MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.
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WE READ A RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-13 BY TITLE ONLY.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MOUNTAIN LINE AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRST MILE, LAST MILE GRANT.
I'M WAITING FOR YOU HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I WAS GOING TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE IT.
MAYOR I MOVE WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-13.
I SECOND THAT. I'LL BEAT YOU TO IT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE.
WE WERE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12D.
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-12, A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECEIPT OF FUNDING FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-12 BY TITLE ONLY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL DAN MUSSELMAN, YOUR POLICE CHIEF HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING VIRTUAL, BUT I'M STILL A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER.
SO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS IGA ALLOWS FOR FLAGSTAFF POLICE OFFICERS TO RECEIVE TRAINING AND COORDINATION ON THE INVESTIGATION OF SEX CRIMES INVOLVING THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. THE IGA ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
WE PARTNER WITH THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS IGA SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. HEY MAYOR, HEY CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH FIAT, FLAGSTAFF INITIATIVE AGAINST TRAFFICKING. IS ARE WE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM WITH THESE WITHIN THIS PARTNERSHIP, WITH IGA AS WELL? SO THIS PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES TRAINING TO THE POLICE OFFICERS, FIAT AS PART OF THAT, AND THEY DO SEPARATE TRAINING.
BUT THIS HELPS US BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.
SO IF PHOENIX PD'S INVESTIGATING A CRIME IN OUR JURISDICTION, WE CAN HELP THEM WITH FOLLOW UP AND GET TO IT QUICKER AND VICE VERSA.
INSTEAD OF SENDING NEEDING TO SEND A BUNCH OF OUR INVESTIGATORS DOWN TO THE VALLEY, THEY'LL HELP US OUT BEFORE EVIDENCE IS DESTROYED.
SO IT ALLOWS FOR BETTER COORDINATION THAT WAY.
THE GRANT'S NOT AS EXCITING AS THE PREVIOUS ONE WITH 5 MILLION, THIS ONLY GIVES US ROUGHLY $3,500 IN VALUE.
BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD CAUSE TO GO AFTER FOR SURE.
ABSOLUTELY CHIEF, THANK YOU, AND AND WE'LL TAKE IT RIGHT.
THANK YOU. ANY THE OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVED TO READ RESOLUTION 2022-12 BY TITLE ONLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CITY OF PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECEIPT OF FUNDING FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022-12.
THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12E, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-07.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA FROM ITS CLEAN WATER REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM, DELEGATING THE DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING THERE TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR OF THE CITY, PROVIDING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MONIES AND MAKING CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO, AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF ALL OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY SUCH LOAN AGREEMENT. AND THIS ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-07 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. MR. TANNER. HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
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I AM RICK TADDER, MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND CITY TREASURER.TODAY WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU OR I HAVE THREE ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU.
TWO ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READ RELATED TO ISSUING NEW DEBT AND A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE DEBT THAT WE LOOK TO ISSUE.
IT ALWAYS TAKES A TEAM TO DEVELOP A SUCCESSFUL INITIATION OF DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
AND WITH US TODAY ONLINE, VIRTUALLY, WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY TEAM OF STIFEL, INCLUDING MARK REEDER, JACK LEEPER AND JILLIAN JOHNSON, AS WELL AS A BOND COUNCIL TEAM, INCLUDING MICHAEL CARRIZO AND PAUL GALES.
THIS TEAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL QUITE OFTEN IN ISSUING DEBT FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
OF COURSE, MOST RECENTLY WAS THE $131 MILLION FOR THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS OR PENSION CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION DEBT, AS WELL AS $10 MILLION IN WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS AND 16 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
TONIGHT, I'M NOT INTENDING TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FINANCED, JUST MORE ABOUT THE FINANCING ASPECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE FIRST ITEM, AGENDA 12E IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA, ALSO KNOWN AS WIFA.
THEY ARE A STATE AGENCY THAT HELPS SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN ARIZONA AND LOW COST FINANCING FOR WATER, WASTEWATER STORMWATER PROJECTS.
THE CITY IS LOOKING TO ISSUE $20 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING HERE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THE LOAN WILL COVER COSTS SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY, LAND ACQUISITION AND THE DOWNTOWN AND A PORTION OF A DOWNTOWN MILE STUDY THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT.
STAFF ALSO WORKED WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR STIFEL TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD TO ISSUE DEBT FOR THIS THESE PROJECTS.
WE WORKED WITH STIFEL AND WIFA AND DISCUSSED WHAT THE FINANCING TERMS WOULD BE.
AND IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE THE MOST, THE BEST, BEST WAY TO ISSUE THIS DEBT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE A POTENTIAL OF A $1 MILLION FORGIVABLE PRINCIPAL THAT WIFA IS OFFERING WITH THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, AND THEY DO HAVE THOSE LOW INTEREST OPTIONS OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS LOAN WILL BE PAID BACK BY STORMWATER FEES AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU READ ORDINANCE 2022-07 FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT I MOVED TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-07 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'LL SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA FROM ITS CLEAN WATER REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM, DELEGATING THE DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING THERETO TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MONIES AND MAKING CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO, AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF ALL OF OUR OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY SUCH LOAN AGREEMENT IN THIS ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. WHAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12F, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-08, AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, PROVIDING FOR THE SALE AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY PURSUANT TO SERIES 2019 UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE TRUST AGREEMENT OF UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE OBLIGATIONS.
IN ONE OR MORE SERIES EVIDENCING PROPORTIONATE INTERESTS OF THE OWNERS THEREOF AND INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE TO BE PAID BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, PURSUANT TO A SERIES 2019 UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO FINANCE COSTS OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SYSTEM OF THE CITY.
AUTHORIZING THE COMPLETION, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY WITH RESPECT, THERE ARE TWO OF AGREEMENTS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE AS PART OF FINANCING THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND PAYING RELATED FINANCING COSTS, DELEGATING TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR CERTAIN AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PURPOSES HEREOF, AUTHORIZING THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO EXPEND ALL NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEES TO TAKE ALL OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I SHOULD HAVE TIME THAT WE COULD HAVE A BATTLE HERE SALTZBURG.
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WITH THAT MR. TADDER.YEAH, DOES ANYONE NEED ME TO READ IT AGAIN? YOU GUYS COUNT ALL THAT? NO THE CITY MANAGER JUST SAID YOU WOULD HAVE VIOLATED THE THREE MINUTE RULE.
[LAUGHING] MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL ITEM 12F IS THE SECOND AUTHORIZATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT FOR A PRIVATE PLACEMENT DEBT TO BE ISSUED, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,865,000.
THERE'S TWO POTENTIAL FINANCINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITH THIS AUTHORIZATION.
ONE, FOR $4.1 MILLION OF NEW DEBT IN OUR STORMWATER FUND AND APPROXIMATELY $5.8 MILLION IN REFINANCING DEBT RELATED TO EXISTING LOANS WE HAVE OUTSTANDING WITH WIFA.
THE 4.1 NEW REVENUE DEBT IN THE STORMWATER FUND IS TO HELP FUND THE CITY'S SHARE OF THE DETENTION BASINS THAT ARE BEING BUILT AT KILLIP SCHOOL AS PART OF THE IGA OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT YOU, CITY COUNCIL SIGNED EARLIER IN JANUARY 2022.
THIS HELPS FUND OUR PORTION OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS FUND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE COST WILL SEE IN OUR STORMWATER FUND.
THE CITY IS ALSO CONSIDERING REFINANCING EXISTING LOANS THAT WE HAVE WITH WIFA TO A LOWER INTEREST RATE TO SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG TERM FOR OUR WATER FUND.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OUTSTANDING LOANS WITH WIFA THAT WE WILL CONSOLIDATE WITH A REFINANCING.
WE HAVE BIDS OUT ON THE STREET WITH SEVERAL BANKS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE AS FAR AS INTEREST RATES AND TERMS. AND WE WILL ANALYZE WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO DETERMINE IF ANY OR ALL OF THOSE LOANS WILL REFINANCE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
THE NEW DEBT IS INTENDED TO BE PAID BACK BY STORMWATER FEES AND THE REFINANCING DEBT IS EXISTING DEBT IN THE WATER FUND TO BE PAID BACK BY WATER REVENUES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU READ ORDINANCE 2020-08 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL?.
MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE READ ORDINANCE 2022-08 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I SECOND THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
CITY CLERK. YOU READY? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA.
ONE, PROVIDING FOR THE SALE AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE UTILITY SYSTEM, REVENUE TRUST AGREEMENTS OF UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE AND REVENUE REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS.
IN ONE OR MORE SERIES EVIDENCING PROPORTIONATE INTERESTS OF THE OWNERS THEREOF, AND INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE TO BE PAID BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE UTILITY SYSTEM, REVENUE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO FINANCE AND OR REFINANCE COSTS OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER UTILITY SYSTEM OF THE CITY.
TWO, AUTHORIZING THE COMPLETION, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY WITH RESPECT TO THERETO OF AGREEMENTS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE AS PART OF FINANCING AND OR REFINANCING THE COSTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND PAYING RELATED FINANCING COSTS.
THREE, DELEGATING TO THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR CERTAIN AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE PURPOSES HEREOF.
FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TO EXPEND ALL NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEES TO TAKE ALL OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12G.
A RESOLUTION, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-14.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 1.150-2 OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY REGULATIONS, OFFICIAL INTENT TO BE REIMBURSED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATING TO THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS, RECLAIM WATER PROJECTS, STORMWATER PROJECTS AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM, 12G IS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION RELATED TO FUTURE ISSUANCE OF DEBT.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT THAT WE GO THROUGH RELATED TO FEDERAL TREASURY REGULATIONS THAT SET FORTH THE INTENT FOR THE CITY TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WE OCCUR PRIOR TO ISSUING DEBT.
BY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION, IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ISSUE DEBT FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE DEBT ISSUE BEFORE PUTTING SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.
WE CAN REIMBURSE OURSELVES AFTER THE FACT.
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AND IT'S VERY TO ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY OF TIMING OF ISSUING DEBT FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.IN OUR FIVE YEAR PLANS, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL FUNDS THAT MAY BE ISSUING DEBTS OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 YEARS.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS RESOLUTION FOR $49 MILLION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
THE FIRST ITEM IS UP TO $10 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS RELATED TO WASTEWATER REVENUES. CURRENTLY, THERE'S PLANS FOR A NEW DIGESTERS AT THE WILDCAT PLANT AS WELL AS WASTEWATER FLOW CONVERSIONS.
THE FINANCING WILL BE ADJUSTED BASED ON CAPITAL NEEDS AT THE TIME THAT WE MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD.
THE SECOND ITEM FOR $2 MILLION IS RELATED TO A RECLAIM WATER FUND IN RECLAIM WATER REVENUES. THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE BOTTLENECK OF THE RECLAIMED LINE GOING UP TO BUFFALO PARK.
NEXT WE HAVE 22 MILLION OF STORMWATER PROJECTS LOOKING TO BE PAID BACK BY STORMWATER REVENUES. PRIMARILY, THIS IS THE NEXT PIECE OF THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AS WELL AS FINANCING SEVERAL FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE MAY HAVE WITHIN THE STORMWATER FUND RELATED TO THE SPRUCE WASH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND LASTLY, IT'S 15 MILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS PAID BACK BY TRANSPORTATION TAX FUNDS. THE TRANSPORTATION TAX FUND WILL BE CONSIDERING ISSUING DEBT FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE BUELAH UNIVERSITY ALIGNMENT AND THE POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP TO REBUILD THE MILTON BRIDGE HERE IN DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS ADVANCED REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU READ RESOLUTION 2022-14 BY TITLE ONLY AND ADOPT.
THANK YOU, MR. TADDER. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, HAS A QUESTION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MR. TADDER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE FUNDING WAS COMING FROM FOR THE BEULAH UNIVERSITY ROUNDABOUT, YOU KNOW.
I WAS LIKE, HOW DID RICK FIND $9 MILLION? YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
LIKE RICK, RICK BARRETT, NOT RICK TADDER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS SO IMPRESSED, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LIKE, GOSH, I KNOW WE HAD THAT KIND OF DISPOSABLE MONEY AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
SO. SO, RICK, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST OTHER THAN THE BUELAH UNIVERSITY ROUNDABOUT.
THAT'S A LOT OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK TO.
I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT US JUST WAVING A WAND AND SPENDING.
I THINK A TRADITIONAL PROTECTED INTERSECTION WILL BE SMALLER AND CHEAPER AND WITHIN BUDGET, AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE THAT IF POSSIBLE, BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS AS PART OF THE LIST. RICK, IS THERE A WAY HOW HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT OR HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND I ADVISE OR RECOMMEND WE GO ABOUT TO FULFILL THAT GOAL? WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I RECOMMEND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
IT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE REQUIRED TO ISSUE DEBT FOR THE PROJECT.
IT DOES NOT IMPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS.
IT'S REALLY SETTING FORTH A TOOL THAT WE CAN REIMBURSE OURSELVES TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT VERSUS WAITING LONG TERM TO GET IT DONE.
IT'S REALLY BRINGING CASH FORWARD FOR THE PROJECT IF NEEDED AND IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL THEN I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND I LOOK FORWARD.
I REALLY HOPE WE CAN DIVE INTO THIS TOPIC LATER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
THAT I MOVED TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-14 BY TITLE ONLY.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1.1502 OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY REGULATIONS, OFFICIAL INTENT TO BE REIMBURSED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATING TO THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS, RECLAIMED WATER PROJECTS, STORMWATER PROJECTS AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. I'M MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-14.
SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12H CONSIDERATION ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022- 15, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO
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AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OF FOURTH STREET AND CEDAR AVENUE LOCKETT ROAD.STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-15 BY TITLE ONLY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR.
NEWLY APPOINTED VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGER AND TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE FOURTH CEDAR LOCKETT ROUNDABOUT.
BUT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2215.
THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE EXISTING IGA OR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH ADOT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT THE FOURTH STREET, CEDAR AVENUE AND LOCKETT ROAD INTERSECTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT WE READ AND ADOPT RESOLUTION THIS EVENING.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF CEDAR AVENUE, FOURTH STREET AND LOCKETT ROAD.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INTERSECTION WITHIN OUR CITY.
WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE ENTITIES, VERY VALUED ENTITIES ON ALL CORNERS.
WE HAVE THE PINE FOREST CHARTER SCHOOL ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER, AND WE'VE GOT THE MOUNT ELDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ON THE EAST SOUTH OF LOCKETT ROAD, WE HAVE THE EAST FLAGSTAFF LIBRARY AND THE FOURTH STREET CAMPUS OF THE COCONINO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
OFF SCREEN, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER VALUED ENTITIES AS WELL.
IF COUNCIL WILL RECALL ROUGHLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, WE WERE BEFORE YOU DISCUSSING ALTERNATIVES FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND WE HAD COME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS PRIMARILY HAVE BOILED IT DOWN TO TWO OPTIONS.
ONE, THE ONE THAT YOU SEE HERE BEFORE YOU, AND ALSO A MULTI ROUNDABOUT OPTION FOR THIS INTERSECTION. FOLLOWING THAT CONVERSATION, WE DID APPROVE OR WE DID GIVE OR CITY COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPTION THAT WE SEE SELECTED HERE.
THE PRIMARY KEY CONSIDERATION HERE WAS THAT THIS OPTION WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FULL TAKE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT'S LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF LOCKETT ROAD.
MOVING FORWARD TO PRESENT TIMES.
THE DESIGN LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE IT DID BACK WHEN WE MET WITH YOU LAST.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH AZTEC ENGINEERING, THE DESIGN FIRM AND ADAPT TO CONTINUE TO REFINE AND DETAIL THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN TREATMENTS.
JUST THE REALLY TRYING TO NAIL DOWN THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS PROJECT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN SPENDING THIS TIME WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING EXCUSE ME, MITIGATING ANY IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS DESCRIPTION, IN THIS EXHIBIT IS THE PURPLE AREAS.
THESE ARE NEW RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS.
SO THESE WILL BECOME PERMANENT PORTIONS OF PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE YELLOW OR ORANGE SHADED AREAS AND THESE ARE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS THAT WE ACQUIRE AHEAD OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO BUILD THE PROJECT AS DESIGNED.
A FEW HIGH LEVEL POINTS OF WHAT THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES.
SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THAT THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW FOR A DEFINED CITY ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS.
AS MANY OF US ARE AWARE, WE OFTEN PARTNER WITH ADOT THROUGH THIS IGA PROCESS TO DELIVER PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY FEDERAL DOLLARS, AS WE'RE NOT CERTIFIED AT THE CITY LEVEL TO SELF-ADMINISTER.
WE HAVE A PRETTY DEFINED PROCESS THROUGH THE DESIGN PORTION OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT GETS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT WHEN WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION, AND IT'S A REAL CREDIT TO ADOT, TO CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND TO ALLOW US TO HAVE A ROLE DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION PORTION.
WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A CITY INSPECTOR WHO WILL BE PART OF THE INSPECTION TEAM.
AND LIKE I SAID, CREDIT TO ADOT TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND BE WILLING TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE UPON OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR THESE PROJECTS NOW AND MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. AND FINALLY, THIS IGA AMENDMENT UPDATES THE ESTIMATED COSTS FOR THE THREE PRIMARY PHASES OF THIS PROJECT, THOSE BEING DESIGNED, THE ONE WE'RE IN CURRENTLY, RIGHT OF WAY IN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS, THAT'S PHASE TWO, AND ULTIMATELY PHASE THREE, WHICH IS PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.
A SLIGHTLY DEEPER DIVE INTO THOSE THREE PHASES.
I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS.
I WILL NOTE THAT ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO THIS PROJECT TO MAKE UP THE FUNDING SHORTFALL, OUR TRANSPORTATION TAX FUNDS, THE ORIGINAL IGA
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THAT COUNCIL AGREED TO BACK IN MAY OF 2020, IDENTIFIED THE HSIP OR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT FUNDING, WHICH TOTALED ROUGHLY $2 MILLION.AND THE LANGUAGE WAS THAT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT WOULD BE SUPPLIED BY THE CITY. FOR DESIGN.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE ROUGHLY APPROACHING 95% DESIGN.
IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY SEND 73,000 TO ADOT TO PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND PROJECT ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FOOTPRINT AND US MITIGATING THOSE IMPACTS, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING SOLIDIFIED.
THE SECOND PHASE IS THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE PERFORMED DIRECTLY BY THE CITY.
SO AT SOME POINT BRYCE DOTY, OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER, WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL SEEKING AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IN THIS PROJECT HAVE ALSO GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ACQUISITION OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BACK A YEAR AGO.
AGAIN, NO MONEY WILL ACTUALLY WILL BE SENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS PORTION.
WE WILL EXPEND THE FULL 623,000 THAT'S CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO WE WILL BE REIMBURSED BY ADOT WITH THOSE HSIP FUNDS WHEN WE SPEND THEM.
THEN FINALLY, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THIS PROJECT IS SUFFERING FROM MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OTHER PROJECTS ARE EXPERIENCING AT THIS TIME, PRIMARILY DUE TO ESCALATING CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND THIS ESTIMATE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL.
WE STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL HSIP FUNDING, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $1.4 MILLION, AND THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE OF JUST OVER $3 MILLION LEAVES THE CITY SHARE.
THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING TO FILL THAT GAP, SO TO SPEAK, TO ROUGHLY $1.6 MILLION. THIS MONEY IS NOT ACTUALLY PAID TO ADOT UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO BID ADVERTISEMENT, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY TARGETING FOR LATER THIS FALL.
IF APPROVED, WE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT ACQUISITION PHASE.
WE DO INTEND TO HOLD A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AND ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL BE HELD AT THE EAST FLAGSTAFF FAMILY LIBRARY.
THIS DATE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NAIL DOWN ALL THE DETAILS AND HAVE GOOD INFORMATION TO CONVEY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AS THEY WILL LIKELY HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IMPACTS THIS WILL HAVE ON THEIR DAY TO DAY LIVES.
AFTER WE COMPLETE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION, EASEMENT ACQUISITION WILL MOVE IT TO UTILITY RELOCATIONS.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE WORK WITH OUR FRANCHISE UTILITIES COMPANIES WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED CONFLICTS WITH THEIR FACILITIES AND THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.
THEY WILL GET RELOCATED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT ENCOUNTERED OR THEY DON'T BECOME A CONFLICT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN AND THE COST ESTIMATE AND ULTIMATE BEFORE WE BEFORE THE PROJECT IS ADVERTISED.
THAT'S WHEN THE CITY WILL PAY ITS SHARE OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
GIVEN THE UNCERTAIN AND FLUID NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD THESE DAYS, IF THE PRICES DO FURTHER INCREASE, COUNCIL SHOULD EXPECT THAT WE WOULD BE BACK WITH AN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT UPDATING THOSE COSTS AND SO ON.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE STILL TARGETING CONSTRUCTION IN 2023.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IN ONE CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
AND THEN WE'LL, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS IS WE ARE CONSIDERING A FULL CLOSURE OF THIS INTERSECTION AND WE'RE CURRENTLY TARGETING THE SPACE, THE TIME BETWEEN THE END OF SCHOOL AND THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.
SO ROUGHLY FROM EARLY JUNE TO THE END OF JULY AS BEING ABLE TO GET THIS DONE IN A SINGLE CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
WITH THAT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS THIS EVENING.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RELATED TO THE IGA AMENDMENT.
COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. THANK YOU.
I REALIZE THAT THIS PROJECT IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, BUT JUST FOR MY EDIFICATION, WOULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN HOW MUCH THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO COST? AND THEN.
IF THIS IF THERE WERE NO INTERSECTION THERE, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO BUILD A TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION? IN OTHER WORDS, TO PUT IN STOPLIGHTS, CURBS.
ET CETERA. I MEAN, IS THE ROUNDABOUT THE SAME PRICE TEN TIMES HIGHER? I'LL LET YOU ADDRESS THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
CURRENTLY THIS PROJECT TOTAL COST, INCLUDING DESIGN.
RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED JUST OVER $4 MILLION, WITH ROUGHLY
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HALF OF THAT OR ABOUT $2.2 MILLION BEING THE CITY'S SHARE IN THE CURRENT FUNDING SCENARIO. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE AS FAR AS COST.WE DID LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT COST SAVINGS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IF INSTEAD IF THE CITY ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND BUILT THIS ROUNDABOUT WITHOUT UTILIZING THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND THAT DIDN'T PENCIL OUT IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS SOME COST SAVINGS DUE TO THAT CHANGE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO FORGO ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE. SO I WONDER IF THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HERE MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA OF I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A GUT FEEL FOR HOW EXPENSIVE A ROUNDABOUT IS COMPARED TO A REGULAR INTERSECTION. RICK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'M RICK BARRETT, CITY ENGINEER.
THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION.
REALLY TRY TO AVOID TALKING GENERICALLY LIKE THAT.
I THINK. I'D SAY ROUNDABOUTS ARE COSTING PROBABLY TWICE, IF NOT THREE TIMES, WHAT A STANDARD INTERSECTION WOULD COST.
AND THAT'S LACKING PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS ROUNDABOUTS COST MORE IS THEY TAKE MORE PROPERTY.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THEM IN AN EXISTING CITY, YOU KNOW, NOT OUT IN A CORNFIELD.
THAT'S WHY THEY END UP COSTING EVEN MORE IS TO ACQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHT.
BUT IT'S VERY SITE SPECIFIC, WHICH IS WHY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
BUT WE ALSO GET MANY OTHER BENEFITS OUT OF A ROUNDABOUT THAT YOU DON'T GET FROM JUST A STANDARD SIGNAL.
THE CRASH SEVERITY IS REDUCED.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE EXTENT WHERE I CAN GO WITH THAT.
BUT WE HAVE JEFF HERE, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO JEFF BAUMAN, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THAT IS, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO THAT MORE IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT GENERALLY IT'S SIDESWIPES AS OPPOSED TO HIGH SPEED RUNNING RED LIGHT TYPE INTERSECTIONS. AGAIN, JEFF MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US MORE.
POWER OUTAGES DON'T OCCUR AT A ROUNDABOUT.
THEY DON'T RELY ON ELECTRICITY.
THEY DON'T HAVE A COMPLICATED CONTROL CABINET.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY PREEMPTION IS NOT NECESSARY.
TRANSIT PREEMPTION IS NOT NECESSARY.
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO A ROUNDABOUT, YOU YIELD.
YOU GO COUNTERCLOCKWISE AND YOU MAKE THE TURN YOU WANT TO MAKE.
SO, ROUNDABOUTS ARE DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IN OUR TOOL KIT IN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A ROBUST OPTIONS TO OUR TRAVELING COMMUNITY.
BUT YEAH, I'D GO BACK TO TWO, IF NOT THREE TIMES MORE THAN A STANDARD SIGNAL FOR THE REASONS I STATED. RICK THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER.
WE CAN DIG INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL AT SOME OTHER TIME.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY I DID ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION AS A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WHICH MIGHT BE FOR MR. BAUMAN. SO I WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO SOMEONE WHO WAS A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE OF ALL THE KIDS THERE.
AND I WAS MENTIONING HOW IT ACTUALLY REDUCES PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS.
COULD YOU MAYBE SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME MISCONCEPTIONS SOMETIMES WITH THE PUBLIC ON WHAT ROUNDABOUTS WILL DO FOR PEDESTRIAN AND SAFETY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TWO SCHOOLS RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU, JEFF BAUMAN, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE WHOLE REASON FOR THIS PROJECT I MEAN, THE NAMING THAT JEREMY TALKED ABOUT HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THE REASON WE'RE DOING A ROUNDABOUT HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAD SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES AND ONE FATALITY AT THIS INTERSECTION.
SO ROUNDABOUTS ARE SHOWN TO REDUCE ALL CRASH TYPES, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS.
I WANT TO SAY JEREMY MAY HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF HIM BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR APPLICATION. BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S IN THE 70% RANGE OF THOSE SEVERE CRASHES.
SO EXTREMELY SAFE, SINGLE LANE SMALL ROUNDABOUTS LIKE THIS.
THIS ISN'T COMPLETELY A SINGLE LANE.
IT HAS ONE MULTI LANE APPROACH, BUT ALL THE OTHERS ARE SINGLE LANE TEND TO NEVER HAVE FATALITIES ESSENTIALLY UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY.
UNUSUAL HAPPENS LIKE A DRUNK DRIVER DRIVING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OR SOMETHING.
SO YEAH, REALLY, REALLY SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND MOTORISTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS LOCATION, BECAUSE WE HAD A CRASH HISTORY. WE APPLIED TO THE PROGRAM AND RECEIVE THAT GRANT.
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THANK YOU MR. BAUMAN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT.YEAH. FROM FROM AN ENGINEER'S MOUTH THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE SAFETY OF THAT INTERSECTION, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE ALL THE CHILDREN THERE.
ONE THING TO MENTION, IT ALSO ADDS THE FOURTH LEG OF THE CROSSINGS TODAY.
KIDS HAVE TO GO AROUND THREE LANES TO GET TO MEMS AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADD THAT FOURTH LEG ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
SO YEAH, A BUNCH OF REALLY NICE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. THANKS. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO TRY, MAYOR. LET ME KNOW IF MY CAMERA OR MY MIC IS CUTTING IN AND OUT.
I THINK MY CONNECTION IS NOT THE GREATEST, BUT THAT. I'M CURIOUS, FROM YOUR EXPERTISE, HOW DOES THIS DESIGN WITH THE SLIP LANES COMPARED TO A PROTECTED TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION IN TERMS OF CONFLICT POINTS AND CRASH DATA? I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? IS ONE TYPICALLY BETTER THAN THE OTHER? SO YEAH, LET ME TAKE THAT IN MAYBE TWO PIECES.
I'M NOT SURE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE PROTECTED INTERSECTION PART, BUT I'LL GO WITH THE CONFLICT POINTS. SO THAT'S SO CONFLICT POINTS ARE WHERE VEHICLE PATHS CROSS EACH OTHER.
SO IN A TRADITIONAL SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, THINK OF ONE LEG AND YOU TURN RIGHT.
YOU'RE CROSSING PEOPLE COMING FROM THE LEFT, YOU UNDERSTAND? SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICT POINTS WITH THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION ROUNDABOUT REDUCES THAT TO A QUARTER, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY THERE'S LESS CRASHES AT ROUNDABOUTS.
THERE'S SO MANY LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONFLICTS AND SPEEDS ARE MUCH LOWER.
AND THAT'S MAYBE ANSWERING YOUR SECOND QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT.
YOU'RE CALLING A SLIP LANE, COULD BE CHANNELIZED RIGHT OR DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANES WITH THIS DESIGN. SO YEAH, THERE IS ONE LEG EASTBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND THAT HAS A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GEOMETRY CLOSELY AND IT'S HARD TO TELL AT THESE SCALES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT GEOMETRY CLOSELY, WE DESIGNED THAT SPEED TO BE ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER I'VE REPEATED THAT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY ROUNDABOUTS ARE SO SAFE, BECAUSE WE CAN KEEP THE SPEED SO LOW BASED ON GEOMETRY, NOT ON SIGNS, NOT ON RED LIGHTS. IT'S JUST BUILT INTO THE DESIGN.
DOES THAT HELP GET YOU THERE WITH THOSE TWO QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I DO HAVE A GUT FEELING THAT A PROTECTED INTERSECTION BETTER SERVES BIKE AND PED AND YOUTH THAN THAN A ROUNDABOUT LIKE THIS.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT DOES.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT A ROUNDABOUT.
A SMALL ROUNDABOUT LIKE THIS IS TYPICALLY SAFER THAN ANY SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION ARRANGEMENT. I CAN LOOK IT UP AND FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL, BUT I'M ON THE SPOT.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THE ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE SAFER.
AND THEN, JIMMY, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT UP THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE ROUNDABOUT, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN.
I THINK IT'S NORTH TO SOUTH AND THEN EAST TO WEST.
IT SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY STRAIGHT ANGLE.
AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, JEFF, BUT I CAN IMAGINE CARS ZOOMING PRETTY DARN QUICK HEADING FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A VARIANCE. I THINK THE SECRET IS THOSE SHARP TURNS, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW YOU SLOW CARS DOWN TO ABOUT 10-15.
AND HEADING EAST TO WEST WHERE THE KIDS WILL BE CROSSING SOUTHBOUND IS A REAL CONCERN TO ME. AND REMEMBER WHAT THE ROUNDABOUT MAYOR AND COUNCIL CARS ARE MOVING CONSISTENTLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT STOPPING.
SO THE KID IS GOING TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THE INTERSECTION.
AND AND GOSH, I JUST DID THAT AT THE ONE AT FOOTHILL AS AN ADULT.
AND IT WAS INTIMIDATING AND IT WAS A ONE LANE, NO SLIP LANES, NO CHAIN LAST RITES.
AND IT WAS IT WAS SKETCHY AND CARS WEREN'T STOPPING, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
BUT EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH I CAN TO NORTH, TO SOUTH TO NORTHEAST.
I COULD SEE CARS GOING PRETTY QUICK.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE DESIGNS, GIVEN THE THE ANGLES THAT DOES IT TELL US, ARE THEY GOING TO CRUISE 20, 25, 30? YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO AS PART OF THE ROUNDABOUT DESIGN, JEREMY MENTIONED, WE HAVE AZTEC ENGINEERING AS THE MAIN DESIGNER, AND THEN WE HAVE MTJ, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ROUNDABOUT DESIGN FIRM.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.
AND PART OF THEIR WORK THEY DO A DESIGN REPORT AND THEY CHECK THE SPEED PROFILES OF VEHICLES FOR ALL MOVEMENTS.
SO ALL THE THRUS, ALL THE RIGHTS, ALL THE LEFTS AND ALL THE U-TURNS, AND THEY CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPEEDS OF THE VEHICLES WILL BE IN THOSE RANGES AROUND 15.
THEY MIGHT BE 18, THEY MIGHT BE 13.
AND THEY'VE DONE SPEED CHECKS ON ALL OF THESE MOVEMENTS.
I THINK THE ONE YOU HAVE A GOOD EYE, THE ONE THAT YOU IDENTIFIED, WHICH IS THE THROUGH
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MOVEMENT WESTBOUND WAS ONE OF THE HIGHER SPEED MOVEMENTS.BUT REMEMBER, LOCKETT ROAD IS ONLY 25 MILES PER HOUR TO BEGIN WITH.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT SPEED PROFILE THERE.
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MORE STRAIGHT THROUGH MOVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO FIX THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE PART OF THE CORNER OF THAT MEMS BUILDING TO MOVE THE CIRCLE UP AND TO THE LEFT, WHICH WASN'T POSSIBLE, OF COURSE.
THAT IS THE ONE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
MAYBE WE TOLD YOU THAT BEFORE.
IT PROBABLY DID, BUT IT JUST IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT.
AND AND I JUST HAVE THE KIDS AT HEART, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR WELL-BEING. AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AGAIN, IT'S NOT SAFETY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE TWO TERMS IN THE ENGINEERING WORLD THAT WE NEED TO LEARN TO SPEAK BECAUSE THIS IS TECHNICALLY SAFE.
SO REALLY QUICK, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
HOW MUCH HAVE WE INVESTED IN THIS UP UNTIL THIS POINT? WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATE ON THAT.
WE'VE CURRENTLY EXPENDED ROUGHLY 480,000 450,000 OF THAT IS FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 1.6 MILLION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORK OUT MORE OR LESS.
TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT? YES. OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, MY THOUGHT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO YOURS.
I THINK A PROTECTED INTERSECTION WITH THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF LANES.
HONESTLY, JEFF, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU UP ON DOING SOME MORE RESEARCH HERE, BUT I ALMOST I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE I CAN SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THERE'S A PROTECTED INTERSECTION THERE AND AND THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING A HOUSE FROM SOMEONE TODAY IN FLAGSTAFF FOR A TRANSIT PROJECT LIKE THIS.
AND I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE SLIP LANES, THOSE RIGHT TURN LANES, ESPECIALLY THE ONE HEADING EASTBOUND, HEADING SOUTH MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT ONE, IF WE REALLY WANT TO SERVE OUR BIKE IMPAIRED AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND OUR YOUTH, WE SHOULD REMOVE THAT LANE.
AND I HIGHLY ADVOCATE THAT WE DO.
AND ALSO, WHILE EXPLORING, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY SAID, A PROTECTED INTERSECTION, I THINK IT WILL BE CHEAPER.
I THINK WE CAN KEEP THE FAMILY AND THE HOME THAT'S THERE.
AND WE CAN ALSO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY BE PROUD OF THAT WILL ENCOURAGE SPEEDING AROUND THE SCHOOL ZONE WHERE KIDS WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THEIR CROSSINGS.
I ALSO NOTICED MY LAST COMMENT IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A CYCLIST GOING THROUGH THIS, IT'S CUMBERSOME, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EFFICIENT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY BUILT FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VEHICLE WHILE KEEPING BIKE AND PED SAFE, BUT IT'S NOT BUILT FOR BIKE PEDESTRIAN EFFICIENCY.
AND I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT I THINK THE LEG WAS ON THE NORTH END WHERE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE OFF CENTERED FOR THE BIKE CROSSING.
MAYBE IT'S CENTER NOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
BUT I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
AND GIVEN THAT WE'VE ONLY SPENT A 480 WITH 1.6, AT LEAST IN THE HORIZON, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AGAIN, I SUPPORT US EXPLORING AND PROTECTING SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ADDING 1.6 MILLION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. YEAH, THANK YOU.
EVERYBODY KNOWS, THAT I'M A BIG FAN OF ROUNDABOUTS.
I THINK MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I'VE STATED THAT BEFORE, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS EXACT CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION BEFORE. I'M.
I HAVE TO SHARE SOME FRUSTRATION IN THE REPETITION OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. YOU SEEM TO BE WANTING TO GET A DIFFERENT RESULT FROM DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND BEEN VOTED ON.
AND I FEEL THAT OUR TIME IS NOT BEING WISELY SPENT IN REHASHING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THESE HOURS LONG DISCUSSIONS THAT OCCURRED MONTHS AGO IN WHICH OUR CITY STAFF MOVED FORWARD WITH A CERTAIN DIRECTION.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I FEEL A LITTLE IF I SOUND A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BY THAT, BUT THAT I AM.
SECONDLY, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE AT OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION IS THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN HIT BY A CAR
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THERE. SHE IS ONE OF THE DATA POINTS.WHEN SHE WAS A STUDENT AT MIMS, SHE WAS TRYING TO CROSS TO THE LIBRARY AND SHE GOT STRUCK BY A CAR. I'M, I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT I'M AWARE OF HOW DANGEROUS THIS INTERSECTION IS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE OWNERSHIP THING OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING PURCHASED, THIS WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT ALREADY OCCURRED A LONG TIME AGO.
I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
WELL, I JUST REPEAT THE WAY I PREFACED MY QUESTION.
I SAID THAT COUNCIL'S ALREADY APPROVED THIS PROJECT, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT.
I THINK THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S REALLY KIND OF LIKE THREE OPTIONS.
ONE IS A TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION.
ONE IS A ROUNDABOUT, AND THE OTHER IS THIS NEW CONCEPT OF A PROTECTED INTERSECTION, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO TAKE TIME TO GET INTO TONIGHT.
BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE MAY WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THREE OPTIONS, NOT THE TWO OPTIONS.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
AND I'LL JUST SAY TO MY WIFE HAS HAD TO BE IN A SITUATION TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN FROM THIS INTERSECTION AS WELL.
AND THIS IS A SAFER OPTION THAN WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY.
IS IT OPTIMAL? IS IT THE PERFECT WAY TO DO IT? I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TO WHAT CURRENTLY ALREADY EXISTS, AND I AM NOT INTERESTED IN LOSING $480,000 IN SUNKEN COSTS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS.
MR. MAYOR, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A COMMENT AND THEN WE CAN DO A MOTION.
BUT IF YOU COULD KEEP IT BRIEF, PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I'D APPRECIATE IT. YEAH I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN COMMENTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE SPENT HOURS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS WHEN THINGS ARE COMING OVER BUDGET IN THE MILLIONS THAT WE REALLY CONSIDER THOSE BEFORE WE DIVE IN FULL SPEED.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THEM OUT RIGHT AS WELL.
MAYOR, MY ONLY COMMENT FOR YOU AND STAFF AND FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS THE POTENTIAL OF EXPLORING REMOVING OF THAT RIGHT, THAT RIGHT SLIP LANE OR THE CHANNELIZED RIGHT, WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT. I THINK THAT'S A BIG CONFLICT POINT FOR BIKE AND PED AND WILL ADD TO THE CRASHES THAT WE ALL KNOW TOO WELL AT THAT INTERSECTION.
BUT IF IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT, THEN IT'S TOO LATE.
BUT I WILL ALWAYS SPEAK OUT FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IS EXCELLENT.
AND I AND I SUPPORT YOUR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EAR AND STAFF'S WORK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND SPEAKING UP FOR SURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS. I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-15 BY TITLE ONLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
CITY CLERK. THANK YOU. A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OF FOURTH STREET AND CEDAR AVENUE, LOCKETT ROAD.
I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-15.
I SECOND THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SEE FROM COUNCIL IF WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW OR IF WE'D LIKE TO POWER THROUGH HERE.
LET'S HAVE A LET'S HAVE A SHORT BREAK.
WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12I, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS REQUEST BY A FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING TO APPROVE MODIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 320 NORTH HUMPHREY STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE MODIFICATIONS REQUESTED AS PRESENTED.
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MS. PUCCIARELLI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR THIS REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THIS IS FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING.
THIS IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
IT'S LOCATED AT 320 NORTH HUMPHREYS STREET.
THIS IS THE SITE OF THE PREVIOUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
100% OF THE UNITS WILL SERVE 80% AREA, MEDIAN INCOME OR AMI OR LOWER.
THE FIRST PHASE IS CALLED SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE, AND THAT HAS 70 UNITS.
AND THEN PHASE TWO IS ASPEN LOFTS AND THAT HAS 76.
THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL SITE PLAN FOR SOME BASICS OR CONTENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PHASE ONE HAS PARKING LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING.
SO THAT'S OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE.
AND THEN PHASE TWO HAS SORT OF A CENTRAL PARKING GARAGE WITH THE UNITS LOCATED AROUND IT FOR THE FIRST TWO STORIES AND THEN UNITS ABOVE AS WELL AS A KIND OF COMMON AREA SPACE.
THIS SITE PLAN APPLICATION WAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED BY STAFF IN OCTOBER OF THIS PAST YEAR. WE DO REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THESE REQUESTED CODE MODIFICATIONS.
THAT IS PART OF THE ZONING CODE NOW.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE INCENTIVES FOR 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
MODIFICATIONS THAT EXCEED 15% MAY BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR CATEGORY ONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT PROVIDE 100% OF THE UNITS TO PEOPLE WITH AN ARMY OF 80% OR LESS. SO THIS IS ONLY FOR AFFORDABLE, 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING 16 MODIFICATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR TASTE IS FOR ME GOING THROUGH THEM.
I THINK WE'LL JUST LOOK AT THEM AT THIS POINT.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION WHERE THEY GO THROUGH EACH ONE. IF YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH FROM THEM, YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND LIST OF THOSE REQUESTS.
SO IN ORDER FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE, THERE ARE FINDINGS THAT MUST BE MET.
THE FIRST IS THAT THE MODIFICATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH AND CONFORM TO THE GOALS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE SECOND IS THAT IT'S NOT DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE OF THE CITY AND WILL ADD TO THE PUBLIC GOOD.
THE THIRD IS THAT MODIFICATIONS WILL NOT ENDANGER, JEOPARDIZE OR OTHERWISE CONSTITUTE A HAZARD. THE DEVELOPMENT MUST ALSO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND THE TYPE QUALITY AND AMENITIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE FOUND IN SIMILAR JUST MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO ASKING COUNCIL TO REQUEST A MODIFICATION TO THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
THAT'S ALSO COVERED IN THAT INCENTIVES JUST FOR 100% AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT.
ONE OF THE FINDINGS THAT MUST BE MET IN THAT CASE AND SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT, IS THAT ADEQUATE TRANSIT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO THE SITE.
THESE ARE TWO ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
ONE, THE TOP ONE IS ALONG DALE, AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS TO THE SOUTH, ALONG CHERRY.
AND I'M GOING TO LET THE APPLICANT TAKE OVER FROM HERE.
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ALEX, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, NEW VICE MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS.FOR YOUR RECORD. MY NAME IS LINDSEY SCHUBE.
I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GAMMAGE AND BURNHAM, 40 NORTH CENTRAL IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND SO HAPPY TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
WITH ME TONIGHT IS STEVE HASTINGS WITH FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING AND THEN IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD.
AND WE'LL CALL ON HIM IN A MOMENT.
WE HAVE DOUG MCCORD, WHO'S OUR ARCHITECT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO EMBODY THIS NEW WORLD WE LIVE IN WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE HERE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE ONLINE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JULIE LEED FROM PEAK ENGINEERING.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD TONIGHT AND SEE THIS PROJECT, SEE A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.
SO I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON TO STEVE HASTINGS AND HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING.
AND THEN I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS, THE PLANNING DETAILS OF THE DEVIATIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOTH HERE PRESENT AND IN CYBERSPACE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST TODAY.
I WORK FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES.
I'VE BEEN THEIR LEAD DEVELOPER NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT OUR HISTORY AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, IT KIND OF HAS LED US ALL THE WAY UP TO HERE TO A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE AND MAGNITUDE.
ALONG THE WAY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, JUST A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH. I MUCH PREFER WORKING IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE FLAGG OR TUCSON.
WE GET THINGS DONE IN PHOENIX, BUT IT'S MUCH LESS PERSONAL.
IT'S MORE ABOUT REGULATIONS AND TIMING AND THOSE THINGS.
AND HERE ARE YOU FOLKS ARE INTERESTED AND HOW IS THIS GOING TO SERVE MY NEIGHBOR, MY MOTHER, MY FAMILY? AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING IS AN ARIZONA ONLY NONPROFIT.
WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR 50TH YEAR.
YOU MAY HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE HAVE ABOUT 400 EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF SERVICES.
AND YOU MIGHT KNOW US FROM FLAGSTAFF SENIOR MEADOWS.
I WAS A DEVELOPER, AND WE BUILT THAT SOME YEARS AGO UP ON MCMILLEN MESA, ONLY BECAUSE THE PRICES OF LAND DROPPED DRAMATICALLY.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT IT.
I GOT IT. WE FOCUS ON FOUR AREAS SAFE HOUSING, NUTRITIOUS MEALS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AS WELL AS CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
I MENTIONED WE HAVE ABOUT 400 EMPLOYEES.
ABOUT 50 TO 60 ARE ENGAGED IN HOUSING.
WE MANAGE ALL THE PROPERTIES WE OWN.
WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING PROPERTIES.
WE GET QUITE A FEW CALLS EVERY DAY FROM INVESTORS TRYING TO PRY THEM LOOSE.
BUT OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT.
WE HELP ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE A NIGHT WITH HOUSING, NUTRITIOUS MEALS EVERY DAY.
WE PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO ABOUT 3461 FOLKS EACH YEAR AND RESPITE HOURS OF 115,000 FOR CAREGIVERS. YOU KIND OF SEE WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUILT IN LAKE HAVASU, DOWN TO YUMA AND OVER IN TUCSON.
RETURNING BACK TO FLAGSTAFF AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO BE, AND WE DO BOTH MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY.
100% OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE AFFORDABLE.
WE DO SKEW A LITTLE BIT LOWER ON RENTS.
AND SO ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES, IF YOU ARE MOVE IN, WE PAY ALL YOUR UTILITIES.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GIVING US A DEPOSIT AND GOING TO APS AND GIVING THEM A DEPOSIT THAN GOING TO THE GAS COMPANY AND SO FORTH.
WE THINK IT HELPS SENIORS PLAN AND IT WORKS VERY WELL FOR US.
ONE THING IS UNIQUE IS OVER 60% OF THE UNITS WE DEVELOP ARE AFFORDABLE TO PEOPLE OF VERY LOW INCOME AT 50% OF RMI.
SO EVEN THOUGH IN THIS FIRST PHASE, SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE, WE COULD GO UP TO 80%, YOU'LL FIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO STOP AT 60% OF AMI AND THAT 60% OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE AT 50% OF AMI. AND IF YOU LOOK AT FAIR MARKET VERSUS WHERE WE'LL BE ON THOSE RENTS, IT'LL BE WELL OVER $500 PER UNIT, LESS IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FOR A RESIDENT FLAGSTAFF OR EXCUSE ME, AT SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE.
WE DO A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
GOING THROUGH THE NSP PROGRAM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE DID ABOUT 160 ACT REHABS.
WE'VE DONE ABOUT 126 NEW CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE AFFORDABLE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS DOWN IN MESA AND TUCSON AND WICKENBURG
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AND HOPE TO GET STARTED ON THIS, GET THINGS UNDERWAY AND START SHOPPING FOR LAND UP HERE TO DO LIKEWISE.SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING.
YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
SO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BASICALLY MEANS, IN EFFECT, IT'S PARTIALLY SUBSIDIZED.
SO WHAT YOUR VERY BRIEFLY, WHAT YOUR ECONOMIC MODEL? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING HOUSING AT LESS THAN IT COST TO BUILD THE HOUSING? EXCELLENT QUESTION.
WE USE A DEVICE, FINANCIAL DEVICE CALLED LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
WHERE WE'RE LOCATED NOW IS IN A DDA, A DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP AREA.
SO WE GET BONUS CREDITS UP THERE, 30% MORE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
AND THAT'S WHAT HELPS US BRING THE QUALITY AND SIZE TO THE PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE.
PERFECT, STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND STEVE, I THINK THE ONLY THING YOU DIDN'T SAY IS THERE ARE 500 PEOPLE ON HIS LOCAL WAITING LIST HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET 100 AND 146 UNITS ON THE MARKET.
I'VE GOT ALEX IN THE BACK WHISPERING, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE'RE A GREAT TEAM. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THE SITE, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL DRIVEN BY IT.
I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHERE IT IS.
IT'S JUST NORTHEAST OF WHERE WE ARE ALL STANDING TODAY.
SURROUNDING LAND USES INCLUDE COMMERCIAL OFFICE USES, THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY, A CHURCH AND THE CITY'S COURT BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THIS IS A VERY COMPATIBLE USE IN TERMS OF OUR REQUESTS THAT WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY HAVE DRIVEN BY THE SITE.
THAT'S A LOT. AND SO SOME OF THE DEVIATIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CODE DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN OWNING AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK COUPLED WITH THE SLOPE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE GRADE AND THE SIZE OF THE PARCEL ARE WHAT IS WHY WE HAVE SOME OF THE DEVIATIONS WE'RE REQUESTING TONIGHT.
THESE ARE JUST SOME CONTEXT PHOTOS.
AGAIN, WE WILL FIT IN VERY WELL TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT'S AROUND US.
THAT IS A TRANSECT THAT WE HAVE ELECTED INTO.
SO WE'RE ELECTING TO USE THAT TRANSIT CODE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE T FOUR AND T FIVE SURROUNDS THIS PROPERTY, THEREFORE AGAIN VERY COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF USES AND HEIGHT AND THE EUCLIDEAN ZONING THAT'S IN THE AREA.
SO THE BASE ZONING HAS SOME OF THE SAME HEIGHTS AND DENSITIES, THEREFORE A COMPATIBLE SITE AND ESPECIALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE COURTHOUSE OR THE COURTHOUSE THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET. SO WHY ARE WE HERE? AS ALEX DESCRIBED, WE ARE HERE, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ADJUST SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ASKING FOR A PARKING INCENTIVE, AGAIN, ONLY FOR PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I THINK WE'RE STRESSING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF MY OTHER CLIENTS OR I CAN'T STAND UP HERE FOR ANOTHER KIND OF PROJECT.
WHEN THE CITY ADOPTED YOUR TEXT AMENDMENT IN NOVEMBER 2020, ALLOWING 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS TO HAVE THESE.
TO HAVE THESE DEVIATIONS, YOU REALLY PUT YOURSELF ON THE MAP.
WE HAVE BEEN I'VE BEEN PART OF MANY DIFFERENT WORKFORCE CONVERSATIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WE KNOW IS A PROBLEM IN THE ENTIRE STATE, NOT JUST HERE IN FLAGSTAFF. AND YOU GUYS WERE VERY, VERY INNOVATIVE IN COMING OUT OF THE GATE.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHO WISH THEY HAD THIS TOOL IN THEIR TOOLBOX. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.
AND YOU GUYS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR HAVING THIS ABILITY FOR, AGAIN, 100% AFFORDABLE TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU AND ASK FOR THESE DEVIATIONS.
OH, AND NO CHANGES TO THE ZONING PERMITTED USE, DENSITY OR HEIGHT.
AGAIN, THE DEVIATIONS DO NOT CHANGE KIND OF THE THE BULK AND THE CHARACTER OF WHAT THE BUILDING CAN BE BY RIGHT.
I AM GOING TO PASS THE BATON TO DOUG.
AND DOUG HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO UNMUTE AND HERE WE GO AND SAY HIS NAME AND NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN TALK TO US A BIT.
AND DOUG, YOU CAN SAY NEXT SLIDE AND I WILL MOVE THEM ALONG FOR YOU.
OKAY, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, NEW VICE MAYOR.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING.
I'M DOUG MCCORD, PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCE TEAM.
WE'RE AT 1055 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD IN PHOENIX.
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YOU GUYS MIGHT BE EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE FIRST LIVING BUILDING IN ARIZONA AS OUR NEW OFFICE.SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU'RE DOWN IN PHOENIX, WE'LL GIVE YOU A TOUR IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SITE PLAN IS SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE, WHICH IS THE THE SENIOR LIVING COMPONENT WITH 70 UNITS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE IS A FAMILY ORIENTED PROJECT WITH 76 UNITS.
AND THE REALLY UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS, THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THE PHASE TWO, IS THAT IT'S A REAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, INCORPORATING A GARAGE IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH PROVIDES IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE NEARLY 100 PARKING SPACES FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE SPACE IS FOR PHASE TWO.
DOWN THE MIDDLE, JULIE AND I OFTEN JOKE, JULIE, WOULD BE THE CIVIL ENGINEER.
I DON'T THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW HER VERY WELL.
SHE'S QUITE A PIECE OF THE COMMUNITY THERE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE ABOUT 2013 AND TALKING AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASKING PEOPLE, WORKING WITH STAFF ON WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN HERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT MANY YEARS AGO WAS TO BRING BACK THE ALLEY CHARACTER OR PROTOTYPE OF THE CITY BLOCKS.
AND SO THE GREEN SLASH ACROSS THE MIDDLE THERE, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE PASEO.
SO THAT RECONNECTS THAT ALLEY FORM ACROSS THE SITE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING SOME OF THE OUTDOOR AMENITIES.
WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC WALK THAT CAN PASS THROUGH THE SITE THERE, SHARED WITH THE DRIVE, ACCESS TO BOTH PROPERTIES THAT COMES OFF OF BEAVER.
LET'S SHOW YOU JUST TWO RENDERINGS.
THIS IS THE CORNER WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN BEFORE.
THIS IS A DALE AND BEAVER FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SITE IS THE SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE, THE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT.
AND THEN WE SEE THAT KIND OF COLORFUL MURAL THERE IN THE MIDDLE, ON THE RIGHT.
THE BUILDING, THEN, FROM THE RIGHT ON DOWN TO THE CORNER OF HUMPHREY AND CHERRY, WILL BE PHASE TWO. NEXT SLIDE? YEAH. THIS OTHER RENDERING HERE IS AT THE CORNER OF CHERRY AND HUMPHRIES, SHOWING THE FACADE THAT FACES THE COURTHOUSE AND THEN ALSO SHOWING THE LITTLE ENTRY DRIVE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN ON THE RIGHT THAT WILL GO INTO THE GARAGE.
THE MAIN ENTRY FOR THIS, FOR PHASE TWO IS GOING TO BE ON THE CORNER OF BEAVER AND CHERRY THERE ACROSS FROM THE COURTHOUSE.
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE ON THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE OF THE RENDERING THERE SHOWS MORE GLASS AND OPENINGS, WHICH WILL BE THE LOBBY 2 PHASE 2.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.