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THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL WELCOME YOU TO THE AVONDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AS A COURTESY TO OTHERS, PLEASE SILENCE ALL PHONES.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR UNDER UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCE? SHOULD COMPLETE THE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM ONLINE AT WWW.AVONDALEAZ.GOV/REQUEST TO SPEAK OR COMPLETE A BLUE CARD THAT IS LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND HAND IT TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM.
WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
IF MORE THAN FIVE REQUESTS TO SPEAK ARE RECEIVED.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.
A COUNTDOWN CLOCK WILL BE EASILY VISIBLE ON THE SPEAKER'S PODIUM.
IF YOUR COMMENTS CONCERN AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, ARIZONA OPEN MEETING LAW RESTRICTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL ACTIONS.
IF YOUR COMMENTS CONCERN AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY RESPOND TO CRITICISM, REQUEST THAT STAFF REVIEW THE MATTER OR REQUEST THAT THE MATTER BE SCHEDULED FOR A FUTURE AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE AVONDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALL ORDER COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024.
WITHALL, PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AT A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[1. ROLL CALL BY THE CITY CLERK]
ITEM ONE IS ROLL CALL.MARCELLA, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, DO THE ROLL CALL? THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME HERE? PERFECT.
[a. Employee Announcements]
THANK YOU, RON.THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL UP FIRST, WE HAVE EMPLOYEE PRESENTATIONS, AND I THINK, OH, HEY, WE START WITH MY OFFICE.
SHE'S GONNA PRESENT OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE.
YEAH, DON'T SIT BACK DOWN, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE DILLARD COLLIER, OUR NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICE.
UH, DILLARD HOLDEN, MASTERS IN PUBLIC POLICY FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND MOST RECENTLY WORKED AS A BUDGET ANALYST FOR MARICOPA COUNTY IN 2023 AND 2024.
DILLARD SERVED AS A MARVIN ANDREWS FELLOW FOR THE AVONDALE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND SUPPORTED, UH, VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS IN ENHANCING PROGRAM PROCESSES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, DILLARD HAS EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL POLICY AND BENCHMARKING INITIATIVES THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA GOVERNOR, UH, OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE VALLEY BENCHMARK COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE DILI BACK IN AVONDALE AND AS A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR TEAM.
AND DYLAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE, WHAT ABOUT A WEEK OR SO? AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE, UH, DRINKING THROUGH A FIRE HOSE SOMETIMES, BUT THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE A BIT, SO YOU, YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE, WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU'VE WENT OVER SO FAR THAT YOU WEREN'T PREPARED FOR IN A GOOD WAY?
UM, I THINK, YEAH, IT IS TAKING IN A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, JUGGLING A WHOLE LOT OF, OF, OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
UH, I THINK IT'S, I'M FEEL LIKE I'M BACK AT HOME.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M SUPER EXCITED AND ANISA IS AMAZING AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE, SHE DOES IT, SO TAKING OVER HER FOOTSTEPS IS, IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UP NEXT, UP NEXT, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL IS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
COREY IS GOING TO PRESENT HIS NEW EMPLOYEES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES TO, UH, PRESENT.
ONE IS AN EARLY RISER THOUGH AND WON'T BE JOINING US IN PERSON.
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UH, BUT VICTOR FRED GOSO WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO A, UH, FULL-TIME PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER ON OUR TEAM, AND WE HAVE A VIDEO PREPARED TO INTRODUCE HIM.UH, I'M, UH, MY FIRST DAY FULL-TIME HERE WAS OCTOBER 28TH.
AND, UH, WHAT I ENJOY TO DO IS, UH, JUST SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND, UH, PLAY BASKETBALL, MY FREE TIME SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT, LIFT WEIGHTS AND STUFF.
UH, LISTEN TO MUSIC AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I ENJOY ABOUT WORKING AT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AVONDALE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I WAS.
UH, THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, UH, WORKING AT THE PARKS THAT YOU GREW UP PLAYING ON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR HIM.
SO I AM GONNA READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM, BUT VICTOR IS GONNA BE BASED OUT OF THE FESTIVAL FIELDS PARK CREW, WORKING ON THAT TEAM.
UH, IN HIS FREE TIME, HE MENTIONED THANK YOU, MARCEL.
HE MENTIONED HE ENJOYS PLAYING BASKETBALL, LIFTING WEIGHTS, AND LISTENING TO MUSIC.
AND, UH, WHAT HE IS ENJOYING ABOUT WORKING WITH AVONDALE IS THAT HE'S FROM THIS COMMUNITY, GREW UP HERE, GETS TO WORK IN THE PARKS THAT HE, UH, PLAYED IN AS A CHILD, AND, UH, ENJOYS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR FULL-TIME TEAM.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NATASHA AVI WAS PROMOTED TO LIBRARIAN THREE BRANCH MANAGER AT OUR SAM GARCIA LIBRARY.
SHE'S ALWAYS GOT THE COOL DRESSES GOING.
NATASHA BEGAN HER CAREER AS A SECOND GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE TEACHER.
SHE THEN WORKED IN THE NONPROFIT SIDE, UH, WITH, UH, NONPROFITS SUCH AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE.
UH, LATER NATASHA MOVED TO THE, OR WORKED IN THE CITY OF PHOENIX AT THE BURTON BAY BURTON BAR, UH, CENTRAL LIBRARY IN YOUTH SERVICES, TECHNICAL SERVICES, AND ADULT SERVICES.
UH, AND HERE AT THE CITY OF AVONDALE, SHE MIGHT CAME OVER AS A LIBRARIAN.
ONE WAS PROMOTED TO BECOME A LIBRARIAN TWO, AND IS NOW IN HER CURRENT POSITION AS A LIBRARIAN.
IN HER SPARE TIME, NATASHA ENJOYS RUNNING, HIKING, SWIMMING, COOKING, BAKING, UH, WITH SOME READING ON THE SIDE, UH, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED STELLA.
SO, WHILE WE HAVE THE MOMENT, NATASHA YES, PLEASE.
WITH CONSIDERING YOUR PROGRESSION HERE WITH THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT JUST KIND OF KEEPS THE DREAM ALIVE THAT KEEPS YOU GOING EACH DAY BEING HERE WITH THIS ORGANIZATION? THERE'S MANY THINGS I CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE TIME HERE.
SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE CITY GENUINELY CARES ABOUT ITS COMMUNITY AND RESIDENCE, WHICH I DIDN'T SEE IN CITY OF PHOENIX, WHICH IS WHY I ALSO CAME HERE.
AND THAT YOU TAKE EVERY FEE, EVERY, ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS SERIOUSLY, WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING I DIDN'T SEE IN THE BIGGER CITY.
AND I THINK THAT IMPACT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE RESIDENTS, BUT PEOPLE THAT HEAR ABOUT CITY OF AVONDALE AND THEN WANT TO COME LIVE IN CITY OF AVONDALE AND THEN MOVE FROM THESE BIGGER CITIES TO CITY OF AVONDALE.
SO IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE VALLEY, THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE.
AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO CITY OF PHOENIX, AND I'M STILL HERE.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YOU'LL NOT BE GOING BACK TO THE CITY OF PHOENIX.
[b. Proclamation - Unified Responder Community Month]
ON NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR A UNIFIED RESPONDER, A COMMUNITY MONTH.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER TO COME UP AND MAYBE, UH, I DIDN'T PUT HER ON THE SPOT.
DOES COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CONDI WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS WAS PARTLY AT HER, HER DOING.
NO, I JUST REALLY WANTED JUST TO, UM, HAVE SOME STATISTICS DATA SHARE ABOUT, UM, AUTISM, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'VE SEEN THAT'S ON THE RISE.
AND I KIND OF SHARED WITH SOME FOLKS TODAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SISTER THAT HAS, UH, KIDS THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM TOO.
AND SO FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE AND PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT, UM, OUR KIDS THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM ALL THE WAY FROM BIRTH TILL, YOU KNOW, AS ADULTS.
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS BEING READ TODAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MR. ALDAMA, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO MAYBE SHARE A FEW WORDS ON THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR, UM, THOSE THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I REPRESENT, UH, SOUNDS OF AUTISM.
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NONPROFIT, SUPPORTING FAMILIES, UH, WHO LIVE ON THE SPECTRUM, UH, SPECIFICALLY AUTISM, UH, CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS.UM, WE ARE OUR TASK AND, AND THE VISION OF OUR FOUNDER, CRICKET, UH, BARTOS IS HER VISION, IS OUR VISION.
WE'RE WANTING TO CONNECT FAMILIES WITH THE WEST VALLEY MUNICIPALITIES, POLICE AND FIRE PROVIDE TRAINING FOR, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHEN THEY RESPOND TO A CALL THAT INC.
THAT, UH, INCLUDES A CHILD OR AN ADULT, THAT IT LIVES ON THE SPECTRUM.
BUT OUR REAL WORK IS TO UNIFY THE WEST VALLEY, EVERY MUNICIPALITY, EVERY POLICE AND FIRE, UH, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC SAFETY AROUND THOSE FAMILIES.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A FAMILY WHO LIVES HERE IN AVONDALE, WHOSE CHILD LIVES ON THE SPECTRUM, NEEDS THOSE RESOURCES FROM THE CITY OF AVONDALE, THEN MOVES TO, LET'S SAY TOLLESON, OR TO, UH, SURPRISE, AND TO FIND OUT THAT THESE TWO CITIES ARE UNIFIED AND, AND HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES THAT IS UNIFYING THE WEST VALLEY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AIMING TO DO.
AND CITY OF AVONDALE HAS BEEN DOING GREAT WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY MEETING AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR EVENT JUST RECENTLY.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS DO.
BUT OUR SOLE WORK AND TASK, AND WE'LL, WE'LL NEVER SEE AN END TO IT.
IT'S TO UN UNIFY THE WEST VALLEY AROUND OUR FAMILIES WHO NEED, UH, RESOURCES AROUND AUTISM.
ONE IN 35 CHILDREN OF THE AGE OF EIGHT EVERY YEAR, ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES IN OUR NATION, UM, IS, UM, DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM.
WHAT'S WORSE IS THE MANY CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS WHO ARE NOT DIAGNOSED, WHO HAVE TO GO OUT AND LIVE LIFE WITHOUT THOSE RESOURCES.
SO WE WANNA HELP THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT WE WANNA START HERE IN THE WEST VALLEY, AND YOU GUYS ARE EXEMPLARY OF BEING A RESOURCE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE A PROCLAMATION TO UNIFIED RESPONDERS, UH, MONTH.
AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN CONDI.
AND I SH AFTER I READ THIS PROCLAMATION, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS.
I KNOW THERE'S OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
SO I'D LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION NOW IF I COULD.
WHEREAS SOUNDS OF AUTISM IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT ESTABLISHED IN 2012 TO BRING A VOICE TO THE AUTISM IN SPECTRUM DISORDER, A SD.
AND IT IS THROUGH THEIR 2021 INITIATIVE, UNITED RESPONDER COMMUNITY, THAT THEY BEGAN A COLLABORATIVE MOVEMENT TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT CITIES OF ARIZONA FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHERS AT RISK, SO THAT NO ONE IS EVER LEFT ALONE.
AND WHEREAS SOUNDS OF TI AUTISM IS COMMITTED TO THEIR MISSION TO SAFELY INTEGRATE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN OF AUTISM, INCLUDING OTHER AT RISK BACK INTO SOCIETY.
THROUGH LOVE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES ARE THE LOVE OF THEIR MISSION AND SUPPORT AS EVERYONE ELSE.
AND WHEREAS SOUNDS OF AUTISM HELPS GUIDE MANY FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE GAPS AND SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS, EARLY INTERVENTION, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS HOUSING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHERS AT RISK, TO ULTIMATELY LIVE AS INDEPENDENT AND ADULT AS INDEPENDENT AND ADULT LIFE AS POSSIBLE.
AND WHEREAS THIS MONTH AND EVERY MONTH, SOUND OF AUTISM'S UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY MOVEMENT ENCOURAGES UNITY AMONGST ALL ARIZONANS TO HAVE COMPASSION AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING LIFE ON THE SPECTRUM AND OTHERS AT RISK AS THEY BRING A VOICE TO AUTISM TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAPS.
ONE STEP ONE CITY ONE A CRE AT A TIME.
AND I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY.
AND WHEREAS SOUNDS OF AUTISM DEFINE A CRE AS A FOR AUTISM AND AT RISK FAMILIES C FOR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY OFFICIALS, R FOR FIRST RESPONDERS OF ALL TYPES, AND E FOR EMPLOYERS AND EDUCATORS, WHICH THEY BELIEVE ENCOMPASSES UNITY AMONGST ALL.
NOW, THEREFORE, I AM, I PINETA BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AVONDALE, ARIZONA DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER, 2024 AS UNITED RESPONDER COMMUNITY MONTH.
UM, IF YOU, YOU ALREADY HAVE POLICIES THAT WILL ALLOW THOSE WITH DISABILITIES TO WORK IN, IN YOUR CITY.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE STORIES FROM YOU MAYOR AND YOUR COUNCIL AND THE REST OF YOUR STAFF ON THOSE WHO ARE WORKING WITH YOU, UH, IN YOUR CITY THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR, TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND PLEASE, UH, ALSO SEND OUR, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO CRICKET AS WELL.
UM, BUT ARE THERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? OKAY, WE'LL START AT THE END THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDE, I APPRECIATE
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YOU SPENDING TIME WITH ME TODAY, SHARING SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION.I I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THE WORLD KNOWS THAT AVONDALE IS AN ACCESSIBLE CITY, AND EACH STEP THAT WE TAKE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERING ABILITIES, WE MAKE AVONDALE A, YOU KNOW, JUST A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND BE HAPPY.
SO AS WE LOOK AT DEVELOPING, I KNOW THAT PARKS AND RECS, THEY DO A LOT TO MAKE SURE OUR PARKS HAVE ACCESSIBLE EQUIPMENT AND CAN BE PLACES WHERE CHILDREN ARE SAFE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, WE'LL FIND MORE GATED SPACES, MORE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ON THE SPECTRUM CAN COME AND BE HAPPY AND GROW AND, AND, AND FROM CHILDHOOD ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THEIR ELDER YEARS.
BUT I, I'M THANKFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE STEPS EVERY DAY IN AVONDALE TO MAKE THIS A MORE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE COUNCIL MALONE.
THANK YOU MR. ALDAMA FOR THE, UM, INFORMATION SOUNDS OF AUTISM HAS BEEN A GREAT, UH, ASSET IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAS ALSO PROVIDED, UH, GREAT RESOURCES TO OUR FAMILIES.
I DO HAVE A LITTLE STORY TO TELL OUR, OUR AMAZING STAFF ALWAYS LISTENS TO THE FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT IN THE CITY OF CASHON WANTED HER CHILD TO GO AHEAD AND RIDE THE BIKE, BUT DID NOT FEEL SAFE FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS, UM, HIS SPECTRUM.
SO, UM, THEY ASKED US TO, UH, PUT OUT A SIGN TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, THERE'S AN AUTISTIC CHILD THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE TRAVEL WITH CARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO OUR, UH, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UM, WENT AHEAD AND MADE SURE THOSE SIGNS WERE, UM, IMPLEMENTED, PUT UP, AND THEY WERE, UM, PUT UP WITHIN, I THINK FOUR DIFFERENT SPOTS OF THE AREA AND C AND SO THIS IS JUST THAT PARTNERSHIP JUST ALLOWING US TO KNOW THAT WE TAKE, UM, EV EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SERIOUSLY AND ALL OF THEIR COMMENTS.
AND, UM, THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL STORY BECAUSE THEY ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST COMING OVER HERE TO US AND DOING THE PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU TINA, FOR, UM, MEETING AND GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND KEEP DOING A WONDERFUL JOB FOR SOUNDS OF BAPTIST SYSTEM.
COUNCILOR GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? UM, NO, BUT I THINK IT'S, WELL, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE SPECTRUM, AND TO HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO PARKS OR TO ANY EMPLOYMENT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM IS AMAZING BECAUSE MY FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY'RE LIKE SUPER SMART, SUPER FOCUSED, AND TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKE THEM IN AND, AND, AND KIND OF TAKE THE CHARGE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE IS AWESOME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING THE TIME.
UM, I DIDN'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS DO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW MY COUSIN USES, UM, YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR MY NEPHEW.
COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA COUNCIL, UH, VICE MAYOR NIELSEN.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS.
I THINK, UH, I WAS TALKING WITH TINA THIS MORNING ABOUT RUNAROUNDS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM, RUNABOUTS KIDS THAT JUST RUN AND NOT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT THAT.
UH, I'VE GOT A GRANDSON THAT JUST LOVES TO RUN
HE GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH HIS DOGS AT EIGHT, SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND IT WAS HIS NEIGHBORS THAT FOUND HIM.
AND IT'S JUST THE IDEA OF KNOWING WHAT IT IS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, NOT ONLY WHAT YOU DO, BUT WHAT YOU WILL DO TO HELP OTHERS, FIGHTERS, POLICE, WHOEVER IT IS, US AS PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEN WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP BRING THEM WHEREVER THEY NEED TO HELP AND ASSISTANCE.
WELL, THANK YOU COUNCIL AND VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS.
I, I FOLLOW THE, UH, VISION OF OUR FOUNDER, CRICKET, UH, BARTOS, WHO HAS EMPATHY AND COMPASSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.
YOU KNOW, UM, SOUNDS OF AUTISM WAS NAMED BECAUSE ONE OF THE IDENTIFIERS OF AUTISM IS QUIETNESS.
THEY DON'T SPEAK, THEY DON'T TALK UNTIL SOMEONE CAN WORK WITH THEM.
SO WE ARE THEIR VOICE, WE ARE THEIR SOUND, AND WE JUST INVITE YOU TO BE THERE WITH US.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO MEET, UM, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS WITH YOUR POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF, WE KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY DOING GREAT THINGS AND THE EMPATHY THEY HAVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY IS ALREADY A HEADSTART AMONGST MANY OTHERS.
SO, MAYOR, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO, SO VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE TAKING TIME FROM YOUR, UH, MEETING TODAY WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH US.
AND THANK YOU DAM, FOR BEING HERE.
YES, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH, UM, MR. AL, IF YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.
CAN I DO ONE THING REALLY QUICKLY? SURE.
I DIDN'T, UM, ASK COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO IF SHE HAS ANY WORDS.
I'M SO SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE TONIGHT.
I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND CRICKET AND THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE ROLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING WITH SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND RESOURCES TO FAMILIES.
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AND IT REALLY IMPLEMENTS AND HELPS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE AUTISM COMMUNITY.SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RIO.
IF EVERYONE WOULD JOIN ME, WE'LL HEAD DOWN THERE AND TAKE A PICTURE.
1, 2, 3, AND ONE MORE AND ANOTHER.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
MARCELLA, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT ARE, I BELIEVE WE'RE HAVING, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS THAT WISH TO HAVE A ITEM REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ITEM C REMOVED.
SO FOR ALL OF THE ITEMS, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A VOTE? HOW DO WE DO THIS HERE? VOTE.
SORRY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
I BELIEVE WE ALL VOTE AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? I'M GONNA SEE IT UP ON THE, THERE WE GO.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE.
[c. Resolution 1105-1124 - Intergovernmental Agreement with Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority for Transit Infrastructure Improvements]
OKAY, ITEM PASSES.IT LOOKS LIKE HE BROUGHT, UH, MATT WITH HIM AS WELL.
UH, KIRK, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO TALK ABOUT VALLEY METRO AND THIS, UH, IGA.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH VALLEY METRO FOR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, JOINING ME THIS EVENING ALSO IS MATT DUDLEY, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER, AS THE END, WILL BOTH BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO TONIGHT I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE AND THE PROJECTS RELATED TO THIS GRANT.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BUS LOCATIONS AND THE HISTORY OF THE, OF OUR BUS SHELTERS AND HOW THE, HOW THE GRANT WILL ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR FACILITIES.
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT BUS SHELTER USAGE, BECAUSE THE USAGE IS WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE OUR PRIORITIZATION ON WHICH, UM, SHELTERS GET IMPROVED.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME DESIGNS ABOUT ABOVE WHAT THOSE SHELTERS WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RIGHT SIZING, WHICH YOU'LL SEE THAT NOT EVERY BUS STOP REQUIRES A SHELTER.
THERE ARE OTHER, SOME OTHER IN OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO.
THAT'S COMING FROM THE EXPIRING PROPOSITION 400 REGIONAL FUNDING.
500,000 OF THAT IS RELATED TO TRANSIT SHELTER REPLACEMENTS.
AND WE CAN USE THIS GRANT MONEY FOR SITE EVALUATION ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY DESIGN OF THE SHELTERS, AND THEN THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE SHELTERS.
UH, THE OTHER $100,000 IS FOR, UH, SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR NEW TRANSIT CENTER, NAMELY, SOME WAY FINDING SIGNS INSIDE THE PARKING GARAGE TO DIRECT PEOPLE FROM WHERE THEY PARK INTO, OUT TO THE, UH, TO THE TRANSIT CENTER.
THE TRANSIT CENTER IS ADJACENT TO THE NEW BOULEVARD PARKING GARAGE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, A SECURITY CAMERA THERE THAT'LL BE LOCATED,
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UH, AT THE, AT THE SHELTER ON PARK AVENUE, MONITORED BY THE, THE, THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUS SHELTERS AND WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING THESE, THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
OUR BUS SHELTERS ARE CURRENTLY OWNED AND MANAGED BY A MEDIA COMPANY, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ADVERTISEMENTS ON THOSE SHELTERS.
THE AGREEMENT WITH THE MEDIA COMPANY ENDS LATER IN 2025.
AND AT THAT POINT, THOSE CON, THOSE, UM, SHELTERS BECOME OURS TO, TO MAIN, TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN.
THE SHELTERS ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, THEY'RE OUTDATED IN DESIGN AND IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM, YOU'LL KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ARE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
THEY HAVE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FALLING APART.
THEY NEED PAINT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SEVERAL OF THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE BUS SHELTERS HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS WITH RIGHT OF WAY WHERE THE BUS SHELTER IS MAYBE NOT QUITE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND MAYBE ENCROACHING A LITTLE BIT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, OR THEY DON'T MEET CURRENT STANDARDS FOR SAFETY.
THEY OBSTRUCT THE PAR THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT.
SO WE'LL BE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE OF THE, THE TYPES OF SHELTERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE 22 BUS SHELTERS IN THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
HOWEVER, THIS GRANT'S ONLY ADDRESSING THE ONES RELATED TO THE VALLEY METRO FIXED BUS ROUTES, WHICH ARE THE ROUTES ON INDIAN SCHOOL, UM, VAN BUREN AND MCDELL.
THE OTHER BUS SHELTERS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE REALLY THE SHELTERS THAT WERE USED TO BE USED FOR ZOOM, WHICH WE DON'T USE ANYMORE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ZOOM SERVICE.
SO A NUMBER OF THOSE WILL BE REMOVED OVER TIME, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO UN KIND OF UNSIGHTLY OR THEY'RE DETERIORATING ON THIS MAP.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE ARE THE BUS SHELTERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE FIXED ROUTES.
THE ONES IDENTIFIED FOR REPLACEMENTS IN PURPLE.
AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THREE ON HERE THAT ARE GREEN, WHICH ARE NEW BUS SHELTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED.
UM, ONE OF THEM BEING AT THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HUNDRED SEVENTH AVENUE INDIAN SCHOOL.
UM, ON, THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW ONES.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE A BUS SHELTER AT THE RESOURCE CENTER THAT WAS BUILT WITH THAT FACILITY.
THAT SHELTER WILL REMAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE TOUCHING THAT ONE 'CAUSE IT'S A NICE ONE.
SO THE $500,000 FOR THE BUS SHELTERS ISN'T GONNA FIX EVERY BUS SHELTER THAT WE HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE IS BASED UPON USAGE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE BUS SHELTERS THAT HAVE THE MOST USE FIRST AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE TOP 10, UM, BOARDING LOCATIONS OR SHELTERS ON THOSE VALLEY METRO FIXED ROUTES.
SO YOU CAN SEE EASTBOUND VAN BUREN AT CENTRAL AVENUE HAS 21 AVERAGE DAILY, UH, USERS AT THAT FACILITY.
WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ADDRESSING THE MCDOWELL DYSART STOP THE ONE WITH 19 AVERAGE DAILY USES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
WE'VE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED FOR FY 26 BUDGET CONSIDERATION, A SEPARATE CIP FOR THAT PARTICULAR STOP BECAUSE IT, IT DOES HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH RIGHT OF WAY AND SIDELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT WOULD EAT UP EVERY AMOUNT OF GRANT MONEY WE HAVE FOR THIS.
UM, SO HOW MANY OF THESE WE CAN ADDRESS IS REALLY GONNA DEPEND ON THE ABILITY OF, OF OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE SITE CONSTRAINTS AND THE, THE SITE ISSUES AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE COST FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO WE MAY NOT ADDRESS ALL OF THESE IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.
UM, IF SOMETHING GETS TOO COMPLICATED OR TOO COSTLY, WE DON'T WANNA SPEND ALL THE MONEY ON ONE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS AND SPREAD IT ACROSS AS MANY SHELTERS AS WE CAN OF THOSE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU SEE ON THIS LIST.
SO WHAT DO THE SHELTERS LOOK LIKE? SO IT'S A NEW STANDARD BUS SHELTER, MODERN DESIGN WITH THE ABBEY SYMBOL.
WE HAVE ARM BARS ON THE SEATS, WHICH, UM, MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO LAY DOWN ON WITH SOLAR LIGHTING, TRASH RECEPTACLES, A BI BIKE RACK.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE ALREADY IN PLACE.
I MENTIONED HUNDRED SEVENTH AVENUE AT INDIAN SCHOOL.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TWO IN THE VICINITY OF FRIENDSHIP PARK.
ONE ON THE EAST ON THE EASTBOUND, ONE ON THE WESTBOUND SIDES OF MCDOWELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LINKS AVENUE AND VAN BUREN.
SO WE'VE ALREADY PUT THESE IN PLACE AND, AND THEY DO GET USED, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED A BUS SHELTER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER TYPES OF DESIGNS FOR OUR LOW RIDERSHIP LOCATIONS THAT ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS A MONOPOLE WITH A LIGHT ABILITY TO PUT JUST SOME SMALL SEATS IN A
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COVER WHERE THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF FOLKS PER DAY THAT ARE USING THIS FACILITY INSTEAD OF BUILDING ONE OF THESE LARGER SHELTERS IN THIS PARTICULAR, IN THIS, IN ANY OF THESE SPACES.SO THE LESS USED, WE SPEND A LITTLE LESS MONEY TO EXTEND OUR GRANT DOLLARS TO SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO JUST IN SUMMARY, AGAIN, THE SECURITY CAMERA WAY, FINDING WINE WAY, FINDING SIGNS AT THE BOULEVARD GARAGE, UH, THAT'S REALLY JUST TO HELP THE PATRONS FIND THEIR WAY FROM THEIR CAR TO THE TRANSIT CENTER.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT REPLACING THE BUS SHELTERS WITH THESE NEW DESIGNS, THE BUS STOPS AND THE SHELTERS THAT WERE IN THAT, UH, FOR FUTURE WOULD BE INSTALLED BY DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY DO HALF STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS IS NOT TO BUILD ANYTHING NEW.
UM, AND ANYTIME WE ADD A BUS STOP THAT'S GONNA BE IN COOPERATION WITH VALLEY METRO TO ENSURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO SERVICE A STOP, WE JUST DON'T PUT A BUS STOP BECAUSE WE WANT ONE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE VALLEY METRO AGREE THAT THAT'S A PLACE THAT THEY'RE GONNA STOP THE BUS.
UH, AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE BIGGER TRANSIT MASTER PLAN.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF OUR FIXED ROUTE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
AGAIN, THAT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH, UH, WITH VALLEY METRO TO DO THAT.
RIGHT NOW OUR FURTHEST WEST STOPS OUR VAN VIEN AND CENTER, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY ON VAN BUREN.
AND THEN MCDOWELL AND DYS ARE THE ONE I MENTIONED EARLIER WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UM, THERE ARE NO PLANS RIGHT NOW FOR NORTH SOUTH ROUTES.
EVERYTHING IS EAST WEST, BUT WE USE MICROT TRANSIT TO FILL THAT GAP RIGHT NOW FOR OUR NORTH SOUTH, UM, UH, SERVICE TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO THOSE, TO THOSE FIXED ROUTE LOCATIONS.
SO TONIGHT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
AGAIN, MATT DUDLEY AND I ARE BOTH HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UH, REALLY QUICKLY, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TIME, UH, THIS IS A, A SEPARATE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, BUT YOU SAID THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A STOP, THERE'S A PROCESS.
IS THERE A PROCESS AS WELL OF FOR MOVING ONE, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? LIKE IF IT'S IN ONE AREA NOW TO PUSH IT A LITTLE FURTHER EAST OR A LITTLE FURTHER WEST MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GONNA LET MR. DUDLEY ANSWER THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE I KNOW HE KNOWS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT MORE THAN I DO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, THERE IS NO FORMAL PROCESS, UM, THROUGH VALLEY METRO.
USUALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU WANT TO PUT THE, THE BUS STOPS ABOUT A QUARTER MILE IN BETWEEN.
SO, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THAT ONE WE'LL HAVE LIKE FAR SIDE OR WAY FAR SIDE.
WE TRY TO MAKE IT IN A WAY WHERE IT'S CLOSE TO THAT INTERSECTION SO THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE A LOOK LIKE IF THERE'S A RIGHT HAND TURN LANE INTO MAYBE A NEW DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF HAVING IT MAYBE RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION, MAYBE MOVE IT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD A BUS PULL OUT, WE CAN JUST KIND OF USE WHAT THE, THE NATURAL DESIGN IN THE AREA.
AND I JUST, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE USE OF THE FUNDS, UH, TO BE DISPERSED AMONG AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I MYSELF AM ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE RIGHT SIZE, UM, OPTION THAT IS PROVIDED HERE.
I I THINK THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SLICK FOR LOW RIDERSHIP YET.
UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CANOPY ABOVE YOUR HEAD, SOME LIGHT, UM, AND THEN SOME SPACES TO, TO SIT.
BUT, UM, I'M JUST HERE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VICE MAYOR NIELSEN.
I JUST WANT ONE QUICK QUESTION, KURT.
THE ONES THAT ARE EXISTENT THAT WE NO LONGER USE, DID YOU SAY THOSE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE TAKEN DOWN? UH, YES.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, MOST OF THOSE WILL BE TAKEN DOWN.
WE'VE ALREADY REMOVED SEVERAL ALREADY.
THERE'S STILL A FEW THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THEY ARE USED AS A MICRO TRANSIT STOP RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY DETERIORATE TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER USEFUL, WE'LL PROBABLY GET RID OF THEM.
THESE WERE DOWN, THERE'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S ONE ON THE BY FRIES AND THEN ONE BACK ON DURANGO DOWN THERE, WHICH WERE ZOOM, UH, BUS, UH, STOPS.
I DON'T WHETHER THEY'RE USED OR NOT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH KURT AND MATT, FOR THE INFORMATION AND PRESENTATION.
I, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS COME BACK.
I THINK THAT SHOWS HOW, UM, GREAT OF A STEWARD VALLEY METRO, UM, IS WITH THE MONEY THAT CAME FROM PROP 400, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL SPENDING IT AT THE END OF THAT FINAL YEAR INTO THOSE FUNDS.
SO I'M HAPPY THAT MONEY ACTUALLY COMES BACK TO THE CITY OF AVONDALE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME STEWARDS OF THAT.
I LOVE THE INNOVATION, KURT JUST SEEING THE TWO SEATER WITH THE SOLAR PANEL THERE.
I MEAN, THAT IS SO FORWARD THINKING TO ME AND, AND NOT TO INCONVENIENCE PEOPLE, NOT TO HAVE A SEAT, BUT TO HAVE ACTUALLY TWO SEATS JUST COMFORTABLE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SIT IN AND GET UP AND GO.
SO THAT WAY, UM, PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN TAKE A REST THERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE ONE AT THE RESOURCE CENTER IS ALSO A NEWER ONE AS WELL.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE FEATURED HERE, BUT I'VE GONE AND SAT IN THAT ONE AS WELL AND IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE.
UM, AND WITH THE BANDS THERE AND
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THE ARM REST THERE, THAT MAKES PEOPLE BE ABLE TO KIND OF RELAX FOR A MOMENT.I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAD PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT OR, OR MAYBE INFORMALLY I'VE SPOKEN TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THESE FUNDS WOULD COVER IT OR IF IT'S ALLOWED BY, UM, THE CITY, BUT BEING ABLE TO PUT SOME TYPE OF ABBVIE WISE QR CODE IN ALL OF OUR STOPS, UH, MAYBE WORKING WITH THE MEDIA COMPANY THAT CURRENTLY OWNS THE EXISTING, UH, STOPS THAT WE DON'T OWN.
UM, JUST BECAUSE IF THERE IS ANY INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TRIGGER RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM SO THEY CAN SCAN A QR CODE AND UPLOAD OR, OR, OR REPORT THAT INFORMATION TO ABBY WISE ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC STOP AND IT'LL CAPTURE THE LOCATION THEY ARE, ABBY WISE IS REALLY INTUITIVE THAT WAY.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD OFFER BEYOND THIS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE FUNDS WOULD COVER IT.
I THINK I'M THINKING IT'S SOMETHING SMALL, ADDING A QR CODE THAT COULD BE ANOTHER A HUNDRED BUCKS OR SO, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND FROM COUNCIL THAT WE DO.
ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER DY.
I, I JUST WANNA KIND OF ECHO WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING THAT ABBY, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE RIDING THE BUS, HAVING ACCESS TO ABBY WISE SO THAT THEY CAN, IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT, IT'S VERY EASY TO ACCESS.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK MAYOR PINEDA, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN THE PAST.
PUTTING SOMETHING INFORMATION YES.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR COUNSEL FOR REALLY BEING MINDFUL OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE, UM, WRITING OUR TRANSPORTATION.
UM, AND ONE THING I DO LIKE YOU CAN AGREE ON TOO, IS ONE THING THAT I KNOW THAT RESIDENTS DO ASK FOR IS SEATING, SHADE AND LIGHTING.
SO THESE COVER ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING MINDFUL AND LISTENING TO OUR INPUT.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE ABBEY WISE, UM, WE PLACED MANY OF THOSE SIGNS AROUND OUR PARKS RECENTLY TO BIG SUCCESS.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH, UH, OUR TEAM TO SEE, UH, HOW AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE.
[a. Parks, Recreation & Libraries Master Plan Update]
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, RON.THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UP NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR PARKS, RECREATIONAL LIBRARY'S MASTER PLAN UPDATE, I BELIEVE.
COREY, YOU'RE A PARKS REC DIRECTOR.
OH, PARKS REC AND LIBRARY DIRECTOR, UH, TO START US OFF.
THAT TITLE GROWS BY THE MINUTE.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M CORY RIVA, THE PARKS RECREATION LIBRARIES DIRECTOR.
UH, TONIGHT I'M EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD AN UPDATE ON THE PARKS RECREATION LIBRARY'S 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
UH, BEFORE WE JUMP IN, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR CURRENT CITY COUNCIL, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, AND OUR PAST MAYOR KEN WISE, FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT, UM, AND, UH, ONGOING SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO DREAM BIG ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MAKE LIVES BETTER HERE IN AVONDALE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH THE POWERS OF PARKS, RECREATION, AND LIBRARIES.
UM, TONIGHT WE ARE JOINED BY JASON NK AND LISA IES, WHO MAY BE FAMILIAR FACES DEPENDING ON AT WHAT POINT YOU, UH, ENGAGED WITH OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
THEY ARE TWO OF OUR MASTER PLANNING CONSULTANTS WITH BARRY DUNN, WHO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF TO PUT FORTH THE BEST PLAN POSSIBLE.
UH, BUT BEFORE I PASS THE MIC, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MY DIVISION MANAGERS AND MY STAFF, UH, FURTHER SUPPORT ON THE PROJECT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN POSITION TO, UH, ENGAGE AS MANY PEOPLE FROM OUR PUBLIC AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE SOME GREAT FINDINGS FROM THAT.
UH, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS WHO ALSO SUPPORTED US THROUGH THE PLANNING OFFER AND PROVIDING DATA OR INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE, UH, THAT OUR CONSULTANTS WERE POSITIONED FOR SUCCESS AS WE PLAN FORWARD.
SO, WITH NO FURTHER ADO, UH, JASON AND LISA, THANK YOU COREY.
I'M JASON GANK WITH BARRY DUNN.
IT IS AN HONOR TO COME BACK BEFORE, UH, MOST OF YOU, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME NEW FACES, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, UH, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MORE PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION AND STARTUP TO A COUNCIL MEETING THAN I DO WHEN I COME TO AVONDALE AND WE PRESENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE COUNCIL MEETING STARTED AND GETTING PEOPLE ENGAGED AND KIND OF OUTLINE THE ACCESSIBLE PROCESS.
SO THE OTHER THING I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON IS I HEARD A NUMBER OF, UH, ARIZONA STATE MPA GRADUATES, I
I UNDERSTAND THEY, THEY PRODUCE SOME GREAT GRADUATE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE MANY OTHER FINE SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA.
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YEAH, IT'S BEEN OUR PLEASURE.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE'RE DELIGHTED TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE DRAFT FINDINGS AND HOPE TO COME BACK TO YOU LATER WITH, UH, MORE OF THE FINAL PRODUCT.
BUT WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED.
AND LISA PERUS, LISA AND I CO-LEAD THE PARKS RECREATION LIBRARY PRACTICE FOR BARRY.
WE'RE A NATIONAL FIRM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR SELECTING US TO, TO, UH, HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS IN FIVE DIFFERENT PARTS AND HOPEFULLY BE AS SWIFT AS POSSIBLE, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE CAN'T TELL THE ENTIRE STORY HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LIMITED TIME.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO GIVE YOU AN, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN, SOME REALLY, UH, NICE KEY FINDINGS, AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND THEN, UH, WRAP IT UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN LET YOU KNOW ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK, UH, COREY AND JASON DID A NICE JOB OF THANKING YOU AND THE FORMER MA MAYOR WEISS AND APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT PEOPLE PUT IN IN THE COMMUNITY INTO THIS FINE PRODUCT THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST YEAR.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE TIME HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARKS RECREATION LIBRARY'S TEAM.
AS, UH, JASON MENTIONED, WE WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
HE DIDN'T ALSO MENTION THAT WE ARE BOTH, UH, ALMOST 30 YEAR PRACTITIONERS, DIRECTORS IN OUR OWN CITIES AND HAVE CAREERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
BEFORE COMING OVER TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY WAS THAT THE PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES TEAM IS ONE OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL GOLD STANDARD TEAMS THAT WE'VE EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH.
AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THEM OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND THE PASSION THAT THEY BRING TO THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S CLEARLY A GROWING COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS HEARD, VALUED, AND LISTENED TO.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, LIKE TO MENTION THEM TOO.
IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT OVERVIEW, WANTED TO, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THIS, A LOT OF TEXT ON THESE SLIDES, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE TACKLED VIRTUALLY EVERY ELEMENT POSSIBLE IN THIS, UH, MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO TOUCH ALL OF THE BASES HERE.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE, THE FINAL PLAN FROM A PROJECT OVERVIEW.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE, I CAN KIND OF BRING YOUR EYES TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, THIS TIMELINE TO SEE THAT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, OBVIOUSLY WE STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND HERE WE ARE, IF YOU DIAL IT ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RIGHT IN OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, IS THE FINALIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PHASE IN BETWEEN LOTS OF WORK AND LOTS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS.
SO LET'S HOP RIGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION, UH, UH, I'M SORRY, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION CENTERED PLANNING EFFORTS.
REALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW, AGAIN, UM, FROM ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THE HUNDREDS OF PLANS THAT WE'VE DONE, IS THAT, UH, A MASTER PLAN IS REALLY NOTHING WITHOUT HEARING THE VOICES OF YOUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS TRY TO, UH, ENGAGE IN A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, STRATEGY THAT FOCUSES ON NOT JUST OFTEN THE VOCAL MINORITY OF PEOPLE WITHIN A COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TOUCHES THE FINGERTIPS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOUR COMMUNITY, AND FOCUSES ALSO IN FINDING THE, THE, THE SILENT MINORITY, UH, THE SILENT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHOSE VOICES REALLY NEED TO BE HEARD TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE.
UM, OUR OUR EFFORT WAS REALLY, UM, PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE FROM A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.
WE, UH, WE WERE AT SITES THAT WERE ALL OVER TOWN.
WE TOOK IN 401 STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEYS THROUGH OUR PARTNER ETC.
WE HAD ALMOST 2000 ONLINE INTERACTIONS THROUGH OUR, UH, CURATED AND DESIGNED WEBSITE THAT WAS ALSO, UM,
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ALSO HAD MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.AND THEN, UH, ALSO PART OF THAT WAS 226 ONLINE SURVEYS, UH, WITH 167 COMMENTS, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY.
ALL OF THIS MATERIAL AND COLLATERAL WAS PRESENTED IN, UH, BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS ONLINE COULD BE TRANSLATED INTO DOZENS OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
WE DID CANVAS AS MUCH OF THE AVONDALE COMMUNITY AS WE COULD, AND AS I SAID, WE TRIED TO GET TO EVERY PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE PLACES THAT WE VISITED.
WE DID A LOT OF INTERCEPT SURVEYS WITH IPADS, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER KINDS OF, UM, INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA THANK YOUR TEAM, THE DRIVE THAT, THAT THIS TEAM HAD YOUR HOSPITALITY, BECAUSE PEOPLE WELCOMED US IN BUSINESSES AND IN PLACES AND SPACES THAT, UH, WERE REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GAUGE, UH, THE INTEREST OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR PEOPLE.
YOUR PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED, THEY'RE ENGAGED, THEY'RE WELCOMING, AND THEY'RE WARM.
AND HERE'S JUST SOME, SOME, UH, PHOTOS FROM OUR EFFORTS DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
WANTED TO JUST JUMP A LITTLE BIT INTO THE PARK SYSTEM.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE SYSTEM MANAGES THE, THE DEPARTMENT MANAGES 13 PARKS, COMMUNITY CENTER AND LOTS OF OTHER, UH, ASSETS, INCLUDING THE ADDITIONS OF AL ELMAR PARK, THE COMMUNITY MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE NEW AVONDALE AQUATICS COMPLEX.
OVERALL, LOTS OF TEXT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT OVERALL, BECAUSE YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOUR ASSETS ARE SO NEW, YOU OUTPERFORM MANY OF THE BENCHMARKS, MOST OF THE BENCHMARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WE SEE, UH, LOTS OF, UM, LOTS OF YOUR ASSETS ARE OF MUCH HIGHER QUALITY AND IN MUCH NEWER CONDITION COMPARED TO OTHER, SIMILAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, ALIGNED WITH THIS, WHAT DID WE HEAR SOME OF THE COMMUN, SOME OF THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND GET COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR CITY AND FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
THE MOST COMMON SOURCES WERE THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, SOCIAL MEDIA WAS RIGHT UP THERE, REALLY GREAT, UH, CONTENT.
AND, UM, THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT WAS, WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY LATCHED ONTO.
AND THE RAVE REVIEW PROGRAM GUIDE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY, THEY REALLY, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, THAT WAS MATCHED UP WITH THAT COMMUNICA PREFERRED COMMUNICATIONS, UM, OF SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE CITY WEBSITE AND THE RAVE REVIEW.
SO WE, WE, UH, HAD A MATCH ON ALL OF THAT.
SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS ALL TAKEN FROM THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY ON THE, AND, AND WITH COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT AS WELL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT ON THE HIGH END WAS THIS NIG IDEA OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENTS.
PEOPLE HERE IN AVONDALE WELCOME AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS THAT ARE HERE.
UM, THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THE PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT PUT ON, THEY LIKE THAT SO MUCH.
THEY WANNA SEE MORE AND THEY WANNA SEE MORE, UH, CHANCES TO INTERACT WITH THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
UH, OUTDOOR EXERCISE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND OF COURSE INDOOR RECREATION.
WHAT IS REPRESENTED HERE, OF COURSE, IS THE THINGS THAT ARE PRIORITIES.
AND THIS IS, UM, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED HERE.
THERE'S A MYRIAD OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL IN TERMS OF FACILITY PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE HIGH SIDE WAS SHADE.
NO, NO NEWS TO YOU THAT PEOPLE WANT SHADE HERE IN ARIZONA.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE A DAY IF YOU GUYS WERE IN ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT I DID BEFORE.
IT WOULDN'T BE A DAY IN MY LIFE IF WE DIDN'T SAY THE WORD PICKLEBALL.
AND I LOVE THE WORD PICKLEBALL, RIGHT,
AND, UH, Y'ALL ARE DOING SUCH A, A GOOD JOB AT ADDRESSING THAT FRENZY OF WHAT PICKLEBALL HAS REPRESENTED OVER THE LAST FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS HERE IN AMERICA.
THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT.
OF COURSE, TRAILS WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
THEY WANT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK AND CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO OTHER TRAILS AND SPACES WITHIN AVONDALE.
AFTER ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WAS TAKEN IN, AND WE HAD SOME OF OUR ANALYSIS DONE, AND WE, WE WERE,
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WE WERE REALLY HAD, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD GRASP OF THE KEY FINDINGS.WE THEN CAME BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND CONDUCTED SOME VISIONING SESSIONS.
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM WERE PART OF THOSE VISIONING SESSIONS.
THEY PEOPLE GAVE US THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR AVONDALE.
AND IT WAS REALLY QUITE, UH, QUITE A, A, A SPECTACLE.
IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME TO HAVE DONE THAT.
OVER THE, OVER A COURSE OF, UH, TWO OR THREE DAYS, WE ENGAGED WITH THE PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, OF COURSE, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND STAFF, AND THEN ALL OF THE CITYWIDE STAFF AND PARTNERS.
WE HELD UP ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING.
AND THEN ALL OF THAT WAS CONNECTED ON THAT AVONDALE CONNECT PLATFORM.
FROM THESE, UH, FROM THE, THE ANALYSIS AND THE KEY FINDINGS THAT WE DEVELOPED, WE THEN, UH, DEVELOPED THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
AND WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO US AND SO DELIGHTFUL FOR US, WAS THAT THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING SO CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY DOING IN THEIR, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NEW STRATEGIC, UH, FOCUSES.
AND THOSE ARE THESE FOUR KEY PILLARS THAT ARE ON THE TOP, PRODUCE OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES, DELIVER DYNAMIC SERVICES, PROVIDE SAFE PLACES TO PLAY AND CONNECT AND PLAN FOR GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT.
SO IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, WHERE THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE WANNA TRY TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON HOW WE'VE STARTED TO DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FOCUS ON THOSE KEY STRATEGIC AREAS WE ARE RECOMMENDING ADJUSTING, UH, UNDER THIS PRODUCE OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING A FEW THINGS, INCLUDING ADJUSTING AND ALIGNING SOME PROGRAM EXPERIENCES AND CELEBRATIONS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMUNITY'S EVOLVING NEEDS.
SOME THINGS LIKE ADDRESSING CUSTOMER SERVICE NEEDS SUCH AS SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS, OF COURSE.
AND THEN SOME MORE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE PARKS, RECREATION, LIBRARY OPS, AND THEN EXPANDING MARKETING.
WE KNOW THAT SOCIAL MEDIA WORKS, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE, THE WORD FROM THE, THE MARKETING EFFORTS, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INCREASE IN AWARENESS OF SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND THIS DELIVERED DYNAMIC SERVICES.
SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERSHIPS.
NOW, SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE REALLY STRONG ARE, ARE, FOR INSTANCE, THE AVONDALE LITTLE LEAGUE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE, THE AVONDALE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE AMERICA SPORTS COM, AMERICAN SPORTS COMPLEX, AND SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
NOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING ENHANCING AND EXPANDING THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
AND ALSO TO EXPAND ACCESS TO LIBRARY SERVICES TO PURSUE SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH OF COURSE GOES HAND IN HAND WITH PARTNERSHIPS.
HERE WE HAVE, AGAIN, UM, AN AWARENESS FOR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THIS FOCUS OF PROVIDING SAFE PLACES TO PLAY AND CONNECT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING INCREASED PARKLAND TO ALIGN WITH YOUR INCREASE, UH, WITH YOUR POPULATION GROWTH AND DEMAND, EXPANDING THOSE TRAIL SYSTEMS ALONG THE RIVER CORRIDOR AND UTILITY, UH, EASEMENTS, LEVERAGING THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS SO THAT YOU CAN USE THOSE TO ENHANCE THAT REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
AND PROMOTING THE TRAIL USE AND NAVIGATION, ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS IN TRAILS AND PARKLAND.
AND, UH, AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS.
AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, WE'RE BACK AT SHADE, INCREASING THAT TREE CANOPY AND SHADED AMENITIES THAT, UH, ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC PARKS AND TRAILS SYSTEM.
AND THEN LASTLY, UNDER PLAN FOR GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT.
THIS, UH, FOCUS ON, ON THE, UH, INCREASING OF STAFF STAFFING LEVELS AND CONTRACT SERVICES TO KEEP PACE WITH THAT GROWTH AND DEMAND, UH, ENHANCING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORY ROLES.
AND THAT WOULD REALLY HELP TO BETTER MANAGE THE DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND RETENTION STRATEGIES.
AND THEN ALSO TO, UH, DEVELOP A TRANSITION PLAN TO DROUGHT TOLERANT MATERIALS AND NON PROGRAMMABLE PARK AREAS.
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TO REESTABLISH SOME NEW GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES WITH THE DEPARTMENT STAFF.SO WHAT ABOUT NEXT STEPS? WE'VE GIVEN YOU SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE.
I GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF MORE INFORMATION AND DETAIL THAT'S BEHIND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU TODAY.
SO NEXT STEP FOR US, AND SOMETHING THAT THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, COUNCIL AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH NOVEMBER 25TH.
UM, THEN WE'LL GO INTO DRAFT REVISIONS, AND THEN WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS PLAN ADOPTED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH IN DECEMBER SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON THAT TIMELINE.
AND THEN LASTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS AS A, AS A FIRM AND AS A PRACTICE THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE.
AS FOREIGN PRACTITIONERS, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT IS THAT, THAT IN, IN ALL ESSENCE, COULD COLLECT DUST ON A, ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR THIS PLAN.
WE DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY OUR HARDEST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE GUIDANCE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT, UH, TO OPERATIONALIZE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THIS PLAN.
SO WE CONDUCT, UH, IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOPS.
WE'LL COME BACK HERE AND WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND CONDUCT THOSE IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOPS SO THAT WE CAN HELP TO GUIDE THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST PAUSE HERE, TAKE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, IT'S, IT'S FUNNY, I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP LAST WEEK IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE DOCUMENT.
AND I CAME IN ALL PROUD AND BOASTFUL ABOUT HOW I READ ALL 20 PAGES AND I WAS PREPARED.
TURNS OUT THERE'S HUNDREDS MORE
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND KIND OF, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM COUNCIL HERE IN JUST A SECOND, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE COULD DO, WHAT WE ARE DOING, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PRI PROVIDED IN THERE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF US HERE ON COUNCIL BECAUSE PARKS AND, AND THE AMENITIES AT ALL THE PARKS ARE A MAJOR CONCERN OF MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
UM, AND SO FOR THAT, FOR THAT PURPOSE THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS.
BUT, UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY AND CONSIDERING HOW YOUNG THEY ARE, UH, IN TERMS OF A MEDIAN AGE, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT WAS KIND OF THE TOP OR HIGH PRIORITIES, AND I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT DOES IT MATCH AND NOT OFTEN.
AND SO THAT JUST KINDA REALLY TELLS YOU HOW DIVERSE WE REALLY STILL ARE, UH, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF AGE, BUT IN NEED AND, AND, UH, POTENTIAL PROGRAMMING, UH, THAT DOES OR DOES NOT EXIST.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I I LOOK AT IS, AS YOU TALK ABOUT MORE PARK, UH, CONNECTIVITY WITH TRAILS, I KNOW COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY HERE RECENTLY TO ADD TO THAT.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE FULL CONNECTIVITY AT SOME POINT SO THAT OUR, OUR, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE PLACES TO RECREATE AND EXERCISE UTILIZING OUR, OUR CORRIDORS HERE, A COUNCILWOMAN ELECT, UH, SHERRY WEISS.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A, A BIG, UH, THING FOR HER THAT SHE'S COMMUNICATED IN REGARDS TO THE FULL A DA TYPE PARKS.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT EARLIER, UH, WITH OUR DISCUSSION, UH, CENTERED AROUND AUTISM.
AND SO BEING THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY WAS IDENTIFIED, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, MOST OF ALL COUNCIL I'M SURE CAN AGREE WITH.
BUT WHERE WE HEAD IN TERMS OF PROVIDING A REALLY SAFE PLACE FOR FAMILIES THAT REQUIRE MAYBE A, A, A GATED AREA OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WHERE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO PLAY, UM, AND EXERCISE WITHOUT FEAR OF THEM RUNNING AWAY AND, AND, AND INTO PARKING LOTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THERE'S JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH TO COVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY, MORE COMMENTS FROM, FROM THE COUNCIL, BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THIS AND PUTTING IT INTO THAT SPECIFIC, THOSE FOUR PILLARS THAT YOU LISTED KIND OF GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, US MORE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO MOVING FORWARD, CONSIDERING OUR RESTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE BOTH BUDGETARY AND OTHERS.
UH, BUT JUST HOW, UM, CREATIVE OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT CAN BE.
AND I'M SURE YOU'RE, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'RE VERY FULLY AWARE, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN WRITE FOR GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH OUTSIDE PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE KEY.
ALSO ITEM THAT, UM, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR YEARS AS A FORMER YOUTH COACH OF MULTIPLE SPORTS IS NOT, NOT SHYING AWAY FROM REVENUE DRIVEN OPPORTUNITIES LIKE A MULTIPURPOSE FIELD OR FIELDS, UH, THAT WOULD GENERATE REVENUE FROM TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, WHILE IT'D BE OUTDOORS AND INDOORS WOULD BE AWESOME, BUT JUST TO HAVE A SPACE LIKE THAT IN GENERAL.
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LAST POINT IS, UH, THE TRANSITION TO, UH, THE DROUGHT RELATED.UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC VERBIAGE WAS THERE, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHEN DO YOU MAKE THAT TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL TURF TO, UM, AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF TURF? AND WHEN DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR, BUT I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I, UH, SKIPPED OVER COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER SOLORIO BY ACCIDENT IN THE LAST GO AROUND.
SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH HER FIRST.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN LISTED IN LOOKING JUST AT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
UM, I SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND, UM, INSTANTLY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING DOWN WITH SOME OF THE PARKS AND REC EMPLOYEES AND SHARING SOME IDEAS, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE CULTURAL ARTS AND, YOU KNOW, PERFORMING ARTS VENUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I'M VERY INTERESTED WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE PROVIDING, UH, INDOOR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN ARIZONA THERE'S SO MANY PRETTY MONTHS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE OUTSIDE, BUT ALSO I THINK, UM, KIND OF REALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE INDOOR OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE REALLY NICE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK WE DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT WAS FEATURED ON THERE WITH THE, UM, RAMOS, UM, UH, CAMPAIGN.
UM, AS I HAD MENTIONED TO RON EARLIER, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING IN EVERYBODY.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT TYPE OF CAMPAIGN AND GETTING EVERYONE INVOLVED USING QR CODES AND SUCH, EVERYONE BECOMES PART OF IT AND IT REALLY CREATES MUCH OF A SYNERGY, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYTHING, PROVIDING THAT FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, I LIKE MAYOR, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WITH THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS OF COURSE THAT WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN.
THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE NOT.
UM, THIS WEEK PRIOR BEING IN TAMPA, UM, WE HAD AN EXPO WE WERE ABLE TO GO AROUND TO SPEAK TO DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHO ARE OFFERING AND SERVICES FOR, YOU KNOW, CITIES.
AND, UM, I KNOW LAST YEAR WITH COUNCILMAN MALONE, WE WENT TO ANOTHER ONE TOO, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF COME AND SEE DIFFERENT BOOTH AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, FOR COMMUNITIES IN REGARDS TO SAFER PLAYGROUNDS TO A DA STYLE TYPE OF, UM, PLAYGROUND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I THINK HAVING THIS IN HAND WILL REALLY HELP US LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AS A WHOLE.
AND THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THE AREAS THAT WE NEED, THE AREAS THAT ARE GREAT, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT PLAN OVERALL.
THANK YOU MUCH COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK, THANK MR. CORBIN.
YOUR ENTIRE TEAM HAS DONE AN AWESOME JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN FOR US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE MASTER PLAN.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP.
THIS ISN'T GONNA BE A PLAN, WE'RE JUST GONNA SIT ON THE SHELF.
UM, I, I, I SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SL KIND OF TOOK THE GAS OUTTA MY TANK TOO EARLY, BUT I, I SAW THE INDOOR POOL AND I HAD ASKED FOR A HOT TUB BEFORE, BUT
UM, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S SOME, UH, THE INDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, SPONSORED BY THE CITY OR BEING HOSTED BY THE CITY WHERE WE CAN EXPAND IN THAT SPACE.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE GAPS AND TRAILS.
I THINK WE TOOK EVERYBODY FROM PEORIA SO THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST KNOW HOW TO
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE I'M A DATA PERSON, UH, AND, AND SO I WANTED YOU TO JUST KIND OF THREAD THE NEEDLE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND.
YOU SAID THIS A FEW TIMES, YOU SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY THAT WE DID TO MAKE SURE, UM, WE GOT THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
COULD YOU, UH, CLARIFY FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE IN THE ROOM OR THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE, WHAT MADE THIS, UM, A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL PLANNING YOU PUT IN PLACE? SURE.
THAT'S, UH, A COMMON QUESTION.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO USE, UH, A COMPANY, A NATIONAL FIRM CALLED ETC FOR STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEYING, IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS REALLY WELL FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
AND, UM, PART, IT, IT IS ONE OF THE TOUCH POINTS, UH, OF ANALYSIS THAT WE USE.
IT IS NOT THE ONLY SURVEY THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT THAT IS A PIECE OF THE, THE SUR A PIECE OF THE ANALYSIS TOOL.
THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY WAS THE 401 SURVEYS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BACK.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES THAT STATISTICALLY VALID IS THE NUMBER.
AND THEN THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF IT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND LOCATION OF THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY.
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OFTEN SENDS OUT THOUSANDS.I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER, BUT WE CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU.
BUT OFTEN SENDS OUT THOUSANDS IN ORDER TO GET THE 400, THE NUMBER 400 IN THE SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCILOR WHITE, I WANT TO CLARIFY THE WORD COMMUNITY IS THIS MEANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS? THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN OUR, OUR CITY LIMITS.
SO THE REST OF THE SURVEY WAS TOUCH POINTS.
AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR EVENTS AND FACILITIES ARE USED BY EVERYBODY IN THE WEST VALLEY AND OTHERWISE THE, THE, THE, THE VALID SURVEY THAT REALLY CAME FROM YOUR VOTERS, FROM OUR RESIDENTS, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE COUNCILOR MALONE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE COME A LONG WAYS AS I'M GONNA GIVE ANOTHER STORY.
BACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WE WENT AROUND AND COUNCILWOMAN CONDI COUNCILWOMAN.
WE WENT AROUND AND DID A FIELD TRIP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN OUR PARK.
AND THROUGHOUT, UM, THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN SERVING, WE'VE BEEN CHECKING, UM, ALL THE BOXES.
ALSO, I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL THAT COMES IN IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BUILD ON ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY WANT.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP, GREAT, UH, PARKS AND RECS DIRECTOR AND, UH, OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I LOVE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN AND IT ONLY IS GOING TO GET BETTER IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU COREY AND STACY AND YOUR TEAM.
I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD A COMPLAINT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR PARKS AND RECS AND OUR, UM, LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT.
BUT I, I, I DO WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA REPEAT 'CAUSE A LOT OF THINGS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WROTE IN MY NOTES IN PARTICULAR, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT MAYOR PINEDA TALKED ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BEING HEARD, VALUED, AND APPRECIATED.
AND THOSE THINGS REALLY, UM, ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO DOING THOSE SURVEYS AND REALLY LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, UM, ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND REALLY, WE WANNA SPEND THEIR DOLLARS THE WAY THEY WANT THEM TO BE SPENT.
AND SO, UM, WE HEARD TODAY A LITTLE BIT FROM MR. ALDAMA REGARDING, UM, SPECIAL NEEDS SOUNDS AUTISM.
AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD IT MORE THAN ONCE FROM THIS COUNCIL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PARKS CAN ACCOMMODATE, UH, THOSE FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT THAT YOU SHARED ABOUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MARKETING AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY A COUPLE TIMES AND FOLKS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMINGS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW.
SO WITH OUR CITY GROWING, IT'S PARTICULARLY OUR NEW APARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND ALAMAR VERDE TRAILS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY FROM NOT, THAT AREN'T FROM THE WEST VALLEY.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THOSE PROGRAMS, UM, OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR EVENTS.
WE HAVE GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR EVENTS.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA CONTINUE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR FUTURE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING IN 'CAUSE WE DO SUCH.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMMINGS AND OUR EVENTS.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI.
WE APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT AND THE KNOCK ON WOOD.
AND BARRY DUNN, UH, STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, REALLY TO MAKE SURE EVERY CORNER OF THE COMMUNITY WAS TOUCHED OR TALKED TO, OR AT LEAST ENGAGED OR AWARE THAT WE HAD A PROCESS GOING ON.
UM, AND EVEN AT MIDWAY, WE, WE PUSHED THEM HARDER AND THEY CONTINUED TO GO FURTHER AND, AND SET UP SHOP AND A COUPLE MORE BUSINESSES AND HANDED OUT SOME FREE COFFEE GIFT CARDS AND REALLY MADE SURE WE WERE HITTING THOSE HIGH NUMBERS TO GET THAT SURVEY RESPONSE AND THAT ENGAGEMENT RATE WE WERE HOPING FOR.
'CAUSE WE VALUE THE FEEDBACK JUST AS MUCH AS, AS WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.
UH, WE TAKE IT PERSONALLY, I'LL SAY, UM, AND THEN THE INCLUSIVE PARKS IS AN INITIATIVE THROUGHOUT THE PLAYGROUND OR THROUGHOUT THE PLAYGROUND, THROUGHOUT THE PLAN IN A FEW WAYS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THOSE, UH, INITIATIVES COME TO FRUITION THROUGH FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND MAYBE EVEN SMALL TURN TO FUNDING THE PARTNERS.
UM, SO THAT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BOTH THOSE COMMENTS.
COUNSEL MEMBER GARCIA, I FEEL LIKE YOU READ MY MIND WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
YOU'RE LIKE WATCHING MY HEAD SPIN BECAUSE I, I MEAN, JUST CAMPAIGNING, GOING TO FRIENDSHIP PARK, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE NOT FROM AVONDALE
SO WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR SURVEYS AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE FROM THE RESIDENTS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYBODY THAT'S AT THE PARK
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IS MORE LIKE SOOTHING FOR ME BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT OUR RESIDENTS, SOMETHING MAYBE NOT EVERYONE KNOWS, LIKE I LOVE AVONDALE OBVIOUSLY, BUT LIKE THE COUNCIL ITSELF HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB AND IN ENSURING THAT AVONDALE PARK SPECIFICALLY, AND I TALKED TO COREY THIS WEEK, HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE BEAUTIFUL.LIKE, MY, MY, MY GRANDMA LIVES IN CASHEN, THE PARK OVER THERE BY HER HOUSE TO, UM, DONNY HILL.
WHEN I DROVE BY, WHEN THEY REOPENED, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE COULD BRING THE KIDS HERE.
LIKE, IT'S JUST LIKE SUCH, IT'S SO WONDERFUL.
AND TO SEE THE INNOVATION THAT, YOU KNOW, CORY HAS AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THE TEAM AND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WITH THE PARKS IS AMAZING.
SO THE, THIS VISION RIGHT HERE IS JUST LIKE, WHAT IS GOING TO BE, AND ALSO BRINGING IN THE NORTH PART OF AVONDALE, WHICH I, I DON'T SEE AS OFTEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH, THE SOUTH OF AVONDALE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTH OF THE FREEWAY IS SO MUCH BIGGER, BUT NOW ENSURING THAT THEIR VOICES IS ALSO HEARD MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PROCESS OF ENSURING THAT OUR PARKS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO THEM AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, MAYBE COREY CAN COMMENT.
UM, DONATELLO PARK, WHICH WILL BE NORTH OF THE FREEWAY, WILL BE OUR FIRST FULLY ENCLOSED, UH, PLAYGROUND, UM, FOR OUR, UH, PEOPLE ON THE SPECTRUM OR THE FOR PARENTS WHO NEED THAT EXTRA PROTECTION.
THANK YOU RON MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL.
UH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE HAVE INCLUDED SOME PERIMETER FENCING INTO THAT PLAYGROUND DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A SAFE, A SAFE SPACE WHERE A FAMILY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE LETTING LOOSE AND HAVING FUN JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE WOULD IN THE PARK FACILITIES.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO INVOLVE FENCING OR CREATE SOME BARRIERS WHEN POSSIBLE, UM, NEAR THE PLAYGROUNDS TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.
AND DONAT HALL PARK BEING OUR NEXT NEW PROJECT IN THE NORTH WILL HELP US EXPAND OUR SERVICE AREA OVER THERE, WHICH IS A DEFICIENCY FOR SURE.
FRIENDSHIP PARK, UH, SERVES NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT UP TO 800,000 VISITORS FROM THE VALLEY A YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S A PRETTY WELL ATTENDED FACILITY.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY RESPONSE.
AND I CANNOT TAKE ALL THIS CREDIT.
SO TOM STREET IS IN THE ROOM, OUR PARKS MANAGER, UH, WHO AND HIS ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN INTEGRAL IN MAKING SURE THESE PARKS ARE SAFE PLACES TO PLAY AND CONNECT.
AND DONNY HALE IS ONE EXAMPLE OF, OF THAT PROJECT THAT HE WAS REALLY INVOLVED WITH IN MAKING SURE IT WAS, IT WAS UP TO SNUFF WITH ALL OF OUR NEWER, UH, FACILITIES AS WELL.
AND BEFORE, UH, VICE MAYOR NIELSEN, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, TO ELABORATE, OR I'M SORRY TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE OUTDOOR PARKS, BUT I'LL ALSO SAY THAT IN A DAY AND AGE, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, DIGITAL OPTIONS, WITH THE FOLKS BEING ABLE TO READ ONLINE AND OTHER THINGS, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW BUSY OUR LIBRARIES ARE.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I COMMENT ON THAT AND THE FACT THAT I SEE MANY DIFFERENT POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, AND FOLKS JUST WANT TO CONTINUE GOING IN THERE.
AND SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS, WE'RE ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE THE LIBRARIES IN THAT AS WELL.
SO THE WHOLE TEAM, YOU KNOW, A BIG SHOUT OUT, UH, VICE MAYOR NIELSEN, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COREY AND THE STAFF FOR WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE FOR ALL THAT OTHERS THAT WILL BE COMING.
YOU DID MENTION THAT THE, UH, COMMENTS ARE STILL OPEN TILL NOVEMBER 25TH.
COULD YOU JUST, UH, UH, IDENTIFY FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MIGHT LISTENING WHERE THEY CAN FIND THAT TO ADD TO THEIR, THEIR, UH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT YOU RECEIVED, AS WELL AS TONIGHT'S POWERPOINT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AVONDALE CONNECT FOR PUBLIC TO COMMENT AND FEEDBACK ON THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PROMOTING THAT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA JUST FOR THOSE THAT WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS FROM START TO END.
THEY KIND OF SEE AND GET TO FOLLOW ALONG AND, AND PARTICIPATE ALL THE WAY THROUGH CLOSEOUT.
SO, OR SEE, HOPEFULLY SEE THAT THEIR FEEDBACK WAS HEARD.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER COMMENT I'VE GOT IS JUST THE IDEA IS HERE IN AVONDALE WE HAVE MANY AMENITIES, MANY OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP 'EM SECRET AND HIDDEN.
UH, TINA AND I AND OTHERS WERE OVER AT ALTA THE OTHER DAY I'VE BEEN TO AND OTHERS, AND YOU ASKED THOSE PEOPLE, WHAT DOES THAT WAVE OVER THERE? AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE WAVE IS.
SO THAT OUTREACH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE APARTMENTS HERE, WHICH WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, 93,000 PEOPLE IN AVONDALE NOW, UH, ANOTHER 7,000 IN THE NEXT WHATEVER TIME, YEAR OR TWO, THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT GREAT AMENITIES WE REALLY HAVE HERE AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE STAFF THAT WE'RE DOING HERE TO, TO PROMOTE AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
SO WHATEVER OUTREACH WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
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HERE IN AVONDALE SO THEY CAN TELL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN.'CAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, I DON'T KNOW THE 20 THAT WERE, SO ALTA ALREADY HAS GOT 20 PEOPLE, 20 HOMES IN THERE, I MEAN 20 PEOPLE IN THERE RESIDENCE.
AND THEY'RE NOT ALL FROM HERE.
SOME OF 'EM FROM CHICAGO, SOME OF 'EM FROM SOME OTHER PLACES AROUND HERE.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LETTING THEM KNOW ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE HAVE HERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PROCESS.
MR. MAYOR, THEY, THEY WALK AWAY.
UH, YOUR, UH, CORE, YOUR TEAM HAS SAT QUIETLY TRYING TO HIDE.
THEY REALLY SHOULD ALL STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR THANK YOU FOR THAT, RON.
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YEP.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON ORDINANCE 2032.
1124 IS ZONING, ORDINANCE, TEXT AMENDMENT.
AND I'M GONNA LET JOSH TALK ABOUT THE REST OF IT, BUT HE'S HERE TO MAKE OUR PRESENTATION, OUR LEAD SENIOR PLANNER.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS ITEM FIVE B.
THIS IS A ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, THAT DEALS WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S ITEM IS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE, TEXT AMENDMENTS, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, AND A TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON WHY THIS AMENDMENT IS COMING FORWARD TONIGHT.
UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE PASSED HOUSE BILL 27 20, WHICH STANDARDIZED THE REGULATIONS ON ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR ADUS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SPECIFICALLY, THE NEW LAW REQUIRED COMMUNITIES WITH MORE THAN 75,000 RESIDENTS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADUS ON ANY WA THAT PERMITS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM AND THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO ADOPT CHANGES TO THE AVONDALE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADUS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
THE FIRST SECTION TO BE AMENDED IS 28 DASH 15.
THIS SECTION OF OUR CODE DEALS WITH DEFINITIONS AND WAS AMENDED TO ADD THESE, UH, TERMS. IT'S ACCESSORY DWELLING, UNITS RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE DWELLINGS, AND SHORT AND LONG-TERM RENTALS.
UH, ALSO SECTIONS 28 DASH 32 AND 28 DASH 33 WILL BE AMENDED.
UH, THESE ARE THE LAND USE MATRIX IN OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THESE WILL BE AMENDED TO ADD ADUS AS PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS TO ALL RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DISTRICTS THAT PERMIT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF ADUS THAT WILL BE ALLOWED, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD PERMIT ADDITIONAL UNITS.
IN MOST CASES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL BE PERMITTED, UH, ONE ATTACHED A DU AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL DETACHED A DU.
IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE PROPERTY IS ONE ACRE OR MORE, UH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL UNIT AND THIS UNIT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE A RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE UNIT, WHICH IS, AGAIN, DEFINED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO WHAT ARE THESE NEW CONDITIONS? WELL, THE FIRST IS, UH, OR THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE.
UH, OF THESE, UM, A COUPLE THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT ARE THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ANY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WILL BE 1000 SQUARE FEET OR 75% OF THE PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT OR THE, THE MAIN HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
UH, ALSO THE MINIMUM SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS WILL BE FIVE FEET FOR THESE UNITS, UH, THE FRONT SETBACK WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS THE MAIN HOUSE.
UH, THE HEIGHT WILL BE THE SAME AS THE MAIN HOUSE, WHICH IN MOST RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS 30 FEET.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THERE IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER MUST RESIDE ON THE PROPERTY IF EITHER ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS GONNA BE USED AS A VACATION OR SHORT, SHORT TERM RENTAL.
I, UH, FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 28 WILL MAKE IT CLEAR THAT NO ADDITIONAL PARKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THESE ADUS.
THIS IS IN, UH, IN CONFORMANCE WITH STATE LAW.
AS A REMINDER, UH, PARKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES INCLUDE IT'S, UH, TWO ENCLOSED GARAGE SPACES AS WELL AS ONE GUEST SPACE.
AND THIS IS USUALLY IN THE DRIVEWAY.
THE SECTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESS DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS WILL ALSO BE UPDATED TO REFERENCE THE A DU CONDITIONS.
AS FAR AS, UH, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UH, ALL REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS WERE COMPLETED AND A POST WAS MADE ON AVONDALE CONNECT.
TO DATE, THERE WAS ONE COMMENT RECEIVED IN FAVOR,
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UH, PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 16TH OF THIS YEAR.UH, THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS OFFERED AT THE MEETING, AND A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WAS PASSED FOUR TO ZERO.
AND WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, THANK YOU AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MARCEL, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
THEN AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS FROM FROM COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO? UM, I HAVE NONE, MAYOR.
I JUST HAVE ONE ON, WELL, MAYBE TWO ON THE HEIGHT OF THE DWELLING.
I KNOW I HAD DWELLED WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE PAST.
IS THAT THE EVE? IS THAT THE PEAK? IS IT AN AVERAGE BETWEEN THE TWO? WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE DWELLING THAT, THAT, UH, WOULD BE? UH, THANK YOU BAR AND VICE MAYOR NIELSEN.
UH, SO THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING WILL BE THE PEAK.
SO FROM THE GROUND FLOOR TO THE PEAK OF THE BUILDING.
AND THAT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE SO PEOPLE CAN READ THAT, SO CORRECT.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITIONS IN OUR ZONE ANCE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS, I ASSUME THIS DOESN'T MEAN RAMADA AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE OPEN AIR, THAT PEOPLE GO OUT THERE DURING THE SUMMER, WHATEVER, SO, OR HOAS RAMADA AND THINGS IN THE BACKYARD, OR DOES THAT INCLUDE IT? SO FOR NORMAL ACCESSORY DWELLING, OR EXCUSE ME, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, THE HEIGHT LIMIT IS 15 FEET.
UM, WITH THIS NEW ORDINANCE, UH, THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION SPECIFICALLY FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WILL BE 30 FEET OR WHATEVER THE, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS.
BUT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO PUT A PATIO COVER IN THE BACKYARD, THESE, IT'LL BE 15 FEET IF IT'S A DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
ANY OTHER? OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CONY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THE LOT SIZES? OH, YEAH.
SO ON THE ONE ACRE OR MORE, SO IT SAYS RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE.
HOW, HOW DO WE ENFORCE THAT? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI.
SO, UH, RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE IS DONE THROUGH A DEED RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THE PROPERTY HAS A DEED RESTRICTION THAT'S RECORDED WITH MARICOPA COUNTY THAT SAYS THAT FOR 30 YEARS, UH, THAT, UH, RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE UNIT CAN ONLY BE RENTED TO INDIVIDUALS THAT MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA.
UM, IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, IT'S 80% OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
UH, AND THAT'S, UM, REGULATED THROUGH, UH, ARIZONA, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND FAMILY SERVICES, I BELIEVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO KIND OF MITIGATE THE ISSUE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, POTENTIALLY HELP WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT LAST WEEK THERE WERE SEVERAL, UM, REAL ESTATE AGENTS HERE IN THE WEST VALLEY THAT GOT TOGETHER TO HOLD, UM, NOT A SYMPOSIUM, BUT A PRESENTATION ON HOW CREATIVE YOU CAN BE WITH TINY HOMES AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN KIND OF WHAT, UH, OCCURS WITH SOME OF THESE ADU, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, WHAT'S APPROVED BY THE CCNRS OF LOCAL HOAS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT I'M JUST KIND OF GLAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING THINGS INTO, UM, A, UH, OR CONTEXTUALIZING, I SHOULD SAY, THROUGH, UH, ADOPTING THIS.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR NIELSEN.
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OKAY.UP NEXT IS ANOTHER, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE, TAX AMENDMENT.
THIS TIME IT'S GONNA BE CHRISTINA, OUR SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PRESENTING.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M CHRISTINA LAVELL AND I AM A SENIOR PLANNER HERE AT AVONDALE.
TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING ITEM FIVE C FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL REZONE TIMEFRAMES, UH, TO BE ADDED TO CHAPTER 28.
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SO THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A CITY INITIATED REQUEST FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.THE TEXT AMENDMENTS REFINES THE ORDINANCE TO REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE STATUTE REGARDING SPECIFIED TIMEFRAMES FOR THE REZONING OF A PROPERTY TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS RESPOND TO STATE BILL, UH, 1 1 6 2, PASSED BY THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE, WHICH SPECIFIES THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE CITY TO BRING A RESIDENTIAL ZONING REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
THE STATE BILL REQUIRES CITY ADOPTION BY JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW, THE SPECIFIED TIMEFRAMES WILL BE ADDED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO WITHIN YOUR PACKET CONTAINS THE RED LINE VERSION OF THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS.
IN SUMMARY, THE TEXT AMENDMENTS ADD A TIMEFRAME OF 30 DAYS TO DETERMINE A RESIDENTIAL REZONE APPLICATION COMPLETE AND A 180 DAY TIMEFRAME TO BRING THAT APPLICATION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE REQUIREMENT AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO ASK FOR 30 DAY EXTENSIONS AND INCREMENTS.
ALL PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS TEXT AMENDMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE ITEM WAS POSTED ON AVONDALE CONNECT AND ONE SOMEWHAT UNRELATED COMMENT WAS RECEIVED.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH JUST REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY ANY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2024, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND THE MOTION PASSED FORWARD TO ZERO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2 0 3 3 DASH 1 2 4 APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH RESIDENTIAL REZONE REVIEW AND APPROVAL TIMEFRAMES, UM, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR CITY COUN OR THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
THANK YOU, AND I'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC MEETING.
MARCEL, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK THEN.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SOLORIO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I NOTICED THAT THE, UM, WE'RE WE'RE COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, IS REQUIRING OF US.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
JODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, BOTH OF THEM.
I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING TO WONDER, IS THIS GONNA ADD ANY EXTRA COST TO US, MR. CORBIN? UM, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILOR WHITE? UH, THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION.
SO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF, BUT CURRENTLY, UM, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.
UM, BUT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN EXCEEDING THESE EXPECTATIONS.
SO AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, DO AS WELL AS WE'RE DOING, UM, JODY AND THE TEAM AND THIS REALLY, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MEETING THESE EXPECTATIONS, OUR PLANNERS ARE THE LEADS.
BUT WE REALLY DEPEND ON PUBLIC WORKS.
WE DEPEND ON OUR KIM AND ENGINEERING AND HER TEAM, UH, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IN JODI'S DEPARTMENT.
IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT GETTING IT TOGETHER.
AND SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS, UH, ASK FOR INCREASE IN CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR, UH, REVIEWING PLANS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE, UM, DRIVERS TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS.
BUT WE CURRENTLY MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS AT THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS.
IF WE CAN GET A MOTION, GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MALONE.
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DOES ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? OKAY.
UM, AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I KNOW THAT DURING OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD DONE, UM, A PROCLAMATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND, BUT I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING, UM, A VIP HOST DURING THAT WEEKEND AND GIVING SEVERAL TOURS OUT.
AND I HAD A GREAT TIME AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS ABLE TO COME OUT.
I DO HAVE THE CHAMPIONSHIP, UM, RACE STICKERS FOR YOU GUYS, SO I'LL LEAVE THEM HERE.
I DIDN'T PUT THOSE AT YOUR DESK.
I KNOW WE LIKE ADDING THOSE TO OUR CUPS.
BUT THEN THE BIG NEWS I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS, UH, LAST WEEK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO AND I, WE ATTENDED NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, CITY SUMMIT AND TAMPA, FLORIDA.
WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME CELEBRATING THE HUNDRED YEARS OF NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
UM, I DID BRING BACK INFORMATION, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UH, UH, WAS A GREAT TAKEAWAY FOR ME, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT WAS FREE.
UM, I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE A LOT TO ASK FOR IN THE VALLEY.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND WORKSHOPS, UM, A PART OF THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES.
GOT TO LEARN ABOUT INNOVATIONS THERE, TALK ABOUT RAILWAY SAFETY.
UM, DURING THE TIME I WAS THERE, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO WILL ALSO PROBABLY LET US KNOW, BUT, UM, I WAS A PART OF A CONSTITUENT.
I AM A PART OF A CONSTITUENCY GROUP, UM, THE NATIONAL, UH, BLACK CAUCUS, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
AND I RAN FROM THE FLOOR FOR PARLIAMENTARIAN AND I WAS ELECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
UM, BUT I DID BRING BACK INFORMATION FOR ALL OF YOU, UM, AND SOME SMALL GIFTS AND TOKENS FOR YOU.
'CAUSE NO MATTER WHAT I DO, SHE KEEPS IT A HUNDRED FOR ME,
AND, UH, I, I GAVE A TON OF STUDY MATERIALS JUST LIKE, UH, TINA OR ANY OF YOU WOULD'VE GIVEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA TO SHARE KIND OF THE HISTORY OF NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AS WELL AS THE ARIZONA LEAGUE.
BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING MY TRAVELS AND MY TIMES AWAY.
I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT WE ARE A MEMBER OF NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER A HUNDRED YEARS OF US BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACTIVE MEMBER.
COUNCILMAN MALONE? ANYTHING? NO.
UM, JUST TO ECHO BACK ON WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, IT WAS AN AMAZING CONFERENCE.
UM, I SERVED ON THREE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES.
UM, I WAS LAST YEAR SERVED A ONE YEAR AT LARGE TERM ON THE EXECUTIVE, UM, BOARD FOR WOMEN AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS YEAR I WAS SELECTED TO CHOOSE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM ON THE WOMEN AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
SO I'LL BE SERVING IN THAT ASPECT.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNEW, I WAS IN THE RUNNING FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, I HAD A WONDERFUL RUN AND AMAZING PEOPLE HELP ME BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STUFF THAT I NEEDED TO KNOW.
I WAS NOT SELECTED, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NOT SELECTED BASED ON A TECHNICALITY THAT THEY HAD.
BUT THAT NEXT YEAR, FOR SURE, TO REAPPLY.
I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GET INVOLVED IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN INVOLVED IN IT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO BRING BACK TO YOUR CITIES.
UM, IT IS BEEN A BUSY FEW WEEKS, BUT I'LL START OFF WITH, UM, THE ELECTIONS.
AND WE HAD ABOUT 6,692 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THESE DOORS AND EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HOLD THEM, I WAS HERE ON ELECTION NIGHT AND IT RAN WONDERFULLY.
THERE WAS NO ISSUES IN AVONDALE.
SO MARCELLA AND YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH BECAUSE IT REALLY WENT WELL.
IT SAID THAT IT WAS LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF WAIT WHEN I GOT HERE AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK.
BUT THE LINE WAS FLOWING SO FAST.
THEY EVEN HAD, I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS WERE HERE, THEY HAD BOOTHS OUT IN THE LOBBY AREA.
I THINK THAT HELPED BECAUSE DURING THE 2022 ELECTIONS, IT WAS THREE HOUR WAIT HERE AT THAT TIME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.
UM, I ATTENDED THE VET RUN AT EMCC.
I DID NOT RUN, I DON'T RUN ANYMORE.
UM, BUT FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT THROUGH THAT, THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT.
UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE HONORING OUR VETERANS HERE IN AVONDALE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I GOT TO MEET ALL THE DIRECTORS THIS WEEK.
ALL THE HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE INNOVATION AND THE PASSION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT MY FORTE
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THIS WEEK AND THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS AND FOR YOU GUYS TO GET TO KNOW ME.OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURNMENT.
CAN WE PLEASE GET A MOTION? GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE.
EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT NIGHT DRIVING HOME.