The Phoenix City Council convened on May 21, 2025, starting with two Community Facilities District (CFD) board meetings followed by the formal council meeting. The formal meeting included an invocation, pledge of allegiance, roll call, and consideration of numerous agenda items, most notably the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 city budget after extensive public comment and debate. Other significant actions included approval of a ground lease extension for Yucca Library, a contract for bicycle parts and maintenance, Gila River Indian Community gaming grants, speed limit amendments, and three citizen petitions concerning high-visibility crosswalks, reverse lanes on 7th Street and 7th Avenue, and municipal golf course land use.
Obviously, right there at 24th Street in Camelback, you're gonna make a lot more money off of an office building than you will from a standalone theater. So there was about a year-long battle. There was a bunch of citizens saved the Sine Capri. There were some like 250,000 people that signed a petition. But unfortunately, property rights and everything else, and the investment company won out. And in 1998, uh the Senate Capri went down. The legacy of the Seneca Capri for those of us that were around to attend it. It's it's always coupled with fond memory. It was a destination. It was what I call a part of civic pride. Yes, it was a building. Yes, there was a lot of money in it. Yes, it was ornate. But what was coupled with it for Phoenicians at the time was the civic memory of going there as a celebration, going there with a special person or some special event. That's the legacy of the Senate Capri. Popago Park has three stanks that occupy six acres of park, connected as Papago Ponds, ideals for pesca. In other one of those cinco went with quarters especially, and gracias a su architecture tan unicorn, they permits a spectacle incredible. Welcome to Phoenix in a battery minute. Today we're here in the beautiful Papago Park, visiting these amazing beauty. This amazing library is not just a normal library. It has multiple special rooms on each of its five floors. But not only that, its unique architecture allows it to have a special spectacle for the summer solstice. The event happens every year at Burton Bar, and with it, thousands of persons visit the library, not just to see the event, but to listen to beautiful music and to be part of the beginning of summer. The solstice celebration takes place on the fifth floor where you can see the light moving from east to west and a special hue of light on top of the pillars. This year, the library also pressed printed art with the Washington Press in honor of Milton's annotations in the Alfred Knight collection. So be sure to stop by, grab a book, and enjoy the solstice. Most pedestrian and bike crashes happen when drivers are turning. Scan the street for Wilson feet when turning or entering intersections. Thank you for joining us on May 21st. For today's meeting, we will have two community facility district board meetings before the main formal council meeting. The budget vote will be nearer to the end of the meeting. Board Member Conlin. Thank you. Board Member Gervais. Board Member Guardado. Board Member Hernandez. Board Member Hodge Washington. Here. Board Member Pastor. Here. Board Member Robinson? Here. Board Member Stark. Here. Board Member Waring. Vice Chair O'Brien. Here. Chairman Gaigo. Here. Items three and four are meeting minutes.