I got nervous.

I don't know what happened there.

Watch that count.

Like to call the regular meeting of Monday, July 10th, 2023 to order.

Would you all please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of reflection?

Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic, which stands one nation under all.

Thank you, everyone.

Marcella, do you mind doing roll call, please?

Councilmember Conde.

Councilmember Nielsen.

Councilmember White.

Here.

Vice Mayor Panaba.

Mayor Weiss.

And Councilmember Solario and Malone have an excused absence tonight.

They are representing the city at the Nalio Conference in New York, so we wish them well.

We've already done the statement of participation.

Unscheduled public appearances.

Marcel, I have one card.

Jeff, do you want to come up?

Good seeing you, sir.

Good.

My name is Jeffrey Huber.

I'm an Avenar resident for about a decade now, and I just come by to show my appreciation for all the Avonel First responders, but especially the Avondale Police Department and the police chief for doing such a terrific job with all the town of Avondale with what's been going on with all the craziness down there.

And um just appreciate it.

And this still being America, I think I'm gonna put my hat run for the city council sitting here in another year.

So I just want to come by and sounds good, Jeff.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

You look good up here.

Guys, you know, I believe you can make a change.

Truck 2024, baby.

Thanks.

Tell them.

Rod item 3A, please.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh up next is a proclamation, Parks and Recreation Month.

And Brian Hughes, our director of parks and recreation, is here to lead us off and then turn it back over to you, I believe.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council members.

Tonight we're here to celebrate Parks and Recreation Month.

The National Parks Recreation Association's theme for this year is where communities grow.

Since 1985, people in the United States have celebrated Park and Recreation Month in July to promote building strong, vibrant, and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation, and to recognize the more than 160,000 full-time park and recreation professionals, along with the hundreds of thousands of part-time and seasonal workers and volunteers that maintain our country's local, state, and community parks.

Some statistics on parks and recreation from the National Recreation and Park Association's 2022 engagement with parks report.

People place a high value on the programs and services that park and recreation recreation agencies deliver to their communities every day and strongly support their mission.

275 million people in the United States visited a local park or recreation facility at least once during the past year.

Nearly three in four U.S.

residents have at least one local park, playground, open space, or rec center within walking distance of their homes.

Nine in ten people agree parks and recreation is an important service to provide by their local government.

And nearly three in four people agree equity should be extremely or very important for their park and local recreation agency.

Locally, the mission of Avondale Parks and Recreation Department is making lives better with dynamic services and spaces to learn, play, and connect.

We do that through our award-winning parks and events such as Festival Fields and Avondale Fiesta, our diverse recreation programming, including youth and adult sports, special interest programs, and in the near future programming at our new aquatic center and renovated community center.

On Friday, July 21st, it is recognized nationally as Parks and Recreation Professionals Day.

But we are celebrating our amazing staff all month long.

I would like to take a moment to recognize the Parks and Recreation staff that were here to join us this evening.

Lastly, I'd take a moment like to take a moment to recognize our Parks and Recreation Advisory Board as well.

They give us a lot of feedback on all our parks programs and events, and we couldn't do it without them.

With that, Mayor, we'd be honored if you'd read the proclamation.

We would have been honored.

Designation of July is Park and Recreation Month.

Whereas parks and recreation is an integral part of communities throughout this country, including Avondale, Arizona.

And whereas parks and recreation promote health and wellness, improving the physical and mental health of people who live near park near parks.

And whereas parks and recreation promotes time spent in nature, which positively impacts mental health by increasing cognitive performance and well-being, and alleviating illnesses such as depression, attention, deficit disorders, and Alzheimer's.

And whereas parks and recreation encourages physical activities by providing space for popular sports, hiking, trails, swimming pools, and many other activities designed to promote active lifestyles, and whereas parks and recreation is a leading provider of healthy meals, nutrition services, and education.

And whereas park and recreation programming and education activities, such as out-of-school time programming, youth sports, and environmental education are critical to childhood development.

And whereas parks and recreation increases a community's economic prosperity through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction.

And whereas parks and recreation is fundamental to the environmental well-being of our community.

And whereas our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our community and provide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and recreate outdoors.

And whereas the US House of Representative has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month, and whereas Avondale recognizes the benefits derived from parks and recreation at resources.

Now therefore, I, Kenneth Weiss, by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of the City of Avondale, Arizona, do hereby recognize July as Parks and Recreation Month in the City of Avondale.

Hey Brian, while we're here, do me a favor before we come down, go ahead and reintroduce your team.

There's some people who we may not know.

Okay.

Why don't we have them introduce themselves?

Does that help you?

Uh sure.

All right, we'll start with uh actually Tom and back.

Be loud.

Parks uh supervisor.

Stacey Swainson, recreation manager.

Our birthday.

First day.

Kelsey, uh English Pairy, recreation creator.

We're talking yet, and we'll know recreation.

Mark Foot, Aquatics Manager.

Corey, we have guys, we are I I I tell you, we are um incredibly proud of the work that you do.

And I think it becomes evident.

You know, we had we had Fourth of July, first of July, and the thousands of people who came out, and they loved it.

There was traffic backed up, there was tons of smiling faces.

You guys worked your tails off all day long.

But it's not only those big events, it's the small things that we don't see uh behind the scenes, and I think that um I'm excited that where we're going with parks and rec, Brian.

I think your leadership, Corey, I think your leadership has really been done a lot to bring this much past where I thought we could go as a small city, and I'm just proud to have you guys and be able to work with you guys.

And I'd be honored to come down with council and take a picture with you.

After the next presentation, we'll do that.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Councilmembers.

We appreciate your support.

Ron, didn't you tell me we were going to do both pictures together, and I forgot.

Okay.

I did, Mr.

Mayor, and and um you might have had a council member too that might want to have might want to say something about parks and rec because I know that you have some council members who have made parks and rec a priority.

And so I didn't know if they wanted to say anything to the crew while they're here.

Tina?

Well, thanks, Ron.

And Tina's like, okay.

Tina, do you love our parks and rec team or no?

I absolutely no pressure.

No, I I'm very thankful for Parks and Rec.

Um, I always get a lot of pe positive feedback when we're out in the community, and people just absolutely adore each and every one of you staff members, and you guys make everybody feel like family and make everybody feel welcome.

And that's a very unique gift to have.

I don't think I've ever experienced that in any other cities.

I've heard people say that about any other cities.

So thank you for all that you do.

Um, I look forward to the aquatic center opening and um what that's gonna look like and who gets to go down the slide first.

City manager, Max.

Thank you so much, Mayor.

Thank you so much, Brian Corey, your entire team.

I'm I'm a person who got attracted to Avondale because of the parks.

So I love outdoor spaces.

I love that we're Arbor City, and a lot of what we see in our parks is something that attracts people there.

My whole family has come together so frequently in the parks, but parks and rec, they add such uh an added benefit to our city with the event and the serious programming that you do for all ages and all stages of life.

So I think about my mom before she passed, used to get up very early in the morning and walk Friendship Park every day.

And it's a lot for me to do it.

And I just don't.

But I think there are so many things we have that we offer, and I'm really excited and thankful for you guys being able to bring as the newest member on the day, it is two of the visions that I had in the back of my mind to life recently by celebrating Juneteenth and International Yoga Day.

So I want to personally thank you all and professionally thank you all for the support that you give me to dream and have visions, and we can do it at our parks.

Thank you.

And I will probably be the first one down on the slide.

I think we should sell tickets for that.

I I we got you know uh rock papers scissors.

I'm going down.

I'm nominating Max, Veronica, and Ron.

Curtis.

I just would like to add to what my uh uh colleagues have said here.

We just appreciate you so very much.

The time and effort that we don't see you out there.

I don't know what time you went home at uh on July the first.

But I'm sure it was uh later than uh all the rest of us, even after many of us left and got uh stuck in the in the uh in the traffic going home.

So we appreciate you, we really do.

We appreciate all you do.

And uh I've had a number of people say, you know, I've heard about splash pads.

How many do we have by the time I'm done with them?

I think there's at least four or five, and some of the say, well, where are they?

So I've got an odd raw map to some of them, and they can go out and take their grandkids there.

So it's it's wonderful.

We appreciate you and all that you do, not just seeing you here, but like I say, behind the scenes and everything else you do.

Thank you so very much.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh, you know, just the one word that I think sums up uh the department is professional, um, and that stems from not only events, but just interactions with uh the members of the team that I personally have had and my wife and my family have had.

And it's a good feeling to hear from the community members that not only do they like the events, but they know that they can go to those individuals in the bright green shirts if they have any questions.

And I think that that just sums it all up again in just one word being that this is a very professional department, and um we really appreciate it for what you bring to the community.

So thank you so much.

Some of you have heard me talk about this, and it was funny at uh 4th of July.

Brian and I were talking about Brian had actually worked in a community that I grew up in.

Growing up as a as a kid in Oaklawn, Illinois, and the time Oklahoma was 65,000 people, and we could walk to the parks, and there were probably four or five parks in the city.

But one of the parks that I talk about is Rocket Slide Park, and I still remember it today.

And I see Brian laughing.

But Rocket Slide Park was the place we would go two or three times a day.

It had a huge lake, and we'd go fishing and we drag the picnic tables into the water so we could fish off those off those docks, right?

Man-made docks.

And then we'd go play on the rocket slide, and then we'd go to the pool at lunchtime, and then in winter time, they'd have tobogganing down the hill, and we would do all that.

And I remember those days with my friends.

I'm 58, so 50 years later, and and remembering those and having those bring joy to my heart and a smile to my face.

And when we look at Parks and Wreck in Avondale, we look at it, and our goal is everything that you stated, Brian, but it's also to build memories for the community.

And I think the Aquatic Center is gonna be a huge one for that as we teach people how to swim and children how to swim and get involved and bring those sports opportunities to schools that they don't have right now.

As we build those sand volleyball parts and parks and we program that I'm excited about what the future holds, and I'm excited to share it with you guys and be a part of it.

So next one, I think, is to celebrate one of our own, also.

Yes, it is, Mayor.

Next up, we're gonna hear from Ken Choppa, director of economic development and tourism.

He has a presentation uh for one of his employees.

Come on up, Ken.

That again.

Choppa.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Um it is really um I'm excited about this next item here.

Um so it it it I'm here to present assistant economic development to work director.

Cheryl covers recent achievement.

Uh she recently earned her certified economic development practitioner certification.

Um we call it the CFD in the profession, it's kind of our short term for it.

It is a it is an accreditation given by the International Economic Development Council and requires passing a very rigorous two-part exam and a peer interview process.

To give you a little idea about how stressful and how how how unique this this test is.

To give you a little idea about how stressful and how how how unique this this test is, it has a for first-time test takers, it has about a 30% pass rate.

Okay, so it's it's it's uh it's it's a very complicated test.

Um it requires candidates to prove their comprehensive knowledge within the field and readiness to tackle economic development challenges.

Uh CFDs are celebrated and recognized for representing the standard of excellence in the field of economic development.

Now, in the in the state of Arizona, there's only 37 of these of these certified uh economic developers right now.

There's only four in the West Valley until about a couple weeks ago, there was only three.

So it's Cheryl's our number four right now.

Um I'm extremely proud of Cheryl and her accomplishment here, and I just want to give an opportunity to celebrate her tonight.

Tell us about the process.

Uh so over uh probably about six or seven years is what it really takes to go through the basic course, get all it's kind of like another degree.

So you go through all the courses, you know, you you study the materials.

There's about eight books with a lot of studying.

So it's about six month prep prior to the test, but um, I just have to hand it over to my fearless leader and partner in crime, um, Ken Chapa, because uh he did put it in my work plan.

And I gotta tell you, I probably wouldn't have done it and got because it's so rigorous and the pass rate is so low, and I'm not a good test taker, like C's got degrees in my world.

And so, but Ken believed in me, even when I didn't in that moment, and so you know, give it up for our leaders in this in this uh organization as well.

And Cheryl, you've known me long enough to know that when I talk about the city of Avondale and the employees that that are part of the team, when I tell people that we have the best organization in in the state, I know people think that I'm blowing smoke, but I'm not.

You've been with us now for how long?

Uh over ten years.

Uh you are you are the go-to person that people look at in the West Valley for economic development and leadership along with Mr.

Choppa, but you've got a reputation that really is outstanding.

And I look at what I've watched you grow over the 10 years that you've been with us, and you came from the great municipality of Buckeye.

Um, but we've watched you grow, we've watched you blossom.

You're an incredible mother, uh, incredible uh wife.

You balance that with your workload here, and you always have a smile on your face.

So we're incredibly proud of you.

Anyone, Tina?

Anyone?

Tina, do you love Cheryl or no?

No pressure, no pressure.

I just have one word is rock star.

Absolutely 100%.

You know, she's um when I got on council, any time I had a question, um, she was always there to answer, never made me feel like I can't believe she doesn't know that she's always been very patient with me.

Um, but I'm very proud of you, and I'm very thankful for Ken for being there supporting you and cheering you on.

Um and I love that we're always complimenting one another, right?

You're like, you're amazing.

No, you're amazing, but you really are a rock star, Cheryl, and thank you for all that you do.

Said one of my favorite things, C's get degrees, but studying really is the outcome.

This is what you earn, this is what you deserve.

Um it's very hard to become certified in this space.

I'm very proud of you.

Ken, thank you for giving her the support and mapping it out as a leader.

I think a lot of times what we don't do is we don't challenge our our people to step up a little bit higher to push a little harder.

So it's really that type of leadership we need, and the results that you have produced for Avondale are what attracted me to even look a little deeper into leadership here in the city.

So I love what you all do.

I wanted to discover more about Avondale, and I do every day.

So thank you so much for the work you do for the city.

Congratulations.

I'm super proud of you, and you know I love you.

Thank you.

Thanks, Councilmember.

Curtis, Cheryl, what I want to say is it's not the certificate other than you've received it.

It's a piece of paper that goes on the wall that people see.

It's who you are and who you've become for Avondale that makes it, and there's not a piece of paper, and there's not a certificate or anything else that can do that other than you and us seeing that and others looking at you and knowing that you're Avondale, and we just appreciate you because of who you are without all the accolades.

So thank you so much for all that you do.

That's Marie Nelson, thank you.

None of us were gonna get emotional here, but no, I get it.

I get it.

It's it's hard way, it's hard when it's one of your family, right?

Who is who's a rock star.

Mike?

That's it.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, I mean, you know, it's it's what's interesting and incredible is being in a room and having others talk about you, literally talking about Cheryl Colvert from Avondale and the things that she's done and what she's done, what she's accomplished.

And it's funny because uh you mentioned uh in in uh what you your words there, you said standard of excellence, and I I've heard something very similar uh to that statement in regards to Cheryl from other people, and I know that whenever you go to a meeting at Westmark, and Cynthia's in the room, she's gonna make sure that everybody knows how much of a rock star that Cheryl is.

And so we're very fortunate to have you, have the the team, and as you mentioned earlier in regards to uh Ken uh being someone who is looking for uh all of you to grow and providing those opportunities and maybe um pulling a little bit more from you than you think you can give uh and then you get the accomplishment and um you know it's just something that you can look back and just say, wow, it's the impact is great, and what I'm doing is great, and the fact that others see that greatness is awesome.

So congratulations.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Mike, you touched on something and I and I and Curtis did too.

When we interviewed Ron for City Manager, one of the things that differentiated Ron from the other candidates was that Ron was us and we in team building and making your team better and everything else.

And I think that's something that you and your team share with council.

We look at saying, how do we make the team better?

And not from the outside, but from the inside.

And and your proof that that could be done.

Um I'm I think it's great that you challenged Cheryl and put it on her goals.

Ron's taking notes there, like, okay, what else can we do here for department heads?

But I honestly, would you have taken that class if you hadn't been challenged to do it?

I had put off the exam for eight years.

And um primarily because you know, there's always something in the way, right?

Like there's and Ken, I mean, I really have to hand it to him.

He's I mean, he's one of my favorite people anyways, but he really put it on my review, and I'm like, man, really?

Let's talk about that a little bit more.

And he's and then it was a very challenging time in my life when I had to study for that, but you know, when you prioritize something and when you have that kind of support, you know, he was constantly like, take the time you need to study, you know, focus on it.

Do you need a tutor?

He got me a tutor, um, which was his previous boss who's like high up in it.

So that support is invaluable.

And um being able to work for the city of Avondale and be able to promote us even more through that certification is all it's what it's about.

We would love to come down and take a picture with you.

Is that okay?

Thank you so much.

At Parkson Rack, we're gonna take a picture with you too, okay.

Okay, so we're gonna do a couple of reactions and we'll accessible.

Yeah.

May I'll have to right over her shoulders here.

Actually, no, you're right.

Solid.

Okay, everybody stay there.

Don't move three, two, one.

Um can I take your batches in your patch?

All right.

Three, two, one, ready, McCamera.

Say the move.

Everyone say Cheryl.

Cheryl.

Perfect.

This is gonna be one of our.

Yeah, we're not gonna do it online.

Okay.

I'm having it on my head.

Mayor saying how you take two steps back.

And then I'll add all straight lines.

We're not gonna say one step that way, half a step that way, there's one step that way, right there, and of course Brian.

I'll have to go.

Yeah.

Of course.

Mark will have you right here.

Oh my god.

Yeah.

Okay.

And then Lane, I'll have you hold it.

Okay, let me see eyes.

Let me see eyes.

Angela Schmidt that way.

Zach solid.

Dom Schmidt that way.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Okay.

Everyone sees me?

I see you.

Okay, stay there.

Stay there.

Three, two, one.

Another.

Stay there.

Another.

And another.

Oh yeah, stay there.

We're gonna keep on going with the meeting.

We want to get you out of here as soon as possible so you can drive home and not sweat.

Item four is the consent agenda.

Are there any counselors who wish to have an item removed for separate consideration?

Seeing none, can I get a motion on the consent agenda, please?

I have a motion from Councilmember White, a second from Councilmember Nielsen.

Any further discussion, seeing and hearing none, please vote.

Thank you, everyone.

It passes five zero.

Ron, item five A, please.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Council, we have a presentation by Michelle, our senior planner with development services on Francis Sons Express Car Wash.

Hi.

Hi.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council members.

Tonight I'm presenting item five A, Francis and Sons Express Car Wash, rezone application PL22-0308.

The purpose of this item is to review the proposed rezone, conduct a public hearing hearing, and take action on the item.

So taking a look at the site, it's outlined in red.

It's located just west of the southwest corner of McDowell Road and 107th Avenue.

It's about 1.29 acres and was annexed in 2003.

So in terms of the surrounding land uses to the east, a quick trip gas station is under construction.

There are plans for an Arby's to the southeast.

We have a Walgreens and some medical office buildings, as well as some single family homes in the Crystal Gardens subdivision.

East of 107th Avenue, this is planned for future commercial uses.

And then to the northeast, there will be a future water burger and coffee bean and tea leaf.

So in terms of the general plan designation, it is freeway commercial.

So that's a category that allows for a broad range of non-rens non-residential uses.

So this is the general plan map.

The red color is the freeway commercial.

And then on the right, this is the zoning vicinity map.

This site was part of a larger rezoning in 2022 when it was rezoned from AG to C3.

So it's surrounded by C3 as well as PAD zoning districts.

This is a photo of the site from McDowell Road.

The request is to rezone the site from freeway commercial to PAD that allows for C2 uses with the addition of permitting a self-service car wash without approval of a conditional use permit.

A car wash is planned for the site that has a conveyor-style washing tunnel where customers will remain in their vehicle through the car wash process, which is about five minutes starting at the automated pay stations and exiting to the north of the building.

It also includes cell vacuuming and cleaning areas with the hours of operation being daily from 7 a.m.

to 9 p.m.

And now I will walk you through the site plan.

So access to the site will primarily be from McDowell Road.

This is a shared driveway with Quick Trip that allows for write-in, write-out only movements.

Customers will drive down this drive aisle, enter through the pay station, and go through the wash tunnel and exit at the north end of the building.

Vacuum excuse me, vacuums and canopies are provided to the east of the building.

Vacuums will also be provided along McDowell Road with no canopies and no equipment visible above the parking screen wall that will be along McDowell.

Employee parking will be at the north end of the site.

This site will have access to the pad to the south.

And as you can see, this site is fully landscaped.

It does include a 30-foot plus landscape setback along McDowell, which will aid in buffering the site.

These are the conceptual building elevations, which do meet the city's commercial and industrial design guidelines.

This is the east elevation.

This is the north elevation facing McDowell, the west and the south.

So in terms of the analysis, the proposed zoning of PAD as well as the requested uses do align with the freeway commercial general plan designation.

The project does further several goals in the general plan and the freeway corridor specific plan, which includes prioritizing the city's appearance from the I-10 freeway.

The project is compatible with the surrounding land uses that include a gas station, medical, as well as future commercial uses, and it does provide an adequate buffer to the closest residential properties.

The project will generate traffic that's consistent with the uses in the area, and the site does have sufficient access on McDowell Road.

The C2 uses and the proposed self-service car wash use are appropriate for the site, and the project will meet the C2 community commercial development standards.

All required notifications were completed.

The neighborhood meeting was held online on May 18th on Zoom.

We had zero attendees aside from the applicant's team, city staff, and one council member.

We did receive one comment in support of the project on the city's Avondale Connect platform.

And then today, staff has not received any other comments or questions about this project.

And then lastly, planning commission did vote 4 to 0 on June 21st to recommend approval of the rezoning.

And so with that, for item 5A, staff recommends approval of application PL22-0308, Francis and Sons Express Car Wash, a request to rezone the property, subject to the five recommended conditions of approval as listed in the staff report, and that concludes my presentation.

Thank you for that.

Let me go ahead and open up the public hearing on this.

Is um anybody in the audience would like to speak on this issue?

Marcella, anybody online?

Thank you, Mayor.

I have not received any requests to speak.

With that being said, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing.

For me, this is kind of a no-brainer.

It's very similar to what we see across from City Hall.

Um, it is kind of the same setup for that corridor.

It makes sense, especially with QT going there.

It was interesting.

There was a question that came up for the car wash that is going up on Indian School and DiceRt.

I think it was about noise and what happens if someone's playing loud music.

I was at the car wash across City Hall on Thursday or Friday.

Someone pulled in playing loud music.

A manager came out and said to them, can you turn it down, please?

And I thought, okay.

So they enforce the rules that are there for this corridor.

I think it makes sense.

Um anybody else on council who has any comments on this?

Can I get a motion on this item then, please?

I have a motion from Councilmember Condi, a second from Councilmember Nielsen.

Any further discussion?

Hearing and seeing none, please vote.

Passes 5-0.

Is the applicant here by any chance?

Yes.

Appreciate that.

Ron item 5B, please.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Council.

Next up is a presentation by Renee Weatherless, our director of finance and budget on quarterly budget transfers.

Hello.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council members.

I am here tonight to walk through our quarterly budget transfers, which were included in our agenda.

And they are sorted in the same sequence as our council report.

So the first one being our fire and medical department.

So in this particular case, it was discovered during the budget process for fiscal year 24 that the way that the salaries were annualized was incorrect in our fiscal 23 budget.

So we knew that the original adopted budget was going to be too low.

The total amount was 1.6 million.

But at that time, given vacancies and other savings, we knew that we would not need to ask for that full 1.6 million, and that it would need to come back for a budget request.

However, what we failed to do was communicate that earlier to council.

It was taken into account during the process.

It was in our projections, it was in our our fund balance, accounting.

So it won't really have an impact on our FY24 budget.

But we do need to request the budget transfer for fiscal year 23.

So in this case, um it was not included in the budget process that this was going to be transferring responsibility from one department to another.

So since the budget was already adopted, we do need to bring that forth to you to be able to transfer it from the marketing and public relations department to the parks and rack, which it will now reside.

There is no impact on the budget as well for this particular transfer.

The next one is the Mountain View Community Center.

So in this particular project, the parking lot was an issue.

And back when we were talking about capital projects and our financial constraints at the time in the fall, some of the monies were re um allocated basically from the parking lot to the building.

But later through this project, it was determined that we do need to do some additional work on the parking lot.

And so therefore we are requesting the additional 235,000.

So there is some drainage and dry well replacing parking and as well as new curb and gutter.

So this will um increase the total project budget uh up to 4,283,000.

Now in this particular case, it will be a transfer from another project, and and it would become from savings that is anticipated from the recharge park design project.

And lastly, um is the budget transfer for the Dysart Road sewer from Riley to Corral.

So there's two parts to this one.

The first one is a correction that we need to make to the record.

So when we uh adopted the budget, and I'm showing you a snapshot of the document, the CIP plan that was included in the 24 adopted budget.

We include the total project budget, which is over multiple years.

And in this case, there was a budget transfer done in prior year.

It was brought to council, it was approved, except we made the the error in not including that in the project total.

So the fiscal year 24 budget is not impacted, it's just that number on that report included in our CIP plan for the city.

Um so we need to correct that record.

In addition for this project, um there were some unforeseen soil conditions.

So what that means is there's a point at which we couldn't maintain the structural integrity and had to change the methodology to an actual hand digit, which required additional or extended safety requirements, and it was 24 hours a day.

So that hand dig has been completed, um, but the cost are increased, and so therefore we are asking for an additional $500,000 for this project.

Now on this particular project, it would be coming from another project, and that's the DISART um road sewer from Corral to Lower Buckeye.

So at this point, um staff is recommending to approve the budget transfer to detailed in exhibit A of the council packet, and I'll answer any questions you may have.

Renee, can you go back one screen for me, please?

So just refresh my memory.

Is the uh sewer project from Corral to Lower Buckeye Road is that it has uh is it done yet?

It's still in progress, right?

That is correct.

Uh Eric Bay is here if you and my question on this, Eric and Renee is how confident are we that there's gonna be budget savings on that project?

Fairly confident.

Uh we just received a feasibility analysis uh that showed several projections coming in under what we had budgeted for that.

That is phase two, corral to lower buckeye, which has not started yet.

It's still uh under uh scoping.

Okay, when will that project be initiated?

Design next year, construction likely the year after that.

Okay.

All right.

Any other questions for team?

Can I get a motion on this item then, please?

I have a motion from our vice mayor, a second from councilmember white.

Any further discussion?

Hearing and seeing none, please vote.

Renee, thank you.

It is approved 50.

Can I get a motion for adjournment?

I have a motion from the vice mayor, a second from council member white.

I'm sorry, a motion by Councilmember Condi, a second from Councilmember White.

Any further discussion?

Seeing none, please vote.

Passes 50.

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