Formal Meeting · 9 September 2026

1. 0:17:15God.
2. 0:17:16This coming Friday evening, Jews around the world will usher in Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
3. 0:17:22One of the messages of Rosh Hashanah is powerful and universal about the responsibilities and challenges we encounter in our lives.
4. 0:17:29The Talmud teaches, The Holy One, blessed be He, does not come with unreasonable demands to His creations.
5. 0:17:35The Lubavitcher Rebbe often emphasized the profound message within these words, If God asks something of us, He has also given us the capacity to accomplish it.
6. 0:17:44Each of us is given responsibilities in life to our families, to our communities, to those who depend upon us, and to the world around us.
7. 0:17:52At times, our responsibilities can seem greater than our abilities.
8. 0:17:55We may wonder whether we have the wisdom, the strength, or even the ability to make a meaningful difference.
9. 0:18:00However, the responsibility itself should remind us of our capacity.
10. 0:18:05If there is something that is ours to do, then we must believe that we have been given the ability to do it.
11. 0:18:10Almighty God, our mayor and council members have each been placed in positions of great responsibility.
12. 0:18:16They have been entrusted by the people of this city to confront difficult questions, make consequential decisions, and help shape the future of Phoenix.
13. 0:18:24When that responsibility feels overwhelming, remind them that they are here for a reason, that together with the responsibility entrusted to them comes the capacity to fulfill it.
14. 0:18:33Grant them the wisdom to find solutions when the answers are not obvious, the courage to make difficult decisions, the humility to listen to one another, and the strength to continue working for the good of those they serve.
15. 0:18:44and remind all of us that we too have responsibilities that are uniquely ours.
16. 0:18:49When a need comes before us, may we recognize that there is a reason we see it and that there is something we can do.
17. 0:18:55Bless our mayor and council members, our dedicated city employees, our first responders and law enforcement, their families, all who are gathered here today and all the residents of Phoenix with health, peace and prosperity.
18. 0:19:08Help each of us recognize not only the responsibilities placed before us, but the abilities you have placed within us.
19. 0:19:14May we have the courage to use those gifts wisely to serve others and to bring greater goodness into the world.
20. 0:19:20And let us say amen.

1. 0:20:15Yes, thank you, Mayor.
2. 0:20:17As stated, my name is Elsie and along with my colleague Oscar Monroy, we will be providing Spanish interpretation during today's formal meeting.
3. 0:20:27I will now take a moment to address our Spanish speaking audience.
4. 0:20:52Las personas registradas para hacer un comentario público sepan que podrán hablar libremente sin interrupciones durante el tiempo disponible.
5. 0:21:02Sus comentarios serán interpretados al momento que usted termine de hablar.
6. 0:21:07Gracias.
7. 0:21:08Thank you, Mayor.

Spoken in Spanish, transcribed as said

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1. 0:29:19On behalf of UMOM, I really do believe that the extension is very important for the families, for the mothers can continue to grow.
2. 0:29:47and hopefully grow up into some really nice humans if they're treated right.
3. 0:29:58So please extend some room at your mom.
4. 0:30:02Thank you.

1. 0:30:16Good afternoon, Mayor, everybody, council.
2. 0:30:22I wanted to support the heat relief for UMOM for extension for family homelessness and that they continue the facility in need of the stable housing for families dealing with homelessness that you would support it.
3. 0:30:40Thank you.

1. 0:30:52Good afternoon, City Council.
2. 0:30:54My name is Frank Urban with Fund for Empowerment.
3. 0:30:58I believe we need to extend this.
4. 0:31:03It's very important to the homeless in general, especially the single moms and people that go to UMOM and the families.
5. 0:31:14Having more water would
6. 0:31:21quite honestly could be the difference between life and death for a lot of these people.
7. 0:31:31And that's all I got to say.

1. 0:31:42Elizabeth Venable, Fund for Empowerment.

1. 0:31:45I'm down below.

1. 0:31:46There we go.
2. 0:31:49I wanted to say yes, it's good that you are keeping this facility open.
3. 0:31:57There's a crisis in child homelessness in the state of Arizona and a lot of people have lost benefits with children.
4. 0:32:09you know housing is closing left and right so it's good to you know take advantage of the fact that the City of Phoenix is stepping up to do this.
5. 0:32:19I think that still there's there's more there's always more that can be done in the return on it as I've said is really great in terms of you know I've gone into public safety before but the stability of families I mean and work ability for people to work
6. 0:32:37and to be able to access these benefits is absolutely critical.
7. 0:32:42And so while I really applaud you guys actually upping the number that I think that you would have otherwise allocated, I would like to see larger allocations if you can because it's not a million.
8. 0:33:00Thank you.
9. 0:33:01Thank you so much for this testimony.

1. 0:33:08Yes.

1. 0:33:49Motion to approve.

1. 0:33:53Second.

1. 0:35:40which I'm very glad because like I heard my friend's birthday party at five and I was like I don't know if I'm going to get there in time.
2. 0:35:45So no the Acacia Library is the heart of Sunny Slope.
3. 0:35:50Almost a hundred years ago a dream took root in Sunny Slope.
4. 0:35:53In 1929 Reverend Joseph Hillhouse imagined a place where people had to come to the desert seeking better health would not have to feel alone.
5. 0:36:00He wanted them to have somewhere to read, gather, share, and belong.
6. 0:36:03A place that could become the social heart of Sunny Slope.
7. 0:36:06The community answered the call.
8. 0:36:07The Knights of the Round Table donated $450 to purchase the first library building.
9. 0:36:12Neighbors gave their time.
10. 0:36:13People donated furniture, shelves, books, and magazines.
11. 0:36:16Together they transformed an old house into something much greater than a library.
12. 0:36:20They created a place for one another.
13. 0:36:21The first library opened up with 1,340 books.
14. 0:36:25It was the only free lending library within 10 mile radius.
15. 0:36:28But the greatest offerings wasn't measured in books.
16. 0:36:31It was the opportunity to bring people together.
17. 0:36:33People came to read.
18. 0:36:34They came to visit.
19. 0:36:35They came to find help.
20. 0:36:36They came because they needed a neighbor.
21. 0:36:38The library even delivered books to people who couldn't leave their homes and help patrons find employment.
22. 0:36:44It offered a telephone, meeting rooms, a lounge, and a place to simply sit and be with others.
23. 0:36:48As Sunny Slope grew, so did the library.
24. 0:36:50By 1953, there were 9,000 books, and in 1969, Acacia Library opened its doors at 750 East Townley with 50,000 books and over 6,600 square feet of space.
25. 0:37:01But the numbers only tell part of the story.
26. 0:37:03The real history of Acacia has been in the generations of people who have walked through its doors.
27. 0:37:07It is in the children who discovered their first favorite book.
28. 0:37:10It is in the families who came together.
29. 0:37:11It is in the neighbors who found friendship.
30. 0:37:13It is in the people who needed a safe place to belong.
31. 0:37:16And that continues today.
32. 0:37:17The architecture of a Kesha designed by renowned architect Benny Gonzales makes an important part of Phoenix's midmodern century.
33. 0:37:24But it's great that treasure is something you can't see in the bricks or the walls.
34. 0:37:27It is the heart of the community that lives inside them.
35. 0:37:29For nearly a century, Sunny Slope has cared for this library.

1. 0:37:38And we have another advocate for our public library system, Karen Cruz here to testify.

1. 0:37:45Good afternoon Madam Mayor and Council Members.
2. 0:37:52I'm very pleased to be with you today and just to first and foremost thank you all for your continued support of our library system.
3. 0:38:01It's extremely important you've heard time and time again especially through our budget process people stand up and raise up and really love their libraries and so we want to just extend a thank you for that and
4. 0:38:13and then also a thank you for hopefully your supportive vote today to preserve this gem in our city.
5. 0:38:20It's not just a gem for our city, it happens to be one of our libraries and so it's particularly special and important to us.
6. 0:38:29And so we just wanted to come and say on behalf of the almost 50,000 Friends of the Phoenix Library members, we wanted to just say thank you so much and I hope that each and every one of you are
7. 0:38:42members of the Friends of the Phoenix Library.
8. 0:38:45It can be as cheap as $20 a year.
9. 0:38:47So if you are not, I have a handy QR code and I'm happy to work with your offices on that.
10. 0:38:52So thank you so much.
11. 0:38:55Thank you so much.
12. 0:38:56Comments?

1. 0:39:40Yes.

1. 0:43:13Yes.

1. 0:43:53Greetings, everyone.
2. 0:43:54My name is Octavius Crow of Funds for Empowerment.
3. 0:44:01I didn't expect to be in a room of this mayor council.
4. 0:44:06Personally, I would like to thank you guys for all of this.
5. 0:44:10SOS had been a place to literally save my life from being out on the streets.
6. 0:44:17I do believe that there are tons of things that could be tweaked, but you are constantly, constantly seeing improvements.
7. 0:44:26They're showing themselves.
8. 0:44:28All we need to do is keep going.
9. 0:44:31People get frustrated.
10. 0:44:34We stop.
11. 0:44:36We get confused.
12. 0:44:38We feel like there's no hope when it comes to help and being helped.
13. 0:44:48You see the promise.
14. 0:44:50You can see the progress.
15. 0:44:52I've traveled the country.
16. 0:44:54I've never seen anything like this anywhere I've been from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Brownsville, Texas.
17. 0:45:03I have seen wonderful things.
18. 0:45:07I have seen a lot that is make the world happy if only it knew.
19. 0:45:16That's kind of all I have to say.
20. 0:45:18I appreciate all of you for even hearing me out.
21. 0:45:22Thank you.

1. 0:45:35Good afternoon.
2. 0:45:36My name is Terrell Richardson, and I represent Funds for Empowerment.
3. 0:45:41And I'm also a current resident at SOS.
4. 0:45:44And I've been there for a while, and I'm glad to see the item approved, basically.
5. 0:45:52Like I said, I'm a current resident, and I feel like the extension is needed.
6. 0:45:57I mean, it's a great option as far as other shelters because it's basically very different.
7. 0:46:02And again, I mean, it's called Safety Outdoor Space for a reason.
8. 0:46:07I mean, I do feel safe there, but unfortunately...
9. 0:46:14Unfortunately, there could be a lot of improvements to the place or whatever.
10. 0:46:18I mean, of course, it's not ran perfect and nothing's going to ever be perfect, but there's some things that I think that definitely can be approved and should be improved there, basically.
11. 0:46:30And I mean...
12. 0:46:31I've been going to these meetings and vouching for a lot of things and actually we have seen things that happen because of that basically and I'm looking forward to basically still vouch for other things that need to happen going forward basically and I'd like to see those things happen.
13. 0:46:50that probably going to be mentioned later on too in this meeting basically for all those.
14. 0:46:55I want to thank you all for approving it and I mean for yeah for approving the extension for SOS and hopefully we can see those other improvements come in the near future.
15. 0:47:06Thank you.

1. 0:47:20I'll always be ambivalent about this space because of the outdoor component, and that's never going to go away.
2. 0:47:27And I hope in the future, I think it's a necessary evil to keep this place open.
3. 0:47:34That's my perception of it, because there are fatalities on this lot and heat-related illness.
4. 0:47:42And the improvements have been nice, but there's a reason why I've been organizing on this for quite a long time, and it's because I find it problematic.
5. 0:47:50I do want to see it go forward and it's already been voted on but I do want to see it go forward because it's again as I've said it's in the absence of federal funding as I sort of predicted that you guys have been willing to act and I do think that that is commendable that you guys have been willing to act to keep it open and but I'm always ambivalent about this space because
6. 0:48:17I don't know that an outdoor space can truly be safe.
7. 0:48:21And I feel that there are things that people like about the space such as privacy or other characteristics of the space that are preferable, right, to maybe a more communal setting.
8. 0:48:39in a congregate shelter, which can also be difficult for some people.
9. 0:48:46But in the future, I hope that there can be more consideration put into the building of the facilities and things like that.
10. 0:49:00But I think it's gotten better, but I'm giving my point of view, so that's it.
11. 0:49:06Thank you.

1. 0:49:17Hello.
2. 0:49:18Hi, Dorian, Brendan, Fund for Empowerment.
3. 0:49:21So these outdoor facilities are home to people that camp out there in their tents due to symptoms of extreme poverty, which is something we all aim to reduce as much as possible and prevent where we can.
4. 0:49:34As Elizabeth noted, that there are a lot of heat-related illnesses as well as death, but also notably that they are even more present without zoning for the homeless to be able to have a space for themselves as well.
5. 0:49:49There is a need for a better plan in the future, of course.
6. 0:49:53I think we can all agree on that.
7. 0:49:55But, you know, this is the only option for some people.
8. 0:49:59And, you know, we need to keep that as well.
9. 0:50:03But as maybe a launch point, not like as a baseline solution and call it a day.
10. 0:50:09and as the years pass we have seen the good that the zoning has done for this at-risk population and the further steps we need to assist in the gaps and the care that we've missed also known as thank you for the yes vote.

1. 0:50:33How everybody doing my name is Charles Whiteside I'm a participant at SOS lot and
2. 0:50:39I agree with a few of the other participants as far as like things are improving but then on the other side you have a lot of hypocrisy going on like a good example is they say we can't have meals outside of the day room but then you have the security and staff do right in front of our face doing the same thing so it kind of gives me like
3. 0:51:05I also have another complaint about the showers.
4. 0:51:16I think the water could be a little cooler.
5. 0:51:19Again, I am grateful for the space that they provide us.
6. 0:51:24So they just have to work with us as we work with them.
7. 0:51:27And I appreciate the opportunity you guys give us to come here and speak our issues.
8. 0:51:33Thank you, you guys.
9. 0:51:33Have a blessed day.

1. 0:52:42Perfect.

1. 0:53:21Yes.

1. 0:54:49Hello, Mayor, City Council.
2. 0:54:50First and foremost, thank you to you, your staff, community stakeholders, including Downtown Phoenix Inc., and most importantly, Roosevelt Row.
3. 0:54:59This was informed by the community.
4. 0:55:02If anything, the city took the form of an artist by listening to the challenges of the community and responding thoughtfully with something that could be potentially beautiful, not just for the neighborhood, but for First Fridays as a whole.
5. 0:55:14We appreciate the attention and your support today.
6. 0:55:17Thank you.

1. 0:55:42Mayor, Council, thank you so much.
2. 0:55:44Thank you so much for holding these sessions, listening to the community.
3. 0:55:47I have been a resident of downtown and very an active participant in First Fridays for more years than I would like to say into a microphone.
4. 0:55:57because in my head I am still 22.
5. 0:55:59We have watched First Fridays evolve.
6. 0:56:03We invited artists down because we always wanted to keep this artist focused and artist centered.
7. 0:56:09And my First Friday, excuse me,
8. 0:56:13By first Friday, 26 people showed up to our gallery and that included the exhibiting artists.
9. 0:56:19We have now grown into a night that draws 10 to 20,000 people.
10. 0:56:24And the goal is how do we continue to evolve and serve?
11. 0:56:28And what is so wonderful about these listening sessions that we've been doing for over a year
12. 0:56:32with our two council districts that we've listened to the artists, we've listened to the stakeholders, we've listened to the city of Phoenix, and we are excited to keep evolving and keep meeting the moment.
13. 0:56:42First Fridays will always evolve.
14. 0:56:44That's part of what artists do, right?
15. 0:56:47That's part of what arts is, and that's what part of a downtown Phoenix community is.
16. 0:56:51So I'm very much in support of partnering, excuse me,
17. 0:56:57kind of ran here.
18. 0:56:58Partnering with the business owners, the artists, everybody who is downtown, partnering with the city, partnering with the neighborhoods to say, how do we evolve again?
19. 0:57:09So thank you for your support.

1. 1:04:56Hi, I'm Clarissa.
2. 1:04:59Good afternoon, Mayor, the council members.
3. 1:05:05I am here for Assistant Petition 4, the Heat Relief U-MOM, and hopefully it stays open.

1. 1:05:29We do.

1. 1:05:43It's for the behavioral health technician, I'm sorry.

1. 1:06:04I'll try to be as brief as possible this time for petition 105.
2. 1:06:08I vote yes to sign for it.

1. 1:06:17Hi, my name is David Morgan.
2. 1:06:18I'm with Funds for Empowerment.
3. 1:06:20I also live at the SOS, and this is in regards to that particular spot.
4. 1:06:27There's three things that really stand out to me that need to be addressed in this petition and why it should be passed.
5. 1:06:33We need medical staff on site.
6. 1:06:38One and a half weeks ago, I almost died because I didn't have any potassium or magnesium.
7. 1:06:44That is not a dehydration.
8. 1:06:49That is all bad.
9. 1:06:50We need better food.
10. 1:06:52But there was no one there medically to talk to me, to discuss anything with me until it was almost too late and they had to call 911.
11. 1:07:02Providing these things would really take a big, big chunk of responsibility off of our firefighters, and it would give us immediate access to medical care that we so desperately need.
12. 1:07:14The behavioral health techs,
13. 1:07:18That is also not considered an option by me.
14. 1:07:22We have entirely too many SMIs that are episodic.
15. 1:07:25They talk to people who are not there on a regular basis.
16. 1:07:31I personally don't suffer from that.
17. 1:07:33And so it freaks me out at times because I don't know if they're talking to me.
18. 1:07:38And I'm ready to defend myself at any point.
19. 1:07:42Being a convict, being from a prison, that's a trauma issue that I have to deal with all the time, PTSD, whatever you want to call it.
20. 1:07:49And I don't want to hurt somebody or do something like that because that they're having an episode.
21. 1:07:55Trained professionals need to be there to prevent this type of thing from happening.
22. 1:08:00there's really no one for us to talk to if we do have a behavioral health concern something's going on there's no one there for me to sit down with speak no counselors on site these these things are really really important with that I hope that you seriously consider this petition thank you for your testimony faith is next followed by Randy

1. 1:08:28I represent Fund for Empowerment, and I'm voting yes on the petition.
2. 1:08:37I am also asking that they all become ADA approved.
3. 1:08:47If not, they definitely need a lot of work.
4. 1:08:52And with that, I close.

1. 1:09:06Madam Vice Mayor and Mayor, I appreciate your time here.
2. 1:09:10I want to discuss the 105 petition on behavior health itself.
3. 1:09:16It has become an issue over at this SOS and we do need medical staff themselves.
4. 1:09:24I am, like I said, my name is Randy Killing.
5. 1:09:27I am representing Funds for Empowerment, okay?
6. 1:09:33And it is a
7. 1:09:35Really important issue I think is that with people that have SMI that they get these medical care services as well as with the other clientele that's there as well.
8. 1:09:46SOS does not have the
9. 1:09:50The staff, I think, is to help these people get through these issues that they have.
10. 1:09:58And it's important that they get this help.
11. 1:10:01I, myself included, needs some of these help.
12. 1:10:05I'm not SMI, but the point is that these people are not getting the help that they need in order to make their lives a lot more accommodating and more helpful.
13. 1:10:17There are issues, there are things where people do get mad instead, and like Dave said, he doesn't want to end up being to the point where he has to defend himself.
14. 1:10:28So I'm supporting this 105 for mental health itself.
15. 1:10:39That's pretty much what I wanted to say on that part.
16. 1:10:43Hopefully you got the council and city council will consider approving to get some sort of mental health staff over there to help.
17. 1:10:54Thank you.

1. 1:11:09My name is Richard and I'm in support of the citizen's petition because I'm over at the SOS lots and we do need more behavioral health technicians over there and also some medical staff.
2. 1:11:24With that, I close.

1. 1:11:36Hello again, City Council.
2. 1:11:37My name is Frank Urban.
3. 1:11:38I'm with Fund for Empowerment.
4. 1:11:41Now, they definitely, I've never been in the SOS lot.
5. 1:11:52Okay, I got a place, I've been in a place for a few years now, but I have been formerly homeless.
6. 1:12:02But
7. 1:12:04From what I've heard, they definitely need a lot more medical staff for the reasons that were discussed earlier.
8. 1:12:17If they had more medical staff, it would take a lot of burden off of the fire department and the EMTs.
9. 1:12:30And if they had...
10. 1:12:33more mental health services over there it would uh give the people that are smi someone to talk to before um before they blow up at someone because they're having an episode not because they're being mean or anything just
11. 1:13:02and with that I close.

1. 1:13:14So this petition is kind of aspirational in that I want to vision a shelter system that is professional, that is humane and that is
2. 1:13:32Thank you.
3. 1:13:35Thank you.
4. 1:13:37Thank you.
5. 1:13:49The woman can't get her wheelchair into the X-wing, right?
6. 1:13:53Those are construction issues.
7. 1:13:54And sort of the staff report sort of says, oh, well, no, it was bill ADA compliant.
8. 1:14:00And I don't understand, you know, if it was bill ADA compliant, how have we done all these improvements since then, you know?
9. 1:14:06ADA compliance is also more than just ramps.
10. 1:14:13One of the things that's been a really big concern among the people living in the SOS has been the security guards.
11. 1:14:21They don't tend to protect the residents and they're not very high quality and they don't tend to keep people's belongings safe and a wide variety of things that could be said about the security guards.
12. 1:14:36and other contractors.
13. 1:14:39And sort of the response to the petition sort of says, well, we don't have the ability to have oversight over that.
14. 1:14:47And I kind of got to go, well, but you're contracting with them.
15. 1:14:52So how do you have no ability to have oversight of that?
16. 1:14:55It sort of converges the COC with the City of Phoenix facilities.
17. 1:15:02And to be fair, we're not looking at anybody besides City of Phoenix to do responsible things.
18. 1:15:08Private facilities aren't necessarily going to be on point with these things, but I have higher expectations and aspirations.
19. 1:15:14So that's the reason why I put forth that petition.

1. 1:16:26Mayor, members of council, Vice Mayor Hodge Washington, specifically to the safe outdoor space.
2. 1:16:31That space is run by Keys to Change.
3. 1:16:34They are a 24-hour operator, but we also have Community Bridges Inc. Five, excuse me, seven days a week onsite providing case management.
4. 1:16:44We employ five behavioral health technicians within CBI.
5. 1:16:47that we can refer clients to.
6. 1:16:49And certainly five is not enough for as many individuals as we have at that site.
7. 1:16:53So we also bring in outside partners to the safe outdoor space.
8. 1:16:58At the safe outdoor space, Circle the City comes twice a week, which also offers not only their medical services, but also behavioral health services as well.
9. 1:17:06And then we very often refer out to additional services as needed.

1. 1:17:32Sure, thank you, Vice Mayor Hodge Washington.
2. 1:17:35So everyone at the Safe Outdoors space has the ability to work with a CBI case manager and they can certainly work through that case manager to request additional assistance such as behavioral health assistance.
3. 1:17:46And through that case manager, they can either be referred to someone onsite or again, an outside partner.

1. 1:18:09How about accurate?
2. 1:18:11Vice Mayor Hodge Washington, according to the 2026 pit count and the data that we received specific just to Phoenix, there are 56 shelters and transitional housing projects in our community as of the 2026 pit count.
3. 1:18:26The city of Phoenix owns three of those 56.
4. 1:18:30And the write-up really referenced the reference to the shelter system as a whole, certainly, yes.

1. 1:18:46Sure.
2. 1:18:47Vice Mayor Hodge Washington, the Maricopa Continuum of Care really seeks to oversee our entire homeless service system and our board at the Continuum of Care
3. 1:18:56is taking an even stronger role in that oversight.
4. 1:18:59We do receive at the Maricopa Continuum of Care all of the HUD funding specific to housing, Continuum of Care housing.
5. 1:19:06It's roughly 52 million per year.
6. 1:19:08And the COC oversees that funding source.
7. 1:19:12It does not fund shelter.
8. 1:19:15The Continuum of Care doesn't fund shelter operations.
9. 1:19:17However, it has done several studies and is the data mecca for our entire homeless service system.
10. 1:19:24And so the Continuum of Care has several of the analyses on the shelter system and our data is all located on the Continuum of Care website.
11. 1:19:33Okay, thank you.

1. 1:19:43Certainly, Vice Mayor Hodge Washington.
2. 1:19:45All three of the city-owned facilities have been brought on board within the last four years.
3. 1:19:51The first one was the Washington Shelter.
4. 1:19:53When we converted that former aviation building into a shelter, we utilized our partners in the streets department and our engineers and architects.
5. 1:20:04and they utilized ADA compliant mechanisms when we constructed that, or did the re-renovation into a shelter facility.
6. 1:20:15Both the Safe Outdoor Space and Phoenix Navigation Center, which were brought on within the last two years, those we also utilized project management from the Office of the Engineer in order to ensure that those sites were ADA accessible as well.
7. 1:20:32Thank you.
8. 1:20:34and Vice Mayor Hodge Washington.
9. 1:20:36If I can add, we did also to address one of their comments as well.
10. 1:20:41We purchased the X-Wings that are both located at the Safe Outdoor Space and the Phoenix Navigation Center from a private company called Steel and Spark.
11. 1:20:50At the safe outdoor space, we did have to maneuver accessible ramps.
12. 1:20:55I believe we have three accessible units at the safe outdoor space, whereas at Phoenix Navigation Center, the X-Wings are sort of located on the ground with no ramps included as well.

1. 1:21:56Mayor, members of council, Councilman Hernandez, absolutely yes.
2. 1:22:00We at the city of Phoenix owns the safe outdoor space.
3. 1:22:04We contract to the 24 hour operations to keys to change.
4. 1:22:07CBI provides the case management, but we also have a staff person onsite five days a week as well.

1. 1:23:06Councilwoman Hernandez, I completely agree.
2. 1:23:08I definitely wanna make sure that we are addressing all of the needs of the clients at the Safe Outdoor Space.
3. 1:23:13And just to echo your comments, I've learned a lot about some of those needs here in this setting as well.
4. 1:23:19And we can definitely go back and make sure that we are making,
5. 1:23:23making sure that at our town halls people are made aware of this.
6. 1:23:26When they're meeting with their CBI case manager, which every individual at the safe outdoor space is assigned a case manager, we can reinforce sort of what we have to offer and what we have available at the site.
7. 1:23:37I can also go back with my team and sort of workshop that a little bit and see what else we can do.