of course was this audacious handshake on a napkin deal with a much much younger president Crow to transform her downtown from from really a nice collection of things to an urban place by betting on the power of Education you know and this was not the direction that the downtown business and political leadership was going but among His abundant skills mayor Gordon is a great political strategist we used to call him 9-0 Gordon in the beginning until Sal came back and it was 81 Gordon um so so Mayor Gordon's vision and political leadership in the collection of people that came together you know I remember a Saturday morning with you know with President Crow and with mayor Gordon and Frank Fairbanks and Cheryl Scully and Kevin Keough and Rich Stanley um and Jim O'Brien and Duke Ryder kind of you know bringing this whole thing together with help from Rick naymark and Dave Cavazos and Jay Thorne just an incredible collection of folks um and um so uh you know just I just want to conclude with one thing because I think this is really representative of uh my friend mayor Gordon so is a group of early Athenian urbanists wrote nearly 2500 years ago we will never bring disgrace on this our city by an act of dishonesty or cowardice we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city both alone and with many we will Revere and obey the city laws and we'll do our best to incite a like reverence and respect and those above us who are prone to a null them or set them at not we will strive unceasingly to Quicken the public sense of civic duty thus in all these ways we will transmit this city not only not less but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us and mayor Gordon you certainly did that thank you so much Dave next is ASU director for residential life Christiana sletton please give her a hand clap as she comes to the podium well this is truly an exciting day for us for those who live on campus and for all of our students here downtown as stated I'm Christiana sledden avpn director for residential life here at ASU and we are so excited because we across our campus locations we have 15 000 to 16 000 students who live on campus with us and that is a great range of diversity and greatness that we have for our student body these students are supported through the wide range and array of Supportive Services and programs that are embedded within our living communities and I would like to Echo the sentiments of my colleagues who've spoken before me of this well-deserved honor and recognition of Mayor Gordon and the renaming of downtown's first residence hall Gordon Commons is home to 1300 Sun Devils with varied majors and journalism Integrated Science Health nursing public service and management when we opened in 2008 it allowed for students who were downtown to shift out of living in the hotels as they attended classes to transitioning into a well-supported living and learning community that not only facilitates their ability to be successful but also develop their love and their passion for the Phoenix community now for those of you who have lived on campus before you know how invaluable that experience is the important connection that it has to growth as a young adult as well as the success in formulation of relationships I remember my first time living away from home on a college campus I went to a small University back in Michigan and I recall the Wonder and the excitement of that experience coupled with The Angst of whether I would make friends whether I would find my way and the mark that I wanted to leave on the world around me living on campus allowed me to thrive both academically and socially and throughout that experience I was able to create some of the most formative relationships in my life it also be integrated into the fabric of the university in a way that no other experience could mirror I'm still close friends with a number of my peers from over 20 years ago and this summer I'm attending the wedding of my very first roommate you never know the substantial impact that these relationships will have on the trajectory of your life now throughout the years we've worked to collect data on the success of students who live on campus and we know a few things and what we know is that those who reside on campus have higher rates of connection to the university they're more likely to persist to graduation they have higher rates of well-being the opportunity to have further connection to academic faculty supports as well as close proximity to all of the varied resources available here at ASU from the library campus experiences student life and Supportive Services now the students of Gordon Commons are primarily first-year students also living away from home for the very first time from all over the country as well as all over the globe and I think last count we were at 158 countries or more than that represented here at ASU now the students are all figuring out their way their unique identity and how they also want to contribute to the world so we're excited and mayor Gordon we appreciate the impact that Gordon Commons will have and make in the lives of our students and thank you for being part of their Sun Devil story thank you thank you I now have the pleasure to bring to the podium Evan list current student body president at least that's what was in the program foreign good afternoon welcome to the July 3rd formal meeting of the Phoenix City Council I'll call the meeting to order will the clerk call the roll councilwoman guardado here councilwoman Hodge Washington here councilwoman O'Brien here councilwoman pastor here councilman Robinson here councilwoman Stark here councilman Waring vice mayor I'm sorry here mayor Gallego here here police chaplain Harry Sexton will begin our meeting today with an invocation all right we do not have the police chaplain so would ask you to join us for a moment of silence thank you please remain standing councilman Kevin Robinson will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance we are joined today by a distinguished group The Mandela fellows and I will recognize Kevin Robinson to welcome them mayor thank you very much um it in is indeed a pleasure on my part to welcome Dr Hector zalea and the fellows it is the give a little bit of background it's the Mandela Washington fellows which is a United States Department of Justice in the United States Department of State program that has been in existence I believe since 2014. what we have in our presence today and they are welcome are 25 fellows from 18 African countries the young emerging leaders and they are here in the valley to understand more completely about U.S government how we work and they have an opportunity to watch us here conduct a formal meeting obviously but um we welcome all of you I know throughout the month that they are here various folks will have an opportunity to interact with them I know our very own city manager will spend some time with them I have had the pleasure of simulating a government extra size a two-day exercise for the last however many years we have been doing this and we'll be doing the same thing later on this month with the group so to the entire group thank you very much for being here and welcome [Applause] thank you councilman Elsie Duarte and Mario Barajas are here to provide interpretation Elsie would you go ahead and introduce yourself thank you mayor hello my name is Elsie Duarte and together with my colleague Mario Barajas we will be servicing as Spanish interpreters for today's city council formal meeting I will now take a moment to introduce ourselves to our Spanish-speaking audience and review some guidelines Espana is complete gracias thank you mayor thank you Elsie will the city clerk please 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 part of this council meeting and therefore may be read by title or agenda item only ordinances number g7135-7141-s-50031-50070 and resolutions 22138-22142 with the city attorney please explain public comment yes 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 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 related to pending investigations claims or litigation 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 we have a distinguished group of Phoenix leaders here today to be sworn in as boards and commission members the boards help us craft so many of the most important decisions we make at the city and we are grateful that you are willing to serve vice mayor do we have a motion motion to approve mayor and city council boards and commissions nominations as revised second we have a motion in a second any comments all those in favor please say aye aye aye any opposed nay passes unanimously we will now swear this group in if you could please come forward please raise your right hand I state your name do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and defend them against all enemies foreign and domestic and that it will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations thank you congratulations to our new Commissioners and thank you for serving our community for many of us we got our starts on boards and commissions and we appreciate your work the City of Phoenix provides an advisory role to the State of Arizona on liquor licenses so we'll turn to that portion of the agenda vice mayor do we have a motion motion to approve items 2 through 30 noting that items 21 through 28 and 30 were originally no recommendations and have since been revised item 29 was originally recommended for disapproval due to a finance department recommendation of disapproval and has since been revised second we have a motion in a second any comments all those in favor please say aye any opposed me bye passes unanimously city clerk are we ready for ordinances resolutions new business planning and zoning yes mayor vice mayor do we have a motion motion to approve items 31 through 97 except the following items 45 46 58 59 68 77 78 80 and 93 through 97 can the clerk confirm if there are any other items that should be excluded for in-person public comment yes mayor vice mayor also excluding item 67 that's item six seven thank you thank you we have emotion do we have a second second we have motion and a second roll call ado yes Washington yes O'Brien yes the store yes Robinson yes Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero we next go to item 45 which is a public hearing on the adoption of the property tax levy for 2023-24 fiscal year we'll open the hearing we do not have anyone here to comment so we'll close the public hearing this represents a small decrease in the property tax rate for the City of Phoenix move to approve item 45 second I think 46. 46. okay move to approve item 46. um would you second that again any comments roll call yes judge Washington yes O'Brien yeah yes Pastor yes Robinson yes Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero item 58 is Tohono Odom Nation gaming grants do we have a motion move to approve item 58 second we have a motion and a second any comments uh the tribal Nations gaming compact includes funding for work in the community the City of Phoenix helps pass through the money sometimes to City projects but also to important non-profit work the City of Phoenix will be funding a variety of projects including support for one in ten and for Women's Health Care with Planned Parenthood roll call ado yes coach Washington yes O'Brien no pastor I'm gonna explain my vote please do so I am a yes and I know the impact how to honor onam Nations gaming grants uh impact the community and are able to provide great services within the community especially knowing that that we had been working on or many of us have been working on the Planned Parenthood for a health care center especially in South Phoenix area so I am proud to vote on this and plus the one in 10 piece is very important to me as you can see my shirt says love so thank you yes Robinson Stark yes wearing I'm sorry yes Gallego yes passes seven one next we move to item 59 the public art plan by smear move to approve item 59. second we have a motion and a second vice mayor thank you mayor this is a 19.9 million dollar plan over the next five years for 42 art projects I just wanted to take a moment to thank Mitch Menchaca and Carrie Brown and the entire arts and culture team for your very thoughtful public art plan I'm especially excited for several key district 7 projects that are part of this plan which includes Tres Rios Wetlands Rio reimagined and improvements to El raposo Park this plan also includes funding for the new Levine Heritage Park that is in the works right now and 3D artwork for along the western Canal skate public art is such an important part of a thriving City here in Phoenix and I know that district 7 residents will appreciate the public art that's part of this plan for years to come so thank you so much for your work thank you any additional comments also want to congratulate councilman guardato her District did quite well in one of the competitive areas for Grants winning a large number of them and then councilwoman Stark and councilwin pastor and I have been talking we are the largest city right now without an HIV or Aids Memorial and so we have been talking about how to do that and maybe it wouldn't be the same as other cities and maybe focus on different areas but that is something we are hopeful to see in a future public art plan roll call ado very excited to vote Yes yes Washington yes O'Brien yes pastor yes Robinson Stark yes I'm sorry yes Gallego yes passes eight zero item 67 is approval to enter into agreements with various school districts for the funding of school resources officers do we have a motion move to approve item 67. thank you we have a motion and a second and there are two items related to school resources officers the first is existing and the second one is future School resources and we do have a speaker and Ender please come forward foreign except I have a brace on my knee anyway good morning and um mayor Gallego and vice mayor Ansari and council members I'm actually here today and Ender as one of the board members of the North Central Phoenix homeowners association um the school um districts have been an issue for us we've spent Mary Kroger and I have spent much time meeting with both Phoenix Union as well as the Madison School District so I'm here to encourage that both of these amendments be approved I think it's the right thing to do and as you know Public Safety is my priority and one of the reasons what's really prompted me is that on September 9th this year of 2022 Central High School went into a full lockdown because of a possible shooter there was a fight with three boys and then a possible shooter so it not only locked down Central High School at lockdown Brophy at lockdown Xavier it locked down the St Francis Elementary School and 500 at five miles away Sunnyslope High School is unacceptable so here's the part that really gets me 69 of my property taxes go to Madison School District and Phoenix Union High School District 39 of those are to the Phoenix Union High School District I think the public should have much more to say about that than the board and I say this respectfully to you councilwoman Pastor I know you previously was on the board we need to be able to sit down and talk about this but I think this um this item and being able to put out in front of these districts again that the city is supporting having school resource officers will make a big difference so thank you very much thank you councilwoman O'Brien thank you mayor I just would like to ask a clarifying question I don't know maybe Lori kittens or item 67 it is for districts who already have had an SRO and want to continue that is that correct mayor members of the council councilwoman O'Brien yes that's correct item 67 is essentially the renewal of contracts with the existing districts okay thank you thank you so much mayor thank you Lori thank you any additional comments roll call yes Hodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson Stark yes I'm sorry yes Gallego yes passes eight zero item 68 is approval to enter into agreements with various school districts for potential future school resource officers do we have a motion move to approve item 68. with emotion and two seconds I think I heard councilman Pastor first uh councilman O'Brien did you have comments on this item I do mayor so I am um thrilled that additional schools are requesting school resource officers for some of these schools this will this their SRO is their first positive interaction with law enforcement agents however I also know that Phoenix is dangerously low on officers right now we are approximately 560 foreign officers uh short and unfortunately we don't have the capacity to provide an SRO to every school who is requesting them today so I have a couple questions that I would like to ask um we we passed uh the previous item was to pass sros who have been in schools and are continuing them can can we explain what an where an SRO is within our our officer ranks mayor members of the council councilwoman O'Brien up here with me today is executive assistant chief Sean Connolly and he can assist with answering that question um thank you mayor members of council councilwoman O'Brien thank you for the question currently as we stand today the school resource program Falls within our Patrol Division and so what we have in in the precincts our sros that are assigned to schools within the precinct boundaries under the leadership of that Precinct commander and currently as we look we have 61 of those thank you 61 of those currently staffed throughout the city and so to if your question is how are those staffed it's in the Patrol Division it's under the leadership of the precinct commander and geographically bounded within those precincts and the reason we did that was so that the relationship between the school and those Precinct commanders those caos and those net teams and those Patrol officers is is has a little bit additional connectivity as they navigate their their work days and their work weeks okay this conditional approval for sros correct mayor members of the council councilwoman O'Brien what we're asking for today is for the council to provide approval to enter into conditional igas with each of the districts that have asked beyond the existing districts in order to be able to assess whether or not we can provide additional sros in schools and to also work with them on some of the terms as it relates to the the model of SRO whether it's a single school or multi-school model we do have one District that is asking for officers to be a regional response meaning that they wouldn't be stationed on campus but that they would be available in case of an incident so there are different requests that we're receiving and we're trying to navigate through one how many of those we can actually accommodate given the Staffing challenges you mentioned and then two what sorts of innovative models might we be able to explore in order to meet the future demand and Lori can you tell me how many officers would we need to fulfill the request the new requests we have mayor members of the council councilwoman O'Brien that's an excellent question um if we were to fulfill those requests on a one-to-one Model we would need the three additional officers to fill the existing four SRO slots and then we would also need an additional 46 officers to fill the the new requests now some of those as I mentioned are asking for something different than a one-to-one on-campus model and so we would have to account for that going forward but but it would be 46 on a one-to-one basis and how would that impact our um Patrol units mayor across the council councilwoman O'Brien I'll defer to Chief Connolly to speak about that mayor members of council councilwoman O'Brien um if we're talking uh 46 positions or any that's four squads ten officer squads and that would be incredibly challenging and we could use some different vernacular on how impactful that would be to the Patrol Division it would require us to take a huge step back in the things that we're doing and really look at what we would have to stop doing to be able to to add a 40 additional officers to the Patrol Division in the SRO program um it would be a significant significant resource allocation for this organization currently thank you Chief so I I want to be able to give an officer to every school who requests one however you know due to our severe shortages and stopping we're going to have to be able to come up with some Creative Solutions and what I'd like to do is add an amendment to this item that would direct staff to do a couple of things I would I have spoken to council member Robinson as well as the mayor about having staff explore doing an IGA opportunity with our neighboring cities and towns that may be able to help us fulfill these SRO requests in some of our schools additionally I'd like staff to start creating a civilian position for school resource officers so that either our retired officers who are still wanting to work and come back to service in Phoenix and service school resource officer or maybe additionally folks who might be coming out of the military and and have some of the training and capability to do this could fill these positions I mayor councilman Robinson made a couple of phone calls that maybe he could speak to what he found out this morning as well I wouldn't be much appreciative thank you we'll go to Kevin Robinson mayor thank you very much and councilwoman O'Brien thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on a couple things I'll back up first because I want to make mention the fact that I had executive assistant chief Connolly and Jody wolf both in my office last Friday and they did an exceptional job of laying out explaining what resources the Phoenix Police Department has available and so I thank you for that and chief Connolly I'm really happy to hear you say the department does not want to go backwards and you know I'm going to remember that I mean because it's the right thing to do and I really appreciate you saying that we shouldn't be going backwards to that end councilwoman O'Brien mentioned that I made a couple phone calls this morning and probably one of the best things we can do as you go about trying to figure out how we can fill these positions is as we have people leaving the service as we have people retiring one of the best things we probably could do is to convince them to go into the reserve program and be able to pool from that pool of former officers who still have their certification who still have the ability to perform the functions of a school resource officer or a school safety officer whichever but I know we have options available to us there I talked to Matt Giordano the executive director for Arizona Post police officer standards and training board and one of the things that we should not ignore is an opportunity or an opportunity for us as we ask staff to explore what other options are available to us to look into the position of a specialty police officer now obviously it would need the blessing of Arizona post but what more importantly it's going to need a police department pushing that it might not saying it will but it might be a way for us to answer the problems that we have with the schools that are asking for sros and it's not actually having for having the bodies for them right now there's one of the examples especially officer could could come from the ranks it could come from is from the military but again it would have to be a discussion specific discussion with the Phoenix Police Department and Arizona post to explore that possibility so I would ask that you do that as well you know as part of that amendment to councilwoman O'Brien's request as we try to figure out how can we fill these positions and Ms Bayes you had mentioned that we would need an additional 46 did you say 46 officers if it's a one-on-one type of formula I don't think that we would necessarily need that one-on-one formula throughout Ms Ender had spoke talked about the need to talk to some of these school districts and try to figure out some type of a a program that we can come to with them as to what resources they would actually need it may not be a one-on-one type of thing so I'm along with councilwoman O'Brien I'm I'm asking staff to do the best they can at exploring what other options we have available because I know there's not a single one of us in this room that are listening that that want to leave you know our school children vulnerable we know that Sean and I and Jody have that conversation on Friday there's no doubt in my mind they're doing everything they possibly can to make this work within what they have available to them I think it's time now for us to figure out some other options that might be available to us so thank you very much mayor thank you councilman Robinson councilwoman pastor thank you mayor um I actually would and maybe maybe it wouldn't be um I I what I don't want is the resources to be taken away from the net squad or the caos and so I don't know how we do that because at one point that's what I was told and I think that's a critical piece within our community and so I want to be able to preserve our net ncao squads as as we're looking for additional sros I agree with uh both council members as a former Phoenix Union board board member for 12 years have been going through this deep dialogue of sros no sros yes sros no sros and this is actually a very complex issue all of us want the safety of schools all of us want to make sure our kids as they walk onto those campuses are going to be safe going to be taught and there's no issue however with an officer or uh or with an SRO or no SRO shootings are not prevented and that's where we have to kind of get cleared in shootings are not prevented however with sros on their immediate impact can happen when there's a shooting the other piece that you need to understand is that it with sros on campus what happens is mandatory reporting there is a required by law for mandatory reporting and so mandatory reporting with an SRO on campus assists in all those pieces so there's a lot of pieces that go on with an SRO on campus I feel like um we as a community and as a police force really need to engage in um Community or in a collective conversation as to how do we balance all of this within the school system and what is really needed within internally in the school systems with also the security piece because many school systems have security or at least high schools have security pieces as to what did needs to happen in training and enhancing the security side so then there's a balance so I think this is a further discussion uh I'm fine I think this is great that we are doing this and looking at this but we do need additional 46 officers and I I feel like the civilian piece would would help with that so thank you for thinking of that thank you we want everyone in the city of Phoenix to be safe but schools are particularly a priority we want kids to to feel good about going to school and we want parents to feel comfortable sending them I hope as we allocate these additional resources it will be data driven and really look at where are the calls for the service and and greatest need um are there additional things we could do to make this more attractive Position will you explain the teaching requirements for SRO and whether that could be waived for the first year for example mayor members of council I think that's a fabulous question because I think sometimes when we look at the mission of a SRO within a a school environment there there are obligations for teaching that that go on and I think that teaching is some of the greatest impact those sros have on the children's lives whether it's Civics they become mentors in a lot of ways and so that curriculum in partnership with the Department of Ed is Galvanized over the the time in the summer when they go to their conference and so that is a really important aspect of it and I think what I also heard you saying is is how can we incentivize trying to get more officers to raise their hands to do this incredibly important Mission and I think as we as we look and move forward one of the most important things whether it's this Mission or any Mission within this profession it's ensuring they feel supported and and when they're in those School environments which can be very um complicated and complex at times that they're they're they're trained to the highest level in competency and that that they feel supported not only by this city but by the community and the district um some of the things that we do in this organization um as you know there's almost 80 different career paths within the Phoenix Police Department so Career Development and exploration is really important to us that's why we have put into policy 80 hours of shadowing and temps and I know the current pool of sros do uh do do a really good job of reaching out to those officers that demonstrate we want to align people with their passion and those that have the ability to communicate with kids in a school environment and work with staff and so I I know that shadowing goes on there is also this selection process of recruitment that we do traditionally within the department that involves an oral board a resume review I think there's additional we can do to to inter weave the school into the process that I think will add additional value but I think at the end of the day it's it's support it's aligning people with their passion and then figuring out ways to afford opportunity but I I we've talked about these options that are being discussed whether civilianization the reserve Bureau I think has a untapped resource I think those are really uh valuable recommendations by everybody here today the schools that are looking for SRO is all concentrated in certain police precincts what so like Australia Maryville a lot of interest there can you talk about how other precincts might be able to help with this or does it really need to come from those precincts mayor and members of council so when we asset mapped all the requests and Visually looked at it um that there is a predominant increase in the South Mountain Precinct the Maryvale Estrella Mountain Precinct Southern parts of the cactus Park Precinct and the southern western sections of the Mountain View precincts and so I think this is this is further part of that discussion where just based on our resource allocation currently to councilman Robinson's perspective we have to look at this through a different set of lenses and and I we've had discussions about we when we were ripe with resources we were able to put these in these Precinct silos and run it I think there's a coming together with Commander Garza at the helm now of looking at a centralized approach to this to all come together as a unified family in a city to be able to get get this service to some of our most important elements of our community I think that makes sense during the time that councilman pastor and I have been here we've really changed the models of how much it's focused on precincts or not and we want to make sure those precincts have the resources they need but also keep our students and School faculty safe does one need to be a citizen of the United States to be a Phoenix police officer mayor and members of council yes we have individuals who are here through DACA who are very interested in serving both in police and military is there possibly an opportunity that they might be able to serve as school resources officers in some modified version of the program mayor members of council I think we're happy to explore and be involved in those discussions obviously that would involve a lot of other complexities outside our control in the police department but I think any time we can look at a modern opportunity to diversify our work pool and add additional value through life experiences but those conversations would have to be had at some different levels than us in the police department but we're open for all those types of discussions I think we got to be creative if we want to make sure we accomplish multiple goals at once most positions at the City of Phoenix are open to DACA recipients and people have excelled in their service in those positions and maybe this is an opportunity to solve a problem in a more creative way and and let people who are excited to serve have that opportunity when councilwoman Pastor was talking about mandatory reporting I remember a few years ago when we were discussing sros there were just some really powerful stories that like a young person who was unfortunately being abused at home but felt comfortable sharing the story with a SRO with whom he had a longer relationship and it was just one of those moments where you were glad that that we had the program and and what a difference it might make for so many young people so I think we got to find a way to be creative and make things work additional comments vice mayor mayor we'll go to the vice mayor and then councilwoman Stark thank you just a quick comment I I will support this today and I think you know having grown up with um school Mass shooting drills at my school I would feel very comfortable having sros and I do think that is an important piece of safety however I just do also want to set the expectation for the public that I don't think we can rely on sros to be responsible for keeping schools safe from mass shootings that's just a fact and I think any expectation otherwise is somewhat of a fallacy we just saw in the news these last couple weeks that the SRO who was on campus at Parkland um was uh you know he was his charges were were dropped and he will not be going to prison but that was an example of very prominent example where an SRO you know did not do what they were supposed to do and I think the expectation that an SRO will put their life on the line when someone is on campus with an AR-15 Mass murdering children is also a huge expectation so I think bigger picture just want to call on the state legislature and our you know national leaders I think if we're really going to solve school safety issues we need to have significant gun control reform in this country but again support the sros but I just I don't want there to be you know I don't I don't think we can rely on sros to keep you know as councilman pastors at school safe from mass shootings that's not realistic so thank you thank you we'll go to councilwoman Stark and then councilwoman guardato thank you mayor um I just want to thank councilwoman O'Brien and councilman Robinson and yourself are actually trying to look at ways to serve the schools that do want us our school resource officers and I really welcome all these ideas I think they're worth exploring the one question I would have would be with the civilians and um and so maybe we could ask the chief what kind of training would they have and how would they still rely on a uniform to come and assist if need be mayor members of council Council woman Stark I think that's a great question and as we have been looking and visualizing innovative ways to do things I think you heard councilman Robinson talk about a partnership with as post and I think that requires all of us as a collective getting together and putting to putting down in policy and in paper in congruency with everybody that's involved in this in delineating what we would want that training to look like this is going to be something new as you know we had tremendous success in recruitment for our civilian investigator position overwhelming and I I sense that there would be a significant interest so we would want to work with our law enforcement Partners our school district Partners our as post partners and build this um you know the gun you know wearing a firearm to campus involves significant training and due diligence and responsibilities but I have faith that we would be able to put something very professional and modern together for this and I think this has symmetry to councilwoman ansari's comments on the SRO is not the only component in the the the wheel of of safety at a school there's a lot of other work that goes on collectively by the police departments by the county this Police Department is not Uvaldi we have demonstrated at Bostrom Central and Chavez that we will run towards this threat at a very professional intense level to to protect our children and so I think as we move forward we would build something similar for these civilians thank you and um thank you again mayor I am going to support this amendment I think this is a great Direction and a great way to think outside of the box and try to solve the problem thank you mayor thank you we'll go to councilwoman guardato and then the vice mayor thank you mayor um yes um as a mom of two young children I understand the need of our tyrols I know that my both my kids schools went into lockdown in the last year and as a mom that is devastating to hear and understand um what could be happening in our children's schools and I completely support our sros and wanting to make sure that we had more of them I support um the vice mayor's comments about how is it that the state could come into play in this and really help out and not just leaving the burden all in on Phoenix um to figure things out for our schools and thinking of creative ways on how we can actually make that happen but I just had you know I had a couple concerns because this is the first time I hear about this amendment I would just want to say well we want to support the schools I also don't want to take shortcuts on training or vetting to meet the need so the direction today is to research options and return to console I can support the item but if it is to implement these changes without additional input I would want to stay with the item as agenda's like is this are we looking into these options or is this something that we're implementing mayor members of the council Council councilman if I may just add something that may be useful to the council as you consider this the majority of the funding for these SRO positions 75 percent in fact comes from the Arizona Department of Education from the vast majority of the schools that receive SRO fundings or that receive sros so we would need to have conversation both with the Ade as well as with the school districts related to the use of that funding on whether or not a civilian model or a specialty police officer model would be acceptable as uses of that funding because the majority of the school districts are dependent upon that funding to fund those positions and so I just want to to put that forward as something for the council to consider as you're making your decisions because it is it is something that would need to be explored further um Lori I had mayor I had just had another question and what would be what would be the cost to to this amendment what what would be the cost what would be new resources um what would that cost I guess um Jeff mayor members of the council as Laurie mentioned the majority of the SRO positions 75 of which are funded by the Arizona Department of Education via the schools and so we cover the cost of 25 so if we're talking about existing resources it's it's technically already within our budget because there's the cost of a whole officer is already budgeted however when an SRO is picked up by a school they offset that cost by about 75 percent however if I'm listening to you correctly and hearing the conversation about creating a different type of position that would require a budget addition to the police department we've done a lot of things over the last couple of months and there is no more capacity within that department I'm just being honest with you in terms of budgetary capacity with the pay increases the raises as well as the civilian investigators those were all they used up a majority of the slack that exist within the police department so if we do go down this route and I'm totally supportive of it it will require an addition to the police department budget and that cost I don't know it depends on how many positions we're talking about adding and again whether or not Arizona Department of Education will cover the 75 percent or not mayor I had an um and I guess my last question I guess um Chief or Lori um is it possible um right now with the new schools that are asking um for sros is there possible to do some pairings depending on the distance of the schools while we figure this other piece out mayor members of the council councilwoman bordado yes that is something that we are also exploring so districts that have existing sros that have asked for additional schools to be added would have the option of pairing up schools with existing sros so for example if there's a school that has an SRO and then down the street there's another school that doesn't have an SRO and they're both within the same district that District could agree you know with us to share sros now there are some Logistics that go into that but we do think that's a viable model we have that model in existence in small numbers and other school districts already and so that is something that we're looking at already and and part of the reason why we mapped the location of each of the existing sros as well as the requesting schools so that we can identify those opportunities great thank you so much and and again I support the original motion I support our sros and hoping um that we can come together and find something sign find a solution that will work for a budget and we'll work um to keeping our children safe thank you mayor thank you and I might turn to councilman O'Brien to respond to councilwoman guardato just in terms of timeline the one item that I I would see value is letting staff move forward as soon as possible on igas with other departments if they did have officers available to serve as sros particularly in the districts where we share jurisdiction so there are districts on here for example where some of the officers would be Tolleson Elementary School the school might be in Phoenix but they'd be very near and some of the officers some of the schools in the district would be served by other departments so if there's a chance to move forward in those then at least give staff the opportunity to have those conversations but I will the question was directed to councilman O'Brien so I will turn to her um thank you mayor in answer to um councilman guardado it is to have them come back with what these solutions would look like it is not to implement them except for I would support having them if they we can enter into igas but the part about either creating civilian positions or or looking at the reserve program um I would ask that they would look into all of that and then bring it back to us but if we could enter into igas with surrounding um agencies I think that and that would provide resource officers to schools who want them as soon as possible I I would like them to implement that because school will start and many of our districts at the end of July so well before the council meets again and I may or also have a question to Jeff about and worry about budgets if I might please um Jeff and Lori if we in an IGA situation with another city how would that impact our budget or would it councilwoman mayor members of council it really depends on the structure of the IGA if we're simply just a pass through there theoretically could be no impact to us I would imagine there would be some sort of exchange of liability though that they would want to talk about from an insurance perspective so that that could be one piece the other piece about that that they may also want to consider is the depending on how they staff it if they staff it on overtime they staff it with straight time there would also be an impact to their pension unfunded liability so they could also ask us to pay a portion of these costs over and above what they budgeted for their own individual pension for each of those officers but it really comes down to how we'd structure the IGA with the individual cities and towns assuming that they have capacity to enter into these agreements okay and and then I don't know today could could we find out potentially I'm curious how it is that the school district pay 25 or 75 but we pay the other 25 how it came to be that that breakdown in costs uh councilwoman O'Brien mayor members of the council we'll get back to you on that I I can tell you just from the the amount of time that I've been involved with the police department from a budgetary perspective I think it was just the nature of the way the grant was structured um a lot of our grants aren't 100 and sometimes they also are are based on at one point they may have been 100 but as as other costs that are compensation related have risen they ended up at a residual amount which was the 75 percent that could be that's my guess but I will go back and do the research there could have been a point in time where they were 100 but then as compensation Rose across the board the amount that they funded still stayed static and it ended up in a 75 percent but we could we can go back and research that okay I appreciate that very much thank you and mayor thank you uh Julie yes mayor and Council I also just wanted to mention that if we do enter into an IGA with other cities or towns in regards to this that would need to come back to council for approval and I think we should also include tribal departments if they are willing several of these are in Levine and so I don't know if that's an opportunity or not we'll go to councilwoman pastor and then council member Kevin Robinson thank you so my understanding of paying of sros comes from many different resources one is a school district applies for a grant at Ada Ade and they there was this grant that came out and everybody then goes and applies for it and then they're selected the schools are selected so Ade pays a portion then uh the school district pays a portion and then another piece what I was hearing is a city pays a portion so there's three different resources that pay for an SRO on campus um and my understanding is that when you apply for the 88 Ade Grant you're agreeing also to put a portion of your school district's dollars into an SRO so that is already agreed upon as they are requesting sros from us um so my question is additional dollars for civilian officers would there be additional dollars for civilian officers because I think I answered my own uh I don't think there'll be additional dollars for civilian the 80e grant requires an SRO to be a police officer not a civilian is that am I wrong or right mayor members of the council councilwoman Pastor you are correct the grant currently requires for those dollars to pay for an officer and not a civilian that's part of what we would need to explore is whether or not that could change okay so then our next step in in this amendment would be to in our next step would be to go talk to Ade and say we have a shortage of police officers and because of that this is one way we think we can solve uh get sros into the schools or solve this situation is by looking at civilians mayor members of the council councilwoman Pastor that is correct that would be one of our next steps is to to talk with ad about that very thing and then after that once once that happens then eventually you'll come back to us to say hey this there's an agreement amongst uh 80 and the City of Phoenix and probably going to be other cities I'm assuming since we're leading and other cities will then say let's let's let's solve this let's let's go let's let's work together and happen my question and so I understand that piece I just wanted to put that just to add one one other piece component to that consistent with what Chief Connolly mentioned I believe the as post would also come into play here as well because if there's a gun on campus and the certification required as post has to oversee that and I think councilman Robinson also referenced that as well so I just wanted to mention that piece too which is exciting because now collectively we're all working together as different agencies coming together to solve uh come with a solution yeah my uh other question was um I believe as a bigger at the end of the day I think we're sros yes this is a situation um that is needed I think there's a bigger complex dialogue that needs to happen within the community as to how do we keep our how do we keep our schools safe and how do we keep I look at it as school gun prevention and preventing guns getting onto the campus and how do we keep access to young kids being able to purchase guns and bring them on campus and how do we make them feel safe because what's happening right now is the the results of students bringing guns on campus is I don't feel safe I'm feeling bullied and it's a bigger systemic problem uh that is happening within our schools and US as as leaders should should be in that dialogue to be able to understand what's happening we also have our mental peace going on and so there's just a lot of different elements this is one piece of the puzzle as of right now but I believe as a city as we lead we need to continue to look in that space and be able to have those dialogue and conversations with the school districts it's important but my my thing going back to why I originally asked was the funding to be able to Pare down and demonstrate where all the funding comes from and how that looks like so thank you thank you and I think we may need a change of legislation in addition to Ade working with us for certain portions of the program Kevin Robinson thank you mayor and I was going to add that part about legislation be it good bad or indifferent I remember when we really engaged in the SRO program too many years ago but anyway the whole idea behind just to give a little bit of background clarification the idea of a 75-25 split was to allow the police departments quite honestly to still have control over the employees that they had assigned to the school so there had to be an understanding that the individuals did not work exclusively for the schools so that we understand that but I want to um I want to support the amendment that councilwoman O'Brien made and that is for us to look at other options the options I suggested dealing with if there's the possibility to add more Reserve officers to to the SRO program they are already certified there's no additional um steps to quite honestly go through they they are able to provide it they're interested in it provided we can put a program together they are certified they're capable of moving right into those roles immediately I also mentioned a specialty officer position and that was for lack of a better word but they are limited certification police officers that is a discussion I'm asking the police department to have with Arizona post to see if that is viable then we would also as the mayor mentioned we would also have to check with the state from a legislation State Legislative standpoint to see that to ensure that that specific certification or that classification would be allowable I mean that that's but that's a part of the the um research that we're asking for and the question comes up as to whether or not this is what is this going to cost quite honestly it's going to spend a little bit of time on our part to sit down with these other entities to find out if they are viable the police department at the you know I know is very supportive of Chief Sullivan is very supportive of the reserve program it's led by a former career officer and a current Reserve officer Joe Klima who a lot of people know and they are chomping at the bit to do what they can for our community so I was asking that we check with them to see if there's a possibility in whatever plan we can come up with to move those Reserve officers into the school resource positions to help everyone to be as safe as we possibly can be you know that's what we're looking for that's the easiest thing do that check with Arizona post with Matt Giordano and then the folks at the Arizona Department of Education to see if a limited police officer limited certification police officer position is viable and that's going to take a little bit longer we have to be realistic about that that's the component that might entice somebody who might be retiring from another career that might want to do this for a while and you know again a little bit longer it's something for us to look into it's it's going to be a discussion so with that and I State again that the amendment that councilwoman O'Brien made that we're asking Police Department to explore other options available I wholeheartedly support that because we do need to do something you know the last saying any one of us wants is a tragedy to occur at a school that requested an SRO and we couldn't give them one so whatever steps we can take I know you guys are already you know burning the candle at both ends I and I appreciate it but I think it's something that we should do spend a little bit of time talking to folks figure out if it's viable if it's not come back and tell us and you know I think you guys see that this council is very supportive of Public Safety and we'll try to find another way around to try to make it work that way so mayor thank you very much for the time thank you and we have not actually taken action on the amendment so the vice mayor made the motion in councilwoman pastor except seconded it so I I think we now need to ask the vice mayor would you accept the amendment yep and my understanding is the amendment includes igas with neighboring jurisdictions and directing staff to explore other solutions that will come back to council that's I I accept that that's fine councilman Pastor II sure all right so now we actually have it on the floor and we'll go to councilwoman guardato thank you mayor so I think that I am fine with staff getting these ideas vetted with our different Public Safety and education Partners but I don't but I don't think we should be forming ijas or taking action Until We additionally have guidance on what budgetary this would cost us and having input from all the different partners I think I'm starting to understanding a little bit but I think um those some of these things make me a little bit more comfortable but just making sure that we're not putting ijs together until we don't understand what the impact as a whole would actually have thank you mayor thank you and as we talk about funding another source that we have used to fund sros is during the Obama Administration they uh through the Department of Justice we received some funding for school resource officers it was a one of their priorities I don't remember that being on the eligible list in the most recent round of Grants but there are many different ways we've funded this program in the past okay does anyone have any comments before we vote roll call cordado [Music] um so just to understand we're just exploring with the amendment correct we're not taking any real action or implementing anything I think the only thing they could do without coming back to us is reserves which they're already authorized to do okay with that yes Roger Washington yes O'Brien yes pastor if you see something hear something say something yes Robinson Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero item 77 is innovation 27 Workforce training and education collaborative architectural services councilman guardado did you want to make this motion yes mayor I would like to make a motion to approve item 77. second we have a motion in a second councilwoman guardado comments yes thank you I would like to take a moment to congratulate the team from Gensler for their selection today and the incredible work of Chris Mackey and Carla Scott on bringing this item before us today when I first brought the community plan to our Innovation 27 project forward Gensler joins us in a walkthrough of the old Kmart building from the beginning from the beginning the Gensler team believed in this project they worked diligently on office on a feasibility study that helped us take an idea into a beautiful professional plan with their initial work we have been able to secure incredible Partners in ASU west Mac and the Maricopa County College District canceller has helped elevate a vision that came from our neighbors into a project projected that will bring opportunity for Generations I am extremely excited to continue this project with Gensler as the lead I just can't wait to see all of the students all of the parents everyone that will be coming in into this building and getting a great education finding a new career and A New Path for them and with that I am going to be supporting this very excited to do so and thanks to the rest of the console that has supported this project um since the beginning thank you mayor thank you I will also join in congratulating Gensler as well as kitchen who we previously approved as our construction partner partner on this I want to thank the federal government the Biden Administration for their partnership we are paying with American Rescue plan dollars so it's a multi-level government success in addition to so many of our education Partners hopefully we will help connect people to higher paying jobs of the future with this important Workforce Training Center roll call cuardado yes Lodge Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor congratulations guadalo I know you've been working hard on this yes Robinson yes Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero item 78 and 80 are both related to legislative Appropriations and funding for transportation projects do we have a motion on 78 and 80. move to approve item 78 and 80. second we motion a second councilwoman O'Brien thank you so much mayor um both of these items are uh related to doing um roads in district one and I couldn't be more thrilled to have this partnership with the state and I wanted to give a special thanks to Senators Carol Kavanaugh and Hoffman as well as former Senator Kaiser and representatives Livingston and chaplick for the work on this item thank you so much as it is much needed in our district thank you roll call ado yes Hutch Washington yes O'Brien yes pastor yes Robinson Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero we next move to the Planning and Zoning portion of our agenda between all items on the city council today if we approved all of them it would be 462 units of housing that would be enabled and entitled uh the first two we will take together are 93 and 94 which are both related to the southwest corner of 51st Avenue and Broadway Road I will open a public hearing to our city clerk have we received any comments or requests to speak no mayor we'll close the public hearing these are both in District Seven I will turn to count the vice mayor motion to approve per the Planning Commission recommendation and adopt the related resolution again we have a motion in a second on item 93 any comments roll call ado yes Dodge Washington yes O'Brien yeah that store yes Robinson yes Stark yes I'm sorry yes okay you go yes passes eight zero item 94 vice mayor motion to approve item 94 per the Planning Commission recommendation and adopt the related ordinance second we have a motion and a second any comments roll call ado yes much Washington yes O'Brien yeah a store yes Robinson Stark yes I'm sorry yes okay yes passes eight zero item 95 is related to the northeast corner of 12th Street and Roberts Road in District three we'll open the public hearing we have one uh two two members of the public to testify we will be let's see and these came in let's see after the sheet was printed do we Alaska our city clerk to remind call the two speakers mayor we have Monta Reed perfect uh the floor is yours yes get good afternoon everyone and thank you for allowing me to be here my name is Monta Redd my address is 13827 North 12th Street Phoenix 85022 my property sides the applicant who wants to rezone his property to r18 my property is currently S1 as his I purchased my property 23 years ago in a neighborhood comprised of affordable housing on larger Lots with appealing open spaces between properties the S1 zoning in this area has been subdivided years ago into smaller Lots but the larger open spaces between homes maintained intact the appeal of my property is ongoing due to its ample open space and privacy that the properties on my street enjoy the city's personal preferences in this case have been used to approve rezoning this property zoning obligation zoning regulations and some zoning requirements have been eliminated for the sole benefit of a limited liability company and to allow the city to get rid of affordable housing that occupy larger more desirable Lots the rezone package outlines the rules for notifying Neighbors in a 600 foot radius it was discovered at the Village committee meeting on May 17 that the neighborhood had possibly not been properly notified Vice chair member vogelson stated that the applicant signed an affidated at evidence that they had met the notification requirements the application actually submitted two notarized affidavits indicating that two notices had been sent out and the neighborhood meeting had been held the first notification was supposedly mailed on March 22nd and the second on April 23 23. Committee Member Perez who lives in the 600 foot radius and I nor I ever received this notice I had an email correspondence with Village planning on November on March 30th 2023 and again on April 14 2023 Mr Clement had received had not received any affidavits that notifications had been nailed if you could give us your final thought I'm sorry the the time has expired Oh I thought I got 10 minutes not councilwoman Starkey I'm the appellant okay okay then go ahead I had email correspondence with Village planning on March 30th and again on April 4th Mr comeek had not received any affidavits that neighborhood notices had been mailed Mr Clement told me that he had spoken with this applicant on March 30th and was told the notices were in the mail and I should receive them shortly I never did the capplicant was aware that this March 22nd letter never had been received and could have done something about it back then I also submitted two requests to public records on March 30th and again on March 8th the documents I received did not include any neighborhood notification letters notarized data affidavits nothing the applicant responded at the meeting that a trusted Council on consultant who he did not remember the name of send out the netters and they would verify this after the meeting however they never did after this meeting I canvassed the area with the mailing list and I downloaded that I downloaded from the cities link I could not find one single property owner that received either letter if you receive the village committee meeting notes you will see members were concerned about the possible lack of neighborhood Outreach and suggested that the applicant send another notification letter and hold a meeting the applicant sent out a letter however it did not include property owners in a 600 mile radius the later stated that the rezoning had already been approved and the timing was such that it was after the deadline to submit comments to the Planning Commission I attended this meeting and every question I asked when unanswered I was told by the applicant that he would not know anything until a civil engineer reviewed the property he did tell me he was not going to be constructing a fence at the back of the property which my property sides and backs any retention Basin berm placed on this property that fails to the capacity will overflow and flood my property instead of gently allowing a slow trickle stream of water that my poverty can absorb another deviation from the rules that the city is not requiring the applicant to comply with is r18 zoning ordinances which require a 70 foot lot width and side setbacks that are unattainable with the applicant's proposed building plans every rezoning case I have ever read or attended there is always a paragraph in the staff report that states development and use of the site is subject to all applicable codes and ordinances for the staff report dated mates May 5th the city will deviate from this requirement for the applicant the city will establish his lot as a separate two lot subdivision located in the middle of an already established subdivision so he will not have to comply with zoning variances or ordinances that everybody else on this street is required to comply with it is concerning to me that the city council report eliminated a stipulation that both the village committee and the Planning Commission required the stipulation requiring the applicant to have a 10-foot setback from my property was eliminated the large square footage of the applicant's proposed houses do not fit with r18 zoning setbacks and with the elimination of this stipulation the applicant would be allowed to build his house as close to my property as he wants the city is also violating article article 1109.2 which states that a lot shall not be reduced in any manner below the lot area and dimension requirements of an ordinance or if a lot is already less than the minimum which all of our lots are such lot area or Dimension shall not be reduced further I have already mentioned in previous statements that our street has severe flooding issues so I'll knock over that as I have already addressed that in Prior meetings I do want to mention that the pictures that I included with my statement show our street flooding issues that are not the hundred year flood those pictures are from typical heavy rains that occur every single year due to the lack of zoning and permit enforcement there have been very recent alterations to properties in this emergent area that will negatively affect and add to the flooding issues our street already has violations that include building a two and a half car garage a self-contained metal house and a large barn all completed without the required variants or permits the most drastic alteration was completed by The Village's HOA which is one Street south of our neighborhood they filed a civil lawsuit in January 2003. due to 10 of their properties getting flooded their solution was completed a month ago they built a berm and retention Basin that now diverts all of their flood water to our street the applicant building two proposed houses on a lot meant for one with a high coverage of 38 percent and building over a natural waterway that exists on this property will be another Factor adding to our flooding issues I am not tried to trample on the applicant's right to build on their land however it is the duty of the landowner to utilize their property in a reasonable Manner and avoid injuring adjoining properties this property could easily be rezoned to r110 with one large single-family house that would be compatible and beneficial for the neighborhood excusing the applicant from applying with notification requirements variance requirements and zoning ordinance presents a very clear indication that this rezone request is not appropriate and the applicant's proposed plans do not excuse me do not comply with existing properties thank you thank you mayor councilwoman Stark if um Josh could just speak to the notification and then talk about um even with our one Aid they still need to meet zoning standards which include setbacks and various other development standards so if he could speak to that I'd appreciate it mayor councilwoman Stark we're taking a look at the file right now their by all indications the applicant has met the notification requirements we find documentation to that effect with respect to the zoning centers on the site when the site does come in to actually develop it will be required to adhere to the zoning ordinance standards setback slot coverage as part of a site review process before it can get building permits if the site needs to deviate from any of those standards a variance would be required right thank you and and also during that site review you also look at physical constraints and look at issues like flooding as well mayor councilwoman Stark thank you for the follow-up yes as part of our site plan and building review they would be a grading and drainage plan required grading and Grading and drainage analysis done by staff to ensure that off-site flows are retained on site happy to answer any other questions so it absence you're saying there are so many steps that they will have to go through if this zoning is approved mayor councilwoman strike that that's correct and we'd be happy to meet with the resident or any residents to walk them through the process walk them through all the additional steps necessary so happy to connect with residents after this meeting to walk them through the the various steps that are still required before building permit could be issued on the site so I would appreciate you doing that but um unless there are other comments mayor I'm ready to make the motion okay and we do have the applicant is here available to speak if necessary but it sounds like you're ready to go so um I will close the publication okay and I would just suggest that the applicant also follow up as well with both staff and um the speaker thank you thank you we've closed the public hearing and we will turn to councilwoman Stark for a motion thank you I moved to approve for the Planning Commission recommendation and adopt the related ordinance we have a motion in a second any comments roll call yes at Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero item 96 and 97 are related items so we will have a joint hearing and then two motions they are related to the northeast corner of I-17 and circle Mountain Road will open the public hearing no comments we will close the public hearing they are in district one so I will turn to councilwoman O'Brien I moved to approve per the Planning Commission recommendation and adopt the related resolution we have a motion and a second any comments roll call yes at Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero item 97 councilman O'Brien I moved to approve for the June 23rd 2023 Memo from the PDD director and adopter related ordinance second we have a motion in a second any comments mayor I just have a brief councilwoman O'Brien mayor thank you so much sorry I just wanted to um acknowledge Circle Mountain Holdings LLC that they'll be putting in over 10 million dollars of infrastructure to take water and sewer under the I-17 which will be helpful to Future development on the east side of I-17 thank you mayor thank you and I think one of the issues in this case was traffic on the Frontage Road I serve on one of the regional transportation bodies so if we have good ideas about how we might improve that we want to address that and feel free to contact my office any additional comments roll call yes touch Washington yes O'Brien yes Pastor yes Robinson yes Stark yes I'm sorry yes there you go yes passes eight zero that concludes the agenda's portion of our meeting we will now go to the final portion which is public comment and I'll turn to our City attorney to explain this 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 Arizona open meeting law permits the city council to listen to the comments but prohibits council members from discussing or acting on the matters presented the citizen comment session is limited to 30 minutes thank you we have one member of the public to comment Barbara Turner the floor is yours good morning mayor and council members my name is Barbara Turner I'm with NACA the neighborhood Assistance Corporation and we have an office on 13th Street in Washington and we assist low to moderate income individuals to purchase an affordable home I have contacted the various council members and sent information to you we are looking to help these individuals to construct or purchase an affordable home here in the Phoenix Metro area I currently have 200 people that are qualified but they're unable to find a home that they can afford my request to the council members in their various districts is to sell Parcels to these individuals so that they can construct a home we're modeling our program after after one that has been in place in Newark New Jersey and these individuals are able to purchase a parcel for one dollar and then we help them to construct a home we're looking at factory Built Homes that will cost anywhere from a hundred and ten thousand up to two thousand dollars so at a future meeting I am kindly requesting that the council members and the mayor to agree to our program and today was just to introduce who we are our home ownership program is no money down no closing costs no PMI and we do not look at the credit score the person does not have to be a first-time homebuyer there's no income minimum nor maximum our organization has been in business for 38 years and we have 45 offices in the U.S I'm happy to accept any questions at this time thank you and unfortunately because this is not agenda as we cannot have a back and forth dialogue but thank you so much for bringing this to this important topic forward thank you for the opportunity with that we are adjourned I got to work with you to see Metro Center take on its next new life and while it's it's wonderful about Metro Center but it's about the surrounding Community it's about what this project will do