[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL] [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR POST. HERE. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD. COUNCILMEMBER KAI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 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. PLEASE BE SEATED. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. I APPROVE, MAYOR. [ APPROVAL OF AGENDA] SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. PROCLAMATIONS. PR 1 ITEM. PR 1 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NAVY WEEK. [ Proclamation Recognizing Navy Week (David L. Udall)] WHEREAS THE TOWN OF MARANA IS HONORED TO HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS THE HOME OF RECORD TO 8449 NAVY ACTIVE DUTY SAILORS, 1208 NAVY RESERVE SAILORS, AND 8370 NAVY RETIREES. AND WHEREAS, THE CITIZENS OF MARANA AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SUPPORTING OUR NAMESAKE VESSELS. USS TUCSON SSN 770. USS ARIZONA SSN 803 AND USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS. LCS 10 AND WHEREAS NAVY WEEK HOSTS SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE STATE TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY'S KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR NAVY AND ITS GLOBAL MISSION. AND WHEREAS THE NAVY WEEK ENCOURAGES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ACTS OF SERVICE, EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TO SHOWCASE THE BREADTH OF THE NAVY'S FIELDS OF EXPERTISE AND SERVICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NOW, THEREFORE, I JON POST, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF MARANA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17TH TO THE 23RD, 2025 AS NAVY WEEK IN THE TOWN OF MARANA. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE SAILORS HERE FROM THE USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, WHICH IS ONE OF ARIZONA'S NAMESAKE SHIPS. THEY ARE THE REAL HEROES HERE. SO WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE OUR SAILORS HERE. AND NAVY WEEK IS HERE IN THE CITY OF MARANA, BUT ALSO IN TUCSON. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME EVENTS YESTERDAY AND TODAY. IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE AND GREAT TO BE HERE. AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT AREN'T FROM HERE THAT CAME FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., IT'S GREAT TO BE IN WARM WEATHER. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, ALL OF YOU. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. [ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS] YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE, PLEASE. THANK YOU MAYOR. LAST FRIDAY EVENING, I TOOK A TRIP UP TO CHANDLER AND CELEBRATED WITH THEM THEIR STATE OF THE TOWN, THE CITY. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR FROM MAYOR KEVIN HARTKE, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT, A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO BE WITH THEM. [00:05:07] MET SEVERAL OTHER MAYORS THERE FROM LIKE CASA GRANDE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES. I DON'T RECALL THEM EXACTLY, BUT THEY WERE THERE AND IT WAS NICE TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS. ALSO, A WEEK AGO TODAY, ORANGE GROVE ROAD OPENED AND IT'S ALREADY [APPLAUSE] RELIEVED A LOT OF CONGESTION ON INA. I'VE SEEN IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RELIEVED A LOT OF CONGESTION. AND I COULD SEE THAT A LOT OF TRAFFIC IS ALREADY MOVING THROUGH ORANGE GROVE. IT'S GREAT. SO THANK YOU. AND IT WAS A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME FROM THEIR SECOND DEADLINE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PATRICK. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD. WELCOME BACK. NICE TO BE BACK. I DID ENJOY HAVING ALL MY MEALS COOKED FOR US AND MY BED MADE UP EVERY DAY BY SOMEBODY ELSE. I CAN'T SAY I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MISS THAT, BUT I DO, IN ANY CASE IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK A CRUISE FOR OUR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FROM SAN DIEGO TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND BACK. AND YES HERB THE SEA WAS FINE. IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE WE ARE SO USED TO RAIN ON ALL OUR VACATIONS. IT ALWAYS RAINS OR STORMS. WE MISSED EVERY RAINSTORM LIKE HAWAII WAS HIT BEFORE WE GOT THERE, AND WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF IT OUT AT THE OCEAN, BUT NOT EARTH SHATTERING OR WATER SHATTERING. ANY CASE? WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK, BUT I DO MISS ALREADY ALL THE LUXURIES, RIGHT? IN ANY CASE, GLAD TO BE BACK AND GET STARTED. WE'VE GOT A LOT LOTS GOING ON, SO THANKS. THANK YOU PATTI. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. NO REPORT MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER KAI. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE MARANA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK REACHED THEIR GOAL OF $220,000 TO BUY THE BUILDING AND THE LAND. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE DONORS THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME MONEY OUT. AND I ALSO LIKE TO THANK ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CEMENT. THEY CAME UP WITH A $50,000 DONATION FOR THAT CAUSE. SO HATS OFF TO ARIZONA DEPARTMENT . GREAT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MAYOR. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. YES. I'LL JUST SAY I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL RIBBON CUTTINGS AND WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE. SO THEY WERE VERY NICE. TWO THINGS I'LL BRING OUT IS AND MAYOR HONEA USED TO DO THIS READING LOVE OF READING FOR THE KIDS. SO I WENT TO COYOTE SCHOOLS AND WE READ TO FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS. THE AUTHOR WAS THERE WHO WROTE THE BOOK. SO I GOT OUT OF READING, THANK GOODNESS. BUT I LOVE TO READ. BUT SHE READ IT HERSELF AND DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE AT OUR FOUNDERS DAY, ANDREA, OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE. YOU'RE NOT SURE? OH, NO. MOVIES. THE MOVIES IN THE PARK. SHE'S GOING TO BE THERE. SO IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO BRING KIDS. SHE'S FANTASTIC. SECOND THING, I DID DO A PODCAST ON LIVE THE DREAM. I DID TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS. THE MARANA FEES OR THE FEES FOR OUR NEW MARK. WHICH MARK IS MARANA AQUA AND RECREATION CENTER. SO I DISCUSSED THOSE AND HOW THOSE WERE CAME ABOUT IN THE MEETINGS WE HAD WITH PUBLIC AND SPECIAL STUDY SESSIONS ON HOW THOSE WERE ARRIVED AT. AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOWNTOWN MARANA. SO YOU'LL HEAR THAT A LOT. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT DOWNTOWN MARANA. SO WE SPENT ABOUT 15 OR 20 MINUTES ON THAT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND EMBARRASS ONE OF MY OLDEST FRIENDS. NOT OLD HERB, BUT I'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME. HERB DOESN'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW HOW HARD HERB WORKED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOOD BANK. HE WON'T EVER TELL ANYBODY, BUT I KNOW THAT HE STRONG ARMED AND USED FAVORS THAT PEOPLE OWED HIM TO HELP THE FOOD BANK. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HERB KAI HOW GENEROUS HE IS, HOW HARD HE WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE HE'LL NEVER SAY IT. SO I WENT TO THE LEGISLATURE TODAY. I'VE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES, AND IT'S ALWAYS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. [00:10:03] I'M ALWAYS SO DISAPPOINTED AT HOW DIVIDED THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU HOPE WILL HELP YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE JUST DIVIDED? I STILL THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE WATER BILLS THAT WE'RE AFTER. I HOPE. WE HAVE TWO BILLS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND HOPING THAT FINISH AT THE LEGISLATURE AND GET SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE A LOT EASIER IF OUR LEGISLATURES WOULD COME TOGETHER AND PUSH THINGS FORWARD THAT TRULY BENEFIT A COMMUNITY AT LARGE. I'M SURE THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO WATCH THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN CALL THOSE LEGISLATORS THAT YOU KNOW AND IMPRESS UPON THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER ISSUES ARE SOLVABLE, ARE EASILY SOLVABLE, AND WE JUST NEED HELP, YOU KNOW? SO MR. ROZEMA. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, A FEW THINGS TO UPDATE YOU ON. [ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS] OF COURSE, OUR USUAL SFR'S 40 FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY COMPARED TO 129 LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. SO THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO BE DOWN, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS. WE ARE CLOSING IN VERY QUICKLY ON THE OPENING OF THE MARK, AND WE HAVE SET A GRAND OPENING DATE FOR MAY THE 3RD. AND SO WE'LL HAVE A BIG EVENT FOR THAT AND THE OPENING OF THE CENTER. AND THEN ON MAY 2ND, THE EVENING BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO UNVEIL THE ART WORK. AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY AMAZED AT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT NIGHT, BECAUSE THERE IS SOME LIGHTING ELEMENT TO IT THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL WHEN IT'S LIT UP. SO THE SECOND AND THE 3RD OF MAY, SOME PRETTY BIG THINGS ON THE HORIZON FOR US. AND WE DID HAVE THE NAVY FOLKS HERE FOR NAVY WEEK. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY PROJECT TO PLANT A BUNCH OF TREES OUT AT CROSSROADS PARK, SO THE PARKS TEAM HAS WORKED WITH THEM AND ARE PREPARING TO DO THAT HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. I THINK TOMORROW I THINK ACTUALLY IF NOT DEFINITELY THIS WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOMORROW, BUT DEFINITELY THIS WEEK. AND A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOUNDER'S DAY, ONE OF OUR FOUR MAJOR EVENTS, IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER ON MARCH THE 15TH. A GREAT EVENT WONDERFUL PARADE THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR. LOTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME AND ENJOY. SO WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL COME OUT FOR THAT AND JOIN US HERE ON THE 15TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 3:00. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH STOLE MY APPLAUSE BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT ORANGE GROVE HAD OPENED. AND THEN EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO CLAP. AND I KNEW THAT.[APPLAUSE] BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. CLAPPED TWICE. I THINK JUST ONE ONE THING I WANTED TO GET OUT THERE AND GET A LITTLE FEEDBACK ON AND AND THEN A REMINDER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, THE COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HAVING A RETREAT NOW WE'RE HAVING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND IN FACT, IT IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK, TOMORROW, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UP IN CHANDLER. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE GET A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION FROM THE COUNCIL TO GUIDE AND DIRECT US THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MR. ROZEMA. CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL PLEASURE. [ CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda contains items requiring action by the Council which are generally routine items not requiring Council discussion. A single motion and affirmative vote will approve all items on the Consent Agenda, including any resolutions or ordinances. Prior to a motion to approve the Consent Agenda, any Council member may remove any item from the Consent Agenda and that item will be discussed and voted upon separately.] MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM PASSES A1. ITEM A1 RELATING TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [ Relating to Mayor and Council; possible public statements by applicants for the vacant Marana Town Council seat; discussion about and interview of candidates for the vacancy; and appointment of a new Council member (Terry Rozema)] POSSIBLE PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY APPLICANTS FOR THE VACANT MARANA TOWN COUNCIL SEAT. DISCUSSION ABOUT AN INTERVIEW OF CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANCY AND APPOINTMENT OF A NEW COUNCILMEMBER. SO WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD. PHYLLIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW OR WAIT? IT'S UP TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. HELLO. OKAY. MAYOR, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PHYLLIS M FARENGA. I LIVE AT 1147 WEST TORTOLITA STREET, MARANA, ARIZONA 85658. TWO WEEKS AGO, A CALL WAS SENT OUT FOR APPLICANTS TO FILL THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL VACANCY. THE APPLICATION WINDOW CLOSED AT NOON ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025. THE COMMITTEE FOR TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTMENT MET ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025 TO CONSIDER THE 21 [00:15:02] APPLICATIONS FROM THE MEETING MINUTES COMMITTEE MEMBER CAVANAUGH SAID HIS CRITERIA FOR SELECTION WAS BASED ON ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TOWN, SUCH AS ATTENDING COUNCIL MEETINGS. HE THEN POSED THE QUESTION TO THE COMMITTEE IF THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE BENCHMARK FOR HIM TO JUDGE BY. COMMITTEE CHAIR POST AFFIRMED THAT IT WAS. THIS COMPLETELY IGNORES THE NEED FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE MANY SIDES OF AN ISSUE AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION BASED ON HOW IT WILL AFFECT AND BENEFIT THE MARANA COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, INSTEAD OF A FEW SPECIAL INTERESTS. A TALENTED AND COMPETENT PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE HISTORICAL DATA AND RECORDS AND COME UP TO SPEED ON THE ISSUES VERY QUICKLY. BUT AN INCOMPETENT OR IMMORAL PERSON WHO HAS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TOWN WILL HARM THE COMMUNITY. WITH THE 21 APPLICANTS, THE TOWN HAS FAILED TO ENGAGE WITH ITS OWN PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD NOT A PERSON WITH 20 YEARS SMALL BUSINESS WHITE HOUSE DELEGATE EXPERIENCE 40 YEARS MARANA BUSINESS OWNER SIX YEARS MARANA PLANNING AND ZONING EXPERIENCE. FOUNDER OF THE MARANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPERIENCE FIVE YEARS AS A COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE REPRESENTING ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN AND WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE REMOVAL OF THE MARANA POLICE CHIEF, RADCLIFF HELPED CONVICT EMBEZZLER MARANA TOWN CLERK BARBARA [INAUDIBLE]. HELPED CONVICT MARANA, MAYOR SUTTON AND HIS COHORT RICK WESTFALL, AND OTHER WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. WOULDN'T THIS QUALIFY A PERSON FOR MARANA TOWN COUNCIL? I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAS USED THE WRONG CRITERIA FOR RECOMMENDING APPLICANTS TO THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL. I CHALLENGE THIS COMMITTEE TO SHOW THAT BETTER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS HAVE NOT BEEN ARBITRARILY, OR PERHAPS CAPRICIOUSLY ELIMINATED DUE TO THIS NARROW MINDED CRITERIA. THIS WOULD, IN EFFECT REMOVE THE STENCH OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THIS CRITERIA SERVES TO DISENFRANCHISE MANY MARANA CITIZENS. THE TOWN OF MARANA ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS CITIZENS HAS FAILED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND IF ANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, NOW'S THE TIME TO SPEAK UP. BUT IF DAVID WOULD CALL THE FOUR APPLICANTS AND WE COULD HEAR FROM THE FOUR APPLICANTS HERE AT THE PODIUM, AND THEN WE WOULD ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'M ASSUMING, FOR A LITTLE BIT AND COME BACK WITH OUR CHOICE. DOES THAT SOUND ACCEPTABLE TO THE COUNCIL? YES. DO YOU NEED A MOTION? I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION. SOUNDS GOOD. DAVID, WOULD YOU START WITH OUR FIRST NAME? SURE. JUST TO PUT YOU AT EASE. JUST TELL US WHO YOU ARE. HOW LONG YOU LIVED IN MARANA. WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? THIS IS WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU. OKAY? DON'T YOU KNOW JACK, YOU DON'T NEED TO SING A SING A SONG. OKAY. [LAUGHTER] I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ALL RIGHT, DAVID, FIRST UP IS TERI MURPHY. AND THEN FOLLOWING TERI WILL BE JACK NEWMAN. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TERI MURPHY. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME. JUST A QUICK LITTLE THING ABOUT ME. I HAVE LIVED IN MARANA FOR OVER 31 YEARS. I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 30 OF THOSE YEARS. WELL, ALMOST 30 IN APRIL. BUT ANYWAYS I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I STARTED WITH MARANA FOUNDER'S DAY WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST EVENT I HAD DONE, AND NOW I EMCEE THE PARADE FOR THAT EVENT. I'VE BEEN PART OF THE FOUNDATION BOARD FOR MHC HEALTHCARE. I SERVE AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THREE THINGS THAT PROBABLY HIGHLIGHT ME THE MOST ABOUT WHAT I THINK MAKES ME ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND ON THIS COUNCIL IS ONE I WAS ELECTED TO GO AND HIRED BY A POSITION TO DO GLADDEN FARMS HOMES AND GLADDEN FARMS. AND ANYWAYS, I GOT TO SELL HOMES TO 80 PEOPLE THAT WERE MOVING TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE THING THAT IT TAUGHT ME WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING HERE FOR CERTAIN REASONS, AND IT ENCOURAGED ME TO DO BETTER AND TO ENCOURAGE THOSE PEOPLE ON WHAT WE HAD GOING ON IN OUR TOWN. AND SO I WAS SO ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH PARKS AND REC THAT I KNEW ABOUT THE SENIOR PROGRAMS, ALL THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. THE SECOND THING THAT I GOT TO DO, I THINK THAT KIND OF SAYS A LOT ABOUT ME, IS WHEN MARANA MORTUARY AND CEMETERY OPENED, THEY CALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF I'D BE WILLING TO STEP UP. [00:20:05] AND SCOTT IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S DEVELOPING OUR TOWN, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. BUT THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD DO THAT, AND I SAID, YEAH, I'LL, YOU KNOW, I'LL MARKET IT, DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO. WELL, A SIX MONTH COMMITMENT ENDED UP TO BEING TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF COMMITMENT. AND WHAT HAPPENED IS ONE I FELL IN LOVE WITH HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. AND WITH THAT CAME I GOT TO BURY THE MAYOR'S WIFE. AND THAT WAS REALLY CHALLENGING BUT HE TRUSTED ME WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE THAT HE HAD. AND I THINK THAT GETTING TO DO THAT KIND OF GAVE ME A REALISTIC VIEW OF WHAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE. THE THIRD THING, AND THE MOST SPECIAL THING TO ME IS PROBABLY THE MARANA HERITAGE ARENA. AND I GOT INVOLVED WHEN THE TOWN DID IT, AND THEN DAN POST DID IT. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY HE GOT SICK AND WASN'T FEELING WELL, AND HE DECIDED TO CLOSE IT DOWN. AND ANYWAYS, I DECIDED THAT, OKAY, I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH IT. I MEAN, THINGS CHANGE. PARSONS WERE BUILDING AN ARENA, SO WE HAD A PLACE FOR OUR 4H, FFA AND OUR COMMUNITY TO GO TO. WELL, ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT MONTHS LATER I'M DOING SOMETHING ELSE AND I RUN INTO THIS YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO HAD BEEN A PART OF THE MARANA JUNIOR RODEO, AND HE SAYS TO ME, HE SAYS, TERI, HE SAID, ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF MY LIFE IS ATTENDING THE MARANA JUNIOR RODEO. AND HE'S PUSHING TWO LITTLE KIDS, AND HE GOES, I WANTED MY KIDS SO BAD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AT THAT ARENA. SO I WENT HOME AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT NIGHT AND ABOUT 3:00 IN THE MORNING IS WHEN I DO MY BEST THINKING. I WOKE MY HUSBAND UP AND I SAID, LISTEN, I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD THE MARANA HERITAGE ARENA. HE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO WHAT? HE GOES, FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE NOT BUILDING ANYTHING TONIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE MORNING. [LAUGHTER] BUT ANYWAYS, MY POINT WAS I WENT OUT AND IT TOOK ME THREE WEEKS. I RAISED $50,000 WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND THEN I RAN INTO MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS ABOUT MY EASIEST CHALLENGE, WAS CONVINCING THE TOWN TO LET ME REDO THAT ARENA. AND SO ANYWAYS, I MET WITH THE MAYOR, I MET WITH THE TOWN MANAGER, I MET WITH TWO ATTORNEYS FROM THE TOWN AND ANYWAYS AND DID WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET THE ARENA. WE GOT THE ARENA BACK. SO MY POINT IS, IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK MAKE ME QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION BECAUSE I HAVE DEDICATED 28 YEARS DONATING MY TIME AND ENERGY TO THE TOWN OF MARANA. BUT MORE THAN THAT NOW, I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO SERVE THE TOWN OF MARANA. AND I BELIEVE THAT WITH MY BUSINESS SENSE, WITH MY KNOWLEDGE, NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, DOING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN MY LIFETIME, THAT THIS WOULD JUST BE ONE MORE THING THAT I WOULD BE REALLY GOOD AT, AND THAT I AM KIND HEARTED AND I HAVE THE ABILITY TO LISTEN. BUT I'M ALSO VERY SET ON WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY GREAT, AND I THINK IT'S THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE IN IT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS CHOSE TO DO THIS, AND I THINK THAT IT IS REMARKABLE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENOUGH THAT YOU DONATE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY. SO BASICALLY, THAT'S IT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FOR ME? YOU REALLY SAID A LOT THERE. THANK YOU. THANKS, TERI. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE JACK NEUBECK. HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TODD MCGEE. JACK NEUBECK. YOU NEED TO SING. YOU KNOW, I ALMOST SANG ANCHORS AWAY, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'D BE TOO MUCH. ANYWAY MAYOR POST, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SAID THAT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER S. MY NAME IS JACK NEUBECK. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE TOWN OF MARANA FOR 39 YEARS. I HAD A LOT DARKER HAIR AND A LOT MORE OF IT AND A FEW LESS POUNDS. BUT ANYWAY, THE FIRST TIME I CAME TO THE TOWN OF MARANA WAS IN 1986, JUNE OF 1986, WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR BUDGET THAT YEAR AT THE TOWN HALL, LOOSELY TERMED TOWN HALL, AT MOORE ROAD AND SANDERS. THE BUDGET THAT YEAR WAS $440,000. 400 WAS FOR THE POLICE AND 40 WAS FOR THE TOWN MANAGER /PLANNING DIRECTOR, RAY TERAN. SO I SAID, EVERYBODY ELSE IS VOLUNTEER. I SAID, I LIKE THIS PLACE. I REALLY DID. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST LIT ME UP. I SAID, MAN, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO TO HELP. SO I MET WITH THE MAYOR, BILL SCHISLER, AT THE TIME AND THE VICE MAYOR, TOMMY CLARK SENIOR, AND RAY TERAN. AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO? WHAT THEY NEEDED MONEY. THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO A PROPERTY TAX BECAUSE THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED BY FARMERS AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO A PROPERTY TAX, OBVIOUSLY. SO WHERE WAS THE LOW HANGING FRUIT? THE LOW HANGING FRUIT WAS CONTINENTAL RANCH. CONTINENTAL RANCH, WHICH CHARLIE KEATING HAD PUT $36 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN. MY FORMER FATHER IN LAW WAS REPRESENTING THEM IN THE COUNTY. THEY WERE FED UP. THEY COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT. SO WE HATCHED THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD ANNEX INTO THE TOWN OF MARANA, WHICH THEY DID. I DID. I WENT AROUND AND GOT THE SIGNATURES FOR THE FIRST ANNEXATION, WHICH WENT THROUGH WHAT IS TODAY, [00:25:03] SAGUARO BLOOM, WHERE I LIVE TODAY AND WHICH I ZONED IN 2006. BUT ANYWAY, THEN IN A SERIES OF THREE MORE ANNEXATIONS, THEY HAD CONTINENTAL RANCH. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TOWN, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, THEY WERE SEEING SOME MONEY BECAUSE OF THE SALES TAX. NOW, GRANTED, THERE WAS JUST THE MCDONALD'S ON CORDERO AND LITTLE ABNER'S. THAT WAS IT. NOTHING ELSE. AND THAT WAS IT. SO BUT THIS GROUP OF DEVELOPERS, ROBERT SARVER, MY EX FATHER IN LAW, BOB STUBBS, THEY FINANCED THE FIRST TOWN HALL, THE FIRST TOWN HALL, WHICH IS NOW THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE CHAMBER. I OVERSAW THAT. MY JOB WAS TO GO OUT THERE EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING KIM ACORN, THE ARCHITECT'S DESIGN. SO I WAS THERE EVERY DAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, AND THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN, I THINK HAS BEEN GREAT. AND NOW THE NEXT ISSUE THAT THE TOWN REALLY HAD, THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR NORTH OF MARANA WAS BANK PROTECTION. SO RIGHT AFTER THEY STARTED GETTING SOME MONEY, I MET WITH ORA HARN. THIS WAS HER PET PROJECT, THE BANK PROTECTION. SO I WAS HELPING OUT ON THAT. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET A COUPLE TIMES I WENT UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KAI IN HIS HELICOPTER. I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIS HELICOPTER? IT'S GOT NO DOORS. SO I'M THERE CHECKING MY SEATBELT THE ENTIRE TIME AS I'M. WHAT'S THAT? OH. YOU'RE KIDDING. WELL, SEE. WELL, I COULD TELL YOU MORE STORIES ABOUT THAT, BUT ANYWAY. SO THAT WAS IT. AND THEN I BECAME THEN I GOT INTO MY CONSULTANT PHASE. I WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE PLANNING CENTER. NOW, THE PLANNING CENTER WAS FROM CALIFORNIA ORIGINALLY, AND THE PLANNING CENTER, CALIFORNIA IN I JOINED IN 1992. THEY DID THE FIRST GENERAL PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA THAT WAS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. FIRST ONE, FIRST ONE KNOW. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT. SO THEN I JOINED. AND THEN IN 1997, MIKE RATZINGER, LINDA MORALES AND I WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE PLANNING CENTER. SO WE DID. AND THEN AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE DID. WELL, YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW THE LIST OF ALL THE SPECIFIC PLANS WE'VE DONE RANCHO MARANA, BARRIO DE MARANA, GLADDEN FARMS, SAGUARO BLOOM. SO AND IN FACT, I REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE WHEN P&Z WOULD ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH. I REMEMBER CALLING YOU MR. MAYOR A COUPLE OF TIMES. ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE? BECAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE THERE, THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE A QUORUM. SO, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A VERY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. MY TIME WITH TOWN OF MARANA. THEN I RETIRED IN 2015, AND I'VE BEEN I WAS SUBSTITUTE TEACHING IN THE MARANA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHICH WAS A REAL EXPERIENCE. MY LAST YEAR I WAS THERE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WITH COVID. I WAS THERE, I TOOK OVER THIS CLASS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR DOING FINANCIAL ALGEBRA. YES. YEAH. RIGHT. FINANCE. THERE WAS NO. BUT THE THING THAT I FOUND THAT WAS SO WONDERFUL AND I PASSED ALONG TO THE STUDENTS 60% OF AND THAT WAS ALMOST ALL SENIORS, 60% OF THEM HAD JOBS. AND I THINK GOOD FOR YOU. AND I SAID, THE THING WITH WHEN YOU'VE GOT A JOB, I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE FLIPPING HAMBURGERS, WHATEVER IT IS, LEARN SOMETHING. LEARN HOW THEY DO PAYROLL, HOW THEY DO. YOU KNOW ANYTHING? LEARN SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT. YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN SOMETHING. AND I FEEL THAT I'VE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE YEARS. AND ONE OF MY OTHER GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, I BECAME LIKE THE ANNEXATION GUY UNTIL DICK GEER WAS HIRED BY MIKE [INAUDIBLE]. BUT HARVEY DAVIS ENLISTED ME TO HELP HIM. AT ONE TIME, I HAD AN OFFICE IN THE POLICE ANNEX DOWN ON ORANGE GROVE ROAD. AND I GOT THREATENED WHILE I WAS THERE BY ED MOORE. HE SAID, YOU AND THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, WE'LL GET YOU A GUN IF YOU WANT. WE'LL GIVE YOU GUN TRAINING. BUT I SAID, NO, THAT'S OKAY. ANYWAY, SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND I FEEL I HAVE A LOT. AND THEN AS FAR AS MY I WAS WITH THE MHC FOUNDATION, I WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF IT. SO I KNOW TERI VERY WELL. I WAS WITH THE MHC WITH AURA WHEN SHE HAD THE, HER ORIGINAL MHC. SO AND THEN I WAS THE CHAMBER. I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE CHAMBER FOR TEN YEARS, AND I WAS THE ONE THAT HIRED JAN LAWSON, ED'S WIFE. AND THEN I ALSO WAS THE ONE THAT HIRED ED STOLMAKER, MY DEAR FRIEND. [00:30:03] SO I HAVE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE. AND I THINK WHAT I BRING, IF I'M ELECTED, IF I'M SELECTED, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE. IT'S SOMETHING BEING ON BOTH SIDES IS DIFFERENT THAN BEING ON JUST ONE SIDE. AND SO AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TOWN, THE NEW TOWN CENTER, BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER DEVELOPER ON THAT. SCOTT STITELER, DEAR FRIEND AND I DID THE SKY RANCH SPECIFIC PLAN FOR HIM AND HE WAS A PRINCE. SO IF I'M SELECTED, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FEW THINGS HAPPEN. I'D LOVE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT. I THINK THE AIRPORT IS OUR NEXT BIG STEP, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE KEEP THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE TOWN. WE NEED TO GET JOBS. WE'VE GOT TO STOP BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE START GETTING MORE. AND THE AGRICULTURE, I'D LOVE TO SEE AGRICULTURE STAY HERE. AND THE THING I THINK THAT. WHY DON'T WE GO TO BIRDSEYE? WHY DON'T WE GO TO GREEN GIANT AND SAY WE'LL GROW ALL OF YOUR MINIATURE CARROTS, OR WE'LL DO SOMETHING AND PUT A PLANT THERE? I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A RAILROAD, YOU'VE GOT THE INTERSTATE 10. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE. SO IF I'M SELECTED, IT WOULD BE MY HONOR TO SIT ALONGSIDE YOU. I KNOW ALL OF YOU PRETTY WELL, AND YOU'VE BEEN GOOD FRIENDS AND A GOOD COMMUNITY. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU JEFF. NEXT UP WE HAVE TODD MCGEE, FOLLOWED BY KATIE COLLINS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAD WRITTEN A SPEECH, AND THEN, THANKFULLY, TERI AND JACK KIND OF CALMED MY NERVES. AND SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE FREELY. RATHER THAN TRY TO RUSH THROUGH THIS THREE MINUTE BLURB ABOUT MYSELF THAT I PUT. SO REMEMBER, TODD, YOU'VE SPOKEN HERE BEFORE AND DONE A GREAT JOB. JUST DO THAT AGAIN. APPRECIATE THAT. SO SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. MY WIFE, MEGAN IS PROBABLY A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER TO SOME OF THOSE THAT KIND OF HELPED BUILD MARANA. SO SHE'S PART OF THE ANWAY FAMILY, WHO I THINK IN 2018 OR 2019, THEY WERE THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE FOUNDERS DAY PARADE BECAUSE THEY WERE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ROOTS IN MARANA. SO WHEN I GOT MARRIED SHE REALLY WANTED TO RAISE OUR FAMILY OUT HERE, AND SO SHE KIND OF DRAGGED ME OUT HERE. IT WAS A LOT OF FARMLAND BACK THEN. WE SETTLED INTO GLADDEN FARMS AND HAVE HAD FOUR GREAT CHILDREN. AND THEY'VE BENEFITED NOW FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ATTENDING ESTES ELEMENTARY, MARANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND NOW MARANA HIGH. SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN ACADEMICS AND STUDENT COUNCIL AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO AS STUDENTS. SO MORAN HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. AND PART OF MY APPLICATION, I KIND OF WANTED TO KEEP THAT FAMILY ASPECT OF MARANA. I LOVE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING. I LOVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN PUTTING IN. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILY IS STILL CENTRAL, AND WE STILL KIND OF HAVE THAT THAT ROOTS IN THOSE FAMILIES THAT WILL MAKE THIS THEIR HOME GROW WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE THINGS THAT I'VE HELPED INSIDE THE TOWN OF MARANA. SO I SPENT THE LAST 12 YEARS AS A COACH AND VOLUNTEER ON THE MARANA LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD. STARTED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF SOFTBALL BECAUSE I GOT THREE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS WHO ALL PLAY SOFTBALL. AND THEN FROM ABOUT 2018 TO 2024, I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF MARANA LITTLE LEAGUE. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN I GOT IN, WE WERE $9,000 DEFICIT IN THE HOLE ON OUR BOOKS, AND SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THAT AROUND AND TURN IT AROUND FAST SO THAT WE COULD PAY LITTLE LEAGUE THEIR DUES, WE COULD PAY INSURANCE, WE COULD PAY FIELD FEES. AND SO I WORKED WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL HERE TO HELP ENACT A NEW PAY SCHEDULE FOR ALL NONPROFIT SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO THAT IS NOW A FLAT $5 FEE. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S STILL GOING ON, AND IT'S STILL GREATLY BENEFITING ALL OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS THAT HAVE NOW KIND OF MADE MARANA THEIR HOME, WHETHER IT'S CONTINENTAL RANCH, LITTLE LEAGUE, MARANA FASTPITCH, AYSO, ALL GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT KEEP THE YOUTH INVOLVED. DURING MY TIME AS PRESIDENT WITH MARANA LITTLE LEAGUE, WE SAW SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES THAT, YOU KNOW, [00:35:03] MARANA HASN'T SEEN THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. A LOT OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PUBLICITY. SO LITTLE LEAGUE I REACHED OUT TO T-MOBILE AND THEY WERE DOING A HOME RUN DERBY CHALLENGE. SO WE HOSTED AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEND A YOUNG LADY FROM HERE SHE WENT AND COMPETED IN SEATTLE. SHE TOOK THIRD PLACE THERE AND THEN WENT AND COMPETED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WHERE SHE TOOK THIRD PLACE. SINCE HER THIRD PLACE IN 2019, WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE ACTUALLY WIN THE ENTIRE THING. BRING A $5,000 GRANT TO MARANA LITTLE LEAGUE TO ASSIST IN GETTING MORE UPGRADES TO THEIR, EQUIPMENT AND HELP KIND OF MAKE SURE THE FIELDS ARE IN PROPER USAGE. SO ALSO SOMETHING I DID WITH THE TOWN IN 2019, I WAS PART OF THE ADVISORY MEMBER ON THE PARKS AND REC 10 YEAR PLAN. IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ENACTED THE NEW FIELDS AT GLADDEN FARMS FENCE AND LIT FIELDS AT AT GLADDEN AS WELL. AND THEN THE AQUATIC CENTER THAT'S BEING BUILT IS EXCITING TO WATCH THAT PROCESS, TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS GIVE THEIR INPUT. YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T JUST SPORTS. THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT WANTED HIKING TRAILS AND PEOPLE THAT WANTED PRESERVES TO BE, YOU KNOW, KEPT IN PLACE WHERE THEY COULD GO AND BIRD WATCH AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS A GREAT GROUP THAT I THINK PUT IN A LOT OF GOOD THINGS FOR THE TOWN OF MARANA. AND SO NOW THAT I'M DONE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO SIT IDLE AT HOME, I STILL COACH. BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL, SO I PUT MY NAME IN. I THINK I'D BE A GREAT ASSET TO YOUR TEAM AND TO THE TOWN AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GAIN THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT A SOMETHING THAT I COULD BE HERE LONG HERE LONG TERM FOR. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE KATIE COLLINS. ALL RIGHT, KATIE, THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME. IT SHOULD BE REALLY EASY NOW, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. [LAUGHTER] HI. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER S. I'M KATIE COLLINS, AND, WOW, YOU HAVE SOME GREAT CANDIDATES. SO GOOD LUCK. I'VE LIVED IN MARANA FOR THREE YEARS, TUCSON FOR 16. BUT I NOW CALL MARANA HOME AND LOVE IT. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED BY THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN. SOME ON THE COUNCIL, NO LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS AND SOME FOR DECADES. THE TIRELESS WORK, VISION AND LOVE THAT FORMER MAYOR HONEA AND ORA MAE HARN HAVE GIVEN TO THIS TOWN TRULY ARE PRECIOUS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF PASSION AND INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE OF MARANA. THE COUNCIL IS BUILDING THE MARK, CONSIDERING OVERPASS EXTENSIONS AND ENTIRELY NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND SO ON. AND THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF PERSONAL TRIPS TO FILL POTHOLES, I HEAR THAT MAYOR HARN WOULD DO AND SO MANY MORE MOMENTS OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN. THIS TOWN IS AS WONDERFUL AS IT IS BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO HAVE RUN THE RACE AND WHO ARE RUNNING THE RACE, AND I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED TO JOIN THAT TEAM, TO BE TAUGHT BY YOU, AND TO LEARN AND GROW IN ORDER TO HELP CONTINUE THE VISION OF THE TOWN OF MARANA. I CURRENTLY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF UNTITLED WAYS. I SAY AS A MOTHER AND AN EDUCATOR, AN ENTREPRENEUR, AND A NEIGHBOR. I CONSIDER MYSELF A CONNECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND OKAY. THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I FOUND OUT THAT IN THE JULY 2024 CENSUS, IT WAS REPORTED THAT NEARLY A QUARTER OF OUR POPULATION ARE CHILDREN. AND THAT SEVERAL OTHER SOURCES REPORTED UP TO 75% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE FAMILIES. SO, VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER. THAT GAVE ME SOME STATISTICAL BACKING TO WHAT YOU HAD ASKED. WHY ARE THESE FAMILIES HERE IN MARANA? WHY IT IS SUCH A LOUD VOICE SAYING, WE NEED MORE FOR OUR CHILDREN? OF COURSE. I'VE ALSO HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH MARANA MAMAS SHARING THE SAME. AND I ALSO FOUND OUT TODAY THAT FORMER MAYOR HAHN WAS KNOWN AS THE MATRIARCH OF MARANA, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY PRECIOUS. I DON'T CARRY THIS BEAUTIFUL LEGACY OF KNOWLEDGE. SO I COME AGAIN, HUMBLY, JUST TO LEARN FROM YOU ALL. [00:40:02] AND STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO'VE GONE BEFORE. I WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE SEE MORE LOCAL GOOD FOOD AND ARTISAN PRODUCTS BROUGHT TO THE MARANA RESIDENTS. MAYBE A FARMER'S MARKET OR A FARM CO-OP PERHAPS A FARM SCHOOL. I'D ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PARKS AND SPACES AND CONSIDER HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM EVEN MORE ENGAGING. AND WELL USED. MAYBE WE COULD EVEN RECRUIT OR DEVELOP FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESSES AND MORE INDOOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDDOS WHEN OUR WEATHER GETS SPICY. AGAIN WHILE I HAVE COME OR EXCUSE ME WHILE I HAVE IDEAS, I COME HUMBLY. READY TO LEARN FROM YOU ALL. I HAD A SWEET CONVERSATION BRIEFLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH IN THE PARKING LOT LAST WEEK, AND I WAS I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH SOME FRIENDS. AND GIGGLE A BIT THAT AT THE END OF OUR CONVERSATION, I FELT HE DID SOMETHING VERY POLITICAL, AND IT WAS A MOMENT WHERE I WAS LIKE, I HAVE SO MUCH TO LEARN. HE STUCK OUT HIS HAND AND SAID, AND I'M PATRICK CAVANAUGH. [LAUGHTER] AND IT WAS PRECIOUS. AND SO AGAIN, I JUST COME HUMBLY READY TO LEARN FROM YOU ALL AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF MARANA. FINALLY, THIS IS A BIT SILLY, BUT I'M GOING TO BE ME. FINALLY, I RESEARCHED STUMP SPEECHES, WHICH YOU ALL KNOW IS A TERM FROM THE 1800S WHERE POLITICIANS WOULD STAND ON TREE STUMPS TO GIVE THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS. [LAUGHTER] AND THE FAMOUS ONES ARE AROUND SIX WORDS. SO HERE'S MY ATTEMPT AT MINE. MAKE MARANA HOME TO CONNECT, TO GROW AND TO DWELL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MAYOR'S PRIVILEGE AND JUST BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THERE WERE EVERY SUBMISSION WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE. I KNOW WE ALL SPENT MANY HOURS READING THROUGH THEM, READING THE RESUMES READING THEM. AND THERE WERE FANTASTIC APPLICATIONS. IT WAS NO EASY CHOICE. AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THE SPEAKER EARLIER. I THINK ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE 20 WERE GOOD. 21 I THINK WE PICKED FOUR OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES THAT CAN MOVE THE TOWN FORWARD. SO ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. [ EXECUTIVE SESSIONS Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03, the Town Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, to discuss certain matters.] I NEED TO CAUTION EVERYBODY THAT MS. PHYLLIS FARENGA HAS ASKED THAT WE NOT DISCUSS HER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION MAYOR, TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. WE'RE ADJOURNED. I KNOW WE'RE EXCUSED AND LEAVING, BUT I JUST EVERYBODY THAT HAVE COME TO THE TOWN AND WANT TO BE A PART OF THE TOWN, IT'S SUCH A GREAT, GREAT FEELING. AND IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED TONIGHT, PLEASE DON'T STOP. KEEP COMING. THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE DONE AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WE NEED. AND AS A PERSON WHO WAS 35 WHEN I STARTED, WE NEED YOU. WE ALL NEED YOU ALL. SO I JUST WANT I JUST FELT I NEEDED TO SAY THAT BEFORE WE LEFT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU PATTI. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY, I APOLOGIZE. WHAT'S THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY? BACK IN? WHAT? BACK IN SESSION. BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION. BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION. WE ARE BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION. COUNCILMEMBER COMERFORD. YES, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO. I WAS ALMOST GOING TO SAY ELECT SELECT MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TERI MURPHY FOR OUR POSITION MISSING. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IT SOUNDED LIKE EVERYBODY SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? MAYOR POST, BEFORE WE VOTE, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR AS PART OF THE MOTION. KIND OF A LAWYER THING. YES. OKAY. TO APPOINT TERI MURPHY TO THE VACANT SEAT TO SERVE FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JON POST. FORMER BUT YOU'RE STILL HERE. [LAUGH] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [00:45:05] AYE, AYE. MOTION CARRIES. LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S IT. MR. MAYOR. YES. COUNCILMEMBER ZIEGLER. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, AND I THINK YOU ALL PROBABLY COULD SEE THAT FROM THE CANDIDATES WE HAD. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, FOR ALL OF YOU COMING FORWARD. AND PLEASE DON'T STOP. NO. PLEASE DON'T STOP. THANK YOU. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.