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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024 TO ORDER.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
OFFICER ZANE COOLIDGE, HIS WIFE AND THEIR YOUNG BABY DAUGHTER, UH, OFFICER COOLIDGE, WAS KILLED LAST WEEK, UH, IN A SENSELESS SHOOTING.
ALSO, UH, MATTHEW HANEY WAS ALSO INJURED IN THAT SHOOTING.
WE ASK YOU TO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
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.
[1. ROLL CALL BY THE CITY CLERK]
EVERYONE.MARCELLA, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI HERE.
[a. New Employee Introductions]
RON.UH, FIRST UP WE HAVE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ANISA ROMO, OUR, UH, MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ACTUALLY INTERIM SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TO INTRODUCE OUR INTERN.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TODAY I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW MARVIN ANDREWS INTERN, SANDY MOSHI.
UH, SANDY IS A MARVIN ANDREWS FELLOW, WHICH IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM THAT PREPARES GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR A CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SHE'S COMPLETING, UM, AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHILE PURSUING HER MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THROUGH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
PRIOR TO HER SELECTION AS A FELLOW SANDY LED OPERATIONS AND OUTREACH FOR CONGRESSMAN GREG STANTON LED OPERATIONS FOR, OR TAUGHT REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMING FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED MEN AND MENTORED YOUTH FROM A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SANDY PLANS TO USE HER EXPERIENCES TO ADVANCE INNOVATIVE AND RESEARCH DRIVEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT MEET, THAT MEET EMERGING NEEDS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE SAND SANDY ON OUR TEAM.
I'M JUST REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE AND A PART OF SUCH A INCREDIBLE TEAM.
I ALWAYS SAY WEST VALLEY IS THE BEST VALLEY, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE SERVING WITH AVONDALE AND, AND ANISA AND THE TEAM.
AND, UH, UH, UM, INTRODUCED HER TO, TO THE AVONDALE, UH, SECOND CITY HALL AT NEW PENNY CAFE TODAY.
SO THEY WERE THERE WHEN I WAS HAVING LUNCH WITH LIZ.
I CALL IT OUR SATELLITE OFFICE.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UP NEXT WE HAVE, UH, JODY NOVAK, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF HER NEW EMPLOYEES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I AM HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEES HERE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, FIRST I'LL INTRODUCE MARK BYRD.
HERE'S OUR NEW DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL, WHICH IS A NEW POSITION WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL BENJAMIN CARR AND OVERSEEING OUR BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, MARK MOVED HERE WITH HIS WIFE FROM FREMONT, NEBRASKA, SO HE'S JUST FINISHED GETTING HIMSELF SETTLED IN HERE IN THE WEST VALLEY.
UM, HE WORKED IN NEBRASKA FOR, UM, A COMMUNITY THAT HAD ABOUT 30,000 RESIDENTS.
HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR CASA GRAND, UM, SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
SO HE IS A BIT FAMILIAR WITH ARIZONA AND HE HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
UM, HIS WIFE AND HIM HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN, AND IN HIS FREE TIME HE LIKES HOME RENOVATION, ROYAL'S BASEBALL, AND HUSKER FOOTBALL AND TRAVELING.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU, WERE YOU A HUSKER FAN? UH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE FINALLY TURNING THE SHIP AROUND.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW SENIOR PLANNER ON OUR TEAM, CHRISTINA LAVELL, WHICH ALSO GOES BY TINA.
UM, WE, UM, HAVE INTERVIEWED HER AND THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE A GREAT FIT WITH OUR PLANNING TEAM, AND SHE CAME FROM GLENDALE, SO, UM, WE THOUGHT SHE'S DOING A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE AND THEY'RE MIXED USE AREA, SO SHE'D BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US WITH HER EXPERIENCE.
SHE DID ORIGINALLY COME FROM WASHINGTON STATE, WORKED FOR SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AND SO SHE'S BEEN OUT HERE IN 29 SINCE 2019, WHERE SHE MOVED HERE WITH HER FAMILY.
UM, SHE ENJOYS PAINTING, SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDSON AND HIKING THE VARIOUS TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
AND I'M ASSUMING WHEN IT'S MUCH COOLER IS WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT.
SO, WELCOME, CHRISTINA TO OUR TEAM.
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TEAM.UP NEXT IS OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, OUR KIM MOON, THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING TO INTRODUCE ONE OF HER NEW EMPLOYEES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CIP PROJECT MANAGER, CHRIS RAY.
THIS IS THE SEVENTH WEEK OF WORK.
CHRIS REPORTS TO THE CITY CIP DIVISION MANAGER RICK CARR.
WE'VE GOT RICK WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND HE'LL BE WORKING ALONG WITH OTHER PROJECT MANAGERS ON CIP PROJECTS.
WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON PARKS, PROJECTS, WAYFINDING AND TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
CHRIS WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OHIO AND COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA.
HE HAS A MASTER'S IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND A BACKGROUND IN MUNICIPAL PARK PLANNING.
HE'S ALSO, UH, HAS A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS AND LIKES TO PAINT IN HIS FREE TIME.
HE'S AN AVID HIKER AND, UH, IS USUALLY PLANNING HIS NEXT CAMPING TRIP, SO I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME CHRIS TO THE TEAM.
SO CHRIS, CHRIS LOPEZ IS THE ONE BACK THERE IN THE BLUE SHIRT AND THE YELLOW TIE.
YOU AND HIM SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT CAMPING AND HIKING.
HOW WAS YOUR FIRST SEVEN WEEKS? IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN REALLY NICE, REALLY, REALLY OPEN AND HAS, UH, JUST BEEN REALLY FORWARD TO HELP ME AND ACCLIMATE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
NEXT UP, MR. MAYORS ARE RENEE WORTHLESS, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET, INTRODUCING TWO OF HER NEW EMPLOYEES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING TWO OF OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBERS IN THE FINANCE AND BUDGET DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S OUR SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST.
SHE JOINED THE CITY FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHERE SHE WAS A SALES ANALYST.
EMILY HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING FROM AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY IN MINNEAPOLIS.
SHE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN IT WITH EMPHASIS IN MANAGEMENT FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ST.
AND SHE'S ALSO A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.
EMILY JOINED THE CITY TO DO MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FEEL CONNECTED.
SHE ENJOYS LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CAN SPEAK MANDARIN.
OKAY, SO I HAVE TO ASK, AND I, I'M ASSUMING HE HAS, BUT WHY MANDARIN FIRST? UM, SO I ACTUALLY TOOK IT TO HELP ME STUDY JAPANESE BECAUSE THEY LEARN THEY USE THE SAME CHARACTERS.
SO WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU GONNA LEARN NEXT? UH, WELL, I ALSO KNOW SOME KOREAN, BUT HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, I'LL WORK ON MY SPANISH
IL JOINED THE CITY IN JULY 8TH AS OUR REVENUE MANAGER SUPERVISING UTILITY BILLING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY, IL WORKED AT ADOT AS A SENIOR DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE FUEL TAX PROGRAM IN CHARGE OF HERF REVENUE WHERE HE EXCELLED IN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.
AND HIS TEAM RECEIVED MANY RECOGNITION AWARDS.
IL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ROMANIA AND MOVED TO OHIO AS A TEENAGER AND HAS LIVED IN ARIZONA SINCE 1999.
HE HAS A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM NAU.
HE ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS AND RUNNING WELL, NOT JUST RUNNING.
HE ENJOYS ULTRA DISTANCE RUNNING, UM, WITH HIS LONGEST RACE, 104 MILES, AND NOT JUST ONE TIME
HE'S TRAVELED THE COUNTRY TO COMPETE IN AS MANY AS 500 MILE RACES AND SEVERAL 50 K RACES WITH THE MOST RECENT RACE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR IN BRYCE CANYON, UTAH.
FIRST WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HERF.
ANY INSIGHT YOU CAN GIVE US TO HERF WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN SECONDLY, HAVE YOU EVER RUN THE MOGI ON MONSTER UP IN PAYSON? THAT WAS JUST THIS WEEKEND.
I, I, UH, YEARS AGO I DID THE, UH, SHORT VERSION OF THAT, THE 105 KILOMETER VERSION.
AND PRIOR TO THAT I DID A 30 5K WARMUP.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA OUT THERE ON THE RIM.
SO DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, UH, COMPLETING THAT ONE SOMETIME SOON.
UP NEXT, UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS OUR CHIEF ROONEY, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE PREV PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TWO NEWEST FIREFIGHTERS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT WHO ARE ALREADY OUT THERE MAKING LIVES BETTER.
FIRST I HAVE ALAN, ALAN GALVEZ.
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TO INTRODUCE YOU.HE IS RA RAISED IN MEXICO CITY AND MOVED TO ARIZONA AT THE AGE OF 11 FIREFIGHTER GALVEZ.
PRE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A LENDING CONSULTANT FOR A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, WHICH I WILL NOT NAME BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY LOST MONEY WITH HIM.
OKAY, SO I'LL SAY WELLS FARGO.
DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? I'M SORRY.
UH, ALAN IS WORKING TOWARDS COMPLETING THIS FIREFIGHTER PROBATION AND HOPES TO THEN GO TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT HIM IS HE'S PLAYS PIANO AND HAS BEEN PLAYING SINCE HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD, SO HE SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.
ARE WE ASSUMING, OR DO WE KNOW, HAS HE PLAYED YET? I JUST SAID HE SHOULD BE GOOD.
WELL,
UM, I PLAYED AT A FEW WEDDINGS, HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T PLAY TOO POORLY THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THAT'S OBJECTIVE, I GUESS.
UM, NEXT UP IS, UH, PARKER JAMES, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO FIREFIGHTER JAMES, WHO WAS RAISED IN PEORIA, ARIZONA.
FIREFIGHTER JAMES PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A FIREFIGHTER IN GOODYEAR AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS HIS ASSOCIATES IN FIRE SCIENCE.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT PARKER.
HE HAS BEEN A PART OF AVONDALE FIRE SINCE BIRTH.
HIS MOTHER, WHO IS, UM, FIRE CAPTAIN JEN BESSEY AND HIS STEPFATHER, WHO IS FIRE CAPTAIN RYAN BESSEY.
UM, BOTH WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THEY BASICALLY RAISED HIM HERE IN AVONDALE.
AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITED TO KE KEEP THAT A LEGACY GOING.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, DOES IT FEEL LIKE COMING HOME? IT, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
GOOD FOR YOU'RE PROUD OF YOU, YOU, THANKS FOR BEING PART OF THE FAMILY.
CHIEF, MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL, UM, JUST IN CASE, NO ONE ELSE NOTICED, BUT AS SOON AS THE FIRE CHIEF STARTS TALKING, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PERKS UP AND IS ALWAYS TAKING NOTES WHEN HE'S UP AT THE PODIUM.
NICOLE IS LISTENING IN AND JUST ROLLING
NEXT UP, MR. MAN COUNCIL IS, UH, UH, JEFF, OUR DIRECTOR OF IT, UH, TO INTRODUCE ONE OF HIS NEW EMPLOYEES.
IT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I GET THE PRIVILEGE TONIGHT OF INTRODUCING, UM, OUR, I, OUR LATEST, NEWEST MEMBER OF THE IT HELP DESK TEAM.
UM, TANNER, UH, WAS RAISED IN AVONDALE.
UM, HE WENT TO, HE'S LIVED IN WEST VALLEY ALL HIS LIFE.
HE WENT TO GARDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY, WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL AND EMCC.
UM, HE WORKED AT THE BEST BUY IN AVONDALE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
HE WORKED FOR CORPORATE IT FOR ASHLEY FURNITURE, AND NOW HE'S IN IT WITH AVONDALE.
SO, UM, HE ENJOYS LEARNING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, RIDING BICYCLES, AND BUILDING THINGS WHEN HE IS NOT AT WORK.
I THINK YOU AND I HAVE MET BEFORE, PROBABLY AT BEST BUY.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO IF, IF YOU'VE EVER GONE IN.
SO, SO TELL US ABOUT, TELL US ABOUT YOUR TIME AT EMCC.
WHAT'D YOU STUDY AT EMCC? UH, GENERAL STUDIES.
SO MOSTLY, MOSTLY WITH THE TECH TECHNOLOGY, BEND TO IT.
I JUST LIKE TO LEARN STUFF, SO I NEVER REALLY WENT FOR LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO MAJOR IN.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE WITH A GREAT, YOU'RE WITH A GREAT TEAM.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
NEXT UP IS CORY, YOUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES.
INTRODUCE A COUPLE NEW EMPLOYEES AND OH, THAT'S LIKE A WALK UP RIGHT THERE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW EMPLOYEES AND A FAMILIAR FACE TONIGHT.
SO ORTIZ, SHE JOINED OUR TEAM ON AUGUST 19TH.
SHE'S GONNA BE WORKING ON THE EVENTS STAFF, UH, OVERSEEING OUR FUN BILLY MOORE DAY EVENTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER GREAT ACTIVITIES WE HAVE COMING UP.
SHE IS A RECREATION PROGRAMMER.
UH, SHE'S DEVELOPED A EVENTS AND RECREATION BACKGROUND AND JOINS US FROM SUN CITY WEST IN THE CITY OF PEORIA.
SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOURNALISM.
FUN FACT IS SHE IS THE PROUD OWNER OF ONE DACHSHUND AND IS PRACTICING TO SING MARIACHI MUSIC.
I I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE DACHSHUND, BUT I'LL ASK LATER AROUND.
YOU CAN ASK AT THE END, IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE BRITTANY GARCIA.
BRITTANY ALSO JOINED OUR TEAM ON AUGUST 19TH.
SHE IS, UH, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN OUR OFFICES.
UH, SHE IS ALSO A GRADUATE FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A LIFELONG AVONDALE RESIDENT.
UH, SHE IS A SELF-PROCLAIMED TAYLOR SWIFT FAN AND ATTENDS ZUMBA REGULARLY.
UH, FUN FACT IS SHE IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER
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OF SAM GARCIA, WHO IS, UH, THEN THE OLD TOWN AVONDALE LIBRARY IS NAMED AFTER SAM GARCIA.SO, SO THE GARCIA FAMILY HAS A LONG, PROUD TRADITION IN AVONDALE, AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU ON BOARD, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
STACEY SW SWAINSTON IS JOINING OUR TEAM AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES.
SHE HAS 15 YEARS OF PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.
SHE'S BEEN A DEDICATED DALE EMPLOYEE SINCE 2017.
SHE HOLDS HER BACHELOR'S IN RECREATION, PARKS AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
SHE IS A CERTIFIED PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONAL AND A GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION'S DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, STACY IS ALSO AN AVONDALE RESIDENT, A PROUD PARENT TO FIVE RESCUE DOGS AND USED TO ENJOY READING AND HIKING IN HER FREE TIME.
AND I'LL BE LEARNING TO DELEGATE.
SO TELL US, TELL US ABOUT THIS.
I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
TELL US ABOUT THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
HONESTLY, I'M JUST SO HAPPY I, WHEN HE TOLD ME I WAS SHAKING AND JUST FULL OF JOY.
SO I'M SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE WITH THE CITY.
I'M SUPER YOUNG, SO RETIRED IN THE LONG, YOU KNOW,
[b. Employee Recognition - Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME)]
MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.UP NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM CHERYL, YOUR INTERIM ACTING DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM.
I THINK SHE'S PROUD OF ONE OF HER EMPLOYEES AND, UH, THEY, SHE WANTS TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, TONIGHT IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE NIKKI TAYLOR, YOUR DESTINATION TOURISM MANAGER FOR EARNING THE CERTIFIED DESTINATION MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATION.
I'M GONNA SHORTEN THAT TO CDME IN JUST A SECOND.
SO THIS CDME IS THE TOURISM INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT.
THE PROGRAM PREPARES SENIOR EXECUTIVES TO THRIVE IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON VISION, LEADERSHIP, PRODUCTIVITY, AND IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS STRATEGIES.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A FOUR YEAR LONG PROGRAM THAT NIKKI COMPLETED IN JUST JUST TWO YEARS.
HER PASSION FOR FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND PROMOTING AVONDALE, WHICH DRIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MAKES HER A TRUE ASSET, NOT ONLY TO OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THE CITY.
ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT NIKKI IS ONLY ONE OF THREE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA THAT HOLDS THIS DESIGNATION AND 500 WORLDWIDE.
PLEASE HELP ME AND CONGRATULATING NIKKI TAYLOR FOR THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SO, A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM IN TWO YEARS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT I WANTED TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO FOCUS ON.
UM, I HAD TO WRITE ABOUT 75 PAGES FOR MY CLASSES AND MY FINAL, UM, SO IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
UH, THE CEO OF VISIT PHOENIX IS ONE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE UP THERE WITH BIG GUYS, SO I WORKED REALLY HARD AND WITH LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM LEADERSHIP, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
[c. Proclamation - National Suicide Prevention Month]
UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.NEXT, UM, I'VE ASKED TED FLORES, YOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO COME UP AND ACCEPT A PROCLAMATION THAT I BELIEVE YOU'LL READ HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, AND IT IS MEANT TO RAISE THE VIABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PROACTIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION, DESTIGMATIZE IT, AND HELP CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.
THE CITY OF AVONDALE PUBLICLY PLACES ITS FULL SUPPORT BEHIND THOSE WHO WORK IN MENTAL HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH WHILE WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AVONDALE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION WHO WILL BE HOSTING A SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALEXIS PEREZ
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WITH TOUCHSTONE HEALTH SERVICES AND KATHY VILLA WITH SOUTHWEST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME, TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, CAN I ALSO HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE AVONDALE YOUTH COMMISSION JOIN THEM UP THERE? PLEASE COME ON UP.UP FRONT,
NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU SO YOU CAN READ THE PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS ALL OF US, WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT.
UM, IT IT, IT EXISTS IN THE SHADOWS AND IT ONLY COMES OUT WHEN IT IS A, UH, A THING THAT TEARS US APART.
SO, I WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
I'M HONORED TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE AVONDALE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH TO RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PROACTIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS WE WANNA START THE CONVERSATION, DESTIGMATIZE IT, AND HELP CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION, SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 34, WITH MORE THAN 48,000 PEOPLE DYING BY SUICIDE ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS EACH SUICIDE IMPACTS 100 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING FAMILIES, FRIENDS, SERVICE MEMBERS, COWORKERS AND NEIGHBORS, NEARLY EVERYONE HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY SUICIDE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AVONDALE PUBLICLY PLACES ITS FULL SUPPORT BEHIND THOSE WHO WORK IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND WHEREAS EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGHOUT LIFE'S STRUGGLES, WE ALL NEED THE OCCASIONAL REMINDER THAT WE'RE ALL FIGHTING OUR OWN BATTLES.
AND WHEREAS WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE TIME TO UNDERSTAND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION, AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, TAKE CARE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH, AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE, ARIZONA TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2024, IS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AND ACTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT, AND I'M SORRY, RON, I ALSO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE EVERYONE WHO WAS PART OF THIS EFFORT FOR THE PLANNING, UH, PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, RON CORBIN, WHO, WHO, UH, HELPED WITH THIS AND MADE THIS THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW.
SO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER CORBIN.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF OUR TWO GUESTS WOULD LIKE, HAD ANYTHING TO SAY OR ANY, UH, SINCE WE BROUGHT 'EM ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, MR. MAYOR, IF WE COULD GET A PICTURE OF THIS GROUP WITH COUNCIL, THAT WOULD GREAT.
WE WOULD LOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT, UM, OUR BEHAVIOR HEALTH AGENCY WORKING ON THE GRANT, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITH TOUCHSTONE HEALTH SERVICES.
WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF MANY YOUTH, UM, BY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE, UM, SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAININGS FOR ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANNA CONTINUE TO SPREAD THAT AWARENESS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, JUST WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUTHWEST BEHAVIORAL AND HEALTH, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF AVONDALE AND ITS RESIDENTS AND TO PROVIDE THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT AS NEEDED AT THIS, UM, AVONDALE RESOURCE CENTER.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD OUR PROGRAMMING AND CONTINUE PROVIDING MORE SERVICES.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
COUNSEL, WILL YOU JOIN ME DOWN? YEP.
MR. MAYOR IS, UH, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THAT.
I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY THANK THE, UH, YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR PUTTING ON THEIR HOST IN SEPTEMBER, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND, UM, UH, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING LEADERS IN YOUR SCHOOLS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND STEPPING UP AND HELPING THOSE IN NEED.
SO THANK YOU FROM ME PERSONALLY.
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MAY I, CAN YOU SEE PERFECT IN RIGHT HERE.EVERYBODY STAY THERE LOOKING RIGHT OVER YOU GUYS.
[d. Public Art Update]
BRIAN, ITEM NUMBER D, PLEASE.UP NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UM, FROM DOMINIC, UM, AND WHERE IT IS, STEPHANIE, I'M GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
SO TONIGHT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, THE PUBLIC ART FUND, SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT THAT ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND THEN SOME STUFF THAT'S COMING UP DOWN THE PIPELINE.
UM, THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, WE UTILIZE A MASTER PLAN.
IT WAS MOST RECENTLY UPDATED IN 2021.
THE PLAN PROVIDES DIRECTION ON ART PROJECT PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND IT HELPED GUIDES US ON DECISIONS AND BEST PRACTICES.
UM, PUBLIC ART, IT ADDS A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT ADDS CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC VALUE TO COMMUNITIES, AND IT ALSO HUMANIZES THE ENVIRONMENT AND INVIGORATES PUBLIC SPACES.
AND DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ARTISTS THEMSELVES.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE COMPLETED 13 PUBLIC ART PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
WE COMPLETED, UH, THREE ART SPONSORSHIPS THAT TOTALED $7,000 THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL ART COMMITTEE.
AND WE ALSO APPROVED FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WERE AWARDED THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION THAT WAS ALSO COMPLETED THIS PAST MAY.
SO PUBLIC ART IS FUNDED IN BY THREE DIFFERENT MEANS.
IT'S ONE IS THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART FUND ITSELF, AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF MONIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS FEES IN LIEU FROM DEVELOPERS.
SECOND WAY IS THROUGH OUR CIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS USUALLY A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES UP TO $150,000, OR IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AND THIS IS USUALLY TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT HIT A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, WHICH IS USUALLY 50,000 SQUARE FEET AND ABOVE.
TONIGHT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC ART FUND BALANCE.
IT CURRENTLY SITS AT JUST UNDER $525,000.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE JUST UNDER $97,000 UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
WE ALSO WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE CONTEXT OF THE CIP.
WE HAVE THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE $314,000 BUDGETED THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART SIDE OF THE CIP WITH, UH, $146,000 THAT ARE ON, UNDER CONTRACT OR SCHEDULED TO START VERY SOON.
SOME COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT WE DID IN 2024 ARE HUMBLE ROOTS, WHICH WAS AN AMAZING SCULPTURE AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, INSTALLED MAY, 2024 BY ARTIST TREVOR O'TOOLE.
ALSO INSTALLED MAY, 2024 BY UDE ARTS WAS MEMORIAL AND TRE LOS FLORES, WHICH IS AT THE GOODYEAR FARM CEMETERY.
AND IN HISTORIC CACH IN THERE IS THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC MARKER, WHICH WAS CREATED BY E TWO INNOVATIONS, UM, AND INSTALLED IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.
THESE ARE THE COMPLETED, UM, TRAFFIC
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WRAPS THAT WE'VE DONE.THEY ARE ON MCDOWELL AND DYSART.
THEY COST BETWEEN THREE TO 4,000 EACH TO DO, AND THESE HAVE ALL BEEN FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
HERE'S THREE, HERE'S THREE MORE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
UH, THE FIRST THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, THERE IS A PROJECT CONCEPT CALLED NEXUS.
THIS IS OVER AT THE NORTH PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR BEING COMPLETED BY THE ARTIST AND MUELLER STUDIOS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED FAIRLY SOON IN NOVEMBER OF 2024.
IT IS A SCULPTURE AND IT WAS FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND ITSELF.
THE SCULPTURE ITSELF, THIS IS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR BY THE CRYSTAL GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CONCEPT IS A CRANE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE WATERWAYS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE TRACE RIOS RIVERS.
AND AT THE BASE OF IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FISH THAT ARE FLOWING OUT OF THE WATERWAY, REPRESENTING THE FISH IN THE CRYSTAL GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS A KINETIC MO UH, SCULPTURE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT MOVES.
SO THE TOP PIECE MOVES IN ONE WAY, AND THE BOTTOM PIECE MOVES ANOTHER WAY WHEN IT IS WINDY AND IS BLOWING.
THE SECOND PIECE BEFORE YOU IS THE INSPIRING YOUNG MINDS MURAL THAT'S BEING COMPLETED AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO BE COMPLETED SHORTLY HERE AS WELL IN OCTOBER.
THAT IS A MURAL BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
AND THE ARTIST FOR THAT IS MADRID, UH, SORRY.
SHE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ARTISTS THAT HELPED WORK ON SOME OF THE UTILITY ART REPS THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE LAST PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS CALLED CONFLUENCE.
THIS ACTUALLY ORIGINATED FROM THE CALL TO ARTISTS THAT WE DID FOR THE NORTH PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE MUNICIPAL ART COMMITTEE REALLY, REALLY LIKED.
THEY JUST DIDN'T NECESSARILY FEEL THAT THE LOCATION WAS THE BEST PLACE FOR IT.
AND SO AT THE DIRECTION OF STAFF THAT THEY TOLD US TO MOVE IT TO A LOCATION THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
AND SO THE LOCATION THAT WAS CHOSEN WAS PARK AVENUE PLAZA.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE THE CENTRAL PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT'LL BE THERE.
AND IT IS ALSO BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT PRODUCT TO BE COMPLETED A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED SOMETIME IN JANUARY OF 2025.
AND LASTLY, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE VISITOR AND CONFERENCE CENTER.
WE JUST COMPLETED A CALL TO ARTIST FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE SOME CONCEPTS THAT'LL BE GOING BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL ART COMMITTEE AT THE NEXT MEETING NEXT WEEK.
SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND BEFORE IT.
THIS IS THE PROJECT WHEN YOU, UM, WALK INTO THE VISITOR AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE WALL THAT'S ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS FIRST COMPLETED, THERE WAS SOME CACTUS THAT WERE INSTALLED ON THE BASE OF IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE CACTUS DIDN'T MAKE IT, AND SO THEY HAD TO BE REMOVED.
SO IN LIEU OF THE CACTUS THAT ARE BEING THERE, UM, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE ART COMMITTEE, WE WANNA PUT SOME REALLY GOOD PUBLIC ART THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP LIVEN UP THAT BUILDING WHEN YOU WALK IN.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM, AND THAT'S BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MURAL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED BY THE PRIVATE SIDE OVER AT PARK 10, WHICH IS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
OVER ON MCDOWELL ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE HAVE ONE MURAL THAT'S GOING ON THE SIDE OF, I'M SORRY, I BELIEVE IT'S COOPER'S HAWK.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S IN A MIXED MULTI-USE SPACE.
WE HAVE A MULTI, I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC ART PROJECT AT THE AMERICAN SPORTS CENTER.
WE HAVE THREE SCULPTURE PIECES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN AROUND VARIOUS PARTS OF THE FACILITY THAT WERE DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC ART THAT IS ALSO BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT COMING DOWN THE LINE WHERE WE HAVE A PARCEL OF LAND OVER ON THE CORNER OF DIAR AND WESTERN FOR FUTURE PUBLIC ART.
WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WHAT THE DESIGN OF THAT IS GOING TO BE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA MOST LIKELY BE A SCULPTURE PIECE.
AND THAT WILL BE FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
THE BEAUTIFUL BROWN BREAKING THAT WE JUST DID LAST WEEK.
AND WORK THAT'S BEING CURRENTLY DONE OVER AT CIVIC CENTER PARK, THERE IS A PUBLIC ART PROJECT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED THERE.
AND THAT IS BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE CIP AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL ART COMMITTEE.
WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT ON HISTORIC CITY PHOTOGRAPHS.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT BASICALLY INCORPORATES A BUNCH OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS GOING BACK TO THE 1970S ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESENT DAY, UM, THAT WERE TAKEN PROFESSIONALLY TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THE TIMELINE OF AVONDALE'S HISTORY.
UM, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW, UH, FROM KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY STAGES OF AVONDALE TO CURRENT DAY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THAT IS A PHOTOGRAPHY MEDIUM, AND THAT'S BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MORE NEW BOX ART WRAPS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE MORE OF THOSE BOX ART WRAPS THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY.
UM, ON SOME OF THOSE SLIDES ON DIAR AND MCDOWELL, WE ARE WORKING ON ANOTHER PUBLIC ART CONCEPT OVER AT FIRE STATION 1 71.
THIS IS QUITE A BIT DOWN ON THE ROAD, BUT DEFINITELY STILL ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A MURAL SLASH MIXED MEDIA CONCEPT.
THIS WILL BE ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING AS IT GETS TO BE COMPLETED.
THAT'S BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE CIP FUND.
AND THEN LASTLY, KIND OF TIED TO THAT SAME PROJECT, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING A RELOCATION OF PUBLIC ART.
THERE IS A MOSAIC THAT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF, OR I'M SORRY, AT THE FRONT OF THAT BUILDING, AT THE DETENTION CENTER THAT'S GETTING READY TO BE TORN DOWN.
UM, WE HAVE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL ART COMMITTEE, UM, ARE MOVING THAT MOSAIC OVER TO THE SUBSTATION OVER BY DONNY HALE PARK TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THAT AND KEEP THAT AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART INVENTORY.
AND THAT IS ALSO BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE CIP FUND.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS
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FOR ME.I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN THE ORIGINAL, UH, MASTER ART PLAN CAME IN.
IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHANIE CARLIN AT THE TIME, AND THEN BRIAN KILGORE, UH, UH, EX UH, EXTENDED THAT TRADITION ON THAT.
I HAD LUNCH WITH LIZ TODAY AT THE UNOFFICIAL CITY HALL THAT IS, UH, NEW PENNY CAFE
AND WHEN WE WERE AT ARIZONA GAS CITIES, UH, WE HAD A, WE HAD A MEETING WITH AMTRAK AND AMTRAK'S PLAN IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR TRAIN FROM BUCKEYE DOWN TO MOANA.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE FROM CITIES IS TO BUILD A TRAIN STATION.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OLD PHOTOS OF THE TRAIN STATION THAT USED TO BE AT LITCHFIELD ROAD AND MC 85.
AND I THINK FOR THE COUNCIL GOING FORWARD, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE THIS TRAIN STATION HAS TO BE BUILT.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH TOLLSON ON THERE.
'CAUSE IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE FOR TOLLSON AND AVONDALE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE TRAIN STATIONS.
BUT I THINK AN ART PIECE THAT WOULD, WOULD, WOULD GO WITH THAT AND PUT THAT IN LONG-TERM PLANNING WOULD BE PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS WAS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO PARK 10? AND WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE BUILDING THAT WAS GOING THAT WHAT, WHAT BUILDING WAS THAT GOING ON? THE MURAL? I'M SORRY.
AND THEN THE OTHER BUILDING WAS A MIXED USE ONE.
AND IT WAS LIKE A MULTILEVEL, UH, TWO STORY MURAL.
AND WHO'S THE TENANT ON THAT BUILDING? I DON'T KNOW THE TENANT ON THAT ONE.
SO FOR THOSE COOPER IS COMING, DAVEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, COOPER'S HAWK WINERY IS COMING TO AVONDALE AND THIS MURAL IS GOING ON THEIR BUILDING.
SO THAT WAS A, THERE'S TWO MURALS.
COUNSEL, CAN I START WITH YOU, TINA, DO YOU MIND IF I START THEN ED RON, ANYTHING? NO.
THANK YOU DOMINIC, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE HUMBLE ROOTS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
AND JUST HAVING THAT SCULPTURE THERE REALLY JUST ADDED TO THE AQUATIC CENTER.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, UM, THE ARTISTS THAT DID THAT WORK.
SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL, I WAS ON THE MUNICIPAL ARTS COMMITTEE.
AND YOU GET TO HEAR AND LISTEN FROM DIFFERENT ARTISTS, UM, BRINGING THEIR VISION, UM, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR CITY.
AND SO, UM, THE PROCESS WAS, WAS, WAS WONDERFUL.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
YOU KEPT REFERENCING SOCIAL PEACE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AT THE CIVIC CENTER PARK? UH, I, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID IT'S CIVIC CENTER PARK.
I THOUGHT YOU YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED, YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE SOCIAL PIECE.
OH, WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SCULPTURE PIECE AT CIVIC CENTER PARK.
UM, ONE THING, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON A COUPLE OF THE PIECES THAT ARE COMING UP.
UM, ESPECIALLY THE ONE, THE CONFLUENCE AND, UM, THE NEXUS.
ARE THOSE TWO PIECES GONNA BE LIT? WHERE IN THE EVENING? MAYOR ERIC, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I BELIEVE THAT CONFLUENCE WILL BE LIT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT NEXUS, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT THE LIGHTING AND CONFLUENCE IS PART OF THE ACTUAL PIECE ITSELF.
I I LOVE HAVING THE SCULPTURE, THE PIECES THAT ARE LIT UP AT NIGHT.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AT NIGHT AND KIND OF WALK AROUND.
AND ALSO TOO, HAVING THAT ART PIECE, REALLY ART PIECES IN OUR CITY HIGHLIGHTS OUR CITY.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY PUT HASHTAG AVONDALE ART.
SO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, ARE IMPORTANT TO KIND OF, FOR US TO PROMOTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME GREAT PIECES ARE COMING REAL SOON.
COUNCILMAN MALONE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I AS WELL WANTED TO FIND OUT IF CONFLUENCE IS, UM, GONNA BE LIT UP.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT IS.
UM, WHAT I DO LIKE IS THE INSPIRING YOUR MIND.
I LOVE THE VIBRANT COLORS, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MAX.
I REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION.
UH, IN THE SLIDE THAT WENT BACK ABOUT THE HISTORICAL, UM, AVONDALE, THE PHOTOS, I WAS JUST WONDERING, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE PHOTOS? 'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE SEEN A PAST PHOTOS OF PRIOR COUNCILS IN AVONDALE, SO JUST KIND OF HAVING MAYBE THE HISTORICAL GOVERNANCE.
IT'S A PART OF THAT TOO, IF YOU GUYS CAN FIND THAT.
AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN ONE OF THE UPCOMING DISCOVER AVONDALE OR RAVE MAGAZINES, KIND OF LIKE A TOUR OR AN ART WALK, UM, THAT WILL THEN BE REFLECTED ON OUR WEBSITE SO PEOPLE COULD KIND OF GET THAT NEW VIBE.
AND IF PEOPLE WANNA COME AND JUST EXPLORE OUR ART, MAYBE THEY CAN DO THAT ON THE TRAILS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING THROUGH PARKS AND REC AND MAKING SURE NOT ONLY ARE WE CONNECTED, BUT THEY CAN FIND THAT JOY AND, AND ART AS THEY MOVE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
WORK WITH THE ART COMMISSION AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS OF BELIEVE MARKETING HAS REACHED OUT TO US AND THE MUNICIPAL ART COMMITTEE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IDEA TO CREATE, UM, A MAP OF ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PUBLIC ART.
NO, I'D JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU THANK YOU AS
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WELL.I KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ACTIVATED.
THERE'S SOME THAT HAVE BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY THAT OTHER, OTHER ARTISTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
AND I JUST APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT THROUGHOUT THE COLOR.
EVERYTHING ELSE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND AT LEAST YOU CAN PUT THESE THINGS UP ON FACEBOOK OR WHEREVER IT IS.
AND THEY KNOW THAT, THAT WHEN THEY COME THROUGH HERE IS AVONDALE.
I APPRECIATE YOU GOING DOWN, UH, MCDOWELL WITH THE IDEA.
I MEAN, THERE'S, AND MAIN STREET AND MESA, THEY HAVE THOSE SCULPTURES OF DIFFERENT THINGS ALL THE WAY AROUND THERE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF THING.
WE CAN GO DOWN THERE, UH, MCDOWELL AND WELL, WE'RE NOT STOPPING AT THE STOPLIGHTS OR WE ARE STOPPING AT THE STOPLIGHTS.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT ART IS THERE AVAILABLE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN DRIVING DOWN THE ROADS AND SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, MAYBE NOT EVEN OUR RESIDENTS, BUT PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO TAKE PICTURES SAFELY AND NOT, NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HEART, UH, BUT IN FRONT OF ONE
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS YOU DON'T REALIZE, REALIZE HOW BLAND THE LANDSCAPE CAN BE UNTIL YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SOMETHING JUST POPS AT YOU.
UM, LIKE SEVERAL OF THE BOXES ALONG.
UH, ER I KNOW THAT I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PIECES AS I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD, AND YOU JUST REALIZE HOW MUCH IT POPS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT A NEW PIECE COULD MAKE ITS WAY TO ONE OF OUR STREETS, I'M SURE NOT ONLY US, BUT RESIDENTS ALIKE, UH, REALLY ENJOY IT.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THE ONLY THING FOR ME IS I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR A LONG TIME, AND I LOVE THE ART THAT WE SEE.
I LOVE THE, I LOVE THE HEART SCULPTURE.
I THINK CONFLUENCE IS GOING TO BE AMAZING WHEN IT'S LIT UP.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND YOU DON'T REALIZE THEM, AND MAYBE UNTIL YOU DRIVE BY THEM A COUPLE TIMES.
WHAT I'D LIKE US TO SEE, WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE US DO IS AS WE LOOK AT ART, JUST NOT FOCUS ON THE VISUAL MEDIUM.
THERE'S A SOUND PART OF ART THAT ALSO HAPPENS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGH KINETIC PIECES THAT INVOLVE WIND CHIMES.
UM, CERTAIN WAYS THAT THERE'S CUTS IN THE ROAD THERE.
I THINK THERE'S A ROAD IN CALIFORNIA THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER IT AT A CERTAIN SPEED, IT PLAYS A SONG AS THE TIRES GO OVER IT, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT CONSIDER THAT ART, BUT I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENCES OF ART THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO THE MUNICIPAL ART PROGRAM AND MAYBE BROADEN.
WE'VE GOTTEN OUR FEET WET OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IN THIS.
WE'VE DONE THINGS REALLY WELL.
I WANT TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, BUT HOW DO WE EXPAND THAT? BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN'T ENJOY THE VISUAL ASPECT OF ART AND THAT ART SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THEM.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO KIND OF SEE THAT EXPANSION.
MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT DIRECTION.
AND COUNSEL, UM, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE PLANS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY OFFER, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE COMMISSION CAN, UM, SPONSOR TO PAY FOR VISUAL ART, UH, MUSICAL ART, UM, PLAYS.
WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN DIRECTED FROM A COUPLE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL TO EXPAND THE USE OF OUR AMPHITHEATER, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO WE'RE WELL AWARE, UH, THAT COUNCIL WANTS, UH, NOT JUST WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO, BUT MORE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
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RON.NEXT UP WE HAVE, UM, I LOST MY PLACE.
WE HAVE MARK, OUR AQUATICS SUPERVISOR, UH, FROM PARKS AND REC, WHO IS HERE TO SHARE GREAT, HAPPY NEWS, RIGHT MARK.
AND YOU CAN TELL MARK'S BEEN OUT IN THE SUN.
MY TAN, MY TAN IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT WAS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
SO, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MARK FOOT, I'M THE AQUATICS MANAGER, AND I AM HERE TO SHARE JUST ALL OF THE FUNNESS THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER OUT OF THE AQUATICS CENTER.
IT WAS A GREAT SUMMER, AND, AND WE WANNA SHARE SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAD WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.
UH, SO JUST STARTING, FIRST OFF, I THINK OUR BUS BIGGEST SUCCESS IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR MONTHS SINCE WE'VE BEEN OPEN, WE'VE WELCOMED IN OVER 75,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOORS OF OUR AQUATIC CENTER.
THAT'S JUST A, A GINORMOUS MASS OF PEOPLE TO PUSH THROUGH THAT CENTER.
UM, AND WITH THAT, OUR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN JUST OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
OUR GOOGLE REVIEWS ARE AT A 4.3 STARS, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE FIVE STARS, BUT SOME OF THOSE TOLLESON PEOPLE WE HAD TO TURN AWAY WERE, WERE NOT SO HAPPY WITH US, AND THEY LET US KNOW.
BUT, UM,
UH, WE FOR SURE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT DEMAND.
PART OF THAT IS THAT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INSTRUCTORS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND SO, UH, FOR SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE OF TRYING TO EXPAND, TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE IN OUR CLASSES.
IN, UH, ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS WE HAD WAS OUR ROOM RENTALS.
UM, IT WAS FOR SURE A PROGRAM THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GONNA GO.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE FILL OUR ROOMS EVERY, AT LEAST EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, OCTOBER BOOKINGS OPENED LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE STARTING TO FILL EVEN OCTOBER, UH, BOOKINGS FOR OUR ROOM RENTALS.
SO A HUGE SUCCESS ON OUR ROOM RENTALS AS WELL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR PUBLIC SWIM AT ATTENDANTS, SO THIS IS JUST
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OUR PUBLIC SWIM HOURS.UM, WE WELCOMED IN OVER 60,000 PEOPLE JUST FOR OUR PUBLIC SWIM PROGRAMS. UH, UH, JUST OVER 11,000 FOR OUR PRE-BOOKING.
SO THAT WAS THE PEOPLE THAT PRE-BOOKED ONLINE TO ENTER INTO THE FACILITY.
UH, 44,000 PUBLIC SIM RESIDENT ATTENDANCE.
UH, WE HAD 3000 NON-RESIDENT GUESTS THAT ATTENDED AS WELL.
AND JUST OVER A THOUSAND, UM, CAMPS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOST OVER THE, OVER THE COURSE OF, UH, THE SUMMER.
AND THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY JUST THROUGH LABOR DAY.
SO, UH, SWIMMING LESSONS AND CLASSES AND OUR TEAMS, UH, WE HAD OVER 1500 UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATIONS.
SO THAT'S 1500 PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR ONE OF OUR CLASSES, UH, FOR SWIMMING LESSONS OR TEAMS THAT EQUATES TO JUST OVER 15,000 VISITS, INDIVIDUAL VISITS TO THE POOL.
UM, SO A NORMAL CLASS WOULD GO EIGHT TIMES OVER A COURSE OF A SESSION.
REVENUES, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR US.
UH, WE, WE WORK CONSERVATIVE IN OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES.
UM, AND THE POOL'S A LITTLE BIT HARD BECAUSE WE FALL, OUR MAIN PORTION OF WHAT WE DO FALLS IN BETWEEN TWO FISCAL YEARS.
UM, SO OUR REVENUE, UM, ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25 WERE JUST AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE YEARS.
FISCAL YEAR 24, WE ENDED WITH 143,000 FOR OUR REVENUE.
AND TO DATE, UM, THROUGH LABOR DAY, WE'RE AT 86,726.
SO JUST FOR OUR OPEN SEASON FROM APRIL UNTIL LABOR DAY, WE DID JUST OVER $230,000 IN, IN REVENUE.
SO, UH, WE ARE FAR EXCEEDING OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR, FOR THOSE TIMES.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE CONTINUING TO OPERATE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER BIG PUSH WITH LESSONS AND CLASSES IN PUBLIC SWIM, UM, NEXT SPRING.
UH, WE ALSO HOSTED A HANDFUL OF EVENTS.
UH, MANY OF YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT MOST OF THESE EVENTS.
ON APRIL 11TH, WE HOSTED THE STATE OF THE CITY WITH JUST OVER 200 GUESTS ON, IN, IN ATTENDANCE, UH, WAVE FEST, WHICH WAS OUR COMING OUT PARTY, UM, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE WERE HERE AND WE HAD 600 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT.
UM, ON MAY 22ND, WHICH DOMINIC TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WAS OUR ART DEDICATION OF THE HUMBLE ROOTS SCULPTURE.
UH, ON MAY 24TH, WE WELCOMED IN 850 PEOPLE FOR OUR FIRST DAY OF PUBLIC SWIMMING IN AVONDALE.
ON JULY 3RD, UH, WE DID OUR RESIDENT APPRECIATION EVENT WITH MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND SERVED HOT DOGS.
WE SERVED OVER 450 HOT DOGS THAT DAY.
AND WE, AT THE END WERE, WERE STILL HAVING DEMAND FOR THAT.
SO, UH, LOTS OF PEOPLE ENJOYED THAT, THAT EVENT.
AND, AND, AND WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS PUT INTO, UH, MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
ON JULY 12TH, WE HOSTED OUR VERY FIRST DIVE IN MOVIE SHOWING JAWS AT THE POOL.
UH, THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME.
THE TRAUMA WAS FREE, SO, UM, ANYBODY GET OUT OF THE POOL, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE SIDE.
THERE WERE FOR SURE SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GO IN THE WATER AND, AND SO, BUT I THINK THEY ALL ENJOYED IT.
UM, AND THEN AUGUST 1ST WE HOSTED OUR, UH, END OF THE SEASON RECREATIONAL SWIM MEET, UM, FOR OUR SWIM TEAM KIDDOS, UM, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE, THE FEATURES THAT EXIST IN OUR FACILITY, UM, FROM AN ELECTRONIC STANDPOINT, FROM OUR TIMING SYSTEM, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT EACH INDIVIDUAL SWIMMER'S NAME UP ON OUR VIDEO BOARD SO IT SHOWED THEIR NAME AND THEIR FINISHED TIME.
SO JUST AN AMAZING USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED AND BUILT INTO THAT FACILITY AS WELL.
AND WE CAN NOW OFFICIALLY SAY WE ARE AN AWARD-WINNING FACILITY.
UH, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WE ACCEPTED THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FACILITY FROM THE ARIZONA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, TO HAVE RECEIVED THAT AWARD.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A HANDFUL OF EXTERNAL GROUPS, UH, TOLLESON UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE SWIMMING AT OUR POOL, MAYBE AS WE SPEAK.
UM, WE ARE HOSTING OUR FIRST HIGH SCHOOL SWIM MEETS THIS WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE WEST POINT WESTVIEW AND TOLLESON ALL SWIMMING, UM, WITH US.
UH, TOLLESON IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THEIR FACILITY AND WHEN IT'S COMPLETED, TULSA WILL MOVE OVER AND LA JOLLA WILL THEN REINITIATE THEIR SWIM TEAM AS WELL.
UH, WE HOSTED THE ARIZONA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, ARIZONA LIFEGUARD CHALLENGE, WHERE WE HAD TEAMS OF LIFEGUARDS FROM OVER 30 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FROM AROUND THE STATE COME IN AND COMPETE AGAINST ALL THE LIFEGUARDS IN A LIFEGUARD CHALLENGE TO, TO DO BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SAY THEY WERE THE BEST LIFEGUARDS.
UH, WE ALSO HOSTED THE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION ON, UH, NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
UM, WE EVEN HAD THE SWIM, GOD HIMSELF VISIT THE POOL HERE IN APRIL, UM, DURING ONE OF THOSE TRAININGS.
SO THEY DO AN INTERNATIONAL SWIM INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM.
IT'S A, IT'S A SWIM LESSON PROGRAM THAT THEY RUN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCAS AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
AND THEY BRING IN INSTRUCTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAD INSTRUCTORS AS FAR AWAY AS IRELAND COME IN TO DO THAT TRAINING WITH THEM.
AND WE HOSTED THAT HERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HOST THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THEM CURRENTLY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
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HOST THAT AND BE THEIR TRAINING SITE, THEIR OFFICIAL TRAINING SITE MOVING FORWARD.ADDITIONALLY, WE BROUGHT IN FOOD TRUCKS TO, TO THE FACILITY THAT WERE BE ABLE TO BE HOSTED ALL THE, AT ALL THE PUBLIC SUMMIT TIMES, UM, WHICH WAS A GREAT OFFERING FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE POOL.
AND, AND THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE'LL LOOK TO EXPAND THAT MOVING FORWARD.
STAFFING, I JUST WANNA, JUST A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF.
WE, WE BROUGHT ON 62 TEMPORARY STAFF THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO STAFF OUR FACILITY.
UM, THAT'S A TOTAL OF 5,000 SHIFTS.
OVER 5,000 SHIFTS EQUALING OVER 21,000 HOURS OF STAFF TIME TO BE ABLE TO RUN OUR FACILITY FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
SO JUST A HUGE UNDERTAKING FROM ESPECIALLY OUR PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY SEASONAL STAFF.
UM, AND WE WERE JUST VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE.
WE HAD A REALLY, REALLY GOOD GROUP OF, OF, UH, LIFEGUARDS AND INSTRUCTORS AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS OUT THERE THIS YEAR.
UM, OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH OUR FIRST YEAR, WE LEARNED A LOT AND WE'LL BE MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS, THOSE STAFFING PLANS CHANGING AROUND SOME OF OUR POSITIONS, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SOME SECURITY, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE, UM, ON THE DECK AS WELL AS IN THE POOL.
UM, AND THEN PUSHING THROUGH THAT MANY PEOPLE IN ONE FACILITY, UH, REALLY BECAME, UH, UH, QUITE A TASK TO KEEP THAT FACILITY CLEAN AND LOOKING, LOOKING NEW.
UM, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH, UH, OUR STAFFING LEVELS ON THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE SIDE AS WELL.
AND THEN GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.
AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FIRST SUMMER AND WE LEARNED A LOT.
AND SO THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US MOVING FORWARD TO, TO JUST IMPROVE AND DO EVEN BETTER.
UH, NIGHT SWIM BEING ONE OF THOSE, WE SORT OF THREW OUT NIGHT SWIM AS, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF SEE HOW IT WOULD GO.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE COMMUNITY WOULD RECEIVE IT AND IT WAS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS. WE WOULD CLOSE DOWN DURING THE WEEK FOR SWIMMING LESSONS.
AND THEN ON TWO NIGHTS WE WOULD REOPEN BACK UP AFTER SWIMMING LESSONS HAD CLEARED OUT AND WE WOULD OPEN BACK UP FOR TWO HOURS IN THE EVENING.
AND A EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM WAS ALMOST AT FULL CAPACITY.
SO PUBLIC SWIM TENDS TO BE SMALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES NORMALLY.
OUR NIGHT SWIMS WERE OLDER FAMILIES, TEENAGERS.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS FUN TO SEE A DIFFERENT GROUP UTILIZING THE POOL AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO SEE.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY AND EXPAND THAT.
IT WAS A TWO HOUR SESSION THAT WE DID AND WE FOR SURE NEED A PROBABLY SOME EXTRA TIME ON THERE.
SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME SHIFTS IN OUR PROGRAMMING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR SWIMMING LESSONS WE'RE GONNA WORK ON, UM, GETTING MORE INSTRUCTORS IN THE POOL SO THAT WE CAN FACILITATE AS MANY SWIMMING LESSONS AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR CORE, UM, PROGRAMS. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING THAT, THAT SWIM SAFETY AND, AND THAT WATER SAFETY TRAINING TO, TO EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN.
UH, OUR SWIM TEAMS, WE WERE VERY, UH, CONSERVATIVE THIS YEAR IN HOW WE OPERATED THOSE SWIM TEAMS. 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING GOOD AND EVERYBODY HAD A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND SO WE LOOKED TO EXPAND THOSE SWIM TEAMS AND REALLY, UH, INCREASE OUR NUMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME THINGS WITH OUR STAFFING AND WITH OUR HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE FACILITATING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO AT THE, AT THE CENTER.
UM, AND THEN OUR POOL BOOKING PROCESS.
AGAIN, OUR POOL BOOKINGS WE'RE, WE'RE INCREDIBLY POPULAR.
UM, AND FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, WE'RE INCREDIBLY LUCRATIVE AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND, UM, OUR POOL BOOKINGS AND, AND IT WAS A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HOST BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND, AND FAMILY GATHERINGS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, I'M GONNA PICK ON YOU A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE WE HOSTED ONE THIS LAST WEEKEND WITH, WITH HER FAMILY.
UM, AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, UM, FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO, AND THEN FALL PROGRAMMING, JUST MAKING YOU AWARE, THE POOL DOESN'T SHUT DOWN.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE OPEN UP ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAY EVENINGS AS WELL AS SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
OUR REGULAR HOURS ARE 1230 TO SEVEN ON SATURDAYS AND 1230 TO FIVE ON SUNDAYS.
UM, I WORKED THIS LAST SUNDAY AND WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING WHEN THE CARDINALS GAME WAS STILL ON, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOW.
ONCE CARDINALS GAME GOT DONE, WE FILLED UP REAL GOOD.
UM, AND WE WERE ALMOST AT CAPACITY ON SUNDAY.
UH, WE HAVE SWIMMING LESSONS TWO NIGHTS A WEEK ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THEN WE'RE HOSTING CLUB GROUPS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A WATER POLO GROUP TO BEGIN, UM, PRACTICE THIS NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING AND I WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT, UM, WE, OR WE'LL BE HOSTING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, PUPS PLUNGE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TURN OVER THE POOL TO THE DOGS AND LET THE DOGS GO SWIMMING FOR A DAY.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL PUBLIC SWIM.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOME CLEANING AT THE POOL, MAKE, GET IT READY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
UM, ON OCTOBER 10TH, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR FIRST DUATHLON, WHICH IS A SWIM AND RUN EVENT.
SO THE PARTICIPANTS WILL SWIM IN THE POOL, THEY'LL DO A SNAKE THROUGH OUR, OUR SWIM COURSE.
THEY'LL HOP OUT, THEY'LL PUT THEIR TENNIS SHOES ON, AND THEN THEY'LL GO RUN A, UH, A CROSS COUNTRY COURSE, UM, AROUND THE FACILITY.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEW AND EXCITING WHERE IT'S SORT OF LIKE A TRIATHLON, BUT WITHOUT THE BIKE.
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AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 16TH, WE'LL SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND MOVE TO A SAFETY FOCUS AND BE PROMOTING CPR SKILLS, WE'LL, CPR DEMONSTRATIONS AND LEARNING, UM, AND THEN SOME GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDDOS OUT OF THE POOL.SO, WITH THAT, IT'S BEEN A CRAZY AND EXCITING SEASON, AND WE'RE SUPER, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL SHOWED US THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. MAYOR, CAN I ADD TWO THINGS TO THE PRESENTATION? YES.
IF WE COULD GO BACK TO A PICTURE OF MR. PHELPS.
I'M JUST KINDA CURIOUS IF ANYBODY GOT THE INVITE TO MEETING? OH, NO, NO, WE DID NOT.
OH, I DON'T, LEMME GO THROUGH MY CALENDAR, BUT WELL, I'LL LET THAT GO SOMEDAY.
YOU MEAN THERE WAS A MULTI GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIAN IN OUR CITY, IN OUR POOL POOL AND IN OUR POOL.
YEAH, BUT YOU, WE GOT A PICTURE OF HIM.
RON, LOOK WHO'S IN THE PICTURE.
NO, THEY'VE BEEN TEXTING EVER SINCE UHHUH.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BROMANCE.
RON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UH, ONE OTHER THING FOR TURNOVER, AND THAT IS A HUMBLE PIE.
UM, UH, YEAH, SHE'S, SHE'S PERKED UP.
UM, SO IF YOU REMEMBER, DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DEBATE AND I GOT DIRECTION.
UM, AND SO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE LISTENED.
NOT THAT I HAD A CHOICE, BUT, UH, UH, GOOD JOB TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOLAR AND THOSE WHO PUSHED BACK.
AND WE, UH, KEPT IT OPEN FOR RESIDENTS ONLY AND WE FILLED UP, UM, AND HAD A WAITING LIST AND HAD TO TURN A FEW AWAY HERE AND THERE.
SO TO PUT THAT DISCUSSION IN, I, WHEN, WHEN THE NUMBERS CAME UP, I LOOKED AT GLORIA, I'M LIKE, HMM,
UM, I REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNCIL MEETING.
'CAUSE I GOT A CALL FROM VERONICA AND THEN I GOT A CALL FROM GLORIA AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT THE POOL.
AND, AND NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THEY WANTED IT, BUT BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE POOLS, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T, AND THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANTED THIS FACILITY SHOWED UP AND DROVES TO SUPPORT IT WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, GO AHEAD.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE A
SO, UM, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE THE TOUR AND DO THAT.
UM, I AM IN LOOKING AT ALL THE INFORMATION, I AM SO GLAD THAT IT IS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NUMBERS OF 75,000 PEOPLE IN GENERAL ALTOGETHER, OR LITTLE, NOT 75,000, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE 60,000 MARKER THAT SHOWS OF PEOPLE IN A RESIDENCE GOING, AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THE REVIEWS ARE 4.3, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES, I WOULD SAY, IN WHICH SOMETIMES WE TAKE THE GOOD AND THE BAD, BUT THE GOOD IN THIS CASE SUPERSEDES THE BAD COMMENTS.
AND THE BAD ONES ARE MORE THINGS THAT YOU CAN FIX, LIKE PAVING AND COOL DECKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IF WE HAD OPENED IT TO EVERYONE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN UPSET THAT COULDN'T USE THE POOL? SO I AM PERSONALLY EXCITED THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I KNOW THAT AS A RESIDENT MYSELF BEING HERE FOR, UM, ALMOST 20 YEARS, I REMEMBER THIS WITH PAST COUNCILS.
AND THE MAYOR THEN, WHO SAID, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR 50 YEARS.
AND I DO RECALL CALLING HER THAT DAY THAT I CALLED THE MAYOR AND SHE SAID, NO, THIS NEEDS TO BE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SHE GOES, I ACTUALLY FEEL BAD THAT I COULDN'T HELP IN THAT TIME BEING A MAYOR AND HELPING GET A POOL.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RUN A POOL.
I WAS THERE ON SUNDAY, UM, AT MAX'S, UM, SPLASH BASH.
I SAW A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE STAFF OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIME WHEN IT WAS CLOSING AND ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROPER DOOR, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T READ SIGNS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO DO THAT.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY ENSURED THAT WE GAVE THIS BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SAW THE RETURN OF IT, THAT IT REALLY WAS FOR THEM.
AND YES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA PLEASE EVERYONE, BUT IT TRULY IS SUCH AN AMAZING THING TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOY IT.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE IT FOR YEARS TO COME.
ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL? ANY COMMENTS? ANY THOUGHTS? WHAT SURPRISED YOU? OH MAN.
UM, BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
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NORMALLY A NEW FACILITY, THE NEW WEARS OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY.UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET A, A BURST AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN IT'LL DIE DOWN INTO A, A NICE LITTLE SIMMER.
UM, WE WERE BUSY START TO FINISH.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS WORRIED ON SUNDAY, UM, 'CAUSE I WAS OPENING, UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME MANAGEMENT THAT WE'RE GONE.
AND SO I WAS RUNNING THAT SHIFT.
AND WHEN WE STARTED OPENING AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T A TON OF PEOPLE THERE, I STARTED THINKING, OH MAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
DO WE NEED TO CHANGE HOURS FOR PUBLIC SWIM? DO WE NEED TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULE? IT'S AFTER LABOR DAY.
THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE POOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY END UP CLOSING.
WE WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLEY THAT DON'T STAY OPEN.
UH, IT'S UNIQUE TO HAVE A YEAR ROUND FACILITY THAT HOSTS PUBLIC SWIM.
AND SO TO CONTINUE TO BE BUSY FROM START TO FINISH AND, AND THE RESIDENTS BEING SUPPORTIVE OF IT START TO FINISH, UM, WAS THE THING THAT I THINK SURPRISED ME THE MOST.
AND, AND I WONDER IF THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY ON FOOTBALL SUNDAYS TO SOMEHOW OVER FREE TV BROADCAST THE GAME AND HAVE ANOTHER FOOD TRUCK OUT THERE AND HAVE FAMILIES COME OUT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE MOMS AND DADS WHO WATCH THAT FOOTBALL GAME AND THEY'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM IT.
BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THOSE FAMILIES OUT AND HAVE THEM BE A PART AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT JAWS AND, UM, I THINK MY WIFE'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN WE, WHEN WE LIVE BEHIND THE AVONDALE CITY HALL AND WE BUILT A POOL AND WE GOT THE PEBBLE TECH AND THE GUY SAID, DON'T GET IT TOO DARK.
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA ABLE TO SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHTTIME.
AND I WOULD GET DONE WITH A COUNCIL MEETING OR NIGHTTIME FROM WORK, AND I WOULD GO THERE AND I WOULD PUT ON A BASEBALL GAME AND I WOULD CLEAN THE POOL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUT ON THE POOL LIGHT BECAUSE THE WHOLE JAWS TRAUMA THING.
AND MY WIFE WOULD COME OUT AND SAY, WHY DO YOU HAVE THE POOL LIGHT ON? I'M LIKE, DID YOU EVER SEE JAWS
UM, THE PROBLEM IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COWBOYS ARE ALWAYS ON FREE TV.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
I THINK WE'RE TALKING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL,
MY, MY STAFF AND I ACTUALLY DISCUSSED IT.
UM, UH, MAYOR MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER.
THAT'S ALL SOME OF THE FOLKS DID YESTERDAY WAS WATCH THE GAME.
AND WE HAVE EXCELLENT FACILITIES WHEN THEY PAY FOR A RENTAL, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SIT IN THAT ROOM AND WATCH ANY GAME THEY WANT.
SO WE SAW THE BROWN AND THEN WE SAW THE BROWNS GET WHOOPED, AND THEN WE WATCHED PART OF THE LIONS.
HOW MUCH WAS YOUR RENTAL FOR YOUR EVENT? UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, I, YOU, YOU GOT ME BETTER ON THE ROOM.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY $3 ADDITIONAL PER PERSON THAT COMES IN THE DOOR.
SO YOU MIGHT TELL THEM THE ROOM RATE AND I JUST KNOW PER PERSON.
SO WEEKEND, WEEKEND RATES, UM, I BELIEVE THAT ROOM, WHICH IS THE SMALLER ROOM, IS $140 FOR A FOUR HOUR BLOCK.
UM, SO THAT GETS YOU THE ROOM FOR FOUR HOURS AND THEN YOU PAY FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME IN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT BLOCK.
DID, DID YOU AND I'M SORRY, VERONICA, GET OFF.
COLIN PAID FOR IT, SO I DON'T KNOW.
SO, SO DID YOU CATER OR DID THE AVONDALE TEAM CATER? UH, COLIN CATERED.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST GOOD TO KNOW.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD AND FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW.
'CAUSE THERE'S TIMES WHERE YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A KIDS' PARTY, BUT WOULD YOU HAVE ADULT PARTY THERE? I MEAN, JUST WATCHING FOOTBALL OR DOING SOMETHING OR JUST HANGING OUT AND HAVING FRIENDS.
WOULD YOU DO THAT? IT WAS VERY ORGANIZED.
THEY HAD A SIGN IN SHEET, SO PERFECT.
AND YOU CAN GET A LIQUOR LICENSE FROM THE COUNTY FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE IF YOU PLAN AHEAD AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST AN EVENT THAT, UH, PROVIDES LIBATION.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING IN ORDER TO DO SO.
AND THAT FACILITY WILL ALLOW IT IF YOU GET THE RIGHT PAPERWORK TO THE ENTIRE PARKS AND REC TEAM.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW THE POOL TEAM MAY NOT ALL BE HERE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID.
YOU TOOK ON SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE CITY.
EVERY TIME I WAS THERE, I SAW SMILES, I SAW ENERGY, I SAW WILLINGNESS TO HELP WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED HELP AND JUST ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 75,000 PEOPLE, WE TALK ABOUT THE REVENUES, WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
I, I THINK THE RESPONSE FROM OUR TEAM, FOR ME IS MAYBE ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS.
AND THEN ALSO THAT 90% OF THE SWIM CLASSES WERE FILLED.
BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THIS FACILITY, THAT WAS A HUGE GOAL FOR US.
HOW DO WE PREVENT CHILDHOOD DROWNINGS, ADULT DROWNINGS IN OUR CITY? AND TO HAVE THOSE CLASSES THAT FILLED IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND I HOPE WE CAN BUILD ON THAT NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THE PARK TEAM SHOULD ALL STAND SO THEY CAN BE RECOGNIZED.
I SEE SEVERAL OF 'EM IN THE AUDIENCE BACK IN THE CORNER.
YOU SO, SO I YOU DO DON'T SIT OR HAVE HIM SIT.
MAYOR MALONE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WANNA SAY THIS IS A PHENOMENAL FACILITY.
I ALSO WANNA CHALLENGE OUR MAYOR ELECT THAT HE WILL HAVE A SUPER BOWL SPLASH PARTY.
SO GET THAT LIQUOR LIFE SPLASH INVITED, RIGHT? OH, SO HE NEEDS TO START GETTING HIS LIQUOR LICENSE AND ALL OF THAT.
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CAN, CAN I ADD MR. MAYOR, IF THE COWBOYS ARE THERE, I'LL PAY.YOU THINK THAT'S ON THE RECORD? CAN WE PLAY THE PACKERS COWBOYS PLAYOFF GAME NEXT WEEK? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
UH, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.
UH, FOR COUNCILWOMAN SOLORIO, UM, THE FEEDBACK ONLINE ESPECIALLY, UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE, THERE ARE DETRACTORS, THE RESIDENTS, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GOOGLE REVIEWS INDIVIDUALLY, WERE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT WE WENT, UH, THAT WE WENT, UH, RESIDENT ONLY, I'M SORRY,
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THE PRE-REGISTRATION, WHICH IS A, A NICE PIECE TO IT.
UH, MY NEPHEWS TOOK SWIM LESSONS THERE, SO THEY ENJOYED IT AS WELL.
ANY UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
YOU.ITEM FOUR IS CONSENT AGENDA JUST FOR COUNCIL'S, UH, EDUCATION OR JUST NOTIFICATION.
ITEM G IS GONNA BE PULLED AND PRESENTED WITH ITEM FIVE B ON THE, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.
THAT WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UM, CAN I GET A, ARE ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS G SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
MARCELLA, ARE WE DOING VOICE VOTE? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[a. General Obligation (G.O.) Bonds Presentation and Resolution 1092-0924 - City of Avondale 2025 Citizen Bond Election Committee Creation and Bylaws]
RON, ITEM FIVE A, PLEASE.UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, NO, I LOST MY SPOT.
SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY RENEE WEIS, YOUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET TO TALK ABOUT, UH, BONDS AND, UH, THE FUTURE PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO DISCUSS, UM, APPETITE FROM COUNCIL TO PURSUE A POTENTIAL BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, UM, TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE AND TO ADOPT COMMITTEE BYLAWS.
SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, YOU'LL SEE THEM, UM, ABBREVIATED AS GO BONDS.
THEY DO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OR AUTHORIZATION, AND THEY MUST BE HELD IN A NOVEMBER ELECTION.
UM, THEY ARE BACKED BY THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY.
AND WE DO HAVE TWO CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, FITCH AND MOODY'S, WHO HAVE RATED THE CITY'S, UM, BONDS AS AAA AND AA, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT TELLS INVESTORS THAT OUR BONDS ARE INVESTMENT GRADE AND LOW RISK.
AND THAT CAN RESULT IN LOWER INTEREST RATES, UM, FOR THE CITY.
SO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS CAN BE USED TO FUND VIRTUALLY ALL INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITIES, SUCH AS STREETS, PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, ET CETERA.
AND THEY ARE REPAID THROUGH A SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S CURRENT TAX RATE OF, UM, JUST UNDER A DOLLAR 46 CENTS IS PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION, WHICH YOU WOULD SEE ON YOUR TAX BILL.
SO THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THAT TAX RATE.
THE FIRST IS THE PRIMARY TAX RATE.
THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.
IT FUNDS OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF THE CITY.
THE SECONDARY TAX RATE IS SOLELY TO, TO REPAY ANY, UM, DEBT OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY.
SO OUR COMBINED RATE BEING, UH, JUST UNDER A DOLLAR 46 MEANS THAT FOR EVERY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF EVALUATION OF THE HOUSE, THE BILL WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $146.
SO JUST TO POINT OUT, IN OUR ADOPTED FINANCIAL POLICIES, WE DO HAVE, UM, A STATEMENT THAT SAYS OUR COMBINED TAX RATE BEING THE PRIMARY AND THE SECONDARY WILL NOT EXCEED $2 PER 100, UM, DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TAX RATE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES, YOU'LL SEE THERE OFF TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S AVONDALE, THE TWO COLORS OF THE CHART, BLUE BEING THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH MOST CITIES ALSO CARRY, AND THE ORANGE BEING THE, UM, NON-GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT, OTHER TYPES OF DEBT INSTRUMENTS.
SO OVERALL THE CITY IS WELL PLACED IN THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT WE CARRY.
SO IN LOOKING AT WHERE DO WE STAND WITH PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY VOTERS, WELL, WE DO HAVE TWO CATEGORIES THAT STILL HAVE REMAINING AUTHORIZATION.
SO THAT MEANS THAT VOTERS HAVE APPROVED FOR DEBT FOR THE CITY.
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NOT YET ISSUED IT.SO IN THE CASE OF WATER AND SEWER, WE HAVE 15.5 MILLION.
AND IN STREETS WE HAVE 9.2 REMAINING IN PARKS, LIBRARIES, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE NO REMAINING AUTHORIZATION.
SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE, UM, NEW AUTHORIZATION SOLICITED IN THOSE AREAS.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR CIP, WHAT EXISTS ON THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU WITHIN THE FISCAL 2025 BUDGET, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE BEING, UM, FUNDED WITH ANTICIPATED DEBT.
SO THE FIRST IS THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY EXPANSION.
OUR ESTIMATED PROJECT COST, UM, AT THE BUDGET AT THE TIME OF BUDGET WAS, UM, JUST OVER 133 MILLION.
BUT OF THAT, WE ARE INTENDING TO ISSUE 8.5 MILLION OF THAT PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DEBT THAT YOU SAW ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.
THAT MEANS THAT SOME POINT LATER THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND REQUEST APPROVAL TO ISSUE THAT 8.5 MILLION, WHICH WOULD FUND THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT.
HOWEVER, THE REMAINING FOUR PROJECTS YOU SEE LISTED HERE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CIP.
THESE ARE AUTHORIZATIONS WE WOULD NEED TO SOLICIT FROM VOTERS.
SO IF, IF WE WERE NOT GONNA PROCEED WITH A BOND ELECTION, THEN THESE PROJECTS WOULD NEED FUNDING REPLACED IN ORDER TO PROCEED.
SO THAT BEING THE ALAMAR PUBLIC'S, UM, SAFETY SUBSTATION, THE MULTIMODAL TRAIL FOR FISCAL 26 AND BEYOND, THE BOULEVARD POLICE SUBSTATION AND REGIONAL WIRELESS COOPERATIVE TOWER.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT, THIS AGAIN IS, UM, THE BLUE REPRESENTS THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX.
THAT'S WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY.
AND OUR PROJECTIONS OUT THROUGH 20 TO 34, YOU CAN SEE JUST THOSE TWO COLORS ALONE.
WE DO START DROPPING OFF OUT IN FISCAL 29.
THAT'S WHEN DEBT GETS RETIRED.
SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT IF WE DO, UM, IF WE DO ISSUE THAT 8.5 MILLION OF CURRENT AUTHORIZATION AND PROPOSE AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD BE ISSUED IN 20 MILLION INCREMENTS OVER THE FIVE YEARS LISTED, THEN WE CAN IN ESSENCE MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT TAX RATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S SHOWING.
UM, SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, YOU WOULD SEE THE GREEN, THAT WOULD BE OUR EXISTING AUTHORIZATION.
AND THEN IN 27, POTENTIALLY IF WE TAKE, UM, AN ELECTION OUT TO VOTERS AND IT'S APPROVED AND WE ISSUE OUT IN 27, THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN REPLACE THAT TAX RATE AND BE ABLE TO FUND ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH THAT, DEPENDING IF, IF COUNCIL WISHES TO PURSUE, WE WOULD PROPOSE CREATING A CITIZEN BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE.
UM, IT WOULD REPORT TO COUNCIL, IT WOULD BE A SEVEN MEMBER PLUS TWO ALTERNATES TO MEET WITH DEPARTMENTS AND IDENTIFY CAPITAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIZE FUTURE PROJECTS AS WELL AS INFORM THE QUESTION TO VOTERS ON THE POTENTIAL GENERAL OBLIGATION VOTER AUTHORIZATION AND MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
SO IN LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, TONIGHT'S VOTE IS NOT TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
TONIGHT'S VOTE IS TO BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION AND DEVELOP A COMMITTEE AND AUTHORIZE ITS BYLAWS.
SO WE WOULD, STARTING FROM THE LEFT, UM, RECRUIT APPLICANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND BRING BACK, UM, THE APPLICATIONS TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL.
THAT WOULDN'T BE PRIOR TO NOVEMBER.
UM, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY CALL FOR AN ELECTION UNTIL MAY OF 2025.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO EXPLORE, UM, AND LOOK AT THE PROJECTS AND PRIORITIZE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1 0 9 2 DASH 0 9 2 4, APPROVING THE CREATION OF THE AVONDALE 2025 CITIZEN BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE CITIZEN BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE BYLAWS AND AUTHORIZED MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
I THINK WHAT YOU'VE SEEN ACROSS THE VALLEY, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST VALLEY, WHEN THE BOND PROCESS IS HANDLED IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HANDLE IT, VOTERS GET ON BOARD WITH IT OVERWHELMINGLY, AND NOT EVERY BOND ISSUE PASSES.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN SOME OTHER CITIES, BUT I THINK PUTTING TOGETHER A CITIZENS COMMITTEE, AND I'M LOOKING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW AT A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO MAY WANNA BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
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IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO GET ON BOARD WITH THIS AND FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION TO COME FROM THE RESIDENTS, FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REQUIRED, WHAT ARE THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE CITY WELL PASSED WHEN COUNCIL, WHEN CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ON THIS COUNCIL, WE'RE LOOKING DECADES OUT.SO I LOVE THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
MY HOPE AND, AND WHAT I ASKED RON AND COMMUNICATE TO RENEE IS IT'S UP TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECOMMEND PEOPLE WHO THEY THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS, FOR THIS BOARD.
MY REQUEST IS, IS IF PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF FINANCES, THINGS ALONG THAT LINE, UM, PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR A WHILE WHO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS, BUT IT'S GONNA BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND WHO CAN SERVE WELL.
SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS? RON, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU ON THIS? I WAS, I'LL JUST ADD, SO, UH, MARCELLA WILL POST TOMORROW THE OPENINGS FOR THIS POSITION IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS.
AND, AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, APPLY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I THOUGHT THIS FAR AHEAD, BUT WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE OF COUNCIL, UH, RECOMMEND A LIST TO BRING FORTH.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? MARCELLA? MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THE APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVE WILL FIRST GO TO THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, AND STAFF WILL GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL GIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.
HOW, HOW MANY, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY VACANCIES ON ANY OF OUR, UH, BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS? MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VACANCIES.
WE DO HAVE, I WANNA SAY FOUR OR FIVE SEATS THAT WILL EXPIRE IN DECEMBER.
UM, SO IN JANUARY WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL SEATS OPEN.
CAN I GET A MOTION OF THIS? I GET A RESOLUTION 10 92 9 4 I, I, SORRY, I HAVE A SECOND.
MARCEL, YOU DOING A ROLL CALL? YES, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE VICE MAYOR PINEDA.
[b. Public Hearing and Ordinance 2027-0924 - Zoning Text Amendment PL-24-0174]
RON, ITEM FIVE B PLEASE, INCLUDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM G.SO WE ARE GONNA HEAR FROM CATHERINE, YOUR, UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, UM, TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE.
WE ALSO HAVE AUTUMN FROM, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING IS MARISSA ELLI, OUR SUPERVISOR FROM ANIMAL CONTROL.
SO TONIGHT ITEM 4G AND FIVE B ARE PROPOSED CITY INITIATED AMENDMENTS, UH, TO THE AVONDALE CITY CODE RELATED TO BACKYARD CHICKENS.
WE WILL NEED, UH, TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS, ONE ON CHAPTER THREE AND ONE ON CHAPTER 28, WHICH IS YOUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
SO AVONDALE'S EXISTING, UH, CITY CODE ALLOWS FARM ANIMALS IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS ON LOTS A HALF ACRE OR LARGER IN SIZE.
SO THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS RESPOND TO HOUSE BILL 2325, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, AND ALLOWS A RESIDENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENCE TO KEEP UP TO SIX CHICKENS IN THE BACKYARD.
AND THIS BILL WILL BE EFFECTIVE, UM, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024.
SO TONIGHT YOU HAVE, UH, UPDATES PROPOSED TO BOTH THE CITY, UH, AVONDALE CITY CODE CHAPTER THREE AND CHAPTER 28, WHICH IS THE AVONDALE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO EACH OF THE STAFF REPORTS, UM, IN YOUR PACKET HAVE THE REDLINE VERSIONS OF THE AMENDMENTS.
MOST OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES RELATE TO THE STATE BILL REQUIREMENTS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE PROPOSED TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT, UH, THE CODE AND OTHERS TO PLACE CONTENT IN ITS PROPER LOCATION.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY PROVISIONS.
SO FIRST, UM, IN, UH, CHAPTER THREE, SECTION THREE DASH 17, THERE'LL BE A NEW SECTION FOR DEFINITIONS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL ADD, UM, THE DEFINITION OF BACKYARD FOUL.
AND THEN WE'RE TAKING TWO OF THE DEFINITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE ZONING CODE FOR FOUL AND LIVESTOCK, UM, SO THAT THEY'LL APPEAR IN CHAPTER THREE ALSO.
NEXT, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW SECTION, UH, THREE DASH 26, WHERE THIS IS WHERE IT CONTAINS THE ALLOWANCES FOR BACKYARD CHICKENS.
SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ABILITY
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TO HAVE UP TO SIX CHICKENS ONLY APPLIES TO A RESIDENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENCE.AND YOU, UM, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO FIT THE CHICKEN ENCLOSURE IN THE SIDE OR THE REAR YARD, AND IT BE, AND IT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 20 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE ENCLOSURE IS 200 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE ENCLOSURE IS IT HAS TO BE SHORTER THAN THE FENCE LINE IN THE SMALLER LOTS.
AND IF YOU HAVE, UM, OVER AN ACRE ON A LARGER LOT, YOU COULD HAVE A MAXIMUM UP TO EIGHT FEET, UH, TALL.
THEN IN CHAPTER 28, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE ADDING THE DEFINITION OF BACKYARD FOUL TO, UM, TO SECTION 28 DASH 15.
UM, AND IT DOES, UM, THE DEFINITION DOES EXCLUDE MALE, UM, FOUL OR ROOSTERS.
WE'RE ALSO REMOVING THE TERM SWINE FROM THE DEFINITION OF FARM ANIMALS BECAUSE OUR CODE ALREADY PROHIBITS THOSE.
THEN IN SECTION 28 DASH 33, UM, WE'RE REVISING SECTION SUBSECTION G SO THAT IT, UH, LISTS THAT BACKYARD FOUL ARE WITH FARM ANIMALS.
AND WE'RE ALSO ADDING A CROSS REFERENCE HERE BACK TO CHAPTER THREE.
SO MOST OF THE INFORMATION WILL BE IN CHAPTER THREE.
AND THEN WE'RE REMOVING TEXT ABOUT THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK, AGAIN, AS THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN CHAPTER THREE.
AND THEN IN SECTION 28 DASH 1 33, WHICH TALKS ABOUT DETACHED ACCESSORY, UH, BUILDINGS.
WE'RE REMOVING THE TERM FOUL, UM, FROM THE LANGUAGE ABOUT HEIGHT LIMITATIONS, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE RECENT STATE LAW HAS ALREADY SPECIFIED THAT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A CHICKEN ENCLOSURE.
SO ALL OF THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS WERE COMPLETED.
UM, WE DID, UH, POST THE, UH, CHAPTER 28, UH, REVISIONS ON AVONDALE CONNECT.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE, UH, COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF HAVING OUR CODE BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CHAPTER 28 TEXT AMENDMENTS ON AUGUST 21ST.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS OFFERED THAT NIGHT, AND A MOTION WAS PASSED, UH, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CHAPTER 28 CHANGES TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 2026 DASH OH 9 24 AND ORDINANCE 2024 DASH OH 9 24 FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO MARCELLA OR, OR LISA CLARIFIED THIS FOR ME.
SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE VOTED ON.
ONE INVOLVES A PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES IT MATTER THE ORDER IN WHICH WE DO THAT? COULD WE VOTE ON ITEM 4G FIRST AND THEN DO A PUBLIC HEARING? OR DO YOU PREFER TO HAVE IT ALL DONE AT THE SAME TIME? THANK YOU, MAYOR, YOU CAN DO 4G FIRST.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON ITEM 4G, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE VICE MAYOR.
A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NIELSEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MARCELLO? COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI AYE.
CAN, UH, LEMME GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE THANK YOU THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
LEMME GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE B.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE SEEING AND HEARING NONE? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN UP TO COUNCIL.
LET ME, LET ME GET ON MY SOAPBOX HERE.
AND RON, LISA, TELL ME IF I GET OUTTA LINE, BUT I THINK IT, I THINK IT APPLIES.
WE ARE A CHARTER CITY AND THE CHARTER CITY AMENDMENT FOR THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION ALLOWS CITIES TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT A CITY WHO'S NOT A CHARTER CITY CANNOT DO.
AND FOR THESE, FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO, UM, TO OVERTURN OR TO VOTE ON SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO DECLARE THAT THAT ITEM IS A MATTER OF STATEWIDE CONCERN FOR THEM TO, UH, TO GET INVOLVED.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BACKYARD FOUL IS A MATTER OF STATEWIDE CONCERN.
I JUST DON'T, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME POINT WHERE THIS COUNCIL, ALONG WITH OTHER CITY COUNCILS WHO ARE CHARTER CITIES, ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP AND, AND PUSH BACK ON THESE THINGS.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH BACKYARD FOUL, BUT I WANT THE, THE VOTERS OF AVONDALE AND THIS COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND, AND PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN TALK TO US ABOUT THIS AND FOR US TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WITHOUT A GUN BEING PUT TO OUR HEAD SAYING, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE SOMEONE AT THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED, WELL, I HAVE CHICKENS, SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE CHICKENS ALSO.
SO I WOULD, MY REQUEST IS, AND WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR THIS, SO I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX AFTER.
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BUT MY HOPE IS THAT COUNCILS IN THE FUTURE TAKE UP THE CHARTER AMENDMENT DISCUSSION AND DECIDE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AND WHEN YOU PUSH BACK ON A LEGISLATURE THAT IS OVERREACHING ON THEIR AUTHORITY.CAN I GET A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE B PLEASE? MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI, I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE MALONE MALONE.
[6. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]
ITEM SIX, SORRY.ITEM SIX, SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS.
ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL? SO THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SHARE IS YOU HEARD ME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, ASK FOR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, UM, FOR OFFICER COOLIDGE TOMORROW.
THE PHOENIX, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION IS HOLDING A FUNDRAISER AT 1102 WEST ADAMS FROM 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS FAMILY.
HE HAD A FIVE MONTH OLD BABY DAUGHTER.
SO IF YOU CAN GET THE WORD OUT, UH, WHETHER SOCIAL MEDIA OR FRIENDS, AND LET'S SEE HOW WE COULD SUPPORT THIS OFFICER AND HIS FAMILY GOING FORWARD.
AND, UM, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SAD DAY.
AND, UH, OUR HOPE IS THAT THESE TYPE OF, UH, TRAGEDIES, UH, ARE VERY FEW AND VERY RARE.
UM, I JUST WANNA, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER NIELSEN AND HIS WIFE PATTY, UM, THIS WEEKEND.
UM, THEY GATHERED OVER 40 VOLUNTEERS, 95, 95 VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE BEDS FOR SLEEP AND HEAVENLY PEACE.
AND THEY WENT TO THE WAREHOUSE HERE AT ARIZONA COMMUNITY IMPACT, UM, IN AVONDALE.
AND THEY CAME EARLY IN THE MORNING.
IT WAS LITTLE KIDS UP TO ADULTS.
THEY MADE THE BEDS, THEY LOADED UP TRUCKS, THEY WENT TO OVER 30 HOMES AND ASSEMBLED BEDS, PROVIDED MATTRESSES, COMFORTERS, PILLOWS.
SO ALL THOSE BEDS WENT TO KIDS THAT WERE CURRENTLY SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR.
AND I JUST WANNA JUST SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER NIELSEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR KIDDOS.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING YOUR DAY, YOUR TIME TO GO AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
CURTIS, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES AND 10 SECONDS.
IT'S ACTUAL NINE 11 NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE.
AND WHAT WE HAD CHOSEN TO DO AS THE CHURCH IS TO FIND A PROJECT THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN ORGANIZING IT SINCE, YOU KNOW HOW ORGANIZATIONS GO.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE LAST MAY, TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER.
BUT JUST THE COMMENTS THAT WERE WERE MADE THERE.
WE, WE DID LIKE, UH, TINA SAID 33 BEDS.
KIDS WHO HAD NEVER HAD BEDS BEFORE.
THE LITTLE KIDS WHO COULDN'T GO OUT TO DRILL AND TO, TO HAMMER AND TO OTHER SUCH THINGS.
THEY SAT IN THE OFFICE THERE AND ACTUALLY COLORED CARDS THAT WENT INTO THE BED BAGS TO GO OUT WITH THOSE KIDS.
SO WITH, WITH THE ONES THAT DELIVERED THAT.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
THERE WAS ONE YOUNG MAN THAT CAME IN, HIS MOTHER FORCED HIM TO GO.
HE 14-YEAR-OLD, HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING.
LEMME GO FIND SOMETHING FOR YOU.
AND THERE WAS A MAN OUT THERE WHO WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING HEADBOARDS TOGETHER WITH, UH, THE DRILLS AND THE SCREWS.
AND THE MAN LOOKED AT THAT
DO YOU WANNA WORK WITH ME? SO HE, HE WAS THERE, EXCUSE ME, AND WORKED WITH HIM.
AND WHEN HIS MOM CAME AND WANTED TO GO HOME, HE SAID, NO, MOM, I'M NOT DONE WITH MY WORK.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND ASSIST.
I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THERE DURING THE WEEK, NOT FOR SUCH A LARGE GROUP, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY, I MEAN A BIG NUMBER OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN CUT WOOD, YOU CAN PUT WOOD TOGETHER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
JUST A GREAT PROJECT AND AWESOME.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TOUCHED, UH, SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WENT OUT TO ACTUALLY ASSEMBLE THE BEDS WITH THEIR PARENTS AND WITH THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING, UH, ARIZONA COMMUNITY IMPACT, THEY WERE TOUCHED AS WELL.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, THEY DO OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY EVERY MONTH FOR VOLUNTEERISM.
SO YOU CAN GO, SO TONY TRIES TO GO AND HE'LL MAKE, ASSEMBLE THE BEDS.
YOU GO TO THE HOUSE AND YOU, IT, IT'S, YOU JUST PIECE 'EM TOGETHER, BRING YOUR DRILL, AND YOU GO AND YOU MAKE THE BED FOR THE KIDS.
BUT IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY JUST
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REALIZE, FOR ONE, HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO EVEN HAVE BEDS TO SLEEP ON, RIGHT? SURE.AND TO TAKE BEDS TO THESE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE BEDS AND BLANKETS AND LITTLE STUFFED ANIMALS.
AND THERE'S NO CHARGE TO ANYBODY.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALL DONE BY VOLUNTEERS.
SO I JUST WANNA JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT IF YOU GUYS EVER WANNA DO, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO AS A GROUP OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
MR. MAYOR, UH, MS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDE'S HUSBAND ALSO PARTICIPATED.
SHE, SHE'S QUIETLY SLIPPED THAT, BUT SHE WAS THERE HELPING, UH, HE WAS THERE HELPING AS WELL.
ROD, DO YOU MIND IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FROM CURTIS AND FROM TINA AND SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL? WE ABSOLUTELY CAN.
'CAUSE IT MAY BE A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY GO OUT THERE AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I WOULD ALSO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11 IS IN TWO DAYS, AND WE HAVE A TENDENCY IN OUR BUSY, BUSY LIVES TO FORGET ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY AND HOW IT'S AFFECTED OUR NATION AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? A MOVE WE ADJOURN? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MAX, A SECOND FROM TINA MARCELA.