[5. Public Participation Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO CARDS.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING ONLINE.

OUR FIRST PUBLIC PARTICIPANT IS ANTHONY GARCIA.

WELCOME, ANTHONY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR DAGGETT.

VICE MAYOR ASLAN, NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ANTHONY GARCIA, 2212 NORTH CENTER STREET.

AND, WELL, WE'VE ALL BEEN KIND OF DIGGING OURSELF OUT OF THIS WINTER SEASON, AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN, BEEN HELPING OUT OUR NEIGHBORS, AND I'VE BEEN HELPING OUT MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ALL OVER THE CITY DIG OUT.

AND WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE SHOVELING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPORTS AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CITY ISSUES AND THE ONE THAT KEEPS COMING UP, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD AS WELL IS THE PARKING ORDINANCE.

I HAVE HAVE MISSED QUITE A FEW CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS OF LATE.

SO IF I'M BEING DUPLICATIVE, I'M SORRY, BUT THAT.

BUT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS THAT WE PUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, TOPIC OR AFFAIR, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT.

SO THAT WAY AT LEAST THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARKING ORDINANCE IS AND HOW IT WORKS.

I ALSO HAVE FRIENDS WHO WORK FOR THE CITY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS PLOWING OUT STREETS BECAUSE OF THE WAY CARS WERE PARKED.

SO, YOU KNOW, ME, I WENT AND I TOOK TO THE STREETS, I DROVE AROUND, I KNOCKED ON SOME DOORS, I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE, AND I REALIZED THAT THIS IS MORE OF AN ISSUE OF AS EVERYTHING IS IN FLAGSTAFF OF POTENTIALLY HOUSING.

SO, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT FAIR DISCUSSION, WE CAN LIST ALL THE REASONS WHY OUR PARKING IS SITUATED THE WAY IT IS, AND THE PUBLIC COULD AT LEAST KNOW WHY THE CITY ISN'T ENFORCING IT OR IF THE CITY IS ENFORCING IT, THEY COULD UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE ENFORCING IT.

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO WERE THAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT IT'S NOT BEING ENFORCED.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR ENFORCEMENT.

I'M JUST HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR A DISCUSSION TO TAKE PLACE, REALIZING THAT DISCUSSION PROBABLY WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE SPRING OR SUMMERTIME WHEN NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE SNOW ANYMORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL BEHIND THE DIAS REALIZE, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE. AND WE DON'T WANT THIS ISSUE TO COME AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M GOING WAY BACK HERE.

I MIGHT BE DATING MYSELF, BUT WE'RE IN.

COUNCILMEMBER HORVITZ WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I REMEMBER HIM AS SAYING, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARKING ORDINANCE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE IT.

THEN WHY DO WE HAVE A PARKING ORDINANCE? AND WE'RE STILL THAT'S LIKE NINE YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, GUYS, AND HAVE A GOOD MEETING.

THANK YOU, ANTHONY.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR. SHAWN JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. EVERYBODY.

SHAWN JOHNSON, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO INTRODUCE MS. DORIS MENSA.

SHE'S GOING TO BE YOUR NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.

SHE COMES TO US WITH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.

SHE IS ALSO A RECENT GRADUATE FROM NAU.

SO JUST TO THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.

GO JACKS. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE SETTING UP MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE HER, GET YOUR SCHEDULING PREFERENCES, WHATEVER YOU NEED.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER TO THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS THE REST OF OUR STAFF.

SO WELCOME.

WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS REAL QUICK.

HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WARM RECEPTION AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I REMEMBER STANDING HERE SOMEWHERE LAST YEAR AND JUST EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION FOR HAVING ME AROUND TO JUST SIT IN YOUR MEETING.

AND TODAY I'M HERE AS AN EMPLOYEE AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW EXCITED I AM.

JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN A HELP TO ME SINCE I GOT HERE THIS MORNING.

I FEEL AT HOME ALREADY AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

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WELCOME, DORIS.

THANK YOU, SEAN. ALL RIGHT.

[7. Carbon Neutrality Plan (CNP) Quarterly Update This is an informational update for the City Council and Flagstaff community.]

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, QUARTERLY UPDATE.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL NICOLE ANTONOPOULOS, SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY FOR OUR BI ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

AND JUST A QUICK REMINDER FOR THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE NOW ON A BI ANNUAL UPDATE SCHEDULE FOR THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

WE UPGRADED THAT, IF YOU WILL, FROM QUARTERLY UPDATES TO BI ANNUAL SO WE CAN REALLY HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

THAT SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AS A TEAM AND AS AN ORGANIZATION ON OUR CLIMATE COMMITMENTS, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION JUST CAPTURES SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORK OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TO SHARE HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS SMALL TEAM AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO THAT OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY MADE UP OF.

GRACIE RECHKEMMER, OUR YOUTH CLIMATE ADVISORY EXCUSE ME, OUR YOUTH CLIMATE LEADERSHIP VISTA.

JENNA ORTEGA, OUR CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

JENNY NIEMANN, OUR CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER AND MYSELF.

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE RESILIENCE ANALYST POSITION, WHICH IS THE FIRST NEW POSITION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY GENEVIEVE PEARTHREE.

YOU MAY RECALL YOU HEARD FROM GENEVIEVE LAST WEEK.

SHE IS A CITY OF FLAGSTAFF STAFFER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER COME WORK ON OUR TEAM.

SHE'LL BE JOINING US IN EARLY FEBRUARY.

AND CRISTIAN HERNANDEZ WILL ALSO BE JOINING US IN FEBRUARY AS OUR CLEAN JOBS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AMERICORPS, VISTA AND OUR CLIMATE ANALYST POSITION, FORMERLY HELD BY RAMON LATORRE, IS STILL VACANT AND WE ARE IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A FULL TEAM AS WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO HAND THE PRESENTATION TO JENNY NIEMANN, AND SHE IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY THIS AFTERNOON.

JENNY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND NICOLE AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I'M REALLY SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE WITH YOU IN PERSON TODAY.

OUR CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON HAS THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE UNDERLYING TENETS OF CLIMATE ACTION JUST TO KIND OF CENTER OURSELVES AROUND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE TRY TO DO IT.

WE HAVE FOUR MAIN WAYS THAT WE ORGANIZE OUR CLIMATE ACTION.

THEN WE WILL REVIEW SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO IMPLEMENT THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

FINALLY, NICOLE RETURN WITH SOME BIG PICTURE IDEAS AS WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE ACTION THIS YEAR.

PLEASE. SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, I'D LIKE TO PAUSE HERE TO REFERENCE HOW WE WORK.

THERE'S A LOT ON THIS SLIDE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT ALL.

IT IS FROM THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN ON PAGE 18, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE APPROACH SECTION.

THAT IS MY FAVORITE SECTION OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN BECAUSE WE TRIED REALLY HARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE WANT TO WORK.

CLIMATE ACTION IS A REALLY DIFFICULT TOPIC.

IF IT WAS EASY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

AND SO THIS SECTION LAYS OUT HOW WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW.

THE FIRST IS THAT CARBON NEUTRALITY IS COMMUNITY DRIVEN INHERENTLY.

REALLY? THAT'S WHY IT'S NUMBER ONE SURVEY.

AFTER SURVEY, WE HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS CLIMATE ACTION.

THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN EXISTS BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKED FOR IT SPECIFICALLY.

AND WE TRY REALLY HARD TO BRING COMMUNITY INPUT AND ENERGY INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

ANOTHER KEY TENET IS THAT CLIMATE ACTION IS AN INVESTMENT.

AND IT'S NOT SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, A FEEL GOOD INVESTMENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT.

IT IS THE MOST FINANCIALLY PRUDENT THING TO DO.

THIS HAS BEEN PROVEN BY STUDY AFTER STUDY AFTER STUDY.

WE HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT INCENTIVES IN LINE, RIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE ACTION IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OPTION COMPARED TO NO ACTION.

WE KNOW THAT PREPARATION IS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN RESULT, AND WE KNOW IT'S IN THE BEST FINANCIAL INTEREST OF THE CITY AND ITS TAXPAYERS TO INVEST IN CLIMATE ACTION.

THE THIRD ELEMENT IS ONE THAT COMES UP AGAIN AND AGAIN AS WE WORK TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO MEET MANY OTHER COMMUNITY GOALS.

WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL WORK ON AS A COUNCIL, AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THOSE PERCEIVED TENSIONS BETWEEN MAYBE CLIMATE

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GOALS AND OTHER PRIORITIES.

WE WANT TO FACE THEM HEAD ON.

WE WANT TO HAVE REALLY OPEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEM AND ALWAYS POINT TO THAT COMMON GROUND BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S THERE.

ONE RECURRING EXAMPLE THAT WE ALWAYS BRING UP HERE IS HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT O SUSTAINABILITY AND HOUSING ARE IN CONFLICT, BUT WE DON'T REALLY SEE IT AS THE CASE.

WE KNOW THAT OUR FRIENDS IN HOUSING DON'T EITHER.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUSTAINABILITY CAN BE ACHIEVED TOGETHER.

WE SEE IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN BIG WAYS.

WE SEE IT IN FLAGSTAFF.

MAYBE THAT'S THE NEW ALL ELECTRIC HOMES FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OR THE THROUGH POLICY CHANGES THAT WE KNOW ARE THERE THAT CAN MAKE HOUSING CHEAPER TO BUILD AND CAN LEAD TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.

OUR TEAM WORKS REALLY HARD TO WORK HAND IN HAND, REALLY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN HOUSING.

THIS MEANS FOCUSING ON THE MANY BENEFITS THAT CLIMATE ACTION MEANS.

SO THAT MIGHT BE QUALITY OF LIFE, THAT MIGHT BE IMPROVED HEALTH, A STRONGER COMMUNITY.

AFTER WE TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT THOSE OTHER BENEFITS.

RIGHT. NO ONE REALLY LIKES TO TALK ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ALL THE TIME.

RIGHT? INSTEAD, WE TALK ABOUT THAT PEOPLE WHO ELECTRIFY THEIR HOMES END UP WITH A HOME THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE, THAT HAS BETTER AIR QUALITY.

IT'S A LOT HEALTHIER.

OR SWITCHING TO ELECTRIC PARKS EQUIPMENT, WHICH OUR PARKS TEAM IS PILOTING.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT LESS NOISE AND VIBRATION.

IT ACTUALLY MAKES A BETTER PARK, RIGHT, WHILE USING LESS FUEL WHILE ALSO MAKING A HEALTHIER WORKPLACE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

THE CO BENEFITS HERE ARE MANY AND THEY ARE DIVERSE.

AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO KIND OF CENTER OURSELVES ON THESE APPROACHES.

NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE THREE CORE CLIMATE GOALS THAT WE TRY TO KEEP IN MIND.

THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AS WELL AS OUR FIRST 2018 CLIMATE PLAN.

THERE'S FANCY NAMES FOR THESE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE OUR IMPACT WRITE REALLY SIMPLE AND CORE VALUE.

WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR CHANGE AND BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE GOAL THAT MIGHT DEFINE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN IS MITIGATION.

THAT IS WHAT CARBON NEUTRALITY IS ESSENTIALLY REMOVING EMISSIONS.

BUT THE TWO OTHER GOALS, ADAPTATION AND EQUITY ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WHILE WE WORK, WE TRY TO ENSURE WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THESE GOALS INCORPORATED INTO EVERY SINGLE ACTION THAT WE TAKE.

FINALLY, WE WORK TO ACHIEVE THESE THREE CLIMATE GOALS THROUGH EIGHT DIFFERENT METHODS.

THIS IS NEW, AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THIS SORT OF ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK TO COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS REALLY REPRESENTS THE WHAT THAT WE DO.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE TOPICS MAYBE THAT'S ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR SOLAR, BUT THIS IS REALLY KIND OF, WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? RIGHT? WE'RE WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON COMMUNITY CHANGE.

SO WHERE WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR MUNICIPAL PROCESSES, THE MORE INTERNAL WORK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE CITY ORGANIZATION, THE DATA BEHIND IT, SUPPORTING OUR PARTNERS, WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL EIGHT OF THESE SORT OF METHODS.

LUCKILY, GRACEY AND JENNY ARE GOING TO JOIN ME IN THIS REVIEW.

AND THE OVERARCHING MESSAGE IS THIS THERE'S LOTS UNDERWAY.

WE'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING IN ALL EIGHT OF THESE AREAS.

CLIMATE ACTION HAS TO BE BOTH REALLY, REALLY BROAD AND REALLY, REALLY DEEP TO ACHIEVE THE SCALE THAT WE NEED.

BECAUSE I. AND LAST ONE.

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THESE EIGHT METHODS OF TAKING ACTION, WE HAVE TO DO ALL EIGHT OF THOSE THINGS IN ALL OF OUR 15 TARGET AREAS.

WE'VE REVISED THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN IN DECEMBER, SO WE NOW HAVE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE ORGANIZING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COMMITMENTS. THE TARGET AREAS ARE BELOW THAT.

AND THE POINT HERE IS REALLY JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THOSE METHODS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE.

SO WE NEED POLICY CHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC MOBILITY AS WELL AS FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AS WELL AS FOR HEALTHY FORESTS.

RIGHT. WE NEED COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR CLEAN ELECTRICITY AS WELL AS CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL.

PARTNER SUPPORT IS CLEARLY CRITICAL FOR HOUSING AND HEALTHY FORESTS AND RECREATION, BUT ALSO FOR DECREASING DEPENDANCE ON CARS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE EIGHT METHODS.

AND THIS IS JUST TO SAY YOU'LL SEE THESE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS CONTINUALLY TO POP UP.

ALL RIGHT. SO FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT, THE FIRST ONE, I'LL DISCUSS TWO IMPORTANT THINGS.

THE ASTERISK IS FOR NEW THINGS AND THINGS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING, ONGOING.

THIS IS REALLY A, YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE ON THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF OUR WORK.

BUT WE DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD.

AND SO THAT'S THE ASTERISK THERE.

SECONDLY, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO ARRANGE OUR WORK FROM THE BROADEST DOWN TO THE MOST NARROW, THE MOST INDIVIDUAL.

AND SO POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE CHANGE.

IT'S A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE TO CHANGE POLICY AROUND TRANSIT, FOR INSTANCE, THAN TO TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO RIDE THE BUS WHEN CLEARLY IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM TODAY.

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SAME GOES FOR ENERGY, SAME GOES FOR RECYCLING, ETC.

WE TRY TO WORK FROM THE BROAD AND THEN GET NARROW AS WE HAVE TO.

POLICY ISN'T ALWAYS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT STEPS.

MAYBE THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR MAYBE THAT'S INCENTIVES AND DOING THE LONG TERM WORK OF EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, FOR INSTANCE.

SO FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS MOVING FORWARD ON TRANSPORTATION, THE RECENTLY ADOPTED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN OR ATAP. THIS IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING OUR CLIMATE GOALS.

WE'LL NEED TO WORK HARD TO REALLY USE THE ATM APP AND IMPLEMENT THE ATM APP THROUGH ALL OF OUR POLICY AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.

THE BIG SHIFT CONVERSATION THIS FALL COUNCIL GAVE STRONG DIRECTION FOR MOVING FORWARD ON CONCEPTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS, FROM SPEED LIMITS TO ROAD STANDARDS.

AND SO WE WILL BE BACK TO COUNCIL WITH OUR FRIENDS IN ENGINEERING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

CODE CHANGE IS REALLY NECESSARY.

SIMPLY PUT, WE CANNOT GET TO CLIMATE ACTION AND REACH OUR GOALS USING CODES THAT WERE CREATED BEFORE WE EVEN HAD CLIMATE GOALS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR FRIENDS IN PLANNING AND HOUSING TO MOVE FORWARD.

THE CODE ANALYSIS PROJECT THAT I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY, AS WELL AS TO JOIN A STATEWIDE COALITION TO WORK ON IMPROVING OUR BUILDING CODES.

I LOVE WHENEVER WE GET TO WORK WITH AMY HAGEN IN BUILDING SAFETY AND DAN FOLK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE PARTNERS HERE.

WE'VE GOT POLICY WORK TO DO ON RESILIENCE AND EQUITY HERE.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY TO ENSURE OUR STAFF HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED FOR A CHANGING FUTURE, A VOLATILE FUTURE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE A MORE EQUITY ONE, EQUITABLE ONE.

AND SO I WILL YOU'LL HEAR MORE ON THAT IN THE COMING YEAR.

SO PLEASE.

NEXT IS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE CAN ALSO HAVE BROAD EFFECTS.

WE NEED TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO USE INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIP IS THE TAKE CHARGE EV CHARGING STATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH APS THAT WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR.

WE'VE JUST WRAPPED UP THIS PROJECT.

WE JUST COMPLETED THE VISITOR CENTER STATIONS THERE PICTURED HERE.

YOU CAN GO DOWNTOWN AND SEE THEM AS WELL.

WE HAVE INSTALLED 19 CHARGING STATIONS THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS ON THE GROUND, RIGHT, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO USE.

WE WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE CITY STAFF AT CITY HALL, THE COMPLEX, THE AIRPORT AND THE VISITOR CENTER FOR THE LONG PROCESSES SOMETIMES TO GET THESE IN THE GROUND.

AND NOW THAT WE'RE DONE, THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE OF THIS PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO DATA COLLECTION, RIGHT? ANALYZING OUR OPERATIONS.

WHO IS AT THESE RIGHT AS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS UNDER THEM NOW WITH THEM ALL BEING COMPLETED AND DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE THESE IN THE FUTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE COMES IN STAGES AS WELL.

COMPOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'VE BEEN STEADILY MOVING FORWARD.

WE NOW HAVE FOUR COMMUNITY BASED DROP OFF STATIONS FOR FOOD SCRAPS THAT RESIDENTS CAN BRING THEIR FOOD SCRAPS TO.

THIS IS TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE STARTED FROM A FARMER'S MARKET BOOTH TO THESE SELF-SERVE STATIONS AND NOW HAVE FOUR THROUGHOUT TOWN.

THESE DROP OFF STATIONS HAVE KEPT £30,000 OF FOOD WASTE OUT OF THE LANDFILL IN 18 MONTHS.

THAT'S NOT ONLY HUGE FOR OUR LANDFILL AS WELL AS A LOT FEWER TRASH TRUCKS.

RIGHT. AND FUEL GOING TO THE LANDFILL.

IT'S ALSO REALLY GOOD FOR EMISSIONS BECAUSE OUR FOOD WASTE LEADS TO METHANE EMISSIONS.

SO THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

FINALLY, WE'RE WORKING TO BUILD CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.

REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED THE FOUR CORNERS CARBON COALITION WITH BOULDER COUNTY, SALT LAKE CITY AND SANTA FE DUE TO A LOT OF WORK BY NICOLE AND OTHERS, WE'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED PROPOSALS FOR REGIONAL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE CONCRETE.

THE COALITION WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST GRANTEE OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING REAL FUNDING INTO REGIONAL SOLUTIONS.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BUT JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF PRESS COVERAGE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ON THIS PROJECT, NATIONALLY, STATEWIDE, LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD AND REALLY GETTING SOME BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN TERMS OF CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL.

I AM NOW EXCITED TO PASS THIS OVER TO GRACIE.

THANK YOU, JENNY. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS GRACIE RECHKEMMER AND I'M THE YOUTH CLIMATE LEADERSHIP VISTA.

AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO REVIEW A FEW MORE TOOLS THAT WE USE TO SUPPORT THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, STARTING WITH THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.

OUR DEFINITION OF SERVICES INCLUDES INCENTIVES, COMMUNITY FUNDING AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

THE FIRST IS THE HOME WEATHERIZATION AND ENERGY REBATES PROGRAM, THROUGH WHICH WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR HOME EFFICIENCY AND ELECTRIFICATION.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE FOCUSED MORE ON ELECTRIFICATION, PROVIDED INCREASED INCENTIVES AND AWARDED LARGER REBATES TO LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

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SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OVER $40,000 IN REBATES TO FLAGSTAFF RESIDENTS.

THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS WELL ABOVE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET OF $20,000.

MOST FISCAL YEARS WE DISTRIBUTE ALL OF THESE AVAILABLE FUNDS BY DECEMBER OR JANUARY, BUT THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT OUR FUNDING WITH FEDERAL RECOVERY FUNDS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

WITH THIS FEDERAL FUNDING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OVER $200,000 IN REBATES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INCENTIVIZE CLIMATE ACTION.

THE HOME WEATHERIZATION ENERGY REBATE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES REBATES FOR ELECTRIFYING GAS STOVES, WHICH WE KNOW HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY.

AND OUR STRATEGY HERE IS TO PROVIDE HELP TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RETROFIT AND PROVIDE LARGER REBATES TO LOWER INCOME FAMILIES WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HEALTH RISKS. NEXT, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLAGSTAFF HEPA FILTER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FULLY GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR PURIFIERS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE NOT PARTICULAR TO WHO ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO UNHEALTHY AIR.

THIS SERVICE WOULD ALSO NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDLAND FIRE, AND WE RECENTLY SECURED TWO GRANTS TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND PROVIDE MORE AIR PURIFIERS TO RESIDENTS. ONE OF THESE GRANTS WAS FROM APS AND ANOTHER FROM THE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK.

NEXT THROUGH THE NORTHERN ARIZONA SOLAR CO-OP.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO FACILITATE ROOFTOP SOLAR ON HOMES ACROSS FLAGSTAFF.

SO THIS YEAR, 46 HOUSEHOLDS INSTALLED SOLAR THROUGHOUT THROUGH THE SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS PROJECT, AND THAT'S A TOTAL OF 325 KILOWATTS OF ADDITIONAL SOLAR ENERGY.

AND ANOTHER DIRECT SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY IS A WASTE PROGRAM CALLED DROP OFF DAY.

SO THIS FALL, OUR DROP OFF DAY EVENT WAS ABLE TO KEEP £13,000 OF MATERIAL OUT OF OUR LANDFILLS.

AND THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT MANY AMAZING PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY'S HAZARDOUS PRODUCT CENTER, AND ALSO EXTERNAL PARTNERS.

AND FINALLY, WE ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO PLAN THE FLAGSTAFF HOME ENERGY RETROFIT PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE ENERGY RETROFITS TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN FLAGSTAFF, HELPING THEM TO ELECTRIFY AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN THEIR HOMES.

AND THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY DIRECT FUNDING IN THE 2021 FEDERAL OMNIBUS SPENDING PACKAGE.

AND WE'RE REALLY JUST THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE DIRECT INVESTMENTS INTO FLAGSTAFF HOMES, WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING WHILE ALSO INCREASING HEALTH AND BRINGING DOWN EMISSIONS.

SO NEXT STEP IS CAPACITY BUILDING, WHICH IS THE WORK WE ARE ALWAYS DOING TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY BASED LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES. AND THIS WORK IS TRULY ABOUT RESIDENTS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, WHETHER THAT'S HELPING YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBOR CLEAR THEIR SIDEWALKS OR LENDING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOME ENERGY TO YOUR FRIENDS.

AND ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE CLIMATE PROGRAM'S LARGEST BUDGETED FUND, AND THIS MONTH WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE $50,000 IN GRANTS TO RESIDENTS.

AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION PUTS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO FUNDING THE HARD WORK OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

AND THIS YEAR, WE JUST REALLY HAD AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF RECIPIENTS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON REALLY MEANINGFUL PROJECTS IN FOOD WASTE, CLIMATE ACTION, BUILDING ENERGY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND TRANSPORTATION.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THESE REALLY AMAZING PROJECTS THIS YEAR, PORTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANT FUNDING WERE AWARDED TO THE ARIZONA FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING A HORTICULTURAL THERAPY PROGRAM ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS.

AND THAT PROGRAM WILL USE THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE PLANT FOCUSED EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

AND THEN ALSO TO THE HARBORD CHAPEL AME CHURCH, WHICH IS WORKING ON INSTALLING ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT ONGOING COMMUNITY SERVICES.

ANOTHER CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECT.

IT'S A NEW COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND THE FLAGSTAFF PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND IT WAS JUST LAUNCHED THIS FALL.

AI OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY DIALOG AND HANDS ON WORKSHOPS.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN MONTHLY EVENTS WHICH HAVE ATTRACTED HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

AND ALSO AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THE COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS OPENED UP THEIR BOOK CLUB TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE BOOKS AND HOSTING MONTHLY EVENTS AS WELL. AND THE NEXT, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CAPACITY THROUGH A LONGSTANDING PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIXIT CLINICS.

WE DO THAT WORK TO DEVELOP FLAGSTAFF CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND THE 101 WORKSHOPS WHICH GIVE RESIDENTS TIPS AND FREE SUPPLIES TO MAKE EASY ENERGY SAVING FIXES IN THEIR HOMES. AND WE'RE ALSO STARTING SOME NEW PROGRAMS LIKE THE STREAM STEWARDS PROGRAM THIS YEAR, WHICH BUILDS ON THE MODEL OF THE ADOPT AND AVENUE AND THE ADAPTIVE FOOT'S INITIATIVES AND ACTIVATES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER TO KEEP OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN AND HEALTHY.

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AND FINALLY, WE'VE BEEN HOSTING CONTRACTOR TRAININGS, WHICH ARE COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND CONTRACTORS TO HELP MEET OUR CRITICAL ELECTRIFICATION GOALS.

WE'RE WORKING TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT A NEW WAY OF HEATING OUR HOMES THROUGH SUPER EFFICIENT COLD WEATHER, HEAT PUMPS AND MANY OF THESE COLD CLIMATE HEAT PUMPS ARE RATED DOWN TO -22 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

BUT THERE ARE STILL MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE ABOUT ELECTRIC HEATING.

SO LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HOST THESE TRAININGS AND IN MARCH OF THIS NEXT YEAR WE ARE PART OF THIS YEAR, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE WATER SERVICES DIVISION TO HOST ANOTHER TRAINING FOR BUILDING PROFESSIONALS ON BOTH ELECTRIFICATION AND WATER SAVING MEASURES.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST CARBON NEUTRALITY TOOL I WILL SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE PASSING OFF TO GINA IS THE WORK WE ARE DOING TO ELEVATE VOICES THROUGH DAILY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. FROM MAY TO DECEMBER, OUR CLIMATE TEAM WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH 1822 PEOPLE IN 137 DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND THIS ENGAGEMENT RANGES FROM ATTENDING THE COMMUNITY MARKET EVERY WEEK TO GIVING A PLATFORM FOR YOUTH TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION ALONG WITH THEIR PEERS.

SO JUST THIS FALL, I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO 300 STUDENTS IN ONE DAY AT COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL AND ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CLASSES FROM ENGLISH TO SOCIAL STUDIES.

AND MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS WHOLE DAY WAS JUST BEING ABLE TO ANSWER STUDENTS QUESTIONS AND HELP THEM GET CONNECTED WITH DIRECT CLIMATE ACTION OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT BEFORE.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, NEW ALSO REALLY CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG PARTNER IN CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT.

AND THIS PAST SEMESTER WE WORKED WITH STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY PUBLIC INQUIRY PROGRAM OR KEWPIE, TO GO DOOR TO DOOR TALKING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT CLIMATE COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY. AND LASTLY, THIS APRIL, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE BRINGING BACK THE YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT.

THE YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT IS A COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL EVENT WITH WILLOW BEND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER.

IT'S A FULL DAY LONG EVENT WHERE FLAGSTAFF STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF CLIMATE RELATED CHALLENGES, INCLUDING BUILDING SOLAR OR WIND STRUCTURES AND PRESENTING ON LONGER TERM CLIMATE ACTION COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

THE SUMMIT IS REALLY ABLE TO BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER AND SUPPORTS THEM IN DEVELOPING SKILLS, IN LEADERSHIP AND PRESENTING PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LOCAL CLIMATE ISSUES AND HOW THEY CAN HELP ADDRESS THEM HANDS ON AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR, THE SUMMIT IS BEING HELD IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED.

WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, ESPECIALLY TO ANY STUDENTS OR EDUCATORS THAT YOU MAY KNOW.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M SO HAPPY TO PASS OFF TO JENNA ORTEGA NOW TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON ELEVATING COMMUNITY VOICES.

HELLO, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JENNA ORTEGA, CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

SO ANOTHER WAY WE ELEVATE COMMUNITY VOICES IS TO BUILD CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND OUR CLIMATE PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO MY FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB.

SO EVEN THOUGH OUR WORK DOES INVOLVE LONG TERM EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S TO BRING COMMUNITY VOICES INTO THE CONVERSATION AND AS LEADERS AT THE PLANNING TABLE.

THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS IS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF TRUST WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.

SO WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING A POLICY OR CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE OR TRYING TO IMPROVE ONE OF OUR SERVICES, WE NOW HAVE THREE GROUPS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LEADERS AND EXPERTS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS TO GUIDE US IN OUR WORK.

EACH ONE PROVIDES A UNIQUE INSIGHT AND CHALLENGES US TO THINK IN WAYS THAT WE DON'T OFTEN CONSIDER.

SO WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE ACTION HAS CO BENEFITS, TAKES COLLABORATION, BUT OUR BUSINESS ADVISORS TEACH US HOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A WAY THAT IS APPROACHABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE YOUTH MEMBERS ENERGIZE US.

EVERY MEETING WE WALK AWAY WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF URGENCY.

AND AFTER ONLY THREE MEETINGS WITH OUR EQUITY ADVISORY MEMBERS, WE ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF WAYS THAT WE CAN START IMPROVING OUR EXISTING WORK AND WHERE WE NEED TO START TO MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT.

I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT THESE CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUPS ARE TO OUR WORK.

SO REACHING OUR CLIMATE GOALS IS GOING TO REQUIRE ACTION FROM EVERY INSTITUTION IN FLAGSTAFF AND AROUND THE WORLD.

FOR THAT REASON, WE DO A LOT OF WORK TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS.

THIS IS ACROSS THE REGION, ACROSS THE STATE, AND EVEN ACROSS THE US.

WE LEND SUPPORT TO CITIES FROM MESA ALL THE WAY UP TO SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

AND OUR SERVICE ON THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES ALLOWS US TO CONSTANTLY STAY UP ON THE BEST PRACTICES LOCALLY.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT GOING ON AS WELL.

METRO PLAN IS WORKING ON THE STRIDE FORWARD REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THEY ARE WORKING TO SET A FIVE YEAR VISION FOR FLAGSTAFF'S TRANSPORTATION

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SYSTEMS. THIS PLAN WILL INCLUDE A SCENARIO THAT WILL SET US UP TO ACHIEVE OUR TRANSPORTATION RELATED CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS AND A NEW ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATION EFFORTS IS PARTICIPATION IN A BIOMASS WORKING GROUP.

AND OVERALL, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND ENCOURAGED BY THE EFFORTS AT OUR PARTNERS AT NIU, FSD AND AT COCONINO COUNTY.

ALRIGHT UNDER THE FUN STUFF MOVING INTO OUR NUMBERS.

SO THIS IS HOW WE WORK TO ILLUSTRATE CLIMATE IMPACTS AND ACTION THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS.

SO EVERY DAY EACH OF US IS MOVING AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

HEADED TO THE GROCERY STORE OR TO AN APPOINTMENT.

AND MANY OF US PROBABLY AREN'T THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING THAT WENT INTO EACH ROAD OR EACH BUILDING.

BUT EACH OF THOSE DECISION IMPACTS HOW MANY MILES IT WILL TAKE US TO REACH OUR DESTINATION.

AND A MEASUREMENT FOR THIS IS CALLED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, OR YOU'LL HEAR VMT QUITE OFTEN.

AND THIS CAPTURES ALL THE MILES DRIVEN ACROSS FLAGSTAFF.

IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT METRIC, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN GREAT AT USING IT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE.

AND SO A NEW BUILDING OR A NEW ROAD COULD REALLY FURTHER AND INCREASE OUR DEPENDENCY ON CARS AND HOW WE MOVE AROUND.

OR INSTEAD IT COULD ALLOW US EACH THAT CHOICE TO BE ABLE TO USE A HEALTHIER AND MORE AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION IF WE WANTED.

AND SO TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE IMPACTS, WE PARTNERED WITH METRO PLAN TO CREATE A CALCULATOR THAT WILL MEASURE VMT FOR ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. AND SOMETHING REALLY FUN.

AND A BIG DEAL TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE CDP, FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT, LISTED FLAGSTAFF AS A GLOBAL LEADER FOR DEMONSTRATING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND FINALLY, WE ARE ANALYZING OUR ELECTRICITY RATES ACROSS 200 PLUS APPS ACCOUNTS FOR CITY FACILITIES.

THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN THE CORRECT RATE PLAN, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, TO REALIZE ANY POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS FOR THE CITY.

AND SO EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT FROM REDUCING EMISSIONS TO STRENGTHENING OUR SYSTEMS, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO ON THE MUNICIPAL SIDE OF THINGS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LEADERS TO REALLY BUILD TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE CAN DO THIS BY ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE ACTION.

AND THIS LEADERSHIP, WE SHOW, WILL HOPEFULLY BE REFLECTED THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO ONE WAY WE ARE WORKING ON THIS IS OUR CITYWIDE ENERGY CONSERVATION CONTRACT, WHICH CONTINUES TO MOVE AHEAD AT FULL SPEED.

STAFF ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE SCOPE OF PHASE ONE, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING UPGRADES, MECHANICAL UPGRADES, BUILDING ENVELOPE UPGRADES AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES.

SO COUNCIL, WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH YOU AGAIN IN MARCH WITH A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE PHASE ONE OF THE CONTRACT.

AND WE KNOW TO MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY, WE HAVE TO WORK TO ALIGN OUR POLICIES, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT TODAY WITH OUR CLIMATE GOALS.

AND ONE EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF POLICY IS THAT BY RECENTLY REVISING THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS RESOLUTION, WE'RE NOW ABLE TO NOT ONLY BETTER MITIGATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

AND BY CONTINUING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES NEEDED TO ELECTRIFY OUR CITY FLEET AND BRING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WE CAN BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND OUR FLEET CONTINUES TO GET GREENER WITH THE ADDITION OF THREE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN 2022.

AND LAST, ANOTHER GREAT THING THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF IS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH APS.

WE ARE NOW POWERING CITY OPERATIONS WITH 100% CARBON FREE ELECTRICITY THROUGH THEIR NEWLY LAUNCHED GREEN POWER PARTNERS PROGRAM.

KIND OF A MOUTHFUL. AND SO AS A PARTICIPANT, THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRESS TO BECOMING CARBON NEUTRAL AND BE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TO MEET THAT 2025 GOAL OF USING 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FOR CITY PROGRAMS. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT BACK TO NICOLE.

THANK YOU, JENNA.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT THE DISCUSSION A BIT TO DISCUSS THE REALITIES OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AND THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE.

AND WE, LIKE MANY IN THE CITY, ARE FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED.

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STAFF LIMITED AND STATE RESTRICTED.

OUR CLIMATE ACTION BASED BUDGET IS SMALL.

IT'S JUST OVER $112,000.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE PERSONNEL, NOR ONE TIME FUNDING OR GRANTS.

THIS YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A ROBUST AMOUNT OF MONEY OF ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING AND A FEDERAL EARMARK.

GRANT, AS GRACIE MENTIONED, ARE KEY PRIORITIES WITH ALL OF THESE FUNDS IS TO GET FISCAL ASSISTANCE INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGH OUR OFFERINGS AND OUR SERVICES.

THIS IS OUR PRIORITY.

OUR TEAM IS SMALL AND IT'S TOO SMALL TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND BECAUSE WE ARE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE AND NUMEROUS WAYS, OUR WORK IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING AND DISJOINTED.

BUT OUR STAFF ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT WE MEET THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

OUR STAFF ARE THE FIRST LINE OF ENGAGEMENT, BUT THEY ARE WORKING HARD AND DILIGENTLY NOT ONLY TO CREATE POLICIES BUT TO INSPIRE, EMPOWER AND EDUCATE AND HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE ACTION.

THE REALITY IS IT'S 2023.

WE'VE SET A GOAL FOR BEING CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2030, AND WE HAVE SET A STRONG FOUNDATION OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF TO START TAKING BOLD ACTION.

WE WILL BE BACK FREQUENTLY IN FRONT OF COUNCIL WITH POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH PROGRAMMATIC IDEAS AND GOALS THAT WE WOULD LIKE SUPPORT WITH.

BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE NEED CRITICAL UPDATES TO OUR CODES, OUR STANDARDS AND OUR ABILITY TO FUND THE ACTIONS OUTLINED IN THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE BACK IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME EXCITING REVISIONS PROPOSED TO THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS AS WELL AS OUR ZONING CODE.

AND WE WILL ALSO BE BACK WITH OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS TO REQUEST AN AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ZONING CODE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS HEARD A FAIR AMOUNT ABOUT THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE GRAPH ON THIS SLIDE.

AND HERE IT ILLUSTRATES THE PACE OF CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS BY 2030.

WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO GO FROM 0 TO 60 IN TERMS OF EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN EVERY SINGLE SECTOR.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE NEED TO ADD A FEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.

WE NEED TO BEGIN SEEING DRAMATIC CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITIES VEHICLES THIS YEAR, AND WE NEED TO SET UP THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE AND EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JOIN US.

AND WHILE DOING THAT, WE ALSO HAVE TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE OUR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE CAN HOLD OUR VMT STUDY.

WE NEED THE ALL OF THE ABOVE SCENARIO AND WE HAVE TO BEGIN RAPIDLY REDUCING EMISSIONS YESTERDAY TO MEET OUR GOALS.

SO LET'S PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE.

OUR REALITY IS ALREADY PLAGUED BY CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE.

THE DAMAGE AND CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LIKE MEGA DROUGHTS AND MORE INTENSE STORMS, REQUIRES URGENT AND AMBITIOUS ADAPTATION MEASURES WHICH CONTINUE TO BE INADEQUATELY ADDRESSED AND FUNDED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

GOVERNMENTS NEED TO PICK UP THE PACE AND SHOW THE NECESSARY AMBITION ON MITIGATION, ADAPTATION AND FINANCE IN A BALANCED WAY.

CITIES AND REGIONS ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.

AND WHILE THE MUNICIPALITY HAS MADE INCREDIBLE STRIDES IN ADVANCING ITS COMMITMENTS TO CLIMATE ACTION, WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK AND WE NEED TO EMPOWER OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A LIVING LABORATORY OF WHAT HAPPENS IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS PLAGUED BY EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS.

WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS TOGETHER.

THAT MEANS THAT WE ALL CAN HAVE VARYING OPINIONS, BUT IN THE END, DON'T WE ALL WANT A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY AND EMBRACES AND TREATS PEOPLE EQUALLY? WE NEED TO INSPIRE ACTION AND WE NEED TO INVEST IN ACTION.

WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE PRODUCTIVELY.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIVISIVENESS ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION AND THE FULL SPECTRUM.

BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THIS CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE SHARED GOALS AND WE HAVE COMMONALITIES.

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WE CAN TALK ABOUT CLIMATE EFFECTIVELY AND PRODUCTIVELY, AND WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR ACTION.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BUILD OFF OF THE COMMENT THAT JENNY SHARED ABOUT THE FOUR CORNERS CARBON COALITION WILL BE BACK WITH SOME EXCITING NEWS HERE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND THAT REALLY THREADS INTO SPARKING INNOVATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN CLIMATE ACTION IN THE FOUR CORNERS CARBON COALITION, SO THAT IS A MOUTHFUL, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THOSE STRAIGHT PREEMPTIONS AND WORK WITH THE COALITION ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY, OUR FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND CITIES AND COUNTIES ABOUT DOING JUST THAT.

AND SO CLEARING THAT WAY SO WE CAN DO THIS WORK MORE READILY AND MORE SWIFTLY.

SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE NEED EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE AND WE NEED YOU TO HELP US BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY.

WE NEED YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN CLIMATE ACTION.

WE ENCOURAGE YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS AND INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY'S EFFORT.

AND JUST TO QUOTE THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL.

CLIMATE ACTION IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.

WE KNOW WHAT WE MUST DO.

IF YOU NEED INSPIRATION, WE DO HAVE SOME INSPIRING ACTIONS TO TAKE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THAT'S FLAGSTAFF.

AS FOR CLIMATE, FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, BUT PLEASE JOIN US AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDRESS COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, NICOLE AND THE REST OF THE SUSTAINABILITY TEAM.

UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE TO ASK, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES. WHEN YOU SAY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, DO YOU MEAN QUESTIONS THAT WANT ANSWERS TO OR COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID? SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION LATER? YES, I GUESS THAT.

YES. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS? ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTER IS LAURA, AND I BELIEVE IT'S KESSLER.

HELLO? I THINK THIS IS MY.

HI, LAURA KESSLER.

I'VE BEEN AN OFF AND ON RESIDENT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF SINCE 1984.

I BELIEVE I ONLY HAVE 3 MINUTES.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND I THINK THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER TALKING TO ANYONE AT CITY COUNCIL IN SUCH A FORUM.

SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS RIGHT NOW.

I'LL TRY TO GET OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN WITHIN THE NEXT 3 MINUTES.

LONG TERM RESIDENT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, SINCE JANUARY 3RD, 1984.

I HAVE A HISTORY DEGREE FROM NAU 1998.

I CAME DOWN TODAY FOR TWO REASONS.

I WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE CNP.

AND ALSO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHULTZ FIRE ISSUE AND FLOODING.

AND I I'M IMPACTED BY THAT AS WELL.

SO I MIGHT COME UP AND HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT.

BUT I'M ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD.

I'VE LIVED OVERSEAS ON AND OFF.

I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FOOTPRINT HERE, EITHER WITH HAVING A HOUSE HERE OR MY KIDS.

MY DAUGHTER IS AN ECOLOGY MAJORING IN ECOLOGY AND SHE'LL GRADUATE THIS YEAR FROM U OF A I HAVE STRONG I HAVE CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR EVERY FOREST SERVICE, EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY IN ARIZONA NATIONAL.

I USED TO WORK FOR STATE PARKS AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS AND I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY, EXCEPT THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH AMBIGUITY.

I'VE LEARNED THAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE MOST PERFECTLY EXECUTED PLAN THAT EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD WITH AND EXCITED ABOUT, SOMETHING'S GOING TO GO WRONG.

AND BOY, I JUST GET THAT FEELING.

I'VE BEEN STARTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEEING THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AND I JUST HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING THIS, BUT I HAVE RESERVATIONS AND I'M GOING TO BE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE TIME.

AND I WANT TO KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS THE PEOPLE PUSHING THIS PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WHEN THIS POLICY BECOMES REGRESSIVE AND STARTS HURTING THE COMMUNITY.

IS THERE A BACKUP PLAN TO DO THAT? AND BECAUSE THE LAST FEW DAYS, JUST THREE DAYS ALONE, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO FRIENDS WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CAP, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME. THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO FOCUS MORE DIRECTLY ON LOCAL ISSUES, NOT FEDERAL OR GLOBAL.

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HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST AND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT COST BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS? IS THIS THE SMALL HOUSE? HOW BIG IS THE IMPACT GOING TO BE FOR FOR FLAGSTAFF AGEISM? THERE'S A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR GOING TO HAVE TO WALK OR RIDE THEIR BIKES AND SNOWSTORMS. HUNDREDS OF I'VE HEARD THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WANT THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND THERE'S PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS, TOO.

BUT THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS, OR AT LEAST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS ARE NOT ORGANIZED.

AND I'LL END WITH THAT.

I HAVE NO MORE. NO, PLEASE CONTINUE.

I'M TAKING NOTES HERE ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE SO BUT THEY'RE NOT ORGANIZED.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER WORKING OR THEY'RE ELDERLY OR THEY HAVE CHILDREN, AND THEY JUST ARE NOT ORGANIZED TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR FEARS OR THEIR DISAPPROVAL. AND SO NOT THIS IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY EVEN KNOW THAT.

AND MAYBE IT'S BASED ON INACCURATE FACTS, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT, BECAUSE THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.

THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GRID COLLAPSE, ALL EVERYBODY BECOMING SO DEPENDENT ON ELECTRICITY.

WHAT ABOUT THE GRID COLLAPSE? THEY'RE CLOSING DOWN POWER PLANTS.

SOMEBODY JUST TOLD ME THIS YESTERDAY.

THE POWER PLANT UP AT LAKE POWELL IS IN TROUBLE.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT MAYBE HAVING ENOUGH WATER TO GENERATE ENOUGH POWER.

MEANWHILE, WE'RE GOING FARTHER TOWARD ELECTRICITY.

I REMEMBER WHEN EVERYBODY WAS SO HAPPY WE GOT GAS.

REMEMBER THE WOOD STOVES AND THE BIG POLLUTION CLOUD OVER FLAGSTAFF EVERY MORNING IN THE WINTERTIME? I DO. AND ELECTRIC WAS EXPENSIVE BACK THEN.

AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BE INSURE BE ASSURED THAT OUR ELECTRIC IS NOT GOING TO GO UP.

THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT LEAVING FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SCARED.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POLLUTION.

WHAT ABOUT THE POLLUTION FROM MINING FOR THESE BATTERY COMPONENTS FOR EVS? OH, AND THE SMALL ROADS ISSUE.

DO WE REALLY WANT SMALLER ROADS? NOW, LISTEN, I DON'T LIKE TRAFFIC.

I LIVED IN HONOLULU FOR A WHILE.

TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.

IT'S AWFUL.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO FLAGSTAFF.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT SEDONA, BUT THEY PUT IN TRAFFIC CIRCLES TO LEAVE TRAFFIC, AND THERE ARE TOO SMALL.

THEY'VE GOT JUST AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS THEY DID BEFORE BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE TOO SMALL.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE DISASTERS THAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED OR RESEARCH THE ISSUE DEEPLY ENOUGH.

SO I HOPE PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING INTO WHAT ARE THE CONS OF HAVING SMALLER ROADS, BECAUSE MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY CAN GET TO BICYCLES TO GO BACK AND FORTH OVER THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

AND AGAIN, IF I'M WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.

BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING.

I HAVE A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS IN THE FISH AND WILDLIFE FOR YEARS, A CAREER, AND I KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THOSE SOLAR FARMS ARE TO ANIMALS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE KNOWS THIS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOOD.

THEY HAVE WIPED OUT EAGLES.

THE AMOUNT OF RAPTORS THAT ARE GETTING KILLED IN THESE WINDMILLS AND SOLAR.

THINGS. I THINK WE HAVE ONE OUT IN WEST OF ARIZONA OR WEST OF FLAGSTAFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEATHS GOING ON OUT THERE IN WITH THE BIRDS AND ALSO SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP NEW OVER INVOLVEMENT.

THERE'S SOME RESENTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT NAU BECOMING TOO INVOLVED IN FLAGSTAFF POLICY.

I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE AND.

AND I'M AN NAU GRAD BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN FLAGSTAFF AND NEW.

AND A YOU DOES GREAT THINGS, BUT AS WITH EVERYTHING, IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE OR IT'S NOT ALL GOOD.

THERE'S PROBLEMS THERE TOO.

LET ME MAKE SURE I'VE GOT EVERYTHING WRITTEN SAID HERE AND MANAGEMENT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR KEBAB FOREST AND COCONINO FOREST.

AND A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

THEY'RE DUE TO MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE FLOOD ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISMANAGEMENT ON THE.

ON THE SIDE OF THE FOREST SERVICE AND SOME OF THOSE BIG FIRES ARE NOT THEY MAY BE TRIGGERED BY DROUGHT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

THERE'S I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MANAGEMENT CHANGE BEFORE WE REALLY BLAME EVERYTHING ON THE CLIMATE.

THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO NOW WITHOUT JUMPING INTO SOMETHING FULL WITH WITH BOTH FEET WHERE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE

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GOING TO COME AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME.

AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO OTHER VOICES, INCLUDING VOICES THAT MAY NOT THAT MAY NOT SUPPORT THE CNP PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, THEY ARE UNORGANIZED, BUT THEY'RE THERE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTER, AND THEN I WILL ASK STAFF IF THEY WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS.

SO WHO DO WE HAVE ONLINE? MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I HAVE TRAVIS SMITH FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

TRAVIS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

OK. I'M WILLING TO BET THAT YOU ALL ARE HOPING THAT I'LL BE SINGING PRAISE THE CITY FLAGSTAFF'S CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

I AM NOT. AND NOR WILL I ATTAIN THE DELUSION THAT THIS CITY HAS CREATED SOMETHING ORIGINAL OR MEANINGFUL.

YOU HAVE NOT. THE FLAGSTAFF CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN HAS NEARLY THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE AND PLAN AS THE FOLLOWING CITIES.

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ENACTED IN 2021.

BOZEMAN, MONTANA.

2022. BOISE, IDAHO.

2021. HELENA, MONTANA.

2019. SALT LAKE, UTAH.

2009. DENVER, COLORADO.

2018. TUCSON, ARIZONA.

DRAFT PLAN IN ACTION.

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

2005 SALEM, OREGON.

2020 SALEM, WASHINGTON 2023 EXCUSE ME 2013 EL PASO, TEXAS FEBRUARY 2018 AND ANCHORAGE, ALASKA MAY OF 2019.

OH, YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS JUST A WESTERN THING, RIGHT? YOU'RE WRONG. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA HAS A DRAFT PLAN IN ACTION.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS HAS A DRAFT PLAN IN ACTION.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA HAS A DRAFT PLAN IN ACTION.

PORTLAND, MAINE HAS A DRAFT PLAN IN ACTION.

AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE ABOVE CITY CLIMATE ACTION PLANS OR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLANS HAS NEARLY THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE AS YOUR FLAGSTAFF CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE NEARLY EVERY LARGE CITY IN THIS COUNTRY HAS THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE AND GOALS AND PLANS AND TARGETS. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

SO WHO IS WRITING THESE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLANS? WHO'S FUNDING THEM? HOW MANY TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO FUND STUDIES AND CONDUCT SURVEYS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE DECISIONS AND THE SCIENCE IS ALREADY DECIDED? AND DO YOU EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE CITIES CAME UP WITH THE EXACT SAME PLAN IN THE SPAN OF A FEW YEARS? I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO ELABORATE FOR THE AUDIENCE EXACTLY WHO IS BEHIND THIS.

IT IS THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION VIA THE RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK, WHERE I QUOTE FROM THEIR WEBSITE DIRECTLY, THE RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK LEGACY IS BUILT ON THE 100 RESILIENT CITIES INITIATIVE PIONEERED BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION IN 2013 AS PART OF ITS GLOBAL CENTENNIAL INITIATIVE.

THE INITIATIVE WAS BUILT ON A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT FROM THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, WHICH ENABLES CITIES TO HIRE A CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER, DEVELOPING A SCIENCE STRATEGY TO ACCESS PRO BONO SERVICES FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR AND NGO PARTNERS.

OVER YEARS OF DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY LEADERS, COMMUNITIES AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THIS INITIATIVE ENABLED TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN CITIES THROUGH SUPPORT OF RESILIENCE PLANS AND EARLY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.

WELL, FOLKS, THERE YOU HAVE IT.

ALL THESE CARBON NEUTRALITY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLANS HAD DEVELOPED COURTESY OF THE STANDARD OIL MONOPOLY.

DID YOU REALLY ALL KNOW THAT YOU'RE PARROTING AND PROMOTING THE SAME GLOBALIST AGENDA STRAIGHT FROM THE CORPORATE OIL CONGLOMERATES? DO YOU CARE? OR ARE YOU LIVING IN DENIAL THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE ARGUMENT? THANK YOU. LEAVING THAT THESE SAME CORPORATE LEADERS AND POLITICIANS ARE HERE TO HELP SOLVE THEM.

UNLESS THERE'S A. SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MAYOR.

UNLESS THERE'S A QUESTION FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.

HIS TIME IS EXPIRED. UNDER THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A QUESTION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HIM TO CONTINUE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CALL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

YOUR TIME IS SPENDING.

YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.

THANK YOU. SO, NICOLE, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU PREFER TO HAVE

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COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE STATEMENTS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU SPEAK OR DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THESE AND THEN HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS? MAYOR THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE COUNCIL OFFER COMMENT AND THEN CAN ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE.

[INAUDIBLE]. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. MR. PEARSON, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

I'M A RETIRED NAVY METOC.

THAT'S METEOROLOGIST OCEANOGRAPHER.

SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH CLIMATE AND WEATHER.

MOSTLY WEATHER, NOT CLIMATE SO MUCH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE TWO QUICK COMMENTS, ONE ABOUT UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS.

ONE, OF COURSE, IS THAT THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND IT THAT SOLIDITY OR FIRMNESS IS BASED PRIMARILY OR LARGELY ON THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, THE CPC, THE NATIONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER.

JUST AN ASIDE COMMENT.

AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD RECORD SNOWFALLS.

WE'VE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER INDICATES WE'VE HAD 60 INCHES OF SNOW AND THE AVERAGE IS 20.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE DIAGRAM HERE.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK YOU'LL SEE IN GENERAL, THIS IS THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER'S FORECAST FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH. THE BROWN IS DROUGHT.

WE ARE IN THE 40% DROUGHT LINE FOR THEIR FORECAST.

THIS WAS ISSUED DECEMBER 15 SAYING 40% CHANCE OR CHANCE OF 40% REDUCTION OF OUR NORMAL RAINFALL.

THAT WOULD BE 12 INCHES OF SNOW.

WE ARE UP TO 60 INCHES RIGHT NOW.

MY ONLY POINT IN SAYING THAT IS THAT THESE PREDICTIONS ARE NOT 100% FIRM.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FORECAST FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY RIGHT, BUT IT COULD BE EXACTLY WRONG, TOO.

SO MY ADVICE IS DON'T PUT ALL YOUR MARBLES IN ONE BASKET OR ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

TAKE THESE FORECASTS AND PREDICTIONS WITH A DEGREE OF DOUBT AND HAVE ALTERNATE PLANS IF THEY DON'T COME TRUE.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS TO COMPARE THE DARK SKY CITY PLAN WITH THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, THE DARK SKY CITY PLAN OK.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS IN FLAGSTAFF, Y, BECAUSE EVERY LIGHT THAT'S REDUCED, EVERY REDUCTION IN THE WATTAGE OF THE LIGHT BULBS AND SO FORTH AFFECTS DIRECTLY.

THE DARK SKY MAKES THE SKY OF FLAGSTAFF DARKER.

WHAT DOES CARBON NEUTRALITY DO? IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMISSIONS WE HAVE.

BUT THOSE EMISSIONS ARE GLOBAL AND IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT.

CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA PRODUCE ALMOST THREE TIMES AS MUCH CARBON AS WE DO, AND THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF REDUCING.

HERE IS A DIAGRAM.

THESE ARE THE THIS GOES FROM 1850 TO 2020.

THE GREEN I JUST SAY QUICKLY, THE GREEN IS SHOWS WESTERN COUNTRIES, US AND WESTERN COUNTRIES.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF YOU? WHERE IS THIS A REFERENCE THAT WE COULD FIND? IT IS I GOT IT OUT OF, I'VE GOT THE IT'S OUR WORLD DATA OR CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

I CAN GET YOU THE LINK IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT, BUT JUST WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EMAIL THAT TO US? I WILL.

QUICKLY. IT SHOWS.

I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE RED IS CHINA AND INDIA.

YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE DRAMATICALLY INCREASING FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

THE CURVE IS GOING LIKE THIS, WE ARE GOING DOWN.

BUT ON A GLOBAL SENSE, WE OUR IMPACT IS ABSOLUTELY NEGLIGIBLE AND WILL NOT.

SO WE CAN DO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS TO REDUCE CARBON IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THE DARK SKY CITY PLAN.

OKAY, MR. PEARSON, I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

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I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I WILL EMAIL THE LINKS TO YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHO HAS A COMMENT.

QUESTION DISCUSSION POINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET'S ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IS CLIMATE CHANGE HAPPENING? I REMEMBER 30 YEARS AGO TALKING TO MY BOSS WHERE I WORKED, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE.

IT'S NOT THEORIES.

WE CAN SEE IT WITH OUR OWN EYES.

IT'S OUT THERE. WE'VE GOT STORMS ON STEROIDS.

SO THAT'S A QUOTE FROM AL GORE.

I SEE NICOLE'S WRITING THAT ONE DOWN.

NICOLE, I WAS AT A MEETING WHERE I ACTUALLY GOT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH AL GORE AND HE COMMENTED, THE STORMS ARE ON STEROIDS. YES, WE'RE GETTING LOWER LOWS.

YES, WE'RE GETTING MORE SNOW WHEN WE DON'T EXPECT IT.

IS THAT EXPECTED? YES.

IT'S CALLED TURBULENCE.

I'M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

I GOT AN A IN THERMODYNAMICS.

WHEN YOU PUT MORE ENERGY INTO A SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WORLD.

AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT'S HAPPENING.

YOU CREATE HIGHER HIGHS, HIGHER LOWS, AND IT'S CALLED TURBULENCE.

SO NONE OF THIS IS SURPRISING.

SO WE ARE SEEING THE EFFECTS.

I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT.

THERE'S A BIG PUSH TO GET US INTO ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION, STOVES, HEATING, ETC..

THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF THE POWER IS GENERATED AT THE POWER PLANT BY RENEWABLE SOURCES, IN OTHER WORDS, NON CARBON BURNING SURFACES. SO I THINK, NICOLE, I WAS THINKING MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS HAVE ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR ENERGY AND OUR ELECTRIC ENERGY IS PRODUCED BY RENEWABLE SOURCES VERSUS IT'S JUST. YOU KNOW, OR ARE THEY BURNING OIL OR NATURAL GAS? AND THEN WE'RE COUNTING IT AS POLLUTION FREE, BUT IT'S ONLY POLLUTION FREE IF AT THE GENERATING STATION IT'S POLLUTION FREE.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING? I DIDN'T SAY THAT TOO WELL.

SO NEXT TIME MAYBE YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL PART OF IT.

REGARDING THE COMMENT THAT WHAT WE DO IN FLAGSTAFF IS MINUSCULE OR INSIGNIFICANT.

ON A CERTAIN LEVEL, THERE'S TRUTH TO THAT.

THIS IS JUST ONE LITTLE CITY IN A GREAT BIG WORLD.

SO WHY DO I CARE ABOUT THIS? WHY DO I THINK THAT FLAGSTAFF SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH THIS? WELL, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE IS THAT WE ARE PART OF IT, AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IS IF EVERYONE DOES THEIR LITTLE PART.

THE OTHER THING IS EXAMPLE.

IT'S TRUE THAT CERTAIN COUNTRIES, PROBABLY CHINA AND INDIA OR WHATEVER.

THEIR EMISSIONS ARE GOING UP AND THEY'RE NOT INCREASING.

THEY'RE NOT DECREASING LIKE THEY NEED TO, AND THEY DO NEED TO.

SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? WELL, WHAT WE DO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE.

AND THAT'S SORT OF MORAL ENERGY, SO TO SPEAK, TO CONVINCE THESE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO COME ALONG WITH US AND DO SOMETHING.

SO IF WE IGNORE THE PROBLEM, THAT DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING.

AND IF WE WORK ON THE PROBLEM, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CONVINCE THESE OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT.

TO ME, IT'S OBVIOUS WE HAVE TO DO IT.

ARIZONA NEEDS TO DO IT.

THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO DO IT.

AND UNTIL WE GET THE UNITED STATES DOING IT.

THEN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ASK THESE OTHER COUNTRIES TO JUMP ON BOARD AND BE PART OF IT? WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME WORLDWIDE CONFERENCES ON THIS AND SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AND WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, EVERY LITTLE DETAIL.

I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY DISAGREE ON SOME DETAILS ALONG THE WAY, BUT THE BASIC IDEA OF DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ME IS A NO BRAINER.

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SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I MAY HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS IN A MINUTE.

THANK YOU, NICOLE AND MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS HAS A QUESTION.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I'M ON MY PHONE.

SORRY. A LOT OF TECHNICAL ISSUES.

NICOLE, I HAD, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON WHERE WE WERE WITH ADVICE TO MEASURE OUR CARBON EMISSIONS RIGHT NOW.

HOW I UNDERSTAND IT IS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A DEVICE THAT TO KNOW HOW MUCH EMISSIONS WERE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. GIVEN ESPECIALLY THAT WE HAVE THE PONDEROSA FOREST AROUND US, IS THERE BEEN ANY UPDATES ON WHEN WE WOULD GET THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH A LOCAL LABORATORY CROSSWALK LABS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF ON THAT VERY INITIATIVE.

AND SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW US, WHEN WE CAN HAVE SOME REAL TIME DATA POINTS TO BE VERY TARGETED AT OUR OUTREACH OR PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS AND ALSO POLICY.

SO I WILL DEFINITELY, HOPEFULLY WELL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING AN UPDATE FOR THE COUNCIL.

HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

THANK YOU. AND I WILL NOTE THAT JENNY WROTE IN THE COMMENT THAT TODAY THE APP'S GRID IS MADE UP OF 50% CLEAN ENERGY WITH A GOAL FOR IT TO BE 100% CLEAN BY 2050 AND WILL, OF COURSE, GO INTO DETAIL ON THIS NEXT TIME PER YEAR REQUEST.

SO THANK YOU, JENNY AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND ALSO THANKS TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO SPOKE UP THIS EVENING.

I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.

SO THE QUESTION IS GOING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION ON THE DIFFERENT REBATE PROGRAMS AND OTHER OFFERINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO LOW INCOME HOUSING OR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.

MY QUESTION IS REALLY JUST WHAT CONSIDERATIONS ARE BEING MADE OR HOW IS THAT INFORMATION BEING ASSURED TO GET TO THE FOLKS THAT NEED IT? SO HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT INFORMATION GETS OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT APPLIES TO? GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, JENNY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT? SURE I'D BE HAPPY.

THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

SO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND I WILL SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE CONTINUALLY WORKING TO IMPROVE ON.

JENNA MENTIONED WE THE EQUITY ADVISORY GROUP, HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS FOR US.

ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY THIS OF HOW DO WE REACH MORE COMMUNITIES IN FLAGSTAFF? HOW DO WE MEET MORE, REACH MORE RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE? RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON.

WE ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING A CAMPAIGN THIS MONTH TO START COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THE REALLY EXCITING THING, WE DIDN'T GET INTO DETAIL, BUT WE HAVE LOCAL REBATES THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL HIGHER REBATES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

SO DO THE FEDS.

RIGHT. AND SO STARTING JANUARY 1ST, WE HAVE PRETTY STRONG REBATES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

AND SO THAT IS A BIG FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING BASICALLY IN FEBRUARY TO GET THE WORD OUT.

ONE THING IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING ADS ON CAF RADIO EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR SINCE, GOSH, JULY, I THINK, OR JUNE ON THIS PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE PART WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO REACH MORE FOLKS.

WE HAVE EXTENSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNING WHERE WE TRY TO GET TO BROAD AUDIENCES WITH THAT, OUR NEWSLETTER, ETC., BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.

THE FIRST THING, THOUGH, WAS WE'VE TRIED TO INVEST RIGHT NOW IN CAF RADIO BECAUSE THAT'S MAYBE A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE THAN WE NORMALLY TALK TO.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE AND AGAIN, WE WILL WE'RE KIND OF BUILDING THAT CAMPAIGN NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FEDERAL REBATES GOING OUT.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS COMMUNICATE ABOUT BOTH THE LOCAL REBATES AND THE FEDERAL REBATES SO THAT FOLKS CAN STACK THEM AND THAT THEY CAN BE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE FOLKS OF LOWER INCOME. AND IF I MAY ADD ON TO THANK YOU, JENNY.

AND IF I MAY ADD ON ONE THING THAT WE EXPERIENCE, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE, WHEN WE HAD FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR RETROFIT PROGRAM BACK IN 2008 AND WE WERE ABLE TO CARRY THAT PROGRAM FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS, IS THAT TRUSTED VOICES AND WORD OF MOUTH ARE INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO EARN TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY AND LEAN ON KEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ALSO HELP SPREAD THE WORD.

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AND YOU DID HEAR THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KEWPIE PROGRAM AT NAU AND HAVING STUDENTS GO DOOR TO DOOR AND KNOCK ON OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FRONT DOOR TO ASK THEM IF THEY EVEN KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T.

AND SO ADVERTISING IS ONE ELEMENT, BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT ON THE GROUND WORK IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT.

FRANKLY, OUR PROGRAMMATIC BUDGETS ARE QUITE SMALL AND WE SEE THESE RESOURCES DWINDLE VERY QUICKLY WITH THE FEDERAL EARMARK FUNDS, THE 700 PLUS THOUSAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING DISTRIBUTED.

IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGH HUD.

WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO APPROACH THIS DIFFERENTLY SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT.

WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THE HEPA PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH KEY COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOR THOSE AIR FILTERS.

WE WILL ALSO TAKE KIND OF THE SUCCESSES FROM THAT OUTREACH AND THEN A COLLABORATION INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

AND WE'D LOVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS FROM THE COUNCIL.

GREAT. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER.

AND REALLY THAT DRIVES RIGHT INTO THE COMMENT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE WAS JUST ENSURING THAT WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT DOOR TO DOOR AND DIRECT OUTREACH TO FOLKS WHO MAY NOT GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION OTHERWISE.

AND JUST IN CLOSING, THE ONLY OTHER MAJOR THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS WAS IN ONE OF THE LAST PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

AND IT WAS PARTICULARLY WHEN IT WAS PRESENTING THE BUDGET AND AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE COST OF THIS AND WHAT'S THE RETURN.

ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE AT THAT TIME WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR THAT COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENSURING HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY TRULY AND LITERALLY BUYS INTO THIS IF WE'RE SEEING THIS SPREAD IN THE NUMBERS, GIVEN THE COST VERSUS THE RETURN OR JUST GIVEN THAT CONCERN OF THAT WAS EXPRESSED TONIGHT WITH MS. KESLER IN THE COMMENTS THAT THAT SHE MADE, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

AND AND HOWEVER WE GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONVINCE EVERYONE.

AND CERTAINLY IT'S I THINK IN PART A SPLIT BETWEEN THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE AND HEARING SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SEGUEING INTO MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT.

MUCH APPRECIATED ON THAT.

AND I WAS WONDERING, PUTTING MY BUSINESS HAT ON, HOW OFTEN DOES THE BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP MEET AND CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WE MEET ONCE A MONTH, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BALANCE BETWEEN ASKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE OF THEIR TIME IS CHALLENGING.

I WISH THEY COULD GUIDE ME EVERY DAY, BUT THAT IS NOT FEASIBLE.

AND SO SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH AN EXACT LIST FOR YOU AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE FREE GIFT TOURS IS ON THERE.

MOTHER ROAD BREWING.

OH, I'M GOING TO FAIL UP HERE WITH MY LIST.

SO MAYBE IF IT'S OKAY, I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, WITH ALL OF YOU, WITH THE EXACT LIST OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED.

SO I DON'T MISS ANYBODY.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M WONDERING, HOW HAS THE PARTICIPATION BEEN? DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF THEM SHOWING UP TO THE MONTHLY MEETINGS? AND HOW ARE WE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THIS? YEAH, THANK YOU.

ATTENDANCE DID DROP A LITTLE BIT IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WHICH WE KIND OF EXPECTED, BUT UP UNTIL THAT POINT WE DID HAVE NEARLY PERFECT ATTENDANCE OF THE 11 BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS LIKE THE FIRST SIX OR SO MONTHS OF TRYING TO GET THEM UP TO DATE ON THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE DO. AND RIGHT NOW, STARTING A FEW WEEKS AGO, THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY ARE READY TO GO ON THEIR OWN JOURNEY AND START A PROJECT.

AND SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THEY'RE REALLY INTO COLLABORATION AS THEIR THING COMING TOGETHER WITH BUSINESSES.

SO THEY'RE FIGURING OUT THEIR PLAN, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO WORK ON KIND OF CREATING A NETWORK OF RESILIENT BUSINESSES IN FLAGSTAFF THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER BY

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SHARING RESOURCES AND WORKING TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCIES WITH CLIMATE AND EVERYTHING.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THEIR PROJECT GOES.

THAT'S EXCITING TO HEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATES ON THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.

I ENJOYED HEARING ALL THE STUFF THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A WHILE AGAIN.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS PLAN.

WHEN YOU HEAR ME ASKING QUESTIONS, TOUGH QUESTIONS.

DO NOT THINK THAT THAT'S A NO VOTE.

AND I MEAN, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING, BUT DO NOT HEAR ME SAYING THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE HERE, ME ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO THINK IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

AND SO PART OF WHAT I WANT TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS IS I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE THINK THINGS ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM BEGINNING TO END.

SO WE'VE GOT THIS PLAN AND WE'RE WORKING IT.

WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE.

WE'VE GOT THESE REBATES, ALL OF THIS STUFF.

SO THINK ABOUT THIS.

SO I GET A REBATE TO PUT IN AN ELECTRIC FURNACE, BUT MY HOUSE IS 50 YEARS OLD AND I DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO POWER THAT ELECTRIC FURNACE.

HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE DO THAT? AND YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER.

THIS IS JUST THINKING IT THROUGH.

SO WHAT DOES THAT DO TO MY REBATE? SO I WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT I CAN'T.

SO AGAIN, I'M IN THE.

IN THE GROUP THAT IS SOMETIMES BEING KIND OF PENALIZED BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO OUT AND UPGRADE MY ELECTRICAL TO 220 OR 240, WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS NEEDED TO RUN THIS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT.

HOW DO WE DO THAT? THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO THIS PLAN.

SO I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN.

I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW OLD I AM BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY ALL THAT IMPORTANT.

BUT SO WHEN I LEAVE MY HOUSE ON A SATURDAY MORNING, BECAUSE I HAVE I PLAN OUT MY DAY AND I'VE GOT THIS TO DO, DROP OFF THE CLEANERS, WHATEVER.

AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE SO THAT I'M NOT GOING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY GOING TO STILL KEEP DRIVING MY CAR, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE IT EVERY DAY, BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE IT.

AND SO PERHAPS HELPING PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY CAN REDUCE.

A 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ON A BICYCLE IN MILTON.

SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT THEM TO GET TO.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I'VE LIVED IN FLAGSTAFF NOW FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN THE WEATHER CHANGE.

I USED TO BE ABLE TO SET MY WATCH IN THE SUMMERTIME BY THE MONSOONS.

THEY WOULD COME AT 2:00 AND THEY'D END AT ABOUT 2:30, 2:45.

THE SUN WOULD COME OUT AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE DRIED UP IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.

WE USED TO HAVE HUGE SNOWFALLS, AND EXCEPT FOR THIS LAST WEEK, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.

I CAN REMEMBER YEARS WHEN WE HAD NO SNOWFALLS, MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO, AND THAT WAS SCARY.

AND SO I THINK THAT HELPING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, MAYBE PROVIDING SOME OF THAT HISTORY, MAYBE PROVIDING SOME OF THAT BACKGROUND, MAYBE HAVING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY REMEMBER, HOW THEY REMEMBER THINGS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FARMING, GARDENING IN FLAGSTAFF FOR 60 YEARS, AND I'M WORKING WITH THE LADY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN.

SHE'S BEEN TEACHING ME TO GARDEN.

AND EVERY YEAR SHE SAYS TO ME, OH.

THIS IS NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE.

YOU KNOW? AND SO I THINK THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE, WORKED HERE AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF COULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL TO YOU IN HELPING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

SO LOOK AT OTHER FOLKS.

SOMETIMES I THINK THAT WE GET CONCERN OR PEOPLE GET CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE ME OR THEY DON'T SEE

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MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR OR THEY DON'T SEE MY FRIEND OR THEY DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVING THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS.

AND SO THEY JUST KIND OF THINK IT'S JUST US WHO ARE US IS.

SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE WORK SMARTER AND NOT NECESSARILY HARDER.

AND THEN THE LAST THING AND I'LL BE DONE IS THAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND YOU HEAR ME SAY THAT ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.

AND I LIKE KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS AND I LIKE GOING TO PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND HEADED OUT TO, YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ALL OVER THE CITY TO TRY AND SEE IF I CAN GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO THAT.

SO I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE THAT, BUT I DO GET OUT AND ABOUT TO AS MANY EVENTS AS I CAN.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE STAFF AND I KNOW THAT'S ASKING YOU ALL LIKE YOU WORK 40 HOUR WEEKS AND MORE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE WONDERFUL IDEAS.

AND IF I MAY, MAYOR, JUST YOU HIT SOME VERY KEY CRITICAL ISSUES.

WE ARE WORKING TO TRY TO SHIFT THE REBATE CONCEPT TO REBATE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET MONEY.

REBATES ARE THERE TO INCENTIVIZE, BUT THEY'RE THERE TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS, FINANCIAL NEEDS.

WE'RE CONTINUE TO PENALIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT INVESTMENT, THOSE FUNDS TO INVEST IN EFFICIENCIES AND WAIT FOR A REBATE TO COME AFTER THEY'VE DONE THEM.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO SEE HOW WE CAN CREATE A REBATE STRUCTURE AS WELL.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING VERY DEEPLY INTO AND ARE VERY COMMITTED TO TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT CHALLENGE MORE.

BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND THEN I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TRIP PLANNING.

AND YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TO WORK WITH FOLKS AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER TELL OUR STORY.

SO THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR ASLAN.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

HI, NICOLE.

HEY, JENNY, JENNA AND GRACIE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONTINUED HARD WORK ON THIS MULTI YEAR PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

AND WE'RE IN THE STRETCH HERE, BUT NOT THE FINAL STRETCH.

WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE AND BOUGHT IN TO YOUR EFFORTS.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON MY CONTINUED STALWART SUPPORT TO SEE THIS PLAN MOVE FORWARD ON THE SUREST FOOTING THAT WE CAN OFFER.

GREAT CONVERSATION TODAY, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WITH THE NEW COUNCIL.

AND THIS IS MY FOURTH COUNCIL WORKING ON THESE ISSUES NOW.

I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW GROUND, HOW ROOTED IN THE GROUND THESE EFFORTS ARE, HOW THESE QUESTIONS AND THESE CONCERNS AND THESE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES ARE COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WILL NEVER LOSE SLEEP OVER THE FACT THAT WHAT WE'RE BUTTRESSED BY UP HERE IN AND WORKING ON THESE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND POLICY INITIATIVES IS THE BACKING OF THE FULL BACKING OF A VERY LARGE SWATH OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS SHOWN A LOT OF LEADERSHIP AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO STEP FORWARD AS NEEDED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME TODAY THAT I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE MAYBE YOU'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT TAKES FOUR TIMES, FOUR DIFFERENT COUNCILS FOR ME TO HEAR THINGS SOMETIMES. THE FACT THAT CITIES AND TOWNS ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

I REALLY LIKE THAT LANGUAGE.

I REALLY LIKE THE IMAGERY AND THE SYMBOLOGY BEHIND THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE THAT THAT FLAGSTAFF ALONE IS NEVER GOING TO GET US DOWN TO 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PREVENT THROUGH OUR EFFORTS THAT 1.9 BREACH THAT WILL BE CATACLYSMIC FOR THE GLOBE LONG TERM.

NO ONE'S FOOLING THEMSELVES ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THE WALK, TO TALK THE TALK, TO SHOW LEADERSHIP.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOUR GROUP HAS SAID OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT I HAVE HEARD IS THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP

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OUR GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RISE WITHIN A BALANCE OF THE EXTREMES, THERE NEEDS TO BE EARLY ADOPTERS TO THESE THESE PROGRAMS. THERE HAS TO BE COMMUNITIES THAT STEP FORWARD FIRST TO OFFSET THE SLUGGISHNESS OF OTHER LARGER GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES AND AND AND GLOBAL ENTITIES.

SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT ALL ALONG AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO HEAR IT AT LEAST ONCE.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

THERE WAS A BIG STORY THIS WEEK, A REALLY GOOD STORY ABOUT SRP AND A LARGE SOLAR ARRAY THAT'S GOING IN SOMEWHERE HERE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA NEAR FLAGSTAFF.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH APS, WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CORPORATION COMMISSION.

I KNOW SRP HAS THEIR OWN TARGET GOALS FOR LOWERING EMISSIONS.

IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IN THAT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THIS WEEK HOW FLAGSTAFF WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS ARRAY GOING IN AT THE COBAR RANCH.

I'M NOT EVEN SPECIFICALLY SURE WHERE THAT IS AROUND HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN OFFER ANY CLARIFYING COMMENTS OR CONTEXT JUST TO JUST TO HELP SHARE WITH US WHERE THAT IS IN THE LANDSCAPE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

MY GUESS IS THAT IT MOSTLY HAS TO DO LESS WITH FLAGSTAFF AND MORE WITH ARIZONA AS A WHOLE.

BUT MAYBE YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER. AS ON VICE MAYOR ASLAN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GRID IN ARIZONA.

SO, YES, AS YOU SAID, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE BROADER GRID IN ARIZONA.

AND ONE THING THAT WHEN WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION AND WE CAN DO IN OUR NEXT UPDATE, REVISIT TO THE DIALOG AROUND ELECTRIFICATION, BUT THE MORE DEMAND WE PUT ON THE GRID, THE MORE ROOM THERE IS FOR RENEWABLES ON THE GRID.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DYNAMICS AT PLAY WITH THE WESTERN GRID, AND I DON'T PRETEND TO FULLY UNDERSTAND EVEN 2% OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE GRID, BUT THE WESTERN GRID IS WE ARE VERY.

COUPLED WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

CALIFORNIA IS COUPLED WITH ARIZONA.

CALIFORNIA PAYS ARIZONA TO TAKE RENEWABLES OFF THE GRID.

WE TURN AROUND AND SELL ENERGY BACK TO CALIFORNIA WHEN THE RENEWABLES AREN'T GENERATING.

I MEAN, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX, VERY HEAVILY INVESTED, TRADED COMMODITY.

WITH THAT IN MIND, THE MORE RENEWABLES THAT WE CAN SET UP IN THE SOUTHWEST, THE CLEANER THE GRID WILL GET AND THE MORE ELECTRIFICATION TIES INTO THAT.

SO THAT NEED FOR RENEWABLES.

SO ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS MOVING BATTERIES.

THEY ARE BATTERY STORAGE FOR THE UTILITY, THEY'RE BATTERY STORAGE FOR THE UTILITY AT CERTAIN TIMES WHEN THERE'S TOO MANY.

AND I'M GOING TO JUST USE THAT VERY CASUAL TERM.

AND IF MY PEERS AT APPS ARE WATCHING, DON'T CRITICIZE ME LATER FOR THE APPROACH THAT I'M TAKING HERE.

BUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE MOVING BATTERIES.

AND SO WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH RENEWABLE ENERGY BEING GENERATED, THOSE BATTERIES CAN, IF YOU WILL, TAKE ENERGY OFF THE GRID AND MAKE ROOM.

SO THE COMPLEXITIES AROUND ELECTRIFICATION AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IT'S FASCINATING.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE APPLAUDING MORE LARGE SCALE RENEWABLE SYSTEMS IN ARIZONA ON THE GRID.

WE ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT WITHIN THAT CONTEXT THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE OUR NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO SMART BUSINESS DEALS, EQUITABLE DEALS AS WELL.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF BEING LEADERS IN THIS SPACE.

AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT, AS JOHN MENTIONED, THE REGION AND THE STATE, TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE AND WORKING WITH POWER PURCHASE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, OUR WORK WITH APS ON THE GREEN POWER PARTNERS PROGRAM AND SO FORTH.

SO YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AND DIVE INTO THE SRP CONTRACT.

I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO THAT THOUGH.

THANK YOU AND I DO WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU, NICOLE.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

THIS RECENT STORM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE RESILIENCY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORS GETTING TO KNOW NEIGHBORS. AND I SEE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN TERMS OF BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND AMONG NEIGHBORS. AND IT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT LOTS OF YOUR WORK AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE GOING.

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I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ADVOCACY IN FLAGSTAFF AROUND WALKABILITY FOR A LONG TIME, AND THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HESITANCY BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF US JUMP TO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE WALK AND.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT IS NOT WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND.

WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT MAKING IT MORE ENJOYABLE SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO WALK AND WHO DOESN'T? YOU KNOW, WANT THAT.

AND JENNA, AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, I WROTE DOWN, YOU KNOW, CAN THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES HOST EVENTS AT THEIR BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND ALSO TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES.

AND YOU GUYS ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF US THAT I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY THOUGHT OF IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN.

AND I KNOW THAT I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SAY THIS, BUT I WILL JUST SAY IT OUT LOUD THAT I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO TAKE THAT INPUT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT YOUR TEAM IS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IF I MAY, MAYOR, ADD ON TO THE ENJOYABLE WALK AND SAFE WALK, THAT IS SOMETHING WE HEAR A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY, IS THAT SAFETY FOR FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS IS KEY.

AND WE DO TALK ABOUT MODE SHIFT IN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WALK OR BIKE OR ROLL TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN DO SO SAFELY AND FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING IT.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO IN THAT SPACE.

ON THAT NOTE, AND THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT COMPLIMENT.

AND I DO HOPE I SEE MS. KESLER IS STILL HERE.

WE WOULD BE I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH YOU AND TALK AND ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND THEN ALSO TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR US ON HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING A JUST AND DIVE INTO THAT MORE AND EQUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SMITH IS STILL ON THE PHONE.

I DON'T SEE HIM.

BUT I DID WANT TO OFFER JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. SMITH WAS COMMENTING ON THE 100 RESILIENT CITIES EFFORT BY THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE.

WE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.

THEY ESSENTIALLY FUNDED 100 DIFFERENT CITIES WITH A RESILIENCY OFFER OFFICER WE DID APPLY, BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ONE.

SO THAT WAS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE PUT ON BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION TO TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY IN COMMUNITIES AND ACTUALLY FUND POSITIONS FOR COMMUNITIES TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH RESILIENCY INITIATIVES.

AND SAME GOES FOR MR. TRAVIS SMITH. IF HAPPY TO TALK AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.

AS SOME COUNCIL MAY RECALL, WE ENGAGED WITH MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030, IT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE.

WE KNOW WE NEED TO REDUCE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

WE KNOW WE NEED TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF WASTE AND MATERIALS.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF COMMONALITIES, AND I HOPE THAT A LOT OF WHAT MR. SMITH HAS SEEN HAS BEEN BORROWED FROM FLAGSTAFF.

WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE US HAVE USED NOT ONLY OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN AS A FOUNDATION FRAMEWORK, ALSO OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.

AND IN FACT, I WAS ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OUR WORK WITH THE BIG SHIFT.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE BORROWING A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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ALL RIGHT. NOW, WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, SPRUCE WASH AND SCHULTZ CREEK WATERSHED UPDATE.

[8. Spruce Wash and Schultz Creek Watershed Update STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff will present to the Council and community the latest information about the Spruce Wash/ Museum Flood Area and Schultz Creek Watershed/ Pipeline West Flood Area.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SCOTT OVERTON.

SERVE AS YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

FOR A POST WILDFIRE FLOODING UPDATE.

FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL.

THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST REAL POST WILDFIRE FLOODING UPDATE OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS AND IN THE LATE FALL, WE PRESENTED THIS MONTHLY AND MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT CYCLE WE KIND OF GOT INTO OF GIVING YOU CONTINUAL UPDATES.

WE TOOK THE HOLIDAYS OFF.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THE WORK HAS NOT STOPPED.

AND THIS EVENING WE'RE BACK IN KIND OF A ROUTINE TO NOW START PRESENTING ON POST WILDFIRE FLOODING.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE TONE AND PROBABLY THE EVENING'S PRESENTATION IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH WAS GEARED MORE TOWARDS RESPONSE AND MORE TOWARDS SOME OF THE SHORT TERM MITIGATIONS.

AND CLEARLY, NOW THAT WE ARE OUTSIDE OF FLOODING SEASON, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A FOCUS THIS EVENING.

MUCH MORE ON SOME OF OUR HISTORY VERY BRIEFLY FOR SOME OF OUR NEWER MEMBERS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MIGHT JUST WANT A QUICK REFRESHER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS A LOT ON THE SPRUCE WASH WATERSHED UPDATE, WHERE WE'RE AT SINCE NOVEMBER WITH THE BOND PASSAGE AND KIND OF FILL YOU IN ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE THAT APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS.

AND THEN TOWARDS THE LAST PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL GET INTO SCHULTZ CREEK ON THE PIPELINE, WEST PORTIONS OF A POST WILDFIRE BURN SCAR.