uh well welcome again to the Mesa city council meeting for October the 17th of 2022 all of our Council are present at this meeting we will begin our meeting with an invocation offered by Bishop William Hudson I'm looking around I don't see Bishop Hudson here so if he's not here we will have a moment of silence following the moment of silence we will then uh recite the Pledge of Allegiance so please Bishop Hudson are you with us today okay please stand for a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance thank you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you very much the first item on our agenda today under Awards recognitions and announcements is the domestic violence Awareness Month Proclamation uh again the uh the purpose of this Proclamation is to Proclaim October of this month which we're now in as domestic domestic violence awareness month during uh this month and throughout the month we reaffirm our dedication to building a community where no one suffers the hurt and hardship that domestic violence causes and recommit to uphold the basic human right to be free from violence and abuse here tonight to share more about domestic violence awareness month is city of Mesa victims Services administrators Lindsey kirschner and Shelly Ward we invite them to come forward and share a little more about this important month ladies thank you for the good work you're doing thank you good evening mayor Giles and council members the Mesa Mesa prosecutor's office and Mesa Police Department's Mesa family Advocacy Center are hosting our fifth annual domestic violence awareness event this Wednesday at 5 30. at Pioneer Park in Mesa this event's going to bring together our city officials domestic violence survivors and community members to discuss how domestic violence impacts us and what we can do collectively to help support people their keynote speaker is Miss Jessica nicely who's the founder of winged Hope Family advocacy Foundation she'll share her story of surviving childhood domestic violence there will also be representatives from more than 30 Community agencies providing information and resources to support community members in attendance again our event is this Wednesday at 5 30 pm at Pioneer Park domestic violence thrives in silence as a community we can begin to support victims by speaking openly and having informed conversations about how it happens and who it happens to domestic violence is more than physical violence it's systematic abuse through power and control in the most vital aspects of a victim's life and the truth is that it can happen to anyone regardless of age gender race orientation education or economic status in fact a 2017 study conducted by CDC estimated that 40 percent of people in Arizona have been subject to domestic violence everyone knows someone who's been hurt by domestic violence mayor Giles and council members your support for this event and domestic violence awareness month is so valuable because you're helping to end the silence you're expanding the conversation for all members of our community and standing behind victims and survivors sending the message we see you we hear you and we're here to help thank you for your support okay thank you again for helping us to raise awareness we're not going to come down and take the normal photo that we did normally do when we do proclamations but I want people to know that's because we took a very large photo right before this meeting out in front of City Hall in front of the the large purple ribbon display that's there and so and again we uh this is throughout the month and Wednesday of this week we'll all be at Pioneer Park for a large event to do community outright Outreach and raise awareness on this topic so again thank you for all that the prosecutor's office does the victims assistance of folks in the in the city do all year long and and it is important that we all discuss this openly and raise awareness on this a very important issue in our community thank you very much thank you thank you that completes the awards and recognitions the next item on our agenda is the consent agenda uh Mr Christopher we invite you forward to oh I'm sorry Lily uh King we invite you forward to read the consent hi mayor council yes I'm filling in for Kevin today thank you mayor council members these are islands listed on the cassette agenda all items listed with an asterisk will be considered as a group by the city council and will be enacted on with well notion there will be no separate discussion unless a council member citizen requests in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as a separate item item two approval of minutes of previous meetings has written item 3A act on liquor license application for galpitch two-day event October 22nd 23rd 1457 West Southern Avenue item 3B act on liquor license application for for gal patch three-day event October 28th 29th and 30th 1457 West Southern Avenue item 3C act on liquor license application for raise your hands Incorporated one day events November 12th Mesa Riverview Park 2202 West Rio Salado Parkway item 3D actor liquor license application for Valero 4360 East Broadway item 3E act on liquor license application for races restaurants and coffee bar 1916 West Baseline Road item 4A approved dollar limit increase to a three-year term contract with two years of renewal options for printing and mailing of purposely pamphlets for the city clerk's office item 4B approved dollar to limit increase the term contract for 3M radio frequency identification equipment and maintenance for the library Services Department item 4C has been removed from the consent agenda item 4D approved three-year term contract with two years of renewal options for playground Aquatic Facility poured in place surfacing and Synthetic Turf repairs maintenance and installation for the parks recreation and Community facilities Department item 4E approved the use of Cooperative contract for the purchase of a 12 police motorcycles for the Mesa Police Department item 4f approved dollar limit increase to the three-year term contract with two years of renewal options for cleaning and repair of fire Personnel protective equipment for the Mesa fire Medical Department item 4G ratifying emergency purchase using a Cooperative contract for six fire apparatus columns lifts for the Mesa fire Medical Department item 4-H approving purchase of one compact truck loader for the transportation department as requested by the Fleet Services Department item 4i approving dollar limit increase of their term contract with two years of renewal options for light duty and police vehicle maintenance and repair services for the Fleet Services Department item 4J approving dollar limit increase the term contract for heavy duty cab chassis parts for the Fleet Services Department item 4K ratifying emergency purchase of 27 and authorizing the purchase of 36 additional electrical Transformers for the energy resources department item 4L approving six-year term contract with four-year renewal options for liquid argon gas and tank rental for the Water Resources Department item 4M approving the use of corporate contract for term contracts with renewal options for the utility cards for the Water Resources Department item 4 and improving the use of corporate contract for a four-month term contract with two years of renewal options for water and wastewater laboratory supplies for the Water Resources Department item 40 approving additional vendor award and dollar limit increase to the term contract for auma litmo torque and rexa rotor actuators for the Water Resources Department item 4p approving contract for police evidence facility project construction manager at risk guaranteed maximum price and number four this project is funded by the 2018 authorized Public Safety bonds item 4q approving contract for Gateway Boulevard and Aviation way utility and roadway improvements construction manager at risk guaranteed the maximum price number two this project is funded by the 2020 Street bonds and transportation fund item 4 are approving contract for Monterey Park expansion construction manager at risk guaranteed maximum price number two the project is funded by the 2018 General obligation bonds and capital general fund item 4S approving contract for City Hall project pre-construction services and contract manager at risk item 5A approving resolutions authorizing the city manager to enter into a grant Award with the office of Justice programs to accept Grant funds for the police department's forensic service division for the DNA capacity enhancement and backlog reduction item 5B approving resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a sub-recipient agreement with the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to receive Grant funds for the equipment and training for the fire medical Department's rapid response task force 2022 item 5c approving resolution accepting cares act funds under the cdbg program to serve low to moderate income residents in Mesa impacted by pandemic and authorizing the city manager to administer administer the funds in eligible programs as recommended item 5D approving resolution to sell certain city-owned real property located at 7002 South summer road to the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the Pecos industrial rail access and train extension item 6A introduction of wardens for zoning case 22 6 22-677 for property General located north of McDowell Road and west of Greenfield Road site plan modification amending a condition of approval on zoning case 05-2 to laporate Industrial developments item 6V introduction of wardens for zoning case 21-80 for property located east of Higley Road on the south side of Thomas Road resume with the planned area development overlay and Council use permit and site plan review to allow for a boat and recreational vehicle storage facility item 6E introduction of organs for zoning case 22-669 for property located north of Brown Road on the east side of Power Road reason with a planned area development overlay and site plan review to allow for Public Safety facility item 60 introduction of ordinance for zoning case 21-995 for property generally located west of Ellsworth Road on the south side of Pecos Road reason with a planned area development overlay bonus intensity Zone overlay and site plan review to allow for Industrial Development item 6E introduction of ordinance Zoning for zoning case 22-682 for property located south of Elliott road on the east side of Sossaman Road reason with a planned area development overlay Council use term permit and site plan review to allow for expansion of the existing mini storage facility with local and recreational vehicle storage of introduction of ordinance for zoning case 22-924 for property General located east of saw Summer Road and North of Warner Road resume with planned area development overlay to allow for development of a single residence subdivision item 6G or introduction of ordinance for a case 22-1047-2d Annex public right-of-way for property Journal located near North Signal View Road East Mercury Drive and East Boston Street it is subject to approval by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors item 7A approving ordinance amending Title 1 of the mesa city code chapter 20 section 4 delegating authority to the city manager to enter into and accept certain Grant agreements without prior city council approval item 7B approving ordinance amending title V of the mesa city code by adding a new chapter 15 and acting reasonable regulations and licensing requirements on short-term rentals and vacation rentals operating in Mesa item 7c approving ordinance amending title 6 of the mesa city code by repealing and replacing chapter 21 with a new chapter pertaining to fireworks and permissible consumer fireworks mayor and council members these are the members I don't think it's an agenda thank you thank you very much Ms Kim thank you for stepping up and doing a great job uh as Lily mentioned item 4C has been removed from the consent agenda uh Ms Mosey are there any other requests to uh to talk about an item that's on the consent no other request other than that one all right thank you very much I see there's been a motion made by Mr Luna seconded by Mr Freeman please vote thank you uh consent agenda passes unanimously next item on our agenda then is item 4C this is a three-year term contract with two years of renewal options for stage hand temporary worker services for the Arts and Cultural Department this contract will provide stage hand and production technicians for events at the Mesa Arts Center and the Mesa Arts Center Affiliated events throughout the city we do have a request to speak on this item from Mr Carrie Davis Mr Davis welcome please uh come come up and let us know what questions you might have about this thank you good evening honorable mayor and city council my name is Carrie Davis I live at 7963 East Plata Avenue Mesa Arizona item 4C is a request to authorize spending annually 500 thousand dollars for technician services to support stage performances at Mesa City centers Mesa Art City centers the Mesa population in 2011 was approximately 442 thousand and in 2021 the estimated population was approximately 512 000 for an increase of 15.9 percent the 2011 annual comprehensive Finance report reflected governmental expenditures of 515 million dollars and the 2021 governmental expenditures were 842 million for an increase of 63.5 percent or 327 million dollars during this 11-year period governmental expenditures exceeded revenues by 892 million dollars however in contrast to the unfavorable governmental activities performance business type expenditures in 2011 or 260 million and in 2021 they were 329 million for an increase of only 26.5 percent versus the 63.5 percent increase for governmental expenditures if governmental expenditures had increased at a more normal historical inflation rate of 2.5 percent annually from 2011 governmental expenditures for 2021 would have only been approximately 670 676 million versus 842 million since since actual governmental revenues for 2021 were 783.7 million if governmental expenditures had increased at a more normal historical rate of 2.5 percent similar to the business type activities governmental activities would have generated an estimated surplus of 107.7 million instead of a deficit of 58 million the line item expense category of General government increased from 59.5 million in 2011 to 175.6 million in 2021 for an increase of 116 million in other words 195 percent increase during that 11 period that 11-year period the 2000 annual comprehensive Finance report reflected a 1.789 billion dollar unfunded pension open liability and a negative 841.6 million unrestricted net position therefore I respectively request the mayor and city council considering a consider opposing agenda 4C on today's agenda given that what I consider is the city's needs to reduce spending in order to plan for a more sustainable long-term Financial Outlook thank you for your time thank you very much Mr Davis uh I believe we do have some staff prepared and well I'm not sure that no are we not to not I don't I didn't hear a question in there yeah yeah I don't I don't I didn't hear a question either specifically about this item I think you were using it as a just a a more General request that the city scrutinizes its spending so yeah I understand thank you very much uh I'll just respond briefly Mr Davis thank thank you we appreciate the hard questions and I hope you'll continue to come and ask hard questions uh the city of Mesa has a a a finance mechanism that's somewhat different from some other cities we we as you might know don't have a primary property tax and the reason for that is that uh decades ago our our city uh the folks who organized this and created our city Charter abolished the city property tax in lieu of of us being heavily involved in the utility business so uh it's not really an Apples to Apples comparison with some cities and we cannot have uh we cannot engage in deficit spending uh now sometimes over the last few budget Cycles we have had the larger but what we considered larger than necessary reserves and so by Design we do sometimes spend more than we take in and that's because we're seeking to spend down our reserves to a level that we think is is closer to what is necessary for us to continue to be a good investment and and we have received a triple a bond rating we are considered by the market to be a a an investment grade top-tier City in terms of our financial strength so I'd love to spend more time talking with you about this I hope we can schedule some time to to answer the questions you have about our City's financing uh that being the case uh Council we have uh would someone like to make a motion relative to agenda item 4C oh I'm sorry thank you motion has been made by Mr Freeman and seconded by Mr Luna please vote thank you the vote is unanimous in favor of that agenda item next item on our agenda is item eight this is items from citizens present Ms Mosley have received any requests to speak on this item no request there okay that being the case the council is there a motion to adjourn this meeting thank you Mr Freeman seconded by Mrs Pillsbury all in favor please say aye aye thank you we are adjourned [Music] thank you