okay then thank you we have council member Jen Duff uh unavailable she's excused from this meeting but otherwise all our council members are here we're going to start with a invocation by Pastor Danny Cruz are you here thank you sir if we could all stand and following which we'll have the Pledge of Allegiance thank you Pastor thank you mayor thank you councilmen and leaders of the city of Mesa let's pray father we come before you we thank you for this great day that you've blessed us with Father we pray for your wisdom your guidance God as we come together as a community God to better the city of Mesa father I pray you give us wisdom understanding God and also God the spirit of unity God to make this city great we thank you we give you praise in Jesus name amen amen thank you Pastor join us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under with liy and justice for all well thank you we have uh one award tonight well actually a recognition uh January is anti-human trafficking month the month that we can come together to raise awareness and educate the public about uh human trafficking and I like to turn over the time to council member Julie spillsbury for further discussion thanks thank you I'm honored to be able to present this Proclamation to our city it's so important that we've joined with a bunch of cities um across the valley to talk about this a huge Coalition human trafficking is a global plague that impacts millions of people each year including tens of thousands of Americans the United States ranks as one of the worst countries globally for human trafficking and Arizona ranks in the top 15 states with the highest rates of human trafficking per capita human trafficking impacts people across all demographics and ages including teenagers and children the battle against human trafficking requires collaboration across schools churches nonprofits law enforcement businesses and Community coalitions to prevent tra trafficking and support victims the city of Mesa partners with these organizations in a shared commitment to raising public awareness of the human trafficking epidemic affecting our community State nation and world we have an incredible heat unit in our city and I'm so grateful for all the work that they do across the valley we have special guests here tonight and I want to invite um Scott September up to say a few words about the not in our city event happening in February thank you council member uh spillsbury my name is Scott September and I'm with notar city.org uh first of all I'd like to congratulate you on these beautiful new facilities here the last couple years that you've made this Proclamation we met in a much different facility and this is uh really um this speaks to everybody about m 's growth and mesa's prosperity much better than your previous location so congratulations um I want I want to thank you all for making this Proclamation again um notar city.org is our our big job is education because a lot of people aren't aware of what's happening and uh we have a lot of work to do we are trying to shine a light into the darkness into these dark Corners that exist in our communities um trafficking thrives in silence and that's why we appreciate Mesa standing up and taking a stand and saying not in our city proclamations are very important because um they're a public profession of who you are as a council and as a community and it lets everybody know what you stand for so I want to thank you for once again uh making this Proclamation again this year and I'd like to uh introduce Pastor Brian Smith of Hope Church movement who just has a few closing words thank you Scott uh not in our city just a little bit about us we are a coalition of law enforcement City officials Frontline organizations Community groups and churches and we're taking a stand against human trafficking our Premier event our annual event is coming up September 23rd at 5:00 pm at Grace Community Church where thousands of people across the valley will be declaring not in our city we'd love to have you come not in our city.org thank you well thank you very very much Council let's go down and take a picture with the gentleman that's awesome so good to see you Pastor AR you let's put the pastor in there there we go good enough your eyes thank you so much app thank you much thank you app okay then with that we'll move forward with the consent agenda Mr Christopher good evening mayor and council members these are the items on the consent agenda all items listed with an as will be considered as a group by the city council and will be enacted with one motion there will be no separate discussion unless the council member order citizen request in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as a separate item item two approval minutes of previous meetings as written item 3A approving four-year term contract with six one-year renewal options for online police reporting solution for the Mesa Police Department and the department of innovation and Technology item 3B approving contract to purchase one gas chromatograph Mass selective detector flame ionization detector for the Mesa Police Department item 3 C approving use of a Cooperative contract for the purchase of one easy stack trailer for the fleet services and Mesa police departments item 3D approving use of a Cooperative contract for the purchase of one Massie Ferguson tractor for the Fleet Services Department man Falcon Field item 3E approving two-month extension and dollar limit increase to the term contracts for custodial services for the facilities management department item 3F approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for custodial services for the facilities management department item 3G approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for emergency Environmental and restoration services for the facilities management department item 38 approving one-year term contract for Dynamo playground equipment repair and replacement parts for the parks recreation and Community facilities Department item 3i approving dollar limit increase to the term contract for tire maintenance and repair services for the Fleet Services Department item 3j approving use of a Cooperative contract for the purchase of one vector truck for the fleet services and Water Resources departments item 3K approving use of a Cooperative contract for the purchase of one Hydro excavat for the fleet services and Water Resources departments item 3 l approving use of a Cooperative contract for the purchase of two compact loaders and one backhole loader for the Fleet Services transportation and parks recreation and Community facilities departments item 3M approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for herbicide application and vegetation removal services for the transportation department item 3 n approving three-year term contract with two-ear renewal options for concrete installation repair and utility adjustment services for the transportation Department this contract is funded by the local streets sales tax item 3 approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for streets sleeping services for the transportation department this contract is funded by the local Street sales tax item 3p approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for emergency medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for the ma of fire Medical Department item 4A approving resolution for submitting the electric integrated resource plan to the Western area power Administration in conformance with federal regulations that qualifies the city of Mesa to receive Electric Power generated at ferally owned hydroelectric plants item 4B approving resolution to enter into an intergovernmental agreement between the town of Queen Creek and the City of Mesa for reimbursement of engineering design Plan cost for natural gas line extension item 4C approving resolution execute a First Amendment the memorandum of understanding with habitat Phoenix related to city-owned property known as the green lot at the southeast corner of pepper place and McDonald to continue negotiations for development of Eco Mesa East item 5A introduction of ordinance for proposed amendments to Chapters 5 6 7 8 11 12 30 31 42 63 and 75 of Title 11 the MAA city code pertaining to General plan references item 6A approving ordinance for zoning case 2445 for property located east of the northeast corner of Higley Road in Main Street major site plan modification and amending condition of approval for zoning case 8-9 to allow for a Skilled Nursing Facility item 6B approving ordinance was only case 23594 for property located north of Pacos Road on the west side of Meridian Road aite plan review and amending the conditions of approval for zoning case 2-45 to allow for an industrial development item 8 C approving ordinance for zoning case 24 6 C okay item 6 C approving ordinance for zoning case 24- 731 for property located west of north northwest corner of Elsworth Road in Southern Avenue reson with new planned area development overlay and major site plan mod occasion to allow for single residence development item 8D approving ordinance for zoning case let me go back to that sorry about that out of order item 6D approving ordinance for zoning case 22264 for property located south and southwest corner of Power Road in williamsfield road reson with new bonus intensity Zone overlay and major site plan modification for multi-tenant commercial building with a drive-through facility item 6E approving ordinance for the annexation case 24-105 5 to Annex approximately 3.8 Acres of County rideway along Elliott Road from sasman road to an area about 2600 ft west of sasman Road item 6f approving ordinance that corrects two minor typographical errors from a prior ordinance related to rates for city- owned natural gas utility services this ordinance makes no changes to the previously adopted rates item 7A approving ordinance was annexation case 23690 annexing approximately 64 Acres located at Southeast corner of Southern Avenue and Signal be Road item 7B approving ordinance was zoning case 23691 for approximately 61 Acres located at the southeast corner of Southern Avenue in signal but Road this is for a rezone plan area development overlay Council use permit and site plan review for multi-use development item 7 C approving resolution to enter into development agreement relating to the development project commonly known as Medina station located on approximately 40 acres at the southeast corner of Southern Avenue and single be Road and item 8A approving of subdivision plant for Haw Crossing Village 1 for property this is located west of the northwest corner of Haw Road and Elliott Road mayor and council members these are the items on the consent agenda thank you Mr Christopher is any items off consent we have any blue cards m m uh mayor Freeman no request to speak on items under consent okay thank you make we have a motion by vice mayor Summers second by Miss spillsbury please vote okay motion passes with uh council member Duff absent all right other than that we'll move forward on the uh blue cards here I think that's it is that it yeah so we'll have blue cards here we have two speakers on item nine if you'll come forward state your name and your address be appreciated uh Michael Peron pin you want to come forward Michael okay I don't see Michael coming forward all right we'll move forward with Mr Chaz owensby Chaz are you here all righton the gentleman in the green was a firstborn so he's here okay Chaz go ahead I'm just speaking on the items that I'm concerned about um the um soil of Mesa is very rich and fertile and it's produced atic agriculture over the years the indigenous people moved water from the Salt River to irrigate and as settlers came here we contined to irrigate and produced lots and lots of of Agriculture supporting not only the local community but the nation at large um over the years those Groves and agricultural spaces have been reduced um to houses and businesses a lot of fertile land lays underneath concrete and asphalt but those small businesses are the lifeblood of Mesa Arizona and I don't bemoan the fact that this land has been repurposed unfortunately there's some small spaces in Mesa that have been zoned in a way that they can't be used anymore um there are uh easements and small small Parcels that have been set up so that setback and other requirements make it so they can't be built on nor used and they also sit because of this they sit blighted and vacant I came into Mesa in early 2000 and really enjoyed the the cool air of the Groves uh as I was trying to adjust to the heat in the summertime that that heat island effect continues to affect us my purpose in coming is to talk about small uh agricultural projects that could be used on some of these vacant Parcels steadfast Farms has shown that when space is made for agriculture that is a growing business and it's a vital part of our community it provides local and nutritious produce at at a quality um without taking much space um the total a lot of space for them in their section is 2 Acres but they cultivate much less than that the space in power easements if calculated um up is over hundreds of Acres throughout the city of Mesa many of that has SRP irrigation available to it and could be easily converted into farming except for the zoning ordinances that don't allow this to happen agriculture is limited to 10 acre Parcels in the city of Mesa and with modern um bio intense farming practices much less than that can be used to produce quality food and benefit for the community I want to encourage the council to talk with the staff to help change some of the ordinances so this could be more possible I have talked with staff and unfortunately they restricted they their response to me on some of my requests were frustratingly we don't make the rules but we have to enforce them um as we make room for agriculture we can return local nutritious food to the valley and use this ferti soil Mesa thank you thank you Chaz uh next Michael are you here all right you have three minutes state your name and address hi guys thanks my name is Michael parin address 7235 East Hampton Avenue Suite 115 district 6 uh located off power and 60 is green Farms dispensary I was in here a couple months ago to talk about addressing the marijuana prohibition ordinance that was passed in 2020 and addressing um adult use delivery which has started in the state of Arizona and other cities are able to deliver to citizens in Mesa but the businesses here can't and it actually prohibits the city from collecting any sales tax from it originally I wanted to come up here and kind of talk to you guys about how much taxes we've collected for the city and distributed to the police and firefighters but almost to this other gentleman's point the only way you can change a zoning ordinance is with City Council and zoning ordinances are meant to be changed they're good intentions at that time but as time changes the zoning ordinance must also change I would support his change but I would also encourage you to support mine that's all really I have to say thank you Michael appreciate that with that there's no other blue cards or anything Miss Mosley no other cards mayor okay very good then I'll entertain a motion to adjourn so move okay here one second all in favor say I I okay meetings adjourn thank you everyone [Music]