2026-10-15 - 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 (individual consent contract details truncated), so debate and public comment are not recorded.
- Adjourned 7:38 PM. Councilmember Keating was absent for the minutes votes (6-0) and present for consent (7-0).
- Approved minutes of subcommittee and joint meetings (with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on February 3 and the Tempe Community Council on February 9); accepted minutes of the Aviation Commission (August 19), Hearing Officer (August 18 and September 15) and other boards.
- Proclamations for Domestic Violence Awareness, Health Literacy and Disability Awareness months.
- Consent: appointments, six liquor license items, 13 contracts, 12 resolutions including seven state highway safety grants, and $34.3 million in September payments.
- Non-consent: Community Development Block Grant resolution after a second hearing, a regional transit agreement, Valley Metro rail operations funding (Regional Transit Agreements) and a concrete contract (passed 6-0).
- Second hearings passed: Assisted Living Training School rezoning (Assisted Living Training School Rezone); Emerald Center mixed-use rezoning, 7-0 (Emerald Center Mixed-Use Rezone); group home code text amendment (Group Home Code Text Amendment); license plate reader ordinance O2026.46, 6-1, with Vice Mayor Chin opposed to the broad prohibition (Automated License Plate Reader Ordinance); a Fire capital cash transfer; an APS easement.
Sources
- Agenda: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=1967&doctype=1
- Legal action summary: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/agendaonline/Documents/DownloadFileBytes/Regular_City_Council_Meeting_1967_Summary_10_15_2026_6_00_00_PM.pdf?documentType=3&meetingId=1967
- 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=GrH5rAh63fc (YouTube, Tempe 11 channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1buzbkjuy215CTejeVX6oQ; titled "Tempe City Council - Regular Session - Oct. 15, 2026")
- Video (City archive): https://tempe.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=4058
- Town: Tempe
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