Nov 16, 2021 City Council Meeting

AND VICE MAYOR, OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

AND IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, DID COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN GET TO READ IT LAST TIME? OK, GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE WAS THE FIRST TO DO SO.

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

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

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

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

[5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. If you wish to address the Council at tonight's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak. ]

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

SCOTT RICHARDS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP.

AND DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'RE UNABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR COMMENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THOSE PRESENTING DUE TO IT NOT BEING AGENDA.

JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SCOTT RICHARDS AND I LIVE OVER ON THE GRANDVIEW DRIVE, WHICH IS A CENTER OF THE FIRE FLOODING.

AND I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT, AND I'M TIRED.

I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT THESE SANDBAGS.

I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT THE BARRIERS.

UH, I'M TIRED OF EXPLAINING TO FOLKS WHY MY STREET LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

I'M TIRED OF CLIMBING OVER THE SANDBAGS, I'M TIRED OF PICKING UP THE DETERIORATED SANDBAGS, CLEANING UP CINDERS, SO I DON'T TRACK THEM IN THE HOUSE WHEN MY SHOES ARE WET.

UH, LET'S SEE, I'M TIRED OF STAYING AWAKE AT NIGHT CONTEMPLATING IF I SHOULD MOVE SANDBAGS SO I CAN USE MY DRIVEWAY.

I'M TIRED OF CONTEMPLATING IF I SHOULD MOVE THEM AND, YOU KNOW, COMPROMISE MY FLOOD INSURANCE IF WE ARE TO FLOOD DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TOLD TO BE PATIENT AND MY PATIENT WORSE THAN WHEN I CLIMB OVER THE SANDBAGS AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING AND I TRIP OVER HIM, FALL ON MY FACE BECAUSE I'M TIRED AFTER WORKING AT 12, 13, 14 HOUR SHIFT.

I'M TIRED OF, MY PATIENCE WERE THIN WHEN I HAVE TO TAKE THE GROCERIES OUT OF MY CAR, PLACE THEM ON TOP OF THE SANDBAG WALL, CLIMB OVER THE WALL AND THEN TAKE THEM INTO THE HOUSE.

MY PATIENCE WEARS THIN WHEN I CLIMB OVER THE SANDBAGS TO GO TO WORK AT ONE OR TWO IN THE MORNING AND THE CROTCH OF MY PANTS BECOME SOAKED BECAUSE OF THE DEW OR THE SNOW OR THE OTHER MOISTURE THAT IS COLLECTED ON THESE SANDBAGS.

UH, AND SO HERE'S BASICALLY MY CHRISTMAS WISH TO THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ONCE AND FOR ALL, LET'S ELIMINATE THIS THREAT OF THE FLOODWATERS COMING DOWN MY STREET OR OUR STREETS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR HOMES.

AND SO WE CAN ALL LIVE IN PEACE AND GET RID OF THESE SANDBAGS AND BARRIERS AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.

IT'S JUST REALLY IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE.

AS FAR AS, LIKE I SAID, THE WINTER WINTER IS COMING, THE SNOW'S COMING AND IT'S GOING TO BE ICY ON TOP OF THE WET.

AND SO, YEAH, IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD GET THIS SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF SO

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WE DON'T WE CAN ALL LIVE IN PEACE AND AND FINALLY GET RID OF THESE SANDBAGS.

IT'D BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR DEASY, VICE MAYOR DAGGETT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, CDBG FUNDS FROM THIS YEAR WERE AWARDED TO SEVERAL NON-PROFITS AND FLAGSTAFF, NONE OF WHICH WERE FROM THE THREE OF NONE OF WHICH WERE FROM THREE OF THE FOUR TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE FLAGSTAFF APPLICATION FOR THESE FUNDS.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

A DEB HARRIS, PLEASE.

THE LEAGUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO WORK WITH THE HOUSING PROGRAM OR DEPARTMENT IN FLAGSTAFF ON NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING PROCESS.

BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO ASK YOUR SUPPORT TO GET INFORMATION FROM HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR A PROGRAM FOR WHICH THEY RECEIVE CDBG FUNDS.

SOUTH SIDE HAS A SMALL GRANT TO PAY AN OUTREACH PERSON TO GO DOOR TO DOOR IN THE SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROVIDE OWNER OCCUPIED RESIDENTS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

I SENT THEM.

I SIT IN HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND EMAIL REQUESTING INFORMATION.

AS OF TODAY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE.

WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE RESOURCES.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER MY QUESTIONS OR YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE HELP US TO GET THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 6A.

THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

[A. Recognition: Mrs. Cleo Wilson Murdoch]

THIS IS OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

FIRST IS RECOGNITION FOR MRS. CLEO WILSON MURDOCK.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME STAND AND PROFESSOR GUTHRIE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AS WELL.

I GRABBED THE WRONG ONE.

CLEO WILSON MURDOCH WAS A GRADUATE OF WINSLOW HIGH SCHOOL, AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST, A MEMBER OF HARVARD CHAPEL A.M.E.

CHURCH AND THE FIRST TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF FLAGSTAFF SEGREGATED PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SCHOOL FROM 1926-1940.

SHE WAS A HIGHLY REGARDED AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPOKESPERSON AND A COMMUNITY BUILDER FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF FLAGSTAFF.

SCHOOLED AT THE FIRST HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WESTERN UNIVERSITY IN KANSAS, AS WELL AS A STATE ARIZONA STATE TEACHER'S COLLEGE, WHICH IS NOW IN AU.

SHE TIRELESSLY GAVE OF HERSELF IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND PERFORMANCE.

SHE INSPIRED MANY STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 22 YEAR OLD SAWMILL UNION SECRETARY WILSON C.

RILES, WHOM SHE ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL IN AU BEFORE HE HELPED DESEGREGATE FLAGSTAFF SCHOOLS.

SHE BECAME WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PATHBREAKING LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION OF YOUTH AND RESIDENTS BEFORE HER UNTIMELY PASSING IN 1940 AT THE AGE OF THIRTY NINE.

FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZE CLEO MURDOCH'S CONTRIBUTION WHEN IT RENAMED THE FORMER DUNBAR RECREATION CENTER IN HER HONOR IN NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT AFTER THE.

CLAY BUTLER STREET REALIGNMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS RESCUED THE CLEO MURDOCH COMMUNITY CENTER FROM DESTRUCTION AND IN CONCERT WITH THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND NAU'S ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAM RESURRECTED HER MEMORY THROUGH A SERIES OF MURALS DEDICATED TO HER LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE, EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND RECONCILIATION.

MS. CLEO'S LEGACY, PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND LOVE FOR LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE CONTINUE TO BE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION TO GENERATIONS OF YOUTH TODAY.

BEFORE I PULL DC, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE CLEO WILSON MURDOCH FOR HER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND TOWARDS ACHIEVING RACIAL JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION.

PROFESSOR, GOOD, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY A FEW WORDS, IF YOU'D LIKE AS WELL.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY A PERSON LIKE CLEO MURDOCH WAS A GIANT IN HER TIME, PASSING AWAY AT AGE 39.

I SAY OF A BROKEN HEART, NO BLACK WOMAN SHOULD DIE AT AGE 39, BUT SHE REALLY GAVE OF HER HERSELF AND HER SOUL TO BUILD THE DUNBAR SCHOOL AND RACIAL CONCILIATION.

AND TODAY, HER NAME IS PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN, EXCEPT ON THE MURDOCH CENTER AND

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SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SIT FOR YEARS, WE SAID WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO FIND HER PICTURE TO PUT A FACE ON THE MURDOCH CENTER.

AND I THINK THAT THIS DOES THIS VERY WELL.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR.

AND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN RESURRECTING CLEO WILSON MURDOCH, A HISTORY THAT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY, BUT WE'RE WORKING AT IT.

OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT.

I KNOW.

I KNOW FOR SURE, PEOPLE.

WELL, NEXT, WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK.

THANK.

[B. Proclamation: National Apprenticeship week]

OH, THANK YOU.

STACEY, SORRY, I DIDN'T PUT THE MIKE BACK.

NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IS CELEBRATING ITS SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF RAISING AWARENESS OF THE VITAL ROLE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS PROVIDE AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES BY ALLOWING APPRENTICES TO EARN WHILE THEY LEARN AND PREPARING A PATHWAY TO WELL-PAYING CAREERS.

AND ACROSS THE NATION.

REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ENABLE EMPLOYERS TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN THEIR FUTURE WORKFORCE WHILE OFFERING CAREER SEEKERS AFFORDABLE PASS TO SECURE HIGH PAYING JOBS.

FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZES THE ROLE OF REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP IN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR WORKFORCE THAT ARE INCLUSIVE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED AND ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY PERSISTENT POVERTY AND INEQUALITY, THUS PROVIDING A PATH FOR ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING WOMEN, YOUTH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, RURAL COMMUNITIES, JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO BECOME APPRENTICES AND CONTRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S INDUSTRIES.

FLAGSTAFF RECOGNIZES THAT REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS, A PROVEN AN INDUSTRY DRIVEN TRAINING MODEL, PROVIDES A CRITICAL TALENT PIPELINE THAT CAN TRAIN AND BUILD UP OUR WORKFORCE TO ADDRESS OUR NATION'S PRESSING ISSUES, SUCH AS RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, MODERNIZING OUR CYBERSECURITY RESPONSE, ADDRESSING PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND REBUILDING OUR COUNTRY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEREFORE, I PULLED THE MAYOR FLAGSTAFF DO HEREBY DECLARE NOVEMBER 15 TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH NOVEMBER 21ST, 2021 AS NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK AND I DO SEE A MEAN THAT YOU ARE HERE AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO HAND THIS TO YOU, AS WELL AS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. IF YOU WANT TO STAND OVER HERE AND.

WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE MAYOR FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, IT IS AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS AND GIVE THAT NEXT GENERATION OF CARPENTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW SKILL APPRENTICESHIP, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

MY PLEASURE.

SO WE THANK YOU ALL.

THANK THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

ALL RIGHT, WE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR CITY MANAGER.

IF I MAY HAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE.

YES, MA'AM.

MY IMMENSE GRATITUDE TO THE MAYOR FOR DECLARING THE NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WITH THIS WEEK.

COMING UP IN FLAGSTAFF WILL BE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PIPE FITTERS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING CENTER, WHICH WILL TRAIN AND CREATE THE PIPELINE FOR QUALITY WORKFORCE FOR WELDERS, PIPEFITTERS, HVAC REFRIGERATION.

I VISITED THEIR TRAINING CENTER, WHICH IS A JOINT JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING CENTER IN MARICOPA, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT HERE.

AND I CREATED THIS HEART.

IN TWO MINUTES, SO I'M SHARING MY GRATEFUL HEART TO OUR ALL OF OUR REGISTERED

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APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS NOT ONLY IN COCONINO COUNTY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION, BE CARRYING MY COCONINO COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND FUTURE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

WITH THAT, WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

7AIS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

CITY MANAGERS TUNE IN ELECTRONICALLY, SO I TAKE IT WITH YOU.

YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I HOPE THE AUDIO IS GOOD.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

AND IT IS MY INTENT TO BE THERE IN PERSON AFTER THE BREAK.

MY SCHEDULE TODAY JUST DID NOT ALLOW ME TO MAKE THE TRIP TO CITY HALL IN TIME, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THAT SAID, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS SIDE OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN, WATCHING COUNCIL MEETING FROM AFAR AND SO FAR, SO GOOD.

EVERYTHING LOOKS AND SOUNDS GREAT WITH RESPECT TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT FOR THIS REGULAR MEETING.

THIS REPORT WILL HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

WE ALWAYS ENJOY DOING THIS.

THESE ARE ANNIVERSARIES THAT OCCUR IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW TODAY BY HAVING THESE PRESENTED ON A POWERPOINT.

I HOPE IT WORKS.

IT'S THE FIRST.

SO IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLUNKY, BEAR WITH US.

WE'LL DIAL IT IN OVER TIME AFTER THE WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

WE WOULD ALSO INVITE RICK BARRETT WITH OUR CITY ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DIVISION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT HIS TEAM HAS APPENDED TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT HERE.

A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THAT.

WE ARE CALLING OUT AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND THAT IS THE CENSUS, AND THERE'S A DRAFT LETTER IN THERE AND I'M GOING TO INVITE SARAH LANGLEY AND SARAH DECKER TO SPEAK TO THAT WHEN IT COMES UP.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS INCORPORATED INTO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

WITH THAT AS A PREFACE, I'M GOING TO JUST ROLL THROUGH THE REPORT AND TOUCH ON SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

I DO WANT TO MENTION AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, BUT IT'S WORTHY OF MENTIONING AGAIN THAT OUR 2020 LEADER OF THE YEAR AND THIS IS THE MARY JO JENKINS LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD, HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO OUR ESTEEMED DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS.

WE CALL THAT THE PROSE DIVISION.

OUR DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR REBECCA SAYERS, HAS BEEN AWARDED THAT PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION.

YEAH, SHE WAS FEATURED IN THE RECENT EDITION OF CCTV.

STOP THE MADNESS SERIES.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.

THAT EPISODE HAS MADE ITS WAY, AND I'M TAKING THE TIME RIGHT NOW TO HONOR HER AGAIN WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF REBECCA IS ABLE TO JOIN US ONLINE.

IF SHE IS, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE HER PRESENT HERSELF BRIEFLY AND SHE COULD OFFER A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

BUT WE ARE JUST ALL VERY EXCITED THAT SHE HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD.

IT IS WELL-DESERVED.

SHE'S DONE A LOT OF REMARKABLE THINGS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE ASSUMPTION OF HER NEW ROLE AS DIRECTOR IN A NEWLY CREATED DIVISION.

AND SHE HAS ALSO DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, INCLUDING HEADING UP THE VERY IMPORTANT TEAM THAT WE CALL THE EXTENDED USE OF RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WE ABBREVIATE THAT AS EURO.

IT'S ACROSS DIVISIONAL TEAM THAT HAS HELPED EXPEDITE A NUMBER OF CREATIVE USES OF OUR RIGHTS OF WAY TO ENHANCE SOME OUTDOOR SPACES AND OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS AND GAZEBOS, AND OUR HERITAGE SQUARE AND STREET AND ALLEY CLOSURES.

ON OCCASION, A NUMBER OF VERY POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED TO BETTER PROVIDE FOR OUTDOOR SEATING AND MEETING SPACES, BUT ALSO TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES, MOSTLY IN DOWNTOWN, BUT ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL ENDEAVOR.

REBECCA HAS BEEN AT THE HELM.

SHE'S DONE A LOT OF THINGS.

I GIVE A LOT OF TEXT TO THOSE MANY THINGS IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

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I WOULD INVITE YOU TO GIVE THAT A NICE READ AT YOUR LEISURE.

BUT I SEE THAT REBECCA IS IN PERSON AND I'M NOT IN REBECCA.

HOW'S THAT FOR A CHANGE? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR THE RECOGNITION.

AND OF COURSE, I CAN'T THANK MY TEAM ENOUGH BECAUSE NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE GREAT CITY OF FLAGSTAFF EMPLOYEES.

AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I DO IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE TEAMWORK THAT THEY ALL PROVIDE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH YET AGAIN.

I APPRECIATE IT, AND IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL AND I AM TRULY HONORED.

THERE'S JUST NO OTHER WORDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, REBECCA.

THANK YOU, REBECCA, AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AGAIN, AT LEAST FOR SOME TIME.

ON TO WORK ANNIVERSARIES, AND I TAKE IT THAT THE POWERPOINT IS UP.

YEP, AND I'M GOING TO YEAH, IT IS WORKING SO FAR.

SO GOOD COUNSEL.

WE'RE DOING THIS JUST AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HAVING ME YAK AND YAK AWAY ABOUT THESE WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

NOW YOU GET TO SEE NAMES AND SEE SOME FACES, AND I WILL BE BRIEF AND GO THROUGH THIS IN RAPID SUCCESSION.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH THE VERY SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES, THOSE BEING DEFINED AS 25 YEARS OR MORE.

WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM IN A COUPLE OF FOLKS WILL JOIN US IN PERSON WHEN WE GET THERE.

BUT STARTING OFF IN THE FIVE YEAR CATEGORY, IF WE CAN JUMP TO THE NEXT FRAME, PLEASE, WE HAVE MARTIN COLLINS, FINANCIAL SYSTEM ANALYST CHASE STONE BERGER WITH WATER SERVICES.

HE'S AN OPERATOR, ALSO A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC.

JUSTIN STASKEY.

I HOPE I GET THAT NAME.

CORRECT.

FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T.

CELEBRATING THEIR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES AND THE LIST GOES ON, WE HAVE CHRISTINA PERRY AND I WAS JUST IN A MEETING WITH CHRISTINA, SO IT'S QUITE AN HONOR TO CALL HER OUT YET AGAIN AND KNOW SHE IS OUR SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.

ONE, AND SHE IS CELEBRATING HER FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

ALSO, MICHAEL WORLEY, A POLICE OFFICER WITH US, CATHERINE WILLIAMS, A FIRE FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDIC.

AND NANCY DAUWEN.

AND AGAIN, I HOPE I'M GETTING THE PRONUNCIATION CORRECT.

SHE'S A POLICE RECORDS TECHNICIAN.

IN THE.

A 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, WE HAVE JACQUELINE RICHWINE, AND SHE IS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST UP UPSTAIRS IN CITY HALL.

HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, JACQUELINE.

ALSO, BRENDA SESSIONS, A LIBRARY SPECIALIST WITH THE CITY, IS CELEBRATING HER 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH.

IN THE 15 YEAR CATEGORY, MARK CESARE, IT MANAGER, LIBRARY AT THE LIBRARY WE HAVE THE LIBRARY HAS ITS OWN I.T.

FUNCTION AND HE IS THEIR MANAGER AND HAPPY 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MARK.

KURT NOVY IS WITH OUR HE'S WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT, HE'S AN INSPECTOR AND HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 15 YEARS.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU, KURT.

AND.

WE GO TO OUR 25 YEAR PLUS ANNIVERSARIES, AND I MENTIONED WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM, I BELIEVE MATT FALL IS GOING TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

I HAVE GIVEN HIM A CONSIDERABLE NARRATIVE IN THE WRITE UP, AS I HAVE WITH HIS COLLEAGUES, WHO ARE CELEBRATING 25 PLUS YEAR ANNIVERSARIES THIS MONTH.

MARK IS ACTUALLY CELEBRATING HIS 28TH YEAR CAREER MARK AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

HE'S WITH THE PARKS AND REC DIVISION, AND HE HAS SERVED IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES WITH NUMEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING RUNNING THE CITY'S THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAM, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM, A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

AND HE'S ALSO MORE RECENTLY BEEN MANAGING THE JOE MONTOYA COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER.

WE HEAR IT THAT THE GUESTS THERE HAVE COME TO RELY ON MATT FOR HIS GREAT DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, HIS SUPPORT AND APPARENTLY HIS GOOD HUMOR.

WE HEAR THAT HE HAS A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR, AND SO HE'S BEEN A GREAT ASSISTANCE OUT THERE.

HE ALSO HELPS OUT IN SETTING UP ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

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SO WE CAN'T THANK MATT ENOUGH FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND TO OUR PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS. DO WE HAVE MATT WITH US IN THE MEETING? I DO, I'M HERE, SIR.

YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MATT.

WE'VE BEEN HONORING YOU, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO SHARE, BUT HAPPY 28 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO YOU, SIR.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GREG, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT I CALL HOME.

I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT 28 YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY TOOK A CHANCE AND GAVE ME A JOB IN THE REC DEPARTMENT AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE YEARS CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS BEST I CAN.

SO THANK YOU TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MATT.

THANK YOU, MATT.

NEXT, WE HAVE JOHN MARCINIAK, WHO IS CELEBRATING.

CHECK THIS OUT, 38YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, I FIND THAT REMARKABLE.

JOHN, IF I MAY REFER TO HIM AS JOHN TRANSFERRED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1988 TO SERVE AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.

AND HE HAS BEEN OPERATING LARGELY IN THAT CAPACITY SINCE THAT TIME.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE ENSUING YEARS, HE'S RETRIEVED A MULTITUDE OF STRAY OR ESCAPEE DOGS AND CATS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

IN THE CAPACITY OF DOING THAT, I UNDERSTAND HE'S ALSO BEEN CHALLENGED WITH HAVING TO RETRIEVE A NUMBER OF EXOTIC CRITTERS, INCLUDING I HOPE I'M GETTING THIS RIGHT, A 13 FOOT BURMESE PYTHON.

WOW.

AN 80 POUND SOCATA TORTOISE.

WHICH I ASSUME YOU WERE ABLE TO OUTRUN THAT TORTOISE AND THE FIVE FOOT IGUANA.

AND I THINK THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, BUT A LOT OF ADVENTURES IN YOUR CAREER PATH, JOHN, AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT CHASING EXOTIC CRITTERS AND RETURNING PETS TO THEIR OWNERS, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALSO ENJOY CHASING ELK AND AND OTHER ANIMALS OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BEARS, MOUNTAIN LIONS.

AND I HAVE OFFERED TO GIVE YOU MY STREET ADDRESS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME AT OUR HOUSEHOLD WHEN NOT WORKING.

YOU'RE ALSO ASSISTING WITH PRESENTATIONS AT THE HUMANE SHELTERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ASSIST WITH THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

YOU VOLUNTEER FOR THE 4-H EVENTS AT THE COUNTY FAIR.

AND YOU HAVE SOME EXCELLENT HOBBIES.

AND TWO GIRLS, AMANDA AND ASHLEY AND A GRANDSON, KANE.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

OUR POLICE CHIEF HAS NOTED THAT IN DOG YEARS, JOHN, YOU HAVE SPENT 266 YEARS OF, YOU HAVE PROVIDED 266 YEARS OF SERVICE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, SIR.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT SERVICE AND YOUR REMARKABLE TENURE WITH THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'LL BE WITH THE CITY.

I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET TO DO A RETIREMENT, BUT SO FAR IT'S DOING PRETTY GOOD.

SO AS LONG AS I'M ENJOYING THE JOB, I GUESS I'LL STAY.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE WORKING AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DO BEYOND YOUR WORK CAPACITY, THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL MEMBER OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN.

38 YEARS.

IT IS REMARKABLE.

IF I MAY CONTINUE, THEN OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS CELEBRATING HIS 26TH ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH.

CHIEF DAN MUSSELMAN, OUR POLICE CHIEF, WAS HIRED IN 1995 BY THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE GRADUATED WITH ACADEMIC HONORS FROM CENTRAL ARIZONA LAW OFFICERS

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TRAINING ACADEMY.

HE HAS SERVED FOUR YEARS AS A PATROL OFFICER BEFORE BECOMING PROMOTED TO CORPORAL DETECTIVE.

IN THAT CAPACITY, HE RECEIVED THE CITY MANAGER'S EXCELLENCE AWARD NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.

DAN HAS SERVED ON THE TACTICAL OPERATIONS TEAM FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND HE HAS RECEIVED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE.

AND OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

WOW! A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT IN 2007, DEPUTY CHIEF IN 2012.

HE DID SERVE AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF.

AND NOT THAT LONG AGO, HE WAS APPOINTED VERY DESERVEDLY TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

WE'RE ALL QUITE HAPPY WITH THAT APPOINTMENT.

CHIEF MUSSELMAN IS AN ARMY VETERAN.

HAPPY VETERANS DAY BELATED TO YOU, SIR.

HE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PARDON ME AND A MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM NAU.

AND WHEN HE'S NOT SERVING AS POLICE CHIEF, HE LIKES TO MOUNTAIN BIKE.

SO, CHIEF, CONGRATULATIONS SIR, ON YOUR 26 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU COME UP AND SHARE WITH US ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU WOULD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS WITH GRATITUDE, I STAND BEFORE YOU.

I LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, A WONDERFUL CITY, AND I GET TO SERVE AS A POLICE CHIEF WHERE EVERY DAY I GET TO WITNESS ACTS OF HEROISM BY PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO VERY BLESSED AND HONORED TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO.

NEXT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.

PEARL GOLDTOOTH, WHO IS CELEBRATING HER 29TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

SHE IS THE LIBRARY SUPERVISOR AT THE TUBA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND SHE STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY BACK THEN WHEN THE LIBRARY WAS STILL LOCATED IN THE OLD HOGAN SHAPED BUILDING ON CEDAR AVENUE IN TUBA CITY.

SHE ASSISTED IN MOVING THAT LIBRARY LIBRARY TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION ON MAIN STREET.

I THINK IT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT SHE HAS BECOME A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAS CONTINUED TO HELP BRING LIBRARY MATERIALS UNIQUELY FITTING FOR THE TUBA CITY COMMUNITY AND FOR THE NAVAJO NATION.

THE TUBA CITY LIBRARY PLAYS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UNLIKE OTHER LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT COCONINO COUNTY.

MANY OF THE PATRONS WHO COME TO THE LIBRARY ARE LOOKING TO HAVE NAVAJO AND HOPI DOCUMENTS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, AND PERL HAS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN PROVIDING THAT RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

HAVING A LIBRARY SUPERVISOR LIKE HER AND SHE IS FLUENT IN ALL OF THESE LANGUAGES HAS REALLY HELPED MANY IN THAT COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT FEEL THAT THEIR LIBRARY TRULY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE, WHICH IT DOES.

PEARL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS NOT WITH US FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT, BUT I HOPE SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO AT SOME POINT WATCH AND LISTEN TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT HER BECAUSE WE WANT TO THANK YOU PEARL FOR THE AMAZING GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO TUBA CITY.

YOU HAVE DONE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO THOSE THINGS AND WE ALL.

WE ARE INDEED HONORED AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU.

AND LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE A GENEVA DAWSON, WHO IS ALSO CELEBRATING HER 26 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

SHE STARTED IN THE MAILROOM AND AND ALSO IN THE OLD WAREHOUSE STOCKROOM, WHERE SHE RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THAT WAS 26 YEARS AGO.

SHE RETURNED TO SCHOOL AND COMPLETED HER BACHELOR OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SPECIALIZING IN DATABASE ADMINISTRATION AND ORACLE.

GENEVA ACCEPTED A PROMOTION AND TRANSITIONED OVER TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE FRONT COUNTER AND WAS ULTIMATELY PROMOTED TO SERVE AS THE FRONT COUNTER SUPERVISOR.

SOME OF HER SUCCESSES DURING HER TIME IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE MIGRATING THE DOS PROGRAM INTO AN ORACLE DATABASE, DEVELOPING THE GIS PARCEL DATABASE AND DEVELOPED DEVELOPING THE FIRST ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE CITY.

AND IT'S AMAZING TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT.

MY WE HAVE COME A LONG WAYS AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US ALONG THAT JOURNEY.

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GENEVA WHEN GIS BECAME A PART OF THE IT DIVISION, GENEVA WAS PROMOTED TO DATABASE ANALYST WHERE SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE DATABASES.

AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AS THE HELPDESK SPECIALIST WHERE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHE MANAGES THE PC REPLACEMENT PROCESS FOR THE CITY, HELPING TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND END USERS THAT THEIR COMPUTERS KEEP FUNCTIONING AT THE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

THIS IS WHAT C.J.

PERRY, THE DIRECTOR OF IT HAS TO SAY ABOUT GENEVA.

"GENEVA'S DEDICATION TO THE CITY IS UNMATCHED BY ALL BUT A FEW IN TEAM FLAGSTAFF.

SHE HAS SERVED MULTIPLE DIVISIONS AND HAS DEMONSTRATED TEAM FLAGSTAFF MOTTO TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER.

SHE'S DONE THAT IN EVERY ROLE SHE HAS BEEN IN.

I WANT TO THANK GENEVA FOR HER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE." WELL, SAID C.J.

I WOULD ECHO THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT SERVICE.

GENEVA WELL DONE.

AND I AM NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US VIRTUALLY, BUT IF YOU ARE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

YES, GREG, I AM HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN HEAR ME.

WE CAN'T.

IT'S AMAZING THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING AS WE HONOR YOU, SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY RICH IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD.

OH, THANK YOU.

WELL, I'M JUST HONORED MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION.

IT'S BEEN A JOY AS IT'S BEEN A JOY WATCHING THINGS GROW AND MOVE FROM GAS TO, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT DATABASES AND NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AND ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE THE REMOTE ACCESS AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE USERS WORK FROM HOME REMOTELY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR AND I PLAN ON BEING HERE FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG? MAYBE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

COUNCIL, WE WILL MOVE ON, I WANT A CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS ENJOYING A WORK ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH.

WE WILL CIRCLE BACK ON THE CENSUS ISSUE, BUT IF WE MAY.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE QUICKLY WITH ECONOMIC VITALITY DIVISION THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME AWARDS THAT ARE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT AND SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT THE AND THOSE REWARDS INCLUDED, BY THE WAY, THE GOLDEN PROSPECTOR AWARDS.

BUT SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED VERY RECENTLY, BOTH IN KONA AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WERE PRESENTED WITH ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS NOTEWORTHY AND IT'S REFERENCED IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

BUT THIS WAS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT OF THE UACJ WHITEHALL INDUSTRIES.

WHITEHALL IS A LEADING SUPPLIER OF PRECISION EXTRUDED ALUMINUM, AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS AND ASSEMBLIES, AND THEY ARE NOW A RESIDENT IN FLAGSTAFF AND UP AND OPERATING.

AND SO WE'RE QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT, AND IT WAS NO SMALL FEAT.

IN FACT, IT WAS A RATHER REMARKABLE FEAT BY MANY IN THE OTHER.

THE TEAM AND BRINGING THIS MANUFACTURER TO NORTHERN ARIZONA WAS INDEED A HIGHLIGHT OF 2021.

AND SO IT WAS AN AWARD THAT WAS QUITE FUN TO BE A PART OF.

I HAPPEN TO BE IN A PART OF THAT EVENT AND WAS JUST ELATED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AWARD.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WITH KONA AND THE ECONOMIC VITALITY TEAM.

CITY MANAGER SORRY, REAL QUICK.

WE DO HAVE LIVE BELIEVE SOMEBODY HAS THEIR VIDEO ON THAT.

YEAH, I'M NOT.

I CAN'T SEE THE NAME FROM HERE.

BUT IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YEAH, GET THAT TURNED OFF FOR FOR ON THE CEILING FAN LOOKS REALLY NICE.

MAYOR, IF I MIGHT.

ED SHENK, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, YOUR CAMERA IS ON OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO TEXT HIM.

RIGHT NOW, ED SYNC IS QUICKLY HANDING HIS COMPUTER TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

WE HAVE SOME TIDBITS ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I AM WRAPPING UP HERE.

PLEASE READ THOSE AT YOUR LEISURE, HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SOME GOOD STUFF THERE.

THE PROS DIVISION, SAME COMMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.

A LOT OF WONDERFUL UPDATES THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH YOU.

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I WOULD INVITE MR. RICK BARRETT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK THUMBNAIL ON THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT CAME FROM CITY ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO THE CENSUS LETTER AND WE'LL WRAP THIS UP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M RICK BIRCH, CITY ENGINEER.

RUN.

IF YOU COULD TALK INTO THE MIKE, APPARENTLY THEY'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH, YEAH, HE ARING ONLINE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

IS THAT BETTER? CLOSE.

LET'S SEE, IT'S TYPICAL CAPITAL UPDATE.

A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THERE, WE TRY TO FOCUS ON THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE JUST HAD SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS.

WE'RE DOING THIS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

PROUD TO DO SO.

THE ONE I'D LIKE TO REALLY POINT OUT IS WE HAVE PAVED THE PARKING LOT NOW WHERE THE OLD COURTHOUSE AND THE PROSECUTORS BUILDING USED TO BE.

SO DEMO HAPPENED QUICK.

IT'S PAVED.

WE'LL GET IT STRIPED.

GET SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING IN DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF PROUD TO PROUD TO HAVE THAT PROJECT HAPPEN.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF COUNCIL HAS ANY.

HOW MANY PARKING SPACES IS THAT GOING TO PROVIDE, AGAIN? I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF JUST UNDER 70, 60-ISH.

SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER.

NO WORRIES, IT'S GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND HI, RICK.

JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE EFFORTS OF THE BIKE.

BIKE LANE PILOTS I'M HEARING A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY OF EXCITEMENT AND A NEW SENSE OF HOPE AND SAFETY ON THE BICYCLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT SOMEONE WHO TALKS ABOUT TAKING THE ROUTE THAT WAS MOST EFFICIENT VERSUS THE SAFEST.

NOW, BECAUSE OF THE PILOT.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST STEP ONE OF THE WORK AHEAD.

BUT I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS VERY EXCITED SO FAR.

SO THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AND THANK OUR CONTRACTOR EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE FROM FLAGSTAFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.

MARCOS SPAGNUOLO, THE OWNER OF THAT COMPANY ALWAYS LIKES TO DO BETTER THAN HE PROMISES, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME SCHEDULES, BUT EAGLE MOUNTAIN WORKING TO BEAT THOSE SCHEDULES FOR US.

GREAT PROGRESS BEING MADE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. BARON.

YEAH, THANK YOU, RICK.

AND PLEASE PASS OUR APPRECIATION ON TO CHRISTINE CAMERON AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MUNICIPAL, THE OLD MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE PROJECT, WHAT IS NOW THE THE NEW TEMPORARY PARKING LOT? CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND THE OTHER THINGS AS REFERENCED IN YOUR REPORT.

MAYOR COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO WRAP UP HERE WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SENSES.

YOU HAVE A LITTLE BLURB IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT ABOUT THAT.

YOU ALSO HAVE IN THE REPORT A DRAFT LETTER, AND I AM GOING TO INVITE SARAH LANGLEY AND SARAH DECKER, THE TWO SARAH'S, TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THIS TOPIC.

THANK YOU, GREG, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SARAH LANGLEY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.

I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE APPEAL CRITERIA BY WHICH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN USE TO REQUEST A REVIEW OF THEIR 2020 CENSUS DATA.

AS YOU SAW IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE CENSUS HAVE NOTICED SOME POTENTIAL ISSUES IN THE DATA RELATED TO VACANCY RATES BEING HIGHER THAN WE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE STUDENTS ARE ARE CONGREGATED.

THERE'S SOME SUSPICION THAT THIS MAY HAVE TO DO WITH STUDENTS HAVING LEFT THEIR UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AROUND MARCH OF 2020 AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT COMMUNICATION COMING OUT FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU.

SO THAT CREATED SOME CONFUSION ON WHERE STUDENTS SHOULD FILL OUT THEIR SENTENCES.

SO DUE TO THOSE POTENTIAL DATA ISSUES, THE LETTER IN YOUR PACKET STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO APPEAL OUR CENSUS DATA UNDER EXPANDED CRITERIA.

SO IF APPROVED, STAFF WILL SUBMIT THE LETTER TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER AND THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO LOG OUR COMMENT INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, AND THEN ALSO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT SARAH AND SHANE AND SOME OTHERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU, THE

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COUNTY.

OTHER CITIES WITH UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS TEMPE AND TUCSON.

AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF BROADER EFFORT THAT WE CAN ADDITIONALLY SIGN ON TO.

AND LASTLY, AS THIS SEEMS TO BE GAINING KIND OF NATIONWIDE ATTENTION AND HITTING CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING WHETHER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO ADD THIS TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT DISCUSSION IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 14TH, SO WE CAN PICK UP THIS TOPIC THEN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, AND SARAH DECKER IS ALSO HERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SARAH.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE LETTER, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK TO ADDRESS THESE DATA CONCERNS, AND I'M SEEING THUMBS UP FROM SHIMONI AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, MCCARTHY AND HEAD NODS FROM THE REMAINDER OF COUNCIL.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION DECEMBER 14TH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME OTHERWISE I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU.

USUALLY IT DOESN'T GO THIS LONG, BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD STUFF.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU, GREG.

THESE MANAGER REPORTS ARE REALLY GREAT FOR BEING ABLE TO REALLY SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.

SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL THE RECOGNITIONS THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THE EMPLOYEES UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BEING ABLE TO PUT THIS FORTH BECAUSE AND 38 YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND THEN THEN WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

[8. COVID-19 UPDATE]

THIS IS OUR COVID 19 UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SHANNON ANDERSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ROSE AND I HAVE A QUICK COVID UPDATE FOR YOU, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE DATA FROM COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NORTHERNERS ON A HEALTH CARE, THE NAVAJO NATION, AS WELL AS THE HOPI TRIBE.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME INDIGENOUS NATIONS UPDATES FOR YOU.

AS FAR AS OUR WEEKLY CASES, WE HAVE TRENDED DOWNWARD FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE STARTED AT 514, THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 23RD.

DROPPED TO 481 THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 30TH AND NOW AT 446 WITH OUR MOST RECENT WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6TH.

FLAGSTAFF AREA IS STILL TRENDING THE HIGHEST, FOLLOWED BY OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

FOR HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, WE'VE SEEN A DOWNTURN, BUT THE.

NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE AGE GROUP OF 20 TO 44.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THOSE AGAIN PREVIOUS COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IT'S BEEN OUR AGE 65 AND OLDER, BUT THAT YOUNGER GROUP IS TRENDING UPWARD.

FOR OUR COVID 19 RELATED DEATHS, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE FROM ONE TO THREE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 23RD.

WE HAVE FIVE REPORTED FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 30TH AND MOST RECENTLY FOR COVID RELATED DEATHS.

THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UPTICK COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE PREVIOUS TWO OR THREE WEEKS.

OUR COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, WE ARE STILL AT THE HIGH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION RATE.

WE ARE SEEING A RELATIVELY STATIC ON THE NUMBER OF CASES PER HUNDRED THOUSAND OR AT 315.2, COMPARED TO 353.4 TWO WEEKS PRIOR.

SAME CAN BE TRUE FOR OUR PERCENT POSITIVITY.

WE ARE AT 7.6 PERCENT FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6TH, COMPARED TO 8.6 PERCENT TWO WEEKS PRIOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, OUR COVID LIKE ILLNESSES AT 7.3 PERCENT, COMPARED TO SEVEN POINT ONE PERCENT AGAIN TWO WEEKS AGO.

FOR OUR VACCINATIONS, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE FROM 60.9 PERCENT FOR COCONINO COUNTY RESIDENTS TO 62.2, SO A PRETTY GOOD GROWTH OVER THAT TWO WEEK PERIOD OF TIME.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VARIANTS OF CONCERN, DELTA CONTINUES TO BE OUR BIGGEST AREA OF

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CONCERN.

WE DO HAVE SOME OCTOBER SAMPLES NOW INCLUDED IN THIS DATA.

WE HAVE GONE FROM 1,118 DELTA VARIANT SAMPLES TO 1,423.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE EPSILON.

AND THEN A NEW Z, BUT AGAIN, VERY SMALL NUMBERS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO FOR OUR HOSPITAL CENSUS FROM NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTH CARE, THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE PATIENTS WITHIN OUR FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY FROM 36 TO 33.

AND PENDING HAS GONE UP SLIGHTLY FROM ZERO TO ONE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY, WE'VE GOT 32 BEDS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE HOSPITAL.

AGAIN, TAKING THE 268 LICENSED BEDS AND THEN SUBTRACTING THE 236 THAT YOU SEE IN THE BLUE BAR, WHICH GIVES US THAT THIRTY TWO, WE DO HAVE ZERO BEDS AVAILABLE IN CRITICAL CARE BECAUSE THEY'RE USING THE FORTY ONE THAT THEY HAVE LICENSED IN THAT PARTICULAR UNIT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION WAS AS OF NOVEMBER 12TH AT ABOUT.

I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 7:30 IN THE MORNING AND SOMETHING THAT FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN REALLY CLEAR ABOUT IS THAT THIS DATA CHANGES PRETTY REGULARLY AND SOMETIMES CAN BE ON THE HOUR.

SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, PARTICULARLY RIGHT NOW, THAT LINK IS AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE AND THEY KEEP IT UPDATED EVERY SINGLE DAY.

TYPICALLY IN THE MORNING IS WHEN THEY PROVIDE THOSE MOST CURRENT NUMBERS.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ROSE TO GO OVER THE NAVAJO NATION.

RIGHT.

I HAVE TO PUT THIS AWAY DOWN FOR ME, AND I'M NOT WEARING HEELS TODAY, TOO, I'M WEARING MY MOCCASINS, SO IT MAKES ME EVEN SHORTER.

WELL, HAPPY NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH TO EVERYBODY.

VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS TIME AGAIN.

SO AS YOU CAN TELL, I WISH A LOT, A LOT MORE OF THIS INFORMATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WHAT SHANNON JUST COVERED.

BUT THIS IS IN COVERING THE 12 DAYS FROM THE LAST TIME OF I GAVE YOU THAT REPORT.

THE TOTAL TESTED IS 11,636, AND THEN NEGATIVE CASES HAVE ALSO OR AT 8,773 .

THE CONFIRMED CASES WITHIN THAT 12 DAYS IS UP TO OR INCREASED BY 1,084 , AND THEN RECOVERIES ARE AT 1,064 AND DEATHS AT 23 FOR NAVAJO NATION.

IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE THAT POSITIVE CASES AT AND RECOVERIES ALMOST AT THE SAME LEVEL AND THEN LOOKING AT THE DEATHS, THEY SORT OF JUST KIND OF ADD UP TO THAT POSITIVE CASE NUMBER.

AND THEN FOR THE HOPI TRIBE TOTAL TEST, IT WAS AT 230 AND THEN NEGATIVE AT 161, THE POSITIVE INCREASE BY 30.

AND THIS IS IN NINE DAYS.

AND SO WE HOPE OUT OF THOSE, 43 ARE OUR HOPI TRIBAL MEMBERS.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE THE NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE HERE IS ALSO INCLUSIVE OF THE TUBA CITY COUNTS.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE COVID CASES, ACCORDING TO THIS NAVAJO NATION.

THE THE COVID CASES ATTRIBUTED TO THE VOC, WHICH IS THE VARIANT OF CONCERN IS THAT THEY HAD SAMPLED SUCCESSFULLY AROUND OR SEQUENCED 1,260 CASES AND 671 OF THOSE IS THE DELTA VARIANT.

AND THEN 81 IS THE DELTA EPSILON.

SO IT IS OVER HALF OF THESE CASES THAT ARE SEQUENCED ARE THE DELTA VARIANT VERSION.

AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORDERS REMAINING THE SAME.

THIS COMES IN FOUR PARTS.

THIS WAS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 18TH, STATING THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORDER IS CONTINUES FOR THE BUSINESS AT ORANGE STATUS.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT REMAINS THE SAME IS THE ORDER ISSUED ON AUGUST 12TH, WHICH ISSUED THAT THE DECLARATION OF ORANGE STATUS FOR SCHOOLS AND THAT WAS EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST

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16TH.

THE AUGUST 12TH PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORDER RE-EMPHASIZING SAFER AT HOME AND ALSO UPDATED UPDATING THE GATHERING LIMITS IS STILL AS WELL STILL REMAINS THE SAME.

AND THEN THE ORDER THAT WAS DONE ON AUGUST 4TH WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC CONTINUES TO BE MANDATORY.

AND THEN THE HEALTH ADVISORY FOR FIFTY SIX COMMUNITIES.

SO ON NOVEMBER 8TH, A HEALTH ADVISORY NOTICE WAS GIVEN AND THIS WAS ISSUED ON AN UNCONTROLLED SPREAD OF FIFTY SIX COMMUNITIES.

AND THIS IS UP BY EIGHT COMMUNITY SINCE OUR LAST REPORT AND THEN JUST SAYING THAT SCHOOLS SERVING THESE COMMUNITIES NEED TO IMPLEMENT LAYERS OF MITIGATION.

FOR THESE HIGH TRANSMISSION AREAS.

AND THEN FOR THE HOPI TRIBE.

HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE FDA.

FDA EMERGENCY USE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE.

SO ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THE OFFICE OF THE HOPI VICE PRESIDENT ISSUED A MEDIA RELEASE AND IT STATED THAT ON OCTOBER 29TH, THE FDA AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY USE OF THE PFIZER BIONTECH COVID 19 VACCINE VACCINES FOR CHILDREN FIVE TO 11 AND THEN INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES AND HOPI HEALTH CENTER WILL BE PROVIDING THE CLINICAL GUIDANCE IN ONCE ALL THE APPROVALS ARE DONE.

AND THEN CONTINUING THE THIRD PART OF THEIR PHASE IN REOPENING, THE HOPE IS THERE MAY 18TH IS STILL IN IN EFFECT WHERE IT RECOMMENDS FACE TO FACE MASKING INSIDE ALL PUBLIC AREAS, COMMON USE AREAS, OUT OUTDOOR LOCATIONS.

AND THEN IT ALSO STATES THAT THE EMPLOYERS HAVE TO RESUME UNRESTRICTED STAFFING AT WORKSITES.

SO THESE ARE THE WHAT I HAVE FROM THE HOPI NATION AND HOPI TRIBE.

AND IT'S BACK TO YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, ROSE.

ROSE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED UPDATES AND WORK ON THIS ALONG WITH SHANNON.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING ANY ACTION, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH VALUE IN KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH.

AND AND OBVIOUSLY THE SITUATION HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER? THANK YOU, BOTH.

I JUST LITERALLY DURING THAT CONVERSATION, JUST GOT A TEXT THAT A FRIEND GOT JUST TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID, SO I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY EASY, A LOT EASIER NOW TO GET TESTED.

THEY HAVE AT HOME KITS AVAILABLE AT WALGREENS.

YOU CAN CALL YOUR PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICE.

I DID THAT WITH MY LITTLE ONES THE OTHER DAY AND JUST MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, YOU CAN GET TESTED QUICKLY AND PLEASE TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AFFECTING PEOPLE STILL, OBVIOUSLY BY THESE NUMBERS.

SO.

THAT WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS, AND I WILL

[9. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]

START AT THIS END WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

SHORT AND SWEET.

YESTERDAY'S PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING DID NOT MATERIALIZE DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY RECRUITING FOR APPLICANTS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

PLEASE APPLY.

AND AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING ON THIS THURSDAY AND NEXT TUESDAY IS TOURISM COMMISSION MEETING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

NOTHING TONIGHT, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? .

NOTHING TONIGHT.

I HAVE NOTHING.

VICE MAYOR? WELL, OUR EVER HARDWORKING HOUSING COMMISSION PARTICIPATED IN THREE WORKING GROUPS FOCUSING ON THREE AREAS OF HOUSING, EMERGENCY HOUSING, RENTAL AND OWNER OCCUPIED.

AND THEY DID THIS TO PREPARE FOR THE NOVEMBER 29TH HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE POTENTIAL HOUSING BOND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON PEOPLE'S CALENDARS IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IN HEARING WHAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS TALKING ABOUT AND GIVING ANY KIND OF COMMENT THAT THEY

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HAVE.

YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED A PRODUCTION MEETING WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY TEAM.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I DO THAT MONTHLY AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT TEAM AND FOR LETTING ME SIT IN ON THEIR MEETINGS.

IT'S VERY EYE OPENING AND THAT ALSO WE ALSO HAD OUR JCC MEETING LAST WEEK AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

I THINK IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BETTER COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC SO YOU ALL CAN ENGAGE IN TUNE IN.

BUT IT'S A GREAT MEETING.

WE HAD A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUVENILE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION TO TO VIEW AND TO DISCUSS, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THOSE QUARTERLY REPORTS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR US TO ALSO REVIEW SINCE WE ARE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE JCC POSITION.

AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING THAT FORWARD HERE, BUT AND ALSO JUST TO MAKE OUR DATA MORE TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THE JCC, BUT THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC THAT I WANTED TO REPORT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S GOOD TO AT LEAST HAVE DATA AND AN ONGOING REPORT QUARTERLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN? FROM THE VIRTUAL WORLD? YEAH, ONE THING REALLY QUICKLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, TOO, AND I'M GLAD HE LEFT SOME SCRAPS FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT.

SO I ATTENDED THE QUARTERLY CITY OF FLAGSTAFF/APS UPDATE MEETING AND SOME EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITIES HAVE COME TO FRUITION.

AFTER YEARS OF STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING BETWEEN THE CITIES OF FLAGSTAFF AND PHOENIX AND APS AND THE CITY NOW HAS A MECHANISM FOR CLEAN ELECTRICITY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT NICOLE IS WORKING INTERNALLY TO FINANCIALLY GET THE ORGANIZATION'S OPTIONS, AND SHE WILL BE PRESENTING A PATH FORWARD FOR COUNCIL IN HER DECEMBER.

CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN UPDATE SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

SHOULD BE VERY EXCITING STUFF.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 10.

[A. Consideration of Ratifying of Contract: Ratify the Retail Purchase Agreement with Jeff Wyler Columbus, Inc. in the amount of $60,475 for a Chevrolet 3500 HD Silverado Truck with Dump Bed and Accessories. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Ratify the Retail Purchase Agreement with Jeff Wyler Columbus, Inc. in the amount of $60,475 for a Chevrolet 3500 HD Silverado Truck with Dump Bed and Accessories; and Direct the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

THESE ARE CONSENT ITEMS. WE ONLY HAVE TWO OF THEM AND I HAVE QUESTIONS ON ONE.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THESE SEPARATELY AS OPPOSED TO ALTOGETHER TODAY.

10A IS THE ONE I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON AND THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF RATIFYING OF CONTRACT.

RATIFY THE RETAIL PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH JEFF WEILER, COLUMBUS INC.

AND THE AMOUNT OF $60,475FOR A CHEVROLET 3500 HD SILVERADO TRUCK WITH DUMP BED AND ACCESSORIES.

HI THERE.

HI, GOOD EVENING, AMY HAGAN, PARKS MANAGER YEAH, THANKS.

SO I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW FULL SIZE HYBRID TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AND I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING PURCHASING A DIESEL VEHICLE TRUCK.

IF WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS, I KNOW WE CAN'T REALLY DO FULL ELECTRIC, BUT I WOULD JUST WONDERING IF THOSE OPTIONS HAD POTENTIALLY BEEN PURSUED IF WE HAD SEEN ANY COST ESTIMATES FOR POTENTIAL OR IF IT WAS FEASIBLE TO PURCHASE A HYBRID FULL SIZE TRUCK AS OPPOSED TO A DIESEL TRUCK.

THOSE OPTIONS WERE PURSUED.

THOSE HAPPEN TO BE HALF TONS.

AND SO THIS TRUCK IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER, BUT WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANY TIME SOON.

I BELIEVE GOVERNMENT PURCHASES WERE HELD OFF UNTIL MAY OF 2022, SO WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT A DEALERSHIP IN OHIO.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY ONE FROM COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THAT, BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? MAYOR, THANK YOU.

HI, AMY.

GOOD EVENING AND HI, REBECCA.

CONGRATULATIONS.

VERY EXCITED FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY.

SO MAY 2022 IS NOT THAT FAR OFF.

I SAID THE MATH OF MY HEAD IS A FEW MONTHS OFF.

IS IT WORTH WAITING? I THINK THAT THIS FULFILLS A VERY SERIOUS NEED FOR THE PARK SECTION AT THIS TIME, AND COUPLED WITH THIS, WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED AT THE SAME TIME.

IT WILL BE A SEDAN, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT INTO WITHIN OUR FLEET TOO.

SO WE ATTEMPTED WE MOVED A LOT OF FLEET AROUND WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION, SO IT COULD BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN A TENT TO OBTAIN THIS ONE LAST LARGER THREE QUARTER TON VEHICLE AND THEN START TO IMPLEMENT WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE AVAILABLE.

I THINK AS THE MONTHS GO BY, INCLUDING THIS ELECTRIC VEHICLE SEDAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR FLEET, WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY RATHER EXCITED ABOUT.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS IN AN EFFORT JUST TO BEGIN THE TRANSITION.

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SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE LAST PURCHASES THAT WE'LL NEED OF THIS SIZE OF VEHICLE AND WITH THIS MUCH POWER.

OK, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, IF I DEFER TO YOUR EXPERTISE.

SO IF WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GO AHEAD NOW, THEN I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

BUT IF IT COULD WAIT, I THINK THAT IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE AND THE OPTION FOR US.

AND WHAT WAS THE COST DIFFERENCE DO YOU RECALL FOR IF WE DID WAIT FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE? FOR A HALF TON HYBRID VEHICLE? YEAH.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND IS THAT GOING TO FIT OUR NEEDS TO ONLY HAVE A HALF TON RATHER THAN.

WOULDN'T FIT OUR NEEDS FOR THIS SPECIFIC SIZED TRUCK.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A LARGER TRUCK.

IT'S A THREE QUARTER TON WITH ALSO A DUMP BED, WHICH THE HALF TON HYBRIDS WILL NOT ACCOMMODATE THAT.

THE BED OF THAT PICKUP IS NOT LONG ENOUGH YET.

SO I THINK UNTIL SOME ADDITIONAL MODELS ARE DISTRIBUTED, WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION AT THIS TIME.

SO IT'S REALLY WAS NOT.

IT'S APPLES TO ORANGES, UNFORTUNATELY.

OK, THANK YOU.

I JUST SAID, YEAH.

JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE HYBRIDS AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION AS AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

BUT I KNOW TECHNOLOGY HAS GOT TO CATCH UP TO WHAT WE ENVISION FOR OUR FUTURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, IF YOU'D LIKE.

MAY I MOVE THAT WE RATIFY THE RETAIL PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH JEFF WEILER, COLUMBUS IN THE AMOUNT OF SIXTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR A CHEVROLET 3500 HD SILVERADO TRUCK WITH DUMP BED AND ACCESSORIES.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT IS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONTRACT ITEM 10B, THE

[B. Consideration and Approval of Contract: The Contract for Materials with San Tan Auto Partners d/b/a San Tan Ford for four (4) 2022 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid vehicles in the amount of $161,776.04. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Contract for Materials with San Tan Auto Partners d/b/a San Tan Ford for four (4) 2022 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid vehicles in the amount of $161,776.04 (includes all applicable taxes and fees); and Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

CONTRACT FOR MATERIALS WITH SANTANA AUTO PARTNERS DBA SANTAN FORD FOR FOUR 2022 FORD POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY HYBRID VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT OF $161,776.04.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MAYOR, MOTION TO APPROVED 10B.

I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, SECONDED BY MYSELF.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE NOW DOWN TO AGENDA 11A.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-51: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, approving a Utility Agreement between the State of Arizona Department of Transportation and the City of Flagstaff, authorizing the City to transfer $87,625 to allow the State of Arizona to adjust City of Flagstaff water valves and sewer manholes to grade during the ADOT Pavement Preservation Project along Milton Road and Interstate - 40 Business Route. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2021-51 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-51 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-51]

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-51, A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A UTILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO TRANSFER $87,625 TO ALLOW THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO ADJUST CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WATER VALVES AND SEWER MANHOLES TO GRADE DURING THE EIGHT PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT ALONG MILTON ROAD AND INTERSTATE 40 BUSINESS ROUTE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH FIFTY ONE BY TITLE ONLY.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS JAMES BOYER.

I'M A DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE CITY, AND TONIGHT I'LL BE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL FOR UTILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN ADOT AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THE AGREEMENT CONCERNS UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN MILTON ROAD AND HOW IT WILL BE AFFECTED BY ADOT'S PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECTS SLATED TO OCCUR DURING THE 2022 CONSTRUCTION SEASON AND THE AGREEMENT WILL REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE LABOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN MILTON ROAD.

SO THE PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT, IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL THE RESURFACING OF MILTON ROAD TO ASSURE A LONGER LIFESPAN AND SAFER DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR COMMUTERS.

THE RESURFACING WILL BEGIN AT FOREST MEADOW STREET, THE SOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF, RIGHT WHERE YOU COME INTO TOWN AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE NORTH ALONG MILTON ROAD UNTIL IT HITS ABOUT PHENIX AVENUE WERE TO LINK UP WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT ADOT'S ALREADY PERFORMED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN ADOT PROJECT, THE CITY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE ALL ALONG MILTON.

AND IT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE RESURFACING.

SO THE RESURFACING OF MILTON ROAD WILL CAUSE THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD TO CHANGE.

SO AS A RESULT, THE CITY WILL NEED TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF THIRTY SEVEN MANHOLES AND TWENTY SEVEN WATER VALVES WITHIN MILTON ROAD.

THEY NEED TO BE RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF THE NEW ASPHALT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO

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FUNCTION PROPERLY.

AND THESE ADJUSTMENTS MUST BE MADE CONCURRENTLY WITH THE RESURFACING PROCESS.

PRISTINE CONDITION.

OH, NO, IT IS.

WELL.

IF WE COULD MUTE ONLINE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YOU CAN PROCEED, SO I SELL SOME OPTIONS HERE FOR CITY COUNCIL, LIKE I SAID, WE DO REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THIS.

BUT AN OPTION ONE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT WILL SATISFY THE FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITY CLEARANCES, WHICH WILL ALLOW ADOT TO RELEASE THEIR BID SOLICITATION AND PERFORM THE PAVEMENT PRESERVATION WORK NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND RESILIENCE OF MILTON ROAD.

THE CITY FUNDED PORTION WILL PAY FOR ADJUSTING 37 MANHOLES AND TWENTY SEVEN WATER VALVES TO THE SURFACE OF THE NEW PAVEMENT, FROM FOREST MEADOW STREET TO PHENIX AVENUE ALONG MILTON ROAD.

AND TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, AND BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE PRACTICAL, EFFICIENT TO HAVE MULTIPLE AGENCIES WORKING IN THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME, ADOT HAS REQUESTED THE CITY PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE LABOR ASSOCIATED WITH RAISING THE MANHOLES AND WATER VALVES TO THEIR NEW LEVEL.

THE ESTIMATE IS $87,538 AND THE FUNDS WOULD BE PROVIDED BY WATER SERVICES.

CONTINGENCIES ARE PROVIDED IN THE EVENT THE FINAL NUMBER CHANGES IF THE FINAL NUMBER DOES CHANGE.

THE AGREEMENT STIPULATES THE CITY WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS NECESSARY AND IF THE FINAL NUMBER COMES IN LOWER, IT WILL REFUND ANY UNSPENT DOLLARS SHOULD THE INITIAL ESTIMATE TURN OUT TO BE HIGH.

SO IF WE REJECT THE UTILITY AGREEMENT, IT COULD JEOPARDIZE ADOT'S FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IT MAY PREVENT AID OUT FROM SOLICITING BIDS AND POSSIBLY FORFEIT THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE MILTON ROAD CORRIDOR BEFORE EXCESSIVE DEGRADATION REQUIRES MORE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS.

SO IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.

EVENING.

SO LIKE I SAY, WE RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL APPROVES THE UTILITY AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDING AND TO HELP US COORDINATE AID SO THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.

AND.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME DEGRADATION, MILTON, SO THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR US.

IT GOES THROUGH AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE TO HELP YOU AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE HERE TO HELP AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

OF COURSE I DO.

HI THERE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

SO IN THIS EFFORT, ARE WE GOING TO BE RE STRIPING OR REPAINTING ANY OF THE ROADS? YES, THERE'LL BE RE STRIPING.

REPAINTING CROSSWALKS WILL BE DONE.

THEY'LL ALSO BE REPAIRS AS NEEDED TO DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AS NEEDED.

WOW.

THIS IS THIS IS EXCITING.

YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT MILTON IS SUCH A HUGE CORRIDOR FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

AND I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD BUILD.

I MEAN, I AM SAYING WE SHOULD BUILD SEPARATE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG MILTON, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A LONG SHOT WITH THIS.

DO YOU BY CHANCE KNOW THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF THE CAR LANES ON MILTON? I BELIEVE THERE ARE 11 FEET.

AND THEN ARE WE PLANNING? SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THIS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO ABOUT THIS.

BUT I'VE SEEN SOME GREAT INTERSECTION DESIGNS THAT REALLY PUT BIKE AND PED FIRST AND THEIR SAFETY FIRST.

SURE.

CAN WE EXPLORE THAT WITH ADOT? I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR ABILITY OR INFLUENCE WOULD BE WITH ADOT OR IF IT WOULD BE RIGHT FOR US TO INFLUENCE IT AT THIS STAGE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSION FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

THIS IS ALREADY ROLLING PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT BEING AN EIGHT HOUR RIDE AWAY AND ADOT PROJECT, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

THE ADOT DOES WHAT ADOT WANTS TO DO.

SO AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE, BUT.

THAT MAY BE PROTRACTED AND INVOLVES SOME HIGHER UPS.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THE TIME INTO REPAINTING AND STRIPING.

I MEAN, I DO WONDER IF THIS IS OUR CHANCE VERSUS HAVING TO DOUBLE OUR WORK IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS.

WHICH I'M GUESSING IS GOING TO BE THE SAME ANSWER IS WOULD THEY BE OPEN TO MAYBE LESSENING THE WIDTH OF THE LANES AND THEN PUTTING MAYBE SOME EXTRA SPACE ON THE BICYCLE PORTION? I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

I COULD NOT SPEAK FOR ADOT.

SURE.

I APOLOGIZE.

OH, THAT'S FINE.

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU IN A HARD SPOT, BUT SO, SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE PRESSURE? WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? IF I WERE TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH ADOT LEADERSHIP, MAYBE PULL IN COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS AND MCCARTHY, SINCE YOU ALL HAVE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS THAN I DO WITH ADOT PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO CHAMPION SOME OF THESE IDEAS.

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WHAT'S MY WINDOW LOOK LIKE? UNFORTUNATELY, NOW I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, I GUESS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED BEFORE THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER.

THAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR THEIR BIDS IN ORDER TO GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO THIS IS COMING REALLY QUICK.

OK, SO I GOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS, IS WHAT I HEAR.

SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST ONE MEMBER OF COUNCIL, I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE RIDING ON MILTON ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY.

IT IS SKETCHY AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY DO SOMETHING REALLY POSITIVE FOR BIKES AND PEDS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO LEAD THE CHARGE IN BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADOT THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBLE AVENUES OF OPTIONS HERE.

BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU ALL THINK, BUT THIS TO ME SEEMS LIKE A REAL OPPORTUNITY.

A VICE MAYOR AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MR. BARRETT, YOU HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH ADOT; CORRECT? AND I WOULD ASSUME, KNOWING THAT HOW MUCH FLAGSTAFF CARES ABOUT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW MUCH THIS COUNCIL CARES ABOUT IT, THAT YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH ADOT, YOU INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? MAYOR VICE MAYOR DAGGETT, YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CHANCES OF GETTING A MEETING WITH ADOT AND GETTING THEM TO RE STRIPE IN TWO WEEKS ARE? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR DAGGETT, I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, TIMING IN GETTING A MEETING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS WORTH HAVING AND I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO REACH OUT TO THE HIGHER UPS AT ADOT TO FURTHER THIS DISCUSSION.

TO THE LATTER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CHANCE THAT ADOT WOULD AGREE TO POSTPONE THE BIDDING OF THIS PROJECT.

THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

UM, BOY, I COULD SHARE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT BIKE LANES ON MILTON.

WHAT WE GOT OUT THERE IS IS WIDER SHOULDERS WE CAN HAVE.

WE WILL NOT GET BIKE LANES PER ADOT POLICY.

I MEAN, THIS IS AN AWKWARD POSITION FOR STAFF TO BE IN.

I MEAN, I KNOW RIGHT WHERE COUNCIL WANTS TO BE.

I KNOW WHERE ADOT'S AT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE BEST WE CAN TO WIDEN THAT SPACE BETWEEN THE WHITE STRIPE AND THE CURB AND GUTTER THAT'S AS WIDE AS ADOT WILL MAKE IT ON ANY JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAY.

SO THE DISCUSSION OF SHAVING FROM A TRAVEL LANE, WHICH IS A WHOLE OTHER DISCUSSION IN AND OF ITSELF.

TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE BIKE LANE AGAIN, DISCUSSIONS PROBABLY WORTH HAVING, AND MAYBE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL STARTS TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STAFF'S BEEN GOING THROUGH.

IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT.

I MEAN, THIS PROJECT IS DONE.

WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MINUTE.

IGA REQUIRED BEFORE THEY COULD BID THEIR PROJECT.

THEIR DESIGN IS DONE.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO BID THIS TO GET CONTRACTORS IN PLACE TO GET THIS WORK UNDERWAY FIRST PART IN THE SPRING.

THERE MAY BE SOME TIME THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST NOT CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT CHANGE AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

I WONDER, TOO, IF IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHEN ANY KIND OF CHANGES ARE HAPPENING TO ADAPT ROADS AND IF ADOT MAY BE BEGAN TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I MEAN, JUST CONTINUING TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING ON ADOT ROADS.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO REACHING OUT AND SUGGESTING THIS TO THEM.

I IN NO WAY WANT TO SLOW THIS DOWN.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TIMELINE, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT HURTS TO CONTINUE CONTINUALLY.

JUST MENTION THAT THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE'D LIKE TO SEE ADOT ROADS GO.

YEP, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IF I MAY, VICE MAYOR, I, I HIGHLY SUPPORT THAT.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO ADD IS THAT IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR DISTRICT ENGINEER, AUDRA MERRICK.

UM, SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING OUR CITIZENS CONTACT ADOT, MATTER OF FACT,

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THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR CITIZENS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS DIRECTLY WITH THE ENTITY THAT HAS THE JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY.

I THINK THAT WILL HELP THIS DISCUSSION.

NOW WHAT'S DIFFICULT ABOUT THAT IS OUR CITIZENS FEEL LIKE WE'RE GIVING THEM THE RUNAROUND, BUT IT'S THE BEST ADVICE I CAN POSSIBLY GIVE OUR CITIZENS TO HELP US WITH THIS SITUATION WE'RE FACING.

THANK YOU, RICK.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? WERE YOU WANTING TO CHIME IN AS WELL? RICK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THE ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEETINGS THIS FRIDAY MORNING, I THINK.

IF WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT, BUT I GUESS THE POINT I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IS THAT THEY HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND I HAVE SPOKEN AT THOSE MEETINGS.

THAT MIGHT BE IT MAY BE THIS FRIDAY.

I WAS JUST CHECKING MY CALENDAR AND I DON'T SEE IT ON THERE, SO IT MAY BE A WEEK LATER.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO SAY AT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING.

SO YOU CAN GO TO THE WEB.

ARIZONA, WHAT'S THE OFFICIAL NAME OF IT? THAT'S THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD.

YES.

STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, YES.

AND THEIR MEETINGS ARE ALL VIRTUAL.

AND ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS THEY DO, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO HERE, IS TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SO WE CAN TELL THEM WHAT WE WANT.

THE OTHER COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS IN.

I KIND OF LIVE WEST OF MILTON DOWN ON THE SOUTH END OF MILTON AND HAVEN'T BEEN RIDING MY BIKE MUCH LATELY, BUT BACK WHEN I DID, I NEVER RODE MY BIKE.

I HAVE NEVER ONCE RIDDEN ON MILTON.

I'VE WRITTEN ON THE SIDEWALK OF MILTON, BUT MILTON SCARES ME, YOU KNOW? BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF HE COULD PUT SOME BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAYBE PEOPLE COULD USE IT.

SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME CONVERSATION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, ADAM.

MR. SHIMONI.

NOW, RICK.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY POINT THAT FRIDAY, THE 19TH IS THE ADOT STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEETING.

I BELIEVE IT'S AT NINE A.M.

I JUST WITH 30 MORE SECONDS TO LOOK AT MY PHONE HERE.

IT IS THIS FRIDAY AND IT STARTS AT 9:00 A.M.

EXCELLENT, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. BARRETT HAD MENTIONED IS IT'S REALLY BEING MINDFUL OF JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY.

SO THIS PROJECT IS, THE WHEELS ARE ALREADY IN THE IN MOTION FOR THIS PROJECT, HOWEVER.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. BARRETT, FOR ENCOURAGING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND EVEN CITIZENS AT LARGE TO ENGAGE THE STATE TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION BOARD, BUT ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION BY LOOKING INTO THE CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN, TOO.

AND ECHO THE VOICE OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.

HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT REQUIRES OUR ACTION NOW AND ATTENTION, BUT ALSO MOVING, MAKING MINDFUL EFFORTS AND WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT AND ENGINEER AUDRA MERRICK IN BEING PARTNERS SO THERE CAN BE GREAT ALIGNMENT OF GOALS.

AND VISION HERE.

WHILE ADOT'S MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY.

AND OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL IS AN EVEN BETTER PLAN.

METRO PLANS TOP PRIORITY IS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.

THIS HAVING VOICE AT EVERY LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MIGHT BE MINDFUL OF JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, JUST QUICK A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FOURTH STREET BRIDGE, I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS A NATIONAL AWARD WE RECEIVED MIGHT HAVE BEEN STATEWIDE, BUT A NATIONAL AWARD.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CELEBRATED BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

OK, SO I MEAN, WE GOT 8 ON THE MAP WITH US BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS IN

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COLLABORATION, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE TIMING AND HOW THIS IS VERY LATE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND MELTING IS SUCH A HUGE CORRIDOR THAT IT IS JUST SO CRUCIAL THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST SEE THERE TO REALLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

AND I THINK ELECTEDS CAN REALLY PLAY A ROLE IN KIND OF ELEVATING A CONVERSATION AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON IN THAT PARTNERSHIP.

SO AM I SAYING WE SHOULD HOLD UP THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD PAUSE THIS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS MIGHT BE A HARD LEVERAGE.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

THIS IS NOT MY MY.

MY TERRITORY OF EXPERTISE IS LIKE HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH ADOT.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

I WILL SAY, THOUGH, WITH THE MILTON STUDY THAT THEY DID, THEY CAME BACK WITH A NO BUILD RECOMMENDATION.

SO, SO THEY'RE NOT PLANNING TO ADJUST MILTON.

IT'S TOO COSTLY.

IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY.

THEY WANT TO LEAVE IT AS IS.

SO THIS MIGHT BE OUR CHANCE TO ADDRESS THEIR PLANS THROUGH THE LENS OF NO BUILD, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT A WIN WIN MORE SO THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.

BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS CRAZY TO BE ON THAT ROAD AND I'M ON THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME ON MY BICYCLE.

AND IT IS NOT, BUT I AM IN THAT VERY SMALL PERCENTILE THAT'S WILLING TO DO THAT.

BUT ANYWAYS, I'M GOING TO SEND OFF SOME EMAILS RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT CONVERSATION GOING AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT MEETING GOING.

I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD UP THE DECISION TONIGHT, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD ACT ON IT AND I'M GOING TO INVITE, I THINK, BOTH OF YOU TO JOIN ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO, AND THEN WE'LL SEE.

I'LL REPORT BACK WITH WHATEVER WE FIND OUT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

BUT JUST A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

SO THAT LEADS ME TO TWO CONCLUSIONS WELL, WE BETTER APPROVE THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS GOING.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE OTHER LESSON IS THAT.

YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL IT'S ON THE TOP OF THE AGENDA, YOU HAVE TO BRING IT UP.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME.

AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CROSSWALK, WHICH I'VE WALKED ACROSS MANY TIMES AT PLAZA WAY IN MILTON, THAT CROSSWALK IS NOT PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF MILTON.

IT'S OFF BY 30 DEGREES AND IT TAKES A LOT, YOU KNOW? IT'S NOT LIKE THIS, IT'S LIKE THIS.

IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO GET ACROSS THAT STREET, I MEAN, I KIND OF WONDER IF THEY COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, MAYBE NOT BRING IT COMPLETELY TO 90 DEGREES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE TO 80 OR SOMETHING.

I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME IDEAS ON THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO LATE.

YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THE WEST END OF THE CROSSWALK COULD MAYBE BE PUSHED DOWN TO THE SOUTH SO THAT IT'S DOWN THE STREET A LITTLE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM, BUT THE POINT IS IT'S IT'S TAKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE 30 PERCENT LONGER TO GET ACROSS THAT ROAD AND IT'S ALREADY A LONG WALK, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMETHING, WHICH I'M NOT.

REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT LET'S I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE COULD TALK ABOUT WITH MILTON.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS ONE CONTRACT FOR $87000.

SO, BUT VICE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO..

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TO POINT OUT THAT WE RECENTLY HAD A PEDESTRIAN FATALITY, DIDN'T WE, AT MILTON AND OLD ROUTE 66? SO YOU KNOW THIS, THIS ISN'T JUST A, YOU KNOW, CYCLISTS WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE MILTON, WHICH WOULD BE FINE IF IT WAS.

BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MILTON TONIGHT, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE DETAIL, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING.

IT ISN'T TRUE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ON MILTON.

THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT ISLANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET TO MAKE IT SO PEOPLE CANNOT TURN LEFT.

YOU KNOW, ON A ON A AS YOU GO BASIS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM BUSINESSES ON THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN.

AND THERE STILL ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS GOING ON ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE GETTING PEDESTRIANS ACROSS THAT STREET.

THAT IS NOT FINISHED YET.

THERE'S STILL SOME HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS GOING ON WITH HIGH LEVEL PEOPLE AT THE STATE.

BUT THAT'S ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI BRINGING THIS UP AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY IN THIS REGARD.

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WE NEED IT.

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS.

WE NEED MORE PRESSURE FROM THE PUBLIC ON [INAUDIBLE] UP FOR OUR STATE ROADS TO BRING AWARENESS AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR IT.

AT THIS STAGE, THOUGH, WE'RE HERE APPROVING THE $87,625 CONTRACT OR AUTHORIZATION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-51 BY TITLE ONLY, SECOND.

I HAVE THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE AYE, ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, JAMES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION.

APPRECIATE IT.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A UTILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ADOT) AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ALLOWING THE TRANSFER OF CITY FUNDS TO ALLOW THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO ADJUST CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WATER VALVES AND SEWER MANHOLES TO GRADE DURING THE ADOT PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECT ALONG MILTON ROAD AND INTERSTATE 40 BUSINESS ROUTE.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-51, SECOND.

THAT SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

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

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 B, THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION

[B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-49: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, approving an Intergovernmental Agreement Between Coconino County and the City of Flagstaff for the Criminal Justice Integration System STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2021-49 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-49 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-49]

OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-49 A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTEGRATION SYSTEM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS HEIDI LOFGREN, AND I AM THE DEPUTY COURT ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE FLAGSTAFF MUNICIPAL COURT.

I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL RIGHT NOW? WITH THAT, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-49 BY TITLE ONLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND, I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN COCONINO COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTEGRATION SYSTEM MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-49.

I'LL SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 11 C, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

[C. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-50: A resolution to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between City of Flagstaff and Westwood Estates Fire District to provide fire and emergency medical services. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2021-50 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-50 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-50]

NUMBER 2021-50 A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND WESTWOOD ESTATES FIRE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

CHIEF MAYOR COUNCIL THIS IS A FAIRLY ADMINISTRATIVE TO CONTINUE A RELATIONSHIP THAT THE CITY HAS HAD WITH WESTWOOD ESTATES FIRE DISTRICT FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IGA, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT YOU'VE SEEN SIMILAR IGAS SUCH AS THIS.

I WILL NOTE THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCREPANCIES THAT WERE POINTED OUT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY, AND WE'VE CLEANED UP THOSE IN THE VERSION THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AS FAR AS EFFECTIVE DATES, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE, HERE TO HELP.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

YOU SAY WE HAVE IT BEFORE US, I MEAN, THIS IS THE PACKET BEEN UPDATED OR, IT HAS BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

OK, SO MAYBE YOU CAN JUST TELL US WHAT THOSE DATES ARE JUST.

WHEN WAS THIS? IT WAS A START DATE.

WAS IT THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR THAT, IT IS 2021.

SO WITH THAT CHANGE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION 2021-50 BY TITLE ONLY, I SECOND THAT.

MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, SECONDED BY MYSELF, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN WESTWOOD ESTATES FIRE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ON BEHALF OF THE FLAGSTAFF FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FIRE SERVICES.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-50.

SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

AGENDA ITEM 11 D IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OVER 2021-52 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARIZONA BOARD OF

[D. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-52: A resolution approving the Intergovernmental Agreement between Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of, the University of Arizona and the City of Flagstaff for the Flagstaff Flood Mapping Program. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2021-52 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-52 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-52]

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REGENTS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE FLAGSTAFF FLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM.

I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION 2021-52 BY TITLE ONLY WITH ONE COMMENT.

GO WILDCATS.

WELL, I DID SEE ED POP ON THERE, WERE YOU WANTING TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? NO, I'M GOOD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE NO EXTRA COMMENTS, I'M JUST HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY ARISE.

IF YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE FLAGSTAFF FLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-52, SECOND.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

AGENDA ITEM 11 E IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACT APPROVAL TO NOT

[E. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Approval to not execute the Lease Agreement with US General Services Administration – U.S. Geological Survey Campus Build to Suit. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approval to not execute the lease agreement for the U.S. Geological Survey campus reconstruction with US General Services Administration in the amount of $1,894,137.78 annually and a duration of 10 years firm; option for 20 years. ]

EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAMP IS BUILT TO SUIT, STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS APPROVAL TO NOT EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAMPUS RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE U.S.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,894,137.78 ANNUALLY AND A DURATION OF 10 YEARS FIRM; OPTION FOR 20 YEARS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DAVID PETERSON, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGER.

CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT ON YOUR END? YEP, WE CAN.

I'M GOING TO SHUT OFF THE CAMERA TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.

THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THE USGS, BUILD TO SUIT AND THE ASK TO APPROVE NOT TO EXECUTE A LEASE THAT WE WERE BEFORE YOU LAST SEPTEMBER.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST YEAR AND THEN I'M GOING TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THE PROJECT AS IT WAS SCOPED WHEN WE BROUGHT TO YOU LAST SEPTEMBER.

AND I'VE ASKED RICK TADDER TO COME FORTH IN THE LAST THREE SLIDES OF THE PRESENTATION TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT.

THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED UP ON MCMILLAN MESA, THE USGS SCIENCE CENTER CAMPUS IS IS UP THERE JUST SOUTH.

OF THE BUFFALO PARK, THIS IS THE BUFFALO PARK PARKING AREA HERE, JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CAMPUS CAMPUS IS LOCATED HERE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THIS IMAGE.

YOU CAN SEE CEDAR AVENUE PEELING OFF TO THE EAST OR OFF TO THE RIGHT ON THIS IMAGE.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, CITY AND U.S.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, WHICH I'M GOING TO REFER TO AS GSA STAFF, HAS MET NUMEROUS TIMES.

WE'VE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS DISCUSSING MAINLY FOCUSING ON FINANCES AND CAMPUS FACILITIES IN OUR DISCUSSIONS.

A LOT OF THOSE HAVE LOOKED AT THE FACETS OF THE PROJECT OVER THE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND HOW THAT HAS CHANGED.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN AROUND.

THE DESIGN WAS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN WAS DONE BACK IN 2011.

SO IT'S NOT A NEW PROJECT, BUT IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF STAFF FOR A WHILE.

IN THE FALL OF 2000, JUST AFTER COMING TO COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER, WE LOOKED AT THE CHALLENGING ASPECTS OF THE FINANCES, LIKELY NOT TO COVER THE EXPENSES OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO CITY STAFF BEGAN TO WORK WITH THE GSA TO TRY TO SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WOULD MAKE THE PROJECT FEASIBLE, EVEN UNDER THE NOT HAVING TO BUILD THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS THAT I'LL GO OVER HERE IN A COUPLE OF SECONDS WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE TWO EXISTING BUILDINGS.

SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE CALLED A HYBRID APPROACH.

SO RATHER THAN DEMOLITION OCCURRING ON TWO OF THE BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW BUILDINGS, POSSIBLY DEMOING JUST ONE BUILDING AND THEN CONSTRUCTING ONE NEW BUILDING WHILE RENOVATING ONE OF THE BUILDINGS DURING THAT TIME, WE WORKED WITH A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR TO RECEIVE SOME RENOVATION ESTIMATES, AS WELL AS UPDATE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES THAT I'LL SHOW IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT IN THE WORK THAT WAS PUT FORTH IN RENOVATION ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS

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THREE AND FOUR.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE TWO BUILDINGS WERE BUILT IN THE 1970S, SO THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY 50 YEARS OLD EACH, EVEN WITH THE RENOVATIONS THAT WERE DONE THAT THEY WOULD STILL NOT MEET EXISTING BUILDING CODES TO TODAY'S STANDARDS.

AND ULTIMATELY, THE BIG ITEM HERE WAS THAT THE GSA REQUIRED THAT THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS BE BUILT FOR THE PROGRAM OF REQUIREMENTS AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LEASE.

SO THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, I'M GOING TO REFER TO A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND IT'S SIMPLY JUST IT'S A 280 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S REALLY THE SPECIFICATIONS OF DESIGN.

SO WHEN I REFER TO THE POR, THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.

NEW CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES THAT WERE COMPLETED ALSO BY THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR CAME UP TO ABOUT $38.3 MILLION IN THE LAST MEETING WITH THE GSA AND THE CITY STAFF.

WE DISCUSSED THE OPTION SINCE THE HYBRID OPTION WASN'T A VIABLE SOLUTION.

THE REALITY OF POTENTIALLY HAVING TO RE SOLICIT THE PROJECT.

RE SOLICITING THE BUILD TO SUIT PROJECT.

THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS AND THERE ARE SOME DOWNSIDES TO THAT AS WELL.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS ARE THAT WE COULD UPDATE THAT POR DOCUMENT FROM THE USGS AND I'LL ALLUDE TO THIS IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES TOO.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE COME ABOUT AND THAT DOCUMENT WAS CREATED IN 2014.

IT WAS REVISED IN 2017.

SO GOING TO BID ON A FOUR YEAR OLD DOCUMENT IS CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND SECURITY CHANGES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AS WELL AS TELECOMMUTING WORK IN THERE AS SPECIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE SIZES, NUMBER OF OFFICES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM REALLY FELT THAT THE USGS WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REVISIT BEFORE GOING FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FROM A DOCUMENT THAT WAS BACK IN 2017.

SO THAT'S ONE BENEFIT.

ANOTHER IS THE RENEGOTIATION OF LEASE RATES IN A FUTURE BUILD TO SUIT, AS WELL AS EXPLORATION OF CITY FUNDING OPTIONS AND LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS WE COULD BRING MORE MONEY TO THE TABLE INTO THE PROJECT.

THE DOWNSIDE IS IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A DELAY IN THE PROJECT CLEARLY, BUT THIS IS BETTER.

THE TEAM DECIDED TO DELAY BETTER THAN STARTING CONSTRUCTION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT OR THE CONSTRUCTION.

JUST TO REVIEW AGAIN, WE HAVE THE SCIENCE CENTER CAMPUS IS OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT, AND WE CURRENTLY TODAY CONSISTS OF BUILDING SIX, BUILDING THREE, BUILDING FOUR AND BUILDING FIVE.

SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCOPED THE BUILD TO SUIT PROJECT WAS GOING TO DEMOLISH BUILDING THREE HERE, WHICH IS THEIR CURRENT LAB AND OFFICE AND CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STORY LAB AND OFFICE HERE IS BUILDING SEVEN, SHOWING IN ORANGE AND THEN BUILDING FOUR, WHICH IS THEIR CURRENT WAREHOUSE WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WAREHOUSE HERE IS SHOWN AS BUILDING EIGHT.

THEN THE CAMPUS WOULD THEN CONSIST OF BUILDINGS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THREE AND FOUR WOULD BE DEMOLISHED.

AGAIN, WE WERE BACK HERE LAST SEPTEMBER ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LEASE BACK IN MID-SEPTEMBER DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND JUST INVESTIGATING AND NEGOTIATING WITH THE GSA.

IT WAS SOUGHT AND RECOMMENDED THAT THAT NOT BE EXECUTED, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BACK HERE TONIGHT TO ASK NOT TO EXECUTE THAT LEASE.

AND THEN JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA IN THE BACKGROUND FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF TO JUST SHARE THAT THE COST HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS SINCE THE INITIAL ESTIMATION WORK WAS DONE BACK IN 2016.

AND THAT'S ABOUT A 70 PERCENT INCREASE FROM 2016 TO WHAT WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN 2021.

IN THE LAST DISCUSSION WITH THE GSA, THEY PRESENTED AN OPTION FOR A 10 YEAR, THEY'RE CALLING A SUCCEEDING LEASE THAT COULD ALSO COME IN THE FORM OF TWO FIVE YEAR CONSECUTIVE LEASES.

AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULD EXTEND THE CURRENT LEASE FOR CONTINUING USGS OPERATIONS IN THOSE BUILDINGS THREE AND FOUR.

SO THIS WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO APPROVE THIS SUCCEEDING LEASE.

AND THEN ALSO IT WOULD ALLOW TIME FOR THE GSA TO RE SCOPE AND RE SOLICIT THE BUILD TO SUIT PROJECT.

SO THIS WOULD ALLOW LIKE I WAS SPEAKING EARLIER TO THE USGS TO UPDATE THAT POR, THAT PROGRAM OF REQUIREMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS SO THEY CAN ENSURE THAT THAT IT MEETS THEIR CURRENT NEEDS IN TODAY'S CLIMATE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT.

IT ALSO WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO INVESTIGATE AGAIN THE FURTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THE PROJECT THROUGH TO FRUITION, AS WELL AS UPDATED LEASING RATE COULD RESULT FROM A RE SOLICITATION.

THE CITY STAFF WOULD BE COMING BACK AGAIN IN ADDITION TO THAT 10 YEAR SUCCEEDING LEASE, WE'D BE COMING BACK AGAIN TO COUNCIL TO ONCE WE HAVE A WINNING BID ON A RE SOLICITATION WITH THE GSA TO APPROVE A LEASE WITH THE BUILD TO SUIT PROJECT.

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SO IT WOULD BE A VERY SIMILAR ASS TO WHAT WE WERE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU LAST SEPTEMBER, ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO ENTER IN A LEASE WITH GSA AND THE CITY.

SO THAT WOULD JUST COME IN THE CONTEXT OF A NEW LEASE.

AND AS I SPOKE TO YOU EARLIER, THAT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS WAS CREATED BACK IN 2014 AND REVISED IN 2017.

SO THIS WOULD ALLOW THE USGS TO MAKE SURE AGAIN THAT THEIR AGENCY NEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE BEING MET IN TODAY'S WORLD.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CURRENT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE 50 YEARS, WE'RE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD BE THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE MEETS THEIR NEEDS TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE.

AND BEFORE I TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO RICK, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT SHOULDERS THAT I HAVE THE FORTUNATE BLESSING OF STANDING UPON.

RICK TADDER BEING ONE OF THOSE STACEY B.K.

, BRYCE DOTY AND ERIN WINSCHEL FROM THE GSA AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RICK.

THANKS, DAVID.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL RICK TADDER, MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR I WAS ASKED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A FINANCIAL RECAP OF THE USGS CAMPUS AND WHERE WE TOOK OUR APPROACH AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THIS LEASE POTENTIAL ITEM.

SO GOING BACK TO 2004 IS WHEN OUR COMMUNITY APPROVED PROPOSITION 101.

THEY AGREED THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE USGS CAMPUS AND BUILD A DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES UP THERE OR KEEP THE NEEDS THAT USGS AND GSA HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY AUTHORIZED ABOUT $61.2 MILLION FOR US TO GO OUT AND BUILD, RENOVATE, IMPROVE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THE BALLOT MEASURE.

WE'VE ONLY TAPPED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS SO FAR ABOUT $3.3 MILLION SO FAR.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH USGS UP ON THE SCIENCE CAMPUS.

YOU DO SEE THE LANGUAGE OF THE BALLOT TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION.

WE TRIED BOTH THOSE OPTIONS WITH OUR PROCESSES THIS GO AROUND AND IT'S DETERMINED THAT NEITHER OF THEM AT THIS POINT ARE WORKING FINANCIALLY.

AS PART OF THE VOTER APPROVAL, THERE ARE SOME LIMITS SET FORTH IN THE PAMPHLET AND WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED.

WE CANNOT ISSUE DEBT ABOVE 10 PERCENT, WHICH IS VERY HIGH IN THESE TERMS AND THESE DATES.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS WE CAN ONLY DO A 25 YEAR DEBT FOR THIS TYPE OF A CONSTRUCTION BUILDING.

AND THE REASON WE GO TO THE VOTERS FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT IS BECAUSE OF OUR CITY.

CHARTER REQUIRES US TO GET VOTER APPROVAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES WITH A FEW EXEMPTIONS.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE START OFF AND WHERE WE HOPE TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH USGS.

SO RECAPPING WHERE WE WERE AT A LITTLE WHILE AGO WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO EXECUTE THIS LEASE, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

WE'VE BEEN COMING BACK AND FORTH AND TRYING TO GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT FIT BOTH THEIR LEASE REQUIREMENT AGREEMENTS, THEIR MONTHLY RENTS, AS WELL AS WE CAN AFFORD THROUGH DEBT SERVICE, PAYMENTS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES.

OF PART OF THAT PROJECT, THE CITY AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE $3 MILLION IN CASH TOWARD THE PROJECT, AND WE'RE TAKING THIS FROM A RESERVE FUND THAT WE BUILT OUT FROM PREVIOUS LEASE PAYMENTS THAT USGS HAS PAID US.

WE HOLD THESE REVENUES ASIDE TO FIX BUILDINGS, REPAIR BUILDINGS, REPLACE ROOFS, [INEDIBLE] HATCHBACK AND SO FORTH.

BUT WE'VE HAD SOME CAPACITY HERE AND WE THOUGHT WE CAN DO OUR PART TO REDUCE THE TOTAL COST OF FINANCING THE REMAINDER OF THE $27.8 MILLION WE WERE GOING TO FINANCE AND IT WORKED OUT FOR US.

BUT THERE WERE SOME GIVE AND TAKE THAT WE HAD TO DO IN NEGOTIATING THAT.

WE HAD TO LOOK AT A DEBT LENGTH OF 22-24 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT INTEREST RATES AND THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT.

WE ACTUALLY HAD TO EXTEND IT PAST THE 10 YEAR ORIGINAL PLUS 10 YEAR RENEWAL TO MAKE IT WORK FINANCIALLY AND STILL HAVE THE RESERVE SET ASIDE TO DO THE REPAIRS OVER THE LONG RANGE PLAN OF THE PROJECT.

WE'VE GOT THERE.

WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL MODEL THAT DID COVER THIS PROJECT, AND IT REQUIRED USGS TO GIVE ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENTS ABOUT $1.9 MILLION, WHICH ALSO PUT IT $80000, SET ASIDE TO HELP THOSE FUTURE REPAIRS THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL COME OVER

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LIFE OF THESE BUILDINGS.

SO WE WERE SO CLOSE, WE WORKED SO HARD IN GETTING TO THAT POINT, BUT OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE ALL KNOW HOW CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE INCREASED.

AND FOR THIS PROJECT, OUR CURRENT ESTIMATES HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT $10 MILLION.

IT'S A HARD WAY TO TO BALANCE THIS EQUATION WHEN A NUMBER INCREASES BY THAT MUCH.

NOT THAT WE DIDN'T TRY AND WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT THE OPTIONS.

BUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE FACTORS IS GSA IS NOT FLEXIBLE ON RAISING THEIR RENT RATE FOR THE CONTRACT, THEY HAD A PRESET AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GO FOR.

THAT NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE EQUATION THAT WOULD CHANGE.

SO WE HAD TO LOOK INTERNALLY AND SAY, WELL, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK? SO REALLY, THERE'S VERY FEW OPTIONS WHEN WE COME AROUND TO THIS AND THREE OF THEM ARE IDENTIFIED HERE, ONE IS CAN THE CITY COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FOR GSA CAMPUS? AND NO, WE REALLY DO NOT HAVE THOSE TYPES OF RESERVES SITTING AROUND FOR GSA AND USGS TO HELP BUILD A CAMPUS.

THE SECOND OPTION WAS TO ELIMINATE ALL THE RESERVES, EXTEND THE LEASE, EXTEND THE DEBT SERVICE AND BASED ON THE NUMBERS CALCULATED, WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT TO ABOUT 37 YEARS TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.

BUT YOU SAW EARLIER WE CAN ONLY GO 25 BASED ON VOTER APPROVAL, AND I WOULD PROBABLY NEVER RECOMMEND GOING OUT THIS LONG FOR A DEBT.

SO NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO NOT EXECUTE THIS LEASE AGREEMENT DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CITY.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO DAVE FOR DAVID, FOR ANY CLOSING REMARKS AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, RICK.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, WELL THANK YOU, MAYOR, I FIND THIS WHOLE THING TO BE KIND OF INTERESTING THE CITY IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND A LANDLORD.

WHY WOULDN'T IT HAVE MADE MORE SENSE TO JUST LEASE THE LAND OR SELL THE LAND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HAVE THEM BUILD THESE BUILDINGS THAT THEY NEED FOR SOME TIME, 10 YEARS, HOPEFULLY LONGER, BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR WHAT WAS IT, 10 PLUS 10? SO, BUT THEY'RE ONLY GUARANTEEING 10, RIGHT? SO THE CITY IS TAKING THE RISK THAT USGS WILL CONTINUE TO USE THESE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME CITY BENEFITS, A LOT OF GOOD PAYING JOBS, A LOT OF PRESTIGE AND HAVING USGS UP ON TOP OF THE HILL.

BUT I JUST KIND OF WONDER.

YOU KNOW, DOES THIS REALLY MAKE SENSE THAT THE CITY'S BECOMING A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND A LANDLORD? RICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S FINE.

MAYOR, COUNCIL I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE A DEFINED ANSWER FOR THAT, AND MAYBE BRYCE DOTY WOULD, EVEN IF HE'S AVAILABLE, WOULD HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO THAT, BUT THIS IS THE PARTNERSHIP WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

WE DO OWN THAT PROPERTY UP THERE.

I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE A LOT TO [INAUDIBLE], SPLIT THOSE PARCELS, SELL OFF LAND, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST.

BUT THEN AGAIN, USGS WOULD HAVE TO FRONT THE CONSTRUCTION AND FRONT THE MONEY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THAT CAPACITY.

SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AS FAR AS WHAT'S THE BEST WAY.

WELL, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF PRECEDENT HERE.

AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT USGS TO MOVE OUT OF TOWN, THAT'S A CONSIDERATION TOO, BUT IT'S A I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, CAN I JUST SAY THAT I'M VERY BUMMED THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THE PRICES HAVE JUMPED LIKE THIS.

I WAS DEFINITELY.

WAS A DAMPER ON MY DAY WHEN I READ THIS AGENDA.

AND SO SORRY TO OUR PARTNERS AT AT THE AT THE USGS.

AND AND I GUESS WE'LL WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE THIS ONE ONE STEP AT A TIME.

AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND OUR TEAM THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THANKS TO DAVID FOR TRYING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADVANCE THIS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD AND THE TEAM THAT HAD THE CONVERSATIONS.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HEARD FROM GSA ERIN WINSCHEL THAT THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED IN BEING HERE, AND THEY WILL VERY LIKELY BRING BACK ANOTHER PROPOSAL FOR US TO BID TO.

SO THIS I GOT THE IMPRESSION THEY AGREED THIS HAS GONE TOO HIGH IN COST.

LET'S STEP BACK AND REDO THIS, SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GOOD PARTNER STILL.

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WELL, WITH THAT, I MEAN, THESE COSTS ARE WAY HIGH, AND I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND THE TEAM TO TRY TO TROUBLESHOOT THE SITUATION.

BUT THIS IS PRETTY.

INSURMOUNTABLE UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, SO WITH THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE TO NOT EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAMPUS, RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE U.S.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.9 MILLION ANNUALLY AND A DURATION OF 10 YEARS FIRM; OPTION FOR 20 YEARS.

I'LL SECOND THAT, I'VE HAD SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WELL, IT'S 5:00 NOW, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR A LITTLE BREAK.

YEAH, WOULD YOU? 15 OR 20 FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, SHORT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING FOOD.

OK, THEN 15 MINUTES, IT IS.

WE GOT SOME SNICKERS AND STUFF UPSTAIRS FOR YOU.

SEE YOU BACK HERE AT, LET'S DO 5:15.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12 A OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, THIS IS

[A. Discussion of San Francisco Square Affordable Housing project and Parking Garage, 320 N. Humphreys Street. The information provided is in preparation for a future City Council consideration to approve modifications from the zoning code to support the San Francisco Square, a 146 unit, 100% affordable housing project. ]

THE DISCUSSION OF SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AND PARKING GARAGE AT 320 NORTH HUMPHREYS STREET.

MR. FOLKE YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR DAGAT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS DAN FOLKE.

I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF A PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU, PROBABLY IN JANUARY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO.

UM, JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT AGAIN, THERE'S NO DECISIONS TO BE MADE, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRIMER ON TRANSECT ZONES AND SPECIFICALLY THE T5 ZONE, WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROJECT WILL BE LOCATED.

WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE SITE PLAN AND WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS TO BRING THAT SITE PLAN BACK TO YOU.

THE APPLICANT IS USING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE, WHICH CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO WRAP IT UP WITH A DISCUSSION ON AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP AND THEN A POTENTIAL FUTURE PARTNERSHIP ON PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN.

AND SO TONIGHT WITH ME, WE'VE GOT ALEXANDRA PUCCIARELLI, OUR ACTING PLANNING DIRECTOR AND CURRENT PLANNING MANAGER.

DAVID MCINTIRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROJECT.

WE'VE GOT STEVE HASTINGS, WHO'S THE CHIEF OF REAL ESTATE FOR FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING.

LINDSAY SCHUBE IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PROJECT AND THEN DOUG MCCORD IS THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF DESIGN WITH ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCE TEAM.

HE'S THE PROJECT ARCHITECT AND THOSE THREE, I BELIEVE ARE JOINED WITH US VIRTUALLY TONIGHT.

SO JUST TO ORIENT YOU, THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 320 NORTH HUMPHREYS, JUST ABOUT TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF CITY HALL.

IF YOU CAN SEE MY ARROW, THIS IS THE IT'S THE LOCATION OF THE OLD CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO COVER THIS ENTIRE BLOCK.

THIS PHOTO IS SHOWING YOU THE OLD SCHOOL, THE BABBITT HOUSE, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF DALE AND BEAVER TO THE EAST.

YOU'VE GOT CHERRY TO THE SOUTH.

THE NEW COURTHOUSE IS LOCATED HERE.

THIS IS AN OLD AERIAL, AND THEN HUMPHREYS.

JUST A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY.

IT'S A PROJECT PROPOSED FOR 146 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO PHASES.

AGAIN, LOCATED AT 320 NORTH HUMPHREYS, ALL OF THE UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO 80 PERCENT AMI OR LESS.

AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS RECEIVED A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, WHICH IS HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE A PROJECT LIKE THIS FINANCIALLY PENCIL OUT.

I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE TALKED TO THIS COUNCIL ABOUT OUR TRANSECT ZONE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ADOPTED IN 2011, AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS USING OUR TRANSECT ZONING CODE.

AND SO IN 2011, WE ADOPTED A NEW ZONING CODE, WHICH IS CHAPTER 10 OF OUR CITY CODE.

AND ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE WHAT IS KNOWN AS KIND OF A CONVENTIONAL ZONING MAP WITH A LOT OF COLORS THAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING.

RED IS FOR YOUR THIS IS CITY HALL RIGHT HERE, AND SO RED IS YOUR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

PURPLE IS THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.

YOU'VE GOT MULTIFAMILY AND THEN SINGLE FAMILY, AND CONVENTIONAL ZONING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR REALLY SINCE 1919.

WE ACTUALLY CELEBRATED 100 YEARS OF ZONING A FEW YEARS AGO.

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CONVENTIONAL ZONING IS ALSO KNOWN AS EUCLIDEAN ZONING, AND THIS IS BECAUSE IN 1926, THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO, WAS UPHELD THAT ZONING WAS ACTUALLY CONSTITUTIONAL.

AND SO TRADITIONALLY ZONING HAS SEPARATED USES, RIGHT? AND SO YOU'VE GOT A COMMERCIAL ZONE, YOU'VE GOT A RESIDENTIAL ZONE, YOU'VE GOT AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, AND IT WAS VERY FOCUSED ON KEEPING USES SEPARATED.

AND THERE WAS A MOVEMENT THAT STARTED REALLY IN THE 1980S AND 1990S TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A FORM BASE CODE AND FORM BASE CODE FOCUSES MORE ON THE FORM OF THE BUILDING, SO IT'S LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE USES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING AND MORE ABOUT BUILDING PLACES RIGHT AND WHAT THE CONNECTION IS BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE PUBLIC REALM, THE STREET.

AND SO WE ADOPTED THIS FORM BASED CODE IN 2011, AND IT'S AN OPTIONAL CODE WITHIN THIS DOWNTOWN REGULATING PLAN.

THE IDEA WITH THE TRANSECT IS WE ORGANIZE THE TRANSECT IN SIX TRANSECTS FROM T1 TO T6, AND IT'S JUST A WAY TO ORGANIZE THE DIFFERENT KIND OF AREAS AND USES.

AND SO T1 IS YOUR NATURAL AREA; SO THE FOREST.

T2 WOULD BE YOUR OPEN SPACE.

T3 AND 4 ARE YOUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

T5 IS GETTING INTO YOUR MAIN STREET AND THEN T6 IS REALLY YOUR CENTRAL BUSINESS CORE.

AND SO WHAT WE MAPPED AGAIN IS RADIATING OUT FROM THE FROM THE CENTER AND THE MOST INTENSE.

THIS IS YOUR BUSINESS CORE.

THIS IS OUR T6 RIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST INTENSE.

AND THEN THIS DARKER PURPLE IS THE T5, WHICH IS THIS PROJECT IS IN THE T5 TRANSECT.

AND THEN T4 AND T3, AND SO AGAIN, IT KIND OF IT'S INTERESTING TO ME TO COMPARE THESE MAPS AND HOW THE INTENSITY KIND OF RADIATES OUT.

AND SO AGAIN, THE TRANSECT IS A FORM BASE CODE, BASED MORE ON THE FORM.

AND WE HAVE THIS AREA WHERE WE PROVIDE OWNERS AN OPTION SO THEY CAN CHOOSE TO USE EITHER THE CONVENTIONAL ZONE OR THE TRANSECT.

AND ONCE THEY CHOOSE TO USE THE TRANSECT AND THAT RUNS WITH THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

AND SO WHEN WE WHEN WE CREATED THE TRANSECTS THAT WE TRIED TO REFLECT THE UNDERLYING ZONING AS WELL BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, ARIZONA IS A VERY STRONG PROPERTY RIGHTS STATE.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE T5, IT ALLOWS TWO TO FIVE STORY'S.

AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CORRESPONDING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, THIS ZONE ACTUALLY ALLOWS 60 FEET IN HEIGHT.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH WITHIN THIS AREA NORTH OF DOWNTOWN, YOU DON'T SEE.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANY FIVE STORY BUILDINGS, 60 FEET IN HEIGHT HAS BEEN A RIGHT REALLY SINCE THE 1970S.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS CHANGED IN 2011 THAT WE ALL OF A SUDDEN ALLOWED ALL THIS NEW DENSITY AND INTENSITY.

BUT ACTUALLY, OUR COMMERCIAL ZONES HAVE ALLOWED 60 FEET IN HEIGHT SINCE THE 70S.

IT'S JUST THAT THE DEMAND FOR THAT USE AND THE VALUE OF THE LAND HASN'T BEEN HIGH ENOUGH TO DEMAND A HIGHER INTENSITY OF USE.

SO AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE UTILIZING THE T5 OPEN, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR IT'S CALLED THE MAIN STREET TRANSECT.

THEY'RE USING THE COMMERCIAL BLOCK BUILDING TYPE.

AND THEN THEY'RE USING THIS BRAND NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE.

AND SO IN MARCH, YOU ADOPTED AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE, WHICH SAID IF YOU PROVIDE A PROJECT THAT'S 100 PERCENT OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE, TARGETED AT 80 PERCENT AMI AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LOWER THAN THE COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER GRANTING CODE MODIFICATIONS.

AND SO THESE WOULD BE MODIFICATIONS FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

AND SO THIS PROJECT FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING, THEY ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING A NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS FROM OUR ZONING CODE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THOSE TO YOU WE BELIEVE IN JANUARY.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A PREPARATION FOR THAT CONSIDERATION IN JANUARY.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THE COMMERCIAL BLOCK BUILDING TYPE, SO AFTER THE LAWSUIT REGARDING THE HUB, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT OUR TRANSECT CODE AND THE COMMERCIAL BLOCK WAS A BUILDING TYPE THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT.

WE MADE A CHANGE IN OUR CODE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU CANNOT USE COMMERCIAL BLOCK IN THE T4 AND 1 OPEN.

BUT IN THE T5, WE WE PRESENTED SOME OPTIONS, RIGHT? SO ONE OPTION WAS SHOULD WE CREATE KIND OF A SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE COMMERCIAL BLOCK BUILDING TYPE? ULTIMATELY, WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AND STAND UP FOR FLAGSTAFF ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THIS AS WELL WAS TO RATHER THAN TRY TO MAKE THE BUILDING SMALLER IN T5 IS TO LOOK AT IT ARCHITECTURALLY.

AND SO WE ADOPTED A STANDARD THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THESE LARGE BUILDINGS SHOULD BE BROKEN UP SO THAT THEY READ AS SEPARATE BUILDINGS.

AND THE WAY YOU DO THIS IS THROUGH VARIATION OF MATERIALS ALTERING THE LOCATION OF DOORS AND WINDOWS.

OTHER FENESTRATION ARCHITECTURAL FENESTRATION SO THAT IT APPEARS AS

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MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE ONE BUILDING THAT'S 100 FEET LONG.

AND SO I BELIEVE THIS IS MAYBE THE FIRST TIME WE'RE APPLYING THIS COMMERCIAL BLOCK STANDARD TO A PROJECT.

UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING SEVERAL FIRSTS HERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO REVIEW THIS IN JANUARY.

CONSIDER THE MODIFICATIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THEN I PULLED THIS OUT OF OUR ZONING CODE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW FORM BASED CODES DIFFER FROM CONVENTIONAL CODES.

FORM BASE CODES ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS VERY.

THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF DETAIL, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE PRESCRIPTIVE, THEY'RE VERY PRESCRIPTIVE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS DIAGRAM OUT OF OUR CODE, IT SHOWS YOU A BUILDING FRONT AND IT'S GOT A LETTER F HERE AND F TELLS YOU THAT THIS CAN BE TWO TO FIVE STORIES.

AND THEN IT'S TELLING YOU IN BETWEEN THE FLOORS, I, THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET OF CLEARANCE ON THE FIRST FLOOR H, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 14 FEET OF CLEARANCE.

AND THEN OVER HERE TALKS ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE BUILD TO LINES.

AND SO AGAIN, THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE FORM OF THE BUILDING.

IT'S PRESCRIPTIVE.

IT'S MEANT TO BE PREDICTABLE, RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE BUILDING.

WE SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE FORM IS GOING TO BE.

AND AGAIN, LESS EMPHASIS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE THE BUILDING.

AND YOU MAY REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING, ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING AWAY FROM THE FORM BASED CODE WITH THE WITH THE HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING REGULATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO COUNTING BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS AND SOME OF THAT.

AND THAT COMMENT, I THINK, IS REALLY DIRECTED AT THIS IDEA THAT FORM BASED CODES ARE LESS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE AND MORE ABOUT GETTING THE DESIRED FORM AND CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC REALM.

SO THAT'S YOUR PLANNING LESSON FOR TONIGHT.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.

I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ALEXANDRA PUCCIARELLI, WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER AND WHO'S REVIEWED THIS PROJECT FOR US.

AND WE'LL BE AROUND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THE END.

ALEXANDRA PUCCIARELLI ACTING PLANNING ACTING PLANNING DIRECTOR, CURRENT PLANNING MANAGER AND THE PLANNER WHO REVIEWED THIS PROJECT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SO THIS PROJECT IS COMING TO US IN TWO STAGES OR PHASES.

THE FIRST PHASE IS SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE AND THAT WILL HAVE 100 PERCENT AFFORDABLE UNITS THEY'RE GEARED TOWARDS SENIORS.

THEY'LL BE 70 UNITS BASED ON MY COUNTING ON THE FLOOR PLAN.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PROPOSING 60 ONE BEDROOM UNITS AND 10 TWO BEDROOMS, AND THEY'LL BE 59 PARKING SPACES.

THEN WE'LL DO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS CALLED ASPEN LOFTS, AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE 100 PERCENT AFFORDABLE UNITS.

BUT THOSE WILL BE MORE MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING MORE TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY THAT'LL HAVE 76 UNITS, 37 ONE BEDROOMS, 22 BEDROOMS AND 19 THREE BEDROOMS. THAT WILL ALSO CONTAIN A PARKING STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL HAVE 55 RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES AND 97 CITY SPACES.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PLANS, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY SEE YOU HAVE A VISION OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE.

IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED JUST BECAUSE THE SLOPE OF THE SITE AND THE TWO DIFFERENT PHASES, SO BEAR WITH ME.

PHASE ONE, YOU COULD SEE THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR, BUT UP HERE ALONG DALE, THIS PARKING IS ACTUALLY MOSTLY UNDERGROUND.

SO WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN DALE, YOU'LL PRIMARILY SEE THE RESIDENCES THAT ARE ABOVE THE PARKING.

SO THIS IS THE PHASE ONE PARKING.

IT'S LOCATED UNDERNEATH THAT BUILDING.

IF WE GO AHEAD, SORRY, IF WE GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT FLOOR LEVEL.

THIS GIVES YOU A MORE TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN.

SO THE SECOND, THE THIRD, THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH STORY WILL BE MORE LIKE THIS.

PHASE TWO, YOU'LL SEE HERE HAS THAT PARKING STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE UNIT'S WRAPPING AROUND THE EDGE.

ACCESS TO THIS PROJECT WILL PRIMARILY BE FOR THE RESIDENTS OFF OF BEAVER.

IT'LL COME IN THIS DRIVEWAY AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARK IN THIS PHASE ONE OR ENTER THE PARKING GARAGE, THIS SIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE.

AND THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL.

OH.

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AND YOU CAN SEE HERE ON CHERRY, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THAT THAT AERIAL THE DAN SHOWED US THE CHERRY PARKING IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE THE COURTHOUSE, SO THIS IS THAT PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE.

THAT'S ON THE FIRST LEVEL.

AND THEN GOES UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL.

SO HERE ARE SOME PERSPECTIVES THAT THE DESIGN TEAM SHARED WITH US.

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM HUMPHREYS AND CHERRY, SO YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE, WE HAVE THAT ENTRY INTO THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THE PUBLIC PARKING.

AND THEN THESE SORT OF WALK UP UNITS HERE THEN STEPPED BACK ARE THESE UPPER LEVEL APARTMENTS.

HERE'S A PERSPECTIVE AGAIN FROM HUMPHREYS, BUT UP BY DALE, SO YOU COULD SEE HERE THAT THESE UNITS ARE ACCESSED DIRECTLY FROM THE STREET AS WELL AS FROM THE INTERIOR.

BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THAT PARKING THAT'S ALL UNDERNEATH THIS AREA.

AND THEN THIS IS THE VIEW FROM HUMPHREY, THE TWO PHASES ARE DIVIDED BY WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A "PASEO" THAT ALLOWS ACCESS SORT OF MIMICKING OUR ALLEYS DOWNTOWN THAT THERE WOULD BE THIS PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.

SO AS FAR AS PROCESS, WE CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THEIR SITE PLAN AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

IT DOES REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE CODE THAT THEY'RE PERMITTED UNDER THAT 100 PERCENT AFFORDABLE PROJECT.

WE HAD FIRST BEEN LOOKING AT DECEMBER DAN HAD MENTIONED JANUARY, I THINK I HAD STACEY PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY, BUT IT'S FEBRUARY LIKE FIRST, SO VERY SOON IN FEBRUARY.

AND NOW I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO YOU, DAVE.

THANKS VERY MUCH ALEX, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, DAVID MCINTIRE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR FOR YOU WE'RE HERE AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND I JUST HAVE TWO SLIDES.

ONE IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A CURRENT PARTNERSHIP THAT'S PROVIDING PARKING IN OUR DOWNTOWN, WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING AFTER THEY ACQUIRED A PROPERTY STEVE HASTINGS AND I HAD A GREAT SET OF CONVERSATIONS AND IT ENDED UP WITH THEM LEASING THAT PARKING LOT THAT WAS FORMERLY SERVING THE CHARITY BUILDING OR THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WENT IN.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB REWORKING IT, AND NOW WE HAVE 90 SPACES WHICH ARE SERVING THE DOWNTOWN AND ALSO SERVING THE MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF AND CUSTOMERS, PROVIDING THAT THAT PARKING FOR THE COURT.

THEY GAVE US A VERY FAIR PRICE ON THE LICENSE, AND IT'S BASICALLY IN PLACE UNTIL THEY NEED TO USE IT TO BUILD THAT SECOND PHASE YOU SAW.

THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME LOSS OF PARKING, POTENTIALLY WHEN THEY BUILD THE FIRST PHASE BECAUSE THEY'LL NEED SOME ROOM FOR STAGING.

BUT THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE AS MUCH OF IT AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING IT TO COURT, STAFF, TO COURT CUSTOMERS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

IT SERVES EMPLOYEE NORTH AS WELL AS PATRONS AND COURT STAFF.

BUT THERE'S ALSO NEGOTIATIONS WHICH ARE STILL UNDERWAY TO PURCHASE A PARKING GARAGE TO PURCHASE THE PARKING GARAGE THAT YOU SAW OUTLINED IN THE PLANS ALEX WAS JUST SHOWING YOU .

CURRENT DESIGN, SHOWS THAT PARKING GARAGE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE 97 SPACES THAT WOULD BE MANAGED BY THE CITY.

THERE ARE ALSO SPACES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS AS YOU SAW.

THE CITY WOULD PURCHASE THESE COMPLETED SPACES FROM THE PROJECT AT THEIR COST OF DEVELOPMENT, SO WE'D BE PAYING WHAT THEY PAY TO BUILD THEM.

AND CURRENTLY, THAT ESTIMATE IS AT $4.8 MILLION.

NOW YOU'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW MEETINGS AND CERTAINLY EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT HOW COSTS ESCALATE.

SO JUST BE AWARE THAT THAT'S A CURRENT ESTIMATE.

HOWEVER, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

AND AGAIN, WHATEVER IT IS, IS GOING TO BE, IT'S THEY'RE BASICALLY OFFERING TO SELL IT TO US AT THEIR COST.

AND THE INTENTION AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, IS NOT ONLY TO TO ADDRESS THE REQUIRED PARKING

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FOR THE COURTHOUSE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT PARKING FOR OUR DOWNTOWN AS WELL, BUT ALSO TO MAINTAIN THAT SURFACE LOT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PHASING.

SO THIS DOES THIS DOES PROVIDE 97 SPACES THERE.

YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE OLD COURTHOUSE, THE FORMER COURTHOUSE AND THE DEMOLITION AND REPAVING THAT'S HAPPENED THERE.

THAT PROVIDES ANOTHER 55 SPACES.

AND SO SERVING THE COURT AND THE DOWNTOWN WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT 97 PLUS THAT 55, WHICH WHICH DOES A LOT TO PARK THAT AREA.

I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT FAIRLY SIMPLE, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALSO, STEVE HASTINGS, I BELIEVE, IS ONLINE, AND AT THIS POINT, I'M SUPPOSED TO PASS IT ALONG TO HIM UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ONE OF THE CITY'S STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO STEVE.

VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MCINTIRE.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU AND THAT IS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, DOES THAT INCLUDE ARE WE ARE WE LEASING THE LAND OR ARE WE PURCHASING THE LAND AND THE PARKING STRUCTURE? SO IN THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT, WE ARE LICENSING THE LAND AND THAT IS A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT UNTIL THINGS MOVE FORWARD.

THE IDEA IS TO PURCHASE THE 97 SPACES IN AN ORIGINAL DESIGN.

WE ARE ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE PARKING GARAGE THAT'S STILL HOW WE TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT AS THE DESIGN HAS SHIFTED, IT'S BECOME MORE COMPLEX AS THERE ARE UNITS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING GARAGE IN VARIOUS WAYS.

SO PART OF WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IS WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH WHAT'S THE BEST LEGAL MECHANISM FOR THIS CITY TO OWN THOSE SPACES? DO WE CONDO IZE IT, IS THERE A LOT SPLIT, OR DO WE JUST BUY THOSE RIGHTS? THE INTENTION IS FOR THE CITY TO OWN THAT IN IN FEE AND AS REAL ESTATE AND NOT TO BE LEASING IT FROM THEM.

THEY HAVE BEEN GENEROUS ENOUGH TO OFFER THAT IF WE CAN'T BUY IT UP FRONT, WE CAN DO A LEASE TO PURCHASE OVER 25 YEARS PAYING FINANCING TOWARDS THEM.

SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY OPEN TO WHATEVER ARRANGEMENT WORKS BEST FOR US AGAIN AT AT THE COST OF THAT AS REQUIRED WITH THE INTENTION THAT THE CITY WOULD OWN THOSE PARKING SPACES AT THE END IN SOME FORM.

AND THAT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU, OF COURSE, ONCE WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT LEGALLY.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALEXANDRA, IF I COULD YOU DID YOU SAY THAT THE RESIDENTS COULD PARK ON EITHER SIDE? PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THERE'S.

THERE'S 59 SPACES FOR PHASE ONE.

AND THEN THERE'S 55 FOR PHASE TWO.

WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THOSE CODE MODIFICATIONS THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE APPLICANT IS, HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THESE SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND THEY'RE REALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH PARKING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

LIKEWISE, WITH THE MULTIFAMILY.

SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET TO TALK ABOUT, HOPEFULLY IN FEBRUARY.

[INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, THANK YOU, MAYOR, DAVE COME BACK ON UP.

CAN YOU REMIND ME SO THIS 4.8 ESTIMATE.

WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? IS IT FROM THE PARK FLAG LOCKBOX OR IS THIS FROM [INAUDIBLE] MANAGER SHAKING HIS HEAD.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU ANSWER THAT.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER AND OF COURSE, RICK TADDER AND GREG CLIFTON ARE BOTH HERE TO TO GET EVEN MORE CLEAR.

BUT BUT NO PARK FLAG.

ORIGINALLY, THE REASON YOU'RE SEEING ME UP HERE IS BECAUSE PARK FLAG HELPED TO BEGIN THESE NEGOTIATIONS.

WE WERE EAGER TO FIND A WAY TO GENERATE PARKING, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE COURT PROJECT.

IT IS PART OF THE PARKING REQUIRED FOR THE COURTS AND SERVING THE COURTS.

BUT IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND PARK FLAG WILL MANAGE IT AND THEN ONGOING THE REVENUES FROM PARK FLAGS MANAGEMENT OF OF THOSE SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC NOT BEING USED BY COURT PERSONNEL AT THE TIME THAT WILL PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT MAINTENANCE OFF THE COURT'S SHOULDERS, PAY FOR IT BY PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN AND IT WILL MEET THE COURT'S NEEDS.

AND SO IS THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE COURTHOUSE PROJECT OR THE GENERAL FUND.

I BELIEVE IT'S COMING FROM THE COURTHOUSE PROJECT, BUT WHETHER THAT'S GENERAL FUND OR OR A DIFFERENT SOURCE, I'D LOOK TO MR. TADDER OR MR. CLIFTON TO ANSWER I BELIEVE THERE'S THERE'S NUMEROUS WAYS THAT THAT COULD BE DONE.

SORRY TO MAKE YOU GET UP, RICK.

I WAS GETTING COMFORTABLE.

[INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PERFORM ON HOW THAT WORKS, AND THEY'VE BEEN GRACIOUS TO TALK ABOUT LEASE PAYMENTS OVER TIME, SO IT WOULD BASICALLY BE A

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GENERAL FUND COMMITMENT IN THE LONG RUN WHERE IF WE HAVE LEASE PAYMENTS, WE WOULD PAY THAT OVER TIME OR IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CASH AVAILABLE, WE CAN PAY DOWN THAT LEASE AMOUNT AND ACTUALLY PAY LESS PER MONTH.

SO EVENTUALLY IT IS A GENERAL FUND COMMITMENT THAT WE'LL NEED.

OK, THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST SAY, WHILE I HAVE THE MIC THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED THAT WE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK HERE.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL, AND I KNOW THIS MEANS A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE COURTHOUSE.

SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD, AND I AM INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT NUMBER ENDS UP BECOMING IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU, DAVE, REGARDING THESE 97 SPACES, HOW MANY ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR COURT PURPOSES AND HOW MUCH OF THOSE SPACES ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR, SAY, EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES? SO MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS THAT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME.

OF COURSE, THE COURTHOUSE WASN'T BUILT TO IMMEDIATELY BE FULL.

IT WAS BUILT WITH THE IDEA OF LONGEVITY.

SO AS COURT USES INTENSIFY, THAT PARKING NEED WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY AS WELL.

AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE PROVIDING F2 PERMITS TO COURT STAFF.

I BELIEVE THERE'S USUALLY PROBABLY ABOUT 16 TO 20 CARS IN THERE RIGHT NOW AS COURT STAFF, AND THEN YOU SEE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS OR OR GUESTS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AS WELL.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, AS MENTIONED, EMPLOYEE NORTH.

SO YOU MAY RECALL FROM PARK FLAG, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE THERE, THE EMPLOYEE PERMITS FOR ALL DOWNTOWN ARE SPLIT BETWEEN EMPLOYEE NORTH AND EMPLOYEE SOUTH AND EMPLOYEE NORTH PERMITS ARE ABLE TO PARK THERE AS WELL.

WE DO SEE SOME USE THERE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO PAY TO PARK, WHICH IS WHERE WE WOULD BE GENERATING THAT FINANCING MONEY.

SO I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS PER YEAR OF WHAT COURT USE WOULD REQUIRE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE AN INTENSIFYING OVER THE YEARS AND WE'RE EAGER TO SERVE THAT.

GOOD TO KNOW THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, DAVE, I'LL ADD TO THAT, OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS, IT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE ENTIRELY PUBLIC USE, AND THAT IS WHEN THERE IS HIGH DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES.

THERE'S ALSO A HANDFUL OF SPACES OVER AT THE COURTHOUSE INTEGRATED INTO THE COURTHOUSE STRUCTURE.

SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THOSE SPACES.

BUT THERE WILL BE SOME PUBLIC ALLOCATION OUT OF THIS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE COURTHOUSE AND WHAT WILL BE HERE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS.

IF I MAY, JUST TWO POINTS THAT I NEGLECTED TO MENTION IN MY PRESENTATION.

ONE, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT PARKING LOT FULL, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR US SINCE IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS FULL, BUT AS MENTIONED IN THE EVENINGS A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW WE'VE SEEN IT FULL AND CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EVENTS WHERE WE'VE SEEN IT FILL UP AND TWO IS THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARKING GARAGES AND SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND SO I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING HAS ALREADY SAID THEY PLAN TO BUILD THE PARKING GARAGE IN A WAY THAT COULD BE CONVERTED SHOULD PARKING PATTERNS CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR OTHER USES IN THAT SPACE.

SO TO KEEP THOSE FLOORS FLAT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO ENTERTAIN RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

SO AGAIN, REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP THERE.

AND WITH THAT, IF IF AT YOUR DISCRETION, MAYOR, I THINK MR. HASTINGS WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TOO.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU, MR. HASTINGS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR PROJECT I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'VE GOT THREE UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS GOING HERE.

ONE IS FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THEN ALSO WE'RE PROPERTY MANAGERS, AND YOU MAY REMEMBER US FROM THE CONSTRUCTION AND ONGOING OPERATIONS OF FLAGSTAFF SENIOR MEADOWS UP ON MCMILLAN MESA.

THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PARTNER WITH WHICH IS CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND WE'RE THE DEVELOPER CO-DEVELOPER WITH THEM FOR ASPEN LOFTS, WHICH WILL BE A FAMILY PROJECT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS KIND OF AMAZING PARTNERSHIP THAT'S EVOLVED WITH THE CITY OF FLAG ON THE ON THE PARKING GARAGE.

FSL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 47 YEARS WHEN ARIZONA, ONLY FAITH BASED NONPROFIT AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND WE'VE FOCUSED A LOT ON FLAG IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING A QUALITY PROJECT TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

WHEN WE GET ALL OF OUR FUNDING AND OTHER ASPIRATIONS ALIGNED, AND THEN WE INTEND TO BREAK GROUND ON THE PROJECT WITH THE SENIOR PROJECT FOR SAN FRANCISCO

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SQUARE SOMEWHERE AROUND JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE PARKING GARAGE AND THE ASPEN LOFTS FAMILY PROJECT SOMETIME AROUND THE FALL OF 2023.

AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE, AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US ZOOM IN AS THE CASE MAY BE.

BUT THAT'S ALL I HAD TO OFFER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VICE MAYOR, HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.

MORE OF A STATEMENT, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BUILDING ANOTHER PROJECT IN FLAGSTAFF.

THE PROJECT ON MCMILLAN MESA IS BEAUTIFUL AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE URBAN TRAIL, AND I OFTEN SEE SENIORS WALKING LITTLE DOGS ON THE URBAN TRAIL, AND I KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A REALLY WELCOME ADDITION TO TO FLAGSTAFF.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'M ALSO GOING TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THESE [INAUDIBLE] PROJECTS ARE WONDERFUL.

IT'S REALLY THE KIND OF HOUSING THAT WE NEED THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE SENIOR POPULATION THAT WILL BE LIVING IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN, ENVIOUS AND EXCITED FOR THEM.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY'LL HAVE AND A REAL, WALKABLE LIFESTYLE THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TO LIVE.

SO, YES, JUST TO ECHO THE VICE MAYOR'S COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND WORKING WITH THE CITY, NOT ONLY WITH THE PARKING NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, BUT BUT FOR HOUSING OUR SENIORS AND SOME OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AT THIS AMI LEVEL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

AND YES, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND HOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH US AND PROVIDING OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SEEING A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT THAT EVERYONE IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

FROM THE FROM HERE AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS THAT WERE REALLY HIT, CHECKING A LOT OF BOXES WITH THIS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH US WITH IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOMETHING DAVE MENTIONED AT THE END.

AND ALSO, MR. HASTINGS, I APPRECIATE YOUR ROLE IN THIS.

THE REPURPOSED ABILITY OF THE PARKING GARAGE STRUCTURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS AND WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE 70 YEARS FROM NOW.

I'M SURE WE'LL ALL BE GLAD THAT THAT FUNCTIONALITY WAS BUILT INTO THE DESIGN AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

MS. PUCCIARELLI, COULD YOU COME UP? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL IN THIS BUILDING, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S PART OF I THINK THAT WHEN THE COMMERCIAL BLOCK BUILDING TYPE WAS ENVISIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, DAN TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CEILING HEIGHTS AND THAT 14 FOOT CEILING HEIGHT, THE GROUND FLOOR AND THEN 8 FOOT MINIMUM ABOVE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY ENVISIONED TO BE BECAUSE IT WAS A MIXED USE BUILDING.

BUT OUR CODE ACTUALLY DOESN'T REQUIRE IT TO BE SO.

SO THIS WILL BE 100 PERCENT RESIDENTIAL AND THAT'S PART OF WHEN I COME BACK.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT ARE THOSE FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHTS AND GETTING THEM MORE REALISTIC TO TO A THERE'S NO POINT IN MAKING 14 FOOT CEILINGS IF IT'S GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL.

EXACTLY.

SO WHICH KIND OF LEADS ME INTO MY REAL QUESTION IS WHAT COULD YOU JUST GIVE US YOUR QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES WE'RE GOING TO GIVE, YOU MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT LIGHT ON THE PARKING.

YOU MENTIONED THE, YOU KNOW, 14 FOOT VERSUS 8 FOOT CEILINGS.

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE KIND OF SHOULD KEEP IN MIND IS WHEN WE'RE PREPPING FOR THIS MEETING, I CURRENTLY HAVE A LIST OF ALMOST 20 DEVIATIONS FROM THE CODE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH HOW CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE WE'RE DEVELOPING.

AGAIN, I THINK THAT SORT OF TIED TO TO THE FRONTAGE TYPES THAT WERE ENVISIONED AGAIN IN THIS LOCATION AND THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING TYPE.

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WE'RE THINKING ORIGINALLY ABOUT COMMERCIAL.

SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LIKE STOREFRONT, WHICH TENDS TO BE VERY FLAT AND THEN WE WANT IT PUSHED UP TO THE SIDEWALK AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT'S RESIDENTIAL, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE PORCHES.

[INAUDIBLE] PORCHES WOULD REQUIRE A MODIFICATION AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE PORCHES STICK OUT.

AND WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL THESE GRADE ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG SITE AND ALL THE THE CHANGE IN TOPOGRAPHY THERE, WE HAVE STEPS AND ENTRIES INTO THAT PORCH PORCHES.

SO AGAIN, ASKING PERMISSION TO SORT OF PULL THE BUILDING BACK A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE HAVE ROOM TO HAVE THESE CONNECTIONS TO THE SIDEWALK.

OK, I APPRECIATE THAT AND DON'T INTERPRET MY QUESTIONS AS BEING NEGATIVE IN ANY WAY.

I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND I DO THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE IT WORK FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE IDEA OF TYING IN BACK OF THE FORM BASED CODE IS, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT WORK.

SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

GREAT.

NO, THANK YOU.

WITH THAT.

THAT WAS THE END OF THE PRESENTERS, CORRECT? EXCELLENT.

WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE CAN MOVE RIGHT ALONG HERE TO AGENDA ITEM 12B.

[B. Regional Plan Amendment for Carbon Neutrality Discussion This is an informational update for discussion, in advance of the December 7th Council meeting for potential adoption.]

THIS IS THE REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY DISCUSSION.

MAYOR, IT LOOKED LIKE MR. HASTINGS HAD HIS HAND RAISED AND HAD ONE LAST THING HE WANTED TO SAY.

IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

MR. HASTINGS, ARE YOU STILL THERE? COUNCIL THIS IS LINDSAY SCHUBE ON BEHALF OF FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING, I THINK HE WAS JUST SAYING GOODBYE.

OH, OK, GREAT.

SO YEAH, AND WE WERE TEASING THAT THAT THIS TEAM WHERE WE'RE TACKLING CARBON NEUTRALITY BY ZOOMING IN THIS EVENING, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING IN PERSON FOR OUR HEARING ON FEBRUARY 1ST, BUT WE'RE TACKLING YOUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BY JUST ZOOMING IN TONIGHT AND BUT LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE IN PERSON NEXT TIME.