ALL RIGHT, WELL, TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2022 OF OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
[1. Call to Order NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this work session, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for legal advice and discussion with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
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CALLING TO ORDER AND JUST NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER SALAS, OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
HOW ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER SHIMONI, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAINS, SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
[4. Public Participation Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]
IF YOU COULD, YEAH, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY HOT YET.THANK YOU. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOUR HELP FOR SOMETHING.
I RIDE MY BIKE PROBABLY EVERY OTHER DAY FROM HOME TO NAU AND BACK.
SAN FRANCISCO STREET NORTH BOUND AT BUTLER BECOMES ONE WAY WITH A RIGHT LANE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN FOR BICYCLISTS, AND I'VE BEEN TO THE BIKE COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS.
I'VE TALKED TO VARIOUS STAFF PEOPLE ABOUT THIS.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW UNSAFE THAT ROUTE IS BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE TO NO SIGNAGE.
THE BIKE STENCILS HAVE DISAPPEARED INTO THE EARTH, AND THIS IS SUCH A SIMPLE FIX AND IT WOULD MAKE SO MUCH DIFFERENCE TO BICYCLISTS. I'M ASKING YOU, SINCE THIS IS MAY AND IT'S BIKE MONTH AND BECAUSE NAU IS NOT IN SESSION RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE THE IDEAL TIME FOR OUR STREET DEPARTMENT TO DO THIS.
PLEASE, PLEASE PUT THE STENCILS ON.
THIS IS PAINT. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
IT'S A SHARED LANE, AND THERE SHOULD BE A SIGN AT BUTLER ON THE CROSS ARM WHERE IT SAYS BEGIN ONE WAY, SAY SHARED RIGHT LANE WITH BIKES. IT'S EASY, AND THEN CARS THAT ARE COMING UP BEHIND ME AND CUTTING IN FRONT OF ME AND TRYING TO SCOOT ME OFF THE STREET MIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE THERE JUST AS MUCH AS THEY DO.
IT'S A REALLY HEAVILY USED BIKE PATH IN TOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER.
PLEASE, IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO DIRECT STAFF TO HELP GET THIS DONE SOON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROSE.
MY NAME IS TOM MARTIN. I LIVE AT 419 WEST NAVAJO.
I'VE COME HERE TODAY WITH TWO THANK YOUS.
MY FIRST THANK YOU IS FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE.
I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO, BUT I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THAT'S THE FIRST THANK YOU I'VE GOT.
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I GET TO PICK UP THE SURGICAL PIECES OF PEOPLE AND WATCH THEM REGAIN THEIR LIVES, AND RITLAND IS A NEUROSURGEON HE DEALS WITH THE MOST COMPLICATED NETWORK IN OUR BODY.I'M WONDERING IF YOU GET THESE REQUESTS FOR LETTERS OF RECOGNITION, PROCLAMATIONS OF RECOGNITION, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU CALL THEM, BUT THAT'S THE SECOND THANK YOU I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER TODAY, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU, TOM, AND NEXT, ERIC [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF.
MY NAME IS ERIC [INAUDIBLE]. I'M WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, THE CITY HOUSING STAFF CREATED THE FLAGSTAFF LAND TRUST PROGRAM.
AT THIS TIME, THIS WAS A GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY TO CREATE.
FOCUSED TO KEEP CERTAIN LANDS OWNED BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS, LAND TRUSTS CAN ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO BUILD WITHOUT THE EXPENSE OF LAND ITSELF. FOR NONPROFITS, THIS MEANS CUTTING THE COSTS OF DEVELOPMENT BY NEARLY 30 TO 40%.
SO WHY ARE THERE NOT MORE HOMES BUILT ON OUR LAND TRUST BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS LENDING.
HABITAT IS UNIQUE THAT WE BOTH BUILD AND PROVIDE FINANCING FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS.
WHEN BANKS LEND ON ANY HOME, THEY LOOK AT TWO ASSETS THE LAND THE HOME.
AS WE KNOW, HOMES ONLY DEPRECIATE OVER TIME, WHILE LAND IS THE DIRECT OPPOSITE.
IT BECOMES AN UNWISE INVESTMENT TO LEND ON ONLY A DEPRECIATING ASSET.
THIS WAS THE CASE ON THE ISABEL HOMES ACROSS FROM THE HAL JENSEN ACTIVITY CENTER.
WHEN IT WAS FIRST STARTED, IT WAS A PRIVATE, PUBLIC NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP.
WHEN 2008 CAME AROUND, ALL LENDING OPTIONS WERE GONE, WITH SIX HOMES REMAINING TO BE BUILT.
NOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STARTER HOME PROGRAM.
PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ARE EXCITED AND HAVE EXPRESSED THE WANT TO PUT LANDS INTO THE LAND TRUST PROGRAM FOR THE EXPRESS USE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH HABITAT, MANAGING THE FINANCING AND TAKING THAT BURDEN OFF THEIR PLATE.
THE SOLUTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN PLACE.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THEM IN NEW WAYS TO BUILD STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS WITH A SHARED OUTCOME.
BUILD MORE, SERVE MORE, AND BE THE CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY DESPERATELY NEEDS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JUST CHECKING HERE.
[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the May 17, 2022 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK? COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.CONCERNING ITEM 9(B), THIS IS A PLAT THAT WE WOULD BE ASKED TO REVIEW, WHICH IS IN TIMBER SKY.
SO WHAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN IS WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO US, THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULFILLING WHAT'S OBLIGATED IN THAT AGREEMENT , BEFORE WE APPROVE ANY MORE PLATS, IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLOT IS GOING TO COME BACK TO US IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEEDS OF THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY, FOR BRINGING THAT UP, AND I AM IN AGREEMENT.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL? PULL THIS UP, MAKE SURE I GOT SHIMONI TAKEN CARE OF.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.
[6. City Manager Report Information Only The report will be provided to the City Council prior to the meeting.]
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AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, CITY MANAGER.THE REPORT CAME TO YOU NOT IN THE PACKET BUT BY EMAIL YESTERDAY MORNING.
IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT YET, LOOK FOR THE EMAIL OF YESTERDAY MORNING.
IN THE REPORT, THERE ARE SOME UPDATES, TIDBITS REGARDING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SOME GOOD NEWS.
THEY'RE MEETING WITH THE KNOLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SOME OTHER FUN READS.
UPDATES FROM THE HR AND RM HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
THEY TALKED ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE BOTH COMFORTABLE WITH HIM HELPING US OUT ON A PART-TIME BASIS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
ALSO IN AN EFFORT TO SOLIDIFY THE LEADERSHIP OUT THERE, WE WILL BE FILLING A COUPLE OF OTHER VACANCIES WITH SOME TEMPORARY JOB PROMOTIONS. THE OPERATIONS LEVEL OF OUR UTILITIES AND WATER SERVICES WAS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY MARK RICHARDSON. THAT POSITION REMAINS UNFILLED AT THIS POINT, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS IN AN EFFORT TO FILL THAT, AT LEAST ON AN INTERIM BASIS, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK TO FILL IT PERMANENTLY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING THAT POSITION AND BIFURCATING IT INTO TWO POSITIONS.
ONE WOULD BE AN OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE TREATMENT PLANTS, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND OUR TWO WASTEWATER PLANTS OR WASTEWATER AND RECLAMATION FACILITY.
THE OTHER WOULD BE OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE FIELD SYSTEMS AS OUR COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BASICALLY THE PIPES IN THE GROUND. WE HAVE PIECES IN PLACE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
ONCE WE ARE FINAL ON THAT, I'LL LET YOU KNOW MORE DETAILS.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL EFFORTS BEING TAKEN TO BOLSTER OUR LEADERSHIP OUT AT WATER SERVICES WHILE WE ENDEAVOR AT THE SAME TIME TO BRING ON A PROFESSIONAL RECRUITER TO HELP US IN SOME RECRUITMENT PROCESSES.
THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST.
RICK BAIRD'S POSITION WILL BE ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST.
WE'LL PROBABLY DO BOTH OF THOSE IN TANDEM.
WE ARE INTERVIEWING OUR RECRUITERS THIS WEEK.
WE HAD A GOOD SUBMITTAL BY FOUR OR FIVE RECRUITERS.
THE PANEL SCORED THOSE SUBMITTALS AND WE WILL BE HAVING INTERVIEWS OF THE FINAL CANDIDATES THIS WEEK WITH EVERY INTENT OF HIRING AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY TWO OF THE RECRUITING FIRMS. THESE FIRMS WILL HELP US WITH RECRUITMENT EFFORTS GOING FORWARD, PROBABLY OVER A 3 TO 5 YEAR PERIOD.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS IN PROCUREMENT FOR HELPING OUT ON THIS.
IT'S BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY, TO HELP FILL THESE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
INTERNALLY, THERE'S SOME NEAT THINGS GOING ON AS WELL.
I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL THE THUNDER THERE.
THERE'S BEEN EFFORTS TO WORK ON A VIDEO AND A LOT OF PROMOTION HAPPENING.
YOU'VE SEEN SNIPPETS OF THAT AND I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE COMING YOUR WAY TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY AS WELL TO HELP WITH THESE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. VERY IMPORTANT STUFF.
MOVING ON, I ALSO I GUESS IN THE SAME REALM OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND PROMOTIONS, I'D LIKE TO NOTE WHAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW, BUT IT HAS BEEN MADE OFFICIAL, WE HAVE BROUGHT SARAH LANGLEY INTO THE POSITION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.
WE HAD A RECRUITMENT THERE AND SHE WAS A SUCCESSFUL SUBMITTER IN THAT.
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SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH LANGLEY.SHE'S BEEN FULFILLING THAT ROLE ON A TEMPORARY OR INTERIM BASIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND WE ARE JUST ALL VERY ELATED TO SEE HER NOW STEP IN AS A FULL TIME, NO INTERIM ADJECTIVES ANYMORE.
I GAVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ABOUT THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE.
LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS HAVE BEEN LARGELY IN PERSON.
MUCH APPRECIATION TO THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM FOR ACCOMMODATING US AT THE AQUAPLEX.
THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SO BUSY, THEY ARE DELIBERATING NOW WITH FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON A LOT OF INPUT , AND THEY'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS, AND I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT RECOMMENDATIONS COMING YOUR WAY IN EARLY JUNE.
SOME UPDATES FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO ONE IN PARTICULAR TOO RATHER POLICE PERSONNEL JOINED THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN CELEBRATION OF THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
HOW COOL IS THAT? THEY'VE ALSO BEEN HOSTING A COFFEE WITH A COP WITH SOME SUCCESS, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION I LIKE TO DO THIS WHEN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF TO SHARE WITH YOU A BIT OF AN ALARMING OR SCARY STORY THAT ACTUALLY HAS A GOOD OUTCOME.
NO INJURIES. SO I'M COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING THIS TO YOU, BUT I WANT TO SINGLE OUT SERGEANT GRANT KELLY, WHO WAS ON PATROL NEAR THE MURDOCH CENTER WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY A CITIZEN WHOSE SPOUSE HAD CONFRONTED A SUSPECT WHO HAD BEEN BREAKING INTO THEIR NEIGHBORS VEHICLE. THE SUSPECT WAS APPROACHED AND FLED AND SERGEANT KELLY PURSUED AND RECOGNIZED THE SUSPECT FROM A DEPARTMENT BULLETIN THAT WAS ADVISING THIS OF THIS SUSPECT WITH MULTIPLE THEFTS AND LIKELY ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
THE SUSPECT STOPPED RUNNING AND REACHED INTO HIS BACKPACK.
THE SWAT TEAM ARRIVED AND WITHIN AN HOUR'S TIME, IN MUCH EFFORT AND THE TACTICS THAT WERE EMPLOYED, THERE WAS A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME TO THIS, AND THE SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED AND THERE ERE A STOLEN FIREARMS IN HIS POSSESSION. SO WANTED TO GIVE A VERY WELL DESERVED THANKS TO SERGEANT GRANT KELLY FOR HIS HEROICS IN HELPING TO BRING CLOSURE, AT LEAST, WELL, YEAH, CLOSURE TO A MULTITUDE OF BURGLARY CASES THAT WERE SUSPECTED AND ALSO FOR THE ARREST OF A DANGEROUS SUSPECT.
IF I MAY MOVE ON TO THE PARKS AND REC, THE PROS DEPARTMENT, A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU THERE.
THE OPEN SPACE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PARKS TO ALIGN CLOSURES WITH MESSAGING ABOUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WE GET OUR GREEN SPACES READY AND CITY PARKS READY.
LET'S SEE, NEW FLOOR COVERINGS IN THE JOE C.
MONTOYA FACILITY, HAL JENSEN STAFF WORKING WITH STUDENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, AND ONTO PUBLIC WORKS.
CONCRETE CREWS ARE OUT WORKING HARD.
THIS IS NOW A WEEK OLD, SO THANKS NEVERTHELESS FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE TEAM IS VERY BUSY WORKING ON ALL THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THERE'S AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INSPECTION AT SNOWBOWL.
I KNOW THAT'S OF INTEREST, SO PLEASE GIVE THAT A READ.
I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING MANY MEETINGS OF LATE OF INTEREST.
THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE HAD A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE MEETING LAST WEEK WITH A NICE PRESENTATION FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTH TEAM REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE HOSPITAL RELOCATION.
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WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS WITH BNSF.THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS YESTERDAY.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE REMAIN OPTIMISTIC AS TO WHAT'S TO FOLLOW, BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WORKING HARD TOWARDS SUCH NEEDED PROJECTS HERE.
I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE DOWNTOWN MILE AND OF COURSE THE RIO.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THOSE EFFORTS.
I THINK WITH THAT COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO STOP AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IF STACEY FOBAR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE NEWSLETTER THAT SHE APPENDED TO THIS REPORT, YOU CAN DO THAT AT YOUR LEISURE, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. COUNCILMEMBER ASLAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
I KNOW THAT'S CREATED A LITTLE BIT WELL I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO PARTICULAR TERMS HERE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A HEADACHE TO TRY TO REPLACE A TEAM THAT'S WORKING WELL, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD THE TASK OF FINDING A PERMANENT WATER DIRECTOR FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PRIVATE.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION PUBLICLY MY CONSIDERATIONS AND ADVICE FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD ON THIS.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WITH YOU MY ADVICE THAT WE REALLY AIM FOR SOMEONE WHO IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS JOB FOR A LONG TIME, BUT ALSO WHO BRINGS A LOT OF INNOVATION AND NEW PERSPECTIVE TO AN INDUSTRY THAT IS DEALING WITH A NUMBER OF EMERGING CONCERNS AND ALSO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SORT OF SLIDE INTO THE FUTURE WITH SOME LONG TERM THINKING WHERE WE'RE ENGAGING IN A LOT OF NEW WAYS OF THINKING LONG TERM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT AND YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT, AND BEST OF LUCK FILLING A VERY DIFFICULT ROLE AND FILLING SOME VERY IRREPLACEABLE SHOES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND A MESSAGE.
WELL-STATED AND WELL RECEIVED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ASLAN.
WITH THAT, I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
APPRECIATE THE REPORT AS USUAL.
SO, MISS FOBAR, WERE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK TO ADD ON TO THE REPORT? CERTAINLY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ATTACHED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, THIS ONE IS OUR QUARTERLY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NEWSLETTER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE NEWSLETTER IS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE DOING AND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE BOARDS, AND ALSO TO REALLY BE A MARKETING TOOL FOR BOARD COMMISSION MEMBERS TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO ENTICE NEW APPLICANTS.
YOU HAVE REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, THE WATER COMMISSION WITH SOME INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHS, SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND ARTICLE, AND THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING.
THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.
WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT SOME AVAILABLE AND UPCOMING SEATS, SOME THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, FLAGSTAFF HOUSING AUTHORITY, HOUSING COMMISSION.
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OF ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS ON MULTIPLE OF OUR COMMISSIONS, SOME THAT ARE FULL PLUS SOME, LOTS OF APPLICANTS FORM.SOME OF THEM THOUGH WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES REACHING QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO HOLD OUR MEETINGS AND THAT'S BACKING UP A LOT OF OUR POLICIES AND THINGS THAT WE REALLY DO WANT THE PUBLIC'S INPUT BEFORE COUNCIL DISCUSSES THEM.
SO I'M URGING EVERYONE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING FROM SUSTAINABILITY TO OUR BIKE PED INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE DO HAVE 26 COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF THAT NEED YOUR INPUT.
MAYOR? YES, COUNCILMEMBER SALAS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AN AMAZING REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK BY INVITING ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR AND INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HEIDI HANSEN TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND ALSO WANT TO WANT TO RECOGNIZE IN THE AUDIENCE MR. JOSH [INAUDIBLE], WHO ALSO CHAIRS OUR ECONOMIC COLLABORATIVE NORTHERN ARIZONA.
IS HEIDI ONLINE? I BELIEVE SO. THERE SHE IS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? MAYOR? VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU. CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY CAMERA.
I'M HEIDI, I'M THE INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SALAS FOR RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
LAST WEEK, WE CELEBRATED A LOT OF SPECIAL WEEKS.
ONE, OF COURSE, WAS TOURISM AND TRAVEL WEEK, AND THIS WEEK IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK, AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ALWAYS REMIND EVERYBODY OF IS THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT OUR BUSINESSES CAN APPLY FOR BY GOING TO CHOOSE FLAGSTAFF, AND WE ALSO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE REBATE, AND THAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BY THE MAYOR LAST WEEK AS WELL AND WE HAD FOUR MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT INCENTIVE, WHICH IS VERY AMAZING, AND FOR NOW, I THINK I'LL KEEP IT AT THAT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME LONGER AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SALAS AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING WHAT A VERY IMPORTANT WEAKNESS IS FOR RETRACTION, RETENTION, EXPANSION OF OUR BUSINESS SECTOR.
THANK YOU. MISS HEIDI HANSE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MENTION THE CAFE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM THIS WEEK? COUNCILMEMBER SALAS, I WAS PULLING THOSE UP SO I CAN GIVE BETTER DETAIL.
YEAH, ACTUALLY, I PULLED THAT UP THERE.
TOMORROW AT WHITE DOVE, AT 8:30 A.M.
IT WILL BE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK COFFEE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US.
IT'S TIME FOR [INAUDIBLE], MISS HEIDI, 3:30.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
[7. Northern Arizona University Update NAU President José Luis Cruz Rivera will provide an update to the City Council]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WITH PRESIDENT JOSE LUIS CRUZ RIVERA.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
SUCH A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN NOW LIVING IN FLAGSTAFF FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AND SERVING AS NAU'S 17TH PRESIDENT FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER TEN MONTHS, AND I MUST SAY THAT EVERY DAY STILL FEELS LIKE A GREAT ADVENTURE AND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO BE AT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WARM RECEPTION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
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HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND I COME HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO IN THE PAST TEN AND A HALF MONTHS, BUT ALSO TO RESTATE OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT NAU IS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALSO SERVE, AND WITH THAT, I'LL START BY A THANK YOU FOR BEING GAME TO HAVING A PHOTO OP IN THE STEPS OF CITY HALL ON GIVING DAY FOR NAU WITH YOUR SUPPORT.FOR EXAMPLE, THE LUMBERJACK EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND AND [INAUDIBLE].
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
IT WAS A RECORD YEAR FOR US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED COLLABORATION MOVING FORWARD.
MOST OF THE COLLECTIVE ENERGY OF OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW THREE YEAR ROAD MAP, WHERE WE TRY TO ARTICULATE THE ASPIRATIONS OF OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND PRESENT THEM IN A WAY THAT WILL THEN ALLOW US TO COME BACK AND DEVELOP SOME SIGNATURE INITIATIVES THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MORE IN THE FALL, THAT, WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER AS A WHOLE, WILL SHOW THAT WE ARE IN FACT ADVANCING THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT ARE ARTICULATED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO AFTER EIGHT MONTHS, ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO PUBLISH OUR THREE YEAR NEW 2025 ELEVATING EXCELLENCE PLAN.
IT HAS SEVEN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND 29 COMPONENTS TO THEM, BUT AS IT'S VISION AT THE NORTH STAR OF IT IS ENSURING THAT NAU IS RECOGNIZED AS A PREEMINENT ENGINE OF OPPORTUNITY NATIONALLY FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO LOCALLY IN ARIZONA TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, HAVE ACCESS TO THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION THAT NAU PROVIDES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO AND BENEFIT FROM THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF OUR GREAT STATE , AND PART OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT ARE ARTICULATED IN THIS DOCUMENT, SEVEN OF THEM, ONE OF THEM IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND YOU WILL SEE THERE THAT WE HAVE REALLY WORKED TO ARTICULATE IN VERY SUCCINCT WAY WHAT IT IS THAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SPECIFICALLY ON THAT FRONT AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME SPECIFICS IN A MINUTE.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS IN JUNE, AND WE EXPECT APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, AND, OF COURSE, EVEN AS WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THE PLAN, ALSO IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SET A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR ONCE IT'S APPROVED, WE CAN REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS OUR ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE PROGRAM THAT WE ANNOUNCED RECENTLY.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE STATE'S ECONOMY IS BOOMING.
IT'S AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING IN THE COUNTRY, BUT SEVEN OUT OF EVERY TEN NEW JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN REQUIRE SOME FORM OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS FAIRLY LOW ON THE LIST IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN ARIZONA THAT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.
SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN BROADEN PARTICIPATION NOT ONLY TO EDUCATION, BUT ALSO TO THIS NEW ECONOMY THAT'S TAKING SHAPE FOR MORE ARIZONANS WE DEVELOPED THE ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE, WHICH BASICALLY IS A COMMITMENT THAT NAU, IN MANAGING ITS $400 MILLION OF FEDERAL, STATE AND INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL AID, WILL DO SO IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SAY UPFRONT TO EVERY PROSPECTIVE STUDENT THAT IF THEY COME FROM A HOUSEHOLD UNDER $65,000 A YEAR IN ANNUAL INCOME, THAT THEIR FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE WILL COVER ALL TUITION COSTS.
NOW, THAT NUMBER IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
OF COURSE, THIS IS A MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT AFFORDABILITY OR THE PERSPECTIVES AROUND AFFORDABILITY DO NOT RESTRAIN PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FROM APPLYING AND EVEN DEVELOPING THE ASPIRATIONS TO FOR HIGHER ED, BUT OUR INTENT IS THAT THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD US TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN EXPAND ACCESS IN THE 20 SITES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE STATE, NOT JUST IN FLAGSTAFF.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, NAU HAS A LARGE FOOTPRINT.
WE HAVE OUR YUMA CAMPUS AND WE HAVE THE PHOENIX BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS WITH OVER 400 GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THAT CAMPUS ALONE, AND SO WE WANT TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING IN EACH ONE OF THESE COMMUNITIES IS NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE, BUT IS TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF
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THAT COMMUNITY. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.ALSO, IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE SOME FRICTION THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE STATE IN GETTING ACCESS TO NAU, WE ALSO ENTERED INTO A PILOT ADMISSIONS PROGRAM WHEREBY OUR ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS ARE NOW ALIGNED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE BEFORE.
PRIOR, WE REQUIRED 16 CORE COURSES AND A 3.0 GPA TO BE ASSURED ADMISSION.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT 18% OF HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE DID NOT PROVIDE ALL 16 COURSES AND THAT IMPACTED ABOUT 50,000 HIGH SCHOOLERS EVERY YEAR, AND SO WHAT WE'VE SAID NOW IS YOU WORK HARD AND YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE COURSES THAT THEY ARE DELIVERING TO MEET THE ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL STANDARDS AND WITH A 3.0 GPA, WE WILL ASSURE YOU ADMISSION.
WE'VE ALSO AS PART SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, WE COMMITTED ON EARTH DAY TO CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030. SO WE DID SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE MISSED THE MARK IN THE PAST, THAT WE HAVE STATED DEADLINES BY WHICH TO REACH THIS IN THE PAST AND FELL SHORT AND COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ACTIONABLE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN PLACE EARLY IN THE FALL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE MILESTONES, SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES THAT MAY CHANGE ALONG THE WAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD BUT THAT GIVES CREDIBILITY TO OUR ASPIRATION TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2030.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK.
CONNECTED TO THAT, ANOTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVE THAT WE LAUNCHED RECENTLY AND WILL BE UNFOLDING OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS IS AN EFFORT ON THE SUSTAINABLE SMART CAMPUS MASTER PLAN.
THE LAST TIME NAU DID A MASTER PLAN FOR ITS LAND USE AND FACILITIES WAS IN 2010, AND SO WE THINK IT'S A VERY OPPORTUNE MOMENT NOW TO REVISIT NOT ONLY BECAUSE A LOT HAS CHANGED.
WE HAVE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS, SO THE SUSTAINABILITY PIECE.
OUR PROGRAMS HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND.
IT'S MORE OF A THROUGHPUT SITUATION RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO WE HAVE INSTITUTED A HYBRID FIRST WORKPLACE THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO RECAPTURING SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT CAN BE REPURPOSED FOR OTHER THINGS.
SO THIS SUSTAINABLE, SMART CAMPUS MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES.
IT WILL BE A VERY PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.
SO IT WILL NOT JUST BE THE UNIVERSITY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO USE OUR LAND OUR SPACE AND OUR RESOURCES BETTER, BUT WE WANT TO DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IN THIS CASE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT VOICE IN THERE AND FINALLY, I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF THIS THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES REAL QUICKLY THAT CONNECT TO THE CITY, IT'S ALL BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY AND SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET MANY OF YOU THAT COMING NEW INTO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S STRIKING TO ME TO REALIZE THAT 25,600 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, 53% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS HAVE AN NAU ALUM IN THEM, AND THAT 35%, ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE FACULTY EMPLOYEES AT AT NAU, ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE ARE ALUMS, AND SO IT SORT OF BEGS THE QUESTION, IF THERE ARE TENSIONS, WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS THE ONE COMMUNITY THAT WE REALLY ARE.
SO VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD.
PART OF THAT EFFORT WAS THE INSTITUTION OF A 16 HOUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIME POLICY.
SO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES NOW HAVE 16 HOURS THAT THEY CAN DEVOTE TO COMMUNITY SERVICE PAID BY NAU, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REALLY CAPTURE THAT IN AN IMPACTFUL WAY RATHER THAN ONE OFFS. MORE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT JUST AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE THAT HAS MADE FLAGSTAFF ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGE TOWNS IN AMERICA, CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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JUST FOR US AS A CITY, BUT FOR ARIZONA AS A WHOLE AND AS AN EXAMPLE FOR SO MANY OTHER COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO ALSO FOLLOW, AND THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN, THAT WE CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT FRONT AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO OPEN UP TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL HERE.
I AM AN NAU ALUMNI AND VERY PROUD TO SAY SO, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HONESTLY THANK YOU.
I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE REALLY WORKING TO MAKE US ONE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE AIN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS ALONE AND YOU SERVE 30% OF OUR ENTIRE POPULATION, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR IN FRONT OF YOU PERSONALLY TO SHOWCASE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, A SHORT PRESENTATION, AND THEN HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS ON WHERE WE CAN ALIGN OUR EFFORTS, BECAUSE COLLABORATIVELY WE CAN DO MUCH MORE ON THIS FRONT THAN OTHERWISE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL FOR US TO DO SO. DEFINITELY WE WILL WELCOME THAT, AND ALSO, AS WE PROGRESS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT OR REFINEMENT, WE DO HAVE AN ACTION PLAN, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE ACTIONABLE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT IN AS WE BUILD THAT UP.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YES, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE, AND NOW WITH YOUR THE PLANS THAT CAME OUT, I BELIEVE, IN MARCH THAT I WAS READING IT'S JUST AN EXCITING TIME TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER AND NAU AS A PARTNER NOW ON THIS EFFORT AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.
EXCELLENT. COUNCILMEMBER ASLAN.
REALLY WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
LOVE TO SEE YOU AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN MAKE AN APPEARANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE EXCITEMENT FOR YOUR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
I KNOW FOLKS AT NAU HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU WANTED IT TO HAVE TEETH.
YOU WANTED IT TO BE A REAL LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT AND NOT JUST SOMETHING STUFFED IN A DRAWER, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SENTIMENT, AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE GREAT, GREAT MEASURES OF SUCCESS ALONG THAT PATH TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY.
I ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ON SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST AND JUST WONDERING WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR MORE ALIGNMENT HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT'S WITH OUR RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL EFFORTS.
NAU IS RIGHT IN THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE A MASSIVE 500 YEAR EVEN, THE IMPACTS WOULD BE FELT VERY, VERY GREATLY. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE FELT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF NAU ON A LOT OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF AND A LOT OF THAT PLANNING AND A LOT OF THE EXECUTION OF THAT, AND I REALIZE IT'S EASY TO GET SQUEAMISH ABOUT SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS, WHETHER IT'S MONETARY OR ELBOW GREASE OR WHATEVER, BUT JUST WANTED TOUCH BASE ON THAT AND REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AT THE TABLE WITH OUR FLOOD CONTROL EFFORTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MOMENTUM HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT.
THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE NAU AT THE TABLE AND FRANKLY PONYING UP IN SOME FASHION OR ANOTHER TO MAKE THAT PROJECT A SUCCESS.
THE IMPACTS WILL BE FELT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON NAU CAMPUS, AND IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU GUYS IN THE FRONT ROW TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT IF YOU WANT, BUT I'LL FINISH MY COMMENTS BY SAYING I JUST REALLY THINK THE BOARD OF REGENTS HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK BY BRINGING YOU ON BOARD.
THANK YOU. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
THEY VERY MUCH MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT THEY SOUGHT AS THEY DISCERNED FOR THIS VERY LARGE DECISION.
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AND REALLY BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE, AND I SEE YOU SITTING IN THAT DIVIDE, STANDING IN THAT DIVIDE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY AND JUST REALLY EXCITED AND COULDN'T BE MORE PLEASED.THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SALAS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT, AND MANIFESTED THAT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY IS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER OF NOT ONLY CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AS AN ORGANIZATION, BUT OUR BELOVED MOUNTAIN TOWN ITSELF FROM THE TIME IT STARTED AS A CITY, AND UP TO THIS DATE, NAU IS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE TRAINING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND COMMUNITY VITALITY AS AS MANIFESTED.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MR. JOSH [INAUDIBLE] IS OUR CHAIR OF OUR ECONOMIC COLLABORATIVE NORTHERN ARIZONA, ONE OF YOUR STAFF WITH INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, CESAR FLORES IS OUR PRESIDENT FOR OUR FLAGSTAFF SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL EFFORT.
SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ENERGIZED LEADERSHIP AS AS DISPLAYED BY YOUR LEADERSHIP, SIR, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GALVANIZING THE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION.
WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WHEN I MET IN PERSON.
PUERTO RICO AND THE PHILIPPINES HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER SPAIN AND IN 1898 TO THE TREATY OF PARIS.
THE US GOVERNMENT PAID 20 MILLION TO BUY THE PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO AND GUAM.
SO WE WERE UNDER THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH FOR 47 YEARS.
HOWEVER, IN THE PHILIPPINES, SPANISH IS NOT SPOKEN BECAUSE WE'RE MADE OF 7000 ISLANDS AND ONLY ELITE FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL IN SPAIN, AND WE HAVE 21 LANGUAGES AND 200 DIALECTS.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE TWO LANGUAGES I SPEAK IN THE PHILIPPINES.
[INAUDIBLE] WITH THAT, I GIVE YOU A GRATEFUL HEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT.
VERY KIND. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SALAS.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SHIMONI AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY.
HEY, PRESIDENT CRUZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND YOUR UPDATE AND ALL YOUR GREAT WORK, AND ALSO, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THE WORK YOU BOTH ARE WORKING ON.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AS YOU KNOW, AND I JUST HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS FOR YOU, PRESIDENT CRUZ.
SO AS YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAME, THERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORY WITH NAU IN REGARDS TO HOUSING AND CONCERN AROUND HOUSING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR ONE ON ONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN HERE.
I, AS A COUNCILMEMBER, FULLY SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE YOU AND NAU TO BUILD HOUSING ON CAMPUS.
I THINK YOU'D HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT 100%, AND ANY CONSIDERATION OF LAND TRUST PROJECTS WITH HABITAT I THINK WOULD BE SO COOL STARTER HOMES THAT WOULD REALLY BUILD EQUITY FOR STUDENTS I THINK WOULD JUST BE WOULD GO A LONG WAY, AND I KNOW THAT THIS RESONATES WITH YOU BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT FRONT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, PRESIDENT CRUZ? SURE I CAN MENTION THAT AS PART OF THE SUSTAINABLE MASTER CAMPUS MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, WE ARE LOOKING PRECISELY AT HOW HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS. THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR IN ON CAMPUS HOUSING, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANT TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MEET THAT DEMAND.
SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT, AND THE OTHER ASPECT IS THAT WE'RE ALSO STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSIDERING HOW WE CAN BE GOOD PARTNERS TO THE CITY AS WE DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS CREATING CHALLENGES FOR ALL OF US IN FLAGSTAFF, AND SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS.
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I'M NOT READY TO GO ON THE RECORD YET, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN BEING GOOD, GOOD PARTNERS AND NOT ONLY ATTENDING TO OUR STUDENT HOUSING NEEDS, BUT ALSO HOW CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE BROADER HOUSING ISSUE IN FLAGSTAFF . THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU.ANOTHER TOPIC THAT I BROUGHT UP IN OUR ONE ON ONE THAT I'M GOING TO ADD SOME WATER TO--A SEED THAT I PLANTED, THAT I'M GOING TO WATER RIGHT NOW WITH YOU IS I DIVED INTO OUR CRASH DATA AT THE CITY QUITE A BIT IN REGARDS TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIANS COLLISIONS WITH THE VEHICLES PRIMARILY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE DATA SHOWS THAT THIS THESE ARE TYPICALLY MALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 22, AND SO THAT MAKES ME THINK THAT [INAUDIBLE] AROUND THE MELTING CORRIDOR, BEAVER AND SAN FRANCISCO AND BUTLER.
SO I LOVE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING BY CHARGING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR PARKING ON CAMPUS, BASICALLY TRAFFIC DEMAND MANAGEMENT 101 AND BASICALLY PROVIDING FOLKS ACCESS TO BUSSES.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET CARS OFF THE ROAD, BUT BY DOING THAT WE NEED TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR THEIR NEEDS IN REGARDS TO KEEPING THEM HEALTHY AND SAFE.
SO AN IDEA I HAD, PRESIDENT CRUZ, WAS JUST TO PLANT A SEED WITH YOU AGAIN IN REGARDS TO COMMUNICATION AROUND BEST PRACTICES AND HOW TO RIDE A BIKE SAFELY TO BE SEEN HELMET WEARING LIGHTS, AND THEN ALSO THE RIGHT TURN BY A VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY WHERE THE COLLISIONS ARE OCCURRING , AND I JUST THINK THAT IF WE ENGAGE THE STUDENT POPULATION WITH INFORMATION, THEN THESE NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN ON THE CITY SIDE, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
BEING AN NAU ALUM MYSELF AND A CYCLIST AS A STUDENT, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THESE THESE THESE POINTS, AND I'VE BEEN HIT BY CARS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGING WITH CARS IN A NOT SO GOOD WAY, AND YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OTHER THING, AND THEN THAT OBVIOUSLY TIES TO OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND GETTING PEOPLE FURTHER OUT OF CARS AND REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND THE LAST THING AND THEN I'LL PASS THEM ON TO WHOEVER'S NEXT, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE [INAUDIBLE] BETTER REPRESENT THE POPULATION OF THE STUDENTS WE'RE SERVING, AND, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE BROUGHT THAT UP WITH YOU TOO, BUT GOSH, HOW COOL IT'D BE IF [INAUDIBLE] WAS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS IN A ROTATING FASHION AND ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT TO SHARE? WELL, I WILL SAY THAT THE COMMENTS AROUND THE BY BICYCLE SAFETY AS WELL AS HOW WE CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE WAY THAT WE REPRESENT OURSELVES, ARE THINGS THAT ARE TOP OF MIND RIGHT NOW.
AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND JUSTICE ARE THEMES THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, AND SO AS WE START NOW WORKING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING SOME SIGNATURE INITIATIVES THAT WILL SHOW THAT WE'VE IN FACT BEEN ADVANCING THE PLAN, I THINK SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED WILL COME INTO PLAY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY.
MAYOR, PRESIDENT CRUZ A LONG LIST OF GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING CLIMATE INITIATIVES REALLY APPRECIATE THAT , BUT I WILL SAY THE ONE THING THAT REALLY STICKS OUT IN MY MIND IS YOUR EFFORTS TO GET HIGHER EDUCATION AVAILABILITY TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.
I MEAN, EDUCATION IS THE WAY YOU GET AHEAD IN OUR SOCIETY, AS YOU KNOW.
THANK YOU. SO GOOD LUCK ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS THAT ARE CAN COME TOGETHER THROUGH THAT IN TERMS OF HOUSING, IN TERMS OF DEI, IN TERMS OF SO MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT NEW IS DOING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INCLUDING THAT AND I CERTAINLY HOPE TO CONTINUE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AS PART OF THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.
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ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING UP, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO EARLY FOR THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING PRESCHOOL EDUCATION FOR SOME OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING ENVIRONMENT [INAUDIBLE], AND I KNOW THIS IS SUPER EARLY IN YOUR STAGES OF THINGS, BUT AS THOSE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO US TO CONSIDER MUTUALLY FOR OUR STAFF AS A CITY AS WELL AS THE STAFF AT NAU TO COLLABORATE ON THAT FRONT TO PROVIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE FOR CHILDREN OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING THING FOR US AS A CITY AND OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION THAT FOUNDED NAU.I THINK THAT MIGHT BE GROUNDS FOR A REAL GREAT PARTNERSHIP IN FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE ARE EXPLORING.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT SUCH THAT THE SCALE ALLOWS FOR BROADER PARTICIPATION, WE'RE ALL FOR IT, AND SO DEFINITELY [INAUDIBLE].
WE'RE MOVING--OVER THE SUMMER, I THINK WE WILL GET SOME MORE TRACTION.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I MISSED A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I WANT TO AMPLIFY.
AGAIN, STRENGTHENING THE POTENTIAL FOR COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY U.S.
INVOLVEMENT IN OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
I BELIEVE NAU HAS A SEAT IN OUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR OUR METROPLAN GREATER FLAGSTAFF, OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS AMPLIFYING ON COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR NAU WORKFORCE AND CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WORKFORCE AND WORKFORCE OF FLAGSTAFF IN GENERAL.
THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
GO, JAX! I WILL SAY WITH THE 53% STATISTIC, I THINK WE GOT 53% OR MORE UP HERE ON COUNCIL FOR NAU ALUM, RIGHT? WE GOT FOUR OF US? YEAH, THERE WE GO.
SINCE I DID NOT MAKE IT TO BE A LUMBERJACK, I'M A GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
CAN I QUALIFY TO BE A LUMBERJACK CHEERLEADER? WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[8. Presentation and Discussion on Development Listening Tour The item is for discussion only, no action is requested. ]
THAT DOES BRING US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON DEVELOPMENT LISTENING TOUR.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.
I NEED TO PULL THE PRESENTATION UP.
I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T DO THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
IS HERE TO BACK ME UP IF I CAN'T FIND IT.
JUST BY CJ'S PRESENCE, THINGS WORK ELECTRONICALLY.
SUDDENLY, WHEN HE WAS LINGERING BEHIND ME.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS DAN FOLKE.
I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENT LISTENING TOUR AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE DO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, WHO'S INVOLVED, WHAT SOME OF OUR EFFORTS ARE TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OTHER THINGS AND SO THIS WAS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND TALK TO OUR CUSTOMERS, AND WE REALLY DID THIS IN COOPERATION WITH THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WAS A JOINT MEETING AND THEY HAD ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS UP AND THE MEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND GETTING PERMITS, AND SO AFTER THAT MEETING, I STARTED TALKING WITH SHANE DILLIE, WHO'S OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF A DEVELOPMENT LISTENING TOUR.
LET'S GO OUT AND TALK TO OUR CUSTOMERS, AND IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE.
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TYPICALLY, SOME OF OUR CITY MANAGERS HAVE DONE IT, SOME OF OUR DEPUTIES HAVE DONE IT AND COME BACK AND REPORT IT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS TIME, WE DECIDED TO INCLUDE SOME SOME OTHER PEOPLE, AND SO JUST QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, WHO PARTICIPATED, GIVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HEARD , AND THEN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND THEN SEE WHAT QUESTIONS ALL OF YOU HAVE.SO I REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND OUR TEAMS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT OUR RESPONSE REALLY TO THE LAST TWO YEARS , AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW THE TEAM CAME TOGETHER.
I'M NOT GOING TO BELIEVE HISTORY, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONE DAY WE WERE CLOSING CITY HALL AND WE ALL HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE TOOK ONE DAY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
BECKY IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
SHE MANAGES OUR FRONT COUNTER, AND SO FOR PROBABLY THE FIRST FEW MONTHS THAT WAS EMAIL BECKY AND THEN IT WOULD GET ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE TYPICALLY PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND DROP IT OFF AT THE COUNTER, BUT CITY HALL WAS CLOSED, RIGHT? AND SO WE THEN EVENTUALLY LAUNCHED SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CAPTURE ON THIS SLIDE, AND SERVICE DELIVERY HAS CHANGED.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THROUGH OUR CITIZENS ACCESS PORTAL.
SO AFTER WE STOPPED SAYING EMAIL BECKY, WE DID FINALLY LAUNCH THIS CITIZENS ACCESS PORTAL AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING DIGITALLY, THEIR PLANS, THEIR APPLICATIONS, PAY THEIR FEES. SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE GONE TO REALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS 100% DIGITAL PLAN REVIEW.
SO WE WERE STARTING TO TRANSITION OVER TO THIS, BUT WE'VE REALLY JUST GOTTEN RID OF PAPER ALTOGETHER, AND SO WE USED TO HAVE ACTUALLY SHELVES IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITH BIG ROLLS OF PAPER PLANS.
WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE SHELVES.
AND SO THAT'S CREATED IMMENSE EFFICIENCIES, AND IT'S JUST MORE CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, AND THEN REMOTE WORK WAS ANOTHER BIG ADJUSTMENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, REALLY WE HAD OUR CHALLENGES, LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT IT.
NOT HAVING PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE WAS A NEW WAY OF WORKING, BUT WE WORKED THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES.
I THINK WE'RE PROVIDING AN INCREDIBLY HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT REALLY DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE WE PROVIDED DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND I MENTIONED, BECKY, THERE WAS INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP.
ONE WAS BECKY CARDIFF, ALSO IN CURRENT PLANNING, ALEXANDER [INAUDIBLE], TIFFANY ANTOL.
IT TAKES THE WHOLE TEAM. EVERYBODY IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT MAKES IT WORK AND ENGINEERING AND ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS, BUT IT ALWAYS TAKES THE LEADERSHIP, AND SO THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE THREE HAS BEEN AMAZING, AND THEN THIS ALL HAPPENED DURING A PERIOD OF GROWTH AND A PERIOD WHERE WE STARTED HAVING STAFFING CHALLENGES AS WELL.
WE'VE HAD A PLAN REVIEW POSITION OPEN FOR OVER A YEAR IN OUR BUILDING SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD CALL THEM SENIOR PLANNERS DUE TO THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, NOT NECESSARILY THEIR AGE.
AND SO WE LOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO FOLKS NEIL GULLICKSON AND ELAINE EVERETT THAT RETIRED REALLY RIGHT AS THE PANDEMIC STARTED, AND THEN WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BACKFILL THAT RIGHT, AND SO THE CURRENT PLANNING TEAM HAS CARRIED AN AMAZING LOAD DURING THIS TIME.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING BACK TO FULL STAFFING.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT TIFFANI ANTOL IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW ZONING CODE MANAGER, SO WE WILL HAVE TO FILL HER SENIOR PLANNER POSITION, BUT WE'VE GOT A NEW PLANNER STARTING NEXT WEEK AND THAT WOULD PUT US BACK TO FULL STAFFING.
WE HADN'T BEEN AT FULL STAFFING IN CURRENT PLANNING THIS WHOLE TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AGAIN, JUST THE CHALLENGES WITH THE WORKFORCE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS TEAM I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, AND I THINK THAT CHALLENGE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED ACROSS DIVISIONS, ACROSS PROGRAMS. RIGHT, AND SO THE SAME PRESSURE HAS BEEN ON ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER SERVICES.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE, AND SO I THINK WE RESPONDED VERY WELL, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THEN THE TIMING OF ME SHARING THIS INFORMATION.
THE INTERVIEWS WERE DONE LAST YEAR.
CERTAINLY THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED PRE-DATE THE PANDEMIC.
IT WASN'T ALL ABOUT HOW WE WERE MANAGING THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE KIND OF HIT THE RESET BUTTON, RIGHT? WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GO BACK TO THE WAY WE USED TO DO THINGS, AND I MENTIONED THIS AT THE BUDGET RETREAT.
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WE HAVE BETTER TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE BETTER CAPACITY, AND WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT OUR TEAM.
IT'S AN AMAZING TEAM WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, AND SO I DID HOLD OFF BECAUSE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK I COULD ASK OUR STAFF TO MAKE THESE KIND OF CHANGES WHEN THEY WERE FEELING, FRANKLY, UNDERWATER. THE COMBINATION OF THE PANDEMIC, THE WORKLOAD CONTINUED TO INCREASE, AND EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF GROWTH IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND SO WE MANAGED THROUGH THESE STAFFING CHALLENGES DURING THAT TIME.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILL SOME KEY POSITIONS.
SO I THINK NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
SOME OF THE KEY POSITIONS WE'VE FILLED.
OBVIOUSLY, GETTING MICHELLE MCNULTY AS OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR HAS BEEN HUGE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THIS ON WITHOUT GETTING THAT POSITION FILLED.
WE'VE HAD SIMILAR VACANCIES IN HOUSING THAT SARAH HAS BEEN ABLE TO FILL.
SHE DID A REORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSING SECTION AND THAT'S ALL IN PLACE, AND SO THE TIME IS REALLY RIGHT, AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY TIE INTO WHAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT ARE OUR INNER DIVISION STAFF, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
WE DID A CHARTERING IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY NEW PEOPLE, NOT JUST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING, BUT OTHER DIVISIONS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO CHARTER THAT GROUP AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE GOAL OF IDS, HOW DO WE OPERATE, HOW DO WE BE SUCCESSFUL? WE'VE GOT AN ACTION PLAN THAT CAME OUT OF THAT CHARTER IN FEBRUARY.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER.
WE'VE GOT OUR TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THE TIMING IS RIGHT, AND SO WHAT WAS THE PROPOSAL? AGAIN, I REACHED OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASKED, LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER.
GET A COUPLE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.
SOME OF YOUR MEMBERS, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF WE'LL GO OUT AND TALK TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
RIGHT. AND SO I PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL.
IT WAS VERY SIMPLE. TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
I THINK WE HAD A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WE DO BUSINESS WITH.
WE SET UP HOUR AND A HALF TIME SLOTS TWICE A MONTH, AND THEN WE JUST PUT THE WORD OUT THERE.
WE WE EMAILED A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH THE CHAMBER, PUT IT OUT TO ALL THEIR MEMBERS.
WE PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SO WE ENDED UP DOING 9 INTERVIEWS BETWEEN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER.
I'VE GIVEN YOU THE PROFESSIONAL, THE PROFESSIONS OF THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO.
AGAIN, GUILLERMO CORTES, WHO'S A LOCAL ENGINEER.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW GUILLERMO.
HE'S WITH CWI AND MARK WOODSON.
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE PROVIDED AHEAD OF TIME.
THE FIRST COUPLE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS YOU'VE DONE WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF? AND THEN WE JUST ASKED FOR A RATING.
NOT EVERYONE GAVE US A RATING, BUT I DID AVERAGE THEM OUT.
WE ENDED UP AT 3.49 OF THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE US A RATING BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE.
WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION.
WHY DID YOU GIVE US THE RATING? WHAT CAN WE DO IN FLAGSTAFF TO IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE? WE ASKED ABOUT OUR CODES AND PROCEDURES.
WHAT ARE THREE THINGS YOU WOULD ELIMINATE OR ALTER IF YOU HAD THAT ABILITY? DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES OF THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF? WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND THE COST OF APPLICATIONS? WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE COST OF DOING PROJECTS AND FLAGSTAFF, AND THEN WE FOCUSED ON HOUSING.
IF YOU DO HOUSING PROJECTS, WHAT REQUIREMENTS WOULD YOU CHANGE TO LOWER THE COST OF DWELLING UNITS? AND THEN KIND OF A CATCH ALL, WHAT HAVE WE NOT TALKED ABOUT? AND SO I'VE GIVEN YOU A COMPILATION OF ALL THE NOTES THERE WERE TWO OF US WERE TAKING NOTES DURING THESE INTERVIEWS, AND I JUST COMPILED THEM ALL UNDERNEATH THE QUESTIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE KIND OF DISCLAIMERS I GUESS.
I CONSIDER THEM UNFILTERED, SO I PRETTY MUCH TRANSMITTED THEM THE WAY WE RECORDED THEM.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FACT CHECKED, RIGHT? IT WASN'T OUR JOB TO DISAGREE.
WE WERE LISTENING OR EXPLAINING WHY SOMETHING WORKED OUT THE WAY IT DID THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY, BUT WE WERE THERE TO LISTEN, AND I JUST ACCEPT WHAT I HEARD, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? LET'S JUST ACCEPT THAT THIS HAPPENED, LET'S SAY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FACT CHECKED.
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THE OTHER THING I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRIMER ON SO YOU CAN READ THESE COMMENTS AND UNDERSTAND THEM A LITTLE BIT.THIS IS IMPORTANT ARE SOME OF THE TERMS THAT ARE IN HERE, AND SO IN OUR DIVISION STAFF OR IDS, THIS IS OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S A CURRENT PLANNING, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING, DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING.
YOU'VE GOT PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE FROM STREETS, YOU'VE GOT WATER SERVICES.
SO UTILITIES, STORMWATER, SUSTAINABILITY IS AT THE TABLE, WE'VE GOT HOUSING AT THE TABLE , AND SO IT REPRESENTS A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, THE IDS REVIEW. THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IS OUR PROCESS FOR MANAGING THESE CASES OR APPLICATIONS.
AND SO ON THE RIGHT IS A TYPICAL PROCESS FOR LIKE A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT FROM PRE-APPLICATION ALL THE WAY TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AND SO FOR THE FIRST FROM CONCEPT PLAN THROUGH SITE PLAN, THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IS A PLANNER, ONE OF OUR CURRENT PLANNERS, THEY'RE THE SPOC RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING ALL THE COMMENTS FROM ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS I JUST MENTIONED.
AS WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION AND THEY GET INTO BUILDING PERMITS, CIVIL PLAN REVIEW, THE SPOC MOVES OVER TO OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING SIDE OF THE PROCESS, AND SO THAT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER BECOMES THE SPOC, BUT THE SAME PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED REALLY FROM CONCEPT PLAN THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] OF OH WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE I'VE MENTIONED GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS ON SOME OF THE STANDARDS WE HAVE IN OUR ZONING CODE, OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS, THE STORMWATER STANDARDS, AND SO IT REALLY IS A TEAM THAT WORKS ON A PROJECT FROM BEGINNING TO END.
I TALK ABOUT CODES AND STANDARDS IN SOME OF THE NOTES AND IT'S JUST A GENERIC TERM I'VE USED.
SO CODES AND STANDARDS CAN INCLUDE THE ZONING CODE COULD BE THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS WHICH ARE IN OUR CITY CODE, JUST LIKE THE ZONING CODE, THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS, THE BUILDING CODES FOR SURE.
WHEN YOU GET INTO PERMITTING AND ALL THE VARIOUS CODES THAT OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS HAVE OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS, AND SO I'VE USED IT GENERICALLY IN THESE NOTES AND THEN CONCEPT AND SITE PLAN.
AND THIS IS WHERE THAT IDS TEAM GETS INVOLVED.
RIGHT, AND SO THE CONCEPT PLAN IS INTENDED TO BE A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW.
DO THEY WANT TO PROCEED INTO CONCEPT, PLAN OR NOT? ARE THERE ANY BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT THEY HADN'T IDENTIFIED EARLIER IN THE PROCESS? AND SO IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY CONCEPTUAL.
THEN YOU MOVE INTO SITE PLAN WHERE YOU GET INTO MUCH MORE.
IF YOU HAVE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF THE BUILDING LANDSCAPING PLANS, COMPLETE SITE PLAN, SHOWING YOUR PARKING, YOUR STORMWATER, SOME OF THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS, AND SO WE GET INTO SITE PLANNING AND GETS MORE SPECIFIC, AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS KIND OF A TYPICAL PROCESS FOR A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT.
YOU CAN START WITH A FREE PRE APPLICATION MEETING, GO THROUGH CONCEPT AND SITE PLAN.
ONCE YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN APPROVED, YOU CAN GO INTO BUILDING PERMITS AND CIVIL PLANS, AND SO YOU COULD SUBMIT YOUR CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO OUR BUILDING SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS AMY PALMER NOW IS AMY HAGAN.
THEY ALSO SUBMIT CIVIL PLANS TO OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING TEAM.
SO THIS IS FOR ALL THE UTILITIES, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED, AND SO IT GOES THROUGH THIS THIS PROCESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH INSPECTIONS, AND LIKE I SAID, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, THE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER IS GOING TO BE THE SPARK ON GETTING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS THE LAST STEP.
SO ALL THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, COME OUT AND DO KIND OF A FINAL INSPECTION.
RIGHT? DOES IT MEET THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT WAS APPROVED? DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH THE PARKING THEY WERE GOING TO DO? DO THEY HAVE THE LANDSCAPING? IS IT DARK SKY LIGHTING? HAVE THEY MET ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO IN THE PERMITS, ESSENTIALLY? AND SO THE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER COORDINATES ALL THAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. IT'S THE BUILDING INSPECTOR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH SITE PLAN.
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR IS THE ONE WHO COORDINATES THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT GO TO CONCEPT AND THEN RIGHT INTO PLAN REVIEW, THEY SKIP SITE PLAN SO THINGS LIKE CHANGE OF USES, ADDITIONS TO EXISTING BUSINESSES TI WHAT WE CALL TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, INTERIOR REMODELS, SOME OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE TAKE THEM THROUGH FROM CONCEPT INTO RIGHT TO BUILDING PERMIT, AND SO AGAIN, WE DO TRY TO USE THE PROCESS TO HAVE EFFICIENCIES AND ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE MEETING THE CODES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED WITHOUT TAKING PEOPLE THROUGH UNNECESSARY REVIEWS.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GET INTO MY COMMENT SUMMATION.
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BE CAPTURED IN ABOUT EIGHT OF THESE.MANY OF THE COMMENTS WOULD FALL INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, AND SO THE FIRST THING WE HEARD ABOUT WAS OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE, RIGHT? HOW ARE WE DOING? AND I WOULD SAY OVERALL, WE GOT VERY POSITIVE COMMENTS.
SOME FRUSTRATION ABOUT USING USE OF THE CODE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE, BUT I WOULD SAY OVERALL, I THINK THE CUSTOMER SERVICE COMMENTS WERE I THINK THERE WERE MORE POSITIVE COMMENTS THAN NEGATIVE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL CARE ABOUT VERY MUCH IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING.
CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE IDS ACTION PLAN.
A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, RIGHT? THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO GET US THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I THINK OUR CUSTOMERS REALIZE WE ASK A LOT OF A PROJECT IN FLAGSTAFF.
I JUST SAY WE ASK A LOT OF OUR OF OUR PROJECTS.
THE IDEA THAT WE THAT THE APPLICANT NEEDS AN ADVOCATE.
THAT WAS A COMMENT THAT CAME UP AND HAVING THE SPOC TO HAVE MORE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY WHEN MAYBE THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT INTERNALLY OR MAYBE REQUIREMENT FROM ONE PROGRAM, MAYBE CONFLICTS WITH A REQUIREMENT FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM, THERE WERE COMMENTS THAT THE SPOC SHOULD BE THE ONE TO KIND OF ARBITRATE THAT AND THAT IT FELT LIKE YOU NEEDED A CHAMPION FOR YOUR PROJECT.
I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE NOT A CHAMPION, BUT WE ARE A PROJECT MANAGER.
OUR JOB IS NOT TO TRY TO STOP DEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT, AND SO WE'VE STARTED THIS GOING THROUGH OUR CHECKLISTS.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IDS ACTION PLAN.
SO WE HAVE STARTED TO REVIEW ALL OF OUR CHECKLISTS, THE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS.
ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED? WHEN DO WE NEED IT? WHO NEEDS IT? WHO'S GOING TO BE REVIEWING THIS? AND THEN ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN YOU KNOW, ONE THAT CAME UP A LOT WAS CONCEPT PLAN.
THE IDEA THAT WE'RE ASKING TOO MUCH AT CONCEPT PLAN.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CONCEPTUAL.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT.
ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN ELIMINATE FROM THE CONCEPT PLAN SUBMITTAL? CONSISTENCY ACROSS CODES AND HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF DO THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS WORK WITH THE ZONING CODE, RIGHT? DO THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS? AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME CONFLICTS THERE AND WE NEED TO CONSISTENTLY WORK ON GETTING RID OF THOSE CONFLICTS.
WE KIND OF MANAGED THROUGH THEM NOW, BUT THERE ARE AMENDMENTS WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, BUT THIS WAS A COMMENT THAT CAME UP ABOUT SOMETIMES IT JUST FEELS LIKE, DO YOU TALK TO EACH OTHER? SOMETIMES WE GET THAT RIGHT BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS ASKING FOR THIS AND SOMEBODY ELSE OVER HERE IS ASKING FOR THIS AND THEY DON'T SO WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO MAKE SURE OUR CODES WORK TOGETHER.
CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION, IN MY MIND, IS MORE ABOUT, YEAH, THAT PLANNER, THAT ENGINEER, WHOEVER IS APPLYING WHATEVER CODE IT IS, ARE THEY DOING IT THE SAME WAY THEIR TEAMMATE IS DOING IT RIGHT. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO STRIVE FOR CONSISTENCY THESE CODES ARE VERY THICK.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS REALLY CLEAR, RIGHT? AS MUCH AS WE STRIVE FOR IT TO BE, AND SO THIS IS JUST A CHALLENGE OF THE WORK WE DO IN PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
EVERYWHERE I'VE BEEN IS CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION.
SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH NEW STAFF MEMBERS COMING ON BOARD.
THERE'S A BIG LEARNING CURVE, RIGHT, AND HAVE WE DOCUMENTED HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE? RIGHT, AND SO WE'VE BEEN GOOD AT THAT OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING BACK TO IT, AND THAT ALL THOSE THINGS WILL HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION.
YOU HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE ASK FOR IN OUR PROJECTS.
SO I PUT NUMBER SIX AS COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON PRIORITIES AND POTENTIAL TRADE OFFS, AND WE DO HEAR THIS COMMENT A LOT ABOUT YOU WANT US TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT YOU HAVE ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS ON SITE IMPROVEMENTS, MATERIALS.
A LOT OF THIS FELL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
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THEY WERE SAYING, LOOK, IF YOU WANT US TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE CAN'T MEET ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS.SO FOR RESOURCE PROTECTION, WE LOOK AT TREE RESOURCES, SLOPES AND STORMWATER, AND WE HAVE WAYS IN THE CODE THAT WE SOME THINGS YOU JUST HAVE TO PRESERVE, OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DISTURB, AND SO THAT COMMENT COMES UP A LOT.
IT'S HARD TO DELIVER AFFORDABILITY WHEN WE ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS.
HAVING A BUILDING FOR IT CREATES A MORE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN ON THE SIDEWALK HAVING PARKING NOT BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A PROJECT. RIGHT, AND SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A TRADITION OF BUILDING FORWARD IN FLAGSTAFF, A LOT OF THE OLDER ROUTE 66 BUILDINGS.
AND SO WE ASK THAT OF OUR NEW PROJECTS AS WELL, BUT THAT'S A COMMENT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT.
SO AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON THAT.
NUMBER SEVEN, COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON HOW INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROVIDED, AND SO FOR LARGER PROJECTS, WHAT I CALL REGIONAL PROJECTS LIKE TIMBER SKY, CANYON DEL RIO . THEY HAVE A LARGE CONTRIBUTION THEY HAVE TO MAKE FOR OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, UTILITIES, SEWER AND WATER, AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE AND WE DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT, WE IDENTIFY THE IMPACTS, AND THEN WE ASK THAT PROJECT TO PUT IN THOSE IMPACTS.
RIGHT? ADDRESS THOSE IMPACTS EITHER THROUGH AN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT OR MAYBE A PAYMENT.
THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD THAT COMES UP A LOT ARE IMPACT FEES RIGHT, AND SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO NEGOTIATE, USUALLY IT'S IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, NEGOTIATE THESE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COST.
THEY'D RATHER PAY AN IMPACT FEE, WHICH IS A ROOFTOP FEE.
RIGHT, AND SO THE STATE OF ARIZONA HIGHLY REGULATES IMPACT FEES.
WE HAVE TO IMPACT FEES IN PLACE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE'S ONE FOR POLICE AND ONE FOR FIRE.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES OVER THE YEARS.
YOU CAN DO IT FOR TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT IT DOES.
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT.
I THINK COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY HAS BEEN ON SINCE WE'VE RENEWED OUR IMPACT FEES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT'S A VERY INVOLVED PROCESS, BUT IT IS AN OPTION, AND SO BASICALLY THEY PAY AT THE TIME THEY PULL THE PERMIT WITH AN IMPACT FEE VERSUS HAVING TO PUT IT IN AT THE PAYING AT THE TIME THEY PUT IN THE SUBDIVISION OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE IDEA IS YOU PAY AN IMPACT FEE AND THEN THE CITY IS PUTTING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN.
SO IT'S A BIG SHIFT IN THE MODEL OF HOW WE DO THINGS HERE, BUT IT'S A COMMENT THAT COMES UP A LOT.
AGAIN, A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
OUR REGIONAL PLAN SAYS DEVELOPMENT PAYS FOR ITSELF, AND THAT CAN COVER A LOT OF THINGS.
REVIEW OUR ZONING CODE, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CODES FOR HOUSING AND SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES, IS WHAT IT'S BEEN BUDGETED UNDER, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT TIES ALL THIS TOGETHER, I THINK, AND SO REVIEWING OUR CODES AND STANDARDS, DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS? WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPACT AFFORDABILITY? ARE WE ASKING TOO MUCH? ARE THERE TRADE OFFS WE CAN MAKE? THIS IS A THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, I THINK, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
I HAD INVITED SOME OF THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS.
I THINK RICK IS HERE, BUT I KNOW MARK AND JEMMA ARE NOT HERE.
I AM GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEXT WEEK.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, BUT IT'S ONE OF THEIR COMMITTEES.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THEIR BOARD, AND SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND REPORT TO THEM AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEN ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD? I'LL GET INTO NEXT STEPS.
THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PAUSE.
SPECIFIC COMMENTS YOU READ OR ANYTHING I'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I THINK IN A WAY, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, I STARTED THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING WHAT THREE YEARS AGO, WHATEVER IT WAS, RUNNING INTO VARIOUS DEVELOPERS AND THEY ALL SEEMED TO HAVE KIND OF A COMMON THREAD , AND THEY HADN'T
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BEEN TALKING TO EACH OTHER.ONE THAT REALLY CAME TO MY MIND IS A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.
NOW, THE WAY YOU GUYS DO IT TO SINGLE POINT IS REALLY ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT POINTS BECAUSE IT CHANGES DURING WHAT PHASE OF THE CONTRACT YOU'RE IN, AND TWO SPOCS. WELL, THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE, BUT I'M THINKING BACK TO WHEN I WAS IN AEROSPACE ENGINEER FROM THE TIME THAT WE DID THE PROPOSAL TO THE TIME THAT WE HAD FIELD PROBLEMS, IT WAS THE SAME PERSON AND WE HAD ONE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THAT REALLY WORKED WELL, AND SO I DON'T YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB BECAUSE YOU'RE INTO IT, AND I JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN STRESS THAT SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT AND MAYBE EVEN AMPLIFY ON IT, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE VERY USEFUL.
THIS IS THE INPUT AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE OUTPUT IS LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO THAT MIGHT LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT MIGHT BE WE NEED TO CHANGE SOME OF THE CODES, BUT WE MAYBE NEED TO REVIEW THE CODES TO SIMPLIFY THEM AND TO MAKE THEM MORE FRIENDLY FOR A BUILDING.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK OF DEVELOPERS IS THE ENEMY.
THE TRUTH IS THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUILD US THE HOUSES.
NOBODY ELSE BUILDS THESE HOUSES EXCEPT DEVELOPERS.
SO WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM, AND I KNOW YOU ARE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY DID , AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO.
OKAY, GREAT. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS LISTENING TO HER, I THINK IT WAS WORTH THE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR STAFF.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT MATERIAL WANT ME TO KEEP GOING.
I'M DONE. SEE WHAT HAPPENED? OKAY. SO NEXT STEPS.
I HAVE INTRODUCED THIS MATERIAL TO THE INNER DIVISION STAFF TEAM IDS VERY BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND TALK A LITTLE MORE WITH THEM WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL OUR IDS LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, AND SO WE NEED TO DO THAT.
WE'VE GOT SUPPORT IN THERE TO DO PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, AND THIS COVERS BOTH THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN AND THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS CODE REVIEW, AND SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO BE BUDGETED, I THINK, IN HOUSING AND SUSTAINABILITY, BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF A ZONING CODE EXERCISE PRIMARILY.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR REGULATIONS ARE FOUND.
ENGINEERING STANDARDS AS WELL.
WE'VE DONE SOME PRELIMINARY WORK ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES, AND SO JENNIFER MICKELSON AND DAN SIMMER, OUR FORMER MANAGER, INTERVIEWED AGAIN A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPERS AND FOLKS. WHY ARE USING THE INCENTIVES? WHY ARE YOU NOT USING IT? SO WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP ON THAT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT TO DO A LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY, AND THIS TIES INTO ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HAVEN'T MENTIONED YET, WHICH IS WHAT DO WE NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING? AND WHAT FOR HOUSING AND THEY'LL SAY BUILDABLE LOTS.
RIGHT. BUILDERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS.
IT TAKES YEARS TO FIND PROPERTY REZONING AND BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO WHAT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR HOUSING? HAVE MORE BUILDABLE LOTS.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HEARD, AND SO THIS LAND AVAILABILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY IS GOING TO HELP US DETERMINE DO WE HAVE ENOUGH LAND AVAILABLE TO MEET OUR HOUSING GOALS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING PLAN? AND SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO HERE OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IS THAT IN TERMS OF INFILL, POTENTIALLY INFILL? I THINK. DETERMINING.
YEAH. WHAT'S THE ABILITY HERE TO GET MORE DENSITY IN THIS LOCATION? RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR ZONING ALLOWS MORE DENSITY.
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INFILL AND WHAT ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE INFILL IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE? WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY REDEVELOPMENT OF LOWER DENSITY TO HIGHER DENSITIES.RIGHT. WHICH IS ONE OF THESE BIG STRATEGIES ACROSS MULTIPLE PLANS.
INCLUDING OUR EXISTING REGIONAL PLAN.
AND THEN HOW ELSE DO WE START TO IMPLEMENT THIS CHANGE? I MENTIONED OUR IDS TEAM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT INTERNAL PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
I MENTIONED IN FEBRUARY WE CHARTERED THE IDS TEAM.
REALLY, I HAVEN'T MENTIONED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE PART OF OUR IDS PARTNERS, AND SO FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO WATER SERVICES, OUR OWN PLANNING TEAM, NEW ROLES IN ENGINEERING, WE REALLY NEEDED TO BRING THE TEAM BACK TOGETHER AND ESTABLISH WHAT IS IDS ABOUT WHAT IS THE GOAL OF IDS? WE'RE HERE TO PROCESS AND SERVE OUR APPLICANTS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE MEETING ALREADY, WE'VE GOT A WHAT I'LL CALL AN IDS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO IT'S MYSELF, MICHELLE MCNULTY, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR.
BECKY CARDIFF, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER.
DAVE MILLIS, WHO'S OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, AND I BELIEVE ALEXANDER [INAUDIBLE].
SHE'S BEEN ON THIS TEAM AS WELL, AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THIS ACTION PLAN THAT CAME OUT OF THE CHARTER, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT ALL TO YOU, BUT THERE ARE FIVE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED OUT OF THE IDS CHARTER THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
ONE IS PROCESSES, RIGHT? SO OUR PROCESS.
ARE WE BEING EFFICIENT? ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN ELIMINATE OR THAT WE NEED TO ADD? TRAINING. SO TRAINING ALL THE NEW TEAM MEMBERS.
WHAT IS IT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE? HOW DO YOU WORK AS A TEAM? HOW DO YOU SUPPORT EACH OTHER? HOW DO WE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS? COMMUNICATION BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
HOW CAN WE BUILD CAPACITY? NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH NEW, NEW EMPLOYEES, BUT THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY, I THINK.
AND SO UNDER EACH OF THOSE FIVE AREAS, WE HAVE SPECIFIC BULLET POINTS.
AND SO WE'RE MEETING EVERY WEEK THIS IDS ACTION TEAM.
WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY, AND WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH ALL THESE BULLETS.
AND SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE IN A YEAR, I SEE COMING BACK AND MAYBE UPDATING YOU ON A YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU RELATED TO THIS TOPIC.
AND THE OTHER BIG HEAVY LIFT OUR CODE AMENDMENTS.
SO THIS WOULD BE A POTENTIAL OUTCOME FROM THE REVIEW OF THE CODES.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE TIFFANY ANTOL AS OUR ZONING CODE MANAGER.
THE CODE IS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD.
AND SHE'S BEEN A USER, WHICH HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN MISSING IN A CODE MANAGER.
YOU HAVE TO USE THE CODE TO UNDERSTAND IT AND KNOW WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO START THIS COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY FIGURED OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO PROCEED, BUT WE'RE READY TO DO THE WORK.
I THINK THAT WAS IT. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
[LAUGHTER] DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
WHEN THAT CODE WAS IMPLEMENTED, I WAS ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
I READ EVERY WORD OF IT AND I KIND OF KICKED MYSELF FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, BUT BACK THEN AND NOW WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND WE KEEP TRYING HARDER.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IT ON THE SLIMFAST PLAN, OUR ZONING CODE.
YEAH, WE WOULDN'T MIND GETTING IT DOWN I DON'T KNOW [LAUGHTER] MAYBE AN INCH.
EXCELLENT. COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE].
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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ONE OF THE AREAS OF THE COMMENTS THAT I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING WAS THE SECTION ON AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AS IT STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE LAND TRUST PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THERE.WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME THERE WAS IT MADE ME QUESTION AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT WERE THERE ANY SPECIFICALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS OR WERE THERE MAINLY DEVELOPERS WHO ALSO DO AFFORDABLE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE? I THINK THE SECOND CATEGORY IS WHO WE TALK TO AND DEVELOPERS WHO DO SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YEAH. THE REASON THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE OPENING COMMENT THERE WAS REALLY WHAT I HEAR MORE FROM THE SPECIFICALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS IS THAT THE ISSUE IS THE AVAILABILITY OF LAND.
AND SO PART OF WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT NEED FOR DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND GETTING CREATIVE IN HOW WE'RE WE'RE PURSUING THAT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES OR SIMPLY LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE DO THIS MORE CREATIVELY TO DO MORE INFILL.
BUT THOSE WERE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME.
SO THANKS. NO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
LAND TRUSTS ARE A GREAT, GREAT TOOL AND I WAS GLAD ERIC WAS HERE TONIGHT.
IT WAS KIND OF GOOD TIMING, KIND OF A SET UP FOR ME.
BUT LAND TRUSTS ARE A SHARED EQUITY MODEL.
THIS IS WHY I SAY I DIDN'T FACT CHECK.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS A NO EQUITY LAND TRUST.
IT'S CALLED SHARED EQUITY AND IT CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT FROM DAY ONE.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PARTNER OR DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO DO LAND TRUST FOR IT TO WORK.
I THINK BOTH AUSTIN AND I WERE ON THE COUNCIL WITH THE CHAMBER WHEN THAT OCCURRED, SO IT WASN'T JUST JIM, BUT JIM DOES HAVE A LONG TIME STANDING WITH THE CITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO DO THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TIME SPENT.
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH LAND TRUST.
IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT THAT TRICKY AND NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
AND THERE'S A CERTAIN DEVELOPERS THAT DON'T LIKE THAT, AND IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I DON'T NECESSARILY CARE TO GO INTO IT TOO MUCH, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO IN RIGHT SIZING THE ZONING CODE AND ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL THAT WE\RE INVOLVED IN THIS AND AND AND THIS IS MAKING US BETTER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
FUNNY HOW SOMETHING THAT IS SO DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH CAN BE SUCH A BLESSING IN THE END.
MY FINGERS ARE DEFINITELY CROSSED THAT YOU GET A FULL TEAM.
I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE ON THAT LIST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO INTO A PROJECT AND YOU'RE FRUSTRATED BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN GET GOING, IT JUST SETS THE TONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY BUSINESS, I HAVE THE SAME THING.
IT'S LIKE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NUMBER ONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND WORKING ON IT.
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US WITH THAT MODEL.SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THAT AS WELL.
AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE PROCESS AND OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW AND CODE STANDARDS.
I THINK WE'RE ON TO SOME GREAT HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN IN MY HOUSE, I'VE DONE TWO PROJECTS THAT REQUIRED INPUT FROM THE CITY, YOU KNOW, REVIEW OF PLANS, APPROVAL, INSPECTIONS, AND IT ALL WENT EXTREMELY SMOOTHLY.
I DON'T RECALL IF I MENTIONED OUR BUILDING SAFETY PROGRAM, BUT AMY HAGEN, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND THEY'VE MANAGED THROUGH SOME STAFFING CHALLENGES AS WELL. WE HAD A COMPLETE TURNOVER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN EVERYONE RETIRED AND THEN RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR INSPECTORS, WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS REQUIRES MANAGERS TO GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS.
AND WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND APPLICANTS.
AND SO SHE'S KEEPING OUR BUILDING SAFETY PROGRAM GOING.
AGAIN A LOT OF EXTRA WORK FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THAT WHOLE TEAM REALLY PULLS TOGETHER.
AND WITH ANNIE, AMY AND RICK [INAUDIBLE] LEADERSHIP.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORDS.
THEY DO GREAT WORK. COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.
WITH YOUR TEAM EXEMPLIFIES HIGH PERFORMING GOVERNANCE AND ALL THE KEY COMMUNITY RESULTS AS STIPULATED IN OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING.
THANK YOU TO STAFF AND ALL THE WORK TIME AND TALENT THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN.
AND ALSO I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THIS LISTENING TOURS AND AND THE COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE I THINK WAS FROM THE CHAMBER GUILBAULT AND CORTEZ AND MR. MARK WOODSON.
I DO BELIEVE THERE IS THERE CAN BE A POTENTIAL OF INTERFACING THE IDEAS PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITIZEN ACCESS PORTAL.
AND I HAVE MENTIONED THIS AT OUR RECENT BUDGET RETREAT LAST MONTH AS WE IMPLEMENT THE BUSINESS ONE-STOP SHOPS SERVICE ONLINE PORTAL, BUSINESS SERVICE AND ALSO BUSINESS SERVICE DESK.
YES, I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT ON ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES, BUT WE DO HAVE A GROUP THAT IS MEETING ON THE BOSS, THE ONE STOP BUSINESS, ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICE DESK ONLINE PORTAL.
AND YOU PROVIDED US SOME GREAT INFORMATION FROM A STATE PORTAL OR A STATE WEBSITE.
AND WE CAN ALSO CUSTOMIZE IT ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND OUR AND OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND FOR ME, IT'S IT'S ALSO AN ISSUE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY PROJECT, WHAT'S IT'S BEEN WAITING FOR STAFF.
AND THEN OF COURSE I MAKE THE CALL.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A PROCESS OR AN ONLINE PORTAL WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN GO TO, OH, IT'S UNDER REVIEW AND THEY HAVE THREE WEEKS TO RESPOND OR THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOUR SUBMITTALS OR SO LIKE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S TAKING TIME OR THE DELAY.
SO AND FOR US TOO ON COUNCIL, WE CAN LOOK INTO THE THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
THIS IS WHERE IT IS AND IT'S WAITING ON THE APPLICANTS AMENDMENT.
SOME KIND OF A SUBMITTAL OR RE SUBMITTAL OR REVIEW OR YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU.
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YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND I HAVE JUST ONE LITTLE REQUEST.I HAD HAD A CONSTITUENT REACHING OUT REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT STATUS REPORTS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN UPLOADED ONLINE. SO IF YOU ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT THAT UP THERE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT WHO IS WAS LOOKING TO, AND I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THAT CONSTITUENT AS WELL.
THE DEVELOPMENT STATUS REPORT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH CURRENT PLANNING TO UPDATE IT AND GET ALL THE CURRENT STATUS.
I'M GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND THESE REPORTS, BECAUSE WE DO PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE. I DON'T DO THE BEST JOB OF PROMOTING WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO BETTER ON THAT.
THANK YOU DAN, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH. THANK YOU. DAN, I APPRECIATE ALL THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP ONE LITTLE MATTER, AND I DON'T WANT TO PONTIFICATE ON IT.
I'D RATHER GET SOME REACTION FROM YOU.
BUT YOU SPOKE WISELY ABOUT PRIORITIES AND TRADE OFFS A LITTLE BIT.
AND I SEE THE NOTION OF AFFORDABILITY COMING IN TO THIS PICTURE A LOT.
I'M VERY WARY OF INVOKING AFFORDABILITY AS A COMPLAINT AGAINST A LOT OF THESE YOU KNOW, CODE AND AND REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
IT FEELS LIKE A TROJAN HORSE TO ME AND A BIT OF A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S A ROOM FOR GIVE AND TAKE AND PLAY THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO COMPLETELY EVISCERATE OUR CODE IN THE NAME OF AFFORDABILITY.
YOU KNOW, I WAS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER IN A LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS, AND I HAVE LIVED IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NO RULES AND NO CODES AND THINGS ARE VERY AFFORDABLE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE HERE INTO THE FUTURE.
OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.
BUT MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT TENSION A LITTLE BIT AND WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE AND AND HOW WE.
HOW WE HONOR THE THE SPIRIT OF THE CODES AND THE RULES AND THE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE A SAFE, HEALTHY, VIBRANT AND A COMMUNITY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE A MINIMUM QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ALL ENJOY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMMENT THAT COMES UP A LOT, RIGHT? THAT BECAUSE WE REQUIRE TOO MUCH.
BUT I GUESS THERE IS SOME SKEPTICISM IF WE WERE TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT'S THE GUARANTEE THAT WHAT YOU'RE DELIVERING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE JUST TALK ABOUT HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE? AND SO I THINK THE APPROACH WE TOOK WITH FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING IS A GREAT MODEL WHERE WE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN US IDENTIFYING THE INCENTIVES, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GET REDUCTION IN PARKING.
WE'LL PAY FOR SOME OF THE REVIEW FEES, DIFFERENT THINGS IF YOU PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WELL, WHY ARE PEOPLE USING IT? WHY AREN'T THEY? AND SO WHAT WE WROTE INTO THE CODE JUST LAST YEAR AND WHAT FSL USED WAS, YOU TELL US WHERE YOU NEED RELIEF, RIGHT.
IN EXCHANGE FOR 100% AFFORDABILITY.
SO THAT'S A HIGH BAR, RIGHT? YOU REALLY NEED ALMOST, I THINK, A LIE TECH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT TO DO 100% OR SOME OTHER SUBSIDY RIGHT.
AND SO RATHER THAN US SAYING THESE ARE THE INCENTIVES AND HERE'S WHAT YOU HERE'S YOUR BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, YOU TELL US, YOU KNOW, BASED ON AGAIN, MAYBE IF YOU DO 10% AFFORDABILITY FOR A TARGETED AMI FOR CERTAIN TERM, THEN WE'LL CONSIDER YOU KNOW RELIEF IN THESE AREAS.
AND YOU TELL US WHERE YOU NEED RELIEF.
I ALMOST LIKE THAT APPROACH BETTER THAN US DEFINING IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROS AND CONS, I THINK, TO BOTH.
AND THAT IS I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF NOW.
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RELIEF IN ORDER TO DELIVER AFFORDABILITY.AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE DEFINED BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY IF WE GIVE YOU THIS BENEFIT, RIGHT.
HERE IS THE TRADEOFF, RIGHT? THAT NIGHT IT WAS A VERY FOCUSED ON THE TRANSECT CODE.
YOU MAY REMEMBER I GAVE YOU A LITTLE PRIMER HOW THE TRANSECT IS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE THAT YOU GAVE RELIEF ON WERE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF TEN FEET, IT'S EIGHT FEET.
BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD USE AS INCENTIVES.
WHAT IF YOU DID 20% AFFORDABLE? 30% AFFORDABLE? WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE INCENTIVES WE COULD OFFER? SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.
AS WELL AS OUR ADOPTED INCENTIVES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE PROJECTS YOU DO SEE GOING AROUND TOWN.
I'M USED TO IT NOW, BUT IT'S A VERY HIGH QUALITY PROJECT THAT HAPPENS IN FLAGSTAFF.
PARKING IS KIND OF ON THE SIDE AND THE REAR.
I THINK THE BUILDINGS ARE ATTRACTIVE.
THERE'S A HIGH DEGREE OF DESIGN TO THOSE BUILDINGS.
RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE GET AN INCREDIBLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT? BUT IT DOES HAVE A COST TO THE BUILDER.
BUT I'M PROUD OF WHAT I SEE AROUND TOWN.
AGAIN, CONNECTIVITY IS A BIG ONE FOR US AND MODE SHIFT.
SO WE TRY TO HAVE SITES DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE MODE SHIFT AND CONNECTIVITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THOSE THINGS.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO ENSURE.
CONTINUE, I THINK. COUNCILMEMBER SALAS.
PARTICULARLY THREE DEVELOPMENT.
WHO PULLED PERMITS BEFORE FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 ENDED WHERE WE COLLECTED OVER 2 MILLION IN FEES WHICH BANKROLLED THE CITY AND THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO TALK ABOUT HIGHGATE, WHICH IS NOW OPEN, HIGHGATE SENIOR LIVING, THE BLUFFS WHICH WILL BE OPENING SOON AND THE UNCOMMON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. YOU AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, IT IS HIGH TIME FOR A BREAK.
[9. Carbon Neutrality Plan (CNP) Quarterly Update This is an informational update for the City Council and Flagstaff community.]
SO, YES.THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JENNY NEIMAN, CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND MY TEAM TONIGHT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THIS IS OUR THIRD QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
HERE IS MY TEAM THAT I'M JOINED BY TONIGHT, ALL OF WHOM I BELIEVE YOU'VE MET BEFORE.
RAMON AND JENNA ARE ONLINE WITH US TODAY.
OUR DISCUSSION TODAY WILL START WITH HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WORK OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
IT WILL FOLLOW A FAMILIAR FORMAT WHERE WE GO BY KEY AREAS OF THE CMP.
WE WILL THEN OUTLINE OUR PLAN FOR UPDATING AND REVISING THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN ALREADY.
WE'VE HAD THREE OF THESE QUARTERLY UPDATES WHERE WE REALLY GO INTO EVERY SINGLE TARGET AREA.
THE KIND OF GOAL WAS THAT TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHAT IMPLEMENTATION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IN THESE TARGET AREAS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE NEW TOPICS FOR US RIGHT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL OR ELECTRIC MOBILITY, FOR INSTANCE?
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IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL SCALE BACK A BIT AND FOCUS ON JUST TWO OR THREE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT WORK.AND WITH THAT, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAND IT OVER TO JENNA.
JENNA ORTEGA, CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
AS WE BEGIN OUR UPDATES ON THE ONGOING EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT THE FLAGSTAFF CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, OUR FAMILIAR HONEYCOMB IS HERE TO REMIND US OF THE FORMING CATEGORIES OF CARBON NEUTRALITY ACTIONS SHOWN IN DIFFERENT COLORS.
ALONG WITH THE NINE TARGET AREAS THAT SUMMARIZE OUR WORK, WE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH CATEGORY AND TARGET AREA AND TO BEGIN, WE WILL START IN STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR FIRST TARGET AREA IN THIS CATEGORY I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH IS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
OUR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES GRANT HAS WRAPPED UP AND THE FINAL REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
FUNDING WAS USED TO SUPPORT THE FLAGSTAFF HEPA FILTER PROGRAM, A PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM THAT PROVIDED FREE HEPA AIR PURIFIERS TO AT RISK COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SHOWN HERE IS A GRAPHIC THAT WAS USED TO ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM AND ADDITIONALLY, $3,000 OF THE GRANT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS ENGINEERING NEEDS IN THE POST FIRE FLOOD AREA.
OUR PARTNERS AT APS HELPED US CONTINUE THE HEPA PROGRAM THROUGH A COMMUNITY GRANT AS WELL.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARTNERS AND THEIR WORK TO ADVANCE CLIMATE PLANNING, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OR FUSD AND THEIR EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT DISTRICT STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE CLIMATE ACTION GOALS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
A CLIMATE ACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE FINALIZING RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, AND THROUGHOUT THESE EFFORTS WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH FUSD AND IN NAU TO DEVELOP A NEW GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING PROJECT THAT WILL ENABLE FUSD TO TRACK THEIR SCOPE ONE AND SCOPE TWO EMISSIONS. AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO REPORT THAT AN AMAZING INTERN WHO WILL COLLABORATE WITH ALL THREE AGENCIES HAS BEEN HIRED BY FUSD TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. AND OF COURSE, REAL QUICK AS A HUGE PART OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY, WE ARE SO EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNER NAU THAT YOU GOT TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT TO ACHIEVE OUR SHARED GOALS AND COMMITMENTS TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH NAU'S CENTER FOR SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM TO HIRE THREE AMERICORPS VISTAS FOR THE 2022-2023 TERM.
THE THREE OPEN POSITIONS ARE YOUTH CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, CLEAN JOBS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITABLE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE.
THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY.
WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITABLE SYSTEMS, OUR NEXT TARGET AREA, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON IS CREATING WAYS TO BETTER CONNECT TO THE CITY'S CLIMATE PROGRAM WITH THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.
THE YOUTH CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP, WHO BEGAN MEETING IN MARCH, HAD THEIR FIRST INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY DURING FLAGSTAFF EARTH DAY CELEBRATION. THEY HOSTED THEIR OWN TABLE AND THEY WALKED AROUND WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, HELPING THEM PARTICIPATE IN CLIMATE ACTION.
I HOPE IF ANY OF YOU WERE THERE, YOU GOT TO SAY HELLO.
WE ARE ALSO SO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE FLAGSTAFF BUSINESS CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP LATER THIS WEEK, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THAT EQUITY ADVISORY GROUP WILL BE CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF OUR EFFORTS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR SMALL CLIMATE TEAM ENGAGED WITH JUST OVER 950 PEOPLE IN 94 DIFFERENT CLIMATE ACTIVITIES.
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AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON.THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNA.
WITHOUT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY, WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER TODAY.
AURA FLAGSTAFF WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS INCENTIVE.
BECAUSE OF THIS INCENTIVE, THE DEVELOPMENT IS 15% MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN CURRENT CITY CODE, WHILE ALSO NEARLY ELIMINATING NATURAL GAS FOR SPACE AND WATER HEATING AND GENERAL USE IN ITS UNITS.
IT'S A FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM TRANSIT, WHICH WE KNOW HELPS TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE LIVING.
AND BECAUSE OF THESE STEPS, THE SITE NOW PROVIDES 20% MORE HOUSING THAN THE STANDARD ZONING ALLOWS.
AND SO WE REALLY SEE THIS AS A WIN AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF POLICY.
AND YOU CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG PARTNER FOR US.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF EXPANDED TRANSIT.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS REALLY WHAT MOVES THE NEEDLE, RIGHT? BETTER QUALITY SERVICE, HIGHER FREQUENCY, ETC..
REALLY HAPPILY. WE HAVE TWO RECENT EXAMPLES OF THAT IN THE REGION.
IT LAUNCHED IN MARCH, AND IT PROVIDES ON DEMAND SERVICE TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT.
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS.
THE PROGRAM SAW MORE THAN 150 BOARDINGS LAST MONTH.
THAT'S 150 CARS OFF THE ROAD, 150 PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T NEED TO PARK AT THE AIRPORT.
JUST DOWN THE HILL, THE SEDONA SHUTTLE HAS SEEN HUGE GAINS THAT WERE REALLY THRILLED TO LEARN FROM THE SERVICE, CARRIED 42,000 PEOPLE IN ITS FIRST 22 DAYS.
WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO THIS AS AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW, OH, WELL, PEOPLE NEED TO GET INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
SO WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED AND TO KEEP LEARNING WITH OUR PARTNERS REGIONALLY AND LOCALLY.
FINALLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE US TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING COMING THROUGH IS WELL ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S CLIMATE AND EQUITY PRIORITIES.
IN TERMS OF DECREASING DEPENDENCE ON CARS.
WE BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 30 STAFF FROM THE CITY METRO PLAN, NAU, THE COUNTY AND ADOT OVER TWO DAYS.
DURING THIS EXPERT NATIONAL EXPERTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND HOW DO WE GROW IT INTO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WE WANT TO HAVE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW TO DO TO REALLY HELP FLAGSTAFF MAKE THIS BIG SHIFT? YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BIG SHIFT FROM CARBON NEUTRALITY PERSPECTIVES, BUT ALSO ALL THE OTHER REASONS TO DO IT RIGHT FROM BETTER AIR QUALITY TO GREATER EQUITY TO JUST HAPPINESS. RIGHT. OF WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR COMMUTE.
A LOT OF THEM WERE FROM DAN FOLKE AND RICK BARRETT SHOP.
SO WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED.
IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC MOBILITY, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE MARKET IS MOVING THE NEEDLE, RIGHT? IT IS MOST QUICKLY DRIVING CHANGE AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.
RIGHT. EV SALES CONTINUE TO RISE.
THEY'RE NOT AS QUICK AS WE NEED THEM TO BE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS HERE.
WE ACTUALLY NEED IT TO GO QUICKER.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT EV SALES DOUBLED FROM 2020 TO 2021 NATIONALLY AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE MORE CONSUMER AND MANUFACTURER INTEREST. WHILE THAT HAPPENED.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE REVOLUTION.
THERE IS AN E-BIKE REVOLUTION GOING ON THAT'S ACTUALLY A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR FOLKS.
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RIGHT. AND GIVES THEM REALLY GREAT MOBILITY AS COUNCILMEMBER OR VICE MAYOR SWEET HAS TALKED ABOUT RIGHT.IT GIVES THEM THIS INCREDIBLE OPTION FOR A RELATIVELY LOW INVESTMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, WELL, WON'T EVS SOLVE OUR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS? RIGHT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT DECREASING DEPENDENCE ON CARS? AND AND, YOU KNOW, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, EVS WILL NOT SAVE US.
I AM A DEBBIE DOWNER ON THIS, I KNOW, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING.
IT'S A BOTH AND SITUATION, RIGHT? WE NEED BOTH ELECTRIC MOBILITY AND DECREASING DEPENDENCE ON CARS.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF WE LOOK BEYOND JUST EVS FROM AN EMISSIONS STANDPOINT, THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS TO DECREASING DEPENDENCE ON CARS, THINGS LIKE REDUCING CONGESTION, REDUCING THE NEED FOR PARKING, PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MOBILITY, HELPING FOLKS TO GET AROUND TOWN AFFORDABLY.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES DO NOT DO THAT.
WHAT DOES DO THAT, THOUGH, IS ELECTRIC BUSSES, RIGHT? ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BIKES, ETC.
CHANGING OUR LAND USES FOR MORE DENSE HOUSING, MORE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS, ETC..
AND SO I JUST WANT FOR US TO ALL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT BOTH, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.
CARBON NEUTRALITY, WE KIND OF HAVE TO DO IT AT ALL.
BUT THE BLUE BOX HERE GETS INTO IT.
AND SCOOTERS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
I SAW A BUNCH JUST SUNDAY AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THE QUESTION ISN'T, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SCOOTERS IN FLAGSTAFF? THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SHARED SCOOTER SYSTEM IN FLAGSTAFF THAT MAKES THAT CHEAP AND EASY TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO FOLKS RIGHT? AND SO WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE BACK TO COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I PROMISE, THIS IS JUST A TEASER THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK INTO.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK ON SUPPORTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR POLICIES FOR EV USE ARE REALLY PRACTICAL AND REALLY SUPPORT STAFF, WHETHER THAT'S A TAKE HOME VEHICLE OR WHATEVER THEIR JOB MIGHT BE, THAT IF THEY HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, THAT IT'S HELPING THEM GET THEIR JOB DONE.
WE HAVE TWO STATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE AIRPORT AND THE VISITOR CENTER.
WE HAVE HAD A REALLY BIG MONTH AND HERE IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SHOUT OUT RAMON ALATORRE IN OUR OFFICE.
HE ALSO GOT HIMSELF ON THE FRONT PAGE ABOVE THE FOLD IN THE DAILY SUN ON HEAT PUMPS, NO LESS.
THE FIRST ATTRACTED 170 FOLKS WHO REGISTERED, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO REALLY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT SUPER EFFICIENT COLD WEATHER HEAT PUMPS AND PROVING THERE'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT DEMAND FOR THIS WORK.
AND SO THEY CAME TO THAT MORE TECHNICAL SIDE WORKSHOP.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING TO THEM AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN DOING THIS WORK.
THEY CAN WARM A HOME DOWN TO ABOUT 22 -22 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
IF YOU'VE WEATHERIZED YOUR HOME, THEY CAN EVEN SAVE YOU MONEY.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION IS A VIABLE OPTION.
AND IT'S HERE IN FLAGSTAFF AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN FLAGSTAFF WHO ARE ELECTRIFYING THEIR HOMES.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR US.
TO THAT NOTE, WE WILL HAVE A REVAMPED AND EXPANDED ENERGY REBATE PROGRAM STARTING JULY 1ST.
WE GOT FEDERAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE REBATES TO RESIDENTS FOR ELECTRIFICATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS, HELPING OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR HOME AND THEN SAVE MONEY. ONE FINAL PLUG HERE.
WE HAVE A BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION WEBSITE.
THE WEBINAR ON HEAT PUMPS IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED.
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SO IT'S A LIMITED TIME, BUT YOU'VE GOT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF LEFT TO WATCH THAT AND I HOPE YOU DO, SO WITH THAT OVER TO RAMON.GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNY.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE CLEAN ELECTRICITY TARGET AREA.
AS A REMINDER BY JOINING THE CO-OP.
NO ONE IS OBLIGATED TO GET A ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEM.
JOINING ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BECOME MORE INFORMED.
IF IT IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR ANY REASON, MEMBERS CAN WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME.
FOR THE REDUCED BUILDING ENERGY USE TARGET AREA.
WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE MUNICIPAL FACILITY ESCO PROJECT.
[INAUDIBLE] THIS QUARTER, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE VOICE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ONGOING WORK THAT OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE DOING ON SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.
OVER 100 GARDENERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
IT WILL INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS HIGH ALTITUDE GARDENING, WATER HARVESTING AND PEST MITIGATION.
THE CHICKEN COOP AND COMPOSTING REBATE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN MARCH.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE HOSTED A FIX-IT CLINIC AND A DROP OFF DAY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ARE MANY PARTNERS THAT MAKE THESE EVENTS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT, FLAGSTAFF HAZARDOUS PRODUCT CENTER, COCONINO COUNTY, ELEVATED SHREDDING, PONDEROSA MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES AND R3 E-WASTE COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING.
AS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, THE TRASH LESS SAVE MORE PILOT PROGRAM ENDED IN FEBRUARY.
DATA IS CURRENTLY BEING COMPILED AND ANALYZED TO DEVELOP A CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND FINALLY, STAFF HAD CREATED A QR CODE STICKER WHICH, WHEN SCANNED, WILL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A FLAGSTAFF SPECIFIC RECYCLING INFORMATION GUIDE RIGHT ON THEIR PHONE. THE GOAL IS THAT THESE STICKERS WILL BE APPLIED TO EVERY RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING BIN BY NOVEMBER.
THE INNOVATE, WASTE AND CARBON NEUTRALITY CHALLENGE WITH MOONSHOT AT MESA TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 22ND.
THIS IS A SHARK TANK STYLE PITCH EVENT, AND THE PITCH COMPETITION RECEIVED SIX EXCITING PROPOSALS.
ULTIMATELY, THE $30,000 PRIZE PURSE WAS AWARDED TO TWO COMPANIES.
BUT JUST LIKE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THE BEST AND HIGHEST QUALITY REAL TIME WEATHER DATA, CROSSWALK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE THE BEST AVAILABLE EMISSIONS DATA TO COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES AROUND THE WORLD.
ADDITIONALLY, $20,000 WAS AWARDED TO RESTORATION SOILS, A COMPANY WITH A VISION OF CREATING AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HERE IN FLAGSTAFF THAT WILL PROCESS LIABILITY, BIOMASS AND FOREST AND FOOD WASTE STREAMS, THEREFORE BECOMING A LOCAL SOURCE OF VALUE ADDED SOIL PRODUCTS.
AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 OF A BONUS AWARD WAS AWARDED BY NACET TO WINDSWEPT ACRES.
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AND THE FOUNDERS WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND ADDING MOBILE UNIT TO THEIR OPERATION.SO WE WERE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FIND A LITTLE BIT OF A BONUS AWARD, EVEN MORE SPECIFIC TO THE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL TARGET AREA ON THIS SLIDE. THE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL COALITION WITH BOULDER COUNTY CONTINUES TO PROGRESS IN EXCITING WAYS.
WE HAVE HAD MANY POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PROSPECTIVE WITH OTHER PROSPECTIVE PARTNER COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE NARROWED THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE HAD PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER PARTNER POTENTIAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPLORE MECHANISMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO BRING A CROWDFUNDING DIMENSION TO THE COALITION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH RAMON.
AND THEN WE GET TO THE MAIN EVENT.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REVISING THE CNP.
WE'RE COMING UP ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
WAS JUNE IN 2021 THAT WE ADOPTED IT.
AND SO WE'VE BEGUN PLANNING TO REVISE THIS DOCUMENT.
AND WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED, THE CITY COMMITTED TO ANNUAL REVISIONS.
THE REVISIONS ARE REALLY NEEDED TO KEEP THE DOCUMENT CURRENT RIGHT.
WE HAVE A GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030.
THAT'S NOW EIGHT YEARS AWAY RIGHT.
AND SO WE NEED TO REVISE THAT PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT BARRIERS WE FACED, HOW MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGY ARE CHANGING, AND REALLY JUST HOW WE NEED TO ADJUST OUR PLANS.
THIS SUMMER, WE WILL WORK ON THREE TYPES OF REVISIONS.
WE WILL UPDATE OUR EMISSIONS INVENTORY.
WE'LL ALSO UPDATE THE ACCOMPANYING WEDGE GRAPH.
IT'S REALLY TIED TO THAT INVENTORY.
WE ALSO WILL INCLUDE DETAILS ON NECESSARY INVESTMENTS, WHICH WE'LL NICOLE WILL DISCUSS SHORTLY.
FOR CERTAIN TOPICS LIKE RESILIENCE, IT WAS JUST A MUCH BROADER DOCUMENT.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL GROUPS THAT THE CNP, THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH ON RESILIENCE, ON THINGS LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH, FOREST HEALTH, WATER RESOURCES, ETC..
AND SO WE'VE REALIZED THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL PLANNING TO RELY ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? WE CAN JUST PUT ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND MAKE ONE STRONG DOCUMENT ON BOTH MITIGATION.
SO REDUCING EMISSIONS AND RESILIENCE.
AND SO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO BRING UP THOSE RESILIENCE CHAPTERS FROM THE 2018 PLAN AND PULL THEM INTO THE CARBON NEUTRALITY. AND WE WOULD PULL IN THESE THREE SECTIONS THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
THOSE WERE KIND OF THE THREE GAPS.
AND SO THE IDEA IS TO KIND OF MERGE THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S ALL FRONT OF MIND.
THESE ARE BOTH COUNCIL ADOPTED DOCUMENTS.
WE WE HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS THAT IT WILL HELP THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR RESILIENCE WORK.
RIGHT. IF WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY FOREST HEALTH.
RIGHT. WHICH IS DEEPLY IMPORTANT, JUST RIGHT WITH US IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
SO STAFF WILL WORK ON THIS OVER THE SUMMER.
WE WILL BE BACK TO COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO LAY IT OUT THERE NOW AS SORT OF A PROPOSAL AND AND I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND ENSURE THAT IT'S REALLY CLEAR KIND OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, BECAUSE IT WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
AGAIN, IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF DOING A LITTLE BIT OF MERGE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS FOR SIMPLICITY.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, I'M VERY HAPPY TO PASS THIS OVER TO NICOLE.
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THANK YOU, JENNY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL NICOLE ANTONOPOULOS, SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR.IT'S NICE TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
SO SINCE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS BEGAN AROUND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION BACK IN 2019, STAFF HAS DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR SUSTAINED COMMITMENT, SUSTAINED ENERGY TO BE LEADERS, AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO UPHOLD THE COMMITMENT TO FLAGSTAFF TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY.
THE ANALYSIS, YOU'LL SEE, REPRESENTS THE PROJECTED COSTS AND PROJECTED FISCAL BENEFITS.
WHAT YOU WON'T SEE IS QUANTIFICATION OF THE NUMEROUS INDIRECT BENEFITS, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY, EQUITY, RESILIENCE AND LIVABILITY.
THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS WAS DESIGNED TO QUANTIFY DESIGN AND CREATE FUNDING STRATEGIES AROUND THE SPECIFIC CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
THIS WAS BROKEN INTO FOUR STAGES OF ANALYSIS.
WE BEGAN WITH DESIGN SPRINTS OF THE THREE MOST IMPACTFUL ACTIONS THE CITY COULD TAKE.
THESE ARE BUILDING ENERGY RETROFITS, CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL AND BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION.
THEN WE CONDUCTED BEST PRACTICE SCANS OF THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FROM ASPIRING COMMUNITIES AND MOVED INTO THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE CARBON IMPACT AND FINANCIAL NEEDS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
WE ARE NOW WORKING ON STAGE FOUR, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM DESIGN AND FUNDING STRATEGIES.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE SIMILAR TO TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING QUICKLY AND CONSTANTLY.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO UNPACK THE QUALIFICATIONS BEFORE WE DOVE INTO THE NUMBERS.
THEY ARE RIGHT SIZE TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OUTLINED IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN TODAY, AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT IN OUR FOREFRONT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT STRATEGY.
AND AS YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM NAU, THEIR COMMITMENT TO CARBON NEUTRALITY IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THAT WEDGE ANALYSIS THAT JENNY JUST MENTIONED AND THAT REEVALUATION. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT EVERY YEAR WE ARE REASSESSING IMPACTS NOT ONLY ON THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE FROM THE CITY, BUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
AND PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL ACTIONS WILL HAVE REVENUES AND OR SAVINGS.
CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
IT WAS MODELED AS A COST A COST ONLY INITIATIVE.
HERE WE ARE. THIS IS THE BIG SLIDE.
THE THIS IS A TOTAL PROJECTED COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
AND I WANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT TERM COMMUNITY.
IF YOU WANT TO, WELL, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY, THE INVESTMENT IS CLOSE TO $600 MILLION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PACK THIS A LITTLE BIT.
I'LL JUST LEAVE THIS UP FOR A SECOND.
OKAY. BUT BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THAT, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PLACE THIS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PRICE TAG IN PERSPECTIVE. AND SO IN PAST PRESENTATIONS AND I KNOW NOT EVERYONE ON THE DAIS HAS HAD THE LUXURY TO HAVE BEEN AN AUDIENCE OF PAST PRESENTATIONS.
BUT WE HAVE REFERENCED ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, AS A RESOURCE.
AND ANN ARBOR HAS A CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030 AGENDA SIMILAR TO OURS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND SO JUST PUTTING THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, ANN ARBOR'S TOTAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IS OVER $1 BILLION TO REDUCE APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT.
THEIR POPULATION IS JUST UNDER 124,000, WHILE OURS IS JUST UNDER 77.
BUT BOTH COMMUNITIES HAVE GROWN BY ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
AND WITHIN THAT, WE HAVE SIMILAR PROPORTIONS OF RENTAL HOUSING.
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OURS ABOUT 45 TO 47% OWNER OCCUPIED AND SIMILAR CHALLENGES WITH RENTS AND HOUSING VALUES.AND IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS, BOTH ARE COLLEGE DOMINATED COMMUNITIES.
ANN ARBOR'S MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN OURS, AS IS THEIR POVERTY RATE.
SO WE FEEL THAT ACROSS ANALYSIS WITH ANN ARBOR IS A SAFE DISCUSSION.
SO ARIZONA IS MUCH MORE RESTRICTED.
ONE OF ANN ARBOR'S MOST COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY AND THEIR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN IS COMMUNITY AGGREGATED SOLAR, WHICH WE CANNOT LEGALLY DO IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE DO LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND ASPIRING ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS HOPEFULLY BRINGING SOME COMFORT TO THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED.
AND THEN ANOTHER ANCHOR, JUST TO PLACE THIS INVESTMENT IN PERSPECTIVE ARE MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT MAJOR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CAN RANGE BETWEEN 50 AND $300 MILLION. SO WE LOOK AT THIS AS A CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OKAY. PLEASE DON'T GET OVERWHELMED.
AND I PROMISE I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY LINE, BUT I WILL OFFER AN END UP MEETING INTO THE ANALYSIS WITH ELEVATE CONSULTING IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED.
AND SO I'LL WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO OFFER THAT TO THE COUNCIL.
AND SO AN EXAMPLE HERE IS HELPING BUSINESSES WITH PERHAPS COMMERCIAL RETROFIT TO COMMERCIALLY RETROFIT THEIR BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, PROVIDES A RETURN TO THE BUSINESS, NOT THE CITY NECESSARILY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE, BUT THERE SHOWS NO REVENUE COMING BACK.
THESE ARE HARD TO QUANTIFY AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD REALLY CAPTURED THESE BENEFITS WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND EQUITY JUST YET.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE RESIDENTIAL LOAN FINANCING PROGRAM AND JUST TO HELP OUT THAT, OH, I APOLOGIZE DON'T CLICK BUT WHERE THE CURSOR IS IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE GRAPH.
THIS PROGRAM AT THE COST OF $6.3 MILLION COULD YIELD OVER 100 MILLION IN REVENUE AS A CARBON REDUCTION COST OF $220 ROUGHLY PER METRIC TON OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT.
KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT CENTER COLUMN CALLED COST/MTOCO2E AND TAKE JUST A PEEK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
WE SEE NUMBERS AS HIGH AS $9,500.
AND THE REASON I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT, IT COMES UP IN A SLIDE OR TWO.
AND THEN ANOTHER STRATEGY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE AND JUST REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW THIS INVESTMENT ANALYSIS IS GOING TO BE EVOLVING ALONG WITH THE FRAMEWORK FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY IS THE CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT AND RIGHT NOW IT'S LISTED AT JUST UNDER $39 MILLION.
AND THERE COULD BE A POINT WHERE THE CITY DETERMINES THAT IT MAY WANT TO JUST ONLY PURCHASE CLEAN ENERGY FROM THE UTILITY RATHER THAN INVESTING IN A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT THAT IT OWNS.
OKAY. SO JUST PAUSING FOR A BREATH.
COLLECTIVELY, THIS IS ALL ABOUT BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE AND INVITE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AND THE STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN IT AS SUCH.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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OKAY, SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE.AND I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE, AS RAMON ALATORRE JUST MENTIONED, THAT ROUND TWO OF THE NORTHERN ARIZONA SOLAR CO-OP IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK. AND WE HAD SUCH A SUCCESSFUL ROUND ONE OR LAUNCH OF THE SOLAR CO-OP.
83 RESIDENCES INSTALLED NEARLY 700 KILOWATTS OF ENERGY, BRINGING US SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER TO THE GOAL OF TEN MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR ON RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY AT NO COST.
SO WE KNOW THE MARKET AS [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME, THE MARKET IS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.
TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING RAPIDLY.
ON APRIL 13, THE ATLANTIC REPORTED AN ALLIANCE OF PROMINENT SILICON VALLEY COMPANIES, INCLUDING GOOGLE AND META AND SHOPIFY AND THE PAYMENT COMPANY STRIPE PURCHASED $925 MILLION IN CARBON REMOVAL OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
WHO KNEW AND IF SUCCESSFUL, WILL PROVIDE AN AFFORDABLE AND SCALABLE METHOD FOR CAPTURING CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE FOR LESS THAN $50 PER TON. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAD SOME PRICE COSTING AT ALMOST $10,000 PER TON.
SO TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING QUICKLY AND INVESTMENT IS ADVANCING QUICKLY.
AND THEN FINALLY, BEHAVIOR CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE UNDERVALUED.
AND PART OF THAT POLICY WILL REQUIRE STAFF TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR COMMUTE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY CALCULATE WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE MILE REDUCTIONS WILL BE A RESULT OF THIS HYBRID WORK POLICY IN SUPPORT OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS.
NONE OF THAT IS CALCULATED IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU CURRENTLY.
THE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL EVENT THAT WAS HELD JUST RECENTLY WAS A PARTNERSHIP INTERNALLY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND WE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THOSE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE CANNOT UNDERSCORE THE VALUE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING A CREATIVE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FOR OUR PLAN AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ACHIEVING CARBON NEUTRALITY REQUIRES ALL OF US, AND WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES THAT ACTUALLY RAMON ALATORRE BROUGHT FORWARD, AND I HOPE I GET IT RIGHT, BUT THAT IT TOOK TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INDUSTRY TO PUT THESE GREENHOUSE GASES INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE AND IT WILL CREATE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INDUSTRY TO REMOVE IT.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, NICOLE. AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
YEAH. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. LET ME JUST GET OUT MY POCKETBOOK HERE FOR A SLIDE.
PERFECT. NO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT WAS MY FAVORITE SLIDE, ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
ANYWAYS, OPENING IT UP FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE. THANK YOU, GUYS.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS DID COME UP, ESPECIALLY AROUND SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
AND I THINK FOR ME, THE BIG THING IS NOT THINKING THAT IT'S UNREASONABLE OR TOO COSTLY.
BUT JUST WONDERING, LIKE HOW IN LAYMAN'S TERMS DO YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT VALUE IN I MEAN, THE QUOTE THAT YOU SHARED AT THE END CERTAINLY HELPS, BUT IT'S A HARD NUMBER
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TO SWALLOW, ESPECIALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST VERSUS SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT.BUT I'M SURE IT'S THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO IF YOU COULD MAYBE JUST GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION WE HAVE A LOT.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY, CARBON NEUTRALITY AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION RESILIENCY.
AND WHEN WE THINK OF RESILIENCE RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE, WE'RE THINKING OF THE FLOOD AREA AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING FASTER AND CONSISTENTLY IN TERMS OF CLIMATIC EVENTS, FIRE, DROUGHT, FLOODING, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE ARE CLIMATE RELATED AND BY NO MEANS DO WE WANT TO PAINT A PICTURE OF DOOM AND GLOOM.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CREATE A LANGUAGE AND A DIALOG WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S REALISTIC.
I THINK THE LAST WEEK, WE CAN HONESTLY SAY, HAS NEVER BEEN WINDIER, BUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF CLIMATIC CHANGES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT SO MUCH STRESS ON OUR COMMUNITY, BE IT ECONOMICALLY.
MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH.
AND THAT WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A MORE BROAD WAY.
SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN IMPROVE ON AS A CITY ORGANIZATION.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP TO HAVE A DISCUSSION JUST OF ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE IN STORM WATER SUSTAINABILITY AND WILDLAND FIRE ARE HAVING MORE CONCRETE AND CONSISTENT DIALOG WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR HOPE WITH THAT IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BETTER EDUCATE.
BUT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, I THINK THAT THE WORK AHEAD OF US REALLY IS TALKING ABOUT.
THE THIS LIST IN FRONT OF YOU IS ABOUT BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS AND THE MOST AT RISK MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING WITH THE FORMER CLIMATE ADVISOR FOR CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, AND THEY SAID, IF WE DESIGNED EVERYTHING, EVERY POLICY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAN WE WOULD SERVE EVERYONE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS OUR HOPE IN ROOTING THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH THAT LENS.
YOU JUST ANSWERED MY SECOND QUESTION, SO THANK YOU, OK.
HEY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO THIS.
IT'S WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AFFORD NOT TO DO IT.
VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
GOING BACK TO THE BUSINESS CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE THE OBJECTIVE AND THE GOAL? WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS ARE YOU GOING TO BE HAVING WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY. AND IF I MAY ASK JENNA TO STEP IN AND RESPOND TO THAT AS SHE IS LEADING OUR EXCUSE ME, OUR BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP.
HI, JENNA. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH, THIS IS A BRAND NEW GROUP.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE KIND OF WANT TWO THINGS.
WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THEIR ADVICE ON.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, WHAT RESOURCES BUSINESS IS IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED MOST, HOW CAN WE HELP THEM MOST? BUT WE RESPECT THE EXPERTISE OF THIS GROUP.
AND SO WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AS EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GO IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.BUT YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF THIS GROUP IS TO REALLY GUIDE THAT HOW WE IMPLEMENT THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESSES, HOW WE CAN ENGAGE BETTER WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND REALLY, AGAIN, THE RESOURCES THEY NEED WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE IMPACTS AS WELL AS CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THEM.
THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE EV SCOOTERS, ALTHOUGH YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE SEEING ME ON ONE.
WHAT WAS IT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO? WE HAD A BIKE SHARE PROGRAM THAT WAS ON THE WAY AND IT FIZZLED OR SOMETHING HAPPENED.
AND I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE PIPELINE FOR THAT? BIKES, EV BIKES.
AND I WOULD BE EXCITED IF THAT COULD COME BACK AROUND.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, FOR THE QUESTION.
YES. SO WE HAD A PILOT PROGRAM FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
THAT WAS THE ORANGE BIKES SPIN.
SPIN ENDED UP PULLING OUT PRETTY EARLY INTO THEIR PILOT PROGRAM.
MAYBE WE THEN ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH GOTCHA.
GOTCHA PROVIDES A REALLY INTERESTING OPTION WHERE THEY PROVIDE E-BIKES, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TURN THE ELECTRIC MOTOR OFF IF YOU WANTED TO SAVE MONEY AND YOU JUST WANTED A REGULAR BIKE. WE ENTERED INTO CONTRACT WITH THEM IN 2019 AND WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR TO PLAN A SYSTEM.
AND SO THE BIKE SHARE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THEN.
OUR SIGN CODE REALLY LIMITS OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING.
AND SO YOU COULDN'T PUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY A GEICO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S WHAT CAME TO ME.
RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH OUR SIGN CODE.
AND SO THE COMPANY THAT I SPOKE WITH LAST WEEK, THEY DON'T RELY ON ADVERTISING AT ALL.
THOSE THE EQUIPMENT IS JUST IN USE MORE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, A SCOOTER, YOU KIND OF JUST STEP ON AND GO RIGHT.
IT MATTERS LESS ABOUT YOUR WARDROBE.
IT MATTERS LESS ABOUT YOU NEED TO GET IN KIND OF AN ATHLETIC STANCE OF A BIKE.
RIGHT. AND I'M A BIKE RIDER, BUT A SCOOTER HAS A DIFFERENT SORT OF ATTRACTIVENESS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS.
WE WANT TO PROVE OUT THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.
THE COMPANIES ARE JUST A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES COMPANIES COME HERE WITHOUT US INVESTING IN IT.
RIGHT. AND SO THE INDUSTRY HAS JUST REALLY, REALLY CHANGED.
WE ARE STILL KEEPING OUR EYES OPEN.
IF THERE WAS A PARTNER THAT WANTED TO DO BIKES BECAUSE SOME FOLKS WANT TO RIDE BIKES.
AND THERE'S ALSO OTHER MODELS AS WELL.
THERE'S COMMUNITY BIKE LIBRARIES, RIGHT, THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE.
THERE ARE E-BIKE REBATE PROGRAMS, AS YOU ALL DISCUSSED, I THINK JUST LAST WEEK, THERE'S E-BIKE GRANTS THAT SOME COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO HAVE DONE FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN E-BIKE.
DOES IT HELP YOU GET THERE? RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK.
BUT BUT, YEAH, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING WORLD OF OF E-BIKES VERSUS SCOOTERS.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? NO. YES.
AND NAU IS A CRITICAL PARTNER HERE.
SO NAU AND US ARE REALLY LOCKSTEP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL SOMETIMES WHERE CAMPUS ENDS, RIGHT?
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WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT ONE OF US GOING IN ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER.SO MORE TO COME THERE AND WE'LL SEE.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
YEAH. BY COMPUTER STATION AND SO FORTH.
SO IT'S KIND OF A KIND OF COOL BECAUSE I KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE BIKES ALL OVER TOWN BEFORE AND IT'S KIND OF A COOL OPTION THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
SO ANYWAYS, I'M EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITIES ON THAT FRONT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, JENNY, NICOLE, JENNA AND DC.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE AND ALL OF YOUR GREAT WORK ON THIS FRONT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'LL COME BACK TO MY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE HERE.
WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT? SO SEDONA HAS WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST TO CHANGE THEIR PARKING AT CERTAIN TRAILHEADS, TO ACTUALLY RESTRICT PARKING AT CERTAIN TRAILHEADS AND PROVIDE SHUTTLE SERVICES FROM CENTRAL POINTS IN TOWN TO DIFFERENT TRAILHEADS.
THEY WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE IN SOME WAY FOR SEDONA RESIDENTS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF OVERFLOW PARKING, ETC..
AND SO, YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEOS.
THEY HAVE VIDEOS ONLINE OF JUST.
YEAH, HIKERS JUST GETTING ON AND OFF ALL DAY.
SO TAKE AWAY IS REMOVE PARKING SUPPLEMENT WITH RIDE SHARE OPTIONS, COUNCIL TAKE NOTE RIGHT.
THAT'S THE SECRET FORMULA AND THAT'S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS ON OUR OWN.
AND WE REALLY DO NEED OUR PARTNERS.
AND AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TEAM EFFORT TO GET US THERE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
JENNY, MY QUESTION FOR YOU AND NICOLE AND FOR THE TEAM REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CITY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THESE GOALS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO IN OUR ROLES.
I THINK ABOUT THE CITIES BUSINESS AND THE DAY IN, DAY OUT WORK THAT WE SEE AND WE MANAGE AND WE, WE APPROVE, YOU KNOW, AND THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND AS A CITY, HOW DO YOU THINK WE CAN BETTER ALIGN THE CITY'S EFFORTS AND THE DECISIONS THAT COUNCIL MAKES WITH THE CLIMATE NEUTRALITY GOALS? OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HEAR FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLES THAT ARE PLAYING OUT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS AS TO HOW TO HELP THE COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD WITH DECISIONS TO TO BETTER ALIGN OUR DECISION MAKING AND OUR MONEY TO OUR GOALS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MY INITIAL THOUGHT IN RESPONDING TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT IS QUITE COMPLEX IS UNTIL WE HAVE HAD THIS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS COMPLETED, WE REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE OUR NEEDS ARE DIRECTLY MOST BENEFICIAL.
EXCUSE ME, THE FUNDING IS MOST BENEFICIAL.
AND WHAT IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS? WE SIMULTANEOUSLY HAVE A NUMBER OF PROCESSES THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT I DO WANT TO DEFER TO PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGETING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN MECHANISMS THAT ARE TRANSPARENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF, IF I MAY, BANG FOR THE BUCK.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, I THE CITY HAS A LOT OF NEEDS AND I REALLY I DON'T ENVY THE SITUATION THAT ANY OF YOU ARE IN UP ON THE DAIS IN TERMS OF WHAT GETS FUNDED AND WHAT DOESN'T.
MY. THE THOUGHT IS THAT YOU CAN TELL AND BE VERY CAUTIOUS ON HOW I RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION.
MY MY THOUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS.
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IF WE CAN THINK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND BE CONSISTENT IN OUR FUNDING AND HOW WE DIRECT OUR MONIES, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE MULTIPLE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY.BUT I THINK THAT IS THAT IS THE CHALLENGE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REALLY FACED WITH THAT CONSISTENCY AND PUTTING DECISION MAKING THROUGH CERTAIN LENSES WILL BE HELPFUL.
YOU NOW SEE ON STAFF SUMMARIES THAT THERE ARE THERE IS A CARBON NEUTRALITY ALIGNMENT IN THE STAFF SUMMARY TO HELP THE COUNCIL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION LIKE NO, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE WILL HELP ADVANCE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN IN THIS WAY, OR IT MAY NOT AT ALL, BUT IT HELPS ADVANCE ANOTHER NEED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS ALSO PRESSING.
AS WE START DIVING INTO THE FUNDING POTENTIAL I FEEL THAT I'LL BE BETTER ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THAT WAS MY VERY POLITICAL RESPONSE.
THANK YOU, NICOLE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT INTEGRATION INTO THE AGENDA PACKAGE.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST NEED TO HEAR ALL THE POSITIVES.
WE NEED TO HEAR THE REAL TALK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE AND TALK IS CHEAP.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE TALKING.
YOU KNOW, I RECOGNIZE MY TIME IS LIMITED, BUT I THINK THE CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY AND EVERYONE WORKING ON THESE THINGS AND THE COUNCIL AND YOU KNOW, WITH FUNDING, I THINK THAT WILL JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO EXPLORE CREATIVE FUNDING OPTIONS, REALLY LEVERAGING THE MARKET AT TIMES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH DIFFERENT FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AS PRESENTED UPON.
AND WE'LL JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS TOPIC YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE ALREADY MAKING CHANGES TO THE PLAN.
JENNY, YOU KNOW, AFTER YEAR ONE, I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL THAT WE STAY NIMBLE.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF OUR CORE PHILOSOPHY.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.
AND YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO CHAMPIONING SOME OF THESE THINGS AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT THE DIAS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
WELL, I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU, SUSTAINABILITY TEAM.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM TEN, GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
[11. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]
I WILL START AT THIS END OF THE TABLE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.SO THIS SATURDAY IS THE ELEVATE PRE-K.
UH. 4:00 AT HIGH COUNTRY CONFERENCE CENTER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ONE WAS MARKING THE BICYCLE LANES OF SAN FRANCISCO STREET.
I HOPE I'M NOT STEALING MR. SIMMONS'S THUNDER HERE, BUT THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT'S REQUIRED WOULD BE A FAIRLY MINOR EFFORT FINANCIALLY AND STAFF TIME, BUT COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS GOING UP SAN FRANCISCO.
SO I'M HOPING THAT STAFF CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT SOMEHOW.
BUT I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE THING.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT MR. TOM MARTIN ASKED THAT WE GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO DR.
RUTLAND, WHO IS A SPINE AND SURGEON HERE IN TOWN, AND I WOULD THINK THAT WE COULD AT LEAST WRITE A LETTER MAYBE OVER THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE, I'M SURE, IF THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, THAT MR. TOM MARTIN WOULD BE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME SOME WORDS FOR THAT LETTER.
SO. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ADDRESS THAT TO.
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MARY, HOW DOES THAT SOUND? LIKE A GOOD IDEA? I TEXTED ALREADY, SEAN, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO GET US.ALL RIGHT. THAT'D BE REALLY GREAT.
THANK YOU. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU. WELL, I GUESS WE HAD THE PRE K BIT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION BACK TO PROVIDE NEXT TUESDAY ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH BILLS AND WHERE THE LEAGUE IS IN ADVOCATING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ASIDE FROM THAT, I'LL PASS ON THE TORCH TO VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU. I DIDN'T THINK I HAD ANYTHING BUT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
DOCTOR RITALIN DID WORK ON MY HUSBAND'S SPINE, AND HE WENT FROM HAVING NO FEELING IN HIS ARM TO HAVING IT FULLY REPAIRED.
AND I WOULD DEFINITELY BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT LETTER MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT BACK UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS PAST WEEK.
WELL, ACTUALLY, YESTERDAY WE HAD A 911 DIVERSION CALL FOR COCONINO COUNTY.
MAYOR WAS ABLE TO JOIN US FOR MORE OR LESS MOST OF THE MEETING.
BUT IT WAS A GOOD MEETING, A GOOD CONVERSATION.
THE GROUP DID KICK MAYOR AND I OUT SO THAT THEY COULD DISCUSS SOME OF OUR MORE HIGH FREQUENT UTILIZERS AND BETTER IDENTIFY A BETTER GAME PLAN FOR THEM AND HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THEM.
AND JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT TO KATIE BRANDIS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY WHO IS AT THIS PATCH FOR ALL HER GREAT WORK IN LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRATING THE CRN AND THEIR TRAININGS AND THEIR IDEAS.
AND SO THAT WAS IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING AND A GOOD DISCUSSION.
THIS MORNING I WAS PART OF A CALL THAT'S MONTHLY WITH A NATIONAL GROUP OF ALTERNATE RESPONSE GROUP LEADERS FROM CHICAGO TO PORTLAND TO ALL OVER THE NATION. AND THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT HIRING PRACTICES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PEER SPECIALISTS AND JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB. LAST WEEK, MYSELF AND VICE MAYOR SWEET.
SO SORRY, VICE MAYOR GOT TO BE PART OF A CONVERSATION WITH MOUNTAIN LION AND A DOT TO DISCUSS AN APPEAL FOR THEIR DENIAL OF A LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF PHENIX AND MILTON.
AND THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR JOINING THE CONVERSATION.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SO WE NEED BUS TRANSPORTATION TO BE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AND THAT LIGHT IS CRITICAL FOR THE MOVEMENT OF BUSSES FROM OUR DCC THIS WEDNESDAY.
TOMORROW, THE JCC IS MEETING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, THOSE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITES, 3 TO 5 P.M..
AND I THINK FOLKS CAN JOIN VIRTUALLY AND POSSIBLY IN PERSON AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER SALAS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP ELEVATE PRE-K THIS SATURDAY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
I JUST. YEAH, I GET OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF NEED THERE IS FOR BIKE THINGS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ANOTHER VOICE TO ECHO THOSE NEEDS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTER.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ELLISON TELLS ME HE REGULARLY ADVOCATES FOR BETTER BIKE SHARE ROAD MARKINGS TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF HOW FREQUENTLY THEY THEY GO.
THEY GO BAD AND GET JUST NOT VISIBLE.
I THINK A LOT OF US KNOW WHO THAT IS.
HE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OR SO, AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
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US AT SOME POINT.GOOD MEETING TONIGHT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS PAST WEEKEND TO ATTEND A STAKEHOLDER MEETING HOSTED BY CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF FOR INPUT, FEEDBACK AND BRAINSTORMING IDEAS FOR A PROPOSED CITY WIDE FESTIVAL CONCEPT.
IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING MEETING, LOTS OF REALLY COOL IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO BY THE APP, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE PARTICIPATING AND I'M ONE OF THEM.
SO IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LISTENING AND WANT TO GET IN ON THE ACTION, MY NUMBERS ARE VERY LOW.
IT WILL BE VERY EASY TO PASS ME.
I WILL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR NEXT WEEK.
FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK I HAVE CLEARED MY CALENDAR YOU WILL NOTE.
TRUST ME, WE'LL GET THEM RESCHEDULED WHEN I RETURN.
IS JUST AN FYI WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER WE'VE HAD WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON THIS TOMORROW.
WE AT THE STAFF LEVEL HAVE BEEN ENDEAVORING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME VOLUNTEER DAYS THAT WILL BE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTITUTIONALIZING ADMINISTRATIVELY HERE AT THE CITY.
THIS WOULD BE AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT AND INVITE CITY EMPLOYEES AND WILL BE LOOKING OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL, BUT PRIMARILY CITY EMPLOYEES TO ENGAGE IN A SERIES OF VOLUNTEER DAYS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE OF THEM ON SATURDAYS.
THE DATES ARE TENTATIVE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAY 21ST, JUNE 4TH AND JUNE 18TH.
BUT THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THIS YEAR WILL BE TO HEAD OUT TO THE SUNNYSIDE AND GRANDVIEW NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASSIST WITH THE SANDBAG REFRESH AND RELATED EFFORTS WITH INVOLVING CLEANUP AND PREPARATION FOR MONSOON SEASON, WE WILL LIKELY HAVE PUBLIC WORKS FLEET VEHICLES AVAILABLE, EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO HELP MOVE THINGS.
A LOT OF THINGS RELATED TO WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
SO STAFFING, EQUIPMENT, RESOURCES.
STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS ON THAT.
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING TRACTION.
WE WILL MAKE IT FUN AND NOT FUN, BUT WORTHWHILE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
HOPEFULLY FUN. AND CERTAINLY BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THIS, IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF, SHOULD BE A WIN WIN ARRANGEMENT.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
WHOA. MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.