e good afternoon Welcome to our March 20th 2024 meeting before the formal meeting of the Phoenix City Council will convene the assisted housing governing board I'll call that board to order will the clerk call the role board member onari here board member wado here board member hjj Washington here board member magard board member O'Brien here board member Pastor here board member Robinson here board member wearing board member Stark sorry Vice chair Stark here chairwoman goo here board member magar do you have a motion to approve resolution 2 29 second we have a motion in a second any comments roll call Ansari yes wado yes H Washington yes magard O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 80 sorry 90 apologize board member magar do you have a resolution on a motion on resolution Number 220 a motion to approve resolution 220 second have a motion and second any comments roll call onari yes wo yes hjj Washington yes magard yes yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 90 uh board member Meer do you have a res a motion on resolution 221 I motion to approve resolution 221 second roll call I'm sorry yes what yes hjj Washington yes magard yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes Stark yes goo yes passes 90 that concludes the agenda of the assisted housing governing board we've done a variety of different important investments from helping with Section 8 vouchers to applying for additional funding under Choice neighborhoods so thank you Donna for your service on this board and and uh your help today the assisted housing governing board meeting is adjourned we will now invite up a longtime friend of the city chaplain fzm to deliver an invocation would you please stand you're welcomed and invited to join me in prayer almighty God gracious heavenly father I thank you for another day of the precious gift of Life help each of us determined to live to act serve and lead with Integrity courage compassion and intentionality to do good and to do right grant this body of elected representatives your protection wisdom and discernment protect their families may we seek the best for agreement and respect in disagreement protect this city and all who live and work within it protect our protectors and our Rescuers bless those whose selfless service is the lifeblood of all that glorifies you we pray this in your holy name amen amen and sorry would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance thank you chaplain and thank you councilwoman anari I will now call to order the formal meeting of the Phoenix City Council will this councilwoman Ansari here councilwoman Wabo here councilwoman Washington here councilwoman O'Brien here councilwoman Pastor here councilman Robinson here councilman wearing vice mayor Stark here mayor GGO here Mario baras and Elsie dwarte are with us to provide Spanish interpretation would you please introduce yourselves yes mayor thank you hello my name is Mario wahas I'm going to be one of the two interpreters that's going to be interpreting for our Spanish speakers together with El now I'll introduce myself to our Spanish speaking audience [Music] thank you mayor thank you Mario will the city clerk please read the 24-hour paragraph the titles of the following ordinance and resolution numbers on the agenda were available to the public at least 24 hours prior of this council meeting and therefore may be read by title or agenda item only ordinances number g723 n through 7240 s50 662 through 50706 and resolution 22187 thank you would the City attorney please explain the role of public comment yes thank you mayor members of the public may speak for up to two minutes to comment on agenda items comments must be related to the agenda item and the action being considered by the council General comments that go beyond the scope of the agenda item must be made in the citizen comment session at the end of the agenda the city council and staff cannot discuss or comment on matters related to pending investigations claims or litigation additionally any member of the public who appears before Council in their capacity as a lobbyist must as required by Phoenix city code disclose this fact before addressing Council the city code requires speakers to present their comments in a respectful and courteous manner profane language threats or personal attacks on members of the public council members or staff are not allowed a person who violates these rules will lose the opportunity to continue to speak thank you so much we begin with the meeting minutes councilman wearing do you have a motion on item one yes I move approval of the meeting minutes for June 2nd 2021 second comments all those in favor say I I I passes unanimously I uh vice mayor Stark do you have a motion on item two yes I do I move to approve the minutes second second all those in favor say I I I passes unanimously I councilwoman pestor do you have a motion on item three so move item three second all those in favor please say I I I councilwoman HUD Washington do you have a motion on item four yes I so move for the minutes of January 3rd 2024 approval second all those in favor please say I I passes unanimously I at today's council meeting councilwoman andari will be assisting me with motions uh councilwoman do you have a motion on item five boards and commissions motion to approve mayor and city council boards and commissions nominations second all those in favor second please say I I I passes unanimously we have a really distinguished group of individuals to be sworn in today so we will ask them to come up for your name can speak the please raise your right hand I state your name do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States IIT of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona St that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same will and Al and defend them against all enemies foreign and domestic def them enemies Dom and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of andarge the State your office according to the best of myability so help me God thank you for serving our [Applause] city we welcome a great group of Commissioners from a variety of positions tourism and Hospitality boards sister cities Village planning commissions thank you all for being willing to serve the City of Phoenix next we go to the liquor license portion of the Phoenix city council meeting we serve in an advisory role to the State of Arizona on liquor licenses councilwoman andari do you have a motion on liquor licenses motion to approve items 6 through 24 noting that item 12 is as revised and located in District One except item 23 Second we have a motion in a second any comments all those in favor say I I any oppose nay I we next go to item 23 which is in councilwoman hjge Washington's District uh councilwoman would you like to make a motion or would we like to hear from the speaker first all right we have testimony from Raleigh this is the venue on 7th yes uh thank you and good afternoon mayor gigos and council members this is Raleigh dbec on behalf of Garfield organization 12 uh 124 East Roosevelt Street Phoenix 85006 and we just wanted to go on record that we are opposing this particular liquor license due to the uniqueness of the property itself because it is bounded by um a do property with a freeway entrance ramp on the west and a do um Interstate 10 to the north and a private business to the South and then on the east side it opens up to the residential area um it has other complexities that are a little bit different for its normal commercial zoning so we just feel it would be prudent for the residents to have more information um than just passing the liquor license without an actual plan the application that we reviewed unfortunately we missed the the 22nd for the um opposition comment and the application seems to have recycled plans from preset Valley and we're unsure of what that is um and just due to the again the uniqueness of the the parcel itself we feel that it would be more prudent to have more information before supporting this thank you thank you for that testimony councilwoman you mayor um I just have a few questions you can clarify based on the comments that were made by the speaker um can you address uh some of their concerns about the location is it on orth do sorry go ahead that's okay thank you good afternoon uh mayor and members of the council I'm Kristen Benitas representing the city clerk um this particular liquor license is for uh a new series 6 license which is for a bar and it's within a hotel um this liquor license would allow um the uh consumers to purchase the liquor within the bar but consume throughout the hotel um the location itself is a currently vacant land and uh it's not uncommon for this type of License to be uh associated with a property similar to this the uh location obviously has not been previously licensed for liquor sales so there's no interim permit in place uh and it would require use permit to allow uh a bar outdoor dining and outdoor alcohol consumption as well thank you for that clarification and with respect to um without an actual plan I presume that if when when the time is right the plan and development will receive some out some information and that information would then be relayed to the community for input can you chime in on that that is correct thank you uh mayor and members of the council requirements for the application um that are outlined within the statutes have been met by the applicant which included uh a drawing based on uh what they're proposing for this property um the public will have other opport OPP unities related to the proposed building and project uh through the use permit hearings uh with the Planning and Development Department thank you for that clarification um with that I think that addresses the concerns that the uh were raised by the by the Garfield neighborhood and at this time I would move to approve item number 23 Second thank you thanks for making sure we stay on top of that councilwoman HUD Washington and thank you to the Garfield neighborhood roll call I'm sorry yes W yes hjge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes GGO yes passes 90 city clerk are we ready for ordinances resolutions new business planning and zoning yes mayor vice mayor do we have a motion motion to approve items 25 through 93 except the following items 25 33 34 48 61 65 and 93 and can the clerk confirm if there are any other items that should be excluded for inperson public comment yes mayor members of the council also excluding items 60 61 62 and 80 that would be items 60 61 62 and 80 second thank you we have a motion and a second roll call I'm sorry yes wado yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing yes Stark yeso yes passes [Music] 90 first we go to the payment ordinance items 25 33 and 34 are all related to the payment ordinance different payment items councilwoman and sorry I do have a motion on 25 33 and 34 move to approve second comments roll call Ansari yes wado yes H Washington yes O'Brian yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes GGO yes passes 81 we next go to item 48 the forward language interpretation translation services vice mayor move to approve item 48 second we have a motion and a second Council wi gado has a comment so mayor I just had a couple of questions not exactly sure if it's Dan or who it would be we will ask our city communications director Dan Wilson to come forward Dan can you just clarify for us what is what is it that we're doing today this would extend mayor members of council councilman or councilwoman Mardo this would extend an already in place contract uh for an additional six months getting us through October we are we are currently uh in a uh procurement process to develop a qualified vendor list uh and this would get us that contract through while we develop that list so I guess for me just given what happened yesterday at the meeting I know that Lori I've voiced concerns to you I think I've talked to Jeff about it as well you know when when when people take time off work to come to the city it's it's not easy for people to come out here um and sometimes it's not even easy to speak in public about different things um that they are going through and they come here they lose money because they have to lose money from working that day because the meeting is a little bit too early sometimes for them and then they have to pay parking and then to come here and feel that they're not being heard because the translation is not being done correctly I I I think that is um profoundly disrespectful I found it very easy to work with Mario varas and with El Elisa DTE I think they've been great um to work with but I mean it was it was a little bit embarrassing to see what what happened yesterday here on the Das and um what's happened in in the past so for me um in order to be able to support the reason I did the second is for me to be able to support this item today I just want to make sure that we're able to stipulate in the contract that for the extension that nor Gloria San Miguel or Carmen kot will come in and translate again is that something that we're able to do uh that's something that we could we could look into certainly but the the extend of the contract allows us to continue with uh with Mario and LC but we'll look into whether we can you know whether we can put restrictions on that I don't know the answer to that can I mayor members of the council I think some of it will depend on availability as well um so again we can we can talk to the vendor and talk to the contractor to see what we can do to to make that request palatable um but I think the one thing we also just have to remember is I don't know how many folks are under her in that contract because it is it is glorious company so I think one thing that we just have to be mindful of is whether or not they have someone that can actually step in and fulfill that role while we're still under contract with them trying to support um your request and mayor councilwoman members of the council what I do think that we can do is stipulate that we will PRI prioritize the interpreters of our preference um or ask them to prioritize the the interpreters of our preference and and I think that should be something that we can do so if that's the position that we're taking then I think we should add into the the contract that if folks that are coming in that are being translated for don't feel comfortable with the person that's translating for them they should be able to bring in their own person their own translator yes and mayor members of the council uh that is something that we do by practice on occasion anyway and so we could do that if if that's necessary so if we can if we can do that if we can stipulate those things try to prioritize ma m Mario and DTE to be the people that come in and translate and if for some reason they're not a look I I get it that it's not easy to translate I'm not one that volunteers to do it because I know that it's a hard job um to do but at at at the same time you know when people are up here and they're telling us their stories and they're telling us their challenges and their issues we should be mindful that we need to have someone that can relate the message that the way they want it to be related I'm so if we can stipulate that if we can say we're we will try to prioritize them but if they are not comfortable with the translator that they can bring in their own translator I can be okay with this is that something we can do yes mayor members of the council that is something we can do okay thank you thank you so much councilwoman pestor so I just need to get some clarity um I think what um is being asked is that there be a variety of translators that are able then to translate uh clearly a bilingual translator and uh is able then to translate and and get capture the whole story um and be able to then keep the Rhythm that needs to keep going um as it goes to the translator um if they don't feel comfortable with the translator uh that is translating what I just heard is that then they can ask somebody else uh where who they feel comfortable to translate I want to make that clear yes mayor members of the council councilwoman pestor that is accurate if if they don't feel comfortable with the translator provided they could bring a family member or a friend um who could provide that interpretation for them okay I just want to be clear because yesterday that was asked and so from here on out I want to be able to understand what the rules are okay and as I understand best practices it's to try to have a a neutral translator who is accurate so can we always start with our translator and then if it is inaccurate but only if it is inaccurate we would move on to a second alternative but if we can if the city is able to provide an accurate translation that would always be the first place we would go which is makes it easier to run the meeting members of the council um as I understand it that is inaccurate best practice um it would be the direction of the council to tell us if it needs to be an accuracy determination versus the preference of of the person speaking in their native language King mayor sorry Council gado so can you just explain okay so we are going to move on we're going to say preference Mario and Miss if the translator doesn't feel comfortable with the person that's translating then they can bring in their own person if the translation starts I mean I'll be able to see it from the Das and say this is not moving in the right direction then they can go ahead and pick their own person mayor members of the council uh councilwoman guado it is my understanding that it has been our practice if there is someone who doesn't feel comfortable with the translation that we've been able to allow them to have their own translator provided they have someone who can do that for them um it would always be our preference to start with our contracted interpreters to provide the service first um however if there's an issue with that for for whatever reason and I would I would appreciate the time that is given um is with it within that time so uh there's a inaccuracy in the translation then they are asked to bring in or they say I want someone to translate I just think we need to be very clear on the timing and the time uh because I think there's a concern that if someone brings their own translator or someone is standing there uh they're going to take over the mic or uh run uh over the two minutes or whatever the minutes and so I think we just need to be very clear on how much time is given when someone is speaking in another language and how much time is given to translate Yes mayor members of the council um right now we do allow additional time for um The Interpreter to translate what's being said um so for example the 2 minutes that is typically allowed for a comment we allow four minutes so so that there can be full translation of what's said all right roll call I'm sorry yes wado yes HJ Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 90 we next go to item 60 Entertainment District Consulting Services contract Council andori move to approve item 60 second we have a motion and a second we have Jade storm to provide comment hi good evening council members my name is j storm shamine I am the President founder of uh the neighborhood organization called Mirror Image that represents the young adults in six City District districts almost a 1 million households um we are to inspire young adults to reflect leadership utilizing sustainable passion and organic entertainment it's been a very challenging year for the last 14 years for me and I am a little bit neutral um in regards to approving this award so I have a couple of questions that I'd like to see if you can answer which can be stipulated into this agreement in regards to number 60 does the RFP um for this Entertainment District stipulates any type of benefit for the residents in uh District s and District 8 and if you don't mind asking all of your questions and then we'll get staff to so sure and can the amendment of this contract include an Outreach request for the mirror image Foundation to be consulted with and may the contract if so may the contract be coupled with an Outreach outcome report after the Consulting with the president of miror image Foundation that's it wonderful thank you so much for those comments we'll ask uh staff to come forward and since she reference District s w't let councilman end sorry great uh thank you Chris U maybe you could start if you could just outline what this uh contract exactly does that would be helpful absolutely mayor vice mayor it would be my pleasure this item was a request for proposal that was issued through the city council and with a lot of public Outreach it started from a study that was done through our Phoenix Convention Center for under convention Sports and Leisure that suggested three things to help entertain help enhance our entertainment and downtown business and one of those was to create an Entertainment District Steph did come to city council to bring forward a consultant to be able to help us identify those items in an Entertainment District that would be important to the community to the city council to City staff in movement of the future of the community so this really is the first phase of Outreach of a consultant to kind of come in and look at Downtown Phoenix and see what we're missing and where it is the city wants to go to and then help us create a path to get there wonderful so we've selected the consultant that is going to be doing this um the uh commenter asked a question about does the RFP stipulate any type of benefits for district seven and eight could you just talk a little bit about the public Outreach being done and how a local business or nonprofit would would benefit from this absolutely mayor vice mayor so as we look at it the consultant will start their work and there will be a lot of community outreach we'll meeting not only with the signature stakeholders of downtown we'll be meeting with Community organizations we'll be meeting this isn't just a study for district seven and eight we have many community members in district one and District Six and District Five and uh and District Four that are very interested well that come into downtown and use this as their heart of the community as well so we'll be doing Outreach across the entire city of Phoenix to bring the community into that so those Community benefits that we have we'll be identifying those through the process I think the outcome and Outreach is to really help enhance the downtown community to create the Entertainment District that all of the City of Phoenix is looking for thank you Chris and um she Al Jade storm also asked about um specifically outreaching to them could you or your team please connect with them to make sure we do that vice mayor we will put them on our list of of uh stakeholder groups that we reach out to as we start this process absolutely perfect I think that's it for me thank you wonderful any additional questions roll call onari yes wado yes HJ Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes Kayo yes passes [Music] 90 item 61 is amending the contract with Aspire in district 7 do we uh have a motion move to approve item 61 second Jade storm also registered to speak thank you again good good evening um I did address all of my questions in regards to this wonderful thank you and you had also pulled item 62 do you did we get those questions as well yes it was it was numbered in in in those orders um I I do I do have one one thing I would like to say uh throughout the years I have spoken many many times and have outreached with uh Chris and she knows me very well um has promised many things and has failed to uh move forward with that so if I could please get a response in regards to the last question that I asked if if there may be a contract awarded um can it be coupled with an Outreach outcome from um Consulting with the miror image foundation's President which is me and so you're asking for a paid contract I'm as if there is a contract awarded for this Entertainment District to move forward can it be coupled with an a data Outreach uh a a outcome from being from us being consulted with Chris and and the team that is moving forward with this wonderful and this is an item to amend a contract related to putting money into the Housing Trust Fund that's what we're on2 um okay so um could someone on our staff answer the question can we award procurements without a process from the dis uh mayor and councel no so we we cannot but we can commit to having a a robust public process and making sure you are at the top of the email list okay thank you so much for the you the questions and all as always the arts and culture program also has great grants for Community Arts leadership with a real emphasis on our youth any um and then um on behalf of the applicant we have Nick Wood available to speak if necessary does anyone have any questions for Mr wood all right roll call anari yes wado yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing I briefly explain my vote mayor uh I'm sure it's a fine project but uh I don't uh vote Stark yes goo yes 61 passes 81 we next move to item 62 event communication Services contract Council and sarry move to approve item 62 second we have a motion and a second and this one was also pilled for com um by uh Jade storm so understand need you have we've answered the questions any other comments roll call honari yes marado yes hod Washington yes O'Brien Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 90 item 5 may be of the greatest interest to the folks in the audience today the Michael carbajal ceremonial Street Nam name signage renaming this is an item in District 8 I will turn to councilwoman hjge Washington to introduce the item and make a motion thank you mayor I'd like to make a motion to approve the Michael carbahal ceremonial Street signage street name signage second thank you um if I may mayor among his many outstanding professional accomplishments Mr caral is a six-time world champion won a silver medal at the 1988 Soul Olympics in South Korea was inducted into the international Boxing Hall of Fame and operates the Michael carbajal Ninth Street Gym just a few hundred yards from his childhood home today Mr carbal carbahal is doing his part to contribute to the next generation of Phoenix boxers his contribution to our city the Latino community and the worldwide boxing Community point to the living legend we have in our midst while I was searching for Community Partners For My December Community event Mr carbahal jumped at the opportunity to work directly with children and I watched gleefully as he spent quality time with our community igniting a newfound appreciation for boxing Mr carbajal demonstrates that a kid who was who wasn't born with a silver spoon can dedicate his time and talents to his craft and earn a place in history with golden gloves at this time I know there are Audi audience members who are here and would like to say a few words I would like to introduce um former councilwoman count County Board of supervisor Mary Rose [Applause] Wilcox thank you thank you and U thank you everybody hello uh I would like to just really thank Kesha Washington for bringing this item up and I think she said a lot of what all of us uh were thinking and are so proud of Michael uh and I'd like to also thank our mayor and members of the city council for an urge your support for the naming of the street after Michael carbajal I know there's a lot of us who are going to speak but there's a few who aren't so Kisha with your and the mayor's permission if they could stand up and be recognized you'll see how many people actually support this is that okay all right you guys when I was on the Phoenix Council one of the things that was one of my proudest moments is when Michael won the uh Olympic medal in 1988 uh I was on the council and I was called by Michael's boxing team and asked to welcome Michael to the Phoenix uh Sky Harbor Airport as he came in and I knew it was going to be exciting I knew there would be a lot of people and by the time we got to the airport and the airport staff helped us get a room and get ready it was already too small everybody came down and by the time we welcomed him and got to his neighborhood at 9th Street Michael I think you remember the street was packed with family and people and everybody was just so proud of this young man who did the city proud and uh Kesha mentioned quite a few of his accomplishments but I think the greatest was the impact he had on the pride of our community when our community could see that one of our own was making it and making it and giving back to the community by helping youth as Kesha has said said it was wonderful and kids looked at that and said I want to be a boxer okay you got to have discipline Michael would tell them and Michael would make himself available for every every that people asked him so he could show the children of our community you can be successful so I'm really very proud of him and I'd like to say one of the proudest moments for all of us in 206 when he was elected to the international Boxing Hall of Fame joining boxing Legends such as Muhammad Ali Joe Frasier Joe Lewis Rocky Marano Sugar Ray Robinson sugaray Leonard Sunny Liston just to name a few and finally Michael carbajal so congratulations Michael and please please vote for this thank [Applause] you thank you Mary Rose understand the councilwoman and team have been working very closely with uh dino and John monano so I'll call them up in that order well let me Begin by thanking councilwoman hjge Washington as well as councilwoman pastor and councilman Robinson and you mayor I mean the reality for us is my private Foundation has been very uh fanthropic with Michael and Laura and the team and just helping to kind of perpetuate a a feeling of outward self-confidence with the youth sometimes we forget that uh they're very impressionable and they don't have a place to go and as a result those impressions are something that somebody needs to look up to um I think for for me personally Michael and I have known each other for a number of years we've traveled together and the reality is I've watched people around him and I've watched how people act towards him and the reality for me and my family is that we're behind everything that he has done and for me personally I look at him in in the greatest of Lights he doesn't have to live on Filmore right he doesn't have to be in that neighborhood but yet he is and the gym is and people congregate around him I was uh fortunate enough to travel with him recently to a fight in Los Angeles and people even there know who he is so he's an ambassador for the city he's an ambassador for people that that uh give him hope and he perpetuates that hope um and Michael I just want you to stand and just let me recognize you for all that you've done for the City of Phoenix thank you council members I appreciate your support [Applause] today and thank you your family trust is covering the cost of fabrication and installation wonderful uh we will then welcome up next John followed by Rob thank you mayor and ccil members um I'd just like to say Michael carbajal is not only known here in Arizona I've supervised uh World title fights all over the world for over 20 years Everywhere I Go China Australia Italy they all ask where is Michael carbajal how is he doing he was the most popular fighter in the 1988 Olympics I supervised every single fight that Michael has had in Arizona and some he's had out of the country also but my greatest uh feeling from Michael is that a kid that made a a million dollars could go and move anywhere he decided to stay in his neighborhood help the kids around there and bring all the kids to the the gyms and give them something to work for you've never seen a kid try to hold up a liquor store with a pair of boxing gloves that's what these gyms do this is what Michael does he gives these kids something to work for and gives everybody else that comes in contact with these kids somewhere to grow up and be like the legend we have here in Arizona Michael carbajal my young kid cuz I seen him since he grew up first amateur fight until his last Michael carbahal he is a legend Arizona and please please approve this measure thank you Rob is next followed by Ray good afternoon I was a police officer for 40 years uh almost 36 years of that service was in Phoenix and I started in 1979 I started walking walking a beat in Michael's neighborhood and maybe I know him uh a little longer than some of the speakers but I remember him walking around the neighborhood and this neighborhood was not the Showcase it is today it was riddled with crime it was riddled with drugs it was riddled with violence when you're growing up in these neighborhoods and I notice there's a lot of Temptations He Rose above those Temptations He Rose he rose above the peer pressure he trained hard every day and he worked himself into a world champion over the years I've maintained a very close friendship with him I don't know how many times we've been out to dinner I don't know how many times we've uh been out to lunch I've been to his house I know his I know his family whenever we're out he is crowded with people he is crowded with people that know him and a man of his status the last time we went to lunch we talked about sports figures that are a little aloof this is not Michael he's always got time to shake a hand to take pictures to hold kids to sign autographs um I've watched him to develop into the champ he is today it was about a year ago that he was touted in the Arizona Republic as one of the most known sports figures in the state um when I was records are made to be broken we know his records but what records like Babe Ruth records are made to be broken but the legend stays alive it's time to acknowledge and recognize [Applause] him you rayb Canon followed by EJ hook ELO how you doing mayor council members no just about all of you up there I'm a City Phoenix retiree I work for City Neighborhood Services for about 26 years retired nine years ago native Phoenician homegrown here in Phoenix Michael carbajal is someone that I looked up to even though he was about this big and still is but I tell you let's do him a great service and honor him by naming that street in his name's sake because he's done us wonders and honor all of his life representing Phoenix Arizona in the boxing world I would go speak to uh elementary schools on topics of I ran the youth gang Dropout prevention program for a couple years and I'd go over Mike's house pick him up and we'd ride to various classrooms and speak to the kids and the kids were so honored and elated to see a champion Michael carbajal boxing champion known throughout the world almost the same size as they are you know and I tell you so let's let's just keep it real let's just pay it forward and honor him and I'd appreciate and applaud all of you if you would take the time out to do that thank you Michael carbaugh [Applause] champ EJ hooks followed by ANH helica hello everyone um I decided to to come in and speak on behalf of Michael carbajal um for everything he's done for for my son you know um and all the other kids that I see in the gym that come there every day to just even give a pound or even just to come take off that stress or they may not get that love from a a from other kids at school because some kids may be artistic some kids may be you know uh I forgot the word but less understanding than others shall I say more comprehensive and also the bullying and the reason why I touching his story so much because I was wanted to start a program for any kids from the age of six to 13 but I also have a kid that's artistic myself so it's a lot of work to do but I'm here to do it but I've been hearing around that some kids get like a a niche and when they find that Niche that are artistic um one day my son woke up and he came to me and and said Dad I want to be a world champion and growing up in a you know from Phoenix Arizona myself I would hear about all these other champion and boxers but there's one name that stuck out to me as a kid growing up in Phoenix is Michael carbajal you know just hearing his name hearing his name even though I never got to meet him throughout my life growing up personally but I'm glad that God answered my prayers because I asked for my son to have protection for itself no matter what and just to be on the right side of that but I had a friend that I went to school with he referred me to Michael carbajal here at you know right down the street at Phoenix St Mary High School in seventh street and just to know that I got referred to have my son come here and he's been elevating ever since he's been coming he's been you know going to regular classes with regular kids he's been happy to come to boxing practice training even if a kids don't make it professionally I think it's just giv them that confidence you know so I just love taking my kid there that's his happy place and I love seeing all the other kids there as well because they all is a real big team team so thank you thank [Applause] you and helica is next followed by Franchesca hello thank you mayor District members um my name is Angelica Roselle I am also a fellow downtown Phoenician um I'm here um to represent my son as well I just want um to share that as a young girl I followed U Michael carbajal watched all his fights was in awe I had my grandfather U my great uncles they were Boxers as well so boxing is a big deal in our family um when I moved to Downtown Phoenix um with my husband one day um we saw somebody just jogging down the street in our neighborhood 10 Street Washington and he's like that's Michael carbajal I'm like that's Michael carbajal he's like yeah he lives in the neighborhood I'm like no way and in a million years did I ever think that my son would be training with him it's a very big deal um I'm Star Struck truck every time I see that man he is the nicest sweetest man you ever met um my son he is so good with him I'm sorry to get emotional but he is such a good trainer he does my son does so well with him and he respects him in every way and um everything this man has done has put his body through physically and emotionally there's no one more deserving of a street named after after him and um we thank you champ for everything that you do I think my son wanted to say [Applause] something what you think of Michael on hello my name is Jacob and um um I live in downtown Phoenix and Michael carbajal is the best boxer I ever met he deserves the street sign thank you good job way to go well that's going to be tough to uh uh follow but uh please go ahead and then Norm will be our final speaker and it had to be me good afternoon mayor and councel I'm francisa Montoya and um I'm here to speak on behalf of our hometown hero Michael carbajal um in 19 88 uh Michael participated in the solo Olympics and he got robbed he came home with a silver but he got robbed and we all know that um and I remember when uh Mary Rose Wilcox and the Phoenix City Council had a big celebration downtown in Patriots Park which is now cityscape and the entire city of Phoenix came out to celebrate Michael and to see his silver medal um I followed Michael's career since before uh going to the Olympics and um when he came back and be turned professional I followed his career as well um I had the privilege of being at his fights in Laughlin in La Mexico City and had the privilege and the honor of being present when Michael was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in New York that was such a special moment to have Phoenix represented in that museum that will live forever uh Michael still lives in Garfield in the same house that he grew up and I think that that is commendable for anyone who has received the kind of Fame and attention that he has and he continues to um live in the neighborhood that he grew up years ago when I was working working at the Stardust resource and Learning Center in South Phoenix I went to Michael's house and knocked on the door Michael answered and um he agreed to come and speak to our youth and um he brought his belts and it was such a special moment for the kids this is long overdue but I'm glad that it's actually happening so thank you so much and please approve action item [Applause] 65 a tough act to follow but you did it very well and we actually have three more speakers so Norm will be next followed by Sergio uh I'm Norman preim uh former Arizona Republic sports writer and I had the The Good Fortune to cover Michael's career and I just want to say Legacy is a terribly overused word I've grown to hate it but it still lives through through its true definition in Michael carbajal and it's appropriate that a street be named after him he he grew up in the organic mom and pop gym came out of that gave gave Phoenix a lot of international Expos osure and now Phoenix has become a major stop worldwide for all these major promoters and there's one that I'll tell you about his name is Eddie Hearn he's from London and he came up to me the last time he was promoting a town and he said you know this city has some of the most educated fans I've ever been in and he has promoted everywhere and he goes to me he says why is that and I said it's because of Michael carbajal thank you it's it's an Avenue he he he represents an Avenue if you will to what this city has become and from where he's from please pass the resolution thank [Applause] you all right Mr Selana and then Vanessa will be our final speaker good evening everybody my name is Sergio Sania and I am a fighter that been training at the gym for for quite some time now and all I got to say is that I hope th this gets approved because Michael deserves it honestly he has you know changed my life you know and boxing has been part of my whole life and it has shaped me in many ways and Michael has helped me through a lot you know um and I started uh amateur fighting with him and it basically changed my life you know from you know from doing bad to doing good now in life um I would say he has shaped most of the kids in the community and is still helping in the community um and um who can say that you know Michael is been a champion and even if you don't make it in boxing in life life you can become a champion as a business owner um in many ways so I truly hope you know this gets approved and thank you Michael for everything you've done to our community thank [Applause] you Vanessa will be our final speaker hello and good afternoon this is my first time doing a public speaking so I'm a little nervous um I just want to say I've lived in that neighborhood for over 20 years maybe right across the street on fil 10th Street in Filmore so I've been there since I was 6 years old I've seen like the police officers said what it was back then and what it is now completely different so to persevere and go through that time and see what it is today is just it's an honor and I really do hope this gets approved I've seen M goal literally since I was a child um just shape that Community the students um everything that fil War street is is Michael coverall and like she also touched on Michael running around the neighborhood literally you will see him Monday through Friday running around that neighborhood so I like I said I hope this get to prove he literally is a legend that is still standing and I would love for him to see this come to life thank you for your time I think she's a natural we'll turn now to councilwoman Pastor thank you mayor so going to give a bit of History there's been history given but probably a little bit more so Michael grew up in a tough workingclass neighborhood Ninth Street known as the Garfield neighborhood where there is Passion heart and love in this body other Phoenix natives like like myself can attest to this you had to be in a fight or flight mode all the time he then went on to have an outstanding Hall of Fame boxing career even representing Us in the 1988 Olympics he rose from the AO and he continues to inspire everyone around us Michael opened the nth Street Gym in 1993 to have a safe space in the neighborhood for the neighborhood Hood kids and community members to give hope I admire that he's still so involved and he's giving back to Ninth Street in garville Michael is also a graduate of North High School attended Phoenix Union High School one year and an nison Alum as a former Phoenix Union board member and a current current North High Mustang it is incredible to see active community members like Michael come out to our doors councilman Garcia met with Community leaders and Mary Rose to begin this process and I'm so excited and honored that Manito deaa is here I thank council member Hajj Washington for completing this Michael thank you for all that you have done for our City Community State and worldwide and for all the work you continue to do like you have said before you hope to train someone who will eventually surpass you and break your records I know that person will also be from the B of Phoenix thank you thank you any further comments councilwoman hudge Washington bring us home then roll call I'm sorry yes mayor can I explain my vote please do thank you I just want to thank Michael your family I mean just seeing everyone from here it looks pretty amazing as someone that also grew up in the baros as someone that also needed a mentor someone to look up to Michael you're making a huge different in people's lives our community doesn't have the money doesn't have the resources to go out and and and get a personal Mentor so having you as a mentor having our youth here today I have two small boys um that definitely could use some boxing lessons um but but at the but at the same time I see what you're doing with our youth I see what you're doing with the future of Phoenix and you should be so proud of all of your hard work and everything that you have done a you know as someone that has mentored many youth here in Phoenix um there is a huge need and thank you so much for joining all of us and and for all of the work that you have done and for all of these children that are here and hoping to be um like you someday uh we cannot thank you enough for all of for everything that you have done for our community and I will be voting yes H Washington like Jacob said Michael carbajal is the best boxer I've ever met and he should have a street named after him so I vote Yes O'Brien yes Pastor from a Cho to a Robinson mayor if I can explain my vote also do thank you mayor um it was August 30th about 3:15 in the afternoon because I looked it up on my phone I got a text from David Salgado and David if you could stand real quick David's retired Phoenix police officer David texted David texted me and said you're gonna get a call from Mary Rose Wilcox take it I wouldn't take the call from me anyway Mary Rose but I did and they told me what they were planning on doing what they wanted what they had hoped to do and I was in support of it then I am in support of it now but it's interesting that Rob September Lieutenant Rob September served the Phoenix Police Department for 37 years close a total of 40 years in law enforcement and Rob worked that area knew it as did I as did David and there was a stigma attached to the neighborhood as was alluded to by several speakers but what was always good about it was someone like Michael car carbal Hall Michael was there you know you were in the middle of it all folks in the neighborhood would come to you folks who didn't necessarily want to talk to the police and there was always that sense of Michael doing the right things by the folks in the neighborhood and was always very respectful to the police and it was something we really appreciated so I was asked by Mary Rose I was asked by David or I was probably told by David we've known one another for well over 50 years so my um my vote is a definite yes and Michael congratulations to you and your family you're much deserving thank you wearing Stark yes sko yes passes 90 woohoo congratulations pause in case anyone want wants to step out of the council meeting but you're welcome to stay for the the whole time go e all right for those of you watching online a very large group just dep parted the council meeting but looked like they were in a good mood we next go to item 80 which is redundant and backup power uh do we have a motion on item 80 move to approve item 80 second Motion in a second Diane Barker thank you mayor this is 80 right I was blowing a kiss to Michael I just said that I got to dance with Alexis Aras back and I found out how gentle a boxer can be and good on his feet and so I'm in district 7 and on this 80 I'm supporting 80 highly uh this is the federal government's going to pay 75% of the city matching cost I'm very much in support of sustainability what they're doing is making sure we have generators for water pumps that's seems to be the larger amount of money but last evening at the Roosevelt neighborhood meeting I'm a member the city did present the cooling center for Burton Bar I go to Burton Bar regularly I'm over there maybe you know even three times a week already we have people that I think go in because of climate in the summer we know how how hot it gets what they want to do is make a cooling center in there and people that are homeless or they you know want to get off of into cooler area they will expand that there was a little controversy in it but you know I said look I go over there we have a Phoenix police officer we have security guards and it seems like there isn't that much of a chaos or problem this is a Homeland Ad dos told me it's a Homeland Security property right around H Park this sits on there what I'm suggesting to you uh is is we need to take care of that the city as a lesie on Hans Park is required to maintain that area and I know whether Burton Bar is Homeland Security but as Ed zurer who's now mag director said this is an aging property around there it's important very important to the whole valley and let's make sure that it's sustainable thank you any comments roll call hanari Yes W yes HJ Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor Robinson yes wearing Stark yes GGO yes passes 8 Z thank you and this is one of many items we have voted on today that help us prepare for summer and heat uh we next go to item [Applause] 93 93 is a public hearing um I will open the public hearing uh we have Paul Gilbert on behalf of the applicant does anyone need to hear from Paul I will close the public hearing this is in Council district 7 I will turn to councilwoman anari thank you mayor um I have a couple of comments to start um first of all I just want to take a moment to thank Paul Gilbert who represents keys to change pro bono for his work on this case um some of you may know I visited what was formerly known as the Human Services campus on my first day as being a councilwoman just a couple hours after being inaugurated and at the time there were about 200 individuals living in uh tents around the campus in 2021 is one of the issues that I've been most passionate about and most committed to working on and um we know that the pandemic exacerbated this challenge when we saw uh unemployment and and federal resources run out and evictions continue to rise the next thing you know we saw close to a thousand individuals outside of the campus um I really want to thank our residents for their patience and collaboration I'd also like to thank City staff volunteers nonprofit partners and everybody who has had and continues to have a role in getting people housed and into Services in Phoenix from fire to police to CBI and many many unpaid volunteers who just do this work to show compassion and Humanity in Phoenix it happened slower than we wanted because there were operational matters that we had to correct and thoughtfully Implement while we do this work we had uh block-by-block cleanups that were executed um well and thoughtfully uh how we provide sa safe storage and how we ramp up relief during the extreme heat season I think to have an 113 decision at the Central City Village planning committee and no appeals to this use permit is a real tesate to our work and the collaborative work in achieving better conditions for all thank 2023 was truly a defining year for collaboration um and what we promised to surrounding neighborhoods and businesses a safe clean neighborhood that leads with services and responding to our homelessness crisis um we have our colleagues here on the council and City executive leadership to thank for that Swift action and I would be remiss if I didn't mention Gina Scott Rachel and the entire office of Homeless Solutions for I think what is the hardest jobs at the City of Phoenix thank you for the incredible work that you're doing at this [Applause] moment thank you for all you do to properly communicate and execute our City's vision for safe and accessible housing for all um and with that I will motion to approve the item per the planning hearing officer recommendation and adopt the related ordinance second we have a motion and second any additional comments roll call onari yes wad yes HUD Washington yes O'Brien yes yes Pastor Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 90 thank you that is our final agendized item for today we will go to the last portion of the meeting resident comment and I'll turn to our City attorney to introduce this portion thank you mayor during citizen comment members of the public May address the city council for up to 3 minutes on issues of Interest or concern to them the citizen comment session is limited to 30 minutes the Arizona Opa meeting law permits the city council to listen to the comments but prohibits council members from discussing or acting on the matters presented thank you so much we'll begin with Nicole Rodriguez followed by David Bonia thank you mayor and thank you Council um I just wanted to briefly comment on a few things today um related to Vision zero and also on housing um I know we have a pretty robust Vision zero advisory committee but I did want to point out to council and C City leadership that currently we have a vacancy and also no females that are serving in a voting capacity on the vision Zer advisory committee we do have three students who are non- voting members one is a female however we currently unfortunately do not have anyone representing from a perspective from moms or anyone who is a caregiver that is a woman and that is greatly um needed on this committee as a voice and it's critical to um us understanding better on the needs of those who not only get around in vehicles but also caregivers who get around in other means who have limitations and cannot drive or cannot afford to drive um this is I think a oversight uh that was missed but I want to make it uh known today if it is an oversight that we work harder to look at finding um more women to engage on this Vision zero committee because right now it's just all men and the only public commenters are females um so I don't think a single male has commented provided public comment other than I believe one individual but this is um interesting and unusual compared to most other cities so we need more diversity in that respect uh the last thing I wanted to briefly mention I I am greatly disappointed in the city's lack of support on House Bill at 2570 um this is something that I hope then also the city prioritizes even greatly because we saw a lack of support for parking reform whereas other states and cities are working hard to make sure that we are getting these needed reforms pushed through whether on the staff side and or from the public and we were from the public side really engaged and willing to work on this matter with uh leadership so we hope then and I hope to see more action on this aspect for housing affordability moving forward because it's greatly um pass du and uh we got a lot of citizens here willing to work and not be roadblocks and making better outcomes for everybody here um in Phoenix and with that I would like to just close out my comments and thank you thank you David is next followed by Brian Willingham good afternoon mayor and city council my name is David Bonia I'm a cashier for SSP at Sky Harbor I'm currently on a leave of ABS since to work as an organizer for Unite Here Local 11 so far at least nine Union activists have been fired from SSP America since they first went out on strike if SSP thinks that they can scare us by singling out the most outspoken lead leaders there in for a rude awakening those tax tactics just won't work workers will not be silenced but we are here today because SSP America is your contractor they are your responsibility do you think that all the allegations of racial disparities mean nothing we are asking you to investigate these issues not just BL blindly take our side please put the issue of racial disparities at SSP on the agenda so we can have a real dialogue and get to to the bottom of what is happening at SSP thank you very much thank you Brian is next followed by Julia mayor guyo vice mayor distinguish distinguished mayor uh members of council city manager Barton Lori Bas thank you for allowing me to speak today most importantly I want to talk to the members of the community my name is Brian Willingham and I'm the president of the United Phoenix firefighters local 493 I stand before you today to address a critical issue that directly impacts the safety and well-being of our community I'd like to start by acknowledging the work you've all done over the past years to help with fire department resources including six stations that were recently approved that will be built over the next 5 years four inside the bond that many of you worked on that's appreciated and two outside so I want to say thank you for that it's not only needed it's definitely appreciated but that said I think it's imperative that we draw attention to our residents that they understand that this is a very sobering reality our City's Fire and Emergency Medical Services have not kept pace with our population grow growth for well over a decade the consequences response times that are often hovering around 9 Minutes the National Standard is five I urge you to pause for a moment and consider what 9 minutes truly means count to 69 times count to 6 nine times and imagine the anguish of waiting for paramedics to arrive as your loved ones life hangs in the balance or the terror of watching your home engulfed in flames hoping for the for the Swift assistance that we provide we the firefighters are not here to simplify simply voice our concerns we are here with a genuine desire to collaborate with the city to find viable Solutions we recognize the urgency of the matter and are committed to working together to begin addressing these challenges in the coming months no matter how long it takes and no matter how heavy the lift I'd also like to take a moment to commend the city manager and his dedicated staff all of you who supported the bond and and especially the community for your unwavering commitment to to keeping our city operational despite facing numer numerous budgetary constraints Jeff Barton Lori Bay and their staff's resilience and resourcefulness has not gone gone unnoticed and those of you who supported their plan that has certainly helped as well and we thank you for that however it's crucial to acknowledge the Stark reality of facing our that's facing our our fire department in the past 15 years we've only added one station while our city has added hundreds of thousands of residents our firefighters have heroically managed to do more with less but now they find themselves doing less with even less we are stretched thin and the strain on our resources as firefighters has reached a Breaking Point in conclusion I implore you I implore you to consider the urgency of this matter and to prioritize the safety and well-being of our community in the in the coming months together we can ensure that our firefighters have the support and resources they need to continue serving our wonderful city with the dedication and bravery that our residents so rightly deserve there's one last thing if I may add the city's facing extreme circumstances the state legislature passed last year a bill that eliminates the rental rental property tax that's not our council's fault that's not our mayor's fault that's not our city manager's fault no one's fault but the state legislature that's a loss of $90 million to this city we're already in a hole we're in a sand trap and it keeps falling back in home rule is on the ballot next November I would urge you to look into how important that will be to cap to not cap our spending and continue to be able to provide the funding and resources for sustainability for our fire department so that we can better serve your families thank you I'll leave you at that thank testimony but thank you um Julia is next followed by uh Karina hi always learn a lot at these meetings um no so mine are just a couple of concerns I've noticed um I live on East Hatcher Road in Sunny Slope um there have been four accidents because of speeding and I've worked with the streets department I did the speed study they saw that there was excessive speeding but because of the houses that are on that street they're too low we can't have speed humps um but we keep having excessive speeding and people get to accidents before I met with the streets department a couple months ago a woman was killed at an accident in the intersection I've had other block watches uh come to me and say we can hear people drag racing down your street and we are very annoyed I went up and down the street in the heat of the summer gain petition signatures to do the study and then to get the speed hump um and everybody complained about the speeding I have talked with other towns like uh Cave Creek and they don't have solution either for the dips because we're in Sunny Slope so we have dips on the road but people still speed they haven't found a solution I've talked with all other cities nobody has a solution for speeding whiff dips and I think that's something to look into because I know right now with the streets department there's only the speed humps um and they took out I think the whatever you call the inner barrier thing but just something to look into because it's going to continue in my neighborhood with the drag racing and we hear it every night um another thing Myster Castle is still up for demo I know I talked with you guys about this um when I was trying to find other Solutions I call the tourism board and I noticed for the tourism board it's only people for the convention center and also that are hotels there's no Museum or anybody else on the tourism board um I know when I go to the herd there are many people from out of the country Japan China India that go to the herd Museum because they love to see the herd Museum there are people that travel from all over that went to go see the mystery castle I think it would be good for the tourism board to explore the idea of having other places that are not just hotels and Convention centers but things that tourists like to see I know that you guys own toora at Castle and that's a huge thing that people love to see and try and get tickets to every single year um so that would be something good to see on the tourism board I know that we're still trying to find a solution for mystery castle um I'm still working on it I know that now I'm sure you've seen on social media the AL Beetle house on East White Gates drive is up for demo there was 150 letters I think sent to the historic preservation office Fox 10 News did a story on it um I know that won't be discussed till April 15th and I'm sure you guys will be getting letters about it too um but we're losing so much Phoenix history right now and it's really hard to fight these battles with just one person or a couple of people um and I know only have 24 seconds left but just to find some solutions and to work on you know saving our Phoenix history and I do want to say thank you to the firefighters I know it's been hard for them in our area because our fire station is the smallest but the busiest um so just trying to find some solutions for historic preservation for the firefighters for just the whole Community as a whole thank [Applause] you Karina is next followed by tyon um hi mayor and city council my name is Karina Sims and I am a member of USA dodgeball um my issue is a little bit less presenting but all of the sudden um I basically am here to ask you guys what resources you guys could provide me uh for Dodgeball um I play competitive dodgeball um we're taking off and one of the things we would like to do is provide the community um with how it's played professionally all over the world uh the members of the USA dodgeball Community I work with uh we trying to make it an Olympic sport we're trying to make it a professional sport um and one of the things that we want to do um as an organization is teach the youth um how we play at a high level and make it more organized um and give youth an uh ability to have another Avenue to do things with their lives aside from the typical Sports U one of the things that we are finding with dodgeball is that it Fosters teamwork um involves communication and it really gives um a sense of community um there for everybody and it kind of levels the playing field because you don't have to be freakishly tall you don't have to be freakishly quick you just have to be crafty and so that's one of the things we would like to give uh the youth and just overall even young adults so um I'm here to ask you again uh if one of you guys could reach out to me at some point I am talking with your parks and wck Department um but and we're kind of trying to narrow down an area but I would just like to offer the city even in schools um and and make it and get back to the art of playing dodgeball cuz there is an art about it there is a community that is passionate behind it and I feel like Phoenix could trailblaze that um for other areas um to watch so thank you guys thank you so much it sounds like you're already on it but our Parks director is happy to talk further tyon is next followed by Jasmine good afternoon mayor vice mayor and M of the council as before mentioned my name is terion Ross and a few things about me for context I am a born bread cornbread in burrito fed Southside die hard I'm a clovis Campbell and South Mountain high school graduate a ASU criminal justice Dropout current District 8 resident wife and mother of four today I want to speak to you about a topic that I am very passionate about the red lining sanitization and gentrification of my home and Community it has been historically documented that South and Southeast Phoenix were the only part of Arizona officially red lined by the federal government red lining didn't just keep black and brown people from buying homes and getting Fair access to financial services in my community it led to fewer Bank fewer Brank branches more pawn shops and liquor stores and even more payday lenders it created food deserts and in my community it also created a lack of quality healthare my community is now being sanitized and if you're unfamiliar with what that word is it's when you all make the hood eco-friendly you make the hood easier to travel around and a lot more convenient for the new occupants that will soon gentrify the blocks and the streets that we call home you'll make it easier for them the blight that you call South Phoenix is not it our community Staples are now being bulldozed and replaced with Black Rock Coffee Shops over over um excuse me overpriced housing developments that we're still not giving loans to live in and gates are being put up to keep us out and to keep them safe it's the audacity for me I don't understand how you all can sit there knowing that the government forced us to South Phoenix deprived of us deprived deprived us of basic opportun unities and decent standards and then years later allow your policies and gentrification to force us out my only two questions for you today is where do we go What About Us by way of Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas South Phoenix and allenville Arizona I am my ancestors and by any means necessary you will do right by thank you very much Jasmine is next um good afternoon mayor and city council uh my name is Jasmine glass um I was a cashier at SSP America I'm at Sky Harbor International Airport until just a couple months ago um the last time I was here speaking to you I informed you that we had filed complaints with the attorney general in the Phoenix equal opportunity Department alleging racial disparities in promotion pay and hiring at SSP America um just two weeks after I became a public whistleblower I was fired from SSP so far at least nine outspoken Union activists have been fired we have filed charges with the federal labor labor board alleging that our disciplines and determinations are unlawful because SSP is applying their policies in a discriminatory way to Target I supporters the EOD declined to investigate our complaint while the AG's case is ongoing even though EOD has its own independent obligation to enforce the city's anti-discrimination laws it is unjust that the EOD is sitting on its hands and ignoring obligations to workers in the city when will it be enough for this Council to take what is happening at your airport seriously the Attorney General oversees the entire State and they've reached out and met with us why isn't Phoenix taking this seriously we aren't well off losing our jobs means dealing with being hungry and possibly homeless please I ask you before to do what you can to ensure that our allegations of racial disparities are investigated e od's decision not to act without taking steps to investigate is unacceptable please put this on the next agenda so we can have a discussion show us that it matters what your contractor is doing and hold them accountable thank you mayor councilman pestor can I ask uh staff a question regarding the EOD uh mayor and Council we cannot have any discussion on a item that's not on agendized okay but I'm asking a question there they um I just want to know process so so at the next policy which is on week next Tuesday you could do a request for information and that would be I think okay so next Tuesday I have to make a request for policy to place this item on the agenda no um there is an agendized item called Council requests for information coming up on Tuesday so you could I mean you could just I'm we we have to move on now but there is other opport a little confused we can come to your office and give you a briefing on the I don't need to come I don't need you to come to my office what I just want to understand for the public to understand the process of what's happening with the EOD and what I mean by that is why it was sent to somewhere else so without getting into the specifics as Julie said that that that complaint that was brought we can't do this right now we gotta we got to do it when it's agendized so thank you uh we'll go next to Nicholas followed by Mark Rodriguez uh good afternoon mayor and city council uh my name is Nicholas e I'm a member of unit Here Local 11 was formerly a cook for SSP America at Sky Harbor Airport uh we believe that our employer SSP America is punish punishing workers in a discriminatory Way for their Union involvement uh so far at least nine Union activists have been fired from SSP America since we first went on strike I myself was recently fired um if SSP thinks they'll scare us out by singling our most outspoken leaders and uh they're in for root Awakening those tactics aren't going to work on us even though I've been fired from SSP I will not be silenced and I will keep fighting with my co-workers because we are here today because SSP America is your contractor they are your responsibility do you think that all our allegations of racial disparities mean nothing um we're asking you to investigate these issues not just blindly take their side please put this issue of racial disparity uh at SSP on the real or on the agenda so that we can have a real dialogue about the issues and figure out if SSP is really the best company for the job and get to the bottom what is going on at [Applause] SSP Mark Rodriguez says next followed by Michael Smith hello Mayor Kate Gago and members of the fedix city council it's good to hear from you again this is my first time being on on screen even though I'm autistic a man because I just saying because it's having you a great time and having you a wonderful time and you're sitting on your black leather chairs and I want to sit on it because I'm just autistic I'm just autistic even though I'm a I'm an autistic man because I grew up with an Autism thing because I'm just just saying because you know I'm just a friendly guy I like you Mar K gyo Yasmin anari I gave you a thank you card and Betty God I gave you a birthday card because you're shaking your head not yes because it's just that I'm saying because you received it with the pictures it's because thank you for that in Mar guo I'll send you a birthday card in October because I want to see you I wanted to say you guys after this meeting is over because you know I'm just a friendly guy and I'm hear about LaVine stuff is because K raising KES is open on April 30th and then and then we're waiting for a Harkin Theater movie to come up and because I'm just saying because and yeah that's my new G Cola I'm a Fallout fan because I just played all the video games even though I'm a video game nerd and I'm an anime and I'm a comic book and I'm a nerd guy because I'm just friendly I'm just saying and may gyo Yasmin anari Betty wado Laura Pastor an O'Brien and Jim Waring it's my first time meeting you and Kisha House Washington it's I'm just saying because we need to more LaVine we're waiting on the Harkin Theater because we just waiting for a theater to come up but all the nothing but houses when I go to the casino viqua casino is because me and my mom go over there every morning and night and all that stuff because I like everything in LaVine even though I'm just saying because I'm just a friendly person because I'm just showing respect for for you guys and nasin I can't wait to talk to you after you're done and then also mer g go to and then Laura Pastor an O'Brien Kesha House Washington and Betty wado and also members of the Phoenix city councils are the best best Phoenix in in our United States of America even though I'm just a good friendly person because I'm just autistic and almost 9 seconds left and then and that's all for me mar have a wonderful [Applause] day thank you Mark and we'll get your birthday in November uh Michael is our final speaker I believe how y'all doing mayor city council my name is Michael Smith I'm a utility at oh I forgot I went blank oh four piece I'm a utility worker at four piece for SSP America so far at least nine Union activists have been fired from SSP America since they first went on strike SSP thinks thinks they can scare us by picking out the loudest leaders but they're in for a rude awakening workers will not be silent when will it be enough for this Council to take what is happening at your airport seriously do you think that all allegations of racial disparities mean nothing we are asking you to investigate these issue and not just blindly take our side or just sweep it up under the rug please put the issues of racial disparities at SSP on the agenda so that we can have a real dialogue and get to the bottom of what's happening at SSP America thank you mayor thank you we are [Music] adjourned