May 21, 2024 City Council Meeting

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET HERE.

WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I WOULD PLEASE STAND IF YOU CAN.

THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

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.

MOVING DOWN TO OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

[4. 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.]

OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC 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.

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

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE SECOND CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN PERSON AT TODAY'S MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD THAT IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORDING CLERK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THERE IS A CLOCK HERE.

DURING OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

THE COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO ASK OR ANSWER QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANY ANY TYPE OF COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENTS.

SO FIRST NADINE HART.

OH, FROM A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSY, AND I'M HOPING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL CONSIDER STANDING OUR GROUND ON REGULATING AND REZONING WITH OUR HOUSING. RECENTLY I HAD A STUDENT.

I MISSED THE FIRST PERIOD BECAUSE I STEPPED OUT TO TAKE CARE OF ONE OF MY KIDS, AND I SAW HER AND SHE STARTED BAWLING.

AND SHE'S LIKE, WHERE WERE YOU? I NEEDED YOU.

AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOU.

SHE HAD A HUGE THING OF CHANGE AND ROLLERS AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SHE'S LIKE, I'M TRYING TO PAY FOR MY FEES BECAUSE I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO GRADUATE IN MY FAMILY.

HER FAVORITE BROTHER GOT DEPORTED.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO HER GRADUATION, SO THAT WAS HARD FOR HER.

SHE WORKS AND HER MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY BECAUSE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, RENTS ARE GOING UP, EVEN IN THE APARTMENTS.

YOU GUYS WANT TO BUILD APARTMENTS.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LOOK TO THE PERSON NEXT DOOR AND SAY, HEY, AT LEAST I'M NOT RAISING IT ANOTHER 5 OR $600 A MONTH.

I'M ONLY GOING TO DO 400.

AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WATER GOES UP? THAT'S GOING TO BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED ON THE RESIDENTS IN APARTMENTS AND RESIDENTS AROUND.

IT'S GOING TO IMPACT MY FAMILY BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT OUT OF POCKET.

DO YOU REALLY THINK THE TOWNHOME MANAGERS AND THE PROPERTY MANAGERS WHO PAY FOR WATER ARE GOING TO GIVE A FAIR INCREASE OR SUCK IT UP? THEY'RE NOT, AND WE'RE ALREADY HURTING.

IT'S HARD ENOUGH AS A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER HOLDER TO FIND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.

THE OTHER DAY ON FACEBOOK, I SAW A ROOM FOR RENT FOR $1,500 A MONTH, $1,500 A MONTH.

SO AT THAT RATE, A THREE BEDROOM WOULD GO FOR $4,500 A MONTH.

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THAT TAKES AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF CREDIT.

AND EVEN WITH THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, WHO CAN AFFORD THAT? ON TOP OF OUT OF POCKET WATER AND ELECTRIC AND ALL THE MEANS, INCLUDING A POSSIBILITY OF THE TRANSIT PRICES GOING UP.

AND I'VE NOTICED A SHIFT WHERE RESIDENTIAL IS A LOT CHEAPER.

YOU GUYS HAVE INCUBATORS FOR BUSINESS OWNERS.

THOSE ARE $600 A MONTH.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN TOWN THAT ARE CHEAPER AS A RESIDENT TO TO TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO REACH SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS AND START TO TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE FIGHT AND STANCE ON THIS, AND EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE HURTS US ALL.

IF THOSE WATER RATES INCREASE, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO INCREASE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY.

DENNIS GIVENS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR DAGGETT, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STAFF.

GOOD CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF.

HI. MY NAME IS DENNIS GIVENS OF THE SOUTH SIDE, AND I'M CO-FOUNDER OF JUSTICE NEWS.

IT'S NOT JUST NEWS, IT'S JUSTICE NEWS.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NOW REPRESENTATIVE AT THE WATER RATES MEETING, WHO SAID THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN HELPING SOLVE IT, HAS BEEN HELPING SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS IN FLAGSTAFF, BEEN ALL BUT IN ALL REALITY, THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OF THE HOUSING CRISIS.

WITH THEIR RECORD GROWTH OVER THE LAST DECADE UNDER RITA CHANG, THE CITY HAS BEEN HAS SEEN DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE STUDENT HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE CITY, BUT HAS CAUSED THE RENT TO INCREASE FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THE LOCALS.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WOULD NOT BE UP HERE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.

AND THE KNOWLEDGE I RECEIVED THERE, BUT TO BE BLIND TO THE HOUSING CRISIS WOULD BE NOT FAIR TO THE CITIZENS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE JACK OR THE HUB BUILT IN THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO.

THERE IS NO LONGER PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS.

BECAUSE OF THE STUDENTS.

THE RENT HAS INCREASED TO MATCH THE RENT CHARGED BY THIS NON AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING.

AND THE NOISE UNTIL 2 A.M.

HAS BEEN BRUTAL FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS BEEN LIVING THERE FOR PLUS 20 YEARS NOW.

YOU SHOULD CURB ITS GROWTH AND LET THE CITY CATCH UP TO THE INCREASED POPULATION.

THERE IS A HOUSING, TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE ANY KEEPS EXPANDING.

MAYBE MAKE IT HARDER TO GET INTO NYU AND NOT JUST MAKE IT ANOTHER PARTY SCHOOL.

ALSO, HOW IS THE CITY TRYING TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2030 AND ADD MORE FLIGHTS GOING IN AND OUT OF FLAGSTAFF PLANES ARE NOT ELECTRIC.

JUST A THOUGHT.

LAST, THE CITY SHOULD BUILD A RANCH SLASH FARM OUTSIDE THE CITY WHERE WE CAN BUST THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION.

A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN CAMP OUT, LEARN TRADES, RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AND GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND MAY THE HD ALIENS BLESS US.

ALSO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND GET OUT AND GET INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS.

WE ALL NEED YOU.

KEEP THIS DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY STRONG AND YEAH, LETS GO US GO NOW.

THANK YOU. DENNIS.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT EXTENDED TIME DURING OPEN CALL.

YOUR HONOR, THE RULES DON'T PROVIDE FOR SUCH.

IT'S THREE MINUTES UNDER THE RULES DURING OPEN CALL.

CORRECT. OKAY.

UNLESS THERE'S AN ACCOMMODATION TO BE MADE FOR A, YOU KNOW, INTERPRETATION, INTERPRETATION SERVICES OR ADA NEEDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ABEL. ESTRELLA.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY.

I'M ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS, THE PROPOSED HOMELESS SHELTER IN SUNNYSIDE, AND I HAVE A DOCUMENT TO READ TO YOU.

I WON'T GET FUMBLED UP BY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO READ THE DOCUMENT, AND IT'S A LOT EASIER.

THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FLAGSTAFF, INC.

SNA IS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT.

MRS. WENDY WHITE PRESENTED FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 9TH, 2024.

WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY SUNNYSIDE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OPPOSED.

WE HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO THIS FOR THE LAST 20 TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY PROPOSALS TO BUILD IN SUNNYSIDE FOR ABOUT THE LAST 25 YEARS.

MRS. WHITE'S COMMENT TUESDAY ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 9TH SAID THAT SHE DOES NOT NEED A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY TO SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN SUNNYSIDE ABOUT.

HER PROPOSAL CONTINUES AS AND THIS CONTINUES A LONG HISTORY OF RETAINING BLATANT RACISM, DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD THAT SUNNYSIDE HAS ENDURED SINCE INCORPORATION INTO THE CITY IN THE 1950S.

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SNA FULLY SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED SENATE BILL 1593, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REMOVAL OF A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN A CITY OR COUNTY IF OTHER INDOOR OPTIONS ARE EXIST.

SNA. ASK THAT THE CITY FULLY ENFORCE ALL ZONING, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, NUISANCE, AND OTHER LAWS, POLICIES, AND ORDINANCES IN CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL APPLICABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ESTABLISHMENT IN OUR SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ASK THAT FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL FOLLOW THE CITY OF TUCSON'S LEAD AND IMPLEMENT A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT PROTOCOL AND REPORTING TOOL THAT ENSURED THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CITY HAVE EQUAL PROTECTION.

AGAIN. SNA ADAMANTLY OPPOSES THE PROJECT THAT MRS. WENDY WHITE PRESENTED TO THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING DOWN TO PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE FOR TODAY, NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK.

JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

HELLO. HELLO.

[A. Proclamation: National Travel and Tourism Week]

AND I ASSUME NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK IS FIRST.

SO I STOOD ONE MOMENT.

OKAY, I AM DOUBLE CLICKING THIS.

ALL RIGHT. JUST A SLIDE TO SPEAK TO.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL.

TRACY WARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF.

THE DMO FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK PROCLAMATION.

KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY VALUES FRONT AND CENTER.

DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF ALWAYS DOES OUR OWN TWIST ON THE INDUSTRIES DESIGNATED WEEK.

WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL TRAVEL AND ECO TOURISM WEEK.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ORGANIZE TOURISM SERVICE DAYS.

THE LAST ONE WAS ON MAY 1ST WHERE WE DID A TRASH PICKUP OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.

AND OUR SECOND ONE WILL BE ON MAY 22ND, WHICH IS TOMORROW.

SO AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON ROUTE 66 FOR THAT ONE ON MAY 1ST IN DOWNTOWN WE COLLECTED 88 POUNDS OF TRASH, 11 POUNDS OF RECYCLING.

WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 40 VOLUNTEERS AND WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER JOIN US.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS GRACIOUSLY JOINED US THAT DAY.

SO WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US TOMORROW, SHOULD YOU HAVE THE TIME.

AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROCLAMATION.

COUNCIL. LET'S HEAD DOWN HERE.

WE HAVE SOME FINE WORDS PREPARED FOR YOU ALL HERE.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.

WHEREAS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION PRESENTED BY THE US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION.

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF CELEBRATING THE INDUSTRY'S CRITICAL ROLE IN POWERING ECONOMIES, COMMUNITIES AND CONNECTIONS MOVING TRAVEL FORWARD.

EVERY CITIZEN BENEFITS FROM TRAVEL AND TOURISM, AND THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY SUPPORTS NEARLY 15 MILLION AMERICAN JOBS AND IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF COMMUNITIES IN EVERY STATE.

AND WHEREAS FLAGSTAFF TOURISM SUPPORTS APPROXIMATELY 8000 JOBS, GENERATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO DEAN RUNYAN ASSOCIATES, TOURISM PROVIDES ECONOMIC STABILITY TO THE COMMUNITY WITH AN ANNUAL REAL ESTATE TAX SAVINGS, REAL TAX SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY 1000 $1,331 PER HOUSEHOLD. AND WHEREAS THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY HAS A PROFOUND ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE UNITED STATES, THE US TRAVEL INDUSTRY GENERATED $2.8 TRILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND WHEREAS DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF HAS A NUANCED.

DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF HAS NUANCED THE WEEK AS TRAVEL, NATIONAL TRAVEL AND ECO TOURISM WEEK TO REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.

NOW THEREFORE, I ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, WE RECOGNIZE MAY 29TH, MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH AS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND ECO TOURISM WEEK.

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COME ON DOWN. GET YOUR GET YOUR PROCLAMATION.

TRACY, I'M SURE YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY.

I KNOW YOU HAVE TO TALK AGAIN.

OH, REALLY? YOU ALL DON'T WANT YOUR PICTURE TAKEN.

GUYS DO THE HANDOFF.

THANK YOU. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.

OKAY. NEXT UP, PUBLIC WORKS.

[C. Proclamation: Public Works Week]

CAN I HAVE ALL OF YOU COME DOWN HERE? AND JUST FIT AS.

GOOD AS YOU CAN.

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER ROW IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

MURRAY. LET'S JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

OH HECK YEAH. I'LL HAVE HIM MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS SINCE HE'S JOINING US.

YEAH. HECK YEAH. THESE ARE OUR ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES.

YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU BETCHA.

COME ON. I NEED TO BE AT LEAST TEN.

IS THIS IT? THAT'S ALL YOU GOT? THE REST OF US ARE WORKING.

PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE HARD WORKING LEADERS AND COMMUNITY STEWARDS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

THESE DEDICATED MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, OPERATIONS, FLEET AND EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND VISITORS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THE YEAR 2024 MARKS THE 64TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. A SINCERE THANK YOU IS EXTENDED TO ALL OF THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS THAT DELIVER CORE SERVICES FOR THE 700 LANE MILES OF ROADWAYS, 800 PIECES OF FLEET EQUIPMENT, 1,000,000FT² OF CITY FACILITIES, 20,000 SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE REGIONAL LANDFILL EACH AND EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANKS TO YOU, THE CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS.

WE APPRECIATE THE PRIDE YOU TAKE AND IN NEVER ENDING WORK PROGRAM.

NOW THEREFORE, I, MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH, 2024 AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

OH, OKAY.

HERE, YOU CAN HOLD THIS AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

SCOTT, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR THIS KIND RECOGNITION.

AND FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

IT'S A BIG CELEBRATION FOR US.

I WANT TO POINT OUT TWO THINGS ONE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. SINCERELY.

OF OUR 114 MEMBERS, THIS IS A GOOD SAMPLING OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE ASSEMBLED THAT TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING WE DON'T SEE EVERY DAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

COLE HAS BEEN WITH US NOW FOR SEVEN DAYS.

YOU'RE OUR NEWEST MEMBER, AND I BELIEVE MIKE IS PROBABLY OUR LONGEST TENURED MEMBER AT 30, 31, 31 YEARS HERE TONIGHT.

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SO GOOD WORK. SO AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION.

AND THEN ALSO NICK HALL IS JOINING ME TONIGHT.

HE'S WITH BURGESS AND NEPAL.

BUT HE ALSO REPRESENTS OUR TRADE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

AND WE ASKED HIM TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

AND HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DO IT BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR DIVISION INTO KIND OF A MORE FORMALIZED AGREEMENT AND AN OPERATION WITHIN THE CITY, BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY AND WE'RE OWNING EVERY PROGRAM AND EVERY THING WE DO.

AND WE THINK THAT THIS EFFORT, WORKING THROUGH AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, HAS GIVEN US MUCH MORE CREDIBILITY, MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

AND NICK'S GOING TO PROVIDE US A COUPLE COMMENTS.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SCOTT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO ARE NOW BEHIND ME.

SORRY. MY NAME IS NICK HALL, AND I AM CURRENTLY ONE OF THE STATE DIRECTORS FOR THE ARIZONA CHAPTER OF APWA AND ALSO SERVE AS THE NORTHERN ARIZONA BRANCH PRESIDENT. I AM JOINED HERE TODAY BY OUR NORTHERN BRANCH SECRETARY, JENNIFER BROWN, AND OUR TREASURER, BAILEY QATANA, BOTH OF FLAGSTAFF PUBLIC WORKS. APWA IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER CITIES, TOWNS, COUNTIES, STATES, AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTIONS.

APWA OFFERS EDUCATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC WORKS INSTITUTE AND OUR ANNUAL STATE AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES.

THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION, AN AGENCY CAN CHOOSE TO BECOME AN APWA ACCREDITED AGENCY.

I COMMEND THE CITY STAFF ON PURSUING ACCREDITATION.

IT IS AN INTENSE PROCESS OF SELF-EVALUATION AND ALIGNING OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW NATIONALLY ACCEPTED PRACTICES, ALL WHILE MAINTAINING THE IDENTITY OF THE ORGANIZATION.

THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT AND TAKES TRUE DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS PROCESS BRINGS NATIONAL EXPERIENCE INTO THE SPECIFIC OPERATIONS NEEDED FOR OUR CITY.

TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, ONLY SIX OTHER AGENCIES IN THE STATE HAVE BECOME ACCREDITED SO FAR, WITH JUST OVER 200 NATIONALLY.

THIS WEEK. WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THOSE IN PUBLIC WORKS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT PUBLIC WORKS MEANS TO ALL OF US.

THIS YEAR'S PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, PUBLIC'S SORRY PUBLIC WORKS WEEK THEME IS ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL, WHICH IS A SIMILAR STATEMENT THAT I HEARD EARLIER. PUBLIC WORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS ARE OFTEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

PUBLIC. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS FINE UNTIL THERE IS A PROBLEM.

THE AMOUNT OF LABOR AND CARE THAT KEEPS INFRASTRUCTURE THRIVING IS NOT OFTEN RECOGNIZED.

THESE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU TODAY, AND THOSE WHO CANNOT MAKE IT HERE TODAY, ARE THOSE THAT ENABLE OUR CITIZENS AND GUESTS TO SAFELY TRAVEL DAY TO DAY, TO COME INTO A GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND KNOW IT IS SAFE, CLEAN AND FUNCTIONAL, AND TO ENJOY GENERAL HEALTH AND CLEANLINESS, WHETHER BY SHOVEL OR WRENCH IN HAND AN EQUIPMENT, JOYSTICK, STEERING WHEEL, KEYBOARD OR PEN.

THESE PEOPLE PROVIDE US THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE GET TO ENJOY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

I CANNOT OFFER ENOUGH PRAISE TO THEM FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY DO.

BUT WITH ABSOLUTE SINCERENESS.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF YOUR STAFF AS THEY NAVIGATE WHATEVER CHALLENGES THEY MAY FACE AHEAD OF THEM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. GOOD WORK EVERYBODY.

LOOKING SHARP. THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ERIC GETS A SOUVENIR.

GIVE IT TO YOUR RIGHT THERE BEHIND YOU.

PUT THAT ON HERE. WE'LL GET YOU ON YOUR OWN, BUDDY.

YES, YES, WELL. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

GOT HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME.

LOOK. I BELIEVE YOUR NEXT.

AND SEAN.

JEWISH AMERICAN.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE.

CORRECT. OKAY. WHEREAS THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE THE

[B. Proclamation: Jewish American Heritage Month]

ENDURING HERITAGE OF JEWISH AMERICANS WHOSE VALUES, CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SHAPED OUR CHARACTER AS A NATION FOR GENERATIONS, THE STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE ONE OF RESILIENCE, FAITH AND HOPE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, PREJUDICE AND PERSECUTION HAS BEEN WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR NATION'S STORY.

IT HAS DRIVEN US FORWARD IN OUR ONGOING MARCH FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND FREEDOM AS WE RECOMMIT TO UPHOLDING THE

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PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION'S FOUNDING AND REALIZING THE PROMISE OF AMERICA FOR ALL AMERICANS.

WHEREAS FOR CENTURIES, JEWISH REFUGEES FLEEING OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION ABROAD HAVE SAILED TO OUR SHORES IN SEARCH OF SANCTUARY.

EARLY ON, THEY FOUGHT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, HELPING DEFINE ONE OF THE BEDROCK PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH AMERICA WAS BUILT.

UNION SOLDIERS CELEBRATED PASSOVER IN THE MIDST OF THE CIVIL WAR.

JEWISH SUFFRAGETTES FOUGHT TO EXPAND FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, AND JEWISH FAITH LEADERS LINKED ARMS WITH GIANTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.

WHEREAS THIS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH LET US JOIN HANDS ACROSS FAITH RACES AND BACKGROUNDS TO MAKE CLEAR THAT EVIL, HATE AND ANTI-SEMITISM WILL NOT PREVAIL.

LET US HONOR THE TIMELESS VALUES, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND CULTURE OF JEWISH AMERICANS WHO CARRY OUR NATION FORWARD EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND LET US REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE SACRED WORK OF CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE TOMORROW, PROTECTING THE DIVERSITY THAT DEFINES WHO WE ARE AS A NATION, AND PRESERVING THE DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN BEING HERE AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DEB HARRIS, ON BEHALF OF BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF FLAGSTAFF, RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

I THINK SO.

SO I'M READING THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE MARK COX ONLINE

[D. Proclamation: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month]

WHO PROVIDED US WITH THIS DRAFT PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, AA AND NHPI HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HONOR THE RICH HERITAGE, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO HAVE GREATLY ENRICHED THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS, THE AA AND NHPI COMMUNITY IN FLAGSTAFF REPRESENTS A TAPESTRY OF CULTURES, LANGUAGES, AND TRADITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANT MOSAIC OF OUR CITY.

AND WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AA AND NHPI COMMUNITY TO THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, THE ARTS, EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND BEYOND, ENRICHING OUR CITY AND NATION WITH THEIR TALENTS, INNOVATIONS AND LEADERSHIP.

AND WHEREAS AA AND NHPI HERITAGE MONTH SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY MEMBERS OF THE AA AND NHPI COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HISTORY, INCLUDING DISCRIMINATION, EXCLUSION AND INJUSTICE, AND REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF FLAGSTAFF.

AND WHEREAS, BY CELEBRATING AA AND NHPI HERITAGE MONTH, WE HONOR THE RESILIENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AA AND NHPI COMMUNITY AND COMMIT TO BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ON BEHALF OF BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY AS AA AND NHPI HERITAGE MONTH, AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE CULTURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

AND I BELIEVE, MARK.

WAS INVITED TO MAYBE SHARE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

YEAH, WELL, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CHAMBER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR CELEBRATING AND RECOGNIZING AA AND NHPI. I KNOW THE ACRONYMS DON'T GET SHORTER, BUT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE LOVE AND SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION OF ALL ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT MAKES FLAGSTAFF SO AMAZING IS THAT DIVERSE TAPESTRY THAT WE HAVE AND RECOGNIZING WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND CELEBRATING ALL THE THE FOLKS IN FLAGSTAFF.

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BUT I DO WANT TO JUST SHARE THAT WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT AS A COMMUNITY THAT IT IS BEING RECOGNIZED AT THIS LEVEL AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

MARK.

NEXT IS COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.

[6. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]

AND I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

NOTHING FOR THE HOUSING COMMISSION YET.

WE HAVE OUR MEETING LATER THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE, FOR THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS.

WE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING PRIDE IN THE PINES EVENTS FOR JUNETEENTH, AS WELL AS OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND WORK ON.

SO ALL GOOD THINGS THERE.

I'LL ALSO SHARE THAT THIS PAST WEEK, I JOINED IN THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AND THEY SPOKE TO SEVERAL ISSUES THAT ARE RISING ACROSS THE STATE AND IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTING NOT ONLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BUT ALL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND THEY ARE HOPING TO FOCUS IN ON STATEWIDE CELEBRATIONS OF JUNETEENTH.

SO IF THERE ARE COMMUNITY EVENTS OR CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THEY ARE ASKING FOR COMMUNITIES TO SEND THOSE IN AND LET THEM JOIN IN CELEBRATING WITH US.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. A COUPLE OF UPDATES WITH METROPLAN.

METROPLAN RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR ITS SAFE STREETS MASTER PLAN SS FOR A GRANT FOR A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.

THIS PROJECT WILL HELP PARTNERS DEVELOP COMPLETE STREET GUIDELINES, MEET VISION ZERO GOALS, AND DEVELOP A TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.

IT'S SUPER EXCITING THAT WE GOT THAT THE CHESHIRE ASPHALT ART PROJECT IS COMPLETE.

I WAS OUT THERE AND I BELIEVE MAYOR WAS OUT THERE DOING THE FIRST BRUSH STROKE.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, PLEASE GO AND TAKE A LOOK.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

AND THERE IS A DRONE VIDEO ONLINE AND GO TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHECK THAT OUT.

AND I DID ATTEND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE AND MAYOR DAGGETT, THE MULTICULTURAL PARK SCULPTURE EXHIBIT EXHIBITION, RIBBON CUTTING AT THE LIZ ARCHULETA PARK AND AS THE BPAC COUNCIL LIAISON.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE THIS FROM BEGINNING TO END.

AND WHAT A TERRIFIC ART INSTALLATION.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE GO CHECK IT OUT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WHERE I SEE THAT LIZ ARCHULETA IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

I HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY STAFF THIS WEEK, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU.

PLEASE. MAIER. THANK YOU FOR THE METROPLAN UPDATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

LOTS OF LIAISON ACTIVITY LATER THIS WEEK.

NOTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW.

I ATTENDED THE ART MEET AND GREET FOR THEIR SPEAKER FOR THEIR KICKOFF EVENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

JUST ONE THING.

AND THEN I ATTENDED THE LECTURE, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING LECTURE.

AND I HOPE WE'LL WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF HER SUGGESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine. Unless a member of City Council expresses a desire at the meeting to remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion, the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Consent Agenda as posted.]

ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL MATTERS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL TO BE ROUTINE.

UNLESS A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES A DESIRE AT THE MEETING TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, EXPENDITURES APPROVED BY COUNCIL ARE BUDGETED ITEMS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, YOU HAVE TWO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT AND DISCUSS SEPARATELY.

YES. ITEMS A AND E, I BELIEVE.

A CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT.

THIS IS A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EPA AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AND B IS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT.

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THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

DESIGN PHASES.

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH C AND E PAVING.

OH NO MAYOR IT'S E E OKAY.

SKIPPING DOWN TO E.

ECHO. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH MORNING DEW LANDSCAPING FOR THE CLEO MURDOCK NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $344,169 THROUGH CDBG PROJECT 417-22. OKAY, SO A AND E, WE WILL DISCUSS THOSE IN A MOMENT, BUT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ACCEPT ITEMS A AND E.

MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS B, C, D.

AND F.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK UP TO ITEM NUMBER A, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

[A. Consideration and Approval of Grant Agreement: Grant agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the City of Flagstaff for the Flagstaff Regional Resilience Project. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Grant Agreement #98T90401 with the Environmental Protection Agency for the Flagstaff Regional Resilience Project in the amount of $1,000,000.]

[E. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Cooperative Purchase Contract with Morning Dew Landscaping, Inc. for the Cleo Murdoch Neighborhood Park Construction for Phase One in the amount of $344,169.00 through CDBG Project 417C-22 STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve contract with Morning Dew Landscaping, Inc. in the total amount of $344,169.00 to construct phase one of the Cleo Murdoch Neighborhood Park; and Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents]

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE A AND E AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE MY REASON FOR PULLING THEM.

I AM THE VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

AND THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO VOTE ON THIS. SO I AM GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF.

AND THEN COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I DO NOT RECEIVE A SALARY, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WALKING OUT OF HERE THINKING THAT DEB HARRIS VOTED ON SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT HER ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO THEN WE CAN TAKE A MOTION FOR BOTH.

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A AND E.

MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A AND SEVEN E.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE AYE.

A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING DOWN.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-15: An ordinance amending the Flagstaff City Code, Chapter 1-14, Personnel System, by amending the Employee Handbook of Regulations, Section 1-50-010 Holiday Leave; providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, authority for clerical correction, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Ordinance No. 2024-15 by title only for the final time City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2024-15 by title only (if approved above) Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-15]

ROUTINE ITEMS EIGHT.

A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-15.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE.

CHAPTER ONE DASH 14 PERSONNEL SYSTEM BY AMENDING THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND REGULATIONS.

SO WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS AND HAD THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE TITLE.

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN.

UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.

YES, I JUST WANTED TO.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, VERIFY THAT THIS IS THE AMENDMENT THAT IS ADOPTING JUNETEENTH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAYS AS CITY HOLIDAYS AND AM JUST VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD, APPRECIATIVE TO THE CITY AND STAFF FOR THAT CONSIDERATION AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR THE THAT WE READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 4-15 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.

THANK YOU. AND A SECOND I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE, CHAPTER ONE DASH 14 PERSONNEL SYSTEM BY AMENDING THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK OF REGULATIONS.

SECTION ONE DASH 50 DASH 010 HOLIDAY LEAVE PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.

SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU AND A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.

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MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 4-15.

CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[B. Consideration and Adoption: City of Flagstaff Economic Development Strategic Plan 2024-29. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Hear about changes to the plan based on previous Council discussion, ask any additional questions, and approve the plan. ]

BE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION.

CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

HELLO. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAVID MCINTYRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.

I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO POINT OUT I AM JOINED HERE BY YOUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, CRAIG ZINET CO, RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE POSITION AFTER WORKING SUPER HARD ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM OTHER ROLES FOR A WHILE AND GETTING HIS AAD PRO CERTIFICATION.

SO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE JOINED BY OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

ADDITIONALLY, YOU ARE JOINED BY STILETTO.

MAKE A POINT, WHO IS THE CONSULTING FIRM THAT WAS SELECTED THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND WHO YOU MET ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN WE WERE HERE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM PRIOR.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A BRIEF RECAP AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE INCORPORATED.

AND WITH THAT, I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO STILETTO AND TO LAURA O'BLENIS TO GET US STARTED.

GREAT. THANKS VERY MUCH, DAVE, AND GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

I'M LAURA O'BLENIS, I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF STILETTO.

MAKE A POINT.

AND WE SPECIALIZE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM BUILDING THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE WITH ME ADAM PEABODY, OUR DIRECTOR OF ECOSYSTEMS AND HAS BEEN KEY IN STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, AS DAVE MENTIONED, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR THE DISCUSSION TODAY, WE'VE GOT A VERY BRIEF DECK PUT TOGETHER JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION AND THEN DIVE INTO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF THE REPORT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AND ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR US AS WE LOOK TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN AND MOVING ALONG TO IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION IN APRIL.

JUST WANTED TO RESTATE A FEW QUICK POINTS.

THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE, EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGY, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS THAT WENT INTO THIS, BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT. WE DID DO A COMMUNITY SURVEY.

WE RECEIVED ALMOST 500 RESPONSES FROM THE SURVEY, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD RESPONSE RATE FOR COMMUNITY OF YOUR SIZE.

WE USUALLY LIKE TO SEE A MINIMUM OF 2 TO 300.

AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN NEARLY DOUBLE THAT, WHICH IS GREAT, OVER 34,000 DATA POINTS THAT WERE COLLECTED THROUGH THE PROCESS, INCLUDING SEVEN FOCUS GROUPS THAT WERE COMPLETED WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EXERCISE.

SO QUICK RECAP ON THAT.

A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP ON THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD AND WHY WE WOULD HAVE EMBEDDED SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE VARIOUS GROUPS WE'VE BROKEN THE GROUPS INTO REALLY THREE BUCKETS AND CATEGORIES.

FIRSTLY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A FOCUS ON TALENT RETENTION AND ATTRACTION, INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS GROWTH AND ATTRACTION, AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND OPTIMIZED PROCESS FOR GRANTING BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THE MAIN THEMES THAT WE HEARD WAS ABOUT INCREASING COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ENGAGEMENT, REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND COST OF LIVING. AND THEN FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP CATEGORY OF FEEDBACK, WE WOULD HAVE IMPROVING COMMUNITY ALIGNMENT TO ENHANCE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE, SUPPORTING NAVIGATION OF BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES FOR BUSINESS, INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BROADBAND AND TRANSPORTATION. THOSE WERE THE MAIN THEMES THAT WE WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM THOSE CORE GROUPS, AND WHAT HELPED TO INFORM THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE 34,000 DATA POINTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE.

SO JUST A QUICK RECAP AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE REPORT.

AND BUT WE WANTED TO JUST BRING THIS BACK TO THE FOREFRONT.

REALLY THE VISION IS TO FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TO HAVE A DIVERSE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY, ONE THAT IS UNITED, THAT PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY, WITH A MISSION TO SUPPORT AND TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL.

WITH THESE IN MIND, WE IDENTIFIED FIVE PRIORITY SECTORS.

WE DO LIKE TO SEE THIS OVER TIME NARROWED DOWN TO 2 TO 4.

AND SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY EXIST AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DUE DILIGENCE THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO NARROW THAT DOWN, THAT YOU MIGHT SEE THIS SHRINK OVER TIME IN TERMS OF SOME OF THESE FOCUS AREAS, BUT BASED ON THE DATA POINTS THAT WE COLLECTED AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTHS THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD ON, WE IDENTIFIED FIVE CORE SECTORS THAT WE BELIEVE AS HAVE POTENTIAL FOR YOU IN LEVERAGING FURTHER MARKET

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OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT INCLUDES ASTRONOMY, FOOD PROCESSING, FOREST PRODUCTS, MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE, AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

THE PILLARS FOR IMPACT MEANING THE FOUR CORE ELEMENTS THAT ARE THE THEMES THAT WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS SIT INCLUDE FOCUS AND POSITIONING, BRANDING AND AWARENESS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE DID GO THROUGH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR LAST DISCUSSION.

BUT FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATION, WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IN TERMS OF ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FOR US AND THINGS THAT RESONATE WITH YOU AND HOPEFULLY MAKE SENSE TO YOU IN THE CONVERSATION. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL PILLARS AND SOME OF THE CORE ELEMENTS HERE FOR YOU AT A GLANCE LOOKING AT FOCUS AND POSITIONING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS LIKE IDENTIFYING AND MOBILIZING PRIORITY SECTORS, EXPLORING ADJACENT SECTORS, AND ALIGNING THE TALENT PIPELINE AND THE BRANDING AND AWARENESS LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE BRANDING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE DID SEE, THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS AROUND YOUR LOGO THAT'S GOING TO BE REDESIGNED, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING COMMUNICATING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF VALUE PROPOSITION, ENHANCING YOUR WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS.

INCREASE AWARENESS OF SECTOR STRENGTHS AND RESOURCES.

RAISING YOUR COMMUNITY.

AWARENESS OF CITY POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND SUPPORTS.

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY ABOUT DEFINING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESTABLISHING SOME CORE METRICS IN THAT AREA, ATTRACTING AND EXPANDING YOUR BUSINESSES THAT ALIGN WITH YOUR CRITERIA AROUND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION AND THEN EXPANDING BUSINESS SUPPORTS THAT PROMOTE THAT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOUR COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT PURSUING FUNDING TO ADDRESS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES, STRENGTHENING YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEN FORMALIZING YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS.

JUST AGAIN, A REAL QUICK RECAP ON THE SECTORS.

WE INCLUDED JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL DATA POINTS HERE IN TERMS OF WHY THESE FIVE ROSE TO THE TOP.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME REFINED FURTHER BASED ON MARKET MARKET OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND YOUR SURROUNDING AREA.

BUT THIS IS HERE FROM A, FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE CORE DATA POINTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE YOUR POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS AT YOUR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, THE TYPES OF JOB POSTINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND YOUR WORKFORCE YOUR R&D EXPENDITURES.

SO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS GIVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL SNAPSHOT OF THESE AREAS AND SOME OF THE KEY OPPORTUNITIES.

MEASURING IMPACT OVER TIME. WE'VE INCLUDED THIS AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE REPORT AND HAPPY TO TO DISCUSS.

BUT WE WE WE FIND THIS IS HELPFUL IN TERMS OF MANAGING SORT OF TIMELINES OF WHEN CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED BOTH IN THE STRATEGY AND HOW THIS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED OVER TIME, OF WHEN YOU MIGHT SEE IMPACT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, WHETHER IT'S TODAY, WITHIN A YEAR, WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS, WITHIN FIVE, WITHIN TEN AND WITHIN 20.

WE DO OFTEN SEE WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING CLUSTERS AND DEVELOPING THESE AREAS AND THESE SECTORS OVER TIME, IT DOES TAKE ABOUT A DECADE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL AND INTENTIONAL IMPACT.

AND SO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES CAN BE MEASURED OVER TIME AS YOU BUILD THAT UP.

BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THAT THAT MAY TAKE A BIT LONGER TO MEASURE.

AND SO IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT WE CAN SEE INCREMENTAL PROGRESS OVER TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND AND WHY WE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOU IN OUR LAST COUNCIL CONVERSATION.

AND AS DAVE MENTIONED, THIS WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

THERE WAS A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FROM THE CONVERSATION.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FOR THE QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL TO US IN REFINING THE REPORT AND ADDING SOME OTHER ELEMENTS IN.

SO WE DID ADD IN A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK FROM WHERE WE WERE PRIOR TO THAT CONVERSATION AND WHERE WE WHERE WE LANDED WITH THE REPORT TODAY.

SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TOURISM IS A REALLY CORE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT.

IT'S NOT INCLUDED AS ONE OF YOUR SECTORS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A SEPARATE TOURISM STRATEGY.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DIVE INTO THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS.

BUT WE DID INCLUDE THAT AS A FOUNDATIONAL SECTION FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT FOR YOU.

THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS AROUND CHILDCARE AND HOUSING AS PROMINENT ISSUES.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY DID ADD IN SOME LANGUAGE TO PRIORITIZE THESE ELEMENTS, BOTH IN THE SWOT ANALYSIS AND SOME OF THE OTHER CORE PIECES.

THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT AROUND FILM BEING MORE PROMINENT AS A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO WE DID INCLUDE THAT INTO PILLAR THREE, ADDING IT AS AN EMERGING SECTOR FROM A TOURISM SECTOR SNAPSHOT PERSPECTIVE.

WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF MARRY THAT IN AND LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE WE DID THINK THAT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION AND ONE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO EXPLORE.

WE ALSO ADDED IN THERE WAS A COMMENT AROUND THE MARKET DEMAND AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS LOOK TO BE FORECASTING IN

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SORT OF A DECLINE.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST TO THAT, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER AREAS IS DOING MODELING AND FORECASTING FOR WHAT THE FUTURE DEMAND MAY BE, SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE THOSE SECTORS WOULD GO BASED ON HOW OTHER AREAS OF THE ECONOMY MAY GROW ONCE IT'S DIVERSIFIED, INSTEAD OF JUST STUDYING PAST PERFORMANCE.

WE DO FIND THAT THAT IS HELPFUL.

AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED THAT IN AS A RECOMMENDATION TO BE ABLE TO GATHER THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO MAKE DECISION ON THAT SECTOR SNAPSHOTS.

AGAIN, MENTIONING THAT WE DID ADD IN SOME OTHER INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ON TOURISM IN THE REPORT TO SHOW THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO YOUR EXISTING ECONOMY AS YOU WORK TO DIVERSIFY IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER SECTOR AREA OPPORTUNITIES.

WE THERE WAS ALSO SOME FEEDBACK ON HOUSING TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE PROMINENT AS A PRECURSOR TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE, WE HAVE NORMAL TRADITIONAL FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER PIECES.

AND SO WE'VE ADDED THAT IN AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED IN THE SALES TAX AS A KPI.

AND THIS IS INCLUDED IN PILLAR ONE.

SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH.

BUT WANTED TO FLAG THAT THAT WE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK.

WE'VE INCORPORATED IN VARIOUS AREAS WITHIN THE REPORT.

WE HOPE THAT THAT HELPS.

AND WE DO THINK THAT THAT ROUNDS IT OUT QUITE NICELY IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WERE.

AND SO WANTED TO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO COVER, TO HIGHLIGHT.

WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IN TERMS OF ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I'LL STOP THE SCREEN SHARE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

WELL. THANK YOU. LAURA.

COUNCIL. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MEETING AND INCORPORATING THAT.

IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED.

AND MY QUESTION IS FOR DAVE, I'M WONDERING, AFTER TONIGHT, IS THERE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ON SOME VARIOUS IDEAS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS ON THAT I FIND INTRIGUING? MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE TYPES OF PIECES THAT ARE PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.

WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE KIND OF HOPING FOR TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT'S UP TO YOU, OF COURSE, WOULD BE ADOPTION OF THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.

AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO THAT IMPLEMENTATION STAGE.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION COULD GO BASED ON HOW THE DOCUMENTS FORMED DEVELOPING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WOULD BE AN AREA FOR THERE.

A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM F CUBED COULD BE ALSO C SEEN AS A PART OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, WHERE WE FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE HOW CHILDCARE COULD BE A PART, HOW COMMERCIAL KITCHENS FIT INTO FOOD PROCESSING.

SO REALLY WHERE WE SEE THIS GOING FROM HERE IS THAT ADOPTION CREATES THIS HIGH LEVEL FRAMEWORK, WHICH THEN WE ROLL INTO IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT THAT REALLY ENGAGES ON A MORE DETAILED LEVEL, THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS THAT I THINK YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT.

WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND IN FACT, AS PART OF THE STRATEGIES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF IT IS ABOUT COMING TO COMMUNITY CONSENSUS AND ACTUALLY BUILDING A SENSE OF UNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND AND THAT'S DONE, I BELIEVE, WITH THOSE VOICES THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM IN MIND AND AT THE TABLE, SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE KPIS, WHAT THOSE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE TO AVOID ACRONYMS AND AND REALLY TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE, HOW DO WE REALLY MAKE IT FIT? FLAGSTAFF WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF BOTH GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL NORMS? SO IS THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS DOWN THE ROAD.

THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.

COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND ONE IS KIND OF IN THE WEEDS.

LAURA, ONE OF THE POINTS WHEN YOU WERE GOING OVER THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED UNDER COMMUNIST OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THAT. WAS THE PUBLIC ASKING FOR TO KNOW WHEN THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES? AN ATOM. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY CALL ON ATOM AS WELL.

I KNOW HE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE FEEDBACK, AND I'M I'M HAPPY TO KIND OF CHIME IN.

AND AND ADAM, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING FURTHER, I THINK THE FEEDBACK WAS ULTIMATELY AROUND THE NOTION THAT THERE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. BUT THE MECHANISM OF SHARING THAT FEEDBACK IS NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE

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HAPPENING THAT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT BE POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEY SIMPLY WERE NOT AWARE OF.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE BRANDING AND AWARENESS RECOMMENDATIONS KIND OF CAME IN, IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING THAT IN A WAY, AND IN PLATFORMS WHERE FOLKS ARE SEEING IT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE CRITICISM WAS AROUND THAT THINGS WERE NOT NECESSARILY HAPPENING, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT THEM.

AND, ADAM, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD IN ON THAT, I KNOW YOU LIKELY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE.

THANKS, LAURA, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MAYOR.

THE JUST TO ADD TO LAURA'S ANSWER.

CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEARD WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY ALONG FOR THE JOURNEY.

AS THIS STRATEGY IS IMPLEMENTED AND YOU KNOW, HEARING ABOUT SPECIFIC INITIATIVES, SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS STORIES FROM BUSINESSES ETC. WERE SOME OF THE POINTERS AND ASKS THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM AS IT RELATES TO THAT SPECIFIC POINT.

SO IT WASN'T THAT ENTREPRENEURS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

IT WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY'S ECONOMIC VITALITY.

WORK. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHAPING THAT AS THE POSITIVE STORY AND STORIES AND UNDERSTANDING YOU KNOW, WHERE THE WINDS ARE, HOW FLAGSTAFF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHERE THE REAL STRENGTHS WERE FOR THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. MCINTYRE. AND THERE IS NO CORRECT ANSWER TO THIS.

MY FAVORITE. I'M WONDERING WHETHER YOU HAVE COMPARED AND CONTRASTED THIS PLAN WITH, SAY, O'CONNOR'S PLAN OR ANY OTHER REGIONAL PLANS.

AND IF YOU HAVE IF YOU IF YOU HAD ANY TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT AND IF YOU HAVEN'T.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR. YEAH, HAPPILY.

SPEAK TO THAT AND THEN I MAY OFFER UP THAT.

THERE WAS ALSO SOME COMPARISONS DONE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, AND MAYBE THOSE WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO.

BUT WE DID. WE ACTUALLY USED SEDONA'S PLAN AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE PUT OUT OUR SOCK, BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE, LIKE AS A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, IT HAD BEEN DONE VERY WELL. BUT OF COURSE, FLAGSTAFF AND SEDONA ARE QUITE DIFFERENT.

SO IN SOME WAYS WE LOOKED AT THAT PLAN AS AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WERE KIND OF HOPING FOR.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THEIR FOCUS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OURS.

AND THEIR THEIR TYPE OF ECONOMIC SITUATION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OURS AS WELL.

WHEN IT CAME TO ECONOMY, THERE ARE SOME NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A KONA IS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND OBVIOUSLY THEIR THEIR LOOK IS MUCH BROADER.

ALSO PART OF THE THE ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES IS THAT THERE THERE'S THOSE FOCUSED SIGNIFICANTLY ON HOUSING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A MAJOR ECONOMIC ISSUE.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE ARE THE CITY IN PARTICULAR, AND WE HAVE A HOUSING SECTION AND A HOUSING TEN YEAR PLAN, IT REALLY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO FOCUS MORE ON THE TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECES THAT HELP GAIN ENOUGH WEALTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR HOUSING, BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. WE HAVE MET WITH THE KONA ECONO WAS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.

THEY WERE A STAKEHOLDER INVOLVED, AND WE'VE WORKED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THESE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

BUT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON FLAGSTAFF ITSELF.

AND KONA IS LEGITIMATELY A MUCH BROADER, MORE REGIONAL APPROACH.

BUT YES, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AT THE STRATEGIC PLANS FROM A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES GETTING IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.

I'LL ASK LAURA AND ADAM.

I KNOW THEY DID COMPARISONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND I BELIEVE READY KONA'S PLAN AS PART OF THEIR PROCESS.

SO, LAURA, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING OR.

ADAM. YEAH, SURE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MAYOR.

TO DAVE'S POINT, WE WE CERTAINLY DID LOOK AT THE ARKONA PLAN AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S IT'S AUGMENTING EXISTING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEADING IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY.

AND SO WE LOOKED BOTH INTERNALLY, SORT OF AT THE LOCAL LEVEL SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED, WE DO A FAIR AMOUNT IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND SO WE ALSO WOULD HAVE LOOKED CLOSELY AT SOME OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR SIZE AND SCALE OR SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED A BIT MORE BROADLY TO OTHERS IN OTHER STATES THAT HAD SIMILAR TYPES OF DYNAMICS AND CORE VALUE PROPOSITION OFFERINGS INCLUDING IN MONTANA, NORTH CAROLINA, UTAH, COLORADO.

AND SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WERE KIND OF DOING AND STUDYING THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT MIGHT WE LEARN FROM SORT OF A BEST PRACTICES PERSPECTIVE.

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SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS IN LOOKING AT BOTH THE LOCAL AREA, YOUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WAS BEING PUT FORWARD WOULD BE ADDITIVE AND NOT DUPLICATION.

AND AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER ECOSYSTEMS AND AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, ADAM, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING, BUT.

YEAH. NO, I THINK THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS IT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. SO COUNCIL.

IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN.

MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN 2024 TO 2029.

THANK YOU. AND AND YOU SECONDED IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT INTO THIS.

AND TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LENT THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO DEVELOPING THIS PLAN AS WELL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE ARE MOVING DOWN NOW.

ITEM C CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.

[C. Consideration and Approval of Preliminary Plat: JP325, LLC requests Preliminary Plat approval for Juniper Point, Parcel 2, located at 2000 John Wesley Powell Boulevard, a single-family subdivision of 62 lots on 17.54 (gross) or 11.36 (net) acres in the RR (Rural Residential) Zone utilizing the Planned Residential Development (PRD) option. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Preliminary Plat in accordance with the findings presented in this report, the following conditions, and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation of approval (6-0 vote in favor on April 24, 2024). The Final Plat shall adjust the plat boundaries to include the remainder of Juniper Point Parcel 1 Tract G. The Final Plat and Engineering plans shall adjust the plat boundaries to include all areas that are being utilized for Resource Protection calculations.]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY NAME IS WESLEY WELCH WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR JUNIPER POINT PARCEL TWO.

SO JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW.

THIS REQUEST IS FROM A JP 325 LLC CAPSTONE HOMES, FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR PARCEL TWO LOCATED AT 2000 JOHN WESLEY POWELL.

IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION WITH 62 SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOTS ON 17.54 ACRES IN THE RR ZONE.

STAFF APPROVED THE PLAT ON MARCH 15TH, AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON APRIL 24TH.

JUST A QUICK VICINITY MAP IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE NORTH OF PINE CANYON.

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST EAST OF COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THERE'S SOME UNDEVELOPED LAND IN THE AREA.

IT'S PART OF THE LARGER OVERALL JUNIPER POINT DEVELOPMENT.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE PARCEL ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW MORE PLATS IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

IT'S 325 ACRE SITE BETWEEN JOHN WESLEY POWELL BOULEVARD AND I-40.

PARCEL ONE HAS 38 LOTS WITHIN 105.8 ACRES.

PARCEL TWO FALLS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF JUNIPER POINT PARCEL ONE.

THEY HAD A LARGER TRACT THAT WAS RESERVED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SO PARCEL TWO IS 17.54 ACRES, WHICH IS PART OF THAT LARGER SUBDIVISION.

IT'S RR ZONE 62 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

IT HAS THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY, HAS THE STEEP SLOPES AND FOREST RESOURCES ARE SET ASIDE TO BE PROTECTIVE.

THE PLAT ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE THE OVERALL LAND TO SET IT, SO WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT ON THE FINAL PLAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE LAND INCLUDED ON THE PLAT FOR THE RESOURCE PROTECTION. SO HERE'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PLAT.

IT WAS IN THE ATTACHMENTS AND ALSO THE STAFF REPORT.

I'LL LEAVE IT HERE FOR A SECOND FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOING TO COME OFF J.W.P.

RIGHT HERE FROM ROCK POINT.

PARCEL ONE IS SOUTH.

WELL JUST SOUTH OF HERE.

RIGHT HERE. AND THEN OVER HERE.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE 62 LOTS.

SO THERE ARE THREE FINDINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET.

THE FIRST ONE IS THAT IT MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS OF THE ZONING CODE.

SO IT MEETS THEY'RE DOING THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

SO THEIR GROSS DENSITY RIGHT NOW IS 3.53 UNITS AN ACRE JUST ON PARCEL TWO.

SO THE PRD IS THE CLUSTERING, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO CLUSTER YOUR DENSITY AND THEN SAY PUT ASIDE LAND IN ANOTHER LOCATION FOR RESOURCES AND FOR OPEN SPACE. SO THE ADDITIONAL LAND IS SET ASIDE.

IT'S PART OF THAT PARCEL ONE SUBDIVISION.

AND ON THEIR FINAL PLAT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT LAND AS WELL.

SO FOR THE LOT DESIGN, IT'S THE PRD ALLOWS FOR THE SMALLER LOT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE SMALLER THAN AN ACRE.

AND THEY'RE USING THE T THREE AND TWO TRANSECT ZONE STANDARDS.

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE TYPE, A FEW DIFFERENT PORCH TYPES.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME REDUCED SETBACKS.

IT DOES MEET THE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS ON THE OVERALL SITE.

I'LL SHOW YOU THAT HERE ON THE NEXT PAGE.

SO RIGHT HERE IS PARCEL TWO ITSELF.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE REMOVING A LOT OF THE RESOURCES ON THAT SITE, BUT THE LARGER OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SITE HAS A LOT OF TREES AND STEEP SLOPES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SAVED IN THE FUTURE. SO THE OTHER RELEVANT STANDARDS FROM THE ZONING CODE ARE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

THERE WAS A CULTURAL RESOURCE STUDY FROM 2006, AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION OFFICER.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROPOSED CONNECTION TO THE BOW AND ARROW WASH RAIL TRAIL THROUGH PARCEL THREE AND THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS PLAT CONTAINS TRACKS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR OPEN AND CIVIC SPACE.

NUMBERS ARE NOT PERFECTLY CALIBRATED.

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IT'S GOING TO BE FIXED ON THE FINAL PLAT.

SO FINDING TWO IS THAT IT MEETS THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS.

A PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED, AND THERE'S COMPLIANCE CONFIRMED WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS WHICH ARE IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW.

ACCESS AND TRAFFIC.

THERE'S A MASTER TIA FOR THE WHOLE 325 ACRE DEVELOPMENT SITE.

TRAFFIC STATEMENT WAS PROVIDED JUST FOR PARCELS ONE THROUGH THREE, AND THAT WAS APPROVED.

WHO? THERE WE GO.

SO WATER AND WASTEWATER.

THERE'S A NEW EIGHT INCH AND 12 INCH WATER LINE.

EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE.

PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE REPORT FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH PASSES ONE THROUGH THREE, WAS PREPARED 2023 MARCH 7TH AND REVIEWED BY STAFF AND APPROVED.

FINDING THREE IS THAT IT MEETS THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.

SO THERE'S THE PROCEDURES AND THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE THE PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FROM PREVIOUS SLIDES AND LOT DESIGN, STREET DESIGN, EASEMENT AND BLOCK DESIGN ARE ALL MET ON THIS.

SO IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, BASED ON THE FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SIX ZERO, APPROVES THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

THAT THE FINAL PLAT.

ADJUST THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PLAT TO INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF JUNIPER POINT, PARCEL ONE, TRACT G, AND THAT THE FINAL PLAT AND ENGINEERING PLAN SHALL ADJUST THE PLAT BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE ALL AREAS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION CALCULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THEN I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

GO AHEAD. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PLAT.

ITEM EIGHT C WITH THE LISTED CONDITIONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MOVING DOWN TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

NINE A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 17.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2024-17: A resolution approving the City of Flagstaff's 2024 Annual Action Plan and authorizing its submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read Resolution No. 2024-17 by title only City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2024-17 (if approved above) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-17]

THIS IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF'S 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND AUTHORIZING ITS SUBMISSION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. ONE SECOND.

I JUST HAVE TO LOG INTO MY COMPUTER REALLY QUICKLY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY AS WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF CDBG FUNDS AND TO REQUEST A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO HUD.

QUICKLY. I JUST WANT TO REVIEW THE FUNDS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

EXCUSE ME. CHRISTINE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE A QUESTION.

YES. MY QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY CLERK.

CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION PUT ON OUR TEAM SCREEN? THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME.

THAT OKAY? THANK YOU. THAT WORKS.

THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FUNDS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE WEEKS SINCE WE WERE LAST HERE.

HUD HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED THE ENTITLEMENT ALLOCATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

YOU'LL REMEMBER WE ESTIMATED ABOUT $535,000 AS AN AVERAGE BASED ON OUR LAST TWO YEARS OF ALLOCATIONS.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR OUR AWARD HAS INCREASED TO $588,146.

AND WHILE WE'D LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT INCREASE, THE AMOUNT IS BASED JUST ON A FORMULA YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM MY LAST PRESENTATION.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER.

HOWEVER, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADD TO THIS ALLOCATION AMOUNT WITH PROGRAM INCOME, WHICH YOU'LL REMEMBER, OUR FUNDS FROM LOANS PAID BACK TO THE CITY FROM PAST REHABILITATION AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS A REALLOCATION OF THE OBLIGATED FUNDS.

THESE FUNDS ARE FROM A PAST YEAR ALLOCATION.

THIS YEAR, IT'S FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AS WELL AS FUNDS FROM THE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM CARRIED OUT BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

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SO WE ARE REPROGRAMING THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO THIS YEAR.

THIS MEANS WE HAVE $775,459 FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR 2024 ALLOCATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THE SPENDING CAPS ON HOW THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED.

HUD REQUIRES THAT JUST 20% OF THE FUNDING BE SPENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES AND INDIRECT COSTS, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO USE 15% OF THE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS.

AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT BENEFIT TO CLIENTS.

AND CDBG IS USED TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OR PROGRAMMATIC COSTS.

THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT ON HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, OR PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY BASED ON THE INCREASE IN FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION, AT THE APRIL 9TH MEETING, HOUSING STAFF WORKED TO IDENTIFY AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR'S HOUSING ACTIVITY FUNDS.

WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE HOUSING ACTIVITY FUNDS BE SPLIT HALF FOR FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES FOR IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY AT THE LANTERN, THEIR NEW RECENTLY PURCHASED HOTEL AND HALF TO AID IN THE ACQUISITIONS OF TWO AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS TO BE ACQUIRED BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE TAKING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS ABOUT $134,000 AND A LITTLE LESS THAN THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS THEN SPLIT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TEAMS OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THESE FUNDS, AGAIN, ARE ALL FOR PROGRAMMATIC OR OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES THAT THAT MEET BASIC HUMAN NEEDS LIKE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE, SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

YOU CAN SEE AS WELL THAT WE HAVE REMOVED ANY RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY BY CATS OF FLAGSTAFF.

IN RESPONSE TO YOUR DIRECTION, AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THESE UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.

NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM BEYOND WHAT I CAN ANSWER.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE ARE HOPEFUL TO WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THIS ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO HUD.

THIS IS NOW COMING DUE BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE FINAL ALLOCATION AMOUNTS.

TYPICALLY IT'S DUE MAY 15TH.

WE GOT AN EXTENSION BECAUSE IT TOOK CONGRESS AND HUD SO LONG TO GET THOSE FORMULA ALLOCATIONS OUT.

SO THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE? SO I SEE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LANTERN.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT THE NEXT ONE ACQUISITION OF TWO AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO HELP TWO FAMILIES.

AND I JUST KIND OF WONDER IF.

IF THAT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR FUNDS.

THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS IN THAT REGARD, OR DO YOU AS STAFF HAVE ANY THOUGHTS IN THAT REGARD? I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST IT, BUT I AT LEAST WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THINK THAT BOTH HAVE VALUE AND I THINK BOTH ARE IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS TO REMEMBER IS THAT FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES IS ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT WITH THIS FUNDING.

THEY'LL ALSO BE USING FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN A PAST YEAR FOR KITCHENETTES.

INSTEAD, THEY WILL USE THAT FUNDING FOR THESE MORE URGENT NEEDS.

I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT PROVIDING PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS IS IS ALSO REALLY CRUCIAL.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THE NUMBERS TO VERSUS YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS A YEAR, 300 TO 1000 INDIVIDUALS A YEAR, DEPENDING ON WHICH PROGRAM.

FLAG SHELTER IS PUTTING THEM IN.

BUT I THINK THEY, THEY EQUALLY HAVE VALUE IN.

AND AS FAR AS DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS, IT'S TOTALLY YOUR YOUR GUIDANCE COUNCIL.

I JUST ASK IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

I GUESS I'M ON THE SAME PAGE AS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

BUT MINE IS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK, MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TWO UNITS.

AND WHILE I AGREE THAT SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING I WANT TO KNOW HOW THOSE UNITS ARE, HOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING INTO THOSE UNITS ARE SELECTED. AND IF IT IS A FAIR PROCESS AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT JUST WE PUT IT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND SO THEN FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

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I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT THOSE FUNDS.

HOW DO WE LOOK AT HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING MANAGED AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIE FOR THOSE TWO APARTMENTS OR HOUSING OR WHATEVER THEY ARE.

THANK YOU. SO.

HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA IS A HUD APPROVED HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCY.

THEY FOLLOW ALL FAIR HOUSING LAWS.

AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS ON OUR RECENT APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR STAFF ARE TRAINED IN EQUITY AND AND EQUALITY AND FAIR AND FAIR HOUSING GUIDELINES.

AND SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT ORGANIZATION TO BE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FINDING TENANTS FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. THEY'RE ALSO A HUGE PARTICIPANT IN THE FRONT DOOR.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THESE TWO UNITS, THEIR REFERRALS ARE TAKEN FROM THE FRONT DOOR, BUT I KNOW THAT FOR HOUSING SOLUTIONS, BOTH JOJO'S PLACE AND SHARON MANOR, ALL OF THEIR REFERRALS ARE TAKEN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IS A GREAT WAY FOR OUR CITY TO HANDLE FOLKS COMING IN INTO OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT CREATES JUST ONE LIST.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE FOLKS COMPETING BY GETTING ON ONE LIST OR THE OTHER.

THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, THAT THAT'S NOT SATISFACTORY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO STOP THIS, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ANSWER DOES NOT SATISFY ME.

SO THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU. I'M ONLY WEIGHING IN HERE BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ AN EMAIL FROM DEVON MCLAUGHLIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

SHE CANNOT BE HERE.

I THINK SHE HAS A CHILD GRADUATING.

A YOUNG ADULT CHILD.

BUT IN HER EMAIL.

AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THIS IS TO YOUR QUESTION, I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT VERBATIM, IF I MAY.

THIS IS EXCERPTED OUT OF HER EMAIL.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED RENTERS WHO EARN LESS THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR BOTH UNITS AND ARE WORKING TO MOVE FOLKS INTO THE APARTMENTS, ENSURING THEY HAVE DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ELABORATION WITHIN THE THE TEXT OF THAT EMAIL, BUT I WANTED TO REFERENCE THAT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

I DID READ HER EMAIL AND I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT STILL DOESN'T SATISFY ME.

I WANT TO KNOW.

OF THE 80 PEOPLE WHO WERE MAKING 80 LOW BELOW 80% OF INCOME.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW WHAT THAT POOL LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF DIVERSIFICATION.

AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ETHNIC DIVERSIFICATION.

SO YOU CAN HAVE 20 PEOPLE IN THAT POOL, ARE ALL 20 OF THEM FROM THE SAME ETHNIC GROUP OR ARE THEY FROM A DIVERSE GROUP? AND THEN YOU SELECT FROM THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

AND THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER THAT I'M GETTING.

SO AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN.

WELL STATED, AND WE CAN APPROACH THIS A NUMBER OF WAYS.

I THINK SARAH MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS TOO, BUT WE COULD APPROVE THE FUNDING, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST SOME DEADLINES AND HAVE A PRESENTATION COME BACK TO YOU WHEN HOUSING SOLUTIONS IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE QUESTION ABOUT DIVERSITY.

I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER.

HARRIS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I'M HOPING WE'RE UNDERSTANDING IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

I'M NOT EQUIPPED TO DO THAT, BUT I CAN RELAY THAT.

OVERSEEING RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAMS VIA OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE ARE UNABLE TO TARGET SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF FAIR HOUSING REGULATIONS. AND SO WE CANNOT SPECIFICALLY SELECT BASED ON RACE, CREED, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, FAMILIAL STATUS. I'M MISSING TWO.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO STOP YOU RIGHT THERE.

AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I KNOW THE GUIDELINES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.

WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT.

ARE YOU OR ARE THEY MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO ALL POPULATIONS SO THAT ALL POPULATIONS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIE FOR THOSE APARTMENTS? I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO, YOU KNOW, TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE BASED ON ETHNICITY.

I'M ASKING YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO WHERE THOSE FOLKS ARE AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS GETTING TO THEM?

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THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

AND HOW ARE WE ASSURED THAT THAT IS HAPPENING? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION.

I WAS JUST HANDED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM DEVONA.

SO SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT SHE'S LISTENING.

IT SAYS I'M GOING TO READ IT VERBATIM.

TENANT SELECTION FOR CDBG FUNDED UNITS.

WE FIRST LOOK AT EXISTING TENANTS IN OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS TO SEE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO MOVE INTO A PERMANENT UNIT BASED ON HOUSEHOLD SIZE, INCOME, ETC.

THE FIRST TWO UNITS WILL BE LEASED TO SHARON MANOR TENANTS TRANSITIONING TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY'S QUESTION IS THAT PERMANENT HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS OVERALL, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A SPOT FOR FOLKS WITHIN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING IS A CRITICAL STEP WITHIN THAT HOUSING CONTINUUM.

THAT IS HER RESPONSE.

I'M GUESSING YOU DESIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I CAN TELL YOU ON THEIR CDBG CONTRACTS IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE GONE AND MONITORED WE HAVE FOUND THEIR OUTREACH AND PUBLICITY METHODS IN LINE WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED WITH CDBG AND ALSO TO BE COMPREHENSIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE WILL GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FUNDING THIS EVENING.

AND CAN I? AS I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THIS UP, BUT I REALLY WANT THIS ON THE RECORD THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION FOR ALMOST 18 MONTHS NOW, AND I'M NOT GETTING A SATISFACTORY ANSWER.

I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE HUD GUIDELINES ARE IN REGARDS OF HOW YOU SELECT PEOPLE.

YOU CAN'T LOOK AT RACE, AND I KNOW THAT.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF IF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN MY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR IN MY SHARON MANOR.

IF IF THEY'RE ALL OF ONE BACKGROUND, THEN THAT DOESN'T HELP THE OTHER FOLKS THAT MAY BE IN THAT SIMILAR SITUATION.

THAT'S NOT A PART OF SHARON MANOR.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M WHERE I'M COMING FROM? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

I CAN TELL YOU THE THE MECHANISMS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENTER INTO OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE BROAD.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE FUNCTION OF THE FRONT DOOR IS SO THAT IT REACHES A GREATER, A GREATER GROUP OF FOLKS NEEDING SERVICE.

I THINK I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU, AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE INTRICACIES OF YOUR QUESTION AND ALSO HELP EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL HOW BROAD THOSE NETS ARE.

AND AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HERE.

AND SO I'M GOING TO STEP OUT THERE.

WE KNOW THAT SYSTEMS ARE SET UP.

AND WHEN SOMETIMES WHEN SYSTEMS ARE SET UP, THEY ARE INHERENTLY RACIST OKAY.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S DATA OUT THERE THAT TELLS US THAT THERE'S PROOF OUT THERE.

AND SO THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I'M ANSWERING THAT I'M ASKING OKAY.

AND SO.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT FLAGSTAFF IS A RACIST COMMUNITY OR CITY, SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING OUT OF HERE THINKING THAT OR SAYING THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS SAID.

BUT I KNOW THAT SYSTEMS, WHEN WE SET THEM UP BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT INSTITUTIONALISM THAT THAT HAPPENS.

OKAY. AND SO LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THIS UP, BUT I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

MORE BROADLY, JUST OKAY, WE SET THIS PROCESS UP.

AND SO WHOEVER GETS IN GETS IN.

THAT'S THAT'S NOT SATISFACTORY FOR OUR CITY.

YEAH. FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION ARE A CORNERSTONE TO OUR PROGRAMS. THEY ARE CORNERSTONE TO THE TEN YEAR PLAN AND HAVE BEEN FOREFRONT WE'RE FOREFRONT WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THE FRONT DOOR PROCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND WORKING TO THE GREATEST EXTENT, WE'RE ABLE TO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING IN SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION.

WE WORK WITH MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE WE EVEN STEP BACK AND LOOK AT SOMETHING AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE MISSING? AND WHO MIGHT BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS? AND IF THERE'S AN ONLINE APPLICATION, HOW DO WE ENSURE FOLKS WITHOUT ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY ARE ABLE TO? WE DO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

AND WE'LL GET YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND I'M REALLY SPEAKING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY'S COMMENT.

I GUESS I'LL START WITH A QUESTION.

SO IN WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE FOR FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES, YOU YOU DID SAY THAT THAT MEETS THE NEED.

CORRECT. THAT'S THE PROGRAM OR THE PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING THAT'S THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT VERSUS THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA FUNDING, WHICH IS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SPECIFIED IF THAT FULLY MEETS THE NEED OR IF IT'S MORE SUPPORTING, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SEE THE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO FUNDING PROGRAMS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, IT'S MEETING THOSE DIFFERENT NEEDS.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? YES. SO IT'S KIND OF TRICKY BECAUSE THESE ORGANIZATIONS DIDN'T REQUEST FUNDING, SO THERE WASN'T AN OUTLINE OF EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED.

HOWEVER, I KNOW FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA THEY SO THEY DID THIS SAME PROJECT.

THEY PURCHASED TWO AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS WITH FUNDS FROM LAST YEAR.

THEY USED $250,000 AND THAT HELPED AS A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE UNITS.

SO THEY USED PRIVATE MORTGAGE FINANCING TO COMPLETE THOSE PURCHASES.

THE PRICE POINT FOR THOSE UNITS HAS GONE UP QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND SO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S AFFORDABLE AT THE SAME RATE.

THE LAST TIME THEY DID THIS PROJECT WAS AS FAR AS FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES GOES.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ARE A TON, AND, AND THEY NEED TO FUNDRAISE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

HOWEVER THE CDBG FUNDS WERE NOT LIKE A SURPRISE, BUT LIKE, OH, GREAT, THAT WILL BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.

WE DEFINITELY NEED THOSE.

WE WERE PLANNING ON ASKING FOR THEM NEXT YEAR, BUT THERE WASN'T LIKE A WE NEED THIS MUCH OR IT CAN'T GO FORWARD.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ROSS FROM SHELTER SERVICES WAS ABLE TO JOIN US OR NOT.

SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BETTER.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FUNDS ARE ARE WELCOME, AND THAT IT WAS BETWEEN 200 AND 300,000 THAT THEY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE IF THIS WENT FORWARD.

THAT WAS THE BALLPARK I GAVE THEM WHEN I WAS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO YEAH, I THINK IN THE ALLOCATIONS THAT I'M SEEING NOW, I DO FEEL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAY THIS IS BEING BROKEN UP.

AND JUST TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S COMMENTS, I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION WOULD ALSO BE ABOUT THE DISTINCTIONS OF DISPARATE IMPACT IN POLICIES AND HOW THAT'S, THAT'S FOLDED IN.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL FRAMING FOR SOME OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.

THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD THEN WAS IN THE ALLOCATIONS UNDER PUBLIC SERVICES.

I'M SEEING THE AMOUNT FOR COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

AND I'M HONESTLY JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER, IS THIS THE SAME BREAKDOWN AS AS LAST TIME, OR WAS THERE SOME FLEXING THERE? THERE WAS SOME FLEXING BECAUSE WE ENDED UP WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO WE WHEN WE FIRST CAME, WE WERE USING THAT ESTIMATED AMOUNT AND WE HAD ABOUT $94,000 TO AWARD.

WHEN WE PRESENTED THAT, WE STATED THAT IF OUR ALLOCATION WERE TO BE MORE, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, IS GIVE EACH EACH APPLICANT AN INCREASE IN AN EQUAL PERCENTAGE BASED ON THAT INCREASE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE HERE. YOU COULD CERTAINLY ONLY AWARD THEM WHAT THEY'VE REQUESTED.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AN OPTION.

BUT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU ON APRIL 9TH, IT FELT LIKE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY WAS THIS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

ONE THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO I MEAN, I'M NOT POINTING OUT SOME KIND OF SHOCKING NEWS, BUT THE TWO AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS.

THAT'S TWO FAMILIES NOW, BUT IT'S AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY, SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES IT IS.

ONCE WE GET TO THE END LIFE CYCLE OF AND THEIR HOMES.

RIGHT. THEIR HOUSES, THEY'RE NOT APARTMENTS.

CORRECT. CONDOS. SO THEY ARE KIND OF HOUSES.

AND ONE OTHER THING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IS THAT THESE ARE DEED RESTRICTED UNITS THAT HOUSING SOLUTIONS IS PURCHASING.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEIR REQUIREMENT FOR CDBG FUNDS IS TO USE THE CONDOS FOR THIS PURPOSE FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY DEED RESTRICTED TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE

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RENTALS FOREVER, AND THAT IF HOUSING SOLUTIONS CHOSE TO SELL THEM, THEY WOULD BE SOLD UNDER OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS HAVING TWO UNITS FROM THOSE DEED RESTRICTED ONES REQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEING BUILT, BEING BOUGHT AND BEING UTILIZED.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY INDICATED HE WAS READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY, SO I BROUGHT THAT MY QUESTION UP A FEW MINUTES AGO.

OH, I'M SORRY, I COMPLETELY I COMPLETELY FORGOT.

DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY BEFORE I TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE TO READ IT AS WRITTEN.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD A COUPLE PRELIMINARIES, BUT GO AHEAD AND DO PUBLIC.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

AND MY APOLOGIES.

ABEL. ABEL.

AUSTRIA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE AGAIN.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT EARLIER I READ A STATEMENT THAT WE'RE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO.

THE HOMELESS. WELL, WE'RE CALLING IT THE HOMELESS PROJECT.

BUT THE PROJECT IN GENERAL, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.

IT SAYS COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AND COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS. MOBILE RESOURCE OUTREACH.

WE'RE NOT FOR APPROVING THAT TO GET THAT FOR AS PART OF THIS, AS A PART OF THIS REQUEST.

SO YEAH, AND IT ALL COMES UNDER THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

SO WE ARE NOT FOR IT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST REITERATE THAT.

AND IT'S ON HERE AS APPROVAL.

AND WE WOULD LIKE IT FOR NOT TO BE APPROVED.

THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY HAS A $0 RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY. AND THE MOBILE RESOURCE AND OUTREACH BUS IS THE RESOURCE THAT THEY'RE ALREADY USING AND, AND HAVE MOVING AROUND TOWN WITH SHOWERS AND SUCH.

WELL AND THAT PART I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT I THE PROJECT IN GENERAL WE'RE.

WE DON'T WANT SOCIAL NEW SOCIAL SERVICE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I REALIZE IT'S PARTIALLY OUT THERE.

IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY MIGHT COME TO THE FOOD CENTER AND BRING THEIR MOBILE BUS ON SITE.

WE CAN PROBABLY WORK WITH HER TO NOT DO THAT ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW. AND SO AGAIN, I'M SIMPLY REITERATING WE'RE AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

THAT'S ALL. OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE WENDY WHITE.

THANK YOU. MEMBERS COUNCIL.

I WANTED TO THANK THAT I REALIZED THAT THERE IS A $0 RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR APPLICATION, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE HOUSING STAFF AND THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF OUR CDBG APPLICATION.

IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE TO ME THAT THE COMMUNITY STILL DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO ME THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE THAT THE COMMUNITY STILL SEES PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED OR UNSHELTERED RELATIVES AS CRIMINALS AND PARIAHS. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT OUR UNSHELTERED CREW THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY, PARTICULARLY THE SUNNY SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I'M GOING TO BE COMING BACK HERE ON ON JUNE 11TH TO MORE FULLY DESCRIBE OUR PEOPLE AT WORK PROGRAM, WHICH IS PART OF THE THE GRANT FUNDED THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY CITY SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE.

BETWEEN JULY 1ST OF TWO OF 2023 AND DECEMBER 13TH OF 2023 OUR PEOPLE AT WORK PROGRAM EMPLOYED NUMEROUS UNSHELTERED RELATIVES TO PICK UP LITTER AROUND THE CITY, FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE CITY THROUGH THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE.

THE AREA WHERE OUR UNSHELTERED CREW MEMBERS SPENT THE MOST TIME WAS ACTUALLY THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FOURTH STREET CORRIDOR, WITH THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITING THE MOST FROM THEIR TIME.

OUR UNSHELTERED CREW MEMBERS, WE HAD NUMEROUS UNSHELTERED CREW MEMBERS WERE IN THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME PICKING UP LITTER.

OUR HOMELESS CREWS SPENT 336 MAN HOURS OR PERSON HOURS.

THEY WEREN'T ALL MEN IN SUNNYSIDE DURING THAT PERIOD, PICKING UP 261 BAGS OF TRASH COVERING THE ENTIRE AREA FROM ROUTE 66 TO CEDAR

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AVENUE AND FOURTH STREET TO WEST STREET OVER 2024 DIFFERENT DAYS OVER THAT PERIOD.

DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE AMOUNT OF TRASH PICKED UP IN SUNNYSIDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1221 CUBIC FEET.

NO ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINED ABOUT OUR CREW MEMBERS BEING THERE.

ON THE CONTRARY, THEY WERE THANKED BY EVERYONE AND WERE EVEN TREATED TO COOKIES AND WATER BY VARIOUS RESIDENTS.

OUR CREW ALSO PICKED UP LITTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND IN THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE COLLECTED. THEY COLLECTED.

NOT ME. 198 BAGS OF TRASH FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 291 MAN HOURS OVER A 20 OVER 23 DIFFERENT DAYS, AND AN ADDITIONAL 68 BAGS OF TRASH ALONG WEST ROUTE WEST BUTLER. WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, THERE IS THIS VISCERAL AND IMMEDIATE REACTION THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE, WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.

PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AS THOSE WHO AREN'T.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. WENDY.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 17 BY TITLE ONLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I'M SORRY.

I DID JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING IN THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE WE WE VOTE ON THIS.

BECAUSE I.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS CONVOLUTION OF TWO CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND PRIMARILY SURROUNDING THE COMMUNITY ACTION TEAMS PROJECT THAT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.

I THINK THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING THERE THAT ARE WORTH NOTING, AND THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATION OF THE NEEDS OF OUR UNSHELTERED RELATIVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADMIRABLE WORK OF OF ATTEMPTING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

BUT ALSO A CONTRASTING CONVERSATION THAT I THINK IS PRIMARILY COMING FROM THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY ITSELF, OF A VERY FREQUENT TERM IN SOCIAL SERVICES CIRCLES, WHICH IS NOTHING FOR US WITHOUT US, AND THAT NEED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP AND TRUE VOICE IN THOSE SORTS OF PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COME UP IN THIS CONVERSATION HAS REALLY FOCUSED IN AROUND THE HISTORY OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SUNNYSIDE OR SOUTH SIDE, OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THEM, WHERE THESE TYPES OF SOCIAL SERVICES ARE RELEGATED TO EXISTING ONLY WITHIN THEM.

WHICH IS IS VERY MUCH BASED IN HISTORICAL SEGREGATION PRACTICES AND, AND PROBLEMATIC PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO WHO'S DETERMINED TO BE WORTHY, QUOTE UNQUOTE, OF LIVING IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS OR BEING SERVED BY CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO A NEED FOR CAUTION WHEN WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO NOT OVER CONFLATE THOSE TWO CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE IT SOUND AS THOUGH WHAT'S BEING SAID IS THAT OUR UNSHELTERED RELATIVES DON'T BELONG IN OR ARE NOT WANTED IN SUNNYSIDE OR SOUTH SIDE OR OTHER COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THE THE TRUE CONVERSATION THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THAT IS THAT THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT THAT COMMUNITY INPUT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE VOICE TO THAT AND EXPRESS THAT NEED FOR I DON'T KNOW WHERE SUNNYSIDE WOULD STAND ON THIS IF THIS HAD GONE THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND PARTICIPATION.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY MAY STAND ON IT IF IT COMES BACK IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT PROCESS BEING ENGAGED IN.

BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT NEXT TIME OR IN THE FUTURE, THOSE SORTS OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN BEFORE WE GET TO THIS POINT SO THAT THEY CAN CAN MORE FULLY BE FLESHED OUT, AND SO THAT THE COMMUNITY ITSELF FEELS AS THOUGH THEY ARE BEING GIVEN THAT VOICE TO EXPRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ALL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

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AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND AUTHORIZING ITS SUBDIVISION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE TO ADOPT.

THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING DOWN TO ITEM.

THANK YOU. CHRISTINE.

MOVING DOWN TO BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

[B. Consideration and Possible Action: Use of the Council Initiative Fund. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the use of the Council Initiative Fund to support the Flagstaff Community Band and discuss any other programs Council may like to consider funding within this fiscal year's Council Initiative Fund or next fiscal year.]

USE OF THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE TAG TEAM ON THIS SHANNON ANDERSON AND MYSELF, AND WE MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY OTHERS FROM FINANCE.

THERE'S BEEN A GOOD COLLABORATION BEHIND THIS.

AND WHILE THE TOPIC AS SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA SPEAKS TO USE OF THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE FOCUS OF THE DISCUSSION THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER THINGS ADDED TO THAT.

YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

I'M KICKING THIS OFF, BUT SHANNON ANDERSON WILL HELP WITH THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS NOW BEFORE YOU I WANT TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND.

AND IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON THIS, AND IT'S A NICE IT'S A NICE ARTICULATION OF WHAT THIS FUND IS AND WHEN IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE, I WILL NOT RESTATE.

IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

IT WAS NOT DRIVEN BY A SINGULAR REQUEST OR NEED.

IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE DID PROACTIVELY WITH COUNCIL TO ENABLE YOU TO HAVE A DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME TO FUND ITEMS THAT DO NOT FALL NEATLY WITHIN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IN COUNCIL HAS HAD REALLY EXCELLENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THIS FUND.

AND I THINK ALONG WITH THAT EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF EXPENDITURES THAT WERE THE KIND, THE KINDS OF EXPENDITURES THAT WERE ENVISIONED WHEN THIS FUND WAS CREATED.

IT IS NOT A LARGE FUND.

IT'S $25,000 APPROPRIATION ANNUALLY.

IT DOES NOT CURRENTLY ROLL OVER.

SO AND WE ARE COMING UP TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR SOON.

AND YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET AN ACCOUNTING OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S IN THE PRESENTATION.

AND I'LL LET SHANNON ROLL US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

BUT BRIEFLY THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WE WANT YOU TO GIVE CONSIDERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS FUND THE FIRST COUNCIL HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. SO THIS DOESN'T, I THINK, REQUIRE A LOT OF REVISITING.

THAT IS THE COMMUNITY BAND IDEA WHICH WAS FORMULATED AT THE DAIS.

AND NOW YOU HAVE A LETTER IN YOUR PACKET AND WE'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

THE SECOND IS REQUEST COMING FROM ELEVATE PRE-K.

ALSO A LETTER IN YOUR PACKET.

AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SHANNON.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THESE TWO.

I THINK WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR TWO SEPARATE NOT FORMAL ACTIONS, BUT TWO DIRECTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THIS.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND GREG, IF I COULD QUICKLY ADD PART OF THE REASON WHY WE SAID FOR THERE TO BE AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL IS THERE WAS ALSO MENTION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DEDICATE FUNDING.

NOT SURE IF IT'S THIS FISCAL YEAR OR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

TO THE STEM PROGRAMS THAT PRESENTED AT.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOUR LAST MEETING.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THIS STAFF SUMMARY IN A WAY THAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO.

SO THIS PRESENTATION IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ELEVATE PRE-K FUNDING PORTION OF THIS REQUEST.

WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE BUDGET TEAM.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD FACTS AND INFORMATION FOR YOU TO HAVE AVAILABLE IN MAKING YOUR DECISION AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY $5,000 THAT'S REMAINING.

THEY DON'T ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, AS GREG EXPRESSED.

AND SO WE'LL WANT TO WORK ON CONTRACTS THAT ARE EXECUTED PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, JUNE 30TH.

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THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY BAND.

YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT IN YOUR PACKET THAT OUTLINES THE VARIOUS DONOR BENEFITS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE.

SUPPORT FOR THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.

BAN WAS DISCUSSED AT THE APRIL RETREAT.

DIRECTION WAS TO SPONSOR A CONCERT.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

AND THE SPONSORSHIP RANGES FROM 1000 TO 1499.

OTHER FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS IS IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT ANY OF THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR.

AND SINCE IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD ADD THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR YOU.

SO THE FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE ELEVATE PRE-K, WE RECEIVED A $40,000 FUNDING REQUEST.

IT CAME THROUGH UNITED WAY, AND IT'S TO SUPPORT THE ELEVATE PRE-K PROGRAM.

THE LETTER CAME ON MAY 2ND OF THIS YEAR.

WE DID PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET BACK IN APRIL.

AND SO WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS BACK THROUGH THIS METHOD.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION MOST OF OUR SERVICE PARTNER CONTRACTS DID GET A 5% INCREASE WHICH AMOUNTED TO JUST OVER $57,000 TO FURTHER SUPPORT OUR SERVICE PARTNERS AND THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.

WE DO NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR THIS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THE REQUEST ITSELF TO FUND THE ELEVATE PRE-K IS THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THE 80,000 THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE CITY FROM FEDERAL ARPA DOLLARS.

UNITED WAY WILL BE DEDICATING $35,000 THEMSELVES.

THE COUNTY IS CONSIDERING AN ADDITIONAL 35,000 AND THEN A 65,000 DEDICATED AMOUNT FROM WARDEN FOUNDATION.

SO THIS CONSIDERATION IS THAT 40,000 FOR THE CITY CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE UP THE $255,000 TOTAL.

THE BUDGET TEAM DID DISCUSS THIS REQUEST LAST WEEK DURING OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY.

WE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS REVIEWING REQUESTS FROM THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO BRING FORWARD THE BALANCED BUDGET IN APRIL.

THE CITY NEEDS ARE CERTAINLY GREATER THAN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

GIVEN THAT WE HAD $18 MILLION IN REQUESTS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FUND WITH THE RESOURCES.

A BALANCED BUDGET IS PREPARED AND WE'VE PRESENTED THAT TO THIS COUNCIL BODY.

AND SO BECAUSE THIS REQUEST IS OUTSIDE OF THAT PROCESS, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT FUND THE REQUEST.

SHANNON, WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO JUMP BACK IN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GREG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH THAT.

I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF EMPHASIS TO WHAT SHANNON JUST NOTED, WHICH IS THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS HAS, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOT FORMALLY CONCLUDED YET.

THAT HAPPENS WITH COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, WHICH COMES NEXT MONTH.

BUT THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE BUDGET HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER, AND WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS RETREATS SPANNING THE PAST YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS ON THIS, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR.

SO WHILE THE.

RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUDGET TEAM IS TO HOLD FIRM TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.

WE DO KNOW HOW COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND THE ELEVATE PRE-K PROGRAM.

SPECIFICALLY, WE LIKEWISE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM.

THE CITY HAS A TRACK RECORD OF SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM.

SO WE WANTED TO GIVE COUNCIL SOME.

OPPORTUNITY HERE.

AND SOME STRATEGIES TO CONSIDER SHOULD THERE BE A DESIRE TO FUND MOST OF WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED, MOST OF THE $40,000 REQUEST SPECIFICALLY.

AND I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE BULLET POINTS THAT SHANNON HAS IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE CAN DO A REALLOCATION OF UNSPENT NONFEDERAL ARPA FUNDS.

COUNCIL MAY RECALL PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WHERE SIMILAR REALLOCATIONS HAVE OCCURRED.

THEY HAVE NOT REQUIRED A LOT OF NO, NO FORMAL ACTION, PER SE, BUT RATHER JUST DIRECTION TO STAFF.

AND WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF REALLOCATION IN THE PAST.

SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT COULD BE REALLOCATED.

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POTENTIALLY THAT'S THE FOURTH BULLET POINT THAT YOU SEE THE 31,285.

AND SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE THAT WOULD LEAVE A SHORTFALL.

IF WE WERE TO TARGET, WE THINK THE $40,000 REQUEST MAY BE A BIT OUT OF REACH, BUT AT 35,000 WE COULD PERHAPS UTILIZE THEN A PORTION OF THE COUNCIL INITIATIVES INITIATIVE FUND, WHICH WHICH REMAINS.

AND AS YOU NOTE FROM SHANNON'S PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING, THERE'S CURRENTLY A BALANCE OF ABOUT 4000 LEFT IN THAT FUND.

SO THAT WOULD YOU KNOW, EXHAUST THAT FUND PRETTY MUCH.

WHICH IS PROBABLY GOOD CONSIDERING THE TIME OF YEAR WE'RE IN.

THE FUND WILL AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL EITHER BE USED OR WILL WILL BE NOT ROLLED OVER, BUT WILL WILL DISSIPATE COME JUNE 30TH AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE REMAINING FUNDS ALLOCATED.

AND THANK YOU, SHANNON, FOR LETTING ME JUMP IN AND GIVE THAT EXPLANATION THERE.

BUT WE DID WE DID WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE REQUEST HERE.

IT JUST, AGAIN, DOESN'T FALL NEATLY WITHIN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED, BUT A REALLOCATION AND A PARTIAL USE OF YOUR INITIATIVE COULD GET US VERY CLOSE. AND I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE EVENTUALLY WHO WILL WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT NARRATIVE WITH YOU.

SHANNON, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO WHAT I JUST STATED? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE HERE, GREG, BUT I'LL.

YEAH, THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.

DO YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE THE ALTERNATIVES UP? SO THAT WAY IT'S HANDY FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INITIATIVE FUNDING FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, NOT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

CORRECT. AND THE 4000 THAT IS STILL LEFT IS THAT AFTER WE GIVE MONEY TO THE COMMUNITY BAND? CORRECT. OKAY.

SO WE HAD DISCUSSED A THOUSAND TO THE COMMUNITY BAND.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, SO COUNCIL THOUGHTS? JUST. OH, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

DOES THE THOUSAND DOLLARS GET US TO.

THE CONCERT.

COUNCIL. VICE MAYOR GETS US TO US.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE REALLOCATION, REALLOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED THERE.

AND IF I CAN TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO TODAY, IT WAS NOT RELATED TO MY ROLE ON COUNCIL, BUT ACTUALLY RELATED TO OTHER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT I HAVE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH A CLASSROOM AT CRAMER ELEMENTARY, AND WE WERE SPEAKING TO THEM AS THEY'RE ABOUT TO END THEIR, THEIR SCHOOL YEAR.

AND IT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK WITH ME FROM THAT CONVERSATION WAS THESE WERE FIFTH GRADERS WHO WERE ABOUT TO GO INTO JUNIOR HIGH, BASICALLY, OR PRE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL.

AND THEY WERE EXPRESSING THEIR FEAR AND HESITATION OF OF GOING INTO THAT PROCESS.

AND RIGHT BEFORE THEY HAD SHARED THAT I HAD ASKED WHAT THEIR FAVORITE SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL WERE, AND SO MANY OF THEM SAID HISTORY.

AND SO AT THAT POINT, AS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEARS, I ASKED YOU KNOW, SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY OF YOU SAID THAT HISTORY WAS WAS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECTS? AND THEN AFTER THEY RAISED THEIR HAND, MY QUESTION TO THEM WAS, HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE MAKE HISTORY? AND ONE OF THE STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED BY DOING IT LIKE, YEAH, EXACTLY.

IT'S STEPPING OUT IN THAT BRAVERY AND STEPPING OUT IN THAT FEAR OF WHAT COMES NEXT.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT STUCK WITH ME SO MUCH WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SO MANY TIMES ABOUT THE EARLY INTERVENTION OF EARLY EDUCATION IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BEING ABLE TO MEET OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AT THOSE EARLIEST STAGES, INCLUDING PRE-K, IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START SPEAKING INTO THEIR

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LIVES AND THEIR FUTURES FROM THAT EARLIEST LEVEL TO PREVENT THEM FROM, FROM FALLING INTO HOUSING INSECURITY AND ECONOMIC INSECURITIES.

AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING TO MEET THOSE VARIOUS NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LITERALLY PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTHS ARE AND, AND MAKE POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS SUPPORTING THAT.

SO I HOPE THAT THERE IS FURTHER COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THAT REALLOCATION SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THIS.

AND I AM OPEN TO EITHER OF THE RECOMMENDED OR POTENTIAL RECOMMENDED.

UTILIZATION OF THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUNDING THAT ARE PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE.

BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US GET AS CLOSE TO THE ASK AS POSSIBLE.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE, AND I MIGHT POPCORN AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

I APOLOGIZE IF THIS SOUNDS OR FEELS DISJOINTED.

DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO A FEW THINGS.

WE WE HAVE DISCUSSED SUPPORTING THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY BAND A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RECEPTIVITY TO THAT IN YOUR INTEREST.

I AM A VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBER ON THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY BAND.

I THINK THAT'S WORTH STATING EACH TIME WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

I'M NOT IN A IN A PLACE WHERE I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF IN THAT, IN THAT SITUATION, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A LARGER CONVERSATION. AND THERE'S THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE HERE.

THE, THE IDEA IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY SMART IDEA THAT THE, THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS ADVOCATING FOR IT, BUT YOU DID RAISE THE IDEA THAT WE SPONSOR ONE OF THE SUMMER CONCERTS.

I THINK THAT'S A FABULOUS WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

THE CONCERT SPONSORSHIP LEVELS GO FROM 1000 TO 1499.

SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

IF WE STICK TO THE $1,000 LEVEL, I THINK, I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY BAND IS GOING TO BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR COUNCIL FOR WHATEVER THEY DECIDE TO CONTRIBUTE.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IN GENERAL AND RULES ARE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE BROKEN, RIGHT? BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK THE WAY I UNDERSTAND GUIDELINES FOR THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE FUND WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO FUND SOMETHING INTO PERPETUITY. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE HABIT OF MAKING THIS AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION.

I THINK THAT WOULD GET US INTO TROUBLE VERY QUICKLY.

WE'D RUN THROUGH THAT MONEY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE ALLOCATED.

AND IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A DISCRETIONARY ITEM AT THAT POINT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IN GENERAL IS THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM US.

AND I THINK IF WE CAME OUT A DIFFERENT SCENARIO, WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD BECOME PROBLEMATIC IF.

THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THERE'S THIS POT OF MONEY, AND WE START GETTING SOLICITATIONS AND REQUESTS AND ARGUMENTS.

AND HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? I THINK THE MORE THAT THIS STAYS INTERNAL, THE BETTER.

I WOULD SAY FOR SURE THAT THIS REQUEST, WHICH IS COMING FIRST FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, IS PERFECTLY WITHIN THE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE OF OUR CITY MANAGER.

I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH YOU, MR. CLIFTON, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO FIND CHANGE IN THE POCKETS OR LOOK UNDER THE COUCHES AND AND FIND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY HERE AND THERE AND MADE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS.

THAT'S HAPPENED.

AND EVERY BUDGET RETREAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE FOR US TO YOU KNOW, CASH IN A CHIP AND AND THROW THIS ONE BACK AT YOU.

IT HELPS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT WE'VE ALL EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR IN THE PAST AND THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GOOD USE.

I WOULD I DON'T KNOW IF IF IF I SEE OUR ELEVATE PRE-K FOLKS IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF AUDIENCE IS THE RIGHT WORD FOR WHAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.

MAYBE YOU DON'T COME UP AND TALK.

I THINK THAT COMPLICATES THINGS A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THAT THAT ASPECT AND THAT PRECEDENT OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THESE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THESE ASKS COMING FROM? AND HOW DO WE FIELD THOSE ASKS?

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I'M, I WILL SAY FOR MYSELF YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN OVERRIDE ME.

I'M JUST ONE VOICE UP HERE.

IF YOU FEEL THAT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE SAID.

THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU.

BUT I WILL SECOND MY SUPPORT FOR THIS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE EXPRESSED.

I'M HOPING OTHERS WILL EXPRESS THAT SUPPORT.

BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT COMES, AND MAYBE WE CAN AVOID THAT SITUATION.

LASTLY, I, I YOU KNOW, I ECHOED COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S I THOUGHTS ABOUT SUPPORTING THE STEM PROGRAMS, THE COCONUTS AND THE OTHER ONE AT LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I WAS SAYING THAT, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR'S POOL.

IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT'S FINE TOO.

I'M ONLY ONE VOICE, BUT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND EITHER DO 1000 OR 1499 TO THE COMMUNITY BAND RELINQUISH THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS OVER TO ELEVATE PRE-K.

AND VERY SOON AFTER THE THE NEXT CYCLE OPENS UP, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR, OUR STEM IDEA.

AND OF COURSE, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, OTHER IDEAS WILL COME UP TO SO WE NEVER WANT TO SPEND IT ALL IN ONE PLACE, I'M SURE.

BUT THAT'S WHERE MY THINKING IS AT RIGHT NOW.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK I'LL SPEAK AGAIN JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY HAD MY SAY ON ALL THESE THINGS.

I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL FOR BEING RECEPTIVE AND FOR AND FOR CONSIDERING THE OPTION TO FUND THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY BAND.

THEY DID, AT MY REQUEST, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY BAND.

WROTE A LETTER TO COUNCIL.

I THINK YOU ALL GOT THAT.

I WAS THINKING OF READING IT FOR THE RECORD, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

I TRUST ALL OF YOU SAW THAT EMAIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I THINK AND ACTUALLY, IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD GET THAT LETTER INTO THE, THE PUBLIC RECORD AS A DOCUMENT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT, JUST BECAUSE IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SPELLING OUT WHY THIS ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

AND AS SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL TO SUPPORT.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

WELL, I READ THE PACKET AND I LISTENED TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SAID TONIGHT, AND I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, SO LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS STRAIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED TO PUT $1,000 TO THE COMMUNITY BAND.

IS THAT CORRECT? I'LL TAKE A STAB AT THIS.

I THINK THE RANGE IS 1000 TO 1499.

I THINK THERE WAS A DECISION TO DO A CONCERT WITHIN THAT RANGE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD AN EXACT FIGURE.

OKAY. AND THEN EVEN AFTER THAT, THERE'S STILL APPROXIMATELY $5,000 LEFT.

IS THAT CORRECT? APPROXIMATELY.

THERE'S $5,000 TOTAL RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THEN ONCE YOU TAKE THE THOUSAND, THEY'D HAVE FOUR.

THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S WHAT WE SEE ON THE SLIDE.

AND FORGIVE ME. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5000.

WILL PROBABLY GIVE 1000 TO 1500 SOMEWHERE IN THERE TO THE BAND.

AND THEN.

THEN THE DISCUSSION IS THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME MONIES FROM OTHER PLACES AND MOVE THEM AROUND AND GIVE HOW MUCH TO PRE-K.

I BELIEVE WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS THE REALLOCATION OF THE ARPA FUNDING, THE NONFEDERAL FUNDING, AS DISCUSSED, AND UTILIZING THE REMAINDER OF WHAT RESIDES IN YOUR INITIATIVE.

WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE.

BUT WE WOULD EXHAUST THAT AMOUNT TO THE ELEVATE PRE-K PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO LIKELY FALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 35,000 TOTAL FOR THE ELEVATE PRE-K.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK SO.

SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF GIVING, YOU KNOW, 5500 TO THE THE BAND AND THE REMAINDER TO PRE-K.

ELEVATE PRE-K.

SO I'LL MAKE MY FINAL COMMENTS AFTER WE HEAR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IF THERE IS ANY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A QUESTION.

MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE THAT ISSUES LIKE THIS HAPPEN DURING BUDGET SO THAT WE AREN'T HAVING TO BACKTRACK.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE CAN TELL ME FOR THE ARPA FUNDS, WE HAVE LEFTOVER MONEY FOR

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THE TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

WAS THAT JUST.

NOT USED.

IT IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES.

OR IS IT LEFT OVER THAT WE CAN'T USE FOR THAT ANYMORE? CAN YOU EXPLAIN? I'LL TAKE A STAB AND INVITE BRANDI SUITOR TO HOP ON, OR HEIDI HANSEN EITHER ONE WHO CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS WITH MORE CLARITY THAN I CAN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S UNUSUAL TO SEE THAT NOT ALL OF THESE ARPA FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, ESPECIALLY THE NONFEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCRETIONARY.

THANK YOU. AND WHILE BRANDI IS WALKING UP HERE, BRANDI SUDA, BRANDY, COULD YOU HELP ME OUT ON THIS ONE? SURE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

BRANDI SUDA, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

SO THESE ARE LEFTOVER FUNDS.

YOU KNOW, AFTER WE DID WE TRIED TO AWARD ALL THE GRANT FUNDING.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT LEFT THAT WAS NOT AWARDED.

WE JUST DID NOT HAVE MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND HEIDI HANSEN CAN PROBABLY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH APPLICANTS TO ALLOCATE ALL OF THE RESOURCES, SO THERE WAS JUST A TINY BIT LEFT. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, THAT FRUSTRATES ME TO KNOW THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH APPLICANT APPLICANTS.

BUT MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I AM A PAST ELEMENTARY TEACHER.

I DO BELIEVE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

I THINK THIS IS GOOD. SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE REALLOCATING OF THE FUNDS AT THE $35,000 LEVEL USING THE 3715 OF COUNCIL INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU. HEIDI.

HEIDI HAS A COMMENT.

THANKS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET FOR YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE TOURISM FUNDS.

WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS WE WENT THROUGH A GRANT PROCESS, AND WE DID ALLOCATE ALL OF THE MONEY TO ANY STAKEHOLDER THAT HAD APPLIED, BUT NOT ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS FOLLOWED THROUGH.

THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAD TO MEET IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING.

SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT REMAINING.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE DID TRY TO ALLOCATE ALL THE FUNDING.

IT IS THE PARTICULAR PARTNER OR STAKEHOLDER THAT DIDN'T FINISH IT THROUGH THEIR END.

SO THEN WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN THOSE FUNDS BECAME AVAILABLE AND WE ARE NOW PUTTING THEM INTO ANOTHER SUGGESTED USE.

THANK YOU, HEIDI, FOR CLARIFYING.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR WHY THIS REQUEST IS COMING TO US AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THE LAST LINE SAYS AT $40,000 LEVEL, USE 8007 15 OF COUNCIL INITIATIVE.

WHERE DID THAT NUMBER COME FROM? I WAS JUST TOLD THAT WE HAD 5000.

THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK YOU CAN DISREGARD THAT LAST BULLET ITEM.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SCOTT PETTIT.

GOOD EVENING. SO WE APPROACHED YOU TODAY TO DISCUSS ABOUT CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ELEVATE PRE-K FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF THE PILOT.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY HAS SUPPORTED A SUSTAINABILITY AND FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO.

FINALIZE OVER THE COMING YEAR.

DURING THAT TIME, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE PILOT CLASSROOM CONTINUES TO BE OPEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM, IS TO SUPPORT THIS CLASSROOM.

WHILE THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE COMPILE THE SUSTAINABILITY AND FEASIBILITY STUDY ON WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED TO SCALE UP, ELEVATE PRE-K SO THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

AND THAT WOULD HAVE A THREE PRONG OUTCOME.

THE FIRST WOULD BE WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF.

OUR COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF ALL THE SUPPORTS AND THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THIS.

THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE WHAT IS THE SENTIMENT OF THE COMMUNITY ON INVESTING IN THIS?

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AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABLE COMPONENT OF THIS, SO THAT IT IS NO LONGER A PROGRAM THAT IS, THAT SOLICITS PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS LIKE THIS ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS, THAT IT HAS A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE MOVING FORWARD INTO PERPETUITY.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICACY AND SUCCESS OF THE CLASSROOM DURING THIS TIME.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR WHILE WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THAT.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES NOT JUST AN EDUCATIONAL.

A SOLUTION, BUT IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S A PIECE IN THE PUZZLE FOR THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE APPROACHED YOU.

I'VE ONLY GOT 48 SECONDS LEFT, BUT DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE I HAND IT OFF FOR LIZ ARCHULETA TO FINISH EXPLAINING WHY WE'RE HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

SO IT SEEMS THAT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE IN IS A AN EVALUATION AND A TRIAL RUN.

AND, AND THEN ONCE WE PROVE THAT THIS WORKS AND INCIDENTALLY, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PRE-K EDUCATION. BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS A REAL SPECIAL PROCESS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

WORK OUT A MODEL, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL COME UP WITH, WELL, HOW WOULD WE FUND THIS? SHOULD IT BE FROM THE CITY? SHOULD IT BE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR WHEREVER? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS.

THANK YOU. YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT CARD I HAVE IS BETH GIACOLONE.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING CARD IS LIZ ARCHULETA.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS REQUEST.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO APOLOGIZE.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LONG RUNWAY TO TO LEARN ABOUT THE REQUEST AND CONSIDER IT.

UNITED WAY DID NOT HAVE A LONG RUNWAY WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT MOST RECENTLY.

AND SO LET ME JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.

THIS IS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR OF ELEVATE PRE-K.

YOU HEARD FROM SCOTT.

MOST RECENTLY WE WERE ASKED BY PARTNERS AND BY THE WARDEN FOUNDATION IF UNITED WAY WOULD BE IN THIS FOURTH YEAR, THE FIDUCIARY FOR ELEVATE PRE-K AND BRING IN THE PROGRAM INTO OUR UNITED WAY STRUCTURE.

PREVIOUSLY, THE PROGRAM HAD BEEN ADMINISTERED BY ANOTHER NONPROFIT, AND THEY'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO RUN THE PROGRAM.

SO WE FOUND THIS OUT ABOUT 60 DAYS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN PIECING TOGETHER THE FUNDING BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS, THE ELEVATE PRE PRE-K IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CHILDREN.

SO WE LIKE YOU OR ARE SCRAMBLING TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER.

BUT WE HAVE AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE WITH THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY OUR REQUEST TO $30,000.

WE DO NOT WANT TO TAP INTO THE COUNCIL'S INITIATIVE FUND.

THAT IS NOT OUR INTENTION.

AND WE COMMIT.

I COMMIT AS UNITED WAY TO FIND THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IT TO THE 30,000 LEVEL AND KEEP IT TO THE REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE FOR THE FUNDS THAT REMAIN FROM SOME OF THE ARPA.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $30,000 THAT WILL PIECE TOGETHER WITH WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FROM THE COUNTY WHAT THE WARDEN FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING WITH THE ARPA FUNDS AND WITH A COUPLE OF GRANTS THAT WE HAVE IN WE HAVE YET STILL HEARD FROM.

BUT WE ARE, AS A UNITED WAY ORGANIZATION, COMMITTED TO FINDING THE FUNDING.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR GRANTS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

LUCKILY, WE HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF ALREADY ABOUT $180,000.

SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START THE PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL FIND THE FUNDING FROM THERE.

BUT IT'S OUR GOAL AND OUR INTENT TO KEEP THE PROGRAM OPEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS.

CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION, FIND A SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL MODEL SO THAT UNIVERSAL PRE-K CAN BE BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'VE BEEN I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN CHAMPIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTED ELEVATE PRE-K

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THROUGHOUT ITS INCEPTION AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR LIZ? I DO, AND A COMMENT.

THANK YOU, LIZ AND SCOTT, BOTH FOR FOR COMING FORWARD AND TALKING TO US.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, FOR SUGGESTING THAT.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

I, I JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE A PRECEDENT SETTING HERE.

AND I'M SORRY, BUT I THINK THE CAT'S ALREADY OUT OF THE BAG.

LIZ, I DON'T I DO WANT TO ASK YOU WE'RE WE'RE WILLING TO REMAND THE TO EXHAUST OUR COUNCIL FUND THIS YEAR. I THINK WHERE IT SORT OF AT THE POINT WHERE IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE LOSE IT.

WOULD YOU ACCEPT THE MONEY IF IF WE VOTED TO ALLOCATE IT ANYWAY? WELL, WE'D BE WE'D BE HAPPY TO.

I JUST DON'T YOU KNOW, I WAS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO PUT ELECTED OFFICIAL IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TO LISTEN TO REQUESTS THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD NOT LISTEN TO, ESPECIALLY OUT OF YOUR, YOUR CY FUNDS FOR THE COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S WHY MODIFYING IT.

BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT IT.

IT'D BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP THE BOTTOM LINE.