[1. Call to Order NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this special meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]

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OKAY, WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 14TH, 2024.

THIS IS A COMBINED SPECIAL MEETING AND WORK SESSION.

I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND GIVING OUR CITY CLERK A MOMENT TO GET BACK TO HER COMPUTER.

CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL? MAYOR DAGGETT HERE.

VICE MAYOR ASLAN, OVER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET HERE.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR? OH. YES.

VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? IT'D BE MY PLEASURE. PLEASE STAND AS YOU'RE ABLE.

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.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, WOULD YOU READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? LOVE TO. THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE, COULD YOU READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT? IT WOULD BE MY HONOR, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THIS AREA'S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ORIGINAL STEWARDS.

THESE LANDS, STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAINS SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.

WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.

THANK YOU.

[4. Review of Draft Agenda for the May 21, 2024 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS REVIEWING THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR OUR MAY 21ST.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO.

OH. MY APOLOGIES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DID HAVE A NOTE THAT THERE WAS ONE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS MISSED FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AS WELL.

AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNEW THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT SEEING YOU.

[5. Open Call to the Public Open Call to the Public enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the prepared agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. Open Call to the Public appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end. The total time allotted for the first Open Call to the Public is 30 minutes; any additional comments will be held until the second Open Call to the Public. If you wish to address the Council in person at today's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Open Call to the Public and Public Comment. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]

OKAY. OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE PREPARED AGENDA.

OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC APPEARS ON THE AGENDA TWICE AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END.

TOTAL TIME ALLOTTED FOR THE FIRST OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC IS 30 MINUTES.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND THERE IS A CLOCK RIGHT HERE.

AND I WILL START WITH DENNIS GIVENS.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT MAYORS, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STAFF, CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS DENNIS GIVENS, CONCERNED CITIZEN OF THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND I'M JUST HERE TO PLUG SOME SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND HOPEFULLY I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THEM ALL OUT.

THE FIRST BUSINESS IS MORNING GLORY CAFE.

IT'S A NICE RESTAURANT TO GET YOUR FIBER AND IT'S MOSTLY ORGANIC, SO IF YOU LIKE THAT STUFF, GO ON IN.

GRACIE JIU-JITSU IS A NICE PLACE TO LEARN MARTIAL ARTS.

I GOT MY PURPLE BELT THERE.

IT'S REALLY AWESOME.

OF ALL FITNESS IS A SMALL FITNESS CENTER.

RUN FLAGSTAFF IS A COOL PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET RUNNING SHOES AND OTHER RUNNING APPAREL.

BIKE REVOLUTION IT'S A NICE PLACE TO GET BIKES AND OTHER ACCESSORIES.

PIZZA CLETA IS A GREAT PIZZA PLACE.

SATCHMO'S BARBECUE ON FOURTH STREET IS A GREAT PLACE TO GET SOME BARBECUE, AND RIGHT NEXT TO THERE IS WHITE DOVE COFFEE.

DAR TY ACTUALLY MY FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE AS A DISHWASHER REALLY COOL PLACE.

TOASTED OWL I KNOW THE OWNER, CECILY.

SHE'S A REALLY NICE LADY.

MOTHER ROAD BREWING COMPANY THE OWNER IS REALLY COOL.

I'VE DONE JIU JITSU WITH THEM.

I DID JIU JITSU WITH THEM.

FLAG TO FLAG TAG AZ IS A NICE PLACE TO HOST PARTIES.

ONE OF ONE BARBERSHOP IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

YOGURT. YOGART, ACTUALLY.

EXCUSE ME. IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN EAT YOGURT AND DISPLAY YOUR ART.

IT'S ON ASPEN.

REALLY COOL PEOPLE ON THAT.

DRINKING HORN MEADERY HALL IS A NICE MEADERY PLACE.

IT'S ALCOHOL MIXED WITH HONEY.

SOUNDS PRETTY COOL.

EVANS FISH AND CHIPS REALLY VISIT THAT PLACE.

THEIR OWNER SADLY PASSED AWAY TWO WEEKS AGO, AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE STRUGGLES OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

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THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING THEIR HEART AND SOULS INTO IT.

SO GO CHECK OUT THAT PLACE IT'S ON SAN FRANCISCO STREET.

NORTHERN ARIZONA.

YOGA IS RIGHT NEXT TO THERE.

FLAG TEA FACTORY IS A REALLY AWESOME PLACE.

I GOT SOME T SHIRTS MADE THERE AND SOME CARDS.

FOUNDRY YOGA STUDIOS RIGHT NEXT TO THERE.

BEST BAGELS.

THE CSA, THE COMMUNITY SHARED AGRICULTURE IS A REALLY NICE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET LOCAL PRODUCE.

MOUNTAIN TOP TAPROOM I MET THE OWNER OF THERE.

SHIFT KITCHEN AND BAR.

PAY AND TAKE BAR AND WINE.

DARK SKY BREWING COMPANY IS ANOTHER COOL PLACE.

COCYO IT'S A KOREAN RESTAURANT.

FOREST DALE FARMS, AND ALSO RAINBOW'S END.

I THINK YOU SHOULD SELL MEN'S CLOTHES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO GO IN THERE AND BUY SOMETHING FROM YOU.

AND YEAH, THANKS A LOT.

SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.

THEY NEED IT MORE THAN EVER.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFLATION GOING ON AND YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD WORK TO RUN A SMALL BUSINESS AND IT JUST MAKES AMERICA UNIQUE.

SO LET'S PLEASE GO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND ALSO I SENT EVERYONE A FACEBOOK FRIEND REQUEST.

I ONLY GOT THREE RESPONSE.

SO I NEED AT LEAST ONE MORE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.

SO PLEASE CHECK OUT MY PAGE AND THANKS A LOT.

YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING AN AWESOME JOB AND THIS IS COOL THAT THE STEM PEOPLE ARE HERE.

I THINK ROBOTS ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR LIVES ONE DAY SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T TAKE OVER.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT EVERYONE.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

SIERRA FRYDENLUND.

SORRY. IT'S A DIFFICULT NAME.

IT'S [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S NORWEGIAN.

YEAH. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MAXIMUM TOW CHARGE WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AND THANK YOU, JIM MCCARTHY, FOR INVITING ME TO TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU MAYOR, OTHER COUNCILMEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I SHOULD SAY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PROVIDE AN ANECDOTE.

SO I WAS TOWED LAST SATURDAY IN MY HOA NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE ARE SOME SECTIONS THAT ARE NO PARKING.

IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING AS TO WHICH PARTS ARE NO PARKING AND OTHER PARTS ARE DESIGNATED FOR PARKING.

BUT ANYWAYS I PARKED I WAS TOWED AROUND 9 P.M.

I BELIEVE AN HOA, A LOVELY HOA BOARD MEMBER CALLED MY CAR IN, SO THANK YOU TO THAT BOARD MEMBER.

ANYWAYS, I WAS TOWED AT 9 P.M.

I CALLED AROUND 9:53 P.M.

THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS $320.

I PICKED UP MY CAR AROUND 10:30 11 OR SO.

THAT'S LESS THAN TWO HOURS OF BEING TOWED AND STORED AT THEIR LOT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT ACCORDING TO THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE, SECTION 9-499.05, IT ALLOWS CITIES TO SET A MAX RATE FOR PRIVATE CARRIERS TO TOW FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS IN PLACE FOR PHOENIX.

WELL, THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN PHOENIX, GLENDALE, TEMPE, SO ON AND SO FORTH AND I BELIEVE TUCSON.

I WAS ACTUALLY TOWED IN PHOENIX MAYBE HALF A YEAR AGO, AND I PAID AROUND LIKE $160 TO $180 AND THAT WAS FOR FAR MORE TIME AND AROUND TEN MILES MORE THAN WHERE I WAS TOWED TO THE LOT.

$320 IS AN ABYSMAL COST TO PAY IT ALSO, IT WAS TOWED LESS THAN FIVE MILES AWAY FROM MY PLACE.

AND IT JUST IT IT PROVIDES ANOTHER BURDEN.

LUCKILY, I'M I'M PAID.

ALL RIGHT. BUT FOR LOW INCOME FOLKS THAT THAT THAT'S RENT AWAY LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GREAT.

ALSO, THEY SAID THAT THAT THEY ONLY WERE SORRY, THAT THEY ONLY ACCEPT CASH THAT I BELIEVE IS ILLEGAL ACCORDING TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE, SECTION 28-4847.

THEY CAN ACCEPT FORMS OF CASH, CREDIT CARD, DEBIT CARDS, INSURANCE COMPANY ISSUED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER.

ALSO, THEY DID NOT ASK FOR MY PROOF OF REGISTRATION BEFORE THE RELEASE OF MY VEHICLE.

I WOULD ASK THAT PERHAPS THERE COULD BE BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF THESE REGULATIONS AND LAWS WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THAT BUSINESS WAS WAS FLAGSTAFF TOW AND RECOVERY.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROBOTICS TEAMS. I IT WAS A COINCIDENCE THAT I WORE RED.

THANK YOU.

KATHLEEN GRIFFITHS.

HELLO, I'M CAPTAIN KATHLEEN GRIFFITHS OF THE SALVATION ARMY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEN AND CITIZENS.

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SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN AWARD THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL SALVATION ARMY HISTORY WEEK.

AND SO WE CELEBRATED OF COURSE WORLDWIDE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AS BELONGING TO OUR WILLIAM BOOTH SOCIETY, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY DONORS WHO HAVE DONATED $5,000 OR MORE PER YEAR, THEY ARE RECOGNIZED WITH A WILLIAM BOOTH SOCIETY AWARD.

AND SO WITH THE SO THERE'S A LETTER HERE AND THERE'S AN AWARD I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.

EXCUSE ME, TO THE MAYOR.

AND IT SAYS FOR PROUDLY THE WILLIAM BOOTH SOCIETY PROUDLY HONORS CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED IN THE SALVATION ARMY SOUTHWEST DIVISION.

AND THEN THERE'S A LETTER WITH IT EXPLAINING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO IN SALVATION ARMY.

BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST DIVISION, BUT IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SPECIFICALLY SO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE ALL OF COUNCIL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I DID, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDFATHER.

MY GRANDFATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR ONE IN FRANCE, AND THE SALVATION ARMY, WOULD COME OUT AND HELP THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

AND THERE WAS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS I WON'T MENTION THEIR NAMES, BUT THEY WOULDN'T COME OUT.

BUT SALVATION ARMY, THEY CAME OUT, RISKED THEIR LIVES AND HELP SOLDIERS LIKE MY GRANDFATHER.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NEXT WE HAVE JILL STEVENSON.

WHEW! THAT'S QUITE AN ACT TO FOLLOW, AND I'M SO THRILLED TO SEE ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.

THIS IS GREAT. I MEAN, WHAT A LESSON IN CIVICS.

TERRIFIC. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS AND STAFF.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A SKILLED, DEDICATED SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT.

THESE FOLKS OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

THEY ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO MITIGATE THE CAUSES AND RESULTING EFFECTS.

FOLLOWING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD GET US CLOSER TO THE CITY'S GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2023.

EXCUSE ME.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT 2023 2030.

ONE OF THE OBVIOUS STEPS IS FLEET ELECTRIFICATION.

BIG SURPRISE.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW ALMOST IMMEDIATE, DRASTIC REDUCTION IN AIR POLLUTION AS THE RESULT OF FEWER VEHICLES BEING DRIVEN.

MORE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME AND VIRTUAL SCHOOLING, SO NO DIESEL POWERED SCHOOL BUSSES OR PARENTS DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL AND SITTING THERE WAITING AND WAITING WITH ALL THE FUMES COMING OUT.

THIS RESULTED IN A REMARKABLE LESSENING OF CARBON EMISSIONS.

A RAPID TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR EVEN HYBRIDS COULD HAVE A SIMILAR EFFECT.

I WOULD HOPE THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MONIES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, WITH NUMEROUS EXISTING CHARGING STATIONS IN AND AROUND FLAGSTAFF, AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMUNITY SOURCE AGGREGATION PROVIDING ALL OUR ELECTRICITY FROM

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RENEWABLE SOURCES.

WE SHOULD BE TRANSITIONING TO EVS AT JET SPEED INSTEAD OF SNAIL'S PACE.

THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, STEPHEN POOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL.

STEVE POOR, 1640 WEST OF ONAWAY.

I'VE BEEN HERE ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE.

TODAY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

NUMBER ONE, I NEED TO REINTRODUCE MY EXPERIENCE FOR YOU 30 YEARS PRODUCING FINANCIAL OPINIONS ON EVERY INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE INVESTORS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND I'VE COME AND I'VE BEEN GIVING YOU INFORMATION, GIVING YOU FREE INFORMATION, AND NOT NOT POINTING OUT TO YOUR CONSULTANTS WHO AREN'T GIVING YOU GOOD INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO HOW THEY'RE FORECASTING.

NOW, I JUST FOUND IN MY MAIL THIS AFTERNOON THAT COME THURSDAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME MORE FORECASTING.

AND I HATE TO TELL YOU, BUT AS GOOD AS THESE PEOPLE ARE WITH WATER AND WASTE, THEY'RE NOT FORECASTERS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT A FORECAST, IS IT RELIABLE, REPEATABLE, AND DOES IT GIVE YOU GOOD RESULTS.

SO WHEN THEY SIT THERE AND THEY GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE AND SAY THIS NUMBER IS 7.8, WE'RE GOING TO USE 4 OR THIS NUMBER IS 5.8.

WE'RE GOING TO USE 6. GO BACK FIVE YEARS.

SEE IF SEE IF THAT WORKS.

IT DOESN'T WORK.

GO BACK IN THE SAME TIME PERIODS.

THEY'RE PRESENTING YOU ON THEIR GRAPHS FROM FRED.

I'LL PRESENT THEM TO YOU ON THURSDAY.

BUT THEY HAVE TO BE REPEATABLE AND RELIABLE, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH CONSISTENCY OF OF TRACKING ERROR.

ALSO OF WHERE WE ARE.

THESE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN JUNK.

YOU NEED TO RELY ON EXPERTS.

DON'T BE FOOLED JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT INFLATION.

WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEHIND THE NUMBERS, WHAT'S UNDER THE NUMBERS AND WHAT'S DRIVING THE NUMBERS OF INFLATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU LOOK TO WHEN YOU BUILD YOUR FORECAST.

YOU JUST DON'T GO LOOK AND SAY, I, YOU KNOW, POKE MY HAND TO THE WIND.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE COMING OUT OF AN ENTITY LIKE THE CITY WHEN YOU CAN FORECAST YOUR MILD GROWTH OF 3 TO 5%, SALES GROWTH, BECAUSE THE ECONOMY GROWS 3 TO 5%, NORMALLY THAT'S EASY.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN 2020, INCREASING THE MONEY SUPPLY BY 40%, WHEN THEY NORMALLY INCREASE IT 2% A YEAR, BUT THEY DID IT IN ONE QUARTER, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS REGARDING INFLATION AND REGARDING CONSTRUCTION, REGARDING HOME PRICES GOING UP 40%, STOCK PRICES GOING UP 40%.

THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

AND THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS TELLING YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INFLATION BACK DOWN TO 2% WHERE IT WAS FOR THE 15 YEARS PRIOR TO 2020.

OKAY. SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT COST ESCALATIONS.

INSTEAD OF BURDENING THE POOR PEOPLE OF THIS CITY WITH HUGE INCREASES OF WATER AND WATER WASTE OF 157% INSTEAD OF 50%, AND YOU CAN BUILD ANYTHING YOU WANT IN YOUR CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BUDGET FOR THE WATER AND THE WATER WASTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN.

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ITEM NUMBER SIX.

RECOGNITION OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN STEM.

CJ PERRY IS DOWN HERE TO BEGIN A PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT SOME AWARDS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE COCONUTS.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CJ PERRY.

YOU ALL KNOW ME IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY HERE, BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN ANOTHER CAPACITY THAT IS DEAR TO MY HEART.

I'M HERE AS A VOLUNTEER, FIRST LEGO ROBOTICS COACH AND MENTOR.

AND THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY, I WAS GIVING THE HONOR OF RECEIVING A COACH MENTOR AWARD AT THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ARIZONA STATE COMPETITION.

FIRST, WHICH STANDS FOR FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HAS STEM IN ROBOTICS PROGRAMS ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS.

LAST YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 668,000 STUDENTS ACROSS 106 COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN FIRST STEM ACTIVITIES.

I BELIEVE THIS YEAR, THERE WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND 65,000 TEAMS THAT COMPETED ACROSS THE THREE MAIN ROBOTICS COMPETITION PROGRAMS. OF ALL THOSE TEAMS AND THE AMAZINGLY SMART STUDENTS ACROSS THE THE GLOBE FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA SENT NOT ONE BUT TWO TEAMS TO THE WORLDS COMPETITION. THE FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WARRIOR BOTS COMPETED IN THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE CHALLENGE, WHICH SPANS GRADE SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS, AND THE

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COCONINO COCONUTS COMPETED IN THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION, WHICH SPANS HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS.

TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE OF THESE COMPETITIONS, HERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO I TOOK AT THE COMPETITION.

SO THIS WAS THE THE LEGO ROBOTICS PART OF THE COMPETITION.

THERE WAS 152 TEAMS. ONLY 50 OF THOSE WERE FROM THE UNITED STATES.

AND THIS IS THE HIGH SCHOOL AGE COMPETITION.

THIS WAS A VERY, VERY LARGE VENUE.

WHEN I SAY VERY LARGE, IT KEEPS GOING.

AND GOING.

CJ WAS THAT YOU IN THE CAPE? NO, IT WAS NOT.

I WISH I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF STYLE.

THERE WERE ALSO CELEBRITIES THERE, AS WELL AS IVY IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE RECRUITERS THERE.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND COMPETITION.

SO TODAY WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE TWO ROBOTICS PROGRAMS AND GIVE THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH CITY COUNCIL SOME OF THE WAYS THIS PROGRAM HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AND THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WARRIOR BOTS.

BUT IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE WARRIOR BOTS, I FIRST NEED TO RECOGNIZE MR. ELIJAH RENTSCHLER.

MR. RENTSCHLER IS THE FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ENGINEERING TEACHER, ALONG WITH SUPPORT FROM OTHERS INCLUDING THE COCONINO COCONUTS.

MR. RENTSCHLER WAS ABLE TO START OUR LEGO ROBOTICS PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM HAS ONLY BEEN RUNNING FOR TWO YEARS.

THE FIRST YEAR, FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL HAD NOT ONE, BUT TWO TEAMS SUCCEED IN THE REGIONAL QUALIFIERS AND QUALIFY FOR THE STATE COMPETITION.

THEN IN ONLY THE SECOND YEAR, WE SENT THIS TEAM HERE TO THE WORLDS COMPETITION.

ADDITIONALLY, LAST YEAR, MR. RENTSCHLER WAS ABLE TO HAVE FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL COMPETE IN ANOTHER REGIONAL STEM COMPETITION IN PHOENIX, WHERE THEY TOOK BOTH FIRST AND SECOND PLACE.

THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT MR. RENTSCHLER ALSO RECEIVED A STEM AWARD FOR STEM TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

MR. RENTSCHLER IS TAKING A A STEP BACK FROM TEACHING NEXT YEAR TO FOCUS ON HIS FAMILY, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HE HAS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT STEM OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS STUDENTS [APPLAUSE].

AND NOW I WANTED TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO COME IN AND SHOW YOU THEIR INNOVATION PROJECT.

THE INNOVATION PROJECT IS ONE PART OF THE LEGO LEAGUE CHALLENGE, AND IS WORTH ONE QUARTER OF THE TOTAL SCORE FOR THE COMPETITION.

IN ADDITION TO THE ROBOT GAME ROBOT DESIGN SCORE AND DEMONSTRATING CORE VALUES AND GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM THROUGHOUT THE COMPETITION.

STUDENTS, YOU GUYS CAN COME ON UP.

FOR THEIR INNOVATION PROJECT, STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS AROUND THE ARTS MORE STEAM THAN STEM, SO THE STUDENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO IDENTIFY A PROBLEM AND FIND A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT WOULD USE TECHNOLOGY WITH A FOCUS ON BRINGING ART TO OTHERS.

I ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT A COUPLE STUDENTS IN RESPECT TO THE RELATION TO CITY STAFF.

ADDISON IS MY DAUGHTER, CLAIRE HER FATHER IS A FLAGSTAFF FIREFIGHTER, AND WHILE YANA'S DAD IS NOT A CITY STAFF MEMBER, YOU ALL HAVE HAD MANY PRESENTATIONS FROM JOE LOVRICH WITH JAY FULLER TO SUPPORT OUR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT.

SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM, AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE STUDENTS TO GIVE YOU THEIR PRESENTATION.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

WE ARE THE WARRIOR BOTS FROM FLAGSTAFF CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE.

SO I'M MADISON.

I'M YANA. I'M CLAIRE.

I'M MILES.

I'M ASHER. OH, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TEAM MEMBER THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW.

HE'S IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND CANYON.

SO WE WERE ALL SUPER EXCITED THAT THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS CENTERED AROUND ART.

SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AREN'T ABLE TO ENJOY ARTWORK AS WELL AS WE CAN.

SO WE DECIDED TO CREATE AN APP THAT CAN AUDIBLY DESCRIBE ART IN THE WORLD AROUND US TO VISUAL IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

WE DID SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO THE SUBJECT.

WE FIRST LOOKED UP WHAT SORTS OF OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

WE ALSO TALKED TO THE MANAGER OF EDUCATION FROM THE MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE WERE VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

THERE WERE SOME AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME OF THE ARTWORK AT THE MUSEUM AND OTHER MUSEUMS, BUT IT WASN'T VERY INTERACTIVE AND LIMITED IN WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.

WE REALLY WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERACTIVE AND THAT WOULD WORK IN ANY MUSEUM.

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WE DID A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS OF AN APP TO TRY AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

OUR COACHING CHALLENGED US TO LEARN JAVASCRIPT.

SO HE FOUND SOME VIDEOS ON KHAN ACADEMY, AND WE AND ME, MILES AND YANA ALL STARTED LEARNING JAVASCRIPT.

I CREATED THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE APP, WHICH IS THIS ONE.

SO. YEAH.

DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF RIGHT NOW.

TAP ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN TO TAKE A PICTURE.

LOADING TEXT. PLEASE WAIT.

SO WE DECIDED WE WANT TO USE CHAT.

WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO USE CHAT GPT TO SCAN.

LOADING AUDIO PLEASE WAIT.

JUST TO SCAN A PICTURE FROM YOUR PHONE AND THEN DESCRIBE IT TO YOU AUDIBLY.

SO WE BUILT THIS APP. YEAH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN INDOOR SETTING THAT LIKELY EVOKES A SENSE OF FORMALITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

THE ROOM HAS A TRADITIONAL AND STURDY FEEL, REMINISCENT OF ESTABLISHED HERITAGE AND TRUST.

AT THE FAR END SITS A PANEL OF INDIVIDUALS, SUGGESTING A HARMONIOUS AND COOPERATIVE VIBE WHERE DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ARE PROBABLY CONDUCTED.

TWO FLAGS PROVIDE A BACKDROP OF PATRIOTISM AND UNITY, WHILE A CENTERED EMBLEM OFFERS A SENSE OF IDENTITY AND PRIDE.

THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE ROOM, WITH ITS SEATING FACING THE PANEL, INDICATES AN ENVIRONMENT OF OPENNESS AND DISCOURSE.

THE FOREGROUND INCLUDES WRITTEN MATERIAL WHICH MIGHT GIVE ONE A SENSE OF PARTICIPATION OR INQUIRY WITHIN THIS SETTING.

THE LIGHTING OVERHEAD ADDS CLARITY AND FOCUS, CASTING AN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO ATTENTIVENESS AND ORDER.

CLICK ANYWHERE TO RESTART.

YOU CAN CLICK IT. TAP ANYWHERE ON THE SCREEN TO TAKE A PICTURE.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN THIS WAS THE TROPHY WE GOT AT STATE FOR THIRD PLACE [APPLAUSE].

WE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE MAIN PERSON WHO GAVE US FEEDBACK WAS AMANDA KUNESH.

SHE'S A BLIND GOLFER, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE APP USES MORE EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS INSTEAD OF COLORS.

AND WE ALSO TALKED TO THE OH, AND THAT WAS A SUGGESTION MADE BY HER.

AND WE ALSO TALKED TO THE EDUCATION MANAGER FOR THE MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

AND SHE GAVE US SPECIFIC LIKE, IDEAS FOR THINGS THAT WOULD BE GOOD IN MUSEUMS. AND WE SHOWED THIS TO THE WE SHOWED THIS APP TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND IT'S IT'S BEEN SHARED ALL OVER THE US.

ULTIMATELY, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN BUILDING THIS APP, AND WE FOUND THAT IT WORKS GREAT FOR THINGS BESIDES MUSEUM ARTWORK.

WE TOOK PICTURES OF OURSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND US TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD SAY.

AND WE THINK THIS APP CAN BE SO MUCH MORE USEFUL THAN JUST FOR ARTWORK.

IT COULD ALSO HELP VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE EXPLORE THEIR WORLD.

IN ADDITION TO OUR INNOVATION PROJECT, WE MADE A ROBOT AND I PROGRAMED IT THIS MORNING DURING SCHOOL TO DO PUSH UPS [LAUGHTER] . SO IT GOES.

IT GOES AROUND A BOARD AND PUSHES AND PULLS DIFFERENT OBJECTS AROUND THE BOARD AND YEAH. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A SLIDE SHOW.

OKAY, SO WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AT THE WORLDS COMPETITION, AND WE MET TONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

SO THERE'S DENMARK IN THE RED, AND THERE'S IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA IN THE BLUE.

AND THEN THERE'S CANADA IN THE GREEN.

AND WE JUST MET TONS OF OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THEN IN THE NAVY BLUE UP THERE, THERE'S FLORIDA.

SO WE FOUND OR WE MET TONS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND THEN LET'S SEE, UP THERE IS GREECE.

THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER DENMARK TEAM.

THERE WAS A CZECH REPUBLIC.

AND I THINK OH YEAH, THAT'S ALSO THAT'S PHOENIX, ARIZONA IN THE BLACK.

SO THAT'S A PICTURE OF OUR BOOTH.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR PROVIDING FLAGSTAFF STICKERS AND POSTCARDS SO THAT WE COULD HAND OUT.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND A TON OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD GOT THEM, SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

AND THEN.

OKAY, THIS IS A PICTURE OF US AT NASA.

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OUR TEACHER, MR. RENTSCHLER, WAS ABLE TO GET US A PRIVATE TOUR OF NASA.

IT WAS THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.

AND WE GOT TO SEE ISS MISSION, MISSION CONTROL, AND THE SATURN FIVE ROCKET.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? FANTASTIC. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I GOT A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS WHEN IT STARTED DESCRIBING WHAT IT SAW UP HERE.

I THOUGHT, WHERE IS THIS GOING? COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AN APP THAT THAT YOU DEVELOP THAT'S THAT INTUITIVE AND THAT STIRRING IN THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT IT GIVES OF OF WHAT IT SEES WAS THIRD PLACE.

THAT'S THAT'S ABSOLUTELY.

I'M JUST I'M ASTOUNDED BY WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, BECAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT GIVES US ALL HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS SPEAKING VERY, VERY POWERFULLY INTO THE CAPACITY OF OUR YOUTH, OF OUR YOUTH, AND OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN YOU GUYS BRING YOUR, YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR VISIONS TO LIFE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I WAS SO IMPRESSED WHEN YOU STARTED OUT BY SAYING YOU HAD TO LEARN JAVASCRIPT, BECAUSE I HAD TO DO THAT AND I'M LIKE, WOW.

AND THEN THIS THIS WAS SO AMAZING.

AND HOW OLD ARE YOU GUYS? I'M 13.

13 AND 14, BASICALLY.

SIMPLY AMAZING.

OH MY GOSH, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT GOT FIRST AND SECOND BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE.

SO VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, DO YOU? MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED.

THIS REMINDS ME OF A DAY WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS TAKING PHYSICS CLASS.

AND THE PROFESSOR, THE TEACHER, HE SAYS, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA.

AND I THINK IN THAT CASE, IT WAS TRUE.

AND I'LL SAY THE SAME THING TO YOU, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA.

SO WORK HARD AND GET READY.

DO IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HAVE YOU ALL COME DOWN HERE? I HAVE A RECOGNITION FOR YOU, AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A TEACHER.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE IT TAKES TO COMPETE AT THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, AND CONGRATULATES THE WARRIOR BOTS AS ONE OF 150 TEAMS OUT OF 35,000 TO QUALIFY IN THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WARRIOR BOTS COMPETED AT THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE WORLD ROBOTICS COMPETITION, AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS BEYOND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE TEAM WILL ACCOMPLISH IN THE YEARS TO COME.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE WARRIOR BOTS TEAM [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU ALL.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN AS THE BEST COUNCIL MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD.

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ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME UP OUR NEXT PRESENTERS.

YEAH SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHRISTINE SAPIO WITH THE COCONINO COCONUTS TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR.

AS SHE'S COMING UP, I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY THANK THE COCONUTS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT IN THE STEM COMMUNITY.

THEIR HELP IS ONE OF THE REASONS OUR PROGRAM EVEN EXISTS.

THEY HELPED US GET THE PROGRAM STARTED, THEIR STUDENTS HELPED MENTOR OURS IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEY EVEN HELPED TAKE MUCH OF OUR EQUIPMENT TO THE WORLD COMPETITION IN THEIR TRAILER. OUR SUCCESS IS JUST AS MUCH THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT AS IT IS THEIRS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO THEM.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINE SAPIO.

I'M A TEACHER AT COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL.

I TEACH PHYSICS BY DAY, AND I COACHED THE COCONUTS.

IN MY SPARE TIME IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS THERE.

MY CO-COACH DAVE THOMPSON COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

HE HAS A BISON TAG UP IN NORTH KAIBAB THAT EXPIRES IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO HE'S TRYING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF AND EVERYTHING.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM MY TEAM HERE AS WELL.

I WANTED TO START WITH JUST A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION IS ALL ABOUT, AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY RECEIVED AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. SO EVERY YEAR IN EARLY JANUARY, THE COCONUTS AND EVERY TEAM FROM AROUND THE WORLD RECEIVES OUR GAME ON THE SAME DAY OUR GAME IS PLAYED ON THE FIELD THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL COURT WITH SIX ROBOTS THAT CAN BE UP TO 125 POUNDS EACH ON THE FIELD.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE THEN APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS TO DESIGN, BUILD, PROGRAM, BREAK, REBUILD AND TEST A MACHINE OF OUR VERY OWN DESIGN TO PLAY EACH YEAR'S UNIQUE GAME.

SO WE'VE PLAYED GAMES THAT HAVE THEMES EVERYWHERE, FROM STORMING A MEDIEVAL CASTLE TO FUELING UP A ROCKET FOR LAUNCH, TO THIS YEAR'S GAME, WHICH IS CALLED CRESCENDO, THAT HAD A MUSIC THEME TO IT TO FIT WITH THE ARTS.

THE STUDENTS HAD A 14 INCH FOAM RING THAT THEY HAD TO DELIVER TO DIFFERENT PARTS ALONG THE FIELD TO REPRESENT DIFFERENT PARTS OF, ESSENTIALLY FUELING UP FOR A ROCK CONCERT. THERE WAS A SPEAKER WHICH WAS A HIGH SHOT AND AMP, WHICH WAS A LOW SHOT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, MAKES THINGS INTERESTING, THAT 125 POUND ROBOT HAD TO PICK ITSELF UP OFF THE GROUND BY GRABBING ON TO A CHAIN AND PULLING ITSELF UP OFF THE GROUND ALL BY ITSELF. SO WE COMPETED AT THREE REGIONAL EVENTS THIS SEASON.

WE COMPLETED UP IN UTAH, DOWN IN PHOENIX AND THEN IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

THE STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AT EACH OF THOSE EVENTS WITH SOME DIFFERENT AWARDS.

THEY RECEIVED THE REGIONAL FIRST IMPACT AWARD IN UTAH, WHICH WAS WEEK ONE, LATE FEBRUARY EARLY MARCH.

THEY RECEIVED THE JUDGES AWARD, AND ELENA OVER HERE WAS RECOGNIZED AS OUR 15TH FIRST DEAN'S LIST FINALIST FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

AND IN LAS VEGAS, WE WERE THE CAPTAIN OF THE SECOND SEEDED ALLIANCE AND RECEIVED THE CREATIVITY AWARD FOR THEIR ROBOT.

EUCLID NAMED SUCH BECAUSE THE ENTIRE THEME OF THIS SEASON WAS DOES THE GEOMETRY WORK WHEN IT WAS DESIGNING A ROBOT.

SO THESE GUYS CREATED SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY INVENTIVE AND WAS A SINGLE MECHANISM THAT COULD DO ALL THREE TASKS THAT I JUST LISTED.

IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE, RAISE YOUR HAND COCONUTS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE BUILD AND PROGRAMING TEAM.

SO IF YOU'RE PART OF THE TECHNICAL TEAM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR JUST A LITTLE BIT.

CONNOR. YES. CONNOR ACTUALLY WAS WORKED WITH A MENTOR FROM LOWELL OBSERVATORY THIS YEAR TO GET THE ROBOT TO ACTUALLY FIND THE GAME PIECES USING A CAMERA AND GO GET IT ALL ON ITS OWN, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE TO ME BECAUSE WHENEVER THE PROGRAMMERS START TALKING, REALLY WHAT MY ANSWER IS, WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED ME TO BUY FOR YOU TO MAKE THE ROBOT WORK? BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THEY'RE SAYING.

WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE ON SCOUTING TEAM.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAM.

RAISE YOUR HAND SCOUTERS. THEY ACTUALLY DESIGNED THEIR OWN SCOUTING APP TO WATCH OTHER ROBOTS AND ACTUALLY, WELL, DURING THE COMPETITION, IF THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO BE AN ALLIANCE CAPTAIN, THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT ROBOTS WOULD COMPLEMENT THEIR OWN.

AND SO THEY ACTUALLY WROTE AND DESIGNED THEIR OWN APP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN SCOUT TOOK DATA DURING THE COMPETITION.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE IMPACT TEAM RAISE YOUR HAND IMPACT FOLKS GOT LOTS OF FOLKS THERE.

SO THE IMPACT AWARD HAS A LOT OF ASPECTS TO IT.

THERE IS A SEPARATE APPLICATION THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO COMPLETE PRIOR TO EVEN GOING TO COMPETITION WITH THE ROBOT.

THERE IS A 10,000 CHARACTER ESSAY, 13 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO PREPARE A PROFESSIONAL SEVEN MINUTE PRESENTATION, THAT THEY HAVE TO PREPARE, AND A THREE MINUTE VIDEO. AND THAT VIDEO HAS NOTHING TO DO IN THIS PRESENTATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ROBOT ITSELF, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH IMPACT.

OKAY. SO I WANT TO READ THE DESCRIPTION TO THE FIRST IMPACT AWARD.

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SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU HAVE TO WIN THE IMPACT AWARD AT A REGIONAL COMPETITION, AND THEN YOU GET INVITED TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TO COMPETE FOR THE IMPACT AWARD AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

OUT OF 600 TEAMS THAT WERE COMPETING IN THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION, 85 OF THOSE WERE COMPETING FOR THE IMPACT AWARD, AND YOUR COCONINO COCONUTS WERE SELECTED TO WIN THE IMPACT AWARD THIS YEAR.

SO THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION YEAH.

THE IMPACT AWARD IS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

AT FIRST, IT HONORS THE TEAM THAT BEST REPRESENTS A MODEL FOR OTHER TEAMS TO EMULATE, AND BEST EMBODIES THE PURPOSE AND GOALS OF FIRST.

THE FIRST IMPACT AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE TEAM JUDGED TO HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, MEASURABLE IMPACT OF ITS PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ITS PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITY OVER A SUSTAINED PERIOD, NOT JUST A SINGLE BUILD SEASON.

THE WINNER IS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE PROGRESS TOWARDS FIRST MISSION OF TRANSFORMING OUR CULTURE, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY READ AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE RECIPIENT TEAM WILL BE INVITED TO THE 2025 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP AND IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE FIRST HALL OF FAME [APPLAUSE].

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT OUR IMPACT AWARD PRESENTATION, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DID TO EARN THIS RECOGNITION.

I WILL SAY KATE IS SUBBING IN FOR TAWNI TODAY.

TAWNI IS HOME SICK TODAY, BUT TAWNI WAS ONE OF OUR PRESENTERS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL.

BUT KATE WAS ABLE TO SUB IN FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE COCONUTS.

HI, I'M KATE GARRISON [INAUDIBLE].

OUR CRESCENDO START WITH US THE STUDENTS.

OUR PATH WILL ALWAYS BE A STRUGGLE, BUT WE FIND OUR REASONS TO STAY BECAUSE WE ARE THE COCONUTS.

AND TOGETHER WE'VE LEARNED WE CAN DO HARD THINGS.

WE SEE THE STRUGGLES WE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE REFLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HALF THE COCONUTS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MANY OF US DIDN'T HAVE SOME ACCESS GROWING UP.

TO BRING STEM CLOSER TO THE KIDS THAT NEED IT MOST.

WE CREATED A [INAUDIBLE] PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE STEM [INAUDIBLE].

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE REACHED OVER 800 KIDS FROM TITLE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

TO KEEP OUR EFFORTS SUSTAINABLE, WE EMPOWER NEW MEMBERS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR OUTREACH LIKE A NUT TRAINING TO TAKE OVER STEM FOR AFTER ONLY BEING A MEMBER FOR THREE WEEKS, BECAUSE THE COCONUTS ARE SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY MY TEACHER ENCOURAGED ME TO SWITCH SCHOOLS AND JOIN THEM.

HE KNEW THAT THEY COULD HELP ME REACH MY FULLEST POTENTIAL.

THE COCONUTS ARE TIRELESS IN OUR MISSION TO BRING STEM TO ALL.

FROM PASTA TOWERS TO CATAPULTS TO JUNKYARD ROBOTS, PARADES TO THE COUNTY FAIR AND THE SUPER BOWL, WE HAVE REACHED 47,000 PEOPLE AT OVER 100 EVENTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

WE ARE COMBINING OUR FAVORITE STEM ACTIVITIES INTO A CHILDREN'S COLORING BOOK THAT IS A WONDERFULLY INVENTIVE TALE OF ROBOT SQUIRRELS AND NUTTY ADVENTURES.

AND LAST MONTH, FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZED US AS CHAMPIONS FOR STEM EQUITY BY NAMING US STEM COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE YEAR.

THE COCONUTS ARE FTC'S PROGRAM DELIVERY ORGANIZATION FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARIZONA, A ROLE USUALLY FILLED BY COLLEGES AND NONPROFITS.

WE ALLOCATE FUNDS TO ALL ASPECTS OF RUNNING A TOURNAMENT, TRAVELING THE TEAM TO EVENTS, AND TRAINING NEW HOST TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS UNTIL THAT TOURNAMENT HAS ITS VERY OWN SUSTAINABLE VOLUNTEER BASE.

WE KEEP THE COST OF AZFTC LOW AND PROVIDE A REGISTRATION RELIEF GRANT FOR TEAMS IN NEED.

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE DONATED $2,700 TO 19 TEAMS. THIS SEASON, WE CREATED TWO NEW FTC QUALIFIERS TO GIVE RURAL TEAMS EASIER ACCESS TO COMPETITION.

WE'VE HELPED TEAMS GO FROM BOX TO BOT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, AND CREATED ENGINEERING PORTFOLIOS FROM SCRATCH.

IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, WE'VE HAD 21 NEW TEAMS, FOR A TOTAL OF 87 COMPETING IN 10 STATEWIDE QUALIFIERS 48 TEAMS TOOK CENTER STAGE AT OUR TWO DIVISION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. REFEREEING AND CUEING AT THESE TOURNAMENTS HAS ALLOWED ME TO BECOME THE ROLE MODEL I ALWAYS WANTED.

OTHERS CAN SEE A SUCCESSFUL COLORED GIRL IN STEM AND KNOW THAT THEY TOO CAN DO HARD THINGS.

WE GO THE DISTANCE TO SUPPORT FIRST AT ALL LEVELS ACROSS ARIZONA.

EVERY TEAM DESERVES AN EXPERT, DEDICATED COACH, BUT THEY CAN BE HARD TO FIND.

SO WE CREATED FLL IN A NUTSHELL TO COACH COACHES ON THE INTRICACIES OF RUNNING TEAMS. NUTSHELL RESULTED IN 21 NEW TEAMS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND ATTENDING TEACHERS CAN EARN 12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS.

WE MENTOR 16 FLL AND FTC TEAMS IN FLAGSTAFF, AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE RUN 34 FIRST EVENTS AND SUPPORTED 35 OTHERS FOR A TOTAL OF 12,500 HOURS. THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO VOLUNTEERING ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF STRAIGHT.

THREE YEARS AGO, WE BEGAN ATTENDING THE NATIONAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC, GIVING US THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARIZONA THROUGH MEETING WITH OFFICE OF SENATORS MARK KELLY, KYRSTEN SINEMA, AND REPRESENTATIVE ELIJAH CRANE.

WE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PASSING OF THE CHIPS ACT AND FULLY FUNDING THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.

CHIPS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR AFTER SCHOOL STEM PROGRAMS NATIONALLY AND CREATES NEW TECH JOBS IN ARIZONA WITH A BRAND NEW MICROCHIP FACILITY.

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AAC IS EMPOWERING BECAUSE WE CAN SEE HOW OUR VOICES CAN AFFECT CHANGE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

TO ADDRESS ARIZONA'S NUMBER 48 RANKING IN EDUCATION FUNDING WE CREATED THE ARIZONA ADVOCACY CONFERENCE.

THROUGH AAC WE KNOW THAT MORE VOICES RESULT IN GREATER CHANGE.

SO WE RALLIED SEVEN OTHER FIRST TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND TRAINED THEM IN THE ART OF ADVOCACY.

TEAMS WORK TOGETHER TO DEMONSTRATE ROBOTS ON THE CAPITOL LAWN AND MET WITH 18 DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS.

AFTER A DAY OF DISHEARTENING CONVERSATIONS, WE WALKED INTO OUR PENULTIMATE ACC MEETING.

WE DISCUSSED OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIRST WITH REPRESENTATIVE COOKE, AND HE PUT CPR AND THE COCONUTS IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR $30,000 EACH OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

TO CONTINUE GETTING TEAMS INVOLVED IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR POLICYMAKERS, WE ARE HOSTING THE SECOND ANNUAL ACC IN MAY.

BEFORE JOINING THE COCONUTS, I NEVER IMAGINED ADVOCATING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MATTERS, BUT NOW I KNOW I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS WITH OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS, BUT THERE ARE STILL BARRIERS TO STEM THAT HAVE MORE COMPLICATED SOLUTIONS.

36% OF ALL NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS NATIONWIDE DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.

LESS THAN 3% OF PEOPLE IN NAVAJO RESERVATION EVER LEAVE.

BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR HOME.

GETTING EDUCATION AND COMING BACK IS A WAY I CAN GIVE BACK TO MY PEOPLE, BUT SINCE I LIVE ON THE REZ, I HAVE TO SPEND OVER THREE HOURS ON A SCHOOL BUS EVERY DAY TO BE PART OF THE COCONUT'S. STEM IS JUST NOT AVAILABLE HERE.

ONLY 0.4% OF THE STEM WORKFORCE IS INDIGENOUS, SO KIDS ON THE REZ NEVER GET TO SEE THEMSELVES IN STEM.

BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY OF US, WE KNEW WE HAD TO BE A PART OF CHANGING THAT MINDSET.

WHEN WE MET THE NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY COMPANY NTEC, WE KNEW WE HAD FINALLY FOUND AN ALLY IN OUR MISSION.

NTEC HAD THE FUNDS WE HAD THE EXPERIENCE, TOGETHER WE CREATED ROBOTICS.

WE HELD A HANDS ON FTC WORKSHOP FOR 40 NEW COACHES CLOSE TO HOME BECAUSE THE PROGRAM NEEDS DEDICATED MENTORS.

BUT WE KNEW OUR SUPPORT COULD NOT JUST END THERE.

TRIBAL DELEGATES ONLY MEET EVERY THREE MONTHS, SO GETTING FUNDING FOR TEAMS IS A LONG AND DIFFICULT PROCESS.

TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, WE ADVOCATED TO FIRST FOR ROOKIE GRANTS TO COVER REGISTRATION FEES, AND ED TECH SPONSORED THE ROBOT KITS FOR 12 NEW TEAMS. BECAUSE THE NAVAJO NATION IS LARGER THAN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, THESE TEAMS ARE HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM EACH OTHER, AND THE NEAREST TOURNAMENT.

WE BUILT A RELIABLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR THESE COACHES, SO THEY HAD A RELIABLE RESOURCE.

HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL THIS LONG STANDING MINDSET THAT WE DON'T BELONG.

RESERVATION TEAMS FEEL INTIMIDATED BY MORE EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE TEAMS. FTC TEAM ARRIVED RELUCTANT TO COMPETE, BUT WE EMPOWERED THEM TO TRY.

THEY COMPETED AT THEIR NEXT EVENT BUT SHOWED UP WITH A LOT OF ILLEGAL PARTS.

WE HELPED THEM REBUILD THEIR BOT AND GET THEM READY FOR THEIR THIRD QUALIFIER.

THE COCONUTS HOSTED THE FIRST EVER ALL INDIGENOUS QUALIFIER ON THE NAVAJO NATION AT DINÉ COLLEGE IN KAHULUI FOR OVER 150 STUDENTS.

BY HOSTING THIS TOURNAMENT ON THE REZ, WE LEVELED THE PLAYING FIELD AND REDUCED TRAVEL TIMES FOR TEAMS BY AN AVERAGE OF SIX HOURS.

TEAM TONKAS ENDED UP BEING CAPTAIN OF THE WINNING ALLIANCE, AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A REZ TEAM WHOSE NARRATIVE HAS CHANGED FROM WE CAN'T TO WE CAN.

WE EVEN GOT THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO NATION TO THIS TOURNAMENT.

WE'VE BEGUN CHANGING THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, BUT THE TRIBAL ELDERS, AND TO RALLY NATIVE COMMUNITIES BEHIND STEM SUCCESS.

WE ADVOCATED FIRST TO LET ASCEND THE INSPIRE AWARD WINNER ROCKISAAN TECH TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

WHEN I BECAME A COCONUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATE.

I WAS EXPECTED AND ENCOURAGED TO BE BETTER.

BY HELPING TO CREATE ROBOTICS I AM SHOWING MY PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF FAR MORE THAN THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE, BECAUSE WE CAN DO HARD THINGS.

THIS IS THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA FOR STEM EDUCATION ON THE RESERVATION.

WE ARE APPLYING FOR GRANTS TO FUND MORE TEAMS, RECRUITING MORE SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK, AND BRIDGING THAT CULTURAL GAP BETWEEN THE REZ AND FIRST.

THROUGH ALL OF OUR HARD WORK, EVERY MEMBER OF THIS TEAM HAS HAD THEIR LIVES CHANGED.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT MY WORDS COULD SHOW KIDS THAT THEY REALLY COULD DO STEM? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A GIRL FROM THE REZ COULD BE A DEAN'S LIST FINALIST? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE LITTLE ME COULD DRIVE A MARS ROVER AND SEE THAT HER DREAMS ARE POSSIBLE? SO LET'S TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

WE'RE GOING TO CRESCENDO AGAIN TOGETHER.

BECAUSE I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

[INAUDIBLE] WE CAN DO HARD THINGS [APPLAUSE].

EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT.

WOW. YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THIS LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP AND SPREADING THE RESOURCES AND EMPOWERING OTHER TEAMS IS REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

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COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND I AM SO PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR TAKING ON THIS CHALLENGE.

IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOUNG PEOPLE YOUR AGE THINK ABOUT STUDENTS OF COLOR AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO EVEN THAT FIELD, AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE IN TAKING ON THIS CHALLENGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF WE COULD CONSIDER GIVING THEM SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE MAY HAVE IN OUR FUND RESOURCES, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AT ANOTHER TIME.

BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I THINK YOU DESERVE IT.

AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANKS. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THAT WAS NOT ONLY VERY IMPRESSIVE, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND VERY INSPIRING.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS.

ALSO BEEN FOLLOWING YOU FOR YEARS.

I DIDN'T SPEAK EARLIER BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS GOING TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK CJ AND ALSO YOU, CHRISTINE AND ALL OF THE TEACHERS AND ADULTS AND MENTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

YOU GIVE A LOT OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY AND PERSONAL FUNDS, I'M SURE, OVER TO THIS PROCESS, AND I AM JUST SO PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF FLAGSTAFF, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS CREATED NOT ONE, BUT TWO OF THESE AMAZING TEAMS. WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCEPTIONAL YOUTH COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS HERE.

IT'S IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING AND VERY HEARTWARMING.

I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK FROM A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

IT'S IT'S MY JOB AS A AS AN UNCLE TO MAKE TO EMBARRASS MY NEPHEW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT EUGENE IS MY NEPHEW.

SO, YEAH, I HAVE I'VE KNOWN EUGENE HIS WHOLE LIFE.

AND I'VE, I'VE FOLLOWED THESE GOINGS ON DISTANTLY, BUT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST.

YOU KNOW, WHEN EUGENE WAS A LITTLE BABY, HE LIKED TO STICK THINGS AND LIKED SOCKETS.

EVERY TIME I SAW HIM, HE WAS PLAYING WITH PLUGS.

HE WAS PLAYING WITH EXTENSION CORDS OR LIGHT SOCKETS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT.

I TOLD MYSELF, I SAID, IF THIS GUY DOESN'T ELECTROCUTE HIMSELF, HE'S GOING PLACES.

AND I KNOW YOUR PARENTS, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY PART OF YOUR INSPIRATION.

YOU YOU YOU DON'T FALL VERY FAR FROM THE TREE IN THAT REGARD.

BUT JUST SO SUPER IMPRESSED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I NUDGED MY OWN KIDS A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

I SAID, YOU GUYS STAY CLOSE TO EUGENE TREAT HIM NICELY AND GO TO ALL HIS BIRTHDAY PARTIES BECAUSE HE'S THE NEXT ELON MUSK.

I ASSUME THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NATION IN A CAPACITY LIKE THAT SOMEDAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS I HAD THE SAME IDEA.

I WAS GOING TO MENTION SOMETHING SIMILARLY THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE BUDGETARY CYCLE FOR THIS YEAR FOR OUR DISCRETIONARY FUND.

BUT KEEPING KEEPING THESE GROUPS IN MIND FOR SOME OF OUR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE, OBVIOUSLY. AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY IMPRESSED.

VERY HEARTWARMING, VERY ENCOURAGED.

AND JUST SO, SO, SO PROUD OF YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO GET SUPER EMOTIONAL AS I'M TALKING TO YOU, BUT WOW, I MEAN ABSOLUTELY WOW.

THAT WAS BEYOND AMAZING.

IT WAS INSPIRING.

IT WAS MOVING.

I AM SO IMPRESSED BY YOU ALL.

THE IDEA OF YOU BRINGING THIS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CAPABLE, WHO NEVER HAD ACCESS WHO NEVER SAW THIS FOR THEIR THEIR FUTURE AND THEIR PATHS IS I DON'T KNOW IF IF ANY OF US CAN FULLY APPRECIATE THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS, NOT JUST FOR GENERATIONS NOW, BUT GENERATIONS DOWN THE LINE.

AND THAT IS JUST SO POWERFUL.

I ALWAYS JOKE THAT I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR FOR A REASON.

IT'S BECAUSE MATH WAS NOT MY FORTE.

AS SOON AS I TESTED OUT OF IT, I WAS DONE.

AND THIS HAS ME VERY MUCH REGRETTING THAT VERY MUCH REGRETTING THAT I DIDN'T PURSUE MORE OF, OF MATHEMATICS AND THE SCIENCES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I SEE JUST THE IMPRESSIVE WORK THAT YOU CAN DO AND THE THE BLENDING OF THAT WORK WITH YOUR ADVOCACY AND WITH THE MOVES THAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR THE FUTURE IS SO POWERFULLY IMPRESSIVE TO ME.

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I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, PROBABLY JUST FROM THE IMPACT OF OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SHARED TODAY. SO KUDOS TO YOU.

PLEASE KEEP GOING IN THIS WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN WHAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK THE WORLD IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I ALSO KNOW EUGENE AND I TOLD MY SON GROWING UP, STICK WITH HIM HE'S GOING PLACES.

SO A LITTLE EMBARRASSING FACT THERE.

THE AMOUNT OF TALENT IN THIS ROOM IS JUST UNIMAGINABLE FOR ME.

AND, I MEAN, I DID SOME COOL THINGS WHEN I WAS YOUNG, YOUNGER, BUT NOT LIKE THIS.

YOU ALL ARE CHANGING THE WORLD.

YOU CHANGED OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS TONIGHT.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OF YOUR DEDICATION AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

AND KEEP GOING.

KEEP GOING.

YOU ARE THE LEADERS.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, AND I EXPECT TO SEE YOU UP HERE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY DOWN THE ROAD TODAY AND DOWN THE ROAD.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS I SAID TO THE OTHER TEAM, YOU GUYS ARE FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT I'M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER BEFORE I GOT INTO POLITICS, I WAS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, SPENT MY WHOLE CAREER IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, AND.

WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS? SO I'M A I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR STEM.

I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT YOUR TEAM HAS GONE BEYOND STEM TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING.

YOU'VE GONE BEYOND THAT.

YOU'VE GONE INTO SOME OF THE SOCIAL THINGS ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES.

GETTING PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.

I THINK IN SOME WAYS THOSE THINGS ARE EVEN HARDER TO TO LEARN AND TO BE GOOD AT THAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

SO I REALLY COMPLIMENT YOU FOR THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT I THINK SOME OF THOSE SOCIAL SKILLS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE TECHNICAL SKILLS.

AND SOMETIMES ENGINEERS CAN BE KIND OF REAL LINEAR, BUT THEY NEED TO BROADEN OUT A LITTLE BIT AND ADDRESS BROADER ISSUES.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT AND I'M IMPRESSED BY THAT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THEY SAID IT ALL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK ALL OF YOU AND INVITE YOU BACK TO GIVE US UPDATES.

THIS IS SO REFRESHING AND AND SO JUST.

THIS IS THE BEST COUNCIL MEETING WE'VE HAD.

I THINK JUST SEEING THIS IS JUST VERY ENCOURAGING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS.

YES YOU CAN. AND MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TO CLOSE WITH A FEW KIND OF THOUGHTS ON ON YOUR REMARKS AND STUFF AS WELL, IF I COULD.

THIS IS THE REASON WHY I KEEP COMING BACK.

THIS TEAM, WE STARTED THIS TEAM 17 YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAVE PERSISTENTLY BEEN PURSUING THIS MISSION EVERY YEAR.

AND THEY HAVE REPRESENTED FLAGSTAFF EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS AWARD, THEY NOW GET TO REPRESENT FLAGSTAFF GUARANTEED FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THEY GET AN INVITATION AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

DAVE AND I ARE THE MOST VISIBLE KIND OF MEMBERS OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME AND EVERYTHING.

I CALL MY JOB ON THE TEAM LESS YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY KIND OF MORE OF A COACH AND A FACILITATOR, BUT REALLY THEIR AGENT KIND OF GETTING THEM OUT THERE TO DO PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS AND THINGS.

SO WE ARE SEEING VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY PROMINENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND AT ALL THESE EVENTS AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.

AND WE DON'T DO IT ALONE.

SO YOU CAN SEE UP THERE THE LIST OF SPONSORS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THE TEAM THIS YEAR, AND OUR MISSION TO BRING STEM TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT YET, BUT ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SEVERAL PARENTS WHO WE CALL OUR PEANUTS.

AND SEVERAL OF OUR GRADUATES WHO I LIKE TO CALL OUR ALUM NUTS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITH A NUT PUN.

AND JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH ON A FEW KIND OF FUN NUT STATISTICS THAT WE COULDN'T QUITE SQUEEZE INTO OUR PRESENTATION.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COCONUTS GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM THAT WANTS IT CAN GO ON TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY OR TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOOSING.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND OF THOSE STUDENTS, OVER A THIRD OF THEM ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE.

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AND SO THIS PROGRAM CHANGES LIVES.

AND THAT'S WHY I PUT IN I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS INTO THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT DOES CHANGE THE LIVES OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY, REALLY, FOR SPONSORING US AND FOR SUPPORTING US AND REALLY BELIEVING IN OUR MISSION OF THESE AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

CAN WE HAVE ALL OF YOU COME DOWN HERE SO WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS RECOGNITION? ALL RIGHT.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE IT TAKES TO COMPETE AT THE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, AND TO RECEIVE THE 2024 IMPACT AWARD, AS WELL AS BEING INDUCTED INTO THE FIRST HALL OF FAME.

THE COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL COCONUTS ARE AN AMAZING TEAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THE COCONUTS WON STEM COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE YEAR AT THE 2023-2024 STEMMY AWARDS, TWO OF OUR COCONUTS WERE FINALISTS FOR STEM STUDENT OF THE YEAR, TAWNI SLADE, WHO IS NOT HERE WITH US, AND EUGENE ELLSWORTH BOWERS.

OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST WITH THIS LAST NAME.

ELENA KLOPFENSTEIN.

KLOPFENSTEIN WAS ALSO NAMED A FIRST DEAN'S LIST FINALIST AT OUR TOURNAMENT IN PHOENIX.

THE TEAM ALSO WON THE JUDGE'S AWARD AT THE ARIZONA REGIONAL AND THE CREATIVITY AWARD IN LAS VEGAS, WHERE THEY ALSO CAPTAINED THE SECOND PLACE ALLIANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE COCONUTS TEAM [APPLAUSE].

MIC] SO, STAFF, WHAT YOU GOT FOR US THE REST OF THE

[7. April Work Anniversaries STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recognition of employees celebrating work anniversaries in April]

MEETING? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE DOWN TO APRIL WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'VE GOT OUR APRIL WORK ANNIVERSARIES TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU TODAY.

AGAIN, THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR FIRST YEAR WITH THE CITY.

YOU'LL SEE SOME FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PARKS, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS.

ALSO THE LIBRARY AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND THOSE ARE OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CONGRATULATE ON THEIR FIRST YEAR WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

WE HAVE OUR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES.

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THE FIRST IS JESSICA.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR LIBRARIANS.

ALSO CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS IS LUKE, ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.

BRANDON, ALSO ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS CELEBRATING HIS FIFTH YEAR WITH THE CITY.

RICHARD TUTWILER, WHICH WE HEARD EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT HE HAS ACCEPTED ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS BEING PROMOTED IN ANOTHER AGENCY TO LIBRARY DIRECTOR. SO I'M EXCITED TO CELEBRATE HIS FIVE YEARS AND ALSO HIS NEXT WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY BUT WE ARE SAD TO SEE HIM LEAVE OUR ORGANIZATION.

CONTINUING ON WITH OUR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES, ERIC IS ONE OF OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS OVER IN PUBLIC WORKS.

AND WE HAVE KYLE, ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, ALSO CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS.

AND OFFICER TOMPERI WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS CELEBRATING HIS 10TH YEAR WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, I BELIEVE HE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM EARLIER, BUT HE HAS MOVED OUTSIDE.

SO IF YOU GET TO SEE HIM, PLEASE CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS TEN YEARS.

KEVIN IS ALSO ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC WORKS CELEBRATING HIS 10TH YEAR.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO OUR 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES, WE'RE CELEBRATING BATTALION CHIEF DAVE WILSON.

THIS IS A QUOTE WHO WAS PROVIDED BY CHIEF GAILLARD.

HE TALKS ABOUT BATTALION CHIEF WILSON AS BEING A ROCK STEADY LEADER FOR US WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IN ADDITION TO RESPONSIBILITY COMMANDING A SHIFT, HE'S ONE OF THE REGIONAL COACHES THAT SUPPORTS THE FIRE OFFICER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS CHIEF WITH MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES SUPPORTING THE TECHNICAL RESCUE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAM.

WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE BATTALION CHIEF WILSON AS ONE OF OUR LEADERS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. WILSON. WE ALSO HAVE MIKE BREHM, WHO IS CELEBRATING HIS 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

QUITE A FEAT.

HE JOINED THE CITY IN APRIL OF 94.

SINCE THEN, HE'S BEEN PART OF EVERY TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT WITHIN THE LIBRARY.

HE SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC COMPUTER LABS AS WELL AS THE STAFF COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT.

SO BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS.

HIS RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE MIGRATING THE LIBRARY COURSE SYSTEM TO KOHA.

IT'S A NEW OPEN SOURCE ILS.

THAT IS IT SPEAK.

AND SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK TO CJ OR MAYBE MIKE TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.

BUT IT NOT ONLY INVOLVED MIGRATING THE LIBRARY CATALOG AND USER DATABASES, BUT ALSO MOVING THE ILS INTO THE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT.

HE ALSO MIGRATED THE LIBRARY'S INSTANCE OF MICROSOFT 365, INCLUDING OUTLOOK, OUR EMAIL SUPPORTING SYSTEM.

AND AGAIN, A NEW SYSTEM IN THE CLOUD FOR THOSE TOOLS.

HE HAS SUPPORTED VARIOUS GRANT FUNDED TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS, AND OVERALL, HIS SUCCESS IS BASED ON NOT ONLY WHAT HE BRINGS TO TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO HIS PEOPLE SKILLS.

HIS BROAD EXPERIENCE MAKES HIM A VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR LIBRARIES, AND THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ARIZONA TO OFFER INTERNET ACCESS, AND IT WAS THE YEAR THAT MIKE STARTED WITH THE CITY.

REALLY? YES.

WELL, WOW.

CONGRATULATIONS, MIKE, AND CONGRATULATIONS, FLAGSTAFF PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SO THOSE ARE OUR APRIL ANNIVERSARIES THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

WE'LL BE BACK AGAIN IN A FEW WEEKS TO CELEBRATE MAY.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION VERY IMPRESSIVE INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, BUT ALSO VERY IMPRESSIVE PHOTOS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A PHOTO SHOOT AT SOME POINT THERE.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT A CALENDAR IS ON THE WAY.

I DON'T NEED A CALENDAR, BUT I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY CALENDAR.

AND THEN JUST A SUGGESTION FOR MIKE TO BRING BACK THE DEWEY DECIMAL CARD SYSTEM.

I REALLY MISS THAT.

THANKS VICE MAYOR ASLAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SHANNON. YES.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH YELLOW JACKET DRILLING.

[8. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Construction Contract with Yellow Jacket Drilling, LLC for well site modification and drilling services. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Construction Contract with Yellow Jacket Drilling, LLC in and amount not to exceed $650,000; and Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

DO. DOES STAFF HAVE ANY PRESENTATION AT ALL? OKAY. AND THE CONTRACT IS OF COURSE, ATTACHED TO THE A

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GENDA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COUNCIL? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH YELLOW JACKET DRILLING, LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $650,000, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, SO I AM ADJOURNING THAT MEETING AND CALLING TO ORDER OUR WORK SESSION.

[1. Call to Order NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this work session, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]

AND GIVING NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA.

CITY MANAGER.

[2. City Manager Report Information Only]

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

ONTO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR ANY OF US TO PRESENT AFTER WHAT COUNCIL JUST HAD PRESENTED SO.

YEAH JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.

BUT THE MANAGER'S REPORT THIS TIME AROUND, I WANT TO THANK BOTH JOANNE AND SHANNON FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, AS ALWAYS ON THIS, SOME JUST SOME RANDOM UPDATES.

HR DIRECTOR RECRUITMENT WE'RE BUSY.

THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS.

THEY ARE PENDING.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS.

AND STAY TUNED ON THIS HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME NEWS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT RECRUITMENT.

I WILL NOTE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN FILLING THIS SPOT HOPEFULLY SOON.

IT WILL BRING ABOUT A LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT IS FULLY SLATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.

SO WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS AND EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME.

A RECAP OF THE BUDGET RETREAT AND ALONG WITH THAT, OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE COUNCIL FOR NOT JUST YOUR ATTENDANCE.

WE'VE ASKED FOR A LOT OF YOUR ATTENDANCE DURING THESE RETREATS, BUT REALLY YOUR PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL TWO DAY RETREAT.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD NOW TO BRINGING THE BUDGET PROCESS TO FINALITY IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

AND WE CAN ALL TAKE A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

IT WILL BE THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF EFFORT.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES BACK ON APRIL 23RD.

COUNCIL MAY BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF STAFF PRESENT TO THE COCONINO FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF COUNTY, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SITTING AS THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDE A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION ON THE RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS PURSUING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH USFS OR, PARDON ME, WITH BNSF AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND OTHER PARTNERS.

IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION ED SCHENK KIND OF KICKED IT OFF, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE BEHIND HIM, FIGURATIVELY HELPING WITH THE PRESENTATION. AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED, GOOD QUESTIONS ASKED, NICE DIALOG THAT FOLLOWED.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE WERE THERE TO ALSO WITNESS THE US FOREST SERVICE PROVIDING ON A PRESENTATION ON FOREST HEALTH AND THE MANY PENDING FOREST MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.

SO IT WAS IT WAS GOOD TO SAY THE LEAST.

IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

THANKS TO ED SCHENK AND THE TEAM FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY QUITE WELL.

WE, OF COURSE ALSO REPRESENTED FLAGSTAFF IN WASHINGTON, DC A WEEK AGO, AND THAT WAS GREAT.

I DON'T WANT TO RECAP IN THE REPORT JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE MANY THINGS WE DID.

THERE IS THE AGENDA.

IT WAS A VERY BUSY DAY AND A HALF, TO SAY THE LEAST.

AND WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND.

BOB HOLMES AND ANNA, OF COURSE ORCHESTRATING ALL THE MANY MEETINGS AND IT WAS, I THINK, ALL VERY IMPORTANT, VERY MEANINGFUL ON SO MANY FRONTS.

BUT JUST IN TERMS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND THE CONTINUED CULTIVATION OF OUR GOOD STANDING WITH OUR DELEGATES IN WASHINGTON, DC.

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IT WAS GREAT.

I ALSO INCLUDED A BUNCH OF PHOTOGRAPHS.

THEY'RE ALL GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF OF THE GROUP, SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALLY, SOMETIMES ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY.

ENJOY THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND IT'LL BRING BACK SOME NOT TOO DISTANT MEMORIES.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL WHO HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER.

AND I THINK FLAGSTAFF DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

THE THERE'S A LITTLE TIDBIT ON THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND SOME VOLUNTEER EFFORTS UNDERWAY.

TIDBIT ON ON HOUSING AND THEN I PROVIDED AGAIN, COURTESY OF JOANNE AND THOSE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS AN UPDATE, A VERY NICE UPDATE ON THE BEULAH UNIVERSITY REALIGNMENT PROJECT.

ENJOY THE PHOTOGRAPHS THERE.

I THINK WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A VIDEO, AND I MIGHT STOP HERE AND HAVE PAUL CUE UP THE VIDEO, AND THEN I'LL HOP BACK UP AND AND FINISH THE REPORT AFTER THIS.

IS THAT OKAY, PAUL? YEP.

THANK YOU GREG. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW UP THAT PRESENTATIONS YOU HAD EARLIER.

I WAS CHATTING WITH THE STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR TRIP TO NASA.

IT'S QUITE, QUITE FASCINATING.

WE'LL TRY OUR BEST, BUT HERE'S A QUICK VIDEO OF BEULAH BOULEVARD BEULAH AND UNIVERSITY UPDATE.

IT'S GOING TO START AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROJECT ON BEULAH, HEAD NORTH AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TURN EAST TOWARDS MILTON.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY.

YOU'LL SEE THE TREES IN THE PARKWAY ARE GOING IN.

THEY'RE FINISHING UP THE SUBGRADE.

THEY'RE GOING TO START PAVING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

I WAS TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO NOT PAVE OUT TO MILTON BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO.

THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT ROAD AND INADVERTENTLY DRIVE IN THERE.

AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO MILTON, YOU'LL SEE THE RAMP FOR THE UNDERPASS, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SAW CUTS IN MILTON, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN RELOCATING UTILITIES. AND WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD MUSIC THIS TIME.

[VIDEO] DID WE GET PERMISSION TO USE THAT MUSIC? PARDON ME? DID WE GET PERMISSION TO USE THAT MUSIC? YEAH. IT COMES. THERE'S I GUESS I TALKED TO DAVID PETERSON THERE'S LIKE 25 MUSIC OPTIONS YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.

OKAY, GOOD. HE WANTED ME TO RENT A TUXEDO TO PRESENT SO IT COULD BE 007.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS, PAUL.

LOVE THE MUSIC.

YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.

NICE TO GET THESE UPDATES.

I TOOK ONE QUICK PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LINDA VISTA CULVERT.

I WAS OUT THERE RECENTLY.

I GAVE SOME PROPS AT THE LAST MEETING TO THE TEAM OUT THERE.

THEY CONTINUE ALSO TO JUST DO REMARKABLE THINGS WITH THE MANY, MANY PROJECTS INVOLVED WITH THE SPRUCE WASH AND WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE. BUT CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE THE ROAD IS CLOSED, SO MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME DRONE FOOTAGE OUT THERE SOMETIME SOON AND WE'LL GET THAT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

THAT IS NOT IT ON THE REPORT, I'M GOING TO ADD A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND ASK SHANNON AND ANDERSON TO HEAD BACK TO THE PODIUM.

THESE ARE ADD ONS, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM IN THE REPORT.

THIS IS VERBAL FROM HERE ON OUT, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE INVOLVING OUR POLICE CHIEF THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

AND THEN A WATER LINE BREAK UPDATE.

SHANNON. THANKS, GREG.

I'VE GOT JUST SOME SLIDES THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER TO TO SHARE THIS FUN INFORMATION WITH YOU.

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SORRY. I'M NOT SURE.

THERE WE GO.

TRY THIS AGAIN. SO CHIEF MUSSELMAN WAS RECOGNIZED BY NAUS DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS THIS LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY, HE RECEIVED THE MPA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF HIS 28 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS COMMUNITY. BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR CRIME RATES, BEING ABLE TO BRING NEW RESOLUTIONS SUCH AS THE CARE UNIT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HE'S DONE EACH AND EVERY DAY AS HE COMES TO WORK WITH HIS DEDICATION AND HIS DESIRE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.

CHIEF IS, OF COURSE, HIDING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM [APPLAUSE].

ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WATER SERVICES.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, LAST TUESDAY WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK ON FOURTH STREET WHICH CERTAINLY WAS CHALLENGING, BUT THEN IT WAS GREETED WITH MORE CHALLENGE WHEN A TREE FELL ON A PIECE OF OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR BRAND NEW VAC TRAILER.

SO THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS ON THIS FIRST SLIDE WITH YOU.

THERE WAS ROOT DAMAGE, OBVIOUSLY CAUSING THE TREE TO FALL.

AND THEN ALSO THERE WERE GAS LINE IMPACTS THAT ALSO WERE IN THIS AREA ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO DIG UP THE WATER LINE.

SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE IMPACTED BY THE SHUT OFF, BUT STAFF WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING TO FIX IT.

THEY WORKED DILIGENTLY UNTIL THE SERVICE WAS TURNED ON FOR MOST EVERYONE ON THURSDAY.

AND FOR THE ONE REMAINING BUSINESS ON FRIDAY.

SO JUST A FEW MORE PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT STAFF WERE SAFE.

WITH MAKING SURE THE TREE WAS REMOVED AND THAT THE OTHER ONE WAS TAKEN DOWN SO THERE WASN'T RISK OF THE OTHER TREE FALLING WHILE THEY CONTINUED TO WORK IN THIS AREA.

SO JUST A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF WHO WERE INVOLVED.

THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB HERE, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES DIDN'T GO WITHOUT SERVICE.

SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME ADD THAT.

THANK YOU SHANNON.

GREAT UPDATES ON BOTH ACCOUNTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL APPENDED TO THIS REPORT.

WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL UPDATES FOR YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REBECCA WITH PROSE COME UP AND GIVE YOU THE APRIL UPDATE.

AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM HUMAN RESOURCES, REBECCA.

I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS AWKWARD TRY TO MOVE IT.

HOPEFULLY I DON'T DISCONNECT ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL REBECCA SAYERS, PARKS REC, OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS DIRECTOR.

WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY TODAY.

I'M GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER FOR YOU.

I AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, AND THIS IS OUR APRIL REPORT.

AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, WE TOOK A DAY WHERE ALL OF OUR FULL TIME BENEFIT ELIGIBLE STAFF CAME TOGETHER, WHICH IS NO SMALL FEAT.

THAT MEANS WE HAD TO GET OUT EARLY AND MAKE SURE THAT TRASH WAS STILL PICKED UP AND BATHROOMS WERE REOPENED FOR THE DAY.

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ALL OF OUR REC CENTERS WERE STILL COVERED, AND WE CAME TOGETHER FOR SOME TEAM BUILDING WITH LANCASTER LEADERSHIP AND ALSO TO DEVELOP OUR DIVISIONS BRAND NEW MISSION, VISION AND VALUES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE HERE.

AND BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO WORK TO MEMORIZE ALL OF THEM, I'M GOING TO TRY TO SAY IT WITHOUT LOOKING THAT OUR MISSION.

AND SEE NOW I'M NERVOUS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER.

I HAVE TO. I'M GOING TO CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH PEOPLE, PARKS, NATURAL AREAS AND PROGRAMS. RIGHT? OUR VALUES.

I'M STILL WORKING ON OUR ON OUR VISION STATEMENT, BUT CREATING UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND PLACES TO PLAY.

I JUST LOVE THAT. THAT'S SO SIMPLE AND FUN AT THE SAME TIME.

AND IT WAS ALSO INTERESTING SOME OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND CREATING THAT VISION IS THAT THE TEAM FEELS THAT IT'S ALSO STILL INCLUDES OUR CEMETERY, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TEAM.

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BUT SO MUCH OF OUR WORK IS ABOUT FUN TIMES AND PLACES TO PLAY.

AND WE STILL HAVE A CEMETERY, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND TAKES A VERY DIFFERENT HAND AT THE WORK THAT WE DO THERE.

AND THIS VISION STILL SEEMS TO CAPTURE THAT WITH UNIQUE EXPERIENCES.

IN OUR VALUES, OUR COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT, CONSERVATION, ALL INCLUSIVE AND AUTHENTICITY.

AND I JUST LOVE THAT THE TEAM CAME UP WITH THESE ALL ON THEIR OWN.

I WAS SO PROUD.

IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND REALLY GREAT PARTICIPATION, EVEN FROM SOME WHO WERE TYPICALLY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS.

THEY WOULD RATHER BE OUT WORKING WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE FIELD.

RIGHT. SO MUCH APPRECIATION TO THAT TEAM HERE.

WE ALL ARE REHEARSING OUR LINES.

AND SO THANKS FOR EVERYONE FOR THAT.

AS USUAL, OUR TRAIL COUNTS ARE HERE.

OUR TURF CREW IS, AS I SAID, THEY WANT TO BE OUT DOING THEIR STUFF.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME OF YEAR AS WELL, GETTING ALL OF OUR TURF UP AND GOING.

SO OUR TURF CREW IS IN FULL SWING.

AND LISTED HERE ARE ALL OF THE THING.

AND I THINK OUR TURF CREW RIGHT NOW IS A PERSON OF ONE.

FOR ALL OF THE MOWING, ALL OF OUR PARKS, ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS.

RIGHT? AND THEY NOT ONLY MOW, THEY ALSO DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

SO MUCH APPRECIATION WHEN YOU SEE THESE FOLKS OUT WORKING, THEY'RE DOING TWO AND THREE JOBS BECAUSE WE ARE IMPACTED BY STAFFING JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF FUN TO SEE.

AND I. THAT'S OUR LITTLE TRACTOR.

WE DO HAVE AN ELECTRIC MOWER.

MAYBE NEXT TIME WE'LL GET YOU A PICTURE OF THAT.

WE ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR PARKS STAFF HAVE.

FROM CPRP, WHICH IS THE CERTIFICATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS.

TO WIRING TO WELDING ARBORIST TURF MANAGERS CDLS BACKFLOW TESTERS PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTORS.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS.

WE INSPECT ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND WE DOCUMENT THEIR SAFETY, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE SAFE.

WE REPLACE PIECES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

WE'VE GOT MASTER GARDENERS.

ALMOST ALL OF OUR PARKS TEAM HAS MASTER GARDENERS AND OF COURSE OUR HYDROPOINT SMART IRRIGATION OPERATIONS.

THIS ALERTS US IF WE HAVE A WATER BREAK OR A VALVE THAT'S STUCK OPEN OR CLOSED, OR THIS SAME SYSTEM WILL TURN OFF PARTS OF OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM IF THERE'S RAIN IN THE AREA.

SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING AND KEEPING OUR STAFF TRAINED ON THAT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL.

AND WE'RE GETTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] CONTRACT.

SO MANY THANKS FOR THAT AS WELL.

WE RECENTLY JUST REOPENED ON MONDAY OUR AQUAPLEX FACILITY CLOSURE.

THIS IS ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME.

AND MY OFFICE IS AT THE AQUAPLEX AND SO I'M KIND OF WALKING AROUND GOING, OKAY, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE POOL BACK OPEN? YOU KNOW, IS IT REALLY GOING TO WORK? AND WE DID. SO IT'S ALWAYS FUN WHEN WE GET THAT BACK OPEN.

THIS YEAR, THE JAY LIVELY ICE ARENA CLOSURE IS LASTING A FULL MONTH.

WE TOOK THE ICE ALL THE WAY OUT.

WE NEEDED TO REPAINT THE LINES.

WE ALSO WANTED TO GET IN AND SEE THAT CONCRETE.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE TAKEN THIS ICE OUT FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, SO WE NEED TO SEE HOW THE CONCRETE IS DOING UNDERNEATH, GET EYES ON IT.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER BIGGER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON REPAIRING OUT THERE AS WELL.

SO THIS ONE STILL HAS ME NERVOUS, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL MAKE IT.

WE'RE WELCOMING BACK MARK YARNALL TO OUR TEAM.

HE'S THE NEW COORDINATOR OVER AT THE JOE C.

COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER.

AND OUR SUMMER PROGRAM.

SEE, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AT THE ICE RINK IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TOURNAMENTS COMING UP AND CAMPS AND ALL SORTS OF FUN STUFF.

RECREATION ALSO BROUGHT BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PRE-PANDEMIC, THE DADDY DAUGHTER BALL, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A VERY POPULAR EVENT. WE WILL BE WORKING IN THE IN FUTURE YEARS TO MAKE THIS MORE OPEN AND ALL INCLUSIVE.

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IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ALL INCLUSIVE.

JUST WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK THAT THE THE NAME OF IT DOESN'T FEEL INCLUSIVE, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT FOR FUTURE YEARS.

AND OUR OPEN SPACE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING SOME FUN STUFF.

THEY HAD A VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION LUNCHEON YOU CAN SEE HERE.

THEY ALSO TOOK SOME BINS OF DIRT AND PLANTS OUT, AND KIDS GOT TO DIG AROUND AND RUN WATER THROUGH AND SEE EROSION.

IF THE CHANNEL IS STRAIGHT VERSUS IF IT'S MEANDERING LIKE IT IS THROUGH PICTURE CANYON.

SO THAT WAS FUN. AND THEN THEY WENT OUT TO PICTURE CANYON TO SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES.

AND OF COURSE SUMMER IS COMING, SO EVENTS ARE COMING BACK.

WE'VE GOT CONCERTS IN THE PARK STARTING UP IN JUNE, AND I'VE GOT SOME STATISTICS HERE ON WHAT EVENTS AND MARKETING HAS BEEN WORKING ON.

WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME OTHER PROGRAMING THAT'S STARTING UP THAT'S LOTS OF FUN.

AND I THINK I WILL LEAVE IT THERE UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? JUST COUNCIL MEMBER CITY MANAGER.

I JUST GOT A RAISE.

I'M A COUNCIL PERSON.

JUST WONDERFUL THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YOU JUST TOOK A CUT AND PASTE.

YES, BUT THE HONOR.

I DO HAVE A COMMENT AS WE'RE SITTING HERE WATCHING THIS AND LISTENING TO THIS WONDERFUL UPDATE FROM PROSE, AND IT FOLLOWS MANY PREVIOUS UPDATES JUST LIKE THIS ONE.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO WHEN IT WAS THE PARKS AND REC SECTION UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS UMBRELLA, NOT THAT LONG AGO.

AND OUT OF THAT CAME A RESTRUCTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND PROSE BECAME A STANDALONE DIVISION, KIND OF ITS OWN ENTITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A LOT OF THINGS.

BUDGETARILY STAFFING MORE RESTRUCTURES WITHIN THE DIVISION.

REBECCA WAS HONORED WITH THE MARY JO JENKINS LEADERSHIP AWARD.

I THINK THAT THE YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, AND WE JUST CONTINUED TO SEE THIS AMAZING GROWTH OF PROSE.

AND SO AS AS WE SIT AND WATCH THESE UPDATES, IT'S, IT'S RATHER IT'S GRATIFYING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW THE DIVISION HAS GROWN AND THE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

IT'S NOT TO SUGGEST THOSE THINGS WERE NOT HAPPENING BEFORE, BUT IT IS TO SUGGEST THAT THERE'S BEEN SUCH TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND NOW A NEW MISSION STATEMENT AND VALUES AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.

JUST ONE MORE WONDERFUL CHAPTER IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS GREAT DIVISION.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CITY MANAGER.

YEAH, I'M RUNNING WITH THAT.

THE NAMEPLATE WILL BE ORDERED AND YEAH.

EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY, I THINK WE ALSO THANK YOU, REBECCA.

I THINK WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM HUMAN RESOURCES I HOPE. AND IF NOT, WE CAN PUNT IT TO NEXT TIME.

I KNOW WE HAD AN UPDATE.

IT'S IN YOUR REPORT, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT PRESENTATION OCCUR AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION IF THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL MOVE NOW TO MOUNTAIN LOIN TODAY AND BEYOND UPDATES AND TRANSIT TAX DISCUSSION.

[3. Mountain Line Today and Beyond Updates and Transit Tax Discussion Discussion only for the Mountain Line updates. Council support and direction regarding the November 2024 General Election for a Transit Tax increase and extension. ]

WELCOME MOUNTAIN LION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS HEATHER DALMOLIN, AND I'M SORRY I'M NOT A COCONUT BECAUSE I WENT TO THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL.

I SERVE AS MOUNTAIN LION CEO AND GENERAL MANAGER.

OUR FOR MOUNTAIN LION FLAGSTAFF TRANSIT SYSTEM.

I'M JOINED TODAY BY BIZZY COLLINS, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNER, AND ANNE DUNNO, OUR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

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WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME YOU ARE OFFERING US THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT OUR MOUNTAIN, AT A LOOK AT MOUNTAIN LIONS RECENT PERFORMANCE STATISTICS, TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS AND TIMING OF OUR DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER, AND TO TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE.

AND WITH THAT, BIZZY IS GOING TO START THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL JUST DO A LITTLE ROUND ROBIN.

THANK YOU. HELLO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

I'M GOING TO START WITH SOME THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT.

OH, IT'S A SCROLL. THAT'S RIGHT.