Good afternoon. Welcome to our June 12th meetings. Two community facility boards meetings will convene prior to the city council meeting. I will call to order the Park Central Community Facilities District. Can we call the role? Board member Conlin. Board member Galind Vida here. Board member Jervis, I apologize. Board member Jervase. Board member Jervase, we show you muted. Board member Wardado here. Board member Hodgej Washington here. Board member O'Brien here. Board member Pastor here. Board member Robinson here. Board member Wearing here. Vice Chair Stark here. Chair Minggo here. Do we have a motion on items 3 through eight? Approval of the minutes. So move. Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Sorry, sir. Go ahead. Board member Jet. Do we have a motion on the We appreciated that motion. Got to keep moving on the public on item number nine. Oh, I'm sorry. Let's see. We got to open the public hearing. Do we not have any members of the public to comment? We've closed the hearing. Item 10 is consideration and vote on the adoption of resolution PC19, which adopts and approves the final district budget for fiscal year 2425 and the final 5-year financial plan for the district. Board member Dre, do we have a motion? Second. Roll call. Conlin. Galinda. Yes. Jervis. Wardado. Hud Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. Passes 100. Item 11 is consideration for the adoption of resolution PC20 authorizing the amendment of the district development financing participation waiver and intergovernmental agreement and authorizing the district controller to accept and disperse funds relating to the amendment. Do we have a motion? Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the resolution. Roll call. Colin. Galinda. Yes. Jervis Ward. Yes. Podge Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor, I Robinson. Yes. Wearing Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. Passes 10. Thank you. We will adjourn the Park Central Communities Facilities District Board. We will call to order the ver I'm sorry. We will adjourn the Park Central. Now we will call to order the Verdin Community Facilities District Board. Will the clerk call the role? Board member Galind Vera here. Board member Wardado here. Board member Hodgej Washington here. Board member Maghard. Board member O'Brien here. Board member Pastor here. Board member Robinson here. Board member Wearing. Board member Stark here. Board member Ggo here. And I apologize. Board member Maghard was not this part this particular one. We have many boards. Item three is consideration and vote on the adoption of resolution V-03 which approves the proposed district budget for fiscal year 25 2425 and calls for a public hearing on such a budget. Do we have a motion? I move to approve the resolution. Second. A motion and a second. Roll call. Galinda. Yes. Ward. Haj Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. Passes 80. Thank you. We will adjourn the Verdin Community Facilities District Board of Directors. And now we will move towards the main event. We'll begin with an invocation. Police Chaplain Robert Fezmeer is here with us. Thank you for your words. Please rise if you're able. You're welcome to join me in prayer. Heavenly Father, Almighty God, thank you for the gift and the opportunity that today provides to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly in the paths of your goodness and your righteousness. We thank you for raising up courageous leaders who choose true wisdom, whose decisions pave the way to peace and lawfulness and truth. We thank you for those gathered and those representative who take an active role in accountability, who speak honorably and humbly through civility. Guide every decision of this day. Thank you for our protectors who risk everything in the service of others and every person who makes this city a better place to live and to work. We pray this in your holy name. Amen. Amen. Thank you, chaplain. And now I will ask Councilman Galindo Elvira to lead us in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. To the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with Thank you, chaplain. Thank you, Councilman. We will now call to order the formal meeting of the Phoenix City Council. Will the clerk call the role? Councilman Galindva here. Councilwoman Wardado here. Councilwoman Hodgej Washington here. Councilwoman O'Brien here. Councilwoman Pastor here. Councilman Robinson here. Councilman Wearing. Vice Mayor Stark here. Mayor Ggo here. Mario Barahas is with us to provide interpretation. Mario, would you introduce your team? Yes, mayor. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Mario Barahas and together with my colleague Danielle Feliciano will be serving as today's interpreters. I'll now gonna I'm now going to introduce ourselves to our Spanish speaking audience. Feliciano Distraction. Gracias. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, Mario. Will the city clerk read the 24-hour paragraph? The titles of the following ordinance and resolution numbers on the agenda were available to the public at least 24 hours prior to this council meeting and therefore may be read by title or agenda item only. Ordinances number G7265 through 7270, S50945 through 51048, and resolutions 22218 through 22223. Thank you. I'll now turn to our city attorney if you could explain the public comment. Thank you, mayor. Members of the public may speak for up to two minutes to comment on agenda items. Comments must be related to the agenda item and the action being considered by the council. General comments that go beyond the scope of the agenda item must be made in the citizen comment session at the end of the agenda. The city council and staff cannot discuss or comment on matters related to pending investigations, claims, or litigation. Additionally, any member of the public who appears before council in their capacity as a lobbyist must, as required by Phoenix City Code, disclose this fact before addressing council. The city code requires speakers to present their comments in a respectful and courteous manner. Profane language, threats, or personal attacks on members of the public, council members or staff are not allowed. A person who violates these rules will lose the opportunity to continue to speak. Thank you so much. We begin with the meeting minutes. Councilwoman Gordado, do you have a motion on item one? Motion to approve item one. Second. All those in favor, please say I. I. Council Vice Mayor, do you have a motion on item two? I move to approve the minutes of February 2nd, 2022. Second. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Councilman Wearing, do you have a motion on item three? I move approval uh of the minutes of February 16, 2022. Second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Passes unanimously. Councilwoman Pastor, do you have a motion on item four? I move the minutes on March 2nd, 2022. Second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Nay. Passes unanimously. Councilwoman Haj Washington. Item five. Item five is being continued. Mayor, has it already been? Could you just do a motion to continue? Oh, yes. I move into the next council meeting. Yes. So, a motion to continue it at 6 to 6. Motion to continue item number five until the next uh council meeting. Second. All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Passes. Item six is boards and commissions. Vice mayor. I'd like to make a motion to approve the mayor and city council boards and commission nominations. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Passes unanimously. We have a distinguished group of leaders who will serve the city and we will now conduct a swearing in ceremony. Please raise your right hand. Could we You want to move? Perfect. I state your name. Do solemnly swear swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Arizona. Constitution and laws of the state of Arizona. That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. I will bear true and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic. and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of and state your office according to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations. We are so lucky to have you serving us. Welcome. Welcome and and congratulations to all and and particular congratulations. Abraham James has is one of the residents we call upon the most to help lead our city. So, thank you for your leadership. The Phoenix City Council provides an advisory role to the state of Arizona on liquor licenses and we will go to that portion of the agenda next. Vice Mayor, do we have a motion? Yes. I move to approve items 7 through 17. Second. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. I..................... Any. Opposed. Nay. Passes unanimously. City clerk. Are we ready for ordinances, resolutions, new business, planning, and zoning? Yes Mayor. Vice Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to approve items 18 through 146 except the following. Items 27 through 32. 52 93 143, and 144. Noting that item 35 is as revised. Item 144 has additional information. Item 145 has been withdrawn. Item 146 is being continued to July 1st, 2024. and excluding these additional items for virtual public comment. Item 71. And can the clerk confirm if there's any other items that should be excluded for in-person public comment? Yes, mayor, vice mayor. Also excluding items 35, 44, 65, 68, 94, and 99. That is I'm going to repeat 35 44 65 68 94 and 99. Second. We have a motion and a second. Roll call. Galinda. Yes. Ward. Yes. Hudge Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. Yes. Stark. Yes. VGO. Yes. We'll next go to our budget process. Item 27 is a public hearing on the adoption of the proposed property tax levy, truth and taxation, and adoption of the final 2024 2025 annual budget. I now declare the hearing open. Are there any comments? We do not have any comments, so I will close the public hearing. Item 28 is the convening of a special meeting of the city council to consider the adoption of the 2425 budget. Vice Mayor. Mayor, in accordance with state statute, I move that the regular meeting of the city council be recessed and the city council convene a special meeting to consider the adoption of the budget. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Item 29 is the final adoption of the 2425 operating funds budget. Mayor, I move that item 29 being ordinance S-50949. The final 2024 2025 operating funds budget be adopted. Second. Any comments? Roll call. Galinda. Yes, yes, Washington. Yes, O'Brien. Yes, Pastor. Yes, Robinson. Yes, yes. Stark, yes. GGO, yes. Passes 90. Item 30 is the adoption of the final 2024 2025 capital funds budget. Mayor, I move that item 30 being ordinance S-50985, the final 2024 2025 capital funds budget be adopted. Second roll call. Galinda, yes. Ward, yes. Hodge Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, yes. Robinson, yes. Wearing, yes. Stark, yes. GGO, yes. Passes 90. Item 31 is the adoption of the final 2024 2025 reappropriated funds budget. Mayor, I move that item 31 being ordinance S-50950, the final 2024 2025 reappropriated funds budget be adopted. Second roll call. Galindo Vida. Yes. Wardado. Yes. Hodge Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. Yes. Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. Passes 90. This completes the final adoption of this year's budget. This is the first time we have unanimously adopted a budget since 2009. Thank you to our city manager, our budget director, and our community. It is a months-long process where the public gets a chance to weigh in. We are investing in our city employees, city services, and we look forward to delivering this budget for all of you. Do any other colleagues have a comment? Councilwoman Gordado. Thank you, Mayor. It is often said, don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value. This budget reflects our most earnest efforts to deliver for every neighborhood and resident of Phoenix. As we move forward, that sentiment will be very important to remember. With financial hurdles in our future, I hope the people of Phoenix will always see that we value them most by the decisions that we make. This budget is a testament to the commitment. I want to thank city manager Jeff Barton, Amber Williamson, and the entire budget and research department for their diligent work on this item. Their efforts have ensured that their budget aligns very closely with the core values of our community. Moving forward, I am committed to working with my colleagues and city staff to ensure that the needs of our citizens remain at the forefront as we chart the path forward. Thank you for your continued support. Thank you to all the staff and thank you to all everyone in the community that came out to all the different meetings and gave us their input. Thank you, mayor. Thank you. Any additional comments? All right, mayor. I move the city council adjourn the special meeting. Second. Okay, I have a motion to second. Is there any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I. Special meeting is adjourned. I hereby declare that a special meeting is concluded and I re reconvene the regular city council meeting. Item 32 is the legally required amendment to the current 2023 24 budget allowing the city to close out the current fiscal year's budgetary allocations and proceed with the annual independent audit. Item 32 amends the 2023 2024 annual operating funds budget to authorize reallocating appropriations. Vice Mayor May mayor I move item 32 being ordinance S-50948 the required reallocation of the 2023 2024 operating budget appropriations be adopted second any comments roll call Kinder Vida yes yes Washington yes O'Brien yes pastor yes Robinson yes Wearing Stark, yes. VGO, yes. Passes 90. Wonderful. Thank you to budget and research and everyone on team Phoenix, including our community members who got us here today. We next go to item 35. Do we have a motion? I move to approve. Second. Uh, we have one member of the public to comment, Leonard Clark. And then after Leonard comments, I might turn to our staff just to explain what this is. I support this. I think that our council members, you know, uh they do a full-time job and uh you know, they're always there for our city and I know there's going to be a lot of criticism uh against this, all the anger and the hatred against government and those who try to run our community. But it's about time that the city council members, you know, with inflation and everything else, I think they should get a pay raise. And I think that um I also believe that they do a lot of work for our city. And I would ask that you do that as a I'm not currently residing in Phoenix, but I was born in Phoenix. And uh I think they deserve this. And I know there will be a lot of criticism against it, but you know me, I've never been one to go along with the crowd. Thank you. Thank you for the the kind words. Um could our team explain what this item is? Yes. Thank you, mayor. So, mayor, this is a legally required um procedure for council to approve of the form of the ballot. There are three issues uh for this ballot. One is a general plan that the city council has already referred. The other is a home rule adoption which has also already been voted on and referred by city council. The third is a recommendation from a commission on salaries for elected officials. Um it once the commission has met and moved forward a recommendation for increases for city council that is automatically to go to the ballot by Phoenix City Charter. So the Phoenix City Council um cannot keep that off the ballot by charter. the commission makes that recommendation and then this is just the form of the ballot to enable the clerk to give this language to the county for the um ballot that will go on November. Thank you. Comments. Roll call. Nalind Vida. Yes. Wardado. Yes. Hodge Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Mayor, may I explain my vote? Please do. Thank you. Um, I am going to vote yes because this is a procedural requirement to for us to provide the language um that will go onto the ballot for these three items. Um, however, I do not support or does not mean I support what is is being voted on. So, um, related to the salaries, I do not support that, but no, we have to do this procedurally. Thank you. Yes. Pastor, yes. Robinson, yes. wearing Stark. GGO. Yes. Passes 90. We next go to item 44. Do we have a motion? I move to approve. Francis is here to provide comment. I'm Francis Fear Cutter and I'm with Clean Scene and the purpose of my being here is to request that the RFP be rebid. Uh the review process was inaccurate. Uh limited protest timing. Start time needs to be defined. Communication from finance unacceptable. Calls unanswered with poor explanations. Diversity adherence unacceptable. Cleansing was we were the lowest bidder. I'm an SBE DBE certified company. Minority woman-owned only womanowned business on the bid. The review panel not knowledgeable enough for these types of services. Current contract end users not allowed to be references. Some areas were not included in bid like senior centers, garages. Poor clarification of bid requirements. Buyers solicited surveys and should have been knowledgeable enough to verify commodity history and requirements. This was left purely to the review team and paperwork submitted. In summary, city and city council should have concerns over the use of local companies. Lowest price yet meets all the qualifications of bid requirements with over 20 years plus experience and capacity to perform services to the city with excellent service throughout the 20 years. Using highest price bids to perform services affecting department budgets with no consideration of citywide users. bids left to team review based on paperwork with no follow-through of verification of qualifications. As a previous senior buyer for the city of Phoenix in my career, I have concerns over the legitimacy of the RFP process and rating system. I requested copies of the bids and I was sent a copy, an RFP, and protest letter denial copy. This commodity commodity should be should have been reviewed more thoroughly. Note, I was rated lowest for experience, capacity, methods, and highest in pricing. Thank you. Thank you so much for that testimony. Any comments? Roll call. Galinda, yes. Ward, yes. Podge Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, no. Robinson, yes. Wearing Stark, yes. GGO, yes. Passes 81. The next item is 52, pension funding policy. There will be two votes on this item. Councilman Robinson, do you have a motion? Mayor, thank you very much. I make a motion to approve staff's recommendation to adopt the annual coper's pension funding policy and acknowledge the assets and liabilities of the coper plan. Becken and mayor. I'm going to declare conflict. Thank you. Any comments? Roll call. Galinder Vida. Yes. Ward. Yes. Haj Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. GGO. Yes. Passes 80. Vice Mayor, do you have a the second motion? Mayor, I make a motion to approve staff's recommendations to adopt the annual PSPs pension funding policy and acknowledge the assets and liabilities of the PSPs plan. Second. Motion and a second. Any comments? Councilman Robinson, I will declare a conflict on this one. Thank you. Roll call. Galinda, yes. Guardado, yes. Haj Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, yes. Wearing. Stark, yes. VGO, yes. Passes 80. Next item is item 65. Do we have a motion? I move to approve. Second. Motion and a second. We have two members of the public to speak. Cody, followed by Jessica. Hi. Um, so I mean this is only one page of information, but it's a $250,000 uh funding request for uh for services for people exiting jail and experiencing homelessness with the goal of reducing recidivism and building capacity to the administrator. I I feel like if we're building capacity for crisis response and first responders to learn how to interact with people who are experiencing uh housing insecurity, that's that's not enough to to train people and and certify like them from having reactivity to the situations without creating more harm. What's up, Jessica? Hi. I'm going to speak in opposition to this budget dismissment as well. I oppose the up to $250,000 being allocated to expand community court and navigation services. People in our community dealing with mental health struggles and suffering from addiction, which is a medical, not a criminal problem, need real medical solutions, not more court funding. Our communities need and deserve access to care without being further exposed to violence, brutality, and criminalization. Additional law enforcement funding is not the answer to the mental health and addiction crisis that our city is facing. I oppose any embedding of crisis intervention teams with law enforcement. Thank you. I yield the rest of my time. Thank you. And this is one of many things we're doing in this area, including, I believe, 10 million towards Mercy Care, behavioral health units, community assistance. So, we get it's a big challenge and we need multiple tours. Any comments? Roll call. Kinder Vida, yes. Ward, yes. Haj Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor Robinson, yes. Wearing, Stark, yes. Ggo. Yes. Passes 90. Item 68 is next. Do we have a motion? I move to approve. Second. We have a motion and a second. Diane Barker. Good afternoon, Mayor Gigo and city council. on Diane Barker in district 7 and I'm in support of this item for the human services assessment $152,000. I'm not familiar with the consultant you're giving to, but the process looked like it was competitive. There were I think four other people that and it followed the thousand points that look like you know a person you know that did earn this award would know you know how to conduct this type of assessment. It's important particularly today you know I'm thinking about our cooling centers and I'm looking on a map you know that's a human services having gone to Burton Bar was looking for water the other day I thought that would go along with the cooling center I saw a sign that said cooling center but when I got up and got on a computer and I'm you know usually I drank my water but I was getting thirsty and then I did ask librarian, where is the water? And she said, well, on the first floor. Well, they do have water fountains, but for somebody that, you know, doesn't go there regularly. What I'm trying to say is is that the hydration center, you don't have Burden Bar listed as a hydration, as a cooling and a rebite center. and and u my councilman Carlos um Galardo Elera let me know that that was working well. But it seems to me that not only should you have education about the importance of staying hydrated, particularly now through this period of time of this program, September 30th, but you should have some water bottles there because once a person gets their time on their computer is they need to be hydrated and yay, it's helping people. Thank you. Any comments? Roll call. Kalind Vida, yes. Wardado, yes. Hodge Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, yes. Robinson, yes. Wearing Stark, yes. GGO, yes. Passes 90. Thank you. Item 71 is the neighborhood services department code enforcement policy annual review. Do we have a motion? I move to approve. Second. We have members of the public to speak. Virginia followed by Irish. Virginia with us. Is Irish with us? Virginia is with us. Okay. First time here. And the only reason I have concerns about is the uh senior place where I live at. Um we having a lot of problems and we need um maintenance people to come in and also security. Thank you. Thank you. Irish is next followed by Kelly. Hello everyone. Um I'm speaking on behalf of Grand Family Apartments. Um um the problem we're having over there is I'm on housing program. They raised everybody that's on housing is discriminated to me to $2,088 whether you own a two-bedroom or threebedroom apartment. My rent went up $427. And and I I didn't believe that. They asked me did I want to move. I told him I couldn't move because I have to have open heart surgery the end of this month and and and I'm stressed out. I I just don't understand if it's a lowinccome apartment. How come they're raising everybody's rent whether on low in it's supposed to be a lowinccome apartment whether you're on disa disabled or on housing and I'm just not understanding what is going on. I'm stressed out. They're not doing anything to take care of the apartments. So, something is going on with the owners of these apartments where they're not taking care of the people over there or the apartments over there. Something needs to be done or looked into these apartments, the owner and see what what they're doing to where they're not taking care of the seniors over there. It needs to be looked into. They're not taking care of the people over there or the apartments and I'm not understanding what's going on. Mayor, can I ask can I ask you a question? Ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am, would you accept a question? I as far as maintenance, are you talking about the cooling system, watering, the the the building, the the floors, the just a lot of things over there, the the the appliances, the just the apartment within itself is not taking being taken care of a lot of the things over there. So perhaps uh neighborhood services could get the address and talk to her about the maintenance. Thank you. Maybe staff can help you. If you give them the address, they can look into the problems of the facility. Thank you. And it is in district 8. So I'll turn to Councilman Hud Washington. Thank Thank you, Mayor. I was going to say if you can make sure my staff will connect with you so we can follow up on this for you. Okay. Thank you very much. Uh who do I give the address to? You want me to tell you right now? Okay. They'll they'll connect with you. Oh, you sit. Thank you. Councilwoman uh Kelly is next, followed by Luis. Good afternoon. My name is Kelly Wilkins. I too live in gun family apartments. It's quite a bit going on, but I tend to agree right now with the maintenance because yes, some of the units have been out because of the heat. We only have one maintenance guy. Come on. We have almost 200 units. He can't do everything by himself. I put in an order for my sink in March. We're in June. My sink's still not fixed. So, yes, we do have a problem and we do need help. People say they're going to help, but they don't help. You know, they they tell us a lot of things, but they don't do it. I don't know if it's because we're seniors or what, but me personally, I want something done. I'm tired of lip service. I want service. I pay my rent. I should have service while I pay my rent. Thank you. Thank you. And we will connect you with landlord tenant support. Uh we do have a program at the city that that may be able to help. Anything to add, councilwoman? No, I was going to similar also make the same request that my staff will connect with you so we can follow up as well with neighborhood services. Uh Louise is next followed by Ernestine. Afternoon. My name is Louise Robertson. I am a tenant at Grand Families Apartments. I'm having the same situation as everyone else. Our rents going up. We don't have a one maintenance guy. A whole lot of things need to be fixed in the apartments, but they're not getting fixed. And then there's seniors there that can't get out to be heard. So, I'm going to speak for them. They're there. Some of them are bedridden. They can't get out and do things. And then their apartments are going down just well, so is ours. and we do need help over there as soon as possible. Thank you. Ernestine will be our final speaker on this item. Hello, my name is Ernestine Edwards. I live at Matthew Henderson Senior Apartments. And I don't know what this is, if it's epidemic or what, but we all are having just about the same problem. One maintenance man, we have over 200 and something people apartments there and one person I know can't do it all. But what I wanted to talk about was security. There's no security in our buildings at all. The people's cars have been broken into. And you know, one day we were walking our our dog. So I felt it was two pit bulls in the section next to ours and so they was running toward to attack us and one of the maintenance guys was there and so he I rolled down the hill and almost hit my head on this tree. Well anyway after that episode I had to crawl up the hill to go to the office on my hands and on my knees and you know trying to get some help call 911 or whatever. So the lady in office told me I couldn't help you because we have nothing to do with the outside but family. Whatever happens on the inside we can help you with but not on the outside. But one lady did call 911 for me and that really hurt. But anyway, we all having the same maintenance and air conditioners. Everything is just falling down. So if you can help us any kind of way, we'd appreciate it. We want to be there. We want to help one another. We want to love one another, but we do have have to have some kind of help and we appreciate your help. Thank you, Councilwoman. Same thing, Miss Ernestine. Someone from my staff is going to connect with you before we leave so that we can get the information to follow up. Wonderful. Thank you for that testimony. That is that concludes public testimony. Any council comments? Roll call. Galinda. Yes. Yes. Hudge Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Robinson. Yes. Wearing Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. Passes 90. We next move to item 93 which is related to school resource officers. Vice Mayor. I move to approve. Second. Motion is second noting that Councilman Wearing will not be participating in this item. Roll call. Galinda, yes. Wardado, yes. Hodgej Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, yes. Robinson, yes. Stark, yes. GGO, yes. Passes 80. Uh, next is item 94. Do we have a motion? I move to approve. Second. Uh, we have U Jessica here to testify. Hello. Um, I'm here to speak in opposition to this budget dispersement as well. As you know, this budget dispersement allocates city funds that are meant to be supporting people who are experiencing mental health crisis and homelessness and also facing addiction. And it allocates those budgets to the Phoenix Police Department. I oppose embedding crisis intervention teams, behavioral and mental health professionals within law enforcement. If you on the city council really cared about the people in your community experiencing behavior and mental health crisis, you would know that additional police funding has never made us safer. We need the city's budget to be redirected to water stations, expanding heat relief hours until 10 p.m. and permanently funded legal assistance for people who are being evicted, including people without legal status. People on the streets experiencing these problems have been asking you for these demands for a long time. We need solutions that actually get at the root of why so many people are experiencing behavioral and mental health crisis on our streets. Thank you. I yield the rest of my time. Thank you. Any comments? Roll call. Galinda. Yes. Ward. Yes. Podge Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. passes 90. Next is item 99. Vice Mayor, I move to approve. Uh Jessica, please do you do you wish to testify again? Okay, maybe we'll note your comment applicable to this as well. Uh roll call. Belinda, yes. Ward, yes. Haj Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, yes. Robinson, yes. Wearing Stark. Yes. Bego. Yes. Passes 90. Thank you. We now move to the planning and zoning portion of our agenda. First is item 143 in district 7, Harrison Street between 7th a and 9th Avenue. Uh I believe we do not need a staff report on this. So I will open the public hearing. We have one member of the public to testify who is in support to speak if necessary. Uh Jordan Greenman assume not necessary to hear. We're good. All right. Close the public hearing. I'll turn to Councilman Galindel Alvivera. Mayor, I move to approve item 143 per the abandonment hearing officer's decision to delete stipulation number three. Second. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any additional comments? Roll call. Kalind Vida. Yes. Ward. Hajj Washington. Yes. O'Brien. Yes. Pastor. Yes. Robinson. Yes. Wearing. Stark. Yes. GGO. Yes. Passes 90. Thank you. Next is 144, which is the northeast corner of 26th Street and Camelback Road. This is in District 6. Uh, Councilman Robinson, do we want a staff report on this one? Okay, we'll open the public hearing. Uh, we do have members of the public to testify. Uh, we will begin. You want to start with the applicant uh or conclude with the applicant? Okay. Okay. Um, great. Then sorry, I just got this list. So, available only to speak if necessary. And it looks like there's only the applicant here to speak. Okay. So, the applicant has gestured not needing to speak. So, we'll open the public hearing. No one needs to speak. We'll close the public hearing. Councilman Robinson. Mayor. Thank you. A motion to approve per the June 7th, 2024 memo from the planning and development department director and adopt the related ordinance. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any comments? Roll call. Kellinder Vida, yes. Ward, yes. Haj Washington, yes. O'Brien, yes. Pastor, yes. Robinson, yes. Wearing, I apologize. Thank you. Stark, yes. GGO, yes. Passes 90. Thank you. That concludes the agenda portion of our meeting. We will next move to citizen public comment, and I will turn back to our city attorney to explain that portion. 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 citizen comment session is limited to 30 minutes. The Arizona open meeting law permits the city council to listen to the comments that prohibits council members from discussing or acting on the matters presented. Wonderful. And before we start those comments, I will note we enabled and entitled uh 396 units of housing today. So, continuing to move forward on that important topic. Uh we will now begin public comment. We'll begin with Diane Barker. followed by Irish Brooks and Irish can gesture if if your comment was addressed earlier. Diane please. Thank you, Mayor Kate and city council. I was waiting for you to say come on down. The price is rise, you know. But uh you know I'm here to just do a little history institutional knowledge as I share with some of the people you know that have been around. I was at the board of supervisors today and then some of the people that spoke over there followed me to MAG and we have to congratulate our city manager because he is now the chairman of the MAG um uh city managers Jeff Barton is. So we'll give him a clap. Hope he does a good job. and our mayor Cade is the chairwoman of the valley mayors that go to the mayor for MAG. What is MAG? MAG is a acronym for Maricopa Association of Government and these issues that we have locally in the Capitol City, the most populous city in Arizona is personified over at MAG in the Maricopa region. you know, whether it is from um transportation, that's where we get a lot of our federal money and uh the issues such as air quality, homelessness, safety, you name it, they're busy at it. But uh some of the speakers today, some people, you know, M's getting like about 50 million in the federal government for electric cars. So that issue was came up like wait a minute I don't want my gasoline car to take away and you're going to make me buy electric car I can't afford that you're going to put us out homeless okay so we're getting the great thing that I see and I see it even more that people are able to uh express themselves and that's how we can solve problems so I guess why I'm here is to let you know I value public input. I see more of the public coming and speaking and they've done their research and I would like to have my dialogue and other people's that come here. It's just not your two minutes is up or at MAG you get three and because it really leaves it like you know okay so I got to ask Joe Ryan who was a an activist in transportation he says all they say to me they never ever get back to me about how their infrastructure is going to be bottlenecked by 2025 and he was right because we are here now in that he said they just say Mr. Ryan, your three minutes is up. So anyway, have a good evening and consider our dialogue and our participation with government is what the founders, you know, expressed. It is something free speech is important and we must never lose that. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, Irish is next followed. Okay, great. For our um folks who spoke on item 71, you're also registered for this. Do you wish to speak again or or were Okay, thank you. And for um Ernestine, same are you? Okay. So, for folks who spoke on 71, we do do you any folks who spoke on 71 still wish to speak again? They're good. Okay. Uh then uh Dana is next followed by Leonard Clark. And for those watching, they indicated verbally that they did not need to speak again on I'm sorry, they indicated they didn't need to speak again. Well, good afternoon everyone. I am Dana Burns. I am the uh founder of a permanent voice. Many of you know who I am. So I'm here with the seniors that just spoke with you all about what's happening at Matthew T. Henson Senior Living as well as Graham Families Place. This has been an ongoing situation since about 2022 and uh the seniors are tired of it and so am I. And so I'm so proud of their courageous wisdom to come and stand before you all to seek help. My thing is with some of them who talked about the monies and and their supplement. I'm asking the city to help them with supplemental incomes or financial support with this rent. One of my seniors committed suicide because he was evicted and didn't have any support. So, I need the city to help me. I stand with these people in support and I want to hold you all accountable to help me to help them because these are our matriarchs and patriarchs of our families and they need us. This is our community. These are the voices of our community and they really need us. They need you all. City council, city managers, we need y'all. So, I'm grateful for them getting up saying what they needed to say and I don't want to have to come back here stating another one of my seniors committed suicide because they couldn't afford something. I need your help. Thank you. Leonard is next, followed by an. [Music] Thank you, mayor and city council member. Um, members, I don't reside in Phoenix right now. I'm out in the West Valley, but you know, I'm here a lot. Um, I haven't been here for a while, but uh, I just wanted to let you know I think there are others that feel the way I do in the city of Phoenix, and that is that crime and violence and hate, anger seem to be getting out of control. Um, ever since October 7th of 2023 with the horrible massacre that took place in Israel by Nazi Hamas terrorists, we have elders in our community. You see, I went to the protest. I was a progressive. Now, I'm I just believe in human rights. You don't need to be a progressive or a conservative. You just need to be a human being and believe in human rights. But you see, in the city of Phoenix, we have some elders who lead our young people and mislead them. They mislead them because they don't tell them that Dr. Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi or Caesar Chavez who came from our beautiful state of Arizona, he didn't say go out and ambush police officers. He didn't say blindly hate the police, blindly hate the government. You see, we have some elders who seem to be they seem to be filled with hate against maybe what they haven't become. Maybe because they're not sitting up there like you and they never got elected, but they are misleading our young people. And I just want you to know, I want our young people to know, remember, you know, Dr. Martin Luther King, I stumbled into a YouTube where he said, "Don't stoop so so low as to let your enemies make you hate them." So, while these people that I formerly knew that call themselves progressive in the city of Phoenix, who are now leading, misleading our young people, to hate the police, to hate authority, to hate all rules because they want anarchy, because in the end, their hearts are dark. I like when we think of Phoenix as a team. As the mayor says, team Phoenix. Um, right now is not a time for more hate and to teach our young people, hey, you have no hope. There'll be no social security for you. There'll be none of this. And this these things are lies told to you by old people, a few elders who have lost their way, who forgot what Dr. Martin Luther King said, who forgot what Dr. Caesar Chavez said in Mahatma Gandhi. You know, I'm a Christian. I'm a Jew. I'm a Muslim. But right now, our country, not only Phoenix, our country is in a great state of peril because our you our youth have been told to rise up and to hate not only the city of Phoenix, but to hate their country. Hey, if I'm on the Dallas Cowboys or the Phoenix Cardinals or whatever team, I'll try to make suggestions, but if I'm on your team, I'm not going to be out there trying to make the team lose. You know, if you're in America and you're in Phoenix, instead of tearing down everything that we built up, you know, if you want communism or you want fascism, this is not the place to do it. The people in the middle, we are America and we believe in democracy. Thank you. Thank you. And is next f followed by Gerard. That's pretty tough to follow. Thank you. Um, good afternoon, Mayor Ggo, Vice Mayor Stark, and council members. I'm Anner, and I'm uh still the president of Operation Blue Ribbon. Um, but during this last week, uh, this week at the public safety and justice subcommittee meeting, the Phoenix Police Department staffing report at last identified some possible solutions to the current hiring crisis. And I have much respect for Commander Joe and Seth Landau for their skilled communication in presenting the report. Unfortunately, the report lacks the key indicators in my opinion, which are how many applicants have we had hired, how many have graduated and are sworn and are on the job. As Councilman Robinson suggested in the meeting, do we really need an advertising agency to guide or market Phoenix Police Department? In my opinion, what's needed is information or data that clarifies where applicants are coming from and why they don't stay. Are they just kids seeking jobs? Is it the environment? Phoenix Police Department. Does Phoenix PD benchmark with companies like CVS or American Express on how they are successful with hiring and retaining um employees? I'm certain you hear these com uh these comments often and I apologize, but um there's um an applicant that my husband actually referred and she's 24 year old Latina. She passed the um physical, she passed the test and was told that they had better candidates than her. So now DPS is recruiting her. So there's no substance in that staffing report until PD can identify what works and what doesn't. In 2022, there were 72 applicants that left. That was 45% of of that um recruitment that year. In 2021, there were 172 applicants left and that was 40% of that. So, if the average cost to train a Phoenix police officer is, let's say, around 45,000, that was just based on my research, then that's for those two years, we spent $11 million training people that didn't come and work for us. So, for the sake of transparency, to date, Phoenix Police Department did not outpace attrition. They did not hire more than they had that left. And I'm asking you to stop being disingenuous and tell us the truth because the public can help with this. You know, we can help with recruiting. We can talk about those things in community meetings. I'm happy to make that happen. Um, and it worries me that right now we have the same number of of employees, police employees as we did in 1999. So, thank you. Please consider these things. Thank you. Gerard is next, followed by Tony or Jared. Apologies. Hello, my name is Gerard and uh I'm a veteran and I'm want to go ahead and reiterate what's going on over here with the uh the seniors that are living senior living and uh I kind of understand what they're going through cuz I'm there at that building living with them and I see a lot of things that are going on, you know, as far as uh you know, our housing is is not really up to par. You know, actually, I want to go ahead and kind of uh uh try to uh um emphasize on on the maintenance and the uh staffing. you know, everybody that's uh been there for the last maybe two, three months or so, they they leave, they've been gone, you know, they're they just don't stay. I don't know what it is, whether they quit or they're not getting paid enough. I don't know what it is, you know, but something something is not right, you know. Uh we have from um the managers to assistant managers, you know, the maintenance and by the way m um talking about maintenance, we need more than one person in in their buildings and our buildings and stuff to do maintenance cuz when you're talking about over 200, you know, pe people in 200 uh apartments, 200 residents, I mean, you just can't uh expect one person just to do that. So, but yeah, the uh the staffing and everything else, you know, this is is really bad. I mean, I I wish that uh you know, it will get better. I've been there for a while. I've been in there for over 5 years. So, uh I mean that's uh uh really a long time and it seems like you know every year it's the same over and over and over again where you get people that come in from the from the uh the managers and stuff. They stay there for a couple months and then they leave and then you got to go ahead and you got to go and uh get them to to go ahead and you meet new new staff there. So, it's it's uh really really a hassle and and we really wish, you know, something could be done about it. So, you know, I'm done. So, thank you. Councilwoman Hud Washington. Um Jerry. Sir. Sir, do you have a I just want to make sure I want to make sure. Do you have a specific concern that you want to make sure my staff can you see them to make sure we connect with you to get your information to ensure your issue is sticking? Thank you. so much. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you. Tony is next, followed by Carol. Um, thank you, city council and mayor. I'm for um I'm with fund for empowerment and with regard to these um cooling centers in the valley. Um the one the main one at the library, 24-hour one. I've been by there a few times and um uh there's so many people there. It's not enough room to accommodate the amount of people that need it where they're overflowing outside into the front patio. And um also they don't They don't have enough water and the snacks that they give out or just like a couple of items in the bag. And I' I've been to one in Mesa called a Resurrection Street Ministries, but theirs is huge. And they have even have cotss for people to sleep on when they're there in the daytime where the one at the Burton Bar Library and the other ones I've been to like the YMCA, if they want to sleep, they got to put their head down on the table while they're sitting down. And it's not open late enough. It's only open till like 6:00 or 7. And um and it's still pretty hot at night. That that could be dangerous for people that are homeless also. And um I know a couple years ago they had it where you guys had it where the convention center was open where um as a cooling center and it was plenty of room. It was enough room to accommodate hundreds of people. So that I mean that would be a good idea to open that back up. And um also I've seen u incidences where cops were harassing people at bus stops and um just out of randomly um cuffing them up and taking them to jail. So, I mean, I don't know the details, but I've seen that uh east side of Phoenix and west side of Phoenix with people waiting for the bus. So, thanks again, city council. Thank you. Carol is next, followed by Mark. My name is Carol Moore and I'm from Grand Families Place and my um largest concern is the light and we don't have light in there um for the seniors. They're deliberately um taking away like the pole lights. Every other pole light is off and has been off for long time. Um, there's a light over the entrance door that's been out for I know at least uh since February 2023 and when you come out it's dark and I've complained put work orders in. I know I've put in at least eight work orders and it's still dark and you come out you can't see where you're stepping. Um, the lights on the basketball court are out. Some of the lights over the cars parking area are out. Um, and it's a lot of lights out like in the back and it's dark. People's cars are getting broken into. Uh, one of the tenants got robbed back there last year. Her car was taken, her purse was taken, they put a gun to her head and made her lay down on the ground and things like that are happening. We don't have any um lights. Um well, we don't have any chairs up where the pool for, you know, when you go to the pool, we have no chairs to sit in if the parents want to watch their kids swim. No chairs. We have a grill, uh but no chairs there. And these are things that we're paying for in our rent. So, we need something done about that because it's, you know, some of the people are in wheelchairs and they come out and it's dark and they can't see where they're going and now we don't have security. Um, and we have homeless people sleeping in our building. So, it's bad. Thank you. Sorry, Mayor. Councilwoman Hud Washington. Thank you. Um Carol, if you can make sure you can you wave for her Cena so she knows go see her. So this is the first time we've heard about this but we are going to do our best to help you uh address these issues. So thank you for flagging this for for my information. Thank you mayor. Thank you. Mark is next followed by Timothy. Mark Schaefer. Okay, thank you. Um, someone just shared that Mike Mark Schaefer is not here anymore. Tim, followed by Frank, Tim Surowski. Uh, good afternoon. Thank you so much. I'm going to talk about South Mountain once again and I'm going to invite all the city council people to come down and look at the what I call the South Mountain dumping site. I'm sure everyone is aware of what had happened and and all the dumping that had taken place. But I'm more concerned now about the pollution that the dumping has caused because now it's been in river and rivers and streams and that's illegal. It's a federal violation to dump in rivers and streams. I I would really like to know who authorized all the dumping in South Mountain. This could not have taken place by a park ranger. Someone had to explain to the park ranger to open up four gates in South Mountain and show them where to dump. There's no way that a park ranger is going to lose his seniority, that he's going to lose his job, lose his pension without someone in upper management telling him to go and dump in these locations. We've brought this up in front of the the parks board itself and there's a person on the parks board who is a water expert. They've done nothing at the present time. So, I'm trying to figure out at this point, is something going to be done? Is there going to be an investigation? Is someone going to ask the pertinent questions of why this dirt was dumped down there? It's not just a little dirt. It's 180 different truckloads coming into a park system. So, I'm inviting everyone to come down. We can do a picnic down there and we can show you where all the different all the different dump sites and then we can finally ask the pertinent questions. Why wasn't this investigated four years ago? Why are we now doing it? There were two different stories on this. One in the New Times, one in the Arizona Republic, and you guys didn't do anything about it. So now once again I'm requesting we're going to start asking the pertinent questions once again. Why why aren't you guys doing your job about dumping in a in a park? Thank you. Frank is next, followed by Jerry. Hello city council. My name is Frank Urban. I am I've been a resident of Phoenix for the past 30 years. Um I've been I've been formerly homeless for about four of them. And we need more they need more housing. They need more services, more mental health help, substance abuse help, whatever it takes. Um, and I think that if you guys just go out and talk to them and get to know their stories, it'd go a long way to easing this problem. Thank you. Thank you. Jerry is next, followed by Elizabeth. Thank you, council members. Um, I have my ubiquitous handout after I speak. Um, you know, 2017, parks board met and approved $23 million of voter initiative 3PI funds to renovate South Mountain Park for this year's centennial. 2024 is the centennial. We're halfway through it. The project is barely over 60% completed. But worse, halfway through that five-year plan, 3 days worth of dump trucks from the nearby housing development being constructed rolled through the park and dumped at designated spots within the park. uh the the soil was never tested before it was dumped in there. It's and consequently it was redumped. We call knee-jerk management once it was exposed in the media. Uh it was helter skelter out there with trucks, back hoes, everything moving to undisclosed portions of the park. We have no idea where a lot of it went. But worse, park employees were told to violate federal laws by dumping it in drywashes. Uh there's a there's a picture on here on the flyer in the bed of the Salt River at 24 Street. That's a federal offense and it's being investigated. So, there's going to be a lot of questions being asked. Uh, fortunately, everybody was able to hide for two years behind the pandemic, but we knew the evidence was still going to be there when we came back because we had to pursue uh the new trail head at Choya Dreamy Draw and then Papago Park popped up and we we're back now. We've taken interested parties out there already. They want to know what the hell's going on and why there's been no investigation at all. Uh, and to boot, we've uncovered, we've had some help with this. We've uncovered, uh, well, we've uncovered a cover up within the city. That'll be coming out. Here are the handouts. I'd like each of you to have. Thank you. Thank you, Elizabeth Venal. We are next speaker. So, summer is basically here. It's a time when people bake to death on the sidewalks of Phoenix. It's a great time of year. Here's the summer. Um I need in any case I wanted to just say a couple words because um I found it interesting that um in the making of a mandate someone expressed that they did not ex enjoy mandates and so I just wanted to reflect on mandates for a second. I think there are things called moral mandates and they frame uh other things that that become forces in government or other sectors of society that create mandates. Some mandates come from morals that we accept as the constitution in the United States of America and the courts enforce them. And so, you know, I heard sort of a concern that there was a following of mandates directly descended and uh from the Constitution of the United States of America. And I and I thought to myself like, wow, if you got a problem with moral mandates and you've taken a sworn oath to like defend the Constitution, you know, like um do you go to church or what? And that's just a side. Anyways, but um in any case, I wanted to say that um I really wish your lawyers would would have been I think more honest with you about the when we filed things and what was going on and what the stakes were because it's right running up to that time where city of Phoenix might go into a trial over whether or not it willfully violated this injunction and these are essentially putting all of you guys on trial, you know, and it's not necessarily the outcome that, you know, I am not that vindictive to be honest. Do you know what I mean? But I like accountability and um I think that it's really important that you guys take it seriously. I don't know what people can do to rectify this, you know, but be on the side of justice and be on the side of that moral mandate if you can and even priv even privately if you can, you know. Um, in any case, back to moral mandates. I think it's important to understand that we often have no recourse as activists. We rarely can get any form of mandate. And so if I can see a moral mandate through the federal government, I'm going to seize on that and let it go through to the city of Phoenix. These are my morals writ large as well as just not just an oath that doesn't seem to be fitting anymore. Um, so I know I'm a little bit I've been out in the sun. Sorry about that. But um I'm a little over clumps. But in any case, remember remember the people that die on the sidewalks. And that's all I'll say. I'm going to run out of time. Thank you. Thank you. Elizabeth was our final speaker. We are adjourned. Let's go. You know, I'm a soft spoken person, so I hope you all hear me.