellent Medical
Center but we're to do the mission and
the Outreach work that's needed in our
community
so bringing us current it's been tough
coming out of the pandemic Healthcare
it's uh you can Google that too it is uh
staff shortages that's real they're
great retirement that's real the costs
are prohibitive supplies are hard to get
with that background we're also and we
don't have
um study reasons yet but anecdotally I
can tell you that Chandler Regional is
still serving numbers
currently as you can imagine in January
the winter visitors come in those are
our high numbers as we open Tower d
and you toured with me it was full
immediately those numbers have stayed
High those numbers have stayed High
through June
don't know some conjecture is people
that waited during the pandemic are now
doing elective procedures a myriad of
reasons but the numbers are high that
building that brand new towers full
now let's juxtapose that over the things
that you think about which is
we've got all kinds of people the
Chandler Care Center in need
Arizona State University says roughly
half a million of people in this area
are underserved
uninsured
you know
there we need to keep doing the mission
work we need to be keep doing the
Outreach
so I am
very proud to represent our president
and a leadership team of about 13 people
that said heck we're going to try and do
all of this at the same time because our
city needs this
as we grow faster and faster and faster
you still still need excellent high
quality health care and you don't want
to hear about our staff shortages I am
certain right and you don't want to hear
about our trouble you want to walk
through the door you want to receive
human kindness and the highest level of
care you can
so let me give you um might be preaching
to the choir but two little secrets did
you know that Chandler Regional Hospital
is the busiest level one Trauma Center
in the county
she's nodding did I catch anyone else
okay and I made my president repeat that
because I said what if I'm standing at a
community meeting like this I need to
understand that's five visits
greatest number of visits in the entire
County let that sink in for the native
arizonans Chandler Regional number two
in our common Spirit nationally 300
hospitals
we serve the most coveted patients
you didn't see that on the news and you
saw New York and a few other things we
were grateful for that we had a lot to
do and we didn't need extra attention
but think about that let that sink in
those people that I work with these
incredible clinicians and doctors served
the most covered patients
right here in Chandler Arizona don't
have the statistics for why to that one
either some of these puzzles will remain
puzzles but the facts remain as they are
so therefore that new Physicians and
train them right it's often called
graduate medical education or Jimmy for
short but we're training the new
Physicians hopefully the highest level
of quality highest level of human
kindness and with a whole lot of thought
towards cultural sensitivity we have
some great Partners in our local tribes
here and the Nations that are right next
door to us and they help a lot with some
really incredible cultural competencies
and we could go into many many other
partners who've also risen to the
occasion and come into Chandler to lend
their support
so I hope you can see that bringing in
Physicians and training them and studies
show almost 60 percent of them will stay
here directly to your question about
Midwestern University and the other
universities here
we're going to be able to give them
their residencies they won't have to
leave and the other residency programs
there are a couple here in the valley
they're full
our partners at St Joe's they partner
with Creighton they're full
so with a shortage of 250 Physicians
right here in this area this seems like
a really important thing to do for our
community even with the background of
the constraints that we're operating
under obviously philanthropy pays a
plays a big part in that so to have a
Simulation Center the top of the top the
best of the best you know I think about
my teenage son he puts on his virtual
reality and it's a whole other world
shouldn't our doctors be able to train
like that the technology is available
but as a Charity Hospital giving out
millions in charity care and free care
we have to turn to philanthropy so this
is directly speaking to the equipment
that will go into a Simulation Center
to train these Physicians and then
another little important fact of the 28
Physicians that just arrived we haven't
yet reached 50 women but really proud
that we've reached 30 percent women
they're Multicultural they speak many
languages they're actually from all over
the world although a heavy little dose
towards some local Physicians who just
graduated they'll be here in our
Residency program
trained by some amazing doctors
and then think about this for a moment
we've opened the Chandler Care Center
the Pediatric Clinic
well
that's run by volunteer doctors
and they're busy you following me
there's 28 new baby doctors that are
available and they're dedicated to us
and they're here and they're excited and
they're enthusiastic some of them
bilingual they'll be out in the Chandler
Care Center so that's a direct benefit
to the new residents who've just arrived
I'm going down my head with your
questions I think you answered pretty
much everything
no you actually have done all of them
and and I I I really
feel proud tonight because I'm a product
of this I started my career at Chandler
hospital and to hear all we have
accomplished and to the place right now
where we can have our own simulators
like this to train doctors right I've
never thought we would have gotten to
where we are now and so here we are
tonight Regional I know it's definitely
a point of Pride for me and I want to I
wanted our city to be aware that this is
happening right here in Chandler and
it's happening because of people like
you and those who have dedicated their
lives to work through that and I'm more
than happy to say yes on this coming
through I just wanted to make sure that
our people of General are well aware of
what's happening right here right now on
Fry Road in Dobson it shouldn't be a
best kept secret thank you thank you
anybody else had any other questions or
I know a lot of you have toured and I
appreciate all your support
thank you very much thank you so much
drive safely say hi to Mayor Wheatley
for us
all right next uh item number 11 called
in by council member Stewart looking for
uh presentation questions related to
certified local government designation
all right look who's coming thank you
mayor
we weren't going to let you get off that
easy and you thought you would have done
it with me yeah
yeah pull this up
there we go
okay first uh if the mayor would
indulgement I'd like to thank the city
council Mary particular for the nice
words tonight appreciate it it's been an
honor serving Chandler and I appreciate
the support of the city council for
other things we brought to you even the
strange ones that we brought so thank
you I'd like to thank the city manager
for your wonderful testimonial very much
appreciated I'll miss our discussions
too on all sorts of cultural things that
few people understand
okay uh talk a little bit about
certified local government this is
resolution 5705
and our request is the city council
authorized the mayor to enter into a
participation agreement basically an
intergovernmental agreement to designate
Chandler as a certified local government
or we call it CLG for short
yeah
preservation ordinance we adopted a
couple of years ago and all the other
activities we've been engaging in and
the last several years qualifies the
city uh to be cut part of this program
the certified local government program
is a state program it was established a
number of years back by the National
Historic preservation act and is
administered by the state historic
preservation office affectionately
called shippo
a CLG can receive specialized Assistance
or is it sort preservation programs this
advice is advisory
it also is eligible for Grants from the
state forest or preservation projects
matches would be required but the
matches can be either in cash or in kind
contributions
a CLG advises the shippo on state
historic sites and the state historic
sites Review Committee on um Nations to
the National register of historic places
this committee meets three times every
year
a CLG would continue to enforce its own
HP ordinance and engage in HP activities
like we've been doing surveys
inventories and designations and we
would update the shippo every year on
our activities that's the action that's
what is required
resolution 5567 last year authorized
staff to make the application for CLG
designation which we put the package
together discuss it with the shippo
staff submitted it they accepted it and
now we're taking the next and last step
there is no cost to the city other than
Grant matches which is voluntary the
city HP program is independent from the
state that means we have our own
ordinance our own rules our own
practices the state does not run our
program we do and the city can withdraw
it can no longer support the program so
that's a brief overview of the program
and open for any questions or feedback
council member sir thank you mayor Derek
thanks for the presentation thanks for
your your service over the five years uh
you're the only director over that area
that I've known and uh you've done a
tremendous job you know so much so that
I know this CLG that that we're going to
hopefully Implement here the the Silk
Stocking neighborhood was something that
was kind of the precipice to all of this
right I mean we were able to sort of
designate that as a historic
neighborhood that was one of the first
neighborhoods in Chandler uh as we then
would be called the suburbs of downtown
and it's walking distance from here do
you see other areas where this is going
to be uh is mostly going to be in
downtown or do you see this in any part
of the city that has some some
historical relevance to it and and and
and when this goes into place how
quickly do you think things will get
ramped up and committees and all those
things okay well we're already working
on uh what the CLG uh would require so
Silk Stocking uh did initiate our whole
storage preservation program uh and
they're still working on their
designation they're almost there but
they are on the national Ridge service
historic places too we have our two
designations uh that are almost over the
Finish Line I'm going to call it price
house and the Goodyear Canal there are
other areas of the city though that I
think would be appropriate like for
instance Pueblo Alto uh we also call
High town uh great location for either
uh National registered nomination or our
designation or even both
uh South Side village which we uh just
designated last year I think there are
areas in South Side that would be
eligible for preservation districts and
also it could be eligible for a national
register nomination too there's some
beautiful mid-century neighborhoods uh
north of Chandler Boulevard what we call
North Chandler and uh they would be
eligible if they're interested as well
so there's a few of the examples and of
course we have a wonderful historic
downtown of buildings that date back
over a hundred years and a still
vibrated active
well thank you for doing this and and
thanks again for for all you've done
this will leave quite a double mark on
on the city and this is uh part of your
legacy so thank you thank you thank you
Council Council any additional questions
or parents
all right
thank you Tim Eric thank you Council
all right next up is item number 19
called in by council members Poston and
Stewart talking about our IGA with ASU
for business incubation so I've got
someone making a presentation all right
okay
Marin city council I would like to make
some opening remarks on the proposed
intergovernmental agreement with Arizona
State University
the city council has established a
vision of Chandler being a place for
entrepreneurship Innovation and
Technology
this is a key part of the Strategic
framework that you recently adopted
city council has also recognized the
importance of establishing Partnerships
with higher education
which staff has worked to do
the proposed intergovernmental agreement
seeks to further City council's Vision
for Chandler
by providing opportunities for local
entrepreneurship
through a strengthened relationship with
Arizona State University
asu's plan for the Chandler Endeavor
program is community oriented
ASU is looking to impact more local
entrepreneurs and residents looking to
engage with one thousand people through
this Chandler Endeavor ecosystem
it Embraces the mission of growing
our Chandler entrepreneurial ecosystem
ASU will be using its stronger
relationships with employers
and other resource providers to embed
this program in the business community
and it will be able to integrate with
other ASU resources both within the ASU
Chandler Innovation Center facility
and university-wide for the benefit of
our local Chandler entrepreneurs
so with that said I would like to
introduce Kristin slice she is the
director of community entrepreneurship
at ASU and she will be our Chandler
Endeavor program manager she has a brief
presentation and can answer any
questions
thank you Michael and then I've asked
Michael to stay up here so that he can
do some quick switching around on the
PowerPoint presentation so
I hope you don't mind driving away
all right
that one right there we go
good evening mayor hi city council I'm
excited to speak with you guys tonight
the city council has set forth a vision
for the city of Chandler that Innovation
is so woven into its very DNA that you
call it its lifeblood so it should be no
surprise because the connection between
Innovation and Entrepreneurship is very
close it is how many individuals take
Innovation to create Better Lives for
themselves their families and their
community
so it should be no surprise that the
city of Chandler has elected so many
entrepreneurs to its city council as
demonstration of this very close
connection
now the challenge is previously models
that have looked at how to support
entrepreneurs and Innovation at the same
time have been limited by a model of
incubation that was created by investors
who wanted to select a few winners so
they could get the highest Roi on their
individual investment
it's no surprise that this model doesn't
work for the over 3 900 small businesses
that exist in the city of Chandler
so how might we
take the resources and abilities of the
number one University for innovation in
the country and combine that with a city
whose very lifeblood is innovation to
create something new
an entrepreneurial ecosystem that serves
everybody to help them individually
realize their own entrepreneurial dreams
our solution is Chandler endeavor
to talk to you a little bit about
Chandler Endeavor and what we're
proposing tonight
is that moving forward
look at that it's close
there we go
it really comes down to how do we
leverage all of the amazing resources
that come from being part of ASU you've
all seen the Bevy of logos that go into
it how do we take all of these resources
and make them accessible for everybody
well the model we have put together is
fairly simple once a month we have a
collective Community event we're putting
together asynchronous materials that we
send out at the beginning of the month
that help all entrepreneurs gain access
to decision making tools that are best
utilized by high growth Innovative
Ventures but put them in a framework
that they can understand and apply it to
their business on their own timeline
creating a flexible pathway for all
entrepreneurs and small business owners
in Chandler to participate and get that
access to information then we provide
them the opportunity to actually apply
it coming together once a month to
practice those skills while connecting
with critical resources and each other
and learning from other entrepreneurs
who have done the same productive
pathway along the way
and all of that is open to everyone in
the Chandler ecosystem
then we're going to identify a cluster a
few entrepreneurs that are in a similar
space in their development in similar
industry and continue to accelerate
their growth by pairing them with one of
the many mentors across the Chandler
ecosystem and ASU ecosystem and help
them learn from each other supporting
each other during the challenging
Journey that is entrepreneurship
that's the model it looks a little bit
different than what's already out there
so how do we know that it's going to
work well much like the entrepreneurs
that we support we have actually tested
this model we went out there and said
will this work in Chandler and I'm proud
to say
what we have found is that it absolutely
Works in Chandler
for the last three months
we have ran a series called Chandler
Endeavor Embark over three sessions we
put out the call at each session we had
75 plus entrepreneurs show up to engage
with each other
not only did they engage with each other
they engage with over 45 different
mentors and lit and Industry resources
that we could provide here in Chandler
in addition we had 30 different
applications come in all for our seed
funding Grant of three thousand dollars
of non-dilutive funding that went to a
graduate of Chandler High School who
went on to ASU has developed his Venture
and is now growing it out of his parents
bedroom
we're excited to be able to bring these
resources
and so how do we know this is going to
work because we track the measurements
that it took to get here
I want to share with you a couple of
details about Chandler Endeavor Embark
series now this might sound like a bit
of a flex but I think it's important to
see these stats because it gives great
evidence of how we approach what our
evidence-based approach the data and
metrics that we track use to make sure
that it's not just us thinking that a
program is working well
so as I mentioned at each session we had
a growing number of entrepreneurs no big
deal getting 85 people to an
entrepreneurial event in June in Phoenix
is a really big deal right so there was
a huge demand for it out in the
community
we also got a net promoter score of 88
for those of you that aren't familiar
with a net promoter score it's gallop's
way of measuring quality of experience
and customer service the industry
standard for a good net promoter score
in education is 60 percent
and we came away with 88 and the highest
survey results that we've actually had
at an event in our program
so that's how we know it's going to work
but don't take my word for it here's
just a few quotes from the surveys that
were returned from the participants of
those programs okay
I'm excited to be able to take these
resources from ASU and to put it in the
hands of all of the amazing
entrepreneurs that are out here in
Chandler and to work with each of you
let's go in Denver and I think with that
we have time for a little bit of
questions great presentations let's
start with council member posted
thank you mayor and thank you for that
presentation Kristen I really appreciate
it I actually attended a couple of the
Embark sessions myself because I wanted
to see for myself and I can attest to
the fact that there was a lot of energy
in the room I did want to say you you
showed me in this presentation exactly
some of what was related to some of the
questions I had in terms of the metrics
and how we measure the success of this
because this is a good investment by our
residents into
um into the business community and
especially the small business Community
which is so important to Chandler and
finding a good and creative way to
support those businesses is really
helpful
um my question to you it's more related
to the incubator series do you already
have businesses targeted to bring in
um that that's been a bit of a challenge
I believe in for this kind of thing in
the past and whether you can announce
some tonight or not if you have some
parameters on what types of businesses
they are how many will get and then I'd
also be interested here what your
expectation of those businesses would be
in terms of they will not just be
staying there forever sure excellent
questions thank you councilwoman so a
couple of them so one we use this as our
beta test across the board right so we
reached out to lots of ventures in
Chandler and said can we engage with
them because we know that that's been a
challenge in the past and as we saw we
had many of them come and engage in the
Embark series itself it was also a test
to see can we get some of the Legacy
entrepreneurs people who've had amazing
Ventures that have grown up here in
Chandler come in and engage as mentors
and share their stories and so we did
look at that and track who showed up and
if we reached out to them would they
come and the overwhelming answer is yes
they did and we are still having an open
call for innovators so in short everyone
who applies is now part of the incubator
we have it designed so everyone has
access to the resources and then once we
see if there's a group of people
especially around six to ten ventures in
a similar stage in similar industry and
of course we've done our due diligence
we have a fair guess on what those
Ventures will be we're going to make
sure that they're in the communication
pipeline I've also reached out to them
individually we've asked them questions
about what are their needs what are the
gaps that are in Chandler so a lot of
the programs that we've put together
have been based off of the needs of
those individual Ventures but we're
putting out the call everybody's welcome
and that call should go out in August
and then could you maybe talk a little
bit about how you'll be looking to
ensure that when they do grow and
outgrow the incubator that will be
ensuring as much as possible that
they'll be growing those jobs and those
businesses right here in Chandler
absolutely absolutely great question so
the short version is by having a hyper
local approach so what that means is an
entrepreneur will not leave the
community if we can actually do our job
right which is give them the resources
support and Community connections that
will make it valuable for them to stay
here we plan on plugging them into the
many robust organizations that you all
have worked in your economic development
team have worked so hard to have here in
Chandler if their clients are here they
ain't going anywhere right we're also in
making sure that we embed it again
within the community so we're trying to
find and we're being very intentional on
we want Founders who are part of
Chandler already who have a piece of the
vision who are looking to really grow a
venture here and give back to the
community a piece of the buzz that you
heard so often when in those events that
you felt and I'm glad you felt that was
our focus and our approach is really
about the community not about incubation
so from the front of the room we
establish that time and time again I say
my job is to stand up here and be the
ringleader but it's your guys's show how
do you help each other how do you give
back it's the reason we have so many
diverse mentors come to the table
because everybody will find someone to
connect to so the way that we do it is
by doing our job of incubation well and
making sure that they have value never
to leave Chandler
okay thank you and one final question
you had a number a thousand people
coming to that's a pretty lofty goal
which is great are you talking about a
thousand unique visits yes so uh it is a
lofty goal in comparison to what has
happened in the past and that is before
we put that number in what I can tell
you is we're running a comparable
program in the city of Peoria and in the
last year we've served 2 200
entrepreneurs and innovators and so
that's anybody that comes in and engages
with the resources and what that looks
like it's a way to show what the
traction is Now Peoria is a much earlier
ecosystem than Chandler so I think a
thousand a thousand entrepreneurs and
innovators served is definitely a doable
number for us well thank you and I look
forward to hearing having you back and
hearing some of your success stories
back here I look forward to having you
as part of the program thank you mayor
councilmember Stewart thank you great
questions Jane and and Kristen gosh we
we go back what five or six years I
remember going over to Gangplank and
then heading over to the uh um uh what
was it called uh the the maker space
over here that we're going to actually
do a lot of these programs I hate to
correct you city council member but five
years is a real conservative estimate on
when that was that was closer to like 10
years ago it's been a while yeah no big
deal but I remember going to Startup
events down in Phoenix and thinking to
myself we've got all of these engineers
and kids of engineers in this community
here with Intel and all the other groups
they have why aren't we creating these
Collision spaces right here in Chandler
and so it's been a labor of love and I'm
so grateful that ASU is involved because
I can see just from your presentation
that that Vision that uh mayor and the
rest of council kind of kind of saw with
me at that time is is actually coming to
fruition because this can really happen
in a community of innovation like
Chandler and so I'm excited about this I
did have a couple of questions though
um when we're talking about inventors
and entrepreneurs did I see that you
there was a Thousand Angels that are
connected with the ASU entrepreneurial
program more than that so there's a
thousand there's a thousand Ventures
that we have served through the and I'm
part of the J orn Edson entrepreneurship
and Innovation Institute okay so from
our Institute we serve a thousand
Ventures that include Community faculty
staff to give them access to our funding
Network all of the participants of
Chandler Endeavor will also have access
to that funding network uh well I do
know and I don't know if it's a thousand
that's in there but what we do know is
every semester we give away 300 to 400
000 in non-dilutive seed funding and all
of that is donated by Angel Investors
that support our program and so it it's
a great way to leverage the resources
and we're also really committed to we
know that in Chandler there are Angel
Investors there are Engineers there are
people who are interested in giving back
to the community it's a piece of the
benefit of having kind of having a
community open model several of them
showed up to Chandler Endeavor Embark
series and so we're hoping to also
cultivate a local community of Angel
Investors to also build that mentoring
connection while giving access to that
seed funding that's that's great that's
just so good to hear you know I gotta I
gotta thank Josh and economic
development department uh with the city
for sort of taking this and then finding
the right partner it's something we've
been trying to do for a long time and I
think working with ASU working with the
other organizations like the chamber and
things like that we are really going to
create that Collision space for
entrepreneurs to really find their way
find the track that they need to be
successful and then maybe that next
Google that next Dell that's an older
company but that next big company could
come out of Chandler uh and continue
that ecosystem creating opportunities
and jobs for our community so thank you
you got it thank you councilmember
custom umbrellas thank you
so finally we are getting somewhere
um it was far-fetched to say that I have
been drumming these drums for three
years now and finally I get someone
standing in front of me from ASU saying
that we're getting something done
and so my question right now is why did
it take so long sure
uh good question and I would say that my
team has been part of the acic center
for a while but the incubation portion
has always been underneath a separate
contract so
a piece of the challenge has been how do
we make sure that we can fund a model
like this it does take people to make
these kind of things happen and so that
hasn't been traditionally something that
has been housed how we've operated all
of our Partnerships across ASU is
whenever it comes to entrepreneurship or
kind of socially embedded within the
community those are usually funded by
outside Partners so a piece of why I'm
here today is because we're able to
actually create that funding to create
that Avenue for us to engage with it
thank you so much for answering that
question the other thing that I wanted
to impress on you is the fact that I am
hearing the word community community
community and to me that that's what we
wanted all along that the community will
be part of this that it will not just be
a few uh who have an idea that we'll try
as you said trying to really take the
top of the crop and then the rest felt
that they are discouraged they can't get
anything done because nobody is really
helping them and pushing them I am going
to be around I can tell you I'm watching
and uh now we'll be asking some
questions I will would be showing up to
see what's going on over there and how
it's going to happen and again
congratulations on this new Endeavor and
I know that it's going to work because
from your passion and from the fact that
you have given us great statistic of
what you've already accomplished
somewhere else so I am sitting here
waiting to see what's going to happen in
Chandler so thank you so much thank you
councilwoman I look forward to working
with you thank you councilmember Harris
yeah thank you so much for being here
and taking the time to do a presentation
you know being a part of the council for
the last three years we've talked about
the Endeavor entrepreneurship as you
know that I'm a founder of an
organization that helps supports
entrepreneur uh as next year will be
like 10 years and we've seen ups and
downs we've seen I've seen it all I
probably heard it all as well
um and I know that there is a space
there city of Chandler really the
investment that the residents are are
going to make for this particular
program I guess I would be in a position
not to you know being that I'm an
entrepreneur I would say openly that I'm
going to expect and demand results
because I feel like the program has let
me down
in the last three years since I've been
on Council and probably before that so
I'm not I'm excited about what the next
level is going to be I'm excited about
what
you're going to do I'm not as excited
about the Thousand per the Thousand
count number and the reason why I share
that openly is because ASU service is
over a hundred some thousand people so a
thousand is just a that's not even a
percentage
uh and I guess I would expect more and I
know that Peoria has had great success
but you're talking about a new program
that's going to need a lot of marketing
and I didn't hear that in the
presentation but I know you're going to
work on it but I wanted to make sure
that I'm not trying to be the Debbie
Downer I just have a lot of knowledge
experience and I've been in this game
for a very long time I've been an
entrepreneur for over 20 plus years I
haven't worked for a corporate American
until I became a council member and
that's how long it's been so I carry
this way to represent everyone out there
but I shifted back on you because if
this program doesn't turn out the way I
expected to turn out this year I'm not
going to advocate for it to move forward
with my colleagues so when you go and do
the work I'm asking you to do the work
use your resources we are your resources
to support the program and I will
support it as well but this is my why in
terms of where I stand with this program
um if it doesn't produce what I expected
to produce I'm going to be asking to go
a different direction that's just me
talking because that's what I feel
because this takes time and I haven't
seen the entrepreneurs that we expect to
come out of the city of Chandler
blooming and starting here I have not
seen that Roi come back to us and that
may not be on you that may be more
internal stuff but I haven't seen the
ROI that I expect so I'm going to work
with you I want to be a good partner I
just want to make sure that I express
that and I want to make sure that as you
hope as a Chandler residents hold us
accountable I hold our partners
accountable and I know we're going to do
a good job together and being an
entrepreneur on positive and I know this
is going to be a turn leap but I wanted
to make sure I share that with you so it
can be reflected that there is a heavy
exploitation and there has been a lot a
lot of let Downs in the past now I want
to see it go to the next level so I'm
sure I met you we spoke we've met so I
know underneath your leadership we're
going to see even greater from ASU so
thank you again for taking us on and
thank you again for what you're doing
really appreciate it thanks man yeah
Council memes thank you oh thank you
mayor a very quick question uh it's good
to hear the success of your attendance
right now with the Endeavor project I'm
looking forward towards the future of
that how is there a plan or strategy uh
to maintain that interest in gaining new
uh participants what is the framework
for that yeah and so that sounds similar
to council member Harris's concern
around marketing and Outreach and what
that looks like looks like uh multiple
prongs do I think that we will have 75
people at every monthly event moving
forward no I don't uh intentionally our
programs have been designed to be
asynchronous meaning entrepreneurs go
through different times where they have
different focuses they can't come to
monthly events so we've created multiple
Pathways to allow them to still get the
support to still get the tools and have
that flexibility with their own life
within that and we know that moving
forward we intentionally design the
programs to be the ones that everybody
speaks to everybody funding marketing
getting money and raising and pitching
so we've had those people now engaged in
the ecosystem we know who they are we
have their their emails we know how to
reach out and engage with them and we've
established a rapport our plan is to
continue to grow on that we know as we
go into the next six months the next
series is not going to have as many
people attend because it's some nuts and
bolts things and what we're going to do
is really ramp up the Outreach so that's
what we were able to do with strategic
Partners in the community and knowing
that this was a beta test we did not put
the full power of the ASU marketing
vehicle behind it right I like to under
promise and over deliver because I know
what it is to work for entrepreneurs and
so we expect that as we continue to push
out the marketing as we continue to
enroll people we should see more and
more Outreach and in my experience uh it
is a shared responsibility between us
and the leaders in the community I will
be in full transparency communicating
talking and sharing the information and
knowing that the more that we can spread
the word the better and the more
intentional we are in our communication
especially around when we're talking
Community it doesn't need to be about
the program what we need to find is a
couple of key success stories
entrepreneurs who are in this community
who are doing the work that Inspire and
move conversations forward and what I'm
going to ask is for city council to
continue to amplify that and to give me
feedback on who are the movers and
shakers in the community who are the
people that represent the people that
you are elected to lead that are also
entrepreneurs right maybe they don't
Define themselves as that quite yet
maybe they're an artist maybe they're a
non-profit maybe they're a small
business but they're taking an
Innovative approach to move to move a
novel idea forward the more that we can
set that the more that we can amplify
the voices of entrepreneurs I have full
confidence that we're going to be able
to build that over time and
entrepreneurial ecosystem building on
average takes 20 to 25 years
so that's what all we've learned from
cities across the country now I can't
speak to the organization that was
responsible for the incubation prior but
I do know that this is a long-term game
and we're going to continue to deliver
quality programming to meet expectations
and exceed them so that we can make that
20-year sustainability run
perfect thank you so much I look forward
to that evolving Outreach
and I'm really pleased to see the space
being activated and used in this fashion
and I you know I've I've watched our
incubation efforts kind of rise and fall
through the years and or were eager to
join you in this process and I do see it
us and you and our community to to to
Really raise up the dreamers the
entrepreneurs across our city so thank
you thank you mayor
thank you
our last item called in was called in by
council member encinas talking about the
gric grant for police forensic equipment
Chief Duggan's going to make a
presentation
good evening mayor members Council this
is the uh this grant is the fourth grant
that we've received in the last five
years from the hill River Indian
Community so I just want to express our
appreciation and how grateful we are for
their support over the years this
particular Grant will enable us to
purchase two portable really handheld or
narcotics analyzers this device is about
the size of a of a large phone or a
small tablet it weighs about a pound but
it's able to analyze over 500 different
types of drugs and
the result to produce real time and the
evidence is accepted well the results
are accepted as evidenced by the county
attorney's office but the really the two
major benefits of having this this
device is number one it will reduce the
number of cases that our crime lab has
to analyze so they can focus on those
very serious difficult cases uh but uh
perhaps most importantly it provides
great safety to our officers because
these devices do not require our
officers to uh to really handle the
drugs drugs come in packages whether in
plastic or paper or glasses or a glass
this device has a laser which penetrates
those packaging devices so the the
officers don't have to handle the drugs
and a lot of the drugs out there are
lethal so it's a great enhancement to
officer safety and also for our lab
technicians
that's where we've seen this thank you
chief for giving us further explanation
explanation of that um I did want to
highlight the efforts of your department
in obtaining this Grant and these funds
for our city and for our residents and
especially as you mentioned
um having this being a safety
caution for your department so members
aren't handling these materials or
substances two quick questions
um is this something that we already use
within the department or is this gonna
be something totally new that's coming
Innovative style type of thing and then
do we know the accuracy of that laser
when it's uh checking these substances
this is not new technology we've had
similar devices we have two presently in
the department uh they're close to 10
years old so this is a uh there are new
capabilities with this new device it's
from the same vendor true narc so we'll
be able to do more with these but it's
not new to the police department we've
been utilizing this in our crime lab and
our narcotics unit this these devices
one will go to the crime lab so we'll
have an additional device and the other
one will be available to our Patrol
officers as far as the accuracy I can't
give you those numbers specifically
because I don't want to speak but the
evidence that's collected the results
are accepted as evidenced by the
Maricopa County Attorney's Office so
that will lead to the uh the accuracy of
it so this is all preliminary
testing if it needs to go to trial then
that test then those drugs then would be
tested if necessary secondarily by our
crime lab so this is a preliminary
basically Street test
okay perfect thank you I have no further
questions
Council anything else
thanks Chief thank you
Council that's the last item called in
on Thursday we will we will vote on the
consent agenda as well as one item on
our action agenda which is the Council
budget amendments and uh my thought on
that currently is we will uh Steven's
going to come up and bring a brief
presentation and if you have any
questions on any of the specific items
we'll answer those and then vote on
those as a whole unless you any of you
designed to pull one out and and vote on
that separately so with that that
concludes our meeting tonight we'll see
you on Thursday
cool