>> Mayor Gallego: HELLO, WELCOME TO THE JULY 1st, 2021 FORMAL MEETING OF THE PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL. WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> Clerk: COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: HERE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMAN GUARDADO. 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: MAYOR GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE DO HAVE AN INTERPRETER WITH US HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION. ELSIE, WITH YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF? >> YES, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS YOU PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ELSIE AND I'LL BE SERVING AS TODAY'S SPANISH INTERPRETER. I'LL TAKE THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TODAY. 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 NUMBERED G-6871 THROUGH 6874. S 44767 AND 4471-THROUGH 47833 AND RESOLUTIONS 29136 THROUGH 29146. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL NEXT TURN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENT AS PART OF THIS MEETING AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL EXPLAIN THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. >> 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 SECTION 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 COULD LOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE NEXT MOVE TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BOARD AND COMMISSION NOMINATIONS AS REVISED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED, NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE NEXT MOVE TO THE LIQUOR LICENSE AND LICENSE SERVICES PORTION OF OUR MEETING TODAY. THE CITY COUNCIL IS AN ADVISORY BOARD. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 2 THROUGH 28 EXCEPT ITEMS 26 THROUGH 28 WHICH WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE OMINOUS MOTION. ITEM 9 IS BEING WITHDRAWN AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT. AND NOTING THAT ITEMS 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, AND 21 THROUGH 24 ARE AS REVISED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> Mayor Gallego: ANY OPPOSED, NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NEXT GO TO THE OMNIBUS MOTION. CITY CLERK, ARE WE READY FOR ORDINANCES, NEW BUSINESS, PLANNING AND ZONING? >> Clerk: YES, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE AN OMNIBUS MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 29 THROUGH 138 EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING, ITEMS 30, 32 49 50 71 74 78 79 81 84 87 88 89 134 135 137 AND 138. ITEM 35 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 136 IS REQUESTED TO BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 25th. AND EXCLUDING THESE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, 72, 73, AND 122. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: MOTION AND A SECOND. 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 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 26, WHICH IS A LIQUOR LICENSE IN VICE MAYOR'S DISTRICT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGER. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M LEAH SWANSON WITH THE CITY CHECK. WITH ME TODAY IS ALEXANDER LANG WITH THE CITY PROSECUTION OFFICE AND OFFICER KEVIN CROTTY WITH THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF AN EXISTING SERIES 12 LIQUOR LICENSE FOR A RESTAURANT. THIS LOCATION IS CURRENTLY LICENSED FOR LIQUOR SALES. THE 60-DAY LIMIT FOR PROCESSING THIS APPLICATION WAS FEBRUARY 22nd, 2021. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AND BEEN GRANTED SEVEN WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR MORE TIME. STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION BASED ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION FOR DISAPPROVAL. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DISAPPROVAL IS BASED ON A HISTORY OF NONCOMPLIANCE RELATED TO PRIOR LIQUOR LICENSES HELD BY THE APPLICANT, INCLUDING A FAILURE TO MEET THE REQUIRED PERCENTAGE OF FOOD SALES IN THE PRESENCE OF AN EMPLOYEE INTOXICATED WHILE ON DUTY. THE APPLICANT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED THE CAPABILITY, QUALIFICATIONS, AND RELIABILITY TO HOLD AND CONTROL A LIQUOR LICENSE. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. WE WILL GO TO THOSE COMMENTS AND THEN THE VICE MAYOR FOR A MOTION. WE'LL BEGIN WITH JEFFERY MILLER AGENT FOLLOWED BY ALAN ROBINSON. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JEFF MILLER. I WORK WITH ARIZONA LIQUOR INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS. I'M A FORMER INVESTIGATORS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR, RETIRED A FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE I JOINED ALIC. AND WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MR. JIM MURRAY AT THE GOLDEN MARGARITA. JIM WANTED US TO COVER A FEW THINGS. HE'S A PROFESSIONAL CHEF, CLASSICALLY TRAINED AND HAS HIS CERTIFICATES. OUR AGENCY OR OUR COMPANY WORKS WITH JIM FOR LICENSING PURPOSES AND TRAINING. HE'S ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAS HELD FOUR CLASSES FOR HIS EMPLOYEES. WE'VE TRAINED OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE FOR HIM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH TITLE 4. AND SINCE HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOLDEN MARGARITA, GOLDEN MARGARITA'S HAD ZERO VIOLATIONS. AND WITH THE SERIES 12 LIQUOR LICENSE, THE TIME THAT HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOLDEN MARGARITA'S PERFORMED WELL, DONE OVER THE 40% AS REQUIRED BY TITLE 4 WITH HIS SERIES 12 LICENSE. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH JIM FOR MANY YEARS AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE'S DONE DOWN THERE WITH GOLDEN MARGARITA BECAUSE HE'S REACHED OUT TO ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO BRING MORE PEOPLE DOWN TO THE AREA AND PROVIDE SPECIALLY DURING A TIME WHEN BUSINESSES ARE AFFECTED BY COVID AND BUSINESSES ARE BEING CLOSED DOWN, JIM MADE THAT DECISION TO STEP INTO THE PHOENIX INTO THE ROOSEVELT ROAD DISTRICT AND TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND EMPLOY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK AND LIVE IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX. JIM HIRED US TO CREATE A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN, SECURITY OPERATION MANUAL. IT'S 22 PAGES. AND NOT MANY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX OPERATE WITH SUCH A PLAN. IT'S THE SAME PLAN THAT OTHER CITIES USE AND REQUIRE THEIR BUSINESSES TO COME UP WITH. JIM JUST BROUGHT THAT INTO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE HIS STAFF IS TRAINED PROPERLY AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT TO DO IN SITUATIONS. SO THIS SAFETY PLAN THAT HE HAS CREATED IS -- [ BELL RINGING ]. >> Mayor Gallego: ALAN WILL BE NEXT FOLLOWED BY PETER. >> HELLO, I'M ALAN ROBINSON. I WAS THE FORMER OWNER OF THE CANTINA ON 13th STREET AND ROOSEVELT. WE OPENED BACK IN 2018. HAD QUITE A FEW GROWING PAINS WITH THE RESTAURANT, SO IT WAS MORE OF A DREAM FOR ME VERSUS SOMETHING I WAS REALLY QUALIFIED TO DO SO I STRUGGLED QUITE A BIT, INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND NEEDED A LOT OF HELP. I WAS INTRODUCED TO JIM LATE 2020 -- I'M SORRY, EARLY -- LATE 2019, EARLY 2020 AND HAD NEGOTIATED A SALE OF THE BUSINESS. COVID -- COVID HAPPENED, WHICH WE'RE ALL AWARE OF, AND JIM STILL STEPPED UP AND CAME IN AND, YOU KNOW, TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS. DID A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THE BUSINESS. HE EMPLOYS 150 PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IS CONNECTED WITH ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS CHURCHILL ROOSEVELT ROW, WORKING WITH EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE LIVES UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, IF -- HE'S VERY OPEN AND WILLING TO MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES ARE NECESSARY. HE'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I FULLY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, JIM TODAY AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. PETER WILL BE NEXT FOLD BY MARK SHRINER. >> HI, YEA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS PETE, I'M THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING JIM REYES, ACQUISITION CONTROL, SERIES 12. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JIM REYES IS AVAILABLE BUT HE'S WITH CRAIG MILLER SO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM JIM RAY, HE'S WITH CRAIG MILLER, YOU HAVE TO OPEN UP CRAIG MILLER'S MICROPHONE TO HAVE HIM SPEAK. BUT THE ISSUE HERE IN ACQUISITION OF THE LICENSE, IT'S ALREADY THERE, IS WHETHER JIM RAY IS CAPABLE, QUALIFIED, AND RELIABLE. HE'S GOT TWO DEGREES. HE'S FORMERLY TRAINED AS A CHEF HE'S BEEN OPERATING THERE FOR TWO MONTHS. THEY PREPARED THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN. HE'S HIRED PHOENIX PD OFF DUTY WHO HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE. HE'S BEEN MONITORING HIS FOOD SALES EVERY MONTH. AND AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE ACCOUNTANT, THEY'VE HAD -- THEY'RE AVERAGING 44 TO 45% GROSS FOOD SALES THERE AT THAT LOCATION. AND IT'S BEEN SAID, HE'S COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND HE'S BEEN WORKING HARD. THERE WAS SOME ISSUES CONCERNING NOISE A WHILE BACK. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OLD AND SINCE THEN, HE'S DONE -- JIM RAY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. HE'S HAD NO PROBLEMS THERE OTHER THAN A COUPLE BLIPS. BUT THOSE BLIPS WERE HIS OWN PROPERTY. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN, AS I SAID, NO LIQUOR VIOLATIONS. AND HE IS CAPABLE, QUALIFIED, AND RELIABLE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO DO, TO CONFIRM THAT. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: FINAL COMMENT WILL BE MARK SHRINER. >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS MARK SHRINER. I'M A CPA. I'VE BEEN LICENSED IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. 8792 R, IN GOOD STANDING. MIKE BURNS WITH STRATEGIC EXECUTION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH JIM AND HIS RESTAURANTS FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS. AND JIM FROM THE BEGINNING EVEN BEFORE HE GOT INVOLVED WITH GOLDEN MARGARITA, EVERY TIME I TALKED TO HIM, WHICH WAS QUITE OFTEN, HE TOTALLY IS FOCUSED ON FOOD. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, BUT THE FOOD'S GOOD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S BEEN AVERAGING 44% TO 45% A MONTH SINCE HE'S BEEN INVOLVED. HE'S A REALLY. >> OPERATOR. HE'S REALLY FOCUSED ON LIVENING UP AND GETTING INVOLVED WITH DOWNTOWN. HE'S EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY'RE FOLLOWING HIM. HE'S A GREAT GUY AND IS VERY CAPABLE, RELIABLE, AND HAS THE QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN THAT RESTAURANT AND PROVIDE LABOR AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO BE EMPLOYED. WE TRACK FOOD SALES ON A WEEKLY BASIS FROM THE POS SYSTEM, WHICH THEY USE TOAST, WHICH IS A VERY RELIABLE SYSTEM. AND HE'S BEEN, LIKE I SAID, ABOVE -- WELL ABOVE 40% EVERY MONTH SINCE IT OPENED. IN THE BEGINNING HE WAS RIGHT AROUND 40 FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS, BUT SALES WERE LOW. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. VICE MAYOR GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO DISAPPROVE ITEM 26 BASED UPON STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I WILL TURN TO -- THAT MOTION HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED? >> MAYOR, YES, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: PERFECT. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE VICE MAYOR'S MOTION. ALL OF THIS IS IN DISTRICT 8. THE GOLDEN MARGARITA IS RIGHT ALONG THE BORDER OF DISTRICT 7 AND UNFORTUNATELY WHILE I RECOGNIZE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN TERMS OF THE BENEFITS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM BUSINESS LEADERS, FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT THE UNCHARACTERISTIC NATURE OF THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE WITH THE GOLDEN MARGARITA. THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CRIME AND BUSINESS LEADERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO LET US KNOW THAT IN THE 20-YEAR HISTORY OF ROOSEVELT ROW THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. SO IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. AND FOR THAT REASON I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 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: [ AWAY FROM MIC ]. >> 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 SO MUCH. WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 27, WHICH IS RELATED TO BETTING. ITEM 28 IS ALSO RELATED TO OFF-TRACK BETTING. FOR THESE TWO ITEMS IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS RELATED TO BOTH CASES, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE WILL HEAR COMMENTS FROM MS. SWANSON, PROGRAM MANAGER. >> I'M LEAH SWANSON WITH CITY CLERK. THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN OFF-TRACK WAGERING PERMIT FOR A BUSINESS THAT HAS A SERIES 12 LIQUOR LICENSE. STATE LAW REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BEFORE A STATE OFF-TRACK PAR MUTUAL WAGERING PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED. THE CITY DOES NOT ISSUE THESE PERMITS OR LICENSES, HOWEVER, THE CITY IS CONSIDERED A RECOMMENDING BODY. THERE WERE NO PROTESTS OR SUPPORT LETTERS RECEIVED WITHIN THE 20-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FROM RESIDENTS WITHIN ONE-EIGHTH MILE OF THE SITE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. WE'LL BEGIN WITH DAVID ARTHER, AGENT, FOLLOWED BY TOM ARTHER. >> I YIELD MY TIME TO TOM ARTHER WHO IS PREPARED TO DISCUSS BOTH OF THE APPLICATIONS. UNLESS YOU'D JUST LIKE US TO STICK WITH THE FIRST ONE. >> Mayor Gallego: WE ARE NOT ALLOWING DONATION OF TIME WHILE WE ARE MEETING REMOTELY. BUT WE WOULD -- YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH ON EACH ITEM, ALTHOUGH I THINK MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO BE BRIEFED ON THE ITEM. SO WE WILL GO TO TOM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS TOM ARTHER. I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF ARIZONA DOWNS HORSE RACING TRACK. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BOTH OF THESE OFF-TRACK BETTING ESTABLISHMENTS ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING, HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE CASE OF MURPHY'S FOR 27 YEARS. THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING DOG TRACK OTB STILL OPERATING AT PADRE MURPHY'S. MR. HANEY'S BEEN OPERATING FOR, I THINK, TEN YEARS OR SO. WE DO HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL. STAFF APPROVAL. WE DON'T REALLY -- THIS IS A FIGHT BETWEEN US AND TURF PARADISE. AND WE DON'T REALLY SEE WHERE THE COUNCIL SHOULD NECESSARILY INTERVENE WHEN RECENT COMMISSION APPROVAL IS STILL REQUIRED AND WE'LL NEED TO GET THAT. SOME OF THE INTRICACIES OF THESE ARGUMENTS ARE REALLY BETTER SUITED, I BELIEVE, AND ALL DUE RESPECT TO BE PUT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. THERE'S BEEN A VERY FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT PLACED IN FRONT OF US. THAT'S GOING TO BE DISMISSED AS SOON AS OUR LAWYERS CAN GET TO WORK WITH IT. THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS MATTER. THESE LEASES HAVE EXPIRED. BOTH OF THESE CAME DIRECTLY TO US. WE DIDN'T HIRE ANYONE TO ENCOURAGE THESE PARTIES TO BREACH A CONTRACT. WE SIMPLY OFFERED A BETTER DEAL THROUGH BOTH OF THESE ENTERPRISES AND THEY'VE OPTED TO GO WITH US. IT'S BAFFLING WHY A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE LIKE THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BY THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THIS PASSED. YOU'RE LIABLE TO HEAR THE TURF PARADISE SAYING THIS WILL SHUT THEM DOWN. THAT'S A CONSTANT ARGUMENT THEY HAVE. YOU KNOW, WE PASSED THE LEGISLATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2019 AND ON THEIR WEBSITE IT SAYS IN ALL THE 63 YEARS OF OUR HISTORY TURF PARADISE HAS NEVER FACED MORE -- WE WILL SHUT DOWN IF THIS LEGISLATION PASSES. WELL -- [ BELL RINGING ] BOTH OF THESE HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR YEARS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SINCE WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION AND THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED IT, THERE'S NO REASON FOR THE COUNCIL TO NOT RECOMMEND IT AND THEN THE RACING COMMISSION CAN TAKE IT UP FROM THERE. I HAVE NO FURTHER STATEMENT UNLESS SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO ANSWER A QUESTION. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, WE'LL NEXT GO TO LAWRENCE DELANEY FOLLOWED BY JOE JACKSON. >> YES, HI. MY NAME IS LARRY DELANEY. I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF PADRE MURPHY'S. WE TOOK OVER THE ESTABLISHMENT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. AT THAT TIME, TURF PARADISE HAD THE OFF-TRACK BETTING HORSE PORTION OF OUR OTB. IT WAS UNDER THE LICENSE -- EXCUSE ME, IT WAS UNDER THE GRANT WITH THE PRIOR OWNER. SO AFTER WE REALLY DID A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES. OUR OTB IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR IN THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, THE PATRONS ARE INCREDIBLY WELL BEHAVED AND VALUABLE TO US. AND SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST MAKING A BUSINESS CHOICE. WE HAVE OUR -- OUR LICENSE, MYSELF AND BRANDON SANCHEZ OR MY PARTNER HAVE A LICENSE FROM THE RACING COMMISSION AS OTB OWNERS. SO IT SEEMS TO BE A PROCEDURAL MATTER OF ALLOWING THE PADRE MURPHY'S TO CONTINUE AS THE OTB IT HAS FOR 27 YEARS. SO WE HOPE YOU'LL APPROVE THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. JOE WILL BE NEXT FOLLOWED BY SCOTT KLAUS. >> Clerk: ONE MOMENT, MAYOR. JOE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Clerk: YES, THANK YOU. >> HELLO? >> Clerk: WE CAN HEAR YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> OKAY. MY NAME'S JOE JACKSON. I'M ONE OF THE PARTNERS WITH ARIZONA DOWNS. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD TO WHAT MY PARTNER TOM ARTHER PREVIOUSLY SAID. HE COVERED THE FACT THAT WE WENT BEFORE THE CITY -- OR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. INITIALLY IT WAS INDICATED THAT BOTH OF THESE OTBs HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROTOCOL. BUT THE RACING COMMISSION ELECTED TO HAVE US GO BACK THROUGH AND GET IT APPROVED AGAIN. WHICH WE DID. AND AS TOM MENTIONED, WE CAME IN WITH STAFF APPROVAL. I DON'T SEE WHY BOTH OF THESE OPERATIONS CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS FOR SO MANY YEARS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR ME. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, SCOTT WILL BE NEXT FOLLOWED BY VINCENT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ABLE TO SHARE BEFORE I START MY REMARKS. IF I COULD BE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO SHARE MY SCREEN, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF NOT, I'LL JUST GO WITHOUT SHARING MY SCREEN. >> Clerk: MAYOR, THIS IS THE CITY CLERK. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY AT THIS TIME. >> THAT'S FINE, YOUR HONOR -- OR YOUR HONOR, I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT'S FINE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO YOU WERE JUST ASKED A RHETORICAL QUESTION WHY CAN'T THESE ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATE THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE DONE? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT OPERATED IN CONTRAVENTION OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW IN THE PAST. AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THE SECTION 3004 OF THE INTERSTATE HORSE RACING ACT REQUIRES ANY OFF-TRACK BETTING OFFICE TO OBTAIN THE APPROVAL OF ANY TRACK OPERATING WITHIN 60 MILES OF THAT OFF-TRACK BETTING FACILITY. THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL LAW. STATE LAW, ARS 5-112 REQUIRES ALL OFF-TRACK BETTING OFFICES TO COMPLY WITH THE INTERSTATE HORSE RACING ACT. AND SO THE ANSWER TO THE RHETORICAL QUESTION IS, THE REASON THE COUNCIL SHOULD DENY THE APPLICATION IS THAT GRANTING THE APPLICATION WILL ALLOW THE LICENSEES TO VIOLATE BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. BUT I WOULD OFFER THIS HYPOTHETICAL. IF A LIQUOR LICENSEE, IMPUTED LICENSEE CAME BEFORE YOU AND SAID IF YOU GRANT MY LICENSE WE WILL SELL ALCOHOL TO MINORS, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD DENY THE APPLICATION. BECAUSE GRANTING THE APPLICATION WOULD ALLOW THE LICENSEE TO SERIALLY VIOLATE ARIZONA'S LIQUOR LAWS. THE SAME IS TRUE HERE. IF YOU GRANT THE APPLICATION, YOU WILL BE ALLOWING THESE LICENSEES TO SERIALLY VIOLATE BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. AND FOR THAT REASON, WE WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THE APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH PADRE MURPHY'S AND HANEY'S. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE -- [ BELL RINGING ]. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. DAVID JOHNSON FOLLOWED BY JERRY SIMS. >> HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME TO SPEAK. YOU DID HEAR FROM TOM ARTHUR AND HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS WE WOULD PROBABLY BRING UP IS THAT IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR BUSINESS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY TRUE. YOU KNOW, TURF PARADISE HAS BEEN A HORSE RACETRACK IN PHOENIX FOR OVER 65 YEARS. WE EMPLOY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND MOST OF THEM ARE FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE'RE HOME TO OVER 450 HORSEMEN AND JOCKEYS THAT COME HERE FROM ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. THEY BRING THEIR FAMILIES. THEY RENT HOMES. THEY EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS. THEY EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE. TOGETHER BEFORE THE PANDEMIC OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE STATE WAS OVER $91 MILLION. TURF PARADISE ALONE GENERATES OVER $200,000 IN SALES TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY OF PHOENIX. PADRE MURPHY'S IS 3.7 MILES RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM TURF PARADISE. APPROVING THIS APPLICATION WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO TURF PARADISE AND TO THE LIVES OF EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED. OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE HORSEMEN WHO MAKE A LIVING HERE. SO FOR THAT SAKE, FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN IN PHOENIX FOR OVER 65 YEARS, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND ALL THE HORSEMEN, WE ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. JERRY SIMS FOLLOWED BY VINCENT. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I CAN JUST SAY THAT I AGREE 100% WITH SCOTT KLAUS, TOTAL ACCURATE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. VINCENT. >> MAYOR GALLEGO AND COUNCIL, I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF TURF PARADISE RACECOURSE. I WISH TO DISPEL ONE NOTION, THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE THAT TURF PARADISE AND ARIZONA DOWNS ARE FIGHTING. THAT IS NOT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT. TURF PARADISE IS LOCATED AT 19th AVENUE AND BELL ROAD IN MARICOPA COUNTY. [ AWAY FROM MIC ] ARIZONA DOWNS AND PRESCOTT VALLEY. HOWEVER, BOTH TRACKS ARE BOUND TO FOLLOW FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. AND IN THIS CASE STATE LAW SAYS THAT THE OTB, OFF-TRACK BETTING OPERATION, CANNOT OPERATE WITHIN 60 MILES OF A RACETRACK UNLESS CONSENT HAS BEEN GIVEN. AND TURF PARADISE IS NOT GIVING ITS CONSENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR GALLEGO AND COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON ITEM 27. IT IS AN APPLICATION IN COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN'S DISTRICT, SO I WILL TURN TO HER FOR A MOTION. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 27. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? >> Clerk: MAYOR, THIS IS THE CITY CLERK. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IS PER STAFF'S REVISED RECOMMENDATION. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. 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: ALL RIGHT. WE NEXT TURN TO ITEM 26, WHICH IS IN COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO'S DISTRICT. WE DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. MIKE FIELD IN SUPPORT. MIKE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MIKE FIELD. I'VE OWNED AND OPERATED WITH MY FAMILY MR. HANEY'S BAR FOR PAST EIGHT YEARS LOCATED AT 5110 EAST MCDOWELL ROAD IN PHOENIX. DURING THIS TIME, WE HAVE HAD LITTLE CALL FOR SERVICE FROM THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE FRIENDLY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD OFF-TRACK BETTING HOSTED BY TURF PARADISE AND RECENTLY THE LICENSE WAS RENEWED BY THE STATE AND CITY FOR THE OFF-TRACK BETTING LOCATED AT MR. HANEY'S. THE REASON THAT I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING IS THAT MR. HANEY'S WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE OFF-TRACK BETTING COMPANY FROM TURF PARADISE TO ARIZONA DOWNS. MR. HANEY'S DEDICATES HALF OF OUR FLOOR SPACE TO THE PATRONS OF OFF-TRACK BETTING. TURF PARADISE HAS NEVER PAID A PENNY FOR RENT OR ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICITY USED BY THEM. RECENTLY, [ AWAY FROM MIC ] HAD ENDED WITH MR. HANEY'S BAR. AFTER TURF PARADISE'S LEASE HAD ENDED WITH MR. HANEY'S BAR. AFTER THAT, THEY SIGNED A LEASE WITH ARIZONA DOWNS. IN THIS LEASE, ARIZONA DOWNS COMPENSATES MR. HANEY'S BAR WITH A MONTHLY RENT AND BONUSES WHEN THE SALES ARE GOOD. MR. HANEY'S BAR NEEDS OFF-TRACK BETTING TO COMPLETE THE SPORTS THEME, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE SPEAKING TODAY. MR. HANEY'S BAR ASKS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ARIZONA DOWNS OFF-TRACK BETTING FOR MR. HANEY'S BAR LOCATION. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM 28 IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 6. I'LL TURN TO COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO FOR A MOTION. >> Councilman DiCiccio: THANK YOU MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 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 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 30, SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 30. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 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: NO. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 6-2. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 32, ALSO A SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM. VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 32. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. I APOLOGIZE, PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. YES. >> Clerk: I APOLOGIZE. STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: NO. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 7-1. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 49, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2021/22. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO COMMENT SO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM 50 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2021/22. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 50. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. >> Councilman Waring: [ AWAY FROM MIC ]. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 6-2. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WITH THIS VOTE WE HAVE COMPLETED THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS. THIS VOTE INCLUDES SLIGHTLY LOWERING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM LAST YEAR. WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 71, WHICH IS TOHONO NATION GAMING GRANT. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 71. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> Councilman DiCiccio: MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT PARTNER TO THE CITY OF PHOENIX. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT JUST SHOWS THAT THEY'VE NOT ONLY HELPS OUR COMMUNITY BUT IT HELPS OTHERS. THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH SO MANY OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THE CITY OF PHOENIX. AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND WE ENJOY BEING A PARTNER TO THE T.O. nATION BECAUSE THEY ARE A NATION. AND WE RESPECT THEM AND THE RESPECT IS COMING BACK TO US BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP OUR CITIES AND WITHIN OUR CITY AS WELL. AND THIS SHOWS HOW THINGS CAN ACTUALLY WORK, HOW GAMING CAN WORK WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THIS GRANT PACKAGE DOES INCLUDE SOME VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS, INCLUDING A PROJECT INVESTING IN THE MARY VILLE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS NONPROFITS RANGING FROM VALET ARIZONA TO THE T.O. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: YES. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> Clerk: PASTOR. I APOLOGIZE, PASTOR. COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. STARK. STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. WARING. >> Councilman Waring: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 7-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM 72, WHICH IS ADDING POSITIONS AND MAKING OTHER PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY LEVELS IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 72. >> I SECOND IT. >> Mayor Gallego: A STRONG SECOND FROM OUR FORMER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COUNCILWOMAN STARK. I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. WE ARE GROWING AT QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE PACE AT THE CONCLUSION OF FISCAL YEAR 2020/21. PLANNING WILL HAVE ISSUED APPROXIMATELY 47,000 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND WE'LL HAVE COMPLETED 275,000 INSPECTIONS. THAT PUTS US CLOSE TO THE GROWTH WE EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO THE GREAT RECESSION IN 2008. AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT INCLUDING WELCOMING OUR FRIEND TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER 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. PASTOR. STARK. OH, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: YES. >> 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 ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, ITEM 73. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 73. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MS. PRICE. >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. BECAUSE OF THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE TO THE VIBRANCY IT WILL HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. A BUILDING WE ONCE FEARED WOULD BE VACATE AND LEFT EMPTY, WE WILL BE CREATING A CAMPUS FEEL IN THE DOWNTOWN. IT WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NEW PEOPLE TO OUR SIDEWALKS AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS, RETAILERS, BARS AND COFFEE SHOPS, AND AT A TIME WHEN THEY NEED THE SUPPORT THE MOST. BUT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO OFFICE DOWNTOWN WILL HELP TO ATTRACT MORE NEW BUSINESSES INTO DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CURRENT OFFICE TENANTS TO RETURN THEIR BUSINESSES TO THE OFFICE PLACE. AND I MUST ALSO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR POLICE HEADQUARTERS RELOCATING INTO THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN. AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE CONVENE AND HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION LEADERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS UNIT. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS A TOP PRIORITY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WE ENGAGE WITH REGULARLY. BUT EVEN MORE SO AS DOWNTOWN REOPENS AND RECOVERS FROM COVID. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER OF OURS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OF OUR OFFICERS PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY AS NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: WE'LL NEXT GO TO MARISA FOLLOWED BY TARA. >> Clerk: MARISA, ARE YOU THERE? >> Mayor Gallego: ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO TARA FOLLOWED BY APRIL McCUE. >> HELLO. AFTER A YEAR OF PROTESTS AGAINST THE MOST VIOLENT COPS IN THE NATION, CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO SPEND 50 MILLION TO BUY THE COPS A NEW HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EXERCISED THEIR RIGHTS IN THE STREETS AND IN THE MEETINGS OVER THE PAST YEAR. THIS MONEY SHOULDN'T BE ADDED TO THE ONLY [ AWAY FROM MIC ] ASSISTANCE. PUT THIS MONEY IN HANDS OF THE PEOPLE, NOT [ AWAY FROM MIC ]. CITY COUNCIL GO ON VACATION NEXT WEEK. THEY TOLD US THEY WON'T GET AROUND TO DISTRIBUTING THE 10 MILLION IN GRANT AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE THEY'VE SET ASIDE. BUT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SPEND 50 MILLION ON A NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MOST VIOLENT COPS IN THE NATION. THIS IS WHERE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES LIE. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF EVICTIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THEIR VIOLENT LAP DOGS. THEY HAVE HELPED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND MORE WHO WILL BE UNHOUSED ONCE THE MORATORIUM HAS ENDED. CITY COUNCIL GETS TO GO HOME FOR THE SUMMER BREAK, MANY OF US WILL HAVE NO HOME. WE WILL LOAD OUR FEW POSSESSIONS AND BE EXPOSED TO EXTREME DESERT HEAT. SOME OF US WILL NOT SURVIVE. MANY OF US HAVE NOT. PRIORITIZE PEOPLE OVER PROPERTY. VOTE TO RELEASE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS BEFORE YOUR BREAK. NO NEW BUILDINGS FOR POLICE UNTIL THERE'S HOUSING FOR ALL. IN ADDITION, IN JULY THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS WILL COME TO AN END. THIS IS THE LAST EXTENSION THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOW FOR THOSE OF US IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE CITY HAS HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOCATE BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIAL FUNDS TOWARD THE NEW BUILDING AS PART OF THE RECENTLY NEW BUDGET. VOTE TO DISTRIBUTE THE 10 MILLION IN MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE BEFORE YOUR BREAK ABOUT THE WE JUST CANNOT WAIT. I YIELD MY TIME. >> Mayor Gallego: APRIL WILL BE NEXT FOLLOWED BY HELEN. >> Clerk: APRIL, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Clerk: YES, APRIL. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS APRIL McCUE ZIP CODE 85022. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A SURPLUS OF PROPERTY BUT HAS UNHOUSED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND MORE WILL BE UNHOUSED ONCE THE MORATORIUM HAS ENDED. CITY COUNCIL GETS TO GO HOME FOR THEIR SUMMER BREAK. MANY OF US WILL HAVE NO HOME. WE WILL LOSE OUR FUTURE -- OUR FEW POSSESSIONS AND BE EXPOSED TO THE EXTREME DESERT HEAT. SOME OF US WILL NOT SURVIVE. PRIORITY -- PRIORITIZE PEOPLE OVER PROPERTY. VOTE TO RELEASE THESE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS BEFORE YOUR BREAK. NO NEW BUILDING FOR POLICE UNTIL THERE'S HOUSING FOR ALL. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. HELEN FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH VEN ABLE. >> HI, COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: YES, WE CAN. >> HI, COUNCIL. I OPPOSE THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY TO AWARD THE ALREADY OVERBLOATED POLICE BUDGET. WE ARE STILL AWARDING ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY POLICE FORCES IN THE NATION WITH A $46.5 MILLION BUILDING UPGRADE. IT SHOULD REALLY BE UNTHINKABLE THAT CITY COUNCIL REALLY HAS THIS ON THEIR PLATE WHEN JUST A FEW DAYS AGO WE LOST AN UNSHELTERED NEIGHBOR IN THE STREET. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THE POTENTIAL [ AWAY FROM MIC ] WAS VOTED DOWN JUST LAST FEBRUARY WHERE THIS WAS PASSED. COMMUNITY WILL ONLY BE SEEING $10 MILLION FOR RENT AND UTILITY RELIEF AS WE STRUGGLE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO REWARD A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS SARGES TO BE ENGAGED IN EGREGIOUS MISCONDUCT BY JUDGES. THE DEPARTMENT WHO IS CURRENTLY UNDER MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS CANNOT BE REWARDED WITH A NEW BUILDING FOR HEADQUARTERS. COUNCIL, I HOPE YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOURSELVES TO VOTE NO. I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. >> Mayor Gallego: ELIZABETH IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY HANNA HEYMAN. >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: YES, WE CAN. >> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT SEEMS AS IF THE CITY OF PHOENIX ALWAYS INVESTS IN POLICE MORE THAN COMMUNITY IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND NOW IT'S CREATING A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS FOR ONE OF THE DEADLIEST POLICE FORCES IN THE NATION. WE ARE REACHING A PEAK WHERE THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS WILL END. WE NEED TO UTILIZE THESE FUND FOR REAL HUMAN NEEDS. AND WE DON'T HAVE EXCESS PROPERTY TO DONATE TO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE DEADLIEST POLICE FORCES IN THE NATION. WE NEED TRUE REFORM AND NOT MORE HONOR TO THE PROFESSION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: HANNA WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. >> NOTED. [ AWAY FROM MIC ] TURN OFF THEIR CAMERAS ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. FOR SHOWING YOUR TRUE PURPOSE HERE, WHICH IS NOT TO LISTEN TO US, BUT ONLY TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE BUSINESSES THAT PROFIT OFF US. AND TO ENABLE THE MOST VIOLENT POLICE IN THE NATION TO CONTINUE THEIR VICIOUS CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING YOU LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BY APPROVING THIS BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT EVEN BEGAN. AND WITH THE CITY BUDGET IN THE BILLIONS, AND ALMOST $1 BILLION POLICE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, IN A YEAR WHEN THE CITY'S HAD A $200 MILLION GIFT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE THEY ONLY ALLOCATED 10 MILLION FOR RENT RELIEF. SO YOU MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT THIS, YOU ARE REALLY SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO COMB THROUGH THE CITY FOR DEALS FOR THE COPS AND 911 BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO TAKE THEIR JULY VACATION THAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE THE $10 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR RENT AND UTILITY RELIEF. FOR SAVING THE COST OF 911, THE BAREST FRACTION OF THEIR BUDGET IS MORE IMPORTANT. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FACING EVICTION WHEN THE MORATORIUM ENDS. I HAVE NO DOUBT THE CITY CARES MORE ABOUT SUPPOSEDLY SAVING MONEY THAN THE LIVES WE'VE LOST TO POLICE MURDERERS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE ON COUNCIL DISPLAYED THEIR VIOLENT ANTI-BLACKNESS PUBLICLY AT THESE MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE TIME, NO MATTER WHAT WE SAY HERE, CITY COUNCIL WILL ALWAYS BE ANTI-BLACK. ANTI-BLACKNESS IS MANDATED BY THE CITY CHARTER. VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IS A GIVEN IN A CITY BUILT ON GENOCIDE. OUR LIBERATION IS IN OUR OWN HANDS. NO ONE HERE ON COUNCIL WILL HELP US. IT'S ON US TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, TO CREATE SYSTEMS OF MUTUAL AID SO WE CAN PROVIDE NECESSITIES FOR EACH OTHER WITHOUT RELYING ON COUNCIL TO GIVE US BACK THE MONEY STOLEN FROM US. THE COST IT TAKES TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO KIDNAP US AND MURDER OUR BLACK NEIGHBORS. [ BELL RINGING ]. >> Mayor Gallego: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Councilman DiCiccio: MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> Councilman DiCiccio: I COULD HAVE DONE THAT WITH THE EXPLANATION, BUT I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS. AND I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE SUPPORTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ON THIS TOO. WHENEVER YOU PURCHASE AN ASSET AND I THINK CITY STAFF'S GETTING A GREAT DEAL ON THIS PROPERTY AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND ONE OF THE PLANS SET FORTH WAS TO SELL OFF OTHER PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THIS PROPERTY RATHER THAN TO GO INTO DEBT. AND JUST ADDING MORE DEBT IS ONLY GOING TO CREATE A PROBLEM JUST LIKE THE PENSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM IN THE PAST. IS THAT THESE DEBTS WILL THEN TAKEAWAY MONIES THAT WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC. SO YOU'VE GOT TO DO -- EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYTHING, I GET IT. BUT SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE DECISIONS AND THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE TO SELL OFF THE ASSETS. SO IF WE HAD A CLEAR DELINEATION WHICH ASSETS WE WERE GOING TO SELL AND THE DIRECTIONS WE WOULD BE GOING IN TO BE ABLE TO SELL OFF THOSE ASSETS, I'D BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. BUT THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED RIGHT NOW, UNTIL THERE'S SOME FIRM PLAN IN PLACE, THEN I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. BUT ONCE THERE IS, I'D BE HAPPY TO COME ON BOARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DiCICCIO. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: THIS QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. MY QUESTION -- MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT WAS YOUR -- WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OR THE INTENT IN PURCHASING THIS BUILDING? BECAUSE WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE INTENT IS THAT WE ARE CONSOLIDATING SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THIS BUILDING. >> City Manager Zuercher: MAYOR, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, THAT IS CORRECT. THE WELLS FARGO TOWER SITS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO CITY HALL AND PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSOLIDATE DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS FURTHER. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE OUR TRANSIT OPERATIONS, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SITE, PERHAPS WE ARE EXPERIENCING GROWTH IN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AREA. YOU JUST APPROVED SOME POSITIONS TODAY. WE HAVE SOME NEED FOR THAT. AS WELL AS IT DOES ALLOW US TO AVOID A SUBSTANTIAL MULTIHUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO REPLACE OUR OBSOLETE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. BUT IT IS FURTHER THAN THAT. AND IN THE MOST IMMEDIATE TERM IT ALSO PROVIDES A SPACE TO UPGRADE OUR 911 CALL CENTER FROM TWO SPACES, INCLUDING ONE IN THE BASEMENT OF 620 WEST WASHINGTON, INTO A NEW AND MODERN SPACE AT 100 WEST WASHINGTON. >> Councilwoman Pastor: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: VICE MAYOR FOLLOWED BY COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, ED, BUT KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP. WHAT STATUS IS THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WAS THE PLAN IF THIS OPPORTUNITY DIDN'T COME ABOUT? AND FIRST OF ALL, IS THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN THIS BUILDING A FOR SURE THING? OR IS THAT STILL AN OPTION? FIRST QUESTION, SORRY. >> City Manager Zuercher: THE FIRST -- WELL, THERE'S TWO THINGS THERE. SO THREE YEARS AGO -- THREE AND ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO THE CITY WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE OF WHAT WERE THE NEEDS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AREAS? ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS IN ADDITION TO SOME FIRE STATIONS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WAS THAT OUR CURRENT PHOENIX POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS 50 YEARS OLD AND IT IS EXTREMELY UNDERSIZED AND HAS ALMOST 29,000 SQUARE FEET THAT IS UNUSABLE BECAUSE OF WATER PENETRATION AND OTHER THINGS. SO AT THAT TIME, STAFF DID ESTIMATES FOR THE COUNCIL THAT TO REPLACE THAT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING WITH A MODERN FACILITY THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE COULD BE AS MUCH AS 300 TO $350 MILLION. CLEARLY THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS -- THAT TAKES UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF CAPACITY FOR THE CITY. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PURSUE. EVEN TO JUST REHABILITATE THAT EXISTING BUILDING TO ITS OPTIMUM CONDITION, WE ESTIMATE IT WOULD BE ABOUT $50 MILLION. AND THAT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 1970 WHEN THE BUILDING WAS OPENED. SO THIS OPPORTUNITY OF THE WELLS FARGO BUILDING IS NOW, AS YOU SEE ON THE AGENDA, $46.5 MILLION, WHICH IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUY THAT BUILDING THAN IT IS TO BRING THE EXISTING POLICE BUILDING UP TO A GOOD STANDARD. AND IT PROVIDES ROOM FOR THINGS SUCH AS A CONSOLIDATED MODERN 911 CENTER. IT ALLOWS US TO CONSOLIDATE OUR DOWNTOWN FACILITIES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AS I MENTIONED. WE HAVE A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSIT OPERATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED OFF-SITE. WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LOCATED OFF-SITE. AND THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSOLIDATE ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES INTO ONE BUILDING DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO CITY HALL. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILWOMAN -- I'M SORRY. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS, MAYOR. I SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE CALLERS, BUT I ALSO SEE HOW THIS -- THIS PROPERTY AND ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY ALLOWS US, AS A CITY, TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE IS COMPARABLE TO THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF OUR CITY. I GUESS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BEFORE IT WOULD BECOME A POLICE HEADQUARTERS, BEFORE IT WOULD BECOME ANYTHING ELSE, YOU'D STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND COME SPEAK TO US AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE, INCLUDING AN OPTION OF IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR US WE WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO RESELL AND MAYBE CREATE REVENUE OR MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHATEVER IT COULD BE, WOULD BE A DETERMINATION WE COULD STILL MAKE AS A COUNCIL. IS THAT CORRECT? >> City Manager Zuercher: MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, YES, THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY ONCE WE OWN THE BUILDING TO DO WHATEVER IT DIRECTS WITH THE BUILDING. INCLUDING THE OPTIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED YES. THAT IS THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: THANK YOU MAYOR. I ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS AS THE VICE MAYOR, BUT VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR ED'S EXPLANATION AS TO THE CONDITIONS THAT THE 911 OPERATORS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN. I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE TWO MONTHS OR SO THAT I'VE STARTED TO SEE IT MYSELF. BUT I'VE HEARD AND AS THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ANYONE TO BE WORKING IN. AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE THIS SOLUTION IS FIRSTLY THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OPTION THAT WE HAD GIVEN THE COMPARISON AND PRICING THAT WE HEARD IF PEOPLE WERE TO REHABILITATE THE CURRENT POLICE HEADQUARTERS OR PURCHASE ANOTHER BUILDING ALTOGETHER. IT IS THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THE FASTEST WAY WE CAN GET THESE MEN AND WOMEN INTO BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS. THAT'S GREAT. I DID JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE -- SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE PUBLIC AROUND THE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. JUST EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS OF COURSE A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ONE THAT ANY OF US ARE SLEEPING ON. MYSELF AND I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DONE THIS AS WELL, HAVE SAT DOWN WITH CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY AND HAD PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND REALLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THIS MONEY OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS. WHILE WE TECHNICALLY DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL COUNCIL MEETINGS IN JULY, I CAN ASSURE YOU AT LEAST FROM MY SIDE WE ARE WORKING ON THIS. AND WE'LL BE MAKING SURE AND FOLLOWING UP BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WITH THE EVICTION MORATORIUM COMING UP IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO GET AID INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE. SO JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> City Manager Zuercher: THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI, IF I COULD JUST AMPLIFY A LITTLE BIT OF THE COUNCILWOMAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS. THE PRICE FOR PURCHASING THE FACILITY AT IS ROUGHLY $90 A SQUARE FOOT. IN TALKING TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, OUR CONVENTION CENTER DIRECTOR, AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO REAL ESTATE AS WELL, THE CURRENT PRICE TO BUILD NEW SPACE COMPARABLE WOULD BE WELL OVER $300 A FOOT. SO WE ARE GETTING THIS FOR LESS THAN 30 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO US TO BUILD NEW. SO I APPRECIATE. >> Councilwoman Ansari: COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI AS WE SEEK TO BRING UP THE RIGHT SPACE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WE'RE DOING IT IN THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR REALLY DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND REALLY LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING AND GIVING US AN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FISCALLY WHAT A GREAT -- NOT A GREAT, BUT WHAT A GREAT PRICE WE GOT SO THAT WE CAN DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO CONSOLIDATE OUR DEPARTMENTS. THE BUILDING THAT WE OWN WHERE THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IS -- HAS A LOT OF NEEDS. AND IT WOULD COST MORE FOR US TO RENOVATE IT AND BE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE NEED TO GET IT, IN PARTICULAR WITH INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE 911 CALL CENTER. AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN -- THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE FISCAL -- FISCALLY LOOKING AT IT IN THE SENSE OF HOW SOLID WE CAN DO THIS AND IF WE DO THIS HOW WE DO THIS. AND SO I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF FOR REALLY ANSWERING SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS WITH THE COUNCIL. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY MOVE OUR 911 OPERATORS INTO A SOUND BUILDING ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. AND OUR -- CONSOLIDATE OUR TRANSPORTATION AREA. AND EVEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED INTO THIS -- INTO THIS BUILDING. SO IT'S A SOUND PURCHASE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLARITY OF WHAT IT WOULD COST. AND I KNOW THAT -- I JUST WANT TO REPEAT SOME OF THE NUMBERS ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO RENOVATE ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS AND WHAT THE PURCHASE OF THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO DO FOR US AND ALLEVIATE SOME DOLLARS. SO EITHER THE BUDGET OR, ED, YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> City Manager Zuercher: YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, JUST TO YOUR POINT, OUR ESTIMATES OF WHEN WE DID ESTIMATES OF REHABILITATING THE 620 WEST WASHINGTON BUILDING, THE CURRENT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, WAS AT LEAST $50 MILLION. NOW -- SO THAT'S MORE TO REHABILITATE THAT FACILITY THAN IT IS TO PURCHASE THE WELLS FARGO 100 WEST WASHINGTON TOWER. BUT I WOULD ADD IN ADDITION IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANYMORE SPACE AT 620 WEST WASHINGTON THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE. SO, AGAIN, YOU'RE BUYING A FACILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 25 TO 30 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR AND GIVING YOURSELF OPTIONS, AS YOU SAY, COUNCILMAN, TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS. AND PARTICULARLY WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR 911 CALL CENTER. >> Councilwoman Pastor: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: MAYOR, CAN I EXPLAIN MY VOTE? >> Mayor Gallego: PLEASE DO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: SO I'M GOING TO BE -- I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. I KNOW THAT WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES THAT I TOURED, THIS IS ALL PRE PANDEMIC, WAS THE 911 OPERATORS' FACILITIES. WE HAD MANY, MANY, I WANT TO REPEAT WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID BUT DID I WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE DO NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME FOR THEM. IT'S EXCITING THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS AND BRINGING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE IN. AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO US ABOUT. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS. WE WILL BE ABLE PLACE OUR 911 OPERATORS HERE. I UNDERSTAND AND I'M LISTENING TO EVERYONE THAT'S CALLED IN AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THESE ISSUES AND TRYING TO GET THE MONEY OUT PROMPTLY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED OF THAT MONEY. BUT TODAY I AM GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM AND I'LL BE VOTING 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 7-2. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 74, ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS FOR ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 74. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> 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 7-2. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 78, AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS FOR SPRUNG STRUCTURE PROJECT. VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 78. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS. COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. WE KNOW THAT HEAT-RELATED DEATHS ARE ON THE RISE AND EXTREME HEAT IS A SILENT KILLER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NINE DEATHS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED, BUT 75 ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND THESE DEATHS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL MITIGATION EFFORTS LIKE THE SPRUNG STRUCTURE ARE PRIORITIZED AND QUICKLY INSTALLED. I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THERE IS AN ALLOCATION WITHIN OUR ARPA FUNDS DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING HEAT RELIEF AND HOMELESSNESS. AND I'M CONTINUING TO -- COMMITTING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE IMMEDIATE HEAT RELIEF. SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS IS GOING THROUGH. I DO JUST WANT TO CONTINUE EMPHASIZING THAT THERE ARE MORE ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE RIGHT NOW FOR IMMEDIATE HEAT RELIEF, WHETHER THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COLD WATER, ADDING SHADE, YESTERDAY HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT POTENTIALLY UTILIZING SOME BUSES THAT COULD GO AROUND AND PROVIDE COOLING AND ALSO PROVIDE WATER TO WITH THE UNSHELTERED COMMUNITIES. AND MY OFFICE IS ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING ON SETTING UP A MEETING WITH THE COUNTY SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE MORE SOLUTIONS FOR THE AREA. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CITY STAFF FOR DOING THIS. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD PUSH FOR, I KNOW IN OUR PACKET IT TALKS ABOUT THIS BEING INSTALLED BY SEPTEMBER 30th OF THIS YEAR. JUST GIVEN THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO EXPEDITE THAT AND HAVE THIS INSTALLED ANY EARLIER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BUT THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. >> MAYOR GALLEGO: VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THE SPRUNG STRUCTURE IS A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK WE'RE -- I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI WAS SAYING. IT JUST ISN'T ENOUGH TO PREVENT SOME OF THE DEATHS THAT WE KNOW ARE STILL GOING TO COME THIS SUMMER. WE KNOW THAT AUGUST 1st EVICTION MORATORIUM WILL BE COMING OFF AND SO WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT MORE FOLKS TO BE UNSHELTERED HERE REALLY SOON AND IN THE MONTH OF THE AUGUST. FROM THE NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN, THERE'S BEEN A 40% INCREASE IN DEATH OF THOSE LIVING UNHOUSED SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THOSE ARE PREVENTABLE DEATHS. THEY WEREN'T JUST THE CONSEQUENCE OF EXTREME WEATHER, ALTHOUGH THAT'S A REALITY, BUT IT'S A RESULT OF US FAILING TO ACT QUICKER AND SET BETTER POLICY ON OUR PART. I BELIEVE IT'S OUR DUTY AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE EVERY RESIDENT IS HOUSED AND CAN BE SHELTERED FROM THE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. RECENTLY TOOK A TOUR TO LOS ANGELES AND LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES. IT'S ABOUT US MAKING A DECISION TO INVEST AND MAKING SURE MORE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED. THE SUMMERS HERE ARE ONLY GOING TO GET HOTTER. OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE IS AN ISSUE WE ARE TACKLING. BUT, AGAIN, I FEEL WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE EVEN MORE. I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD ON THIS INVESTMENT LIKE COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI SAID. THIS INVESTMENT GOES -- IS ON THE RIGHT PATH, BUT COMING IN SEPTEMBER IS FRUSTRATING KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THIS STRUCTURE ISN'T UP YET. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO INVEST IN MORE PERMANENT REGIONAL HEAT RELIEF INFRASTRUCTURE. I KNOW THE HEAT OFFICE THAT'S COMING UP IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL AND THEY'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THAT. IT'S MAKING SURE THE OFFICE HAS THE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT AND TAKE CARE OF FOLKS WITHOUT SHELTER AND THE PEOPLE IN PHOENIX. LAST THING I WOULD SAY IN AN IMMEDIATE PATH, I KNOW SOME CITIES AROUND US ARE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, OTHER FOLKS TO DO IMMEDIATE HEAT RELIEF. OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WE HAD THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO USE THE CONVENTION CENTER. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR. AND SO I WOULD ASK STAFF, IF POSSIBLE, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO OR UNTIL THIS STRUCTURE IS UP THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PLAN WE HAVE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITHOUT SHELTER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THOSE SUFFERING IN THE HEAT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS STRUCTURE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP AND A GOOD INVESTMENT. BUT WE STILL NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOSING THEIR LIVES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED. THANK YOU. >> City Manager Zuercher: MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, IF I MIGHT AND COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE INTERIM WHILE WE ARE GETTING YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE THIS STRUCTURE, THAT WE HAVE FUNDED AND IS IN PLACE A SHADED TENT STRUCTURE ON THE HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS. IT ALSO HAS COOLING. SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE UNTIL THE SPRUNG STRUCTURE CAN BE CONSTRUCTED. AND TO COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI'S QUESTION, HOPEFULLY WITHOUT RUNNING INTO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR ANYTHING, WE ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING THAT STRUNG STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE GOAL OF SEPTEMBER 30th. >> Mayor Gallego: COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: ED, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. BUT AS YOU KNOW HOW IN MANY WAYS I OPERATE, THE NEED IS NOW AND TODAY. BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE WILL HAVE MORE. AND MY QUESTION OR COMMENT IS I WOULD ASK THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A STIPULATION ON THE MOTION. AND THAT THIS SPRUNG STRUCTURE BE UP ASAP, WHICH MEANS BEFORE SEPTEMBER AND DO WHATEVER'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THE STIPULATION IS TO HAVE A -- AN IMMEDIATE HEAT RELIEF PLAN FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. AND IT BE THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL BY NEXT WEEK. WHICH I WILL GIVE A DATE. JULY 9th. SO I'M ASKING THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IF I CAN ADD THAT STIPULATION. WHO WAS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION? >> Mayor Gallego: THE VICE MAYOR. >> Councilwoman Pastor: VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: CAN YOU REPEAT IT, PLEASE? >> Councilwoman Pastor: I AM ASKING FOR STAFF TO PROVIDE US WITH AN IMMEDIATE HEAT PLAN FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. IN THE STIPULATION FOR THE -- HANG ON. FOR THE STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT SOONER THAN LATER BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30th. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S ALREADY A HEAT PLAN AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TIME, TODAY'S OUR LAST MEETING. BUT TO ME, IT WOULD BE -- I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ADDING THIS TO THIS. BUT IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE STEPPING UP THE HEAT PLAN THAT ALREADY EXISTS. OR INCREASING WHAT'S ALREADY THERE RATHER THAN JUST SEEING THE PLAN AGAIN. I KNOW THE PLAN ALREADY EXIST. IS THAT TRUE, ED? >> City Manager Zuercher: MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR, THAT'S TRUE, VICE MAYOR. THERE IS A HEAT PLAN. IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. IT IS UNDER WAY. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY AND MANY OTHER PARTNERS ON A HEAT RELIEF PLAN WITH COOLING CENTERS. WE CAN CIRCULATE AGAIN THAT HEAT PLAN. WE CAN ALSO, AS YOU SUGGEST, ADD OTHER IDEAS THAT HAVE COME TO US HERE ALONG THE WAY IN THE SUMMER AND ONE OF THOSE WOULD INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI MENTIONED, WHICH WAS THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY USE CITY BUSES ON EXTREME HEAT DAYS AS MOBILE COOLING CENTERS. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THAT AGAIN. SO WE CAN ADD THOSE. I WOULD JUST SAY WE CAN'T PUT THE SPRUNG STRUCTURE UP ANY FASTER THAN WE CAN GET IT IN AND PUT TOGETHER. AND IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. SO I DON'T WANT TO PROMISE SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T DELIVER AND I AM NOT SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER SOMETHING SOONER THAN SEPTEMBER 30th. NOT BECAUSE THE WILL ISN'T THERE, BUT BECAUSE IT JUST PHYSICALLY MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE IT. BUT UNDERSTANDING THE COUNCILWOMAN'S DIRECTION IS TO CUT THROUGH ALL THE RED TAPE POSSIBLE AND BREAK THROUGH ANY BARRIERS POSSIBLE TO GET THAT STRUCTURE UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL COMMIT TO THAT. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: AND SO, YEAH, SO UNDERSTANDING THERE'S ALREADY A PLAN, I THINK TO ME, RATHER THAN SEEING IT AGAIN OR BEING CIRCULATED, WOULD IT BE EASIER, ED, IF WE JUST SAY, YES, DO THE BUSES, YES, WORK WITH CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS OR WHOEVER YOU CAN TO PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST OR WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I KNOW IT'S HARD AND WE'RE MAKING IT AS WE GO ALONG HERE. BUT I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE SOME TANGIBLE THINGS AND SAY YES, DAYS OVER 100 WHATEVER DEGREES, FIVE OR TEN, WE'RE GOING TO USE BUSES AND WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH FOLKS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF. I'D RATHER DO THAT AND HAVE THAT AUTHORITY GIVEN NOW THAN HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PLAN. I DON'T KNOW -- >> City Manager Zuercher: YEAH. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. >> City Manager Zuercher: THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN US SOME RELIEF WITH THE ARPA MONEY. IT SOUNDS MANY THEY THAT SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COUNCIL IF NOT THE MAJORITY IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT STEPPING UP OUR HEAT RESPONSE EFFORTS. SO WE CAN DRAW ON ARPA FUNDS TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TO ENHANCE OUR HEAT RELIEF PLAN THROUGH, AS COUNCILWOMAN PASTOR REQUESTED, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. >> Councilwoman Pastor: THAT'S EXACTLY -- YOU ARTICULATED WHAT I WOULD LIKE, VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: I DIDN'T NECESSARY -- I DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT A PLAN, I WANTED ACTION. SO THANK YOU. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: SO DOES THAT MEAN YOU WOULD LIKE THAT IN AMENDMENT THAT ADDS SOME MONEY OR DIRECTIVE THAT WE DO THAT? OR DO I GO BACK AND ADD IT IN MY MOTION? >> City Manager Zuercher: I THINK, VICE MAYOR, IF YOUR MOTION INCLUDE AUTHORITY FOR US TO TAP INTO THE CONTINGENCY OF THE FIRST ROUND OF ARPA FUNDS, AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT THAT IS, THAT WILL GIVE US SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY TO WORK OVER THE SUMMER ON THIS EFFORT. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: SO MOTION TO APPROVE I GUESS ITEM 78 ADDING THAT STAFF CAN USE THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FROM THE ARPA TO ADDRESS HEAT RELIEF IMMEDIATELY. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU BOTH. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I ECHO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS' DESIRES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING AS MANY SERVICES TO FOLKS DURING OUR HEAT WAVE OR HAD WE HAVE HIGHER HEAT DAYS WE HAVE A HEAT WAVE ALL SUMMER LONG. I HAVE I GUESS A QUESTION REGARDING PROCEDURES AND ARE WE ABLE TO LEGALLY MAKE THAT ADDITION OF EXPENDITURES AS PART OF THIS MOTION? >> Mayor Gallego: SO IS THAT A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT OPEN MEETING LAW? >> Councilwoman O'Brien: YES. >> City Manager Zuercher: FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY THAT ALREADY EXISTS WITH THE BUDGET THAT TOOK EFFECT TODAY, COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN, FOR TO US EXPEND THOSE FUNDS. WE -- WE DO HAVE -- STAFF HAS LET ME KNOW WE HAVE ABOUT $450,000 REMAINING IN CURRENT NON ARPA FUNDING FOR OUR HEAT RELIEF FUNDING WHICH WE WOULD USE FIRST. IF THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO GO TO AFTER THAT, WE COULD GO TO THE ARPA FUNDS THROUGH THE CONTINGENCY WHICH HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. I'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD. >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE ITEM IS GENERALLY ABOUT HEAT RELIEF AND PROVIDING A STRUCTURE DO THAT. SO FOR COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO DO THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAW. WE COULDN'T IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONTRACT OR OTHER PROVISIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT. BUT THIS WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE FOR THIS ITEM. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I APPRECIATE IT. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL WITH OUR ACTION EARLIER TODAY WE'D BE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR BUDGET WHICH INCLUDED A FIRST OF THE NATION OFFICE OF HEAT RESPONSE AND MITIGATION AND WILL HELP US AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO THE HEAT, INCLUDING HELPING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ROLL CALL ON THE VICE MAYOR'S MOTION. >> 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: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 79, WHICH IS THE ARTS AND CULTURE RECOVERY PROGRAM. VICE MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 79. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS IS AN EXCITING ITEM TO ME THAT COMPLIMENTS TWO ITEMS ON WHICH WE TOOK ACTION IN THE OMNIBUS. WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING AS WELL AS OUR RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEM PROGRAM. SO WE'RE CONTINUING SOME OF THE GREAT SUCCESSES OF OUR C.A.R.E.S. ACT DOLLARS AND REALLY INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS ONE IS $5 MILLION TO HELP OUR ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS. PHOENIX IS AN ARTS AND CULTURE TOWN, AND OUR ARTS AND CULTURE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMY AS WELL AS CREATING THE WONDERFUL CITY IN WHICH WE LIVE. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> Clerk: GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: YES. >> Clerk: O'BRIEN. 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 7-2. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 81, WHICH IS CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CO HATS TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 81. >> SECOND. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT? AGAIN, ANOTHER GOOD -- GOOD NEWS ITEM AS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES RECOVER FROM THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE FACED. ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> 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 7-2. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 84, CBDG C.A.R.E.S. ACT EXPANSION. I'LL TURN TO COUNCILWOMAN GUARDADO FOR A MOTION. >> Councilwoman Guardado: I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE ITEM 84 AND PUT A REQUIREMENT THAT THE AGENCIES DEVELOPED BY ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT LEAVES 50% COMMUNITY MEMBER REPRESENTATION THAT MUST BE PREAPPROVED BY CITY STAFF AND COMMITTEES SHOULD MEET REGULARLY BEGINNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE GRANT LEASE. SINCE THE PROPOSED FACILITY BY CASS IS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING TO HAVE A YOUTH PERMIT GRANTED FOR THE PROPOSED YOUTH, I WOULD DIRECT THAT PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING CASS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, STAFF HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS AND SOME TYPE OF APPROVAL SHALL BE REQUIRED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE DO HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, SO I'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ELIZABETH DA COSTA FOLD BY CRAIG TRIPTON. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M ELIZABETH, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING WITH COMMUNITY BRIDGES. COMMUNITY BRIDGES SPECIALIZE SHELTERS BRING SAFE STABLE SHELTER SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE. WE HAVE STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS PROVIDING TECHNICIANS WHO ARE TRAINED BY LICENSED CLINICAL STAFF TO ENSURE THE SHELTER SERVICES PROVIDE WHOLE HEALTH SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN THEM. THIS INCLUDES ACCESS TO PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY HELPING PEOPLE SERVE MOVE FROM HOUSELESSNESS INTO HOUSING. AND WE SERVED 168 INDIVIDUALS, 145 OF THEM HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. 74% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND THEIR LENGTH OF STAY IN THESE SPECIALIZED SHELTERS WAS ONLY 38 DAYS. IN ADDITION TO OUR SHELTER SERVICES, WE PROVIDE EXTENSIVE OUTREACH. WE FOUND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO EXPAND SPECIALIZED BRIDGE SHELTER SERVICES TO THE NORTHWEST PHOENIX AREA. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS IN THIS AREA, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A DEEP SENSE OF COMMUNITY, WHO ALSO OFTEN GO TO SCHOOL OR HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN THE AREA. THEY FIND IT CHALLENGING TO ACCESS SHELTER SERVICES DUE TO THE DISTANCE FROM WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT. CBI SEEKS TO ADD SHELTER CAPACITY TO THIS AREA TO FOCUS ON SERVING INDIVIDUALS IN AND AROUND THE NORTHWEST PHOENIX AREA WHO ARE CURRENTLY SLEEPING ON THE STREETS. WE WANT TO HELP FACILITATE THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT INDOORS, CONNECT THEM TO THE TRAINED STAFF AND HELP THEM MOVE FROM THE STREETS INTO HOUSING. THIS WILL BE A LONG-TERM SERVICE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE SHELTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. CRAIG WILL BE NEXT FOLLOWED BY NICK WOOD. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ON. >> Mayor Gallego: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH ON THIS AND REALLY WOULD HELP US TO THINK THROUGH THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN SUGGESTED IS GOING TO BE VITAL IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH ANY SHELTER OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AT THIS POINT. WE LIKE TO THINK THIS IS SORT OF A BENIGN MODEL WHICH WILL BE A CLOSED CAMPUS AND BASED ON THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AT PROJECT CAMDEN, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE GOING WANT TO HAVE ONGOING NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO REPLICATE ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. NICK WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, NICK WOOD, ARIZONA CENTER OF PHOENIX. I'VE BEEN OUTSIDE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] COUNCIL FOR LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS. THIS, OF COURSE, CREATES -- THIS MONEY COULD BE USED TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR OUR UNSHELTERED PHOENIX RESIDENTS WHO OF COURSE ARE GROWING AT AN ALARMING RATE. IT ALLOWS FOR HOUSING TO A PATH WAY OF PERMANENT HOUSING. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO FOR A LONG TIME. WE SPOKE YESTERDAY ABOUT COUNCILWOMAN GUARDADO'S RECOMMENDATION AND REQUEST REGARDING A COMMITTEE AND PARTICIPATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO WITH THAT, WE REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: THANK YOU. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS MONEY. I WILL TELL YOU FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 5, AND DISTRICT 3 HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH NONPROFIT IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO FIND LOCATIONS TO SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES HAS BEEN MONEY, FUNDING. AND SO NOW WE HAVE A SOURCE FOR THAT. I ALSO AGREE THAT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALSO HAVE INVOLVEMENT IN SOME OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS REVIEW. THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST A QUESTION. AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE REVIEW OF A USE PERMIT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. CAN WE MAKE THAT A PART OF THE MOTION? I LIKE THE IDEA, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE LEGALLY WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> City Manager Zuercher: MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN STARK, ALAN STEPHENSON IS HERE AND HE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> Councilwoman Stark: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN STARK, WHAT THE MOTION IS DOING IS PROVIDING DIRECTION TO STAFF AND ALSO TO THE HEARING OFFICER THAT WE WILL REQUEST THAT STIPULATION. YOU ARE CORRECT THAT A USE PERMIT GOES THROUGH A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING PROCESS WHICH IS ZONING HEARING OFFICER. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND ULTIMATELY TO COURT. HOWEVER, WHEN I DID DISCUSS THIS WITH COUNCILWOMAN GUARDADO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE NOW TO EXPRESS THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL VIA THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IS INCLUDED FROM ANY ADDITIONAL REVIEWS THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. >> Councilwoman Stark: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON POINT WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT IS GREAT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN STARK. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN GUARDADO. >> Councilwoman Guardado: THANK YOU MAYOR. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I SERVE ON THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] BOARD AND HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR MORE REGIONAL SERVICES WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE TAKEN SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST [ AWAY FROM MIC ] TOURS THAT I HAVE NOW LOST TRACK. THEY SAY IF I'M LOOKING FOR A PART TIME JOB, SHE CAN GIVE ME ONE AND I CAN DO THE TOURS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CURIOUS WHAT PROJECT HAVEN IS. JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WENT WITH VICE MAYOR GARCIA AND CITY MANAGEMENT OUT TO LOS ANGELES TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS. I THINK WE CAN TAKE AWAY A LOT FROM THE LESSONS LEARNED AS WE CONTINUE TO CRAFT SOLUTIONS THAT ARE UNIQUELY FIT FOR THE PHOENIX AND THE LARGER REGION. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH HOUSING STAFF THAT HAVE CITY PERSPECTIVES, PEOPLE LIKE TOM AND CINDY KNOW OUR STRUGGLES AND SEEM TO BE READY TO FIND REAL LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. I HOPE WITH TODAY'S FUNDING WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE READY TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. AND WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE -- TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES' LEADERSHIP. 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: THANK YOU. 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 87, THE 2021/22 COMMUNITY ARTS GRANT. VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 87. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ONE. IT INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONS FROM THE SYMPHONY TO THE ZOO ALL THE WAY TO SOME OF OUR SMALLER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS FROM CHICO TO OLEN HOUSE. THIS IS JUST A GOOD NEWS ITEM EVERY YEAR. ADDITIONAL 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 88 AND 89 ARE BOTH RELATED TO THE CITY'S GOLF PROGRAM SO UNLESS ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE CONCERNS, WE WILL TAKE THEM TOGETHER. VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON 88 AND 89? >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE 88 AND 89. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: DiCICCIO. >> Councilman DiCiccio: NO. >> 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 7-2. >> Mayor Gallego: ITEM 122 IS A FINAL PLAT AT BASELINE AND 67th AVENUE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 7. WE DO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MARK RODRIGUEZ TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BEFORE I TURN TO COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MARK. >> HELLO, MAYOR KATE GALLEGO, MEMBERS OF THE PHXTV PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS MORNING? >> GREAT, MARK. >> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU MAYOR, BECAUSE I SEE YOU YESTERDAY. EVEN THOUGH I LIVE ON 57th AVENUE AND BASELINE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NEXT TO 75th AVENUE AND BASELINE BECAUSE MY MOM WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A STORAGE. IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THE STORAGE AND THE WALGREEN'S WAS GOING TO BE THERE WITH ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE MY MOM JUST HEARD ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S THINKING ABOUT THIS AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND ALL THAT OTHER TYPE OF THINGS THAT SHE SHOWS ME ON THE BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT ON BASELINE. I ALSO LIKE THAT. BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE STORES AND ALL THAT STUFF IN THIS AREA. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ALL OF THE YOU PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL, EXCEPT SAL DiCICCIO, WHICH I'M NOT A FAN OF HIM BUT I RESPECT HIM AND I WILL ALWAYS RESPECT YOU, MAYOR KATE GALLEGO. AND I'M HAPPY YOU WAVED AT ME YESTERDAY. IT'S BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE YOU ONE MORE DAY, ONE DAY AND ALL THAT. BECAUSE I'M HAVING FUN WITH YOU, MAYOR. AND OF COURSE, YASSAMIN, I'M SORRY, AND LAURA PASTOR WERE THERE. AND I SAW THEM, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE THEM TOO AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M HAVING FUN WITH YOU, TALKING WITH YOU, MAYOR KATE GALLEGO, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE BREAK. BECAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. BECAUSE I'M JUST HAVING FUN. I'M JUST HAVING GREAT. AND I'M JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH YOU, MAYOR KATE GALLEGO, AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. EXCEPT SAL DiCICCIO, WHICH I'M STILL NOT A FAN OF HIM AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S HAVING FUN WITH YOU. AND I WISH YOU GIVE ME A SHOUTOUT TO GIVE ME, LIKE, QUESTIONS AND ALL THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY HI TO YOU GUYS. [ BELL RINGING ]. >> YOU'RE KIND OF BUSY. HAVE A NICE DAY. LOOKS LIKE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! >> Mayor Gallego: HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, MARK. COUNCILWOMAN ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: THANKS, MARK, WE LOVE HAVING YOU ON. THANKS FOR JOINING. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 122. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ROLL CALL. >> Clerk: ANSARI. >> Councilwoman Ansari: YES. >> Clerk: 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: [ AWAY FROM MIC ]. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 134, IT IS A COMPANION TO ITEM 135. AND BOTH ITEMS ARE IN DISTRICT 8. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER TO COMMENT ON THE APPLICANT BEN TATE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND THAT'S OUR ONLY COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. MR. KATE. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'D BE REMISS IN I DIDN'T SAY GO SUNS IN EVENT OF LAST NIGHT'S SECOND GENERATION NATIVE. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE STAFF SUPPORT ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. SO WE'D BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN VILLAGE WAS AN IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I'M CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. VICE MAYOR, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I'LL TURN TO YOU. >> Vice Mayor Garcia:S THAT THAT WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 134 AND 135. >> Mayor Gallego: IF WE COULD JUST DO 134 FIRST. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 134. >> Mayor Gallego: PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION -- >> I'LL SECOND WITH -- PER PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL AND THE RELATED ADDITION. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. >> NO PROBLEM. >> Mayor Gallego: ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WILL DO ROLL CALL ON THE VICE MAYOR'S MOTION TO APPROVE PER PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL AND ADOPT THE RELATED RESOLUTION. >> 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. GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: UNANIMOUS APPROVAL CONTINUES. ITEM 135, VICE MAYOR. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 135 PER PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: 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: YES. >> Clerk: GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 9-0. >> Mayor Gallego: WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM 137, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF I-17 AND ARROYO NORTE DRIVE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION FROM OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ITEM 137 IS APPEAL OF A PLANNING HEARING OFFICER DECISION AND JOSH IS HERE TO GIVE A QUICK STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE SUBJECT SITE IN QUESTION, I'LL PULL IT UP HERE, IS LOCATED IN THE RIO VISTA VILLAGE. IT'S LOCATED JUST NORTH FROM A CONTEXT STANDPOINT OF THE ANTHEM WAY INTERCHANGE AND A BIT FURTHER SOUTH OF THE RIVER CHANGE. IT'S 16 ACRES OF A MUCH LARGER 46-ACRE SITE REZONED TO C-2 IN 2007. THE SUBJECT ZONING OF THE SITE C-2 IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS REQUEST. THE C-2 ZONING WAS APPROVED IN 2007 WITHOUT ANY SITE PLAN OR ELEVATIONS, BUT THERE WERE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT APPROVAL THAT REQUIRED SITE PLANNING ELEVATIONS FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. THE REQUEST ABOUT, BEFORE YOU ADDRESSES THOSE STIPULATIONS. HERE'S A ZOOMED IN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE. TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MARICOPA COUNTY. AGAIN, THE PROPOSAL IS TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, UP DATE ANOTHER STIPULATION THAT HAS A SIGN PLAN THAT WAS MEANT FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PORTIONS OF THE SITE AND MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO 3 AND 7. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSAL. IT'S THIS IS MULTIFAMILY. HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF THE ELEVATIONS. IT'S APPROVED BY THE RIO VISTA VILLAGE IN MARCH. THE PLANNING HEARING OFFICER IN APRIL AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JUNE. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE RELATED ORDINANCE PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FOLLOWED BY THE APPELLANT. SO DAVE FOLLOWED BY RICHARD ZIMMERMAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. DAVID, 11811 NORTH TATUM, SUITE 51 PHOENIX ARIZONA. ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. I DO HAVE A SHORT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, IF STAFF COULD PULL THAT UP I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY AND REALLY JUST TRY TO GET SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS TO THIS PROCESS AND CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION AND REALLY THE NATURE OF THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. AND, AGAIN, JUST TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, IF, STAFF, YOU COULD JUMP TO SLIDE FOUR WOULD BE GREAT. THERE WE GO. AGAIN, IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU JOSH PUT UP A SNAPSHOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE ON THIS 16-ACRE PORTION OF THE LARGER COMMERCIALLY-ZONED TRACT IS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR 170 DETACHED RESIDENCES. THIS WILL BE A GATED COMMUNITY. EACH OF THE RESIDENCES WILL HAVE A PRIVATE YARD, THERE WILL BE BOTH COVERED PARKING AND GARAGES AVAILABLE. THIS IS PROPOSED AS A SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL COMMUNITY. AS YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS PLAN AND THE NEXT PLAN, WE HAVE PROVIDED A NUMBER OF PARKS AND COMMUNITY AREAS AS WELL AS WALKING TRAILS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, JUST A BIT OF A ZOOMED-IN VIEW OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. YOU'LL NOTICE TWO DRIVES, AGAIN, BOTH GATED OFF OF THE CITY PUBLIC STREETS TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS THE ARROYO NORTE DRIVE, ORIENTATION OF THE RESIDENCES AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE YELLOW OR ORANGE BUILDING ARE THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES, AGAIN, NOTING EACH WILL HAVE A PRIVATE REAR YARD. A LARGE COMMUNITY AREA IN THE CENTER FEATURING A POOL, SPA, CABANA AREAS, LARGE CRASS AREAS IN THE CENTER AS WELL AS OTHER SMALLER PARKS THROUGHOUT. ONE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND THE LOWER LEFT-HAND SIDE. AGAIN, THAT REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL IN TERMS OF OPEN SPACE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT QUICKLY IS THE PARKING ARRANGEMENT. UNLIKE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LARGE OPEN AREAS OF ALL PARKING, PARKING IS WELL DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. IT'S FLANKED BY GREEN SPACES. SO YOU GET A REAL SOFT APPROACH TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF OVERALL OPEN SPACE AND OVERALL COMMUNITY AREAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THROUGHOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS NOW WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THREE SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HELD A SEPARATE COMMUNITY MEETING WHICH WAS NOT REQUIRED, BUT IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT HERE. AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES VERY QUICKLY JUST NOTE SOME CONCESSIONS AND CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS THE ADJOINING COMMUNITY IS ALSO NAMED ARROYO NORTE SO WE CHANGED THE NAME OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL ZONING. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OPEN SPACE BOTH COMMUNITY SPACE, AND OVERALL OPEN SPACE THAN REQUIRED UNDER THE C-2 ZONING. THE COLORS HAVE BEEN REVISED TO A MORE SOFT DESERT PALETTE IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONING STIPULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, PARKING WAS A CONSIDERATION. WE'RE CONSIDERING 225 PARK SPACES, ONLY 255 IS REQUIRED. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PARKS AND AMENITIES THAT WE'RE EXCEEDING SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDING WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, TRAFFIC HAS BEEN A CONCERN THROUGH COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE DID PREPARE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OF THIS. THERE WERE A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THERE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WERE PROVIDED. ESSENTIALLY THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER TRIPS THAN WHAT WILL BE NORMALLY ACCOMMODATED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. NO ADDITIONAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED, INCLUDING DECELERATION LANES OR OTHER -- OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THROUGH OUR WORK BOTH WITH THE CITY AND ADOT, THE CITY IS NOT REQUIRING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO ARROYO NORTE DRIVE. AND ADOT, NOTING WE'RE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEY DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ANALYSIS OR ANY FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT SECTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, VERY QUICKLY IN CONTEXT, THE NATURE OF THIS APPLICATION IS DIFFERENT THAN MOST APPLICATIONS YOU HEAR IN THIS PART OF YOUR HEARING IN THAT WE ARE NOT REQUESTING A CHANGE IN LAND USE. WE'RE ALLOWED USE UNDER THE EXISTING C-2. WHEN THIS ZONING WAS APPROVED, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THIS BASED ON THE STIPULATIONS. WE'RE ALSO NOT REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN DENSITY. WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE ALLOWED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS UNDER EXISTING C-2 ZONING. THROUGH THE PLANNING HEARING OFFICER HEARING, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FINDINGS OF FACT, AGAIN, IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF THE PROPOSAL IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION. [ BELL RINGING ] IF CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING PLAN AND OFFERS A BUFFER TO THE EXISTING RESIDENCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. I THINK WE WILL NOW TURN TO MR. ZIMMERMAN. >> HELLO? >> Mayor Gallego: HELLO, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> OKAY. I'M ALLOTTED TEN MINUTES, IS THAT CORRECT? >> Mayor Gallego: WE ARE DOING EQUAL TIME FOR EACH SIDE. >> I WAS TOLD I'M ALLOTTED TEN MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS MEETING FROM THE MEETING PLANNER BECAUSE I'M THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPEALED THIS CASE. AM I ALLOWED TEN MINUTES? >> MR. ZIMMERMAN, MAYOR, THIS IS ALAN STEPHENSON. MR. ZIMMERMAN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY'RE JUST DOING FIVE MINUTES A SIDE. >> I WAS TOLD BY STAFF I WOULD GET TEN MINUTES. >> SIR, YOU'LL HAVE THE FIVE MINUTES. THE APPLICANT ALSO HAD FIVE MINUTES AS WELL. >> OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TURN ON THEIR VIDEO BECAUSE I LIKE TO GET A SHOW OF HANDS WITH MY FIRST QUESTION INSTEAD OF ASK EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. SO CAN I GET EVERYBODY BEFORE MY MINUTES START, I CAN GET EVERYBODY TO PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERAS? YES OR NO? ALAN, YES OR NO? >> Mayor Gallego: MR. ZIMMERMAN, THE CLOCK IS RUNNING. >> OH, GREAT. OKAY. WELL, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ASKED COUNCIL HOW MANY MEMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY TRAVELED THIS FRONTAGE ROAD? BUT THANKS, GUYS, FOR NOT TURNING ON YOUR CAMERAS AND SHOWING ME WITH A RAISE OF HANDS IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY TRAVELED THIS. SO TO START, I'M THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPEALED THIS. I'D LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I WAS TOLD BY COUNCIL THAT I SHOULD GET WITH ANN O'BRIEN IN REGARDS TO MY PREPARATION AND REQUEST A MEETING. SEVEN WEEKS AGO I DID SO. ON -- I WAS PUT OFF EACH WEEK AS I CALLED AND REQUESTED A MEETING WITH ANN O'BRIEN TO GO OVER THIS, SHE IS MY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE AND I'M IN DISTRICT 1. ON JUNE 14th, I WAS TOLD BY YVETTE THAT I WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER BY JUNE 16th WHETHER I'D HAVE A MEETING. I GOT NO ANSWER. ON JUNE 17th I CALLED ANN O'BRIEN'S OFFICE. SHE ANSWERED AND HUNG UP ON ME DIRECTLY. SHE SAID SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY TIME FOR ME AND HUNG UP ON ME. 30 MINUTES LATER, YVETTE CALLED ME AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE HAVING A MEETING WITH ME, BUT THEY WILL A MEETING WITH ALAN STEPHENSON AND THE DEVELOPER BUT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TIME FOR A MEETING THAT WAS REQUESTED 7 WEEKS PRIOR WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE THREE TO FOUR WEEKS OUT. SO I'D JUST LIKE EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL TO KNOW ANN O'BRIEN'S UNWILLINGNESS TO MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO APPEALED. NOW, TO GET DOWN TO THE FACTS. WE HAVE A LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS FRONTAGE ROAD. I'M REQUESTING STIPULATIONS. THE STIPULATION WOULD BE THAT THE DEVELOPER BEAR THE BURDEN OF INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO TWO LANES EACH WAY ON AN ALREADY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 1-WAY EACH WAY ROAD. THERE WAS A FATALITY THERE WHERE A WHOLE FAMILY LOST THEIR LIFE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. THERE WAS ANOTHER BAD FATALITY ACCIDENT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC REPORTS, THEY WOULD SEE THIS. SO, I'M REQUESTING THAT WE GET TWO LANES BOTH WAYS PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER. I'M ALSO REQUESTING SOMEBODY PUT A STIPULATION ON THIS DEVELOPMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE DARK SKY INITIATIVE. THE REASON WE SHOULD BE APPLYING THE DARK SKY INITIATIVE AND NOT JUST SHIELD THE LIGHT IS BECAUSE THE CITY OF PHOENIX ANNEXED THIS LAND. IT'S IN BETWEEN ANTHEM AND NEW RIVER. NEW RIVER IS A DARK SKY COMMUNITY. I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL PLEASE, PLEASE PUT THE STIPULATION ON THE DEVELOPER FOR A DARK SKY INITIATIVE, TWO LANES BOTH WAYS, PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER FROM ANTHEM TO NEW RIVER ALL THE WAY. A TRUE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOULD BE REQUIRED. IN 2007, WE DIDN'T REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY BUT THE GROWTH OF OUR -- OF OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY WAS NOT WHAT IT IS TODAY. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO DEVELOP THIS AREA WITHOUT HAVING A TRUE TRAFFIC STUDY DONE. NOT A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS DONE AND PAID FOR BY TOM TATUM WHO HAS THEM IN HIS POCKET. AND I HAVE PROOF OF THAT. THIS SHOWS BY ALLOWING SUCH HIGH DENSITY OF 12 UNITS PER ACRE IS THAT THE CITY OF PHOENIX ONLY CARES ABOUT A FEW THINGS. IT'S NOT PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S ABOUT CREATING A TAX FARM. IT'S ABOUT COLLECTING IMPACT FEES, SELLING SEWER AND WATER. WE LACK THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IF THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD GO FORWARD, THEN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE IMPERATIVE AND SHOULD HAPPEN FIRST. DEVELOPING THIS AREA WITHOUT IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE IS EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE AND A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN. THIS DEVELOPMENT ALSO PAYS INTO CITY OF PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT UTILIZES DAISY MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY STRETCHED VERY THIN IN THIS AREA. IF THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES FORWARD, THERE SHOULD BE A STIPULATION THAT IT DOESN'T PAY INTO CITY OF PHOENIX FIRE, IT PAYS INTO DAISY MOUNTAIN DIRECTLY SO WE CAN UP OUR RESOURCES OUT HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RURAL AREA IS PROTECTED. 170 UNITS ON 16 ACRES AND THE DEVELOPER'S TELLING YOU GUYS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ROOM FOR COMMUNITY AREAS? EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WHEN YOU PACK 12 HOMES ON AN ACRE THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM LEFT FOR COMMUNITY AREA. WE'RE OFFERING 275 SPACES IN THIS UNIT WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 340 DRIVERS. TWO DRIVERS PER HOUSEHOLD AT 170 UNITS WOULD EQUAL 340 DRIVERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO STUFF ON THIS ALREADY COMPACTED DEATH TRAP OF A FRONTAGE ROAD. THIS IS -- [ BELL RINGING ]. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, OUR FINAL SPEAKER WILL BE VINCENT. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Mayor Gallego: YES, WE CAN. >> MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I AM [ AWAY FROM MIC ] 73081 IN PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA. I AM THE DEVELOPER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I WANTED TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. AS DAVID POINTED OUT, WE HAVE MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITY, OUR NEIGHBORS, AS WELL AS BE GOOD BUSINESSMEN. I BELIEVE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT GOAL WITH THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. IT WILL BECOME AN ASSET FOR THE CITY. AS DAVID POINTED OUT, WE HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED ALL OF THE REQUIREMENT AS SET FORTH BY THE CITY. WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO GET TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE AND TO PROVIDE THE OPEN SPACE AND ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS. SO I HOPE THAT EVERYONE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT AND VOTE FOR APPROVAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN FOR HER HARD WORK ON THIS AS WELL AS HER ADVOCACY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GREAT BIO SERVICE RESOURCES TO SERVE THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR CITY. THIS IS? DISTRICT 1 SO I'LL TURN TO COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND ADOPT THE RELATED ORDINANCE. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: QUESTIONS OR -- COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. SO I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DID SPEND 30 MINUTES WITH MR. ZIMMERMAN ON THE PHONE. SHORTLY AFTER I WAS SWORN IN TO OFFICE AND TOOK DOWN COPIOUS NOTES SO THAT MY OFFICE COULD CHECK INTO ALL OF HIS CONCERNS THAT HE RELAYED TO ME. IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT BASED ON THE OFFICIAL FORM THAT HE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF PHOENIX, THAT HE IS NOT A CITY OF PHOENIX RESIDENT. IN ADDITION, MY CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERED TO MEET WITH A GROUP OF RESIDENTS FROM THE AREA THAT HAD CONCERNS. WE WERE NOT GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY DO SO. I DO WANT TO NOTE ALSO THAT I'VE READ EVERY SINGLE LETTER AND EMAIL THAT WAS SENT INTO THE RIO VISTA VILLAGE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CASE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FROM THE NEARBY RESIDENTS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PARCEL WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2007. THE REASON THIS CASE IS COMING THROUGH FOR A VOTE IS FOR STIPULATIONS AND NOT A REZONING REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC FOR THE AREA, THAT IS A MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS THE MARICOPA DEPARTMENT OF -- MARICOPA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WITH THE RAPID GROWTH EXPECTED TO COME TO THE NORTH PHOENIX REGION AS A RESULT OF THE WONDERFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS BEING MADE BY COMPANIES SUCH AS THE TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CHIP PLANT, LARGER CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS NEED TO BE HAD ABOUT SMART DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING OUR ROADWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT WHAT'S COMING. OVER THE NEXT COMING MONTHS, I WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE WHAT'S COMING IN DEVELOPMENT IS A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PLANNED REGIONAL COMMUNITY THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO WILL ONE DAY EXPERIENCE THE SAME GROWTH AS WE ARE CAN LOOK TO FOR INSPIRATION. I'M THANKFUL TO COUNCILMAN WARING FOR THE DISCUSSIONS HE'S BEEN WILLING TO HAVE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN NORTH PHOENIX REGION, AS WELL AS MY MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THAT I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE AREA IS COVERED AND HOW WE WORK WITH DAISY MOUNTAIN BOTH TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEY WORK WITH US TO SUPPORT OUR AREA. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 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: YES. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. STARK. >> Councilwoman Stark: YES. >> Clerk: WARING. GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: CONTINUING WITH VERY IMPORTANT WORK, WE GO TO ITEM 138, A CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR FIRST THINGS FIRST. COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 138. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Gallego: WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILWOMAN O'BRIEN. >> Councilwoman O'Brien: THANK YOU. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE LONG-RANGE BENEFITS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. IT HELPS THEM JUMP START THEIR READING SKILLS AND GIVE THEM APPRECIATION TO STAY? SCHOOL AND IT PREPARES CHILDREN FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. TRADITIONALLY GUARDIANS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ARE PROVIDED ACCESS TO CHILD CARE MAKING IT EASIER TO RETURN TO WORK. I'M IN SUPPORT OF APPROVING FIRST THINGS FIRST TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO OUR FAMILIES. I'M PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM IS PREPARING FOR THEIR IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING ONCE AGAIN IN THE FOUR CENTERS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF PHOENIX. THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT TO MANY PHOENIX FAMILIES. IT'S VITAL TO THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN BIRTH TO 5. AND IT WILL CONNECT FAMILIES TO OTHER SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN THRIVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. >> Mayor Gallego: WELL SAID. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? 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. GARCIA. >> Vice Mayor Garcia: YES. >> Clerk: GALLEGO. >> Mayor Gallego: YES. >> Clerk: PASSES 8-0. >> Mayor Gallego: THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDIZED PORTION OF THE MEETING. WE NEXT MOVE TO CITIZEN COMMENT. AND I WILL TURN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO INTRODUCE CITIZEN COMMENT. AND THEN OUR STAFF TO CALL OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. DURING CITIZEN COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES OF INTEREST OR CONCERN TO THEM. THE ARIZONA OPEN MEETING LAW PERMITS THE CITY COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS, BUT PROHIBITS COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISCUSSING OR ACTING ON THE MATTERS PRESENTED. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JAMES FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE BARRETT. JAMES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES. -- MAYOR KATE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HI. I AM JAMES. I LIVE IN PHOENIX COUNCIL DISTRICT 5. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVE CAME TO MY ATTENTION. LAST WEEK, A FIGHT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES [ AWAY FROM MIC ] VERSUS PHOENIX SUNS FANS AT THE PHOENIX SUNS ARENA IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX. AFTER THE BASKETBALL GAME WAS OVER, THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] PROVOKE A FIGHT WITH SUNS FANS BY USING CURSE WORDS AGAINST THEM. THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE IN ANY SPORTS ARENA. AS A RESULT OF THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT WE INCREASE SECURITY AT PHOENIX SUNS ARENA TO ENSURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. THAT PHOENIX SUNS HAVE THE BEST BASKETBALL FRIENDS IN THE WORLD WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HISTORY OF VIOLENCE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. NOT ONLY SHOULD THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] FRIENDS IMPROVE THEIR BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC TO BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL IN THE NBA, BUT SECURITY MUST BE STRENGTHENED SO THAT IN THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] CAN BE PROPERLY CONTROLLED. I AM PROUD TO BE A PHOENIX SUNS FAN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING MANY MORE FUTURE GAMES. HOPEFULLY UNDER THE PROTECTION OF ADDED SECURITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CATHERINE BARRETT FOLLOWED BY CODY. CATHERINE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM ON THE LINE. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HEAR ME PLEASE? >> YES, WE CAN. PLEASE PROCEED. >> PERFECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M CATHERINE BARRETT ELECTED FOR THE DESERT COVE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING HELP AND ASSISTANCE FROM OUR ELECTED COUNCILWOMAN MS. DEBRA STARK. FOR SIX YEARS, NEIGHBORS HAVE SOUGHT RELIEF AS PROPERTY 11015 NORTH 11th PLACE HAS EXPERIENCED TRAUMATIC TIMES. WITH A HOUSE FIRE AND DEATH. THERE ARE PHOTOS FOR YOUR REVIEW ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, AND WEB PAGE. CATHERINE BARRETT.ORG. OUR TIMELINE SHOWS NUMEROUS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE HAVE EITHER LEFT, RETIRED, BEEN TRANSFERRED, AS TAXPAYERS SIT WITH NO HELP, NO ASSISTANCE, AND NO ANSWERS. ONE CLERK STATED, QUOTE, WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY UPDATES, END QUOTE. ANOTHER CLERK RESEARCH ASSISTANT ANALYSIS, ADRIANA GASTON STATED I FORWARDED YOUR REQUEST AND CONCERNS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO NAMES ON THIS MATTER. WELL, TODAY APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. WE HEAR TONY TATE, AN INSPECTOR FOR THE SITE, AS HE STATED FOR THREE YEARS THE CITY BUILDING DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO RENEW HIS PERMIT REQUEST. HE IS A ONE-MAN BAND. AND CANNOT PHYSICALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. DO WE FACE ANOTHER THREE YEARS UNTIL HE CAN GET HIS ACT TOGETHER? THIS IS A DIRECT REFLECTION ON THE DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF. THE LACK OF CONCERN HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED FOR 15 YEARS. AND HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED WITH REPEATED CALLS TO MS. STARK, OUR ELECT THE COUNCILWOMAN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND BEYOND THE LACK OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE BY THE CITY TO DATE, NO ACTION AND COMPLETION ON THE DEVASTATING FIRE THAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND -- HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN SIX YEARS SINCE ITS OCCURRENCE. WE HAVE PACKS OF COYOTES AND THEY ROAM THE GROUNDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME ALLOWED AND MUCHAS GRACIAS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CODY. >> HI, I'M HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILLORS. I'M HERE BECAUSE YESTERDAY I WAS FORCED TO DUE TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCE CUT MY FRONT YARD, GRASS, AND PLANTS BECAUSE A SINGLE PERSON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY LETTING PERFECTLY HARMLESS AND LARGELY BENEFICIAL PLANTS SINCE WE LIVE PEACEFULLY. ASIDE FROM THE BLATANT SECURITY OF MY OWN PROPERTY CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON BIOLOGY. NOW, LAKE MEADE IS AT ITS LOWEST EVER. WE'RE AT AN EXTREME DROUGHT. OUR CITY IS THE HOTTEST IN THE U.S. AND WHILE REDUCING LAWNS IS ADVISABLE AS THEY ARE LITTLE MORE THAN A NOISY WASTE OF SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSTANT MOWING, WATER INTENSIVE, HERBICIDES, ET CETERA, WHAT I'M REALLY PROTESTING IS THAT I CANNOT, DUE TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, LET LIFE LIVE NATURALLY ON MY OWN PROPERTY. NOW I HAVE A BIOLOGY DEGREE I CAN GO INTO THE DIRE CONCERNS OF THIS PLANET. BUT IN THE GENERAL SENSE, AS I BELIEVE IMPORTANT INSECTS LIKE BEES, LADYBUGS ARE IN RAPID DECLINE AND ONE OF THE LARGEST REASONS IS HABITAT LOSS. WHEN WE CUT GRASS, WE DON'T KILL IT, IT NEEDS MORE WATER AND NUTRITION TO HEAL. NOW WHEN WE LET GRASS GROW, IT CREATES SHADE, HABITAT AND SURFACE AREA COOLING. THIS NOT ONLY SAVES WATER BUT PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FOR NOT JUST INSECTS BUT BIRDS AND LIZARDS AND OTHER AMPHIBIANS WHOSE POPULATION NUMBERS ARE ALSO IN DECLINE. MANY OF THESE SUPPOSED WEEDS ALSO PRODUCE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED BOTH FOR THEIR BEAUTY AND AS A FOOD SOURCE. A CITY, ESPECIALLY A DROUGHT OVEN LIKE OURS HAVE SHOULDN'T BE RESTRICTING PEOPLE FROM DOING A MORE WATER CONSCIOUS EFFORT FOR THEIR YARDS. I CREATE A HABITAT THAT MORE THAN JUST HUMANS CAN ENJOY AND I GET FINED. EMERSON, WHAT IS A WEED? BUT A PLANT WHOSE VIRTUE IS NOT YET UNDERSTOOD. AND IN GENESIS GOD SAID ALL THE PLANTS HE CREATED WERE GOOD. GOD SAID NO SUCH THING ABOUT MAN AND HIS LAWS. THANK YOU ALL. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ARI FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA. ARI, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> I AM INDEED. WELL THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HEARING ME OUT. MY NAME'S ARI. I HAVE WORKED AT HMS HOST FOR JUST UNDER FOUR MONTHS WITH THE PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT AS A RESTAURANT HOST. I'M JOINING MY COWORKERS IN ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL END HMS HOST RELIEF. THE CITY OF PHOENIX GRANTED THEM AN ANNUAL MINIMUM GUARANTEE WAIVER ALLOWING HMS HOST TO PAY A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR SALES AS RENT UNTIL DECEMBER 2021. LOCAL 11 ESTIMATES BECAUSE OF THE MAG, THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE WAIVER, THEY SAVE APPROXIMATELY $4.7 MILLION IN THEIR RENT FROM APRIL 2020 TO APRIL 2021 FOR THEIR TWO CONTRACTS AT OUR AIRPORT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE BELIEVE THAT HMS HOST DOES NOT NEED ADDITIONAL RELIEF. OUR CITY ALREADY HELPED HMS HOST THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND NOW DATA FROM THE CITY DEMONSTRATES THAT PHOENIX PHS AIRPORT HAD 1.6 MILLION IN APRIL, 2021. 79% OF THE [ AWAY FROM MIC ] OF 2019. AS A RESULT OF THIS PASSENGER RECOVERY, BARRIO CAFE WHERE I WORK, ACHIEVED 95% OF 2019 SALES IN APRIL, 2021. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FRANKLY THE RESTAURANT IS VERY UNDERSTAFFED. AND AS A RESTAURANT HOST, I OFTEN FIND MYSELF WORKING FIVE TO SEVEN HOURS A DAY COMPLETELY BY MYSELF DOING A JOB WHICH, FRANKLY, COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE JOB OF TWO OR THREE PEOPLE. I HAVE TO RUN THE REGISTER, I HAVE TO ANSWER GUEST QUESTIONS, I HAVE TO SEAT THEM, I HAVE TO ACT AS THE BOUNCER WHEN FOLKS TRY TO CUT THROUGH THE LINE. I HAVE TO STOP -- I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE THAN A JOB FOR ONE PERSON. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I'M ONLY MAKING 13 BUCKS AN HOUR DOING THIS. SOMETHING THAT GUESTS THEMSELVES OFTEN SAY, WOW, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY'RE PAYING YOU WELL. SO IT COMES DOWN TO -- I ALSO GOT TO THROW OUT THAT WE ARE -- WE'RE REALLY UNDERSTOCKED. WE'RE CONSTANTLY RUNNING OUT OF THE SUPPLIES WE NEED TO MAKE MANY OF OUR FOOD. THE BUNKER AS WE CALL IT WHERE WE STORE THE CONCESSIONS IS CONSTANTLY RUNNING OUT OF SODAS AND WATER. AND THE FACT THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, IN MY ROLE FORCED TO RAPIDLY RESTOCK THIS CONCESSION STAND WHILE DOING MY OTHER DUTIES MEANS THAT AS SOON AS IT GOES FROM HAVING NO WATER TO A FULL THING OF WATER AGAIN, I IMMEDIATELY HAVE A SECOND LINE TO BUY THOSE ITEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS TRYING FOR THE WORKER WHICH EXPANDS BEYOND MY CONDITION. I MEAN, THE KITCHEN IS RARELY STAFFED WITH MORE THAN TWO OR THREE COOKS. FOR A JOB THAT FRANKLY SHOULD HAVE SIX AT PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. AND THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY IS BACK TO MAKING VERY SIMILAR REVENUE FIGURES TO WHERE IT WAS PRE PANDEMIC AND YET WE'RE STILL BEARING THIS BURDEN AS AN UNDERSTAFFED WORKFORCE, IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT FAIR TO US. [ BELL RINGING ] IT'S UNJUST AND IT HURTS. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. IT'S TIME THAT -- >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTORIA FOLLOWED BY SCOTT. VICTORIA, ARE YOU ON LINE? VICTORIA IS NOT ON THE LINE. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT FOLLOWED BY APRIL HERNANDEZ. SCOTT, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> MELLOW. -- HELLO. I WORK FOR HMS SKY HARBOR AIRPORT FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THEN I BOUNCED BETWEEN TERMINAL THREE AND FOUR AND NOW I'M BASICALLY AT TERMINAL FOUR. DURING THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THINGS THAT NO WORKER HAVE YOU HAD TO EXPERIENCE. I FILED A COMPLAINT TODAY WITH THE CITY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT AGAINST HOST. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN CALLING ME RACIAL, HOMOPHOBIC SLURS. I HAVE BEEN CALLED HOMO, FAGGOT AND NIGER MANY TIMES. THIS HAS MAILED ME FEEL DEHUMANIZE AND DISRESPECTED AND IT MAKES IT HARD TO DO MY JOB. WHICH I'M BEING PAID TO BE A BARISTA. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO MY MANAGERS MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S POINTLESS TO THEM. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS WITH TRYING TO MOVE UP IN THE COMPANY. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKED FIRST IF I WANTED TO BE IN A HIGHER POSITION. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE LIGHTER SKIN COWORKERS THAT HAVE JUST -- THAT HAVE JUST GOTTEN HIRED ARE BEING ASKED TO BE MANAGERS AND TRAINERS. IT'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO LOOK AT HOST AND SEE ACTUALLY WHAT'S GOING ON, ALONG WITH BROKEN EQUIPMENT AND NONWORKING AC. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GETTING UP INTO THE HUNDREDS NOW. AND THEN WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WEAR OUR BLACK LIVES MATTER MASK BUT THEY'LL LET US WEAR ANY OTHER MASKS. BUT THAT ONE. I'M RELEASING A COMPLAINT TODAY AGAINST HOST. AND I WANT YOU TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY TAKES THIS ISSUE AT HOST SERIOUSLY. THE TIME FOR WORDS IS OVER, IT'S TIME FOR REAL CHANGE. I HOPE WE CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS APRIL HERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY AMBER LYNN ZENITA. APRIL, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? APRIL IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMBER FOLLOWED BY SUSAN. AMBER, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? AMBER IS NOT ON THE LINE. NEXT IS SUSAN FOLLOWED BY CARMINE QUINTANA. SUSAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? SUSAN NOT ON THE LINE. NEXT IS CARMEN QUINTANA FOLLOWED BY LUCY. CARMEN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS CARMEN QUINTANA. I WORK FOR HMS FOR 33 YEARS. THEY LET ME GO IN MARCH OF 2020 AND UP UNTIL TODAY THEY HAVEN'T CALLED ME BACK. EVEN THOUGH I SPENT ALL THOSE 33 YEARS WITH THEM. THE CITY OF PHOENIX AGREED TO OFFER SUPPORT TO THE CONCESSIONARY DURING THE PANDEMIC UP UNTIL DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR. WHERE THE COMPANY IS PAYING ALL THE RENT FOR THAT. FOR THEIR STAY THERE. AND ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, THE COMPANY REPORTED THAT THEY LET GO OF 347 EMPLOYEES. THE 753 EMPLOYEES, 31% WERE OFFERED A RETIREMENT PLAN. SO ACCORDING TO THE DETAILS OF THE REPORT, THEY SAY THAT THE CITY OF PHOENIX TOOK 1.6 MILLION IN -- IN -- IN [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> I THINK IT'S EMPLOYMENT IN ENGLISH. >> I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO IN REGARDS TO THIS LINE OF BUSINESS. IS IT OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND OR JUST THIS ONE? I'M TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> SO SHE'S REFERRING TO THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN SKY HARBOR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IS IT THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE LONG TERM ARE GOING TO BE CALLED TO GO BACK TO WORK? WE DON'T BELIEVE THE COMPANY NEEDS ADDITIONAL HELP. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY OF PHOENIX TO INTERVENE AND ASK THE COMPANY TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT THEIR PLANS TO BRING THEIR EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LUCIA FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA SMITH. LUCIA, ARE YOU ON LINE? >> YES. >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> HI. MY NAME IS -- GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I WORK IN TERMINAL 4. OUR BUSINESS IS ALREADY UP AT THE AIRPORT. BUT PERSONALLY HMS HOST IS NOT -- IS NOT PUTTING A LOT OF, LIKE WORKERS. WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED IN OUR LOCATION. AND I JUST BELIEVE THAT NOT JUST IN MY LOCATION, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HMS FOR 20 YEARS AND I WORK IN TERMINAL 4. AND I'M A COOK. BUT RIGHT NOW I'M DOING THREE -- A THREE-PEOPLE JOBS. LIKE I'M DOING SANDWICHES FOR THE BUNKERS. WHEN I HAVE TO BE COOKING FOR OUR GUESTS. AND WE NEED TO [ AWAY FROM MIC ] OUR TIME AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON DOING A LOT OF TICKETS, A LOT OF ORDERS BECAUSE THEY NEED IN OUR BUNKERS SO WE CAN HAVE SANDWICHES DONE. SO -- AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S [ AWAY FROM MIC ] IS NOT COOPERATING WITH US TO GETTING MORE PEOPLE LIKE CARMEN AND THOSE WHO ARE LAID OFF. SO THE CITY OF PHOENIX, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY [ AWAY FROM MIC ] BECAUSE ALL THE MEN WHO TALK ALREADY SAY THE NUMBERS, THE AMOUNT THE COMPANY IS MAKING. WE KNOW THAT INCREASE OF HMS HAS BEEN GOING TO GROW A LOT. BUT WHAT I FEEL AS A COWORKER, AND A LOT OF COWORKERS THAT WE WORK AT HMS HOST BY US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC ON TOP OF WE ARE WORKING THREE JOBS, THEY HAVEN'T GIVE US A RAISE. THEY HAVEN'T CALLED PEOPLE TO WORK -- COME BACK TO WORK. AND STILL THERE'S COWORKERS GETTING SICK, GETTING THE COVID. SO I JUST FEEL THAT OUR COMPANY DOESN'T NEED MORE HELP. WHO NEEDS HELP IS US, THE WORKERS. THE WORKERS THAT RUN THE BUSINESS HERE AT SKY HARBOR AIRPORT. AND WE BELIEVE THAT [ AWAY FROM MIC ] NEED ADDITIONAL RELIEF. AND WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO [ AWAY FROM MIC ] AT SKY HARBOR AIRPORT AND WITH [ AWAY FROM MIC ]. THANK YOU, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTORIA SMITH FOLLOWED BY BEATRICE. VICTORIA IS NOT ON THE LINE. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS BEATRICE. ARE YOU ON THE LINE? >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> I AM THE ARIZONA DIRECTOR FOR UNITED LOCAL 11. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME VERY TROUBLING INFORMATION ABOUT RACIAL DISPARITIES AT HOST. WHICH ARE INCLUDED AS ALLEGATIONS IN THE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT WITH THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT WHICH ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY. IT WAS SENT TODAY. LAST FEBRUARY, THEY RELEASED A REPORT ON RACIAL DISPARITIES AT HOST STARBUCKS AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BASED ON DATA FROM BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND OCTOBER, 2019, ACROSS 142 HMS HOST OPERATED STARBUCKS STORES, IN 27 AIRPORTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING PHOENIX, THE MEDIAN WAGE FOR WHITE BARISTAS WAS $13 AN HOUR, WHILE FOR BLACK BARISTAS, IT WAS $11.15 AN HOUR. THIS MEANS THAT THE MEDIAN PAY FOR BLACK BARISTAS WAS $1.85 CENTS LESS THAN FOR WHITE BARISTA. OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS, 10% SAID THEY'VE BEEN DENIED A PROMOTION WHILE WORK, AT HMS HOST STARBUCKS. 48% OF THOSE WHO SAY THEY WERE DENIED A PROMOTION IDENTIFIED AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN WHILE ONLY 3% IDENTIFIED AS WHITE. THE SAME REPORT ALSO FOUND THAT IN MULTIPLE AIRPORTS, INCLUDING ORLANDO DENVER HONOLULU AND INDIANAPOLIS, LGBTQ BARISTAS REPORTED OFFENSIVE AND TRANS PHOBIC COMMENTS FROM MANAGERS, HARASSMENT REGARDING THAT I GENDER EXPRESSION, AND REPEATED MISGENDERING. WE ANALYZE HOST EMPLOYMENT DATA FOR SKY HARBOR FOR APRIL, 2021. THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE. WE FOUND OUTRAGEOUS RACIAL DISPARITIES WITH HIGHER PAYING JOBS GOING DISPROPORTIONATELY TO WHITE WORKERS. ACCORDING TO THIS DATA, A WHITE WORKER AT SKY HARBOR IS 19 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE A TIP WAITER OR BARTENDER THAN A BLACK WORKER. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WAITERS AND BARTENDERS GENERALLY MAKE MORE MONEY THAN OTHER WORKERS DUE TO TIPS THEY RECEIVED ON TOP OF THEIR BASE PAY. CASHIERS START AT $12.15. THE LOWEST POSSIBLE AT THE AIRPORT AND DO NOT RECEIVE TIPS. 88% OF CASHIERS POSITIONS ARE HELD BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. BLACK WORKERS ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE WORKERS TO BE CASHIERS. UTILITY WORKERS ALSO HAVE STARTING HOURLY WAGE OF $12.15. THE LOWEST POSSIBLE AT THE AIRPORT. BLACK WORKERS ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE WORKERS TO BE IN THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT. ONLY 22% OF STARBUCKS BARISTAS WORKING AT HOSTS OPERATED AT SKY HARBOR ARE WHITE. ABOUT 50% OF STARBUCKS -- >> MAYOR, THAT WAS OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE MOMENT. [ BRIEF PAUSE ]. >> Clerk: MAYOR, THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING TODAY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.