Sep 29, 2022 City Council Budget Retreat

>> YOU CAN ALL GRAB A SEAT WHEN YOU'RE ABLE.

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IT IS OUR CITY COUNCIL RETREAT OF SEPTEMBER 29TH,

[1. Call to Order NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this work session, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for legal advice and discussion with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]

JUST A NOTE TO THE PUBLIC, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ANY OF THE AGENDIZED ITEMS REALIZED ITEMS FOR [INAUDIBLE] PURPOSE. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> KEVIN FINCEL.

>> HERE.

>> VICE MAYOR SWEET.

>> HERE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN.

>> I'M HERE AND I'LL BE THERE AT THE BREAK.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY?

>> HERE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER, SALAZ.

>> PRESENT.

>> COUNSELOR COMMISSIONER ANI.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> COUNSELOR MCCARTHY, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TODAY?

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, OF WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SALAZ, OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

>> THE MISSION OF THE STATE OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, OUR [INAUDIBLE] ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PLEASE.

>> 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, ORDER MOUNTAINS SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.

>> THANK YOU MUCH. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO AGENDA ITEM 4,

[4. City Council Retreat Presentation and Discission]

I WILL TURN OVER THE CONVERSATION TO [INAUDIBLE].

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAY I INTRODUCE JULIE AS I'VE DONE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, AND THEN SOME QUICK HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS AND JULIE WILL GET US ROLLING? JULIE LANCASTER IS A LOCAL COACH, FACILITATOR, TEACHER, AND MANY OTHER THINGS.

SHE HAS HELPED US IN SO MANY WAYS OVER THE YEARS.

SHE HAS A VERY CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE CITY ORGANIZATION.

SHE HAS THAT LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND COACHING IN OUR DIVISIONS WITH OUR TEAMS. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE IN FRONT OF HER WITH HER LEADERSHIP TEAM JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

A GREAT RETREAT WITH GREAT OUTCOMES.

SHE'S HERE TODAY TO FACILITATE THIS RETREAT AS SHE HAS DONE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.

WE'RE QUITE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER.

IN JUST A SECOND, SHE WILL GET THINGS ROLLING.

I WANT TO DO SOME QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. PAUL IS IN THE ROOM.

PAUL ARE WE GOOD WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO? IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP? I'M CATCHING YOU WITH SOME FOOD.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

>> THE ONLY SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE, EXCUSE ME, MICROPHONES THAT WE HAVE ARE [INAUDIBLE].

>> OKAY.

>> IF ANYBODY BACK THERE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY, SAY IT LOUDLY OR MAYBE TAKE A SHORT STROLL UP TO THE FRONT.

SPEAKERS ARE COMING OUT OF FOUR TVS, THAT SHOULD BE FINE.

>> GREAT.

>> CAMERA IS IN THE ROOM CAN [INAUDIBLE].

NOT IDEAL.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR EQUIPMENT TO GET [INAUDIBLE].

>> IT IS GOOD, PAUL, AND THANK YOU.

JUST TO RECAP, IF PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE NEED TO SPEAK, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE FRONT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM RIGHT HERE IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SPEAK TO COME RIGHT UP.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SALAZ ASKED ABOUT BEING ON CAMERA.

WE ONLY HAVE A CAMERA IN THE CORNER.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY BACK IS TO IT NOW.

BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, AS YOU'RE SPEAKING, VICE MAYOR, FEEL FREE TO TURN YOUR COMPUTER CAMERA ON AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

IF YOU'D LIKE, PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU SPEAKING, WHERE THEY CAN SEE YOUR FACE.

IF NOT, THAT'S FINE TOO.

WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CASUAL DURING THE RETREATS THAN WE TYPICALLY ARE.

WITH THAT, MY USUAL COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THESE RETREATS IS, THIS IS ABOUT BEING INCLUSIVE, IT'S ABOUT ENGAGEMENT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SETTING WE HAVE TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY, WE DO INVITE FOLKS TO CHIME IN.

JULIE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE GROUND RULES THERE. ARE YOU READY?

>> READY.

>> OKAY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

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>> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. IN THE SPIRIT OF INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT, WOULD YOU MIND TURNING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU, IN BACK OF YOU, AND BESIDE YOU TELL THEM YOU'RE TAKING A BREAK FROM WHATEVER IS IN FRONT OF YOU ELECTRONICALLY AND YOU ARE SAYING, GOOD MORNING, GIVING YOUR WELL-WISHES WITH ENTHUSIASM AND AUTHENTICITY FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS.

READY SET GO.

[BACKGROUND].

WONDERFUL. LET'S COME ON BACK TOGETHER.

WE HAVE A WONDERFULLY FULL AGENDA TODAY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE THIS MORNING AND THEN WE HAVE A 10:15 PECKER BREAK, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF PECKER BREAK.

I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO REMAIN CURIOUS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ENGAGEMENT, BEING CURIOUS IS THE WAY TO GO.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE OR SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

REITERATING FROM WHAT PAUL SAID, I'M GOING TO ASK ANYBODY WHO IS PRESENTING, SPEAKING THAT YOU'D BE UNCOMFORTABLY LOUD AND ENUNCIATE.

IT'S CHALLENGING FOR THE REMOTE FOLKS AT TIMES TO HEAR US IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

JUST BE AS LOUD AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

IN A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A RECAP OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSION FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR A MOMENT.

GOOD MORNING. SO DELIGHTED TO BE WITH EACH OF YOU.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO? [LAUGHTER] VICE MAYOR, NO. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

I HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT I'VE JUST DONE IS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU IN FRONT OF YOU THE NOTES THAT WE HAD FROM THEM THAT TIME.

SOMETIMES IT'S VALUABLE TO GO DOWN MEMORY LANE.

THERE WERE THINGS ON THERE THAT WE CREATED TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THE COUNCIL CULTURE WE WANT TO CREATE, OUR COMMUNICATION GROUND RULES, QUESTIONS WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL JUST TO LOOK BACK.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WE ARE CONTINUING ON TODAY.

WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.

I WANT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER.

THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE THERE.

WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING A STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FOLKS SHARING.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

LET'S START OFF WITH A RECAP.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSION FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.

>> DO WE HAVE AN AGENDA, A PAGE, AND A POWERPOINT? HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHOSE LEAD OFF ON THIS.

>> BUT LET ME FOLD THAT A LITTLE THE GRAPH HERE, SORRY.

>> THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, JULIE, FOR SHARING WHAT WAS DISCUSSED TWO YEARS AGO.

THEN TODAY, AS JULIE MENTIONED, WE'RE RECAPPING WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THIS VERY ROOM ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, SEPTEMBER 29TH OF LAST YEAR.

TO START OFF, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE A QUOTE AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKED HARD ON ABOUT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

WE WORKED HARD IN COMING UP WITH THIS STATEMENT OF INTENT.

IT READS AS FOLLOWS.

OUR INTENT IS TO LEAD BY BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, ENGAGING IN MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS, CREATIVELY, SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS, AND EXERCISING STRATEGIC FORWARD-THINKING ALL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

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WE MEET MONDAY MORNINGS.

WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH THE ENTIRE GROUP HERE.

STRAIGHT TO YOU FROM THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. THANK YOU.

WE WILL BE RECAPPING THE INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSION FROM LAST YEAR.

I MENTIONED SEPTEMBER 29TH.

IT WAS SEPTEMBER 30TH.

TODAY IS THE 29TH, CORRECT? YEAH. THEN THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT GEARS AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIALOGUE WITH NAH ABOUT THEIR PLANNED RELOCATION.

THAT WILL BE A BUSY DAY.

THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO FLY THROUGH AN AGENDA THAT HAS A LOT OF CONTENT.

I'M GOING TO BE QUIET HERE AND PASS IT ON.

JIM, ARE YOU LEADING THIS THING IN INTRODUCING CONSULTANTS? YEAH.

COME ON UP.

TALKS ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] WERE YOU MAKING PRODUCTION? SURE.

HERE'S THE CLICKER AND YOU ARE IN CONTROL.

HERE'S THE CLICKER YOU'RE IN CONTROL BY THE WAY.

THIS IS BRIAN [INAUDIBLE] IS ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS.

BRIAN BERNARD IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS FROM COROLLA.

GARY MILLER IS OUR ENGINEER FOR WATER SERVICES AND THEN BRAD HILL OUR INTERIM RETIRED DIRECTOR AND I AM JIM NICOLE I'M THE [INAUDIBLE] THANKS GREAT. THANKS A LOT.

[INAUDIBLE] ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE MICROPHONES ARE WORKING. THANK YOU.

I CAN STAND RIGHT HERE. IS THIS OKAY? I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AGAIN.

I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO TO DO A WASTEWATER PRESENTATION.

JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON ME.

I DO STRATEGIC PLANNING, COMMUNICATIONS WORK, IN FACT I FACILITATED THE 2025 WATER SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FLAGSTAFF AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT STORMWATER STRATEGIC PLANNING IN A LITTLE BIT LATER.

I'M REALLY INVOLVED IN CLIMATE CHANGE STUFF.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I'M INVOLVED IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS WHERE I'M FROM, IS CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUPPLY RELIABILITY.

YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SERIOUS LEADERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA TO ADDRESS JUST THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND UNSUSTAINABLE RESOURCES AND OUR SUPPLY RELIABILITY GOING FORWARD.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR INVESTMENTS.

I'VE BEEN FACILITATING ABOUT 25 GENERAL MANAGERS IN THE STATE ON THIS TOPIC AND WE'RE ENGAGING ON SEVERAL FRONTS SO IT'S INTERESTING STUFF.

I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND RESILIENCY.

I KNOW THOSE ARE BIG TOPICS FOR YOU GUYS IN FLAGSTAFF AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND WORK WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN.

ENOUGH ABOUT ME GOING FORWARD.

LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE AND THIS LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT OBJECTIVES AND STANDARDS.

JUST BASICALLY WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS PLANTS IN FLAGSTAFF, HISTORY OF THE WILDCAT HILL PLANT, AND THE ISSUES AND URGENCIES RELATED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THERE.

CURRENT CAPITAL UPGRADES, THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE WORKS, AND SOME OF THAT RELATES TO WHAT'S BEING FUNDED IN THE BOND AND SO FORTH SO WE'LL GO OVER THAT STUFF.

THEN THE BIG TOPIC AT THE END FOR TODAY IS AND WE DID TOUCH ON THIS LAST YEAR, THE WILDCAT HILL PLANT UPGRADE AND EXPANSION RELATED TO LIQUIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY.

THEN AT THE END WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT FUTURE UPDATES AND DISCUSSIONS ARE.

JUST TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE WATER SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I JUST ALLUDED TO A MOMENT AGO.

THESE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WERE ORDERED LOOSELY IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES.

YOU CAN SEE WASTEWATER ISSUES WERE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THAT.

RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THAT ALSO IS STORMWATER STUFF AND WILDFIRE.

I THINK WE WERE ALONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE PRIORITIZING THOSE ISSUES AS WE GO FORWARD AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES IN THE PLAN.

AGAIN, LOOKING AT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN CIRCLING THIS WHOLE WASTEWATER CAPACITY ISSUE.

OH, I WANTED TO MENTION THIS OTHER, THE FIRST STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SETS THE STAGE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH MEANS USING STANDARDS AND DATA TO DRIVE OUR DECISION-MAKING.

IN A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I DO WITH UTILITIES, IT'S A LOT ABOUT STANDARDS.

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WHAT'S THE STANDARD WE'RE NOT MEETING OR SHOULD WE BE LOOKING TO MODIFY THAT STANDARD.

IN THAT SENSE, OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

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WHATEVER MAY OCCUR, MEETING OUR REGULATIONS BUT ALSO BIG TIME HERE, LOW RISKS OF POTENTIAL PERIODS OF NON-COMPLIANCE OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THEN REDUNDANCY AND RESILIENCY WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING CLIMATE CHANGE IT'S ALL ABOUT RESILIENCY.

HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO STILL MAINTAIN THOSE STANDARDS OF SERVICE DURING ADVERSE OR UNUSUAL CONDITIONS.

WE'VE GOT TWO MAJOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY WELL KNOW, WILDCAT HILL END OF THE LINE PLANT SIX MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT CAPACITY ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

RIO DE FLAG SATELLITE PLANT.

BUT THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS HERE.

END OF LINE PLANT BASICALLY MEANS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO PUT THAT WASTEWATER.

ONCE IT DISCHARGES FROM THAT PLANT, YOU NEED TO BE MEETING YOUR PERMITS AND THAT WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.

RIO DE FLAG WAS SET UP AS A SATELLITE PLANT BUT IT'S NOW A CRITICAL PART OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY DOES ACT LIKE AN END OF LINE PLANT AS WELL AND THAT'S IT FOUR MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

THIS SLIDE WAS LAST YEAR SOLIDS FROM RIO DE FLAG IS STILL TRUE, ARE SENT TO WILDCAT HILL FOR PROCESSING.

BUT ONE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THERE IS CREATING SOME CAPACITY AT RIO DE FLAG TO DO SOLIDS HANDLING AND DIGESTION.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

SOME HISTORY HERE, 1971 WILDCAT HILL CONSTRUCTED, WAS PRODUCING CLASS B RECLAIMED WATER AT THAT TIME CAPACITY WAS THREE MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AND BIOSOLIDS ARE DISPOSED ON-SITE.

1981, WILDCAT HILL EXPANDED TO SIX MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AND THEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIO DE FLAG PLANT.

A BIG DRIVER FOR THAT WAS PRODUCING THE A+ RECLAIMED WATER IN THE PLANT THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1993.

2009, WILDCAT HILL WAS UPGRADED TO PRODUCE THE CLASS A+ RECLAIMED WATER AS WELL.

AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO BIOSOLIDS OR SOLIDS HANDLING OR LIQUID TREATMENT CAPACITY INCREASES AT THAT POINT.

WE DID HAVE A CONSENT ORDER RELATED TO NITROGEN ISSUES IN 2013, BUT THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT BRIAN, BUT IT WAS JUST A NOTE THAT WE HAD AN EVENT.

NO, JUST PART OF THE CAPITAL PIECES OF WHAT'S IN THERE ALSO FOR THE CHECKPOINT WITH NO BILE SALTS CAPACITY EXPANSION.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

I MOVED HERE IN 2007, SO I WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF THAT TAIL END.

BUT THEY WERE VALUE ENGINEERED OUT.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY, NOW IN 2022, IS WE'RE FUNDING TO PUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THE CITY COULDN'T AFFORD THEN INTO THE TREATMENT PLANT TODAY.

GOT IT. [INAUDIBLE] I GUESS IF WE WERE TO SUMMARIZE THIS WHAT'S THE BIG CHANGE SINCE 2008? WELL, I WOULD SAY GROWTH AND WATER CONSERVATION.

REALLY COMES DOWN TO THOSE TWO THINGS AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT TOPIC BECAUSE OUR GALLONS PER PERSON PER DAY HAS DROPPED AND POPULATION HAS GROWN BY MORE THAN 17 PERCENT.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT? IT MEANS OUR LIQUIDS FLOWS ONLY INCREASED BY THREE PERCENT, BUT OUR SOLIDS LOADING HAS INCREASED BY 27 PERCENT.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT, IF ALL YOU WERE PUTTING WAS WATER INTO THE PLANT, PURE WATER, IT CAN JUST FLOW STRAIGHT THROUGH.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE WHOLE ABILITY OF THE PLANT TO PROCESS ORGANIC WASTES RELATES TO THE CONCENTRATION OF THE ORGANICS IN THE WATER.

THE SOLIDS LOADING INCREASING BY 27 PERCENT IS A BIG DEAL.

THEN CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD INCREASES, FRANKLY, IN SOME OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE THAT'S COMING INTO THE PLANT.

NET RESULT IS WILDCAT HILL NO LONGER A 6 MGD PLANT, BUT NOW A 4.8 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY PLANT.

NOW THAT MAY SOUND A LITTLE STRANGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A MOMENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIQUIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY.

BUT LIQUIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF THE WASTEWATER.

IF YOU DESIGN A PLANT FOR A CERTAIN CONCENTRATION AND THAT CONCENTRATION IS GOING UP,

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IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW BECAUSE IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO THINGS GOING FORWARD.

YOU LOOK AT UP HERE, THIS PROJECT THE PLANT DESIGN LEVEL, WHERE THE 6 MGD WAS SET OUT IN THE PLANT DESIGN LEVEL AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONSERVATION AND INCREASED SOLIDS LOADING FOR BOTH PLANTS.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THIS SLIDE? I THINK YOU GOT IT.

HERE'S OUR BIG ISSUE SLIDE.

YOU ACTUALLY SAW SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE SOLIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY AT 88 PERCENT, LIQUIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY AT 88 PERCENT.

HERE'S WHAT DRIVES THIS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTEGRATED MASTER PLAN STANDARDS, YOU CAN SEE AT 85 PERCENT OF FLOW CAPACITY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.

ALTHOUGH THESE ARE STANDARDS IN OUR MASTER PLAN, I THINK BRIAN BERNARD FOR COROLLA WOULD TELL YOU THIS IS FAIRLY COMMON IN THE INDUSTRY THIS LEVEL OF STANDARDS FOR REACTING TO YOUR CAPACITY LEVELS.

WE NOT ONLY HAVE CAPACITY LEVELS BUT WE HAVE REDUNDANCY AND REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT ISSUES AND AGAIN, THESE ARE WILDCAT HILL PLANT ISSUES AND PEAK FLOW ISSUES AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MORE OF THOSE IN A MOMENT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SLIDE WHERE WE HAVE CAPACITY ISSUES AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE REDUNDANCY STUFF A LITTLE BIT LATER.

THESE SLIDES GET A LITTLE BUSY THE NEXT TWO, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE COVERING IS ON THE WILDCAT HILL PLANT AND THE RIO DE FLIGHT PLAN.

WHAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN WORKS, OR PLANNED.

WHEREAS IN A FEW MINUTES WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN EXPANSION, WHICH IS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, I THINK PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT HERE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOND FUNDED IN COLUMN 3, IF YOU GO DOWN THERE TO THE NEW DIGESTER AND REHAB PRIMARY EFFLUENT PUMPS.

THEN THE CO GENERATION IS A PART OF YOUR CARBON NEUTRALITY STANDARDS AND EFFORTS.

THOSE ARE FUNDED IN THE BOND.

IF IT SAYS CIP, THAT'S PART OF THE NORMAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THOSE ARE FUNDED, AND THEN THE NORESCO, THE REASON A LOT OF THOSE SHOWS ZERO PERCENT IS BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS KNOW WELL, PROBABLY BETTER THAN I DO IF IT'S TRUE NORESCO, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE FUNDING THROUGH A PROJECT AND THOSE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATION.

THAT'S MORE OF A NEGOTIATION AND IT'S WHY THEY'RE AT ZERO PERCENT SHOVEL-READY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'VE GOT A FROWN, BRAD, [OVERLAPPING] SQUINTING TO SEE THEM.

>> THEY'RE SEE THE TABLE.

>> I'M TOO SENSITIVE HERE. I SEE BRAD BROWN.

[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] AGAIN, THIS IS A STUMP.

IT SEEMED WORK IF WE LOOK AT THE RIO DE FLAG WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE AERATION BLOWERS FOR THE BOND.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

THIS IS IN THE CISP, THIS IS ADDITIONAL DIGESTER.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GETTING DIGESTER CAPACITY AT RIO DE FLAG AND YOU CAN SEE IT GIVES YOU CAPACITY INCREASE OVERALL RELATED TO HANDLING IN DIGESTION.

>> THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE'RE TAKING THE SOLIDS THAT RIO GENERALLY SENDS OUT THE WILDCAT AND WE'LL BE TREATING THEM AT RIO.

THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE CAPACITY OUTER WILDCAT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE DID AND IT'S ALSO CURRENTLY AT 30 PERCENT THAT JUST CHANGED YESTERDAY.

THAT'S WHY IT SAYS 5 PERCENT THERE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A 30 PERCENT ALREADY, 30 PERCENT DESIGN, CORRECT?

>> WE'RE USING THIS TERM SHOVEL-READY.

THAT'LL BECOME MORE CLEAR IN A FEW MINUTES AS WE RELATE TO THE BIG PLANT EXPANSION.

ON THESE LAST TWO SLIDES, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WE CONSIDER IN THE WORKS.

WE'RE ADDRESSING THE FUNDING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THINGS.

THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WILDCAT HILLS LIQUIDS EXPANSION DRIVERS.

NOW AGAIN, WHEN I'M USING THAT TERM LIQUIDS EXPANSION, RECOGNIZING THAT THE LIQUIDS CAPACITY IS RELATED TO THE SOLIDS LOADING.

WE'RE USING THAT TERM LIQUIDS, BUT SOLIDS LOADING IS THE BIG ISSUE WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.

YOUR MAIN TREATMENT, BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT STEP, STEP IN THIS PROCESS AS YOUR FIXED FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE BY THIS TREATMENT TRAIN FOR PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE WILDCAT HILL PLANT, BUT THE MAIN TREATMENT AREAS, THERE'S REALLY NO BACKUP.

THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST YEAR.

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT ONE OF THE MAIN PARTS OF THAT IFAS SYSTEM IS THIS FLOATING MEDIA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A FISH TANK, BUT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE BALLS IN THE BACK AND THEN THE BACTERIA GROWS ON THOSE BALLS.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE FLOATING MEDIA DOES IT'S FLOATING IN THERE AND THAT'S WHERE THE BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION IS OCCURRING, WHICH MEANS BUGS ARE EATING THE BACTERIA, BASICALLY.

INTERESTING THING, THERE'S THE 20-YEAR LIFESPAN ON THAT FLOATING MEDIA, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 14 YEARS.

NOW YOU CAN GET MORE LIFE, OTHER THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT IN TERMS OF LIFESPAN.

WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE FAILURE POINT RISKS.

DIFFUSERS, AIRLINE MIXERS, AND PLASTIC MEDIA WEARS OUT, SO YOU CAN GET FAILURES THERE, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN GET TOXIC EVENTS, OR HYDRAULIC OVERLOADS.

ONE IS THE RAMIFICATIONS FAILURE CAN BE SERIOUS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT COMPLETELY PLANNED FOR FAILURE, THEN YOU'RE INTO LONGER LEAD TIMES AND GETTING WHATEVER PARTS YOU NEED YOU CAN GET INTO THREE, OR FIVE MONTHS CLIENTS AND THEN YOU'RE JUST CHARGING YOU PER MINUTE, THEN YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE DELIVERING A PLUS RECLAIMED WATER, OR CLEAN WATER DELIVERIES AND THAT'S A CURRENT WHICH COULD BE A BIG DEAL IN SUMMER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE MENTIONED ABOUT ALL OF THIS, IS THAT YOU COULD SAY, WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD REDUNDANCY IN THE PAST, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EVEN LIKE PHOENIX AREA CITIES, MOST OF THOSE CITIES THAT ARE IN THE SHRUG, OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE 91ST AVENUE TREATMENT PLANT, THEY HAVE A BACKUP.

IF THEIR SYSTEM GOES DOWN, THEY CAN DELIVER IT DOWN TO THE 91ST AVENUE PLANT.

IN MANY CASES, THEY ALSO HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF REDUNDANCY IN THEIR SYSTEM, SO A LOT OF THOSE CITIES BASICALLY HAVE THOSE PROVISIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT IN FLAGSTAFF WITH RESPECT TO THIS IMPORTANT SLIDE, ANY QUESTIONS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION, WE SHARED A COUPLE OPTIONS.

YOU COULD COMPLETELY REPLACE WILDCAT HILL AND JUST BUILD 12 MGD PLAN, RECOGNIZING THAT YOU WOULD DESIGN IT FOR THE NEW SOLIDS FLOATING CAPACITY WHEN YOU DESIGN THAT PLAN.

I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION WAS LAST YEAR IS THE BEST USE OF OUR ASSETS WAS TO, BASICALLY INCREMENTALLY EXPAND CAPACITY AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT WOULD BE THIS, A 6 MGD EXPANSION.

PROVIDES THAT REDUNDANCY FOR NEW GROWTH, AND REALLY THAT WHOLE ONLY EXPANDING BY 6 MGD IS REALLY THE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT APPROACH.

IT'S THE RIGHT SIZE.

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE IN THE FUTURE.

THE NEW TREATMENT PLANT WOULD ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY BE SET UP FOR ADVANCED TREATMENT, SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IPR, OR DPR, SORRY, INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE, OR DIRECT POTABLE REUSE, AND CERTAINLY BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE CONSTITUENTS OR COMPOUNDS OF EMERGING CONCERN THAT ARE COMING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.

POINT HERE IS WHAT THIS THING IS ONCE YOU GET THIS PLANT BUILT, YOU THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHUTTLE THE OLD PLANT DOWN, OR TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY DO THE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT THAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET 20 MORE YEARS OUT OF THAT PLAN.

THAT'S BASICALLY LEVERAGING YOUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE THE BEST FIT YOU CAN, BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THIS WORK UNTIL YOU'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SHUT DOWN THAT PLANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, IN TERMS OF THE COSTS ARE MORE THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

LET'S JUST SAY THIS AS SIMPLE AS WE CAN.

WE'VE GOT THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORT AND WE'VE GOT UTILITIES DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT'S CREATING GREATER DEMAND FOR EACH CONSTRUCTIONS SERVICES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WOULD DEAL WITH THE COST.

LOOK, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS BLAME THE CONSULTANT FOR SAYING SOMETHING YOU KNOW, [LAUGHTER] BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS MOST PEOPLE ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE ACCELERATING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

WHATEVER IS GOING ON TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BC MORE AND MORE.

WE NEED TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE,

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>> THERE'S ALSO A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, JUST TO GET THE GENERATORS FOR RIO IS NOW UP TO 18 MONTHS.

FROM THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY ORDERED THE DEGENERATE, OR SO IT'D BE 18 MONTHS BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DELIVER.

YOU STILL HAVE THAT IN THE PLANNING PART OF THAT, SO THAT'S ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO EIGHT MONTHS FOR THAT PART OF IT.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER TWO YEARS AND WHERE TO GET THAT PROJECT COMPLETE.

POINT OF SHARING THIS SLIDE IS NOT TO GO OVER EVERY ELEMENT IN THIS, BUT HERE'S WHAT THE MAIN POINT IS.

MOVED TO SEVERAL READY ON NEW PLANT EXPANSION WITH SOME DISPATCH.

BECAUSE ALL YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN'T BUILD THE PLANT TOMORROW, BUT YOU CAN GET THE SHOVEL READY, WHICH MEANS YOU'VE GOT IT.

YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR PERMITS, YOUR DESIGN, AND THEN BRAD WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED, YOU GOT TO HAVE YOUR FUNDING LINED UP.

BUT THE WAY THIS LOOKS IS YOU'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR YEARS TO GET TO THAT SHOVEL-READY POINT.

YOU'VE DONE YOUR DESIGN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO FOR THE NOTICE TO PROCEED ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH BECAUSE FRANKLY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEVEN YEARS BEFORE YOU GET THERE ANYWAY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE OPTION AFTER FOUR YEARS TO SAY WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

THAT WORK HAS A SHELF LIFE, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM BRIAN AT COROLLA, IT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WOULD DO THIS AND IF YOU WANTED TO DELAY A FEW YEARS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RISK OF GETTING THE SHOVEL READY.

I THINK IT'S REALLY PRUDENT, LET'S USE THAT WORD, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT POINT.

THAT'S THE POINT THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] PARKER, JUST FOR A MINUTE.

>> YEAH.

>> I REALLY THINK, FOR THE POLICYMAKERS IN THE ROOM, THIS IS SUPER CRITICAL.

WHILE THE TACTICAL PIECES OF WHAT JIM AND JOHN ARE SAYING ARE OUTLINED, THERE'S TWO CRITICAL POINTS ON MONEY.

WE'RE TALKING $200 MILLION IN 2027, FIVE YEARS.

THAT'S A BIG LIFT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A STEP HERE.

ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THE POLICYMAKERS ON HOW WE FUND.

STAFF'S GOT TO COME OUT AND FIGURE OUT IDEAS AND THEN BRING IT BACK, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY IN OUR LINE OF WORK.

FIVE YEARS IS REALLY CLOSE.

WE CAN DO THE TECHNICAL SIDE IN FIVE YEARS, IT'S THE MONEY SIDE THAT'S GOING TO REALLY BE THE HEAVY LIFT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDER YOUR POINTS.

THE $20 MILLION IS FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE STILL NEED 20-25 MILLION JUST TO DO THE PLANS.

THERE'S A FEW STEPS, SO WE NEED THAT MONEY NOW SO THAT WE CAN START PLANNING FOR THE NEW PLANT AND THEN WE'LL NEED THE 200 MILLION WHENEVER WE ACTUALLY DO THE PLAN ITSELF.

>> THAT'S WHY THE APPROXIMATE COST OF 20 MILLION, TO GET TO SHOVEL-READY IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ONE OF THE POINTS OF SHARING ALL THESE STEPS IS THAT THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT THE STEPS ARE.

THEY KNOW WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

BRIAN WORKS WITH THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CREDIBILITY IN THIS TIMEFRAME.

BUT IT DOES PROBABLY MEAN THAT YOU GOT TO BE DOING THINGS, YOU GOT TO BE MOVING, AND YOU GOT TO STAY ON SCHEDULE ONCE YOU'RE GOING, SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME URGENCY THERE.

THAT'S BASICALLY IT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT FUTURE UPDATES, OBVIOUSLY ONE THAT'S NOT UP HERE IS BOND FUNDING.

HOPEFULLY, THAT COMES THROUGH BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO GET THAT SOLIDS HANDLING CAPACITY COMPLETED, THAT WILDCAT HILL. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BE PROVIDING UPDATES, SO THESE GUYS WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES ON THAT.

THEN JUST ONGOING INFORMATION ON THE WILDCAT HILL NEW TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION, MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING ON SCHEDULE WITH THE SHOVEL READY AND SO FORTH, AND CONTINUING TO UPDATE WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE PLANT ARE AS WE GO FORWARD.

THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER CRITICAL FACTOR HERE IS YOU SAW THAT 40 MILLION ON THE OTHER SLIDE IS CONTENT UPDATE ON WHAT ARE THE CAPITAL NEEDS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WILDCAT HILL PLANT CAN GIVE US THAT EXTRA 20 YEARS OF LIFE GOING FORWARD.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE RECLAIMED WATER.

[LAUGHTER] JAMES IS REALLY NERVOUS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT RECLAIMED WATER SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT ARE THE URGENCY AND TIMEFRAMES FOR USING THAT UNUSED RECLAIMED WATER? THAT'S A WATER RESOURCE, AND WITH THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LAKE MARY,

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THEN OBVIOUSLY, THE TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY KIND OF, IF WE DID ANY INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE OR DIRECT POTABLE REUSE AND ADDRESSING THE CECS.

I THINK THAT'S IT ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE.

JUST A QUICK SUMMARY.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

THERE'S A SET OF STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECTS THAT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE FUNDING, AND THE BIG SECOND ONE HERE, WILDCAT HILL'S PLANT EXPANSION.

FRANKLY, JUST MAKING SURE WE SECURE THE FUNDING TO GO AND MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY TO SHOVEL-READY ON THAT PLAN.

>> A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

THIS MIGHT BE FOR STACY PK IF SHE'S AROUND.

I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT BRAND OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE?

>> [OVERLAPPING] WE GOT THEM LOOKING INTO BUILDS RECLAMATION.

WE ALSO LOOK AT, I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD, WIFIA?

>> WIFIA.

>> THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP FUND THESE PROJECTS, BUT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THOSE NOW FOR THESE PROJECTS.

>> CERTAINLY, AND WITH OUR BOND ASSUMING IT GOES THROUGH, IS THAT SETUP FOR MATCHING FUNDS FOR THESE PURPOSES OR SO DESIGNATED THAT IT'S ALL ON US FOR A VERY SPECIFIC CROP?

>> RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL SET UP FOR US SO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES, BUT WE WILL BE GOING BACK AND LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS, LOANS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE SO THAT WE CAN EXTEND THAT MONEY AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> EXCELLENT. THEN I KNOW IT'S BEEN SIMILAR DISCUSSION ON A HUGE ONE, BUT IN THE FUTURE, HAVING A DRYER FOR SOME OF OUR SOLID WASTE SO WE CAN UTILIZE IT. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M SURE THERE'S A SOLAR DRYER THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. YEAH, WE HAVE THAT.

IT'S ALREADY PROGRAMMED INTO THE CIP FOR 2027-ISH.

[LAUGHTER] IT'S IN THERE.

>> IS THIS THE JIM SOLAR DRYING? [OVERLAPPING].

>> IT ISN'T THE MASSIVE PLAN, IT ISN'T THE CIP, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT PROJECT YET BECAUSE NORESCO WAS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND THEN IT GOT KICKED OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THEM, BUT WE DEFINITELY STILL HAVE THAT IN THERE.

AGAIN, WE WERE JUST TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIOCHAR COMPOSTING SITE ACROSS THE WAY THAT THEY CAN USE SOME OF OUR BIO-SOLIDS FROM THAT TO HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THE DRYING GETS YOU TO CLASS A? [OVERLAPPING] THAT CREATES A LOT MORE OPTIONS, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, FOR BENEFICIAL REUSE IS THE BIG DEAL.

>> THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY CAN PICK THEIR NAME.

BUT THEY WANT TO USE SOME OF THE BIOSOLIDS AND ALSO SOME OF THE LIQUID THAT WE BRING INTO THE PLANT TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THEIR BIOCHAR AND THEIR COMPOSTING.

>> EXCELLENT. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OF A STEADY STREAM OF FUEL, FOR EXAMPLE OR/AND WHAT DISCUSSIONS WITH MAU LOOKING AT THEIR BIOMASS FUEL PLANT, THAT'S 15 YEARS AND STILL HYPOTHETICAL.

BUT BEING PARTNERS WITH THAT.

>> [OVERLAPPING] THEY CAN TAKE THOSE BIOSOLIDS AND PROBABLY TAKE THEM STRAIGHT OVER TO THE INCINERATOR OR THEIR PRODUCTION PLAN.

>> EXCELLENT. WELL, THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS.

>> GOOD QUESTIONS.

>> THAT WAS THE SAME TIME.

[LAUGHTER] ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.

>> THESE ARE FOCUSED ON THE IMMEDIATE FUNDING NEEDS.

IS 20 MILLION TO GET THIS PROJECT SHOVEL-READY?

>> YES.

>> HOW DO WE FUND THE 20 MILLION IS THE QUESTION.

>> AGAIN, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE WIFIA STATE REVOLVING FUND TO FIND THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT, AND THEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY EVEN ENROLL THE CONSTRUCTION BACK INTO THAT.

>> IF I COULD JUMP IN. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WATER SERVICES IS DOING IS, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE YOU HAVE BOND FUNDING, YOU HAVE CAPITAL FUNDING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GREAT FUNDED, SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCOPE OF SERVICES TO GO OUT SOON FOR EVALUATE THE UTILITIES RATES ON EACH OF THE THREE OF THE FOUR FUNDS, STORMWATER IS ON ITS OWN TRACK.

ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE IS, WELL, HOW MUCH OF THE 20 MILLION CAN BE FUNDED VIA RATES?

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THAT'S ONE ELEMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON HOW TO FUND.

THEN OBVIOUSLY, WORKING WITH TED OR THIS GROUP OF WHAT ARE THESE OTHERS THAT THE MAYOR AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

>> I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON SOME OF THIS.

WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I GENERALLY KNOW, AND YOU CAN CHIME IN ON THIS BRAD, IF YOU'RE SHOVEL-READY, THEN YOU CAN BE TOP OF THE LINE FOR THE FUNDING.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF GETTING TO SHOVEL-READY, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN INVEST AND YOU CAN CONSTRUCT.

MY BACKGROUND IS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY.

SO I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF REDUNDANCY AND RELIABILITY.

I GUESS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

TO ME, THESE ARE ESSENTIALS.

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS ARE NICE TO HAVE AND WE DO WANT TO HAVE THOSE THINGS.

BUT THIS ISN'T A NICE TO HAVE.

THIS IS YOU GOT TO DO IT.

WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT.

OBVIOUSLY TRY TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, 20 MILLION JUST TO DESIGN THE PLANT.

TO ME MY GUT REACTION SET SEEMS HIGH, BUT I WILL SAY IS THAT KEEP THE COST DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

BUT REGARDLESS, IT'S GOT TO BE DONE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.

>> I WILL WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THAT.

BECAUSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DID SPEND A LITTLE TIME IN AEROSPACE YEARS AGO.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS ABSOLUTELY AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

EVEN IN SOME CASES, YOUR RATED CAPACITY IS ONLY YOUR REDUNDANT CAPACITY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RATED CAPACITY, YOU ALSO GET RATED CAPACITY IS REDUNDANT CAPACITY.

SO THAT JUST I THINK STRENGTHENS YOUR ARGUMENT.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE REDUNDANCY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FAILURES INTO DISCUSSION WHEN IT ISN'T.

LUCKILY, YOU'VE GOT JIM THERE WHO'S REALLY GOOD AT KEEPING THINGS AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED A LOT OF UTILITIES, BUT YEAH, THAT GROUP REALLY WORKS HARD TO KEEP THAT PLANT OPERATING.

>> WE RECENTLY HAD A FAILURE UP ON THE IFAS MIXERS WHERE WE HAD TO ORDER THE PARTS THAT WE NEEDED WERE OBSOLETE.

WE HAD TO ORDER THREE NEW MIXERS.

THEY GAVE US THE FIRST LEAD TIME OF THREE WEEKS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THEM IN.

THAT WAS BACK IN EARLY AUGUST.

THEY WON'T BE HERE UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER.

WE'VE GOT THE OTHER MIXER BACK TOGETHER AND WORKING TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE GET THE NEW ONES IN, BUT AS SOON AS THE NEW ONES COME IN, AND WE'LL GET THOSE INSTALLED AND THEN IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE TANK IS LIVE.

SO AGAIN, IT OFFERS A LOT OF CHALLENGES FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL MAKE TREATMENT, BUT ALSO GET THE PARTS REPLACEMENT WE NEED TO REPLACE.

SOME ARE UNDERWATER, I KNOW BRAD'S BEEN OUT THERE BEFORE.

WHATEVER WE'VE HAD DIVERS COME UP AND THEY DIVE INTO THE TANKS FULL OF LIQUID TO DO THE REPAIRS AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN CERTAINLY BY FUEL.

THAT'S SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.

WE CALL THE DIVERS IN ALL THE TIME, IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

>> I TEND TO LOOK AT THESE BIG NARRATIVES AND FLAGSTAFF IS A GREAT PLACE.

IT'S A REAL TOWN.

IT AS A MAJOR UNIVERSITY.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS COMMENSURATE WITH THAT OR THAT YOU'VE CREATED HERE, WHICH IS A GREAT WORLD, I THINK.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> LET'S MAKE SURE THE FOLKS WHO ARE WITH US VIRTUALLY ANY QUESTIONS? HERE WE GOT A HAND.

>> I'LL CHIME IN HERE JULIE.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FINER POINT ON ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD WHICH WAS IT'LL NEVER BE CHEAPER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW TODAY TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THE TRIGGER ON ALL THIS STUFF.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST GRIN AND BEAR IT.

>> I SEE SOME NODDING HEADS THERE.

I THOUGHT YOU'D APPRECIATE THAT.

>> LET'S SEE, RESISTANCE TO 20 PERCENT A YEAR.

>> CAN I PUT THIS CONVERSATION IN CONTEXT IN THE INVESTING DOLLARS, SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION TODAY, WHEN WE GO BACK TO ONE WILDCAT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE AND THE SOLIDS CAPACITY WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THE CITY MADE A DECISION BACK IN 2006-7 BUT WE COULDN'T AFFORD THOSE RIGHT HERE TODAY IN 2022,

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IF WE ARE HEARING STAFF SAY, OKAY, WE KICK THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND NOW WE'RE AT THE END OF THE ROAD. IT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR THAT WERE COMING ALIGNED, THE DECISION, THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED, WHAT STAFF WAS BRINGING FORWARD.

IT'S GREAT.

>> I THINK RELATED TO THAT FUNDING JUST TO, I THINK EVERYBODY GETS IT.

BUT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WE'RE IN A RACE AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE RACING CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE TWO OR THREE TIMES.

THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH IN CALIFORNIA WITH WATER SUPPLY AND LIABILITY.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING TO SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE GREATER THAN THEY THOUGHT, AND THEY GOT TO HAPPEN SOONER THAN THEY THOUGHT.

I THINK THOSE PRESSURES ON PRICES TOOK [INAUDIBLE].

>> JUST ONE MORE THING TO PUT INTO CONTEXT FOR US TO, IS THE RECENT DISASTER IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

I THINK THAT CAUTIONARY TALES CERTAINLY HELPS MINUTES PALATE IS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING OURS, TO CONNECT THE DOTS.

WE SHOULD LEVERAGE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ATTENTION TO THAT, THE WAY I SEE IT IT'S THE PROVERBIAL HALLWAY IN THE HORROR MOVIE WHERE THE DOOR AT THE END JUST KEEPS GETTING FURTHER AWAY.

THESE ARE ALL GREAT. JUST FLASH POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO TO THE PUBLIC AND MAKE THE CASE FOR THIS CRITICAL INVESTMENT. THANK YOU.

>> STUDENTS FROM OUR VIRTUAL FOLKS.

>> JULIE, I GOT OH, SORRY.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I GOT NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO SCRATCH FOR THE PRESENTERS IN THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SARAH.

>> YEAH. JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WEREN'T POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCE WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACCESS.

NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY AND ASSETS GROUND PROGRAM WOULD HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE AND DROUGHT AND WATER.

IT'S PACKAGED WITH THE IRA, THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GREAT. LET'S GIVE IT A HANDS UP.

>> NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS THEN STORM WATER, YES.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOU TO DIGEST.

THAT'S ME TRYING TO BE FUNNY [LAUGHTER].

DIGEST LIKE DIGESTERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE LAUGHTER.

SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT WAS JUST SHARED, THAT WAS A LOT OF VERY HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A MOMENT, TURNING TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SHARE WITH THEM WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU, WHAT MADE AN IMPACT? WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH, ALL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS NEVER LEAVING MY MIND IS THE JOB OF THE DIVERS THAT HAVE TO DO THE WORK BY FIELD.

PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR, TAKE 20 SECONDS

>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]

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>> COME TOGETHER.

NEXT, ARE WE READY? WE'VE GOT STORMWATER, GARY MILLER, AND THEN GARY AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING OVER TO THE PODIUM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE JOHN JOIN YOU IN JUST A BIT.

COULD WE GIVE HIM THE HANDS? [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WAS ALREADY INTRODUCED BUT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN, GARY MILLER, WATER SERVICES ENGINEERING SECTION DIRECTOR.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON STORMWATER.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE EMERGENCY IN FLOOD RESPONSE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU PERCEIVE LOTS OF UPDATES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH THE FLOODS THAT WE'VE SEEN.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND STAY AT A HIGH LEVEL AS BEST I CAN, GIVE YOU SOME OF THE HISTORY, THE OVERALL COSTS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND THEN SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE PUT TOWARDS LONG-TERM MITIGATION IN THOSE AREAS.

THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON FLOOD MITIGATION.

WE'VE HAD TO DELAY A LOT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST ON OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE FLOODING THAT WE'VE SEEN.

TOWARDS THE END OF THAT, I'M GOING TO BRING CHRISTINA, ACTUALLY, SHE'S ONLINE TO DO AN UPDATE ON THE RATE OF FLOOD.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS TO REPORT OUT ON THAT.

THEN I'M GOING TO BRING JOHN [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN WHO HAS BEEN HELPING STORMWATER FINALIZE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR STORMWATER.

STORMWATER IN THE PAST HASN'T EVER HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN, AND GIVEN ALL OF THE CHANGES WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND FINALIZING THAT.

THEN LASTLY, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RATE STUDY WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE PAST.

IN 2019 WE HAVE THE MUSEUM FIRE FLOOD OR THE MUSEUM FIRE WHICH LED TO FLOODING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

FORTUNATELY, WE HAD A COUPLE YEARS DRY WEATHER THAT DIDN'T RESULT IN MUCH FLOODING.

LAST YEAR, WE SPENT ABOUT $1.8 MILLION IN FLOOD AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR THE RESULTING FLOODING.

THEN THERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR STORM EVENTS THAT WE HAD IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, OUTSIDE OF MUSEUM.

THEN THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE PIPELINE FIRE, WHICH CAUSED FLOODING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEEDS THIS YEAR AND WE'VE SPENT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO DATE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR THOSE EVENTS.

WHAT IS THIS MEANT FOR STORMWATER OPERATIONS AS WELL AS OPERATIONS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF? IT'S CAUSED US TO BE VERY REACTIONARY.

WE TRY TO PLAN AS BEST WE CAN BUT AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, WE HAD TO REACT TO THESE MAJOR EVENTS.

IT'S CAUSED AN INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF WEATHER PATTERNS THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR US TO PREDICT.

WITH THOSE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND HOW COMMON THOSE ARE, IT'S CREATED A GREATER DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES THAT STORMWATER PROVIDES.

I REALLY LIKE THIS IMAGE.

THIS WAS CREATED SHORTLY AFTER THE PIPELINE FIRE, AND THIS SHOWS THE DIFFERENT BURN SCAR AREAS IN THE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS THAT WERE AFFECTED.

ON THE FAR LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE CHIMNEY SPRINGS AND SCHULTZ CREEK WATERSHEDS WHICH WERE MORE RECENTLY AFFECTED BY THE PIPELINE FIRE, WHICH WAS ALL OF THE EMERGENCY AND FLOOD RESPONSE THAT WE RESPONDED TO THIS LAST YEAR.

THEN DOWN IN THE, I'LL SAY, LOWER CENTER YOU'LL SEE THE 2019 MUSEUM FIRE AREA WHICH IMPACTED THE SPRUCE WASH WATERSHED.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN DONE IN THE LAST YEAR? HERE'S A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE IN THE SPRUCE WATERSHED.

WE HAVE THE DORTHA AVENUE CROSSING THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.

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WE HAVE ALLUVIAL FANS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE COUNTY ON THE FOREST.

ALLUVIAL FANS ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED TO COLLECT SEDIMENT AND PREVENT THAT SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS FROM COMING INTO TOWN WHICH HELPS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN TOWN FUNCTION MORE EFFICIENTLY WITHOUT THE NEED FOR MAINTENANCE AND CLEARING THOSE THINGS OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THEN FINALLY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE DESIGN FOR PARK WAY BASINS.

THIS WOULD BE JUST EAST OF PARADISE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

AGAIN, THOSE BASINS OR SEDIMENT BASINS THAT WILL AGAIN COLLECT MORE SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS TO AGAIN MAKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN TOWN MORE EFFICIENT.

PIPELINE WEST.

I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON SCHULTZ CREEK.

I HAVE BEEN SUPER IMPRESSED WITH THE STORMWATER TEAM AND OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND GRANT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE PROJECT GOING SO QUICKLY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROJECT THIS FAST.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THEM.

THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF OCTOBER, AND THAT WAS A STRICT TIMELINE SET FORWARD BY THE GRANT.

THEN I BELIEVE WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED GRANT MONEY FOR SCHULTZ CREEK DOWNSTREAM STAMP CHANNELS STABILIZATION.

THIS WOULD BE JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE IMAGE YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.

WHAT ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS FOR LONG-TERM MITIGATION PLANNING? WITHIN SPRUCE AVENUE WASH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH IS LOOKING AT ALL PROJECTS THAT I HAVE LISTED IN THOSE BULLET POINTS THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INVERTED CROWN ON GRANDVIEW AS A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR PERMANENT MITIGATION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A DETENTION BASIN.

I HAVE WEST AND CEDAR.

WE CALL IT THE Y, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT.

JUST WEST OF SAFEWAY THERE ON CEDAR.

THEN WE'VE GOT THE TWO ROAD CROSSINGS AT LINDA VISTA IN CEDAR THAT NEED TO BE UP SIZED, AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHANNEL AND INLETS AT ARROYO SECO.

RIGHT NOW, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS A REAL ITERATIVE PROCESS.

OUR CONSULTANTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS STARTED WITH, A, WHAT'S THE MOST BENEFIT WE CAN POTENTIALLY RECOGNIZE FROM ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS? THEY PUT THAT INTO THE MODEL AND THEY SAID, THIS WORKS BUT IT CAUSES ADVERSE IMPACTS IN CERTAIN AREAS IN TOWN.

THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THOSE ITERATIVE PROCESSES FOR THE LAST, IT'S BEEN LIKE THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS.

IT'S TAKEN THEM A WHILE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL MITIGATION AREAS.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO A REALLY GOOD PLACE WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE WITHOUT CAUSING ANY OF THOSE ADVERSE IMPACTS DOWNSTREAM.

THEN ON THE PIPELINE SIDE OR THE SCHULTZ CREEK SIDE, THE ONE PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE FUTURE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON 180.

AS I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, THE BOX CULVERT THAT GOES UNDER 180 AT SCHULTZ CREEK IS UNDERSIZED AND WE'RE PURSUING OPTIONS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS THERE TO HOPEFULLY MITIGATE MUCH OF THE FLOODING ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.

THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE INNER BASIN PIPELINE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED.

THE SCHUTLZ FIRE FROM 10 YEARS AGO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MY TIMEFRAMES.

BACK THEN WE HAD SEVERE FLOODING AS A RESULT OF THE SCHUTLZ FIRE, WHICH CAUSED US TO MAKE SEVERAL REPAIRS ALONG THE PIPELINE ROAD.

SOME OF THAT AREA REBURNED, WE HAD ADDITIONAL AREAS BURN AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES UP THERE.

JACOB'S ENGINEERING CAME UP EARLIER THIS MONTH TO LOOK AT SOME DRONE FOOTAGE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OF THE AREA, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THE INNER BASIN PIPELINE AND THE ROAD ITSELF.

NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK CHRISTINE TO JOIN US FOR AN UPDATE ON THE RIO.

>> HI GARY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, GARY. I AM CHRISTINE CAMERON.

I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HERE AT THE CITY.

OUR TIME THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN PACKED FULL

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LOTS OF MOVING PARTS QUITE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THE EXTENDED PROJECT TEAM HAS BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES TO MEET.

WE HAD A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP IN AUGUST TO FULLY WALK THE PROJECT SITES AND REVIEW THE PROJECT PLANS TOGETHER, AGAIN GETTING READY FOR THAT FINAL BID DOCUMENT.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP IN MAY FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDDING NEXT YEAR BY THE ARMY CORPS AND HAVE THEM GET INTO CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF 2023, IS OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE.

OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER, BRYCE DOTY, HAS ALSO BEEN HARD AT WORK ON THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION, WHICH IS A BIG FINAL ITEM THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE FOR THAT BID IN MAY.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

OUR LEGAL TEAM AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL THAT STERLING SOLOMON HAS BROUGHT IN HAD BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT CMA BETWEEN THE CITY AND BNSF WITH COORDINATION WITH THE ARMY CORPS.

THIS COVERS THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE ON BNSF PROPERTY WITHIN THE NEW EASEMENT FOR THE RIO.

IT ALSO COVERS THE REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT AND THE FUTURE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE GOING FORWARD FOR THE RIO STRUCTURE.

THE AGREEMENT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL WHEN IT'S HAMMERED OUT, PROBABLY ABOUT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

STERLING, YOUR TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB, SO WE'RE BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY [LAUGHTER].

I KNOW IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.

IN EARLY 2022, WE WERE AWARDED ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FUNDING FOR TWO STORM DRAIN LATERALS HERE IN TOWN.

ONE FOR KILL UP AND ONE OF THOSE WILL BE TIED INTO THE RIO DE FLAG, AND THIS IS RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

IT WILL COME WEST OFF OF SANTA FE.

STORMWATER AND CAPITAL STAFF ARE WORKING ON PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND COORDINATING WITH THE ARMY CORPS ON THAT ALSO, SINCE THEY ARE THE FUNDING AGENCY.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, [LAUGHTER] THIS ONE MAKES ME HYSTERICALLY HAPPY, SO BEAR WITH ME.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THE CITY RECEIVED NOTICE THAT OUR INFRA GRANT AWARD OR INFER GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN MILE WAS APPROVED BY THE USDOT AND WE WERE AWARDED 32.6 MILLION AND FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE HAVE MATCHING FUNDS ALSO FROM BNSF AND THE AMOUNT OF 11 MILLION FOR OUR DOWNTOWN MILE.

AS COUNCIL IS AWARE THIS HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON VERY SERIOUSLY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH THE RAILROAD TO GET CLEARANCE FOR A REAL PROJECT TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE RAIL CORRIDOR AND MOVE FORWARD, AND OUR OTHER LOCAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE WHICH ARE THE FLORENCE TO WALNUT PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS, AND LA PLAZA VIEJA NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE RIO DE FLAG PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS THAT WILL CONNECT INTO THE FUTURE DOWNTOWN CONNECTIONS CENTER.

THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MILTON BRIDGE TO A STANDARD HEIGHT AND WIDTH TO ACCOMMODATE A THIRD MAIN TRACK FOR BNSF, AND THE EXTENSION OF THAT THIRD MAIN EAST AND WEST THROUGH DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF.

LOTS OF WINS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BNSF ON THIS ONE OF COURSE, AND REALLY UNPRECEDENTED STEP FORWARD, MOVING US TO BETTER CONNECTIVITY, SAFETY, MULTI-MODAL ACCESSIBILITY, AND MOVES US CLOSER TO OUR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS IN TOWN AND NATIONALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE 26 PROJECTS AWARDED NATIONALLY AND ONLY ONE WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND IT'S OURS.

YEEY TEAM.

I DID HERE TALK EARLIER REGARDING SHOVEL READINESS OF PROJECTS AND WE'RE NOT SHOVEL READY YET, WE'RE VERY SHOVEL WORTHY AND WE WERE AWARDED BASED ON THAT MERIT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS, THEY'RE REALLY OPENING THEM UP TO SHOVEL WORTHY PROJECTS.

I ALSO INCLUDED A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. A LITTLE LOOK AHEAD.

THE DOWNTOWN MILE DESIGN CONTRACT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL ON OCTOBER 18, SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THAT FINAL DESIGN SO WE CAN OBLIGATE AND START EXPANDING THE FUTURE AND FOR FUNDING AS OUR DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

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THE ARMY CORPS IS GOING THROUGH A COST ESTIMATE REVISION.

I KNOW THIS IS NEVER GREAT NEWS.

IT ALWAYS GOES UP EVERY TIME THEY DO THIS, BUT IT'S VERY ESSENTIAL THAT WE KEEP TABS ON WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY IN THE INFLATION AND CONSTRUCTION MARKET THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'LL BE NOTIFYING COUNCIL ON THE OUTCOME OF THAT EFFORT.

WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING THROUGH PROCUREMENT OF PROPERTY BNSF AND THE AREA AROUND THE LAUNDRY OVERPASS AND THE RIO DE FLAG LOWER REACH.

IF COUNCIL RECALLS, THIS IS THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 17 ACRES OF PROPERTY IN THAT AREA THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE RIO DE FLAG, THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND THE REQUIRED BNSF MITIGATION.

THIS PROPERTY WILL GO TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IT'LL BE EVALUATED FOR FUTURE OR SOUTHSIDE CIVIC SPACE, AND WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOUPING COSTS WE EXPEND THROUGH STATE-LED DEVELOPMENT OF EMPTY PARCELS.

THAT IS MY SLIDE FOR TODAY AND I WILL HANG ON FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR TURN IT BACK OVER TO GARY. THANK YOU.

>> FOR OUR ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, I WANTED TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR CHRISTINE, MUCH LIKE THE SCHULTZ CREEK DETENTION BASINS, I'M SUPER IMPRESSED AND COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.

YEAH, IT'S EXCITING WHAT CHRISTINE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU, GARY.

>> I WOULD SAY I SAW A LOT OF SMILES IN THE ROOM GOING OVER THE SLIDES.

MY ONE QUESTION IS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, I KNOW WE HAD A TIMELINE IN WHICH WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY OR LLC WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH CONGRESS.

HOW CLOSE ARE WE CUTTING THAT DEADLINE OR ARE WE PROCEEDING WITH LOOKING FOR AN EXTENSION AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IN THE PAST, WHICH THAT'S A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY?

>> MAYOR [INAUDIBLE], THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT ANY EXTENSION NEEDED.

AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE RUNNING PRETTY TIGHT ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND GETTING THE FINAL DESIGN IN SHAPE.

WE DO EXPECT THAT WE ARE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INFORMATION FROM THE INFRA GRANT AWARD.

WE DO EXPECT THAT WE ARE VERY SECURE IN BEING ABLE TO RETAIN THOSE FUNDS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE ARMY CORPS TO PULL THIS BACK AT THIS POINT WHEN SO MUCH EFFORT AND MOMENTUM IS REALLY BEHIND THIS PROJECT AT THIS POINT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY.

>> THANK YOU CHRISTINE AND THANK YOU GARY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE LEFT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS SUCH A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

WHILE I'M TALKING, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDES TALKING ABOUT SPRUCE SWASH IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I'M RATHER AMAZED AT WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

WHEN WE WERE IN THIS ROOM, A YEAR AGO, WE WERE RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THE MUSEUM FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN GRANDVIEW AND SUNNYSIDE.

WE WERE ALL SCRATCHING OUR HEADS AS FAR AS WHAT WERE THE NEEDS, HOW URGENT THEY WERE, WHAT CAN WE DO.

FUNDING WAS NOT IN PLACE FOR A LOT OF STUFF, IF ANY AT ALL, REALLY, IT WAS PRETTY MARGINAL.

AS I LOOK AT THIS SLIDE OF THE DORTHA AVENUE CROSSING, THE KILLIP RETENTION BASINS WITH WHICH WEREN'T EVEN AN IDEA A YEAR AGO.

IT WASN'T EVEN A VISION.

THEN THE ALLUVIAL FANS, WHICH WERE LARGELY DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER PARTNERS, THE COUNTY, THE FOREST SERVICE.

IT WAS RATHER REMARKABLE TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIPS COME TOGETHER.

THEN IF YOU CAN ADVANCE TO THE NEXT POINT, GARY, THEN THIS THING WHICH OCCURRED IN JUNE 3 MONTHS AGO.

OF COURSE, WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW FIRE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REACT TO THE EVENTS OF WHAT OCCURRED A YEAR AGO IN THE SUMMER.

THEN WE GET THROWN THIS CURVED BALL WITH THE PIPELINE FIRE.

I'M EVEN MORE AMAZED AT WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO ADDRESS THIS PROJECT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

I THINK THE STARS ALIGNED ON THIS ONE.

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SOME FUNDING FELL IN PLACE THROUGH THE NRCS.

IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, THIS THING IS FINISHED NEXT MONTH.

[BACKGROUND] GUYS IF YOU COULD STOP FOR A SECOND AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

TO HAVE A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE BE WRAPPED UP WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF THE ACTUAL EVENT.

I GET SO TIRED IN LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, IT MAKES ME WANT TO FALL OVER IN TERMS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS PUT FORWARD TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHERS.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY FATIGUING FOR ME TO LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AND TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

AGAIN, I WANT TO BRING US BACK A YEAR AGO THIS TIME WHEN THESE THINGS WEREN'T EVEN MATERIALIZED.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE THAT QUICK PAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JUMP IN AND SHARE THIS PERSPECTIVE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS TO DORTHA HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY CAN BE DONE IN ONE YEAR.

WE HAD OUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL ON THAT ONE.

CHRISTINE TOOK LEAD ON THAT, BUT IT WAS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.

PUBLIC WORKS, WATER SERVICES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, EVERYBODY WHO CAME TOGETHER, REAL ESTATE MADE THIS THING HAPPEN QUICKLY.

TO KILLIP RETENTION BASIN, PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN ALL THE SAME PLAYERS.

REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FEW SD.

IT'S AMAZING TO ME.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH WASTEWATER.

JANE ALLUDED TO THE THINGS GOING ON WITH RIO TO HELP US A LITTLE BIT TO DO DIGESTER AND BRINGING IN SOME NEW CAPACITY.

ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TRANSPIRED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS AND THEN SOME ARE STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

BUT I HOPE YOU ARE AS IMPRESSED AS I AM OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED.

I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH ON THE RIO DEFLECT PROJECT.

THERE WAS SUCH A LONG TIME WHEN WE WERE VERY DEPRESSED, THINGS WERE NOT MOVING FORWARD ON THAT AND IT JUST SEEMED YOU WERE HAVING MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

I HAVE SEEN FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AND I HAVE SEEN THAT PROJECT GO FROM A VISION TO NOW BEING REALITY.

CONTRACTS ARE BEING DRAWN UP, REAL ESTATE BEING ACQUIRED.

WE WILL SEE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND ON THAT PROJECT SOON.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME ELABORATE.

IT'S RATHER OVERWHELMING.

IT'S RATHER, I THINK, REMARKABLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAS OCCURRED.

I KNOW I'M BEATING THE DRUM REALLY LOUDLY HERE, BUT, MAN, WHEN YOU THINK BACK ON DISCUSSIONS A YEAR AGO AND THEN YOU FAST FORWARD TO THIS DATE AND WHAT HAS OCCURRED, THIS IS AMAZING.

IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE. THANK YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY FINE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO STRESS WITH MY TEAM IN PARTICULAR IS CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESSES.

THESE ARE SOME HUGE WINS, NOT JUST FOR WATER SERVICES OR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

IT'S GREAT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO APPRECIATE THAT.

>> COULD WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO STAFF? [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD WORK FROM PART OF THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF HIS TEAM.

OUR TEAM IS NOTICED.

THANK YOU. I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM, I MEAN THAT WITH MY HEART.

>> I SECOND THAT, BUT ALSO JUST GOING BACK TO THE DISCUSSION ON LONG-TERM MITIGATION PLANNING WITH REGARD TO HIGHWAY 180, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT I'M ON THE METAL PLAN BOARD WITH MR. MCCARTHY AS OUR CHAIR AND, OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER AS A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD.

BUT WITH MY ROLE ON THE MENTIONED PLAN, I SERVE ON THE STATEWIDE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY ECONOMY REPRESENTING METRO PLAN.

TWO WEEKS, AGO WE HAD THE ANNUAL RURAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT STATEWIDE IN MARICOPA.

OUR INFRA GRANT AWARD WAS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED BY DIRECTOR HALEY KOSKI FROM ADOD, GIVING SO MUCH KUDOS TO FLAGSTAFF AND METRO PLAN BECAUSE IT WEAVES BY MAJOR PROJECTS.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE BLOWN UP OR AS ONE AND UNDERPASS OR RADIAL

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I DID A PRESENTATION ACTUALLY ON THE DOWNTOWN MILE PROJECTS AND HIGHLIGHTING SYNERGY.

I THINK SYNERGY IS THE SUCCESS OF OBTAINING THE INFO GRAPH AS A RESULT OF THE SYNERGY CREATED BY TEAM FLAGSTAFF, SYNERGY WITHIN THE TEAM'S DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN THE SYNERGY THAT TEAM FLAGSTAFF TOOK A LEAD IN WORKING WITH THE NSF, METRO PLAN, THE COUNTY ADOD IN VOTING FOR THAT GRANT FULL, SO SYNERGY.

ALSO, I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE AUDIENCE WITH STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, ELECTED STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT AT THE SUMMIT, AS WELL AS THE US DOT.

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGION 9 IS, AGAIN CALLING ON FOR ADDITIONAL COLLABORATION, AND PARTNERSHIP, AND CREATING SYNERGY WITH RESPECT TO ADDRESSING THE FLATTENING ON HIGHWAY 180 AND 89, AND OF COURSE, THE MANY PROJECTS WE HAVE BORDER REGION, KANSAS.

I AM JUST GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO BE PART OF TEAM FLAGSTAFF.

SHARING OUR STORY TO TRANSPORTATION LITERS, ENGINEERS AND POLICYMAKERS.

>> SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHIMON, LASHES, SKEENA AT ONE POINT IN TIME TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU STILL WANTED TO SPEAK.

>> THANK YOU, GOSH. I'LL JUST CONTINUE THE KUDOS TO THE TEAM.

I THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE GREAT PEOPLE WORKING HARD ON THESE THINGS AND THERE'S BEEN TIMES I REMEMBER CHRISTINE WITH THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT WERE FELT LIKE WE HIT A DEAD END AND IT FELT VERY HOPELESS.

BUT THIS IS JUST SUCH A AMAZING EFFORT THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN A PART OF THEM THAT YOU ALL HAVE REALLY LED.

AS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM AND THIS EFFORT AND JUST HUMBLED BY THE FACT THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.

ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, INCLUDING THE RIO DE FLAG AND IT JUST FEELS REALLY GOOD.

IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE PART OF ALL THESE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS WITH ALL OF YOU.

SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM, SIDE-TO-SIDE. I THINK WE'RE CRUSHING IT.

I THINK WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND I THINK THAT THE STARS ARE ALIGNING FOR US AND IT SEEMS THINGS ARE HAPPENING, SO JUST VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.

>> I'D LIKE TO ASK JOHN TO COME ON UP.

AS YOU'VE SEEN THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE FLOOD RESPONSE, A LOT'S CHANGED FOR STORMWATER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THE STORMWATER PROGRAM IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE IN, THAT'S WHY I WANT JOHN TO COME UP AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS EVER GONE THROUGH.

IT'S THE NEXT THING.

>> I HAVE TO ADD BECAUSE THIS PODIUM HERE BEFORE HIM WAS I SUPPOSED TO BE STANDING.

>> YOU'RE PERFECT.

>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]

>> NO. TWO SIDES, YOU DID IT PERFECTLY.

>> I THINK THE KUDOS TO THE GROUP AND THE ABILITY TO REACT TO THIS REAL TOUGH STORMWATER CHALLENGES IS IMPORTANT.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC SIDE OF IT A LITTLE BIT WHICH IS AN ATTEMPT TO BE LESS REACTIVE AND GET AHEAD OF IT.

I CAN ATTEST TO THE ART WORK BECAUSE I'VE INTERVIEWED A CHUNK FROM THE STORMWATER GROUP MULTIPLE TIMES.

I KNOW HOW HARD IT AT LEAST THAT GROUP IS WORKING.

RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHAT THIS IS, IS WE'RE DOING A LITTLE MINI STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE STORMWATER GROUP BECAUSE IT IS CRITICAL, IT'S HIGH ON THAT LIST AND CERTAINLY WILDFIRES AS NUMBER 3 ARE HIGH ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING LIST.

WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING A MINI VERSION OF THE 2025 WATER SERVICES PLAN INSIDE STORMWATER.

IT'S VERY PAIRED DOWN, BUT IT HAS SIMILAR STRUCTURE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE BULLETS.

BASICALLY, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS SAYING,

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IT'S JUST SORT OF GIVING STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY, WHAT SHOULD WE BE HAVING A DIALOGUE ABOUT? WHAT SHOULD WE BE ASKING FOR IN THE FUTURE TO TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS CLIMATE CHANGE TRAIN AS THINGS GO FORWARD? THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IN A NUTSHELL.

BEAR WITH ME, I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICK, BUT I WANTED TO REVIEW SOME STORMWATER.

I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER HERE, SO I'M NOT STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN.

I WANTED TO REVIEW SOME STORMWATER BASICS HERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY CLEAR AND WORKING WITH THIS GROUP, THEY ARE A MINI UTILITY.

THEY DO HAVE ALL OF THOSE FUNCTIONS, THEY HAVE RATES.

THEY CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE MANAGING THE MAINTENANCE.

THEY HAVE TO DO APPROPRIATE CAPITAL PLANNING, THEY HAVE CUSTOMER SERVICE ELEMENTS FOR SURE.

I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES MORE IN A MINUTE.

CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN ADDING RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE GROUP.

THE SYSTEM INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I THINK THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A REAL COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM AND MANY LEVELS STILL.

BUT THIS SYSTEM IS REALLY SEPARATE FROM THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, CHANNELS, CULVERTS, PIPES, RETENTION BASINS, BUT IT'S SITE-FOCUSED.

IT'S A HODGEPODGE.

IT ASSETS ALL OVER THE PLACE, ALL OVER TOWN THAT ARE WORKING TO TRY TO CONTROL STORMWATER.

RELATED TO SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN'T PLAN CAPITAL UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE IN THE SYSTEM BECAUSE MAINTENANCE RELATES TO PERFORMANCE AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S CRITICAL AND CERTAINLY MAINTENANCE IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL AS YOU GO FORWARD.

YOU CAN CLEAN OUT SOME ASSET AND IT CAN BE BLOCKED THREE DAYS LATER.

AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES WITH MAINTENANCE IN THE SYSTEM.

ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR CHALLENGES, YOU DON'T GET TO JUST MOVE THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU HAVE A STORMWATER PROBLEM IN A SPECIFIC AREA, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WATER THEN GETS TO ITS DESTINATION.

IT USUALLY REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW AND IT CAN INCREASE THE COST OF ANY SINGLE MITIGATION.

EVERY DEVELOPMENT SITE IMPACTS STORMWATER.

COLLECTIVELY, THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF HARDSCAPE IN TOWN IS GOING TO INCREASE OVERALL FLOWS.

THAT JUST IS WHAT OCCURS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT SITES, ONE OF THE PRACTICES ARE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INCREASE FLOW FROM THE AREA AND YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY A SITE THAT'S STILL IN DEVELOPMENT LIKE SEDIMENT POURING OVER INTO NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS AND SO FORTH, AND THAT'S WHERE THE GROUP GETS INVOLVED IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AN INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS IS ALSO, CAN WE ACTUALLY ESTABLISH FACIAL WEATHER DISTINCTIONS WITHIN FLAGSTAFF? I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT BECAUSE THIS CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS SEEM TO BE GETTING HIT AND HIT, AND IF YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO A BETTER JOB OF PRIORITIZING CAPITAL.

THEN YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT FLOODPLAINS AND FLOOD INSURANCE.

IF YOU'RE IN A FLOODPLAIN, YOU NEED INSURANCE.

BY THE WAY, THOSE FLOODPLAINS ARE MAINTAINED LOCALLY; THOSE FEMA FLOODPLAINS.

THAT'S NOT DONE BY FEMA AND IT'S DONE TYPICALLY BASED ON REQUESTS BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

I'M LESS FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS ED'S SLIDE, BUT I THINK THE GENERAL THING HERE IS THE INCREASING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STORMWATER FUNCTION.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU GET INTO MORE MANAGEMENT ISSUES.

YOU GET INTO THE PROBLEMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU GET INTO THE PROBLEMS OF RESPONDING TO WILDFIRES AND SEVERE STORM EVENTS.

GARY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS EFFECT? SET OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS GROUP IS STILL TO SOME DEGREE INFLUX BECAUSE CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, THAT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT'S BEING WORKED OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE DATES ON THIS CHART HERE RELATE TO

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>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORK WITH THE GROUP, THERE'S AN INCREASING STRATEGIC LOAD TO GET AHEAD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH THAN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN INCREASING REACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AFTER A WILDFIRE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOOD PROVISIONS ARE IN PLACE IDEALLY BEFORE A FLOOD OCCURS, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE CHALLENGING PART.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STORMWATER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, THIS IS SIMILAR TO OUR WATER SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN.

OBVIOUSLY NUMBER 1 IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH; RESPONDING TO THE FLOODING THAT OCCURS FROM THE WILDFIRE RISK, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK CAN REALLY HELP AND IT'S WHY IT'S NUMBER 2 ON THE LIST IS DO WE HAVE A CLEAR POINT OF VIEW ON WHAT WE HAVE TO BE PLANNING FOR IN TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WHETHER IT'S OFF FOREST FLOWS OR RIGHT NOW 100 OR 1,000 YEAR STORMS ARE NOW ALMOST THE NORM? ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IS ACTUALLY TRANSLATE THIS STUFF INTO WHAT WE CALL STORMWATER FOOTPRINTS.

YOU COULD ADD FACTORS TO THOSE TO BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DETERMINING WHERE ARE THE REAL RISKS HERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE [INAUDIBLE] CLIMATE CHANGE OPINION, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO START HAVING FOOTPRINTS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING FOR RELATED TO THAT.

MAINTENANCE, OBVIOUSLY, SERVICE LEVELS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

THIS IS MY PROVOCATIVE ONE.

IF YOU CAN'T QUITE KEEP UP WITH ALL THE CAPITAL STUFF THAT YOU'RE DOING, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ADD SOME FUNDING FOR HELPING PEOPLE FLOOD-PROOF THEIR INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES.

AGAIN, I KNOW THAT'S A FUNDING ISSUE AND WHETHER THAT'S A CURRENT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY HELPING PEOPLE WITH CONSERVATION.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS THEY COULD OFFER HELP WITH THAT IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT CIP PROCESS DEVELOPER COMMUNICATIONS.

THEN RIGHT DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM THIS IS TRUE WITH SO MUCH OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

I SAID THIS MORNING WHEN WE WERE AT BREAKFAST, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, YOU AREN'T RESILIENT IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE MEETING YOUR BASIC STAFFING NEEDS.

IF RECRUITING IS DIFFICULT AND SO FORTH, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT RESILIENCY, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL.

PAY ATTENTION WHEN SECTIONS ARE UP IN FOR STAFFING BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE IS THEY REALLY NEED IT.

THIS IS NOT NICE TO STAFF THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THEIR CIVIL, THAT'S MY TWO CENTS THERE.

I'M GOING TO JUST MOVE TO SOME OF THE BIG CHALLENGES.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THIS, ADVANCING CLIMATE CHANGE, WILDFIRES AND HENCE PRECIPITATION.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

CLIMATE CHANGE TENDS TO HIT IMPACT YOU AND IT'S ACCELERATING BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING HIT FROM MULTIPLE PLACES.

YOU'RE GETTING A WILDFIRE AND THEN YOU'RE GETTING AN INCREASED STORMWATER FOOTPRINT, AND THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE IN CLIMATE CHANGE.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS, WHILE DEPENDING ON THE WILDFIRE, THEY NOT ONLY BURN THE TREES, BUT THEY KILL THE SOIL.

THAT SOIL HAS WATER-HOLDING BACTERIA IN IT WHEN IT'S ALIVE AND THESE RECOVERY TIMES CAN BE QUITE ODD.

WE OBVIOUSLY SEE 10 TIMES INCREASE IN STORMWATER FLOW.

HERE'S ONE I HAD TO PUT IN THERE BECAUSE SOME OF THE RECENT FIRES HAVE REBURNED OLDER FIRES AREAS, AND SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS YOU'RE BURNED AREA AROUND FLAGSTAFF IS LIKELY GOING TO INCREASE WITH TIME.

IT'S JUST A FACT OF LIFE BECAUSE THE RECOVERY IS SO LONG.

I HATE TO PICK THAT OMINOUS STATEMENT, BUT I DON'T SEE.

BY THE TIME A FOREST IS STARTING TO RECOVER, IT COULD HAVE EASILY BURN AGAIN.

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT CHARACTERIZING STORMWATER FLOODING EVENTS: TIME AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FOOTPRINTS, AND THEN ADVANCING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE SPATIAL TRENDS I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

LOOK, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT'S DIFFICULT.

WHAT IN THE STORMWATER SECTION DOES IT MEAN TO BE PROACTIVELY RESPONDING TO A WILDFIRE FLOODING RISK?

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IDEALLY THE STORM WATER GROUP COULD GO IN THERE AND LOOK AT THAT AND WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE, SAY, EVEN BEFORE WE HAVE A FLOOD, IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO GO PUT IN THESE MITIGATIONS.

AGAIN, JERRY AND I TALK A LOT ABOUT ADDRESSING EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY DEAL WITH WHAT YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT TO DEAL WITH.

ADDRESSING DEFERRED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS GARY REFERRED TO THIS EARLIER.

BUT THE RECENT GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON HAS CAUSED THE CERTAIN OTHER CAPITAL STUFF TO BE DEFERRED.

WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF [INAUDIBLE] NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE NEWER ONES AND THEN THEY BECOME AT HIGHER RISK FOR FLOODING.

IT'S QUITE A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THE RISKS.

INCREASING MAINTENANCE FEES AND WORKLOAD.

BASED BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU HAVE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING, THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.

THEN I ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE HUMAN RESOURCE NEEDS.

JUST IN A NUTSHELL I THINK WHAT THIS PROVIDES FOR THE STORMWATER GROUP IS SAYING, "DO WE HAVE A HANDLE ON EVERYTHING? WHAT SHOULD WE BE ASKING FOR THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO TODAY?" THEY CAN BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND MAKE COMPELLING ARGUMENTS IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND SO FORTH. THAT MAY BE THE LAST.

DO YOU WANT TO END THESE SLIDES? AGAIN, I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING IS GOING ON AND THE GROUP IS THINKING STRATEGICALLY RELATED TO THIS STUFF.

>> THANKS JOHN. AS YOU COULD SEE, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LOTS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON.

JUST A CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING INTO NEW RATES FOR STORMWATER, WHICH WAS PRESENTED COUNSEL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS, THE RATE STUDY ITSELF HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

THERE IS A NEED WITHIN STORMWATER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MANAGE THE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INTO THE FUTURE.

ONE OF THE SURPRISING THINGS THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF WAS THE DETENTION BASINS THAT WE SHOWED AN IMAGE OF EARLIER.

WE GOT AN ESTIMATE TO CLEAN THAT OUT ONCE AND IT WAS SHOOT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER.

IT WAS A LOT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO JUST CLEAN UP THAT BASIN ONCE.

THAT COULD FILL UP IN ONE STORM EVENT.

THERE IS A NEED MOVING FORWARD.

THE TWO RATE SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE APPROVED TO FUND SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE.

THEN A RATE BASED ON IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE NOT APPROVED.

I PUT THE SLIDE AT THE END JUST TO RECAP THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD.

BASICALLY, TYING THAT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, TO THE RATE STUDY, AND HOW THOSE ARE ALL INTERLOCKED.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE.

>> I DO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING MORE THAN 30,000 FEET [LAUGHTER] ON THIS SLIDE.

BUT REGARDING THE 180 OVER BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THIS FRONT.

AS ADA SUGGESTED, POINTING UP DOLLARS FOR THIS, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS WITH HELPING WITH RESPONSE EFFORTS, BUT WHERE ARE WE AT? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO BE EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE PRELIMINARY PROGRESS WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM IT.

>> THE FUNDING DISCUSSION HASN'T REALLY STARTED YET.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH WASTEWATER IT'S EASIER TO HAVE THE FUNDING DISCUSSION OR PURSUE GRANTS WHEN YOU'RE MORE SHOVEL-READY.

WE HAVE SOME INITIAL CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.

WE DEVELOPED THREE CONCEPTS, WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO.

WE'RE PREPARING TO BRING THOSE FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL.

THEN ONCE WE HAVE A MORE DEFINITIVE PATH FORWARD, I THINK THOSE FUNDING DISCUSSIONS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE PRODUCTIVE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO FUNDING IDENTIFIED AS FAR AS I KNOW,

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>> THEN ALSO WITH THE SPRUCE WASH OR PUTTING WHAT 26 MILLION OF THE BOND TOWARDS THAT HOPEFULLY, HOW MUCH MORE IS GOING TO BE NEEDED [INAUDIBLE]?

>> I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MUCH WAS IN THE BOND ELECTION.

I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 20 OR 30 MILLION FOR STORMWATER.

THERE SEA ENDS IN THE RANGE 26 MILLION. GO AHEAD, SCOTT.

>> I'LL HELP SCOTT. SCOTT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR US AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO A BETTER PLACE FOR THAT.

>> GOOD MORNING, GUYS. GOT A LITTLE BIT CONSERVING AS THE PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR.

I WILL JUST SHARE WITH YOU THAT FEASIBILITY PHASE 2 IS NOW THE NEW FOCUS FOR SPRUCE WASH.

ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS JUST ABOUT $100 MILLION TO DO BOX CULVERT STRUCTURE FROM PARADISE TO ROUTE 66, CLEARLY WAY OUTSIDE OF OUR FINANCIAL CAPACITIES.

TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS DELIVERS THE MOST AND THE BEST AMOUNT OF PROJECTS BETWEEN KILHAM SCHOOL AND THE TOP OF PARADISE.

IT'S NOT THE COMPLETE PROJECT THAT WE'D LIKE TO BUILD AS A COMMUNITY FOR TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I THINK BASED ON THE MODELING AND THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK AND ALL THE CONCEPTS, IT GETS US PRETTY GOOD WAYS DOWN THE ROAD TO ADDRESS AS MANY PROBLEMS BETWEEN KILHAM AND PARADISE.

IT'S A COMPROMISED WATERSHED.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO FULLY GET TO COMPLETE COMFORT THAT WE CAN BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM WILL CARRY IT.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE $26 MILLION BILLS, REALLY GOOD PROJECTS THAT REALLY DO A LOT OF BENEFIT FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

THAT'S REALLY JUST THE LIMIT OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR FUNDING AT THIS TIME.

DOESN'T MEAN THERE MIGHT BE MORE WORK IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS IMPROVEMENTS TO CONCLUDE OR CONTINUE, BUT WE HIT THE MAX WITH THAT $26 MILLION NUMBER.

I WOULD SAY SPRUCE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO SAY SCHULTZ CREEK AS AN EXAMPLE.

SPRUCE IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED WHEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY MITIGATION MEASURES.

IT'S TAKEN US THIS TIME TO DEVELOP A PLAN, IF YOU WILL, FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.

A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IN TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON SPRUCE AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE.

THERE WILL BE TIME SPENT ON SCHULTZ CREEK, BUT I THINK THE MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THAT WATERSHED ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE EASIER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME DECENT IMPACT.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SMITTY HAS A QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER GARY.

QUICK QUESTION, WE'VE DONE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE EMAILS ABOUT ADJUSTING, I BELIEVE, THE SIZE OF A PIPE.

I WANT TO SAY A LONG BAYLEY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I SEE YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND IF THERE'S ANY PLANS TO ADDRESS AT ALL OR JUST WHATEVER YOUR PERSPECTIVE MIGHT BE ON THAT?

>> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

I DID REFER TO IT BACK ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES. THERE IT IS.

THE SCHULTZ CREEK LONG-TERM MITIGATIONS, THE BOX CULVERT IMPROVEMENTS AT HIGHWAY 180.

WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THE HELP OF A CONSULTANT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO ADDRESS THAT.

WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO, AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION HOPEFULLY TO NARROW THOSE OPTIONS DOWN A LITTLE MORE, GET THAT DETAIL SO THAT WE CAN START PURSUING SOME FUNDING OPTIONS.

>> VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY, FOR ED SCHENK, WHO I THINK IS ONLINE WITH THIS GOOD MORNING HEAD.

OUR CONSULTANT OFFERED UP SOME NICE COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RESILIENCY.

NOW THAT MONSOON SEASON IS BEHIND US, WONDERING HOW THE STORMWATER TEAM IS HOLDING UP.

IT'S BEEN A LONG SUMMER.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND A LOT ON THE PLANNING TABLE.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AS TO HOW YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE DOING.

>> THANK YOU, GREG. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.

THIS IS ED FROM DC AT THE MOMENT COMING BACK FROM NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND STORMWATER.

GREAT QUESTION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK WE'RE HOLDING UP PRETTY GOOD.

DEFINITELY SOME VERY LONG WEEKS DURING MONSOON SEASON AS PUBLIC WORKS, THE REST OF WATER SERVICES ALSO EXPERIENCED AS WELL AS OTHERS.

BUT YEAH, WE'RE COMING INTO IT PRETTY STRONG, REALLY LOVING TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED AND STARTED.

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SORRY FOR THE SOUND IN THE BACKGROUND.

I'M ACTUALLY AT THE AIRPORT ON MY WAY BACK TO FLAGSTAFF.

>> TRAVEL SAFELY. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT AND SAY FROM WHAT I'VE OBSERVED, I THINK STORMWATER IS PHYSICALLY TIRED MUCH AS THE REST OF STAFF.

BUT EMOTIONALLY EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HOLDING UP PRETTY WELL, AND I THINK THEY JUST LOVE WHAT THEY DO.

I HOPE NO ONE KICKS ME FOR SAYING THAT LATER.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ED.

HE WAS GOING TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.

OBVIOUSLY, HE'S OUT OF TOWN, BUT A LOT OF THIS CREDIT GOES TO HIM IN THE BAND, THE WORK HE'S DONE WITH ITS TEAM.

I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AS WELL.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> I'LL MAKE ONE LITTLE COMMENT.

OUR FLOOD INSURANCE RATES IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY BE PUSHING AND MAKE MORE SALIENT WITH OUR FEDERAL OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AWARE REALLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT NOW FLOOD RATES ARE SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN FLOOD INSURANCE.

PEOPLE FACE IN $3,600 A YEAR UP FRONT FLOOD INSURANCE COSTS AND THEY EXPECTED INCREASE AND RISKS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED.

WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS AS A FOCAL POINT FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY EXPECT IT TO GET WORSE.

WITH SUCH A LARGE SUBSIDIZED PROGRAM TO STILL HAVE HIGHER RATES THAN PRIVATE INSURANCE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WHEN SPEAKING WITH SENATOR KELLY AND HAWLEY, THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF IT UNTIL WE BROUGHT IT UP.

JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN ON THEIR RADAR BECAUSE IT'S UP TO US ELECTORATES TO MAKE THIS A SALIENT ISSUE AND MAKE SURE OTHER ELECTORATES AND BUREAUCRATS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL KNOW OF THE DIRE SITUATION FACING A LOT OF RESIDENTS.

>> COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWN HE'S GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.

>> YES, THAT'S GREAT.

>> ONE MORE QUESTION.

[LAUGHTER] I BELIEVE THE CONSULTANT WAS TALKING ABOUT HELPING INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WITH MITIGATION MEASURES.

GARY, CAN YOU OR SOMEONE FROM STAFF SPEAK TO THAT? I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LINE THAT WE HAVEN'T WANTED TO CROSS IN TERMS OF HELPING RESIDENTS DIRECTLY.

THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFLICTING COMMENT THAT I FELT LIKE I HAD HEARD A LITTLE BIT AGO.

BUT ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT?

>> WOULD AGREE THAT THAT'S WHAT A CONFLICTING COMMENTS.

IT WAS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD INTERNALLY, THAT CENTRAL GIFT CLAUSE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT THAT COULD HAVE TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

I SEE NICOLE JUST STOOD UP AS WELL. NO, OKAY.

[LAUGHTER] SHE'S JUST STRETCHING HER LEGS. FORGIVE ME.

BUT WE ARE WILLING TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT REGARD.

WHETHER THAT CAN BE THROUGH GRANTS OR SOME OTHER OPTIONS, THAT WAS WHERE THE DISCUSSION EVENTUALLY LED.

HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THOUGHT WAS AN INTERESTING COMMENT AS WELL.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT TEETH IT HAD.

ANYWAYS, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THAT LATER. THANK YOU.

>> JUST MENTIONED THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS DON'T APPLY TO THE GIFT CLAUSE.

IT'S STILL SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, SAYING WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY EXIST IF THERE ARE FEDERAL DOCKETS TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GARY, THANK YOU. LET GIVE HIM HANDS.

IN RAISING OUR GLASSES OR CUPS OR MUGS OR COFFEE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. EXERCISE FOR TODAY.

WHAT'S IN OURS CUP OR WHAT'S IN OUR MUG, IT'S VERY PERSONAL.

IT'S CONNECTED TO WATER.

WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT WATER.

IN A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO JOIN [INAUDIBLE] DC IN RECITING THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

BECAUSE WHAT HAS JUST BEEN TALKED ABOUT TODAY,

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THE MISSION IS, EVERYBODY READY, TO ENHANCE [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] GREAT.

>> LET'S DO THAT AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] WHILE WE'RE TAKING A BREAK, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TOGETHER AT 10:30, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU DURING THE BREAK, WHICH WE'RE ALSO CALLING FICO, WHICH COMES FROM SWEDEN, WHICH IS ABOUT HAVE A BREAK FROM WORK AND DON'T TALK ABOUT WORK.

I MIGHT ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU PERSONALLY.

BEING THAT YOU'RE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE HAS BEEN A PROACTIVE RESPONSIVENESS, REACTIVENESS TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE WHAT YOU'VE NOTICED.

I KNOW FOR MYSELF WHEN I WAS WALKING BY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PIPELINE WEST, ONE DAY I WAS LIKE, FUCK IT ALL, THIS INCREDIBLE WORK.

I BET YOU ALL HAVE STORIES LIKE THAT, HOW YOU'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE INCREDIBLE WORK.

WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER AT 10:30 TO DISCUSS BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THERE ARE SNACKS AND COFFEE IN THE BACK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.

JUST TO RE-ENGAGE, WE'VE GOT TWO WONDERFUL SPEAKERS WHO WE'LL HEAR FROM IN JUST A MOMENT.

WE'VE GOT JEFF AND MARTIN.

WHO IN THIS ROOM IS EVER A PEDESTRIAN? [LAUGHTER] WHO IN HERE RIDES A BIKE? THIS IS HALF OF THE ROOM.

[LAUGHTER] WONDERFUL.

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ADDRESS IS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND.

>> THANK YOU. I'M SURE IT'S ACTION.

I'M JEFF BOWMAN, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND THE INTERIM CITY ENGINEER.

MARTINS OVER HERE IS MULTIMODAL PLANNER.

WE'RE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION THEN YOU'RE STILL ON STORMWATER BREAK ANYMORE. THERE WE GO.

THE THEME OF TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE TOUCHED ON LAST YEAR, WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HEADED BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PILOT BIKE LANES.

WE'RE BACK TODAY TO TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

I'M GOING TO DO PILOT BIKE LANES PRETTY BRIEFLY BECAUSE WE HAD A RETREAT, A WORK SESSION IN JUNE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS OR ANY CHANGES REALLY, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.

THEN MARTIN WILL TAKE MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THE PED AND BIKES PROGRAM.

I REMEMBER AS I CAN SEE IT, QUICK BACKGROUND.

ACTUALLY THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

OF COURSE, JUST LAST SUMMER WE HAD SYSTEM PETITION AND COUNCIL APPROVE THESE PEDAL A BIKE LANES IN JULY.

WE HUSTLED TO GET THEM IN BEFORE THE WINTER SEASON.

SOME OF THE PIECES WE INSTALLED WERE TEMPORARY, BUT WE DID GET THEM BY NOVEMBER.

PASSIVE ORDER TO LAST THE SPRING.

WE DID CITIZENS SURVEYS, LOTS OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION, LOTS OF TALKING TO SHARP OR DIVISIONS AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND THEN CAME TO YOU IN JUNE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO NEXT.

YOU SAID LET'S GIVE IT ANOTHER YEAR, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OVER THIS NEXT YEAR THE NEXT STEPS COLLECT DATA AND DO SOME MORE IN PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF PROBABLY BE BACK IN JUNE.

AGAIN, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR US.

JUMP INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, BUT AGAIN, WE JUST DID THIS, BUT I'LL JUST GO QUICKLY.

JULY OF 21, THE PROJECT WAS PUSHED FORWARD.

WE ACTUALLY CAME TO YOU AND SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE BUTLER OR BEAVER?

>> YOU SAID BOTH. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU. WE DID BOTH.

IT WAS A LOT AND IT'S STILL A LOT.

BUT IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE BEAVER IS QUITE A DIFFERENT ROAD THAN BUTLER AND THAT WAS THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE RECEIVED OR THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM ESPECIALLY MAINTENANCE, BUT FROM DRIVERS AS WELL.

BEAVER TENDS TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND WORK BETTER FOR MOST PEOPLE.

BUTLER HAS BEEN A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, PARKING CURVES, VERTICAL DELAY MEDIATORS, WHICH ARE ALSO CANDLESTICKS.

WE RESTRICT THE ROAD.

IT ADDED A BUNCH OF GREEN PAVEMENT MARKINGS THE BIKE LANE EXTENSION THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WAS TWO-STAGE LEFT TURN BOXES.

THIS IS WHY WE DID.

THE PILOT AGAIN, IT'S TWO PHASES.

WE DID A BUNCH OF STUDYING.

WE COLLECTED SPEED AND VOLUME DATA ON BEAVER STREET AND ON BUTLER BEFORE THE INSTALLATION.

BETWEEN JULY AND THAT NOVEMBER INSTALL AND THEN WE DID IT AGAIN IN THE SPRING ONCE CONDITIONS ARE SETTLED OUT.

WE DID THAT FOR VEHICLES.

WE DID THAT FOR BICYCLES.

YOU REMEMBER WE COUNTED BICYCLES BEFORE THE INSTALLATION AND AFTER THE INSTALLATION DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF CHANGES WITH ANYTHING,

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WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT SEE SOME CHANGES.

WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MAINTENANCE IN GENERAL AND THEN SNOWSTORMS OR A SPECIAL THING, THE TOOL CAT ALL THAT BUSINESS ALL OF THAT.

THEN WE REVIEWED CRASHES.

USUALLY WE TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS LOOK AT CRASHES, BUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T INSTALL SOMETHING THAT WE HAD A BIG SPIKE IN CRASHES.

WE DIDN'T SEE THAT SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE.

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT NEXT STEPS WHICH IS THE NEXT.

BACK IN JUNE, THIS IS OUR DIRECTION.

YOU KEEP BOTH PILOT INSTALLATIONS.

WE HAD RECOMMENDED CONVERTING BUTLER TO BUFFERED BIKE LANES AND LEAVING BEAVER AS IS.

THAT WAS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS, STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAID DON'T KEEP THEM JUST THE WAY THEY ARE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU WENT WITH YOUR DIRECTION.

WE HAVE BEEN OUT, WE'VE REFRESHED STRIPING ON BOTH STREET, I BELIEVE. I KNOW BUTLER HAS BEEN DONE.

I THINK BEAVER HAS BEEN DONE AS WELL.

UPDATED AND MAINTAIN BOTH INSTALLATIONS.

IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT TO KEEP THOSE CANDLESTICKS UPRIGHT.

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THOSE STREETS.

ALMOST A DAILY OCCURRENCE THAT THEY'RE GETTING KNOCKED DOWN YET, IT'S REALLY HARD.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN JUNE.

WE HAVE FOUND NEW TYPES OF CANDLESTICKS THAT LAST LONGER, BUT THEY STILL GO DOWN.

WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER SET OF THOSE ON ORDER WHEN WE GET THEM AND WE'LL REPLACE.

IT'S JUST THE CONSTANT MAINTENANCE EFFORT.

LET'S SEE WHAT DATA.

THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE DOING NEXT IS WE'LL KEEP COLLECTING DATA THE SUMMER AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE NEXT WINTER.

HOPEFULLY WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE DO KNOW MORE.

WE LEARNED FROM LAST WINTER TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT THIS YEAR AND REPORT THAT OUT AT THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER. I WON'T STEAL THIS.

I PUT THESE TOGETHER BEFORE I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT MARTIN WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT CONTINUE LOOKING AT BUFFERS BIKE LANE DEVELOPMENTS, AND OTHER AREAS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND EXPLORING A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT RACE SEPARATED BIKE LANES ON BUTLER.

THAT'S THE A RETROFIT.

WE'RE LOOKING. NO, I WON'T STEAL MARTIN SLIDE THERE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S LOOKING INTO WHAT IT WOULD COST THEM IN EXTENT OF DOING THIS, LIKE WE WOULD DO IT INITIALLY WHERE THE CURVES ACTUALLY MOVE IN.

PERMANENT CURVES MOVE IN AND WE HAVE A FULL 10 FOOT OR 11 FOOT FLAT SURFACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, BIKES.

IT'S A LITTLE WAYS OUT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE SAME TIMING AS THIS YEAR SO LOOK FOR US IF SOMETHING DOESN'T CHANGE BACK TO YOU IN JUNE OF '23.

AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHOULD WE DO NEXT? PILOT BIKE LANES.

I PUSHED IT WAS REALLY QUICK, BUT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OVER HAND THIS OVER TO MARK.

YES. LOTS OF TALKING ABOUT.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER, SHAWN.

>> OF COURSE, I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT ABOUT THIS, JEFF.

ALTHOUGH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS RECENT AS YESTERDAY.

REALLY QUICK COMMENT AND QUESTION I FIGURED I'D MAKE IT VERBAL TO COUNCIL SO IT'S NOT JUST BETWEEN ME AND JEFF, BUT WITH THE BROKEN CANDLESTICKS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE JUST REMOVE THOSE EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR THEM QUITE YET? I'VE SEEN, I THINK BROKEN ONES, I THINK ALMOST A MONTH NOW.

IS IT POSSIBLE JUST TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TOP OF THE MAINTENANCE INSTEAD OF JUST REMOVING THEM AT MINIMUM?

>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT WITH THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER FOR SURE SO CAN WE KEEP THE CANDLESTICKS AT THE BEGINNING IF I LOOK UP BECAUSE I'M TALKING TO YOU [LAUGHTER].

WE KEEP THE CANDLESTICKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNS AND THEN WE CAN REMOVE A COUPLE OF THE INTERMEDIATE.

I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE, BUT WE PROBABLY COULD DO A FEW MORE, ESPECIALLY ON BEAVER STREET WITH THE LOWER VOLUMES AND LOWER SPEEDS AND CURVES.

>> [OVERLAPPING] OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR SURE.

>> I THINK SAM WANTS TO JUMP IN TOO, BUT I'M JUST GOING GO THROUGH MY LIST REAL QUICK AND THEN SAM, I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE A COMMENT ON A FEW OF THESE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MAYBE FROM SAM ABOUT WINTER MAINTENANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE READY FOR THAT WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT.

TRASH PICKUP, I LOVE TO HEAR A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT APPROACH AND IF THERE'S BEEN ANY SOLUTIONS FOUND ABOUT HOW TO BEST WORK WITH THE TRASH AND THE BIKE PILOTS.

THEN JEFF, I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU THAT DEGRADES TO HAVE BETTER PAINT TO INDICATE AT MERGING POINTS SPECIFICALLY WHEN FOLKS ARE COMING DOWN BEAVER INTO DOWNTOWN.

YOU CAN GET BACK ONTO THE STREET AS A CYCLIST.

IT SEEMS A LITTLE SKETCH OR REALLY SKETCH, I SHOULD SAY.

IF THERE COULD BE MADE MORE GREEN PAINT INDICATING THAT THIS IS A MERGING POINT BETWEEN THE BIKE LANE AND THE CAR LANE THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THEN EDUCATION, I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW SARAH AND THE TEAM ARE WORKING HARD ON THE BARONS, AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED MORE EDUCATION MOVING AHEAD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PULL THAT OFF.

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IT WOULD BE GREAT IF COUNCIL COULD HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE SPEED AS A PETITION CALLS FOR.

ANYWAYS I KNOW I THREW A LOT OUT THERE, BUT THAT'S MY LIST.

I GUESS I'M ASKING IF PEOPLE CAN SPEAK TO OUR WINNER MAINTENANCE TRASH PICKUP.

JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT PAINTING AT THE MERGING POINTS, SPEED EDUCATION? THANK YOU.

>> I'LL PASS THE SCATTER SAM ON SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE STUFF, BUT I CAN JUMP IN ON A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS.

BIKE LANE MARKINGS IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT AND I'VE LOOKED AT IT.

IT'S ACTUALLY MARKED AND SIGNED THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING EXTRA IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT THERE AND WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. [OVERLAPPING]

>> [OVERLAPPING] I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS.

I'M SURE IT WILL BE APPROVED.

I'M SEEING THIS ONE WAS COMPLETENESS.

SORRY, I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY CLEARLY. I WILL LOOK UP.

>> WE CAN CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE THAT END OF BIKE LANE MARKINGS.

I THINK WE DID TALK ABOUT SPEED LIMITS ON BUTLER AT THE WORK SESSION IN JUNE.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE CONDITIONS AND THE AFTER CONDITIONS AND WE SAW THE SPEEDS HAD CHANGED.

OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO KEEP THE SPEED LIMITS AS THEY WERE.

EDUCATION PIECE.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT ON THAT ONE.

I'M ABLE TO MARK A LITTLE BIT.

NOW I'LL HAND IT OVER TO SCOTT FOR THE COUPLE OF MAINTENANCE ITEMS. I THINK IT HIT THEM ALL OR ALL OF MINE.

>> MAYOR COUNCIL, I CAN JUMP IN HERE. THIS IS SAM BECKETT.

>> GO AHEAD, SAM.

>> HEY, JUST A QUICK TOUCH IN ON THE SNOW MAINTENANCE PROCESS.

WE EXPECT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR, A REDUCTION IN THREE CITYWIDE SNOW ROUTES TO SUPPORT THESE BIKE LANES EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL TOOLKITS, IT DOES TAKE US PULLING OPERATORS OFF TO THE EXISTING ROUTES WITHIN THE AREA.

IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT'S GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION IN SERVICE TO ENHANCE THAT SERVICE.

IT'D BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.

WE DID TEST FIT THE TOOLKITS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL FIT THROUGH THERE.

THEY DO FIT THROUGH THERE.

WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME OF THAT UNEVEN PAVEMENT VERSUS THE CURB AND GUTTER LINE.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CLEAN DOWN TO ASPHALT OR CONCRETE OR HOWEVER IT MIGHT BE SERVICE LEVEL IN THOSE BIKE LANES, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE OPEN AND PASSABLE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOSE TOOLKITS ARE GOING TO BE USED IN SNOW BLOWERS.

WHAT WE DO HAVE TO DO IS USE TWO MORE STAFF TO SUPPORT LANE CLOSURES WHILE THEY BLOW THE SNOW INTO THE DRIVE LANES.

OTHERWISE, WE CREATE A HUGE LIABILITY AND HAZARD FOR THE DRIVING PUBLIC WHILE WE'RE CLEARING THOSE BIKE LANES.

IT'S AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO TOOLS IN A SENSE TO HELP US CLEAR THOSE LANES.

BUT AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, REDUCTION IN SERVICE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO PICK UP THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] IT DOES. SAM, QUICK FOLLOW-UP TO THAT.

I REMEMBER LAST YEAR THERE WAS ABOUT A MONTH THAT PASSED BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO PLOW.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S LIKELY TO BE THE CASE THIS YEAR, THE BIKE LANE SPECIFICALLY.

I KNOW THAT LAST WEEK WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT WAITING A FEW DAYS AFTER A STORM.

IS THAT GOING TO BE CHANGED THIS YEAR? CAN WE NOT WAIT A FEW DAYS AFTER THE STORM TO ADDRESS THE BIKE LANE JUST BECAUSE CYCLISTS HAVE TO MOVE AS WELL?

>> YEAH, THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING THEIR BEST TO TRY AND STAY UP WITH IT THROUGH THE STORM.

THERE IS GOING TO BE TIMES MUCH LIKE EVEN SOME OF OUR MAIN ARTERIALS, WHERE WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THEM OPEN AND POSSIBLE, BUT WE FALL BEHIND, AND THIS COULD BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

I LOOK AT THIS AS EQUAL AS ALL THE REST OF OUR PRIORITY ROUTES.

IT WILL GET HIT AS OFTEN AS WE CAN AND AS OFTEN AS I CAN GET PEOPLE INTO THOSE TOOLKITS TO GET OUT THERE AND UTILIZE THOSE.

WE'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE TRAINING THEM.

WE'RE WORKING TO GET A COUPLE OF MORE PEOPLE TRAINED IN THEM SO THEY CAN OPERATE MORE FREQUENTLY.

BUT AGAIN, WITH 12-HOUR SNOW SHIFTS, IT TAKES A MINIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE JUST TO RUN THE SNOW BLOWERS AND THEN IT TAKES 1-2 MORE PEOPLE TO HELP WITH THE LANE CLOSURE.

NOW MY ONLY EXPECTATION IS IF WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM UP AND RUNNING, WE COULD SEE UP TO 4-6 PEOPLE WORKING JUST TO CLEAR THESE BIKE LANES, AND WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT A SIX HOUR TURNAROUND TO GET BOTH LANES IN ALL DIRECTIONS CLEARED OUT.

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AGAIN, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR.

IT'S JUST AN EXPECTATION AND REDUCTION IN SERVICE AND OTHER PLACES, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THESE AS OPEN AND PASSABLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> THANK YOU, SAM. THEN CAN YOU COMMENT TO THE TRASH COORDINATION? IS THERE ANY UPDATES ON THAT FRONT?

>> I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.

IT MIGHT BE WORTH HAVING SCOTT SPEAK TO THAT ONE.

I KNOW HE'S BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE SOLID WASTE GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS WELL.

MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THEY'VE COME UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD SOLUTIONS THIS FAR.

I THINK IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I SEE SCOTT WALKING HIS WAY UP TO THE PODIUM.

>> THANKS, SAM. I FRANKLY THINK IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS WE WORKED WITH MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS DOING DOOR-TO-DOOR WORK TO TRY TO DO BEHAVIORAL CHANGES, WHETHER THEY PLACED IT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, WE MODIFY SERVICE.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE STILL IN CONFLICT SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES TO PROVIDE SERVICES.

I FELT GOOD IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE IRONED OUT, UNLESS YOU KNOW OF NEW LOCATIONS, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD NEARLY THE FEEDBACK WE DID IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS, AND I THINK WE HAVE MOST OF THOSE RESOLVED.

>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> YEAH. THANKS. A QUICK QUESTION BACK TO YOU, JEFF.

BACK TO THE CANDLESTICK LIKE THAT.

WHAT I HEARD IN A COUNCIL MEMBER THIS MORNING QUESTION WAS, COULD WE GO IN AND REMOVE THIS CANDLE STICKS THAT ARE BREACHED, THAT ARE NOW DOWN AND SOME OF THEM ARE PROTRUDING INTO THE BIKE LANE.

I KNOW WE HAVE THE BETTER CANDLESTICKS ON ORDER AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION IS, COULD WE REMOVE THE ONES THAT ARE BENT?

>> AN IMMEDIATE MAINTENANCE QUESTION?

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH, I THINK WE CAN. WE JUST DID IT AGAIN.

>> GET SOME CREDIBILITY TO IT, WE CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND CAL YOU REMEMBER THIS MORNING, I HOPE I WAS ACCURATE IN RESTATING YOUR QUESTION.

>> HUNDRED PERCENT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

>> TO CLARIFY, I'M RIGHT ON THE PAPER AND THERE ARE A FEW THAT IT'S DEFINITELY HAZARD.

THE EMERGING PAINT ON BEAVER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AS WELL IF WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

I HAVE SEEN SOME NEAR MYTH IS JUST ON MY RIGHT.

>> YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING SPOT BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDS.

THE BICYCLISTS ARE NEARLY AS FAST AS THE CARS MOVING FASTER IN SOME CASES WHERE THAT MERGE END.

YES. YOU'LL LEARN FAMILIAR WE HAVE THE PROTECTED OR SEPARATED BIKE LANE.

WE COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE WE HAVE ON STREET PARKING SO THERE'S NO DEDICATED OR DEDICATED FACILITY.

>> I'M NOT PICKING UP BETTER AT THIS NOTION.

>> WE CAN TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE. QUESTION.

>> GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MARTIN.

I'M THE MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER FOR THE CITY.

PLENTY OF BEGINNING FROM MY PRESENTATION, GOT THE BASIC STEPS IN A CAPITAL DELIVERY PROGRAM LISTED UP ON THE SCREEN.

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON FIRST FOUR STEPS IN THAT SLIDE.

I WANTED TO TAKE MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE'RE TRANSITIONING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COURSE, CAPITAL PROGRAMMING.

REALLY FROM THIS SLIDE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND IN MOST GENERAL SENSE WE GO FROM THOUGHT TO ACTION.

MORE SPECIFICALLY WE GO FROM A LINE ON A MAP AND A PLAN TO ACTUAL PIECES OF CONCRETE, SIDEWALKS AND FOOT TRAILS, ET-GRADE, PEOPLE WALK AND BIKE.

JUST TO BUILD ON PLANNING AND PRIORITIZATION, AGAIN, WE'VE SPENT SOME TIME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WORKING ON PLANNING, BUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU WILL SEE A DRAFT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.

THE LAST CHAPTER THAT DOCUMENT HAS SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WALKING AND BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN TERMS OF AS I MENTIONED, WHY IS IT A MAP? THERE ARE ALSO PRIORITIZED, ACCORDING TO MORE OR LESS GENERALIZED PROCESS.

WE'RE LOOK AT GENERATORS, TRACTORS, AND PEDESTRIAN OF BLACK TRIPS.

WE LOOK AT SOCIAL FACTORS, THE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO WANT TO OR HAVE TO, OR COULD LIKE OR TAKE TRANSIT.

THEN WE LOOK AT NEED AND FUNCTIONALITY.

ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS IN TALKING TO PEOPLE AND CONDUCTING SURVEYS ABOUT WHERE THEY THINK WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO.

ON THE FUNDING AND PROGRAMMING, AND THAT'S A PLANNING AND PRIORITIZING IS WHERE THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN LOTS OF AND THEN WE START INTO THE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING.

THE FUNDING AND PROGRAMMING, END OF IT.

OUR MAIN TWO SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE PROP 419,

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BETWEEN THOSE TWO, WE HAVE ABOUT $34.5 MILLION TO SPEND OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

WE ARE AS PART OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS PROGRAMMING, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE PROJECTS WE HAVE.

WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES.

CAPITAL PLAN COVERS THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SO WE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THEN PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT.

UP AND SINCE WE HAVE THAT CHUNK OF MONEY OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WE ALSO ARE STARTING TO PLAN PROJECTS THAT WOULD FIT INTO THAT 20 YEAR TIMEFRAME WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE.

THE CHIEF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANNING AS PART OF THE ATMP, AND PROGRAMMING AS PART OF THE CAPITAL PROCESSES.

THE PROGRAMMING OF IT HAS BEEN FISCALLY CONSTRAINED EXCEPT ONE-ON-ONE HERE WE CAN USE.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TRANSITION INTO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO START IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS.

IT'S A FOLLOW-UP TO ALL THIS PLANNING WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

THE FIRST PART, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT IT'S THE FIRST MILE LAST MILE GRANT THAT MOUNTAIN LINE RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

WE ARE USING THAT MONEY IN SUPPORTIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE FOR WALKING AND BIKING BUT SUPPORT TRANSIT.

BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM RULES, THE PROJECTS REALLY HAVE TO BE WITHIN EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY.

WE ARE CONSIDERING MISSING SIDEWALKS WHERE WE WANT TO ENHANCE CROSSINGS, AND BIKE WAYS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE ROADWAY.

THAT'S THE MAIN THREE PROJECTS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MOUNTAIN LINE TO DEVELOP A LIST OF PROJECTS.

ALL OF THEM ARE TAKEN FROM AN ATMP LEASE.

WE'RE NOT CREATING NEW PROJECTS, BUT THAT WE WORK WITH THEM, AND THEY TELL US WHICH ONES THEY FEEL WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL TO TRANSIT.

WHAT THEY HEAR FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND CLIENTS.

JUST RECENTLY, WE HAVE RELEASED AN RSOQ, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS.

IT IS DUE LATER THIS MONTH THAT RSOQ AND THAT DESIGN WORK WILL COVER 15 PERCENT DESIGN FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE A LITTLE BIT BETTER INFORMATION INCLUDING SOME OF THE COSTS, IT'S ALSO A SHAKEOUT EXERCISE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY PROJECTS THAT PROVED TO BE UNFEASIBLE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, WE CAN MOVE THEM TO THE BOTTOM WITH A PIECE OF BONDS TO THE TOP.

THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT DESIGN WORK IS ACTUALLY DOING 100 PERCENT DESIGNS, AND THAT'S FOLLOWED UP WITH CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS WINTER ON THE DESIGN PART.

WE HOPE TO HAVE PROJECTS AND ACTUALLY DOWN SOMETIME NEXT SUMMER.

THIS SHOWS HOW WELL THIS SHOVEL'S, BUT THESE ARE THE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THE FIRST MILE LAST MILE FUNDING.

THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE BIKEWAYS.

BIKEWAYS HAVE THE MAP LOOKS PRETTY EXTENSIVE BECAUSE WE'RE MAINLY DOING WORK ON THE SURFACE.

NEW RESCRIBING, WHICH TENDS TO GO FAIRLY TOO FAR, BUT THE MONEY WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WE'D HAVE TO BUILD IT, REBUILDING ANYTHING.

WE GET A LOT OF MILEAGE FOR OUR MONEY WHICH REFERENCE BEFORE HE SHOWED YOU AN IMAGE OF BUFFERED LIGHTNING, AND THIS IMAGE, STREETS THAT ARE CANDIDATES ARE A POSSIBLE FOR THOSE BUFFERED BIKE LANES ARE SHOWN IN PURPLE.

NEXT PIECE I'LL TALK ABOUT IS SIDEWALK INFILL.

THIS WAS PART OF THE MISSING SIDEWALKS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, THESE ARE ALL FAIRLY SHORT SECTIONS, USUALLY UNDER 100 FEET IN LENGTH, WHERE THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES AND THEN TYPICALLY JUST THE DIRT BUILD A PATH ACROSS THE MIDDLE WHERE WE'RE THERE SHOULD BE A SIDEWALK.

IDENTIFIED A HANDFUL ON MONEY FOR IT.

WE'RE TYPICALLY FOR DATA BARB IS KIND OF OUR SIDEWALK POT OF MONEY AND THEN INCLUDED IT WITH THE CITY'S ROAD REPAIR AND STREET SAFETY.

AS PART OF THE PROJECT DELIVERY FOR ROAD REPAIR AND STREET SAFETY, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING A SERIES OF INFILL SIDEWALKS.

WE ACTUALLY STARTED LAST YEAR WITH SOME INFILL SIDEWALKS AND ARE CONTINUING THIS YEAR.

I'LL SKIP AHEAD TO THE MAP.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW READABLE THIS IS BUT THE RED ONES ARE ALL THE POTENTIAL ONES FOR THE FUTURE AND THE BLUE ONES ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT.

I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE TO JUST CALL ATTENTION TO THAT IMAGE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE.

THAT IS A SHORT PIECE OF SIDEWALK THAT WE BUILT BETWEEN THE FLAGSTAFF, BORDERTOWN DORMS, AND THORPE ROAD.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THAT ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO STAY AT THE BORDERTOWN DORMS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, ATTEMPT LIFESTYLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL.

TWICE A DAY THEY WALK FROM THE BORDERTOWN DORMS ACROSS THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY CUT ACROSS A SHORT SECTION OF WHAT I THINK IS TECHNICALLY PART OF THE THORPE PARK.

BUT IT'S AN ODD CORNER AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THEY'VE USED IT AS A DIRT PATH TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

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STAFF AT BORDERTOWN DORMS DO THEIR BEST TO KEEP IT CLEAR FOR THE KIDS TO WALK ON, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY COULD DO.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE BUILT.

I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A 150 OR SO FEET, NOT SIGNIFICANT SECTION, BUT IT TENDS TO BE FAIRLY WELL USED AT LEAST TWICE A DAY WHEN FLAGSTAFF IS IN SESSION AND I THINK I'LL EDITORIALIZE HERE FOR A MOMENT.

BUT I THINK WE TEND TO THINK OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN TERMS OF VERY GRAND GESTURES, LIKE OVERPASSES IN INTERCHANGES.

BUT I THINK THIS REMINDS US THAT A LOT OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL PROJECTS WE CAN BUILD ARE THOSE SMALL GESTURES IN JUST THE RIGHT PLACE IF IT'S JUST THE RIGHT TIME. [NOISE] ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

IF WE COULD DO LIKE 15 OF THESE AND WE MAKE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, IF IT ADDS UP TO THE IMPACT OF ONE INTERCHANGE.

END OF EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION. THANK YOU.

[LAUGHTER] NEXT, SET OF PROJECTS, I GUESS IS WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF SCOPING OR 15 PERCENT DESIGNS.

AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE 15 PERCENT DESIGN IS WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT, WE GET A BETTER COST ESTIMATE TO SEE WHAT IT WILL COST.

WE IDENTIFY FATAL FLAWS, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT JUST DOESN'T ALLOW IT TO GO FORWARD? WE KNOW THAT EARLY ON.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM GOING NOW.

EITHER WE'VE HIRED AN ENGINEER OR A DESIGNER FOR THEM, OR WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT.

WE'VE GOT THREE LISTED HERE.

THE FIRST SET ARE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS AT BEAVER AND SAN FRANCISCO ALONG BUTLER AND REALLY OUR MAIN INTENT WITH THAT IS JUST TO SEE HOW A PROTECTED INTERSECTION WOULD FIT OVER THAT EXISTING INTERSECTION AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENT TO PURCHASE NEW RIGHT-OF-WAY OR TAKE OUT HOUSES OR BUILDINGS AS PART OF IT.

WE WANT TO SEE HOW THAT FITS IN.

THE SECOND PART IS IT GIVES LIKE A COST ESTIMATE FOR WHAT THESE THINGS COST ONCE WE PLAN THAT MOVING FORWARD WE'VE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT.

THE SECOND PROJECT IS THE ONE THAT JEFF MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION AND IT'S THE CONTINUATION OF SEPARATED BIKE LANES ALONG BUTLER.

SPECIFICALLY THE IDEA OF MOVING THE CURB OUT AND RAISING THE BIKE LANES TO THE LEVEL OF THIS SIDEWALK.

TO PROVIDE THAT AS A FORM OF PHYSICAL SEPARATION FOR THAT BIKE LINE.

HERE AGAIN, OUR INTENT IS TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT ISSUES WE MIGHT FACE, IF THAT'S A FEASIBLE PROJECT AND WHAT IT MIGHT COST.

I THINK THAT COST ESTIMATE WILL BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO PLAN THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE FOR OTHER STREETS AS PART OF THE GRAPH PROJECTS OR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS OR FOR WHATEVER, IT IS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A GENERAL COST ESTIMATE.

THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE BIKEWAY CONSOLE I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP OF THE PERIOD A LITTLE BIT OR AT LEAST PART OF IT HERE IN A MINUTE.

BUT IT'S INTENDED TO BE A PARALLEL ROUTE TO MILTON, BETWEEN MILTON AND THEN NAU CAMPUS.

A NARROW BORDER AND PROVIDE A REALLY DIRECT FAST WAY FOR BICYCLES TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT EITHER HAVING TO CUT THROUGH CAMPUS OR TO USE MILTON ROAD.

OF COURSE, IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR WORK HERE, PEDESTRIANS CAN USE IT AS WELL, NOT JUST BICYCLISTS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIT LONGER, SO IT'LL BE A LONG WALKING TRAIL.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CAPITAL PLAN IS PURE BIKE AND PED PROJECTS.

THIS IS WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED MONEY, AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

I'VE GOT A FEW OF THEM LISTED HERE.

ONE IS THE SWITZER CANYON FUTS TRAIL, ESSENTIALLY EXTENDS FROM THE ROUNDABOUT AT TURQUOISE AND SWITZER CANYON, AROUND THE CORNER BEHIND THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT 66, AND MORE OR LESS TO CONNECT THE FIDELITY TOWN.

WE ACTUALLY HAD ACQUIRED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR IT, A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAVE MONEY FOR IT, WHICH IS WE'RE GETTING IT GOING AS A PROJECT. THE DESIGN IS DONE.

>> IS THAT PER YEAR OR SOMETHING TRISH?

>> NO, IT IS NOT.

IT IS LIKE ONE VALLEY WESTERN THEIR TRAIL.

BUT IT WILL PROVIDE EXCELLENCE TO THE ARIZONA TRAIL FROM DOWNTOWN, WHICH SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE THE SECOND PROJECT IS SIDEWALKS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF FOURTH STREET.

I INCLUDED THE IMAGE THERE OF WHERE WE HAVE MISSING SIDEWALKS, BUT ACTUALLY, OUR PROJECT IS LOCATED UP CLOSER TO THE NORTH COUNTRY.

THIS PART OF FOURTH STREET IS ANOTHER GOOD PROJECT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION.

WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, BUT NOT QUITE THERE YET.

THE THIRD ONE IS THE CROSSING, A PEDESTRIAN-ACTIVATED CROSSING IN BUTLER AND O'LEARY.

THAT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN AND PRIORITIZED AS ONE OF

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FOURTH ONE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NAU CAMPUS.

WE CALL IT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSKINS ACCESS BECAUSE THOSE ARE LITERALLY THE TWO STREETS THAT IT CONNECTS.

FOXGLENN FUTS IT'S LOCATED OVER BEHIND THE LAW AMERICA AND IF YOU INCLUDE A FEW OTHER THINGS LIKE CANYON DEL RIO GETTING BUILT, IT MAKES A NICE CONNECTION FROM THE CONTINENTAL NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF TOWN WHERE WE HAVE MORE TRIALS, AND FACILITIES.

THEN THE LAST ONE IS A BUNDLE OF A SERIES OF SMALL FUTS PROJECTS TOGETHER THAT PROVIDE EITHER CONNECTIVITY TO THE SYSTEM FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD, OR FROM A COMMERCIAL AREA, OR MISSING PIECES IN THE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE ROBUST.

AGAIN, IN THIS CATEGORY, THESE ARE ALL STANDALONE PET BIKE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR AUDIT 419 AND ARE WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

THEN FOR LAST CATEGORY I'LL TALK ABOUT IS PED/BIKE FACILITIES THAT FIGURE PROMINENTLY AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS DELIVERING, OR AT LEAST THEY FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN MY MIND.

I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD CONNECTIONS AND BUILD SOME NICE FACILITIES AS PART OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS.

THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE ON THE LIST, IS IN LONE TREE OVERPASS, WHICH HELPS US EXTEND BIKEWAYS, BUILDS A SEPARATED INTERSECTION, AND PROVIDES SOME NICE FUTS CONNECTIVITY.

I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP OF THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

SECOND ONE IS BUTLER IMPROVEMENTS, AND HERE WE REFER TO THE EAST END BUTLER, GENERALLY BETWEEN FOURTH STREET, AND LITTLE MOROCCO OR HIGH 40, WHICH IS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A VARIETY OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT CORRIDOR AND TO THE INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE LINE.

THE THIRD IS THE DOWNTOWN MILE FOR WHICH THE CITY JUST RECEIVED A SUBSTANTIAL GRANT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GOOD PED/BIKE FACILITIES INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT, INCLUDING A FEW UNDERPASSES OF THE RAW ROAD.

AGAIN, IF YOU WAIT JUST A MOMENT, I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE RIO DE FLAG, WHICH HAS A LOT OF FUTS CONDUCTIVITY THROUGH THE CENTRAL AREA OF TOWN, INCLUDING THE TOWN SITE, THE FITZGERALD BEALE PLUS SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I DID PROMISE MAPS.

THIS ONE SHOWS THE LAUNDRY CORD AND THE LINE THAT WE SEE HERE IN PURPLE IS A PLANNED FOOT STRAP THAT EXTENDS ESSENTIALLY FROM ROUTE 66 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SINCLAIR WASH TRAIL.

I'LL CALL IT TEMP FROM THE VERY NORTHERN END OF IT, IT GOES ACROSS ROUTE 66 AND UP THAT HILLSIDE AND IT CONNECTS INTO THE SCHULTZ CANYON TRIAL THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO DESCRIBE THAT CONNECTION AND IT ACTUALLY IS TO DO.

[NOISE] THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOW AND QUITE A BIT OF TYPOGRAPHY, BUT IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, THAT GIVES CONDUCTIVITY FOR THIS TRAIL, AND ROUTE 66 REALLY DOWNTOWN IN ANY HILLS, WELL, ALL THE WAY UP TO BUFFALO PARK FLIRTS WITH ONLY HAVING TO CROSS MAJOR ROADWAYS AND IN A FEW PLACES.

THE OTHER PART I'LL CALL UP IS THAT LITTLE EXTENSION THAT GOES OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE [NOISE] OVER TO YOU AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FOREST AND THE MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSKINS CONNECTION.

AGAIN, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE VALUE OF THAT CONNECTION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE THAT PROVIDES A WAY ONTO CAMPUS, ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAMPUS WHERE MOST OF CAMPUS ACCESS THERE IS BLOCKED BY THE CEMETERY.

ALTHOUGH STUDENTS CERTAINLY FIND A WAY THROUGH THE CEMETERY TO GET INTO THEIR CLASSES, THIS WILL GET MORE FORMAL WAY TO DO THAT AND BECAUSE IT CONNECTS INTO THAT LONE TREE TRAIL, IT ALSO CONNECTS UP TO THE ROUTE 66 TRIAL AND DOWN TO THE SINCLAIR WASH TRAIL AS WELL.

REALLY FOR THAT PART OF TOWN AND FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND FROM CAMPUS IN THAT AREA THAT PROVIDES A REALLY NICE SET OF FACILITIES OR WAYS TO GET TO CAMPUS AND AROUND.

THAT DON'T NECESSARILY INVOLVE BEING ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON, COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE SCREEN.

THEN HERE'S THE SECOND MAP.

THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO DESCRIBE BUT LOOK AT POINTING.

[BACKGROUND] THE CENTRAL AREA IS SHOWN IN THE DIAGRAM.

THAT'S THE CONNECTION OF ALL THOSE PURPLE LINES IS JUST SOUTH OF CITY HALL.

THERE WE HAVE PLANNED AN UNDERPASS OF THE ROUTE 66 AND A CORRESPONDING UNDERPASS UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT ALLOW FOR ESSENTIALLY A CONTINUOUS MORE NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTION THROUGH DOWNTOWN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING OR ARE ON BIKE.

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NOW WHEN THAT GOES OUT TO THE WEST AND WHEN THIS ALL STARTED THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

REALLY WHAT WE'RE FORMING HERE, IT'S A MAJOR INTERSECTION OF FOOTSCRAY AISLES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THE HEART OF THE CITY DOWNTOWN THAT EXTEND PEOPLE IN THE FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.

YOU CAN GO NORTH FROM THERE YOU CAN GO SOUTH, YOU CAN GO EAST, OR WEST.

THE ONE THAT GOES ALONG THAT ANY AU CAMPUS WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE JUST TO THE LEFT SIDE OF IT IS THE MILTON BLAKE WAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

AGAIN SCOOPS THAT FRINGE BETWEEN CAMPUS.

[INAUDIBLE] THEN I'LL MENTIONED THE ONE THAT GOES OFF TO THE LEFT, THAT LEAVES THE PAGE.

AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME COMPLICATIONS IN THE ALIGNMENT TO BE [NOISE] SURE, BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO CONNECT THAT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TRIAL THAT CONNECTS TO IS BACK HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY PLEASANT RIDE TO COME FROM CITY HALL OUT HERE WITH THAT TRAILING SIZE SOMEDAY.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

WE CAN BE CANDID HERE.

WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP.

HERE ARE THE FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION KNOWN AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, WAS SIGNED INTO LAW LATE LAST YEAR.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ROLLING OUT.

WE SEE NOTICES FOR THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE CITY.

BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT METRO PLAN TO HELP IDENTIFY HOW THOSE PROBLEMS GRANT PROGRAMS WORK.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT PROJECTS WOULD MAKE GOOD GRANT APPLICATIONS.

I SAID WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND THAT.

NOT EVERYBODY AT THE CITY IS BEHIND IT.

I THINK THE GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE DOWNSIDE, WHILE FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S FROM THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE ARE ALREADY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT IN A FAIRLY BIG WAY.

I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THAT GRANT FUNDING IS TO, AGAIN, WORK WITH METRO PLANET, IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS FUND AND WHAT PROJECTS WE HAVE THAT MIGHT FIT IN.

I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE HERE.

THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ACT AS COMPARED TO ONES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

IN THE PAST PENN BLOG PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY SMALL SCALE.

BY THAT I MEAN, [LAUGHTER] HALF A MILLION OR $1 BILLION.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S PRETTY SMALL SCALE, BUT IT ISN'T.

NOW I THINK A LOT OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE REALLY INTENDED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE IN THE RANGE OF $5-10, $15 MILLION, AND THE DOWNTIME WHILE I THINK IT'S FOR CRAIG, CORRECT.

MOVEMENT. UPWARDS OF $3 MILLION.

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN WE START TO PLAN WHAT PROJECTS MIGHT MAKE GOOD GRANT PROJECTS, WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE SCALE OF THAT FUNDING MIGHT BE. THAT'S PART OF THAT.

THAT REALLY FOLDS OVER INTO THE NEXT POINT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, BUT REALLY HAVEN'T PROGRAMMED ANY OF IT FOR MATCH.

GRANT PROGRAMS ALMOST ALWAYS NEED A LOCAL MATCH.

IF IT'S 5 PERCENT, 15 PERCENT OR 50 PERCENT OR WHATEVER IT IS.

WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAMMING.

THEN THE LAST THING WE CAN DO IS START TO DO SOME WORK IN THOSE PROJECTS TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, THE FLEET OF FLAWS AND WHAT THEY ORDER MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THEY COST, I THINK IS PART OF THAT AS WELL.

WE CAN PRODUCE THEM MORE COMPELLING GRAPHICS THAT CONSOLE THE IDEA TO THE GRANT FUNDERS.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

BUT JEFF AND I ARE HERE AND HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND NEEDS.

HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE LOOKING AT TO FUND EVERYTHING YOU JUST PRESENTED?

>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]

>> THE FIRST PRIORITY THE FIRST THEOREM PRIORITIES.

>> YOUR HONOR, COUNCILMEMBER SALAZ.

FIRST PRIORITY PROJECTS.

BUSINESSES IN EDINBURG.

NOT OTHER TRANSPORTATION, ARE ON THE ORDER OF $35 - $40 MILLION.

THE AMOUNTS IS CLOSE BUT DOESN'T QUITE MATCH WITH THE AMOUNT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

STATISTICALLY FOUR-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT BEFORE WE LOOK AT ALL THE PET BLANK PROJECT.

IF YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND THIS IS A FAIRLY WIDE RANGE AND WOULD EXTEND MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.

[02:25:01]

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS $34.5 MILLION IT'S FRONT-LOADED, SO WE USE ALL OF THE FIRST MILE, LAST MILE, THE GROUND, AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION.

THAT $34.5 MILLION A LOT OF IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE FIRST PROJECT.

[NOISE]

>> SINCE I ATTENDED THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, LET ME SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS SPECIFIC TO THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL OPEN UP SUMMER OF 2023.

FIRST IS THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.

IT'S UNDER THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BACKGROUND, AND THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES FUNDING IS 11.8 MILLION PER YEAR.

IT ENCOURAGES LOCAL PARTICIPATION RURAL EITHER THROUGH THE METRO PLAN.

YOU HAVE A METRO PLAN OR SO THE CITY CAN APPLY FOR THIS GRANT DIRECTLY.

THE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS THERE FROM STATE RECREATIONAL TRUST FUND AND THE PROTECT, WHICH IS UNDER THE PROTECT GRANT, WHICH IS PROMOTING RESILIENT OPERATIONS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE, EFFICIENT, AND COST SAVING TRANSPORTATION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY CAN TAP INTO THE STATE SMART FUND, JUST 10 MILLION OPENING UP THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

THE SMART FUND IS ACTUALLY ASSISTING RURAL COMMUNITIES AS A MATCHING FUND WHEN THE CITY APPLIES FOR A FEDERAL GRANT.

THERE'S HOPE, WE CAN VERIFY.

>> SURE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MARCELAS.

WE HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE FIRST TWO PROGRAMS. THE OTHER ONES ARE NEW, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY BRING OURSELVES UP TO SPEED.

>> THERE WILL BE SOME NOVEL AND SOME ZOOM MEETINGS WITH THAT INFORMATION I SHARED, BUT WAS THROUGH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR.

>> COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PILOT BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE BASIC IDEA OF THIS WHOLE THING IS TO KEEP USES THAT ARE INCOMPATIBLE OR PARTIALLY COMPILED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

IN OTHER WORDS, KEEP THE BICYCLES SEPARATE FROM THE CARS.

IN THIS IDEA, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ERASE THE BIKES PLAYING UP TO THE SIDEWALK LEVEL AND THEN PUT THE CAR THERE.

I THINK THAT WILL PROVIDE A BETTER SEPARATION BETWEEN THE CARS AND BICYCLES.

BUT WHAT WE'RE NOW DOING IS WE'RE PUTTING THE BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS TOGETHER.

WE NOW ALLOW ELECTRIC BIKES IN THE BIKE LANES.

MY OBSERVATION IS THAT A LOT OF THESE ELECTRIC MOTORBIKES TRAVEL AT ALMOST THE SAME SPEED AS CARS.

SOMETIMES, THERE'LL BE ZOOMING ALONG AT 25-30 MILES AN HOUR.

IN THIS PLAN, WE'LL BE PUTTING VERY FAST ELECTRIC MOTORBIKES IN THE SAME LANE AS PEDESTRIANS.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WAS THERE BE ANY PROTECTION OF PEDESTRIANS FROM SOMETHING LIKE A WHITE LINE OR ANYTHING? BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ACCIDENTS BETWEEN BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.

BEFORE WE HAD ELECTRIC MOTORBIKES, BICYCLES TENDED TO GO ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR OR SOMETHING ON THAT PART.

BUT NOW THEY'RE GOING ABOUT THREE TIMES THAT FAST.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS.

ANY COMMENTS, MARTIN OR JOE.

>> COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY, CAN I REPLY TO YOU QUESTION?

[02:30:01]

>> SURE.

>> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A MISCONCEPTION THERE.

THE CLASS OF ELECTRONIC BIKES THAT WE ALLOW, FIRST, ARE RATED TO WHAT THEY TYPE 1 OR TYPE 2.

IN WHICH THERE'S USUALLY A SPEED COUNT.

MARTIN, YOU COULD PROBABLY SPEAK MORE TO THIS SPECIFIC SIDE OF WHAT THOSE SPEED CAPS ARE.

BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWING MOTORIZED VEHICLES THAT CAN GO AT SPEEDS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THESE SPACES ALREADY.

[OVERLAPPING] WHAT REMAINS IS ABOUT HOW DO YOU SEPARATE? THIS WAS ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT CAME UP IN VANCOUVER WHEN I WAS AT THIS DOWNTOWN CONFERENCE.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A CITY THAT HAS REALLY GOOD BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, CAR INTERFACES.

I WALKED EVERYWHERE IN THAT CITY AND THERE WERE A LOT OF MINGLING OF BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS AND IT JUST REALLY THERE, WAS A GOOD DISCIPLINE AROUND IT.

FOLKS JUST KNEW HOW TO COEXIST.

I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT BALANCE PRETTY QUICKLY ONCE WE STARTED HAVING THESE AMENITIES PLACED.

IT'LL BE A QUICK ADJUSTMENT FOR EVERYBODY.

>> I HOPE THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THIS IS GOOD THAT WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS? BUT THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT. THANK YOU, ROSS.

>> I'LL MAKE THREE COMMENTS.

[LAUGHTER] NUMBER 1, CLASS 1 AND 2 ELECTRIC BIKES ARE SPEED CAPPED AT 20 MPH.

CLASS 3 IS CAPPED AT 28 MILES PER HOUR.

I RODE A CLASS 3 BIKE AND I NEEDED TO GET IT TO 28 MILES PER HOURS JUST TO DO THAT, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THERMAL WORK EVEN WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTOR HELPING ME.

THOSE ARE WHAT WE WOULD ALLOW.

I THINK THEY WOULD BE TECHNICALLY A LOT.

THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A GOOD BIKE IF YOU PUT IT OFF THE SLIDE.

THE SECOND COMMENT IS ON THE DESIGN.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIRST TRIALS AND A LOT OF PLACES IN TOWN.

IN OUR FIRST TRIAL WE ASKED CERTAIN BIKES TO SHARE THE SAME SPACE, SO THERE ARE BOTH TRAVELING IN MORE OR LESS DIRECTIONAL LIKE A ROADWAY ON EACH SIDE.

WE ASKED PEOPLE TO STAY AT THE RIGHT AND LIKES ME TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW THEY PASS PEDESTRIANS.

BUT BY LARGE, HEADS AND BIKES, I THINK THIS IS A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THE MOST EXPERIENCE.

I'M DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF WORKING THINGS OUT ONCE THEMSELVES.

THE SPEED DIFFERENTIAL IS NOT SO GREAT.

THE NUMBERS ARE NOT SO GREAT THAT IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO FIND THEIR OWN SPACE AND TO FIND COURTESY AND NOT HAVE NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS, ACTUALLY GETTING INTO CRASHES.

ON THE TYPES OF FACILITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE LITERALLY PUTTING A BIKE LANE NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK AND WE EXPECT THOSE TWO FACILITIES TO BE SEPARATE.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT NOW AND HOW TO MARKET AND SIGN IT TO ENFORCE THAT SEPARATE NATURE.

BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A SIX-FOOT SIDEWALK OR PEDESTRIANS CAN HAVE THEIR DOMAIN AND GO BACK-AND-FORTH.

ADJACENT TO IT, A BIKE LANE THAT IS DIRECTIONAL.

WE'LL SIGN AND WE WOULD ENFORCE THAT, AND THERE WILL BE EITHER SOME TYPE OF A STRIPE OR A TEXTURE IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE TWO TO INDICATE WHICH SIDE IS WHICH.

I THINK THE BEST PLACE TO SEE THAT NOW IS ON THE MAIN CAMPUS SPINE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'VE SEEN THAT.

>> THE BIKE PORTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PEDESTRIANS ON THE OUTSIDE.

IT'S THIS GROOVE TEXTURE BETWEEN THEM.

THERE ARE ALSO DIFFERENT COLORS OF CONCRETE, WHICH I THINK HELPS.

WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OF THOSE DESIGN DETAILS.

WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATION AT BOTH CITIES BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO ASK THE PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS ARRANGEMENT.

DO THEY FEEL, AND WHAT DO THEY SEE AS THE POTENTIAL ISSUES? CAN THOSE BE MITIGATED? CAN WE HAVE A DESIGN THAT IS COMPATIBLE ON THOSE LOCATIONS? BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION AND BASED ON EXPERIENCES IN OTHER CITIES, I THINK THAT WE CAN FIND THAT COMPATIBILITY.

THERE ARE, OF COURSE, SOME DESIGN DETAILS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT WE'RE BEGINNING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.

>> JUST IN SUMMARY, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS TRIAL FOR A RACE BIKE LANE.

[OVERLAPPING] I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AND WE'LL GO OVER THEM AGAIN ARE BEING DONE AND INCORPORATED.

BUT IF WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THOSE LITTLE DETAILS, IT COULD BE A PROBLEM.

I THINK IF WE GO THROUGH THE DETAILS, IT'S WORKABLE.

[02:35:03]

JEFF, YOU DIDN'T SAY A DAMN THING.

[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]

>> I THINK COUNCILMAN ASLAN HAS SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO ADD.

>> I DO. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. MARTIN, GREAT PRESENTATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON A WALKING TOUR OR DRIVING TOUR TO SEE SOME OF THE SITES WITH YOU, IN PARCEL TIME.

IF YOU CAN MAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

MAYBE OTHERS WOULD JOIN YOU TO UTILIZE YOUR TIME BETTER.

WE COULD GET THAT SETUP.

I REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THESE THINGS ON THE GROUND.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM AND I CAN DRIVE BY THESE PLACES MYSELF, BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE POINT CONTACT WITH YOU.

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS IS THAT SHOWING THIS STYLE OF PERSISTENCE OFTEN PAYS OFF.

ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE ON YOUR LIST, ONE OF MY PET PROJECTS.

A PLACE THAT I DRIVE YOU TOO AT ONE POINT, WAS THIS PEDESTRIAN CYCLING OVERPASS OVER I40 THAT CONNECTS.

RIGHT NOW WHAT IS THE BOLERO NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT WE'LL EXPAND AT SOME POINT.

IT JUMPS RIGHT ONTO CAMPUS.

I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT ON YOUR RADAR, NOT EXACTLY A CHEAP PROJECT I IMAGINE.

BUT IF THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG, IT'S A REALLY GOOD SPOT FOR CONNECTIVITY.

JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AGAIN. YOU KEEP IT ALIVE.

>> CAN I FOLLOW UP AND ASK THEM TO PUSH IT QUICKLY? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT REMINDS ME OF IS IT MILL AVENUE.

I THINK IT'S RATIONALLY AT MILL AVENUE OVER HIGHWAY 60 IN TEMPE.

THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE BRIDGE AND IT GETS USED.

I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT PROJECT.

AGAIN, IT'S EXPENSIVE. THANKS YOU.

>> AS A RESIDENTS' FUNDER OF TRAILS, I JUST KNOW VERY INTIMATELY THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO USE A BICYCLE AND GET INTO THE MAIN BODY OF FLAGSTAFF, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE, BUT I SEE THAT AS A GREAT AREA TO JUST CREATE THAT ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND USAGE.

I KNOW YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, I'M PRACTICING MY SHIMONI HERE, [LAUGHTER] WHICH IS A SEGUE PERHAPS AND IF THE CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAS A QUESTION. [MUSIC]

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION OR COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI.

>> OKAY. THAT'S JUST ENOUGH TIME TO LET ME SPEAK FOR 10 MINUTES. I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK.

[LAUGHTER] COUNCIL MEMBER, EZRA, I LOVE YOUR IDEA OF THE VISIT, MAYBE A BIKE TOUR MORE THAN THE DRIVING TOUR.

BUT REGARDLESS, I THINK THE TOUR WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, I'D BE DEFINITELY HAPPY TO SIGN UP TO JOIN THAT EVENT AS WELL.

COUNCILOR SALAZ, LOVE THE IDEAS AND THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE GRANT FUNDING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

COUNCILOR MCCARTHY, I THINK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE SEPARATION AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE AHEAD OF US IN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, DO SEPARATE THE TWO AND HAVE CLEAR SEPARATION, WHETHER IT IS PAINT LIKE MARTIN SAID OR SOMETHING.

BUT I THINK YOUR HEAD IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, COUNCILOR MCCARTHY, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

GOING BACK TO COUNCILOR ALLISON'S, COMMENT ABOUT THE SHIMONI APPROACH GETTING THINGS DONE, I WANT TO ALSO RAISE THAT THERE ARE SEVEN MILES LEFT IN CONNECTING THE HOLISTIC NETWORK ALONG OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY TRAVEL ROUTES, AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE COUNSELOR ALLISON'S IDEA ABOUT THE BRIDGE, AND THAT CONNECTION POINTS ARE HIGHEST HIERARCHY OF TRAVEL IS STILL NOT CONNECTED AND WE'RE SEVEN MILES LEFT TO CONNECT.

COUNCIL, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO ON THAT FRONT, SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT.

MARTIN, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMEONE BROUGHT TO ME RECENTLY WAS THAT WE NEED TO BE A VISION ZERO COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?

>> YOUR HONOR MEMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER, SHIMONI, I DON'T.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP ON.

I KNOW IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH METRO PLANET, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS AT THIS POINT.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT, AND COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A BIG LOADED FAIR DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC THAT IS GOING TO BE MY FAIR IN OCTOBER AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT VISION ZERO, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO START TAKING STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO SEE BIEBER IN SAN FRANCISCO PROTECTING INTERSECTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

[02:40:06]

TO SOME BECKETT IN OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, I THINK THE BUTLER ELEVATION THAT, JAMIE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WILL ADDRESS THE MAINTENANCE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY.

WE CAN'T BE BUILDING THESE THIN BIKE LANES THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE WINTER, WE HAVE TO DO EIGHT FEET MINIMUM TO ALLOW A PICKUP TRUCK TO BE ABLE TO PLOW THROUGH WITH EASE MOVING FORWARD.

THE BUTLER ENHANCEMENTS, I THINK WILL GO A LONG WAY.

MARTIN, AND THE LIST OF PROJECTS YOU MENTIONED, I DIDN'T SEE 4TH STREET.

IS THAT STILL SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO DESIGN WORK FOR RIGHT SIZING 4TH STREET?

>> I THINK I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK TO BE SURE, BUT I BELIEVE 4TH STREET CORRIDOR IN TERMS OF BIKE WAYS IS INCLUDED ON THE MOUNTAIN LINE FIRST WHILE, LAST WHILE THIS FIELD PROJECTS.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT 15 PERCENT PRESCHOOL BIG DESIGN WORK COMING UP. I'LL DO A DOUBLE-CHECK.

>> IT SHOULD BE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS YOU PRESENTED UPON, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT HASN'T FALLEN OFF THE RADAR BECAUSE WE HAVE CONSTANT DIRECTION FOR THAT.

THEN TWO LAST POINTS, IN SPEAKING TO MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION AND IN CANADA, PARTS OF CANADA, THEY ALL SAY THAT BUY-IN IS TREMENDOUS, SO THANK YOU STAFF, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY INVOLVED, YOUR BUY-IN IS CRITICAL AND SEEING THESE EFFORTS THROUGH AND ADDRESSING OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION LIKE THIS.

THEN LASTLY, MARTIN, AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION HERE ON BUDGET AND CITY MANAGER ESPECIALLY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US COUNCIL DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT MANAGERS IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

MARTIN, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THOSE POSITIONS AND HOW THOSE MIGHT BENEFIT YOU.

I'M THINKING IDEALLY TWO POSITIONS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TEAM AND FOR MARTIN IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATMP, BUT OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE AHEAD OF US MISSOULA BOULDER HAVE LARGE TEAMS, NOT JUST A SINGLE MARGIN, BUT I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

MARTIN, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?

>> TWO COMMENTS, ONE, METRO PLAN HAS MADE OPEN A NEW POSITION THAT IS TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGER [INAUDIBLE] TO COORDINATORS.

WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT DUTIES THEY HAVE AND HOW WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO THE CITY'S ADVANTAGE.

THE SECOND ONE IS WE REALLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT NEW FTES AND WHAT POSITIONS THAT MIGHT BE IN ANY DETAIL, AND I THINK WE WANT TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AMONGST A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S MOST BENEFICIAL.

>> I'M DONE AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT MAYBE BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WITH THAT AROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

>> FANTASTIC. YOU CAN SEE IF I'M STANDING HERE HUGGING YOU, THAT MEANS CUT IT OFF.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, AND IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ARTERIES, THE VEINS OF STAFF, CONNECTING THE COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LUNCH AT 12:30, SO WITHIN ANOTHER HOUR.

IF ANYBODY IS FEELING SO INCLINED TO GET UP AND DO SOME SQUATS TO GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING, PLEASE FEEL FREE WHILE I INTRODUCE THE NEXT TEAM.

THE NEXT TEAM, WHAT DO POLICE AND FIRE HAVE IN COMMON?

>> BADGES.

>> SAME KEY.

>> BADGES. [LAUGHTER] SAME KEY, EXCELLENT [OVERLAPPING] THAT IS OUR NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE AND, [LAUGHTER] PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

>> GOOD MORNING. MID MORNING [INAUDIBLE] MARK WILSON DEPUTY CHIEF WITH FLAGSTAFF FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT I WANT TO PRESENT TODAY IS A LITTLE UPDATE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE AND THEN MY PARTNER, CHIEF MUSSELMAN WILL FINALLY SPEAK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WANTED TO JUST IDENTIFY SOME REALLY KEY AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT

[02:45:04]

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT WAS A JOINT PUBLIC SAFETY NEED ASSOCIATED WITH RADIO REPLACEMENT.

IN 2012, MOST OF OUR RADIOS WERE PURCHASED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE ABOUT A SEVEN-YEAR LIFESPAN, IS WHAT THE MOTOROLA PUTS ON THEIR SOFTWARE AND THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THEM, TO SERVICE THEM, REPAIR THEM, REPLACE, AND MAINTAIN.

WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT AS WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S BEEN A REAL BIG NEED BETWEEN THE TWO THAT WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THIS ORIGINALLY WE CAME UP WITH ABOUT A $3.165 MILLION COST TO REPLACE PORTABLES, MOBILES, AND SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ON OUR REPEATER.

THE GOOD NEWS TO TELL THE COUNCIL IS THAT BY A LOT OF HARD WORK BY THE FLAGSTAFF TEAM AND ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET TEAM, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED $1.6 MILLION OF THAT THAT IS ALREADY FUNDED.

WITH THAT, OUR CHALLENGE AS A GROUP IS TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THOSE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS WITHIN THE 1.6 THAT WE CAN MANAGE TO BE ABLE TO HELP ASSIST WITH SOME OF THOSE REPLACEMENTS, NOT HAVING THE WHOLE TOTAL COST AVAILABLE.

AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO OUR MOBILE PORTABLE RADIOS, PORTABLES ARE WHAT WE TAKE INSIDE ALL OF OUR STRUCTURES, INSIDE OF ALL OF OUR EVENTS, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ANY TYPE OF AND IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT THEY'RE INTRINSICALLY SAFE, SO THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY DON'T CREATE A SPARK AS THEY GENERATE THAT ENERGY WHEN THEY ARE TRANSMITTING.

OURS, I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY HONEST, ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A TYPICAL PORTABLE RADIO.

BUT WITH THAT, WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT WE'VE GOT SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF ABOUT $800,000 WORTH OF REPLACEMENT NEEDS FOR THE PORTABLE RADIOS.

NOW, WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITHIN OUR ABILITY AND OUR CAPACITY OF 1.6 WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED PUBLIC WORKS JUST TO PUT IT IN A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE, AND CHIEF MUSSELMAN YOU CAN SUPPORT ME ON THIS.

WE HAVE ABOUT 700 USERS BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, STREETS, AND ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES.

THAT INCLUDES MOBILES AND PORTABLES.

WHEN WE START WALKING DOWN TO THE ACTUAL PORTABLE NEED, ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE'RE ABOUT 90-100 DEPENDENT UPON HOW WE BREAK THAT OUT.

POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'LL LET CHIEF MUSSELMAN SPEAK, BUT IT'S ABOUT 150, BUT THEY'VE REPLACED ABOUT 12 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT 140 TIMELINE.

JUST BETWEEN THE TWO, WE'RE CLOSE TO 230-240 PORTABLE REPLACEMENT NEEDS THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

OUR INTERNAL TEAMS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PD, WITH PUBLIC WORKS VERY CLOSELY TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE IN BULK, THERE'S ABOUT A THREE PERCENT VARIATION BETWEEN THE TWO.

IF WE PURCHASE STANDALONE OR IF WE GO IN JOINTLY, AND SO THAT'S REAL MONEY.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AMOUNTS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

THE OTHER BIG THING IS THE REPEATER REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN FUNDED.

THAT'S A SHARED COST.

IT'S ABOUT A $42,000 COST FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REPEATER.

THE CITY SIDE IS ABOUT $32,000, $35,000 AND NAU WILL BE PICKING UP THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS BECAUSE THAT WAS A KEY TO THE BACKBONE OF OUR OVERALL SYSTEM.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE RADIO FROM WHEN WE SPOKE LAST OCTOBER.

AS WE MOVE FROM THE RADIOS TO THE APPARATUS, OUR APPARATUS, WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT NEWS TO REPORT TO THE TEAM ABOUT OUR APPARATUS.

AGAIN, REALLY HARD WORK INTERNALLY FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY FUNDINGS OUTSIDE OF EITHER GOING TO THE BOND OR PULLING SPECIFICALLY OUT OF AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR A QUINT.

WE WERE ABLE TO THIS YEAR TO GET TWO QUINTS FUNDED.

TWO, ONE BEING OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER ONE BEING PURCHASED THROUGH IMPACT FEES.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS.

YOU ALL WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO ON THAT QUINT THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH.

YOU ALREADY SAW THE FIRST QUINT AND THE TYPE ONES THAT WE REPLACED THAT CAME THROUGH AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT BECAUSE THOSE ARE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS OUT TO BE MADE FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

THAT'S HOW LONG WE'RE LOOKING AT WAITING FOR THOSE TURNOVERS. THOSE HAVE BEEN ORDERED.

THE NEW QUINT THROUGH IMPACT FEES, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME FINAL NUMBERS WITH THE BUDGET TEAM ON HOW TO BEST DISTRIBUTE THAT AND PAY FOR THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

WITH THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING IN THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH-AND-A-HALF.

FOUR MILLION DOLLARS WERE IDENTIFIED FOR TWO QUINTS.

THE GOOD NEWS ALSO ON TOP OF IT AND FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TO PRESENT HERE,

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A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THAT.

A LOT OF BIG THINGS.

ONE THING THAT DID OCCUR THROUGH THE PROCESS IS, THERE WAS A PUMPER THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT ON ALONG WITH, I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THE BOTTOM ONE, THE STORAGE BASED NOT FUNDED.

THOSE ARE BOTH BOLDED ON THIS SLIDE.

THE PUMPER AND THE STORAGE BASE WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE BOND PRESENTATION.

BOTH OF THOSE AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AND THE COMMISSION THAT PUT IT TOGETHER, THE CITIZEN'S COMMISSION THOSE WERE PUSHED TO THE SIDE SO THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON THE TWO OF OUR FIRE ENGINES AND THE TWO WATER TENDERS.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE SLATED TO BE ON THE INITIATIVE THE BOND OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS NOVEMBER.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES, THAT'S ROLLED IN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH STORMWATER AS IT SITS CURRENTLY.

THOSE ARE BOTH ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, BUT THERE IS A NEED STILL SITTING OUT THERE ALONG WITH THOSE FINALIZED OUT THE RADIOS, WHICH IS A TYPE 1 PUMPER THAT IS NOT BUDGETED ANYWHERE AND WE HAD AN EIGHT-YEAR REPLACEMENT PLAN.

THAT PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED AND BEING MAINTAINED.

THIS ONE WE HAD SET INTO THE BOND CATEGORY, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GETTING PUT THAT BACK ON, AS WELL AS THE STORAGE BAY WHEN WE GET THAT THIRD QUINT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING THROUGH IMPACT FEES BECAUSE IT'S AN ADDITION TOO, WE CAN'T REPLACE WITH IMPACT FUNDING.

THE ADDITION 2, WE WILL NEED ANOTHER STORAGE FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE OUR WATER-PUMPED UNITS SO THAT IT'S NOT SITTING OUTSIDE IN THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DURING THOSE ELEMENTS.

THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE LEFT, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL TODAY.

THE THREE THAT ARE WITHSTANDING ARE THE FINALIZATION OF THE MANY REMAINING RADIO NEEDS.

REMAINING RADIO THAT GOT ME TRIPPED UP, SO I APOLOGIZE.

THEN THE TYPE 1 PUMPER AND THE STORAGE SPACE.

ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF MUSSELMAN? YES.

>> WHERE WILL THAT NEW STORAGE BE LOCATED? WOULD IT BE ATTACHED WITHIN SYSTEM FIREHOUSE OR WOULD IT BE A BUILDING OR FACILITY INFILL PLACE SOMEWHERE?

>> GREAT QUESTION. OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION IS TO PUT IT OUT AT THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY.

WE ALREADY HAVE LAND THERE THAT WE CAN EASILY TAP INTO.

WE CAN UTILIZE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT.

OUR CURRENT FIRE STATION FOOTPRINTS DON'T PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BASE SPACE GIVEN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE TIGHTLY PUT ONTO THOSE, SO IT WOULD BE OUT AT OUR FIRE TRAINING FACILITY, OUT OF WILDCAT.

>> OUT A WILDCAT. THOSE COULD BE UTILIZED IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE FROM THAT SPACE OR WOULD THEY?

>> YEAH. GREAT QUESTION, LET ME JUST QUALIFY.

THAT STORAGE FACILITY WOULD TAKE A RESERVE APPARATUS, NOT THE FRONT-LINE.

RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO PUT RESERVES INTO A STORAGE FACILITY AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD HOUSE THAT.

WE HAD A NEED FOR TWO, I WILL JUST INJECT THIS.

RIGHT HERE, WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR FLEET WE'RE ABLE TO PUT ONE INSIDE A CLOSED BAY FACILITY CURRENTLY FOR HERE.

WE'RE DOWN TO NEEDING ONE LARGE BASE SPACE FOR A RESEARCH QUINT.

HOPE THAT ANSWERED IT FOR YOU.

THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF MUSSELMAN.

>> GOOD MORNING. DAN MUSSELMAN AND I SERVE AS YOUR POLICE CHIEF.

WE WERE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM LAST YEAR AND OUR STAFF ARE NOT IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT NO LESS WE FELT PRETTY IMPORTANT.

FIRST THING WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH LAST YEAR WAS EXPAND OUR EVIDENCE FAULT.

THIS IS THE VAULT AT THE POLICE STATION THAT HOLDS FIREARMS, DRUGS, MONEY, IMPORTANT THINGS, AND WE JUST RAN OUT OF SPACE OVER THE YEAR.

WE USED DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES TO EXPAND THAT.

AS OUR POPULATION INCREASES, WE TAKE IN MORE EVIDENCE, SO IT WAS A GOOD REVENUE STREAM TO USE FOR THAT.

WE REPLACED THE CARPET IN OUR DETECTIVE AND DISPATCH DIVISION.

IT WAS GETTING PRETTY WARM AND WAS BECOMING A RISK.

WE REPLACED FOUR OF OUR REGULAR POLICE GASOLINE VEHICLES WITH FOUR HYBRID EXPLORES.

THAT COST US ROUGHLY 152,000.

WE REPLACED OUR BULLET PROOF HELMETS FOR OUR OFFICERS.

UNDER OUR MILITARY SURPLUS PROGRAM,

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AS WE'RE SEEING MORE PROTESTS AND STUFF, WE RECOGNIZED THIS WAS A NEED.

IT CAME FROM OUR OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

WE SPOKE TO CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THAT, SO THAT WAS ALSO GREAT.

WE ALSO REPLACED THE HELMETS ON OUR SWAT TEAMS. THESE ARE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR RADIO HEADSETS TO TALK THROUGH AND THE CAMERA MOUNTS.

THEN WE'VE GOT OUR SWAT TEAM REPLACEMENT BULLET PROOF VESTS AS WELL AS THEIR LAST ONES WERE [INAUDIBLE].

SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE IN PROGRESS OR PENDING ARE EVIDENCE WAREHOUSE, THE GATE WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE OPENER WAS BROKEN.

THIS WAS PRETTY EMBARRASSING TO US AS WE WOULD IMPOUND VEHICLES.

WE HAD PEOPLE BREAKING INTO THE IMPOUND YARD AND STEALING CAR STEREOS AND OTHER VEHICLES AS THEY WERE IMPOUNDED.

WE RECOGNIZED THAT AS A NEED.

WE NEEDED TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

WE PURCHASED AXON VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING EQUIPMENT THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR, THAT IS ON ORDER.

THAT'LL HELP US TO TRAIN MORE PEOPLE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND ACTUALLY GIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE SHOES OF A POLICE OFFICER AND GO THROUGH SCENARIOS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING 10 OF OUR MOBILE DATA COMPUTER TERMINALS.

THESE ARE THE COMPUTERS THAT ARE IN THE POLICE CARS THAT THE OFFICERS USE TO GET ASSIGNED CALLS FOR SERVICE AND TO TYPE THEIR REPORTS.

WE PURCHASED ONE ELECTRIC FORD LIGHTNING VEHICLE, THAT IS GOING TO BECOME OUR NEW ANIMAL CONTROL VEHICLE.

YOU WILL SEE THAT OUT AND ABOUT.

THIS SAYS FOUR HYBRID POLICE INTERCEPTORS, WE'RE ACTUALLY PURCHASING 10 THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL HERE NEXT MONTH.

TEN OF THOSE FOR THE COST OF ROUGHLY ABOUT 500,000.

WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING OUR MOBILE INCIDENT COMMAND VEHICLE.

THIS WAS A VEHICLE THAT WE RECEIVED, DPS SEIZED IT AS THE LOAD VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE.

WE RECEIVED THE VEHICLE FOR NO COST THROUGH THE CITY, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST ROUGHLY ABOUT 80,000 TO TURN IT INTO AN INCIDENT COMMAND POST.

THIS MOTOR HOME WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT ON MAJOR SCENES, SO INSTEAD OF DRIVING VICTIMS AND WITNESSES TO THE POLICE STATION TO INTERVIEW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW THEM THERE ON SCENE.

ALSO, IT HELPS GET OUR PERSONNEL OUT OF THE WEATHER DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER SITUATIONS.

THIS WILL GO UP TO LIKE FATAL COLLISIONS AND MAJOR CRIME SCENES.

WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REPLACE OUR WAREHOUSE REFRIGERATOR.

THIS ALSO IS EXPANDED SERVICE.

WE'RE TAKING IN MORE EVIDENCE AND LAW CHANGES HAVE NOW REQUIRED US TO KEEP CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, SO WE NEED A PLACE TO STORE AND STORE IT OFF SITE.

THEN WHAT DEPUTY CHIEF WILSON TALKED ABOUT, THE MOBILE AND VEHICLE REPLACEMENT RADIOS, OUR INTERNAL ESTIMATE FOR OURS IS ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION.

BUT WE DO NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE MICROWAVE TOWER.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST PRIORITY, SO THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

BUT THE MOBILE AND VEHICLE RADIOS, WE JUST HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.

SOME OF OUR RADIOS ARE BETTER THAN THE ONES IN PUBLIC WORKS, SO IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR US TO HAND THOSE DOWN AND NOT ORDER AS MANY NEW ONES.

BUT IT'S JUST A LOT OF STUFF TO WORK THROUGH.

WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANYONE HERE?

>> I NOTED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHIMONI HAD INDICATED HE HAVE A COMMENT.

I WASN'T SURE IF THAT HAD ADDRESSED.

IT WAS JUST IMPORTANT [INAUDIBLE].

>> THANK YOU. IT WAS FOR DEPUTY CHIEF WILSON.

MARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UPDATE AND CHIEF AS WELL FOR YOURS.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE TWO COINS, I'M JUST BEYOND EXCITED ABOUT THOSE BEING A RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WILSON, IT WAS GREAT MEETING YOUR SON.

I BELIEVE IT WAS WHEN I DID ONE OF MY WRITE ALONGS RECENTLY.

GREAT TO HAVE HIM PART OF THE TEAM.

BUT THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU CHIEFS.

IN ADDITION TO THE IN-PROGRESS OR PENDING, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO FUND?

>> I KNOW THERE ARE, BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T HAVE THOSE RIGHT READY.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS IN THE WORKS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA,

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LIKE EVERY BUDGET YEAR, WE HAVE NEW REQUESTS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.

>> I GUESS DONE BY FOR THE NEXT BUDGET RETREAT WHEN WE ACTUALLY HEAR FROM DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNT REQUEST.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LIFT OUR DEPARTMENT AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN SETTING UP THE POLICE ACADEMY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

WITH MY ROLE ON THE ARIZONA COCONINO WORKFORCE BOARD.

WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK I MENTIONED OF COURSE I GAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] IS PART OF THE BOARD.

I LIFTED THE PROGRAM, BUT ALSO, IT'S HIGH TIME FOR OUR ARIZONA PROGRAM, FUNDING, DRAW DOWN FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS AND FUND OUR POLICE ACADEMY.

>> YES, WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT GRANT TO HELP PAY FOR THE TUITION SO THAT WE CAN SEND OUR EMPLOYEES AT REDUCED COST.

THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT.

>> WELL, THERE'S ALSO A FUNDING FOR CHILDCARE AND POOR HOUSING, THAT'S RUNNING INTO THE WORKFORCE BUDGET.

>> GOOD. THANKS FOR SHARING.

>> I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, SHIMONI WAS THERE JUST A MOMENT AGO.

>> WELL, I GOT NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SHIMONI. LET'S GIVE A HAND.

FANTASTIC.

NOW WE'RE ONTO OTHER THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED IN PROGRESS.

I THINK WE HAVE, REBECCA, WILL YOU BE JOINING US? OR PERHAPS NICOLE OR PERHAPS AMY?

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> YES.

[LAUGHTER]

>> [INAUDIBLE] . THIS IS A SPICE LARGER AND I ADDED SOME IMAGES BECAUSE IT [LAUGHTER].

>> FEEL FREE TO END UP BEING A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.

I ALSO JUST HAVE TO MENTION I LOVED WHEN CHIEF SAID "NO I CAN'T WAIT," AND THEN HE KNOCKED HERE IN YOUR BINDER, I THINK IT WAS LIKE NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT, AND THEN HE [LAUGHTER] GREAT HUMANITY.

>> YES.

>> YES. TAKE IT AWAY, PLEASE.

>> MORNING MAYOR-COUNCIL, I'VE GOT ABOUT 52 SLIDES TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY.

[LAUGHTER] JUST KIDDING I HAVE ONE SLIDE.

HERE IN PLACE OF CJ TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME BROADBAND UPDATES.

HERE TODAY, THANKS TO OVERALL COUNCIL BUDGET SUPPORT, WE'VE GOT ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING THAT'S DEDICATED TO POTENTIAL FIBER/BROADBAND PROJECTS.

THAT'S BEEN A HUGE HELP.

SOME OF THOSE ARE MATCHING FUNDS WHEN WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN.

OUR CURRENT PROJECT, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL ON TUESDAY, ACTUALLY, IS GOING TO FINALLY CONNECT CITY HALL TO SOME EXISTING FIBER THAT WE HAVE TINE IN THE VISITOR'S CENTER AND MAKING THAT FINAL CONNECTION TO ANY OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER.

THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THIS ONE'S BEEN A FEW YEARS IN THE WORKS.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS ONE MOVING FORWARD, SPENDING A COMBINATION OF COST INCREASES DUE TO SUPPLY AND JUST BAD TIMING.

WE WERE HOLDING OFF A BIT TO SEE ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

IT DIDN'T END UP PANNING OUT.

BUT THANKFULLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PENDING YEAR FINAL APPROVAL ON TUESDAY.

THAT'S AN EXCITING ONE. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND BEGIN BEFORE THE GROUND FREEZES THIS YEAR, AND POTENTIALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR, JUST DEPENDS ON THE VENDOR.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON AN RSOQ TO IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL PRIVATE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERSHIP.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISP FIBER PROVIDERS COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT WANTING TO ENTER OUR MARKET, AND WE'VE NOT HAD A FORMAL PROCESS TO OUTLINE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS THE PARTNERSHIP OR AT LEAST WORKING WITH THE CITY TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.

GENERATING THE RSOQ IS GOING TO HELP US PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR,

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LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COMES WITH THAT.

ON THE LAST NOTE, THERE IS A BIT GENERAL MULTIPLE POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES UPCOMING.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION SPECIFIC TO VERY SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF THE CITY.

ONE FOR THE AIRPORT, SOME OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY, SOME OF WHICH DON'T APPLY, SOME OF THEM WE CAN'T PROVIDE FOR, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND PURSUING EVERY POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT SDK'S BEEN FANTASTIC AND WE'RE OPTIMISTIC.

UP TO THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD MUCH SUCCESS IN THAT REALM, BUT THE I-40 AND 17 CROSS-SECTIONS AND FIBER THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN PUTTING IN.

WE ARE A HOTBED WITH POTENTIAL FOR THIS IN THE FUTURE.

WE ARE AT THE PEAK AT THE TOP OF ARIZONA.

WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN AND TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE GRAND AVERAGES. THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY WHAT I HAVE.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER. BACK TO WASTES LITTLE.

>> CJ. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY.

IS THAT OKAY? [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M SO SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID CJ.

JUST REALLY QUICK QUESTION.

CAN YOU JUST SPEAK ABOUT ANY UPDATES IN REGARDS TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS BEING STREAMED TO YOUTUBE?

>> I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE PURSUED AS WE SPOKE ACTUALLY WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT'S PART OF A SOCIAL MEDIA PACKAGE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE FOR OUR STREAMING.

THE COMPLICATION WAS A LEGAL ONE FOR A POTENTIAL LEGAL ONE ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO REDACT IF NEEDED.

IT WAS REALLY MORE OF A LEGAL COMBINATION QUESTION THAT WE WERE, I BELIEVE, UNABLE TO FULLY ANSWER.

THE REALITY IS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BETTER POTENTIAL SOLUTION.

LIVE STREAMING TO SOCIAL MEDIA, TO YOUTUBE, THOSE ARE ALL POTENTIAL POSSIBILITIES.

OUR CURRENT PROVIDER THEY'RE PROVIDING A LOT MORE THAN JUST THAT STREAMING ASPECT WITH THE AGENDAS, WITH THE MINUTES, ALL OF THAT PIECE.

WE'D WANT TO LOOK FOR AN IN-KIND PLACEMENT AT LEAST IF WE'RE REPLACING.

BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL SERVICES, THAT'S DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY.

BUT I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY HARD CONCRETE UP-TO-DATE AS FAR AS WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHEN.

I HAVE TO GET WITH STERLING A BIT AND TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT AND PERHAPS CJ HAS A BIT MORE OF AN UPDATE.

I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT FULLY UP-TO-DATE ON THAT ONES.

>> IT'S STERLING, AND I SEE HE HAS HIS HAND UP.

>> YES. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE.

I'M STILL A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY AND I WILL HAVE MY CAMERA ON BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON, IT SEEMS TO DROP ME FROM TEAMS. BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CJ.

THAT YOUTUBE BEAT, AS LONG AS WE CAN TURN THE COMMENTS OFF, WE'VE CLEARED THE LEGAL HURDLE THERE.

I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEING HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.

HE AND I JUST NEED TO GET TOGETHER ON THAT TO FINALIZE THAT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP ONCE AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ONE MORE HAND.

>> YOU KNOW I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.

I GUESS I'M JUST SHARING INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT I'VE GOTTEN RID OF THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO.

AGAIN, A DIRECTOR CALLED OUT FLAGSTAFF, SET PRIORITY VESSEL FLAGSTAFF ON IPOD ALREADY ALL THE WAY TO THE CALIFORNIA BORDER, AND PROVIDING BROAD BANDS.

THE PRIORITY FOR A DOT AND ACA PARTNERS.

THE CAVEAT THOUGH, THE FIRST MILE AND LAST MILE NEED TO BE PROVIDED BY A PRIVATE PROVIDER.

THEN, OF COURSE, THE OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITY IS RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES UNDER THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

>> HI EVERYBODY. I'M REBECCA SAYERS, FROZE DIRECTOR PARKS STRUCK OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND THE FEW THINGS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BUDGET TEAMS DECISIONS AND GET THEM OFF AT THE END FUNDED LISTS, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.

THE FIRST ONE IS A PROSE MASTERPLAN, 200,000 GENERAL FUND COMING TO US.

I WILL LIKELY GET THIS PROJECT STARTED NEXT.

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BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING ONE AND IT WILL INCORPORATE EVERYTHING WE DO INCLUDING OPEN SPACE, TRAILS, MAINTENANCE, CONNECTIONS WITH THE REGIONAL PLAN, AND HELPING US IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR FUNDING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ALL ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO FIND THROUGH BBB FUNDS, 700,000 FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS AT BUSH MASTERCARD.

THESE WILL BE NEW, DEDICATED, PERMANENT, NOTHING BUT PICKLEBALL ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, [LAUGHTER] HOPEFULLY LIGHTED.

WE NEED TO STILL DO SOME OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF NOISE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MITIGATE NOISE AND HELP OUR NEIGHBORS OUT.

BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS PLAY AT BUSHMASTER RIGHT NOW ON LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS AND WE HAVE NOT HAD COMPLAINTS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

THIS WILL BE ADDITIONAL TO THE INVENTORY, SO THE DUAL STRIKE PORTS WILL REMAIN.

WE'RE HOPING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT TO GET THEM RESURFACED.

BECAUSE ALL OF THESE COURTS ARE PRETTY POOR CONDITION RIGHT NOW, SO WRAPPING IT ALL TOGETHER, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE THAT WOULD GIVE THEM 6 PLUS 8, 14 COURTS [LAUGHTER].

I DON'T DO MATH VERY WELL.

SORRY, IS MY HEAD.

THAT WOULD GIVE THEM 14 COURTS AT A TIME AT POTENTIAL.

EIGHT OF THEM ARE DUAL STRIDES.

THEN REMEMBER WE HAVE THE TWO BRAND NEW CHORDS AT PONDEROSA PARK AS WELL.

IT'S GIVING THEM SOME GOOD INVENTORY.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL WITH YOU ALL ABOUT.

THEN WITHIN OPEN SPACE, THE COUNCIL, JUST TO PROVE THAT FIRST READ, THE 2004 BOND FUNDS AS PROPERTY ACQUISITION PRIORITIES, THOSE WILL AND AS WE ARE HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING THOSE PROPERTIES, THOSE WILL HELP US GET A COUPLE OF OTHER CONNECTORS OFF OF THE UNFUNDED LIST AS WELL.

THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE, BUT I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON.

WITH BBB RECREATION FUNDS THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PROGRAM $200,000 FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

JUST A BROAD CATEGORY AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OR NEEDS THAT ARISE THIS YEAR.

WE FINALLY HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE RATHER THAN JUST PUTTING HIM ON THE BACK BURNER.

THIS CAN GO TOWARDS PLAYGROUNDS OR WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED SOME NEW SCOREBOARDS THAT HAVE FAILED AND WE WERE JUST LIMPING THEM ALONG FOR A FEW YEARS.

THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO FINALLY HAVE FOR OUR TEAM.

WE ALSO HAVE 100,000 STILL SET ASIDE TO HELP US WRAP UP THE THORPE PARK ANNEX PROJECT WHICH IS COMING TO YOU IN OCTOBER.

STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

THEN 600,000 SET ASIDE FOR GRANT MATCH.

OPEN SPACE IN PARTICULAR, AS YOU RECENTLY SAW, HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS AND FUNDING.

THIS ALLOWS US TO ALSO BE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH WE ARE ON THE PARKS SIDE AS WELL.

WE RECENTLY JUST RECEIVED $50,000 FROM A PLAYGROUND MANUFACTURER TO HELP US WITH REPLACEMENT AND PLAY EQUIPMENT AT PONDEROSA PARK WILL BE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS TO MATCH AND ENHANCE THAT PROJECT, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE STORMWATER TEAM ON THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN A [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> HELLO, THANK YOU. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT POSTMASTER, ARE THOSE GOING TO BE REPURPOSED, FRIENDLY EXISTING TENNIS COURTS OR IT'S THIS.

>> BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION IN AN AREA THAT'S PARTICULARLY UNDERUTILIZED RIGHT NOW JUST ADJACENT TO.

IN THE NORTH, YOU'VE GOT THE TENNIS COURTS.

TO THE SOUTH YOU HAVE THE BASKETBALL COURTS, TO THE EAST IS SOME OPEN SPACE.

AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE DOG PARK, THERE'LL BE STOPPED AT THE DOG PARK THERE.

>> DID YOU MENTION THAT COURTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO UP TO OUR DEVELOPMENT QUARTER OF [INAUDIBLE] COUNTRY AND SOUTH [INAUDIBLE]?

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>> I KNOW THAT THOSE WERE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE IN DEVELOPER.

>> A COUPLE OF QUESTION, BUT THIS IS MORE FORWARD LOOKING IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT GARDEN FOLLOWING THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT THEY WILL CULMINATE SOON.

THEN I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR ABOUT THE COST RECOVERY.

THE CITY WIDE COST FALLACY BY BELATED SPECIFIC TO PROSE IS POTENTIAL FEE STUDY.

THAT IS MORE RELEVANT TO TODAY'S NEEDS AND FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE THAT OUR POST DEPARTMENT DID.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS THOSE OR WERE THOSE JUST POINTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE?

>> WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE MAYBE PROBABLY THE NEXT BUDGET PLANNING AHEAD.

>> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, ANYBODY FROM THE VIRTUAL WORLD? LET'S KEEP OUR HANDS.

>> MARY COUNCIL, THE CALENOPOLIS SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF PROMISE UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE CLIMATE ACTION FORWARD AND THE RECENT FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN INITIATIVES AND RESILIENCY INITIATIVES.

FROM THIS SLIDE, I HOPE IT'S EVIDENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE REALLY STRIVING TO BRING FUNDING DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP MOVE THAT NEEDLE ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AND PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED TO HELP US ACHIEVE THE VERY IMPRESSIVE AND BOLD GOALS THAT THE CITY HAS SET TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY BY THE YEAR 2030.

I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT ARE COMING IN.

I'M VERY PLEASED AND YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A RECAP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE $750,000 IN HUGE KUDOS TO REPRESENTATIVE O'HALLORAN FOR HELPING USHER THIS REQUEST THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DIRECT FUNDING WE ARE WORKING WITH HUD CURRENTLY TO APPLY.

EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET OUR APPLICATION AND WE DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION EXACTLY ON THE DATE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE FUNDING, BUT WE ARE SETTING UP.

WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY IN OUR OFFICE TO DESIGN THE FRAMEWORK TO BRING MUCH-NEEDED CRITICAL DEEP RETROFITS TO MEMBERS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE FUNDS IN ACTION.

WE WERE ALSO ALLOCATED $250,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE ARE WORKING TO ACCELERATE OUR EXISTING WEATHERIZATION REBATE PROGRAM AND WE'RE PROVIDING MORE SIGNIFICANT REBATES AND TARGETED SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN FLAGSTAFF.

WE RECENTLY RECEIVED $184,000 IN USDA FUNDING, WHICH HOPEFULLY SOME FOLKS SAW THE DAILY SUN ARTICLE WITH SUMMER WHITE, OUR WASTE REDUCTION ON FOOD SYSTEMS COORDINATOR.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FIRST USDA GRANT AND BRINGING FORWARD THAT CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON FOOD SYSTEMS IN THAT ROLE THAT FOOD SYSTEMS PLAY IN CLIMATE ACTION.

THIS IS HUGE KUDOS OUT TO THE BUDGET TEAM, RICK TADDER, AND COMPANY FOR FINDING RESOURCES.

BUT I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY RECEIVING ALL OF OUR ELECTRICITY THROUGH THE GREEN POWER PARTNERS PROGRAM THAT APS HAS USHERED FORWARD.

I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAD A STRONG PARTNERSHIP IN THAT AND GETTING THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THE CORPORATION COMMISSION.

BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IN CLEANING OUR ENERGY SOURCES.

OUR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS TECHNICALLY ARE GETTING

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THEN THIS IS A REALLY FUN ONE.

IT'S PENDING, BUT HAVE A GOOD SOURCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED $30,000 FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO ENGAGE IN POWER AND ELEVATE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT IS WORKING TO HIT TWO KEY TARGET ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR IN THREAT OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEN PAYING THEM A MINIMUM WAGE TO HELP US PICK UP LITTER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW THAT LITTER IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM AND CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE.

THIS IS REALLY A MULTI-BENEFITING PROGRAM SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.

THE BIG QUESTION CONTINUES TO BE, HOW WILL WE FUND THE $600 MILLION PRICE TAG OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN? THIS IS A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING DISCUSSION.

I'D SAY CONSTANTLY EVOLVING BECAUSE THE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION IS NOT ALONE IN TAKING CLIMATE ACTION AND THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT NAU HAS COMMITTED TO CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, PRESIDENT CRUZ GAVE US A JOVIAL CHALLENGE STATING THAT NAU WOULD GET THERE BEFORE WE DO SO GAME ON.

[LAUGHTER] JUST SAYING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT CHALLENGE IS ALSO THAT FUSD IS DRAFTING THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND COCONINO COUNTY IS HAVING BIG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION.

THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SIMILAR TO OUR RESIDENTS, SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED THE CITY'S GOALS IN REACHING CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030.

THEIR COMMITMENTS AND ACTIONS TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY NEEDLE ARE PART OF THAT ESTIMATED INVESTMENT.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT 600 MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S NOT ALL ON FLAGSTAFF OR THE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION.

THAT IS AN ESTIMATE TO GET OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THERE.

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT DISCUSSION ABOUT BIKE-PED.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT $600 MILLION PRICE TAG THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO OFFER A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR CLIMATE AND RESILIENCY EFFORTS, THE FEDERAL AND PRIVATE FUNDING LANDSCAPE CONTINUES TO ALIGN WITH OUR WORK.

JUST A SNAPSHOT UP HERE ON THIS SLIDE.

WE DO HAVE A GOOD SENSE THAT THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANTS THAT WILL BE FUNNELED THROUGH IS ABOUT 150,000.

THIS IS DECIDED BASED ON POPULATION.

WORKING WITH RICK TADDER, WE WANT TO PUT THIS INTO OUR ENERGY SERVICE CONTRACT FUNDING POOL.

YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE DO HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY FUNDING OUR UPGRADES.

THIS IS THAT ESCO THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

YOU HEARD THIS EARLIER WHEN WATER SERVICES CONSULTANTS WERE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.

WE ARE APPLYING FOR A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANT TO HELP ACCELERATE BUILDING CODE UPGRADES.

THAT IS A STATEWIDE GRANT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AFTER WITH A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS ARIZONA.

IN FACT, WE DID RECEIVE SOME PRIVATE FUNDING JUST RECENTLY TO HOLD A CONVENING WITH ABOUT TEN OTHER CITIES DOWN IN TEMPE IN NOVEMBER, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE IS REALLY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

THEN LET'S JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY UNFOLDING AS WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE.

IT'S IN CRITICAL FUNDING AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAT THIS IS FILLING THE IMPACT GAP.

IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, WE CALCULATED THAT WE, THE CITY, NEED TO HELP USHER THROUGH AT LEAST 4,000 HOME RETROFITS.

BUT AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED AT LEAST 12,500 RESIDENTS AS TO UPGRADE AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN THEIR HOMES.

THE IRA IS GOING TO BE A CRITICAL DRIVER.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FILLING THAT IMPACT GAP, THE IRA IS GOING TO BE FILLING IMPACT GAPS IN A LOT OF AREAS IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

REALLY HELPING LEVERAGE WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY ORGANIZATION AND THEN HOPING THAT THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY MOVE THAT NEEDLE.

JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, STARTING IN JANUARY, ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS CAN RECEIVE $2,000-14,000 IN FUNDING FOR ENERGY RETROFITS.

[03:25:02]

THAT SAID, WE NEED TO HELP WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORKFORCE CAN HANDLE THOSE RETROFITS SO WE CAN BRING THOSE FUNDS INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

AS PART OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE ARE TRYING TO DO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION, PARTNERING WITH APS AND OTHER AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR WORKFORCE, ONE KNOWS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND TWO KNOWS ABOUT ANY TRAININGS AND SO FORTH THAT CAN HELP THEM RESPOND TO THIS.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY EXIST.

WE'LL BE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE, WITH A FEW UPDATES ON CARBON NEUTRALITY AND SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A GOOD SIGN AND THAT EVERYONE'S PROBABLY HUNGRY.

[LAUGHTER]

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> YOU ALL CAN GET LUNCH GO AHEAD, BUT JUST QUICK COMMENT AND THANKING NICOLE FOR THE PRESENTATION IN YOUR WORK, THIS IS ALL EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE COMMENT YOU MADE ABOUT PRESENT CREWS AND NAU AND THEIR EFFORTS AND THEN CHALLENGING US.

I THINK IS ONE THAT WE SHOULD EMBRACE FULLY.

I THINK COMPETITION IS HELPFUL AND I THINK IT BUILDS COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND BUY-IN AND CAN REALLY BUILD MOMENTUM AND PARTNERSHIP.

THE MORE THAT WE CAN PARTNER AND WORK WITH NAU IN ANY OF THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, BETTER BACK TIDE, WHATEVER IT IS THE BETTER.

BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TOTALLY EMBRACED COMPETITION AND CHALLENGE ACCEPTED BACK TO NAU AND IT'S ON.

WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE MARKET AND WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THEM TO IT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU AND ENJOY LUNCH.

>> I SEE THE RECORDING DIVIDED INTO ENERGY AND RETROFITS OF COLUMNS.

OF COURSE, IT'S WAY MORE EFFICIENT TO DO THAT WHEN THE HOUSE IS BEING BUILT.

I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL WAS ASKED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE BUILDING CODE.

DAN CAN YOU REMIND ME DID WE UPGRADE? WHAT INSULATION WAS REQUIRED, ETC.?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IF OUR STANDARDS ARE PRETTY HIGH NOW OR?

>> CURRENTLY THE CITY COUNCIL DID ADOPT THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, WHICH HAS REALLY INCREASED THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN WE DO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO ESTABLISH MORE AGGRESSIVE CODES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.

THAT CONVENING, WHICH HAS NOTED AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY THAT CONVENING THAT THE RECEIVED PRIVATE FUNDING FOR ACROSS THE STATE WILL ACTUALLY BE DISCUSSING FURTHER ADVANCEMENT IN EXISTING CODES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ALIGN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS.

WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AND THEN OF COURSE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

WE WANT TO COUPLE THIS WITH AGAIN, THAT TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR THE BUSINESS SECTORS.

WE CAN HOPEFULLY BRING ALONG BOTH OWED ADVANCEMENT AND RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY TRAININGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MORE AGGRESSIVE BUILDING CODES.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU AND MAYBE YOU AND I CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT TOO.

>> HAPPY TO.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU NICOLE.

>> THANKS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UNDERGROUND PARKING.

ANYBODY WANTED TO TACKLE THIS ONE? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]

>> IF THE MCINTYRE'S WITH THIS VIRTUALLY DAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POP IN.

[LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]. THAT'S FINE.

THANKS [INAUDIBLE].

AS I'M SPEAKING TO THIS I WANT TO NOTE THESE ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH, BUT PERIPHERALLY I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THEM.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING, IT'S THE HARD WORK OF STAFF THAT'S MOVING THIS FORWARD.

I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT HAPPEN.

WE HAVE THE TEMPORARY SURFACE LOTS THERE AT ASPEN ENSURING THIS IS THE NEW COURTHOUSE PARKING AND IT'S ACTUALLY DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHURCH UP THERE WHICH HAS THESE TESTS, THIS PROPERTY.

[03:30:05]

WE HAVE FUNDED THE ACQUISITION IN FEE OF PARKING IN THAT FACILITY WHEN IT IS BUILT.

JUST AS A REMINDER THAT'S SUPPLY STORAGE FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MOSTLY FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS.

WONDERFUL PROJECT BEING BUILT WITH TAX CREDIT DOLLAR IS NOT YET HAPPENING, BUT IT'S ON THE BOOKS.

THE CITY WANTED TO JOIN FORCES, SO WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER WHICH IS REALLY SOUND.

IN THAT PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY WILL COME AWAY WITH GIVE OR TAKE ABOUT 100 SPACES OF PARKING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COURTHOUSE OF COURSE BUT ALSO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS A GENERAL COMMENT.

THAT'S THE GREAT PROJECT AND STAY TUNED ON IT.

BUT IN THE INTER-ROOM, WE HAVE SURFACE PARKING UP THERE.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE NOTICE OF THAT AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THERE IS PARKING BECAUSE IT'S IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.

FUTURE LOTS WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO BE EXPLORED.

I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION IT NOW BUT OTHER THAN TO REMIND US, WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTERS FOR WHAT COULD BE AN EVENTUAL PARKING STRUCTURE.

WE HAVE SURFACE PARKING OVER THERE OF COURSE.

BUT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER AND THE RIO DE FLAG, IT'S SO GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT ALONG WITH THE MANY APARTMENT IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND UNDERPASSES, THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALITY OVER HERE.

TALKED ABOUT THE CIVIC SPACE, THAT WILL BE A REALITY.

PARKING WILL ALSO BE A REALITY AND PIECES I'VE PUT INTO PLACE FOR THAT TO EVENTUALLY HAPPEN.

THAT IS NOT A FUNDED PROJECT RIGHT NOW BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD AND LIKELY WILL BE.

YES COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'LL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY TO BE REPURCHASED AT SOME POINT.

I WAS GOING TO HAVE [LAUGHTER] A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

THEN LASTLY, ON THE LATTER BULLET ITEM IS THE LOCKBOX.

I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM A BRONCOS 49ERS GAME ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

[LAUGHTER] FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WATCHED IT ON TV, I WAS ONE OF THE VERY LOUD 75,000 FANS IN THE STADIUM LOSING MY VOICE, [LAUGHTER] IS COMING BACK.

I THOUGHT I WAS OVER THAT MANY YEARS AGO BUT APPARENTLY I'M NOT.

[LAUGHTER]. THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE LOCKBOX IS NOW OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS GREAT.

WE'VE REPORT THIS TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE FROM TIME-TO-TIME.

AS INTENDED, WE ARE SLOWLY STOCKPILING SOME REVENUES FOR FUTURE PARKING VIEWS.

ON THAT TOPIC IN OFF SCRIPT HERE I WILL NOTE WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD FROM TOP FLAG, THE KIOSKS.

REMEMBER THE ISSUE WE HAD WITH SOME PROGRAMMING, CERTAIN CREDIT CARDS WERE NOT BEING ACCEPTED BY THE KIOSKS AND WE GOT THAT LITTLE GLITCH FIXED.

GREAT JOB BY PARKING BAG IN HELPING ON THAT PROGRAM ABOUT THAT REPAIR.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT I JUST SAID? GREAT.

>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

>> TRANSPORTING.

>>TRANSPORTATION'S NEXT.

>> WILL THAT BE YOU?

>> NO.

>> NO [LAUGHTER].

>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? [OVERLAPPING]

>> I DO.

>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU JULIE, THANK YOU MAYOR, SEMANTRIA WHAT A GAME.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE THERE, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

I AM SO JEALOUS.

I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY LOST MY MIND AND MY VOICE.

BUT ANYWAYS QUICK COMMENTS ON A BIGGER PICTURE, HIGHER-LEVEL COUNCIL COMMENTS.

AS WE ARE LOOKING INTO PARKING IN FUTURE PARKING, ETC., AND CUSTOMER ADDS.

I'M DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT YOU AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING INTO OTHER METHODS OF MOVING PEOPLE AND SUPPORTING THEIR MOVEMENTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN JUST BY BUILDING PARKING.

IT'S A DONOR RECENTLY CLOSED DOWN A BUNCH OF PARKING THAT WAS ADJACENT TO TRAIL HEADS AND ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SHUTTLE.

[03:35:02]

AS WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DIRECTION OF PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME UNDER THAT AND HOPEFULLY COUNCIL CAN GET BEHIND THAT BECAUSE IT IS A WIN-WIN IN THE END AND IT'S CHEAPER TOO. GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> EXCELLENT COMMENT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER.

>> LET'S KEEP ON HANDS.

>> THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.

CITY MANAGER STEPS IN, I CAN DO THIS SLIDE AND YOU KNEW THE DETAILS AND ADDED SOME HUMOR IN THERE TOO AND ALL.

[LAUGHTER].

>> WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

YOUR HONOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, TREVOR AND HENRY, HELP TO IMPROVEMENTS ENGINEER.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I AM THE LAST SLIDE FOR THIS MORNING PRESENTATION, SO THIS IS TIMELY AS POSSIBLE UNTIL I THINK EVERYBODY IS HUNGRY.

BUT JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN PROGRESS OR COMPLETED.

THERE WERE A FEW OF THEM ALREADY MENTIONED WITH OUR EARLIER PRESENTATION, SO I WON'T TOUCH ON THOSE.

BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THOSE MOSTLY THAT'S STORM WATER RELATED AND DOWNTOWN MILE ALL THOSE GREAT PROJECTS.

I'LL LEAVE THOSE ALONE BECAUSE WE TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY.

BUT THE FIRST ONE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE EAST ROUTE 66 WATERLINE PROJECT.

NOT NECESSARILY TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT IS A PROJECT THAT WE JUST COMPLETED IN EARLY JUNE THEREABOUTS.

IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT, IT WAS ABOUT 1,200 LINEAR FEET OF EIGHT INCH WATERLINE THAT WE INSTALLED AS WELL AS 2,500 FEET OF 12 INCH WATERLINE.

THIS IS A WATER SERVICES PROJECT.

IT'S AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, IT'S A GREAT ADD TO THE SYSTEM OVERALL.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS WITH THIS PROJECT, WE ADDED CONDUIT FOR FUTURE FIBER OPTICS, WHICH MEETS THE MASTER PLAN THAT IT IS WORKING ON.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH IT AND A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD WHERE WE'RE ADDING THESE CONDUITS SO THAT WE CAN MEET THAT MASTER.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE PHOENIX AVENUE BRIDGE AND WATERLINE.

AGAIN, THIS IS A WATER SERVICES PROJECT AND WHAT WE DID THERE IS WE ADDED NEW 12 INCH WATERLINE PROJECTS.

WE BASICALLY UPGRADED THE SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY AND JUST BEGAN TO MEET DISTRIBUTION AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL.

AS WELL AS THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE WHICH WAS A CULVERT, SO WILL BE REPLACED THAT IN-KIND AND JUST MADE IT A LITTLE MORE SAFER FOR THE USERS, THE PUBLIC.

ALSO, MOUNTAIN LINE USES THAT ROAD FOR PART OF THEIR BUS ROUTES.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THAT PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION CAN GO QUICK AND IT CAN GET COMPLETED, BUT SOMETIMES THE PAPERWORK TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE FINAL ANALYSIS.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE WEST FLAG IMPROVEMENTS.

IT'S PART OF THE ROAD REPAIR AND STREETS SAFETY PROGRAM.

THAT PROJECT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DAVID AND HUTCHINSON AS WELL AS CANYON TERRANCE.

INITIALLY THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE ONE PROJECT, BUT WE LOOKED AT IT, RESEARCHED IT, AND THEN IT WAS SEPARATED INTO TWO PROJECTS.

WE DID HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR WHO WAS SUCCESSFUL ON ACQUIRING THE CONTRACT AND SO THEY WORKED ON IT.

THOSE PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED AS WELL IN JUNE, SO THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE FOR WEST FLAG IMPROVEMENTS AND THERE WE JUST UPGRADED IN-KIND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO WATER, UNDERGROUND, SEWER, AS WELL AS ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, CURB AND GUTTER.

ALL OF THAT IS IN PLACE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO SOME ADDED MEASURES FOR LANDSCAPING THAT WAS THERE, BUT BASICALLY IN-KIND WHAT WAS REPLACED FOR THAT PROJECT.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF PROJECTS, I'LL TALK ABOUT ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. THE LIBRARY.

THE LIBRARY ACROSS FROM CITY HALL, THE ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER DID NOT MEET ADA COMPLIANCE.

THIS PROJECT WAS BEFORE YOU IN JUNE OR JULY FOR AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.

NOW THAT CONTRACT IS UNDERWAY AND IF YOU GO BY CITY HALL, YOU SEE THE FRONT IS FENCED OFF AND THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING HARD ON THAT.

BASICALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT WHOLE FRONT SECTION NEW WITH LANDSCAPING, NEW FEATURES, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN AN ADA COMPLIANCE.

[03:40:03]

THAT IS A GREAT PROJECT, IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THAT PROJECT AND THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE NEXT PROJECT THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, THE LAST ONE IS THE COCONINO ESTATES PHASE 1 AND 2.

THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE PART OF THE ROAD REPAIR TREAT SAFETY PROGRAM AND THEY ARE IN THE I GUESS PHASE 1 IS IN THE LOWER PORTION OF COCONINO ESTATES AND PHASE 2 IS ON THE UPPER SIDE.

BOTH CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

WE'RE HOPING TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED FROM PIPELINE BURN SCAR FLOODED THOSE AREAS, SO THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO HELP OUT AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CLEAN UP THE SITES SO THERE HAD BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF SETBACKS AS FAR AS TIME GOES.

BUT THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MEET THAT DEADLINE, MEET THE TIMELINE, AND GET ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED AS THE ABSOLUTE.

THAT WAS REALLY QUICK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY COMPLETED OR IN PROGRESS.

IF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF HAS ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE TO ANSWER.

IT'S EVERYBODY COMING [LAUGHTER]. [NOISE] [NOISE] WONDERFUL AND WITH THAT, YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF TIMING, LOOK, WE'RE THREE MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE NOT TOO FAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, BUT RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LUNCH FOR AN HOUR.

IT IS COMING IN FROM BURRITOS FIESTA.

EXCITED TO HAVE HER BURRITO PARTY.

WE'LL HAVE AN HOUR TOGETHER, THERE ARE VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AS WELL AS NON VEGETARIAN OPTIONS, PLEASE ENJOY AND WE WILL START PROMPTLY AGAIN AT 1:30 WHERE WE'LL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH NAH, ABOUT THE RELOCATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR GUESTS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY AND I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR HOSTING.

WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH A ALL-DAY COUNCIL RETREAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON'S DISCUSSION.

MY NAME IS GREG CLIFTON.

I SERVE AS YOUR CITY MANAGER.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE INTRODUCTION HERE, JUST A SECOND WITH OUR FACILITATOR.

I THINK MANY OF US KNOW EACH OTHER IN THE ROOM, BUT THERE'S SOME TECHNICAL FOLKS IN THE ROOM WHO I DON'T THINK WE DO KNOW.

JUST A MATTER OF LOGISTICS HERE, WE ARE RECORDING.

WE DON'T HAVE THIS ROOM TOTALLY DIALED IN ON THE AUDIO VIDEO YET.

IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.

WE HAVE TWO MICROPHONES IN THE CENTER OF THIS TABLE UPFRONT.

THEY WILL PICK UP ANYBODY TALKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS AREA, BUT THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT PICK UP FOLKS IN THE BACK.

I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WHEN WE HAVE SUPPORT STAFF, TECHNICAL STAFF, ANYBODY SPEAKING TO THIS, PLEASE FIND YOUR WAY UP FRONT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANT SEATS AND WE'LL CATCH YOU.

THERE ARE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS VIRTUALLY, WE'RE BEING RECORDED AT THIS VERY MINUTE.

MAYBE WE CAN ASK ANYBODY WHO DOES COME UP THAT YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT THAT TIME, SO WE ALL KNOW.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO THIS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START BY INTRODUCING A GOOD FRIEND AND THE LEADER AND FACILITATOR, JULIE LANCASTER. SHE'S LOCAL.

SHE ASSISTS US AT THE CITY ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.

SHE'S ACTUALLY HAS MANY CLIENTS AROUND ARIZONA AND BEYOND ARIZONA.

WE UTILIZE HER FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING, FOR COACHING, FOR HELPING WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, STRATEGIC PLANNING, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

SHE'S VERY TALENTED.

ON TOP OF ALL HER SKILLS, SHE'S A VERY GOOD FACILITATOR.

SHE'LL KEEP US ENGAGED AND SHE'LL MAKE MENTION OF SOME GROUND RULES, I GUESS ON THE FRONT END IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME IN GIVING HER AN APPLAUSE AND WE WILL LAUNCH RIGHT INTO THIS THING.

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GOOD AFTERNOON.

THAT'S RIGHT AND I SEE SO MANY FRIENDLY FACES HERE, WHO IS EXCITED TO BE HERE? [BACKGROUND] EXCELLENT.

OH YOU'RE SO GOOD, YOU SHOULD DO THE POLITE THING, YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS SO GOOD.

YOU TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE GET STARTED HAVING A REALLY FANTASTIC AND ENGAGING DISCUSSION.

WILL YOU KEEP FROM THE MORNING YOU'VE DONE THIS, BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT NEW PEOPLE.

WILL YOU TURN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING BESIDE YOU, IN FRONT OF YOU AND IN BACK OF YOU.

WITH ENTHUSIASM AND AUTHENTICITY, TELL THEM YOU ARE SO GLAD THAT THEY ARE HERE, WE'RE TAKING 20 SECONDS.

GO. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] WELCOME BACK TOGETHER.

WHAT WE'RE HAVING IS AN INCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE ALL OPERATING WITH CURIOSITY. YOU'RE WITH ME?

>> YEAH.

>> FANTASTIC. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM EACH OTHER, TO LEARN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SALIENT POINTS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A TIMELINE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

WE'RE ALL REALLY CURIOUS TO HEAR AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

HERE ARE THE GROUND RULES. YOU'RE READY? I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOU TO SHARE THE AIRSPACE.

FOR SOME OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE HARDER THAN FOR OTHERS, IF YOU REALLY LIKE TO TALK.

IF IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO SHARE THE AIRSPACE A LITTLE MORE, MY BODY LANGUAGE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL THE CUES THAT YOU NEED.

[LAUGHTER] THAT MIGHT MEAN IF I COME OVER AND TIFFANY'S TALKING, I'M JUST GOING TO STAND BY HER AND SMILE AND BE NICE, BUT SHE'S GOING TO KNOW THAT MEANS WRAP IT UP.

[LAUGHTER] I'M NOT GOING TO TELL HER WHEN TO STOP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BECOME CLEAR, BUT SHE'S GOING TO THEN KNOW.

ALSO, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT EACH OF YOU OPERATE WITH CURIOSITY AND A COMMUNITY MINDSET, AND ALSO, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THE SAME GOALS.

CAN ANYBODY SHARE WHAT THOSE ARE? I SHOULDN'T EVEN SAY WE.

YOU ALL. I DO TOO, BUT YOU ALL HAVE A BUNCH OF THE SAME GOALS.

WHAT ARE THE SAME GOALS? PLEASE.

>> PROVIDING EXCELLENT HEALTHCARE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> DANG. EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH THAT? PROVIDING EXCELLENT HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS, OUR COMMON VALUE.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE FOLKS AT THE TABLE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BUT BEFORE THAT, MAYOR DEASY, FEW WORDS.

>> THANK YOU. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE FOR THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND IN HERE FOR THE FULL AFTERNOON.

WE'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON COMPARED TO THIS MORNING.

I WILL NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS DECISION, BUT I DID BRING THE GABLE FOR VICE MAYOR HERE [LAUGHTER] TO HELP CLOSE OUT THE SESSION AND JUST KNOW THAT IT'S MULTIPURPOSE SO JIM GETS OUT OF HAND YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

[LAUGHTER] BUT THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE'S COMING THROUGH VIRTUALLY SOMEHOW.

[BACKGROUND] PROBABLY SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO BE MUTED.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. [OVERLAPPING] GREG, WOULD YOU WANT TO START US OFF? JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT AND HE'S GOING TO MODEL HOW TO DO THIS STUFF.

[LAUGHTER] HE'S GOING TO SAY HIS NAME.

HE'S GOING TO SAY HIS ROLE AND HIS ENTITY AND THEN HE'S GOING TO SAY WITHIN ONE WORD, ONE ASPECT THAT HE'S EXCITED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT. CAN YOU DO IT?

>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS GREG CLIFTON, I SERVE AS YOUR CITY MANAGER.

THE ONE THING I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS COMMUNITY.

>> GREG STOLE MY WORD.

[LAUGHTER] I'M CHRISTINE ARUMOCAVA.

I'M WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I WORK WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING THAT'S HERE TODAY AS WELL AS ENGINEERING.

I GUESS MY WORDS SINCE I CAN'T HAVE COMMUNITY WOULD BE EXCITEMENT. I'M EXCITED.

>> I'M REGINA SALAS, SERVING ON COUNCIL FOR THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS.

MY WORD FOR THE WEEK IS SYNERGY.

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>> [INAUDIBLE] ON COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL APPARENTLY FOR THREE YEARS, NINE MONTHS.

[LAUGHTER] MY WORD IS EMERGING TECH. THAT'S ONE WORD.

>> MIRANDA SWEET, I SERVE AS VICE MAYOR AND MY WORD IS KNOWLEDGE.

>> I'M JIM MCCARTHY, I'M IN MY SIXTH YEAR ON CITY COUNCIL AND MY WORD [OVERLAPPING] IS INFORMATION.

>> MY NAME IS WHITNEY CUNNINGHAM.

I'M AN ATTORNEY HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, BUT THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].

I WORK FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE ON THIS PROJECT AND MY WORD IS SOLUTIONS.

>> STEVE EISS, THE VICE PRESIDENT CONSTRUCTION REALTY DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE AND MY WORD IS CLARITY.

>> MY NAME IS MICHELLE MCNULTY, I'M THE PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND MY WORD IS DIRECTION.

>> MY NAME IS TIFFANY ANTOL, YOUR ZONING CODE MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND MY WORD IS FINISH LINE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> FANTASTIC. I'VE BEEN A VENTURE TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AGREES WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S WORD.

>> YES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SHIMONI.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SHIMONI, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU, C. ANDREW AND JULIE.

HI EVERYBODY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

ADAM SHIMONI, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

MY WORD IS WELLNESS.

>> FANTASTIC. GREAT. WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY, EXCITEMENT, SYNERGY, EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION, SOLUTION, CLARITY, DIRECTION, FINISH LINE, AND WELLNESS.

[LAUGHTER] GREAT.

TO START US OFF, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO IS SPEAKING, IF YOU'RE AT THE TABLE SHOULD BE FINE BECAUSE THERE ARE MICS HERE.

BUT IF FOR SOME REASON SOME FOLKS FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY, JUST KIDDING.

[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE NOT THE PEANUT GALLERY.

BUT IF SOME FOLKS FROM OVER HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR RUN UP HERE.

MAYBE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE OR MAYBE COME TO THE PODIUM SO THAT FOLKS WHO ARE JOINING US REMOTELY ALSO CAN HEAR.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED? WE WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH A STAFF SUMMARY OF THE TIMELINE TO DATE AND THE PROCESS AND HAVING SOME SALIENT TALKING POINTS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SCRIBBLE THEM DOWN AND WE'LL ASK WHOEVER'S PRESENTING TO THEN, OF COURSE, OPEN IT UP WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT FROM WHOEVER'S PRESENTING TO SHARE THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THE PACE IS ALLOWING FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR TO SHARE.

LET ME SAY MY STATEMENT POINT SO THAT THERE'S SOME BREATHING ROOM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN JUMP IN AND REALLY HAVE A DYNAMIC CONVERSATION.

WITH THAT, WHO ARE WE PRESENTING, TIFF? WONDERFUL. CAN WE GIVE HER A HAND?

>> THANK YOU. TIFFANY, INTEL ZONING CODE MANAGER, THIS IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN NORMALLY.

I'M JUST A COUNCIL AND I JUST GET TO SEE COUNSEL AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN THE BACKGROUND.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHERE I COULD SEE EVERYBODY'S FACES. GOOD LUCK.

[LAUGHTER] FIRST THING I WANTED TO GO THROUGH TODAY WAS THE PROJECT HISTORY, JUST GIVING YOU WHAT UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIME THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAD A PREOCCUPATION MEETING WITH THE NAH TEAM BACK IN JULY OF 2019.

THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD ABOUT THE HOSPITAL PROJECTS.

CERTAINLY, THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS THAT IT STARTED EARLIER IN THAT YEAR, BUT WE DID HAVE THAT FORMAL PRE-APPLICATION MEETING THAT DISCUSSED, TALKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES, DIRECTIONS THAT WE MIGHT PURSUE IN REGARDS TO THE APPLICATION.

FROM THERE TIME WENT BY.

WE PICKED UP THE CONVERSATION AGAIN IN EARLY 2020.

THEN STARTED REALLY GETTING INTO CONVERSATIONS LATE IN 2020.

FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER OF 2020, WE WERE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT APPLICATIONS WOULD NEED TO OCCUR IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS APPLICATION FORWARD.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS WERE DISCUSSED.

I'LL WALK THROUGH BRIEFLY WHAT WE'VE DECIDED WAS BEST ROUTE.

IN JANUARY OF 2021,

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WE STARTED PRE-SCOPING.

THERE WERE SOME BIG CHANGES THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE REGIONAL ROAD NETWORK TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT.

ONCE WE RECEIVED THAT PRE-SCOPING, WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME STEPS BACK, MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING IT RIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE IF WE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT AND NAH HAD MOVED FORWARD WITH DESIGNS WITH THE ROAD NETWORK THAT WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO WORK.

FROM THERE, WE STARTED MEETING REGULARLY WITH NAH UNTIL THEIR OFFICIAL APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN APRIL OF 2021.

I'M JUST GOING TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT AS STAFF WE MUMBLE ABOUT.

BUT EVERY APPLICATION GOES THROUGH A TWO-STEP REVIEW.

WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT A SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW.

EVERY APPLICATION THAT WE SEE GOES THROUGH THESE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES.

FIRST UP, ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETE MEANS YOU'VE CHECKED ALL OF THE BOXES ON THE APPLICATION.

STAFF HAS EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO START THAT SUBSTITUTIVE OR WHAT IS THAT REAL REVIEW.

ONCE WE RECEIVED THAT APPLICATION IN APRIL OF 2021, OUR FIRST SET OF INCOMPLETE COMMENTS WERE THEN ROUTED THROUGH OUR INNER DIVISIONAL STAFF REVIEW TEAM, OR IDS, AS I'LL CALL IT FOR SHORT, WERE DELIVERED THE NEXT MONTH IN MAY.

IT TOOK US ABOUT FIVE ROUNDS OF COMMENTS AND RESUBMITS TO GET THAT APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE.

ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WERE DEEMED ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE FEBRUARY 25TH OF 2022.

YOU CAN SEE THAT TOOK A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED, A LOT OF IMPACT ANALYSIS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT A REGULAR REZONING CASE WOULD REQUIRE.

IN TERMS OF SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW, WE DID START THAT REVIEW ON FEBRUARY 25TH.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN IN THAT SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW.

THIS IS WHEN STAFF IS MAKING THIS NEEDS TO GO HERE AND WHERE NOT JUST THAT WE'RE MISSING THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.

THAT IS A SHARED TIMELINE BETWEEN THE CITY AND NAH.

WHEN THE CITY HAS THE APPLICATION, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

WE'RE THEN RETURNING IT FOR CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS.

IT'S GOING BACK OUT TO NAH, THEY'RE TAKING THEIR TIME WITH IT.

PART OF THAT SET OF MONTHS IS IN A BACK-AND-FORTH.

THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO DATE FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE.

WE HAVE A MINOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN.

WE HAVE A CONCEPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, AND WE HAVE A DEVELOPED AGREEMENT.

I GROUP THOSE ENTITLE THEM THE ENTITLEMENT APPLICATIONS BECAUSE IT'S JUST EASIER TO SAY THAN READING OFF ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TITLES.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE ALSO ALREADY REVIEWED A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE HOSPITAL ITSELF BECAUSE THIS IS A MUCH LARGER PROJECT THAN JUST THE HOSPITAL.

WE'VE ALSO REVIEWED A CONCEPT PLAN FOR HOW THIS LARGER ACREAGE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO SUB PARCELS.

WE'VE ALSO STARTED THE REVIEW OF A SITE PLAN FOR THE HOSPITAL SPECIFICALLY IN THE AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER TOGETHER.

THAT SITE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS IN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT EACH OF THESE APPLICATIONS DO.

THE MINOR REGIONAL PLAN AMENDMENT, THERE ARE FOUR PIECES TO THIS.

WE NEED TO AMEND MAPS TO CHANGE THE AREA TYPE WITHIN A FUTURE SUBURBAN ACTIVITIES CENTER FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TO REGIONAL SCALE.

THIS HOSPITAL FACILITY, THE NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE VILLAGE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE A REGIONAL ATTRACTION.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE ACTIVITY CENTER THAT SERVES THIS AREA MATCHES THAT DESIGNATION.

WE WOULD ALSO BE AMENDING MAPS TO 21, 22, AND 24 BY MOVING THE CENTER POINT OF THE FUTURE SUBURBAN ACTIVITY CENTER.

THE LOCATION OF THE ACTIVITY CENTER OF WHERE IT IS NOW IS AT WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A FUTURE ROAD INTERSECTION AND WAS ALIGNED WITH WHAT WAS A PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT CENTER MANY YEARS AGO.

THIS WOULD TAKE THE HEART OF THAT ACTIVITY CENTER AND PLACE IT RIGHT OVER WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS LOCATED.

THEN AMEND MAP 21 TO DESIGNATE

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USUALLY, WE'RE FIGHTING AND LOSING EMPLOYMENT AREAS WITHIN THE REGIONAL PLAN, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE GAINED EMPLOYMENT AREA.

THEN LASTLY, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIG ONE WHICH IS TO AMEND MAP 25 TO REALIGN A FUTURE CIRCULATION ROAD CORRIDOR, SPECIFICALLY BEULAH.

THE TOP OF THIS MAP, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHAT EXISTS TODAY AND THE REGIONAL PLAN.

THAT WOULD HAVE CALLED FOR BEULAH BOULEVARD TO HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM ITS CURRENT ALIGNMENT AND MOVE FURTHER TO THE WEST AND THEN CLOSER TO FORDTAT HILL BASICALLY ALONG ITS BORDER AND THEN COMING BACK AND CONNECTING WITH THE JOHN WESLEY BOULEVARD.

THE REASON WHY THIS ALIGNMENT WAS THERE IS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A DOTTED DASHED ORANGE LINE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH I17.

THERE IS A FUTURE INTERREGIONAL PLAN MAP.

THERE IS A FUTURE UNDERPASS PROPOSED HERE AT THIS LOCATION.

IT WAS THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT THE REGIONAL PLAN WAS DEVELOPED THAT THE ALIGNMENT NEEDED TO BE PUSHED FURTHER BACK IN ORDER TO MAKE THE GRADES WORK TO ALLOW BEULAH OR TO ALLOW FOR THIS ROAD CONNECTION UNDER I17.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO SHOW THAT LEAVING BEULAH IN PLACE CAN STILL WORK WITH THIS PROPOSED INTERSECTION.

HOWEVER, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT INTERSECTION WHEN BILLED WILL BE DEPRESSED FROM ITS EXISTING LOCATIONS, SO IT WILL MOVE DOWN IN TERMS OF GRAY TO ACCOMMODATE A FUTURE UNDERPANTS.

THE SPECIFIC PLAN.

I CAN'T EVEN READ THAT FROM AS FAR AWAY, BUT A SPECIFIC PLAN IS [LAUGHTER] DETAILED ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN THAT PROVIDES A GREATER LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

THE SPECIFIC PLAN ON OTHER THINGS CONTROLS THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO EXISTING AND PLANNED WAY.

FLOODPLAINS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, USE OF LAND, BUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES, THE HEIGHTENED BULK OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THAT OPEN SPACE AROUND BUILDING STRUCTURES.

THIS PROPOSED SPECIFIC PLAN MAKES MODIFICATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE FLUX DENSITY CODE.

IT'S GOING TO ALTER BUILDING PLACEMENT STANDARDS FOR SOME VERY SPECIFIC REASONS.

THE HOSPITAL NEEDS TO BE SETBACK FURTHER FROM I17.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NOISE ISSUE BECAUSE THIS IS A CARE FACILITY, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING RESPITE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF NOISE.

FOR ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.

THE HOSPITAL WILL BE A VERY LARGE, UNIQUE BUILDING, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THIS BUILDING ACCORDING TO THOSE SPECIFIC STANDARDS.

THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE REVISED LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.

BICYCLE PARKING, DON'T WORRY, IT'S ONLY AN INCREASE.

IT'S NOT A DECREASE, IT'S BICYCLE PARKING.

PARKING LOTS DESIGN THE LAYOUT IS A VERY MINOR CHANGE TO A PARKING GARAGE.

SOME CHANGES TO OUR DEFINITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT USES ARE PROPERLY CALLED OUT FOR.

I GUESS I LEFT OUT POTENTIALLY BUILDING HEIGHT, THAT'S THE BIG ONE.

THE DEVELOPMENT USE AND FORM TABLES FOR SPECIFIC USES, AS WELL AS BUILDING PLACEMENT AND BUILDING FORM REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS BUILDING HEIGHTS.

ONE OF THE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REQUESTS THAT COMES OUT OF THIS SPECIFIC PLAN IS FOR AN INCREASED BUILDING HEIGHT ON ONE PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE ENTIRE HEALTHCARE VILLAGE.

THAT'S FOR A BUILDING HEIGHT OF 160 FEET.

THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BUILDING HEIGHT IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF UNDER ANY ZONING CATEGORY BY 100 FEET.

LASTLY, WE'VE GOT A CONCEPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

THIS ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IS 472.6 ACRES IN TOTAL.

RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY IS ZONED, A COMBINATION OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL, ESTATE RESIDENTIAL, AND A TINY LITTLE SLIVER OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IT WOULD ALL BE REZONED TO HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL WHICH IS THE PRIMARY CATEGORY, AND 109.7 ACRES.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ABOUT 27.8 ACRES, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, 35.2 ACRES.

I WOULD NOTE THAT, THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONE IS BEING APPLIED TO OPEN SPACE PERSONAL.

PUBLIC FACILITIES ALLOWS MORE ACTIVE RECREATION THAT ARE OPEN SPACE ZONING CATEGORY, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY PUBLIC FACILITIES IS CHOSEN HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE FOR AWHILE NOW, AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE STILL HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES.

PLACES WHERE WE NEED TO OVERCOME, GET DIRECTION, THINGS WE NEED TO RESOLVE; I'M TRYING TO USE ALL YOUR KEYWORDS, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.

I'LL APOLOGIZE THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL I'M GOING TO THROW

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THIS IS A BIG ONE. IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

THE ROADWAY DESIGN FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE SERVICE OF TRANSIT TO THE SITE, AND FIRE SERVICE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THOSE OTHER TWO OUTSTANDING ISSUES WITH BUILDING HEIGHT IT'S AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE OR THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS PROPOSED AT 160 FEET BUT I WOULD NOTE THAT THE BUILDING IS NOT ACTUALLY AS PROPOSED 160 FEET.

HAVE SITE PLAN DOCUMENTS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND WE DON'T HAVE AS PART OF THE ENTITLEMENT APPLICATIONS, BUT THAT'S SITE PLAN REALLY SHOWS THAT THE BUILDING IS ABOUT AT IT'S TALLEST; 142 FEET, AND THAT INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT IS THE ELEVATOR PENTHOUSE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ZONING IT'S HARD TO SAY.

NORMALLY WE DON'T COUNT THE ELEVATOR PENTHOUSE, THERE ARE PARTS OF ELEVATOR AND STAIRWELL BULKHEADS THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY COUNT AS PERKS OF BUILDING HEIGHTS THAT ARE NORMAL DISTURBANCE ABOVE A REGULAR BUILDING ROOF LEVEL.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS IT'S HARD TO SAY WE GENERALLY ALLOW THOSE ELEVATOR BULK HEIGHTS TO GO ABOUT 15 FEET ABOVE WHAT THAT NORMAL HEIGHT WOULD BE, BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OVER THAT HEIGHT.

THAT 142 FEET IS TO THAT HIGHEST TOP OF AN ELEVATOR PENTHOUSE WHICH IS THE SMALLEST PORTION OF A LARGE BUILDING, AND THEN THE BULK OF THE BUILDING ITSELF WHICH IS REALLY THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER OF THE HOSPITAL IS ABOUT AT 112 FEET AND THEN THE PARKING GARAGE JUST FOR ASSOCIATION IS AT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 65 FEET.

WITH THAT THE OTHER OUTSTANDING ISSUE I WOULD ALSO MENTION AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON THAT ISSUE IS THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING HOSPITAL AND WHAT WILL OCCUR WITH THAT SITE.

THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THIS CURRENT ENTITLEMENT PROJECT AND THERE ARE ONGOING EFFORTS.

MICHELLE MCNULTY IS HERE, AND SHE'S AN EXPERT ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EXISTING HOSPITAL SITE.

I'M TRYING TO FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON THIS SITE AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME ON THE EXISTING SITE OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD COME UP.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SIGNIFICANT OUTSTANDING ISSUES.

FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS.

OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM IS HERE, THAT'S JEFF BOWMAN AND STEPHANIE SANTANA.

THEY HELP PREPARE THESE SLIDES.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RUN UP HERE, SO I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR THEM.

OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE A SEGMENT ANALYSIS FOR THE INTERNAL REGIONAL ROADWAYS. I'LL BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU.

WHAT A SEGMENT ANALYSIS HELPS US DETERMINE IS WHAT THE SIZE OF THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TWO LANES, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FOUR LANES.

A ROUNDABOUT ANALYSIS FOR INTERNAL INTERSECTIONS.

WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE PLACES WHERE THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR SINGLE-LANE ROUNDABOUTS, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR DUAL-WAY ROUNDABOUTS.

THE AIRPORT TI INTERSECTION AND BRIDGE AND MITIGATED CONFIGURED CONFIGURATIONS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT AIDAN IS LOOKING AT REPLACING THE INTERSECTION BRIDGE COMING UP VERY SOON.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING IT WITH ONLY A TWO-LANE BRIDGE.

IT REALLY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE A FOUR-LANE BRIDGE IF NOT NOW, VERY SHORTLY IN THIS FUTURE IF THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL POSSIBLE AVENUES, BUT THERE ARE EXISTING ROUNDABOUTS THAT SERVE THAT PARTICULAR BRIDGE AND HOW THOSE ROUNDABOUTS THEY'VE BEEN MITIGATED AND HOW THEY CAN FIT IN EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY, IS AT EXISTING LOCATIONS.

ALSO REGIONAL ROADWAY INTERSECTION SPACING ANALYSIS AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH ROADWAY INTERSECTIONS LOCATED ONSITE.

I HAVE A MAP THAT I'LL TRY TO SHOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND THEN I'LL CITE MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

ON ANY DEVELOPMENT CASE THERE ARE ON-SITE MITIGATION AND OFF-SITE MITIGATION STRATEGIES, SO THIS IS STILL ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO COME TO A CONCLUSION ON.

JUST AS A NOTE COCONINO COUNTY HAS REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A SPECIAL EVENTS SCENARIO ANALYSIS.

THIS WAS NOT A REQUEST.

WE DOCUMENTED IT AS PART OF THE FINAL TIA SCOPING DOCUMENT.

IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING REQUEST BY COCONINO COUNTY TO SEE SOME OF THIS WORK COMPLETED.

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THIS MAP MIGHT BE A LITTLE SMALL FOR YOU, BUT THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY ROADS WITHIN THE PROJECT BOUNDARY.

BEULAH BOULEVARD IS THE BIG ONE.

THIS LOOKS AT IMPROVING BEULAH BOULEVARD THROUGH ITS ENTIRE EXTENT FROM LAKE MARY ROAD OUT TO THE PROJECT LOCATION AND BEYOND.

BEULAH IS A MINOR ARTERIAL, IT IS A FOUR LANE ROADWAY.

BECAUSE BEULAH IS ON ONE SIDE WITH I7 WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROVING A RURAL LANE SECTION ON THAT SIDE FOR GUTTER SIDEWALK ON THE SIDE CLOSEST TO I75 AS THERE ARE NO PARTICULAR PROPERTIES THAT ACCESS THAT LOCATION.

OF COURSE BIKE LANES AND OF COURSE A MULTIMODAL PATH ON THE ALTERNATIVE SIDE.

HEALTHCARE OF BOULEVARD IS THE SMALLEST LEG OF THESE ROADWAYS THAT YOU SEE.

IT'S ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THAT PROPERTY, BUT ON THIS MAP THE WAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT OR IT IS THAT WAY.

HEALTHCARE BOULEVARD IS ALSO A MINOR ARTERIAL DESIGNED TO HAVE FOUR LANES AS WELL.

MULTIMODAL PASS ON BOTH SIDES, NO ON-STREET BIKE LANES.

HEALTHCARE BOULEVARD WILL BE A ROAD WAY THAT EVENTUALLY EXTENDS AND CONNECTS WITH WOODY MOUNTAIN ROAD, IT IS ANOTHER LARGE ARTERIAL ROAD CONNECTION THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE MADE AT FLAGSTAFF.

LASTLY, YOU HAVE PURPLE SAGE WHICH IS AN EXISTING ROAD NOW.

IT WILL BE RELOCATED AND IMPROVED OBVIOUSLY FROM ITS EXISTING.

IT'S A COLLECTOR LEVEL ROADWAY ALONG WITH WELLNESS LOOP WHICH IS A LOOP OF ALONG THE BACKSIDE WHICH IS ALSO A COLLECTOR ROADWAY.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE MISSING HERE IS THERE'S A MISSING CONNECTION LINK WHERE THE TRIANGLE DOESN'T CLOSE AND THAT IS OFF, OF THE NORTHERN ARIZONA PROPERTY SITE.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN STAFF AND THE APPLICANT.

RIGHT NOW THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS HAVE INCLUDED ROUNDABOUTS AT THE END OF HEALTHCARE AND AT THE END OF WELLNESS LOOP.

STAFF WOULD STILL URGE THAT THESE ROADWAYS BE COMPLETED OR THAT WE REACH SOME AGREEMENT AS UTILITIES ALSO NEED TO BE EXTENDED THAN THESE QUARTERS PORT OR AT LEAST WITHIN ONE PORT AND SETTING THOSE UTILITIES RIGHT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT WILL BE A FUTURE ROADWAY BED WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT PLACE OF AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON AN ADJACENT DEVELOPER AS THEY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.

LASTLY, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONS.

WHAT DOESN'T SHOW WELL ON THIS MAP ARE, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS PROPOSED AT WHERE BOTH PURPLE SAGE AND HEALTHCARE BOULEVARD CONNECT WITH BEULAH BOULEVARD.

BUT INTERNAL TO THE SITE, THERE ARE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS PROPOSED AT THE ENTRANCES FOR THE HOSPITAL.

THAT IS BASICALLY ON HEALTHCARE BOULEVARD AND PURPLE SAGE.

THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE TOO CLOSE.

WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS.

ROUNDABOUTS, MAYBE A RESOLUTION OR MAYBE A POSSIBILITY TO SOLVE SOME OF THOSE PROXIMITY ISSUES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.

PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION.

THIS FOCUSES ON THE PRIORITIZATION OF IMPACTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE SUBJECT.

IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND WHAT NAH HAS PROPOSED TO US TODAY, THE PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION IS LOOKING AT FOCUSING ON PRIORITIZATION OF IMPACTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE SUBJECT AREA OVER OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT PROPOSES TO COMPLETE IMPROVEMENTS TO BEULAH BOULEVARD PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY OF THE HOSPITAL OR AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY, AND THAT NAH WILL SUIT SUPPORT THE CITY WITH FUTURE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT NAH WILL COMPLETE A SECOND TIA AFTER INITIAL BASIS OF OCCUPANCY.

THIS IS ALL BASED OFF OF A CURRENT INTERNAL DRAFT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT THIS IS WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY PROPOSED AS MITIGATION IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO DATE.

TRANSIT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT.

TODAY, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE APPLICANT DOES PROPOSE TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER.

THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CALLS OUT THE TRANSIT SERVICE WILL INCLUDE PARATRANSIT SERVICE, NO COST TRANSPORTATION FOR AMBULATORY DISCHARGED PATIENTS, AND EITHER POINT-TO-POINT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OR ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

BUT THAT IS THE BULK OF THE DETAILS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TODAY. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

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THE PROJECT REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TO THE CITY'S FIRE PROTECTION AND SERVICE DELIVERY DEMANDS.

ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE TAKING WHAT ISN'T URBAN FACILITY TODAY AND MOVING IT FURTHER OUT FROM OUR URBAN CORE.

AN AREA WHERE WE HAD NOT ANTICIPATED MAYBE THE EXPANSION OR INTENSITY OF USE, BUT ALSO THE INCREASE IN BUILDING HEIGHT AND ENHANCEMENT TO CURRENT CAPABILITIES ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.

BOTH NAH AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF MUTUALLY AGREED TO WORK THROUGH A STANDARDS OF COVER ANALYSIS FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE A RISK ANALYSIS IF NEEDED, SERVICE LEVELS AND A GAP ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS MISSING.

THIS PARTICULAR ANALYSIS IS OUTSTANDING.

IF WE WAIT TO RECEIVE THIS LEVEL OF INFORMATION, WE WILL PUSH PAST THE DEADLINE FOR WHICH NAH WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS APPLICATION FORWARD.

I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT HERE THIS REALLY QUICKLY.

I'M ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE.

I'M HOPING YOU'RE GOING TO COME STAND NEXT TO [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL STAFF SUGGESTIONS.

WHEN I REFERENCED THE INNER DIVISION STAFF TEAM, THERE ARE A WHOLE LARGE GROUP OF US.

THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT ARE LOUDER THAN OTHERS OR FEEL OR SEE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.

BUT I DON'T WANT MY OTHER PARTNERS TO SEE THEY'RE NOT AS IMPORTANT OR THEIR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN DISREGARDED IN ANY WAY.

OUR SUSTAINABILITY TEAM, OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM HAVE ALL MADE COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THIS PROCESS AND WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE LOTS WITH THIS PROJECT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO FOCUS ON IS TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CODIFIED.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT AND GETTING AS POLICIES ADOPTED THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE CODIFIED IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU'RE MOVING A MAJOR EMPLOYER FROM THE CENTER OF TOWN IN FLAGSTAFF OUT TO THE OUTSKIRTS.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NAH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ENCOURAGING ACTIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE KNOW THAT MOST PATIENTS WILL NOT BE USING THESE ACTIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WHEN VISITING THOSE HOSPITAL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF STAFF THAT WORK HERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ADMINISTRATOR WORKERS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN USE ALTERNATIVE MODES, MAYBE NOT THE ER DOCTOR. WE GET THAT.

BUT WE STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT.

ALSO, THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND CARBON NEUTRALITY.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS ON ALL PROJECTS TO TRY TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT SUPPORT THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY, AS WELL AS OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

TODAY, NAH HAS COMMITTED TO BEST EFFORTS AND IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES.

THEY'VE CREATED A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT INCLUDES LOTS OF REALLY GREAT OPTIONS.

THERE ISN'T AN OFFICIAL COMMITMENT TO ANY OF THOSE.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TO DATE.

>> CAN I USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SUGGESTION? WE'RE IN ADDITION ON THAT LAST BULLET POINT THERE, AND THAT IS DARK SKY COMPLIANCE.

REC RECENTLY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT NAH HAS ITS EYE ON THE BALL ON THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.

I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THIS IN HERE AS PART OF ANY MUTUAL AGREEMENT WE COME THROUGH.

SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE END OF THE DAY THAT OUR NAVAL OBSERVATORY STARTS OFF ON THIS PROJECT, BOTH FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AND WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE OLD SPACE.

>> IT'S GOOD POINT. I HADN'T BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. DEFINITELY, WE'VE MET WITH THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY ON THIS PROJECT.

STAFFS BIGGEST CONCERN TO DATE HAS BEEN WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING AND THE INCREASE.

BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE NORM, WHAT OUR CODES WOULD MANAGE.

WE ARE TRY AND WORK WITH THE APPLICANTS.

>> I IMAGINE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WINDOW CURTAINS OPEN AT NIGHT.

THAT'S HARD TO CONTROL AND ACCOUNT FOR IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

BUT SOME EDUCATION TECHNIQUES CAN GO IN THERE, MAYBE SOME RULES ABOUT HOW THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDINGS ARE LIT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> WE THINK WE CAN COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON THAT.

I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTROL IT THROUGH AN AUTOMATED PROCESSES.

>> I PROMISE IT'S ON THE SLIDE.

NEXT STEP IS THE HOUSING EMERGENCY.

EARLY ON BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTIVITY CENTER, WE PUSHED HARD TO GET SOME HOUSING WITHIN THIS ACTIVITY CENTER.

NAH HAS DEFINITELY RECIPROCATED.

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THIS DOES COME IN IN EARLY PHASE, SO THIS IS GREAT.

THERE ARE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES BEING UTILIZED.

THERE'S NO COMMITMENT TO THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STANDARDS WITHIN THE ZONING CODE.

THEN LASTLY, PARKS.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION.

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIES A NEED FOR ACTIVE RECREATION FACILITIES IN THIS AREA.

I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING ME, BUT TIFFANY, THAT'S RIGHT.

THE EXPORT TUNNEL, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE REGIONAL PARK. WE DON'T DISAGREE.

BUT THAT MASTER PLAN IS LOOKING FOR ACTIVE RECREATION THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY FOUND IN THAT REGIONAL PARK.

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS INCLUDING A PARK-LIKE AMENITY AND WE ARE WORKING TO ENCOURAGE NAH TO INCLUDE SOME ACTIVE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.

OUR LAST REVIEW INCLUDED ITEMS WHERE THERE ARE SMALL WORKOUT STATIONS ALONG THE FOOT TRAIL AT BUFFALO PARK, YOU SEE THOSE WORKOUT STATION SPINNING THESE,.

WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT EVENTUALLY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

I'M JUST GOING TO BE RELIABLE TO STAY OPTIMISTIC.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE WE GO.

>> THEN I'M GOOD WITH WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL.

THE EXPERTS ARE HERE IN THE ROOM.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO THIS STEP WITH THE FIRE CHIEF. HE IS HERE TOO.

HE DIDN'T WANT IT TO JUMP UP AND JOINING A CONVERSATION THAT EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

[LAUGHTER]

>> BEFORE YOU GO, CAN WE FIRST GIVE HER HANDS? LET ME OPEN THIS UP.

DO WE WANT TO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR IT NOW, OR DO WE WANT TO TRANSITION TO NAH SHARING THEIR TALKING POINTS AND THEIR INFORMATION, AND THEN DO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AFTER THAT? THAT'S WHAT [INAUDIBLE]. YES.

>> OF COURSE, TOO NARROW, BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO [INAUDIBLE].

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S COUNSELOR, BY MCCARTHY, MY GOODNESS.

LET'S HOLD OFF THEM. IS THAT OKAY? [OVERLAPPING]

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> I BELIEVE MAKE A NOTE, WONDERFUL. NAH.

>> YEAH.

>> COME ON DOWN.

>> THANKS.

>> CAN WE GIVE A HAND TO STEVE?

>> SO FAR FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] AND TO BE ABLE TO READ OVER THIS.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> YEAH, I GET THERE, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

STEVE WRITES, VICE PRESIDENT, CONSTRUCTION, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR ANY AGE.

THANK YOU, TIFFANY, I THOUGHT YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF CONCISELY CAN PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.

NO, YOU DIDN'T GO TOO FAST.

IT DIDN'T GO TOO SLOW, SO APPRECIATE IT.

I DO THINK THAT WE ARE NEARING A STAGE WHERE WE ARE GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.

IF YOU REMEMBER, MY WORD WAS CLARITY FROM BEFORE AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO THE PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO START A LITTLE BIT TODAY.

JUST TALKING, JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, REMINDING EVERYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING.

JUST A REMINDER OF WHO NAH IS, WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE PROVIDE.

FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE HAS HAD AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO BETTER SERVE PATIENTS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, AND THE COMMUNITY.

MOST OF YOU KNOW US AS FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER OR THE HOSPITAL UP ON THE HILL OR THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER NICKNAMES I'VE HEARD SINCE I JOINED THE COMPANY LAST YEAR, BUT WE ARE REGIONALLY SERVING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT ALSO HAS HOSPITALS DOWN INTO DONA AND COTTONWOOD AND MULTIPLE AMBULATORY BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

WE'RE A NON-PROFIT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

WE'RE GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO BALANCE OUR FINAL DECISIONS WITH RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND NEEDS THAT WE MEET QUARTERLY WITH OUR BOARD.

AT BOARD MEETING ACTUALLY, IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONGOING AS WE SPEAK.

I WOULD SAY THAT SOME OF THE MORNING MEETINGS THIS MORNING, BUT THEY ARE ALSO PUTTING THIS AFTERNOON.

WE ALSO ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN FLAGSTAFF AND ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYEES IN THE REGION.

WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE BASE AND OVER 3,000 EMPLOYEES.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER EVEN HIGHER BY THE WAY, AND THEN WE'LL TOUCH ON IT IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE ALSO SEE NOT ONLY AS A COMMUNITY WELLNESS COMPONENT TO WHAT WE PLAN TO DELIVER, WE ALL SEE THIS IS THE GREAT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR GREAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR THE REGION.

AS PART OF OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT STATUS, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS, WE DO MAKE A PROFIT.

ALL NON-PROFITS HAVE TO MAKE A PROFIT IN SOME CAPACITY.

BUT WHAT IT MEANS IS, WE TAKE ALL OF OUR PROFIT, WE REINVEST THAT REVENUE BACK INTO OUR COMPANY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF FORMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE REINVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE, A GOOD BIT OF OUR PROFIT GETS REINVESTED INTO WAGES FOR OUR STAFF.

DIRECTLY BENEFITING FLAGSTAFF AND THE [INAUDIBLE] MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PAY EXCELLENT WAGES TO OUR TEAMS. THE REST OF THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR FACILITIES.

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IT'S BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT HEALTH CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS OPEN TO ALL REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT MORE IN A SECOND ALSO.

BUT WE ARE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.

WE DO NOT TURN PATIENTS AWAY.

IF YOU COME TO OUR EDV, WE'RE GOING TO SERVE YOU.

I WILL TALK LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, HAVE WE PLAN ON SERVING YOU BETTER AT OUR NEW FACILITY, SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS BETTER WAIT TIMES IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

MAYBE ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE SERVICE AS NOT ONLY FOR FLAGSTAFF BUT AS A REGION, WE ARE THE ONLY LEVEL 1 TRAUMA FACILITY IN NORTH OF ARIZONA.

I THINK THIS POINT CAN BE STRESSED ENOUGH.

THERE ARE 13 LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTERS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, 11 OF THEM RESIDE IN PHOENIX PROPER, ONE OF THEM IS IN TUCSON, WHERE THE ONLY ONE NORTH OF PHOENIX WHERE THE ENTIRE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE, SOUTHERN UTAH, WESTERN NEW MEXICO, WE SERVE A 50,000 MILE RADIUS OF PATIENTS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY, 25 PERCENT OF OUR PATIENTS ARE CONSIDERED FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE DON'T TURN THE PATIENTS AWAY, SERVING AN AREA OF MORE THAN 50,000 SQUARE MILES.

WE ARE SOLE COMMUNITY PROVIDER HEALTH SYSTEM IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, AND 1/3 OF OUR PATIENTS AT FMC ARE ENROLLED MEMBERS OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, NAH PROVIDED MORE THAN $125 MILLION IN CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THESE SERVICES OTHERWISE IN THE FY2021, SO THAT $125 MILLION NUMBER, THAT WAS JUST FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021, IS HOW MUCH WE GAVE BACK IN UNCOMPENSATED CARE FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, MIXTURE OF THAT COMMUNITY, CHARITY CARE, ETC.

WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE OR FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE MATURE.

MOST EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS UNFORTUNATELY PROBABLY HAD TO USE OUR SERVICES OR MAYBE FORTUNATELY IN SOME CASES FOR WHAT WE DO.

BUT WE'VE REALLY OUTGROWN OUR HOME IN FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER.

I THINK THERE IS SOME MISCONCEPTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE JUST DECIDED ONE DAY THAT WE NEEDED A BETTER LOCATION OR WANTED A NEW SHINY HOSPITAL.

IT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE.

THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DUE DILIGENCE WORK DONE IN THE 2019, 2020 TIME FRAME TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT RE-PURPOSING THE EXISTING HOSPITAL.

IT REALLY JUST CAN'T BE DONE.

IT CAN'T BE DONE IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER.

IT CAN'T BE DONE IN A COST-EFFICIENT MANNER, AND IT CAN'T BE DONE IN A TIMELY, EFFICIENT MANNER.

WE ARE CURRENTLY 25 PERCENT SMALLER THAN WHAT A CURRENT HEALTH CARE FACILITY IS IN THE YEAR 2022.

THAT METRIC IS GENERALLY BASED OFF OF GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE UP YOUR HOSPITAL DIVIDED BY LICENSED BEDS.

MODERN HOSPITALS RIGHT NOW ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND 2,300 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE FOR EVERY ONE LICENSED BED, THAT WHAT GIVES US THE CAPABILITIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY FROM A SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE AND IMAGING PERSPECTIVE, LAB, PHARMACY, AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH PATIENT CARE.

WE SIT AT 1,693 SQUARE FEET PER BED, SO WE ARE WOEFULLY UNDERSIZED.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE IS THAT PRESENTS ITSELF IN MULTIPLE FASHIONS.

BOTH FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE BUT ALSO FROM A BACK OF HOUSE PERSPECTIVE WITH OUR ABILITY TO GROW INTO FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES, STORE EQUIPMENT PROPERLY, AND HAVE PATIENTS, HAVE FAMILY VISITORS COME WITH THEM.

THIS AERIAL AND IT SHOWS HOW WE'VE STRETCHED FROM OUR WEST CAMPUS, WHICH ARE EAST CAMPUS.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BRIDGE ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS CONNECTED OUR FACILITY OR INPATIENT BED UNITS.

THEY SPAN ACROSS FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.

ANY OF YOU WHO'VE WORKED IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD, EFFICIENCY IS KEY TO NOT ONLY CLINICAL QUALITY CARE, BUT ALSO EFFICIENCY FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE TO RUN OPERATIONALLY FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE A VERY INEFFICIENT PLATFORM FOR HEALTH CARE.

WE HAVE COBBLED TOGETHER UNITS IN FIVE SEPARATE LOCATIONS WITH VERY ODD STAFFING RATIOS.

OUR ROOMS AREN'T THE SAME AS YOU GO FROM UNIT TO UNIT.

SOME OF THEM ARE BUILT IN DIFFERENT DECADES.

SOME OF THEM HAVE CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES THAT OTHER ROOMS CAN'T ACCOMMODATE.

HEALTH CARE AS A BUSINESS IS MOVING INTO AN OUTPATIENT PLATFORM WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

IT'S NOT ONLY BEEN A DEMAND FROM A PATIENT PERSPECTIVE BUT IT'S BEEN A DEMAND FROM AN INSURANCE AND GOVERNMENTAL PERSPECTIVE TO TRY AND MOVE WHATEVER WE CAN FROM AN INPATIENT SETTING TO AN OUTPATIENT SETTING.

THAT IS THE REASON YOU'RE SEEING WHAT WE ARE SHOWING AS OUR AMBULATORY CARE CENTER.

IF YOU GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU'LL SEE MOST HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT ARE PROVIDING THESE AMBULATORY PLATFORMS WHICH ARE KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR OUTPATIENT CARE WHERE YOU CAN SEE YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, INVENTORY, SURGERY, IMAGING, OUTPATIENT LAB, BLOOD DRAW, ETC.

WE ARE UNABLE TO INTEGRATE THAT AMBULATORY PLATFORM ONTO YOUR EXISTING CAMPUS.

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AFTER THE OUTLETS GROWING ANYTHING ON THE CAMPUS.

JUST AS WE STAND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET OUR PARKING DEMAND.

THIS IS MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT BULLET POINT ON THIS SLIDE, THE BOTTOM ONE, IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD 5,600 DEFERRALS DUTY UNIT CAPACITY, WITH 55 PERCENT OF THOSE BEING FROM FACILITIES ON TRIBAL LANDS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY 12 MONTHS OR IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE DIFFERED 5,600 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO EITHER PHOENIX OR LAS VEGAS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THEM IN OUR FACILITY.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ACUITY.

WE OPERATE AS A VERY HIGH-LEVEL TERTIARY CARE FACILITY.

IT'S VERY RARE WE HAVE TO TURN PATIENTS AWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT CLINICAL SKILL SET TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THEY GOT TURNED AWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TREAT THEM.

AS WE START TO LOOK AT THAT FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S 14, 15 PATIENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY THAT GETS SENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN THAT BOAT, IT REALLY INCREASES THE COST OF HEALTH CARE.

YOU GET SENT OUT TO PHOENIX, YOU GET SENT TO VEGAS.

IF YOUR FAMILY CAN GET UP TO SEE YOU OR DOWN TO SEE YOU, THERE'S INCREASED COSTS IN TRAVEL, HOTEL, ETC. YEAH.

>> CAN YOU ADDRESS THE COVID FACTOR IN THAT NUMBER?

>> I CAN, AND ACTUALLY IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF DEGREES.

WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A TREND SLIGHTLY.

BECAUSE AT NORTHERN ARIZONA HAD COVID HIT, IT'S EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AS IT DID.

WE SAW SOME OF THAT EARLY ON AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE APRIL 2020 TIME FRAME WHERE FMC GOT INUNDATED FROM A COVID PERSPECTIVE.

BUT WE ACTUALLY STARTED TO SEE THAT LEVEL OUT.

THIS 5,600, IF WE ANNUALIZE IT OVER YEARS PAST, IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT OUR AVERAGE IS, AND WE SEE THIS NUMBER ONLY GONE UP IN THE FUTURE, EVEN POST-COVID NOT GOING DOWN IN THE FUTURE.

A FEW MORE DISCUSSIONS AND LIMITATIONS.

YOU'LL SEE WEST CAMPUS OFF TO THE LEFT THERE.

EAST CAMPUS, THAT IS OUR EXISTING CAMPUS WHERE OUR FACILITIES ARE.

IT IS TRUE THAT WE OWN THE PROPERTY FURTHER EAST ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO IN THAT HEALTH PARK.

WE DID LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO TO TRY AND BUILD A NEW HEALTH VILLAGE OVER THERE, INCLUDING NEW INPATIENT FACILITY AND OUTPATIENT FACILITY.

IT REALLY JUST TAKES OUR PROBLEM RIGHT NOW AND EXACERBATES THE PROBLEM.

IT TAKES ONE IS ALREADY ABOUT VERY HORIZONTAL HOSPITAL.

IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE HORIZONTAL.

IT CONTINUES TO PUSH OUR INEFFICIENCIES DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS RULED OUT IN 2019 WHEN THE STUDIES WERE DONE.

THIS IS JUST A SMALL LIST OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE EXISTING CAMPUS AND WHAT OUR 2019 STUDIES SHOWED, WHAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IF WE STAYED AT THE EXISTING CAMPUS.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL SERVICE ON OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER IF WE REPURPOSE THE EXISTING CAMPUS OFFICE BASED LABS, WHICH IS ANOTHER OUTPATIENT SETTINGS FOR VASCULAR AND CARDIAC LABS.

WE DO NOT HAVE OUTPATIENT IMAGING CENTER NOW AND WOULD NOT HAVE ONE IN THE FUTURE.

IN ADDITION, A TRULY INTEGRATED CLINIC AND OFFICE BUILDING WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION ON OUR CAMPUS.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE HOPING TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR NEW CAMPUS IS A TRULY INTEGRATED ONCOLOGY CENTER.

RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE INTEGRATED ONCOLOGY.

WE HAVE ONCOLOGY BROKEN UP OVER MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, AND IT DOES NOT SERVE OUR PATIENTS AS WELL AS WE'D LIKE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM A DETAILED PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE FACING TODAY.

THIS IS A SLIDE I'VE SHOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND HITS HOME, JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CARE PROVIDER IN OUR FACILITY AND TO BE A PATIENT IN OUR FACILITY.

THAT DRAWING IN THE MIDDLE, THE LARGER BLUE PORTION OF THAT DRAWING IS WHAT IS RIGHT NOW TODAY, A CODE MINIMUM ICU ROOM IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THAT IS NOT US OVER DESIGNING OUR ROOMS. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WOULD INSIST THAT WE BUILT AT CODE MINIMUM IN ORDER TO LICENSE IN ICU BED IN ARIZONA TODAY.

THAT RED BOX THAT WE HAVE DRAWN OVER IT IS TWO SCALE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT OUR INTENSIVE CARE UNITS LOOK LIKE TODAY.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE CONSIDERABLY UNDERSIZED FROM INTENSIVE CARE PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS IMAGE HERE IS REALLY EXTRAPOLATES ITSELF OVER THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, BUT ICU BEING AS HIGHLY ACUTE AS IT IS.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT PICTURE TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THAT IS WHAT ONE OF OUR CODE TEAMS LOOKS LIKE TRYING TO PERFORM A CODE ON A PATIENT AND ICU ROOM IN OUR EXISTING ROOMS. YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED BOX WITH THE BLUE BOX BEHIND IT, WE'RE LOSING A COUPLE OF FEET AT THE TOP OF THE ROOM.

THAT COUPLE OF FEET AT THE TOP OF THE ROOM IS WHERE PATIENTS,

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WE HAVE NO ROOM FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH THEM.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN OUR ICU DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY, WE NO LONGER EVEN HAVE AN ICU WAITING ROOM OUTSIDE OF THE UNIT BECAUSE WE'VE BECOME SO INUNDATED WITH STORAGE NEEDS FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE THAT WE HAD TO REPURPOSE OUR WAITING ROOM INTO STORAGE ROOM.

NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE LOVED ONES BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN LET ON THE UNIT ANYMORE.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> RESUSCITATION. THIS IS LIFE-SAVING MEASURES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN OUR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE OFF TO THE RED, WE'RE MISSING A COUPLE OF FEET AT THE FOOT OF A PATIENT.

WHAT THAT MEANS FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THIS PICTURE, IN THAT PARTICULAR PICTURE, YOU SEE WHAT IS THE OVERBED TABLE THAT'S ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE LEFT? THAT IS TYPICALLY THE OVERBED TABLE FOR THE PATIENT WHERE THEIR FOOD MIGHT GO.

IF THEY WERE UP AND EATING, THAT HAS TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT SUPPLIES AND STORAGE IN THE ROOM.

IT GIVES AN INABILITY FOR US TO MEET OUR PATIENTS BEDS FRONT AND BACK, SO WE LOSE ACCESS TO BOTH THE HEAD AND FOOT OF A PATIENT.

I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE.

WHAT DO WE, WANT TO DO? I MEAN ON TOP OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH FROM A POPULATION PERSPECTIVE, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FROM A HEALTHCARE PERSPECTIVE.

AT THE ROOT OF WHAT WE REALLY DO FOR A LIVING, AT NAH IS WE TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS. THAT'S OUR MISSION.

IT'S TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IS OUR MISSION AND IMPROVING OUR PATIENT EXPERIENCE IS WHAT WE THINK IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR ABILITY TO GET THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT UP AND RUNNING.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS NOT AN EXACT REPLICA OF WHAT OUR PATIENT ROOMS WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT THIS IS WHAT A MORE MODERN IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN A HOSPITAL BUILT IN THE LAST FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS.

THIS IS WHAT A HOSPITAL ROOM LOOKS LIKE IN A MORE MODERN FACILITY.

IT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT OUR HOSPITAL IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

MUCH LARGER ROOMS, FULL BATHROOMS IN EVERY ROOM.

THAT RED BOX THAT I SHOWED ON THE LAST SLIDE THAT WAS INCLUSIVE OF THE TOILET FACILITY THAT HAPPENS TO BE IN THOSE ICU ROOMS ALSO, WHICH IS NOT REALLY A TOILET FACILITY.

IT'S MORE OF A BEDPAN WASHING STATION.

THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE BATHROOMS, SHOWERS FOR OUR PATIENTS IN OUR ICU.

THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER WINDOWS AND ALLOWS FOR MORE NATURAL LIGHT AND THE CARE SETTING.

THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IMAGE BEFORE.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN THE ROOM ON WHAT WE FEEL LIKE OUR FACILITY COULD LOOK LIKE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT RUNS EAST, WEST, OR BED TOWER, THAT WAS WHAT TIFFANY WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER.

THE ONE PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT IS QUITE HIGH.

THERE IS A CLINICAL PURPOSES BEHIND THE HEIGHT OF THAT BUILDING.

WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT TIMELINESS AND EFFICIENCY FOR PATIENT CARE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

THAT THE QUICKEST, MOST EFFICIENT, AND SAFEST WAY TO SERVE PATIENTS IN A HOSPITAL SETTING OF THIS SCALE IS VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION AND OUR HORIZONTAL TRANSPORTATION.

OUR EXISTING FACILITY IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE PATIENTS WHO ARE PUSHED HORIZONTALLY 900 FEET FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO GET TO THINGS LIKE SURGERY, TRAUMA CENTER, AND IMAGING.

IN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN, YOU WOULD SEE A VERTICAL CIRCULATION THAT TOOK PATIENTS FROM THEIR ROOMS DOWN TO THOSE SERVICES LIKE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SERVICES, SURGICAL SERVICES.

WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE IS EXPANDED CLINICAL OPTIONS.

THAT INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE ONCOLOGY SERVICES, AS I SAID BEFORE.

THAT'S INFUSION TREATMENT, MET ON SIR JOHN CLINIC ALONG WITH RADIATION ONCOLOGY.

WE ARE HOPING TO BRING A WOUND AND HYPERBARIC PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A WOUND AND HYPERBARIC PROGRAM IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A HIGH PATIENT POPULATION THAT COULD USE IT.

CONVENIENT OUTPATIENT IMAGING.

RIGHT NOW WITHIN FLAGSTAFF PROPER, WE DON'T HAVE CONVENIENT OUTPATIENT IMAGING.

NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPETITOR THAT HAS IT.

THEN EASY ACCESS OF THE I-17 AND I-14.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT 60 PERCENT OF OUR PATIENT POPULATION AT FMC COMES FROM OUTSIDE OF FLAGSTAFF PROPER.

WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING FACILITY WHO MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND THINK THAT IT IS A BURDEN FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE TO GET TO A NEW LOCATION FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE ACCESS OFF OF I-75 AND I-40 WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE MUCH BETTER EASE OF ACCESS AND CARE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID WANT TO SHOW SINCE WE SHOWED THIS IMAGE THAT DOES SHOW SOME OF THE SCALE INSIGNIFICANCE OF OUR BUILDING.

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THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS.

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT WHICH SHERRY MENTIONED FROM A SOUND ATTENUATION PERSPECTIVE BETWEEN THE I-17 IN OUR FACILITY.

BUT ONE OF OUR DESIGN CONCEPTS IS TO REALLY INTEGRATE THIS ENTIRE MEDICAL CENTER, AMBULATORY CARE CENTER INTO ITS FOREST ENVIRONMENT THAT SURROUNDS IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THE FOREST AROUND US AS POSSIBLE.

THAT INCLUDES A 22 ACRE WELLNESS RETREAT, WHICH WILL BE UNTOUCHED LAND TO THE WEST OF US.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT IN ACTUAL CONCEPT OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM CERTAIN LOCATIONS AROUND THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HOSPITAL IN MOST CASES REALLY DOES DISAPPEAR, SO THAT LARGER IMAGE TO THE RIGHT IS OUR VIEW FROM TITLE FROM THE COUNTY PARK.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE.

THESE WERE ALL DONE USING MAPPING SOFTWARE OF ACTUAL TRUE LOCATIONS, BUILDING LOCATIONS, AND USING RELOCATIONS FROM MAPPING PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE TRUE CONDITIONS.

THEN THIS IS OUR VIEW FROM BEULAH COMING IN AT THE MAIN HOSPITAL ENTRANCE.

AS YOU TURNED ONTO THE CAMPUS AND HEADED INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE, YOU'LL SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE HOSPITAL THAT IS FURTHER ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS ACTUALLY QUITE LOW.

I BELIEVE THE LAST NUMBER I SAW WAS ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS SMALLER THAN 90 FEET.

IT IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUILDING WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE HEIGHT THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO PATIENT CARE AND PATIENT SAFETY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT NEARLY AS LARGE FROM A SCALE PERSPECTIVE AT THE HUMAN SCALE AS IT LOOKS WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM AN AERIAL SETTING UP ABOVE.

HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF IT FROM THE SINCLAIR WASH AND FUT'S TRAILS.

YOU CAN SEE VERY LITTLE BIT OF THE HOSPITAL THAT JUST PEAKS OUT OVER THE TOP OF THE TREES THERE OFF ON THE TOP RIGHT.

I WAS ASKED RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO DECREASE WAIT TIMES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT? I WANT TO POINT TO WHO ASKED ME [LAUGHTER] WHAT CAN WE DO? I'M SURE THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO TO DECREASE THE WAITING TIMES, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IT'S A PAIN POINT FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE AND QUITE HONESTLY IT'S A PAIN POINT FROM AN AGE PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE INTEND TO BE ABLE TO FIX THAT OUR NEW FACILITY.

FOR STARTERS, OUR CURRENT PLANS SHOW AN INCREASE OF OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FROM 19,000 SQUARE FEET TO 33,000 SQUARE FEET.

EVERY BIT OF THAT 33,000 SQUARE FEET IS SINGLE OCCUPANCY ROOMS. WE ARE ALSO FROM OCCUPANCY ON THE INPATIENT SIDE.

ICU MED SURGE, THAT'S ALL SINGLE OCCUPANCY.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 66 DOUBLE OCCUPANCY BEDS.

IF ANY OF YOU EVER SHARED A HOSPITAL WITH ANOTHER PATIENT, IT'S NOT A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE IN MODERN HEALTH CARE ANY LONGER.

WE'RE PROPOSING A SINGLE OCCUPANCY ROOMS FOR ICU, FOR MED SEARCH, FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND OBSERVATION.

WITH A VERY EFFICIENTLY LAID OUT LINEAR TRACK DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT ALLOWS US TO BE RESPONSIVE TO PATIENT VOLUMES, SO THAT'S BOTH FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE AND A PATIENT PERSPECTIVE.

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DOES NOT STAY STEADY ALL DAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF VOLUME IS SPORADIC BY NATURE BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT TRUE.

THERE IS ACTUALLY A RHYTHM AND A PATTERN TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND THERE ARE PEAKS AND VALLEYS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.

THAT'S NOT JUST FOR US. IT'S NOT JUST FOR FLAGSTAFF.

IT'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ALL DO HAVE THEIR PEAKS AND VALLEYS, AND OUR CURRENT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO THAT FROM A PATIENT CARE AND STAFFING PERSPECTIVE.

SWITCHING TO ALL UNIVERSAL EXAM AND TREATMENT ROOMS TO MAXIMIZE CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY.

THAT'S NOT JUST TRUE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S TRUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL.

WE HAVE COMMITTED TO A UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FLEX WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER ACUITY GOES UP OR DOWN FOR OUR REGION IN THE FUTURE.

THE INTRODUCTION OF A LOW ACUITY, QUICK LOOK BAY FASTTRACK AREA TO DECREASE WAIT TIMES.

THAT'S FOR OUR PATIENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE IN AND OUT RIGHT NOW ARE OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAITING ROOM AND INTO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

IS IT REALLY THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT? IT'S THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LICENSED BEDS TO HANDLE ALL OF OUR PATIENTS.

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BACKS UP BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THEM OUT OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND INTO THE HOSPITAL PROPER DUST, SOME THINGS THAT LEAD TO ONE FIVE-AND-A-HALF THOUSAND DEFERRALS A YEAR.

BETWEEN MORE EFFICIENTLY MANAGING THE FRONT END OF OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND THEN HAVING COMPLETE VALVE WITH MORE LICENSED BEDS ON THE BACKEND OF OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WE FEEL WE CAN DECREASE WEIGHT TIMES SUBSTANTIALLY AND

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THEN SEPARATE AREAS TO SUPPORT INTOXICATED PATIENTS WHO HAD BEEN IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WE DO HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF INTOXICATED PATIENTS AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A REALLY SEPARATE THEM OUT AND IT DOES COST TROUBLES SPECIFICALLY WITH SOME OF OUR PATIENTS ON PEDIATRIC SIDE OF THINGS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE CONSIDERING OUR ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT.

WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO RESPECTFULLY INTEGRATE OURSELVES INTO THE NATURAL SETTING OF FOR TUTHILL.

WE FEEL THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS WE HAVE GOING FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP HEALTH CARE FOR THE REGION.

WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION, HELPING SUSTAINABILITY, FORESTRY, AND NUMEROUS OTHER EXPERTS AND LEADERS THROUGH THOSE 18 MONTHS.

I THINK THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BE AS OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH NOT ONLY THE SEA STAFF, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

I'LL TOUCH ON THIS IN A SECOND.

WE'VE HELD NUMEROUS OPEN HOUSES.

WE'VE MET WITH EVERY COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WANTED TO MEET WITH US.

IT'S TRANSPARENT AS I THINK YOU'LL SEE A DEVELOPMENT TEAM B IN OUR EFFORTS TO BRING THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH AN ADVISORY COUNCIL OF NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS AND A NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECTFULLY INTEGRATE THEIR CULTURE INTO OUR HEALING PROCESSES, SEEKING INPUT AND GUIDANCE TO HONOR TRADITIONAL HEALING PRACTICES AND RESPECT THE CULTURE OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

AS I STATED EARLIER, OVER 25 PERCENT OF OUR PATIENTS OR FOR THOSE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

WE TAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP VERY SERIOUSLY.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE EXISTING CAMPUS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEW CAMPUS, BUT I KNOW I CAN'T GET OUT OF A ROOM WITHOUT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING CAMPUS FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S SOME OF YOU IN THE ROOM WHO ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS WITH US AND WE APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ESTABLISH A REDEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WITH CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT WITH A GROUP CALLED PUMA, WHO SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH.

PUMA IS AN URBAN MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE HAD ACTUALLY HIRED A PRE-PANDEMIC TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF COULD BE.

WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THEM TOO, ASKED THEM TO ANNEX OR PROPERTY.

IT'LL BE A WHOLE SEPARATE BODY OF WORK THAN WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, BUT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE BEST SERVE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN.

ALONG WITH PUMA'S HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE FEEL OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A VERY PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH THE EXISTING CAMPUS. OVER TO WHITNEY.

>> LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR STEVE.

>> HE TOLD ME THAT WHEN THE SLIDES START TO HELP WORDS TOO SMALL TO READ THAT HE WAS GOING TO SIT DOWN AND WAS GOING TO STAND UP [LAUGHTER].

>> TWO YEARS AGO I COULDN'T READ IT.

THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]

>> THIS IS A PROJECT [INAUDIBLE] PORTABLE PROGRAMMING THE BETTER.

>> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I THINK WE LOST SOUND IN THE ROOM.

CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A SECOND [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING].

>> CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?

>> IT'S LIKE WE GOT MUTED. IT'S BACK.

>> YES, WE CAN. [OVERLAPPING]

>> GREAT.

>> WOULD IT BE OKAY TO BACK UP JUST A BIT?

>> ADAM, I SAID WE WERE PREPARED TO COMMIT 10 PERCENT TO AFFORDABLE ON THE 350 [LAUGHTER] RESIDENTIAL USERS.

CAN I PLEASE REPEAT THAT?

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.

THEN THE CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS AND THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THESE TYPES OF THINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AROUND.

IT'S 170 ACRES AND IT'S GOING TO BE LARGE PROJECT.

IT DESERVES A ROBUST PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM.

FROM THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE FOLKS,

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I'M INFORMED THAT EVEN TODAY SENATOR SINEMA HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

ARIZONA SURGEON GENERAL CREMONA HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF SUPPORT INDICATING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TYPE OF ORGANIZATION REGIONALLY AS WELL AS THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO EVERY HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AROUND THE NEW PROJECT.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO EVERY HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AROUND THE LEGACY CAMPUS.

WE HAVE MET WITH EVERY ORGANIZATION WHO HAS ASKED TO MEET WITH US.

MANY OF THEM MORE THAN ONCE.

WE HAVE MAILED LETTERS AND WE'LL AGAIN TO OVER 900 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SURROUNDS THE NEW PROJECT WITHIN A HALF-MILE RADIUS.

WE MET WITH THEM TWICE VIA ZOOM.

WE PLAN TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN VIA ZOOM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

FLAGSTAFF IS WORTH ABOUT 70,000.

BY THE TIME THIS PROCESS WILL HAVE CONCLUDED, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE MET FACE-TO-FACE AND SMALL MEETINGS AND ZOOM MEETINGS WITH OVER 10 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE TOWN.

WE HAVE DRAFTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REPORT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED FORMALLY TO THE CITY BEFORE WE'RE DONE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 300 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX LETTERS IN OUR POSSESSION OPPOSING THE PROJECT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DOZEN LETTERS ASKING SERIOUS QUESTIONS, WHICH IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RATIO OF SUPPORT VERSUS OPPOSITION.

AGAIN, OVER 300 INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO'VE SPOKEN OUT IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY, STATE-WIDE, TO SIMPLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE TO UNDERSCORE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STEVE WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE NEED TO PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY CLINICAL CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DESERVE IT AND THE REGION NEEDS IT.

WE CAN'T PROVIDE IT ANY LONGER AND THIS IS THE SOLUTION.

ECONOMICALLY, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF POSITIVE BENEFITS TO THE REGION BUT SPECIFICALLY ALSO TO FLAGSTAFF.

WE'VE HIRED AN ECONOMIST WHO THE REGION, OVER 10,000 JOBS WILL BE CREATED.

A MAJORITY OF THOSE JOBS IS PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR SOME NUMBERS I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER.

WE ASKED OUR ECONOMIST TO GO BACK AND SHARPEN HER PENCIL IN TERMS OF WHAT DOLLARS FLOWED DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.

EVEN THOUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTH CARE IS A NON-PROFIT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT EVADES ALL TAXES.

FOR EXAMPLE IN THE VERY COMPLICATED WAY THAT ARIZONA TAXES CONSTRUCTION, IN AGE GETS SOME BREAKS AS IT CONCERNS MATERIAL BUT TURNS OUT THEY WILL BE PAYING SALES TAX FOR EXAMPLE ON LABOR AND AS A RESULT THIS PROJECT DURING RECONSTRUCTION WILL GENERATE OVER $6.7 MILLION OF SALES TAX AND FLOWS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY.

THAT'S NOT COUNTY, THAT'S JUST TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

ADDITIONALLY, ONGOING TAXES FROM SALES TAX, BBB TAX, TRANSPORTATION TAX, THE OTHER CATEGORIES STATE SHARING.

THE OTHER CATEGORIES THAT FLOW DIRECTLY BACK TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WILL BE MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION PER YEAR IN PERPETUITY AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.

I POINT THESE NUMBERS OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTIONS, WHICH WAS MY WORD, TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT TIFFANY HAD DESCRIBED FOR US INTRODUCING.

WHAT IS ON SCREEN NOW IS A PROPOSED TIMELINE TO GET THIS CASE TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND WE HOPE APPROVAL.

THIS IS A TIMELINE THAT BEGINS OCTOBER 12TH WHICH IS WHEN THE CITY WOULD NEED TO SEND NOTICE TO THE NEWSPAPER TO START WHAT WILL BE A THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UNDER THE CODE BECAUSE OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN THERE ARE THREE MEETINGS BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING THAT ARE REQUIRED AND THEN TWO MEETINGS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY BEGINS TOMORROW BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET GOOD FEEDBACK AND INSTRUCTION FROM THE COUNCIL WE ACTUALLY NEED TO START PUTTING SIGNAGE ON THE PROPERTY AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, SENDING LETTERS OUT TO THOSE 900 FOLKS THAT I HAD MENTIONED.

THIS IS A SCHEDULE THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY BUT I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A SCHEDULE THAT CITY STAFF HAS APPROVED.

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THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADHERE TO THROUGHOUT THIS CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON THIS PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2022.

IF WE CAN'T ADHERE TO THIS SCHEDULE, THEN THIS PROJECT FOLLOWS INTO AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD OF TIME IN 2023 AND I WON'T GO INTO THE ISSUES THAT THAT CREATES BUT MAYBE WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

THAT BEING THE CASE, I THINK THAT THERE ARE, TIFFANY IDENTIFIED THE ISSUES THAT ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT AND THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THEM THAT SHE MENTIONED.

I THINK OVERWRITING, THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS AND TO GET DIRECTION ON.

THEY HAVE TO DO WITH FIRE SAFETY AND WITH TRAFFIC MITIGATION.

AS IT CONCERNS FIRE SAFETY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF BARD HAVE BEEN GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME TO MEET WITH US, EXPRESS WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, AND TO START ENGINEERING WHAT SOME SOLUTIONS MIGHT BE.

AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, ONE THING WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO AND DID DO WAS HIRE EXPERTS TO PREPARE TO FIRE IMPACT ANALYSIS.

WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE THE SAME CONSULTANTS THE CITY IS USING FOR ITS ONGOING STANDARD OF COVER ANALYSIS.

KEVIN ROCHE AND ADAM [INAUDIBLE] FROM FACETS ARE HERE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY, WHICH WAS NOT PLANNED AND HOPEFULLY MIGHT BE A GREAT ADVANTAGE.

[INAUDIBLE] TELLS US THAT THE CITY IS NOT PREPARED TO TAKE ON WITH ITS CURRENT RESOURCES, THE NEW HOSPITAL THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT, IT'S A TALLER BUILDING, IT REQUIRES SPECIAL RESOURCES.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE CHIEF BUT THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AND THIS PROJECT ISN'T WHAT CREATES, AT LEAST NOT ON ITS OWN THE DEFICIT OF RESOURCES.

WHICH IS WHY THE STANDARD OF COVER ANALYSIS WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THIS HOSPITAL IS BEING BUILT ALONG ONE END OF THE JW POWER CORRIDOR WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW IT'S GOING TO EXTEND TO 4TH STREET.

THE STATE RECENTLY SOLD 400 ACRES CLOSER TO THE 4TH STREET THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIALLY.

NORTHEAST OF US IS ANOTHER 400 ACRES THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIALLY.

THE CITY NEEDS ADDITIONAL FIRE PROTECTION RESOURCES.

WE ARE ONE OF THE USERS OF THOSE RESOURCES AND WE CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES.

FOR EXAMPLE, GOING BACK TO THAT ECONOMIC NUMBERS THAT I'D SHOWED, THE CITY'S ECONOMIC IMPACT FEES WE'LL BE HAVING ANY AGE PAY OVER $2 MILLION AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEALTH VILLAGE FACILITIES AND THAT'S AN ADDITION TO THE $6 MILLION OF SALES TAX AND THAT'S AN ADDITION TO THE $1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY OF TAXES THAT ARE DIRECTLY GENERATED BY THIS PROJECT.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE A BIG DOWN PAYMENT ON WHAT NEEDS TO OCCUR TO SOLVE FOR FIRE SAFETY BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COVER THE ENTIRE GAP.

THIS CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH THIS.

OUR DOORS WON'T OPEN UNTIL 2027.

THERE'S TIME, NOT A TON OF TIME, BUT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH HOW IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FIRE SERVICE AND THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE BOARD AND I'M SURE THEY'RE TOO SMALL TO READ ARE WORK PRODUCT THAT THE CHIEF WAS GENEROUS TO PROVIDE OUTLINING SCENARIOS.

CURRENTLY THE CITY IS REALLY BEHIND WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF FIRE SERVICE LEVELS.

PUTTING THREE MEN ON FIRE LADDER TRUCKS THAT OUGHT TO HAVE FOUR FOR EXAMPLE IN WHICH CASE YOU'D HAVE TO CALL MORE UNITS TO INCIDENTS THAN YOU OTHERWISE WOULD.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE ISSUE AND A FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM WHICH IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE SYSTEM AT ANY AGE WANTS TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION BUT I NEED TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING; WE CAN'T SOLVE FOR THE ENTIRE GAP.

THE QUESTION ULTIMATELY THAT HAS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE COUNCIL IS, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY NO TO A HOSPITAL IF THE HOSPITAL CAN'T SOLVE A COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROBLEM? WE HOPE THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO BUT WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

ON TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC IS BOTH MAYBE MORE COMPLICATED BUT THERE MIGHT BE A SOLUTION THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND.

I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT TIFFANY SAID BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THAT SHE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY HERE.

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THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY LOOKED AT 34 INTERSECTIONS IN STREET SEGMENTS.

GOOD LOCATIONS AS FAR AWAY AS 10 MILES FROM THIS PROJECT.

IT LOOKED AT A PERIOD OF TIME OF 24 YEARS AND ALSO THEN BROKE DOWN THAT TIME PERIOD INTO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BY 2025? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BY 2030? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BY THE TIME THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPLETE? I WANT TO POINT OUT AS WELL [INAUDIBLE] IS THE WHOLESALE MOVING FROM THE CURRENT CAMPUS TO THE NEW CAMPUS.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DOESN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THE LIGHTENING OF THE TRAFFIC LOAD DOWNTOWN, NOR DOES THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR WHAT WE ALL EXPECT WILL BE A NEW LONE TREE OVERPASS WHICH WILL PROBABLY PRETTY DRAMATICALLY ALTER WHAT TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE ON THAT CORRIDOR.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND COOPERATIVELY WITH STAFF WHO COME UP WITH.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ITSELF PROPOSES AS MANY AS 81 OFFSITE TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WITH THE CITY AND AGREED THAT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, THERE'S PROBABLY TOO MUCH TO STUDY AND REALLY GET YOUR ARMS AROUND THE FIRST TIME THROUGH.

NAH HAS PROPOSED TO PERFORM A SECOND TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THE 2030 TIMEFRAME OR BEFORE, DEPENDING ON THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE HAVE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF TRAFFIC AT THE NEW FACILITY, ACTUAL NUMBERS OF WHAT DOWNTOWN LOOKS LIKE WITH THE MOVE OF THE HOSPITAL, THESE THINGS.

WITH NEWER AND MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TRAFFIC AND WHAT SHOULD MITIGATION BE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE CONSIDERING AND ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF PHASING THE ZONING REQUEST THAT WE PUT BEFORE YOU.

RIGHT NOW, AS TIFFANY EXPLAINED, WE'RE REQUESTING ZONING INTO THREE ZONES ACROSS THE ENTIRE 170 ACRE PARCEL.

BUT IF THE NEEDS OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS MEAN THAT WE REZONE THE NEW HOSPITAL SIDE AND HOLD EVERYTHING OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT WHILE WE FINISH DOTTING I'S AND CROSSING T'S, THE HOSPITALS OPEN TO THAT IDEA TOO.

THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION LEVERAGE POINT FOR US.

WE NEED TO GET THE HOSPITAL BILLS.

WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE MITIGATION NEEDS TO BE TO OPEN THE HOSPITAL BUT IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE STUDYING TRAFFIC, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT WHERE THE CITY IS NOT GIVING UP ITS LEVERAGED OR ITS CONTROL AND SO WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THOSE.

NAH IS GOING TO BUILD ALL THE ON-SITE TRAFFIC MITIGATION.

THAT'S JUST HOW THAT GOES.

NAH UNDERSTANDS THIS BEULAH NEEDS TO BE WIDE.

ALTHOUGH I THINK COUNSEL INPUT WOULD BE HELPFUL HERE BECAUSE TRAFFIC MITIGATION ON BEULAH MIGHT WIDEN IT TO AS MANY AS FIVE LANES.

OUR PLAN WOULD INCLUDE BIKE LANES, IT WOULD INCLUDE FOOTPATHS.

IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

IF YOU WERE TO BE WIDENED FROM JW POWELL ALL THE WAY TO LAKE MARY ROAD, THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE A $24 MILLION PIECE OF WORK RIGHT THERE.

THE MITIGATION IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE HOSPITAL WOULD INCLUDE IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES THERE NEXT TO FOUR TAUGHT HILL, AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO BE INSTALLED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE.

JUST THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONE, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ON BEULAH, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERCHANGE.

WHEN YOU APPLY A PROPORTIONALITY RATIO, WHAT'S THE HOSPITAL'S TRAFFIC CONTRIBUTION VERSUS WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND CONTRIBUTION? THAT'S ABOUT A $28 MILLION PIECE FOR THE HOSPITAL.

IT'S ABOUT $12 MILLION PIECE FOR THE CITY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S A NUMBER THAT THE HOSPITAL CAN AFFORD.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS JUST PASSED, THERE ARE SOURCES OF MONEY AVAILABLE TODAY THAT WEREN'T AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THAT.

SENATOR SINEMA HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH US TO TRY TO BEGIN TO ACCESS THOSE.

THE HOSPITAL IS VERY INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GRANT WRITING AND ACCESSING THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US SO THAT IF WE CAN FIND THE SOURCES WHERE THE CITY IS NOT PAYING AND THE HOSPITAL IS NOT PAYING, THAT'S ALL THE BETTER.

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YOU HAVE A STUDY THAT REACHES AS FAR AS I 40 AND CONTINENTAL.

IF YOU ADD UP THE OTHER PARTS OF THOSE 81 OFFSITE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC MITIGATION PIECES, NOW YOU'RE TALKING TENS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THE VAST MAJORITY WHICH WOULD FALL TO THE CITY AND ONLY A SMALL SLIVER TO NAH.

IN OUR VIEW, WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS FOCUS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE NEW HOSPITAL AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MITIGATED APPROPRIATELY.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT I HAVE MENTIONED.

AS TIFFANY POINTED OUT, MEETINGS BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND THE CITY HAD BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2019.

HER TEAM HAS PUT IN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO KEEP THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME.

THIS IS NOT A REZONING PROJECT, FOLKS.

THIS IS NOT A DISCRETE HOSPITAL BEING GO.

THIS IS A CITY AND REGIONAL ASSET THAT WILL SERVE AND ANCHOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.

BUT IT HAS TO GET PUSHED ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

IT WAS THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WORKED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS INCORPORATING REALLY GOOD AND IMPORTANT IDEAS.

BUT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO FINISH THIS PROJECT AND FOR US TO FINISH THIS PROJECT ON A TIMELINE THAT ALLOWS US TO NOT START CUTTING SERVICES AND TO MAKE IT EVERYTHING THAT NAH WANTS IT TO BE, YOU GOT TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THAT'S THIS TIMELINE AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

>> LET'S GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, WHITNEY.

A LOT OF INFORMATION.

WELL, YOU TAKE 30 SECONDS.

EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, WILL YOU TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.

WILL YOU SHARE WITH US ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE JUST LEARNED FROM ONE OF THE PRESENTERS? ONE NEW BIT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE THAT YOU'VE JUST LEARNED.

THIRTY-SECONDS. GO. [BACKGROUND]

>> LET'S COME BACK TOGETHER.