2026-09-03 - City Council Work Study Session
Summary
Built from the City's posted agenda and legal action summary as read (agenda read in full; subcommittee reports skimmed); no minutes are posted, so debate is not recorded.
- Proclamations for National Voter Registration Month and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. No Issue Review items. Adjourned 4:45 PM; the City Manager had no announcements.
- Committee of the Whole: Councilmember Nichols proposed two new subcommittees, Tenants and Rental Properties and Public Safety and Community Oversight (Council Subcommittees).
- Status updates from the Mixed-Use Space (final recommendations), Community Solutions for Livability and Well-being, Federal and State Advocacy Review, Governance, Representation and Elections (formerly Term Limits Policy Review) and Revitalization of Tempe Town Lake subcommittees.
- Councilmember Garlid asked for a climate action plan update before the end of 2026.
Sources
- Agenda: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=1960&doctype=1
- Legal action summary: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/City_Council_Work_Study_Session_1960_Summary_9_3_2026_4_00_00_PM.pdf?documentType=3&meetingId=1960
- City website: https://www.tempe.gov (calendar of all board, committee and commission meetings: https://www.tempe.gov/government/city-clerk-s-office/boards-and-commissions/calendar-of-all-board-committee-and-commission-meetings)
- Agendas and minutes portal: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/AgendaOnline
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEt96nWWUsU (YouTube, Tempe 11 channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1buzbkjuy215CTejeVX6oQ; titled "Tempe City Council - Work Study Session - Sept. 3, 2026")
- Video (City archive): https://tempe.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=4046
- Video (City archive): https://tempe.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=4048
- Town: Tempe
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