[00:00:03]
I WOULD LIKE[1. ROLL CALL BY THE CITY CLERK]
TO CALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 TO ORDER.WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AND, UH, STAND FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE? IN 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, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MARCELLA, CAN WE GET ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLO MARIO? HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE PRESENT VICE MAYOR NIELSEN.
[a. Employee Announcements]
NEXT ITEM PLEASE.THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UP FIRST WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE CHIEF, CHIEF, UH, ESPINOZA, I THINK WHO HAS A, A COUPLE EMPLOYEES TO INTRODUCE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, TODAY IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF NEW EMPLOYEES, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE 'EM TO YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK THE NEW EMPLOYEES TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME, WHERE THEY CALL HOME, AND IF THEY CAN ANSWER WHY THEY CHOSE AVONDALE PD FOR EMPLOYMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNSEL.
UM, I AM DEREK ALBANO FROM RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO, JUST OUTSIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE.
I JUST WANNA SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
UM, REASON I CHOSE AVONDALE WAS TO FURTHER MY CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAT IS EVER CHANGING.
AND DEFINITELY, UH, NEW AND UPCOMING WITH BASICALLY INFRASTRUCTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE THING IN EVERY ASPECT.
UM, AND WHAT I CALL HOME IS WE RANCHER NEW MEXICO, BUT THIS IS MY NEW HOME NOW, SO, YES, SIR.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND PART OF THE CABINET TEAM.
MY NAME IS SCOTT EDWARD KELLENBERGER, JR.
UM, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM PENNSYLVANIA, BUT I TAKE HOME AS GOODYEAR, UH, GOODYEAR, ARIZONA.
THE REASON I WANTED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AVONDALE IS BECAUSE I GREW UP IN AVONDALE.
I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, AUTO FREE, HIGH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY FAMILY, EVERYONE WORKS AROUND HERE AND I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A COP SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD, SO I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE DALE FAMILY.
UM, I LIVE IN GOODYEAR, ARIZONA.
UH, THE REASON I CHOSE AVONDALE, UM, IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF WHICH IS A FORMER AVONDALE OFFICER.
AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING INTO DEPARTMENTS TO APPLY FOR, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT AND WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WAS GREAT.
HE SAID IT WAS A SMALL DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER FROM THE CHIEF ALL THE WAY DOWN.
YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING MORE THAN JUST A NAME, BEING A FACE TWO, AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UM, KIND OF PERSONAL CONNECTION ALL THE WAY UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AVAILABLE AND APPRECIATED IS SOMETHING THAT I VALUED.
SO THAT'S WHY I WENT WITH AVONDALE.
UM, I'M FROM THE, UM, WEST VALLEY, ACTUALLY NOW I WAS GONNA SAY EAST VALLEY.
I'M FROM MESA, BUT NOW I'M FROM SURPRISE, THAT'S WHERE I CALL HOME.
UM, SO I CHOSE AVONDALE BECAUSE WHEN I MET THE OFFICERS AND THE STAFFS HERE, I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS PART OF A FAMILY, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME FEEL MORE WELCOME AND INVITED.
I ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH OUR UPPER SENIORITY AND TO BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE I'M INVITED AND, AND A PART OF THEIR TEAM.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN THE CITY, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
[00:05:02]
HELLO, COUNSEL.MY NAME IS, UH, JEREMIAH JABRA.
UM, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE AVONDALE WAS BECAUSE, FIRST OFF, I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I'VE BEEN TO SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SCHOOLS AROUND IN AVONDALE.
UM, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE AVONDALE ALSO IS, UM, IT'S LIKE A FAM FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER, AND I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF AVONDALE TO FURTHER MY CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT JOURNEY THAT LIFE BRINGS.
UM, WHERE I CALL HOME IS, UH, THE GARDEN LAKES
I LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF AVONDALE.
UM, I CHOSE THIS CAREER AS I HAVE FIVE YEARS LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A PARK RANGER IN CALIFORNIA, AND CAME TO THIS GREAT CITY TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE CHOSE AVONDALE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND JOINING THE TEAM.
UH, MY NAME'S HAYDEN PIERCE, ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UH, CHINO, CHINO, CALIFORNIA.
UM, ORIGINALLY MOVED, UH, MOVED OUT HERE IN 2023.
UH, SO CURRENTLY LIVE IN SURPRISE.
THAT'S WHERE I'M, THAT'S WHERE I CALL HOME RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF AVONDALE.
I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY, MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE, UM, A WELCOMING PLACE.
UM, BEING PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A NEW FIELD FOR ME GROWING UP, PLAYING BASEBALL MY ENTIRE LIFE, UH, FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED FOR GETTING INTO THIS NEW FIELD WAS HAVING THAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND THAT BROTHERHOOD THAT I FOUND WITH BEING PART OF AVONDALE.
UM, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HIGH ON MY LIST IN FINDING A NEW CAREER FOR MYSELF.
UM, AND I FOUND THAT WITH AVONDALE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GETTING, GETTING TO KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES.
UM, AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE TEAM.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE REASON WHY I CHOSE AVONDALE IS IT'S A NEW GROWING CITY.
WELL, NOT NEW, BUT IT'S A GROWING CITY.
AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MANY YEARS, IT'S GONNA BE BEING, YOU KNOW, GROWING.
AND I WANNA BE A PART OF THAT CITY.
I CAME FROM A SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA AND I WANT TO BE ALMOST AS PART LIKE THAT, JUST GROWING UP WITH IT.
AND OH, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE AVONDALE IS, UH, BUILD A BROTHERHOOD HERE.
MEETING ALL THE STAFF AND CITY WORKERS, UH, FELT LIKE I WAS WITH THE FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY MEETING ALL THESE GUYS RIGHT HERE.
UH, BUILD A BIG SUPPORT TEAM AND THEY'RE ALWAYS HERE FOR EACH OTHER.
AND THAT'S HOW I SEE HOW THE CITY IS FOR EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT.
I WAS BORN IN PHOENIX, UH, NOW LIVE IN SURPRISE.
UH, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE AVONDALE, I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S AN OFFICER HERE.
UM, I WAS LOOKING TO CHANGE, UM, CAREERS WHERE I WAS AT BEFORE, AND SHE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT THE CITY WAS, UM, HOW THE CHIEFS ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM THE CHIEFS, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BOTTOM, HOW RESPECTFUL EVERYBODY.
IT WAS PERSONABLE AND UH, JUST LIKE ALL THESE GUYS SAID, FROM THE MOMENT YOU STEPPED FOOT INTO YOUR FIRST INTERVIEW, UM, YOU JUST FELT LIKE FAMILY.
AND I'M GLAD I MADE THIS DECISION.
WELL, WE ARE TEAM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HOW YOU DOING, COUNSEL? GOOD EVENING.
HOME IS ORIGINALLY IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
UM, AND I CHOSE AVONDALE BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I BUILT WITH CHIEF AND THE REST OF THE OFFICERS WHILE I WAS SERVING IN THE MILITARY.
UM, THE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S INTACT HERE.
UM, AND I THINK AS LONG AS CHIEF IS CHIEF, THEN THAT'LL STICK
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I APPRECIATE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE TEAM.
[00:10:07]
EVA COUNSEL, UH, MY NAME'S RENEE VALENZUELA.I'M ORIGINALLY FROM, UH, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
UH, CURRENTLY RESIDE IN SURPRISE, ARIZONA.
UH, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE AVONDALE IS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FAMILY ORIENTATED.
I DO HAVE A, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DO WORK FOR AVONDALE, AND THE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME HOW GREAT IT WAS.
UM, I GOT TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND.
I'M CURRENTLY SEEING IT FIRSTHAND HOW, UH, GREAT IT IS WITH THE FAMILY.
LIKE, UH, EVERYONE ELSE SAID, FROM THE TOP OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO THE BOTTOM, UH, THE BROTHERHOOD IS THERE, UM, AND REALLY LIKE THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE TEAM.
UM, I'M FROM RIO RANCHO IN NEW MEXICO.
UM, WE, I CHOSE AVONDALE SO THAT I COULD FURTHER MY CAREER AND MY EXPERIENCE IN DISPATCHING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE TEAM.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
ALL RIGHT, KEEP GOING DOWN THE LIST.
NEXT UP IS OUR FIRE CHIEF, UH, ROONEY, UH, TO PRESENT TWO NEW PROMOTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR TWO NEWEST, UH, PROMOTIONS HERE.
UM, YES, THEY DO LOOK ALIKE
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TIM.
UH, HE JUST GOT PROMOTED TO ENGINEER A MONTH OR SO AGO, AND HE IS WORKING AT 1 74 B SHIFT.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S THE OLDER BROTHER, WHICH IS THE OLDER, YOU'RE THE OLDER BROTHER AND YOU'RE THE YOUNGER BROTHER, BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONGER AND AND YOU OUTRANK HIM NOW? I DO
UM, SORRY, I JUST FIGURED THIS ALL OUT.
UH, SO, UH, TIM HAS BEEN HERE FOR 14 YEARS.
HE JUST GOT PROMOTED TO ENGINEER.
UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIS, UH, PROMOTION.
TRAVIS HAS BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS, AND HE'S THE CAPTAIN AT 1 72 A SHIFT.
AND, UH, SO JUST, IT IS SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THEY BOTH WERE FIREFIGHTERS AND, AND NOW, AND THEY BOTH KIND OF JUST, THEY WERE ON DIFFERENT SHIFTS, SO THEY WOULD SWITCH SHIRTS.
THEY BOTH HAD T LAMBERT ON THEIR SHIRT,
THEY SAVED A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAY,
UM, BUT NOW THEY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT RANKS.
SO, TRAVIS, UH, HAS BEEN HERE, LIKE I SAID, UH, HE'S BEEN HERE 12 YEARS, AND HE, HE PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN.
HE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THE LAST TEST.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME HIM TO BEING A CAPTAIN.
WELL, JUST LIKE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR, JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATS ON THE PROMOTIONS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE LONGEVITY OF YOUR CAREERS HERE, SERVING THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
AND BEING THAT YOU'VE SERVED OVER 10 YEARS, UH, BOTH OF YOU, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE, UH, WITNESSED, UH, WITH THAT TIME? WELL, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE JUST TO WORK HERE FOR THE 12 YEARS THAT I HAVE.
UM, BEFORE WORKING HERE, I WORKED ON THE AMBULANCE COMPANY, THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANY THAT AVONDALE CONTRACTED WITH.
SO I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND STUFF, AND I KNEW A LOT OF THE, I KNEW EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE BEFORE I GOT HIRED, SO, UM, I KNEW THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO WORK, AND, UM, IT'S A BIG FAMILY AND, AND I LOVE IT.
AND, UH, I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 15, 20 YEARS.
UH, IN THE ALMOST 15 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I, I'VE SEEN AVONDALE GROW FROM THREE STATIONS TO NOW FIVE AND A SIXTH ON THE WAY, HOPEFULLY SOON.
UM, IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO BE PART OF THIS FAMILY, AND IT TRULY HAS BEEN REWARDING OVER THE YEARS TO, UH, HAVE A GREAT CREW THAT I WORKED WITH FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS, AND I BONDED REALLY WELL WITH THEM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT HA WHAT OCCURS NOW, NOW THAT I'VE BEEN PROMOTED AND HAVE A NEW CREW.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOTH OF YOU, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDED TO THE CITY, BAYER, IF I MAY, WE HAVE A ROW OF LAMBERTS HERE THAT ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM.
THEIR, THEIR FATHER, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THEIR FATHER WORKED 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF 27, 27.
HE, HE DIDN'T MAKE 30, BUT HE GOT 27, 7 YEARS.
BUT YOU ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AND MR. MAYOR.
AS A REMINDER, WE WOULD LOVE, UH, TO GET PICTURES WITH COUNSEL AND, UH, THE PROMOTED, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, THE ENGINEERING CAPTAIN AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, IF THEY WOULD STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH.
[00:15:01]
OF COURSE.AND MR. MAYOR, NEXT I WILL HAVE ANDY, OUR HR DIRECTOR, TO, UH, INTRODUCE HIS NEW HIRE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE, UH, DEBBIE, DEBBIE PIERCE, WHO'S OUR NEWEST, UH, SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST, UH, JOINING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
UM, DEBBIE JOINED THE CITY OF AVONDALE ON OCTOBER 27TH AS A SENIOR HR ANALYST WHERE SHE SUPPORTS THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND CLASS CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PROGRAMS. WITH MORE THAN 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES, DEBBIE IS HELD A VARIETY OF ROLES ACROSS MUNICIPAL AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.
MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST FOR THE CITY OF THORNTON AND COLORADO.
DEBBIE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
SHE'S BOTH A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES THROUGH THE HUMAN RESOURCES CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE AND A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL, UH, IN HUMAN RESOURCES THROUGH THE SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
UH, FUN FACT ABOUT DEBBIE, SHE'S THE FRIEND WHO TURNS A WE SHOULD GO CONVERSATION INTO AN ACTUAL TRIP.
UH, SO PLANNING THE ROUTE, FINDING OUT THE MUSTY SPOTS AND THE BEST RESTAURANTS, PLUS IDEAS FOR, UH, BEST MEALS AND DRINKS TO ORDER.
UM, DEBBIE'S YOUR, YOUR PERSON, SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DEBBIE.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PUT DEBBIE ON THE SPOT REALLY QUICKLY.
BEST RESTAURANT YOU'VE BEEN TO HERE IN ARIZONA.
UM, ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE LIKE TO GO TO THE BEACH HOUSE.
UM, GOSH, WHERE IS THAT? I CAN ALWAYS DRIVE THERE, BUT IT'S THIS LITTLE SHACK AND IT SELLS THE BEST, UH, FISH AND SHRIMP TACOS AND, UH, YEAH, CHECK IT OUT.
UM, SEVENTH AND CAMELBACK AREA, SO, OKAY.
AND THEN REALLY QUICKLY, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME, BUT NONETHELESS, UH, WHAT, HOW SO FAR, WHAT HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AVONDALE? I LOVE IT.
I'VE REALLY PICKED UP ON THE VIBES OF COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I WAS LOOKING FOR STRONG LEADERSHIP IN THE HR TEAM, AND DEFINITELY FOUND THAT WITH ANDY.
WORKED WITH HIM AT MARICOPA COUNTY AND, OH, NOW LOOK, NOW ANDY HAS THE SAME, IT WAS A LIFETIME AGO, AND I WAS NOT HER BOSS AT THE TIME.
AND, UH, HE IS JUST A STRONG LEADER, VERY SOLID AND GENUINE PERSON.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE AMBASSADORSHIP, UH, THAT ANDY BRINGS TO THE CITY.
BUT, UH, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AROUND AND WELCOME TO AVONDALE.
UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, NOW WE HAVE COREY, YOUR, UH, PARKS RECREATIONS, AND LIBRARIES DIRECTOR TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF HIS NEW EMPLOYEES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I AM HONORED TO WELCOME TO NEW EMPLOYEES TO OUR TEAM.
I'M GONNA ALLOW THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, UH, SHARE THEIR POSITION IN A FUN FACT.
UM, MY POSITION AS PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER, A FUN, FA A FUN FACT, UH, SO FAR WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AVONDALE IS, UH, JUST THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND HERE.
NOT AFRAID TO COME, UH, ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACILITIES AND PARKS THAT WE OFFER.
JUST THE FAMILY ASPECT HAS BEEN OUT OF THIS WORLD HERE AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FUTURE HERE.
AND A FUN FACT ABOUT ME IS I MOVED HERE TO ARIZONA ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, SO STILL GETTING USED TO EVERYTHING, BUT LOVING IT SO FAR.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE LIVING THE WEATHER AS IT STARTS TO CHANGE.
SO
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
UP NEXT WE HAVE KIRK, UH, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF HIS NEW EMPLOYEES.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW EMPLOYEES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ONE HERE IN PERSON TONIGHT, AND A COUPLE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON A VIDEO IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANDREW DURAN.
ANDREW RECENTLY JOINED PUBLIC WORKS AS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SUPPORTING CUSTOMER SERVICE PROCUREMENT BUDGET, AND OTHER
[00:20:01]
TASKS HE BRINGS WITH HIM NEARLY A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE MANAGED OVER 125 ACTIVE GRANTS, TOTALING $175 MILLION AND HELPED OVERSEE THE CLOSEOUT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROJECTS.
BEFORE THAT, HE WORKED IN ROLES SUPPORTING PROCUREMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AGENCIES.
EARLIER IN ANDREW'S CAREER, HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, WHERE HE HELD LEADERSHIP ROLES IN LOGISTICS, MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY OPERATIONS.
HIS TIME IN THE MILITARY INSTILLED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND TEAMWORK THAT HE CARRIES INTO HIS CIVILIAN CAREER.
ANDREW HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND A MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE.
AND HE IS ALSO PURSUED ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDY IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
ANDREW'S MARRIED AND HAS TWO YOUNG KIDS.
AND ONE INTERESTING NOTE THAT HE WANTED TO SHARE IS DURING HIS MARINE CORPS SERVICE, ANDREW WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOGISTICAL MOVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OVER 5,500 WEAPONS AND FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF, BUT, UH, HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN, HAS SHARPENED HIS SKILLS AND ORGANIZATION PRECISION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO I THINK THAT'LL HELP US IN THE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE WELCOME, JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ANDREW THE CITY.
ALL RIGHT, SO ANDREW, YOUR RESUME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
LET'S ASK YOU SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT FUN.
SO SHARE WITH US A HOBBY THAT YOU ENJOY DOING.
UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING, UH, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF.
UH, A BIT OF A HOBBY IS, UH, PROBABLY FANTASY FOOTBALL, PRETTY COMPETITIVE.
UM, WON A COUPLE LEAGUES NOW THAT I LIVE IN A STATE WHERE GAMBLING'S LEGAL, I CAN SAY I WON SOME MONEY TOO,
UM, BUT YEAH, IF ANYBODY NEEDS SOME TIPS OR WANTS TO GIMME SOME TIPS, I'M ALL FOR IT.
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM? I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ONE 'CAUSE I GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THERE WAS NEVER A TEAM.
I'M A BIG USC FAN, WHICH I KNOW IS GONNA UPSET SOME OF THE ARIZONA STATE FANS.
BUT, UH, I GREW UP WITH PETE CARROLL, MATT LINER AND ALL THEM, SO I'LL BE WATCHING THEM PLAY OREGON THIS WEEKEND.
WELL, WELCOME TO, UH, CITY OF AVONDALE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE TEAM.
THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO SCREEN FOR A COUPLE MORE INTRODUCTIONS.
I'M WITH THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT.
AND ONE THING I REALLY LOVE SO FAR IS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY HERE.
UH, EVERYONE HAS MADE ME FEEL LIKE HOME HAS WELCOM ME WITH OPEN ARMS, SO THAT'S BEEN AWESOME.
UM, I AM THE NEW PM TECHNICIAN FOR, UH, FLEET PUBLIC WORKS.
AND MY THIRD PART SO FAR IS EVERYONE HERE IS SUPER WELCOMING.
UM, EVERYONE SAYS HI, EVERYONE HELPS OUT WITH EVERYTHING I NEED OR EVEN IF I DON'T ASK.
UM, SO YEAH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT OVERALL IS AMAZING.
[b. Proclamation - International Fraud Awareness Week]
RON.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UP NEXT, UH, BARBARA, YOUR CITY AUDITOR, UH, TO PRESENT INTERNATIONAL FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK.
HELLO, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TODAY I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THE PROCLAMATION FOR INTERNAL FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK.
I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT HAS PROVIDED ME AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY TO COMBAT FRAUD, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEE'S INTEGRITY HOTLINE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN NOVEMBER, 2023 BY CITY COUNCIL.
I NOW TURN THIS BACK TO VICE MAYOR NIELSEN TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE OBSERVATION OF INTERNATIONAL FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK, WHICH IS SET ASIDE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FRAUD UPON OUR SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE MISSION OF REDUCING THE INCIDENTS OF FRAUD WORLDWIDE ESTIMATES THAT A TYPICAL OR TYPICAL ORGANIZATION LOSES 5% OF ITS REVENUE EACH YEAR TO FRAUD.
AND WHEREAS INSTANCES OF FRAUD IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DETERMINES THE GOOD WORK AND REPUTATION OF ALL CITY EMPLOYEES WHO COMPLETE THEIR ASSIGNED DUTIES WITH INTEGRITY AND HONESTY AND DECREASES, UH, CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
AND WHEREAS FRAUD AGAINST OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS BORN BURDEN AND BORN BY ITS CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES IN THE FORM OF INCREASED COST, LOSS OF PUBLIC REVENUES AND RESOURCES, AND INCREASED EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION AND EVENTUAL INCARCERATION OF
[00:25:01]
INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT FRAUD.AND WHEREAS TIPS RECEIVED FROM EMPLOYEES ARE CONSISTENTLY THE GREATEST SOURCE BY WHICH FRAUD CAN BE DETECTED, AND WHEREAS INCREASING EMPLOYEE AWARENESS OF FRAUD, INCREASING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM, INC, EXCUSE ME, INCLUDING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM AND EDUCATING EMPLOYEES ABOUT FRAUD, PRE PRE PREVENTION, UM, DECEPTION AND REPORTING TECHNIQUES IS CRITICAL FOR REDUCING THE INCIDENTS OF FRAUD AGAINST AND WITHIN OUR STATE AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
NOW THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE AVON CITY, AVONDALE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF AVONDALE, HEREBY PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH 22ND, 2025 SHALL BE KNOWN AS INTERNATIONAL FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK.
THANK YOU, BARBARA, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
[c. Proclamation - Unified Responder Community Month]
ITEM, PLEASE.UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI TO SHARE A FEW WORDS AND INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS.
UM, I JUST WANNA JUST, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'M HONORED TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY FOR THE UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY MONTH.
UM, I PERSONALLY WANNA THANK CRICKET AND HER TEAM, UM, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, YOU CREATE A COMMUNITY, UM, OF SAFE SPACE FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM, UM, OF ALL AGES, AND YOU SUPPORT THEM AND YOU PROVIDE RESOURCES, AND YOU'VE MADE A HUGE, HUGE IMPACT IN SO MANY FAMILIES.
AND I JUST WANNA JUST TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOU, MY FRIEND AND YOUR TEAM.
AND SO TODAY I AM HONORED TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.
SO, WHEREAS SOUNDS OF AUTISM IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT ESTABLISHED IN 2012, AND IT IS THROUGH THEIR MOVEMENT, UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY INITIATED IN 2021 THAT THEY VET RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES AND WORK WITH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS TO PROVIDE REFERRAL RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT CITIES OF ARIZONA FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER AT RISKS.
AND WHEREAS SOUNDS OF AUTISM REMAINS DEDICATED TO ITS MISSION, TO SAFELY INTEGRATE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN OF AUTISM, INCLUDING OTHER AT RISK INDIVIDUALS BACK INTO SOCIETY THROUGH LOVE AND SUPPORT, RECOGNIZING FAMILIES AS THE LOVE OF THEIR MISSION, AND SUPPORT AS ENCOMPASSING AGENCIES, COMMUNITY OFFICIALS, EMPLOYERS, EDUCATORS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND WHEREAS SOUND OF AUTISM PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO MANY FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE GAPS IN SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS, EARLY INTERVENTION, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND AT RISK TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE AS ADULTS.
AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SOUNDS OF AUTISM'S, UNITED RESPONDER COMMUNITY ENCOURAGES UNITY AMONGST ALL ARIZONANS TO SHOW COMPASSION AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING LIFE ON A SPECTRUM AND OTHERS AT RISK AS THEY BRING A VOICE TO AUTISM AND WORK TO BRIDGE GAPS.
ONE STEP ONE, CITY ONE A CRE AT A TIME AND SOUNDS OF AUTISM DEFINES THAT ACE ACRE AS A FOR AUTISM AT RISK.
FAMILIES, C FOR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY OFFICIALS ARE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS OF ALL TYPES, AND E FOR EMPLOYERS AND EDUCATORS, WHICH THEY BELIEVE REPRESENTS THE UNITY THEY STRIVE TO FOSTER AMONG ALL.
NOW THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AVONDALE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF AVONDALE, ARIZONA, HEREBY PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER, 2025 AS UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY MONTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND COUNCIL MEMBER BER CONDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION WE APPRECIATE AND SO DOES THE WEST VALLEY MAYOR.
MY NAME IS CHA AL AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR UNIFIED INITIATIVES FOR, UH, SOUNDS OF AUTISM.
WE ARE A WEST VALLEY NONPROFIT WORKING WITH FAMILIES IN YOUR BACKYARD, MAYOR HERE IN AVONDALE, HERE IN THE WEST VALLEY, SUPPORTING FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING WITH CHALLENGES, UH, LIVING ON THE SPECTRUM, OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND CRISIS IN YOUR BACKYARD.
MAYOR, WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
[00:30:01]
COMPASSION AND EMPATHY FOR THOSE FAMILIES LIVING IN YOUR BACKYARD.WE WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE WANNA THANK OUR CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE THAT BELONGS TO THIS CITY, THIS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, EMBRACING THOSE FAMILIES, YOU EXEMPLIFY HAVING COMPASSION AND HAVING EMPATHY FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT STRUGGLE EVERY DAY, EACH DAY, DAY IN, DAY OUT.
WE WANT TO THANK YOUR POLICE, CHIEF POLICE ESPINOZA, AND YOUR FIRE CHIEF ROONEY FOR WORKING WITH US, FOR CALLING US WHEN THOSE CRISES ARE HAPPENING IN REAL TIME, CALLING US AND OUR TEAM TO ARRIVE AND HELP THOSE FAMILIES.
WE WANT TO THANK YOUR RESOURCE CENTER.
YOUR RESOURCE CENTER IS THE BEST IN THE WEST VALLEY.
WE HAVE GREAT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, UH, RESOURCE CENTERS, BUT YOUR RESOURCE CENTER HAS STOOD OUT.
THE WORK MAYOR THAT YOU, VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DIRECTING TO THE RESOURCE CENTER.
THOSE STAFF MEMBERS EMBRACE US, HAVE EMBRACED THE FAMILIES, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
WE WANNA THANK YOUR, UM, YOUR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN.
WE WANNA THANK THE NEWLY POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY WHO ARE GONNA HELP THOSE FAMILIES, OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE RUNNING INTO DANGER EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HELPING THESE FAMILIES.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ARRIVE TO A HOUSE FIRE AND THERE'S SOMEONE THERE THAT'S NONVERBAL.
THAT PERSON IS EITHER SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH OR HAS, UH, AUTISM.
AND THEY KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED NOT ONLY WITH US MAYOR, BUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT SOUNDS OF AUTISM HAS BEEN UNIFYING THE WEST VALLEY FROM, FROM, UH, UH, FROM TALLEST AND ALL THE WAY IN BETWEEN, ALL THE WAY UP TO SURPRISE AND SUN CITY.
WE'RE WORKING TO UNIFY EVERYBODY, MAYOR.
SO WE WANNA JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY.
CRICKET AND I, OUR FOUNDER COULDN'T THANK YOU, JUST THE TWO OF US.
SO WE BROUGHT SOME SUPPORTERS WITH US RIGHT BEHIND US, AND FROM OUR FREE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, EAST LAS, UH, MARIA BRUNER WITH, UH, CREDIT UNION WEST, THEY EXEMPLIFY OUR PRIVATE AND PART AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.
MAYOR, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
SO WE WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, OVER THE LAST 12 PLUS MONTHS.
WE'VE KEPT A RUBRIC ON WORKING WITH YOU, MAYOR AND YOUR TEAM, UH, UNBEKNOWNST TO YOU EACH TIME WE'RE MEETING WITH YOU AND WE'RE CHECKING THE BOXES, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A BOX TO CHECK, BECAUSE YOU'VE EXEMPLIFIED EMBRACING YOUR COMMUNITY, MAYOR, AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
AND TED, THAT YOU ARE A UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY, UH, BY WAY OF EXEMPLIFYING THAT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE BROUGHT A COUPLE ITEMS FOR YOU, MAYOR.
ONE I'D LIKE TO, TO READ, AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, CITY.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE TO YOU, MAYOR UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY CERTIFICATE.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO CITY OF AVONDALE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF AVONDALE LEADERS FOR COMPLETING THE FIRST PHASE OF SOUNDS OF AUTISM'S UNIFIED RESPONDER COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.
THIS CERTIFICATE CERTIFIES THAT THE CITY OF AVONDALE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LEADERS WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, LEADERS WITHIN RESOURCE CENTER, RECREATION CENTER, LEADERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS, AND MANY NONPROFITS HAVE COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE ADAPTIVE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE CITY OF AVONDALE VAL THAT NOW SERVES THE NEEDS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITHIN THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
MAYOR, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME ONE LAST THING, WE'D LIKE TO THANK PERSONALLY THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI.
SHE HAS TAKEN IT UPON HERSELF TO REACH OUT TO, UH, CRICKET BARTOS, THE FOUNDER OF SOUNDS OF AUTISM, HAS WORKED DIRECTLY WITH HER SON, LANDON, WE WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REACHING OUT.
IT MEANS A WORLD TO THE FAMILY, BUT THAT'S EXEMPLIFIES THIS LEADERSHIP OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS COUNCIL.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR LEADING THIS CITY.
WE WANNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU AND UNIFYING ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL, UH, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.
BUT YOU'VE SET THE STANDARD AND IT'S REALLY HIGH.
AND, UH, WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR, AND WE'D LOVE TO LEAVE YOU WITH, UH, THIS, WE'D LEFT YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION YOU ALL HAVE, CAN'T READ IT ALL, LEFT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE.
AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE MAYOR TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS RECOGNITION, UH, ON BEHALF OF SOUNDS OF AUTISM AND OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE WITH YOU WITH THE TO OF A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
MAYOR, I'LL LEAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
UH, RON, REALLY QUICKLY, RON, AND I'M, I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT AND I, I APOLOGIZE, UH, FOR DOING THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, A WEEK AGO OR SO, MEETING WITH A LOCAL RESIDENT THAT HAD A QUESTION REGARDING ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WHOSE CHILD WAS AUTISTIC, UH, AND WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO ASKED ME ABOUT SIGNAGE, THEN I, UH, PROMPTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT THAT TO YOU.
JUST CAN YOU SHARE WHERE THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE SORTS OF, OF, UM, ACTION STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN HERE IN THE AVONDALE COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL LEAVE THAT STUFF THERE.
LET'S GET PICTURES WITH COUNCIL AND, AND THE MAYOR TO RECEIVE THOSE AWARDS AND WE'LL GET PICTURES.
[00:35:01]
WE HAVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHER HERE TONIGHT.UH, WE'D LOVE TO GET THOSE PICTURES WITH YOUR GROUP, UH, BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
UH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS WE HAVE THE AVY WISE TICKET SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND JUST SUBMIT A REQUEST AND IT GOES TO OUR CITY ENGINEER, UH, CAN RAISE YOUR HAND, KIM, IN THE BACK.
UH, WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR REVIEWING SIGNAGE REQUESTS, UH, FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DIFFERENT TRAFFIC MEASURES.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE CITY ENGINEERS, UH, DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE CITY MAIN NUMBER, UM, OR YOU CAN CALL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND WE'LL GET YOU IN CONTACT.
WE HAVE A PROCESS TO FOLLOW, UH, THAT WE EVALUATE.
AND THEN, UM, UH, KIM GETS BACK TO, OR KIM OR HER TEAM MEMBER GETS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER ABOUT THE OUTCOME.
UM, WE HAVE ADDED, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, A FEW OF THOSE SIGNS IN A COUPLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I JUST WANTED TO, JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT IF RESIDENTS ARE NOT AWARE AND HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE WHO MAY BE ON THE SPECTRUM, UM, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SOME OF THIS SORT OF ASSISTANCE THAT THE CITY DOES, DOES OFFER THAT.
SO THANK YOU, RON FOR, FOR SHARING THAT.
[d. Proclamation - Epilepsy Awareness Month]
UH, NEXT ITEM PLEASE.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION ON EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE, UH, UH, GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER SOLORIO TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS.
UH, SO I HAVE THE PROCLAMATION, EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH.
IF I CAN HAVE THE COOK FAMILY COME TO THE FRONT HERE, THE PODIUM.
I HAVE HAD THE FORTUNE OF KNOWING TARA, WHICH IS MOM FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
AND, UH, THIS IS HER SON, WESLEY, WHO IS NINE YEARS OLD WHO SUFFERS FROM EPILEPSY.
SO WE ARE HERE TO READ, UH, THE PROCLAMATION FOR EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH.
WHEREAS EPILEPSY IS A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, CAUSING UNPREDICTABLE SEIZURES AND OTHER HEALTH CHALLENGES.
AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 3.4 MILLION AMERICANS, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 77,000 ARIZONANS, ARE LIVING WITH EPILEPSY, MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN THE NATION.
AND WHEREAS DESPITE ITS PREVALENCE, EPILEPSY REMAINS WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD, AND MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH EPILEPSY FACE STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION, AND BARRIERS TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTHCARE.
AND WHEREAS INCREASING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF EPILEPSY, RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF A SEIZURE, PROMOTING SEIZURE FIRST AID CAN HELP SAVE LIVES, REDUCE FEAR, AND CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS AN EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH, PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, SUPPORT, RESEARCH, AND HONOR THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THOSE LIVING WITH EPILEPSY AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY OF AVONDALE JOINS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN RAISING AWARENESS, PROMOTING ACCEPTANCE, AND WORKING TOWARD A FUTURE FREE OF CHALLENGES OF EPILEPSY.
AND ONE THING MOM WANTED TO SHARE IS THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS MANY TIMES BEEN TO THEIR HOME.
SHE PROVIDED PICTURES FOR ME TO SHARE WITH CITY MANAGER FROM THE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND AS WELL AS AMBULANCE WHOS BEEN OUT TO THEIR HOME.
WOULD YOU LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH, WITH THOSE WHO ARE HERE?
HE HAD HIS FIRST SEIZURE AT MVP KIDS CARE IN THE PARKING LOT, AND A FIRE TRUCK HAD JUST PULLED UP AT, UM, NEXT CARE FOR A FAULTY FIRE ALARM.
IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING, LIKE THEY WERE JUST IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AND NOW FAST FORWARD, WE'RE IN SURGICAL TESTING RIGHT NOW FOR HIM.
UM, HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AT PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, BUT HIS SEIZURES ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY MEDICATION.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN TURN INTO AN EMERGENCY AT ANY TIME.
AND I THINK JUST THE AWARENESS IS SO IMPORTANT, JUST KNOWING WHAT TO DO, HOW TO HELP SOMEBODY, HAVING A SEIZURE, TIMING IT, RESCUE MEDS IF THEY HAVE 'EM, JUST ALL OF THAT.
SO THANKS TO, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR, UH, MAKING THIS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S AN AWARENESS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE LIVING WITH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, ONE IN 26.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO OUR ATTENTION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHARING YOUR STORY AND, AND CONNECTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO ON THIS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
IF THEY, THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO SIT DOWN.
IF THEY WANNA BE FIRST, UH, THEY CAN COME UP HERE AND WE'LL GET PICTURES.
YOU'LL BE FIRST, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO PICTURES IF YOU DON'T MIND.
[00:51:59]
THIS[00:52:00]
ONE[00:52:00]
IS, UM, THE APPLICANT FOR ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE, OKAY, MAX.YOU KNOW, I THINK BERRY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE JEN SAID SHE WAS GONNA, I WAS LIKE, UH, CRANBERRY.
THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW, I HAVE, AND I LIKE I TELL WHENEVER YOU WANT.
HAVE, YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO STEPPED OUT FOR A SECOND, SO JUST WAIT FOR THEM.
[3. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES]
OKAY.ITEM THREE, UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
UM, PLEASE, IF YOU WILL COME TO THE PODIUM, AND I APOLOGIZE, APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME, BUT WE HAVE BEN RUDI.
WELL, I GUESS I KNOW HOW TO GO.
THERE WERE MORE GUNS IN HERE THAN HAD A GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY TO START.
MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BEN RUDY, I LIVE IN GARDEN LAKES AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I HOPE YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO WHEN I GO TO A, A COMMUNITY CIVIC EVENT OR A MAJOR SPORT, UH, SPORTING VENUE.
AND SOME PSEUDO CELEBRITY DECIDES THEY'RE GONNA GIVE THEIR
[00:55:01]
VERSION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.AND THERE ARE SOME JUST HORRIBLE VERSIONS THAT YOU HEAR ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, OR, OH, MONDAY NIGHT, FOOTBALL'S TONIGHT.
ANYWAY, UM, I HOPE YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO CHANGE.
THE LORD'S PRAYER, UH, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND IT'S THE THIRD ONE I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THERE WAS A PICTURE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, A PICTURE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND A FLAG IN THE CORNER.
AND EVERY MORNING YOU'D STAND, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND YOU RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WELL, APPARENTLY THAT OFFENDED SOME PEOPLE, SO WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS BODY OPENS A MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
NOT SO PROUD TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THESE PSEUDO CELEBRITIES DUE TO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
I MEAN, IT'S LOST SOME OF THE, UH, UH, UH, THE FEELING.
UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A JUMP ROPE SING, SONGY CHANT.
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.
I MEAN, WE TAKE A SIMPLE TEN SECOND THING AND WE THROW IN NINE EXTRA COMMAS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NOW IN 1954, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER IN CONGRESS INSERTED THE WORDS UNDER GOD, NO, COMMA, IT'S ONE THOUGHT, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
THAT WAS BECAUSE THE GODLESS COMMUNISTS WERE GONNA TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY.
AND WE WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW WE WERE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THEN INDIVISIBLE, THAT WAS A THROWBACK ONTO THE, UM, CIVIL WAR.
AND OUR COUNTRY COULD NOT BE DIVIDED.
UH, AND THEN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO 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.
NOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT SAY IT CORRECTLY, MAYBE ROTARIES AND SOME VETERANS GROUPS, BUT, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND IT'S NOT AN, UH, AN ITEM WE CAN VOTE ON, BUT IN THE FUTURE, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DIRECT, UH, STAFF AND, AND, UH, TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A 10, 15 SECOND THING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO HELP US STAY ON TRACK WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS IT SHOULD BE SAID.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
BOY, WAS THAT TIMING,
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF COUNSEL WHO WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? YES, ITEM E MAYOR.
CAN WE GET A VOTE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM E.
GOT A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR NIELSEN, PLEASE VOTE.
[e. Resolution 1068-1125 - Canvass of Votes for the November 4, 2025 Special Election]
MEMBER WHITE.UM, ITEM E IS, UH, RESOLUTION 1 0 6 8 DASH 1 2 5 CANVAS OF VOTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 SPECIAL ELECTION.
UM, I HAD WANTED TO JUST, UM, HEAR FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED, UM, FROM THE COUNTY IN REGARDS TO THE VOTER POPULATION THAT PARTICIPATED.
UM, AND I THINK THERE WERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I'D SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR RESPONSE TO.
UM, THE QUESTION WAS REGARDING, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND AT THIS TIME WE ONLY HAVE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL PARTY DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC, WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM EACH AGE VOTED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPARABLE INFORMATION.
SO IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LARGEST GROUP OF VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 4TH WAS THE BABY BOOMERS.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT GEN, UH, THE GENERATIONS WITH, UH, 40% OF THE VOTERS WERE BABY BOOMERS.
26, 20 6% OF THE VOTERS WERE GEN X.
19% OF THE VOTERS WERE MILLENNIALS.
AND THEN THE SILENT GENERATION, WHICH IS ANYONE, 80 PLUS IS 7% OF THE VOTERS.
[01:00:01]
FOR POLITICAL PARTIES, OUR, UM, THAT IS EASIER TO SEE THE VOTER TURNOUT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MANY REGISTERED VOTERS ARE IN EACH POLITICAL PARTY.FOR THE CITY OF AVONDALE, THE LARGEST, UH, POLITICAL PARTY IS ACTUALLY PARTY NOT DESIGNATED.
SO THE INDEPENDENT WITH 19,000 VOTERS AND ONLY 10% OF THEM TURNED OUT TO VOTE FOR NOVEMBER.
UM, THE DEMOCRAT DE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS THE HIGHEST WITH 22% TURNOUT, AND THEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS SECOND WITH 21% TURNOUT, UM, FOLLOWED WITH THE GREEN PARTY AT 9%, LIBERTARIAN AT 14%, AND THEN THE NO LABELS PARTY AT 5%.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, MARCELLA.
IS THERE ANY OTHER STATEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
I MOVE TO ACCEPT ITEM FOUR E WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CLERK.
I DON'T SEE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED, BUT DO WE DO A VOICE VOTE? MARCELLA? I THINK I NEED A SECOND.
MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI, ABSENT.
WAS THAT THE, THE PREVIOUS ONE? YES.
SO WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEISS, PLEASE VOTE.
[a. Public Hearing and Resolution 1073-1125 — Avondale Tech Center – Minor General Plan Amendment – Application PL-25-0120]
[b. Public Hearing and Ordinance 2041-1125 – Avondale Tech Center – Rezoning – Application PL-25-0121]
[c. Avondale Tech Center – Comprehensive Sign Plan – Application PL-25-0181]
ON NEXT ITEM PLEASE.UP NEXT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION TO, UH, FOR AVONDALE TECH CENTER, MINOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT.
I BELIEVE MONICA, UH, OUR SENIOR PLANNER IS GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M MONICA S SMITHY SENIOR PLAN.
I'M PRESENTING THE AGENDA ITEMS FIVE A, FIVE B, AND FIVE C.
ITEMS FIVE A AND FIVE B ARE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. UH, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AVENDALE TECH CENTER, MINOR GENERAL PLAN, AMENDMENT, REZONE AND COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN APPLICATIONS, PA DASH 25 DASH 0 1 20 PA DASH 25 DASH 0 1 21 NPL DASH 25 DASH 81.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED MINOR GENERAL PLAN, AMENDMENT, REZONE AND COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN.
UH, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MINOR, MINOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON EACH ITEM.
UM, THE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS, UM, IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A VACANT COUNTY ISLAND ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, EAST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES BORDERED BY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY BORDERS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT NAMED FAIRWAY 10 AND ZONED AVONDALE 50.
UH, PLAN AREA DEVELOPMENT, UH, SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS.
UH, THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE SITES LOOKING NORTH ALONG HUNDRED AND 19TH AVENUE TOWARD I 10 FREEWAY.
UH, THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT IS FAIRWAY 10 AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE AREA ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE, AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE SITES LOOKING SOUTH ALONG HUNDRED AND 17TH AVENUE.
THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT IS A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE, THE AREA ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED, UH, SITE.
SO THE FIRST REQUEST IS A MINOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM MIXED USE TO BUSINESS PARK.
AND THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM CITY CENTER DISTRICT TO AVONDALE TECH CENTER PLAN AREA DEVELOPMENT WITH UNDERLYING ZONING OF COMMERCE PARK.
UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SITE IS THE ONLY REMAINING PARCEL IN CITY OF AVONDALE WITH CCD ZONING DESIGNATION.
THE PROPOSED USE, UH, DEVIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMERCE PARK ZONING DISTRICT WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS.
A MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION IS CHANGING FROM CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PERMITTED USE.
RETAIL SALES, UM, IS CHANGING FROM CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PERMITTED USE.
WAREHOUSING IS CHANGING FROM ACCESSORY USE TO PERMITTED USE, AND WHOLESALING IS CHANGING FROM NOT PERMITTED TO PERMITTED USE.
UM, THERE ISN'T ANY SIGNIFICANT, UH, DEVIATION CHANGE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM
[01:05:01]
BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 35 FEET TO 55 FEETIN TERMS OF THE, THE PROPOSAL, IT IS FOR AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS TO SUPPORT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSING AND OFFICE USES, THERE ARE THREE BUILDINGS ON THE SITE, EACH WITH AN AREA OF OVER 200,000 SQUARE FEET WITH SEVEN 20 PARKING SPACES IN TOTAL, A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS.
UM, ALL PROJECT RELATED SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL BE ROUTED TO THE FAIRWAY DRIVE INTERCHANGE VIA A HUNDRED AND 19TH AND CORPORATE DRIVE TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE PROJECTS TRAFFIC STUDY DETERMINED THAT IN THE FUTURE, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED BASED ON THIS TRAFFIC VOLUME GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE DEVELOPER WILL CONTRIBUTE AN AGREED UPON AMOUNT TOWARD CONSTRUCTING A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF CORPORATE DRIVE AND FAIRWAY DRIVE.
STAFF ANALYSIS FINDS THAT PROPOSED MINOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT MEETS ALL THE FOUR REQUIRED FINDINGS OUTLINED IN THE GENERAL PLAN 2030, INCLUDING MEETING THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THE STAFF FINDS THE PAD REZONED CONSISTENT WITH THE FIVE REQUIRED FINDINGS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS WELL.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN GENERAL.
PLAN 2030, UM, THE PROJECTS SHALL MEET COMMERCE PARK DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL FOLLOW THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, UM, DESIGN MANUALS, AND ANY OTHER REGULATIONS UNLESS MODIFIED THE PROJECT HAS MET ALL THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, UH, HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.
THERE WAS ONE ATTENDEE PRESENT.
ASIDE FROM THE APPLICANT'S TEAM AND CITY STAFF, A DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDED POTENTIAL TENANTS, TRUCK CIRCULATION, PROPOSED AMENITY AREA PROJECT TIMELINE.
UH, TO DATE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, MENTIONING THAT THE SITE ALREADY BEING ADVERTISED FOR LEASE AND QUESTION THE NEED FOR PUBLIC HEARING IF THE PROJECT APPEARS ALREADY APPROVED.
WE, WE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025.
UH, DURING THE DISCUSSION, A COMMISSIONER ASKED ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR INSTALLING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CORPORATE DRIVE AND FAIRWAY DRIVE.
STAFF EXPLAINED THAT INSTALLATION WILL BEGIN ONCE THE NEW BUILDINGS ARE OCCUPIED AND TRAFFIC VOLUMES MEET THE REQUIRED THRESHOLD.
NO FIRM CONSTRUCTION DATE HAS BEEN SET, THOUGH WE HAVE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT INCLUDES A GENERAL 10 YEARS OF TIMELINE TO COMPLETE THE SIGNAL.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION REGARDING, UH, THE POTENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY NEED AT THE INTERSECTION DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.
UH, SO FOLLOWING THE HEARING AND AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH CITY ENGINEER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL CAN BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, FOR THE PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES, LANES CAN BE NARROWED AND THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL CAN BE SET AT A SKEW TO FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF THE COMMISSION CHAIR.
ALSO ASKED IF THE PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT INCREASED FROM 35 FEET TO 55 FEET MATCHES NEARBY STRUCTURES FOR THAT STAFF CONFIRMED, UM, THE, THE, THE HEIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING MULTIFAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WERE NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, THE PROJECT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY BY THE VOTE OF 6 2 0.
SO THE FINAL ITEM OF THIS PRESENTATION IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN FOR AVONDALE TECH CENTER.
APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE REQUESTED DEVIATIONS EXCEED 25% OF THE SIGN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, HERE IS THE GRAPHIC SHOWING, UM, THE CENTER IDENTIFICATION MONUMENT SIGN DESIGN.
THE REQUEST IS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA FROM 60 SQUARE FEET TO 96 SQUARE FEET.
ANOTHER DEVIATION REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FREEWAY FACING WALL SIGNS WITH A MAXIMUM
[01:10:01]
SIGN AREA OF 1.5 SQUARE FEET PER LINEAL FOOT, AND A MAXIMUM SIGN SIZE OF ONE 50 SQUARE FEET IN THE PROPOSED PLAN AREA DEVELOPMENT WITH UNDERLYING COMMERCE PARK ZONING DISTRICT WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE FOR AVONDALE TECH CENTER AND APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN.UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
STAFF IS READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE A.
MARCEL, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, STEVEN ANDERSON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF STEVEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL NOW, OR ONLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, SO COUNSEL, JUST BE AWARE THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, IS HERE, OR AT LEAST SOMEBODY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY.
SO HEARING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? OKAY.
JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISUNDERSTAND.
UM, DID YOU SAY IT CAN TAKE UP TO 10 YEARS FOR THE, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON FAIRWAY? UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE A GENERAL TIMELINE MM-HMM
UM, HOWEVER, IT DEPENDS ON THE, THE PROCESS ONCE THE BUILDINGS ARE OCCUPIED AND WHEN THE T CERTAIN THRESHOLD IS MET OKAY.
FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEN THE WORK CAN COMMENCE SOONER.
MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF I MAY? SURE.
SO THE 10 YEAR LIMIT IS ON THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, DEVELOPER.
SO THE LIGHTS, IF IT TAKES LONGER THAN 10 CAN OR LESS, BUT THE FUNDING THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS DEDICATED TO THE LIGHT HAS A 10 YEAR LIFESPAN.
WE WILL EVALUATE THE TRAFFIC AS THE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT AND THE TRAFFIC BEGINS, AND AS SOON AS IT MEETS WARRANTS, WE'LL INSTALL THE, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHT.
AND THEN I HAD JUST ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION, WHICH WAS THE EMPLOYEE AMENITY.
YOU, THERE'S A LITTLE PICTURE OF IT ON ONE OF THOSE SCREENS.
UM, PICKLEBALL COURTS
THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD.
IS THAT LIKE AN AREA OF RESPITE FOR THEM TO GO TO OR JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT WAS? YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER WISE, UH, THE EMPLOYEE AMENITY AREA WILL BE FOR THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC.
I JUST, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR, OKAY.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM SOMEONE IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE TRUCK CIRCULATION.
CAN YOU KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES.
THERE TO, UH, THIS, THE TRUCK CIRCULATION, WE, WE HAVE A DEFINED ROUTE OKAY.
TRUCKS TO MINE TRUCKS SPECIFICALLY, UM, THEY, THEY WILL BE ROUTED VIA CORPORATE DRIVE, UM, AND THE FAIRWAY EXCHANGE TO IET AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER ARTERIAL STREETS WILL ONLY BE FOR THE CAR TRAFFIC FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF SOMEONE, IF THERE WAS A TRUCK GOING DOWN VAN BUREN, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO FAIRWAY AND THEN CUT ACROSS, OR CAN THEY GO UP ONE 17TH AND ONE NINE, I'M SORRY, ONE 19TH.
CURRENTLY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, VAN BUREN IS, VAN VAN BUREN IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR THE TRUCK CIRCULATION.
SO IT WITH OTHER, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TRUCK ROUTE FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE ONLY, THE TRUCKS CIRCULATION IS ALLOWED AND, AND VAN BUREN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT DESIGNATION DESIGNATED ROUTE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILOR CON, IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY.
SO, UM, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS IT CAN'T EXIT ONTO VAN BUREN OR AVONDALE BOULEVARD.
THIS TRAFFIC NEEDS TO GO TO FAIRWAY, UH, DRIVE, UH, AND THEN GO NORTH OR SOUTH DEPENDING ON, ON WHICH WAY THEY'RE GOING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A, A TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN STUDY THAT WILL BETTER DESIGNATE OUR TRUCK ROUTES.
THE GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO KEEP TRUCK TRAFFIC OFF AVONDALE BOULEVARD BETWEEN VAN BUREN AND MCDOWELL MINUS LOCAL TRAFFIC FOR MAYBE THE HOTELS OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
ONCE THAT IS FINISHED AND WE BEGIN TO ENFORCE THAT TRUCKS COULD BE TICKETED, UH, FOR USING AVONDALE BOULEVARD.
[01:15:01]
ON WHAT HAPPENS ON THE A HUNDRED AND 19TH, IT'S JUST NOT CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN.THE PLAN IS FOR THEM TO GO ALL THE WAY TO, UM, FAIRWAY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
REMEMBER, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG ONE 19, AND THEN WE HAVE APARTMENTS COMING IN TO, ON THE EAST SIDE OF ONE 19.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE TRUCK TRAFFIC NEXT TO THE, UH, COMMERCIAL AREAS.
SO THERE'S THE BIG SIGNAGE THAT THEY WANNA MAKE IT HIGHER.
WHERE, WHERE IS THAT FACING? IS THAT GONNA BE FACING NORTH? IS THAT GONNA BE FACING SOUTH? THANK YOU MAYOR.
SO WE WILL HAVE A SIGNAGE PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TRUCK CIRCULATION, AND THEY WILL BE PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THE EXISTING SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND THERE WILL BE A CONVERSATION, UH, BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY ENGINEER AND, UH, THE ADOT ABOUT THE DIRECTING THE TRAFFIC FROM I 10 TO THE CITY.
AND THAT SIGNAGE, WE HAVE NOT DESIGNED THAT ONE YET, BUT IT'S A FUTURE CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
YOU HAD, UM, A SLIDE THAT SHOWED THAT YOU WANTED A DIFF UH, THE SIGNAGE TO BE HIGHER, TALLER.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? OH, MR. MAYOR.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI, THE DEVELOPER MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTION OF EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THAT SIGN.
THIS IS THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE THE DEVELOPER'S HERE, SO WE CAN ASK IF THEY'VE PICKED A LOCATION TO PUT IN THEIR PERMIT.
STEVEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT 20TH MEETING? YEAH, THAT'S 12.
MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR RECORD.
STEVEN ANDERSON, GAMMON BURNHAM, 40 NORTH CENTRAL 20TH FLOOR IN PHOENIX.
ON BEHALF OF IAN EQUITY, I'M BEING JOINED BY OUR SIGNAGE CONSULTANT.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME'S STEVEN JOHNSON.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING IMPERIAL SIGNS, THE, UH, SIGN CONSULTANT ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONDI, A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT TRUCK ISSUES AND THEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THESE SIGNS.
WE DO HAVE A STIPULATION THAT REQUIRES US TO, UH, POST SIGNAGE FOR, UM, TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT IS NOT A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN THAT IS TO BE DESIGNED LATER AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY STAFF, UM, DURING THE BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS.
THIS SIGNAGE IS PART OF JUST OUR COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN, WHICH IS ITEM FIVE C ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND MR. JOHNSON IS THE EXPERT ON THAT IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN.
AND DID YOU WANT HIM TO SPEAK TO THIS? YES, PLEASE.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHEREABOUTS ON THE PROPERTY IS IT GONNA BE LOCATED? YEAH, SO ABSOLUTELY THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SIGN WILL BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE AMENITY AREA.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE AS WELL FOR THE DEVELOPER.
THERE WAS SOME I 10 FACING SIGNAGE, UM, BUT THAT I 10 FACING SIGNAGE WOULD BE ACTUALLY FACING A, UM, MARICOPA COUNTY ISLAND.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU BRING UP THE FULL MAP BEFORE A LITTLE FURTHER AND, UH, BEFORE I THINK IT'S YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, UH, THIS ONE, YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT.
THIS WILL BE FACING THE COUNTY ISLAND, HOWEVER, THE VISIBILITY WILL BE FROM THE ISLAND AS WELL.
SO IF THE COUNTY DECIDES TO PUT SOMETHING THERE, IT WOULD BE BLOCKED.
MI MS. I'M LET MONICA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
MONICA, CAN YOU PULL UP THAT MAP? THANK YOU, MONICA.
ONE THAT SHOWS THE, UH, THE TRIANGLE, UH, PROPERTY.
THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE TRIANGLE OF THE, UM, COUNTY, UH, AREA WHERE YOU SHOWED THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH BOUNDARIES.
SO MA'AM, YOU ARE CORRECT THERE IS THAT ISLAND THERE? IT IT'S A COUNTY, UH, ISLAND IN THAT IT IS, UH, LAND IN THE COUNTY, NOT IN THE CITY.
SO IT'S, UH, UH, A, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, MONICA, YOU SAID THAT WAS A CURRENTLY DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL, I THINK IS WHAT I HEARD.
THAT HAS A COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION AND THERE IS A CERTAIN HEIGHT LIMIT TO IT THAT IS LESS THAN THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS AT AVONDALE TECH CENTER.
AND MR. MAYOR, COUNCILOR WHITE, UH, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO FIND A, UM, USER FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BUILD ON IT.
AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM, UM, ON THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY.
SOMETHING BIG COULD GO THERE, BUT MY, UH, EDUCATED GUESS IS THAT IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, UM, TO BE, TO BE DEVELOPED.
'CAUSE IF IT'S ANYTHING OF ANY, ANY, UH, MAGNITUDE WILL NEED A, A CITY, UH, BUY-IN.
[01:20:01]
ANYBODY ELSE.SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A HUGE WIN AND GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY IN THAT I KNOW THAT MANY OF US IN HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT LIVE HERE, WORK HERE, UH, TYPE OF, UH, FUTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG AND WORKING TOWARDS THEIR CAREER CHOICES.
AND SO JUST A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO JEN AND HER TEAM AND FOR THE APPLICANT FOR INVESTING IN THIS PROJECT.
AND I KNOW THAT JEN AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY HARD, UH, TRAVELING IN AND OUTTA STATE, UH, TO FIND, UM, TENANTS TO FILL THIS SPACE THAT ARE GONNA BRING, AGAIN, THOSE HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT IN CONVERSATION AND EVEN TONIGHT, UM, TALKING ABOUT TRUCKS AND SEMI-TRUCK HAS BEEN, UM, DISCUSSED BASED UPON WHAT I'VE READ, IS THAT, UH, UNLIKE ACROSS THE WAY AT THE FAIRWAY 10 INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, WHERE THIS IS REALLY DESIGNATED AND THE BUILDING IS DESIGNATED FOR, UH, CARGO, UH, AND LOADING DOCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL NOT, UH, WHILE IT MIGHT HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY FOR, UH, SOME, UM, IN SOME PRODUCTS TO BE OFFLOADED, IT'S REALLY JUST NOT, UM, THE SAME AS WHAT YOU WOULD FIND NEXT DOOR AT FAIRWAY 10 WHEN WE THINK OF, OF, UH, WAREHOUSES.
FAIRWAY 10 WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD NOT FIT THE BILL HERE, PER SE.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, BASED UPON GEX REPORT, UH, THAT THIS, THIS PROJECT COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE AN ESTIMATED $30 MILLION IN DIRECT TAX REVENUE AND CREATE UP TO A THOUSAND JOBS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AGAIN, I JUST THINK IT'S A HUGE WIN.
AND SO KUDOS TO JEN AND HER TEAM, TO THE APPLICANT AS WELL.
AND, UM, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO, TO GET MOVING.
AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I SEE THAT WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WEIS, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, IF WE CAN ALL VOTE ON ITEM FIVE A.
AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE B.
OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, STEVEN HERE, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
OTHER THAN THAT, MARCELLA, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
OKAY, THERE AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE B.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN? AND IF NOT, I SEE WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, WE CAN PLEASE VOTE ON ITEM FIVE B.
AND ITEM FIVE C IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I WILL NEED A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM IN REGARDS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN.
MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WEISS AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, CAN WE PLEASE VOTE? ITEM PASSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVESTMENT IN AVONDALE AND JEN GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU, GET SOME TENANTS IN THERE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL.
HEY RON, I, UH, NEXT ITEM PLEASE, MR. MAYOR
[d. Public Hearing and Ordinance 2042-1125 - Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments - Chapter 28, Article 1 (Administration and Procedures); Article 5 (Special Districts; Overlays) - Application PL-25-0189]
AND COUNCIL.UP NEXT, WE HAVE, UH, JOSH, UH, YOUR LEAD SENIOR PLANNER, UH, TO ALSO MAKE, UH, SEVERAL, UH, PRESENTATIONS IN ONE.
THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ITEM FIVE D IS A BOULEVARD ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT.
THIS IS A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT, AND THIS IS APPLICATION PL 25 DASH 0 1 8 9.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE, TEXT AMENDMENTS, UH, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
SO, TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, THE AVONDALE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN 1951 WITH THE MOST RECENT UPDATES BEING APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THIS UPDATE SEEK SEEKS TO REFINE THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO ALIGN THE BOULEVARD DISTRICT WITH CURRENT ECONOMIC TRENDS, AS WELL AS ADD NEW AND EXCITING USES TO THE ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND GOALS OF THE BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN.
THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS AMENDMENT WILL ADD DEFINITIONS TO, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS, AS WELL AS REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF A VIDEO CA VIDEO GAME, ARCADE, OR GAME ROOM.
UH, WITH THESE ADDED DEFINITIONS, YOU COULD NOW SEE, UH, THINGS SUCH AS AN ESPORTS ARENA AT THE BOULEVARD, UH, THAT WOULD HOST COMPETITIVE VIDEO GAME RELATED EVENTS WITH SPECTATORS.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU COULD SEE FOOD HALLS AND CULINARY MARKETPLACES COMING INTO THE BOULEVARD.
[01:25:01]
WITH A COLLECTION OF ARTISANAL RESTAURANTS, UH, THAT CONGREGATE AND SHARE A SHARED, UH, DINING SPACE.THE NEXT AMENDMENT WILL REVISE THE LAND USE MATRIX FOR THE BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL ADD THESE LAND USES, AS WELL AS MODIFY THE CONDITIONS FOR EXISTING ALLOWED USES.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHANGE IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME INTO THE BOULEVARD WITHOUT THE NEED OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UH, THIS WILL ALSO CHANGE, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FROM A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS FOR COMMERCIAL SPORT COMPLEXES AND CONVENTION CENTERS AND EXHIBITION HALLS.
THE, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC USES THAT ARE BEING MODIFIED ARE A GAS STATION THAT IS ACCESSORY TO A GROCERY STORE.
AND GROCERY STORE IS OVER 36,000 SQUARE FEET.
GROCERY STILL, UH, GROCERY STORES WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO SPECIALTY SERVICES.
UH, THESE CAN INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS INDOOR RIES AND SPECIALTY BEVERAGE STAFF, SUCH AS, UH, SOMMELIER FOR, UM, WINE AND OR CRAFT BEER TASTING ROOMS. UH, THESE COULD ALSO INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS SPECIALTY FOOD COUNTERS LIKE YOU WOULD SEE, UM, CHEESE COUNTERS OR SUSHI BARS, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN I DID WANNA MENTION, UH, THAT WHILE OUTDOOR USES WILL BE ADDED TO THE BOULEVARD, THERE ARE GONNA BE REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTING AND SOUND AMPLIFICATION.
UH, OUTDOOR CONCERT FACILITIES, UH, WHICH WILL BE ADDED WITH THIS AMENDMENT, UH, WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO HAVE LIVE OR RECORDED MUSIC OR SOUND, SOUND AMPLIFICATION BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 PM AND 8:00 AM.
UH, THESE ARE THE BOULEVARD SUBDISTRICTS THAT ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.
UH, THE BOULEVARD SPECIFIC AREA IS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, AND THEN THE GATEWAY DISTRICT, THE PARK AVENUE DISTRICT, THE VILLAGE SUBDISTRICT AND THE PROMENADE SUBDISTRICT ARE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE ADDITIONAL USES.
UH, ONE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT IS TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOULEVARD, UH, ZONING DISTRICT.
THIS LAST AMENDMENT DEALS WITH, UM, THE DISTANCE THAT NEW BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO COUNT PUBLIC PARKING TOWARDS THEIR SPECIFIC USE.
UH, WHAT THIS MEANS, ESSENTIALLY, IS THAT MORE BUSINESSES, SUCH AS THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN SURROUNDING THE LAKE IN THE BOULEVARD, WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE BOULEVARD PARKING GARAGE SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE INCREASING THAT DISTANCE FROM 400 FEET TO ABOUT A QUARTER MILE.
SO ALL REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS WERE COMPLETED FOR THIS ITEM.
THERE WAS A POST ON, UH, AVONDALE CONNECT.
AND TO DATE, NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, UH, VIA THAT SERVICE.
A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 15TH OF THIS YEAR.
THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RAISED, UH, REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY AND DOUBLE COUNTING OF GARAGE SPACES.
UH, STAFF INDICATED THAT THE BOULEVARD IS DESIGNED SO THAT SOMEONE WHO PARKS IN THE GARAGE OR ON THE, UH, IN THE PUBLIC PARKING ON THE STREET, UM, VISITS MORE THAN ONE USE.
AND SO THAT PARKING SPACE, INSTEAD OF BEING PROVIDED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS PROVIDED FOR THAT ONE PERSON WHO'S NOW VISITING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
ALSO, WE INDICATED THAT ACCESSIBLE PARKING WILL STILL BE PROVIDED AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS.
UH, AFTER DISCUSSION MOTION, UH, THE MOTION FOR, UH, APPROVAL WAS PASSED BY SIX ZERO, AND WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM FIVE D.
AND I DID WANNA MENTION, IN ADDITION TO THIS, UM, THAT STAFF WILL BE BRINGING ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE BOULEVARD, UH, FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, THESE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING DONE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH NEW STATE LAWS THAT REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY RATHER THAN GOING TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE D MARCELLA, ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
HEARING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN UP FOR TO COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[01:30:01]
TO THE, UM, PICTORIAL, UH, THE MAPPING OF IT, OF THE BOULEVARD AND THE DEVELOPMENT ZONE? I NOTICED THERE'S A PROPERTY BACK.I THINK THE PROPERTY, UM, SOUTH OF VAN BUREN YES.
IS CONSIDERED A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT ZONE, BUT I, I NOTICED THERE'S A BIG GAP THERE.
UM,
UH, MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US WHO BOUGHT IN THAT AREA WERE BUYING TO BE A PART OF THAT ZONE.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT, YOU CAN SEE THE LINE, THE HOME WHERE IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A RECTANGLE SPACE OF, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO THE BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED, I BELIEVE, IN 2015.
MR. IF I CAN, JOSH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN, WE, I, I'D LIKE JODY TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT JODY WILL HAVE THE ANSWER.
UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGERS.
THE BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019, WHICH REPLACED THE FORMER CITY CENTER DISTRICT, THAT SUBDIVISION, UH, TO THE EAST.
I THINK, UM, I ALWAYS FORGET THE NAME IF IT'S WATERFORD'S.
THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE ORIGINAL CITY CENTER.
AND WHEN WE CREATED THE BOULEVARD, IT WAS SEPARATED.
WE DID MEET WITH HOMEOWNERS THERE THAT WERE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THE BOULEVARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TRAIL CONNECTION ON THEIR NORTH END.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED.
IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A SEPARATE, UH, COMPONENT, JUST LIKE, UM, THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF IT, FRONTING VAN BUREN.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? NO, AGAIN, JUST, UH, YOU SAW A LOT OF THE VERBIAGE THAT WAS UTILIZED AND SOME OF THE NEW USES, UH, WHICH ARE PRETTY EXCITING TO ME.
WHEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE ENTERTAINMENT AND, AND OTHER THINGS, I KNOW I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE TAKING TIME TO MAKE THOSE DESIGNATIONS.
UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING A GROCERY STORE THAT'S OVER 36,000 FEET THAT'S GONNA OFFER DIFFERENT AMENITIES, I THINK WOULD BE VERY, VERY EXCITING AS WELL.
SO ON THIS ITEM, WE FOR FIVE D, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, IF WE COULD PLEASE VOTE.
[e. Public Hearing - Resolution 1074-1125 — General Plan Text Amendment – Central Business District for Middle Housing — Application PL-25-0190]
[f. Public Hearing and Ordinance 2043-1125 — Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments – Chapter 28, Article 1 (Administration and Procedures); NEW Article 14 (Middle Housing) — Application PL-25-0188]
ITEM PLEASE.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
NOW THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, E AND F.
NOW THAT I'VE GOT IT, MY STUFF TOGETHER, IT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED BY MONICA, OUR, UH, PLAN SENIOR PLANNER, UH, TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M PRESENTING THE AGENDA ITEMS FIVE E AND FIVE B.
BOTH ARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR MILL HOUSING, UH, THAT REQUIRES GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE, TEXT AMENDMENTS, APPLICATIONS, PL DASH 25 DASH 0 1 90 AND P DASH 25 DASH 0 1 8 8.
THE PURPOSE OF, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED CITY INITIATED GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE TAX AMENDMENT, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR EACH AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS.
THE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT RESPOND TO HOUSE BILL 27 21, WHICH ALLOWS A, A DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, FOURPLEX OR TOWN HOMES, ALSO KNOWN AS MIDDLE HOUSING AS A PERMITTED USE ON A LOT ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE CITY'S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND AT LEAST 20% OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN 10 CONTIGUOUS ACRES ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO PER THE NEW STATE LAW CITIES REQUIRED TO ADOPT MIDDLE HOUSING REGULATIONS BY JANUARY 1ST, 2026, IF THE CITY DOES NOT ADOPT THESE REGULATIONS BY THE DEADLINE, THE MIDDLE HOUSING WILL BE ALLOWED ON ALL LOTS IN THE CITY ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS.
SO TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW, THE CITY OF AVONDALE'S PROPOSAL INCLUDES THREE STEPS.
FIRST, SINCE THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OR A CBD CITIES PROPOSING TO DESIGNATE A CBD FOR MIDDLE HOUSING PURPOSES BY RESOLUTION, AND THEN AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN TO INCORPORATE CBD DESIGNATION INTO THE GENERAL PLAN TEXT, THEN FINALLY AMENDING THE ZONING CODE TO ADOPT MIDDLE HOUSING REGULATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW.
[01:35:01]
A DEFINITION OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR MIDDLE HOUSING, AND WE ARE ABBREVIATING IT AS CBD IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE DEFINITION OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.THEN THE CITY'S PROPOSAL IS TO SELECT THREE DISTRICTS, THE GATEWAY VILLAGE, AND PARK A VENUE FROM THE BOULEVARD LAND USE CATEGORY, AND THEN DESIGNATING THEM AS CBD FOR MIDDLE HOUSING.
SO IF APPROVED, UM, THE CBD FOR MIDDLE HOUSING MAP WILL BE ADOPTED BY, UH, THE COUNCIL BY A RESOLUTION.
THESE THREE DISTRICTS FROM THE BOULEVARD LAND USE CATEGORY WERE SELECTED FOR CBD DESIGNATION BECAUSE THEY ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, THEIR LAND USES ALIGN WELL WITH THE STATE'S DEFINITION OF CBD AND THE PROCESS TO ADOPT CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BECOMES RELATIVELY SIMPLER COMPARED TO ANY OTHER, UM, AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND HERE IS THE MAP, UM, SHOWING THE PROPOSED CBD BOUNDARY AND THE CORRESPONDING ONE MILE RADIUS.
UH, THE GREEN AREAS REPRESENT THE PROPERTIES ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE THAT WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE NEW TEXT AMENDMENTS.
UH, THE LARGE GREEN AREAS DENOTE EMPTY LOTS, MOSTLY ZONED AGRICULTURE OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES ALLOWED IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL.
UH, THE SMALLER GREEN AREAS SHOW THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
THE ORANGE SHOWS CITY OWNED PROPERTIES.
UM, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UH, SECOND STEP IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING MIDDLE HOUSING IS TO AMEND GENERAL PLAN 2030 TEXT TO INCLUDE, UM, C-B-C-B-D IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE NEW TEXT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN RED, APPEARS ON PAGE SIX OF THE GENERAL PLAN 2030 UNDER LAND USE THEME COMMERCE, COMMERCIAL LAND USE WITHIN THE BOULEVARD LAND USE CATEGORY.
AND THE FINAL STEP IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING MIDDLE HOUSING IS TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE TEXT TO INCLUDE MIDDLE HOUSING REGULATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW.
UH, THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT WILL ESTABLISH A NEW ARTICLE SPECIFICALLY FOR MIDDLE HOUSING AND, UM, UPDATE THE DEFINITION SECTION.
UM, SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS ARE BEING UPDATED AND SOME OF THE DEF NEW DEFINITIONS ARE BEING ADDED.
UM, IT IS STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY PRIVATE MATTER SUCH AS COVENANT CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS LIKE CC NR BY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, WILL BE CONSIDERED A PRIVATE MATTER.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT INCLUDES, UH, RE RE REVISIONS TO THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE CODE.
NEW DEFINITIONS ARE BEING ADDED AND SOME OF THE EXISTING DEFINITIONS ARE BEING UPDATED.
NEW DEFINITIONS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE NEW ARTICLE FOR THE MIDDLE HOUSING.
UH, AND THEN WE ARE UPDATING THE DEFINITIONS OF DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, AND TOWN HOME TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE LAWS DEFINITION AND TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE ZONING CODE.
WE ARE CREATING NEW ARTICLE TO CONTAIN THE MIDDLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
THE FIRST SECTION OF THE ARTICLE ESTABLISHES THE PURPOSE.
THE SECOND SECTION ESTABLISHES THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND CLARIFIES THE MIDDLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN A PLAN AREA DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE THIRD AND THE LAST SECTION CONTAIN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
MIDDLE HOUSING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITHIN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS RELATED TO FLOOR AREA RATIO AND THE PARKING IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
UM, THIS PROJECT HAS MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, SO FAR, AND THERE WAS A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025.
THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING
[01:40:01]
THE HEARING PROCESS.UH, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED, UH, THE PROJECT FOR APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY WITH 6 2 0 VOTE.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND THE ORDINANCE FOR MIDDLE HOUSING.
AND, UM, I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE E.
NO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
NO REQUEST TO SPEAK HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? OKAY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT METAL HOUSING, THOSE ARE LIKE THE CONDOS, RIGHT? THE, THE UNITS THAT CAN BE TWO OR THREE OR ARE THEY MULTIFAMILY OR MR. MAYOR? NOT NECESSARILY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO IT COULD BE, UH, DOUBLE A DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, QUADPLEX OR A TOWN HOME.
THEY COULD LOOK LIKE MANY THINGS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ARE MORE THAN ONE RESIDENTIAL, UH, FACILITY ON THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY WOULD ONLY ALLOW ONE HOUSE TO BE ON COUNCIL MEMBER W WHITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE HEIGHT REGULATIONS AS WELL.
SO THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER A DUPLEX OR EVEN A TRIPLEX CAN GO LIKE A CERTAIN HEIGHT OR NOT.
SO HEIGHT, HEIGHT STANDARDS STILL REMAIN THE SAME AS SINGLE FAMILY, AND MOSTLY WE HAVE LIKE 30 FEET MAXIMUM HEIGHT WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
SO, UM, YEAH, APPEARANCE OF A CONDO IS SUBJECTIVE, SO IT WON'T GO PAST THAT 30 FEET, REGARDLESS HOW MANY UNITS ARE ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, SO IT DEPENDS ON, AGAIN, THE ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, R FOUR, THAT IS ALREADY A MULTIFAMILY ZONING WHERE THEIR HEIGHT IS ALLOWED UP TO 45 FEET.
BUT THEN IT ALREADY ALLOWS FOR A MULTIFAMILY, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE LIKE, FROM A PRACTICAL PURPOSES, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE DUPLEX TRIPLEX AS A MIDDLE HOUSING ON THOSE LOTS.
SO YES, UM, THE, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY ARE GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME EXCEPT FOR PARKING AND FAR TO OWN A LOT.
THAT IS STILL WITHIN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
THERE IS THAT 30 FEET HEIGHT LIMIT.
AND THEN WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE INTERMINGLED INTO THAT BODY, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS WELL L IN INTERMINGLED INTO THE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A DEVELOPER'S COMING IN BECAUSE WE APPROVE THIS THIS EVENING, UM, CAN THAT DEVELOPER DEVELOP, UM, A A, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE DUPLEXES TRIPLEXES THERE? UH, YES.
SO WE HAVE THESE TWO CRITERIA.
ONE IS WITHIN THAT ONE MILE RADIUS, UH, OF CCBD.
THERE, YES, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR A MIX AND MATCH.
HOWEVER, FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT WITHIN THAT CBD, UH, THERE IS LIKE THE, THERE IS LIKE 20%, UM, ALLOW ALLOWANCE ONLY AS A MANDATE ALLOWANCE.
SO IT'S UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO, UH, GRANT MORE THAN 20%, BUT 20% IS MANDATORY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARITY.
COUNCILOR MOORE GARCIA, EVERYTHING'S CHANGED.
MENTALLY, 'CAUSE I'M LIKE A VISUAL PERSON.
I WENT TO LITCHFIELD, NOT LITCHFIELD, GOODYEAR, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE CLOSE TO WHERE THEIR NEW CIVIC CENTER DOWNTOWN IS.
AND THE HOUSES NEXT DOOR ARE KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE BIG BACKYARDS OR ANYTHING.
AND THEY ALL SHARE A PARKING LOT.
AND THOSE ARE LIKE THE MIDDLE FAMILY HOMES THAT THEY BUILT CLOSE TO THEIR AREA.
DO, DOES ANYONE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? MI MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, IT ALL DEPENDS.
UH, THE GOAL HERE IS THIS IS ALL THE, THE RULES FOR, IN THE, IN THIS DISTRICT CHANGE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO BE BUILT THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF IT IS ALREADY BUILT OUT.
[01:45:01]
A BUILDING DOWN AND THEY WANNA REPLACE IT IN THIS ORDINANCE, IF IT WAS ALLOWED IN THEIR HOA, THEY COULD PUT A, A TWO, THREE OR FOURPLEX IN THERE IF IT FIT.BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE IN THIS AREA, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE A BIG DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWN HOMES OR CONDOS OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IS THE WATERFORD HOA, THE ONES THAT GETS DECIDED SINCE IT'S THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT TO IT, WHO WOULD, UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN BUR GARCIA? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
IS WHAT THE HOA, WHAT'S THE HOA COMPANY THAT'S GONNA BE DECIDING THIS? 'CAUSE WATERFORD SQUARE IS THE CLOSEST, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT THEM, UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, IT'S WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN THIS CIRCLE ALONE, THERE'S PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN HOAS.
UH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, CRYSTAL GARDENS UP THERE.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE THE LAND IS.
UH, IS WHAT, WHAT WOULD CONTROL THAT? IF, IF, IF I MAY TOO, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT BY NOT PASSING THIS, UH, THIS, UH, MIDDLE HOUSING, UM, APPLICATION OR THE CBD, IF YOU WILL, THEN WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING IS THAT WE WILL REVERT, WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE LOCAL CONTROL.
AND ESSENTIALLY YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROTECTING OUR CITY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, WRONG, UH, RON, BUT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR CITY FROM A, FROM ALLOWING ANYBODY TO JUST BUILD A DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, OR ANYTHING REFERRED TO OR DEFINED AS MIDDLE HOUSING WITHIN A SPECIFIC AREA.
SO BY NOT PASSING THIS, THEN ESSENTIALLY ANYBODY COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, WHEREVER THEY WANT.
SO WHILE WE MIGHT NOT WANT THAT, AND IT'S, THAT'S EVERYBODY HERE, YOUR OWN PERSONAL DECISION, THEN YOU WOULD, UM, HAVE TO ENTERTAIN THE FACT THAT ANY DEVELOPER WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IF THIS CBD HAS NOT PASSED AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
SO THIS PROVIDES LOCAL CONTROL TO US TO, TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE AREAS IN WHICH THESE COULD POP UP ARE NOT WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC AREA OR RADIUS.
MR. MAYOR, JUST TO ADD A CLARIFIER, UH, THAT WOULD BE ON ANY, UH, LOCK SINGLE FAMILY CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, UH, FOR A SINGLE FAMILY.
AND, AND AGAIN, POOR POINT I LEFT OUT, THIS DOESN'T STOP ALL OF OUR OTHER MULTI-FAMILY EMPTY LOTS.
WE HAVE, IN ADDITION, ANY, UH, DEVELOPMENT NOW LARGER THAN 10 SQUARE, UH, 10 SQUARE ACRES.
10 ACRES, CONTINUOUS ACRES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE 20% METAL HOUSING.
SO YOU'RE GONNA GET THE, UH, DUPLEXES, QUADRAPLEXES OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN LARGE DEVELOPMENTS MOVING FORWARD AS PART OF REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE, UH, FACTOR TO IT.
SO WE HAVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
SO IT'S LIKE ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT AND A MINIMUM OF TWO OF THE SPACES THEY NEED TO BE COVERED.
SO IT, SO IT'S, IF WE HAVE FOURPLEX, THEN THERE HAS TO BE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES AND, AND THEY HAVE TO BE COVERED.
SO WE, WE, WE, THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WILL STILL APPLY TO THE NEW ONES.
UM, IF A DEVELOPER IS CREATIVELY ABLE TO FIT MORE UNITS WITHIN THE, THE STANDARDS OF A SINGLE FAMILY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, DO WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE IN MY MIND I'M READING THAT AND I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND I GET WHAT JEANETTE SAID, BUT IS THIS, LIKE THOSE CHRISTOPHER TODD HOLMES? IS THIS LIKE THOSE? NO.
UH, SO MR. MAYOR, COUNCILOR SOLORIO, UH, WE CAN'T, SO LET'S SEPARATE THE TWO THINGS.
BECAUSE LIKE THE CHRISTOPHER TODD HOMES, THAT COULD BE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A LARGE NEW DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM
WHERE THE 20% ARE SMALL CONDOS OR PATIO HOMES OR, UH, QUADRAPLEXES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
BUT THE, THE, UM, PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE 20% OF MENTAL HOUSING.
WHAT WE'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THAT'LL HAVE, THAT HAS A PROCESS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE A BLANKET STAMP, IT'S GOTTA MEET ALL OUR STANDARDS AND OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, THOSE KIND THINGS.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HERE TONIGHT ARE, ARE TRYING TO CLARIFY TONIGHT, IS THESE ONE-OFFS, THESE INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
SO IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALL DOWN THE STREET.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THIS ONE LOT THAT NEVER GOT BUILT OR HAD A FIRE OR SOMEHOW BECAME AVAILABLE, WHERE IF IT FITS ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS, YOU COULD HAVE A DUPLEX RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, LOT.
AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, WITHOUT THESE, THAT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO PICK A LAND THAT MEETS THE INTENT OF THE STATE LAW AND PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO, UH, UH, DOESN'T CREATE,
[01:50:01]
UM, UH, WHAT OUR, MAYBE OUR SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES DON'T WANT.UH, AND AGAIN, REMEMBER THE HOA RULES WOULD APPLY IF IT'S IN AN HOA AREA.
IT'S, I CAN SEE THAT I JUST, I GUESS I'M JUST NOT A FAN OF WHERE IT'S AT.
THE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE, UH, CONSIDERED WAS ON WESTERN.
UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THERE IS A LOT MORE, UM, LAND, UH, THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED INTO THIS WAY WITHOUT ANY HOAS.
SO YOU COULD HAVE AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS NOTHING BUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU COULD HAVE A QUADRUPLEX RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
SO WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISRUPTIONS IN SOME OF OUR AREAS.
IN ADDITION, THE BOULEVARD MEETS THE DEFINITION OF THE STATE LAW FOR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
IT TALKS ABOUT WALKABILITY AND IT TALKS ABOUT BEING THE HEART OF YOUR ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND YOUR BUSINESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE CALLED, UM, I THINK THE MAYOR'S ACTUALLY QUOTED IS CALLING IT THE HEART, UM, FROM COUNCIL.
SO UNDER THOSE, UH, GUIDELINES, UH, THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THAT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS, UH, THE, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE STATE LAW WITHOUT CREATING GREAT DISRUPTION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IS THIS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR ARE THERE GONNA BE POSSIBLE OTHER ONES IN THE FUTURE? UH, MAYOR, UH, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO THIS IS THE ONLY ONE, UH, THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
IF IT PLEASES COUNSEL, WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THIS IN OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT WE PROBABLY WOULD DO IT IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
UM, AND REMEMBER IN SOME AREAS OUTSIDE OF HOAS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A REZONE TO A, UM, MULTIFAMILY ZONING DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? OKAY.
SO AT THIS POINT, CAN I GET A MOTION ON FIVE E? I GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILOR WEIS.
THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WILL PLEASE VOTE.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE.
F MARCELLA, NO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
NO REQUEST TO SPEAK HAVE BEEN, BEEN RECEIVED.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN I GET A MOTION? WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR NIELSEN.
[6. SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS FROM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCILMEMBERS]
A SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS.ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION ON EVENTS THAT YOU'VE ATTENDED? COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA.
UM, I ATTENDED A LOT OF EVENTS AND NOT A LOT OF EVENTS, BUT A LOT OF VETERAN EVENTS 'CAUSE IT WAS VETERANS DAY, SO TO ALL THE VETERANS IN THE ROOM, HAPPY VETERANS DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, I ATTENDED THE VET RUN AT EMCC.
NOT THAT LAST YEAR WASN'T AMAZING, BUT THIS YEAR WAS A LOT BETTER.
IT WAS A LOT MORE PEOPLE YOU COULD TELL.
AND UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD LIKE THE MOTORCYCLES OUT THERE.
THEY HAD THINGS FOR LIKE THE KIDS TO TRY ON AND STUFF, SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AND THEN, UM, I RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF, UM, APPRECIATION FROM THE FATHER, UH, H UH OH CALLAHAN, A NIGHT OF COLUMBUS ASSEMBLY, UM, HERE IN AVONDALE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY SUPER COOL.
I GOT TO TAKE MY DAD AND MY BROTHER OR MY SON, NOT MY BROTHER, HE'S MY CHILD, UM,
THEY'RE, UM, OUT IN OFF WESTERN AND THEY WOULD LOVE FOR THE COUNCIL TO ALL COME AND SUPPORT THEM NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT I MET A A HUNDRED YEAR OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO TURNED 101 LAST WEEK AND HE WAS JUST FULL OF FIRE.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THAT.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, UM, PUTTING ME IN, UH, FOR THAT AWARD.
WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY ON FRIDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK WITH, UM, AVONDALE FIRE AND WE DELIVERED, UM, SMOKE DETECTORS OUT AROUND, UH, CENTRAL HAWLEY ROADS.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO IMPACTFUL IS WHEN WE WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE, UM, TRAILER PARKS, UM, ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT I HAD MET SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A SMOKE DETECTOR IN HER TRAILER.
SO SHE WAS SO THANKFUL TO GET IT AND SHE SAID, I'M GONNA GO HANG IT UP RIGHT NOW.
COUNCILMAN SOLORIO, UH, COREY AND THE TEAM IN GREEN.
GREAT JOB ON FRIDAY FOR THE MERCADOS AND MELODIES.
LOTS OF TALENT OUT THERE, LOTS OF KIDS.
UM, SELLING EVERYTHING FROM CRAFTS TO BAKED GOODS AND ALL IN BETWEEN.
IT WAS REALLY CUTE TO SEE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE SINGING ACT WAS REALLY GOOD TOO.
DIDN'T REALIZE SHE'S BEEN ON LIKE, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW WHO SHE WAS, THEY WERE TALKING.
[01:55:01]
SO MUCH, MAYOR.I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE LEADERSHIP WEST STRATEGIC HORIZON SUMMIT HERE.
WANTED TO THANK, UM, REPUBLIC SERVICES, SOUTHWEST GAS, A-P-S-A-P-S, AS WELL AS SRP FOR BRINGING THAT EVENT HERE TO AVONDALE.
ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UM, THE ATHENA AWARDS AND, UM, THE ATHENA AWARDS ARE, THEY CELEBRATE, UM, WOMEN WHO ARE JUST MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, CENTRA HRA HOFFMAN, WHO IS THE CEO OF, UM, WESTMARK WAS A FINALIST IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, SO THAT WAS REALLY OPEN.
ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE COSIC, UM, OPENING, UM, LAST WEEK.
THE SORORITY INCORPORATED HOSTED RED AND READY, UM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION.
AND, UM, WE PREPARED A HEALTHY HOLIDAY FOOD AS WELL AS DID SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED ABOUT DIABETES PREVENTION AND AWARENESS IS NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU EAT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WORK OUT BEING, UM, IN ELEVATED AREA TIMES OF STRESS OR HAVING HIGH CORTISOL LEVELS MIGHT PUT YOUR NUMBERS, YOUR A1C OVER THE TOP.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO STAY AWAY FROM STRESS AND TO EAT HEALTHILY DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WEDNESDAY TO GO OVER TO THE SENIOR CENTER WHERE THEY RECOGNIZED THE 30 OR 40 VETS IN THERE.
THEY HAD A PINNING CEREMONY WHERE THEY ALL GOT A FLAG, A LITTLE FLAG UP THERE.
MOST OF THE ONES THAT WERE THERE WERE THREE TO 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD 31 YEARS AND ONE THAT HAD 47 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND WHAT I GUESS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS ONE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE SERVICE.
HE SAYS, BEFORE I GET MY PIN, I WANT TO DO SIT UP.
SO HE COMES UP THERE WITH HIS WALKER AND HIS CANE AND GETS DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
HE DID SEVEN PUSHUPS AND JUMPED BACK UP THERE AND SAYS, NOW I'M READY FOR MY PEN.
WELL, THE FINAL 19 SECONDS, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, AVONDALE'S STAFF FOR HOSTING, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ROUND ROUNDTABLE WHERE ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS FROM ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOT TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS, THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY'RE DOING.
AVONDALE, NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY SERVICES, PARKS AND REC.
AND I KNOW I'M MISSING ONE MORE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR DOING THAT.
ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WEISS SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, PLEASE VOTE.
DRIVE HOME SAFE EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.