M >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE DECEMBER 1, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCOTTSDALE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. CITY CLERK BEN LANE, WILL YOU
PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. >> Clerk Ben Lane: THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR LISA BOROWSKY. MAYOR BOROWSKY: PRESENT. CLERK BEN LANE: VICE MAYOR ADAM KWASMAN. VICE MAYOR KWASMAN: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: COUNCILMEMBERS JAN DUBAUSKAS. COUNCILMEMBER DUBAUSKAS. HERE. BARRY GRAHAM. CLERK BEN LANE: BARRY GRAHAM. COUNCILMEMBER GRAHAM: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: KATHY LITTLEFIELD. COUNCILMEMBER LITTLEFIELD: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: MARYANN MCALLEN. COUNCILMEMBER MCALLEN: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: SOLANGE WHITEHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER WHITEHEAD: HERE. >> CLERK BEN LANE: CITY MANAGER GREG CATON. >> GREG CATON: PRESENT. >> CLERK BEN LANE: INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY LUIS SANTAELLA.
>> LUIS SANTAELLA: HERE. >> Clerk Ben Lane: CLERK IS PRESENT. >> Mayor Borowsky: OUR SPECIAL MEETING IS BEING HELD FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS. ACCORDING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL RULES, I WILL NOW TURN THE PROCEEDINGS OVER TO VICE MAYOR KWASMAN.
>> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, MOTHER. SCOTTSDALE CITY COUNCIL IS, THE COUNCIL RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS CITIZEN BASED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO RESEARCH ISSUES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL'S MISSION AND GOALS WHY, THE INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY
COUNCIL IS A VALUABLE TOOL IN HELPING COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS. THIS AFTERNOON THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE APPOINTING SCOTTSDALE RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I WANT TO THANK THE INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. FOLLOWING THE SET OF INTERVIEWS,
WE'LL VOTE ON AN APPOINTMENT FOR BOARD OR COMMISSION. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM ON MY RIGHT. AND BRIEFLY COVER THE FOLLOWING. FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND HOW LONG YOU'VE LIVED IN SCOTTSDALE.
PLEASE TELL US HOW YOUR EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT THERE ARE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE RELATES TO THE BOARD OR COMMISSION. WHAT IS THE TOP ISSUE FACING THIS BOARD OR COMMISSION. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 2 MINUTES OR LESS. WE HAVE A TIMER BY THE SCREEN TO HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR TIME.
FOLLOWING EACH NOMINEE'S RESPONSE, I WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SOUND CLEAR? LET'S GET ROLLING. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ONE OPENING. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS A
QUASI-JUDICIARY BODY THAT HEARS VARIANCE REQUESTS, APPEALS OF ZONING ADMINISTRATORS INTERPRETATION AND DECISIONS AND DECIDES ON ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS OR ZONING REQUIREMENTS. WHICH CREATE UNNECESSARY HARDSHIPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY BECAUSE OF EXCEPTIONAL OR EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS.
THERE'S ONE VACANCY AND TWO NOMINEES, KENNETH ERLER HAS WITHDRAWN HIS APPLICATION FROM CONSIDERATION. THE NOMINEES ARE JENNA MOORE AND STEPHANIE RIMMER. JENNA MOORE, PLEASE COME UP.
>> HI. I'M JENNA MOORE. I GREW UP IN SCOTTSDALE AND PARADISE VALLEY AREA. I LIVE AT 10416 NORTH 82nd PLACE IN MCCORMICK RANCH, AND
I -- SORRY, MAKE SURE THE TIME IS GOOD. AND SO I GREW UP IN A POCKET OF PARADISE VALLEY. JUST NORTH OF VISTA, OFF SCOTTSDALE ROAD. SO IT WAS KIND OF A MORE RURAL VIBE, ONE ACRE PROPERTY, BUT
IOWA US ABLE TO WALK THROUGH OLD TOWN SCOTTSDALE. I CONSIDER GROWING UP IN SCOTTSDALE. I MOVED AWAY TO HILTS DALE COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN, AND I STUDIED POLITICAL SCIENCE WHILE I WAS THERE AND THE WHOLE TIME I WAS KIND OF PITCHING PEOPLE ON
SCOTTSDALE. SO TO ME, SCOTTSDALE IS MY HOME, I GOT TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF SORORITY SISTERS TO MOVE OUT HERE AND NOW LIVE IN THE SCOTTSDALE AREA, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WORKS AT VANGUARD, AND YEAH, SO I'VE KIND OF BEEN PITCHING SCOTTSDALE AS MY HOME
MY ENTIRE LIFE. SO MY WORK EXPERIENCE, I TRANSFERRED TO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FROM HILLSDALE, GRADUATED WITH POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE, AND I'M WORKING IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AT JONES AND LA SALLE. THROUGH MY DIFFERENT INTERNSHIPS
AND WORK AT JLL I'VE BEEN PITCHING BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES ON PROPERTIES IN ARIZONA, BUT ALSO ON THE SCOTTSDALE AREA. SO A LOT OF MY ROLE IS PUTTING TOGETHER PACKETS ON WHY ARIZONA IS A GOOD PLACE TO MOVE, NOT JUST THE PROPERTIES, BUT ARIZONA
ITSELF. WORKING IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, I'VE JUST BEEN SEEING FROM DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT PART OF PITCHING A BUSINESS IS PITCHING THE AREA. AND SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I SEE THE BOARD FACING AND SEE SCOTTSDALE FACING A LOT IN THE DIALOGUE THAT'S BEEN GOING
ON IS BALANCING OUR RURAL CHARACTER, OUR OPEN SPACES, AND OUR COMFORTABLE LIVING SPACE WITH GROWING BUSINESSES. AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE INTERTWINED, AND THEY'RE COMBINED BECAUSE WHEN
YOU PITCH A COMPANY ON ARIZONA, YOU'RE PITCHING IT ON A PLACE TO MOVE ITS PEOPLE, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, TO GROW, TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN, TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN. AND A PLACE THAT YOU WANT THEM TO LOVE. SO I THINK WE'LL BE WANTING TO
COMBINE THOSE TWO AND IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. I WANT EVERYONE TO LOVE SCOTTSDALE THE WAY THAT I DO AND YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT UP, STEPHANIE RIMMER. >> HI. I'M STEPHANIE RIMMER, I'M A 30-YEAR RESIDENT OF THE NORTHEAST VALLEY FOR THE LAST 2
YEARS I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE IN SCOTTSDALE. LIKE MANY OF US I WAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE BUT ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS IN SCOTTSDALE. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ENJOYED RAISING OUR FAMILY HERE. WE HAVE GRADUATED FOUR KIDS FROM
SCOTTSDALE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE PRESENTLY AT OLPH RIGHT NOW -- OVER ACROSS THE STREET. AND SO LIKE EVERYONE HERE, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE, WORK, DO
BUSINESS AND RAISE OUR FAMILY IN SCOTTSDALE, AND THE REASON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD HERE IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SAME CHOICE WE DID, TO BUILD THEIR LIVES IN THIS
GREAT COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN ENJOY NOT JUST A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE WITH THE CLIMATE, WEATHER, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, BUT ALSO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE ARE ON VACATION HALF OF THE TIME BECAUSE EVERY EVENT WE HAVER WANTED TO ATTEND IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO SCOTTSDALE, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD, AND WE GET TO ENJOY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE 30 YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE AND MY HUSBAND FEELS THE SAME HAVING BEEN BORN IN ARIZONA HIMSELF,
THAT AS WE GROW AND CHANGE, THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES THAT ARE NOT GETTING IT QUITE LIKE SCOTTSDALE. SO WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I'M HERE TO NOMINATE MYSELF OR TO SAY I'M FREE AND AVAILABLE TO
HELP KEEP SCOTTSDALE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A VOTE FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN VOTE FOR
ONE NOMINEE. MADAM MAYOR. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE. I WISH THERE WERE TWO OPENINGS. WHOMEVER DOESN'T GET IT, I HOPE YOU REAPPLY FOR THE NEXT
OPENING. WITH THAT, JENNA MOORE. THANK YOU. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: COUNCIL MEMBER LITTLEFIELD. >> Councilmember Littlefield: ST EPHANIE RIMMER. >> Councilmember Graham: MISS MOORE.
>> JENNA MOORE. >> MISS RIMMER. >> I AGREE EVERYTHING THE MAYOR JUST SAID. >> Councilmember Whitehead: I'LL CAST MY VOTE FOR MISS RIMMER, BOTH OF YOU KEEP YOUR NAME IN THE HAT. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: VERY FEW TIMES DO I BELIEVE THAT A
UNIVERSITY IS A DECIDING FACTOR IN THE TYPE OF VOTE. VERY FEW UNIVERSITIES SIGNAL CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON, AND THAT IS THE DECISION THAT IS WHAT
BROUGHT ME TO THIS DECISION, AND I'M VOTING FOR JENNA MOORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS, JENNA MOORE HAS
BEEN APPOINTED. CURRENTLY ONE OPENING ON THE BUILDING ADVISORY, WE DID NO RECEIVE ANY APPLICATIONS. THE CURRENT OPENING WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT CYCLE OF BOARD AND COMMISSIONS
APPOINTMENTS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT COMMISSION. LOSS TRUST FUND BOARD, TWO OP OPENINGS. THE LOSS TRUST FOUND BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOSS TRUST FUND.
THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES, AND TWO NOMINEES. THE NOMINEES ARE AUSTIN BROOKER, AUSTIN BROOKER'S TERM IS EXP EXPIRING AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT. AARON GO PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE PRONUNCIATION, GOCAL?
I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH GOCAL. AARON GOCAL IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S INTERVIEWS, I SHOULD HAVE READ THAT PRIOR TO ASKING IF -- HOW TO PRONOUNCE HIS NAME. STILL INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINT TO THE COMMISSION. HE DID PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS.
WITH THAT, AUSTIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AUSTIN BROOKER, I
LIVE AT 11176 NORTH 78TH STREET. CORNER OF HAYDEN AND SHAI. I'VE LIVED IN SCOTTSDALE FOR TEN YEARS NOW AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE VICE-CHAIR AS THE LOSS TRUST FUND BOARD. I'M SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT FOR ANOTHER TERM. REGARDING MY EXPERIENCE AND
QUALIFICATIONS, PROFESSIONALLY I LEAD IN AN ACQUISITIONS TEAM FOR A NATIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT BOARD. I FOLK ON RISK ANALYSIS. THOSE SKILLS TRANSLATE DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD'S WORK. WHEN WE ARE REVIEWING ACTUARIAL
STUDIES, FUNDING LEVELS AND THE CITY'S SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM, MY EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHT IS VERY VALUABLE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SINCE 2022 AND DURING THAT TIME I'VE REALLY HELPED PROMOTE CLEAR REPORTING, CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE WITH BOTH STAFF AND FORMER AND
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS. PRUDENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE COUNCIL'S FISCAL POLICIES. THE TOP ISSUE, AFTER A FEW YEARS OF BEING A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, THE TOP ISSUE THAT WE ARE FACING IS ENSURING THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS ADEQUATE RESERVES IN A
CHANGING RISK ENVIRONMENT. SO I BELIEVE OUR APPROACH MUST REMAIN DATA DRIVEN, RELYING ON ACTUARIAL STUDIES, COLLABORATION WITH THE RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THE CITY AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE TO KEEP THE FUNDS STABLE. SO IN CLOSING I'D LIKE TO SAY
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE, AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO CONTINUE SERVING SCOTTSDALE'S STRONG FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND APPOINT BY ACCLAMATION BOTH AUSTIN BROOKER
AND AARON GOCAL TO THE LOSS TRUST FUND BOARD. WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> SECOND. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: CONGRATUL ATIONS. AUSTIN BROOKER AND AARON GOCAL HAVE BEEN APPOINTED. NEXT UP NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY
COMMISSION THERE'S ONE OPENING. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMISSION ADVISES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON POLICIES, PLANS, STRATEGIES, AND PROGRAMS FOR THE PRESERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF SCOTTSDALE'S HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE IS ONE VACANCY AND FIVE APPLICANTS. KELLY PEREZ PURPOSA SCOTT HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATIONS FROM CONSIDERATION. THE APPLICANTS ARE RAFAEL BOROBIA, KATIE CORL, CHRISTOPHER
SMUDDE. JAYNE BRENNA, AND TERI NICKERSON. RAFAEL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
>> OKAY. NOT SURE WHAT I'M DOING, BUT HEY, WHY NOT? NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAYS, RAFAEL BOROBIA, I LIVE IN 778 EASTEL VITORIA, BEEN THERE ARE FOR EIGHT YEARS LIVE THERE WITH MICHELLE, SHENESS
BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS OR SO. AND BEFORE THAT, I LIVED NEARBY PHOENIX AREA. 35254 AREA, SCOTTSDALE. WHAT ELSE? I'M AN OWNER FOR THE LAST 20
YEARS, LAST 14 YEARS HAS BEEN THE CURRENT BUSINESS, WHICH IS AN HVAC BUSINESS, HAVE EXPERIENCE BALANCING BUDGETS AND APPLYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS -- COMMON SENSE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
MY BIGGEST THING, WHAT I BELIEVE IN, BUSINESS STUFF, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT STUFF FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT COMES TO CODE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT. NOT A CODE EXPERT BUT I KNOW WHAT WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT COMES TO MY BUSINESS, HVAC. MY BUSINESS HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THOUSANDS OF SCOTTSDALE RESIDENTS.
SO I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK AND DON'T THINK ABOUT THE CITY SOMETIMES DON'T READ TOO MUCH INTO THAT, SOMETIMES I DO HEAR FROM THEM. AS FAR AS BIGGEST ISSUES, THE
CITY IS GOING THROUGH, I THINK IT'S MANAGING GROWTH. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT WOULD BE RECONCILING PROGRESS WITH PRESERVATION. WHY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND BIKE LANES ARE A BIG THING FOR ME, SO SAFETY AND WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS AND PRESERVE, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.-MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVEY
QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOROBIA. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO KATIE CORL WHO IS GOING TO BE COMING IN ELECTRONICALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT CHRISTOPHER SMUDD EE IS
UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE BUT IS STILL INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED TO THIBLE CO, HE DID PROVIDE WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT, KATIE CORL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KATIE CORL.
AND I LIVE AT 12563 NORTH 76TH PLACE IN SCOTTSDALE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. I GREW UP IN SOUTH TEMPE, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY O ARIZONA. AFTER COLLEGE, WENT TO SEATTLE WHERE WITH MY HUSBAND WE RAISED
OUR THREE KIDS. I WAS WORKING FOR POLITICAL CONSULTING FIRM, I -- I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I CURRENTLY RUN A SMALL BUSINESS, AND WHILE I WAS UP IN SEATTLE I ALSO WORKED FOR A
NATIONAL NONPROFIT, RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THEN WE RELOCATED TO SCOTTSDALE, BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE OUT HERE. WHILE I WAS IN SEATTLE I WAS ALSO INVOLVED A LOT IN LOCAL POLITICS WITH PCO DISTRICT
CHAIR, DID A LOT OF COUNTY DELEGATE WORK. DID A LOT OF FUNDRAISING FOR THE PARTY, JUST A LOT OF FUNDRAISING MAINLY. BUT THEN WE CAME BACK TO SCOTTSDALE BECAUSE MY PARENTS ARE OUT HERE AND WE RELOCATED. I WAS ALSO IN SEATTLE VERY
INVOLVED IN THE DISTRICT LITTLE LEAGUE WHERE I COACHED AND, AGAIN, RAISED A LOT OF MONEY, INVOLVED WITH ALL OF MY KIDS AND THEIR SCHOOLS AND ALWAYS WORKED ON AUCTIONS AND RAISING MONEY, AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAME OUT HERE, I GOT INVOLVED AS A P CO
FOR A WHILE OUT HERE, PC, AND JUST FEEL COMMUNITIES REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I FEEL LIKE THE TOP ISSUES OUT HERE ARE JUST BASICALLY LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, WITH PEOPLE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MOVEMENT INTO SCOTTSDALE, AND
JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE SERVICES OF THE CITY ARE. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, AND I KNOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE A BIT OF AN ISSUE, I JUST LOVE TO WORK WITH AND ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ME TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS CORL. THANK YOU. JAYNE BRENNA IS IN PERSON.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. OKAY. MY NAME IS JAYNE, JAYNE BRENNA, JIM LIVE THE 8226 EAST MONTECITO
AVENUE. I'M ACTUALLY IN SCOTTSDALE ESTATES 9, WHICH IS A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, HOUSES BUILT IN THE 50s AND 60s. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN ARIZONA FOR OVER 25 YEARS, I RELOCATED
FROM SAN FRANCISCO IN 1978. I AM INTERESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMISSION BECAUSE I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, I WANT TO HELP. HELP WITH OUR GOALS AND
SPECIFICALLY I'M INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE AGING, SOUTH SCOTTSDALE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALSO HAVE AGING POPULATIONS. A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, A LOT OF THEM LIVE ALONE. I'M INTERESTED IN TRYING TO GET OUTREACH TO THOSE FOLKS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, NAME IS EMILE, HE'S OVER 80 YEARS OLD, ALSO IN A HOUSE OVER 50, 60 YEARS OLD. HE'S GOT A GIANT MESQUITE TREE THAT'S PULLING UP THE SIDEWALK, PULLING UP THE DRIVEWAY, HANGS
OVER. BEHIND THAT IS A DEAD COTTON WOOD FULLY MATURE, AND ON A VISIT FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOLKS, SPECIFICALLY JORGE, HE CAME AND VISITED ME AND WE WALKED MY STREET, BECAUSE WE
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES ON MY STREET. WE PASSED EMILE'S HOUSE AND I POINTED THAT OUT AS BEING ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT COULD USE SOME HELP, BUT ELDERLY GENTLEMAN, ET CETERA. FEW DAYS LATER, I HEAR THE SOUND
OF CHAINSAWS, I WALK OUTSIDE, HERE'S A CREW TAKING CARE OF THAT MESQUITE TREE AND REMOVING THAT DEAD COTTONWOOD. EMILE IS STANDING OUTSIDE. I WALKED DOWN AND I JUST SAID, SO HOW IS IT GOING. HE WAS SO HAPPY, AND I JUST
RELIEVED. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT JORGE WAS VISITING. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW CITY OF SCOTTSDALE REALLY CARES. RUNNING OUT OF TIME. EDUCATION, ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR'S IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, I'VE GOT TRAINING WITH CAI AS AN HOA MANAGER, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH LARGE COMP COMPANIES, NOT ROLA, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD IS A PROJECT MANAGER AND A BUSINESS ANALYST.
I ALSO AS A SIDE JOB MANAGED TO HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATIONS FOR OVER FIVE YEARS. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED, I HAD A HOUSE IN EAST MESA, THAT WAS IN AN HOA. I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE BOARD, I ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR THE VALLEY
MEDIATION PROGRAM. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, MISS BRENNA. WHY APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU HAVE ONE MORE. >> THE CONCLUSION WAS, I JUST WANT TO HELP. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. >> ADVICE MAYOR, THAT WAS KIND
OF YOU. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SPEAK EVEN IF THEY HAVE TWO MINUTES. EVERY PERSON FOR A JOB THAT'S A TWO-YEAR JOB HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES IN TWO MINUTES, IT'S INCREDIBLE AND KNOWING THAT WE CAN GET IT ACCOMPLISHED. APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE GO BACK TO THE INTERWEBS WITH TERI NICKERSON. HE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING ELECTRONICALLY. >> HI, ALL, I'M TERRY NICKERSON,
I LIVE AT 7955 EAST CHAPARRAL ROAD ON THE CORNER OF CHAPARRAL AND HAYDEN. I HAVE BEEN IN REAL ESTATE FOR I THINK 41 YEARS THIS YEAR. IN ARIZONA. I ALSO VERY DIRECTLY WORKED WITH
THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE WHEN I WORKED FOR BOB HING ON HING PROPERTIES, THIS GOES BACK 30 YEARS AGO, I GUESS, WHEN HE WAS DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY ON INDIAN BEND FROM HAYDEN INTO THE
HEALTH CLUB THAT WE BUILT. I WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH HIM WITH THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, AND ON ZONING AND DESIGN AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BUILDING THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND ORIGINALLY. I AM A NATIVE. I LIVED IN SCOTTSDALE, MOVED TO THE TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY AND NOW I'M BACK IN SCOTTSDALE. I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOT TOPICS IN SCOTTSDALE RIGHT
NOW IS THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. HATE TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SO AGAINST THEM, THEY HAVE HELPED IN SOME WAYS OUR COMMUNITY BRINGING MORE MONEY IN AND
PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE FOR TAXES AND SO THERE'S A BONUS, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S A HOT ITEM FOR THE NEIGHBORS WITH THE NOISE ISSUES, AND ALSO OF THE GARBAGE. THEN ON THE BROADER SCOPE WITH
PROBABLY -- WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE SAFETY AND SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE SCOTTSDALE SMALL TOWN, BUT YET IT'S A LARGE CITY NOW. IT WASN'T WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOW.
MY LATE HUSBAND ACTUALLY DID ALL THE SIGNAGE FOR DOWNTOWN SCOTTSDALE, SMITH CRAFT SIGNS MANY YEARS AGO, AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO REALLY KNOW SCOTTSDALE AF YOU WILL.
AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SCOTTSDALE IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT IMAGE AND THE ARTS DISTRICT, ALONG WITH ABSOLUTELY MAINTAINING SECURITY AND SAFETY IN DOWNTOWN SCOTTSDALE.
I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND FURTHERMORE, IT'S ALSO AN ISSUE AT SCOTTSDALE FASHION SQUARE. AND I THINK THE VISION FOR THE WILD WEST MOST WESTERN TOWN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OURSELVES, INCLUDING LIKE THE
PRADA DEL SOL AND PONY EXPRESS COMING UP FROM THE RIM, AND I BELIEVE THAT, AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF OUR MAYBE PROBLEMS WITH LIKE OUR DOWNTOWN AREA MOSTLY,
IS BECAUSE OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, AND I THINK MAYBE. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, MISS NICKERSON. >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS NICKERSON? OKAY.
APPRECIATE ALL APPLICANTS TRULY CARING PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE CITY SO AMAZING. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMISSION. I WILL START WITH OUR SENIOR MEG, COUNCIL MEMBER LITTLEFIELD. >> Councilmember Littlefield: TH
ANK YOU. JAYNE BRENNA. >> Councilmember Graham: MISS CORL. >> KATIE CORL. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: McAMcALLN
>> Councilmember McAllen: JAYNE BRENNA. >> JAYNE BRENNA, YOU'RE RIGHT THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE REALLY CARES, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING. >> Mayor Borowsky: I'M GOING TO GO WITH KATIE CORL.
>> Vice Mayor Kwasman: I ALSO VOTE FOR KATIE CORL. CONGRATULATIONS TO KATIE CORL, YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMISSION. THIS CLUES OUR APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR TODAY AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR NOMINEES FOR THEIR INTEREST IN SERVING ON A
CITY, BOARD OR COMMISSION, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND ANYBODY PARTICIPATING ACROSS THE WAY HAVE AN EXCELLENT, PLEASE SEEK NOMINAION AGAIN. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR
PEOPLE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, YOUR APPLICATION WILL REMAIN ON FILE FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE DATE. FOR THERE ARE ADDITIONAL VACANCIES, CITY STAFF WILL CONTACT THE INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED THIS EVENING AND PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION ON THE NEXT STEPS REGARDING THEIR APPOINTMENT. THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED AND TALENTED -- WHO ARE WILLING
AND READY TO SERVE OUR CITY. BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPECIAL MEETING, AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE THAT GOT APPOINTED, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> Vice Mayor Kwasman: SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] THANK YOU.
SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 5:00.
99. >> Mayor Borowsky: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE DECEMBER 1, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AND WORK STUDY SESSION TO ORDER CITY CLERK BEN LANE, PLEASE PROVIDE US A ROLL CALL.
CLERK BEN LANE: MAYOR LISA BOROWSKY. MAYOR BOROWSKY: PRESENT. CLERK BEN LANE: VICE MAYOR ADAM KWASMAN. VICE MAYOR KWASMAN: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: COUNCILMEMBERS JAN DUBAUSKAS. COUNCILMEMBER DUBAUSKAS. HERE. BARRY GRAHAM. CLERK BEN LANE: BARRY GRAHAM. COUNCILMEMBER GRAHAM: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: KATHY LITTLEFIELD. COUNCILMEMBER LITTLEFIELD: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: MARYANN MCALLEN. COUNCILMEMBER MCALLEN: HERE. CLERK BEN LANE: SOLANGE WHITEHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER WHITEHEAD: HERE. >> CLERK BEN LANE: CITY MANAGER GREG CATON. >> GREG CATON: PRESENT. >> CLERK BEN LANE: INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY LUIS SANTAELLA. >> LUIS SANTAELLA: HERE. >> CLERK BEN LANE: CITY TREASURER SONIA ANDREWS. >> SONIA ANDREWS: HERE. >>CLERK BEN LANE: ACTING CITY
AUDITOR LAI CLUFF. >> LAI CLUFF: HERE. >> CLERK BEN LANE: AND THE CLERK IS PRESENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> Mayor Borowsky: THIS EVENING WE HAVE SCOTTSDALE POLICE OFFICER SERGEANT ERIC BOWLS, OFFICER KYLE SHELLLOCK AND
OFFICER RYAN LOW EVEN, AS WELL AS SCOTTSDALE FIREFIGHTER JACKSON COOPER. IF ANYONE REQUIRES THEIR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE NOTIFY A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF, AND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I'D LIKE TO CALL UPON COUNCILWOMAN JAN
DUBAUSKAS TO LEAD US IN THAT. >> IF >> 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.
>> Mayor Borowsky: TANK YOU, THIS EVENING I'VE INVITED SCOTTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN EVAN NICHOLS TO DELIVER THIS EVENING'S INVOCATION. PLEASE COME JOIN US, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT CHAPLAIN NICHOLS.
HE SERVES AS THE CHAPLAIN WITH THE SCOTTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFERING CARE, SUPPORT AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES HIS WORK IS SHAPED BY YEARS OF MENTORING AND DISCIPLESHIP WITHIN HIS CHURCH COMMUNITY WHERE HE HEAPS EQUIP MEN FOR
LIVES OF FAITH, SERVICE AND RESILIENCE. EVAN HAS COMPLETED THE ARIZONA STATE CHAPLAINCY SERVICE PROGRAM AND IS CURRENTLY IN AN ELDER LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM. REFLECTING HIS DEEP COMMITMENT, NOT ONLY TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT,
BUT TO THIS CALLING, HE SPRINGS A CALM PRESENCE, A SERVANT'S HEART AND A PASSION FOR STRENGTHENING THE WELL-BEING OF SCOTTSDALE FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. EVERYONE BOW YOUR HEADS, PLEASE. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATITUDE
FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM TO GUIDE THE DISCUSSION AND DECISIONS MADE IN THIS ROOM. GRANT CLARITY OF MIND, UNITY OF PURPOSE AND A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY AS WE SEEK THE GOOD FOR EVERY RESIDENT WE REPRESENT.
PLEASE OUR MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL WHO LABOR BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP OUR CITY STRONG. GUARD THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION AND COURAGE. MAY THIS MEETING BE MARKED BY RESPECT, COOPERATION, AND A
SHARED COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, PEACE AND THE FLOURISHING OF OUR CITY. HELP US TO LISTEN WELL SPEAK STRUTFULLY AND ACT RESPONSIBLY. WE ASK FOR OUR PROTECTION OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR
FAMILIES AND ALL WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY EACH DAY. LORD WE LOVE YOU AND PRAISE YOU AND PRAY ALL THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS EVENING I HAVE A COUPLE OF
THINGS ON THE MAYOR'S REPORT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE SCOTTSDALE CARES PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR CITY FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. IT'S ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS THAT RESIDENTS CAN HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, SCOTTSDALE CARES LETS YOU ADD A
VOLUNTARY DONATION TO YOUR MONTHLY WATER BILL AND SINCE 1995 THAT $1 AT A TIME HAS ADDED UP TO MORE THAN $5 MILLION. ALL OF IT GOING DIRECTLY TO LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES, YOUTH AND RESIDENTS
FACING CRISIS. SO PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING THAT -- A DOLLAR TO YOUR ANNUAL GIVING TRADITION ON YOUR WATER BILL. SO THAT'S VERY CONVENIENT AND VERY HELPFUL. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE WITH
YOU THAT SCOTTSDALE IS -- SCOTTS DAZZLE IS LIT AND ON ITS WAY. THE TREE LIGHTING EVENT WAS SATURDAY AT THE WATERFRONT, SUPER EXCITING. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CHECK IT OUT. IT'S AN AMAZING SIGHT. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS SHOWED UP FOR THE JINGLE AND JAZZ CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY BIG TURNOUT. I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WAS, OF COURSE, THE TREE LIGHTING WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM AND HIS FAMILY AND COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN HELPED
WITH, SO THAT WAS SUPER EXCITING AND THIS YEAR MARKS SCOTTS DAZZLES 10th ANNIVERSARY AND OLD TOWN HAS TRULY TRANSFORMED INTO A WINTER WONDERLAND OF LIGHTS, ART, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
CHECK IT OUT, VERY, VERY FUN. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES WITH 20 OR MORE YEARS OF SERVICE AS OF THIS MONTH.
I SEE A PRESENTER HOLLY PERALTA, INTERIM SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AF AFFAIRS WILL SHARE WITH US WHO HAS QUALIFIED. >> Holly Peralta: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. TONIGHT WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT
SERVICE MILESTONES WE THIS CITY OF SCOTTSDALE THIS MONTH. THESE MILE DISSTONES REPRESENT THE STEADY RELIABLE SERVICE THAT HELPS MAKE SCOTTSDALE A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY. AND WITH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE THIS MONTH, WE HAVE FIRST
KRISTEN FRACOLO, ROBERT ENNOY, MATTHEW McARTHUR AND MATTHEW STEFANICK. WE ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE 45 YEARS OF SERVICE, A TRULY REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.
MELAN SHWANK, COME ON UP HER, MELANIE. [ APPLAUSE ] MELANIE HAS DEDICATED MORE THAN
FOUR DECADES TO THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE AND THROUGHOUT HER 45 YEARS WITH THE CITY, MELANIE HAS CONTRIBUTED 15 YEARS TO POLICE RECORDS, 13 YEARS TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND 17 YEARS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. A REMARKABLE RECORD OF SERVICE ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND
IN FACT, HER CODE ENFORCEMENT COWORKERS ARE HERE WITH HER TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE HER. [ APPLAUSE ] AND MELANIE, YOU WILL ALSO
RECEIVE SOME SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT NEXT WEEK'S EMPLOYEE AWARDS CEREMONY FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO MELANIE AND ALL OF OUR MILESTONE HONOREES AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE. MELANIE, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET A
PICTURE OF YOU WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, MELANIE. >> Mayor Borowsky: CONGRATULATIO
NS, MELANIE, WELL DONE.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH THE CITY FOR SO LONG AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HONORED AS WELL.
THE SECOND PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE FROM SCOTTSDALE ARTS ON ITS RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS. AND ONE OF THEM BEING SCOTTSDALE, RIGHT, GERD WELL, WE
CAN SHARE THE LOVE. >> Gerd Wuestemann: FOR SURE. >> Mayor Borowsky: PRESENTER DRE ARTS CEO IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT. >> Gerd Wuestemann: THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR FOR THE TIME
FOR MY BIANNUAL UPDATE. IT'S BEEN A FAST AND FURIOUS SIX MONTHS FOR SCOTTSDALE ARTS, BUT FIRST IT'S THE SEASON OF GRATITUDE. I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE HOW THANKFUL I AM TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE EVERYYEAR I'M TOLERATED IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR FOR THE RECORD, I MAY BE GERMAN COWBOY, NOT MUCH
OF ONE, BUT HAVE YET TO FALL OFF MY HORSE. WE DID A PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. IT IS NOW REALLY BECOMING THE 7th PART OF OUR SEVEN-RING CIRCUS AT SCOTTSDALE ARTS. HAVE TO REPORT THAT THANKS TO A GREAT EFFORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, WE ARE
MAKING GREAT PROGRESS TOWARDS A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. MORE ON THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. WE USED SUMMER MONTHS WELL TO GIVE WONDERFUL THEATER A GREAT REFRESH, THANKS TO FACILITY MANAGEMENT AT THE CITY AND OUR TEAM WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY MAKE THIS HALL GLOW ONCE AGAIN
FOR ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH NEW CARPET, NEW WOODWORK AND MUCH MORE. LEARNING INNOVATION TEAM AT SCOTTSDALE ARTS WORKED WITH 44,000 KIDS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE IN OUR VISIONS AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS PROGRAMS WITH SIR CITIZENS ACROSS THE CITIES, EFFORTS LIKE MEMORY
LOUNGE AND CLUB CREATIVES AND WITH EXHIBITIONS IN OUR LIBRARIES ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL. PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR HOPE CHEST AND HOLD ONTO HOPE EXHIBIT. ALMOST 1200 STUDENTS HAD 30,000 PLUS HOURS OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION, IT'S DEAR TO MY OWN HEART COMING FROM CHALLENGED
PLACES IN GERMANY. MORE THAN 70 EXHIBITS AND WORKSHOPS AT CONVERGENCE A EVEN, WE WORKED FAST ON OUR TEN-YEAR PUBLIC ART PLAN ON BEHALF OF CITY. OUR CONSULTANTS ENGAGED WITH MORE THAN 500 INDIVIDUALS LOCAL AND VISITORS ALIKE THROUGH A
MIRRADE OF EVENTS AND WE ARE COMING BACK TO YOU EARLY IN THE YEAR WITH A DRAFT UPDATE ON THE PLAN. WE ALSO HELPED BEAUTIFY OUR AGING PARKING GARAGE ACROSS THE WAY WITH SOME GREAT MURALS AND WHIMSY AND LONG OVERDUE THIS
20-YEAR-OLD WORK, THE PATH MOST TRAVELED ONE OF OUR CORNERSTONES IN THE ART COLLECTION, A SIX-MILE PIECE ALONG THE 101. I'D RATHER TURNPIKE TO WORK AND DODGE POTHOLES, YOU GET TO LOOK AT THIS. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCOTTSDALE AND OUR PLACE.
THIS PIECE IS FINALLY SHINING AGAIN AFTER 20 YEARS IT HAD BADLY FADED IN THE SUN. THEY ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR CONSTRUCTION WORK, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THIS A GREAT NEW LIFE. LOOK AT THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE SIX MILES EVERY WONDERFUL IMAGES OF THE DESERT. I MENTIONED CAL TURK EARLIER.
THANKS TO HELP FROM MARK STANTON, THANKS FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS, WE MOVED THIS ON TO THE CATTLE TRUCK PROPERTIES NOW BECOME THE NEW HOME OF THE ART SPARK COHORT. ARTIST STUDIO SPACES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS. WE DID THIS WITH MUSIC AND A
COUPLE OF BEERS AND YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE DEFINITLY TWO PEAS IN THE SAME POD. THE TEAM WAS HARD AT WORK LAUNCHING A BRAND NEW WEBSITE ON AUGUST 1. THIS SITE PUTS EVERYTHING FRONT AND STORE WE HAVE.
A MODEL OF FISH, WE HAVE SEEN 400 PERCENT OF TRAFFIC, 2400 PERCENT INCREASE OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION FROM THE SITE AND KNOW THAT 70 PERCENT OF OUR USERS NOW USE IT VIA THE MOBILE DEVICES. WE FIRST THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS PULLING OR LEG WHEN THEY CALLED US AND SAID YOU'RE A FINALIST
FOR THE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE AWARDS IN NEW YORK CITY. USUALLY THAT'S F AMAZON WEB SERVICES, ORACLE AND MERCEDES BENZ. THEY WEREN'T JOKING, WHY WE WENT TOTE EVENT, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS DID, WE WERE NOT WINNING, WE RAILROAD RUNNER UP TO AMERICAN EXPRESS, WE THOUGHT
THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR A LITTLE ARTS ORGANIZATION FROM SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, NOW FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. I KNOW YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK OF ARTS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE SAME BRETT, OUR CFO, MARTIN WAS ACTUALLY A FINALIST FOR THIS YEAR INTERNATIONAL CFO OF THE YEAR AWARDS, WE ARE VERY PROUD
OF HIM AND IT SHOWS WE REALLY WANT GOOD STEWARDSHIPS OF THE MONEY ENTRUSTED IN US. WE WORKED FOR MANY MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER A STAR STUDDED LINEUP FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON, WE HAD FABULOUS MEDIA COVERAGE FOR A WHILE.
AND OUR BOOK WORKED WITH GREAT COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS TO PUT TOGETHER A 50TH ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET CELEBRATING 50 YEARS WITH GLORIOUS PHOTOS LIKE THIS FROM THE GRAND OPENING IN 1975, DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE 70s THAN THAT PICTURE, TO HOW THE ATRIUM USED TO BE AN EXHIBIT SPACE
BEFORE WE HAD A MUSEUM, TO HOUSE OUR BORING EXTERIOR LOOKED IN THE LATE 80s AND THEN, OF COURSE THE RENOVATION THAT PUT THE HALL INTO THE SHAPE THAT WE KNOW TODAY. AND THAT ALL WAS JUST A PREAMBLE TO KICK US OFF INTO OUR GOLDEN SUPER SEASON, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER
REALLY WERE -- WE STARTED BY CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN THE ATRIUM IN THE 70s. IN THE BRAND NEW CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, WE HAVE A SHOW IN THE CENTER. ALSO CELEBRATING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUNDREDS OF CREATIVITY AT THE CURRENTLY AT THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY.
AND I THINK OUR FALL OPENING BRING TOGETHER FIVE GREAT ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE U.K., ONE OF THE FINEST WE HAVER HAD, MORE DIVERSE IN RANGE AND MORE POPULAR IN ATTENDANCE THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN, THE EXHIBIT OPENING ALSO
CELEBRATED 12 NEW DONATED WORKS. WE COMMISSIONED A NEW DANCE WORK BY JACOBS JONAS DANCE COMPANY FROM L.A., SUPPORTED BY A BIG NATIONAL GRANT AND WE CELEBRATED MULTIPLE BACK TO BACK TO BACK SOLDOUT HOUSES AT THE CENTER, INCLUDING BROADWAY STAR JEREMY
JORDAN WHO GAVE US TWO NIGHTS HERE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW VALUABLE THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND SCOTTSDALE ARTS IS, WAS FALL FEST, BIG SHOUTOUT TO OUR TOURISM EVENTS FOLKS WHO DO A GREAT THING AND THE PARKS AND REC FOLKS. WE WORKED WITH THEM, OUR STAFF SUPPORTED THE EVENT WITH MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE FOR FALL
FESTIVAL. THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND WE WENT STRAIGHT INTO CELEBRATING THE HISPANIC HISTORY HERE. A GREAT DANCE PERFORMANCE IN THE THEATER AS WELL AS PROCESSIONAL AND TABLEAU OUTSIDE CIVIC CENTER. ALMOST THE DAY 50 YEARS LATER, CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BUILDING ITSELF WITH SUPER STAR ALLISON CROSS IN UNION STATION, ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET, COMMUNITY YOUNG AND OLD CAME TOGETHER FOR A GREAT TO BE THERE NOT TO ITS SOME IT, RIVETTING PERFORMANCE TO SOLDOUT HOUSE, 27-TIME GRAMMY WINNER,
ALLISON KRAUSE. SHE HAS A GREAT NEW ALBUM OUT. HER BAND WON 29 GRAMMIES, NOT TOO SHABBY. WEED WHAT I YOUNG LADY FLY IN FROM LONDON THAT MORNING AND SAID I KNOW I'LL NEVER GET UP CLOSE AND PERSON WITH ALLISON IN MY LIFE, I HAD TO COME TO US.
OF COURSE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND WE KICKED OFF CONVERGENCE. THIS YEAR HAD A RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE OF 146,000 UNIQUE VISITORS, 1.7 MILLION SOCIAL IMMEDIATE IMPRESSIONS, IF YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT, HERE'S A LITTLE TASTE. IT'S SHOWTIME.
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YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T LIVE HERE, THAT HAS TO MAKE YOU WANT TO MOVE TO SCOTTSDALE IN NOVEMBER. IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THE SAME WEEKEND WE ALSO LAUNCHED OR THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL, THIS YEAR EXPANDED TO THE STADIUM WITH 20,000 VISITORS, 5 1/2 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS, 35
VANS, WE CREATED ONE GIANT 2 MILLION SQUARE FOOT PERIMETER FOR THIS FESTIVAL. IT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. 42 PERCENT OF OUR TICKET BUYERS CAME FROM OUT OF STATE. WE ESTIMATED IT GENERATED ABOUT 16 MILLION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WE TRANSFORMED SCOTTSDALE STADIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THERE WAS A SHOW IN THE STADIUM, SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT SINCE 2019. IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE HOW FROM SUNSETTING TO PEOPLE FI FILTERING INTO THE 9,000 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STAGE, THIS THING TRANSFORMED. IT WAS A FULL-FLEDGED TWO-DAY EXPERIENCE WITH MERCHANDISE,
FOOD VENDORS, INCREDIBLE MUSIC AND BEEN TOUTED AS ONE OF THE MOST IF NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NEW FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY. HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS THAT HELPED US BOOK ALL THESE GREAT ACTS. OF COURSE THE STADIUM TEAM, KYLE AND HIS GROUNDSKEEPER WHO I THINK WAS ON THE SECOND WEEK OF
HIS JOB MUST HAVE BEEN MORTIFIED WHEN WE ROLLED IN THE STAGE AND NEEDED TO PLAY BALL THE NEXT WEEKEND ON THE SAME FIELD, THANKFULLY IT ALL WORKED. THANK YOU TO FIRE AND POLICE FOR KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE. TWO YOUR JUST AND ONE PERSON WAS EJECTED BECAUSE HE WAS OVERSERVED.
FROM 20,000 FOLKS, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD MARGIN. OF COURSE THIS ENTIRE NEXT WEEK CAN NOW CONTINUE, AND WE HOSTED THE EVERY WOMAN'S MARATHON AS WELL. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A FABULOUS COLLABORATION. HUGE THANK YOU TO TOURISM FOR WORKING WITH US, THE CITY
ORGANIZING THIS WHOLE THING AND THEN WE HAD THEM FOR EIGHT DAYS, WE HAD AN EXPO SYMPOSIUMS, GREAT POST RACE PARTY WITH RISING SUPERSTAM NASHVILLE WHO NEXT WILL PLAY THE NIGHT BEFORE SUPER BOWL WITH CHRIS STAPLETON. YOU SAW HER HERE FIRST.
IT WAS A FIRST CLASS EVENT WORKING WITH THE FIRST CLASS TEAM ON THE OTHER SIDE AND WE SHARE THE SENTIMENT OF THOSE RUNNERS IN THE INSTAGRAM POST. SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, WE SURE HOPE SO. TO FINISH IT ALL UP, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT SCOTTSDALE ARTS IS
DOING MORE IN 2025 THIS YEAR, I AM SO THRILLED FOR THE RECOGNITION THIS GIVES MY TEAM BECAUSE WHAT THE SCOTTSDALE TEAM PULLED OFF IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY. AND I THINK THE ONLY REASON THEY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU KILLED ME YET, THEY'RE TOO TIRED TO ACTUALLY SCHEME AGAINST ME.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HUGE THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND ARE DOING FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN CELEBRATE THIS EXTRAORDINARY 50-YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SCOTTSDALE ARTS AND THE CITY. THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU,
GERD. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. THE PERFORMANCES WERE JUST INCREDIBLE, THE WHOLE NIGHT WAS
REALLY SPECTACULAR AS WELL AS ALL OF THE REST OF THOSE EVENTS YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED AND CONGRASS ON THE AWARD. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, AT MEETING, THE COUNCIL MAY MAKE A MOTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO
DISCUSS AND CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC BODY TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY APPLICABLE ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IF AUTHORIZED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VOTE AND WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC MEETING WILL RESUME
FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A TIME RESERVED FOR SCOTTSDALE CITIZENS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND/OR PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMMENT ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION. NO OFFICIAL COUNCIL ACTION CAN
BE TAKEN ON ANY OF THE ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, AND SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A NONAGENDIZED OR AGENDIZED ITEM PLEASE SEE THE CITY CLERK. THIS EVENING WE HAVE SIX REQ
REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THE NONAGENDIZED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. FIRST WAS STEVE SUTTON, DAN ISAAC, LILA YANGO AND WE'LL START WITH THOSE THREE. THANK YOU.
>> EVERYONE HEAR ME ALL RIGHT STEVE SUTTON ADDRESS ON RECORD. HONORABLE LISA BOROWSKY, MAYOR OF SCOTTSDALE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. WELL, THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ON THE MINDS OF MANY PEOPLE, SINCE TWO FRIDAYS AGO, WAS
ANSWERED AT 5:15 P.M. YESTERDAY BY FOX NEWS 10. AND THAT WAS WE PROPOSED CHANGES TO ITS MEETING ON PUBLIC COMMENT DECEMBER 2. SUGGESTED BY INTERIM CITY CORNER
AND CITY CLERK AND SUPPORTED BY VICE MAYOR ADAM KWASMAN. THAT'S THE ANSWER EVERYBODY WAS WONDERING ABOUT. WHO IS BEHIND THE RESTER TO SUPPRESS SCOTTSDALE RESIDENTS FROM COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR COUNCIL AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.
I HAVE LOOKED AT YOUR LETTER FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND I SEE THAT PART OF THE REASON FOR THESES CHANGES TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT'S EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THIS IS TO BE.
ACTUALLY I'M THE ONE TRYING TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY. I ACTUALLY HAVE A PETITION THAT'S WORKING RIGHT NOW TO TRY AND GET TRANSPARENCY GOING IN THIS CITY. I SEE THAT YOU WANT TO STREAMLINE COUNCIL MEETINGS I
WOULD SUGGEST THE SAVINGS OF 14 MINUTES IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS SO TRIVIAL, COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME I SEE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WASTE IN LACK OF PREPAREDNESS IN WHAT WE CALL IN
THE UNITED STATES ARMY SMOKING AND JOKING. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHICH APPROACH RESIDENTS OF SCOTTSDALE ARE GOING TO BE MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD, BETWEEN NOW AND 7:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 3, 2026, MORE
TRANSPARENCY OR LESS AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. NOW, AN ADVERTISEMENT WAS PUT IN THE SCOTTSDALE PROGRESS THIS LAST SUNDAY, WHICH HAD A DEADLINE OF TUESDAY DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS. AND I SUBMITTED A PETITION TODAY
THAT WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED IF YOU ADOPT THE RULES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS PETITION WAS GOING TO BE NECESSARY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND I COULD NOT SUBMIT IT UNTIL NINE HOURS BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE
OVERHEAD PLEASE. THIS IS A PETITION, A BLANK COPY, THERE IS A COMPLETED COPY WITH THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. WITH THE UNDERSIGNED SCOTTSDALE RESIDENTS PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS PETITION THE
CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT ALL PAPER AND ONLINE PETITIONS A STATEMENT OF WHAT IS BEING PETITIONED, DATE WHEN THEY PLACE THEIR NAME AND SCOTTSDALE ADDRESS UPON THE PETITION AND BEGAN CIRCULATING UP TO 365 DAYS PRIOR TO ANY CHANGES THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY
MANAGER MAKE TO PETITION FOR FORMATTING AND ACCEPTANCE RULES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, STEVE. DAN ISAAC. >> DAN ISAAC ADDRESS ON RECORD.
THERE APPEARS TO BE, BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN OUR CHARTER OFFICERS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL. COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM ADDED TO MODIFY OUR GENERAL PLAN, THE GENERAL MANAGER -- CITY MANAGER HAD ASKED HIS STAFF TO UPDATE THE
GENERAL PLAN, SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE MAJORITY OF SCOTTSDALE RESIDENTS, CLAIMING THAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE BASED ON CITY COUNCIL ACTION AS WELL AS CHANGES IN THE ARIZONA LAW. THAT AGENDA ITEM WAS WITHDRAWN AND I BELIEVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY
SAID THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF UPROAR OVER THIS BEING PUT ON THE AGENDA AND OVERRIDING THE SENTIMENT OF SCOTTSDALE VOTERS. NOW WE ARE FACED WITH ANOTHER ITEM ON AN AGENDA THAT APPEAR NOT TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL BASED ON THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MEDIA, AND IT IS TO CHANGE THE RULES OF ORDER AND PROFESSOR OF THESE MAKING MEETINGS, HERE'S MY QUESTION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FOR SOMETHING TO BE AGENDIZED OR FOR
CHARTER OFFICERS TO TAKE ACTION, USING THEIR STAFF TO DO SO, THEY NEED TO DO IT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO ONE OF TWO THINGS HAS HAPPENED IN BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS, EITHER OUR CHARTER OFFICERS HAVE OVERSTEPPED THEIR
AUTHORITY AND ARE DOING THINGS WITHOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR COUNCIL, OR A SUBSET OF OUR COUNCIL IS DIRECTING OUR CHARTER OFFICERS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN VIOLATION OF OPEN MEETING LAWS TO HAVE
THEM DO THINGS. IF IT IS THE FORMER AND OUR CHARTER OFFICERS ARE OVERSTEPPING THEIR BOUNDS, THEN THEY SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED. IF NOT REMOVED FROM OFFICE. IF ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'RE BEING DIRECTED BY A SUBSET OF OUR COUNCIL, THEN THEY NEED TO
ADMIT WHO IS ASKING THEM TO DO THESE THINGS. SO I'M ASKING ANY MEMBER OF OUR COUNCIL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE TO ASK OUR CHARTER OFFICERS ON RECORD WHY THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN THESE TWO PROJECTS, WHY THEY HAVE DIRECTED STAFF TO
SPEND HOURS AND HOURS DOING SO, IF IT IS NOT AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND IF IT IS THE LATTER, THEN THEY NEED TO NAME WHICH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SUBVERTING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, DAN. NEXT WE HAVE LILA YANGO FOLLOWED BY RYAN JOHNSON AND MADELEINE SHERMAN. >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. I'M LILA YANGO, I'M A STUDENT AT
DESERT MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE COME TODAY BECAUSE THIS WEEK IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT SCOTTSDALE ONCE HAD. SO TODAY I CAME IN HOPES OF CREATING A NEW CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE
REINSTATEMENT OF SCOTTSDALE'S SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. AND WHY DO I WANT TO CELEBRATE? WELL, THIS PLAN WOULD BE A HELP TO SO MANY. IT ADDRESSES HEAT, WATER, WASTE, ENERGY, ISSUES OF SCOTTSDALE, WHICH IN TURN HELPS PEOPLE
THROUGH THE LAND. IT HELPS OUR NATIVE HABITAT, IT HELPS -- IT'S REALLY JUST A BENEFIT TO SCOTTSDALE. AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO MAKE SCOTTSDALE LOOK GOOD TO ANYONE, NO MATTER IF IT'S A FAMILY OR
THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, THEY WANT TO SEE THAT SCOTTSDALE HAS POTABLE WATER AND IS ADDRESSING SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES. WITHOUT THIS PLAN, SCOTTSDALE WOULD NOT BE A VIABLE PLACE TO LIVE, IT WOULD NOT BE A VIABLE PLACE TO WORK AND IT WILL NOT
ENSURE THAT SCOTTSDALE HAS A VIABLE ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE. SO I WANT TO CELEBRATE AND THE REINSTATEMENT OF SCOTTSDALE'S SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. I URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT NOW.
I'M ALSO HERE BECAUSE I HEARD THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF SEVERELY LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENTING, WHICH I URGE YOU NOT TO DO BECAUSE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS IS THE
PILLAR OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, ARE, I ASKED MANY OF MY FRIENDS TO COME HERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON HOW THEY WANT SCOTTSDALE SO REINSTATE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, BUT THEY COULDN'T BECAUSE MAYBE THEIR PARENTS COULDN'T TAKE THEM.
MY POINT IS SCOTTSDALE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION INSTEAD OF LIMITING IT. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, LILA. NEXT WE HAVE RYAN JOHNSON.
>> GOOD EVENING, RYAN JOHNSON, 20 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF ST STONEGATE COMMUNITY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, HOPE IT WAS A GREAT THANKSGIVING FOR EVERYONE, AND HAPPY DECEMBER, I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO,
DECEMBER 3, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE CITY'S FIRST SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT, BUT IT TOOK A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH LATER WHEN THIS COUNCIL TOOK OFFICE, ONE OF YOUR FIRST ACTIONS WAS TO RESCIND THAT PLAN. AS YOU KNOW I WAS A MEMBER OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, SPENT MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF EFFORT, LITERALLY A COLLECTIVE THOUSAND HOURS OF WORK BY VOLUNTEERS SUCH AS MYSELF, CITY STAFF, INPUT BY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS ACROSS MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND IT WAS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR AND OF COURSE THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
WAS CREATED BECAUSE OUR GENERAL PLAN, WHICH PASSED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL AND RATIFIED BY SCOTTSDALE RESIDENTS IN 2021, CALLED FOR THE CITY TO CREATE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. I HAVE TO ADMIT A YEAR AGO I DIDN'T THINK ANY OF US THOUGHT THE CITY'S FIRST SUSTAINABILITY
PLAN WOULD HAVE AN EXPIRATION DAY SHORTER THAN A CUP OF YOGURT. HERE'S THE PART THAT REALLY DESERVES A SLOW CLAP. THIS IS A CITY THAT PROUDLY HOSTS THE LARGEST SUSTAINABLE PGA EVENT IN THE WORLD. IT MIGHT BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE SPORTS EVENT IN THE WORLD.
EVERY FEBRUARY, THIS CITY SHOWS THE WORLD HOW TO BE SUSTAINABLE FOR A WEEK. AND FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, JUST A BASEBALL THROW AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE, SCOTTSDALE HAS BEEN THE STRING TRAINING HOME TO THE GREENEST TEAM IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, OUR GIANTS.
THESE ARE TWO MASSIVE ECONOMIC ENGINES FOR THE CITY, TWO SHINING SPOTLIGHTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP RIGHT HERE IN OUR HOMETOWN, SO NATURALLY OUR MESSAGE TO THESE TWO GOLDEN GEESE APPEARS TO BE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE ARE NOT THAT INTERESTED IN LEVERAGING
YOUR GOLDEN EGGS. IMAGINE THE CONFUSION BY THE SCOTTSDALE PRINCESS WHO HAS SUSTAINABILITY, AND ALL THE CORPORATE SPONSORS, THE P.G.A. AND WASTE MANAGEMENT BUILT COMPOSTING SYSTEMS, ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES AND LOOK OVER AT US AND SAY, GUYS, WE WANTED TO WORK
WITH YOU TO RECYCLE BEER CANS, THOUGHT TO RECYCLE THE ENTIRE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. AND THE GIANTS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE OF SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND INNOVATION, ONLY TO WATCH THEIR SPRING TRAINING HOST CITY SAY, WE'LL SIT THIS ONE OUT. I'M NOT SAYING THIS COUNCIL IS
ANTI-SUSTAINABILITY, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S REFRESHINGLY COUNTER INTUITIVE. BUT HERE'S THE REAL POINT. THE THREE-YEAR PLAN WASN'T WRITTEN BY A FACEST BUREAUCRACY, WAS WRITTEN BY VOLUNTEERS, SIT IN MEETINGS, THINK HARD CREATE SOMETHING THAT REFLECTED WHAT
RESIDENTS WANT. MUNICIPAL EFFICIENCY WITH WATER, ENERGY AND WASTE. SUSTAINABILITY IS SIMPLY EFFICIENCY, CONTEMPORARY TO WHAT SOME HAVE IMAGINED, THERE'S NOTHING ME FAIR WAS IN THAT WORD. MAYO CLINIC DEFINES IT AS
EFFICIENT USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES. EFFICIENT USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES. WILL OUR CITIZENS SPENT THREE YEARS CREATING A ROADMAP FOR WATER ENERGY AND WASTE SUFFICIENCY AND I URGE YOU TO ACT TO RESTORE THAT PLAN, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RYAN.
MADELEINE SHERMAN, FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR FRANCIS AND LAST WE'LL HAVE SERENA SUN. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I'M ALSO HERE LIKE LILA AND RYAN
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WHEN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WAS APPROVED 5-2 AND THEN REPEALED A MONTH LATER. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN ON THE MINDS OF SEVERAL OF US TONIGHT.
SO MY NAME IS MADELEINE SHERMAN MY ADDRESS 15509 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, 85254. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 23 YEARS OF MY LIFE ON AND OFF. SO MANY OF YOU THE DAIS NOW
COUNT THE REPEAL AS AN ACHIEVEMENT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY RESIDENTS SEE IT VERY DIFFERENTLY. REPEALING THE PLAN WAS A GIANT STEP BACKWARD FOR SCOTTSDALE. IT MAKES OUR CITY LESS LIVABLE, LESS HEALTHY AND LESS PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE. SUSTAINABILITY ISN'T A NICE TO
HAVE, AS RYAN SHARED SOWELL WENTLY, IT'S ABOUT RESOURCE EFFICIENCY, FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND, BOTH RAISED HERE IN SCOTTSDALE, THIS MAKES SCOTTSDALE A LESS DESIRABLE A PLACE TO CONTINUE TO RAISE OUR GROWING FAMILY LOOKING AT SOME OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SUSTAINABILITY PLANS AND
INITIATIVES. ON THE NIGHT OF THE REPEAL, CITY COUNCIL PROMISED TO OFFER ANOTHER VERSION, AND IT HAS BEEN A FULL YEAR, SO I'M ASKING WHERE IS THAT NEW VERSION? I'D LOVE TO REVIEW. I ALSO WANT TO CORRECT A FEW
FALSE NARRATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SPREAD ABOUT THE PLAN BECAUSE THESE MISCONCEPTIONS CONTINUE TO HARM OUR COMMUNITY'S PROGRESS. SO LOOK AT JUST THE BUDGET, MAYOR BOROWSKY YOU STATED THAT THE PLAN WOULD COST 2.2 MILLION
ADDITIONALLY AS THE CITY TREASURER'S DOCUMENT SHOWS ON THE PROJECTOR, THAT FIGURE REPRESENTS THE THREE-YEAR BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES PRIMARILY STAFF SALARIES FOR ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. TE ONLY DIRECT COST OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WAS A $100,000 ASU CONTRACT AND I KNOW THE COST OF SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT, SO JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT FACT. BUT I THINK THE REAL QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING IS HOW MUCH WILL NOT HAVING A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN COST THIS COMMUNITY?
MAYOR, YOU HAD ALSO CLAIMED THE PLAN HAD NO ACTION ITEMS. AGAIN, THIS IS FALSE. THE PLAN CONTAINS EXACTLY 95 ACTION ITEMS, YOU CAN COUNT THEM. IT HAS MEASURABLE GOALS TO GUIDE PLANNING AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY. NO. 3, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM AND
OTHERS HAVE REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THE PLAN WOULD IMPOSE MONI MONITORING, RATIONING,ING OR MANDATING ON HOMEOWNERS, I BELIEVE THAT'S FALSE. HOUSEHOLD REDUCTIONS IN WATER, ENERGY WASTE WOULD COME FROM EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS. READ THE PLAN AND YOU'LL SEE
THAT. IT'S BEEN STATED MANY TIMES THAT THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN BY A TASK FORCE. RYAN, YOU MENTIONED THIS, THAT WAS INCORRECT. THERE WAS NO TASK FORCE, THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN BY CITY STAFF WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS, COMMISSIONS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
WE WERE ALL AT THE TABLE. A YEAR LATER, WE HAVE NO SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, NO SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, THE POSITION HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AND SEVERAL CITY INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN REDUCED. I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND ESTABLISH A PLAN MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, MADELEINE. TAYLOR FRANCIS. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BOROWSKY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M TAYLOR FRANCIS, I'M AN OPERATIONS
OFFERS AT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AT SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT. I'M HERE TODAY IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY. OPINIONS I STATE TONIGHT ARE MY OWN AND DO NOT REFLECT THE POLICIES OF F.A.A. OR IN I ASSOCIATED AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION. I'M PARTICIPATING AS A PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL. NOTHING SHOULD BE TAKEN AS A OFFICIAL STATEMENT OR POSITION OF MY EMPLOYER. BACK STORY, OUT OF IT 527 U.S. AIRPORTS WITH CONTROL TOWERS, SCOTTSDALE RANKED 79TH BUSIEST. SCOTTSDALE RANKS 26TH BUSIEST OVERALL IN THE COUNTRY. NO. 2 FOR BUSINESS JET TRAFFIC.
THE NUMBER ONE AIRPORT HAS THREE RUNWAYS AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE, WHICH MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE DO MORE SINGLE RUNWAY OPERATIONS THAN SKY HARBOR. BASED ON DATA THIS YEAR, SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $1.3 BILLION AND GENERATE 40 MILLION IN LOCAL
AND STATE TAX REVENUES. DURING THE 43-DAY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTUP, NOTN WHO OF THE CONTROLLERS OR MANAGERS OF THE SCOTTSDALE TOWER RECEIVED A FULL PAYCHECK. THROUGHOUT THE 645 HOURS WE OPERATED DURING THE SHUTDOWN, WE DO NOT HAVE TO REDUCE TOWER
HOURS A SINGLE TIME. ALL DELAYS IN AND OUT OF SCOTTSDALE DURING THAT PERIOD WERE DUE TO STAFFING CONSTRAINTS OUTSIDE OF OUT TOWERS, MY CONTROLLERS KEPT SCOTTSDALE RUNNING. THAT IS NOT WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. WE CONTROLLERS LIVE PRETTY GREAT LIVES.
WE GET TO DO A REALLY NEAT JOB THAT A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE. , WHOSE AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN AND DEPART, MY CONTROLLERS SPEAK TO NEARLY EVERY SINGLE ONE.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF WHO WE ARE, THEY HEAR OUR VOICES THOUGH THEY WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE US ON THE US EVEN FEWER KNOW THE ACTIONS WE TAKE AND CATASTROPHE WE PREVENT, AND YET, THOSE WHO KNOW
SO LITTLE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, THEY CAME TOGETHER TO SHOWER US WITH KINDNESS AND SUPPORT IN A WAY I'VE NEVER BEFORE WITNESSED. PILOTS BUSINESSES STUDENTS, OWNERS, PASSENGER AND EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T FLY, SHOWED UP WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.
THEY FED US, ENCOURAGED US AND RALLIED AROUND US, OF OUT OF RESPECT FOR PRIVACY, I WILL BE NAMING EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. WORDS FAIL ME WHEN I TRY TO THINK OF A WAY TO APPROPRIATELY EXPRESS GRATITUDE. I HAVE CONTROLLERS WHOSE FAMILY GOT LARGER DURING THE SHUTDOWN,
AND SOME WHOSE FAMILIES GOT SMALLER. I HAVE CONTROLLERS WHOSE ONLY MEAL THAT DAY WAS PROVIDED BY ONE OF THOSE I MENTIONED. THEY EXPERIENCED CHANGE IN WAYS I COULD NOT EXPRESS. YOU ALL SHOULD FEEL IMMENSELY PROUD OF PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR
AIRPORT AND COME TOGETHER DURING A TIME OF NEED. THOUGH IT DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO BEING ADEQUATE. THANK YOU TO THEM AND THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SHARE
THAT WITH US TONIGHT. LASTLY, WE HAVE SERENA SUN. >> HI, MY NAME IS SERENA SUN, I AM A STUDENT AT DESERT MOUNTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS INVITED HERE BY LILA TO SPEAK ABOUT THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE SCOTTSDALE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. WHICH I WAS DELIGHTED TO DO BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE I HOLD SO CLOSE TO MY HEART.
ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF ISSUES THAT WE CURRENTLY FACE TODAY IS LIGHT POLLUTION, IF YOU'RE AW AWARE. ON THE WILDLIFE SIDE OF THINGS, IT KILLS ABOUT 1 BILLION BIRDS ANNUALLY BY DISORIENTING THEM DURING THEIR FLIGHT AND CAUSING
COLLISIONS. BUT IT DOESN'T JUST DISRUPT THE ECOSYSTEM AND WILDLIFE, IT ALSO DISRUPTS HUMAN WELL-BEING AS IT DISRUPTS CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AND RESTRICTS THE BODY'S ABILITY TO REGULATE ITSELF AND LOWERS
MELATONIN LEVELS. AND INSOMNIA. LIGHT POLLUTION IS THE POLLUTION THAT I AM MOST INFORMED ABOUT AND HONESTLY EXCESSIVE USE OF LIGHT IS A WASTE OF ENERGY AND MONEY. IT'S ONLY ONE OF THE ISSUES
PLAGUING OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT N NOW. POLLUTION HURTS NOT ONLY WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM, BUT ALSO HURTS OR WELL BEING AT ALL. WHICH SHOWS HOW IMPACTFUL SUSTAINABILITY IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALL WE WANT IS WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SO I URGE YOU
TO REINSTATE THE SCOTTSDALE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, SERENA. THAT CONCLUDES OUR NONAGENDIZED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. MOVING ON TO THE MEETING MINUTES
APPROVALS, WE -- DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REVISIONS. IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. >> SO MOVED. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR, INDICATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONSENT AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 14. I'LL WAIT TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS OR REQUESTS TO MOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND I I DON'T SEE ANY. SO WITH THAT -- CAPABLEMAN GRAHAM. >> Councilmember Graham: MAYOR, THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TWO ITEMS TO THE REGULAR AGENDA,
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NO. 10 AND ITEM NO. 14.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL RIGHT. SO EXCLUDING ITEM NO. 10 AND ITEM NO. 14, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9 AND 11 THROUGH 14. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ANY OF THOSE. WELL, WE DID FOR 14. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT. >> Councilmember Graham: I PU
PULLED 14. >> Mayor Borowsky: SORRY, THAT'S RIGHT. WE'LL WAIT ON THAT. MOVING ON TO -- LET'S SEE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THESE, STARTING WITH NO. 10. I SEE ALLISON TYMKIW HERE TO
GIVE A PRESENTATION. >> Alison Tymkiw: HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE IIP CONTRACT 01716-INCH AND
36-INCH ZONE 4 PIPELINES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 13551 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT NO. 26 26IFB018, A CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH TF CONTRACTING SERVICES, LLC, NOT
TO EXCEED 6,776,999 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY'S ZONE 4 16 AND 36-INCH PIPELINE PROJECT. SO THIS PROJECT WAS A LOW BID CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AWARDING THE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO THE LOW RESPONSIVE -- LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER, AND WE DID RECEIVE OTHER BIDS, VARYING FROM $6.9 MILLION ALL THE WAY UP TO 9 MILLION, AND OUR CONSTRUCTION -- OUR
ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS $8.6 MILLION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS. >> Councilmember Graham: YES,
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS ITEM NO. 10, OKAY. MISS TYMKIW, THANK YOU. THE -- WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO GO BETWEEN -- WHY DID YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN A CMAR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT AT RISK VERSUS LOW BID. >> Alison Tymkiw: THE CMAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK DELIVERY METHOD IS SUITABLE TO PROJECTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THINGS
THAT WE MIGHT BE DOING IN MULTIPLE PHASES SO THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE US BRINGING SEVERAL GMP'S. THE CM AT RISK PUTS SOME RISK ONTO THE CONTRACTOR, LESS EXPOSURE TO THE CITY, BUT WHEN IT'S A STRAIGHT FORWARD KIND OF
A MORE SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THAT IS VERY SUITABLE TO A LOW BID PROJECT. >> Councilmember Graham: $6.8 MI LLION, WHAT WAS THE -- IS THAT THE -- WAS THERE AN ORIGINAL BUDGET BEFORE THAT, THAT WAS
PREDATES THAT. >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS $9.6 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING THE PROJECT. >> Councilmember Graham: DOES THAT NUMBER FROM 2023, THAT ORIGINAL BUDGET?
>> Alison Tymkiw: THAT WAS A RECENT ESTIMATE PREPARED BY OUR DESIGN ENGINEER BEFORE WE PUT THE PROJECT OUT TO BID. >> Councilmember Graham: SAYS PROJECT DESIGN WAS INITIATED IN MAY 2023 WITH BID SOLICITATION. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET BEFORE -- WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET BEFORE WE PUT OUT BID
SOLICITATION? >> Alison Tymkiw: THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME RIGHT NOW. I CAN GET IT AND GET BACK TO YOU. >> Councilmember Graham: AND THESE ARE WATER LINES, RIGHT, CAN YOU JUST SORT OF FOR THE PUBLIC KIND OF EXPLAIN WHERE THE
WATER IS GOING AND WHERE THE WATER IS COMING? >> Alison Tymkiw: SO THIS IS AT THE PARCEL JUST NORTH OF THE 101, AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF HAYDEN, AND IT IS MAKING A CONNECTION OF BOTH 16 AND 36-INCH WATER LINES ABOUT 4200
LINEAR FEET AND GOES ACROSS THAT PARCEL OVER TO OUR WATER CAMPUS. >> Councilmember Graham: MOVING WATER FROM WEST TO EAST. >> Alison Tymkiw: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Graham: THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR THE TIME BEING IS, AS I READ IT, IT SAYS THIS
PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT 4200 LINEAR FEET OF NEW WATER LINES TO SERVE THE HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS, OCCURRING IN THE AREA OF HAYDEN ROAD AND STATE ROUTE 101. SO IT SEEMS TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS
AS OPPOSED TO LOWER DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS. CAN YOU SORT OF EXPLAIN WHICH DEVELOPMENTS THIS WILL BE SERVING. >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, I THINK THAT'S REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT THE DENSITY IN THE AREA OF THOSE
STATE LAND PARCELS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. >> Councilmember Graham: WAS THIS -- I MEAN, IS IT FOR, I GUESS, WHICH -- FOR THE OPTIMA PROJECT OR ASM OR AXON. DO YOU KNOW WHICH PARCELS THIS
IS GOING TO SERVE? >> Alison Tymkiw: IT'S FOR THE AREA IN GENERAL, NOT FOR A SPECIFIC PARCEL. >> Councilmember Graham: OKAY. AND THEN HOW ARE THESE -- HOW WAS THIS PROJECT GOING TO BE FUNDED? ARE WE SELLING CIP BONDS?
>> Alison Tymkiw: NO, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, THAT IS FUNDED BY OUR -- IT'S OUR VIRTUAL ONE OF OUR IIP PROJECTS AND I BELIEVE IT IS FUNDED BY OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT. WHICH IS.
>> Councilmember Graham: IS THIS UNDER THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND? >> Alison Tymkiw: YES, THIS IS A WATER ENTERPRISE FUND. >> Councilmember Graham: IT'S FUNDED BY RATE PAYERS. >> Alison Tymkiw: YES. >> Councilmember Graham: ARE WE SELLING DEBT TO FUND IT? >> Alison Tymkiw: I DON'T BELIEVE SO, NO. >> Councilmember Graham: OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK. SO -- THERE WAS NO COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO WITH THAT. >> Councilmember Graham: SORRY,. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE
RESOLUTION NO. 13551. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM 14,
THAT'S FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. AND IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THIS, COUNCILMAN GRAHAM. I SEE -- HERE WE GO. >> Councilmember Graham: IF -- I GUESS BEFORE MY -- I POSE MY
QUESTIONS, I MAY LET SCOTT GIVE HIS REMARKS, THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST. >> Mayor Borowsky: SCOTT, WHY DON'T YOU PRESENT AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC SPEAKER. >> Scott Selin: THANK YOU, THE CITY REALIZED ABOUT $2.8 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNINGS FROM ITS
FEBRUARY 2023 DEBT ISSUANCE FOR BOND 2019 PROJECTS, AND AT ITS MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 8 OF 2025, THE CITIZENS BOND OVERSIGHT COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE USE OF THAT INTEREST, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND INTEREST
EARNINGS FOR SIX DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THE CITY COUNCIL REPORT BEFORE YOU. THE OVERALL BUDGETS FOR THESES PROJECTS ARE NOT INCREASING, IT'S MERELY A REPLACEMENT FOR EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES TO UTILIZE THE BOND INTEREST FOR THOSE SIX PROJECTS.
WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Borowsky: ACTUALLY, LET'S HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKER. STEVE SUTTON. OKAY. SO WHY DON'T WE OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
I DON'T SEE ANY SPEAKERS. I MEAN, COUNCILMAN GRAHAM. >> Councilmember Graham: I HAD MY NAME THERE AND WITHDREW IT FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. HERE I'M BACK. MR. SELLIN, WE -- WHEN IS THE
LAST TIME THAT WE REALLOCATED BUDGET OR BOND INTEREST EARNINGS TO A BOND PROJECT. >> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, MY UNDERSTANDING IT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH FOR THE EXACT DATE. >> Councilmember Graham: WHEN I SEE THAT, IT MAKES ME WONDER IF
WE SOLD THE BONDS TOO EARLY. IS THERE ANY CONCERN FOR THAT? >> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, I MIGHT DEFER THAT QUESTION TO SONIA.
>> City Treas. Andrews: WE TRY TO BUNDLE THE PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN SPEND THE BOND PROCEEDS WITHIN THREE YEARS, AND THAT IS THE I.R.S. REQUIREMENT WHEN WE ISSUE BONDS, IS TO SPEND THE MONEY WITHIN THREE YEARS, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE FOR US TO ISSUE DEBT.
SO WE -- YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY COSTLY FOR US TO ISSUE MULTIPLE SERIES, SO WE TRY TO BUNDLE IT TOGETHER AND SO WITH THE HIGH INTEREST RATES AND THE CONSTRUCTION TIMING, WE DO REALIZE INTEREST EARNINGS, THAT
DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROJECTS WERE NOT -- THE BOND MONEY WAS NOT SPENT IN TIME, IT MEANS WE BUNDLED THE PROJECTS AND -- TO COMPLY WITH THE I.R.S. REQUIREMENTS AND EARNED INTEREST OFF OF IT. >> Councilmember Graham: SO WE SELL THE DEBT BUT WE HAVE TO USE THE PROCEEDS FOR THE PROJECT
WITHIN THREE YEARS. >> City Treas. Andrews: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Graham: MAKES SENSE. THIS -- THESE PROJECTS HERE, LOOKS LIKE ONE, MODERNIZE AND EXPAND THE POLICE FIRE AND TRAINING FACILITY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS CLOSED OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AM I
MISTAKEN? >> City Treas. Andrews: GIVE ME ONE SECOND. >> Councilmember Graham: THAT'S ON PAGE 2 OF 3. AND IT JUST KIND OF LISTS THE
PROJECTS. THE OTHER ONE IS THE 200 SPACE PARKING LOT, 75TH STREET, THE ONE RIGHT HERE. MAYBE I'M MISTAKEN, I THOUGHT THAT WAS CLOSED UP. WHY I SEE THE CITY ENGINEER,
MISS TYMKIW HAS COME TO THE MICROPHONE. >> Alison Tymkiw: YES. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, THAT'S CORRECT. THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY IS THE ONE THAT WAS OPENED UP IN MAY. SO THE PROJECT IS NOT CLOSED OUT YET. IF YOU RECALL, WE ADDED QUITE A BIT OF GENERAL FUND TO THAT
PROJECT. SO THESE BOND INTEREST EARNINGS WILL OFFSET THE GENERAL FUND APPLIED TO THE PROJECT. >> Councilmember Graham: DOES THAT MEAN -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> Alison Tymkiw: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Graham: DO WE HAVE TO ASSIGN IT THEN TO A CLOSED OUT PROJECT LIKE THAT.
CAN WE JUST SIMPLY DO AN INJECTION TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> Alison Tymkiw: COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, IT'S NOT -- THE PROJECT IS NOT CLOSED OUT YET. THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY WE STILL ARE DOING SOME CLOSEOUT OF THE PROJECT, WE ARE DOING SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS STILL. COUPLE OF LITTLE CHANGES AND
MODIFICATIONS TO THE FACILITY. SO THAT PROJECT IS STILL OPEN. BUT YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GENERAL FUND JUST GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT. >> City Treas. Andrews: ACTACTUY , THE FREED UP GENERAL FUND MONEY GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND
CONSTRUCTION POT OF MONEY FOR OTHER GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS. >> Councilmember Graham: RIGHT. BUT THE MONEY GETS THERE FROM THE INTEREST EARNINGS, CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING ON THAT POLICE FIRE AND TRAINING
FACILITY LONG AGO. WE ARE STILL DOING PUNCH ITEMS. ARE YOU -- MISS TYMKIW, YOU'LL DO A CIP -- ARE ANY OF THE PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO COVER DURING YOUR LIST LATER TONIGHT? >> Alison Tymkiw: COUNCIL MEMBER
GRAHAM, YEAH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BOND PROJECTS ON THAT. WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION. >> Councilmember Graham: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE STATUS FOR THESES, THE THOMPSON PEAK DOG PARK AND THE LAKE AND IRRIGATION, EL CAMINO PARK, I KNOW THE PROJECT IS ONGOING THERE.
BUT I WAS INTERESTED IN THOSE -- I GUESS CASH FLOW QUESTION, AND WHETHER WE WERE SELLING BONDS TOO EARLY AND WE WERE SITTING ON MONEY, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE INTEREST OF. SO WE ARE APPLYING IT TOWARDS THIS, THAT INCREASES OTHER THINGS AND AFFECTS OUR DEBT
COVERAGE RATIO AND OTHER MET METRICS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFYING THOSE QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UNLESS ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 13554. >> SECOND IT.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO MY SECOND. I JUST WANT TO -- IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE OUR CITY OPERATIONS ON THESE VERY COMPLEX, MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS OVER -- WITH ALL KINDS
OF STATE STATUTES AND REQUIREMENTS, SO REALLY IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR BOTH THE CITY ENGINEER AND TREASURER PROVIDE ANSWERS ON HOW EFFICIENT YOU'RE USING TAX DOLLARS AND THE PART
WHERE WE PAY BACK THE GENERAL FUND CONSTRUCTION SECTION. SO GOOD JOB ON THOSE EXPLANATIONS, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING AND CERTAINLY GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR. SO I DEFINITELY SECOND THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU. SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AGENDA ITEM 14. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE DID RECEIVE A CITIZENS PETITION AS MR. SUTTON
POINTED OUT, AND AT THIS TIME THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO AGENDIZED THE PETITION FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AND PREPARE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL WITH A
COPY TO THE PETITIONER OR TAKE NO ACTION. SO I -- I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION ON THIS TO NO. 2, WHY DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AND PREPARE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL WITH A COPY TO THE PETITIONER.
>> SECOND. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR STUDY SESSIONS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LESS FORMAL SETTING FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC TOPICS AT LENGTH WITH EACH OTHER AND CITY STAFF, WORK STUDY SESSIONS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS. WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS WORK STUDY SESSION PERIOD, AND THAT IS STEVE SUTTON. >> MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, WE HAVE ITEM 16 WE HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM. >> Mayor Borowsky: OH, I HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WAS -- THAT HAS BEEN PULLED. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. ITEM NO. 16 A REQUEST FOR COUCOUNCILWOMAN McALLEN TO SUSPEND THE RULES PUFF COUNCIL PROCEDURE AND MOVE ITEM 16 TO
THE DECEMBER 2, 2025 REGULAR MEETING AGENDA HAS BEEN PULLED. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
STEVE SUTTON. >> MAYOR BOROWSKY AND COUNCIL, THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE CHARLEY
KIRK MEMORIAL, AND REGARDLESS OF HOW ANYONE FEELS ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK, MEMORIALS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCEDURE FOR DOING IT.
I NOTICED IN THIS LETTER THAT WAS PUT OUT, UNDER CRITERIA, A MENTIONING OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP THAT MADE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, IN THE UNITED STATES. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT CHARLIE KIRK DIDN'T DO THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT
HE DID. BUT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THIS IS A DIVISIVE ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS CITY. MANY PEOPLE FEEL HE WAS A GREAT MAN, OTHERS NOT. AND ONE OF THE GUIDELINES FOR DOING THESE MEMORIALS IS THE
GUIDELINES STATE THAT MEMORIALS MUST NOT BE DIVISIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. PART OF THE WAY TO AVOID THAT IS TO TAKE TIME AND LET HISTORY TRULY JUDGE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE MANY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR HISTORY HAVE BEEN MEMORIALIZED AND LATER
FOUND TO BE NOT WORTHY OF IT. MANY OF OUR CELEBRITIES WHO WERE ONCE REVERED, INCLUDING A GUY WHO USED TO BE CALLED AMERICA'S DAD, WERE REVERED UNTIL LATER INFORMATION CAME OUT AND HE IS
NOW REVILED. I'D LIKE THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY MEMORIALS AND STA STATUTES IN THIS -- STATUES IN THIS CITY, I HAVE A LIST FROM JOAN, THE SAME ONE YOU HAVE, I
ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO JOAN AT THE VET VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION, SCHOOP SHE CONFIRMED SOMETHING IN MY MIND, WHICH I HAD GOTTEN FROM OTHER SOURCES, AND THAT IS THAT FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, THE OLD
ADOBE MISSION ON BROWN, THAT WAS THIS AREA, THAT WAS THE HEART OF SCOTTSDALE. THAT WAS THE CIVIC CENTER OF SCOTTSDALE. THAT'S WHERE ALL TYPES OF THINGS LIKE WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CANAL CONVERGENCE BACK THEN. BUT THAT WAS NOT JUST A CATHOLIC CHURCH DOING ACTIVITIES, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE, ALL RELIGIONS AND ALL ETHNICITIES PARTICIPATED IN. WE HAVE NOTHING FOR TO HONOR THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT THAT. LOOKING AT THIS LIST, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN THIS CITY OF THE CONTRIBUTION HISPANICS HAVE MADE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CITY. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE
THAN A SIMPLE PART OF A SENTENCE AT THE SCOTTSDALE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE HISTORY MUSEUM SAYING THAT MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS CAME HERE TO PICK COT CONTINUE AND A PARAGRAPH ON VINNIE GONZALEZ. SO IN ADDITION TO THINKING ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK, I THINK IT'S TIME YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT EARLY
SCOTTSDALE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, STEVE. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST WORK SESSION ITEM IS OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT UPDATES. WILL THIS IS A DISCUSSION TO RECEIVE DISCUSS AND PROVIDE
POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON THE CITY TREASURER'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL PRESENTATION AS OF SEPT SEPTEMBER 2025 AND TO PROVIDE POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON THE CITY ENGINEER'S QUARTERLY CIP
PRESENTATION AS OF SEPT SEPTEMBER 2025. PIN SEE WE HAVE SCOTT SELIN HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT FROM THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT. FOLLFOLLOWED ALLISON TYMKIW. >> Scott Selin: GLAD TO BE HERE
TO DISCUSS THE GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL UPPITY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. WHICH ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30. WHY I GUESS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO AT THIS POINT. THIS PRESENTATION WILL SHOW GENERAL FUND ACTIVITY FROM JU JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30 AND AS USUAL, FOR A QUARTERLY REPORT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT REVENUE
COLLECTIONS TO DATE AND BUDGET TO ACTUAL VARIANCES ON THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SIDE. THIS SLIDE HAS GENERAL TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST QUARTERS, GENERAL FUND REVENUES 3 PERCENT ABOVE BUDGET. A FEW OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTORS DRIVING THAT POSITIVE
VARIANCE LISTED ON THE SLIDE, RETAIL SALES TAX WAS STRONGER THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED FOR THE QUARTER. ONE-TIME SALES TAX AUDIT PAYMENTS OF $3 MILLION AND WE REALIZED HIGHER THAN BUDGETED INTEREST EARNINGS. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE ARE
SHOWING A 5 PERCENT POSITIVE VARIANCE SO FAR, MOST OF THAT FOR PERSONNEL SAVINGS AND SOME OF THIS POSITIVE VARIANCE DUE TO THE TIMING OF CERTAIN TYPES OF EXPENDITURES OCCURRING A BIT LATER THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED OR ORDERED ITEMS
ARRIVING A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. THIS IS A CHART FORMAT THAT WE'LL USE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWS LAST YEAR'S ACTUALS THROUGH SEPTEMBER. AND THE NEXT TWO COLUMNS SHOW THIS YEAR'S ACTUALS THROUGH
SEPTEMBER AND THE PERCENT CHANGE WHEN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. NEXT THREE COLUMNS SHOW THE AMOUNT BUDGETED THE BUDGETER TO ACTUAL VARIANCES AND VARIANCE PATTERNS. YOU CAN SEE THE 3 PERCENT OVERALL POSITIVE VARIANCE IN
REVENUES WHEN COMPARED TO BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. LOCAL TAXES I 7 PERCENT HIGHER THAN BUDGETED SO FAR. THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, MOST OF THAT DUE TO SALES TAX. WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT ON A FUTURE SLIDE. STATE SHARED REVENUE 5 PERCENT
HIGHER THAN BUDGETED. AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES FROM NOW. PROPERTY TAXES SHOW A VERY SLIGHT NEGATIVE VARIANCE IN DOLLAR AMOUNT. THE REASON FOR THAT, PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS WEREN'T DUE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR
25-26. DUE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. WE WILL START TO SEE THAT REVENUE COME IN OVER THE UPCOMING MONTHS. CHARGES FOR SERVICES HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY BUDGE BUDGETED DUE TO SOME REVENUES BUDGETED. THE OTHER CATEGORY AND TRANSFERS
IN CATEGORY ARE SHOWING SOME NEGATIVE VARIANCES DUE SOME DELAYS IN POSTING PAYMENTS, RESULTING FROM A SYSTEM UPGRADE WE HAVE UNDERGONE. WE ANTICIPATE THOSE SHOULD CLEAR OVER THE UPCOMING MONTHS. I DID ACCIDENTALLY SKIP OVER INTEREST EARNINGS. THEY CAME IN 76 PERCENT HIGHER
THAN BUDGETED FOR THE QUARTER. SO THIS SLIDE WE ARE LOOKING AT SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND 1.1 PERCENT SALES TAX FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES. DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT AND RETAIL PERFORMED FAIRLY STRONGLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER COMPARED TO BUDGET.
WE DID HAVE A LARGE ONE-TIME AUDIT PAYMENT IN THE OTHER ACTIVITY CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE MAIN DRIVER BEHIND THAT LARGE POSITIVE VARIANCE THERE. I WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION, THE CATEGORY THAT SAYS PERCENT CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEAR, YOU'LL NOTICE PRETTY MUCH EVERY CATEGORY SHOWS A NEGATIVE NUMBER.
THE CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THERE IS A TECHNICAL EXPLANATION FOR THIS, WHICH IS THAT JULY OF THIS YEAR, OF 2025 ONLY HAD FOUR WEEKLY PAYMENTS INSTEAD OF 5 AS IT DID LAST YEAR. WE DID ANTICIPATE THIS AND ADJUSTED OR BUDGET QUARTERLY AND
SHOWED A POSITIVE BUDGET VARIANCE FOR THE 1.1 PERCENT SALES TAX. THIS IS A 12-MONTH ROLLING TOTAL OF THE 1.00 PERCENT SALES TAX. GOING BACK TO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE INCLUDED THIS TO BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT MEDIUM TERM TRENDS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SALES TAX PERFORMANCE. YOU'LL SEE IT MOSTLY HOVERS BETWEEN 170 MILLION AND $180 MILLION OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
IT GRADUALLY INCREASES UP TO $180 MILLION AT A FEW POINTS IN THE GRAPH THERE AND WENT BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YOU DO SEE A COUPLE OF PEAKS WHERE IT GETS ABOVE $180 MILLION TYPICALLY FOR A MONTH. THE REASON FOR THAT TYPICALLY ONE-TIME PAYMENTS THAT OCCUR.
SO THAT'S THE 12-MONTH ROLLING TOTAL OF THE 1 PERCENT SALES TAX. LOOKING AT STATE SHARED REVENUES, STATE SHARED SALES TAX AND AUTO TAX PERFORMED STRONGER THAN WE BUDGETED. 5 PERCENT ABOVE THE BUDGET TOTAL. AND AUTO IN LIEU TAX IS
8 PERCENT FOR ABOUT $200,000 AHEAD OF THE -- WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED ORIGINALLY. THE STATE SHARED INCOME TAX, THE FINAL CALCULATION FOR THAT RESULTED IN HIGHER PAYMENTS THAN WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED. THE FINAL CALCULATION TAKES PLACE AFTER WE COME UP WITH A NUMBER FOR THE BUDGET. SOUTH CAME IN A LITTLE BIT
HIGHER THAN WE AD HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. MOVING TO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, PERSONNEL SERVICES SHOW A 2 HEWLETT PACKARD POSITIVE VARIANCE, MOSTLY DUE TO SALARY SAVINGS AND VACANCY SAVINGS, WHERE MAYBE AN EMPLOYEE DEPARTS AND THE REPLACEMENT IS PAID AT A
LOWER LEVEL THAN THE DEPARTING EMPLOYEE. YOU SEE SOME POSITIVE VARIANCES FOR COMMADDITIES AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS, SIMILAR STORIES OF WHAT'S GOING ON, THE REASON DELAYS IN PURCHASING AND RECEIVING, OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL OUTLAYS REAL QUICK, THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL POSITIVE VARIANCE OF 3.4 MILLION IS DUE TO DELAYS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATION AND THE CRIME LAB IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TOOLS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE ANTICIPATE THOSE TO RESOLVE
THEMSELVES OVER UPCOMING MONTHS. THIS SHOWS THE EXPENDITURES OVER THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE $8.3 MILLION POSITIVE VARIANCE OVERALL ARE POLICE AND FIRE DUE TO PERSONNEL SAVINGS, COMMADDITIES AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS AS WE DISCUSSED ON THE LAST
SLIDE. ONE THING I WOULD POINT OUT, THE SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE VARIANCES IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND IS DUE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BUDGET RECENTLY MOVED INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO AFTER THAT ACTION, THAT BUDGET WILL BE MOVED AND YOU'LL
SEE THAT REFLECTED IN UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS. I THINK WITH THAT, I'VE REACHED THE ENDS OF MY SLIDES, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE MEDIATORS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN LITTLEFIELD.
>> Mayor Borowsky: NO PROBLEM. COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN. >> Councilmember McAllen: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, SCOTT. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT PERSONNEL. YOU SAID THAT THE PERCENTAGE VARIANCE IS 27 PERCENT. IS THAT A NORM OR IS THAT HIGHER
THAN USUAL. >> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN, IT REPRESENTS A CHANGE IN BUDGET FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME POINT IN THE FISCAL YEAR. SO WE DID ANTICIPATE THAT AMOUNT. THE AMOUNT WE HAD AL LOW IT CAKED IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT
TOTAL WAS $92 MILLION AND WE SPENT 90.4. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND THOSE POSITIONS ARE GRADUALLY BEING FILLED. WE ANTICIPATED THAT THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL SERVICES WOULD OCCUR AND IT DID OCCUR. AND WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF BUDGET, BUT YES, WE DID ANTS
PEAT THAT 27 PERCENT CHANGE WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. >> Councilmember Littlefield: SO NEXT YEAR, AT THIS TIME, THAT PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE LOWER, IF THOSE ARE ALL FILLED CORRECTLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING. >> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN, THAT
DEPENDS ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE ENACTED. WE ANTICIPATION THE POSITIONS WILL LARGELY BE FILLED AT THIS POINT YEAR. TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO COMPLETE THE HIRING. >> Councilmember Littlefield: TH ANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. >> Mayor Borowsky: SEE THE CITY
MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >> City Mgr. Caton: I JUST WANTED TO ADD COMMENTARY TO THE QUESTION RIGHT THERE ABOUT VACAVACANCY SAVINGS AS MY COLLEE WAS GIVEN THE PRESENTATION AND SAYING WE ARE HAVING SOME SAVINGS, I CAN IMAGINE THE PUBLIC SAYS WHAT DO WE DO WITH
THOSE DOLLARS? WE ANTICIPATED VACANCY SAVINGS BECAUSE OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, WE ANTICIPATED VACANCY SAVINGS TO THE TUNE OF $11 MILLION. SPECIFICALLY IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S WHAT HAS TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH VACANCY
SAVINGS, IF YOU WILL TO MEET BUDGET TO THE QUESTION OF TIMING, OFTENTIMES SOME BUDGETS ARE LOADED IF NEW POSITIONS ON JULY 1, BUT THEY CAN'T BE ALL HIRED THEN, SO WE STAGGER SOME.
SOME OF OURS WERE STAGGERED INTO JANUARY -- JANUARY HIRES OF 2026 THAT WERE LOADED INTO THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AGAIN, THE VACANCY SAVINGS AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IS A
COUPLE HUNDRED POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT CHILDREN AND SO, THEREFORE, INSTEAD OF HAVING EXCESS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, WE PLAN TO HAVE THOSE VACANCY SAVINGS AND THEN IT ALMOST ACTS LIKE A REVENUE TO
OFFSET THE VACANCIES. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH, IF YOU WILL, $11 MILLION FOR VACANCY SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR BY THE TIME WE GET TO JUNE 30, SPECIFICALLY IN THE GENERAL FUND. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. >> Councilmember Littlefield: TH
ANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. >> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILMAN GRAHAM. >> Councilmember Graham: ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS I'VE SEEN, SITTING ON COUNCIL, MR. SELIN. INTEREST EARNINGS, DOES THAT GO BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE WE SOLD THE DEBT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A NUMBER, 76 PERCENT OVER BUDGET, WAS THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SITTING ON MORE CASH FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. >> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, THAT I SEE SET CORRECT. IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE BOND 2019 ISSUE, WHICH THAT'S FROM THE
BOND PROCEEDS. INTEREST FROM THOSE PROCEEDS, THIS IS FOR GENERAL FUND BALANCE. JUST SITTING IN THE GENERAL FUND. >> Councilmember Graham: JUST FROM CASH. >> Scott Selin: CORRECT. >> Councilmember Graham: SO WE MADE A LOT MORE INTEREST INCOME THAN WE EXPECTED ON BOTH DEBT WE
HAVE SOLD AND ON CASH RESERVES? >> Scott Selin: THAT WE REALIZED MORE INTEREST EARNINGS IN THE GENERAL FUND THAN WE ANTIC ANTICIPATED. >> Councilmember Graham: THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME NECESSARILY BECAUSE AREN'T WE KIND OF CASH FLOWING OUT WHAT OUR RESERVES ARE GOING TO BE AND
WE CAN KIND OF BUDGET THAT. O TWO REASONS IT WOULD BE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN BUDGETED, THAT THE INTEREST RATE WAS HIGHER THAN WE EXPECTED OR SPENT SLOWER THAN WE EXPECTED SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH YOU WOULD SUPPOSE EXPLAINS THE VARIANCE.
>> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, I MIGHT ASK IF SONIA COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT TOPIC. >> City Treas. Andrews: THE INTEREST EARNINGS IS HIGHER IN THE GENERAL FUND PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATED SPENDING
DOWN THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE CASH RESERVES QUICKER THAN WE ACTUALLY DID. AND SO THERE WAS -- WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM, WHEN WE CONVERTED FROM THE OLD SYSTEM TO THE NEW SYSTEM, THERE WAS QUITE A LE
LENGTHY LOCKOUT PERIOD IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THE NEW SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. DURING THE LOCKOUT PERIOD, WHICH IS PRIMARILY IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HELD OFF ON PAYING A LOT OF INVOICES. SO SOME OF THOSE POSITIVE VARIANCES ON THE EXPENDITURES
SIDE IS ALSO A DELAY IN PROCESSING THOSE INVOICES BECAUSE OF THE LOCKOUT PERIOD WHEN WE HAD TO SWITCH TO A NEW SYSTEM. AND THAT ALSO RESULTED IN US NOT SPENDING SOME OF THAT MONEY, THERE WAS A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY AS QUICKLY AS WE THOUGHT.
PLUS THE -- AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ALSO EARNED ADDITIONAL REVENUES, 3 PERCENT MORE, A COMBINATION OF THAT, WE HAD MORE CASH THAN WE ANTICIPATED, ALSO ANTICIPATED INTEREST RATES DROPPING QUICKER. SO A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT. >> Councilmember Graham: THEY
ALSO DIMINISHED QUICKER THAN WE EXPECTED. NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NOT PAYING YOUR VENDORS, YOU HAVE EXTRA CASH YOU CAN EARN INTEREST ON, YOU WONDER IF YOUR VINEDDERS ARE GETTING ANNOYED
WITH YOU, YOU SAID WE HAD NERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION DELAY, DID THAT STRAIN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR VENDORS THAT CAUSE US TO INCUR PENALTIES OR LATE FEES. >> City Treas. Andrews: THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, NO WE DID NOT, WE COMPLIED WITH ALL VENDOR
PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS IT JUST WAS A LITTLE DELAYED. >> Councilmember Graham: DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE PAYING TOO EARLY THEN AND WE COULD DO THIS ON AN REGULAR BASIS AND EARN INTEREST. JUST KIND OF CASH FLOW QUESTIONS, RIGHT. >> City Treas. Andrews: I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I DON'T THINK WE ARE PAYING TOO EARLY OR TOO LATE.
I THINK WE ARE PAYING IN THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME. >> Councilmember Graham: OKAY. -- SALES TAXES FROM AUTO SALES, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, I THINK
THAT WAS IN -- WHERE WAS THAT "THE REVENUE WE GET FROM CARS SOLD IN SCOTTSDALE. >> Scott Selin: REVENUES WE COLLECTED FROM LICENSE TAXES COLLECTED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITIES. >> Councilmember Graham: NOT THE SALES TAX WE GET.
THE SALES TAX WE GET FROM CARS SOLD GOES AT THE TAX BUCKET. >> Scott Selin: SHOWS UP IN THE AUTOMOTIVE CATEGORY. >> Councilmember Graham: HOW DID THAT ONE DO. >> Scott Selin: LITTLE BIT BELOW BUDGET. >> Councilmember Graham: OR
SALES TAX WENT DOWN, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WHEN THEY BUY CARS IN SCOTTSDALE, IT COSTS HUNDREDS LESS. SHOULD I YELL THAT MORE AT THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO TELL PEOPLE? BUY YOUR CAR IN SCOTTSDALE, IT'S CHEAPER!
AND THEN -- THE SALES TAX IS CHEAPER, TOTAL PRICE WILL BE CHEAPER WITH LOWER TAX. >> UNLESS THEY RAISE THE PRICE IN SCOTTSDALE. >> Councilmember Graham: PERSONN EL SERVICES, COUNCIL MBE McALLEN BROUGHT THIS UP.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST COST DRIVER AND 71 TO 90? >> Scott Selin: MADAM MAYOR, COUNCOUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, GOINO THE NEXT LIED, I BELIEVE THE
LARGEST DRIVER WOULD BE HIRING WITHIN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT OCCURRED WITH THE NEW POSITIONS CREATED. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT AND GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. >> Councilmember Graham: THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, MR. >> Mayor Borowsky: I DON'T SEE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO SPEAK. WHY I THINK WE'LL STILL HEAR FROM ALLISON TYMKIW. CITY ENGINEER AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SENIOR DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK. >> Alison Tymkiw: THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. FIRST I HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO FOR YOU, FOR THE QUARTERLY UPDATE
AND FOLLOWED BY A FEW SLIDES. >> Alison Tymkiw: THANK YOU. AND SO THEN THIS SLIDE BASICALLY IS THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, THE FIRST ONE THE FIRE STATION
601 REMODEL. THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET $9.5 MILLION. THE FUNDS SPENT AS OF SEPTEMBER WERE .1. AND THEN THE REMAINING -- REMAINING BUDGET FOR THAT IS $9.4 MILLION AND IT'S FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. THEN THE NEXT PROJECT, PM10 DIRT
ROAD PAVING TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS 4.7 MILLION. .4 MILLION FUNDS SPENT AS OF SEPTEMBER. REMAINING BUDGET IS $4.3 MILLION. AGAIN TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX, .2 SALES TAX AS WELL AS A FEDERAL GRANT FOR AIR QUALITY.
PROJECT 33, BOND PROJECT 33, RENOVATE THE VIA LINDA POLICE STATION TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY, $16.6 MILLION BUDGET. FUNDS SPENT TO DATE ARE 4.5 MILLION, WITH A REMAINING BUDGET OF 12.1 MILLION.
BOND 23019 FUNDED. DOUBLE TREE BRIDGE ROAD REPAIR, $5.8 MILLION PROJECT, 3.4 MILLION HAVE BEEN SPENT WITH 2.4 REMAINING, FUNDED BY THE TRANSPORTATION 2 PERCENT SALES TAX. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN WITH THAT, I ALSO WA WANTED TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS SO IN ADDITION TO THE VIDEO, I WANTED TO UPDATE ON THE WORK OF OUR NEW CIP REVIEW TEAM. SO THIS GROUP MEETS WEEKLY TO ASSESS THE READINESS OF PROJECTS
MOVING THROUGH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND TO REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE PROJECTS FOR THE F FY26-27 CIP PROJECT. WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE EXISTING
BUDGET AND LOOKED AT TWO SPECIFICALLY IN THE FY25-26. ONE IS THE GOLDWATER PARK AND THE PIMA PARK BUILD EIGHT NEW PICKLE BALL COURTS. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE PROJECTS BEING SUBMITTED FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND
PRIORITIZING AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE SYNERGY WITH MAYBE OTHER PROJECTS OR OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE AREA. SO FOR THE 5th AVENUE PARK, GOLDWORTHY AND 5th AVENUE PARK, THIS PROJECT IS $3.5 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET
AND IMPROVES THE PARKING LOT. SO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA OF GOLDWATER AND 5th AVENUE, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THAT AREA, A LOT OF DISRUPTIONS FOR THE BUSINESSES, AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT PROJECT IS
PAUSING THE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ALLOW THE CITY TO RECONSIDER THE TIMING OF THAT PROJECT. WE ARE PROPOSING NOT TO INCLUDE THAT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BY PUTTING IT ON HOLD. THEN THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE PIMA PARK
BUILD EIGHT NEW PICKLE BALL COURTS. THIS PROJECT HAS A 3.2 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. PIMA PARK LOCATED AT 86TH AND THOMAS IS PART OF A LARGER $40 MILLION GRANITE REEF WATERSHED PHASE II B FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT RELIES ON FUNDING BOTH FROM THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT OF MARICOPA COUNTY AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM SRP, FUNDING PARTNERS FOR US ON THAT PROJECT, AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FUNDING IS NOT FUNDED AT THIS TIME. SO BASICALLY THAT PROJECT HAS TO
GO FIRST BECAUSE WE ARE DIGGING OUT A DETENTION BASIN AND CAN'T BUILD THE PICKLE BALL COURTS UNTIL WE HAVE DONE THAT PROJECT FIRST. SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE JUST RECOMMENDED TO PUT THIS PROJECT ON HOLD FOR THE 26-27 FISCAL YEAR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE
THE FUNDING FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. SO THAT WOULD -- PUTTING THOSE TWO PROJECTS ON HOLD FREES UP 6.7 IN THE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES FOR OTHER PRIORITIES. WILL SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR CIP REVIEW TEAM IS DOING JUST
BESIDES LOOKING AT PROJECTS GOING THROUGH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS THE DEPARTMENTS ARE PRIORITIZING TO BE PUTTING INTO THE 26-27 BUDGET AND JUST LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN BE PRIORITIZED AGAINST EACH
OTHER AND THE SEQUENCING AND POSSIBLE SYNERGY WITH OTHER PROJECTS. WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN. >> Councilmember McAllen: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ALLISON. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE GO GOLDWATER PARKING LOT ON 5th
AVENUE FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROSE GARDEN. WE ARE HOLDING OFF ON THAT -- FIXING IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT SURROUND IT. THE ONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE.
I KNOW -- I SEE A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT THERE A LOT. IS THAT -- SO ARE PEOPLE USING THAT PARKING LOT CURRENTLY IN ORDER TO WORK ON THEIR PROJECTS WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO PARK HEAVY EQUIPMENT THERE, IS THAT
WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN, I'M NOT SURE OF ANY USAGE OF THAT PARKING LOT. I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. >> Councilmember McAllen: I WAS GOING TO SAY THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT PARKED IN THAT PARKING LOT, AND I ASSUME THAT'S
FROM THE -- AROUND THE OTHER STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING BUILT, OTHER CONSTRUCTION SITES. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION ACTUALLY IS ABOUT THE FLOOD CONTROL. THE MONEYS FOR THAT, FOR PIMA
PARK, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS BEING FUNDED CURRENTLY? IF YOU COULD JUST GO OVER THAT AGAIN, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID PART OF IT WAS FUNDED BUT PART OF IT ISN'T. >> Alison Tymkiw: SURE, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER McALLEN, THAT PROJECT IS A $40 MILLION PRO
PROJECT, AND $20 MILLION IS TO COME FROM THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. AND $11 MILLION IS TO COME FROM SRP. SO THE REMAINING LOCAL PORTION WOULD BE $9 MILLION. >> Councilmember McAllen: GOT IT.
THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILWOMAN WHITEHEAD. >> Councilmember Whitehead: THAN K YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, SO I ALSO HAD SOME QUESTIONS, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH PIMA PARK. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, RECOGNIZING THAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE LONG IS STAFF THE PARK
STAFF, REALLY PUT -- PLANTED TREES, DID A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THE PARK BEAUTIFUL WHILE WE AWAITED THIS FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ENJOYING THE PARK EVEN THOUGH WE WON'T HAVE PICKLE BALL RIGHT AWAY.
DO WE HAVE A STATUS FROM FLOOD CONTROL ON THE DELAY. IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT? >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN WHITEHEAD, WE KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE FUNDING. AS SOON AS WE CAN SECURE IT, WE WILL PREPARE AN IGA AND BRING IT
FORTH TO COUNCIL. >> Councilmember Whitehead: IT'S NOT IN QUESTION, IT'S JUST IN QUESTION TIMING WISE. >> Alison Tymkiw: CORRECT. THEY DID COMMIT TO THE FUNDING, >> Councilmember Whitehead: OKAY , GREAT. I LOVE THOSE VIDEOS, I LOVE -- LIKE HOW THE WATER TANKS, SEEING
HOW IT WAS FIXED ANYWAY. GOOD JOB, I LIKE THOSE. >> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILMAN GRAHAM? >> Councilmember Graham: MAYOR, THANK YOU, MISS TYMKIW, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THE ROSE GARDEN NOBODY-- I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER McALLEN SAID ABOUT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS STAGING THEIR EQUIPMENT ON A PUBLIC PARKING LOT THAT ISN'T HAPPENING, I HOPE. >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, YEAH, THERE IS -- I DON'T KNOW --
>> I CAN HELP, HAPPY TO HELP ON THAT. MADAM MAYOR AND CAPABLEMAN GRAHAM. I WAS GOING TO JUMP INTO THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER AND IT KIND OF MOVED ON. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FAMILIAR, I'VE BEEN TO THAT SITE A LOT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS OVER THE LAST
90 TO 180 DAYS, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THAT LOT SPECIFICALLY. IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED. ANY TIME WE HAVE PUBLIC SPACE THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS, IF IT'S UTILIZED FOR PRIVATE BENEFIT,
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE REAL ESTATE OR THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND WE ARE PARTICULARLY TRYING TO SHORTEN THE TIME FRAMES TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. THIS ONE, WE RECOGNIZE THERE
COULD BE A SWITCH FROM I'LL CALL IT A LARGER PROJECT, TURNING A PARKING LOT INTO A PARK, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT TIMING MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH IMPACT OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE DID GO THROUGH AND MAKE SOME SURFACE ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT PARKING LOT. IT IS A FUNCTIONAL PARKING LOT, JUST PARKED IN IT AS A MATTER OF FACT ON SATURDAY FOR THE EVENT, AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER VEHICLES, PARKS THERE THAT MIGHT
LOOK MORE LIKE A RECREATION VEHICLE. I DON'T BELIEVE THOSE ARE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THAT IS MEANT FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND NOW WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT, WE DO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT REGULARLY. THANK YOU.
>> Councilmember Graham: I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OUR TAXPAYERS BOUGHT THOSE PARKING SPOTS AND OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES DEPEND ON THEM. THAT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO THANK YOU FOR CHECKING ON THAT I GUESS I WOULD ENCOURAGE
ANYBODY TO USE OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES TO TELL US IF THEY THINK THAT LARGE VEHICLES, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE USING THAT AS STORAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE -- THAT'S THE WHOLE STAGING PROCESS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MUCH TIME WITH THIS, BUT THE ROSE GARDEN, THE IDEA THERE WAS CONVERTING IT FROM A PARKING LOT TO A PARK, IS THAT RIGHT? >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, IT WAS MORE OF A POCKET PARK, SO IT'S NOT ELIMINATING THE PARKING, IT'S
JUST PROVIDING OPEN SPACE ALONG THE EDGES OF THE PARKING LOT. WHY IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A FULL-BLOWN GREEN SPACE PARK, PARKING LOT WITH SOME PARK AMENITIES. >> Councilmember Graham: THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NET DELETION OF PARKING SPOTS.
>> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBE GRAHAM, I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SMALL NUMBER OF SPACES THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED, BUT I'M TALKING IT WAS VERY SMALL IF THERE WAS. I CAN LOOK AT IT AND GET BACK TO YOU. >> Councilmember Graham: YEAH, I MEAN I KIND OF LIKE THAT PROJECT, BUT I CAN TOTALLY SEE
WHY WE WOULD WANT TO PUSH THAT OFF FOR THE TIME BEING. I MEAN, THAT -- SO I WAS KIND OF SORT OF SAYING HEY, LET'S PROTECT OUR PARKING FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS. ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE LOVE OUR DEVELOP ARES, LOVE HOW MUCH THEY
ARE INVESTING IN THIS CORNER. THIS TRIANGLE SECTION IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY RESHAPED AND REIMAGINED, BECAUSE OF PRIVATE INVESTORS PUTTING HUGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THE AREA. WE ARE EXCITED FOR WHAT BECOMES OF THAT AREA. SO I SEE THE WISDOM OF DEFERRING
THAT FOR THE TIME BEING TO KIND OF GIVE THEM REPRIEVE. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE PIMA PARK. THE PIMA PARK ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE DOING THAT OTHER PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT'S NOT THE PICKLE BALLS, IS THAT PICKLE
BALL COURT, IS THAT PORTION STILL MOVING FORWARD? >> Alison Tymkiw: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, SO THE OTHER PARE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, THE DRAINAGE PROJECT. WE WILL BE DOING THAT. BUT THAT IS DELAYED AGAIN UNTIL
WE GET THE FLOOD CONTROL FUNDING. I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT PLANNED FOR PIMA PARK FOR THE RESTROOM REPLACEMENT. NICK IS SHAKING HIS HEAD YEAH. IT IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR THAT PARK. >> Councilmember Graham: THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF OUR SORTEST
WEAKEST PARKS IN THE CITY. IT NEEDS SOME -- ALSO KIND OF AN AWKWARDLY SHAPED PARK. IT'S KIND OF AWKWARD TO WORK WITH, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE SIT DOWN WITH STAFF AT SOME POINT AND KIND OF GET MY ARMS AROUND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND THEN I HAD ONE -- THE EXPANSION OF 601, THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, IS THAT RIGHT. >> Alison Tymkiw: THAT'S CORRECT. >> Councilmember Graham: WAS THAT IN THE 25-26 BUDGET. >> Alison Tymkiw: THAT IS
9.5 MILLION IN THE 25-26 PROJECT. >> Councilmember Graham: I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT CAME FROM 490. >> Alison Tymkiw: FOR THE AMBULANCE FACILITY. >> Councilmember Graham: I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME 490 FOR FIRE STATION 601. IS MY MEMORY IN ACCURATE THERE?
>> MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM, I DON'T RECALL THAT, WE NEEDED A PLACE FOR PHASE II, WHICH I HAVE A PHASE II OF THE AMBULANCE I'LL BE SENDING OUT A MEMO TOMORROW THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ON SATURDAY. WE'LL BE BUDGETING FOR PHASE THREE AND FINAL PHASE,
PHASE III, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BUILD THIS IN PREPARATION FOR THOSE FINAL PHASES. SO AS MY COLLEAGUE HAS REFERENCED, THIS WAS GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION AND THEN THE OTHER MODIFICATION THAT WAS ALSO, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, BRINGING BACK THE TRUCK.
WHICH WAS -- REALLY CAME WITH STAFF ADDITIONALLY, WE ADDED MORE STAFF BACK FOR THE 601 SECOND CREW, IF YOU WILL. >> Councilmember Graham: I GUESE MOVING INTO PHASE II OF THE AMBULANCE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> YES, SIR.
>> Councilmember Graham: I THOUGHT PHASE ONE WOULD BE A FULL FISCAL YEAR. >> I HAVE A MEMO GOING OUT TOMORROW, PHASE II JOSS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED SATURDAY. OVER THE WEEKEND. >> Councilmember Graham: FROM WHERE WAS IT LAUNCHED.
>> FROM THE FIRE STATIONS. >> Councilmember Graham: WHICH FIRE STATIONS? >> SO WE'LL ULTIMATELY BE IN THE MEMO TOMORROW, BUT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY ROLLING THROUGH PHASES WITH THREE AMBULANCE OVER EACH PHASE. SO WE LAUNCHED AN ADDITIONAL
THREE AMBULANCES INTO THE SYSTEM, SO NOW WE HAVE 2/3 OF THE SYSTEM DEPLOYED. >> Councilmember Graham: AND -- OKAY, NOW WE ARE PROBABLY GETTING OFF TOPIC AS FAR AS AMBULANCE. I WAS JUST PROBABLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR MEMO ON THAT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, THANK
YOU MAYOR. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN WHITEHEAD. >> Councilmember Whitehead: IT WAS THE FIRE TRUCK AND STAFF THAT WAS CONSIDERED FOR PROP 490, BUT IT WAS FUNDED FROM OTHER -- I GUESS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, SO THANKS. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO WITH THAT, WHY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN LITTLEFIELD. >> Councilmember Littlefield: TH ANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MR. SUTTON. YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL IN WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE YOU AND I, ON YOUR LAST SPEECH
WERE VERY CLOSE TO AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO AGREEMENT. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALLISON AND SCOTT, APPRECIATE
IT. SO FOR OUR LAST WORK STUDY SESSION ITEM, WE HAVE THE CITY MEMORIAL POLICY OPTIONS, AND I SEE WILL BROOKS, ASSISTANT TO THE CENTER MANAGER IS HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. >> Will Brooks: GOOD EVENING,
MAYOR BOROWSKY AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING OPTIONS RELATED TO A MEMORIAL FOR CHARLIE KIRK AS DIRECTED AT THE NOVEMBER 3 COUNCIL MEETING. SO AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON
NOVEMBER 3, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER RELATED TO A MEMORIAL FOR CHARLIE KIRK AND TO PREPARE A WRITTEN RESPONSE. THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN ALSO TO AGENDIZE THE ITEM WHICH WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
SO WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE MEMO AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DETAILS YOU WANT TO DISCUSS AS WELL FROM THAT REPORT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO THE CITY DOES HAVE AN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE THE DIRECTION THAT BEST FITS. SO WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN CITY STAFF AND CITY OPERATIONS, BUT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION DOES NOT COVER THE CITY COUNCIL SO CITY COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE WHAT BEST FITS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS JUST TO REVIEW THE GUIDELINES, THE EXAMPLES AND CONSIDERATIONS SO COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE THE BEST DIRECTION TO STAFF SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH AN OPTION THAT THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON. AGAIN, THE -- THERE COULD BE
OPTIONS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WAS IN THE MEMO, WHAT WAS IN THE WORK STUDY TONIGHT, OR IN THE PRESENTATION, I'M HAPPY TO CONSIDER THOSE AS WELL AS WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. SO AS PART OF THE WRITTEN REPORT AND AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT, I'M PRESENTING ABOUT
FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND CATEGORIES TO CONSIDER. SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE FUNDING, A TIME PERIOD OR A WAITING PERIOD FOR A MEMORIAL, A TYPE OF MEMORIAL AND ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE MEMORIAL. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT -- DOES NOT COVER EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF
A POTENTIAL MEMORIAL, BUT THIS IS JUST TO HELP GUIDE THE DISCUSSION AS WE HAVE IT TONIGHT. AND THEN, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS BETWEEN EACH ONE, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FOR EACH CATEGORY, BUT
THEN IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE FIRST IS FUNDING. WHO IS GOING TO FUND THIS. SO THE QUESTION THAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IS WHO FUNDS THE INITIAL COSTS AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE MEMORIAL. SO, AGAIN, OUR INTERNAL POLICY JUST FOR CONSIDERATION SPECIFICS LARGE MEMORIALSES MUST BE FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS. IF WE GET A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S A PROCESS AND
GUIDELINES THAT WE FOLLOW WHEN WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES, MOST OTHER CITIES KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG WITH THIS PRACTICE IF THEY HAVE GUIDELINES OR POLICIES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. THEY REQUIRE MEMORIALS TO BE FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS. THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY
THAT'S MORE MIXED, SOME CITIES SPECIFIC THAT OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO FUND THE MAINTENANCE, SOME CITIES FUND THE MAINTENANCE THEMSELVES, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN GIVE DIRECTION ON TONIGHT. FOR CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS FUNDING, THIS IS SCOTTSDALE
MEMORIAL FOR THE FALLEN RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL. THE TOTAL COST WAS AROUND $300,000 FOR THIS MEMORIAL. JUST FOR A SENSE OF THE COST FOR A POTENTIAL MEMORIAL THE NEXT CATEGORY IS A TIME PERIOD OR
WAITING PERIOD, THIS WAS MENTIONED AT THE NOVEMBER 3 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. MEAN CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A WAITING PERIOD OR A TIME
PERIOD AFTER A PERSON'S DEATH OR A CERTAIN EVENT. SO REALLY THE QUESTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOU ALL TO GIVE DIRECTION ON, WHETHER THIS IS NECESSARY AND IF IT IS NECESSARY, WHAT'S THE PROPER LENGTH OF TIME FOR A WAITING PERIOD. SO SOME OF THE REASONS THAT
MUNICIPALITIES USE A WAITING PERIOD IS TO LET THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT DIE AWAY, TO MAKE A MORE OBJECTIVE DECISION. THEY ALSO CITE THAT IT BRINGS A BETTER AND MORE LASTING -- TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND FITS THE
COMMUNITY'S AESTHETICS AND THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITIES THAT DID ACTUALLY HAVE WAITING PERIODS, IT'S A WHOLE RANGE, NOT ONE STANDARD RANGE OF WAITING PERIODS. IT CAN GO FROM ONE YEAR TO 20 YEARS. I WOULD SAY IF WE WANTED TO TAKE WHAT WAS THE MOST COMMON,
PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 TO 5 YEARS. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE DID REACH OUT TO OTHER CITIES IN THE VALLEY METRO REGION, MANY OF THEM DID NOT HAVE SPECIFIC WAITING PERIODS, AND SO THIS IS NOT A SUPER COMMON POLICY, BUT I
JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS UP AS A CONSIDERATION AS COUNCIL THINKS ABOUT A POTENTIAL CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL. THE NEXT CATEGORY THE TYPE OF MEMORIAL. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON. TO JUST GIVE BACK TO YOU WHAT
OUR INTERNAL GUIDELINES SAY ABOUT MEMORIALS, WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SMALL AND LARGE MEMORIALS, SO SMALL MEMORIALS WOULD BE BENCHES, PLACEMENTS AND -- MONUMENTS, WORKS OF ART, ET CETERA, THOSE
ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES WE LOOK AT WHEN WE RECEIVE A COMMUNITY REQUEST FOR A MEMORIAL. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS, MORE THAN JUST PHYSICAL MEMORIALS OR MONUMENTS, A RENAMING OPTION, STREETS OR BUILDINGS, SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN
TAKE AS WELL. JUST TO GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF LARGE AND SMALL MEMORIALS RIGHT HERE AT CIVIC CENTER. FOR LARGE MEMORIALS, WE HAVE THE STATUE OF MAYOR DRINKWATER AND A BENCH AND TREE DEDICATED TO SOME
OF OUR FORMER MAYORS AS WELL. LASTLY, LOCATION SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LARGE CITY WITH MANY PUBLIC SPACES TO CHOOSE FROM. WE LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THE BEST PLACE FOR A POTENTIAL MEMORIAL WOULD BE. SO, AGAIN, IN OUR INTERNAL GUIDELINES, THIS IS JUST FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE WHEN DETERMINING THE BEST LOCATION SO THAT IT MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH CITY SERVICES, THE LOCATION MUST COMPLIMENT THE AREA'S AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL AREA, AND
PREFERENCE GIVEN TO COLOCATING MEMORIALS WITH A COMMON THEME. THIS IS THE CRITERIA STAFF WOULD LOOK AT IF WE WERE RECEIVING A REQUEST FROM A COMMUNITY. THIS IS A GUIDELINE AND SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS COUNCIL IS MAKING A DECISION. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION,
THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES, BUT ALSO WHAT IS ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION. SO, AGAIN, WHEN STAFF IS DETERMINING COMMUNITY REQUESTS FOR MEMORIAL, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE. SO FOR THE LARGE MEMORIAL
REQUEST, THE SUBJECT MUST DEMONSTRATE A HIGH LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE BY MEETING AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. SO THAT'S HONORING INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP THAT HAS MADE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, OR THE UNITED STATES AND THE OTHER CRITERIA IS RECOGNIZING THE
HISTORICALLY OR CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENT, SITE OR CIVIC ANNIVERSARY. IT STATES THAT THE GUIDELINES STATE THAT THE MEMORIAL MUST NOT BE DIVISIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE BROAD FOUR OPTIONS, WE WOULD LOVE TO
RECEIVE COUNCIL DIRECTION ON WHAT FITS BEST WITH YOUR DIRECTION BETWEEN FUNDING, WAITING PERIOD, LOCATION AND THE TYPE OF MEMORIAL. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, I'M GOING TO LET VICE MAYOR
KWASMAN SPEAK TO THIS BECAUSE IT WAS HIS AGENDA ITEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COM COMMENTS. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO JUST BRING UP, AND I WANT TO -- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVISION, CLEARLY LET'S JUST CUT
TO THE CHASE OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH CHARLIE KIRK AND THAT IS THERE IS THE QUESTION ABOUT DIVISION. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WOULD YOU CONSIDER BARRY GOLDWATER'S MEMORIAL IN PARADISE VALLEY,
CONSIDERING THE VOTED AGAINST THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. >> Will Brooks: REALLY, THE WORK STUDY TONIGHT IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT FITS BEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A THRESHOLD
FOR SOME OF THESE CRITERIA, FOR THE STAFF SIDE. WHY AGAIN, THOSE REGULATIONS DON'T APPLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL GETS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I'M GOING TO PASS OVER TO
OTHER SPEAKERS AND THEN -- LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY. >> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILMAN GRAHAM. >> Councilmember Graham: MAYOR, THANK YOU, MR. BROOKS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO MEMORIALS, TURNS OUT.
RIGHT? >> Will Brooks: YES. >> Councilmember Graham: IT'S -- CAN YOU GO BACK AND TELL US -- EDUCATE US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LARGE AND MEMORIAL AND SMALL MEMORIAL. WE SEE BENCHES AT THE PARK, YOU
KNOW, WITH PEOPLE'S -- IN REMEMBRANCE OF PEOPLE. AND WE SEE BIGGER MEMORIALS, I'VE SEEN LIKE THE -- I FORGOT THE FIRST NAME, MR. MILLER AT INDIAN SCHOOL, MILLER.
SOMEBODY COULD HELP ME OUT THERE. WHAT'S -- HOW -- CAN YOU EXPOUND ON THAT. >> Will Brooks: MAYOR BOROWSKY, COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, THE LARGE AND SMALL DIFFERENTIATION, AGAIN, THAT'S ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION THAT GOVERNS STAFF
THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. REALLY JUST USING THAT TO SORT OF GUIDE THE DISCUSSION FOR STAFF'S PURPOSE WHEN WE RECEIVE A COMMUNITY REQUEST WE USE THOSE CATEGORIES WITH SMALL MEMORIALS, REALLY STAFF CAN JUST APPROVE IT THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.
WITH A LARGE MEMORIAL THERE'S MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE PROCESS WITH STAFF REVIEW, WITH PUBLIC ART, WITH A POTENTIAL BOARD AND COMMISSION REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE MAKE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION SIDE. BUT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S
NOT AS RELEVANT BECAUSE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION DOES NOT GOVERN THE CITY COUNCIL. >> Councilmember Graham: THOSE ARE VERY SKILLFUL DIPLOMATIC RESPONSE. I CAUGHT IT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A
STATUE OF WINFIELD SCOTT AT INDIAN SCHOOL AND SCOTTSDALE ROAD. IS THAT RIGHT. >> Will Brooks: I'M NOT AWARE. >> Councilmember Graham: YOU TOLD US. >> Will Brooks: YES, MAYOR BOROWSKY AND COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, I DID RECEIVE DOCUMENTATION FROM SCOTTSDALE HISTORIAN WHO DID
PROVIDE AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS, RENAMINGS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE. >> Councilmember Graham: YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS LIST HERE, BILL KEENE, THE CREATOR OF THE FAMILY CIRCUS, WHICH I ACTUALLY
JUST HAD AT THE SUGAR BOWL THIS LAST WEEKEND, AND BILL KEENE USED TO GO THERE. THEY HAVE HIS HAND MEMORIALIZED IN THEIR OPERATIONS. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW FOR SURE THERE WAS -- OH, I DO KNOW ABOUT THE STATUE OF McCORMICK
STILLMAN PARK. THAT'S BILL KEENE. >> Will Brooks: NOT 100 PERCENT SURE ABOUT THAT. >> Councilmember Graham: IT'S A NICE STATUE. CHARLES MILLER, WINFIELD SCOTT STATUE OUT HERE. THE BILL KEENE STATUE, THESE ARE GREAT. THESE KINDS OF SPEAK TO WHO WE
ARE. WTHE FALLEN SOLDIERS STATUE JUST OUTSIDE WHERE WE SIT RIGHT HERE. THE CHAPLAIN. I THINK THESE ARE AMAZING STATUES ACROSS OUR CITY.
AND I THINK -- IT'S A VERY INTRIGUING CONVERSATION. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT WAITING PERIODS. PHOENIX DOES NOT HAVE A WAITING PERIOD, IS THAT CORRECT.
>> Will Brooks: MAYOR BOROWSKY AND COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, THAT'S CORRECT. PHOENIX DOES NOT HAVE A WAITING PERIOD FOR MEMORIALS, AT LEAST NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THEY MIGHT HAVE AN INTERNAL POLICY. WE CHECKED WITH MANY OF THE CITIES IN OUR METRO REGION AND THERE WASN'T ANY SPECIFIC
MEMORIAL OR MONUMENT GUIDELINES THAT WE RECEIVED. >> Councilmember Graham: THEY TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THEY TURNED IT DOWN, NIXED IT. >> Will Brooks: YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. THEY DID RECEIVE TWO CITIZEN PETITIONS, THEY WERE BOTH
RELATED TO RENAMING STREETS, AND THE REASON THAT THEY DENIED IT IS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FOLLOW THEIR STREET RENAMING POLICY AND SO THAT'S WHY THE CITY COUNCIL DENIED IT. >> Councilmember Graham: THIS OPENS AVENUES INTO THINGS LIKE HOW WE NAME STREETS AND RENAME
STREETS AND WHO WE HONOR. THERE WATTS PRIVATE FUNDING FOR THE SCOTTSDALE MEMORIAL OF THE FALLEN, IS THAT CORRECT. >> Will Brooks: MAYOR BOROWSKY AND COUNCILMAN GRAHAM, THAT'S CORRECT. >> Councilmember Graham: SOME OF THESE STATUES LIKE CHARLES MILLER AND HERB DRINKWATER AND
SOME OF THOSE OTHER ONES, WERE THOSE PRIVATELY FUNDED. >> Will Brooks: I BELIEVE SO. THIS -- I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION HAS BEEN AROUND, BUT I'M GUESSING THAT MANY OF OUR LARGE MEMORIALS ARE FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS.
>> Councilmember Graham: OKAY. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR THE TIME BEING. I THINK THE PERSON THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UNDER DISCUSSION NOW, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT F FOR, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
>> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN. >> Councilmember McAllen: THANK YOU, WILL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. JUST SOME KEY ITEMS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. AND BACKGROUND, HISTORIC INFORMATION. I BELIEVE ALMOST ALL OF THESE
STATUES ARE PRIVATELY FUNDED. MY PERSONAL OPINION, AND THAT OF THE MANY, MANY E-MAILS I RECEIVED, THAT PRIVATE FUNDING FOR ANY TYPE OF MEMORIAL IS THE WAY I WOULD SUGGEST. THAT THE CITY DOES NOT USE
TAXPAYERS DOLLARS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND THIS FIGURE DIVISIVE TO OUR CITY. PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULDN'T GO TO THOSE MEMORIALS. UNLESS IT WAS VOTED ON BY ALL THE CITIZENS AND THEY CHOSE IT. THAT BEING SAID, I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN
A MEMORIAL BENCH AND TREE THAT WERE PLANTED AND AFFIXED IN CHAPARRAL PARK, AND THERE WAS JUST A LARGE MEMORIAL SLASH FUND RUN THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THIS.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, A YOUNG MAN THAT I HAD TAUGHT WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT LAST YEAR, ADAM, MEHIGHLEAVE, AS ONE OF MY STUDENTS, HIS PARENTS I KNEW VERY WELL, HIS FATHER IS
A FIREFIGHTER IN TEMPE, HIS MOM TAUGHT AT THE PRESCHOOL. THAT BEING SAID, WELL. >> HONEY, WELL-LOVED WE STILL HAD TO PRIVATELY FUND THIS EVENT, AND THE BENCH, BUT WE DID FOLLOW THE CITY'S PROCESS, I
CONTACTED THE DIRECTOR OF -- SENIOR DIRECTOR VOTE MOLLNARY AND ASKED THE PROCESS AND FOLLOWED IT AS AN OUTSIDE GROUP TO GET APPROVAL AND TO FUND IT. LOVELY YOUNG MAN, AND SO HE HAS A BENCH NOW AND A TREE IN
CHAPARRAL PARK WHERE HIS FAMILY GOES, AND HIS FRIENDS, AND CAN PAY HONOR TO HIM AND I WOULD SUGGEST THE SAME FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IF THAT IS SOMETHING HIS FAMILY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO. THOSE ARE JUST MY TWO CENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN LITTLEFIELD. >> Councilmember Littlefield: TH ANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT, AND I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A STATUE OF MR. KIRK, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THIS. I AM SORRY HE WAS MURDERED, HE BROKE NO LAWS AND LIKE ALL OF US, HE HAD THE RIGHT TO HIS VIEWS AND HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, HE DID NOTHING TO JUSTIFY SUCH A CLIMB TO BE COMMITTED AGAINST HIM. BUT AS I LOOK AT THE LARGE MEMORIALS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SIDE PARK RIGHT NOW, THEY
REPRESENT ALL OF SCOTTSDALE'S CITIZENS, THE CHAPLAIN, FOR THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN OUR WARS, THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT AND DIED SO WE COULD BE FREE. PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF ALL, AND
WHILE I AM SORRY FOR AND CERTAINLY DON'T CONDONE HIS MURDER, AND THE SORROW THAT IT BRINGS TO SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY, I AM NOT CONVINCED PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS. IF WE DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A MEMORIAL, IT WOULD BE
PRIVATE FUNDS. AT THE VERY LEAST, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALLOW SOME TIME TO PASS, AND I HAVE HEARD THAT THE STATE OFTEN LOOKS AT FIVE YEARS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAVE A VOTE ON IT. LET THE EMOTIONS DIE A LITTLE
BIT, AND IF WE DO THIS, IT SHOULD BE PRIVATELY FUNDED. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN WHITEHEAD. >> Councilmember Whitehead: THAN K YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK VICE MAYOR KWASMAN FOR BRINGING THIS
ON TO AN AGENDA BECAUSE, LIKE EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES, IT'S FASCINATING TO FIND OUT THE PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND WHILE WE TALK ABOUT CHECKS AND BALANCES. WHAT WE HAVE ALSO EXPOSED ARE
SOME HOLES AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. LAST COUNCIL WE WORKED SO MUCH TIME IN WORK STUDY SESSIONS GOING THROUGH AND FIXING AND MAKING POLICIES BETTER. HERE WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TODAY.
I WANT TO POINT OUT DURING THIS DISCUSSION SOMETHING THAT REALLY HASN'T COME UP BUT HAS BEEN VERY KEY TO MY INVOLVEMENT IN SCOTTSDALE OVER THE YEARS, THAT'S THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND. FOR THOSE HANGING AROUND IN 2018.
WHEN A WELL INTENTIONED GROUP WANTED TO USE PUBLIC LAND FOR SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS DIDN'T WANT, IT CREATED QUITE A HUB BULB. PUBLIC LAND AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING A CITY HAS AND IT DOES BELONG TO THE PUBLIC. SO I JUST WANT ANY FUTURE
POLICY, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ASK, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PUBLIC LAND AND MAKE SOME PRETTY STRICT GUIDELINES ON WHEN AND HOW WE TAKE ANY OF THAT AWAY FOR A STATUE.
I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE SOME SORT OF OBJECT THAT BLOCKS THE USE FOR FRISBEE OR WHATEVER. I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE THAT, WHICH I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE ABILITY OF OUR PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
I HAV HAD -- I HELPED ONE LADY GET A BENCH TOO. A BENCH AND A TREE ADD VALUE TO EVERYBODY. SO YOU'RE NOT TAKING AWAY SPACE. YOU'RE SIMPLY ADDING SOMETHING TO THE PARK THAT OTHERWISE TAXES WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. WHY I DO THINK WE HAVE TO
DIFFERENTIATE THAT. I WANT TO DIG DEEPER ON THAT AGAIN, THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND, IN 2018 CREATED A CITIZENS INITIATIVE WHICH OVERWHELMINGLY WAS APPROVED AND CHANGED THE CITY CHARTER FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE. WE DON'T WANT TO GET THERE WITH
THE -- WITH A MEMORIAL. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HAVING A POLICY, COUNCILWOMAN LITTLEFIELD MENTIONED EMOTIONS, EMOTIONS ARE HUMAN. GOVERNMENT POLICY SHOULD NEVER BE EMOTIONAL. SO ADOPTING A POLICY JUST HAS SO
MANY BENEFITS BECAUSE IT BUILDS PUBLIC TRUST, AS WE FIND EVEN WHEN WE DO SOMETHING FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS IN A HURRY, WE ALWAYS GET -- WE ALWAYS GET ACCUSED OF NOT BEING TRUST TRUSTWORTHY. WE WANT TO HAVE A POLICY THAT WE BUILD WITH THE PUBLIC TO BUILD
THAT THRUST AND HAVE FAIR AND CONSISTENT POLICIES, POLITICIANS WE COME AND GO, CITIES STAY FOREVER. WE WANT A POLICY THAT WILL OUTLAST US. PROTECTS PUBLIC DOLLARS. I THINK THE SPEAKER MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FINDING OUT
SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO WAS LOVED AND TURNED OUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES THERE. SO WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH A JOB AND HAVE TO WASTE ANY TIME OR DOLLARS ON THAT AND THEN HAVE A
TIME PERIOD GO BY WHERE WE HAVE TO UNDO WORK WE HAVE DONE. ENCOURAGES PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE PROMOTES COLLABORATION AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY COHESION, THAT IS HOW SCOTTSDALE HAS ALWAYS ROLLED, DONE EVERYTHING WITH A COMMUNITY
FOCUS AND COMMUNITY INPUT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. I AGREE, AGAIN, STRESS AGAIN THAT I DO AGREE THAT A TIME -- A REQUIREMENT OF TIME IS JUST GOOD FOR THE CITY, AND IT -- IT JUST -- THAT'S INTERESTING,
PHOENIX DOESN'T HAVE ONE, BUT HEY, SINCE WHEN HAVE WE COPIED PHOENIX. THANK YOU, THAT'S MY POINTS SO FAR. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR KWASMAN, I'LL CHIME IN. I THINK EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK. ON THIS WORK STUDY SESSION, DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL OR SET OF
RULES THAT APPLIES TO PUTTING UP MEMORIALS, I THINK WE HAVE SURVIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT HAVING GUIDELINES, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL, A POLICY DECISION, AS YOU POINTED OUT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SHE RIGHT DECISION. I DO THINK THIS IS A PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT A RESIDENT -- GROUP OF RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT -- LET ME BACK UP, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. CHARLIE KIRK WAS SIGNIFICANT
WHETHER YOU AGREED WITH HIM OR NOT. HE WAS A RESIDENT OF SCOTTSDALE FOR FOR A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF TIME. IN FACT, LIVED RIGHT ON THE BORDER WHEN HE WAS KILLED, PHOENIX AND SCOTTSDALE,
LITERALLY, YOU KNOW A STONE'S THROW FROM SCOTTSDALE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE STREET. OF COURSE THEIR TURNING POINT WAS STARTED HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE EASILY PRIVATELY FUNDED.
I THINK THAT'S ALSO A GOOD IDEA. I CAN THINK OF LOCATIONS WHERE AND A STRATEGY THAT WOULD BE HONORING HIM BUT NOT DISRUPTIVE AND A BENEFIT OVERALL WHO WISH TO ENJOY IT. HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I THINK
THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ORGANIZE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS TO TAKE MAYBE ON A DIRECT APPOINTMENT BASIS BY THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE ON THE ISSUE AND COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND BE OPEN TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT GROUP OR PANEL.
WHY WITH THAT, VICE MAYOR KWASMAN, TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> Vice Mayor Kwasman: THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND I'M SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF DIRECT APPOINTMENTS, I THINK AN AD HOC WOULD BE PREFERENTIAL.
I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS A RED HERRING TO -- IS A RED HERRING TO THINK PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD GO TO THIS MEMORIAL. I MET CHARLIE, GOSH, 12, 15 YEARS AGO, THE FIRST TIME AND MY
WIFE MET HIM EARLIER THAN THAT. THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE MOST AGAINST PUBLICLY FUNDING A CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL WOULD BE CHARLIE KIRK. THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND. LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT, THAT WOULD BE A 7-0 VOTE RIGHT NOW OF USING PRIVATE FUNDS, DONE, OFF
THE TABLE, WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN. ANYBODY ELSE WHO BRINGS THIS UP, IT'S A RED HERRING, IT'S OFFICIAL. THERE IS -- WHEN TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC LAND, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE WONDERFUL PURPOSES THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE POINTED OUT, LIKE FRISBEE IN A PUBLIC LAND, I
WOULD ARGUE THERE'S NO HIGHER PURPOSE OF PUBLIC LAND THAN TO PROMOTE THE VIRTUE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE, OF WHICH CHARLIE KIRK CHAMPIONED LIKE NO OTHER AMERICAN IN OUR LIFETIME. AND I THINK THAT IS WHY WE WANT THIS MEMORIAL, THAT IS THE VIRTUE WE ARE SENDING -- THAT WE
ARE PROMOTING IN THIS MEMORIAL, IT IS THE -- IT IS THE HIGH VIRTUE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. AND I'M JUST -- I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE MIC, BUT LET'S JUST BE VERY CLEAR WHAT WAS
INSINUATED, THAT WAS SINISTER ON THIS DAIS, THAT CHARLIE KIRK WAS LIKENED TO BILL COSBY ON THIS DAIS, AND THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS JUST FUNDAMNTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TO BE BETTER
THAN THIS. UNDERSTAND THAT WE DANCED AROUND CALLING CHARLIE KIRK JUST LIKE BILL COSBY, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT WAS -- THEN IT WAS ECHOED, RICOCHETED BACK WITHOUT USING THE WORDS BILL COSBY.
BUT THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND THAT IS -- THIS IS THE TYPE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE WE HAVE TO MOVE PAST IF WE ARE GOING TO HONOR CHARLIE'S MEMORY. >> Mayor Borowsky: COUNCILMAN GRAHAM. >> Councilmember Graham: I THINK AT THIS POINT WE ARE KIND OF
GETTING INTO LOGISTICS, GO FORWARD LOGISTICS. WILL SO I MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE -- I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE VICE MAYOR'S COMMENTS, THEY
WERE POIGNANT AND APROPOS. IF WE -- IF WE -- LIKE THE STATUE OF THE FALLEN OUT THERE, DID WE EXCEPT AN AD HOC OR HOW DID THAT MECHANICALLY WORK?
MAYBE THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER, OR MR. BROOKS. I'M NOT AGAINST AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OR EVEN IF WE CAN DO THAT. >> Will Brooks: SO MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I
DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY IF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS SET UP FOR THAT. IF YOU GUYS APPOINT SOMEONE AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR MORE FORMAL COMMITTEE LIKE THE MAYOR SUGGESTED, THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC BODY BECAUSE THEY'RE APPOINTED BY YOU. SO OPEN MEETING LAWS WOULD
APPLY. WHY AN ALTERNATIVE, WHAT WOULD BE -- LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH THE SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS, WHERE STAFF APPOINTED AND WORKED WITH A WORKING GROUP, THAT'S A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE. IN CREATING A POLICY AND I HEARD
ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SAY AND I DON'T RECALL WHO IT WAS, THAT IF YOU WANT A LASTING POLICY THAT BINDS FUTURE COUNCILS AND MAKES IT LESS EASY FOR THEM TO REPEAL, AN ORDINANCE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL WAY TO GO. DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE WITH THE
CRITERIA FOR MEMORIALS ON PUBLIC LANDS. >> Councilmember Graham: I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE MARRON THIS, I'M DISINCLINED TO GO THAT DIRECTION. THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH OVERKILL. AND IT -- IT JUST SEEMS SUCH A
NONSECOND TIR. >> City Atty Scott: THAT'S A POLICY DECISION. THE COUNCIL CAN DO IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH EACH POTENTIAL MEMORIAL. THERE ARE ADVANTAGES FOR ESTABLISHING CRITERIA, OF COURSE. >> Councilmember Graham: I THINK MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES ARE KIND OF
GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DO THIS, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, A LOT OF COMPLEXITY TO IT, BUT AS FAR AS THE -- WHAT
HAPPENS AND HOW IT COMES TO FRUITION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EXACTLY IS, BUT I THINK WE ARE OPEN MINDED TO IT, AND SO I'M JUST -- I'M NOT INTERESTED IN JUST LUNGING TO PASS AN ORDINANCE OR PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT, BUT I
AM VERY OPEN MINDED IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. >> Mayor Borowsky: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN. >> Councilmember McAllen: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE SITUATION HERE IS THAT NOBODY
HAS COME FORWARD WANTING A MEMORIAL, VICE MAYOR KWASMAN ASKED US TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY. I WOULD THINK THIS IS PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO A CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL, LET THEM RAISE
THE FUNDS AND COME TO US. IN THE MEANTIME, BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, WOULD IT ONLY BE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THIS, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T SUPPORT THIS. THAT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE, WOULD IT? WHY DON'T WE LET THE CITIZENS
WHO WANT THIS COME FORWARD, RAISE THE FUNDS, COME FORWARD AND THEN WE DISCUSS IT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS MEMORIAL THAT WE CAN'T QUITE PUT OUR HANDS ON. JUST A THOUGHT. >> Mayor Borowsky: FINALLY, COUNCILWOMAN WHITEHEAD.
>> Councilmember Whitehead: THAT 'S AN INTERESTING POINT FROM COUNCILWOMAN McALLEN. I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT THIS NOT AS A REQUEST FOR A MEMORIAL FOR A SPECIFIC PERSON, AND I UNDERSTAND VICE MAYOR, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PERSON WHO WAS YOUR FRIEND, SO I AM DEEPLY SORRY.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS STRICTLY AS A CITY GOVERNMENT UPDATED POLICY, WHETHER IT'S AN ORDINANCE OR JUST A POLICY, JUST SOMETHING TO GUIDE THE PUBLIC -- GUIDE THE CITY WHEN WE CONSIDER
THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND, REALLY, OR HOW WE DECIDE ON THESE MEMORIALS. SO I'M STRICTLY TALKING ABOUT THAT. I THINK, AGAIN, THE CART COMES BEFORE THE HORSE BECAUSE IF WE ASSIGN SEVEN CITIZENS, WHAT ARE
WE ASKING THOSE CITIZENS TO DO? I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO, AGAIN, LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE STIPULATIONS, WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS WE WANT IN POLICY TO
THEN MOVE FORWARD AND ADOPT A MEMORIAL. THAT'S HOW I VIEW IT. BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HOW MY COLLEAGUES VIEW IT. SO THAT'S FINE TOO. >> Mayor Borowsky: AND FINALLY, IN CONCLUSION, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE READY TO SPEAK, BUT
IT'S AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION, I THINK WE LET THIS REST. I DON'T THINK THERE'S CONSENSUS OR DIRECTION TO BRING FORWARD A POLICY FOR FORMAL INTRODUCTION, AND I DO THINK THE CITIZENS
COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S BROAD IN TERMS OF PUTTING PIECES TOGETHER THAT BECOME A POLICY OR IF IT'S FOCUSED ON THIS PARTICULAR IDEA, I THINK MAYBE WE JUST THINK ABOUT THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE FUTURE.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD, ANYBODY? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED. >> Mayor Borowsky: ALL RIGHT,
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY -- CRICKETS. OKAY. WE ARE ADJOURNED.