>> Mayor Gallego: GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE JUNE 2nd FORMAL MEETING OF THE PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES DISTRICT. WE WILL BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE CITY OF PHOENIX LOST ONE OF OUR OWN OFFICER NEU THIS WEEK. HE WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR SERVICE WHEN TRAGICALLY HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. HE HAD LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE, INCLUDING SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AS AN EMT. I HEARD THAT HE WORKED WITH CHILDREN WHO LOVED HIM AND WAS A FAN OF COMIC BOOKS AND BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, HARD-WORKING ARE SELF-MOTIVATED. HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE, A BROTHER, A MOTHER, AND A SISTER AS WELL AS MANY GRIEVING FRIENDS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE. I WOULD ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ]. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE PARK CENTRAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD OF GOVERNORS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: BOARD MEMBER ANSARI. BOARD MEMBER TOMLIN. >> HERE. >> Clerk: BOARD MEMBER DiCICCIO. BOARD MEMBER GERVAIS. BOARD MEMBER GUARDADO. >> HERE. >> Clerk: BOARD MEMBER O'BRIEN. BOARD MEMBER PASTOR. >> HERE. >> Clerk: BOARD MEMBER STARK. >> HERE. >> Clerk: BOARD MEMBER WARING. >> HERE. >> Clerk: VICE CHAIR GARCIA. >> HERE. >> CHAIRWOMAN GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. BOARD MEMBER CONLIN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE DECEMBER MEETING MINUTES? >> I MOVE THAT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING MINUTES BE APPROVED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN STARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNAL AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED, NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBER CONLIN, WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 4. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> I MOVE FOR CONSIDERATION OF ITEM NUMBER 4. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> YES. >> Clerk: CONLIN. >> YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GERVAIS. GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> I SAID YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. WARING. >> YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS OF THIS BOARD. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU TO BOARD MEMBER CONLIN FOR JOINING US. WE'LL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE FORMAL MEETING OF THE -- WE WILL NOW TAKE A 30-SECOND BREAK BETWEEN MEETINGS. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE FORMAL MEETING ON JUNE 2nd OF THE PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO. COUNCILWOMAN GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILWOMAN STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMAN WARING. >> Councilman Waring: HERE. >> Clerk: VICE MAYOR GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: HERE. >> Clerk: MAYOR GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER HERE WITH US TODAY. MARIO, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M MARIO BAROJAS. I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS TODAY'S SPANISH INTERPRETER. I'LL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO OUR SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, MARIO. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE 24-HOUR PARAGRAPH. >> Clerk: THE TITLES OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE NUMBERS ON THE AGENDA WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND, THEREFORE, MAY BE READ BY TITLE OR AGENDA ITEM ONLY: ORDINANCES NUMBER G-6718, 6853 THROUGH 6 EIGHT 4 FIVE. S THROUGH 47638, AND 47650 THROUGH 4657 AND RESOLUTIONS 21925 THROUGH 21928. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR GARCIA, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 2020. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES, I HAVE MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH 18, 2020 MINUTES. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED SIGNAL NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMAN WARING, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE FORMAL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2020? >> MOVE TO APPROVE THE FORMAL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2020. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED, NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 3, BUT BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION ON THAT, I WILL TURN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETINGS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO TWO MINUTES TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED. 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 DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENT SESSION AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MUST PRESENT THEIR COMMENTS IN A RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS MANNER. PROFANE LANGUAGE AND PERSONAL ATTACKS ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR STAFF ARE NOT ALLOWED. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THESE RULES WILL LOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATIONS. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> Mayor Gallego: A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED, NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE MOVE TO ITEM 4 THROUGH 7, OUR LIQUOR LICENSE PORTION WHERE WE ADVISE THE STATE. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 4 THROUGH 7. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED, NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CITY CLERK, ARE WE READY FOR ORDINANCES RESOLUTIONS NEW BUSINESS AND PLANNING AND ZONING? >> Clerk: YES, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 8 THROUGH 127 EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING, ITEMS 29 THROUGH 35, 64, 66, 70, AND 119 THROUGH 124, AND 127, ITEMS 55, 56, AND 95 ARE CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 16, 2021. ITEMS 125 AND 126 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 109 IS AS CORRECTED AND EXCLUDING THESE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, 68 AND 86. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. WE NEXT MOVE TO THE BUDGET PORTION OF OUR MEETING. ITEM 29 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021-26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. I WILL NOW DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND REMINDER FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING, THIS WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE WILL HAVE COMMENTS ON THE GENERAL BUDGET IN ITEM 31. ITEM 30 IS THE 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. COUNCILWOMAN STARK, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> Councilwoman Pastor: YOU'RE ON MUTE, COUNCILWOMAN. >> Councilwoman Stark: MAYOR, I MOVE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 21928, THE 2021-2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: [ INAUDIBLE ] >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-1. >> Mayor Gallego: ITEM 31 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE TENTATIVE 2021-22 ANNUAL BUDGET ORDINANCE. I WILL NOW DECLARE THE HEARING OPEN. WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ANNE ENDER FOLLOWED BY CORE RICH. >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS 2021-2022 BUDGET. IN FACT, I'M IN FAVOR OF EACH PENNY THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU KNOW, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE HEARD PUBLIC DEMANDS THAT THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY BE REALLOCATED INTO OUR COMMUNITIES FOR MORE RESOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, JUST TO NAME A FEW. WELL, PHOENIX PD HAS THE VERY SAME NEEDS. THEY HAVE THE NEED TO -- I'M SORRY, THEY HAVE THE SAME NEED -- VERY SAME NEED, FUNDING FOR COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO HIRE AND RETAIN MORE CIVILIANS AND SWORN PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES IN PHOENIX, FOR RESOURCES, FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT FACILITATES AND EXPEDITES INVESTIGATION'S LONG WITH THE PEOPLE EVER NEEDED TO MANAGE THAT TECHNOLOGY. AND LASTLY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS TO HELP NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT IN TERMS OF THE CRISIS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BUT IMPORTANT TODAY AS WE'VE SEEN SADLY SOME THINGS UNFOLD OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, PROGRAMS AND PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THEIR WELL-BEING. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HOPE TODAY'S MEETING WE CAN MAYBE JUST NOT -- WE CAN STOP THINKING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE POLICE DO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN DOING SO THAT THAT HONORS THE LIFE OF A YOUNG MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN TRYING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE WILL NEXT HERE FROM CORT FOLLOWED BY RJ SHANNON, OUR FINAL SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: WE CAN. >> I'M CORT RICH FROM THE ROSE LAW GROUP. I'M TALKING TO YOU TODAY AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. AND IN SUPPORT OF WHAT I THINK IS A REALLY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT THAT PHOENIX IS PROPOSING IN THE BUDGET THAT WILL HELP TAKE THE LARGEST CITY IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS IN HELPING THEIR RESIDENTS IMPLEMENT ROOFTOP SOLAR SOLUTIONS AND DO IT IN AN EFFECTIVE, CHEAP, INEXPENSIVE WAY WHILE MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY. THE BUDGET INCLUDES NEW MATERIALS AND STAFFING TO IMPROVE THE PERMITTING EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX. AND THAT'S REALLY DOING A GREAT SERVICE TO THE FOUNTAINS OF FOLKS THAT WORK IN THE ROOFTOP SOLAR INDUSTRY IN THE STATE AND ALSO TO THOSE THAT ARE ADOPTING ROOFTOP SOLAR VERY QUICKLY IN THE PHOENIX AREA. WE'RE TAKING WHAT IS REALLY SORT OF THE NEGATIVE RIGHT NOW AT THE CITY AND TURNING IT INTO A TREMENDOUS POSITIVE AND POSITIONING PHOENIX TO BE A LEADER. I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS FOR EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS CLEAN AIR AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OR IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN REDUCING RED TAPE FOR CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES AND LOWERING COSTS FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE -- OF THE MEMBERS -- BUSINESS MEMBERS OF THE ARIZONA SOLAR ENERGY ASSOCIATION AND THANK THE CITY AND THEIR STAFF FOR THAT SUPPORT. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. RJ WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR GALLEGO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: WE CAN. >> I'M RJ SHANNON AND I'M THE COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LEADER REPRESENTING THE LOCAL PHOENIX CHAPTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE LAWS. OF COURSE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING OUR [ AWAY FROM MIC ] THAT IS MAJOR FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE SURVIVORS. WE WERE STARTED IN 2013 BY SHANNON WATTS AND WE REPRESENT 50 STATES THAT ADVOCATE TO LAWS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTIONS THAT SUPPORT THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND WELFARE. I'M ALSO A PREVIOUS MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE PHOENIX HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR GORDON, AND I SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS SERVING ON THE ADVISORY BOARDS TO THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I GRADUATED FROM PPD CITIZEN ACADEMY A REALLY LONG TIME AGO. AND I'M ALSO -- I'M A SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE FAST TRACK AD-HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF PHOENIX. SO I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT MICHELLE KUSO WAS A YOUNG AND VIBRANT FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S MOTHER REQUESTED THAT PPD DO A WELLNESS CHECK ON HER DAUGHTER. SHE DID NOT SURVIVE THAT VISIT AND SO IT WAS A HUGE LOSS TO HER FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY IN FIST. THE EXPANSION OF THE C.A.P. pROGRAM IS HOME FOR MANY OTHERS. TODAY, FOR ME, IT'S A NEW DAY IN PHOENIX AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND ALL THAT ENCOMPASSES AS THE FOUNDATION FOR FUNDING AND POLICY. THE PHOENIX CHAPTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION GIVES OUR SUPPORT TO THE PROPOSED 2021-2022 BUDGET AND THE INCLUDED FUNDS TO EXPAND THE C.A.P. pROGRAM TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. THOSE FOLKS SEEKING HELP WILL RECEIVE IT FROM PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE TRAINED TO OFFER THEIR EXPERTISE AND SERVICES. AND WE COMMEND ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY NO C.A.P. fOR COMMITTING TO OUR COMMUNITY'S WELFARE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING MOMS TO SHARE OUR VOICE AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN TODAY'S HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. I BELIEVE OUR PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE WILL BE SAVING MONEY AND WILL BE SAVING LIVES. AND WE WANT TO APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PROGRAM. IT'S ALSO A GOOD MEETING TODAY FOR THE SOLAR INDUSTRY BETWEEN OUR ENERGY CODE UPDATES AND PUTTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE BUDGET. SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON PACE TO DOUBLE SOLAR PERMITS IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX THIS YEAR AND THE BUDGET WILL HELP US MOVE FORWARD IN THAT AREA. WE ARE NUMBER ONE FOR SOLAR INSTALLED ON CITY FACILITIES AND WE WANT TO HAVE AS MUCH SOLAR INSTALLED ON PRIVATE FACILITIES AS WELL IN OUR COMMUNITY. ITEM 32 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE TENTATIVE 2021-22 ANNUAL BUDGET. COUNCILWOMAN STARK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Councilwoman Stark: YES, MAYOR. I MOVE THAT ITEM 32 BEING ORDINANCE S-47591 THE TENTATIVE 2021-2022 ANNUAL BUDGET BE ADOPTED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. PASTOR. I APOLOGIZE, PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: NO. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: NO. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 6-3. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. AN IMPORTANT BUDGET THAT WILL INVEST IN OUR CITY. ITEM 33 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE TENTATIVE 2021-22 CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET. COUNCILWOMAN STARK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Councilwoman Stark: I MOVE THAT ITEM 33, BEING ORDINANCE S-47652, THE TENTATIVE 2021-2022 CAPITAL FUNDS BUDGET BE ADOPTED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: NO. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-1. >> Mayor Gallego: ITEM 34 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE APPROPRIATED FUNDS BUDGET. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Councilwoman Stark: I MOVE THAT ITEM 34 BEING ORDINANCE S-47592 THE TENTATIVE 2021-2022 RE-APPROPRIATED FUNDS BUDGET BE ADOPTED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. ANY COMMENT? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE MOVE -- AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WORKED ON THIS IMPORTANT BUDGET PROCESS AND WHO PARTICIPATED. WE MOVE TO ITEM 35, AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE. >> Clerk: ITEM 35 IS FOR ORDINANCE G-6806 SECTION 2-60 OF THE PHOENIX CITY CODE RELATING TO RULES OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. >> Mayor Gallego: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> Councilwoman Pastor: I HAVE -- MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE EIGHT-HOUR RULE. >> Mayor Gallego: PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Councilwoman Pastor: I'M GOING TO PROBABLY NEED STAFF TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT PAGE THAT IS ON. I HIGHLIGHTED IT BUT NOW I'M. >> City Manager Zuercher: IT'S ON PAGE 102 OF THE PACKET. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. I WAS LIKE, I HIGHLIGHTED IT SOMEWHERE. THE DECEPTION OF THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] OF THE EIGHT-HOUR RULE WAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE EIGHT-HOUR RULE GAME INTO PLAY. AND AT WHAT POINT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME INTO PLAY. AND WHEN I REREAD THE EIGHT-HOUR RULE, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT IT CAN BE INTERPRETED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. WHEN ITEM "A" SAYS NO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL REQUEST ANY STAFF PROJECT REQUIRING OVER EIGHT HOURS OF STAFF WORK WITHOUT SEEKING APPROVAL FROM FULL CITY COUNCIL, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING OR TO LOOK AT AN ITEM THAT MAYBE IS A DISCUSSION OR POSSIBLY COULD BE A DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE. HOW WOULD WE, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, KNOW THAT WE ARE VIOLATING OR ASKING STAFF TO WORK OVER AN EIGHT HOURS OF WORK? HOW WILL WE KNOW AT WHAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK FULL CITY COUNCIL? >> City Manager Zuercher: THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, COMMENT QUESTION. THAT BURDEN LIES WITH STAFF. IT ACTUALLY LIES WITH ME AS THE CITY MANAGER TO INFORM YOU OF THAT. YOU'RE CORRECT. THERE'S NOT A WAY THAT YOU WOULD NECESSARILY KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING WOULD TAKE OVER EIGHT HOURS. SO IF THAT HAPPENS, AND I'M CERTAIN IT WOULD BE INADVERTENT, THEN I WOULD WORK WITH STAFF AND THEN I WOULD INFORM THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING WOULD REQUIRE AN EIGHT-HOUR RULE VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT THAT RESTS WITH STAFF. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. BECAUSE I COULD SEE WHERE WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION OR A PIECE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING GLOBAL, MAYBE SOLAR PANELS, AND I COULD SEE MYSELF ASKING, WELL, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS TYPE OF SOLAR PANEL AND THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION AND THE POSSIBLE COST OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE EFFICIENCY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SOME DETAILS THAT I WOULD SAY DEPENDING ON WHAT -- WHO'S DOING IT AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IT, IT COULD GO OVER AN EIGHT-HOUR RULE OR IT WOULDN'T GO OVER AN EIGHT-HOUR RULE. SO WHAT I'M HEARING, THEN, IT'S STILL -- WE'RE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF AT WHAT POINT IS AN EIGHT-HOUR RULE TRIGGERED. BECAUSE IT'S STILL A VERY SUBJECTIVE AND IT'S UP TO STAFF. AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ISSUE OR THE REASON WHY THE EIGHT-HOUR RULE CAME ABOUT OR DISCUSSION WAS BECAUSE IT'S A SUBJECTIVE MANNER. AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE SOLVING WHAT -- AT WHAT POINT -- WHO MAKES THAT DECISION. AND I HEARD CITY MANAGER, BUT I ALSO HEARD STAFF. >> City Manager Zuercher: SO, MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST BRING MORE CLARITY TO THIS. AS IT STANDS NOW IN THE RULES, IT IS SIMPLY ONE SENTENCE. AND THIS IS TRYING TO JUST GIVE SOME MORE PARAMETERS TO IT BY LISTING THINGS LIKE ORDINANCE DEVELOPED -- ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT, COORDINATING AND HOLDING LISTING SESSIONS, HEARINGS, COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT TAKE LARGE BLOCKS OF TIME OR LARGE NUMBERS OF STAFF. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY -- THERE'S ANY FORMULA OR SPECIFIC FORMULA WE CAN GIVE YOU FOR THAT. IT IS A JUDGMENT CALL. ULTIMATELY I HAVE TO MAKE THAT CALL AS TO HOW MUCH TIME I THINK IS BEING REQUIRED AND THEN I WOULD JUST NEED TO INFORM THE COUNCIL THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO IN DIALOGUE WITH YOU, NOT JUST OUT OF THE BLUE. SO THE COMMITMENT IS FOR -- IS FOR STAFF TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT SOME MORE RULES. BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS IT WAS, AS YOU'RE EXPRESSING, IT WAS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE SOMETIMES STAFF WOULD DO THINGS THAT CLEARLY WERE MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS. AND OTHER TIMES THEY WOULD SAY, NO, I CAN'T DO THAT. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT SOME MORE BOUNDARIES AROUND IT SO THAT IT'S MORE CLEAR UP FRONT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. MAYOR, CAN I ASK A FURTHER QUESTION? >> Mayor Gallego: PLEASE DO. >> Councilwoman Pastor: SO, CHRIS, I'M KIND OF WORDSMITHING AS WE GO, BECAUSE I READ THIS LATE LAST NIGHT. AND I WAS TRYING TO DIGEST WHAT WAS WRITTEN. IT SAYS NO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER. IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT MORE A COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL REQUEST ANY STAFF PROJECT REQUIRING OVER EIGHT HOURS OF STAFF TIME -- OF STAFF WORK BY FIRST SEEKING APPROVAL OF A FULL CITY COUNCIL? >> MAYOR -- GO AHEAD. >> Councilwoman Pastor: IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S SAYING NO INDIVIDUALS, LIKE NO. >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, WE COULD MODIFY THAT SENTENCE. I THINK THE INTENT OF ADDING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THERE WAS TO KIND OF DISTINGUISH IT FROM PARAGRAPH B IN PARTICULAR THAT NOW ADDRESSES SUBCOMMITTEES TRYING TO REQUEST IT. WHICH IS A GROUP OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THE WORD INDIVIDUAL WAS PUT IN THERE TO DISTINGUISH THAT. WE CAN REFORM THAT AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE IN A MORE POSITIVE STATEMENT OF THAT IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL -- >> Councilwoman Pastor: YOU CAN TAKE THE NO OUT. INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL REQUEST ANY STAFF PROJECT REQUIRING OVER EIGHT HOURS OF STAFF WORK BY FIRST SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. I'M JUST -- I THINK WE'RE REACHING WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO, BUT IT'S JUST NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY. >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, YES, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT UNLESS THE CITY MANAGER SEES AN ISSUE WITH THAT. I THINK WE COULD MAKE THAT CHANGE. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN YOU'RE OPERATING "A" AND "B" AND "B" IS JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ITEMS CAN BE PLACED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE BY THE CHAIR OR -- OR BY THE MAYOR THAT DO NOT REQUIRE AN EIGHT-HOUR VOTE REQUEST. AND THEN IT GOES INTO SPECIFICALLY WHAT KIND OF REQUEST OF CAN HAPPEN BEFORE AN EIGHT-HOUR RULE TRIGGERS, AM I CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. I'M FINE. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE READY FOR A ROLL CALL? >> Clerk: MAYOR, WE DO NEED A MOTION. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YEAH. >> Mayor Gallego: VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 35. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> City Manager Zuercher: MAY I CLARIFY? IS THAT TO INCLUDE COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR'S REVISION TO THAT SENTENCE IN 15-A? >> Councilwoman Pastor: I HOPE SO. >> City Manager Zuercher: IF SO -- >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THAT'S FINE WITH ME. >> City Manager Zuercher: LET ME READ IT AND SEE IF IT MEETS HER EXPECTATION. I WOULD CHANGE IT TO SAY ANY INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL ONLY REQUEST A STAFF PROJECT REQUIRING OVER EIGHT HOURS OF STAFF WORK BY FIRST SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. DOES THAT WORK, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR? >> Councilwoman Pastor: WHERE DO YOU PUT THE ONLY? >> City Manager Zuercher: AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL ONLY REQUEST A STAFF PROJECT REQUIRING OVER EIGHT HOURS OF STAFF WORK BY FIRST SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. >> Councilwoman Pastor: THAT'S FINE. >> City Manager Zuercher: OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MEETS YOUR DESIRE TO PUT IT INTO THE POSITIVE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. AND A SECOND. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. PASSES 8-1. >> Mayor Gallego: WE MOVE TO ITEM 64. I WILL TURN TO THE VICE MAYOR ON THIS ITEM. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE THE MOTION. AT THE MAY 19th LAND USE AND LIVABILITY SUBCOMMITTEE, WE ASKED STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING COULD BE IDENTIFIED TO FUND THE REMAINING PROPOSAL SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROCESS. BASED ON UPDATE FROM THE STAFF SINCE THAT I WANT TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 64 FOR THE 28 PROGRAMS RECOMMENDED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND CITY STAFF WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS: USE 155,168 OF AVAILABLE PRIOR YEAR GBDG FUNDS TO, ONE, FULLY FUND THE THREE PROPOSALS INCLUDED IN THE ITEM FOR PARTIAL AWARDS AS FOLLOWS: 30,000 FOR LIFEOLOGY AZ INC. aND RAISING SPECIAL KIDS. 29,671 FOR FATHERS MATTERS INC. TWO, FUND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIVE PROPOSALS AS FOLLOWS: 30,000 FOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH, MOW ENERGY YOUTH FOUNDATION, ROCK FOUNDATION, AND 22,562 FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS COMMUNITY FOR EMPOWERMENT LIFE. AND LAST ONE, 21,410 FOR [ AWAY FROM MIC ] VETERANS SERVICES INC. AND FINALLY, BASED ON FULLY FUNDING THE PROPOSAL AS MENTIONED, INCREASE THE -- INCREASE IT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 936,718 FOR THE 33 TOTAL FUNDED AWARDS. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? >> MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILWOMAN STARK FOLLOWED BY COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Stark: I JUST WANT TO THANK THE VICE MAYOR. WE HAD THIS SUBJECT AT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE AND HE REALLY FOUGHT TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND I THANK HIM FOR THAT. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN STARK. COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. IS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE AWARDEES OR IT'S AWARDEES THAT WERE NOT FUNDED? I GUESS IT WOULDN'T BE AWARDEES. SORRY. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: STAFF CAN EXPLAIN, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S FOR BOTH. THE ONES THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT AND THEN ALSO ADDING MORE TO THOSE THAT DID MAKE IT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S A COMBINATION HERE. WE ARE FULLY FUNDING THREE OF THE AWARDS THAT PRIOR TO FINDING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. THEY WERE ONLY PARTIALLY FUNDED. SO WE'RE MAKING THOSE PROPOSALS COMPLETE. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO FUNDING FIVE ADDITIONAL AGENCIES. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: NO. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-1. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 66, GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO PASS ITEM 66. >> Councilwoman Pastor: SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 68 WHICH IS THE AMEND REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH 3DC PARTNERS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. I WILL TURN TO COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: MOVE TO PASS ITEM 68. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY. WE WILL BEGIN WITH RYAN BOYD FOLLOWED BY JOHN GRAHAM. >> AFTERNOON. MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: WE CAN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M RYAN BOYD. I RESIDE AT 1069 WEST TAYLOR STREET AND I'M A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 68. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN BUT A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH CONSTRUCTION AND THE OBVIOUSLY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS WITH THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. SO THE ONE-YEAR EXTENSION HERE DOESN'T SEEM THAT BAD. I WILL NOTE THAT LOTS OF DOWNTOWN GROUPS THAT I'VE SAT IN MEETINGS WITH HAVE HAD CONCERNS ORIGINALLY WITH SOME OF THE VARIANCES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT ULTIMATELY THIS PROJECT HELPS FILL IN THE TEETH. IT'S A CITY-OWNED PARKING LOT THAT COULD BE REALLY UTILIZED. IF YOU'D WALK BY THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CARS THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY ACTIVATE AND MAKE GOOD ON THE ADAMS STREET PLAN FOR ACTIVATION WHICH IS DECADES PROBABLY IN PROGRESS TO REALLY FILL IN AND MAKE IT SO THE CITY IS WALKABLE, VIBRANT, AND THERE'S MORE SPACE FOR BUSINESSES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS BUILDING NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS LIKE CONVERT TO RESIDENTIAL LATER AND CONTINUE THE PROGRESS HERE IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRANGE THING TO ASK FOR A ONE-YEAR HOLD ON SOME OF THE TERMS FOR COMPLETION GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE AND SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS AN INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOHN GRAHAM IS REGISTERED AS THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE TO SPEAK IF NECESSARY. MR. GRAHAM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? AND IF WE COULD UNMUTE JOHN GRAHAM PLEASE. >> Clerk: ONE MOMENT, MAYOR. MAYOR, IT APPEARS THAT HE IS NO LONGER ON THE LINE. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. MR. GRAHAM? >> I'M HERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: YOU ARE REGISTERED TO SPEAK IF NECESSARY. SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU A MOMENT. >> I APPRECIATE IT. [ AWAY FROM MIC ] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE WORKED ON QUITE SOME TIME. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AS RYAN JUST SAID, WE AGREE WITH THE HISTORY OF IT. WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T PREDICT THE PANDEMIC AND CERTAINLY [ AWAY FROM MIC ] UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT TAKES TO [ AWAY FROM MIC ] WE REMAIN FULLY COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT. [ AWAY FROM MIC ] THE RIGHT PROJECT AND ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION? COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: THANK YOU THEIR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR EXTENDING THE CONSTRUCTION COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR THIS PROJECT. WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT COVID-19 WAS UNPRECEDENTED AND HURT HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM HERE IN PHOENIX. YET THE TEAM AT 3DC PARTNERS REMAINS COMMITTED TO BRINGING A VERY EXCITING, THOUGHTFUL PROJECT TO DOWNTOWN PHOENIX INTO A CORNER OF THE CITY THAT REALLY NEEDS IT. IN PARTICULAR, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE ADAMS STREET ACTIVATION STUDY THAT THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS. IT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO A BUSTLING AREA IN DOWNTOWN. ON TOP OF THE BILL, THEY'RE WORKING TO EXPAND THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE WITH SHADE AND LIGHTING AND STREET FURNITURE AND ART. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT RECEIVING ANY FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FROM THE CITY. IT'S PAYING FULL MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AS APPRAISED AND PROVIDED FOR IN THE RSP. AND WHAT WAS ONCE A $61 MILLION PROJECT IS NOW A $97 MILLION INVESTMENT BRINGING MANY, MANY BENEFITS TO OUR CITY, INCLUDING BENEFITING OUR CITY AND SCHOOLS THROUGH TAX REVENUE. WHILE I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL DURING THE EARLY PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT THROUGH. SO I'LL BE VOTING YES. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. I'M SORRY, PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: I'M SORRY YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. I APOLOGIZE, WARING? >> Councilman Waring: YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Clerk: YES, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. THANK YOU. >> Councilman Waring: OKAY. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: NO. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. PASSES 7-2. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE NEXT MOVE TO A GOOD NEWS ITEM, NUMBER 70 AMENDMENT TO THE PHOENIX FIRE CODE AND MODIFICATION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION FEE SCHEDULE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE? >> Clerk: ITEM 70 IS FOR ORDINANCE G-6854 AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS TO THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE WITH PHOENIX AMENDMENTS AUTHORIZING MODIFICATIONS TO THE PHOENIX FIRE PREVENTION FEE SCHEDULE, PHOENIX CITY CODE CHAPTER 15 APPENDIX "A." >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 70. >> SECOND. >> YES. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. AN ENTHUSIASTIC SECOND, I THINK, FROM COUNCILWOMAN STARK AND I THINK I HEARD ONE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL. THIS REALLY IS A GOOD NEWS ITEM, THE SOLAR INDUSTRY AND CLEAN TECH CAME TO US WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH THEM TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND SOLAR INNOVATES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INNOVATE AS WELL. BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HELPED US MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOLAR TO DOUBLE IN PHOENIX THIS YEAR. WE DO HAVE THREE MEMBERS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. WE'LL BEGIN WITH TYLER FOLLOWED BY CHARLES. >> THIS IS TYLER ON BEHALF OF SUN POWER. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND ALIGNING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE STANDARDS WILL ENABLE THE CITY, CITIZENS, AND CONTRACTORS TO HAVE A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT OPERATION AND SAVE EVERYBODY A LOT OF MONEY AND GET MORE SOLAR ON ROOFS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. NICELY SAID. CHARLES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MARK RODRIGUES. CHARLES, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> Clerk: ONE MOMENT, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: NOW WE HEAR YOU. >> YEAH, JUST A LITTLE MUTE HANG UP THERE. RATHER THAN SPEAK OF THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE CODE THINK THERE THAT STANDS ON ITS OWN, I DID JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TESLA AND THANK BRIAN SHOAL AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT THE PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF PHOENIX FOR JUST A GENUINE AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LANGUAGE AND REALLY JUST ALL -- ALL JUST -- YEAH, JUST A GENERAL GENUINE EFFORT TO DRIVE TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT, URGE THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE IN FAVOR. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. AND WE DO HAVE TWO MARK RODRIGUESES, TWO DIFFERENT MARK RODRIGUES PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING. WHICH MAY BE A FORCE FOR US ON WEBEX, TWO INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME NAME. MARK RODRIGUES OF SUN RUN WOULD BE THE SPEAKER ON THIS ONE. MARK, CAN YOU HEAR US? >> HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, MARK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A SENIOR JURISDICTIONAL SPECIALIST FOR SUN RUN. SUN RUN IS THE LARGEST SOLAR BATTERY GARAGE STORAGE PROVIDER. WE EMPLOY MORE THAN 100 SUN RUNNERS AT OUR PHOENIX BRANCH AND SERVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT FOR THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO STREAMLINE PROCESS SPORTS INSTALLATION OF SOLAR AND STORAGE SYSTEMS. PHOENIX RESIDENTS ARE INCREASINGLY EMBRACING HOME SOLAR AS EVIDENCED BY THE NUMBER OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS EACH MONTH. THIS DEMAND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE CITY, CORPORATION, COMMISSION AND APS ADOPT POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE EMPLOYMENT OF RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND STORAGE. THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL NOT ONLY HELP THE CITY'S RESIDENTS ADOPT MORE ROOFTOP SOLAR BUT REDUCE THE RED TAPE, COST, AND TIME ASSOCIATED WITH PERMITTING WHILE MAKING CERTAIN THAT PHOENIX MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST STANDARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. STREAMLINING CAN'T PERMITTING WILL PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUT COSTS. IN ADDITION TO IMPROVE PROCESSINGS, THEY HAVE CHANGES TO FIRE REQUIREMENT PROCESSES TO ALLOW FOR FIREFIGHTER SAFETY WHILE ALLOWING THE HOMEOWNERS TO INSTALL SOLAR AND STORAGE ON THEIR HOMES. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE INDUSTRY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE AS THESE POLICIES ARE OPERATED. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH MARK. MARK IS OUR FINAL PUBLIC SPEAKER ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. I'LL TURN TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS. >> Councilwoman Stark: MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILWOMAN STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: THANK YOU. MY CAREER WAS IN THE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, BUILDING CODES, AND I WILL TELL YOU IT REALLY DOES TAKE A PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFE STRUCTURES. I'VE GOT TO REALLY COMMEND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SOLAR INDUSTRY FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE USE OF SOLAR. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THANK YOU. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ITEMS IN THE FIRE CODE UPDATES THAT WILL FURTHER PROTECT OUR CITY. WE APPRECIATE ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO MOVING THESE FORWARD. A GREAT DAY FOR SOLAR IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. I APOLOGIZE, GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Clerk: YES, I CAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE NEXT MOVE TO 86, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF TEMPE FOR FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG BASELINE ROAD. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 86. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL GO TO THE PHONE. >> HELLO, MAYOR KATE GALLEGO AND CITY COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN. HOW YOU DOING TODAY? >> Mayor Gallego: DOING VERY WELL. >> I'M DOING GREAT. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE WE LIVE ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE ME AND MY MOM LIVE ON 772 SOUTH 2nd, LAVEEN, ARIZONA, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST WONDERING ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MORE STORES AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH TEMPE AND THAT ALL STUFF. THAT IS GREAT BECAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR A MOVIE THEATER TO COME OUT BECAUSE YOU GUYS WANTED TO -- BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND I'M WAITING FOR IT. MY MOM IS WAITING FOR IT TOO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT AS WELL BECAUSE I'M A MOVIEGOER AND I'M A FAN OF EVERYTHING. INCLUDING YOU, MAYOR KATE GALLEGO. I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANSARI, COUNCILWOMAN STARK, CAN WHICH I WANTED TO MEET HER, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, O'BRIEN, JIM WARING, AND SAL DiCICCIO, WHICH I'M NOT A FAN OF SAL DiCICCIO. BUT I RESPECT YOU, MAYOR, I LOVE CALLING YOU BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF FUN TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. I AM SUCH A CAUSAL POLITICIAN FAN AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE STORES AND BUILDINGS TO COME OUT AND THE FREEWAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR, LIKE, FOR OVER A DECADE. IT'S BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE YOU GUYS. BECAUSE HOPEFULLY YOU GET IT RIGHT AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET BACK TO BUSINESS WHEN EVERYTHING'S ALL -- WHEN IT'S OPEN AND ALL THAT STUFF WHERE THEY CAN BE REMODELED AGAIN AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND I WAS LIKE, SEEING YOU GUYS FROM LAST WEEK BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN. IT'S BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO BE HEARD THAT THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THAT STUFF WHERE I HEARD SO I CAN BE PATIENTLY WAIT. I'M WAITING FOR THAT COMMUNITY CENTER TO BE OPEN THIS FALL. HOPEFULLY GET A DATE. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AVENGERS -- >> Mayor Gallego: BYE, MARK. MARK, IF YOU CAN'T SEE US, A LOT OF THE COUNCIL JUST WAVED TO YOU. WE RECENTLY DID A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE HOPE WILL HELP GET THAT MOVIE THEATER TO YOU EVEN SOONER. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ON THE INSTALLATION OF FIBER ON BASELINE? >> Councilwoman Stark: MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILWOMAN STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: I JUST WANT TO SAY, I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET MARK. >> Mayor Gallego: I THINK YOU GUYS WILL HIT IT OFF. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN STARK. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE NONPLANNING AND ZONING PORTION OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER -- COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 119 NEXT WHICH IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF I-17 AND PINNACLE PEAK ROAD. WE'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF STAFF REPORT AND I'LL WELCOME ALAN STEPHENSON. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ITEM 119 AND 120 ARE COMPANION CASES, AS YOU NOTED, GENERAL PLANNING AMENDMENT AND ZONING CASE FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PINNACLE PEAK DRIVE AND I-17. APPROXIMATELY 44-ACRE SITE FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND A SLIGHTLY SMALLER SITE FOR THE ZONING CASE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. CURRENTLY THE GENERAL PLAN IS COMMERCE PARK. IT'S GOING TO A PROPOSED MIXED USE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES. HERE'S THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS JUST THE REZONING AREA IN RED SHOWN HERE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ONLY 20 ACRES VERSUS THE 44 OF THE GENERAL PLAN AREA. HERE'S A BLOWUP OF THAT AREA. IT IS WITHIN THE VALLEY AIRPORT OVERLAY AREA. THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN IS A RESIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR THIS PROJECT. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS AND THE OPEN SPACE AREAS. HERE'S THE PROPOSED APARTMENT PROJECT ELEVATIONS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL PURSUANT TO STIPULATIONS. THE GEO VALLEY PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 8-0. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS BY A VOTE OF 9-0. THE ZONING CASE IS SIMILAR VOTES. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ADOPTION OF THE RELATED RESOLUTION, AS WELL AS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CASE PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPTION OF THE RELATED ORDINANCE. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK IF NECESSARY. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WISH TO HEAR PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL TURN TO DISTRICT 1 COUNCILWOMAN ANN O'BRIEN FOR A MOTION. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 119. >> IT WOULD BE -- >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A GENERAL AMENDMENT RESOLUTION. >> Mayor Gallego: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL. ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. STARK. WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 120, A COMPANION ITEM. COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON 120? >> Councilwoman O'Brien: I MOVE TO APPROVE PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO COMPANION ITEMS 121 AND 122 WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KIERLAND BOULEVARD AND GREENWAY PARKWAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE STAFF REPORT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THE AERIAL SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HAS A PURPLE AREA OUTLINE FOR THE SUBJECT SITE. IT'S A COMPANION GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CASE FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GREENWAY PARKWAY AND KIERLAND BOULEVARD. IT'S PROPOSED TO GO TO A MIX OF PARK AND RESIDENTIAL. IT'S PART OF THE PCD ZONING DISTRICT. IT HAS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 68 FEET. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL PURSUANT TO THE STAFF STIPULATIONS. THE VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 13-0. AND THE ZONING PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 9-0. THE RELATING ZONING CASE WAS ALSO 13-0 AND 9-0 APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WITH THAT, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AND APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ADOPTION OF THE RELATED ORDINANCE. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 121 AND 122. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. I'LL TURN TO COUNCILMAN WARING. >> Councilman Waring: I MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> ALAN. >> ITEM 121 IS A GENERAL PLAN SO IT'S A RESOLUTION. >> Councilman Waring: I JUST WAS CHECKING TO SEE WHAT ALAN WAS GOING TO SAY, I SCREWED UP. MOTION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE RELATED RESOLUTION. >> SECOND. >> Councilman Waring: HOW'D I DO ALAN? >> CORRECT. >> Councilman Waring: YES, FANTASTIC. >> Mayor Gallego: EXCELLENT WORK. ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE NEXT MOVE TO THE COMPANION ITEM, ITEM 122. COUNCILMAN WARING. >> Councilman Waring: I MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE RELATED -- ALAN, WHAT WORD AM I LOOKING FOR? >> ORDINANCE IN THIS CASE, COMMON. >> Councilman Waring: ORDINANCE IN THIS CASE. I KNEW IT. ORDINANCE, THANK YOU. >> I'LL SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE NEXT MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 16th STREET AND CHIPMAN ROAD IN DISTRICT 8. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE STAFF REPORT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ITEM 123 AND 124 ARE COMPANION CASES AS WELL. IN THIS CASE THEY'RE BOTH REZONING REQUESTS AND SO FAST FORWARD YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED HERE IN RED. IN THIS CASE, IT'S IT WAS A REZONING REQUEST AND THE OTHER'S A DENSITY WAIVER. BOTH ARE TREATED AS REZONING REQUESTS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. YOU SEE THE SUBJECT AREA OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON 16th STREET. HERE'S A BLOWUP OF THE AREA SHOWING THE EXISTING ZONING. IT IS WITHIN THE SOUTH PHOENIX VILLAGE TARGET AREA B DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT. BUT IT IS A MIX OF MULTIFAMILY R-5 RESIDENTIAL, SOME INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE-FAMILY TO THE EAST OF IT. THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED SITE PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS. IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED PRODUCT OR A TOWNHOUSE PRODUCT THAT THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY BUILD. THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED. BUT FROM THE ZONING PERSPECTIVE, BOTH ARE PERMITTED AS PART OF THIS ACTION. IF COUNCIL APPROVES IT. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH THE REQUEST SUBJECT TO STIPULATIONS. THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A CONTINUANCE ON THEIR MARCH AGENDA. THEY HAD A VERY CONTROVERSIAL CASE THAT WENT LONG SO THEY DID NOT HEAR THIS ITEM. BUT THE APPLICANT DID WISH TO GO FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED APPROVAL 8-0. THE REQUEST DID COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR CHIPMAN DRIVE -- OR CHIPMAN ROAD AS SHOWN ON THE AERIAL EXHIBIT HERE. SO CHIPMAN ACTUALLY WENT TO THE PRIOR STIPULATIONS WAS A REQUIRED PUBLIC ROAD TO BE DEDICATE AND IMPROVED BY THE APPLICANT. WHAT THE REVISED STIPULATIONS ALLOW PURSUANT TO THE MEMO IS THE APPLICANT TO EXPLORE WORKING ON A PRIVATE DRIVE THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT A CUL-DE-SAC AND DO IMPROVEMENTS AT THE END OF CHIPMAN ROAD TO ENSURE THERE'S A SAFE TURNAROUND THERE AND ENSURE ACCESS FOR THE OTHER PROPERTIES BACK IN BEHIND CHIPMAN VIA OTHER MEANS. IT ALLOWS EITHER OF THEM TO DEVELOP THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE. STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON THAT REQUEST AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT. THERE'S NO KNOWN OPPOSITION TO THAT AND STAFF HAS WORKED OUT THE ISSUES. WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH EITHER SCENARIO COMING FORWARD AND WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO WITH THAT, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL PER THE MEMO FROM MYSELF DATED EARLIER TODAY FOR BOTH ITEMS 123 AND 124. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF? THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 8. VICE MAYOR, DO YOU WISH TO COMMENT BEFORE WE -- >> Vice Mayor Garcia: NO. >> Mayor Gallego: OKAY. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: JUST DO A MOTION? >> Mayor Gallego: THERE IS, I GUESS -- LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE APPLICANT IS ONLINE AND I THINK WAS INITIALLY PLANNING TO PRESENT, RAND, BUT IT SEEMS WE HAVE WORKED THINGS OUT. RAND, LET'S UNMUTE RAND. IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE STAFF PROPOSAL, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. >> YES, I'M COMFORTABLE. >> Mayor Gallego: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN TO VICE MAYOR GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, IN THIS INSTANCE IT WOULD BE APPROVE IT PER THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MEMO DATED JUNE 1, 2021, AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF THE NEW STIPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: OKAY. SO MOTION TO APPROVE PER THE MEMO FROM THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DATED JUNE 1, 2021, WHICH MODIFIES STIPULATIONS RELATED TO THE STREET ACCESS TO THE SITE. >> SECOND. >> JUNE 1st IS THE DATE AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR IS MAKING US WORK TODAY. MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR. ANY COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: COUNCILWOMAN STARK. >> COUNCILWOMAN STARK: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE MOVE TO THE COMPANION ITEM, ITEM 124. PERHAPS OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR COULD SUGGEST A MOTION. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. IN THIS CASE THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE IT PER THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MEMO DATED JUNE 1, 2021, AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT ALAN JUST SAID. DOES THAT WORK? >> I'LL SECOND IT. THAT WAS A GOOD MOTION. >> THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT MOTION. >> Mayor Gallego: WHAT TEAM WORK. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: ITEM 125 AND 126 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN SO WE MOVE TO OUR FINAL AGENDIZED ITEM FOR TODAY, 127. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE STAFF REPORT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ITEM 127 IS A REZONING REQUEST THAT YOU ACTUALLY HEARD ABOUT SIX WEEKS OR SO AGO. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A REQUEST FOR A WALKABLE URBAN CODE AND COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR REMANDED THE CASE BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT IT BE FILED AS A PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONING CASE ALONG WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND BACK TO COUNCIL. IT'S THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 3rd AVENUE AND COOLIDGE. THE EXISTING ZONING IS R-5 AND R-3 WHICH ARE BOTH MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. THE R-5 PERMITS A HEIGHT OF 48 FEET AND ON ALL THE PORTIONS THAT ARE ZONED R-5 TODAY. THE APPLICANT IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT THEY WENT BACK AND ADDRESSED PURSUANT TO THE DIRECTION OF COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR WAS SOME OF THE PRIVACY CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORS, BUILDING HEIGHT, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING SETBACKS ALONG COOLIDGE AND 3rd STREET. ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE PROVISIONS AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS WHERE THE MEZZANINE LEVELS WERE BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE BUILDING AND JULIET BALCONIES WERE PUT IN ALONG 3rd AVENUE IS WHERE THIS RENDERING IS SHOWN FROM. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SHOWING THE ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE AREA ALONG THE CANAL BANK WHERE THEY'RE IMPROVING PORTIONS OF THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE SRP CANAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRAND CANAL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, MULTIMILLION DOLLARS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH FURTHER PLANS TO EXPAND IT TO THE WEST WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 IN THE FUTURE HERE. IN TERMS OF EXISTING ENHANCEMENTS, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SETBACKS RELATIVE TO THE CURB LINE ALONG COOLIDGE AND 3rd STREET SO THAT IT MATCHES THE BUILDING -- APARTMENT BUILDING JUST TO THE EAST ON COOLIDGE. AT A MINIMUM, THE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS. PLANNING COMMISSION MOST RECENTLY ON MAY 6th VOTED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6-3. THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTED INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE THAT THEY WERE HELPING TO IMPLEMENT WHAT COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR HAD DIRECTED IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE ADJACENT TO COOLIDGE AND 3rd AS WELL AS THE AREA DOWN HERE IN RED SHOWS AN AREA THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ABANDON PURSUANT TO REQUIREMENTS IN THE NEW ADDENDUM HERE THAT WILL HAVE THEM ABANDON PORTIONS OF 3rd AVENUE ADJACENT TO THE CANAL AND IMPROVE THAT WITH ADDITIONAL PARK GRASSY AREA AS WELL AS THE COLOR DIFFERENTIATION SHOW THOSE AREAS THAT ARE ONLY OPEN SPACE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ALSO. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE DONE TO IMPLEMENT THE STIPULATIONS AND SHOWING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OFF 3rd AVENUE. AND IN THIS INDICATES BUILDING HEIGHT ALSO GETS RESTRICTED TO 48 FEET PURSUANT TO THE ADDENDUM MEMO THAT CAME OUT EARLIER TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR TO LIMIT THAT RESIDENTIAL HEIGHT TO 48 FEET. THE ONLY PORTIONS OF IT THAT CAN GO UP TO 56 FEET THAT ARE PARKING GARAGE. THAT IS CLUSTERED INSIDE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AS PART OF THAT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WITH THAT, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL PER THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MEMO DATED JUNE 2nd, 2021, AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, ALAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 127. WE WILL BEGIN WITH TWO PRESENTATIONS BEGINNING WITH JASON MORRIS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. TEN MINUTES. AND THEN WE WILL TURN TO THE APPELLANT AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ALL WHO ARE REGISTERED. JASON, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CASE THAT HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE ITS ORIGINS. I RECOGNIZE THAT I ONLY HAVE TEN MINUTES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT DESPITE THE CHANGES AND THE DIRECTION AND THE LEADERSHIP ON THIS CASE AS PROVIDED BY COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, THERE'S STILL SOME NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO APPEASE. AND WHILE THAT'S DISAPPOINTING, I WANT TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED MORE ISSUES IN A SINGLE CASE THAN I HAVE ADDRESSED IN LITERALLY DOZENS OF OTHER CASES THAT WE HAVE HANDLED OF SIMILAR MULTIFAMILY-TYPE OF REQUESTS. THIS CASE IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY EXAMPLE OF THE RIGHT TYPE OF HOUSING AT THE RIGHT LOCATION WITHIN THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE CITY. AND I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION THAT TALKS ABOUT AND ADDRESSES EACH OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND MOST OF MY TIME SPEAKING FROM THIS EXHIBIT UP FRONT SO I CAN SPEAK TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS. IF YOU RECALL, THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A WALKABLE URBAN CODE CASE, AND THERE WAS RESISTANCE TO THE WALKABLE URBAN CODE AND SOME OF THE RAMIFICATIONS. SO WE AGREED WITH COUNCILWOMAN'S DIRECTION AND ASSISTANCE THAT THIS MOTION WAS PASSED TO CONVERT IT TO A PUD AND TO RETURN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN ORDER TO REVIVE THE OPEN SPACE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE PARKING CALCULATIONS WOULD BE FOR OUR NEW DENSITY BECAUSE WE ALSO LOST UNITS AS A RESULT OF THIS. WE AGREED TO ELIMINATE UNITS. IT BROUGHT US TO 1.4 SPACES PER UNIT. IT IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL SETBACKS AND OPEN SPACE, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WERE ADDRESSED SO THAT WE MATCHED THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ALREADY. AS YOU'RE LIKELY AWARE, WE'RE ADJACENT ON THREE SIDES TO OTHER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AND ON THE FOURTH SIDE TO SINGLE FAMILY IN THE PEARSON PLACE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE ADDRESSED OPEN SPACE THAT WAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE OPEN SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF PHOENIX AND COMPRISE A PLAN THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE VACANT ESSENTIALLY DIRT AND LANDSCAPE IT, MAKE IT PART OF THIS PROJECT, MAKE IT A PORTAL TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FOR 3rd AVENUE AND INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE CANAL SCAPE THAT YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH SOME MORE SLIDES. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AS I MENTIONED, MAYOR, COUNCIL, THIS SITE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS PROXIMATE TO LIGHT RAIL ON CENTRAL. IT'S PROXIMATE TO OTHER LARGE SCALE BUILDINGS. WE ARE ADJACENT TO THREE SIDES TO MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY ON PEARSON PLACE ON 3rd AVENUE. NEXT SLIDE. I'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST, BUT YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE ADJACENT TO AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN R-5 ZONED PIECE. IT HAS BEEN FOR DECADES. AND THE GENERAL PLAN SHOWS THAT THE HIGHEST DENSITY PERMISSIBLE IN THE GENERAL PLANS. NEXT SLIDE. THE CURRENT OFFICE BUILDING, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR MULTIFAMILY. THIS WAS OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WITH 218 UNITS AT 56 FEET ON ALL FOUR SIDES WITH, OBVIOUSLY, SMALLER SETBACKS THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AT THIS TIME. NEXT SLIDE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, IT WAS APPROVED AT VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOW TWICE AND THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO A TOTAL OF FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND AN EQUAL OR GREATER AMOUNT OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND INTERACTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE. WE DISCUSSED AND STAFF ALREADY REFERENCED THE CHANGES TO THE BUILDING BRINGING DOWN THE HEIGHT AND ALSO REMOVING BALCONIES TO ENSURE PRIVACY. NEXT SLIDE. THE SETBACKS, THE SURVEY CREW WAS TAKEN OUT TO MEASURE THE OTHER BUILDINGS ALONG COOLIDGE BECAUSE ONE OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT WE NOT BE CLOSER THAN THE AVERAGE SETBACK OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS ALONG COOLIDGE. WE MEASURED AND ARE ADHERING TO THAT REQUEST WITH THIS PUD. NEXT SLIDE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, WAS TO INCREASE THE OVERALL OPEN SPACE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OPEN SPACE WAS ACCEPTABLE, BUT ALSO TO PRESERVE EXISTING LANDSCAPING WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND REPLACE IT WHERE NECESSARY WITH MATURE TREES. NEXT SLIDE. THE ENHANCED CANAL SCAPE, I CANNOT SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A PREMIER EXAMPLE OF THAT CANAL SCAPE. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TIME I WON'T ASK THAT WE GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL AERIAL, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS NO OTHER PROJECT ALONG THE GRAND CANAL THAT IS PAYING THIS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE CANAL SCAPE. AND ACTUALLY ENFORCING AND DEVELOPING WHAT THE CITY OF PHOENIX HAS PROPOSED FOR NOW OVER A DECADE IN TERMS OF CANAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THAT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY UNDONE AND HAS NOT BEEN REQUIRED OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE CANAL HISTORICALLY. NEXT SLIDE. JUST SOME EXHIBITS TO SHARE WITH YOU SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE OPEN SPACE, AS I SAID, OUR PUBLIC OPEN SPACE EXCEEDS THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL IN A NEW PROJECT THAT WE ARE CREATING, LITERALLY A NEW POCKET PARK AND A NEW LINEAR PARK ALONG THE CANAL. AND WE'RE DETACHING THE SIDEWALKS ON ALL THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, THE OPEN SPACE EXHIBIT THAT'S THERE, OUR PUBLIC OPEN SPACE IS ALMOST 25,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LARGER THAN THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT PARKING LOT ON THE OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT BY THE NEIGHBORS FROM THE ORIGINS OF THIS CASE. NEXT SLIDE. OUR COOLIDGE FRONTAGE, WHICH IS OUR ONLY GARAGE ENTRANCE. NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, THE LOWER PROFILE ON 3rd AVENUE AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. NEXT SLIDE. THE CANAL SCAPE, THIS IS ONE OF THE VIEWS OF THE CANAL SCAPE. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OCCURRING HERE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST THE PRIVATE RESIDENTS OF THIS BUILDING. NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT CANAL SCAPE AND THE UTILITY CORRIDOR. AGAIN, NO OTHER PROJECT HAS DONE THIS AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT SLIDE. LOOKING WEST ALONG THAT SAME CORRIDOR, YOU SEE THIS IT'S THE ENTIRETY OF OUR PERIMETER ON THE CANAL SIDE, NOT JUST A PORTION THAT'S BEING IMPROVED. AND ALSO IMPROVING THE SRP PORTION. NEXT SLIDE. JUST TO GIVE US A SUMMARY THERE AND I'LL WRAP IT UP. WE'VE REDUCED THE DENSITY, WE'VE REDUCED THE HEIGHT. WE HAVE INCREASED THE SET BACK. WE HAVE ENHANCED THE CANAL SCAPE AND IMPROVED AND EXPANDED THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE AREA AND MADE SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE. AND WE ARE PARKED AT ONE PER BEDROOM, WHICH IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PARKING. MEANING AT FULL OCCUPANCY, WE WOULD HAVE OVER 12% EXCESS PARKING IN OUR GARAGE. WE'VE AGREED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PERMANENT PARKING TO ENSURE OUR CARS AND RESIDENTS DON'T IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE'VE DESIGNED THE GARAGE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ACCESS MOST PROXIMATE TO CENTRAL AVENUE. WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE HAS CREATED A BETTER PROJECT OVERALL. I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR'S OFFICE FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT AND FORCING BOTH SIDES TO THE TABLE. WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE WILL NEXT TURN TO RON ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT. >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR GALLEGO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF THIS. WE HOPED THAT THE PUD COULD WORK FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THE DEVELOPER IS A BIG WINNER HERE. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ALL THE WU PERKS. THE CITY IS ALSO WINNING WITH THE GRAND CANAL. BUT WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND, BUT WE DO NOT FEEL OUR NEEDS WERE MET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE JULIET BALCONIES, WE GOT LITTLE THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE OUR CONCERNS. I WANT TO COMMENT THAT WE ARE OVER 170 HOMEOWNERS AND MANY, MANY RESIDENTS OF PEARSON PLACE CARNATION AND APPLE PARK. RECENTLY WE'VE HAD RESIDENTS OF GRANDVIEW ALSO REACH OUT TO US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. TRINSIC'S FOUR LETTERS OF SUPPORT HAVE BEEN MOSTLY FROM BUSINESSES. FOUR LETTERS FROM BUSINESS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE. IT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS FOR THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE DENSITY AWAY FROM ARTERIAL ROADS. WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS BECAUSE THE LETTERS ARE PRETTY BIG. YOU KNOW, WE JUST [ AWAY FROM MIC ] OF THE WU ON THIS BLOCK, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THE PRECEDENT THAT THE RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER VOICES MATTER. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THE RESIDENTS OF PHOENIX SHOULD OUTWEIGH THAT OF OUT OF STATE DEVELOPERS ESPECIALLY ONE IN THE INDUSTRY OF SELLING THE PROPERTIES WITHIN FIVE YEARS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FROM THE BEGINNING. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SETBACKS, SITES, TRAFFIC, WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO DENSITY, AND PARKING. THE REST IS CANNON FODDER. THE REST OF IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR. WE DO WISH WE COULD SAVE THOSE TREES, BUT ONCE THEY'RE DUG OUT OF THE GROUND AND PUT IN BOXES AND PUT ON THE SMALLER SETBACKS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE. WE'RE NOT HAPPY THAT THEY REMOVED 11 PARKING SPOTS AFTER THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THEY'RE SAYING MORE THAN AMPLE PARKING BUT R-5 WOULD BE 305 SLOTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WITH THIS PUD, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT OVERALL WU ZONING. TRINSIC SETBACKS CLOSER TO THE STREET THAN THE R-5. WE'RE GAINING EIGHT FEET IN MIC MING LESS THAT CHANGED TODAY. 45 UNITS ARE GAINED WITH NO APPROVING TRAFFIC STUDY. AND 13 PARKING SPOTS ARE SHY OF THE R-5 PARKING. THERE ARE NO ASPECTS OF THIS PUD THAT CAN FORM THE R-5 ZONING REQUIREMENTS. THE R-5 IS FRANKLY PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE REALLY FEEL THAT WE ACHIEVED ADDITIONAL SETBACKS. THEY WERE CRITICAL TO US. THEY WERE CRITICAL TO THE PRIVACY OF NEIGHBORS. ALL AROUND US, THE SAFETY OF THE BIKE PATH AND THE TRADITIONAL FEEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTERIOR. THIS WOULD MAKE US MORE AGREEABLE TO THE PUD. WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GETTING 20 FOOT SETBACKS WHICH WOULD GIVE US TEN MORE FEET. WE ARE RESIDENTS. WE ARE NOT POLISHED ZONING LAWYERS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE DAY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE CAUGHT THE FACT THAT, QUOTE, BACK OF CURB OR, QUOTE, FACE OF CURB CHANGED THE MEASURING POINT OF THESE SETBACKS. NOW THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE WUT 55 SITE PLAN AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE PUD. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DISCERN A DIFFERENCE IS LOOKING AT THE CANAL SCAPE. THERE'S SOME TALKS THAT I HAVE AGREED TO THESE SETBACKS. I AGREED TO 20-FOOT SETBACKS. I AGREED WITH THE COMMITTEE. I'M NOT WORKING ALONE. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PEOPLE THIS WHOLE TIME. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING TEN ADDITIONAL FEET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON COOLIDGE AND 3rd AVENUE. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND BACK OF CURB CHANGED THE MEASURING POINT. IT'S SUBTLE LANGUAGE AS SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT WORK IN ZONING, I MISSED IT. THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR TO US GET BEHIND THE PUD. WE WANT THE PROPER 20-FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. I'M LOOKING AT THE DEFINITION OF SETBACK RIGHT HERE ON THE CITY OF PHOENIX SITE. IT SAYS THE FRONT SIDE REAR LOT LINE AND OVER WHICH NO PART OF ANY BUILDING MAY EXTEND. THAT IS WHAT WE WANTED. WE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THERE'S A SECOND TYPE OF SETBACK OR THAT YOU COULD MOVE IT AROUND. SO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE SETBACKS, WE DID NOT -- WE DO NOT REALIZE IT CHANGED WITH THE BACK OF CURB. WE REALLY WANT YOU DO THAT, MS. PASTOR, MOVE IT TEN FEET AWAY. IF YOU INSIST ON PUTTING A PUD IN INSTEAD OF GIVING US THE R-5, WE ASK THIS IS RECTIFIED AS WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER FOR A WORDING MISTAKE. IT IS IN YOUR POWER AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE WERE TOLD, YOU KNOW, WE WERE CONSISTENT. WE WANTED THE SETBACKS TO MATCH WHAT WAS ALREADY GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, THE BUILDING OF THAT ICON RIGHT THERE IS 32 FEET FROM GOOGLE MAPS. FROM THE CURB. THE ONE BENEATH IT IS THE CURRENT ORGAN DONOR NETWORK. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR. IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I CAN'T REITERATE ENOUGH IT'S NOT ON AN ARTERIAL ROAD. THIS IS DEEP WITHIN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, ON THE EDGE. ADJACENT IF YOU WILL. WE'VE GOT KEN'S HOUSE ON THE LEFT NEXT TO KAREN'S HOUSE. BENEATH IS IT IS MONICA AND TERESA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A BETTER VIEW. AN AERIAL VIEW OF ALL THE HOUSES BEING AFFECTED BY THIS AND WHY WE WANT THOSE SETBACKS SO BAD. IT WOULD REALLY HELP US A LOT WITH PRIVACY, WITH SITE AROUND THE CORNER, WITH THE SEWER AND BIKE PATH VISIBILITY, THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. BUT THE OTHER REASONS THESE SETBACKS ARE CRITICAL, THIS IS A FLOODPLAIN. MY NEIGHBOR KAREN TOOK THIS DURING A MONSOON TWO YEARS AGO AND YOU COULD SEE THE SIDEWALK WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED UNDER WATER. THERE'S BEEN NO TALK WHERE THIS WATER'S GOING TO GO ONCE THIS BUILDING IS BUILT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE TRAFFIC STUDY WHICH STILL HASN'T BEEN PASSED BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. WE'RE LOOK AT ALMOST 1200 CARS PER DAY. IT WAS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT UNTIL THE DAY AFTER THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MIGHT BE. IT WAS SENT BACK WITHOUT COMMENTS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS MENTIONED THEY HAD NOT STUDIED THE INTERSECTION AT 3rd AVENUE AND CAMELBACK WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS IN AND OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS ONE TWO OF LIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AN ARTERIAL ROAD. IF IT WAS ON CENTRAL OR CAMELBACK, YOU WOULD NOT BE HEARING FROM ME. THIS IS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE CUT OFF RIGHT THERE AT THE CANAL. THAT IS A NICE PEDESTRIAN FOOT BRIDGE THAT HELPS KEEP OUR AREA SAFE. WE'VE GOT THE LIGHT RAIL TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND THE PARK AND SUICIDE LANES TO THE WEST. ADDING ANOTHER HOW MANY CARS? IT'S -- IT'S CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE PARKING GARAGE WAS SINGLE ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS LOCATED TOWARDS CENTRAL TO ENCOURAGE VEHICLES TO GO TOWARDS CENTRAL. WITH THE LIGHT RAIL THERE, IT'S RIGHT-TURN ONLY. SO UNLESS SOMEONE IS HEADING SOUTH, THEY'RE LIKELY TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WITH ELEVATION AND THAT'S DIRECTLY ON CENTRAL. IT'S EASIER TO GET AROUND THE VALLEY USING CAMELBACK AND SEVENTH AVENUE. INCREASED VEHICLES DOES NOT KEEP THE PEDESTRIAN NATURE OF THE AREA SAFER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE MEASUREMENTS OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DENSITY IS CALLED [ AWAY FROM MIC ] UNIT DENSITY. IT DIVIDES ACREAGE BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS. TRINSIC WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN TO 153 UNITS TO HIT THE MAXIMUM R-5 DENSITY WITH ALL ITS BONUSES. IT WOULD HAVE TO GO LOWER THAN THAT TO HIT A REGULAR R-5. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO BE 37 UNITS ABOVE THAT DENSITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU KNOW, PARKING. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET NO PARKING ON 3rd AVENUE AND WE'RE SHOOTING TO GET RESIDENTIAL PARKING ON OUR STREETS AROUND THIS. BUT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE PUD AND IT IS NOT DONE YET. ONE OF THE WAYS TO DEAL WITH PARKING IS TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING IN THE PUD. THE APARTMENTS ALONG THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR HAVE A TENDENCY TO CLUTTER OUR ROADS WITH PARKED VEHICLES REDUCING VISIBILITY AND SAFETY. THAT'S ELEVATION RIGHT AT THE TOP OF OUR STREET THERE AND NOTICE TREES GROWING IN THE SETBACKS. AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE STATION AT JUST NORTH OF INDIAN SCHOOL ON CENTRAL. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE STATION HAS ONE PARK SPOT FOR EACH OF THE 414 UNITS. PLUS IT'S GOT 40 SPOTS TENANTS CAN PLAY EXTRA FOR PLUS AN ENTIRE FLOOR OF PARKING OPEN TO ALL GUESTS, PARTNERS, ROOMMATES, ET CETERA. EVEN WITH ALL THAT PARKING, THEY STILL HAVE PARKING AROUND IT DAY AND NIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHILE WE ALL WANT THE CANAL SCAPE TO BE A NICER PLACE, THE SALES PITCH IS NOT A REALITY AS FAR AS WE KNOW. THE SRP MAINTAINS IT'S FEDERAL PROPERTY. NO ONE CAN PLANT ALONG THE EASEMENT, ESPECIALLY THE CANAL BANKS. NOT THE CITY, DEVELOPER, IT'S FEDERAL PROPERTY. [ BELL RINGING ]. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF WILL CALL THE NAMES. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TOM BILLSTON. TOM, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? TOM IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AUDREY. AUDREY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M AUBREY. I'M OPERATING -- I'M SORRY, OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT HAVE APPROXIMATELY 400 EMPLOYEES. WE RELY ON THE LOCAL TALENT POOL MADE UP OF RESIDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO RESIDE IN THE AREA. FEWER EMPLOYEES RELAY ON LIGHT RAIL AND OTHER PUBLIC TRANSIT TO NAVIGATE THEIR WORK AND PERSONAL LIVES. THE DEMAND FOR SUCH HOUSING IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING MET. HAVING A LARGE INVENTORY OF RENTAL HOUSING LOCATED IN DESIRABLE AREAS NEAR TRANSIT LINES ALLOWS OUR BUSINESS TO [ AWAY FROM MIC ] WE BELIEVE THAT MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, EARN AND SPEND LOCALLY, THE MORE BUSINESS LIKE OURS CAN THRIVE IN A CENTRAL PHOENIX LOCATION. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS IN VOTING AN APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SIDNEY DAVIE. SIDNEY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I GREW UP IN CENTRAL PHOENIX AND WENT TO CAMELBACK HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE BOUGHT AND FIXED UP A HOUSE IN MY HOMETOWN. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. I RUN ALONG THE CANAL REGULARLY AND AM EXCITED ABOUT THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD MAKE TO THE CANAL. I HOPE THAT THIS WOULD SPUR SIMILAR PROJECTS IN THE AREA TO CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY THE CANAL AND MAKE IT AN ASSET IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AND PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANE. SHANE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN. PLEASE PROCEED. >> I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS OFF CENTRAL AVENUE WHICH HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ROUGHLY 15 YEARS. I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THIS DEVELOPER HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THE CONCESSIONS THAT THEY HAVE MADE TO APPEASE THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. THE POTENTIAL FOR A BEAUTIFUL, WELL-THOUGHT OF APARTMENT PROJECT THAT ACTIVATES THE CANAL AND ULTIMATELY WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED HOUSING FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CITY. I KNOW ITS BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE CURRENT VACANT USE WHICH IS DOING NOTHING FOR THE CITY AND SURROUNDING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. AFTER CORONAVIRUS, SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS HELP AND THIS WILL HELP DRIVE SUPPORT FOR ALL LOCAL BUSINESS. ADDITIONALLY, I'M A LOCAL RESIDENT, HAVE LIVED IN A CLOSE PROXIMITY FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. WENT TO BURKY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M IN SUPPORT. PLEASE JOIN ME AS A RESIDENT AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER WHO SUPPORTS THE CITY AND WHO EMPLOY A NUMBER OF LOCAL RESIDENTS IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMANTHA FIGUEROA. SAMANTHA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I'M HERE. >> THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED. >> HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WORK AND HOPE TO LIVE IN PHOENIX. THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMMUNITY THAT SHOWCASES THE CANAL AREA SOUNDS UNIQUE AND INVITING. I WANT TO LIVE AND WORK IN A COMMUNITY WHERE I CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESS OFFERINGS AND USE THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM. WE CAN FIX TRAFFIC IN THE VALLEY BUT TAKING CARS OFF THE ROAD AND OFFERING METRO HOUSING IS A GREAT START. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE REST OF YOUR DAY. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN GARDNER. JOHN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YEP, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> OKAY. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I LIVE NEARBY AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN AND PUBLICLY COMMENT THAT I REALLY LIKE IT WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE BY THE CANAL. I THINK IT GIVES IT A LOT OF LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN CANALS ARE JUST BARON IT KIND OF DOESN'T HAVE -- IT DOESN'T HAVE AN INVITING VIBE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PHOENIX SHOULD INCORPORATE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS NEAR THE CANAL SUCH AS IN SCOTTSDALE WATERFRONT AREA. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY HOWELL. MARY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? MARY IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ETHAN. ETHAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ETHAN GEORGE. I LIVE AT 411 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL. I HAVE BEEN A LONG-TIME PHOENICIAN RESIDENT AND A BIKING ENTHUSIAST. I ENJOY GETTING OUT IN MILE COMMUNITY AND CYCLING WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY DOWN THE CANAL PATH. I FIND THIS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN THE PHOENIX AREA. THE IDEA OF IMPROVING FACILITIES FOR CYCLISTS LIKE MYSELF IS AN IDEA THAT MAKES ME EXCITED AND PROUD TO LIVE IN THE GREAT CITY. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THIS MAKES OUR CITY GREAT. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AND ALLOWING THE PROJECT TO GO FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLES JONES. CHARLES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR GALLEGO, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M CHARLIE JONES. MY ADDRESS IS 198 WEST MARIPOSA. I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING I SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT AT THE ALHAMBRA VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE LEVEL. AND THEN I DO NOT HAVE A CONFLICT INTEREST OF ON THIS CASE. THAT HAS BEEN ALLEGED THREE TIMES IN THESE VENUES, TWICE AT PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONCE IN YOUR MEETING LAST WEEK. I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO SET RECORD STRAIGHT. FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I DO NOT HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND I CAN PROVE IT. I HAVE MET WITH STAFF ABOUT IT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU ABOUT IT. I THINK THIS PROJECT IS GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I THINK THE FRONT DOORS ON THIS PROJECT HELP IT BLEND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT IS ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY. I THINK THE FRONT DOORS HELP WITH CRIME PREVENTION. CRIME PREVENTION IS VERY BIG IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON CRIME PREVENTION. AND I THINK THOSE FRONT DOORS MAKE THE BUILDING FIT IN VERY WELL WITH THE ADJACENT HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL PRETTY SIMILAR ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PARAPETS THAT WERE ON THE ROOF TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A SQUARE BOX. I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH CHANGING THAT ROOF LINE BUT STILL KEEPING IT INTERESTING. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE SIDEWALK ALONG 3rd AVENUE FROM COOLIDGE TO CANAL STREET BECAUSE THERE'S HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA MOST DAYS GOING TO AND FROM CANAL STREET. AND THE THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME THAT MAYBE A WIDER SIDEWALK IN THAT AREA MIGHT HELP WITH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. MIGHT HELP A LITTLE MORE WITH CRIME PREVENTION. MIGHT HELP MAKE THE ENTRANCE TO CANAL STREET STAND OUT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM BILLSTON. TOM, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> HI. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M TOM BILLSTON, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR GALLEGO, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY. MY MOM SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL FOR 14 YEARS AND I UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WE ALL VERY MUCH ARE APPRECIATIVE OF IT. I OWN A BUSINESS THAT SPECIALIZES IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE GOAL OF OUR BUSINESS IS TO WORK WITH THE BEST DEVELOPERS TO GETTING THEIR PLANS AND DESIGNS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR MAIN GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND GET THEIR IDEA ON THE PROJECT. WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THEIR DIRECT THOUGHTS ON THIS. AFTER MEETING WITH 35 BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THE SAME MESSAGES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HERE'S SOME OF THE DIRECT QUOTES. WE DEFERRING POSSIBLE TO SURVIVE COVID-19 OVER THE PAST 15 MONTHS. WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. WE ALSO HEARD THAT ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO EFFECT THE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING BRINGING NEW PEOPLE INTO THE DOORS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR. WE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THEY DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STAY AFLOAT, INCLUDING THEIR SAVINGS, PERSONAL MONEY, AND WHATEVER THEY HAD TO DO JUST TO SURVIVE. WE ALSO HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATED WHAT COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR HAS DONE IN THE AREA TO BE A CHAMPION FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SIGNED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM BUSINESS BIG AND SMALL SOME THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND SOME THAT YOU MIGHT BE HEARING OF FOR THE FIRST TIME. THESE INCLUDE JOE'S DINER, GEORGE, PLUS BREWING, MODERATE MANNER, USED VALENTINE, MICHAEL TODD'S TREASURE, SCOOP TOPIA, MODEL CITIZEN, TWIGS AND TWINE, MY TEA AND SWEETS. WILL UPTOWN CLEANERS, CENTRAL SHOE REPAIR, DELI CHEESE AND STUFF. CENTRAL MUSIC DIRECT, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND OTHERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. [ BELL RINGING ]. >> YOU'RE NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTORIA LINDLEY. VICTORIA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? VICTORIA'S NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAKE MATHY. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? JAKE IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH. JOSEPH, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME, EFFORT AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTO MY PLACE, JOE'S DINER. I'M JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS PROJECT. OBVIOUSLY THE PREVIOUS YEAR HAS BEEN QUITE A CHALLENGE. I WANT TO THANK THE PHOENIX COUNCIL FOR THE SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES DURING THE PANDEMIC. THIS PROJECT IS ANOTHER GREAT PROJECT BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THE CANAL. THE MORE LIGHTING WE GET ON THE CANAL, LESS CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH THE HOMELESS AND THE VAGRANTS THAT WILL USE IT AS A HIGHWAY. ANYTHING WE CAN GET IS APPRECIATED. I'VE EXPERIENCED PREVIOUS PROJECTS SUCH AS THE MURALS AND SEEING THE IMPACT WHICH IS POSITIVE ON MY RESTAURANT AND THE AREA. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CANAL AND HELP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING BREAKFAST TO THE NEW RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE MOVING IN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BENJAMIN TATE. BENJAMIN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? BENJAMIN IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICIA ANDERSON. PATRICIA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? PATRICIA IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VINCENT. VINCENT, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? VINCENT IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONYA. TONYA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRUCE BECKER. BRUCE IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT DONAT. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. I LIVE JUST DOWN FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CITY AND PEARSON PLACE IS CHANGING AND THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE RIGHT ANSWER THIS DEVELOPMENT BRINGS TO THE RESIDENTS. I SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE SETBACKS HERE DON'T APPEAR TO BE CHANGED FROM THE WUT-55 PLAN. SO MAYBE THE WORDING IS DIFFERENT MAKING IT SOUND LIKE TEN FEET SETBACK FROM THE ORIGINAL BUT IT WASN'T ADDED TO THE REVISED PLAN. PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL SETBACK TO MATCH THE SURROUNDING HOMES. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ADAM GEIS. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED. >> MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TODAY I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT INTEGRITY. I'LL NOT GO INTO THE BACKGROUND OF WHY THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR THE PEARSON PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD. INSTEAD, I WILL FOCUS ON INTEGRITY. THE PUD WAS SUPPOSED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CONCERNS AND THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER. AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 7th, IT APPEARED THIS HAPPENED AS THE SETBACKS WERE INCREASED AN ADDITIONAL TEN FEET. ONE KEY PHRASE, BACK OF CURB, CHANGED ALL OF IT. INCREASE IN SETBACKS FROM 10 TO 20 FEET IN REALITY BECAME A CHANGE OF ZERO TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE. THE INCORRECT TERMS WERE USED WHEN DRAFTING THE MOTION AND AS A RESULT, THE LARGEST GAIN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVAPORATED AND THE INTENTION OF THE PUD DID NOT MATCH THE REALITY OF IT. TO SAY THAT THESE CURRENT SETBACKS ALIGN THE BUILDING WITH OTHER BUILDINGS ON COOLIDGE IS ALSO FALSE BECAUSE IT WILL STILL BE THE CLOSEST BUILDING ON THE ENTIRE STREET ON THE BLOCK. OR THAT SOME OTHER NEIGHBORS REQUESTED THE BUILDING HAVE LESS OF A SETBACK SIMPLY DOES NOT MAKE LOGICAL SENSE. THE ONLY PARTY THAT DECREASED SETBACK BENEFITS IS THE DEVELOPER. I ASK THAT YOU DO NOT PASS THIS, PUD IN THE CURRENT FORM AND CORRECT THE OVERSIGHT AND GIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD 20-FOOT SETBACKS THAT WERE NEED OR VOTE AGAINST THE PUD AND ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING THAT ENSURES THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROTECT WILL. NEARLY 200 OF MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING THIS VOTE AND I IMPLORE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING. THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT HAS SO MUCH OPPOSITION AND HAS ONGOING ACTIVE INVESTIGATION MUST GIVE YOU PAUSE OVER ITS MERITS. I HOPE AND TRUST THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE INTEGRITY TO NOT REDEFINE A NEIGHBORHOOD OVER A MISTAKE. ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT A VOTE NOTIFY ON THIS PROJECT IS NOT A VOTE AGAINST BUSINESSES. IT'S SIMPLY BUILDING THIS PROJECT WOULD THE CURRENT ZONING. IT STILL BRINGS NEW RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS GONZALES. CHRIS, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? CHRIS IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA GORY. BARBARA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? ASH BRA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? WE DO NOT HAVE AUDIO FOR BARBARA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM GRENNEN. KIM, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> HI, YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> MS. PASTOR, AS A BUSINESS OWNER OF A MARKETING AGENCY IN THE AREA THAT EMPLOYS OVER A DOZEN LOCALS AND A PROPERTY OWNER DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE NEW BUILDING AT 301 WEST HAZEL WOOD IS WHERE I LIVE, I'M BEGGING YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO HELP US ACHIEVE A COMMON GROUND SO WE CAN LOVE WHERE WE LIVE, A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE AREN'T HAVING EVERYTHING THAT'S OVERRUNNED, INCREASED VEHICLES AND COMPLETELY CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT INVESTMENT AND GREATER PHOENIX AREA AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESSES. BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST ASKING FOR MINOR CONCESSIONS IN ORDER FOR ALL OF TO US BE ON BOARD WITH THIS. SOME OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDE, WHICH HAVE BEEN REITERATED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT INCREASE 20-FOOT PROPERTY LINE SETBACKS AS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING. WE SUPPORT A BEAUTIFUL CANAL LIVING SPACE BUT THE HEIGHT AND SETBACKS NEGATES THIS GOAL. I HOPE WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO HELP EVERYONE WIN. IN SUMMARY, WE ASK FOR PERMITTED STREET PARKING SO WE CAN ENSURE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS CAN PARK IN OUR OWN STREETS. DECREASE BUILDING HEIGHT AND MINIMUM OF 20-FOOT SETBACKS AND TENANTS OF THE NEW BUILD ARE NOT LOOKING DIRECTLY IN OUR BACKYARD SO WE CAN ALL LIVE IN PEACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATTHEW HANSON. MATTHEW, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM, YES. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU. I OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AS THE MOST RECENT PUD WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A 20-FOOT SETBACK. DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING IN WORDING THIS CAUSED NO CHANGE IN SETBACKS. COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR HAS CONFIRMED. I ASK YOU REFER THIS BACK TO RESTORE THE 20-FOOT SETBACKS AS ORIGINALLY AGREED. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TERESA HAYES. TERESA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> YES. MY NAME IS TERESA HAYES. I LIVE AT 204 WEST COOLIDGE DIRECTLY NORTH OF THIS PROJECT. I LIVED AND WAS RAISED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS A CHILD. AND MY MAIN ISSUE IS, OF COURSE, THE SETBACKS FOR THIS. LIVING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THEY'RE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN MY FRONT YARD. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING AND THE TRAFFIC THAT WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET, THE NORTH SIDE, TO GET OUR GARBAGE AND OUR RECYCLING PICKED UP. I DO NOT APPROVE, BASICALLY, I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THIS. I HOPE WE DO -- I HOPE THAT THIS WILL ALL WORK OUT RIGHT. AND I PLEASE URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA CAY. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MONICA MODINA. I HEARD ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUSINESS AROUND AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT A BUSINESS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE THE CONCERN, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MYSELF AND THE NEIGHBORS. AND THE POINT IS, WE JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT FOR US TOO. SO THIS IS THE HISTORY PLACE. SO FOR ME TO TAKE IN LIFE TOO MUCH PAPERS AND EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT OF MY YARD. AND THIS IS BUILDING IS LIKE HUGE, YOU KNOW. AND AS A RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FOLLOW LAWS AND RULES. SO WE WANT TO BE FAIR, TOO. SO SET OF SAME THING FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WANTS THE PROJECT. AND I JUST SAY THAT [ AWAY FROM MIC ] WE WANT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, QUALITY TOO. SO IT CAN BE FAIR FOR THEM AND FOR US TOO. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YORGOS. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I OPPOSE THIS PROJECT IN ITS CURRENT FORM. I DO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SUPPORT BEAUTIFYING THE CANAL. BUT THE CONCERNS I HAVE ARE THE SETBACK OF 20 FEET. IT SHOULD FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, NOT BACK OF CURB, WHICH IS JUST CHANGING THE TERMINOLOGY A LITTLE BIT TO INCREASE THE SETBACK FOR THE -- OR DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF SETBACK THE PROPERTY WOULD NEED. AND I WOULD LIKE ALSO EITHER DECREASE IN THE UNITS OR INCREASE IN THE PARKING AVAILABLE TO THOSE UNITS SO THAT IT DOESN'T GO ACROSS THE STREET, ALL THE PARKING. AND THAT'S ALL. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER MARKS. CHRISTOPHER, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? CHRISTOPHER'S NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN. KAREN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> WELL, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE THAT OPPOSES THIS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE HORRENDOUS, IT ALREADY IS TRYING TO GET FROM CENTRAL ON TO COOLIDGE. SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T DRIVE PAST ALL THE CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES. WE DEFINITELY NEED PERMITTED PARKING IF IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH. PEOPLE -- EVEN THOUGH YOU SAY YOU HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH. THE SETBACKS ARE AN ISSUE. AND JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TOTALLY CHANGE A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. OTHER THAN THAT, I AGREE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSING, SO MANY OF THE ISSUES. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY McMILLEN. NANCY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK AGAIN. AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM US MANY TIMES AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SAME TOPICS. BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE DETAILS WE HAVE ASKED FOR HAVE NOT BEEN MET TO OUR SATISFACTION. AND I PROMISE I WON'T TALK ABOUT DOGS TODAY. SO ONE THING THAT BOTHERS ME, AND YOU HAVE HEARD THIS FROM ME BEFORE BECAUSE I LIVE CLOSEST TO CAMELBACK AND 3rd AVENUE, THAT'S THAT THERE STILL IS NO TRAFFIC STUDY ON A STREET THAT IS ALREADY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN AN "F," I WOULD SAY RATED A "Z" FOR HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC HAVE HOW FAST THEY DRIVE ON THIS ROAD. REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PUD, BUT IT SHOULD BE. AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE BEFORE BUILDING STARTS. WITH THE PARKING SITUATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL AS WHAT THIS WILL BRING IN. NOT JUST THE NEWNESS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND BY THE WAY, THE COMMUNITY IS BEAUTIFUL. THE CANAL SCAPE DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IT WILL DO FOR BUSINESSES IS FANTASTIC. WE NEVER WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AT ALL. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A NATIONALLY, FEDERALLY REGISTERED HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IS KEPT INTACT AND NOT OVERPOPULATED AND OUR SETBACKS ARE PROPER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING, BIKING, AS WELL AS PLAYTIME, YOU KNOW. I ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED BUT I AM CONCERNED IN PHOENIX WITH THE COST OF HOUSING, THAT THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT INTO THIS PLAN AS WELL. SO THAT'S JUST A SIDE NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANE. DIANE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM. I AM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, QUESTION. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> OH, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I LIVE AT 304 WEST MING MIC ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL AND THE CARNATION NEIGHBORHOODS. I SUBMITTED A LETTER, I ALSO DID SOME LEGAL RESEARCH ON THIS. I THANK YOU FOR READING IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET, I URGE YOU TO DO SO. THIS IS A THIRD-RATE DEVELOPMENT THAT LACKS NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT AND IT WAS APPROVED IN VIOLATION OF THE WALKABLE URBAN CODE AND THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT CODE. NONETHELESS, WE'RE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT [ AWAY FROM MIC ] POCKET TO DEVELOPERS. I DON'T KNOW. I BEG YOU, PLEASE DENY THIS. LET THIS DEVELOPER BUILD IT UNDER THE CODE THAT EXISTS. OR SEND IT BACK AND ALLOW THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL INPUT INTO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL RESULT IN A BETTER PROJECT FOR THE CITY. NOT JUST FOR US, FOR THE CITY. SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SLUM IN 20 YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINA MONEY. LINA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? LINA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? WE DO NOT HAVE AUDIO FOR LINA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER OWENS. >> OH, MY GOSH. >> JENNIFER, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, MAYOR GALLEGO, AND VICE MAYOR GARCIA AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR AREA TIME TODAY. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY MY CONDOLENCES REGARDING OFFICER NEU AND ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE LINE DUTY AND ARE NOT HEAR TODAY. VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE AND MY CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. I'M OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS PROPOSAL IN THE CURRENT FORM FOR SEVERAL REASONS. WE HAVE BEEN HERE, MY CHILDREN AND I LIVE ON HIGHLAND AND 3rd AVENUE AND WE'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS IN IN COMMUNITY. MOVED HERE FROM SEATTLE. LOVED THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. THEY WERE VERY FAIR AND PATIENT AND TOOK THE TIME AS YOU DID TODAY TO LISTEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. MY MAIN CONCERN IS TRAFFIC AND PARKING AT THIS POINT. IS WOULD A NURSE FOR 20 YEARS, I'M A TEACHER NOW. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW DRAMATIC IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF A CHILD IN AN ICU OR AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAVE THEM PASS AWAY FROM BEING HIT BY A CAR. EVERY DAY I HEAR CARS FLYING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED BUMPS, VERY CONCERNED [ AWAY FROM MIC ] INCREASED TRAFFIC. NOT OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING IT SELF, BUT JUST HOW IT IS IN THE CURRENT FORM, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY BEING COMPLETE AND SUBMITTED. I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TODAY TO VOTE NO IN ITS CURRENT FORM, PLEASE, AND TO CONSIDER INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND WIDENING THE SIDEWALK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FRANK. FRANK, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I'M HERE. >> I'M HALFWAY BETWEEN 7th AVENUE AND THIRD AVENUE. BEFORE COVID WAS CHARGED DOWN THE STREET, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO PARKING SIGNS FROM 7:00 P.M. tO 7:00 A.M., THE STREET WAS STILL LINED WITH CARS. SO THE PARKING IS A MAJOR ISSUE. THE EXCESS TRAFFIC GOING TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE A MAJOR ISSUE. THE HEIGHT IS A PROBLEM. AND THE SETBACKS, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT. AND NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO LISTEN. THIS IS ALSO A FLOODPLAIN AREA. SOMEONE IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL SAID THAT WE COULD WITHDRAW -- THEY COULD WITHDRAW THIS. I TALKED TO FEMA, THAT'S A SIX TO 12-MONTH PROCESS FOR THEM IN ORDER TO PULL THE PROPERTY OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN ZONE. SO I REALLY THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A LOT MORE DISCUSSIONS AND THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT GO THROUGH UNTIL EVERY PERMIT IS SIGNED AND SEALED AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF AND IS AGREED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAM PERRY. PAM, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR FROM DISTRICT 4 HAS SPOKEN TO US ABOUT LEAVING A LEGACY. ACTUALLY, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL LEAVE LEGACIES AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GROWING OUR CITY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL NOW TO MAKE A LEGACY THAT INFLUENCES LONG TERM PEARSON PLACE. PEARSON PLACE HAS EVOLVED IN THE LAST 60 YEARS FROM BEING UNINCORPORATED MARICOPA COUNTY TO THE SITE OF A FREEWAY THAT NEVER WAS. IT WAS ABSOLUTE BLIGHTED AFTER THAT. THERE WERE -- THERE WERE HOMES WITHOUT OWNERS. THERE WERE HOMES WITHOUT PEOPLE. THERE WERE HOMES WITH PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T BELONG. IT WAS ALMOST A DECADE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN [ AWAY FROM MIC ] TO INVESTORS AND BECAME RENTAL DENSE. ANOTHER PROJECT WAS BUILDING HIGH RISES AND THAT WAS GOING TO SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SECOND ROUND WAS OFFICE BUILDINGS. WE HAVE TWO, ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN OCCUPIED AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. SO THIS IS THE FOURTH INITIATIVE ON TRYING TO CHANGE PEARSON PLACE INTO SOMETHING ELSE. ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO URBAN PIONEERS STARTED MOVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE BEEN DESCRIBED AS A DISGRUNTLED NEIGHBORS AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN DISGRUNTLED. WE WERE VERY, VERY DISGRUNTLED WITH THE FACTS THAT THE STREETS HAVE HOOKERS, WHORES, DEALERS AND DRUGS. WE HAD PEOPLE DYING ON THE GROUND BECAUSE OF BAD DRUGS. WE HAD PEOPLE SHOOT AGENT WHATEVER DID OR DIDN'T MOVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS URBAN PIONEERS, WE LEARNED TO USE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. WE LEARNED TO USE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE SAVED OUR BACON SO MANY TIMES HERE. WE HAVE ACCESSED -- [ BELL RINGING ] ARE GIVING A REAL VOTE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU'LL REVISIT THIS. YOU ARE -- >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IVO. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? IVO IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KOSTADEN. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? THEY ARE NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OLGA. OLGA IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF RAHM. JEFF, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I JUST SAID BOTH OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. WE CAN EITHER ENABLE THE AUTO ALLOCATOR AS CAMPAIGN SET UP TO SPREAD BUDGET ACROSS OR DISABLE IT TO SET BUDGETS AT THE GROUP LEVEL. THERE'S TWO OPTIONS THERE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO HOW YOU SET UP -- >> JEFF. >> THIS IS JUST DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE USE FOR CATEGORY -- >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEN WATERS. KEN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THIS SHOULD BE A CANAL SCAPE PROTOTYPE. I THINK AN INAUGURAL PROJECT. I BELIEVE FOR THE CANAL SCAPE. BUT GOD HELP US, THIS ISN'T IT. YOU'RE SETTING A MODEL, A COOKIE CUTTER, A PRECEDENT FOR THE REST OF CANAL SCAPE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN PRESENT FORM, IT'S A TRAFFIC BOMB, 1200 CARS PER DAY ON THE INSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NO ARTERIAL STREETS. THEY'RE ALL TRAPPED. YOU KNOW, THE SETBACKS SHOULD BE 20 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, NOT FROM A DEMARCATION POINT OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. AND THEY SHOULD BE FOR THE 20 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE END. THAT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE. SPEAKING OF OPEN SPACE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT 15% PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN, LISTEN TO THIS. NEARLY 100% OF MEETING THAT STIPULATION WENT OUTSIDE -- MOST OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY LINES. 67% OF THAT MEETING THAT STIPULATION IS COMING FROM RENAMING SETBACKS ALONG COOLIDGE AND 3rd AVENUE AS OPEN GREEN SPACE. COME ON. AND THEN ALSO IT MEANS PURCHASING ALREADY EXISTING OPEN SPACE FOR THE CITY-OWNED LOT THERE THAT'S ALREADY GARDEN -- IS A ROCK GARDEN. SO THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY. I THOUGHT THAT OPEN SPACE STIPULATION WOULD SHOVE THIS THING BACK FURTHER FROM THE CANAL LIKE IT IS. MANY OF THE PICTURES THAT JASON MOORE SHOWED, SHOWS THE BUILDING WITHIN AN ARM'S LENGTH OF THE CANAL SCAPE SIDEWALK. THIS THING SHOULD BE SHRUNK BACK, GO BACK TO 165 UNITS OR 180, BUT RIGHT NOW IN ITS PRESENT FORM IT'S THE ANTIPROTOTYPE WHAT NOT DO FOR CANAL STREET. THANK YOU. [ BELL RINGING ]. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAMELA. PAMELA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE GRANDVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ALSO THE MELROSE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE. I SPOKE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECENTLY AND I WANT TO DELIVER THE SAME MESSAGE TO COUNCIL TODAY. WITH GREAT INTEREST, I WATCH THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT MAY SET PRECEDENT AND CONSIDER THAT FUTURE IMPACT IN OUR MELROSE DISTRICT. LIVING IN CENTRAL PHOENIX, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN-FILL HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. MY CONCERN IS, HOW IT HAPPENS. THE PROCESS BEING AS IMPORTANT AS THE END RESULT. THE PROCESS IN THIS CASE SUFFERED FROM A LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL PERSONAL OUTREACH IN THE BEGINNING. NEIGHBORS BECAME INVOLVED AND I RECOGNIZE AND ADMIRE THE GREAT EFFORTS OF THE RESIDENTS IN PEARSON PLACE, AND CARNATION NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR UNITY. I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF AND AN ALLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I COMMEND HER FOR BEING WILLING TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES OF THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED. COMPROMISE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED. HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED. THE COMPROMISE SET FORTH WAS TO CHANGE OF THE PUD WAS WELCOME AND SEVERAL STIPULATIONS TO THE DEVELOPER IS CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING. HOLDING THIS DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE IS NOW THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. I HOPE THAT WITHOUT LOOPHOLES OR FINANCIAL COMPLAINT THEY WILL COMPLY WITH AND CONSIDER ALL STIPULATIONS. THERE'S GREAT VALUE IN THE PRACTICE OF OUTREACH AND COMPROMISE LEADING TO SOLUTIONS THAT ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. I GIVE MY SUPPORT TO COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR'S DECISIONS ON THIS PROJECT AND I COUNT ON HER WATCHFUL EYE. I STRONGLY SUPPORT CENTRAL PHOENIX DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS TRIANGULATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, THE CITY, AND IMPORTANTLY THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCIL. [ BELL RINGING ]. >> MAYOR, PAMELA WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL TURN TO COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR DOING THAT. I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR ALAN THAT I HAD HEARD. I HEARD ABOUT THE FLOOD ZONE. THERE'S BIG CONCERNS ABOUT THE FLOOD ZONE AND THE -- THE PROJECT BEING BUILT THERE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, IF THERE ISSUES WITH THE FLOOD ZONE IN THE FUTURE WHAT -- WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT DYNAMIC? >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, AS PART OF A NORMAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE ZONING HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL FIRST. BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS SUBSEQUENTLY BEFORE ANY BUILDING PERMITS WOULD BE ISSUED, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF PLANS THAT HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED. IN THIS CASE THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT A DRAINAGE PLAN AND CIVIL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THE FLOODPLAIN ISSUES ON THE SITE TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT EXACERBATE ANY EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE AREA. IN OTHER WORDS FROM THERE'S WATER THAT IS COMING ON TO THE SITE, THEY HAVE TO STILL ACCOMMODATE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S COMING ON SITE AND THEY CAN'T PASS THROUGH ANY MORE WATER THAN THEY COULD TODAY UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO THEY CAN'T EXACERBATE ANY OF THAT FLOODPLAIN ISSUES. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD IN A FLOODPLAIN, YOU JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE GRADING AND DRAINAGE AND CIVIL IMPROVEMENT PLANS DO. AND I WOULD ADD THOSE ARE ALL REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND BY EVENING WHO ARE LICENSE AND FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THERE WAS -- MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S AN SRP LETTER THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED REGARDING THE LAND THAT IS ZONED [ AWAY FROM MIC ]. COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT? >> THE APPLICANT HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH SRP ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF THEIR IMPROVEMENT AND SRP HAS SAID CONCEPTUALLY THEY ARE OKAY WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO ENTER INTO A LICENSED AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. AS PART OF THAT, WE WOULD PASSING THAT ON TO JASON'S CLIENT, IN THIS CASE TRINSIC AND ANY FUTURE OWNERS OF THE SITE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND MAINTAIN IT PURSUANT TO THE PUD REQUIREMENTS. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. AND THEN PARKING. COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PARKING? THE HEIGHT ON THE PARKING SITE IS 56 AND THE INTENT OF THE WHOLE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT WAS FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. COULD YOU EXPLAIN CURRENTLY IF THE PUD IS MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AND PLUS THE ADDITIONAL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD? >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, IN THIS CASE THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THEIR PROPOSAL. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE NOT BEING USED, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT. SO BY THE FUTURE USERS OF THE SITE. WHAT THEY ARE REPORTING IS THAT THEIR EXCESS PARKING ABOVE THE 100% OCCUPANCY IS 12.4%. EVEN WITH THAT 100% OCCUPANCY, THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SETBACK. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SETBACK AND REALLY THE TERM BACK OF CURB. BECAUSE I LEARNED THE TERM BACK OF CURB BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I DID WHEN I DID THE PUD, ADHERE TO THE 20 FEET. AND BACK OF CURB, COULD YOU PLEASE -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS BACK OF CURB IS FROM THE SIDEWALK TO ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY LINE OR FURTHER -- FURTHER BACK TO THE PROPERTY LINE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE -- FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALL THE WAY BACK TO 20 FEET. >> SO, MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU'LL RECALL THAT NUMBER OF OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS AT THE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD PUT TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE APPLICANT THE NEIGHBORS HAD AN EXPRESSED DESIRE TO HAVE THE BUILDING SETBACKS MATCH THE ADJOINING MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST AND LOOK SIMILAR TO THAT AS OPPOSED TO THE, I THINK, TEN AND EIGHT FEET THAT WAS PROPOSED AS PART OF THE WALKABLE URBAN CODE. AND SO IN THAT INSTANCE, THE APPLICANT DID GO OUT AND DO SOME MEASUREMENTS TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS THAT EXISTING BUILDING SETBACK. AND THAT'S WHEN WE REPORTED THEY COULD MEET THAT IF IT WAS MEASURED FROM THE BACK OF CURB SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME APPEARANCE TO THE NEIGHBORS AS THE ICON MULTIFAMILY PROJECT TO THE EAST. IN ALLOWING THAT SETBACK TO BE MEASURED FROM THE CURB, IT'S LOOKING AT WHAT DOES THAT VISUALLY LOOK LIKE FROM THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES? BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS IMPROVING THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CURB LINE WITH LANDSCAPING AND DOING THE DETACHED SIDEWALK SO THAT THEY HAVE THIS LARGER AREA. BUT IT ISN'T MEASURING THOSE SETBACKS FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. IT'S FROM THE CURB AND, IN EFFECT, ALLOWING THAT AREA TO BE COUNTED BECAUSE OF THE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND OPEN SPACE THAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE PROJECT. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IN LOOKING AT -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE SLIDE IS. BUT LOOKING AT THE SLIDE OF THE SETBACKS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SIDEWALK IS FIVE FEET. SO FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO WHERE THE BUILDING WILL BE PLACED IS 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK. >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, THE -- THE SETBACKS AS PUT FORTH IN THE PUD ARE MEASURED FROM THE BACK OF CURB BECAUSE THE CURB IS EXISTING AND STAYING. THERE WERE NO RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE EXISTING ZONING IS SO INTENSE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT -- THE SIDEWALK MEASUREMENT IS AND -- BUT IT WOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE CURB BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STAYS. BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A NEW DETACHED SIDEWALK. >> Councilwoman Pastor: SO ON ONE OF THE DRAWINGS, I DON'T KNOW -- I STUDIED IT AND IT SAID FIVE FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK. >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, YOU ARE CORRECT. THE SIDEWALK WIDTH IS FIVE FEET. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY REBUILD THE SIDEWALK. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> WHERE THAT IS IN RELATION TO THE FUTURE BUILDING AND SETBACK. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES, FROM THE SIDEWALK -- FROM THE BACK OF CURB ALL THE WAY BACK IS 20 FEET. >> CORRECT. >> Councilwoman Pastor: SO IF I -- 20 FEET, SO IF I AM MINUS THE FIVE -- THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK, THE FIVE, THEN IT'S 15? >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, YOU ARE CORRECT THE SIDEWALK IS INCLUDED IN THAT AREA. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT. >> Councilwoman Pastor: CORRECT, WHICH EQUALS THE 20? >> YES. >> Councilwoman Pastor: SO THE OTHER PIECE WAS THE PARKING. PERMITTED PARKING. DO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT A STIPULATION INTO THE PUD REGARDING PERMITTED PARKING? >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, YOU CAN ADD LANGUAGE REGARDING THE PUD RELATIVE TO ON-STREET PARKING AND A PROHIBITION FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENCE. BUT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHERE THE APPLICANT AS A PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE A PART ALONG WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN RIGHT DEVELOPER TO BE A PART OF THAT. BACK UP THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SPELLED OUT IN CITY CODE AS TO EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO ENTAIL, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO PUT UP SIGNS ABOUT NO PARKING. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH STREETS AND THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO FOLLOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS. BECAUSE IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN THE CITY CODE TODAY. >> Councilwoman Pastor: OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING, I WOULD SAY, LAST FIVE MONTHS REGARDING THIS WHOLE PROCESS. WHAT I -- AND IN REFLECTING BACK ON THIS, ON THIS, WAS THAT REINVENTING -- WHEN I ENTERED OFFICE, THIS SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT BY REINVENT PHOENIX AND THE PROPERTY PLAN. WHEN I ENTERED, ALL THIS PROCESS HAD ALREADY HAPPENED. AND SO REINVENT PHOENIX, I INHERITED REINVENT PHOENIX. AND I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT MANY PEOPLE AND TIME AND LABOR THAT WENT INTO OUTREACH TO BUILD THE PLAN WAS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE REQUEST ALSO HELPED IMPLEMENT THIS GRAND CANAL SCAPE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND BENEFIT THOSE THAT WALK AND RIDE THEIR BIKES ALONG THE GRAND CANAL. MAYOR GALLEGO AND I WERE -- AND VICE MAYOR GARCIA WERE PART OF MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE GRAND CANAL SCAPE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CELEBRATIONS OF IT. VICE MAYOR GARCIA ENTERED AT THE TAIL END WHEN WE WERE CELEBRATING THE BRIDGE AND GRAND CENTRAL AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOW HAPPENING ON THE GRAND CANAL SCAPE GOING WEST WHERE I GET TO ALSO CELEBRATE WITH COUNCILWOMAN GUARDADO ON REVITALIZING THE GRAND CANAL SCAPE ON THE WEST SIDE. AND WHERE OUR DISTRICT SITS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WE SIT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY THAT REALLY PUMPS OUR CITY AND OUR ECONOMY. AND SO I AM FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE GRAND CANAL SCAPE. AND THEY WILL SEE THE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING TODAY. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE NEIGHBORS OR SOME OF THE PIECES THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT, WHICH ARE -- HAVE BEEN DENSITY, HAVE BEEN THE SETBACK, HAVE BEEN THE PARKING, AND MANY OTHER THINGS, AND THE HEIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AND OTHERS WON'T, BUT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS WE'VE COME TO A GOOD COMPROMISE. AND I AM GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND I WILL READ IT AS STIPULATED BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR'S MEMO AND AT MY REQUEST THIS PROJECT LIMITS RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HEIGHT TO 48 FEET EXCEPT FOR THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO GO TO 56 FEET TO SO THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARKING IN THIS AREA. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY RESIDENTS AND THE APPLICANT AND HAVE MODIFIED THE PUD -- I HAVE MODIFIED THE PUD. THE DENSITY WAS LOWERED. THE HEIGHT WAS LOWERED. ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC WAS PROVIDED. AND SETBACKS WERE INCREASED. ADDITIONAL CHANGES WERE MADE BY A ONE-DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINT ON COOLIDGE AND THE JULIET BALCONIES WERE ADDED TO ADDRESS PRIVACY CONCERNS BY NEIGHBORS. MY MOTION -- I ENOUGH TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST PER THE MEMO AND THE STIPULATION FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTED DATE STAMPED JUNE 2nd, 2021, AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW STIPULATION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: STIPULATION 1.8, TO MODIFY THE SETBACK STANDARDS ON PAGE 8 OF THE PUD NARRATIVE TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM SPACE BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE BUILDING FACADE FROM THE MINIMUM OF 20 FEET TO ALSO AVERAGE 21 FEET 8 INCHES ALONG COOLIDGE AND 3rd AVENUE. THIS IS SO THAT THE BUILDING ALIGNS WITH THE ICON ON COOLIDGE. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT -- THAT THE DEVELOPER WORK WITH -- WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE PERMITTED PARKING PROCESS. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION. I THINK THE SIDEWALK IS A [ AWAY FROM MIC ] SO YOU RECOGNIZE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] I'M SURE YOU DID. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT YOU WANT A NEW STIPULATION THAT REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE STREET TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REGARDING NO -- NO PARKING SIGNS ALONG COOLIDGE AND 3rd? >> Councilwoman Pastor: CORRECT. >> OKAY. >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANKS, ALL, FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> Clerk: STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 7-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. THAT IS OUR FINAL AGENDIZED ITEM. THE JUNE 2nd MEETING IS ADJOURNED.