Dec 28, 2021 City Council Combined Special Meeting/Work Session

[INAUDIBLE], WELL, CALLING TO ORDER OUR DECEMBER 28, 2021 COMBINED SPECIAL MEETING AND

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[2. ROLL CALL NOTE: One or more Councilmembers may be in attendance through other technological means. MAYOR DEASY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT COUNCILMEMBER ASLAN COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY COUNCILMEMBER SALAS COUNCILMEMBER SHIMONI COUNCILMEMBER SWEET]

MAYOR DEASY.

HERE. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

HERE. EXCELLENT.

WELL, HOPEFULLY I CAN CALL UPON THOSE ON COUNCIL OR AT THE DAIS TO HELP US WITH THE

[3. Pledge of Allegiance, Mission Statement, and Land Acknowledgement MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the City of Flagstaff is to protect and enhance the quality of life for all. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Flagstaff City Council humbly acknowledges the ancestral homelands of this area’s Indigenous nations and original stewards. These lands, still inhabited by Native descendants, border mountains sacred to Indigenous peoples. We honor them, their legacies, their traditions, and their continued contributions. We celebrate their past, present, and future generations who will forever know this place as home.]

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? I'M HONORED TO DO SO.

THANK YOU, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE OUR MISSION STATEMENT? YES, MAYOR, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE.

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

THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAINS SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS. WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.

GREAT, THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT IN THERE IN PERSON LIKE I WOULD WANT, I DID HAVE A KNOWN EXPOSURE LATE LAST WEEK TO COVID AND THOUGH ASYMPTOMATIC, I WANTED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION NOT TO BE ENTERING CHAMBERS WITH WITH EVERYONE.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LACK OF PRESENCE, BUT IT WAS JUST DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR CITY

[4. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

TAKE US AWAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE REPORT BEFORE YOU AT THIS MEETING IS A VERY ABBREVIATED REPORT.

I HOPE THAT'S OK.

REFLECTING THE HOLIDAY SEASON THAT WE'RE IN.

WISHING EVERYBODY HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

THE REPORT ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO NOTE, ALTHOUGH IT IS APPENDED BY THREE MONTHLY REPORTS FROM OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY DIVISION, OUR WATER SERVICES DIVISION AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY SECTION.

IN A MINUTE, I WILL INVITE FOLKS FROM ANY OF THOSE DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS TO SPEAK MORE TO THESE REPORTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO, BUT MAYBE A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW BACK TO MY REPORT.

THE REPORT CALLS OUT A RECENT AWARD, AS RECEIVED FROM OUR FINANCE TEAM UPSTAIRS IN MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

THE CITY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT IT IS RECEIVING THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION BUDGET AWARD.

THIS REPRESENTS, I BELIEVE, THE 28TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

I DO NOT WANT TO STEAL THE THUNDER FROM OTHERS WHO MAY WANT TO PRESENT MORE ON THIS IN THE FUTURE WHEN THAT AWARD IS RECEIVED.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE KUDOS TO HEIDI DERRYBERRY AND THE FINANCE TEAM FOR ONCE AGAIN REACHING THAT VERY HIGH LEVEL, THAT HIGH STANDARD OF BUDGETING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

COUNCIL ALSO IN THIS MANAGER'S REPORT IS AN UPDATE AND A DRAFT LETTER, AND I'D LOVE TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THE DRAFT LETTER, BUT THE UPDATE THAT UNDERLIES THE LETTER IS THAT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS ROLLED OUT PREVIOUSLY WITH THE CARES FUNDING. THIS ONE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ARPA FUNDING AND WOULD BE SET UP VERY SIMILAR TO

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THE LETTER THAT IS CUT AND PASTED IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT IS ONE IT'S A DRAFT LETTER THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COCONINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REQUESTING THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM.

ALONG WITH THAT OF NAU AGAIN, THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD RESEMBLE WHAT OCCURRED SOME TIME AGO IN THE EARLIER PART OF COVID WITH A VERY SUCCESSFUL GRANT PROGRAM.

WE MAY HAVE FOLKS FROM ECONOMIC VITALITY TO GIVE YOU DETAILS ON THIS, BUT I THINK THE LETTER IS FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY AN THE NARRATIVE IN MY REPORT.

SAME COMMENT.

SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO STOP AND ASK IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS LETTER GOING OUT, IT WOULD GO OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PRIOR TO THEIR JANUARY 11TH MEETING. IT'S JUST A REQUEST LETTER.

YOU CAN STAY TUNED FOR OTHER DETAILS ON THIS.

SHOULD THE PARTNERSHIP COME TOGETHER AN THIS GREAT PROGRAM, GET LAUNCHED YOU CERTAINLY WILL BE APPRIZED OF THAT.

THOUGHTS COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT LETTER.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LETTER? COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE LETTER, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME PUT INTO IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST, I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA.

THIS LETTER IS ACTUALLY A PRODUCT OF A MEETING WITH WITH CITY STAFF, COUNCIL, COUNTY STAFF AND NAU AND US AS A BRAINSTORMING ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN DISTRIBUTING THE 360,000 ARPA FUNDING THAT THE CITY RECEIVED AND THAT MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY THE VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET AND MYSELF.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO STAFF, OUR STAFF AND COUNTY STAFF AND NAU WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN IN DEVELOPING THIS GRANT PROCESS AND WITH THAT, I FULLY SUPPORT SUBMITTING THIS LETTER TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. THANK YOU.

I READ THE LETTER AHEAD OF TIME, AND I DO SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I TO SUPPORT THE LETTER AND APPRECIATE STAFF DRAFTING IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS LETTER.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MET ME AT THAT MEETING OR NOT, BUT I HAVE BEEN AT THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY'VE BEEN GOOD MEETINGS AND I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND NAU LEADERSHIP FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND YEAH, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS OTHER MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND LEADERSHIP AND CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTCOMES THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONSENSUS.

CITY MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE OTHER PARTS OF THE REPORT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT? YEAH AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR THAT THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION.

WE WILL PROCEED. STAY TUNED ON THAT ONE.

AS I MENTIONED, APPENDED TO THE REPORT ARE THREE MONTHLY REPORTS THE FIRST ONES FROM ECONOMIC VITALITY.

IT'S A GREAT REPORT, A NICE READ THAT COVERS MANY TOPICS.

UPDATES FROM THE AIRPORT PARK FLAG, THE BEAUTIFICATION, ARTS AND SCIENCE WITH SOME NICE, LOVELY PHOTOS OF THE RECENT UTILITY BOX WRAPS AND OTHER THINGS.

I CAN GO ON ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK I WILL RATHER SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM ECONOMIC VITALITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT A HIGH LEVEL AS TO THE CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT.

OTHERWISE, WE CAN HEAR FROM COUNCIL TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANYBODY FROM ECONOMIC VITALITY WITH US? GREG, THIS IS TRACE I AM STANDING IN FOR HEIDI, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO SPEAK TO IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRACE.

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IT'S JUST A GREAT UPDATE ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU TRACE AND OTHERS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE REPORT, AND MAYBE I'LL STOP HERE AND ASK COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

OTHERWISE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OTHER MONTHLY REPORTS.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, AND THANK YOU, TRACE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ECONOMIC VITALITY REPORT? I'M NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS TIME, SO PLEASE PROCEED.

THANK YOU. ALSO APPENDED TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT IS THE MONTHLY REPORT.

THIS, LIKE THE OTHER ONES, IS FROM THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

WE'RE ALWAYS ABOUT A MONTH LAG TIME ON GETTING THESE TO YOU.

IT TAKES TIME TO PREPARE THE REPORT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING BACK A BIT WHEN WE DO THESE REPORTS, BUT THE NEXT ONE FROM WATER SERVICES COMES TO YOU, COURTESY OF LISA DEEM AND THE CREWS OUT AT WATER SERVICES.

IT'S A GREAT READ.

I WILL ASK, MAYBE LISA IS WITH US IN THE MEETING? NOT SURE, BUT LISA, ARE YOU WITH US? I AM HERE AND I'M READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE IT.

IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY.

THANK YOU, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING ON THE CHAT BOX, SO THANK YOU MUCH AND WE CAN PROCEED.

YEAH. THANK YOU, LISA, FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.

I WILL NOTE I ATTENDED VIRTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLIDAY GET TOGETHER WITH WATER SERVICES PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAY BREAK AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.

IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR AND SEE EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTHEARTEDNESS, SO THAT WAS WELL APPRECIATED.

THE FINAL REPORT COUNCIL APPENDED TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT IS COMES TO YOU COURTESY OF THE SUSTAINABILITY TEAM AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO JUST SHOOT FROM THE HIP HERE AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM SUSTAINABILITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS REPORT.

YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL NICOLE ANTONOPOULOS SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, I HOPE ALL ARE DOING WELL, AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF FUN, HOT TOPICS THAT WE SUBMITTED IN OUR REPORT AND REALLY, THE FIRST TWO ARE JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE COLLABORATION AND WORK WE'RE DOING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE CO-HOSTED WITH APS ELECTRIC CAR GUEST DRIVE EVENT ON NOVEMBER 6TH, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAD OVER 170 ATTENDEES AT THIS EVENT, AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS WAS TO JUST INTRODUCE ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THEY COULD TEST DRIVE THEM AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND DONE, OBVIOUSLY WITH SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN MIND. SO WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH APS TO INFER THAT WE WERE ADHERING TO GOOD PRACTICES REGARDING COVID.

WE ALSO HELPED LAUNCH THE INNOVATE WASTE AND CARBON NEUTRALITY CHALLENGE ON NOVEMBER 12TH WITH ECONOMIC VITALITY AND MOONSHOT COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS WAS IN ATTENDANCE THAT EVENING, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

WE'VE HAD ACTUALLY SIX APPLICATIONS FOR THE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL CATEGORY IN THIS CHALLENGE AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING THIS SPRING AT OUR EARTH DAY EVENT AND JUST A FEW OTHER THINGS.

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS AN A-LIST CITY FROM THE CDP, WHICH AS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT AGENCY THAT MONITORS AND TRACKS CARBON EMISSION REPORTING AND EFFORTS TO [INAUDIBLE] STRONG CLIMATE ACTION AROUND THE GLOBE AND SO WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED.

WE ARE ONE OF 95 CITIES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN OUR WORK, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND THEN FINALLY, I DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE AND YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE MEETING JENNA ORTEGA AT THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION BUT SHE HAS JOINED OUR TEAM AS OUR CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND HAS JUMPED RIGHT IN.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 11TH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WHEN WE PROVIDE YOU OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

THANK YOU, NICOLE. I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN THE CHAT BOX RIGHT NOW.

I WILL MENTION THAT THE APS EVENT FOR THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WAS REALLY COOL.

IT WAS A REAL COMMUNITY EVENT.

IT WAS IT WAS BASED ON PEOPLE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALLOWING OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES.

SO IT WAS A REALLY COMMUNITY BASED SHARING WHAT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MEANS TO THEM AND

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SO I APPRECIATE OUR SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION AND OUR PARTNER PARTNERSHIP WITH APPS FOR BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT ON AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, YEAH, FUTURE EVENTS IN THE COMING NEW YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE MONTHLY UPDATES.

I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT BY NOTING THAT IN THE NEXT MANAGER'S REPORT, OR AT LEAST ONE THAT WILL OCCUR TOWARD THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE DECEMBER AND JANUARY WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

ALSO WILL BE RECOGNIZING A COUPLE OF RETIREMENTS AND WE'LL DO SO WITH COUNCIL AND BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON THOSE AND MANY OTHER MATTERS.

IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT TO WISH YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

BE SAFE AND BE WARM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND TEAM THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE,

[5. CONSENT ITEMS All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items.]

I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2021-23: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 3 Business Regulations, Chapters 3-10 User Fees, to establish airport parking fees, and amending Title 8 Public Ways and Property, Chapter 8-06, Airport Rules and Regulations, Section 001-8-06-001-0006.3 to provide for enforcement of airport parking and exemptions from parking fees; providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2021-23 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2021-23 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2021-23]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE THREE BUSINESS REGULATIONS CHAPTER 3-10 USER FEES TO ESTABLISH AIRPORT PARKING FEES AND AMENDING TITLE EIGHT PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY CHAPTER 8-06 AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS SECTION 001-8-06-001-0006.3 TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF AIRPORT PARKING AND EXEMPTIONS FROM PARKING FEES PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021-23 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME. MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A MOTION? PLEASE DO. I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE 2021-23 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.

I'LL SECOND IT.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

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

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE THREE BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 3-10 USER FEES TO ESTABLISH AIRPORT PARKING FEES AND AMENDING TITLE 8 PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY CHAPTER 8-06 AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS SECTION 001-8-06-001-0006.3 TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF AIRPORT PARKING AND EXEMPTION FROM PARKING FEES, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR APPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I MOVE TO ADOPT 2021-23.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE DOWN TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

[B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2021-61: A resolution adopting the City Council 2022 Commemorative Flag Designations STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2021-61 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2021-61 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2021-61]

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING CITY COUNCIL 2022 COMMEMORATIVE FLAG DESIGNATIONS STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-61 BY TITLE ONLY.

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SO BEFORE YOU IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2022 COMMEMORATIVE FLAG SCHEDULE.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.

WE DID GET TWO REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONS TO OUR CALENDAR THIS YEAR.

THE FIRST IS REALLY NOT A CHANGE TO THE CALENDAR, BUT A CHANGE TO THE FLAG.

THIS IS FOR JUNE FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MONTH.

THE FLAG THAT WAS RECOMMENDED WAS JUST MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE STANDARD WITH THAT DESIGNATION, AND THE SECOND EDITION WAS IN AUGUST FOR THE PURPLE HEART DAY AND THE FLAG THERE WOULD BE DISPLAYED AUGUST 1ST THROUGH 15TH.

OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WERE NO OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BUT TO KEEP THE CALENDAR SCHEDULE AS HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE PAST.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND I WILL JUST MENTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, THAT THE CHANGE TO THE JUNE PRIDE FLAG IS NOW THE PROGRESS PRIDE FLAG, WHICH DOES BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE, MORE COLORS AND IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH HOW THAT MOVEMENT IS PROGRESSING AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT EVERYONE CAN GET ON BOARD WITH THE NEW FLAG THAT IS REALLY A MORE INCLUSIVE FORM OF THE CAUSE THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN RECENT YEARS.

WITH THAT OPEN IT UP TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, THIS IS JIM MCCARTHY, I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.

I DO NOTE THAT THE FLAG YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT LGBT IS KIND OF OVERLAP WITH THE TRANSGENDER FLAG, SO IN EFFECT, WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT TWICE.

NOT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT THAT OUT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LGBT ALSO INCLUDES TRANSGENDER, SO NATURALLY ALL ALONG IT WAS INCLUSIVE OF THAT PARTICULAR MOVEMENT AND GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ADDITION THAT FURTHER CLARIFIES THAT MESSAGE SO.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I AM HAPPY TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE COMMEMORATIVE FLAG SCHEDULE WHILE I'M UP HERE, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-61 BY TITLE ONLY, TO BE SPECIFIC.

I'LL SECOND THAT, MAYOR, I HAVE THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CITY CLERK? A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PURSUANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY ON THE DISPLAY OF FLAGS DESIGNATING ALL COMMEMORATIVE FLAGS THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2022 ON THE TEMPORARY POLE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-61.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

YEP. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WITH THAT, OUR SPECIAL MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER OUR WORK

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

[2. Public Participation Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]

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WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, WE HAVE DAWN RODRIGUEZ THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

EIGHTY THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF.

EIGHT HUNDRED REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS HELPED WITH THE FLOODING THIS SUMMER.

A FEW HELPED ON THEIR OWN AND MANY PEOPLE DONATED THESE ONE PERCENT OF PEOPLE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR RESOLVE TO KEEP DOING OUR VOLUNTEER WORK.

THESE ONE PERCENT ARE PROOF THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE THESE ONE PERCENT ARE THE BLESSINGS WE WILL TAKE FROM THE FLOODS.

WE ABANDONED OUR HOME IN NOVEMBER AND HADN'T BEEN BACK TO STAY UNTIL LAST WEEK.

THE MEMORIES FROM THE SUMMER FLOODING CAME BACK.

WE HAVE SEEN THE CITY PREPARING FOR THE WORK AT DORTHA.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING, BUT THEY'RE WORKING HARD AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE EASEMENTS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL.

WE WALK THE ALLEY FROM ARROYO SECO TO LINDA VISTA AND FURTHER CONFIRMED OUR CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION.

WE WONDER IF PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES ARE ON A BELL CURVE IF THERE ARE ONE PERCENT OF AMAZING PEOPLE OR THERE ALSO ONE PERCENT OF NOT SO AMAZING PEOPLE.

I'LL SHARE ONE EXAMPLE TO EXPLAIN.

ONE MORNING WORKERS WERE ASSESSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TWO KIND MEN WERE TAKING 10 MINUTES OF INFORMATION FROM US, ONE MAN LEFT FOR THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. I ASKED HIM IF HE SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBOR BECAUSE HE CAME BACK RIGHT AWAY. HE SAID A WOMAN ANSWERED AND REFUSED HELP.

I TOLD THEM THAT COULD NOT BE TRUE BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ALL WEEK AND WAS EXHAUSTED.

WE ALL WERE. WE DONATED THE SANDBAGS AROUND OUR HOME TO HER AND SHE STILL NEEDED MORE.

HE SAID I WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE REFUSED HELP.

I SAW THE NEIGHBOR LATER THAT DAY, AND I ASKED HER WHY SHE REFUSED HELP.

SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T.

WE THOUGHT, WAS HE RACIST, INCOMPETENT OR LAZY? I REALIZE NOW IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HE WAS THINKING, BECAUSE THE POINT IS HE MESSED UP AND WE SHOULD HAVE REPORTED IT, BUT TO WHOM? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT REPORTING THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS AND ARE JUST GETTING ANGRY.

THE WORLD IS ON FIRE AND THE FLOODS OF DISCONTENT ARE COMING.

OUR FAMILY MADE THESE GIFTS FOR EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL.

THEY ARE LEATHER KEYCHAINS WITH THE PEAKS BEVELED ON THEM.

MOUNTAIN SYMBOLIZE STRENGTH AND COURAGE.

I HOPE THEY HELP YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.

ONE PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE FOR MOVING FORWARD.

ONE PERCENT ARE TRAITORS TO HUMANITY AND NINETY EIGHT PERCENT, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO VOLUNTEER WORK.

EVEN WHEN WE WERE FORCED OUT OF OUR HOME, WE DON'T WANT TO FLAGSTAFF TO FAIL.

YOU SHOULD HEAR MORE EXPERIENCES LIKE THE ONES I SHARED.

IT WOULD HELP TO MOVE FORWARD IF THERE WAS A WAY TO CONFRONT THESE EMPLOYEES AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

THE MALICIOUS LAWSUIT WILL NOT ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD JUST YET.

SO IN DOING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, I FOUND STATEMENTS THAT KICK PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE DOWN UNTIL THOSE PARTIES STOP PRINTING STATEMENTS TRYING TO JUSTIFY THEIR MISTAKES, RESIDENTS WILL NEVER FEEL LIKE PARTNERS.

I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST, ALLEN, FROM NATURAL DESIGNS, A PARTNER OF THE CITY AND GIVES MAGNIFICENT TOURS ON THE BURN AREA.

IS THERE ANY WAY THE CITY COULD HELP HIM TO RECORD THAT TOUR AND PUT IT ON YOUTUBE? IT HELPED OUR FAMILY TO UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE AND THE DIFFICULTY OF THE SITUATION AND COULD HELP OTHERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAWN.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

JUST TO CONFIRM THAT WAS THE ONLY PUBLIC PARTICIPANT AT THIS TIME? MAYOR, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HAD.

OK, THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR FLOOD PROJECT

[3. Flood Project Updates STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: For information only.]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M ANDY BERTELSEN, I'M THE WATER SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND SAM BECKETT IS BRINGING OUR PRESENTATION TO LIFE UP HERE ON THE BIG SCREEN AND SAM WILL BE PULLING DOUBLE DUTY TODAY.

HE'S ALSO OUR STREETS DIRECTOR AND WE ANTICIPATE SAM HAVING A BUSY NIGHT FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. SO THANK YOU, SAM.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING IT UP ON THE SCREEN, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.

UM, THE LAST UPDATE WAS NOVEMBER TWENTY THIRD AND THE FLOOD MITIGATION UPDATES THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE MUSEUM FIRE BURN SCAR FLOODING, ESSENTIALLY THE SPRUCE AVENUE WASH.

WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS SINCE THAT TIME, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK DAWN THE SPEAKER FOR NOTING THAT SPECIFICALLY ON DORTHA AND THIS COUNCIL APPROVED US MOVING

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HE HAS THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ON FOREST [INAUDIBLE] AND SO OUR TEAM HERE FROM COCONINO COUNTY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT AS WELL, AND THAT'S REALLY PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.

ALSO, SCOTT OVERTON WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ON JANUARY 4TH. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR AND KILLIP DETENTION BASIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO SCOTT HAS MADE IT AND NOW SAM, HIS PERSONAL MISSION TO, UH, NAVIGATE THAT, THAT PROJECT AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AND HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH BOB C. AT THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS GREG CLIFTON, OUR CITY MANAGER AND MIKE PENCE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, TO REALLY MAKE THAT A PRIORITY AS WELL.

SO AT THE RISK OF STEALING EVERYONE'S THUNDER IN THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THOSE THINGS AS WE WORK TO GET OUR PRESENTATION.

SO HERE WE ARE.

[CHUCKLING] PERFECT TIMING.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND SO THE FIRST SLIDE WE ALREADY COVERED SOME BACKGROUND AND REALLY, YOU DON'T NEED THE BACKGROUND.

IT'S WHAT WE GAVE ON NOVEMBER 23RD, BUT THE FLOOD EVENTS MITIGATION UPDATE, THEN THE BUDGET AS WELL AND I KNOW CITY MANAGER CLIFTON, RICK TADDER AND OUR BUDGET TEAM IS WORKING ON THIS ELEMENT AS WELL, WHICH IS IN AND OF ITSELF VERY COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT MOVING FORWARD.

COMMUNICATIONS AND I THINK SARA LANGLEY'S ON THE LINE.

IF SHE'S NOT, WE'LL COVER THE COMMUNICATIONS SLIDE FOR HER.

SHE'S BEEN FILLING IN ON THAT COMMUNICATIONS ROLE AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER IN THAT ROLE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, SHE'S SO PROFESSIONAL AND JUST SUCH A HARD WORKER AND GOOD CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE TEAM AND THEN DISCUSSION.

SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR FIRST REAL MONSOON SEASON SINCE THE MUSEUM FIRE BACK IN 2019.

THOSE, UM, REAL MONSOONS KIND OF TRUTH OUT THE MODELS, IF WE WILL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN MODELING SINCE 2019 AFTER THE FIRE AND LIKE I TOLD THE STORY MANY TIMES, ONCE THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED IN 2019 BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED, LUCINDA A . WAS ON THE LINE, SAYING ALL HANDS ON DECK, WE NEED TO START PREPARING FOR POST FIRE FLOODING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

SO AS A RESULT, DAWN AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACE A VERY REAL REPETITIVE FLOODS, A THREAT DOWNSTREAM.

ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE SPRUCE AVENUE WASH AND THE MUSEUM FIRE BURN SCAR, WE HAD A RARE 200-YEAR FLOOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MT.

ELDON AND DURING THAT FLOODING EVENT AND PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT AREA, THE REPORTS WERE IT WAS LIKE NOTHING THAT THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE IN TERMS OF RAIN.

SO IT ALSO VERY EXTREME RAIN AND IN THAT EXTREME RAIN IT INCISED THOSE MOUNTAIN SLOPE CHANNELS AND WHEN WE SAY SIZE ESSENTIALLY CUT THOSE CHANNELS DEEPER THAN WHAT THEY ALREADY ARE. SO THE FLOOD RISK HAS INCREASED.

SO AND GARY MILLER IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION. YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE PHOTOS HERE, WE HAVE THE PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AN AREA OFF OF THE END OF APPALACHIA, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM FIRE BURN SCAR IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNT ELDON EVENT.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE TOP PHOTO, WHICH IS SUNNY SIDE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE

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HISTORICALLY, JUST IN MY TIME WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SINCE TWENTY SIXTEEN, WE'VE GOTTEN FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN THE DAMAGE OF FANNING WASH NEAR BUSHMASTER, SO IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY WIDE, THIS MAP IS A BIT HARD TO READ, BUT THE GREEN STARS INDICATE PUBLIC DAMAGE FOR WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT PRIVATE DAMAGE, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW WE'VE HAD PRIVATE DAMAGE JUST TO PROTECT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BUT YOU'LL NOTE MAJORITY OF THOSE STARS ARE IN KIND OF THE SPRUCE AVENUE WASH BUT MANY ARE OUTSIDE AND THIS IS AT MOUNT ELDON WATERSHED, VENTURING DOWN INTO THESE AREAS AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE AND OUR SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN, THE SINCLAIR WASH AREA HAD QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE THERE AS WELL AND THEN UP HERE IN THE RIO DE FLAG, WHILE THE DAMAGE THE RIO DE FLAG WAS AT FULL CAPACITY, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS IN AUGUST DURING THAT FLOOD EVENT BUT ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT WATERSHED WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY AND THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE HERE IN THIS EVENING.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO SCOTT OVERTON, AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS TAKING PLACE.

YEAH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU, ANDY.

AGAIN, GOOD UPDATE OF A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.

WE DO HAVE WITH US AS WELL THIS EVENING, JULIE L.

FROM PEAK ENGINEERING AND JULIE'S TEAM IS THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN CONTRACTED TO WORK ON THIS FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS PIECE AND IF SHE HAS SOME TIME AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IT'LL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK THOSE DIRECTLY OF JULIE AND HER EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE GENERALLY ON THE ANALYSIS AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. IT'S BEEN FAIRLY NEW.

WE DID GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND WE DID MENTION AT THE LAST UPDATE, BUT A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.

THEY'RE ON TRACK TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT INTO THE SPRING.

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD US REFERENCE THIS FEASIBILITY PIECE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WORK IS TO HELP US DETERMINE WHICH PROJECT MOVING FROM SHORT TERM TO MID AND LONGER TERM MITIGATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND CAN BE THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT A LOT OF THIS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MODELING WORK, REALLY INFORM US TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND TO PUT DOLLARS BEST WHERE THEY BELONG.

JULIE'S TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT AT THIS POINT.

WE'VE STARTED TO REALLY GET SOME RESULTS BACK IN TERMS OF DRAFT FORM AND KIND OF THE CALCULATIONS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THAT'S NOW AT LEAST BEING PEER REVIEWED WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S BEEN GOOD FORWARD PROGRESS.

IT WAS A GOOD BENCHMARK FOR US TO HIT BEFORE THE NEW YEAR.

NOT ONLY WILL THAT TEAM CONTINUE THE EFFORT OF ANALYZING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN TASKED WITH MORE DIFFICULT WORK, WHICH IS TO TAKE RESULTS OF THE ENGINEERING SUMMIT AND OF THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, COUNTY AND CITY EFFORTS AND IDEAS, AND TRY TO FORMULATE THOSE INTO NEW ALTERNATIVES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE IN THE COMING YEARS.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE MEET WEEKLY.

IT'S A ROBUST TEAM OF ENGINEERS AND NON ENGINEERS FROM ALL AGENCIES.

THAT TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP HAS BEEN SOLID IN TERMS OF VETTING IDEAS AND PROJECT WORK AND I THINK HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BENEFIT SHARING INFORMATION.

SO ONE TEAM CAN SHARE INFORMATION WITH ANOTHER TEAM, EVEN IF THEY'RE COMPETITIVE ENGINEERING TEAMS, THEY'VE ALL BEEN TASKED WITH A SEGMENT WITHIN THE WASH AND IT'S PROVED UP TO BE A REALLY GOOD MODEL THAT WORKS WELL FOR ALL OF THEM AS WELL.

THERE'S NO SENSE IN US DOING MATH TWICE UNLESS WE'RE CHECKING IT, OF COURSE, AND IT'S MY MATH BUT THE SHARING OF INFORMATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY MEANINGFUL, AND IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU CAN SIT ON THAT CALL AND ONE TEAM WILL ASK THE ENTIRE GROUP FOR SOME INFORMATION AND IT CAN GET SHARED WITHIN MINUTES OF THAT REQUEST, AND IT JUST MOVES IT ALONG SO MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A REQUEST IN PARTICULAR FROM OUR TEAM TO ASK THEM TO REALLY ANALYZE AREAS AND MOVE QUICKLY IN TANDEM WITH PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE WILL BE DELIVERING AND THAT IS A DIFFICULT TASK BECAUSE MANY OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE LOOKING TO DELIVER, OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND FUSD HAPPEN TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. SO NOT AT THE VERY SOUTH END WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO START.

SO THEY'RE FOCUSING SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MEANINGFUL AND THE BEST WORK POSSIBLE.

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THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE HYDROLOGY MODELING.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DID THE ORIGINAL SHORT TERM MITIGATION WORK WITH US IN THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. WE'RE NOW MOVING THAT TO ITS NEXT STEP, WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE DETAILED IN ANALYTICS, AND IT'S MUCH MORE BASED IN WHAT HAPPENED AND OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SUMMER.

THEY HAVE REPORTED THEY'VE COMPLETED ALL THEIR AERIAL AND LIDAR SURVEYS.

THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE AND LOOKING GOOD FOR THEIR DELIVERY IN JANUARY, WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED. SO A LOT OF THAT WORK WILL FLOW RIGHT INTO THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND AGAIN, THEIR TEAM IS ON SCHEDULE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMING DOWN AS NEW DATA. I THINK NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LUCINDA FOR THE UPDATES ON SOME OF THE FOREST SERVICE WORK AND THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PIECES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

JUST WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON KIND OF THE TWO ELEMENTS THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IS TAKING THE LEAD ON AND WHICH ARE REALLY ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE LEVEL OF SEDIMENT THAT'S COMING INTO THE CITY.

IF WE DON'T REDUCE THE LEVEL OF SEDIMENT, ANY THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR DORTHA, THE PARK, THE BASINS AT KILLIP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO FILL UP WITH SEDIMENT AND NOT BE PRODUCTIVE. SO THIS WORK IS REALLY CRITICAL AND AS YOU HEARD, NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGNS, THEY'RE DOING THE ENGINEERING WORK FOR KIND OF BOTH PIECES.

WE HAVE A PIECE THAT'S GOING ON THE U.S.

FOREST SERVICE LAND, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS A PIECE THAT'S GOING ON PRIVATE LAND AS WELL AS A CITY PARCEL JUST ABOVE LINDA VISTA.

I'LL TALK ABOUT BOTH THOSE ELEMENTS.

BOTH AGAIN, FOCUSED ON REDUCING SEDIMENT, EITHER REDUCING THE PRODUCTION OF SEDIMENT, I.E. EROSION OR CAPTURING SEDIMENT AND NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGNS HAS COMPLETED A PRELIMINARY SEDIMENT STUDY AND IDENTIFIED THAT PROBABLY THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEASURES THAT WE CAN REDUCE DOWN THE SEDIMENT LOAD.

PROBABLY ABOUT SIXTY FIVE TO SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE SEDIMENT THAT'S ENTERING THE CITY, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT BENEFIT TO FLOOD MITIGATION WITHIN THE CITY.

SO IN TERMS OF THOSE TWO ELEMENTS I'LL START WITH ON FORESTS, I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT WE WERE REALLY PLEASED THAT WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE FOREST SERVICE CHIEF TO RECEIVE UP TO THREE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

WE ARE WORKING NOW WITH THE REGIONAL CONTRACTS MANAGER OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE ON AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE FOREST SERVICE TO FACILITATE GETTING THAT WORK DONE AND RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS AS WE CAN COMPLETE THAT WORK.

WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE USING WHAT'S CALLED GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY TYPE OF AGREEMENT AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT AGREEMENT COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY THE END OF THIS END OF JANUARY. UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT IS THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT PROCESS.

SO THE FOREST SERVICE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND COMPLETE WHAT'S CALLED THE NEPA PROCESS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT PROCESS.

LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS COULD THERE BE FROM THE PROJECTS ON FORESTS AND THEY'VE PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES TOWARD THIS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH VERY CLOSELY WITH MATT MCGRATH THE DISTRICT RANGER, WHO'S BEEN JUST INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE.

AND BUT THAT TAKES TIME.

THERE ARE VERY STRICT TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, AND THEY EXPECT TO COMPLETE THAT BY MID-MAY.

NOW, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY APPEALS OR ANY ISSUES THAT CAME THROUGH WHEN WE DID THE SAME PROCESS WITH SCHULTZ PRIOR WORKING BOTH WITH THE TRIBES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, RECREATION, [INAUDIBLE] THAT USE THE AREA BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS AND TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS BUT WITH NOT COMPLETING THAT NEPA UNTIL MID-MAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A

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SO WE'RE ALREADY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO CONDUCT THAT WORK AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STAGE THAT WORK.

HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THESE THESE ISSUES OF WE WANT A LOT OF MOISTURE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO FIRE RESTRICTIONS AND INFLUENCE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE STAGE THESE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET THEM DONE? AND THERE'S NUMEROUS PLACES ON FORESTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WHERE WE'RE, THE FAN AREAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WHERE YOU SPREAD OUT WATER SO IT COULD SLOW DOWN, DROP OUT THE SEDIMENT, SEVERAL LARGE FAN AREAS AND THEN SEVERAL AREAS.

THANK YOU. SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE'RE DOING EROSION CONTROL GRADE CONTROL TO REDUCE DOWN THE PRODUCTION OF SEDIMENT.

SO THAT'S THAT PROCESS, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY TIGHT CONSTRUCTION.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE DOING REGULAR UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, AS YOU SEE HERE AND THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY LARGE FANS NORTH OF PARADISE THAT AGAIN IS REALLY FUNDAMENTAL TO CAPTURING THE SEDIMENT BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE CITY.

SO I FEEL PRETTY POSITIVE ABOUT THIS, I THINK, AND OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST OUTLIER IS GOING TO BE WHETHER OR DO WE GET INTO FIRE RESTRICTIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT THEY ARE PUSHING VERY HARD ON THEIR SIDE.

WE'RE PUSHING VERY HARD ON OUR SIDE, SO I FEEL REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE BY MONSOON SEASON.

THE OTHER ELEMENT IS, OF COURSE, THE NURSES EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED.

AGAIN, ABOUT THREE HUNDRED THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

THANK YOU, GARY AND WITHIN THAT, I'LL SAY THAT NRCS PROJECT, THERE'S THREE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH.

ONE AREA IS THERE'S A 40 ACRE PARCEL JUST NORTH OF MT.

ELDEN ESTATES, WHICH IS A RURAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE FLOODING THAT 40 ACRES IS NOT DEVELOPED. CURRENTLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER THERE, AND TO DATE SHE'S EXPRESSED A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONCERN AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US, OR WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH SHE AND HER TEAM OF REPRESENTATIVES TO WORK WITH HER ON BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCT A FAIRLY LARGE FAN THERE.

VERY. IT'S A LARGE, FLAT AREA WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN STORE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT.

SO AND IT'S STARTING TO ERODE NOW, SO IT'S CONTRIBUTING ACTUALLY TO SEDIMENT.

IN ADDITION TO NOT PERFORMING LIKE AN ALLUVIAL FAN.

SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL SECURING THAT ACCESS TO THAT PROJECT TO THAT PIECE OF THE PROJECT. THE SECOND AREA IS WITHIN MT.

ELDEN ESTATES ITSELF, AND WE WILL AGAIN BE CONDUCTING A PROJECT WORK WITHIN THAT AREA TO REDUCE DOWN THE EROSION THAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE.

AS WELL AS IN SOME AREAS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE WHERE THE TRIBUTARIES CROSS, THE TWO TRIBUTARIES COME TOGETHER IN THAT AREA AND AS THEY CROSS THE ROADWAYS, THEY'RE ERODING THE ROADWAYS AND AGAIN CREATING MORE SEDIMENT AND THEN REDUCING DOWN ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'RE DOING SOME WORK THERE AS WELL, AND WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS COOPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE.

THE THIRD AND MOST CHALLENGING PIECE IS ACTUALLY A CITY PARCEL THAT'S JUST NORTH OF LINDA VISTA AND I THINK IT SAYS ON HERE IT SHOWS THIS DIAGRAM AND THIS IS VERY CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM AND I THINK SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT SAID, IT WAS THREE POINT SIX ACRES, BUT I THINK IT WAS CLOSER TO SIX ACRES.

I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

UM, IT'S A SET OF VERY, A SMALLER SEDIMENT BASINS AGAIN, KIND OF A LAST CATCH OF THE SEDIMENT BEFORE IT COMES INTO THE CITY AND IT IS CHALLENGING FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE OVERALL SET OF PIECES IN TERMS OF CAPTURING THE SEDIMENT BUT IT'S VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE THIS CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING AND FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

FIRST, THE HISTORIC DEAL, WAGON ROAD, RUNS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS.

IF ANYBODY IS AWARE OF THE OLD ALIGNMENT AND THE NRCS ARCHEOLOGIST HAS IDENTIFIED THIS, IT IS NOT ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER, BUT IT'S ELIGIBLE, SO THEREFORE IT HAS TO BE TREATED AS IF IT WAS AND SO HE'S WORKING WITH THE STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICER, THE

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ONCE THIS BECAME APPARENT ABOUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS WERE GOING FORWARD AND WE KIND OF PLAYED OUT WITH THEM, WHAT WERE THE VARIOUS OPTIONS COULD WE ACTUALLY PULL THIS ELEMENT FROM THE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE WORK BECAUSE WE CANNOT START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THE CLEARANCES ON THIS SITE? SO WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, WE THOUGHT, WELL, IF WE COULD BREAK THE PIECES APART AND HAVE BASICALLY HAVE IT BE TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, THE 40 ACRES IN THE MT.

ELDEN AND THEN HAVE THE CITY PARCEL, THEN AT LEAST WE COULD GET THE WORK DONE UP ABOVE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY EVERY BIT WE CAN GET DONE BEFORE MONSOON, THE BETTER RIGHT? SO UNFORTUNATELY, NCRS CAME BACK AND SAID BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME THAT IT EXTENDED BEYOND SINCE THE LAST FLOOD EVENT THAT WE COULD NOT, WE THOUGHT, GEE, COULD WE RESTART THAT PIECE AND MANAGE THE RISK THAT WAY? OR IS THIS A RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUE? RIGHT? AND THEY SAID, NO, WE CANNOT DO THAT.

WE CANNOT BREAK IT APART BECAUSE WE'D ALREADY EXCEEDED THE TIME FRAME.

SO WE'RE FORGING AHEAD AND THERE SOME RISK TO THAT.

THE SHPO HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT US.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK IS THE PLAN AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE MOA, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREEMENT COMPLETED AND BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE END TO THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE A SIGNATURE AND HAVE APPROVAL OF THIS MOA AS WELL AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT BACK BY MID-MARCH. MID TO LATE MARCH IS THE GOAL.

SO BUT IT WILL STILL CREATE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

SOME OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS SIDE IS THAT WE MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL EASEMENT AND OR PROPERTY.

THE CITY OWNS THE PARCEL FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND OUTRIGHT AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE PARCEL.

AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON LOOKING AT THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN IF IN FACT, WE DO NEED AS THEY WORK THROUGH ENGINEERING AND WE IDENTIFY HOW MUCH LAND DO WE REALLY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED? SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY ON THESE ACQUISITIONS.

I THINK ANOTHER PIECE TO THIS IS THAT THE NRCS FUNDING CANNOT BE USED FOR ACQUISITIONS.

UM, SO AND HISTORICALLY, THE DISTRICT, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS NEVER PAID FOR AN EASEMENT. WE DIDN'T PAY FOR ANY EASEMENTS OUT IN THE SCHULTZ AREA.

WE JUST FINISHED A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT YOU MAY BE AWARE OF DOWN IN MOUNTAIN DELL.

WE DIDN'T PAY FOR ONE EASEMENT THERE.

WE, THE DISTRICTS, ALWAYS HAD THE PHILOSOPHY.

WHATEVER DOLLARS WE CAN GET TO EFFECTUATE FLOOD CONTROL, WE WANT IT TO GO INTO THE PROJECT TO MAXIMIZE THE PROJECT AND THE BENEFIT VERSUS PAYING FOR THE FOR THE EASEMENT.

SO CITY HAS A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY WITH THAT BECAUSE FRANKLY, YOU ACQUIRE A LOT MORE LAND THAN WE'VE EVER HAD TO.

IT'S A REALLY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DYNAMIC WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE WILL NEED THE COOPERATION OF THE LANDOWNERS, CERTAINLY BOTH WITH THE 40 ACRES MT. ELDEN ESTATES AS WELL AS HERE, WE'LL NEED THEIR COOPERATION IF WE'RE TO MOVE AHEAD. UM, NEXT, WE'LL NEED AN IGA BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THE PLAN IS THAT WE'RE, THE DISTRICT'S GOING TO ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT AND THEN IN EFFECT, TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY TO MAINTAIN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF LAST CHALLENGE THAT COMES INTO THIS, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF ANY PROJECT, IS YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE ENGINEERING DONE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION DONE.

I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING THIS ELEMENT OF THE NRCS PROJECT DONE BEFORE THE MONSOON IS PRETTY UNLIKELY.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN REALLY DIRECT WITH PEOPLE AND HONEST ABOUT WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE.

I THINK THIS ONE ELEMENT WILL BE DIFFICULT.

HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET THE MOA APPROVED IN MARCH AND WE CAN START CONSTRUCTING ON THE OTHER ELEMENTS RIGHT AWAY AND THEN START TO MOVE THROUGH.

IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME, JUST IT'LL PROBABLY BE VERY MUCH INFLUENCED BY WEATHER, BUT OTHER FACTORS AS WELL. DO WE HAVE THE EASEMENTS AND LAND ACQUISITION ISSUES RESOLVED AND ALL OF

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I'M HOPEFUL THE OTHER TWO ELEMENTS WE CAN GET DONE AND PRIOR TO THE MONSOON SEASON, SO.

WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE DISTRICT'S DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, REMEMBERING THAT EVEN FOR ONE OF THE CORRIDORS OUT IN SCHULTZ, IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS.

I MEAN, TO GET TO THE PROCESS RIGHT, TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE NOW.

SO THINGS ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO GETTING IT DONE AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, AS WELL AS THAT THE CITY'S CONTINUING WITH THE EFFORTS WITHIN THE CITY SO THAT THERE THERE IS THIS MUTUAL BENEFIT, RIGHT? WE'RE PROCEEDING ALONG WITH THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL THEN GET THE BENEFIT OF THE REDUCTION OF THE SEDIMENT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN WE IF WE I THINK I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR QUESTIONS, I THINK TO THE END, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUCINDA.

SO ARE WE WAITING FOR THE NCRS 'TIL MARCH BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT EASEMENTS ARE NEEDED OR ON THE CITIES? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? I KNOW THAT WE EXPEDITED SOME PROCESSES FOR THE DORTHA INLET TO BE ABLE TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE EASEMENTS, APPROVE THE LAND ACQUISITION NEEDED TO SECURE THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE AS COUNCIL CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE EXPEDITION OF OR CREATE AN EXPEDITED PROCESS ON OUR END FOR FOR THIS PROJECT? RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'LL JUST DEPEND ON WHAT WE'VE GOT TO GET ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING DONE, THEY'VE DONE THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

BUT THE REALITY IS UNTIL WE GET OUR FINAL APPROVAL RIGHT NOW FROM NRCS WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THE DISTRICT HAS COMMITTED TO THE MATCH, THEY HAVE THE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL. SO I'M EXPECTING THEY'RE ALL OUT THIS WEEK BUT NEXT WEEK I'M EXPECTING TO GET THE FINAL AGREEMENT AND THEN WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ENGINEERING.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT NEXT LEVEL OF ENGINEERING DONE TO REALLY IDENTIFY, DO WE NEED MORE PROPERTY OR NOT OR MORE ADDITIONAL EASEMENT OR NOT AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BEG AND CAJOLE IF IN FACT WE DO NEED COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.

I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITHIN A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS AT THE SITE.

THERE'S ALSO A GAS LINE IN THIS AREA, THERE'S A SEWER LINE IN THIS AREA.

SO THERE ARE OTHER CONSTRAINTS TO THE PROJECT AREA, WHICH IN SOME WAYS IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES IS A POSITIVE, I'LL SAY.

WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO DO WORK ON MR. WOLFE'S PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THESE BASINS, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S BEING DESIGNED AS WELL. SO BUT THEY ARE EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US, SO I'M NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'LL BE ANY MAJOR ISSUES AT THIS STAGE BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE ENGINEERING, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

TAKE A LISTEN. YEAH, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE, OUR, THE COUNTY STAFF, CITY STAFF ARE REALLY WORKING TO EXPEDITE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE COMMUNICATING WITH US WHERE WE CAN BE OF HELP.

I JUST I WANT TO HELP THE SITUATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHEREVER POTENTIAL OBSTACLES WE MAY SEE IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY GUM UP THE WORKS, I'D LIKE TO, ON THE CITY SIDE, BE PROACTIVE POLICY WISE OR WHAT'S WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION AND REACH AS A AS A COUNCIL BODY TO ENSURE THOSE OBSTACLES DO NOT HIT AT THE LAST MINUTE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO ANYWAYS, YEAH, I ENTRUST YOU WILL LET US KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT THAT.

I DO SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A QUESTION.

THANK YOU, LUCINDA. ONCE THIS GETS BUILT, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

ITS PURPOSE IS TO COLLECT DEBRIS.

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IS THAT CORRECT AND HAUL DEBRIS AWAY? YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE WILL BE REALLY DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE FLOOD EVENTS THAT WE SUSTAIN, SO IF WE GET A SET OF SMALLER TO MODERATE OR EVENTS, IT WON'T REQUIRE THAT LEVEL OF REPETITIVE CLEANOUT.

HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO GET SUCCESSIVE LARGE EVENTS, THEN YES, IT WOULD COULD REQUIRE A GREATER AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE.

SO THE MAINTENANCE IS REALLY GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE EVENTS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES OF THIS IS THAT.

IN THE LOWER, SMALLER EVENTS, WE MAY NOT SEE AS MUCH SEDIMENT COMING IN HERE, BUT THIS WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE GET MODERATE TO LARGER EVENTS.

THESE BASINS WILL BE MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW, ARE REALLY GOING TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES, I'LL SAY DURING THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.

THEY'LL EARN THEIR KEEP.

THAT'S RIGHT, THEY WILL.

AND I PRESUME THAT THERE'S ACCESS ROADS IN THERE TO? THERE IS AN ACCESS ROAD; CORRECT.

TO SO THE TRUCKS CAN GET IN THERE AND SCOOP HER OUT.

OK, THANK YOU AND THEY'LL BE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER AND THANK YOU, LUCINDA, I THINK WE CAN PROCEED FROM HERE.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR EXPRESSING YOUR SUPPORT, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, MY NAME IS GARY MILLER, I'VE BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE PAST. I'M THE NEW WATER SERVICES ENGINEERING SECTION DIRECTOR.

AS WE MOVED DOWNSTREAM FROM THE LINDA VISTA IMPROVEMENTS THAT LUCINDA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT SET OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON INSIDE CITY LIMITS.

IS THE DORTHA INLET AND CHANNEL, SO THIS WOULD BE BETWEEN CEDAR AND DORTHA.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN, JUST LIKE ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, IS TO REDUCE THE FLOOD RISK.

PRIMARILY, THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON SUNNY SIDE BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CHANNEL CAPACITY WITHIN THE SPRUCE AVENUE WASH.

THE CURRENT DESIGN HAS A 12 FOOT BOTTOM.

IT'S GOING TO BE CONCRETE LINED AND IT'S GOING TO BE DELIVERED BY OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION OF THE CITY.

ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE IS PROPERTY ACQUISITION, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN AUTHORITY FOR AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT UTILITY CONFLICTS THROUGH THIS AREA AS WELL THAT HAVE INCREASED THE COST OF THIS PROJECT SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WE ARE WORKING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BEFORE MONSOONS OF THIS NEXT SEASON AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT TO TALK ABOUT KILLIP.

SORRY FOR ALL THE TAG TEAMING HERE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST LOTS OF PLAYERS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, THIS ONE HAS BEEN SOMETHING OF MY FOCUS FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO.

I WILL TELL YOU IT'S COMING TO YOU NEXT WEEK AND IT'S FAIRLY EXCITING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. WE'VE HAD A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH FUSD.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE EAST OF THE FORMER SITE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT DID SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE OVER THE SUMMER.

IN FACT, THEY HAD MOVED FROM THE FACILITY INTO A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS JUST DEEMED TERRIBLY INAPPROPRIATE TO TRY TO SPEND THAT LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS IN THEIR BUDGETS TO TRY TO REPAIR AND REHAB THE SCHOOL TO MAKE IT HABITABLE AGAIN.

SO TO THEIR CREDIT, WE LOOKED AT THE PARCEL AND THE ENGINEERING TEAMS ALL IDENTIFIED THIS AS BEING A SITE THAT MIGHT BE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO USE FOR DETENTION.

FUSD HAS A GOAL TO HAVE SOME ATHLETIC FIELDS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AT THE FACILITY.

KIND OF THE STARS ALIGNED.

I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION.

THEY HAD A CONTRACTOR, CORE CONSTRUCTION, ON BOARD.

THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO DELIVER THAT SCHOOL PROJECT AUGUST OF 22.

SO THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD ASKED AND THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO US TAKING A LOOK AT THE USE OF THE FIELD AMENITIES AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE LARGER FLOOD MODELING WORK. THIS IS THE EFFORT THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO THAT MADE THE ENGINEER'S JOB A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT AS IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOODWAY BUT THEY DID A GOOD JOB TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND CALCULATE WHAT WE CAN GET FOR A GOOD VALUE AT THIS SITE AND STILL MAKE IT SAFE FOR STUDENT USE DURING NON FLOOD EVENTS.

TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY SHORT, WE'VE NOW COME TO AGREEMENT WITH FUSD.

NEXT WEEK YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING AN IGA AND FINAL PLANS, ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE

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WE WILL ASSIGN A TEAM MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AS AN OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, BUT GENERALLY IT WILL BE MANAGED BY FSD AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION TEAM OF CORPS.

IT IS ABOUT A $3 MILLION INVESTMENT IN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS TOTAL PROJECT COST OF JUST OVER FOUR WILL COME FROM FUSD.

THEY AGREED THAT SOME OF THEIR FIELD INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR AMENITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PLACE COULD BE A GOOD CONTRIBUTION.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT, BUT WE AGREE THAT THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE IS MADE GOOD SENSE FOR US TO NEGOTIATE AND TO FUND AS THEY REALLY ARE A DETENTION NEED FOR THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

WITHIN THAT IGA, YOU'LL ALSO FIND THAT THERE'S LANGUAGE TO THE MAINTENANCE PIECE TO SOME FUTURE AGREEMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT WE INSTALL SOME ATHLETIC AMENITIES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUT AGAIN, WE'VE ALSO ASKED THEM TO BE MORE OPEN AND WILLING TO AT LEAST THINK ABOUT A MORE SCALED BACK VERSION OF AMENITIES AT THIS TIME.

UNTIL WE HAVE SOME MORE CERTAINTY OF THE UPSTREAM IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ACTUAL WATERSHED.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR EFFORT TO GET IT THERE.

I WANT TO THANK KEVIN FINSEL.

HE WORKED TIRELESSLY RIGHT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

WE REALLY WORKED IN TANDEM WITH FUSD LEGAL COUNCIL TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S IN YOUR PACKETS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S COMPLETED BUT ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR ENGINEERING PARTNERS, SWI, ENGINEERED THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE UNDER A FAIR AMOUNT OF STRESS AND OF COURSE, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT ALL OF OUR ENGINEER TEAM, THE MODELING EFFORT, THE FEASIBILITY EFFORT, AND WE'VE ASKED A LOT OF THIS GROUP, BUT THIS IS A GIGANTIC PROJECT THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE GROUND IF ALL GOES WELL BEFORE JULY OF 22 AND THAT WAS THE TARGET.

SO WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL NEXT WEEK FOR THAT APPROVAL AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE FUSD GROUP ON JANUARY 11TH AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE MOVING THIS ONE FORWARD.

GARY, TAG ME NEXT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MUSEUM FIRE FLOOD AREA AND FOCUS ON THE SOUTH ELDEN AREA, ALSO KNOWN AS EAST FLAGSTAFF.

WE'VE CALLED IT THAT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

THE PICTURES YOU SEE HERE ARE OF THE FANNING WASH CLEANUP EFFORT THAT WE'VE DONE.

SO FANNING WASH BASICALLY STARTS FROM BETWEEN THE SKYLINE AND SWISS MANOR NEIGHBORHOODS UP ON THE NORTH END AND THEN ENDS, WELL, IT DOESN'T END, BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON ENDS AT THE FANNING AND ROUTE 66 INTERSECTION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THESE PICTURES BELOW SHOW IS THE CULVERT THAT GOES UNDER ROUTE 66.

THAT PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF OUR NEW MINI DOZER THAT WE PURCHASED OVER THIS LAST MONSOON SEASON.

IT PAID FOR ITSELF AFTER ONE USE.

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPENT ON THAT ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS WHAT IT COSTS US TO CLEAN OUT ONE SECTION OF BOX CULVERTS.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT INVESTMENT AND UTILIZED QUITE A BIT.

SO THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THIS CHANNEL ALSO GO THROUGH BUSHMASTER PARK ALONG LINDA VISTA.

I DON'T I'M NOT GOING TOUCH ON ANY OF THOSE, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE THAT WASH EXTENDS TO OR THROUGH.

SO THIS IS THE UPPER SIDE OF FANNING WASH, THIS IS BETWEEN THAT SKYLINE AND SWISS MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE UP THERE JUST TO REDEFINE THE CHANNEL AND CLEAN UP THE WASH IN THAT AREA AND THIS IS JUST BEFORE IT GOES UNDER STEVE'S BOULEVARD.

AND THEN ONE THING I DIDN'T TOUCH ON, THERE'S STILL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO WITHIN BUSHMASTER PARK.

THERE'S SOME LINE CHANNELS IN THAT AREA THAT SAW A LOT OF DAMAGE OVER THE MONSOON SEASON WITH THE FLOODING AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THOSE REPAIRS DONE BEFORE THE NEXT MONSOON SEASON. THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE HAVE PREPARED FOR THE SHADOW MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD OR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SHADOW MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE GAS COMPANY.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAS COMPANY? KINDER MORGAN. THANK YOU AND THIS IS BASICALLY JUST A DETENTION BASIN ABOVE THE HOMES TO

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WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE ENGINEER RECENTLY TO GET ADDITIONAL COSTS ON WHAT THE FINAL DESIGN WOULD COST AND START TO WORK ON ESTIMATES FOR WHAT THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD LOOK LIKE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE AT THIS TIME.

I BELIEVE. THAT CONCLUDES MY STUFF, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ANDY.

OK. FUNDING THE MITIGATION IN THIS BIT IS A BIT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT AS LUCINDA, AS WE HAD STATED IN LUCINDA, REITERATED, SEDIMENT REDUCTION IS A CRITICAL PREREQUISITE TO THE FUNCTION OF AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUTURE EXPANSION OF A SYSTEM.

SO AS WE HAD NOTED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THREE AND A HALF MILLION PROVIDED BY THE FOREST SERVICE FOR ON FOREST SEDIMENT REDUCTION MITIGATION AND THEN THREE MILLION, I BELIEVE IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE MILLION ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE TO THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR SEDIMENT MITIGATION AND WITH THAT, THERE IS A COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT MATCH OF, I BELIEVE, TWENTY FIVE PERCENT. THERE IS THREE MILLION NEEDED CITY FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE KILLIP DETENTION SYSTEM, AND WE HAVE APPLIED FOR MANY FEMA, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY H.M.

HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS, AS WELL AS BRIC GRANTS.

THOSE ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND THE TIMELINE IS ABOUT ONE TO TWO YEARS AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE ALL REITERATED, WE'RE WORKING ON A VERY FAST TIMELINE.

WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE WERE MANY OF US WORK IN DAYS, LUCINDA WORKS IN HOURS AND SO WHAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT PACE AND JUST CHARGE AHEAD OR FORGE AHEAD, I THINK WAS HER TERM.

THE EXISTING STORM WATER RATE STRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR ABOUT ONE MILLION A YEAR FOR CITY WIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CITYWIDE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR JUST THIS AREA FAR EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A RATE STRUCTURE POTENTIALLY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT POLICY DECISIONS.

WE KNOW THAT YOU OFTEN FACE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE BOND ELECTION COULD INCLUDE SOME FLOOD PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S A YEAR OUT AND SO WE JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FUNDING OPTIONS IN THESE MITIGATION MEASURES BUT WE KNOW THE PARTNERS ARE AT THE TABLE.

OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION IS CERTAINLY AT THE TABLE, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

I THINK WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY HAS STEPPED UP AND REALLY ASSISTED AND HELPED US IN TAKING A LEAD ROLE IN MANY REGARDS MANAGING THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, SARAH, ARE YOU WITH US? HI, ANDY, I'M ONLINE.

CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? GREAT. I GOT A THUMBS UP FROM THE MAYOR.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SARAH LANGLEY PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR WRAPPING UP OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL FOR GREATER PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ON MUSEUM FLOOD AREA PROJECTS, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK TONIGHT ON OUR ENVISIONED COMMUNICATIONS APPROACH, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON CITY LED MUSEUM FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS. SO THE OVERALL APPROACH WOULD BE MANAGED BY THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND THE WATER SERVICES DIVISION BUT THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING IN BETA PR, WHICH IS A LOCAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FIRM.

AS YOU KNOW, WE FACE SOME INCREDIBLY TIGHT DEADLINES FOR THESE MITIGATION PROJECTS, BUT FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT WITH BETA PR, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO GET STARTED VERY QUICKLY IN THE NEW YEAR.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BETA PR CURRENTLY WORKS WITH THE CITY ON NUMEROUS OTHER LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE REO TO FLAG FLOOD MITIGATION WORK AND COCONINO ESTATES, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO THEY DO HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF. SO THE COMMUNICATIONS APPROACH THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS OUTLINED HERE ON THIS SLIDE, AND SOME OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS WOULD BE DONE COOPERATIVELY WITH THE CITY AND BETA AND OTHERS WOULD BE JUST HANDLED INTERNALLY BY CITY STAFF.

SO THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE FOR CITY STAFF TO WORK WITH BETA TO DEVELOP A STAKEHOLDER DATABASE, AND THAT WOULD REALLY ALLOW US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE REACHING ALL OF THE RELEVANT ACTORS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS GOING FORWARD.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE PRIVATE RESIDENCES, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL AS NONPROFITS AND ANY OTHER SECTORS AND THEN BETA WOULD ALSO DEVELOP A SPECIFIC PROJECT WEBSITE THAT

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CITY STAFF AND BETA WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH REGULAR PROJECT UPDATES TO KEEP OUR STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED. THESE REGULAR UPDATES WOULD TAKE THE SHAPE OF E-NEWSLETTERS, WHICH WOULD BE DISSEMINATED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER DATABASE AND ALSO THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN THOSE NEWSLETTERS COULD ALSO BE PRINTED AND PLACED ON BULLETIN BOARDS AROUND THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE SOME VOLUNTEERS TO DO THAT WORK AND THEN FOR A LARGER PROJECT UPDATES, WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE FLIERS THAT WOULD BE MAILED TO ALL OF THE RESIDENCES IN THE AREA AND THIS WOULD ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY OTHER INTERESTED VOLUNTEERS TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND DELIVER THOSE FLIERS.

IF YOU WERE SO INCLINED AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO USE PERIODIC VIDEOS TO COMMUNICATE THESE LARGER PROJECT UPDATES.

IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE BELIEVE THAT WORK SESSIONS ARE REALLY THE BEST WAY FOR STAFF AND THE COUNCIL TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY DUE TO OPEN MEETING LAW AND THE ABILITY FOR COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF DURING THESE WORK SESSIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT THERE WILL BE REGULAR WORK SESSIONS ON FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES SUCH AS THIS BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, CITY STAFF AND BETA WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE SEVERAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGY MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS JUST AS KIND OF A CHECK IN TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN LASTLY, BETA PR AND THE CITY WOULD ESTABLISH A PROJECT SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE RESIDENTS COULD SEND QUESTIONS TO, AND THEN WE WOULD ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SURE THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND TRACK THOSE RESPONSES.

TO WRAP UP JUST SOME GENERAL NOTES.

TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION WOULD BE PROVIDED INTO SPANISH FOR ALL MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE AND THEN THIS KIND OF GOES WITHOUT STATING, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM TONIGHT BUT WE'D ALSO, OF COURSE, MAINTAIN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY LOOKING FOR AREAS OF COLLABORATION ON ANY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNTY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF, AS WELL AS SUPERVISORS WHEN APPROPRIATE AND THEN LASTLY, JUST TO NOTE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING IN BETA PR TO HELP THE CITY RAMP UP OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS BUT CITY STAFF WOULD, OF COURSE, REMAIN HIGHLY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS AND REALLY DRIVE THIS EFFORT.

SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR ENVISIONED COMMUNICATIONS APPROACH, AND WE HAVE A DRAFT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BETA THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU DURING THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING FOR YOUR REVIEW.

SO IF THAT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SARAH. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ALERTS.

IS THERE A WAY WE CAN UTILIZE THAT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ABOUT THIS ISSUE? OR I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS.

WE'RE DISCUSSING A DATABASE.

HOW WOULD THAT DATABASE BE COMPILED SO THAT WE CAN REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE? AND IS THAT PART OF IT? THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT WOULD BE THROUGH EMAIL ADDRESS, SO WE WOULD LET PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SIGN ON AND WE COULD THEN KEEP THEM UPDATED AS THEY'VE KIND OF CHOSEN TO OPT IN.

I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THE EMERGENCY ALERTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE ON THE TEAM WOULD BE BETTER SUITED FOR THAT, BUT I BELIEVE WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THOSE EMERGENCY ALERTS FOR EMERGENCY ITEMS. I SEE LUCINDA STANDING AT THE PODIUM.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD ON.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT USING THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, WE NEED TO BE REALLY VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE USE IT, BECAUSE WHEN WE USE IT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IT'S AN EMERGENCY, RIGHT? AND THEY NEED TO RESPOND OR OR PAY ATTENTION AND TAKE ACTION.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE PRETTY CONSCIOUS ABOUT HOW WE USE THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU THE FOLKS IN THAT WORLD, THEY COVERED THAT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT'S OVERUSED, RIGHT? AND THEN PEOPLE JUST TOSS IT ASIDE LIKE ANY TEXT THEY MIGHT GET.

SO. SO BUT TO THAT END, I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT WE ARE EVALUATING THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS PUT TOGETHER, HAS WORKED WITH BOTH OUR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM PROVIDER, A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF RAVE AND ANOTHER FIRM THAT THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH. IT HAS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM WITH THE SIREN SYSTEM AND WILL ACTUALLY ENHANCE POTENTIALLY SOME OF OUR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.

SO, WE'VE PULLED THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE FOR A PART OF THAT.

IT'S UPWARDS OF ABOUT A PROBABLY ABOUT 200 THOUSAND, 175-200 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO IT'S NOT A CHEAP EFFORT, LOW COST EFFORT, BUT SO WE'LL SEE.

WE'RE SEEING IF WE CAN IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE, BUT AND WE SHOULD KNOW, HOPEFULLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHETHER THAT FUNDING SOURCE WILL COME THROUGH OR NOT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD AND THAT MAY COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE DISTRICT BOARD IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THAT AS AN INVESTMENT.

BUT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

KNOW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AN EMAIL LIST THAT'S WELL IN EXCESS OF FOUR HUNDRED NAMES, SO FOUR HUNDRED EMAIL ADDRESSES.

SO WE HAVE A REALLY SOUND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING INTO THE COMMUNITY ALREADY AND SO I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY BUILD ON THAT.

I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN AND BUILDING ON THAT, AND I THINK THERE'S MORE WAYS, AS WAS NOTED EARLIER, USING YOUTUBE, MORE AND SOME OTHER VEHICLES TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHY ARE WE DOING IT? AND WHY DOES IT TAKE THE TIME IT TAKES? THANK YOU, LUCINDA. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD TOWARDS A SIREN SYSTEM, I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON CELL PHONES, SOCIAL MEDIA, EMERGENCY ALERTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO JUST KNOW THAT IF LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR GRANT FUNDING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD ASSIST IN ACQUIRING THOSE SIRENS OR ANYTHING ELSE NOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY SUPPORTIVE AND CAN SHOW THAT HOWEVER YOU SEE AS CAN BE AN INDIRECT BENEFIT TOWARDS THAT CAUSE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, AND I DO SEE CLIFTON HAS A COMMENT.

CITY MANAGER? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL SPECIFIC TO SARAH LANGLEY'S DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH AND BRINGING ON SOME OUTSIDE HELP, WHICH WE CONTRACT WITH ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BETA PR, I WANT TO ADD TO HER COMMENTS MADE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT PRESENTATION. STAFF WILL CONTINUE ASSUMING WE CAN GO THIS DIRECTION.

STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT IN THESE PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATES.

WE HAVE TO. I MEAN, WE'RE CLOSEST TO MANY OF THESE ISSUES AND WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE VERY CLOSE TO THESE ISSUES, LIVING WITH THEM ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

THE REASON TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THIS IS WHEN THEY KNOW THE CITY. THIS IS AN AREA THAT THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING IN WITH OTHER STORM WATER ISSUES IN THE CITY RELATED PROJECTS.

SO IT'S A VERY GOOD FIT BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I'D WANT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU IS DOING THIS NOT ONLY HELPS US UP OUR GAME ON PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHICH NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT IT ENABLES STAFF TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE WORK AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY PRESENTERS TODAY COVERING MANY DISCIPLINES ENGINEERING, FUNDING, STORM WATER, PUBLIC WORKS AND THE LIST GOES ON, AND THAT'S JUST INTERNAL TO THE CITY IN ADDITION TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION TO STAKEHOLDERS WITH FUSD WHO HAVE BEEN MORE THAN RESPONSIVE ON THE KILLIP DETENTION BASIN PROJECT, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

OUR PEAK ENGINEERING JULIE LEAD AND MANY OTHERS, MANY ENGINEERS HAVE THEIR HANDS ON THESE PROJECTS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEIR BRAINPOWER GOING INTO THESE PROJECTS.

WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE WORK, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING OUT THIS YEAR, BUT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS NEXT YEAR IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW.

IT'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD.

WE DO NOT WANT TO CUT OURSELVES SHORT ON THE NEED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUTREACH GOING AND TO IMPROVE IT.

HENCE, THE REQUEST, THE SUGGESTION TO BRING IN SOME OUTSIDE HELP TO HELP US, BUT REALLY, I WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT.

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WE WILL CONTINUE AT THE STAFF LEVEL TO BE FULLY ENGAGED AS WE CAN IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASPECTS OF THIS BUT WE TRULY NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE WORK AND THERE'S A LOT TO THAT AS YOU CAN NOW UNDERSTAND APPRECIATE.

SO WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE.

WE THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND I WANTED TO NOTE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN REQUESTS FOR CHANGING OF TIMES TO MAKE THESE UPDATES MORE AMICABLE PARTICIPATION OF MANY WHO WORK REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND I DID SPEAK WITH THE CITY CLERK TODAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE KIND OF ROTATE SO THAT THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA THAT IT STATES THAT WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING THIS UNTIL AT LEAST 5:30 P.M.

SO THAT WAY, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING AND SO FORTH WHO ARE AMONG THE IMPACTED AREAS CAN BE MORE PARTICIPATORY IN THESE FLOOD UPDATES.

SO IN THE FUTURE, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS A LITTLE.

SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS A LITTLE LATER.

WE ARE FACING ISSUES WHERE ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, A NIGHT NURSE CAN'T ACTUALLY BE THERE IF WE'RE STARTING AS LATE AS SIX P.M.

OR LATER TO BE ABLE TO GET TO HER WORK TO HER WORK.

WE HAVE ISSUES OF NIGHT JANITORS WHO ALSO PREFER THE THREE O'CLOCK MEETING, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A ROTATING BASIS WHERE IF COUNCIL NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE NEXT ONE, WE CAN TAKE A BREAK FOR AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THIS BEFORE 5:30, AND THEN WE WILL ROTATE IT IN TERMS OF A NORMAL PART OF THE AGENDA STARTING AT THREE O'CLOCK VERSUS MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW, OK, THIS MONTH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IT BEFORE 5:30.

SO THAT WAY WE PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT REGARDING OUR IN REGARDS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE WE'RE INCLUSIVE OF THOSE WITH SCHEDULES THAT ARE MORE EIGHT TO FIVE VERSUS THOSE WHO ARE NIGHT SHIFT SERVING TABLES, ET CETERA, THAT MAY BE STARTING WORK LATER AND ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AT THIS TIME AT THAT TIME.

SO MY APOLOGY WAS A LITTLE LONG WINDED, BUT WANT TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PARTICULARLY REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? THANK YOU. I DIDN'T EVEN FORMALLY RAISE MY HAND.

I SAW YOU LOOKING FOR THE BUTTON.

THANK YOU. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE DORTHA REGION, THE PARADISE REGION.

I'VE JUST ONE THING I WANT TO BE ASSURED THAT WHEN WE MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY DON'T MAKE IT WORSE IN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE BETWEEN THESE SPECIFIC PROJECT AREAS AND I WAS. WELL, GET ALL UP.

I FIND IT ENCOURAGING THAT LIKE FOUR PEOPLE WANT TO ANSWER THIS, SO WE'LL GIVE IT TO LUCINDA AND YOU MAY WANT TO COME UP AS WELL, BUT I THINK THERE'S A VERY STRONG COMMITMENT BOTH BY THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY THAT FOR EACH PROJECT THERE WILL BE AN ANALYSIS CONDUCTED THAT'S CALLED A NO ADVERSE IMPACT ANALYSIS AND BASICALLY WORKING WITH JE FULLER. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THIS KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL STUDY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT OF HYDROLOGY AND THAT IN EFFECT GETS TURNED OVER TO JULIE, WHO WILL THEN START LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY AS THE CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF THAT.

THAT OVERALL PROJECT, LET'S SAY THEY'LL BE CONDUCTING THIS NO ADVERSE IMPACT ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT'S DONE DOESN'T AFFECT BOTH DOWNSTREAM AND UPSTREAM AND SO STANDARDS WHAT WE DID IN SCHULTZ IS WE ACTUALLY SET A STANDARD THAT THE IMPACTS COULD ONLY BE OF A CERTAIN FAIRLY LOW LEVEL, AND THEN THAT ANALYSIS WAS RUN USUALLY AT ABOUT THE 60 PERCENT ENGINEERING AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IF IT SHOWED THAT THERE WERE IMPACTS,

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YOU CANNOT CREATE DOWNSTREAM OR UPSTREAM IMPACTS AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT AND THAT IS THE PLAN, THOUGH WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED AND AGREED TO SO AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT ASSURANCE AND IT ALSO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A RISK MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT CERTAIN PROJECTS.

ARE THERE OTHER PROJECTS SORT OF IN THE WORKS BETWEEN THESE PROJECTS, TOO? OR DO THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF COVER IT ALL? WELL, THE AS JULIE WORKS, HER FIRM WORKS THROUGH AND THE CITY, WORKS THROUGH THE FEASIBILITY OF POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT OTHER PROJECTS ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD RIGHT IN THAT PROCESS.

SO.

THANK YOU, LUCINDA AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD PRETTY RAPIDLY THIS EVENING.

I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AT THE CAPITAL DISCUSSION BUDGET RETREAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT SLIDE IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE GAVE SOME THOUGHTS PRIOR TO A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS TAKING PLACE ON SOME PROJECTS THAT COULD CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE IN THAT SPRUCE AVENUE WASH.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE CULVERTS AT LINDA VISTA.

THEY WOULD RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, A LAYPERSON LIKE MYSELF WOULD SAY, LET'S YET AGAIN DOUBLE THAT SIZE.

IT'S A THOUGHT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IN COOPERATION WITH THIS VISIBILITY ANALYSIS.

ALSO, THE BOX CULVERT AT CEDAR AND SO WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PINCH POINTS.

IN THAT BOX CULVERT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, YOU GO FROM CORRUGATED METAL PIPE TO BOXES, PRICES GO UP BUT THAT CEDAR AVENUE IS A MAIN TRAVEL CORRIDOR IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT CULVERT UNDERNEATH AS A MAIN CORRIDOR FOR THIS FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORT.

SO DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THAT, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALWAYS ON MY RADAR BECAUSE IT'S OK.

WE DO THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? AND WE HAVE VERY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY AND WITH OUR COOPERATING ENGINEERS AND ALWAYS OK ANALYSIS BUT LET'S NOT GET PARALYSIS.

LET'S KEEP KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN THAT WAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON DOING SO.

IF YOU RECALL THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE LAID OUT, I THINK SUM TOTAL WAS A NUMBER THAT WE HAD PUT OUT. THERE WAS 18 MILLION AND SO IT'S A COSTLY ENDEAVOR AND THEN WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT CAME FORWARD IN TERMS OF DIVERTING THE WATER, AND THAT WAS ONE OPTION THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. SO YOU HAVE THE SPRUCE AVENUE WASH AND THEN THERE'S THIS NOTION THAT CAN YOU GET IT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT'S ALSO VERY, VERY COSTLY BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THEN THAT CAME FROM THE SUMMIT.

AND SO I'M SORRY FOR THE LONG.

LUCINDA ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THERE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I GUESS ON THAT NOTE, ARE THERE GRANTS OUT RIGHT NOW OR BEING PREPPED FOR THAT STRETCH ON GRANDVIEW FOR THE LINDA VISTA CULVERT AS WELL AS THE ON CEDAR? WHAT STAGE IN THAT ARE WE TO BEING ABLE TO FUND THAT PART BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING A LOT OF WHAT IS NECESSARY TO BEGIN WITH? BUT WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR NEXT STEPS ON FUNDING? THAT'S, OH SORRY, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

JULIE, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT AND WE HAVE SOME FEMA GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

ED SCHENK, OUR STORM WATER MANAGER, HAS ACTUALLY DONE A GOOD JOB.

HE'S TAKEN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE LOCKED THEM IN HIS OFFICE AND HE CRANKED OUT SOME GRANTS, SUBMITTED THEM THROUGH STACEY B-K.

ONE THING I WILL NOTE ON THAT, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TURN AWAY FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES, BUT THE ORIGINAL LINDA VISTA CULVERT UPSIZING.

WE WERE TO UTILIZE A GRANT FOR THAT.

THAT MONEY, WHILE WE WERE AWARDED JUST WASN'T THERE AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND FORGED AHEAD AND DID THAT PROJECT BECAUSE WE HADN'T RECEIVED THE GRANT FUNDS YET.

WE ARE ALL LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WITH HOPE AND HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE AND WE KNOW THAT OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION IS VERY MUCH PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY'RE INVOLVED IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MEMBERS OF STAFF.

SO, JULIE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WAS FEELING A LITTLE LEFT OUT, SO I

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COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME MORE SPECIFICS RELATED TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

SO FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING PARALLEL WITH JE FULLER, WHO'S BEEN DOING THE HYDROLOGY WITH COCONINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN ACCELERATING IS HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE EXISTING SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST FIRST APPROACH.

THE BEST FIRST APPROACH IS TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHANNEL HOW DEEP CAN WE MAKE THAT CHANNEL? HOW WIDE CAN WE MAKE THAT CHANNEL AND STILL WORK WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE THE PIPE SYSTEM THROUGH SPRUCE AND THIRD STREET? HOW MUCH BIGGER CAN WE MAKE THAT AND FIT THAT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND STILL AVOID OTHER GRAVITY UTILITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL? SO THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO START ON THE DOWNSTREAM END AND WORK OUR WAY UP AND WE ACCELERATED THIS PIECE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO SEE HOW IT WAS GOING TO WORK WITH THE DETENTION BASIN AND THE DORTHA INLET.

AND I WOULD SAY IN THE 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A CONSULTANT IN FLAGSTAFF, AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT HERE, THE I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS EXPERIENCE OF COLLABORATION TO THIS LEVEL.

IT HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE.

SO WE HAVE WEEKLY TAC MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT GET TOGETHER. WE HAVE THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND WE HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WATER SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT ALL COME TOGETHER WEEKLY FOR THESE TAC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS AND SO AS WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE'RE FITTING IN THESE PIECES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THAT INVESTMENT IN THE KILLIP DETENTION BASIN, THAT THE PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND PULLING TOGETHER AS A TEAM IS GOING TO FIT IN THE LONG TERM.

SO TAKING THAT PIECE BY PIECE AND WORKING OUR WAY UP SO THAT THOSE ARE SOME SPECIFICS OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, IT'S IN PEER REVIEW RIGHT NOW, THAT FIRST DRAFT OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM AND THE FOOTPRINT STARTING AT THE AT THE BOX OUTLET, AT THE SPEEDWAY AND BLIMP AND WORKING ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BASINS.

THAT NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN IS WORKING ON NORTH OF LINDA VISTA.

THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST GOT A NOTIFICATION, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT AT THIS POINT.

CITY CLERK THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE HAVE DAWN RODRIGUEZ.

I'VE BEEN SITTING BACK HERE LISTENING AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING AND FOR WORKING ON THIS. YOU GUYS SAW ME LAST TIME.

MY THOUGHTS AREN'T ORGANIZED AND SPEAKING.

SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.

UM, JUST ONE REQUEST.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT VERY SMART AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS DISTRICT IS.

I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AND MAYBE IN THE CORRESPONDENCE WE CAN HAVE.

I THINK ONE TIME I SAW ON FACEBOOK THE SUPERVISORS OF THE DISTRICT THERE, MAYBE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.

ARE THOSE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPERVISING IT? I HEARD THE WORDS NO ADVERSE IMPACT ANALYSIS, CAN I SEE THE REPORT FOR DORTHA THAT WAS DONE THERE BECAUSE I.

HAD SOME VERY EXTREME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, HOW THAT WAS DONE, UM, ALSO, UH.

MAN, THOSE STORMS, THEY HAD US ON OUR TOES.

ALL THE RESIDENTS UP AND DOWN THE STREAM EVERYWHERE, AND THAT AUGUST 17TH, OR I DON'T KNOW WHICH DAY, BUT IT WAS THE WHOLE TOWN WAS FLOODED AND PEOPLE WERE JUST GOING NUTS, MOVING SANDBAGS AND EVERYTHING AND I REMEMBER THIS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS LUCINDA THAT SAID ALL THE TIME SHE REMINDS US AND I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE I'M SLOW AND SHE SAYS EVERY FLOOD EVENT IS DIFFERENT.

EVERY AREA IS DIFFERENT.

SO EVERYBODY'S MOVING SANDBAGS AND EVEN THE CITY AND COUNTY AND WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FIX.

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AND I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU CANNOT HAVE DOWNSTREAM OR UPSTREAM IMPACTS BUT WHAT IF WHAT IF IN ALL THIS CHAOS WE DO? UM, WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED, UM, ON DORTHA AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE DETAILS, BUT WE'RE COMING UP TO ANOTHER YEAR.

I MEAN, WHO KNOWS THE MONSOONS, THE WHAT WAS THAT WORD? THEY SAID THE INCISORS, AND IT'S WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

UM, WELL, SOMEBODY LISTEN TO US OR JUST BRUSH US OFF OR, I MEAN, WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS AND I THINK I THINK I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ENGINEERS.

UM, BUT WE DID BUILD A ROAD.

MY HUSBAND, UM, HAS THE ONLY ROAD ON ANY TRIBAL RESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES IN A FLOOD ZONE. SO, I MEAN, CAN WE LIKE MAYBE LISTEN TO SOME PEOPLE, THE NEIGHBORS AND WE GET ALL OUR INFORMATION FROM THE NEIGHBORS, TOO? SO I JUST HAVE THESE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THAT.

I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DAWN. TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE DISTRICT, COULD WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO SPEAK TO KIND OF THAT THE OVERLAYING OF ADMINISTRATIONS AND SO FORTH? BECAUSE I MEAN, THIS DOES BECOME EXTREMELY CONFUSING WITH SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS.

I THINK THAT'S. THANK YOU, DAWN.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO BETTER COMMUNICATE.

CERTAINLY, AND I'M HAPPY, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES AND I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND GO OVER IT AS WELL AND MAYBE SHOW YOU ON PAPER, BUT SO IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTIES DON'T HAVE STORM WATER AUTHORITY, UNLIKE CITIES, CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE A STORM WATER FEE OR LEVY A TAX IN EFFECT FOR STORM WATER, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.

COUNTIES DO NOT, BUT BACK IN 1984, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED THE ABILITY FOR COUNTIES TO CREATE WHAT'S CALLED A FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, AND THAT FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAS SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FROM A CITY OR A TOWN JURISDICTION. SO AT THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE ANY.

THE COUNTY ITSELF AS A POLITICAL ENTITY, DOESN'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OR ABILITY TO EFFECTUATE FLOOD CONTROL.

ONLY THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DOES.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT SITS AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE COUNTY ALSO SITS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

SO IT IS CONFUSING, BUT IT'S REALLY A SEPARATE ENTITY UNDER THE STATE OF ARIZONA, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, SEPARATE FROM THE CITY OF PAGE.

THERE ARE ALL SEPARATE JURISDICTIONS.

SO WHEN THE BOARD SITS AS THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THOSE ARE THE ONLY DECISIONS THEY CAN MAKE RELATIVE TO FLOOD CONTROL.

SO IT'S REALLY A, YOU KNOW, A LEGAL STATUTORY REQUIREMENT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TAX, TO LEVY A SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM THAT FUNDS THE DISTRICT AND THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING NOW WELL IN EXCESS OF FIVE MILLION TOWARD MUSEUM MITIGATION EFFORTS IS WHAT WHERE THAT FUNDING IS COMING FROM.

SO. SO YEAH, IT IS CONFUSING.

YOU THINK THE COUNTY AND IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE AT THE SAME ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT IT'S A DIFFERENT LEGAL ENTITY.

SO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EXPLANATION AND THIS WHOLE THING IT GETS, SO YOU'RE PRACTICALLY INTERTWINED AND A LOT OF LAYERS AND I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL REALLY WANT TO GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED AND DONE AND DONE QUICKLY, AND WE'RE MAKING LOTS OF MOVEMENTS AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT, JUST A LOT OF A LOT OF HURDLES THAT WE KEEP FACING AND SOMETIMES DON'T EXPECT.

SO WITH THAT, DO WE DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS REGARDING THIS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS AND AGENCIES INVOLVED IN

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WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF AND THERE'S SOME GOOD PLANS IN THE WORKS AND I JUST HAVE GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF YOU.

SO, YEAH, KEEP US IN MIND IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

WELL, THEN WITH THAT, I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER CS OR QS IN THE CHAT BOX OR HANDS RAISED. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. SO LET'S TAKE 15 MINUTES, BE HERE AT 5:05 P.M.

AND WE WILL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL CITY COUNCIL CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS POLICY. SO THANK YOU AND WELL, THEN LET'S GET STARTED HERE.

WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR OF OUR WORK SESSION.

[4. Discussion only of Potential City Council Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion only.]

CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU.

COUNCIL STAFF AND THE PUBLIC, I HAVE MY CAMERA ON HERE BRIEFLY, BUT DUE TO SOME BANDWIDTH ISSUES THAT CAUSES IT TO INTERRUPT MY AUDIO, I AM GOING TO TURN THAT OFF BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING WITH YOU THERE IN PERSON, BUT REALLY FIGHTING A NASTY COLD.

SO I THOUGHT YOU'D BEST APPRECIATE IT IF I DIDN'T SPREAD THAT AROUND.

SO I WANT TO GET STARTED FIRST BY INDICATING TO YOU THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON.

I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED AN ITEM ON THIS THROUGH THE FAIR PROCESS. ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS FAIR THAT OTHERS SIGNED ON TO AND SOME OF THE OTHER FAIRS DROPPED OFF BUT BEFORE I EVEN GET ANY FURTHER INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF IT FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANT TO, AS THE CLICHE GOES, BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND HERE.

THIS IS AN ITEM TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ONLY.

THERE IS NO DECISION TO BE MADE BY COUNCIL HERE AT THIS POINT IF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTION TODAY, AND THAT'S FOR MORE.

STAFF WILL TAKE THAT DIRECTION, OBVIOUSLY, AND COME BACK WITH SOME POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ULTIMATELY MAKING A DECISION UPON WHATEVER THE OUTCOME.

I WILL STATE UP FRONT AND I'LL PROBABLY REITERATE IT BEFORE I GET DONE WITH THIS LITTLE INTRODUCTION BY ANY CODE OF CONDUCT OR ETHICS POLICY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ENFORCED BY THE COUNCIL OR A THIRD PARTY, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, THAT CREATES A BIT OF AN ISSUE.

I'VE WITNESSED SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES THAT HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND IT REALLY BECOMES PROBLEMATIC.

SO THAT'S JUST A NOTE THAT I'LL THROW OUT BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER.

AGAIN, THIS CAME THROUGH THE FAIR PROCESS AT THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW SEVERAL DIFFERENT CODES OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS POLICIES THAT ARE USED BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

I'VE RESEARCHED MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES, CODES OF CONDUCT OR ETHICS POLICIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I HAVE LIMITED WHAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU HERE TODAY TO SEVERAL OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS AROUND THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

ANY OF YOU WHO'VE LOOKED THROUGH THEM KNOW THAT THESE ARE VERY RECOGNIZABLE CITIES AND TOWNS IN OUR OUR OWN STATE, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

MOST OF THE POLICIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY REFERENCE STATE LAWS IN THE CITIES WHERE THOSE STATES EXIST AND SO FOR A BETTER FIT, I'VE INCLUDED ONLY ARIZONA POLICIES.

HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE BITS AND PIECES THAT IN YOUR OWN REVIEW, IF YOU EVER CAME ACROSS ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW FROM ANOTHER STATE THAT DIDN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO OR WASN'T IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY BY STATE LAW BY ALL MEANS, COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER THAT TOO, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WHAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE ITEM IN THE AGENDA PACKET AND EXAMPLES ONLY

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YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THE INCLUSION OF THESE OTHER CITY POLICIES ON MY PART IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OR EVEN A RECOMMENDATION BY ME SPECIFICALLY OR BY MY OFFICE TO USE THAT PARTICULAR POLICY OR THAT CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT RATHER THEY'RE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND FOR YOU AS COUNCIL TO CHOOSE FROM AND OF COURSE, PORTIONS OF THOSE EXAMPLES CAN BE CONSIDERED BY YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER THEY'RE A GOOD FIT OR NOT FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, IS YOU THE CITY COUNCIL'S? IT'S ULTIMATELY WITH YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

AGAIN, MANY OF THEM REFERENCES REFERENCED STATE LAW ON ETHICAL ISSUES SUCH AS GIFTS AND THE FACT THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT GIFTS AND THE ISSUES RELATED TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY THAT WHATEVER ULTIMATELY COMES BEFORE YOU FOR A DECISION HAS TO INCLUDE THAT.

THIS REALLY IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.

BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL CODE OF CONDUCT OR ETHICS POLICY, AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAILOR MADE TO WHAT FLAGSTAFF ULTIMATELY NEEDS IN THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.

SO AGAIN, THE ONLY FINAL PIECE THAT I WILL GIVE BEFORE I TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR, TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, JUST REITERATE THE FACT THAT WHATEVER IS THERE WHEN IT COMES TO A CODE OF CONDUCT OR AN ETHICS POLICY, ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY THE COUNCIL OR A THIRD PARTY, WHETHER THAT'S A MEDIATOR OR A THIRD PARTY COMMISSION.

SOME ENTITY, ESSENTIALLY THAT IS NOT A STAFF MEMBER AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SYDNEY ATTORNEY, MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED.

JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS POLICIES THAT WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT TO CONSIDER INCLUDE GLENDALE CITY OF MARICOPA, MESA, PHOENIX, SCOTTSDALE AND TUCSON ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR WORK SESSION.

THE YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE SPECIFIC.

THERE'S THE LINK TO THEIR SPECIFIC CODE OF ETHICS POLICIES, BUT THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF THE BASELINE ON OUR CONSIDERATIONS.

SO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, I'M HAPPY TO OPEN THIS UP FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR POTENTIAL QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS? OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND FIRST, ALLOW ME TO THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE CALENDAR. THIS WAS A RESULT OF MY FAIR ITEM WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY AND IT CAME BACK MID-YEAR AND WE DID RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM THREE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO A WORK SESSION, WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW.

SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF STAFF AND THE PUBLIC LISTENING.

ALLOW ME TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE DIFFERENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL POLICY THAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE MAYOR.

SO FOR GLENDALE, GLENDALE HAS A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. UM AND CODE OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS . IT SPECIFIES THE CONDUCT BY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITHIN ONE ANOTHER WITH CITY STAFF, WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES, WITH BOARD AND COMMISSIONS AND WITH COUNCIL CONDUCT WITH THE MEDIA AND THEN THERE'S A SPECIFIED CODE OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THAT INCLUDES, OF COURSE, COMPLYING WITH LAW, RESPECT FOR PROCESS, CONDUCT OF MEETINGS, A

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I THINK WE HAVE THAT EXISTING POLICY, WHICH IS THE GIFTING POLICY AND COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT. OH, FOR MARICOPA.

MARICOPA HAS A SIMILAR CODE OF ETHICS THAT IS ACTUALLY ARTICULATED IN THE CHARTER AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT CODE OF ETHICS AND IT INVOLVES REPORTING ETHICAL VIOLATION AND THE INFORMAL AND FORMAL PROCESS OF ACCEPTING COMPLAINTS AND PROCESSING COMPLAINTS WHICH.

THE FORMAL COMPLAINT IS PROCESSED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY AND THAT, OF COURSE, IT HAS SOME SANCTIONS FOR CORRECTIVE MEASURES.

THE CITY OF MESA HAS AN ETHICAL POLICY, AND IT CONSULTS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY IN TERMS OF INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY, AND FOR PENALTIES AND SANCTION IS PRIMARILY TO EDUCATE AND THEN DISCIPLINE.

THE STATE OF PHOENIX HAS A VERY ELABORATE HANDBOOK CALLED ETHICS HANDBOOK, AND IT ACTUALLY CALLS FOE CONSTITUTING AN ETHICS COMMITTEE.

UH, AND SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFYING WHO WILL SIT ON THOSE ETHICS COMMITTEE AND IT HAS SPECIFIC RULES ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, AND IT HAS A VERY DETAILED LIST OF APPENDICES WHEN IT COMES TO APPLICABLE LAWS.

UH, THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE HAS.

UM. AN ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLAINT STIPULATION AND IT HAS TO BE FILED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WHICH IS ALSO THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE POLICY CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS REVIEW COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, PREFERABLY THE APPOINTEES TO THE COMMITTEE HAVE VERY STRONG BACKGROUND IN JURISPRUDENCE, LAW AND CONSTITUTION.

UM, THE CITY OF TUCSON HAS A, CALLS FOR A THIRD PARTY REVIEW COMMITTEE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ETHICS RELATED OR CONDUCT RELATED COMPLAINT AND IT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH FULL COUNCIL FOR DECISION.

SO. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY OF GLENDALE MODEL.

IN TERMS OF SPECIFYING THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AS WELL AS CODE OF ETHICS WITH THE PROCESS OF REPORTING AND MEDIATING OR RESOLVING COMPLAINTS.

UM, WILL BE.

PROCESS BY AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

UH, AND THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL HAVE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER. OF COURSE, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST, INTENT OF HAVING A CODE OF ETHICS AND CODE

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UM, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE LIKE A THREE PHASE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PHASE IS TO HAVE THE COMPLAINT OR THE POTENTIAL CONCERN FOR A CODE OF CONDUCT OR CODE OF ETHICS VIOLATION, AND TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL.

CORRECT THAT BEHAVIOR OR THE CONDUCT, AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, GET CORRECTED THAT THERE WILL BE LIKE A PROCESS OF OF OF CENSURE AND INVESTIGATION, WHICH WILL BE.

PROCESSED BY THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL; THOUGHTS? COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET? THANK YOU, MAYOR MS. SALAZAR, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS I HAVE A CONCERN.

THIS SEEMS LIKE A HEAVY LIFT FOR STAFF, RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS MAYBE SOMETHING TO ADD NOW OR IN THE IN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, I'M JUST NOT SURE IF I'M READY TO SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DIVE INTO AT THIS MOMENT.

I DO. IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE AND MOVE FORWARD ON. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF TIMING WISE.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO PUT ON STAFF, BECAUSE REGARDLESS, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME, I BELIEVE AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW.

I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL HAS TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, YOU STOLE THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH. I FULLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID AND I SEE SO MUCH VALUE IN WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS IS PRESENTING AND DISCUSSING WITH US TONIGHT.

I DO WONDER IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BE PUSHING FORWARD WITH THIS, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVER REALLY A RIGHT TIME.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WITHOUT TAKING A LOT OF STAFF TIME AS YOU SPOKE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

I GUESS I WOULD BE CURIOUS WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER CLIFTON THINKS ABOUT STAFF AND IN TERMS OF CAPACITY RIGHT NOW AND TAKING THIS ON.

I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE A PRESSING ISSUE FOR THIS AT THE MOMENT, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE, JUST LIKE A RECESSION PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER GOOD PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO MAYOR, I LIKE THIS.

I WANT TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WITHOUT ADDING TOO MUCH BURDEN TO STAFF.

MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER HAS AN IDEA AS TO HOW TO FACE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN FOUR YEARS AND GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOING BY? YEAH, I JUST, I DON'T FEEL GREAT ABOUT PUSHING FORWARD SO HARD WITH THIS AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT MY OTHER THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THINKS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, AND I'LL GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, BUT IF CITY MANAGER GIVEN THE QUESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

OF COURSE, WE'RE AT YOUR PLEASURE ON THIS ONE.

BUT I WANT TO BE QUICK TO NOTE THIS ONE WOULD INVOLVE A LOT OF CAREFUL FORMULATION AND REVIEW, AND IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY ALL FALL ON MY PLATE AT ALL.

I THINK I WOULD BE AT THE TABLE, BUT I THINK THIS WOULD INVOLVE A LOT OF EFFORT BY OUR LEGAL COUNCIL LEGAL TEAM AND OTHERS, I THINK I WILL ADD TO THAT.

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THIS ONE WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF CAREFUL THOUGHT AND PERHAPS SOME CHECKING BACK WITH COUNCIL, AS WAS NOTED AT THE OUTSET BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANY ONE MODEL THAT CAN BE UTILIZED.

IT HAS TO BE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I WOULD ECHO THAT COMMENT.

IN MY PAST, I HAVE WORKED ONLY WITH ONE JURISDICTION THAT HAD AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMITTEE AND IN THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS, I SAW TWO MATTERS ADVANCED TO THAT COMMITTEE, AND NEITHER OF THOSE TWO ITEMS I THOUGHT WERE WERE , THEY WERE VERY DIVISIVE AND.

THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE OUTCOMES WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE THEM AS AS.

BEING POSITIVE, I GUESS, OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE WITHIN THAT ETHICAL REVIEW AND ETHICS REVIEW BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT IS I THINK.

SO THAT THE UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE WITH THAT MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THOSE COMMITTEE, THAT COMMITTEE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE LEVEL OF CARE AND SCRUTINY AND FORETHOUGHT THAT NEEDS TO GO IN TO COMPOSITION, SCOPE AND PURPOSE, THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND SIGNIFICANTLY AS IMPORTANT, WHAT THE OUTCOMES LOOK LIKE AND, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE WITHOUT THAT LEVEL OF CARE, YOU MAY VERY WELL END UP WITH THE SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT IS APPOINTED OVERSEEING AN ELECTED BODY THAT IS ELECTED, THE ELECTED BODY, OF COURSE, HAS ACCOUNTABILITY TO ITS ELECTORATE, THE APPOINTED COMMITTEE, NOT NECESSARILY ACCOUNTABLE TO ANYBODY.

SO I MENTIONED THESE THINGS BECAUSE GREAT CARE DOES NEED TO BE EXERCISED.

NOW, BACK TO THE QUESTION AT HAND.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PURSUE THIS? YES, BUT I THINK GOING BACK TO EARLIER DISCUSSIONS THIS EVENING, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT MATTERS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF URGENCY AND ATTENTION.

UM. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE REPRIORITIZE A FEW THINGS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, I THINK WE CAN ALL DELIVER ON THAT.

I DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK FOR OUR ESTEEMED LEGAL COUNCIL.

HE CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS AS WELL BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IN A VERY LONG WINDED WAY IS THIS ONE WILL TAKE GREAT CARE AND VERY GOOD AFORETHOUGHT TO DO IT RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, I DO SEE A CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO CHIME IN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE IT, AND CLIFTON, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. OF COURSE, IF WE RECEIVED DIRECTION TONIGHT, WE'RE AT THE COUNCIL'S LEISURE PLEASURE AS CITY MANAGER HAS INDICATED, WE'LL MAKE TIME AND ROOM FOR THIS AND IT WOULD NOT INVOLVE JUST MYSELF, ALTHOUGH I WOULD PRIMARILY BE INVOLVED.

I WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH WITH GREG ON THIS AND WITH OTHERS.

I WILL SAY THAT THE WORDS THAT GREG USED ARE WORDS THAT I WOULD REEMPHASIZE CARE AND DELIBERATENESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE THOUGHT AND EFFORT GOES INTO THIS.

TONIGHT IS JUST A STARTING POINT TO SAY WHICH DIRECTION YOU MAY WANT TO HEAD OR NOT HEAD, IF YOU WILL, THAT REALLY, THAT HARD WORK DOESN'T BEGIN UNTIL WE REALLY DIG IN AND TAKE THAT CARE AND PRECAUTION AND CONCERN IN MAKING SURE THAT WHAT IS DRAFTED FOR YOU TO ULTIMATELY CONSIDER AS AN OPTION OR OPTIONS IS VERY CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND THAT IT FITS FOR WHAT IS NEEDED HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

AGAIN, THE CONTEXT OF THE QUESTION THE CALL OF THE QUESTION WAS TIME.

I'LL MAKE THE TIME NECESSARY IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

[02:10:05]

UM, A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS I DID.

I READ THE GLENDALE ONE IN GREAT DETAIL, AND I KIND OF SKIP READ THE OTHER ONES.

I NOTICE THAT THEY'RE ALL VERY LONG.

THE PHOENIX ONE IS 58 PAGES, SO IF WE DO THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD KEEP IT SIMPLE. UM, MAYBE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER BEFORE WE DO THIS.

I MEAN, WOULD WE LET THE IF THERE WAS AN ALLEGATION OF A WRONGDOING WITH THE COUNCIL ITSELF MAKE THE DECISION TO REPRIMAND A MEMBER OF ITS OWN? IF SO, WHAT WOULD THE PENALTIES BE? WOULD IT BE A SLAP ON THE WRIST? COULD THEY BE KICKED OFF COUNCIL? PROBABLY NOT BUT ANYWAY, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE BASIC QUESTION IS WHAT COULD THEY DO? WHAT? AND IF WE HAD A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW WHO WOULD BE THAT COMMITTEE AND THEY MIGHT ONLY MEET ONCE A YEAR OR SOMETHING? WHO KNOWS? HOPEFULLY, NOT VERY OFTEN.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED IN THAT REGARD.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHAT WOULD THE PENALTIES BE? THAT'S NOT A REAL EASY QUESTION TO ANSWER, IN MY OPINION.

IF IT'S ONLY A SLAP ON THE WRIST.

WHAT'S THE POINT IN DOING IT? AND I DON'T THINK UNDER THE CHARTER, WE CAN KICK SOMEBODY OFF COUNCIL.

UNLESS THEY'RE MAYBE CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR SOMETHING EGREGIOUS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I THINK I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET'S COMMENTS, WHICH MR. SHIMONI REITERATED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR RIGHT NOW.

UM. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO, YOU KNOW, SET DOWN SOME RULES LIKE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE TOOK ME OUT TO LUNCH ONE TIME, I WOULDN'T LET THEM PAY FOR MY LUNCH BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT BUT I'LL ADMIT I'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE BUY MY LUNCH, YOU KNOW? WELL, IS THAT GOOD OR BAD? YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO GET INTO THOSE DEALS.

JUST TONIGHT, A WOMAN IN THE AUDIENCE GAVE US A GIFT AND LEFT IT ON THE PODIUM.

IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? I THINK IT IS BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN PUT A RULE IF IT'S WORTH TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS OR LESS THAN WE CAN DO IT.

THAT MIGHT BE A MEAL.

IT MIGHT BE A A HANDCRAFTED WHATEVER IT IS.

THANK YOU, INCIDENTALLY.

SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO LAY DOWN SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I DO? WHY CAN'T I DO? AND. SO I THINK I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DOING IT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT REAL HIGH PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, I'M IN MY SIXTH YEAR ON COUNCIL AND IF THE BIGGEST ETHICAL ISSUE I'VE HAD TO FACE IS, CAN SOMEONE BUY ME LUNCH? I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH CONCERN.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THAT YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE LINE IS, WHEN I RAN FOR STATE LEGISLATURE, SOMEONE TRIED TO GIVE ME A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION AND THEY'D ALREADY EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GIVE IN A GIVEN YEAR, SO THEY JUST STARTED PEELING OFF $100 BILLS AND I SAYS, WAIT A MINUTE.

I SAYS THAT COULD BE EMBARRASSING FOR YOU AND IT COULD BE EMBARRASSING FOR ME, SO I DIDN'T TAKE IT. I MEAN, I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY RULE TO TELL ME THAT I COULDN'T TAKE.

THAT MONEY.

I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT IN MY GUT, SO SO I GUESS IN SUMMARY, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THIS, BUT IT'S KIND OF VERY LOW PRIORITY CONSIDERING THAT TO DO IT RIGHT, IT'LL BE A LOT OF WORK. ON THE, YOU KNOW, FROM LEGAL DEPARTMENT, FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WILL IF THIS GETS DONE, I'LL END UP SPENDING 40 HOURS ON IT.

I CAN SEE IT COMING.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

VICE MAYOR DAGGETT? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND STAFF FOR COMPILING ALL OF THE POLICIES OF THE VARIOUS CITIES, IT WAS INTERESTING TO READ I. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE GREATER PRIORITIES TO PUT OUR ATTENTION TOWARD. I ALSO THINK THAT A LOT OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE COVERED ELSEWHERE, LIKE IN TERMS OF

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THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I'M NOT SEEING ANY CS AND QS NOW IN THE CHAT BOX, SO I WILL WEIGH IN.

I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND TO CONTINUE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON.

I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS FOR BRINGING THIS FORTH.

I DO HAVE SEVERAL IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD PURSUE THIS BASED ON SOME OF THE TEMPLATES WE HAVE SEEN, BUT I AM HAPPY TO GIVE THOSE BUT AGAIN, WHEN I THINK WITH MANY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WHEN WE'RE FACING ISSUES REGARDING LEGAL CASES THAT COULD COST US OVER A MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR TO THE CITY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH CASES OF OUR WATER SUPPLY, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH CASES OF STORM WATER ISSUES AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE EXISTENTIAL THREATS WE FACE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT IN CATEGORICALLY LESS SO THAN MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, WORKING OVER TIME TO HELP PROTECT OUR CITY.

SO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THIS I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO PROGRESS.

POTENTIALLY MAYBE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS.

IF THIS IS OR WHENEVER WE MAY DECIDE AS A COUNCIL BODY, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO CONTINUE AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

I THINK ALSO HAVING THAT, AS YOU KNOW, A CONTINUING DISCUSSION HELPS TO KEEP A CHECK AND KEEP OUR OWN MINDS IN THAT PLACE OF LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IN A POTENTIAL CODE OF ETHICS POLICY.

I DON'T WANT TO SHUT THIS CONVERSATION DOWN TODAY AND SAY, NO, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS COMPARED TO SO MANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES THIS IS LESS OF A PRIORITY BUT I WILL MENTION THAT I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS THAT THE GLENDALE VERSION WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE A LITTLE MORE THAN THE OTHERS.

I HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE UPON ADAPT, BUT I WON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO THAT. OTHER THAN SAYING THAT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO SET UP A COMMITTEE AND HAVE THAT COMMITTEE TIED TO STAFF, KIND OF, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD MENTIONED, TO BE THE FOREFRONT OF ENFORCEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP EACH OTHER IN CHECK.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING GOING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD AND CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS, I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW. I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY COUNCIL AND WE SHOULDN'T PAWN THAT OFF ONTO A COMMITTEE FORMED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PAWN THAT OFF ON TO OTHERS, BUT TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON OURSELVES. HOWEVER IT MAY COME, WHICH IS SOME OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WERE PROVIDED WITH CERTAIN STEPS, LIKE WITH GLENDALE, YOU NEED TO TALK WITH THE PERSON FIRST AND FOREMOST.

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST VERY SENSICAL TO BEGIN WITH ON JUST GENERAL CONFLICTS THAT YOU FACE IN LIFE.

SO I WON'T BELABOR AND CONTINUE TOO MUCH, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUE, AND I WILL, YEAH, PASS THE MIC OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS FOR COMMENT.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD, BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENT, I WOULD DEFER TO OUR CITY MANAGER WHO HAD.

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH, YEAH, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY SUGGESTION IS A LITTLE BIT IN LINE.

I THINK WE'RE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ARTICULATING JUST NOW, AND THAT IS BEING RESPECTFUL OF THIS BEING A FAIR ITEM THAT DID GARNER FOR THE POSITIVE VOTE OF FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BEING THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT IS IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT PERHAPS NOT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AT THE MOMENT.

MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE KEEP THIS IN THE QUEUE FOR FAIR ITEMS. WE HAVE A RUNNING LIST AND WE DO CIRCLE BACK AND WE CAN DO THAT OVER TIME.

WE WILL NOT LET GO OF IT.

WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS BODY SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH HERE, BUT JUST A SUGGESTION THAT CAME TO MIND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, I APPRECIATE YOU FORWARDING TO CITY MANAGER, BUT THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR YOU.

YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER'S SUGGESTION. I HAVE SUBMITTED THIS AS A FAIR ITEM WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, REALIZING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL.

UM, BODY.

DOES NOT HAVE AN EXISTING CODE OF CONDUCT AND CODE OF ETHICS POLICY.

UH, SO AND AS I DID MY RESEARCH WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND UM AND SETTING LOCAL POLICY IS IS ONE OF OUR FOUR MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AS COUNCIL.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF POLICIES AND UM, STAFF IS WORKING ON, UH, MULTIFACETED PRIORITIES WHEN IT COMES TO LEGAL ADVICE AND LEGAL EXPERTISE BUT I DO HOPE THAT SETTING POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AND CODE OF ETHICS, YOU KNOW, WILL GARNER ITS OWN MERIT AS, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AND A PROCESS IN PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, UH, CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS, THEN WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO TURN TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEED ARISE.

SO IT'S JUST BEING PROACTIVE AND HAVING HAVING A POLICY IN PLACE WILL SERVE NOT ONLY THE CURRENT COUNCIL, BUT FUTURE COUNCILS, YOU KNOW, IN YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS AND I DO AGREE, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORTH, AND IT IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT HELPS TO REALLY SOLIDIFY THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR ELECTED LEADERS IN GENERAL.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT I DO SEE A CITY ATTORNEY WANTING TO CHIME IN HERE.

THANK YOU, AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS COMMENTED I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH, I HAD SOME SIMILAR THOUGHTS WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONCERNS OVER TIME AND PRIORITIES AND SUCH.

KEEPING THIS IN THE HOPPER, IF YOU WILL, WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

COUNCIL HAS NOT SAID TONIGHT NOT ONE OF YOU HAS SAID YOU WANT THIS ITEM TO GO AWAY.

IN FACT, IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.

YOU'VE ALL SAID YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIMING WITH THAT.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE IDEA TO KEEP IT IN THE LIST OF FAIR ITEMS TO COME BACK, NOT JUST GENERALLY TO COME BACK, BUT ALSO TO COME BACK AS NEEDED, IF EARLIER, IF NECESSARY. THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY TO ANY OF THE COUNCIL.

MEMBERS COULD INDICATE THAT, HEY, I FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO BRING THIS BACK AND IF IT CAME BACK TO GET THE SUPPORT OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT DISCUSSION, THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PROCEDURALLY YOU WERE ALL AWARE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

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AND IF IT BECOMES SALIENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, CAN REQUEST IT TO BE PLACED AGAIN, THEN AGAIN ON THE AGENDA.

OTHERWISE, WE'LL BE PICKING IT UP AT A LATER TIME, HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU HAVE LESS ON YOUR PLATE, CITY ATTORNEY.

AND OUR ATTORNEYS WITH SO MUCH THAT YOU ALL ARE FACING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DIRECTION NEEDED ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM? MAYOR, COUNCIL I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FURTHER DIRECTION NEEDED.

I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR TONIGHT YOU'RE ALL INTERESTED, JUST NOT AT THE MOMENT.

AND IF THAT NEED ARISES SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT DOES COME BACK ON ITS OWN, WE'LL TALK PROCESS AT THAT POINT AND GET IT BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

WITH THAT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE REVIEW OF

[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the January 4, 2022 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENTLY ON THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS PUBLIC

[6. Public Participation]

AND I DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ONE.

OK. I WAS GOING TO SAY YES, THERE WAS A CHAT.

YOU JUST MENTIONED IT. IT'S THE ONE ITEM TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THING.

SORRY. YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH. FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX IS OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENTER AND HAPPY TO TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'RE GETTING HER CUED UP RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APOLOGIZE IF I INTERRUPT AGAIN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY WITH THE CITY CLERK. WAS THERE SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THE CONDUCT? NO, THERE WAS NOT.

THAT WAS I WAS JUST ALERTING THE MAYOR THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENTER FOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

T. SMITH? YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS NOW.

T SMITH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE AND OFFER YOUR COMMENTS.

I THINK YOU'RE STILL MUTED.

OK, GO AHEAD AND TRY TO UNMUTE AGAIN.

WE CAN SEE YOUR CAMERA ON, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SOUND.

ALL RIGHT, PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TYPE YOUR COMMENTS.

INTO THE CHAT, WE CAN BE SURE TO FORWARD.

THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

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HE SAID THAT, THEY SAID THAT THEY'LL PUT IT IN AN EMAIL THAT WILL BE SENT TO YOU.

SO AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

YOU KNOW, MY APOLOGIES AS WELL, AND YOU CAN AFFORD THAT TO COUNCIL@FLAGSTAFF.AZ.GOV AND THEN I'LL SEND IT TO ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THAT'S COUNCIL@FLAGSTAFF.AZ.GOV.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

THAT THEN BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO FROM

[7. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]

LET'S START WITH THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AT THE DAIS.

MAYBE WE'LL DO A DIFFERENT ORDER THAN USUAL AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM.

IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH THAT WE HAD ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THERE WAS A MEMORIAL FOR OFFICER STUART.

THIS ONE WAS IT YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE, AND I WENT TO THAT AND MET THE OFFICER'S FATHER AND SOME OF THE I ACTUALLY MET ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT AND IT WAS.

I'M GLAD I WENT. I'LL JUST PUT IT THAT WAY AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET? THANK YOU, MAYOR. WOW.

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR AND WE'RE READY FOR A NEW YEAR AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK TEAM FLAGSTAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK MAKING OUR CITY THE MOST WONDERFUL PLACE ON EARTH.

AND I CAN SAY THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING YEAR FOR ME, BUT ALSO THE MOST WONDERFUL.

I HAVE REALLY LEARNED TO LOVE OUR CITY MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I COULD, AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HARD WORK AND CHEERS TO 2022.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY HONORED THAT YOU CALLED ME TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IS BECAUSE IN 1945 EXACTLY 76 YEARS AGO WAS WHEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS ADOPTED BY US CONGRESS.

TODAY IN 1945.

SO ANYWAY, SO I WISH THAT 2022 WILL USHER IN ABUNDANCE IN TERMS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, PEACE, LOVE AND JOY TO EVERYONE, TO EVERY MEMBER OF HER COMMUNITY, TO EVERY MEMBER OF TEAM FLAGSTAFF AND TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, AND I'LL KICK IT TO VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. NOTHING FOR ME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER STUART, WHO LOST HIS LIFE SEVEN YEARS AGO. I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE MEMORIAL, BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT TO HEAR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS WERE ABLE TO BE THERE, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE THERE BUT ANYWAYS, THANK YOU TO OFFICER STEWART AND TO THE REST OF OUR OFFICERS, FOR YOUR SERVICE, TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS ALSO A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED ABOUT RESOURCES AND NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAS FACILITATED BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY PUT ON BY LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AND AS FOR ME, APPRECIATE THE LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PUTTING THAT ON FOR US, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION.

I WAS ABLE TO TUNE IN VIRTUALLY TO THAT DISCUSSION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD AND THEN LASTLY, TOMORROW, WORKING ON PHOENIX COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD MEETING IS OCCURRING AT 10 A.M.

VIRTUALLY AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WORKING ALTERNATIVES COMMUNITY, THEY DO GREAT

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AND THEN LASTLY, LASTLY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE.

COVID IS ALIVE AND WELL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO MYSELF AND I KNOW TO THIS COUNCIL. SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE AND YEAH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU.

COUNCIL AND CHEERS TO 2021 COMING TO AN END.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN? MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN HAD TO EXIT THE MEETING EARLIER THIS EVENING.

OK, THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, REALLY.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF FOR THIS YEAR OF MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE FACED, FROM FIRES TO FLOODS TO PANDEMICS TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE FACED. WE ARE.

HAVE DEVELOPED AND EVOLVED SO HEAVILY OVER THIS LAST YEAR, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR 2022 AND WHAT WE CAN FURTHER ACCOMPLISH TO HELP OUR CITY TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND I JUST AM VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CITY AND ORGANIZATION.

ASIDE FROM THAT, I WILL ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS STATED.

WE'RE AT A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST LAST WEEK, WE HAD LESS BEDS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR ICU THAN WE EVER HAVE SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

BREAKTHROUGH CASES ARE HAPPENING.

PLEASE MASK UP AND PLEASE USE NOT JUST A CLOTH MASK, IF POSSIBLE, A K95, N95 BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE CASES ARE BREAKTHROUGH.

THAT'S WHY I'M AT HOME TODAY IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T BECAUSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND A BREAKTHROUGH CASE THAT OCCURRED THAT I WAS IN CONTACT WITH LATE LAST WEEK.

ASIDE FROM THAT, ALSO PLEASE BE SAFE IN THE SNOW.

WE GOT A LOT OF COMING DOWN TODAY AND IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

SO JUST STAY SAFE, EVERYONE AND I HOPE YOU CALL IN A VERY AND WITH THAT.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

SO THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.