Oct 12, 2021 City Council Work Session

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TEN FOUR.

EXCELLENT.

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

PLEASE STAND.

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

ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION [INAUDIBLE].

[4. Public Participation Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone to have 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.]

MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF, OUR COMMUNITY ONCE MORE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS REGARDING THE MUSEUM FLOOD THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED, LARGELY THINGS ON THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERSHED, AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN HALF.

BUT IT'S COME TO THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION THAT MUCH OF THE MIDDLE CENTER, WHICH IS REALLY HORRIBLY AFFECTED, PARTICULARLY LINDA VISTA AND GRANDVIEW, CURRENTLY HAS NO FUNDING ALLOCATED TO IT, NOR ANY PLANS.

SO WE COME TO YOU AGAIN TO ASK FOR CONTINUED ANALYZING, FUNDING, WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES AT GRANDVIEW AND LINDA VISTA TO BE ABLE TO LIVE SAFELY IN THEIR COMMUNITY, IN THEIR HOMES OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE US OPTIONS FOR WHATEVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STUCK IN A LIMBO WHERE WE CANNOT [INAUDIBLE].

WE CANNOT LIVE SAFELY IN OUR HOMES.

WE CANNOT ACCESS OUR HOME SAFELY AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S PLANS FOR COCONINO ESTATES.

THERE'S A PLAN FOR UPPER PARADISE, THERE'S PLANS FOR THE DORTHA INLET, THERE'S PLANS FOR KILLIP.

BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON THE BOOKS FOR GRANDVIEW AND LINDA VISTA.

SO WE JUST ARE ASKING THAT CONTINUE TO BE CLOSELY CONSIDERED AND UNDERSTAND THE DANGER AND THE POSITION THAT THE COMMUNITY IS IN WHO LIVE ON THE STREETS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ANISSA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED VIGILANCE AND MAKING SURE THIS REMAINS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST FOR ADDRESSING.

DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? OK, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE FOR THE ARPA FUNDS.

OH, OK.

I WILL WAIT ONE MOMENT HERE.

YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO--IF THIS IS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THE, YOU CAN HAND THE CARD OVER THEREAFTER.

IF IT'S FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS, WE CAN HOLD ON TO THAT FOR LATER.

SOUNDS GOOD.

YEP.

COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM HERE AND YEAH, MIC'S ALL GOOD TO GO FOR YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS KENNY GLOVER.

I'M A HOMELESS, DISABLED MAN WITH COMPLEX PTSD WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT FLAGSTAFF FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.

IF I SEEM ANXIOUS, JUST KNOW I'VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY.

I WOULD HAVE EASILY BOLTED BY NOW.

I'M FULL OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, DESPITE MY PAIN AND SITUATION.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

BECAUSE I SUCK AT SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, THIS ISN'T EASY.

I WAS ABUSED AS A CHILD, A RUNAWAY, AS A TEENAGER, IMPRISONED AS AN ADULT AND I'M A SURVIVOR BY NATURE.

I'VE BEEN CLEANING OUT OF TROUBLE OFF DRUGS FOR 17 YEARS.

HOWEVER, SOBRIETY DOESN'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS, IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE YOU ANYTHING EXCEPT A WORTHWHILE STRUGGLE.

I FOUND OVERCOMING OUR STRUGGLES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN EVER

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HELPING OTHERS TO OVERCOME THEIR STRUGGLES IS A SACRED DUTY AND A PRIVILEGE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND KNOW THE WAY OUT.

I'VE OWNED A BUSINESS AND I'VE LOST ONE, I VOLUNTEERED WITH WOUNDED WARRIORS, AND I'VE BEEN A MENTOR TO YOUNG MEN BEHIND BARS AS A MINISTER.

A CALLING THAT HAS ALSO BEEN SIDETRACKED FOR THE TIME BEING.

MY HEART AND SOUL HAVE BEEN SO COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED OVER THE YEARS THAT THE BOY I SPOKE OF SAYS IT'S ABOUT TIME TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHAT I SEE AS THE REAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SOCIETY AND OURSELVES.

I'LL GIVE MY TWO CENTS WORTH.

IT ALL STARTS WITH TRASH.

I HAVE IDEAS HOW TO PUT HOMELESS FOLKS TO WORK.

HOW TO BUILD THEM UP AND MENTOR THEM TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE, THEN WE ALL WIN, EVERYONE.

I HAD A DREAM ABOUT HOW TO BRING BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, THE AFFLUENT, THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS WITH THE HOMELESS, THE LOST, THE STRUGGLING AND ALL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOR A WORTHWHILE AND COMMON PURPOSE, A CLEANER AND SAFER COMMUNITY.

NOT EVERYONE OUT HERE IS A HOPELESS DOPE FIEND.

MANY ARE STRUGGLING VICTIMS OF HURRICANES, FLOODS, FIRES AND WORSE.

SPOUSAL ABUSE, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ABANDONMENT.

IN MY MIND, EVEN THE MOST ADDICTED HAVE SOMETHING OF A MEASURABLE VALUE TO OFFER.

IT JUST NEEDS TO BE GENTLY NURTURED OUT OF THEM.

TO HELP THEM UP AND OUT OF THEIR SELF-IMPOSED PRISONS.

IT HAPPENED TO ME; IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD AND THAT TAKES AN ENTIRE VILLAGE.

I HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO FINANCIALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE AND SERVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROFIT THE COMMUNITY, NOT TAX IT.

ALL I NEED IS SOME TIME TO GO OVER THE IDEAS.

I'VE BEEN CONVERSING WITH ADAM, THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M SORRY, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ONLY THREE MINUTES, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR MORE.

ANYONE IN THE CROWD WHO WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL COUNCIL AND MAYBE EVEN SET UP A MEETING COUNCIL@FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV.

I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE WHEN WE HAVE THE MEANS TO DO SO OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC LEGAL PROCESS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE A BACK AND FORTH HERE.

OK, SO THANK YOU, SIR.

WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS KENNY.

KENNY, A PLEASURE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOUR CARD TO MS. FOBAR RIGHT THERE.

SO WE HAVE IT DOCUMENTED AND MAYBE COUNCIL OR STAFF COULD JUST WRITE DOWN COUNCIL@FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

OK? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS? NO, MAYOR, WE DO NOT.

OK, WELL, WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE REVIEW OF DRAFT

[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the October 19, 2021 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TUESDAY? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG HERE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE PROCLAMATIONS WHEN I'LL READ UP HERE AND THEN ANOTHER WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE OF REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, BUT THE FIRST IS OUR HOUSING AMERICA MONTH AND AS IT PERTAINS TO FLAGSTAFF WITH RECENT

[6. Proclamation: Housing America Month]

FLAGSTAFF'S CURRENT HOUSING MARKET SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT FALL WITHIN OR BELOW THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LEVEL.

CURRENTLY TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT OF HOMEOWNERS AND FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT OF RENTERS ARE HOUSING COSTS [INAUDIBLE], MEANING THAT TWENTY TWO THOUSAND SEVENTY THREE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIVING WITH A HOUSING COST BURDEN IN 2020.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PROVIDED FUNDING TO PREVENT EVICTION FOR THIRTY LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND SUPPORTED TWENTY ONE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOMEBUYERS WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS REGARDING HOUSING AMERICA MONTH.

AS FOR THE LAST 80 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN THE POLICY OF THE NATION TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE NATION BY EMPLOYING ITS FUNDS AND CREDIT TO ASSIST THE STATES AND THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO REMEDY THE UNSAFE AND UNSANITARY HOUSING CONDITIONS AND THE ACUTE SHORTAGE OF DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY DWELLINGS FOR LOWER INCOME FAMILIES UNDER THE U.S.

HOUSING ACT.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF THE NATION'S HOUSING REPORT, NEARLY 41 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS NOW PAY MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR INCOME FOR HOUSING, WITH MORE THAN FOUR OUT OF FIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW FIFTEEN THOUSAND PAYING MORE THAN 30 PERCENT FOR HOUSING.

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ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION'S 2016 OUT OF REACH REPORT, IN NO STATE CAN A FULL TIME MINIMUM WAGE EARNER AFFORD EITHER A ONE OR TWO BEDROOM RENTAL UNIT AT FAIR MARKET RENT.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HOUSING CONFERENCE, HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND MANY OTHER WORKING PROFESSIONALS ARE PRICED OUT OF HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE MAJORITY OF U.S.

METROPOLITAN AREAS NATIONWIDE AND ACCORDING TO THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL, ONE AND A HALF MILLION, OR 5.8 PERCENT OF RURAL HOMES WERE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD IN 2009.

PUBLIC HOUSING IS HOME TO MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE, THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN AND FACES AN ESTIMATED MORE THAN $26 BILLION BACKLOG IN CAPITAL REPAIRS.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.

THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS HAVE DECLARED OCTOBER HOUSING AMERICA MONTH, PART OF A YEAR LONG NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND DECISION MAKERS OF THE CRITICAL NEED TO ADDRESS THE NATION'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, WHICH HAS, OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS, ENDEAVORED TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO USING A COMBINATION OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES, HEREBY ENDORSES THE HOUSING AMERICA CAMPAIGN, ITS GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR PAUL DEASY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2021 AS HOUSING AMERICA MONTH.

THANK YOU.

ONTO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH,

[7. Proclamation: Domestic Violence Awareness Month]

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAINING POWER AND CONTROL OVER AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

ONE IN THREE WOMEN AND ONE IN FOUR MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT, PHYSICAL ASSAULT AND OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER DURING THEIR LIFETIME, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN A FAMILY INCREASES THE RISK OF OTHER VIOLENCE IN THE HOME, INCLUDING CHILD ABUSE.

OVER EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT OF NATIVE WOMEN EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE DURING THEIR LIFETIMES, AND THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDED ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 2020.

EVERY FORTY FOUR MINUTES IN ARIZONA, ONE OR MORE CHILDREN WITNESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE FACTOR IN THE CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT.

SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXHIBIT AMAZING COURAGE, STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF SUCH VIOLENCE AND DESERVE FLAGSTAFF SUPPORT.

CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ENCOURAGES ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WORK TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAUL DEASY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2021 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF TO JOIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, VICTIM ADVOCACY GROUPS AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.

TO FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH, THE CITY WILL RAISE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS FLAG IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2021.

I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO HEATHER.

IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR ANYONE ELSE .

OH, THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

OVER THE PAST YEARS AND PROCLAIMING OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS HAVE A VOICE AT TABLES WHERE DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES.

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OCTOBER 21ST IS WEAR PURPLE DAY.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO WEAR THAT.

IT'S PART OF AN AWARENESS EVENT AND BROOKE, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THE [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT AT NORTH COUNTRY? YEAH.

OK, WELL, WE'LL GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ART INSTALLATION THAT SUPPORTS SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND WHERE THEY CAN WRITE SOME MESSAGES OF WHERE THEY BEEN, WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, THEY'RE INSPIRATIONAL AS WELL AS SOME OF THEIR STORIES, AND WE HANG THOSE EVERY YEAR.

SO THERE ARE DECADES OF SURVIVORS THAT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THESE SHIRTS, AND THEY WILL BE SHOWCASED AT NORTH COUNTRY HEALTH CARE, EITHER THE TWENTY FIRST OR THE TWENTY SECOND, AND WE WILL SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION.

DID ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU, WANT TO GET A QUICK PICTURE HERE FOR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS THE 22ND FROM NINE TO FOUR AT NORTH COUNTRY.

THANK YOU, ERIN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THIS IS THE FLAGSTAFF

[8. Flagstaff Resident Survey Results For information only.]

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YEP.

GREAT.

SO GOOD AFTERNOON.

SARAH LANGLEY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.

I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY ERIN CALDWELL, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH FOR POLCO NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AND THAT IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE COMMISSIONED TO CONDUCT THE FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS SURVEY.

SO ERIN IS GOING TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE RESIDENT SURVEY, AND THEN SHE'LL GIVE US A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE FINDINGS.

I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE FULL VERSION OF THE SURVEY REPORT IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, AND THAT PROVIDES QUITE A LOT OF DETAIL ON THE RESPONSES TO EACH OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO ERIN.

THANK YOU.

HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? I'M ERIN CALDWELL FROM NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER.

WE'RE GOOD.

VERY GOOD AND SO MAYOR COUNCIL, I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE RESULTS, A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS FROM YOUR FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS SURVEY AND BEFORE I BEGIN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY INNER CITY COWORKERS, I WANTED TO THANK JESSICA DRUM, WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS PRIMARY CONTACT, AND NOW SARA LANGLEY, WHO IS OUR CURRENT CONTACT FOR US DURING THE SURVEY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

THEY WERE BOTH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AND PROVIDE A THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE JAYDA ROCHA, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, WHO WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON OUR SIDE FOR YOUR SURVEY AND WHO ACTUALLY REALLY DID THE WORK FOR YOUR SURVEY PROJECT.

THE FLAGSTAFF RESIDENT SURVEY WAS A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE USE SURVEY RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES TO CONDUCT THE SURVEY SO THAT THE RESULTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THESE RESULTS PROVIDE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW RESIDENTS VIEW THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN FLAGSTAFF TO OBTAIN THEIR EVALUATIONS OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND CITY SERVICES, AND

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THIS WAS THE 10TH ITERATION OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN FLAGSTAFF AND WAS THE SECOND CONDUCTED BY MAIL.

THE LAST SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2013.

FOR THE 2021 ADMINISTRATION, WE RANDOMLY SELECTED 2000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SURVEY RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES I MENTIONED, AND YOU MAY REMEMBER AN EXAMPLE FROM A MATH OR STATISTICS CLASS WHERE IF YOU RANDOMLY SELECT MARBLES FROM A LARGER BOWL OF RED AND BLUE MARBLES, YOUR SAMPLE SHOULD HAVE A SIMILAR PROPORTION OF RED AND BLUE MARBLES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FOUNDATION OF THIS STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.

SO EACH OF THESE TWO THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED THREE MAILINGS.

THE FIRST WAS A PRE-NOTIFICATION POSTCARD, ALERTING THEM THAT A SURVEY WOULD BE COMING IN THE MAIL.

IT ALSO GAVE THEM A LINK WHERE THEY COULD DO THE SURVEY ONLINE IF THEY DESIRED AND THEN THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO MAILINGS OF THE SURVEY AN INITIAL AND THEN A REMINDER.

THESE MULTIPLE CONTACTS WITH EACH OF THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS ARE ANOTHER SURVEY RESEARCH, BEST PRACTICE AND REALLY HELP TO INCREASE THE RESPONSE RATE.

WITHIN THE SURVEY PACKETS, RESIDENTS RECEIVED A COVER LETTER WITH INSTRUCTIONS ENCOURAGING THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEN GIVING THEM THAT CHOICE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY THAT WE PROVIDED THE HARD COPY WITH A POSTAGE PAID RETURN ENVELOPE OR TO AGAIN GO ONLINE TO DO THE SURVEY.

THE MAILING MATERIALS CONTAIN INSTRUCTIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND THOSE WHO PREFER TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY IN SPANISH COULD DO SO ONLINE.

WE RECEIVED 434 RETURNED SURVEYS FOR A RESPONSE RATE OF TWENTY THREE PERCENT.

THIS IS A GOOD RESPONSE RATE.

WE TYPICALLY SEE RESPONSE RATES BETWEEN ABOUT 20 AND 30 PERCENT FOR SURVEYS OF THIS TYPE AND WITH THOSE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR COMPLETED SURVEYS, THE MARGIN OF ERROR A TERM YOU HEAR A LOT AROUND ELECTION POLLING.

THIS IS A MEASURE OF THE PRECISION OF THE RESULTS AND FOR YOUR SURVEY WITH 434 COMPLETED SURVEYS, THAT MARGIN OF ERROR WAS PLUS OR MINUS FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 2021 SURVEY AND THE 2013 SURVEY, THAT MOST RECENT ONE DIFFERENCES THAT ARE SEVEN PERCENT OR GREATER CAN BE CONSIDERED LIKE A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND THEN I'M GOING TO SKIP DOWN HERE TO THE SORT OF LAST BOX ON THE SLIDE FOR A MOMENT.

WE COMPARED THE RESULTS FROM YOUR SURVEY TO TWO SETS OF BENCHMARKS.

WE HAVE A NATIONAL DATABASE OF OVER 500 COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS, AND SO WE HAVE THAT NATIONAL BENCHMARK AND THEN A SUBSET OF THESE COMMUNITIES WERE SELECTED AS PEER COMMUNITIES AND THE METHOD THAT WAS USED TO SELECT THOSE PEER COMMUNITIES WAS BASED ON SIMILARITIES TO FLAGSTAFF ON POPULATION SIZE WALK SCORE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION AGED 20 TO 24, THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION THAT WAS NOT WHITE AND THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND NOW I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THAT GREEN BOX THERE THAT ANOTHER SURVEY RESEARCH BEST PRACTICE IS TO WEIGHT THE SURVEY RESPONSES TO REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN WE WEIGHT A SURVEY DATA, WE ARE MAKING A STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT SOME SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION ARE MORE LIKELY TO RESPOND THAN OTHERS.

SO WE BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM CENSUS DATA, AND THAT'S SHOWN HERE FOR A FEW CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE GREEN BARS.

THEN WE COMPARE THAT TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS, AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THESE SORT OF PINK/PURPLE BARS.

SO WE FIND, ACROSS THE BOARD IN EVERY COMMUNITY, YOUNGER RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS WHO RENT THEIR HOME ARE LESS LIKELY TO RESPOND TO SURVEYS THAN OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO OWN THEIR HOME AND THIS WAS TRUE IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE STATISTICALLY REBALANCE OR WEIGHT THE RESULTS.

THIS THEORY HERE IS THAT THOSE YOUNGER RESPONDENTS WE DID HEAR FROM THEY'RE MORE LIKE THE YOUNGER RESPONDENTS WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM, THEN THEY ARE LIKE THE OLDER RESPONDENTS WHO DID RESPOND.

SO WHEN WE APPLY THESE WEIGHTS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GIVING MORE WEIGHT TO RESPONSES FROM YOUNGER PEOPLE AND THEN LESS WEIGHT TO THOSE FROM OLDER PEOPLE AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE SURVEY RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES.

THIS IS SORT OF AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF KIND OF HOW THE MATH OF THIS WORKS.

SO LET'S SAY THAT THE POPULATION IS 50 PERCENT FEMALE AND MALE, BUT WE HEAR FROM 70 PERCENT FEMALE AND 30 PERCENT MALE.

SO THE WEIGHT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THAT BACK INTO BALANCE, WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GIVING LESS WEIGHT TO FEMALES LIKE A WEIGHT OF 0.7 AND MORE WEIGHT TO MALES LIKE 1.6.

AND THEN LET'S FURTHER SAY THAT THE UNWEIGHTED RATING OF PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS 80 PERCENT POSITIVE FOR FEMALES, BUT ONLY 40 PERCENT POSITIVE FOR MALES.

IF WE DIDN'T WEIGHT, WE WOULD SAY THAT THE POSITIVE RATING WAS 68 PERCENT OVERALL, BUT THAT'S FAIRLY POSITIVE BECAUSE WE'RE WEIGHTED TOO HIGH TO FEMALES.

SO IF WE BRING THOSE.

BACK INTO PROPORTION, WE WOULD SAY THAT REALLY OVERALL, THE RATING IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE LIKE A 60 PERCENT POSITIVE RATING, SO THAT'S KIND OF A LOT OF MATH, BUT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT SURVEY RESEARCH, BEST PRACTICES AND NOT ALWAYS WELL UNDERSTOOD AND SO NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE

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I'M NOT GOING TO RECITE EVERY SURVEY STATISTIC, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT WE AT LEAST ARE POLKAS.

NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUND NOTABLE.

SO OUR FIRST KEY FINDING IS THAT FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS APPRECIATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

OVER THREE QUARTERS OF RESPONDENTS RATED THEIR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN FLAGSTAFF AS EXCELLENT OR AN 80.

I SAID THREE QUARTERS.

ONE QUARTER OF RESPONDENTS RATED IT OR ONE THIRD AS EXCELLENT, AND 82 PERCENT SAID THAT IT WAS EITHER EXCELLENT OR GOOD AND THEN WE HAD THREE QUARTERS OF RESIDENTS WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO REMAIN IN FLAGSTAFF IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THIS RATING WAS SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL AND THE PEER COMMUNITY'S BENCHMARKS AND TO THE RATING GIVEN IN 2013 AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND SAY THE EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE WAS ALSO SIMILAR TO THOSE BENCHMARK COMPARISONS, BUT WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT FROM COMPARED TO 2013.

ABOUT 9 IN 10 RESPONDENTS RATED FLAGSTAFF AS A PLACE TO LIVE AND AS A PLACE TO VISIT AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.

ABOUT 8 IN 10 CONSIDERED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AN EXCELLENT OR GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

ABOUT 8 IN 10 FELT THE FLAGSTAFF WAS AN EXCELLENT OR GOOD PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN, AND ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE RATED SIMILARLY TO THOSE NATIONAL AND PEER COMMUNITY BENCHMARKS, EXCEPT FOR FLAGSTAFF AS A PLACE TO VISIT, WHICH WAS GIVEN.

RATINGS THAT WERE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AND THE PEER COMMUNITY COMPARISONS AND THEN ABOUT 5 AND 10 RESIDENTS CONSIDERED FLAGSTAFF AN EXCELLENT OR GOOD PLACE TO RETIRE.

SIMILAR TO OUR BENCHMARK COMPARISONS AND ABOUT HALF CONSIDERED FLAGSTAFF AS AN EXCELLENT GOOD PLACE TO WORK, AND THIS WAS SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL COMPARISON, BUT LOWER THAN THE PEER COMMUNITY'S BENCHMARK.

SURVEY PARTICIPANTS RATED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS AT LEAST 8 IN 10 RESPONDENTS GAVE POSITIVE RATINGS TO THE QUALITY OF THE OVERALL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY AND TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES.

ABOUT 7 IN 10 GAVE FAVORABLE MARKS TO FLAGSTAFF PROTECTED OPEN SPACE.

THE OVERALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT AND THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS RATINGS INCREASED FROM 2013 TO 2021 FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES, BUT DECREASED FOR OVERALL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, ENRICHMENT AND THEN ALL THE RATINGS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE WERE SIMILAR TO THEIR BENCHMARK COMPARISONS.

ANOTHER OF OUR KEY FINDINGS WAS THAT AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING REMAIN BARRIERS TO HOME OWNERSHIP AND RESIDENTS LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUING TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS WAS SOMEWHAT ADDRESSED IN THE PROCLAMATION YOU JUST DID EARLIER.

UM, WHEN WE ASKED HOW LIKELY OR UNLIKELY RESIDENTS WOULD BE TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE HOUSING COSTS WERE TOO HIGH.

IN 2021, ABOUT 6 IN 10 RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY WERE VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO LEAVE AND THIS WAS AN INCREASE FROM FIFTY ONE PERCENT WHO ANSWERED THIS WAY WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED IN 2013.

SURVEY PARTICIPANTS WHO RENTED THEIR HOME BUT WANTED TO OWN THEIR OWN HOME, SO IT WAS KIND OF A SELECT SUBGROUP WERE ASKED WHAT WAS PREVENTING THEM FROM REACHING THIS HOME OWNERSHIP GOAL.

THE MAIN OBSTACLE WAS THE AVAILABILITY OF HOMES FOR SALE IN THEIR PRICE RANGE, WITH ABOUT TWO THIRDS SAYING THAT WAS THE BARRIER.

ROUGHLY 2 IN 10 REPORTED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED, OR THEY INDICATED THAT THEY LACKED A DOWN PAYMENT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PURCHASE A HOME, OR THEY WERE UNABLE TO QUALIFY FOR A LOAN.

THE SURVEY INCLUDED A QUESTION TO WHICH RESPONDENTS COULD PROVIDE AN ANSWER IN THEIR OWN WORDS, SO THEY COULD WRITE IN A RESPONSE INSTEAD OF CHOOSING FROM A CLOSED SET OF RESPONSES.

AND ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS WAS WHAT ONE THING THE CITY COULD DO TO MOST IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IN FLAGSTAFF AND WHEN WE CLASSIFIED THE RESPONSES GIVEN, WE FOUND THAT OVER 2 IN 10 MADE A COMMENT RELATED TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AND THIS WAS THE SECOND MOST FREQUENTLY MENTIONED CATEGORY OF RESPONSES.

ANOTHER QUESTION ASKED WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WHEN SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY, AND ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF RESPONDENTS REMARKED ON THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND THAT WAS THE THIRD MOST FREQUENT CATEGORY.

SO IT JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS FAIRLY TOP OF MIND FOR RESIDENTS IN FLAGSTAFF.

OUR THIRD SURVEY HIGHLIGHT IS THAT MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS WERE VIEWED POSITIVELY BY RESIDENTS WITH HIGH RATES OF USE OF THE BUS SYSTEMS AND THE TRAIL SYSTEMS. FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO RATE A NUMBER OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED CHARACTERISTICS IN THE CITY ABOUT SEVEN IN 10 GAVE EXCELLENT OR GOOD RATINGS TO THE OVERALL EASE

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ABOUT SIX IN 10 GAVE POSITIVE SCORES TO EASE OF TRAVEL BY BUS, EASE OF TRAVEL, BY CAR, BY BICYCLE AND BY WALKING AND THE RATING OF EASE OF TRAVEL BY BUS WAS HIGHER THAN BOTH THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY BENCHMARK COMPARISONS, WHILE THOSE OTHER RATINGS WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE COMPARISONS.

WHEN ASKED HOW WELL THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MEETS THEIR NEEDS, EIGHTY THREE PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAID THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MEETS THEIR NEEDS VERY OR SOMEWHAT WELL AND THIS WAS SIMILAR TO THE RATINGS THAT WERE GIVEN IN 2013.

AGAIN, WHEN ASKED TO WRITE IN THEIR OWN WORDS, THE ONE THING THE CITY COULD DO TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, THE MOST 2 IN 10 RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED ITEMS RELATED TO IMPROVING MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC AND ROADS AND THIS WAS THE CATEGORY WITH THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF RESPONSES.

SO WE DRILLED DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT SINCE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE PEOPLE SAYING.

SO OF THE RESPONSES WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, TWENTY FOUR PERCENT OF THE COMMENTS WERE RELATED TO TRAFFIC.

TWENTY ONE PERCENT TO STREET REPAIR.

13 PERCENT TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND 12 PERCENT TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT OR THE KINDS OF THINGS THEY WERE SAYING THAT WE CATEGORIZED INTO THAT AND THEN WHEN AGAIN ASKED WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE, 57 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAID SOMETHING RELATED TO MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC OR ROADS AND THIS WAS THAT MOST FREQUENTLY MENTIONED PRIORITY.

2021 SURVEY PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR USE OF THE FLAGSTAFF URBAN TRAIL SYSTEM, ONE THIRD OF RESIDENTS REPORTED USING THE URBAN TRAIL SYSTEM MORE THAN TWENTY SIX TIMES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, AND ONLY ABOUT 15 PERCENT HAD NOT USED IT AT ALL.

SURVEY RESPONDENTS WERE ALSO ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE USE OF THE SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUTE TO WORK, AND ABOUT 25 PERCENT REPORTED THAT THEY OR A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER HAD USED THE SYSTEM TO COMMUTE TO WORK AT LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST YEAR.

WE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT LEVEL OF PRIORITY VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE GIVEN IN PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION.

SURVEY RESPONDENTS WERE MOST LIKELY TO RATE AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL AND PUBLIC TRANSIT WASN'T FAR BEHIND.

AIR TRAVEL WAS CONSIDERED A HIGHEST PRIORITY BY 10 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS AND A HIGH OR HIGHEST BY ABOUT A THIRD OF RESPONDENTS.

WHILE STREET MAINTENANCE WAS THE LOWEST RATED CITY SERVICE, 40 PERCENT, 46 PERCENT GIVING AN EXCELLENT A GOOD RATING.

THAT WAS A RATING THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL AND PIER COMMUNITIES BENCHMARKS AND KINDS OF SHOWS.

WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE BENCHMARK COMPARISONS BECAUSE STREETS DON'T ALWAYS FARE SO FAVORABLY COMPARED TO THINGS LIKE LIBRARY OR FIRE.

BUT WE DID ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS A RATING THAT INCREASED FROM 2013.

OUR NEXT KEY FINDING WAS THAT, IN FACT, CITY SERVICES RECEIVED FAVORABLE RATINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF RESPONDENTS GAVE EXCELLENT OR GOOD RATINGS, SO THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES, THIS WAS SIMILAR TO OUR NATIONAL AND PEER COMMUNITIES BENCHMARK COMPARISONS AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS OBSERVED IN 2013.

RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED TO RATE THE QUALITY OF 19 DIFFERENT CITY SERVICES AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST ARE THE ONES SHOWN HERE.

EACH OF THESE RECEIVED AT LEAST 83 PERCENT, GIVING AN EXCELLENT OR GOOD RATING AND OF COURSE, LIKE I MENTIONED, STREETS WOULDN'T BE ON THIS LIST, BUT THOSE RATINGS WERE SIMILAR TO THE BENCHMARK COMPARISONS AND IN FACT, OF THE 14 SERVICES THAT COULD BE COMPARED TO RATINGS GIVEN BY RESIDENTS IN THOSE NATIONAL AND PURE COMMUNITY BENCHMARKS.

MOST RECEIVED SIMILAR RATINGS.

RECYCLING SERVICES RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS THAN THE BENCHMARK COMPARISONS.

TRAFFIC SIGNALS WAS GIVEN RATINGS SIMILAR TO THE NATIONWIDE AVERAGE, BUT HIGHER THAN THE PEER COMMUNITIES AVERAGE.

COMPARED TO 2013, RATINGS FOR MOST SERVICES IN 2021 REMAIN STABLE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHERE THERE WERE INCREASES OR DECREASES SO IN GREEN.

THESE ARE RATINGS THAT INCREASE.

SO THAT WAS TRAFFIC SIGNALS, SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS AND STREET MAINTENANCE, WHILE RATINGS DECREASED FOR RECYCLING SERVICES, SNOW REMOVAL, PARDON ME, RECYCLING SERVICES, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND STREETSCAPES.

OUR FIFTH KEY FINDING WAS THAT RESIDENTS GENERALLY FEEL SAFE IN FLAGSTAFF, BUT CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED ABOUT CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIME OR DISCRIMINATION.

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THIS RATING WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS OBSERVED IN 2013 AND ALSO SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL AND PEER COMMUNITY BENCHMARK COMPARISONS.

IN 2021, SURVEY PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO SELECT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE THE THREE BIGGEST COMMUNITY ISSUES FROM A LIST OF 25 POSSIBLE OPTIONS.

FROM THIS LIST, ABOUT 3 IN 10 IDENTIFIED DISORDERLY CONDUCT, PUBLIC INTOXICATION OR NOISE VIOLATIONS, OR HOMELESSNESS OR TRANSIENT RELATED PROBLEMS AS A TOP ISSUE, WHILE 2 IN 10 NOTED TRAFFIC ISSUES DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, DRUG ABUSE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE ISSUES TO ADDRESS AND I'LL JUST NOTE AGAIN THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ADDRESSED TODAY IN YOUR PROCLAMATION.

RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED HOW OFTEN, IF AT ALL, THEY HAD PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

THEY WERE MOST LIKELY TO REPORT HAVING EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION DUE TO THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

ABOUT ONE QUARTER HAD EXPERIENCED THIS SOME OR MOST OF THE TIME.

ROUGHLY 1 IN 10 RESPONDENTS REPORTED FEELING DISCRIMINATION, AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME DUE TO THEIR AGE, GENDER OR RACE AND I'LL NOTE THAT WHILE THESE ARE SMALL PROPORTIONS OVERALL, NEVERTHELESS, HAVING ANY RESIDENTS REPORT EXPERIENCING DISCRIMINATION IS A CONCERN, AND THAT DISCRIMINATION EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION IS LIKELY A REFLECTION OF THE LARGER POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING.

THE FINAL KEY FINDING IS ABOUT RATINGS OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.

THESE ITEMS TENDED TO BE LESS POSITIVE THAN OTHER SURVEY ITEMS, AND WE OBSERVED A DECLINE IN SOME RATINGS AND WHEN ASKED TO RATE A NUMBER OF ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE BETWEEN 35 PERCENT AND 42 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS GAVE EXCELLENT OR GOOD RATINGS.

SO LESS THAN HALF.

COMPARED TO 2013, RATINGS DECREASED IN 2021, ONE FOR THE OVERALL DIRECTION THAT THE CITY IS TAKING, BEING THE CITY BEING HONEST AND THE VALUE OF SERVICES FOR TAXES PAID.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT COMPARISONS TO BENCHMARKS, OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF GOVERNMENT, THE JOB THE CITY DOES AT WELCOMING CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AND THE VALUE OF SERVICES FOR TAXES PAID, DID RECEIVE RATINGS SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL AND THE PEER COMMUNITY BENCHMARKS KIND OF SHOWING THAT THESE ARE RATINGS THAT TEND TO BE VIEWED LESS POSITIVELY, I SHOULD SAY, IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, NOT JUST IN FLAGSTAFF.

HOWEVER, THE RATINGS OF THE OVERALL DIRECTION THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AND WHETHER THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS GENERALLY ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY BEING TRANSPARENT OR TREATING ALL RESIDENTS FAIRLY, WE'RE LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK COMPARISONS AND WE'RE AVAILABLE.

THEY WERE SIMILAR OR LOWER THAN THE PEER COMMUNITY BENCHMARKS.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY QUICK SUMMARY OF THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION, AND I WILL SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE AND THE HOPE OF THE ORGANIZATION I WORK FOR THAT YOU AND CITY DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL FIND THE RESULTS USEFUL.

IN OUR REPORTS WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING DETAILED RESPONSES FOR EVERY SURVEY QUESTION AND FOR MANY QUESTIONS, BREAKDOWN OF RESULTS BY RESPONDING CHARACTERISTICS, INCLUDING GENDER, AGE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND AREA OF RESIDENCE.

OF COURSE, THERE'S ALSO COMPARISONS OF SURVEY RESULTS OVER TIME.

WE HOPE THAT YOU AND OUR CITY STAFF WILL DOVE DEEPER INTO THE DATA RELEVANT TO THEIR MISSIONS AND START DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FINDINGS AND CREATE ACTION PLANS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE FLAGSTAFF A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND THAT ENDS MY SLIDE SHOW, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION.

IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO LISTEN TO YOU, TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS VERSUS READING THROUGH THEM MYSELF.

SO THANK YOU, THIS REALLY GAVE ME A PICTURE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT NATIONALLY AND WITH LIKE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, ESPECIALLY THOSE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT, I MEAN, DEFINITELY, I THINK WE HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT IT ISN'T AS SHOCKING.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, ERIN, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I ALSO FOUND THE RESULTS INSIGHTFUL.

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SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE WEIGHTED APPROACH.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT THE TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES BROKE OUT, AS THEY DID WITH CARS AND PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES IN PUBLIC TRANSIT ALL RATING REALLY HIGH CONSIDERING HOW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TYPICALLY CATERED TO VEHICLES.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE FLAGSTAFF IS A VERY WALKABLE AND BIKE-ABLE COMMUNITY, SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY JUST APPRECIATES THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE IN THAT WALKABILITY THAT WE LIVE.

I DID FIND SOME OF THE COMMENTS REGARDING GOVERNMENT TRUSTS AND WHATNOT CONCERNING, ALONG WITH OUR--I FORGET WHAT IT WAS IN REGARDS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT; THERE WAS A DECLINE OF SOME SORT SHOWN, BUT WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO, FOLKS, AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY INSIGHTFUL.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCILMEMBER SALAS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY INFORMATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL AND STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY RESULT.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE PANDEMIC AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH SOME OF THE RESULTS REVEALED IN THIS SURVEY.

UH, ARE YOU ASKING ME THAT QUESTION? YES.

OK.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT IT WAS SO LONG SINCE YOUR PREVIOUS SURVEY THAT IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO ATTRIBUTE SOME CHANGE TO, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE THAT.

I WILL SAY WHAT WE HAVE SORT OF FOUND IN GENERAL KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR BENCHMARK DATABASE IS THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF IMPACT, EXCEPT YOU'LL SEE THINGS LIKE GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THINGS LIKE OUTDOOR PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION, RIGHT? AND THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO BE SHOWING A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR BECAUSE DURING LOCKDOWN, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO AND HAVE A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR.

I WOULD SAY WITH PUBLIC TRUST, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS RELATED TO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE ALL BEEN MENTIONING, THAT'S BEEN A MIXED BAG, TOO.

SOMETIMES THERE'S LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE'RE SEEING SOME GREATER TRUST OR NOT MUCH OF AN IMPACT, BUT ALSO AND MAYBE BECAUSE OF THIS INCREASING POLARIZATION, IT'S BEEN A SOMEWHAT OF A MIXED BAG ON THE IMPACT THERE, WHAT WE'VE OBSERVED NATIONALLY.

AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO SAY FOR SURE IN YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN QUITE A WAYS SINCE YOUR LAST SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.

BECAUSE IT JUST OCCURS TO ME BECAUSE THE THE SURVEY MAILINGS WERE SENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH THIS YEAR, WHICH KIND OF BRINGS US THROUGH A FULL YEAR OF.

YOU KNOW.

EXPERIENCING ISOLATION AND SHELTER IN PLACE, AND EVERYONE IS AFFECTED, WHETHER IT'S MOBILITY, WHETHER IT'S ACCESS TO EVEN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OFFERED BY THE CITY, AND OF COURSE, SOME RESULTED TO SOME CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT OR EVEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND SOME AND THE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED ASSOCIATED TO THE ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, SO JUST WONDERING.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S PART OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WERE MAILED OUT TO.

YEAH, JUST TO CAPTURE A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, HAD THE SURVEY BEEN DONE, LET'S SAY, TWO YEARS AGO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

BUT WE DON'T YET HAVE A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THOSE IMPACTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN, EXCEPT FOR THE FEW THINGS I SAID, WE HAVE NOTICED FOR SURE ABOUT OUTDOOR BEING MORE APPRECIATED AND YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T ASK QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CITY, BUT MAYBE MORE OF A COUNTY KIND OF THING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES WHERE, YEAH, PEOPLE MAY BE FEELING THAT IMPACT.

COUNCILMEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU.

I DID WANT TO EXPAND SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND HOW THOROUGH THE INFORMATION WAS I KNOW FOR ME IT REALLY REINFORCES WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND THAT WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I AGREE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT THIS

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WE ARE HEADING AND WORKING ON THE CHECK OFF ITEMS THAT YOU PROVIDED.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALL RIGHT.

MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THESE YEARLY NOW SINCE THEY WERE BEING DONE YEARLY UNTIL 2013? I THINK IT WAS WHAT, 2001 THROUGH 2013 WE DID IT YEARLY AND WE HAD AN EIGHT YEAR GAP.

OR IS THAT FOR FUTURE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS? MAYOR, JUST TO JUMP IN THERE, I THINK THE REASON THAT IT WASN'T DONE FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS WAS INDEED DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL DIRECTION AND TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING IN TERMS OF FUTURE SURVEYS BEING DONE.

AND WHAT'S THE COST? JUST SO WE KNOW TOO.

I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT OUT AN INACCURATE NUMBER SO I CAN EMAIL THAT TO THE COUNCIL.

OK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SEEING THAT AND FULLY SAYING THAT THIS WAS A VERY VALUABLE SURVEY THAT I SEE A LOT OF MERIT IN IT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE, AND THAT THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES IN COMPARING 2013 VERSUS 2021 AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP A PULSE ON THE PUBLIC AND THEIR VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT AS AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOT WAIT EIGHT YEARS TO TAKE A SURVEY FOR.

SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS GETTING AT WITH THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND YEAH, LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SEEING THOSE NUMBERS GO UP IN FUTURE YEARS.

SO THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

[9. Discussion and Direction on American Rescue Plan Act Local Recovery Funding continued from September 7, 2021 Council meeting. Staff is seeking Council discussion and direction for allocating the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Local Recovery Funding (LRF) of $13,252,816.00 which the City of Flagstaff will receive.]

STAFF IS SEEKING COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FOR ALLOCATING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT LOCAL RECOVERY FUNDING OF THIRTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN DOLLARS, WHICH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WILL RECEIVE.

AND JUST TO NOTE, AS THIS IS, IT'S THREE FIFTY NOW, IF THIS TAKES QUITE A WHILE, WE MIGHT BREAK IT IN HALF, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH PUBLIC COMMENTARY AND SO FORTH WE HAVE ON IT.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TWO AND A HALF HOUR AGENDA ITEM.

SO JUST AS A HEADS UP.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, I'M RICK TADDER, MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR AND CITY TREASURER.

TODAY, THE BUDGET TEAM IS BRINGING BACK THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR LOCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.

I WAS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.

SO I DID EMAIL YOU A COPY OF OUR NOTES THAT WE TOOK FROM OUR DISCUSSION IN SEPTEMBER ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS SPREADSHEET IN YOUR EMAIL BY NOW AND THIS IS REALLY THE SPRINGBOARD TO WHAT OUR BUDGET TEAM HAD A DISCUSSION ON.

LOOKING AT THE OTHER NOTES THAT WE KIND OF JOTTED DOWN DURING THAT CONVERSATION AND TRYING TO BUILD A NEW PLAN THAT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND I THINK WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AS A TEAM GETTING THE FUNDING INTO THE PLACES THAT WE WANTED TO SEE INCREASES AND SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS.

SO THIS IS IN YOUR IN YOUR EMAIL FOR INFORMATION, AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THIS LATER IF YOU'D LIKE.

SO TODAY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON THE FUNDING AND THE UPDATED PROPOSAL OR RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL OR BUDGET TEAM HAS AND LOOKING FOR YOUR FURTHER DIRECTION, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE SURE AFTER WE GET YOUR DIRECTION THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE GUIDELINES TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

WE WILL HAVE TO ASSURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO DO WHEN WE GET FEDERAL GRANTS.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.

THERE ARE GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO ASSURE WE'RE SPENDING THESE FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATELY AND IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

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WE'LL DO A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT OF A TAG TEAM TODAY WITH SOME MEMBERS OF BUDGET TEAM AND HOUSING AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL KICK OFF THE DISCUSSION AND CITY MANAGER CLIFTON.

THANK YOU, RICK.

JUST TO PREFACE THE DISCUSSION, A FEW POINTS TO BE MADE ON THE FRONT END THE FIRST ONE KIND OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING HERE THAT WE, OF COURSE, NEED TO ARRIVE AT BALANCED FUNDING WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.

BUT WHILE WE'VE HAD SOME VERY EXPLORATORY AND KIND OF INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS ON THIS TOPIC IN THE PAST, WE'RE HOPING TONIGHT WE COULD BRING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS.

WE MIGHT RESPECTFULLY ASK AS YOU DELIBERATE AND GET THROUGH THIS VERY IMPORTANT MATTER THAT WHEN CONSENSUS DOES EMERGE, YOU ARTICULATE THAT TO STAFF SO WERE WE CAN TAKE VERY GOOD NOTES AS TO WHERE COUNCIL.

WHERE THE CONSENSUS IS ON THIS, IT IS, YOU KNOW, QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS BEING SHARED AND IDEAS BEING EXPLORED AS WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.

FOR THOSE OF US AS STAFF WILL BE LISTENING CLOSELY AND WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY TOPICS OR POINTS OF CONSENSUS WHEN WE THINK WE HEAR IT, WE MIGHT STOP AND ASK ON OCCASION FOR THAT CONSENSUS TO BE TALLIED SO THAT WE HAVE GOOD DIRECTION.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

ANOTHER CONSIDERATION TO BE HAD IN THIS, AND AGAIN, A STATEMENT OF THE OBVIOUS IS THAT THE ARPA FUNDING THAT IS IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT REPRESENTS A ONE TIME FUNDING BY AND LARGE AND WE THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO BE HAD AS COUNCIL DISCUSSES AND DELIBERATES UPON THE ALLOCATIONS OF THESE FUNDS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND INTERNAL INTO THE ORGANIZATION.

ONE TIME FUNDING CAN REALLY BE HELPFUL IN MANY INSTANCES, AND SOMETIMES IT CAN ALSO BRING ABOUT SOME CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.

SO WE AT THE BUDGET TEAM, OF COURSE WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND WE WOULD AT LEAST ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING ON PROGRAMS. AND THERE ARE SO MANY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BEING PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

IF THESE FUNDS COULD BE EXPENDED IN A WAY THAT WILL HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH TIME FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT VERSUS THAT OF ONE TIME FUNDING THAT COULD BE SETTING UP SOME PROGRAMS FOR A LACK OF RESOURCES IN THE YEARS AHEAD, ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.

WITH THAT IN MIND, PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALWAYS VALUED PARTNERSHIPS THAT COULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IN THIS TYPE OF FUNDING AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, BUT A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.

ANOTHER CONSIDERATION AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS IN THE PAST IS IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL AS WE START HAVING THAT FOCUSED ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.

IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO USE OTHER ENTITIES THAT CAN WHEREBY WE CAN PASS THROUGH THESE MONIES TO THOSE ENTITIES AND THEY COULD BE DISTRIBUTED ACCORDINGLY TO THE RECIPIENTS THAT ARE BEING ENVISIONED BY BY COUNCIL.

I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF ENTITIES LIKE UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY FUND, AND WE FUND THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE CAPABLE AND PROFICIENT AT SEEING THESE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO INTERNALLY, BUT WE JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE BETTER AT DOING THIS THAN WE MAY BE IN SOME INSTANCES.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD IN SEEING THESE FUNDS ALLOCATED.

THE OTHER CONSIDERATION, OF COURSE, IS THE VERY INTENT OF THE ARPA FUNDING, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IN AN EFFORT TO HELP ENTITIES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES SO FORTH TO REBOUND FROM THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ENDURED THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC.

THERE'S A LOT OF THAT AT PLAY HERE TONIGHT, AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE EMERGED FROM OUR FINANCIAL RECESSION, COVID IS STILL UPON US AND THERE STILL IS IMPACT AND THERE

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SO THAT IS WHAT THIS FUNDING IS, IS INTENDED AND I THINK EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN DISCUSSING AND THINGS WE'LL CHAT ABOUT TONIGHT ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THAT.

THE LAST COMMENT I'LL SHARE IS SOME OF THIS FUNDING IS SUGGESTED TO BE ALLOCATED FOR INTERNAL SUPPORT INTERNAL TO THE ORGANIZATION.

WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN THE PAST.

YOU KNOW, IDEAS OR PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS CYBERSECURITY WITH OUR WATER SERVICES DIVISION, A RATHER SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION OF MONEY BEING CONSIDERED, SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT US INTERNALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AS WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT NEED.

OTHER EXAMPLES COULD BE THE FOR THE MORE RECENTLY, THE PREMIUM PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING TO THIS COUNCIL ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING ORGANIZATIONALLY WITH NOT JUST RECRUITMENT, BUT RETENTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE ORGANIZATION IN SOME AREAS IT'S QUITE CONCERNING.

LAW ENFORCEMENT BEING ONE SPECIFIC DIVISION THAT I CAN SPEAK TO WITH GREAT FAMILIARITY THAT OUR VACANCY RATES THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT ALARMING IN SOME INSTANCES.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP RETAIN THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE AND TO BOLSTER OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESSES, I DON'T THINK WE'RE ENVISIONING A LOT OF FUNDS GOING INTO THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS PER SAY, BUT MORE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE DO HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARENA.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS I WANTED TO SHARE JUST TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CITY MANAGER.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

YEAH I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO JUST DIRECTLY ASK YOU IF YOU COULD GO INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD FUNDS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

JUST JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT $250000 DOLLAR PRICE TAG IS.

WE'LL GIVE SPECIFICS WHEN WE GET THAT.

YEAH, LET'S LET'S GO THROUGH THE 30000 FEET AND THEN WE'LL DIG DEEPER.

WELL.

MS. ANDERSON.

THANK YOU, RICK.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SHANNON ANDERSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS COVERING THE DOLLARS PROPOSED FOR THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE PROGRAM AS $2.4 MILLION, THIS FUNDING WOULD BE DEDICATED TO PROVIDE CARE CENTER SERVICES SUCH AS A SAFE PLACE INDOORS, CONNECTION TO SERVICES AND TREATMENT, CULTURAL PRAYER AND CEREMONIES, AND PROVIDING BASIC CARE ITEMS SUCH AS RESTROOM, WASHROOMS AND LAUNDRY SERVICES.

THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT SERVICES ARE NEEDED IN FLAGSTAFF, AND AN RFP WILL BE ISSUED TO SEEK SERVICE PROVIDERS AND A LOCATION TO PROVIDE THESE CARE CENTER SERVICES TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS IS A NEW PROGRAM.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WALKING BEAT OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THERE WAS A REQUEST EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR US TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS DEDICATED TO THAT AREA.

GIVEN STAFFING AND THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT AND SO TERRY MODESTA, WHO REPRESENTS THE DBA AND I LOOK TO SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA IN A DIFFERENT MANNER AND THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR IDEA CAME FROM.

THIS WOULD ASSIST US WITH THOSE WHO MIGHT NEED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES, ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING TRUST IN ORDER TO CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH DARR, TO GO OVER HOUSING.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRO, SHANNON.

THIS AFTERNOON, I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET TEAM'S RECOMMENDED $1.5 MILLION FOR HOUSING AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THIS FUNDING BE UTILIZED VIA A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS.

MIRRORING THE CDBG ESTABLISHED PROCESS.

WE COULD IDENTIFY PRIORITIES THROUGH BOTH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL THAT LINE UP WITH ARPA ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

THIS WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, IT'S ONE TIME MONEY, AS GREG MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO AND SO GETTING IT ALLOCATED AND GETTING IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT CAN IT CAN BE UTILIZED AS QUICKLY AS

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THIS WOULD ALSO KEEP OUR ADMIN LOW AS WE WOULD ONLY BE ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS AND THE MONEY COULD BE UTILIZED AND TARGETED BY TARGETED TO, SO IT COULD BE UTILIZED BY COMMUNITY AGENCIES.

WE DO HAVE THE ESTABLISHED CDBG PROCESS.

WE COULD RUN ONE EITHER AT THE SAME TIME AS CDBG FOR ARPA FUNDS OR SEPARATELY.

EITHER WAY, WE WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON THAT IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU FOR SOME PRIORITY SETTING.

THE OTHER GREAT BENEFIT OF RUNNING THIS FUNDING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS IS THE ABILITY TO QUANTIFY THE LEVERAGE THAT THESE DOLLARS COULD BE UTILIZED TO LEVERAGE OTHER DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY, EITHER CDBG OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT OR OTHER FEDERAL OR OR STATE INVESTMENT.

I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE SHORTAGE OF NEEDS IN THE HOUSING ARENA THAT I THINK THERE'S BEEN A FLURRY OF EMAILS THIS AFTERNOON, FAST AND FURIOUS WITH IDEAS SURROUNDING IT AND WE, AS STAFF, WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD PRESENT YOU WITH ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED LIKE WE DO WITH CDBG.

AND THEN THE MONEY CAN GO WHERE COUNCIL IN THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAVE PRIORITIZED IT TO GO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

ACCORDING TO ARPA ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

I THINK THAT'S THE MY BIG POINTS WITH THIS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET INTO IT.

AT THE END, I THINK OUR BIG POINTS ARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE DOING THE MOST WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SINCE WE PROVIDE VERY FEW HOUSING SERVICES DIRECTLY OURSELVES, THAT UTILIZATION OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUES TO BE KEY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXPENDITURE OF ONE TIME MONEY SUCH AS THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I WILL HAND IT BACK TO I'M GUESSING RICK TADDER, CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT GROUP OF PROGRAMS THAT THE BUDGET TEAM IS RECOMMENDING BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATIONS LAST MONTH IS OUR SUPPORT OF NONPROFIT AGENCIES.

HERE YOU SEE A LIST OF AREAS THAT WE LOOK TO MAYBE DESIGNATE THE FUNDS FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.

FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND IS FOR OUR CONGREGATE CARE SETTING SERVICES.

THESE ARE THE AREAS LIKE SHELTERS, NURSING HOMES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT MAY NEED THE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PREVENT COVID AND HELP THEM SUPPORT THEIR AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR ARTS AND SCIENCE GRANTS OR SUPPORT IS AN AREA WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AREAS WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK FOR A PARTNER THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN TO HELP DESIGNATE AND DISTRIBUTE THESE TYPES OF GRANTS TO THESE AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT WITH IMPACTS DUE TO COVID.

THEN THIS NUMBER SIX IS SUPPORT OF NONPROFIT FOOD SUPPORT.

THIS COULD BE IN VARIOUS WAYS IN VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THE FOOD SERVICES AND SUPPLIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS WE KNOW, PANDEMIC IS STILL OCCURRING AND WE WANT TO STILL SUPPORT THOSE, THOSE AREAS AND THEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR OTHER NONPROFIT SUPPORT AND THIS IS OTHER AREAS THAT THE CITY ALREADY CONTRIBUTES, POSSIBLY THROUGH UNITED WAY OR OTHER NONPROFITS WE SUPPORT.

OR WE CAN LOOK TO EXPAND THAT FOR OTHER SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED OUR SUPPORT AND CAN COME TO US AND ASK FOR SOME HELP WITH FUNDING THERE.

SO THAT'S OUR LIST OF NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED IN MS. HANSEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HEIDI HANSEN, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE BUDGET TEAM.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT AND THE IDEA IS TO CREATE SOME GRANT PROGRAMS, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM AND JOB TRAINING ASSISTANCE, THE SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING WOULD BE A LARGER VERSION TO A MINI GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE DID THIS PAST PANDEMIC, WHERE WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO TAKE MONEY AND HELP SUPPORT 24 OF THE BUSINESSES THAT APPLIED THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDING LEVELS TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE THIS TIME BECAUSE WE SAW THAT THE NEED WAS SO GREAT AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE THIS GRANT PROGRAM, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, WITH A TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM.

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THEY WERE HURT MAJOR BY THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND THEY HAVE NO WAY TO FILL THEIR MEETING SPACES TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY USED TO.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER NINE AS A WAY THAT PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT THE BED BOARD AND BEVERAGE TAX COULD APPLY FOR THAT AND THEN NOT BE COMPETING WITH THE SMALLER BUSINESSES ON THE OTHER MINI GRANT OR THE OTHER GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THIS WAY THERE ISN'T A COMPETITION AND THERE'S A DEFINITE DIVISION OF OF LABOR THERE.

AS FOR NUMBER TEN, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE DEEP QUESTIONS ON THIS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THAT OVER TO REBECCA SAYERS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY OFFER LOCAL EVENT SUPPORT WITH PERMITTING FEES FOR OUR EVENT PLANNERS THAT HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING, AS YOU KNOW, SO, SO BADLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'M SURE REBECCA IS AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU, AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO RICK.

THANK YOU, HEIDI.

OUR NEXT GROUP THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WAS EDUCATION OF VACCINATION, VACCINATION OUTREACH.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE ON HERE THERE ARE SOME NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT WOULD HELP US SUPPORT IN ADVANCING THESE HERE, BUT WE THOUGHT THESE WERE WERE CLOSELY TIED TO EDUCATION AND SUCH.

SO WE BROUGHT THOSE INTO THIS GROUP VERSUS THE LUMP OF NONPROFITS IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES.

SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING TO ALLOCATE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THIS IS TO CONTINUE AND INCREASE OUR ASSISTANCE WITH EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND TO PUT TOWARD CONSTRUCTION OF A FACILITY THAT WE CAN USE FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS A STEMS PROGRAM OR STEAM PROGRAM THAT WE CAN RUN, OR SOME TYPE OF RELATED PROGRAMS OUT OF A FACILITY THAT WE WE OWN AND WE INVEST IN AND THEN VACCINATION OUTREACH, WE TALKED ABOUT INCENTIVES LAST TIME WE DECIDED BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS IN SEPTEMBER THAT MAYBE OUR BEST APPROACH IS TO DO MORE OUTREACH, INVEST IN OUR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TEAM AND GET OUT THERE AND REALLY DO SOME EDUCATION AND GETTING PEOPLE TO COMMIT TO GETTING VACCINATIONS AND HELP MOVE THOSE NUMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND TEN THOUSAND IN THAT CATEGORY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.

THE LAST GROUP OF SERVICES IS FOR OUR CITY SERVICES, AND THESE ARE KIND OF THE INTERNAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DELIVER AND HAVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION.

SEE, MR. CLIFTON TALKED ABOUT SUPPORT OF REHIRING STAFF.

WE HAVE A LARGE VACANCY LIST.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO TEAM FLAGSTAFF AND WE'RE LOOKING TO USE THIS FUNDING NOT NECESSARILY FOR HIRING STAFF, BUT HOW CAN WE DO BETTER IN OUTREACH AND GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND TEAM FLAGSTAFF IS THE BEST PLACE TO WORK.

WE WANT TO DRIVE PEOPLE TO OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM IN THE LONG RUN.

SO HOW CAN WE GET OUT THERE, EDUCATE, EXPLAIN WHAT THE GREAT PARTS OF AREAS OF FLAGSTAFF THROUGH A PROMOTIONAL WAY AND GET THOSE PEOPLE EXCITED TO WORK FOR FLAGSTAFF.

THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT OF DIVISIONS WITH HIGH VACANCIES AND THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS SUCH AS PREMIUM PAY.

OUR HARDEST HIT AREA IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR DISPATCH AREAS, BUT WE HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE APPROACHING HIGH VACANCY AREAS THAT WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT USING FUNDING FOR THIS.

THIS IS AN AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PREVIOUS IT WAS A MILLION.

SO WE DID CUT THIS BACK A LITTLE BIT TO FUND OTHER ITEMS FOR COUNCIL AND AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO SHANNON ANDERSON TO TALK ABOUT THE STATISTICS OF THE VACANCIES AND SO FORTH.

THANK YOU, RICK.

SO, COUNCIL, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN THIS PREMIUM PAY WILL BE USED.

AN EXAMPLE IS THE VACANCY RATE WITHIN OUR 9-1-1 DISPATCH COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 6 POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT 11 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN TRAINING.

THIS MEANS OUT OF THE 24 POLICE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST

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IN THIS INSTANCE, THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER ADDITIONAL PAY TO TRY AND RETAIN THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRAINED SO THAT THEY COULD COVER THE SCHEDULED SHIFTS AND IN ADDITION TRAIN THESE NEW EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY CAN SOON LEARN HOW TO ANSWER PHONES AS WELL AS RADIOS SO THAT THEY CAN RETAIN BE RETAINED AND FILL THOSE SHIFTS AS WELL.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY KEEPING AN EYE ON, BUT CERTAINLY HASN'T RISEN TO THE LEVEL OF PREMIUM PAY YET, IS OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 15 VACANCIES, WITH 8 ATTENDING POLICE ACADEMY AND ONE IN FIELD TRAINING.

THIS MEANS OUT OF THE 77 POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS DEDICATED TO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, THERE'S 24 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO FILL A SCHEDULED SHIFT, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT A 31 PERCENT VACANCY RATE.

SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES IN WHICH THE CITY WOULD LOOK TO PREMIUM PAY WITH THE GOAL OF RETAINING OUR TRAINED PERSONNEL SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM REMAIN AS PART OF TEAM FLAGSTAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY OF THOSE TRAINED INDIVIDUALS.

THANK YOU, MS. ANDERSON.

SO ITEM SIXTEEN IS IS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT LOCAL RECOVERY.

WE HAVE REDUCED THIS NUMBER A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, DOWN TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S FOR TWO YEARS OF FUNDING FOR A POSITION THAT WE'VE ELEVATED TO REALLY FOCUS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THESE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE ARPA GUIDANCE, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

ALL THE REPORTING THAT IS GOING TO COME WITH THIS QUARTERLY AND STATISTICS AND ALL THAT, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING THESE PROGRAMS WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO GET THE MONEY OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SO THIS IS A TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND FOR THOSE SERVICES AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT TWO PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT AGENCIES MAY CHARGE, THEY MAY BE UP IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE.

SO I THINK WE'VE KEPT THIS RATHER LOW JUST TO ASSURE MOST MONEYS GET OUT.

BUT WE DO NEED THAT STAFFING AND MAYBE SOME OTHER TOOLS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO DO THIS RIGHT AND BE REPORTING PROPERLY.

SO THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATION PORTION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AND THEN NUMBER SEVENTEEN, THE LAST PROGRAM IS THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION FOR CYBERSECURITY AT OUR WATER SERVICE FACILITIES.

THIS WOULD BASICALLY AT LEAST TAKE CARE OF ONE PROJECT POSSIBLY OUT THE WILDCAT OR ANOTHER LOCATION TO HELP ENHANCE FIBER IN OUR SECURITY FOR OUR WATER SYSTEMS AND SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT AT A ONE POINT FIVE MILLION, AS WE ADDRESSED PREVIOUSLY.

THE REVENUE LOSS NUMBER IS THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS, WE HAVE REDUCED THIS NUMBER BELOW FOUR MILLION, JUST UNDER FOUR MILLION NOW.

I THINK THAT'S MAYBE ABOUT AS MUCH WE'LL GET IN REVENUE REPLACEMENT THROUGH THE CURRENT GUIDANCE OR FUTURE GUIDANCE THAT WE GET FROM THE TREASURY, AND WE'LL KEEP A LOOK ON THAT ONCE WE GET THE FINAL RULES AND FUTURE GUIDANCE THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THE CATEGORIES THAT THE BUDGET TEAM REVISED BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK YOU SEE THE UPS AND DOWNS THAT WE'VE PUT IN THERE AND WE'VE GOT FUNDING THE BIG FUNDING WHERE YOU DIRECTED AND ASKED US TO LOOK FOR AND JUST IN SUMMARY, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND ALTERNATE CARE IS ABOUT FOUR MILLION OF THE ALLOCATION.

NONPROFITS, NOT ALL THE NONPROFITS, JUST THAT GROUP IS ABOUT JUST OVER A MILLION BUSINESSES, JUST UNDER A MILLION EDUCATION VACCINATIONS, SIX HUNDRED TEN CITY SERVICES, INCLUDING THE ONE POINT FIVE FOR CYBERSECURITY IS TWO POINT FIVE AND THEN OUR REVENUE LOSS REPLACEMENT DUE TO LOST REVENUES DURING THIS COVID PERIOD THAT WE SAW IN MANY OF OUR FUNDS AND SO THAT ADDRESSES HOW THE BUDGET TEAM IS BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, MR. TADDER.

LET'S WE'LL DO SOME QUESTIONS NOW, BUT PLEASE COUNCIL, LET'S STICK TO JUST QUESTIONS AND WE WILL DO DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE ABOUT AT LEAST A DOZEN PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS I'D LIKE TO HEAR BEFORE WE START DISCUSSING OUR WHERE WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW WITH MR. TADDER.

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THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, RICK AND STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS AND DISPATCH? AND WHILE YOU'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION SHANNON, RICK, THE SECOND QUESTION IS FOR YOU.

IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF RELEASING SOME IF WE DON'T USE A THIRD AGENCY LIKE UNITED WAY, DO WE HAVE TO TO RELEASE RFPS? IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO GET MONEY TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS? IF IT IS UNDER FIFTY THOUSAND, WE CAN DO A DIRECT SOLICITATION TO GET THREE AT LEAST THREE RESPONSES TO THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING AND UTILIZING THAT IF IT'S UNDER FIFTEEN THOUSAND.

WE JUST GOT TO GET WRITTEN A VERBAL QUOTES FOR THE SERVICES AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCUREMENT, BUT ANYTHING OVER FIFTY THOUSAND YEAH, IT DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL PROCUREMENT UNLESS WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL THAT WE CAN EXPAND ON AS A SERVICE.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT THERE'S FEDERAL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY STRICT ABOUT HOW WE PROCURE AND GET THESE MONEYS OUT.

SO IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESS GRANTS, RIGHT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT WOULD GO TO AN ENTITY WHO WOULD THEN DISTRIBUTE THOSE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NONPROFITS IN A SIMILAR FASHION IF WE DON'T DO THE RFP PROCESS.

YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES AND NON-PROFITS WE HIT AND WHETHER WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT THAT CAN ALLOCATE TO THEM THROUGH AN AGENCY.

WE COULD USE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND JUST ADJUST THE COUNTER IN THE CONTRACT.

WE'LL PROBABLY STILL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THAT LEVEL OF INCREASED DOLLAR.

IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

YEAH, WE GOT MS. ANDERSON, YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR DAGGETT, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM YOU WANTED THE NUMBERS FOR THE DISPATCH VACANCIES AS WELL AS POLICE OFFICERS.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS HOW THAT SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND WOULD BE DIVVIED UP.

OH, GOT YOU.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY USING A PORTION OF IT FOR THE PREMIUM PAY FOR DISPATCH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS TO INCREASE THEIR RATE OF PAY, DEPENDING ON IF THEY'RE A TRAINED EMPLOYEE OR A NON TRAINED EMPLOYEE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT AMOUNT FOR EACH AND THEN ALSO INCREASING THE INCENTIVE AN EMPLOYEE RECEIVES WHEN THEY BECOME FULLY TRAINED ON A RADIO.

IT ALLOWS US TO BE MORE VERSATILE IN THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE, WHICH REALLY HELPS US CONTROL PERSONNEL COSTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN DISPATCH FOR OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE OFFERING A HIGHER RATE OF PAY THROUGH PERFORMANCE STAFFING FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FULLY TRAINED, BUT LEFT OUR ORGANIZATION TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO COME BACK AND WORK FOR US ON A PART TIME BASIS IN ORDER TO HELP US FILL THOSE SHIFTS SINCE IT IS A 24 SEVEN OPERATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

RICK, ITEM NUMBER 12, IT SAYS FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A BUILDING OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ONE OF THE THOUGHTS IS IS WORKING ON A FACILITY, BUILDING A FACILITY OR SUCH SIMILAR TO MAYBE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE OLD FIRE STATION IN SUNNY SIDE MAKING SURE WE HIT A COMMUNITY THAT COULD USE THE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO THESE TYPES OF EDUCATION.

SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE [INAUDIBLE] OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT SOMETHING IN THAT REALM TO HELP EDUCATE IN THAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATE YES.

AND THEN I HAD MY LAST QUESTION IS FOR SARAH DARR.

SARAH, COULD YOU GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS HOUSING, I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY NEED HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

COULD YOU GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF HOW WE MIGHT USE THAT MONEY? THAT WE ARE CALLING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

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DEPENDING ON ONCE WE FLESH OUT THE REQUIREMENTS SURROUNDING ARPA, IT WOULD NEED TO GO TOWARDS HOUSING ACTIVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE IF ANY OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS ARE UNDERTAKING PROJECTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSING SOLUTIONS JUST PURCHASED THE, EXCUSE ME, A HOTEL.

I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER AGENCY LOOKING TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE COULD HELP CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING NEEDS FOR THOSE AND PRODUCING ADDITIONAL UNITS, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO COVID, SINCE THERE'S ALREADY SOME COVID MONEY COMING TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THOSE HOTELS.

A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THOSE AREAS.

OUR IDEA FOR PUTTING IT OUT FOR A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS IS SO THAT WE, AS STAFF, ARE NOT PICKING WHAT THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ARE, BUT RATHER WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY MOST NEED THE MONEY.

THANK YOU, SARAH.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS THANK YOU.

MRS. DARR I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. DARR.

SO DOES THIS 1.5 MILLION COVERS OUR REVOLVING FUND FOR LOANS.

IN TERMS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

I AM NOT INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPA REQUIREMENTS, HOWEVER, SETTING UP SOMETHING LIKE A REVOLVING LOAN MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

OF COURSE, WE DON'T DIRECTLY ADMINISTER THOSE PROGRAMS OURSELVES AT THIS POINT, BUT RATHER WE CONTRACT WITH A PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THIS CASE, HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TO RUN THAT PROGRAM ON OUR BEHALF.

THANK YOU, MR. DARR.

SO WE WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AND SAY HERE, HERE ARE THE RULES FOR ARPA.

HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIORITIES.

WHERE ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DOING? AND OF COURSE, WE REALLY LIKE TO REVOLVE MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T GET IT ALL THAT OFTEN.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BRING THAT MONEY BACK AROUND IS HELPFUL.

THANK YOU, MR. DARR SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND PONDER ON.

I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, BUT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT.

CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH ON HOW THIS FUNDS WILL BE ADMINISTERED? THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IS RELATED, GRANT.

THERE SHE IS, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, I GOT PART OF YOUR QUESTION IF YOU WON'T MIND REPEATING THE WHOLE THING.

SO THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING THIS THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND ALSO SEPARATE FROM THE SUPPORT FOR TOURISM RELATED INDUSTRIES GRANTS.

SO HOW ARE THIS BUSINESS GRANTS BE ADMINISTERED? SO MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, WE WE CAN DECIDE ON THAT LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE.

TERRY MADEKSZA, SHE HELPED TO PUT A PANEL OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GET THIS TO GET THE GRANT PROGRAM PUT TOGETHER.

SHE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH DAVE MCINTYRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE APPLICATION FINISHED AND THEN HAVE PEOPLE APPLY AND THEN THEY HAD A PANEL OF A VARIETY OF PEOPLE.

I THINK TERRY MIGHT EVEN BE IN THE CHAMBERS TONIGHT IF YOU WANT HER TO COME UP TO THE DAIS, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DECIDE AS THIS PANEL ON GIVING THE GRANTS AND HOW MUCH FUNDING EACH PERSON WOULD OR BUSINESS WOULD RECEIVE.

WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.

PLEASE NOTE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S ONLY DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THAT WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD COUNTY PARTICIPATE [INAUDIBLE] PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING AND WE ACTUALLY DID GRANTS THAT WERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS WELL.

I THINK EVEN [INAUDIBLE] WHEN IT CAME TO COUNTING MONEY.

AS FAR AS THE TOURISM RELATED ONE, WE COULD PROBABLY DISCUSS THIS AT GREATER LENGTH.

A SUGGESTION MIGHT BE IT COMES BEFORE THE TOURISM COMMISSION.

OR MAYBE IT COMES BEFORE THE FLAGSTAFF LODGING RESTAURANT TOURISM ASSOCIATION, WHERE STEVE FINCH'S LEADING THAT AS DIRECTOR.

SO THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR A PASS THROUGH AND FOR PEOPLE TO HELP US MANAGE THIS.

I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

YES, THANK YOU, MS. HANSEN.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

LOTS OF GREAT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED ALREADY, AND SOME OF MY QUESTIONS PIGGYBACK ON THOSE.

I'LL JUST PUT A FINER POINT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING THROUGH THIS LIST HERE.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO SARAH DARR, I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ERIC

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THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WAS AWARE OF IT WHEN I WAS FORWARDED THE EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON, SO I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME WITH IT, BUT THEY WOULD BE UNDER THE MODEL THAT STAFF IS SUGGESTING HABITAT WOULD BE WELCOME TO APPLY FOR USE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THEN.

RANKING FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE RANKING COMMITTEE AND THEN FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE BEAUTY OF A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS IS THAT THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF COMMUNITY NEED COULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THEN YOU CAN CHOOSE FOR YOU CAN CHOOSE THE TARGET.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

MORE ON THAT LATER AND THEN IN TERMS OF CONGREGATE CARE AND SHELTERS, WE HAVE A PREMIERE SHELTER AGENCY HERE IN TOWN.

I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT WITH AN RFP ON THESE FUNDS? THERE'S FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND OR DO WE HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND FOR THAT ALREADY? I JUST LIKE TO KNOW GENERALLY WHERE WE'RE ALL AT.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING TOO SPECIFIC ABOUT IT JUST FOR THE OVERALL PURPOSES OF THINKING THROUGH HOW TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF.

WE HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ONE OR THE OTHER AS FAR AS GETTING US OUT THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL PARTNER.

MAYBE WE'LL PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THE FUNDING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

ALSO, WHEN WE'RE PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES AND SO FORTH, SO.

NO, WE HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY DETERMINED ANYONE.

OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW JUST CONTEXTUALLY FOR LATER.

AND THEN I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT NUMBER EIGHT, HEIDI, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE.

SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT I HAVE HERE IN MY PAPER THOSE AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE A LITTLE MORE ASSURANCE.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE FILTERING THAT EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHER WAS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN MUCH.

WELL, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE WE BASICALLY USE WE WOULD HAVE A FORM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILL OUT, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF THE SAME SYSTEM THAT WE USED LAST TIME FOR OUR MINI GRANT PROGRAM.

WE HAD 39 APPLICANTS APPLY AND 24 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE FUNDING TO.

AND THE REASON IS IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED COULDN'T SHOW THE NEED.

THEY COULDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEEDED THEM TO ANSWER.

SO THERE WOULD BE A VETTING PROCESS JUST THE SAME WAY IT WAS IN OUR MINI GRANT PROGRAM FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE WOULD ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.

WE'D PROBABLY ASK FOR THE RIGHT DOCUMENTATION, AND I'M NOT SAYING ACTUALLY, NOT.

PROBABLY WE WOULD BE.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL, REST ASSURED THAT WE'D MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE RECEIVING FUNDING WERE TRULY IN NEED.

OK, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS YET.

MR. IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I ADD, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE GUIDELINES AS FAR AS ARPA FUNDS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO ASK SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS AND THINGS WITHIN THAT.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THE APPLICANTS, THE APPLICATIONS GATHER ALL THAT TO ASSURE THEY'RE MEETING THE THE IMPACTS AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL GET THAT GUIDANCE ALSO.

OK, GREAT.

AND THAT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PARAMETERS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR US TO START OUT WITH THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.

IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER 12, THE WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS EARLIER.

I JUST FIND THIS LINE ITEM TO BE SUPER VAGUE AND UNHELPFUL TO ME.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC UNDERGIRDING THIS, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE.

THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FACILITIES AND ADVANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, IF THEY'RE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET MORE SPECIFIC WITH WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THERE.

THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR PLANNING.

YEAH, REFERENCES TO THE JOEL MONTALVO FACILITY, WHICH IS THE OLD FIRE STATION THAT MR. TADDER MADE REFERENCE TO THAT IS IN THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT FACILITY HAS, AS WE KNOW, BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

WE HAD AN AUDIT DONE INTERNALLY ON THE BUILDING TO SEE IF IT WAS SALVAGEABLE FROM AN ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT.

IT IS NOT SO THE BEST PRACTICE BEING ADVANCED.

THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING ON THE SAME FOOTPRINT, UTILIZING AS MUCH AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AS WE CAN.

THE TAPS, POSSIBLY THE FOUNDATION, I BELIEVE IT'S ON A CONCRETE SLAB

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THEN PROCEED IN THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO ENTER INTO A LONG TERM LEASEHOLD ARRANGEMENT WITH ONE IN PREFERABLY TWO NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN HELP PROVIDE NEEDED EDUCATION, STEAM EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, THINGS OF THAT SORT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LARGELY WOULD BE A BENEFICIARY OF THIS PROJECT.

OF ALL THE PROGRAMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WE ONLY IDENTIFIED THIS ONE AS AN ACTUAL BRICKS AND MORTAR INVESTMENT, BUT WE THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.

THE ORIGIN OF IT GOES BACK TO MY COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE BEGINNING, ABOUT ONE TIME FUNDING AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAMS OVER TIME.

HAVING A BUILDING FACILITY THAT CAN BE LEASED OUT IN A FAVORABLE WITH FAVORABLE TERMS TO SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY COULD GO A LONG WAY IN THAT REGARD.

THE ESTIMATE ON THE BUILDING COST IS THE THE BEST ESTIMATE WE HAVE NOW COMING FROM INTERNAL RESOURCES FROM FROM OUR FACILITIES TEAM AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT COST.

THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT FLUID, BUT WE THINK IT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO START THE DISCUSSION WITH.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND OF COURSE, THE CITY MANAGER.

I'M AWARE OF THOSE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE BEEN A PART OF THEM JUST THE WAY THIS WAS.

THIS FELT A LITTLE VAGUE AND I WASN'T SURE IF WE WERE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THAT OR IF IF THOSE FUNDS COULD SUDDENLY DRIFT TO SOME OTHER SIMILAR TYPE OF PROJECT ELSEWHERE.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE SPECIFICITY THERE.

TWO MORE QUESTIONS, MAYOR, IF I MAY, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARPA FUNDS, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

CAN YOU CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN FOR ME A LITTLE BIT MORE? IS THIS IS THIS THREE OR FOUR FTE POSITIONS? ARE WE HIRING NEW PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MANAGE THIS? OR IS THIS GOING TO BE FARMED OUT TO OUR CAPABLE STAFF AS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? AND JUST AND JUST BUDGET ALL APPLICATIONS COMING THROUGH THIS INSTEAD OF OTHER PLACES? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THIS ITEM WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS STEPPED UP INTO A GRANT SPECIALIST POSITION FOR US AND THEY THEIR ROLE WILL BE TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.

SO WE TOOK OUR RESOURCES FROM WITHIN AND PROMOTED SOMEBODY TO THAT ROLE TO MANAGE THIS, TO FOCUS ON IT AND AND DO ALL THE REPORTING.

AND THEN WE JUST BACKFILL WITH A TEMPORARY POSITION.

THAT'S NOT THE TEMPORARY POSITION IS NOT FUN.

IT'S JUST THAT ONE POSITION THAT STEPPED UP.

MORGAN [INAUDIBLE].

YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM HER A LOT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS AND BEING EDUCATED ON WHAT WE CAN USE THESE FOR.

SO THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF WITH THIS FUND IS AND THEN THERE'S MAYBE 20 50 THOUSAND FOR SOME TOOLS OR OR SOFTWARE OR THINGS WE MAY NEED TO GET TO HELP US MANAGE ALSO THE PROGRAM FOR THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THAT THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO WE HAVE THAT IN THAT THAT TOOLBOX ALSO BUT PRIMARILY STAFFING THAT WE BROUGHT UP INTERNALLY.

OK.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION WITH REVENUE LOSS.

YOU KNOW, IF IF THESE ARPA FUNDS NEVER CAME FORWARD, IF THIS CONVERSATION NEVER EXISTED.

JUST WALK ME THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR I MEAN, THIS IS JUST LOST LOST MONEY TO OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? WE WOULDN'T HAVE OTHER WAYS TO RECUPERATE IT OR WE'D TRY TO DO IT SLOWLY OVER TIME WITH WITH FUTURE WINDFALLS OR WHATEVER.

BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO TO TO.

I'M JUST WONDERING OUT LOUD HERE IF.

THESE ARPA FUNDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO BACKFILL LOST REVENUES.

WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR US AS A CITY? UH, YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

BACK IN APRIL, AT THE BUDGET RETREAT, WE CAME TO COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT THE ITEMS WE WANT TO WE, AS A BUDGET TEAM, WANTED TO SUPPORT AND FUND THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE REVENUES FOR THEM TO PUT IN OUR BUDGET.

THAT WAS ABOUT $9 MILLION.

WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THAT FIGURE.

SO WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THOSE AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CUT BACK IN HALF.

THINGS THAT EXISTED IN THERE.

I DON'T HAVE THE FULL LIST OR THINGS LIKE THE HIGHWAY USER FUND LOST A LOT OF MONEY, SO THEY NEEDED THEY WERE IN NEED FOR EQUIPMENT, REPLACEMENT FLEET NEEDS AND

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SO WE BUDGETED THAT TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR.

THE GENERAL FUND HAD A LOT OF PROGRAMS WE PUT MONEY TO CLIMATE ACTION, MONEY TO ELECTRIFY FLEET AND SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS WE LISTED IN APRIL THAT WE WE WANTED TO FUND DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT WE BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE APRIL RETREAT SAYING THESE ARE THE ITEMS WE WANT TO CONSIDER IN THE BUDGET, AND THEY WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN JUNE.

SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR FUNDING HERE.

HAD IT NOT BEEN THERE, THOSE ITEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN OFF THE LIST AND NOT FUNDED AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO DO MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITH THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WERE BRINGING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THE FUNDS.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR SITTING IN THE HOT SEAT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND FOR EVERYBODY WEIGHING IN.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE TIME.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE MINE, AND SOME OF THESE ARE JUST PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

I FEEL NEEDS TO BE LIFTED UP TO BRING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ALONG, TO PEER INTO SOME MORE OF THE DETAILS OF A LOT OF THE GREAT THINKING THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.

JUST APPRECIATE YOU BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS PUBLICLY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION SO FAR AND STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS AGAIN, IS A BLESSING.

ALSO SEEMS LIKE A CURSE AT TIMES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS BALANCE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SATISFYING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NEEDS.

QUICK QUESTION FOR OUR DEPUTY MANAGER, ANDERSON.

SO REALLY QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE ALTERNATE CARE FACILITY OR SERVICES WITH THE SERVICES ALLOW FOR THINGS LIKE INVESTING IN A MOBILE OUTREACH PROVIDER OF SERVICES ? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING IN THE SPRING? NO, I'M THINKING LIKE ADDITIONAL SERVICES LIKE MOBILE SHOWERS, MOBILE RESOURCES LIKE THAT.

IT COULD, DEPENDING ON WHAT MIGHT BE PRESENT IN A FACILITY.

SO IF A FACILITY HAS SHOWER FACILITIES, A PLACE FOR LAUNDRY, THEN WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY NEED A MOBILE UNIT FOR THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES.

BUT IF THERE IS A FACILITY THAT WOULD MEET ALL OTHER NEEDS, WE COULD LOOK AT A MOBILE UNIT TO PROVIDE THOSE.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON ON WHERE WE ACTUALLY FIND A LOCATION AND WHAT'S INCLUDED.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A PILOT PROGRAM, WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO INVEST THE DOLLARS TO TO REMODEL OR DO CONSTRUCTION.

SO MOBILE SERVICES WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN THAT INSTANCE IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT HOME.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO MAYBE USE A MOBILE UNIT IN THE SHORT TERM UNTIL WE GET THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES BUILT IN.

OK, GREAT.

AND THEN WOULD WE ALSO BE ABLE TO PUT ASIDE JUST A SMALL SLIVER OF THOSE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS LIKE BUS PASSES TO HELP FOLKS TRANSPORT? WE CERTAINLY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS AN ALTERNATE RESPONSE TEAM, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.

IF WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE HARDER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET BETWEEN THIS FACILITY FOR CARE AND PLACES WHERE THEY MIGHT BE SHELTERING.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO CONSIDER A TRANSPORTATION.

IT'LL JUST DEPEND ON WHERE THE FACILITY IS LOCATED COMPARED TO THOSE OTHER NEEDS.

OK, AND I'M ALSO JUST THINKING GENERAL TRANSPORTATION, NOT NECESSARILY TO AND FROM THIS FACILITY, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEEDS OF OUR UNSHELTERED AND FOLKS THAT DON'T OWN A VEHICLE.

DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD ALSO PUT ASIDE A SMALL PORTION OF BUS PASSES FOR THAT? OR IS THAT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE? IT MAY BE CHEAPER FOR US TO PURCHASE BUS PASSES, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THEY COULD USE THE BUS PASS TO TRANSPORT ANYWHERE THAT THEY NEED.

IT WILL REALLY DEPEND ON WHAT WE IDENTIFIED THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CARE MODEL.

AND THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION.

EXCELLENT.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS ON THE NUMBER TWO BULLET POINT, WHICH IS THE MEDIA AMBASSADOR.

SO IS THIS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ADDITION TO THE LIKE DOWNTOWN WALKING BEAT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT LIKE A MENTAL HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST KIND OF WALKING AROUND SIMILAR TO WHAT THE DOWNTOWN WALKING BEAT DOES, ENGAGING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND TRYING TO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES.

IS THAT KIND OF THE INTENTION? YOU HAVE IT EXACTLY CORRECT.

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ORIGINALLY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO, BUT IN ORDER TO ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HEARD FOR COUNCIL, THIS WAS REDUCED TO ONE INDIVIDUAL IN HOPES THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ACTUALLY HIRE THE TWO COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS.

AND THESE WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

WE WOULD WORK WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE TO HIRE THEM TO FOCUS IN THAT AREA, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE ON CITY STAFF.

OK, THAT'S GREAT.

NOT TOO LONG AGO DID A WALK ALONG WITH A MEMBER OF OUR DOWNTOWN WALKING BEAT [INAUDIBLE] CHIEF AND IT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL AND VERY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A BIG BENEFIT TO THAT, TO THAT EFFORT AND A TWIST ON THAT TYPE OF OUTREACH IN REALLY FOCUSING ON HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THIS POPULATION.

SO THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IN CLOSING ON THAT TOPIC IS JUST IF WE CAN DO IT THROUGH A CULTURAL LENS AND IDEALLY EVEN HIGHER FOLKS WHO HAVE MORE OF A BACKGROUND THAT THEY CAN CONNECT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING TO SERVE.

I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.

OK, THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

FIRST OFF, I HAD SENT A QUESTION REGARDING THE USE OF THESE FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR BLACK MOLD AND FOR OTHER SITUATIONS OF PROPERTIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE UNINHABITABLE OR CLOSE OR DANGEROUS TO BE LIVING IN.

AND AS WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR HOUSING IN PARTICULAR, CAN WE UTILIZE THESE ARPA FUNDS FOR HELPING TO REVITALIZE SOME HOMES, PARTICULARLY THAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPENED RECENTLY THAT COULD DEFINITELY USE A LITTLE LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY INHABIT THEM? SO I MAY ASK STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS TO CHIME IN ON THIS ALSO, I KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDS, IT'S CORRELATED TO THE COVID AND PANDEMIC AND THOSE IMPACTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN HELP THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL WE CAN TIE FROM AN EXISTING CONDITION HOME TO A PANDEMIC SITUATION.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE FALL WITHIN.

SO THAT MAY BE MAYBE A LITTLE TOUGHER.

AND I SAW SARAH JUMP ON THERE FOR A MINUTE IF SHE'D LIKE TO CHIME IN ALSO.

YOU HANDLED IT.

I'LL BE QUIET.

THANKS, RICK.

SO WE CAN RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

OK WASN'T THERE A CATEGORY FOR CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER AS WELL? BECAUSE I MEAN, YES, WE HAVE THE IT IS RELATED TO COVID PRIMARILY, BUT THEY ALLOWED FOR CERTAIN ALLOWANCES, SUCH AS LEAD LEAD PIPES FOR WATER SUPPLIES.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CAVEAT IN THAT WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THERE IS A CATEGORY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CLEAN WATER, DRINKING WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND.

THOSE ARE THE KEY CATEGORIES.

YES, I BELIEVE THINGS LIKE LEAD AND THAT KIND OF LEAD PIPES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT, SO FORTH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CAN EXPAND TO A HOME AND TO A BUSINESS TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT.

IT'S MORE ABOUT CITY INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPES OF FUNDS.

MM-HMM.

OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SURE.

IF WE COULD DO JUST A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK JUST TO VERIFY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ONE POINT FIVE MILLION FOR HOUSING.

IT'S A LOT CHEAPER TO RETROFIT A HOME THAT HAS A BLACK MOLD PROBLEM THAN IT IS TO BUILD SOMETHING FROM THE GROUND UP.

SO MAYBE AN EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES A AND B, A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD USE IT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF HOW THAT FITS WITH THE GUIDELINES YOU ALL KNOW BETTER AND BETTER THAN I DO SO, BUT DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE SOME CONFIRMATION ON THAT.

YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO PROPOSE A DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN SHUFFLE THINGS AROUND TO AND HOLD IT FOR THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST NOT SURE, AND MAYBE OTHERS ARE RESEARCHING IT RIGHT NOW.

SO OK, WELL, WE CAN SAVE THAT FOR THE DISCUSSION ASPECT BEFORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

OKAY.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS FOR SEVENTY FIVE GRAND.

ARE WE GETTING MATCHING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE OR IS THIS ALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE CITY FOR?

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OK, SO THIS WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE WE'D HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH FUNDING AS WELL, NOT NECESSARILY ALL ON US.

CORRECT.

OK, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE.

IT WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT I WAS EXPECTING WHEN WE LAST SPOKE ABOUT SUPPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.

I WAS EXPECTING MORE LIKE COUNSELING SERVICES, NOT FOR THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION A LITTLE ON THAT.

ANY OTHER, CERTAINLY ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

WELL, BEFORE WE START A LONG LIST OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND DISCUSSION, IT'S BEEN AT THIS COMING ON TWO HOURS NOW PROBABLY BE GOOD TO JUST TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK BREATHER BEFORE WE, YEAH, HAVE TO USE OUR BRAINS A LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY.

I WILL NOTE, THOUGH THANK YOU, RICK, FOR SENDING THAT DOCUMENT THAT EXCEL FILE TO ALL OF US FROM THE SEPTEMBER DISCUSSION.

I'M URGING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ALMOST ALL THE WAY.

YES, WE'RE VERY MUCH WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.

BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE TOURISM DOLLARS THAT THE MAJORITY OF US STATED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE.

THAT HAS REMAINED THE SAME.

SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO REHASH HASH OUT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD BASELINE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL OF US ARE COMING FROM AS WE CONSIDER REDUCING CERTAIN AMOUNTS TO INCREASE ELSEWHERE OR DO OTHER PROJECTS.

SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND OTHERWISE, LET'S GIVE 12 MINUTES.

SO WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 5:00 P.M..

ALL RIGHTY, FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO START BACK UP HERE IN JUST A MINUTE IF WE CAN START TO WRAP IT UP.

WILL THE REAL CITY COUNCIL PLEASE STAND UP OR SIT DOWN? THERE WE GO.

YEAH.

YOU EVEN BEAT JIM, GEEZ.

WHAT'S? ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO RESTART HERE, WE STREAMING NOW.

EXCELLENT.

WELL, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO START UP WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE IN PERSON AND THEN WE WILL GET TO THE ONLINE COMMENTS THEREAFTER.

HEATHER MARCY, COME UP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF, I'M HEATHER MARCY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NORTHLAND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, AND FHC PRIMARILY SERVES VICTIMS OF CRIME THROUGH EMERGENCY SHELTER AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES.

TODAY I EMAILED YOU AND FHC INFORMATIONAL PACKET, INCLUDING OUR PROPOSED BUDGET AND INFORMATION ON ANTICIPATED FUNDING CUTS, AND I'M HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

THE GROUP OF VICTIMS SERVICE PROVIDERS HERE TODAY ARE DELIVERING CRITICAL CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, MEDICAL SERVICES AND HOUSING.

SERVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ANNUALLY THAT PRIMARILY HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE ARE EXPERIENCING A STRAIN ON SERVICES DUE TO COVID 19 AND GREATER CLIENT NEEDS, EMERGENCY FUNDING LOCALLY WAS EXHAUSTED BY SUMMER OF 2020.

WE'RE STILL OPERATING DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT SPANNED OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.

AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FEDERAL AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING STRAIN ON OUR PROGRAM, ON OUR PROGRAMS WITH ARPA FUNDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE LOCAL PROVIDERS, BEFORE YOU ARE ALL MEMBERS OF AND HAVE SPOKEN IN DEPTH WITH THE ARIZONA COALITION TO END SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WHO ADMINISTERS THE ARPA FUNDING FOR MARICOPA COUNTY.

THEY ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS BEING A GRANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED A FUNDING MATRIX TO ASSIST PROGRAMS WITH BOTH IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THEN CREATED A COMPETITIVE RFP FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS DUE TO HAVING MORE

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[INAUDIBLE] IS WILLING TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND MATERIALS.

AND DISCUSS THIS OPTION FURTHER.

THE GOAL IS THAT ANY ALLOCATED FUNDS THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE A LOW BARRIER AS SOME OF THEIR PROVIDERS LOCALLY NEED IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE FUNDS FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS.

ARPA FUNDS CAN BE USED OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS, AND SEVERAL OF THE PROVIDERS NEED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING HELP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

IN OCTOBER OF 2023, OUR BIGGEST FEDERAL FUNDER WILL BE MAKING A 50 PERCENT CUT.

SO WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE FIFTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS NEEDED BY THE THREE PROVIDERS FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS THIS FISCAL YEAR, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT COULD BE APPLIED FOR AND USED IN FY TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR TO ASSIST WITH THE FUNDING CUT.

WE WILL ALSO BE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AND HAVE BEGUN THAT ADVOCACY EFFORT THIS WEEK.

HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT EXPECT ANY DECISIONS ON OUR FUNDING UNTIL NOVEMBER AT THE EARLIEST AND POSSIBLY SEE EXTENDING THE CONVERSATION INTO EARLY 2022.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

[INAUDIBLE].

MY APOLOGIES, IF I.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S [INAUDIBLE] BUT THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I I'D REALLY HOPE TO BE LAST BECAUSE ALL OF MY FELLOW VICTIMS SERVICE PROVIDERS CAME UP WITH THESE GREAT PREPARED STATEMENTS AND I DID NOT.

SO MY APOLOGIES.

WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO IS THAT YOU HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROJECTS, AND I'M SUPER IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE AIMING TO DO.

BUT WE HAVE AN EXISTING PROGRAM HERE IN FLAGSTAFF THAT'S A REALLY A SORT OF DECONSTRUCTED FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER FORMAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS WE HAVE THESE LONG STANDING NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE REQUIRED SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY IN A WAY THAT REMOVES A LOT OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT, AS HEATHER JUST SAID, A 50 PERCENT CUT FOR VICTIM WITNESS SERVICES ALONE.

THIS IS THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN 2023.

WE HAVE NO WAY TO PREPARE FOR THIS BECAUSE ALL OF OUR GRANTS ARE REIMBURSABLE.

SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MONEY BACK.

SO WE HAVE NO WAY TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO PREPARE FOR THIS.

SO WHILE I ADMIRE ALL OF YOUR YOUR PROJECTS, YOU HAVE EXISTING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO FAIL AND THEY'RE GOING TO FAIL WITH EXPECTATIONS.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU EARLY.

WE HOPE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE IMPORTANT THEY'RE BASED TO THIS COMMUNITY.

WE DO THINGS THAT IN OUR FRONT LINES IN WAYS THAT MAYBE MOST OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT WANT TO DO.

YOU KNOW, IF WE DO NOT HAVE THESE SERVICES IN THE FUTURE, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT I HAVE CRISIS ADVOCATES TO GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND RESPOND TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM.

SORRY, I HAVE A HARD TIME TALKING THROUGH THE MASK, SO YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME.

TRYING TO BREATHE.

OK, GOOD.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO AS AN EXTRA IS WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT GROUP.

IT'S VERY WELL ATTENDED.

WE SEND THESE KIDS DOWN THE RIVER ONCE A YEAR WITH GRAND CANYON YOUTH AND DO A LOT OF EXTRA THINGS WITH THEM.

THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.

I IMPLORE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS TO RECOGNIZE THAT EXISTING PROGRAMS NEED SUPPORT AS WELL, AND NOT JUST NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE.

AND AGAIN, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME TALK WITH YOU AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS AT ANY TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

ERIC WOOLVERTON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF, MY NAME IS ERIC WOOLVERTON, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

I'M REACHING OUT TO YOU TODAY AS YOU'RE PREPARING YOURSELF TO ADDRESS CITY STAFF'S PROPOSALS FOR ARPA FUNDS.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ENSURE THESE ONE TIME FUNDS ARE PUT TO USE IN MAKING FLAGSTAFF A BETTER CITY TODAY AND FOR ALL OF OUR TOMORROWS.

MY HOPE IS TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ALLOCATING SOME OR ALL OF THE $1.5 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO A HOME LOAN FUND MANAGED BY THE CITY FOR NONPROFITS BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOMES TO UTILIZE AND SUPPLEMENT THE COSTS OF DEVELOPING ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

CREATING A HOME LOAN FUND WILL ALLOW ARPA FUNDS TO BE USED IN PERPETUITY FOR OUR NEEDS NOW AND OUR CHILDREN'S NEEDS IN THE FUTURE.

A LOAN FUND WILL ALLOW NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO ACT LIKE A BUSINESS AND

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IT'S TIME FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRY TO REINVENT ITSELF, TO CREATE A NEW AND BETTER PRODUCTS THAT DON'T KEEP FAMILIES IN POVERTY BUT CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESSES.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA IS DOING JUST THAT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR FIRST PILOT STARTER HOME IN 2022.

THESE STARTER HOMES WILL ALLOW FAMILIES TO BUY INTO HOME OWNERSHIP WITH ONLY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS DOWN PAYMENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS LESS THAN $1000 A MONTH, ALL WHILE SAVING $10000 IN EQUITY EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO PICTURE THIS APPROACH.

WE WANT FULL CIRCLE.

A HOMELESS PERSON ENTERS SHELTER SERVICES AND THEN ENTERS HOUSING SOLUTIONS, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO SECURE A JOB AND SAVINGS FOR TWO YEARS, THEN FOR ONLY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, THEY CAN BUY A HABITAT STARTER HOME AND CREATE THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SAVINGS IN JUST THREE YEARS, MEANING WE CAN GET SOMEONE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTO SELF-SUSTAINING HOME OWNERSHIP IN JUST FIVE YEARS.

COCONINO COUNTY IS RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING AND ENTERTAINING USING ARPA FUNDS TO CREATE A SIMILAR FUND LIKE THIS IN THE AMOUNT ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER HELPING OUR COMMUNITY NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BY ALLOWING YOUR PARTNER NON-PROFITS THE ABILITY TO CONSTANTLY CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A HOUSING LOAN FUND.

I KNOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A REALITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND I LOVE QUESTIONS.

SO THE HOME LOAN FUND, HOW MUCH LIKE PER HOME WOULD BE REQUIRED SO THAT WAY THE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN ONLY NEEDS THAT TWELVE FIFTY TO PURCHASE A HOME? WELL, THAT'S THE BEAUTY PART IS WITH OUR MODEL, IT'S THE HOMEOWNER THAT'S COMING UP WITH THAT DOWN PAYMENT.

SO THE HOME LOAN FUND WOULD JUST WORK SIMPLY AS A MECHANISM NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MRS. DARR MENTIONED WITH CDBG FUNDS ONLY.

IT'S A LOAN, NOT A ONE TIME ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

SO IT BRINGS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PAY BACK WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF INTEREST THOSE MONIES TO THE CITY TO THEN BE USED OVER AGAIN.

SO IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH LIKE A GRANT PROCESS OR AN RFP PROCESS TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS TO RECEIVE THAT LOAN.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO BACK UP WITH COLLATERAL AND ENSURE THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE THEIR MONEY'S.

EXCELLENT.

AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO LIKE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING? IS IT GOING TO BE MORE FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, LIKE TWENTY THOUSAND, THIRTY THOUSAND? OR WOULD WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND TO BE ABLE TO FRONT THE WHOLE PRICE OF THE ONE HOME? WELL, THAT'S WHERE THINGS ARE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT WITH OUR STARTER HOME PROGRAM.

OUR STARTER HOMES ARE ONLY BUDGETED TO COST US ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER STANDALONE HOME TO BUILD.

AND SO THESE MONIES, FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD BE REQUESTING THESE MONIES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN SELL THOSE HOMES TO INDIVIDUALS.

I WOULD RECEIVE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AND THAT'S HOW I WOULD PAY BACK THE CITY ON THAT LOAN.

OK, I GOT YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

MY PLEASURE.

AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A TURNING THESE ONE TIME MONIES INTO REVOLVING FUNDS, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN WORK INTO PERPETUITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, HOWEVER MUCH THAT'S ALLOCATED, WE CAN DISCUSS.

BUT I LIKE THESE KINDS OF IDEAS THAT CAN HELP US PERPETUATE THE GOOD THAT THESE DOLLARS COULD PROVIDE.

AND IF I MAY ADD, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

BUT HONESTLY, WE HAVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW ON THE DOCKET TO BUILD TOMORROW, BUT IN EXCESS OF ALMOST THREE AND A HALF TO FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN NEED.

SO THIS A REVOLVING LOAN FUND ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO BORROW DOWN THE ROAD.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

ROSS ALTENBAUGH .

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS ROSS ALTENBAUGH AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.

I REPRESENT FLAG SHELTER IN THIS CONVERSATION, ALTHOUGH I REPRESENT OTHER HOUSING, THE COMMISSION AND THAT KIND OF THING.

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I'M HERE TODAY TO PREVENT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND APPEAL TO EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING HOUSING AND FLAGSTAFF IN TWO MAJOR WAYS.

AND I ALSO HAVE ONE BIG QUESTION.

THE FIRST IS I'M EXCITED TO SEE AND I'M THANKFUL TO SEE THE THE BUDGET TEAM IS INCLUDED SUPPORT FOR MEANINGFUL HOUSING INVESTMENT WITH ARPA FUNDING.

AFTER ALL, THIS IS THE COUNCIL THAT DETERMINED HOUSING IS A CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M THANKFUL TO SEE THAT UP THERE.

I REPRESENT ONE OF THREE CO-CHAIRS FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR OUR LOCAL COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT COALITION PUT A LETTER TO YOU ALL BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO SUPPORT THIS.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SORT OF QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THAT IS WITH IN MIND THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT HOUSING IS A CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF SEEING ONE POINT FIVE OR SO MILLION PUT TOWARDS HOUSING, BUT THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE SECTION OF THIS HAS A TWO POINT FOUR SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR TAG NEXT TO IT.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ON WHY THAT PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE LISTED UNDER HOUSING.

YOU'VE YOU HEARD EARLIER THE MS. SARAH DARR TALK ABOUT HOW HOUSING FUNDING COULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS LIKE THE CDBG ONE, WHERE PROJECTS COULD BE RANKED.

PROGRAMS LIKE THINGS LIKE THE SHELTER A DAY CENTER COULD ABSOLUTELY FIT UP UNDER THE SAME KIND OF RANKING THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE CDBG PROCESS, WHICH ALREADY ALIGNS CITY VALUES.

AND THINGS YOU'VE PUT FORWARD TO SAY ARE ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL BEST PRACTICE AROUND GETTING HOUSING OUT TO FOLKS.

I JUST WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED AS TO BE A CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THERE'S A MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THAT IN THOSE TWO THINGS.

LASTLY, WE ARE STILL AS AN AGENCY, AS FLAG SHELTER, PROVIDING DAILY COVID RESPONSE.

IF YOU ARE COVID POSITIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU ARE SENT TO FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES BY THE COUNTY, BY THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE A QUARANTINE IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ARE POSITIVE WITH COVID.

SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RECOVERY MONEY, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE CRISIS IS STILL HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU MS. ALTENBAUGH.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU ROSS.

IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH COVID, I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.

YES, THANK YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE HOTELING FOR BOTH PREVENTION AND QUARANTINING FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT EQUATED TO ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PEOPLE A DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A HOTEL.

OUR AGENCY SUFFERED AND NOT SUFFERED.

THAT'S I THINK WE TOOK ON THE BURDEN AND THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING A PUBLIC RESPONSE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SO THEY COULD QUARANTINE.

BUT THAT WAS AT A FINANCIAL DETRIMENT TO OUR AGENCY.

WE WERE TENTATIVELY APPROVED FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, BUT WHEN IT CAME WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE LAST APRIL, WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT ANY DAY, WE WERE TOLD BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL THAT FEMA HAD DETERMINED THAT OUR ACTIONS WERE NOT A DISASTER RESPONSE BECAUSE WE WERE DOING PREVENTION WORK.

AND SO THAT LEFT US WITH A 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CAME IN AT $400000 TO HELP MAKE US WHOLE AND ASKED US TO COME BACK TO THE CITY AND COUNTY FOR THE OTHER TWO THIRDS OF THAT FUNDING FROM ARPA TO TALK ABOUT TRUE RECOVERY EFFORT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ONGOING.

WE DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND MOU AND PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY WILL GIVE US $50000 OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR AND $50000 THE YEAR AFTER.

SHOULD WE NEED IT TO PROVIDE A COVID RESPONSE, WHICH WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY DOING AND THE COUNTY WILL TELL YOU IS WILL PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK.

I CAN'T GET TOO FAR INTO THE DETAILS, BUT WE ARE WITHIN DAYS OF CLOSING ON A LARGE HOTEL IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE USED TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THAT COVID RESPONSE IN THE FUTURE.

SO I SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IN TERMS OF RENTING ROOMS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE POSITIVE.

BUT IT IS A CONTINUED CHALLENGE FOR OUR AGENCY AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT HOW WE'RE IN NEED.

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ROSS, IS THERE A SPECIFIC ASK THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU WANT TO JUST REEMPHASIZE? YEAH.

SO I HAD I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS AT THE CITY THAT AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CAME IN AT A THIRD OF OUR 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR ASK THAT WAS DENIED BY FEMA, CAME IN AT 400000 AND WAS ASKED FOR US TO GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO COME IN AT ONE THIRD OF EACH OF THAT COST TO HELP MAKE US WHOLE.

AND THAT WAS DIRECTLY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT OUR MONEY IS FOR.

SO DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSAL OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND? I DO, YES.

OK, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THAT WE HEAR YOU.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE NUMBERS WENT FROM 200000 IN SEPTEMBER TO 400000 WITH, YEAH, THIS THIS LATEST ROUND.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, ROSS, FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FIGHTING FOR THEM.

I'LL LEAVE THIS UP TO YOU, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO ANSWER IT OR NOT.

BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE SPACE TO EXPLORE SOMETHING BEING BEING SOMEONE WHO SPENT YEARS SCRAPING TOGETHER FUNDS TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE FACILITY.

YOU USE AT FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TWENTY FOUR? A TWO POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG ON CREATING NEW FACILITIES FOR OUR ALTERNATE CARE EFFORTS.

AND AGAIN, SHARE AS YOU WANT TO THIS AS THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHARE, BUT IF IF YOU'RE IF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AREN'T READY TO BE ARTICULATED YET, THAT'S FINE TOO.

NO PRESSURE.

THANK YOU, MARY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I DID POWER POSES BEFORE I CAME HERE TONIGHT, SO I FEEL LIKE I COULD PROBABLY ANSWER IT WITHOUT TOO MUCH SHAKING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FRUSTRATING.

I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE YOU'VE HEARD FROM PROVIDERS IN THE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT THAT ARE STRUGGLING AT THEIR FUTURE IN TERMS OF AND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

BUT YOU HAVE A VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC COMMUNITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ARE BEING REQUESTED OF SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDING.

AND YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD PAY TO PUT A BUS OUT THERE WITH SHOWERS ON IT INSTEAD OF JUST WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE SHELTER OR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SHOWERS IN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN THEN CONNECT TO LARGER SERVICES AROUND HEALTH AND HOUSING FEELS.

IT IS FRUSTRATING, AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THAT THAT BUS NO PUN INTENDED IS IS MOVING AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET AWAY IN THE WAY OF THAT.

I WANT TO WORK AS AN AGENCY WITH PARTNERS TO MAKE WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, HAPPEN AND IF, IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES CAN DO TO BE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION, WE ALWAYS WANT TO.

I JUST WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU THAT THIS TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS LIGHTNING BOLT FUNDING AND THAT IT'S WINDFALL OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, AND THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS ON OUR HANDS AND THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IS HOUSING.

AND I THINK THAT WE CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE PEOPLE IN POVERTY.

WE CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE A SYSTEM OF KEEPING PEOPLE DISENFRANCHISED AND DISCONNECTED FROM SERVICES IF WE MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR THEM TO BE IMPOVERISHED, AS OPPOSED TO HELPING THEM CONNECT TO TO SERVICES THAT CAN LIKE ERIC SAID, YOU KNOW, HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING, HOUSING OWNERSHIP IN FIVE YEARS.

THAT'S NUTS.

AND AS I THINK IT IS, THIS IS THE COUNCIL AND THIS IS THE STAFF THAT COULD REALLY TAKE THIS MONEY AND MAKE SOMETHING REALLY POWERFUL HAPPEN IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO I'D PUT TWO POINT FOUR MILLION OR TWO POINT FOUR SEVEN FIVE UNDER HOUSING AND [INAUDIBLE] LET YOUR EXCELLENT HOUSING DEPARTMENT RANK PROPOSALS THAT THEN COULD MAKE ROOM FOR IF IF A STANDALONE DAY SERVICE CENTER IS WHAT IS NEEDED AND MAKES MORE SENSE AND CAN SERVE MORE PEOPLE AND HAS TO GO BAT, THAT HAS TO GO TO BAT WITH THE NUMBERS I HAVE TO GO TO BAT ON WITH CDBG WHEN I COME IN AND SAY WE SERVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR.

I WANT TO STAND NEXT TO A PROGRAM THAT'S GETTING TWO POINT FOUR MILLION AND I WANT TO SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE A YEAR.

AND I WANT TO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO STAND PROUDLY BEHIND A PROGRAM BEHIND THE NONPROFITS THAT SIT HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU ON

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SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT.

I AM A TEAM PLAYER.

WE WILL GET BEHIND WHATEVER IS OUT THERE AND WE'LL PROBABLY EVEN WE'LL APPLY IF IT'S APPROPRIATE.

BUT I WOULD SAY HAVE IT GO IN THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PUT YOUR PRIORITIES, HOUSING IT'S A CRISIS.

WELL YOU WERE BARELY ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT, SO UM YEAH, I TOLD YOU I POWER POSED.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE VARIETY OF OPINIONS ON THE ROOM AND WE ARE IN A WAY INVENTING THE WHEEL AS WE'RE ROLLING DOWN THE HILL IN OUR VEHICLE HERE.

SO I JUST ASK FOR YOU TO HAVE PATIENCE WITH US AS WELL DURING THIS PROCESS.

AND HOPEFULLY THE PROCESS WILL FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT FORM AS WE MOVE ALONG HERE.

AND AND THESE THINGS CAN SNEAK UP ON US.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND AND THE PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU BRING TO THE TO THE TABLE.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU MS. ALTENBAUGH FOR STANDING UP AND SPEAKING UP TODAY, LET ME.

FOCUS ON THE.

YOUR DAILY COSTS IN TERMS OF COVID RESPONSE.

I UNDERSTAND LAST YEAR'S COST WAS ONE POINT TWO MILLION.

BUT THAT WAS UNTIL, LIKE DECEMBER 31ST, RIGHT? SO WHAT IS YOUR ACTUAL COST SERVICING THE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS US, AS PROVIDING QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION FOR POTENTIALLY POSITIVE CASES.

AND THEN I HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO UPSET YOU.

BUT FOR THE NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOMS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR ADVOCACY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS AND GETTING THOSE HOTELS IN PLACE.

BUT WE WERE SPENDING CLOSE TO $100000 A WEEK.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR ONE POINT TWO MILLION, THAT'S AFTER THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT WE MADE THAT WAS FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVENTY EIGHT OF THE MOST MEDICALLY VULNERABLE SENIOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO FOUR WALLS AND A ROOF IN THREE DIFFERENT HOTELS.

AND THEN ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE OTHER FOLKS THAT WERE ON THE DAY THAT OUR AGENCY MADE THE CHOICE TO DO THIS, THAT WERE AT THE SHELTER.

SO WE CLEARED THE SHELTER THAT DAY BACK IN APRIL OF 2020, AND WE STAYED THERE FOR LITERALLY A YEAR AND THEN OPERATED THE THE COVID POSITIVE HOTEL IN ADDITION.

SO THOSE COSTS ARE ALL PUT TOGETHER.

THE STATE CAME IN WITH A LOT OF FUNDING CDBG LOCALLY.

YOU GUYS REALLY STEPPED UP AND SUPPORTED US IN SO MANY WAYS, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THE THE LAST PIECE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE REIMBURSED BY FEMA THAT THAT WE HAD WORKED OUT EVERY COMPONENT OF OF LEVERAGING AND EVERY EVERY DOLLAR WE COULD SHAKE FROM ANYWHERE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT FOR THE BETTER PART OF EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS OF THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE POSITIVE AMONG AMONG THAT POPULATION.

AND I I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER POSITIVES THAT CAME FROM THAT AND WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL LESSON IN WHAT HOUSING AND HOW HOUSING IS HEALTH CARE FOR WHAT IT DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT YOU KNOW.

IT WASN'T FUN.

THANK YOU FOR THE.

THE VERY HONEST AND TRUTHFUL RESPONSE THERE.

SO THE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND SUGGESTED HERE FOR COVID CARE DOESN'T INCLUDE THE THE SERVICES RELATED SERVICES THAT.

LAST YEAR, COUNCIL APPROVED FOR FOR THE COVID RELIEF FUNDING, SUCH AS THE THE FRONT DOOR.

ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

SO NOW IS THEIR CHANCE TO COME UP WITH A WISH LIST FOR THAT.

SO IN ADDITION TO CONGREGATE CARE AND SHELTERS, WHAT NUMBER CAN WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING OR STRENGTHEN THE SERVICES THAT THAT THE FRONT DOORS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED COVID RELIEF FUNDS FOR LAST YEAR? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM AT LEAST MYSELF AND I OBVIOUSLY AGAIN REPRESENT FLAG SHELTER, BUT I THINK I'VE HEARD TONIGHT

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HOUSING SOLUTIONS JUST PURCHASED A HOTEL.

WE ARE PURCHASING A HOTEL.

THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND THOSE HOTELS LOOK LIKE EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL SHELTER NOW, BUT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LOOK LIKE PERMANENT HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS RIGHT.

LIKE, THAT'S THE LIGHTNING BOLT IS IS THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WHAT ERIC DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF LOAN, THE REVOLVING LOAN.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY SMART PEOPLE DOING THIS WORK, INCLUDING CITY STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN FRONT DOOR ALL THE WAY TO HOME OWNERSHIP.

THERE'S A LOT OF NICE WAYS THAT THIS COULD PROVIDE.

NOT JUST MORE FUNDING TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LIKE REALLY LIKE SOLUTION ENDING, FINANCING THAT COULD REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON ON ON THIS CRISIS.

SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS, AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR FOR ME TO REPRESENT THAT CONVERSATION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE VOICE IN THAT.

BUT I THINK WE COULD COME UP WITH IT PRETTY QUICKLY IF YOU GAVE US SOME TIME.

SO OF.

SO MY LAST QUESTION HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR RESPONSE IS WOULD WOULD YOU BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FUNDING THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM HOMELESSNESS TO HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT IT WILL BE LIKE A REVOLVING FUND, WHICH IS LOANS FOR FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF REVOLVING FUND FOR LOANS FOR FIRST TIME, HOME HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND TWO WILL BE.

GRANTS FOR NONPROFITS.

YES, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] MCLAUGHLIN.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] MCLAUGHLIN, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING ON YOUR HOUSING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS ROSS AND OTHERS IN THE ROOM.

I AM NOT SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT IN MY CAPACITY AS CEO OF HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, WHICH IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDER.

I WANT TO START MY COMMENTS TONIGHT WITH A HEARTFELT THANKS.

WE WERE CHATTING WITH YOU GUYS A MONTH OR SO AGO SIX WEEKS AGO, I WAS IN MY CAR AT THE ICE RINK.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS BEING TALKED ABOUT FOR HOUSING INVESTMENT WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SO I AM SO GRATEFUL TO THIS COUNCIL FOR SAYING THAT'S NOT ENOUGH AND FOR SAYING THAT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING DECLARATION YOU ALL PASSED NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IN WITH THIS ONE TIME ARPA FUNDING.

AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, LIKE ROSS SAID, TO HAVE A LIGHTNING BOLT MOMENT TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT INVESTMENT.

MR. MAYOR, YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE HOUSING AMERICA MONTH PROCLAMATION, AND YOU LISTED A COMPREHENSIVE AND HEARTBREAKING PLETHORA OF STATISTICS WHICH SHOW CLEARLY WHY THE ARPA INVESTMENT IN HOUSING IS SO CRITICAL.

SO I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE INCREASE IN HOUSING INVESTMENT PRESENTED TONIGHT.

THE PROPOSED ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN HOUSING, I'M HOPING AS A FLOOR, PLEASE DON'T LOWER IT.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO THROW MORE MONEY TOWARDS HOUSING, I THINK WE'D WELCOME IT.

AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY COULD REALLY BENEFIT AND UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS WISELY, EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.

I DO WANT TO ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DISTRIBUTING PROPOSED ARPA FUNDS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS.

I BELIEVE THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT RECOMMENDATION REQUIREMENTS THAT MR. TADDER INDICATED ARE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL FUNDS, AND IT WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO EXPAND FUNDS OR EXPEND I CAN'T READ MY WRITING SORRY, EXPEND FUNDS IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.

IT WOULD SEEK LEVERAGED FUNDS TO MAKE YOUR INVESTMENTS GO FARTHER AND TO HELP MORE FAMILIES, AND IT WOULD ENSURE YOUR HOUSING EXPERTS YOUR HOUSING SECTION REVIEWS AND VETS THE APPLICANTS FOR PROJECT FEASIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY.

AS AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDES VICTIM SERVICES AND GOT TO STAND UP HERE WITH COLLEAGUES EARLIER TONIGHT FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH PROCLAMATION, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OUR VICTIM SERVICE PARTNERS WHO ARE ASKING FOR URBAN INVESTMENT FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. WE NEED THEM TO RESPOND TO VICTIMS IN CRISIS, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TO HELP VICTIMS IN NEED.

AND I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE AND EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE

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SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THE THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS IS IS A TREMENDOUS AND I HOPE WE CAN, AS A COMMUNITY, SEE THE INVESTMENT OF THESE FUNDS TO HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND TO HELP MOVE THE NEEDLE ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.

SORRY, SIRI IS LISTENING IN.

I APOLOGIZE.

TERRIFYING, SIRI SHUT UP.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

GIOVANNA, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE TO THE RELATIONSHIP HOUSING SOLUTIONS HAS WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE? SURE.

Y'ALL HAVE INVESTED GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TOWARDS HELPING LOW MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS OPEN THE DOOR TO HOMEOWNERSHIP THROUGH DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE LOANS.

WE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM ON YOUR BEHALF TO DETERMINE INCOME AND HOUSEHOLD ELIGIBILITY, TO DO THE OUTREACH AND MARKETING, TO LEVERAGE HOUSING COUNSELING DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES ARE MAKING AN EDUCATED FINANCIAL DECISION.

IT'S THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL DECISION MOST FAMILIES MAKE, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE SPENT EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY BASED ON THAT CONTRACT.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FAMILIES SINCE 1999, MUCH OF THAT THROUGH CITY INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT WAS GENERAL FUNDS, SOMETIMES CDBG.

AND THEN WE BRING IN EXTERNAL SOURCES LIKE WISH FUNDS OR STATE HOUSING FUNDS IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

AND SO THIS YEAR, I THINK OUR CONTRACT IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I WANT TO SAY WE CAN HELP EIGHT FAMILIES WITH THE PROPOSED LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.

THE NEED IS GREATER, BUT WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY HONORED TO KEEP HELPING FAMILIES OPEN THE DOOR TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.

AND YOU ALSO HAVE INVESTED IN YOUR OWN EMPLOYER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAM THAT WE ARE ALSO CONTRACTED TO ADMINISTER, WHICH HELPS RECRUIT AND RETAIN YOUR EMPLOYEES.

DID I ANSWER THAT, OK.

YES.

OK, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

AND IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THE FUNDS ARE PAID BACK IF THE HOMEOWNER SELLS THE HOME RIGHT OR ARE THEY PAID BACK IN THE MEANTIME? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PROGRAM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THE CITY'S EMPLOYER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAM IS A LOAN, BUT IT'S FORGIVEN ON A PRORATED BASIS OVER 10 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT AND OWNER OCCUPANCY.

SO IF AN EMPLOYEE STAYS WITH YOU ALL FOR 10 YEARS, IT WOULD NOT BE REPAID, IT WOULD BE FORGIVEN.

THE BROADER COMMUNITY PROGRAM IS ALWAYS REPAID BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND HONESTLY TO FORGIVE IT.

SO THE ASSISTANCE IS REPAID WHEN A TRIGGERING EVENT HAPPENS, AND THAT COULD BE THE SALE OF A HOUSE.

IT COULD BE THE FAMILY NO LONGER OWNER OCCUPIES IT, OR IT COULD BE THAT THEY WANT TO REFINANCE THEIR HOME TO PULL EQUITY OUT IN ORDER TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THAT EQUITY, WE DON'T JUDGE, WE JUST SAY YOU HAVE TO PAY BACK THE CITY FIRST.

THAT PROGRAM ALSO HAS REPAYMENT BASED ON AN EQUITY SHARE MODEL, SO THE CITY SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF PIECE, A PIECE OF THE APPRECIATION THAT THE FAMILY HAS SEEN DURING THEIR OWNERSHIP PERIOD, HOPING TO INCREASE FUNDS TO HELP ANOTHER FAMILY BUY A SIMILAR HOME IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH.

THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT.

TERRY MADEKSZA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TERRY MADEKSZA AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE.

I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY AND LISTEN TO THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, AND I DO WANT TO SAY, OF COURSE, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE SMALL BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS, BUT I REALLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT I'M HEARING AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ME.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL NEED TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING, SOCIAL SERVICE, ALTERNATIVE OUTREACH STRATEGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE PANDEMIC'S DEVASTATING IMPACT ON SMALL AND LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES.

SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY, YET THEY REMAIN FRAGILE AS THEY TRY TO NAVIGATE THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU DETAILS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED TONIGHT.

I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I HOPE I CAN PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION.

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THE REASON THAT THE FTBA WAS INVOLVED IS BECAUSE WE INITIATED THIS WITH THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND NAU.

THE CITY DID NOT COME TO US TO SAY, HEY, HELP US GET FUNDS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE SAID AT THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED.

OUR HOTELS ARE CLOSED.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM.

AND WE LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SAW THAT THIS IS WHAT WAS WORKING.

SO WE CAME TO THE CITY.

WE SAID, CITY, COULD YOU HELP US WITH THIS COUNTY AND NAU AND WE RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT.

SO THIS WAS INITIATED BY DBA, NOT THE CITY COMING TO US TO MANAGE THIS.

THE OTHER THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE BY MANAGING THIS, WE COULD GET MONEY IN THE HANDS OF THE BUSINESSES QUICKLY.

SO FROM START TO FINISH, FROM THE APPLICATION TO THE CHECK BEING SENT OUT WAS TWO WEEKS.

SO THE BUSINESSES GOT MONEY IN THEIR HANDS, WHICH THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED IMMEDIATELY VERSUS SORT OF WAITING AND GOING THROUGH A MONTHS LONG PROCESS.

WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN THESE OTHER PARTNERS, LIKE I MENTIONED THE COUNTY AND NAU, AND THEN WE DISTRIBUTED 100 PERCENT OF THAT MONEY, SO WE DID NOT KEEP AN ADMIN OR A MANAGEMENT FEE.

THIRTY THOUSAND CAME IN.

THIRTY THOUSAND WENT OUT AND THIS WENT OUT CITYWIDE.

SO IT IS NOT.

I MEAN, WE'RE THE DBA.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WANTED TO GET MONEY IN THE HANDS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CITYWIDE.

AND I THINK MS. HANSEN MENTIONED THE COUNTIES PORTION ACTUALLY WENT COUNTYWIDE.

SO WE SAW SOME BUSINESS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. MADEKSZA.

MS. MADEKSZA CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PROCESS FOR THE CITY? THE CITYWIDE AND A COUNTYWIDE GRANT PROCESS? THAT'S THE QUESTION NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, HOW DO YOU SEE THE THE GRANT TO TOURISM RELATED INDUSTRIES? BECAUSE AS AS WE KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY FLAGSTAFF WHY VISITORS VISIT FLAGSTAFF IS DISCOVERY DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

IF YOU COULD REMIND ME OF THE FIRST QUESTION, I GOT YOUR SECOND ONE, BUT THE FIRST ONE, THE I GUESS THE THE PROCESS OF THE CITY, THE CITY GRANT GRANT AWARDS PROCESS AND THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAD ALSO PITCH IN FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

THANK YOU.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THE DBA MANAGED THIS PROCESS.

WE DID PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND NAU HELPED US GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS AT THE TIME, WITH ONLY THIRTY THOUSAND, WE ONLY KEPT THAT OPEN FOR A WEEK WITH MORE FUNDING.

WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN LONGER AND GET MORE BUSINESSES TO APPLY.

BUT IN A WEEK WE RECEIVED OVER THIRTY APPLICATIONS.

WE HAD A COMMITTEE OF FIVE REVIEWING THOSE AND SCORING THEM, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE SMALL MICRO GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN FIFTY TO THREE THOUSAND TO TWENTY FOUR BUSINESSES.

AND IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO.

I I WANT TO READ YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR BUSINESSES.

WE WERE ABLE TO FOCUS ON BUSINESSES THAT HAD NOT RECEIVED PPP EILD OR OTHER FUNDING.

AND WE LOOKED AT CASH RESERVES AND WE LOOKED AT HOW LONG A BUSINESS HAS BEEN OPEN.

SO WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO INVEST IN A BUSINESS THAT WAS OPEN TWO OR THREE MONTHS THAT WAS GOING TO CLOSE ANYWAY.

AND IF THEY WERE A LAW FIRM THAT HAD OPERATING CASH RESERVES IN PLACE, THEY WERE NOT THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS FUNDING.

BUT WHAT WE DID HEAR WAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS SO NECESSARY.

YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR MY LITTLE PRESCHOOL AND JUST ONE OTHER BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

THIS PERSON WROTE, IS THIS EVEN LEGIT? I HAVE APPLIED FOR SO MUCH HELP AND YOU WERE THE FIRST TO ACTUALLY HELP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE BUSINESSES ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE NEED IS GREAT.

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE SORT OF DEALING WITH SOME NEW CHALLENGES WITHIN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO THIS KIND OF PROGRAM WILL REALLY HELP.

AND THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SUGGEST THAT DBA MANAGE THIS IS BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT QUICKLY.

THERE'S A TEMPLATE FOR IT AND WE'RE NOT TAKING AN ADMIN FEE AND WE CAN GET MONEY OUT CITY AND COUNTY WIDE.

AND WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNTY AND NAU.

THE COUNTY DOES HAVE A LINE ITEM BUDGETED FOR THIS.

IT WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS MUCH THIS MONTH.

SO I CAN'T COMMIT TO YOU WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.

AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH NAU TO INCREASE THEIR CONTRIBUTION FROM THE TEN THOUSAND WE SAW LAST YEAR.

DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER? YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU.

QUESTION NUMBER TWO, OH, ABOUT TOURISM.

WELL, OUR TOURISM BUSINESSES, IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS THE RESTAURANTS AND THE HOTELS THAT WERE SHUT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE BEGINNING TO SEE TRAVEL RESUMING AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE COMING TO FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE WE ARE A PREMIER DESTINATION.

THANKS TO OUR EXCELLENT TEAM AT DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF AND WITH YOUR ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR, PEOPLE, OF COURSE, ARE COMING HERE TO BE OUTDOORS.

SO YOU'RE SEEING AND YOU'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, THAT BUSINESS IS HAPPENING, BUT WE ARE NO WAY BACK TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

AND SO OUR TOURISM BUSINESSES STILL NEED THIS HELP.

THEY ARE SEEING DROPS IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

THEY ARE NOT SEEING THE CONVENTION AND MEETING BUSINESS RETURN.

AND SO THEY NEED SOME HELP AS WELL.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THESE GRANTS, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS, SHOULD BE KEPT SEPARATE.

I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A BUSINESS OF FIVE EMPLOYEES FIGHTING FOR THE SAME FUNDING AS A HOTEL WITH THREE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.

THEIR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT.

THEIR STRESSES AND CHALLENGES ARE DIFFERENT.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSIDER KEEPING THESE GRANTS SEPARATE SO YOU DON'T HAVE THESE BUSINESSES COMPETING BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A FAIRNESS FACTOR THERE, BUT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER KEEPING THIS TOURISM GRANT BECAUSE OUR BUSINESSES STILL NEED IT.

AND AND AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING CITYWIDE, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, TERRY, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I DO STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THE PROPOSED NUMBERS AND AND I HAVE HAD TALKS WITH DIFFERENT KEY INDIVIDUALS AT THE CITY WHO WHO HELP WITH THE TOPICS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WITH A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR INVESTMENT AT THE CITY PLUS TEN THOUSAND FROM THE COUNTY AND TEN THOUSAND FROM THE NAU.

WE WERE ABLE TO HELP TWENTY SEVEN BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LET'S SAY THE COUNTY DID SOMETHING LIKE TWO HUNDRED AND THEN NAU, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE EVEN THE GUESS BALLPARK WITH THEM, HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO YOU EXPECT US TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT? MAYOR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I THINK WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS GRANT ARE.

WITH THE THIRTY THOUSAND, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SMALLEST BUSINESSES, SO WE HAD A LIMIT OF TEN OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.

I BELIEVE THE CITY DESCRIBES A SMALL BUSINESS AS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY OR FEWER, OR THERE'S ALREADY A NUMBER SET.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FUNDING PARTNERS WANT THAT NUMBER TO BE.

DO YOU WANT IT TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SMALLEST OF BUSINESSES OR FIFTY OR FEWER EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE RECEIVE? AND THEN WITH THE THIRTY THOUSAND, IT WAS A VERY GENEROUS NUMBER FROM OUR FUNDING PARTNERS, BUT IT WAS RELATIVELY SMALL TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO OUR NUMBERS.

WE MADE A DECISION OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO THREE THOUSAND MAX.

AND SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TOO WOULD OUR FUNDING PARTNERS WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT RANGE.

WOULD IT BE SEVEN FIFTY TO FIVE THOUSAND? AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR APPLICANTS AS WELL.

SO GIVEN THAT I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER WHAT I CAN SAY IS LOOKING AT THOSE FACTORS,

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IF WE HAD FIVE, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO TO HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES.

AND QUICK LAST QUESTION.

SO THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR POSITION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH A SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE DBA WAS GOING TO BE A FINANCIAL PARTNER.

CAN YOU PUT ANY DOLLAR AMOUNTS NEXT TO WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE? SURE.

MAYOR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, I WOULD SAY AT A MINIMUM IT WOULD BE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO DBA AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AND THEIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.

SO AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES.

WE LOOKED AT SIMILAR CITIES.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S WORKING, HOW HOW DO WE MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING.

WE DON'T EXPECT TO DUPLICATE ANY EFFORT.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.

AND SO WE LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES.

AND IF THE CITY KICKS IN SEVENTY FIVE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING EQUAL OR MORE THAN BROUGHT TO THE TABLE BY THE DBA AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNTY.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

I HAD A QUESTION.

SO WHO IS ON THE BOARD OF FIVE WAS? WAS IT CHOSEN AS IN LIKE ONE PERSON FROM NAU ONE FROM THE CITY, ET CETERA? MAYOR, VERY GOOD QUESTION.

WE HAD FIVE.

ONE WAS FROM THE COUNTY.

WE HAD TWO FROM THE CITY AND WE HAD ONE FROM NAU AND WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT ACTUALLY WAS NOT A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER.

EXCELLENT.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

BUT BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT BUSINESS OWNER WAS BROUGHT ON BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT APPLYING.

GOTCHA.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.

AND I'M I REALLY I KNOW WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS BEFORE, AND I REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA AND JUST SAY THAT WITH ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET WITH MATCHING FUNDS COUNCIL AND TO LEVERAGE THIS, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA.

AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE COUNTY IS INTERESTED IN, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS A GOOD USE OF OUR FUNDS.

SO THANK YOU, TERRY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT AND HOPING THAT YOU VIEW ME AND THE DBA AS A PARTNER OF THE CITY.

WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, BROOKE FULTON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, A CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ALL OF OUR COMMENTS TONIGHT.

THIS IS A MATTER THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS, AS YOU CAN TELL.

MY NAME IS BROOKE FULTON.

I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER AT NORTHERN ARIZONA CARE AND SERVICES AFTER ASSAULT.

WE ARE THE SOLE PROVIDER OF MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMS TO ADOLESCENT AND ADULT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STRANGULATION IN COCONINO COUNTY.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH NORTHLAND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND VICTIM WITNESS SERVICES.

AND COMBINED, THESE FOUR SERVICE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES IN FLAGSTAFF IN COCONINO COUNTY FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.

SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO ECHO [INAUDIBLE] STATEMENT ABOUT OUR ESTABLISHMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH EACH OTHER AND WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE MODEL.

MOST COUNTIES IN ARIZONA HAVE A FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER MODEL.

WE HAVE A DECONSTRUCTED MODEL AND THAT WORKS REALLY, REALLY WELL FOR US AND OUR VICTIMS. IF WE WERE TO WEAVE, ALL FOUR OF OUR AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF FUNDING DUE TO COVID, HOWEVER, ALL OF OUR AGENCIES ALSO RECEIVE VOCA FUNDING AND IF THE ANTICIPATED CUTS GO FORWARD BY 2023, WE'RE ALL EXPECTED TO LOSE A LOT MORE.

NACASA WON'T BE LOSING AS MUCH AS VICTIM WITNESS WILL BE, BUT OUR OUR FUNDING FROM VOCA COVERS THE SALARY OF ONE FULL STAFF MEMBER.

AND THAT'S NOT A TON IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER AGENCIES, BUT WE HAVE A STAFF OF THREE.

SO THAT'S A THIRD OF OUR STAFF.

WITHOUT RELIEF FROM ARPA FUNDS, THESE AGENCIES ARE AT RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SERVICES TO VERY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE HOMELESS FOLKS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VICTIMIZATION, AS WE KNOW, AND WITH THE APPROVAL AND FUNDING OF THE NEW ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIVE TEAM,

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I THINK IT WOULD BE COUNTER EFFECTIVE MOVE AND CATASTROPHIC TO SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WE'RE MOVING IN THIS NEW DIRECTION OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, WHICH I DO THINK IS AMAZING.

IF IF WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE WHILE VICTIM SERVICE AGENCIES WERE COMING DOWN, THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OH, YEAH, SORRY.

COME BACK HERE.

SORRY.

I NEED A COUPLE OF SECONDS JUST TO LET THAT SINK IN.

SO.

WHAT DO YOUR REQUEST OF US IN TERMS OF ALLOCATING FUNDING, AND I HEARD FROM VICTIM WITNESS EARLIER AND AND OTHER OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

WHAT NUMBER CAN WE CONSIDER IN TERMS OF LOCATING FUNDING, ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN SUPPORT OF THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT THAT NUMBER INTO, YOU KNOW, TO QUANTIFY IT RIGHT NOW.

NACASA HAS A MYRIAD FUNDING SOURCES IN 2020, JUST JUST FROM THE DECREASED NUMBER OF EXAMS THAT WE HAD.

WE CAN ESTIMATE AROUND $8000.

THOSE COSTS ARE GOING TO VARY YEAR BY YEAR AGAIN.

IF WE DO IF VOCA THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT IS CUT IN HALF IN 2023, AS SUSPECTED, THAT'S ANOTHER 60 GRAND PER YEAR THAT WE'D BE LOSING.

SO THAT WOULD BE AGAIN, AN ENTIRE STAFF MEMBER.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY AS AS WE GO ON, OUR NUMBERS IN 2021 HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY DECREASED DUE TO COVID.

WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SPORADIC.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'RE LOOKING AT.

LIKE I SAID IN 2020, JUST THE DECREASE IN EXAMS AROUND $8000.

I'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU.

WILL TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH RESPECT TO ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING? TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WILL, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY ASSISTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A START.

LIKE MS. [INAUDIBLE] STATED, THEY'RE LOOKING AT LOSING ALMOST $400000 PER YEAR.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A START, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COVER THE LOSS THAT WE'RE FACING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SHALEEN SEWARD.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

I'M SHALEEN STEWART.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NORTHLAND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER.

SO NORTHLAND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRAUMA THERAPY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES AND LEGAL ADVOCACY TO AROUND 800 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING EVERY YEAR.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ANSWER OVER THREE THOUSAND PHONE CALLS FROM VICTIMS WHO ARE WANTING SUPPORT, SAFETY, PLANNING AND RESOURCES, SO WE PARTNER WITH OUR OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES.

AS HAS BEEN OUTLINED TO FULFILL TOGETHER AS A TEAM THE MANY NEEDS THAT VICTIMS HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, RANGING FROM SHELTER TO EXAMS TO COURT REPRESENTATION AND SUPPORT LEGAL ADVOCACY, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, ET CETERA.

AND TODAY, OUR LOCAL SERVICE VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SO IT'S IT'S TWO PARTS THAT WE ARE SEEKING.

ONE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR FUNDING THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR ITEMS SUCH AS PPE, OF WHICH NORTHLAND NOW HAS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS LEFT IN OUR IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR PPE.

AND WE ARE HOUSING PEOPLE IN SHELTER WHO STILL ARE TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID AS WELL.

WE ALSO NEED SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR AIR QUALITY FOR HOTELS.

VICTIMS HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS WHERE THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY GO TO ANOTHER SHELTER PROGRAM.

THEY NEED A SAFE, SECURE HOTEL ROOM.

AND IF THEY'RE COVID POSITIVE, WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THEM.

YOU KNOW, REDUCING THAT RISK OF CHILDREN AND UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND SHELTER ARE ALSO

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SO THERE ARE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS WITH OUR PROGRAMS, BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS PENDING 2023 REDUCTION IN OUR FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING AROUND $250000 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR ALL OF OUR VICTIM PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY WITH NORTHLAND.

BUT THIS IMPACT WILL HAVE IS ABOUT 70 TO 80 VICTIMS COULD NO LONGER ACCESS SAFE SHELTER.

WE WOULD SEE PERHAPS ABOUT 250 VICTIMS ANNUALLY, NO LONGER BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE TRAUMA THERAPY.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPAND OUR TRAUMA THERAPY DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE WE MAINTAIN A WAITLIST.

WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE NEEDING THERAPY, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC WITH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OCCURRING, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CUTTING IT IN HALF.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY LARGE IMPACT ON VICTIMS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO AGAIN ARE NAVIGATING THEIR OWN WELLBEING, THEIR TRAUMA, AS WELL AS BEING IN A PANDEMIC.

SO WE ALSO WILL REDUCE ABOUT 40 INDIVIDUALS WITH LEGAL ADVOCACY SUPPORT, AND THIS IS JUST OUR PROGRAM NUMBERS AS VICTIM WITNESS HAS THEIR OWN AS WELL.

THANK YOU SHALEEN, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, SHALEEN.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IF THERE WERE OTHER LOSSES AND EFFORTS THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD THE TIME TO SPEAK TO.

AS FAR AS SO YOU KNOW, OUR PRIORITIES IS FOR.

SORRY.

GOING BACK TO MY NOTES, OUR PRIORITIES, [INAUDIBLE] AT NORTHLAND FAMILY HEALTH CENTER SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE AT AND EVEN WITH OUR SHELTER, AS I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THREE THOUSAND CALLS.

MANY OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE REQUESTING SHELTER AND CONTINUING TO CALL AND UNTIL A BED SPACE OPEN.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING SHELTER BED SPACES, WE ARE.

WE'RE ALREADY HAVE MORE PEOPLE REQUESTING SERVICES THAN AGAIN WE CAN MEET IN ANY GIVEN DAY.

SO SHELTER SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUPPORT SERVICES TO VICTIMS AS VICTIM WITNESS HAS HAS SHARED THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS ACROSS THE COCONINO COUNTY THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY NOT HAVING VICTIM ADVOCATES BE ABLE TO GO THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEM.

SO I THINK I DID MOST OF MY HIGHLIGHTS.

AND THEN A QUICK QUESTION SHALEEN IF WE WERE TO SET ASIDE FUNDING THAT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND YOU MENTIONED TO SPECIFICALLY BE UTILIZED FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, HOUSING CRISIS RESPONSE, REHAB AND PPE, ARE WE MISSING ANYTHING MAJOR IN THAT LIST? BELIEVE WE'VE HIT THE MAJOR POINTS THERE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, VICTIM HOUSING, SHELTER CRISIS RESPONSE, REHAB AND PPE.

YES, THOSE ARE THE CORE OF WHAT ALL OF OUR VICTIM SERVICES PROVIDERS DO HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, KENNY GLOVER.

AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS AFTER THIS.

HELLO AGAIN.

I JUST.

I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS, SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE.

REALLY, I JUST.

ALL MY ANSWERS.

ALL MY QUESTIONS REALLY BEEN ANSWERED.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION THAT I SAW HERE.

EARLIER I SAW SOLIDARITY AND THE DEDICATION OF OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

AND THEN I SEE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND GIVEN TO SHELTER SERVICES.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ON THAT.

THANK YOU, KENNY.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL GET VIRTUALLY MONICA [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN DAN POWELL AFTERWARD.

HOW MANY ONLINE PARTICIPANTS DO WE HAVE? YEAH, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE WE HAD? WE STILL JUST HAVE TWO.

OK.

MONICA, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS NOW.

OK, THANK YOU.

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MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] (MONICA FOOS) AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE AND UPDATE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER AND WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

AND HERE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.

TO JUMP RIGHT THE FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE FORM OF A TRUCK AND TROOPS IN 2021 SO FAR THEY HAVE ASSISTED US IN SERVING JUST UNDER SEVEN MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO FAMILIES HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

THE DEMAND FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE IS INCREASING MONTHLY, WITH 53 PERCENT OF THE DEMAND COMING FROM NEW FAMILIES WHO HAVE JUST VISITING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IN JULY 2021, WE SERVED NEARLY 384,000 POUNDS, AND IN SEPTEMBER LAST MONTH WE IT DOUBLED TO ABOUT 641,000 POUNDS, SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JUMP.

AND COMING INTO THE HOLIDAYS, WE EXPECT THAT INCREASE TO CONTINUE.

WE SERVED OVER 6000 FAMILIES IN SEPTEMBER.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET THE EVER INCREASING NEED FOR FOOD BECAUSE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD'S PRESENCE.

HOWEVER, ON NOVEMBER 27TH, WHICH AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I HAD SAID WAS DECEMBER 23RD.

BUT THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED, UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS WORLD OF UNKNOWNS AND CHANGES.

BUT NOW, ON NOVEMBER 27, THE TROOPS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY BRING WILL BE REDEPLOYED.

WE WILL WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GROW WITH THE DEMAND AT THAT POINT AND A DISRUPTION TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

MOST LIKELY COULD OCCUR.

OUR SOLUTION TO THIS QUICKLY APPROACHING CRISIS IS THE NEED TO REQUEST 75000 TO SUPPORT IN A SLIGHTLY USED REFRIGERATED TRUCK.

THIS PURCHASE WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES AND FLAGSTAFF DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENCY OF THE GROWING DEMAND THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEARS.

I'LL JUST GO ON.

SO THAT 75000, WHEN WE SPOKE PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS 300, BUT THAT'S 75000 IS IN THAT 300000 REQUESTS, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

SO SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND WAS FOR TRUCK.

BUT SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS BEING DECIDED OR WHAT MIGHT BE DECIDED.

GETTING ANY KIND OF A CONFIRMATION ALLOWS ME TO RELEASE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THAT USED TRUCK AND AND I CAN GO INTO WHAT THE OTHER 300000 WAS FOR.

BUT THAT'S 75000 IS IN THAT REQUEST FROM PREVIOUSLY.

WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS NOW, AND THIS HUGE INCREASE IN NEED FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES IS A DIRECT RESULT FROM THE PANDEMIC.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO ALSO INCLUDE THE HEAD START PROGRAM LOCATION.

THANK YOU, MONICA.

COUNCIL MEMBER, SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, COUNCIL.

MONICA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL AND ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

QUESTION FOR YOU.

IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET YOU THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TOTAL, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR YOU? MM HMM.

THAT WOULD BE THAT SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THIS USED, SLIGHTLY USED.

I SAY I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEW TRUCKS AVAILABLE DUE TO THAT COMPUTER CHIP ISSUE.

I HAVE TALKED AT LENGTH WITH PENSKE AND A FEW OTHER PLACES THAT CAN GET ME A SLIGHTLY USED TRUCK, SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE SLIGHTLY USED.

AND THEN THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND WAS FOR ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WOULD.

GROW OUR PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WHEN I SAY THAT IT IS TOWARDS THE MOBILE DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING FOOD TO PEOPLE VERSUS HAVING THEM LINE UP AT A FOOD BANK.

THE OTHER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND IS ACTUALLY TO EXPAND OUR HOMEBOUND AND SENIOR CITIZEN DELIVERY.

WE CURRENTLY ONLY DELIVER TO 13 SENIORS IN NEED, AND WE ALL KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW MORE THAN THAT.

AND PARTICULARLY IN THE SNOWY SEASON, GETTING A REP AT THE DOOR AND FOOD DELIVERED IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND OUR SENIORS NEED OUR HELP MORE NOW THAN EVER, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY WAS REQUESTED FOR.

OK, THANK YOU, MONICA.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD SUFFICE.

YES.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

MM HMM.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MONICA.

WHAT IS THE COUNTY PITCHING IN FOR THIS POTENTIAL PURPOSE? BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS IS WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, BUT YOU ALSO SERVE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION.

WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND HELP.

BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE THE COUNTY IS IN HELPING TO ASSIST IN THIS.

[02:55:04]

SO THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN US 31000 AND THAT IS TOWARDS THE NEW TRUCK.

SO TO LET YOU KNOW WE WE ORDERED A NEW TRUCK LAST MARCH.

WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT TRUCK TRUCK UNTIL WELL INTO 2022 END OF SUMMER.

AND SO WITH EVEN OUR OUR THINGS, THE DEMANDS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND NEEDS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ON A WAITING LIST, THAT NEW TRUCK WILL BE IN FULL USE.

THAT INCLUDES OUR DISTRIBUTION TO LUPE AND CAMERON AND THEN ALSO THE SUPPORTS OF RESOURCE STAFF THAT WOULD NOT ONLY SPEAK TO THE FOOD AVAILABLE RESOURCES, BUT ALL RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO FUNDS WERE GIVEN FOR THAT POSITION AS WELL.

AND BUT FOR THE TRUCK SPECIFICALLY, THAT WAS THE 31000 AND THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THE NEW TRUCK.

THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THIS THIS THIS USED SLIGHTLY USED TRUCK.

I DON'T UNDER 120000 MILES REFRIGERATED REEFER WITH A LIFT GATE TO LOWER THOSE PALLETS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD LEAVING RIGHT NOW FAR EARLIER THAN WE HAD THOUGHT.

IF DOES THAT, THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS IS THE RECENTLY I DO BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

WAS ANY OF THOSE FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE AS WELL? OR WAS THAT FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS OR? YEAH.

SO THOSE ARE FOR OUR HUNGER RELIEF OPERATIONAL FUNDS.

IT'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION PER YEAR AND THAT IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN US IN THE PAST TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.

YES.

OK, THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION ON THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MONICA.

WE'LL GO TO DAN POWELL NOW.

YOU ARE ON MUTE.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU QUITE YET.

DAN AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE MICROPHONE THAT YOU CAN UNCLICK.

WELL, LET ME TRY SOMETHING ELSE HERE REALLY QUICK.

DID THAT WORK? DAN, PERHAPS YOU CAN BACK OUT OF TEAMS AND THEN JUST REJOIN, AND LET'S SEE IF THAT RESETS THINGS FOR YOU.

AND MAYOR, HE WAS OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTER ON LINE, SO IF WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A MOMENT TO COME BACK IN, OK, LET'S GIVE THEM A SECOND TO REBOOT.

WE CAN HYDRATE.

ALL RIGHT, DAN, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE NOW? NO, WE CAN'T.

I'M GOING TO TRY.

WE I MEAN, WE COULD DO THAT, WE PUT A TELEPHONE AND PUT IT BY THE MIC.

OK, LET ME TRY THAT.

[03:00:18]

ALL RIGHT, DAN, GO AHEAD AND TRY IT AGAIN.

DOES IT GIVE YOU AN OPTION? THERE IT IS.

HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ME OUT TODAY.

SITTING HERE WATCHING THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY INCREDIBLE AND I HOPE FOR THE SAKE OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN GET MORE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE TO HELP THESE FOLKS OUT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THESE GRANT DOLLARS HAVE REALLY HELPED US OVER THE PAST YEAR.

WE HAVE HAD KIND OF A UNIQUE YEAR IN THAT WE OWN PAY AND TAKE.

IT'S A SMALL BAR DOWNTOWN.

SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT MANDATED LAST YEAR TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR SEVEN MONTHS WITHOUT MUCH SUPPORT.

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

SO THESE SMALL GRANTS HAVE HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, IN OUR EYES, THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER, WE WE SEE THIS SORT OF TWO TWO MONTH CYCLE.

AS YOU ALL MIGHT SEE THAT AS WELL, WHERE IT KIND OF IT PEAKS AND THEN IT MELLOWS OUT AND WE KIND OF SEE BUSINESS GO UP AND DOWN WITH THAT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY IN THE FUTURE, JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO STAY AFLOAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY WHEN WE CAN UTILIZE OUR PATIO IN THE WARMER MONTHS AND EVEN IN THE COLD MONTHS THAT THAT WORKS.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS COLD AND FOLKS NEED TO GO INSIDE, WE ARE VERY CURIOUS HOW THIS WINTER IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.

SO EVERY EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THESE GRANT DOLLARS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES REALLY DOES HELP BUSINESSES LIKE OURS STAY AFLOAT.

AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE STATE IN THE PAST THAT HAS REALLY HELPED US OUT OVER THE PAST YEAR.

WE'VE REALLY HAD TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THESE MICRO GRANTS HAVE HELPED US.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE HOPE YOU SEE THE VALUE OF LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES IN FLAGSTAFF AND THAT THEY BRING THE VIBRANCY TO DOWNTOWN AND THAT THEY CAN OR FLAGSTAFF IN GENERAL AND WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE FLAGSTAFF AS SPECIAL AS IT IS.

SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, DAN.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WITH THAT, OH COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

OH, FOR CITY STAFF.

GREAT, THANK YOU, DAN, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY STAFF HERE.

GO FOR IT.

THE DAIS SHORTLY, BUT I WILL STILL BE ON THE MEETING, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT MY MY PHYSICAL ABSENCE HERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT I'M AWAY AND I WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION AS IT GOES FORWARD.

BUT I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS HERE.

TO KICK US OFF, AND I'M SORT OF A BIG PICTURE GUY.

I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO INTO THE WEEDS OF THIS WITH ACTUAL DOLLAR FIGURES, SO I MIGHT BE A GOOD PERSON TO START WITH IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.

I WILL TELL YOU, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THIS WHITE PAPER LOOKS AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENING.

I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKS, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR MANAGEMENT FOR PUTTING ALL THE HARD WORK INTO PLAYING WITH THESE NUMBERS AND GETTING THEM TO LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE AFTER OUR LAST CONVERSATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MOVEMENT HERE AND AND WHILE THERE MIGHT BE SOME, SOME LINGERING ISSUES FROM OUR FIRST CONVERSATION, THAT ALSO MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE NOT MONOLITHIC ABOUT THIS AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF THOUGHTS COMING INTO INTO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE BIG THING FOR ME AS AS WE LOOK INTO THIS AND WE START MOVING MONEY AROUND AGAIN, I THINK IT WAS SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE SHOULDN'T THINK OF THIS AS A ZERO SUM GAME, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.

[03:05:01]

THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A ZERO SUM GAME, AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE AND.

I WILL JUST SAY, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE COULD FUND ALL OF THESE THINGS AT ADEQUATE LEVELS AND GO OUT TO PIZZA AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES, I GUESS.

BUT WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT.

WE'VE EACH BEEN ELECTED TO SIT HERE TO DELIBERATE ON THESE THINGS.

AND I AM CONFIDENT AT THE END OF THE EVENING THAT THE THE GROUP WISDOM OF THE SEVEN OF US WILL LIFT UP AND DO THE BEST GOOD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THE VALUE SYSTEM I BRING TO THIS TABLE IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE LEAST OF THESE AND TO TO FOCUS ON OUR SAFETY NET, WHICH IS FRAIL AND CRUMBLING AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN WHO ARE REALLY IN DESPERATE NEED OF THESE MONIES, AND I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT IF WE WANT TO CRAWL OUT OF OUR HOUSING PROBLEM, THAT WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING HOUSING.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE MY THAT'S WHERE MY MY TRUE NORTH IS ON THIS AND IT REALLY PAINS ME TO TO HAVE TO PLAY A ZERO SUM GAME WHERE WE TAKE SOME OF THESE FUNDS FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS TO BE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS EASY FOR OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.

OTHERS WILL HAVE MORE SPECIFIC THOUGHTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE, GOING TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT OF NON-PROFITS.

AND IF THAT HAS TO COME FROM SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND EDUCATION AND VACCINE OUTREACH, THEN THEN SO BE IT.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD MESS WITH CITY SERVICES OR OUR REVENUE LOSS ANY FURTHER.

THOSE NUMBERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REDUCED AND I THANK THE CITY STAFF AGAIN FOR MAKING SOME OF THOSE HARD DECISIONS.

BUT WE NEED THAT BASELINE JUST TO JUST TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD IN SO MANY WAYS WHERE WE HAVE ALSO BEEN STRUGGLING AS AN INSTITUTION.

I'M GLAD THAT THE 2.4 MILLION FOR FACILITIES OR SERVICES IN THE ALTERNATE CARE COLUMN PROVIDES THAT FLEXIBILITY.

FACILITY OR SERVICES.

WE MAY NEED A FACILITY, BUT I'M SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT FACILITIES ALREADY EXIST IN TOWN THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IN SOME CREATIVE WAYS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND COLLABORATE AND AND TURN OVER ROCKS AND COME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS.

AND THAT MIGHT BE WHERE I CAN LEAVE IT HERE.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT THE STARTER HOME PROJECTS THAT MR. WOOLVERTON FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DISCUSSED THOSE FUNDS WILL COME UP AGAIN.

I HOPE THAT BECOMES A PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY GENERALLY THAT WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE FUNDS, I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND FOR THAT 400,000 THAT GOES TO SHELTERS AND CONGREGATE CARE.

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WILL BE TRIPLED AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOPEFULLY, BUT WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE FUNDS EVEN WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND TOURISM I HOPE WE CAN MAINTAIN AT LEAST A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND ONCE I LEAVE AGAIN, I WILL STILL BE HERE.

THAT'S THE WAY THINGS WORK THESE DAYS, AND I APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE TRAVELING DOWN TO PHOENIX TONIGHT FOR PERSONAL REASONS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A SAFE WAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND FOR EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP AND AND SPOKE.

SUCH GREAT MINDS IN THIS ROOM AND ON THE PHONE.

I AM TOO A BIG THINKER, SO I'M GOING TO GO ALONG THE LINES OF COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN IN MY COMMENTS.

I AM DEFINITELY FOR THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS DOWNTOWN.

I HAVE A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN AND I CAN DEFINITELY SEE HOW THAT WILL BE A MAJOR GAME CHANGER FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOWNTOWN.

[03:10:02]

I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, HOUSING IS A MAIN COMPONENT.

SO I, YOU KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I DO ALSO APPRECIATE ERIC WOLVERTON AND HIS COMMENTS WITH THE REVOLVING HOME LOAN FUND.

AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT HABITAT WILL BECOME MORE OF THE CONVERSATION.

AND I WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU, ERIC.

SO SPEAKING OF BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN SOMETHING I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH AGAIN, AND IT'S NOT OVER.

SO AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS HAS BEEN TOUGH.

BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IS DIFFICULT AS IT IS, AND THE PANDEMIC HAS JUST CREATED KIND OF A TOUGH NO WIN SITUATION.

AND I DO THINK THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT AND THE TOURISM SHOULD REMAIN SEPARATE.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE COMPETING FOR A GRANT THAT A HOTEL IS COMPETING FOR.

I HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES AND I HAVE ALMOST CLOSED, PROBABLY A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO WAKE UP TO TOMORROW, AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE FEELING THE SAME WAY.

LET'S SEE WHERE WAS I? I AM OK WITH TAKING OUT THE VACCINATION OUTREACH, AND I WOULD I DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY I WANT THAT 10,000 TO GO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU HOUSING WOULD BE ONE.

OUR SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD BE ONE.

AND FOR NOW, I THINK THAT IS ALL I JUST AGAIN APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE TONIGHT TALKING AND I HEAR YOUR VOICE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE THANKS TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE MADE SUCH GREAT POINTS AND HAVE ENLIGHTENED US TO THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE REMINDED OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO.

BIG PICTURE HOUSING IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT MONEY GOING TOWARD COMPETITIVE GRANTS BECAUSE WE DO ALREADY HAVE A STRUCTURE FOR ALLOCATING DOLLARS FOR HOUSING, AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A SMART WAY TO DO IT.

THE TWO POINT FOUR ALTERNATE CARE.

I BELIEVE STRONGLY AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY THIS, THAT HOUSING HAS TO BE A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE SERVICES AND ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT WHAT I HEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS THERE IS NO NEXT STEP.

THERE'S YOU CAN GET SOMEONE SOME COUNSELING, YOU CAN GET ANY NUMBER OF SERVICES.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE SO LACK HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN THEN ACCESS AFTER THEY'VE ACCESSED ALL OF THESE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO I WILL SAY THAT.

THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS I UNDERSTAND AND CAN SUPPORT IT, I DO HAVE I MEAN, I LOVE THAT THE MONEY IS LEVERAGED AND I GUESS MY ONLY REAL CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IT'S SO CONCENTRATED IN THE DOWNTOWN, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS WHAT BRINGS SO MANY VISITORS TO FLAGSTAFF.

I ENJOY BEING DOWNTOWN SO I CAN SUPPORT THAT.

ONE BIG THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CARVE SOME FUNDING OUT TO AND HOW IT GETS ALLOCATED, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT OUR VICTIM SERVICES ARE DESERVING OF

[03:15:07]

THEY TICK ALL OF THE BOXES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FUNDING.

THE COUNSELING, MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE, THE HOUSING.

THEY PROVIDE ALTERNATE RESPONSE, THEY PROVIDE CRISIS RESPONSE.

WITHOUT THEM, OUR POLICE WOULD BE RESPONDING.

I KNOW THAT OUR POLICE GO ALONG WITH THEM IN LOTS OF CASES, BUT OUR POLICE WOULD BE.

MORE TIME WOULD BE SPENT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS WITHOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEN WE'VE HEARD ABOUT HOW THEY'VE HAD TO REHAB THEIR FACILITIES AND PPE, ALL THE THE COVID RELATED EVERYTHING.

AND WE'VE SAID THAT MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND ALTERNATE RESPONSE ARE PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNCIL.

AND SO I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT MONEY GOING TO THOSE.

THE EARLY LEARNING.

I SEE THAT AS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL IN ALLOWING PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE WORKFORCE AND BE MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO ALL DAY WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.

SO WHILE I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE CITY FUNDING EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, PRE-K 12 EDUCATION, I DO SEE THIS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT AND WOULD SUPPORT IT.

SO ESSENTIALLY, I'M OH, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

I SUPPORT THEM.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LIMIT ON EMPLOYEES, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BE KEPT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THEM TO DEFINITELY GO TO SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND I COULD SEE TAKING 300,000 TO MAKE UP FOR THE VICTIM SERVICES OR I'M OPEN TO LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS AS WELL.

AND TOURISM I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.

I KNOW IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE REVENUE GENERATOR.

I KNOW IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMY AND I WOULD SUPPORT TAKING THAT DOWN TO 150 200,000.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR RICK TO START OFF HERE.

IN CATEGORY SEVEN, WHICH IS OTHER NONPROFITS OR WHATEVER.

IS THAT WHERE WE WOULD PUT MONEY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM SERVICES AND THAT TYPE OF THING? YES, THAT COULD FIT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, YES.

OK, SO THAT MAKES SENSE, AND I WOULD THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO INCREASE THAT IF WE CAN.

NOW, LET'S GO DOWN TO ITEM 12.

I GUESS I DON'T GET THE NEXUS OR THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CONSTRUCTING A FACILITY.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S STEM OR STEAM TYPE PROGRAMS AND THE PANDEMIC AND APPARENTLY THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONNECTION TO THE PANDEMIC.

IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN ITEM 12 AND THE PANDEMIC? I DON'T SEE IT WITHIN THE ARPA GUIDELINES.

IT ALSO WANTS US TO INVEST IN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, AND THAT WOULD BE THOSE TYPES OF PLACES WHERE WE'RE HELPING THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NEED A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT.

SO IT IS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES MAY NOT SPECIFICALLY BE COVID, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.

WELL, I'M SORRY IF I COULD JUMP IN THERE.

GO AHEAD.

BUT THE THING IS IS THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WAS DEFINITELY IMPACTED BY COVID.

I MEAN, MY KIDS WERE IN PRESCHOOL FOR TWO MONTHS AND THEN THEY WERE OUT FOR OVER A YEAR.

SO IN A WAY, THIS IS REALLY HELPING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP, PROVIDE THE EDUCATIONAL LOSSES THAT MANY, KIDS FACED.

SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY I DEFINITELY SEE A DIRECT CONNECTION.

[03:20:02]

BASED ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT FACILITY, YOU MIGHT NEED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND, IF NOT, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE REDUCING THAT A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN I GUESS THE SAME QUESTION, IS THERE A CONNECTION ON ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS ARTS AND SCIENCE GRANTS? AND TO COVID, AND I GUESS THE ANSWER IS THE SAME, IT'S EDUCATION, IT'S JUST LIKE WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MAYOR.

WELL, ARTS AND SCIENCE WERE AN IMPACT COMMUNITY NEGATIVELY DUE TO COVID AND THEIR ABILITY TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DOING ART PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCES.

WHAT HAVE YOU? SO YES, THEY WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.

OK, AND THEN.

I'M THINKING MY GUT REACTION IS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS TOURISM SOMEWHAT NOT GET RID OF IT, BUT REDUCE IT.

JUST KIND OF OVERALL, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE ALTERNATIVE CARE THAT'S ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

HOUSING IS ABSOLUTELY TOP OF THE LIST.

AND YOU KNOW, SOME SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS.

AND THE AMOUNT WE HAVE IN FOR VACCINATION OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT COULD BE SMALL, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, $10,000 ACTUALLY IS PRETTY SMALL.

I MEAN, AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL, THAT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF SUMMARIZES WHERE MY HEAD'S AT RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION SO FAR.

I'M GOING TO THROW SOME NUMBERS OUT FOR ALL OF YOU TO CHEW ON A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I THINK GOING ALONG WITH A LOT OF THE VALUES THAT YOU'RE EXPRESSING AT LEAST THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN SO FAR.

SO I'M GOING RUN THROUGH MY LIST.

AND RICK, BUCKLE UP.

HERE WE GO.

NEVER MIND SALAS GO FIRST AND THEN SHIMONI.

GO AHEAD.

OH, OK, YEAH, SURE.

AND I'M YES, THANK YOU, BECAUSE I HAVE TO CATCH MY RIDE TO CASA GRANDE TONIGHT TO ATTEND THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY SUMMIT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE TEAM FLAGSTAFF FOR COMING UP WITH ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS AND MY GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO IS HERE AND IS STILL HERE PHYSICALLY OR ONLINE PARTICIPATING IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS.

I AM JUST CONCERNED AND WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT LACK OF SUPPORT TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

KEEP IN MIND, THE TOURISM INDUSTRY BUSINESS IS NOT ONLY HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BUT IT ALSO INVOLVES EVENTS AND OVER 21 ATTRACTIONS IN TOWN, FROM LOWELL OBSERVATORY TO THE LASER TAG PLACE ON WEST ROUTE 66.

IT EMPLOYS OVER 8 THOUSAND FLAGSTAFF WORKFORCE.

IT FUNDS PARKS RECREATION'S OPEN SPACE, NATURAL AREA, BEAUTIFICATION, PUBLIC ARTS AND ART SCIENCES.

THE THINGS WE ALL LOVE AS THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS TOO LOVE THESE PLACES.

SO I WILL SPEAK STRONGLY ABOUT KEEPING THE $350,000 IN A SMALL BUSINESS GRANT RELATED TO TOURISM.

AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A HOTEL IN TOWN THAT EMPLOYS 300 PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE LOOKING FOR WORK FORCE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FLAGSTAFF BUSINESS NEWS FOR THIS MONTH, FLAGSTAFF IS NUMBER TWO IN TERMS OF FOOD SERVICE NATIONWIDE IN TERMS OF EXCELLENCE, BUT STILL LOCAL RESTAURANTS STRUGGLE FOR WORKFORCE FROM SERVERS TO CHEFS.

SO IF I COULD JUST ADD A VOICE TO THE FUNDING

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PLEASE SUPPORT TOURISM, AS WELL AS SEPARATE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE JOB TRAINING FOR SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND AND LOCAL EVENTS BOARD.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ADD HAD A VOICE TO PROTECTING OUR MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR FIFTEEN HUNDRED PLUS ANOTHER 500,000, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF A REVOLVING FUND FOR FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO [INAUDIBLE] SHELTER ROUNDED UP TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I SUPPORT, OF COURSE, THE NONPROFIT FOR THE SUPPORT, INCREASE THE FUNDING TO OTHER NONPROFITS BY AT LEAST 100.

AND SPECIALLY ADD ANOTHER ITEM THAT ADDRESSES OR SUPPORTS NONPROFIT WHO DIRECTLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

AND THEN I SUPPORT ALL THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

KEEPING IN MIND THAT FOR THREE YEARS, EXCEPT FOR THIS YEAR, PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED SEVENTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, WHICH WAS THROUGH LAUNCH.

AND THAT FUNDING WAS NOT, I THINK, RENEWED THIS FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT? THIS IS THE LAST.

THIS WAS THE LAST YEAR.

OF COURSE, I'M 100 PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE CITY SERVICES.

ITEM 14 TO 17 AND THEN LET ME GO BACK TO ALTERNATE CARE.

ONE POINT FOUR MILLION IS STILL VAGUE FOR ME IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OF CONSTRUCTING OR REPURPOSING AN EXISTING FACILITY.

I THINK ONE MILLION IS A GOOD START IN LEVERAGING EXISTING CITY PROPERTY OR FACILITY.

AND, OF COURSE, WORK WITH STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION IN ACHIEVING THE ALTERNATE CARE RESPONSE COMMITMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO INCREASE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT SO AND YOU'RE SAYING BASICALLY TAKE THAT OUT OF LINE ITEM ONE, WHICH IS THE FACILITIES OR SERVICES ALTERNATIVE CARE, IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MATH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YES, ONE MILLION TO ALTERNATE CARE AND THEN 1.4 MILLION SPREAD OUT TO THE ITEMS I MENTIONED.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO QUICK JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING.

ALL RIGHT, RICK.

SO UNDER HOUSING THREE POINT FIVE, I'D LIKE TO PLACE A LINE ITEM FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND SPECIFICALLY FOR LOW INTEREST LOAN FUND TO NONPROFITS BUILDING ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS.

I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS EXPRESSED A SIMILAR BUT WITH FIVE HUNDRED.

SO WE'RE CLOSE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

SO I'M AT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE AND I LIST THESE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IN MY BALANCE SHEET, THEY DO BALANCE.

SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICK.

THEN ITEM NUMBER SIX UNDER THE NONPROFIT'S LOWER THAT FOOD SUPPORT TO THREE HUNDRED, SO GENERATING 50,000 ADDITIONAL.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN LOWER THAT TO 100,000 FROM OTHER NONPROFITS TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THEN SEVEN POINT FIVE, A NEW LINE ITEM FOR VICTIM SERVICE SERVICES FUNDING, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING FOR THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND SPECIFICALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, HOUSING CRISIS RESPONSE, REHAB AND PPE, AS WE HEARD FROM THE PROVIDERS.

NUMBER EIGHT, SMALL BUSINESSES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO DO THIS, BUT I'M ADVOCATING THAT WE

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AND I'M NOT JUST MAKING UP THESE NUMBERS.

I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH, I KNOW, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY IS SIGNIFICANT AND WITH THE PARTNERSHIP, THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE VICE MAYOR'S COMMENT ABOUT FOCUSING ON THAT SMALLER BUSINESS COMPONENT AND NOT JUST THE LARGER ONES.

BUT CONSIDERING WHAT THE FUNDING SUPPORT WAS IN THE PAST 30,000 TOTAL, AND NOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

I'D LIKE TO LOWER THE TOURISM INDUSTRY TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A LOCAL EVENT SUPPORT TO SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

RICK, LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME SLOW DOWN.

YEAH, PLEASE.

OK.

PLEASE DO.

I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND.

AND WHAT WAS THE LOCAL EVENTS, LOCAL EVENTS DOWN TO SEVENTY FIVE AND THEN PUTTING A NEW ITEM UNDER THAT FOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF MARKETING CAMPAIGN REGARDING SAFETY, INWARD AND OUTWARD COMMUNICATION AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS THAT THE CITY MIGHT WANT FOR 50,000.

I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND.

AND GOSH, I THINK THAT'S IT.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE NUMBERS ALL DO BALANCE, SO YOU'RE WELCOME.

[LAUGHTER] SO COUNCIL, PLEASE DO CONSIDER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY SOLID APPROACH, AND I THINK IT BASICALLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM LEVEL THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND.

AND WITH THE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE BOTH TALKING ABOUT, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED FIVE HUNDRED COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

I'M OPEN TO THAT BEING DONE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS LIKE THE REST OF THE FUNDING.

I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BEING A LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT I MENTIONED.

WHATEVER YOU ALL FEEL IS APPROPRIATE, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT DOES BALANCE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET BEHIND THAT TOO.

BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION, RICK.

IS THE GOAL TONIGHT TO COME DOWN TO THE, YOU KNOW? FIGURE EACH ONE OF THESE OUT TO THE PENNY OR ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK AND TAKE THESE COMMENTS AND TRY TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL NEXT WEEK OR WHAT? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? I GUESS WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PROCESS TO GET A SOLID DIRECTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND START DOING THE RESEARCH ON EVERYTHING AND START GETTING THE POTENTIAL PROCUREMENT STARTED HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS DONE.

WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO GET MOVING WITH THESE FUNDING.

WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP COMING BACK AND ADJUSTING DOLLARS HERE AND THERE.

WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DIRECTION.

IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF WE CAN GET LIKE AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE SHIMONI PROPOSAL OR THE ASLAN PROPOSAL, WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ENVISION ALL THESE CHANGES THERE ARE SO MANY CHANGES BEEN SUGGESTED.

MAYOR CAN I JUMP IN REALLY, REALLY QUICK? YEAH.

AND THEN VICE MAYOR.

REALLY QUICKLY.

JUST OFF OF THAT POINT, RICK, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD DO THAT, WHAT YOU DID LAST TIME WITH THAT EXCEL WHERE YOU REALLY LIKE SHOWED? BECAUSE I DO AGREE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I'M GOING TO BE.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO SIPHON IT DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT.

I HEAR THREE DIFFERENT NEW PROGRAMS THAT I'VE LISTED OUT.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GENERAL THINGS OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD, CONSENSUS OF WHERE WE TAKE OUT, AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF THE NEW.

I'M WORKING ON MY PROCESS.

HOPEFULLY I CAN HELP WRAP UP SOME OF THE COMMENTARY AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

BUT VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS THAT I IN NO WAY MEANT ANY KIND OF DISRESPECT TO TOURISM OR NOT SUPPORT FOR TOURISM.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES.

AND I, OF COURSE, HAVE A VERY SOFT SPOT FOR NON-PROFITS THAT CAN'T REALLY GENERATE REVENUE.

AND SO THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING TO US AND OTHERS TO HELP THEM SURVIVE.

SO I VERY MUCH SUPPORT TOURISM AND I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP THIS ALL BALANCE OUT.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

WELL.

SO HOLD ON ON I'LL LET RICK AND CLIFTON, THEY'RE THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE [LAUGHTER] .

YEAH, ACTUALLY, I GOT A LOT OF CHICKEN SCRATCH ON MULTIPLE PAPERS, SO IT MIGHT

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ALL RIGHT, ARE WE.

WE'RE BACK.

WE ARE BACK.

OK, SO STARTING AT THE BIG PICTURE HERE IN TERMS OF CONSENSUS, WE'VE HEARD A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WILLING TO SUPPORT TAKING [INAUDIBLE] IN GENERAL, REDUCING THE AMOUNTS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND INCREASING IT FOR THE NON-PROFITS.

WE ALSO HEARD A COUPLE FOLKS DISCUSSING INCREASING THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

THE ALTERNATE CARE, WE'VE HAD ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL WANTING TO CHANGE THESE NUMBERS.

SO THAT IS STAYING RELATIVELY SAME UNLESS OTHERWISE, I MEAN, WE CAN STILL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

I'M JUST GIVING A BASELINE FOR US TO BE BOUNCING OFF OF ALTERNATE CARE, INTACT EDUCATION AND VACCINATION OUTREACH.

I DO THINK WE HAVE A MAJORITY WHO DOES NOT WANT TO DO THE VACCINATION OUTREACH.

WE HAVE.

ANYWAYS, HERE'S ONE OF WE'LL DISCUSS THAT.

I HAVE ACTUALLY AN IDEA ON THAT FRONT.

CITY SERVICES.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED.

NO, BUT NO CHANGE IN THAT ASPECT, EITHER.

YEAH.

SORRY, CLIFTON.

ON TOPIC, WE THINK WE CAN REVISIT THAT AND MAYBE LOOK TOWARD TRIMMING THAT DOWN A BIT MORE.

FOR CITY SERVICES, YES.

EXCELLENT.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A LITTLE LEEWAY THERE, BUT WE TRUST OUR CITY STAFF FOR HOW MUCH YOU DO AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON INTERNALLY.

I WANT TO NOTE ACTUALLY WITH ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT I REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS SAYING THANK YOU TO NOT JUST US AT THE DAIS, BUT THANKING CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO REALLY GET THIS STUFF DONE.

THAT WAS MY SIDE NOTE, BUT AND THEN WITH THAT, SO AFTER THOSE THINGS, I'VE HEARD THREE DIFFERENT NEW PROPOSALS THUS FAR, THE MAIN ONE BEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND VICTIM SUPPORT TOTALING UP TO $300,000.

AND WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, THE DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF 50,000.

AND THEN, AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER REGARDING THE BLACK MOLD ISSUES, PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE WHO'VE BEEN FACING IT HERE LOCALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO EARMARK THAT UNLESS YOU'VE GOTTEN MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

THAT'S JUST.

YEAH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT BACK UP.

YEAH, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS ABOUT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING FROM THE CARES ACT, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T FIT THE INTENTION AT THIS TIME TO REMEDIATE THINGS THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO POSSIBLY COVID OR BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENT EVENT THAT CAUSED THESE KIND OF THINGS.

IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT READING INTO IT THAT IT'S ELIGIBLE.

OK, WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING RESEARCH ON THAT.

I JUST I WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN UTILIZE TO HELP THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DISAFFECTED THIS SUMMER IN PARTICULAR.

BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THEN WE REALLY HAVE THE DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF 50 K AND THEN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AN ADD ON.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS ITS OWN LINE ITEM, NOT JUST PUT INTO OTHER NONPROFIT SUPPORT.

I'M GETTING NODS OF THE HEADS FROM OTHERS.

THERE IS A SPECIFIC CATEGORY FOR THAT, SO WE WILL PUT THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

OK, AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION FOR INCREASING REALLY WAS IN THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PORTION.

SO WE GOT BASICALLY OUR TWO ADD ONS WOULD BE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

AND THE DISCOVER, IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, WE NEED TO SEE IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER LET'S HOLD THAT AS THE SIDE FRUIT.

[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE ALSO HEARD AS A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE FUNDS FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT.

WE'VE HEARD VARIOUS NUMBERS.

THE ONE OTHER AREA THAT WE CAN REDUCE, WHICH I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI POINTED OUT, WOULD BE THE NONPROFIT FOOD SUPPORT FROM THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND SINCE THAT WAS THE REQUEST, AND WE'RE HEARING LOTS OF OTHER REQUESTS NEEDING THAT MONEY ELSEWHERE.

IS THAT CORRECT.

SIR? MR. TADDER.

I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT IT WAS SPECIFIC TO A REQUEST TO A SPECIFIC AGENCY BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER FOOD SERVICE AGENCIES OUT THERE.

OK.

YES.

MAY NEED SOME SUPPORT.

SO I JUST WANT TO BALANCE THAT.

THANK YOU.

OUR INTENTION WAS NOT TO DECIDE.

SO, OK.

YEP.

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I'M CONNECTING.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT HAS THAT IS AN OPTION FOR REDUCING SLIGHTLY.

ARE WE GOOD ON TRAIN OF THOUGHT, I'M GOING ON HERE? OK.

SO IN THE SUBTRACTION COLUMN, NONPROFIT FOOD SUPPORT, POTENTIALLY SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND TOURISM INDUSTRY.

IN THE PLUS COLUMN, WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

DOES THAT SOUND LIKE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE COUNCIL FROM WHAT EVERYONE HAS HEARD.

VERY QUICK QUESTION.

WE ALREADY HAD 150,000 FOR OTHER NONPROFITS, SO PART OF THAT WOULD GO IN OR FROM THERE.

IT COULD WAS THERE.

WHAT IS THE OTHER NONPROFIT CATEGORY? WHAT ELSE COULD BE PUT INTO THAT? IN THAT CATEGORY WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT JUST A BROAD SPECTRUM OF NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT DO GREAT WORK AND HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AND MAY NEED SOME SUPPORT OVER THIS TIME.

AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TOWARDS UNITED WAY TO MAYBE ADDING SUPPORT AND HELPING THOSE NONPROFITS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THAT KIND OF.

IF THEY'RE IN THAT MIX, I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, BUT YES, OTHER NONPROFITS DOING STUFF IN OUR COMMUNITY? YES.

OK.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ANY CLARIFICATION FROM WHERE I'M AT BEFORE I'M TRYING TO CREATE A BASELINE HERE WITH COUNCIL.

CLIFTON, WE ARE HEARING CONSENSUS ABOUT INCREASED FUNDING FOR HOUSING, BUT THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF COMMENTS TO SEE SOME OF THAT INCREASE ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TOWARD A REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN GARNER A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THAT, IF THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, WE CAN MAKE NOTE OF IT.

YES, WE ARE IN APPROVAL FOR DOING THE REVOLVING FUND.

ARE YOU WANTING TO DO THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FOUR HUNDRED, BUT AS AN ADD ON OR IN PART OF THE 1.5 MILLION ALLOCATED.

ADD ON.

THAT'S MY THOUGHT, AT LEAST.

OK.

VICE MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? I AGREE.

ADD ON AND I THINK ALSO BECAUSE THE CITY ALREADY HOUSING STAFF ALREADY DOES THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE WHEREWITHAL TO DO THOSE KINDS OF GRANTS, AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT THAT STILL BE INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO HOUSING TO THEN BE GIVEN OUT COMPETITIVELY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THUS FAR, I AM SEEING FOUR HUNDRED K MORE FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

THREE HUNDRED K MORE FROM VICTIM WITNESS.

SUBTRACT FIFTY THOUSAND FOR FOOD.

THAT'S SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THE ONE AREA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR THAT WAS IN SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT.

YEAH, WELL, THE WHOLE CATEGORY OF SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT OF.

MAYOR.

GRANTS, TOURISM AND LOCAL EVENT SUPPORT.

YES.

DO YOU STILL HAVE THE DISCOVER FLAG FIFTY THOUSAND ALSO.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A CONSENSUS OR NOT.

I WAS HOPING WE CAN.

WELL, ALL HEAR EVERYONE OUT.

SO, YEAH, LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 50K.

I WOULD JUST ASK.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING FUNDING FOR SOMETHING THAT REALLY MAKES FLAGSTAFF UNIQUE, SO I WOULD ASK WE DO NOT DO THE 50K AND WE LEAVE THAT IN THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT MONEY.

I REALLY AM ASKING PLEASE.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, TOO, IS I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE GRANTS FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT APPRECIATE THE YEAH, THE THOUGHT ON THAT ONE.

MAYOR, I'M OF THE SAME MIND.

PUT ME DOWN FOR THAT, TOO.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FROM COMING FROM ABOVE.

[LAUGHTER] OK, SO.

THE OTHER THING THAT I NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE VACCINATION PROGRAM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE THE COVID VACCINATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS REALLY WANTING TO DO.

BEFORE IT WAS 100,000.

NOW IT'S THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN SEPTEMBER, WE'VE REDUCED THAT TO $10,000.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER US TO DO IS TO USE THAT $10,000 FOR A VACCINE INCENTIVE

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IT WOULD ALSO HELP US KNOW HOW MANY FOLKS ARE VACCINATED WITHIN OUR OWN ORGANIZATION.

WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH $10,000 WHERE THIS IS WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, FMC IS DOING, WHERE THE TOP PRIZE GETS $5000.

THE NEXT PRIZE 25 HUNDRED AND THE NEXT THOUSAND THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THERE'S YOUR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT WOULD ALSO BE A LOT EASIER TO ADMINISTER THAN OPENING IT UP TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

STERLING, PLEASE STOP ME IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH WHAT I'M SUGGESTING TOO SO.

MAYOR COUNCIL, GO AHEAD.

WOW, WE GET A THUMBS UP FROM STERLING, NOT A THUMBS DOWN.

THE DISTINCTION YOU RAISED WAS A BIG ONE.

THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I'M OPEN TO THE IDEA.

I'M CURIOUS WHAT COUNCIL HAS TO SAY ON THIS TOPIC.

I'M ALSO CURIOUS WHAT LEADERSHIP HAS TO SAY.

CITY MANAGER, I'M LOOKING AT YOU, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE THE BEST ONE TO RESPOND TO THIS FROM THE CITY.

BUT JUST WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AND THE PROS AND CONS IN LEADERSHIP'S MINDS IN REGARDS TO DOING A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE VERSUS INTERNALLY.

BUT I'M OPEN TO IT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE FROM LEADERSHIP.

DEPENDING ON ANY LEGAL ISSUES THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY MAY RAISE OR MAY NOT RAISE.

I MEAN, WE'RE HERE TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS AS COUNCIL SEES FIT.

MY ONLY CAUTION ON THIS, AND IT'S A VERY SMALL CAUTION, BUT ONE I'LL STATE NEVERTHELESS IS ALL OF THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIZES, NOT THE OTHER THINGS, FRANKLY, JUST FOCUSING ON THE PRIZES, NEEDS TO PASS THE FRONT PAGE NEWSPAPER TITLE TEST.

STATED DIFFERENTLY, I MEAN, IT NEEDS TO.

IT NEEDS TO BE ACCEPTABLE PUBLICLY, AND I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME I THINK THE PRIZE IDEA IS A GOOD ONE.

THE NUMBERS THAT I JUST HEARD REFERENCED MAY RAISE EYEBROWS.

OK, SO I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS LIKE AN ELECTRIC ASSIST BICYCLE WOULD BE OK, BUT A CAR WOULD NOT BE OK.

I'M JUST TEASING A $5000 PRIZE TO A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO RAISE EYEBROWS.

OH, I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN.

OK, I'M SUPPORTIVE GENERALLY OF THE IDEA, BUT WITH THE MANAGER'S THOUGHTS IN MIND, BUT I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK.

AND MAYOR COUNCIL, IF I MAY, WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

IT'S TO DISCUSS.

OF COURSE, IF ANYTHING COMES UP THAT I THINK NEEDS TO HAVE SOME LEGAL ADVICE AS THE CITY MANAGER HAS INDICATED.

YOU BET I'LL JUMP IN AND INDICATE THAT, HEY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADVISE YOU ON LEGALLY.

SO THE DISCUSSION IS FINE.

IT'S JUST THOSE DETAILS FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, IF ANYTHING COMES UP.

YES, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, STERLING.

YEP.

MCCARTHY, I THINK THE BIGGEST INCENTIVE TO GET VACCINATED IS THAT IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.

IF THAT DOESN'T MOTIVATE A PERSON.

YOU KNOW A CHANCE IN 500 OF GETTING A $5000 CHECK IS RIDICULOUS.

I WOULD SAY WE DON'T NEED IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

OK, I AM GOING TO ASK AGAIN.

I THINK THAT THAT $10,000 SHOULD GO INTO THESE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE SMALL BUSINESS AND TOURISM INDUSTRY HAS BEEN HIT HARD.

AND I DO NOT FEEL LIKE THE SMALL BUSINESS AND TOURISM CATEGORY SHOULD BE TAKING THE BRUNT OF THIS.

SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT 10,000 GO.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

OTHER THOUGHTS OR WE CAN PUSH ON.

I HAD MY HAND RAISED THIS TIME.

OH, OK.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I CAN'T SEE FROM THAT SCREEN.

TRY NOT TO STARTLE YOU FROM ABOVE ANYMORE.

I APPRECIATE THE PROPOSAL MAYOR, I THINK THERE'S SOME NUANCE THERE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO DISCUSS FURTHER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF USING THAT $10,000 TOWARDS VACCINE EDUCATION OR PROMOTION.

I THINK A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER MIGHTN'T HAVE HELPED US AT THAT ASYMPTOTE, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT I DON'T THINK $10,000 IS GOING TO DENT THINGS AT ALL, AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT FOCUSING IN ON THE CITY ALONE AND THE SPECIFICS OF.

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I THINK THAT'S SPOT ON.

AND WE SHOULD BE CAUTIONED ABOUT THAT FOR SURE.

SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.

IF THAT 10 GRAND GOES OVER TO SMALL BUSINESS OR MORE INTO HOUSING, I'M OPEN TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE IDEAS, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH.

IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE FINAL NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO HERD IMMUNITY HERE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO PUSH US ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT WITH THAT WE CAN FREE UP 10 GRAND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET'S COMMENTS, I WOULDN'T MIND THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, ALTHOUGH TEN THOUSAND IS WHAT THE CITY PUT ASIDE LAST TIME, SO IT'S NOT THAT SMALL.

IT DOES HELP.

AND I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN PUT TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT I'M PROPOSING, WHICH IS REALLY SLASHING THAT BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUT YEAH, I DO SEE VALUE.

IF WE DID PUT TEN THOUSAND SOMEWHERE TO PUT IT BACK INTO THE SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY.

VICE MAYOR.

ALSO, WE MIGHT CONSIDER.

TAKING SOME FROM ALTERNATE CARE TO PUT BACK INTO SMALL BUSINESS AND TOURISM OR ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THE ALTERNATE CARE REALLY IS GOING TO IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HOUSING.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

SO I AM NOT INTERESTED IN REDUCING THE ALTERNATE CARE AMOUNT WHATSOEVER.

I THINK IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IF WE FIND THAT IT'S MORE THAN WE NEED, WELL, HOW IT'S PHRASED IN HERE ALLOWS US TO USE THAT POTENTIALLY FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR THESE SAME INDIVIDUALS.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IT'S CONNECTED TO THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY FUNDED WE HAVE ALREADY CONTRACTED OUT WITH.

SO IT HELPS US WITH THAT STEP, WHETHER THAT GOES WIDER AFTERWARD WHILE THESE PLANS ARE STILL BEING MADE, SO I WOULD RATHER KEEP THAT AMOUNT AS IT IS NOW.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, AND I SEE NODS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

AT LEAST FROM ME, YOU DO.

I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING CONSENSUS.

SAME HERE.

I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING CONSENSUS ON THIS TOPIC FOR THE NIGHT AND BEING ABLE TO WRAP THIS UP, I BELIEVE.

AND SO MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO BRING US BACK TO THE TWO POINTS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THE LINE ITEM FOR VICTIM SERVICES AND THEN ALSO THE LINE ITEM FOR THE HOUSING REVOLVING FUND.

AND THEN I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSAL THAT I PUT OUT THERE IN REGARDS TO THAT CUT IN FUNDING FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS AND TOURISM SECTOR? I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT THAT'S THE QUESTION I THINK ON THE TABLE.

I THINK IN GENERAL, YES.

BUT I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT FROM ONE POINT ZERO SEVENTY FIVE.

SO WE WOULD BE SLASHING IT TO PIECES WITH THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE OF THE VICTIM [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY SERVICES AND HOW WE CAN MAYBE HELP AND REDUCE THAT.

WE CAN SEE THAT WE CAN SQUEEZE OUT ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM THAT AND STILL DELIVER THE SERVICES WE NEED.

SO WE ARE DEFINITELY WILLING TO UP THAT INTO THE CUT CATEGORY, WHICH PUTS US AT 450.

IF YOU JUST SHIFT THE TEN THOUSAND TO SMALL BUSINESS FOR VACCINES, BUT 450 IS THE NUMBER I'M I'M CURRENTLY AT FOR CHANGE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.

YEAH, WELL, 4:40, IF WE TAKE AWAY THE VACCINE, IF YOU TAKE THE 10 OUT, WE'RE AT 4:40.

AS FAR AS OVERSPENT.

ADDING THE 700, WHICH IS VICTIM SERVICE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE BOND LOAN FOR SEVEN HUNDRED.

MINUS 50 FOR FOOD, MINUS TWO HUNDRED FOR CITY SERVICE AND [INAUDIBLE] ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND FOR VACCINES GETS US TO THAT 440 THAT WE'RE AT TO FILL THE GAP.

OK.

AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT 440 AND THE AREA THAT WE WERE LOOKING IN IS IN THE

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WE ARE ADDING TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR TO THE VICTIM WITNESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES.

I WOULD BE OK WITH LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATE CARE AS A COMPONENT OF MAKING UP THAT DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

MR. CLIFTON, THE TWO POINT FOUR FOR ALTERNATE CARE FACILITY.

I MEAN, IS THAT A NUMBER THAT'S KIND OF BASED ON SOME ANALYSIS OR JUST KIND OF PICKED OUT OF THE AIR OR CAN YOU TALK TO THAT NUMBER? I CAN, AND WHILE I AM SPEAKING, I WOULD INVITE SHANNON ANDERSON TO ALSO TAG TEAM WITH ME ON THAT BECAUSE SHE'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO IT THAN I AM.

MY COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS PURSUANT TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE ARE ATTENDING.

I KNOW COUNCIL MAY ATTEND AND NOT PARTICIPATE.

STAFF WILL ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN A FACILITATED DAYLONG OR SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT MIGHT WEAVE INTO PROGRAMS ALREADY IN PLACE WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME NEW THINGS WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT IN RECENT TIMES WITH RESPECT TO ACQUIRED FACILITIES, HOTEL FACILITIES, POTENTIALLY THERE'S A MYRIAD OF TALKING POINTS THERE TO BE EXPLORED.

THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT IS NOT AT ALL TO DIMINISH THE NEED OR THE COST OF ALTERNATE RESPONSE OR ALTERNATE CARE.

I THINK WE'RE USING THOSE SYNONYMOUSLY, BUT RATHER, TO POSSIBLY LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS OR INTEGRATE THOSE FUNDS INTO OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WHILE WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF HOUSING INTO THIS PROGRAM, AND I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE THAT AT ALL.

BUT I THINK IMPLICIT IN ALL OF THAT TOO, IS SOME OF THESE FUNDS COULD BE GOING FINDING THEIR WAY TOWARD HOUSING SOLUTIONS, IF YOU WILL.

IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T SEE A COMPLETE SEPARATION IN THESE PROGRAMS, THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.

THEY SEEM TO GO HAND IN HAND.

SO I DO THINK THERE IS THAT COMPONENT OF THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT IN MIND IS I DON'T THINK IT'S ENTIRELY SEGREGATED FROM THE TOPIC OF HOUSING, AND I'M NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING WE REVISIT THE AMOUNT GOING INTO HOUSING, I'M JUST SAYING THIS COULD INDEED BE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THAT.

SHANNON, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO HOW WE DERIVED THE 2.4 MILLION INTO THE ALTERNATE CARE PROGRAM? SO THE 2.4 WAS A PORTION OF THE NEED WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK IN APRIL BASED ON THE PROPOSALS WE RECEIVED.

AND THOSE RANGED FROM 300,000 TO FOUR POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT WAS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PERSONNEL AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTER ITSELF.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COSTS OF THE FACILITY, WE ESTIMATE WE WOULD NEED A FACILITY THAT'S BETWEEN 26,000 AND 60,000 SQUARE FEET BASED ON OTHER MODELS THAT WE'VE SEEN.

TO LEASE SPACE.

WE ESTIMATED IT'D BE FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY NINE CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT, AMOUNTING TO 248 THOUSAND TO FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A LEASE.

AND THEN TO PURCHASE WOULD BE $262 PER SQUARE FOOT.

AND THAT COULD BE BETWEEN $12 MILLION AND 21 MILLION.

AGAIN, THOSE LOW NUMBERS TO THE HIGH NUMBERS IS BASED ON 26,000 SQUARE FEET TO 60,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO THAT $2.4 MILLION IS REALLY JUST A PORTION OF THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO GET A CARE CENTER LIKE THIS OFF THE GROUND.

KEEPING IN MIND, THESE ARE ONETIME DOLLARS, AND SO WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR.

I DON'T WANT TO.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE CAN BE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE CITY FUNDING A FACILITY.

I JUST THINK WITH WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AT THE TOWN HALL THAT THIS SPACE EXISTS

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SO I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY REHABILITATING A BUILDING, BUILDING A BUILDING, BUYING A BUILDING, RENTING A BUILDING.

I JUST THINK THAT THE SPACE ALREADY EXISTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, I HAVE SOMETHING TO RESPOND TO THAT, BUT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF JUST HELP US MOVE ALONG WITH THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT, SO RICK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TOTAL OF $700,000 BECAUSE OF THE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THE ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED ARE THE TWO MAIN LINE ITEMS. ABOUT THE FIFTY THOUSAND FROM LINE ITEM SIX FOR THE FOOD SUPPORT.

I'M THINKING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, WE BRING THAT DOWN TO 350 RATHER THAN 250.

SO THAT BASICALLY FREES UP AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE BRING DOWN THE TOURISM BUDGET FROM 350 TO 150, BRING UP AN ADDITIONAL $200,000.

AND THAT WITH A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE CITY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ADDS UP TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT? BECAUSE IF THERE IS, WE'RE DONE AND THEN THE $10,000 FOR THE VACCINE INCENTIVES WE CAN JUST THROW AT THE SMALL BUSINESS LINE ITEM, AS WELL AS A SMALL LITTLE CHERRY ON TOP.

BUT THAT ADDS UP AND WE CAN CALL IT A NIGHT.

YEAH, WE WERE AT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS DOING MY OWN NUMBERS EQUIVALENTLY .

SURE.

[LAUGHTER].

BUT YEAH, REALLY QUICK.

SO LINE ITEM SIX, OH RICK, DO YOU WANT? DOES RICK HAVE A LIST OF WHERE WE'RE AT? AND IF YOU DO, I'D LIKE TO WRITE IT DOWN ON ALL OF THESE.

SURE.

SURE.

YOU GOT IT.

YOU WANT ME TO DO IT OR YOU GOT IT THERE.

EITHER WAY, AFTER YOU.

CAN YOU DO IT LINE BY LINE? SURE.

YEAH.

SO IF WE GO UP? NO CHANGE TO ALTERNATE CARE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

DEDICATED A REVOLVING LOAN OR SO FORTH, SO THAT'S A 400.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING A 7.1 OR SUCH TO ADD 300,000 FOR VICTIM SERVICES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED NONPROFITS.

THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUCING NONPROFITS FOOD SUPPORT BY 50,000.

A NINE, SIX THANK YOU.

WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE VACCINE PROGRAM BY 10 AND MAYBE SHIFTING TO SMALL BUSINESS.

AND THEN UNDER CITY SERVICES, WE'RE GOING TO TIGHTEN THESE NUMBERS UP.

NOTHING SPECIFIC RIGHT NOW, BUT REDUCING 200,000 FROM CITY SERVICES.

THEN, AS RECOMMENDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

TAKEN LINE EIGHT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.

SAVING 250.

AND TAKEN LINE NINE DOWN TO 150,000 FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TO BALANCE THE EQUATION.

WHAT'S THAT.

AND 200? YEAH, I WENT DOWN AND DID THE TWO HUNDRED AND CAME BACK.

ALL RIGHT, THAT MEANS THAT WE WOULD BE DOWN TO THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY, SO WE'RE DOWN TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR BUSINESS.

WELL, AND THEN THE LOCAL EVENT SUPPORT FOR THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET DOESN'T LIKE THIS.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE 10,000 FROM THE VACCINE? WE WOULD ADD BACK TEN THOUSAND INTO THE SMALL BUSINESS.

SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS SO IT'D BE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY K FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

OK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT THAT I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAGGETT SAID ABOUT THE ALTERNATE CARE THAT WE HAVE A PARTNER IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW WHO HAS MAYBE VOICED THAT THERE'S HEALTH OR WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THAT.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE.

THERE IS SOME MONEY IN THAT LINE ITEM THAT CAN BE USED ELSEWHERE.

THANK YOU.

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WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE THE HIGHEST RESPECT FOR FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES, I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT GO THERE.

AND IT MAY BE THAT THAT'S FOR GOOD REASON.

IT MAY BE THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD REASON.

BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT GO THERE.

SO WE NEED TO SERVICE THOSE PEOPLE TOO.

AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO A DEBATE ABOUT WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, THEY WON'T GO THERE AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE SERVICED TOO.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES AND THIS NEW FACILITY.

IT'S SORT OF LIKE I THINK I SAID ONE TIME BEFORE.

SOMETIMES WE GO TO MCDONALD'S, SOMETIMES WE GO TO WILDFLOWER BREAD COMPANY, WE NEED MORE THAN ONE.

WE NEED SOME CHOICES IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS TRUE IN THIS CASE AS WELL.

AND THAT'S WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DISRESPECT FOR FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.

I VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT THEM.

I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN, TOO ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE KEEP THINKING THAT THE ALTERNATE CARE IS ONLY SERVING THE HOMELESS WHERE AS THIS IS AN ALTERNATE RESPONSE FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH CRISES IN OUR CITY THAT HITS EVERY STRATA OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC SPECTRUM.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN STABILIZE THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE INTOXICATED, WHETHER THEY'RE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE IMMEDIATE AND THEN REFER THEM TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS ALL INTEGRAL WITH ALL OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED, BUT WE NEED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE BASICALLY A CLEARINGHOUSE, A TRIAGE FOR WHAT AILS THEM AND GETTING THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND IS GOING TO BE IT'S JUST WE NEED THAT FACILITY AND WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO MAKE IT A REALITY .

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO START A NEW PROGRAM, WE'VE ALREADY DONE SO GREAT COUNCIL WITH THE ALTERNATE RESPONSE TEAM.

I'M SO EXCITED.

WE FILLED THAT CONTRACT LAST WEEK.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CREATING SOMETHING EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AS WE MOVE ON THIS PATH.

AND THIS, I THINK, SUPPORTS ALL OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISES, SOMEBODY HAVING A SCHIZOPHRENIC ATTACK WHO HAS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND A HOT MEAL AVAILABLE TO THEM.

SO I'M JUST GETTING AT THIS.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO BASICALLY PROVIDE A TRANSITION IN BETWEEN OUR ALTERNATE RESPONSE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AND THEN THE REST OF THE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE NICHE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HELP WITH.

SO THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE VERY FAR APART IN WHAT WE'RE SAYING, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FLAGSTAFF, THE CURRENT SHELTER BEING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKEN.

SO THAT WASN'T EVEN SUGGESTED OR ON THE TABLE.

WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER FACILITIES BEING AVAILABLE TO HELP US MEET THIS NEED AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I WANT TO GET ACROSS IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I BELIEVE MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE ALREADY EXISTS, AND I THINK THAT THIS PROCESS THAT ALL OF THE AGENCIES ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH, I THINK IT WILL COME OUT OF THAT AND WE'LL SEE IT MORE CLEARLY.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

SO I THINK WE'RE SO CLOSE, RIGHT, RICK? YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

WITH YOUR PROPOSAL WE'RE ON, BUT THERE IS STILL SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THREE FIFTY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THAT GRANT FUNDING AND THEN ONE HUNDRED.

THREE SIXTY? 360 THANK YOU.

AND THEN A HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOR TOURISM.

IF NOT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH IF YES, THANK YOU AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? YOU'RE PUTTING ME IN A TOUGH POSITION.

MY HEART SAYS I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE FAR OFF WHERE I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE LIKE 400 WOULD BE SOMETHING

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I JUST AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE A PERSONAL ATTACHMENT TO THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT IS REAL.

BUT I'M WILLING TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING, WE DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

IS THERE SOMEWHERE LIKE MAYBE THE LOCAL EVENT SUPPORT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THOSE EVENT PLANNERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HELP? CAN THE CITY MAYBE WAIVE SOME FEES AND JUST HAVE THAT WAIVED AND SOME OF THAT MONEY COME? WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

OH, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

I JUST BELIEVE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION TO PROCEED ALREADY.

WELL, WE'RE I GUESS THE WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, THOUGH, AND WE'RE I WANT TO PROVIDE COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD CONSENSUS AROUND THIS, EVEN IF WE HAD A MAJORITY, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE INCLUSIVE WITH.

FAIR ENOUGH.

I'LL JUST SAY I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TOUCH ANY OF THAT ALTERNATE RESPONSE MONEY, WHETHER IT GOES TO FACILITIES OR SERVICES.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED EVERY PENNY OF IT.

SO SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I GUESS TO FINISH MY SENTENCE.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE MY LOCAL EVENTS, BUT I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A FEW DOLLARS FROM THERE AND PUSH IT OVER TO SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE LOCAL EVENT PLANNERS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES? YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HOW ABOUT THIS? WE DO.

WE TAKE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS DOWN TO FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR TOURISM AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR THE LOCAL EVENTS THAT PENCILS OUT.

THANK YOU.

EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND.

OH, I WE GOT SOME SAD THUMBS UP, BUT WE DO HAVE A GOOD CONSENSUS HERE, SO.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT PROPOSAL? I AM AND I APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH.

ALL RIGHT.

GO, TEAM.

AS I SAID, TO START OFF WITH I KNEW THAT WE HAD IT WITHIN US TO ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION OF GROUP WISDOM.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE ENTIRELY GETTING WHAT WE WANT TONIGHT.

BUT WE ALL KNEW THAT GOING IN AND THIS DOES THE MOST AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MOST NEED, AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL FOCUS THAT WE CAN WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO DO THESE PRIORITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE GET TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THIS, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

SO WITH THAT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED FROM US MR. TADDER.

NO MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OUR TEAM HAS A BIG TASK TO MAKE SURE WE CAN FILL THOSE REQUESTS THAT YOU HAVE.

YIKES.

TURN OFF YOUR MIC.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THEN WE CAN.

MR. MAYOR, CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AGAIN FOR IN REAL TIME CRUNCHING SOME NUMBERS AND FINDING SOME EXTRA MONEY THAT THEY CAN TAKE OUT OF THEIR REQUEST TO BETTER SERVE THESE OTHER NEEDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT IN REAL TIME IN SERVICE OF THIS SITUATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

I'M GETTING A SHAKING OF HEADS, SO WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.

DOWN TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, TOO FROM MAYOR COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.

[11. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]

YOU GOT ANYTHING TONIGHT? I DO I HAVE JUST TWO BRIEF THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO STACY IN IT, THE NEW INTERFACE WE HAVE, WHICH TAKES MUCH GREATER ADVANTAGE OF THE FULL SCREEN CAPABILITY WHEN LOOKING AT FOLKS WHO ARE CHIMING IN FROM ONLINE IS FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE WITH MORE DETAIL, AND THAT

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I DON'T KNOW HOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A FAIR OR JUST SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.

I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THE DAIS HAD THE OPTION TO TAKE OFF THEIR MASK DURING THEIR THREE MINUTES OF COMMENT, NOT SAYING THEY HAVE TO BUT LEAVE IT UP TO THEM.

I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE'S FULL FACES AND BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM WITHOUT ANY CLOTH IN THE WAY.

AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ONE GUY WITH AN IDEA, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE IF WE COULD DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.

AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I LIKE TO ADMIRE GREAT BEARDS, BUT BECAUSE I GET A LOT MORE OUT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHEN I CAN SEE THE FULLNESS OF THE EMOTION THEY'RE BRINGING WITH THEM TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

SURE, I'M READY.

AS READY AS I WILL BE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL LEADERSHIP STAFF, THE PUBLIC, ALL OF THE SERVICE AGENCIES THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS WAS A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.

AND SO KUDOS TO US.

AND CHEERS TO TEAM FLAG AND ALL OF US IN THE CITY AND THE REGION.

THIS IS A REAL AGAIN A BLESSING TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE.

EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE SUCH HARD TIMES FOR ALL OF US.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THE ATMP PUBLIC REVIEW IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, AND THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST PUBLIC HALL TOWN MEETING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I BELIEVE IT WAS STREAMED, AND JENNY NIEMAN AND MARTIN INCE WITH THE CITY HELPED CO-HOSTS THAT DISCUSSION AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION.

IT'S ARCHIVED ON THE CITY ONLINE AND THE NEXT ATMP AT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PUBLIC EVENT IS THIS SATURDAY AT 10 A.M.

TILL NOON AT BUSHMASTER PARK.

CHECK IT OUT.

IT'LL BE A GOOD DISCUSSION IN A GREAT WAY TO GET CAUGHT UP ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

THIS FRIDAY, I AM DOING A FIRE RIDE ALONG.

IT WAS INITIALLY SCHEDULED FOR 24 HOURS AND I TALKED IT DOWN TO 12 HOURS, BUT STILL A 12 HOUR RIDE ALONG WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SETH GREGOR, AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR HELPING ME COORDINATE THAT AND CHIEF GAILLARD.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND BEING ABLE TO BRING THOSE INSIGHTS BACK WITH ME TO THE DAIS IN THE FUTURE.

OTHER THAN THAT, LET ME SEE REALLY QUICK.

I THOUGHT I HAD ONE OTHER THING TO SHARE, BUT I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO MY LAST ITEM, WHICH IS JUST THAT NEXT TUESDAY, I WILL BE TRAVELING TO EUGENE FOR A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, BUT I WILL ALSO BE VISITING SITES AND TALKING TO LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA AS MY FAIR ITEMS NEXT TUESDAY, WHICH THE FUNNY THING IS, I MIGHT NOT BE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM BECAUSE I MIGHT BE ON A PLANE DEPENDING ON HOW LONG OUR MEETING GOES.

BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO EUGENE AND LEARNING FIRSTHAND HOW THOSE OPERATIONS ARE WORKING OR NOT WORKING AND BRINGING THOSE INSIGHTS BACK TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU.

SO, YEAH, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

BUT YEAH, GREAT.

GREAT MEETING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL WHO CAME OUT AND ADVOCATED.

RICK THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WORK.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND REALLY HUMBLED AND APPRECIATIVE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN THERE'S DISAGREEMENT, EVEN EVEN SLIGHT.

AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL CARE EQUALLY FOR THE VITALITY OF OUR CITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL CAME TO THIS DISCUSSION WITH OPEN MINDS AND WITH THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST AT HEART, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE HOUSING PLAN, THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN, IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE NEXT COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING IS OCTOBER 27TH AND I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL DIG INTO THIS PLAN AND GIVE US SOME MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK AND A PLUG FOR OUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER.

HIGH COUNTRY HUMANE IS SO FULL, AND IF ANYONE HAS ROOM TO FOSTER KITTENS OR PUPPIES

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AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE FULL.

ALL THE ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND FOSTER HOMES, SO.

GET SOME FOSTER ANIMALS.

I ALREADY HAVE FOUR.

WELL, ACTUALLY, SIX, I GOT TWO DOGS, TOO.

OK, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.

FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO THANK ROSE TOEHE AND STEVE DARDEN FOR YESTERDAY'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

IT WAS SUCH A GREAT SERIES OF PRESENTATION AND EVENTS AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING GOING UP ON MCMILLAN MESA THAT MORE EARLY MORNING, HEARING THE PRAYER AND SEEING ALL THE DEER GOING BY THE WOODPECKERS FLYING OVERHEAD, IT WAS JUST IT WAS A GOOD OMEN FOR THINGS TO COME.

THAT BEING SAID, THE ONE THING I WANTED TO INFORM YOU ALL ON IS THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW DISCUSSIONS NOW REGARDING SMART CITY INITIATIVES AND CLIFTON CITY MANAGER CLIFTON AND MYSELF AND CJ PERRY OUR IT DIRECTOR MET WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SMART CITIES WITH ACC.

AND WE WERE DISCUSSING PUTTING FORTH OR DEVELOPING A ROADMAP FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF THAT BEFITS WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T JUST GET UP TO THE POINT WITH OUR BROADBAND SYSTEMS. BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT? WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WHAT ARE THE BIG IDEAS THAT WE CAN WORK ON AND DEVELOP POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH NAU, POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH COUNTY OR ANYONE ELSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME REAL REASONABLE PRACTICAL BENCHMARKS AND A ROADMAP TO DEVELOPING AS A SMART CITY? SO ANYWAYS, THOSE CONVERSATIONS WENT VERY WELL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GREATER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

AND CITY MANAGER HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO MIGHT BE PUTTING TOGETHER A WORK SESSION TO TRY TO REALLY FLESH IT OUT AND SEE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE AND WHAT WE ALL MIGHT WANT TO PURSUE IN TERMS OF CREATING THAT KIND OF PLAN.

ANYWAYS, THAT WAS THE MAIN THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

MCCARTHY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I THINK WE HAD A GOOD MEETING TONIGHT THAT WAS PRODUCTIVE.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ASK IS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE ON HELPING THE FLOOD VICTIMS. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL HOUSES.

I KNOW THE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY CAN DO IS THE ANALYSIS GOING ON OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE NEXT? DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THAT KIND OF WHERE WE ARE ON THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

I THINK KIND OF LIKE COVID, WE NEED AN UPDATE ON THAT PRETTY FREQUENTLY.

BECAUSE IF WE LIVED ON HAVASUPAI STREET, WE'D BE VERY MOTIVATED.

I DON'T, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TOURISM.

THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IS LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES AND THERE IS A JOB FAIR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, FIVE TO SEVEN P.M.

AT LITTLE AMERICA.

AND I DID HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO TYNKERTOPIA, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE YET, I AM TELLING YOU, YOU MUST GO.

IT IS AMAZING.

AND I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MOUNTAIN LINE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS.

THANK YOU.

YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I TOURED TYNKERTOPIA ALSO, AND IT IS AN AMAZING FACILITY.

YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

STERLING'S COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

ALL RIGHT, YOU MAY BE HAVING ISSUES ON THAT FRONT.

TECHNICAL, I DID WANT TO BRING UP TOO I KNOW THE IDEA HAD BEEN FLOATED AT A PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING FOR, YOU KNOW, REGULAR UPDATES REGARDING THE MUSEUM FIRE POST FLOODING.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THAT, BUT TO DO IT FOR ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AT FLOOD MITIGATION, WILDFIRE MITIGATIONS.

SO WE KNOW WHAT'S ALSO GOING ON AROUND THE CITY.

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OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH WFPP HAVING MORE GENERAL DISCUSSION AND A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE REALLY DO DISCUSS WILDFIRE AND POST WILDFIRE FLOODING IN GENERAL? OH CITY MANAGER YOUR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR RAISING THAT WE HAD AN EXCELLENT MEETING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE LAST WEEK AND MEMBERS OF OUR WILDFIRE CREW AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, IT WAS VERY GOOD AND OUT OF THAT WE DID DECIDE IT WAS TIME TO GET IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE SO THAT IT HAS NOT YET BEEN SET.

BUT IT IS DEFINITELY IN THE QUEUE AND IT DOES PERTAIN TO THE 4FRI PROJECT AND THINGS THAT ARE NOW HAPPENING.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, FRANKLY, THE.

SO RATHER THAN TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT, YOU CAN EXPECT A WORK SESSION IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT.

GET MY BOOM STICK.

ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.