Tempe approves three major mixed-use rezonings including 539-unit University project, 6-0 vote

foreign welcome to the Tempe city council regular council meeting item number one is call to order Council meetings can be watched in real time via Cox Cable channel 11 at Tempe 11 tempe.gov Tempe 11.

members of the public may also attend the meeting virtually through Microsoft teams if you're here to speak on a designated public hearing item later in the agenda please know that you will have an opportunity to speak when I introduce those items at the time of their public hearing the city council and I will need to complete other items of business leading up to those items so we appreciate your patience if you wish to speak on a public hearing item and you haven't filled out a speaker card yet please make sure to fill out and submit your completed card to the city clerk prior to the agenda item coming forward for Council consideration I will call your name when it is your turn for public comment also this evening I'll be moving a few items around on the agenda this evening just to make sure we've got a couple of council members who were appearing virtually so I want to make sure that we get to those items first uh but before we get to that we're going to go ahead and if you are able to and willing to join me in a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance so if you're able to stand please do thank you I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you tonight's agenda has the number of items that the city council must consider in order to conduct City business guidelines for conduct at City Council meetings are on the table near the entrance for those in attendance at tonight's meeting we will now play a video with the proper protocol for ensuring the appropriate conduct at City Council meetings the City of Tempe welcomes public comment at this time disruptive behavior will not be allowed continued disruptive behavior will lead to removal from the council chambers we need to be able to hear everyone in the room behavior that disrupts disturbs or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any city council meeting is not helpful and is not permitted this includes Behavior both inside and outside of the council chambers should individuals inside the council chambers become disruptive so that City business is not able to be conducted the mayor will first ask that the individuals allow City business to be completed there will be time for public comment during the call to the audience portion of the meeting if no cooperation the mayor will issue a verbal warning and let them know that the continued disruptive behavior will lead to removal from the council chambers if there is still no cooperation the mayor will issue a second verbal warning and let them know that the continued disruptive behavior will lead to removal from the council chambers if there is no cooperation after asking and two verbal warnings then the mayor will ask security officers to remove only those individuals who were causing the disruption security Personnel should not engage in any way but only escort them from the council chambers if individuals refuse to leave security Personnel shall warn them that they are trespassing and that the next step will be arrested by a Tempe Police Officer Tempe officers may have to arrest if individuals refuse to leave charges for trespass and disorderly conduct May apply as well as other charges should anyone be asked to be removed the mayor will recess the meeting right and we are now going to play a video as well conveying the city of tempe's native land acknowledgment statement we wish to acknowledge that Tempe is the homeland of the native people who have inhabited this landscape since time immemorial these ancestral lands of the Autumn known as Pima piposh known as the Maricopa and their ancestors extend far beyond our city this land continues to be spiritually connected to the Autumn of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community and Gila River Indian Community we accept the responsibility of stewarding those places and solemnly pledge to consider this commitment in every action all right excellent we're going to move forward here to item number four meeting minutes uh vice mayor are you online yes I am all right so I'm going to look to you for the approval of uh city city council meeting minutes items four eight uh one through three can you make a promotion all right so moved all right to approve items one through three thank you so much do I have a second seconded by council member Garland please vote all right okay thank you uh councilmember chin aye councilmember Keating councilmember Navarro okay and then that item passes four to zero with council member Hodge councilmember Keating and council member Navarro absent next up we have item 4B acceptance of board commission and committee meeting minutes vice mayor Adams yes motion to approve the um the minutes please great thank you so much I have a motion to have a second seconded by councilmember Garland can we clear the board really quickly all right thank you so much all right uh let's see council member Keating aye uh councilmember DeVore hold on hi all right and let's see what's councilmember Keating on oh hold on okay vice mayor I've got your eye council member I've got your eye as well as councilman repeating are you on he said it too okay got it okay then thank you then and Casper chins voted so that item passes five to zero with council member let's see councilmember Hodge actually 6-0 with councilmember Hodge absent all right next up here we are going to move to reports and announcements just I have one item 5a1 City of Tempe board and commission vacancies and appointments in partnership with the city clerk's office the city council would like to thank all of our residents and other community members who offer their dedication and expertise to tempe's boards and commissions there will be 62 openings on 15 boards and commissions that need to be filled by the end of this year so that's three months so we do need your help the aviation commission Board of adjustment Commission on disability concerns Family Justice Commission and Technical code Advisory Board of Appeals are especially in need of applications so please visit tempe.gov boards and commissions to learn more and to apply tonight the city council will be considering appointments to the Tempe citizens panel for review of police complaints and use of force Family Justice Commission and Technical code Advisory Board of Appeals as outlined in 7a1 on the agenda congratulations to David Falconer Leslie Lang James swigg and Ann Bettencourt on their appointments we will now play a video showcasing boarding commission members talking about why they serve or we won't thank you that's okay we can play that video next time all right it's all right Jason we good we're good all right that moves me to a couple of quick things here as well gotta have a little bit of fun while you're here too let's see here here we go all right so I've got a few uh proclamations here that I'm just going to read and the first Proclamation that I have here is for National diaper need Awareness Month now this one reads whereas diaper need the condition of not being able to afford a sufficient supply of clean diapers to keep babies and toddlers dry clean and healthy can adversely affect the health and well-being of children and their families and whereas National surveys and research studies report that nearly one in two families struggles with diaper need and 48 of families delay changing a diaper to extend the available Supply and whereas a daily or weekly supply of diapers is generally an eligibility requirement for babies and toddlers to participate in child care programs and quality Early Education programs that enable children to thrive and parents to work and whereas many parents struggling with diaper need report missing an average of five days of work each month due to an insufficient supply of diapers and whereas without enough diapers children's risk infections and health problems that may require medical attention resulting in medical costs and parents may be prevented from accessing Child Care needed to go to school or work thereby destabilizing the family's economic prospects and well-being and and whereas the city of people of the City of Tempe recognize that diaper need is a public health issue and addressing diaper need can lead to economic prosperity and opportunity for the state's families and communities and improved health for children thus ensuring all children and families have access to the basic necessities required to thrive and reach their full potential and whereas City of Tempe is proud to be home to trusted community-based organizations including the Arizona diaper bank that recognize the importance of diapers and ensuring health and providing economic stability for families and thus distribute diapers to families through various channels and whereas through their important work of addressing diaper need diaper Banks play a critical role in supporting families improving infant health and well-being and advancing our local and state economic growth and now whereas the City of Tempe thanks the aforementioned Diamond Banks their staff volunteers and donors for their courageous service during the crisis and encourages the citizens of Tempe to donate generously to diaper Banks diaper drives and support those organizations that collect and distribute diapers to families struggling with diaper need so that all City of Tempe children and families can Thrive and reach their full potential now therefore I Corey Woods mayor of the City of Tempe Arizona do you hereby declare September 18th through September 24 2023 as National diaper need Awareness Week in Tempe Arizona okay the next Proclamation I have is Rachel Putman here this evening all right I'll meet you up front all right so the next Proclamation I have here uh is for ovarian cancer awareness month and I always tell people that this one's always very tough for me because as many people know I lost my mother back on January 4th 2012 to ovarian cancer I tell people all the time that when I first found out that she actually had cancer was actually sitting in an executive session upstairs during a council meeting when I got a email from my father to my brother and I that just said Mom has cancer call when you get out uh and I remember turning at that point to councilmember Shanna Ellis who was sitting right next to me and saying what should I do and she said well if you need to leave leave but I remember stepping out for two seconds and calling my father and he is persistently always sort of kept this attitude he said you know Corey I know this is devastating for you but your mom was very proud of you and the work that you've done and so she would want you to stay and complete the meeting there's nothing you can do from where you are right now but the best thing you can do to serve her and make her proud is to finish the meeting and just simply do your your job and unfortunately she lasted about two and a half years after that diagnosis but unfortunately passed about 11 and a half years or so ago and it feels like it was just yesterday honestly and I still miss her every day and I tell people all the time I would give back everything for just five more minutes of conversation with my mother so always hard for me to talk about but I will get through this so whereas ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of death among women and the American Cancer Society estimates each year approximately 19 710 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2023 and 13 270 individuals will die from the disease Nationwide including 450 new cases and 320 deaths in Arizona and whereas in the United States a woman's lifetime risk of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer is about 1 in 78 and whereas due to vague symptoms and the lack of reliable early detection tests most women are not diagnosed until stage three or later which is when my mom was diagnosed too with stage three when the cancer has already begun to spread to the lymph nodes and outside of the pelvis and whereas although the five-year survival rate for stage one ovarian cancer is over 90 percent of only 15 percent of ovarian cancers are diagnosed at this early stage and the five-year survival rate for late stage ovarian cancer is below 30 percent and whereas while mammogram can detect breast cancer and a pap smear can detect cervical cancer there is no reliable early detection test for ovarian cancer and whereas women's lives can be saved through increased public awareness of ovarian cancer and its risk factors signs and symptoms and whereas this month the City of Tempe joins all who are battling ovarian cancer those who have lost their lives to the disease their loved ones and our state's many dedicated health care workers in spreading awareness committing to public education and embracing hope for better diagnoses treatments and a cure and whereas all residents of the City of Tempe are encouraged to observe ovarian cancer awareness month and support the cause that so deeply impacts families in every Community across our country now therefore I Corey D Woods mayor of the city of Arizona Tempe Arizona do hereby declare September 2023 as ovarian cancer awareness month in Tempe Arizona and I got through it [Applause] one two three foreign next up is Naomi here where is she there she is cassper garlic can you come join me now for this one three days in a row maybe we've seen each other it's great Naomi and I had a chance to have lunch a couple of days ago that we were at her going away party yesterday down to the connections Cafe at the Tempe public library and now she is here and we have a proclamation for lifetime of service recognition day for Naomi Naomi has been an employee here at the City of Tempe for 23 years and I've known her ever since I first started back at the city and she's been leading our education department for the last couple of years she was the leader of our Human Services Division for a number of years uh and she's in a truly phenomenal job and I'm going to miss seeing her each and every day and I've always had a good time just getting to just getting to know her we had a really uh wonderful lunch a couple of days ago and I learned even new things about her that I didn't know through all the 15 years that we had previously known one another but I just wanted to thank you for your service to the City of Tempe and to all of our residents and especially talking about your work in human services many times working with the most vulnerable people living here in our community and then in the last couple of years of your service helping our Educators and helping our students achieve their best success and frankly helping prepare our students for success in college career and life so I just wanted to say thank you for everything and with that I also have a proclamation that reads whereas Tempe employees value the faith and trust of the community and continually work to deserve that confidence through attitude conduct service and accomplishments and whereas Naomi Farrell has served the City of Tempe for 23 years in various capacities such as kid Zone Program supervisor and administrator Deputy Community Services director with the social services division tempe's first human services director and tempe's first Office of Education career and Family Services director and whereas as a champion for Education career development and family services that support the full Arc of life she has worked on several Key Programs such as care economy which includes Tempe pre and Kid Zone career ready Tempe Tempe Workforce Development Workforce skills accelerator and other apprenticeship programs and whereas Naomi's priorities of a leader as a leader have always been to empower staff to set and Achieve goals and to provide them with the support and resources necessary to build successful programs that deliver valuable services to tempe's diverse community and whereas temp Naomi was instrumental in tempe's participation in the 2023-2024 good jobs great cities Academy an initiative of the National League of cities and the Department of Labor I will say we were only one of 16 cities throughout the country that got selected for that and that was largely due to the work of Naomi and her team to create Innovative and scalable City supported solutions that upscale and reskill workers into quality high demand jobs and infrastructure clean energy and advanced manufacturing and whereas the City of Tempe is grateful to Naomi Farrell for her leadership hard work and deep commitment to ensuring the success of Tempe residents employees and the overall Community throughout her entire career now therefore I Corey Woods mayor of the City of Tempe Arizona to hereby declare there September 28 2023 as Naomi Farrell lifetime of service recognition day in Tempe Arizona [Applause] foreign [Music] might have also seen these I I I had to joke with Mark a little bit since he's our Municipal budget director how much did we actually spend on these I'm just kidding just just kidding I told Mark also I need this actually signed and so I could actually put this in my office and hold it on hold on to it so if Mark day could come join me down here Mark is our Municipal budget director who was also retiring and I wanted to we pulled you up now the question is a lot of work can I hold this while reading the entire Proclamation I'm going to certainly try so whereas the City of Tempe truly values the dedicated public servants who have committed their talents and time to the betterment of our community and whereas Mark day has exemplified the highest standards of dedication expertise and Leadership during his 22-year tenure with the City of Tempe and culminating as the city's budget director and whereas Mark day has been instrumental in shaping the financial landscape of our city contributing significantly to its growth stability and prosperity and whereas Mark day is expertly and reliably guided the mayor and Council through each budget process one of the core responsibilities of the selected body and whereas Mark day's commitment to transparency accountability and fiscal responsibility has earned him the respect and admiration of colleagues City officials and residents alike and whereas Mark day steadfast dedication to the financial well-being of the City of Tempe has resulted in numerous accolades and awards further solidifying his status as a Visionary and respected leader in the field of Municipal finance and whereas the City of Tempe staff will greatly Miss Mark and his role as our official master of puns [Laughter] and whereas Mark day's retirement marks the conclusion of a remarkable chapter in the history of our city and is only fitting that his contributions be celebrated and acknowledged by the community he has served so diligently therefore I Corey Woods mayor of the City of Tempe Arizona to hereby declare October 9 2023 as Mark day lifetime of service recognition day in Tempe Arizona [Applause] okay we can have fun earlier all right all right next up item 5B city managers reports and announcements Madam city manager thank you Mr Mayor I just have a couple of things I'd like to mention one is we had a very exciting day in City of Tempe history we had um President Joe Biden visit our first City Tempe building first sitting sitting president to visit a city building so I just wanted to take a moment to thank Steph things like this don't happen overnight and that's exactly pretty much what happened last weekend they were deciding where to go in Arizona there's two locations our City of Tempe did made a great pitch we got the City of Tempe we're honored to receive the message on Monday and then there was a lot of work so I need to take a moment to really thank the staff as you all know when you host anything in your own home what happens right think about that at this magnitude so I have to start with leading thanking Chief of Staff Tanya Chavez unbelievable I don't think she has slept foreign thank you Tanya Keith Burke of course uh a million questions every day as far as what we needed to do but thank you to Keith Craig Hayden Community Services director and the staff at Tempe Center for the Arts amazing building today um it was just a team effort from so many people they're listed here I'm not going to have enough time or else we're going to be here till midnight and everyone wants to get home but I just wanted to thank the staff Jared Morris I.T they were there the crack of Sundown sunset and sunrise this morning I.T director I.T staff Charlie blade Dean facilities manager and all the facilities maintenance staff that includes our custodians who are working Round the Clock and I have to say thank you personally to them we know them they work very hard in Isaac who I know is here Transportation maintenance manager and Street staff our trees look beautiful our streets look great thank you and Chris Baxter our interim communications director and channel staff Channel 11 staff he may have had the video for this today but everything else was working great uh CNN was there he took care of all of it so we'll we'll give him a little Grace um so just thank you from the city manager staff and our mayor and Council for just a team effort Tempe Tempe proud so and then following obviously you write a proclamation for a couple of our employees um thank you for Naomi thank you for your service 23 years you have taken care of our kids um from Kids Zone 23 years ago you have taken care of our families through Pre-K and not just that but helping our children Thrive through college connect and making sure that they are ready for the world so I appreciate the service we wish you the very best Naomi thank you and then Mark day I know there's a video there's this picture that I need to um so Mark day aside from his puns this is when we used to work at second floor of City Hall this is just me walking on the way to my office you can see the papers in my hand he says jump in the uh the dolly uh okay this is what Mark did all the time so I have to say whoever thinks budget office folks are boring or dull he has change that trajectory and that perception and that Paradigm so Mark we will miss you very much and your humor and thank you for not just for making ledgers look a lot more interesting a lot more fun as we go through the budget and I think that is it Mr Mayor sounds good thank you so much all right next up we're gonna get to item number six public appearances according to the Arizona open meeting law the city council may only discuss matters listed Elsewhere on this agenda for discussion and legal action the purpose of the open call to the public is to allow individuals to address the city council on any issue within the jurisdiction of the city council no person shall speak more than once and there is a limit of three minutes per speaker's present at the podium will state their name and city of residence and provide a speaker card members of the public shall refrain from making personal impertinent or slanderous remarks and from becoming boisterous while addressing the city council or while attending the meeting speakers will be taken first come first serve at the order in which the cards have received speaker's visual aids and appearances by phone or recordings are not allowed council members are prohibited by state law from taking action on commenting or discussing a matter raised by a member of the public even if asked to do so by a member of the public so long as the subject discussed by the speaker is not listed as a specific agenda item for council's consideration for discussion and legal action at the conclusion of public appearances the council may ask the city manager to review a matter or place a matter on a future agenda I've got three public appearances and once again I've got separate cards for those people speaking on specific items but these were just the general public appearances that I'm going to do now so the first public appearance I have is Mario Martinez please come forward state your name in place of residence you have three minutes good evening my name is Mario Martinez I live in Tempe in Tempe the September 11th Memorial event known as the Tempe healing field has been sponsored by the Tempe Exchange Club I support this event while the Tempe Exchange Club is not an official Tempe organization what is indisputable is that the Tempe Exchange Club utilizes City of Tempe resources in the form of public land and public service for this event because City of Tempe resources are used in this event the public has a right to expect that all victims of September 11th especially those employees who lost their lives in these terrorist action be represented by their legal Representatives at the Tempe healing field event this includes Airline attendance on September 11 2001 using box cutters the hijacker slit the throats of some flight attendants when they seize control of the airplanes the other flight attendants on those planes lost their lives along with the other airplane passengers and Pilots when the plane went down on uh under the railway Labor Act Airline employees have the right to join unions locally the association of professional flight attendants apfa Phoenix base is legally recognized by the National Labor Relations Board as the local legal union representative of the flight attendants I do not speak for the AFP apfa Phoenix base but they are members of the AFL-CIO as I am in my private discussions with apfa phoenix-based members they have seen no evidence that their Union representatives were ever invited to be fully participating parties in the 10 healing field event on September 11 2001 I was in Tempe I also voted in the Tempe mayoral recall election that day I take employee rights very seriously and I expect equity in the in the uh in the delivery of Tempe Municipal Services September since September 11th I have not seen any public Union official representation for the flight attendants in these events because the City of Tempe resources are used for this event the possible lack of official AF apfa Phoenix base representation is unacceptable if that is the case thank you thank you so much the next speaker I have is David sokolowski who I believe is virtual hello yes Mr circles can you please state your name in place of residence you have three minutes my name is David sokolowski I live in Tempe the city wants to spend nearly 200 million dollars to accelerate pavement Quality Index but we need to build 1 000 units below 80 Ami every year at current rates Tempe isn't keeping up with inflation or population growth all of the city's affordable housing projects combined is less than one year's worth of progress why isn't the city investing more in affordable housing you're worried about the cost of pavement and the difference between 200 000 per mile and 400 000 per mile but where is Tempe going to find vacant land in the future and how much will an acre of land cost in 2030 or 2040.

10 piece policies is cost to Interstate thousands of units and hundreds of affordable units Tempe purchased three acres at Food City for 10 million but the development agreement restricts the amount of housing that can be built we're losing at least 120 units during a housing shortage and without a legitimate reason Tempe would need to buy three more acres of land so the opportunity cost is probably 10 million if we don't build affordable housing the city will be overwhelmed by poverty and it will impact police fire Parks Transit and the economy pqi will be the least of your concerns if we have the problems that are happening in other cities I know that's not an exaggeration because you're spending millions of dollars to mitigate it like cleaning up the River Bottom Buying hotels The Hope team and hiring park rangers we had calls to the fire department and then you invested millions of dollars in the cooling centers to prevent that but none of it has addressed the root causes of the housing crisis some people have asked are other cities doing their fair share but tempe's job growth has outpaced the Region's supply of affordable housing thousands of people are commuting in each day and tempe's housing Navigators to help people to look for affordable housing in cities like Mesa Tempe isn't ashamed to admit that we partner with Mesa to place people at the East Valley Men's Shelter it looks like you're trying to deport poor people while refusing to invest in affordable housing other than a handful of token examples like Valor or Gracie's Village would include 150 units which is about 60 days worth of progress but the city will continue to take credit for years Tempe needs to take responsibility for its own affordable housing and you can't claim that you don't have money for it if the city doesn't take emergency action we won't be able to keep up if Tempe fails to build 1 000 units per year what happens when we need to build 2 000 units per year the roads will be in perfect condition but every corner will be a homeless Camp don't wait for the housing crisis to spiral out of your control thank you for listening thank you so much the next speaker I have is Ann till please come forward stay tuned in place of residence you have three minutes hi I'm Anne till Tempe resident I want to introduce you to shaloman Shalimar golf course as I know it is a 30-year resident neighborhood resident it was built in 1961 is the center of the neighborhood and remains so it may even get more Neighborhood use in Cella Park it's equally as important in any case many residents take advantage of the nine-hole golf course but the course in its Clubhouse are used for many activities it's our go-to place for example I'm not a golfer but I eat at the clubhouse restaurant and have been to an occasional small live music show there I've been to several Thursday food track events which are a big draw and fun plus they um are a great chance to get to know your neighbors other events are scheduled in the clubhouse such as ladies game day and various club meetings in the McClintock cross country team practices there and has an annual event the course has fantastic Google reviews which is a credit to the new Heisel family that honors because it is nine hole it's affordable and it takes much less time neighborhood residents are extremely passionate in 1979 they formed a non-profit to battle proposed residential that would remove the course after two appeals that resulted in a judgment requiring requiring that Shalimar Golf Course was to remain the non-profit group remains active and passionate today with several hundred members with the sole mission to protect the golf course this is because there are constant attempts to sell to developers who had replaced the course with residential the thought of a potential Golf Course demise is a constant stress to our community so again the owners have found a potential buyer who is preparing to rezone and then remove the golf course removing rezoning sorry rezoning substantial increases the property value which is nice for the owners I do understand the owners want to maximize profit by rezoning but years ago these same owners purchased Shalimar Golf Course to remain as a golf course and at a golf course Zone price the owners live near the golf course and know the neighborhood they know how important this golf course is to the neighborhood but they continue to find potential buyers who would will destroy it so the neighborhood will again fight against the Shalimar owners so I'm here to familiar Elijah with the situation and I'm sure you all hear from countless residents on this topic over the next few years signs are more prolific in front yards again this is a passionate group of residents and not that was just adjacent to the golf course so I ask that the city not support this future rezoning effort and instead asks the owners to team up with the Shalimar non-profit and real quick uh this is 10 more seconds this is a critical part of the neighborhood the neighborhood owns the property in a different way than the owners but we bought our homes in the neighborhood because it's Kevin's character in Shalimar Golf Course is essential to that and it's not just any golf course it's our golf course thank you we'll see you a little bit later tonight too so thank you all right that was all the cards I have is there anyone else in the audience wishing to address the council this evening if so please get my attention all right seeing none I will close that portion of the meeting now once again I'm going to move some things around this evening because we've got some counselors who are on virtually so I just want to make sure that we don't have any issues with technology moving forward so I'm going to just shift around a little bit with your with your acceptance so I'm going to move on here to Section 8 but specifically 8C which are ordinances and items for second hearing and final adoption so these are items that actually the votes will be taking place this evening and with that said these are there are a few of these here I'm going to start here with the applicant for item 8c1 I'll just take these in the order here so 8c1 is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt a resolution for a general plan land use map Amendment from open space to mixed use a general plan residential density map Amendment for medium high density and no density to high density Urban core adopt an ordinance for a zoning map Amendment from General industrial district within Rio Salado overlay district and transportation overlay District to mixed use high density within the rsod and TOD and adopt a planned area development overlay to establish development standards for municipal rezoning of first and farmer located at 26 South Farmer Avenue the applicant is fuel mantle and Affiliates I guess I'll start I just want to note too as well this is a general plan Amendment so the resolution authorizing the general plan requires at least a two-third city council majority vote which is five out of seven uh we only have six this evening would still be five out of six votes to actually move this item forward with that said Mr Hill mantle good evening I will uh try to follow up on Mr Biden but that's a tough act to follow today so I'm the presentation immediately after the president United States that's awkward as you know this is the second hearing we've been before you so I'll kind of go through the slides a little faster but happy to go back and talk about things in any order and we also have some updates people are probably happier if they don't hear me but I understand thank you the site we're all familiar with is along the lake specifically for Street and farmer and Rio Salado the site has I think as everyone knows been industrial for a long time this is sort of the last one of the very last remaining pieces of industrial land in what has since become one of the densest neighborhoods in all of the state and so it isn't great to have this piece of remaining GID land especially because it separates many neighbors and and again the highest the most dense area of the state from the downtown we want to continue that connectivity much as we have going north and south along farmer and I'll spend some time talking about that as well but the GID uses that currently exist are are obviously incompatible with the growth of the neighborhood we started Todd Todd Marshall and I started working on this when we were much younger and we've taken a lot of our lives really to turn an area that was parking lots albeit empty parking lots uh and and sort of camping grounds and vacant industrial buildings and turn them into a place for people a place that connected the neighborhood in the downtown and we've always seen this tough site is a great opportunity but it is in fact a very tough site you can tell from this picture from long ago it's a very narrow site it was literally concrete and asphalt we have challenges with electrical lines and railroad tracks and in its previous life really no way for people to get around no sidewalks um very little shade it was and it was like this for decades and we promised to do a number of things and and we have the first thing we did was the very first building was Encore which is an affordable senior affordable housing project we in fact won the Chris Gordy award which is a development award for the best multi-family project in a year doesn't usually go to an affordable project but in this year it did we're really proud of of what happened uh as we walk through these photos and images I'd like you to think about what was there before the tight sight that existed and also all of The Pedestrian space we put in its place and the four-sided architecture you see on every building it's very rare in in the world much less Tempe to find buildings that are all four-sided pedestrian access and four sides of design but specifically and we we heard from somebody earlier today about affordability we were one of the first to bring affordability into the downtown in fact I think we have only the only two projects in the downtown this and another project next door which is mixed income we also are proud that we in this particular project had an incredible amount of solar and even on the parking garage parking canopies and the rooftop we have solar all over the project so we have always worked to create sustainability in our projects and we're proud of what we've been able to accomplish you can see the massive amount of solar on this project and this is several years before it was as popular as it is today and even today you don't see it often again this is how that site looked when we came in certainly not a great place for pedestrians it it has transformed into part of the most dense part of the state and you can see here we have wide sidewalks with shade access for for all folks including folks who may be disabled you can see that we have water harvesting on the parking parking spaces on the street so the trees grow bigger and provide more shade the second project residents of farmer is to my knowledge the only mixed income project in downtown maybe in Tempe they're a challenge but we worked with the city and mayor you were involved in that effort not as mayor but as a council member to work with the state housing department to create a mixed income project and we're very proud to have that again this is what it looked like before and what it looks like now we really think we've been able to transform the area into no man's land and from that I should say into a really integral part of our city and certainly for the folks that live here part of their neighborhood and even for folks that don't a great place to walk by we see buildings as having two purposes one purpose is for the folks that live in the building or work in the building and the second is for those that just happen to walk by and so we've tried to create an environment for both again this is what it looked like before and Culinary Dropout is another example we have worked over the years to turn actual GID space industrial space into in this case a restaurant and exercise facility when Sam Fox opened this restaurant the night before he and I sat at that long table and we talked about whether or not people would come to this area and he was worried it was his largest investment at the time and it ended up being his at the time his most successful restaurant but but people were worried would people cross the tracks and I think what we collectively developed allowed people to feel comfortable doing that and really brought a sense of place to what is now farmer Arts District but it wasn't always that way the vibe is another example of the work we've done in Farmer Arts it's a hotel it has a number of features that we're really proud of including the four-sided architecture but it also has a bar and restaurant on the ground floor which provides a retail and pedestrian experience it also has a rooftop that we had always promised that has by the way amazing views of the downtown the Hudson was our next project at University and farmer proud of this project as well again four-sided architecture again a significant passageways for pedestrians on all four sides and finally the beam the beam is a project we completed recently it's CLT building which means it's made out of wood it's really one of the most environmentally Progressive buildings in the country certainly it's the first one in Arizona instead of using steel and concrete as the base of the building it's it's made out of wood and we're pretty excited about all the discussions around town that people started and people realizing that they have other alternatives to just using concrete and steel we also think in addition to being environmentally sensitive it creates a really great sense of place and I think that one of the things Todd and I have always focused on with each of our buildings is making sure that what we do is create a sense of place again inside the building special building a unique building but also outside by creating that pedestrian space again this is what that site looked like before and now with our improvements our Pathways our sidewalks this is what it looks like today the middle picture I believe even appeared on a previous version of the general plan so we're we're proud that it can be an example for the city and how to create Great Outdoor spaces for folks we have won several awards for Farmer Arts I'm not going to go through those again you've seen them before and frankly I hate to talk about the things we've done but I think it's important in this case and this is the site today it's uh First Street and farmer it is a site that has a number of challenges it has power lines it has railroad tracks it has flood control issues it has a historic building and non-historic buildings on it and uh it's it's a challenge but it's also as I mentioned earlier an industrial site in a place that shouldn't be industrial and the first thing that we're doing is taking off that industrial piece the second thing we're doing which I'll talk about in just a few minutes is working on the restoration of the original structure from the 1880s this is what the site looks like today the site is appropriately located really at the center of all of tempe's Transportation it is exactly the kind of place you'd expect to find density in fact the only reason we invest in these billions of dollars of public transportation is so that people can be close to them and and use them and I think this this site really helps or this exhibit excuse me really helps show the importance of of connectivity we're near tempe's bus routes and as you all know that Tempe was one of the first cities to increase bus transportation including the orbit system which we we have access to a street car the light rail system we're near everything in addition to that and perhaps most importantly this is a site that's walkable to almost all of tempe's downtown office space and one of the things and you have several letters from Employers in the area saying that it's important to them to find more housing options that it's walkable I think that one of the things you find today is people don't want long commute times you of course know this you've focused as a council on a 20-minute City and finding places for housing to be near workforces and this is exactly what this is we think this is perfectly situated not only for the mass transportation options that Tempe is invested in but but also the private sector investment in office space not only the beam but also everything that's been on Tempe Town Lake and Tempe is obviously focused on having greater density along the lake and along those Transportation corridors and so we think it makes sense here for that reason I've talked about the challenges before I'm going to move quickly through some of the work we've done here as I know we have some time issues but Todd and I have both been involved in a fair amount of historic preservation we have been involved in Culinary Dropout my own office is from 1880 it's a ton Ash and it's used today as an office but but it's an old building that's been restored we also spent time with your staff as recently as this morning going over the historic preservation piece this is a demolition plan probably doesn't mean a lot to you to see it but we were out with your staff today and our our contractors working to to demolish the portions of the project that are not historic so that we can preserve the pieces that are we're waiting for a permit from City Tempe but really from the county the city can't issue its permit and tell the county issues it's which we expect to happen in the next couple of weeks and as soon as that happens we're ready to deconstruct all of the the unpermitted and sort of disabling improvements over time what I mean by that is many of those improvements weren't done properly and they're causing damage to the to the Adobe structure and I know this Council in fact these council members have spoken quite a bit about preserving our history and and we're certainly committed to that as well both on prior projects as well as here today uh this is the second time you've heard from me so I think at this point in time I'll sit down and then have a chance to come back unless there are questions now sounds good I think what I'll do is I'll go to the public hearing first and if I can bring you back up afterwards so thank you thank you gentleman appreciate it all right I've got three cards on this item and I'll once again call these in the order that I received them uh the first card this evening is from Ann till please come forward state your name in place of residence you have three minutes hi I'm Anne till Tempe resident and um I just wanted to encourage you to vote no on the rezoning mainly because the building height that I saw at the last meeting was fairly tall and I think it's inappropriate for this section I think that that height of a building should remain on the downtown side of the railroad and um you know there should be more of a transition into the neighborhood granted everything that the developers talked about he's done a great job down there but I don't think this fits in that's a more residential area um so maybe keep this height Building height on the other side of the railroad tracks and and maybe rezone it later if the building height could come down thank you thank you so much the next speaker I have is Kim Gaffney Loza please come forward state your name in place of residence you have three minutes hi I'm Kim Gaffney Loza a North Tempe resident and actually I'm for this amendment Amendment to the land um use plan and for several reasons um this historic property goes back to the very foundings of our city our Hispanic neighbors and it has been deteriorating ever since the city took possession of it because there hasn't been any interest from the general you know public as far as taking care of this property there has been a lot of homeless on this property there's a lot of invasive plants on this property that are a fire hazard I personally want in touring it have come across a higher ready to be set fire right next to the building I think it's very courageous for a developer to to look at this property for a development because it does have so many challenges many that Mr hermantle has mentioned and I think you have to look at the cost benefit we do need the housing it is not next to single-family homes it is right next to other areas with multi-family and I don't think even with the The increased height I don't think it's inappropriate for this area and I think it would actually be a boon to our downtown so I hope the council does approve this thank you thank you so much the next card I have is from Tom Brown please come forward state your name in place of residence you have three minutes thank you I wish all seven of you are here this met tonight uh good evening again council members my name is Tom Brown I live in South Tempe and I work on a farm Revenue I spoke against this rezoning case two weeks ago and I were refrain from repeating what I trust you have some knowledge about which is that density is adjacent to housing some of the two and four stories so it's quite a quite a collision um frankly I feel this resulting case does not deserve your support I was fortunate to serve on the DRC for about five years and after a year or two I could sense how the oats were going to go well before emotion was made on this resulting case before you I have a similar spidey sense because several of you at least several of you have um historically approved any I repeat any development or rezoning whenever you hear the words growth density Downtown parking garage robust sidewalks and occasionally the very obscene where giblets this happens regardless of the Aesthetics the neighborhood impact or the Street Experience that pattern has been I think a business as usual situation and the discussions you had last week in your joint review meeting with the DRC were really illustrative in a relationship because I um I can see that some of you may have come to realize that business as usual is not widely supported in Tempe except by zoning attorneys and some out of state farms who have capitalized on on the explosive but poorly planned vertical growth Money Talks loudly but it is rude and it cares not for the concerns of neighborhoods it tramples over rezoning Concepts like a community buffer let's speak of neighborhoods that's that's where we live I have never repeat never ever heard anything less than support for protecting neighbors neighborhoods and our quality of life when you um when you campaign for our votes um I wish I could look at all right now but when I watched Council meetings on Channel 11 I see council members obediently voting uh more in line with the 900 or 590 contributions and the thousand dollar parties ignoring the concerns of the Neighbors which are full of tax paying voters let me wrap this up 57 of Tempe voters spoke decisively a few months ago against a monstrous tax waiving project which all seven of you approved from those seats when you finally accepted the results of that vote at a council meeting about a month later we only heard one of you say anything so thank you Mary Woods for showing some leadership there 57 of us 57 percent of us expected some personal comments perhaps some acknowledgment not silence you do not have to be silent this is Tempe there's nothing to be afraid of and you do not have to approve this case 57 thank you thank you that was the last card I had uh in my hand uh is there anyone else in the audience wishing to address the Council on this item yes please please come forward stay traded in place of residence you have three minutes okay Council thank you uh congratulate on everyone that uh Tempe got their claim of Fame today with uh the president arriving at a at a city building I think that's spectacular and uh we need more of that we don't need more Apartments that's for sure mixed use is almost like peanut butter you got to spread it everywhere it's got to be everywhere it's not doesn't have to be everywhere Tempe is becoming almost like a bedroom community where are the jobs right now is that it seems that that everybody wants to live in Tempe but they're working in either in Mesa they're working in Phoenix they're working in Chandler and we or they're working in Scottsdale I mean where are the jobs here I like this project I like the land it's a good spot you've got environmental hazards I don't know what lender is going to look at this but I'm I'm going to speak for the lenders on this is that you've got FAA issues you've got airport noise issues you've got environmental problems with either the sewer and the water line easements you've got at high voltage right next to it and you've got a class one railroad you've got everything against a multi-family apartment like this especially at 200 feet Mr Hugh mantle he wants to get this mixed use four so we can get the unlimited Heights however if it mixed use three he can get it at 50 feet and gives him a little bit more buffer there I urge you to vote no we don't need another 210 story building or a 210 foot with 20 or third 22 I think story building it should be somewhere capped it may be mixed use 3 50 feet 25 dwelling units per acre in this area and of course keep the Martinez house because that's historical and you can do a lot with that that's an open pallet but anyway I I support the project in in a reduced manner but I encourage you to vote no for mixed use four and vote Yes for maybe an amendment on mixed use three if anything I'd really like to see commercial maybe move the police station down there move the court move something where's the public benefit that's what we'd like to see anyway thank you for the time thank you so much is there anyone else in the audience wishing to address the Council on this item if so please get my attention yes please come forward state your name and place of residence you have three minutes Dax Howard I live in Phoenix but have formerly lived in Tempe and worked here um I just as a fellow developer I was very impressed with what you guys have done I don't know if it's always apparent how hard some of these projects are to do if you're not in the weeds every day doing um and I just wanted to come up and say that I was very impressed and though I can't speak to the height or some of the specific issues of this it looks like a fantastic project thank you so much appreciate it is everyone else in the audience wishing to address the Council on this item if so please get my attention okay seeing none I'll go ahead and close the public hearing let me see if Mr human rejoining us up here thank you so much all right um I know I believe vice mayor Adams had her hand up vice mayor vice mayor Adams can you hear me foreign anyone else on the council anyone I'm going to sort of rely on the clerk to see if there are hands up in the audience amongst the council only vice mayor Adams she should be able to unmute herself okay In fairness I had problems with the mic as well today so it's a dance technical challenges well I I can cover a couple of quick things here and I'll wait for the vice mayor to jump back on so just um you know first of all appreciate the presentation I know many times that we only will have a presentation during the first public hearing but I know that you gave basically two full presentations on both during both hearings because I know you're aware of some of the concerns that have been raised by some of the neighbors and so I appreciate the willingness to go through this for really full transparency so everyone knows exactly what's going on in the situation just wanted to address a couple of things um that have been raised to me and a couple of thoughts that I had one of the questions that I know had been raised to members of council was why didn't the city when this land was put up for auction by these this was state land trust land and why didn't the city actually make a bid to try to purchase the land ourselves one of the things regarding that is that state trust Land by law has to actually take the high bid and one of the things that we are allowed to do as uh what that we are allowed to do we are not allowed to actually bid over things that they are over appraised value there's actually been a couple of times where we've tried to make Acquisitions during the three plus years that I've been mayor I know councilman Garland knows about this as well where we literally had an Loi or letter of intent for a couple of properties that we were trying to acquire to do affordable housing one I specifically remember came back and appraised a 2.7 million and the owner wanted four and a quarter and of course then we had to cancel them it would have been a great affordable housing opportunity but the challenge at that point was we simply as a taxpayer-funded governmental entity cannot pay more than appraised value for land obviously our residents expect a fiscal stewardship and not us to be acting as real estate speculators and so one of the challenges in this situation when it even came to bidding on the land when it went up for auction would have been we could have only paid up to appraised value and so just wanted to make sure that I put that out there just from kind of an academic standpoint about the the difference between you know negotiating even with a private owner and negotiating with a piece of State trust land is put up for auction um the other thing I was going to say too is that this property has had a lot of challenges over the years I know Mr humano showed a lot of photos about some of the uh the way it looked previously I remember I moved to Tempe back in June of 2003 and I remember exactly what that farmer Arts property actually looked like and there was pretty much nothing there and obviously steadily but surely all of the different developments have happened uh they've all been completed and I love the fact that there's been a lot of affordable housing and mixed income housing along that stretch and I believe probably The Culinary Dropout restaurant I've got to imagine is still the highest grossing restaurant from a revenue standpoint probably in all of Tempe I know I live in the downtown area and I routinely actually do not drive there because I live so close I actually walk and so I'm able to enjoy the pathway and the shade and every time I'm actually there I can literally see it's packed whether I'm there on a Monday night or a Wednesday night or a Friday night and as a lot of people know from a restaurant standpoint many times uh Wednesdays and Thursdays or many times dead nights for restaurants where they're kind of the middle of the week when families and people are not out for obvious reasons work school things of that nature but the restaurant really has added a tremendous uh it's added a tremendous Eatery to the City of Tempe and it continues to be successful because of the quality and what I see with this situation is I really do see an opportunity now this is sort of a two-part process another piece of this we're voting this evening on the rezoning but we're not voting on an actual project and so if this actually does get approved by Council this evening this would have to go back through an entire process for a second time where Mr humanta would have to come back with actual renderings and designs and have neighborhood meetings and additional Community input it would have to go back to the development review commission it would have to go back through staff so they can actually weigh in with a thumbs up or a thumbs down and of course we'd have to come back to council for another two public hearing process why am I saying all this it's to say that if something if this actually does go through this evening with just the rezoning there are going to be multiple other opportunities for residents to frankly weigh in and I really appreciate Mr Darcy's comments talking about he's not against the project and even I think Miss till said the same thing not against the project they've clearly seen that you've had an ability over the years to perform and actually do the work that you've said you were going to do but they have some concerns about the height and the density and the traffic and things of that nature I think those are all very valid concerns that can absolutely be fair at out during neighborhood meetings and getting extensive Community input and going through things like DRC and coming back before this Council for two more hearings but I do think that given some of the challenges right now with the market I think we need to give people sometimes a little bit more flexibility to allow for a project to get done we've seen many times councilman Garland and myself and the council members online this evening where we are approving change order requests because construction costs many times have gone up over 30 percent over the last 12 to 18 months and so now it's being it's becoming harder and harder to get projects done because things have just gotten more expensive from the construction to all of the building materials and so I really think that you know allowing a little bit of extra flexibility in this situation is important to address an area that really has been challenged for quite some time but I did want to just really quickly thank the forethought of the people before me honestly it was it was my predecessor mayor Mitchell and the council before that was really trying to get this property ready to a place where we could get to this point and address a site that really has been very challenging for probably the last 20 to 30 years in the City of Tempe so from my perspective you know I I think this is what's being proposed here in terms of the conceptual idea and some of the public benefit I think Mr Darcy also talked about that too and I I really appreciated that comment as well that I would love to make sure that this project can show a lot of uh not adequate but ample public benefit for not just people who would live at the project but public benefit for people who've been in that neighborhood for 20 30 40 50 years and so that is something that I would look for when you come back when it's actually fully formed project I do I think that is really critical whether it's you know affordable or Workforce housing or paths or things of that nature or just something where the public really does see some kind of benefit but I appreciated their comments and saying they absolutely see that they that it was a it's a good project you know generally speaking they just happen to know some concerns that they'd like to talk about moving forward forward so my my thought about this is since we're just simply talking about a rezoning and the ability to talk about a partnership to begin to move something forward I I will definitely be in support of this this evening I think that uh this is a site that we really have tried to fix and address for quite some time I think we finally have a unique opportunity to get that done and I'm excited about the possibilities and the conceptuals that you've talked about this evening and also the things that have happened on Farmer prior to this project coming forward so I will be supporting this this evening I just appreciate the presentation but look forward to the neighborhood meetings which I know I'll be attending myself and and getting some of the community input to really make sure this is something that not only adds to the downtown uh like you know like was talked about but also it really enhances the neighborhoods that are surrounding and provides ample public benefit for a lot of the residents who've been here for decades and made this community a great place to live and work so with that said um vice mayor Adams vice mayor Adams can you hear me yes oh there you are okay very good thank you sorry about the uh the problems with the technology here um okay I have a couple things to say about this first of all not a lot of developers would take on this project and I'm really really happy that Charles Hugh mantle and um have has taken on this project um as a huge sustainability supporter I like that it has solar and water harvesting and a lot of trees I mean this is something that we've been pushing for with our other projects and I'm just so happy that it has that it's very valuable for our community I mean this will transform that whole area which needs to be transformed and you know the fact that they're taking care of the historical uh buildings and things on that site is really really important and that's not inexpensive to do because I know they're in pretty bad shape but they're to fix them up and and it's going to be really a great place to have um on our walking tour and I just want to thank um a guy will be supporting this project tonight thanks so much Mr Mayor thank you appreciate it uh any other oh Council for girls hi thank you you know I I really appreciated the comments that we've had tonight um and and that we've received through the mail and and other residents that have come up and talked to us about this you know I I've been having a little bit of a hard time with this lately because of the last the DRC meeting that we had that you were at and I was able to see the the stair-step progression of buildings and going into kind of setting up that buffer zone um into um the neighborhoods um so I will say the the project I like I mean it was interesting when it was showing it was saying that that it will be taking over the green space and it was actually listed on a map that we had seen the other day the green space is that um dirt lot with the um with the concrete pillars in there um so having this be a part of that that you would be incorporating I appreciated that um I do like the projects that you have already done on that area and I do appreciate you showing us those videos are those pictures and talking to us a little bit about it um you know the important thing for me on this project in this area is uh something that the mayor had just said about how difficult that has been to try to figure out how what we're going to do with it to make it a better place um not be an eyesore when you come out of that beautiful Tempe Center for the Arts and you go into the City of Tempe um the historic preservation portion of that is really important to me and I appreciate that you are already talking um to our staff about that because that building uh is slipping away from us every single day so the sooner that we could start doing anything with that uh I think is the best for us um so you know I look at the the idea of being able to um see that what we are voting tonight is just changing a little bit of zoning but I I want you to know I will be supporting this moving forward just this vote tonight but I think it's really important for you to hear this um and I I think I've mentioned this before I I agree with about the height about how high and I've heard somebody say 18 I've heard somebody say 20 stories I mean I I don't know because we don't have a project in front of us right now but I would like to be able to work with you and really work with our residents to see what we can do on that property without having such an incredible height so I I do think it's you know we have the opportunity to do something really incredible here and I appreciate the fact that you are going to be looking at this and trying to pull all of that together I just want to be able to let you know in advance that I'm really really going to be talking to you about about the height on this and I really want to um to be a part of the discussions that you have with our residents because I really want to be able to hear what they have to say on that but I I will be voting for this because I think it's a good opportunity for us to make a difference in that corner so I just want to say thank you for your presentation tonight thank you one of the quick thing I wanted to say very quickly too and is there anyone else on the phone I don't want to make sure I'm cutting someone else off who's looking to speak well um just wanted to make one other quick comment too just acknowledging uh Mr Brown's comment talking about we had a uh he was referring to a meeting that we had a joint meeting with the city council in the development review commission uh week and a half two weeks or so ago and the time all seems to blend together the abide event already feels like it was a week ago um but it was a very very good informative meeting and a lot of conversation between the DRC and the council about the future of development within our city matter of fact a couple of weeks ago we had a project that was approved on a 4-3 vote it was a very split vote and sometimes people don't see a lot of those but I think it's a uh you know we we talk a lot as a council about kind of what what development should look like moving forward and we want our city to look like the downtown and some of the surrounding areas and so I'm excited about having some of those conversations so I wanted to make sure I acknowledged his Mr Brown's comment about uh you know some of what you know residence concerns about development and generally speaking you know liking to see some of these things play out more about what do we really want the city to look like and kind of what is the plan moving forward and sort of in a holistic way because that's been one of the things that residents at times just at a general level have been concerned about which is there they see things sometimes as sort of happening in a more one-off kind of way as opposed to kind of what is the Grand Vision of the city council what is the Grand Vision of the DRC which he served on and so I think it's great that we are having those conversations as to Joint bodies trying to figure out what is sort of the long game and the long vision for the City of Tempe um so I mean I'm looking forward to also being able to incorporate some of those discussions in when we have conversations about how this project should move forward um but obviously you know seeing the other projects that you've also done in this area as well uh you know there's clearly a vision that you and Mr Marshall have for the area and I'd love to be able to kind of talk more about what that looks like as well like councilmember Garland said moving forward and and to kind of bring in some of the conversations that Vista Brown alluded to regarding the conversations that councils had with DRC and some of our residents so as you know Todd and I live here and we work here and we're around and always available for our discussion and find that leads to better projects I think that's been been our history is to continue to work with staff and the council and others to come up with better projects yep sounds good okay anyone else on Council anything else just once again remind everyone this item actually requires two votes this evening um councilmember chin so moved okay it's been moved by councilmember chin do I and actually I should say too very quickly too just to make sure that Jeff and Ryan don't have to run up here and grab me the first vote here is on the general plan land use map Amendment and the general plan residential density map Amendment though that's been moved by councilmember chin do I have a second seconded by council member Garland please vote aye yes Casper door aye okay and that item passes six to zero with councilmember Hodge absent the second vote is on the zoning map Amendment and a planned area development overlay do I have a motion promotion to approve it's been moved by vice mayor Adams do I have a second seconded by council member Garland please vote aye yes yes I and that item also passes six to zero with council member Hodge absent thank you very much we look forward to seeing you again soon sounds good appreciate it thank you the next item of the section is 8c2 which is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt a resolution for a general plan projected density map Amendment from high density to high density Urban core adopt an ordinance for a zoning map Amendment from CSS Tod to mu4tod a planned area development overlay to establish development standards and a development plan review for a new five-story mixed-use development consisting of 167 dwelling units and commercial use on 1.95 acres for Apache Square located at 1747 East Apache Boulevard the applicant is damaging Burnham PLC just once again a Note 2 this resolution authorizing the general plan amendment requires at least a two-third city council majority meaning five out of six this evening for approval Miss Voz Mr Mayor members of the council for your record modular food damage and Burnham I made a full presentation last time so unless there's any questions I will just certainly take any comment I do want to mention as we talked about that I've been talking to Ryan and we are making some revisions to this plan we'll be adding some three bedroom units making a little taller so we will be coming back to you with those revisions that we discussed last time sounds good thank you so we did get a present a full presentation during the first hearing on this item I should also note this is a public hearing item as well is there anyone in the audience wishing to address the city council okay yes Miss till please come forward state your name in place of residence you have three minutes sorry I looked down for two seconds I apologize I just want to say I appreciate that the developers worked with the community nearby and I appreciate that three bedroom units were added and I'll look forward to seeing what the height is because I that's always a concern the height was pretty good before so hopefully that's not over the top because I think this is going to unlimited density so but it looks like a really good project thank you Mr and I appreciate your statements before and I appreciate this boss working with you in the neighborhood on those three bedroom units because you specifically brought that up so thank you yeah yeah well I know she's worked with Phil Mr OC too I believe and that that's really a great thing when the developers work with the neighborhood so I wanted to point that out absolutely thank you so much uh is there anyone else the audience wishing to address the Council on this item if so please get my attention all right seeing that I'll close the public hearing counsel any comments or questions all right hearing that just once again just want to note that this item also requires two votes the first vote is on the general plan projected density map Amendment do I have a motion it's been moved by councilmember Garland and seconded by vice mayor Adams please vote thank you yes I and that item passes six to zero with council member Hodge absent the second vote is on the zoning map Amendment and planned area development overlay in addition to the development plan review do I have a motion it's been moved by councilmember Garland do I have a second is that a second vice mayor all right hearing nothing else please vote aye yes I and that item also passes six to zero with council member Hajj absent thank you very much Miss Boss item 8c3 has been removed and rescheduled to the October 12th regular city council meeting which means the next item to the section is 8c4 which is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance for a zoning map Amendment from GID General industrial district with Tod to mu4 Tod mixed use high density District a planned area development overlay to establish development standards and a development plan review for a new 18-story mixed-use development with 539 dwelling units for 955 East mixed use located at 955 East University Drive the applicator sender Associates chartered is there a presentation from the applicant Miss sender Mr Mayor members of council uh no we uh in the deference of time we'll uh we'll kind of skip the presentation but we would like to do an update the questions were from last hearing included the bird strike issue on the glazing and we do have a solution for that that will be presenting do you want to just mention a little bit uh um we checked with the American bird conservation and there are some Simple Solutions that are subserines that go directly onto the glass basically a you know a DOT pattern of two inches by four inches would actually suffice to basically prevent the majority of bird strikes and reduce the Threat Level um for the glazing excellent and I apologize Mr Mayor councilwoman Garland uh Darren sander sender Associates Tempe Arizona and this is Stefan we know you know what we want to be I want to be a proper um thank you and then the other issue was um uh councilman Navarro asked about the 8th Street pedestrian pathway and uh absolutely we are we are working on that we have uh mimicked the trees that go along that pathway we have access to that so when staff finalizes the plans for that we'll we'll be right there so we're right on that pathway and uh I think everyone's pretty happy about that so thank you those are the two issues that we had to follow up on sounds good thank you so much this is a public hearing item is there anyone in the audience wishing to address the Council on this item if so please get my attention Mr Darcy yes please come forward stay tuned in place of residence you have three minutes thank you mayor Woods Council um my only concern on this is the project is that it's probably located in one of the most dangerous intersections per capita in Tempe right now Rural and University everybody hates going there even now now it's almost 10 lanes on each side now you've got Trader Joe's you've got canes you've got uni nails and you've got a few restaurants there and these are very popular with a lot of people that live an up and down University the staff report on this said that they were thinking about doing some kind of traffic mitigation after the project is completed and people are moved in after the certificate of occupancy however I think that that's way too far in advance that traffic has to be mitigated immediately before that's broken ground in that area to get 550 apartments in there I would say maybe between 700 and 800 to a thousand inhabitants no one's going to just jaywalking along just going across the street to go to Trader Joe's go across the street to and then the traffic and can you turn right can you turn left can you not turn right can you not turn left and what about the women that are going to get their nails done they're going to walk they're going to drive nobody walks to get uni nails to get there done their nails done it's not going to happen they're going to drive the car cut across the traffic cut down and cut into that shopping center right there something has to be done with medication either a new jersey barrier or one way or some kind of median that prevents people from getting across that street that's going to be that's going to be a nightmare a logistics Nightmare and staff really needs to look at that 700 people a thousand people in that area wow thank you thank you Madam city manager can we uh to Mr Darcy's point is there a way and not as obviously as a condition of approval but can we look at something in that intersection I know there's been conversation about that and I've seen what he's talking about with the canes where sometimes the traffic kind of backs out onto the street is there something we can actually do to kind of proactively take a look at that I know the developers had a traffic study but just sort of to look at the general impact of the traffic in that area to see what we might be able to do to mitigate any potential impacts yes of course Mr Mayor thank you thank you appreciate it okay anyone else in the audience wishing to address the Council on this item this is a public hearing if so please get my attention okay seeing none I will close the public hearing Council any comments or discussions councilman Garland I just have one Mr Darcy I agree with you about the traffic mitigation and I appreciate the fact that we're going to be looking at that when I come to work I come down Rural and I make a left on University and every time I do I'm like darn it why didn't I turn sooner so um I agree with you and I appreciate the fact that our city manager is going to do something about that or just at least look at it beforehand so thank you thank you councilman Carl uh anyone else uh any further comments or do I have a motion on the ordinance for a zoning map Amendment and a planned area development overlay it's been moved by councilman Garland who is the second from so I also remember Keating oh okay thank you councilman Keating so moved by councilmember Garland seconded by council member Keating please vote aye and uh was that councilman as well all right okay sounds good that item is approved six to zero with councilmember Hodge absent and I'm just going to move back around to one other quick thing here like to move to item 8b1 because this is one of our other development projects here ordinances and items for introduction and first hearing there's only one item this evening in the section which is 8v1 introduce and hold the first public hearing to adopt an ordinance authorizing the mayor to sign a development agreement with Sunbelt Holdings and venue projects for the development and Lease of the Hayden flower Mill property let's see I see uh Josh Rutherford I think you're the lead on this can I ask I think we're going to do a presentation during the second hearing on this is that correct okay all right thanks oh Miss Boss yes hey well no welcome back come on again mayor free reckon modular was a lot from a Gammage Burnham I'm here on behalf of the Sun Belt Holdings and venue projects uh we appreciate your time uh we have some people on our end who are absent I know that the we wanted the whole Council to be here so our with your permission we would like to do is Josh and I are prepared to make a presentation we'd like to do at the second hearing so that everybody can see it on behalf of the whole team both on the city and on the behalf of the Sunbelt venue project side I'm good with that personally because I know one of the things with this project that's been a little bit special is there's been a lot of conversations with folks from historic preservation and a lot of people in the community who've heard about the conceptuals for this project so I think this made even a lot more visibility into this than a lot of other projects that come forward with the pros so normally while we normally have it during the first hearing I'm fine having it during the second public hearing so you can have your full team here and in the full Council here as well thank you quite good thank you all right going back here uh this also I would note though is a public hearing item is there anyone in the audience wishing to address the Council on this item if so please get my attention okay seeing none in Council Members 80 comments or discussion on your end other than I'm just very excited to approve oh actually so uh can you withdraw that was the first hearing so oh thank you okay sounds good no no worries my spirit thank you [Laughter] just want to note the second and final public hearing on this item is scheduled for October 12 2023.

all right so what I'm going to do just to make this as clean as possibly I'm going to go back to the beginning of the eights which is the non-consent agenda all items listed on the non-consent agenda will be considered separately agenda items scheduled for introduction and first public hearing will be heard what will not be voted upon at this meeting agenda items scheduled for second public hearing and final adoption will be voted upon tonight I did something in my computer here there we go council members who may have a conflict of interest May abstain from voting on matter and the city clerk will provide the council members with the disclosure form at this time first up we have miscellaneous items bids contracts and resolutions first item under the section is 7a1 which is to adopt a notice of intention to increase water Wastewater and solid waste rates and set the time and date for the public hearing on proposed increases to 6 pm on November 30th 2023.

any comments or discussion Council it's been moved by Council but regardless you have a second seconded by vice mayor Adams thank you so much please vote aye uh councilmer Keating councilmember all right and that item passes four to zero with councilmember Hodge councilmember Keating and Council work of our absent the next item under the section is 882 which is to adopt a resolution authorizing a maximum dollar amount for an individual job order of up to one million six hundred and ten thousand dollars for the purpose of procuring construction services for the U.S Route 60 and Rural Road valve vault yeah now vault any any comments or conversation on this item it's been moved by councilmember Garland do I have a second uh seconded by council member chin please vote aye and that item also passes four to zero with councilmember Hodge councilmember Keating and council member Navarro absent the next section item under the section is 8a3 which is to award job order number 22 to FPS civil LLC for the water transmission inventory and assessment U.S Route 60 valve Vault project located at 4400 South Rural Road any comments of discussion it's been it's been moved by councilmember Garland do I have a second second seconded by council member chin please vote bye that item also passes four to zero with councilmember Hodge councilman council member Navarro absent the next item under the section is 8a4 which is to approve amendment number one to the pre-construction contract with M.A Mortensen company for the Diablo Stadium improvements project located at 2200 West Alameda Drive for additional pre-construction services and the procurement of long lead construction items Council lady comments discussion it's been moved by councilmember chin seconded by councilmember Garland please vote aye and that item also passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent the next item under the section is 885 which is to award job order Construction contract addendum number six to FPS civil LLC to perform on-call underground utility Construction Services Council lady comments discussion been moved by councilmember Garland do I have a second seconded by council member chin please vote aye that item also passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent the last item under the section is 886 which is to award a Construction contract to Nesbit Contracting Company Incorporated for the pavement preservation the Lakes neighborhood neighbor the Lakes neighborhood project located at Baseline Road and Lake Shore Drive any comments or discussion so moved it's been moved by councilmember Garland and seconded by council member chin please vote yes that item also passes four to zero with Council versus Hodge Keating and Navarro absent that moves us back to item 8c5 which is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance amending chapter 33 article 6 Tempe city code relating to water wasting by amending sections 33-121 33-122 33-124 33-132 and 33-133 this is a public hearing item is anyone in the audience wishing to realize just the Council on this item hearing that I'll close the public hearing Council lady comments discussion it's been moved by councilmember Garland have a second seconded by councilmember chin please vote hi that item passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent the next item under the section is 8c6 which is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance amending chapter 33 article 7 Tempe city code relating to water conservation by amending sections 33-14033-141 and 33-142 this is also a public hearing item so we're doing the audience wishing to address the council if so please get my attention seeing that'll close the public hearing Council lady comments discussion the move by councilmember Garland and seconded by council member chin please vote and vice mayor Adams vice mayor there yes oh thank you so much and that item passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent the next item under the section is 8c7 which is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance authorizing the granting of a power distribution easement to Salt River Project agricultural Improvement and Power District over certain city-owned land located in the intersection of Fairmont Drive and Diablo way and authorizing the mayor or his designee to execute an easement agreement and related documents this is also a public hearing item is there anyone who wishes to speak on the side of if so please get my attention now seeing that I'll close the public hearing council with a comments discussion all right seeing none uh I look for a motion on item 8c7 in a second so moved moved by councilmember seconded by vice mayor Adams please vote yes this item pass also passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent the next item under the section is 8c8 which is to hold the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance authorizing the Second Amendment to an easement agreement between the City of Tempe and vestar CPT Tempe Marketplace LLC said easement agreement grants an exclusive Well site utilities but between the City of Tempe and best Star CPT Tempe Marketplace LLC this is also a public hearing item is it when the audience wishing to address the Council on this item seeing none I will close the public hearing Council when he comments or discussion or do I have a motion been moved by councilmember Garland do I have a second second by vice mayor Adams please vote and vice mayor yeah yes thank you so much that item also passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent the last item under the section is 8c9 which is the whole the second and final public hearing to adopt an ordinance authorizing the granting of a power distribution easement to Salt River Project agricultural Improvement and Power District over certain city-owned land located at 2200 West Alameda Drive which is Tempe Diablo stadium and authorizing the mayor or his designee to execute an easement agreement and related documents this is also a public hearing item anyone in the audience wishing to address the council please get my attention seeing then I'll close the public hearing Council any comments or discussion or do I have a motion so moved been moved by council member Garland and seconded by council member chin please vote yes and that item also passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent which brings me back to item seven on our agenda this is the most juggling I've probably ever had to do but it was necessary this evening item seven is the consent agenda all items listed on the consent agenda will be considered as a group and will be enacted with one motion by the city council unless an item is removed for separate consideration members of the public May remove public hearing items for separate consideration public hearing items are designated as public hearing item at the beginning of the item title council members May remove any item for separate consideration or to declare a conflict of interest if a council member would like to declare a conflict at this time the city clerk will provide the council member with a disclosure form if you wish to speak on a public hearing item please fill out a speaker card and submit your completed card to the city clerk prior to the agenda item coming forward for Council discussion I will call your name when it is your turn for public comment the consent agenda is also listed this evening as miscellaneous item 7a1 through 7a7 Awards of bits and contracts item 7b1 through 7 B12 and resolutions item 7c1 through 7c4 with the exception of item 785 785 since it was rescheduled to the October 12 2023 regular council meeting once again any agenda item designated as public hearing item can be removed by a member of the public for separate consideration if anyone would like to have a public hearing item removed please get my attention now seeing none I will close that portion of the agenda I'll look to the clerk now to see if there are any comments received from the public wishing to address the Council on a consent agenda public hearing item nothing additional thank you okay sounds good thank you so much Madam clerk uh I will also now look to my Council colleagues to see if there are any other items that you'd like to have removed from the consent agenda for a separate consideration with of course the exception of 785 which will not be voted upon until the October 12th regular council meeting and item 7v1 which is also being pulled so I can read the correct title text into the record and anything else councilmember Garland 7c1 uh any other counselors councilmer chin or vice mayor Adams anything else you'd like remove for separate consideration no thank you okay none none for me thank you so much okay so once again I'm just going to note that I'm going to look for a motion to approve the consent agenda item with the exception of item 785 which will be voted on on October 12th item 7b1 which has also been pulled for separate consideration and item 7c1 look for a motion promotion to approve been moved by vice mayor Adams and seconded by council member Garland please vote aye and that item passes 7-0 with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent that takes me to the first item that was pulled here which is item 7b1 which is to authorize the city manager or designee to proceed to a formal negotiation phase with Community Development Partners in juntos community developers to formulate an agreement for lease and development of city-owned land consisting of approximately 7.55 Acres located at the northeast corner of Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard and the southwest corner of Lemon Street and Dorsey Lane which agreement will require approval from City Council on a future agenda just wanted to make a quick note that this is the old Food City property that the city actually acquired back in December of 2021 which we spent quite a bit of money on to try to find a way to bring affordable housing to this area and a grocery option so I'm very excited about the fact that this is moving forward I know we got a number of great proposals and these developers have been selected by staff to move forward with the process but just wanted to note for the folks on Apache Boulevard and for people in our community at large who have routinely asked me uh where what's the status of this project so I wanted to let them know this is that affirmation project at Apache and Dorsey which we've called Apache Central for quite some time with that said counsel any other further comments or discussion okay it's been moved by councilmember Garland do I have a second second second seconded by council member chin please vote aye and that item passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent that takes me to item 7c1 which is to adopt a resolution approving a joint city council policy statement on the issue of unlawful Sober Living homes councilmember Garland thank you mayor I wanted to pull this because I think this is a really important stand that the City of Tempe is making to make this resolution you know there we have issues with Sober Living homes in every place all over the state we've been finding um we were able to listen to a presentation at uh Arizona legal cities meetings from the city of surprise and some of the things that they've been going through you know Tempe is not exempt from illegal Sober Living homes that are taking in some of the most vulnerable people in the community Native American people in the community and others and taking advantage of them and putting them into these sober homes Sober Living homes and I wanted to pull this because I think it's really important for us to be able to pay attention to what is going on in your community in the City of Tempe and across the state there's a number that you can call if you see somebody that you that if you are a victim in a sober living home or if you see somebody that you think might be a victim you can call 2-1-1 and press seven and you can get some help through that number the City of Tempe also has a website you can go on the City of Tempe tempe.gov and you can type in Sober Living homes and you there's a we have a web page it tells you a little bit more about what Sober Living homes are and the effect of that I think the most important thing that I I want to say is you know the City of Tempe when we found out about a sober living homes and it was brought to our attention I think I mentioned this at our last council meeting by one of our security guards um Joseph littleble um when you've we found out about this it was really important for us to to get all of our departments together and we have a multi-department task force that meets regularly that goes over information regarding these sober level living homes that again are affecting the most vulnerable people in our community so what I can say is the most important thing for you is if you see something please say something we can't find out about these Sober Living homes if we unless we have the help of the people in our community that can notify us if they think they see one here and that we can try to do our best to take care of um the people in our community and make sure that we stop the future victimization of those vulnerable residents so um mayor that's all I wanted to say I think it's really important that we're doing this and I I hope that as this if this does pass tonight um I thank our council members and our staff Tim Birch who's been pulling this together for the city to Hope they've been working really hard on this so I just want to say thank you so much thank you appreciate it do I have a motion too councilman Garland I make a motion to prove okay it's been moved by Council for Garland and seconded by vice mayor Adams please vote hi that item also passes four to zero with council members Hodge Keating and Navarro absent which brings us to the end of our agenda item number nine current events Council announcements and future agenda items I will call upon the council members for their comments once again just want to note that in accordance with the open meeting law there should be no discussion on any of these items other than to clarify the request if there's anything that needs to be added for a future agenda um I'm going to I know councilmer chin told me she did not have any comments this evening uh so I'm going to go here to vice mayor Adams first no announcements this evening Mr Mayor thank you so much vice mayor uh council member Garland so the first one is the City of Tempe has a one Tempe one book um event that's going on and what this is is that you can get this book and I have it right here disability visibility and it's like a a city-wide book club we're going to be doing this through from October 1st through um October 31st and the print hopefully by uniting readers around one book the program helps to build a sense of community promote reading and develop a shared understanding the books participants will be reading disability visibility um and um it's a really if you see it it's a very colorful book but I think it'd be really great if everybody wanted to participate in this you can reach out to anybody at the library if you have any other questions there's also a website here that you can click on to learn a little bit more about the book club that we're going to be doing I hope everybody takes part in this and the next style announcement that I have is we're doing our bat next backstage pass and we're going to be doing it at um the fire training center so we have spaces available if you are interested in coming on down and learning a little bit about the Tempe fire medical rescue and Care seven it will be a lot of fun it's on Saturday October 14th from 9 30 to 11 A.M and I the word has gotten around about this is really popular and it's a lot of fun so if you can join us make sure you get your RSVP into Madeline mcconville the information is on um on the page right here and you can also click on my website and you can reach her that way also but sign up as soon as possible thank you and I I have one um announcement that I don't have a slide for but I just wanted to say um Bob and Jenny um Bob Ramsey and Jenny Norton are incredible and valuable community members that we have that do so much for so many people in our community and this week Bob Ramsey was recognized by the president of Israel Isaac Herzog for his work in bringing EMS Rescue Services to the nation of Israel and they have done so many things here in the city and around the country and Bob has as far as EMS services and caring for other people in the community and now he's taking he's taking it International and I just wanted to mention that because they are pretty incredible so I just want to tell them thank you excellent thank you so much councilman Garland uh I only have one quick remark just I had the opportunity early today to dedicate a building to uh Mr Herzel nehem uh who's in a long time property owner and was a merchant in downtown for quite some time he was myself and a number of members our city manager Rosa and chowsti our community development manager uh Jeff Tammy levitch and a number of us attended Chief of Staff Tanya Chavez uh and really wanted to thank him he is 90 years old but he really was a Pioneer in the downtown area not just simply as a property owner but also as a merchant so he had the opportunity with his children there to unveil a beautiful plaque that now sits right at on the building which currently houses uh Casa the bar and restaurant that's right there but just wanted to thank the nahome family as well just for uh just for everything they've done for the City of Tempe and for believing and investing in our downtown uh we obviously continue to see rapid growth in the downtown when it comes to new hotels and Class A office and multi-family residential and new people moving here and visiting through tourism but you always want to make sure to thank the pioneers and people who've been long time inhabitants in downtown Tempe who've believed us since the beginning so I just wanted to make sure to thank Mr nahom for all of his work and for all of his service and for continuing to Believe In the City of Tempe and what the future continues to hold for all of us so thank you to the Nate to uh herzo and the whole day home family with that I don't have any additional announcements which means I will move to item number 10 public appearances is there anyone in the audience who would like to address the city council and if so please come forward and state your name and city of residence for the record yes please Mr Darcy thank you mayor Woods thank you mayor Woods city council uh I'm here uh to address the uh the debacle of the special events task force just uh just a couple of I think it was a year ago is that they seem to be out of touch with what's going on with Tempe they can't handle the big city like this is that the last one they had the zero waste day and then in the same time special events passed uh they said well we're going to approve a uh uh a Rock and Roll Marathon where it was a some kind of run where they closed all the streets they closed all the streets and even the employees trying to get to zero waste couldn't even get there so in other words that was a problem and that was Saturday the last one was special events closed with boosted in the park they closed all the roads they closed Rio they closed Rio Salado they closed Hardy and then on top of that they had a football game on top of that and so the football traffic was backed all the way on 5th street because now they couldn't go on Rio Salado because of boots in the park who approved that I'm going to speak to the special events task force this third Thursday hopefully the city manager will be there and I'd like her to look at what's going on in this but anyway they seem to not have any coordination between the events and what the other events are other than their own agenda on the task force the other problem I have is their agenda is posted four hours to eight hours before the task force in other words how can I have even an agenda I have to look it up almost on mornings of the agenda of Thursday and because it's posted either on Wednesday night or Thursday morning before I can even do it but anyway I want to address the the task force on that and in this is this is just a matter of public safety when they close roads so in other words if there's any more events if council member Garland is going to have an event they might have an event on Tempe Beach Park they'll close all the roads she won't have anyone getting there so there's no coordination that's what I'm going to bring up and the city council needs to be aware of this and the staff needs to be aware of this that there is no coordination between the events task force and whether you have calendar of events and other events that are going on because they all seem to interfere anyway thank you thank you so much is there anyone else in the audience wishing to address the council under public appearances if so please get my attention seeing none I will close that portion of the meeting which brings us to item number 11 adjournment the next regular scheduled council meeting is scheduled for October 12 2023 we are adjourned at 7 57 p.m thank you everyone [Music] thank you