e good afternoon Welcome to our May 29th council meeting before we call the meeting to order we'll invite police chaplain Le Rabbi lebrov forward for an invocation [Music] almighty God for as long as governments have been instituted among humans to secure the unalienable rights with which you have endowed them they have had an unfortunate tendency eventually to become destructive of that end and to need alteration or replacement because those holding power have let it go to their heads power corrupts Lord Acton wrote and absolute power corrupts absolutely it's a potent drug and addictive the Greeks called this effect hubris so so being aware of this problem what can we do to avoid it when you ordained monarchy as the form of government most suited for your people you made specific Provisions for this purpose the King was not to have too large a harm or to amass more money than he needed or to collect more horses than he could use most importantly though to quote when he takes his Kingdom's Throne he shall make a copy for himself of this book of instruction taken from that of the priests and it shall be with him and he shall read it every day of his life so that he will learn to rever the Lord his God to obey all the terms of these instructions and decrees and not consider himself better than anybody else or turn from the law to the right or to the left the king is literally to carry a Torah around wherever he goes one that he personally copied out in his own handwriting so even when he is not in the act of reading it its presence will remind him not to believe his own publicity that in truth he is not a master but a servant that when people tell him how great he is what he should hear is how great a responsibility he Bears almighty God our mayor and council members are not Kings and are not literally subject to this commandment but let them carry your word engraved with an iron pen and a diamond Point written on the tablets of their hearts so they too will serve you and their constituents with honesty and humility help our mayor and council members internalize that lesson and follow it so that their work is blessed with Goodwill and success finally in order to do their own work efficiently and well please heal their bodies sooth their minds and bring peace to their families so so they can give their full attention to their sacred work amen thank you please remain standing I will ask councilwoman O'Brien to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance thank you Rabbi and councilwoman O'Brien we'll call to order the meeting will the clerk call the role councilman Galindo here councilwoman wad councilwoman Hajj Washington present councilwoman O'Brien here councilwoman Pastor councilman Robinson here councilman wearing vice mayor Stark mayor giko here we have interpreters with us I will ask Mario if you could introduce your team mayor good afternoon my name is Mario wahas and together with my colleague Kota will be serving as today's Spanish interpreters I'll now take a moment to introduce ourselves to our Spanish speaking audience gracias thank you mayor thank you so much will the city clerk read the 24hour paragraph the titles of the following ordinance and resolution numbers on the agenda were available to the public at least 24 hours prior of this council meeting and therefore may be read by title or agenda item only ordinances number G 7254 and 7263 through 7264 s50 886 through 50944 and resolutions 22210 through 22217 thank you so much would the City attorney please explain the role of public comment yes thank you mayor members of the public may speak for to two minutes to comment on agenda items comments must be related to the agenda item in 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 relating to pending investigations claims or litigation additionally any member of the public who appears before Council and 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 person who violates these rules will lose the opportunity to continue to speak thank you we'll begin with the meeting minutes item one Vice commor we have a motion to continue I will move item one to be continued second can we continue to the 620 council meeting 12 yes 12 yes all those in favor say I I I item number two councilwoman O'Brien do you have a motion I move to approve item number two mayor second comments all those in favor say I I I I I item number three councilman Robinson thank you mayor I move to approve item number three second all those in favor say I I I I thank you boards and commissions vice mayor do we have a motion yes mayor I moved to approve mayor and city council boards and commission nominations second we have a motion and a second all those in favor please say I I I any oppos nay we will now conduct a swearing in ceremony I state your name I Jos car do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States I'll support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona con the constition and state of law Aron that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and defend them against all enemies defend them against all enemies foreign and domestic foreign and domestic and that I will faithfully and impartially that I will faithfully and impartially discharg the duties of the office of Village planning commissioner discharge the duties of the village planning commissioner according to the best of abil my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations thank you you want to go behind congratulations this Phoenix City Council serves as an advisory body for the state liquor license applications we will now turn to that portion of our agenda vice mayor do we have a motion yes I move to approve items 5 through 29 second we have a motion second any comments all those in favor please say I I I I nay passes unanimously city clerk are we ready for ordinances resolutions new business planning and zoning yes mayor vice mayor do we have a motion yes we do I move to approve items 30 through 119 accept the following items 43 through 48 49 through 51 58 59 62 86 85 87 88 90 and 91 noting that item 119 is requested to be continued to September 4th 202 4 and can the clerk confirm if there's other items that should be excluded for in-person public comment yes mayor vice mayor no other items need to be excluded at this time thank you second we have a motion and a second roll call galinda yes HUD Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor Robinson yes wearing yes Stark goo yes passes 80 excellent next we go to the budget portion of today's council meeting item 43 is a public hearing on the 2024 2029 Capital Improvement program I now declare the hearing open I'll go first to councilman Jim weing for some questions and comments uh thank you mayor I appreciate it um uh I've never voted for a budget before in my 12 years on the council uh so as Captain Louis said to Rick and Casablanca a precedent is being broken probably one only I care about as I see you guys rolling your eyes but I did want to make a couple comments uh that were positive as I'm about to Embark into the great unknown uh first uh amber maybe I'll just do a couple true and false questions here uh first the biggest part of the city budget 77% is Personnel cost basically councilman wearing mayor members of the council yes that's correct so the biggest part of our budget is actually moving to me in the right direction we actually have 1,200 fewer employees than we had in 2008 that's correct which so we've been through the grave recession and everything we now have 1,200 fewer employees but a greater percentage of the employees we have that 77% of the budget is actually uh Public Safety is that correct that's also correct so it's definitely moving in the right direction that something frankly I've harped upon uh for years um uh during that time time uh the budget cost per person when you adjust for inflation obviously we've had great uh increases in the number of citizens in Phoenix we've also increases in cost but you got to factor inflation in there so the in this time of high inflation after the Great Recession covid trying to hold everything together with duct tape and bailing wire the average cost per person in all that time concerning all this inflation has gone up $4 per person counc we wearing mayor members of the council you are correct so it's actually not lower which I think it had been in the past this year it's slightly higher I'm not saying $4 dolls is nothing but I think that would probably be shocking uh to a lot of people you know I followed these numbers for years so I'm sort of aware but a lot of my conservative friends would probably be surprised to see that this Council the City of Phoenix this staff has basically kept costs exactly the same and has actually I would argue Shrunk the size of government there are fewer people who work for the City of Phoenix than there were when we had a much smaller City albe it um so we actually have much fewer quite a few fewer employees per capita as well uh than we do in 2024 than we did in 2008 um you got to remember when I talk about that increase of $4 per person increased cost uh the pension costs overall for all funds that we have to pay are over 500 about $500 million higher than they were in 2008 now inflation in there too but not that much inflation it's a $500 million increase that's also true mayor Amber isn't it that's correct and for the general fund it's about 372 million in change that's a dramatic difference if we didn't have those increased pension costs uh we certainly would be well below per capita spending when ad just for inflation correct that's correct so we can talk about things the state has done and so forth uh and probably beat that to death and what the governor signed and didn't sign but overall this is I I would say these numbers just as someone who studied government budgets for 25 30 years this is nothing short of really a miracle that it's in this condition I'm not saying the future is so bright we got to wear shades but I do think that to me this was something worth voting for I could go through and find things that I didn't like um and bore you all with that I won't you can thank me later but realistically I I I told Jeff I'd feel like a jerk if I voted against this one I really think you guys did the best that you could do again there are things in there I don't like but overall I live here too I pay taxes here too and I think if I wasn't on this Council I'd still be pretty pleased with this overall all result not every single line item but this overall result so I wanted to commend you for that I did want to uh take an opportunity to say that and just um remind folks too that with the pension costs there's been a dramatic increase in expenditures that we just don't have the opportunity to spend on other things um I will say you know the coper system is in much better State than the system that's run by the state so I think we've also done a better job managing that it's probably too much minu for today but I think in a really tough situation it has not been a easy ride for the 16 years that I'm talking about Great Recession covid a lot of turmoil a lot of growth all I can say is tip my hat job well done thank you mayor for the time thank you councilman you might also note the tax rate is ticking down on the property tax a small amount so a lower tax rate as well well trying to be a fiscally responsible budget knowing that people are feeling stretched right now and although you invited us not to comment on it I I will still mention that the the go the state legislature and Governor's tax cut against us is something we feel very much in this budget and I hope that they will keep their commitments to look at way to ways to backfill that Revenue particularly around Public Safety we'll close the public hearing thank you to our staff for working so hard to put this budget together it's countless hours of receiving feedback public meetings online budgeting tool input from the council all of which was incorporated in what we will pass today and and vote again in the future an open and transparent process that I think our residents really very much appreciate and it'll help us keep the public safe secure our water supply invest in economic opportuni in jobs and protect our most vulnerable this is one in multiple steps to pass our budget but it is an important day today any additional comments all right item 44 is the adoption of the 2024 29 Capital Improvement program vice mayor yes mayor I am happy to move the adoption of resolution 22216 the 2024 2029 Capital Improvement program second roll call gind yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark Gayo yes passes 8 Z Item 45 is a public hearing on the adoption of the tentative 2024 25 annual budget ordinances I now declare the hearing open we do not have any comments on this item we'll close the public hearing item 46 is the adoption of the tentative 2024 25 annual budget vice mayor yes mayor I move that item 46 being ordinance s-58 eight8 the tenative 24 2024 2025 annual budget be adopted councilman wearing did you have any questions or comments on this one all right any comments roll call galinda yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing Stark yes GGO yes passes 80 item 47 is the adoption of the tentative 20242 Capital funds budget vice mayor yes mayor I move that item 47 being ordinance s-50 926 the tenative 2024 2025 Capital funds budget be adopted second we have a motion in a second any comments on this one roll call alind yes hjj Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor Robinson yes wearing Stark yes Gayo yes passes 8 Z Item 48 is the adoption of the tentative 20242 reappropriated funds budget vice mayor yes mayor I approve that item 48 being ordinance s-50 1889 the tenative 2024 2025 reincorporated funds budget be adopted second any comments roll call galinda yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 8 Z we next move to item 49 which is a proposed annexation at 15th Avenue in Happy Valley Road we will open the public hearing we do not have any members of the public to comment close the public hearing any comments all right no vote is required at this time item 50 is a proposed annexation at Old 27th Avenue in District 8 open the public hearing we do not have any members of the public to comment we will close the public hearing any Council comments item 51 is a proposed annexation at 17th Avenue in Happy Valley Road we will open the public hearing we do not have any members of the public to comment we will close the public hearing we next go to item 58 which is heila River Indian Community 2024 gaming grants do we have a motion May or I move item 20 uh 58 second we have a motion and a second these grants come to us thanks to the P passage of proposition 202 by Arizona voters in 2002 which provided for gaming compacts and the state and our tribes through which there is revenue sharing with local cities and nonprofits today's agreements will provide for more than 12 million in funding for over 30 grants from the heel River Indian Community which we deeply appreciate they will help us with a variety of city services including saki Museum Phoenix police family Advocacy Center the Office of Environmental programs office of heat response and mitigation and more any comments roll call galinda yes hod Washington yes O'Brien yes Castor Robinson yes wearing Stark yes goo yes passes 71 item 59 is related to the camping ordinance I'll ask the city clerk to read the title item 59 is for ordinance G 7264 and ordinance amending chapter 23 Article 2 Section 30 camping of the Phoenix city code thank you councilman O'Brien has been working very hard on this I will turn to her for a motion and an introduction um thank you mayor I move to approve item 59 and then have comments second we have a motion in a second councilwoman O'Brien thank you so almost immediately after taking my oath of office and starting my neighborhood listening tour I heard from communities along the i7 Corridor that they worried about letting their kids continue to walk to school or dropping them off at their dayare I was told stories of encampments along sidewalks leading up to schools and crowds of folks openly doing drugs and parking lots of daycares over the course of my first year in office things were not getting better I spent the second year in office researching the underlying causes for homelessness understanding what services existed at that point in time and what safety nets we had to catch people before they fell what I learned made me want to develop my proposed homeless solution plans and put it out and I put it out 11 months ago the plan was put together after discussions and meetings with nonprofits servicing the homeless populations government agencies and elected officials from other municipalities all over the country private sector experts in affordable housing and addiction recovery and religious and faith-based institutions and leaders based on best practices from around the country it called for a multi-pronged solution for a multifaceted issue like new government intergovernmental agreements new state laws changes to Phoenix zoning code additional shelter options with less barriers an entirely new court system and yes new city ordinances my plan was a toolbox and the solutions were the tools I'm proud to say in the 11 months since putting forward these ideas over 50% of the proposed Solutions have been completed or are in progress as a result for the first time since 2019 the number of unsheltered individuals in Phoenix have dropped by 19% based on the annual point and time count Phoenix increased our shelter capacity with different shelter options for couples families and individuals with pets we created a new court community Court designed to get the individuals in the judicial system connected to services and individualized plans to help them out of homelessness zoning restrictions on affordable housing by allowing accessory dwelling units reducing parking capacity requirements for affordable housing options and shortening the time it takes for a developer to go from shovels in the ground to keys in the door but even with successes Phoenix saw in working towards reducing and preventing homelessness there's still work to be done and I'm so incredibly grateful for my fellow council members on all of the work that I just mentioned the ordinance being proposed today is one of those tools in the toolbox understanding Phoenix is under constraints put in place by the nth Sur circuit I turn to other municipalities governed by the same ruling the idea of limiting camping within 500 ft of a school daycare park or existing shelter isn't a new one cities from California from Los Angeles to San Diego have implemented similar ordinances for the purposes of protecting vulnerable populations that's what this ordinance is for it's so that no child must walk past a line of tents on their way to school or play on a playground with tents pressed up against their school fence it's so our community members can feel safer going to their parks and so those who are receiving Services have a higher chance of success by not being surrounded by those encampments the City of Phoenix will always lead with Services first and this allows us to be able to speak direct directly with a population who may have traditionally be resistant to services in the past while keeping our schools parks dayc carees and shelter areas free from encampments I also have a few questions for staff um if they could join thank you there's been a concern about our ability to adequately provide services and shelter beds to our homeless populations um we've seen in the most recent point in time count with Phoenix seeing a 19% reduction in unsheltered individuals though that narrative doesn't exactly seem to be entirely accurate Scott will you tell me when your team performs Outreach to an unsheltered individual that you've been alerted to and they say yes I want Services how often are we able to connect them to services and how quickly are you able to provide those Services Council O'Brien mayor members of the council uh my team specifically when we go out and engage with individuals and they say they want shelter services or those Services we're able to implement those Services usually that same day for those individuals that pace uh again I have a specific team there's a general Outreach throughout the community but for our team specifically uh when it comes to families usually we can solve their issues on that day while either a temporary solution while working on a permanent solution and for individuals same thing we can get that temporary solution while working on usually same day if not the next day okay and can you explain what this ordinance will do for the City of Phoenix uh again this did I'm sorry could you move your mic closer I can't hear you yes Council I'm sorry about that uh again uh as you mentioned earlier uh we will always continue to lead with Services uh the city has done a great job in uh leading us in in the path of creating shelter capacity uh that's evident by that point in time count numbers you just uh uh pointed out and also want to point out that there's in 2425 there will be an additional 790 bed shelter beds coming online which will help us in these efforts as well uh this is just another opportunity for us to engage with individuals get them off the street get them connected to services and hopefully on the path of of success in NS thank you Julie should the council pass this ordinance today the implementation date is September 1st can you um explain why we have U used that date yes thank you council member mayor um members of council so um as you know the the law is in a state of flux and has been for the past several years but this gives us time to uh for staff to develop policies to educate and work with the community and also our Police Department on how um they will implement this wonderful um and you just referred to how the law has kind of in a state of flux I isn't that true potentially of of any code that we have at any given time we could have some kind of judicial ruling that would require us to look at our code and maybe how it's being enforced yes mayor members of council council member O'Brien so the city is is constantly reviewing new case law as it comes out and as you know there are challenges to any state statute or our city code and reviewing the law so that we can review our existing policies procedures and city code Provisions additionally if the city council always waited for some kind of judicial ruling isn't it possible that we wouldn't be able to accomplish much if we were waiting for judicial rulings before we enforced or enacted ordinances um mayor members of council yeah again I mean we we're always reviewing those laws so it's certainly up to council to go ahead and enact um any changes to our city code or put new call new um code Provisions in place and then we're we always have the opportunity to come back if needed if there's a new case uh that affects our current Provisions Wonder well thank you so much mayor thank you staff thank you we have SE uh several members of the public to comment would anyone like to make a statement or questions before we go to to the public all right uh we will start with our Alum of the council Craig tripin and he will be followed by Christopher thank you mayor and councel uh and thank you Council woman O'Brien for what you're you've done on this I've been an advocate regarding homelessness for for a long long time uh going back to my time on the council excuse me homelessness is bad for the individual who's homeless it's bad for the neighborhoods that that have to deal with it in the various ways that councilman has outlined and it's bad for the city as a whole Phoenix has done something that I haven't seen happen and and the staff deserves a ton of credit for it in San Diego La uh San Francisco uh Portland Seattle and many many other cities we've cleaned up significant a significant area that was throttled by homelessness uh down in what people don't like to call it this but what what is the Zone we as we need everybody knows we need more beds and we need to lead with services and so far we have done that we we've seen significant uh progress with people the various bed programs the safe outdoor spaces the various shelters cities open I think all of those are are wonderful things and um I think that it is important and I'm I'm I think it's important for the city and for us to encourage people to get beds to get into safe outdoor spaces and to get services and this is the kind of thing that encourages people to get those services and do that kind of work thank you thank you Christopher is next followed by Elena Christopher ismy isome do we have Christopher all right Elena we will go to you Alena will be followed by Henny um I would like to say that I'm with the houseless leadership project and we talk a lot about how we would like justice for you know us we get locked up all the time for camping or sleeping on the streets and stuff like that or in public places well if we honestly had better better housing and got a lot more help on housing we wouldn't be sleeping on the streets and stuff like that so um yeah thank you thank you for your testimony Henny is next followed by faith not not yet next man I would like to take this opportunity to say I've been in Phoenix for 10 years for the last 10 years I lived here and I mean when I say I lived here I lived here from a child to an adult now and when I say I've witnessed for the last 10 years of living here whether it was in a CPS system a jail system a non-il system a group home system it ain't the best experience for a kid to grow up it ain't the best experience for no person to grow up no one and and I feel that yeah what Elena said what the law is doing what y'all are doing trying to stop everybody from sleeping off the streets yeah we get that we understand that comes with problems some places but not only some people feel safe that they don't feel in these shelters in these halfway houses that y'all are trying to open up build up if you really want to look at the rates and the stats we feel y'all build more jails there's more crimes more serious things that y'all don't solve versus y'all trying to pick up a homeless person off the streets just for him sleeping there and that's real life this is real reality I know it all I'm a very therap edicated young man and like I said for the time of me being here it's not not okay so some of the stuff I heard today sounds good y'all trying to help you know open up a lot of spaces for us open up a lot of doors but we all know that that's not really helping still going to be the same problems same sleeping same troubles in the neighborhood we still going to have the same problem with the law we just need it what should start is if you really want to help some of us peoples on the streets how you people talk to [Music] us thank you faith is next followed by Frank good afternoon Council my name is Faith Karns I volunteer my time for funds for empowerment I am formally homeless I have lived on the streets for eight years and I've lived in a place for three I work with people like those guys every single day some of them are literally dying standing up because they're not getting sleep we've got handicapped people out there that are not anything in compared to these guys and there's not even enough housing for the handicapped or at least not proper housing and I'm curious of what you guys are going to do with the people give them more tickets arrest them we've tried that that doesn't work why keep why keep doing something that just isn't working and with that I close thank you Frank is next followed by Christine hello guys uh city council my name is Frank Urban I'm with fund for empowerment like faith is and Elizabeth and like Faith said um arresting the homeless and telling them to leave multiple times just isn't working what the homeless need more than anything is are is appropriate shelter to the individual being sheltered like for instance if the person has mental disabilities counselors if the person's trying to get off drugs you know drug treatment alcohol treatment um if the person has pets a pet accessible place where they can go and I am also formerly homeless like faith is we've spent four years up in Sunny Slope on the streets only to be harassed by the police numerous times told to leave we get up we leave they tell we go to we go to a different place they tell us to get up and leave again we go to a different place they tell us to get up and leave again we go to a different place when is this cycle going to stop we need better options and with that I'll close mayor council uh vice mayor if I could just quickly ask a question I I don't perceive this to be about the police going out and putting people in jail um Scott isn't it really the function of your office to take the lead and try to get people to services and this is just as I think Craig triman mentioned is just another incentive to help am I misreading that uh vice mayor mayor members of the council uh yeah we will always continue to lead with Services create the resources create the diversity of resources to overcome people's barriers and get people into safe indoor spaces thank you Elizabeth is next and then we'll go to Bramley on the virtual comment Christine yeah I was next so I'm sorry you're right Christine is next uh my name is Christine lock and I am I feel that this uh vote is premature uh people have talked about the laws being in flux right now I don't believe that the law in Phoenix is in flux uh we are still under judge Snow's ordinance which prohibits a a lot of thing us doing a lot of things for the homeless and I think that that is a good reason to put a serious pause on doing this um I know that the city is making good efforts to try and do things but I also know that that you know when you say we always lead with Services that's not with every homeless person that's on the streets that's with every homeless person that they can leave lead with Services uh people's stuff is still being thrown away on a regular basis and that's not supposed to be occurring um people are still getting tickets for um sleeping and and we don't have enough shelters we don't have enough low barrier shelters and within the past year or two uh there was one proposed by Andre house and they were going to build it for the city but the city voted it down I don't know why maybe it was because it was a low barrier shelter um it I thought it was silly to turn down money if anyone's going to build a shelter um anyway that's that's my feeling I feel like we're still under judge Snow's ordinance uh and that case still has has yet to go to trial but it's still in the federal court it hasn't ended um there have been challenges to fund for empowerment thank you thank you Elizabeth is next followed by Bramley okay so the City of Phoenix like Christine said is still under a federal injunction Banning the city from enforcing urban camping in any way whatsoever as well well as the sitting lying law and furthermore they're not you guys are not supposed to be throwing away people's personal possessions now if you could ensure that CBI we offered a huge variety of services to every single individual that was going to be affected by this enforcement you know it might actually make a difference but the truth is you're basically enforcing these laws anyways and you're going to get you know a big slap on the head anyways I don't see what is the point of voting in an unenforceable law in the face of Judge Snow's ruling in the nin circuit in fund for empowerment be City of Phoenix we have already moved for contempt of court Sheriff jard pyo was convicted by uh judge snow referred Sheriff Joe arayo for uh conviction of attempt of court for doing the things that I tell you guys not to do like I don't know who tells you that you have no chance of liability in these cases I almost think that like self- protection might come into play but I don't know but some of you and I will say it again and I know not everybody will care about this some of you do not want to be our p and don't want to get those convictions and there's always time to at least say you know I listened to that federal judge in the end and the only other thing I'll say is the reason why you put those beds in is because we came along we made you guys do it there was no spending from the general fund from 2001 and 2021 doj came in because of us and the lawsuit you guys put in the beds it's it is what it is Bramley is next followed by Corey yes good afternoon many people argue that being homeless should not be a crime I tend to agree to a point when a select group of people who refuse the services that are offered to them that would end their homelessness who instead go on to violate numerous city codes including blocking sidewalks blocking access access to private property causing trash and their use of illegal drugs who receive the highest number of calls for emergency services and who cause nuisance and burdens to property owners and neighborhoods this is where the excuses not to enforce the law must stop people have the right to be homeless but they don't have the right to be a burden and to cause a nuisance to the rest of us this ordinance begins to address that group of individuals whose lifestyle choices has caused themselves to be on the street and which has nothing to do with housing affordability this ordinance moves the enforcement on the issues that I've described in the right direction I ask that you pass this ordinance as it is written thank you thank you Corey is next followed by Sandra uh I work adjacent to Margaret T Hans Park and I support this ordinance for many reasons uh we want to prohibit encampments and camping in the righta ways primarily due to concerns about safety and sanitation they've had persistent issues with camp next door offices in place of business camping drug use urine and fees have surrounded these areas there have been persons climbing up our walls several recent break-ins and even staff members being threatened we want our staff safe we want the guests to our city of Phoenix point of Pride safe while this may place a greater burden on the unhoused population which is a big concern there are services available for this group that they can be connected to our support for the ordinance stems from the idea that this will greatly assist the police enforcing against the many encampments in this area we find it challenging to deliver on our mission to the community in a manner that is safe and that and that needs to change thank you Sandra is next I am here today to voice my strong support for the proposed city ordinance that aims to prohibit encampments and camping in right away as many of you know our neighborhoods and public spaces are facing increasing challenges due to the presence of these encampments these encampments not only impact the aesthetic appe pill of our community but post significant safety and health risk the proposed ordinance will provide the necessary tools for law enforcement to address and prevent these issues effectively however it is also important to recognize the needs of our unhoused community members while this ordinance SE seeks to maintain the health and safety of our neighborhoods and businesses we must continue to work and make sure UNH house have access to essential services and support this means assisting with providing adequate shelter health care and Social Services to help them get back on their feet this ordinance is crucial for maintaining the safety and well-being of our neighborhoods it will Empower our police to take action against encampments that linger in our areas ensuring that our public spaces remain safe and accessible to all residents let's continue to work to create a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive in a safe and supportive environment thank you for your time and consideration thank you that concludes public comment I will turn to council members for any comments or questions council member Galindo alira Julie I just want to make sure that this is clear and clarified the effective date of the ordinance would be September 1st 2024 and that's to create a buffer with the expected decision by the Supreme Court not knowing what the ruling will be is that the case mayor council member so that is certainly one reason that gives us a chance to um get that ruling and review all of our code provisions and procedures the other is that we do need time to put some procedures into place and again do that training and education thank you thank you councilwoman Kesha HUD Washington thank you mayor um I also had a question for uh Julie as well I wanted to clarify whether or not we thought U the proposed ordinance would violate judge Snow's existing order mayor members of counil while um certainly I would leave any legal arguments you know in that case to be presented and argued in that case um what I would do is just um State for the record that uh judge Snow's injunction specifically states that enforcing the camping and sleeping bans against involuntarily homeless persons for sleep in public if there are no other public areas or appropriate shelters where those individuals can sleep um is one provision in the injunction and staff is very well aware of of the injunction and in talking to our staff about ensuring that proper procedures are in place thank you for that clarification and I just want to also pivot over to uh our office of Homeless Solutions I wanted to make sure that by the I wanted to stay on the record by the end of this year how many new additional beds do we anticipate having online councilwomen uh mayor members of the council uh we don't have any uh we have some temporary new beds still coming online while we're also sunsetting some but in 2425 we have 790 new beds coming online thank you and we continue one of the uh one of the concerns we heard uh from was about having an appropriate services for the actual individual that's um we're interacting with can you give us a little bit more on exactly how you determine the type of services that every individual we interact with is um provided with councilwoman mayor members of the council uh we've taken great measures in creating a diversity of shelter options housing options and resources uh some of the the obstacles we we needed to overcome for people was property pets partners and in addition we've resourced our uh our shelters and our projects with uh Partners who can deliver Behavioral Health Services substance abuse services and uh meet all those while also talking with uh entities that do integrated care for physical health concerns as well thank you and then one more question back to ju uh to Julia attorney on this the the current fee for a violation of this ordinance is is was reduced to $100 what was the original um misdemeanor fee for this uh sorry fee for this type of misdemeanor mayor members of council uh council member Hodge Washington so the city code uh defaults to a Class one misdemeanor which um goes up to uh a maximum of 200 I'm sorry $2,500 and now we have put in place that this would be a class three with the first offense of a fine must not exceed 100 and then for subsequent fines the maximum is up to $500 thank you and I just want to go ahead and clarify like I was one of the council members that advocated for a reduced um fee for this type of incident because I I understand the desire not to criminalize or unsheltered individuals by while also striking the balance in ensuring that there are consequences for failure to follow exist in the the laws that are set forth um and then my last question is I want to direct this to the office of Homeless Solutions um and this is specifically concerning our heat mitigation uh one of the I presume that one of the intended effects or benefits of this and not having individuals camping in outdoor facilities it reduces the risk of the potential of us finding more individuals um that have either suffered heat related in um deaths or injuries is that correct mayor um councilwoman Haj Washington um that is correct that the more opportunities we have to um encourage um people experiencing homelessness to come indoors whether that's a shelter one of our heat respit sites the more uh we hope to reduce the the number of heat related illnesses and deaths in the community thank you so much for that response thank you mayor that concludes my questions thank you councilwoman we'll go to councilman wearing and then councilwoman Pastor thank you mayor I appreciate it I want to congratulate and thanks Anna perhaps prematurely congratulate I guess we'll see but uh congratulate and uh appreciate an O'Brien for her work on this and spear heading it as chair of the Public Safety Committee this badly needed measure um I will say that uh a lot of this is modeled on what they did in San Diego uh my family and I had taken trips there starting at right after covid in Memorial Day of 2021 and they had a really serious issue uh there was no doubt but it was still you know you could walk around uh didn't go in 2022 in 2023 that place was a disaster apparently they recognized that because right after we were there in 2023 they enacted ere similar to this one just got back from the 2024 trip it looks like a different place it's shocking how much their ordinance changed their downtown um I'm not saying it was perfect but it was completely different and you know what you saw out there not trying to be sexist don't everybody jump on me you saw single females walking their dogs you saw single joggers I can tell you I had that place pretty much all to myself last year because you know you'd have to be a little nuts by that I mean me walking around the way it was one of their council members said um very clearly um I think during one of their discussions was we didn't build the sidewalks for people to sleep on the sidewalks we built the sidewalks so people didn't have to walk in the street and I I got to tell you it was really really dicey to the point where I was like I don't know if we're coming back here next year by Labor Day they had made serious improvement with a pretty obvious heavy police presence this year really no noticeable police presence and it was completely different so if this makes even half the Improvement here that it made there I'd be very happy now we have about 7,000 homeless people in Phoenix is at least what we're told by staff but we have 1.7 million residents we just got done talking about the budget and how tight it is how it's going to be a little dicey next year so to hear you know we maybe made some kind of effort no we made an enormous effort of tens of millions of dollars to address this issue and the situation at least perception wise seems to be much worse people feel like they can't use Parks they been its libraries we could go on and on and on we've talked about a lot of these at public safety light rail get complaints about that we can't build tens to hundreds of millions of dollars Parks hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure for our citizens and then they don't want to use it because the behavior of 7,000 ,000 people or some of those 7,000 people is making it just an uncomfortable experience I believe Gina if I'm not mistaken we had 14 dead bodies discovered in Parks over about a six or seven month period uh that was that's a couple months dated I don't know the updated numbers so we've had incidences apparently with mothers taking kids to parks and finding a dead body we just we can't allow that to go on so ultimately it's not even a question of what's you know what's right and wrong we simply can't have people living the way they're living it's gotten out of hand that down on Jefferson was not only an embarrassment to the city a judge rightfully came in and told us we had completely abdicated our responsibility as a government that's basically if you summed it up what they said the whole point of having a government is so that people aren't living in filth so that there's some sort of rule of law that there's something to hold it together together and you guys just completely let it go down here for reasons that I was never completely clear about um I can tell you this morning Jeff you'll be amused by this I am a scoff law I'm told I filled up my tan can with too many long branches from my uh tree that sadly blew over and I had to chop up so apparently I didn't chop up the pieces enough so the lid was sticking up and I didn't know that was bad for the can yes it was overfilled but I figured this is a product that we actually are trying to recycle and sell so who cares if it's overfilled I got actually called I have no idea if Brett from Public Works actually knew if I was a councilman or what I was but I probably was the phone number in there he called he said hey don't do that again I got chastised but for years we let just garbage blow around in the street and so forth really for decades I think the first news story in the aiz on Republic about that was in 1986 we finally addressed it at the end of 2023 were business owners and homeowners down there frustrated rightfully so absolutely so to hear how unfair this is or we shouldn't be doing this what's unfair to the 1.7 million who also have problems who frankly sometimes also have mental health issues or drug issues or alcohol issues what rights do they have none we should redirect more and more resources to a very small part of the population is what we're told that's not sustainable we're not going to have the money next year to do it and that's not going to be acceptable to the rest of the citizenry so I'm glad that we're doing this I hope it passes I don't know if it will I hope it will uh as Bradley Polland said uh unchanged and I applaud us for at least trying I think when the court case if it goes the way some of us suspect it might from the Supreme Court then we'll have more decisions to make at least then they'll be our decisions not some judge who doesn't even live here or our interpretation of what some judge says doesn't even live here but the idea that the status quo was something that we could just accept that's crazy it's not sustainable it wasn't going to happen been saying that for years um San Diego figured it out and we can too there's no reason we can't if we want people to keep coming here you know that World Series last year with that encampment less than a mile from the stadium probably well within the blimp shots of the stadium that wasn't going to behoove people to want to move here having people defecate right outside City Hall that doesn't make people want to move here that probably has the opposite effect I've had staffers complain to me about various behaviors that I'm sorry are completely unacceptable and anybody understands that can't just let it keep going on and I'm pleased that we're now going to give hopefully staff the tools to address this I hope we have enough police to enforce it and uh I hope passes thank you mayor thank you councilwoman pestor thank you uh Julie just re right right now um you were asked a question and you commented to say the proper we need to make sure the proper procedures are in place what do you mean by that uh mayor members of council council member Pastor so since this is a new provision in our city code um you know adding the the 500 feet from schools daycares uh parks and shelters we don't have a process right now in order to um how signage is going to be required so we don't have a proper process yet on how we're going to put up and post signage so we will need to uh develop those processes in order to work with the community and put those processes in place so I'm glad you brought up the signage because uh that's where I have um some issues um and I have other issues on it but in particular this one um we are doing a city code and uh we will pay for our city facilities or Parks but it's the responsibility of the business or the B not even the business it's really the responsibility of the schools to then put a signage um if any of us know budgets in schools budgets are already determined and they're pretty tight and so what are we going to do or how are we going to incentivize uh schools to put up these signage I don't know who the question goes to I'll take a Saab it mayor councilman Pastor um the the process that we're going to develop um in the should this um be approved in the next few months before we get to September we'll kind of lay out um how it's determined where the signs are posted so we're not anticipating throughout the city immediately on September 1st AR area will you know uh um have have this um ordinance in place it will be because as um Julie mentioned it will have to be posted so we have um intended to follow similar processes to what we've done in in other areas um for example when there are um no trespassing signs that there's a certain format that's required legally and so there are a number of ways that those signs can be um U procured they can be purchased from the city there we have templates that they can be painted on so what we plan on doing is determining what the method is what are the acceptable methods and how are we going to work with the community for those signs to be um um either installed or painted or placed um in the most appropriate location s um should this this pass as far as um incentivizing I think we're you know my understanding is that there was a desire that this be a cost recovery and so um there's an additional budget line item for this for this however um we do believe that the cost of signs are fairly nominal um and then the installation depending on where where it would go where the signs and that's going to be very sight specific there's no way that we can at this point say this is exactly how much it's going to cost but we anticipate that the um that it will be a reasonable um cost for when these are installed but those are the details that we plan on working out over the summer you don't know what how the what I guess my question is what is the cost of a sign I don't have the cost off the top of my head um but we can certainly get back to you I do know that it's nominal my understanding is that it's very nominal is that nominal towards a School Meal my point is is that uh sitting on a as a former board member uh there are 14 Schools very fairly large and are going to require several several several signs and um I'm going to throw a guess 50 bucks nominal for some that's a gas groceries way inflation is I don't think 50 bucks gets very far so there are things that are required in a school that are needed and so I want to Advocate that we figure out how we are going to help these schools pay for these signs and not put the cost onto the schools um I understand cost recovery but we're the ones making the code very important to understand it's very similar the legislature uh makes rules and then uh we're the ones that have to implement it and pay them pay for them and we cry all the time over that so I don't think it's fair to make a school pay for all these signs so I think in community discussions when you're making these procedures to bring the schools together or the districts together to discuss really what the cost is going to be for them um before all these procedure measure measures come into play or come back and say it's going to be costly so I don't know how how to do this because if we pass it in the procedures it's saying that they will be it's cost recovery and they will have to pay for it so I don't know what directive uh or conversation we would need to have at this dis in order to make sure that that doesn't happen mayor members of council so the ordinance does not address the cost in the current ordinance that's going in the city code so um we can certainly come back to councel you know this this summer and discuss um how those procedures will be written out after we've gotten some Community input or you could certainly uh do a direction to staff that you you know would like us to to look at um other cost measures or what this might cost in implementing okay and then my last question is for the commander um if I'm sitting in the right away I'm not homeless I'm just sitting I have my bike what happens to me councilwoman mayor members of the council regardless of whether of whether you're homeless or not if you're obstructing a sidewalk roadway alleyway still a violation of criminal code so we would still be making contact we would still be making doing enforcement regardless of your status so there would still be enforcement regardless of my status regardless of even if this code's into play there's still a criminal code so councilwoman mayor members of the council um that is correct other than the fact with the stipulation of our legal parameters related to Martin vers Boise and then the injunction also if the individual is experiencing homelessness according to Martin versus Boise the question came into whether we could do the enforcement or not I can't get into details on the how we got around that or how we're continuing to move forward with enforcement on this but um what I can tell you is that regardless of the status we would be doing enforcement the fact that uh if an individual ual experiencing homelessness that's when we have to take into account Martin versus Boise in the injunction okay so then this goes to Scott um what does this code do does it is it it just leads for services what is the difference between status of sitting in the right away and if I choose not to move the criminal code will come into play just like if I someone else chooses not to move what is the difference in this code and the criminal code councilwoman mayor members of the council uh I'm sorry uh this ordinance this code is more of a a legal thing not necessarily for our offices our office will continue to work by Leading with Services connecting working with law enforcement to to partner up on resources and services so it's more for a enforcement type issue or for a what enforcement which we don't our OS doesn't do enforcement so what this what this specifically does for us it's more of a exctly it's it's it's more for a legal issue not for our services and how we administer our services we will still continue to do our services the same way okay I have my I guess what I have to say is um walk me through the process walk me through two scenarios one one um I'm not unsheltered I'm just sitting in the right away and the one that if I am unsheltered walk me through the process and tell me what the difference is councilwoman mayor members of the council um if you're not unsheltered you're blocking obstructing a roadway sidewalk or an Alleyway we would make that contact we would still give you a warning hey you cannot block a sidewalk can't block a roadway can't pocket wherever that that individual is and give them the option and opportunity to move on uh if they don't then we would step up with enforcement whether that's a citation most of the time that would be a citation for obstructing um or custodial arrest if this individual has been a constant problem and we've done that process before the difference here would be that you know this would this isn't going to skip this isn't going to eliminate the Phoenix Care system if somebody's within 500 ft of the school this isn't going to eliminate the uh the fact that we are going to go still move forward and try to connect that individual to shelter we're still going to go through that whole process and within that process we deal with this trespassing a vast majority of individuals that we deal with in encampments are trespassing on private property so while yeah we could just go out there and make the arrest we don't we choose to go through Phoenix cares we choose to utilize the office of Homeless Solutions to offer that individual shelter connect that individual to the appropriate services that they need to end their homelessness and if they can they refuse and they remain on that property then we move forward with enforcement and this is just another tool within the areas around the schools around the parks that we could utilize for that and we we saw this in a small example uh in the area around the campus and those individuals were informed that they couldn't remain in those areas and if they did there would be enforcement we didn't do we did very minimal enforcement on the campus especially well we didn't do any enforcement related to any camping sitting or lying during the actual engagement phase because those individuals utilizing this tool connected to Services the vast majority of them went to shelter because of the the the the other option um and moving forward I think this will be similar as how we address those individuals around schools parks and what am I missing oh dayc carees and universities okay who you usually doesn't take services or refuses Services councilwoman mayor members of the council uh that's not a question that could be answered because it varies it just depends on where someone's at at that stage of the day how many times we've engaged what resources we have available to offer them so that varies uh somebody who says no today could say yes tomorrow uh somebody could say no 10 times but the 11th times so it's hard to answer who uh says no and who accepts okay um I was part of when I first entered uh part of a big discussion about uh criminalizing uh people especially those in poverty and uh I was part of a conversation of uh when they were um increasing fees and increasing tickets on families that really or people that couldn't afford uh to pay for that ticket and really couldn't get out of that cycle um at that moment we created a community Court in that Court uh because we didn't want to continue to criminalize people but yet they're going to court um and in at that moment the judges were able then to say we're going to reduce your fees in a way I feel and I understand the the purpose of why uh some want to put this into play um and I understand the need um but I feel that we're going to get back into that cycle we're in that cycle already it's just now we're adding a fee we reduced it now it's 100 and reduce the the the category um but we're going to get them into the cycle the courts are going to get overloaded they're already overloaded and we're already hearing that the courts cannot handle the level of activity that is coming in and so they're not uh they sign a fee and then they off on their merry way and then we start all over again so I feel like it's already just a cycle uh that's happening and I just wanted to be clear and understand that if this was any different the only thing that I know that is different is that on we're waiting till September in order to wait for the court case because right now you have a criminal code um and then we could bring Phoenix cares and the OHS into play but I feel like I feel like we're just we're we're putting something in the books to put something in the books and there's no truly truly enforcement and be able to place people into where they need to place because within the system and Craig would agree with me on this uh within the system it is chaotic it is the example of the young gentleman that said I go into this shelter and it is chaotic I have examples of that I have people that have come back to me and said don't ever do that to me again that I've tried to help and so our system is messed up all the way around and we don't have enough money or resources quality services to be able to solve this problem and it's an economic problem all the way around so um we can continue to put people in jails they continue to come out cycle once again and I just don't I understand it but I don't understand it so I just wanted to put that out there on my testimony thank you thank you vice mayor thank you mayor um as far as science I would think we could pay for that I know when I enter a school zone they see the two little children walking that's the indication during school hours that you need to slow down to 25 I learned that from Motors it doesn't start where the sign the school puts up it starts with the sign that we put up so I I think because it's our ordinance we should pay the for the signs just just my opinion so I hope we would do that I know um I had a real um traffic issue with kids crossing on Shay for a couple schools just um west of 24th Street and we actually put up a median so the kids had the opportunity to at least stop as traffic went by so hopefully we would do do that U for our school districts um I do have a question though on Services you know uh Scott I know we're not actually we have a a contract with CBI and we work on Phoenix cares but there's a lot of other organizations out there for example there is a great organization in Sunny Sunny Slope called The refu House of Refuge and that is what they do they they work on helping people that are unsheltered and and and I know there's other or organizations uh we have one particular shelter that I'm not going to disclose where the address is but it it's to deal with human trafficking again another issue that can be of of concern in people that are in House how do we work with those nonprofits that we may not have a contract with because I know there are other available beds besides the ones that we work with with Cass and CBI and St Vincent dep so could you kind of walk me through that thank you vice mayor uh mayor members of the council uh that's a great question we have a lot of ter terrific providers uh not only within the City of Phoenix but within Mar of Copa County and communication amongst all those providers is crucial uh just like when we were going over the Endeavor around the area around the Human Services campus while ensuring we offered a shelter bed to every single person getting person people in there real time into those beds was a heavy coordination piece where we pulled all providers together shelter providers housing providers and everybody put their best foot forward so the the Baseline of how we communicate is through hmis the homeless management information system in that anybody receiving federal funds or in the homeless Services System communicates to there we can see where people are at where people have been and that helps with coordination of care uh but that's also why we train our Navigators and our Outreach workers in our community with all the available resources within the community and we have a annual conference hosted by the Arizona Housing Coalition that brings all those providers together to communicate look at best practice what's working what's not um but that communication is vital and our teams do a great job communicating with with each other on bed availability new resources getting people in overcoming barriers uh and all those type of things thank you and I I just got a text from someone in Motors like it's it's 15 miles an hour shame on me I should have known that but you know I apologize but again we do put those signs up um and so I think you know the critical thing about this ordinance is that we still lead by Services we're there to try to ensure that people are getting the assistance they need that we trying to find them beds that we trying to help them with other uh resources and so I I think that's important because I sometimes I think it gets lost in the messaging um yes there are occasions where the police do have to enforce but I think I've always told the public and my district we lead by services and so hopefully we continue to do that because that's the right thing to do but I also think this ordinance does address a concern particularly for parents with small children and and I as a mother even though my kids are now adults I still worry about them but I understand the The Angst that parents go through and so I appreciate councilwoman O'Brien and the public safety subcommittee taking up this issue and and um I I will be supporting it thank you mayor thank you so much councilman thank you mayor this is a question for Julie and orina um within the new policies and procedures if this ordinance is enacted will reasonable notice be defined so mayor members of council so reasonable notice is going to be case specific based on location So within the 500 ft it's there's a lot that's going to depend on location if there's you know for instance fences around it and how many signs that you need to have so um we will work on uh further defining and and helping any of the locations including City facilities to make sure that reasonable notice is legal notice thank you thank you this is one of many tools we have at the City of Phoenix to try to help get people into safer housing situations since the pandemic 83% of the new beds built in Maricopa County have been in the city of Phoenix that vastly exceeds our share of evictions or of people facing really difficult challenges that leads to homelessness we are stepping up in so many different ways vice mayor represented uh mentioned um some of them Council O'Brien also worked on Community Court earlier this year we are investing in the 790 new beds on top of the many facilities that we have helped open over the last few years we took federal dollars and put them into capital projects that will keep delivering long after covid funds and other stimulus are gone it's a a long-term plan but we want to make sure we have all the best tools to help people get into a stable situation it's not safe or healthy to be living in the right of way and we want to make sure we have the tools to get people into the best living situations so I am looking forward to supporting this item I will turn back to councilwoman O'Brien thank you so much mayor I I just would like to clarify a couple of things um and and I would agree with my um with councilwoman Pastor that we do not appreciate mandates and I just want to clarify that the signage is not mandated is that correct Julie mayor members of council council member O'Brien and that is correct so we um our plan is not to go out and contact every facility and and require that uh signs be put up this our approach is first going to be on the locations that have for instance a a significant number of calls for service at that location or a serious incident and so it will be complaint driven and um the city will look at each of those sites and then talk with the you know the school or daycare about putting up proper signage if they choose to right and I do um think that it's important to note too that uh council districts are afforded uh discretionary um funds in their budget every year that could be used with it I used them one year to put up signs um encouraging uh giving to our nonprofits to help uh our our unsheltered population as opposed to handing out dollar IR ly to those folks so that we could make sure that those services are available and I want to ensure um and I'm happy to work with councilwoman Pastor on on how do we in make sure the schools who need signage get signage um I also want to talk about the the 91 start date that that is not only for us to have proper time to have proper policies and procedures but it's also to do an education and information campaign to ensure folks are aware that this is is um coming it it's very important to me that we do not criminalize this population that we ensure they get services that they are um folks are held accountable for their actions but are given a hand up uh and that can also happen as um we talked about earlier to in Community Court I do want to thank councilwoman Hajj Washington for her uh work on the fines as as well as uh councilman wearing and uh councilman Robinson on the public safety Justice subcommittee for uh getting us here and finally the last thing I would say is that this protects communities that already have may have a shelter in them or who may be get a shelter um in them as well as protecting our schools and dayc carees thank you so much mayor thank you understand councilman Pastor has an additional question I just want to know for staff's purposes because I've been caught up in this before um councilwoman Stark said uh that we would for the schools for us to assist with the schools of paying for the signs how many of us do you need to to say that because I've been caught up in other meetings where it's been said and then it's said only one person has said that so I want to understand there was a dialogue or conversation or or directive of saying that so I want to understand the rules well mayor members of council obviously I think it takes the body of you to direct us to do something so collectively but I think on this topic given that we have September first as our implementation date and we have the summer to work on a variety of things one of those things could be options for how we assist schools so why don't you allow us to take the summer as well to work on Solutions and options that we could roll out as well as part of this thank you thank you but also important to know Julie comment that we're not requiring signs in response to councilwoman O'Brien so multiple ways to assist schools and and they may not require signs um on my part it is is not important to me that this be a cost recovery policy if we want to get this right and and make sure we're transparent and people understand what the policy is the goal is to get people housed that is what we're trying to do are we ready for roll call galinda yes hjge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing yes Stark yes Gayo yes passes 8 Z Item 62 is next it is the HUD renewal for the resident opportunities and self-sufficiency service coordinator Grant do we have a motion I move to approve item 62 second noting that councilman wearing will not be participating in this item any comments roll call Galindo yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes Stark yes Gayo yes passes 70 item 85 is in District One ground lease for Cornerstone Aviation llc at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport do we have a motion I move to item 85 second we'll turn to councilwoman O'Brien for comments thank you so much mayor I am incredibly excited for this item the aviation Department um and team has been working closely with my office over the last couple of years to reimagine the Deer Valley Airport and utilize um 200 Acres of undeveloped land within the Deer Valley Airport boundaries for the best and highest use we updated the master plan land Master land use plan and envisioned an airport that would retain our general aviation routes and add direct competition to Scottsdale's airport by attracting more private and corporate Aviation hangers and clients this development proposal does just that Cornerstone is a nationally recognized airport developer that shares our vision of an updated airport they're planning to bring 230 new general aviation hangers and private jet and corporate jet hangers too with some hanger spaces being large enough to fit a full 7 37 they'll also be developing a much needed avionics and maintenance facility for the airport no longer will Phoenix CEOs have to fly into Scottsdale to store their planes with this new addition we will be keeping future private Phoenix inbound air traffic and revenue completely within our city so I would very much like to thank um Chad and Ed for all the work that they and their teams did on this thank you we have a motion and a second roll call gind yes H Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing uh yes Stark yeso yes passes 8 Z we next go to a series of votes related to public transit which we will hear together do we have a motion on 86 through 88 and 90 through 91 mayor I move approval second motion and a second variety of good news item our west side has long awaited high-capacity Transit and there's a step forward in that area we uh moving forward with some planning along Light Rail uh Joel and team have continued their great record of getting federal grants uh and we'll get those folks coordinating with the other teams there because we know the community tells us we want everyone working together since we have a robust team of consultants in the area we also do some annual operations funding and and apply for additional federal funds from the federal bipartisan infrastructure law any comments roll call galinda yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes wearing no Stark yes GGO yes pass is 71 thank you so much our final portion is public comment we do what I'm sorry I think we got all of those yep it was a very it was a lot of a lot at once of public transit all right lots of people we riding around the community thanks to thank you so check in with our staff but I think we got all the agendized items okay thank the only individual I had registered for public comment was Christine lock who I believe I saw her depart so I think look to Denise and ginger I think we are if unless we Christina all right we are adjourned thank you in Oklahoma and they were essentially migrant work workers coming to Phoenix looking for work okima was a thriving Community by the 40s and 50s had its own School its own church its own businesses okima was one of the few places within Phoenix