City Council - Regular Meeting

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Like to call the regular meeting to order for April 27th, 2026. Please mark if you are present. Will the clerk please let us know who is present for the record? Let the record reflect that Mayor Pazillo is absent.

Can I get a motion and a second to excuse Mayor Pazillo? Looks like Council Member Kino and Council Member Campbell have done that for us. Okay, now we'll vote. Looks like it passed unanimously. All right, please join Council Member Terry in the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation. Please stand. 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 God, we thank you for this city and the people who call it home. Bless the work done here tonight and the work done across Goodyear every day. Be with our police officers and our firefighters. watch over them over every call. Amen. Amen. Thank you. All right. We have two communication items tonight. The first item is to receive a recap of the 2026 spring training season. Like to welcome, introduce yourselves, Bruce, for us.

Good evening, Vice Mayor, Council. Bruce Kusman, Fallpark General Manager. And as you know, spring training is such an exciting time for us here in Goodyear. Uh we completed the 2026 uh spring training season on March 22nd, which was our 18th season here in Goodyear. I'm uh joined tonight by Cody Despenett, ballpark oper, assistant general manager, ballpark operations, and he's going to be presenting on the 2026 spring training season.

All right. Good evening everybody. 20 26 spring training, unprecedented heat. Uh through everything, this spring was still a successful uh season for us. We had 30 games, 15 for each of our teams for the 15 for the Cincinnati Reds, 15 for the Cleveland Guardians. Some of our highlights, we did host a World Baseball Classic game against team Cuba. Um our game on Monday the 16th of March was our largest game of the season against the Cubs where we welcomed over 8,000 people to that game. Um, so overall again a very successful season, especially given the circumstances of a very challenging weather. Moving on to that, just kind of the rundown of the attendance. We drew just over 145,000 146,000 fans for the 2026 spring training season. This is relatively flat from prior years. We have maintained our standing within the Cactus League overall. So, um that that number is very consistent from last year. Moving into some of our highlights from 2026 spring training. Um couple photos here. Uh Council Member Beckles, I'm sure, firing a first pitch strike there for uh before the uh opening game. Um our uh deal with City of Hope. We have um a home run for life where basically we team with city of hope here in Goodyear and we obviously honor cancer survivor. That's the photo on the right here. Obviously a very special moment where both of our teams are involved and uh play a big part in making that moment. Different promotions and activations that we have throughout spring training. We have four kids run the bases games after every Saturday game. So, Ace there again, a little high five to our fans, uh, our younger generation. And then, of course, we have a couple senior stroll after a couple games as well. Um, different promotions as far as giveaways

that we have during spring trainer. We had during this spring training, we always do for when our two teams play each other for opening day. We had a schedule magnet giveaway for St. Patrick's Day. This is uh the fifth year of our pint glass giveaway. Kind of a nice little tradition that we have um continued. And then for the last game of the year with all the hot weather, we did uh pass out some koozies to keep our our beverages warm, throw all of our fans there. Couple photos here are just highlighting some of the projects. Obviously, our our facility, as Bruce mentioned, we're, you know, 18 years now. So, uh, making sure that our facility and our venue is keeping up to date with, uh, with with maintenance and upkeep. Um, we renovated our suites this past year, so brand new furniture, um, brand new flooring, everything was redone inside the suites to make a better experience for our fans for this season. And then the photo on the left, we took an area that was a little bit more underutilized during spring training down in the left field corner. Being that it was in the sun at all times of the day, we did remove a few seats, a couple hundred seats in that area, but we did add a group area, a left field landing is the name of this area that was immensely popular. Um, basically sold every single game. Groups all the way up to 150. And Precious Shade obviously was added to this area to provide for the fans as well as uh food and beverage as well for this group area. Next slide. I want to highlight our volunteers. We cannot do what we do during spring training every year without our volunteers. This year in 2026, we had over 80 volunteers help us during the season, accumulating over 4,000 hours during the season. So, um, everything they do, they get through the stadium early. They are helping to wipe down seats before fans enter. They're helping pass out giveaways. And more than anything, they are ensuring that

Goodyear ballpark is consistently and always mentioned as the friendliest ballpark in the Cactus League. Moving on from spring training very quickly, we do have events throughout the year. We are uh we want to make sure being a city and community uh venue that we stay active throughout the year. probably one of the best things that we do. Right after spring training, we allow every Goodyear Little League team to play a game on the main ballpark. So, that's actually ongoing right now, having games at the ballpark. We'll have some state baseball playoffs. We will have city events, including the Fourth of July, including our fall festival. Um, we have some adult league baseball games in the fall that we will um transition into. And then with addition to the ballpark down at the development complexes, we have tournaments from Memorial Day to Labor Day pretty much every single weekend uh with Perfect Game, our partnership with them. That concludes the presentation.

Thank you. Like we have a comment from council member Terry. Yes, I didn't see it in this report. What was our attendance um relative to last year? Uh just rough percentage-wise, was it up? Was it down? It was down slightly. I believe around 2 to 3%. Okay. Um there were probably about 50 World Baseball Classic games that uh took away top talent from pretty much every team. So yes, I was sort of expecting that. So thank you. Uh Council Member Campbell.

So Bruce, I want to congratulate you and your entire staff on a wonderful season. I've been there for the last 18 years going to those ball games and it just gets better every single year. So, thank you and we really appreciate the fan interaction that you are making larger and easier to do for everyone. So, thank you so much. We just appreciate all you're doing. Thank you, Council Member Kino.

I want to thank you for your acknowledgement of our volunteers. They're a tremendous asset and met many of them through the uh volunteer appreciation and they are just passionate about their role there and we're really quite fortunate to have such a large workforce of willing volunteers. Probably most of the games I went to were related to the economic development outreach. And it was always so interesting and and inspiring to hear from people who are looking to locate businesses here already here just to have that experience in the park to to really comment at how well uh maintained, how good it looks, what a great community asset it is. And so it was just good to hear another facet of appreciation for the the good work you do.

Council member Beckles. Yes, I also want to thank you. Um, baseball is one of my passions. So, I was excited to attend many of the games also, uh, including some that weren't part of the economic development. But I did read somewhere that, uh, Goodyear got a ballpark got a recogn a nation national recognition as the third best ballpark between the cactus league and the grapefruit league. Uh, is that is that that is accurate? Yes, that was today. That's awesome. Thank you. Uh, Council Member Gillis,

Bruce, you know, I love baseball. That's my thing. You knew that from the very beginning. But I love, love, love what you did with the suits. You and I talked about that, remember? Um, I love it. I think you did a really good job and you did it for a really good price. I'd love to see some pictures on the walls of some of the teams that are playing there. Just an idea. I think we could use that in there. Um, but I love what you did. I thought you did a great job. Thank you.

Great. Yeah, I also appreciate you guys as well. It's a great amenity for us here in the city of Goodyear and I really appreciate the councils in the past that brought spring training to Goodyear. So, um, definitely a great amenity, great for economic development, great volunteers. So, it's a great great time to be here in Goodyear and I really like having that amenity. So, thank you for all your guys' hard work and the team. looking forward to next year, too. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. The second item item is a proclamation recognizing the Millennium High School girls basketball team for winning the 2026 Arizona Intercolastic Association Open Division State Championship. Will the team please join me in this area down here?

Thank you. In the well. The well. The well. They're gonna be taller than you. I know.

Congratulations. Are we doing a picture first?

Was something happen? Awesome. All right, I'll read the proclamation here from the mayor. Mayor's not here, but he obviously sends his well wishes, so I'll read here. So, Millennium High School, Arizona AIA Open Girls Basketball State Championships is the proclamation from the mayor and the city of Goodyear. Whereas the mayor and council of the city of Goodyear recognized the 2025 2026 Millennium High School girls basketball team for their outstanding dedication effort in claiming their second consecutive open state championship, the AIA's highest level playoff bracket in girls basketball. Whereas this marks the Lady Tigers sixth state basketball title since 2019, making history as the first girls team in Arizona to win back-to-back open division championships. Whereas on March 7th, 2026, Millennium secured a thrilling 58 to 52 overtime victory against Sandra Day Oconor at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Whereas freshman center Amaya Ribbons Brown was named game MVP after scoring 17 points, including six of the team's 10 overtime points and contributing six rebounds in a clutch performance. Good job. Good job. Whereas the Lady Tigers achieved an impressive 25-4 overall record this season and closed the year with a 12game winning streak, showcasing consistent excellence on both ends of the court. Whereas the hard work, determination, sportsmanship, and talent of this team, guided by head coach Danny Solomon, and his staff, Tamika Stuks, Tanner Norris, Riley Peterson, and Cassidy Dixon, have established a tradition of excellence and brought honor to Millennium High School, the Awarian High School District, the city of Goodyear, and the West Valley. Now therefore be it resolved that on behalf of Joe Pazillo, mayor of Goodyear, Arizona, he does hereby recognize and extend congratulations to Lennium Girls Basketball Team coaches and a support

staff of this exceptional achievement. Thank you so much.

Yeah, just want to point out this is becoming an annual tradition. So the congratulations ladies.

Now is a time for members of the public who wish to address the city council on any non-aggenda items within the jurisdiction of the Goodyear city council. Are there any speaker cards? No, vice mayor.

No. Does anyone in the audience wish to speak on a non-aggenda item? Seeing none, we'll move forward. Will the city clerk please read consent agenda items 3 through eight by title only? Item three, approval of minutes. Item four, approval of series 10, Baron Wine Store Liquor License for Bies Goodyear LLC. Item five, approval of series 14, private club liquor license for Aendale Moose Lodge number 2078. Item six, approval of budget amendments and related expenditure authority. Item seven, approval of intergovernmental agreement with Maricopa County for homeless outreach services fiscal year 2027. And item eight, adopt resolution number 2026-2517, authorizing the acquisition of real and personal property interest needed for the Del Camino lift station force main and sewer relocation project. All right, we have three public hearings tonight. Our first public hearing is to review and consider amending stipulation number 13 of the approved use permit for PV10 McDonald's located at the northeast corner of Indian School Road and Saveville Avenue. Open the public hearing. And looks like we got Oh, introduce yourself for everybody in attendance, please. Ann,

of course. Yes. Um, good evening, Vice Mayor and Council. My name is Ann Dalmidge, principal planner, and this is a stipulation review for stipulation number 13 of the use permit for the McDonald's in the PV10 commercial center. So, PB10 is located at the northeast corner of Indian School Road and Caveville Avenue, and it is part of the Palm Valley Phase 5 PA AD permitting general, commercial, or C2 uses. Uh McDonald's is just one use east within the center. That's the red box in the lower left corner. Uh the blue boundary is the full extent of PV10. A commercial building with a Starbucks drive-thru and retail space is currently under construction uh directly east of McDonald's. And a self- storage facility receives special use permit approval in 2022, but has never been built. So that special use permit has expired. So, McDonald's obtained use permit approval at a council hearing in November of 2022. At that hearing, several members of the public brought up concerns about the project, um, including the proposed hours of business, which were 24 hours per day. In response to this concern, uh, the following stipulation was imposed on the project to restrict hours to 5:00 am to midnight and to require a council review of the hours one year after the start of operations. And the full language of the stipulation is on this slide. Um, McDonald's did receive its certificate of occupancy in May of 2025. Um, that was the trigger for starting the one-year time limit. So that one-year review is due. Since starting operations, there have been no code compliance cases that are related to the hours of operation for this McDonald's. The hours are comparable with those of other McDonald's drive-throughs within

the city of Goodyear. As described in the council action report, an alternative citizen review was conducted for this project which involves sending postcard notifications to neighbors within a 550 ft buffer to let them know that this review would be taking place tonight. We also sent a second round of postcards when the public hearing was scheduled as well as posting a sign on the property and publishing a legal ad in the newspaper. and we've received no comments in response to any of these notifications. Staff recommends that stipulation number 13 for this use permit to be modified to read as follows. Hours of operation shall be from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. This removes the language about the one-year stipulation review. And it also allows McDonald's to continue to operate under their established hours. And that concludes my presentation and I'm available for any questions.

Thank you. Um, are there any speaker cards? I have one speaker card from the owner, Darian Melon, who is available if you have any questions.

Okay, I don't have any questions. Would anybody in the audience like to speak on this topic? Nope. All right, I'm gonna close the public hearing. The plan council please enter a motion and a second to amend stipulation number 13 of the approved use permit for PB10 McDonald's located at the northeast corner of Indian school road and Saraveville Avenue. I see a motion and a second have been entered open for council discussion and I have council member Campbell up first. So my question uh is has McDonald's asked to change their hours to 24 because we do have two other McDonald's in Goodyear that are operating 24 hours a day.

Um thank you for that question of Vice Mayor Hampton and Council Member Campbell. There have been no requests from this McDonald's location to alter their hours. Okay. If I understand correctly, the businesses that are adjacent immediately west of them are not 24-hour operations, right? That's the UPS. And I do believe they are. I do believe. I just wanted to make sure because this stipulation was put in simply because the neighborhood was concerned even that it's coming in and they really are doing a big business and it's very convenient. So, I just wanted to make sure that we're open if they need to extend their hours. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

Next up is Council Member Kino. And you said that there were no code compliance cases. So, would Noise fall under code compliance? Uh, yes. Um, Vice Mayor Hampton and Council Member Kano. Um, that's true. Um, there have been a few code enforcement cases in the past two years, but they've all been related to weeds. Okay. Um and those problems have been abated. There was one about odor control. Um the code enforcement um officer could not find any odor issues when they visited the site and there is an odor abatement um mechanism in the in the restaurant that's designed to help control that. Okay. Yeah, I was interested specifically in noise and it hasn't come up. So no, thank you so much.

Thank you. Okay. There being no further discussion, please open the voting. passes unanimously. Okay. Our next public hearing is to consider a use permit request for a convenience used drive-thru oil change facility located north of the northwest corner of Elliot Road and San Gabriel Drive East. Open the public hearing. Yes. Introduce yourself and welcome back.

Thank you. and Dalmigan, uh, principal planner. Um, this is a use permit request for a convenience use in Estrella, and the use in question is a drive-thru oil change facility. So, the project site is shown here in red. It's just over an acre in size. It's located in the Elliot Crossing commercial center that's at the northwest corner of Elliot Road and San Gabriel Drive East. Elliott Crossing has P A zoning and permits C2 general commercial uses and the blue boundary is the full extent of Elliot Crossing. The center does already include a gas station with convenience store, a restaurant, two medical buildings, and a self- storage facility that is currently under construction. The applicant is proposing a new auto repair facility shown here. There will be three service bays for drive-through oil changes on the east side of the building and queuing space for up to nine cars. Um that's three cars behind each service bay. Additional services like brake pads, alignments, tire repair uh will take place in the west side of the building. That's also where the offices and storage spaces are located. And only the oil change services will use a drive-thru format where the customers stay in their car throughout the service. So only the oil change component qualifies as a convenience use and is subject to the use permit requirement. All other services to be offered here are already permitted uses in C2. There will be two driveways from San Gabriel East shown here. They're both full service driveways. And there's also two driveways from Elliot Road which are not shown here. And we have two building elevations on this slide. This is the north and east

side of the building. Elliot Crossing does have its own design guidelines which promote an early 20th century architectural style. So this business is addressing those guidelines by using brick as one of their one of their main um primary building materials. They've also incorporated pitched roof elements and awnings and it borrows colors and materials that are being used on the self- storage facility currently underruct excuse me currently under construction next door. So there will be a unified appearance. Queuing lanes and parking will be screened from the street with a solid masonry wall and service bay doors are located on the north and south sides of the building and will not be facing the street. The closest residential properties to the project site are shown here. Sonor and Vistas and Hidden Hills are to the north and they are separated from the site by hilly topography. Cordero and Avalon are just over a quarter mile to the southwest and southeast. Um while we're not proposing a stipulation to restrict the business hours, they're expected to run from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. That leaves evenings and Sundays free, which minimizes impacts to surrounding neighborhoods. Again, an alternative citizen review was conducted for this project, um sending postcards to 10 neighbors within a 500 ft buffer. Um notifications were also provided for this public hearing, including a second round of postcards, sign posting on the site, a legal ad, and a posting on the website. No comments have been received as a result of any of these notifications. The project went to Planning and Zoning Commission on April 15th. Um, no members of the public spoke about it and the commission voted to recommend approval 6 to zero with one commissioner absent.

And our recommendation is to approve the use permit for a convenience use, a drive-through oil change facility subject to staff stipulations. And I believe the applicant is here tonight and I'm also available for questions. Thank you. Does the applicant wish to speak? I don't see anything. Are there any speaker cards? No, Vice Mayor.

Okay. Would anybody in the audience like to speak? Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing. Will the council please enter a motion and a second to approve a use permit request for convenience use drive-thru oil change facility located north of the northwest corner of Elliot Road and San Gabrielle Drive East. I see a motion and a second open for council discussion. Council member Terry. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh just for a quick reasoning on why use permit. Um, as you mentioned, this is already zoned for this purpose and has been for quite a long time. Um, what exactly about this building makes it require a use permit?

Yes, thank you, Council Member Terry. Um, per the de definition of convenience use, which I'm trying to find, sorry. Um, Maybe I can um help slightly. Is it My understanding is it's because there are garage doors on both sides of the building to allow for a drivethru. Is does that sound correct?

Yes, somewhat. Um per the definition of convenience use, um most types of drive-throughs do require a use permit if they qualify. So, it's stores less than 7,500 square ft and all stores regardless of size with a drive-through window, drive-through aisles, or any sort of drive-through facility um that sell. And then it lists of certain items that are for sale. Um, additionally, car washes, self-service or automated, drive-through laundry, and drive-through video stores. So, staff have made the determination that a drive-through oil change is substantially similar to these uses. Got it.

And that qualifies. I I just wanted to point out again for anybody potentially watching um it's been zoned for this purpose for a long time and if one side of the building didn't have the garage doors and it was just pull in and then back out it would not even require a use permit. Um that's true. Is that true? Yes. Okay. That's that was my understanding. That's what I wanted to get give forward for. The reason for this hearing is specifically that use permit to just allow them, you know, to be able to go out the other side of the building if they wanted to as well. All right. Thank you. That's all I have. Vice Mayor.

Great. Uh, Council Member Beckles. Uh, yes. Um, so the primary access is is uh by the storage facility for the oil change. Is that correct? Uh, yes. Council member Beckles, that's correct. Okay. So, does that in any way impede access to the other businesses in that area?

Uh, it should not. We do have a proposed um condition of approval that states should there be any backups that the property owner should um remedy the situation immediately, which could include um getting us a traffic management study and then getting that approved by staff. Also, um so for the uh drive-thru, so for the drive-thru and for the um full service, are you saying that there's nine cues that So, or is that just for the um drive-thru?

So, for the drive-thru, there's three service bays and then room for nine cars to queue up behind those service bays. So, three per bay. Okay. Um, for the rest of the building, I believe it looks like they have three, another three, but on each side, so it's a total of six. Okay. I I was just curious, uh, cuz I understand it's 10-minute oil change. Yeah.

Uh, and if somebody gets stuck, uh, or if there's a ends up being a problem, is there a place to get them out of the way so the other cars can come through? Um they would they would need to move to be honest. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh and will there be directional signs for to show which which which bay you go for full service and which bay you go for the drive-thru? I don't believe any signage has been proposed as part of this use permit, but that would be considered with the site plan and the signed permit. Yes. Yes. Okay.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Looks like all the questions I had a couple questions, too. Um, was there any noise study with this? I think we're far enough away and the hours probably preclude that as an issue, but I was just curious if there was a noise study. Uh, no, Vice Mayor. Noise study was done. Okay. Just think about the impact wrenches and things like that being operated there, but it's like a normal shopping center probably with a place like this in there.

Yeah, I think I've gotten comments that some residents aren't super happy about this, but I know a lot are very excited about this because this is an area that doesn't have this use at all within miles of this area here for all the residents that live in a straight mountain ranch. So, I I'm glad they're getting a Straight Mountain Ranch is getting a getting a a place like this because they don't have this there. So, definitely a need. So, thank you for choosing Goodyear and um I think it'll be a good use there. All right. So, with that, there being no further discussion, please open the voting. Okay, motion carries nastly. Thank you. All right, moving on. And our last public hearing is to collect public comments on the proposed FY2027 to 2030 consolidated plan, including its citizen participation plan and FY 2027 annual action plan. Open the public hearing. Please introduce yourself as you're coming up to the podium for everybody.

Good evening, mayor and council. I'm Christina Panitescu, community partnerships program manager. I am here for the public hearing. Uh we're in the middle of the public comment period for our consolidated plan and annual action plan for CDBG HUD funding. So the consolidated plan is really about information that's provided by HUD and uh data about our community. And then the annual action plan talks about specifically how we intend to invest our CDBG community development block grant allocation in fiscal year 27. The again the consolidated plan is the framework and the annual action plan identifies the specific activities. So, we'll be back next year to talk about um FY28 funds and they'll still conform to the larger consolidated plan priorities. So the process for this is always to begin with outreach, get public input, um input from different department directors and executive leadership around what our greatest needs are that might be eligible. We look at the data to support our recommendations and create a final plan. What we've come to for the next four years is high priority areas that are eligible will be attainable and sustainable housing, community

facilities and improvements, public services, and program administration. And we wanted to continue to keep economic development on the list in case a great opportunity presented itself. We could work that into a future plan without having to come back and revise our consolidated plan. Uh the only real change from the previous five-year plan was that attainable and sustainable housing moved from lower priority to higher priority. I'm pleased to say that since this was uh due for uh publication, we have learned our actual allocation. During the planning process, we were working off of an estimate of $415,000 because that's what we received last year, but next year we will be receiving $482,286 from MUD. So 20% of that we are recommending be used for program administration. That would include doing environmental reviews, um any um special training related to the way the HUD programs work, etc. And um that will wind up being $96,457. Uh and then the maximum allowed for public services is 15% of the total allocation. We're actually recommending uh the $62,268 to support Gervanni Cares who provides community legal services uh and landlord

tenant mediation and counseling for uh people facing eviction. the um that is actually 13% of our total allocation. So less than it could be, but it meets the number that Gervani Cares proposed they would need to serve our Goodyear residents. And then the balance will go towards reviving our owner occupied home rehab program uh with at $323,561 which we will procure uh through contract. So the public comment period as I said has been open since the first. There's three days left. Any final comments will be incorporated into the final version. So far, we have not received any comments during the public comment period. Um, and then the final version will be available on the city's website and will come to you for adoption at the May 4th council meeting. That's next Monday to authorize submission because it's due to HUD uh by May 15th. Uh, and so we'll get that in right away and we'll wait for HUD to approve our plan. and expect to have funds available sometime after July 1. Are there any questions?

Great. Thank you. Are there any speaker cards? No, Vice Mayor. Would any in the audience like to speak on this topic? No. So now I will close the public hearing. No council action is required on this item, but I'm going to open up for council discussion. Anybody on the council like to talk about this? Looks like nobody. I got a quick question for myself. How many houses do we get for $300,000 projected? Well, it will depend on the amount of um work that needs to be done. So, it could vary,

but the maximum that our policy, the way our program is structured uh is set for is 30,000 per house. So divide that by 30,000 and it'll be that will be the low end of the number. Okay. Yeah. So I make sure it's using it for the best possible use there. So thank you. Okay. Thank you for that. Thanks.

All right. We have two items on business. I would like to remind council to wait for a motion and a second before discussion. Our first item is to consider approving a regional parking garage development agreement with RG Land Partners. Please introduce yourself. Looks like Roric and Kenny. Good evening, Vice Mayor and Coun Council. Um, I'm Kenny Kudson, interum city manager, and I'll also be joined with me by uh Roric Massie, our city attorney, and we'll take you through this item tonight. Uh it's regarding a proposed development of agreement for the regional parking garage and the GSQ development. Uh we've spoken to council uh about this topic on several occasions leading up to tonight's recommended action. Um most recently with council's approval in November 17th of last year of a letter of intent outlining the key terms for the regional parking garage development agreement. So here's our agenda for this evening uh presentation. I'm going to cover the background of the proposed design while Ror covers the development agreement and timeline. And then we'll conclude with the recommendation before you for tonight for approval. You see the aerial photo up here. It uh on the slide. It's a little dated. Uh doesn't include a lot of the stuff that's been going on over in GSQ, but it is looking northeast um in the direction of GSQ. You can see City Hall and City Civic Square in the middle of the photo. I've highlighted a a red star here to show where the proposed location is for the regional parking garage. uh the background related to this and can talk a little bit about the GSQ vision for its development. Uh you can see here that uh we you got a picture here of the rendering of the civic square along with city hall and gen one office building. But the real reason why we were looking at for GSQ was to have that walkable urban downtown feel for GSQ with also a mixeduse development. So we had multiple types of uses in there. Uh we also wanted to make sure pedestrian first was part of the design to make sure it was very walkable feel um with a pedestrian in mind. And then

finally we wanted to have those vibrant public spaces. And so this is really what we're here talking about tonight is really to be able to try to um make sure that happens as part of the development especially east of 150th drive. I know this is talking about west of 150th drive. So here is a little bit of a map of Ariel showing here the location on GSQ. Uh you can uh have a little more detail here. This is uh to orient yourself. You've got Mcdal and Bullard Avenue on this the bottom right of the photo. Uh I've overlaid here uh the lots layouts for um the GSQ area we're talking about in red. And you can see Goodyear Way stretching uh east and west across there between 150th Drive and Bullard Avenue. Uh one want to focus on tonight is the garage parcel which is lot 19. And I'm going to blow that up right here so you can see it a little bit easier. But that's where our garage parcel will be located in lot 19. So, zooming in a little bit more, here is the site plan um that shows exactly where on light lot 19 the garage would sit. It would sit on the western portion of the garage or this this lot. And I also mentioned that we talk about a police substation being part incorporated into this um development agreement and it will be incorporated within the footprint of the garage parcel. And then you also see the two private parcels on the east side of this lot. uh those will be prov provide um private development within the um GSQ development and that hatched area I'm sorry um that hatched area is actually the public open space easement area. So that's in an area where we'll have a public open space amenities developed as part of this development agreement as well. So now I'm going to turn it over to Roric to talk a little bit about the development agreement uh terms and uh timeline.

Thank you very much.

Thank you Kenny. Uh, Mr. Vice Mayor, members of council, Roy Nassie, and the city attorney. Uh, this, as as Kenny referenced earlier, this item was presented back in December of last year. It's been a project we've been working with, uh, RG Land Partners on for quite some time to get it in front of council in the final forum this evening. Uh we did present a letter of intent uh to council back in December with the general deal points uh that we sent that council did approve and we worked over the last few months and refining that and in integrating in into the development agreement in front of you. The de development agreement uh the delivery model of the parking garage is very similar to the model we followed in delivering the city hall and the civic center park. It's a public private partnership uh between ourselves and RG land partners which is the development entity uh between red development and and globe core. Um there's been a few modifications uh to the project since we approved the LOI and I'll just highlight those at a high level. Not really material just as we work through the deal and work through the design a few things changed. We're still within the overall scope of the budget that we presented uh back in December of last year of the 25 million. Uh but again there's been a few modifications. So just the high point of the development agreement is uh RG land partners uh will manage the project. Uh they will uh donate the land uh that we will develop the parking garage on. It's estimated to be about one and a half acres. Uh they will manage the project using public procurement methods. So which under title 34 in Arizona if you're going to expand public funds you need to follow public procurement. They will follow those models. just as they did here at the city hall project. U the timeline is they will begin development fairly soon and the goal is to have at least uh temporary CFO and it open for operation in February of next year. Uh that is to

align with other uh retail and other projects coming online in the area. The project will allocate uh up to $20 million for the development of the parking garage and other soft and uh design costs towards the project to deliver a project of approximately 600 parking uh spaces. Uh just for comparison purposes, we have two garages here adjacent to the city hall. We have the city-owned uh parking garage north the city hall kind of across from the library. That's about 9 900 spaces. The parking garage across from Banner is about 600 spaces. So, roughly the size of the banner, uh, the garage next to the banner. Um, let's see here. We're going to incorporate the shell of a police pup's uh, substation. As Keany indicated, it's going to be developed within the uh, perimeter of the parking garage, 1500 square feet. When we discussed the LOI back in December, we contemplated that would be a turnkey operation, much like the rest of the garage. as we started working through the uh the intricacies of developing a police uh substation kind of recognized that's probably something we need to spend a little bit more time designing. So they're going to develop and deliver a shell with utilities of 1500 square ft and the city will then do the tenant improvements at a later date once we've had thoughtfully designed the the structure. But we do still have room in our overall construction budget of about three million $3 million to fully uh do the TI's for that project. But that is a deviation from the LOI that we previously discussed. Uh the public spaces, as Kenny showed you a little bit of a diagram when we talked about the LOI back in December, the public uh gathering spaces was more adjacent to the parking garage and that was going to be city-owned and operated at that time. the design is now

integrating that into some of the the private development with the two uh private parcels. So, we're not going to own that parcel, but we're going to assist in the development of that parcel and contribute up to $1 million for those public amenities, but that'll be owned and operated by the uh by the developer. And so, that is a change from the LOI. Let's see uh other major deal terms. Uh again, we talked about RG Land Partners, uh donating the land. They're going to pay off any assessments that are still remaining on the parcel from the uh McDall Road improvement uh project. So that there's still assessments that'll be paid off before the project is conveyed to the city and they'll rem remove any CCNRs that are on the project. So it'll be delivered to the city uh free and clear of any incumbrances. Uh again, the intent is approximately 600 spaces. Of course, the market's going to dictate that within our overall budget of $20 million for the garage itself. Um this is intended to relieve some of the uh parking obligations on the remainder of the project. So, we don't want a sea of parking lots in our new downtown area. So, we're looking to maybe to move some of that into the district parking solution. Uh, it'll alleviate intended to alleviate 450 spaces of uh surface parking, assuming we're going to get 600 spaces out of the garage. There's some terms in the agreement that if if the 600 spaces moves up or down, the 450 also moves up and down. That's a little bit of a deviation from the LOI and just wanted to highlight that for you this evening. And the final uh agreement between the parties is moving forward. The city and the property owners association for the GSQ will share in the on ongoing annual parking operating

costs for the garage on a 50/50 basis. So it'll be a partnership as far as moving forward in the operations costs. With that, we would ask you to approve the resolution tonight uh approving the development agreement between the city and RG land partners. and Ed Bull is here this evening representing RG Land Partners if council has any questions for him as well. Great. Thank you. Are there any speaker cards? I have no speaker cards.

Would any in the audience like to speak about this? All right. With that, will the city clerk please read resolution number 2026-2518 by title only? Adopt resolution number 2026-2518 approving the development agreement with RG Land Partners LLC for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a regional parking garage, police substation, and public open space amenities within Goodyear Civic Square. Will the council please enter a motion and a second to adopt resolution number 2026-2518? I see a motion and a second have been entered, open for council discussion, starting with council member Campbell.

Thank you. I've got a couple of questions, Roric. For this location, is this uh to enhance the possibility of a hotel coming in?

It uh is certainly the hotel is in conversations for development in the parcel and it is a in close proximity to one of the sites under consideration. While this is a district parking solution generally open to the public, the agreement does call out that if any specific users in the future need uh to fulfill specific parking requirements, we can enter into agreements with that specific user likely under a lease of parking spaces.

Okay. So, would we do it uh because we own part of that rather than RLG doing it? As far as parking garage, we will own it in its entirety and we have the right to manage that at our own discretion. Okay. To your knowledge, is it still going to be free parking for our residents? Yes, for now. For now, it's intended to be free parking. We do have some discretion under the agreement, but that's the intent to have a public parking solution.

And I've got a couple of more questions. Um, you were talking about the lawn area that we're going to, um, I'm going to say help pay for or give a million dollars to. Uh, do we have any language in there that it will be compatible with what our front lawn is now to the the Goodyear city hall so that it it it is cohesive somewhat. It doesn't have to be identical, but

we want it to look good. Vice Mayor, Council Member Campbell, members of council. At this point in time, we don't have a design or um you know exactly how it's going to look um that center area for the public open space amenities. I don't envision it's going to be exactly like Civic Square out in front of city hall. Um but it will be a place where we can have public gathering or events that can we can activate over in there. So, we'll work with um RGLP on the design of that to make sure it is compatible with um both the the city's um park and garage use there, but also the um retail activities that go on over in GSQ. Well, I don't really want it identical, but I want it and I'm saying compatible because I don't know what else word to use, but nothing so far out that I'd like to make sure it enhances our GSQ area, which I'm sure it will, but since we're not going to own it, we're just going to use it to have events there. We're not going to have a lot to say about it. So, I just, you know, would like as y'all move through the process, keep that in mind. And my last question, I noticed for the parcel, it's on the land that we own. It's not, is it? Did I misunderstand that?

We don't currently own the land. It's that parcel 19. The land will be conveyed to the city to us because we own the land behind the city hall. Well, we own the land um to the north of city hall. Where is I don't know where to.

Yeah, I've got it. Okay. And then my very last question is um are we going to it's I'm assuming it's going to be the same color and all of that like what we already have and you showed that it was on McDall and Bullard. Is that correct? But it's in the center. So it would be we have um we've got First Watch and we've got the Sushi Place. We've got Trader Joe's. Then we're coming in with with Firebirds and then we're coming in with something else. So, it'll be kind of adjacent to that. Am I Am I doing it? My Vice Mayor, Council Member Campbell, members, it's even further in. Oh,

yeah. The garage parcel's right here where I've got it highlighted on with the the mouse there. So, it's between MC It's between Trader Joe's over here and the roundabouts. I got it. Okay. Thank you. That's a great place for it. Okay. Thanks.

All right. I guess my comment would be, yeah, I park garages are great. So, I think they really spur a lot of economic development. They bring more retail. Uh they're more make more spaces more walkable for our residents as well. And yeah, just make sure uh to comment on her comment as well. I really want to make sure that um private area could be enhanced for for long-term future as well. Either shows, concerts, uh whatever they want to do there. just make sure it looks great and nice. So, um but yeah, with that there being no passes unanimously. All right. Thank you. Our next item is consider amending Goodyear City Code Chapter 13 traffic regarding electric bicycles and electric scooters. Like we got our speaker. Please introduce yourself for the audience.

All right. Uh good evening, uh Vice Mayor Hampton and uh council. I am Jose Gonzalez, the deputy chief of police uh at the Goodyear Police Department. Uh tonight, uh we will be going over the proposed ebike ecooter ordinance that has been created in conjunction with legal services and the prosecutor's office. Uh the ordinance has been requested by a number of you. Um, and at the recent council retreat, I presented findings from research conducted uh in other cities on this issue as well as recommendations for a Goodyear specific ordinance which is presented for your review and approval tonight. Um, our ebike uh e- scooter ordinance uh establishes regulations and safety guidelines for all classes of electric bicycles, motorized bicycles, uh, electric standup scooters, electric miniature scooters, and it aligns local definitions with Arizona revised statutes. As part of our ordinance, uh, speed and safe operation are addressed. Uh individuals utilizing these devices must obey uh posted uh speed limits. Uh they must ride at a speed that is uh reasonable and safe for uh the conditions. Um and riders must control speeds to avoid hazards or collisions. Um during uh the council retreat as well as my interactions with community members, uh age uh came up a lot uh in the conversation. So our ordinance does have some age restrictions in it. Um, as far as our ordinance is concerned, individuals who are under 16 years of age, uh, are prohibited from using the larger class 3E bicycles. Uh, individuals who are under 14 years of age are prohibited from using the class one and two bicycles, and individuals under the age of 12 are restricted from using the electric standup scooters. Uh, our ordinance also addresses road

positioning and the use of bike lanes. Um, individuals utilizing these devices must ride near the right hand side uh of the roadway. Um, and no more than two uh people a breast are able to ride uh side by side unless they're in bike designated areas. Um, and individuals must use bike lanes when present uh except in these circumstances when it is either unsafe or if you're on the roadway preparing to make a left uh hand turn. Uh lastly, uh scooters uh are prohibited on roads uh with speed limits greater than 25 miles an hour. Some of the actions uh that this ordinance uh prohibits are as follows. Um individuals may not ride against traffic unless you are on unless you are on the uh electric miniature stand-up scooters. Those are the smaller ones. Those are permitted on sidewalks. Um individuals cannot ignore uh posted signs. Um, and this uh particular provision is important because it allows our partners uh in parks and recreations uh to post additional signage uh that further restricts the use of these devices uh in heavily congested areas such as near playgrounds and other uh gathering locations in our parks. Um, uh, these devices are, uh, you're not allowed to use, uh, excuse me, you're not allowed to have passengers unless the device is specifically designed, uh, to have passengers. Uh, all riders under the age of 16 must wear a securely fastened helmet. And the uh, as it relates to the class 3 ebikes, uh, individuals may not exceed the 20 mph speed limit on shared pathways in our city. And lastly, um these uh devices are not allowed to be parked on any roadway or sidewalks to avoid the cluttering that can sometimes happen with uh these devices. Um DUI also was a topic of conversation

in several of our uh gatherings and uh our provision, our excuse me, our ordinance uh makes it illegal to be uh under the influence. Um, an individual who has a alcohol concentration of greater than 0.08 is presumed impaired and individuals who are in violation of this section of our ordinance um will face penalties that include a minimum of one day in jail, uh, a minimum of a $250 fine, as well as being mandated to possible treatment and or community service. uh the law as it relates to DOI and this section of our ordinance closely uh mirrors the Arizona revised statute. Now the majority of the violations in our ordinance as proposed are are civil in nature and as such carry civil penalties. Uh for example, first violations are result in a $50 violation. uh second uh results in $250 fine uh for that violation and uh third violations uh result in $500 uh um fines for those violations. Now, if the ordinance is approved, uh we're not going to go right into enforcement mode, uh you know, issuing tickets and citations. Uh we're going to take a six-month period uh to work with our digital communications partners uh to come up with an educational campaign to really kind of uh focus on uh educating our community on the dos and don'ts of uh e devices within our community. However, after that six-month period, uh enforcement will begin and we estimate that that'll take place somewhere around November of this year. And lastly, uh given all the uh you know, conversations we've had surrounding this topic with all of you on the council as well as uh our community members, uh our recommendation is that we approve the ebike and e- scooter uh ordinance. With that, I'll entertain any questions.

Thank you. Are there any speaker cards? Yes, Vice Mayor, we have one speaker, Harley Coffin. Okay. Great. Welcome. Each speaker was limited to three minutes. The timer will be on the screen and will turn red when you have 20 seconds left. Before you begin to speak, identify yourself by clearly stating for the record your name and if you are a Goodyear resident. Okay. My name is Harley Coffin. I am a Goodyear resident up in EMR. I had 16 seconds left last time. So, do I get that or no?

Hey, it was worth a shot. Um if you remember uh you know last month I came here and it was actually a month early. I was here to support the ebike um you know recommendation that uh ordinance that the you know I understood that the police were going to put forward at that time and I you know really didn't expect a whole lot you know come when I came one way or the other and uh you know as I was leaving the building um you know I was approached by uh you know chief is and he was very concerned and he had the packet that I presented and we went through that packet and the u uh response that I received from him you know he told me you know sorry about that he told me you know I can do this I can't do this I you know and we don't know the direction we're going to take but we know that we are going to be coming up with an ordinance and so he said but I tell you what I can do and the things that he told me he could do he followed through with and that's you know that's a good thing. Uh likewise, one of the things that he told me that he was going to do was put me in contact with this gentleman. First time I've ever seen him. Talked to him quite a bit on the phone over the last couple of of month or last month. But uh I just want to to first of all commend Goodyear PD and their leadership. And I don't think it's said often enough that the job that they are doing and the job that they've been given, you know, to accomplish because everything that these two gentlemen have told me, you know, has been right where it's at and that is that's, you know, that's appreciated. Now when I was talking with uh you know chief deputy Gonzalez there's thing with with training and you know part of the thing with training is that our problem

is not only ebikes but it's e motorcycles and there is a huge huge huge gap between what the public sees as an ebike and an e motorcycle and if we don't put something about e- motorcycles inside the training that we're going to do. We're going to be here a year from now discussing the same issues. And so, you know, I would would strongly suggest that, you know, we've incorporate that into our training because it's not the ebikes. Ebikes are are an issue, but the big issue are the e- motorcycles and the the people just really don't we're dealing with teenagers and their parents. they either don't understand or they don't want to understand and so we have to train them so that they know what it is and so again I support this and you know thank you thank you good PD thank you for the council thank you any other speaker cards

no vice mayor okay uh will the city clerk please read ordinance number 2026-1648 by title only adopt ordinance number 2026 6-1648 amending Goodyear City Code Chapter 13 traffic to enact a new article 13-7 titled ebike ecooter regulations. Will the council please enter a motion and a second to adopt ordinance number 2026-1648. I see a motion and a second have been entered. Open for council discussion. Starting with council member Kino.

All right. Well, ebikes and scooters are definitely a valid form of microtransit and I know many people depend upon them uh to get around to get to jobs. Uh I was on a police ride along this morning and we did have an ebike call and it was uh noted that it would have been very helpful to have this ordinance in place uh at the time. So I'm really glad that we're this far along and and getting it to go. want to note there's a member of the parks commission here for this agenda item because it impacts um parks as well and and the ability for the public to use them and and public safety. My question for you is are we going to wait until November to enforce DUIs on that? Is that part of your education strategy or will you start enforcing that?

The DUI laws, thank you Vice Mayor and Council Member Camel for the question. Uh the DUI laws are pretty um they're pretty established. I don't think it's going to be necessary for us to wait the six months. Uh the six months we're going to utilize really for the dos and don'ts and where can you ride these and where can you not uh you know for for the community. The DUIs will be enforced if we encounter those. Great. Thank you.

Okay. Next up is Council Member Terry. Oh, wait. Council member Gillis. Um, I'd like to thank the gentleman that just came up and spoke in in favor of the police department. Thank you very much for that because I'm a big huge supporter of the police department and Chief is one of the best as is Deputy Chief Gonzalez, Deputy Chief Kirk, all of them. I think they they do their job unbelievably well. And so I'm very excited about this because I almost took three of them out yesterday. I mean out like might have even been dead. I was at um an entrance um going off right in off of Lichfield um to where I live and there was three and they were between 12 and 14 I would guess and they were run right after the other and they were playing they had no business to be on ebikes as far as I'm concerned. They were pl they were paying no attention to the laws to the stop lightss. Um, the stoplight had stopped any traffic walking or moving this way as far as them and had gone for me to take a right turn. I went to take a right turn and all three of them darted out in front of me like that. And I was starting to go, if I had killed these kids, I'd have never forgiven myself and it would not have been my fault. Do you see what I'm saying? I was very upset about this. And I thought, I wish that these laws were already in effect because I thought to myself, there would have been three sets of parents because they aren't paying attention to what their kids are doing. No helmets between 12 and 14 at least. No helmets, no nothing. Here's my question. We're waiting to enforce it um until November of 26. Correct. Um how are we going to enforce this with parents to really understand what's going on here? I mean, those kids would have been dead had I not honked my horde and laid on the brakes. Those kids would have been gone because they darted out that quick in front of me. This was just yesterday. How are we going to enforce

it so these parents understand what is going on? This is scary to me.

Thank you for the question, Vice Mayor, Councilwoman Gillis. Um, you are right. These situations are very dynamic and they can happen in a in a split second. And part of the reason why we enacted or or asking to have age restrictions in the ordinance is for that same reason. Our kids simply don't realize the dangers of you know operating these vehicles in and around uh you know big heavy uh cars. Uh part of our strategy uh will be to obviously utilize our social media channels. Uh we will be utilizing our digital communications folks to uh provide messaging for um our uh uh parents that are out there that utilizing social media. will also uh engage the schools. Um we may barely get in if if we time this right, we might be able to get some educational materials out to the schools now before school gets out, but uh certainly uh in September when school resumes, we will be be back in the schools passing out information, letting folks know. Plus, we'll have our officers out there now. They're all very well aware of the ebike e- scooter issue because they receive several calls about these uh devices. And so our officers are going to be uh empowered to go make contact. And when we do uh you know engage in maybe some some youngster who's utilizing these these devices, one of the uh factors will be that they will have to be uh we'll have to contact their parents. Yes. Let the parents know as well especially during this educational period. I think they'll appreciate the fact that we stopped their son or daughter. We reached out to you know mom dad say hey here's what's going on. Here's what they can and can't do. Here's a pamphlet to kind of help further educate you. you know, come November, uh, this could have resulted in a citation. And so, um, it's going to be working in collaboration with our schools, our social media through, uh, digital communications, and and really just our our hands-on approach with, uh, the the the people we encounter on the streets and the parents if they're underage.

And do you think, Jose, that citations are going to be enough? What about the people that don't want to listen? I mean, you know, and and just keep doing just keep paying the fines. The fines aren't that rough. I mean, what if they just keep paying the fines? Oh, too bad. this my kid wants to do. How do we deal with that?

Well, you know, as thank you for the question, uh, Council Member Gillis and and Vice Mayor. Um, you know, that's part of the reason why we have the tiered approach. We may encounter folks who just simply don't want to obey the ordinance. Um, you know, we have uh a tiered approach as far as the fines are concerned, and individuals uh who do commit, you know, uh, violations of the ordinance on these devices within a 12-month period could see upwards of $500 fines for these devices. Um it it is kind of a balancing act. We are trying to uh balance individuals uh ability to use these devices because we have a great community to do so, but we're also trying to balance uh the safety of those who are driving and or using our parks uh because we have some great parks here in our city.

Yeah, I think they're great and I think they're great if used correctly. And I think that yesterday it scared me. It really scared me. And the one kid when I laid on the horn kind of went like that and I thought, "Oh, I could get out of this car right now." So, I just want to be sure that we are so strict on this and follow through and and as soon as we can get it going. I mean, I'm all for this because that scared me like crazy yesterday. Those kids, I mean, I just kept thinking about those kids later that night and if something if I'd have taken all three of them out because they all went right after the other. So, it was pretty scary. Thank you. Now, Council Member Terry.

Thank you, Vice Mayor, Deputy Chief. I regret to inform you that school starts, I think, either the last week of July or the first week of August. I'm dating myself. Sorry.

Um, kind of carrying on this conversation, uh, I think something that's bugged me a little bit is, you know, with emerging technology, we see this in all sorts of facets. the law is always slow to catch up. Other than the number of wheels, what is the difference um in kind of the street legality and how we treat a vehicle between an ebike, an e- motorcycle, and an electric car? Thank you for the question, uh, Vice Mayor, Council Member Terry. Uh, that is an interesting question because you're right, as technology does emerge, uh, cheaper forms of transportation for individuals looking to go to and from work are going to be, um, needed and developed and used. um in this situation. I think you know when when having the meetings with the entire council at the last retreat, hearing all of your concerns about these devices, um you know, interacting with community members who also were frustrated with uh their interactions with individuals on it. The the idea here that it's the issue is our our kids. That's kind of what we're worried about here is our kids. Um I remember being young. I still think I am even though I'm not. Uh and I remember that feeling of being invincible. And the one thing here with these ebikes and e scooters is, you know, they're different than a car because of where they can go. You know, that's clearly uh outlined in the Arizona Revised Statute. But these e scooters and ebikes can virtually go anywhere. And the the real danger is uh the individual who's riding on these devices not realizing that they can probably maneuver quicker than any person walking and they can turn, stop, and do everything faster than a,000 pound car. And so part of this uh you know endeavor if you will is is really trying to get out during these next six months to really highlight the safety uh concerns when utilizing these because

again if they're operated safely and within the guidelines that they were designed they're great they're great modes of transportation but when you mix kids who maybe sometimes feel invincible uh and you know you give them some something that goes 28 miles an hour um you know there's a real recipe for disaster which is why we also included some of the the safety uh equipment in there like helmets because that's just something basic that we can do to try to help out our youngsters.

Uh you mentioned 28 miles per hour. I know the ordinance says 25. My understanding, you know, this gets into state law. Um they the state of Arizona covers vehicle registration. Ebikes don't require vehicle registration under the premise that they are under 25 miles an hour. Um I I think that's a gap that the state will have to look at for these bikes that are now going faster. Um but I I just wanted to clarify the reason we target that 25 mph the residential speed limit is specifically because you know for example an ebike or scooter does not require a license plate. Is that correct?

Uh thank you Vice Mayor uh and council member Terry. Yes, that's correct. These devices, you can buy them online. You can buy them just about anywhere. And so part of the reason that we're uh you know asking for this ordinance to be uh approved is because it's gives us a mechanism by which we can uh not only you know kind of determine where we want these uh items utilized but really for the safety concern of our kids because there is no real licensing or registration requirement when you're uh buying these devices.

Okay. I've I've heard that a lot from residents on, you know, you know, kids doing what kids do and blowing right past pedestrians or through them. Um, things like that and there's no way to track and there there isn't. Um, but it it's going to require, you know, increased patrols, increased education. Um, Councilwoman Gillis mentioned about, you know, maybe some belligerent out there early on on, you know, repeat offenders, you know, knowing, oh, they're not going to enforce it till November. You're still authorized under an officer's discretion to enforce this um in the interm. Is that correct? Once it is uh approved and adopted, yes, we can legally uh conduct uh the enforcement necessary. The goal will will be uh education, but the officers do have discretion if they do come across someone who just flat out refuses to, you know, try to comply with uh the uh ordinance. Uh

okay. Provisions.

And then what is the legality? So, if I am a repeat offender with a car or, you know, let's say an electric car, um, it could potentially get impounded um, based on the severity of, you know, the violations over and over and over again. Is that where would that come in if at all under this ordinance under current, you know, state law? I know I'm throwing something at you here, but um I I make up great stuff in my head while uh Councilwoman Gillis is talking, but would that potentially come into play for, you know, potential belligerent or is it not really what we're talking about yet?

Give me one. And if and if you And if he don't know that, that's fine. I'm I'm just I' I'd like to know that answer maybe within, you know, the coming week or so. It's not going to sway my opinion today. Vice Mayor, uh, thank you. And Council Member Derry, thank you for the question. Let me take a look and I know our legal advisor is coming up. Unless he's got the answer, I'll look it up here in the actual ordinance. Good evening, Vice Mayor, members of council, council member Terry.

I'm not totally sure I understand your question. So, say you say you have a repeat offender. Is the potential of impounding an ebike legally on the table as would, you know, excessive speed with a car? You know, cars can be impounded with DUIs, with, you know, various things like that. Does it require a DUI for impounding or like I've had I've had residents ask me this question so I wanted to ask

if we're talking about the proposed ordinance there is no empoundment requirement in the ordinance. However, the police department very likely since they're taking that person into custody would also take the ebike with them and hang on to that until such time a valid I shouldn't say valid but I should say somebody who's not intoxicated or the appropriate owner can come over and go ahead and take it so it can be operated safely. Um it's not like ve the vehicle code where 3511 ars 283511 with the um mandatory tow and the empoundment for you know 20 days or 30 days depending on the level of DUI. That's not addressed within the ordinance. Okay. Because we're hoping we don't have a bunch of 14y olds cruising around at like a 0.25. That would be a big problem.

Maybe I can jump in here and and further muddy the waters. There's two violations in the ordinance. One is civil, which is the most of the violations in the ordinance, not having the helmet on, uh, writing in the wrong spots. That's civil. I don't believe there would be any impoundment for a civil violation. For the misdemeanor that we're talking about, which is the second part of the ordinance, which is the DUI, it could be up to the officer's discretion on impounding the vehicle.

And Ror, you're absolutely 100% correct. The criminal side is completely different than the civil side. So, I guess to your belligerance question, on the civil side, if somebody keeps operating the uh ebike in violation of a civil section of this ordinance, um there's only so much we can do up to the $500. Now, that doesn't mean there's other things because there is a section in here that does address like reckless riding and things along those lines which are criminal. So, depending on the conduct observed by the officer, they could make a decision that this satisfies reckless and then they can go criminal. Okay. No, I I appreciate that. Like I said, I've had a few residents ask um that question and I'm quite amazed we had two attorneys come to less than three opinions on on this topic. Um

name the police. Yes. And and the police. We can keep going if you like. Okay. Well,

he he offered I I do have one more. Um, it wasn't specifically mentioned in the presentation, but we have talked about parks, uh, ball fields, you know, little league seasons just wrapping up. I've been, um, I feel like I'm there almost as much as I'm home, uh, the last couple months with ebikes flying through the sidewalks of our parks between ball fields where you have crowds, you know, concessions or um, the bathroom facilities, those sorts of things. A lot of kids just walking around, running around, families running around that would the riding other at all or under a slow speed be permitted there? I didn't see it specifically addressed in the presentation. So, I wanted to throw that hypothetical.

Uh, thank you, uh, Vice Mayor and Council Member Terry. Yeah. So, so the the ordinance, we wrote it in such a way that allows our folks over at parks and recck to further restrict areas that are heavily congested. Part of the ordinance says that you must uh obey all uh signs that the city uh you know puts up. And so if parks chooses to put up a sign that says no e use or no e device use period, then that is enforceable under under this ordinance. If they decide to regulate speeds, even slower than what we've uh outlined in our ordinance, they have that ability to do so because they're doing it in the spirit of safety for anyone who's in their parks or in their facilities uh for for everyone to enjoy safely. if if that answers the question.

Yeah, that does. So, slept to parks. I just wanted to throw that hypothetical because I've seen these uh ebikes just zipping between families, small kids uh between ball fields quite a bit over the last couple months. So, that also addresses uh GSQ as this uh you know area gets built out. You know, we're not going to want these fast ebikes zipping in and around where it's heavily congested. We may further restrict that as well based on safety. Okay. All right. Thank you, Deputy Chief. Thank you, Vice Mayor. As just as an illustration of that, at city hall right here, we did put up signs um indicating in the breezeway it's pedestrian only. Okay?

And that was by request. So you might see those those yellow signs that are uh in the front of the building and in the back of the building. So anybody coming in from the green belt and anybody in the front, they have to pass and that is enforceable through the ordinance 100%. Got it. All right. Thank you, Vice Mayor. All right. Looks like council member Beckles is next. Um yes. So, just for clarification's sake, does it matter if the device they're on, whether it's rented or owned in terms of a violation, if they're violating the rules, does that matter?

Uh, thank you, uh, Vice Mayor. Thank you, uh, Council Member Beckles. Uh, no. Our ordinance, uh, literally addresses use. And so if individuals are engaged in use that is prohibited in our ordinance, they will then be subject to if it's criminal criminal violations or civil penalties is outlined in our presentation.

Um for the minors if they get a citation um the titation is the citation for the minor or is a citation for the parent? Uh the uh Tony can can correct me on this, but if we encounter a minor uh and we opt to go the way of a you know civil citation for for the fine, uh we will we will give that to the parent. They're going to be the ones held responsible for the parents going to be one held responsible for the citation. Yes.

Okay. That that's a good clarification there. Okay. Um, do do um our neighboring cities uh do they mirror what we're doing? Uh, my question is we've got Buckeye, Lichville Park, Aendale, and someone from one of those cities comes over and does a and violates our rules, then what what happens?

Well, if the ordinance is approved, uh, they are subject to our rules. Now, that doesn't mean that an officer who's encountering someone who might be cutting through because they're going to work can't take the opportunity to educate them and make them aware to to gain compliance. Um, we can certainly do that. But if it's a situation where maybe someone did get hurt because of they hit a pedestrian, our officers are obligated. And I shouldn't say obligated, they can take enforcement action just like we can also use discretion to educate folks if it's one of those situations where maybe they just didn't know. and and from after we've gone into the vi to after November, if it's if it's a minor and they've crossed over from another city, same same situation. Like I said, it'll be at the officer's discretion. Again, if if some minor comes into our city, we're going to and we encounter them. We're going to talk to them. We're going to let their parents know because their parents may not even know they're in the city of Goodyear depending on where they're from. And we can kind of work with them on another angle that way. But yeah, we will reach out to the parents Okay. Thank you. Okay,

Council Member Campbell, mine's really short because I want to go home. Sorry. Um, I would like to recommend to you, which I know you already are going to do it, be sure that this information goes to every bike store in Goodyear.

It's really critical and especially long before Christmas because the parents are going to be buying these bikes for the kids for Christmas. So while you like November one, you might even think the end of October or middle of October because parents put bicycles on layaway and I'm really, you know, I just don't want that to have as a problem. Uh is it and the also my second concern is I am concerned about the the um electric scooters or the ebikes running through the pedestrian across the street just as the light changes. Um that did happen to me. I didn't have a nervous breakdown because I had a police car beside me who turned his lights on and went and got the guy. But that doesn't happen very often. So, I don't know how we're going to stop these kids trying to beat the the light because we have said we have to treat you like a pedestrian. You can walk. You can walk in the walk. So, I I just don't know how to address that. And I'm not suggesting that you redo something, but maybe you can tell me later. And then the last thing is, is it difficult for us to amend this ordinance and add the e scooters, the e motorcycles? Can that be inserted? If we do, if we amend, if we move to amend it and put it in because I'm concerned about them, too. I saw one just this week going down the street with no license, no light, no nothing. is zipping right down Mcdow. So, what do you think without messing up your ordinance? Cuz you know, I've been giving you ordinances from every city that passed one for the last six months saying, "Where's ours? Where's ours?"

So,

thank you, uh, Vice Mayor and and Council Member Campbell for the questions. Um, I'll address them in order and then I'll let Legal talk about the last one. But, uh, as far as reaching out to local bike shops and businesses, absolutely. That's going to be part of our strategy is again we want to get the word out as much as possible the dos and don'ts of these devices because we know they're not going away and we want to make sure we give everyone an opportunity to learn. Um and as far as uh our ordinance uh what we did say in our ordinance is that you know yes we talked about you know you're treated kind of like a pedestrian but if you're on an e device you have to yield the right away to pedestrians and so that is a designation in our ordinance so that again they have to slow down. They have to make sure that they're doing things safely so that we don't injure individuals who are walking around.

Well, that wasn't my concern. It's like what Councilwoman Gillis was saying. She the light changed or or the pedestrian light went off. If you're like the third lane or second lane, you don't see them coming. Yeah. Unless you move out and as you move out, they could be almost on top of you. That's what I'm worried about. And and that like that may happen and that's part of why we're here today, right? Because it has happened, you know, several times. So through robust education enforcement, when we get to that point, hopefully we can begin to kind of turn the tide on individuals realizing that

they're in dangerous territory when they're mixing these devices and not being mindful of their surroundings when operating on the street. So yeah, that'll be part of this whole process to hopefully educate everyone and get them to understand the the dos and don'ts of the devices. Now, as far as the uh what was the

motorcycles? The motorcycles. Yes. Um my understanding right now is although it's not specifically uh you know prescribed in our ordinance uh Arizona revised statute does have regulations and things already in place that we can enforce if if they're operating an electric motorcycle and they're not uh they don't have an endorsement for motorcycle uh uh riding a motorcycle and it's not registered the we can issue citations. We can impound the bikes right then and there. Part of what we're trying to tell our folks too in the community is that if you see these types of activities going on, don't hesitate don't hesitate to call us. Let us know because m we may not catch them right then and there, but maybe we can establish a pattern and eventually we'll get them and we can find out where they're at because again I I've seen those bikes the similar situation to yours. I was on the road too and I like see these three weird bikes coming at me and I'm like those are like little miniature motorcycles.

Yes. You didn't even know what they were really. And they're going so darn fast. It scared you though. So, put Buddy and his group on them. Let Let the Motors have them. They will be a part of it. Trust me. Good. They will be a part of it. That's it. Thank you, Councilwoman Gillis. I should have made it clear the ebikers that were riding that I almost hit were on the sidewalk. Are they supposed to be on the sidewalk? Are they supposed Are they supposed to be on the street or do we even We don't have anything for that yet. They're supposed to be on the right hand edge as outlined in the ordinance. They're supposed to be on the right hand edge of the roadway in bike lanes when present and if safe to do so. Um, and if they're because we don't want to mix pedestrians and

these were on the sidewalk and when the light changed, they took off in front of me as I'm getting ready to turn. So, they were on the sidewalk. They'd have taken out a pedestrian and I'd have taken out them which wouldn't have been good for sure. All right. Thank you. All right. I had some questions, too. So, um I just want to clarify. I have a 14-year-old. So, um he just just left just now on his ebike, so to go to the gym. So, um your son. Yeah. So, uh so the bikes, anything that has pedals is a is a considered a bike. Yes.

Class. Okay. And then that those have to they're not they need to be on the road in a bike lane, not on the sidewalk where they where bike lanes are. Those are bike lanes to be in. Yes. Correct. Correct. Okay. And then you said on your slide here, so 14y olds can be on the two and one or one and two ebikes. Correct. Anyone under the age of 14 are prohibited from being on class ones and twos. Okay. He just got up for his birthday. He's 14. So just making sure he's good to go. So

as long as it's not a class three. The the hard part about this, and we talked about it at the retreat, was um it's sometimes hard to differentiate just based on site. You literally have to look at the manufacturer sticker to figure out what type of class bike it is because that's required per ARS.

Okay. And then so helmets, no matter what, for everything there except 16-year-olds can make their own decision like a car. and then I'm on board with so if it's $50 250 500 I'm okay if it keeps scaling up to where you do just take their bike from them but I don't know if we could do that legally but I'd be in support of that and then uh talking about parks and the breezeway here is that a um can I get off my bike and walk it through the breezeway then right

that's precisely what it is no pedestrian area and uh or I'm sorry no pedestrians and no it's pedestrians only and because of kids and I don't necessarily know if it was ebikes, but there were kids on their skateboards and other things doing launches off the front stops and taking videos and all that. So, that was brought to our attention and uh we solved that issue pretty quickly. Okay. And yeah, and the park's like I'm okay. I mean, maybe reduction in speed or a warning, but just hey, there's pedestrians here. Be careway. I think that's where the education and then scooters can be because I almost have a 12-year-old. So the scooters scooters can be on the sidewalks any going the right direction of flow of traffic.

Electric miniature scooters can be on sidewalks. Those are the ones that I think go only like 15 10 to 15 miles an hour. It's leaving my mind right now. The electric standup scooters those are the bigger heavier ones. Uh those are also we want them on on the bike lanes. But the the restriction here is if it's greater than 25 miles an hour um you know we don't want them on our big big heavily congested streets. So, so like Van Beern, you don't or under 20. So, if you're in the neighborhood, you can ride if you're a 12-y old, you can ride up your electric. Correct. Yes. 19 mph scooter through the neighborhood. But if you're on Van Beern, you want those guys in on the sidewalk. Yeah. Going have to yield the rightway to going to the flow the flow with the flow of traffic on the sidewalk

with the flow of traffic. Yes. Correct. Okay. Uh what was the other thing? Impound. Okay. Clarification. I told my son I was going to make it 15 year olds, but he didn't want me to do that. So, sorry. Nice drive.

But yeah, so okay. Yeah. No, they're I think a lot of education like to your point because a lot of these these kids don't they don't drive. They don't know the rules of the road. Uh so they're learning. This is their first entry into what that even looks like. And so um I mean I had a kid almost get hit by a car on a bicycle when I was growing up. So flying into the road. So, so, um, I think it's a lot of education. This would be a lot of work ahead of you. Um, if you can patrol my neighborhood, that'd be pretty good. Just get just getting my kids, educate them over and over again. But, um, but yeah, but I see Yeah, I think going hitting the schools is going to be really important because my son says there's tons of kids that are underage probably at this point who are all show up on ebikes, e- scooters to go to school now. So, they're not getting away from bicycles. They're just using those those devices. So, I think elementary schools would be really really good and obviously the high schools are really good too um to hit those up because they're kids are using them as opposed to the bus because they're convenient, they're fast, they're quick. So, and uh you can use like a car. So, but I still think they're educated on it. So, thank you for for that portion as well. So, I think that's all the questions I had and clarification so I can let my son know he can ride his bike scooter. So um and then all right there being no further discussion please open the vote. Thank you.

Thank you. Motion carries unanimously. All right. Moving into information items. Does the council have any comments, accommodations, or reports on current events or requests for future items? Seeing none, does the city manager have anything to report? Uh, good evening, vice mayor. I do have a few things to report. Uh, bear with me. Uh, first thing, uh, we had a community event this weekend with council member Beckles in attendance. While these bring in smaller attendance numbers, they are incredibly popular with the Goodyear residents. Uh, below is a brief update, um, for the movie night. On Saturday, April 25th, over 700 community members attended the movie in the park at the Goodyear Recreation Campus featuring Zootopia 2. Event highlights included a 32- foot inflatable screen, two food truck food trucks, 3D toy printing, face painting, and 20 interactive animals from Creature Kingdom. Families enjoyed 90 minutes of pre-event fun with arts and crafts, plus yard games like hopscotch, Jenga, Connect Four, Frisbee, and chalk drawing. and also we have uh several awards and a recognition to share tonight. I'd like to begin by acknowledging our outstanding economic development team for their recent achievements. At the Arizona Association of Economic Development Spring Conference, the city of Goodyear received two economic development distinguished by excellence awards. The team was named organization of the year in the medium population category, an honor that reflects exceptional impact, strong partnerships, and meaningful contributions to advancing the profession. In addition, business development manager Claire Bruns was recognized as emerging leader of the year for her innovation, leadership, and commitment to strengthening both our community and future of economic development. These awards highlight what we already know that this is a high-erforming forward-thinking team making a real difference. And that

brings us to the leader behind that success. Tonight marks a bittersweet moment as we recognize Wendy Bridges who is retiring from the city of Goodyear this week and for whom this is her final council meeting. Over the course of a 30-year career in Arizona, Wendy has built legacy defined by purpose, impact, and service to others. Since joining Goodyear in 2021, Wendy has le led efforts that delivered more than 9,300 jobs, nearly 2.4 4 billion in new investment and 12.7 million square feet of development, positioning Ark City as one of the fastest growing communities in the nation. Wendy has guided the city through a period of rapid growth with vision and determination, building strong partnerships and award-winning team that continues to earn recognition, including organization of the year honors in both 2024 and as I mentioned before in 2026 this year. We are especially grateful for her leadership laying the foundation for sports and tourism strategy, including helping the city bring BIES to town, creating new visibility, energy, and economic opportunity for our community. But what truly sets Wendy apart is her belief that economic development is ultimately about people, creating opportunities that change lives and the future. On behalf of the city, thank you, Wendy, for your leadership, your service, and your lasting impact. We wish you all the best in your well-earned retirement. Uh, so I just asked because you're in the penalty box there, any parting words of wisdom for us and and your team?

Well, first, thank you. Um, first on the awards, I would like to recognize this amazing team. They are some of the most dedicated professionals I've had the pleasure of working with and I'm proud of every single one of them. and um on the retirement of course it's it's bittersweet. I love doing what I've been doing for several decades and um uh definitely couldn't do it without such a great team to have such amazing results and certainly the city of Goodyear is just uh the place where as an economic development practitioner uh it's a dream to work. the uh progress and great work that's happening here is so intentional and thoughtful and being able to represent the community that I also live in to bring great things for our residents and our business community has been incredibly rewarding and I consider myself very very blessed to uh wrap up my career in such an amazing place. So thank you all

and uh So, thank you, Vice Mayor. That concludes my uh uh comments, but I would uh invite them you and the rest of council to be able to take a photo with uh the economic development team at the conclusion of after the conclusion of the meeting. But thank you. Great. Thank you. Thanks for bringing home the hardware, team. Good job. Thank you, Wendy. All right. The next meeting will be May the 4th be with you. May 4th, 2026. Uh, there being no further business to discuss, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.