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OK. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

[1. Call to Order]

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REGULAR MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2021.

[2. Roll Call NOTE: One or more Commission Members may be in attendance telephonically or by other technological means. DAVID ZIMMERMAN, CHAIR MARIE JONES, VICE CHAIR CAROLE MANDINO DR. ALEX MARTINEZ DR. ERIC NOLAN LLOYD PAUL DR. RICHARD GUTHRIE]

CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DAVID ZIMMERMAN? PRESENT.

MARIE JONES? PRESENT DR.

ALEX MARTINEZ? HERE. MR. ERIC NOLAN? HERE. LLOYD PAUL? OH, YOU KNOW, HE'S EXCUSED.

CAROLE MANDINO? RICARDO GUTHRIE? MARIE, DID I HEAR YOU? YES, I DID.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OK, NOW I CAN, YES, I MIGHT JUST LET DOWN, THOUGH, SO I APOLOGIZE.

YES. OK, NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

OK. THANK YOU.

BRINGS US TO THE ITEM NUMBER THREE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY SUBJECT WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.

EXCUSE ME. IT IS NOT SCHEDULED BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON THIS DAY.

DUE TO OPEN MEETING LAWS, COMMISSION CANNOT DISCUSS OR ACTIVELY PRESENTED DURING THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE CHAIR TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS HEARD.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? AND I DON'T SEE ANY, AND I'M GOING TO CHECK HERE REAL QUICKLY.

I MAY BE MISSING A CORE FUNCTION HERE TODAY THAT ALLOWS ME TO SEE PEOPLE RAISING HANDS AND THINGS AND CALLING ON THEM.

SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE THAT ON MY PHONE.

I CAN HELP YOU I NEED TO.

OK, THANK YOU, BECKY. THAT WOULD REALLY BE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the regular meeting on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.]

THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH,2021.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES, ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS FOR THE MEETING MINUTES ? THIS IS COMMISSIONER NOLAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. DAVID MARTINEZ, I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER NOLAN, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. APPEOVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2021. THAT BRINGS US TO GENERAL BUSINESS AND OUR FIRST ITEM A IS THE BEAVER STREET CONDOS,

[A. Beaver Street Condos PZ-17-00187-04 Hunt Beaver, LLC requests Preliminary Plat approval for Beaver Street Condominiums (case number: PZ-17-00187-04). The subdivision consists of 8 residential condominium units located at 613 North Beaver Street. The condominium plat is on 0.33 acres and will developing under the T4N.1 (Transect) Zone. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission, in accordance with the findings presented in this report, forward the Preliminary Plat to the City Council with a recommendation for approval.]

WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER PZ-17-00187-04.

WOULD STAFF LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? AND BEFORE GENEVIEVE JUMPS IN.

SORRY, GENEVIEVE, I JUST SEE THAT RICARDO GUTHRIE DID JOIN THE MEETING, SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR ZIMMERMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THIS IS GENEVIEVE PEARTHREE IN THE CURRENT PLANNING SECTION.

I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION PREPARED, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND SHARE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE SEEING THE PRESENTATION SCREEN CORRECT, NOT THE NOTE SCREEN? OK, GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

SO YEAH, AGAIN.

GENEVIEVE PEARTHREE, SENIOR PLANNER IN THE CURRENT PLANNING SECTION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A PRELIMINARY PLOT APPROVAL REQUEST.

THIS IS FOR BEAVER STREET CONDOS.

CASE NUMBER PZ-17-0187-04.

SO THIS REQUEST IS FROM HUNT BEAVER LLC.

IT'S FOR A PRELIMINARY PLOT APPROVAL FOR AN EIGHT UNIT RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION. IT'S LOCATED AT 613 NORTH BEAVER STREET ON A 0.33 ACRE SITE, AND THE ZONING IS T4N.1, TRANSECT ZONING.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE CONDOMINIUM PLOT IS TO CREATE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED UNITS.

SO OWNERSHIP IS OF THE AIRSPACE WITHIN EACH UNIT, PLUS A LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH UNIT.

SO THAT'S DECKS AND DRIVEWAYS.

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SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS PLAT IS DOING.

IT COULD BE DEVELOPED, IT'S BEING DEVELOPED AS MULTIFAMILY.

EITHER WAY, IT'S BASICALLY TAKING IT FROM A RENTAL OPTION LIKE APARTMENT, WHERE EVERYTHING IS OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON AND TURNING IT INTO THE PLAT BASICALLY ALLOWS THE CONDOS TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY AS INDIVIDUAL UNITS APART FROM THE LAND BENEATH IT.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT.

THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE IT IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE T4N.1 TRANSECT ZONE, SO THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IN MARCH 2020.

THAT'S WHY I SAY IT COULD BE DEVELOPED AS APARTMENTS, BUT THE OWNER HAS OPTED TO DO A CONDOMINIUM PLAT TO SELL THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND THE CIVIL PLANS ARE UNDER REVIEW.

SO REALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS JUST THE CONDO PLAT KNOWING THAT THIS ALREADY HAS SITE PLAN AND THAT SEVERAL PLANS ARE UNDER REVIEW AND THE APPLICANT CAN SUBMIT BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION AT ANY TIME.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

AGAIN, IT'S AT 613 NORTH BEAVER STREET, SO THAT'S ON BEAVER STREET, JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN, GOING UP TO COLUMBUS AVENUE.

THE ZONING IN THE AREA IS PRIMARILY COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL OR THERE ARE SOME R1N AND HR, SOME PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AROUND THE SITE, THERE ARE SOME.

THERE'S A MULTITENANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

THERE'S ALSO SOME RESIDENTIAL AND SOME COMMERCIAL KIND OF A MIX IN THAT AREA ACROSS BEAVER STREET AS WELL AND ACROSS THE ALLEY TO THE WEST OF THE SITE.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE.

SO AGAIN, IT'S EIGHT RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

THEY HAVE THREE BEDROOMS AND FOUR BATHROOMS, AND THEY'RE DIVIDED AMONG TWO BUILDINGS, SO THAT'S FOUR UNITS PER BUILDING.

THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDINGS IS APPROXIMATELY 17000 SQUARE FEET.

EACH UNIT IS ABOUT 2000 TO 2600 SQUARE FEET, OR SIX OF THEM ARE ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ABOUT 2600 SQUARE FEET.

AGAIN, THE ZONING IS T4N.1, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TRANSECT ZONES THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS DECIDED TO OPT INTO, AND THAT WILL OFFICIALLY HAPPEN WITH BUILDING PERMITS.

SO FOR A TRANSECT ZONING, THEY ALSO HAVE TO SELECT A BUILDING TYPE THAT'S ALLOWED IN THAT ZONE. SO IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO SELECT THE TOWNHOUSE BUILDING TYPE, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO SELECT A PRIVATE FRONTAGE TYPE THAT'S ALLOWED WITH THAT BUILDING TYPE. AND IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT SELECTED THE STOOP PRIVATE FURNITURE TYPE, SO I'LL GO INTO THOSE STANDARDS AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

SO I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THE PURPOSE OF THE CONDO PLAT OR CONDOMINIUM PLAT IS TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUALLY OWNED UNITS, SO BASICALLY TO BE ABLE TO SELL EACH UNIT INDIVIDUALLY AND APART FROM THE LAND BENEATH IT.

SO BASICALLY OWNERSHIP OF THE AIRSPACE WITHIN EACH UNIT, AS WELL AS THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH UNIT.

AND IN THIS CASE, THAT'S DECKS, AND THEN FOUR OF THE UNITS ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC DRIVEWAYS ASSIGNED TO THEM THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE ON THE CONDO PLAT.

ANYTHING THAT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUALLY OWNED UNIT OR LIMITED, COMMON OR LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT IS A COMMON ELEMENT, AND THAT'S THE SHARED AREAS INSIDE EACH BUILDING.

SO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE FLOOR PLATES, FIRE RISER ROOMS, ET CETERA.

THERE'S ALSO A TRACT A, WHICH IS THE LAND UNDERNEATH THE BUILDINGS.

THAT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS THAT IT'S TYPICALLY MAINTAINED BY THE HOME AND INCLUDES PARKING SPACES TO DRIVE WHILE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION AREAS AND SOME EASEMENTS.

SO HERE IS WHAT THE PLAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT I DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO YOU SEE THE THE EIGHT RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AS WELL AS THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS.

SO ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

SO THE DECKS IN FRONT OF THE UNITS, IN THOSE DRIVEWAYS, IN THE BACK OF UNITS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT AND THEN THE LAND APART FROM THE UNITS, THAT'S A DRIVE BY ALL LANDSCAPING, SOME EASEMENTS, ET CETERA.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF SHOWS LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY ON THE SLIDE.

SO IN ORDER TO CREATE OWNERSHIP OF EACH UNIT, YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE HORIZONTAL BOUNDARIES AND THE VERTICAL BOUNDARIES OF EACH UNIT.

SO THE PLAT DOES THIS.

SO THE FIRST FLOOR, WE SEE UNITS ONE AND FOUR AND THEY'RE SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN THE OTHER UNITS. SO THAT SHOWS THE HORIZONTAL BOUNDARIES OF THOSE UNITS, AS WELL AS UNITS TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THEN ON THE VERTICAL BOUNDARY SIDE.

IT PROVIDES THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION OF EACH UNIT AND THEN SHOWS THE BASICALLY FLOOR TO CEILING AREA IN EACH UNIT SO WE CAN SEE THE AIRSPACE THAT'S BEING PLOTTED FOR EACH UNIT. SO BASICALLY CREATES THOSE UNIT BOUNDARIES SO WE CAN SEPARATE THOSE OUT FROM THE LAND BENEATH. SO IN TERMS OF FINDINGS FOR APPROVAL FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT, THERE ARE THREE FINDINGS THERE MEETING THIS THE ZONING CODE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE.

THAT'S TITLE 10 ENGINEERING CODE.

THAT'S TITLE 13 IN THE SUBDIVISION CODE.

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THAT'S TITLE 11.

SO WE'LL START WITH TITLE 10, THAT CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF MEETING THE ZONING CODE.

SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THOSE DETAILS OF THE FIRST ONE IS THAT IT MEETS THE T4N.1 TRANSECT ZONE STANDARDS.

IN THIS CASE, IT DOES.

SO IT MEETS THE STANDARDS FOR THE SET BACKS, HEIGHT PLACEMENT LOT COVERAGE.

AND THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM FROM THE ZONING CODE FOR THOSE T4N.1 STANDARDS.

SO IT DOES MEAN ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS.

AND THEN ALSO THE TOWNHOUSE BUILDING TYPE IS ALLOWED IN THE T4N.1 ZONE.

SO THIS IS MEETING THAT STANDARD AS WELL.

HERE IS ANOTHER SCREENSHOT FROM THE ZONING CODE THAT SHOWS THE TOWNHOUSE BUILDING TYPE.

IT'S A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE ATTACHED STRUCTURE THAT CONSISTS OF THREE OR MORE DWELLING UNITS PLACED SIDE BY SIDE.

THERE'S SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR WIDTH AND LOCATION OF GARAGE DOORS AND PARKING, AND THIS MEETS ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS.

AGAIN, I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT EACH DEVELOPMENT ONCE YOU SELECT A BUILDING TYPE AND THE TRANSECT ZONE, YOU HAVE TO SELECT A PRIVATE FRONT END TO TYPE.

SO AGAIN, IN THIS CASE, THEY SELECTED THE STOOP PRIVATE FRONTAGE TYPE, SO IT MEETS THOSE STANDARDS AS WELL.

AND THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM FROM THAT SECTION OF THE ZONING CODE.

SO IN SUMMARY, THIS DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE RELEVANT TRANSECT ZONE BUILDING TYPE AND PRIVATE FRONTAGE TYPE STANDARDS.

HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, THIS IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY THESE WERE APPROVED AT SITE PLAN, BUT WE CAN JUST GET A SENSE OF WHAT EACH UNIT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND AGAIN, EACH BUILDING HAS FOUR UNITS SIDE BY SIDE.

SO THIS IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION FOR THE 18 FOOT WIDE BUILDINGS.

AND THEN THIS IS THE ONE FOR THE 24 FOOT WIDE BUILDINGS.

AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SIX THAT ARE 18 FEET WIDE AND TWO THAT ARE 24 FEET WIDE.

SO THAT'S FOR REFERENCE ONLY.

BUT KIND OF JUST GET A SENSE OF WHAT THESE ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY'RE BUILT.

ANOTHER COMPONENT OF MEETING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE IS PEDESTRIAN BIKE AND VEHICLE CIRCULATION AND PARKING, SO PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS FROM BEAVER STREET.

THIS IS A VERY WALKABLE AREA, SO THE UNITS ARE EASILY ACCESSED FROM BEAVER STREET.

IT'S ALSO MEETING THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS FOR 14 SPACES, FOR CARS AND TWO SPACES FOR BIKES.

SO THIS IS MEETING THOSE STANDARDS.

IT'S ALSO MEETING THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.

LANDSCAPING WILL BE OFFICIALLY APPROVED WITH CIVIL PLANS, BUT A CONCEPTUAL PLAN WAS APPROVED AT SITE PLAN, AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROVIDING THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS ONE TREE, TWO SHRUBS AND TWO GROUND COVERS PER UNIT OR EIGHT TREES, 16 SHRUBS AND 16 GROUND COVERS A TOTAL.

THE LANDSCAPING PLAN, SO YOU CAN JUST GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE LANDSCAPING IS GOING TO BE PLACED AND THE SPECIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE ON THE WAY.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF LANDSCAPING PLANT LIST.

SO THAT SUMMARIZES FINDING NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS A COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE, SO FINDING NUMBER TWO FOR APPROVAL IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS, OR TITLE 13 OF CITY CODE. SO AS SITE PLAN STAFF CONDUCTED A PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH THESE STANDARDS, SO CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING STAFF DETERMINE THAT NO EDGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE A SIDEWALK OR PARKWAY ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S BECAUSE IN 2018, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM JUST INSTALLED A NEW SIDEWALK, SO WE DON'T NEED TO PUT IN A NEW ONE RIGHT NOW.

HOWEVER, THE PLOT IS DEDICATING A SEVEN FOOT PUBLIC, NON-MOTORIZED AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS EASEMENTS NEXT TO BEAVER STREET.

SO RIGHT ALONG THAT FRONTAGE TO ALLOW FOR A NEW SIDEWALK AND PARKWAY TO BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

TRAFFIC STAFF AND WATER SERVICES STAFF ALSO REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION AND DETERMINED THAT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND A WATER SEWER IMPACT ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT MET.

THEY DON'T NEED ONE BECAUSE THE THRESHOLDS WEREN'T MET.

SO BASICALLY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH UNITS FOR WATER SEWER IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND IT'S NOT GENERATING ENOUGH TRAFFIC FOR A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, SO THAT REQUIREMENT WAS WAIVED.

AND LASTLY, STORM WATER STAFF ALSO REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION AT SITE PLAN AND DETERMINE THAT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT OR LID REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT NEEDED BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CREATING LESS THAN 5000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, SO THEY DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE THAT ON SITE.

HOWEVER, ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT DOES HAVE TO BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED PER CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ENGINEERING STANDARDS, SO IN THIS CASE, THEY NEED TO BUILD A NEW BASICALLY CONNECT TO WATER LINE AND THEIR SEWER LINE HAVE TO CONNECT TO EXISTING LINES IN BEAVER STREET. SO THAT WILL BE FINALIZED WITH CIVIL PLANS.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW.

SUMMARIZES THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS.

THE LAST FINDING REQUIRED FINDING FOR APPROVAL IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS. THAT'S TITLE 11 OF CITY CODE, SPECIFICALLY THE SUBDIVISION AND LAND SPLIT REGULATIONS, WHICH IS CHAPTER 11-20.

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SO THIS APPLICATION MET ALL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCEDURES AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE IT HERE TODAY.

IT'S ALSO MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS.

THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS THAT I DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S MEETING THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS.

MOST OF THOSE DON'T APPLY TO THE SITE BECAUSE IT'S A CONDOMINIUM PLAT, NOT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STANDARDS FOR EASEMENTS, AND THIS ONE DOES MEET THAT BY PLACING THEIR WATER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW WATER LINE EASEMENTS ALONG BEAVER STREET. SO IT IS MEETING THAT STANDARD.

SO IN SUMMARY, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHALL FIND THAT THE PRELIMINARY PLOT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF CITY CODE.

SO THOSE THREE FINDINGS THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS TITLE 10, THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE TITLE 11, WHICH IS THE GENERAL PLANS IN SUBDIVISIONS AND TITLE 13, WHICH IS THE ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS BASED ON THE REQUIRED FINDINGS, THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLOT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. SO THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR MY SLIDES, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THE APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE AS WELL, SO THEY CAN ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

CAROLE. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF ? LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO THIS.

AH, I FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THIS.

COMMISSIONER NOLAN? THANK YOU, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OK? MY INTERNET IS KIND OF GOING IN AND OUT A LITTLE BIT.

YES, YES.

YES. OKAY. YES.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS.

ONE. ARE THERE BUILDING PLANS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? NO, THEY HAVE NOT. THEY HAVE NOT YET.

AND HAS THIS LAND ALREADY BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY? IT IS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M THINKING OF THE RIGHT PLACE.

HMM. YEAH. I PREVIOUSLY HAD A, IT LOOKED LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND MAYBE SOME BACK BUILDING, MAYBE ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT IT BASICALLY WAS ENTIRELY IMPERVIOUS SURFACE PREVIOUSLY.

SO THAT KIND OF RELATES TO THAT STORM WATER REQUIREMENT BEING WAIVED.

SO IT WAS ALREADY DISTURBED AND THAT'S THE CURRENT STATE AND IT'S VACANT RIGHT NOW.

OK, SO THIS ISN'T LIKE A FORESTED AREA THAT'S BEING CLEARED? OK.

AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY PROJECTIONS OR STUDIES THAT ARE DONE TO LOOK AT THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WILL BE GENERATED ANNUALLY FROM THIS PARCEL? SO I DON'T BELIEVE ANY STUDIES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

BUT CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SUSTAINABILITY STAFF DID REVIEW THIS AND APPROVE THIS APPLICATION.

BUT IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN IN AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OK, SORRY, MY INTERNET CUT OUT JUST FOR A SECOND. WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY STUDIES THAT WERE DONE UNLESS THE APPLICANT HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. BUT SUSTAINABILITY STAFF AND SOLID WASTE STAFF DID REVIEW THIS APPLICATION AND PROVE IT. OK.

AND MY LAST QUESTION IS THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT IS ONLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL BE A RENTAL OR CONDOMINIUM, CORRECT? YEAH. SO IT'S BASICALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO WHEN A PROJECT GOES THROUGH SITE PLAN APPROVAL, IT GOES THROUGH AS MULTIFAMILY.

AND IF THEY DON'T SUBMIT A CONDOMINIUM PLAT, THEN BASICALLY THE SAME PERSON OR COMPANY OWNS THE LAND AND ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ON IT.

SO WITH THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT, THOUGH, IT BASICALLY SEPARATES OUT THOSE UNITS TO BE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. SO IN THEORY, YEAH.

SO BASICALLY THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT IT'S BASICALLY SOMEONE COULD OWN A CONDO AND RENT IT OUT. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, YES OR NO, BUT YES, THAT'S THE IDEA THAT THESE UNITS WOULD BE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS IT POSSIBLE IF IT'S A CONDOMINIUM, SOMEBODY COULD BUY IT AND THEN RENT IT OUT AS AN AIRBNB? YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY REGULATES.

THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S REGULA TED IN THE CCNRS FOR THE PROPERTY.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY THAT HAVE RESTRICTED RENTALS TO NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT SOMETHING THAT THE OWNER INTENDS TO DO, BUT I BELIEVE THE OWNER IS HERE TODAY, SO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENTING THE OWNER OR THE APPLICANT TO

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DISCUSS THAT. SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHAT'S? LET'S JUST SEE IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

ARE YOU? WAS THAT IT, COMMISSIONER NOLAN? YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR NOW, THANK YOU.

OKAY. I'M SORRY, I'M LOST HERE IN MY.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.

OH, THANK YOU. IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE ON A PHONE.

IT REALLY IS. THANK YOU, BECKY.

WOULD THE OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE CARE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ? YES. NO? I'M SORRY, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR ME? WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF THE OWNER OR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION, YES.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST, YEAH, MY NAME IS PETE MUSCALA AND AND MY TWO BROTHERS AND I ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROJECT, AND I'M ALSO THE CONTRACTOR OF THE PROJECT.

CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS? 1254 WEST UNIVERSITY SUITE 150, FLAGSTAFF, 86001.

GREAT. THANKS. YEAH, YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK THE PROJECT, THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN DESIGNED AND THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN PRESENTED HAS BEEN, I THINK IT ADDS A GREAT LITTLE PROJECT RIGHT THERE UP ON ON BEAVER STREET BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO FIT IN WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK REAL WELL AND I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S A PRODUCT THAT IS NEEDED DOWNTOWN IN THAT AREA. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE INTEREST OR INTERESTED PARTIES ON THAT PROJECT IS HAS REALLY BEEN SURPRISING AND EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S A VERY, VERY POPULAR PROJECT AND I GET A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ON IT.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERING US AND JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. OK, THANK YOU.

OH. COMMISSIONER NOLAN, DID YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION TO THE OWNER? SURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, MY QUESTION IS JUST IF THIS IS A CONDOMINIUM THAT SOMEBODY CAN OWN, CAN THEY THEN RENT IT OUT AS AN AIRBNB? SO 30 DAYS OR LESS? I THINK IT IS. AS OF NOW, YES, YES, THERE HAS NOT BEEN THE HOAS DO NOT DISALLOW THAT AT THIS TIME.

BUT AS THE THE TENANTS MOVE IN, THEY CAN CHANGE THAT AT THEIR WILL, IF THEY WANT TO OR THE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS COME IN, THEY CAN CHANGE THAT.

OKAY. OKAY, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR THE OWNER/ DEVELOPER? GOING ONCE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT.

MR. MUSCALA. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I SHOULD ASK FIRST, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS? THIS IS COMMISSIONER NOLAN.

I GUESS ONE QUICK THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO VOICE AS I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THEY ARE INDEPENDENT CONDOMINIUMS AND THEY ARE RENTED OUT FOR SOMETHING LIKE AIRBNB, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS REALLY SERVICES OUR HOUSING NEEDS.

I KNOW WE'RE IN A REALLY TIGHT AREA WHERE WE NEED AS MANY AVAILABLE UNITS AS POSSIBLE.

I'VE ALSO VOICED IN THE PAST MY CONCERN ABOUT WASTE AND THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET RECYCLING PRACTICES THAT CAN HANDLE ANY ADDITIONAL INCOMING POPULATION.

SO JUST GIVEN THOSE CONSTRAINTS, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

OK, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS.

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THIS IS CAROLE, COMMISSIONER MANDINO, AND I WOULD DITTO WHAT ERIC JUST SAID.

THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WOULD ANYONE CARE TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME? I'LL MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

IN THE CASE OF THE BEAVER STREET CONDOS PZ-17-00184-04, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD THE PRELIMINARY PLAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. THIS IS ALEX MARTINEZ, I'LL SECOND IT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED.

YEAH. I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T SEE THEM.

OH, OK, I SEE. SORRY, COMMISSIONER JONES.

I ALSO SEE YOU, COMMISSIONER MANDINO.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE CONCERN ABOUT MORE AIRBNBS IN FLAGSTAFF, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR US TO MAKE OUR DECISION, BUT FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS ALSO A CONCERN OF MINE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MANDINO? MY HAND WAS UP FROM BEFORE, BUT I ALSO WILL AGREE WITH MARIE THAT IT'S NOT IT WILL NOT INFLUENCE MY DECISION.

I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT AS A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY THE AIRBNB PART.

COMMISSIONER NOLAN, IS YOUR HANDS STILL UP, DID I JUST NOT LOWER IT? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MY CONCERN IS WITHIN THE FINDING THAT THIS WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR, BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? CHAIR ZIMMERMAN, I DO HAVE A QUICK COMMENT JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT THE FINDING FOR DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC WELFARE, THAT'S TYPICALLY ONE OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FINDINGS, BUT THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY A FINDING FOR A PLAT, SO JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSION IT'S TITLE 10 THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE TITLE 11 GENERAL PLANS AND SUBDIVISIONS IN TITLE 13 ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

THANK YOU. GOOD, THANK YOU, GENEVIEVE.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING MORE, WE COULD TAKE A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT BRINGS US TO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. GENERAL BUSINESS ITEM B, WHICH IS A CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION, CARBON

[B. Citizen Review Session: Carbon Neutrality Major Plan Amendment STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open a Citizen Review Session, take public comments, and discuss. ]

NEUTRALITY MAJOR PLAN AMENDMENTS AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION HERE IS TO OPEN A CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DISCUSS.

THIS MAY BE NEW TO ME AND STUFF, SO STAFF IN PRESENTING THIS ITEM, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS WHAT OPEN A CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION MEANS AT THIS TIME, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

CHAIRPERSON ZIMMERMAN, THIS IS SARAH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND THEN WE KIND OF HAVE AN AUDIBLE ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN A MOMENT.

BUT CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION IS REQUIRED FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL PLAN, AND THE TOPIC THAT WAS ADVERTISED FOR TONIGHT IS A CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION ON A MAJOR PLAN AMENDMENT TO AMEND GOALS AND POLICIES WITHIN THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL PLAN IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE 2021.

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SO THE AUDIBLE THAT WE MAKE ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT BECAUSE THE STAFF PERSON WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING IT HAS HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

AND SO WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE THIS WORK SESSION TO DATE CERTAIN OF OCTOBER 27TH.

AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THE FULL PRESENTATION AND WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OPEN A CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION? IS THAT AN ACTION LIKE WE WOULD DECLARE THAT THE CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION IS OFFICIALLY OPEN AND THE PUBLIC CITIZENS WOULD GIVE US INFORMATION RIGHT THEN ? UH, USUALLY, CHAIR ZIMMERMAN, A CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION IS MUCH LIKE A WORK SESSION.

IT'S JUST WHAT IT'S CALLED IN TITLE 11 OF THE CITY CODE.

I COULD NOT GIVE YOU THE HISTORY OF THAT TITLE VERSUS OTHER THINGS IT COULD HAVE BEEN CALLED. IT DOESN'T APPEAR IN STATE STATUTE.

IT'S A FLAGSTAFF SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S GENERALLY A WORK SESSION WITH THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY CALLED OUT IN TITLE 11.

OKAY, SO IT'S NOT LIKE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE.

THEY'RE HERE TO REVIEW SOMETHING.

OK. WE USUALLY WE DO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE REVIEW SESSION, THOUGH WE OFTEN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY PROVIDE THOSE COMMENTS AT THE HEARINGS AS WELL.

A MAJOR PLAN WILL HAVE TWO HEARINGS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I KNOW ALEX IS GOING TO BE SHARING MORE INFORMATION WITH THE COMMISSION ABOUT HOW THAT WILL WORK. BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THIS TOPIC WILL BE IN NOVEMBER.

OK. I HADN'T SEEN THAT TERM BEFORE, SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED.

THANK YOU. IT'S NOT USED COMMONLY UNLESS WE'RE DOING A PLAN AMENDMENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO.

WE WILL TABLE THIS ITEM.

THERE'S NO OBJECTION WE CAN TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL WE NEED A MOTION.

SO WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND VOTE.

WE NEED A MOTION, A SECOND AND A VOTE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO A DRAFT, TO CONTINUE IT TO A DATE CERTAIN SINCE IT WAS ALREADY ADVERTISED FOR TODAY.

YOU'RE SAYING IT.

OK, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IT TO THE DATE CERTAIN OF OCTOBER 27TH, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OK, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO A DATE CERTAIN OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2021.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER NOLAN, AND I'LL SECOND.

I THINK MR. NOLAN SAID AT FIRST, SO WE HAVE A A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER NOLAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. I AM OPPOSED.

OK. THE CITIZEN REVIEW SESSION IS POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH, 2021.

[6. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO/FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS]

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM SIX, THE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO OR FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS? TO OR FROM? NO? JUST THAT, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE 27TH SINCE WE JUST MOVED THIS ITEM AND THERE'S A COUPLE MORE THINGS AND ALEX SHOULD BE BACK BY THEN.

COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF? NOT TODAY. OK.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, UNLESS THERE IS ANY ANYONE OPPOSED, WE MAY STAND ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU. THANKS, EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.