City Council - Regular Meeting

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like to call the community facilities district meeting order for june 22nd 2026 is joint meeting on the following community facilities districts one community facility district general district number one palm valley community facilities district number three community facilities district number one wildflower ranch community facilities district wildflower ranch community facilities district number two Cotton Flower Community Facilities District, Estrella Mountain Ranch Community Facilities District, King Ranch Community Facilities District, Sentara Community Facilities District, and Cortina Community Facilities District. Will the district clerk please read the roll call?

Let the record reflect that all members are present.

Okay, thank you. Now is the time for members of the public who would like to address the CFD board on any non-agenda items within the jurisdiction of the board. Any speaker cards? No, Chair. Thank you very much. No speakers? Will the district clerk please read consent agenda items one through 11 by title only.

Item one, approval of minutes. Items two through 11, adopt resolutions number CFGD number res 2026-206, PV CFD number three res 2026-082, CFUD number one res 2026-133, WFR CFD Res 2026-096, WFR CFD Number 2 Res 2026-091, Cotton Flower Res 2026-088, EMR CFD Res 2026-177, KR CFD Res 2026-063, Sentera CFD Res 2026-090, Cortina CFD 2026-083, levying upon the assessed valuation of the property within the district subject to ad valorem taxation, a certain sum upon each $100 of assessed valuation sufficient to raise the amounts estimated to be required in the annual budget, all for the fiscal year ending the 30th day of June, 2027.

Thank you. Any speaker cards?

No, Chair.

Anyone in the audience like to speak? Seeing none, does any on the board wish to remove an item from the consent agenda? Seeing none, let's see, I got a motion and a second up on the board. Yes. Go ahead and open it up for a vote. Passes 7-0. Beating no further business to discuss, this meeting is adjourned and we'll move to our right onto our city council meeting. I guess you start.

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I'd like to call the regular meeting to order June 22nd, 2026. Everybody got their calendars marked. Everybody's here. All right. Would you please join Councilmember Campbell 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.

Our Father, we thank you for our very many blessings today, especially the opening of Buc-ee's, that it went safely and that it was enjoyed by thousands of people. We appreciate having them here and we just appreciate are so grateful that they picked our city. We ask Lord that you be with this council as we deliberate tonight on some very important issues. Give us discernment to make the right decisions that will make people living in Goodyear comfortable and feel that we are protecting them and their rights. We thank you, Lord, for our first responders, for our police, for our fire, for our military that are serving all over the world. We ask that you put a hedge of protection around them and keep them safe and bless their families. We ask these in thy name. Amen. Thank you, Molly.

Now is the time for members of the public who wish to address the City Council on any non-agenda item within the jurisdiction of Goodyear City Council. Any speaker cards?

No, Mayor.

Okay, thank you. Will the City Clerk please read the consent agenda items one through 11 by title only?

Item one, approval of minutes. Item two, approval of series 12 restaurant liquor license for Firebird's wood-fired grill. Item three, approve updated salary range for fire and police command staff. Item four, adoption of public safety personnel retirement system, PSPRS, fiscal year 2027 pension funding policy. Item five, approval of Maricopa Association of Governments MAG project agreement. for CIP 42026, Estrella Parkway. Item six, approval of a first amendment to the Master Transit Services Agreement with the Regional Public Transportation Authority, RPTA, for fiscal year 2027. Item seven, approval of intergovernmental agreement to participate in the West Valley Investigative Response Team. Item eight, adopt resolution number 2026-2526, approving a long-term operating agreement with Arizona Public Service Company for the delivery of brackish water to the Palo Verde Generating Station. Item nine, adopt resolution number 2026-2527, designating the Chief Fiscal Officer for officially submitting the fiscal year 2027, expenditure limitation report to the Arizona Auditor General. Item 10, adopt resolution number 2026-2529, directing the City of Goodyear Public Improvement Corporation to defuse the Outstanding City of Goodyear Public Improvement Corporation Municipal Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2016A and Municipal Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2016B authorizing and providing for the interim finance director or designee to transfer city funds to defuse and redeem such bonds, authorizing the taking of all other actions necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this resolution, and ratifying the actions of all officers and agents of the city and others with respect to the transfer, prepayment, defeasance, and redemption. Item 11, adopt ordinance number 2026-1650, levying upon the assessed valuation of the property within the city of Goodyear, subject to primary and secondary taxation, a certain lump sum upon each $100 of valuation sufficient to raise the amounts estimated to be required in the annual budget for the purpose of paying various expenses, to raise the amount estimated to be received from other sources of revenues, providing funds for various bond redemptions, for the purpose of paying principal and interest upon bonded indebtedness and all for fiscal year ending the 30th day of June, 2027.

Thank you, city clerk. Anybody on the council wish to remove an item?

I said a question or a comment.

No, question, go ahead.

A comment on eight, I think that's a, we talked about it before, I'm really glad to see that going forward. That'll definitely save the city money partnering with APS for that brackish water. So that's a win-win definitely for us. So I appreciate staff working to that, looking to Barb and her team, looking for more opportunities to be strategic with our water. And then with 10, ALSO ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT WILL SAVE US QUITE A BIT ON OUR DEBT SERVICE. SO I'M GLAD OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS BEING CREATIVE AND ALSO LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY ON OUR DEBT SERVICES THAT WE CAN REAPPLY. WE WANT TO WASTE MONEY ON DEBT, WE CAN ACTUALLY USE IT ON OUR INTEREST TO DEBT. WE CAN USE IT ON OUR GENERAL FUNDS. SO JUST TWO COMMENTS. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN HERE. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO. SO THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND UP ON THE BOARD. With that, can you go ahead and open up for the vote? Pass 7-0, thank you. Let's see. Our first public hearing is to review and consider establishing a special public improvement district area and authorizing cost recovery for CIP projects number 42046 Strayer Parkway to Cotton Lane Bridge. Open public hearing.

Okay, go ahead and introduce yourself, please, for the public. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Logan Hopp, Deputy Director of Engineering. I'm here this evening requesting authorization to establish a special public improvement cost recovery area, or cost recovery, for the capital improvement project Cotton Lane Widening. On the agenda tonight, I'll cover three main topics. First, I'll go over the background of the cost recovery, Then I'll briefly describe the project scope for the cotton lane improvements. Next, I'll go over the process and the specifics on the cost recovery request. And then I'll end with our staff recommendation. Now, in November last year, we presented on cost recovery for the Camelback widening, but I wanted to briefly go over the background again with you. So historically, the frontage improvements have been built with each development. Now, that approach has been successful, but it leaves us with the scalloped streets in the city, which are those segments of roads that drop lanes or reduce. Now, Cotton Lane is a good example of this. Scalloped Street, as you can see in this picture, reduces down from two lanes to one. And to eliminate these scalloped streets sooner, the city could advance construction on capital projects and then recover those costs from benefited properties under Chapter 24 of the City Code. So essentially we build the project with capital funds and then those costs are assessed to benefited properties. So there are a few key points on cost recovery I want to touch on. First, we only recover costs that owners would otherwise be required to build when they develop. Second, those amounts are capped at maximum probable costs. So if we deliver the project for less, they only pay the actual construction costs. And finally, payment happens at development, so that's typically at the final plat or permitting stage, not today. All right, so now we'll go over the scope of the project. So we're widening Cotton Lane from Estrella Parkway to the Cotton Lane Bridge and adding two additional lanes. So this will expand the current two lanes out there today for four continuous through lanes. Work includes pavement, curb and gutter, signing and marking, and drainage improvements. And it also includes utility relocations to accommodate that widening. I also wanted to note that we're going to maintain one lane of through travel in each direction during construction, the same that's out there today. And construction is right around the corner. It's planned to start in August, and it will last about eight months. So there are 13 benefited parcels that are included in this request for cost recovery, as they all have frontage along Cotton Lane. All 13 parcels are currently undeveloped, and 12 of those parcels have the same ownership, and one parcel, parcel nine shown here, is a different entity. So I want to briefly go over the cost recovery process. So first we contract with the design consultant to develop plans in alignment with our city standards. And then once we have about a 30 to 60% design established, we start collaborating with each property owner, which I'll go over more in the next slide. Next, those plans are submitted to the development services team for review and ultimately are approved. And then from there, where we're here today, we take that cost recovery to council and recommend approval. And if council approves, the resolution establishing the special public improvement project area is established. And then next, the project would move into the construction phase. And then upon completion of construction, that cost recovery is updated based on the actual cost, not to exceed the maximum probable cost estimate. So now I'll go over some of the collaboration that we've had with the property owners today. So first in October of 2025, we informed the property owners about the project. And then the first official notification letter was provided in December 2025. And the next over several months from February to May, we held meetings and discussions with each benefited property owner, which included clarity on the project scope, detailed discussions on the project cost and the cost recovery process. And then in May of this year, we issued the required 30-day notice ahead of the hearing tonight. So the cost allocation is frontage-based, as each parcel share is based on the Cotton Lane frontage. The detailed parcel cost breakouts are provided in Exhibit 1 of the Resolutions. So rather than read each number, the total proposed cost recovery across all of the parcels is $9,539,000. Once again, the allocation scale with the frontage. For example, parcel 9, shown here, with only a small sliver of cotton lane frontage is assessed at $37,000, and the remaining of the parcels account for the balance of that $9.5 million total. Again, these amounts are capped on the maximum probable cost and will be trued up after the construction is complete. In closing, staff recommends the approval for establishing a public improvement project area and authorizing cost recovery for the Cotton Lane widening project. We're happy to answer any questions you may have at this time.

Any speaker cards?

No, Mayor.

Then I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing. City Clerk, please read the resolution number 2026, 2530 by title only.

Adopt resolution number 2026-2530, approving and establishing a special public improvement project area that includes properties receiving special benefits from improvements widening Cotton Lane and authorizing the city to recover an allocated share of the costs of the special public improvements from the owners of the benefited properties.

Thank you. Will the council please enter a motion and a second? Resolution 2026-2530. I see a motion and I see a second on the board. Open for discussion. First up. Councilmember Campbell?

Can you, excuse me, can you please tell me what the properties around the Cotton Lane are all zoned or are they individually zoned? Do you know what the zoning is?

I do not know the zoning currently, but they are currently undeveloped.

I know they're undeveloped, but what can they be zoned for? Or what can be built there, do you know?

Hold on. I'll defer to Christian here. Thank you.

Thank you. Those parcels are part of Solstice Foothills, and if you'll recall, those are those layered zonings, so you'll see a mix of commercial and residential properties along that frontage.

Is even the one that only has the $37,000 cost?

Yes, that is zoned. I believe that's owned by the King Ranch family, just not a part of Solstice Foothills, and that's also residentially entitled.

Okay, and then on your... On the slide that you showed, the parcels, would you bring that back up real quick for me? Yes. So Harvard Investment and King Ranch, other than nine, or does Harvard own all of these?

That is correct.

Wow. What did the owners say when you met with them?

We had a lot of detailed and good discussions with them, their understanding on the need to move the project and advance that project forward. But we had a lot of detailed iterations on those costs.

OK. And are we going to do this bridge or this alignment of Cotton Lane before we do the Estrella Bridge down the hill?

Mayor, Councilmember Campbell, yes, this project will advance in August. The bridge, the Estrella Bridge project will happen towards the end of this year.

Okay.

So there'll be a slight overlap, but this will start first.

All right, and can you tell me why we're in a hurry to do this?

So Cotton Lane currently is down to one lane in each direction south of the bridge. And so that does create a pinch point when you get truck traffic and other vehicles moving down there. So the thought is to have that two lanes in each direction will help that traffic.

Okay, that's what I thought. And then when you do put the two lanes in, then it should move the traffic a lot easier in and out of Estrella coming down Cotton Lane, right? That's correct. It should flow much better. Great. Thank you. Vice Mayor.

SOMEWHAT SIMILAR QUESTION ON JUST TIMING. SO I'M OKAY WITH IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS, THAT WE'RE NOT ALSO DOING SOMETHING BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON ESTRELLA IF WE CAN, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, THERE'S ONLY REALLY TWO WAYS OUT OF ESTRELLA. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AT LEAST A SOLID WAY OUT. SO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU SAID NO CONSTRUCTION WILL HAPPEN OR VERY SMALL AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THIS EIGHT-MONTH WINDOW.

Yeah, so Mayor, Council Member Hampton, that's correct. So the good part about this project is it's already one lane in each direction out there today, and we're widening it. So that traffic flow is going to be maintained through construction.

Okay. Okay.

All right. Thank you.

Council Member Terry.

Thank you, Mayor. Just a quick question. I know... As you get to the roundabout, we're at four lanes currently. So we're Parcel 1, Parcel 7 are. That's kind of where this project starts. I assume the expansion there would not contradict what may or may not happen with the roundabout and future construction over the next five or ten years. Just... Anything like I just want to make sure that anything we build now may not be need to be reconstructed or rerouted in the next You know five to ten years as has been potentially thought of I know that's not final either but You know with spending a lot of money to widen roads is is that correct and

Mayor, Council Member Terry, that is correct. So this project does not modify that roundabout. It starts just to the north of it. So there won't be any future projects on the roundabout that would impact this effort.

Okay. I appreciate that. Thank you. That's all.

Okay. Thank you. Seeing no further, can we open it up? Passes 7-0. Thank you. Next public hearing is to review and consider a rezoning of approximately 156 acres located at the southeast corner of Estrella Parkway and Yuma Road for the First Amendment to a Second Amendment PAD. Open public hearing. Please introduce yourself to the public.

Good evening, Mayor Pozzillo, members of City Council. My name is Justin Gabrielson. I'm a senior planner here at the City of Goodyear. I'm here before you this evening with a request from Chris Webb to amend a previously approved PAD known as Fulton Homes at Ballpark Village First Amended. The project is located at the southeast corner of West Yuma Road and South Estrella Parkway. It is currently zoned PAD under the Fulton Homes at Ballpark Village First Amended PAD which encompasses 156 acres of land and has a variety of underlying residential districts. It's right in the middle of our Ballpark Village area with Ballpark Village North and Sentara to the north of the site, Phoenix Goodyear Airport, as well as some potential multifamily here to the east of the site, Revolve at Ballpark Village and The Verge at Ballpark Village to the south of the site, VLUX at Ballpark Village to the west of the site, and the ballpark itself tucked into the corner here. Currently, the PAD does allow for four underlying residential districts with alley loaded homes as well as forward facing garage homes. However, the PAD amendment will remove the alley loaded district, make amendments to lot dimensions of an existing district, introduce a new district, as well as make changes to the amenity framework within the site. This is the conceptual plan with the previously approved PAD compared to the conceptual plan with the amendment. We're going from three large parks to six parks of varying sizes distributed throughout the site. It also decreases the maximum distance that a resident would need to travel to visit the park that's closest to them. The proposed amendment also maintains the previously required pedestrian access points along Bullard Wash, West Yuma Road, Estrella Parkway, and to the ballpark area directly. We did hold a neighborhood meeting on April 7th, 2026. However, no residents attended the neighborhood meeting and I've received zero inquiries regarding the project. Staff recommends to continue with Planning and Zoning's recommendation of approval with stipulations for the PAD amendment to amend the Fulton Homes at Ballpark Village first amended PAD to Fulton Homes at Ballpark Village second amended PAD. I also want to call out that the ordinance does contain stipulations that require the development to notify future residents of the noise generating uses in the area including Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix Goodyear Airport, flyovers, as well as the ballpark area and the noise that use generates. To read into those stipulations further, it is stipulation three within ordinance 2026-1651. That concludes my presentation. I'm available for questions. The applicant is also here for questions, but they do not have a presentation.

Okay, thank you. Any speaker cards?

No, Mayor.

All right. Anybody in the audience like to speak? Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna go ahead and close the public hearing. City Clerk, please read ordinance number 2026, 1651 by title only.

Adopt ordinance number 2026-1651, conditionally rezoning approximately 156 acres of property located at the southeast corner of Estrella Parkway and Yuma Road from Fulton Homes at Ballpark Village, first amended planned area development to Fulton Homes at Ballpark Village, second amended planned area development.

Thank you. This is council. Please enter a motion in a second to adopt the ordinance 2026, 1651. I see a motion in a second up on the board, open for council discussion. First up, vice mayor.

Yeah. So a couple of questions. So it looks like overall, this is making the lot size larger. Is that what we're changing here?

THAT'S CORRECT, VICE MAYOR HAMPTON. IT DOES DECREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LOTS AND THE TOTAL DENSITY.

OKAY. AND THEN THE FOUR DISTRICTS, THOSE ARE JUST, THEY'RE ALL SINGLE FAMILY. THERE'S NO MULTIFAMILY IN HERE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, VICE MAYOR. NO MULTIFAMILY INCLUDED. verifying that but yeah okay I like that they're making it more walkable with more parks and I think more space for residents there hopefully they can get more for their product as well do you know when they're thinking about going moving forward with starting this moving dirt at this location

Vice Mayor, the applicant has expressed to me that they are looking to move as forward as quickly as possible. We've already kind of started to look at the preliminary plat portion as well. This product was approved a couple years ago facing amendments, so they're eager to get started just as much as we are. Okay, that's all I had. Thank you.

Council Member Terry.

Thanks, Mayor. Actually, I believe that was asked and answered. I was going to ask if my math was correct on the amount of lots, the amendment either increasing or reducing the amount of lots. So it's making the lots bigger and fewer number of lots overall. Is that correct?

Yes, Council Member Terry, that is correct. That's what I thought I heard.

I'm good.

Council Member Beckles.

This change looks like it's a benefit to the people that are going to be living in this area. What was the driving force for this change?

So Fulton actually, Councilmember Beckles, Fulton actually does have a similar product in another jurisdiction that isn't really performing as well. So Fulton did conduct a market study and discovered that the alley-loaded product just isn't selling the way that it used to. This isn't a viable option moving forward. The community that wishes to buy into that type of home can't afford to move into it and the families that can want to move into a different product, a single story product. Thank you.

Okay. With that, I don't see anything else on the board. Go ahead and open up for a vote. Thank you, Pass 7-0. We have two items on business. We'd like to remind Council to wait for a motion and a second before discussion. First item is considered as approved an IGA with the City of Avondale for Senior Services for Goodyear residents. Go ahead and please introduce yourself for the public.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm Gailene Oslansky. I'm Parks and Recreation Deputy Director, and I'm happy to be here with you this evening. This evening, we're here. I'm seeking approval of the intergovernmental agreement with the City of Avondale to provide senior services to City of Goodyear residents. Staff came before Council at a work session on March 9th, and we shared information about senior services and about our longstanding partnership with the City of Avondale that began in 2014 and that they've been providing our senior services since that time. Our current IGA is set to expire on June 30th, and because that expiration was coming up, Avondale re-explored what their cost model was looking like, and they've decided they've moved to a cost per participant funding model, and with that, that has increased the cost moving forward, and it was a significant increase, and that's why it came before council. It's changing from $42,000 a year to $189,000 for FY27. So before you this evening, you do have an IGA that is a five-year agreement that reflects that new cost model. This IGA has, it's for the 189 for fiscal year 27, and if we were to continue beyond this first year, you would see a 3% cost increase each subsequent year from there. It's important to note that this agreement does have a termination clause. It's a 30-day termination clause. So this gives us time, as we shared at work session, staff is working on some short and long-term solutions to bring back to council in FY27 to discuss with you for what our futures of senior services looks like. Having the termination clause gives us that flexibility so that we can, when we decide what is the best move, we can do that. but it also gives us stability so that we can ensure that our seniors are getting the services that they need and that are very important to them and their futures. So when we came to work session, we shared there was two milestones to accomplish. One was to get budget approved, and our budget is approved, which is great. And second was to come before Council to get approval of the new IGA, which is in front of you. And with that, Council, I am here to answer any questions, and I'm seeking approval of the IGA with the City of Avondale, and that concludes my presentation.

Thank you. City Council, please enter a motion and a second to approve the IGA with the City of Avondale for senior services and provide authorization and direction to myself or my designee to take action and execute the documents necessary to carry out the intent of the IGA. Do I see a motion and a second? I do see a motion and I do see a second. Open for council discussion. First up, Councilmember Campbell.

Guylaine, can you tell me what the cost per person is?

Yes, Mayor, Councilmember Campbell. We are looking at 76 residents at $2,485.56. $2,485. Okay. And is this based on attending the senior center five days a week, two days a week, one day a week? Unfortunately, Avondale does not track the number of days that our seniors attend. They do track it by how many residents register with them at the beginning of the year. And so this is off our fiscal year 25 numbers that they had, or excuse me, fiscal year 26 numbers that they had 76 residents register with them for services. Okay.

And has there been any movement in expanding the Meals on Wheels delivery for our seniors who need it? because they don't serve our whole city.

You are correct. The agreement that is with the city of Avondale, it is a service area, and that service area only extends to Cereval. The residents that are beyond Cereval do get their meals delivered from Area Agency on Aging. It's more of like a mail order delivery. They get a box of meals that come in. So Our seniors do get those meals, but if you are north of Saravalle, you are not eligible to attend the senior center.

No, but the Area Agency on Aging doesn't send a box to all the seniors. It's usually a grant process, and we usually do $10,000 to $20,000 a year, and that's it. And I know there's a lot of seniors that need help right now, and I'd like us to, while we're going to approve this for a five-year period, I would hope that we would continue to work on a solution that we might can bring all of our senior services in-house and feed our own residents. I think we would have a better turnout than 76 because if you go to our rec center, we have 100 or more seniors there all the time. So thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Thanks, Wally. Council Member Beckles, you're up.

Yes, I don't have a question. I just have a statement. And I hope we continue to, I agree that we continue to allow to meet our seniors' needs. And while we do plan something for the future for our seniors. And that's, I feel very strongly about that. Thank you.

Vice Mayor.

I have a question on the dollar amount. You said roughly $2,000 per resident. If there's more residents that go, does that price go down? Or is it $2,000 per each good year resident that comes? It just keeps going up?

The way the IGA has written that it's $189,000 for fiscal year 27. So if that resident number was to increase or decrease in the next fiscal year, we're not going to see a cost savings. It is a set fee of $189,000. And what we'd see if we would continue beyond that, we would see a 3% increase in each subsequent year.

So if we double it, we get more of the word out or people that get there, more is the same cost. Correct. So the price per person goes down the more that we notify people. Okay. Okay. I was curious. Yeah, I'm okay continuing to always be partnering with Avondale. I think it's a good deal overall. I think they provide a lot of good resources as opposed to creating a new thing here. So yeah, I'd like to continue to partner with them. So thank you for working hard on this.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Good discussion. I personally would love to see what we can do internally at some point, a cost, to see if we can do it cheaper and serve more. So just kind of keep that in the back of your mind there when that comes to us later in the future. Anything else? With that, let's open it up for a vote. Passes 7-0. Thank you.

Thank you.

Our last item is to consider a resolution authorizing the issuance of a general obligation bonds for storm sewer and drainage, street and transportation improvements, public safety and parks and recreation improvements. Please introduce yourself to the public.

Good evening, Mayor Pezzillo and members of the council. I am Interim Deputy Director of Finance, Maya Bailey. I am here to propose to issue the general obligation bonds series 2026. This evening I will be discussing three items on the agenda associated with the bond issuance, particularly with respect to the projects, planning of the issuance of the bonds, and the timing of the payments. The purpose of the bond issuance is to fund projects amounting to about $90 million and related to storm sewers and drainage, streets and transportation related projects, improvements on parks recreation and public safety facilities improvements projects. These slides here list the projects that the bond will be supporting. The notable projects are bonds will be issued in about $18 million to fund the McDowell Road improvements, $14 million will be towards the Bullard Wash project, $38 million on the Indian School Improvements projects, and about $37,000 on the Fire Rescue Management Facility. Just to note, staff will be coming back to council for final direction before we utilize any funds on these projects. The issuance of this bond will exhaust voter authorizations. We will be utilizing $3.8 million from the 2000 elections, $14 million from the 2004 elections, and utilizing $72 million of authorization from the 2023 elections. After this bond is issued, there will still be over $186 million remaining that voters have authorized. The city was awarded a credit rating from two credit rating agencies, S&P, which is Standard & Poor's, issued a rating of AA+, and Moody's issued a AA-1 rating. Both ratings places the city's bonds in a high-grade category, making the investment very attractive. The financing plans for this bond issuance will be paid by the secondary property taxes. The council have adopted a financial policy that sets property tax limits to remain at or below $1.74 per $100 assessed property value. This financing strategy is designed to stay within the policy limit to prevent spikes and fluctuations on property taxes. And it provides some room and flexibility for future bond issuance if necessary. The estimated interest rate that we hope to obtain is about 5% due to the high grade ratings that the bonds have received. With that, staff is available for any questions and my presentation is concluded. Requesting for approval of issuance of the bonds.

City Clerk, please read resolution number 2026 through 2528 by title only.

Adopt Resolution Number 2026-2528, authorizing the issue and sale and delivery of its general obligation bonds, Series 2026, delegating the authority to approve certain matters with respect to the bonds, including determining the method of sale of the bonds, authorizing the acceptance of a proposal for the purchase of the bonds, and awarding the bonds to the purchaser thereof, providing for the annual... levy of a tax for the payment of the bonds, authorizing the appointment of a municipal advisor and a bond registrar, transfer agent, paying agent, and depository as applicable, providing for the disposition of the proceeds of such bonds, approving the form of the bonds and certain documents relating to and securing the payment of bonds, and authorizing completion, execution, and delivery thereof, delegating authority to approve and deem final a form of official statement, if applicable, ratifying all actions taken and to be taken to further this resolution, and authorizing any necessary budget transfers related to the bonds and the projects financed thereby.

Thank you. City Clerk, I mean, Council, please enter a motion and a second to adopt resolution. 2026, 2528. I see a motion and a second. Just a quick question for you to see if I've got anybody else on here. Do we take a look at purchasing insurance, try to get the bond rating up to AAA to see if it's more cost effective to pay for that, to lower the interest rates?

The best person to answer that will probably our financial advisor, Janelle Gold, with Hilltop Securities. Okay.

Welcome, Mayor. Good question. Currently in the market, the major two bond insurance companies carry AA ratings, and it was not economical to use insurance on this particular bill.

If it was, you'd take a look at it then, right? Yes. Okay, thank you. Do we have, let's see, open for discussion? I see any questions out there? No? All right, open up for a vote. Passes 7-0. Thank you. Before we turn it over to see if anybody has anything to say, and I'll get you in a second right there, is that first of all, and I'm sure I may be repeating what council is going to say up here, but I really appreciate Chief Police and also Chief Over the Fire, what you guys did to coordinate the plan over there at Buc-ee's. I was up at night dreaming about what that thing was going to look like when we turned it loose. And you did a very great job on that when everything was going smooth inside. People were moving freely throughout there. And I think it's a kudos to our staff and the quality of our staff and the work they did to pull that off. And I just want to make sure that that is recognized. I'm sure the others agree with me as well, that you did an excellent job. So with that, I'll start here to the right. And go ahead there, Benita.

Okay. Yes, I wanted to give my thank you, a huge thank you to really all of the Goodyear staff and especially police and fire. So many of our departments were involved in so many different events. We've got Juneteenth, we got Buc-ee's, and then we've got the Fourth of July coming up. And all of those require lots and lots of coordination. And I just want to give a big thank you to the staff for all that they do. An old friend of mine used to always say, It takes teamwork to make the dream work. And you all have definitely made the dream work. Thank you.

Laura, anything?

Yeah, it was a monumental day today. And certainly there was a lot of anticipation about how it went. And Goodyear showed very well today. And we're really showing us a first-class city in the state. And you're right. As everybody said, it's the work of all the staff. And very, very grateful. And it's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to have a lot of visitors.

Go ahead. Yeah, I'll piggyback on that. This will be the new normal. But thank you for coordinating this and putting us on the map, really, about what it's going to look like going forward with Bucky. But it will be our new normal of this traffic and things like that. So adapting and being able to accommodate all these new visitors is going to be great going forward here. But just thank you to the team. I think we shined. We did really well. Got people in and out, which was great to show the – all of Arizona that we can handle that here in Goodyear. And then also I went to a couple ribbon cuttings this week, think Tractor Supply and Live. I saw the best band called Pants over at Solid Rocks. That was good. And then Juneteenth as well. So a lot of good things going on. We're still staying busy even though it's hot outside. There's still a lot of events going on. So thank you to our staff for all you guys are doing. Thank you.

Well, Buc-ee's was everything I knew it would be because I'm a Texas girl and I've been to many Buc-ee's and I've just been waiting for them to open. The neat thing about that, I was absolutely stunned at our entourage. I felt like we were bringing half of Goodyear, but it was not only Goodyear, but it was everybody else, whether you knew them or not, you were everybody's best friend. So somehow they all got on this bus and they all ended up going to Buc-ee's and they all just had a great time. But Buc-ee's went out of their way to provide a wonderful, I'm going to say open house, to say hello to Arizona. And we just appreciate Beaver and all of his staff and everything that they did. The only thing I was missing was my Diet Coke. They did not have Diet Coke in the fountain. They had Dr. Pepper. But that was okay. But anyway, we just thank them so much. And we welcome them to the city. And I was so excited. I talked to practically everybody that was waiting on someone. And they were all Goodyear residents. So they have hired so many of our residents. And we're just so grateful for that. Because it's a great place to work. But on another note, I'd like to give a shout out to the Goodyear Recreation staff. The front desk. the security, the lifeguards, the senior programs, the silver sneaker program. Michael Biddle and his folks are running a wonderful, wonderful operation at the rec center, and I have not ever heard a complaint about anything there other than they wish that we could open it to more people, which we can't because it's already too full, and they wanted more classes put in for the seniors, and we can't because we don't have room for them either, but It's just wonderful to see how they interact with the public, and they're the actual face to Goodyear. There's so many people that never come to a council meeting, that never watch us on TV, and they don't even know what the city is, but then they meet these kids at the rec center, and they just feel so welcome. And I just want to tell them we appreciate it, and thank you very much for it.

Thank you.

Obviously, Buc-ee's was a huge success, absolute huge success today. We also attended on Friday for first responders, and I could not believe the graciousness that this company showed us in our first responders. that they could come in, they could eat anything they wanted, they could take anything they wanted. In fact, when Joe told me about that, I said, what? Really? Anything? And they did. They were great. They were great to all of us. And I don't think I've ever seen a company do that. And so that was amazing. And I want to give them kudos for that. And our first responders deserve it. We know that. But the fact that we don't expect that, of course, and what they did was amazing. What they did today was amazing. I thank Chief Isset especially. The way you organized that getting us there in that, what do you call it? Caravan. Caravan, whatever you do. What is it called? He's a fan. Motorcade, that's what it's called. Yes, it's more than a van, Wally. But it's pretty awesome. And the fact that all those cops have to be so organized in everything they do. I took a bunch of pictures of every place they were, every cross street, everything. It was amazing to me how they handled it. Kept the traffic at bay, kept us safe. I appreciate that. I think I speak for everybody up here. Thank you very much for that. Also, I attended June 10th, which I thought was great at Goodyear High School. I think that was awesome. I also think it was awesome that I attended something in Phoenix this week for Dress for Success. And it was interesting going down there and finding out how much they have come ahead. Laura actually got me involved in that in probably three years ago. And it's amazing to see what they're doing for women, helping getting women started that have Had to start over or whatever the reason being. It's not just about clothing anymore. It's about training. And the training that they're giving these women is amazing. And what I saw was I couldn't believe. So I thank them for inviting me to come down and talk to them about that. I also attended in Phoenix the Diamondbacks game along with the doctors that had to do with pancreatic cancer. And so we got a lot of education from them and filling us in on what the new thing studies are with pancreatic cancer. And, you know, pancreatic cancer has been kind of a lost cause up until lately. And we're starting to come up with some things that maybe we might be able to. I'm not a cure. I'm not saying that. But there are ways of dealing with it better than before where it was really considered a death sentence. So we got a lot of education on that, too. So I thank them for inviting me to that as well. So anyway, it was a very productive week, a very busy week, but a very productive week. And I literally loved Bucky's this morning. Thank you again to fire and police both. Brian, great job.

Drake.

It's been said, I'll give the city manager my time.

Oh, okay. All right. Yeah, okay. City manager, what do you have for us?

Well, just well said, Mayor and Council. Thank you for all of your kind words, and I did want to just mention again to the staff how appreciative we are of all of their great work. This was a total team effort to pull this off, and I think the entire city did a great job of showcasing Goodyear, and we really appreciate it. Now we need to have another one of these and another... A few months. Something else. I also want to mention just a couple other things. We mentioned the Juneteenth event was a great event. We estimate about 5,000 people attended that event. So very great attendance that we had. And lots of you were there. And thank you for your attendance to that. And just briefly, we are planning a drone show on July 4th. We do have the gates open at 6 o'clock. We'll have food vendors, music, entertainment. The drones are expected to go up in the evening around 8.45 p.m., and that is a free event. So we invite all of you and the public to come out to that. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. All right, with that, the next meeting is July 6, 2026. No further business. This meeting is over.