Buckeye unanimously approves 287-acre tech corridor, eliminates 10,000 residential units for data center campus

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Jesus name amen amen pleas join me in theedge the United States of America stand indivisible andice thank you so item number two are comments from the public members of the public or members of the audience may come comments on any non-agenda item of interest do we have any public comment cards there no speaker requests thank you item number three Awards and proclamations we have none does he want to speak or she item number four consent agenda approval of items on the consent agenda all items marked with an asteris you know what we didn't do roll call sorry about that rookie mistake and we have the rooll please council member Yonker here council member heggestad here council member hes pres council member guy here council member hustus here vice mayor Goodman pres mayor orsborne pres all right thanks for putting me back on track five minutes into this meeting and I've already lost control he consent agenda all items marked with an asct are considered to be routine matters and will be enacted by one motion and vote of the city council there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member requests this section may include approval of minutes from previous meetings Council what's your pleasure Mr vice mayor I'd like to make a motion to approve consent agenda items 4 a as an adom through 4 AJ Adam John we have a motion and a second all in favor signify by saying I I I any opposed motion carries item five public hearings non-consent new business um item 5A Council to hold a public hearing and take action on ordinance number 15-24 extending and increasing the corporate limits the city of Buckeye Maricopa County State of Arizona pursuant to the provisions of Title 9 chapter 4 article 7 Arizona revised statutes and amendments there two by annexing approximately 087 Acres located at the northwest corner of Yuma Road and Apache Road Mr gika uh good evening vice mayor council members mayor uh online um with us this evening this is the second public hearing and request for adoption of an ordinance pertaining to uh a relatively small annexation for the sunrise Commerce Center project um the parcel is about uh 87 acres in size it was former County right of way when Apache Road uh it was unknown if it was going to continue uh across I 10 to the north uh it was determined that it would not um so at that point in time the county abandoned this particular parcel of roadway and deed it back to the original owner um it is uh currently zoned rural in the county um it would come in with this annexation if it's approved this evening as single family residential 43 um there is an application in for a site plan for Sunrise Commerce Center on the adjacent parcel um 22.8 acres in total uh that is actually scheduled for Planning and Zoning commission next week um so this will going be going forward for their approval the Sundance Community master plan which the parcel to the West the large parcel here is located within uh does call for employment light industrial Business Park types of uses on that property so this uh particular proposal is in conformance with that um the annexation parcel is utilized solely as a landscape buffer and um Trail Corridor you can see there's a windy trail running through that land um that will allow the completion of the trail that currently dead ends at the northwest corner of The Acacia Crossing neighborhood to the east uh the request for annexation does meet State uh requirements for ibility uh the blank petition was was recorded back in May Council if you recall conducted the initial public hearing back at the beginning of June um I mentioned just on the previous slide this particular parcel won't develop as any sort of structures or anything it will be just used as the landscape buffer um therefore it doesn't require any sort of rezoning uh to be part of that plan we have no additional issues from any reviewing departments um so uh vice mayor council we recommend staff recommends conducting a public hearing this evening and approving this particular annexation request I'm available for any questions I believe the applicant um here this evening yep um with colie Architects hey so I'm gonna open a public hearing um we have any speaker requests on this item there are no speaker requests any members of the public wish to speak on this item I'm going to close the public hearing looking for a thumbs up from the attorney are we on track we're on track sir I think you could entertain a motion oh very good um you have a motion on item 5A Mr vice mayor I make a motion we approve agenda item five agenda item five a is an Adam I have a second second I have a motion in a second all in favor signify by saying I I I I any opposed motion carries thank you brings us to item 5B Council to hold a public hearing and take action on ordinance number located south of I 10 along Johnson Road approving approving the Buckey Tech Corridor formerly cyani major Community master plan Amendment as described in case number plzz 23-5 and the development agreement between the city of Buckeye and a Elco Buckeye LLC each subject to the contained herein authorizing the mayor to sign all documents necessary to carry out the intent of this ordinance and providing for repeal of conflicting ordinance ordinances and severability Mr galika vice mayor Goodman your introduction is that long just imagine how long this presentation is be U just I will try to go as quickly as I can but give it uh the appropriate level of attention um this is uh property that many of you know as ciani uh it's located uh in I should point out on the left hand side of your screen the red shaded areas is uh the property that we're talking about it's located south of I 10 uh there are four discontinuous segments of the property you see a little L-shaped uh segment up at I 10 and Johnson Road at the southwest corner um you see the bulk of the property located south of Yuma Road north of southern primarily west of Johnson uh and then there are two discontinuous uh areas one to the South West corner of Southern and Johnson and one just to the east of the uh Southeast corner of Southern and Johnson so all of this property is is what we're discussing tonight um it is um either undeveloped and used for agricultural or Farmland purposes currently or is uh in a lot of cases just raw natural desert unimproved um the zoning and I'll I'll get into the history on the next slide a little bit more but um the zoning is planned Community with the cyani Community master plan overlay I'll talk about exactly what that currently allows and what we're proposing as part of this amendment and the general plan map um matches basically the zoning which which calls it master plan Community uh since we have the approved CMP um so before we talk about what is being proposed I wanted to kind of give you a retrospective as far as what was previously approved for the property so back in 2008 Buckeye Council um did approve a community master plan for the 291 Acres um it's a slightly modified amount we have 287 acres in the new Amendment that's because there's one property under separate ownership which I'll I'll describe in in just a second um but it was for a traditional residentially focused master plan Community uh nearly 10,000 single family residences and multif family residences some combination of those two the exact U mix wasn't determined in the uh CMP uh about 190 or so Acres of supporting commercial um neighborhood shopping centers and the like um 277 uh Acres of open space a large percentage of that um in the form of the Stoneman wash which runs through the property but also uh Park facilities within the various neighborhoods um also five School sites a fire station site and a police station along with that zoning approval in 2008 the council did approve a development agreement which was required at the time uh for the cypriani project that included uh the four or so Acres owned by the zes trust um which is circled on the aerial photograph on your screen um that depending on who you talk to um was included potentially by mistake um it wasn't under ownership of uh of the owner of the application at that time according to the sales and they do not wish to be part of this application so we are removing them um from the CMP that's before you tonight uh and then the dissolution of the 2008 uh development agreement will basically remove their uh participation in the development of the project that development agreement uh establish the developer and City obligations pertaining to development of the site um things like contribution or construction of the I 10 uh interchange at Johnson Road um various you know Street and Water and Sewer improvements required to support development of the project as well as the police and fire states that I mentioned the uh proposed uh cmpa uh and the what I'm going to call just the new DA or the 2024 da um does apply to the four or less Acres so 287 Acres doesn't include that zes property that I had circled and it essentially re-envisions the entire development almost completely from from what was previously uh approved for this site uh it envisions the site as a technology Centric uh light Industrial and Commercial campus uh and I'll explain kind of more what that means in just a couple slides um the CMP provides uh significant flexibility to provide either uh either commercial uses you know your traditional retail office uh those types of uses or light industrial uses primarily data centers but um potentially warehouse distribution light manufacturing um those types of uses in any location almost throughout the uh the CMP there are a couple exceptions and I I'll get into that uh all of the residential uses those nearly 10,000 homes that were previously part of the approval uh that number zeros out so there would be no residential as part of this project uh and accordingly the the school sites were were eliminated since there won't be residents uh all the wash quarters this is one area where it is similar um to the existing approval uh will be preserved as As Natural open space and then of course because the vision changed because times have changed the da obligations have been modified and I'll walk you through those uh just firstly um wanted to talk about the uh planning units so I mentioned those four discontinuous pieces of property um for the purposes of uh planning future development this the uh CMP divides the CM divides the document into four different units uh unit one which is the unit directly up at the I 10 and Johnson Road freeway um it's about 40 acres or so um I mentioned ultimate flexibility between Industrial and Commercial um one of the exceptions is there is a requirement in the CMP that at least 10 acres of that unit one be preserved um to allow for or to to require commercial uses retail restaurant um to allow for service services for the employees of this particular development um the remainder 29.7 Acres uh could be either uh additional commercial or could be light industrial or some combination of both uh unit two the large planning uh unit within this CMP uh almost 1730 Acres or so um that is anticipated to develop uh entirely as a regional data center uh campus um by a company called tract uh in the event it does not um the CMP does allow for flexibility uh would allow for the full range of commercial uses that I mentioned uh or the light industrial distribution warehouse manufacturing uses on the property so it's uh it does have potential alternates although the expectation is that it would develop entirely as a data Setter in campus and stone and wash through that parcel is preserved as As Natural open space uh unit three uh pretty standard rectangle quarter section uh 80 acres of land and that one has uh full flexibility to become either commercial or light industrial and then lastly at the bottom right corner of your screens the kind of turquoise parcel about 250 almost 250 acres in size that one again just like the freeway parcel um is required to at least maintain a small portion as entirely commercial with the rest being flexible uh the commercial land use category within the C p is based uh on the city's C2 district and we do remove some uses which just would not be appropriate within a kind of a technology Centric um development that we're proposing or that we're looking to see develop here things like nursing homes cemeteries uh there's some other uses within the document that are are restricted uh the development standards are um consistent with the C2 District so setbacks uh building Heights Etc um there are additional beyond what the the development code requires additional sighting and design criteria um to make sure that the site especially from the perspective of I 10 uh but also from arterial streets Johnson um Southern Yuma Etc uh presents really well and looks like a high quality high-tech uh modern development the light industrial land use category is based on the i1 district um there are uh the uses are consistent with the i1 district so that means no heavy industrial uses things that are compounding of raw materials um you know your your food manufacturing types of uses that might have odor or sound or noise uh impacts associ associated with them all the uses are required to be uh fully enclosed uh with with no anticipated uh impacts like I I mentioned um development standards wise uh a couple proposed modifications the first one is is really just an onp paper modification um to eliminate maximum loot coverage the buildings are not expected to uh you know uh develop over a significant portion of the property that would be higher than what the i1 district allows but it's just kind of checks off a box um by eliminating that standard the uh there is more significantly an 8% increase in maximum Building height um there is 120 foot allowance in The i1 District in our development code uh they are proposing 145 ft um but that uh that height is required to be uh set into the project internal um so it would have less impact on any surrounding properties that are not within this particular CMP boundary um there are very few not not non-existent but there are very few uh residential uses occurring in this area today um so um any residential uh or most residential that would occur on the pery of this project would would be future residential not going to spend too much time on this slide but uh of course the open space category says that you can they can develop open space natural or otherwise throughout the entirety of a project uh with regard to design I touched on it briefly already um there are criteria within this document as well as imagery including the images on the screen here here um that are intended to um establish kind of a a minimum criteria for what we'd be looking for when site plans come in for this project um there are standards within the document that will ensure complimentary architecture across the project um I want to be clear that this doesn't mean uh we're going to have every building match across 1700 Acres uh or 2,000 acres really um but from one building to the next there will be at least some elements that that carry through to uh to create some sort of sense of cohesion um screening and full buffering of service areas will be required if data centers develop as anticipated um those don't have the truck loading areas or not significant ones anyway um that we're used to with with some of the distribution facilities um but in the event that those more truck intensive uses do develop um all the screening and buffering uh would be provided uh continuity of regional trails are maintained through the project um they might sh shift slightly as they run through the the project from what our Maps show but the end points will will be what um what was always expected and landscape and open space will be uh subject to development code uh moving to infrastructure uh and I'll talk about this uh in this section then I'll talk about it more when I I start discussing the development agreement but the developer as with all projects will construct half streets that abut the boundary of the project so what that means is um Yuma road on the North uh the South half of Yuma Road uh Johnson Road actually the project abouts both sides for a portion so they'll construct the full Street in that portion where they're on both sides of the property but otherwise just the West half uh and then down at Southern the portions that about the project as well uh developer will also construct any streets internal to the site exact locations of where those collector local streets um will be located will be determined during the planned unit plan review we're just not that far along yet um but they will be fully responsible for constructing those those could be public or private and then um the developer uh may also need to construct additional Street improvements beyond their boundaries so U for instance if we determine through the analysis of the traffic impact analysis um that this project is going to create a problem at the intersection of uh it 10 and uh PTI for instance uh and the improvements would be required to address those potential traffic issues this project would be responsible for that uh with regard to Water and Wastewater um we do anticipate future water and uh sewer treatment facilities in this portion of Buckeye um private and water and sewer um Solutions can be uh proposed for this development to allow for development before the city facil ities to develop um development May convert of course to to City service when when facilities are up and running should the developer want to initially come in with uh City Water and Sewer um there are responsibilities within the development agreement that talk about dedication and construction of those uh treatment facilities all right shifting to the development agreement um a lot of these are similar to The CMP requirements I'm just going to gloss over the ones that are most responsible um off-site infrastructure I already mentioned um developer has the standard requirements to complete water lines sewer lines and streets uh and the the transportation outside of the project boundaries um one kind of Project Specific ask here is that the city would agree to straighten the alignment of Broadway Road uh as it runs through the project boundary uh our tra our transportation master plan shows it as curved uh the reason it shows it as curved is that was the concept that was included in the original cypriani um so this basically would be shifting it back to what it was before the original cypriani was was proposed uh City will also agree to reassess uh Street classifications based on uh analysis of revised traffic demands so we do anticipate if the project does develop with data center uh uses which are very high-tech uses but don't have a lot of uh necessarily traffic or jobs associated with them um that some of the surrounding streets um particularly 315th Avenue on the west side of the project or or maybe Yuma Road through the project they might not me to design be designed to accommodate as much traffic as as what they were uh needed to accommodate during uh the 10,000 Home cypriani Development so uh this doesn't commit us to uh reducing those size of those streets but it does allow us to um study that basically uh developer will contribute uh a 15 million up to $15 million prata fee towards design and construction of the i1 uh interchange at Johnson Road um this is a a slight difference more than slight difference from the original approval which required the developer to construct the uh entire uh interchange for for that project um but for reasons based on really the reduced traffic demand from this project as well as the the benefits to The Interchange for not just this project but multiple properties around uh around the area the city's looking to spread that cost to developers um for for properties outside of this project as well um so 15 million is about a fourth to a fifth of The Interchange cost if if that helps to gauge kind of what that total cost would be uh and then the developer will dedicate uh right way for that future interchange where they do have the parcels up at the freeway um I talked about this uh when I I mentioned water just briefly go over uh this again but if water service is desired uh developer will be required to uh design and construct a 36 acre Municipal Water campus within the boundaries of the CMP um reimbursement of toward the cost of that facility could uh could occur uh from the city if other properties in the area benefit and and are able to develop as a result um sewers service similarly a developer is required to acquire a site and construct a Reclamation facility if City Service uh sewer Services is desired otherwise they could use septic uh and then um kind of some technical jargon if the city does become a designated assured water uh provider of the development agreement does establish uh the terms for purchasing replenishment credits uh with regard to the public safety sites um there are two of them as I mentioned uh 2 and a half acres each developer will be responsible for uh designing and constructing uh one of the two um and paying the actual uh costs toward that uh construction and Furnishing as well as uh Staffing the the fully functional Public Safety facility uh there's a temporary Public Safety facility requirement as well 3.5 million uh toward Staffing apparatus and vehicles for that facility um which is valid until developers relieved of the obligation by relieved of the obligation by the city uh and then um lastly the the last bullet point on this slide uh talks about the city reimbursing the developer up to uh 20% of the tax revenue generated uh by data center specifically so if the property does develop with um nonata Center uses whether that's manufacturing warehousing uh retail um those would not be eligible um but the data centers would be eligible for re imbursement over a term of 20 years of up to 20% of the tax revenue generated by those facilities uh not to exceed $50 million and that would be reimbursement toward the significant infrastructure cost that I've kind of highlighted that this project will bear um it's uh basically State uh requirements uh gift clause and whatnot that's the limit that the city can can do in these uh current oper Uh current operating conditions uh the project is consistent with the general plan and underlying zoning it does have plan Community zoning and master plan so it kind of gives it a blank slate as far as what types of uses are appropriate um development is not expected to generate much in terms of sound light dust or odor on surrounding properties um traffic especially uh could be could be light depending uh on the final uh configuration of the uses um one of the biggest points that staff um feels in support of this is we do look at expanding the runway and having it become a more significant element within West Buckeye um we're looking at various alignments of Runway configurations uh and one of which could potentially result in overflight of this property um compared to the existing residential master plan uh something like this would be significantly more compatible excuse me uh there aren't too many proposed uh use or standard modifications I I ran through just the height really is the only one that was any significance um but that is insulated to the kind of the central portion of the property um we do believe all those modifications are supported or are are um worthy of being supported and uh the development certainly will be of of high quality uh if data center uses to develop um we expect traffic generation will be very low um these also these facilities will also result in very low water and sewer demand there's a reputation for for data centers and well earned for the original kind of uh generation of those facilities that they're very high water users um newer iterations of these facilities which utilize either closed loop uh water cooling systems or uh electrically cooled uh air cooled systems um use very little water um so there is a limitation within the development agreement and CMP where total water usage throughout the entirety of the CMP would be limited to around two thou not to around two 2,000 acre feet per year uh a conservative estimate of what the water usage would be from the residential master plan uh was over double that 4500 acre feet per year excuse me um just a couple Loose Ends before I I conclude my presentation Planning and Zoning commission will review planned unit plans uh for this development that'll ensure that there's orderly uh not really peac meal development of the projects uh within the boundaries of the CMP um the development agreement and staff's belief uh does result in or will result in significant improvements to Regional infrastructure and is in the best interest of the city uh all the standard public participation requirements have have uh been completed um this project has been in for a long time uh so we had the neighborhood meeting back in in June of last year as Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce um there were a few interested folks from around the area none of which uh expressed any concerns um with the project they were just more Curious um staff was contacted by a property owner who expressed support for the project believe he's here this evening um Mr Eddie gutsman and uh Planning and Zoning commission back in February recommended approval unanimously um so thank you for um hearing my long uh presentation we do recommend approval of the motion this evening which will have uh three uh basically three impacts one dissolving the 2008 development agreement uh number two would be approving the new uh CMP or the cmpa Buckey Tech Corridor and three approving the new development agreement with that I'm available for any questions um representatives of track Jessica Bennett is here as well should you have any questions she does have a presentation if um if you desire it if if needed but uh otherwise I think we'll just be available for questions hey I'm gonna open a public hearing do we have any speaker requests on this speaker requests anybody from the public wish to speak on this item I'm going to close the public hearing uh we'll go to questions from Council council member hustus I do not have any questions Mr vice mayor thank you sir yeah council member guy I don't uh really have any questions I just think that this is exciting in the evolution of development of Bey um many many years ago when cyani was approved it was a good development agreement and it was going to be a beautiful uh Community back there but as we have continued to grow and identified more of our industrial areas uh what an impact our airport could have I think it shows our ability to be able to Pivot and change to projects that are going to be much more beneficial in in that area as we continue to grow council member H yeah uh can can you tell me the water differences between if we it gets left as a Housing Development versus the conversion to the proposed use yeah um council member has um on a conservative basis uh Terry low and his group estimated that the master plan as it exists today the residential master plan would um utilize 4500 um acre feet of U of residential or of water um per year and that was actually based uh Terry mentioned on an assumption that all of the development would develop at with multif family which is actually a less um less uh onerous I guess user of of water if it was single family with yards and and lots uh you know additional faucets and whatnot uh it would have used more than than that um the plan as proposed um within the agreement within the CMP there is a hard cap a limit of 2, acre Fe per year so um approval is at least uh 60% less water using than what was previously approved probably more than that okay and then I believe it was mentioned in one of the bullets that the open space Remains the Same the open space requirement would remain the same uh partially um so all of the natural open space through the project will remain the same um St and wash and and areas like that will be preserved As Natural open space um the residential neighborhood of course was going to have Parks facilities and whatnot whereas this one this will have certainly landscape around buildings and and along street frontages but no Park facilities and those types of things but just the open space that just in ter reace yes the natural the animals be able to Traverse what they need to do and so forth so yeah if they use the wash they will be fine Y and so kind of to council member guy's point is you know we have an airport right next door and so really putting residents right next door to an airport was never probably a well ideal and so I I think this is probably a better conversion of that property especially as the airport has the potential to grow and and perhaps even changing the direction of the flight pattern and so I I think this is a a good use to keep people away from the airport so I just wanted to point out a couple key points so thank you yeah we we agree and I think the city's vision for the airport has changed over the years I mean it it kind of went from a sleepy airport to to something that we see as much more of an economic engine um and with that certainly has more impacts on on surrounding uses council member hagat no questions council member yoner I don't really have a question I just want to have a comment of I want to thank the applicant and our staff I know it's been a long process to get to where we're at now I look forward to having this in the city of Buckeye especially in my district so uh thank you and welcome guys uh Mr Mayor questions yes sir thank you for the opportunity to uh ask questions I I uh I think most of the uh questions have been asked and um also want to say thank you to staff and for the applicant uh councilman yoner kind of beat me to the punch there but uh it's been a a long long process in getting this to the Finish Line um and really want to thank uh Jessica from the applicant side and um and then Scott and Tusa who have put in uh just an incredible amount of work taking phone calls at uh all hours of the day night and weekends to get this to the Finish Line I I I I don't know how many times Scott I told me look this this is it this is the last chance and uh and we were able to um push through get the deal points complete and uh get this to the Finish Line if this goes the way I really hope it does this uh I think as a game Cher uh the likes of a Core Power for the city of Buckeye and uh and tracked and uh I think I understand that this would be the largest data center complex in the Western United States rivaling some of the the uh complexes that are in the Virginia area that are just economic engines uh there so uh thank you to track for being a part of uh the city of Buckeye thank you to our staff getting this to the finish line and uh I could not be more excited about um getting you guys in and Incredibly successful and let's go build some power plants thank you Mr Mayor um just want to Echo the comments from my colleagues this was a a big lift I want to thank Scott and his team and and as well as everybody else that helped pull this together together and thank you to the track folks U for everything that you did um just Echo the mayor's comments as well I think this is one of those projects that um bring some challenges with it but the solutions are right there as well I think um answering the energy question but with Core Power and the hydrogen projects we have going on in bucke I I think it's going to be a relatively easy lift to make those things happen so again let me add my thank you and congratulations so uh point of order Mr McCoy there are three parts to this is it a single motion or three motions vice mayor that's a great question we can handle this in a single motion sir right thank you um can I have a motion for approval of item five B is in boy Mr vice mayor I'd like to make a motion that we approve agenda item 5B as in boy I have a second have a motion and a second all in favor signify by saying I I I any opposed motion carries congratulations on the item 5 C Council to hold a public hearing and take action on Ord ordinance number 07-24-18 [Music] have a new face Miss Woods thank you um good evening mayor vice mayor members of the council I'm Mandy Woods Senior planner with development services presenting pzm 21-00 314 which is an annexation requested by um withy mors law on behalf of property owner Randy Rockford with ger qualified opportunity LC this is actually the second of two required public hearings for this request as you stated um it totals about 2.38 Acres it's two Parcels of land located approximately 600 feet east of the northeast corner of State Route 85 and mc85 current General plan land use designation is employment uh the current zoning is C3 in the county um and if annexed into the city of Buckeye it would be assigned an initial zoning class class classification of regional commercial or C3 which is the closest equivalent um zoning District LED with its current zoning and no additional rezoning is anticipated development proposal is at hand right now there is already a site plan for uh proposed convenience storing gas station under review yet approved future land the two parsels but tonight's focus is just for the annexation this slide just includes the the general plan land use map you can see that the parcel Falls within the sr85 employment Corridor and then the existing zoning map showing the existing City Zoning surrounding the property um we have a lot of GC to the north including the the future Core Power project and then some C3 to the the South the request is um does meet all of the eligibility requirements established by State Statute uh the blank petition was recorded January 23rd of this year which began that required 30-day waiting period we held the the first hearing within the last 10 days I believe February 20th of this year um as required by Statute the petition was signed following the end of that waiting period and is to be recorded with the ordinance and then um all hearings have been um noticed appropriately medely in accordance with both the development code and state statute we haven't received any public comment to date on this application and there are no outstanding issues from reviewing departments with that um as stated this is the second of two required public hearings and then staff recommends that Council conduct a public hearing and adopt ordinance number 7-24 approving the annexation I can take any questions I think my applicant yes Stephanie Watney is here as well um if there are any questions okay I'm going to open a public hearing we have any speaker requests there are no speaker requests anybody from the audience would to speak on this item seeing none going to close the public hearing uh we'll go to questions from Council any questions from Council Mr Mayor I have no questions thank you so um we need to to take action on this um Council what's your pleasure Mr vice mayor I'd like to make a motion that we approve agenda item five C is in Charles second I have a motion in a second all in favor signify by saying I I any opposed motion carries thank you thank you very much brings brings us to item number six comments from mayor and Council we'll start on our left council member hustus I just wanted to bring up and the three gentlemen that I want to speak about right now aren't here this evening two of these gentlemen um Mr Ed suner and uh also um Mr Nick Hudak have served on the planning and zoning board for numerous years Mr Hudak I believe approaching 15 years that he's helped us and volunteered on the um Planning and Zoning Board I wanted to thank them for their service to the city and for their time spent with the planning and zoning board for this city I would also like to thank Mr Don Basler who has been a alternate member on Planning and Zoning for taking the position now of moving up as a regular member of the planning and zoning board thank you very much Mr vice mayor council member guy no comments thank you council member H comments council member hagat no comments Council yoner i' just like to congratulate the mayor on his uh successful reelection good Mr Mayor any comments I'd just like to congratulate councilman yoner on his successful re-election thank you for uh getting my te up there Mr Mayor and I have nothing this evening so thank you um city manager report and summary of current events thank you vice mayor I have a few items this evening uh the first is just to report on our fourth of July event at the Buckeye municiple airport we had over 4,000 attendees and sponsorships in excess of $166,000 uh with major contributions from APS Vulcan Materials and Republic Services and so just want to say thanks to everyone who helped put on that event secondly some great news from our our fire department the Buckey fire medical rescue Department was awarded International accreditation status by the commission on fire accreditation International cfai to achieve this status agencies must meet criteria established to a voluntary self assessment and a site visit at the and assessment completed by a peer team sent by cfai this accreditation process provides Buckey uh fire medical rescue Department a platform for Contin quality improvement which leads to increased efficiencies improved organizational accountability and enhancement of overall Service delivery to the community uh we're so proud of the hard work and dedication of our team uh getting through this process we now have as a city seven departments that are nationally accredited with fire being the fifth uh to achieve that this year alone so congratulations and for our other departments that are accredited we've got police uh Community Services Public Works engineering development services water resources and now the newest edition of the fire department so congratulations to [Applause] them where do where does economic development fall on that list I'm sorry Economic Development where do they fall on the list thank you for clarifying my uh well the last item is just a quick reminder that the deadline to provide an argument for or against the general obligation items on the November 5th general election is 5:00 p.m on August 7th or Wednesday any individual is allowed to submit their opinion on a bond item through this process uh to submit your opinion or your argument for or against please go to the city's website on the election page and fill out the electronic form uh with your opinion to be included in the uh voter publicity pamphlet and that concludes my report thank you um brings us to item number eight proposal for future agenda items do we have any seeing none item number nine is we are adjourned be careful there's a big storm coming in so drive safely as you're headed home thank you work [Music]