[00:00:02] HELLO, EVERYBODY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. HELLO. HELLO. ALL RIGHT. PULLING UP THE AGENDA HERE AND CITY CLERK, ARE WE ALL SET TO GO? DO WE HAVE THE ALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS? JUST A MOMENT, MAYOR, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET MYSELF TIGHT END HERE, REALLY QUICK, I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. COOL. YEP. JUST LET ME KNOW. OK. MAYOR, I DO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE LINE, SO WE ARE GOOD TO GET STARTED WHEN YOU ARE READY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN, YEAH. GAME ON. WE GOOD WE STREAM STREAMING NOW? YES, WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. EXCELLENT. WELL, TODAY IS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022 OF OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CALLING TO [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 regular meeting, 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).] ORDER AND JUST AS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE FOR ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR DEASY. HERE. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. HERE. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND LET'S HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET FOR OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. BUT TO START OFF WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND. IF YOU HAVE A FLAG, PLEASE FACE THAT OTHERWISE FACE TO THE EAST. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, OUR MISSION STATEMENT, PLEASE. YES, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THANK YOU. 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. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THE DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TONIGHT? [4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. If you wish to address the Council at tonight's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak. ] NO, MAYOR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND I'M PULLING UP OUR PROCLAMATION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE [5. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS] HERE. FIVE A, WHICH IS OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND I DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS JOINING US OR COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER TONER AND CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION VIRTUALLY. MAYOR WE DO HAVE MS. [INAUDIBLE] ONLINE. MS. [INAUDIBLE], YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF. HI, I'M DEANNE [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AND THE COMMISSION IS GRATEFUL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. [INAUDIBLE], AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO ALSO SAY A FEW WORDS, IF YOU'D LIKE AT THE END OF THE PROCLAMATION OR ANYONE ELSE, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. UM. SO THE PROCLAMATION FROM CITY FLAGSTAFF. [00:05:03] THE CITY FLAGSTAFF CELEBRATES THE RICH CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND PROUD AND ANCESTRY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND RECOGNIZES THE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLES AND PEOPLES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA HAVE MADE TO STRENGTHEN AND DIVERSIFY OUR COMMUNITY. AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA HAVE PLAYED AND CONTINUE TO PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN SHAPING, DEVELOPING, AND CREATING A VIBRANT CITY. FIRST, AS INNOVATORS WORKING IN THE CITY, SAWMILLS AND RAILROADS, LATER, AS EDUCATORS AND PROFESSORS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS, INCLUDING OUR PRIOR MAYOR. THE 2022 THEME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS. IT RECOGNIZES BOTH THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND LEGACY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA TO THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE WAYS OF KNOWING THAT INFORM THE WORK OF BIRTH WORKERS, DOULAS, MIDWIVES, NATUROPATHS, HERBALISTS, ET CETERA. WE RECOGNIZE AS WELL THE HISTORIC ECONOMIC AND HEALTH DISPARITIES FACED BY MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND PEOPLES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. AND WHILE LONG STANDING HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY THE SARS COVID PANDEMIC. THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING THE BLACK LIVED EXPERIENCE AND ITS COMMITMENT TO DOING SO THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THE LIVED BLACK EXPERIENCE STRATEGIC PLAN IN DECEMBER 2020 THAT PROVIDES CLEAR DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS OF AFRICAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY. COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO COUNTY AFRICAN DIASPORA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, RECOMMENDS THE DESIGNATION OF FEBRUARY 2022 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN UNISON WITH NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE OBSERVANCES. THEREFORE, I, PAUL DEASY, MAYOR OF THE CITY FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2022 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IF THOSE RECEIVING WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS THIS MATTER, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE FLOOR TO THEM. THANK YOU, THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN. A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROCLAMATION AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WORKED ON THAT. I THINK IT REFLECTS, YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER TONER WAS PART OF THIS WORK. JEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? THANK YOU, CHAIR [INAUDIBLE], AND THANK YOU, MAYOR DEASY, FOR YOUR READING OF THIS PROCLAMATION. I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE WHAT CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] SAID THAT THIS WAS A JOINT EFFORT AMONG THREE ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO FORGE THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, REINFORCE ALL THE THREADS THAT HOLD US TOGETHER IN THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE OCCUPY. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS PROCLAMATION THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY FEEL ENCOMPASSES BOTH THE HISTORICAL AS WELL AS THE MODERN AND WHAT WE'RE FACING IN 2022 VERY WELL. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, NOT JUST WITH THE PROCLAMATION, BUT FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING TO STRENGTHEN THESE TIES AND TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA HISTORICALLY AS WELL AS TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR ACTIVISM IN THIS PART. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, THIS IS OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT. [6. CITY MANAGER REPORT] CITY MANAGER, TAKE IT AWAY. [00:10:01] THANK YOU, MAYOR. AFTERNOON COUNCIL. UM, STACEY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO QUEUE UP THAT POWERPOINT I SENT YOU, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. A COUNCIL STAYING WITH SOME RECENT TRADITION, WE'D LIKE TO START OFF THE REPORT IN YOUR PACKET BY RECOGNIZING SOME WORK ANNIVERSARIES OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WITH THE POWERPOINT SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH IT NOT JUST EFFICIENTLY, BUT ALSO THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FACES AND READ THE NAMES. AND IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE END TO HEAR FROM ONE OR TWO OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES, BY THE WAY, THIS GOES BACK TO DECEMBER. WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP HERE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND SOME TRAVEL AND SO FORTH. WE WILL DO THAT SO IF I CAN GET ROLLING ON THIS. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. CELEBRATING, WE DID CELEBRATE SOME FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES IN DECEMBER. EMILY MARKEL WITH SHE'S OUR PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST, EMILY. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, BELATED. CRAIG SMITH, OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WHO HAS JUST RETIRED, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THEN, WE HAVE CARLTON JOHNS, RECREATION ASSISTANT, AND RICHARD HERNANDEZ, ALSO A RECREATION ASSISTANT, CELEBRATED THEIR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES. VICKI BAKER IS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ONE AND CELEBRATED HER 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CITY AND THEN WE HAVE AN HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES WHICH WE CHARACTERIZED AS BEING 25 YEARS OR GREATER. THE FIRST GOES TO RICHIE HEARNE, HE'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, BUT RICHIE KNOWS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING HIM. RICHIE CELEBRATED HIS THIRTY SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. HE'S SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, WORKING WITH THE STREET SECTION. HE'S WORKED OUT AT THE CEMETERY, HAS GREAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE QUITE DEDICATED TO THE MISSION OF DELIVERING CORE SERVICES, WHICH HE HAS DONE APTLY. AND HE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU HOPE FOR IN A TEAM. THAT'S A QUOTE COMING FROM SAM BECKETT. I'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT QUOTE. HIS PASSION AND SUPPORT FOR HIS STAFF AND ALL WHO WORKED WITH HIM IS THE FIRST THING I NOTICED. RICHIE IS TRULY THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THE STREET SECTION TOGETHER. SAM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUOTE. RICHIE, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU, AND I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THIS RECOGNITION A LITTLE BIT LATER ON WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU. NEXT SLIDE. PARDON ME, JOHN SCHRADE WORKS ALSO WITH THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. AND HE CAME TO WORK FOR THE CITY IN 1986. SO SOME VERY QUICK MATH HERE. I THINK HIS ANNIVERSARY IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. IF I ADD THIS UP, RIGHT? THREE THIRTY FIVE YEARS GIVE OR TAKE. I HOPE I'M RIGHT ON THAT. UH, JOHN IS A VIETNAM VET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, JOHN. HE HAS PROVIDED SERVICES IN ALL ASPECTS OF MAINTENANCE, ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION, CARPENTRY, CABINETRY AND LOCKSMITH. I TOOK HUMOR IN NOTING THAT WHEN NEEDED, JOHN EVEN HOPS INTO OUR STREET [INAUDIBLE] AND HELPS OUT THE STREET CREW AS HE IS A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE HOLDER, SO A REAL FRIEND TO ALL IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! BELATED TO YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU. SO ARMENDARIZ CELEBRATED HIS 26TH ANNIVERSARY WITH TEAM FLAGSTAFF, HIRED IN 1995. AND JOE QUICKLY BECAME AN ASSET TO WATER SERVICES WHERE HE SPENT HIS TIME OBTAINING ALL THE NECESSARY CERTIFICATIONS TO SERVE THE CITY'S NEEDS, HE WAS PROMOTED TO WASTEWATER COLLECTION SUPERVISOR IN 2019 AND THEN ADDED TO THE ROLE OF STORMWATER COLLECTION SUPERVISOR IN 2020. HE DOES ALL THINGS WATER, OVERSEES 10 EMPLOYEES IN THOSE COLLECTION SYSTEMS, OPERATES THE BIG COMBO AND BACK TRUCKS. SO HE OPERATES SOME PRETTY BIG EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT IN THE WATER SERVICES OPERATIONS, EVERYTHING FROM DUMP TRUCKS TO TRAINS TO MANY [00:15:05] DOZERS. WHEN HE'S NOT OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, HE ENJOYS RIDING HIS HARLEY-DAVIDSON, PLAYING WITH HIS TWO DOGS, RIDING QUADS IN THE WOODS AND IN THE DUNES AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHAT A WONDERFUL NARRATIVE HERE. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT JOE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY. TWENTY SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST. UM, WE HAVE. MIKE ABEYTA WHO IS CURRENTLY A RECREATION SUPERVISOR, MIKE, I HOPE I GOT YOUR LAST NAME CORRECT. I THINK MIKE'S GOING TO JOIN US HERE ON THE VIDEO. GO AHEAD AND TURN YOUR CAMERA ON IF YOU'RE ABLE TO. MIKE, AND WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND YOU'RE QUITE YOU'RE INVITED TO RESPOND IN ANY WAY YOU WOULD LIKE. BUT IN THE INTERIM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT YOU A LITTLE BIT, AND I HOPE YOU'RE OK WITH THAT. YOU HAVE SERVED THE CITY WELL FOR 33 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT ANNIVERSARY. STARTING OUT WITH THE AQUATICS PROGRAM BACK WHEN THE POOLS APPARENTLY WERE RESIDED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. SO WAY BEFORE THE AQUATIC CENTER. HAS MANAGED THE LIVELY ACTIVITY CENTER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND I THINK OPERATES THE ZAMBONI. UM, MIKE IS AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TEAM AND HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MECHANICAL KNOW HOW THOUGHTFUL APPROACH AND INCREDIBLE SENSE OF HUMOR MIKE ARE HARD TO BEAT. MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE SINCE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU. AWESOME, YOU SAID MY NAME FAIRLY ACCURATELY, IT'S MIKE [INAUDIBLE]. OK, THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. SO GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL CITY EMPLOYEES OVER THE YEARS, RICHIE AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER CITY CLERK. WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER AND CONTRACTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. SO, YOU KNOW, GREAT TEAM AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING ALL THESE YEARS CONTINUING ON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MIKE IT'S BEEN OUR PLEASURE. AND A REAL HONOR. SO THANKS FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US THIS AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR LETTING US SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO YOU. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORK ANNIVERSARIES COUNCIL, WE WILL GET BACK ON TRACK WITH JANUARY'S ANNIVERSARIES IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THESE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IF I CAN GO BACK TO MY MANAGER'S REPORT, THEN I WANTED TO TOUCH ON A FEW OTHER THINGS. CITY MANAGER REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I MEAN, SO MANY 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES. PLUS THAT'S JUST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU'D LIKE TO UNMUTE AND A VIDEO JUST TO GIVE US SOME APPLAUSE. I MEAN, NOT BEING IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION SOMETIMES. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND HERE AND REALLY APPLAUD OUR CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. WAY TO GO. WHOO! YAY, TEAM FLAGSTAFF. THANK YOU. HEARTS, HEARTS, HEARTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THAT WAS LOVELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. CITY MANAGER, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. INDEED, BACK TO THE REPORT AND BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF EMPLOYEES. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES AND A QUICK STORY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON. AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS REPORT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM [INAUDIBLE], WHO HAS SUBMITTED HIS END OF THE YEAR REPORT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE THE MONTHLY REPORT FROM ECONOMIC VITALITY, SO HEIDI HANSEN OR SOMEBODY ON HER TEAM CAN SPEAK TO THAT. BUT BUT WE'LL DO THAT AT THE END. I JUST WANTED TO GET YOU GUYS READY. BACK TO THE REPORT. FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE SOME STATS IN THE REPORT. QUICK STATS. NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO OCCUPY A LOT OF VOLUME HERE, JUST A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS. BUT INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT CALENDAR YEAR 2020 BROUGHT US FIFTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE CALLS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS LAST YEAR,2021 RESULTED IN FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE. VERY CLOSE. I FOUND THAT TO BE RATHER REMARKABLE. THE SOME UPDATES WITH FIRE, INCLUDING A NICE PHOTO FROM THE THE EVENT INVOLVING THE [00:20:06] CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND MANY PROPS TO THE OFFICERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT WONDERFUL EVENT. OF COURSE, THIS IS BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND I KNOW IT'S AFTER THE FACT NOW, BUT NEVERTHELESS WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT BEHIND THAT. THANK YOU. HUMAN RESOURCE UPDATES. I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS NARRATIVE ABOUT OUR VACANT POSITIONS. AND I DON'T MEAN TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT IT REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OR CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY ORGANIZATION AS OF THE END OF 2021 FROM H.R. HUMAN RESOURCES. THEY REPORT SEVENTY FIVE VACANT POSITIONS IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE. WELL, I'LL JUST [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT INTO IT WITH POLICE. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR STAFFING NEEDS, WE HAVE ABOUT 70 SWORN OFFICERS, OFFICERS WHEN WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. I BELIEVE CURRENTLY 17 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE VACANT. WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT IN THE ACADEMY. SO THERE'S SOME HELP ON THE WAY, BUT NEVER AND THREE ARE IN FIELD TRAINING. BUT IT MEANS THAT OUT OF THOSE, 70, ABOUT 28 ARE EITHER VACANT OR IN SOME FORM OF TRAINING. AND THAT CONSTITUTES A 40 PERCENT VACANCY RATE, WHICH HAS BEEN THE STORY OF QUITE SOME TIME NOW. DISPATCH NOW HAS FIVE VACANCIES AND EIGHT EMPLOYEES TRAINING. THIRTEEN OF THE 30 POLICE, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS AND SUPERVISOR POSITIONS ARE VACANT OR IN TRAINING, AND THAT'S ABOUT A 43 PERCENT VACANCY RATE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT COUNCIL AND STAY TUNED. I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON WHAT I FOUND TO BE A RATHER REMARKABLE STORY. THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SHOCK FACTOR TO IT, I GUESS, BUT A GOOD OUTCOME. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO IT. ON JANUARY 12TH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKED IN TANDEM TO APPREHEND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SUSPECTED IN A RATHER BRUTAL DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE ON THE TRAIN TO FLAGSTAFF AND PARDON ME AT THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION. I SHOULD GET MY FACTS RIGHT ON THE BUS TO FLAGSTAFF. DEPORTED THE BUS AND WAS APPREHENDED BY TWO OFFICERS IN PLAIN CLOTHES, OFFICER PAT CONDON AND SERGEANT CLINT HILL WERE ASSIGNED TO THIS TASK. AND PULLED IT OFF. WITH SUCCESS, AND THE SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED AND ARRESTED. UH, THIS WAS NO EASY FEAT. THE SUSPECT, OF COURSE, WAS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN A VERY HEINOUS CRIME. IT WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, AND HE WAS HE HAD A FIREARM ON HIS BODY. TWO MORE IN HIS DAYPACK. SO A VERY HIGH RISK OPERATION THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ONE THAT RESULTED IN TAKING A RATHER DANGEROUS SUSPECTED CRIMINAL OFF THE STREETS OF FLAGSTAFF. SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND OFFER UP THE WELL DESERVED ACCOLADES TO OFFICER PAT CONDON AND SERGEANT CLINT HILL, WELL DONE, OFFICERS. THERE'S ALSO AN UPDATE ABOUT A COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD PRESENTED TO MR. [INAUDIBLE] PENNY FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING ABOUT THE CONCLUSION AND ARREST OF SOME SUSPECTED THEFTS. I WON'T GET INTO ANY MORE DETAIL OTHER THAN TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. PENNY, FOR YOUR YOUR DILIGENCE AND VIGILANCE. SOME UPDATES FROM OUR [INAUDIBLE] DIVISION, INCLUDING SOME FOOT TRAILS UPDATES. ALWAYS OF HIGH INTEREST AND A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY COMPOSTING OPERATION AND SOME STATISTICS REGARDING VISITORS AT [INAUDIBLE] CANYON AND [INAUDIBLE] AND OBSERVATORY MESA, APPARENTLY FOR THE LAST YEAR, THE 21 FISCAL YEAR, '21-'22. OVER 99,000 VISITORS AT THESE FACILITIES, SO OUR TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES ARE GETTING WELL USED, A LOT OF LOVE FOR THE OPEN SPACES AND FLAGSTAFF, YOU HAVE OTHER STATISTICS IN THERE [00:25:05] AND I WILL NOT GO INTO THOSE IN DETAIL. I WOULD INVITE YOU TO READ THAT THOSE AT YOUR LEISURE IF YOU'VE NOT DONE SO ALREADY. AND SCROLLING ON TO PUBLIC WORKS, SOME UPDATES FROM OUR STREETS, FOLKS, REGARDING WINTER OPERATIONS AND THINGS ONGOING. UH. WE ARE SEEING AN EXCAVATION THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL, THE NEW SCHOOL FACILITY REGARDING THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS BEING DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE CITY. THAT'S GREAT NEWS. SOLID WASTE IS WORKING ON INTERVIEWS AND HIRING TO COVER THEIR VACANCIES WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS NINE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR VACANCIES WITH SOLID WASTE. SO THIS STORY CONTINUES IT CROSSES THE SPECTRUM OF THE ORGANIZATION. STAY TUNED ON ALL OF THAT. COUNCIL, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO WEIGH IN QUICKLY ON THIS ONE. WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR USE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY THE ARIZONA STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD. WE WOULD LOVE TO HONOR THIS REQUEST, BUT IN LIEU OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN A VIRTUAL REALM RIGHT NOW, WE WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH YOU. THE REQUEST IS TO USE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. IT'S A MORNING MEETING. THEY ANTICIPATE ABOUT 12 TO 15 IN-PERSON ATTENDEES, ALONG WITH VIRTUAL ATTENDEES. OH, THERE'S A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN THERE, BUT THAT REQUEST IS COMING FOR YOU, AND WE WERE NOT COMFORTABLE RENDERING A DECISION AT THE STAFF LEVEL, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN REAL FAST, WE'LL RUN WITH THE DIRECTION YOU GIVE US. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS YOU KNOW, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE METRO PLAN AND I CAN TELL YOU, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE ALREADY KNOWS THIS. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THEY BASICALLY. DECIDE WHERE MONEY GOES AND. [INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, SORRY. SO I WAS STRONG. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THIS CITY ANYWAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. WHAT'S GOING ON? MY APOLOGIES, BUT YOU'RE BREAKING UP PRETTY HEAVY ON MY END. MAYBE. MY END AS WELL. OK, THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR CAMERA OFF AND REPEAT. I'D APPRECIATE IT SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR FULL COMMENT. ALL RIGHT, I'LL START OVER. AND TELL ME IF IT'S BREAKING UP. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE METRO PLAN REPRESENTING THE CITY, OF COURSE, IN OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO I SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO USE OUR CHAMBERS IF WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO USE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO MEET IN PERSON SOMEWHERE IN TOWN HERE ANYWAY. THEY'VE MADE THAT DECISION. SO I SUPPORT THEM BEING ABLE TO USE OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. I BROKE UP LESS. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE GOOD, WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR THERE, SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MY QUESTION REALLY IS JUST HOW MUCH STAFF TIME AND PRESENCE WOULD IT TAKE FOR THEM TO MEET IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS? THANK YOU, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF STAFF TIME, I THINK THIS QUESTION IS MORE WHETHER COUNCIL HAS A COMFORT IN HAVING YOUR CHAMBERS USED WITH SOME IN-PERSON MEETINGS AT A TIME WHEN YOU'RE HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STAFF INVOLVEMENT. STACEY SALTZBURG PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I MISSTATED THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CLIFTON. YEAH, WE CAN CAN LOOK INTO THAT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME. I MEAN. MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE TO OF OUR STAFF, AND IF THERE'S NOT ANY AND ITS STAFF, THAT WOULD ALREADY BE THERE. I WOULD BE OK WITH IT, I THINK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS. MY HUNCH IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST OPENING THE DOORS AND TURNING ON THE LIGHTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO MAYBE, ACTIVATING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE A HEAVY STAFF PRESENCE BY ANY MEANS. BUT AGAIN, OTHERS CAN CORRECT ME ON THAT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR THAT. YES, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. YES. THANK YOU, MR. [00:30:02] MAYOR, AND I ANTICIPATE THAT OUR PROTOCOLS WITH COVID MEDICATION WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND [INAUDIBLE] MANAGING THE MEETING. HAVING THAT. HAVING SAID THAT, I BELIEVE IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE WELCOME AND APPRECIATE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, EVEN CONSIDERING TO HELP HOLD THEIR MEETING IN FLAGSTAFF AND IT'S VERY INTEGRAL INTO BUILDING AND CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION BOARD AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP. AND I SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF MY ROLE WITH METRO PLAN BOARD, AS WELL AS THE STATEWIDE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND MY INTERNET IS A LITTLE CHOPPY, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP MY CAMERA OFF. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US. I LIKE A LOT OF COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SPOKEN. ALSO FEEL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD IS PLANNING TO MEET FLAGSTAFF AND THAT THEY HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT USING OUR CHAMBERS. I PERSONALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK THAT GIVEN THE THE NUMBERS, ALTHOUGH VERY HIGH TODAY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A SHARP DROP OFF. AND SO I'M ALREADY THINKING THAT WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT WITH OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM ON COVID. BUT PERSONALLY, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS SMALLER GROUP MEETING IN OUR CHAMBERS, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO TO REALLY MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME. MAYBE YOU HAVE. I DON'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT KEEPING COVID PARAMETERS AND SAFETY IN MIND, BUT REALLY, REALLY TREATING THEM LIKE THE GUESTS THAT THEY ARE. AND THIS RELATIONSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE SPENDING TIME IN FLAGSTAFF. SO, YEAH, THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. WHAT THE PROPER MITIGATION, I AM PERFECTLY GOOD WITH THEM USING OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. LET'S WELCOME THEM IN. I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL THAT THEY'RE HERE IN FLAGSTAFF. AND I MEAN, YES, FOR SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. YEAH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M FINE WITH IT. THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL CHIME IN, I'M OK WITH IT. BUT LET ME BE VERY, VERY CLEAR WITH COUNCIL THAT WE NEED CLEAR SAME LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION COMING IN AS OPPOSED TO OUR RESIDENTS COMING INTO COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IF WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THIS, WHICH I'M OK WITH. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE NUMBERS COME DOWN THEN THAT FOLLOWING WEEK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO A HYBRID MODEL BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING SPECIAL TREATMENT TO ONE ENTITY WHILE NOT GIVING THAT SAME LEVEL OF TREATMENT TO OUR OWN RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN PERSON. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND. I'M OK WITH IT, BUT LET'S BE LOGICALLY CONSISTENT HERE. SO WITH THAT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. UM, MAYOR, YOUR COMMENTS MAKES SENSE. MY QUESTION WAS WHAT WILL BE THE DATE OF THAT MEETING? OH, I HAVE IT IN MY REPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. IT IS. OH. BEAR WITH ME, PLEASE. FEBRUARY 18TH. THANK YOU, GREG, AND THANK YOU, SARAH. I THINK I WAS FASTER THAN SARAH, BUT WE CAN GIVE HER CREDIT. OK. WELL, WE CAN BRING THAT UP LATER ON. BUT THEN WITH THE FEBRUARY 18TH DATE, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO A HYBRID MODEL FOR THE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND MEETING. SO THAT'S THE CAVEAT FOR MY FOR ME BEING IN SUPPORT OF OF THIS, WHICH I AM. BUT LET'S AGAIN JUST BE LOGICALLY CONSISTENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. YEAH, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP, AND WE CAN DOVE INTO THIS MAYBE I'VE [00:35:03] D AN AGENDA ITEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COVID. MAYBE I SHOULD SAY MY COMMENTS THAT JUST MAYBE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION THEN. BUT YEAH, I THINK THERE'S DIRECTION FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. YEP, THANK YOU. WELL, WE'LL PICK THAT UP WITH THE COVID UPDATE, AND I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION REGARDING THE OTHER MEETING, SO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR WEIGHING IN ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THE NEXT ITEM COULD BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. JUST A HUNCH, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEO LINKS IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT, COURTESY OF SARAH LANGLEY AND SAMANTHA, WHO GOES BY SAM AND A COUPLE OF VIDEOS. AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO BOARD VIDEOS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LINKS TO THEM FOR YOUR WATCHING ENJOYMENT. AND VICE MAYOR KNOWS THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE VIDEOS, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST. ALL I CAN DO IS PROVIDE THE LINKS VICE MAYOR. BUT BEYOND THAT, MY TECHNOLOGY COMES TO A STANDSTILL. AN UPDATE IS IN THE REPORT ON THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE. WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN THIS WEEK. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY MAD PROPS TO SHANNON ANDERSON FOR HELPING WITH THIS. OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN HELPING. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY HELPING ON THIS. A LOT OF STAFF HAVE BEEN ATTENDING AND PRESENTING, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TIMELINE THAT IS IN MY REPORT. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS NOW AND WE WILL SEGWAY INTO THE NEXT ONE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN TWO SESSIONS INVOLVING HOUSING, TWO SESSIONS INVOLVING CLIMATE ACTION, AND THAT WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A SURVEY, A LIMITED SURVEY AND STAY TUNED ON ALL OF THIS. YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES AND SNIPPETS AS TO HOW THIS VERY IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR IS GOING. ALSO ATTACHED TO MY REPORT ARE A COUPLE OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT. CJ PERRY HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN TRYING TO HELP WITH SOME PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE THE PLACEMENT OF FIBER BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, I KNOW THAT'S OF HIGH INTEREST TO TO YOU, MAYOR AND TO THE COUNCIL. WE'RE DOING IT. WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT OR MORE ABOUT THAT DURING THE UPCOMING COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK. BY THE WAY, WE'RE HAVING A BUDGET RETREAT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK. JUST A REMINDER ALL DAY THURSDAY AND LIKELY HALF A DAY FRIDAY. IT WILL BE FACILITATED. IT WILL BE ENTIRELY VIRTUAL. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STUFF HAS BEEN GETTING PREPPED FOR THAT. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EITHER [INAUDIBLE] OR HEIDI HANSEN, WHOEVER WANTS TO KICK OFF THEIR SUMMARIES AND JUST GIVE A QUICK, HIGH LEVEL THUMBNAIL OF WHAT THE SUMMARIES INCLUDE FOR COUNCIL AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. A GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HEIDI HANSEN, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR, I AM GOING TO TURN OFF MY CAMERA, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF RAPID FIRE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE REPORT. WHAT MAKES THIS REPORT SPECIAL? IS IT NOT ONLY SHARED WHAT WE DID IN DECEMBER, BUT IT KIND OF WE WENT BACK AND SHOWED YEAR END HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIVISION. AND SOME THINGS TO NOTE IS THE AIRPORT REACHED IN PAYMENTS OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND, WHICH IS JUST 15,000 EMPLOYMENT SHY OF OUR RECORD YEAR OF 2019. SO WE ARE ON GREAT TRACK TO CONTINUE TO RAISE [INAUDIBLE] AT THE AIRPORT. AS YOU KNOW, THE SECOND PARKING LOT WAS STARTED AND WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING WITH MANY OF YOU OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR SPOKE, AND SO DID GREG. AND BASICALLY, WE WILL BE IN FULL SWING IN THAT PARKING LOT, HOPEFULLY IN SPRING. WE ALSO STARTED ALL OF OUR CARES ACT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE SEVERAL. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING WITH THE HELP OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE AND OF COURSE, ALWAYS THE HELP OF OUR CONTRACTS AND MANAGER STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS. SHE'S AMAZING. AND THEN WE GOT TO TRY OUT OUR SNOW EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM [INAUDILE] THIS YEAR. WE ALSO HAD TONS OF AIRPORT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING TRAINING AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED OUR FIRE TEAM. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST WITH THE AIRPORT WE MARKETED, WE MARKETED AND WE MARKETED. SO THAT'S SOME EXCITING THINGS. YOU'LL NOT ONLY SEE THINGS IN OUR LOCAL MEDIA, BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE A NEW INSTALLATION AT THE NEW SKYDOME IF YOU'RE THERE. AND THEN WITH PARK FLAG, WE ACTUALLY DID OVER NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE HOURS THAT [00:40:01] PEOPLE HAD PARKED THERE WITH OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND TRANSACTIONS. WE ALSO CHANGED ALL OF OUR SIGNAGE SO THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. WE ALSO RESUMED PARKING AFTER THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH, AND WE INSTALLED CURBSIDE LOCATIONS AND THOSE ARE STILL WORKING TO THIS DAY. AND THEN SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING VERY SOON IS THE TWO NEW PARKING LOTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH MORE PARKING FOR DOWNTOWN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS DO AN ANNUAL PARKING REPORT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED FOR BEAUTIFICATION, ARTS AND SCIENCES. THEY ARE A MIGHTY TEAM OF TWO AND THEY ACTUALLY DID A NEW ALLEY ART PIECE. THEY DID SOME WORK AT BUFFALO PARK. THEY DID WALKING TOURS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU WERE OUT THERE JOINING US AT THE COURTHOUSE ART PIECE THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE DID A FLOWER PROJECT IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND WE ALSO DID TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS. AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THOSE GOING UP AND WE ARE USING LOCAL ARTISTS FOR THAT. SO IT'S VERY EXCITING. WE ALSO DID CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOPE ON SOME BUS ARTWORK, AND THEN THE LIST GOES ON. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WAS WHITEHALL INDUSTRIES COMING TO FLAGSTAFF WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY JOBS. WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THAT. WE ACTUALLY WON AN AWARD FOR THAT BEST DEAL WITH [INAUDIBLE]. WE ALSO HAVE A CATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES THAT JOINED US. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME SUCCESS WITH OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT ALL OF YOU HELPED US TO ADOPT. OUR ADAPTIVE REUSE INCENTIVE HAD THREE RECIPIENTS. OUR BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION INCENTIVE HAD TWO RECIPIENTS. OUR JOB CREATION INCENTIVE HAD TWO RECIPIENTS, AND OUR SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE REBATE HAD 17 SUCCESSFUL RECIPIENTS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR INNOVATE WASTE CHALLENGE THAT WE DO DO IS SUSTAINABILITY HAD TWO RECIPIENTS, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE INCENTIVES ARE BEING HEARD ABOUT AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED. OUR LIBRARY WAS CHOSEN AS THE BEST PUBLIC SERVANT AGENCY, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW. THEY ALSO DID NEW CATALOG VIDEOS. THEY ACTUALLY SEAMLESSLY MOVED US INTO A NEW [INAUDIBLE] SYSTEM, AND THEY ALSO DID SOME FUN DRIVE THRU EVENTS THAT SHOWED US THAT THESE THINGS CAN HAPPEN. AND OF COURSE, CURBSIDE WAS ACTIVE MORE THAN EVER. THERE IS LOTS MORE RECAPS ON ACCOUNTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE FACILITY, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID CURBSIDE. PLEASE LOOK AT THE REPORT AND THEN TOURISM LAST BUT NOT LEAST ONE TWO GOVERNOR AWARDS FOR TOURISM ONE WAS FOR BEST TOURISM PARTNERSHIP WITH PLEDGE FOR THE WILD. AND THEN WE ALSO WON SOMETHING WITH CANYON DIABLO DISTILLERY. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AGAIN, OUR WORK IS SUSTAINABLE. IT'S ECO FRIENDLY AND IT'S WINNING AWARDS. OUR TOURISM METRICS WERE OUTSTANDING. TALK ABOUT A REBOUND. WE DID IT. WE HAD AN OCCUPANCY AVERAGE OF SEVENTY THREE POINT THREE PERCENT IN AN INDUSTRY. ANYTHING OVER SIXTY PERCENT IS VALUED. AND THEN OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND OUR REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOMS WERE INSANE. PLEASE LOOK AT THOSE VISITOR CENTERS SERVED OVER NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND. VISITORS AND OUR RETAIL SALES ALMOST TOPPED THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE ALSO HELD MANY COFFEE [INAUDIBLE], 11 MEETINGS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WE WERE FULL SWING WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND TRADE. OUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND CONFERENCES WERE HUGE. WE ACTUALLY DID. WE SOLD ACTUALLY. WE HAD 21 LEADS. WE HAD FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR ROOM NIGHTS, AND IT WAS AN ESTIMATED IMPACT OF OVER 1.3 MILLION. SO TALK ABOUT A REBOUND THERE. MARKETING MEDIA RELATIONS OVER FOUR HUNDRED OVER FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR PRINT AND DIGITAL ARTICLES WERE PROCURED THROUGH THIS GROUP. WE HAD BROADCAST PROGRAMS. WE HAD A PUBLICITY VALUE THAT WAS HUGE. WE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR PUBLICITY VALUE BY TWENTY FIVE PERCENT THIS YEAR AND WE DID SWEEPSTAKES. WE DID EMAIL CAMPAIGNS. WE CONTINUE TO KEEP FLAGSTAFF LOCAL MY ACTIONS MATTER CAMPAIGN ALIVE. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STATS WERE THROUGH THE ROOF AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CREATIVE SERVICES. IF YOU SAW THE ADS, THAT IS NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE SURFACE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR VISITATION BUT FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IN GENERAL. SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM. REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE A COUNCIL THAT SUPPORTS US AND THANK YOU, GREG, FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO THROUGH THAT AND RAPID SPEED. APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS RAPID SPEED, THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DIRECTOR HANSEN AND THE WHOLE TEAM JUST AMAZING, AMAZING RESULTS WE'VE SEEN LAST YEAR AND ESPECIALLY IN THE YEAR, WE WERE HAVING SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT WOULD WOULD NOT BE AS [00:45:07] SUCCESSFUL AS WHAT WE'VE SEEN. AND THAT REALLY IS A LOT TO DO WITH THE GOOD TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN ECONOMIC VITALITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I THINK STAYING WITH THE THEME OF HOW A LOT OF BUSINESS IN OUR ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO THRIVE ACTUALLY EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. NOW WE CAN SEGUE WAY TO THAT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND HERE I'M SURE ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS. DAN, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TALK AS FAST AS HEIDI, BUT FEEL FREE TO TRY THAT IF YOU LIKE. YES, THANK YOU, GREG. THANK YOU, HEIDI. THERE'S BEEN SOME EXCITING THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY TONIGHT, SO I WON'T TRY TO TOP THEM, BUT I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IN THE END OF YEAR REPORT THAT WE PREPARED THIS YEAR. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS COMPRISED OF THE HOUSING SECTION, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SECTION. BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM IN THE REAL ESTATE PROGRAM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 55 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO BEING BACK TO FULL STAFFING. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN AND JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO GREG'S MANAGER'S REPORT. CAN YOU ALL SEE THE SCREEN? YEP, LOOKING GOOD. AND SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS RECOGNIZE WHAT I CALL THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO THESE ARE OUR SECTION DIRECTORS AND OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS. AND IT'S REALLY THIS GROUP. THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GETTING DONE AND ALL OF THE STAFF, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE FIFTY FIVE FOLKS WHO WORK IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WORK OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM. ONE OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR WAS TO REFRESH OUR MISSION AND VISION. I THINK WE IDENTIFIED THE OLD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MISSION WENT BACK TO 2006, AND OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD ALMOST COMPLETE TURNOVER OF OUR STAFF SINCE THAT TIME. AND SO BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE DID A FACILITATED MORNING. HERE YOU SEE OUR NEW MISSION, WHICH IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER, PROVIDE SERVICE WITH INTEGRITY, AND HONOR THE DIVERSE HERITAGE OF FLAGSTAFF. WE'VE GOT OUR VALUES IDENTIFIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOCUMENT AND THEN HOW WE IMPLEMENT OUR MISSION EVERY DAY IS THROUGH OUR VISION TO CHAMPION A VIBRANT, EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND SAFE COMMUNITY FOR TODAY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND I'M REALLY PROUD WE HAD 41 OF 49 FOLKS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF THIS. SO FORTY ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL SUPPORT IT AND WE CAN NOW ENDORSE IT BECAUSE IT'S OUR OWN MISSION AND VISION. SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT WORK. JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR END REPORT. WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BRINGING YOU THE HOUSING PLAN. YOU'VE SEEN THE DRAFT 10-YEAR HOUSING PLAN. THE HOUSING COMMISSION APPROVED THE HOUSING PLAN LAST THURSDAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 15TH. YOU CAN SEE HERE IN OUR DOCUMENT I DON'T HAVE LINKS TO VIDEOS, BUT I DO HAVE LINKS TO WEBSITES AND WE'VE GOT A LINK HERE TO THE 10-YEAR HOUSING PLAN. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU. WE TOUCH ON A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THEM. ONE IS THE HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST EIGHT HOMEBUYERS LAST YEAR, LAST CALENDAR YEAR WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS. AND I WANT TO GO NEXT TO OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY WELL-RUN HOUSING AUTHORITY. THIS IS, OF COURSE, A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM. WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE UNITS THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, OWNS AND OPERATES AND MAINTAINS. WE ALSO HAVE OVER FIVE HUNDRED VOUCHERS AND THESE ARE VOUCHERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO INCOME QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLDS. THEY PAY 30 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, THE BALANCE IS COVERED BY THE VOUCHER. WE CONTINUE TO GET VOUCHERS FROM HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD. THE REASON WE GET THESE VOUCHERS IS BECAUSE WHAT A WELL-RUN HOUSING AUTHORITY WE HAVE. IT'S A REAL CREDIT TO SARAH DARR AND HER MANAGEMENT TEAM AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO US WITH THESE SPECIALIZED VOUCHERS FOR REALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, NOT JUST LOW INCOME, BUT VETERANS, VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER POPULATIONS. SO JUST SO PROUD OF ALL THE WORK OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY DOES. AND WHEN YOU ADD THAT TOGETHER, IT'S SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX HOUSEHOLDS THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING HOUSING FOR, AND THAT NUMBER [00:50:03] CONTINUES TO GROW. NEXT, I WANT TO GO DOWN TO OUR CURRENT PLANNING PROGRAM. THIS IS LED BY OUR CURRENT PLANNING MANAGER, ALEXANDER [INAUDIBLE]. THIS TEAM IS THE SPOT FOR THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW ON ALL CONCEPT AND SITE PLANS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. SO ALL NEW COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS NEED TO GO THROUGH A CONCEPT AND SITE PLAN PROCESS BEFORE THEY PULL BUILDING PERMITS. YOU CAN SEE WE DO A LOT OF PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS, AND WHILE WE THOUGHT LAST YEAR IT WAS VERY BUSY 2020 2021 WAS EVEN BUSIER. AND YOU CAN SEE REALLY, WE'RE ON THIS UPWARD TREND. I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE STAFF AND CURRENT PLANNING ALEXANDRA, TIFFANY, GENEVIEVE, PATRICK AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER, WESLEY WELCH, WHO JUST STARTED LAST WEEK. WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING BACK TO FULL STAFFING. THIS TEAM HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AS THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT TO GET THESE PROJECTS, KEEP THEM ON SCHEDULE AND REALLY HELP WITH THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF FLAGSTAFF. WE HAVE A LINK HERE TO THE CURRENT PLANNING WEBSITE. LAST YEAR, WE LAUNCHED THE CITIZEN ACCESS PORTAL. BECKY CARDIFF IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER. THIS IS AN ONLINE PORTAL WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT ALL OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, MAKE PAYMENTS THROUGH THE PORTAL. SO IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NEXT IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM. WE HAVE A LINK HERE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PAGE. SARAH [INAUDIBLE] IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER. THE BIG KICKOFF FOR SARAH AND HER TEAM IS THE REGIONAL PLAN UPDATE, THE CURRENT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2014, RATIFIED BY THE VOTERS IN 2014 AS WELL, SO WE HAVE 10 YEARS TO UPDATE IT. SO THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON DATA COLLECTION AND A SERIES OF SEMINARS, ONLINE SEMINARS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. THEY'RE WEBINARS, I GUESS, SINCE THEY'RE ON ON THE WEB. AND THEN THIS YEAR FOR THE REGIONAL PLAN, WE REALLY START OUR KIND OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SO WE'LL CONVENE A PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER GROUP DURING THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT BIG TASK. AND SO THE REGIONAL PLAN WILL PROCEED WILL BE PROVIDING YOU AN UPDATED REGIONAL PLAN IN 2024. AND SO WE'VE STILL GOT TWO YEARS TO WORK ON THAT. WE'VE GOT A LINK HERE TO THE REGIONAL PLAN UPDATE AND THEN ANOTHER BIG COMPONENT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SARAH IS TRAINED AS A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROFESSIONAL. WE'VE SENT MARK [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH SIMILAR TRAINING, AND SO WE PROVIDE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO OTHER PROGRAMS AND DIVISIONS WITHIN THE WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, HELPING THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND OUTREACH. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION IN THAT WAY. NEXT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE. THE BIG NUMBER THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME IS DURING THIS LAST CALENDAR YEAR, WE HAD OVER TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION VALUATION THAT WAS UP FROM 2020 BY FIFTY SEVEN MILLION OR TWENTY FIVE PERCENT. AND SO THAT SPEAKS TO THE VOLUME OF THE PROJECTS, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECTS. IT PROBABLY DOES REFLECT SOME OF THE INCREASING COSTS IN MATERIALS AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, AN AMAZINGLY PRODUCTIVE YEAR EVEN DURING THESE DAYS OF COVID. THIS IS A MONTHLY REPORT BECAUSE IT'S DECEMBER, IT SHOWS YOU YEAR TO DATE. AND SO HERE YOU COMPARE THE 2020 NUMBERS OVER ON THE RIGHT TO THE 2021 NUMBERS YOU CAN COMPARE DECEMBER AND THEN YEAR TO DATE. THESE TWO COLUMNS WOULD BE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. AND WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN CODE COMPLIANCE IS ALSO PART OF OUR BUILDING SAFETY TEAM. I SHOULD MENTION, AMY PALMER IS OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL. REGGIE [INAUDIBLE] IS OUR CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER. REALLY PLEASED WITH ALL THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST YEAR, OVER 1800 CASES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE INITIATED BY STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KIND OF A MISUNDERSTANDING OR A MYTH IS THAT CODE COMPLIANCE IS COMPLETELY COMPLAINT DRIVEN. THAT'S REALLY NOT TRUE. WE INITIATE THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES. OVER 1500 OF THOSE 1800 WERE STAFF INITIATED. THAT MEANS WE IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE. SOMETIMES IT DOES COME FROM A CITIZEN COMPLAINT. IF WE GO TO A HOME TO INSPECT AN ISSUE, WE'LL LOOK AT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON ONE PROPERTY, BUT SOME OF THE BIG THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCEED ARE WITH GRAFFITI ABATEMENT OVER 700 CASES OF GRAFFITI KEEPING SIDEWALKS CLEAR [00:55:05] NOT ONLY FROM THE SNOW, BUT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE SUMMER AND FALL DEALING WITH VEGETATION ON SIDEWALK, SO KEEPING OUR SIDEWALKS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT WE ALL LOVE VERY DEARLY IS OUR DARK-SKY PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE SHARED POSITION. AS YOU KNOW, THE [INAUDIBLE] WAS RENEWED THIS PAST YEAR. THE DARK SKY SPECIALIST IS CO-FUNDED BETWEEN THE CITY AND COCONINO COUNTY. IN THE LAST YEAR, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE REMOVED CLOSE TO TWO MILLION LUMENS JUST IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR. SINCE SINCE WE'VE HAD THE SHARED POSITION, WE BELIEVE MORE THAN THREE MILLION LUMENS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND THIS IS REALLY KEY TO KEEPING NOT ONLY OUR DARK SKY HERITAGE, BUT KEEPING OUR DARK SKY ECONOMY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF. SO THE OBSERVATORIES. YOU KNOW, BOTH THE FLAGSTAFF STATION NAVAL OBSERVATORY AND THE [INAUDIBLE] OBSERVATORY. WE'RE READY TO BRING YOU AROUND OF CODE AMENDMENTS ON OUR LIGHTING STANDARDS, THIS WAS AN OUTCOME OF A POLLUTION STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY THE OBSERVATORIES PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO. IT LED TO THE JOINT LAND USE STUDY, WHICH IS WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE SHARED POSITION, AND THEN THEY RECOMMENDED A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO OUR LIGHTING CODE. AND SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE LOCAL PROFESSIONALS FOR OVER A YEAR. I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BRINGING THAT TO YOU, AND I THINK LATER THIS CALENDAR YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE AMENDMENTS. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THE REAL ESTATE PROGRAM, BRYCE DOTY IS OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER. NOT ONLY DO THEY WORK ON LEASES AND, YOU KNOW, OUR EXISTING FACILITIES, THE REAL ESTATE THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OWNS. BUT BRYCE ALSO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CAPITAL TEAM ON ALL THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN GETTING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, SO HE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH THE REAL TO FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. THE LONE TREE OVERPASS, THE SWEITZER WATER MAIN GOING UP TO THE NORTH, TO THE TANK AND THEN SOME OF OUR LEASES AS WELL. SO BRYCE HAS HAD A REALLY BUSY, PRODUCTIVE YEAR. AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO STOP SHARING MY SCREEN, AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR. THANK YOU, DAN. THAT'S JUST SUCH GREAT INFORMATION ON HOW WE ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC AND HOW WE ARE SEEING THE OUTCOMES OF ALL THE EFFORT OF OUR CITY STAFF. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU ARE TAKING TO BEING ABLE TO INFORM US IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS CRUCIAL INFORMATION TO SHOW HOW MUCH INFORM US IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS CRUCIAL INFORMATION TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE ARE PROVIDING RESULTS AS A CITY GOVERNMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DAN, FOR A VERY NICE SUMMARY OF A VERY GOOD REPORT. IT IS A GOOD READ. I WOULD INVITE ANYBODY TO GIVE IT A REVIEW AT YOUR LEISURE. AND SAME COMMENT WITH THE ECONOMIC VITALITY REPORT. THANK YOU, HEIDI, FOR THAT UPDATE THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL LET YOU GET ON WITH OTHER BUSINESS. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATE THESE REPORTS. IT'S REALLY GREAT FOR ALL OF US NOT SEEING ANY C'S OR CUES IN THE COMMENTS OR THE CHAT [7. COVID-19 UPDATES] BOX RATHER. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN A. THIS IS OUR COVID 19 UPDATE. I'M ASSUMING A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER UP, THERE YOU ARE. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL SHANNON ANDERSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER I AM PULLING UP THE COVID REPORT NOW SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION THAT ROSE AND I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU TODAY. WELL, LET'S JUST BEGIN THIS SLIDE SHOW. SO THIS IS OUR DASHBOARD UPDATE. WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS CITY STAFF TO SHARE THE COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION FOR YOU TODAY, AS WELL AS OUR DATA AND INDIGENOUS NATIONS UPDATES. SO WE'LL START WITH THAT, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TEAMS CONTINUE TO REPOST THESE MESSAGES FROM COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE BELIEVE IT'S GETTING REALLY GOOD. FOLLOWING PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTED THE WEEK OF JANUARY 10TH THAT WE HAD RECEIVED 40 TO 100 [01:00:02] COMMENTS ON REPOSTING THIS INFORMATION. SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE ARE SHARING AS PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO THANKS TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF FOR CONTINUING TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT. WE LOOK AT OUR WEEKLY CASES. WE DO NOTE THAT THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL CASES REPORTED FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 15TH. IT WENT FROM THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY TO THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY, WHICH WAS AN ADDITIONAL 120 CASES. THE GOOD NEWS IS IS WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES DROPPING DOWN TO THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY TWO FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 22ND. WE LOOK AGAIN AT A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, FLAGSTAFF CONTINUES TO HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF COVID CASES, BUT AGAIN, SEEING OUR FIRST DOWNTURN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY. THE GOOD NEWS IS OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, AS YOU SEE IN THAT LIGHT BROWN LINE, IS ALSO EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THEIR NUMBER OF CASES. SO GOOD NEWS FOR COCONINO COUNTY. LOOKING AT OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS, WE'VE HAD AN UPTICK FOR WEEKS. JANUARY 1ST THROUGH JANUARY 15TH, THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY. SO THE 21 THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD IN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 1ST INCREASED TO 29, THE WEEK OF JANUARY 8TH, WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE HAD 38 HOSPITALIZATIONS. YOU'LL SEE 48 IN THIS REPORT, SO IT'S GONE UP BY 10. AND THEN AGAIN FOR WEEKEND IN JANUARY 15TH, WE WENT UP BY FOUR FROM 36 TO 40. BUT THE GOOD NEWS HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS ALSO SEEMS TO BE MATCHING WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR CASE TREND AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE COMING DOWN. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE HIGHEST GROUP THAT'S IMPACTED ARE AGES 22 TO 44. OUR COVID 19 RELATED DEATHS. WE HAVE THREE THAT WERE REPORTED FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22ND, AGAIN INCREASES FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 8TH, AS WELL AS JANUARY 15TH. SO THIS SLIDE WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO YOU. TYPICALLY, I JUST INCLUDE THIS COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION CHART, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HERE'S THE DATA POINTS UP AT THE TOP. SO JUST ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO FOLKS CAN SEE VERBALLY WHAT I AM REPORTING OUT. SO WE ARE STILL A HIGH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE SEEING OUR CASE INCIDENCE RATE, WHICH IS THIS NUMBER HERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE TWO THOUSAND FORTY FOUR RATE PER 100000 HAS DECREASED FROM TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR. SO A GOOD TREND. THERE ARE PERCENT POSITIVITY, WHICH IS JUST THE SECOND BOX OVER TO THE RIGHT. THERE'S THIRTY POINT FOUR PERCENT POSITIVITY YIELD HAS INCREASED, BUT JUST SLIGHTLY. IT WAS TWENTY NINE POINT ONE PERCENT LAST WEEK. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS LAST BOX ON THE RATE, THE EIGHTEEN POINT NINE PERCENT COVID LIKE ILLNESS, AGAIN, A VERY SLIGHT INCREASE. IT WAS EIGHTEEN POINT FIVE PERCENT LAST WEEK. LOOKING AT OUR RATES FOR VACCINATION AGAIN, CONTINUING TO SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE WEEK AFTER WEEK, WE ARE NOW AT SEVENTY ONE POINT ONE PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE PEOPLE BEING VACCINATED IN COCONINO COUNTY AND THIS IS COMPARED TO SEVENTY POINT FIVE PERCENT LAST WEEK. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR VARIANTS, WE DID SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE DELTA VARIANT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY SAMPLES. IT'S GONE UP BY 15 TO THE TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE. CONTINUING TO SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE SAMPLES TEST FOR OMICRON, THAT NUMBER OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE IS AN INCREASE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX SAMPLES SINCE THE WEEK PRIOR. SO MAJORITY OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS OUR SAMPLES IS STILL ON OMICRON IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VACCINE BREAKTHROUGH, WE ARE EXPERIENCING TWENTY THREE POINT SIX PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL CASES HAVE VACCINE BREAKTHROUGH. THIS COMPARES TO NINETEEN POINT SIX PERCENT. AND JUST A QUICK REMINDER, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB THE FURTHER FOLKS GET OUT FROM THE DATE IN WHICH THEY WERE FULLY VACCINATED. THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM CDC AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. [01:05:05] THAT IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR BOOSTER. LAST SLIDE HERE I HAVE BEFORE, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROSE. NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTH CARE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE 59 POSITIVE COVID PATIENTS IN OUR FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER. THIS COMPARES TO 53 WEEK PRIOR. WE ALSO HAVE THREE NEW PENDING PATIENTS, ALSO IN AT FMC. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY, THIS HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS REPORT IS FROM JANUARY 30TH, BUT AS OF THAT DATE, WE HAD 54 MORE BEDS AVAILABLE, HOSPITAL BEDS AVAILABLE, STILL RUNNING A LITTLE LOW ON CRITICAL CARE. BUT AGAIN, THAT HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY ONE TO A TOTAL OF THREE CRITICAL CARE BEDS AVAILABLE. SO I AM GOING TO PASS THIS OVER TO ROSE TO GO OVER THE NAVAJO NATION DATA FOR US. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERSHIP. I'M GOING TO SAY HI WITH MY PICTURE UP THERE AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT CAMERA OFF. I'VE BEEN SORT OF TEAMS THAT'S BEEN KICKING ME OFF THE PAST FEW WHEN WE STARTED COUNCIL, SO JUST IN CASE SHANNON WILL BE ON STANDBY. THANK YOU. SO YOU'LL SEE THE CHART THERE, THE TABLE THERE WITH THE NUMBERS AND WITH NAVAJO NATION, THEY'RE STILL CONTINUING TO TEST AND NEGATIVE CASES STILL ARE STILL UP THERE IN GOOD NUMBERS. COMPARING TO THE TESTS THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED, POSITIVE CASES ARE STILL ARE STILL PRETTY HIGH AND BUT STILL NECK AND NECK WITH RECOVERIES. SO THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS WITH 4600 TO 4300 OR ALMOST 4400. THE DEATHS ARE STILL AT A LOWER NUMBER THAN IT WAS BEFORE ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. BUT YOU KNOW, ANY ANY KIND OF DEATH IS NOT GOOD. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO VACCINATE OR BOOSTER. NEXT, JANET. AS FAR AS THE HOPI TRIBE IS CONCERNED, THEIR CUMULATIVE TOTAL IS AT 22 44, AND THEY'RE REPORTING AT THE 14-DAY AND SEVEN DAY ACTIVE CASES, WHICH ARE THEY'RE 327 AND 149. AS FAR AS THE OMICRON VARIANT, THEIR SAMPLES ARE SHOWING THAT THEY'RE AT 43 OR, I'M SORRY, 53 PERCENT. AND THEN THE DELTA IS AT 47 PERCENT OF THOSE SAMPLES AND THEN THEIR TOTAL VACCINATION RESERVATION WIDE IS AT, ALMOST AT 82 PERCENT AND THEN ELIGIBLE VACCINATED AS IT IS AT 90, ALMOST AT 92 PERCENT. SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD NUMBERS FOR THE HOPI TRIBE AND GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. IN THE SAME WAY, THE NAVAJO NATION THERE, THE SAMPLES FOR THE VARIANT OF CONCERN IS 59 PERCENT FOR THE OUT OF THE TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE SAMPLES TESTED. THOSE ARE DELTA VARIANT AND THEN 14 PERCENT OUT OF THAT IS OMICRON, AND THAT NUMBER IS CONTINUED. IT SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB. BUT AS FAR AS THE POPULATION VACCINATED, IT'S 64 PERCENT AND 70 ALMOST 74 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE POPULATION VACCINATED. AND THOSE ARE REALLY THE RESERVATION RESIDENTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO IHS FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN COUNT THOSE NUMBERS. THE SAFER AT HOME REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL INTACT, AND THOSE ARE NECESSARY, ACCORDING TO OUR LEADERSHIP, THAT THOSE ARE HELPING TO KEEP THE NUMBERS DOWN. AGAIN, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT ARE DECLARED FOR SCHOOLS IS THAT RED STATE IS STILL AND REMAINS THE SAME THE SAME FOR BUSINESSES, IT'S STILL AT ORANGE STATUS FOR THAT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL ARE OFFERED THE HYBRID OR VIRTUAL MODELS IN PLACE FOR THE SCHOOLS AND THEN FOR BUSINESSES THEY'RE OPERATING AT THE 50 PERCENT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER IS REGARDING. [01:10:03] AND THEN THE HEALTH ADVISORIES THOSE HAVE SORT OF REALLY CLIMBED IN THE PAST SINCE THE LAST REPORT. NINETY ONE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH UP BY 49 COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES SINCE LAST REPORT AND AGAIN, SCHOOLS COMMUNITY SERVING THOSE SCHOOLS ARE ARE JUST REALLY IMPLEMENTING LAYERS OF MITIGATION FOR THE STUDENTS. AND THEN ANOTHER NEWS ON THAT FOR NAVAJO NATION IS THE ARPA OF HARDSHIP FUNDS OR ASSISTANCE FUNDS. THEY WILL BE STARTING TO BE ISSUED IN FEBRUARY. THOSE WILL BE GOING TO ALL ENROLLED ADULTS TO RECEIVE 2000 EACH AND THEN 600 PER MINER. AND AS YOU RECALL, THEY ALSO HAD SOME HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE FROM CARES FUND AND THOSE ENROLLEE MEMBERSHIP. NAVAJO NATION MEMBERS THAT DID APPLY AT THAT TIME DO NOT NEED TO REAPPLY, SO THAT'S REGARDING THE HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE LOCATION AND NEXT. AS FAR AS THE HOPI IS CONCERNED, THEY HAVE RETURNED TO PHASE TWO OF REOPENING, AND THAT IS EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 14TH THROUGH MARCH 13TH. AND THAT REALLY INCLUDES THE PROVISIONS THAT INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION FOR EVERYONE OVER FIVE TO GET FULLY VACCINATED. MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED IN ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS, COMMON AREAS AND OUTDOORS. RECREATION, TOURISM AND VISITATIONS ARE NOT ENCOURAGED AT THIS TIME. AND THEN THERE'S THE COORDINATION BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE VILLAGES TO COORDINATE WELFARE CHECKS AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED CONTACTS WITH THESE, WITH THE VILLAGES, AND THEN BUSINESSES ARE AGAIN RESTRICTED TO SCREEN EMPLOYEES AND ALSO TO HAVE ENCOURAGE HAVE THE EMPLOYEES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO TELEWORK OR OR HAVE ROTATING SCHEDULES. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE FOR UP FOR HOPING, HOPI TRIBE THE COVID EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS A PROGRAM TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE HOPI FAMILIES THAT NEED ASSISTANCE FOR PAYMENT OF RENT, UTILITIES OR ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE ARREARS IN REGARDING RENT. AND SO THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED, BUT OF COURSE, BY THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN ANY FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE HOPI EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ALSO, THERE IS INDEPENDENT CARE, HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE AS WELL FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION AND THERE'S THIS IS PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH HARDSHIP. BUT THESE ARE REGARDING REDUCED HOURS OR THEY HAVE QUIT WORK TO CARE FOR DEPENDENTS BECAUSE OF CLOSURES OF SCHOOLS OR CARE FACILITIES. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME AVENUES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR HOPI MEMBERS. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANKS, ROSE, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL BOTH ROSE AND I WILL STAND BY IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU TURN THE DISCUSSION INWARD. WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU, I DID HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO TEST POSITIVE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED VERSUS NOT. I'M WONDERING, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHO IS HOSPITALIZED, WHO IS VACCINATED OR NOT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? SO THAT WAY WE CAN? YEAH, BETTER CREATE THAT EXTRA DATA POINT. OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE TO US? I KNOW BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR ABILITY TO REPORT, BUT JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES. SO, MAYOR, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DATA POINT ON HOSPITALIZATION AND SPECIFICALLY THE PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED THAT ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OK. [01:15:01] I WILL LOOK TO SEE IF WE HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE, AND I'LL INCLUDE THAT IN OUR NEXT REPORT IF WE HAVE IT. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ANDERSON AND ROSE, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS HERE. MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO BRING BACK UP YOUR YOUR POINT ABOUT THE IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETINGS, GIVEN THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST TIME TO DISCUSS IT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IDEALLY, WE WAIT TO SEE THE DATA REFLECT THE NUMBERS REALLY DECLINED, BUT I THINK IN THE COMING WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT DATA BEING REFLECTED THAT WAY. AND SO GIVEN THAT THE ADOT MEETING IS ON THE 18TH, THAT'S LIKE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS OUT. THE 15TH IS THE TUESDAY BEFORE. I JUST WANTED TO INITIATE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL AND YOURSELF AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CLARITY BY THE GROUP IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING I GUESS, MAYOR, YOU CAN LEAD THIS IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS. BUT YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOUR COMMENT ABOUT ADOT. I DO THINK IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A COUNCIL MEETING. DO YOU SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT GOES BEHIND IT AND THE ENGAGEMENT AND WHATNOT? BUT I CAN RESPECT WHERE YOU COME FROM. I APPRECIATE IT. SO I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO OPEN UP THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE GROUP I CAN'T PROMISE THAT I'M GOING TO BE THERE ON THE 15TH OR THAT IT'S SAFE TO BE THERE ON THE 15TH OR THE 18TH AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT YEAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO SHARE MAYOR OR OTHERS? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI FOR YEAH, RISING THAT ISSUE. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT IT, WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION MEETING. IS THAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? THAT WOULD BE HOLDING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I WOULD ASSUME SO, MAYOR, THIS IS STACY SALTZBURG, SORRY, YOU CAN'T SEE MY FACE, I'M IN CHAMBERS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YES. OK, SO IF WE'RE HOLDING A MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, THEN I SEE IT AS COMPLETELY LOGICALLY INCONSISTENT IF THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE ARE ONLY BEING HELD VIRTUAL AND NOT ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO ENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO SEE US IN PERSON. I THINK THAT IS A VERY, VERY BAD PUBLIC RELATIONS AND VIEW ON OUR PART AND THAT WE ARE ALLOWING A ORGANIZATION OF VERY PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS WITHIN OUR FACILITY. WHILE WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO SO FOR OURSELVES AND OUR OWN RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO BE THERE, SO I AM GOING TO REITERATE AND SAY, GIVEN THAT THERE IS ALREADY DIRECTION THAT ON THE 18TH WE WOULD BE PROVIDING OUR FACILITIES FOR THIS OPEN MEETING IN OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I THINK THAT THEREAFTER ON 18, 19, 20, 21 ON THE 22ND THAT THEN WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO A HYBRID MODEL FOR COUNCIL. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A COMMENT FOLLOWED BY MCCARTHY? HERE REALLY QUICK. I'LL JUST SAY I THINK THE 22ND MAKES SENSE IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PICK A DATE, BUT WE COULD BUMP THAT UP IF THE NUMBERS DO DECLINE DRAMATICALLY. BUT YEAH, I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF THIS, JUST A POINT OF FACT. I HAVE ATTENDED TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEETINGS AND THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO PUBLIC THAT ATTENDS. I MEAN, THEORETICALLY, PEOPLE COULD ATTEND, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY ZERO. AND I'M NOT. WELL, I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THESE MEETINGS, BUT AGAIN, ESSENTIALLY NO ONE ATTENDS THEM. THE NUMBERS ARE VERY SMALL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT FACT. JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PERSON FOR OURSELVES, FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS VERY, VERY RARELY HAVE ANY MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE CROWD ASIDE FROM CITY STAFF. SO I THINK THAT'S AN EQUIVALENT MEASURE. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [01:20:02] YEAH, I AM READY TO GO BACK WHENEVER THE NUMBERS INDICATE THAT IT'S OK TO DO SO AND WHEN THE CITY BODY FEELS COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, JUST, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT WITH US. SO I'M WILLING TO. I MEAN, IF WE EVEN WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT A DATE THAT WE WANT TO GO BACK OR WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE OUR NEXT COVID PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON HERE, WE'RE STILL REVISITING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ADOT MEETING, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE. AND THEN THE ISSUE OF WHEN DO WE RETURN TO OUR NORMAL NEW HYBRID SYSTEM? SO A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THE POINT YOU MADE ABOUT CONSISTENCY. THAT'S NOT MY PRIMARY PRIORITY AT THIS POINT. I GET THAT CONSISTENCY IS A VALUABLE THING TO ENGAGE IN. I ALSO THINK CONTEXTUALLY THAT ADOT TRANSPORTATION MEETING IS A VERY DIFFERENT BEAST THAN OUR ONGOING NORMAL CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY MEETINGS. I THINK THE PUBLIC CAN APPRECIATE THOSE DIFFERENCES. THIS IS A ONE OFF ADOT MEETING, ITS TIMING IS NOT OF OUR CHOOSING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EXTEND WELCOMING TONE TO THEM AND TO PROVIDE THEM THAT SPACE SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR THING. IT'S A NICE GESTURE. IT REALLY DOESN'T. IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST ONE GUY WITH ONE OPINION HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PLAY INTO THE LARGER CONVERSATION AND DECISION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ABOUT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, YOU MENTIONED AN EAGERNESS TO GET BACK TO THESE IN-PERSON MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, I SHARE THAT I SHARE THE VALUES BEHIND IT. MAYOR, YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS TOO THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PUBLIC IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I SHARE YOUR OPTIMISM THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE QUICKLY. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS PREDETERMINE OR MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF OUR BEST, MOST HOPEFUL GUESSES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAPPEN TO AGREE THAT I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION TO COME BACK TO IN-PERSON HYBRID MEETINGS BASED OFF OF MY PERSONAL ROSY PROGNOSTICATIONS, I WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO VERY NIMBLY MOVE IN AND OUT OF THESE SITUATIONS GOING FORWARD. I WANT TO REJECT THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW THE MOMENTUM THAT IS GATHERED HERE, THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR US TO TURN ON A DIME AND CHANGE THESE DECISIONS. BUT I WANT TO SEE THE DATA. AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE WHAT THE VALUE THAT I BRING TO THIS IN TERMS OF CONSISTENCY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY STABILIZE. SO JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE WEEK DROP, I DON'T WANT TO CONCLUDE ERRONEOUSLY THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN ACTUAL DROP. IT'D BE NICE, IF WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF CONSISTENCY BUILT INTO THAT WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN AND THEY CONTINUE TO STAY DOWN. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. BUT REST ASSURED, WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE THAT CALL, I WILL HAPPILY DO IT IN A VERY EXPEDIENT MANNER WHERE WE'RE NOT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD OR WAITING TOO LONG FOR THIS. SO I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY DIRECTION IS THAT WE HOLD STEADY RIGHT NOW. WE KEEP LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS AND WE REVISIT THIS AS SOON AS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF HINDSIGHT OF DATA PROVING TO US THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A MUCH MORE STABLE LANDSCAPE AND THEN WE GO FOR IT AND IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO REMOTE MEETINGS FOR SOME OTHER BLIP WE CAN DO THAT. AND WE CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THIS PRETTY REGULARLY MOVING FORWARD IF WE HAVE TO, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I REALLY DO THINK AFTER SUCH A BIG SURGE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO [01:25:06] PROVE TO OURSELVES WITH ACTUAL DATA AND NOT JUST OUR OPTIMISM THAT WE'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS STAY STEADY. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH HANDS THERE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'M OK WITH WITH CONTEXTUALLY LOOKING AT THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO THOSE IN-PERSON MEETINGS, I JUST WANT TO SEE THE DATA FIRST. I'M KIND OF TALKING IN CIRCLES NOW, MAYOR, YOU CAN CUT ME OFF. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. SO I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED TO GO BACK TO THE HYBRID MODEL. I LIKE THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND GIVING OUR COMMUNITY THE OPTION TO JOIN US IN PERSON I THINK IS IMPORTANT. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS AT THE COVID UPDATES, AND SO I AM HAPPY TO REVISIT THIS TOPIC AT THE NEXT COVID UPDATE AND LOOK AT THE DATA. AND LET'S JUST SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A COVID UPDATE ON THE 15TH BY CHANCE OR WHEN IS THE NEXT COVID UPDATE SCHEDULED FOR CITY MANAGER OR CITY CLERK OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER? I SEE YOU POPPING ON HERE. YEAH. MAYOR DEASY WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE 15TH. OK. EXCELLENT, WELL, THEN LET'S REVISIT IT AND LOOK AT THE DATA AT THAT POINT, I WILL. AND I JUST WILL REITERATE IF WE'RE OPENING UP CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION TO USE THEM FOR AND ALLOWING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND OPENING UP THOSE CHAMBERS. OTHERWISE, IT REALLY SEEMS VERY LOGICALLY INCONSISTENT THAT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO SO FOR A HYBRID MODEL FOR OURSELVES, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY WILL BE IN PERSON OR NOT. THAT IS ON COUNCIL. BUT I'M TRYING TO PRESS THE INCLUSIVITY THAT AND THE STANDARDIZATION THAT WE ARE NOT GIVING SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE, LET'S BE HONEST, HAVE POWER. WHILE NOT GIVING THOSE SAME PRIVILEGES TO OUR OWN PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS THAT WE ARE NOW ALLOWING FOR THE SAME INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSPORTATION MEETINGS. SO JUST THROWING OUT THERE AND WE CAN REVISIT IT ON THE 15TH, BUT URGING EVERYONE TO BE LOGICALLY CONSISTENT IN THIS MATTER BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW TOO THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN WE WERE DOING A HYBRID MODEL HAD A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN THE CROWD AS WELL. SO I DON'T SEE THAT IS GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO THIS TRANSPORTATION MEETING ON THE FEBRUARY 18TH. SO DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE ISSUE. I THINK YOU GET THE POINT AND WE WILL PICK THIS UP ON THE 15TH TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WOULD BE MEETING IN A HYBRID MODEL WHERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CAN DECIDE WHETHER TO BE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL. WITH THAT, I AM NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER C'S AND Q'S IN THE CHAT BOX. [8. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS] SO WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS. AND LET'S JUST DO A ROLL CALL ORDER. SO WE'LL START WITH VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE ONLY UPDATE I HAVE IS THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE HOUSING PLAN AND IT WILL BE COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 15TH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. TO COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. SURE, SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS A FAIRLY INTERNALLY FOCUSED ON PROTOCOLS AND SOME LOGISTICS. I DID WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP THAT LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES HERE. HERE WE GO. ONE THING THEY DID DISCUSS WAS A NEW SUSTAINABLE BUILDING INCENTIVE, SO STAFF [01:30:02] BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION. JUST A HEADS UP FOR EVERYBODY. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE US EVENTUALLY AS WELL. AND IT'S JUST A SERIES OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING INCENTIVE SO THAT IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE AND IN BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN. AND IT WOULD ENCOURAGE IT WOULD PROVIDE DEVELOPERS WITH AN INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS IN EXCHANGE FOR A WHOLE PACKAGE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICES. SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT SHOULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES UP. I THINK THAT'S ALL I'LL MENTION RIGHT NOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. WE THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF I START BREAKING UP. PUT YOUR HAND UP AND I'LL TURN MY CAMERA OFF. THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO MENTION IS THAT TOMORROW AT 10 O'CLOCK WILL BE THE METRO PLAN MEETING, WHICH OF COURSE, IS THE FLAGSTAFF METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION. MOST OF THE AGENDA IS PRETTY ROUTINE, BUT ONE THING I THOUGHT I WOULD CALL OUT IS WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT THE METRO PLAN HAS JUST COMPLETED. IT WAS A LARGE SAMPLE, SCIENTIFICALLY CONSTRUCTED SURVEY OF BOTH FLAGSTAFF ITSELF AND THE SURROUNDING FMPO AREA LIKE DONEY PARK, FOR INSTANCE. AND THERE WERE SOME VERY INTERESTING CONCLUSIONS IN THERE. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE ON THE METRO PLAN WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW AND PICK UP THAT ITEM AND THERE'S A LINK IN THERE THAT'LL SHOW YOU THE SURVEY RESULTS. VERY INTERESTING RESULTS ABOUT ATTITUDES TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, WALKABILITY, BICYCLING DENSITY. AND IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF ARE MORE IN TUNE WITH MAYBE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT I ASSOCIATE WITH CARBON SUSTAINABILITY COMPARED TO THE OUTLYING AREAS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT BIGGER HOUSES. AND WHERE IN FLAGSTAFF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT SMALLER HOUSES AND FOR THE TRADE OFF TO HAVE BETTER WALKABILITY. AND SO ANYWAY, I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT IT WAS I FOUND IT TO BE A VERY INTERESTING REPORT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH ANY OF OUR TIMES TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, EVEN IF HE ONLY READ THE FIRST TWO OR THREE PAGES, WHICH IS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU SUMMARIZES VERY WELL WHAT THE REST OF THE LARGE REPORT HAS TO SAY. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, WITH IN ADDITION TO THE METROPOLITAN BOARD MEETING TOMORROW, I AM DOING DOUBLE DUTY ON BEHALF OF METRO PLAN AND THE STATEWIDE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL ON WHICH I REPRESENT METRO PLAN. BECAUSE TOMORROW IS THE STATE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HEARING ON HOUSE BILL 2396 ENTITLED GREATER ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THE BILL CALLS FOR A ONE TIME ALLOCATION OF 50 MILLION TO FUND SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN RURAL AND GREATER ARIZONA. NUMBER NINE ON THE PROJECT LIST IS LONE TREE OVERPASS DIRECT ALLOCATION TO FLAGSTAFF FOR LONE TREE OVERPASS TO THE TUNE OF 2.60 MILLION. SO I WILL BE ATTENDING THE STATE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TOMORROW AFTERNOON ON BEHALF OF METRO PLAN AND THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL, AND IN ATTENDANCE WILL ALSO BE THE RTAC CHAIR AND FROM PINAL SUPERVISOR STEVE MILLER REPRESENTING SUN CORRIDOR, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION RTAC VICE CHAIR AND [INAUDIBLE] SUPERVISOR PAUL DAVID REPRESENTING SOUTH EASTERN [INAUDIBLE] GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NACOG. SO I'M APPEARING TO THE COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT METRO PLAN AND RTAC. [01:35:05] I HAVE INVITED COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN AND THE VICE MAYOR, TO JOIN ME ON THIS LOBBYING TRIP BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] BOARD AS WELL TO REPRESENT METRO PLAN. BUT THAT'S A LONG DAY TOMORROW AND I'LL ACTUALLY BE JOINING THE METRO PLAN VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING AND [INAUDIBLE] TO PHOENIX, BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON. SO IT'S VERY VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR 50 MILLION COLLECTIVELY TO RURAL ARIZONA. THE BILL WAS SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE TIM DUNN AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE MAJORITY WHIP LEO BIASIUCCI, TRANSPORTATION CHAIR FRANK CARROLL AND OUR LD6 REPRESENTATIVE WALT BLACKMAN. ALSO UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM LD6 BRENDA BARTON. SO AND AT THIS POINT, I ALSO ASK MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING IS TO SEND A SUPPORT LETTER TO THE STATE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO THE STATE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE AND PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE CHAMBER OF THE HOUSE TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION OF HOUSE BILL 2396. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. MAYOR. I DID WANT TO ASK IN THAT REGARD IS ARE YOU REPRESENTING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OR METRO PLAN IN YOUR DOWN SOUTH HEADING TO THIS REPRESENTATION? YEAH, I AM REPRESENTING METRO PLAN AND THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL RTAC AND WE HAVE SPECIFIC TALKING POINTS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT, WHICH WAS PREPARED BY OUR RTAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KEVIN ADAM. AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND WE HAVE A TALKING POINT THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY METRO PLAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFF MILES THAT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED WAY BACK IN OCTOBER AT THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT. OK, THANK YOU. AND SO TECHNICALLY, THIS IS NOT A LOBBYING TRIP BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN ORDER FOR INVITATIONS TO AN ACTUAL LOBBYING TRIP IN WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE CHOSEN IN THAT REGARD BASED ON OUR ORDER OF APPROPRIATION RATHER THAN BY AN INVITATION SPECIFICALLY IN THIS REGARD, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS REPRESENTATION TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS BRING HOME THE 50 MILLION TO RURAL AND GREATER ARIZONA AND 2.6 MILLION SPECIFICALLY TO FLAGSTAFF FOR LONE TREE OVERPASS. THANK YOU. WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY IN THIS REGARD. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR FLAGSTAFF TO RECEIVE THESE DOLLARS, BUT DUE TO THIS NOT BEING A CITY EVENT. SO CITY FUNDS WILL NOT BE UTILIZED SINCE THIS IS A METRO PLAN SITUATION AND THAT THE ORDER OF THE LOBBYING TRIP THEN WOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF METRO PLAN AND RTAC AT THE MEETING. OK, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION OF CITY FUNDS AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATE ORDERING OF OUR LOBBYING TRIPS, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PROPER REPRESENTATION AND AVAILABILITY TO ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND IN THE PROPER ORDER. SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. CITY MANAGER, I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS UP. HAND UP. THANK YOU, AND JUST IN THE INTEREST OF FURTHER CLARIFYING THERE WILL BE THE USE OF A CITY VEHICLE GOING TO AND FROM PHOENIX AND SOME CITY STAFF TIME. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, THAT THROUGH HISTORY, THIS CITY HAS PROVIDED RESOURCES TO METRO PLAN, INCLUDING EVEN OFFICE IN CITY HALL AND THE USE OF CITY FACILITIES. SO THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES IN TERMS OF SHARING OF RESOURCES. AND THAT CONTINUES, THERE'S NO HESITATION IN MY MIND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS IS THERE TO REPRESENT RTAC AND MOUNTAIN LINE, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SOME CITY RESOURCES [01:40:08] ARE BEING USED IN THIS PROCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CLARIFY. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE DOLLARS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON OUR RULES OF PROCEDURES AS WELL REGARDING SPECIFICALLY LOBBYING TRIPS, SINCE THAT WAS THE SPECIFIC WORDING ASSOCIATED. BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED THAT ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON FOR THE LIAISON REPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND DO WAVE AT ME IF MY CAMERA STARTS CUTTING IN AND OUT AS WELL, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT FROM ME TO REPORT. THE COCONINO COUNTY COVID 19 PARTNERS UPDATE AND OPERATION BRIEFING OCCURRED YESTERDAY. IT WAS A JAM PACKED MEETING. A LOT OF US IN THAT MEETING I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE THERE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT KIND OF A GROUP UPDATE. AND JUST REALLY IMPRESSED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS OF THE COUNTY. ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS WAS THAT THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGIST WAS EXPECTING THERE TO BE A SHARP DECLINE IN NUMBERS, WHICH WE KNOW, BUT WE'LL SEE. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN'S, DESIRE TO WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGER TAKEAWAYS. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ANY MORE DETAILS FROM THAT OPERATION BRIEFING BUT I DID ATTEND IT. AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS IS THAT TOMORROW THERE'S AN INDIGENOUS COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AT 11:00 A.M. IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ART COMMISSION TOMORROW EVENING FROM 4:00 TO 6:00. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER MEETING AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, ALSO FROM FOUR TO SIX. AND SO YOU COULD HAVE TWO SCREENS OPEN, GO BACK AND FORTH. I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE OCCURRING TOMORROW EVENING FROM FOUR TO SIX. THOSE WERE THE ONLY THINGS I HAD TO UPDATE US ON. AND MAYOR, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT OUR LOBBYING EFFORTS AND SUCH. AND YOU REMINDED ME I SAW THAT PHOTO OF YOU AND CONGRESSMAN O'HALLERAN AND I, YOU KNOW, ON THE ONE HAND, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT MEETING, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? ARE WE INVITING THE PROPER PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT A CONVERSATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY? I DON'T KNOW. SAME QUESTIONS, I GUESS I ALSO HAD POP INTO MY MIND WHEN I SAW THAT PHOTO TO BRING UP WITH YOU. SO MAYBE WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU CAN TALK TO THAT. BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO AN ARGUMENT HERE OR ANY KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW. ALL I'M TRYING TO SAY MAYOR IS THAT LIKE MAYBE MOVING FORWARD WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF POSSIBLE. AND MAYBE YOU ALREADY TRIED THIS WAS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS HAVE LIKE A QUICK TEXT, GO OFF TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE IN THE LAST MINUTE FASHION CAN JOIN JUST SO SO THAT THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER, IF NOT TWO, WITH YOU. AND I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE WHOLE GROUP AT LARGE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SUCH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR I THINK IT'S IN OUR RULES AND PROCEDURES AS WELL. BUT THAT'S MY UPDATE. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. I WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT MET WITH CONGRESSMAN O'HALLERAN ONE ON ONE THIS WEEK, AND THAT I WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE A ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH O'HALLERAN. THIS WAS NOT BASED ON MY PROACTIVE, TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING, IT WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS NOT EVEN SET UP AS A MEETING, BUT FOR FOUR HOURS BEFOREHAND. BUT AGAIN, MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE HAD ONE ON ONES, AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I THINK THIS IS PART OF OUR JOBS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE ONE ASPECT THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT I BROUGHT UP BEFORE WAS SPECIFICALLY USING THE WORD LOBBYING TRIP, WHICH TRIGGERS SPECIFIC WORDING THAT IS IN OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE OUR ADVOCACY. WE NEED TO DO WORK FOR ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE OTHER ELECTED'S AND ORGANIZATIONS KNOW WHAT WE'RE FACING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS INDIVIDUAL ELECTED LEADERS TO GET THE DOLLARS THAT CAN REALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M NOT AGAINST THAT. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE WORDING AND ENSURING THAT THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE ABOVE BOARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN CITY RESOURCES ARE INVOLVED, WHICH ALSO ADDS A [01:45:01] DIFFERENT LAYER OF CONSIDERATION. SO I'LL LET YOU DO THAT, BUT HONESTLY, THIS ISN'T TO ME A BIG DEAL, WE CAN MOVE ON AND MOVE ON FROM OUR LIAISON REPORTS. BUT SINCE YOU DO HAVE YOUR HAND UP, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE MIC FOR A SECOND BEFORE WE MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET'S LIAISON REPORT. I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST THOUGHT IS WHERE WAS MY INVITATION, CONGRESSMAN O'HALLERAN'S OFFICE, WHAT ABOUT ME? I'M PARTIALLY KIDDING, BUT PARTIALLY NOT. BUT I AM KIDDING. BUT MY POINT IS THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT INSIGHT WITH US. YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF THAT FINE LINE ISN'T CROSSED AND IT'S NOT LOBBYING, THEN. YEAH. COMMUNICATE ALL DAY LONG, RIGHT COMMUNICATIONS GOOD. BUT I GUESS I JUST WONDER WHERE THAT LINE IS AT TIMES, BUT YEAH, RESPECTING YOUR DESIRE TO MOVE ON AND ALSO HAVING THAT SAME DESIRE. LET'S DO THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET YOUR LIAISON REPORT. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS WEEK I'M MEETING WITH JOHN SALTONSTALL TO GO OVER NEW PRIORITIES FOR NCOG. AND I HAVE ON MY CALENDAR VALENTINE'S DAY. I GET TO SPEND IT WITH THE BPAC COMMISSION AND I ENJOY INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN ME. SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE DOING. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI YOU HAD MENTIONED TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT I HAVE IT ON FOR THE 14TH, SO NOT SURE WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM, [LAUGHTER] BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AND HEARING WHAT BEAUTIFYING THE COMMISSION'S GOING TO BE DOING. SO THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, AND I'LL JUST MENTION I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING COMMISSION, WHICH IS HELD ON TUESDAYS, SO A LOT OF THE TIME IT OVERLAPS WITH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT WE DID DISCUSS THE LIBRARY DISABILITY RAMP, AS WELL AS THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE FLOOD PLAINS, SUNNYSIDE BARRIERS AND ALL THAT WE ARE FACING IN THE GRANDVIEW AND SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS REGARDING THE MUSEUM FLOODING. AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE VERY CONSIDERATE OF THE FACT THAT WITH ALL THESE BARRIERS, WITH THE SANDBAGS, ET CETERA, THAT WE ARE REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR OTHERWISE HAVE ISSUES WITH BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH OVER AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE MITIGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE. SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS A CONTINUED PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND THAT CITY STAFF HAS DEDICATED TIME TO APPROACHING THAT WITH THE INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING COMMISSION. SO WITH THAT? [9. APPOINTMENTS 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 the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for the purpose of discussing or considering employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, demotion, dismissal, salaries, disciplining or resignation of a public officer, appointee, or employee of any public body...., pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(1).] WE ARE DOWN TO OUR APPOINTMENTS, AND THAT IS AGENDA ITEM 9A. TO BEGIN WITH IS OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, JUST PULLING UP THE ORDER HERE. I DO BELIEVE VICE MAYOR DAGGETT IS OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE A NOMINATION. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO APPLIED AND TO COMMISSIONER CAROLE MANDINO FOR YOUR PREVIOUS SERVICE AND FOR REAPPLYING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT CAROLE MANDINO TO A SEAT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION EXPIRING DECEMBER 2024. SECOND, MCCARTHY. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SPACE AND TIME TO THANK EVERY COMMISSIONER SURVEY ON EVERY ACTIVE COMMISSION WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [01:50:02] MY GRATEFUL HEART YOU KNOW JUST DEDICATING YOUR TIME AND TALENT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS VERY VALUABLE. I ALSO THANK THE APPLICANTS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT SAID, I AM HONORED TO NOMINATE BOB HARRIS THE THIRD TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH THE TERM EXPIRING 2024. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. OH, I HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THAT LEAVES ME WITH THE FINAL APPOINTMENT ASSIGNMENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MARY NORTON FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION EXPIRING DECEMBER 2024. I SECOND THAT. MCCARTHY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 9B FOR APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT FOR THE HOUSING COMMISSION, WHICH WILL BE NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JACQUIE KELLOGG TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER OF 2022. I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. [10. LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARINGS] THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. NOW I WILL. LET'S MOVE. DO OUR LIQUOR LICENSE, PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEREAFTER WE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE WE GO INTO THE CONSENT ITEMS AND ROUTINE ITEMS. SO THIS ITEM 10A OF THE LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR MICHAEL JOSEPH BASHA FOR BASHAS NUMBER 18 2700 WOODLAND VILLAGE BOULEVARD AND BASHAS NUMBER 67 1000 NORTH HUMPHREYS BOULEVARD, NUMBER 112 SERIES 9 LIQUOR STORE ALL SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR OWNER TRANSFER. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND IF THERE IS ANY STAFF PRESENTATION, PLEASE JUMP IN HERE. I THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR. RYAN TURLEY WITH THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE LIQUOR LICENSE IN FRONT OF YOU. I FOUND NO DEROGATORY RECORDS WITH ANY OF THE APPLICANTS NOR THE BUSINESS, AND I BELIEVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMPANY'S PRESENT AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE A FORMAL APPLICANT PRESENTATION OR IS JUST AVAILABLE FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS IF NECESSARY? MAYOR, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMPANY, IS ONLINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED ANSWERED. OK, THANK YOU. WELL, WITH THAT COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? I'M NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? CITY CLERK. MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. EXCELLENT. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO FOR THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? [01:55:01] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WITH THAT, IT IS 4:55. I WOULD LIKE TO RETURN HERE AT 5:10 P.M. AND WE WILL BEGIN THE CONSENT ITEMS, FOLLOWED BY ROUTINE ITEMS THEREAFTER. SO, YEAH, 5:10 P.M. I WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN A FEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, SPORTS FANS, IT IS 5:10 AND READY TO GET BACK AT IT IF WE'RE YEAH, THE CREW'S ALL TOGETHER HERE. MAYOR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOOD TO GO. AWESOME. JUST A SECOND HERE. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT ITEMS. [11. 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 MOVE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS AS WRITTEN UNLESS THERE IS SPECIFIC ONES THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT. UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, I SECOND THAT MOTION, MCCARTHY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GIVE IT AN EXTRA FEW SECONDS HERE IF PEOPLE ARE, YEAH, REBOOTING TO GET ON HERE. THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE ALL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS PLACED BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12 A.. [A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-01: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, extending and increasing the corporate limits of the City of Flagstaff pursuant to the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by annexing approximately 10.05 acres of land located at 7000 North Highway 89, which certain land is contiguous to the existing corporate limits of the City of Flagstaff, and establishing city zoning for said land as Highway Commercial (HC) with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO); providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. (Flagstaff Rehab Campus Annexation: Project Number PZ-20-00164-03). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2022-01 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-01 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-01] THIS IS OUR ROUTINE ITEMS. 12 A IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9 CHAPTER FOUR ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES BY ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 10.05 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 7000 NORTH HIGHWAY 89, WHICH CERTAIN LAND IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND ESTABLISHING CITY ZONING FOR SAID LANDS AS HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY OF CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-01 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME. CITY STAFF. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR DEASY GENEVIEVE PEARTHREE, A CURRENT PLANNING SECTION, I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION PREPARED AT THIS POINT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME OR COMMENTS? JUST GIVE IT ANOTHER SECOND HERE. [LAUGHTER] COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, GENEVIEVE, I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD ANY COMMENTS, BUT I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO COUNCIL IS PURSUE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, A VA. BEFORE WE READ THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME, PRIOR TO THAT SECOND READ AND POSTPONE THAT SECOND READ BY 10 WEEKS TO GIVE US TIME. BUT YEAH, CURIOUS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, BUT THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. AS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THIS OR THE ONE BEFORE. I DON'T RECALL. BUT I WOULD ALSO BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND OR TO [02:00:03] DELAY THIS DECISION FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO THOSE ARE AREAS I AM, THE POSITIONS [INAUDIBLE] TO TAKE HERE AT THIS TIME. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A COMMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT AS WRITTEN AND AS WE PASSED THE FIRST READ. BUT I RESPECT THE WISHES OF COUNCIL IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A DELAY, BUT I'M PERSONALLY READY TO MOVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A DA AND ALSO DELAY THIS FOR 10 TO 12 WEEKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT DOES MAKE THREE OF US IN SUPPORT OF SUCH WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO PROCEED ACCORDINGLY. AS I MONITOR THE C'S AND Q'S IN THE BOX. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. I AM IN AGREEMENT ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND POSTPONING. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. JUST TO CLARIFY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE A MOTION THEN IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE ROUTINE ITEMS, IS THAT CORRECT AS OPPOSED TO A DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HAVE FOUR MEMBERS ON? THANK YOU, MAYOR DEASY COUNCIL, STERLING SOLOMON, CITY ATTORNEY. IT WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME FRAME MENTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI WHEN HE FIRST RAISED THE IDEA, BUT THAT MOTION SHOULD INCLUDE THE TIME FRAME THAT YOU DESIRE TO POSTPONE IT FOR THE MOTION MAKER AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT SECONDER APPROVED. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND A MOTION TO TABLE SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE REQUIRE YOU TO PICK UP THE ITEM IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT WEEK, WHICH IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO I'VE HEARD 10 WEEKS HERE AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU'RE WANTING A LONGER PERIOD THAN ONE WEEK, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A MOTION TO POSTPONE. AND THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ORDINANCES, SO IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO POSTPONE SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR EACH ONE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION CITY ATTORNEY AND I WILL LEAVE THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO POSTPONE FOR 10 WEEKS FOR THE SECOND READ AND IMPLEMENT THE DA IN THAT, MEANWHILE, TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THAT SECOND READ. AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. AND I GUESS ALSO PART OF THAT MOTION IS TO READ THE ORDINANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME. THANK YOU, AND. ACTUALLY, IF I COULD CLARIFY ON THAT, THE FIRST READ OCCURRED TWO WEEKS AGO, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI THAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. AND CHRISTINA AND GENEVIEVE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH, SO THE MOTION WOULDN'T NEED TO INCLUDE A MOTION FOR THE FIRST READ IT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. SO THE MOTION. MY BAD, I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD, MAYOR. NO, NO PROBLEM. SO THE MOTION THEN WOULD BE TO DELAY THIS CONSIDERATION FOR 10 WEEKS AND WORK ON A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ACCORDINGLY DURING THOSE 10 WEEKS. IS THAT JUST WANT TO BETTER SPECIFY THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? MAYOR, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT, AND I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. I AM GETTING NOTIFICATION THAT 10 WEEKS FROM NOW IS A WORK SESSION. SO WOULD WE LIKE TO MOVE THAT TO 11 WEEKS? AND IF SO, YOU WILL HAVE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION AND RESTATE IT. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND RESTATE A MOTION TO DELAY THE SECOND READ THE FINAL READ BY 11 WEEKS AND IMPLEMENT A DA. [02:05:01] AND THEN TO IMPLEMENT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I SECOND THAT MOTION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NO, MCCARTHY. NAY SALAS. THANK YOU, I'M HEARING A 5 2 VOTE. AND WE THEREFORE WILL BE BRINGING THIS FORTH IN 11 WEEKS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN THAT TIME FRAME. WHICH THEN BRINGS US TO ROUTINE ITEM 12B REGARDING THE SAME PROJECT IN A DIFFERENT [B. Consideration, and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-02: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff Zoning Map to rezone approximately 1.09 acres of real property generally located at 7000 North Highway 89, a portion of APN 301-50-005G, from the Highway Commercial (HC) zone with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) to the Rural Residential (RR) with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) with conditions, providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. (Flagstaff Rehab Campus Concept Zoning Map Amendment: Project Number PZ-20-00164-04). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2022-02 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-02 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-02] AREA. THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-02. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.09 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY. GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7000 NORTH HIGHWAY 89, A PORTION OF APN 301-50-005G, FROM THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY TO THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY, WITH CONDITIONS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-02 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU MAYOR I'D LIKE TO POSTPONE READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-02 FOR THE FINAL TIME BY 11 WEEKS AND INTEGRATE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INTO THE PLAN WITHIN THAT 11 WEEK PERIOD. I SECOND THAT MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE.. ALL RIGHT. THOSE OPPOSED. NO, MCCARTHY. NAY. SALAS. BY A 5 2 VOTE, THE MOTION CARRIES. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12C. [C. Consideration and Approval of Preliminary Plat: PZ-20-00216-02, Ben Fimbrez requests Preliminary Plat approval for Fimbrez Estates located at 1300 W Lower Coconino Avenue, a six-lot, single-family subdivision on 10.04 acres in the Estate Residential (ER) Zone within the Resource Protection Overlay (RPO). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the City Council, in accordance with the findings presented in this report and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation of approval (5-0), approve the Preliminary Plat with the following conditions: That a minimum front setback of 15 feet be required for front-loaded garages and a minimum of 10 feet be required for side-loaded garages. Provide dedication language for a public trail or FUTS on Tract A with the Final Plat.] THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT PZ-20-00216-02. BEN FIMBREZ HAS REQUESTED PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR FIMBREZ ESTATES LOCATED AT 1300 WEST LOWER COCONINO AVENUE, A SIX SLOT SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION ON 10.04 ACRES IN THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL ZONE WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL THAT WAS FIVE ZERO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ONE THAT A MINIMUM FRONT SET BACK OF 15 FEET BE REQUIRED FOR FRONT LOADED GARAGES AND A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET BE REQUIRED FOR SIDELOADED GARAGES AND NUMBER TWO PROVIDE DEDICATION LANGUAGE FOR A PUBLIC TRAIL OR FUTS ON TRACT A WITH THE FINAL PLAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TIFFANY ANTOL, SENIOR PLANNER. I'M HERE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT. THANK YOU, MS. ANTOL. HERE WE GO. CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? YEP. GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR A 6 LOT SUBDIVISION FROM BEN FIMBREZ. THIS THE LOCATION OF THE SUBDIVISION IS 1300 WEST LOWER COCONINO. THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION WITH SIX SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOTS ON JUST OVER 10 ACRES IN THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL ZONE. ALSO WITHIN THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY. STAFF HAS APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND WENT THROUGH OUR INTER DIVISION STAFF AND WAS FINALLY APPROVED ON DECEMBER 20TH OF 2021. THIS IS A VICINITY MAP OF THE LOCATION. YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE. IT SITS IN BETWEEN FLAGSTAFF MESA SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST LOWELL OBSERVATORY LANDS ARE [02:10:01] LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND JUST TO THE EAST IS THE ORIGINAL FLAGSTAFF TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION, WHICH DEAD ENDS BASICALLY INTO THIS LOCATION. IN 2010, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS REZONED FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO ESTATE RESIDENTIAL TO SUPPORT THIS SIX LOT SUBDIVISION. THE REZONING WAS COMPLETED UNDER THE PREVIOUS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND PREVIOUS REGIONAL PLAN. THE APPLICANT, HOWEVER, DID NOT MOVE FORWARD TO COMPLETE THE SUBDIVISION UNTIL 2020. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT YOU CAN SEE, SO IT SHOWS YOU THE SIX LOTS. ALL OF THE LOTS MEET ZONING REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS ONE STIPULATION, HOWEVER, AS PREVIOUSLY READ BY THE MAYOR IN TERMS OF SETBACKS. HOWEVER, THIS SUBDIVISION AND THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPES MIRRORS WHAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2010 AS PART OF THE REZONING APPLICATION. BECAUSE THESE ARE STEEPLY SLOPED LOTS, THE BUILDING ENVELOPES ARE PUSHED FORWARD CLOSER TO THE STREET TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ONSITE GRADING THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. IN DOING THIS, WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE IDS STAFF. STAFF BELIEVES WE CAN SUPPORT THE REDUCED SETBACKS AS SHOWN ON THIS PLAT MAP. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REQUIRED FINDINGS, THERE ARE THREE. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLY WITH THE ZONING CODE. THE SUBDIVISION DOES MEET THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL ZONE STANDARDS IN TERMS OF DENSITY, WHERE AT POINT FIVE NINE UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS WITHIN THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL RANGE OF ONE UNIT PER ACRE. THE LOT DESIGN AND RESOURCE PROTECTION IS MET USING SPECIFIC BUILDING ENVELOPES. ALL OF THE LOT SIZE MEET THE MINIMUM SIZE OF ONE ACRE AND ALL LOTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMUM WIDTH AND DEPTH. IN TERMS OF SETBACKS, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT ALTERNATIVE SETBACKS ARE PROPOSED TO ENSURE THAT SLOPE PRESERVATION. ALSO, IN TERMS OF RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS, STAFF WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO HARMONIZE BETWEEN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS AND TODAY'S CURRENT STANDARDS, SO AS BEST TO ADHERE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND CONCEPT PLAN UNDER THAT ORIGINAL REZONING. AND ESSENTIALLY IN BOTH INSTANCES, WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OR WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT ZONING CODE, THE APPLICANT COMES INTO COMPLIANCE. THE REQUIRED PROTECTION IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER FOR SLOPES UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE PROPOSED PROTECTION, THEY FAR EXCEED WHAT'S REQUIRED IN THE ZONING CODE. SO THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE SITE THAT ENDS UP BEING PRESERVED AND IS EVEN MORE PRESERVED BY HAVING THOSE BUILDING ENVELOPES MOVED FORWARD ON SITE. THIS IS THAT RESOURCE PROTECTION PLAN, SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE AREA IN GREEN IS REALLY THE SLOPE ON THE PROPERTY. THE FOREST RESOURCES ARE FAIRLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SLOPE. WE DON'T DOUBLE COUNT SLOPE AND TREE RESOURCES. THERE'S ONLY JUST BUT A FEW TREES LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE SLOPE, AND THEY WILL BE PRESERVED. IN TERMS OF OTHER RELEVANT STANDARDS, A CULTURAL RESOURCE CLEARANCE HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION OFFICER. AND IN TERMS OF PARKS, OPEN SPACE, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE FACILITIES, THE SITE IS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF OLD TOWN SPRINGS. HOWEVER, IT'S A VERY SMALL PARK. IT'S LESS THAN AN ACRE IN SIZE, AND THE SPECIFIC BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ARE NOT PROVIDED AS THIS IS A RURAL ROAD SECTION WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS, BUT PUBLIC ACCESS IS BEING MAINTAINED THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION. SO THE ROAD THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS THAT TRAVELS THROUGH THE FLAGSTAFF MESA SUBDIVISION DOES PROVIDE TRAIL ACCESS UP ONTO OBSERVATORY MESA. SO THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED. I WENT TOO FAR. ALL RIGHT, SO FINDING NUMBER TWO IS ENGINEERING STANDARDS. SO THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS. THE PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS CONDUCTED TO CONFIRM PRELIMINARY COMPLIANCE WITH ENGINEERING STANDARDS IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND TRAFFIC, A TIA WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE IT IS ONLY SIX LOTS AND ACCESS TO THE SUBDIVISION IS VIA AN EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD SECTION. FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, THERE WILL BE A REQUIREMENT FOR A NEW LOOPED WATER LINE, AND THE EXISTING EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE WILL PROVIDE A TAP TO EACH LOT. IN TERMS OF STORMWATER REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDE SOME DETENTION FACILITIES TO LIMIT THE POST, DEVELOPED FLOW RATES AND A FINAL DRAINAGE REPORT WILL BE REVIEWED WITH THE [02:15:03] FINAL PLAT. THE LAST FINDING IS SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, SO PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCEDURES AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WERE MET, THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDRESSED. TERMS OF SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION NEEDS LOT DESIGN, STREET DESIGN, EASEMENT DESIGN AND BLOCK DESIGN. AND WITH THAT, IN TERMS OF THE FINDINGS, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL FIND THAT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE IN TERMS OF THE ZONING CODE, THE GENERAL PLANS AND SUBDIVISIONS, AS WELL AS ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BASED ON THE REQUIRED FINDINGS, DID FORWARD THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT BY A VOTE OF FIVE ZERO WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE TWO CONDITIONS. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND I BELIEVE THAT ALICIA STOFFERS FROM WOODSON ENGINEERING IS ALSO HERE TO REPRESENT THIS CASE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A QUESTION. THANK YOU, TIFFANY. COULD YOU BRING UP THE MAP AGAIN AND THEN SHOW US ON THERE WHERE THE FUTS TRAIL WILL BE? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FUTS TRAIL. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT PUBLIC ACCESS DEDICATION, AS THIS ROAD IS CURRENTLY A PRIVATE ROAD THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT LINKS TO ANOTHER PRIVATE ROAD WITHIN AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION. THAT SAME EASEMENT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON THE PORTION OF THE ROAD WITHIN THE FLAGSTAFF MESA SUBDIVISION, WHICH THEN LINKS UP TO TRAILS UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL ONTO LOWELL OBSERVATORY'S PROPERTY. THIS IS ALSO WHERE THEY HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR SECONDARY EMERGENCY OR SECONDARY FIRE APPARATUS ROADWAY ACCESS. SO THE PUBLIC TRAIL WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THIS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU FOLLOWED THIS ROAD AROUND, IT WOULD GO WEST AND THEN NORTH AND THEN KIND OF LOOP AROUND TO THE EAST A LITTLE BIT. SO THE TRAIL ACCESS IS UP THERE. IT'S UP HERE. YES. OK, BUT THEN YOU TOLD US THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE ROAD. DOES THAT IMPLY THAT NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO DRIVE ON THAT ROAD? SO WE ARE OBTAINING AND EASEMENT OR WE ARE OBTAINING RIGHTS THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PLAT TO ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS ON THAT ROADWAY. YOU KNOW, SO THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO ON THAT ROAD. CORRECT. NOW, RIGHT NOW AND I HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE RECENTLY, BUT I HAVE I'LL ADMIT IT I DROVE UP THAT ROAD. I'M A BAD PERSON. ANYWAY, THAT CUL-DE-SAC HAS A SIGN ABOUT PRIVATE PROPERTY. THOU SHALL NOT ENTER. SO THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE SIGN THAT SAYS PRIVATE PROPERTY, YOU CANNOT GO IN HERE. AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS AT THE TOP OF THIS ROAD, SO THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT. HOW DO WE SQUARE THAT? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. AND THIS WAS AN ISSUE BROUGHT UP. STAFF ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, AND WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEIR ADJOINING NEIGHBORS. I'M NOT SURE ACTUALLY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DEALT WITH ISSUES, CALLS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE ACCESSING THE ROADWAY. BUT CURRENTLY THERE IS PUBLIC ACCESS ON THE ROAD ON THROUGH THE FLAG MESA SUBDIVISION, AND WE WILL CONTINUE IT THROUGH THIS SUBDIVISION AS WELL. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT ISSUE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE GET TO FINAL PLAT. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS PRELIMINARY PLAT AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT COUNCIL WOULD STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE FINAL PLAT BASED ON THAT AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. IS THAT CORRECT. BASED ON SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE? AND WE COULD PROVIDE YOU PROVISIONS WITH THAT, THE NEED FOR THAT ACCESSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS. ALL RIGHT, SO I GUESS I'LL SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT, BUT I'LL WANT TO SEE HOW THAT GETS RESOLVED BEFORE WE GO TO FINAL PLAT. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH PARKING UP THERE, BUT MIGHT ONLY BE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES. [02:20:02] SO OK, TIFFANY, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER. I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT A MINIMUM FRONT SET BACK OF 15 FEET BE REQUIRED FOR FRONT LOADED GARAGES AND A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET BE REQUIRED FOR SITE LOADED GARAGES AND PROVIDE DEDICATION LANGUAGE FOR A PUBLIC TRAIL OR FUTS ON TRACT A WITH THE FINAL PLAT. OK, SO I WILL SECOND THAT. OH, SHIMONI BEAT YOU TO IT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. OK, I HAVE THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO THE ONLY DISCUSSION I'LL SAY IS THAT I WILL SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT, BUT THERE IS A SORT OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE STATED ACCESS TO THE TRAIL AND THE FACT THAT THE SIGN SAYS THAT IT'S PRIVATE AND NOBODY CAN GO IN THERE AND THAT WILL NEED TO GET RESOLVED BEFORE FINAL PLAT. BUT I WILL APPROVE. I WILL VOTE YES ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I GUESS IN TERMS OF FURTHER DISCUSSION AND QUESTION FOR STAFF IS THAT WITH THE DEDICATION LANGUAGE THAT IT IS A PUBLIC TRAIL OR FUTS ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY'S CONCERNS. IT WILL DEFINITELY ADDRESS A PORTION OF IT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE ISN'T CONFUSING, THAT SIGNAGE HAS CAUSED ISSUES IN THE PAST AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TERMS OF TRESPASSING ISSUES. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU, MS. ANTOL. WELL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 13 A OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, THIS IS THE MUSEUM FLOOD [13. DISCUSSION ITEMS] PROJECT UPDATE. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS ANDY BERTELSEN, YOUR WATER SERVICES DIRECTOR. THANKS FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. I'LL JUST SAY A FEW WORDS WHILE SAM BECKETT FIRES UP THE PRESENTATION AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALREADY PUT IT ON THE SCREEN. WITH US THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR STAFF, THE STAFF THAT YOU'RE USED TO HEARING FROM SCOTT OVERTON, SAM BECKETT, GARY MILLER IN WATER SERVICES, AS WELL AS ED SCHENK. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CAPITAL FOLKS ONLINE, AS WELL AS BRYCE DOTY AND SOME PARTNERS AS WELL LUCINDA ANDREANI WITH THE COCONINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS CHRISTOPHER TRESSLER, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ENGINEER. IN FACT, I JUST TALKED TO CHRISTOPHER. HE WAS DEALING WITH A SITUATION OUT, IN, OUT IN THE WILLIAMS AREA, BUT HE SAID HE WOULD TRY TO GET ON THE PHONE TO WORK WITH US AS WELL. SO WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, SAM, WE WERE TO GIVE, IT'S NOW FEBRUARY 1ST. WE WERE QUEUED UP TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. OUR MEETING ENDED UP GOING A BIT LATE. AND SO TONIGHT YOU HAVE US THIS EVENING. SO FIRST, AND PROBABLY WHAT YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT FROM SAM IS THE SIREN SYSTEM. AND SO SAM BECKETT, WHO WAS WITH COCONINO COUNTY, HE'S NOW OUR STREETS DIRECTOR. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THAT COORDINATION WITH HIM, SO HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT SIREN SYSTEM, SAM. WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK A SLIDE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SIREN SYSTEM, SCOTT OVERTON, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY. GARY AND ED ARE ONLINE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SEDIMENT STUDIES. AND THEN LUCINDA AND CHRISTOPHER ARE ON LINE TO TALK ABOUT THE SEDIMENT BASINS, AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING THOSE ON FOREST MEASURES THAT WE'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT FOR THE WORK [02:25:01] ON NATIONAL FORESTS, FOR SEDIMENT REDUCTION. SCOTT WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE KILLIP DETENTION BASIN. IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THAT SITE RECENTLY, YOU SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK. AND THEN SARAH LANGLEY, WILL BE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SARAH AS PART OF THE TEAM. SO, OK, KICKING IT OFF TO YOU, SAM. THANK YOU. SAM, I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SIREN SYSTEM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. PARADISE AND ENDING CLOSE TO ROUTE 66 BEING SPREAD THROUGH KIND OF THE HEART OF THE FLOOD ZONE, IF YOU WILL, THESE FOUR SIRENS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME REALLY COOL FUNCTIONALITY BEHIND THEM. THEY WILL HAVE MULTIPLE TONES THAT WE CAN USE FOR DIFFERENT ALERTING [INAUDIBLE] ALSO A VOICE OVER FUNCTION. IN CASE WE NEED TO USE THAT FUNCTION, IT WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. SO IT'S A REALLY VERSATILE AND KIND OF A REALLY AWESOME PIECE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT IF YOU DO, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ALL OF THE CAPACITY THAT THIS SYSTEM HAS. CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A LOT OF OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THESE INTO OUR RIGHT OF WAY, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL PERMITTED PROPERLY AND THAT WE CAN GET THIS UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY, PRETTY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE SET ON THIS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE VENDORS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT AND HOPEFULLY GET US THERE IN A VERY, VERY SHORT TIME FRAME. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ACTUATED AND TRIGGERED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. IT WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY NECESSARILY HAS TO SIGN UP FOR. THIS WILL JUST BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FLOOD DIRECTIVE PROTOCOLS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO SCOTT OVERTON. THANK YOU, SAM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS A POINT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A MOMENT IT'S PROBABLY MY FAULT. APOLOGIES. HOW DOES THAT LOOK? SCOTT, THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS A PIECE I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE GETTING TO A PLACE IN A JUNCTURE THAT IS REALLY AT A POINT WHERE IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU RECALL, YOU APPROVED A FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH PEAK ENGINEERING AND JULIE LEIDS TEAM HAS BEEN LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE WASH. SO THEY STARTED AT ROUTE 66, AND THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THE WASH OF EXISTING CONDITIONS FROM THAT LOCATION NORTH INTO THE ACTUAL WASH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THEIR WORK AT TOP OF PARADISE. THIS WORK HAS REALLY GONE WELL. THEY'VE WALKED THE DRAINAGES, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS. I WILL SAY THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF MATH PROBLEMS AND A LOT OF FLOW CALCULATIONS. AND WHAT THEY'VE NOW COME BACK WITH IS OUR FIRST DRAFT AND WE DID START THAT REVIEW RIGHT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. WE'RE NOW GETTING TO WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE AND TO MAXIMIZE OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS APPEARING LIKE IT'LL BE A LARGER BOX STRUCTURE FROM 66 TO KILLIP. THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL, YOU KNOW, IN CONCEPT, IT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED, BUT THEY ARE UTILIZING THAT EXISTING FOOTPRINT. AND AS WE START TO SEE THESE STUDIES KICKED OUT OF THE ENGINEERING GROUP THAT WILL GIVE US AND YOU IN PARTICULAR, THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING SMART INVESTMENTS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE ITS CAPABILITIES, WHAT CAN IT ALLOW US TO DO? WHAT'S THE COST BENEFIT? AND THEN HOW MIGHT WE FUND THESE SEGMENTS, WHICH WE'RE REFERRING TO FROM 66 TO KILLIP? THIS WORK'S BEEN PROGRESSING NICELY. THEY ALSO HAVE FOCUSED A LOT OF EFFORT ON THE KILLIP SCHOOL SITE DETENTION BASINS AND THE KILLIP SCHOOL INLET DESIGN THAT IS NOW GETTING UNDERWAY. THEY AS WELL HAVE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS AT DORTHA, THE DORTHA CROSSING CEDAR AND ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH LINDA VISTA AND THE PARKWAY BASINS. REMEMBER ITS TOP TO BOTTOM, BUT IT REALLY IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK NOT ONLY AT THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WE WILL START TO ANALYZE THE ALTERNATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IDEAS. THOSE ARE THE IDEAS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE, BUT WE HAVE NOT TOTALLY VETTED THAT MAY JUST ADD OR DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WITH THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, DEPENDING ON [02:30:01] THE LOCATION. SO THIS IS GOING WELL. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THESE DRAFTS. WE ANTICIPATE THE NEXT SET OF DRAFTS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND IT HAS MOVED VERY, VERY WELL. SO THANK YOU TO THOSE ENGINEERING TEAMS THAT CONTINUE TO WORK THERE. THE HYDROLOGIC MODELING. WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO THAT THAT HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED, THAT WAS DONE AT THE YEAR END AND WE'VE NOW STARTED TO REALLY START TO LOOK AT THAT DATA. THIS IS THAT FLOW D MODEL THAT ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTHS OF PROPOSED WATERS AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS THE JE FULLER WORK THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE ON, BUT THAT WORK REALLY HELPS FEED THE INFORMATION TO THE STUDY. SO WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE SOME RESULTS COME FROM THIS, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE RESULTS NEXT MONTH WITH YOU IN THE NEXT UPDATE. BUT I'M GOING TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO ED AND GARY, WHO ARE GOING TO TALK SEDIMENT STUDIES. THANK YOU, SCOTT. SO THIS IS ED SCHENK, STORMWATER MANAGER. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SEDIMENT STUDY THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT COMMISSION FROM NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN, ONE OF OUR LOCAL CONSULTING FIRMS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE CONTINUED FLOOD RISK OR DEBRIS RISK, AND I SHOULD SAY, COMING FROM THE MUSEUM FIRE AREA AND THEN ALSO TO HELP WITH OUR DESIGNS FOR FUTURE FLOOD MITIGATION, INCLUDING THE SEDIMENT BASINS. AS A REMINDER, WE HAD ABOUT 11000 TONS OF SEDIMENT THAT WAS REMOVED FROM SUNNYSIDE AND GRANDVIEW THIS LAST YEAR, MOSTLY BY PUBLIC WORKS AT A COST OF ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, JUST IN THE TIPPING FEES AT THE LANDFILL, NOT TO MENTION EQUIPMENT AND LABOR TIME. SO THIS STUDY WAS TO HELP DETERMINE THE FUTURE RISK THAT WE HAVE. NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN WENT OUT IN THE FALL AND SURVEYED 14 MILES OF DRAINAGE WITHIN THE MUSEUM FIRE AREA AND THEN DOWN INTO SUNNYSIDE. AND WITH THAT MODEL OR WITH THAT DATA THAT THEY HAD, THEY USED FOUR DIFFERENT MODELS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT RISK THAT WE HAVE. SO TWO OF THESE WERE HILL SLOPE MODELS ERMT, WHICH IS THE EROSION RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL, WHICH IS DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH CENTER AND THEN THE MODIFIED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION, WHICH IS A TYPICAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THEN A CHANNEL MODEL CALLED THE BANK ASSESSMENT FOR NON-POINT SOURCE CONSEQUENCES OF SEDIMENT. NOT SURE WHY IT'S CALLED THAT. BANKS IS THE ACRONYM. I GUESS THEY LIKE THE ACRONYM. AND A SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DUAL MODEL FLOW SET POWER SET, WHICH IS A PART OF A COMMERCIAL MODELING PACKAGE FOR APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY. THE RESULTS ACTUALLY MIRRORED A CONCURRENT STUDY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE MUSEUM FIRE AREA. WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS THAT THE STEEP SLOPES ARE STILL VERY VULNERABLE AND STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SEDIMENT THAT CAN BE PRODUCED AND TRANSPORTED DOWN INTO THE CITY. EVENT BASED MODELING. SO RAIN BASED MODELING SHOWED THAT FOR A ONE INCH STORM, THERE'D BE ROUGHLY 400 TONS OF SEDIMENT PRODUCED. FOR A TWO INCH STORM THIRTY TWO HUNDRED AND FOR A THREE INCH STORM EIGHTY NINE HUNDRED. SO THE EIGHTY NINE HUNDRED NUMBER WAS ROUGHLY WHAT WE SAW FROM THE FOUR STORMS THAT WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR. THE ANNUAL AVERAGE WITH SMALL STORMS, LARGE STORMS, ET CETERA THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IS UP TO 17,000 TONS OF SEDIMENT BEING PRODUCED BY THE WATERSHED. SO OBVIOUSLY WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF FLOOD RISK DUE TO THE SEDIMENT ITSELF BEING PUSHED INTO THE CITY. THE PART OF THIS MODELING EXERCISE OR OF THE STUDY WAS ALSO TO LOOK AT FUTURE CONDITIONS SO AS THE WATERSHED CHANGES AND HOPEFULLY RESTORES. AND THIS WENT OUT FOR A FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD. AND AT THE END OF THAT FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD, WE'RE STILL SHOWING A VERY HIGH RISK OF SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS MOVEMENT INTO THE CITY. SO IT'S NOT PREDICTED THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SHARP DROP OFF IN SEDIMENT SUPPLY FROM THE MUSEUM FIRE AREA. THE RESULTS DID RECOMMEND, OR THE STUDY DID RECOMMEND CONTINUED MONITORING, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WITH ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND NAU. AND THE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELS ALSO INDICATED THAT RESTORATION TECHNIQUES THAT THE COUNTY IS HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE ALLUVIAL FANS SHOULD MITIGATE SOME OF THE SEDIMENT. THAT'S THE PURPOSE THAT WE'RE GOING FOR WITH THE FOREST SERVICE MONEY AND OUR CS MONEY TO THE TUNE OF ROUGHLY 60 TO 80 PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL LOAD. [02:35:06] SO WE SHOULD SEE A REDUCTION ONCE WE HAVE THOSE MITIGATION MEASURES IN PLACE. THE STUDY DID RECOMMEND ALLUVIAL FAN WORK ON THE FOURTH SURFACE PROPERTIES, THE 40 ACRE PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR MUSEUM MOUNT ELDEN ESTATES SORRY AND THE CITY PROPERTY NEAR PARKWAY. SO A TOTAL OF NINE SITES THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN TERMS OF DESIGN. THE SERIES OF ALLUVIAL FAN PROJECTS AND SEDIMENT BASINS WILL WORK TOGETHER AS A NETWORK TO HELP REDUCE THE SEDIMENT LOAD INTO THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY I BELIEVE LUCINDA IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARKWAY SEDIMENT BASINS. THANK YOU, ED. I SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A QUESTION ON THE SIRENS SO WE CAN KEEP FLOWING WITH THE SEDIMENT DISCUSSION OR MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY TO ASK HIS QUESTION NOW. WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. YEAH, THANK YOU. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION. SO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY IF YOU WANTED TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SIRENS. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT PRODUCE THESE AND SEE IF THEY NEEDED TO BE DIRECTED A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE GROUND LEVEL. MY CONCERN IS IF THERE IS BY CHANCE A LITTLE BIT TOWARD [INAUDIBLE], THEY'LL FILL UP WITH WATER. THE WATER WILL FREEZE AND THE SIRENS WOULDN'T WORK. SO JUST KIND OF A HEADS UP TO THINK THAT THROUGH. I'M THINKING LIKE, THIS IS A DESIGN REVIEW MEETING, SO THANK YOU. I CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW. IF YOU'D LIKE MAYOR. YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. CORRECTLY, BUT I KNOW HE AND THERE'S, SAM. HI, SAM, ANDY. YEAH. SO THIS IS ALREADY SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY CONSIDERED. THIS COMPANY, AS WE GET CLOSER, HAS A COMPLETE DESIGN LAYOUT, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR WEATHER, NOISE, CARRY OVER. THEY ACTUALLY MAP OUT THE RANGE OF WHICH THAT SIREN CAN BE HEARD FROM THE HEIGHT IT WILL BE MOUNTED. THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF SCIENCE BEHIND IT, FAR BEYOND WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY MAKE IT SOUND VERY, VERY EASY. BUT YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT MAPS OUT AND WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD. BUT WE DON'T FORESEE ANY ISSUES IN THAT REGARD, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. WELL, THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL WHENEVER I HAVE A QUESTION, STAFF'S ALREADY FIGURED IT OUT. SO THANK YOU, SAM. THANK YOU, SAM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE WONDERFUL LUCINDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE SEDIMENT REDUCTION MEASURES. AS YOU JUST HEARD, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE LEVEL OF SEDIMENT ENTERING THE CITY. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SEDIMENT DEBRIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DYNAMIC AND I THINK AS WE SAW, WE SAW LESS AND LESS DEBRIS. IT'S REALLY SEDIMENT IS THE REAL KEY ISSUE, ALTHOUGH ALL THESE MEASURES WILL INFLUENCE DEBRIS AS WELL. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, TOO, THAT THE HILL SLOPE AND LOOKING AT THE STUDY RESULTS AND THE COMPARISON THAT WE SAW WITH SCHULTZ. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SEDIMENT WAS GENERATED FROM THE CHANNELS COMING OFF THE STEEP SLOPES OF SCHULTZ, WHEREAS IN THIS AREA, THE HILLSIDES ARE REALLY CONTRIBUTING A LOT AND THAT IS OF EVEN MORE CONCERN IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF SEDIMENT. SO ANYWAY TO MOVE AHEAD EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THIS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, ARE BOTH RELATIVE TO THE AGREEMENT NOW THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE DONE IN RECORD TIME. AND THEN THE FOREST SERVICE HAS INITIATED THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. THAT NEPA PROCESS WITH THE GOAL OF COMPLETING THAT IN EARLY MAY. THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL NOT BE OPPOSITION TO THE EFFORTS ON FOREST TO AGAIN RESTORE THE WATERSHED AND REDUCE THE SEDIMENT PRODUCTION AND CAPTURE SEDIMENT ON THE FOREST AND KEEP IT ON THE FOREST SO IT RESTORES THOSE WATERSHEDS. AND THAT IS THE GOAL WAS TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS BY EARLY MAY. WE ARE NEARING 30 PERCENT ENGINEERING ON THAT PROJECT. WE'RE MEETING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE WEEKLY TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WORKING THROUGH THAT PROJECT AND SO FORTH. [02:40:01] WE DID RECENTLY MEET WITH THE MOUNT ELDEN ESTATES AREA, NOT ONLY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR THE FOREST SERVICE PROPERTY, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THEIR PROPERTIES, OF COURSE, AS WELL AS WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED THROUGH THE NRCS EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION FUNDING. AND THAT WAS AT HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE GIVEN WE JUST COMPLETED BOTH AGREEMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROACHING 30 PERCENT ENGINEERING ON BOTH OF THOSE ELEMENTS. ONE THING IN TERMS OF THE NRCS EWPP PROJECT, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST TIME THAT THERE ARE TWO. WE'VE KIND OF DIVIDED THIS UP INTO TWO PROJECTS WITHIN THE OVERALL PROJECT. ONE PROJECT INVOLVES THE WORK WITHIN MOUNT ELDEN ESTATES, WITHIN LOCKETT RANCHES AND ON THE 40 ACRES ALL PRIVATE PROPERTIES. THE SECOND PROJECT INVOLVES THE WORK THAT ED JUST MENTIONED, THE PARKWAY SEDIMENT BASINS ELEMENT OF THAT PROJECT, SO WE'RE SEEING THAT AS A SEPARATE PROJECT AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY. THE MOUNT ELDEN ESTATES AND LOCKETT RANCHES IN THE 40 ACRES, THE WORK THERE IS REALLY VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING ON FOREST. IT'S VERY, I'LL SAY, TRADITIONAL EWPP WORK. RESTORATION OF THE WATERSHED, THE ALLUVIAL FANS TO CAPTURE SEDIMENT, MORE GRADE CONTROL AND RESTING THE CHANNEL EROSION THROUGH THOSE AREAS AGAIN WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE SEDIMENT COMING INTO THE CITY AND IMPACTING THOSE AREAS AS WELL. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE AGAIN IS THE PARKWAY SEDIMENT BASINS, AND THIS IS TURNING INTO A VERY COMPLEX, FRANKLY FAIRLY SMALL SCALE PROJECT, BUT TURNED IT INTO A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT. WE HAVE LANDS RIGHTS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH BRYCE DOTY, YOUR LAND RIGHTS AND ACQUISITION REPRESENTATIVE AND BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT. SECOND, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE IS A SECTION OF THE HISTORIC BEALE WAGON ROAD THAT IS ON THAT SECTION OF IS ON THAT PROJECT LAND. THE LAND OWNED BY THE CITY. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICE TO ULTIMATELY ARRIVE AT WHAT'S CALLED A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT MOA WILL BE SIGNED BY THE CITY AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS NRCS, THE STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICERS AND THEN POTENTIALLY OTHER PROPERTY'S OWNERS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO OR INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. SO. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE INITIATED THAT PROCESS WITH THEIR CONSULTATION EFFORT. AND THAT'S MOVING FORWARD, AND THAT'S BEING BASICALLY OVERSEEN BY THE NRCS ARCHEOLOGIST. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, A FAVORITE FRIEND OF YOURS. AND THIS WILL REQUIRE CURRENTLY THIS IS CONSIDERED A WATERS OF THE U.S. AND THIS WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT. FORTUNATELY, THE NRCS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE HAS A STANDING PERMITS CALLED PERMIT 37 NUMBER THIRTY SEVEN AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO THROUGH, WITH AND AGAIN HAND IN HAND WITHIN NRCS TO PURSUE THAT PERMIT, TO GAIN THE APPROVAL FROM ARMY CORPS, TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AS WELL. AND THAT WILL REQUIRE PROPERTIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THAT PROJECT, AS WELL AS ANY PROJECTS UPSTREAM TO BE INVOLVED IN APPROVING THAT AS WELL. SO. SO THAT'S ANOTHER COMPLEXITY TO THIS PROCESS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO SECURE A CONTRACTOR FOR THE SEDIMENT BASINS PROJECT AS WELL. SO MY EXPECTATION RELATIVE TO THE PARKWAY SEDIMENT BASINS, GIVEN THE COMPLEXITIES THAT THE EXPECTED TIME FRAME FOR CONSTRUCTION IS FALL OF 2022. [02:45:06] I THINK JUST GIVEN ALL THE DYNAMICS TRYING TO GET THIS, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO TRY TO GET INTO CONSTRUCTION AND GET IT COMPLETED BEFORE THE MONSOON. BUT I THINK IT'S FRANKLY AT THIS POINT. I THINK THAT'S UNREALISTIC. AND SO BUT IT WOULD BE SLATED FOR AS SOON AS MONSOONS DISSIPATE. WE WOULD GO INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE FALL. SO THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THAT PROJECT OF THE NRCS PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE FOREST SERVICE PROJECT, WE AGAIN OUR GOAL REMAINS TO HAVE THOSE ELEMENTS COMPLETED BEFORE THE MONSOON SEASON AND WE'RE AGAIN WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY A LOT OF WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE PRIOR TO MONSOON. OF COURSE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WEATHER WE'LL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON HOW QUICKLY WE CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN WE HAVE TO END, GIVEN THE START OF THE MONSOONS AND SO FORTH. SO. BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE PROJECTS AND WE HAVE AN EXPERIENCED CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT ELEMENT OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT WITH FOREST SERVICES AS WELL AS NRCS. SO WE'RE AGAIN BEING VERY TRYING TO PUT EVERY EFFORT WE CAN INTO GETTING THAT COMPLETED PRIOR TO MONSOON. I THINK THAT IS IT, AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES TO THE SEDIMENT BASIN PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT COMES WITH PROJECTS. YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THEM. AND THOSE CHALLENGES AND WE INTEND TO DO THAT AND BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT THIS FALL. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL AND QUICK REVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WHATEVER TIME THAT'S APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M NOT SEEING ANY QS AND CS IN THE CHAT BOX AT THIS TIME, SO WE'RE GOOD TO PROCEED. THANK YOU, LUCINDA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR AND CHRISTOPHER'S EXPERTISE AND, YOU KNOW, THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT WITH US, WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE WITH US AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOUR PROJECT AT THAT LOCATION IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN EVEN THIS NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. BUT WE'VE REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE EFFORTS. MAYOR, I DID SEE A QUESTION COME IN BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, IF WE WANT TO GRAB IT OR WAIT, I'LL DEFER. YEAH, THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MAYOR AND GOOD EVENING, LUCINDA. [INAUDIBLE] TEAM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION SO FAR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK LUCINDA. I'M LEAVING MY CAMERA OFF BECAUSE OF BANDWIDTH ISSUES CURRENTLY, BUT I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO IN REGARDS TO THE DELAY IN THE EFFORT BEING DONE BEFORE MONSOONS, REALISTICALLY, I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A PLAN IN TERMS OF HOW WE PLAN TO OUTREACH AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW JUST TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS? YES. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ONCE WE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I THINK, WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER SENSE OF WE HAVE A KEY MEETING LATER THIS WEEK WITH NRCS ARCHEOLOGIST ON THE BEALE WAGON ROAD ELEMENT AND NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGNS IS WORKING THROUGH AN EFFORT WITH THE ARMY CORPS RIGHT NOW. I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE ABOUT THE TIMELINE RELATIVE TO ALL THE PROJECTS, BUT PARTICULARLY RELATIVE TO THE SEDIMENT BASINS PROJECT, AND I THINK AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE PREPARED TO COMMUNICATE. WE DID SEND A LETTER TO THOSE IN THE AREA OF THE SEDIMENT BASINS PROJECT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT SITE WORK. INVESTIGATIVE WORK FOR THE ENGINEERING WOULD BE UNDERWAY, WENT OUT AND DID SOME GEOTECH, TOOK SOME SAMPLES AND SO FORTH TO BE ABLE SO NCD CAN CONTINUE WITH THE ENGINEERING WHILE THE OTHER PROCESSES ARE TAKING PLACE AS WELL. AND I THINK AT THAT POINT RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF THESE ISSUES IN THE LETTER, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL SOMEWHAT SPECULATIVE, SO I PREFER TO WAIT ABOUT TILL WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE IN OUR INFORMATION BEFORE WE START COMMUNICATING, BUT CERTAINLY WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SARAH ON THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND MOVING FORWARD. [02:50:03] AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS IS THAT THOSE WHOSE PROPERTY WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE PROJECTS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY ARE, WHETHER IT'S A MOUNT ELDEN ESTATES OR LOCKETT RANCHES OR IN PARADISE AREA. THEY NEED TO BE MET WITH FIRST, AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE RELATIVE TO THEIR SPECIFIC PROPERTY BECAUSE WE'LL NEED EITHER IN OUR IN CASE OF MOUNT ELDEN A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT OR IN THE CASE OF THE PARADISE PROJECT. THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED AN EASEMENT AND SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM FIRST. SO THEY UNDERSTAND, OK, WHAT IS PLANNED? WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON MY PROPERTY? AND WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO SECURE, ULTIMATELY SECURE THOSE AGREEMENTS, RIGHT? THOSE INSTRUMENTS SO. SO THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. WE DON'T WANT TO JUMP OUT AND START COMMUNICATING WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY UNTIL THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN WE WILL COMMUNICATE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WE'VE JUST FOUND THAT THROUGH SCHULTZ, WE FOUND THAT TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RESPECT THAT THEIR LAND IS BEING IMPACTED AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION ONE ON ONE FACE TO FACE IN THE COMMUNITY, OUT ON THE LAND, RIGHT TO SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO MY PROPERTY? SO. THANK YOU. LUCINDA, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT APPROACH. THANK YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU, LUCINDA, FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO THIS NEXT PROJECT, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY KILLIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S GOING WELL. IN FACT, THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT DATED. YOU ALL ARE AWARE AND RECALL THE IGA ADAM [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN OUR PROJECT MANAGER FROM OR OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WHO'S WORKING WITH STORMWATER AND ED SCHENK'S TEAM TO DELIVER THE KILLIP DETENTION BASINS. PLEASE RECALL THAT FUSD IS ACTUALLY DELIVERING THE PROJECT. WE'RE ASSISTING AND PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING. BUT THIS IS A REALLY INTEGRAL PIECE AND THE MASS EXCAVATION IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED SOME ROCK, BUT THEY'VE BEEN NAVIGATING DEALING WITH THAT, AND ADAM'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRY TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTION. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT BY NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE THAT RESOLVED. NOW OUR FOCUS REALLY IS TO MOVE THE ENGINEERING TEAM'S EFFORTS TOWARDS THE KILLIP'S SCHOOL INLET STRUCTURES AT PONDEROSA PARK AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE WATER FROM ARROYO SECO INTO THESE DETENTION BASINS AND THEN THE FINAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE ACTUAL BASINS AND THIRD STREET TO THE EAST. AGAIN, WE'LL START THAT PIPING PROJECT THAT GOES IN FRONT OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TIED INTO THE EXISTING SYSTEM. BUT ALL GOOD NEWS ON THIS FRONT. NO CONCERNS TO REPORT. EVERYTHING'S MOVING VERY WELL AND THIS WILL BE IN PLACE AND READY TO FUNCTION PRIOR TO THIS YEAR'S MONSOON SEASON. NEXT SLIDE SARAH, YOU'RE UP. HELLO, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SARAH LANGLEY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. WANTED TO FINISH OFF THIS PRESENTATION WITH A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS. SO THE CITY'S SECOND FAQ DOCUMENT WAS EMAILED OUT TO THE MUSEUM FLOOD DISTRIBUTION LIST ON JANUARY 14TH A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND THAT ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED BY EMAIL FROM RESIDENTS OVER THE HOLIDAY NEW YEAR PERIOD. WE ALSO RECEIVED A FEW MORE QUESTIONS LAST WEEK BY EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT, SO WE ARE WORKING ON ANSWERING THOSE AS WELL, SO THAT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE ALSO STARTED ADVERTISING THESE MUSEUM FLOOD UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND THROUGH THE EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IMPACTED RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THESE UPDATES ARE HAPPENING AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, JOIN US OR WATCH THEM LATER AT THEIR CONVENIENCE. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE WORKING WITH BETA PR TO START IMPLEMENTING THE DELIVERABLES OUTLINED IN OUR CONTRACT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO NOW. WE'RE CURRENTLY FINISHING UP OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE TARGETING EARLY NEXT WEEK AROUND, I BELIEVE, FEBRUARY 7TH TO GO LIVE WITH THAT WEBSITE. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON A FEW LAST PIECES OF SPANISH TRANSLATION AND A FEW MORE DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THAT. SO THAT WEBSITE WILL FEATURE OVERVIEWS OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT HERE. IT'LL REALLY ACT AS A REPOSITORY FOR ALL OF THE PREVIOUS INFORMATION WE'VE RELEASED ON MUSEUM FLOODING AND BE AN EASY PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO WATCH PREVIOUS COUNCIL UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO SEND OUT OUR FIRST PROJECT UPDATE FLIER EARLY THIS [02:55:03] MONTH, EARLY FEBRUARY. THE PURPOSE OF THAT FLIER WILL BE REALLY TO ADVERTISE OUR WEBSITE TO GET PEOPLE TO SIGN ON TO OUR EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, AND THEN TO PROVIDE A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY'S KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AGAIN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT WITHIN THE MUSEUM FLOOD AREA. SO THAT'S A BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE, AND THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE. SO WITH THAT, I'M SURE OUR GROUP IS HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. A LOT OF GREAT WORK BEING DONE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE THE PRODUCTIVITY ON THIS. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTARY THAT I'D LIKE TO TAKE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. SO, CITY CLERK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LINE THEM UP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE DAWN RODRIGUEZ ON THE LINE. DAWN, YOU MAY GO AHEAD. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TODAY. SINCE THERE ARE NO PRE OR POST FLOOD REPORTS SPECIFICALLY AT DORTHA, I'LL TELL YOU IN THREE MINUTES WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED AND HOW TO FIX IT AND ALL FOR FREE. THE SECOND EDITION CITY OF FLAGSTAFF MUSEUM FLOOD QUESTION AND ANSWER EXPLAINED THAT THE FLOODWATERS FOLLOW THE DOWN GRADIENT AND AT TIMES ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY CURRENTS CREATED BY BOTTLENECKS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMMON KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS. THE WATER CHANGED DIRECTION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TO EAST TO WEST AND WEST TO EAST IN THE ALLEY, SENDING HALF THE FLOW OF THE COLORADO RIVER THROUGH PEOPLE'S HOMES. MY TESTIMONIES ARE BUILT ON VIDEOS AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, NOT UNRELIABLE EXPENSIVE MODELS. THERE ARE NO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF TECH EQUIPMENT AND GAUGES AT DORTHA, JUST OLD SCHOOL WATER LINES AND COMMON SENSE. THE WATERLINE SHOWS THAT THE WATER EASILY REACHED OVER 10 FEET HIGH AT THIS DRAIN. RESIDENTS WERE WARNED OF WATER, NOT SEISMIC CEMENT MUD THAT PREVENTED THE FREE FLOW OF WATER THROUGH ANY TYPE OF FENCE, INCLUDING CHAIN-LINK FENCES. AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION. NEVER DESCRIBED IN ARIZONA COURT CASES OR STATUTE WAS FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY THE UPSIDE DOWN UNREGULATED BOX BRIDGE DESIGN FOLLOWING BASIC RULES OF ENGINEERING. IF THE BUILDING OF AN INFERIOR DAM AND BEARING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WATER WAS THE GOAL, THE DAM WASN'T BUILT AS HIGH AS THE ARROYO SECO PRECAUTIONS AND SATIN BAGS WERE USED INSTEAD OF JERSEY BARRIERS. SO WHEN THOSE SANDBAGS BUCKLED, ONE PERCENT OF THE 11 TONS OF MUD MENTIONED WAS DIRECTED THROUGH HOMES THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED ON THIS SCALE. THIS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MISTAKES RUINED COUNTLESS LIVES, AND I AM HERE ASKING FOR IT TO BE RESOLVED BY THE FOLLOWING THREE OPTIONS. THE FIRST OPTION BUILD THE BOX BRIDGE ALREADY AT DORTHA. THE SECOND OPTION OPEN THE ROAD, MOVE OUT ALL THE JERSEY BARRIERS AND SANDBAGS, SO THE WATER DOES NOT TRAVEL AGAINST GRAVITY. THE THIRD OPTION AND OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE AT PEACE SINCE THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED. TEAR UP THE ROAD AND MAKE IT PART OF THE ALLEY FOR GOOD. WE HAVE TRIED SHARING THIS INFORMATION IN PRIVATE, BUT WE WERE TOLD NO. AND IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING OVER THE YEARS, IT IS TO INCLUDE THE MOST PEOPLE TO FIND BETTER SOLUTIONS. ALSO, THE PROJECT IN THE ALLEY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT IT HASN'T. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HEAR FROM THE REALTOR PERSON IN JANUARY, THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY AND JUST FYI, IT'S FEBRUARY. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAWN, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD REGARDING THE NOT HEARING ANYTHING OR STEPS FORWARD? YEAH. WELL, NOTHING TO ADD, BUT I GAVE THREE SOLUTIONS THERE, I KNOW I ONLY GET THREE MINUTES. YOU KNOW, I'M DOING LIKE EVERYTHING THAT THESE LIKE 15 PEOPLE ARE DOING. I'M DOING BY MYSELF AND I ONLY GET THREE MINUTES AND I CAN'T DO PRESENTATIONS. SO I, YEAH, I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT IT'S NOT. SO I GAVE THREE SOLUTIONS AND TO BETTER EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONFUSED. I'VE OFFERED TOURS AND STUFF. BUT A LOT OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S A DRAIN ON DORTHA. AND SO WHEN IT PLUGS UP AND THIS MUD, IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER. IT'S SEISMIC MUD. [03:00:02] IT'S INSANE. AND I KNOW I THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR DOING ALL THIS WORK. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF WORK, BUT I THINK I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CONTROL OF THE SITUATION AND I'M DOING THIS LIKE ON WEEKENDS AND STUFF. SO I MEAN, THANK YOU, BUT I THINK MORE COULD BE DONE. SO MY QUESTION IS THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE ALLEY IS THAT WHATEVER THEY WERE GOING TO DO BACK THERE? IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE DONE? THANK YOU, DAWN, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ASKING THAT QUESTION DURING THE COUNCIL QUEUES AND DISCUSSION. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS SPEAKING UP PROVIDING THE INFORMATION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND BECAUSE THAT IS AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS, NOT JUST MODELS AND FIGURES AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT THE LIVED EXPERIENCE SO MANY ARE FACING. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING THAT PERSPECTIVE TO US ON COUNCIL THROUGH THESE MEETINGS. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT DOES HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, DAWN, SO MUCH. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NUMBER TWO POINT? AGAIN, I WAS TAKING NOTES AND I DIDN'T GET NUMBER TWO. DAWN, YOU ARE MUTED. OK, SORRY, THANK YOU. MY NUMBER TWO POINT. SO WHEN THE DRAIN GETS PLUGGED IN THE ALLEY WITH THAT SEISMIC MUD THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER, IT MOVED EVERYTHING UP. THAT'S WHY AT LINDA VISTA, THEY MEASURED LIKE FIVE FEET WHERE WE ARE IT WAS OVER 10 FEET BECAUSE THAT DRAIN GOT PLUGGED. THE WATER, THE MUD PLUGGED IT, SO IT TURNED INTO A DAM BECAUSE THEN IT MOVES THE WATER UP. SO THE WAY THAT THE SANDBAGS WERE ARRANGED AND THEY PUT SANDBAGS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD JERSEY BARRIERS LIKE THEY DID, THEY REINFORCED IT AT ARROYO SECO. SO WHEN THEY DID THAT INFERIOR DAM, IT BUSTED UP. AND SO. WE'VE NEVER HAD FLOODING LIKE THIS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE AND THIS AND THAT. BUT WHEN MY HUSBAND WOULD CLEAN OUT THE ALLEY, HE DID IT BECAUSE OUR BABYSITTERS LIVED ON ROSE. AND SO THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOUR DAUGHTER'S SCARED, THERE'S WATER. SO WE NEVER FLOODED. I NEVER MADE THAT POINT CLEAR. WE NEVER FLOODED. SO IF THEY GO, IF WE PLAY BY THE RULES THAT THE ENGINEERS ARE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T PREVENT THE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PUT UP BARRIERS, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE BUILDING DAMS. SO IF THE FIRST ONE WAS, OF COURSE, THE BOX BRIDGE, THE SECOND ONE WAS JUST TO MOVE EVERYTHING OUT AND LET THE WATER FLOW. IT'S AN ALLUVIAL FAN MOVE. DON'T BE. YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT. IF IT'S BOTTLENECK THERE, YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WESTERLY FLOW, THE EASTERLY FLOWS AND THE ALLUVIAL FAN. YOU CAN'T MAKE A DAM AND THEN HAVE THE PEOPLE FROM. I MEAN, IT BACKED UP COUNCIL. IT BACKED UP FROM DORTHA ALL THE WAY UP TO CEDAR. AND IF IT WAS OPEN AND THERE WERE NO JUST MOVE EVERYTHING OUT, THAT'S THE SECOND THING THAT I'M ASKING. THANK YOU, DAWN. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THANK YOU, DAWN AND VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER C'S AND Q'S FOR DAWN AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTERS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM BEFORE WE GO TO DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO MAYOR. THAT WAS OUR LAST ONE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CITY CLERK. WELL, WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNCIL AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE FOR THE PRESENTERS. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, STAFF FOR ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SARAH AND AND POSSIBLY FOR LUCINDA AS WELL, BUT I'LL ASK IT AND YOU ALL CAN FIGHT OVER WHO ANSWERS IT. SAND BAGS, OLD SAND BAGS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED AND THE NEW SAND BAGS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED. WHAT IS OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN AND OUR VOLUNTEER PLAN FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN BEFORE MONSOONS? THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I'LL LET SCOTT AND LUCINDA ANSWER THAT AND THEN I CAN JUMP IN WITH ANY COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT NEEDED. THANKS. YEAH, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, I THINK WE'LL GET SOME SUPPORT HERE FROM A COUPLE OF [03:05:05] DIFFERENT ANGLES. THIS IS CERTAINLY A TIMELY TIME TO ASK THAT QUESTION. WE HAVE STARTED OUR INTERNAL DISCUSSION TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SHORE UP SHORT TERM MITIGATIONS. WE KNOW THERE'S ANXIOUSNESS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER TODAY. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT'S LOOKED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE AGAIN AS A LOT OF OUR MID AND LONG TERM MITIGATIONS ARE NOT COMPLETED AND IT'S NOT PROVEN UP TO BE TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL QUITE YET. SO WE KNOW THERE'S EFFORT AHEAD. I KNOW WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT IT AT OUR MONDAY ENGINEERING MEETING THAT WE NEED TO START THINKING THIS THROUGH FROM THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS, WHAT THE ROLE OF BOTH AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE FLOOD DISTRICT MIGHT BE. BUT THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DATE FOR THIS COMING MONSOON SEASON. ANDY, LUCINDA. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY, SCOTT, AND I THINK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. I THINK WE'VE ALL IDENTIFIED THERE'S A SET OF MEETINGS THAT NEED TO OCCUR. I THINK PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE WILL INVOLVE ANDY AND SCOTT AND THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNTY MANAGER AND MYSELF, AND TO SIT DOWN AND TALK HIGH LEVEL FIRST ABOUT WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THE MITIGATION EFFORTS FOR THIS SUMMER? YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE PROCESS, THE EOC PROCESS ALL OF THAT WORK. MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND THEN LAY OUT THE ACTUAL PLAN FOR THAT AND THEN BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT MUCH LIKE WE'VE DONE THE LAST TWO YEARS. BUT AS SCOTT INDICATED IT, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE SHOULD BE KEPT INTO PLACE BECAUSE WE WILL NOT GATE ALL FLOOD EVENTS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, I HAD A SET OF RESIDENTS PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MOUNT ELDEN ESTATES AREA. YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS EVENT, THIS HAPPENED, THIS HAPPENED. AND ABSOLUTELY, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IF WE'RE NOT THERE, MOST OF IT WE'RE PRETTY AWARE OF. BUT, YOU KNOW, I REITERATED WITH THEM, WE CANNOT MITIGATE EVERY FLOOD EVENT THAT JUST ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT WOULD BE MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS ON THE RIGHT PATH IN TERMS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A GOOD PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A SET OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE THOSE MORE FREQUENT TYPE OF STORMS THAT WE SEE THE BIG, BIG STORMS. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE REALLY CHALLENGING AND FOR THE ENTIRE FLOOD AREA, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH, UNFORTUNATELY FOR A LONG TIME. SO DO YOU ALL FORESEE THE CITY AND OR THE DISTRICT BEING ON HAND TO HELP REMOVE THE DEBRIS FROM BROKEN SANDBAGS AND SANDBAGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS. WE FORESEE HELPING THE RESIDENTS TO GET RID OF WHAT THEY NEED TO GET RID OF AND TO RESET BAGS THAT THEY NEED TO RESET. CORRECT. SO REMEMBER THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE UTILIZED ARIZONA CONSERVATION CORPS AND VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE WE CALL IT AFN THAT HAVE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, DISABILITIES, ELDERLY. WE'VE SUPPORTED THAT TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE ABLE BODIED. WE'VE PROVIDED WE'VE DISTRIBUTED THE BAGS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE CITY HAS DISTRIBUTED DUMPSTERS WHERE THOSE CAN BE DEPOSITED, THE OLD SANDBAGS AND OLD MATERIALS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU KNOW, THINGS RELATED TO THAT, NOT GARBAGE, BUT CAN BE DEPOSITED. SO I SEE IT AGAIN BEING VERY SIMILAR AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN SUPPORT HERE WE'RE WALKING, YOU KNOW, A LINE OF LEVEL OF RESOURCES, GIFT CLAUSE OF THE STATE STATUTES, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FINE POINTS. WE'RE WALKING HERE TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT ALSO PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AND A NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR. WE CERTAINLY INTEND TO FULLY UTILIZE AND WORK WITH UNITED WAY TO MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS, [03:10:06] WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN OUT ON THE GROUND ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, SO. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, OH, SORRY. AND THEN, SARAH, HOW AND WHEN WILL WE BE COMMUNICATING THIS TO THE RESIDENTS? THANKS, VICE MAYOR. YEAH, I THINK AS SOON AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT MESSAGE AFTER THOSE MEETINGS THAT SCOTT MENTIONED TAKE PLACE, WHICH WILL BE VERY SOON, WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY. WE HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS AS WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING CONSISTENT THERE AND REALLY USE ALL THE CHANNELS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WHETHER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, EMAIL DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGNS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT VARIOUS RESOURCES, SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO GET THAT WORD OUT THERE. OK, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. I DON'T REALLY HAVE MANY QUESTIONS OR ANY REALLY AT ALL. I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND I APPRECIATE THAT. MY ONLY COMMENT REALLY IS KIND OF JUST IN LINE TO VICE MAYOR'S COMMENT ABOUT SANDBAGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, I'M JUST THINKING IF IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO ENGAGE THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETES, HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, GREEK LIFE, DIFFERENT CLUBS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT POWER, AND IF THAT'S HELPFUL AT ALL, THAT'S DEFINITELY A RESOURCE THAT IF THERE'S HELP NEEDED IN TAPPING INTO, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT. BUT IF THAT'S THE THING WE'RE ALREADY DOING, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PAST, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE OUR WORK EASIER AND LEVERAGE THAT HUMAN POWER THAT WE HAVE IN OUR YOUTH, IN OUR STUDENT POPULATION. BUT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT ALREADY. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THAT COMMENT AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SARAH DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, DEFINITELY, WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THAT AND WE'VE THROWN THAT IDEA AROUND WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON, LYDIA CHASE, TO SEE HOW WE COULD KIND OF LINK UP AND GET STUDENTS MORE INVOLVED IN SERVICE PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE UTILIZING THOSE CHANNELS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANKS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND THE COMMENT, AND IT REALLY DOES GET TO PROMOTING THAT NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR ENVIRONMENT. WE HAD SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ATHLETIC TEAMS FROM NAU MAKING SANDBAGS AT THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES, AND THAT PRODUCTION WAS SUCH THAT IT ALLOWED US TO GET THE SANDBAGS INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WERE MOST NEEDED. ALSO, WITH THE UNITED WAY VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER GREG CLIFTON WAS OUT, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE EFFORTS HELPING PEOPLE MUCK OUT, SO TO SPEAK, ALL THAT DEBRIS AND THE SEDIMENT BASINS THAT LUCINDA IS TALKING ABOUT IN THOSE ENFORCED MEASURES. IT'S NOT JUST THE FLOW OF FLOODWATERS, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT DEBRIS IMPACT. AND WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS LUCINDA HAD MENTIONED, WHEN WE ENGAGE DIRECTLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND I THINK WE'VE MANAGED THAT REALLY WELL, WHERE WE CAN HELP ORGANIZE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE EFFORTS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T GET INTO ANY OF THOSE GIFT CLAUSE TYPE ISSUES THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE. BUT ORGANIZING THOSE, NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR EVENTS AND THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE HAD BOTH OF THE ATHLETIC TEAMS FROM COCONINO AND FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL, COCONINO HIGH BEING DIRECTLY IMPACTED JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THAT FLOOD AREA. AND IT ALSO HELPS US GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THAT AREA. SO MANY PEOPLE I HEARD FROM THAT LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE, SO TO SPEAK, SAID I HAD NO IDEA. AND SO IT REALLY IS PROBABLY IN THINKING ABOUT THE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS FACED OVER THE LAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS. AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS FACED. AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IF WE CAN GET THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, IT'S SUPER HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT EFFORT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. AND WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SET A TIMELINE FOR IT. SO WE ARE LIKELY I MEAN, I DRIVE BY GRANDVIEW AND LINDA VISTA IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR DAILY. I'M EXPECTING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE OVER 100,000 SANDBAGS THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MINIMUM THAT'S THREE MILLION POUNDS OF SAND WE HAVE TO GET RID [03:15:07] OF AND REPLACE. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO AIM FOR STARTING REALLY IN EARNEST THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL TO START REPLACING SANDBAGS, ORGANIZING VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AROUND THAT OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, HAVING UNITED WAY ACT AS THAT INTERMEDIARY. BUT I WANT US TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, FIRE AND FLOOD SEASON IS GOING TO BE RIGHT UP IN FRONT OF US VERY QUICKLY AND WE NEED TO REPLACE A LOT OF THESE BAGS. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING US ENOUGH BANDWIDTH AND STARTING IT THAT WE CAN GET THOSE SANDBAGS REPLACED WITH VOLUNTEERS BEFORE THOSE FLOODS REALLY START IN EARNEST. SO WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND OR LEARN WHAT YOUR TIMELINE EXPECTATIONS WERE FOR REPLACING THOSE SANDBAGS? I WILL JUST SHARE THAT WE HAVE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SANDBAGS AT COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. THEY ALL SAY READY FOR DEPLOYMENT. AND CERTAINLY WE CAN MAKE MORE. I ACTUALLY ASKED SAM. SAM COORDINATED THIS EFFORT LAST YEAR AND TYPICALLY FAIRLY SOON WE WOULD DO AN ASSESSMENT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS, WE HAVE REPLACED BAGS SEQUENTIALLY, RIGHT? SO DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AND REPLACE ALL OF THEM. BUT THERE I AGREE. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER. A LOT OF THOSE YOU KNOW, THAT THEY TYPICALLY HAVE AROUND A THREE YEAR LIFE AND AND HERE IN OUR TERRITORY, THEIR LIFE IS SHORTENED BY UV EXPOSURE AS WELL AS THE SNOW AND FREEZE THAW CYCLE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT THAT WE'LL DO, AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS. AND SAM HAS IDENTIFIED RESOURCES BOTH FOR THE CITY TO CONTRACT AND THE DISTRICT TO CONTRACT WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS COMING INTO THIS SPRING. AND THEY CAN BOTH BE DEPLOYED AGAIN TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT HAVE PHYSICAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SANDBAGS. SO. AND IF WE IDENTIFY, THERE MAY WELL BE SOME OTHER RESOURCES. YOU KNOW, COVID HAS ALSO AFFECTED. I MEAN, WE IN 19, WE USED THE THE D.O.C. CREWS, FIRE CREWS WHERE THEY ARE EXCEPTIONALLY PRODUCTIVE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY TO REACH OUT AND SECURE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES AGAIN AS WELL. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE BOTH BECAUSE OF FIRE AND BECAUSE OF COVID OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO. SO WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES, BUT YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT IT LARGELY RESTS WITH THE COMMUNITY RESPONDING AND SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR. SO, YEAH, AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO HELP ORGANIZE OR INITIATE THAT PROCESS, REALLY. I MEAN, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN I LOOK DOWN GRANDVIEW, ALL OF THESE TORN OUT BAGS. THIS ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF REPLACING IT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH SAND AND DEBRIS IS GOING TO BE RUNNING INTO SUNNYSIDE TO CLOG UP THE INLET AND OTHER AREAS IF WE DO NOT REPLACE THEM. SO TO ME, I KNOW WE GOT THE GIFT CLAUSE. WE HAVE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY ASPECT. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE FACT THAT THIS SAND IS GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE IF IT'S WASHED AWAY AND IT WILL CLOG UP OUR SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM. IF YOU KNOW, WE COLLECTIVELY NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR GOVERNMENTS, WHATEVER ELSE, DON'T GET A HANDLE ON IT PREEMPTIVELY. AND REALLY, WHEN WE ARE TALKING, YOU KNOW, WE PUT OUT WHAT, 700,000 SANDBAGS WHILE 100,000 THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET RID OF WHAT IS ALREADY THERE. WE JUST NEED TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE TIME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ROLL AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, STARTING THE END OF MAY, WE START THIS PROCESS UP TO CLEAR THESE OUT AND REPLACE THEM AND NOT HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO FULFILL THAT BEFORE THE MONSOONS HIT. SO JUST THROWN OUT THERE. AND I MEAN, THESE THINGS HAPPEN A LOT QUICKER THAN RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THAN WHAT WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IS AS WE THINK ABOUT SNOW PLOWING EFFORTS RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE. SO ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS AND ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS FRONT, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP [03:20:04] UP THE TENACIOUS EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING FROM STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYONE ELSE. SO. WITH THAT ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL. I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS, THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MUSEUM FLOOD PROJECTS. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 A THESE ARE OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM [14. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS After discussion and upon agreement by three members of the Council, an item will be moved to a regularly-scheduled Council meeting.] REQUESTS AND THE FIRST IS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST FOR MYSELF TO PLACE ON FUTURE AGENDA A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RAINBOW COLORED PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK. SO I GUESS WITH THAT, I WILL PRESENT THIS IDEA MORE THOROUGHLY, AND WE'RE SEEING THIS IN MANY, MANY OTHER CITIES, EITHER ALREADY IN PLACE OR IN THE PROCESS AND INCLUDING WITHIN ARIZONA FOR CITIES THAT HAVE OUR SAME ENGINEERING CODES. SO PHOENIX AND TUCSON HAVE A RAINBOW COLORED CROSSWALK ALREADY ESTABLISHED. TEMPE IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO. AND I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT WAY TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT, SHOW OUR ENCOURAGEMENT TO A MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE AND MORE INCLUSIVE CITY, PARTICULARLY WITH NOT JUST A RAINBOW COLORED PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, BUT THAT WOULD BE RESEMBLING OF THE TRADITIONAL PRIDE FLAG. BUT THE PROGRESSIVE PRIDE FLAG, SO THIS IS A FAR MORE INCLUSIVE. AND IF YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, IT'S NOT JUST THE RAINBOWS. THERE'S A TRIANGLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ALSO BLACK, BROWN, ET CETERA ASSOCIATED. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US AS A CITY EMBRACE THAT INCLUSION SIMILAR TO OTHER CITIES TO EMBRACE OUR THE RECOGNITION THAT WE NEED TO PROGRESS FORWARD. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE DIFFERENT THAN OURSELVES, FEEL A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH VERY IMPORTANT SYMBOLS. SO WITH THAT, I AM ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA THE PAINTING OF A RAINBOW CROSSWALK IN GENERAL IN PARTICULAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TO ACROSS FROM WHEELER PARK TO CITY HALL, THAT MAIN CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE, THOUGH I AM OPEN TO OTHER SUGGESTIONS. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REAL SYMBOL OF INCLUSION IN THIS REGARD. AND I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A COMMENT. THANK YOU MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD THAT WHEN WE DO DISCUSS THIS, MAYBE WE ALSO CONSIDER SOMEWHERE ON THE EAST SIDE ALONG 4TH STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. BUT YES, THUMBS UP FROM ME. THANK YOU, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ENGINEERING AND ALL OF THAT BIT AND ASSESSMENTS, SO I AM JUST CARRYING TODAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD AND WE CAN DISCUSS LOCATIONS AS PREPARATIONS POTENTIALLY MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, I WOULD SUPPORT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU. I SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. THANKS. EXCELLENT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS FORWARD, WHICH WE DO HAVE COUNCIL DIRECTION. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS DID YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? OH, YES, MR. MAYOR. ROYGBIV. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT FROM, GOSH, TEACHING MY KIDS THEIR RAINBOW COLORS. YEP, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO AND VIOLET. YEP, YEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, I HAVE TAUGHT MY LITTLE ONES VERY SIMILARLY. [03:25:07] WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE DISCUSSION. I WILL ALSO JUST NOTE THAT IF THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FROM THE STAFF SIDE OF THINGS. THIS COULD BE PREPPED FOR JUNE 1ST IF WE DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD IN RECOGNITION OF PRIDE MONTH. I THINK THAT BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT BEFORE THEN OR AN UNVEILING ON THAT DAY WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE'LL PICK THAT UP, THOUGH, AND DISCUSS IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA NOW THAT WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL SUPPORT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 14 B. THIS IS THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER EVALUATION PROCESS. COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR F.A.I.R.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I KNEW I WAS COMING ONLINE HERE IN JUST A SECOND. I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM AS WELL. SO, YEAH, A COUNCIL EVALUATION. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE ONLY OR BEST WAY TO PHRASE IT. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A VOLUNTARY PROCESS OR METHODOLOGY OR PROCEDURE THAT'S IN PLACE AT THE CITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECEIVE ANONYMOUS, CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK FOR OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. YOU KNOW, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT EVERY FOUR YEARS OR EVERY TWO YEARS, WE GET TO BE EVALUATED BY THE VOTERS. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT BY ANY MEANS. YOU KNOW, AS A YOUNG ELECTED OFFICIAL, SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO FIND MY OWN WAY IN THIS PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE, I AM ALWAYS EAGER FOR CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK AND FOR CONVERSATIONS THAT LEAD TO BETTER AWARENESS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHO I AM AND HOW TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND HOW I'M PERCEIVED AND HOW WELL I GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY. AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS DO HAPPEN THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT ORGANIC, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEEK THEM OUT THEY HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. ANYWAY. WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO EVALUATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY. WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO EVALUATE OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES DOWN THE LADDER GET TO BE EVALUATED AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP OR IT'S A PARTICULAR THING BEING ON COUNCIL. YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET DIRECT FEEDBACK, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY FROM PEOPLE. THERE'S A CERTAIN I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HOW TO CHARACTERIZE IT, BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIP THERE THAT AN ANONYMOUS PROCESS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY TO FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HONEST EVALUATION. SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I'M SURE HR CAN FIND SOME BEST PRACTICES. MAYBE THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT THIS IS BEING DONE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. I WOULD SUPPORT IT BEING VOLUNTARY. IF A COUNCIL PERSON OR SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT TO BE EVALUATED FINE, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE A THREATENING PROCESS TO THEM. WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME PROFESSIONAL FEEDBACK FROM MY, PEERS AND MY COLLEAGUES, BOTH ON COUNCIL AND AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL, SO THAT I CAN BECOME A BETTER PUBLIC SERVANT TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND FRANKLY, SOMEONE WHO'S EASIER TO BE AROUND FOR FOR EVERYBODY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT JUST TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE, POSSIBLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING OUT THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK. AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THIS AN OPEN CONVERSATION IF YOU HAVE FURTHER SUGGESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO CLARIFY THINGS IN YOUR OWN WAY OR ASK ME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A COMMENT FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. [03:30:01] THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, WHEN I FIRST READ THIS, I WAS VERY CONFUSED, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT NOW THAT MR. ASLAN HAS EXPLAINED IT, I WILL GIVE A THUMBS UP TO SUPPORT IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN FOR BRINGING THIS UP. WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT IT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT SOUNDS LIKE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS, FOR SURE. AND I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AWKWARD DYNAMIC WE HAVE WITH STAFF AND LEADERSHIP AND THE STRUGGLES AROUND HAVING THAT DIRECT HONESTY GIVEN OUR. BUT, YOU KNOW, DO I LIKE [INAUDIBLE] INTENTION YOU'RE PROPOSING, I ABSOLUTELY DO, AND I FULLY SUPPORT. [INAUDIBLE] TO BETTER OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN. IS SHIMONI CUTTING OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TOO. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI YOU CUT OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS. SURE. REPEAT YOURSELF. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW. OK. MAYBE COME BACK TO ME. UNLESS YOU CAN HEAR ME. YOU KNOW, I'LL TURN OFF MY VIDEO TOO. JUST IN CASE., YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY ON MY END. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. [INAUDIBLE] YES WE CAN. OK. OK. I THINK YOU CAN KEEP YOUR VIDEOS ON, I THINK IT'S ON MY END. ANYWAYS, I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK AND JUST SAY I SUPPORT US DOING WHATEVER IT IS WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A BODY TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION STYLES AND LEADERSHIP AND WHATNOT, IMPROVE AS LEADERS SO THAT WE CAN BEST SERVE OUR TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO I DO SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD AND RECEIVING STAFF TIME AND INVESTIGATING IF OTHER COMMUNITIES DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I'D BE CURIOUS TO LEARN IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP BETTER SUPPORT ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF CITY MAYBE MIGHT BE A GOOD REFERENCE TO REACH OUT TO. BUT IT MIGHT BE A MIX OF THINGS, RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN LIKE SUCH AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS. AND THEN HERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO LIKE A LITTLE TOOL KIT A TOOLBOX. BUT I APPRECIATE THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE CONVERSATION PROGRESSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I SUPPORT HAVING A DISCUSSION AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE IS A MAJORITY. MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO UTILIZE STAFF RESOURCES. I THINK THAT IN A NORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL FORMAT, YOU ARE EVALUATED BY YOUR SUPERVISOR AND LESS COMMON SUPERVISEE. WE ONLY HAVE THREE SUPERVISEE'S, WHICH ARE CITY ATTORNEYS, CITY MANAGER AND CITY MAGISTRATE. IT IS REALLY UNCOMMON AND I CAN'T RECOLLECT IN ANY ORGANIZATION, WHETHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, WHERE THOSE WHO ARE BEING EVALUATED ARE. NOT DIRECTLY, SUPERVISEE OR SUPERVISOR. I FEEL THAT OUR WORK SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY OUR SUPERVISOR, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, AND WE GET THAT DURING ELECTION SEASON WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S KNOCKING ON DOORS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS, WHEN WE'RE LEARNING HOW WE CAN DO BETTER WITHOUT DEDICATING CITY GOVERNMENT RESOURCES TO IT. SO AND I THINK THIS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PUTS OUR STAFF IN A VERY AWKWARD POSITION. SO THERE'S ALREADY A MAJORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I JUST WANTED TO STATE SOME OF MY TREPIDATIONS ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT IS VERY AGAINST THE GRAIN OF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT I HAVE SEEN AND THE USE OF CITY STAFF TIME FOR THAT PURPOSE WHEN WE CAN EVALUATE THAT OURSELVES BY PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS FROM OUR SUPERVISOR, THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR SUPERVISEE, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MAGISTRATE IS I DON'T SEE THE USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR THIS AS NECESSARY TO GET THAT INPUT OF EVALUATION. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A MAJORITY RIGHT NOW, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING OR IF THIS IS COMPLETELY UNPRECEDENTED, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP US TO HAVE AN INFORMED DECISION WHEN THIS COMES [03:35:03] BEFORE US AGAIN, WITH COUNCIL GIVEN THE MAJORITY. SO THANK YOU AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER, C'S OR Q'S BEFORE WE MOVE ON. LAST CALL. AND I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING FURTHER, SO WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, [15. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION] WHICH IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? CITY CLERK. NOT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [16. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS] THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, TOO, FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS. SINCE WE DID DIRECT ROLL CALL LINE UP BEFORE, WE WILL DO THE OPPOSITE NOW. SO IN TERMS OF THAT, WE ARE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND ALL OF THE UPDATES. I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, I THINK AS MANY PEOPLE ON THIS CALL KNOW, BUT IN CASE SOME DON'T, WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT BUDGET RETREAT THIS THURSDAY FROM 8:30 TO 3:00 P.M. AND THEN FRIDAY FROM 8:30 TO 12:00 P.M.. JUST LET THE GROUP KNOW I'M ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN A CONFERENCE TODAY AND TOMORROW ON ALTERNATIVE POLICING APPROACHES ACROSS THE NATION. AND TODAY WAS VERY INTERESTING. BUT I'LL BE WATCHING THE SECOND HALF OF THE RECORDING AT SOME POINT IN THE WEEKS TO COME AND DOING MY BEST TO TUNE IN TOMORROW. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, NOT MUCH ELSE TO ADD. LET ME THINK. GOOD DISCUSSION TODAY AND JUST, I GUESS, A COMMENT FOR OUR CITY CLERK STACY. WE CAN GET TOGETHER OFFLINE AND TALK ABOUT THIS MORE, BUT JUST CURIOUS WHERE MY FAIRS ARE IN REGARDS TO TRANSPORTATION AND IN THE POLICY DISCUSSION THAT COUNCIL IS ASKING FOR. BUT WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A F.A.I.R. ITEM WHICH MAY BE FOLDED INTO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION AT OUR BUDGET RETREAT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CONSIDERING HAZARD PAY ACROSS THE BOARD. AND CONTINUING WITH PREMIUM PAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. HAZARD PAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, BUT I ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING FOR COUNCIL, RIGHT? THAT'S A JOKE. SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH, I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS LAST WEEK, BUT AT SOME POINT IT WENT FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WE ENDED EARLY AND DIDN'T GET TO DO [INAUDIBLE]. YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL AWARE AT THIS POINT FROM VARIOUS CHANNELS THAT THEATRIKOS IS GOING THROUGH ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. THE THEATER COMPANY JUST STARTED THEIR RUN OF PRODUCTIONS. 12 ANGRY JURORS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NINE DIFFERENT SHOWS. IT'S HAPPENING THREE DIFFERENT WEEKENDS. THE OPENING WEEKEND WAS A LOT OF FUN, A ROUSING SUCCESS. I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CAST. I AUDITIONED FOR A PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH THAT. SO THERE ARE STILL SIX OPPORTUNITIES TO COME SEE ME ON STAGE BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH OF THAT DURING YOUR NORMAL WORK WEEK THESE DAYS. BUT BE CAREFUL IF YOU BLINK, YOU MIGHT MISS ME. IT'S A BIT PART, BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN, AND THE REST OF THE CAST AND CREW HAS WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD AND IT'S A GOOD PRODUCTION. IT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL PRODUCTION AND TIMELY ONE FOR THESE DAYS. AND SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKING FOR SOME LIVE THEATER IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. I WAS GOING TO MENTION THEATRIKOS THEATER COMPANY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS. AND ALSO 50 YEARS CELEBRATING THE COCONINO COALITION FOR CHILDREN AND [03:40:05] YOUTH. THEY PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW THEIR WORK AND THEIR WEB ADDRESS IS COCONINOKIDS.ORG. THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE FLINN BROWN FELLOWSHIP IS OPEN NOW, AND I AM A FELLOW WITH FLINN BROWN THROUGH THE CENTER FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP, AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I'VE EVER DONE. IT'S VERY IN DEPTH. YOU SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY, ONCE A MONTH GOING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF POLICY ISSUES STATEWIDE, AND THEY'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NOW THROUGH THE 28TH. AND THAT WEB ADDRESS IS FLINN.ORG. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. WELL, ON MY FRONT, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING ANOTHER IN N95 EVENT ON SUNDAY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO NOON OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTH CARE FOR DONATING NOW 15,000 N95 MASKS TO OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES. AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. SO 8:00 A.M. TO NOON IN THE PARKING LOT OF DOWNTOWN LIBRARY, IT'S JUST A DRIVE THRU PROCESS AND PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO COME AND FOR YOURSELVES, FAMILY MEMBERS. AND LET'S DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGH THIS ADDITIONAL SPIKE. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IN THIS PROCESS, BUT IN THE INTERIM, LET'S ALL DO OUR BEST PARTS TO PROTECT ONE ANOTHER THROUGH MASKING OR JUST GENERAL SUPPORT. SO. THANK YOU WITH THAT AND THEN CITY MANAGER CLIFTON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US TONIGHT? I DO NOT MAYOR AND COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR A THOUGHTFUL MEETING. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. WITH THAT, THEN WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17, WHICH IS WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTIVENESS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. GOOD CONVERSATIONS. SO HAVE A GOOD EVENING. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.