City Council - Regular Meeting

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meeting to order uh for June I mean, excuse me, January 26, 2026. Uh take roll call. Let the record reflect that all members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance and invocation. 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.

Almighty Father, I ask you provide wisdom to all those on the city council so that we make wise decisions for our community. also that you help heal this nation which suffers from a lack of civility so that we can come together as a nation and work towards a more civil society for the betterment of all. Please protect our men and women in uniform serving here and of overseas from injury and provide those in this meeting safe passage home in your name. Amen. We had uh one communication item tonight to recognize police officer Michael Gilbalt. Um a Gilbo, I'll get it pronounced correctly, for 20 years of service with the Goodyear Police Department. He was unable to attend unexpectedly and staff would like to pull this item and bring it back for a future meeting.

Okay. Okay. So, that one's going to be pulled. Now is the time for members of the public who wish to address the city council on any non-aggenda items within the jurisdiction of the city of Goodyear Council. Any speaker cards? Yes, Mayor. Alan Glazer.

My name is Alan Glazer from Faith Law right over there.

Okay. Um, dear council members and respected staff, our firm represents Bonnie Lewis, successor coast trustee of the Vernon F. Lewis Trust, who is a property owner of 300 East Lacrosa Avenue. Many of you may know Bonnie Lewis as Goodyear's 2024 citizen of the year and owner of Katitude Arts. Mrs. Lewis is asking city council to research and approve a new overlay district called the Harriet Morton Homes Art Overlay District to allow for smallcale large low impact and cultural businesses to operate on the south side of East Santa Cruz Drive. This overlay district would affect 12 properties and be optional for the properties for the property owners to opt in. Harriet M. Holmes had a large impact on Arizona and especially the West Valley. Harriet graduated from Stanford in the late 1800s and became one of, if not the first female artists in the Arizona territory. Her exhibits have been shown in museums and venues all over the state. Bonnie Lewis's family ties with the homes date back as far as 1910. As a fellow resident of this neighborhood, Mrs. Lewis cares deeply about the character and future of this neighborhood. While this neighborhood is currently zoned for residential use, it is important to acknowledge that over the past several years, commercial and industrial uses have encroached into this area. The Harriet Morton Homes Art Olay District could act as a muchneeded buffer between commercial and industrial uses and the residential neighborhood. Although Goodyear currently does not have an overlay district, overlay districts are becoming more and more popular in the Phoenix metropolitan area. A few examples are the Phoenix Arts and Cultural and Business Overlay in downtown Phoenix, the Surprise Heritage District, and the Mesa Historic District. An overlay district does not change the underlying zoning. Rather, it it adds an additional layer of standards

and requirements to protect character and architecture of the neighborhood. An overlay district does not prevent change. Rather, ensures that future changes are compatible with the general plan and done in a way that protects the neighborhood. The Harriet Morton Homes Art Elay District will be consistent with the city's general plan of 2035 and this neighborhood is listed as a village center mobility corridor. This neighborhood is also fortunate to have ample parking available within close walking distance. There is a street parking on Western Avenue and a sizable public parking lot on East Pico Boulevard. Miss Lewis has already hosted a public neighborhood meeting and has sent notifications by certified and regular mail to the 12 property owners that would be included in the Harriet Morton Homes Art Olay District. Uh majority of these responding express their support. Um our hope is that the city council will direct staff to review this proposal.

Thank you. Can uh you provide back to him what needs to be taken. I visited that place. She's done a nice job inside that inside that house. So, uh, can you find out what's needed for that to happen? Yes, we will, Mr. Mayor. Will follow up. Thank you. Thank you. Anything else? No, mayor. Okay. Thank you. With that, uh, will the city clerk please read consent agenda items 2 through 10 by title only?

Item two, approval of minutes. Item three, approval of series 12, restaurant liquor license for cure revolving sushi bar. Item four, approval of series 12 restaurant liquor license for cutting edge at Holiday in. Item five, approval of budget amendments and related expenditure authority. Item six, approval of intergovernmental agreement IGA with Maricopa County for right-of-way assistance for roadway improvements on Saraveville Avenue CIP project number 42048. Item seven, approval of intergovernmental agreement IGA between West Valley agencies for use of fire apparatus. Item eight, adopt resolution number 2026-2500. adopting a 2026 state and federal legislative agenda and providing authorization to the city manager or designate to take action. Item nine, adopt resolution number 2026-2501 authorizing the city manager or their designate to execute a license agreement between the city of Goodyear and Light Source Communications LLC, a Michigan limited liability company and to enter into separate agreements for inind exchanges which may include fiber and or conduit for the city's exclusive use. And item 10, adopt resolution number 2026-2502 designating the chief fiscal officer for officially submitting the fiscal year 2025 expenditure limitation report to the Arizona auditor general.

Thank you. Does anybody wish to remove an item? I see none. Any speaker cards regarding this? No, mayor. Okay. Thank you. Um the city council please enter a motion in a second. Vice Mayor's on there and council member Campbell. Okay, with that, can you go ahead and open it up? Passes 70. Thank you. Uh we have four public hearings tonight. First public hearing is to consider a new class bingo license. Open the public hearing. Please introduce yourself for the public.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Vivanna Mon, deputy city clerk. Before you tonight is a class A bingo license application submitted by Karen Migletto, president of the Pebble Creek Tuesday bingo. Bingo is regulated by the Arizona Department of Revenue and requires a municipal hearing uh for any new application. The city clerk's office received the application on January 5th, 2026, placing it within the required 45day hearing window. The organization previously held a bingo license which has expires and requires a new application. Games are proposed to be held at the Pebble Creek Community Clubhouse, Eagle's Nest, at 3657 Clubhouse Drive on the 3rd and fourth Tuesday of each month and when applicable on the fifth Tuesday. As part of the review process, this application was reviewed by the police department development services, which includes planning and zoning code compliance and building um safety, and there were no concerns. Council's recommendation will be forwarded to the Arizona Department of Revenue and staff recommends council approve the class A bingo license. This concludes my presentation and they um happy to answer any questions. The applicant is also present if you have any questions.

Any speaker cards? No, mayor. Uh for the applicant, let's wait to see if there's any questions for you. Okay. Uh with that, anybody in the audience like to speak?

Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. Will the city council enter a motion in a second to recommend approval of Arizona Department of Revenue for a class A bingo license for the Pebble Creek Tuesday bingo for bingo games held at 3657 Clubhouse Drive, Goodyear, Arizona, 85395. I see a motion and a second up on the board. Open for discussion. Seeing none, open for vote. passes 70. Thank you. Our next public hearing is to consider the R uh Rio 1900 minor general plan amendment. Open the public hearing. Please introduce yourself for the public.

Yes. Good evening, Mayor Pazillo and council members. I'm Ann Dalmidge, principal planner. I have two items for you tonight, a general plan amendment and a reszone. And since they're in support of the same project, which is Rio 1900, I would like to present them together. So the current zoning of the project site is King Ranch Planned Area Development or P A and it was approved in 2005 and then amended in 2006. And we have a land use map here which is from the 2006 amendment. The zoning allowed for a mix of uses including single family residential, multifamily residential, commercial, civic, open space, and a community center. So, the King Ranch Pad permitted about 1,155 acres of residential uses. On an acreage basis, estate and conventional single family were expected to make up the majority of the residential. Densities would range from a little under four units per acre for custom and estate single family homes to up to five units per acre for conventional single family and 7 to 10 units per acre or above for condos, town homes, and multifamily units. And altogether the maximum units would have been 4,250 across all housing types. Per the King Ranch P A about 46 acres of commercial uses would have been provided. Uh these commercial areas were planned to cluster on Cotton Lane and Estraa Parkway at major intersections. The King Ranch Pad also included about 630 acres of open space to include a community park, the El Rio Trail and Trail Head Park, and smaller neighborhood and local parks, trails, a

community center, and a habitat mitigation area. So, under the current reszone proposal, a new planned area development would be established known as Rio 1900. The new PAD would implement a layered land use approach and set up some modified development standards and use permissions. And we'll learn more about these on the following slides. So again, the Rio 1900 PAD will establish seven land use character areas or Lucas. Each LUCA allows for specific zoning districts and uses within its boundaries. The groups are layered over each other and are intended to show where certain uses may be located, not necessarily where they will be located. And we'll start with the open space Luca. This covers the entirety of Rio 1900 and it will be compatible with all zoning districts. Open space can include steep hillsides, natural space, drainage areas, parks, trails, and similar uses. The civic use Luca covers most of Rio 1900 except for the Hila River floodway and m major drainage corridors. It's compatible with a public facilities district or PFD. And it will allow schools, community centers, fire stations, and other public or quasi public uses. The estate residential LUCA is intended for large lot single family homes and it's compatible with the AU and R110 zoning districts. And you can see these areas are oriented toward the hilly part of the project area between Cotton Lane and Estraa Parkway at the far south end of the P A. The village neighborhood Luca is

intended for low to medium density residential including detached and attached single family homes, court homes, and two family homes. And compatible zoning districts are R14 through R17, R1A, R1C, and R2. The urban neighborhood Luca is intended for multifamily residential uses and the compatible zoning districts are MF12 through MMF24 and a maximum of 1,97 multifamily units will be permitted within Rio 1900. The commercial activity center LUCA is intended for commercial office and medical uses and the compatible districts are CO, C1 and C2. Both this commercial and activity center and the urban neighborhood Luca are oriented toward Cotton Lane and Estrella Parkway as well as the collector roads that connect to those arterials. And finally, the resort Luca could accommodate a resort hotel. It's compatible with the C2 district, but it has a customized and limited selection of uses and specific standards for quality and amenities. The applicant has provided a conceptual land use plan showing a likely scenario for the development of Rio 1900. And again, this is conceptual because the Luca approach allows for development flexibility, but I will give you some takeaways. Um, collector roads are likely to be laid out as shown. The conceptual land use plan shows approximately 92 acres of commercial although um the P A will require 25 on an acreage basis. Most residential will likely be medium density which is

R14 through R17. That's approximately 565 acres. Multif family is expected to occupy approximately 110 acres and a resort is not shown because the development its development will be contingent on whether market demand exists for that use. So the reason is proposing several revised development standards and I'll just summarize them here. Uh modified lot sizes, widths, depths and setbacks for some districts and modified lot coverage for all districts. At least 17% of single family residential must be an open space and at least half of that must be usable open space. And at least 100 acres of the estate residential Luca, she'll use either the AU or the R110 zoning. So modifications for the multifamily residential include flexible building heights in the MF12 district when pitched roofs are used, modified rear setbacks for MF12, modified setbacks from single family residential for MF12, and increased lot width for MF24 in the commercial and civic areas. Um, as I said before, a minimum of 25 acres of the commercial activity center Luca will use CO1 and or C2 zoning. A new fire station site will be dedicated and two new elementary school sites will also be provided. And should a resort be built within the resort Luca, it will utilize the C2 zoning and development standards, but there will be a limited list of resort compatible uses that will be allowed. The project site does contain several

hillside areas which are defined as 20% or greater slope. At least 50% of these hillside areas shall be preserved as open space and up to 30% of preserved open space open space may be disturbed and reveated provided the reveation matches the natural state. So, as with the King Ranch P A zoning, Rio 1900 includes extensive open space, and we have a conceptual open space diagram here for you. Um, the El Rio trail and linear park will run along the south side of the Heila River. A neighborhood park with trail head will be constructed next to this trail. Both the trail head and the trail itself will be open to the public. Additionally, a community park approximately 30 acres in size will be constructed within the PD and also open to the public. Oh, I'm sorry. And finally, additional trails, trail heads, local and neighborhood parks, and amenity areas will be provided throughout the PAD area. In total, at least 30% of the PAD will be open space. So, in addition to the reszone request, the applicant is also seeking approval of of a minor general plan amendment for 31 acres within the Rio 1900 project area. This amendment would change the designation of those 31 acres from open space to neighborhoods. And on this slide, you can see the location of the general plan amendment site uh relative to the remainder of Rio 1900. And we have another slide showing the before and after for the minor general plan amendment. You can see that most of the Rio 1900 area is already in the

neighborhoods district. I'm sorry, the neighborhood's land use designation. A neighborhood meeting was held for both the reszone and the general plan amendment on July 8th. And additionally, staff have received several emails and calls about the project. Concerns from the public have include included housing density, types of housing and commercial expected, transportation issues such as the timing of the cotton lane widening, and protections for hillsides and habitats. And some neighbors in Estraa are especially interested in the potential for a resort next to their community. Additionally, Liberty Elementary School District and Buckeye Union High School District have been notified. They did not have any comments. Uh, these districts did sign an agreement of understanding with King Ranch in 2004 for the donation of elementary school sites and payment of fees for residential units. And Rio 1900 intends to follow this agreement or any new agreements that may be uh created between these parties. The project also had a public hearing at the planning and zoning commission on December 3rd. Again, several members of the public spoke on topics including traffic and transportation and circulation, water, storm water and drainage, residential density, and impacts to the Estraa community. The commission voted to recommend approval 6 to zero with one member absent for both the reszone and the general plan. an amendment. And finally, staff recommends approval of the reszone from King Ranch Planned Area Development to the Rio 1900 planned area development subject to the proposed stipulations. And I do want to note that the ordinance

has a scrier's error for stipulation number one. It says that the date of the P A regulator regulatory booklet is November 2025 and that should be January 2026. So, we are asking for council to accept that change as well. And we also recommend approval of the minor general plan amendment of 31 acres from open space to neighborhoods. And this concludes my presentation. I'm available for questions and the applicant is also here with a presentation. So, thank you. Thank you. Uh, are there any speaker cards? Yes, mayor. There are uh lost Walker.

No. Jim King.

Hello. if you just mention your name or you're a resident, you know, of the city and uh you got three minutes. Uh I'll start off. My name is Jim King Jr. and I live at uh Litfield Park. Unfortunately, it has to do with my wife, but uh that saved the marriage, but anyway, uh and what else information did you need? Is that

Yes. Go for it. You got three minutes. I I'm going to kind of briefly uh lead into the fact of how we happen to be here to begin with and it it uh goes back to senior who came here during the war years and and u u worked at the war plant and it's interesting at the war plant they couldn't get the wings to to adapt to the airplanes wherever they sent it. So he without much education figured out how to adapt the wings so it would fit. And then he would have to spend the night at the plant to make sure that his his apparatus didn't get sabotaged by the night crew because they were afraid to uh they were going to lose their jobs. But they didn't realize the plant was going to close. And if the plant closed, they would all probably been shipped to the Pacific and a lot of them probably wouldn't make it back. But anyway, fast forward from that period of time, Latty Cooper, who the uh was the superintendent of of the grade school, uh asked uh Jim King senior to to be the scout leader. And so he was a former Eagle Scout and he volunteered and he would used to take his scouts across the Heila River. And at the time, the Heather River wasn't this ugly scar that it is now. It had water in it and it had and and it had a lot of wildlife and it was but he fell in love with this piece of property that eventually became King Ranch. And so he figured out how to uh it was it was rough ground. It wasn't a farm then. and he figured out how how to go about to the state to lease it and eventually put in wells and leveled the ground. But he didn't realize that there was a group of hunters that didn't really appreciate losing their hunting

ground. So after he got his improvements put in, they came and shot up his wells and and ruined his ditches and uh so he finally had to have somebody living on the ranch and and uh and to protect his interests. But but uh um fast forward um the city of Talison um went before this the county to have the first uh county park. And so my dad got uh aware of that and he thought, you know, Goodyear needs the first county park. And so he went to work and got the 12,000 acres which is now Australia Mountain Ranch or not Australia Mountain Ranch but Australia Mountain Park uh adopted from the Bureau of Land Management. But the problem was you know there was no roads there. It was on the other side of the river and and so he had a hard cell but he was to get but but Caterpillar Proving Grounds was up on the side of the white tanks. So he was able to get them to bring their heavy equipment down and and rough in the roads and rough in the the initial park. So he was able successfully able to to and and the county eventually built a bridge. And so they that's kind of the backstory of Australia Mountain uh park. But he thought, you know, if you got a park, you have to have a golf course, you know, and there wasn't a golf course on every corner back in those days. So he and a bunch of farmers

where we're we're over Excuse me. Over the time. I'm Oh, over the time. Can you close it up real quick? Oh, yes. Okay. So, I I will I need to be your historian. So, anyway, uh I I I speak in favor of the the project. I think it's extremely unique. The King Ranch, I think they need to keep it the King Ranch, but uh I like that name. But the fact is that uh it's a wonderful opportunity because it is it is the the gateway to Australia. It's a gateway to the future complete future of of the city of Goodyear and it's nice to have somebody like Harvard who has an interest in Australia also to be very conscious of their window. So anyway, thank you council people.

Thank you. I did one last thing I brought. You can blame it all on this guy. Oh yeah. Okay. That's his dad. That's your dad? Yep. Okay. Thank you, Jim. Thank you. Um, any other? No, ma'am. Okay. Now, on the applicant, does the applicant uh want to right now do it or you going to wait to you want you want to give a presentation? Yes. Okay, come on up. We'll set the timer. You got 10 minutes.

Okay. I don't think Jim actually had to introduce himself, but for your record, I probably do. Brian Great House. Yes. With the law firm Burks and Craiolo. Uh, our firm represents Harvard Investments. Harvard, as he knows, is a developer of Estustrala Mountain Ranch. Very reputable uh, developer and builder of communities. And I think it's it's great that they've been partnering with the city for so many years. And also on this Rio 1900 case, um, we're okay with stipulations 1 through 20, okay with the modification to step one that was presented earlier with the new date, and we appreciate your planning commissions and staff's recommendations of approval. Um [clears throat] we what we've tried to do here is um I don't think the King Ranch P A was a failure per se, but it it failed the launch, if you will, because it was approved 20 years ago. Um the city's different now today. Housing needs are different now today. Um amenities and uh things have changed a lot since then. We have new transportation corridors. So, um, that's why we brought forward this new development that we called Rio 1900 and we tried to call it Rio rather than King Ranch. No, no offense, Jim. Um, and Jim's been great to work with through this process also, by the way. Um, but we we wanted to call it Rio to kind of relaunch it again. And Rio, as you all know, kind of plays into the Rio reimagined all this great stuff that's uh master planned and and planned and looked at along the Hila River, including trails and habitats and um education and stuff like that. Um so that's why we're here today talking about Rio 1900. We'd ask that we try to focus on what we're proposing today rather than what's outdated and was approved 20 years ago.

Um, I mentioned the new transportation corridors. We have the new future SR30 coming in north of Rio. Uh, as you know, Cotton Lane is an extension of the 303 that didn't exist in 2005. Um, and we're we're right along the Hila River here. Uh, what this is all about is about trails, parks, and open space. And that's what our talented planners have been pushing and focusing on here for this development. Uh Ann mentioned the El Rio trail that will be developed along the riverside. There's also a linear park which acts like a linear trail down the down the center or the spine of the development and that along with different uh trails that go north south really connect this community to the community park, commercial spaces, um neighborhood parks, residential areas, and the two school sites. So everything is supposed to allow you to walk through this community without having to walk near streets. Um here's an example of the trail head up on the top right. Uh it's over four miles and it'll have a hard surface trail and then a a soft trail. Uh we're also developing a minimum 5 acre trail head that will be accessible to the public. Uh we're donating a 30 acre city park. Uh there will be a series of neighborhood parks within the U communities and then each individual subdivision will have its own local park that will cater to that type of demographic that's going to live in that individual community. Um this isn't the final entrance um gateway concept, but it's something that's being considered. Uh it's supposed to be open, supposed to kind of celebrate that outdoor outdoorsy feel in a rustic kind of setting. Uh as was just presented, we have a variety variety of housing types from traditional single family like are the ones on the top right of the screen here. Um to large lot estate residential

that could be uh anywhere from about 80 wide to larger custom lots and that that is the area where there may be opportunities for executive housing that we've heard is such an uh need in the city. And then urban residential uses something like these the um I almost said southeast corner but the bottom right hand corner of this slide with respect to commercial this is an early concept we want to show you uh rather than just show you a red bubble on the plan. This plan has has a grocery store. Uh there will probably be a series of pads and retail shops that um are anchored by that grocery store. And um we show some office here as well. On the east side we have uh fitness center and some other commercial pads just to show you an idea of how that could live right there uh next to the city park. And as you heard, we're donating a fire station and two school sites. And we've talked to the school district and they're very excited about those. I believe that's it and we request your approval here tonight. happy to answer any questions you have.

Okay. Thank you. You go have a seat and if so, they'll they'll call you back up. Okay. Brian, thank you. All right. Uh with that, um going to go ahead and close public hearing. City clerk, please read resolution number 20262503 by title only. Adopt resolution number 2026-2503 approving a minor amendment to the city of Goodyear general plan 2035 to amend the land use designation of approximately 31 acres generally located south of the Hila River west of Cotton Lane and currently adjacent to Assessor's parcel number 400-3-2C and south of Assessor's parcel number 502-59-7A from open space to neighborhoods.

Thank you. City Council, please enter a motion and a second to adopt resolution 2026 25503. I see a motion and a second. Uh just for the public, this is the first time any of us have seen this. It's been they've met with us uh multiple times. So with that, I'm going to go ahead and open. And the first one up is Council Member Terry.

Thank you, Mayor. Um I guess I can start with staff. Um it it was brought up the phasing and the timing in regards to Cotton Lane. Um and I know this is also probably for the developer as well, but where are we as far as um phasing and timing when it comes to the Straya Bridge, everything else? Again, Estraa has limited numbers of ways in and out or Yeah,

I said staff. That's a very overly broad statement. So I guess Steve applies here too. [snorts] Um my my question here is can we speak to the timing when it comes to not only Cotton Lane but Estraa Bridge, the light at Vineyard? Um any potential work in regards to further south with 14 and the roundabout. Um just what's the general timing that we're potentially looking at? Um, good evening, [clears throat] Mayor, Council Member Terry, uh, Steve Sento, city engineer. Um, to give you some updates on that, we're still [clears throat] planning on starting construction for both the bridge project and Cotton Lane um, this calendar year. And, um, as far as how that corresponds to the development timeline, maybe I could um, get a assist from the developer. Um, but that will be coordinated. Are we looking at doing cotton and array at the same time still or how's how's that

the exact time frame won't be I uh set in stone until we have some contractors on board but the plan is to coordinate it to where the bridge we are going to leave it open while we construct the other side so it's not going to impact the traffic necessarily on the bridge while we construct that and so there'll always be at least the level of access that there is today while constructed minus maybe like a day or two where we have some tieins if that makes sense. And then then the question um Brian if you could [snorts]

I believe the question I'm being asked is how does that fall into play with when construction Yeah. Um, so Harvard anticipates construction to start in 2027 sometime. That's horizontal work and that would put a first home delivery in around 2029. And I believe based on the websites and the information, I think both of those projects should mostly be wrapped up by then if everything goes as planned.

Okay. Um, I guess since I have you here, I won't make uh you get down and um hop back up. Uh there's multif family included in this. There's single family homes. There's estate homes. Um the much larger going back of what the plan was 20 plus years ago. This was zoned. I know we've dealt with multiple hearings, but just for the public, you know, once something's zoned as a as a city, we can't just completely block development. That's um we we have to work with the developer when they do a reszone here. So the previous one allowed uh multif family when it came to apartments, condos, town homes up to around 100 acres. This is somewhere around 110. So a very slight increase, but there's a unit cap. Is that correct on um potential multif family that and correct me if I'm wrong that not just apartments, it's condos, town homes, similar things you see in Verado or Kieran Commons or those sorts of things. Is that correct?

Uh that's correct. At the planning commission, uh we that it was recommended for approval without a unit cap and then since then we have offered a unit cap of 1,97 units of what would fall under that multifamily category. That would be the MF12 category, MF18 and MF24. So that that goes all the way from like the rental town home concepts to a three three-story apartment. I I appreciate you um mentioning the addition of that stipulation. I appreciate your time o over the last uh couple months in our meetings and appreciate you adding that. Um I guess a little math here when it comes to the allowance of multifamily over 100 plus acres yet you have a unit cap effectively. What does that do if you try to maximize say you did MF24 um just packed in to one specific spot whereas you still have another 108 acres um what what effectively does that unit count with the acreage do when it comes to the incentiv incentivization of what kind of multif family is going to dominate that area. I I [snorts] don't know if I 100% follow that question. Sorry. But [laughter]

I I [snorts] think I'm being asked if if if [laughter] there's a I I get all over the place. If there's a parcel that gets um instead of spreading out all the multif family across the areas where it could be developed, if it was more concentrated in one specific area, what what would that look like? Yeah. Um, there's still a density uh requirement for like MF24, for example. It couldn't be over 24 dwelling units per acre.

So, it can't get too intense without meeting all the regulations of the zoning ordinance. Uh, we don't know yet which which ones like town home, rental town homes for example, that might have a garage underneath and a living area up top. Um, that would fall under the MF12 category. We don't know exactly where the zoning districts will go within the the LUCA that was presented for multifamily, but I I anticipate what what we most commonly see is um around the commercial centers is where the um the density is largest and then from there it transitions into the single family home areas. And I have a a slide on her presentation behind the conclusion. That's a DC ranch example with obviously, you know, millions of dollars of homes up there. And and the same scheme is in uh really expl they transition from development from the commercial areas out in to lower density. I I think to rephrase just to wrap that line up, um [snorts] just a little the back of the napkin math, if you were to do MF24 over the course of, you know, four or five acres, you're down to 12 units an acre pretty much with that 1,900 unit cap um over other places where that's not stipulated in there, but that cap plus the acreage allows that to I guess reassure residents that this isn't all going to be just um an apartment complex or something like that. You're looking condos, town homes, something I know we've heard a lot about from our residents. We've heard a lot about from uh the business community that we have that missing middle when it comes to housing. those condos, those town homes

that um younger folks can uh hopefully afford to buy or get into and therefore um start to build some equity instead of renting uh their entire lives. Um and again, Ver Verado has a ton of this type of housing. Um North Scottsdale has a ton of this type of housing. Um, on the other end of that housing ledger, the previous zoning was large when it came to estate homes, uh, 10,000 square ft lots or more. Um, where are we at with this plan? Um, do you recall the size that, uh, you are devoting to that? And I ask because when we talk about hearing from the community, uh especially business owners and hospitals, we have a Brazo, we have uh City of Hope, uh Banner is looking at moving in down just down the highway. Um something I hear a lot from the medical community is there's nowhere in good year for doctors to live. There's nowhere in Goodyear for business owners to live. Um some of those nicer nicer homes, custom homes or something to that effect. uh what does this plan do in as far as um that potential housing type?

The the comparable um estate residential category that you were describing in in the King Ranch P A is what we call estate residential and that was presented by an earlier. That land use character area Luke Luca is a total of 410 acres. So, we have 410 acres of opportunity for higherend, nicer housing like you're describing. Um, and all the houses in here will be very nice, right? Like not just this specific area. Um, Harvard intends this to be a very upscale community. Um, of those 430 acres, we've agreed to an additional restriction of it. It has to be a minimum of a 100 acres.

Okay.

All right. So, minimum 100 acres. Uh okay. Um and then I I think that's all for you. I just want to thank you for working and you've mentioned it. Harvard, it's the same group that is developing Estraa. Same group there. So, in no way would they be they would be disincentivized to do anything that kind of harms or um tries to limit the quality of life or travel for folks um in Australia as they're looking to build and expand and sell more homes there as well. So, um I I appreciate uh your work. Uh city manager, I don't see Barb here, but I did have a water question. Um

we have uh Anthony here. Anthony. Yeah. Okay. Um, [snorts] apologize for throwing you on the spot, Anthony. Uh, [snorts] I I just wanted you to be able to speak to the uh water asurances here. Um, you know, we talked water quite a bit in the last month or two. Uh where are we at with city of Goodyear is our total water allowment and um just ensuring that what we have easily covers uh any potential development here when it comes to our 100year assurances. Good evening Mayor closer. Councilman Terry is that on

was that closer [clears throat] about now? That's better. All right. Uh good evening mayor u councilman Terry. We do have the u water needed to support. We did go over the allocations um that were previous and back in I think 2005. And um looking at the they did um Rio did reconfigure their their uh their design to make sure that the allocation that we have for that parcel did meet our standards.

Okay. I I I just wanted to, you know, I don't ask on every zoning, but every now and then I like to ask just to reassure folks watching um that water is always top of mind when it comes to these cases. And then I guess on that effect, I don't know if it's you or Katie, but we are um implementing our uh impact fees, our development impact fees to cover uh the creation of these um when when it comes to our end to the extent possible. uh the being able to deliver water to these new residents and create that infrastructure. Is that correct?

Thank you, Mayor, Council Member Terry. Um this development is not currently in our water and sewer infra infrastructure um development impact fee area, but we do have a stipulation that they um basically they either need to build everything on their own or they need to come into our development impact fee area which we anticipate we'll be working with them. Okay. So I I just wanted to make sure that that's covered though just to make sure with all the new infrastructure that it is being paid for with the development. Yes. Okay. All right. That's all I have. Mayor, uh, Council Member Kano.

Well, first off, I wanted to thank Jim Keem for your comments. Uh, it's great, uh, bit of history and would love to see you do one of the PW Lichfield Heritage Center talks that they do right here in city council. That would be a lot of fun. But, um, certainly that property is very unique and very historic and will probably, uh, for locals be forever known as King's Ranch. But um yeah, it I it's fun to learn about the history. Um it's this is a big piece of property, 1900 uh acres. Uh looks to be a long-term project and see a nod. Thank you. And um it's I I just want to thank staff for this Luca concept. Um it it's creates a lot of flexibility because this project will come in over time and allows them allows the developer to respond to market demands and what the customers want and keep the uh the um development progressing in a in a really modern way depending on what what's driving it. Um, I think everything that you have in terms of amenities really captures that heart and vision of Estrella and uh, it's a great project. So, thank you very much,

Council Member Beckles. [snorts]

Uh, yes, just a few questions. Um, will the development alter any water flow or increase any flood risk in the area? Council member Beckles, thank you for the question. Uh the developer Harvard will be going through what's known as a CLOMRER LOMER process to modify the uh the maps, the flood plane maps. Um they'll be submitting drainage reports and um doing bank protection along along the river, but um no negative impacts.

Okay. And are these will any of the homes or apartments be closer to other homes that are in other subdivisions? Are you referring to existing subdivisions? Estray Mountain Ranch primarily.

Um there are a couple different Lucas that are adjacent to single family homes um that exist today. one area, the area west of Cotton Lane, we've uh added in regulations where the homes that are abuing the existing homes have to be the same lot width. So, we can't put smaller lots next to a larger lot. So, they'll be compatible and consistent and complimentary to each other. Um, and then on the on the east side of Cotton Lane, we've added in a this is on the screen is what I was just describing. And then on the east side of Cotton Lane there there's a 100 foot uh no build area behind the existing homes. So we tried to be um considerate to those.

Okay. So and I just have a comment. Um I am excited about the the possibility of condos. I've talked to a lot of people, older people as well as young people that have uh finished school and have the funds for a condo but don't necessarily want a home and older people who don't want a home but would love to have a condo. So, I just like to say that uh that that there is um a need and and an interest in condos. And then finally, I think the um this project is is a good opportunity for Goodyear because it brings a balance of mix housing, commercial space, parks, and open space that actually kind of strengthens uh the character of Goodyear and the community long term. Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Campbell. Well, I'm very excited about this program because and I love the name of Rio 1900 because I remember sitting in John McCain's office talking about Rio Imagine, which was his dream. And to me, this just ties in because Goodyear has known forever that we would never have waterfront property where the river goes. It's just impossible unless you can figure out how to put water in there, which none of us can. But I just think it's a wonderful way to preserve that area and to make it user friendly and to open it to the public. The trail heads are so important. I would like to offer to you a suggestion that perhaps along the trail head or somewhere that you have signs that talk about the history of King Ranch because we'd like to keep that name alive in Goodyear. That's so important to the history of Goodyear. And while I understand you naming it Rio 1900, it's fine. But perhaps you can do historical lessons because people that go along the trail, they stop and read or sit and rest or whatever. And I just think it would just en enhance that whole area. People would realize that this has been a gym forever. And while in 2006 we we didn't really know what was going to develop, our plans were different. we were living differently. We didn't have the density we have now. So, I appreciate you coming in with a whole brand new plan that's revalent today in today's market. It's really important that we do that because we can't keep operating 30 years down the road or before 30 years I should say. And last but not least, I love the idea of executive housing. I love the idea of resort. that's always been my dream is to put a resort up there after going

into Tucson many, many times to their resorts right at the base of those mountains and they're just beautiful and they don't infringe on anyone and I'm hoping that we'll be successful in having that because that will really make that area a destination place and I want to thank Harvard for having this dream and realizing what this can come to and we just thank you for your vision and we hope to support you all the Okay. And don't be in a hurry to build it out. Just take your time. Thank you, Councilwoman Gillis.

I have loved this project and you know from the very very beginning for the last couple years we've been talking about it and I've loved everything about it. I say that to you. I think you're sick of me saying it because I'm so excited about it. I have a home up in Estustrala and so and and I may want to move to this area eventually because I absolutely love it. I love everything about the buildout and what's going to go on and the whole thing. Um I am really excited about the fact that you guys are donating part a park the schools um the fire station. I'm very excited about all of that because you didn't have to do that. So, I'm kind of that's kind of a plus and that's kind of showing the people that live in Australia such as myself that you're willing to do that part of it. You're willing to give there and I think that's a good thing. I love the executive housing. Absolutely love that because we need it. And so, I think that's good for the traveling nurses and doctors and stuff that are coming into town that need place to stay. We don't have a lot of that here in Goodyear and we've been asked to start putting more of it in. We've been asked a lot about putting more of it in. So, I'm excited about doing some of that up there. I am um I'm very excited about everything that Jim King had to say. Um Jim, you and your dad, everything that your dad meant and I love the the picture on the horse. That's amazing. And I think that there's real I was a history bus buff in college and and high school both. So, I loved your story. I wish we had more time because I would have loved to have listened to you longer. I'm with Laura. I think if you could give a a spiel on this whole thing. I think I would be one of the first ones in the front row to listen to you because I absolutely love that. Thank you very much and and prayers to you and what a wonderful memory for your father. Um that's about it. I think it's a beautiful area. I think it's a beautiful area. I love the fact that you've donated everything you've donated. I

think it's great. I think it's going to be beautiful. Thank you very much. and you have done a fabulous job with this and Harvard also. Thank you very much. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Yeah, not much more to be said, but um I do appreciate all your hard work. I appreciate it. It's a beautiful area. I really want to take advantage of it and take uh best uses of it as well. Resort would be fantastic. Executive passing would be fantastic. Thank you for for listening to that us to us about that as well. And then I had a question maybe for Steve, but you probably know the answer. Is the is the the route coming out of out of cotton off of cotton? Is that zoned for or set up for two lanes, three lanes across, or is that still in the works or I just curious if there's enough room for what that would look like in the future if it is all built down built out one day? How are we are we set up well to be able to handle the traffic in and out of there?

I do know the answer, but do you [laughter] smarter so you get the answer? Watch what you say there. Mayor, uh, Council Member Hampton, [clears throat] the ultimate buildout for Cotton Lane is three is planned for three lanes in each direction in that location. Our capital project will take it to two in each direction, which will be one more than we have today. And then ultimately, it'll be three in each direction.

Yeah. I just want to make sure we're set up for the future because I know a lot of residents, I mean, we're growing a lot. So, the less construction, road construction we can do in the future would be it'd be good. and I want to take down anything that's already there with the future. So, we we're prepared for the future. So, thank you for that. Other than that, yeah, I said I think it's a great project. I'm on board with it. I'll be voting yes and thank you to your team. So, thank you. Thank you.

You know, it's hard being last. A lot has been said here. What I really appreciate is you've taken the time and a lot of your project deals with all the input you've received from people here on city council and I repre I really do appreciate you doing that and sitting down and making those changes and working with us on city council. The thing though, you know, that Wall-Ally had mentioned, you know, with with King Ranch and the history, you know, on the trails, think about doing something like that. It would it would add, I think, a little more, you know, history to the city, also to the development if you put the, you know, on the trail head, some of the history that came with it. Maybe in a picture of the horse, of his dad on a horse. I don't know. But anyway, uh, it would be nice to put something in, you know, on the trail head because it's open to the public so more public would understand the history of that particular piece of property. So, with that, can we open it up for voting?

Thank you. I don't have a vote on my screen. I'm sorry. It says low battery. Council I vote [laughter] I thank you. Passes 70. Thank you. Now on the third one, it's all related, right? You've already done the presentation, so I still have to open the public hearing. Any speaker cards? No, mayor.

We've already done all that. Anybody else in the audience like to speak? We've done that. Uh, close public hearing. Will the city clerk please read ordinance number 2026 1643 by title only? Adopt ordinance number 2026 2026-1643 conditionally reszoning approximately 1,940 acres of land generally extending from Estustrala Parkway to approximately the alignment of 87th Avenue and from the Hila River to the Australia residential community from the King Ranch planned area development P A to the Rio 1900 planned area development P Amending the zoning map of Goodyear.

Thank you. Do I have a motion and a second up on the board? Open for discussion. I guess we've already done that, correct? Don't see anything else. Open for vote. I vote I.

Passes 70. Thank you. Last public hearing is to consider a reszone of approximately 66.6 6 acres located northwest of West Celebrate Lifeway and North Lichfield Road, known as Celebration Plaza. From Planned Area Development to Celebration Plaza, First Amendment Plan Area Development, open public hearing. Please introduce yourself for the public that's watching. [clears throat]

Good evening, Mayor Pazillo and members of city council. My name is Justin Gabrielson, senior planner here with the city of Goodyear. I'm here before you this evening with a request from Mark Ready to request a amendment to a previously approved PA a known as celebration plaza. The project is located at the northwest corner of West Celebrate Celebrate Lifeway in North Lfield Road. Is currently zoned P A through the Celebration Plaza P A and Celebration Plaza consists of 66.6 6 acres and a mixture of underlying uses. We can see here the underlying uses on the site as well as the location and surrounding area with Interstate 10 to the north, Palm Valley Crossing to the east, Goodyear Commerce Center to the south, Airport Gateway to the City of Hope tucked into the corner here. You have seen this project presented before you in the past. I presented this project in front of city council back in March of 2025. However, due to concerns from city council, the applicant decided to pull the project from review to make a few changes to it and resubmit at a later date. We received the resubmission from the applicant back in September of 2025. What was submitted to us back in September made a few changes to the previously presented P A. It decreased the previously proposed drive-thru limitation amendment from two standalone drive-throughs with unlimited endcaps to a maximum of three drive-throughs with a minimum of one endcap all through the use permit process plus an additional request that was added since you last saw it which is a decrease in required parking for medical office building. Currently the site follows the city standards for all parking requirements. However, the applicant is requesting a change to something closer to other

jurisdictions in the valley. The proposed amendment would change the required parking from one space per 150 square ft to one space for every 200 square ft of medical office building. Provided here is a chart with the history of the PAD amendments. We have what the current zoning is, what the applicant requested in March, what the applicant requested in September, and what planning and zoning's recommendation was. Planning and zoning uh commission voted 4 to two for to approve the change of medical office parking but not the allowed drive-throughs. If you continued with their recommendation, it would have the effect of decreasing the required parking for medical office but keep the existing limitation for drive-throughs. Staff provided three potential options for planning and zoning commission's recommendation. Option one, approve the decrease in required parking, but keep the drive-through limitation the same. Option two, approve both the increase in the allowed drive-throughs and the reduction in parking. Option three, deny the application which will retain the existing zoning with no changes. [clears throat] And if council has any other options they have in mind, we can discuss that as well. Planning and zoning commission voted to approve option one, which would reduce the required parking and maintain the current restrictions on drive-throughs. Staff recommends to continue with planning and zoning's recommendation of approval of option one with stipulations which includes the reduction of parking but maintains the existing drive-through limitation of one maximum. That concludes my presentation. I am here for any questions. The applicant is also here with their own presentation and available for questions.

Okay. Thank you. Um are first of all any speaker cards? Yes, mayor. We have one speaker card Jeff Levi.

Thank you.

Okay. Thank He's done speaking, right? All right. Uh the applicant, do you want to give a presentation or Go ahead. Good evening, mayor and council. My name is Mark Ready with RBI. Um, I'm the land planner for this project and also the applicant. And for those of you that don't know, I was also the lead planner on the Rio 1900 project working with Harvard. So, thank you for all the kind words and for your approval of the project. We're excited to continue moving that one forward. I've got Tom Blake uh here with me. He's the owner representative. I'm sitting here. So, um, if there's any questions that I can't answer, I'll I'll lean on him a little bit. Um, so you probably know, um, this project was originally approved in 2023 and since then, um, the developers, the owners have been working tirelessly, mainly to really solve the infrastructure problems. Um, it's been a couple of years, we haven't done anything yet, but we actually have done quite a lot. You just haven't seen it. We've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes. They've spent hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars doing planning, design, and engineering work on the project. And um we finally now have the right partners uh working with us. And um so we're anticipating moving forward very quickly uh once we get through this hearing process today to really get things moving forward with the various different projects. And I'll talk about some of them today. Um, so as we were going through this process once the original zoning was approved, we've been getting a lot of feedback from our retail partners, um, and as a result of the feedback that they've been getting as as as it relates to marketing the commercial property. We filed an amendment in 2024 to, uh, request some additional drive-throughs. At the time that we made the request, um, staff was supportive of that. We asked for um two

standalone drive-throughs and one and unlimited end caps. Staff was supportive. We also got a unanimous recommendation of approval from the planning commission. When we got to council, there were some concerns. Um and so we decided to table it so we could go back, regroup with our retail developers, talk about a little more, and see what we could do to try to address some of the concerns that council had. Um so um before I get into the specifics, what I'd like to do is um talk about the original plan and what we're not changing. Um the original plan, one of the primary elements of the original plan was the pedestrian connectivity elements. And one of the things that we heard from council and from staff was we wanted to develop a plan that was walkable for hospital patients for the doctors and the employees there. Not only to the medical office, the future medical office, but also to the private park that we're developing as well as the commercial. None of that is changing with what we're asking for in this new request. So, I just wanted to make sure that we were clear on that. The pedestrian connectivity is staying exactly the same. Whether we have one drive-thru or three drive-throughs doesn't impact the walkability of the community and the pedestrian connectivity of the community. So, none of that is changing. This is a concept for the commercial site plan. It's not the final plan. We're still working through some details. The commercial developers are still marketing the property and looking for users, but this is a plan that we expect something similar. And this includes a mix of uses. We've got a hotel on the north end of the site adjacent to the freeway. Um you can see some shops and restaurants. That second one from the bottom or from the top also includes what we call the um the endcap drive-thru. Um that could be for a pharmacy, a dry cleaner, a restaurant that's tied to a larger building with multiple tenants. South of that you see a standalone restaurant. South of that is a coffee shop with a drive-thru and a sit-down component. And then south of that is another restaurant that has a

sitdown component as well as a drive-thru. And then at the south end is a convenience market and a fuel station. And you can see the pedestrian connectivity um is again consistent with our overall plan. So what we're asking for today is to provide a little bit of relief on the condition that limits us to one single drive-thru to allow a total of three drive-throughs with one being an endcap. So two standalones and one endcap. Uh and the endcap has to have at least three tenants in it. Um, and this is really a response to a shift in market conditions and what we're hearing from our real retail partners. What we really want to do is make sure that we get the best uses that provide the best opportunities for the folks that live in this area for the folks that work in this area. And the concern is that we're we're limited in some of the uses that we can market and attract with this restriction on the property. A lot of new restaurants have um options for drive-throughs. The Shake Shack right here around the corner is a perfect example of that. It's a really nice restaurant. They also have a drive-through component. The concern is if we sign a coffee shop, then we're done. We can't bring in a Shake Shack or another use that might be a great use for the property, but happens to have a drive-thru, would like a drive-through component, a pharmacy. There's a lot of different uses that we could envision here that really would add value and quality to the community, but we would be completely restricted if we selected one user and then another great user came in and we and we couldn't offer or allow them to be here. So, we're just asking for a little bit of a relief, not unlimited, which is what the normal commercial zoning has, but just a little little bit of relief so that we can entertain multiple options and make sure that we can get the best uses. One of the things that we've heard from the hospital is they want more restaurants and dining and that's one of the things that's going to hurt us the most with this condition in our opinion and and

our retail developers opinion. And so again, we're not asking for unlimited, we're just asking for a little bit of relief on that. The second request um is and I'm really excited about this um we're now partnering with Ryan Companies which is a large developer. They've done in fact they built this building here that we're in right now. um they've been coordinating directly with the city of hope for an expansion of the medical campus. I know this was an important issue with the council. You may recall there's a hybrid parcel that allows either office or multifamily. It's on the eastern end. Um our goal has always been to develop all three parcels as medical office, but we just wanted the flexibility in case there wasn't enough demand. Ryan Companies is in escrow on the whole thing, including the hybrid parcel to develop a large medical office complex that would be an extension of the hospital and provide support uses for the hospital. You can see on this sketch, this is not a final site plan, but this is the current version that we're working with. You can see the pedestrian connectivity that I talked about before. Uh, most importantly, connectivity directly to the hospital. Um the first phase is the southern building and we're working directly with the city of hope to coordinate the design, the square footage and everything that's going on with that uh unit with that uh development. So what we're asking for here is what we found is that the city of Goodyear in their zoning code for parking they have an unusually high requirement for medical office. And in our experience, in the developer experience, um, one space per 150 square feet will overpark the facility. What that does is it requires us to provide a lot more asphalt, a lot more parking, which means the square footage of the buildings get smaller because we can't fit as much on the site. So, we've done a lot of research on this and there's some very prominent studies that back up our request. The most prominent is the Institute of Traffic Transportation Engineers that studies this around the country and what they found is that at

the peak time um the required parking for medical office is one space per 222 parking spaces and the urban land institute has a similar study that identifies the peak demand at one space per 250 square feet. We also looked at all the peer cities in this area including Surprise, Poria, Buckeye, Aenddale, Glendale, and every one of them has standards that are either consistent or higher than what we're asking for, which is one per 200. So the city of Goodyear's requirement is much more restrictive and would force more parking than we need, which is really just a waste of space and more asphalt and more heat island than we believe than we believe we need. And we've also talked with staff and they're supportive of this request as well. So, in conclusion, um we're asking again for two things. We're asking for a little bit of relief on the stipulation for the drive-throughs from one to a total of three with one being an endcap and then a reduction in the parking requirement from one per 150 to one per 200. And so, we would request that you approve option two, uh which is the applicant request. So, with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Okay. Thank you. See where we at here. We got the speaker cards. Anybody in the audience like to speak? We go ahead and close the public hearing. City clerk, please read ordinance number 2026 1644 by title only.

Adopt ordinance number 2026-1644. Conditionally reszoning approximately 66.6 6 acres of property located at the northwest corner of West Celebrate Lifeway and North Lichfield Road from Goodyear Celebration Plaza planned area development to se celebration plaza first amended planned area development dated December 2025 amending the zoning map of the city of Goodyear. City Council made a motion a second to adopt the ordinance 2026-1644. I see a motion and a second up on the board. Open up for discussion. First one up, Council Member Terry.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, [clears throat] I guess for staff, I wanted to just touch on the parking really quickly. Do we know [snorts] why why is our parking different when it comes to medical office a little bit than other cities just generally? And has that been revisited at all? Um but at the same time you know I also get the concern if I go to a medical office you know you have a dozen two dozen employees and then you need patients and it's parking is hard to come by in medical office are like I wanted to hear from staff when it came to this parking requirement are are we fully comfortable with it when I know at city of hope there's a lack of parking as it is. Um, and then on the other end of that, if we're doing a stipulation here, why just for them? And are we looking at redoing this citywide? Because I I do not like the idea of um getting into a habit of special carveouts every now and then. I' I'd prefer if we're going to give it to this company, we should do it to all. But, um, there's kind of a two-part question. Are we comfortable with it? And then where are we at citywide? Thank you, mayor and council member uh Terry. We are looking at that overall comprehensively as a part of the zoning ordinance update. So, we'll have more information on what the staff recommendation will be as relates to citywide parking um coming up before you this uh this spring.

Okay. So, we are looking at that. And then when it comes to this specific uh case, despite, you know, sometimes and not always, but sometimes a lack of parking in the city hope, which I know is different property, it's to the south. Um, but you know, I I just wanted to see if that's addressed. How how comfortable are we to ensure that there are enough places for employees and patients to park?

Um, as it relates to where this is located on the land use map, uh, we believe if there were any um complications with parking, it would be isolated to one commercial center. uh the adjacent um zoning areas are multif family uh which typically um are are gated and things of that nature. So we are pretty um confident that if there are um private issues with parking that they would be handled on their site. Okay. Um I'll let others speak to the uh commercial side. That's all. Uh I also just want to point out that City of Hope's also under a different parking standard than what medical office is. Um appreciate that. Yep. Okay, you're up.

Okay, thank you. Well, since I go to many medical appointments, I can never find parking in Peoria. I can never find parking in Surprise close to where I'm supposed to go. So, I I I'm really opposed to making our parking spaces not as many as we have today. It's It's bad enough now. some of the places that we go that we can't find parking. So, I'm really I'm I'm really not in favor of that, especially around a medical building because people that are going there are going there for either tests or a doctor appointment or something and they need to be able to park. And if if you don't have parking for them, where are they going to park? They can't park in City of Hope because there's not enough parking in City of Hope. Now, I go over to City of Hope three, four days a week and if I'm late, I can't park in the front. I have to park in the back and then walk all the way around to the front because I'm not authorized going in any of the back doors. So, you need to think about the patience, not, you know, the the the availability of parking. I know when I go to Sun City, I don't have a problem finding a place to park. Maybe they plan differently. I don't know. I noticed that on the list we use, Sun City was not even there. Do we know what their parking requirements are? because that's where a bulk of of our our doctors and hospitals are.

Sun City would follow Maricopa County standards, but um again, we'd have to look into each of those medical centers because likely they could have been approved by a PE and had their own specific Okay. But we will look at that as part of the conference.

Yeah. I just think yeah, we really need to think about this because whatever we do, we're going to affect the public for years to come. And if they have if if this is going to be an extension of the city of hope, if it's just going to be their scientist doing experiments and things, they still have to have parking for enough of of those employees. And sometimes they number a large number and then if you have people coming in for the trials, you've got to add that up as well. I'm just really concerned about that. I I'm I'm not in favor of of making our our parking requirements

different. Thank you, Council Member Campbell. We'll make sure to really look into those parking standards um when we do discuss the uh parking changes with the zoning ordinance amendment. Thank you. Before I pass it on to the vice mayor, just real quick, is it is there a possibility that if we uh voted for the one space per 150 by the time it's spot and you get your study, we can go back in and retweak that.

What we would probably do if uh Thank you, uh, mayor. If we were to explore that, we would probably not include the parking reduction with the P Amendment and instead just wait for the zoning ordinance. Um, so it's possible to address it at at another time after you do your study, so to speak.

If we do the study and decide to not um reduce the parking standards with the zoning ordinance, then no, we would have to come in with another P Amendment. However, if we don't include the parking reduction with the PAD amendment today and then in the future, the zoning the city of Goodyear zoning ordinance is updated to increase to one spot per 200 square feet, then this site would follow in suit because it follows the city of Goodyear zoning orders. So, if I understand you correctly, there's still a way to get to where they want after you do your study. Yes. Okay. All right. Who's up next? Let's see. Vice Mayor.

Yeah. Thank you. So, yeah, I'm okay with the uh change in the parking spaces for this. So, I'll I'm good with that. Um especially only going 50 more square foot for this particular one. We'll talk about if we want to go higher like the other cities at a future date, but I'm okay with that. And is this facility or this the more medical research is going to be a lot of individual patients? Is it or is it more work workforce going there to work as opposed to patient based? Um I can't uh thank you vice mayor. Um I can't speak on future tenants of the building. Um go if you don't have any questions for me I can pass it back to the applicant

if they're okay with coming up. And and second question of that would be is it only exclusive medical? That' be for you guys. Uh, mayor, vice mayor. Um, so first off, this isn't a 1,000 square foot building with seven spots. Okay? This is a massive complex. It's going to be not only a hospital that has 700 people, which by the way is parked one per 400, I think. So, when the hospital got approved, if it's crowded at some point sometimes during the day, it has way less parking than the rest of this campus is going to have. Okay? So, that shouldn't be an issue. But with, you know, at some point Ryan and companies who's done this a bunch, okay, they can't lease space if they don't have parking. Okay, they can manage the uses and the tenants. There's going to be admin stuff in these things just like there is in the hospital mixes in the spec buildings. This isn't going to be just drop off a patient and you know, every 15 minutes a new patient comes in. This will be easily managed to make sure it's not underparked is is we're assured by Ryan Companies there'll be overflow parking between the uses. That's the benefit of having a big complex versus versus a smaller. We don't know what the uses are, but if they want to get paid their monthly rent, they're going to manage the the uses and the debts.

Okay. I was just curious on that. Okay. My battery is almost dead over here, too, just FYI. So, and then um 5% more power. And then uh Okay. Yeah, I'm still okay with the parking there. I think it would be a great use. And that takes over on the original zoning C Charlie and Delta, those two parcels that we labeled them as. Is that correct? Yeah. I think you had shaken. Yes. So, yes.

All right. That's great. I think that's a great use for that. I really want more medical research, more medical here in Goodyear, and I think that'd be fantastic use right next to the hospital there. So, I'm really excited about that. Um, and it goes over to the other stuff. Uh, along Echo there. Uh, the So, so I make sure. So, you're looking for one. So, before we already you're already permitted for one drive-thru, and they want one end cap and then another drive-thru is what we're really looking for. I I I love the end caps. I think those are great because they bring more smaller spaces for small business owners to start and do some things. Also, just your your small uses, nail, hair, all the different uses, coffee shops, drive-throughs, all those kind of things like that. So, I am I think I am supportive of all the end caps possible. So, I'm not sure if it's a hybrid version, but maybe the one drive-thru and then maybe two end caps. I'd love to see that because I'd like to see more of the smaller uses. I'm not sure if the if the applicant is open to that or not, but I' I'd feel better with that personally. So, uh just because I like we have a shortage of of small spaces for businesses to to use here in Goodyear and I think they do really well. I see the the Moe's, the Senior Taco, um there's some other ones that I think are filled up pretty quickly and they're used pretty pretty they're used pretty well exclusively. So, Um, so I'm okay with that. And I think I'm looking at other things that are along Lfield Road there. I agree. I think we just need use some more restaurants along there. I don't know if the gas station personally would do well because they've already shut down the one gas station that's where next to the Burger King there. Uh, but but we'll see what what would like to go there. So that's what I'm that's what I'm suggesting right now is at least the one drive-through would

like to see two two end caps per preferably. That's that's what I Sorry. Uh, council member uh Kano,

I just thinking about all the conversations we've had about this property and uh there's lots of different ideas and and lots of different visions. And the thing is this is such a massive piece of land and it's adjacent to I 10. It it's when you get off of Daart, you're you're entering you're getting it into Goodyear and and Aendale, but when you enter Lichfield Road, that's that's clearly Goody year. And it and it needs to look like Goodyear. And I I was looking at this. You're going to have over 28 acres of multifamily and it seemed that that should drive some sufficient demand for uh your commercial property to be more than I think what I'm afraid of and and when I saw planning and zoning just line after line of standalone fast food restaurants. We've got too many of those. Um, I'm kind of intrigued by the endcap idea. I think that's probably got a little bit more flexibility. Um, ensures other uses, but um, I think that this is going to be a property that's going to be in high demand. When BIES comes in, I think you're going to drive a lot of traffic to Lichfield Road um, as a as a way to get around, as a way to go look for somewhere to eat because you can't sit down at BIES. And uh Celebrate Lifeway in Lichfield, I think, is going to be the back way in and out. And I think you're going to see a lot of traffic there. And uh I know that quick serve restaurants are really popular. They're really demand. They're really easy. But I think what we've envisioned for this this property is not just a a line of quick surf restaurants. Uh I know in your conceptual you've got a hotel and things like that. That's lovely. But I've been around now and now

that it's my second turn, I know that conceptuals are very much conceptual. Um, sure, you might try to go out and recruit a hotel, but it could turn out to be a auto parts store. Um, and so it's it's all visionary, but you've got so much commercial, you've got the healthc care campus, you've got um all that multifamily. it should drive a higher level of of commercial there in terms of restaurants. And I don't nobody's looking at like GSQ level restaurants. I think there's lots of family style um lots of casual dining uh things that would be very attractive. Um, I think as as it is with two standalones because I all I'm thinking is fast food um and and the NCAAP. I mean it it's interesting because the planning and zoning they went with the the recommendation for one and uh you're asking for the three which is a modification. So just wondering if there's a better way to find a a compromise between between that two. Um, but I I can't go with two standalone. It It's I think it when you look south of of I 10, we've got several standalone fast foods. North of I 10, there's really not that many. Um, we've got a couple drive-through restaurants, but a lot of them, when I think about the Chipotle or Five Guys, there's no drive-thru. um people park and they go in and um so those are my thoughts about that commercial. In terms of the parking um I think that Ryan Company is a great partner. I'm excited for what you have envisioned there and that you really took to heart our our thought that we

didn't want more multifamily in that flex space. I think uh we've had a a sufficient partnership with Ryan Company to to trust their judgment on terms of what they think they would need for successful business model for parking. Um I think your note about uh the um city of hope having uh one parking space per 400 is part of the 400 square feet is part of the problem that we have there and we're not asking for that. So, I would support the um the parking changes, but I'd like to see um I'd like to see a bigger vision for the commercial. Thank you.

Councilwoman Gillis, can I talk to the applicant, please? Can you bring back up the slide with a commercial, please? Right. Okay. So, are you telling me that all those restaurants then are all drive-throughs or is there one that's just a sit down restaurant? That's what I want to see personally right there. Yes. Councilman Gillis, the um if you go look the hotel, then the shops and pads and then that first restaurant, that's a that's a standalone, no drive-thru, full sit down. The one in the middle. Restaurant. the one in the middle. Okay, good.

And then there's a coffee shop and then there's a drive-thru. Okay, that's because it's really important, I think, to have a standalone restaurant and not have everything be drive-thru, you know? Yes. And again, this is a concept, but you what you have to remember is this is a 13 acre site that's almost a quarter mile long, right? And so even if we're limited to three with one being an endcap, it's not going to be a sea of drive-throughs. It can't be because the site's way too big for

I'm aware of that. And that's and that's what that was our big thing I think before was we didn't want a sea of drive-throughs. And so, you know, as long as we've got at least one restaurant that is a sitdown, I'm good with that. Um, I am absolutely, however, in agreeance with Wall-E on the parking. I have an issue with the parking. I want to make sure that there's enough parking and I know I know the doctor's appointments and things that she goes to and I know she knows what she's talking about there. I also go to a lot of doctors in Surprise area and I love the fact that there is never an issue with their parking over there and we have had an issue with parking here. Um since a couple of our parking garages have gone in that has been better here. That has helped us out here at Civic Square. Um but I really believe over there there needs to be more parking. It makes me very nervous to to back off on that. So, but I'm good with this um commercial as long as we have one sit-down restaurant and they're not all drive-through. I'm really good with that. And I'm really good with all of this medical space. I think it's wonderful. Thank you,

Council Member Beckles.

Well, I wanted to listen to everybody. Um I personally have been back and forth and back and forth on this particular issue. Um, I'm okay with the parking. Um, but the commercial side of it, um, I think that when we start looking at when you start talking, first of all, you start talking about walkable, uh, you're not going to see too many people walk in June through September, they're going to want to drive there. Um but um I'm okay with the um with more um with what um council member Kano says about the commercial space and I would like to see that uh we need more sit down sit sitdown restaurants. Um, but um, this this has been a tough one and uh, I've I've listened to prior to me being on console, I've listened to this and um, I've met with with the developer twice and um, I'm still I'm still sort of fluctuating as as we continue to hear what's going on. Thank you.

Did you still want something? I'm over with the parking, but really for the other council members, can you bring up the slide that talked about the comparisons between the city's parking and other cities parking and our this parking? So, you only want 50 more square feet for this location, which pushes us exactly the same as Surprise, exactly the same as Peoria. Correct. Uh yes, Vice Mayor. Um, it would be the same as Surprise, Peoria, uh, Aendale as well as Gilbert.

Okay. I just wanted to point that out. So, it's 50 for 50 square foot more feet more, which is on the low end of our peer cities. So, okay. Just want to clarify that. And then I'm not sure how to do this with the options and things like that. Hold on. We've got council member Jerry back.

I I'll let you do that, Vice Mayor. Um, one more question. I wanted to clarify parcel D. You said uh the developer said you're uh Ryan, you're looking to close on that as part of medical office. I don't know if there's a way. Um I would be in favor of allowing the parking and what you're asking for um on the commercial side if that at all could be locked in as um medical office instead of um the multifamily. But I I know that's adding more and there's a lot of discussion and everybody's all over the place. Um but I I wanted to ask you you said you're close to closing on parcel D. Is that correct?

So Mayor, Council Member Terry, um Ryan Companies has it in escrow and they've got a long escrow and it's mainly dependent on the city hope. We've owned this land a long time and I want to tie in some of the other comments if you'll give me a little bit of latitude here. you know, we've owned this land and we being the owner that I represent since 2008, 2010. A long time. We've waited. We've worked with your e economic development group, try to get people in here, groups in here. It just, you know, it just didn't happen. So, um, and we're standing in a building that we would have loved to had built over there. Okay, you guys jumped over us. You came here. Totally fine, of course. But this is the type of building we're competing with. Okay? and the land on the north side of the freeway. Okay. So, we're doing everything we can to make this thing work. And again, City of Hope, their expansion is like a gift that it's everything you guys wanted, the previous councils wanted, and we've got this point in time to do that. Okay. So, u the the spec buildings that Ryan will build the medical office north of there, uh would be phase two. So getting to your question on the timing, it really all is when when the city of Hope is pulling the trigger and ready to expand. They say now is the time, but right now it's conceptual. They've spent a lot of money, but nothing to build the thing yet. So we're as fast as we can, but candidly we're going to extend with them if they need more time because they're the right the right user. Okay. So in terms of some of the other some of the other things, um, of course we want restaurants. I'd like for Fox to come down here and build all this beautiful stuff. Same thing. We've had this thing listed with brokers for quite a while. Okay. It's not like our option is drive-thru or A+ sitown restaurants. Okay. We want quality. Okay. We we did that on the on the formation 10, the industrial stuff. The

city of Hope expansion is going to be quality. We've got a first class builder that we're close to getting an escrow with to do town homes, which I heard on the last deal is stuff we need. Okay. You know what we're asking for on the drive-thru is not rows of drive-throughs. We've got eight or nine pads. We're asking for up to two standalones, but to Vice Mayor Hampton's point, yeah, we're going to try to get sitown restaurant. We don't want any. That's fine. We're going to do our best. And if we can get three end caps, then we do that instead of one. But we got to have a little bit of flexibility. Okay. That we just we have to I could just, you know, we can put a second. If we don't, it's not okay, we'll just wait for Fox. It'll be a second hotel potentially or just just shops or things like that. We gave you our word when we struck a deal with the mayor two years ago, uh, which was the staff's recommendation on that hybrid piece. Okay. We went from 18 months to two years, but we gave you our word. We're going to we're going to do everything we can to get medical office. Okay. We were told, well, you'll probably sell it on two years in a day. Okay. Okay, we're we're three years past and we haven't done apartments on that thing. We've got it in escrow with a group. Okay, a great user. It's at least going to be four years that we wouldn't do it. At some point in time, though, we can't release it because the market's going to tell us what the user is going to be ultimately on that thing. Okay? It's no different than what we're trying to say on the drive-throughs, which is we're just asking for some flexibility. As I drive into this complex, it's not just the Shake Shack. It's that cool looking chicken place, okay, with the white building that has a drive up window. It's Slim Chicken across the street that has a drive up window. It's Freddy's that's going to be in here that has a drive up window. It's the other stuff along the other uh full diamond interchanges. We've been the one that's for some reason we're getting one drive-thru. We're just asking for some flexibility. We're going to try to get

sit down restaurants. We're going to try to do it, but we're just asking for some flexibility to get candidly what everybody else gets. Okay. Thank you. No, that's that's good. That got I was probing to see how close they were on parcel D. So, thank you. Can you pull up again um the uh options that are there? Let me let me ask this question. If we go with their option that they want and it goes down, it can't come back before us for what?

Thank you, mayor. Members of council, I think you may be referring to, and I'm looking over to the city attorney, that if you um deny a request, it can't be reheard as the same request for one year. They could possibly make modifications, bring a different request to you, though. Um so the the options just to reiterate the the option and the um motion on the floor before you right now is to approve the reduction in parking and keep the drive-throughs the same. So only one drive-thru. That is the planning and zoning commission's recommendation to you and was staff's recommendation. And so you would need to amend the motion if you wanted to do one of the other options. Let me let me ask you this question and maybe it's one for the attorney as far as that goes. If we approve because if we kill the other option because there's been stuff back and forth on there, they couldn't bring it back for another year. Correct. That's what I'm hearing

in the in the same form in the same form. But when another form question I'm asking the attorney is if we did the one okay like is recommended and say he gets somebody who comes in that we want that happens to be a second one on that slot can he come back in and amend that one piece so if I if I'm understanding you did the one you're talking about the parking restrictions is that is that correct no the parking restrictions and what's being recommended right now is increasing to what 200 Right. And one drive-thru. Mhm. [clears throat]

Okay. Say if that was recommended because it my feel is that's probably where most of the council is going right now, unless I'm wrong, is can they come back later if they find something that happens to be that a second one that we would like to see there for whatever reason, he could come back in and mend it. My concern is if we go with the other option and we kill it, he can't bring it back for a year. Correct. But if you approve it and they come back with another, you have to start the P A process over again because it's PA. We can't just focus on that one. It would be a PD amendment and you'd have to go through the zoning process. Interesting. Okay. Well, I'm not sure where everybody is be honest with you on here. Huh?

Question. Yeah. Say that. I got a question for the user. Go ahead. So, I'm thinking I like option two, but would it help at all if I did two endcaps versus three three drive-throughs with two to be end caps? Would that give you enough flexibility? I think the answer is uh is something better than nothing? Yes. So, it doesn't give us any more of the ones I've given as an example, which is shake shacks. We can't do those. We can't do the the most common thing that's happening in the market. We can't do that. We can we can still do one,

but you know, again, the end caps, yeah, we could do instead of just a coffee on one, you know, we could have a coffee in the pharmacy window or something on those end cap and then one drive-thru. So, I guess we're just worried to council member Kano's point that it turns into some something that we don't like that we don't want, which hard it can't. It could last time, which by the way, P&Z last time voted, you know, we mentioned, well, P&Z went this way. Last time P&Z voted for unlimited ones. So did the staff. Yeah. So, and you guys went against it and and and I think we we we tried to redo this thing. So, [snorts]

uh I think yes, something's better than nothing, but it's still we can't do what the fear of the council is because we've got eight or nine pads and all we can do is two standalones, period. even if they didn't have a sit down option. Okay. Okay. So, do we make a Well, let me see. Council member T,

just one more question for the I guess for the attorney here. Um I I see this written where you know, minimum two drive-throughs and caps with use permits. Uh to the point the mayor was getting at earlier with the use permits, do they have to come to us for these use permits like other use permit? So each individual one would still go through the use permit process that we can either accept or deny at the time. So this or are those allowed without those hearings [clears throat] for those use permits? So if the pad allows for three, but those three would still individually come to us. Is that correct? Or are these allowed without coming to us?

Made some modifications. I'm not sure about the because I I think that would make a big difference if we have the ability to individually um look at those as it comes along. Thank you, Mayor, Council Member Terry. This PD requires they go through the use permit process. You're right. But but remember when you look at a use permit you you can't look at who the user is. You can only you look at circulation traffic that sort of thing. So it it doesn't give you as much flexibility as you may want there. Yeah. I'm not talking about the user. It's more the design of you know what what correct style [snorts] of drive-thru.

It still get you another look at it though attorney city. It does with a limited defined criteria. All right. Can I I think the fact that it's come back, we'll see how it goes. Um, can I get a motion in a second for You just That's what they're recommending is Are you recommending option two? No, that's not that's not what's in front of me. Okay. So, he's going to I'd like to move to do option two. Okay. So, you're making an amendment. Okay. Make an amendment to option two. Right. So you need a second on that. I need someone to second me for that. Okay.

So you made an a you made an amendment for option two as laid out in the presentation which is the maximum of three drive-throughs with a minimum of one end cap with use permit and one space for 200 square ft of medical. That's the proposed amendment. You would need a second. Then you discuss the amendment. I'll second it. Okay. We got a second on the board. Okay. Mayor, council, if you give me just a moment, we can do that on the system here. Um,

option two, just a no. Option two, what they're asking for, but it's going to require a use permit to come back. Yeah. Yeah. Vice Mayor Hampton, are you able to motion? Do you mean do it again? Um on your um voting system. I see the voting system. There's nothing to do yet on it. It says motion to amend option two, but I don't see a There it is. Now I hit the motion button. Trey can hit the second button. Hit the second.

Katie, can we get page eight of the staff presentation on this up? It has those options listed. I I do like that it's coming back with a use permit. Okay, now we've got got it on the board, right? Yeah. So, we can open it up.

So, I can talk if I want if you want me to. Um, yeah. So, I'm on board with the spur foot change taking it to 200, which is the same as Purian Surprise. And then option two, I'm okay with the three drives with unlimited at least one end cap of those three. So we're giving them two with one end cap as the third option. Um but they're all going to come to us back with a use permit so we can look at it a second swipe at it at a later date. Well, hopefully they they might not just all standalone restaurants, but we'll see what happens. Okay. Anything else? Can we open up for a vote? [clears throat]

passes 43. Okay. So now, Mr. Mayor, we're back to the main motion as amended, which is the option two. We good? You need to vote on that. Oh, we have to vote what on the main motion. The main motion. Yep. All right, open it up. This is the main motion. That was You've amended the main motion. This now includes option two, which is the three uh drive-thrus and the parking standard of one space for 200 uh square feet of medical office. So now what are we voting on? Your main motion incorporating that amendment.

Oh, incorporating incorporating that amendment. Yes. Right. Reaffirm. Correct. again. Same thing. 43 passes. 43. Okay. All right. Now, we have one item on the business to consider. Council compensation committee recommendations for the compensation for mayor, vice mayor, and council members. Go ahead. You're up. Good evening, mayor and council. Lyman Lockett, human resources director. Uh the citizen council, the citizen comp uh council compensation committee um is been working uh feverishly over the last couple of months working on their review of elected official salaries. Tonight they're here to present their recommendation. Uh before I turn things over to our chair, Susan Smeltzer, we have one uh of our council me or one of our uh compensation committee members present and that's Bob Payne. Just wanted to point him out. And uh with that, I'll turn things over to the chair Susan for the presentation.

Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Pazillo, Vice Mayor Hampton, and council members. On behalf of myself and the other members of the committee, I thank you for allowing us to present tonight. The council compensation committee was established in 2021 as part of the revision of the city charter. It is the responsibility of this committee to review the compensation of elected officials of the city every two years and to recommend changes if deemed appropriate. Compensation was last reviewed in 2023 with a recommendation made and approved in early 2024 for a 5% increase which was effective July 2024. It should be noted that this 5% increase was for a 2-year period. So mathematically this equated to 2.5% per year. In accordance with the city charter's two-year review requirement, the committee met in November and December to assess the council's current compensation. As in the past, we evaluated numerous factors, including the comparison of elected officials compensation to survey data of the 11 benchmark cities in the Phoenix metro area. We also considered the time and effort invested in their roles, the economic growth of Goodyear um that they've realized over the past two years and inflation rate data of both the US and the state of Arizona. Despite the 5% increase enacted two years ago, the city of Goodyear compensation for elected officials still falls short of the market average when compared to the benchmark cities. In fact, in most cases, it is below what was observed during our last review. What does this mean? The market average

rose more than the city of Goodyear itself over the past two years. The mayor's compensation is currently 56.7% of the market average. Two years ago, two years ago it was 60.7%. The vice mayor is 56.5% of the market average. Last time it was 56.4. So essentially this is the same. And council members have fallen to 37.1% of the market average. Two years ago it was 41%. To reiterate, trend analysis indicates a widening gap between the city of Goodyear comp council compensations and benchmark city averages over time. While we believe a compensation increase adjustment of greater than 5% is justified, the committee felt the required referendum to do so should not be considered until the next periodic review. It is therefore our current recommendation that the mayor, vice mayor, and council members each receive an increase of 5% to their existing salaries effective July 2026. The total annual um budget impact to the city would only be $5,870. While this increase still does not allow them to be on par uh with the benchmark cities, it does show a good faith effort to recognize the work they are doing on behalf of the residents of the city. We put our recommendation forth for your consideration and approval and adoption of the ordinance that would enact the changes. If you have any questions, we'd be more than happy to answer them.

Thank you. Any speaker cards? No, mayor. Anybody in the audience like to speak? The city clerk plead resolution number 20262504 by title only. Adopt resolution number 2026-2504 accepting the council compensation committee's recommendation and approve an annual compensation increase of 5.0% for the mayor, vice mayor, and each of the council members and provide for an effective date. Can I get a motion in a second uh for 20 26 254. I got a motion on the board. I also see a second on the board. Council member Terry.

Thanks, Mayor. I just wanted to make a comment um here. Thank you for uh the work that you and your committee do. Um I appreciate, you know, your recommendation last time. Obviously voters uh said otherwise and respecting that when you come forward but I I would just say that um see the number here 37% of the market average is well we it not like anybody up here does any less work than some of the other cities. Some of us have other jobs. Some of us have primary jobs um as well. And the work required is a major limiting factor in people running for this office. Um it there's so much work involved and but at the same time I know there's not a single person up here who's in it based off of a couple hundred dollar which breaks down to maybe $20 a month. um for the work that we do in in addition. So I I just want to thank you for your your work there and just um you know it it's not why I do it. It's not why anybody up here does it, but I do know for a fact it is a major limiting factor in the um in for people potentially running for this office. So just thank you for that. Councilwoman Gillis.

Um, I just to add to that, I want to be clear that I do not blame the voters for not voting for an increase to our salaries whatsoever. I believe the voters were not totally educated in what was going on and what we were trying to put out there. And I think that was on us. I think that we did not make it clear. It was not advocated appropriately like it should have been. And so that's on us. That's not on the voters. So, thank you for what you do and thanks to the voters for what they do do. And that really is up to us next time to be more clear about what we're doing and what we're putting out there. Council member Terry,

two seconds just to add on that. When when we do come forward, assuming you're there and city manager, um somewhere down the road, uh I would like this taken out of our hands at some point. Um, so I know I think the last one as Councilwoman Gil Gillis was saying, that way we're not voting on or I I don't want to do that. Um, but I when this comes forward again, taking this out of our hands and making sure that it's the committee and then the vote it it's out of our hands I think is the best long-term solution.

Anything else? Well, then let's open it up for a vote. 70. Thank you. I appreciate all you do. I really do. Thank you. Okay. Uh council have any comments, commendations, reports on current events? I only want to add one thing. Sunday I was at a Eagle Scout swearing in two young men, very great. And I didn't realize only 4% of scouts actually make it to the Eagle Scout level. 4%. uh and perseverance and whatever. Uh so I feel really good uh when you turn on the set all the discourse and whatever goes around through the country I feel really good seeing those kind of people coming up through the line. They are our future leaders. So feels a little better in my heart seeing that coming up up the ranks uh now into the community. City manager, you got anything?

Mr. Mayor, I do not have anything to report. Thank you. All right, great. Next meeting will be February 2, 2026. No further business. Meetings adjourned.