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meeting is called to order uh roll call is not necessary all members are present if you would uh take note of that i am at the opportunity of being the mayor i'm going to do something a little more different than normal i'm going to ask if everybody would stand uh join with me in a moment of silence for one of our officers officer durham who succumbed to an illness last week and i would like to take just a little bit of time and show some respects and then we'll move on with the meeting thank you our next two items on the agenda the invocation and the pledge of allegiance the invocation tonight will be from pastor emmanuel allen of breakthrough life church uh gentlemen if appropriate if you're wearing hats please remove uh if everyone please uh again stand uh uh for the invocation and then uh after the invocation please remain standing for our pledge of allegiance pastor ellen mayor vice mayor council welcome back to city hall let us pray heavenly father lord we thank you we give you name honor and glory in this city we yield to your leading direction and wise counsel for our great city of glendale give our mayor and city council the grace the wisdom give them fresh ideas innovation to lead our city into prosperity strengthen the unity of our city and download the necessary blueprints that would that we need to build a city of peace and justice for all let us be that city that is set upon a hill that cannot be hidden a city of hope a city of blessings a city of courage let this be a year of economic recovery and let us be intentional in our endeavors for the longevity of our city in jesus name amen amen thank you pastor allen aaron joined with 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 liberty and justice for all thank you all right next up's the agenda on on the agenda as a consideration of minutes from the june 22 2020 voting meeting council members have you any corrections or additions to those minutes saying none can i get a motion to approve the june 22nd 21 meeting yes mayor our move we approve the minutes of the june 22 2021 voting meeting second okay i have a motion from the vice mayor of second from councilmember clark uh to approve the minutes all in favor of vote i any opposed vote in april you guys have do have with the motion passes moving on to our consent agenda and consent resolutions uh items two through twenty one um before i go any further i had a couple requests from a couple of the members uh one item wanted to be what did you have just one item mayor item 20 and there's no discussion required simply pull it off set for a separate vote for a separate vote okay and you had yes mary i just wanted the presentation on number 25 please alright i'm 25 okay okay so uh if we can go ahead and get items uh 2 through 2 2 through 19 and item 21 ms bar i guess you don't have to read that do you consent resolutions okay what's that do you want me to read consent resolutions uh item 20. authorization to enter into a linking agreement with norwood equipment llc for heavy-duty fleet parts service and accessories okay and you want to go ahead and do the items 22-26 resolution number resolution number r 21-74 resolution the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona adopting duties and responsibilities for the government services committee item 23 resolution number r 21-75 a resolution of council the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of an agreement with the state of arizona office of the attorney general and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the fiscal year 2022 victims rights program award ag number 2022-031 in the approximate amount of 5 422 on behalf of the glendale prosecutor's office item 24 resolution number r 21-76 a resolution of the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing the entering into of an agreement with the state of arizona office of the attorney general and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the fiscal year 2022 victims right rights program award ag number 2022-044 in the approximate amount of 44 822 on behalf of the glendale police department item 25 resolution number r 21-77 a resolution to counsel the city of glendale maricopa county arizona adopting this notice of intention to increase water and sewer users user charges setting a public hearing on proposed increases and filing written reports supporting the proposed increases with the city clerk item 26 resolution number r 21-78 a resolution the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing and directing the entering into of a development agreement with ceraval development llc a delaware limited liability company in the west glendale service area for street in lieu fees and street infrastructure that concludes the consent resolutions okay so we have to uh our agenda is not okay well we need to do items on a consent items two through 19 and item number 21. uh all in uh to kind of get a motion let's do it that way mayor i move we approve consent agenda items 2 through 19 and 21 as well as consent resolutions 22 through 24 and 26. second okay so we have a motion and a second any discussion hearing none uh i guess we do have to do a roll call on this no we don't consent okay all in favor would i oppose vote nay your guys have it do you have it that motion passes so now let's go backwards to item 20. uh that uh is the one that you had asked just for a separate vote right okay so we'll do a roll call on item number 20. i do need a motion for that please mayor go ahead i move we approve item number 20 on the consent agenda second okay i have a motion from councilmember turner sentencing uh council member thomas any discussion hearing none roll call vote starting with council member aldama how do you vote aye council member miller how do you vote hi councilmember tom schoff how do you vote council member hugh how do you vote all right councilmember clark how do you vote council member turner how do you vote all right chair of outside the motion does carry so now moving on to item 5 25. uh you would like that discussed or you'd like a brief description i would like to have the presentation being that this is a note a notice of intent i feel that we need to have actually have the presentation since we're literally notifying residents thank you good evening mayor members of the council here to provide staff report as assistant city manager vicky rios mayor members of the council this item is what is commonly referred to as a notice of intention to increase water and sewer rates the purpose of this item is to notify the public of the council's intent to increase those rates and set a date for the public hearing which if you move forward with this item will have the public hearing occur on october 26 2021 which is also at the same time that we would that council then would vote on the actual rate increase if it continues uh to move forward at that point it also lets the public know that there is a report on file it will be on file with the clerk's office and also available on the city's website that supports those rate increases and explains and gives the financial background on the need for those rate increases and with that i'll answer any questions that council may have mr johnson is also available if you have questions of him um honestly mayor i don't have any questions i just wanted to say that i support the i'm going to be voting yes on the on the resolution to notice glendale residents of the intent to increase water rates but i am not going to be in support of a five-year rate increase with the current conditions of on the colorado river i don't think we have any certainty about the cost of water among other things with the supply chains and other things happening in our market right now so when this is presented i i i support a two-year as well as we've done the last several rate increases we've uh approved a two-year rate increase we can adopt the five-year plan and then re-evaluate at least and this is my opinion in two years and assess where we are there's going to be a shortage occurred on the colorado river i believe it's going to happen this week or next week whenever it is mr councilman turner would probably know better than i but there are some serious problems and cap they're going to be we're not going to be getting our water supply cut i believe but but they're going to cut they're going to be delivering less water but their cost to deliver water is not going to decrease so the what's going to happen i think it's inevitable that the cost of water is going to increase so i feel like it's more prudent to approve two years worth of rates so that's where i will be when this comes forward but the reason i pulled it is so i could say that and then also that we literally have a presentation to notify residents thank you mayor okay so can we get a motion for item 25 where he did that mayor i believe we approved consent resolution number 25. second okay i have a motion council return second council member thomas shop for item number 25 any discussion on that hearing none uh councilmember aldama how do you vote all right councilmember miller how do you vote hi councilmember thomas hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote hi placement how do you vote all right uh chair of outside the motion carries okay so item 27 authorization to enter into a services agreement with forensic technology inc for an integrated ballistics identification system warranty and protection plan okay we have any questions on item 27 can i get a motion yes mayor imovie under the services agreement with forensic technology inc talking i have motion councilmember tom chop a second from the vice mayor to approve the recommended actions or any discussion on this motion hearing done council member el dom how do you vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember thomas how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right chair boats i motion carries unanimous miss bower would you introduce item 28 please award of ifb 21-50 authorization to enter into an agreement and approve expenditure of funds to purchase firefighter turnout gear from ln curtis and sons okay i have no speaker cards on this item we need uh explanation for anybody no okay any questions from the council hearing none can i get a motion to approve item 28 uh mayor go ahead i move that we approve item number 28 award of ifb 21-50 second i have motion council member melner sent council member tom chop to prove the recommended action item is there any discussion on this motion hearing none roll call vote council member aldama how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote hi councilmember melner how do you vote hi councilmember tom shaw how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right sheriff outside the motion carries your name smith bower would you introduce item 29 please award of ifbb 21-50 authorization to enter into an agreement and approve expenditure of funds to purchase firefighter turnout gear from matlick enterprises doing business as united fire equipment company any explanations necessary for the council any questions from the council can i get a motion mayor go ahead motion approved item number 29 award of ifb 21-50 second i have a motion council member i'll dom a second from the vice mayor to approve the recommended action any discussion on this motion you're in none roll call vote council member aldama how do you vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember thomas how do you vote hi councilmember vote hi vice mayor how do you vote i'm chair boatsight motion carrier's announcements bower would you introduce item 3-0 award of ifb 21-50 authorization enter into an agreement and approve expenditure of funds to purchase firefighter turnout gear from whitmer public safety group inc [Applause] anybody need anything any question mayor go ahead [Applause] it appears to me that both item 29 and 30 or to award ifb 21-50 is that correct same ifb number all three of them are mayor members of the council this is a multi-award ifb so we receive more than one bid and they're making more than one award some of our bids are written that way so that we can award to multiple contractors at the same time thank you yeah they're all exactly the same right any other questions okay hearing none i have no speaker cards on this item can i get a motion to approve item 30. yes mayor i move we approve the award for ifb 21-5 second i have a motion from council member clark second council member tom schaaf to approve the recommended action is there any discussion on this motion hearing none roll call vote council member old dom how do you vote aye council member clark heidi vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember tom trump how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right chair of outside motion carries unannounced miss bower regime introduce item 31 please authorization to enter into a linking agreement with consolidated electrical distributors doing business as az electric supply for industrial and non-industrial electrical and process scada controls equipment parts supplies and tools okay any questions from the council any concerns hearing none can i get a motion to approve item 31 mayor go ahead motion approve item number 31 authorization to enter into a link in agreement with council consolidated electrical distributors second american council member all dominant second councilmember thomas further recommended action any discussion on the motion hearing none roll call vote council member el dom how do you vote all right councilmember clark how do you vote mayor i will explain my vote please on this item and the following item they are for your five-year contracts as is my habit and practice i vote no on five-year con thank you councilmember milner how do you vote aye councilmember tom trump how do you vote aye councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right chair of outside that motion does carry ms barrow would you introduce item 32 please authorization enter into a linking agreement with elliott electric supply inc for industrial and non-industrial electrical and process data controls equipment parts supplies and tools questions from the council seeing no presentation necessary can i get a motion oh yes mayor i'm sorry um uh i move we enter into the linking agreement with eliot electric supply inc second i have emotional council member thomas shop a second from the vice mayor any concerns or questions from the council hearing none we'll conduct a roll call vote starting with council member ldam why do you vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote nay councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember tom schoff how do you vote aye councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote i ain't chairable outside of motion carries miss bower would you introduce item 33 please authorization to enter into a professional services agreement with plaza del rio management corporation to provide consulting services regarding development opportunities for city-owned property located at the southeast corner of 95th avenue and cardinals way okay any questions from the council give a presentation mayor members of the council we have studied this in study session i'll be glad to give a presentation if needed otherwise i believe everybody's familiar with what the action is okay i don't see anybody asking or looking for extra further explanations so can i get a motion to approve yes mayor i move that we approve authorization to enter into a professional services agreement with plaza del rio management corporation second i have a motive from councilmember clark second the vice president to approve the recommended action any discussion on the motion hearing none roll call vote council member eldama how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote hi councilmember melner how do you vote hi councilmember tom chop how do you vote mayor i'd like to explain my vote go ahead thank you mayor um during my tenure on this council i've never been presented with a professional services agreement of this nature and i spent quite a bit of time over the weekend reading and researching this agreement and monday morning i emailed the city manager with several questions hopeful that the answers would help clarify some things for me last evening i received his response and i'm going to read uh just three of the questions and answers that i received um one of the questions i asked was on the special procurement uh request form it says that it stated that a good faith review of available sources has been conducted and there is only one known or practical source for the required items my question was please provide documentation of available sources reviewed the question was please the response to that question was please see the attached rationale for the special procurement and response to question one i'd already read the special procurement that's why i spent this much time making these questions and the city manager's response was i felt as city manager i felt that the special skill sets and experience would be critical to seeing this vision manifest the ability to self-perform class a office space and it is my recommendation to the council that we use a special procurement process to ensure that grand vision is realised i don't have a problem with that but that's not what was written under the special the reason for the special procurement so my second thing i'd like to quickly read is i this is this was not included in the 21 22 year fiscal year budget or the 2122 cip so i asked are any project costs for this are not included in the budget of the cip where will the necessary funding to move forward come from the quite the answer to the question and and by the way on august i believe on august 24th are going to be items on the agenda that have costs associated with them so i want to know where is the money coming from and what will be not funded because we're paying for this the answer was if there are costs incurred during the fiscal 21 22 year budget staff will identify funding sources to be used well my question was i want to know what the funding sources are the last thing i want to say is i went back to the minutes from the workshop where the presentation happened on june 22nd and i i'm reading this from the minutes of the workshop council member tom chav asked if plaza companies was offering an all or nothing concept or would be open to multiple options on how to move forward mr phelps said plaza companies would analyze options and return to council with recommendations council member tomachoff asked if there would be concepts that did not include class a office space mr phelps said all opportunities would be explored based on market needs my last question was when will plaza company complete their analysis of options and return to council with recommendations the answer i got was no vertical construction will take place without council approval such approvals will include the appropriate justification for council consideration no answer to where when we will be presented with options and recommendations unfortunately my questions were not answered without clarity for when and if options and recommendations will be returned to council as the city manager stated in the june 22nd workshop where the project funding will come from and what will not be funded as a result of this and the stated reason for the special current can not be documented unfortunately mayor will not be able to support this this is basically based on this on the city side of what's happening here nothing else but i feel like for me the eyes have not been dotted and the t's have not been crossed and so i'm unable to support it this time i vote nay that's my return how do you vote i'd like to explain why vote mayor turn your microphone on go ahead maybe i should get closer uh thank you my concerns with this proposal relate to regarding the information that's burden presented for us to make our decisions that there's a lack of any measurable deliverables there's a lack of any certain time frame by which we would get those deliverables and that i don't feel that the reasons provided for declaring this a sole source um award are justified and meet the requirements and therefore i vote nay thank you vice mayor how do you vote all right chair of outside the motion carries uh item 34 i do have one speaker card on that so if we can go ahead ms barrow if you introduce item 34 please resolution number r 21-79 a resolution of council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona amending the general plan map of the city of glendale arizona by approving general plan amendment gpa 21-02 for property located south of the southeast corner of 51st avenue and peoria avenue or december oh 21-49 an ordinance of the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona rezoning property located south of the southeast corner of 51st avenue and peoria avenue from r16 c2 and c3 to r2 mixed residents amending the zoning map providing for an effective date and directing the city clerk to record a certified copy of the ordinance mayor members of the council here to provide staff report on tonight's action item is tabitha perry our interim planning manager thank you mr phelps good evening mayor and council this request before you this evening is to approve a minor general plan amendment to change the land use designation from general commercial and medium density three and a half to five dwelling units to the acre to medium high density which is eight to twelve dwelling units to the acre and approve it's not shown on your screen yet and approve a rezoning application to change the zoning district from r16 c2 and c3 to r2 for mixed residents the vacant site is approximately 17.7 acres in size and located south and east of the southeast corner of 51st and peoria avenues for directional context the proposal is located approximately three miles northeast of city hall the general plan shows surrounding land use designations a medium density and general commercial the zoning map shows surrounding zonings consisting of residential and commercial the area provides context of the surrounding area noting the property to the south is planted for a 86 lot residential subdivision but has not been developed if the applications are approved the conceptual site plan depicts the site will be developed as a gated 197 single story detached rental community consisting of one to three bedrooms development projected to contain a total of approximately 7.6 acres of open space which is basically 44 of the site amenities includes a pool jacuzzi tot lot dog dog park with dog wash station among other amenities here's an example of the proposed elevation design the public involvement included completion of the citizen participation process where notification was sent to property owners within 300 feet as well as individuals on the interested parties list the applicant hosted a neighborhood meeting with general questions regarding road improvements and landscaping staff conducted an analysis analysis and determined the proposal would result in a quality development product which is consistent with the goals and objectives of the general plan by promoting in-field development by providing a variety of housing types these cases was heard before planning commission on august the 5th there were no oppositions expressed during the meeting one commissioner expressed concerns regarding the access point along 51st avenue which resulted in an additional stipulation as noted in the staff report planning commission recommended approval of both cases gpa 21-02 as written and z-o-n-21-02 with eight stipulations as noted in the staff report unless council would like for me to read all eight stipulation this concludes the presentation the applicant is present he and i are both prepared to answer any questions you may have thank you all right uh so we're going to go ahead and open up a public hearing and then we'll take some questions and statements so the public hearing is now open on item 34 resolution number r21-79 and ordinance number 021-49 and we have one speaker card here dennis godfrey sir you have three minutes if you would state the city you live in if if it's glendale and then the district that you live in if you know it if not just your crossroads i don't need your address or go ahead sir my name is dennis godfrey i live in glendale i live on 50th avenue due north of of this proposed site um neighbors have been long interested in seeing some development there i'm not sure that we're overly excited about rental units being there but it looks like a reasonably good project i'm interested in knowing what the 55 foot half street development would do it's at an additional lane or an additional two lanes i'm also interested in traffic patterns what's the the way that people are going to get to and from their their homes uh in this development but in general i welcome this development thank you thank you sir and then i understand that uh the applicant is here to speak on this item uh if if you would sir please come up uh i would ask that you'd state your name who you represent if if you don't live in glendale just tell us a city you live in and if uh if you can if you maybe address what he just had brought up that'd be awesome yes mayor members of council good evening brennan ray 1850 north central here on behalf of the applicant next metro communities getting specifically to the questions that were asked by mr godfrey in terms of the dedication 55 feet if i remember right that is for peoria avenue and what that is is really a cleanup peoria as we've worked with staff is built to its fullest capacity uh and so this additional requirement for us to dedicate right-of-way is merely a cleanup there were some gaps in the previous dedication that took place but through working with town stat or city staff there is no uh plans to improve uh peoria avenue beyond that 55 feet the 55 feet encompasses what is there today secondly with respect to traffic patterns i'm not sure that i fully understand the question but in terms of the way the site has been designed our primary access is off of peoria and we do have a secondary access point off of 51st avenue as i mentioned we've worked closely with planning staff and through that process this has been vetted by the traffic engineering department we have prepared the traffic study and submitted that with this application and to our knowledge everybody's great and good comfortable with the access points and the way this site is intended to function okay any questions from our council okay yes mayor i'm sorry i did have a question um i'm looking at your conceptual site plan and i see on the would be the corner of 51st and peoria uh the north i guess northwest corner of the parcel and it says tenant garage what is what is that uh through the mayor council member tomlichoff within this development there are a number of parking spaces we're providing a little bit more than code requires but what is able to happen is there are residents that if they choose to pay an additional fee are able to have an enclosed garage everyone has provided a covered parking space but again for that additional fee there is the ability to have a garage okay so mayor if i could so that's going to be basically is it going to have like a fence around it and be part of the development then um mayor i'm just wondering what it'll look like from 51st and peoria if it's going to be you know like a part of the community the community going to be it's going to be gated so i'd imagine that the garage is going to be within the gate um it's just hard for me it's really tiny riding even with my glasses i'm having a hard time seeing it so sure um in terms of of where various garages are internal to the site okay all right thank you any other questions mayor good thank you um i'm interested in 49th avenue which is the eastern side of this development my recollection now is that that's a half street currently will the developer be finishing that off and is that the dedication of right-of-way that maybe was mentioned earlier through the mayor council member turner yes we are required to complete the western half of 49th avenue during our neighborhood meeting that was the primary topic of discussion is what we were going to do to that particular street and so we will complete our half curb gutter sidewalk and things along that nature um i i'd forgotten the second part of your question i apologize councilman i was wondering if that was maybe where the right-of-way dedication was coming into play thank you mayor councilmember turner again the the the stipulation i think that was referenced is stipulation two i don't know if it's still on the screen but it's in stipulation to in the staff report that requires 55 feet of cleanup along peoria there's an additional i believe 45 feet of right-of-way that's going to be dedicated along 51st avenue again as i understand it that's cleanup type of dedications that are necessary and then obviously we are to provide there is a stipulation for the right-of-way dedication along 49th avenue as well thank you and mayor if i may it appears to me that from the again from the site map that we've been shown that you have two major entrance exit points one on the 51st avenue and the other onto peoria avenue and no exits emergency or otherwise into the neighborhoods through the mayor councilmember turner that is correct thank you and there's some question about egress in and out of the 51st avenue entrance could you explain what the question there is sure through the mayor council member turner one of the questions that was raised by one of the commissioners at the planning commission meeting last week concerned safe movement out of 51st avenue it was his belief based on his experience in the area that that entrance should be limited to a write-in right out only currently it is planned for full movement that is something that as we've gone through the process our traffic engineer prepared a report submitted that to the city the city reviewed that in course of reviewing this application and that report and the city's determination concluded that a full movement access is appropriate at that location and that it didn't need to be limited to write in right out only um following that discussion at the commission we agreed to go back and take additional look at it and really defer to the professional staff who look at that on a day-in day-out basis i i drive a car a lot but that by no means makes me an expert in traffic engineering and safety and stuff like that and so we will defer that to them and i think that's the additional stipulation number eight that miss perry referenced in her presentation is included uh in the resolution before you mayor if i may continue so stipulation number eight is in the resolution um of course this is a zoning event but the determinant the final determination on traffic will be made in the future will that be a decision the council will make when we do the final plot review or when might that happen through the mayor councilmember turner i i would certainly defer that question to staff i believe that as we are going back through the process and it could be at cds and stuff like that that staff will again review that but i do not believe and again would defer to staff that that determination as to whether that 51st avenue access should be right in right out is something that would come back before this council for your approval you do not think it would be or you think it would be i may or council member turner i do not think it would be well it comes to us as a recommendation from our planning commission so i would like to hope that um that we do participate in the final but that's that's down the road that's not tonight so thank you that's all me okay anyone else tell me your name again brennan ray sir i appreciate your professionalism thank you thank you uh so uh that's all questions we have for you if you have a any time at all you may speak with mr godfrey if he has any other questions for you but it sounds like it sounds like a good plan so with that is there anyone else wishing to speak on this item hearing none public hearing is now closed can i get a motion on item 34 resolution or 21-79 yes mayor i move we approve resolution number r 21-79 second we have a motion from the vice mayor second from uh councilmember clark to approve the recommended action is there any discussion on this motion hearing none councilmember aldama how do you call may i have a comment not how do you call how do you vote yeah i am uh mr godfrey over here a long time coming i didn't realize that i'd be uh in a position to vote for such a development in a location that's been um vacant for many years i think at its height it was a i think some kind of uh track for horses and then there was a a nursery they didn't make in the strip mall there so this is a long time coming i'm glad somebody spent some time to invest in this area and i know for those neighbors there it's not my district but they've been waiting for some improvement in that area for a very long time good work great design and i vote i thank you councilmember clark mayor i'd like to explain my vote go ahead generally i do not support build for rent communities and i have a list of reasons why i do not but in this particular case there are times when billed for rent is appropriate this is a mile away from glendale community college um many of the people who attend community not many but certainly a certain portion of population that attends gcc is looking for rental space and and if you've ever driven the area you know that the number of rental apartments are are not very abundant so i think this will provide another opportunity for students who are attending gcc and need to rent a place to live that's uh close by to their their school needs so in this particular circumstance i do support this bill for rent and i vote aye thank you councilmember milner aye vaude thank you councilmember thomas councilmember turner how do you vote explain my vote mayor go ahead um as long as everybody else is acting nostalgic i grew up more or less in the area and it's been known over time as both cerebell farms and harrelson stables really a very interesting place it's obviously like much agriculture you know falls under under development but uh perhaps one of its biggest claims to fame is it was the preferred stable for the budweiser clydesdales anytime they came to town so a lot of long time glendale residents may remember the clients the budweiser clydesdale's being stabled out there many times and with that i vote yes vice mayor how do you vote yes where i just want to comment on my historian i knew you were excited about that budweiser it's the clydesdale stop yeah i'll make it clear yeah it is in my district and i appreciate all the kind words from council members it's going to be a fine addition to the cactus district and i vote eye thank you chair of outside motion does carry unanimous uh and again mr godfrey thank you so much for coming out sir uh with that uh can i get a motion on item 34 ordinance number zero two one dash four nine yes mayor a move we approve ordinance 21-49 second i have a motion from the vice mayor second council member clark to prove the recommended action any discussion on this motion hearing none councilmember odama how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember thomas how do you vote council member turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote all right i'm sure what's high motion carries your announcements bauer did you introduce item 35 for us please resolution number r21-80 a resolution of the council the city of glendale maricopa county arizona amending the general plan map the city of glendale arizona by approving general plan amendment gpa 21-04 for property located at the northeast corner of 67th avenue and greenway road ordinance number o 21-50 an ordinance of the council the city of glendale maricopa county arizona rezoning property located at the northeast corner of 67th avenue and greenway road from c2 general commercial and r3 multiple residents to r5 multiple residents amending the zoning map providing for an effective date and directing the city clerk to record a certified copy of the ordinance mayor members of the council here provide staff report is interim planning manager tabatha perry there you go miss perry pull the microphone really close to your mouth if you would okay thank you thank you mr phelps marine council this is a request for approval of a general plan amendment to change the land use designation from general commercial to high density residential which would be 12 to 20 dwelling units to the acre and approve a rezoning application to change the zoning district from c2 and r3 to r5 multiple residents the approximately 9.4 acre vacant site is located at the northeast corner of 67th avenue and greenway road for directional contacts the proposal is located approximately six miles northwest of city hall the general plan shows surrounding land uses designations of high density residential the zoning map shows surrounding zonings consisting of residential and commercial the area provides context of the surrounding area if the applications are approved the site will be developed for a gated multiple family residential complex consisting of 12 buildings at 2 and 3 storeys for a total of 182 units with appropriate amenities such as a pool and a dog park here here is an example of the proposed building elevation design the public involvement included completion of the citizen participation process where notification was sent to property owners within 300 feet as well as individuals on the interested parties list there were general questions from residents with an overall support of the project also staff received an email of support on august the 4th staff conducted an analysis and determined that the amendment is consistent with the policies and objectives of the city's general plan zoning ordinance and residential design and development policies that the project will promote in-field development within the portions of the city where infrastructure is already available and that it contributes to the supply and diversity of housing and lastly overall furthers the public health safety and general welfare of the citizens of glendale planning commission recommended approval of both applications on august the 5th and the approval was for gpa 21-0 as written and zon21-02 with seven stipulations as noted in the staff report unless council would like for me to read all seven stipulations this concludes the presentation the applicant is present he and i are both prepared to answer any questions you may have thank you all right thank you um before we take questions i'm going to go ahead and open up a public hearing and then we'll start from there public karen is now open on item 35 resolution number r21-80 and ordinance number 021-5-0 uh i don't have any speaker cards on this is there any member of the council that has any issues that they'd like to bring up or questions they'd like answered by sir i just had a few questions i don't have a good am answer these um it has to do with mostly traffic this is an area of cactus high school and that particular corner is quite busy and i've had concerns and complaints from some citizens about the the traffic on that corner has there been a traffic study completed that that shows what impact that would have miss perry i understand that the applicants here i don't know if they'd like to speak or not so we'll leave that up to you do you uh okay um mayor and council just to answer council members malnar's question that a um a tis was received and our transportation department has reviewed that and there were some revisions to take place with that report but those issues were taken in consideration with the study okay i noticed there were several stipulations requiring an extra lane turn lane and those kind of things has was there any uh was the traffic signal itself addressed in the turn lanes of the traffic signal and or the way the traffic signal is currently set up and any any way to expedite you know putting in for example the flashing yellow turn signal and that kind of thing mayor council members unfortunately i'm not prepared to answer that question directly but i know that it was part of the report hopefully mr froak can answer that question for you okay do you know what the time frame is of this project as far as how soon they plan to move forward with it mayor and council i'll defer that to the applicant all right mr pro would you like to come up and i know you've done this a few thousand times but state your name where you're from who you represent you have three minutes well actually no yeah i'm a newbie uh mayor and council good evening it's great to be here i'm pitching in tonight the applicant for this project is dave uh shishevsky he's a great zoning attorney he's out of the country and he asked if i could uh hopefully not mess up the project tonight raise microphone up a little bit there you go sorry about that thank you um with me tonight is the actual developer of the project from modern living dave dewer if you want a presentation from him um i think a couple questions that mr melner had is really what he's looking for right now yeah yeah thank you mayor mayor council member uh malnourished council the with respect to the traffic we actually feel that eliminating the commercial at this corner will reduce the overall traffic impacts there already is a a westbound and excuse me mayor point of view i'm having difficulty hearing you mr frog i'll try to speak up i would appreciate that okay there's already a westbound right turn lane for people that want to i think the council understands that greenway does not really continue on the normal grid system west to 75th avenue in peoria so if you take i don't know if you what you can see on your screen but i'm looking down at the aerial photo that was presented so most of the traffic excuse me that's westbound and six on green there it is thank you westbound on greenway if you're not going into the neighborhoods to the west um to your home or some of the shopping that's available most of the turning movements are going to be either north or south on 67th avenue so like tabitha said there this will be a gated community we feel that the impact is actually less by eliminating the commercial in doing the residential on the site plan itself and we brought this up thursday night planning commission right on the immediate corner rather than having a pad a commercial pad we're going to incorporate that into this it is incorporated into our site plan with a dog park in open space so we actually feel this will be one of the best looking corners um at this intersection with respect to the traffic signal i don't remember i live a couple miles north of here in the cholla district i don't remember if there is the lagging laughs or the flashing yellows but the pole stands and and such for the existing traffic signal i do not believe need to be moved once the property is developed your question counts mayor councilmember malnar with in terms of timing hopefully we get approved tonight we would be under construction in early 2022. all right thank you yeah just to follow up and it's really more i guess for staff um you know that that turn is cactus high school and it's a very very busy turn during high school time and it backs up very very far and so the reason i ask these questions is i'd like to see this expedite while we're doing this the whole process and putting new lanes in that we go ahead and move forward on the flashing yellow light on that intersection rather than rather than waiting i know it was put in the plan it was maybe a year two down the road and they coincide but i'd like to make sure it gets done while this is being processed mayor councilmember melnar will i'll be i'll work with engineering and transportation with reference to this project and focus on the intersection with the possibility of expediting that flashing all right thank you thank you thank you any other questions okay no other questions public hearing is now closed can i get a motion on item 35 resolution number r21-80 mayor go ahead i move that we approve resolution number our 21-80 exact second okay emotional council member melner our second council member tom chapter for the recommended action any discussion on this motion hearing none councilmember aldamadi vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote just like to explain my vote there uh again i i appreciate the developer and the owners of moving forward on this project i think it's going to be a great project for the area it's one that uh is taking a a dusty lot and turning it into something that's gonna look great uh so i really appreciate uh this moving forward as an intel project within the district thank you thank you all day aye councilmember thomas how do you vote councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote i'm chair of outside motion carriers can i get a motion on item 35 ordinance 021-50 a mayor go ahead i move that we approve ordinance number 021-50 second second okay i have a motion council member milner or something from the vice mayor to approve the recommended action is there a discussion on the motion hearing none counsel member of dom how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote hi councilmember melner how do you vote hi councilmember tomorrow how do you vote house member turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote hi chair votes i motion carriage units moving on to ordinances ms barr would you introduce item 36 or ordinance 0-2-1-5-1 ordinance number o 21-51 an ordinance of the council the city of glendale maricopa county arizona amending glendale city code chapter 25 nuisances article 3 administration and enforcement section 36 enforcement general section 42 court-ordered abatement and section 43 appeal of court decision and setting forth an effective date mayor members of the council here to provide staff report on both items number 36 and 37 is deputy city manager rick st john mayor members of the council there's a request for council to adopt an ordinance amending chapter 25 of the general code as read in by the clerk essentially creating a provision for court ordered abatement this would be infrequent in use i think in the last five years have been a handful of cases where this would have come in handy in certain cases criminal cases where the owner occupant is either found incompetent to stand trial or is otherwise unable to be heard in court and so it becomes very difficult for code and the prosecutor's office to find them responsible we've seen significant delays in those cases and blight continue in a neighborhood for what i would consider to be an unreasonable amount of time this ordinance which was discussed on april 27th in workshop would give that tool into the tool of code enforcement so they could control this flight in a much faster and eradicate these problems much faster and with that i'm happy to answer any questions you may have any questions can i get a motion on ordinance number zero two one dash five one item thirty six yes mary move we adopt ordinance number 021-51 second we have american councilmember tom chop the second council member clark to prove the recommended action is there any discussion on the motion hearing none councilmember old dom audi vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember tom shaw how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote i'm chair boat side motion carries miss borrowed you introduced item 37 please ordinance number oh 21-52 an ordinance of the council the city of glendale maricopa county arizona amending glendale city code chapter 24 motor vehicles and traffic art of article 6 speed regulation section 24-94 unnecessary vehicle noise and chapter 25 nuisances article eight miscellaneous nuisances section 25-67 vehicular noise violations and setting forth an effective date mayor members of the council this is a request for council to adopt an ordinance amending chapters 24 and 25 as it relates to vehicle noise and that is engine noise in our conversation and workshop on march 21st this council made a distinction between engine noise and radio or music coming from a vehicle and the current code reads that engine noise is a criminal offense this council made the recommendation and i'm bringing it for tonight that the first two offenses in a 12-month period be viewed as civil the first fine amount being fairly insignificant and then the second offense in the 12-month period a little heavier civil fine and then a third and subsequent offense in a 12-month period would then become criminal and with that i'm happy to answer any questions they're me you may have mr jane when you say engine noise uh is that is that just the noise that comes out of the exhaust or is that also can be the squealing of tires i mean i understand that we already have reckless driving as far as something that can be enforced so i would think that that would cover that but i don't know if anybody lives closer to a main road than i do and uh and i'm totally blessed that i live so close to phoenix that i get all phoenix's vehicular noise uh and that's sarcasm at its best and it's bad and i just you know i don't know how in the world uh that we would have enough officers to to be able to to enforce this although i'd welcome any opportunity to do something but but again it's a combination of a tire squeal and it's a combination of the of the uh the music the if you want to call it that the loud uh really low bass that literally vibrates my entire home uh and these are people two blocks away and and then of course the the noise from the either motorcycles or uh crotch rockets or or you know the cars with the whether they have exhaust or not i don't know uh so i'm just trying to figure is it only the noise that comes from the exhaust is that mayor members of the council this would deal with only the noise that comes from the engine and the exhaust system of the vehicle there are other codes and statutes in arizona by statutes to deal with the squealing of tires racing radio noise or that low thump that you hear from from the radio vehicles there are other codes that deal with that this is specific to people that choose to modify their their vehicle so that they sound louder if you will that muscle car sound and they've in most cases they've modified the vehicle on their own to create that sound and this ordinance would would allow law enforcement an opportunity to hold them accountable at a civil level currently it is a criminal violation in our code okay so now my next question is what's acceptable is is there a decibel that that's acceptable are we going to have decibel meters inside the officers vehicles that can measure that because without that what might be too loud for you may not be loud enough for me i mayor members of the council our noise ordinance is not a decibel level ordinance it is a distance ordinance so if the engine can be heard from a distance of and i don't recall the exact language but i believe it's 250 feet or greater than it would be considered a violation or could be looked at as a violation okay and you say it's 250 feet mayor members of the council i'm not 100 sure on the exact distance i believe it's in the neighborhood of 250 feet okay does anybody have that i'd be curious exactly what that is members of the council i'd have to look it up so i could look it up it would take me a minute okay all right any other questions go ahead thank you mayor um mr st john is this intended for for individuals who have vehicles that have modified their engines and vehicles to have that sound there are being a nuisance and the reason why i'm asking is there's two different vehicles out there nowadays there's many vehicles but there's the import vehicles that have modified their mufflers that are very loud and then they drive when they're driving normal it's not bad but when they accelerate and they sit at a at a stop light and they do that those are the nuisance and then you have the more of the old 60 and 70s model vehicles that have what they call a cam in there and it it adjusts the intake and exhaust valves and it has a pretty decent sound so what you have are we going to go after those individuals it just even those if they're being a nuisance so mayor councilmember aldama this would be complaint driven so officers wouldn't go out and proactively look for these types of violations but in in instances where a neighbor has perhaps spoken to their neighbor several times about using a their vehicle that has a loud engine late in the evening okay those are the type of complaints that we get and when the officers go into the neighborhood and eventually make contact with the owner of the vehicle there's a hesitancy to cite criminally okay and it's that hesitancy that we're trying to get around by allowing the officers on a first offense to cite civilly with a fairly low dollar amount sanction thank you for that clarification um i think this will help the police officers but it'll help residents that are able now to make a call because you can't do nothing right now there's nothing you can do they race up and down and and it's it's more of the important i'm not against them i think they're great cars just they're the ones that are really loud and they're they're a nuisance so and then um [Music] is this just in residential areas or is this in um like a light industrial area where a garage would need to bring the rpms up loud enough that or high enough that it'll make noise when a residential and a light industrial area are bordered to each other would that cause problems with those mayor councilmember there's no provision in the code that distinguishes the zoning but it is as i said complaint driven and most people have an understanding of what occurs at a shop where they're working on vehicles we get very very very few if any complaints about shops that are working on vehicles well i will promise not to be a nuisance but i don't want to change the cam in my truck that i'm working on so thank you enough thank you mayor so now i'm completely confused because i what from what my understanding is we're basically giving we're lowering the penalty we're lowering the threat we're saying it's it's not instead of it's being a criminal complaint it's a civil complaint it's going to be like a parking ticket kind of a thing and then if it's a repeat offender would then go to a criminal complaint so we're literally giving latitude basically to people like okay we're gonna we're and also that the officers aren't so hesitant to address it because they don't want to give somebody a criminal complaint for a loud vehicle so okay i just wanted to make sure because the questions confuse me all right thank you any other questions okay all right thank you can i get a motion for ordinances zero two one dash five two item thirty seven here good eye move we pass on adopt ordinance um oh two one dash five two second emotional council member turner second customer clerk further recommended action any discussion on the motion hearing on the council member oldham why do you vote aye councilmember clark how do you vote aye councilmember milner how do you vote hi councilmember tom trump how do you vote hi councilmember turner how do you vote hi vice mayor how do you vote hi uh as deaf as i am i do vote eye on this one it does pass you now miss power would you introduce item 38 please ordinance number oh 21-53 an ordinance of the council of the city of glendale maricopa county arizona authorizing cash and appropriation balance transfers between budget items in the adopted fiscal year 2020 2021 budget mayor members of the council here to provide staff report is lissette camacho director of budget and finance good evening mayor members of the council this item is to adopt an ordinance approving fiscal year 2021 budget amendments the city's 2021 total budget appropriations across all funds remains unchanged with this action exhibit a contains the requested appropriation transfers between departments and funds there are no cash transfers that concludes my presentation and i'll be happy to answer any questions any questions from the council mayor go ahead i do have one question miss camacho online this is really tiny riding line four streets diff contingency to pyramid pink water treatment plant expansion is this for the 67th avenue project mayor members of the council i'll defer that question to mr johnson [Applause] mayor members of the council i'm trying to show mr johnson the attachment but are you talking about the two and a half million yeah going so this again this is just appropriation transfer just to clarify and it's going to pyramid our peak expansion mr johnson uh mayor members of council i just got clarification was set that's for uh a payment to mccarthy for the expansion of pyramid pink okay all right thank you very much any other questions hearing none can i get a motion on ordinance zero two one dash five three item thirty eight yes mayor imovie pass and adopt ordinance number zero 21-53 seconds okay i have a multiple councilmember clark second councilmember tom trump for the recommended action any discussion on the motion hearing council member l dama how do you vote hi councilmember clark how do you vote hi councilmember milner how do you vote hi house member tommy council member turner how do you vote hi member vice mayor how do you vote i'm sure outside motion carries unanimous okay moving on request for future workshop and executive session can i get a motion yes mayor i move that we hold the next regularly scheduled city council workshop on tuesday august 24th 2021 at 2 30 p.m in the city council chambers to be followed by an executive session pursuant to ars 38-431 okay i have a motion for the vice mayor second council member clark any discussion hearing and all in favor of about i i oppose voting appears you guys have it do you have what that motion carries now we're going to move on to council comments and suggestions mr aldama none mayor thank you councilmember clark yes mayor this week we learned that officer lonnie durham succumbed to covet and i know that this council and the entire employee population of glendale are holding he and his family in our hearts and in our prayers but that also made me think that they we had two other employees that died of kovid that i'm not sure that we ever mentioned by name or passed our condolences onto as well and that would be tom pena who was a driver sanitation truck driver and montana stark who was sanitation fleet supervisor and they should also be in our prayers and in our thoughts thank you mayor thank you councilmember milner uh nothing furthers nightmare thank you councilmember tom trump nothing tonight mayor actually one thing mayor it's good to be back in the council chambers yes that's it for me thank you councilmember turner um thank you mayor i would just say yes it is good to be back in the council chambers it's good to see you all again after almost six weeks i wonder if perhaps something's happened to us that we all might need hearing aids and reading glasses it's been a constant theme today but just in case that you know it actually is the equipment that's letting us down and not our our ears and eyes uh hopefully that could be fixed before our next meeting here uh thank you mayor what do you say vice versa yeah just a couple comments mayor um we had our free swim day at rose lane pool with the fire department serving hamburgers and hot dogs and given safety advice and and demonstrations and i want to thank mayor wyerson coming out and council member al dahmer the community really appreciate it thank you mayor all right thank you uh and then the only thing if if you folks haven't noticed uh something that i'm actually really proud of council member obama vice mayor hugh and myself had a little bit of money left in our accounts and we were able to pay for have installed and erected uh american flag a pow flag and arizona flag in front of our civic center and uh as not necessarily a big deal as that may sound dry bite it's really pretty it's a it's a point of pride it's something that i i know that i took an awful lot of pride in so i want to thank the other council members for uh sharing with some of their budgets as far as making that happen um with that uh it it is good to be back so we're going to go ahead and move on to our last item citizens comments the next item is just that council makes this opportunity available to you the citizens to bring information and business before us the council that's not on our printed agenda the council is only able to act on matters that are on our printed agenda but we can refer the matter to the city manager for follow-up in the future if necessary if you're unable to speak from our podium please signify let us know and we'll make sure that a microphone is brought to you if that's necessary we're going to go ahead and start off with mr deibler if you'll come up folks you have three minutes when you come up i need you to state your name loud uh the city that you live in if it's glendale the district if you know it if not your crossroads i don't want to know your address mr deibler you know how it works go ahead sir you got three minutes [Laughter] hi my name is james dyber i live in phoenix arizona last month i saw homeless individuals she sleeping at the bus stop at 43rd avenue and peo avenue near that target shopping center and homeless person asked me for money but i refuse the person decided to try to attack me at the same intersection in order to be saved i decided to run to the nearby restaurants to be safe homeless individuals create a problem at the basta to make the person on site while waiting at the bus stop at night the city of phoenix removed a bus stop shovel at 27th avenue and november avenue due to the homeless problem i would like to see the city of glenya review bus stop server to make sure people are safe at the bus stop without [Music] getting the homeless in trouble with the law thank you for your time and consideration all right thanks james craig kirk i hope i pronounced that right all right good evening i just want to say thank you for your service and thanks to the police officers standing over there my name is craig kurick and i live on 67th avenue in deer valley and behind the fire station and i'm here to talk about a 5g cell tower that was built up in right behind right behind my backyard that's about 80 feet tall and i would like to consider this i've had extensive conversations with council councilwoman thomachoff about this and you can imagine the concerns i have for my family with that being built so close in my backyard not only me but many many other residents are also around and getting together so i'd like to try to see if we can consider this getting on this on to an agenda and for a vote to move this tower to a commercial area that with the proper with the conversations with the attorneys with the city attorney saying that needs a cancellation a vote a cancellation and a one-year notice and i would like to request that being on for the next agenda i can't even the property values have dropped immensely and the studies there has been no studies on those 5g towers as far as the research i've done [Music] that's about it i would like to add that to the next agenda for the next vote all right we appreciate you coming in sir thank you good night next uh person uh bernadette um belonging me i know i totally butchered that up but you're up there i asked you guys yep i i'm taking them just way there man come on i am jessica corey i live in the historic sands estates in the ocotillo district i'm also one of the organizers of the save our alleys group for those watching this meeting i will give a brief history of our neighborhood in the late 1950s a part of the manistee ranch neighborhood was set aside for residential housing through the years street by street homes were built each home is unique added amenities were alleys all utilities and waste collection was located in the alley that has been very successful for over 60 years we have the opportunity to be a model historical neighborhood then it was decided above our objections that recycling would be picked up in front of the houses from then on the push from the city was to eventually get everything picked up in front of our homes as you can imagine that has been frustrating for most of us i was very interested to hear at the june 22nd city council workshop that there had been no objections to the alley closings many of us have reached out to city staff and elected officials to express our dismay several of us have spoken during public comments at the city council meetings at an ocotillo district meeting on january 30th 2019 we were assured by a city spokesperson that the closings would be to be voluntary and if the alley was closed the bulk trash would still be picked up in the alley our residents deserve to know what the procedures are for closing alleys as they appear to have changed they should know what percentage of the affected residents have to agree they should be assured that city employees will not be trying to influence their decisions they should know that they won't wake up and find their alley closed we are compiling the results of our survey that was sent to sans estates residents but the preliminary results show that a majority responding do not want their alley closed that some alleys not public works available and or the assistant public works director at that meeting guidelines could be provided that would help us to be good users of the alley and contact numbers for city employees that could help with specific problems such as the homeless and illegal dumping you don't treat a sprained ankle by amputee amputating your leg some of you may remember city programs that got out of control selling foothills branch library selling the glendale city art collection at an auction in july and the constant threat to irrigation service these were successfully stopped by city participation thank you uh good evening my name is bernadette balagnini and i am a resident of ocotillo district at 58th avenue and northern and i just want to say thank you to jessica for putting this the questionnaire together for the residents because we feel that we need to speak up now before the decision is out of our hands so here we go our group sent out a mailing that included an informational letter and questionnaire to all sans states residents we have been heartened by their responses not everyone is in favor of keeping the alleys open but they were appreciative that they were at last being heard we also sent copies to each city council member the public works director the assistant public works director and the city manager not one of those public officials or city employees has contacted us all decisions should not be made only by the city council and city staff the residents should be a part of the decision also taxpayers should have a place at the table so we would like to share a few comments from our neighbors we appreciate their input input and taking the time to fill out the questionnaire the first comment that came to me is close to my heart and what i really believe the comment we have a beautiful neighborhood why wretched by putting trash on the streets this neighborhood has a finished charm another comment um no one wants to see their neighbor's trash in the neighborhood street i walk the neighborhood and when i see the trash in the street it's not a pretty sight so unnecessary when we have the convenience of an alley another comments regarding the city notifications we called the city but were given those satisfactory satisfactory answers uh i recall notification of the l.a being blocked off but not have information being provided if we had a choice or not five seconds left oh okay so again um i'll just say two things too some neighbors have uh garages or carports that face the alley so they have a hard time if that alley is closed they're going to have to get out of their car open the gate drive through go back close the gate and then do the whole same process thank you so thank you for listening we appreciate your time thank you okay difficult to read this one it looks like sarah bannon i'm sure i butchered that but no you did not okay perfect if you would uh please state your name the city you live in uh the district that you live in if you know it if not just your crossroads it's not your address sir you have three minutes all right good evening godzilla and uh mayor this is saran madiwanan i live in 59th and union um i wasn't planning to talk here i just came in for my liquor license i'm opening a restaurant in 59th in union it's a new place i just wanted to share some experience that i've been experiencing with this process i'm a small business entrepreneur i used to be an i.t guy kind of came out and i'm trying to open a business right now i have one in surprise when i first you know started talking to people about i'm opening one in glendale a lot of people especially contractors or businessmen said city of glendale is hard to deal with i have no idea what that means and then the people i'm working with they're super nice i just want to give it up to tommy hicks who's coordinating my license process one thing i noticed was a lot of things are happening in isolation you work with multiple departments and they are not connected internally could be in the system but i don't feel like it so when i talk to somebody i have to explain my whole i know the whole process again it could be easier if you have some sort of small business on boarding checklist or a meeting just to you know understand what my needs are and what i need to do i'm not a business guy but it was a tough ride to understand what needs to be done when things are all said like years and years ago i don't need to figure out everything on the move it's been three months and i still don't have my license because something comes up new every time and i believe you don't want a small business to suffer especially during these tough times where it's really hard to you know open a new business i would probably expect a lot of support you know i know people are supporting but there's something missing and i'm not an expert i'll let you figure it out um one thing i wanted to recommend was the process is supposed supposed to make things easier but most of the time the process is making things difficult for example um i'm taking over an existing restaurant space so i'm not doing anything inside nothing major the seating i'm not touching the kitchen plumbing electrical i'm not touching but i'm an indian restaurant it used to be an american restaurant so i need my kitchen equipment to be installed it's not rocket science just connect the you know plumbing hoses to a different equipment i was told i need to apply for a permit i did that early may and i got the approval last week go ahead and do it so why not you know i'm using licensed contractors and they're trained to do what's right and if they do it right and then have somebody come and inspect whether i've done it right or not before you give me the license this two and a half months old just to you know look at something that i'm going to do is it right even though you're going to come and inspect later is it necessary that was holding me for a long time i don't know i mean i'm not giving a lot of specifics or details he just i'm not frustrated i'm just little concerned we can be a little bit more sensitive about small business onboarding here in glendale um and we really appreciate it i'm sorry if i spoke anything wrong that's not my intention i just wanted to get myself out um it's a cry inside that you know we are all family here you're helping each other out um and we are we are willing to help if you need more hands i'm an i.t guy i can i can do anything you guys want i'm ready to help the city a lot of people are willing to help shortstop is a common response wherever we go i send an email it takes three four days to get a simple response i call nobody picks up it it's not ctl anywhere so we need help thank you thank you okay and then this next one is even actually harder to read i can't make out the person's name it looks like chad yes okay you have three minutes sir uh state your name uh company if you live in glendale where if not the city you live in i put aubry on there as well and let her because we only have three minutes so i'm just gonna let her speak just state her name my name is aubrey dennicamp we live in scottsdale and i work for custom holiday lights as a manager we are here today to discuss rfp 21-15 murphy park holiday light display we are here today versus when it was voted in as it was voted in on an unscheduled meeting and we did try to do a protest as well but the hearing request was denied we've jumped through many hoops to be here during the previous rfp as well as this one for the specific project this past time based on the scoring submittals the city's committee requested us do an interview to be honest we were excited about it we thought we were either tied up or had a good chance of winning we went through did the process they gave us four specific criteria to go through which included the types of lights displays design plan and the safety plan all this was concluded in our presentation as well as what we verbally discussed following the presentation we saw the intent to avoid come out we were disappointed to see that we did not win upon receiving the actual scoring we were even more disappointed originally after the rfp was submitted and the evaluations come out we won by a total of 28 points after the interview process there was a shift favoring the other company credit management group who's also been the contractor for over 20 years post interview that's more than a 10 shift of 76 points out of 800. the new judging criteria mimicked the original criteria verbatim in the 16 area judges excuse me areas judged we don't think it's fair that the same criteria was re-judged with no different information being provided to have a 10 swing almost having us being the original winner to changing here with no design changes no opportunity to rebid or change or submittal just doesn't add up to me we've had other hurdles before we've spoken with you guys before actually regarding a previous rfp for this project and we have things just don't add up and it almost appears to be at this point that someone inside just wants the same contractor to continue winning and integrity wise we just don't think it's fair looking at it and talking to other contractors who are also in this industry locally no one wants to bid on it you get between one and three bidders at max for the past 20 years almost um and from talking to them the reason is there's just not even a chance and if that is the case i don't understand why it's continuing to go out to rfp um we were really hoping that you guys can consider this maybe review during the august 24th workshop as i know it's not on the agenda for tonight we'd be happy to do a presentation or supply any information needed to kind of go over our case do anything to add that's good thank you for your time thank you there'll be uh being no further business before this council tonight i'd like to thank everyone for attending tonight's meeting with no objection from this council hearing none we're adjourned you