2026-09-24 - City Council
Summary
Built from the City's posted agenda and legal action summary (the City's record of actions) as read; no regular-session minutes are posted for Council meetings, agenda packets were not read, and the legal action summary was read in condensed form (consent contract descriptions truncated, the license plate reader first-hearing discussion not read), so debate and public comment are not recorded.
- Vice Mayor Chin was absent for the first votes (6-0 with one absent on consent). Adjourned 9:35 PM; 10 speakers on first call.
- Accepted subcommittee minutes and minutes of the Development Review Commission (August 25), Library Advisory Board (June 3), Parks and Recreation Board (August 12) and Transportation Commission (August 11).
- Proclamations for Healthy Aging, Suicide Prevention, Hispanic Heritage, Community Planning Month and Dolly Parton 9-2-5 Day.
- Consent: five liquor license items, 16 contract awards and renewals, a Day of Recognition for Farmworkers resolution (R2026.112), a Safe Streets for All grant for Baseline Road, and parks job orders.
- Non-consent: State of Arizona IT contracts.
- First hearing: rezoning of the Emerald Center site for mixed use (Emerald Center Mixed-Use Rezone).
- First hearing: code text amendment on group homes under state law SB1473 (Group Home Code Text Amendment).
- First hearing: new Article VI in Chapter 26 on automated license plate readers (Automated License Plate Reader Ordinance).
- First hearings also on a Fire capital cash transfer and an APS easement; second hearings passed on water line easement abandonments and the Bonita Way irrigation easement.
Sources
- Agenda: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=1964&doctype=1
- Legal action summary: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/Regular_City_Council_Meeting_1964_Summary_9_24_2026_6_00_00_PM.pdf?documentType=3&meetingId=1964
- 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=8M-Rjxkmiy4 (YouTube, Tempe 11 channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1buzbkjuy215CTejeVX6oQ; titled "Tempe City Council - Regular Meeting - Sept. 24, 2026")
- Video (City archive): https://tempe.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=4054
- Town: Tempe
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