can see everybody's here if you take note that would be awesome uh next two items on our agenda are the invocation and our pledge of allegiance today's invocation is going to be delivered by pastor jeff phillis and he's representing the turning leaf community church of the nazarene gentlemen if appropriate if you're wearing a hat if you'd please remove it if everyone please join with me stand for invocation first and then remain standing for our pledge of allegiance uh pastor where are you there you are good to see you let's pray together father god we thank you that as we meet for this city council meeting tonight we do so under your sovereignty and your direction the weight of the responsibility to lead this city into the future is heavy but in your strength we can do so with confidence and integrity would you place your hand of protection over the citizens of glendale for their safety for their success would you put your hand to protection over our first responders keep them safe return them to their families each day we pray for your protection over this council that's gathered tonight i pray that their love and concern for this city will be evident in the conversations that will take place and we pray over mary mayor wires as he leads us continue to renew his body equip him for the task ahead i also pray for the family of mcso officer juan ruiz that was beaten and killed in the city of avondale we pray for your peace and mercy to be over that family and over the whole situation we pray for those that are homeless those that are under-resourced those that are struggling mentally and physically may you bless them and care for them and may you give us creative ways to minister to their needs for all this we give you thanks and we put our trust in you in jesus name i pray amen amen amen amen thank you pastor councilmember thomas shaw for you leaders in the pledge please pledge 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 all right thank you okay next item is our approval of minutes of the september 28 2021 voting meeting council members you have any corrections or additions to those minutes seeing none can i get a motion to approve yes ma'am we approve the minutes of september 28 2021 voting meeting second i have a motion vice mayor sentence council member clark to prove the minutes all in favor please signify by saying aye any opposed please say nape or guys have it do we have that motion carries i'm moving on to boards commissions and other bodies and normally members are nominated and then after approved they're usually invited to come up and be sworn in right now with the cove 19 guidelines after approved the board commission members will be completing their oath of office in a paper version with the city clerk's office with that said councilmember turner have you any nominations to offer for boards commissions and other bodies yes mayor i move we appoint alicia rubio to the bond committee for a term expiring december 31st of 2022. second that's all you got okay so i have a motion council member turner second councilmember tom chop through the citizens this citizen to boards commissions and other bodies is read by councilmember turner all in favor please signify by saying aye aye and the opposed saying they appear guys how do you have what that motion carries uh moving on to proclamations i'll gonna come down to the podium and uh we'll do it from there you guys are too good so if you're curious of who these folks are that's coming in behind me this is the desert young marines it's a local chapter of the national young marines program for young men and women ages eight through high school they focus on leadership citizenship through the community service self-discipline and living a healthy drug-free lifestyle they had this last saturday 24 members at my annual stand up for veterans event that i put on each and every year and they uh they performed or performed they participated in a flag line during our open ceremony that quite honestly was pretty phenomenal this evening our unit commander mark mccain is here with some of the young marines and they're here for what's called red ribbon week try to say that three times real fast i'm going to go ahead and read a proclamation and then we'll go from there okay okay you had a young there she is back there okay who's that my daughter what's your daughter what's her name that's healy in the back just gotta gotta acknowledge her okay she's a a retired young man okay perfect that's like an oxymoron and a retired young yeah yeah okay okay so the proclamation sir why don't you stand right here uh whereas communities across america have been plagued by numerous problems associated with illicit drug use and those that traffick in them and whereas there's hope in winning the war on drugs and that hope lies in education and drug demand reduction coupled with the hard work and determination of organizations such as the young marine of the marine corps league to foster a healthy drug free lifestyle whereas governments and community leaders know that citizen support is one of the most effective tools and effort to reduce the use of illicit drugs in our communities and whereas the red ribbon has been chosen as a symbol commemorating the work of the enrique kiki camarena a drug enforcement administration agent who was murdered in the line of duty and represents the belief that one person can make a difference and whereas the red ribbon campaign was established by congress in 1988 to encourage a drug free lifestyle and involvement in drug prevention and reduction efforts whereas october 23 through 31 has been designated as the national red ribbon week which encourages americans to wear a red ribbon to show their support for a drug-free environment now therefore jerry p wires mayor of the city of glendale arizona on behalf of our city council do hereby proclaim october 23rd through the 31st as red ribbon week and call upon our citizens of glendale to join me in this special observance that was signed by myself the 12th day of october 2021 and our city clerk and i'd like to give that to you sir and uh anything you'd like to see just thank you and uh come over here just basically thank you and thank you city glendale our unit has been here for 20 years and we try to do this every year different events different cities trying to get the information out there and try to put the wear out there for all the citizens and specifically the youth to stay away from drugs and keep our citizens healthy good very good [Applause] good thank you i have to tell you the young lady has a handshake way stronger than all them guys [Music] we usually do all right moving on to the consent agenda items three through fourteen items on the consent agenda of routine nature they've been previously studied by the city council workshop session they are intended to be acted upon in one motion by this council we have any speaker cards on any of the consent agenda items number 28 i think is the only one correct okay so with that uh council member clark yes you want to go ahead i request that we pull item 10 from consent agenda for a separate vote all right perfect so can i get a motion to approve consent agenda items three through nine and then also eleven through fourteen yes mary move we approve a consent agenda items three through nine and eleven through fourteen second okay i have a motion from councilmember clark i'm sorry uh motion from councilmember thomas shop a second from council member clark uh to approve the consent items three through three through nine and eleven through fourteen all in favor please signify by saying aye aye you guys have it do you have it that motion carries i will now proceed to uh the one item item number 10 miss bower would you introduce that please approval of alan ranch's phase one parcel f final flat application fp21-09 located north and east of the northeast corner of camelback road and citrus road mayor i don't need a presentation no presentation necessary just a separate book correct yes sir okay so can i get a motion to approve yes mayor i move we approve item number ten approval of alan ranchon ranches phase one anybody want a second second okay i have american councilmember tom chop second the vice mayor for the recommended action is there any discussion on this motion mayor go ahead um i'm going to explain my vote um first of all alan ranches is out in our new frontier a new frontier area and it is over 200 acres of residential um typically the council created a policy several years ago encouraging the development of industrial commercial retail unfortunately this project had been entitled before that policy decision was made which explains why a residential project is coming to that area in addition there are multiple parcels at least five or six different parcels allen ranch tends to create seven thousand six 000 square foot parcels but this particular parcel f is 45 4 500 square foot lots and over the years i've come to not like 4 500 square foot lots so i will be voting no on this particular item all right thank you any other questions hearing none roll call vote starting with councilmember aldama how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote councilmember milner how do you vote hi house member tommy how do you vote hi vice mayor how are you both all right sure what's it motion carries moving on to consent resolutions as power would you introduce items 15 through 24 by number and title item 15 resolution number r 21-93 a resolution of council the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a highway safety contract number 2022-405-b-004 with the arizona governor's office of highway safety and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant award in the approximate amount of thirty thousand dollars for personnel services and employee related expenses for the glendale police department occupant protection enforcement project item 16 resolution number r 21-94 a resolution of the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a highway safety contract number 2022-pts-029 with the arizona governor's office of highway safety and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant award and the approximate amount of fifty thousand dollars for personnel services and employee related expenses for the glendale police department step enforcement project item 17 resolution number r21-95 a resolution of counsel the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a highway safety contract number 2022-405-h h-004 with the arizona governor's office of highway safety and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant award in the approximate amount of fifty four thousand five hundred dollars for personnel services and employee related expenses and materials and supplies for the glendale police department pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement project item 18 resolution number r 21-96 a resolution the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a highway safety contract number 2022-405-d-021 with the arizona governor's office of highway safety and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant award in the approximate amount of 968 dollars for personnel services employee-related expenses and materials and supplies for the glendale police department dui impaired driving enforcement project item 19 resolution number r21-97 a resolution the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a sub-recipient agreement number 21-a-z-d-o-h-s dash hsgp-210204 with the arizona department of homeland security and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the state homeland security grant program award in the approximate amount of forty five thousand five hundred fifty seven dollars for the glendale police explosive devices mitigation project item 20 resolution number r 21-98 a resolution the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a subrecipient agreement number 21-a-z-d-o-h-s-h-s-g-p-210808-01 with the arizona department of homeland security and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the urban area security initiative grant award in the approximate amount of fifteen thousand three hundred eighty dollars for the glendale police 2021 uasi tlo sustainment item 21 resolution number r 2199 a resolution the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of a sub-recipient agreement number 21 a-z-d-o-h-s-h-s-g-p hsgp-210808-02 with the arizona department of homeland security and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the urban area security initiative grant award in the approximate amount of 108 108 942 dollars for the glendale police 2021 uasi rrt sustainment item 22 resolution number r21-100 resolution council of city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing and directing the entering into of a grant pass-through agreement with the city of phoenix for the purpose of providing transit services item 23 resolution number r21-101 a resolution of council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing acceptance and directing the entering into of the sgia fiscal year 21 2021 2022 grants in aid award of thousand a hundred fifty six dollars from the arizona state library archives and public records agency for library supplies equipment programming or training item 24 resolution number r21-102 a resolution that counsel the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the city manager to execute a license agreement for wired telecommunications service in the city of glendale right of way with wired connect llc and that concludes the consent resolutions all right thank you you have any other speaker cards over there yes sir okay go and catch your breath there okay can i get a motion to approve items 15 through 24 on the consent resolutions agenda yes mary move we approve consent resolutions 15 through 24. second i have a motion councilmember tom trump second council member clark to approve item what happened here 15 through 24. what's up 15 through 15 through 24 on the consent resolution yeah any uh discussion hearing none uh this is not a roll call vote this is a voice vote all in favor please signify by saying aye any of those say nay there's always have it do have it that motion does carry moving on to bids and contracts uh miss barrow can you introduce item 25 for us please award of request statement of qualifications 22-09 and authorization to enter into contracts with benmar solutions inc and aidan s llc for clean and lean services okay any questions from the council cnn can i get a motion to approve item 25 go ahead motion approve item number 25 award of request statement qualifications 22-09 and authorization enter into a contract with ben moore solutions inc and alien llc for clean and lean services second okay i have a motion from councilmember abdominal second council member thomas shaw to approve the recommended action is there any discussion on this vote hearing none uh we'll conduct a roll call vote sergeant council member old dominating vote aye council member clark how do you vote hi member miller how do you vote hi councilmember thomas how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi heisman how do you vote hi chair boats hi motion carries united bower would you introduce item 26 ryan would you come here award of ifb 21-54 and authorization to enter into an agreement with matheson trigas inc for the purchase of various gases and for water quality technical difficulties my pen just ran out of ink okay let me borrow your pen yes sir okay all right uh we have any any discussion on this any questions from the council seeing none can i get a motion to prove item 26 please mayor go ahead i move we award uh invitation for bids 21-54 and authorize the city manager to enter into the described agreement second okay i have a motion council member turner second council member tom chop to approve the recommended action any discussion on the motion hearing and roll call vote councilman realdom how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote mayor uh explain my vote as as is my habit and practice this is a five five-year contract and so i will be voting now thank you councilmember milner how do you vote aye customer tom trump how do you vote aye councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right i'm sure both side that motion does carry ms borrowed to introduce item 27 authorization to enter into a linking agreement with creative bust sales inc for the purchase of buses parts and service okay presentation no i have no speaker cards on this can i get a motion to approve item 27. okay good i move that we approve item number 27 as described second emotional councilmember milner sent the council member odama to prove the recommended action any discussion on this motion hearing none roll call vote counsel member odama how do you vote hi councilmember claire how do you vote nate councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi councilmember domitrov how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right chair boat site did i miss anybody okay that motion does pass public carrying land development actions i do have a speaker card on this one if necessary uh miss barber would you introduce item 28 for us please thompson thrift annexation application an225 public hearing located at the southeast corner of 99th avenue and northern avenue good evening mayor members of the council here to provide staff report this evening is tabitha perry interim planning manager thank you mr phelps good evening marion council um thompson thrip annexation request hopefully to catch up with me soon so the property is approximately 24 acres in size and it is located at the southeast corner of 99th avenue and northern avenue the county zoning on the property is c2 for intermediate commercial as well as the city like zoning will be c2 commercial general commercial the applicant is proposing to rezone the property if it's annexed into the city from c2 to pad to allow for a mixed-use development for commercial and multi-family land uses the site is approximately five and a half acres from city hall this annexation map is just to give context to where the property is located in conjunction to other property within the city and likewise to the county in the city of peoria this item was presented before city council back in march 24th of 2020 in a workshop where council provided a consensus to proceed for with the application if the next public hearing date would be for november the 9th for the adoption of the annexation followed by the entitlement process for a general plan amendment as well as rezoning to p.a.d mayor council that concludes the presentation okay public hearing is now open on item 28 thompson thrift annexation application an-225 the public hearing located at the southeast corner 99th avenue and northern i do have a speaker card from wendy riddle and barry riddle they're from scottsdale they said that they can speak if necessary on this item and they are supportive of this so we have any questions from the council okay mr miss riddle i guess we don't need you okay all right so we have no questions there anyone that would like to speak on this item i have no other speaker cards seeing none public hearing is now closed the next steps in a process is to finalize the adoption process of annexation of the property which will come back to this council in a future city council voting meeting now we're going to go ahead and move on to item 29. there is actually no action required tonight other than the public hearing miss barbara would you introduce item 29 for us cotton annexation an227 application for 36 acres located at the southeast corner of cotton lane and northern avenue mayor members of the council here again to provide staff report this evening is tabitha perry interim planning manager thank you again mr phelps mayor and council this subject site is 36 acres in size and it is located at the southeast corner of cotton lane and northern avenue it's in the county with the zoning of planned industrial and intermediate commercial the applicant is proposing to rezone the site to pad to allow for a mixed-use development bypass all this this is the annexation map just to give context to what the property is surrounding during the workshop we presented before you a proposal for ergus 303 which is located just to the south of the subject site before you right now if the next steps in the process is to proceed for with the adoption of the annexation which is tentatively scheduled for october the 26th which will also include the rezoning application with that it concludes the presentation all right thank you public hearing is now open on item number 29 sonoma cotton annexation ana227 application for 36 acres located at the southeast corner of cotton lane and northern avenue we have any questions from our council hearing none i do have a card from i believe it's adam bos that correct yeah if necessary okay from whitney morris uh if if necessary he can come up if not then he's just going to stay back and smile any questions from the council seeing anyone else in the room like to speak on this item bless you public hearing is now closed the next steps in this process is to finalize the adoption process of annexes in the property which will come back to this council again in the future at a city council voting meeting so with that miss daniels good to see you i and i'm i'm gonna call out a friend of mine uh jen daniels uh former mayor of gilbert good to see you okay so we're going to move on to item number 30 ordinances miss power ordinance number oh 21-66 an ordinance of the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the execution of a special warranty deed to accept a 0.493 plus or minus acre parcel of land located at 6524 west sac drive in glendale arizona for a future well site in directing the city clerk to record a certified copy of the ordinance mayor members of the council here to provide staff report this evening is jamie chapin principal engineer thank you mr phelps and good evening mayor and council members this is a request for city council to adopt an ordinance accepting an approximate half acre parcel of land located at 6524 west sac drive for a future city owned well site marin council as you may know this is adjacent to the site that will be the phoenix children's hospital and in the middle of this site was an existing private well that the water services department was aware of and they had identified that it would be very beneficial to have a city owned well at this location so we were very fortunate and that the property owners had a a small parcel of land in the southeast corner of that site that really didn't benefit the development and so they agreed that if the city abandoned the well site for them then they would dedicate this half-acre parcel of land to the city for the well site so staff is wrecking uh recommending acceptance of the half acre parcel so that when we drill the well in the future to benefit the city's water supply system thank you and i'd be happy to answer any questions thank you miss chapin any questions from our council seeing none can i get a motion for ordinance or item number 30 ordinance 021-66 mayor go ahead i move we pass an adopt ordinance number 021-66 and wave reading beyond the title second a motion councilman return or second from council member clark to approve the recommended action any discussion on this motion hearing none roll call vote council member ill don mighty vote aye council member clark how do you vote hi house member milner how do you vote hi councilmember tom trump how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote hi chair of outside motion cares unanimous moving on to resolutions item number 31 resolutions are 21-103 ms power resolution number r21-103 a resolution of the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona updating paragraph 3.1 of section 3 order of business of the council meeting rules and procedures by consolidating and removing certain agenda item headings mayor and council this is a request to update the order of business for council voting meetings there are currently two business items for land development actions public hearing land development actions and land development actions in order to reduce confusion staff would like to consolidate the two items into one business item entitled land development actions and if a public hearing is required on the item that requirement would be reflected in the item's title staff would also like to make the same consolidations for ordinances and resolutions currently we have public hearing ordinances and ordinances that would be consolidated into one business item ordinances and then public hearing resolutions and resolutions would be consolidated into one business item resolutions staff would also suggest that eliminating the request for future workshops and executive sessions instead council would adopt the next year's meeting schedule at a meeting in december that would list all planned workshop and voting meetings and it would no longer be necessary for council to make and vote on a motion each week that concludes the presentation and i'd be happy to answer any questions miss power to make it clear to everybody we still always have that option if there's a special meeting necessary or a different time we'll still notice that as normal correct okay okay any questions from the council hearing none can i get a motion to approve item 31 mayor go ahead motion approved number 31 resolution number r212 okay i have a motion from council member i'm a motion for council member odama in a second from everybody else but we're just going to put down the vice mayor to approve the recommended action is there any discussion on emotion hearing none roll call vote councilmember how do you vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote hi councilmember milner how do you vote hi customer tom shop how do you vote councilmember turner how do you vote hi question how do you vote hi chair of outside motion carriage announce request for a future workshop and executive session uh the previous item just passed removes the requirement to motion for a future meeting and executive session so we can move on to the council comments and suggestions yes it does a point of order may i ask a question in the city attorney uh we just adopted this resolution but we have never adopted a calendar of meeting dates for this year so since we would be adopting the first calendar in december do we still not have to notice our next meetings up until the adoption of the new calendar city attorney thank you mayor and council member for this evening you have noticed it already so you will need to do it this evening however moving forward if you choose to do so you may however we've already published what the meetings are for the remainder of the year so we would be able to just do it in december but it's your prerogative if you want to finish the year thank you for that clarification thank you mayor okay council comments and suggestions councilmember aldama thank you mayor yeah i just uh want to make one announcement uh recognize some individuals um we are wrapping up um hispanic heritage month which started in september 15th and ending october 15th and a couple things i want to thank all all of our employees of the city of glendale but for hispanic heritage month those those uh hispanic latino members of this organization want to thank you for your contributions to this organization i also want to recognize elected and appointed officials who have served the city of glendale and i'm going to name off a few and i'd like to make note that five of the of the sem that i'm going to announce here all came from the same neighborhood right here in the okatio district they served different communities because they were elected at large they were all elected and appointed and they're all latino members of the community i want to thank them for their contributions in improving glendale making it what it is today i want to begin with council member former council member victor lopez former council member joe silva and vice mayor former councilmember tranquilino garcia former council member manny d martinez and was the vice mayor former councilman martin d samanego jr and councilwoman norma alvarez and council member samuel chavita thank you for your contributions to improving the lives of the citizens you served during your tanner and thank you for making glendale a better place thank you mayor council member claire thank you mayor i want to bring up three items the first is i wish to convey our heartfelt sympathy and prayers to the family of officer ruiz from avondale who was recently killed in the line of duty and in the most obscene way possible he was beaten to death this should not happen in this country the second item is on october 19th tuesday at 6 pm i will be hosting my fall winter meeting yucca district meeting and it will be held at the holiday inn at 6151 north 99th avenue and the holiday inn has a full-service restaurant so i've ordered um light refreshments desserts from the holiday inn so come to the meeting and let's all check them out and then lastly uh congratulations mayor on what i heard was an outstanding stand up for veterans event i'm sure you'll tell us more about it but congratulations on another extremely successful year thank you councilman milner uh thank you mayor i would like to give a shout out to some special folks within the city and and other volunteers a little over a week ago in the granada estates neighborhood over 200 volunteers came out and what we did is a beautification effort we painted five houses we landscaped five uh five yards and did yard work in in numerous other yards and i'd like to specifically thank uh community services department gene moreno and her people michelle yates who organized the 200 volunteers jamie mcfarland revitalization coordinator who helped make this happen and and of course my council assistant adam santiago in addition to that i'd like to thank the faith bible church venture church glendale firefighters charities the glendale police department arizona christian university midwestern university glendale high school ironwood high school glendale community service staff and of course our own city staff in addition abc uh uh sand and rock who donated the uh the the gravel for the the yards again it was a very successful event uh we're looking forward to doing it again and uh helped out some people that would not have been able to take care of these situations and help beautify this uh glendale uh granada states neighborhood thank you thank you councilmember tomcz thank you mayor i just quickly want to say thank you to staff and especially thank you to our friends at brazo arrowhead hospital our friends coming to glendale the phoenix children's hospital thank you to our water services staff for working this took quite a lot of elbow grease to get this across the finish line but the end result is another uh well in the city of glendale so i just want to thank everybody involved in that i know this process has taken a long time and just thank staff and also thank the people at a brazo arrowhead hospital and our new neighbors coming in hopefully pretty soon it's phoenix children's hospital and all the residents up in the north part of the valley that are going to benefit from this water so thank you councilmember turner nothing tonight mayor thank you vice mayor yes i i too like council member clark want to congratulate you and thank you for the fine job you did with your stand up for veterans i was there again and it was fantastic thank you anything else no okay i and i and i do want to talk just a little bit about stand-up now this first year that we've actually participated with another organization called stand down which makes things a little confusing because if it's stand up and stand down's participating do you sit down or roll around or lean back or so we just call it what we've always called it it's stand up for veterans uh the thing the one thing that was brought to my attention that i want all of you to know about how successful this event was was with one gentleman i don't know his name i don't even know where he was from i just know that he was a veteran about roughly about 60 years old he was brought up to me by one of our staff and she said this man would like to talk with you and he asked me he said are you the one that put this on and said yes sir and he said i want you to know and he takes his hat off and he said i got a haircut today now that may not sound like a big deal to most you but rolf salon which is a glendale business a world renowned styling business and and most ladies are aware that most of us guys don't know about that uh they're there every year and uh they cut his hair and i said you know that's really awesome and then he turns around and he points at his back and he said i got a free backpack and dod had uh i gave several several army-issued camouflage backpacks very expensive very nice backpacks and i went you know okay that's that's that's great and then he points at his feet and he said i also got a brand new pair of boots dod also uh brought these boots out 600 pairs of boots brand new army issued boots and you know that that's that's wonderful that's really great he said but sir that's not all he said i got my driver's license today and i went wow okay now that's that's a biggie that's that's michelle yates she was just mentioned a few minutes ago michelle yates was a big part of this where she would take people that the courts would send to do community service at a glendale park they could do a little bit of community service they'd bring them back they could go back to the courts and they could make tickets and things go away well in this case uh he needed his driver's license an mbd was there along with our courts a lot of legal folks that were there and they were able to get him back his driver's license now keep in mind this man's got to be close to 60. or he looks like he's 60s let a pretty difficult life and i said you know what i said it really makes me feel good he said you know that that's awesome he said but sir it's better than that i'm thinking how can it get better than this you got you got a backpack you got boots you got your haircut you got your driver's license and he said i'm no longer homeless today u.s vets found a home for me i'm no longer on the streets and if you think about that folks that's that's amazing that all of these volunteers that showed up to make a difference in our veterans lives with that one man of the hundreds of people that showed up i can only imagine how many other people got help that we'll never know about but i can assure you that one man by himself made it all worthwhile he's got a job he's got a place to live he's got a driver's license back and he sure likes him boots what a great event so i want to thank everybody that participated probably the probably the one that really really did us the most good was arizona christian university they allowed us to use their campus they had probably 75 students on friday to help us set everything up and their staff was phenomenal absolutely not second to anybody incredible the amount of work and effort they put into it so hats off to them along with the dozens and dozens and dozens of other people we know i think ryan was telling me we had 60 some people that are set up for employment that's that's that's a pretty good day don't you think 60 some people that will have employment that maybe didn't have employment before along with all the other things that happened so i'm very very proud of that in the future i hope that all you will get engaged but more importantly i'm hoping that across the nation and we've already had this happen but across nation other cities start trying to copy what we're doing here and that's helping our citizens because we can fix this problem if everybody does it together so i want to thank everyone that participated okay i'm done rambling with that next on the agendas the citizens comments council makes the opportunity available to our citizens to bring information business before this council that is not on the included on a printed agenda i'd like to make sure that when you come up to speak now you state your name the city that you live in if it's glendale tell us your crossroads if you don't know your district if you know the district just tell us your district i do not want you to tell us your address because it's not necessary okay uh we're going to give you three minutes i'm going to call your name and i'll tell uh who's next on up on on base so lorraine zomoc you're up james dubler you'll be right after her my name is lorraine zomok i live in the beautiful ocatillo district and i own memory lane tickets and treasures in downtown glendale well good evening mayor and council did you know there are only 74 more days until christmas but downtown glendale kicked off the holiday spirit this summer at our annual christmas in july and it's my pleasure tonight to give you a brief overview of this very merry day which is part of the historic downtown glendale merchants association promotions these specialty days bring hundreds of visitors to the downtown and directly into the doors of the shops and restaurants our 15th annual christmas in july was held on saturday july 10th many of our renowned boutique stores specially shops and iconic eateries featured festive treats holiday gift ideas and merry make and take crafts additional activities included the return of our recipe card collection where participants followed a trail map to pick up recipe cards at participating businesses and of course santa claus came to town to greet all the kids and give them a head start on their wish lists the merchants association also provided a cool and comfortable shuttle to transport event attendees throughout the area the holiday spirit was in full swing with our back to school supply drive which benefited our glendale elementary school district right here in historic downtown glendale our community donated so many items that we filled two carloads it was truly a joyous day as hundreds of people visited the downtown to celebrate christmas i think it was 176 days early and about 150 degrees outdoors but it felt cooler in downtown glendale as you know christmas in july is presented by the historic downtown glendale merchants association hegema a merchant-driven all-volunteer organization we formed in 2018 and we stimulate enhance and sustain the economic vitality and customer experience of the historic downtown glendale shopping and dining district we invite you to check out our website you know i have to give you that visit downtownglendale.com or follow us on facebook at historic glendale and i'm very excited to stay in just a few minutes you're going to be hearing from valerie berner who's going to tell tell you about another one of our great events the annual teddy bear day thank you thank you mr dubler you're up and then valerie you're after him hi i am james diebler i live in phoenix arizona and council deserve five there is a homeless problem at the 59th avenue and glenn drive bus stop there are a lot of homeless people sleeping at the bus stop during the daytime this caused problems with bus passengers waiting for the bus when they are going to school or work valley metro needs to take care of the homeless problem by really relocating them to the homeless shelter also there is a problem with the mattel six property new sea hall that the business owner mission at the last city council meeting there is a drug dealer selling legal drugs on the motel properly that glendale police department needs to shut down that motel property to make sure that the drug dealers doesn't come to the property again finally i would not be able to make it to glendale stump up for veterans event due to my seven almonds i test negative focus 19. thank you for no time and consideration thank you james valerie good evening mayor and council i'm valerie berner owner of bears and moore which is located in the ocotillo district and is just two blocks north of city hall in the catlin court shops district bears and more will celebrate its 30th anniversary in april of 2022. we're pretty proud of that i'm a founding member and on the executive board of the historic downtown glendale merchants association and tonight i'm here to share with you some highlights from the 17th annual teddy bear day celebration there really is a national teddy bear day and i've been the chairperson of this specialty promotion since its inception it was held on saturday september 11th we've worked with fire police in mcso for years and while that's a somber day for us americans the consensus from them was there was no better place to spend that day than out amongst the community some facts and figures for you teddy bear day received nearly three dozen earned media hits it was featured on all local television stations including pbs and coverage even aired on a television station in idaho hundreds of people attended and participated in the many activities hosted by the downtown business community the free event shuttle was sponsored by a valley-based business and provided a cool respite for the riders while moving them all through the downtown this year over 250 bears were sold and that will translate into nearly 500 being donated to the trauma teddy program these reach glendale fire and police phoenix fire and police the maricopa county sheriff's office children's crisis centers and emergency rooms and we met my goal this year and our grand total is up over 11 000 bears donated the trauma teddy bear program supports all first responders giving a child a teddy bear on what is likely their worst day ever instantly calms them and allows the first responder to better assess the child and helps them communicate it's a proven fact these bears are a useful tool and they really do help kids in scary situations our second charitable component on teddy bear day is our fundraiser bears and more for arizona search dogs they're part of fema's arizona task force one and get deployed to man-made disasters and natural disasters they've helped search for both victims and survivors at the oklahoma city bombing the world trade center hurricanes and mudslides and this year we raised over twenty five hundred dollars for them on average downtown businesses saw an increase between seven percent to over twenty five percent these specialty promotions held nearly once a month are critical revenue drivers for the downtown business community teddy bear day is produced by the historic downtown glendale merchants association a non-profit all volunteer membership-based organization we currently have 76 members we truly appreciate the opportunity to share the information about christmas and july and teddy bear day with you tonight and are thankful for your help in promoting our downtown activities thank you you came within three seconds of your time perfect okay there being no further business for the council and i'd like to thank everyone for attending tonight's meeting with no objection from the council thank you you