Goodyear Council Continues Celebration Plaza Rezoning, Demands Drive-Thru Density Reduction

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Thank you for coming to this meeting and being an active part of your city. And remember, it's a great time to be in good year. [Music] Like to call the regular meeting to order for March 24, 2025. See that everybody here is present. Uh please join me in welcoming council member Beckles in the pledge of allegiance and invocation.

I pledge algiance 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. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the opportunity to gather today. Grant us the wisdom to make decisions that enhance our community. May you guide us toward understanding and compassion for all. I pray for the flourishing of our diverse communities spiritually, socially, and economically.

May our unity be an example to the world. And I send prayers for everyone in our city, county, state, and nation, and for our government in his holy name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. She's coming. Just now is the time for members of the public who wish to address the city council on any non agenda items within the jurisdiction of Goodyear. Do we have any cards? Yes, mayor. We have four. Okay. First up, Dana Curacall.

Before you start, Dan, the council will listen to comments and may take one of the following. respond to criticism, request the staff again investigate and report on the matter, request the matter be scheduled on a future agenda. You have uh 3 minutes timer you'll see when the 20 when you get to the 22nd part. Go ahead. You don't have to say your address, just that you're a resident. Mayor, council, thank you for this opportunity. My name is Danny Kirkoff.

I am a resident of the city of Goodyear. I would like to share my thoughts this evening in response to recent conversations regarding the Goodyear ballpark and anticipated renovations that will be requested by the teams as part of the negotiations for renewal of their contracts. An economic study was conducted by ASU in 2023 on the impacts of spring training. However, the study only illustrates one aspect of economic activity. only new dollars that flowed into the state.

No mention of the outlay of dollars required to generate these revenues. These are the specific impacts for the city of Goodyear obtained through a public records request. With the limited time available tonight, I will share information on the previous 5-year period. The 5-year period includes the impact of COVID and the players lockout. However, when compared to the full seasons of 23 and 24, the performance was very similar.

Adjusted performance or actually the total general fund subsidy for the ballpark for that 5-year period $71 million. Adjusted performance after applying 100% of the ASTA funds received a $60 million cost to the city.

Goodyear subsidy from general fund per attendee for spring training games it's $128 and for all ballpark events it's $131 for the city of Goodyear to break even on the with a 2.5% sales tax attendees would need to spend in Goodyear per event $5,134 the amount that the ASU study states spending for spring training attendees $421 a day. In my opinion, our current agreement is not a winning proposition for our city.

My ask tonight is that in future negotiations with the teams, if an agreement is made, the ballpark provides income to the city or is net neutral to the city budget. So again, I ask resolve the current situation, but please do not repeat the poor financially burdensome decisions of the past. In my opinion, the ballpark subsidy funds could be better spent in our community in investments in road infrastructure, public safety, and programs for our youth and seniors.

Additionally, if the city has different information than I have found, I welcome that information and I have copies of the information for review if desired. Okay. Thank you. Um, what do we do? We pass that over to the city clerk information. You have his information, contact information. We'll have staff reach out to you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Next, Jeff Redmond. Well, good evening everybody. You you know the you know the game. So you know the drill. Yes, you know the drill.

I do know the drill. And thank you for your time. Uh first of all, a quick shout out to Mr. Lockett with HR. Is he in the room right now? Yeah, he's right there. Thank you. Well, well done. Uh he could teach a class on followup and communication if you ask me.

Um when I was when I uh visited here, spoke with you all on March 3rd, I mentioned uh talking to you at subsequent meetings about uh topics, specific topics as they relate to preserving the quality of life here in in uh Goodyear for existing residents during this explosive growth. Tonight, I'd like to talk about a specific topic uh and that's the formal communication that goes out to residents during a reasonzoning or a proposed land use project.

The current ordinance, as you're probably well aware, is um 15 days before a sign is put up for a public hearing, there's uh if you live within 500 ft of that proposed project, you get a notification in the mail. talking to uh the residents that I live with and around in up in Australia, that's insufficient that that footage or that that communication. I'm going to give you an example. As you're well aware, there there's a proposal to expand a thousand acres uh south of the high school.

Um it's a two-mile stretch. It's about a two-mile stretch along Australia Parkway. Right now, there are three very generic white, black written signs in two or three locations along that two-mile stretch. And unless you pull over and read that in detail, you can't see what it's about just from the road. So, you're get you're going by it's just another sign to most people. Um, on that stretch, there's about 50 to 60 homes that got that letter.

Okay, that's hundreds of homes in that adjacent in those adjacent communities that are above 500 ft that didn't get that letter. Okay, I think they're entitled to know what's going on with the with the proposed project as well. Um, I believe I speak for the majority of the residents in that in the community that this zoning ordinance, the 500t rule, needs to be urgently expanded to include all residents in the adjacent communities. And that's not for just this project.

I'm talk I'm talking about any project that comes up. If you're putting a McDonald's in on a corner over here as an example, the adjacent community and everybody in it needs to know what's going on with that corner, not just the houses that see it and that are 500 ft away. Um, I made this exact proposal to planning and zoning uh back on the 12th of March. I was told I would get a phone call. I'm I'm I'm waiting for that phone call. I'll be expecting that phone call.

So, I'd like you to consider uh I'd like planning and zoning. I'd like you all to consider taking a hard look at that ordinance and expanding it again to include all the residents in the adjacent community. Okay. Appreciate all you're doing. Thank you. Thank you, city manager. We'll take that information and uh provide some information back. Next, Solomon Jaditi. you just name and whether you're a Goodyear resident. Good evening, mayor. Good evening, council. My name is Solomon Jaditi.

I am a resident here in Goodyear. Uh I come to you guys tonight to bring something to your guys' attention and ask a couple questions. Uh it's in regards to the Goodyear Municipal uh municipal code 11-1-8 subsection C. I'm not going to read it because I don't got the time, but it covers noise and noise ordinances and uh it goes along with what happened two days ago, March 22nd.

Um, in my neighborhood, someone was having a party from pretty much sun up to sun down and they wanted everyone to know about it and it was pretty hard to ignore. Um, this wasn't just, you know, someone enjoying their local their pool in their backyard playing a little music on their phone or little speaker or nothing. They had the full band, everything, tuba, you name it. And, uh, my question to you is, at what point is that going to be enforced?

At what point can uh I as a citizen here in Goodyear uh you know be able to expect some peace and quiet in the home that I pay taxes and choose to live here with? Um because I was not the only one to complain about it. There was multiple calls to the non-emergency number. Uh talked to numerous of my neighbors on the block all you know having to deal with this noise to which it wasn't dealt with till about 8:20 p.m. It was the first time we got an officer out there, Officer Hoya.

And uh then complaints went on through the night and then at 11:22 another officer, Officer Camp, came by and told him, "Hey, keep it down." Basically, that's uh and they have the the number for that. It's 2025-14379 is the tracking number for that call. What's going on, man? Like, we got a culture here in Goodyear where people just don't want to be respectful.

It's like the cars are bad enough with everything they got, you know, Scat Pack exhaust, the exhaust pretty much deleted from the cars and the trucks just from the the traffic. I can't even get any rest. And then you add the people playing the music and then partying on top of it. If everyone acted like that, no one would get any peace and quiet.

If I wanted to go out and and go, you know, roof off every time I had a birthday or anniversary or whatever and everyone else did that, this place wouldn't be a cool place to live. Granted, not everyone does that, but that's what I'm bringing to you guys tonight. How are we going to enforce that?

When at what point do they actually get a ticket to let them know that every year, March 22nd on their birthday, they can't just be letting the whole neighborhood know about it till sun up till sun down? Did I misinterpret that? Does anyone know what that m municipality code's about? Is that pretty much what it is? And I noticed the chief's taking some notes over there. So hopefully um did you've got the information for this gentleman here? Chief, reach out.

And okay, I appreciate I want to add on that. My brother's a officer, not in this state, but another state, and I appreciate the stuff they get called to do, and they got a list all day. They're waiting to respond to calls. If they come out giving people warnings, warnings warnings warnings that's adding to their list, man. At some point, just give them the ticket. Make them learn. Thanks for your time. Thank you. Next, Lacy Mason. Hello, Lacy. Just name and whether you're a Goodyear res. Yeah.

Hi, council. My name is Lacy. I live here in Goodyear. Been a resident 18 years. had my house built in 2005 just north of here when this was going to be a mall. So very excited. We have seen some fun stuff to do. Loving GSQ, had family in town. We did all of the restaurants. Had a fantastic time. Except not to piggyback off of that gentleman, the revving of the cars up and down in front of the road in front of the movie theater while we're trying to sit outside at Copper and Sage.

Same car three times of speeding up and down. Obnoxious. I live right up here all the time. Up and down Pebble Creek all the time revving those whatever they are. I don't know. I'm not a car person. Um the other thing, the real reason that made me come in today is we are having a hard time in my community because we have had two very bad accidents. Um we just had a motorcycle death on Cambridge and then we had a t-boning today at 2:30 right up here at the road.

The traffic is getting a little bit, you know, not out of control, but it's we're seeing it. What I would like to say is that when we were over here this weekend having a great time, I was a little disappointed. There was no police presence presence. Sorry, Chief. I know you're new and figuring everything out and appreciate you being here on the team. But you go to like a Westgate or anything, usually there's an officer hanging out. You see a police presence or someone there.

When we went to leave, there was somebody very impaired on the wrong side of the road trying to go through the intersection. The cars were trying to turn in and couldn't cuz he was on the wrong side of the lane. you build an entertainment district where you have bars and restaurants, there probably should be a little more presence. But again, beautiful facility. I'm so glad it's here. Very excited. It's been 18 years. So, thank you.

Uh, city manager, maybe we can I'll have we'll talk to the chief. Maybe get some more people. We will out there. We'll have a conversation. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? No, mayor. That's it. That's it. All right. Thank you. Uh with the city cle clerk please read a consent agenda items 1 through eight by title only. Item one, approval of minutes. Item two, approval of a new series 12 restaurant liquor license for Shake Shack. Number 1515.

Item three, approval of new series 12 restaurant liquor license for the Breakaway Bar and Grill. Item four, permanent extension of premises patio permit for Sip at the Ranch. Item five, approve budget amendments and related expenditure authority. Item six, adopt resolution number 2025-2454 approving the modification of assessment number 11-01-8 within the McDall Road commercial corridor Improvement District.

Item seven, adopt resolution number 2025-2455 authorizing the submission of an application for land and water conservation funds to Arizona State Parks and Trails, authorizing the city manager to execute all documents relating to set applications, and authorizing the city manager to execute a grant agreement if grant funds are awarded and authorizing the city manager to approve the required budget transfer if grant funds are awarded.

Item eight, adopt resolution number 2025-2456, authorizing the submission of an application for fiscal year 2026, Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority bianial grant funds to the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, authorizing the city manager to execute all documents relating to set applications and authorizing the city manager to execute a grant agreement if grant funds are awarded and authorizing the city manager to approve the required budget transfer if grant funds are awarded. Thank you.

Does anybody on council wish to remove an item or have a question on an item? I have a question on item five. Okay, hold on. We got item five. How about you? Item seven. Okay, we'll try five first. Go ahead. Who's got five? Ah, there he is. Go ahead, Ben. Okay, item five. The last chart on item five. the the last item on the chart, move funds from budgetary authority to the development impact fee funds. Uh could you explain budget authority? Yes, you're on. Thank you, mayor.

Council member Beckles. So, when we're looking to include an expenditure into the budget that wasn't originally in the budget, there's two components to that. One is do we have the money to pay for it? And the second is, do we have authorization in the budget? And the authorization in the budget is regulated by state statute. So normally we have contingent amounts that we include in the budget.

So when something unforeseen comes up, we can tap that budget authority when we have the the funds available to do so. In the case of the development impact fees, we don't necessarily have a contingency within the individual impact fees. So the budget authority is a blanket budget authority that we have adopted in mass for unforeseen items such as this. So the the budget authority that's being uh referenced is that contingent amount that that we have included in the budget.

The funds that are actually coming from the fund balance within each of the development impact fees. Good. Go ahead. Yeah. I just had a question. I'm I'm okay with the applying for the grant. I just Is the dog park staying at the same park or is it moving to a different location? It didn't really was very clear in the in the actual uh part here. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Hampton director. Yep. There you go. Mayor, Council Member Hampton, Nathan Torres, Parks and Recreation Director.

Um, that is correct. It's relocating the dog park within the current site of of the Goodyear Community Park. So, it's staying on that location. It's moving approximately 100 or so feet uh to allow that area to be expanded and uh install more permanent amenities with that feature. No, I'm I'm okay with that. I just it wasn't clear if it was staying at the actual location or if it was moving completely somewhere different, but I'm call for the the grant.

And will the grant facilitate the entire move or will that be at more general funding? It will fund approximately half of those improvements. Okay. Okay. Yeah, definitely needed there. So, I appreciate that it's staying there. So, that's all I had. Curiosity. Thank you. Everybody Okay. All right. With that, let's see. I have a a motion and a second up on the board. You can go ahead and open it up. Vote. passes 70. Thank you. Uh we have three public hearings tonight.

First public hearing is to collect public comment on the fiscal year 2026 action plan for housing and urban development for the CBG program. Open the public hearing. Please introduce yourself to the public. Thank you, mayor, councel.

I am Christina Panitescu, community partnerships program manager for the city of Goodyear, and this is the public hearing for our fisc year 26 community development block grant annual plan, which explains how we intend to use our allocation from HUD um for um which is an entitlement um should it be awarded uh once the budget is finalized.

So, um, tonight I'm going to go over the 5-year consolidated plan, which we're operating off of, and which describes what the constraints are around how we are able to expend the funds. I'm going to give you all an update on the program performance um through since 2021 when we got our first award as an entitlement and then I will explain what we're planning to do for fiscal year 26 and next steps.

As a reminder, uh in order to spend our entitlement, the activities that we spend it on has to meet the national objective of benefiting low and moderate income persons. This can either be based on financial eligibility or an area benefit uh the shaded in the orange on the map here where uh majority of the residents in that community or census track are low or moderate income or presumed benefit populations are the target population served by what is being funded.

And some of those include abused children, battered spouses, elderly people, severely disabled adults etc.

Um, in addition to serving low and moderate income people, it has to fit into one of the priority activities identified in our consolidated plan, which would be a community facilities uh and improvements project, public services, which is basically direct services provided to individuals in need, program administration, which is very complex, and also uh if something exceptional presented itself self.

We could consider attainable and sustainable housing projects or economic development activities. There are reporting requirements uh for each category. So, in fiscal year 22, uh, with our first entitlement, we invested in, um, adding LED street lights, uh, to the north subdivision's neighborhood and illuminating a pedestrian corridor, making the neighborhood safer.

In fiscal year 23, we remodeled the child care uh center in or the um in the domestic violence center new life center here in Goodyear, making staff more accessible and youth more visible and giving a safe and effective place uh for those children in the shelter. In fiscal year 2024, we put an impressive um adaptable uh playground at Palunteer Park in Historic Goodyear.

And with uh this year's entitlement, we will be adding street lights along Lichfield Road in front of historic Goodyear to make sure that it's brighter in the evening and more safe for the community and the motorists in the area. And that project is in the design stage right now. So for fiscal year 26, we don't know how much exactly we're going to get yet as our entitlement. There was a CR that was passed.

So we expect it will be along the lines of what we got last year unless there are new communities that enter the mix. In the meantime, we've been planning um using a number and percentages um that can be adapted when we get our final allocation.

So the recommendation in the draft annual plan is that we will use 20% of the city's entitlement for the complex administration of the program up to 15% of the city's total entitlement for teacher salaries for the Southwest Valley YMCA early learning center program which will be expanded as a result of the construction and equipment investment with the balance of our funds um that will make the early learning center more accessible to the community and make the classrooms more age appropriate.

Currently, the classrooms at the Southwest Valley YMCA have age groups um combined that is detracting from parents interest in keeping their kids in the program. So this will make it more desirable, age appropriate and increase their capacity to serve Goodyear children. So we are at the public hearing part right now. The whole annual plan is available on the city's website uh goodyearaz.gov CDBG. Um that public hearing process closes on April 10th.

I will be back with any public comment incorporated into the final plan for you to adopt um or authorize the submission of the final plan on May 5th. Hopefully by then we'll know an exact dollar amount. Um and then we have to submit the plan to HUD by May 15th. And um so that May 5th meeting will enable that. HUD will approve our plan and the funds should be available after July 1st. And that concludes my presentation. Any speaker cards? No, mayor. Anybody in the audience like to speak?

With that, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Uh, you know, this is a public hearing tonight is to collect public comments and we do not have any action to take, but does council have any comments they would like to make? Good job. Thank you. Seeing none. Uh, good to move on. Thank you. Thank you. Next public hearing is consider a reszoning for Celebrate Plaza. Open the public hearing. Please introduce yourself to the public.

Good evening, Mayor Pazillo and members of city council. My name is Justin Gabrielson, senior planner here at the city of Goodyear. I'm here before you this evening with a request from Christine Gay to request an amendment for the previously approved P A known as Celebration Plaza. The site is located at the northwest corner of West Celebrate Lifeway and North Lichfield Road. The site is currently zoned P A under the Celebration Plaza P A.

Celebration Plaza encompasses 66 acres of land and includes a mixture of underlying underlying uses. Here's the zoning map for Celebration Plaza. As you can see here, there are several land uses under this PA AD, including commercial as well as several different residential uses. Um, we can also see the location of the surrounding area with Interstate 10 here to the north, Palm Valley Crossing to the east, Palm Gate to the south, Airport Gateway to the City of Hope tucked into the corner here.

Currently, the PAD puts a restriction on drive-throughs. This restriction limits them to just one in the entire site. The proposed amendment will increase the drive-thru from one to two standalone and unlimited endcaps. That the with the endcaps, the drive-through user will be one tenant of a building constructed to accommodate a minimum of three users. Due to the site not being in proximity to residential, no neighborhood meeting was required.

instead in an alternative citizen review occurred and postcards were sent out to property owners within 500 ft of the site. To this date, no questions, comments, or concerns have been brought to my attention regarding this project. At the March 12th planning and zoning commission meeting, uh, one resident was in attendance and um was in support of the project but did not wish to speak on it. The commission voted 5 to zero to forward the recommendation of approval.

Staff is requesting that you recommend approval with stipulations for the PAD amendment to amend the Celebration Plaza P A. I'm here for any questions as well as the applicant. Any speaker cards? No, mayor. Anybody in the audience like to speak? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. City clerk, plead read ordinance number 2025-1629 by title only.

Adopt ordinance number 2025-1629 conditionally approving approximately 66.6 6 acres of property located at the northwest corner of Celebrate Lifeway in North Litchfield Road from Goodyear Celebration Plaza planned area development to Celebration Plaza first amended planned area development amending the zoning map of the city of Goodyear providing for non-abbridgement providing for corrections providing for severability providing for an effective date providing for penalties and directing the city clerk to record a copy of this ordinance.

City clerk, uh, city council, please enter a motion, a second to adopt ordinance number 202516 29. I see a motion and a second up on the board. So, open it for discussion. Uh, first one up, Council Member Cherry. Thank you, Mayor. Um, Justin, I don't know if uh you can help me a little bit, you know, being new up here with this being a PD. What was kind of the history of this project? Again, this project predates me quite a bit. There's a lot of multif family.

I see the commercial um that seems kind of tucked away away from any main roads. I know this is general to section E. Um what was the idea behind limiting to one? I know I'm asking you to um tell me what was on everyone's minds, but uh what what was kind of the generalized idea? And I don't know if there's a history of this P A just a little more um little more information on that. Sure. Um I think the idea of it was to kind of create more of a walkable community.

Um unfortunately uh I wasn't the original planner on this project. I'm kind of picking it up. Hold on. I think you got Christian's going to help you. Again, I apologize. So the history of the site was that back in 2008 it was a business park and the reszone was to incorporate more multifamily into the development. So the uh city of hope was portion of that um when it went to more multifamily.

Part of the conversation was um allowing more employment opportunities with the office to the northwest and then the commercial limiting that the drive-throughs again so that with that highdensity multif family around there people could walk uh between the developments. Okay. And so the idea has obviously changed a little bit since then if you're looking for you know more vehicle traffic uh in that area slightly.

the applicant is requesting some additional flexibility to have additional and then what's the status on um since this includes the PAD the hybrid area has that is that still a hybrid or has that switched over that time limit for that 24 months we would interpret has lapsed so if you did want to have further discussions on that hybrid piece that would need to be included as a stipulation of approval okay I will um I will rest for Councilwoman Gillis.

Um I remember this meeting because it was my very first meeting and so and I remember that there was kind of a tradeoff on the multilevel and um flex space and with the fact that there would be one drive-thru and then there would be sit-down restaurants that would go in there because that's kind of prime property right there. And um I know that constituents that I've been talking to um and I'm out there a lot um are not liking all the drive-throughs that we're putting in.

And I know that I talked to Katie not long ago about a couple of things. And if there's a drive-thru already there, then I get the fact that possibly they're, you know, if somebody wants to put in a new drive-thru, then how can you say no if you put in one? But we have not put anything in there yet. And so the general consensus is that they want to start seeing some sit-down restaurants and that is a good place to put them and we talked about that at the time which is why we did what we did.

So um I'm going to stick with the constituents on this one and I'm not for this resoning. So I want to let you know that. Thank you. Council member Kanel. Well I do remember this project. It was uh there was a lot of discussion. In fact, at one point it was tabled and it came back uh for further discussion. Uh huge chunk of multifamily certainly uh you know trying to accommodate the the developers wishes and this whole flex thing.

So I thank you for asking that question uh council member Terry about what happened to that space because that's that's hanging out there. Um, this is a significant chunk of land that is located on one of our major thorough affairs, Lichfield Road. And I think being its proximity to I 10 and you've got the Rudies and some other businesses across, we wanted this to be a nice project.

Um, certainly the idea of the walkable, uh, if you're going to have all that multifamily, you need things for people to do, which they incorporated the park. And uh really we had a lot of emphasis on that commercial space. And I think uh the reason was for uh the limiting the the uh drive-throughs or the quick service uh restaurants which I understand are very popular right now.

I know in the report it talked about postcoid uh a lot of desire for people to to get their food and go, but um we have that in other areas. And I think now we have a little of experience looking at Estrella Parkway south of I 10 on the east side. We've got a whole lineup of fast food restaurants anchored by a convenience store. And I think we had higher hopes for this. Uh, you know, in hindsight, I not thrilled with what we did on Australa.

Certainly, I'm not interested in in repeating that um here on on Lichfield Park. Um, there hasn't been anything built on this property at all. And we're we're talking about resoning. I I guess my question to you, when you want to change an aspect of the P A, that's a resoning for the whole entire piece. It's a 66 acre reszone. Is it because of changing the uh the drive-thru causes the whole reson? Um yeah, that's correct. Uh Council Member Kano.

Um unfortunately, since this all is one piece, um even though the change is only affecting the commercial portion of it, we are making a change to the entire P A. Um but I do want to um circle back to your comment on Australa comments um and the long line of drive-throughs that fronts Australa.

Um, you know, we've we've taken that into account when reviewing this project and the when the applicant originally came in, they wanted to propose unlimited drive-throughs and no restriction on it whatsoever. Um, and we worked with them to limit it to two. And the important thing is the, um, unlimited end caps. So, they can bring in those two drive-throughs, um, whatever they happen to be. And then the endcaps is what guarantees us other retail space.

If they do wish to bring in a third drive-thru user, such as Habit uh burger or a Starbucks or something like that, they would be required to include two other empty tenant spaces to be used as other retail space. So that would prevent us from having a repeat of Australa Commons. I appreciate that additional explanation.

I think when I recall back discussions, we were looking for traditional restaurants uh with some accommodation for the quick serve and um and it seems like that whole concept is now disregarded. So sitown restaurants can fit within the other tenants of those um retail tenants as well. um you know they would be required to build a building that can support at least three tenants being one of them as a drive-thru. So let's say a Starbucks would go in there.

Those other two empty tenant spaces could be used for a sitdown restaurant as well as there's still plenty of space on the site as well for another reg for a sitdown restaurant to be dedicated for that entire site. Um um you know I'm the one who did the preliminary plat approval for the project. Uh, and I do know that there are about four uh, lots to the south and three to the north. And, um, so there's plenty of space for there to be a sit-down restaurant as well as the drive-throughs. Okay.

So, with this stipulation, the two um, the drive-throughs plus the endcaps, you could have a s four. How many how many drive-throughs could you ultimately have with the endcap rule? As long as they were providing a minimum of two retail spaces, they could have upwards to as many as they wanted as long as as long as everyone passed the second one. What had a minimum of those two additional retail spaces. Um, a few examples uh that I have found. So, this is an example that is found in Aendale.

Um, you can see here that this is what the endcap is. So, you have Habit here, which is utilizing the drive-through aspect of the building along with a sit down restaurant place, maybe even what could be considered a quick serve where you go in, grab your pizza, and leave, but it does still provide for this sitdown um portion to be used. I mean, they even have an outdoor patio here as part of their restaurant.

So, this is being utilized as both a drive-through option as well as a sitown restaurant option. Very good. would that this land has been empty or has not they have not built anything in there. Do they have any kind of timeline for development are on pursuing this parcel? This must be the development. Go ahead and let the applicant speak on it. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. Uh for the record, my name is Tom Blake.

uh 645 East Missouri, not a resident, but uh representing the owner uh uh on this project and I was here for the reasoning as well. So, I appreciate the references. So, I can I can I hope add some flavor to that as well. Um so, we we have no intention of making this uh autocentric and uh completely change what we what we talked about here in January of 2023 in front of you and then in April when we came back in 2023.

Um what we're trying to do is entice the um you know the top tier of the retail pad farm developers and we're competing uh we're having a hard time getting their interest when they can go to the estrayers or these others and have no restrictions. This is, I think, one of the few probably in Goodyear, your staff could tell me, that only has a restriction for one uh drive-thru. And um certainly in the valley, there's very few restrictions like this.

Uh we have every intention of keeping the connectivity and the walkability and all the planning buzzwords that we had talked about before. We want this to be a great great project. Uh we just need a little bit of a safety net to get people um uh the experts engaged in this to bring in uh great tenants of which would be and I specifically remember the mayor talking about family members um you know from the hospital that want to walk over there when somebody's getting chemo or something like that.

We get that. Um we haven't sold this thing to a run and gunner or a a dump and burn kind of person. We haven't, this isn't in, this isn't in escrow right now. We're talking to some groups, but again, it's been tough, but if we stick with it, we we're confident we'll get somebody in here to do uh the right thing and have a balance, but it may end up being that we need one or two drive-throughs. They'll be they could be higherend drive-throughs.

It's much different than 5 years ago, 10 years ago with the healthy options, the good restaurant chains, the A brands, and the B Bands that are now doing the the drive-thru or the combo. Um, but if I can kind of one thing that that we know on this thing, the hybrid piece was a big deal and you wanted more commercial office and less uh apartments. And we sat up here and we said with our market studies and everything else, we need that safety net because something is better than nothing.

and we we we held the property for six or eight years and there you know that next phase of the hospital um or the medical complex the a the a complex just didn't come well through the through the hard work of your staff and what we did was we hired an expert on the medical office space uh right after the meeting a couple years ago we didn't come in here a day after a year and say hey we're going to just dump it and go apartments we stuck with it we still don't have anybody in escrow but we're right around the corner from having somebody that I think your staff and your economic development uh senior management would say is somebody that's going to do a great job out there.

And it's for the hybrid piece as well. So, it's all 25 acres now because we waited. We're going to have we're not going to have that extra 10 acres of apartments. Uh we're going to have 25 acres instead of the 15 of the medical office, not of the apartments, which is exactly what you told us you wanted us to do. Um, but you were gracious enough to give us the safety net if we couldn't do it because we got to sell the thing at some point.

That's a similar thing to what we're asking for here is we want to get people that know what the heck they're doing on the retail side of things uh and give them the opportunity. We'll give them time 6 months a year, whatever it takes to try to get the uh best tenants in here, the sit down restaurants, the high-end uh strip retail tenants, whatever it is. It only helps us, okay?

not just from the goodness of the heart, but from the greed standpoint because that we've got people that are going to be living next to this thing. And they're going to be paying higher rents or higher prices for houses. The hospital stakeholders, the office uh tenants and the employees, they're going to want to walk somewhere and eat. Um and um so this is again, and I wish I'd prepared something ahead of time to head off some of your questions, but um that's what we're asking for.

We need to get somebody in here. we think that that is really good at doing this stuff. Give them a fair shot at an opportunity to get in the tenants that would you'd be proud of and that we'd all be proud of.

But at the end of the day, if this is what you know, it defaults back to a little bit of it's going to need to be a balance of it's right off the freeway and it's on an arterial, so there probably needs to be a couple of drive-throughs, then that's what we're asking for, the flexibility to do that. Thank you. You bet, Council Member Hampton. Yeah, I'll get I want to ask clarification again on this one.

So, the change is you want to go from one drive-thru any type of drive-thru freestanding to two drive two more drive-throughs only if they have a connected to three a three or a fourpack type thing. So, I clarify what we're Sure. Yeah. Um uh Council Member Hampton. Um, so we are the original restriction was one drive-thru, one standalone building with a drive-thru.

Um, the change would change it to two standalone drive-thru buildings um with the unlimited endcap options, which is what's shown here on the screen. Um, essentially that would require them to build a building that holds a minimum of three tenants. um one of those tenants being a drive-thru and then the other two would be required to be other retail users. Yeah. I mean, I'm not okay with that necessarily.

I'd rather make a stipulation where there's no freestanding ones and this and they would only be a four a four thing a four tenant with an end cap on it. I think that would be better. If we truly want to get higher end and more flexibility, then I don't think a freestanding one would be optimal. So, if that's an option for a stipulation where yeah, you can have two drive-throughs, but they need to be set up set up like this where you have more more users there if that's a possibility.

Um, so that's one thing. I'm not I would not be in favor as it is now. So, I'd probably make a stipulation where I'd want it to be if you're going to do two, it could only be this style that we're looking at with Aenddale right here. Um, and then the second question I had is, so you mentioned the the whole things, we can take another bite at the whole thing right now because they're coming back and looking at the whole thing.

Did you say that we need a stipulation if we want to change the D parcel? We could do that in this in this back up to discuss the flex option. Yes, that would require um some clarification in the stipulation, but um the applicant has indicated uh that if it' be appropriate a continuation of this item so they can do some reworking of the pro request.

Yeah, because I if they truly and I don't know if our economic development department is in favor too, but if they I'm okay reducing it to whatever they thought the mix that they think they need need 15 acres or a smaller portion of multif family there. I'd be in favor of that. I mean, I'm just looking at the 10. We have very limited amount of I 10 space. Um, we didn't touch the pad and now BIES, they came on their own because they noticed that.

So, I' I've never been in favor of the multif family here. So, um I would like that reduced uh personally and I know before I think there was talk about a hotel or something to be at the top portion of that. We reworked it the history of it. We wor reworked it so it'd be the highest end possible apartment complex, not a normal garden style apartment complex like we have like the gray ones off near the Harley-Davidson dealership or something like that. We wanted to be higherend.

So if they go rework it, I would prefer I don't know. I know the market's changed. Good. We did our own study. Goody year has is full. We have full saturation of apartment complexes here. So I think the market has definitely changed. So I do be more in favor of if they're going to bring it back. We're going to push this out for another public hearing that they reook at the multif family section up against the I10.

Um because I don't I know no doctors are going to be living in these apartment complexes like originally thought. So, um, yeah. So, your comment was that they want to pull it. They would like to continue the item to a date not certain. So, Y. Thank you, mayor and council. Just to provide some context that if um the council were to decide to deny the zoning request, there's a one-year waiting period before we can bring it back before you.

So, if council does um is concerned about the request, it sounds like there's a lot of questions um and direction you want to provide. We um the applicant would much rather hear all the feedback you have tonight and then see if there's a solution that meets council's goals that we could come back to you with at a future council meeting. You would need to act on that and maybe our city attorney can provide any additional information.

So staff at this point would recommend you provide us any additional feedback and then we continue the item since there's so much comment. Yeah, I I I appreciate all that to you because this is one of our last really full diamond exits and entrances to the city of Goodyear. Liter Park is a is one of our main main roads. I mean, for commercial and everything else. And same with why Buckies is going in on the other exit.

It's a full diamond full exit as opposed to some of the other locations where they were talking about like the apartments all along the 303 where you couldn't get on and off the freeway there. So, I want to make sure the best and highest use is here and I'm okay waiting. I mean, I don't this doesn't have to be done with apartments today. I mean, we have time. We're in their forever business as the mayor talks about as well. So, um so yeah. So, I appreciate that.

I'm okay with them coming back and taking our input and not being delayed another year. So, thank you. Let me ask this question. You got a couple others that want have you heard enough to um have a continuence or there is anything else you want to add for feedback for him? Let me let me have uh I got the uh I guess vice mayor up. You want to speak? Okay. Speak. I remember this item very well because I was told I was opposed to the multifamily housing at the get-go.

And I was told that if we did not approve that, none of it would go forward. And here we've waited all this time and absolutely nothing has been done to that land. And I am not in favor of having a complete strip mall from Interstate 10 down to Celebrate Way because that diminishes what we're trying to do for this city. And um also if anything is done on that hybrid piece, I wanted to come back before council because we need to have a conversation about that as well.

We were hopeful that this would have already started to be developed and on its way, but unfortunately it isn't. And I don't think at this point it's going to fit well with everything at the opposite end of that parcel on Bullard. It's not really all of that is not really compatible. But that being said, I'll be anxious for them to bring it back and tell us what they can do with it. But I'm absolutely not in favor of reszoning this property. Council member Beckles, anything you want to add?

I don't have anything else to add. I've heard everything that they have said and and I'm in agreement with the rest of the council. Thank you, Council Member Kano. Well, I I only uh signed back on because Katie had asked for feedback and so I this was a very difficult case and I I think it would have been helpful if some of the history was included in the packet especially because we have new council members.

But we did we did strike a deal for multif family with them and I I don't think it's fair to say they have to start over from scratch. I mean, um, now the market's changed, maybe their visions changed, but I think it would be a good time for a revisit, and it would be great to have an idea of what their vision is for parcel E because it's left to our imagination, and we may not be catching the same vision. So, thank you. Okay, one more. I'm sorry, I have one question for Katie.

Katie, are we the only city with the restrictions about the drive-thru like he indicated that it was just us? Thank you, mayor, vice mayor. Um, there are various restrictions and I couldn't tell you all the different cities. Um, we do not have a general plan or zoning outright restriction on the drive-throughs, which is why we brought this for before you tonight because the staff and planning and zoning commission reviews are bound to our written regulations.

However, as you all know, council has full discretion to provide direction and and make um the decisions that are best for the community. There are a couple other peeds that do have limitations on drive-throughs in the city of Goodyear. Ballpark Village PED is one that comes to mind off the top of my head, but I know that there are um one or two others, which we can get back to you with that when we bring it for um bring this back to you.

Um have some more information about drive-through restrictions so you can make better decisions. Thank you. Let me ask the uh city attorney, do we need a separate motion here at the table? How does this work? continue. Just just make a motion to continue it. That's fine. That's all. Somebody got a motion here from the uh council member Hampton. Yeah. I make a motion to continue item 10 of the public hearings for a future date. If you can, we're getting it up right now.

If you can just give me just a moment to get that entered into your into your voting system. Thank you. We'll do it in here now. Okay. So, I do the motion. You got a motion and a second from the vice mayor here. Okay. You got it into the voting. Yes. Voting. Motion to continue. Of course. I hit the Y over there. Motion to continue. 70. Thank you. Last public hearing is a development impact fee audit. Open the public hearing. Please introduce yourself to the public.

Thank you, mayor, members of the council. My name is Jared Askelson. I'm the finance director here with the city of Goodyear. Here tonight to conduct a development impact fee audit that is required by state law uh to actually do an audit every two years. Uh this audit covers the period from July 1st of 2022 to June 30 of 2024. That's an important uh it's important to note that because we had two major things that occurred during that period.

One, we had a new development impact fee study that was enacted during that period. So, this audit covers across two development impact fee studies. The second thing is is that we implemented a new permitting system uh for calculating the fees. Uh we are required to bring in a third party from outside. Heinfeld Meech and Company is the same firm that does our annual financial audit and they conducted this audit on our behalf. There's five compliance areas that are listed in state statute.

The first is the progress on the infrastructure improvement plan, the IIP. That includes both growth assumptions and the projects included in the impact fee study, the collection and expenditure of fees, making sure that we're collecting them appropriately and that we're spending them on the things that we said we would spend them on. Uh evaluate any inequities in the plan or fees. Are we are we actually implementing the plan as it was stated and adopted by council?

Uh are we offsetting appropriately construction sales tax where it's appropriate? And then finally, do we do the annual report that we are required to do as well? There were two findings that we came across. One in the area of progress on infrastructure improve improvement plan and the second on the collection and expenditure of fees. Uh the first on the IIP was a variance of the a variance of the plan to the actual results.

And in this case, our growth wasn't exactly the same as what the plan had originally stated. Uh and just to reiterate, the the first plan was 5 years old at the time of this audit. So that's normal to have a forecast be off during that period. uh the mitigating factor that we have there is that we can then adjust our expenditures by when we adopt the budget annually, we can adjust the the projects that we're going to be using to spend that money.

Uh the second was the mislication of impact fees that f fell under our second category. In this case, we had two instances where the fees were miscalculated either based on the number of units that were in the application or based on the type of of um the the type of development that was occurring. Both those instances we followed up with the applicant and have made corrections there.

also going forward with the implementation of the new the new Asella permitting system that allows us to have additional approval process for fees going forward. With that, uh, we can open the public hearing and I can answer any questions or hear any comments from council. Any speaker cards? No, mayor. Anybody in any audience like to speak? Go ahead and close the uh public hearing. This is for uh no action be taken. But does any council members have a question here? All good question.

Have a question. Go. So it's quite a process when we set these fees. There's a lot of engagement. So from this report, what do we glean from it? I mean like how effective our our fee structure has been or does it give us any indication of where we're going in the future with fees? Thank you, Mayor Pazillo. Council member Kano. the the report itself, the audit is very focused on the specifically what's stated in statute. So it doesn't necessarily give us a performance audit per se.

Uh the the important things that we glean from it is after 5 years our projections for growth didn't match what we thought they would be 5 years ago. And the second thing is is anytime we can we can find a way to make improvements to our processes to eliminate errors, that's something we continue to do. Thank you. Up next, moving on to business. We have two business items. Like to remind council to wait for a motion and a second for discussion.

First up is going to an update to the discretionary fund policy and budget amendment. You're back again. Go for it. Thank you, mayor, members of the council. I'm still Jared Ascen and I'll look at Wet. I'm still the finance director here. I got thumbs up. So, we will continue. About five weeks ago, we had a council retreat where we discussed the discretionary funds policy and the amounts of the discretionary funds.

U one change to the policy itself was to incorporate the ability to carry funds forward. So we are now allowing for unspent funds to be carried forward for one fiscal year. Uh but there's a limit of only going forward one fiscal year. So essentially in any one year you could have two times the amount that's authorized. Uh the second part is a budget amendment.

In this case we're doing a budget amendment from the city manager's contingency and we're using general fund dollars to increase the amount by $19,500. The new funding levels for the mayor will be $7,500 and each council member at $5,000. These changes will also be included going forward into the fiscical year 26 budget. And with that, uh, approval before you for the policy update and the budget amendment associated with it. Thank you. Any speaker cards? No, mayor.

Anybody in the audience like to speak? Council, please enter a motion and a second to approve the discretionary fund policy update and budget amendment. See, I see a motion and a second. Any discussion? I think we pretty much covered this one, didn't we? All right, open up the vote. 61. Thank you. With that, our last item is to consider the fiscal year 2026 annual public art plan. Good evening, mayor, council members.

I'm Gene Oslansky, Parks and Recreation Deputy Director, and I am so excited to be joined this evening with our Arts and Culture Commission Chairman, Lisa Palos, and Arts and Culture Coordinator, Lane Ruiz. This evening, we are here seeking approval of the Arts and Culture Commission recommended annual public art plan for fiscal year 2026.

This plan before you supports city council strategic goals of a safe and vibrant community and the vision to be the hub for arts and culture in the west valley. As part of the public and performing arts ordinance, the Goodyear Arts and Culture Commission shall come before council and make recommendations for the immediate fiscal year and they'll uh recommend for the next five fiscal years.

In tonight's presentation, the commission will share highlights from the past year and recommend projects for fiscal year 2026, as well as the future forecast for public art. Before we jump into that though, I did want to take a moment to take a little look at deeper look at the public and performing arts ordinance and the role that city council and the arts and culture commission play in the public art process. The arts ordinance has two key components.

One, it formed our arts and culture commission and two, it gave us a funding mechanism for funding public art, which is up to 1% of our capital improvement projects. The ordinance also provide the framework for the city's successful public art program. The public art process has four milestones. This includes project approval, budget approval, artist selection, and design approval. So, this first mile milestone is what we're here doing this evening through the public art plan approval.

The arts commission makes recommendations to council for public arts. They include the type of projects and locations, and it's council's role to consider approval of these projects in the annual public art plan. With the approval of the art plan, we move into the second milestone. And the second milestone is the budget approval. And this happens during your annual budget process.

And it's the council's responsibility during this process to consider the budget requests and council may increase and decrease the budget being requested for these projects at that time. The third milestone is artist selection and this is when we look to our arts and culture commissioners for support. Council appoints residents to the arts and culture commission who have expertise and knowledge in the field of arts and culture.

For art selection, we rely on this knowledge so that the best artists can be selected and paired with a project that aligns with the artistic style and the goals of the project. And then the final milestone in this process is design approval. And again, we look towards our arts commissioners for this to fulfill this due to their expertise.

During this phase, the commissioners work closely with the artists to ensure that project stakeholders and the public are engaged in the design of public artwork so it reflects the community's needs. These four steps continue to help Goodyear grow its successful public art collection. Now, I'd like to turn this over to Lisa to share some highlights from the past year. Thank you, Gene. Uh, good evening, Mayor and Council. Again, my name is Lisa Pollus.

I am the chair of the arts and culture commission. As the chair, I have the honor of working with this wonderful commission and these amazing city staff to enhance the arts and culture in Goodyear. I'm excited to be here tonight on behalf of the commission to present our annual art plan. So, our mission I think we're back. There we go.

is to provide leadership in developing a community identity through the arts that embraces, celebrates, and unites all of our diverse histories, beliefs, cultures, and aspirations. Some of our focus areas include public and performing arts, arts programming and events. We strive to engage the engage and support the Goodyear community through art to create a sense of place that enhances the quality of life for Goodyear residents and visitors.

There are many goals achieved through the mission and enhancement of arts and culture. These include driving economic growth. So in 2024, we had over 120,000 event attendees. At our most recent Jazz in the Park, I spoke with both Goodyear residents and visitors from other parts of the valley, and I really saw the reputation and art centered identity of Goodyear shine when a woman shared with me that she always makes an effort to come to our events because she doesn't have them where she lives.

Um, we often hear of attendees grabbing dinner before or after, enjoying a stop at a local business, or just making a day of it on their visit to Goodyear. Providing arts for all. Each year, our programming offers engaging opportunities for all residents from students to seniors, including our popular creative aging art program and artist call for fine art shows and public art projects. Advancing public art.

You really can't take a drive through Goodyear without seeing at least one public art piece, which only adds to the beauty picturesque scene of Goodyear. You might even see half a dozen on your regular commute. From permanent public art installations that create a sense of place, such as Guardians of the Wilderness at Fire Station 182, to temporary artworks such as our Veteran Day murals that allow community interaction. Goodyear public art is thriving. Building a culture of art.

We have the honor of presenting our annual art plan again this year because of the commitment by the city and community to prioritize arts and culture through strategic investments, intentional planning, and active engagement. The culture of art is really thread into the fabric of Goodyear. As we often see city leadership and council members enjoying their time, maybe a food truck or two at our events.

Our goal is to continue that support by ensuring our arts initiatives contribute to the community's identity, vibrancy, and quality of life. I'd like to um share some of our highlights from this last fiscal year. Thanks to an amazing team of Goodyear staff with the support of the commission, 20 city special events took place.

A few to highlight include the resounding success of our In the Park series that include a fan favorite and easily our most Instagrammable event, Chalk Art in the Park, and new this year Rhythm and Roots that connected the community to culture. In addition to our events, we offered 50 multi-generational programs, including the new teen art popups at the Goodyear Rec Center on early release days on Wednesdays with some of our own commission members lending their talents to teach.

From partners such as Katitude Arts, who facilitate teen art and senior art programs, to Sedona Arts, bringing vision and sound to Goodyear to PW Lichfield Heritage Center providing our cultural lectures. We are so thankful to have the support from our diverse community organizations.

One that I know that you are all excited about um yourself included mayor is the grand opening of the Solid Rock Teen Center on April 26 which will include another great public art installation with the addition of a heart done by the teens from the Teen Center. and we really look forward to the future programs and partnerships that are going to be created by the addition of Solid Rock Teen Center. There is a lot going on in Goodyear.

So, a couple of the um public art projects that we'd like to highlight include what it can do for our city. So, public art creates a sense of place. Goodyear is known for its beautiful and picturesque public art as well as events and performances. We're famous for our hearts and our traffic cabinets. People love them.

Whenever I tell someone I serve on the committee, I always hear about their favorite traffic cabinet on the corner of something and something um and how they love seeing all of the new art in town. We're truly creating a stunning, highly accessible gallery through the city featuring local talent. This includes many public art pieces that reinforces the culture and beauty of Goodyear. Second, it instills a sense of community pride. People love to be from beautiful places with a lot to offer.

When I say I'm from Goodyear, people often say, "Oh, it's so beautiful there." Or tell me about a restaurant or event or a park they enjoyed. With the incredible growth in our West Valley cities, our public art makes Goodyear stand out by being attractive, innovative and inviting. Third, public art provides cultural and social value. We offer arts activities that appeal to all ages of residents in Goodyears.

So many of our art projects, installations, demonstrations are interactive and they invite people to experience art regardless of their knowledge or talent. Fourth, it increases economic attractiveness and promotes development. Having a vibrant city that attracts businesses, people and tourists. People want to live in a place that offers opportunities, higher standards of living, access to quality education and healthcare, and overall prosperity.

All of this contributes to the culture of art in Goodyear. I'd like to highlight some of our recently completed projects. So, Better Together was created by Arizona artist Trevor Oul, and it is one of our newest additions to our public art collection. One of the most unique things about this compelling bronze sculpture is that Trevor was involved in all aspects of it, from creation to concept design fabrication and installation.

He respectfully listened to input from our stakeholders and our um until the design embodied the Goodyear Police Department values of empathy optimism and integrity. Another community favorite was the temporary Veterans Day murals. During the le week leading up to the Veterans Day event, 10 commission artists created 8 foot patriotic murals at Civic Square Park. The community was treated to seeing art in progress.

Residents interacted with artists as they painted throughout the week on their tributes to military service members and our country. I'd also like to take a minute and highlight several exciting projects we have in progress. So, the Australia Bridge expansion connects the existing and new bridge which includes a magnificent lighted sculpture by artist Barbara Gregus. All will be illuminated by June 2028. Ola West Valley is another innovative art project.

Six West Valley cities and Westmark have partnered with local artists to provide sightsp specific art projects. The program connects West Valley cities and residents to arts and culture resources and provides mentorship for local artists to enter the field of public art. Goodyear is working with artist Joe Hoe to create an interactive suspended artwork that will be showcased outside the Goodyear Aquatic Center. And then we cannot forget our fan favorite Goodyear's traffic cabinets.

We just commissioned 10 artists to transform traffic signal cabinets into inspired works of art. And once these tens are 10 are complete, we will have 52 decorated cabinets across the city. I'd like to just thank you for your support of these programs and these events. And I'd like to turn it over to arts and culture coordinator Lane Ruiz. All right. Thank you so much, Lisa. Uh what a great tribute to our comm our commission's efforts and celebration of this year's accomplishments.

Uh my name is Lane Ruiz. I'm the arts and culture coordinator here for the city of Goodyear. Um, and now I'd like to switch gears and talk more about our future. As I review the recommended fiscal year uh public art projects, I would like to point out that each project has a recommended funding level. This information is provided only as context. With the approval of the art plan, you are not approving budget for the projects. This will occur during the annual budget process.

As you see, we have some of our community favorites that we are planning to continue this year, including a new set of public art light pole banners, pop-ups in the park that include temporary mural installations and art activations, and of course, the continued expansion of traffic cabinets. Now, I want to dive dive in a little deeper into our capital improvement program project recommendations. First up, we have our Bullard Wash Trail extension.

Um, we are looking to um have artwork to be integrated into the Bullard Wash Trail extension. Um, this project is a part of the parks and wreck master plan. Um, it received bond dollars to extend the existing trail from the I 10 to the ballpark. The goal of this project is to establish a scenic and accessible trail system and enhance recreational opportunities for residents and visitors.

By integrating public art into the trail, we will establish community connectivity, enhance the natural environment with unique points of interest, and celebrate the city's unique identity. Next, we have fire station 189, which will be a newly constructed building uh on the northwest corner of Citrus and Indian School. As part of this project, we are looking to add integrated artwork to be aligned with the construction process.

Adding public art to fire stations creates a welcoming environment for the community, reflects the spirit and h history of the surrounding area, and helps humanize these critical public spaces. And lastly for FY26, um we have the GRC phase 2. As outlined in the fiscal year 2025 through 2028 strategic plan, parks and recreation will be completing phase 2 of the recreation campus to develop the remaining 46 acres and expand recreational opportunities and amenities.

As part of the expans expansion, we are looking to integrate an interactive series of public art to enhance user experience and create a more engaging and vi vibrant environment. And now we will take a look uh on what we have on the horizon. So this is p uh looking past uh fiscal year 2026. The art trail at GSQ is a project identified in the GSQ regional center planned area development to include three major public art nodes along Goodyear Way between 150th and Bullard A.

The goal of this art trail is to welcome those that visit, drive economic growth, and create a sense of place for downtown Goodyear. And lastly, we have the Wildflower Park renovation project. Uh, as part of the park res renovation, we are looking to add public art that promotes connectedness between the north and south park and creates a sense of place for the Wildflower neighborhood.

As you can see, uh, arts and culture has had a tremendous impact on our city and has been a strategic focus for Goodyear. It's my absolute pre pleasure to celebrate our commission and discuss future art projects that continue to make Goodyear a hub for arts and culture in the West Valley. With that being said, I would now like to ask for the approval of the fiscal year 2026 annual public art plan. And that concludes our presentation. Any speaker cards? No, mayor.

Anybody in the audience like to speak? Yes. Come on up. [Music] Council, the mayor, council, good people of good year. Um, you're speaking about art and I wanted to kind of understand will there be a art gallery here? Will you put an art gallery where people can sell their paintings and bring in artists from all over the world and uh expand on your art? Uh, I used to go down in uh the Bowery in New York and we have art galleries there and people come in.

Matter of fact, I'm going to put one in my church, a art gallery of uh the word of God being depicted. So, people can come in and see the word of God in painting and and on great campus and great colors and famous artists with their signatures on it. I'm going to bring them in.

Uh, so I'm wondering if you would think about putting an art gallery in Goodyear and opening it up so that the people that are doing this great art can make some finance off it and become famous and people will purchase it from all over the world. So just consider that. Thank you. With that, um, let's see. We got several up here. Let's see. We I got a motion and a second up on the board. And we've got a lot here to speak. So, it looks like the first one up is Councilwoman Gillis.

I love love love. And, you know, I love those cabinets. I can't stand it. I just love them. And I'm so excited that you have 10 more. I just love them. You guys have done such a great job with those and they just keep getting better. So, I can't wait to see the the new 10 that you're going to be doing. Love, love, love them. Gene knows this. I've been talking about it for three years.

Um, the other thing is is Joe and I were both the mayor and I were both at the vet event and the artwork that was displayed there and that they were doing there at the time was awesome and it was amazing. I I just walked around. And I had to walk around again just so I saw it complete. It was amazing. I I'm so jealous of that because I can't draw a stick man, you know. So, it was really cool watching them.

So, that was a great great event and I'm excited to see what is going to happen with the Bullard Wash. That looks like a really cool um project and I may want to talk to you more about that um privately. I just think that looks just like the coolest project. Um when do we think we'll have that done by? Uh mayor, council member Gillis, um that is um FY26 through FY29 for that entire project. Okay, so it might not be finished till 29. Correct. Okay, that's what I wanted to know.

But we're going to start it in 26. So yes, Mayor, Council Member Gillis, we begin design. And so much like you saw in the Australa Bridge project, design happens early with the project. So the artist can be engaged in that and influence some of those design pieces, but then it kind of goes on pause because the installation of the artwork is kind of one of the last things that goes in. So there's there's kind of a gap in time there.

But it the process really makes sure that the artwork is the best fit for the project in the location that it's at. You guys, it just looks beautiful. That's especially with everything that's going in there. It looks absolutely beautiful. Well done. And thank you very, very much because you know I'm big into the art thing. You know this. And I'm just so excited what the city's going to look like when this is all complete. Thank you so much. Council member Kerry. Yes. Thank you, Mayor.

Um just wanted to let you guys know I appreciate um the work that you guys do. It does get noticed. Uh just as a point of clarification and guideline, this may be a question. um for you today. We are approving the plan despite you know numbers attached. This is not a budgetary request. This is just the overall plan. Is that correct? Yes, Mayor Council Member Terry, that is correct. So, tonight you're approving, you're looking at the projects being put before you.

The dollars that were in there are just as context, but those budget numbers will come back before you during the annual budget process, and at that time, council will consider those budgets. Yeah. Thank you. I I just wanted to make sure that was uh a clarifying uh point as we move forward today. And again, appreciate everything done, especially as Councilwoman Gil Gillis mentioned the Veterans Day uh event. That work was it was very good. It was very noticeable. So, thank you all, Vice Mayor.

Oh, sorry. I was just listening to everybody. Um Gene, I love what we're doing, but I don't have a comment on that. But I would like to ask about the light poles. I love to see the light poles and we've had this conversation off and on for the last 14 years. It would be nice if we could have pictures of our veterans or our active duty military at one part of of the year somehow like Aendale does and Surprise does.

And it would be easy for us to find out who they were by having folks nominate them. and we would probably have to say active duty rather than all retired because there's five 4 50 60,000 of us who are retired in the city. But I thought that would be really nice and I like seeing the banners all year round whether it's for baseball or whatever it is for. It really kind of livens up the driveway. So, thank you very much.

And I know the cabinets were the mayor's suggestion and he is so pleased that they're turning out so well. We ought to have one dedicated just to our mayor. No, that's okay. So, thank you very much. We're excited about it. Let's see. Up next, Council Member Beckles. Yes. I just wanted to thank you for this outstanding presentation. I want to let you know that I did attend the team popup the other day. It was very enlightening. I And I just had some general comments.

Uh it's obvious that art brings value to our city and I think that's wonderful. Um my note before we got to the it reflects community pride. I had already written that note down. Um it fosters dialogue between people and it brings a healthy healthy um outlet for our youth and I and and that that warms my heart. I just want to thank you, Council Member Kano. Well, all of our boards and commissions do very important work, but you probably have the most fun. You are very creative, very innovative.

You do a great job of casting a vision for the future while you honor the past. Uh you're really making a mark on the community that will go on long be, you know, after your service on our on our commission. and what you do really does enhance the quality of life and so thank you for your good work. Uh it's just so interesting that over the years just the with different C uh commission members it's just the work is just always good. The the people who get on are really passionate about the work.

We've got great staff to to guide the process and we're just seeing the the fruits of your labors and we really appreciate it. Council member Hampton. Yeah. Not much to say much left to say. You guys are doing a great job. I really appreciate all the hard work with the committees. Uh the art definitely adds more sense of place and community to the to our community. Definitely makes a better place to live and yeah, people people love all the artwork. So, I really appreciate it.

So, thank you for everything. I'm looking forward to the trails, the just um just the sense of place and all the cabinets and everything being done. So, thank you so much. Uh there's not much to add except I love the cabinets as you know and uh maybe you can tie in with our new Teen Rock Center to come in because I've seen their their teens uh artwork and it's off the charts. So they got some great artists that that show up there and and work in that place.

So uh with that maybe come up with some kind of concept on there. So with that I'm going to ahead and open it up for a vote because I've seen the motions on the board. passes 70. Thank you. Um, does council have any comments? Because we're not done. We've got four executives left after this. Council have any comments, commendations, reports on current events, or requests for future items. Start to the left. Anything here? You did you have something? Yeah. What?

Uh, I went to the Chamber of Commerce brand reveal uh this last week here. So, we got a six city chamber now. So a surprise that just came on board El Mrage um and then the rest of the crew Goodyear Aendale Talison Lville Park. So a lot of excitement around that. So it's more of a regional re southwest southwest south sorry what's the new brand is oh man I just had it tip my tongue. West Valley Regional Chamber is our new brand. So I gave everybody a little sticky pad on their desk.

So, from that event. Cool. And they gave us a um a little plaque that I'm sure we'll put in their cabinet somewhere saying that we're a part of the chamber. So, yeah. So, look for that. So, if you see the name change, that's what it is. Okay. Cool. City manager have anything. Not tonight, Mayor. Thank you. All right. Next meeting will be April 7th, 2025. Now, let's see if I can get this all in one breath. All right. A vote may be held to call an executive session for the following.

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I would like a motion and a second for go into executive. I see a motion and a second up on the board. Can I open up the voting? We're heading over there. You owe me after we put all that in there.