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CALLING TO ORDER OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 17TH, 2022, JUST AS NOTICE TO THE
[1. CALL TO ORDER NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this regular meeting, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for legal advice and discussion with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
PUBLIC THAT WE MAY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR LEGAL ADVICE.COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, PRESENT.
HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? I WOULD.
AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU AND HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
AND I THINK I'LL TAKE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THIS EVENING.
THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THIS AREA'S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ORIGINAL STEWARDS.
THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAINS, SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS.CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020 THROUGH MAY 2ND, 2022 OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, THERE WAS ONE COMMENT OUT OF PLACE.
AND YOU WOULD BE THE ONE TO FIND IT.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. If you wish to address the Council at tonight's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak. ]
WE'RE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 5, WHICH IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.AND I DO HAVE ONE CARD HERE FROM ERIC WOOLVERTON LIKE TO COME DOWN.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
I'M WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
TREES MIGHTY AND STRONG, BEAUTIFUL, ALIVE, FLOURISHING.
I LOVE THEM IN ALL THEIR FORMS IN ALL THEIR SEASONS.
THEY HAVE STRENGTHENED THEIR ROOTS, STRIVING TOWARDS THE SUNLIGHT, SAFETY FOR CREATURES, PLAY SCAPES FOR LITTLE LEGS, FOOD FOR OUR BODIES, RESPITE AND HOME FOR OUR SOULS.
BUT A TREE, WHEN CUT DOWN ITS PURPOSE IS COMPLETE AND IS GONE.
NO MORE FRUIT OR SHADE OR ACORNS OR PINE CONES.
NO MORE LEAVES DANCING IN THE WIND.
THE BIRDS AND BUGS AND SQUIRRELS GO ELSEWHERE.
THAT'S HOW LIFE GOES, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE.
BUT MUST WE CHOP DOWN THE TREE? WHAT IF ONLY BRANCHES WERE TAKEN FOR LUMBER? WHAT IF CHUTES WERE GRAFTED TO MAKE STRONGER VARIETIES? WHAT IF A TREE AND BEING KEPT ALIVE AND WELL, YET SHARING ITS RESOURCES GREW NEW BRANCHES AND NEW SHOOTS SO THAT ITS ROOTED PRESENCE AND VALUE COULD SERVE FOR SEASONS TO COME.
AFFORDABLE HOMES AND RENTALS WHEN LOST TO THE MARKET ARE LIKE OUR TREES THAT GET CUT DOWN.
NO LONGER HOMES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WITH LOW INCOME, NOT AFFORDABLE TO ANYONE ELSE.
AND THE EXTREME SUBSIDIES THAT WE POUR INTO EACH HOUSE, THEY ARE LOST TO THE MARKET, TOO.
SO WHAT IF WE SOLD OUR HOMES NOT JUST TO ONE, THE FIRST HOMEBUYER, BUT TO A SECOND AND A THIRD? KEEPING AFFORDABILITY FOR THE LONG TERM, WE CAN PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, STOCK, DONOR DOLLARS AND SUBSIDIES WILL GO FARTHER.
MORE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BUILD WEALTH AND COMMUNITIES GET STRONGER.
THIS IS LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY OWNERSHIP MODELS THAT REQUIRE A HOME TO BE RESOLD TO ANOTHER QUALIFIED HOME BUYER INSTEAD OF GETTING LOST TO THE MARKET.
RESELLING HOUSES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.
OVER AND OVER MEANS THAT EACH HOME REMAINS ATTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, PERPETUAL AFFORDABILITY .
HABITAT HAS EMBRACED A SHARED EQUITY MODEL WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF LAND TRUST PROGRAM TO ENSURE HOMEOWNER SUCCESS AND LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY.
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ENHANCING THIS MODEL WITH AN EQUITY SAVINGS PROGRAM THROUGH HABITAT'S NEW STARTER HOMES WILL ALLOW HABITAT WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TO BUILD MORE, SERVE MORE AND BE THE CHANGE OUR HOUSING CRISIS NEEDS TODAY.AND I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ONLINE AT THIS TIME, IS THAT CORRECT? EXCELLENT.
WELL, THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, WHICH IS OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND
[6. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
RECOGNITIONS.IF COUNCIL WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP FRONT WITH ME, STARTING WITH THE NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
OUR AWESOME PUBLIC WORKS TEAM COMING ON UP HERE.
BECAUSE IT'S NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
WHEN DO WE GET THIS THING? THIS IS RESTRICTIVE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
SO WE GOT A REALLY AWESOME PROCLAMATION HERE AND ALL THE COOL KIDS UP FRONT GO.
SO 2022 MARKS THE 62ND ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
THE CITY HAS TREMENDOUS ASSETS OF CORE MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND VARIED COMMUNITY AMENITIES.
ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR ASSETS IS PROVIDED BY THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS.
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION IS REPRESENTED BY 108 SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WITH STRONG SKILL SETS AND MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES.
THESE STEWARDS OF ALL THINGS INFRASTRUCTURE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING THE CITY'S LARGEST ASSETS, THUS RESULTING IN A ROBUST AND SMOOTHLY FUNCTIONING CITY.
THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, A LARGE FLEET OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND SPECIALIZED APPARATUS, AND THE TIMELY COLLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S SOLID WASTE TO DISPOSE OF EFFECTIVELY AT OUR REGIONAL LANDFILL AND MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY.
THE SKILLED PROFESSIONALS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CIVIC LEADERS IN FLAGSTAFF TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN A KEEN INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
A SINCERE THANK YOU IS EXTENDED TO ALL OF THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS THAT DELIVER CORE SERVICES EACH AND EVERY DAY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THEREFORE, I MAYOR DEASY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH 21ST 2022, AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
[APPLAUSE] AND WHICH OF THE CREW MEMBERS? DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOME WORDS? SURE.
WELL, THEN WE'LL GET A COOL PICTURE.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
AND THOUGH WE ARE A SMALL TEAM AND THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF THE WHOLE ENGINE, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD WORK UNTHANKED WORK, BUT WE DO IT OUT OF, I THINK I CAN SAY, OUT OF PASSION.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR COUNCIL CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT WE DO GOES UNSEEN.
YOU KNOW, THE OVERNIGHT STREET SWEEPING THE PEOPLE ON CALL TO DO TRAFFIC RESPONSE, WHETHER IT'S SIGNALS NATURAL DISASTERS OR VERY UNNATURAL DISASTERS AS MANNY'S CREW HANDLES UNNATURAL DISASTERS AT OUR BUILDINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING THE SOLID WASTE, WORKING THE FLEET, MAINTENANCE CREWS, MAKING SURE ALL THE EQUIPMENT STAYS UP AND RUNNING THE GARBAGE COLLECTION, THE RECYCLE COLLECTION, RUNNING THE LANDFILL.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS.
I MEAN, THEY MAKE SURE PEOPLE LIKE ME ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M FILLING OUT, WHAT I'M DOING AND CAN WORK MY COMPUTER.
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APPRECIATE IT.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
[APPLAUSE] GET A QUICK PICTURE HERE.
SHOULD I GET UP ON THE STAIRS OR.
TO HAVE EMILY RENN AND JEAN [INAUDIBLE] HERE BY CHANCE.
AWESOME BECAUSE IT IS ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY.
STANDING UP FOR ITS ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES HAS A LONG AND PROUD TRADITION OF RESPECT FOR THE EARTH'S WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR NATURAL WORLD AND TO LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY OF PROTECTING AND RECOVERING ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE SPECIAL PLACES THEY CALL HOME.
THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA RECOGNIZE THAT A HEALTHY PLANET IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CITY'S ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE.
AND THE STRENGTH, THE VITALITY OF THE HUMAN QUALITY OF LIFE IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH HEALTH OF ALL SPECIES AND THE PLACES THEY LIVE.
PROTECTING SPECIES FROM EXTINCTION AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION IS A MORAL OBLIGATION, AND IT ALSO BENEFITS OUR OWN WELFARE BY PROVIDING CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, MEDICINES, FOOD POLLINATION, BUFFER ZONES FROM SEVERE WEATHER AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO OUTDOOR RECREATION, ECOTOURISM AND MORE.
SINCE IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT NIXON IN 1973, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT HAS BEEN A STRONG SCIENCE BASED CONSERVATION STATUTE SERVING AS THE NATION'S SAFETY NET FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS DESIGNED TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THEIR HABITAT.
ACCORDING TO US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA SPECIES PROTECTED BY THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT ARE DRAMATICALLY LESS LIKELY TO BECOME EXTINCT.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT HAS A SUCCESS RATE OF 99% AT PREVENTING THE EXTINCTION OF THESE SPECIES.
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT HAS PUT HUNDREDS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS ON THE PATH TO RECOVERY.
NORTHERN ARIZONA CONTAINS SOME OF THE BEST REMAINING HABITATS FOR SPECIES SUCH AS THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF, BLACK-FOOTED FERRET, MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL, CALIFORNIA CONDOR, NARROW-HEADED GARTER SNAKE, RAZORBACK SUCKER AND MANY MORE.
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT ENCOURAGES AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO LANDOWNERS ENGAGED IN EFFECTIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION THAT CAN BENEFIT BOTH LANDOWNERS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I MAYOR DEASY IN UPHOLDING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, SO IT MAY CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THE SPECIAL PLACES THEY LIVE.
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE THIRD FRIDAY OF MAY AS ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
MAYOR DEASY AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EMILY RENN, AND I'M A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GRAND CANYON WOLF RECOVERY PROJECT, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CITY PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF MAY AND FOR SUPPORTING, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT CALL THIS AREA HOME.
OUR REGION EVOLVED WITH A RICH DIVERSITY OF WILDLIFE, BUT MUCH OF THAT NATIVE WILDLIFE WAS ERADICATED TO NEAR EXTINCTION THROUGH HUMAN MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND SETTLER COLONIALISM ATTITUDES OF THE 18 AND 1900S.
ONE OF THE REASONS FLAGSTAFF IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE IS BECAUSE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL FORESTS AND NATIONAL PARK LANDS.
BUT PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T REALIZE WE ARE ONLY WITNESSING THE REMNANTS OF
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IT ONCE WAS.WE ARE LIVING AMID THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION OF LIFE ON EARTH AND A RAPIDLY CHANGING CLIMATE.
WE CAN RECOVER THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR REGION ONLY IF WE RECOGNIZE ITS IMPORTANCE AND COMMIT TO THE INTENSIVE RECOVERY EFFORTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO RESTORE AND PROTECT OUR NATURAL COMMUNITIES.
STARTED IN 2006 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY IS A CELEBRATION OF THE NATION'S WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES.
IN THE 17 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY.
CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE JOINED IN PROCLAIMING THE RECOGNITION OF THIS IMPORTANT DAY.
THE GOAL OF ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY IS SIMPLE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR RARE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES AND HIGHLIGHT THE EVERYDAY ACTIONS THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE TO HELP PROTECT OUR NATION'S FLORA AND FAUNA.
NEXT YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
I HOPE THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL WILL BE UNIFIED IN YOUR VOICE TO SUPPORT THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND WELCOME ENDANGERED MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES BACK TO OUR REGION AS ONE OF THE MANY SPECIES THAT NEED TO BE RESTORED TO THIS PLACE.
MY WISH IS THAT EVERYONE IN OUR TOWN CAN APPRECIATE A SENSE OF WONDER FROM HAVING FULLY FUNCTIONING INTACT ECOSYSTEMS WHERE WOLVES AND WILDLIFE ARE FREE TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES.
HUMANE COEXISTENCE PRACTICES SHOULD BE PROMOTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS THE DEFAULT MODE FOR LIVING SIDE BY SIDE WITH WILDLIFE.
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR WILD NEIGHBORS ARE VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR THE COMMITMENT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED, SUPPORTED AND RECOVERED IN OUR REGION.
JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TAKE.
WELL, IT IS ALSO A 12 KIDS TO PARK DAY IF WE CAN HAVE OUR SOME OF OUR PROS TEAM COMING DOWN RIGHT HERE.
STANDS FOR PARKS REC, OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS.
SO MAY 21ST, 2022 IS THE 12TH KIDS TO PARKS DAY, ORGANIZED AND LAUNCHED BY THE NATIONAL PARK TRUST, HELD ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF MAY.
KIDS TO PARKS DAY EMPOWERS KIDS AND ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO GET OUTDOORS AND VISITING LOCAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS.
WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO LEAD A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE.
KIDS TO PARKS DAY WILL BROADEN CHILDREN'S APPRECIATION FOR NATURE AND OUTDOORS, AND KIDS TO PARKS DAY WILL RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECREATING RESPONSIBLY WHILE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THE OUTDOORS.
THEREFORE, I MAYOR DEASY MAYOR OF THE CITY FLAGSTAFF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST, 2022, AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY.
IT'S A FUN WAY TO START OUT THE MEETING, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
HEY, SHIMONI, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
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OH, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.[7. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]
AND IF WE COULD MAYBE START AT THIS END OF THE TABLE.COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE IF YOU HAVE ANY COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.
LAST WEEK, THE CJCC, WHICH STANDS FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, MET, AND WE HAD A GREAT UPDATE FROM OUR CARE TEAM, OUR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A BIG SHOUT OUT, GREAT UPDATE ON THEIR EFFORTS.
IN SIX, SIX WEEKS, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIVERT 162 CALLS.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EFFORT CONTINUING AND FOR THE UPDATE TO REACH US AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
BUT IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO WITNESS THAT PRESENTATION AT THE CJCC.
AND WE ALSO ADJUSTED WE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR INDIGENOUS FOCUS AREA.
SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO ROSE TOEHE AND EVERYONE THAT WORKED ON THAT WITH THE CJCC AND ALL THE PARTNERS THAT ARE HELPING OUT WITH THE CARE TEAM WERE MENTIONED AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN THE SECOND POINT I WANTED JUST TO MAKE IS IN REGARDS TO MOUNTAIN LINE.
VICE MAYOR AND I WERE ABLE TO JOIN A CONVERSATION WITH ADOT.
I BROUGHT THAT UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT APPEALING THE DENIAL OF A LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF PHOENIX AND MILTON.
AND SO WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE APPEAL PROCESS WITH ADOT, AND THAT APPEAL GOT DENIED.
SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS AND ELEVATING THAT TO THE NEXT TO THE HIGHER UPS THAT NEED TO HEAR IT.
BUT THAT LIGHT IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL FOR MOUNTAIN LINE AND OUR FUTURE SUCCESS AT THE DCC.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THIS WEEK.
I MET WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS ON FRIDAY.
AND AS THINGS ARE ALWAYS MOVING RAPIDLY AT THE CAPITOL, A LOT OF BILLS BEING PROCESSED, ABOUT 1200 PLUS STILL IN MOTION.
BUT ONE OF THE AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO THE LEAGUE AND OBVIOUSLY HERE LOCALLY IS OUR AIRBNB'S.
AND THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MORE CONTENTIOUS AREAS THAT THE ARIZONA LEAGUE HAS BEEN HELPING WITH AND THERE WILL BE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME LOCAL AUTHORITY OVER THE SITUATION TO GET IT MANAGED APPROPRIATELY HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BUT CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND WE WILL SEE HOW DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE.
SO AIRBNBS, THAT'S HOTELS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
I DID NOT HAVE ANY LIAISON MEETINGS THIS WEEK WITH COMMISSIONS, SO I DID HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS CITY STAFF AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THOSE FOR BEING AVAILABLE AND FOR FILLING ME UP WITH ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL KNOWLEDGE.
I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY MAKE A POINT AND NOT TO BE TOO SPECIFIC HERE.
LIKE TO KEEP THIS KIND OF GENERAL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT PROPOSAL FOR PHOENIX AND ROUTE 66.
I KIND OF SEE THE LOGIC FOR WHY THAT WAS DENIED TWICE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE MUCH HIGHER LEVEL CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH [INAUDIBLE] MOUNTAIN LINE AND THE RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS HERE.
BUT JUST REMEMBER THAT WHEN REPRESENTING THESE ISSUES AND GOING THROUGH PROPOSALS AND REQUESTS AND APPEALS YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTING THE FULL WILL OF A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ON THESE DECISION POINTS.
LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING OF ECONA, ECONOMIC COLLABORATIVE OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
WE HAVE THE NEW CHAIR, JOSH MAYER, TAKING OVER, PRESIDING THE MEETINGS.
AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO INTRODUCE A NEW STAFF MEMBER, KELLY CULBERTSON,
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WHO'S HELPING OUR NEW CEO, GAIL JACKSON.OF IMPORTANT NOTE THE BOARD MEETING IS THAT ECONA IS ENGAGING EMBARKING ON A REGIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION THAT AIMS TO SYNTHESIZE ALL THE ONGOING REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSPORTATION, ALSO INCLUDING THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSING PLAN.
SO IN MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME PRIORITIES FOR THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE WORKFORCE HOUSING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION, AREAS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
AND NOTE THAT ECONA IS COMPOSED OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY, WINSLOW, WILLIAMS, CAMP VERDE AND SEDONA.
AND THEN LAST WEEK I ALSO ATTENDED THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.
THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR BARNEY HELMICK, OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR, HEIDI HANSEN, OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR, MOVING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF PLANS AT THE AIRPORT.
HOPEFULLY OUR PAID PARKING SYSTEM WILL BE UP AND RUNNING.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE LAST POINT OF SALES EQUIPMENT TO FACILITATE THE LAUNCH OF THE PAID PARKING.
BUT WE WILL BE ADVISED ACCORDINGLY WHEN WE WILL START WITH THE PAID PARKING SYSTEM.
ALSO CONTINUOUSLY WORKING AND ON ATTRACTING ANOTHER AIRLINE.
AND HASHTAGS FLY FLAGSTAFF FIRST AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE THE PILOT PROGRAM OF THE SHUTTLE TO THE AIRPORT FOR $2 THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH [INAUDIBLE] MOUNTAIN LION.
GO ONLINE, GET THE APP FOR $2.
YOU CAN GET PICK UP FROM YOUR DOORSTEP AND BE DROP OFF AT THE AIRPORT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME ON THE WAY BACK HOME TOO.
RESIDENTS OF FLAGSTAFF CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT $2 SHUTTLE TO THE AIRPORT.
YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST TIME HYBRID.
I'M JUST CHEERING YOU ON AND THE TEAM FOR CONDUCTING THE HYBRID MEETING OF PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AT THE AQUAPLEX.
IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME MEETING AND ALSO WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF AMY AND REBECCA AND THE PROSE STAFF.
THEY'RE ACTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO ENGAGING THE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING WHICH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO SEIZE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AND FUTURE DISCUSSION IS LOOKING AT SETTING UP A FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF PARKS AND RECREATION.
FRIENDS OF FLAGSTAFF PARKS AND RECREATION NONPROFIT.
AND ALSO JUST KUDOS TO OUR PROSE AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S EVENT SEASON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE AMAZING WORK YOU DO IN TERMS OF HOSTING MANY EVENTS IN OUR FACILITIES AND OUR PARKS.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, OUR CONSENT ITEMS.
[8. CONSENT ITEMS All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items.]
AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS WRITTEN.SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAYOR? MM HMM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ON THIS CONSENT LIST, AND THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING EFFORTS LISTED HERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ANY DETAIL, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT EFFORTS, PARTNERS AND PROJECTS ON THIS LIST.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THESE EFFORTS.
AND THESE ARE A LOT OF THE START OF THE ROLLOUT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED.
AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AND ARE PROVIDING TO A LOT OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
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SO THIS IS SUPER EXCITING AND I WILL ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.THIS IS A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO OUR ROUTINE ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM 9 A IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT
[A. Consideration and Approval of Preliminary Plat: PZ-21-00236-03, Woodshire on West Oak, LLC requests Preliminary Plat approval for Woodshire on Oak Condominiums located at 302 W Oak Avenue, a condominium subdivision on 0.89 acres in the Medium Density Residential (MR) and High Density Residential (HR) Zones. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the City Council approve the Preliminary Plat, in accordance with the findings presented in this report and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation (5-1).]
PZ-21-00236-03 WOOD SHIRE ON WEST OAK LLC REQUESTS PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR WOODSHIRE ON OAK CONDOMINIUMS LOCATED AT 302 WEST OAK AVENUE, A CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION ON 0.89 ACRES IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TIFFANY ANTOL, ZONING CODE MANAGER.
TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE WOODSHIRE AND OAK CONDOMINIUMS PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THIS IS A REQUEST FROM WOODSHIRE ON WEST OAK LLC FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL.
THIS IS A CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION WITH 13 DETACHED UNITS ON 0.89 ACRES IN BOTH THE MEDIUM DENSITY AND THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
THE INNER DIVISION STAFF TEAM, LOVINGLY REFERRED TO AS IDS, APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID ALSO REVIEW THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 1.
TONIGHT, HERE YOU SEE THE VICINITY MAP AND THE SUBJECT SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT MULTICOLORED STRIP.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH DENSITY AND THE MEDIUM DENSITY ZONE.
THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL, SOMETIMES [INAUDIBLE] REFERRED TO AS NOHO.
SO THIS IS FALLING ON WEST OAK.
IT IS MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY OTHER MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BOTH EITHER IN THE HR OR THE MR. DIRECTLY ADJACENT HOWEVER, THIS 290.
IT WAS A PRESCHOOL AT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT PRESCHOOL HAS SINCE CLOSED AND THE I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOOKING AT USING THIS AS RESIDENTIAL IN THE FUTURE.
HERE IS THAT CONDOMINIUM PLAT 13 UNITS.
WE'VE SEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT BEFORE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WOODSHIRE ON BUTLER.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE UNITS, EXACT SAME UNITS BEING DEVELOPED THERE.
THE UNITS THEMSELVES ALL FIT IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT, BUT THEY VARY BETWEEN TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT THIS IS CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT IS FAIRLY SIMPLISTIC BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL DETACHED UNITS.
THE CONDO CREATES SORT OF A CONDOMINIUM LOT AROUND EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS ON SITE.
SO THE REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR A SUBDIVISION PLAT ARE THE FIRST THAT IT'S FOUND IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL WAS FOUND IN CONFORMANCE A SITE PLAN WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THIS MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT MEETS THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ACRES ARE UNITS PER ACRE.
CONVENIENTLY, THE SETBACKS FOR BOTH THE MR AND THE HR ZONE ARE THE SAME, AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT HERE PROPOSED IS LESS THAN 35 FEET.
AND IT DID THE PROPERTY DID GO THROUGH HISTORIC CULTURAL RESOURCES.
SO THIS SITE IS A FORMER MORTUARY.
THERE IS SOME MITIGATION REQUIRED.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY'LL BE USING SOME OF THE EXISTING MATERIALS FROM THAT MORTUARY BACK INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
IN TERMS OF PARKS, OPEN SPACE, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES, THE REQUIRED ONSITE BICYCLE PARKING IS PROVIDED.
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ARE MADE THROUGH THE SITE TO A NEW SIDEWALK THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ON OAK.
IT WILL BE A PIECE OF SIDEWALK FOR A WHILE UNTIL MAYBE OTHER SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN IN THIS AREA.
BUT THE SITE IS ALSO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FUTS TRAILS AS WELL AS BUFFALO PARK AND IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT AS WELL.
SO THE NEXT FINDING IS, IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
IN THIS CASE, THE SITE IS ACTUALLY A FAIRLY SMALL DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S NOT TRIGGERING A LOT IN TERMS OF OUR ENGINEERING AND IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE EXISTING STREET NETWORK IS ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ADDITIONAL 13 UNITS.
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IN TERMS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER OF THE EXISTING WATER SYSTEM AND SEWER SYSTEM IS SUFFICIENT EXCEPT THAT THERE IS ONLY A SIX INCH WATER LINE IN OAK THAT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH AN EIGHT INCH IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE FIRE HYDRANT THAT'S NECESSARY TO SERVE THIS PROJECT.IN REGARDS TO STORMWATER, THERE ARE NO NEW STORMWATER FACILITIES REQUIRED BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY RESULTS IN LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAN THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT.
SO NO NEW DETENTION FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED.
THIS IS THESE ARE ALL THE GREAT REASONS WHY INFILL DEVELOPMENT IS PERFECT.
AND THE LAST ITEM IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIES WITH THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
WE ARE IN PRELIMINARY PLAT AT THIS POINT.
THEY DID MEET ALL OF THEIR APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND LIKE I STATED BEFORE, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF IMPACT ANALYZES, IDENTIFIED OR REQUIRED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN MET SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO CONDOMINIUM STANDARDS, AND WITH THAT STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE FINDINGS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVE THAT THE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN MET AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHICH COMMISSIONER VOTED NO ON THIS? AND DO YOU REMEMBER IF THEY STATED A REASON WHY THEY WERE AGAINST APPROVAL? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
YES, THE COMMISSIONER WAS MARY NORTON.
SHE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH FINDING ONE.
SHE DID NOT FEEL THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE PARKING ON SITE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
DID ANYBODY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 9 B CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL
[B. Consideration and Approval of Preliminary Plat: PZ-15-00015-22, Capstone Homes requests Preliminary Plat approval for Aries at Timber Sky Phase II (Block 7B) located at 3501 E Route 66, a single-family subdivision on 6.59 acres in the Single-Family Residential (R1) Zone. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the City Council approve the Preliminary Plat, in accordance with the findings presented in this report and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation (6-0).]
OF PRELIMINARY PLAT PZ-15-00015-22, CAPSTONE HOMES REQUEST PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR ARIES AT TIMBER SKY PHASE II BLOCK 7B LOCATED AT 3501 EAST ROUTE 66, A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION ON 6.59 ACRES IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARIES AT TIMBER SKY PHASE TWO PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR CAPSTONE HOMES FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL.
THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION WITH 16 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE PHASE ONE INCLUDED 35 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THIS IS ON 6.59 ACRES IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE ALSO WITHIN THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY.
THE INTER-DIVISION STAFF DID APPROVE THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT ON APRIL 25TH, 2022.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANY HISTORY, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS FAST.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE ANY HISTORY OVERALL IN THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT.
BUT THIS IS A SMALLER PLAT INSIDE OF A LARGER MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMMODATED FOR AND ADDRESSED.
THAT BIG SUBJECT SITE IS RIGHT ACROSS THAT PHASE TWO OF AREAS.
PHASE ONE IS JUST BASICALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE.
YOU HAVE AN OPEN SPACE TRACT THAT'S ALSO DRAINAGE, CONTAINS A FUTS TRAIL THAT RUNS FURTHER ALONG TO THE WEST, TO THE EAST, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND DIRECTLY SORT OF TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SITE IS THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY AMENITY.
IT WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE A PICKLEBALL COURT, WHICH IS PRETTY NICE FOR A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.
SO JUST BRIEF HISTORY 2016, A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND ANNEXATION WERE APPROVED FOR THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH OVERALL IT SAYS MAXIMUM OF 1300.
IT'S ACTUALLY A MAXIMUM OF 1696.
I'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK ON THIS, SO I APOLOGIZE.
MINIMUM OF 902, MAXIMUM I THINK OF 1656.
SO HERE IS THE ARIES AT TIMBER SKY PHASE TWO PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THE LOTS ARE MUCH LARGER IN SIZE THEY'RE RANGING BETWEEN AROUND THE 8000 TO 14.
SOME ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER, BUT THEY ARE MATCHING THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED LARGER LOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO FIRST FINDING IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S OUR ONE STANDARDS.
WE ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DENSITY.
WE ARE MEETING ALL OF THE LOT DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE R 1 ZONING CATEGORY, WHICH
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IS THAT MINIMUM 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE, 60 FOOT LOT WIDTH, 100 FOOT DEPTH.THE SETBACKS ARE ALL IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE STANDARD SETBACKS OF THE R 1 ZONE.
AND THIS DOES FALL ON THE RESOURCE PROTECTION STANDARDS OR STANDARDS AREA.
TIMBER SKY HAS SORT OF A MASTER RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY APPLIED TO IT.
SO WE'RE BALANCING SORT OF A CALCULATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE BALANCED.
THIS ONE IS FALLING WITHIN WHAT IT'S REQUIRED FOR ITS BLOCK AT 47.5%.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN ONGOING THERE'S SOME TRUING UP THAT WE'LL NEED TO GET TO BY THE TIME WE GET TO CIVIL PLAT OR CIVIL PLANS ON THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CLEARANCE WAS ALREADY APPROVED PRIOR WITH THE ORIGINAL REZONING AND ANNEXATION AND ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION PLATTING IN TERMS OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, THE SITE IS ADJACENT TO OPEN SPACE AND AN AMENITY AREA PROVIDED WITHIN THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT.
SIDEWALKS ARE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS ACCESS.
TRAIL ACCESS IS PROVIDED TO THE ADJACENT FUTS TRAIL.
AND THE NEXT FINDING IS, IS THAT IT MEETS ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
SO MOST OF THE PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WAS COMPLETED AGAIN, WITH THAT OVERALL REZONING, THE ANNEXATION AND OF COURSE THE MASTER PLATTING OF THE BLOCKS FOR THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT BACK IN 2016.
A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS SPECIFIC SUBDIVISION, BUT IT WAS COMPLETED FOR THE TIMBER SKY AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE ACCORDINGLY AS THE THE LARGER BLOCK PLAT IS BEING COMPLETED.
TO DATE, THE CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION AT WOODLANDS.
THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROUTE 66 RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL AND THERE MAY BE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE.
THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S A PHASE FOUR THAT WE STILL NEED TO GET TO IN TERMS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOTHING SPECIFIC IN REGARDS TO THESE ADDITIONAL 16 LOTS.
EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
IN TERMS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER.
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AGAIN TO SERVE THE OVERALL TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION WILL JUST EXTEND THE EIGHT INCH WATERLINE AND EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE THROUGHOUT THE STREET NETWORK TO SERVE EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION.
IN TERMS OF STORMWATER, WE LOOKED AT A REGIONAL DETENTION APPROACH.
LIKE I STATED, THERE'S AN OPEN SPACE TRACT THAT IS THE BULK OF THE DETENTION.
EACH OF THESE LOTS DOES, HOWEVER, HAVE LID THAT HAS A SORT OF A RAINWATER GARDEN ON EACH ONE OF THESE LOTS.
THE NEXT FINDING IS SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
SO PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCEDURES, THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'VE GONE OVER THAT PUBLIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, BUT GENERALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE LOT DESIGN, THE STREET DESIGN, EASEMENTS AND BLOCKS.
A LOT OF THIS WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW AS WE GO THROUGH AFTER PRELIMINARY PLAT WE'LL GET INTO THE CIVIL PLANS.
WE'RE GOING TO REALLY NARROW DOWN ALL OF THOSE EASEMENTS.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE LOT DESIGN AND THE STREET DESIGN AND THE BLOCK DESIGN ARE THERE.
THEY'RE MEETING THAT INITIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO FIND THAT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE FINDINGS FOR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BASED ON THE REQUIRED REQUIRED FINDINGS, DID FORWARD THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 0.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN THE MEETING AS WELL.
SO I KNOW IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THERE'S A TALK OF AN AFFORDABILITY PLAN AS PART OF EACH OF THE PHASES.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND NOT A FINAL PLAT, BUT I DON'T SEE AN AFFORDABILITY PLAN IN THIS PHASE.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH TIMBER SKY ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY PLAN, BUT I DON'T FEEL GOOD.
I DON'T FEEL STRONG IN MY FOOTING WITH THAT PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TODAY IN TERMS OF THE AFFORDABILITY.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW THE DA? HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT THE DA AND THE AFFORDABILITY PLAN AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT? SURE.
SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THERE HAVE BEEN THREE AMENDMENTS TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CONTAINS THE BULK OF THE REQUIREMENTS OR
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COMMITMENTS TO WHAT IS CALLED WORKFORCE HOUSING.THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DOES COMMIT THE TIMBER SKY DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE 100 CITY OF FLAGSTAFF LAND TRUST UNITS OR LOTS .
PER THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE LOCATION OF THOSE UNITS LOTS WILL BE DETERMINED AS THE PARCELS ARE PLATTED.
THOSE BY PARCELS WERE MEANING THOSE BLOCKS, THIS BEING ONE OF THOSE BLOCKS.
AND IT IS INTENDED THAT THEY BE LOCATED WITHIN THE MR AND HR ZONING DISTRICTS AND DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE FIRST THREE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE FINAL LOCATION OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE OWNER'S SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.
THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS FOR THE UNITS TO BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDING LOTS AND THE OWNER DOES NOT PLAN TO IDENTIFY THE UNITS INVOLVED NOR CLUSTER THEM.
RATHER, THE OWNER INTENDS TO KEEP THEM DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE BLOCKS THEY FALL WITHIN TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE.
SO THE OWNER IS TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHICH WE CALL THE AFFORDABILITY PLAN, TO MAKE THE UNITS PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE AS DEFINED IN THE ZONING CODE THROUGH A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THE AFFORDABILITY PLAN MUST BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE FIRST FINAL PLAT THAT CONTAINS RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO FOR PHASE ONE WE DO HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY PLAN.
THIS PARTICULAR PLAT FALLS IN PHASE TWO AND WE WILL BE REQUESTING THAT AFFORDABILITY THAT PHASE TWO AFFORDABILITY PLAN PRIOR TO THE FIRST FINAL PLAT.
SO IN MOVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FORWARD, WE WILL STILL NEGOTIATE THE AFFORDABILITY PLAN BEFORE THE FINAL PLAT IS APPROVED.
WE WILL RECEIVE AN AFFORDABILITY PLAN BEFORE THE FIRST FINAL PLAT IN PHASE TWO IS APPROVED.
I THINK THAT CLARIFIES THINGS FOR ME AND I'LL JUST MAKE IT CLEAR, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SOLD THIS PROJECT AS WORKFORCE HOUSING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS WE KNOW.
AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING PLATS UNTIL THERE IS A CLEAR PLAN FOR HOW THESE HOUSING WILL NOT JUST BE SOLD ABOVE AND BEYOND MARKET, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS PROJECT AT LARGE.
BUT I THINK YOU CLEARED THAT UP FOR ME, TIFFANY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT FINAL PLAT DISCUSSION.
BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR I APPRECIATE IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE PROJECT AT LARGE IS NOT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DA IN GENERAL OR THE PROJECT AT LARGE, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE'RE HERE JUST ABOUT A PRELIMINARY PLAT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, TIFFANY.
I WILL SAY THAT I SENT YOU A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS OVER THE WEEKEND AND YOU GOT ME ANSWERS BY MONDAY MORNING.
AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO MR. SHIMONI'S COMMENTS, I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME CONCERNS.
BUT I THINK A KEY POINT THAT TIFFANY JUST SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THAT I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THE AFFORDABILITY UNITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE HIGH AND MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE ZONINGS.
SO NONE OF THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS WOULD EVER BE INTENDED TO BE IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT.
AND THEN, AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY POINTED OUT, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE HAVING SOME FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DA.
BUT I'M OKAY WITH THIS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WHAT WE'RE TENTATIVELY APPROVING HERE TONIGHT IS IN ANY WAY IN CONFLICT WITH THE DA BECAUSE OF WHERE THE UNITS WOULD GO.
DID I MAKE THAT CLEAR? IF I MIGHT JUST ADD TO THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
AND TIFFANY, PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS JUMP IN IF I MISSPEAK HERE, BUT YOU'RE SPOT ON.
THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IS MOVING FORWARD PURSUANT TO THOSE ENTITLEMENTS AND THAT'S WHY IF THERE WERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUCH BIGGER PICTURE, I WOULD RECOMMEND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT THIS IS SOLELY THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT THEY HAVE ENTITLEMENTS FOR.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY SESSION ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE WILL HAVE SESSIONS ON IT ON A BROADER ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
WHICH ISSUE ISN'T ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? THANK YOU.
IS THAT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
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YEP.OH, WE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE WHAT HE SAYS, BUT WE LIKE HIM AS A PERSON.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE A MOTION? AND HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ONE IF.
MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 10 A FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS MAKING TIFFANY STAND
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-21: A Resolution amending the Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030 to change the area type designation on Maps 21 and 22 from Area in White area type and State Land to Employment area type for approximately 24.75 acres generally located at 2661 N El Paso Flagstaff Road; providing for severability, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-21 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-21 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-21]
ON HER FEET FOR A LONG TIME.THIS 10 A IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-21, A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL PLAN 2030 TO CHANGE THE AREA TYPE DESIGNATION ON MAPS 21 AND 22 FROM AREA IN WHITE AREA TYPE AND STATE LAND TO EMPLOYMENT AREA TYPE FOR APPROXIMATELY 24.75 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2661 NORTH EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-21 BY TITLE ONLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PRESENT ON THIS ONE AND THE FOLLOWING.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE ITEMS IN TOTAL, BUT I'LL DO THE FIRST TWO AND I KNOW WHEN I'M FINISHED THAT THE APPLICANT IS ONLINE AND HAS A SMALL PRESENTATION AS WELL.
MAKING ME AND I MOVE TO I THEREFORE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THIS IS A MINOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR RESTORATION SOILS.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2661 NORTH EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD.
THE REQUEST, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED AS A MINOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE AREA FROM THE AREA TYPE FROM AREA IN WHITE TO EMPLOYMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 24.75 ACRES AND FROM A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 7.29 ACRES FROM THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN ZONE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN IN THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE.
SO THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY AS IT'S THE PINK OUTLINE, NOT THE PURPLE OUTLINE.
SO THE PINK OUTLINE IS A PARCEL OF LAND OWNED BY THE ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT.
TO THE NORTH OF THIS SITE IN THAT PURPLE, WHICH IS ALSO ZONED HIGHWAY OR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN IS THE CEMEX PLANT.
TO THE EAST WE HAVE MORE VACANT LAND AS WELL AS THE WILDCAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OWNED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE OVER HERE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, TO THE SOUTH WILL BE THE REMAINING LAND OWNED BY THE, HERE'S ON A STATE LAND DEPARTMENT REMAINING IN THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE, AND THEN EVEN FURTHER IS ROUTE 66 AND THEN THE RAILROAD.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT.
THIS IS THE EXISTING FUTURE GROWTH ILLUSTRATION.
UNDER THE EXISTING FUTURE GROWTH ILLUSTRATION, YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S AN AREA IN WHITE, BUT IT TECHNICALLY IS IT HAS NO EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY OR SUBURBAN OR URBAN CATEGORY APPLIED TO IT.
THIS WAS FAIRLY TYPICAL SITUATION WHEN THE REGIONAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED TO APPLY THIS TO EITHER NATIONALLY OR FEDERALLY OWNED LANDS OR STATE LANDS.
SO IN THIS CASE, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT A REZONING, WE NEED TO APPLY A REGIONAL PLAN DESIGNATION.
AND THIS PROCESS WAS LEFT SO THAT IF AND WHEN THESE SITUATIONS OCCURRED, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE DEALT WITH AREA IN WHITE IN THE PAST.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
SO THE PROPOSED FUTURE IS TO TAKE THIS AREA THAT'S HATCHED AND PUT IT IN THE EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY.
STAFF DID AN ANALYSIS OF THAT EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST PROTECTED CATEGORY IN THE REGIONAL PLAN BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND BASICALLY IN SHORT, IT SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT TYPE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHOOPS, SORRY, RESTORATION
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SOILS.SO, I TALKED ABOUT THE GROWTH BOUNDARIES.
STAFF DID A FULL POLICY ANALYSIS ON HOW THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY FITS THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
AND YOU'LL SEE FROM THE PREVIOUS MAP THAT THIS SITE IS SITTING IN BETWEEN EXISTING EMPLOYMENT ON EITHER SIDE.
SO ADDING EMPLOYMENT TO THIS SITE IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF WHAT'S THERE.
AND THE EXISTING REGIONAL PLANS SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO ON AND TALK ABOUT THE EXACT RESTORATION SOIL SITE PLAN THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REZONE PART OF THAT LARGER 24 ACRES THAT THEY'RE DOING THE MINOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT ON TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN WILL SUPPORT THEIR PROPOSED USES.
THE PRIMARY PROPOSED USE ON SITE TO DATE IS A COMPOSTING FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO COMPOST FOREST RESOURCE FOREST WASTE.
IT'S NOT WASTE, BUT WOODCHIP PRODUCTS.
IT'S MORE OF A WOOD TYPE PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE TREATED ON SITE.
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE SOIL AMENDMENT AND NATIVE SOIL MIXED PROCESSING, SCREENED, AGGREGATE PROCESSING, BIOMASS BASED MULCH AND WOODCHIP MANUFACTURING.
THIS COULD CONTAIN A SMALL PORTABLE TIMBER MILL OPERATION, AS WELL AS FIREWOOD AND ASSOCIATED BARK MULCH AND OF COURSE FOREST INDUSTRY MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE, ALL THE FUN THINGS THAT DEFINITELY FIT IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN ZONE.
I MEAN THERE ARE REALLY THE FINDINGS FOR THE REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT ARE REALLY THAT CATEGORY MATCHES THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE REGIONAL PLAN.
THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC FINDINGS FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND THAT THE FIRST IS, IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL PLAN AND ANY OF THOSE APPLICABLE POLICIES.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE ARE GIVING YOU AN ANALYSIS OF OF ALL OF THE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE CHANGED.
BUT SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, THERE HAVE BEEN 11 MINOR PLAN AMENDMENTS.
THESE AMENDMENTS HAVE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON INCREASING OUR PARK AND OPEN SPACE AREA TYPE.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO AMENDMENTS TO DATE INCREASING THE EMPLOYMENT AREA TYPE.
THERE HAS BEEN ONE AMENDMENT CONVERTING APPROXIMATELY 36.5 ACRES OF EMPLOYMENT TO PARK AN OPEN SPACE.
AND THAT WAS DONE FOR THE MCMILLAN MESA NATURAL AREA.
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ADD BACK APPROXIMATELY 24.75.
SO WE'RE AGAIN, WE'RE STARTING TO BALANCE WHAT WAS IN OUR REGIONAL PLAN TO BEGIN WITH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST PROTECTED AREA TYPES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN.
SIMILARLY, APPROXIMATELY 119 ACRES OF LAND HAVE BEEN REZONED FROM INDUSTRIAL ZONES TO OTHER ZONING CATEGORIES SINCE 2014.
THIS REQUEST WILL SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL AND IT'S 7.29 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND IN THE RARE ZONING CATEGORY, WHICH IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL GOALS AND POLICIES WITHIN THE PLAN.
THE SUBJECT USE IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL GOALS AND POLICIES AS WELL.
THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DEFICIENT IN AREA ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN, WHICH LIMITS THE TYPES OF OPERATION PROPOSED.
THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
THE GOALS AND POLICIES LISTED SUPPORT THE LOCATION OF THIS USE BECAUSE IT'S AN AREA THAT HAS NEARBY INDUSTRIAL USES ON A ROAD THAT IS DESIGNATED A TRUCK ROUTE AND THAT HAS LIMITED RESIDENTIAL ACCESS.
ITS PROXIMITY TO THE RAILROAD AND INTERSTATE MAKE IT COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF NOISE AND OTHER IMPACTS THAT ARE TYPICAL FOR THE AREA.
THESE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE FINDING OF CONFORMANCE WITH THE REGIONAL PLAN.
FINDING NUMBER TWO IS THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MUST BE DETERMINED NOT TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND ADD TO THE PUBLIC GOOD.
STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE SO LONG AS IT IS DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL CODES AND REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST WILL ADD MUCH NEEDED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING WITHIN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FINDING THREE IS THAT THE SITE MUST BE DETERMINED TO BE PHYSICALLY SUITABLE IN TERMS OF DESIGN, LOCATION, SHAPE, SIZE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC, AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IT WITH PUBLIC AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS, PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES.
AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY HAS GONE THROUGH CONCEPT PLAN.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
THE INNER DIVISION STAFF DID REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE SITE WAS SUITABLE FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THE CASE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS IS A VARIANCE IN REGARDS TO TWO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ZONING CODE, BUT NONE OF THEM
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AFFECT THE ACTUAL USE OF THIS SITE.AND LASTLY, ALL REZONINGS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL PROCESSES WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SO WE INITIALLY VARIANCES ARE GENERALLY TAKEN TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
WE WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN A QUORUM AT EITHER OF THOSE MEETINGS.
BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS WERE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL AS NOTICED BY MAIL TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND POSTED ON SITE.
STAFF DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THOSE PROPOSED MEETINGS FOR THE REZONING AND FOR THIS VARIANCE CASE TONIGHT.
THE APPLICANT DID ALSO HOLD A VIRTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC ATTENDED THAT MEETING.
AGAIN, SAME PROCESS FOR ALL OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.
THE SECOND MEETING WAS WAIVED IN THAT REGARD JUST BECAUSE OF THE EXTENDED AMOUNT OF NOTIFICATION WE'VE DONE IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR USE.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE HELD TWO OTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NO ONE HAS ATTENDED THOSE.
SO WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE BOTH THE MINOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO COME FIRST IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE 7.29 ACRES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TWO CONDITIONS FOR THE REZONING BECAUSE THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN ZONE IS A MUCH NEEDED ZONING CATEGORY.
WE ARE NOT TYING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT TO THE SITE PLAN, SO WE ARE LEAVING THIS OPEN FOR OTHER USES, DEEMING THE SITE TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN.
IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM OTHERWISE I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SMALL PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE ON TO THE APPLICANT.
YES, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE MR. DAVID HAYWARD IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING ROOM, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT GOING TO WORK FOR OUR NEEDS THIS EVENING.
MR. HAYWARD, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL WITH THE LINK FOR THE CORRECT TEAMS MEETING.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN IT, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
I HAVE THIS PRESENTATION IF NECESSARY.
AND HE WAS THE APPLICANT TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, I ASSUME.
WHILE WE ARE ALL WAITING, I WILL JUST SAY THAT IF MR. HAYWARD WANTS TO CALL ME, I CAN PUT HIM ON SPEAKERPHONE AND HE CAN SPEAK THROUGH MY MIC HERE.
IF THAT'S LESS WONKY THAN THE OR MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH RIGHT NOW, WE CAN TRY THAT FIRST, BUT WE CAN USE MY SUGGESTION AS A FALLBACK IF NECESSARY.
THERE'S A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION INVOLVED, I ASSUME.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EXTRA CLUNKY WITH A 30 SECOND DELAY ON OUR LIVE STREAM.
GIVE IT ANOTHER 30 SECONDS HERE.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE THIS BIT OUT.
I DID JUST RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM REQUESTING THE LINK AGAIN, SO I JUST EMAILED IT TO HIM AGAIN.
LET'S TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK WHILE YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
SO WE'RE NOT WAITING HERE AND WE CAN TAKE A QUICK PIT STOP BEFORE WE CONTINUE AND WE CAN CONTINUE ON MORE QUICKLY THEREAFTER.
HERE HE IS, THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
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INSTEAD OF TAKING A BREAK, WE WILL CONTINUE ON.SOUND GOOD? ALL RIGHT, DAVID, IF YOU JUST WANT TO TELL ME WHEN TO MOVE YOUR SLIDES AHEAD, I AM ALREADY SHARING YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO SAY WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE ON YOUR APPOINTMENT.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BE BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO YOU GUYS TODAY.
I THINK NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THIS CAN HAVE ON OUR FOREST HEALTH, THE FACT THAT WE KNOW WE CAN BE WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS OF BRINGING MUNICIPAL SCALE COMPOSTING TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
BUT ALSO, I THINK IMPORTANTLY, AS TIFFANY SAID, SINCE OUR PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PLAN AMENDMENT THAT HAS GIVEN US MORE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND EMPLOYMENT BASED LAND IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, THIS IS THE ROUGH OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL IN QUESTION.
AND THE SURROUNDING USES ARE IN FACT, FROM ORBIT VISIBLE.
RIGHT, IN TERMS OF THEIR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
SO YOU HAVE [INAUDIBLE] QUARRIES TO BOTH THE NORTH AND THE EAST, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE CEMEX FACILITY, THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, AND ADOT'S PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY.
SO OTHER THAN THE SMELL FROM THE PURINA PLANT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH PERFECT FOR OUR USE AS A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PARCEL FOR WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP DOING.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AND THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE, TIFFANY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU WALKED DOWN THE STREET.
THE NEIGHBORS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PILES OF DIRT TO ACROSS THE STREET AND TO THE LEFT.
AND THOSE PILES OF DIRT EITHER BELONG TO CEMEX OR BELONG TO YOU GUYS WITH, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, ACROSS THE STREET THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY JUST ASKING FOR CONSISTENCY WITH WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
THIS IS NOT A SORT OF HEAVILY DEVELOPED, BUILT UP AREA.
IT IS PRETTY MUCH LEFT AS IS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE USES THAT YOU HAVE THERE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ARE SOME KIND OF SORT OF EXAMPLE PHOTOS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT.
IT'S VERY MUCH, AGAIN, JUST PILES OF MATERIAL.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A CONNECT BOX, THERE'S SOME LARGER EQUIPMENT YOU CAN SEE SORTED MATERIAL IN THIS THIS LARGER COMPOST FACILITY.
AND THE LARGER PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE STEAM COMING OFF OF THE COMPOSTING PROCESS AS THEY'RE TURNING THE WINDOWS OVER THERE IN THE DISTANCE.
SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU SOME SORT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE SEEING FROM THE STREET SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED.
AND THEN, TIFFANY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF REORIENT US AGAIN TO THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE REGIONAL PLAN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK TIFFANY DIDN'T EVEN PUT ALL OF THEM IN HERE THAT COULD BE USED IN TERMS OF HOW THIS PARTICULAR USE AND THIS CHANGE SUPPORTS THE REGIONAL PLAN AND ITS GOALS AND POLICIES, AS YOU SEE PRIMARILY AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT, FOREST HEALTH.
YOU SAID WE HAVE SEE A FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO REDUCING THE SMOKE PRODUCED THROUGH PRESCRIBED BURNS AND SLASH PILES.
THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC TECHNICAL POLICY AND THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT I THINK IS REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE HERE IS, KIND OF OUR LAST REQUEST.
OTHER REQUESTS TO YOU GUYS OTHER THAN PLEASE DO APPROVE THOSE MOTIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH PRIMARILY WITH SUSTAINABILITY STUFF, BUT WE WOULD LIKE FURTHER DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE AND THAT IS THAT YOU WANT AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO TO HELP US ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT .
WE DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE NEED TO BE SOME COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN US AND THE CITY.
MOST COMPOSTING FACILITIES ARE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAY SUBSIDIZED BY THE
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GOVERNMENT, OFTEN THROUGH THEIR COOPERATION THAT THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.AND AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL WANT TO DO.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY TO SUSTAINABILITY, THAT THIS PROJECT COULD ACT AS A TEST CASE FOR IMPLEMENTING SOME SUBSIDIES OR OTHER FAVORABLE ACTIONS FOR PRIVATE ECONOMIC ENTITIES OR SEMI-PRIVATE ECONOMIC ENTITIES THAT ARE FURTHERING THE CITY'S GOALS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO POTENTIAL OPTIONS WITH THAT WERE A WAIVER OF THE FEES FOR THE REZONE AND PLAN AMENDMENT.
THEY ARE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL BEING BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PARCEL, NOT NECESSARILY ITS ECONOMIC OUTPUT.
YOU KNOW IN THIS CASE WE HAVE NINE ACRES.
IF WE HAD NINE ACRES OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, WE'D BE PULLING A LOT MORE MONEY OUT OF IT THAN WE WOULD WHEN WE'RE JUST SELLING DIRT.
AND THEN ALSO THERE IS A WATERLINE PROJECT MOVING ALONG THE RIO WHATEVER.
IT'S NOT CALLED RIO DE FLAG THE EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD.
AND WE HAVE BEEN HOPING TO GET A FIRE HYDRANT ADDED OR TWO FIRE HYDRANTS ADDED ON TO THAT PROJECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS PARCEL.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT PORTION OF THE DISCUSSION REALLY WASN'T PART OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND REALLY WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION.
WELL, I LOOK FOR DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE TO THAT FACT.
BUT YEAH, DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF HAND OF THE REZONING.
COUNCIL, WE'LL SAVE THE DISCUSSION UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE.
SO I ASSUME THIS PROJECT WILL BE USING WATER AND IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE RECLAMATION PLANT.
WILL IT BE USING RECLAIMED WATER OR FRESH WATER? WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A WARD ATTACHED TO THE SITE AND OUR PLAN IS TO TRUCK THE RECLAIMED WATER FROM THE RECLAIMED STANDPIPE THAT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THERE IS ANY.
MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
WELL, WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS, IF THERE IS ANY, BEFORE WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD.
I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I'VE DEFINITELY WALKED IT MYSELF AND I THINK THIS IS A HUGE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WIN WIN FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, COMPOSTING WAS A BIG CONVERSATION POINT THAT WE KEPT BRINGING UP IN REGARDS TO COMPOST INTO SUSTAINABILITY AND SOMETHING THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO REALLY WALK AND DO AND PURSUE.
AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION WHEN APPROPRIATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY NOW I JUST MAKE A NOTE TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET A QUICK PRESENTATION, WE DO A MOTION BOOM, IT'S DONE WELL.
A LOT OF THINGS GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
LIKE MR. SHIMONI MENTIONED, HE'D BEEN TO THE SITE.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING THE MATERIAL, ASKING QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
THAT SAID, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT ALSO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
THIS PROJECT CHECKS A LOT OF THE BOXES OFF FOR OUR CITY AND I'M ENTHUSIASTIC.
I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR.
LET'S CLOSE THE HEARING AND READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
I MOVED TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-21 BY TITLE ONLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
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ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CITY CLERK A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF REGIONAL PLAN 2030 TO CHANGE THE AREA TYPE DESIGNATION ON MAPS 21 AND 22 FROM AREA IN WHITE AREA TYPE AND STATE LAND TO EMPLOYMENT AREA TYPE FOR APPROXIMATELY 24.75 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2661 NORTH EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-21.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 10B, BE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION
[B. Public Hearing, Consideration, and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-12 : An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff Zoning Map to rezone approximately 7.29 acres of real property generally located at 2661 N El Paso Flagstaff Road, from the Highway Commercial (HC) zone with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) to the Heavy Industrial Open (HI-O) Zone with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO), providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing and effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the May 17, 2022, Council Meeting: 1) Hold the Public Hearing 2) Read Ordinance No. 2022-12 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-12 by title only (if approved above) At the June 7, 2022, Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2022-12 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-12 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-12]
OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022 TO 12.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 7.29 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2661 NORTH EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD FROM THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN ZONE WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ACTUALLY, MR. MAYOR, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A, B AND C WAS JUST HELD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS AND THEN MOVE ON TO C AND THEN WE'LL NEED TO CALL A NEW PUBLIC HEARING FOR D.
EXCELLENT, THEN I MOVED TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-12 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 7.25, EXCUSE ME, 7.29 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2661 NORTH EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD FROM THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY RPO TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPEN HI-O ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY, RPO PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM C, WHICH IS THE VARIANCE, CODE VARIANCE FROM THE
[C. Public Hearing and Consideration of Variance PZ-21-00117-06: A request for a Zoning Code Variance from the minimum screening requirements of Section 10-50.50.050.A and the minimum landscape requirements of Division 10-50.60. The application proposes to develop a ground-based green waste recycling operation generating mulch and compost without screen walls or fences and without landscaping. The subject property is located at 2661 N El Paso Flagstaff Road. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Per Section 10-20.20.040.I. the City Council may act as the Board of Adjustment upon majority vote of the City Council when a quorum of the Board of Adjustment cannot be achieved due to absence or disqualification. Staff has tried twice to obtain a quorum of the Board of Adjustment to hear this Variance Request. Staff recommends that the City Council: Make a motion to act as the Board of Adjustment, and Upon finding that the criteria required for granting of a variance have been met, approve the variance application subject to the following conditions: As long as the proposed use operates under a Special Land Use Permit under the ownership of the Arizona State Land Department, the site will not be required to provide screening or landscaping as required by the Zoning Code. ]
MINIMUM SCREENING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 10-50.50.050.A AND THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS OF DIVISION 10-50-60.THE APPLICATION PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A GROUND BASED GREENWAYS RECYCLING OPERATION, GENERATING MULCH AND COMPOST WITHOUT SCREEN WALLS OR FENCES AND WITHOUT LANDSCAPING.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2661 NORTH EL PASO FLAGSTAFF ROAD AND PER SECTION 10-20.20.040.I.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ACT AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT UPON A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED DUE TO ABSENCE OR DISQUALIFICATION.
STAFF HAS TRIED TWICE TO OBTAIN A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
TO HEAR THIS VARIANCE REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACT AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
WELL, CONSIDERING THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ON TWO OCCASIONS HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET A QUORUM, I MOVE THAT WE AS THE CITY COUNCIL ACT AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN THIS CASE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
AND SO I MOVED TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO AS LONG AS THE PROPOSED USE OPERATES UNDER A SPECIAL LAND USE PERMIT UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT, THE SITE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SCREENING OR LANDSCAPING AS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING CODE.
A SECOND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[D. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-11: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, Amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code, Division 10-20.40: Permits and Approvals, Section 10-20.40.060: Development Agreement to add subsection E. Notification Requirements for a Development Agreement. Providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the May 3, 2022, Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2022-11 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-11 by title only (if approved above) At the May 17, 2022, Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2022-11 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-11 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-11]
CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE TEN FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE DIVISION TEN 20.40 PERMITS AND APPROVALS SECTIONS 10-20.40.060.DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ADD SUBSECTION E, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES.
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MS. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S STILL ME? AND IF.
WE JUST NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.
OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TIFFANY ANTAL.
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PLEASE GO.ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT FOR YOU.
TONIGHT IS A VERY SHORT AND SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT.
IT IS BASICALLY TO ESTABLISH NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
THIS WAS RECENTLY REQUESTED FROM CITY COUNCIL BASED ON A PREVIOUS CASE WHERE WE MOVED FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MODIFICATIONS.
IT'S A IT'S A TOPIC THAT SORT OF POPS UP FROM TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY ON DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND HAVE REMAINED UNDEVELOPED FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME.
THE LAST TWO WERE BOTH OVER A DECADE OR TWO DECADES OLD BY THE TIME WE WERE MODIFYING THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND ALLOW IN ORDER TO ALLOW NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS THE TEXT AMENDMENT BASICALLY TO REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE BE PROVIDED WHEN APPROVING OR REVISING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN A PROPERTY OWNER, A DEVELOPER AND A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OFTEN INCLUDING TERMS NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED THROUGH EXISTING REGULATIONS.
FOR THE MOST PART, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE VERY HANDY WHEN WE NEED TO REQUIRE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THERE'S AN INTERSECTION AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY, OR THERE'S A WATERLINE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED, THAT THOSE GENERATE THE BASIS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, HOWEVER, ALSO SOMETIMES INCLUDE STIPULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ON THE USE OF THE LAND ITSELF, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER STIPULATIONS WERE PLACED ON A REZONING ORDINANCE.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WHEN THEY'RE INITIALLY APPROVED, RUN CONCURRENT WITH SOME KIND OF OTHER ENTITLEMENT CASE, REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OR ANNEXATION.
I BELIEVE YOU'LL SEE ONE LATER TONIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ANNEXATION.
SO HERE IS THAT PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT.
IT ADDS THREE SENTENCES, TWO SENTENCES, THREE SENTENCES, BASICALLY NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING AGREEMENT, PRIOR TO ANY CONSIDERATION OF ANY ACTION OF A DEVELOPER ON A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
NOTICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC MEETINGS SHALL BE PROVIDED PROVIDED PURSUANT TO PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS, AND THE SECTION PROVIDED IS THE SAME PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS WE DO FOR A REZONING CASE.
SO THE FINDINGS THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH AND CONFORMS TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF POLICIES REALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE NOTIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE GENERAL PLAN IS SO HEAVILY FOCUSED ON THE USE OF LAND THAT I REALLY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
BUT NOWHERE COULD I ALSO FIND THAT THERE WERE ANY CONFLICTING POLICIES IN TERMS OF ADDING THIS PROVISION.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE OR WELFARE.
IN CONTRAST, IT WILL BE THE OPPOSITE.
IT WILL BE ALLOWING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTICE FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES TO LAND USE IN A MORE TRANSPARENT SETTING.
AND LASTLY, THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS INTERNALLY CONSISTENT AND IT WILL IT WON'T CONFLICT WITH ANY OTHER CHAPTERS IN THE CODE AND WILL FOLLOW EXISTING PRACTICES FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM.
OH, I WAS HAPPY TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
AND THEN WE CAN GIVE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE 2022-11 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD POLICY.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITH THAT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 11A OH, YOU.
I'M SORRY I SKIPPED OVER THE CITY CLERK.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE TEN FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE DIVISION 10-20.40 PERMITS AND APPROVALS SECTION 10-20.40.060 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO ADD SUBSECTION E, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WELL, WITH THAT, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.
I JUST WAS WAITING FOR DOTY TO COME HERE AND WALK DOWN TO THE, GOT ALL EXCITED
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BUBBLE BURST.4:36, WE CAN MEET BACK UP HERE.
START IT AND GET THE LIVE STREAM SET UP.
MAYOR, WE ARE BACK LIVE STREAMING.
SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
IT'S A PARTY IN THE BACK THERE WITH ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-13: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff authorizing the acquisition of real property and the determination and offers of relocation benefits to persons displaced to make way for the Fourth Street/Cedar Avenue/Lockett Road roundabout project; providing for delegation of authority, severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the May 17, 2022 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2022-13 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-13 by title only (if approved above) At the June 7, 2022 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2022-13 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-13 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-13 Staff recommends adopting both Option 1 and Option 2 set forth in the Ordinance, related to delegation of authority.]
WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 11 A, THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-13, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE DETERMINATION AND OFFERS OF RELOCATION BENEFITS TO PERSONS DISPLACED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE FOURTH STREET CEDAR AVENUE LOCKETT ROAD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS BRYCE DOTY, REAL ESTATE MANAGER.
I'M NOT THE BEST JUDGE OF THE TIME OF THINGS, SO I DID HAVE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BASED OFF THE LIST OF THINGS, I HAD TO SCRATCH THAT OUT FOR AFTERNOON.
SO MAN, WE WERE MOVING ALONG AT PACE.
ALL THAT TO SAY IS MY JUDGMENT, AS ALWAYS, NOT PERFECT.
I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE INITIALLY, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES PREPARED.
I WAS NOT UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS WAS A QUITE AN INTERESTING TOPIC, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
SO ALL THAT TO SAY IS WE DO HAVE SOME SLIDES HERE.
TODAY I'M HERE TO TO PRESENT AN ACQUISITION TO OR FOR ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT WE NEED FOR THE FOURTH AND LOCKETT ROUNDABOUT.
WE'RE IN THE INTERSECTIONS OF CEDAR AND LOCKETT AND FOURTH STREET JUST ABOVE.
THERE'S IT'S ADJACENT TO MIMS AND TO THE PINE SCHOOL AND OH, AND THEN THE EAST EAST FLAG LIBRARY.
HERE'S HERE'S CURRENT CONDITIONS.
SO THE GENESIS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THROUGH SAFETY FUNDS.
SO IS A FEDERAL PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL PROJECT.
ADOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT, AND THAT AFFECTS THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION IN A FEW WAYS.
WE'RE THE LOCAL AGENT FOR THIS SO THAT THEY HAVE TO CERTIFY THAT ALL OF THE ACQUISITIONS HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH THE UNIFORM ACT.
AS THE LOCAL AGENT, THEY ARE ALLOWING US TO TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THE PARTIAL ACQUISITIONS AND THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS.
BUT FOR THE FULL ACQUISITION, WHICH REQUIRES RELOCATION SERVICES, WE WILL PROCURE RELOCATION SERVICES FOR THAT BASED OFF OF A DOT'S REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
THIS WAS THE DESIGN THAT WAS SELECTED.
AND THEN THIS NEXT ONE IS HERE'S THE ACQUISITIONS THAT WE NEED.
THE YELLOW IS THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AND THE PURPLE ARE THE PERMANENT RIGHT OF WAY TAKES.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS LR ONE IS THE FULL ACQUISITION WE DO HAVE.
THIS DESIGN DID REQUIRE THE FULL ACQUISITION OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE AT 2207 EAST LOCKETT.
SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE ACQUISITIONS TO GO.
AND THEN THE REST ARE KIND OF FRINGE ELEMENTS ON THE ON THE FOUR CORNERS THERE.
THIS ORDINANCE, IT KIND OF PROVIDES TWO OPTIONS IN IT.
BOTH ARE CRAFTED TO ALLOW STAFF TO MOVE QUICKLY SHOULD YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR ACQUISITIONS.
I ASKED THAT YOU APPROVE BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS.
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE LONE TREE OVERPASS HAS TAUGHT US THAT FOR ACQUISITIONS REQUIRING RELOCATION BENEFITS, SPEED IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR CURRENT REAL ESTATE MARKET.
THAT MIGHT BE CHANGING, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT WE HAVE TO DETERMINE RELOCATION BENEFITS FOR THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE AT 2207.
AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS WE DETERMINE WHAT A REPLACEMENT HOUSE IS IN THE MARKET.
SO WE HAVE TWO DEFINED HOUSES THAT ARE REPLACEABLE OR COMPARABLE HOUSES ON THE MARKET AND PROVIDE THEM A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL FOR WHAT THEY'RE HOUSE APPRAISED AT.
IF THE HOUSES ARE NO LONGER ON THE MARKET, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, WE LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEM THOSE DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS.
SO THE OPTION REALLY JUST ALLOWS STAFF TO PRESENT THOSE DETERMINATION OR BENEFITS IF THEY'RE OVER THE $50,000 CONTRACT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO THOSE ARE THE THE OPTIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE SELECTED THEM.
AND THERE I HAVE A FEELING, A SNEAKING SUSPICION YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT DESIGN SELECTION PROCESS AND THE DESIGN PROCESS OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
REALLY, MY, MY AGENDA HERE IN THIS ITEM IS REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE PROPERTY THAT
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WE NEED FOR THIS DESIGN.SO SHOULD THAT HAPPEN, WE WILL BEGIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES THAT WE NEED FOR THIS I'M SCHEDULED TO ACQUIRE.
THE GOAL IS TO DELIVER ALL THE PROPERTY THAT WE NEED BY THE END OF OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO I'LL START PROCURING THAT, REQUIRE RELOCATION SERVICES, START GET AN APPRAISER ON BOARD AND START MOVING THROUGH THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION PHASE.
ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY? THANK YOU, MR. DOTY.
AND LET'S JUST STICK TO QUESTIONS FOR NOW, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS BEFORE OUR MORE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK AND BRIEF PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM EITHER THE LAND OWNER OR THE PINE FOREST IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AND FEELINGS ARE ABOUT THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION? I WAS TOLD THAT AT A I THINK IT TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE LANDOWNER EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN COMMUNICATIONS WITH PINE FORESTS AND WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
WE HAVE MET WITH ALL THE AFFECTED PARCEL OWNERS FOR PERMANENT ACQUISITIONS.
SO JEREMY AND I LAST LAST YEAR WE DID WALK THE SITE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PINE FOREST AND KIND OF LET THEM KNOW OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AT THAT WE KNEW OF AT THE DESIGN PHASE AT THAT TIME AND HOW THE APPRAISED VALUES OR THE APPRAISED PROPERTY THAT WE NEED COULD HELP IN TERMS OF THE LOSS OF LAND FOR PICNIC TABLES OR FOR VOLLEYBALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WE DID KIND OF INFORM THEM ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF RECEPTION, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS THEIR PROPERTY REDUCED FOR SURE, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THIS PROJECT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR THIS INTERSECTION WAS HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE IT FROM FROM LAST YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL BEFORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? ALL RIGHT.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH CINDY ROE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON DOWN.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PINE FOREST CHARTER SCHOOL RIGHT THERE ON FOURTH AND CEDAR.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, WE REALIZE THE SHIP HAS LEFT THE DOCK AND IS ALMOST OUT OF THE HARBOR ON THIS.
BUT I'M REALLY HERE TO EXPRESS SOME CONCERN.
IS THERE ENOUGH DATA FOR A PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC STUDY REGARDING CHILDREN? I COME FROM THE EAST.
I'M ALSO FROM EAST FLAGSTAFF I'M TRYING TO SAY COMING INTO THE SCHOOL AND I GET THAT WE ALL WANT AN EASIER PATH COMING DOWN LOCKETT MEADOW, UP FOURTH, DOWN FOURTH, IT'S FRUSTRATING.
WHAT I SIT FROM MY OFFICE AND SEE IS CHILDREN EXITING OUR BUILDING AFTER SCHOOL FOR SOME TIME NOW, OVER THE YEARS AND JUST DARTING READY TO GO TO THE LIBRARY THROUGH THAT SLIP LANE AND, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN DEVELOPMENTALLY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE AND COORDINATE HOW THEY ARE CROSSING THOSE CROSSWALKS.
SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS POTENTIALLY THE PLAN AS IT'S LAID OUT, THE POINTS WHERE THE CHILDREN WILL CROSS FROM THE SLIP LANE TO SORT OF AN ISLAND.
AND THEN ACROSS THE FIELD, YOU HAVE DAREDEVIL CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO TEMPT EACH OTHER.
RUN, SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT BEFORE THE CAR COMES.
YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OLD, MAYBE BEING ESCORTED BY A SIBLING OF SEVEN YEARS OLD.
CHILDREN ARE WALKING ALONE, AND I'M MORE CONCERNED AT THIS POINT WITH WHERE THE CROSSWALKS ARE SITTING.
AND I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO PERHAPS CONSIDER, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH DATA FOR PEDESTRIAN CHILDREN'S SAFETY LIKE ROUNDABOUT ENGINEERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO CHILDREN CROSS AT THESE ROUNDABOUTS AND IS IT SAFE? YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT I JUST REALLY WOULD ASK YOU, MAYBE YOU DIRECT A LITTLE BIT MORE STUDY BEFORE YOU FINALIZE.
WHERE ARE THOSE CROSSWALKS? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE? MAYBE IT'S A DONE DEAL, BUT CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THEY THEY DO NOT COGNATE I MY FIRST YEAR AT THE SCHOOL I WOULD WATCH THE CHILDREN GO DOWN AND DART ACROSS THAT SLIP LANE TO THE POINT WHERE I ASK US TO STOP THEM, HAVE A TEACHER STAND THERE AND DIRECT THEM ALL THE WAY
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DOWN TO THE MIMS CROSSWALK CLOSE TO ELLEN AND GO AROUND.BUT WE CAN'T STAND THERE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PUT CROSSING GUARDS OUT THERE.
THERE'S NOT VOLUNTEERS ANYMORE.
SO JUST IN THINKING ABOUT THE STUDENT SAFETY, THAT'S REALLY OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS.
THAT'S OUR BUSINESS AND WATCHING DEVELOPMENTALLY CAN CHILDREN NAVIGATE IT? I DON'T KNOW ON.
SO BLESSINGS ON YOUR JOURNEY ON THIS AND BLESSING ON ALL OF OURS.
YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS.
CINDY, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A QUESTION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CINDY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
DO YOU HAVE ANY? HOW MANY KIDS ARE AT YOUR SCHOOL? WELL, WE'LL HAVE 200 NEXT YEAR.
COMING BACK TO THE PANDEMIC LOSS, WE'RE CLIMBING UP TO 200 NOW, AGE 3 TO 14, PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE AS TO HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN THAT CORRIDOR REGION? I WOULD SAY 25% AT THIS TIME.
WE JUST MOVED TO THAT LOCATION IN 16-17.
SO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD NOW IS DISCOVERING US.
WE'RE KIND OF QUIET THERE WITH NOT A LOT OF ADVERTISING, BUT THEY ARE COMING NOW.
SO I SUSPECT OUR GOAL WOULD BE EVENTUALLY 50% FROM THE SUNNYSIDE AREA AND ABOVE AND AROUND THERE.
AND CINDY, SPECIFICALLY, I'M THINKING LIKE HOW MANY KIDS ARE TRYING TO CROSS THAT INTERSECTION? CROSSING THERE PRE-PANDEMIC? I'D SAY WE WOULD HAVE 20 CHILDREN A DAY HEADING TOWARDS THE LIBRARY OR HEADING DOWN LOCKETT AND THEN, MAYOR, MY LAST COMMENT IS REALLY FOR FOR STAFF, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE STAFF WALK THROUGH HOW A KID GETS ACROSS THIS INTERSECTION BECAUSE I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, TOO.
AND COME VISIT AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE YOU ON TOUR WHERE WE WOULD SEE THEM WALKING.
AND NEXT, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, JOHANNA PAYTON.
AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, SO WE HAVE THE TEN PEOPLE LISTED HERE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE 10 MINUTES, BUT THEY THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT.
ACTUALLY, YEAH, I THOUGHT THEY WERE CROSSED OUT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
YEAH, PRETEND THAT'S NOT THERE.
WELL, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES AND THEN FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FLAGSTAFF FOR 34 YEARS NOW, AND I AM A TEACHER AT PINE FOREST SCHOOL.
AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT CINDY ROWE JUST EXPRESSED, I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REASONS WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR PROPERTY AND ASK IF YOU HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL SAFETY, BUT THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AT OUR SCHOOL.
THE ROAD IS ALREADY TOO CLOSE TO OUR SCHOOL BUILDING AND IT POSES CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS NOISE POLLUTION, WHICH ALSO PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN.
IT WON'T ONLY BRING VEHICLES CLOSER TO OUR BUILDING, BUT IT WILL ALSO BRING FOOT TRAFFIC CLOSER TO OUR BUILDING, WHICH MEANS STRANGERS WALKING PAST WILL BE CLOSER, WHICH IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT THE SCHOOLYARD IS OUR CLASSROOM.
IT IS THE ONLY GRASSY AREA ON CAMPUS FOR STUDENTS TO ENJOY.
WE DO CLASS INSTRUCTION OUTDOORS, WE HAVE LUNCH SNACK TIME OUTDOORS.
WE PLAY LOTS OF GAMES OUTDOORS AND WE WILL BE LOSING OUR VOLLEYBALL COURT.
I WANTED TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF OUR SCHOOL YARD.
WE HAVE A STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH TERRA BIRDS, WHICH IS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION.
WE TEACH THE CHILDREN TO TREASURE, RESPECT AND CARE FOR THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.
THE PLAYGROUND, THE WHOLE CAMPUS IS OUR CLASSROOM.
WE STUDY THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CONTAINED WITHIN OUR CLASS, ON OUR CAMPUS.
WE HAVE TWO OLD GROWTH TREES WHICH ARE RIGHT ALONG FOURTH STREET AND LOCKETT.
AND OUR STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THEM.
THEY LEARN THAT THEY ARE OLD GROWTH TREES.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, LONGER THAN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, LONGER THAN ANYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS BEEN HERE.
AND THEY COULD BE HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS MORE IF WE TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THERE'S HISTORICAL AND ECOLOGICAL VALUE TO THESE TREES.
AND I WOULD ALSO, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF MONETARY VALUE, THEY ARE PRICELESS.
AND NO AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE GET FOR THE PROPERTY WILL EVER BRING THEM BACK.
THEY MIGHT NOT EVER EVEN BE ABLE TO GROW BACK WITH THE CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS.
YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACING FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT PINE FOREST SCHOOL IS THE HOME FOR MANY
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OF THESE STUDENTS.THEY SPEND MANY OF THEM SPEND MORE WAKING HOURS AT OUR SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS THAN THEY SPEND IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
THIS IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM.
IT WOULD BE UPSETTING AND GUT WRENCHING, TO SAY THE LEAST, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL SCHOOLYARD, OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HOME TORN APART AND THEN REPLACED WITH PAVEMENT AND CONCRETE.
AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
I FEEL THAT YOU ALL HAVE A DUTY TO BE STEWARDS FOR THE AT LEAST 200 CHILDREN THAT ARE AT OUR SCHOOL.
AND I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE AND BEFORE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE IS DONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE INDIVIDUALS AT THIS TIME? NO, MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
WITH THAT, THEN HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ANYTHING OF THE SORT? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF, AND IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING RAISED AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT THAT LAND ACQUISITION.
MY QUESTION IS JUST DOES APPROVING THIS ORDINANCE PRECLUDE ANY FURTHER FUTURE DISCUSSION OF THE DESIGN THAT MIGHT ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS? HI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
APPROVING THIS REALLY THE FIRST PHASE OF PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
WE CAN'T REALLY START THAT UNTIL WE GET LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
SO DESIGN HAS TO BE AT A CERTAIN POINT IN ITS PLANS WHERE THE DESIGN IS STABLE ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN ORDER SURVEYS AND GET LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS SO THAT ALL OF THESE PARTIAL ACQUISITIONS WE'VE GOT LEGALS FOR, AND I CAN SEND THAT TO AN APPRAISER AND SAY, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TAKING.
CAN YOU VALUE WHAT WE NEED? IF THERE ARE DESIGN CHANGES TO THAT WHICH FEATURE LEGAL DESCRIPTION MODIFICATIONS, THEN THAT DOES SET US BACK IN TERMS OF WE WOULD NEED DIFFERENT LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER MODIFY OR MODIFY WHAT CURRENT LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS WE HAVE OR GET LESS THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
SO I VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT, AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION TONIGHT, BUT I VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT IN SOLIDARITY OF TEAM FLAGSTAFF AND OF MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL, OUT OF RESPECT FOR US COLLECTIVELY AND WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT.
BUT THAT DECISION WEIGHED ON MY HEART AND MY SOUL SINCE THAT DISCUSSION.
SO I WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO BE HOPING THAT WE CAN STAND BEHIND OPTION THREE AND POSTPONE THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO A LATER DATE UNTIL THERE'S FURTHER DIALOG, ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING AROUND THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
THE KIDS IN THAT REGION, THE SCHOOLS, MEMS, PINE FOREST, THOMAS POINTY [INAUDIBLE], COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL, THE LIBRARY, CCC AND THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS LIKELY OUR MOST PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED INTERSECTION FOR YOUTH IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND IF WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS DONE TO PRIORITIZE THE MOVEMENT OF CHILDREN OVER THE MOVEMENT OF CARS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG REGRET THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE US WITH.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY IT, BUT IN A POSITION THAT IS NOT COMFORTABLE YEARS AHEAD AFTER WE'RE OFF COUNCIL.
AND SO I, IN GOOD FAITH CANNOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S IT'S MISSING WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE TO BE A SOLID A ROUNDABOUT AND.
I THINK WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION.
THIS MAKES ME SO UNCOMFORTABLE AND HAS KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE GOOD PLANNING FOR CHILDREN AND HOW THEY NEED TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION HERE.
AND IT'S ALSO 1.7 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY EMBRACE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS DISCUSSION AND ENGAGE THEM, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THEY'RE NOT.
AND LASTLY, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM PARENTS IS THAT THEY WILL DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, FURTHERING THE CONGESTION AT THIS INTERSECTION.
SO THIS PROJECT DOES NOT MAKE IT SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE TO WALK AND GET TO SCHOOL.
IT DOES THE OPPOSITE AND I THINK WILL RESULT IN MORE CONGESTION.
SO MAYOR, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF OPTION THREE, WHICH IS NOT TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND TAKE SOME TIME, MAY TAKE A PAUSE ON THIS AND BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL, MAYBE EVEN HOST A TOWN HALL AT PINE FOREST.
I BELIEVE PINE FOREST SAID THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO HOST THAT AND MEMS WAS TO
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ALL THE LEADERSHIP I SPOKE TO AT ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS PLAN AND BORDERLINE FREAKING OUT THAT THIS WAS MOVING FORWARD AND I CAN'T HELP BUT AGREE WITH THEM.AND WE REPRESENT THEM AND WE REPRESENT THE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, WHO IS THE VOICE OF THE KIDS? WHO SPEAKS UP FOR THE CHILDREN? THAT'S WHAT KEPT GOING THROUGH MY HEAD OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY PLAY FROGGER TO CROSS THAT STREET, AS WAS MENTIONED.
AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY HERE.
SO BEFORE WE HAVE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE AND AND NOT ACQUIRE THIS LAND TO PROGRESS FORWARD ON THIS PLAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION PHASE AND THE OPTIONS ARE GO AHEAD AND ACQUIRE OR ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH ONE OR TWO RELATED DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE WAS JUST NOT TO ADOPT AUTHORITY, NOT TO EXTEND OR AUTHORIZE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
I KNOW MUCH OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THOUGH, WAS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND THE DESIGN AND ALL OF THAT.
I NEED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT THAT'S NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
WHAT'S HERE TONIGHT IS JUST THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION QUESTION.
THANK YOU, STERLING, FOR HELPING US FOCUS.
I REALIZE THE NARROW PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, BUT I TAKE MR. SHIMONI'S COMMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS THAT ARE OF CONCERN.
SO AND AND IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT, ASSUMING WE DO IT, WAS FOR SAFETY REASONS.
SO MAYBE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, COULD I ASK JEFF BAUMAN TO MAYBE COMPARE THE SAFETY OF THIS TO.
SO, MR. SOLOMON, DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT TO MY.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO SAFETY AND DESIGN AND.
FORTUNATELY, AGAIN, IF IT WAS POSTED FOR THAT TONIGHT, WE COULD.
SO AN OPTION IS WE COULD VOTE THIS DOWN TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
SO IF WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, AT LEAST BRIEFLY ABOUT SAFETY, THEN I'M A NO VOTE ALSO.
SO AND EVENTUALLY, I WOULD GUESS I PROBABLY WILL VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET PEDESTRIANS ACROSS? YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT COME TO MIND ABOUT HOW WE COULD MAKE VERY MINOR CHANGES TO IT THAT MIGHT HELP.
SO ANYWAY, IT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER.
TO HAVE MR. BAUMAN EVEN MAKE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE WAY THE AGENDA ITEM READS? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO I REALLY HATE TO DO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ALSO AND ASK GREG CLIFTON IN THE PERSON OF SHANNON TO BRING THIS BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON IT.
AND AT THAT POINT, MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK AND THAT MAY DELAY THIS A MONTH.
BUT I'M WITH YOU, MR. SHIMONI.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY OTHER COMMENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS ON THIS.
AND MY QUESTION, IF WE DELAY THIS AND WE COME BACK, DEPENDING ON AND FUTURE INFORMATION.
IS THAT ALLOWING ENOUGH TIME FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION AND GIVING THOSE THAT ARE NEEDING TO ADJUST ENOUGH TIME WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND TO GIVE EVERYONE THE TIME AND SPACE TO ADJUST.
I'M GOING TO LET JEREMY TOGETHER.
THE PROJECT MANAGER DELIVERING THIS PROJECT CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE LAND ACQUISITION FITS WITHIN THE PROJECT.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS.
JEREMY DEGATOR, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGER.
WE'RE ON A OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2023 WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE ON A RELATIVELY TIGHT SCHEDULE TO MEET THAT AND THAT IF WE WERE NOT ABLE TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE
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TO MEET A CONSTRUCTION SEASON IN 2023.THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD JUST BE THAT WE WOULD EITHER BE LOOKING AT A SECOND CONSTRUCTION SEASON OR THAT IT WOULD SLIDE ANOTHER YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO FULLY SPEAK TO SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE HSIP HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT THE FUNDING OF ROUGHLY $1.9 MILLION THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROCESS.
SO I DON'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT EXACTLY SOME OF THOSE RAMIFICATIONS MAY BE IF WE SO CHOOSE TO DELAY.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT CAN TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING RAMIFICATIONS OF FUNDING DELAYS? I BELIEVE ADOT MANAGES THESE FORESTS, SO IT'S REALLY TIES INTO THEIR PROCESS AND THEIR PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY MANAGE THIS.
FOR MANY LOCAL AGENCIES, WE ARE JUST ONE OF MANY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I THINK IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS SAFER THAN THE EXISTING SITUATION, THE EXISTING INTERSECTION.
AND IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THAT, WE COULD ESTABLISH THAT AND MOVE ON.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT IT, THEN WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SAFER.
WE GOT THIS GRANT FOR A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
WE HAD TO SHOW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT THIS INTERSECTION TO RECEIVE THE GRANT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SECONDLY, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, AND I WENT BACK AND I REWATCHED OUR VIDEO ABOUT THIS FROM A YEAR AGO WHERE WE DID DISCUSS THIS VERY DIRECTLY.
AND IN FACT, OF THE, I BELIEVE, FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAD PUT FORTH, WHICH EVEN INCLUDED A DOUBLE ROUNDABOUT, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS, WE CHOSE THE SAFEST OPTION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT COUNSEL WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THEN.
AND I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW AS WELL, WE ARE PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY.
THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A WORK SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY IMPACTS OF THIS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC TO HOPEFULLY EASE SOME CONCERNS, AS WELL AS MAYBE DISCUSS POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR CERTAIN REFINEMENTS LIKE WHERE THE CROSSWALK IS LOCATED AND SO FORTH, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, ARE DOING IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER ON THIS CORNER AMIDST A DIFFICULT SITUATION TRYING TO FIND A COMPARABLE HOME, TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IS GOING TO BE SUITABLE FOR THEM WITHIN THE PRICE RANGE.
AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THAT LANDOWNER.
IF WE ARE GOING TO DO A ROUNDABOUT HERE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH AN IGA STARTING BACK IN MAY 2020, THAT A ROUNDABOUT WOULD EXIST HERE.
NOW, THE SPECIFICS ABOUT IT, I'M OPEN TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT AND GETTING THE PUBLIC'S INPUT.
BUT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED A ROUNDABOUT WILL EXIST HERE, AND A ROUNDABOUT BEING THERE REQUIRES THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO BE ACQUIRED IN TOTAL.
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TONIGHT IS THAT WE DO PUT THIS WORK SESSION, INFORMATION SESSION THREE WEEKS FROM NOW ON THE CALENDAR POTENTIALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN AND CLARIFY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A WORK SESSION IN THREE WEEKS.
WE HAVE TWO BACK TO BACK WORK SESSIONS NEXT WEEK, AND THE WEEK AFTER, BECAUSE IT IS A FIVE TUESDAY MONTH, OH FIVE TUESDAY A MONTH.
SO I WAS JUST NORMALLY WE DO WORK SESSIONS EVERY OTHER WEEK.
SO GIVING MORE TIME THAN JUST ONE WEEK TO STAFF TO PREPARE A PRESENTATION WAS WHAT I WAS AIMING FOR WITH THAT SUGGESTION.
SO IN TWO WEEKS, HAVE A WORK SESSION, INFORMATION SESSION ON THIS TOPIC.
TONIGHT THOUGH, AT LEAST THAT ONE PROPERTY I FEEL WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER MORE TIME.
IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE PINE FOREST PART OF THE ACQUISITION AND POTENTIALLY WE CAN MODIFY THAT AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE NEED TO APPROVE THE LOT OF LR01 AT LEAST FOR LAND ACQUISITION, TO PROVIDE THAT PROPERTY OWNER MORE TIME TO FIND A COMPARABLE PROPERTY AND ALLOW MR. DOTY AND THE TEAM TO FIND THAT PROPERTY IN THE PROCESS.
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THAT IS MY SUGGESTION FOR THIS EVENING.IF I MAY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN TONIGHT IS JUST THE FIRST READ OF THE ORDINANCE AS WELL.
THE SECOND READ IS ON JUNE 7TH.
SO JUST TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE PUBLIC AS A FIRST READ, ANY VOTE WE HAVE TO DO TWICE.
AND AS A FIRST READ THAT DOESN'T MEAN THING IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY APPROVED TONIGHT.
IT JUST MEANS IT MOVES ONE STEP IN THE PROCESS WHILE WE GATHER MORE INFORMATION.
BUT AGAIN, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND BEING ABLE TO ALLOW THE TIME FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY.
AND I AM OPEN FOR FURTHER REFINEMENTS TO THE PLAN FOR A ROUNDABOUT.
CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS ONLY A FIRST READ TONIGHT, I THINK I CAN SUPPORT IT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT BEFORE WE DO THE FINAL READ, WE WOULD HAVE A WORK SESSION TO WORK OUT SOME OF THESE DETAILS.
YEAH THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THEN, THIS WOULD COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL TO GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ISSUES ON THE MAY 31ST MEETING.
AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE A SECOND READ TO FINALIZE THIS VOTE UNTIL JUNE 7TH, WHICH WOULD BE A WEEK AFTER.
SO IF WE MOVE THIS ALONG TONIGHT, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL, BUT AT LEAST ALLOWS THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE.
AND WE CAN WE STILL HAVE TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND PURSUE IT.
SO I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HASH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
MR. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE PROPERTY BEING ACQUIRED UNDER TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE PROPERTIES ON THE RIGHT OF WAY AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, INCLUDING OF THAT PINE FOREST.
WHEN YOU SAY A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, DO WE GIVE BACK THE EASEMENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION, ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS.
SO THESE ARE JUST TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.
ONCE THE PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTED, ALL OF THOSE EASEMENTS WILL GO AWAY.
WE TYPICALLY COMPENSATION FOR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ARE USUALLY A PERCENTAGE OF THE FEE PROPERTY, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG YOU NEED IT.
GENERALLY 10% PER PER YEAR KIND OF THING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE VALUE OF THOSE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
YOU'RE ON MUTE COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
I WAS 30 SECONDS INTO A SPEECH THERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INTERVENTION AND THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE A MOMENT AGO.
I FULLY SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD AT THIS TIME WITH THIS PROCESS, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING RAISED.
AND WE SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT YOU SAID.
WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS.
THE SAFETY OF THIS PROJECT WAS ASSURED TO US BY OUR ENGINEERS AND CITY STAFF.
AND I BRISTLE A LITTLE BIT AT THE CHARACTERIZATION THAT WE'RE PLOWING FORWARD HERE WITH SOME WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
THESE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY HAPPEN.
THESE CHARACTERISTICS WERE ALREADY VETTED.
AND I JUST FEEL BAD FOR OUR STAFF WHO HAVE TO SORT OF PLAY GROUNDHOG DAY HERE WHEN THEY'RE READY.
THEY'RE FIVE STEPS AHEAD, TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALL APPROVED.
AND THEY'RE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE SAFETY OF THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
AND WHILE IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY TO REVISIT SOME OF THESE THINGS, IT'S PRUDENT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
FOR RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO PRESS FORWARD AND WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THOSE OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
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AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS, BUT I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL, VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH THROWING AROUND PHRASES LIKE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS.I FIND THAT ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE AND DANGEROUS AND JUST JUST RECKLESS RHETORIC.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLCHILDREN HERE.
MY OWN DAUGHTER WAS HIT BY A CAR IN THIS INTERSECTION.
SOME OF THE FOLKS AT THE SCHOOL THERE PROBABLY HELPED HER OUT WHEN THAT SITUATION OCCURRED.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO ANY OF US THAN OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
AND FOR THIS CONVERSATION TO BE WHITTLED DOWN TO RECKLESSNESS IS, FRANKLY, HIGHLY OFFENSIVE.
AND I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD IF YOU NEED A MOTION.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS MAYOR ABOUT THE SECOND READ AND THE FIRST READ, I'LL SAY I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORT IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND I MIGHT BE IN THE MINORITY HERE AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT WORK SESSION BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES IT.
AND I DO HAVE SOME MAJOR CONCERNS WITH THIS MYSELF, AND I KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DO TOO.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HASHING IT OUT THEN.
AND I'M GLAD THE REMINDER THAT THERE IS A SECOND READ ON JUNE 7TH FOR THIS LAND ACQUISITION.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORT US MOVING FORWARD EVEN WITH THE HOME, KNOWING HOW FLAWED THIS PROJECT IS IN MY OPINION.
THANK YOU, YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
WELL, AS I SAID A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, I WILL SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FINAL.
THERE'LL BE A SECOND READ WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION TO ADDRESS MR. ASLAN'S COMMENTS.
IN GENERAL, I AGREE WITH WE SHOULDN'T GO BACK AND REHASH WHAT WE ALREADY DECIDED.
THERE'S ABOUT TWO OR THREE THINGS.
ONE IS THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE RIGHT NOW, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, IF STAFF'S ALREADY DONE ALL OF THIS, IT'S NOT A LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
THEY JUST HAVE TO GO PULL OUT THOSE OLD FILES AND COME HERE AND ASK QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD THE FIRST STEP.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY.
AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD KNOWING THAT IT IS THE FIRST READ.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETING ON THE 31ST.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO BOYS THAT WENT TO [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THIS INTERSECTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST CONVERSATION.
AND BECAUSE I'M PUTTING THIS FORWARD TONIGHT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT THERE FOR THE CHILDREN.
I'LL JUST ADD ONE PERSONAL NOTE TO MY SON GOES TO MEMS. MY CHILDREN ARE WAITLISTED AT PUENTE.
THEY WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
MY SON WALKS THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
SAFETY IS THE UTMOST THING I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT IS MY OWN CHILDREN GOING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AND WALKING THROUGH IT.
SO I'M ALWAYS UP FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THAT INTERSECTION.
I ALSO AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE GENERAL WAY THAT THIS IS BEING APPROACHED AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND WHAT THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD LEADING UP TO IT AND OUR ENGINEER'S INTENT BY HOW THIS IS DESIGNED IS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN NECESSARILY THAT WE CAN'T IMPROVE UPON THE PROJECT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS MY MIND GOING INTO THIS BECAUSE IT IS MY CHILDREN IN THAT INTERSECTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND WE WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD.
I MOVE THAT WE READ ORDINANCE 2022-13 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
DO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME THINGS SAID ABOUT OPTIONS? THAT CAN JUST OCCUR AT THE SECOND READ.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED? WITH A 6-1 THAT ORDINANCE DOES PASS AT THIS TIME.
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CITY CLERK.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AND THE DETERMINATION AND OFFERS OF RELOCATION
[B. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-01: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, extending and increasing the corporate limits of the City of Flagstaff pursuant to the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by annexing approximately 10.05 acres of land located at 7000 North Highway 89, which certain land is contiguous to the existing corporate limits of the City of Flagstaff, and establishing city zoning for said land as Highway Commercial (HC) with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO); providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. (Flagstaff Rehab Campus Annexation: Project Number PZ-20-00164-03). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2022-01 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-01 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-01]
BENEFITS TO PERSONS DISPLACED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE FOURTH STREET CEDAR AVENUE LOCKETT ROAD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WE'RE NOW DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 11 B, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-01 .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF TITLE NINE, CHAPTER FOUR, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES.
BY ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 10.05 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 7000 NORTH HIGHWAY 89, WHICH CERTAIN LAND IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND ESTABLISHING CITY ZONING FOR SAID LAND AS HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS THE FLAGSTAFF REHAB CAMPUS ANNEXATION PROJECT NUMBER PZ-20-00164-03.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GENEVIEVE PEARTHREE, SENIOR PLANNER IN THE CURRENT PLANNING SECTION.
SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR YOU TONIGHT ABOUT ON THIS FLAGSTAFF REHAB CAMPUS.
SO WE HAVE THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE, THE REZONING ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO BECAUSE WE'VE GONE OVER THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING QUITE A BIT AT THIS POINT, MY PRESENTATION IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THEM OR ANY ONE OF THE THREE ITEMS, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO YES, THIS IS THE NEW INFORMATION SO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2022-02 AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING ORDINANCE JUST BRIEFLY IN THIS.
SO THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, IT WOULD THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT IS TO STIPULATE THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD DEVELOP ACCORDING TO THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE IN MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS FOR 174 BED MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CAMPUS, AS WELL AS TWO AREAS FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT WOULD COVER THE ENTIRE 12.19 ACRE SITE SHOWN IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.
SO THAT'S THAT APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRE PARCEL SUBJECT TO ANNEXATION AS WELL AS THE PARCEL TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS ALSO SHOWN ON THAT CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH THE DEVELOPER, IF ANNEXED, WOULD PROPOSE TO COMBINE THOSE AND THEN RE-SUBDIVIDE THEM TO CREATE THE REHAB CAMPUS AS WELL AS THOSE AREAS FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO BASICALLY THIS TIES THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TIES THE SITE TO THIS CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.
IT ALSO DESCRIBES THE REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S TRAFFIC, WATER, SEWER, STREET FRONTAGES, STORMWATER, ETC.
IT DISCUSSES THE MAINTENANCE OF ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, WHICH WOULD FALL ON THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEN JUST TALKS ABOUT ANY EASEMENTS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT'S SOME OF THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS THAT CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED OR NOT EXCUSE ME, NOT APPROVED, MADE COMPLETE WITH CONDITIONS BY STAFF IN MARCH 16, 2021.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A FORMAL APPROVAL SITE PLAN, WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP.
WE'LL PROVIDE FORMAL APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT CONSTRUCTION, CIVIL PLANS, BUILDING PERMITS, ETC..
SO THEY'RE NOT AT THAT POINT YET.
THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP, BUT THIS CONCEPTUALLY SHOWS WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS TIED TO THIS PLAN THAT AGAIN SHOWS THAT REHAB CAMPUS PLUS THOSE TWO AREAS FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING ORDINANCES.
I DID WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THIS WAS DRAWN TO YOUR ATTENTION.
IT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL.
JUST SO THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION IN THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY WHAT LIGHTING ZONE THE PROPERTY WOULD COME INTO UPON ANNEXATION REALIZED THAT WAS NEEDED IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY AMEND THE LIGHTING MAP.
SO JUST ADDING THAT IT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL P&Z RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE REALIZE THAT WE DO NEED IT TO BE ABLE TO ASSIGN A LIGHTING ZONE UPON ANNEXATION, AND THEN THE SECOND UPDATE IS JUST THE REZONING ORDINANCE.
IN THOSE CONDITIONS, IT SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY WILL INITIALLY BE DEVELOPED FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN.
THAT'S TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY UPDATES TO THE ANNEXATION AND REZONING ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE.
TONIGHT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME.
SO GOING BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE ARE FOUR OPTIONS.
SO THE ONE IS THE FIRST IS TO APPROVE IT AS WRITTEN TODAY.
ANOTHER OPTION TWO IS TO ADD ADDITIONAL OR TO AMEND IT WITH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, MODIFIED TERMS OR DELETED TERMS. THE THIRD OPTION IS TO SEND IT BACK TO STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND THEN THE FOURTH IS TO DENY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND
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THEN STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO READ THE RESOLUTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY TITLE ONLY TODAY, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS ANNEXATION ORDINANCE AND REZONING, WHICH WOULD BE TO DO SECOND READ OR APPROVE IT.I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE.
WHATEVER IS IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR SECOND READS, THAT WOULD BE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE REZONING AND ANNEXATION ORDINANCES.
SO I BELIEVE, YEAH, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR MY FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THE ORDINANCES, AGAIN, I'M AVAILABLE AND THE APPLICANT IS ON TEAMS AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND GENEVIEVE AND STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES FOR WORKING ON THIS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME GOING INTO THIS, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DA AND THE ORDINANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S OUTLINED IN THESE AGENDA ITEMS. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR ALL THOSE THAT WORKED ON IT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-01 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AMENDMENT TO THAT THAT THIS APPROVAL BE CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IS THAT A FORMAL MOTION TO AMEND? IT SURE IS.
IT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON BEFORE THE MOTION CAN BE VOTED ON, AND THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
SO IS THERE€"-I SECOND THAT AMENDMENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, YOU'D HAVE TO CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND YEAH GOOD CATCH, COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY.
ACTUALLY, MAYOR, IF YOU CAN CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
OH, CALLING FOR A VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
NO, THAT MOTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY MADE THAT YOU SECONDED AMENDED COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI'S MOTION OR SORRY, VICE MAYOR'S MOTION.
WE'RE ALL CONFUSED [CHUCKLING], BUT YOU NEED TO CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION NOW.
RIGHT, SO WHAT WE'D BE VOTING ON NOW IS THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE 2022-01 WITH THE AMENDMENT SAYING THAT IT'S CONTINGENT ON THE APPROVAL OF THE DA.
CORRECT, IN ALL RESPECTS, EXCEPT IT'S JUST A MOTION TO READ.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN THAT MOTION IS STILL ON THE TABLE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY STATE OF ARIZONA.
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE NINE, CHAPTER FOUR, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES BY ANNEXING CERTAIN LAND TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 10.05 ACRES LOCATED AT 7000 NORTH HIGHWAY 89, WHICH LAND IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND ESTABLISHING CITY ZONING FOR SAID LAND AS HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL HC WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY RPO.
ALL RIGHT, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2022-01 WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT'S CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I'M LUCKY I DON'T HAVE TO PUSH IT [INAUDIBLE] QUICKER TO THE PUNCH.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-02 BY TITLE ONLY WITH
[C. Consideration, and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2022-02: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff Zoning Map to rezone approximately 1.09 acres of real property generally located at 7000 North Highway 89, a portion of APN 301-50-005G, from the Highway Commercial (HC) zone with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) to the Rural Residential (RR) with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) with conditions, providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. (Flagstaff Rehab Campus Concept Zoning Map Amendment: Project Number PZ-20-00164-04). STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2022-02 by title only for the final time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2022-02 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2022-02]
THE STIPULATION THAT IT BE TIED TO THE UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT VOTE.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.09 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7000 NORTH HIGHWAY 89, A PORTION OF APN 301-50-005G FROM THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL HC ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY RPO.
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TO THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL RR ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY RPO WITH CONDITIONS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2022-02 CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-22 BY TITLE ONLY.
[D. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2022-22: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, authorizing the execution of a Development Agreement between the City of Flagstaff and Flagland LLC for Flagstaff Rehab Campus related to the development of approximately 12.19 acres of real property generally located at 7000 North Highway 89 and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2022-22 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2022-22 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-22]
THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL, ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND FLAG LAND, LLC FOR THE FLAGSTAFF REHAB CAMPUS, RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 10.05 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7000 NORTH HIGHWAY 89 AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MAYOR I MOVE WE ADOPT, BEAT YOU TO IT, (HA, HA) RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-22.
I GUESS THAT MAKES US AN ADOPTION AGENCY.
[INAUDIBLE] GOT THE DAD JOKE IN THERE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, SIMILAR TO THE COMPOSTING DISCUSSION EARLIER, THIS IS A BIG DEAL THAT THE CITY IS MISSING, AND HAVING A TREATMENT CENTER LIKE THIS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA IS GOING TO BE HUGELY BENEFICIAL TO OUR REGION AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST REALLY PROUD OF OF ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED AND JUST GRATEFUL TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL, AND THANK YOU ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
BOOM SHOCKA LOCKA, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 12A, 2022 WILDLAND FIRE PREPAREDNESS
[A. 2022 Wildland Fire Preparedness Briefing STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation and Information Only]
BRIEFING.THANK YOU FOR MAKING SOME TIME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS.
AS WE INTRODUCE THIS TOPIC AND DISCUSS SOME OF OUR OUR SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS REALIZE PREPAREDNESS IS A YEAR ROUND CYCLE.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT SHOWS UP ON THE CALENDAR ON A SPECIFIC DAY OR A SPECIFIC MONTH.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON YEAR ROUND.
WE HAVE A CYCLE OF PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION RESPONSE AND IN SOME CASES, RECOVERY.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WILDFIRE, A LOT OF OUR PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS DO TAKE PLACE, THOUGH, IN THE OFF SEASON, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S A LOT HARDER TO DISCUSS THESE DAYS.
WE'RE SEEING CATASTROPHIC FIRES HAPPEN ALL YEAR ROUND IN MANY PLACES.
CHANGES IN OUR PREPAREDNESS STRATEGIES ARE OFTEN DICTATED BY THESE SEASONAL CHANGES.
WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
OUR PARTNERS ARE HAVING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN HOW WE PREPARE FOR THESE EVENTS AND HOW WE TRY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES.
SO TODAY, I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OUR PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY.
TONY MERRIMAN WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR WILDFIRE SEASONAL OUTLOOKS.
TRUE BROWN WITH THE FOREST SERVICE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT AND OUR PARTNERS HERE AT APS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR MITIGATION PROGRAMS AS WELL.
TONY, ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.
CAN YOU SEE ME AND HEAR ME OKAY? YEP.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
JUST GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF FIRE SEASON OUTLOOK.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHOT OF THE TUNNEL FIRE SMOKE FROM OUR OFFICE IN BELMONT, AND SO, AS WE'RE WELL AWARE, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF FIRE SEASON RIGHT NOW.
SO LET'S GO TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, SO LOOKING AT OUR DROUGHT CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY SOME MODERATE DROUGHT IN THE FLAGSTAFF AREA, A LITTLE HIGHER, MORE INTENSE DROUGHT ALONG THE UTAH ARIZONA BORDER, AND THAT'S OUR CURRENT MAP RIGHT NOW ON THE LEFT, AND JUST COMPARING IT TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE IN MUCH WORSE SHAPE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE GETTING PRECIPITATION IN MAY OF LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING FOR MAY AND JUNE.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
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SO WE DO THESE ASSESSMENTS EVERY WEEK AND WE WORK WITH OUR CITY, COUNTY TRIBAL PARTNERS AND UPDATING FOLKS ON DROUGHT CONDITIONS.NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND JUST KIND OF ADDING TO IT.
THIS IS THE PRECIPITATION DIFFERENCE FROM NORMAL, OUR PERCENT OF NORMAL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE 1 TO 10% OF NORMAL AS OF IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR MAP, FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL.
SO ARIZONA, THE ENTIRE STATE IS IN PRETTY DIRE STRAITS IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING MUCH IN THE WAY OF RELIEF, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, BUT THAT COULD BE CHANGING HERE WHEN WE GET INTO MONSOON SEASON.
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ANOTHER PARAMETER WE LOOK AT IS SOMETHING CALLED THE ERC OR THE ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT GRAPHS, AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS TELLS US IS JUST HOW DRY ALL FUELS ARE SO THEY COULD BE ALIVE OR DEAD, AND BASICALLY, THE RED MAP THAT'S POINT, THE RED LINE ARE RECORD DRY VALUES, AND YOU CAN SEE I GOT THE TUSAYAN GRAPH IN THE UPPER LEFT AND THE FLAGSTAFF GRAPH.
IT'S NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE TUSAYAN GRAPH WHERE WE'RE APPROACHING NEAR RECORD VALUES.
RECORD DRYNESS ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AND IT'S ONLY CREEPING UP HIGHER, AND THAT'S SHOULD BE THE CASE AS WE GO INTO JUNE.
SO THE FIELDS ARE DRYING OUT, AS YOU'RE AWARE, AND THE FUELS ARE REALLY GETTING CRISPY OUT THERE.
SO IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO GET TO GET ANYTHING STARTED OUT THERE.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
LOOKING AT THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS MONTH, THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES.
WE'RE LOOKING ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER HAD WHAT'S CALLED EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW NEAR OR EVEN ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, BUT PRIMARILY FOR US.
MAY IS THE SECOND DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.
JUNE IS THE CLIMATOLOGICAL DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR ARIZONA.
SO WE'RE STILL NOT LOOKING MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION.
THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE FORECAST FOR TEMPERATURE AND DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE, AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LOOKING AT ODDS TILTED IN FAVOR OF WARMER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT FOR MONSOON SEASON.
THAT'S WHAT THIS GRAPHIC IS SHOWING.
THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT, CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IS ANTICIPATING SOME KIND OF AN AVERAGE, IF NOT ABOVE AVERAGE, MONSOONAL FLOW THIS MONSOON SEASON.
SO IF THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, IT'LL BE THIS, AND THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT AT PEGGING MOST OF ARIZONA AT ODDS TILTED IN FAVOR OF A WETTER THAN AVERAGE MONSOON SEASON.
SO WE JUST GOT TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND GET A MONSOON CIRCULATION GOING, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, AGAIN, WARMER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES THIS SUMMER.
SO IF THERE'S ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT, HOPEFULLY THESE MAPS WILL SHOW THAT AT LEAST HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME WETTER THAN AVERAGE MONSOON SEASON CONDITIONS, BUT NOT TOO MUCH TO WHERE WE HAVE FLOODING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND THEN JUST KIND OF REITERATING EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST WENT OVER.
THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER, THEY PUT OUT THE SIGNIFICANT WILDLAND FIRE POTENTIAL OUTLOOK MAPS, AND ESSENTIALLY THE REDS MEAN THAT THERE'S AN ABOVE NORMAL CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRES, AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, PRIMARILY FOCUSED IN SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA FOR THE ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE.
THEN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE CHANCES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF NORTHERN ARIZONA HAS AN ABOVE NORMAL CHANCE FOR A SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE.
THE KAIBAB PLATEAU HAS ABOUT A NEAR NORMAL, BUT STILL IT'S STILL GOING TO BE DRY, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXPECTED WETTER THAN AVERAGE MONSOON SEASON, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST BOTH WE RETURNED TO NEAR NORMAL, SIGNIFICANT WILDLAND FIRE POTENTIAL CHANCES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GIST OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS FIRE SEASON.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A SUMMARY SLIDE.
YEAH, SO THAT I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT TO YOU.
BUT BASICALLY, WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A PRETTY MID-LEVEL DROUGHT RIGHT NOW.
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THAT IRKS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE AND IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO RECORD VALUES.SO THOSE ARE THE FUEL CONDITIONS IN TERMS OF THE PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS.
IT'S TILTED IN FAVOR OF WARMER THAN AVERAGE BASICALLY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR MONSOON SEASON GOING.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE MODELS ARE SHOWING US RIGHT NOW FOR JULY, AUGUST, ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AND THEN SIGNIFICANT WILDLAND FIRE POTENTIAL OUTLOOK, AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL PRIMARILY FOR MAY AND JUNE, LOWERING TO ABOUT NEAR NORMAL FOR JULY AND AUGUST WITH THE ONSET OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT, A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND FLAGSTAFF HAVE A LOT OF PONDEROSA PINE TREES ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND I GUESS CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S DANGEROUS.
IS THAT? [INAUDIBLE] WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE PRIVATE PROPERTY MITIGATION INFORMATION AS WE GO FURTHER IN AND WE'LL TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GET INTO IT IN A LITTLE BIT.
DOES THAT SOME GOOD? THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH, TONY.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
TRUE BROWN, FIRE MANAGEMENT OFFICER ON THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT OF THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST.
MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, APPRECIATE THE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU, TOO, THIS EVENING.
JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON BRIEFLY A LITTLE BIT OF OUR WILDLAND FIRE PREPAREDNESS MOVING INTO WELL AS WE'RE INTO THE 2022 FIRE YEAR, IF YOU WILL.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FOREST.
WE HAVE MOVED INTO STAGE ONE FIRE RESTRICTIONS WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS AND COOPERATORS AND OTHER LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.
BASED ON THOSE INDICES THAT WERE JUST SPOKEN ABOUT AND THEY ARE TRENDING UPWARDS, AS EVERYBODY CAN TELL AS OF RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
HAVING REALLY DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH FOLKS ABOUT THAT AND HAVING A.
HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND AS WE MOVE INTO DEEPER INTO THE FIRE YEAR, WE'LL BE PROBABLY LOOKING AT FURTHER RESTRICTIONS WITH THOSE PREDICTED FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS.
SO WITH THAT, GOING TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON FIRE SUPPRESSION, MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL IGNITIONS FOR POTENTIAL RESOURCE BENEFIT PREVENTION AND EDUCATION AND THEN ALSO PRESCRIBED FIRE.
OBVIOUSLY, STILL, WE ARE IN THE COVID 19 ENVIRONMENT AND IT IS STILL POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR CAPACITY WITHIN THE WILDLAND FIRE COMMUNITY, REALLY ACROSS THE NATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO RESTART OUR PRESCRIBED BURN PROGRAMS ALONG WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, INCLUDING PREPACKAGED MEALS, ALSO VIRTUAL BRIEFINGS, MEETINGS, AND IT IS STILL A LARGE CONCERN THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH AND SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING DOWN AS OF RIGHT NOW.
WE DO HAVE A QUITE LARGE BOTH MECHANICAL AND PRESCRIBED FIRE TREATMENT PLAN IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT ROUGHLY ABOUT 18,000 ACRES PLANNED ON THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT FOR PRESCRIBED FIRE IMPLEMENTATION, ALONG WITH ROUGHLY 8000 IN MECHANICAL FOR FY 22, ALONG WITH THOSE SAME NUMBERS WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE MECHANICAL PLANNED FOR FY 23, AND AS NEAL MENTIONED, THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT LONG TERM PREPAREDNESS, PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND JUST RESOURCES THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE IN AND AROUND HERE IS IS WHY WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A HEAVY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY, AND AS FOLKS CAN SEE, IT IS REALLY CENTERED IN AND AROUND THE CITY HERE.
AS I SAID, ABOUT 38,000 ACRES FOREST TARGET WITH ABOUT 18,000 OF THAT ON THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT, AND AS FOLKS CAN SEE IT IS VERY CHALLENGING IN AND AROUND TOWN WITH ALL THE POTENTIAL RECEPTORS FOR SMOKE IMPACTS AND OBVIOUSLY THE COMPLEXITIES WITH IMPLEMENTING AND PRESCRIBED FIRE PROGRAM IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW.
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BUT WE ARE DOING OUR DARNDEST TO GET THOSE ACRES TREATED AND IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE FOREST AND DISTRICT.WE HAVE OUR DISPATCH CENTER WHICH RUNS EXCUSE ME, ALL OF OUR WILDLAND FIRE RESPONSE, AND WE ALSO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME BIA LANDS, INCLUDING HOPI, WALPI AND NAVAJO LANDS AS WELL, AND A COORDINATED RESPONSE ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS, BOTH UP HERE IN AND AROUND TOWN AND THEN DOWN IN THE VERDE VALLEY.
AND THEN WITH THAT, WE ALSO RUN ALL THE WILDLAND INCIDENTS FOR THE PFAC GROUP IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY WHICH ALL THE COOPERATORS SWITCH OVER TO FOR ALL WILDLAND FIRE INCIDENTS BASED AT OUR SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE JUST DOWN THE ROAD HERE.
GROUND RESOURCES, CURRENTLY LOCAL CAPACITY.
TYPICALLY ON THE FOREST WE HAVE 12 ENGINES STAFFED.
WE ARE FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL NINE ENGINES ON THE FOREST.
WE HAVE AN IA TASK FORCE THAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERITY FUNDING FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL PATROL PREVENTION RESOURCES, TOO.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT ABOUT 150% INCREASE IN RESOURCES, GROUND RESOURCES ON THE FOREST RIGHT NOW.
OUR HOTSHOT CREWS ARE CURRENTLY STAFFED, BUT THEY ARE OVER SUPPORTING LARGER INCIDENTS OVER IN NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE BACKFILL CREWS THAT ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR PREPAREDNESS HERE ON THE FOREST AS WELL.
ONE OF THE LARGEST PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB IN TERMS OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, ALONG WITH THOSE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT ALL LEVELS THAT REALLY HELP TO MITIGATE UNWANTED STARTS, BOTH FROM FOLKS HERE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THEN FOLKS TRAVELING THROUGH, AND THEN AVIATION RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN AND AROUND THE FOREST RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY ON THE WITHIN THE REGION WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TEN LARGE AIR TANKERS, THREE VERY LARGE AIR TANKERS, EIGHT SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKERS, SIX OF THE SCOOPER PLATFORMS, ALONG WITH ROUGHLY 40 HELICOPTERS IN AND AROUND THE REGION.
NOW, THOSE AREN'T PRE-POSITIONED HERE IN AND AROUND FLAGSTAFF.
THEY ARE SUPPORTING LARGE INCIDENTS, BUT ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE SOUTHWEST COORDINATION GROUP IS INITIAL ATTACK, WHICH ALL OUR RESOURCES ARE WELL PREPARED FOR, AND THOSE RESOURCES, AVIATION WISE, WOULD BE MOVED IF NEEDED ON ANY NEW START WE DID GET, WHICH JUST ACTUALLY YESTERDAY WE HAD A START UP ON WILSON MOUNTAIN DOWN ON THE RED ROCK THAT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN AVIATION RESOURCES TO HELP SUPPRESS THAT , AND THOSE RESOURCES, AGAIN, DUE TO THE CHANGING FLEET, IF YOU WILL, GO INTO TO MORE OF THE JET AIRCRAFT, CAN REALLY GET ACROSS THE COUNTRY VERY QUICKLY TO HELP SUPPORT ANY NEW START.
SO AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY BASED OUT OF EITHER FLAGSTAFF OR SEDONA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS IN AND AROUND.
WE DO HAVE SOME PRE-POSITIONED HEAVY EQUIPMENT AS WELL IN TERMS OF EXTRA SUPPORT WHEN IT DOES COME TO BULLDOZERS, WHICH WE DO HAVE THREE OF HERE ON THE FOREST RIGHT NOW.
JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK TRUE AND HIS FOREST SERVICE COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT.
FOREST SERVICE CHIEF RANDY MOORE RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE HIRING PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE SHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, WE HEARD A STATISTIC THAT THEY'RE ONLY AT ABOUT 90% STAFFING WITH SOME AREAS AS LOW AS 50%.
SO TO HEAR THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER HERE ON THE FLAGSTAFF RANGER DISTRICT SAYS A LOT TO BE THAT SUCCESSFUL IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING IN TODAY.
TRUE, AND ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES OVER THERE.
SO NEIL CHAPMAN, FOREST HILLS SUPERVISOR, FLAGSTAFF WATERSHED PROTECTION PROJECT MANAGER.
I FOCUS ON WILDFIRE PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION.
SO WE'LL TALK A COUPLE TO TWO BIG THINGS TODAY.
THERE'S TWO THINGS WE'RE PREPARING THE LANDSCAPE AND THE PEOPLE.
SO WE FOCUS ON BOTH OF THOSE THINGS YEAR ROUND.
WE KNOW THAT FUEL REDUCTION, THINNING AND MANAGING FIRE ON THE GROUND, WHETHER IT'S
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PRESCRIBED FIRE OR WILDFIRE THAT IS MEETING FOREST PLAN OBJECTIVES, IS OUR TOOLS OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND OUR PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND PREVIOUS CITY LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OUR EFFORTS IN THIS WORK GO BACK OVER 20 YEARS.WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AROUND FLAGSTAFF, AND I THINK THE TERM THE FLAGSTAFF MODEL HAS HAS A LOT OF REALITY BEHIND IT.
OUR PREPAREDNESS INVESTMENTS ARE INCREASED WHEN WE RESTORE THE NATURAL FIRE ADAPTED STRUCTURE AND PATTERN OF OUR LANDSCAPE.
LONG HISTORY OF WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION SPECIFICALLY ARE IN THE CITY AND WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AND ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES I THINK WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS SOMETHING CALLED THE BRAVO FIRE IN JUNE OF 2020, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF THE BRAVO FIRE, EVEN THOUGH THAT STARTED ON A RED FLAG DAY TO FROM AN ILLEGAL CAMPFIRE, BUT IT WAS IN A TREATED AREA AND IT ONLY GREW ABOUT TO THREE ACRES.
WE HAD FOUR SERVICE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, SUMMIT, FIRE DEPARTMENT FOLKS ALL WORKING ON THAT FIRE, AND SO IT'S TOUGH TO MESSAGE SUCCESS WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT THE FACT THAT THE BRAVO FIRE IS NEWS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IS A SUCCESS STORY THAT THAT DIDN'T BECOME THE SHULTZ FIRE OR MUSEUM FIRE OR TUNNEL FIRE OR ONE OF THESE CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS.
SO CAMPING AND CAMPFIRE RESTRICTIONS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON THIS TIME OF YEAR.
THERE IS A PERMANENT BAN AROUND THE CITY ON FOREST SERVICE LANDS ON THIS MAP HERE ON THE LEFT WHERE CAMPING AND CAMPFIRES ARE NEVER ALLOWED, NO MATTER WHAT RESTRICTIONS STATUS THAT WE'RE IN, AND SO THAT WAS PASSED JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT BUFFER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO CREATING A CULTURE WHERE OUR VISITORS TO FLAGSTAFF ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE THAT YOU CAN COME VISIT FLAGSTAFF AND NOT HAVE A CAMPFIRE AND STILL ENJOY OUR LANDSCAPE UP HERE, AND SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INTO SOME OF THESE PRIORITY AREAS, PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WATERSHEDS, THEN THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A CAMPFIRE IN THESE SPOTS.
AND THEN OUR GREATER FLAGSTAFF AREA WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION THROUGH THINNING AND PRESCRIBED FIRE.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE WHAT I REFER TO AS TREATMENT DONUT AROUND OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S PREVIOUS THINNING PROJECTS, CURRENT THINNING PROJECTS, WILDFIRES THAT DID GOOD THINGS OR PRESCRIBED FIRES AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE TREATMENT MAP THAT'S BEEN BUILT ON OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S CONTINUING, AND IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, WE NEED TO GET BACK INTO THEM AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S PASSING ALMOST 20 YEARS SINCE OUR INITIAL ENTRIES IN SOME OF THESE SPOTS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE TREAT THE LAND AND PREPARE THE LAND.
HOW DO WE PREPARE OUR EMPLOYEES HERE? WELL, ALL OF OUR FLAG FIRE AND SOME FIRE EMPLOYEES AND ACTUALLY ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF REGION ALL TAKE A MINIMUM S130, S190 WILDLAND CLASS.
SO EVERY SINGLE FIREFIGHTER AT A STATION HAS MINIMUM WILDLAND TRAINING.
WE ALL GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED AN ANNUAL WILDLAND REFRESHER TOGETHER, SO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COME TOGETHER TO TAKE THESE CLASSES.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM, FOR EXAMPLE, TUNNEL FIRE.
WE HAD TRUCKS RESPONDING FROM DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE LISTENING TO THE RADIO ON THAT DAY AND HEARING THE INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.
WE HAVE YEAR ROUND PLANNING SESSIONS.
WE HAVE A GROUP CALLED THE PONDEROSA FIRE ADVISORY COUNCIL HERE THAT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, AND IT'S A PRETTY EFFECTIVE WAY FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS AND COORDINATE OUR NEEDS IF THEY COME UP AND THEN OUR CALL OUT PROGRAM, AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHEN RESOURCE ORDERS COME IN THROUGH THE STATE AND WE MAY SEND A MEDIC CREW OR AN ENGINE OR SINGLE RESOURCE QUALIFIED FOLKS TO WILDFIRES ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY MAY BE ON INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS OR IT MAY JUST BE IN ORDER TO COME IN FOR AN ENGINE.
THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
EVERY SINGLE ENGINE THAT GOES OUT, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT GOES OUT HAS A TASK BOOK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
THIS ISN'T JUST GOING OUT AND DOING THE WORK.
IT'S GOING OUT DOING THE WORK AND GETTING THE SKILLS.
SO WHEN THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN LOCALLY, WE'RE BETTER PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THEM.
SO WHAT? WE'RE SENDING THESE FOLKS OUT TO WILDFIRES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IT'S PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT SERVICE AS PART OF A NATIONAL NETWORK OF WILDLAND FIRE PROFESSIONALS, BUT IT'S ALSO BETTER QUALIFYING OUR FOLKS HERE FOR WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN AT HOME.
OUR PREPAREDNESS LEVELS ARE REALLY DICTATED BY SOME OF THE WEATHER THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
SO HERE WITHIN FLAGSTAFF AND SUMMIT, WHEN WE HIT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER, IT'S USUALLY A RED FLAG DAY.
WE STAFF AN ENGINE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO WE HAVE AN EXTRA CREW OF THREE PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND IN A TYPE SIX ENGINE.
WE CALL THAT SEVERITY STAFFING.
WE CAN RAMP THAT UP AS THINGS GET A LITTLE DICIER OUT THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE RAPHAEL FIRE STARTED UP, WE STAFFED A LOCAL TASK FORCE, SO WE ADDED A COUPLE MORE ENGINES AND PERSONNEL AND A WATER TENDER TO THAT GROUP.
SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO RESPOND TO THESE THINGS AS THIS MOMENTUM IS HEADING TOWARDS HIGHER RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THE EXPERIENCE TO DO THIS WORK.
THE SEVERITY STAFFING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
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THAT NOT ONLY HELPS US INCREASE OUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WHEN INCIDENTS OCCUR EITHER WITHIN CITY LIMITS OR IN THE AREA, BUT IT MEANS WE HAVE A CREW ON SCENE THAT MIGHT JUST BE A SMALL LITTLE CAMPFIRE FROM SOMEBODY PLAYING WITH MATCHES BEHIND LITTLE AMERICA THAT JUST TURNS INTO A SMOLDERING PILE OF NEEDLES, BUT OUR LOCAL ENGINES THAT COME FROM A FIRE STATION CAN GO BACK TO THAT STATION AND BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEDICAL AND FIRE NEEDS WHILE THAT SEVERITY STAFFING MOPS UP AND TAKES CARE OF THAT SCENE.SO IT KEEPS OUR STATION RESOURCES AT THE STATION AND AVAILABLE WHEN WE PUT THIS ENGINE OUT THERE, AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN FIRE WISE.
THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO MORE OF, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF DOING THIS IN THE PAST, THE MANY YEARS OF WORKING ON FIRE WISE PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY RESULTED IN THE 2008 PASSING OF THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE.
AND SO THAT DICTATES HOW WE BUILD BUILDINGS AND HOW WE MANAGE FIRE IN OUR AREA.
SO THAT REALLY HELPS US BECOME MORE OF A FIRE WISE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW WE CAN'T JUST RELY ON A FIRE WISE FOREST.
WE CAN SEE EXAMPLES THESE DAYS WHERE IT'S NOT GIANT TREES ON FIRE THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY THE MARSHALL FIRE IN COLORADO BURNED DOWN 1000 HOMES IN ONE DAY FROM A GRASS FIRE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S THE PUBLIC LAND CONDITION IS, IT'S WHAT'S OUR PRIVATE LAND CONDITION AS WELL, AND SO WORKING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND GOING IN AND PROVIDING THINNING GRANTS, OUR PROGRAM'S VERY SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH STATE FORESTRY, GETTING GRANT FUNDS, GOING DIRECT TO HOMEOWNERS AND HELPING OFFSET THE COST OF REMOVING TREES.
WE ENVISION A DAY WHERE THAT PROGRAM EVOLVES, WHERE WE CAN GO DIRECT TO HOMEOWNERS AND HELP THEM REBUILD THEIR ROOFS OR DO FIRE WISE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON THEIR HOMES.
BECAUSE WE'RE REACHING A POINT WHERE IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT HOW ARE THE FUELS ON YOUR PROPERTY? IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR HOME ON THAT PROPERTY, AND JUST LIKE WE INVEST IN OUR PUBLIC LANDS, WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE PREVENT THE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE, WE'RE STAYING IN A FINANCIAL GOOD SPOT.
WHEN WE PREVENT HOMES FROM BURNING DOWN, WE'RE STAYING IN A FINANCIAL GOOD SPOT, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT AS WE TRANSITION OUR JUST LOOKING OUT AT THE PUBLIC LANDS, IT'S LOOKING INTERNAL TO THE CITY AND OUR PRIVATE HOMES AND OUR PRIVATE LANDS AS WELL.
SO LOOKING AT THIS MAP HERE, WE HAVE THIS ZONE ONE, TWO AND THREE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK WITH OUR HOMEOWNERS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW REDUCING THOSE ZONES OR THAT FUEL IN THAT ZONE ONE CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR HOME SURVIVING AND THEIR HOME NOT SURVIVING, BECAUSE THAT ZONE ONE IS REALLY THE AREA WHEN A FIRE TRUCK PULLS DOWN THE STREET AND THEY LOOK OUT AND THEY SEE, DO WE HAVE DEFENSIBLE SPACE IN THAT 0 TO 30 FEET, THE FIREFIGHTERS CAN SAFELY JUMP OUT OF A TRUCK AND DO SOMETHING.
IF THAT ISN'T THERE, THEY MIGHT JUST KEEP DRIVING BY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SAFELY ENGAGE IN A STRUCTURE FIRE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, AND ONE THING THAT'S NEW FOR US THAT THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF FORCE PARTNERSHIP WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS WEBSITE CALLED COCOWILDFIRE.ORG, AND SO THIS REALLY IS A ONE STOP SHOP.
IT'S MANAGED LOCALLY HERE, AND THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO EITHER VISITORS OR RESIDENTS, IF WE DO GET INTO A SET OR A GO STAGE OF EVACUATION, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES RIGHT HERE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS DRIVEN LOCALLY.
SO WE SEE SOMEBODY'S FACEBOOK PAGE POP UP ABOUT HORSE INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE HORSES, WE CAN PLUG THAT INTO THIS WEBSITE.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD SOME SOME LOCAL RESOURCES INTO OUR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AS WELL.
SO AS WE TRAIN OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AS WE PREPARE THE LANDSCAPE, WE CAN GIVE RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS WEBSITE.
OKAY, I THINK I'LL TRANSITION TO APS AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS GO AND THEN WE'LL DO QUESTIONS AFTER.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU GUYS? THUMBS UP.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS VERY MUCH SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS NEIL TRAVER, I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA FOR ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY APS, AND HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT APS IS DOING RELATED TO FIRE MITIGATION, AND YOU MAY THINK TO YOURSELVES, WHY DOES APS CARE ABOUT FIRE AND WHY ARE THEY PRESENTING WITH SOME OF THESE VERY SPECIALIST FIRST RESPONDERS GROUPS? AND I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IS FIRE MITIGATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE HAVE A WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WORKS YEAR ROUND.
I THINK THIS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT FIRE MITIGATION ISN'T A IT'S NOT A DATE, IT'S NOT A SEASONAL THING.
IT'S YEAR ROUND, AND WE HAVE AN ACTUAL TEAM IN THE COMPANY THAT WORKS WITH THE REST OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FIRE WISE AND DOING FIRE MITIGATION THE ENTIRE YEAR AROUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THAT WE DO.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE DO LINE PATROLS FOR.
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EQUIPMENT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
I'VE GOT OVER 5000 MILES OF POWER LINES THAT RUN ALL OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE , AND ALL THOSE POWER LINES.
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SPARK, SO TO SPEAK.
SO AFTER OUR WINTER SEASONS AND OUR STORMS COME THROUGH AND SNOW AND RAIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET BACK OUT IN THE FIELD AND INSPECT ALL OF THOSE POWER LINES.
WE INSPECT THEM WITH TRUCKS BY FOOT, WITH DRONE, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ALL
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THAT EQUIPMENT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER BEFORE WE GET TO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OR HAD A POTENTIAL TO BE DAMAGED, WE'VE INSPECTED, WE'VE ASSURED IT'S IN GOOD SPOT.WE'VE GONE BACK AND DONE MAINTENANCE ON THAT EQUIPMENT.
ANOTHER THING WE DO IS WHAT'S ANOTHER TOPICS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
WE HAVE A DEFENSIBLE SPACE PROGRAM AS WELL.
WE CALL IT DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND POLES.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO AROUND OUR POLES THAT HAVE EQUIPMENT ON THEM, AND AT THE BASE OF THAT POLE, WE CLEAR TO BARE DIRT.
A TEN FOOT RADIUS AROUND THOSE POLES.
ONE IS IF A FIRE COMES AND GETS INTO THAT AREA, IT'LL ACTUALLY STOP THE FIRE FROM DAMAGING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DROPPING THE POWER LINES.
AND NUMBER TWO, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ON THE POWER LINE OR THE EQUIPMENT ON THAT POLE, IF THERE WERE TO HAPPEN TO HAVE SPARKS COME OFF THAT LINE, IT GOES DOWN AND HITS BARE DIRT AND REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRE START.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE DOING.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM WE CALL OUR INTEGRATED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.
I THINK THIS ONE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS PROGRAMS AND EVERYONE SEES IT WHEN YOU DRIVE FROM HERE TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND YOU GO UNDER OUR POWER LINES, YOU CAN LOOK LEFT TO RIGHT AND YOU SEE IT JUST A WIDE SWATH OF EVERYTHING BEEN CLEANED COMPLETELY ALL THE VEGETATION HAS BEEN REMOVED EITHER MECHANICALLY, CHEMICALLY, AND THOSE ARE IN OUR RIGHTS OF WAY.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY STAY CLEARED YEAR ROUND TO AVOID VEGETATION GETTING UP INTO OUR POWER LINES OR VICE VERSA.
HAVING SOMETHING HAPPEN ON THE POWER LINES WHERE LET'S JUST SAY DURING A STORM, A TREE BRANCH OR A TREE ITSELF FALLS DOWN AND HITS THE POWER LINES, MAYBE IMPACTS THE POWER LINE, CUTS THE LINE AND DROPS IT INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY INSTEAD OF INTO A FORESTED AREA, AND THAT CAN ALSO BE A BIG HELP TO REDUCE FIRE POTENTIAL STARTS.
WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FIRE LINES, THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY, SOMETIMES WE'LL ENERGIZE THOSE LINES ON PURPOSE TO ALLOW OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO WORK IN THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY FREE OF HAVING ANY ANY POTENTIAL HARM COME FROM THOSE POWER LINES.
ALSO, THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY THEY WORK REALLY GREAT AS A FIREBREAK OR A FIRE START AREA SO WE CAN BACK BURN FROM THOSE THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY OR THE FIRES CAN COME AND BURN INTO THEM, AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT ACTUAL ACTS AS A BARRIER TO ALLOW THE FIRE TO CONTINUE TO RUN.
ANOTHER THING THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WE WE CALL IT OUR FIRE PROTOCOLS.
SO I HAVE EQUIPMENT ALL OVER MY POWER LINES THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO SENSE A FAULT ON A POWER LINE.
SO LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, THE WIND PICKS UP AND A TREE BRANCH COMES DOWN OR SOMETHING HAPPENS IN A MYLAR BALLOON, SOMETHING MAYBE COMES IN, IMPACTS OUR POWER LINE.
NORMALLY, THE POWER LINE, THE SENSING DEVICES, THEY'LL ACTUALLY SENSE THAT FAULT ON THE POWER LINE AND IT'LL TURN THE POWER OFF FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
LET THAT BALLOON CLEAR, SO TO SPEAK, OR THE BRANCH THAT HIT THE POWER LINE CLEAR, AND THEN IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY RE-ENERGIZE THE POWER, AND IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES QUICKLY ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THE POWER WENT OUT.
THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE REALLY IT'S A PRETTY ADVANCED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
WELL, DURING FIRE SEASON RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ACTUALLY PROACTIVELY GO AND TURN ALL THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OFF.
THE REASON WE DO THAT IS WHEN THAT BRANCH HITS THE POWER LINE, WE WANT THE POWER TO TURN OFF AND STAY OFF UNTIL WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOMEONE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THE FIELD AND CONFIRM NOTHING IS STILL HUNG UP IN THAT POWER LINE UP THERE.
THERE'S NO WIRE ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO RE-ENERGIZE UNTIL WE HAVE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT OUR EQUIPMENT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A SPARK THAT MAY BE AN IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A BLIP ON THE RADAR, YOUR LIGHTS KIND OF BLINK REAL QUICKLY.
INSTEAD OF THAT HAPPENING, THE POWER MAY BE OFF AND STAY OFF FOR A LITTLE WHILE, HALF HOUR OR 45 MINUTES, MAYBE AN HOUR.
IT COULD BE EVEN LONGER, BUT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND DIALOG WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO STAY BEAUTIFUL AND VIBRANT.
SO THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE INCONVENIENCE OF THOSE POWER LINES OR THOSE POWER OUTAGES BEING OUT.
I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND JAN HAS HAD THIS CONVERSATION HUNDREDS OF TIMES, FACE TO FACE WITH INDIVIDUALS OR IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS JUST LIKE THIS.
AND I CAN SAY EVERY TIME I'VE EVER GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION AND TALKED ABOUT THIS, EVERYONE'S LIKE, WE'RE GOOD.
WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS SHORTER, A LONGER POWER OUTAGE.
WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO STAY HERE.
WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A FIRE START THAT ENDS UP BURNING DOWN A COMMUNITY LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA OR IN OREGON OR OTHER PLACES WHERE THERE'S
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BEEN COMMUNITIES EFFECTIVELY COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO THIS IS SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE, AND AGAIN, WE WORK ON THIS YEAR ROUND.
THIS IS A LARGE EFFORT FOR US.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, WE'VE DONE SOME SIGNIFICANT MATERIALS PURCHASES.
SO THESE SENSING EQUIPMENT AND SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT ON OUR OUR SYSTEM.
WE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EXTRA THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE OUR SYSTEM EVEN MORE ROBUST AND TRY AND HELP REDUCE THE TIME THAT THE POWER IS OUT AND MAKE OUR SYSTEM EVEN SAFER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THAT FIRE MITIGATION PROTOCOL THAT WE HAVE IS JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, REACHING OUT TO THE CUSTOMERS AND LETTING OUR CUSTOMERS KNOW, HEY, WE'RE IN FIRE SEASON.
YOU MAY HAVE A PROLONGED OUTAGE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S FOR YOUR SAFETY.
THIS IS A GREAT THING WE'VE HAD.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE SAY THAT'S A BAD IDEA.
EVERYONE'S LIKE, WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS.
HERE IS WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THE IMPACTS POTENTIALLY COULD BE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR ME.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? SEE ANY ONLINE AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THIS.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT WE ALSO NEED TO HELP COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS AROUND HERE AND WE GET AN EMAIL OR TWO SOMETIMES DURING FIRE SEASON WHEN THINGS CHANGE WITH THE ELECTRIC.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO PRESENT TO US AND HAVING THAT CONSTANT OUTREACH WITH THE PUBLIC.
NEAL, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
QUESTIONS FOR ME AT ALL ON OUR PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY.
I SHOULD PUT NEIL'S AT THE BOOKENDS.
RIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL I THINK THERE'S A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND OUR COMMUNITY APPRECIATES YOUR WORK, AND WITH THE CHANGING CLIMATE AND THE NEW FIRE SEASON, IT'S A SCARY TIME TO BE LIVING IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
AND SO I THINK JUST ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS FRONT, AND THIS WAS A GREAT UPDATE, AND I THINK WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
I FEEL CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, NEAL.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, EVERYONE, AND I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS DESPITE TROUBLING TIMES, SO.
ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 13 A, WHICH IS A CITIZEN'S
[A. Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.) A Citizens' Petition titled "Climate Emergency. Stop the Money Pipeline" STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council direction.]
PETITION TITLED CLIMATE EMERGENCY STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE, AND I DO SEE WE HAVE ONLINE PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO PUT THIS FORWARD AVAILABLE THIS EVENING? MAYOR I'M NOT SURE I'VE GOT A KIM THAT IS IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE FORUM.SHE HAS ACTUALLY STEPPED OUT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ROOM.
I DON'T BELIEVE OUR PETITIONER IS ONLINE AND AVAILABLE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I WILL JUST EXPLAIN FROM THE PETITION THAT GOT SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL , AND IF YOU IF YOU WOULD.
BEFORE YOU EXPLAIN THAT, STERLING SOLOMON CITY ATTORNEY JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THIS IS SIMILAR TO A FAIR.
YOU JUST NEED THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DETERMINE THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD.
WE WOULDN'T DISCUSS IT TONIGHT.
IT'S JUST WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD MOVE IT FORWARD FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT A WORK SESSION.
THE PETITION THAT HAD QUITE A FEW SIGNATORIES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH NUMBER OF IT I HAVE IT TOTALED HERE, BUT IN ESSENCE THE PETITION IS WE REQUEST THAT THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL INSTRUCT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGERS TO MOVE THE CITY'S BANKING FROM WELLS FARGO, ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP FINANCIERS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, TO A COMMUNITY BANK OR CREDIT UNION.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE A REQUEST ON THE TABLE.
HAPPY TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON WHETHER THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD.
HOW DID THE PUBLIC PARTICIPANT COME BACK ON OK? WELL THEN YEAH, WE WILL START WITH THEM.
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HELLO, KIM.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO PRESENT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.
I'M IN A CAR AND I'M ON THE FREEWAY, BUT I'M NOT DRIVING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS KIM CURTIS AND I'M A MEMBER OF FOSSIL FREE ARIZONA, THE ORGANIZATION THAT INITIATED THE CAMPAIGN TO PRESS YOU TO STOP OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MONEY PIPELINE TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY VIA WELLS FARGO.
HERE TODAY SIMPLY TO URGE YOU TO VOTE TO HAVE A FULL PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF OUR STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE PETITIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNCIL DECLARED A CLIMATE DECLARATION, REFUSING TO BANK WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP FUNDERS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WOULD BE REAL ACTION IN LIGHT OF THE EMERGENCY THAT THAT YOU DECLARED AND THAT WE FACE.
SO I JUST HOPE YOU WILL AGREE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES A FULL PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THIS ISSUE.
AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING ON COUNCIL.
IS THAT THE ONLY PUBLIC PARTICIPANT FOR THIS? WE HAVE ANOTHER.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE ERIC SOLDERS.
ERIC, COULD YOU PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE AND ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANKS FOR HAVING LISTENED, HEARING ME OUT OR HEARING ALL OF US OUT HERE.
CITY COUNCIL DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, AND SO IT'S IT SEEMS IN CONFLICT THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING HELD, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, YES, THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IS IS A PRIMARY PROBLEM, BUT THEY STILL NEED TO BE FUNDED, AND THAT'S WHERE THE REST OF US ARE INADVERTENTLY, USUALLY FUNDING THROUGH OUR THROUGH OUR BANKS AND THROUGH OUR INVESTMENTS AND UNKNOWINGLY FUNDING THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIES, EXTRACTION AND LOBBYING.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE UP THIS VOTE, TO SPEED UP OUR PROPOSAL AND TO GIVE THIS A FULL DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE AND FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
NEXT ON OUR LIST IS KATE HANLEY.
KATE HANLEY, YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND YOUR MICROPHONE AND ADDRESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M COMMENTING TODAY TO ALSO URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF GIVING A FULL AND THOROUGH REVIEW OF THIS AGENDA.
THIS AGENDA ITEM, PROPOSING A REVIEW OF FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT.
THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF HOLD A CLEAR CONCERN FOR THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, WHICH IS WHY THE CITY DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
AS KIM AND ERIC HAVE MENTIONED SINCE THEN, LITTLE CONCRETE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO REDUCE EMISSIONS CAUSED BY THE CITY AND FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT VIA A REMOVAL OF CITY FUNDS FROM WELLS FARGO IS A CLEAR, DECISIVE AND IMPACTFUL ACTION THE CITY CAN TAKE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE DECLARATION OF CLIMATE EMERGENCY WAS NOT JUST LIP SERVICE, THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO TAKE REAL, ACTIONABLE STEPS.
SO AGAIN, I JUST URGE YOU AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE TO PUT THIS ITEM ON A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION WITH INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC.
WAS THAT THE LAST PUBLIC PARTICIPANT.
WELL, THEN BACK ON COUNCIL HERE OR TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD TOO.
I'M SURE IT WILL GENERATE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULD GUESS IT WILL.
I AM INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHAT WE LEARN DURING THAT PROCESS, AND I'M INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
I WANT TO THANK THE PROPONENTS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
I THINK THIS IS A TOTALLY LEGITIMATE CONVERSATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING IN TERMS OF OUR CLIMATE NEUTRALITY GOALS.
IT'S DEFINITELY ONE HANDLE ON THIS BIG BOX THAT WE NEED TO LIFT, AND IT'S AN APPROPRIATE THING FOR US TO TACKLE AND TO WRESTLE WITH.
I DO JUST WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO MAYBE MISSPOKE BY SAYING IN A VERY BLANKET WAY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING MUCH YET TO GET TO CARBON NEUTRALITY OVER 2030.
I WOULD HEAVILY DISAGREE WITH THAT.
MAKING ENORMOUS PROGRESS ON THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR AMBITIOUS AND BROAD GOALS.
WE'RE MAKING LOTS OF, WE'RE MAKING TONS OF PROGRESS, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY STAFF, OUR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR TAKING THIS CALL TO ACTION VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I'M PROUD OF OUR COUNCIL FOR OVER AND OVER AGAIN FULLY SUPPORTING THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AS IT CONTINUES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I TOO WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND SUPPORT IT MOVING FORWARD.
I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PUBLIC PARTICIPANT WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLES CONNECTING.
ARE THEY AVAILABLE TO SPEAK OR DAVID SPENCE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOU MAY ADDRESS ME OR COUNSEL.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID SPENCE.
MY CAMERA ISN'T WORKING, BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THE FLAGSTAFF CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES BY BOTH PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
THIS FUTURE AGENDA REQUEST DESERVES A FULL PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
TO INFORM THE COUNCIL'S ACTION ON THIS MATTER OF BANKING AND INVESTMENTS.
SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT THIS MATTER DESERVES.
THANK YOU, AND I THINK WE'RE THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
YEAH, I KNOW WE HAVE DIRECTION.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUST EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THOSE THAT BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND SAY THAT I AM SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO TRIGGER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THAT IS NOT A QUESTION IN MY MIND, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION, AND RICK, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AND THE CITY'S THOUGHTS.
YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI, AND YES, WE DO HAVE DIRECTION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PUT THIS PETITION TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT THIS WOULD ENTAIL AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION.
I WILL ALSO JUST MENTION THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD POTENTIALLY WITH THIS IN LATER TIME, WE JUST ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH THIS PUTS ON STAFF TIME WITH HOW MANY CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT HAVE CERTAIN TIME LIMITS, HOW MANY THINGS THAT WE IN MOVING PIECES WE HAVE WITH FINANCES IN AN INSTITUTION AS LARGE AS OURS.
SO I AM ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING GETTING INTO THIS CONVERSATION MORE THOROUGHLY.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO REALIZE THAT THIS ISN'T BY ANY MEANS A FLIP OF A SWITCH AND IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS AND VERY INVOLVED DETAILED DISCUSSION WITH OUR STAFF ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THAT HEAD'S UP AND APPRECIATE STAFF LOOKING INTO THIS MORE THOROUGHLY, AND THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR WANTING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT THAT WE HAVE DIRECTION.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 14, WHICH IS GENERAL PUBLIC
[14. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
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PARTICIPATION.I'M NOT SEEING ANY THAT WE HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME.
SO POPPING DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 15, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TWO FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL AND
[15. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS]
STAFF AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.WITH THAT I CAN GO AROUND THE TABLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SALAS DO YOU WANT TO START US OFF? SHOUT OUT TO TWO FLAGSTAFF FOR ORGANIZING THE VOLUNTEER DAY ON SATURDAY.
ACTING CITY MANAGER SHANNON ANDERSON TO PLUG THE VOLUNTEER DAY THIS SATURDAY.
DID YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMES? OKAY, IF WE CAN.
SO IT IS THIS SATURDAY, THERE'S TWO TIMES THAT FOLKS CAN SIGN UP FOR 8 TO 12 AND 1 TO 4.
THERE IS AN EMAIL THAT'S GONE OUT TO CITY STAFF THAT PROVIDES YOU A LINK OF WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO BEEN A PRESS RELEASE THAT'S GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
I DID HAVE A FAIR ITEM OR MAYBE IT'S NOT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FAIR ITEM, BUT I DO HAVE A REQUEST.
SO I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT I HAD SEVERAL A VARIETY OF CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF THIS WEEK.
ONE OF THEM WAS WITH THE DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TEAM AND OUR FILM LIAISON.
I'VE BEEN PERCOLATING THIS THOUGHT IN MY MIND FOR A WHILE.
I WANTED TO LEARN MORE FROM OUR TEAM.
WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON IN TERMS OF FLAGSTAFF HOLLYWOOD, THE FILM INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND VARIOUS INCENTIVES OR OBSTACLES.
TO THAT END, AND I'M VERY MUCH EXPLORING, CHAMPIONING A PUSH FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF TO BECOME A FILM FRIENDLY OR TO BECOME MORE FILM FRIENDLY AND TO NOT JUST BE RECEPTIVE TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE INDUSTRY COMING TO THE TOWN TO FILM ON LOCATION HERE, BUT TO MORE PROACTIVELY SEEK OUT AND RECRUIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOLLYWOOD AND FOR INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS AND FILMMAKERS TO COME TO TOWN.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE WHAT FLAGSTAFF IS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR ALL OF US TO BE PROUD OF OUR OUR CITY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AROUND HERE, WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND WHAT WE HAVE TO SHARE.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TOURISM AND ATTRACTION, AND SO I'M SORT OF STEPPING OUT ON A LONGER TERM ENDEAVOR TO EXPLORE THESE ISSUES MORE THOROUGHLY, FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE, WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND WHERE WE COULD GO, AND TO THAT END, I WOULD LOVE FOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TO COME TO COUNCIL SOMETIME SOON WITH AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE THEY UPDATE US ON THE STATE OF THE FILM INDUSTRY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
THERE'S A LOT OF COOL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THAT HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN SHARED PUBLICLY ON THE DAIS WITH COUNCIL BEFORE, AND I LIKE HEIDI AND HER TEAM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I'D LOVE FOR MEG TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ALL THE HARD WORK SHE'S DOING AND GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS, AND I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BEFORE WE FINALIZE OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYONE'S CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR POINTING OUT THAT WE HAD SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE ROUNDABOUT ISSUE AND SOMETIMES WE GET SO INTO THE DETAILS WE KNOW WE DON'T NOTICE THE BIG PICTURE.
TOMORROW, I HAVE A MOUNTAIN LINE AND TAC MEETING FROM NINE TO NOON, AND LET'S SEE.
ON THURSDAY, I'LL BE ATTENDING AND SPEAKING AT THE COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL MAYORS AWARD CEREMONY, AND I'M EXCITED TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
THANK YOU VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
YES, THERE IS A MOUNTAIN LION TAC MEETING TOMORROW THAT I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO, AND I BELIEVE THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION WILL BE TAKING A TOUR NEXT MONDAY OF THE FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES, AND SO A BIG THANK YOU TO PHS FOR INVITING US TO COME TAKE A TOUR, AND I'M HOPING TO BE THERE MYSELF AS THE LIAISON TO THAT COMMISSION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT TOUR.
IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TODAY.
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IN REGARDS TO THAT LIGHT BEING DENIED AT PHENIX AND MILTON, I'VE BEEN TEXTING WITH LEADERSHIP AT MOUNTAIN LINE ABOUT HOW CAN WE BRING THIS TO COUNCIL TO HAVE A COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND WHY THEY'RE PUSHING FOR THIS.AND HEATHER FROM MOUNTAIN LION SAID THAT SHE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH STAFF ON GETTING ONTO A FUTURE AGENDA OF OURS, NOT THROUGH THE FAIR PROCESS, BUT THROUGH WORKING WITH STAFF AND LEADERSHIP.
SO COMING SOON, HOPEFULLY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT THAT LIGHT AND BE ABLE TO BE MORE INVOLVED OURSELVES AS A COUNCIL BODY, AND THEN LASTLY I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU AND EVERYONE THAT'S TUNING IN AND LEADERSHIP FOR HOW EMOTIONAL IT GOT AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT DISCUSSION.
I EVEN USE WORDS THAT I REGRETTED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO USE, BUT IT CAME OUT RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE TOPICS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY AND SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS AHEAD AND WE'LL TRY TO KEEP MY COOL A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE ELEVATE PRE K ANNIVERSARY EVENT WITH THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR THIS PAST WEEK, AND THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT, GETTING TO HEAR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT PROGRAM IS DOING FOR MANY OF THE YOUTH WHO ARE MOST IN NEED OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THEM ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK TO GET TO HEAR MORE DIRECTLY SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND JUST CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE PARTICIPATION IN THE ONE A DAY IN MAY TRASH PICKUP EVENT BEING RUN BY THE SUSTAINABILITY TEAM.
IT IS BIZARRELY FUN TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST PICKING UP TRASH, TAKING SOME.
IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF TRASH AS YOU'RE TRYING TO PICK IT UP AND NOT JUST LOOK LIKE A WEIRDO, BUT I AM HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH IT.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE CATCHING ME UP IN MY NUMBERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVEN MORE PEOPLE JOIN THAT.
THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH MAY 31.
THERE'S ALSO AN UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND ENGAGE WITH THE ARTIST WHO WAS SELECTED FOR THE HISTORIC SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING PROJECT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND, FROM 530 TO 6:30 P.M.
AT THE HISTORIC SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN SITE AT 900 AND SOUTH O'LEARY STREET.
SO I JUST LOVE TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND I ALSO WANTED TO, IF I MAY, CIRCLE BACK ON THE ROUNDABOUT DISCUSSION AND JUST TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE STATEMENTS AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE TEACHERS AND THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE CLEARLY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S DEFINITELY A PASSION POINT FOR SO MANY OF US.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PASSION THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE CONVERSATION AND THE PASSION THAT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BRING TO THE FUTURE CONVERSATION IN THAT.
BUT ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY, EVEN THE ONLINE COMMENTS TO KEEP THAT FOCUS FORWARD FOR ALL OF US.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
WELL, A FEW THINGS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, BUT I'LL JUST ADD ON ON TOP OF THE PRE-K ON SATURDAY, THE PROTECTIVE MOTHER'S JUSTICE IS A GRASSROOTS SUPPORT GROUP AND ADVOCACY GROUP FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS THAT STARTED AT THE GRASSROOTS AND HAS NOW GOTTEN THEIR 501.
C 3 STATUS, AND I WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR ANNUAL RECOGNITION EVENT ON SATURDAY BEFORE THE PRE-K.
THE SCHOOLS WRAPPING UP AND FOR SOME OF US, SUMMER BREAK IS QUITE AN OXYMORON, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE TEACHERS AND LAST WEEK AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL VICE MAYOR SORRY VICE MAYOR SWEATT FOR TAKING ON THE MAYORAL WORD BECAUSE I HAVE MY KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION FOR MY DAUGHTERS, BUT I AM FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE FLAGSTAFF HIGH SCHOOL MAYOR AWARDS ON WEDNESDAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT REGARDLESS.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I NEED TO TOUCH BASE ON AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSES ONE ON ONE THIS WEEK.
REALLY ENJOY YOU BEING HERE AND YOUR INPUT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR ACTING? THAT'S NOT.
CLIFTON'S GOING TO GET ANGRY AT ME.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ADJOURNED.
BOOM.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.