Feb 15, 2022 City Council Meeting

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE DATA QUESTION YOU HAD.

THE THING WITH THE CONFIRMED CASES IS THAT THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE ACTUALLY LAGS THAT.

SO YOU GET TESTED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TESTED, CONFIRMED AND THEN IT'S A FEW DAYS OR A WHILE AFTER THAT THEY THEN BECOME HOSPITALIZED.

THEN THERE'S A LAG AGAIN ON DEATH RATES.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS DATA, WE CAN SEE A DROP OFF WITH THE CONFIRMED CASES AND ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE HOSPITALIZED FOR TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, ET CETERA.

SO THERE IS TYPICALLY A DELAY IN THE HOSPITALIZATION COMPARED TO THE DROP OFF IN CONFIRMED CASES.

SO JUST REGARDING THE DELTA AND OMICRON DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT, AND THAT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED INFO, BUT WE CAN EXPECT THIS KIND OF LAG EFFECT THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED HAVE BEEN IMMUNIZED AND COMPARED TO ONES THAT HAVE NOT TAKEN THE SHOT. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY LOCAL DATA, BUT I DID SEE ON THE NEWS IT GAVE SOME CHARTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THE RATE, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER 100000 AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE HOSPITAL THAT WERE NOT IMMUNIZED ,WAS WAY UP.

AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE HOSPITAL THAT HAD BEEN IMMUNIZED WAS EXTREMELY LOW. THE TWO NUMBERS WERE SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF 50 TO ONE.

SO I MEAN, WHAT'S THE MESSAGE IN THAT GET, GET YOUR IMMUNIZATION SHOTS.

AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY I INTERPRET IT.

EVERYONE ELSE CAN INTERPRET THAT DATA THE SAME WAY THEY WANT.

TO THE QUESTION I WOULD I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE HYBRID MODEL AT THIS POINT.

I'M OPEN MINDED TO HEARING IF THE CITY MANAGER HAS CONCERNS OR WHATEVER.

BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL COMFORTABLE.

I'VE GOTTEN ALL MY SHOTS, INCLUDING A BOOSTER, IS PROBABLY ALMOST TIME TO GET A SECOND BOOSTER. WE'LL SEE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHIME IN WITH THESE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.

AND IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE DOWNWARD TRENDS.

I THINK THERE IS A LEVEL OF COMFORT WITH GOING TO A HYBRID ARRANGEMENT HERE.

THE HYBRID ONE IS ONE THAT STILL AFFORDS PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK REMOTELY, AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN WHAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE ANYWAY.

I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY CAN SEE I'M IN MY CITY HALL OFFICE AT THIS TIME.

SO I DON'T SEE MUCH CHANGE FROM A DAY TO DAY STANDPOINT IN THAT IT'S JUST GIVING THE

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EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCRETION, I BELIEVE, TO COME IN IF THEY LIKE.

BUT I THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF COMFORT WITH DOING THAT.

AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T YET COMFORTABLE, WE'RE GOING TO RESPECT THAT DISCOMFORT AND ALLOW TO WORK REMOTELY OR PURSUE OTHER AVENUES TO TRY TO LESSEN THEIR RISK OF EXPOSURE.

BUT I THINK THE COMFORT LEVEL HAS INCREASED.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM SHANNON TO GET HER THOUGHTS ON THIS.

THANK YOU. I THINK CITY MANAGER CLIFTON, I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON, I THINK GOING TO THE HYBRID OPTION ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO BE AT HOME AND ENGAGING IN THE COUNCIL MEETING, OR THEY CAN BE IN PERSON.

WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS BOTH.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE HYBRID OPTION.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

VICE MAYOR HAS A COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I TOO, AM COMFORTABLE GOING TO A HYBRID OPTION.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

I AM COMFORTABLE GOING TO BACK TO THE HYBRID.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. I WOULD SUPPORT A DECISION TO TO GO BACK TO HYBRID FORMAT.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A QUESTION.

YEAH QUICK QUESTION, OR CITY MANAGER CLIFTON, I GUESS THIS QUESTION'S MADE FOR YOU ALL, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL NEEDS PLEXIGLASS DIVIDERS.

I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A POINT OF CONTENTION IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AS COUNCIL, BUT GIVEN THAT WE'RE SITTING IN THAT SPACE FOR HOURS, PRETTY CLOSE PROXIMITY.

LET'S JUST SAY A MEMBER OF COUNCIL MYSELF WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A PLEXIGLASS DIVIDER.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ORDER A FEW OF OR A COUPLE OF JUST TO HAVE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THAT? NOT AGAIN SAYING THAT THE WHOLE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO IT.

BUT IF I WERE TO SHOW UP, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PANDEMIC, THAT MIGHT HELP ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT BEING THERE IN PERSON.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ORDER? OR I CAN ORDER AND BRING MYSELF.

WE PREFER NOT THE LATTER.

IF I MAY, I THINK WE CAN LOOK INTO THIS.

MY OFF THE CUFF SUGGESTION IS WE DON'T DO IT FOR ONE OR TWO IF EITHER WE DO IT FOR ALL THE STATIONS OR NOT AT ALL.

BUT ALLOW US TO LOOK INTO IT.

IT MIGHT. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR SUGGESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF COUNSEL ON THIS AS WELL.

I SPOKE OVER SOMEBODY AT THE BEGINNING.

WAS THAT YOU, SHANNON? YES, GREG, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK INTO HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA. AND MAYOR REALLY QUICK FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW WHEN I DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH? I THINK I ACTUALLY LIKE SAW ON AMAZON OR JUST SOMEWHERE ONLINE, LIKE I THINK THEY JUST STAND ON THE TABLES THEY DON'T NEED BOLT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO PICK UP AND PUT DOWN KIND OF THING AND CITY MANAGER TO YOUR POINT.

MAYOR YEAH, WE CAN HAVE THAT BROADER CONVERSATION, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO PRESSURE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUT THOSE UP AND DEAL WITH THOSE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO.

I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY FOR ME TO SET MYSELF UP FOR SUCCESS IN A WAY THAT I FELT GOOD ABOUT WITHOUT IMPLEMENTING THE REST.

OR, YOU KNOW, JUST I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. BUT, MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILMAN.

OH, SORRY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

YEAH, MAYOR DEASY, IF I MAY, JUST JUST A LITTLE REMINDER THAT WE DO STILL HAVE THE MASK REQUIREMENT IN PLACE, AND SO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN CITY HALL WOULD BE WEARING A MASK WHEN THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING.

AND SO THERE'S THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION AS WELL.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK IT'S FINE TO GO BACK TO THE HYBRID FORMAT AT THIS TIME.

I ALSO DO WANT TO I SAID THIS BEFORE AND I WILL START BEATING THIS DRUM PRETTY REGULARLY AT THIS POINT. I'M WAITING FOR THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE, BUT AS SOON AS THEY DO, I AM GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE CITY MOVING BACK UP THROUGH OUR COVID MITIGATION

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STRATEGY LADDER.

AND THAT INCLUDES TAKING AWAY THE MANDATE TO WEAR A MASK INDOORS.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE AT FOUR FOR A MAJORITY ON THAT AT THIS TIME OR MAYBE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

BUT THIS IS A CONVERSATION I'M WILLING TO HAVE, AND IT'S IT'S A TOUCHSTONE I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK TO.

I DON'T THINK MASK WEARING OR PLEXIGLASS, FOR THAT MATTER, IS GOING TO BE USEFUL MOVING FORWARD AS WE RISE UP OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

UH, LONG TERM, WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT NOT BEING IN A PANDEMIC ANYMORE AND PERSONAL SAFETY MEASURES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE.

FOLKS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ALLOWED AND FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING REASONABLE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, INCLUDING MASK WEARING MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED IN SHORT ORDER.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE MANDATING MASK WEARING IN OUR INDOOR SPACES FOR MUCH LONGER. SO I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP REPEATING THAT AND WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES.

THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL TO CATCH UP WITH THAT IDEA.

BUT AS AN EARLY ADOPTER OF MOST TECHNOLOGIES AND MOST IDEAS, THIS IS WHERE I'M AT AND JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT MY COMFORT LEVEL HERE RUNS THE WHOLE GAMUT.

WE COULD KEEP MEETING VIRTUALLY IF FOLKS WANT, OR WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO BEING IN PERSON WITHOUT A MASK ON.

I'M TOTALLY OK WITH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED CDC GUIDELINES SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY THERE'S ANY REASON TO NOW CHANGE THAT AT THIS POINT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATES.

BUT THE MOST RECENT UPDATE FROM THE CDC WAS DOUBLING DOWN, SAYING THAT IN SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, K THROUGH 12, THAT MASKS SHOULD BE REQUIRED.

REMEMBER THAT WHAT WE DO ALSO REVERBERATES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. IT SHOULD SHOW SIGNALS TO OUR TRIBAL NEIGHBORS, AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT OUR ACTIONS DO HAVE EFFECTS ON OTHERS.

PERSONALLY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN EVEN DISCUSSING THE LIFTING OF THE MASK MANDATES WITHIN CITY FACILITIES UNTIL WE MOVED TO THE HIGH TRANSMISSION OR SORRY, THE SUBSTANTIAL TRANSMISSION AS OPPOSED TO THE HIGH TRANSMISSION THAT WE STILL REMAIN.

I'M VERY MUCH OPTIMISTIC, GIVEN THAT THE TRAJECTORY IS GOING DOWNWARD.

BUT DO YOU RECALL THAT EVEN AT THIS RATE, WE ARE STILL TO THE SAME RATE AS WE WERE IN DECEMBER AS AN ABSOLUTE NUMBER? SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

I'M WILL. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL AND I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND SEE WHERE CDC GUIDELINES ARE, BUT I SEE NO REASON TO.

AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS, START TO DIFFERENTIATE, START TO DIVERT FROM WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT.

ASIDE FROM THAT, IN TERMS OF THE COUNCIL MEETING FORMAT.

I AM ALL FOR A HYBRID OPTION AT THIS POINT.

AND REGARDING THE PLEXIGLASS, I DON'T FEEL THAT'S NECESSARY AT THIS TIME AS AN EXPENDITURE. WE DO HAVE TO KN95 AND 95 MASKS AVAILABLE AND THE COMPARATIVELY WHEN YOU LOOK AT CDC GUIDELINES REGARDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FACE SHIELDS WITH THE PLEXIGLASS, ET CETERA, ARE NOT SHOWN TO BE AS EFFECTIVE, NEARLY AS EFFECTIVE AS ENSURING THAT WE'RE WEARING PROPER AND HIGH GRADE MASKS, WHICH WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE DETERRENT AS SITTING INTO A COUNCIL CHAMBER.

SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE PROPER DIRECTION ON THE PRIMARY QUESTION OF THIS COVID 19 UPDATE, UNLESS ANYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED BY CITY STAFF. THANK YOU, MAYOR DEASY, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTION.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NINE, WHICH IS OUR APPOINTMENTS, AND 9A IS THE

[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).]

CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.

AND THAT WOULD BE COMPUTERS LOADING FOR THAT, AS THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN SO COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT IS MY HONOR TO APPOINT TO RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MS. FAWN TOYA TO THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER

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2024. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

AND I JUST GOT NOTICE FROM CITY CLERK SALTZBURG THAT I MISSED THE COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS, SO WE'LL JUST KICK THAT UNTIL AFTER THE APPOINTMENTS AND WE'LL DO THE COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS AFTERWARD.

SO MY APOLOGIES FOR SKIPPING THAT ON THE AGENDA.

BUT WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF MONTOYA BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. THANK YOU.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, VON TOIL, FOR YOUR SERVICE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, DO YOU HAVE THE NEXT APPOINTMENT? YES, I DID. THANK YOU.

I WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDED MS. FAWN TOYA AS WELL.

HAD THAT NOT ALREADY OCCURRED.

BUT I AM ALSO VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND DARRELL MARKS TO THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, I WILL SECOND THAT APPOINTMENT MOTION.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT THIS, THESE APPLICANTS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE INTEREST IN OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSION, WE HAD 11 APPLICANTS FOR THIS TWO POSITIONS.

KNOW THESE WERE NOT, I'M SURE, NOT EASY DECISIONS ON APPOINTMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS AND ASLAN. I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT BY THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.

WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO...

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE APPOINTMENT OR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND THAT WOULD FOR FIRST BE AN APPOINTMENT BY MYSELF, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DIANE LORDAN FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

I SECOND THAT, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DO. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

SO THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING, I JUST AS THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO GO THIRD HERE FOR AN APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP THE GUN, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT.

THERE'S A SUBTLETY HERE.

TWO OF THE FOUR NOMINEES OR APPLICANTS, I SHOULD SAY, FOR THE BORDER OF ADJUSTMENT, OF WHICH THERE IS GOING TO BE THREE APPOINTMENTS TODAY, TWO OF THE FOUR WORK FOR THE SAME EMPLOYER, LUHMAN CONTRACTING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS OR IF IT SHOULD MATTER.

I DO THINK IT'S INTERESTING.

DOES FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE THERE'S A POTENTIAL OF STACKING OR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WITH EMPLOYEES FROM ONE CONTRACTING AGENCY.

I JUST WANT TO BEAR THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS HERE.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE TO MENTION IT OR IF I SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL IT WAS MY TURN. BUT.

THAT CONSIDERATION IS IN PLAY AT THIS POINT.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP.

THANK YOU. I'M.

YEAH. MY APOLOGIES.

CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YES, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN FOR POINTING THAT OUT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL BACKGROUNDS.

I WILL JUST NOTE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO [INAUDIBLE], I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED AND THE REASON FOR MY APPOINTMENT IS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.

AND I THINK WITH THAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY AND DETAIL WOULD BE THE EXPERIENCE THAT WARRANTS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD.

SO JUST JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE I'M COMING FROM WITH THAT PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT.

I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A COMMENT.

ANOTHER CONCERN, IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE SAME COMPANY ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, IF THERE WERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF THAT COMPANY WORKING ON A GIVEN PROJECT, THEY WE MIGHT MISS OUT.

WE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE A QUORUM, AND BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE THAT SEVERAL

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PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES AS FAR AS BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR ENGINEERS.

I AM ONE. BUT BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINK THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, I THINK PROBABLY LIKE PLANNING AND ZONING AND LAND-USE ISSUES IS PROBABLY JUST AS IMPORTANT.

OK, THAT'S IT.

THANKS.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

AND I WILL NOTE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL CAN MOVE TO DELAY IN THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS FOR MORE APPLICANTS IF THEY SO DESIRE.

THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE.

SO JUST NOTE THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS OTHER THAN APPOINT OR NOT APPOINT AT THIS TIME.

THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

THAT WAS ON MY MIND.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S NECESSARY.

WE CAN LET THIS PLAY OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HERE.

AND WITH THAT, THERE IS AN APPOINTMENT ON THE TABLE FOR DIANE LORDAN, SECONDED BY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

THAT SORRY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THAT WE ARE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS FOR THE NEXT APPOINTMENT NOMINATION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. ART BABBITT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WITH THE TERM EXPIRING MAY 2024.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN FOR THE NEXT NOMINEE.

THANK YOU, SO BASED ON THE WAY THINGS HAVE FALLEN OUT HERE, I I DO WANT TO AVOID PUTTING TWO PEOPLE ON THE BOARD ON THE COMMISSION THAT ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE SAME CONTRACTING COMPANY. I DO THINK THAT DEBORAH LEWIS IS QUALIFIED TO DO THIS WORK, AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE DESIGNER INVOLVED SOMEONE WHO'S WORKING WITH LANDSCAPING AGENCIES HERE IN TOWN. SO I THINK WE HAVE A QUALIFIED ALTERNATIVE APPLICANTS TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DELAY THIS FOR MORE APPLICATIONS.

WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S THREE OTHERS THAT AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT FOR NOW, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN NOMINATING DEBORAH LEWIS TO BE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND I WILL SECOND THAT.

I THINK ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

THANK YOU.

THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE APPOINTMENT NOW FOR THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS.

THERE ARE TWO APPOINTMENTS AND FOUR APPLICANTS.

AND SORRY, TRANSPORTATION.

OH, MY APOLOGIES, GEEZ, LOUISE.

JUMPING RIGHT AHEAD PROBABLY DOESN'T MATTER, BUT YEAH, WELL, WE HAVE.

OK, SO WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WHICH HAS ONE APPOINTMENT TO A TERM EXPIRING JULY 2023 AND TWO APPOINTMENTS EXPIRING JULY 2024.

TWENTY FOUR AND FIVE APPLICANTS, ACCORDING TO THE THE FIRST COUNCIL APPOINTMENT ASSIGNMENT IS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

THANK YOU, AND IT IS WITH ENTHUSIASM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND BRENDAN CRUICKSHANK TO A TERM EXPIRING IN 2024.

I'LL SECOND THAT. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET HAS THE NEXT APPOINTMENT.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JOE KOENIG TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WITH A TERM EXPIRING JULY OF 2024.

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AND I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU.

I HAVE THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS HAS THE LAST APPOINTMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

WELL, I THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF JONATHAN HANSEN WITH THE TERM EXPIRING JULY 2023. I'LL SECOND THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. HI.

HI. AND HE OPPOSED.

THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, OF WHICH VICE MAYOR DAGGETT HAS THE FIRST APPOINTMENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO REAPPOINT JEAN TONER TO A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 2024.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED.

CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET HAS THE SECOND APPOINTMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MARCELLO PINO TO THE UM, SORRY, DIVERSITY AWARENESS COMMISSION WITH THE TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY FOUR.

I WILL SECOND THAT.

THOSE OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 10 OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS. AND I...COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.

LIAISON REPORTS WILL BECOME BEFORE THAT, AND WE WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS

[8. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]

TO LET'S START IN ROLL CALL ORDER, SO VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU ALL MAY HAVE HEARD OF A LITTLE THING CALLED THE HOUSING PLAN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE TODAY.

SO THAT'S MY UPDATE ON AS COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND IN TERMS OF THE NORTHERN ARIZONA MUNICIPAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THE TRACKING AND WEIGHING IN ON BILLS HAVING TO DO WITH WATER THAT THAT WE'VE INSTRUCTED STAFF TO DO THAT [INAUDIBLE] IS ALSO TRACKING AND WEIGHING IN ON BILLS HAVING TO DO WITH WATER AND ITS AVAILABILITY TO MUNICIPALITIES. SO THAT'S MY ONLY UPDATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. SURE, JUST REAL QUICKLY, I MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK. THE REASON I WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN THE GROUP AT THE LONE TREE OVERPASS TOUR WAS THAT I WAS HELPING TO CHAIR A MEETING FOR A NEW WORKING GROUP CALLED THE WORLD RURAL GROUNDWATER WORKING GROUP.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF FOLKS AROUND THE STATE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE WAY GROUNDWATER POLICY IS GOING AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

SO WE GOT TOGETHER AND JUST STARTED TALKING.

THERE WERE NO DECISIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING.

THERE WAS SOME.

WE DID A BIT OF A DEEPER DOVE INTO CERTAIN BILLS THAT ARE OF CONCERN.

THESE ARE BILLS THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF OUR OWN STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

SO I WASN'T REALLY ABLE TO WEIGH IN VERY STRONGLY.

WE'RE ABLE TO COMMIT FURTHER SUPPORT TO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

BUT AT SOME POINT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT OPPOSITION TO THESE BILLS WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL.

OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SOME FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AROUND SOME

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GROUNDWATER RURAL GROUNDWATER POLICY.

AND IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY NEAT MEETING.

THERE WERE MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE DID NOT FALL IN ANY PARTICULAR LINE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT.

AND IT WAS A NICE, ECLECTIC GROUP, AND IT WAS A NICE WAY TO CONNECT WITH SOME OTHER POLICYMAKERS, ALL THROUGHOUT ARIZONA.

THERE'S A DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE TREATING OUR WATER IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND THAT SHOWED UP LOUD AND CLEAR DURING THIS MEETING.

FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WILL FOLLOW, AND I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ABOUT THAT.

AH NOTHING TODAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

NOTHING SPECIFIC TO REPORT FOR TODAY, BUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT SHARING INFORMATION THAT THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD IS MEETING AT THE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON FRIDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK AND THAT'S ITS THAT'S HOSTED BY METRO PLAN GREATER FLAGSTAFF I'VE IN THE CITY OF METRO PLAN GREATER FLAGSTAFF AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE CJCC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GROUP MET LAST I WANT TO SAY IT WAS WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY THREE TO FIVE P.M.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON OUR COORDINATOR HIRING, WHICH IS UNDERWAY AND CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT PERSON.

AND THEN WE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE FELONY CASE BACKLOG AND AND HOW TO BETTER FUNCTION AS A JUDICIAL SYSTEM HERE IN COCONINO COUNTY.

AND THAT CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THAT DEEPER.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU AND THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE ABLE TO TUNE INTO ANY OF THESE IF YOU CHOOSE TO.

AND OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE WITH A FULL CJCC RATHER THAN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IS MARCH 9TH.

AND I'LL REMIND YOU ALL WHEN THAT'S CLOSER.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, JUST GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF AND TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL FOR JOINING THE LONE TREE SITE VISIT.

I THINK THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO BE THERE AND WALK IT WITH YOU ALL AND WITH STAFF.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU.

GET MY CAMERA ON HERE.

LET'S SEE, THE B PACK COMMISSION HAS AN OPEN VACANCY AND I DO WANT TO THANK JEREMY SLATER FOR ALL OF HIS SERVICE ON THIS COMMISSION.

HE DID A GREAT JOB AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHO WHO APPLIES AND GETS ON THE COMMISSION NEXT.

WE DID LOOK AT THE 2023 WORK PLAN, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT, THE ASPEN PET AND BIKE NICHE THAT WILL BE DOWNTOWN NEXT TO PAY AND TAKE THE FOUR STREET AND LOCKETT ROUNDABOUT AND THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER TOMORROW.

I HAVE THE MOUNTAIN LION BOARD MEETING AND THURSDAY THE WATER COMMISSION MEETING.

SO A BUSY WEEK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES AT THIS TIME, THOUGH, AND I WILL IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WE HAVE THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY, AS WELL AS THE INCLUSION OF LIVING COMMISSION NEXT TUESDAY.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG HERE TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS.

[10. 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.]

WE DO HAVE FIVE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

AND WE'LL WELCOME ANY MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OR TO PULL ANY OUT.

MAYOR, THIS IS JIM MCCARTHY, I MOVED TO APPROVE ALL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS 10 A THROUGH E! I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THAT THOSE OPPOSED.

THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 11 OF OUR ROUTINE ITEMS 11 A..

[A. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Cooperative Purchase Contract with Municipal Emergency Services, Inc. for the purchase of specialized fire and safety equipment not to exceed $200,000 per budget year. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Cooperative Purchase Contract with Municipal Emergency Services, Inc. for the purchase of specialized fire and safety equipment not to exceed $200,000 per budget year; and Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

IS THE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF CONTRACT?

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THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH THE MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES INC.

FOR THE PURCHASE OF SPECIALIZED FIRE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED $200000 PER BUDGET YEAR? STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO APPROVE THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES INC.

FOR THE PURCHASE OF SPECIALIZED FIRE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED $200000 PER BUDGET YEAR. DEPUTY CHIEF.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MARK WILSON, DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIRE.

TODAY, WE DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ITEMS 11A AND 11B AS THERE REALLY SIMPLY ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST.

THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU ALLOWS US TO MAKE PURCHASES EITHER THROUGH COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, GOVERNMENT SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND BOTH OF THOSE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PRICING FOR EQUIPMENT NEEDED IN A VERY SHORT, SHORT TURNAROUND.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG REQUIREMENTS.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHY WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL IS TO ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE LARGE NUMBERS OF EQUIPMENT THAT GO WITH OUR ACADEMY.

SO WHEN WE HIRE LARGE GROUPS IN OUR ACADEMIES, IT EXCEEDS THE CURRENT $50000 LIMIT NEEDING TO GO TO COUNCIL.

AND WHEN WE ORDER THIS PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TURN OUT SPECIFICALLY, IT TAKES TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO MAKE FROM THE TIME THAT WE PLACE THE ORDER AND THEY'RE ALL BUILT TO EACH NEW HIRES. SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS BY APPROVING THE CONTRACT, WE WOULD NO LONGER NEED TO HOLD OFF THE ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE MONTHS IT TYPICALLY TAKES TO GET THE EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND ONCE THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR 12 WEEK ACADEMY.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD NOT PURCHASE ANY EQUIPMENT THROUGH THIS CONTRACT THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED TO THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THAT'S ALL WE WANTED TO REPRESENT, AND THAT'S FOR BOTH ITEMS. 11 A AND B IS THERE THE SAME CONTRACT DIFFERENT VENDORS AND MYSELF AND MS. EMILY MARKLE FROM PURCHASING ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES INC.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT, I NEED CLARIFICATION.

THAT INCLUDES THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY PAPERWORK.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE MOTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 11B ASSOCIATED, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF

[B. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Cooperative Purchase Contract with LN Curtis & Sons for the purchase of specialized fire and safety equipment not to exceed $200,000 per budget year. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Cooperative Purchase Contract with LN Curtis & Sons for the purchase of specialized fire and safety equipment not to exceed $200,000 per budget year; and Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

CONTRACT OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH LN CURTIS AND SONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SPECIALIZED FIRE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED $200000 PER BUDGET YEAR.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH ELLEN CURTIS AND SONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SPECIALIZED FIRE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED $200000 PER BUDGET YEAR AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS OF A SECOND SECOND.

SECOND BY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, I THINK, ARE HIGH.

THANK YOU. THOSE OPPOSED.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM OH, SORRY, 12 A.

[A. Public Hearing, Consideration, and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-03: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff Zoning Map to rezone approximately 299.68 acres of real property generally located at 1900 North Gemini Drive, APN 101-37-002J, 107-01-001F, 107-01-001G, 101-37-001E, 101-37-002H, 101-28-007E, 107-01-001B, and 101-28-007C, and a portion of APN 110-08-001G and 109-02-001S, from the Rural Residential (RR), Public Facility (PF), and Research and Development (RD) zones with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) to the Public Open Space (POS) zone with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO), providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. (McMillan Mesa Natural Area Concept Zoning Map Amendment: PZ-20-00063). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 15, 2022 Council Meeting: 1) Hold the Public Hearing 2) Read Ordinance No. 2022-03 by title only for the first time 3) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-03 by title only (if approved above) At the March 1, 2022 Council Meeting: 4) Read Ordinance No. 2022-03 by title only for the final time 5) City Clerk reads Ordinance No.2022-03 by title only (if approved above) 6) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-03]

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-03, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONING APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE POINT SIXTY EIGHT ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY. GENERALLY LOCATED AT NINETEEN HUNDRED NORTH GEMINI DRIVE, APN 101-37-002J 107-01001F ONE ZERO ONE THREE SEVEN ZERO ZERO TWO J, ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO ONE ZERO ONE F ONE OF SEVEN DASH ONE ONE ONE SEVEN THREE SEVEN DASH OVER ONE E ONE ON ONE THREE SEVEN ZERO TWO ONE OH ONE TWO EIGHT SEVEN ONE OH SEVEN DASH ONE ZERO ONE BEING ONE OH ONE TWO EIGHT OH OH SEVEN C AND A PORTION OF APN ONE ONE ZERO TWO ZERO EIGHT ZERO ZERO ONE G AND ONE HUNDRED NINE OH TWO ONE S FROM THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITY AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ZONES WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY TO THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE, WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MCMILLAN MESA NATURAL AREA CONCEPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PZ-20-00063 STAFF RECOMMENDATION

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IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-03BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALRIGHT MS. PEARTHREE, GOOD AFTERNOON, AMERICAN COUNCIL GENEVIEVE PEARTHREE, SENIOR PLANNER IN THE CURRENT PLANNING SECTION, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THIS CASE.

I'LL TURN MY CAMERA OFF.

JUST JUST GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

THANK YOU. SO YES, THIS IS AGAIN THE CONCEPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE MCMILLAN MESA NATURAL AREA.

SO AN OVERVIEW OF THIS REQUEST, IT IS FROM THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM AND IT IS TO REZONE ABOUT THREE HUNDRED ACRES.

TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE POINT SIXTY EIGHT ACRES TO BE EXACT, LOCATED AT NINETEEN HUNDRED NORTH GEMINI ROAD.

THE REQUESTED ZONING IS PUBLIC OPEN SPACE WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS REAL RESIDENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITY AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY AND THE AREA CONSISTS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND DISTRIBUTED ACROSS 10 PARCELS.

THERE ARE TRAILS AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DO CRISSCROSS THIS AREA, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REZONING REQUEST IS FOR THIS AREA TO BE MANAGED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM AS THE MCMILLAN BASED THE NATURAL AREA, OR MANY FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPEN SPACE AND PASSIVE RECREATION.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY USES ALLOWED IN THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE.

AS I MENTIONED, PREVIOUSLY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NINETEEN HUNDRED NORTH GEMINI DRIVE AND THERE ARE TEN PARCELS, SO THEY'RE REALLY LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF FOREST AND CEDAR AVENUE, AS WELL AS SOUTH OF GEMINI ROAD, AND WE CAN SEE THAT THE OTHER PARCELS ARE PRIMARILY CONTIGUOUS AND SOME OF THEM ONLY PART OF THE PARCEL IS INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, BUT TOTAL, THEY ALL TOGETHER, THEY TOTAL THREE HUNDRED ACRES.

SO HERE'S SOME HISTORY ABOUT THIS THE MCMILLAN BASIN NATURAL AREA, SO ON NOVEMBER 8TH, TWENTY SIXTEEN EIGHTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED VOTED AT THAT TIME VOTED IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION 413.

SO THIS PROPOSITION RESTRICTED THE USE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY TO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND PASSIVE RECREATION, THEREBY CREATING THE MCMILLAN MESA NATURAL AREA. AND JUST AGAIN, THIS IS ALL CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN OWNED LAND.

HOWEVER, THE PROPOSITION DID NOT CHANGE THE REGIONAL LAND USE CATEGORIES FOR THIS AREA, NOR DID IT CHANGE THE ZONING.

ON OCTOBER 16 TWENTY EIGHTEEN, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A MAJOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THAT UPDATED SEVERAL MAPS IN THE REGIONAL PLAN.

TWO OF THEM WHERE THE FUTURE GROWTH ILLUSTRATION, WHICH SHOWS DIFFERENT LAND TYPES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND IT ALSO UPDATED THE ROAD NETWORK ILLUSTRATION MAP, WHICH SHOWS OBVIOUSLY THE ROAD CONNECTION. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS UPDATE WAS TO MAKE THE REGIONAL PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSITION 413 AND THE CREATION OF THE MCMILLAN MESA NATURAL AREA.

SO AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED ACRES OVER TEN PARCELS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PARCELS THAT ARE PARTIALLY INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE PARCELS CONTAINS BUFFALO PARK, THE USGS MESA, AND THOSE AREAS OF THE PARCEL ARE OUTSIDE OF THE REZONING AREA.

ALL THE PARCELS HAVE A RESEARCH PROTECTION OVERLAY ON PART OF THE PARCEL OR ALL OF THE PARCEL. AGAIN, THERE'S EXISTING TRAILS AND UTILITIES IN THE SITE ALREADY.

HOWEVER, NO PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYZES WERE REQUIRED BECAUSE NO NEW DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PROPOSED. AGAIN, THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE ONLY PERMITS TWO USES, WHICH IS OPEN SPACES AND PASSIVE RECREATION.

AND THEN THIS TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE CHANGE IN THE ZONING MAP.

IF THIS IS APPROVED, SO GOING FROM PUBLIC FACILITY, REAL RESIDENTIAL AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ZONING TO OPEN SPACE ZONING ON THESE 10 PERSONS.

SO THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS IF YOU HAVE, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DEVELOPING ANYTHING IN THIS CASE, SO THAT WASN'T APPROPRIATE.

IF YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN, YOU DO THAT FIRST AND THEN GO TO COUNCIL.

BUT SINCE NOTHING'S BEING BUILT, THIS CASE IS A CONCEPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, WHICH ALLOWS THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A CONCEPT PLAN AND THEN PURSUE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AFTER REZONING. THERE'S NO SITE PLAN FOR THE SITE TO BE BUILT.

SO HENCE THE CONCEPT PLAN WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE.

A CONCEPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE APPLICATION FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST.

SO THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOR THIS REQUEST, SO IT'S REQUIRED BY

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CODE. THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM HELD TWO VIRTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS IN DECEMBER 2020 AND JANUARY 2021.

THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES THESE MEETINGS IS ATTACHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ITEM. THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM ALSO HELD A 60 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY COMMUNITY FORUM THAT WAS NOT REQUIRED BY CODE, SO THEY DID GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT RESPECT.

THEN, ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HEAR THIS REZONING REQUEST AND VOTED FIVE ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED CONDITIONS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT P&Z HEARING ARE ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS CITY OF CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM.

SO HERE WE ARE TODAY HOLDING OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ORDINANCE.

FIRST READ AND THEN THE SECOND READ IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1ST.

THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

SO THERE ARE THREE FINDINGS FOR ZONING AMENDMENTS.

THE FIRST IS THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MUST BE FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH AND IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND ANY APPLICABLE SPECIFIC PLANS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.

THERE WAS THAT ORIGINAL PLAN AMENDMENT IN 2018 TO ALIGN THE REGIONAL PLAN WITH THE THE NATURAL AREA. SO THE MAP RIGHT HERE SHOWS ALL THIS AREA IN GREEN.

THE REGIONAL PLAN SHOWS THAT ITS PARKS ARE OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

AND THIS MAP OVER HERE, THE ROAD A ROAD WAS REMOVED RIGHT HERE TO MAKE THIS CONSISTENT WITH MCMILLAN USES. SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW SHOWING NO ROADS HERE.

SO THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED REZONING.

ALSO IN THE NARRATIVE PREPARED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM FOR THIS REZONING, IT IDENTIFIES THIRTY TWO SUPPORTING REGIONAL PLAN GOALS AND POLICIES IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY CHARACTER GROWTH AREAS AND LAND USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSING AND URBAN CONSERVATION, RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION AND WATER RESOURCES.

THE APPLICANT NARRATIVE ALSO IDENTIFIES EIGHT REGIONAL GOALS AND POLICIES THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THE REZONING AND GROWTH AREAS AND LAND USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S BECAUSE THE REZONING TO PUBLIC OPEN SPACE REDUCES EMPLOYMENT IN HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN THIS AREA.

HOWEVER, THE REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT IN 2018 ADDRESSED MANY OF THESE ISSUES IN ONE WAY.

THE ONE THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT IS THAT AS THE REGIONAL UPDATED STARTING LATER THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, IT IS PROPOSED TO IDENTIFY LAND FOR HOUSING AND BUSINESS PARKS TO OFFSET REDUCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVIOUS REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THIS REZONING CASE.

AND SO FIVE OF THE TEN PARCELS ARE ALSO COVERED BY A SPECIFIC PLAN, SO THAT'S THE MCMILLAN MESA VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN.

THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONING WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THREE OF THE FIVE PARCELS.

THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE PARCELS IS DESIGNATED AS A SCHOOL OR PARK IN THE PLAN, AND THE OTHER TWO PARCELS ARE FOOT CONNECTORS THAT BISECT AREAS THAT ALREADY ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THAT PLAN. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO PARCELS IF THEY HAVE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONING THAT WILL NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE DESIGNATED AS A BUSINESS PARK. HOWEVER PROPOSITION 413, AS WELL AS THE MAJOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ALREADY IDENTIFIED THESE PARCELS AS OPEN SPACE AND LIMITED IN THEIR FUTURE USE AND SALE BY PROPOSITION 413 ANYWAY.

SO AT THE TIME OF THAT PLAN AMENDMENT IN 2018, IT WAS DECIDED THAT NOT TO UPDATE THAT SPECIFIC PLAN. SO THE SECOND FINDING FOR APPROVAL IS THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT MUST BE DETERMINED TO NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE.

AND IT ALSO HAS TO ADD TO THE PUBLIC GOOD AS DESCRIBED IN THE GENERAL PLAN.

SO STAFF DOES BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC GOOD HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE.

AND THEN IT WILL ALSO ADD TO THE PUBLIC GOOD, AS DISCUSSED IN THE PROJECT NARRATIVE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THIS CITY COUNCIL ITEM.

SO IN SUMMARY, THE MCMILLAN MESA NATURAL AREA WILL PROTECT A MONTANE GRASSLAND, WHICH IS AN AT RISK ECOSYSTEM IN FLAGSTAFF.

IT WILL BE THE CITY'S LARGEST PARK.

IT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM.

IT WILL PRESERVE VIEWS ALONG THE FOREST AND CEDAR AVENUE CORRIDOR WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ACCESS TO EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE OUTDOORS.

PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR EDUCATION FOR ALL OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE AROUND MCMILLIAN NATURAL AREA AND THEN PROVIDE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS VIA THOSE EXISTING TRAILS, BUT BISECT THE NATURAL AREA.

THE LAST FINDING FOR APPROVAL IS THAT THE SITE MUST BE PHYSICALLY SUITABLE IN TERMS OF DESIGN, LOCATION, SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC

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EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS SERVICES AND UTILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUESTED ZONE DESIGNATION OR USAGE OR DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT ENDANGER, JEOPARDIZE OR OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A HAZARD TO THE PROPERTY OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY.

SO AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S NO PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THIS PROJECT DID GO THROUGH THE INNER DIVISION STAFF REVIEW, WHICH THEY CONCLUDE THAT IT WAS SUITABLE FOR OPEN SPACE AND PASSIVE RECREATION.

THOSE TWO USES ALLOWED IN THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE.

AND THIS CONCLUSION WAS BASED ON THE REVIEW OF ALL APPLICABLE CODES AND REQUIREMENTS.

SO IN SUMMARY, STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED CONCEPT OF ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IS IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR APPROVAL. AS SUCH, STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIRED FINDINGS, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP FOR TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE POINT SIX EIGHT ACRES FROM THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITY IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ZONES TO THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION, WHICH IS A RESEARCH PROTECTION OVERLAY, OR RPO, SHALL BE APPLIED TO ALL AREAS CONTAINED IN THIS REZONING.

BUT I HAVE PREPARED FOR MY FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPEN SPACE FOLKS ARE ALSO HERE, SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. PEARTHREE. BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANY APPLICANT PRESENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? UH, THERE'S I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS.

THAT'S WHY I ASSUME GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST PUBLIC HEARINGS. BUT BEFORE WE GO TO Q'S AND C'S WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC HEARING ORDER, WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY DOES HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY PARTS OF THIS LAND THAT ARE UP FOR REZONING TONIGHT THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN PROPOSITION 413? I BELIEVE THE TWO FOOT CONNECTOR PARCELS WERE NOT INCLUDED, BUT ROBERT, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION? SURE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ROBERT WALLACE, OPEN SPACE SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF GENEVIEVE IS CORRECT THAT THE TWO FOOTS PARCELS THAT CONNECT MCMILLAN MESA OVER TO CEDAR WERE NOT INCLUDED INITIALLY IN PROPOSITION 413, BUT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT.

AND SO WE DID FOLLOW SUIT WITH THAT AND INCLUDED IT WITHIN THIS REZONE.

THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. WALLACE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? WITH THAT, I DO UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS AND HAPPY TO HAVE THEM JUMP IN AT THIS POINT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPANT FOR THIS ITEM IS MR. TYLER DENHAM. TYLER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO AHEAD.

HEY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS TYLER DENHAM SPEAKING TODAY, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I THINK YOU MOSTLY KNOW ME AS A ADVOCATE FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

AND IN SOME PLACES THERE'S A STEREOTYPE THAT PROPONENTS OF GREATER URBAN DENSITIES LIKE MYSELF WANT TO TURN EVERYTHING INTO A CONCRETE JUNGLE, BUT THAT'S FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

SO I PRIMARILY ADVOCATE FOR URBAN DENSITY ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY GROUNDS.

I ALSO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT FREES UP MORE LAND FOR COMMUNITY AMENITIES LIKE THE MCMILLIAN MESA AREA.

AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU GUYS CAN WORK TOWARDS GREATER HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WHILE PRESERVING THIS REALLY GORGEOUS AREA FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.

SO FOR THAT REASON, CALLING TODAY TO SUPPORT THE REZONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TYLER, APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT, PUBLIC PARTICIPANT.

MAYOR, THAT IS ALL THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THIS ITEM.

WELL, WITH THAT THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL DELIBERATION AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO STAFF.

BEFORE WE CLOSE THE HEARING.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR I, MR. WALLACE. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. WALLACE. OUR OPEN SPACE, IS IT MANAGER, OUR OPEN SPACE SPECIALIST I DON'T WANT TO

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MISS MISS IDENTIFY YOUR TITLE WITH THE CITY, SOME ANTICIPATING THE ADOPTION OF THIS, THIS ORDINANCE.

DO WE DO WE HAVE THE STAFF AVAILABLE STAFF RESOURCE TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THIS VAST AREAS, AND IF NOT TODAY IS THE BEST DAY TO THINK ABOUT POTENTIAL BUDGET REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING SO WE CAN HAVE A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE OPEN SPACE STAFFING AND THAT ALSO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO HOW OUR PROS DIVISION HEAD MS. REBECCA SAYERS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SALAS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

WE HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE PROPERTIES SINCE THE PASSING OF PROPOSITION 413 AS AN OPEN SPACE PROPERTY. WE ARE WE HAVE A SMALL BUDGET OF THIRTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BUDGET TEAM THIS SEASON TO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE TO OUR BASE BUDGET TO HELP US MANAGE THIS PROPERTY AND OUR OTHER OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT, OPEN OTHER OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES.

AND WE ALSO WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM TO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR A SECOND FTE POSITION. SO WE HOPE THAT THOSE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND WILL HELP US TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THESE PROPERTIES.

THANK YOU, MR. WALLACE.

NOW COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT BEFORE WE CLOSED THE HEARING AND PROVIDE A A MOTION.

HMM. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON MR. DENHAM'S COMMENT.

AND I THINK HE'S RIGHT ON.

I THINK THERE'S A PLACE TO SAVE SOME OPEN SPACE AND THEN HAVE SOME HIGHER DENSITY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

I MEAN, THIS HAS WORKED EXTREMELY WELL.

LOOK AT NEW YORK CITY.

IT'S LIKE THE HIGHEST DENSITY YOU CAN SEE ANYWHERE.

BUT THEY SAVED CENTRAL PARK.

AND SO THIS KIND OF MAKES SENSE IN THE SAME WAY.

SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION.

I COULD DO THAT NOW OR WAIT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIT. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAVE COMMENTS AND WE'LL NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFOREHAND.

THIS WILL BE QUICK. I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE WORKED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OPEN SPACE ON MCMILLAN MESA. AND THAT'S IT.

VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW THAT THAT GETTING THESE MATERIALS TOGETHER TO BRING TO US TODAY TOOK A GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK, AND I'M APPRECIATIVE.

THANKS. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MY COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO VICE MAYORS.

I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO STAFF AS WELL.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

AND I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE.

I REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE I MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY RAN IN 2016.

SO THIS WAS VERY MUCH AT THE FOREFRONT OF A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS.

AND IT'S JUST KIND OF AMAZING SEEING HOW THINGS GO FROM AN IDEA TO A SIGNATURE COLLECTING PROCESS TO THE BALLOT TO AND THEN YEARS LATER TO THIS POINT.

AND JUST REALLY HUMBLING TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

AND I AGREE WITH WITH THE THE SPEAKER, TYLER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY IN REGARDS TO WE PROTECT OPEN SPACE SO THAT WE CAN INFILL BETTER AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY THE BEST WE CAN. AND I JUST FELT LIKE I ALSO SHOULD JUST GIVE MS. CELIA BAROTZ A SHOUT OUT FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THE HARD WORK ON THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D BE HERE WITHOUT HER REALLY CHAMPIONING ALL OF THIS WITH A HANDFUL OF KEY PEOPLE. SO JUST BIG, BIG, BIG WIN FOR EVERYBODY AND HUMBLED TO BE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT APPROVING THIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I THINK, HAS A MOTION.

WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT AND A MOTION, BUT MR. SHIMONI JUST STOLE MY THUNDER.

I WANTED TO TO PUBLICLY THANK CELIA BAROTZ FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

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AND THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY TOO.

BUT AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK HER WEIGHT ON THIS REALLY HELPS.

SO I, ALONG WITH MR. SHIMONI, WANT TO THANK HER PUBLICLY.

SO ALL THAT SAID, I MOVE THAT WE READ ORDINANCE 2022-03 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SECOND THAT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CITY CLERK.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE POINT SIX EIGHT ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1900 NORTH GEMINI DRIVE APN 101-37-002J, 107-01-001 F ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE G ONE ZERO ONE THREE SEVEN ZERO ZERO ONE E ONE ZERO ONE THREE SEVEN ZERO ZERO TWO H ONE ZERO ONE TWO EIGHT ZERO ZERO SEVEN E ONE ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO ONE DASH ZERO ZERO ONE B AND ONE ZERO ONE TWO EIGHT ZERO ZERO SEVEN C AND A PORTION OF APN ONE ONE ZERO DASH ZERO EIGHT DASH ZERO ZERO ONE G AND ONE ZERO NINE ZERO TWO DASH ZERO ZERO ONE S FROM THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL RR PUBLIC FACILITY, P F AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RD ZONES WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY.

RPO TO THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE POS ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY.

RPO PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WOOF.

THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL WITH THAT CITY ATTORNEY HAS A COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER STAFF.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, AS MENTIONED BY CITY CLERK SALTZBURG. THE FINAL COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

I KNOW YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT, MAYOR.

TECHNICALLY, IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN THE MOTION WAS NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.

CITY ATTORNEY. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12B, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, SO LET US MEET AT.

GIVE US 14 MINUTES, SO THAT WILL BRING US TO 5:00 P.M.

SHARP. WE WILL GET BACK AT IT BEFORE GOING INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL, SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS. SO I WILL SEE YOU HERE WELL, NOW IN 13 MINUTES.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK, MAKE SURE WE GOT ENOUGH OF THE CREW BACK HERE.

I WOULD JUST ASK IF MAYBE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD JUST NOTE IN THE CHAT REALLY QUICK IF THEIR BACK OR THUMBS UP, I LIKE THUMBS UP TOO.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT FOUR OF THESE HERE NOW.

GOOD TO GO. GOOD START THE LIVE STREAM IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON.

MAYOR, WE ARE GOOD TO GO.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12B.

[B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-05 and Ordinance No. 2022-04: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, declaring as a public record that certain documents filed with the City Clerk and entitled "PZ-21-00282 Updates to Zoning Code - Residential Sustainable Building Standards" and an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code, to modify the existing Residential Sustainable Building Standards. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 15, 2022, Council Meeting: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-05 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-05 by title only (if approved above) 3) Read Ordinance No. 2022-04 by title only for the first time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-04 by title only (if approved above) At the March 1, 2022, Council Meeting: 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-05 6) Read Ordinance No. 2022-04 7) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-04 by title only (if approved above) 8) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-04]

THIS IS OUR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-05 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PZ-21-00282 UPDATES TO ZONING CODE RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY FLAGSTAFF COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE 10 FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE TO MODIFY THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS.

I'D LIKE TO, AT THIS POINT, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT OVER TO MS. NIEMANN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR DEASY, GIVE ME ONE SECOND WHILE I SHARE MY SCREEN.

THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JENNY NIEMANN, CLIMATE PROGRAM

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MANAGER. I AM JOINED TODAY WITH TIFFANY ANTOL, MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHO HAS BEEN A KEY PART OF THIS PROCESS.

I WANT TO WARN YOU BEFORE I START, MY SLIDES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THOSE THAT WERE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

WE WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE VERSION THAT WE USED JUST TO PROVIDE A TOUCH MORE CLARITY. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE BACKGROUND FOR THESE STANDARDS, WHY WE'RE HERE, WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE.

I'LL THEN TALK THROUGH PROPOSED CHANGES WILL GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE BY ON EACH SECTION OF THE EXHIBIT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WITH THE ACTUAL CHANGES TO THE TEXT AND THEN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH TIFFANY WILL WALK US THROUGH.

FIRST, I REALLY WANT TO START US OFF JUST WITH A NOTE TOWARDS OUR TITLE.

WHILE THESE ARE CALLED THE RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS.

THIS IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN CONTEXT, DESPITE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SECTION OF THE ZONING CODE THEY'RE IN.

THEY ARE UNDER STANDARDS, BUT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN IF THEY WOULD LIKE.

SO JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE EXISTING INCENTIVE OR THE STANDARDS IN THE CODE, DEVELOPERS OF NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS CAN EARN A DENSITY INCREASE OR A DENSITY BONUS ON THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE.

THEY CAN GET UP TO A 25 PERCENT DENSITY INCREASE.

THERE ARE FOUR CATEGORIES OF REQUIREMENTS SPANNING WATER, TRANSPORTATION, WASTE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENT IS REALLY THE CORE REQUIREMENT THERE, AND IT'S WHAT THIS INCENTIVE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY BASED ON, AND IT REQUIRES BUILDINGS ACHIEVE A HERS 50 RATING.

THE HER SYSTEM IS A NATIONAL RATING SYSTEM THAT RATES ENERGY BASED RATES HOMES BASED ON THEIR ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

THE HER SCALE GOES FROM ZERO TO ONE HUNDRED.

100 IS THE AVERAGE HOME THAT IS BUILT AND SO A HERS 50 IS 50 PERCENT MORE EFFICIENT.

IN TERMS OF MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE OR WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, THE FIRST IS IS REALLY SIMPLE AND THIS IS REALLY THE CORE MOTIVATION.

IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS AN UPDATE THAT IS IN SOME WAYS A MAINTENANCE UPDATE.

OUR BUILDING CODE HAS GOTTEN CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THIS INCENTIVE AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE. OVER TIME, WE'VE HAD THIS BUILDING OR THIS INCENTIVE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, AND WHEN WE UPDATED OUR BUILDING CODE, WHICH WE DO EVERY ABOUT SIX YEARS, BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN WE UPDATED IT IN 2019, WE GOT A LOT CLOSER TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS INCENTIVE. SO THIS INCENTIVE REQUIRES EV READINESS OR LAYING THE SORT OF ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

OUR CODE NOW REQUIRES THAT AND IN TERMS OF ENERGY.

SO THE CURRENT INCENTIVE, AS WE SAID, REQUIRES.

HERS 50.

HERS 61 IS WHAT IS REQUIRED THROUGH SOME COMPLIANCE PATHS OF FLAGSTAFF BUILDING CODE.

SO THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE AND GETTING CLOSER.

AGAIN, THAT'S THE BASE LEVEL.

WE NEED ALL BUILDINGS TO BE AT HERS 61.

AND SO 61 IS PRETTY CLOSE TO 50.

ANOTHER MOTIVATION IS THAT THE INCENTIVE IS NOT USED VERY OFTEN.

I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY BEEN USED MAYBE THREE TIMES IN THE 10 YEARS THAT IT'S BEEN AROUND MORE THAN 10 YEARS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S MORE USED, MORE WELL-KNOWN.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING.

FINALLY, THE INCENTIVE COMPETES WITH THE INCENTIVE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE CURRENT CODE OR SORRY, THE CURRENT INCENTIVE, BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE CODE, IT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY EASY TO ACHIEVE.

AND SO OUR HOUSING FOLKS HAVE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOTED THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT THERE.

WELL, IF PEOPLE CAN JUST GET THE SUSTAINABLE INCENTIVE REALLY EASILY, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH SORT OF INCENTIVE TO GET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE.

FINALLY, THE INCENTIVE DOES NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN OR REALLY OUR FIRST CLIMATE PLAN FOR 2018, PARTICULARLY THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN SPECIFIES THE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE END.

I'M GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THE SPECIFIC CHANGES.

THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY, SO THE FIRST IS, AS I SAID, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM HERS 50, AND WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.

THIS MEANS THIS WILL MEAN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE OF THREE ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WILL GO INTO DETAIL.

THIS IS THE CORE CHANGE AND THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT JUST IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE, AND YOU'LL SEE WHY WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

BUT WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM HERS GENERALLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PAIR VERY NICELY WITH ALL ELECTRIC BUILDINGS. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OF OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO HAVE OTHER

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STANDARDS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY BETTER WITH ELECTRIFICATION.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO INCORPORATE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING.

SO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN ELECTRIC VEHICLE READINESS, WHICH IS IN THE CODE, WHICH AGAIN IS THE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'RE REVISING OUR REQUIREMENTS AROUND WASTE AND THEN WE ARE SPECIFYING ESSENTIALLY HOW WE GET TO THIS AGREEMENT.

AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SORT OF THE MECHANISM OF HOW THIS HAPPENS.

WHEN THE DEVELOPER PARTICIPATES IN THIS INCENTIVE, IT'S THROUGH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO TO DETAIL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, SO THE PURPOSE THE FIRST SECTION HERE WE'VE UPDATED IT. WE'VE REMOVED REFERENCES TO THE HERS 50 STANDARD AND NOW WE'RE JUST ALIGNING IT WITH PROPOSED REVISIONS.

AGAIN, OUR FOCUS HERE IS REALLY ENERGY AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY.

WAS IT THE DENSITY BONUS? SO BEFORE YOU COULD GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YOUR UNITS TO BE HERS 50 AND THEN YOU WOULD GET A SORT OF PROPORTIONAL DENSITY INCREASE? WE'VE REMOVED THAT. THAT MEANS REMOVING THIS TABLE.

THIS SIMPLIFIES IT A LOT LESS, MEANS THE TEXT IS A LOT SIMPLER, AND FRANKLY, THE ENTIRE AMENDMENT IS A LOT SIMPLER.

NOW IT'S YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN YOU GET THE TWENTY FIVE PERCENT DENSITY BONUS. IN TERMS OF OUR MINIMUM STANDARDS, SO WE HAVE WATER TRANSPORTATION AND WASTE THAT ARE SORT OF THE OTHER MINIMUM STANDARDS BEFORE YOU GET TO ENERGY IN TERMS OF WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION, WE DIDN'T DO A LOT HERE.

WE KIND OF CLARIFIED THAT IT INCLUDES ALL BUILDINGS WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY.

WE SO THERE USED TO BE THREE SORT OF OPTIONS THAT YOU COULD TAKE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION. YOU COULD BE LOCATED WITHIN ONE QUARTER MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP.

YOU COULD PROVIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE READINESS, THE ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE, OR YOU COULD BE WITHIN ONE QUARTER MILE OF A FOOTE'S TRAIL.

BECAUSE OUR FOOT TRAILS ARE PRETTY PREVALENT AROUND TOWN, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOOD SIGNIFIERS OF WHERE WE WANT BUILDINGS, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T SORT OF INDICATE A GREAT LOCATION FOR BUILDINGS, PARTICULARLY DENSER BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS A TRANSIT STOP, RIGHT, WHICH IS ON OUR PERMANENT TRANSIT NETWORK.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TALKED TO MARTIN INCE, OUR MULTIMODAL PLANNER AND WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THE ABILITY TO BE NEAR A FOOT TRAIL.

AND SO NOW THERE ARE JUST TWO OPTIONS.

SO THE FIRST IS THE SAME WITHIN ONE QUARTER MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP AND NOW THE SECOND ONE, WE'VE SORT OF UPGRADED THAT.

SO YOU MUST PROVIDE EV CHARGING STATIONS AS OPPOSED TO JUST READINESS.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IS A CHALLENGE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING.

AND SO AS WE SEE THE VEHICLE FLEET EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THE COMING DECADES, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING HAS EV CHARGING.

WE WANT EVS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE EVENTUALLY.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOUSING IS BUILT FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SO THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO INCENTIVIZE GETTING THOSE EV CHARGING STATIONS AND FINALLY WASTE REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE SIMPLIFIED THE CODE.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SORT OF CONFUSING REQUIREMENTS IN THERE, AND NOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, WE'RE ASKING FOR A MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO THIS IS DURING THE ONGOING OPERATION OF THE BUILDINGS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SUBMITTING THAT SATISFACTORILY. AND REALLY, THIS JUST ENSURES THAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR RECYCLING BOTH DURING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION IF IT'S APPLICABLE, BUT ALSO DURING THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE BUILDING. SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE SIMPLIFICATION HERE.

FINALLY GETTING INTO THE ENERGY.

SO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ALL ELECTRIC, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME HERE.

AGAIN, I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR HERS.

50 AGAIN, HERS DOESN'T PLAY EXTREMELY NICE WITH ELECTRIFICATION.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS OFFER THREE PRETTY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, TO BE HONEST, BUT THAT ALL ACHIEVED PRETTY GOOD RESULTS.

SO THE FIRST IS AN ALL ELECTRIC ZERO ENERGY BUILDING.

THIS IS THE HARDEST, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT MAY TRY TO DO THIS.

ZERO ENERGY BUILDING IS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE IS IT HAS TO BE VERIFIED AS ZERO ENERGY BUILDING BY A THIRD PARTY.

THERE ARE THIRD PARTY RATERS KNOW ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY NATIONALLY THAT THAT GO BY OUR NATIONAL STANDARDS AND VERIFY BUILDINGS FOR FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

AND SO THIS TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF OF OUR BUILDING SAFETY TEAM TO REALLY TAKE IN THAT THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION FOR THAT.

THE NEXT ONE IS ALL ELECTRIC, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING, SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING IS ENERGY EFFICIENT BY CERTIFICATION TO THE BRONZE LEVEL OF THE NATIONAL GREEN

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BUILDING STANDARD. THIS IS ANOTHER NATIONAL STANDARD THAT HAS THIRD PARTY CERTIFIERS.

IT ALSO WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO ACHIEVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY THAT'S MORE 15 PERCENT MORE EFFICIENT THAN OUR CURRENT CODE, SO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT THERE. THIS OPTION DOES ALLOW AN EXCEPTION FOR, LET'S SAY, A GAS FIREPLACE OR ANOTHER SORT OF SMALL GAS USAGE ON THE PROPERTY, THIS DOES NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, WHERE THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO REALLY INDICATE THAT IT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS.

FINALLY, AN ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING THAT QUALIFIES FOR TRIPLE CERTIFICATION.

SO THE EPA PROVIDES THREE LEVELS THREE TYPES OF CERTIFICATION.

ENERGY STAR IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

INDOOR AIR PLUS IS ABOUT AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH.

AND THEN FINALLY, WATER SENSE.

WATER SENSE FOR HOMES 2.0 IS A REALLY GREAT STANDARD.

AND IT HAS A CHECKLIST THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THE CERTIFICATION THERE JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT VERIFIERS.

THERE'S NOT A VERY WELL KNOWN OR A LOT OF VERIFIERS IN FLAGSTAFF THAT CAN DO THIS.

AND SO TO MAKE IT EASIER, WE WILL DO THE CHECKLIST SORT OF VERIFICATION OURSELVES.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS FROM AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT.

YEAH. EXCUSE ME. SO THIS IS WHAT I REFERRED TO BEFORE.

THIS WILL ALLOW THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COMPLY WITH PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND OBTAIN A DENSITY BONUS.

THIS IS REALLY JUST HOW THIS HAPPENS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE ADDED A DEFINITION HERE.

EVSE STANDS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT.

IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S DEFINITION JUST FOR EV CHARGING, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR.

EV CHARGING STATIONS, EXCUSE ME, THAT IS DIFFERENT AGAIN FROM OUR CODE.

AND SO WE NEEDED TO ADD THIS NEW DEFINITION TO THE STANDARDS.

FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN ALIGNMENT.

AGAIN, WE'RE FAIRLY UPDATING THESE STANDARDS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED SOME MODERNIZATION AND THEY NEEDED SOME PULLING UP TO WHERE WE EXIST TODAY.

BUT IT ALSO GAVE US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHILE DOING THIS SORT OF TIMELY UPDATE TO INCORPORATE MANY DIFFERENT STRATEGIES OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, SO I'LL RUN THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY EQUITABLE SYSTEMS. THIS IS JUST BECAUSE WE ARE REMOVING THAT CONFLICT OR SORT OF COMPETITION WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE, WHICH IS BEING WORKED ON DECREASE DEPENDENCE ON CARS.

SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT WHERE WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE RIGHT.

THAT RELATES TO LOCATING ALONG A TRANSIT LINE.

IT ALSO RELATES TO APPROPRIATE DENSITY, RIGHT? WE WANT TO REWARD SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WITH APPROPRIATE DENSITY.

WE KNOW, AS YOU ALL JUST DISCUSSED, THAT DENSITY CAN BE REALLY GREAT FOR A LOT OF OUR GOALS. ELECTRIC MOBILITY SO THIS IS SUPPORTED BY GETTING MORE CHARGERS IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. CLEAN ELECTRICITY, SO CLEAN ELECTRICITY ISN'T NECESSARILY SPECIFIED HERE, BUT TO GET TO ACTUALLY ANY OF THOSE THREE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, YOU CAN INCORPORATE RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATIONS.

AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL HELP TO FURTHER CLEAN ELECTRICITY, EXCUSE ME, BUILDING FUEL SWITCHING. SO NEWS BUILDINGS, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE NEW BUILDINGS TO RELY ON THE ELECTRIC GRID. THIS ONE'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

IT WAS WRITTEN KNOWING THAT THE STANDARD WOULD BE UPDATED FAIRLY SOON.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE LIMITED ABILITY IN TERMS OF REQUIRING NEW BUILDINGS TO RELY ON THE ELECTRIC GRID, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY INCENTIVIZE IT.

AND THIS IS REALLY OUR MAIN TOOL TO DO THAT.

FINALLY, REDUCE ENERGY USE, AND I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THESE TWO THINGS REALLY GO TOGETHER. SO FUEL SWITCHING, SO BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION HAS TO BE PAIRED WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED REALLY HARD TO DO IN THE ENERGY OPTIONS.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE FOLKS FUEL SWITCH OVER AND THEN HAVE REALLY HIGH ELECTRIC BILLS, RIGHT FOR THE FOLKS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THEIR HOMES.

AND SO PAIRING THESE TWO TOGETHER AND REQUIRING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS WITH THE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION IS A REALLY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THIS INCENTIVE.

FINALLY, SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, WE THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT BETTER SUCCESS IN TERMS OF THE CLARIFICATIONS THAT ARE OFFERED HERE, AND WE WILL DIVERT MORE WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL.

NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TIFFANY ANTOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNY, FOR THAT AMAZING PRESENTATION.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE LAST LITTLE BITS OF THIS ZONING CODE, TEXT AMENDMENT AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN ORDER TO APPROVE A TEXT AMENDMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES THE THREE FINDINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

THE FIRST FINDING IS IS THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH AND CONFORMS TO THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND ANY SPECIFIC PLAN.

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STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE AMENDMENT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO IMPLEMENT THE REGIONAL PLANS, GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY AND RESOURCE EFFICIENT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS ARE INTENDED TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS BY PROVIDING A DENSITY BONUS FOR DEVELOPMENTS CONSTRUCTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THESE PROPOSED PROVISIONS. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL GOALS AND POLICIES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE STAFF.

SUMMARY I CAN GO THROUGH THEM IN MORE DETAIL.

AND OF COURSE, AS JENNY HAS ALREADY NOTED, THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS ALSO ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTING THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN AND THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

BINDING NUMBER TWO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE.

THE AMENDMENT PROVISIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE DETRIMENTAL.

THE PROPOSED PROVISIONS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THAT MINIMIZE A DEVELOPMENT'S OVERALL ENERGY, AIR, WATER AND WASTE MATERIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FINDING NUMBER THREE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS INTERNALLY CONSISTENT WITH OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE. MY APOLOGIES, THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A HOUSE WITH WINDOWS, AND SO LASTLY, THAT'S THE THIRD FINDING HERE.

SO STAFF HAS FOUND THE APPLICATION TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE THREE FINDINGS AND IN ADDITION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED BY A VOTE OF 5-0 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE FINDINGS TO SUPPORT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT.

AND IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU.

I DO HAVE ONE MEASURE OF NOTE AS WE HAVE ANSWERED QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS APPLICATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED IS IS THAT THE TERM INCENTIVE IS NOT IN THE TITLE AND THAT MAY THAT MAY HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND BETTER THAT THESE AREN'T STANDARDS APPLIED TO EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT THESE ARE REALLY AN INCENTIVE.

SO STAFF WOULD SUGGEST A LAST MINUTE CHANGE OF CHANGING THE TITLE OF THIS PROVISION TO RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING INCENTIVE.

THANK YOU AND MS. ANTOL AND MS. NIEMAN.

WITH THAT QUESTION, COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS PER THE SLIDE, BUT JUST WANT TO NOTE, AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S NO APPLICANT PRESENTATION OR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICANT, NECESSARILY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE.

CORRECT. OK.

YEAH. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE WHOLE PROTOCOL THING BEFORE STERLING JUMPS IN WITH THAT, THEN WE ARE OPEN TO QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN HAS A COMMENT.

OK, I'M GOING TO TAKE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.

I'M FINE WITH THAT EITHER WAY.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. BEFORE WE GET FULLY INTO IT, SO MS. SALTZBURG, YOU ARE WELCOME TO QUEUE THEM UP.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MS. MARY NORTON. YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF AS A FOLLOW UP TO MY PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND MY EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU ON THIS MATTER.

I ASK YOU WHY WOULD NEW SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CODE STANDARDS GIVE OPTIONS TO LOWER THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATINGS BY DELETING THE HIGH LEVEL OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESULTING FROM A HERS 50 RATING? ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF THESE OPTIONS ARE LOWER LEVELS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY THAN BUILDERS ARE ALREADY BUILDING AT.

SECONDLY, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS GENEROUS TWENTY FIVE PERCENT DENSITY INCREASE BONUS THAT WILL BE EXEMPT FROM TRIGGERING HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING.

AGAIN, THIS IS LOWERING THE GUARDRAILS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO PLACE.

AND IF THAT VERBIAGE IS REMOVED, RESULTING IN THE DENSITY BONUS TRIGGERING HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING, IT SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT A PROP 207 WAIVER SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THIS BONUS.

I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT A DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE AFTER USING THIS DENSITY BONUS AND DOUBLE DIPPING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES.

WHILE THE INTENT OF THESE REVISIONS MIGHT BE TO OFFER FLEXIBILITY, THESE AMENDMENTS ARE TOO LOOSELY DEFINED, PROVIDING TOO MANY LOOPHOLES SO OFTEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEES A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ASKS HOW DID THAT GET HERE OR WHO APPROVED THAT?

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USUALLY THE ANSWER IS ZONING OR CODE ALLOWS IT.

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND THE TRADE OFF OF AN ELECTRIC BUILDING THAT MIGHT NOT BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY WILL NOT BE WELL RECEIVED.

I ENCOURAGE MORE WORK AND DETAILING ON SECTIONS TWO AND THREE D BEFORE THIS MOVES FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THESE CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, MS. NORTON. OTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS? MR. TYLER DENHAM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UNMUTE AND PLEASE ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HI COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS TYLER DENHAM.

I SUPPORT THE INTENT OF THE ZONING CODE UPDATE.

I THINK IT'S A NICE POLICY TO NUDGE DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS GREATER SUSTAINABILITY.

SO I'M CALLING TODAY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO MAKE JUST ONE COMMENT ABOUT IT AND ASK TWO QUESTIONS. THE COMMENT IS.

I DO WISH THAT THE DENSITY BONUS WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE GENEROUS, GREATER URBAN DENSITY IS IN AND OF ITSELF MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, HOWEVER, I WAS NOT PART OF THE PREVIOUS ZONING MEETINGS, SO I FEEL THAT I'VE SORT OF FORFEITED MY RIGHT TO PUSH HEAVILY ON THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT I THINK THE DENSITY BONUS COULD BE MORE GENEROUS BECAUSE DENSITY IN AND OF ITSELF IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE.

AS FOR THE TWO QUESTIONS, FIRST.

IS THERE ANY PLAN TO CHECK IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW AND VERIFY THAT THE POLICY IS BEING USED? MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE SIZE OF THE CARROT, WHICH IS THE DENSITY BONUS IN THIS CASE, ISN'T BALANCED TO THE COST, NO ONE WILL USE THE POLICY, AND IT'S SO HARD TO KNOW BEFOREHAND WHAT EXACTLY THAT BALANCE SHOULD BE.

SO I THINK IT PRUDENT TO INTENTIONALLY SET A CHECK IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW AND VERIFY THAT THE POLICY IS WORKING AND BEING USED.

THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS I'M CURIOUS IF THE TWENTY FIVE PERCENT DENSITY BONUS ALSO INCREASES THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD UNDERCUT THE VALUE OF THE DENSITY BONUS IF THE DEVELOPER THEN HAS TO FIND A BUNCH OF EXTRA LAND FOR THE PARKING. SO JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WORKS.

THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU.

YOU, TYLER MS. NIEMAN OR MS. ANTOL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS THAT TYLER PRESENTED.

MS. ANTOL? YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, ABSOLUTELY, ZONING CODES ARE MEANT TO BE CHECKED IN ON ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT IT RIGHT, IT'S SO HARD TO KNOW IN ADVANCE IF WE GOT IT RIGHT, AND TYLER BRINGS SUCH A GOOD POINT, WHICH IS MAKING SURE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE THERE, THAT THE THE COST OF THE INCENTIVE IS NOT OUTWEIGHING THE BENEFIT OF THE BONUS.

SO YES, WE ARE SO OPEN AND AMENABLE TO HAVING REGULAR CHECK INS ON THIS INCENTIVE.

THE SECOND IS IN TERMS OF PARKING, SO THIS INCENTIVE DOES NOT RELIEVE THE DEVELOPER FROM MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

HOWEVER, IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE, THAT'S WHERE THEY COULD THEN SEE SOME PARKING INCENTIVES COME INTO PLACE THERE.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THE FULL REIGN OF THE HOUSING INCENTIVE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANTED TO TRY TO BALANCE THE BENEFITS FROM ONE INCENTIVE TO ANOTHER.

THANK YOU, MS. ANTOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR AS WELL TO ADDRESS MS. NORTON'S QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HERS AND HOW THAT PLAYS IN IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTALLY ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS COMPARED TO THE BENEFITS AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS THE THE HEART OF.

OUR CONSIDERATIONS TONIGHT.

OF COURSE, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU, MS. NORTON, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THEY ARE CERTAINLY VERY GOOD COMMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT, MS. NORTON IS RIGHT.

SO WITH HERS 50 RIGHT NOW BEING THE REQUIREMENT, SOME OF THE WAYS, SO NET ZERO ENERGY, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH AT A HERS 0 RIGHT IS YOU'RE USING NET ZERO ENERGY IN YOUR HOME.

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SO THAT'S HOW THAT ONE WOULD COMPARE, BUT THE OTHER TWO REQUIREMENTS, SO ENERGY STAR, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD, THEY DO HAVE HIGHER THAN HERS 50 REQUIRE, SORT OF EQUIVALENCY.

AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, THOUGH, BECAUSE OF BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION REQUIRES A REAL RETHINKING OF THE BUILDING.

IT KIND OF MAKES THE HERS COMPARISON A LOT HARDER.

AND SO IT MEANS THAT WE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE SAID YES.

IF ENERGY STAR REQUIRES, LET'S SAY, A HERS 58 OR 57, WE ARE OK WITH THAT BECAUSE IT ALSO WILL BE PAIRED WITH BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION.

IT WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD REQUIREMENT, AS WELL AS ENERGY STAR, REQUIRE A LOT MORE THAN SIMPLY HERS, RIGHT? HERS AT THE END OF THE DAY IS REALLY JUST A RATING SYSTEM THAT SPEAKS TO THE TOTAL ENERGY USE OF THE BUILDING.

AND SO BY BEING IN THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD SYSTEM OR THE ENERGY STAR STANDARD SYSTEM, YOU ACTUALLY ARE SEEN A LOT MORE WELL ROUNDED REQUIREMENTS IN SOME WAYS INSTEAD OF JUST THAT HERS FIGURE, WHICH IS REALLY, AGAIN, JUST A COMPARISON TO THAT BASELINE SCORE ONE HUNDRED HOME.

SO ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THAT.

BUT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S COMING WITH AN ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING.

THERE'S JUST KIND OF A DIFFERENT BALLGAME WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

THANK YOU, MS. NIEMAN. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THEN IT'S THE HERS SCALE THEN IS REALLY ABOUT THE ENERGY USE, NOT WHERE THAT ENERGY IS COMING FROM.

THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I ALSO GET REAL MIXED UP WITH THE HERS AND THE ENERGY STAR.

AND THERE'S SO MANY CAVEATS AND WAYS TO SCALE THIS THAT I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY . COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN? OH, I'M SORRY, ACTUALLY, I JUST NEED TO CHECK WITH MS. SALTZBURG WAS THERE ANOTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPANT? MAYOR, THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. THEN WE WILL KICK IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE SHOULD USE NON GENDER PRONOUNS.

JENNY'S LAUGHING. WELL, I ALMOST DIDN'T GET IT.

ANYWAY, MOVING FORWARD, WHAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON AND I CAN BE PRETTY BRIEF.

I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT NOTE TO HIT.

I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT BALANCE AT THE RIGHT TIME HERE.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO REVISIT THIS.

MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING AND MAYBE EVEN TWEAK THINGS AND CALIBRATE THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I LOVE MOST OF ALL ABOUT THIS INCENTIVE.

IS THAT TYPICALLY AT LEAST, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU SEE INCENTIVES, YOU'RE SORT OF ALLOWING SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING BAD IF THEY DO SOMETHING GOOD.

AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS SORT OF THIS IS AN ADDITIVE EFFECT, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A CANCELING OUT EFFECT, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT.

WE'RE ASKING FOR, WE'RE PROVIDING FOR BETTER DENSITY, WHICH JUST MAKES IT MAKES SENSE.

IN TERMS OF A LOT OF GOALS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ACCIDENT OR ANY COINCIDENCE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

AND IN SHORT ORDER, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CLIMATE CRISIS, WE HAVE HOUSING EMERGENCY AS WELL, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE THESE THINGS NOT, YOU KNOW, ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.

WE WANT WE WANT THESE THINGS TO BE SYNERGISTIC.

AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT ENERGIZES ALL OF OUR GOALS.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT ENERGY USE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, REDUCING ENERGY, GETTING OUR ENERGY DIFFERENTLY AND THEIR REWARD FOR DOING THAT IS MORE DENSITY FOR INFILL AND MORE UNITS TO HELP SOLVE OUR HOUSING CRISIS.

SO THOSE ARE THE POINTS THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFULLY SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING AND TACKLING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS

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? VICE MAYOR? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU, JENNY. THANK YOU, TIFFANY.

AND OUR COMMENTERS.

CAN YOU? THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR TIFFANY.

TIFFANY, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE CLAIM THAT WAS MADE ABOUT HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING? AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW THIS IMPACTS HIGH OCCUPANCY, HOUSING OR VICE VERSA.

YES, THANK YOU.

SO WHEN THE ORIGINAL INCENTIVE FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED, IT HAD NOT CONTEMPLATED HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING.

WE HAD NOT YET ADOPTED THE CODE FOR HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING.

AS YOU KNOW, HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING SETS PARTICULAR DENSITY STANDARDS IN TERMS OF OVERALL UNITS AND BEDROOMS BEFORE REQUIRING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS IN WHERE DENSITY LIMITATIONS ARE SET.

WE TALK ABOUT DENSITY LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF OUR REGIONAL PLAN CATEGORIES.

WE TALK ABOUT DENSITY LIMITATIONS IN EACH ZONING CATEGORY BETWEEN MEDIUM DENSITY AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL.

SO FOR A LONG TIME NOW, WE HAVE NOT APPLIED INCENTIVE BONUS DENSITY TO THOSE MAXIMUM CAPS, WHETHER IT BE ON THE REGIONAL PLAN, WHETHER IT BE ON THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ALLOWED IN THE ZONE. AND AS CLARIFICATION SINCE HOH IS BRAND NEW, WE'VE CLARIFIED THAT WE WON'T COUNT IT AGAINST A PROJECT BECOMING HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING IF A DEVELOPER SHOULD CHOOSE TO USE THE INCENTIVE POLICY.

OK, SO THE TWO THINGS WOULD NEVER MEET ON THE SAME ON THE SAME PROJECT; RIGHT? YOU COULD EITHER BE RECEIVING THIS BONUS, OR WE WOULD BE APPLYING HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING DEPENDING ON THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT.

YES, BUT TECHNICALLY YOU COULD BE BOTH.

I MEAN, YOU COULD HIT HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING AND THEN USE THE DENSITY BONUS ON TOP OF THAT AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

I MEAN, WE WOULD WORK WITH ANY APPLICANT TO TO DO THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU USE THE INCENTIVE AND YOU GET THE BONUS DENSITY THAT THAT AUTOMATICALLY WE'RE NOW GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS OR LIMIT YOU TO CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.

OK, NOW LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE I THINK I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR IF YOU ADD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES AND SUSTAINABILITY INCENTIVES, THE TOTAL DENSITY BONUS, YOU COULD RECEIVE A 70 PERCENT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OK. AND.

JENNY? SO.

HOW DO I ASK THIS? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY REQUIRING, RIGHT, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO US.

SO THIS, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THIS RESULTING IN MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT PROJECTS THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER AS AN INCENTIVE? SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF THIS WILL HAVE BE MORE WELL-ROUNDED FROM AN ENERGY STANDPOINT, SO THEY WILL BE ALL ELECTRIC BUILDINGS, WHICH IS A REALLY CRITICAL PART OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY ACHIEVEMENT, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, COMPARING EFFICIENCIES BETWEEN THE ONES WHO WERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING HERS 50 AND ONES RIGHT NOW THAT MAY GO THROUGH THIS INCENTIVE.

THEY MAY BY THE HERS RATING BE LESS ENERGY EFFICIENT, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM A MORE WELL-ROUNDED LEVEL OF THEIR TOTAL ENERGY USE, WE DO FEEL THAT THEY ARE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT. THEY'RE USING MORE EFFICIENT FUEL, SO MORE EFFICIENT HEAT PUMPS, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY A STRAIGHT ANSWER, BUT YES, YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT MARK.

THEY WILL BE ELECTRIC AND EFFICIENT.

OK, ONE MORE QUESTION.

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WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO BREAK OUT RESIDENTIAL FROM MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT? TO DATE, THE ONLY PROJECTS WE'VE USED THIS INCENTIVE ON HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN MULTIFAMILY.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THE THE MAJORITY OF THE INCENTIVE IS REALLY WRITTEN FOR MULTIFAMILY AND WE HAVE YET TO HAVE ANYBODY APPLY THIS TO SINGLE FAMILY.

IN FACT, OVERALL, IN TERMS OF DENSITY, WE HAVE A MUCH HARDER TIME USING BONUS DENSITY ON RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ANYWAY, WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION FOR A DIFFERENT WAY. SO I I DON'T USUALLY END UP WORKING ON ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USING A DENSITY BONUS HOPE TO FIX THAT AND CHANGE THAT COMING IN THE FUTURE.

BUT BABY STEPS AND THEN I THINK AS WE CAN WORK ON THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY COMPONENT, THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND CALIBRATE THIS.

WE'VE ALSO HAD SUGGESTIONS ALONG THE WAY TO TRY TO CALIBRATE THIS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

OF COURSE, DENSITY WILL BE THE BONUS.

OK. THANK YOU, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, JENNY AND TIFFANY, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS VERY EXCITING INCENTIVE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, AND I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT IS JUST IN REGARDS TO PARKING.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT PARKING.

AND THAT REALLY IN THIS CONVERSATION AND DISINCENTIVES.

BUT I DO SEE VALUE IN ADDRESSING THAT AT A LATER DATE, SOMEHOW IN REGARDS TO INCENTIVES AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE 10-YEAR YEAR HOUSING PLAN THAT OUTLINES IT AS A POLICY POINT TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE.

SO A LOT OF OVERLAP IN OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY ON TODAY'S AGENDA, BUT VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INCENTIVE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JENNY AND I VERY MUCH SUPPORT TIFFANY, THE LANGUAGE BEING CHANGED OF THE NAME TO INCLUDE INCENTIVE AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I HOPE WE ALL GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, JUST TO CREATE THAT CLARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND PARTNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS INCENTIVE.

AND AND JUST.

PICKING IT APART AND EVALUATING IT AND WEIGHING OUT ITS PROS AND CONS, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT CLARITY UP FRONT IN THE NAME.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? THANK YOU. I'LL START WITH A QUESTION.

JENNY, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF MINIMUM STANDARDS, AND I DIDN'T GET YOUR EXACT WORDING, BUT SOMETHING TO MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT YOU CHANGED SOME OF THE VIEW GRAPHS THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, BUT THE TEXT OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT ONE TITLE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S THE SAME AS WE SAW IN THE PACKET.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

MY CHANGES WERE REALLY JUST FOR THE POWERPOINT.

OK. JUST THOUGHT I'D CLARIFY THAT.

WELL, I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS.

I WROTE THEM DOWN AHEAD OF TIME.

THERE'S REALLY TWO CATEGORIES OF COMMENTS.

SOME ARE SUBSTANCE THAT THAT WE CAN DEBATE BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU AND THE COUNCIL. AND SOME ARE JUST NITPICKY TYPOGRAPHICAL THINGS.

AND I DID SEND THOSE TO STAFF AND I WAS TOLD THAT RATHER THAN JUST GIVE THEM TO STAFF THAT I SHOULD BRING THEM UP.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NITPICKY, IF I WANT THEM, I BETTER TALK ABOUT THEM.

SO HERE I GO.

SO LET'S GO TO 10-30.70.040.

UM. I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF WORDS THERE.

RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS TO QUALIFY FOR THE DENSITY BONUSES ESTABLISHED, BLAH BLAH BLAH.

THE DEVELOPMENT MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE FOUR FOLLOWING AREAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL FOUR OF THOSE.

I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT.

SO I WOULD CHANGE THAT TO READ TO QUALIFY FOR THE DENSITY BONUSES ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 10-30.70.30, DENSITY BONUSES COMMA THE DEVELOPMENT MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AND ADD THESE TWO WORDS EACH OF BEFORE FOLLOWING AREAS.

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I THINK THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION, NOT OF CHANGE.

OK. NOW I WANT TO GO TO TABLE 10-30.70.040.

THIS IS ON PAGE THREE, INCIDENTALLY.

SO THAT'S .404.B.1.

AND THAT'S A TABLE THAT SAYS HOW MANY CHARGING STATIONS THEY NEED TO ADD.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S YEAH, THANK YOU.

SO WHERE'S THAT TABLE THERE? NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

THERE IT IS THERE.

OK. SO OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, IT HAS THE NUMBERS ONE, TWO AND THREE.

I SUGGEST THAT THOSE BE LIKE ONE, FOUR AND SIX.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS I THINK WE SHOULD REQUIRE MORE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS THAN WHAT'S IN THE DRAFT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW OR IF I SHOULD JUST KEEP GOING AND LET COUNCIL MEMBERS COME BACK TO MY POINTS TO SEE IF THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE.

BUT THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.

ALL RIGHT. STILL ON PAGE THREE.

THIS IS UNDER 10-30.70.040 CHARLIE, IN OTHER WORDS, C.

AND THIS SEEMS REALLY NITPICKY, BUT IN THE THIRD LINE, ADD A COMMA AFTER THE WORDS OR DESIGNEE JUST TO MAKE IT READ BETTER AND THEN ADD A COMMA AFTER MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PLAN, BECAUSE IN THAT SENTENCE THERE'S TOO THE WORD AND IS USED TWICE.

AND WHEN YOU USED THE WORD AND TWICE IN ONE SENTENCE WITHOUT ANY COMMAS, IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO MISINTERPRETATION AND CONFUSION.

SO THAT'S A NITPICKY ONE, I HATE TO BREAK OUT COUNCIL TIME ON IT.

OK. NOW, PROBABLY MY MORE I APOLOGIZE FOR MY NEXT COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE.

I MEAN, THE WAY THIS WAS PRESENTED, AT LEAST THE WAY I TOOK IT WAS THAT IN ALL CASES WE WERE GOING TO BE REQUIRED A MORE STRINGENT ENERGY REQUIREMENT OR EFFICIENCY.

AND NOW WHAT I HEAR FROM JENNY IS THAT, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT IN SOME CASES, WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT A LESS EFFICIENT ENERGY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL ELECTRIC OR SOMETHING ELSE, SO MAYBE THAT'S OK.

BUT I'LL JUST GO THROUGH MY COMMENTS.

I WOULD HAVE ADDED THESE DOWN, PROBABLY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME SITTING IN THE MEETING.

SO I'M NOW IN 10-30, INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS ON PAGE FOUR, 10-30.70.040D, OPTION TWO, ALL ELECTRIC, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING OPTION.

SO I JUST READ WHAT I WROTE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BRONZE LEVEL CERTIFICATION WITHIN THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS IS EQUIVALENT TO APPROXIMATELY HERS 59 UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HIGHER HERS RATING IS LESS EFFICIENT.

THE PROPOSED REQUIREMENT IS TO GET THE INCENTIVES TO GET THE INCENTIVES IS LESS ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS OF HERS 50.

I QUESTION WHY WE WOULD LOWER THE REQUIREMENT.

AND I STAND BY THAT STATEMENT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THIS, WHICH WE CAN DEBATE.

BUT ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.

I THINK STAFF IS NOW ADMITTING THAT THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A LESS EFFICIENT ENERGY STANDARD.

BUT THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN ASSURE ALL ELECTRIC.

SO MAYBE THAT MAKES SENSE.

MAYBE IT DOESN'T.

IN OPTION 2-AII, IT CALLS FOR A 15 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE CURRENT ENERGY CODE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, DOES THAT APPLY TO INSULATION, TO FURNACES, TO AIR CONDITIONING OR WHAT? I GUESS WHAT'S REALLY APPARENT HERE IS THAT I DON'T THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND ALL THESE DIFFERENT RATINGS, AND I HAVE A HUNCH THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL IT DOES EITHER. YOU KNOW, I ALSO QUESTION IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.

SO MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THAT WE GET A TUTORIAL ON WHAT ALL

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THESE THINGS MEAN AND WHAT THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THEM AND THEN HAVE A RATIONAL DISCUSSION AS OPPOSED TO THIS HAND-WAVING.

ALL RIGHT, I'M ALMOST DONE.

IN OPTION 2BI.

IT WOULD ALLOW OUTDOOR NATURAL GAS FIREPLACES.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BASICALLY FOR DECORATION.

THEY'RE NOT FOR HEATING ANYBODY UP OR ANYTHING.

IF OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF CARBON FUELS AND THEIR EMISSIONS, I SUGGEST THAT WE NOT ALLOW THIS EXEMPTION IN THE INCENTIVE POLICY.

AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT SAME COMMENT WAS MADE BY SOMEONE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

BUT I'M SUGGESTING IT AGAIN.

AND THEN MY LAST POINT.

THIS IS UNDER OPTION 3AI.

IT WOULD ALLOW AN ENERGY STAR CERTIFICATION TO QUALIFY FOR THE INCENTIVE.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS LOWER STANDARD THAN THE BRONZE LEVEL CERTIFICATION WITH THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD AND LOWER THAN HERS 50 REQUIREMENT.

I GUESS I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW IF I BUY INTO REDUCING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FROM THE EXISTING CODE.

IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS, WHY ARE WE BACK STEPPING? AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IS THAT, WELL, BECAUSE WE'LL GET ALL ELECTRIC AND I ADMIT THAT HAS SOME VALUE.

SO OVERALL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL, BUT I HAD A WHOLE SERIES OF QUESTIONS THERE AND I'D BE INTERESTED IF STAFF HAS ANY ANSWERS OR IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I'LL START WITH STAFF ON THAT FRONT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR DEASY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DIGGING IN.

I WANT TO REITERATE IT'S THE COMMENTS ARE CORRECT, RIGHT? THAT FROM A HERS MEASUREMENT STANDPOINT, THAT THEY ARE LESS EFFICIENT ON THE HERS RATING SCALE, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD REQUIRES MANY OTHER THINGS THAN THE HERS REQUIREMENT DOES, AS DOES ENERGY STAR, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN BOTH OPTION TWO AND OPTION THREE.

SO OPTION TWO, I WAS GLAD YOU POINTED OUT A 15 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR CURRENT ENERGY CODE, SO THIS IS BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

SO THAT'S HER WHOLE BUILDING.

THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE HER STANDARD RATES ON IS WHOLE BUILDING.

AND SO A 15 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR CURRENT CODE.

OUR CURRENT CODE, AGAIN, IS THAT ABOUT 61.

15 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT GETS YOU TO 52.

SO IN SOME WAYS IT'S A HERS 52 AND IT'S ALL ELECTRIC.

BUT AGAIN, THE HERS STANDARD IS IS JUST REALLY MADE FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALSO RUNNING ON GAS. AND SO IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SORT OF CALCULATION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY WITH GAS FURNACES VERSUS THINKING ABOUT THE HIGHER ELECTRICAL USE THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING ON HEAT PUMPS AND WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING ON ELECTRIC HOT WATER HEATERS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT DOES PUT YOU INTO A DIFFERENT SORT OF REALM OF ELECTRIC USE, AND IT DOES HURT YOUR EFFICIENCY IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE IT IS ALL ELECTRIC.

BUT AGAIN, THE WAY THAT THE HER SYSTEM CALCULATES IT, IT KIND OF IN SOME WAYS PENALIZES YOU FOR THAT ELECTRIFICATION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE IT'S WE THINK THAT THIS IS A MUCH MORE WELL-ROUNDED STANDARD BECAUSE NOW, INSTEAD OF JUST ONE METRIC OF HERS, WE'RE NOW USING THESE NATIONAL BUILDING STANDARDS. ENERGY STAR IS REALLY WELL KNOWN, REALLY VERIFIED, HAS A TON OF SUCCESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OF MUNICIPALITIES USING IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO GET ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR IF YOU DO ENERGY STAR, THAT YOU ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DOING THE WATER SENSE MANDATORY CHECKLIST.

SO WE'RE GETTING WATER EFFICIENCY THERE BEYOND AGAIN, JUST THE HERS REQUIREMENTS.

WE KNEW THAT WATER EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ARE REALLY CLOSELY TIED TO EACH OTHER JUST BECAUSE OUR WATER IS SO ENERGY INTENSIVE.

AND THEN AS WELL AS ON THE OPTION A, I'M SORRY, ON OPTION 2A, YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT'S A 15 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT OVER CODE. WE FEEL THAT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND HOLDING

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THE LINE. I'M NOT SURE IF I DIDN'T ANSWER ANY OF THOSE OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT A SLIGHTLY LESS EFFICIENT SYSTEM IF WE CAN MAKE IT ALL ELECTRIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF ADDING IN HERE BECAUSE ELECTRIC ENERGY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE PRODUCED BY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOURCES LIKE WIND TURBINES OR OR SOLAR ARRAYS OR WHATEVER WHERE NATURAL GAS OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT.

SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF YOUR POINT.

ABSOLUTELY, AND THEN SORRY, I'M SORRY.

OH, YOU GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

THAT IS THE WHOLE BASIS OF BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, RIGHT? APS HAS COMMITTED TO A 100 PERCENT CARBON FREE ELECTRIC GRID BY 2050.

AND SO IF YOU BUILD AN ALL ELECTRIC BUILDING TODAY, YOU WILL HAVE A BUILDING THAT IS RUNNING ON CARBON FREE ELECTRICITY IN 2050.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

THE ELECTRIC GRID IS GETTING GREENER AND GREENER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

ALREADY, WITH OUR CURRENT ELECTRIC GRID, ALL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SUSTAINABLE, HAVE WAY LOWER CARBON THAN NATURAL GAS APPLIANCES.

WITH ARIZONA'S CURRENT ELECTRIC GRID TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, AND THEN SOME OF MY IDEAS AREN'T INTERPRETATION THERE, I MEAN, ISSUES LIKE, WELL, HOW MANY CHARGING STATIONS SHOULD WE HAVE? THAT'S SUBJECT FOR DEBATE.

THERE'S NOT A RIGHT OR WRONG ON THAT.

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

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND JENNY AND TIFFANY.

I DO WANT TO BRING UP ONE THING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY DID MENTION, WHICH WAS THE EXEMPTION FOR GAS FIREPLACES OUTSIDE, COULD YOU? COULD YOU PROVIDE THE REASONING FOR THAT WITHIN THE CODE? YES, AND SO THIS IS I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THIS IS FIREPLACES IN COMMON AND SHARED USE AREAS, SO THIS IS NOT JUST OUTSIDE.

AND PART OF THE RATIONALE HERE IS THAT WE HEARD FROM DEVELOPERS THAT THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AMENITY AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PARTICULAR IN ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONVERSATION AROUND AND I THINK TIFFANY CAN EXPAND ON THAT, BUT YEAH, IT'S REALLY JUST A BASIS OF, YOU KNOW, FOLKS SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE REALLY JUST WANT IT FOR THIS ONE REASON.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE, IF WHAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR IS A CALCULATION THAT THIS ISN'T REALLY GOING TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS, RIGHT? AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 30 DIFFERENT GAS FIREPLACES, IT'S REALLY MAYBE ONE IN THE COMMON AREA. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY A MARGINAL EMISSIONS USE AT THE END.

WE WANT FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS INCENTIVE AND FOR THEM TO NOT BE TURNED OFF JUST IF THEY CAN'T HAVE THEIR GAS FIREPLACES, THAT MAKES SENSE.

GOTCHA. TIFFANY, JONAH, JUMP IN ON THAT FRONT.

YES, I MEAN, IT'S EXACTLY AS JENNY SAID, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK UNDER PARAMETERS OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WE'VE ALREADY WORKED ON.

THIS COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A POOL, A GAS HEATING FOR THE POOL. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR TO ENSURE THAT IT'S REALLY A LIMITED USE ON SITE AND THAT IT'S NOT EXCEEDING WHAT WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION ON THAT.

JUST TO THROW IN THERE ON TOP OF COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY'S COMMENTS, MORE EV CHARGERS.

I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH.

WE'RE SEEING THAT LIKELY OVER IN THE COMING YEARS, OVER 10 PERCENT ALREADY OF ALL NEW VEHICLES PURCHASED OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

SO THIS JUST SETS US UP FOR SUCCESS ON WHAT THE DEMAND WILL BE LIKE IN THE VERY, VERY NEAR FUTURE FOR EV.

AND IN THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, IT IS VERY EXCITING.

I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW THIS WOULD WORK WITH OUR HOUSING EMERGENCY, BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

SO THANK YOU FOR GOING OVER THAT IN DETAIL.

I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ADD THE WORD INCENTIVE TO THE TITLE THAT DEFINITELY SETS THE STAGE FOR WHAT THIS ACTUALLY IS.

AND I THINK THAT THE CHECKUPS ARE GOING TO BE CRUCIAL AND EVEN I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD

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WAIT YEARS FOR THE CHECK UPS.

I THINK THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE KEEP CLOSE TABS ON HOW IT'S WORKING.

AND I'M WONDERING, WITH THE ELECTRIC GRID GOING SO GREEN, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TRY AND ADD SOLAR INTO THIS CONVERSATION? I'D BE HAPPY TO RESPOND, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAYOR DEASY.

YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

SO WE WE DIDN'T SPECIFY SOLAR AND YOU'RE RIGHT, SOLAR WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE FURTHERING RIGHT OF MAKING OUR GRID CLEANER AND LOWER EMISSIONS.

WE CHOSE NOT TO INCLUDE SOLAR HERE JUST BECAUSE WE IN A LOT OF WAYS WE'RE KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE OF THE AMENDMENT, SORT OF IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING THIS AN UPDATE, WE TRIED TO KIND OF KEEP IT UNDER AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

I DO BELIEVE THAT PARTICULARLY SO IF A DEVELOPMENT CHOOSES TO GO WITH UNDER AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPTION ONE, A ZERO ENERGY BUILDING, THEY WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE SOLAR TO GET THERE. AND SO THAT WAS SORT OF OUR PLAN FOR SOLAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME BUILDINGS DO ALREADY RIGHT.

AND SO A BUILDING MAY SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR ZERO ENERGY, RIGHT? AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

AND SOLAR IS A HUGE PART OF THAT.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO KIND OF LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS JUST TO LEAVE FLEXIBILITY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM, YOU KNOW, VIEW SHEDS AND TREES, AND THEY'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH A LOT ON THE SITE.

ALL BUILDINGS IN FLAGSTAFF DO HAVE TO BE SOLAR READY BASED ON THE CODE, AND SO THEY WILL HAVE THAT MEANING HOPEFULLY.

WOULD YOU BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? BUT WE WANTED TO LEAVE IT A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE HERE WHILE STAYING FAIRLY TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE OF THE INCENTIVE.

THANK YOU. AND MY LAST COMMENT ON THE CHARGING STATIONS.

IF WE DON'T REVISIT THAT NOW, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE TALK FURTHER ABOUT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE AND I THINK SETTING US UP FOR SUCCESS.

THIS WILL BE PART OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS EXCITING.

THANK YOU. MS. ANTOL? YES, I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO CHANGE OUT THE NUMBERS OF THE CHARGING STATIONS TO BE MORE, EVEN SINCE ONE CHARGING STATION CAN BE SET UP AS A DUEL TO SERVE TWO.

SO IF WE WERE TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO TWO, FOUR AND SIX RATHER THAN MAYBE ONE, FOUR AND SIX, JUST A SUGGESTION.

BUT KEEPING IT IN THAT EVEN NUMBER, I THINK, ALSO GIVES THE DEVELOPER MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HAVING THE DUAL CHARGER.

THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, VICE MAYOR OR SORRY, ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY DID HAVE A FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE PRIOR COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE GAS FIREPLACE THING.

YOU KNOW, I GO OVER TO A RESTAURANT CALLED WILDFLOWER BREAD COMPANY AND THEY HAVE A FIREPLACE OUTDOORS AND JUST ROARS ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN NOBODY'S OUT THERE.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IS SUCH A WASTE OF ENERGY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THIS MORE PALATABLE TO DEVELOPERS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE A FIREPLACE IN A COMMON AREA THAT'S SHARED BETWEEN A WHOLE MESS OF DIFFERENT APARTMENTS.

SO THAT MAY SEEM REASONABLE.

NOW I ALSO HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT HEATING SWIMMING POOLS.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO WITH THIS INCENTIVE THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO USE GAS TO HEAT A SWIMMING POOL? I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

BUT I'LL PROBABLY READ THIS TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I'M DONE WITH IT.

MS. NIEMAN, YEAH, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

SO RIGHT NOW AS IT IS WRITTEN, SO IT SPECIFIES FIREPLACES AND OUTDOOR GRILLS, THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT THE MOST.

WE DO HAVE OTHER USES THAT DO NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE CARBON EMISSIONS.

SO WE HAVE THOUGHT TALKED INTERNALLY, IT MAY BE A SWIMMING POOL.

AGAIN, WE WILL WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE ACTUAL OUTPUT OF THAT RIGHT? AND IS THIS SIGNIFICANT? AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW, YES, IT WOULD BE A SWIMMING POOL, BUT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE WOULD SUBMIT FOR.

AGAIN, WE WOULD NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IS IT A REALLY SIGNIFICANT USE OR ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS, ET CETERA, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

I WILL SAY I AM NOT VERY WELL VERSED ON SWIMMING POOL HEATING.

I IMAGINE, LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, IT IS ELECTRIFYING, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THERE

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RIGHT NOW. AND SO AGAIN, WE WANTED TO LEAVE IT OPEN TO WE'LL DO THE CALCULATIONS RIGHT.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WHEN WE GET THERE.

WELL, TWO COMMENTS, THE FIRST COMMENT IS AND I MIGHT HAVE JUST MISSED IT.

I'LL ADMIT THAT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY WORDING IN THERE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. I SAW A FIREPLACES AND OUTSIDE GRILLS.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OTHER USES.

IF I'M WRONG, GREAT, I'LL REREAD IT.

MY OTHER THOUGHT IS THAT EATING A SWIMMING POOL IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS A LOT OF ENERGY.

AND JENNY HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE SECTION WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT OTHER USES THAT DO NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE.

OK, I'LL GET MY MAGNIFYING GLASS OUT AND I'M NOT KIDDING.

WELL, IT WENT AWAY.

BRING IT BACK.

JENNY, CAN YOU BRING THAT BACK? I CAN TRY TO RE SHARE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

VICE MAYOR? I SEE IT, SIR. THANK YOU.

OK, SO I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER QUESTIONS, AND I WATCHED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TWICE AND STILL HAVE THESE QUESTIONS, AND SO I REALLY LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY'S SUGGESTION THAT WE RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, A LITTLE TUTORIAL ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

I WOULD IDEALLY LIKE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE THE FIRST READING OF.

OF THIS NOW TO MY QUESTIONS.

WASTE REDUCTION, SO THIS CALLS FOR A PLAN, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, MAKE SURE I'M CORRECT. THERE'S NO WAY TO REQUIRE.

ANYTHING IN SUSTAINABILITY TERMS AROUND WASTE REDUCTION, CORRECT? I MEAN, WE'RE PREEMPTED FROM STATE BY STATE STATUTE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH THESE PLANS, IF WE'VE ASKED FOR THE PLANS TO SPECIFY HOW THEY WILL ACTUALLY DIVERT DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTE, AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S AN INCENTIVE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT WE ARE ABLE TO SAY SO FOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION.

WE ASK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WILL YOU IF YOU'RE DOING DEMO RIGHT, HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH YOUR LUMBER? HOW WILL YOU DO DEAL WITH YOUR GYPSUM? AND SO THAT IS SORT OF WHERE WE'RE REQUIRING, IN SOME WAYS, THE PRE-PLANNING OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE ACTUAL MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS ONGOING.

WE ARE ASKING FOR THE DEVELOPER TO PLAN FOR RECYCLING OF THE COMMON MATERIALS THAT WE RECYCLE. SO PLASTICS, ALUMINUM AND PAPER AND CARDBOARDS, ALMOST FORGOT THEM.

AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THAT BY ASKING FOR THE PLAN BECAUSE IT IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM. OK, THANK YOU.

BACK TO HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING, TIFFANY.

SO AS I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT STUDENT HOUSING WAS THE IMPETUS, IF I'M, PLEASE CORRECT ME, IF I'M WRONG, FOR THE HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING PLAN.

AND SO THE PUBLIC WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF THE BEDROOM TO BATHROOM RATIO BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING THOSE STUDENT UNITS WITH THE COMMON KITCHEN AND COMMON LIVING ROOM, BUT ONE BEDROOM FOR EVERY BATHROOM.

COULD A DEVELOPER BUILD SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED STUDENT HOUSING WITH THIS INCENTIVE? WITH THE BATHROOM TO BEDROOM RATIO? THANK YOU. SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF OVERALL DENSITY, SO IF A PROJECT UNDER THEIR EXISTING ZONING IS ENTITLED TO 50 UNITS, THEN THE DENSITY BONUS THAT THEY COULD ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL.

BASICALLY, IT'S 12.5 OR 13 UNITS BECAUSE WE DO ROUND UP.

THOSE 13 UNITS WOULDN'T GO TOWARDS CALCULATING WHETHER OR NOT THE PROJECT IS HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING.

IT WOULD BE THE 50 UNITS WE WOULD BE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION ON IF IN THOSE, THERE'S

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DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN ALSO TRIGGER HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING.

ONE IS BY EXCEEDING 29 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES.

AND AGAIN, IT CAN DEPEND ON WHICH ZONING CATEGORY YOU'RE IN AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO, OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. IN TERMS OF BEDROOMS, THE BEDROOM DENSITY, I'VE NOT FOUND IT TO REALLY CATCH A LOT OF PROJECTS. THE STANDARDS THAT TEND TO CATCH PROJECTS ARE THE SIZE OF THE UNITS AND NUMBERS OF BATHROOMS. THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO THOSE STANDARDS.

SO IF IN THOSE 50 UNITS THEY ARE ALL FIVE BEDROOM, FOUR BATHROOM OR FIVE BEDROOM, FIVE BATHROOM UNITS, THEY'RE GOING TO TRIGGER HOH ON THOSE 50 UNITS ALONE; RIGHT? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE ADDITIONAL 12 AND A HALF THAT'S GOING TO TRIGGER HIGH OCCUPANCY HOUSING. SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THEM 12 AND A HALF MORE UNITS THAT THAT DOES AWAY ENTIRELY WITH ALL OF THE HOH STANDARDS, IT DOES NOT.

OK, GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND.

I'M WONDERING WHETHER THIS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

SO JENNY DID TAKE THIS ITEM FORWARD TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION.

WE DID NOT TAKE THIS ITEM TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

OK AND.

AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED PASSING IT.

YES, THEY DID, THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PASS IT.

OK. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE DOCUMENTATION, ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. MY QUESTION, PRIMARY QUESTION REALLY IS ABOUT THE.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THESE UNITS, SO AS WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE ENERGY STANDARDS, THAT'S IN THE PLANNING PHASE, WHAT REALLY IS THE ENFORCEMENT AND FOLLOW UP WITH THIS BECAUSE YEAH, ONCE YOU GIVE A DENSITY BONUS AND THEY BUILD IT, YOU CAN'T EXACTLY TAKE THAT AWAY. AND I KNOW FROM PRIOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE CITY AND I'LL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW FROM ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 15 YEARS AGO WHEN SOMEBODY DECIDED TO TAKE A CHAINSAW TO A BUNCH OF TREES FOR A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT I WILL NOT STATE OR STERLING MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE WITH MY GET IN TROUBLE WITH.

BUT THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE A SITUATION WHERE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM WELL, WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN ALL THE INCENTIVES AND NOW THEY DIDN'T LIVE UP TO THE BARGAIN.

BUT NOW WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN'T EXACTLY SAY, OK, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT BACK. I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES OR ENFORCEMENT MEASURES THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THAT CAN HELP US ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR END OF THE BARGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR DEASY, SO I CAN START FROM THE ENERGY PERSPECTIVE JUST TO FILL OUT A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE DO THAT.

AND AS WELL AS THE SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS, SO THE DEVELOPER WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESSENTIALLY FILL OUT A FORM OR SORT OF REPORT SAYING, THIS IS HOW I'M COMPLYING.

THESE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT I'VE CHOSEN; RIGHT? THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE IN HERE, SO THAT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP. WE WILL THEN VERIFY INTERNALLY IN EACH STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, RIGHT? SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AT THE SITE PLAN, SUBMITTAL RIGHT AND UNDERSTAND IF THEY ARE PUTTING IN NATURAL GAS; RIGHT? FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, ET CETERA.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO KEEP THAT SORT OF SHEET THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL THAT REVIEW TO GIVE THAT [INAUDIBLE].

AND SO WHAT WE DO IN THE MEANTIME, IS WE WOULD NEED TO GET THEIR VERIFICATION OF THEIR ENERGY AND OTHER PREDICTED ENERGY USAGE.

AND THIS ISN'T PERFECT.

WE HAVE HEARD COMMENTS THAT, WELL, HOW DO YOU VERIFY IT? WELL, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS THE DEVELOPER HAS TO MODEL OUT THE EXACT FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR BUILDING; RIGHT? THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THIS FOR OUR ENERGY CODE.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR ENERGY CODE.

SO WE KNOW THAT IT WORKS IN TERMS OF WE AS WELL AS MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY RELY ON THIS SYSTEM OF ENERGY MODELING RIGHT TO PREDICT FUTURE RESULTS AND WHAT THE REASON PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE ALSO RELYING ON THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION IS THAT THOSE THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATIONS ARE NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT GET UPDATED WITH TECHNOLOGY.

THEY ALSO THINK REALLY HARD, THEIR EXPERTS, THINK REALLY HARD ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS STANDARD SO THAT THIS FUTURE ENERGY MODELING WORKS RIGHT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW

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THIS WORKS? AND SO THAT'S JUST IT FROM THE ENERGY PERSPECTIVE.

ONE FINAL THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THE PROPERTY ALSO WILL HAVE A FLAG ON IT IN OUR SORT OF INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.

AND SO IF FOR SOME REASON LATER THERE WAS A FLAG THAT SAYS, HEY, THEY'RE NOW INSTALLING RIGHT NATURAL GAS, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE THAT FLAG AND WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, LOOK AT IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY PROHIBITED ON THAT PROPERTY. I CAN MAYBE PASS IT TO TIFFANY TO ROUND THIS OUT FROM HER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE. SURE, SO JENNY COVERED ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH PRE-PLANNING CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AND THEN ON GOING IS IS THAT WE DO HAVE A PERMIT TRACKING SYSTEM. WE ARE ABLE TO TAG PARCELS THAT FALL UNDER CERTAIN CATEGORIES OR THAT NEED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF THAT JUST THROUGHOUT THAT HELP US TRACK ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE PUT IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LIVING UP TO ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS; RIGHT? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY CAN FALL OUTSIDE OF THE ZONING CODE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHOULD ALL OF THOSE THINGS FAIL AND SOMEBODY TAKES A CHAINSAW TO A TREE. WE HAVE A ZONING CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.

AND IN SUCH THE CASES LIKE THAT WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE FINED, THEY THEY CAN HAVE CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST THEM.

THERE IS AN ENFORCEMENT CASE.

WE DON'T LIKE TO CALL IT ENFORCEMENT IN OUR WORLD.

WE LIKE TO CALL IT COMPLIANCE BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS ALL ABOUT GETTING COMPLIANCE RATHER THAN GETTING ENFORCEMENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF OUR EFFORTS ARE PUT TOWARDS GETTING PROPERTIES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND STAY IN COMPLIANCE, RATHER THAN THAN FOCUSING TOO TOO HARD ON THE ENFORCEMENT STUFF.

WE DO HAVE TOOLS TO GET THERE.

IT'S NOT OUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE.

CERTAINLY, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

I JUST REMEMBER THAT PARTICULAR CASE, WHERE TO LIVE UP TO IT, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PLANTING TREES TO REPLACE THOSE THAT GOT CAVE DOWN OR TAKEN DOWN, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO EVER ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

AND HONESTLY, THIS IS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW WE'VE DEVELOPED AS AN ORGANIZATION AND HAVE FILLED IN A LOT OF GAPS.

WE'VE ALSO HAD SITUATIONS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO WHERE CERTAIN NUMBERS OF HANDICAPPED PARKING THAT WERE PROMISED IN DAS WERE NOT ACTUALLY FULFILLED AND VERY IMPORTANT PARTS OF TOWN.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ENFORCED COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING OUR END OF THE BARGAIN HERE.

SO. ANYWAYS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WANT TO BRING UP THAT ONE OF OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS SPOKE TO, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY THAT WE ARE ENSURING WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THIS IN THE END AND NOT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE GET A GET A GOOD DEVELOPER WHO IS ALL IN FOR THIS, BUT THEN SELLS THE PROPERTY OR SELLS THE PLANS TO BUILD IT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE WHOLE RIGMAROLE OF MULTIPLE OWNERS THAT WITH THE PASS OFF, WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THAT LEVEL AND I DID NOT SEE AS MUCH IN, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE MUCH IN THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT FOR THE COMPLIANCE ASPECT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S ELSEWHERE, THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY IN THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, SO.

SO, YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.

COUNCIL, FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? PLEASE THROW THE CS AND QS IN THE CHAT BOX.

I AM NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS TIME.

MS. NIEMAN? I JUST WANTED TO OFFER, IF IT'S DESIRED BY COUNCIL, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT TOGETHER SORT OF A ONE PAGER ON THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND PROBABLY BE MORE THAN A CITY COUNCIL REPORT.

AND TO REALLY JUST GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT, I REALIZE THAT THESE ARE NOT TERMS WE OFTEN USE AND DEAL WITH AND THESE DIFFERENT STANDARDS, SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

CERTAINLY BEFORE THE NEXT READ AND IDEALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AS WELL AS IF YOU COULD SHARE IT PUBLICLY, MAYBE ON FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY PAGE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BUT THE REST OF THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE STANDARDS REALLY MEAN.

AND DEFINITELY, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO A POTENTIALLY A YEAH, THE SECOND PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, IF IT DOES GO THROUGH FOR THIS INITIAL.

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ASPECT, SO.

THANK YOU FOR DOING SO. ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN? YEAH, JUST REAL FAST, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY SUGGESTION ABOUT THE EV SPACES.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THERE WERE OTHER THINGS IN THERE.

I WAS GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH.

ITEM BY ITEM, SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNY AND TIFFANY, FOR YOUR CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY REGARDING HERS AND THE EV NUMBERS.

MAYOR, I TOO, SUPPORT A HIGHER AMOUNT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT MAKES SENSE.

I SUPPORT AND AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION I HAD AROUND HERS AND ELECTRIC, AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

WELL, LAST CALL FOR CS AND QS BEFORE WE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION IF THERE IS ONE OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN THEM TO THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION.

HEY, MAYOR, THIS IS JIM MCCARTHY, I'M WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION, AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE A FEW, YOU KNOW, MOVING OF COMMERCE AND SOME LITTLE THINGS, I'M HOPING THAT THOSE CAN BE ADDED NEXT TIME AND THEN I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS KIND OF A LITTLE EDUCATION ON WHAT HERS ARE AND WHAT HIMS ARE, TOO.

IF YOU HAVE OK, THAT'S AN ASLAN JOKE.

ANYWAY, BUT ANYWAY, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS WILL THESE LITTLE MINOR CHANGES WILL GET RESOLVED. THE OTHER THING I'LL POINT OUT IS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS SO HARD? WELL, THIS IS AN INCENTIVE.

THIS ISN'T PART OF THE BASIC CODE.

SO I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC NEED TO REALIZE THAT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THESE THINGS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

THEY CAN GO WITH THE EXISTING CODE.

SO ALL THAT SAID, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 2022-05 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND I'LL SECOND THAT.

OH, GIVE IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER NO, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, YOU GOT IT.

YEAH, YEAH. I SAW HER PICTURE LIGHT UP WHEN SHE SPOKE BEFORE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

SO YEAH, I HAVE THE A MOTION MY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CITY CLERK.

ACTUALLY MAYOR, BEFORE I READ, COULD I JUST ASK FOR A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION? I KNOW WE SPOKE QUITE A BIT AND I BELIEVE I HAD A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL THAT WANTED TO CHANGE THE TITLE IN THAT DOCUMENT.

SO I THINK AND CITY ATTORNEY, CORRECT ME, I THINK WE MAY JUST NEED THE A MOTION FOR INCLUDING THAT CHANGE TO THE TITLE.

THAT'S CORRECT, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT JUMPING IN SOONER.

THANK YOU. SO I ADD THAT TO MY MOTION, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT DID WE NOT HAVE CONSENSUS ON MORE I'VE STATIONS, FOR INSTANCE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE DID HAVE A MAJORITY REGARDING THE GREATER EV STATIONS.

OK, SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO ADD THE NEW TITLE CHANGE THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED ADD EV STATIONS AND WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE NUMBER AND FINALIZE THAT ON FINAL READ.

NO. SO THAT'S MY AMENDED MOTION.

SO IF WE CAN GET AN AMENDED SECOND, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

I THINK I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET ON THAT.

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YOU DID. ALL RIGHT.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

AYE. AND I HATE TO BELABOR THIS, BUT SOME OF MY LITTLE NITPICKY CHANGES, LIKE ADDING COMMAS AND THINGS, DO WE NEED ADD THAT TO THE MOTION OR. OR CAN WE JUST DO THAT ON SECOND READ? THAT WOULD BE A STERLING QUESTION.

OR CITY MANAGER? YES, GO AHEAD, GREG.

WELL, THANK YOU. I THINK THE CLERICAL STUFF COULD BE DONE CLERICALLY, IF THAT'S THE WORD, IT CAN BE DONE BY THE CITY CLERK, HOW'S THAT? YEAH, NONE OF THOSE THINGS CHANGE SUBSTANCE.

CORRECT. STERLING CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M MISSTATED THAT.

NO, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE LEGAL MEANING OR SUBSTANCE.

SO WHILE WE OFTEN USE THE PHRASE WORDS MATTER, IN THIS CASE, A CLERICAL CORRECTION TRULY DOES NOT CHANGE THE SUBSTANCE, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.

YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT AGAIN AT THE SECOND READ TO MAKE SURE THAT.

HOPEFULLY, STAFF CAN INCORPORATE THOSE NITPICKY CHANGES, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT THING AGAIN NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I MIGHT BE THE ONE TAKING THE MINUTES IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATING OR NOT NECESSARILY INCORPORATING THOSE CHANGES.

BUT WORKING WITH THE STAFF PRESENTING TONIGHT, BOTH JENNY AND TIFFANY, DO WE HAVE THE CHANGES OUTLINED? DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE? I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

WELL, THE STAFF KNOWS, BECAUSE I EMAILED THEM TO THE STAFF SEVERAL DAYS AGO.

NOT NOT ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT SHOULD WE USE HERS AND THAT I DIDN'T GET INTO THAT, BUT THE NITPICKY MOVING OF COMMERCE AND ALL THAT STUFF, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT.

AND THIS IS STACEY SALTZBURG, AND I'M HAPPY TO JUST CHIME IN REALLY QUICK THAT I WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH JENNY AND TIFFANY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHANGES ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT FINAL READ THAT COMES BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU, CITY CLERK.

WELL, WITH THAT, WE ARE AMIDST MANY YEAS FOR THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE.

MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT AGAIN.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ REALLY QUICK.

A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ENTITLED PZ-21-00282 UPDATES TO ZONING CODE RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS AS AMENDED.

THANK YOU, I'D LIKE TO I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-04 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME DO I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THOSE OPPOSED? THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

CITY CLERK? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE 10 FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENT ENTITLED PZ-21-00282 UPDATES TO ZONING CODE RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK, AND THANK YOU, MS. NIEMAN AND MS. ANTOL.

AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON MARCH 1ST FOR THE SECOND READING.

WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13, OUR REGULAR AGENDA 13 IS THE CONSIDERATION AND

[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-04: A resolution approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Tusayan and the City of Flagstaff for Grand Canyon Community Library services. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-04 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-04 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-04]

ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-04, RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF TUCSON AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR GRAND CANYON COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES MR. TILLMAN? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL JARED TOLMAN HERE, YOUR CITY AND COUNTY LIBRARY DIRECTOR, I'M GOING TO TURN OFF MY CAMERA WHY I PRESENT IN A SECOND, PULL THAT UP.

RIGHT. EXCELLENT. TO START OFF, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF HOW THE LIBRARY

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DISTRICT IS SET UP WILL BE HELPFUL.

OFTEN EVERYONE IS AWARE OF OUR EAST SIDE LIBRARY AND OUR DOWNTOWN LIBRARY, BUT THE LIBRARY DISTRICT IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN JUST THAT.

WE DO HAVE A FEW COUNTY LIBRARIES.

ONE BEING THE GRAND CANYON COMMUNITY LIBRARY.

THAT LIBRARY IS.

CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, PER OUR COUNTY IGA.

THAT IGA IS UP FOR RENEWAL NEXT YEAR IN 2023.

AND AS SUCH, WE OPERATE THAT LIBRARY.

A WHILE BACK, WE HAD THE CITY OF TUCSON REACH OUT TO THE GRAND CANYON LIBRARY AND REQUEST. LIBRARY SERVICES BE BROUGHT IN TO THE TOWN OF TUCSON ONCE A WEEK, THEY'VE BEEN HAVING A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO CITY HALL WITH LIBRARY TYPE QUESTIONS OR SERVICES THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

AND SO THEY SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE TRY AND SEE HOW WELL LIBRARY SERVICES DO IN THE TOWN OF TUCSON.

AND SO AS THEY REACHED OUT TO THE GRAND CANYON LIBRARY, OBVIOUSLY THOSE QUESTIONS WERE REDIRECTED TO MYSELF AND AS WE TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER THERE IN TUCSON, KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THEY NEEDED.

WE REALIZE THAT ADDING THEM TO THE COUNTY IDEA MAY NOT BE THE BEST CHOICE MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO MAYBE DO A TEST RUN OF HOW WELL THOSE LIBRARY SERVICES ARE BEING UTILIZED. AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE CITY OF TUCSON TO PROVIDE THOSE LIBRARY SERVICES.

THE CITY OF TUCSON WOULD COVER THE COST OF STAFF TIME COMING OUT TO THE LIBRARY FROM THE GRAND CANYON TO THEN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

THIS IS VERY MUCH A INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT IS A SHORT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE BEEN ENABLED TO GAUGE THE INTERESTS OF THOSE LIBRARY SERVICES AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ON WHETHER OR NOT IT IS THEN APPROPRIATE TO LOOK AT ADDING IT TO THE COUNTY IGA. AND SO DURING THE TIME SPAN BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, AND THEN IF WE RENEW NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE IGA STAFF WOULD BE GOING INTO THE LIBRARY TO PROVIDE LIBRARY SERVICES AND KEEP STATS TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY OF TUCSON AND TO THE LIBRARY HOW WELL THOSE LIBRARY SERVICES ARE BEING USED.

WE WOULD ALSO THEN USE THOSE STATS FURTHER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO MOVE THIS INTO THE COUNTY IGA.

SOME OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING TO TUCSON IS COVERING LIBRARY MATERIALS TO THE CITY OF TUCSON ONCE A WEEK.

THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP HOLDS THAT THEY HAD PLACED ONLINE.

THEY'D ALSO BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT LIBRARY MATERIALS.

STAFF WOULD ASSIST PATRONS WITH COMPUTER QUESTIONS AND SERVICES.

WE'D BE BRINGING SPANISH SPEAKING SERVICES TO THE LIBRARY OR TO THAT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS CHILDREN'S STORY TIMES, OTHER LIBRARY PROGRAMS. WE'D BE PROVIDING REFERENCE QUESTIONS.

GED, PREP JOB AND RESUME HELP, AS WELL AS LIBRARY DATABASE ASSISTANCE.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE MAIN THINGS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ALONG WITH.

FOOT TRAFFIC INTO WHERE THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY HALL OF TUCSON WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK ALL THE STATS ON THOSE SERVICES AND PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.

AND SO STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THIS IGA AND THAT WE BE ABLE TO BEGIN PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

HAVING THE CITY OF TUCSON COVER THOSE THAT STAFF'S TIME AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM STATS UNTIL JUNE, WHICH THEN WE WOULD COME BACK FOR A RENEWAL.

AND WITH THAT, I TURN IT BACK OVER TO COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

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THANK YOU, MR. TOLMAN, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-04 BY TITLE, ONLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MAYOR, I'LL SECOND THAT. A THIRD, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS HAS THE SECOND ON THAT ONE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CITY CLERK? A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF TUCSON AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR GRAND CANYON COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES.

MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-04.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 13B, THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06 A

[B. Consideration Resolution No. 2022-06: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, a Municipal Corporation of Arizona, to authorize the application for Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-06 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-06 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-06]

RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF ARIZONA TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION OF CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN FROM THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA STAFF RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06 BY TITLE ONLY.

MR. TADDER? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, NO PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, BUT THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE ME TO START THE LOAN PROCESS RELATED TO SOME FUNDING WE NEED FOR OUR STORM WATER FUND. WE ARE LOOKING TO ISSUE ABOUT $20 MILLION AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY OR PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DAY FLAG PROJECT TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR 15 MILLION THAT WE PROVIDED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER, AS WELL AS SOME UPCOMING LAND ACQUISITIONS AND STUDIES THAT WE WILL BE DOING.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS, I WILL BEGIN THE LOAN PROCESS WITH WIFA WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH ORDINANCES AND CONTRACTS TO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO AUTHORIZE THE DEBT.

THIS APPLICATION, THIS PROCESS DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ME TO ISSUE IT.

I'LL COME BACK FOR THAT AUTHORITY.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. TADDER. I MOVED TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06 BY TITLE ONLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CITY CLERK? A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF ARIZONA, TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION FOR A CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN FROM THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-06.

I'LL SECOND.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN WON THAT TIME.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OH, THOSE OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING RIGHT ALONG, AGENDA ITEM 13C, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO

[C. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-07: A resolution to adopt amendments to the Enforcement Response Plan (ERP) that covers the Pretreatment, Stormwater and Cross Connection programs. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-07 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-07 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-07]

ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PLAN THAT COVERS THE PRETREATMENT STORM WATER AND CROSS CONNECTION PROGRAMS STAFF RECOMMENDED.

ACTION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-07 BY TITLE ONLY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS STERLING SOLOMON, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY.

I'M ACTUALLY JUST INTRODUCING THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

I WON'T BE GIVING A DETAILED PRESENTATION.

IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY STEVE KEMP, WHO FORTUNATELY BECAME A FIRST TIME GRANDFATHER JUST RECENTLY. AND SO HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFTER I GIVE MY INTRODUCTION AND BASIC EXPLANATION OF IT, IF YOU WANT TO DIG DEEPER, HE IS AVAILABLE, I FOUND, AND YOU CAN ASK HIM QUESTIONS. BUT BASICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS ADOPTING OUR ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PLAN. THIS COVERS PRETREATMENT, STORM WATER AND CROSS CONNECTION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TESTERS THAT GO OUT TO TEST BACKFLOW DEVICES ONCE A YEAR AND IF THOSE BACK FLOW

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DEVICES, ONCE THEY'RE TESTED, THE BUSINESS OR THE OWNER OF THE BACKFLOW DEVICE, THE PROPERTY OWNER RECEIVES A NOTICE IF THE TEST RESULTS ARE NOT SENT INTO THE CITY, FROM THE BUSINESS OR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, IF YOU WILL.

BUT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE COULD ALSO ISSUE THE NOTICE OR REQUIRE THE ISSUING OF THE NOTICE OR THE SORRY SUBMISSION OF THE RESULTS OF THE TEST TO THE CITY COMPLIANCE STAFF WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE TEST BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES THINGS MORE STREAMLINED. THIS IS REALLY MORE HOUSECLEANING THAN ANYTHING ELSE JUST TO ALLOW US TO REQUIRE THE TESTERS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THAT.

BUT IT REALLY JUST REQUIRES THOSE THAT GO OUT AND DO THE TESTING TO SUBMIT THAT DATA TO OUR ENFORCEMENT STAFF WITHIN FIVE DAYS.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE AMENDMENT, AND IT JUST REQUIRES THE READING AND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY.

WITH THAT, I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-07 BY TITLE ONLY.

I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. A YE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CITY CLERK? A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FLAGSTAFF WATER SERVICES ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-07.

OH, I DO SEE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A LITTLE C IN THE CHAT BOX SO.

I CAN GO AHEAD AFTER YOU FINISH YOUR MOTION AND SECOND AND CALL FOR A VOTE AFTER DISCUSSION, IF ANY THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

STRONG. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STEVE CAMP AND JULIAN MONTOYA IN OUR COMPLIANCE PORTION OF WATER SERVICES, THANK YOU AS WELL.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO A PERSONAL SITUATION, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING TONIGHT.

AND KEVIN FINCEL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. AND I BID YOU ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, WE APPRECIATE IT, AND WE KNOW YOU WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH MR. FINCEL. WITH THAT AGREED, YOU WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH MR. FINSEL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13D.

[D. Consideration and Approval of Contract: Agreement for Option to Lease City-owned real estate located at 1700 East Sixth Avenue for the purpose of developing permanently affordable housing. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the lease option agreement with Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona.]

THIS IS THE AGREEMENT FOR OPTION TO LEASE CITY OWNED REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 1700 E SIXTH AVENUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

MR. DOTY. GOOD EVENING, CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE MY RED BOX IS SHOWING MY DESKTOP? I'M JUST SEEING THE DESKTOP RIGHT NOW ALSO.

OK. AND IT IS FAR LESS CLUTTERED THAN MINE, LET ME TELL YOU.

THIS IS THE AUXILIARY DESKTOP.

DON'T WORRY, I WON'T.

SURE. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.

TO THE. OH.

HOW ABOUT NOW? THERE IT IS.

WELL, GOOD GRIEF.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

BRYCE DOTY, REAL ESTATE MANAGER.

TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A LEASE OPTION BETWEEN THE CITY AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR A PARCEL OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE SKATE PARK AND THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO JUST TO GIVE OUR BEARINGS HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STAR RIGHT HERE.

THIS OPTION OBLIGATES THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A GROUND LEASE FOR PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS IF HOUSING SOLUTIONS SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVES FUNDING TO DEVELOP. SO THIS OPTION TO LEASE ONLY COVERS THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED PORTION AS SEEN ON THE MAP, THE ADDRESS OF THESE PARCELS ABOVE THE SKATEPARK.

THEY STILL REFLECT ON THE ASSESSOR'S PARCEL ADDRESS AS THE SAME AS THE ADDRESS AS THE

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STATE PARK, WHICH IS 1700 EAST SIXTH AVENUE.

THIS CAN CREATE SOME CONFUSION.

ANOTHER WAY TO CREATE CONFUSION IS TO INCLUDE A SLIDE IN THE INITIAL COUNCIL PACKAGE, WHICH ERRONEOUSLY HIGHLIGHTS THE SKATE PARK AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I DID.

YOU'RE WELCOME. JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS LEASE OPTION IS ONLY IMPACTING THE CITY LAND NORTH OF THE SKATE PARK AND WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON THIS CURRENT SLIDE.

THIS PARCEL HAS SOME HISTORY.

THERE WERE SOME PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP THIS PARCEL WITH A AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER. THEY WERE ULTIMATELY UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT THOSE EFFORTS DID RESULT IN A RESUME THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR THE PARCEL FOR MULTIFAMILY.

AND THEN IT WAS DID RESULT IN A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN.

AND SO THAT DEVELOPER, BRINSHORE THEY HAVE KINDLY DONATED ALL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THIS PARCEL TO HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

ALL THAT GROUNDWORK REALLY MAKES THIS PROJECT COMPETITIVE FOR HOUSING GRANTS AND THAT PLAN. WAS IS THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN INCLUDES 11 THREE BEDROOM AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENTS ON THE PARCEL AND IT SITUATES THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. IT MAINTAINS IT, BUT IT'S SITUATED ON THIS PARCEL TO THE WEST HERE.

AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, SO RIGHT HERE IS HOW IT WAS PERSONALIZED.

THE NORTH OR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THIS IS THE COMMUNITY GARDEN RIGHT NOW.

ALL THAT'S GOING TO SHIFT ONTO THIS PARCEL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD APARTMENTS SHOULD THIS OPTION TO LEASE RESULT IN A GROUND LEASE, SO THIS OPTION IS VALID UNTIL JUNE 1ST, 2023.

AND IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

HOUSING SOLUTIONS WILL PAY THE CITY 30 DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR THE OPTION IF THE OPTION RESULTS IN A GROUND LEASE, THE CITY WILL LEASE THE LAND FOR AT LEAST 99 YEARS AT $100 A YEAR. THE REST OF THE TERMS OF THE GROUND LEASE WILL BE NEGOTIATED UPON SUCCESSFUL FUNDING FROM HOUSING SOLUTIONS, AND THE EVENTUAL GROUND LEASE WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR FORMAL APPROVAL AT THAT TIME.

THAT IS MY PRESENTATION, I'M AVAILABLE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOUSING STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DOTY. I DO UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS THAT I WOULD BE LIKE TO TUNE IN HERE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DEVONNA MCLAUGHLIN.

SAVANNAH, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DEVONNA MCLAUGHLIN, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE CEO OF HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO BUILD OPPORTUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO THANK COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR CONSIDERING THE LEASE OPTION OF LAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HOUSING SOLUTIONS HAS WORKED WITH BRINSHORE DEVELOPMENT, WHO DONATED SITE PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS TO OUR ORGANIZATION FOR THIS SITE.

THE PLANS CALL FOR THE CREATION OF 11 THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED ON SITE LEASING SPACE IN A COMMUNITY GARDEN SPACE.

THE PLANS HAVE AGED A BIT SINCE THEY WERE FIRST VETTED BY THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

BUT THE PROJECT CAN BE SHOVEL READY IN SHORT ORDER, WITH SOME MINOR UPDATES FROM THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER WHO HAVE BOTH AGREED TO WORK WITH OUR ORGANIZATION.

HOUSING SOLUTIONS NEED SITE CONTROL, WHICH WOULD OCCUR THROUGH THIS LEASE OPTION TO PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS ON THE SITE.

WE KNOW THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING INTO OUR STATE THROUGH RECOVERY DOLLARS IN FEDERAL INVESTMENT.

WE BELIEVE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY NOW TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE SITE A REALITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO INCREASING THE COMMUNITY SUPPLY OF DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT CREATION IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER.

JUST TODAY I HAD A GENTLEMAN WALK INTO OUR OFFICE LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL.

I HAD TO TELL HIM THAT OUR RENTAL UNITS ARE UNFORTUNATELY FULL AND OUR WAITING LIST IS EXTENSIVE. I GAVE HIM REFERRALS TO OTHER INCOME BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES IN OUR TOWN, AND HE STOPPED ME COLD WHEN HE ASKED ME IF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS THE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN.

I HAD TO PAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, AS HOUSING HAS BEEN A CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED FOR MY ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL LIFE, BUT I HAD TO AGREE WITH HIM THAT THE COST OF HOUSING IS HIGHER NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, AND THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WERE STRUGGLING TO FIND DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ESSENTIALLY, I TOLD HIM THE ANSWER WAS YES.

IT'S WORSE NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BECAUSE THAT NEED IS GREAT AND GROWING.

NOW IS THE TIME TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD FOR INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT SIMPLY DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT MONEY OR LAND.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS THE LAND IS A KEY FIRST STEP TO DEVELOPMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT TO CREATE UNITS OF HOUSING THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE PERMANENTLY TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EXCITING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MCLAUGHLIN. I'M NOT SEEING CS AND QS IN THE CHAT BOX, SO HAPPY TO TAKE THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. YES.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS MS. DEBORAH HARRIS.

MS. HARRIS, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS MAYOR OR COUNCIL.

OK, CAN YOU HEAR ME? AM I UNMUTED? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DEASY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS SAFE SPACE FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT IN MY ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE LEAGUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE LEAGUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS MEMBERS INCLUDE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND LA PLAZA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

WE WANT COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE NEED FOR MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY.

WE ARE CONCERNED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY IS MOVING IN A DIRECTION OF REDLINING BY PLACING MORE HOUSING OF THIS TYPE IN THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE, THE CITY, HAS OTHER PROPERTY IN AREAS WHERE THERE DOES NOT WHERE THIS TYPE OF HOUSING DOES NOT ALREADY EXIST.

SUNNYSIDE IS THE MOST POPULATED NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AND HAVE DEVELOPED IN CHESHIRE? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT PROPERTY? AND COULD THIS COULD THAT BE A PLACE WHERE THIS PROJECT COULD GO? SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS DECISION. THEY DO NOT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN LIKE SOUTHSIDE AND LA PLAZA, AND THEY NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOR THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD.

BEFORE WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR OTHER PROPERTIES AND SPREAD AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY.

IS THIS ANOTHER CASE OF NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? ARE WE REDLINING SUNNYSIDE? AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO YOU IN A SAFE, COLLEGIAL AND RESPECTFUL SPACE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HARRIS. I'M NOT SEEING CS AND QS IN THE CHAT BOX.

SO IS THERE ANOTHER PARTICIPANT? YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE MS. KARA HOUSE.

KARA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DEASY VICE MAYOR DAGGETT AND ALL HONORED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KARA HOUSE AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I APPLAUD THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PRESENTED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM.

MY ONLY PURPOSE IN SPEAKING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO REMIND COUNCIL OF PRIOR CONVERSATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 10-YEAR YEAR HOUSING PLAN, BUT ALSO IN OTHER REGIONAL PLANNING DIALOGS, WHICH CALLED FOR THE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE HOUSING.

I URGE THE CONSTANT RECOLLECTION OF THE REQUEST FROM THE EQUITY WORKING GROUP TO COMMIT TO DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES AND ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF FLAGSTAFF.

MY DESIRE IN THIS REMINDER IS NOT TO SUGGEST THAT THE CITY PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ANY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT RATHER TO ENSURE THAT ALL HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, IS AVAILABLE TO ALL FLAGSTAFF IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO ADVANCE HOUSING AND ASK THAT WE DO THIS WORK IN ALL PARTS OF FLAGSTAFF TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR ALL WHO NEED IT WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE TO CALL HOME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HOUSE. ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC PARTICIPANT, IF THERE ARE ANY . MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDED OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THIS TIME.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT INWARD TO COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR MOTIONS OR WHATEVER WE COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK MS. HOUSE AND MS. HARRIS MAKE SOME VERY VALID POINTS THAT WE NEED TO PUT AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST AS A FOOTNOTE.

MY SON WAS ON THAT VERY STREET, SO I KNOW THIS LOCATION VERY WELL.

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I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO SPREAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT HERE WE HAVE AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL BY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIRD IN THE HAND, AND I THINK WE'D BE FOOLISH TO NOT TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS.

YES, WE NEED TO DO SIMILAR PROJECTS IN OTHER AREAS.

BUT CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE A GROUP THAT'S WILLING TO DO THIS PROJECT, I SUPPORT IT.

I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

VICE MAYOR DAGGETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M WONDERING IF I CAN ASK HOUSING STAFF TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED AND MAYBE SHED SOME LIGHT ON POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON OTHER PARCELS. CITY OWNED PARCELS.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT, MR. MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

AWESOME. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SARAH DARR, HOUSING DIRECTOR I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TERM PURSUIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HOUSING SPREAD AROUND THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE WORKING IN OTHER AREAS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF THE PIECE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

IT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF A LAND TRADE PRIOR TO ME, STARTING WITH THE CITY MORE THAN 21 YEARS AGO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DETENTION BASIN AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS TO GET THIS DEVELOPED BEFORE WE WERE SUPER CLOSE PRIOR.

AND IT'S BEEN HOUSING SOLUTIONS WORKING WITH THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT GROUP TO GET THOSE PLANS TO WORK TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS.

WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP HOUSING FURTHER EAST ON FANNING AND LOCKETT.

WE DO HAVE THE PIECE OUT BY SCHULTZ PASS.

WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED OVER THE YEARS IN THE PURSUIT OF ACQUIRING LAND IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT MONEY RICH AND THIS IS WHERE LAND HAS BEEN ACQUIRED, THE PIECES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN SUNNYSIDE.

WE HAVEN'T ACQUIRED ANY LAND IN SUNNYSIDE IN.

PROBABLY THE LAST 10 YEARS EASILY.

ALL OF THE PROJECTS DONE BY HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND ALSO THE TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ON ISABEL AS WELL WERE ALL DONE ON LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED WELL WELL BEFORE THE LAST 10 YEARS.

WE ARE WORKING TO DIVERSIFY OUR COMMUNITY WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHICH IS A STRATEGY WITHIN THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN AS WELL.

SO WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF OF AND IT'S NOT JUST A DESIRE.

IT REALLY IS A GOAL OF SPREADING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AROUND.

WE ARE WORKING TO ALSO UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS PIECE IS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.

THANK YOU, MS. DARR. ANY FURTHER.

CS OR QS IN THE CHAT BOX.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, SARAH, FOR THE RESPONSE.

THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT CALLED IN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND I AGREE THAT WE'RE WORKING TO CHANGE AND TO BETTER HAVE INFILL THAT IS DIVERSIFIED AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I APPRECIATE SARAH RESPONDING TO THAT.

BUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS ON US TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT SCHULTZ PASS PARCEL THAT'S HIGHLY POLITICIZED COMES TO MIND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST I LIKE TO SEE US HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THERE.

I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AND GET THROUGH.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS POLITICAL WILL TO OVERCOME THE PUBLIC PUSHBACK, BUT TOO OFTEN OUR POPULATIONS THAT ARE IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS MARGINALIZED AND THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE OFTEN, AND THEY DON'T ENGAGE LIKE THE COMMUNITY AROUND THE SCHULTZ PASS PARCEL.

AND AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE SERVE THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND SARAH, I KNOW YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE'VE INVESTED TREMENDOUSLY IN THAT SHULTZ PASS PARCEL.

AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, MAYOR.

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SO I'LL WRAP THIS PART OF MY CONVERSATION UP.

BUT I GUESS I'M JUST LIKE PLEADING TO THE COUNCIL.

LET'S SHOW SOME POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND SOME POLITICAL WILL AND ACTUALLY DIVERSIFY WHERE WE BUILD. THANK YOU, KEVIN.

I'LL WRAP IT AT THAT POINT.

I REALLY DO SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD THIS EVENING, AND I DO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR THEIR EFFORTS HERE. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THE SKATE PARK AND WE'RE ALSO NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE GARDEN.

WE'RE ADJUSTING THE GARDEN, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING IT AWAY.

BUT I GUESS AGAIN, I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU, MAYOR AND TO SARAH REALLY IS WHEN WILL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PARCELS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY AND EVEN REVISIT THE SCHULTZ PASS PARCEL? IS THAT A QUESTION THAT I CAN ASK? LET'S HAVE FENCIL TOUCH IN HERE BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE VEERING OFF, BUT IF HE'S OK WITH IT, THEN HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT LINE OF QUESTIONS.

YEAH. MAYOR, THIS IS KEVIN.

THAT THAT QUESTION IS FINE.

IT CAN BE ANSWERED. SURE.

THANK YOU.

MS. DARR? THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RAD PROCESS, THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF OUR PUBLIC HOUSING.

WE HAVE SELECTED A SUCCESSFUL RESPONDENT ON OUR BUSY NEGOTIATING A PRE-DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE HOPE TO ADVANCE.

PART OF THAT PROCESS WILL BE TO LOOK AT THE OTHER CITY PARCELS THAT WE HAVE AND DISCUSS WHERE DEVELOPMENT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

OF COURSE, WITH A GOAL OF NOT PUTTING EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT CONVERSATION COMING WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.

OF COURSE, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS A SEPARATE IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS A PIECE OF PROPERTY ONE BY ONE, WE WORK AT YOUR PLEASURE AND ARE HAPPY TO BRING THOSE FORWARD FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION WHENEVER YOU LIKE.

THANK YOU. I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

MAYOR, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT IN TERMS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THANK YOU, SARAH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, THANK YOU, BOTH. AND I DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM NOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE MARIA CASTILLO RINCON.

MARIA, YOU MAY GO AHEAD.

MARIA, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF? IT SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN ON.

JUST LEFT OF THE LEAVE BUTTON.

MARIA, WOULD YOU SEE OR HAVE YOUR VIDEO ON THE THE MUTE BUTTON IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE VIDEO BUTTON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE OTHER PLACES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS IS THE LEAST CONTROVERSIAL PIECE OF LAND THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO LET'S PLEASE DEVELOP SOMETHING AND LET'S WORK ON YES, GETTING OTHER AREAS IN FLAGSTAFF TO BECOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT LIKE ALWAYS, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME SPEAKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

MARIA, WE AREN'T ABLE TO HEAR YOU.

I'M SORRY, I GOT INTERRUPTED BY MY OWN VOICE.

YES, AND SO YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALL OVER FLAGSTAFF, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS BECOMES CONTROVERSIAL AND POLITICAL.

AND THIS ISSUE OF US VERSUS THEM, I HAVE HEARD IT MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES.

THIS IS OUR PARCEL OF LAND ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S THERE. THE PLANS ARE THERE.

LET'S MOVE ON.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP 11 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW.

I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN STILL HEAR, YOU KNOW.

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ARE YOU STILL THERE, MARIA? YES, I'M STILL HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RECORDING MYSELF, I GUESS I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH MY AUDIO.

NO PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTINUE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LEFT OFF.

JUST THAT THIS WOULD BE 11 MORE UNITS THAT COULD BE UTILIZED NOW ARE FOR FAMILIES.

THIS IS THE 11 APARTMENTS, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS THAT WILL HELP FAMILIES THAT ARE LOW INCOME RIGHT NOW THAT.

YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. I CAN HEAR YOU.

YEAH. OK.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, TO PLEASE VOTE ON THIS. PASS THIS.

MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR THESE FAMILIES.

AND IF WE NEED TO DEVELOP IN OTHER AREAS OF FLAGSTAFF, LET'S DO THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, AND JUST TO CONFIRM THAT IS THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENTER? THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME, YES.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT COUNCIL, IF WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

ALSO HAPPY TO TAKE A MOTION.

VICE MAYOR? THANK YOU, I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.

I SUPPORT HAVING A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHETHER THAT COMES AS PART OF AN UPDATE TO THE HOUSING PLAN OR IT'S A SEPARATE ITEM THAT STAFF BRINGS TO US.

I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

THANKS. OH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, TOO, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A FUTURE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO BY THE VICE MAYOR AND OTHERS.

BUT FOR TONIGHT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE LEASE OPTION AGREEMENT WITH HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

I SECOND THAT.

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

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA 13E.

BUT I THINK BEFORE THAT, WE SHOULD TAKE A BIT OF A BREAK BECAUSE I SUSPECT THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF AN AGENDA ITEM.

IT'S 7:05 NOW, LET'S RECONVENE AT 7:20 TO DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING FLAGSTAFF 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY.

IT IS 7:20.

READY TO GET BACK AT IT, AND I DO SEE WE DO HAVE THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AT LEAST ON LINE, SO WE HAVE QUORUM.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13E AND THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND

[E. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-03: A resolution adopting Flagstaff's 10-Year Housing Plan STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-03 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-03 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-03]

ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-03, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FLAGSTAFF 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN. MS. DARR AND MS. BLOOM, TAKE US AWAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING FIRST ON THIS ONE, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN, SARAH DARR, HOUSING DIRECTOR AND I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE THOUGHT WE'D BE BEFORE YOU EARLIER.

I THINK OUR TARGET DATE WAS DECEMBER.

AND THE COMMITMENT WE MADE TO YOU, HOWEVER, WAS THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESSED THE HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT CAME IN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID, AND WE RECEIVED SO MANY COMMENTS THAT IT TOOK US SOME TIME.

THE COMMENTS WERE SORTED, CATEGORIZED, CONSIDERED, RESEARCHED AND IMPACTED THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT LEAH IS GOING TO PRESENT IN A FEW MINUTES.

IN ADDITION TO CHANGES RESULTING FROM THE COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC COMMENT,

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STAFF ALSO MAKE TECHNICAL AND CONFIRMING CHANGES ALONG THE WAY.

TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, LIKE COMMAS BEING MOVED, ET CETERA.

THEY ARE PURELY TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING, AND LEAH WILL COVER ALL SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES MADE SINCE THE PLAN WAS LAST PRESENTED TO YOU.

WE ARE HERE TODAY ONLY AS A RESULT OF A MASSIVE TEAM EFFORT.

I AM SIMPLY THE ONE WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THIS ITEM TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION.

WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITH SUCH A QUALITY PRODUCT, IF NOT FOR LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND CRITIQUES, INCLUDING YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF OUTSIDE OF HOUSING, SUCH AS LONG RANGE PLANNING AND THE ATTORNEYS OFFICE HOUSING STAFF IS IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT, TIME AND DEDICATION THAT'S BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT, INCLUDING THE TIME AND COMMITMENT OF ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE HAD THEIR FINGERS ON THIS PLAN.

WHILE THIS PROJECT IS A MASSIVE COMMUNITY EFFORT, THERE IS A THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROJECT AND THAT ONE THREAD THAT ONE PERSON DOES DESERVE A MOMENT OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND A HUGE THANK YOU.

AND THAT IS LEAH BLOOM, WHO'S THE HOUSING PROJECT MANAGER.

IT IS BECAUSE OF LEAH'S EXCEPTIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING DEDICATION TO THIS PLAN THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IN FINAL FORM.

IN ADDITION TO LEAH, JUSTINE ACOSTA, THE ASSISTANT HOUSING DIRECTOR, PROVIDED ENDLESS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY.

LEAH IS ALWAYS GRACIOUS AND REMEMBERS TO THANK OTHERS.

SHE REMEMBERS TO THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS AND THE GROUPS THAT THEY MET WITH.

BUT VERY RARELY DOES SHE RECEIVE A THANK YOU FOR HER WORK, NOR DOES JUSTYNA.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LEAH AND JUSTYNA FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR THEIR LOVE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FLAGSTAFF.

THIS PLAN WILL HELP GUIDE OUR WORK PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND AS WE KEEP SAYING, IT'S NOT GOING TO COLLECT DUST ON THE SHELF.

I'M GOING TO GIVE LEAH A SECOND TO WIPE HER EYES BECAUSE SHE DID CRY WHEN WE DID THIS TO HER AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU, LEAH, AND THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL FOR PUTTING THIS EFFORT IN FRONT OF US AS SOMETHING FOR US TO DO.

WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT, THE FINAL 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

LEAH. THANKS, SARAH, AND HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M GOING TO JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY EYES ARE DRY.

I WAS PREPARED THIS TIME, SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INTRODUCTION, THOUGH.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT AND I'M GOING TO TURN OFF MY CAMERA AND PRESENT TO YOU AND THEN BRING IT BACK ON WHEN WE HAVE OUR ROBUST CONVERSATION.

JUST GET ORGANIZED.

SO IT IS WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT THAT THE HOUSING TEAM IS PRESENTING TO YOU THE FINAL 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN TODAY, WE WILL QUICKLY REVIEW THE HOUSING EMERGENCY DECLARATION THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT TOOK PLACE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE COMPLETION OF THE FINAL PLAN.

AND WE WILL COVER THE RESULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY FORUM SURVEY REGARDING THE DRAFT PLAN.

WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS THE SUBSTANTIAL UPDATES THAT SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL PLAN.

AND LASTLY, THE PRESENTATION WILL END WITH NEXT STEPS FOR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND REPORTING AND HOUSING WILL BE ASKING YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION TO FLAGSTAFF FINAL 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES LONG AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT BEING FOLLOWED BY A ROBUST CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THE CITIZEN PETITION CAME BEFORE COUNCIL TO DECLARE THE HOUSING EMERGENCY JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. THE DECLARATION CALLED FOR A HOUSING PLAN TO BE CREATED AND ASKED FOR A SINGLE, COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY FACING DOCUMENT TO SUMMARIZE THE CITY'S IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM NEEDS AND STRATEGIES TO APPROVE IMPROVING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

THE TERM PLAN, AS YOU KNOW, IS USED IN MANY DIFFERENT CITY DOCUMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL PLAN, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL PLAN.

THERE'S THE SPECIFIC PLANS THAT ARE LIKE OUR SOUTH SIDE PLANS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. AND THEN THERE'S THE MORE SINGLE SUBJECT POLICY PLANS LIKE OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN OR THE HOUSING PLAN AND THE HOUSING PLAN AND THE PURPOSE OF A SINGLE SUBJECT POLICY PLANNING DOCUMENT IS TO SET UP PROGRAMS OF WORK AND PRIORITIES.

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YET IT MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR EACH STRATEGY.

SO THIS PLAN, WHICH WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT, WILL PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND WILL PROVIDE SOLUTIONS THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CAN DO TO ADDRESSING FLAGSTAFF HOUSING EMERGENCY.

THIS PLAN PROVIDES.

OH, THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH FOUR POLICY CATEGORIES EXCUSE ME, CREATE, CONNECT, PRESERVE AND PROTECT.

THE COMMUNITY WILL LEARN HOW HOUSING IS INTERCONNECTED TO HEALTH CARE EQUITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS, ZONING AND LAND USE, SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

IN OUR RECENT HOUSING SURVEY CREATED FOR THE PLAN, 75.8 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS AND THAT'S 2,224 PEOPLE STRONGLY AGREED THAT OWNING A HOME WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AN ADDITIONAL 16.9 OF THE RESPONDENTS AGREED TO THIS.

NOW, WHILE 85 PERCENT OF FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE SURVEY, THIS SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DROPPED 20 PERCENT WHEN THE QUESTION WAS LOCALIZED TO RESPONDENTS NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS INFRASTRUCTURE, WHO IT SERVES AND HOW IT KEEPS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN DOES.

THE CURRENT HOUSING EMERGENCY HAS DEEP ROOTS WITH NO SINGLE ROOT CAUSE, THERE'S NO SINGLE SOLUTION TO ADDRESSING THIS HOUSING EMERGENCY, BUT RATHER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES THAT WILL WORK TOGETHER IN PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING STABILITY.

FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS RESPONSES TO THE HOUSING SURVEY ILLUSTRATED THAT THE HOUSING EMERGENCY IS CAUSING THEM TO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY.

A LITTLE OVER 58 PERCENT OF FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS STATED THAT THEY WERE EITHER NEARLY CERTAIN TO SOMEWHAT LIKELY GOING TO RELOCATE DUE TO HOUSING COSTS.

AND THE QUESTION WE MUST ASK OURSELVES IS WHAT WOULD FLAGSTAFF BECOME IF 58 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION MOVED? THE INTENT OF THIS PLAN IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACHIEVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO CALL FLAGSTAFF THEIR HOME.

THE PLAN WAS CREATED THROUGH CONTINUOUS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

IT BEGAN ONE MONTH AFTER THE HOUSING EMERGENCY DECLARATION OCCURRED IN JANUARY OF 2021.

THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY GOT TO WORK IN CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION.

THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN AND THIS IS WHEN THEY ESTABLISHED SIX INFORMAL WORKING GROUPS.

THESE INFORMAL WORKING GROUPS WORKED NONSTOP FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, PRODUCING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA AND CREATING POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS FLAGSTAFF HOUSING EMERGENCY.

THE WORKING GROUPS WERE A GAP ANALYSIS, WORKING GROUP, NEIGHBORHOOD AND EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY, LAND USE AND ZONING AND HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE.

NOW, THE DRAFT POLICY INITIATIVES WERE THEN VETTED INTERNALLY, LEGALLY AND THROUGH THE COMMISSION, AND THEY WERE ALSO SHARED WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

WORKING GROUPS INCLUDED COMMISSIONERS, CITY STAFF, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN THEY ALSO INCLUDED OUR REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS OUR REALTORS, LENDERS, ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS BUILDERS.

WE HAD HOMEOWNER AND RENTER REPRESENTATION.

TEACHERS HOPPED ON BOARD.

SO DID OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAD DATA SCIENTISTS AND TONS OF ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS F CUBED, A KONA, THE CHAMBER, NAU, NATIVE AMERICAN FOR COMMUNITY ACTIONS, FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES, THE GUIDANCE CENTER, NAVA, HEALTH CHOICE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

THE COUNTY WAS INVOLVED, OUR LEAGUE OF NEIGHBORHOODS WAS INVOLVED, INTERFAITH COUNCIL AND MORE. THE INFORMAL WORKING GROUP STARTED THE MOMENTUM TO ADDRESS FLAGSTAFF HOUSING EMERGENCY. IT GREW INTO MORE THAN 80 VOLUNTEERS AND A THOUSAND VOLUNTEER HOURS.

THE LOCAL HOUSING SURVEY THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED GARNERED CLOSE TO 3000 RESPONSES, AND TO DATE, THE HOUSING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE FINAL HOUSING PLAN FOR HOUSING COMMISSION. MEETINGS WERE HELD AND THREE COUNCIL MEETINGS WERE HELD.

ONCE THE PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED, THE DRAFT ENTERED INTO A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WHERE THE COMMUNITY PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON PLANNED POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES VIA

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FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY FORUM.

THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN RESPONDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR COMMUNITY FORUM, WHICH WAS AN ESTIMATE OF SIXTEEN POINT FOUR HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

NOW YOU WILL SEE THIS 327 RECIPIENT NUMBERS INCREASE LATER IN THE SLIDES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKE COMMENTS DURING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF PUBLIC OUTREACH, SUCH AS OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, EMAILS AND STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH MEETINGS.

HOUSING STAFF ALSO MET WITH INTEREST GROUPS, AND THESE INTEREST GROUPS WERE OUR COUNTY, SO COCONINO COUNTY, THE CHAMBER ASKED NORTHERN ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR REALTORS AND THE CONTINUUM OF CARE HOUSING STAFF AND CURRENT PLANNERS GOT TO WORK.

WE REVIEWED AND INCORPORATED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK INTO THE FINAL 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN, AND I JUST WANT TO PUT A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO SARAH DECKER AND JORDAN FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND GUIDANCE IN THIS PROCESS.

THEY WERE SUCH A RESOURCE FOR THIS PLAN.

JUST AS A REFRESHER, THE PLAN DEFINES WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN A HOUSEHOLD PLAYS PAYS NO MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS HOUSING.

THOSE WHO PAY MORE THAN 30 PERCENT ARE CONSIDERED LIVING IN HOUSING COSTS BURDEN SITUATIONS, AND THEY MAY FIND DIFFICULTIES IN AFFORDING, AFFORDING NECESSITIES, SORRY, SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING, TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL CARE.

DATA INDICATES THAT ROUGHLY TWENTY TWO THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN FLAGSTAFF ARE LIVING AND HOUSING COSTS BURDENED SITUATIONS.

AND SINCE 2011, THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE OF A HOME ROSE BY 119 PERCENT, WHILE THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS ONLY INCREASED BY 16 PERCENT.

AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS, OF COURSE, REFERRED THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, AND IT EXPLAINS HOW FEDERAL SUBSIDIES SERVE UP TO 80 PERCENT OF OUR AREA, MEDIAN INCOME AND HOW THESE FUNDS ARE LIMITED IN FLAGSTAFF.

NOW, HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND THE CITY'S HOUSING SECTION ANNUALLY UPDATE OUR LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND SO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT YOU SEE IN THE FINAL PLAN REFLECTS 2019 CENSUS RESULTS.

THE CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS NEED HOUSING SUBSIDIES OR UNITS IN ORDER TO REMOVE HOUSEHOLDS FROM LIVING AND HOUSING COSTS BURDENED SITUATIONS AND TO HELP THEM ADVANCE THROUGH THE HOUSING CONTINUUM.

47 PERCENT OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS ARE EXTREMELY LOW TO LOW INCOME AND FLAGSTAFF, AND SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL FLAGSTAFF HOUSEHOLDS ARE EXTREMELY LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

AGAIN, THIS IS A HUGE INDICATOR THAT SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE.

NOW THIS IS CHALLENGING IN A MARKET THAT IS 13 PERCENT HIGHER FOR THE COST OF LIVING AND 29 PERCENT HIGHER FOR THE COST OF HOUSING COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

TO PAINT THE PICTURE, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT FLAGSTAFF FAMILIES CAN AFFORD.

I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE MULTIPLE TIMES.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE SO THAT IT ALSO HELPS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND OUR SITUATION. BUT I HAVE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT FLAGSTAFF IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

SO LOOKING AT A FAMILY OF FOUR AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 77 THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEY CAN HEALTHILY AFFORD A RENTAL HOUSE THAT COSTS NO MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH.

AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BUY A HOUSE WITH AN AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE AT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO A FAMILY OF FOUR AT THAT SIZE AND THE COST OF HOUSING, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR BOTH RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT THAT PRICE.

WITH THAT, AGAIN, THIS CONFIRMS THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO HOUSEHOLDS ABOVE THE 80 PERCENT AMI LEVEL, AND WE ALSO NEED TO UPDATE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES THAT CREATE AND PRESERVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. FROM THE HOUSING SURVEY, WE KNOW THAT 93 PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT OWNING A HOME IS AN IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND WE ASKED THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHAT THEIR BARRIERS ARE TO HOME OWNERSHIP.

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AMONG RESPONDENTS THAT WERE NOT ALREADY HOMEOWNERS.

EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT CITED THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE WAS A BARRIER.

OVER HALF OF HOMEOWNERS CITED THAT PAYING TOO MUCH IN RENT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SAVE FOR DOWN PAYMENT WAS THEIR BARRIER.

AND ONE IN FOUR CITED QUALIFYING FOR A MORTGAGE AS THE BARRIER TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.

SO THE GAP ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP LOOKED AT BOTH MARKET RATE HOUSING NEEDS AND SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS FOR THE PLAN, AND AFTER APPLYING LOCAL AND REGIONAL DATA, THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE 7,976 MARKET RATE UNITS AND 12,072 HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED OF A HOUSING SUBSIDY OR AN AFFORDABLE UNIT.

THIS NUMBER DOES NOT ALONE MEAN THAT WE HAVE OVER TWENTY THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS LIVING WITHOUT A PLACE TO CALL HOME, IT MEANS SIMPLY THAT 12,072 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE LIVING IN LESS THAN IDEAL HOUSING SITUATIONS.

EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE PAYING TOO MUCH IN RENT, DOUBLING UP, UNABLE TO ADVANCE THROUGH THE HOUSING CONTINUUM, WHILE THE REMAINING 7,976 MARKET RATE HOUSES ARE NEEDED TO FREE UP PRESSURES ON FLAGSTAFF HOUSING STOCK AND TO CATCH UP WITH POPULATION GROWTH.

SO IN A MARKET WITH NOT ENOUGH HOMES AND WITHOUT ADEQUATE SUBSIDIES, THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LOSE OUT THE MOST IN FLAGSTAFF ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.

AGAIN, THAT'S 74 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION.

THE PLAN'S POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES INCLUDE BOTH THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS AND SUBSIDIES TO INCREASE BOTH THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS AND SUBSIDIES THAT WILL PROVIDE TARGETED ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED.

NOW, BOTH OF THESE CONCEPTS ARE MUTUALLY INTERCHANGEABLE AND WILL REQUIRE BOLD ACTION TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING EMERGENCY.

THE PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIES THE MEANING OF THE TERM HOUSING SUBSIDY, WHICH IS DEFINED AS A FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AIMED TOWARDS ALLEVIATING HOUSING COSTS.

THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL INCOME LEVELS WITH AN EQUITY LENS ENSURING THAT EACH HOUSEHOLD GETS WHAT THAT HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.

SO POLICIES AND STRATEGIES THAT AIM TO ACHIEVE EQUITY, THEY MAY RESULT IN UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES, BUT THEY WILL LEAD TO MORE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR EVERYONE.

FLAGSTAFF HOUSING CONTINUUM IS A GRAPHIC THAT REPRESENTS A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.

NOT ALL OF OUR HOUSING TYPES, BUT A VARIETY OF AVAILABLE HOUSING TYPES IN FLAGSTAFF FOR INCOME OR FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.

IT INDICATES THAT HOUSEHOLDS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INCOME REQUIRE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUBSIDY IN ORDER TO MOVE UP OR ADVANCE THROUGH THE HOUSING CONTINUUM.

SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN, WE USE THE HOUSING CONTINUUM AS A METHOD TO COMMUNICATE POSSIBLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.

ADDRESSING THE HOUSING EMERGENCY WILL REQUIRE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS EVICTION PREVENTION, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND EMPLOYER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS. IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THESE BOLD STEPS MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED IN PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE ENTIRE HOUSING SECTOR, INCLUDING ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY HOUSING ADVOCATES AND FROM OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

THE PLAN DEFINES THE HOUSING EMERGENCY, AND IT PROVIDES ONE OVERARCHING GOAL SUPPORTED BY TWO FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS THAT TOGETHER WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HOUSING ATTAINABILITY.

THE GOAL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES WHICH ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF BUDGET PROCESS IN COLLABORATION WITH CITY STAFF, PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.

SO THE SINGLE OVERARCHING GOAL FOR THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN IS TO REDUCE THE CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY BY HALF OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

ELEMENT ONE IS TO IMPACT AT LEAST SIX THOUSAND LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF UNIT CREATION OR SUBSIDY PROVISION.

ELEMENT TWO IS TO CREATE OR PRESERVE 7,979 HOUSING UNITS BY 2031, WITH A MINIMUM

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OF 10 PERCENT OF THEM BEING AFFORDABLE.

AND THIS WILL BE INCREASED.

THIS WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL SUPPLY OF MARKET RATE WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OCCUPIED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

SO ONCE THE WORKING GROUPS AND THE COMMUNITY CREATED OUR DRAFT HOUSING PLAN, HOUSING SHARED IT BROADLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE SENT OVER SEVEN THOUSAND EMAILS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WE HELD AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY FORUM SURVEY, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, AND WE ASKED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FORUM SURVEY FOR OUR RESPONDENTS TO PRIORITIZE POLICY INITIATIVES AND TO STATE HOW FAVORABLE THEY WERE TO EACH OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN.

WE ALSO ASKED FOR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ABOUT MISSING STRATEGIES AND JUST OVERALL COMMENTS ABOUT THE PLAN.

AND THIS IS WHERE 327 INDIVIDUALS PRIORITIZE THE POLICIES, AND THEY SHOWED US HOW FAVORABLE, HOW FAVORABLE THEY WERE TO EACH OF THE STRATEGIES.

AND THEY SUBMITTED OVER FOUR HUNDRED WRITTEN COMMENTS, WHICH ONCE SPLIT BY TOPIC, ENDED UP BEING OVER 600 WRITTEN COMMENTS.

SO AGAIN, OUR CURRENT PLANNERS THAT ARE HOUSING STAFF CODED EACH OF THE COMMENTS AND ORGANIZE THEM SO THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT WHAT WAS ACTIONABLE INTO THE PLAN.

AND FOR A DETAILED LIST OF ALL OF THESE COMMENTS, WE ASK FOR YOU TO REFER TO THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT TO THE STAFF SUMMARY.

IT'S TITLED RESPONSE TO COMMENTS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF HOW THE COMMENTS WERE ADDRESSED AND UPDATED AND HOW THEY WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.

SO. MINOR CHANGES WERE SUGGESTED FOR POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES, AND WE LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE THOROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THE CREATION OF THE POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES UP FRONT.

THE CHANGES INCORPORATED WERE FOR CLARIFICATION.

HOUSING STAFF ATTEMPTED TO ADD A FEW STRATEGIES THAT WERE NOTED BY COMMENTERS, BUT AFTER FUTURE REVIEW, WE REALIZED THAT THESE ADDITIONS WERE REDUNDANT WITH WHAT THE WORKING GROUP HAD ALREADY CREATED.

AGAIN, THERE ARE FOUR POLICY CATEGORIES WHICH ARE CREATE, CONNECT, PRESERVE AND PROTECT IN THESE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE 13 ROBUST POLICY INITIATIVES AND 58 STRATEGIES.

THIS IS OUR FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION FOR HOW THE CITY WILL ADDRESS THE HOUSING EMERGENCY.

THE PLAN NOW SHOWS THE POLICY INITIATIVES IN ORDER FROM THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO PRIORITIZATION. I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS EVERY STRATEGY TODAY, BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REFER TO PAGE 52 OF THE PLAN, TITLED DETAILED LIST OF THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLANS, POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES.

THE CREATE CATEGORY INCLUDES POLICY INITIATIVES SUCH AS INCENTIVIZING THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND MECHANISMS. IT HAS STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THAT THE REGIONAL PLAN INCLUDES ROBUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS AND THIS IS GREAT TIMING WITH OUR REGIONAL PLAN UPDATE HAPPENING.

THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO CREATE DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FLAGSTAFF. STRATEGIES TO AMEND ZONING CODE AND TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL HOUSING TYPES, AND WE ALSO INCLUDED STRATEGIES THAT EXPLORE REGULATORY EFFICIENCIES AND COST SAVING PRACTICES.

FOR THE CONNECT POLICY CATEGORY, THERE'S MANY STRATEGIES TO REDUCING HOMELESSNESS AND FOSTERING HOUSING PERMANENCY FOR ALL.

WAYS TO IMPLEMENT A FRAMEWORK FOR CENTERING EQUITY AND PROPOSED IN EXISTING PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS, AND TO INTEGRATE HEALTH CARE INTO HOUSING AND VICE VERSA.

FOR A PRESERVE CATEGORY.

IT ENCOURAGES ADAPTIVE REUSE OF BUILDINGS AND ALSO EXPANDS EFFORTS TO PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK.

AND LASTLY, PROTECT INCLUDES POLICY INITIATIVES TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE FURTHER ARIZONA AND FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS AND TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO EQUITABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

AND TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A PART OF EVERY FLAGSTAFF NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS DISPARATE IMPACT.

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AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL LOBBY AND SUPPORT FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION TO ENCOURAGE CHANGE TO FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR PRESERVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

NOW TO THE WRITTEN COMMENT.

THE FOUR HUNDRED WRITTEN COMMENTS CAME THROUGH AGAIN, PUBLIC MEETINGS, EMAIL, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND THE COMMUNITY FORUM SURVEY.

SO ONCE THESE WERE SPLIT BY TOPIC, THESE COMMENTS GREW INTO OVER SIX HUNDRED COMMENTS.

AND IN ORDER FOR STAFF TO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON THE COMMENTS THAT WOULD IMPROVE OR ACHIEVE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK OF THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN, COMMENTS WERE MARKED ACTIONABLE OR NON ACTIONABLE.

SO AGAIN, REFER TO THE COMMENT RESPONSE DOCUMENT TO SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF ACTIONABLE AND NON ACTIONABLE ITEMS BY TOPIC AND SUB TOPIC.

BOTH ACTIONABLE AND NON ACTIONABLE COMMENTS ARE BEING SHARED WITH CITY STAFF WORKING IN THAT SUBJECT AREA.

COMMENTS DETERMINED TO BE ACTIONABLE PROVIDED STAFF WITH INSIGHT ON THE PLAN'S GOALS AND REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION.

NON ACTIONABLE COMMENTS FELL OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN, AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE ARE WHEN IT RELATED TO OTHER CITY PLANNING PROJECTS OR STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS.

AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS DISCUSSING WATER OR LONG TERM PLANNING OR ADDRESSING J.W.

POWELL AREA'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR REGIONAL PLANNING.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A NON ACTIONABLE COMMENT WOULD BE THAT WAS THAT IT IS ILLEGAL OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO IMPLEMENT, AND AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE STOP ALL GROWTH AND PREVENT INVESTORS FROM BUYING PROPERTY IN FLAGSTAFF.

OTHER NON ACTIONABLE COMMENTS WERE FACTUALLY INACCURATE BASED ON THE RESEARCH FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE PROJECT TEAM.

EXAMPLE WOULD BE INCREASING SUPPLY WILL NOT HELP ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING EMERGENCY. AND THEN LASTLY, NON ACTIONABLE ITEMS WERE GENERAL SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN THAT DIDN'T PROVIDE A SPECIFIC COMMENT ON HOW THE DOCUMENT COULD BE IMPROVED.

SO REVIEWING AND ORGANIZING COMMENTS RESULTED IN A FINAL CODE BOOK THAT CONTAINED NINE TOPICS AND 72 SUB TOPICS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOPICS HERE.

THEY RANGED FROM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PROVIDES INVOLVEMENT, MEANING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOPICS REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY AND JUST GENERAL PLAN COMMENTS.

ALSO, OF COURSE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

SO THROUGH THE ACTIONABLE COMMENTS, CHANGES TO LANGUAGE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN.

THE FINAL PLAN AND HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF LANGUAGE CHANGES.

SO FOR PLAN FLEXIBILITY, WHILE THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN MUST BE A LIVING DOCUMENT GROUNDED IN A CLEAR SCOPE OF WORK BUT FLEXIBLE IN ITS APPROACH.

FLEXIBILITY IS NECESSARY TO REFLECT CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS AND EXPAND KNOWLEDGE BASE.

THE PLAN IS A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION, PROVIDING CONCEPTUAL STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY WILL UNDERTAKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S HOUSING EMERGENCY.

FOR EVALUATION REPORTING, WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT REPORTING SHOULD BE SHARED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SO THE PLAN NOW STATES THAT CITY STAFF WILL MEASURE PROGRESS ON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, AND WILL REPORT TO THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL, OUR HOUSING COMMISSION, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY ANNUALLY REGARDING POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND DURING THE LAST COUNCILMAN MEETING, WE HAD A DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE INTENTION OF THE PLAN. IT NOW STATES UP FRONT IN THE PLAN THAT THE INTENTION OF THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACHIEVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO CALL FLAGSTAFF THEIR HOME.

WE ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE ABOUT MULTI-PRONG APPROACH.

THE PLAN DISCUSSES HOW THE CURRENT HOUSING EMERGENCY HAS DEEP ROOTS WITH NO SINGLE ROOT CAUSE, AND THAT THERE'S NO SINGLE SOLUTION TO ADDRESSING THE HOUSING EMERGENCY, BUT RATHER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES THAT WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING SUBSIDIES.

THE TERM NIMBY ACRONYM FOR NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

IT WAS REMOVED THIS TERM WAS OFFENSIVE TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THE CITY

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WANTS TO STAY UNIFIED IN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY EFFORTS.

SO NIMBY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE TERM COMMUNITY OPPOSITION.

NAU ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED ABOUT STUDENTS FINANCIAL HOUSING SITUATIONS AND HOW THEY TOO CAN BE LIVING IN HOUSING COST BURDENED SITUATIONS, HOUSING DATA.

IN THIS SECTION NOW INCLUDES OFF CAMPUS DEVELOPMENTS TARGETED TOWARD STUDENTS AND HOW THESE DEVELOPMENTS OCCUPANCY RATES NEARLY DECREASE CAMPUS STUDENT HOUSING BY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

AND WE WANT TO TAKE THE WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND THE PLAN THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY IN CONTROLLING CONSTRUCTION ON AN EU CAMPUS, NOR DOES IT HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

NOW, IT WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT SAY THAT ANY NAU IS IN THE TOP ONE PERCENT NATIONALLY FOR ON CAMPUS HOUSING CAPACITY, PER STUDENTS.

IN 2020, AN NAU HOUSED 44 PERCENT OF ITS STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.

WE HAD A LANGUAGE UPDATE IN OUR ZONING AND LAND USE SECTION, WHICH NOW TALKS ABOUT HOW ZONING AND LAND USE HAS PROFOUND IMPACT ON HOUSING LOCATIONS AND TYPES AND HOW IT ALSO CAN IMPACT COST AND AFFORDABILITY.

THIS SECTION DISCUSSES PERCENTAGES OF LAND AND THEIR SPECIFIC USES, AND THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED REGARDING INCLUSIONARY ZONING.

SO NEW SECTIONS IN THE PLAN, PUBLIC COMMENTS ASK FOR MORE DETAIL REGARDING COCONINO COUNTY PARTNERSHIP, THE LEGAL BARRIERS TO ADOPTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICIES IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND WHAT HOUSING FIRST METHOD IS.

AND THEY ALSO ASKED WHAT DIFFERENT FORMS OF HOUSING LOOKS LIKE.

SO THESE TOPICS HAVE ALL NEW SECTIONS OF THE PLAN.

THE PLAN NOW STATES THAT REPORTING, ALONG WITH STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRAM ADVANCEMENT, WILL BE SHARED WITH COCONINO COUNTY.

WE NOW HAVE A SECTION DISCUSSING THE LEGAL BARRIERS TO ADOPTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICIES IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ON A RECENT DOCUMENT THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY'S MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY.

THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL IS NOW DESCRIBED.

THE PLAN ALSO TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT FORMS OF HOUSING IN THIS SECTION, THE COMMUNITY CAN READ HOW AN ORDER FOR FLAGSTAFF TO ATTAIN AFFORDABILITY ALONG THE HOUSING CONTINUUM.

IT WILL LIKELY NEED TO BROADEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO INCLUDE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, A TERM THAT DESCRIBES A RANGE OF MULTI-UNIT OR CLUSTERED HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE MORE COMPATIBLE IN SCALE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING NOT ONLY AFFECTS AFFORDABILITY, BUT IT ALSO LOWERS OUR COMMUNITY'S CARBON FOOTPRINTS BY INCREASING WALKABILITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

EXAMPLE PICTURES OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT.

THE PLAN HAS A SECTION, A NEW SECTION ON RACIAL DISPARITIES AND HOUSING JUSTICE.

ANOTHER BIG TOPIC FROM THE DRAFT.

WHILE THE PLAN DOES FOCUS ON INCOME LEVELS AND HOUSING SITUATIONS FOR ALL FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS, COMMENTS MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE MUST CONSIDER RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION WHEN DISCUSSING HOUSING STABILITY AND WHEN LOOKING AT HOUSING COSTS BURDEN BASED ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION.

THE SECTION APPLIES HUD DATA AND TERMINOLOGY, SO RESULTS SHOW THAT DIFFERENT THAN NATIONAL DATA. HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, ASIAN NON-HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HOUSING COST BURDENED SITUATIONS AND YET ALIGNING WITH NATIONAL STATISTICS IN FLAGSTAFF, WHITE NON-HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS ARE LEAST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HOUSING COST BURDEN.

WE APPLIED THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM KNOWN AS HIMS DATA.

THIS IS THE DATABASE THAT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS USE FOR COORDINATED ENTRY AND FRONT DOOR. AND RESULTS SHOW THAT FLAGSTAFF INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MAKING UP 10 PERCENT OF FLAGSTAFF POPULATION, BUT 38 PERCENT OF ITS HOMELESS POPULATION.

RESIDENTS WHO ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR MULTIRACIAL ARE ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY

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EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS COMMITTED TO EXAMINING SOLUTIONS THAT WILL ERADICATE THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HOUSING OUTCOMES AND HOMELESSNESS.

COMMENTS DISPLAYED CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY THAT INCREASING ADDITIONAL HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND UNITS WOULD GO TOWARDS NON ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS OR THOSE MOVING HERE FOR THE SERVICES.

AND THERE'S A NEW SECTION IN THIS PLAN THAT DISCUSSES HOW THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SERVES LOCAL RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS, SUCH AS INCENTIVIZING RESIDENCY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMS AND REQUIRING OWNER OCCUPANCY FOR ALL OF OUR HOME BUYING PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

AND THERE WAS A COMMON THEME FROM OUR COMMENTERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE HOUSING OPERATED AND MANAGED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

A NEW SECTION IN THE PLAN WAS INCORPORATED AND THE SECTION IS CALLED CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HOUSING AUTHORITY AND POSSIBILITIES.

THIS SECTION DISCUSSES HUD'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AND HOW THE CITY INTENDS TO REPOSITION AND REDEVELOP ITS PUBLIC HOUSING IN ORDER TO INCREASE INVENTORY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RENTERS AND POTENTIALLY HOMEOWNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND LASTLY, THERE'S A SECTION IN THE PLAN CALLED BUILDING UNITY IN COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A NEW SECTION THAT IS IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS STATING THAT PICTURES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE SO IMPORTANT.

THE SECTION ALSO PROVIDES THE LINKAGE OF OTHER COMMUNITY STRENGTHS AND CHARACTERS, SUCH AS ENSURING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, OUR SCHOOLS, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND GROCERY STORES, AND ENSURING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS INCORPORATE THE PRINCIPLE OF GOOD DESIGN.

SO EXAMPLES OF A HOUSE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH GOOD DESIGN ARE SHOWN IN THE SECTION.

THESE WERE THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE FINAL 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAND THIS OVER TO SARAH DARR FOR THE NEXT SLIDE TO DISCUSS THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.

THANK YOU, ANDREA.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ONLY A WEEK THERE WE GO.

NO MORE ECHO. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MATCH LEAH'S VERY SOOTHING PACE AND VOICE.

THAT'S JUST NOT ME, SO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY.

BUT THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, A PLAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

SO I WANTED TO SPEND A MINUTE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT DOES IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE IF THE PLAN IS APPROVED? SO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, STAFF WILL PREPARE AN ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THAT WILL BE BASED ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND OUR STAFF CAPACITY. AS YOU MAY RECALL, FROM BUDGET RETREAT, LET'S SAY A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, STAFF'S ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF REQUESTING RESOURCES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN IN THE COMING BUDGET YEAR.

THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING ARE ACTUALLY CENTERED ON THE STRATEGIES THAT RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THAT OUR PRIORITIZED IN THE PLAN AS IMMEDIATE AND SHORT TERM STRATEGIES.

THIS YEAR, TIMING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE AS BUDGET REQUESTS WERE DUE BEFORE THE PLAN IS APPROVED, SO WE'RE NOT IN THE ORDER.

I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO FOLKS IN, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO IF APPROVED, WE'LL BE CHECKING IN WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION THIS YEAR.

EXCUSE ME. REGARDING A WORK PLAN BASED ON THE 10 YEAR PLAN FOR THE COMING YEAR, AS WELL AS THIS NEXT IMPORTANT STEP OF CREATING THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR ANNUAL REPORTING AND MEASUREMENT OF PROGRESS NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONSULT THE HOUSING COMMISSION PRIOR TO MAKING BUDGET REQUESTS TO YOU.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH INTERNAL PROCESSES RELATED TO CITY BUDGET AND CITY OPERATIONS, AND I REALLY CAN'T EXPRESS HOW EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT THE MOMENTUM SURROUNDING COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO IMPLEMENTATION.

AS LEAH POINTED OUT, AND AS MENTIONED IN THE PLAN SEVERAL TIMES, IS THAT IMPLEMENTATION IS GOING TO BE BASED ON RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A FLEXIBLE PLAN AS WE KNOW RESOURCES, EXCUSE ME, EBB AND FLOW OVER TIME.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING

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COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AND THE DECLARATION OF THE HOUSING EMERGENCY AND THE 10 YEAR PLAN THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS IN MIND TO CLOSE UP.

THIS IS LEAH IS TO CLOSE UP AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO HER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I WILL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS JUSTYNA AND LEAH WHEN SHE'S DONE.

ONE MORE SLIDE.

I MUTED MYSELF, RIGHT? OK, SO THE MOMENTUM FOR ADDRESSING THE HOUSING EMERGENCY IS STRONG AND IT IS HAPPENING NOW. THE 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN WAS CREATED BY CITY STAFF, THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION. THIS PLAN HAS SPARKED THE ENERGY AND THE WILL TO ADDRESS FLAGSTAFF HOUSING.

EMERGENCY HOUSING STAFF, ALONG WITH INTERNAL CITY DIVISIONS, HAVE EXPRESSED READINESS TO COLLABORATE IN THE PLAN'S POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE HOUSING TEAM, WE WANT TO THANK EACH PAST AND PRESENT HOUSING COMMISSIONER. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CITY STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT OF THIS IMPORTANT PROCESS.

WE ARE ASKING YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF FLAGSTAFF 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

AND LIKE SARAH SAID, WE, JUSTYNA AND MYSELF AND SARAH ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. BLOOM, AND THANK YOU, MS. DARR FOR THE VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL COMMENTS QUESTIONS.

EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND LEAH, JUSTYNA AND SARAH, WOW.

THIS IS SO EXCITING, WHAT A GREAT PLAN, AND I REALLY ENJOYED GOING BACK THROUGH IT, LEADING INTO TODAY'S DISCUSSION.

QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO BETTER SUPPORTING OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION.

I KNOW THIS IN THE POLICIES.

THERE WASN'T MUCH TALK ABOUT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND AND WE REALLY HAVE, I BELIEVE, A NEED FOR BOTH TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT.

I WAS HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AMONG THE WORKING GROUPS OR THE COMMISSIONS OR STAFF OR WHOMEVER.

AND IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE ADDED AS A POLICY TO ADD TO THE LIST.

SARAH, DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT TO SHARE? I DO HAVE A THOUGHT TO SHARE AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY PARTICULAR HOUSING TYPE CALLED OUT.

RATHER, THE FOCUS IS ON THE OVERALL GOAL IS CREATE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS AND FAMILY SIZES OCCUPIED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME LOOK AT MY NOTES WHEN WE CHAT.

THE OTHER ONE IS IN CREATE HOUSING TYPES, REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND SEEK CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO FOSTER HOUSING. PERMANENCY FOR ALL FOR TRANSITIONAL WOULD BE A STEP THERE AS WELL.

WE DID THIS ON PURPOSE ALONG THE LINES OF IT BEING A 10 YEAR PLAN, AND AS FUNDING CHANGES AND STRATEGIES CHANGE, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON HOUSING FOR ALL.

SO TRANSITIONAL FITS INTO THESE STRATEGIES.

WE FOLKS HAVE ASKED, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU MENTION THIS OR WHY DON'T YOU MENTION THAT IF WE MENTIONED ONE THING AND PERHAPS NOT ANOTHER, IF THIS PLAN IS USED TO BACK, LET'S SAY, A GRANT APPLICATION FROM A LOCAL AGENCY AND IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE SPECIFICS.

WE MS. A HOUSING TYPE THAT MAYBE HASN'T EVEN BEEN INVENTED YET.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION.

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY A PURPOSE THAT WE DID NOT START CALLING OUT ALL THE HOUSING TYPES SO THAT WE DIDN'T INADVERTENTLY OMIT SOMETHING OR NOT LOOK FAR ENOUGH INTO THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT BE COMING.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES, SARAH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EXPLANATION.

I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

AS YOU RECALL, I BELIEVE YOU PROBABLY KNOW I HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS, ONE OF WHICH SPOKE

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SPECIFICALLY TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SEEING IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LOCALLY IN CASTLE VOICE THAT THEY SUPPORTED AT THE IDEA, BUT WANTED IT TO BE LED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION ALSO HAS THAT CHARGE TO ADDRESS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AS WE START WORKING THROUGH THE MANY GREAT ITEM ITEMS ON THIS ON THIS PLAN.

I JUST I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LEAVE THAT ONE BEHIND OR LEFT OUT, BUT THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS JUST FINE.

THANK YOU. AND THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION AT THE MOMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN? HI, EVERYONE, I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF, I REALIZE IT'S GETTING LATE, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE STAFF'S EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS.

IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. I DID READ THE WHOLE THING.

I WAS LOOKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND THE THINGS I WANTED TO SEE I SAW AND THE THINGS I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST FIND, I DIDN'T FIND.

SO I AM COMPLETELY READY AND WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP ONE THING IN PARTICULAR.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I WAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE VOICES, IF NOT THE VOICE, WHO WAS REALLY HARPING ON THE IDEA OF THE INTENTION OF WHO WE'RE SERVING WITH THIS DOCUMENT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BUILD HOUSING STOCK AND THEN HAVE A BUNCH OF FOLKS MOVE INTO TOWN.

YOU KNOW, THIS SUPPLY DEMAND ISSUES ARE REAL, I THINK.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN SIMPLY BUILD OUR WAY INTO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AND THOSE CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED IN THIS NEW DOCUMENT.

SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU'VE INCORPORATED THAT CLARIFICATION TO THE INTENTION OF THE PLAN. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD MAYBE ADD TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO KEEP PEOPLE IN FLAGSTAFF WHO LIVE HERE NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN I WILL READILY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FLAGSTAFF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS THE FUTURE UNFOLDS.

AND SO A PART OF THAT GROWTH, WHAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON IS THE EQUITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO TOWN.

AND THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTINCTION, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH LIFTING UP.

FLAGSTAFF IS GOING TO GROW.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE INVITED PEOPLE OF ALL STRIPES, ALL COLORS, ALL ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS AND ALL OPPORTUNITY LEVELS TO LIVE HERE.

I THINK THAT'S NOT JUST THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE, IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERN AND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS HOUSING PLAN.

SPEAK TO THAT. AND SO JUST REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE DISTINCTION OF A UNIT CREATION OR EXPANDING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND SUBSIDY PROVISION.

THE FACT THAT THOSE TWO ARE IN BALANCE AND HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND IT'S THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MORE WORK WENT INTO THIS THAN I WILL EVER BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE, AND THE COMMUNITY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS SPOKEN.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE HOUSING STOCK.

WE WANT TO SEE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMES. WE NEED THAT CONTINUUM TO BE AVAILABLE, BUT WE NEED TO BE BUILDING THESE UNITS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THEM, NOT FOR DEVELOPERS TO FLIP INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND, I AM FULLY ON BOARD WITH THIS 10-YEAR HOUSING PLAN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HOUSING PLAN? ALSO, HAPPY TO TAKE MOTIONS FOR THE APPROVAL.

MAYOR, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

OH, YES, WE DO.

MY APOLOGIES.

JUST SEEING THAT AGAIN.

SO LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS AFTER THE, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT IS BRENDAN O'BRIEN.

BRENDAN, YOU MAY GO AHEAD.

OK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

SURE. GREAT. OK.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

CITY COUNCIL AND FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THIS PLAN OVERALL BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WIDE RANGING. I THINK IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DIAGNOSING WHY THE HOUSING PROBLEMS EXIST IN THE CITY AND THE CHALLENGES IN CONFRONTING THEM.

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AND BEFORE I GO FURTHER AND GIVE POTENTIAL CRITIQUES OR FEEDBACK, I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THIS PLAN AND STARTING TO WORK ON ALL THESE ISSUES.

I'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS AT NAU STUDYING THE IMPACT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS ON WESTERN MOUNTAIN TOWNS LIKE FLAGSTAFF, AND I'VE INTERVIEWED SOME OF YOU AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS.

AND THIS REALLY KIND OF FITS INTO IT IN THAT WAY.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY RELATED TO DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT PROBLEMS THAT THIS DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF.

I, PART OF ME WISHES THAT IT IDENTIFIED THE ULTIMATE GOALS OR THE ULTIMATE POLICY FIXES THAT COULD BE DONE.

I KNOW IT'S A PLAN AND I LIKE THAT IT'S VERY ACTIONABLE, BUT I WISH THERE WAS SOME METRIC WHERE LIKE, OK, IF WE HAD THE ABILITY TO ABILITY TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS, IF WE HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT A TAX ON SECOND HOMES, IF WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THIS, THEN WE WOULD. AND THIS IS HOW WE WOULD DO IT, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS REALLY COULD CHANGE WITH CHANGES AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN THIS MOMENT, BUT ALSO THAT WHAT'S POSSIBLE COULD CHANGE DRAMATICALLY, POTENTIALLY.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING KIND OF FOLLOWS UP ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN SAID THAT, I THINK IS YOU DON'T THINK WE CAN BUILD OUR WAY TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

AND I REALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING I CAME UP WITH AGAIN AND AGAIN IN MY RESEARCH, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. THAT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, AND I THINK THIS IS HAPPENING NATIONWIDE AS, OH, OUR HOUSING STOCK IS JUST TOO LOW AND WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.

NATIONWIDE, THERE'S NEVER BEEN PERCENTAGE WISE AND ACTUALLY NUMBERS WISE, IT'S AT THE LOWEST RATE OF HOUSING BEING BUILT FOR ENTRY LEVEL HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT'S DEFINITELY THE CASE IN FLAGSTAFF PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE DAILY SUN AT THE END OF 2016 THAT IDENTIFIED NEARLY 6000 HOUSING UNITS ABOUT TO BE BUILT.

AND JUST FIVE YEARS LATER, WE'RE NOW SAYING WE HAVE THIS MAJOR SHORTAGE IN HOUSING AND . YOUR UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES PER PARTICIPANT, BUT I'D BE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN SOME OF YOUR RESEARCH, THE DAILY SUN ARTICLE, AND PLEASE SEND ANY OF THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL @FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CONSIDERATIONS, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEN PUT ON THAT AND THE RESEARCH.

THANK YOU. SURE, YOU'VE FAR MORE THAN MANY OF US ON THIS CALL, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. SURE THING.

YOU KNOW, AND NEXT PUBLIC PARTICIPANT.

VICTOR PAGE, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MR. VICTOR PAGE, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SIR, I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE UNMUTED.

CAN YOU TRY SPEAKING? MAYOR, I AM NOT HEARING ANYTHING FROM MR. PAGE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO? YEAH, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK, BUT PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THE QUEUE.

MS. DEVONNA MCLAUGHLIN, YOU ARE NEXT IN THE SPEAKER QUEUE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

IT'S ME AGAIN, I'M BACK, SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT AGAIN ON THIS IMPORTANT HOUSING TOPIC.

I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

I ALSO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON YOUR HOUSING COMMISSION AND AS THE CEO OF HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.

AND I JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING CITY STAFF, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO GAVE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF THEIR TIME AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO CREATE THE ROBUST AND THOUGHTFUL PLAN BEFORE YOU.

THIS PLAN IS CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I URGE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE PLAN TONIGHT

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WITHOUT DELAY. AS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO FACE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING EMERGENCY AS HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB BEYOND THE REACH OF LOW, MODERATE AND MEDIAN INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE AND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS CONSIDER LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING. HOUSING SOLUTIONS IS JUST FINISHING ITS ANNUAL RENTAL ATTAINABILITY REPORT, WHICH WILL COME OUT SHORTLY.

THE DATA IS PRETTY BLEAK.

AN AVERAGE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT NOW RENTS FOR $1,758 A MONTH.

A SINGLE PARENT WANTING TO RENT THAT AVERAGE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT WOULD NEED TO WORK 86.9 HOURS A WEEK AT MINIMUM WAGE IN ORDER FOR THE APARTMENT TO BE AFFORDABLE.

THAT'S SIMPLY NOT REALISTIC.

THE AVERAGE COST OF A THREE BEDROOM UNIT IS $2,188 A MONTH.

HOMES FOR SALE ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND AND EXPENSIVE.

I JUST CHECKED THE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE TONIGHT, AND THERE ARE THREE HOMES LISTED FOR SALE IN PONDEROSA TRAILS, THE WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I LIVE.

TWO OF THOSE HOMES ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND THE REMAINING HOME HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR A WHOPPING ONE DAY, WITH A LIST PRICE OF 725 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

NOW IS THE TIME TO FOCUS ON STRATEGIES TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ADOPTING THIS PLAN IS A FIRST STEP, A CRITICAL FIRST STEP.

OUR NEXT STEP AS A COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE SURE THE PLAN DOESN'T SIT ON THE SHELF AND THAT THE STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE GET IMPLEMENTED AND ADOPTED.

IT'S ALSO THE TIME TO ROBUSTLY FUND HOUSING INITIATIVES AND SUPPORT POLICIES THAT WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.

I CHALLENGE THE COUNCIL, THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENT, AND I HOPE TODAY IS A FIRST STEP IN AN ONGOING AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE MAKE DECENT HOUSING AVAILABLE TO ALL.

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR DEDICATION TO HOUSING AS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. THANK YOU SAVANNAH.

NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. TYLER DENHAM.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HI, THANK YOU.

THIS IS TYLER DENHAM BACK FOR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION THAT APPROVED THE PLAN TO BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT YOUR ADOPTION OF THE PLAN TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH I'M SPEAKING NOW AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE PLAN.

BETWEEN THE DOZENS OF SUBGROUPS AND WORKING SESSIONS, COMMISSION MEETINGS AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK, THIS DOCUMENT REFLECTS HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND REALLY, IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT THREE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO THANK EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY.

AS FOR THE PLAN ITSELF, I'M CONFIDENT NEITHER THIS VERSION PASSING TODAY OR A VERSION INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM YOU PASSING QUICKLY THEREAFTER, SO I'M GENUINELY EXCITED FOR THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE WITH THE PLAN IN HAND, YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TYLER, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR HOUSING COMMISSION.

NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.

MS. KHARA HOUSE, YOU MAY PLEASE GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DEASY, VICE MAYOR DAGGETT AND ALL HONORED COUNCIL MEMBERS . MY NAME IS KHARA HOUSE, AND WHILE I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION, I AM SPEAKING TODAY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND NOT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.

I THANK COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PLAN.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE FOCUS GROUPS, CITIZEN COMMENTERS, STAFF ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES AND MANY OTHERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT WORK.

I'M GRATEFUL TO THE HOUSING DIVISION TEAM MEMBERS FOR SIMPLY INNUMERABLE VOLUMES OF TIME IN BOTH HOURS AND EMOTIONAL LABORS THAT THEY DEDICATED TO COMPILING THE HUNDREDS OF THOUGHTS, IDEAS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND MORE THAT HAVE GONE INTO THIS PLAN.

I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR COUNCIL LIAISONS, PAST AND PRESENT, FOR THEIR CONSISTENT AND CONSIDERED SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN AND THANK ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN DISCOURSE WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.

WITH NEARLY HALF OF FLAGSTAFF HOUSEHOLDS, LIVING COST BURDENED, HOUSING IS AN UNAVOIDABLE CHALLENGE FACING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE DECLARATION OF A HOUSING EMERGENCY IN DECEMBER OF 2020. COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGED THIS CHALLENGE AND CALLED FOR ACTION.

THIS 10 YEAR PLAN, I BELIEVE, IS THE FIRST STEP ON A LONG JOURNEY TOWARD DELIVERING ACTIONABLE, REALISTIC MEASURES TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE AND THIS CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHILE SOME MAY HESITATE TO ADDRESS THIS AS A CRISIS, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOME 12000 CITIZENS ARE LIVING IN LESS THAN IDEAL HOUSING SITUATIONS AND 58 PERCENT OF OUR CITIZENS ARE BETWEEN SOMEWHAT LIKELY AND NEARLY CERTAIN TO LEAVE OUR CITY DUE TO HOUSING COSTS. THIS TELLS ME THAT THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL AND THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.

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AS WITH ALL SUCH PLANS, I ASK THAT BOTH COUNCIL AND OUR CITIZENS LOOK AT THIS PLAN AS A LIVING DOCUMENT WITH STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ADAPT AND SHIFT WITH OUR NEEDS. THIS IS NOT AN END, BUT A BEGINNING TO THE WORK TOWARD ENSURING OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MEETING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS OF ALL CITIZENS, THROUGH ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY.

I HOPE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL ADVANCE THE GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLAN.

THIS IS NOT A SINGLE TEAM EFFORT, BUT THE WORK OF A COLLECTIVE THAT MUST CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGE, COLLABORATE AND COMPROMISE TO MEET OUR SHARED PURPOSE IN ADDRESSING WHAT WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED AS A HOUSING EMERGENCY.

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I SAY IT AGAIN NOW, IF NOT US, THEN WHO? IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN? I THANK YOU FOR TAKING DECISIVE ACTION NOW AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE PART OF ADVANCING THIS ACTION TOWARD MEETING THE CONSTANTLY GROWING NEED FOR SAFE, AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR ALL WHO CALL FLAGSTAFF HOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KHARA, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PLAN AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AS WELL.

NEXT, PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MS. MICHELE JAMES, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS COUNCIL.

HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M MICHELE JAMES, I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF'S FUTURE.

F CUBED IS THANKFUL FOR CITY STAFF, THE HOUSING COMMISSION, THE INFORMAL WORKING GROUPS AND COUNCIL IN THEIR WORK TO CREATE THE FINAL 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

F CUBED PROVIDED EXTENSIVE COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT HOUSING PLAN IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT FOLLOWED WITH THE HOUSING SECTION AND THE INCLUSION OF MANY OF F CUBED COMMENTS IN THE FINAL PLAN.

F CUBED APPRECIATES THE RELATIONSHIP WE'VE BUILT WITH THE HOUSING SECTION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING PLAN BEGINS.

GOING FORWARD, WE ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS, THE HOUSING PLAN PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OVERARCHING NARRATIVE OF THE NEEDS, CONCERNS AND COMPLEXITIES RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN FLAGSTAFF.

F CUBED IS CONCERNED THAT THE ISSUES OUTLINED IN THESE SECTIONS ARE NOT AT THIS POINT LINKED TO A SPECIFIC STRATEGY OR INITIATIVE.

WE RECOMMEND LINKING NARRATIVE TEXT DIRECTLY TO THE POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES TABLES LOCATED AT THE END OF THE PLAN.

THIS WILL LEND CLARITY AND INCREASE THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS A ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE AND WILL GREATLY ASSIST FUTURE STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOING FORWARD. TWO, HOW WILL CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL DETERMINE IN WHICH ORDER INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND FUNDED? THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN THE PLAN ARE INTERRELATED AND CONNECTED, SOME INITIATIVES CANNOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL OTHERS ARE FIRST COMPLETED, PRIORITIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANNED STRATEGIES IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO ENSURE TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION, ADDRESS BARRIERS AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.

HOW WILL--. THREE, HOW WILL THE CITY ENSURE THAT THIS PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND OR OTHER CITY ACTIONS THAT CONNECT TO HOUSING? IT APPEARS TO F CUBED THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THE LONG TERM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN FALLS TO THE CITY MANAGER.

F CUBED ENCOURAGES THE COUNCIL TO CLARIFY HOW THE CITY WILL ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN'S INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES.

F CUBED IS PLEASED THAT STRINGENT ANNUAL EVALUATION AND REPORTING ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING PLAN. AND FINALLY, WE APPLAUD THE COUNCIL FOR ITS RECOGNITION OF THE URGENCY AROUND BOTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE KNOW STAFF CHANGES IN COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP CHANGES.

WE URGE COUNCIL TO KEEP ADDRESSING AND PRIORITIZING BOTH THE HOUSING PLAN AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE. NEXT, PUBLIC COMMENTER.

MS. ROSS SCHAEFER ALTENBAUGH, COULD YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD? YES, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROSS SCHAEFER ALTENBAUGH, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.

I AM A MEMBER OF THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSING COMMISSION, BUT TONIGHT I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF AND FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.

AS YOU KNOW, FSS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN ALL OF ARIZONA AND DAILY WE SEE THE DEVASTATING RESULT OF THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

SO TONIGHT I AM HERE TO SHOW MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF THE 10-YEAR HOUSING PLAN YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CITY AND ITS HOUSING STAFF AND THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT SO MANY CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY PUT IN FOR THEIR PERSEVERANCE IN PUTTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER.

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS MAKES THE ACCURATE AND BOLD STATEMENT AS THE GAP BETWEEN INCREASING HOUSING COSTS AND STAGNANT INCOMES WIDEN.

THE END RESULT IS THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL BECOME HOMELESS.

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OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY SAID THAT HOUSING IS AN EMERGENCY.

WE LITERALLY CANNOT AFFORD TO NOT ADOPT THIS HOUSING PLAN.

THE PLAN THAT PUT-- THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER UNDERSTOOD THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY ALSO SEE THE ROAD TO SOLUTIONS THROUGH ACTION, THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED OUR CITY LEADERSHIP TO ACT TONIGHT.

JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS PLAN.

OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING TO YOU TO NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS EMERGENCY, BUT TO ADOPT THE PLAN TO GET US THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROSS.

NEXT, PUBLIC COMMENTER.

HEATHER-- EXCUSE ME, MS. HEATHER MARCY, COULD YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HEATHER MARCY, REPRESENTING MYSELF.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB LEAH BLOOM AND THE HOUSING SECTION AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

I WANT TO FULLY EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO THE BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE HOUSING BOND.

YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THESE FOLKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT THAT IS PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET AND HAS BEEN HERE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND WANTS TO STAY AND TRIED TO BUY THIS LAST GO ROUND.

IN MY HOUSEHOLD WE HAVE--.

OH, STACY WAS THAT FOR ME? NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH, I'M SO SORRY.

SO IN MY HOUSEHOLD, WE DO HAVE A SIX-FIGURE INCOME, WE HAD SIX FIGURES FOR A DOWN PAYMENT, OUR PRICE CAP WAS AT ABOUT $550,000 DOLLARS AND WE WERE LOOKING BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021.

YOU KNOW, WE REALIZED SUMMER OF 2021, THIS WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR US BETWEEN THE ALL CASH OFFERS, THE FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED OVER ASKED AND WE'VE SEEN IT RAPIDLY RISE SINCE THEN, AS DEVONNA SAID, YOU KNOW, I CHECK THE MLS ALL THE TIME.

EVERYTHING'S BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE I HAD, THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL TONIGHT, WAS WITH ONE OF THE NEWER DEVELOPMENTS, ORION TIMBER SKY.

THEY ADVERTISED HOMES STARTING IN THE FOUR HUNDREDS, AND WHEN WE APPROACHED THEM, THE DEVELOPER SHARED THAT ONE, YOU'D PUT A SECURITY DEPOSIT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS DOWN, THEN YOU WOULD MAKE YOUR BEST BID ON ONE OF THEIR LOTS, AND IF THE BID WAS SUCCESSFUL, THERE WOULD BE A SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FEE FOR THE CONCRETE TO BE POURED.

SO, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT GETS COMMUNICATED UPFRONT ABOUT PRICE POINTS IS DECEIVING AND THE MARKET CHANGES, AND I KNOW THAT PRICES ARE DRIVEN BY THOSE MARKET CHANGES.

BUT I DO THINK CREATING MORE UNITS THAT CROSS A BROAD RANGE OF INCOME LEVELS IS IMPORTANT, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVING MULTIPLE INCOME LEVELS, BROAD RANGES, THROUGH THIS PLAN.

IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, I REALLY THINK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, THE CITY DOES SO MUCH AND YOU ALL CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MY WORK IN VICTIM SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS, I'M REALLY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH A LOT OF THE SERVICES AND FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN HOUSING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY CONTRACT WITH PEOPLE LIKE HOUSING SOLUTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TO REALLY START MOVING THE DIAL ON SOME OF THE LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS, FOR FAMILIES, TO SERVE ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN NEED.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THEY HAVE THIS DIALED IN--.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO ALSO EMAIL COUNCIL, I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLAN, FOR COUNCIL@FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV, AND YEAH, ANYTHING FURTHER, WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR.

THANK YOU. NEXT, PUBLIC COMMENTER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SEE IF MR. PAGE WAS ABLE TO FIX THIS MICROPHONE.

MR. PAGE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF AND TRY TO SPEAK AGAIN.

MR. PAGE, WE ARE STILL NOT HEARING YOU.

MAYOR, I WOULD SUGGEST AT THIS POINT THAT HE PROBABLY EMAIL COUNCIL@FLAGGSTAFFAZ.GOV WITH

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HIS COMMENTS. YES, PLEASE DO, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, COUNCIL@FLAGGSTAFFAZ.GOV, AND [INAUDIBLE] SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS WELL, I'M SURE, REST OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE OUR EMAILS OPEN WHILE WE'RE IN THESE MEETINGS.

SO, HAPPY TO READ YOUR COMMENTARY.

ALL RIGHT. AND I ASSUME THEN THAT WAS OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MAYOR, IT IS.

THANK YOU. WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT IN INTERNALLY HERE TO COUNCIL, SO COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? MOTIONS? ALL OF THE ABOVE? VICE MAYOR? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, STAFF, THANK YOU TO ALL THE PUBLIC THAT LENT COMMENTS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COUNTLESS MEETINGS, THERE WERE REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS ASKED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, GREAT FEEDBACK GIVEN.

I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE US AT THIS PLACE WHERE WE'RE READY TO ADOPT THIS, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT CITY COUNCIL AND A GROWING PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY IS RECOGNIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS THE EMERGENCY THAT IT IS.

OUR BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE BEEN TELLING US THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND ADEQUATE RENTALS, PEOPLE WANTING TO BUY A HOUSE, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I FEEL LIKE FINALLY THE COMMUNITY IS, AS A WHOLE, IS HEARING IT, AND I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS.

SO, I'M SO HAPPY TO ADOPT THIS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED, FOR THE RECORD, SAY THAT THERE'S THINGS IN THIS THAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE AND THERE'S THINGS IN IT THAT I THINK ARE JUST WONDERFUL.

JUST TO GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES, SO I DON'T THINK I WOULD SUPPORT INCREASING OUR SALES TAX FOR THIS PURPOSE, THAT'S CREATE 3.4.

CREATE 4.2, IT TALKS ABOUT TAKING INDUSTRIAL LAND AND USING IT FOR HOUSING.

WELL, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE MIGHT DO THAT, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, WHICH WE NEED FOR JOBS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, CREATE 4.7, IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE ADUS AND, YOU KNOW, AND WHICH WILL CREATE SOME MORE DENSITY WITHOUT COMPROMISING NEIGHBORHOODS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF CREATE 5.6, WHICH IS PRE-APPROVED PLANS.

I MEAN, WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE A NEW PLAN DRAWN FOR EVERY LOT? ONE OF THE REASONS HOUSING IS LESS EXPENSIVE, AMONG OTHERS, IN THE PHOENIX AREA, IS THEY TEND TO BUILD HUNDREDS OF HOUSES THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME FLOOR PLAN, THAT SAVES A LOT OF MONEY. I ALSO PROTECT 1.1, I FEEL STRONGLY AND I TALKED TO COUNCIL ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS, AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE, GET THE CHANGE SO THAT SECOND HOMES AND VACATION HOMES AND SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE TAXED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

THERE'S TWO HOUSES ON MY STREET WHERE THE PEOPLE AREN'T HERE EVEN ONE DAY A MONTH.

THOSE ARE HOUSES THAT ARE BUILT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE NOT SERVING ANY PURPOSE FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO IN SUMMARY, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY, BUT DON'T INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN THAT I COMPLETELY BUY INTO EVERY LITTLE PHRASE IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO THANK YOU. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION, THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF FOR THE TIME AND COMMITMENT ON THIS.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

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I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

ONE WOULD BE ON THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE PROCESS AND BENCHMARKS.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF, WITH THE DETAILED LIST, IF WE CAN, WHEN WE GET GOING ON THE PLAN, REALLY GET SPECIFIC ON WHEN THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO START, WHEN IT IS STARTING, MAYBE AN UPDATE MIDWAY THROUGH, THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE AND THEN THE ACTUAL COMPLETION DATE. AND CAN WE SOMEHOW GET THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC MAYBE MORE ON A LIVE TIMELINE INSTEAD OF ONCE A YEAR? I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT, SEE THE PROGRESS.

I KNOW IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME JUST TALKING FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT ALSO AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

HAVING THOSE LIVE UPDATES MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

SARAH, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE SCREEN, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT, MAYBE BRIEFLY, BEFORE I GO ON? SURE.

THAT IS OUR FULL INTENT THERE, IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST A-- WE DON'T JUST WAIT FOR THE ANNUAL PIECE THERE, BUT RATHER THAT WE WILL BE DOING SEMI REGULAR UPDATES TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON PROGRESS AND SHARING THOSE WITH COUNCIL AS WELL.

OUR INTENT IS TO ONLY DO A FORMAL, PUBLISHED, FULL REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERCOMMIT.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT, QUITE OFTEN THINGS WITH HOUSING TAKE TIME, AND SO A MONTHLY UPDATE ISN'T SUPER FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, WE WORKED ON THIS AGAIN THIS MONTH. SOMETIMES EVEN A QUARTERLY UPDATE CAN BE HARD, AS YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT, OR HOUSE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE INTEND TO INCLUDE A SCHEDULE ALONG WITH THOSE ITEMS, AS WELL AS ITEMS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED FUNDING FOR, BUT RATHER STAFF TIME IS DEDICATED TO.

SO WE'LL PRIORITIZE THE THINGS THAT WE--.

NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRIORITIZE.

WE ARE RELYING ON THE PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT HAS ESTABLISHED THAT PRIORITIZATION. SO WE TACKLING THOSE THINGS AS TIME GOES ALONG, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE CHARTS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE ONGOING, SO WE'LL ALSO BE REPORTING ON THE ONGOING THINGS AS WE GO ALONG.

AND I HOPE THAT FITS WITH WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MY OTHER THOUGHT IS ON THE COLLABORATION, I KNOW YOU ALL DO SUCH A GREAT JOB REACHING OUT TO OUR PARTNERS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, OR SAY, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVEN MORE OF THAT AND--.

THERE ARE SO MANY PARTNERS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT, BUT MAYBE UPDATING US ON WHAT IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DOING, WHAT IS THEIR PLAN, WHAT IS HOUSING SOLUTIONS DOING, WHAT IS THEIR PLAN AND MAKING SURE THAT AGAIN, MYSELF AS A COUNCIL MEMBER BUT ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER, UNDERSTANDS THE FULL SCOPE, NOT JUST WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, BUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING AND HOW WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. I JUST, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AS IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND SEEING THAT BROADER PICTURE WITH OUR PARTNERS, I THINK IS ALWAYS BENEFICIAL. OTHER THAN THAT, GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

THIS WAS A HUGE LIFT AND A GOOD ONE, SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

IT'S EXACTLY A YEAR, TWO MONTHS, AND TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DECLARED THE HOUSING EMERGENCY, AND I COULD NOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION MORE THEN--.

BIG GRATEFUL, THANKFUL HEARTS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AND EVOLVING THIS HOUSING PLAN FROM THE HOUSING SECTION TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION, TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO

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PARTICIPATED IN MOLDING THIS PLAN.

AND I AGREE THIS IS AN EVOLVING PLAN AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I MAY NOT SUPPORT SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, LIKE INCREASING SALES TAX OR REPURPOSING OR REZONING INDUSTRIAL ZONE TO TURN INTO RESIDENTIAL, BUT I SUPPORT MOST OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE WERE IDENTIFIED.

I COMMEND STAFF AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO ALSO INCLUDE THE RACIAL DISPARITY AND ALSO IN INVOLVING THE COUNTY AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER.

YOU KNOW, IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THE ESSENCE OF THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO RESILIENCY, HEALTH CARE, NEIGHBORHOOD AND EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY, ZONING AND LAND USE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS VERY INTEGRAL TO ECONOMIC VITALITY, NOT ONLY FOR FLAGSTAFF, BUT FOR THE REGION.

WE HAVE 38 PERCENT OF OUR FLAGSTAFF WORKFORCE EMPLOYED IN FLAGSTAFF, WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BECAUSE OF LACK OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR OUR OWN WORKFORCE, SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.

AND BOY, JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE HEARD THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING IS [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT, I THINK, 40 MILLION TO PROVIDE ABOUT 500 TRANSITIONAL HOMES FOR ARIZONA RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS IN RURAL ARIZONA, AND FLAGSTAFF WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE TOWNS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING IS LOOKING INTO. AND AGAIN, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN AND ALSO ALL MEASURES IN TERMS OF GAINING STATE AND FEDERAL SUPPORT IN TERMS OF POLICY AND DOLLARS AND PUSHING FOR A PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION, ESPECIALLY PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.

THANK YOU. HEARTS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ONE LAST COMMENT FROM ME.

OH MY GOSH. YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE PRESENTATION AND JUST KIND OF REFLECTING ON WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.

SARAH, LEAH, I'M GOING TO START GETTING EMOTIONAL, BUT THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED AND FEELING A BIT EMOTIONAL JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL AND I CAN'T HELP BUT WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND THEIR EFFORTS LEADING INTO THIS WITH DECLARING A HOUSING EMERGENCY, WHICH I'M HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK TO WITH MORE CLARITY.

THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH, CALLING IT A CRISIS, AN EMERGENCY, AND I THINK AS TIME PROGRESSES AND THE EMERGENCY BECOMES MORE AND MORE CLEAR, I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT IS AN EMERGENCY AND THAT COUNCIL HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.

SO I'M VERY PROUD TO HEAR THAT BECOMING A KNOWN UNDERSTANDING AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO ME.

WE ESTABLISHED A HOUSING COMMISSION NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THAT COMMISSION GOT STARTED AND GOING AT ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AND LEAH, JUSTYNA, SARAH, VICE MAYOR DAGGETT AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND WORKING GROUPS.

WOW. I WASN'T INVOLVED AT THAT LEVEL OF WEEKS OF YOUR EFFORTS, BUT I HAVE A FEELING I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN AND I CAN REALLY APPRECIATE AND RESPECT YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.

I FEEL LIKE I FEEL SUPER HUMBLED TO BE IN THE POSITION TO APPROVE THIS PLAN AND TAKE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS AND HELP IT JUST THAT ONE MORE STEP MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, AS HEATHER MARCY, ONE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MENTIONED THE COST OF HOUSING AND THE STRUGGLES OF MAKING IT HERE, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

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I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE IN FLAGSTAFF, AND THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT TIME WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE REACHED THE FORK IN THE ROAD, AND WE HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE, HOW DO WE WANT TO GROW UP AND HOW DO WE WANT TO PROGRESS AS A COMMUNITY? DO WE WANT TO BECOME THE NEXT ASPEN, OR WHATEVER EXAMPLE WE WANT TO CALL AND UTILIZE? OR DO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR FLAGSTAFF CULTURE AND DIVERSITY? COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EQUITY LENS AND DIVERSITY OF WHO WE WANT TO BRING INTO TOWN, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO KEEP FLAGSTAFF AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE AS WE'RE SEEING THIS MASS MOVEMENT OF POTENTIAL RESIDENTS LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY. SO JUST A COUPLE LAST POINTS IN CLOSING BEFORE WE GO TO OUR [INAUDIBLE] VICE MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND MOTION, LEAH, OR SARAH, THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY, I LOVED ALL THE DIFFERENT POINTS MADE ABOUT THAT IN THE PLAN, AND I JUST ASKED THAT WE ALSO OVERLAY A LENS OF LOCATION WITH EQUITY.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT, [INAUDIBLE] SARAH SEE YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD, AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE COULD BE A MAP OVERLAID THE CITY THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY, AND EFFORTS CAN BE PRIORITIZED BASED OFF OF LOCATION AND THE POINTS THAT THEY GET FOR BEING IN THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S SUCH A HURDLE, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A POLITICAL HURDLE AGAIN, COUNCIL. SO MAYBE WE CAN ACTUALLY OVERCOME IT AND ADDRESS IT THIS TIME AROUND.

AND THEN SECONDLY, MY OTHER COMMENT IS IN REGARDS TO ENCOURAGING THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF BUILDINGS. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE [INAUDIBLE], WHILE WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS EVENING, NAH COMES TO MIND, THE HOSPITAL, AND THEIR OLD LOCATION OR THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.

AND I KNOW THIS COULD BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PLANT THAT SEED.

THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOUSING THERE, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND OUR TEAM ARE AT THE FRONT OF THAT CONVERSATION AND ARE READY FOR THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I'M JUST BEYOND GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED TO BE IN THIS POSITION TO SEE THIS PROGRESS THIS EVENING AND THANKFUL TO EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, AND BEFORE PASSING THE TORCH TO VICE MAYOR DAGGETT TO MAKE COMMENTS AND A MOTION, I JUST I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE.

THIS HAS BEEN A PLAN THAT IS EXTREMELY WELL THOUGHT OUT, WELL THAT, WITH AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.

THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THIS ARE ASTRONOMICALLY LARGER THAN MOST OF THE PLANS AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH.

IT HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY DRIVEN INITIATIVE AND PLAN, AND WITH SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT, AGAIN, I CAN'T NAME THEM ALL BY ANY MEANS IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

I JUST WANT TO THANK SARAH, JUSTYNA, LEAH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS, THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT.

WITH THAT, THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR VICE MAYOR FOR COMMENT AND THE WELL-DESERVED MOTION AS OUR LIAISON TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY WELL SAID AND REST OF COUNCIL, GREAT COMMENTS TONIGHT, THANK YOU.

ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AGAIN IS JUST THAT WE HAVE THIS PLAN NOW, WE'RE ELEVATING HOUSING IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE HOUSING AT THE LEADERSHIP TABLE SO THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN ALL COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS.

AND I SEE CITY MANAGER THERE AND DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THAT OR YOU'RE JUST TELLING ME THAT YOU HEAR ME? IF I MAY, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ASSURANCE THAT WE HAVE HEARD YOU AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT.

SO REST ASSURED, AND STAY TUNED, YOU'LL BE HEARING BACK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.

AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-03 BY TITLE ONLY.

I SECOND THAT.

I WANTED TO SECOND!

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[LAUGHTER] I USED TO BE A LIAISON TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION, SO I WAS GOING TO TRY TO SECOND IT, BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM.

[LAUGHTER] SO, I THIRDED IT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAYOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YES? I'M SORRY, COULD WE PLEASE CLARIFY WHO MADE THAT SECOND? I DO BELIEVE I BEAT THE OTHERS TO THE PUNCH.

OK, THANK YOU.

[LAUGHTER] SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CITY CLERK? A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF 10 YEAR HOUSING PLAN.

I MOVE TO ADOPT. OH-HO, WHO'S GOT THE SECOND? I'LL STAND BACK THIS TIME WHO'S GOT THE SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

OH [INAUDIBLE], COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET SECONDS THAT.