welcome to the Mesa city council meeting for the evening of November 4th 2024 uh vice mayor Heredia is unable to attend and is excused from this meeting all other council members are present uh we will begin with a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance so please stand for the moment of silence and remain standing for the pledge [Music] thank you please join me 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 God indivisible with with liberty and justice for all um next item on our agenda is Awards recognitions and announcements tonight we have uh two items under this agenda item the first is to Proclaim November as Alzheimer awareness month and National family caregivers month Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that affects millions of individuals and their families we all experience the impact at some point in our lives and it's important that we continue to raise awareness equally important is to recognize and honor the caregivers in our Community who provide compassion care and comfort for others often a great personal sacrifice here to accept the proclamations and share more is Kathy Norris Wilhelm of the Alzheimer's Association Kathy welcome you thank you mayor Charles pull this up my name is Kathy Norris Wilhelm I became involved with the Alzheimer's Community after my wife Jean was diagnosed in 2016 at the age of 55 Jean was a high school math teacher for nearly 20 years and education was always very important to our lives after struggling for about 2 years with symptoms of memory loss repeating stories and misplacing things we were persistent in getting a definitive answer to what was happening after a pet scan revealed her early onset Alzheimer's disease she immediately knew she wanted to share her story openly and publicly to help change the face and stigma and misconceptions of Alzheimer's disease most people think that Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is an old person's disease she knew by sharing her own story it had the potential to help others we took every opportunity to help raise awareness and advocate for Better Care by parti participating in media interviews conferences and meeting with our state and federal legislators not once did Jean decline an opportunity to share her story to help raise awareness and help others it was the honor of my life to care for her until her last breath in March of 2021 we were together 25 years married legally for eight she would be a astonished at how she continues to inspire and educate others and the impact her Legacy has made I want to share just a few stats with you nearly 7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's over 11 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias these caregivers provide more than 18 billion hours valued at nearly 300 47 billion Alzheimer's kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined between 2000 and 2021 deaths from heart disease has declined by 2.1% while death from Alzheimer's has increased 141% former first lady rosn Carter was once quoted for this there are only four kinds of people in the world those who have been caregivers those who are currently caregivers those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregiving thank you mayor Giles and the entire city council for your support and raising aler aw awareness by proclaiming November Alzheimer's awareness and caregiver month thank you Kathy thank you very much for sharing that very personal story Council Let's uh present these proclamations and please join me up front for a photograph to meet and I have this for you to these are forgive and this is the iry this is the last thing I produced for Canyon record and it's it's designed for indigenous caregivers yes and when you just made that I thought that was perfect just stand right here front and center I'm going to set this down just while we hold this up are we equally balanced dish okay all right here we go thank you thank you that mean I'll just doing a bad job all right here we go thank you thank you thank you so much I give these both to you hopefully you have a good place for them thank you so much you so apprciate I appreciate you thank you uh we're not finished the the second item on our Awards and recognition agenda is is to Proclaim November as be kind America month in the city of Mesa I'd like to invite council member Julie spillsbury to tell us more and introduce Our Guest council member spillsbury hey thank you so much we are so excited to kick off our beind America month and in the city of Mesa we're honored to Proclaim November as a kindness month kindness is something I'm deeply passionate about I speak about it everywhere I go which is why I started the hash Mesa kindness campaign four years ago and I want to thank all of our citizens City departments organ organizations our school districts who have rallied behind this initiative sharing and celebrating moments of kindness across our community acts of kindness have a unique power sorry I'm about cry you got me going they truly change our world one of my favorite quotes is by Leo tsto that says nothing changes our lives or the lives of others more than Perpetual kindness it makes life more beautiful and as we prepare for election day tomorrow this message could not be more timely sorry with different opinions and passions at the Forefront kindness can remind us of the respect and unity that we all share despite our differences I'm delighted to invite Marsha Meyer with one of my favorite nonprofits the beon people project up to speak thank you so much um thank you for this opportunity and um empathy is one of the great tributes and Hallmarks of of being kind so thank you for um displaying that um the beon people project works with a focus on building a generation of respectful responsible healthy and caring citizens and leaders and when you think about those words respectful responsible healthy and caring it's so ironic to me that this meeting happened on the day before election because there have been some times let's all face it in the past few months where we may have seen some differences of that displayed um our country is better than some of the things that we have seen therefore we work carefully to build children to be the kind of adults that we would want them to be in the future research clearly indicates that between the ages of 5 and 13 pro-social Behavior that's demonstrated is one of the best indicators of further academic achievement including High School graduation of Financial Independence which means standing on one's own two feet and on having healthy personal health and emotional health habits so our kids are our future and we can think of nothing more important than investing in those young lives and teaching them the important components not only of kindness but we talk about being kind being kind involves three things it involves thought that you have to recognize something it involves empathy so you feel something and it involves action there's nothing random about being kind it's intentional and it's someone who has thought about something figured out what to do and then done something kind with a word or a gesture there's not a community in America that would not be better if we didn't have more citizens thinking with those three things and we certainly um celebrate Mesa for recognizing that this is important for the city and we are honored to have this Proclamation done uh as be kind America month we think that it's more than one month but we'll start with one month I would just like to leave you with the 10 um skills that we teach kids on how to be kind people people and we call them skills because you can learn how to do it you can practice it and apply it to life those 10 skills are be encouraging be positive be supportive be helpful be honest be thankful be considerate be respectful be responsible and be a friend great things for kids and great things for us as adults also thank you so very much thank you well thank you Mara and and thank you council member Pillsbury Council Let's uh let's go down and take a photo with this Proclamation okay thank you for being here thank you so much nice to meet you thank you for being here thank you so much thank you for being [Applause] uh thank you and I I think that it's a good point let's we should have more than one month of be kind right it's okay to be kind all year long uh next item on our agenda is the consent agenda we'll invite Mr Kevin Christopher forward to read uh that agenda Mr Christopher good evening mayor and council members these are the items on the consent agenda all items listed with an asterisk 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 or 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 act on liquor license application for downtime wines one day event November 18th 3020 East Main Street item 3B Acton liquor license application for the greater cause one day event November 23rd at Mesa Riverview Park 2060 West Riverview Auto Drive item 3 C act on liquor license application for ultimate imaginations one day event November 10th 31 South Robeson item 3D act on liquor license application for aoto Miho 1042 North Higley Road item 3E act on liquor license application for Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill 937 North Dobson Road items 3F and 3G acting liquor license applications for MV snacks and sushi bar 525 South Gilbert Road item 38 checked on liquor license application for Oso Brewery 6033 South s Road item 3 I act on liquor license application for bario Brewing Company 5803 South San Road item 3j act on liquor license application for Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill 6736 East Baseline Road item 3K act on liquor license application for bu bruis restaurant Honduran food 6555 East Southern Avenue item 4A approving contract for sun air facility refurbishment design bid build this project is funded by arpa American Rescue plan act dollars item 4B approving 2-year term contract with one-year renewal option for rotary gas meters for the energy resources department item 4 C approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for trailer parts automotive lighting mirrors and safety supplies for the Fleet Services Department item 4D approving 13-month term use of a Cooperative contract for refuges truck metal for the Solid Waste Department item 4E approving use of a Cooperative contract for the purchase of seven automated side load Refuge trucks for the Fleet Services Department item 4f approving additional vendor Awards using the Cooperative term contract for the purchase of original equipment manufacturer heavyduty parts and repair services and dollar limit increase for the Fleet Services Department item 4G approving use of a Cooperative term contract for advanced AI assisted services for sewer condition inspection and assessment for the Water Resources Department item 4 AG proving contract to purchase fire monitors for the mes of fire and medical Department item 4 I approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for generator maintenance and repair services for the Department of innovation and Technology item 4J approving three-year term contract with 2-year renewal options for commercial printing for the business services department item 5A approving resolution to enter into a grant Award of the office of Justice programs to accept funds for the police department's forensic services division for DNA capacity enhancement and backlog reduction item 5B approving resolution to enter into a grant Award with the Department of Justice to accept funds of the police department's Human Resources Division to administer a mental health and wellness program item 5c approving resolution into an intergovernmental agreement with the city of TP and the Mesa Police Department to allow both parties to use each other's detention facilities for booking and holding a prisoners and the use of Transport Vehicles item 5D approving resolution to purchase three parsel of property at 1731 and 37 West University Drive to help facilitate the potential development of an affordable housing complex for seniors item 5 the approving resolution to extinguish a temporary drainage easement on the south side of the 10,000 block of East Hampton Road to allow for development of the property item 6A introduction of ordinance for proposed amendments to title four chapters 3 and N of the mesa city code pertaining to electric vehicle charging standards for new construction item 6B introduction of ordinance for proposed amendments to section 11- 43-7 of Title 11 the mesa city code pretending to freeway Landmark monuments this ordinance was previously introduced to the October 21st 2024 city council meeting and is being reintroduced due to minor revisions item 7A approving ordinance was zoning case 23417 for property located south of East mcdal Road and West hour th vist to drive reson with plan area development overlay to allow for single resident subdivision at item 7B approving ordinance for zoning case 24- 498 for property generally located north of mcdal Road and west of Greenfield Road this is for a reone with the planed area development overlay and major site plan modification to allow for expansion of an industrial development mayor and council members these are the items on the consent agenda thank you Mr Christopher M Mosley do we have any requests to speak on an item on the consent agenda no requests mayor all right thank you I don't see the monitor working where is it okay there we go we have a council member spillsbury has made a motion seconded by council member Summers uh please vote okay uh motion passes unanimously with council member vice mayor Heredia absent and excused next item on our agenda is item uh 8A item 8A is the proposed amendments to the Mesa zoning code related to Billboards we had a staff presentation on this item at at a previous study session M Mosley do we have any requests any blue cards to speak on this item no requests mayor thank you do any council members wish to discuss this item yes I just wanted to thank Mary as well as Jim Smith um who addressed all the concerns that I raised in the study session and answered all my questions so thank you for that thank you council member go forth any additional discussion all right do we have a motion for approval we have a motion made by council member Duff seconded by Mr Freeman please vote Scott pleas all right thank you this motion passes with five eyes and one note by Mr Summers and Mr Heredia absent uh next item is item items 9 a b and c all relate to a proposed development known as The Landing at Falcon Field generally uh located east of Greenfield and south of melops Road and involve a public hearing and taking action on resolutions for a minor General plan Amendment and approving a development agreement and an ordinance resoning the property I declare the public hearing open misss mosy do we have any request to speak from the audience on this item have no requests thank you do any council members wish to address this item all right seeing none I declare the public hearing close if there's no objection from Council we will take one motion for the approval of items 9A 9B and 9 C the general plan Amendment the zoning ordinance and the development agreement uh is I see there's a motion by council member spillsbury seconded by council member Summers uh please vote that motion passes unanimously with the vice mayor absent next item on our agenda is item 10 items from citizens present Miss Mosley do we have any requests to speak on this item it's hard to repeat myself but no okay no comments thank you very much hopefully uh tomorrow and the events following tomorrow go just as smoothly as this meeting uh that's all we have on this agenda is there a motion to adjourn thank you Mr Summers all in favor please say I I thank you we are adjourned [Music]