>> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN STAND, 
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LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, WOULD YOU READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? 
          >> THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
          >> THANK YOU MAYOR. THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THIS AREA'S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ORIGINAL STEWARDS. 
          THESE LAND IS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE PERCENTAGES. 
          ORDER MOUNTAIN SACRED TO THE ADDITION SPRINKLES. 
          WE HONOR THEM FOR THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          WE'LL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          STEPH WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD. 
          [4. City Council Budget Retreat STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation and Discussion Regarding FY 2023/2024 Budget]
          >> KICK IT OFF? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> HI. 
          >> MORNING 
          >> EVERYBODY IS AMPED UP? READY TO GO? [NOISE] 
          >> READY FOR RICK TADDER SHOW. 
          >> WE HAD A RETREAT TWO WEEKS AGO, SO WE HAVE ASKED A LOT OF YOU TO COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN, AND IT'LL BE GOOD. 
          WE'LL MAKE IT VERY WORTH YOUR WHILE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ENGAGEMENT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH AN INTRODUCTION OR TWO. 
          BUT FIRST, SOME ACCOLADES OR THANKS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PREPPED FOR THIS. 
          SCOTT AND TEAM, THANK YOU FOR THE USE OF YOUR WONDERFUL FACILITY. 
          MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          IT AND OUR CITY CLERK THANKS FOR GETTING US DIALED IN ON THE COMPUTER. 
          WE ARE HYBRID THIS MORNING. 
          WE HAVE A LARGE ATTENDANCE IN THE ROOM AND WE HAVE A LARGE ATTENDANCE REMOTELY. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          WHERE IS SEAN? SEAN IS UPFRONT. 
          SEAN, THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR FOOD, NOURISHMENTS, COFFEE. 
          SEAN, WHO ELSE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? 
          >> WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD YESTERDAY. 
          DORIS, OUR NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET GOT THE COFFEE THIS MORNING. 
          >> THANK THANK YOU, DORIS. 
          GOOD TO HAVE YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS SWEET, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE IN ENGAGEMENT IN THIS. 
          NOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE RETREAT OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF THINGS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, VERY INTRODUCTORY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          WE HAD SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED. 
          I HOPE THAT WAS BENEFICIAL. 
          THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT THIS TIME, BUT REALLY THE FOCUS NOW IS SHIFTING INTO BUDGET. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT IN THE BUDGET SPENDING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, GETTING INTO MORE AND MORE DETAIL, CULMINATING IN AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET IN JUNE AND EARLY JULY. 
          YES. I WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANKS TO SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          IT'S GOT TO BE EVIDENCED TODAY. 
          WE HAVE A LARGE BUDGET TEAM OF COURSE. 
          THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO YOU LAST TIME. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE INTRODUCTIONS FROM LAST TIME, BUT HEIDI DERRYBERRY, SHE'S BEEN BUSY WITH THIS AGENDA AND WE'VE BEEN BUSY CHANGING THE AGENDA, WHICH HAS GIVEN HER A LOT OF CHALLENGE. 
          SHE HAS MET THAT CHALLENGE ADMIRABLY, HAS DONE SO MUCH WORK TO PREPARE FOR. 
          THIS IS INDEED A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE WHO LEAD THAT EFFORT. 
          HEIDI, THANK YOU. 
          >> I'M GETTING READY TO TURN IT OVER TO KATIE BITICAN WHO WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO REINTRODUCE HER. 
          SHE WILL WALK US THROUGH SOME INTRODUCTORY STUFF, THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IF YOU WILL. 
          BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. 
          THESE RETREATS ARE INVALUABLE FOR US. 
          WE LIKE TO DO THESE USED TO BE TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR. 
          I USED TO SAY THAT, BUT REALLY IT'S FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR. 
          BY THE WAY MARK ON YOUR CALENDARS, PLEASE. 
          WE WILL HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CIP RETREAT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH. 
          STACY, THAT STYLED IN NOW. 
          WE DO HAVE A FACILITATOR FOR THAT RETREAT. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LANCASTER ON THAT ONE. 
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WE ARE BRINGING IN AN ENGINEER WHO WORKS WITH THE CITY CLOSELY ON A LOT OF PROJECTS AND SHE HAS GREAT FAMILIARITY WITH ALL THE PROJECTS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, THAT AS JULIE LEE. 
          SHE WILL BE LEADING THE DISCUSSION ON THE 7TH. 
          THE FOCUS THEN WILL BE CAPITAL PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE A BIG DAY. 
          THEN WE WILL RETRIEVE LATER IN APRIL BACK TO OTHER BUDGET STUFF. 
          THIS IS A BIT OF A REPLICATION OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. 
          STRAP IN AND BE READY FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          PLEASE GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. 
          KATIE, ARE YOU READY? 
          >> YES. 
          >> KATIE BITICAN, EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF IN THE ROOM. 
          BEFORE I START, I WANTED TO TELL YOU A QUICK STORY. 
          YES, I KNOW WE'RE AT TIME, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          TRUST ME, I'M GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS, SO JUST STAY WITH ME. 
          THIS MORNING, MY 17-YEAR-OLD SON'S TOYOTA TACOMA DID NOT START. 
          IT HAS 200,000 MILES ON IT. 
          I GUESS NO BIG SURPRISE THERE. 
          THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE SLIGHTLY IRRITATING BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL AND HE CAN'T DRIVE MY YOUNGER SON TO SCHOOL EXCEPT THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE'S BLOCKING IN MY HUSBAND'S CAR IN THE GARAGE. 
          NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE'RE DONE TWO CARS AND WE HAVE TO PIVOT. 
          IF THERE'S ANYTHING TRUE ABOUT LIFE, IT'S THAT THE NEED FOR PIVOTING BECAUSE OF CHANGE IS CONSTANT. 
          WE'RE SITTING HERE FIGURING OUT, OKAY. 
          JIM HAS A PATIENT AT 07:30 DOWNTOWN. 
          I HAVE TO BE HERE AT 08:00. 
          THIS KID HAS TO BE AT SCHOOL AND THEN SOMEHOW PICKED UP AND TAKEN TO CLIMBING PRACTICE. 
          THIS KID HAS TO PICKED UP AT 03:45 AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. 
          NEITHER ONE OF THOSE HAS BUSES BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
          WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SO WE QUICKLY HAVE TO DO WHAT? REVIEW THE DATA IN FRONT OF US. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? WE GO THROUGH ALL THE OPTIONS, START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SOME STUFF ARE. 
          MAYBE YOU COULD TAKE AN UBER AND I'LL TAKE THE BUS. 
          MAYBE I'LL TAKE THE CAR AND YOU TAKE THE BUS AND THEN WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE KID TO CLIMBING? I DON'T KNOW. 
          CALL THAT GUY THAT WORKS AT THE SCHOOL THAT WERE FRIENDS WITH. 
          WE'RE GOING THROUGH OPTIONS. 
          HAVING TO PIVOT LAST SECOND. 
          WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME TO SIT THERE AND DELIBERATE OVER ALL THE OPTIONS AT LENGTH. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY OUR DECISION, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE VARIABLES INVOLVED. 
          WE DECIDE, I GOT THE CAR AND HUSBAND TAKES THE BUS TO WORK AND FRIEND THAT WE KNOW THE PARENTS AT SCHOOL IS GOING TO TAKE THE OTHER ONE, AND THE OLDEST IS GOING TO GET A RIDE FROM SOME OTHER 17-YEAR-OLD. 
          WAS IT THE BEST DECISION? I DON'T KNOW. 
          MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER IF I TOOK THE UBER WHO KNOWS? BUT WE HAD TO BE DECISIVE. 
          WE COULDN'T KEEP BACKTRACKING AND SECOND GUESSING OURSELVES. 
          BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE AFFECTED, THE MORE VARIABLES INVOLVED, THE HARDER IT IS TO SPEND TIME SECOND GUESSING. 
          AS LEADERS, YOU CAN CALL YOURSELVES MASTER PIVOTERS. 
          THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ALL THE BEST PLANS IN THE WORLD ARE GREAT AND THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PIVOT. YES? 
          >> YES. 
          >> YES. IN KNOWING THIS, I THINK LEADERSHIP IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT JUST THE INFLUENCE OR THE DECISIONS, BUT IT'S PARTIALLY THE JUDGMENT OF TAKING IN ALL THE DATA. 
          WELL, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DATA THAT'S GOING TO INFORM YOUR FUTURE DECISIONS. 
          THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TO PIVOT, YOU KNOW THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. 
          IT'S NOT JUST JUDGMENT, IT'S ALSO ABOUT BEING DECISIVE, AS CRAIG MENTIONED LAST TIME, YOU HAVE TO VOTE. 
          IF I THIS MORNING SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SEEMS COMPLICATED, JIM, YOU FIGURE IT OUT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, MY HUSBAND WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE RESENTFUL. 
          SECOND OF ALL, HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD MY PERSPECTIVE TO HELP MAKE THAT DECISION. 
          WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION TOGETHER AS WE KNOW. 
          THEN, ONCE WE MAKE THAT DECISION, I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DRIVING HALFWAY HEARING OR MAYBE THEY MADE THE WRONG ONE. 
          LET ME CALL THE GUY AT THE SCHOOL, CANCEL THAT. 
          I'LL GO HOME AND GET AN UBER. 
          NO, I CAN'T START SECOND GUESSING. 
          MOMENTUM HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. 
          THE MORE COMMUNITY LIVES IMPACTED BY THESE DECISIONS, THE MORE WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM OUR CHOICES. 
          YES. THAT CAN GUESS THEM NO. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE A DIFFERENT ADJUSTMENTS WITH MORE DATA NEXT TIME. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE MASTER PIVOTERS. 
          NOT JUST YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR, BUT ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, BECAUSE THE STAFF AND THE SERVER IS A PART OF DEVELOPING THOSE OPTIONS. 
          ALL OF YOU ARE MASTER INHIBITORS AND THE COMMUNITY IS SO APPRECIATIVE OF IT. 
          BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE JUST STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO WORK. YES. 
          >> I PICKED UP YOUR SON HITCHHIKING THIS MORNING. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THAT'S SO FUNNY. YES. 
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THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES. 
          >> WOULD YOU CONSIDER JUST EVERYONE CALLING IN SICK? 
          >> [LAUGHTER] IT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT TO EVERYONE. 
          ALSO BE KIND TO YOURSELF. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSING THE PIVOTING NEEDS IN FRONT OF YOU, SO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW MANY CHANGES YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE AT THE SAME TIME KNOWING THAT ALL THE CHANGES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ARE STILL UNSEEN AND COMING. 
          THAT BEING SAID, I AM HERE FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          ONE, WE WANT TO CALL ME THE TIMEKEEPER. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE THESE LITTLE REMINDERS, FIVE-MINUTES AND ONE-MINUTE REMINDERS FOR YOUR TALKS. 
          EVERYONE GETS A GOLD STAR IF YOU CAN MAKE IT IN THAT TIME. 
          NO, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AT KEEPING TO THAT TIME, SO THANK YOU. 
          PART OF MY ROLE IS ALSO TO POLITELY INTERRUPT. 
          THE REASONS WHY I MIGHT POLITELY INTERRUPT IS TO KEEP US ON SCOPE, KEEP US OUT OF THE WEEDS, AND TO PROVIDE BALANCED INPUT AND PARTICIPATION, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING IF THEY NEED TO OR HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED. 
          ALSO, TO KEEP YOUR ENERGY UP BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DATA AND BUDGETING TODAY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FUTURE PIVOTING AND DECISION-MAKING. 
          I'M GOING TO HELP KEEP THAT ENERGY UP TO. 
          LAST TIME WE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THINGS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT OPEN MEETING LAWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HOPEFULLY, WE GAINED SOME CLARITY AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND OPEN MEETING LAWS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE COLOR OF MONEY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO USE TODAY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, WHICH MADE ME RETHINK MY OWN HOME BUDGETING, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE PART OF TODAY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT COUNCIL PRIORITIES, WHICH WE'LL ADDRESS AGAIN LATER. 
          WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT LAST TIME, SO LET'S BE READY TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT TODAY. 
          WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE HAVE HEIDI DERRYBERRY, WHO IS GOING TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT THE BUDGET. [NOISE] 
          >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M HEIDI DERRYBERRY, CITY ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. 
          [BACKGROUND] WE ALL HAVING A ROUGH MORNING. 
          [BACKGROUND] I'LL JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA BEFORE I GET INTO THE TIMELINE. 
          WE WILL BE TALKING AS YOU CAN SEE ABOUT THE BUDGET TIMELINE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME DISCUSSION OF THE JANUARY RETREAT FOLLOW-UP, REVENUE UPDATES, AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND FIXED COSTS, INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF BOND PROJECTS UPDATE, FEDERAL FUNDING UPDATE. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS AND PRIORITIES, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, RESOURCE NEEDS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A FORUM AND BUDGET EXPECTATION AT THE END OF TOMORROW. 
          I THINK BUDGET IS ALL EXCITING, SO WE SHOULD BE ALL UP ALL DAY [LAUGHTER]. 
          BUDGET TIMELINE, SAME TIMELINE YOU SAW ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND GREG ALREADY STOLE MY THUNDER, [OVERLAPPING] THAT WE ADDED A NEW [LAUGHTER] RETREAT. 
          THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE YOU SEE TO THIS SLIDE. 
          TODAY AND TOMORROW, WE'RE IN THE 2ND COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT. 
          AND AS GREG MENTIONED ON APRIL 7TH, WE WILL HAVE A FULL DAY TO FOCUS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ALL THE PROJECTS GOING ON OR BEGUN IN THE CITY. 
          APRIL 27TH AND 28TH IS WHEN THE BUDGET TEAM AND GREG WILL BE BRINGING THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL. 
          THE 6TH OF JUNE IS THE TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION AND THEN FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION IS JUNE 20TH. 
          ALSO, ON JUNE 20TH IS PROPERTY TAX LEVY HEARING AND THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPERTY TAX ADOPTION; WITH THE LAST MEETING, JULY 3RD, WHICH IS THE FINAL READING OF THE PROPERTY TAX ADOPTION. 
          THAT IS ONE SLIDE. 
          WHEN YOU RUN THE PRESENTATION, YOU GET TO PICK WHO DOES ALL THE OTHER. 
          I'M FOLLOWED BY GREG AND HEIDI HANSEN FOR THE JANUARY RETREAT FOLLOW-UP. 
          THANK YOU. [NOISE] 
          >> THANKS, HEIDI. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> BEFORE YOU GO, HEIDI HANSEN, HOW IS AUDIO IN THE BACK? YOU ALL ABLE TO HEAR? 
          >> I'M HAVING TROUBLE, I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST. 
          >> YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE? WE'RE ALL HAVING TROUBLE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, HEIDI HANSEN, INTERIM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ALONG WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER, GREG CLIFTON. 
          WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE TOOK NOTES ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID FROM OUR LAST RETREAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE IN MIND THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS. 
          BUT WE DO THIS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED THEM CORRECTLY, SO HOPING THAT WE DID. 
          [BACKGROUND] THERE WE GO. 
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WE AGREE WITH YOU. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE HEARD FROM YOU THAT YOU WANT US TO DO THE SAME. 
          YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE RETENTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          SOMEONE MENTIONED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, TO LOOK AT THE COST OF BENEFITS. 
          LOTS OF YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HEAR YOU. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND ACTUALLY MEETING CITIZENS WHERE THEY MEET. 
          WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DOES OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION BUT OUR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF SAID SHE COULD HELP YOU WITH THAT. 
          WE'RE HERE TO AID YOU IN THOSE MEETINGS. 
          IF YOU NEED MATERIALS OR INFORMATION, WE COULD DEFINITELY GIVE THAT IN YOUR HANDS TO HELP MAKE SURE THOSE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING. 
          YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOUSING, THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOUSING AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS FOR OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          THEN I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE EVEN SAID SHE'D LIKE TO SEE A DIVERSE RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES. 
          AGAIN, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT FOR YOU. 
          YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION. 
          YOU SAID YOU WANTED US TO CONTINUE WITH OUR EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE FLOODING. 
          I THINK THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON THE SPRUCE WASH WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SARAH LANGLEY HAS PUT TOGETHER WITH, I'M SURE, SEVERAL OTHER OF OUR LEADERS. 
          I BELIEVE THAT MAYOR, YOU TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO LOOK AT OUR FIRE EQUIPMENT NEEDS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE AREN'T FALLING BEHIND AND THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. 
          SEVERAL OF YOU TALKED ABOUT WASTEWATER AND RECLAIMED, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT MAKING OUR RESOURCES GREENER AND A PRIORITY. 
          YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. 
          WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. 
          THEN SEVERAL TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PROPS 441 AND 442, THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING AHEAD IN GETTING THOSE COMPLETED. 
          THEN WE HAD SEVERAL TALKS ABOUT THE BIG SHIFT. 
          YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS PLAN, AND THEN I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY, YOU SAID, PLEASE LET'S TAKE CARE OF THOSE SIDEWALKS SO WE DON'T SEE OUR NEIGHBORS WALKING ALL OVER THE STREETS. 
          WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A F.A.I.R., SWEET AND MCCARTHY, YOU BOTH ASKED FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT, HAVE A DEEPER DIVE AND I'LL BE COMING BACK BEFORE THE FALL. 
          GREG, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING? 
          >> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUMMARY. THANKS. 
          >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE CAPTURED WHAT YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON? I KNOW THERE WILL BE OTHER FOCUSES THROUGHOUT THE RETREAT, WE'LL BE TAKING NOTES. 
          DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE MISSED ANYTHING? 
          >> I WOULD JUST ADD PERSONNEL TO FIRE. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] GOT IT. 
          >> IT'S NOT EQUIPMENT NEEDS. 
          >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PUT? 
          >> STAFFING METRICS. [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD. I LIKE THE THUMBS UP. THANK YOU. 
          [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU. THANKS, SCOTT. 
          HAVE BEEN DOING IT WRONG FOR LIKE 500 MEETINGS, BUT ANYWAY, OKAY. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'LL GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME. 
          I THINK NOW WE'RE MOVING IT ON TO RICK TADDER. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> RICK TADDER'S IN THE HOUSE. 
          [NOISE] 
          >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, RETAILER MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTORS AND CITY TREASURE. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I WAS SURPRISED NOBODY SHOWED UP THAT SATURDAY THAT I TALKED ABOUT [LAUGHTER] COMING UP MORE CONVERSATION BUDGET, BUT MOSTLY SHOWED UP. 
          >> WE WERE OUTSIDE WAITING 
          >> WAS THE DOOR LOCKED? 
          >> WE WERE INSIDE WAITING FOR HIM. 
          >> WELL, HERE WE ARE FOLLOWING UP FROM THAT RETREATS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS BACK THEN ABOUT RECESSION, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. 
          I GAVE YOU ENOUGH DATA OF WHERE REVENUES ENDED WITH FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO NOW WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP AND TALK ABOUT WHERE OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY. 
          FIRST, AS I GO THROUGH THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I EXPLAIN THE CHARTS. 
          WILL WALK AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 
          ON THESE CHARTS WE HAVE THE ACTUAL THAT BLUE LINE LEADS UP TO WHERE WE ENDED THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO? [INAUDIBLE] TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR '21, '22. 
          THE ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS WHAT WAS OUR CURRENT PLANS AS WE ADOPTED A BUDGET LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
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SO THOSE REPRESENT WHAT OUR CURRENT FIVE-YEAR PLANS WERE PREDICATED ON. 
          THE GREEN LINE TAKES OFF HERE IN ACTUALS AND BUILDS THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO BRING THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION, WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE, HOW REVENUES HAVE GROWN, AND WHAT WE HAVE IN CAPACITY GOING FORWARD. 
          WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE ON THESE CHARTS IS TO HAVE THE ORANGE LINE BELOW THE GREEN LINE, MEETING OR EXCEEDING THOSE PROJECTIONS. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME SLIDES THAT YOU'LL SEE THE ORANGE ABOVE THE GREEN LINE, WHICH MEANS THEY DIDN'T COME IN AS WE WERE CONSIDERING LAST FISCAL YEAR AND WE'RE BUDGETING. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES WILL HIT ABOUT 70 PERCENT OR $7 MILLION OF THE REVENUES IN GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS IS REALLY THE MAJOR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOR GENERAL FUND SERVICES: POLICE, FIRE PARKS, WRECK, AND NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND SO FORTH. 
          WE'LL HIT A LOT OF THOSE SLIDES WITH THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TO UPDATE. 
          [NOISE] THEN WE'LL LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OTHER FUNDS THAT CAN GIVE YOU SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE THOSE MAY BE LANDING AND THEN A SUMMARY OF SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. 
          SO FIRST OFF IS OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS IS 1% SALES TAX ON CERTAIN CATEGORIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE PUTTING A BUDGET TOGETHER, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MANY A SIMILAR THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR. 
          WE ALSO HAD INFLATION WAS A MAJOR THINGS LEADING INTO THE SPRING, THE SUMMER. 
          WE WERE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT MANY THINGS LAST YEAR AS TO WHERE WE WENT THROUGH PROJECTIONS LAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE LINE. 
          YOU'RE MAKING SURE THOSE REVENUES WERE COMING IN WHERE WE EXPECTED TO FUND THE SERVICES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE OUT IN THE OUT YEARS, I'M GOING TO WALK OVER A LITTLE BIT AS WE SEE THE ORANGE DIP DOWN, THAT'S OUR RECESSION PLAN. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT RECESSION PLAN MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND REVENUES ARE CYCLICAL AND THEY DO DECLINE. 
          WE HAD A PLAN THAT MAY BE A FUTURE RECESSION IN OUR PLANS. 
          YOU'LL SEE A SIMILAR THING ON MANY OTHER SLIDES THAT WE HAVE. 
          AS WE GOT THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER OF LAST FISCAL YEAR, REVENUES CONTINUED STRONG. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE GENERAL FUND REALLY EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS. 
          YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE ORANGE TO THE FIRST PART OF THE GREEN WERE ABOUT 2.3 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE PROJECTED LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          THAT GIVES US A GOOD BASELINE TO PROJECT OFF AND BRING THIS YEAR'S ESTIMATES INTO LINE. 
          IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEN ABOUT A 4% TREND INCREASE ABOVE LAST YEAR'S ACTUALS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A FAVORABLE YEAR SO FAR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF SALES TAXES. 
          YOU CAN SEE OUR GROWTH CONTINUES TO GO UPWARD WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTIONS UP FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          AS WE END FISCAL YEAR 22-23, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AT ABOUT 30 MILLION IN REVENUES ABOVE WHAT WE PROJECTED IN THE PAST YEAR. 
          THEN THE RECESSION TALK. 
          WE'RE BUILDING IN A RECESSION CONVERSATION. 
          THIS IS REALLY A LOT OF CHATTER IN THE ECONOMIC AREA, NEWSPAPERS AND SO FORTH. 
          WE ARE REALLY CAUTIOUS. 
          WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT REVENUES IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. 
          I'VE BUILT IN ABOUT A 2% DECLINE. 
          THEY SAID IT'S GOING TO BE MILD. 
          I THINK A 2 PERCENT DECLINE IS REASONABLE AND FAIR AS PLANNED. 
          BUT AS I MENTIONED, THEY ALSO EXPECTED TO BE A SHALLOW IN A SOONER RECOVERY THAN A LARGE RECESSION THAT WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          WE'LL SEE A DIP AND THEN REVENUES INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN OUR PLAN. 
          AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SLIDES ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT GAP BETWEEN THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN. 
          THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE CALCULATE AVAILABLE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT SECTION OF WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE IN OUR FRONT. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE PROJECTING REVENUES, WE STAY WITHIN THAT ONGOING RESOURCE. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THE GAP WIDENING, WE LOOK AT THOSE AS ONETIME RESOURCES. 
          BUT WE WANT TO BUDGET DOWN TO OUR ONGOING NEEDS WITH THOSE ONGOING RESOURCES. 
          THAT'S WHERE OUR PROJECTIONS ARE WITH THE GENERAL FUND. 
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THE NEXT IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE SEEING OUR CATEGORIES OF SALES TAXES COMING IN FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          JUST AS A HIGH-LEVEL THING HERE. 
          MY NOTES TOGETHER HERE. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 4 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR'S ACTUAL. 
          THE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING VERY WELL IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OVER PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, THE LARGEST ONE IS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE BEEN EXCEEDING OVER $3 MILLION IN BUILDING PERMITS. 
          AS THE PERMITS GET ISSUED, THEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS. 
          NOW WE'RE SEEING THE BENEFIT ON THE SALES TAX SIDE HERE WITH CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING. 
          THE OTHER AREAS ARE THE RESTAURANT AND BARS ARE DOING VERY WELL. 
          OUR COMMERCIAL RENTAL HAVE REBOUNDED NICELY AND OUR RETAIL TAXES ARE DOING VERY WELL AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          NOW I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF OUR STATE-SHARED TAXES THAT WOULD GET THROUGH THE STATE OF ARIZONA THROUGH OUR DISTRIBUTION. 
          FIRST IS THE STATE SHARE SALES TAX. 
          THEY TAKE A PORTION OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTED STATE, AND THEY SET IT ASIDE FOR CITIES, AND THEN WE RECEIVE A PORTION BASED ON OUR POPULATION. 
          AS OUR POPULATION GROWS OR MAINTAINS, THE DISTRIBUTIONS ARE CALCULATED OFF OF THOSE NUMBERS. 
          HERE YOU CAN SEE ALSO THAT STATES SHARE SALES TAX ARE ALSO DOING VERY WELL. 
          THEIR CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN GROWING. 
          THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN HAVING SOME GREAT GROWTH AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS. 
          SOME OF IT IS RELATED TO THE MARKETPLACE REVENUES. 
          THAT CAME INTO EFFECT JUST NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THAT UP-SLOPE OF REVENUES, SO THAT WAS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR STATES. 
          THE FEDERAL STIMULUS PACKAGES, THE MONEY PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SO FORTH, AS DISPOSABLE INCOME IN SOME CASES, AND THAT'S BEEN HELPING OUR GROWTH IN OUR STATE SALES TAX. 
          WE'VE ADDED A MEDICAL MARIJUANA RETAIL TAX IN THIS NUMBER. 
          THAT'S PART OF THIS GROWTH CONSIDERATION. 
          ALSO A COUPLE OF MEASURES ACTUALLY WE DON'T WANT TO EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH. 
          WE LISTEN TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE, JLBC. 
          WE LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT STATE REVENUES, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS THERE AFFECTS OUR ALLOCATIONS. 
          THESE ESTIMATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE PREDICATED ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ALSO. 
          WE'RE LISTENING, WE'RE VIEWING, AND THEN WE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE AND OUR EXPECTATIONS IN THE COMING YEAR. 
          HERE YOU CAN SEE WE DO SHOW THAT DIP IN REVENUES WITH THE RECESSION UPON US. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO PROJECT TOO FAR, EVEN WITH THE STATE SHARE SALES TAX. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT, BUT OVERALL, REALLY GOOD GROWTH. 
          WE'VE EXCEEDED LAST YEAR'S PROJECTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND IT DEFINITELY ADDED SOME CAPACITY IN OUR GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR. 
          OTHERWISE, BE QUITE SURPRISING. 
          LAST YEAR IS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE STATE INCOME TAX PROJECTIONS, THIS IS LAST YEAR'S CHART THAT WAS IN THE PACKET. 
          I THOUGHT WAS HELPFUL TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE, WHAT WE'RE THINKING IN OUR REVENUES. 
          WE SAW A DECLINE COMING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 
          LET ME GET MY FISCAL YEARS. WE GO WALK OVER. 
          IN 2022, WE SAW A DIP IN OUR INCOME TAXES, BUT THAT WAS A PLAN DIP. 
          JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THE STATE SHARED INCOME TAX, THE CITIES GET 15 PERCENT AND THEN DISTRIBUTED BASED ON POPULATION. 
          BUT THEY MADE SOME MEASURES BACK DURING RECESSION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DEFERRED TAX PAYMENTS AND CAUSE SOME RIPPLES AND HOW WE CAN PROJECT. 
          BUT WE KNEW THE NUMBER BECAUSE THEY DISTRIBUTE TWO YEARS AFTER THE COLLECTION OF THE INCOME TAXES. 
          THOSE NUMBERS WERE WELL-KNOWN GOING INTO LAST YEAR'S CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE SAW THAT 9.8 BIGGER. 
          THEN WE DID SEE SOME GROWTH COMING IN THERE, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS AROUND STATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCOME TAXES, 
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CHANGING THE TAX RATES, REDUCING STATE REVENUES, ASSOCIATE WITH SALES, OR WITH INCOME TAXES, WHICH IS A CORPORATE AND PERSONAL INCOME TAX. 
          THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES ON A PERSONAL INCOME TAX. 
          WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR SHARE. 
          WE WERE VERY CAUTIOUS IN PUTTING THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO RELY ON SOMETHING THAT STATE MAY CHANGE THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE PRACTICE AND AFFECT OUR ONGOING RESOURCES. 
          WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THESE LAST YEAR. 
          BUT LOW AND BEHOLD, THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S BEEN SOME AMAZING INCREASES IN INCOME TAXES, BOTH CORPORATE AND PERSONAL INCOME TAXES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE STATE. 
          WE DO SEE OUR DISTRIBUTIONS INCREASING QUITE A BIT OVER WHAT WE'VE PROJECTED LAST YEAR DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS. 
          WE WILL HIT THE TARGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WE KNEW THOSE DISTRIBUTIONS COMING INTO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE SEEN WHAT THE COLLECTIONS ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, AND BASED ON THE CALCULATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS, WE WILL SEE A LARGE GAIN IN WHAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE. 
          HOWEVER, WITH CAUTION, YOU CAN SEE IT JUMPS UP, BUT THEN YOU SEE THE SWING GOING DOWN. 
          WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THE INCOME TAX CUTS ARE TAKEN EFFECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          IT WASN'T A ONE-YEAR HIT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THE JLBC, JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE PROJECTIONS. 
          THEY ARE EXPECTING SUBSTANTIAL DECLINES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN GROWTH OUT OF OTHER PROJECTIONS AS WE GO. 
          AGAIN, THEY HAVE DECISIONS AT THE STATE LEGISLATION AND WHAT INCOME TAX CUTS WORK AFFECTS THAT CURVE QUITE A BIT. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE STILL A LARGE GAP BETWEEN THE ORANGE AND THE LOW POINT OF THE GREEN. 
          THAT IS WHERE WE LOOK AT OUR ONGOING CAPACITIES. 
          THESE REVENUES ARE SHOWING ABOUT A $3.4 MILLION INCREASE IN ONGOING CAPACITY, SHOULD WE MEET THESE PROTECTIONS IN OUR YEARS. 
          WHILE IT'S DIPPING WE'RE STILL GOT SOME GAINS, OUR STATE SHARED INCOME TAXES. 
          WHERE DO YOU SEE THE PEAKS AND THE NUMBERS IN THERE, THOSE NUMBERS THAT WILL RESERVE FOR ONE-TIME RESOURCES BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T BUDGET AT THE 20 MILLION ONGOING? WE'LL SEE SOME ONE-TIME RESOURCES IN OUR CONVERSATION IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO GENERAL FUND ONETIME RESOURCES. 
          THE OTHER PART TO THIS 20 MILLION, I MISSED THAT PART. 
          WHEN THE STATE DECIDED TO DO THE INCOME TAX CHANGES ON PERSONAL INCOME, THEY ALSO AGREED TO CHANGE THE STATE-SHARED PORTION WITH THE CITIES. 
          IT WENT FROM 15 PERCENT TO 18 PERCENT. 
          WE WEREN'T SURE WHEN THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT BECAUSE THERE WAS TRIGGERS INVOLVED WHEN THE STATE WOULD GET US THE 18%. 
          THEY HIT THEIR TRIGGERS IN THE ONE-YEAR, AND THAT IS ALSO PART OF WHY IT WENT UP QUITE DRASTICALLY FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTIONS. 
          ANOTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS OUR STATE SHARED AUTO LIEU OR VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX AT THE STATE SHARES OF PORTION WITH CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          HERE IT'S WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE AT LAST YEAR WHEN WE'RE DOING BUDGETING. 
          THE ORANGE AND GREEN LINES ARE FAIRLY CLOSE IN NATURE. 
          MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF ONETIME CAPACITY ABROAD IN HERE BUT WE EXPECT THESE TO ULTIMATELY RECESSIONARY OR PEOPLE ISSUE AS DISPOSABLE INCOME GOES DOWN, PEOPLE ARE BUYING THE VEHICLES, REGISTERING VEHICLES, PAINTING SO WE DO SEE A SLIGHT DIP COMING IN THIS AREA. 
          BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN STRONG FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          WE'VE MET THE THREE MILLION MARK 2020, 2021 AND 2022. 
          HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THE CURVE, IT'S CURVING DOWN AND IT'S LOOKING TOWARD A DOWNWARD TREND WITH LAST YEAR'S ACTUAL. 
          AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS CURRENT YEAR PROJECTIONS, I STILL SEE WE'RE NOT MEETING THE SAME LEVELS WE HAVE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          WE DON'T REALLY BUDGET FOR A HIGH LEVEL OF BUILDING PERMITS ON AN ONGOING BASIS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. 
          BACK IN THE RECESSION OF 
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2018 THESE REVENUES WENT DOWN BELOW A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE OF BUILDINGS STOPPAGE, NOT GROWING AND SO FORTH. 
          WE WANT TO ASSURE THAT THESE ARE ALSO THOSE REVENUES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DECISIONS IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO WE GENERALLY BUDGET AROUND THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS MARK ON BUILDING PERMITS. 
          WHEN IT'S ABOVE THAT MARK, WE LOOK AT THOSE A ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR GENERAL FUND VERSUS THE ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          OUR FRANCHISE FEES. 
          NOT MUCH EXCITEMENT HERE. 
          THESE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT SINCE 20 OF 2013. 
          JUST MOVE ALONG. 
          FRANCHISE FEES ARE FOR USE OF SEE RIGHT AWAY. 
          THIS IS FOR ELECTRIC, GAS, TELEPHONE, AND MISSING ONE. 
          WHICH ONE? 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT. 
          WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE ON A MODERATE CYCLE OF GEL ON OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          [NOISE] PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE REVENUE FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS IS PROPERTY TAX ARE SET BY COUNSEL. 
          I'LL SEE YOU DECIDE ON THE RATES THAT WE WILL ISSUE TO CREATE A LEVY. 
          LEVY IS REALLY THAT REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO ALSO, WITH A LEVY AND NOT FOR REVENUES WE CAN BRING IN, WE ARE KEPT IN AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF 2 PERCENT OVER PRIOR YEAR ALLOWABLE REVENUES. 
          WE CAN INCREASE THAT TWO PERCENT LEVY EVERY YEAR IN PRE-SERVICE. 
          IN ADDITION, WE GET TO INCREASE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ITEMS ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          AN AVERAGE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR ADDED TAX VALUE HAS BEEN BETWEEN THE $75,000-$150,000 A YEAR. 
          THERE IS GROWTH AND PROPERTY TAX. 
          HOWEVER, OUR DECISIONS, THE LAST THREE BUDGET CYCLES HAVE BEEN A FLAT LEVY, MEANING WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO FOR THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WOULD COULD AND ARE ALLOWED TO. 
          WE'VE KEPT THE LEVEE FLAT PLUS THOSE NEW CONSTRUCTIONS, THAT CAPACITY DOES NOT GO AWAY. 
          THAT CAPACITY REMAINS, WE ARE ALLOWED TO ISSUE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS TO MEET THE MAXIMUM REVENUES OF LEVIES FOR THE CITY. 
          ALSO, WE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS PLUS WE HAVE THE CURRENT COMING YEARS. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT US 8 PERCENT VARIANCE IN LOW. 
          THAT'S ABOUT A $600,000 A CAPACITY SHOULD COUNSEL HAVE THAT DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          I JUST WANT TO MENTION ON THIS CHART, ALL THREE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE PROPERTY TAXES WERE JUST CONSISTENTLY DOWN TO 5 MILLION AND THEN BUMPED UP FOR THE TWO YEARS. 
          THAT WAS A DECISION OF A PREVIOUS COUNCIL WHERE WE WANTED TO USE THESE PROPERTY TAX RESOURCES TO FUND SIX POLICE OFFICERS AND SIX FIREFIGHTERS IN OUR OPERATING FUND, THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD A 7 PERCENT INCREASE PER YEAR THAT WAS BASED ON A FLAT LEVY OVER SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THAT. 
          THAT'S HOW THIS BUMPED UP IN THAT PERIOD. 
          BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE WE'RE JUST PROJECTING FROM OUR SCIENTISTS A LEVEL IN CONSTRUCTION-RELATED PROJECTIONS. 
          THOSE WERE THE GENERAL FUND ONES. 
          THAT'S AGAIN ABOUT $70 MILLION. 
          YOU SAW THERE IN OUR PROJECTIONS, 70 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE. 
          I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF OTHER REVENUES FOR YOU. 
          FIRST IS OUR HIGHWAY USE OF REVENUES. 
          THIS IS A SHEAR TAX THAT COMES FROM THE SALE OF GASOLINE, THERE'S A TAX ON EACH GALLON, AND THEN IT'S DISTRIBUTED TO CITIES AND COUNTIES BASED ON WHAT IS PAID AT PUMPS LOCALLY. 
          THEY HAVE A VERY COMPLEX DISTRIBUTION PRACTICE HERE. 
          HERE WE JUST SEE REVENUES DECLINE AT THE PANDEMIC AREA, BRILLIANT LEVELED OFF. 
          BUT WE SAW SOME GOOD GROWTH THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. 
          WE'RE GLAD THAT THESE REBOUNDED WELL. 
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HOWEVER, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR INCOME, THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE YEAR, JULY AND AUGUST WEREN'T MEETING OUR PROJECTIONS AND WEREN'T GROWING AS FAST AS WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD. 
          THAT STARTED GIVING US A CAUTION OF ARE WE GOING TO MEET OUR PROJECTIONS? THIS IS ONE WHERE THE ORANGE LINE IS ACTUALLY ABOVE THE GREEN LINE, WHICH GIVES US A CONCERN ABOUT THOSE RESOURCES WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          WE'RE STILL GOING TO KEEP WATCHING THESE. 
          WE DID SEE A SLOW DECLINE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'RE GOING KEEP WATCHING THIS TO SEE IF IT DOES REBOUND TO ITS CAPACITY. 
          BUT THIS IS ONE THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUND. 
          I SHOULD THINK NOT REBOUND LIKE THEY WILL. 
          OTHER THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT THIS IS AS GOOD AS PEOPLE GO TO MORE FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES. 
          THEY DON'T USE GASOLINE AS MUCH, SO THEY'RE NOT TAXED BY THE GALLON. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LONG-TERM THINGS WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WITH THESE REVENUES AND HOW THOSE WILL BE IMPACTED LONGER TERM. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TAXES AS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. 
          IT'S OUR TRANSPORTATION TAX GROUP. 
          THIS CONSISTS OF THE TRANSIT TAX, THE ROAD REPAIR AND STREETS SAFETY TAX, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION TAX AND LONE TREE TAX THAT WE HAVE APPROVED BY VOTERS. 
          A FEW CATEGORIES IN HERE. 
          HERE, I'M JUST NOTING, YOU CAN'T REALLY RELY ON TRANS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TAX SOURCE LIKE THIS, BECAUSE NEW REVENUE HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE. 
          YOU SEE THE ROAD REPAIR STREET, SAFETY ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015. 
          A BUTLER OVERPASS AND RENEWAL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION TAXES OCCURRED IN FISCAL YEAR OF 2019-2020. 
          THESE LIKE OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, THEY SINK PRETTY WELL. 
          BECAUSE THEY HIT THE SAME CATEGORIES WITHIN SEXUAL ABUSE TASKS. 
          HERE WE ARE PROJECTING SOME GOOD GAINS WITHIN TRANSPORTATION TAXES. 
          WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF COURSE, CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING UP. 
          INFLATION AND SO FORTH REALLY AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO DELIVER PROJECTS. 
          THERE IS GOOD NEWS, BUT WE ARE WATCHING THAT COST OF SERVICES OFTEN. 
          >> HEY, GREG. 
          >> YES. 
          >> THE TRANSPORTATION TAXES, WHERE IS THAT COLLECTED AT THE FARM OR FROM PROPERTY TAX? WHERE DOES THE TRANSPORTATION TAX. 
          >> IT'S A SALES TAX ON GOODS, SERVICES, THOSE CATEGORIES I SHOWED A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 
          >> WHAT PART OF THE SALES IS ACTUALLY RETAIL SIDE? 
          >> ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          AT LEAST THE CATEGORIES COLLECT THE SALES TAX. 
          ON HERE WE HAVE THE 1% FOR GENERAL FUND PLUS WE HAVE 2.28% FOR THE TRANSPORTATION TAXES. 
          THAT'S WHERE REVENUES ARE GAINED FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 
          >> IN PART OF THAT WAS THE BOND IN 2018 FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHERE WE VOTED TO RAISE THE TRANSPORTATION TAX TO COVER THAT FOR LONE TREE. 
          >> IT WASN'T A BOND. I'M SORRY. 
          YOU THREW ME WITH THE BOND. IT WAS A BALLOT MEASURE THAT THE COUNCIL COULD AFFORD. 
          [LAUGHTER] HERE'S WHERE WE'VE RENEWED THE TRANSPORTATION TAX PACKAGE WHICH WAS 0.46, I BELIEVE, FOR STONE, PERIOD OF THE HEAD, ROSE PARKER SHIFTS AND SO FORTH. 
          THEN WE ALSO ADDED THE BUTLER ROUTE 66 OVERPASS TAXED ON TOP OF THAT. 
          THAT'S THE RED IS COMING IN FROM THOSE TEXTS CATEGORIES THAT HELP. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> GREAT. IT'S TRYING TO CONNECT WITH US. 
          >> THIS IS A RESOURCE TO DO ALL THOSE PRODUCTS. 
          BED, BOARD, AND BEVERAGE TAX OR A BBB TAX IS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HOW THOSE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED THROUGH RECESSIONARY PERIODS IN THE PAST. 
          BUT HOW THOSE ALSO HELP US GAIN AND REBOUND FROM THESE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. 
          HOW WE CAN INVEST IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TO GROW OUR REVENUES BACK UP A LITTLE FASTER THAN MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING. 
          THIS WAS A GREAT NEWS WE PROVIDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          THESE REBOUNDED OUT TO BE $11 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR LAST YEAR AND RESOURCES FOR TOURISM, 
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARTS AND SCIENCE, BEAUTIFICATION, AND RECREATION PROJECTS. 
          WE EXPECT THOSE TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS YEAR JUST AS OUR SALES TAX DOES, AS YOU SAW, RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE DOING VERY WELL. 
          HOTELS ARE DOING GOOD. 
          THOSE ARE ADDING TO THE POT OF MONEY FOR OUR BBB SERVICES AND PRODUCTS PROJECTS. 
          WE DO HAVE THE RECESSIONARY DEPTH HERE. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE THE GAP IN HERE. 
          WAS THAT CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES OF OUR PROJECTIONS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR OR CONCERNS VERSUS WHERE WE'RE AT THIS YEAR AND THERE IS GAIN OF ONETIME AND ONGOING CAPACITY IN THESE BOND. 
          I AM GOING TO WRAP UP WITH JUST SOME OTHER REVENUE CLOSE AND CONSIDERATIONS. 
          ONE IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND, CHARGES FOR SERVICES HAVE NOT REBOUND TO PRE RECESSION PERIODS, PRE-COVID RECESSION. 
          WE'RE STILL WATCHING THOSE, WERE HOPING THOSE CONTINUING AGAIN. 
          THESE ARE LIKE YOUR PARKS AND REC FEES, YOUR ADMISSIONS, AND OTHER CHARGES FOR SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GENERAL FUND RATES. 
          GET OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH COMPENSATION INCREASES, AND INFLATION COSTS IN THOSE FUND. 
          BRIAN IS GOING TO SUMMARIZE WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDS ARE STRUGGLING OR SO FORTH OVER THE NEXT YEAR. 
          THEIR CHARGES FOR SERVICES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH COMPENSATION AS WELL AS INFLATION. 
          I AM WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT TO BRING BACK A COMPREHENSIVE COST RECOVERY POLICY FOR COUNCIL TO REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND POTENTIALLY ADOPT TO GIVE SOME GUIDELINES OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE SETTING RATES FOR HOW MUCH WE SHOULD BE RECOVERING FOR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          OF COURSE, RE-SIZE WILL FOLLOW THAT. 
          WE JUST WANT TO GET THE BASELINE FIRST. 
          THEN WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT RATES. 
          IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL SERVICE RATES THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          STATE LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD SOME POSITIVE THINGS WITHIN THIS YEAR'S STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD SOME NEGATIVE THINGS THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED AS BILL. 
          A COUPLE ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OR THOSE STORM-WATER ITEMS. WE HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION IN HOSPITAL 2543 FOR THE HIGHWAY 180 PROJECTS. 
          IT SHOWS THE FLOODING OUT THAT WAY. 
          RECENTLY WE HAD AN AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2286 THAT MAY, IF IT GETS COMPLETELY PASSIVE, COULD BRING IN $9 MILLION IN REVENUES FOR OUR STORM-WATER CONCERNS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          AS I SAY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN VERY PROACTIVE ON THE LOBBYING FOR RESOURCES AND PHONICS. 
          WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO FOCUS AND MAKE SURE THE STATES HEARING US WHEN WE'RE COMING FORWARD AND TALKING ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES. 
          BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT MAYBE, THAT'S SOMEWHERE MAYBE WE CAN INVEST MORE TIME IN INSTEAD OF RELYING ON OUTSIDE PARTIES OR OTHERS TRYING TO BRING THINGS FORWARD WITH WHAT CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          HOW CAN WE DO MORE? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT INCREASE THAT CONSIDERATION? THEN THE LAST BULLET AND CONVERSATION OR ARE THEY BAD? THEY ARE BAD BUT THERE ARE BAD BILLS OUT THERE THAT REALLY WILL IMPACT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. 
          THERE'S ONE ABOUT PULLING OUT SOME OF THE ITEMS FROM SALES TAX CATEGORIES. 
          THERE IS ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX AND REDUCING THAT, WHICH WOULD BE A MAJOR HIT. 
          THERE IS A MINIMUM WAGE BILL TO PENALIZE CITIES FOR VOTER APPROVED INITIATIVES, WHERE THEY WOULD ALLOW BUSINESSES TO GET A 10% TAX REFUND. 
          I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS. [OVERLAPPING] A CREDIT. 
          BUT THEN THEY WANT TO BUILD US THE CITY FOR THOSE RESOURCES. 
          MAKING A WASHINGTON STATE, EVEN THOUGH ALL THE CITES BENEFIT FROM A HIGHER WAGE. 
          WE SHARE THE REVENUE IF THE INCOME IS COMING IN THE CITY, GOLDEN STATE AND THEY GET SHARED, BUT THEY WANT TO PENALIZE US INDIVIDUALLY. 
          >> I JUST QUICKLY NOTE THAT THERE'S A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER STATING ABOUT MINIMAL WAGE PROPOSAL. 
          >> IS IT YESTERDAY? 
          >> TODAY. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> TODAY. [LAUGHTER] RICK, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS SUMMARY AND CLOSE? 
          >> DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT LOBBYING OR IS THAT ANOTHER TOPIC? 
          >> NO. YOU DON'T HAVE IT LATER. IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. 
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          >> THANKS, RICK. PLEASE STAY HERE. 
          [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE WE'LL DO A LITTLE BACK TEETH HERE. 
          ON WHAT RICK JUST MENTIONED. 
          THIS TIME A YEAR, WE START SEEING BILLS AT THE STATE HOUSE AND WE TRACK THEM. 
          THE ONE THAT RICK JUST MENTIONED TOO IS HIGH ON THE RADAR. 
          IT IS NEW. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          OF COURSE, WITH COUNCIL. 
          RICK WAS, I THINK, VERY BENIGN IN HIS COMMENT THAT IT CAN AFFECT CITIES, I WILL BE A LITTLE MORE EDITORIAL. 
          IT CAN AFFECT THE CITY AS IN CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          TUCSON IN THE MIX, THEY DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH SKIN IN THE GAME AS WE DO IN TERMS OF THEIR MINIMUM WAGE. 
          THEY WILL BE IMPACT IN TUCSON- SHOULD THIS PASS. 
          THIS IS TARGETED AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, MAKE NO MISTAKE AND IT'S A BIT WAS ENACTED AS WRITTEN. 
          THE IMPACT WOULD BE PROFOUND ON I HAVEN'T DONE THE DEEP DIVE INTO THIS BILL YET, BUT IT COULD FAIRLY WELL TO PLEAD THE SHARED STATE REVENUES TO THE CITY. 
          RICK IS JUST WALKED YOU THROUGH WHAT ALL THOSE REVENUES LOOK LIKE. 
          WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT ONE CLOSELY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE EDITORIAL ON THAT. 
          BUT THESE BILLS ARE IMPORTANT TO WATCH AND IT'S NOT ALL BAD. 
          THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          BUT GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SUCCESSFUL BUILDS, SO AT LEAST SUCCESSFUL IF THEY ARE PASSED AS WRITTEN OR AMENDED. 
          THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF STANDS TO BENEFIT, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF STORM-WATER. 
          IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO GIVE SOME PROPS TO OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR EFFORT TO CD AMENDED BILL, HOUSE BILL 2286. 
          IT'S ALL JUST HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. 
          OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SUITE WE'RE DOWN TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF THAT BILL IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EFFORT. 
          STAY TUNED ON THAT. 
          IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS OR APPROPRIATION PROCESS FOR BOTH. 
          WE'LL BE WATCHING AND PARTICIPATING WITH INTEREST ON THAT. 
          IT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE CITY. 
          THE GOOD AND THE BAD, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WATCH FOR. 
          ON THE LOBBYING EFFORTS. 
          I SENT TO COUNSEL, I THINK LAST WEEKEND, A PACKET OF MATERIALS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          ON THE TABLE IS THE QUESTION, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO LOBBY FOR DOLLARS AT THE STATE HOUSE? IF THE ANSWER TO THAT IS MAYBE NOT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BOLSTER THAT EFFORT? I WILL BACK UP AND SAY, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN WASHINGTON WITH OUR LOBBYISTS. 
          OVER AGAIN THE LAST TIME, PRE-COVID THAT WE WERE IN WASHINGTON, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE TO CITY IN OBTAINING A $52 MILLION APPROPRIATION FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR A REAL DEFLECT PROJECT. 
          SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THROUGH LOBBYING EFFORTS. 
          MAKE NO MISTAKE, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT BEHIND THESE GRANTS. 
          THERE'S EFFORTS INTERNALLY TO GET THE GRANT APPLICATIONS OUT THE WINDOW. 
          STACY BK AND MANY OTHERS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO PROCESS IN WASHINGTON AS THESE SUBMITTALS ARE CONSIDERED. 
          WE HAVE ENJOYED, I THINK, VERY GOOD SUCCESS FROM OUR LOBBYING EFFORTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, TO SEE THESE MATERIALIZE, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WOULD BE THE RACE GRANT, THAT HELPED US CLOSE THE GAP ON THE RIO DE FLAG FUNDING, NEEDED FUNDING, AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN MILE. 
          THESE ARE HUGE. THESE ARE, IN THE OPINIONS OF MANY, AND MYSELF INCLUDED, THE BIGGEST THING IN FLAGSTAFF'S HISTORY IN TERMS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THIS COUNCIL WILL SEE THIS PROJECT START OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          STAY TUNED ON THE EXACT TIMELINE, THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. 
          LOT OF BUSINESS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, GETTING THINGS BUTTONED UP WITH THE ARMY CORPS, TO PRECEDE THE BIG CONTRACT THAT WILL THEN ENABLE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND. 
          IN THESE THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, AND THEY ARE INCHING CLOSER AND CLOSER. 
          WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF THINGS TO THE MANY STAFF PEOPLE, INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. 
          AGAIN, I CAN THINK OF NOTHING BIGGER THAN THIS, IN TERMS OF POSITIVE BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, 
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TO BRING MUCH OF ITS PROPERTY DOWNTOWN AND IN THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, BRINGING A SUCCESS TO A CENTURY OF HISTORY WHERE WE HAVE SEEN OCCASIONAL, RARE BUT IMPACTING FLOODING IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT'S A HUGE PROJECT AND THERE ARE MANY MORE. 
          BACK TO THE QUESTION, I MAKE MENTION OF THE SUCCESSES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF ASSISTANCE AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THAT MIGHT BE A CRITICISM OF THE STATE. 
          RICK JUST SHOWED YOU THE NUMBERS. 
          THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE REVENUES AT THIS STATE RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCALITIES TO ASSIST US WITH SOME OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION, BUT I DON'T THINK THE CONVERSATION ENDS THERE. 
          WASTEWATER IS ANOTHER BIG TOPIC, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, AND THERE ARE OTHERS. 
          ARE WE DOING ENOUGH AT THE STATE LEVEL TO GO AFTER SOME OF THESE FUNDS? WHICH QUITE ARGUABLY WE SHOULD BE DESERVING SOME ASSISTANCE AND DISREGARD, AND OUR BEATS ARE VERY REAL, PERHAPS VERY UNIQUE. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THE STATE OF ARIZONA, FLAGSTAFFERS HAVE MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF NATURAL DISASTERS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER MITIGATE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AND WHAT WE KNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, AND THEN WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROACTIVELY TRY TO PLAN FOR AND BUILD, TO NOT PREVENT, OR TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF FUTURE EVENTS. 
          TOUCHING ON A LOT OF THINGS HERE, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH INCLUDE OUR WILDFIRE PROGRAM. 
          OUR CHIEF GYLA, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, THE MANY EFFORTS TO MANAGE OUR FORESTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AND MANY OTHER PARTNERS TO HELP ENABLE OUR FOREST RESOURCES TO BETTER HANDLE FIRE EVENTS. 
          NOT TO SUPPRESS THE FIRE EVENTS, BUT TO MAKE THE STANCE OF BETTER HANDLE THOSE EVENTS, WHICH ARE VERY MUCH PROBABLY THE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IN THE PONDEROSA PINE ECOSYSTEM. 
          A LOT OF EFFORT THERE, AND THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN UPDATES ON THAT. 
          IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THAT'S PROACTIVE EFFORT. 
          AS WE TALK ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE REACTIVE MODE. 
          REMEMBER THAT LITTLE PRESENTATION WE DID TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE RETREAT ABOUT REACTIVE POLICY MAKING AND PROACTIVE. 
          WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE ABOUT BOTH HERE. 
          WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BOTH. 
          IN THE REACTIVE REALM, MOSTLY, BUT PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT IN THE OTHER EFFORTS. 
          COULD WE USE A LITTLE MORE STATE ASSISTANCE TO HELP US? OF COURSE, THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          HOW DO WE GO ABOUT PURSUING THOSE RESOURCES? THE MATERIALS I SENT TO YOU COUNSEL INCLUDED BACKGROUND ON A LOBBYIST WHO COULD ASSIST US IN THIS REGARD. 
          I'LL GET RIGHT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND YOU HAVE THAT BACKGROUND, YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL. 
          THAT FIRM, AND I'M SPEAKING OF THE SUMMIT CONSULTING GROUP, IS PROBABLY READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. 
          THE COST OF THIS WOULD NOT NECESSITATE A LOT OF PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          I DO NOT BELIEVE RICK TADDER HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO FUND THIS, AND WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THAT DISCUSSION TO OCCUR QUICKLY. 
          I WANT TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT COMMENT ON THE FRONT END OF THIS DISCUSSION. 
          THIS IS NOT SUPPLANTING OR CHANGING THE CURRENT LOBBY EFFORTS AT THE STATE HOUSE. 
          WE HAVE A LOBBYIST WHO'S PAST PERFORMED FOR THE CITY FOR SOME TIME, AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE. 
          THE COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED ITS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          I THINK THAT DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE TWO WOULD BE POLICY ADVOCACY VERSUS APPROPRIATIONS AND MAYBE EXECUTIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES, BOTH. 
          APPROPRIATIONS DOLLARS, POLICY, SIDE-BY-SIDE. 
          THE PROPOSAL THAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL WOULD NOT HAVE IMPACT ON OUR CURRENT LOBBYING EFFORTS. 
          I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TODD DEXTA YESTERDAY, 
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TRYING TO EXPRESS THAT IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, THAT THIS IS SUPPLEMENTING CURRENT EFFORTS. 
          IT MAY NOT BE INDEFINITE, IT MAY NOT BE LONG TERM, BUT I THINK THE IDEA HERE IS CERTAINLY WHILE THERE ARE REVENUES THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE STATE HOUSE, AND THERE ARE RIGHT NOW, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? SHORT-TERM COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          >> I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO THE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING UP THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          I BELIEVE I REMEMBER HEARING THAT AT SOME POINT THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY OR WHATEVER AFTER WE HAD ONE OF THE FLOODS AND THE FIRES. 
          DID I REMEMBER THAT RIGHT? 
          >> STACY BE CLEAR, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD THAT. 
          THE QUESTION IS, DID THE GOVERNOR DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY ON SOME OF THESE DISASTERS THAT WE'VE HAD? IS THAT A GOOD ARTICULATION OF YOUR QUESTION? 
          >> YEAH, THAT'S THE FIRST PRODUCT OF THE QUESTION. 
          THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS THAT, DID WE RECEIVE ANY FUNDS FOR THAT? IF SO, WERE ARE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ALL THE FIRES AND EVERYTHING? DID THAT COME TO THE CITY FOR US TO MANAGE, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? 
          >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          THE QUESTION, IF IT WAS NOT ENTIRELY AUDIBLE IS, WHAT ASSISTANCE HAVE WE RECEIVED BY VIRTUE OF GOVERNOR-DECLARED EMERGENCY. 
          I THINK WE'RE TALKING DEMA AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND STACY BK IS HERE TO TALK TO US HERE NOW. 
          >> EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE AN EVENT AND IT GETS TO THE THRESHOLD THAT WE HAVE EXTINGUISHED ALL OUR RESOURCES, THAT ALL THE STAFF ARE OUT, OUR VEHICLES ARE AT THE CAPACITY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO DO A DECLARATION. 
          THAT DECLARATION GETS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND GETS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS. 
          THEN WHAT THAT DOES, THAT ALLOWS US FUNDING, AVAILABLE FUNDING AT THE STATE, THE GOVERNOR, THEN AGREES TO THE DECLARATION THAT OPENS UP A FUNDING POT OF 75/25 OF FUNDING, AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TRAPPED, ALL THOSE COSTS, LABOR, EQUIPMENT, DAMAGE, THAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, WE'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          GRETCHEN IN ACCOUNTING AND BRANDY ARE ON IT. 
          THEY ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO SUBMIT THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          >> WE GET 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST? 
          >> CORRECT. WE GET 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, AND THEN WE PICK UP 25% MATCH OF CITY FUNDS. 
          [NOISE] >> IT'S A QUESTION. 
          >> GREAT. 
          >> YES, THANK YOU. 
          >> WELCOME. 
          >> THANK YOU, STACY. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS IN THE ROOM. 
          [LAUGHTER] THAT'S MANTRA I CERTAINLY REMIND MYSELF UP, PLEASE. 
          >> I HAD ANOTHER PART OF ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          >> PLEASE. 
          >> YOU HAD MENTIONED JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO ABOUT GRANTS THAT WE GO AFTER. 
          >> YES. 
          >> AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT OUR LOBBYISTS, DO THEY LOBBY GRANTING AGENCIES LIKE WHOEVER WE SEND GRANTS TO? THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF AGENTS, FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT DO GRANTS. DO WE LOBBY THEM? 
          >> I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT DO WE HAVE AN EXPERT? 
          >> I BET [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> JUST DON'T GO TO THEM. 
          >> LIKE THE COMPETITIVE BRANDS FOR EXAMPLE IF WE SIT A GRANT TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. WHAT ARE LOBBYISTS LOBBIED THAT AGENCY THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE HAPPY THAT WE WERE SUBMITTING THE GRANT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> BOB HOMES ARE FEMORAL LOBBYISTS AND I TAUGHT WEEKLY, DAILY SOMETIMES. HE'S A VERY BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF PRICE UP OF COURSE, WITH LOBBYING, WE REACH OUT TOM. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE INFRARED GRANT THAT WE JUST GOT FROM THE DOWNTOWN MILE. I RIGHT AWAY LET HIM KNOW THAT WE'RE APPLYING TO GET A CONGRESSIONAL LETTER. IT'LL START TALKING WITH SENATORS AND EVERYBODY AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY GIVE US A CONGRESSIONAL LETTER THAT WE CAN ATTACH THE APPLICATION. SO HE'S DOING THAT AND THEN WE DO FILL OUT A DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING THAT WE DO HAVE A LOBBYIST AND BUT HE'S VERY MUCH ON BOARD. AS SOON AS WE KNOW WE'RE DOING A BIG FEDERAL GRANT HE WILL DO THAT FOR US. 
          >> STACY, I MISSPOKE WHEN I MADE REFERENCE TO THE RACEWAY. WE PURSUED THAT, BUT IT WAS IN FOR GRANT THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THIS ON RACE CRAP WE'LL TALK MORE LATER. 
          >> YES. 
          >> BUT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND THAT WAS THE INFRA GRANT WAS WITHIN THAT BILL AND THAT'S THE ONE WE JUST RECEIVED THE WORD WORKING ON. 
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          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT UPDATES THIS AFTERNOON. 
          >> I TURN IT INWARD TO COUNSEL FOR SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS QUESTION ABOUT LOBBYING. STACY JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE TERM BI-PARTISAN. OUR LOBBYING EFFORTS ARE VERY BI-PARTISAN OR NON-PARTISAN, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CHARACTERIZE IT. WE LOBBY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, AND WE DO SO SUCCESSFULLY. WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT PACKET OF MATERIALS I SENT TO YOU, I WOULD INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND OF SUMMIT CONSULTING GROUP. THERE ARE PARTISAN AFFILIATION. I WANT TO BE FULLY CANDID WITH THAT AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK. I'VE LOOKED, I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH BUT MY COMMENT HERE IS, THESE ARE NOT PARTISAN ENDEAVORS. THESE ARE ENDEAVORS THAT ARE PREMISED UPON GOOD CONDUCTIVITY WITH OUR DELEGATES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL IN A VERY BIPARTISAN OR NONPARTISAN MANNER. WITH THAT I GOT THE FIVE-MINUTE CUBE, BUT I'LL TURN IT IN FOR DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          >> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE SUMMIT? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO. 
          >> BECAUSE I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT WAS JUST REALLY TIMELY AND EVIDENT WHEN THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS' SUITE ON A WHIM WENT DOWN AND EVENTUALLY SECURED 9 BILLION. I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS THAT WE DO NEED A VERY FOCUSED EFFORT IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN IN OUR TOWN, IT IS SUCH A TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT IF IT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO GET ALL THE SNOW MELT TOO FAST. WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER FIRE WHEN WE'LL FIRE ON THE WEST SIDE AGAIN, FURTHER UP BY THE PEAKS. THESE ARE SUCH URGENT TIMES AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXHAUSTING THE AIR THREE OPTION TO GET FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING. WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND WE'RE CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION ON STORMWATER RATES AND STUFF. I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT WHATEVER WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE RATE TO THE CITIZENS. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE STILL EXHAUSTING EVERY OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE STATE FEDERAL LEVELS. I'LL JUST SAY HANDS DOWN, I WANT TO DO THIS SEPARATE LOBBYIST TO JUST FOCUS ON THIS ONE JUST LIFE-AND-DEATH CRITICAL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. 
          >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, PLEASE. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] STUDIED THE MATERIAL YOU SENT IN AND I AM SUPPORTIVE AND THEN WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THIS [INAUDIBLE] SHARED REVENUE FOR MR. TYLER. 
          >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. OTHER COMMENTS? YES. 
          ALSO SUPPORTIVE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE TO ADD AND [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY THIS WEEK TO HELP AND MAYOR CITY COMING TO YOU. 
          >> BACK TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE TRACKING, HOPEFULLY, IF FORGIVEN, THAT WE MAY NEED TO RELY ON FURTHER TESTIMONY AT THE STATE HOUSE, PERHAPS THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, ELSEWHERE TO HELP ADVANCE THE BILLS THAT WERE SUPPORTIVE OF AND TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY ON THE BILLS THAT MAY NEGATIVELY IMPACT US. ANYTHING FROM NEW MAYOR ON THIS? 
          >> I'M COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE, FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS GIVEN NOT TO EXHAUST AND BREATHE OUT. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] OR AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS HOW YOUR CONVERSATION WITH TODD WENT? 
          >> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR TODD. I THINK THERE WERE UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERNS ABOUT BRINGING ON AN ADDITIONAL LOBBYISTS. I EXPRESSED EMPHATICALLY TO TODD THAT HIS SERVICES TO THE CITY WERE INTACT AND APPRECIATED AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE BEEN. THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING TO SUPPLEMENT AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A LONG-TERM ARRANGEMENT, BUT REALLY IT'S TO GO AFTER EXISTING REVENUES. 
          >> I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU PRIVATELY. JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE PUBLIC, WE REALLY DO NEED TO BE TURNING OVER EVERY ROCK. THIS IS A ONE ADDITIONAL WAY TO DO THAT, BUT WE OWE IT TO THE TAXPAYERS WHO WERE ON THE CUSP OF BURDENING WITH THIS. DURING AN EPIC IN AN ERA WHEN EVERYBODY IS ALREADY STRESSED OUT FINANCIALLY AS MAXIMUM AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS DUE DILIGENCE. IT'S THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION, IS ADDITIONAL THINGS WE CAN BE DOING TO AVOID THE NEED TO GO BACK TO RATE PAIRS. I HOPE IT WORKS. 
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          >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? 
          >> YEAH JUST TO FOLLOW UP. WHICH I DO SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE KEEPING TIME SERVICES. THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF IT TO ME. 
          >> YES. THANK YOU AND WELL STATED. I THINK WE HAVE A DIRECTION. 
          >> I'M ON BOARD. 
          >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. 
          >> CAN I JUST SAID CONTEXTUALLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SURPLUS AT THE STATE AND THERE'S MONIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY WHERE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOOL'S ERRAND, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, OR SPINNING OUR WHEELS OR JUST AN EXERCISE IN THEATER, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SECURE ADDITIONAL REAL DOLLARS AT THE MOMENT. WHILE I'VE BEEN SKEPTICAL IN THE PAST THAT THOSE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE AS ROBUSTLY AS THEY HAVE BEEN. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT CONTEXTUALLY, THAT WE'RE IN A PLACE HERE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA WHERE WE CAN LEGITIMATELY PURSUE THAT AND THIS ISN'T JUST WINDOW DRESSING. 
          >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, I CONCUR. ONE MINUTE. NO ACTION ITEMS DURING THESE RETREATS. WHAT I WILL DO COUNCIL IS MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT ON A PEACH OR CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU AND WE'LL WORK OUT THE FUNDING, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOTTING YOUR I'S, AND CROSSING THE T'S. ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU? 
          >> JUST QUESTIONS ON REVENUE AND PAY [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> A QUICK QUESTION ON SHARED REVENUE. THIS THREAD OF TAKING THE CITY SHARE. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE SALES TAX, DOES IT INCLUDE CURVES, DOES IT INCLUDE INCOME TAX? DOES IT INCLUDE ANYTHING ELSE? AND WHEN WE TALKING, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT $50,000,000 GRANT? 
          >> THE ONE ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE AND GIVEN CREDITS TO COMPANIES, I THINK WAS ONLY FOCUSED ON THE INCOME TAX PORTION. IT'S INCOME TAX BASE OF THE TOXIN DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T OPEN IT FURTHER, BUT YEAH, IT COULD AFFECT [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] IT COULD BE INTERPRETED LEGISLATURE OR BY STAFF TO INCLUDE. 
          >> JUST PAY SIX SHARED REVENUES. THAT OPENS UP TO AUTO-LOOP. 
          >> THAT'S LIKE $50 MILLION. 
          >> IT'S A LOT. 
          >> BIG DOLLARS. IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT. COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER. 
          >> WE DON'T WANT TO SELL FIRE STATIONS. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> YOU GOT CHIEF DEALER'S ATTENTION WITH THAT [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> WAIT WHAT? 
          >> WE CAN MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REVENUES? 
          >> LET'S GIVE [INAUDIBLE] A BREAK ALMOST 20 MIN EARLY ON YOUR PRESENTATION. I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN TEASE YOU ANY MORE ABOUT BEING ON TIME BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> AS I READ THIS, I'M LIKE, I CAN'T SAY. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> ANDY THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL BRANDY [INAUDIBLE] SERVING AS YOUR CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR. THE NEXT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, TO SHARE WITH IS ABOUT AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND FIXED COST FORECASTING FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. MY PRESENTATION IS MAINLY GOING TO FOCUS ON GENERAL FUND, BUT I WILL ALSO BE TOUCHING ON SEVERAL OTHER FUNDS THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. 
          MY FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR PENSION RETIREMENT RATES AND COSTS. 
          THE CITY HAS FOUR DIFFERENT PENSION SYSTEMS. WE HAVE ASRS OR ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
          WE HAVE PSPRS OR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ONE FOR POLICE AND ONE FOR FIRE. 
          WITHIN EACH OF THOSE PSPRS PLANS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS. 
          WE HAVE TIER 1 AND TIER 2 HAVE A DIFFERENT RATE THAN OUR TIER 3 PSPRS OF POLICE. 
          THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR EORP, OR ELECTED OFFICIALS RETIREMENT PLAN, WHICH ALSO HAS THREE TIERS. 
          BUT ON THIS SLIDE, I'M JUST REPORTING THE AVERAGE RATE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
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ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SIX YEARS OF HISTORY OF PENSION RATES PLUS THE RATE THAT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, 24, SO THE ASRS RATE IS INCREASING SLIGHTLY BY 0.12 PERCENT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPH, OUR PSPRS RATES DECREASED DRAMATICALLY IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, 2021 AFTER REFINANCED THE CITY'S PSPRS UNFUNDED LIABILITY WITH PENSION BONDS. 
          WHILE THE TWO CITY PSPRS PLANS CONTINUE TO BE OVER 100 PERCENT FUNDED, WE'RE CURRENTLY OVER 103 PERCENT ON OUR POLICE, AND OVER 106 PERCENT ON OUR FIRE; ACCORDING TO OUR MOST RECENT ACTUARIAL REPORT. 
          PSPRS, POLICE IS SEEING A SMALL INCREASE IN ITS TIER 1 AND TIER 2 BY 1.56 PERCENT, AND FIRE RATES ARE INCREASING BY 4.51 PERCENT. 
          WHILE THIS IS NOT UNEXPECTED, PSPRS BOARD DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS BY LOWERING OUR EXPECTED RATE OF RETURN ASSUMPTION, AS WELL AS OUR PAYROLL GROWTH ASSUMPTION WHICH WILL IMPACT OUR RATES. 
          WE WERE ANTICIPATING THESE CHANGES IN OUR ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS WHEN WE LOOKED AT UP DOING THAT REFINANCING. 
          IN ADDITION, THE PLAN HAS HAD SOME CHANGES AND BENEFITS BY EXPANDING THE DROP PROGRAM FROM FIVE YEARS TO SEVEN YEARS, AND THE PLAN DID EXPERIENCE A NEGATIVE RETURNS IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          THEN LASTLY, AT THIS TIME OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL RETIREMENT PLAN RATE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. 
          >> I GUESS I FIGURED THE GOOD NEWS IS IGNORANCE IS CURABLE, SO YOUR Y-AXIS IS PERCENT. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, IS THIS LIKE? 
          >> THIS IS THE PERCENT. THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE ON EMPLOYEE SALARY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THAT THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR IT. 
          >> YOU SAY, IF A PERSON MAKES X DOLLARS THE CITY HAS TO PAY 45 PERCENT OR WHATEVER. 
          >> YES. 
          >> PER YEAR? 
          >> YES. 
          >> THAT'S A LOT. 
          >> YOU COULD SEE. ASRS IS 12.29 PERCENT FORECASTED FOR 22, 23. 
          PSPRS, YOU CAN SEE BOTH TIER 1 AND TIER 2 BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 9.56 AND 12.86 FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THEN ELECTED OFFICIALS IS AT 70.59 PERCENT. 
          >> FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE GET PAID. 
          DOLLAR 65 COST AT THE CITY. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          >> HOW DID THESE RATES IMPACT OUR TOTAL COST? THIS NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES A HISTORY OF ACTUAL PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE PROJECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, AND '24. 
          BASED ON THESE RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, '24 CITYWIDE, THE ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, OR EXPECTING AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $130,000. 
          PSPRS POLICE IS INCREASING BY APPROXIMATELY $150,000. 
          PSPRS FIRE IS INCREASING BY $332,000 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ALSO INCREASING BY $76,000, AND THIS INCREASES SPECIFICALLY DUE TO THE INCREASES TO MAYOR COUNCIL SALARIES. 
          >> ALL OF US ARE IN A RETIREMENT SYSTEM? 
          >> YES. 
          >> FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT, I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN A RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BUT THE CITY IS NOT PAYING THEIR RETIREMENT BUT THEIR PAYING INTO A STATE POT? BECAUSE I'M WONDERING, SO IN FULL DISCLOSURE MY PERSONAL BUSINESS, BUT IT'S OKAY. 
          I'M PART OF THE ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO I GET A RETIREMENT PLAN FROM THEM ALREADY. 
          NOW I'M WORKING FOR THE CITY, AND SO THE CITY IS PAYING RETIREMENT, BUT THEY'RE PAYING THAT INTO A POT. 
          BASICALLY, YOUR PAYING THE STATE FOR ME TO WORK. 
          >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT SAME SITUATION? [OVERLAPPING] 
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          >> SOME WOULD SAY IT'S SOME EMPLOYEES THAT RETIRE AND THEN MAYBE THEY LEAVE SERVICE FOR HERE WITH ASRS AND THEN THEY COME AND RETURN TO WORK. 
          WE THEN DO HAVE TO PAY INTO THAT RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
          AGAIN, AS WELL AS THEY RETURNED TO WORK. 
          WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES MAY BE THAT GO FROM PSPRS AND THEY RETIRE FROM THE PSPRS SYSTEM, AND THEY MAY GO INTO THE ASRS OR BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE. 
          WE HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS. 
          THERE'S NOT A TON OF THEM, BUT THERE IS A GOOD HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES AND THAT'S IT. 
          >> THAT'S ALL OVER THIS STATE. 
          EVERYBODY DOES THAT. EVERY CITY? 
          >> YES. 
          >> HAS THAT BEEN LIKE FOREVER? 
          >> AS FAR AS I KNOW. 
          I MEAN, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH THE CITY 15 YEARS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE LAST DECADE. 
          >> THERE'S NO RECOURSE FOR CITIES TO NOT HAVE TO PAY INTO A POT WHERE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFITS. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S NO BENEFIT. 
          I MEAN, YOU'LL SEE BOTH, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET AN ELECTED OFFICIAL PENSION AS WELL AS AN ANSWER US PENSION AT END OF THE SERVICE. 
          >> SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE CITY. 
          THAT YOU GET TO PAY, WE NOT FOR ME OR BOTH WE DID TO PAY INTO A SYSTEM FOR AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S YOU'RE NOT IN THE CITY. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY. 
          >> THERE'S CERTAINLY A BENEFIT TO THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH PENSION SYSTEMS IN THEIR RETIREMENT. 
          >> BUT THE ONE YEAR YOU'RE PAYING INTO WHAT? YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID BY ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. 
          JUST GO AHEAD. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> MAYBE WE NEEDED TO GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> NOW FOCUSING ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS SLIDE REPORTS OUT VARIOUS ANTICIPATED FIXED COSTS THAT WE MUST BUDGET AND FUND FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          FIRST OFF, WE HAVE A MERIT INCREASES AT JUST OVER 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THESE ARE ALREADY FUNDED IN THE BUDGET AS WELL AS IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR ALL FUNDS. 
          NEXT, COST IS OUR MINIMUM WAGE. 
          WHILE WE WON'T KNOW, WHILE THIS NUMBER WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL THE FALL OF 2023, OUR COST PROJECTIONS RANGE FROM SOMEWHERE 282,000-331,000 DEPENDING ON THAT CPI INCREASE. 
          THAT'S THE RANGE. FOR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT THREE TO SEVEN PERCENT CPI INCREASE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS JUST GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          JUST TO NOTE, I DID UPDATE THIS NUMBER ON MY SLIDE LAST NIGHT AS I WAS WORKING ON MY NOTES. 
          THE NUMBER I PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED WAS A CITYWIDE COST. 
          PENSION COSTS RELATED TO ASRS AND PSPRS INCREASES. 
          IT'S ESTIMATED AT $550,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          ANTICIPATED HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS PROJECTED AT $350,000. 
          ASSUMING WE MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT COST-SHARE RATIO WITH EMPLOYEES. 
          THERE A COUNCIL SALARY INCREASES WITH EMPLOYEE-RELATED BENEFITS IS AN INCREASE OF $180,000 FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          WE ALSO ARE ANTICIPATING SOME PRETTY LARGE INCREASES TO OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY BILLS. 
          SOMEWHERE $70-175,000 WHICH ASSUMES BETWEEN AT EIGHT AND 20 PERCENT INCREASE TO ELECTRIC. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL PART. 
          THEN LASTLY, AT THIS TIME IT IS UNKNOWN. 
          WHAT TYPE OF INCREASE? WE MAY SEE YOU FORWARD LIABILITY, PROPERTY, AND WORKMAN'S COMP INSURANCE. 
          >> IT'S A CLARIFICATION QUESTION ON THE UTILITY RATE INCREASE IS THAT JUST THE ANTICIPATED RATE HIKE FROM ELECTRICITY WORK, BECAUSE WE'RE CONVERTING MORE OVER TO ELECTRICITY? 
          >> THIS IS JUST THE RATE IT RANGES. 
          NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY FIXED COST INCREASES, WHAT ARE WE PROJECTING FOR AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND HOW THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS WRECKED REPORTED OUT EARLIER TRANSLATE INTO AVAILABLE RESOURCES EITHER AS ONE-TIME OR ONGOING? IN FISCAL YEAR 2021-22, OUR ACTUAL REVENUES EXCEEDED OUR PROJECTIONS BY $8.24 MILLION, 
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PROVIDING ONE-TIME RESOURCES TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WHILE WE SAW OUR STRONGER THAN EXPECTED REVENUES AND BOAST REVENUE CARE CATEGORIES, THIS AMOUNT IS MAINLY DUE TO STRONGER THAN EXPECTED GROWTH IN OUR SALES TAX, OUR STATE SHARED REVENUES AND BUILDING AN OFFSITE PERMITS, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT USER FEES ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALSO HAD SALARY OR EXPENDITURE SAVINGS GREATER THAN PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021/22 EQUALLY AT $3.33 MILLION. 
          THIS ALSO PROVIDES ONE-TIME RESOURCES TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THESE SAVINGS ARE MAINLY DUE TO PERSONNEL SAVINGS, DUE TO THE NUMBER OF STAFFING VACANCIES DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AS RICK MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE ALSO PROJECTING TO EXCEED OUR BUDGETED REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR '22-'23, BASED ON OUR LATEST PROJECTIONS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $5,025,000 IN ONE-TIME RESOURCES. 
          AGAIN, SALES TAX, STATE-SHARED REVENUES, AND BUILDING PERMIT GROWTH ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THESE INCREASES. 
          THOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER REVENUE CATEGORIES THAT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO OR ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET THE BUDGETED FORECAST, INCLUDING COURT FINES AND PORTRAITURES, AND USER FEES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARKS AND REC. 
          THE NEXT LINE IS OUR UPDATED FISCAL YEAR '23-'24 REVENUE PROJECTIONS OVER OUR PRIOR YEAR PROJECTIONS, ARE PROVIDING $5,450,000, IN ONE-TIME RESOURCES, MAINLY DUE TO THOSE STATE SHARED INCOME TAX REVENUES THAT RICK REPORTED EARLIER, AS WE DO NOT PROJECT THOSE TO CONTINUE AT THAT LEVEL ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 
          AS WELL AS 4,665,000 IN ONGOING RESOURCE, RELATED MAINLY TO SALES TAX AND STATE-SHARED REVENUES, ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, THE GROWTH IN OUR STATE-SHARED INCOME TAX. 
          OVERALL, THAT PROVIDES US WITH JUST OVER $20 MILLION IN ONE-TIME RESOURCES AND $4,665,000 IN ONGOING RESOURCES WITHIN THE GENERAL BUDGET. 
          COUNSEL ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO CONSIDER AN INCREASE OUR PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX BY ABOUT $590,000 AS THE CITY HAS NOT INCREASED ITS PRIMARY PROPERTY TAXES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HAS THE AVAILABILITY OF 8% INCREASE THAT IS ALLOWABLE BY STATE STATUTES, PROVIDING A POTENTIAL INCREASE OF ONGOING RESOURCES OF JUST OVER $5.25 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR, '23-'24. 
          WELL, I KNOW THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT. 
          ONLY THE ONGOING PORTION CAN BE USED TO FUND ONGOING COSTS AND MEETING OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS. THE CITY HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PENT-UP NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S OPERATIONS THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING IN SEVERAL OTHER CITY FUNDS. 
          [NOISE] 
          >> ANOTHER CLARIFICATION QUESTION. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED? 
          >> YES. 
          >> OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS BASED ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTIES. 
          >> EXACTLY. 
          >> IS THIS POTENTIAL A PERCENT INCREASE IN THE LEVY TAX NOT IN THE ASSESSOR VALUE POSSESS PROPERTIES ALREADY FACING A HIGHER PROPERTY TAX BILL BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGHER THIS VALUE? 
          >> NO. 
          >> NO. 
          >> NO, WE'RE ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          >> YES. 
          >> THIS IS NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE DON'T QUITE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS DOWN, THOUGH WE DO PROJECT SOME GROWTH IN OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          FOR OUR PRIMARY PROPERTY TAXES, ASSESSED VALUES ARE LIMITED TO A 5% INCREASE PER YEAR BY STATE STATUTES. 
          EVEN IF YOUR HOUSE INCREASES 20% IN VALUE, YOUR SET'S VALUATION WILL ONLY EVER GO UP 5%. 
          WE DO HAVE THAT CAP, BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO JUST INCREASE OUR REVENUE BY THAT 5%. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY LIMITED TO INCREASE OUR GROWTH ON OUR LEVY BY 2% PER YEAR. 
          THAT'S WHERE I COME UP WITH THAT. 
          WE HADN'T RAISED OUR RATE FOR OUR PRIMARY PROPERTY TAXES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, PLUS WE HAVE ANOTHER 2% THIS YEAR. 
          WE COULD INCREASE IT BY A TOTAL OF 8%. 
          BUT JUST BECAUSE PROPERTY ASSESSED VALUES GO UP BY A GREATER PERCENTAGE THAN WHAT WE INCREASE, 
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WE CAN INCREASE OUR LEVY. 
          >> YOU CAN INCREASE IT BY 2% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. 
          >> NO, 2% OVER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VALUE EACH YEAR. 
          >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          BUT THIS IS THE TAX LEVY, IT'S THE AMOUNT OF TAX THAT'S COLLECTED. 
          IF THE ASSESSED VALUE WENT UP, THE RATE THAT WE CHARGED GOES DOWN SO THE THING THAT WE TAX STAYS THE SAME. 
          NOW, YOU CAN CHANGE IT OUTSIDE OF THAT. 
          BUT IF THE ASSESSED VALUE GOES UP, IT DOES NOT AFFECT HOW MUCH TAX WE COLLECT. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, WELL, THE ASSESSED VALUE WENT UP, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY, NO, THE RATE GOES DOWN, FORTUNATELY, AM I CORRECT? 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I THINK HISTORICALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION, EVEN AMONGST COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THAT LITTLE DETAIL. 
          >> YES. PROPERTY TAXES ARE COMPLICATED. 
          >> VERY COMPLICATED. 
          >> I THINK I'D USE SOME OF THESE. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'LL WRITE A WHITE PAPER ON YOU. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> THAT WILL MAKE IT OFFICIAL. 
          >> SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS TO NOTE REGARDING OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES INCLUDE THE TEMPORAL OR THE BUDGET TEAM HAS COMMITTED TO CONVERTING 50% OF MANY OF OUR ANNUAL ONGOING BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO FUND WITH ONE-TIME RESOURCES DUE TO THE LIMITED ONGOING RESOURCES IN THE PAST BUDGET YEARS. 
          TO CONVERT 50% OF THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS FROM ONE-TIME TO ONGOING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE JUST OVER 1.7 MILLION, AND TO CONVERT ALL OF THOSE, WE HAVE IS 3.4 LITERS. 
          THE BUDGET TEAM HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS NEW PERSONNEL REQUESTS, ALL READY FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. 
          SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED 37 NEW FTE REQUESTS AND SEVEN NEW ASSIGNMENT PAYS FOR DIVISIONS JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND ALONE AT A COST OF OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, AS WELL AS 13 FTE REQUESTS AND ALL THE OTHER FUNDS TOTALING $1.3 MILLION AND SACRAL RECLASS REQUESTS TOTALING AN ESTIMATED COST OF $244,000. 
          MOVING AWAY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, FIXED COST AND AVAILABLE [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IT WAS BREAK. 
          >> IT WAS BREAK NICE. 
          [LAUGHTER] MOVING ON FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS, FIXED COSTS, AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR OTHER CITY FUNDS AND WHAT AVAILABLE FUNDING AND RESOURCES THEY HAVE FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. 
          THE GREEN CIRCLE MEANS THAT THE FUND IS HEALTHY, IT HAS ONGOING AND ONE-TIME RESOURCES. 
          YELLOW IS CAUTIOUS. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND REVENUES, BUT THEY'RE LIMITED ON HOW WE CAN ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES, AND RED MEANS THAT THE FUND HAVE LITTLE TO KNOW AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS SLIDE, THE FUNDS SUPPORTED BY SALES TAX OR GRANTS ARE DOING WELL, WHILE THE FUNDS SUPPORTED BY USER FEES, AS WELL AS THE GASOLINE TAX FOR HER, ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS, AS WELL AS FUNDING THE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THEY HAVE WITHIN THE SPOTS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          AVAILABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK GREG, YOU STOP ME FROM WHATEVER. 
          THE OTHER NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING, SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND AND THERE'LL BE AN EXCESS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THEY WERE SUGGESTING THAT WE USE THAT MONEY TO DEAL WITH THE STORM WATER. 
          WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT? THIS IS OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          >> WHILE WE MAY HAVE FUN BALANCE, WE ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR A LOT OF THOSE. 
          WE PROGRAM ALL OF THAT MONEY OUT. 
          WHEN WE PROJECT OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAINTAINING OUR MINIMUM 20% FUND BALANCE. 
          SOME YEARS YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, 
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BUT KNOWING THAT WE'RE BALANCING THOSE OPERATIONS OVER THAT 5-10 YEAR OUTLOOK TO ENSURE WE HAVE A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED FUND. 
          >> THAT WENT TO MAYBE INCREASE IN 20 MILLION. 
          THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE. 
          YES. BUT AS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR, THERE ARE LOTS OF NEEDS AS WELL IN ADDITION TO STORM WATER. 
          >> WELL, BECAUSE THE FEES THAT WE'RE DOING FOR STORM WATER, IT'S LIKE MORE SPECIFIC THING THAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          >> YES. 
          >> I GUESS MY QUESTION STILL IS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IN THE CUES BEFORE THIS, IS THERE SOME LEEWAY TO PUT THE STORM WATER ISSUE ABOVE SOME OF THE OTHER SET OR IN THE PIE? 
          >>> WE'RE GOING TO INVITE RICK DID. 
          WE WERE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          [OVERLAPPING] I ACTUALLY LIKE. 
          I JUST WANT TO STAY WITH THE FLOW OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT IT NOW. 
          IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          WE DO THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHILE RICK IS TALKING KEEP MONEY IN FRONT OF YOU ONE TIME VERSUS ONGOING, BUT IN THE STORM WATER QUESTION IT'S BOTH. 
          BUT RICK, YOU WANT TO ENSURE IDEAS? 
          >> THIS MAY GO OVER THE TIME. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] WITH LOTS OF GOLD STARS. 
          >> WE'LL TAKE FROM RANDY'S TIME [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THIS HAS BEEN ON MY MIND AS FAR AS WE WERE TOLD HE'S ESTIMATES. 
          WE FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE FINGERS JUST RECENTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          WE FINALLY GOT TO WHAT THE NUMBERS REALLY MEAN. IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND. 
          HOW DO WE LOOK AT THIS THROUGH THE BUDGET RETREAT LENS, THE GENERAL FUND, AND THESE RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          IT WASN'T TIME I WAS PLANNING TO WORK ON THIS MEETING, BUT I GAVE IT SOME THOUGHT. 
          I ALSO HAD SOME EMAIL THREADS WITH OUR STORM WATER SERVICE TEAM ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE A MEANINGFUL WAY TO POTENTIALLY HELP THE STORM WATER FUN AND ALSO HAVE SOME VALUE TO REDUCE RATES POTENTIALLY IN STORM WATER RACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THIS IS JUST BRAINSTORM. 
          I JUST BOUNCE TO PREDICT THREE OFF RIGOROUS MORNING, STORE. 
          BUDGET TEAM HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          WE AS A BUNCH TEAM. 
          WE WANT TO LOOK AT ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. 
          WE STILL WANT TO HAVE SOME DEEP CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, HOW THESE RESOURCES THINGS WE CAN COMMIT? THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL THOUGHTS THAT I'VE HAD. 
          WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT THERE'S TWO KEY DRIVERS THAT'S IN THE FRONT WITH A STORM WATER RATE AT THIS TIME. 
          ONE IS ASSURING THAT WE COMPLETE THE 180 CHORD OR SCHULTZ CRAIG PROJECTS, WHILE WE SEE SOME FUNDING IN THE STATE BILLS, FOR THAT. 
          ONE THING IS, HOW CAN WE ASSURE IT GETS DONE REGARDLESS OF STATE BILLS BECAUSE WE CAN'T RELY ON THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE TASKS. 
          THAT'S ONE COMPONENT OF IT. 
          THE OTHER COMPONENT IS THE COST OF MAINTAINING OUR DETENTION BASIS. 
          THAT'S THE BIG OPERATING COSTS THAT'S IN THE RACE, THAT YOU ARE SEEING, LOOKING FOR ADOPTION. 
          IT'S $1.8 MILLION ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES. 
          OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, A GOOD CLEAN OUT AS ABOUT A $7 MILLION PROJECT TO CLEAN THEM AND BRING THEM BACK TO THEIR INTENDED USE. 
          THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT THERE. 
          SHOULD WE HAVE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT OR FLOODING, FILLING UP DETENTION BASINS, HOW DO WE FUND THAT COMPONENT? THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I BRING OUT MY MIND. 
          THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE COSTS WOULD HELP WITH THE RATE SIDE OF THINGS BY NOT HAVING TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENT COST. 
          BUT IF WE CAN SET ASIDE AND BE PREPARED FOR IT WITH POTENTIALLY GENERAL FUND REVENUES, INITIALLY, BY EARMARKING. 
          I'M THROWING NUMBERS UP $7 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 3-4 YEARS TO BE READY TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          IF STATE RESOURCES DON'T COME THROUGH. 
          OUR HOPE IS THAT STATE RESORTS COME THROUGH AND NOW WE'VE GOT TIME RESOURCES TO FUND THOSE MANY GENERAL FUND ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS, ARC CD, AND ALL THOSE FIREPLACE. 
          BUT AT LEAST PRESERVING IT, 
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MAKING SURE WE'RE READY TO, INSTEAD OF PUT IT ON THE BACK OF BREAK PEERS. 
          EVENTUALLY IT MAY NEED A RATE INCREASE AND YOUR LEVELS IT OFF FOR THE NEXT 3-4 YEARS. 
          THEN THERE'S THE 180 QUARTER. 
          CAN WE SET ASIDE A ONETIME FUNDING POT TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECT GETS DONE REGARDLESS OF STATE FUNDING. 
          WE MAY GET SOME FEDERAL FUNDING. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE DON'T KNOW THOSE FOR SURE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BACKDROP OF GENERAL FUND RESOURCES. 
          ARE WE LOOKING IN AN $8-$10 MILLION RANGE? I'M JUST THROWING A CONCEPT THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS A BUDGET TEAM, AND IMPACTS THE GENERAL FUND AND WHAT REQUESTS ARE COMING UP, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT COULD TAKE UP TO HALF THAT ONETIME CAPACITY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          TO HELP MANAGE THE RATE PAY RISKS, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE READY FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          THIS COMES WITH CONCERNS. 
          IT TAKES AWAY A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          OUR EQUIPMENT, REPLACING VEHICLES, MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES MAY CAUSE SOME DELAYS OR SO FORTH. 
          IT'S A CONCERN, WE'LL HAVE TO BALANCE THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          THESE ARE ONE TIME IN NATURE. 
          THIS IS NOT LIKE WE CAN GIVE 7 MILLION FOR EVERY FLOOD EVENT. 
          IF WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP THESE BASIS 3-4 COMMENTS, WE HAVE A BIG ISSUE, AND THAT MAY BE ANOTHER LOOK FOR OUTSIDE RESOURCES. 
          IN THE END THE STORM WATER STILL NEEDS RATE INCREASED TO COVER THOSE OPERATING COSTS. 
          THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY HAS GONE ON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CASH FLOW TO HELP WITH PRE FLOOD MITIGATION, SANDBAGS, HELPING THE COMMUNITY GET READY AND PREPARED, AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THEIR OPERATING COSTS THAT ARE NEW, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          WE DO NEED AN ONGOING RATE INCREASING FOR THOSE OPERATIONS. 
          AS ENTERPRISE FUNDS, YOU REALLY DO WANT TO RATE TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS. 
          YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SUBSIDIZING WHAT OTHER RESOURCES FOR AN OPERATING COSTS. 
          I'LL TOUCH ON THIS. I HEARD ABOUT SUNSET RACE, TUESDAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BAD IDEA. 
          I CAN GET MORE THOUGHTS WHEN WE GET TO THE CONVERSATION, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR REVENUES ARE MEETING YOUR ONGOING RESOURCES, AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO ISSUE DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE STORM UP ON ESPECIALLY THE 16-$20 MILLION. 
          WE SELL REAL FLAG. 
          BOND AGENCIES ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE THE ONGOING RESOURCES TO PAY FOR YOUR OPERATING COSTS. 
          WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR BOTTOMS AND COLLAPSING THE DEBT COVERAGE RATIO? A SUNSET CLAUSE ON AGENCIES STILL FIND THAT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL BUTTON. 
          THEY'LL SEE THAT. THEY'LL SEE THE CLIP ON REVENUES. 
          THERE'S SOME OTHER IDEAS AND CONCEPTS TO THAT. 
          WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS ONGOING OPERATING COSTS, NOT FOR WINDOWS OPERATING COST OF STORM WATER REALLY FOR BASIC NEEDS. 
          THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. I THREW THOSE TOGETHER OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS JUST TO BE READY FOR THIS CONVERSATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD THE GREG. 
          >> YOU STARTED WELL, RICK, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER OF YOUR QUESTION. 
          >> I PUT THIS IN AN EMAIL TO READ, IN YOUR PROJECTIONS IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW ON TUESDAY. 
          THE COVERAGE RATIO WENT UP IN YOUR, I THINK 3, 4, 5, 6. 
          WELL OVER 2.34, WHEN REQUIRED IS 1.25. 
          WHAT WAS THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND HAVING SUCH A HIT OVER HEALTHY COVERAGE RATIO WHEN WE ONLY NEEDED 1.2, FINE. 
          >> I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. 
          I CONSULTED THROUGH THOSE TOGETHER FOR US. 
          I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP THAT 120 AFFECTED. 
          I'LL NEED SOME MORE TIME TO LOOK THERE. 
          >> IT STUCK OUT TO ME JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A CAPTURED AUDIENCE, LIKE AS A LENDER, I'D SAY, WOW, THIS ENTERPRISE, IF IT WAS A BUSINESS, LOOK AT HOW HEALTHY THEY ARE WITH THEIR RATIOS, BUT THIS RATE INCREASE IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. 
          IF YOU LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF, ONCE IT'S ON THEIR PAY IT IN YOUR WATER BILL. 
          I WAS JUST CONCERNED AND CURIOUS WHY WE WERE PROJECTING IN OUR RATES, WERE TIED TO HAVING SUCH AN OVER ABUNDANCE RESERVE AND COVERAGE RATIO. 
          >> RESERVES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE COVERAGE RATIOS. 
          RESERVES ARE REALLY A ONETIME FOCUS FOR YOUR CASH BALANCES AS YOUR FLUCTUATE THREE YEARS. 
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I'LL LOOK MORE INTO THAT RATIO. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY LOOKING AT UPWARDS NEAR $2 MILLION OF THE ANNUAL REVENUES IS TOWARD DEATH FOR 20 YEARS. 
          THAT'S CONCERNING WHEN YOU GIVE THAT TYPE OF AMOUNT OF DEBT, BUT I'LL LOOK AT IT MORE. 
          YES. YOU STARTED THIS CONVERSATION. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> JUST A SUGGESTION, AND I'LL JUST TELL A LITTLE STORY 30 SECONDS. 
          YEARS AGO I SERVED ON THE STREETS [INAUDIBLE] WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PIKES AND ALL THE STUFF UNDER OUR STREETS. 
          THEY TOOK US THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS TO US AS A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE, AND WE RAISED SOME RATES AND DID SOME OTHER THINGS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          BUT I WAS MUCH BETTER PREPARED TO TALK TO RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I SET IN, SIX MONTHS WORTH OF MEETINGS OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WE DID THAT. 
          YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN YOU ALL GET THAT THE CITY DID THAT. 
          MY POINT IS THAT THE WAY YOU JUST EXPLAINED IT, I TOTALLY GET IT. 
          BUT THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY IS IT HERE TO GET IT? YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I THINK SOMETIMES WE DO OURSELVES A DISSERVICE WHEN WE DON'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO PEOPLE SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, MAY NOT AGREE WITH. 
          BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND THE MADNESS BEHIND YOUR WHATEVER [LAUGHTER] BY THE GRADES HERE. 
          JUST A COMMENT, IT'S BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THING. 
          >> THIS IS NEW INFORMATION TO THE STAFF. 
          >> YEAH I KNOW. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> THEY CAN GET UP BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS THEIR RATES TO GO UP. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> I KNOW THAT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP STUFF OPERATING. 
          THIS IS OPERATING COSTS AND NOT JUST BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO DO IT. 
          >> A VERY GOOD COMMENT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL POINTS OF EMPHASIS THAT HEIDI HANSEN RECAP FROM THE LAST MEETING WITH YOU AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          WE NEED TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO GIVE SOME PROPS TO THE STORMWATER TEAM ON THAT. 
          AT THE OUTSET WITH THIS WHOLE RATE STUDY, IT WAS PUBLICLY STATED, YES. 
          BUT I THINK AS TIME MARCHED ON, THERE WAS THE REALIZATION THAT WE NEEDED TO OUTREACH MORE, AND THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND I THINK WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL THAT IT HAS HAPPENED. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF THIS UPDATE AND IT'S IN THE PUBLIC LIGHT WHERE IT SHOULD BE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THOUGHTS COMING INTO IT AND, A LOT OF EMAILS COMING THROUGH AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION THE OTHER NIGHT AT THE DAVIS, AND IT WILL CONTINUE. 
          I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD AND THEN THE THINGS THAT I'VE READ IS TALKING TO YOU AND WE HAVE SOME EMERGING CONSIDERATIONS HERE, THE STATE APPROPRIATION. 
          WE'RE SO GRATEFUL AGAIN FOR THAT AND THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS TO HELP THAT COME ABOUT. 
          THE SURPLUS REVENUES WERE SEEING IN THE GENERAL FUND, THEY ARE A POSSIBILITY HERE IN RICK JUST LAID OUT THAT POSSIBILITY. 
          LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS SWEEP WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER THE OTHER NIGHT, YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CAN HOPEFULLY THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. 
          IT DOESN'T BRING CRYSTAL CLARITY TO DATE, BUT IT GIVES COUNCIL SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION TO HELP GET THROUGH THIS VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OR TWO MEMBERS OF STORMWATER WITH US, GARY IS WITH US AND I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STORMWATER TEAM. 
          IF YOU HEARD MY COMMENTS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I ASKED HIM TO JOIN. I WOULD INVITE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU, GARY. 
          WE HAVE HAD ONLINE, I KNOW WE'RE GOING OVER RICK BROUGHT US OVER ON THE TIME, BUT [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> NO, TALK TO [INAUDIBLE] WANT TO HEAR TODAY. 
          >> I KNOW YOU'RE BREAKING SOME GOLDEN RULE THERE. 
          BUT ED SHANK IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION? WE'RE BROACHING ON THE STORMWATER ISSUE AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE DISCUSSION COMING BACK TO THE DATA, BUT RICK HAS THROWN OUT SOME POSSIBILITIES AND MONITOR WOULD INVITE YOU TO CENTER [INAUDIBLE] 
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          >> YEAH. THANK YOU, GREG AND THANK YOU, RICK. 
          I DID COME IN HALFWAY THROUGH THE DISCUSSION, BUT VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          WE DID SPEND QUITE A BIT OF YESTERDAY STAFF DID, RICK, GERRY, LISA, MYSELF, OTHERS TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE OPTIONS. 
          I DO THINK RICK PROVIDED YOU AN OPTION HERE OF HAVING THE GENERAL FUND AS THAT BACKSTOP, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. 
          I THINK HE BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE CONCERNS THERE. 
          IT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON WHAT THE CITY CAN DO IN TERMS OF GENERAL FUNDS OUTSIDE OF STORMWATER. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD SUPPORT HERE IN STORMWATER. 
          JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WE DO TRY TO STAND UP ON OUR OWN 2 FEET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          HAPPY TO BE A TEAM PLAYER HERE. 
          HAPPY TO, WORK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IF YOU WILL, AND I'M DEFINITELY HERE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          I'LL ACTUALLY BE THERE IN PERSON AT 12:15 AS WELL WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BOND CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          I'LL BE OVER THERE IN THAT NICE CROWDED ROOM, IT APPEARS TO BE AS WELL, BUT HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND I'LL ALSO REITERATE WHAT RICK SAID. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT SUNSET CLAUSES. 
          THOSE TEND TO BE FAIRLY CLUNKY. 
          THEY'RE ON-OFF SWITCHES IF YOU WILL, AND I JUST HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT IF WE'RE GOING INTO AN ACT OF FLOOD SEASON OR ANOTHER FIRE. 
          IF WE'RE GOING INTO AN ON-OFF TYPE SWITCH. 
          THERE'S BETTER WAYS TO REDUCE A RATE THAN A SUNSET CLAUSE. 
          BUT WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH. 
          I'M DEFINITELY HERE FOR QUESTIONS EITHER RIGHT NOW, OR AT 12:15. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ED SHANK WILL BE HERE IN TIME FOR LUNCH [LAUGHTER]. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? I KNOW WE'RE A BIT OVER COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN MAYOR, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY THOUGHTS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER? 
          >> HERE'S A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED BY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF. 
          THAT IS, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR, SHOULD THAT BE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT'S CAUSING THE KNEE? JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS REALLY A BROADER STATEMENT. 
          BUT ON STORMWATER, WE COULD PICK THE PEOPLE WHO SIT AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. 
          BUT THE QUESTION IS, USE THE EXAMPLE OF STORMWATER, IT SHOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO CHARGE A FEE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPERTY OWNER'S IMPACT ON FLOODING BASICALLY IMPERVIOUS AREA, OR SHOULD WE JUST CHARGE PROPERTY TAX, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH OF THE PROBLEM THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS FREE? THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION. 
          NOW, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO TAKE SOME MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THINGS DONE, THE NEED TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. 
          IT MIGHT BE THAT WE JUST SPEND THAT ONE TIME IT WAS DONE, OR IT MIGHT BE THAT WE, RICK CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          BUT THE GENERAL FUND COULD LOAN MONEY TO THE ENTERPRISE FUND, STORMWATER FUND AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET IT DONE NOW. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOME STATE FUNDING, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THIS ONE TIME TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. 
          BUT THEN ONE TERM, MY OPINION, ENTERPRISE FUND SHOULD CARRY ITS OWN WEIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WHOEVER'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM SHOULD PAY FOR IT AS OPPOSED TO, WE'LL JUST HAVE IT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE RAISED THAT BEFORE AND I WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU. 
          IT WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST YEAR, A YEAR AGO. 
          TALKING ABOUT THAT AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE BONDS PROPOSITIONS 441 AND 442, WHICH ARE PROPERTY TAX FUNDED, YET, DID NOT INVOLVE THE TAX INCREASE PER SE, BUT USING THE MARGIN THAT WE HAD WITHIN OUR TIER TWO STRUCTURE. 
          THERE YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TAX INFUSION INTO SOME VERY NEEDED CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
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THE RATE, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, THE UTILITY RATE FOR STORMWATER IN THIS CASE, VERY ARGUABLY NEED TO COVER ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS, STAFFING COST. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN EDITORIAL THAT GOOD TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          OUR STORMWATER TEAM IS BARE BONES, MINIMAL. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MAGNITUDE OF STORMWATER AND EAT AND FLEX SNAP RIGHT NOW. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S OVERREACHED TO SAY OUR RESOURCES INTERNALLY ARE NOT MATCHING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, FAR FROM IT. 
          BUT THE FOCUS HERE IS THE ONE TIME AND THAT DOES, I THINK LEND ITSELF TO GENERAL FUND DISCUSSIONS. 
          GENERAL FUND IS A TAX GENERATED FUND, IS USED TO DEFRAY A LOT OF GOVERNMENTAL COST, PUBLIC SAFETY, LOT OF LABOR COSTS, PENSION PAYMENTS, A LOT OF COMMODITIES, LATERAL. 
          WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WE ARE TALKING HERE IS ONE TIME AND WE MAY VERY WELL HAVE THE RESOURCES THIS YEAR, THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR AND MAYBE THE YEAR AFTER TO DO SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT OTHER WISE HAVE IN THE TYPICAL FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE. 
          WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE REVENUES SURPLUSES IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          PERSONALLY, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER DISCUSSION TO HAVE ON THOSE THEN FLOOD MITIGATION SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE [NOISE] VERY REAL NEEDS. 
          BLESS YOU. MAYOR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD INTO THIS DISCUSSION? 
          >> CAN I DO A QUICK FOLLOW-UP? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> BASICALLY, THERE'S THREE OPTIONS. 
          IF THERE IS A NEED, IN THIS CASE, INCREASE THE STORMWATER FEE, OR WE CAN INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX, OR WE COULD CUT SOME OTHER PROGRAM. 
          WHERE THAT MONEY MIGHT'VE GONE AND NOT DO THAT ACTION, REDUCE STORMWATER INSTEAD. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION AND A GREAT WAY TO GET OUR GOOD MINDS STARTED WRAPPING AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. 
          I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LATER ON, THAT WILL ALSO HELP TO INFORM THE DISCUSSION. 
          WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I THINK THAT WE'VE COVERED THIS PRETTY WELL. 
          >> GOOD AND THANK YOU. 
          WE TYPICALLY RESERVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION STEEP, BUT I'M GOING TO DEVIATE FROM PROTOCOL HERE, MAYBE CHECK IN WITH THE MAYOR. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS TOPIC AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT FACT. 
          MAYOR, ARE WE OKAY? I'M TAKING A LITTLE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME AND BREAKING PROTOCOL AND STEEP. 
          THEN I THINK WE HAVE MICROPHONES UP CLOSE SO YOU CAN COME ON UP. YEAH. THANKS, JASON. 
          >> THANK YOU GREG. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF. 
          I TOOK ED STILL ON. 
          I TOOK ED'S SCENARIO 1, AND I TWEAKED IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU LATER ON TODAY. 
          I HAVE TO UNFORTUNATELY LEAVE EARLY AND GO DOWN. 
          BUT ANYWAY, BUT QUICK COMMENTS ARE TAKING THAT SCENARIO 1 THAT ED PUT TOGETHER AND HIS TEAM. 
          WHAT IF WE DO, 9 MILLION OUT OF GENERAL FUND, BORROW 9 MILLION LEFT IN THAT SCENARIO. 
          LET'S SAY YOU JUST FOR SIX YEARS, $3.5 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE AND PAYMENTS. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG MATURITY WAS. 
          I DIDN'T GO 20 YEARS. 
          BUT YOU SAVED THAT AND THEN REVISIT THE NEEDED 2.2 MILLION. 
          YOU SAVE 1.7 MILLION TO CLEAN UP THE BASEMENTS. 
          WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS? WHAT'S THE VARIABLES? I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF VARIABLES THERE. 
          HOW TERRAIN WE HAVE, ETC. 
          MAYBE WE CAN CUT THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 
          I TOOK A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR OUT OF THE INCREASE THE BUDGET. 
          THEN YOU CUT THE STORMWATER FEE IN HALF. 
          EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY GETS A HALF. 
          WHAT DOES THAT PRODUCE? COVERAGE RATIO WAS ON TACT, YOUR RESERVE RATE RATIOS AREN'T ON TACT. 
          YOU SAVE ON THE FEES OVER 7.3 MILLION DOLLARS OVER IT'S JUST SIX YEARS. 
          WE SAVED 2.5 MILLION WITH REGARD TO EXPENSES. 
          IF WE DON'T REALIZE THAT AND CLEANING UP THE BASIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VARIABLES THEY'RE EDIT THAT WISE OR NOT, THAT'S FOR YOU TO ANSWER. 
          BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'RE SITTING THERE LOOKING AT SPENDING NINE MILLION TODAY IN OVER SIX YEARS, 
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YOU GET 13 MILLION BACK. 
          I'M AN INVESTMENT GUY. 
          I'M GETTING 45 PERCENT RETURN ON MY MONEY. 
          I DID PRESENT VALUE, [LAUGHTER] BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          AGAIN, A ONETIME SITUATION, BUT YOU GET THE NINE MILLION BACK IN THE STATE OF THE FEDS. 
          OR YOU FLOAT YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND YOU'RE GOING TO ANY WAY DOWN THE ROAD IN YOUR HEAD, YOU'RE POWDER DRY. 
          IT GIVES YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          STUFF THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER. I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU LET ME COMMENT. 
          >>THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YEAH. A LOT OF NUMBERS I THINK TWO PEOPLE IN THE ROOM UNDERSTOOD THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT WAS GREAT FROM STEVE. 
          [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] YOU OBVIOUSLY, HAVE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, STEVE. 
          I KNOW THESE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WE'RE LIVE STREAMING. 
          BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT NOW COME BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN WE CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT'S SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS HEARING IT. 
          WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          WE CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION TO THE 14TH, WHICH IS VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BRING CHOCOLATE. 
          WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. 
          >>I'LL BRING THE CHOCOLATE [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS, AND THIS WAS ALL A LITTLE BIT UNSCRIPTED AND IMPROMPTU, SO THANKS. 
          YEAH, GREAT. HOW ARE WE DOING TIMELINES? 
          >> I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK INSTEAD OF 15 AND GET STARTED AT 10:45. 
          YEAH,10:45 LOOKS GOOD. DOES THAT WORK? 
          >> APPLAUSE FOR BRANDY. 
          >> YEAH. [APPLAUSE] 10:45? 
          >> 10:45 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK LIVE. 
          >> GREAT. WE HAVE RANDY AND BRANDY AND NIAC REPRESENTATIVE, YES? 
          >> YES. 
          >> COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES. 
          ONCE AGAIN, LET'S GIVE HER [INAUDIBLE] . 
          [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> SORRY. [BACKGROUND] 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] RANDY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> RANDY AND BRANDY [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS [OVERLAPPING] IT'S HARD TO HEAR IN THE BACK TOO. 
          MY NAME'S RANDY TRACY, I'M THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          >> RANDY, DID YOU WANT ME [INAUDIBLE]? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> SORRY. 
          >> I DIDN'T SEE YOU [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> YEAH. I WAS TALKING. 
          I APOLOGIZE. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. 
          WE REALIZED RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE EVERYWHERE, AND SO I THINK SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS, SOME OF YOU DON'T. 
          WHAT GREG LIPTON ASKED US TO DO ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO, WAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MARKET THE CITY BETTER SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE BETTER RECRUITMENT. 
          I GOT THE DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TEAM TOGETHER AND THEN LATER, WE PUT A SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER THAT IS DIFFERENT PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT MEETS EVERY OTHER WEEK TO TALK ABOUT RECRUITMENT, TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING. 
          WE DID FIRST AN OUTWARD-FACING CAMPAIGN, AND WE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING REALLY SIMPLE. 
          COOL CAREERS, COOL PEOPLE, COOL MOUNTAINS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT WAS OUTWARD AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OR YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, YOU WOULD COME ACROSS SOME OF THESE ADVERTISEMENTS, AND WHAT YOU'D BASICALLY REALIZE IS WE'RE A COOL PLACE TO WORK. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF OUR STAFF COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE TO BE PART OF THE PHOTO SHOOT, SO SOME OF THE ADS I'M SHOWING YOU AREN'T CURRENTLY. 
          THESE ARE OLD ONES, BUT EVERY AD THAT YOU SEE NOW HAS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE THAT WE ACTUALLY NORMALLY ADD WITH THEIR POSITION AT THE CITY IS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          >> I'VE SEEN ROSA IN THE NEWSPAPER. IS THAT YOU? 
          >> YES, VERY TRUE. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE THE ADS REALLY SIMPLE, WE WANTED TO SAY, WHAT WOULD A POTENTIAL PERSON BE LOOKING FOR OR CANDIDATE? WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE ASSETS OF WORKING AT THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WORKING SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          ON THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE THAT WE BASICALLY LETTING THEM KNOW, WE CHECK ALL THE BOXES. 
          WE HAVE STATE RETIREMENT, WE HAVE 11 PAID HOLIDAYS, 
          [02:05:01]
SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY SHARE. 
          THEN AT THE VERY END, WE HAVE A QR CODE THAT IF THEY USE A QR CODE, IT GOES TO A VIDEO FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          I WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE VIDEO TODAY, BUT AGAIN, I'M ON A TIME LIMIT, SO I THINK YOU GET THIS. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. DAMN IT. [INAUDIBLE], I'M SO SORRY. I DID. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THEN WE ALSO DID INWARD FACING ADVERTISING THAT VICE MAYOR ASLAN PROBABLY WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO GET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE HAVE A COMPETITION EVERYWHERE. 
          WE WANT OUR STAFF TO STAY OR NOT GO TO THE COUNTY ARE GO AT NAU OR WHAT HAVE YOU, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AS WELL. 
          OUR INWARD FACING WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR OUTWARD FACING. 
          WHERE THE OUTWARD WAS COOL CAREERS, COOL PEOPLE, COOL MOUNTAINS. 
          OUR INWARD FACING IS ABOUT, WE KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, WE KNOW THEY LOVE FLAGSTAFF. 
          WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WE LOVE FLAGSTAFF, AND WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THAT TO ACTUALLY TRY. 
          THE ASSETS THAT WE SHARE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH SOMEBODY THAT IS BEING RECRUITED FROM OUTSIDE. 
          THEN WE ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE TRACK. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE DO ON OUR MEETINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          WE TRACK AND HR BRINGS US THIS INFORMATION AND THEN RANDY WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE LOOK AT WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE MOST HITS? ARE THEY LOOKING WHEN THEY IMPLY OR THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN SOMETHING? ARE THEY GOING TO CITY WEBSITE. 
          HAVE THEY SEEN IT THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER AND ALL THAT JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE. 
          WE ARE EXPECTING WE PUT SOMETHING IN THE DALEY CENTER OR WHATEVER TO INSTANTLY GET SOMEONE TO SAY, I GOT TO APPLY. 
          WE'RE BRANDING OURSELVES. 
          THE WHOLE POINT IS FOR PEOPLE TO NOTICE THAT WE ARE OUT THERE AND THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY IN OUR COMMUNITY TRYING TO RECRUIT THE VERY BEST ALL THE TIME. 
          THE WHOLE POINT IS SOMETIMES NOT TO ALWAYS GET SOMEONE TO APPLY, BUT FOR THEM TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS TRYING, AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BEST PEOPLE THAT WE CAN. 
          WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THAT, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS EXPECTING TO GET A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT RIGHT AWAY, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST TO GIVE THAT BRANDING OUT THERE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THE TRACKING, WHEN YOU SEE THAT THEY DON'T GET TARGET HITS FROM OUR DAILY NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT REALLY INTENDING FOR THAT, WE WERE INTENDING JUST TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. 
          ARE THERE AREAS WE'RE DOING VERY WELL ON? EVEN EMPLOYEE REFERRAL HAS GONE UP. 
          OUR OWN EMPLOYEES ARE BASICALLY DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB, REFERRING OTHERS TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING A CULTURE THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, I LIKE MY JOB, YOU SHOULD COME OVER HERE AND WORK WITH US TOO. 
          I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO RANDY, HE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THEY LOOK AT THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO HER TEAM, I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL MARKETING TEAMS, AND I'LL TELL YOU HANDS DOWN, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST CREATIVE DEDICATED TEAMS, I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. 
          GOT A GREAT BRANDING PROGRAM, AND IN OUR BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT, THERE'S A COMMON SAYING THAT THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET. 
          THERE'S NOT ONE SINGLE THING THAT WE DO THAT FIXES EVERYTHING, IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH, AND THEY'VE GOT ADS ON. 
          BUSES THAT GOT THEM, AND NEWSPAPERS AND THE BRANDING IS OUT THERE, IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. 
          THE WAY IT IMPACTS US IS OUR RECRUITMENTS ARE UP FROM LAST YEAR. 
          ABOUT 188 RECRUITMENTS IN '21, 212 RECRUITMENTS IN '22, AND OUR HIRES ARE UP, 348 IN '22 AND 291 FROM '21. 
          THE WAY YOU RECONCILE THOSE NUMBERS IS ONE RECRUIT MAY HIRE 20 POSITIONS, SO POLICE OFFICER, THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK AT HOW YOU CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE THAN THE AVERAGE REACH, WELL, ONE RECRUITMENT MAY HIRE MULTIPLE PEOPLE. 
          >> WHAT DEFINES A RECRUITMENT? 
          >> POSTING. IF IT GOES OUT LIKE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS, WHEN THE POLICE OFFICER THAT WE POSTED OUT THERE FOR OPEN POSITION, IT COULD HAVE 1-20 OR HOW MANY EVER THEY NEEDED THAT RECRUITS. 
          >> IT'S EVERY INSTANCE THAT THE JOB APPEARS OUT IN PUBLIC? 
          >> YES. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THEN OUR APPLICATIONS ARE DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY, BUT THAT'S WE EXPECTED. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE RESIGNATION THAT HAPPENED ON PEOPLE THAT JUST LEFT THE WORKFORCE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE MOVING WITHIN THE WORKFORCE. 
          DURING THAT 2021 YEAR, HAD A TON OF APPLICANTS, PEOPLE JUST MOVING AROUND. 
          STARTED STABILIZE A LITTLE BIT NOW. 
          OUR VACANCY RATE IN OCTOBER 2019 WAS 10 UP TO 12, AND THEN IN '21, IT WENT TO 17, 
          [02:10:01]
[NOISE] AND THEN IT'S DROPPED BACK DOWN NOW IT'S 11, 15. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF STABILIZATION IN THOSE AREAS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. 
          INTERESTING POINT, 34.92 POSITIONS WERE FILLED INTERNALLY. 
          THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PROMOTING WITHIN YOUR STAYING HERE, THEY'RE PROMOTING, AND THEY'RE GROWING THROUGH YOUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD THING. 
          THAT MEANS PEOPLE I LIKE IT HERE, AND WE REALLY LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. 
          THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIME. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THE TIME TO HIRE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD HERE. 
          ON OUR BENCH-MARKING THE AVERAGE TIME TO HIRE, WHICH IS FROM THE TIME YOU OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL THE TIME YOU ACTUALLY GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD IS ABOUT 121 DAYS, WE'RE ABOUT 74 DAYS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. 
          NATIONAL AVERAGE, GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE EVERYTHING IS ABOUT 56 DAYS. 
          IT'S SOME OF THE STRUGGLES WE HAVE HERE WITH HOUSING COSTS AND COSTS OF LIVING AND BRINGING PEOPLE IN. 
          SEVENTY-FOUR DAYS IS NOT BAD, SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE. 
          THEN NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE TEAM EFFORT. 
          >> THANKS. BRADY [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN, THE CITY'S FINANCE DIRECTOR. 
          WE WENT INTO QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL PREVIOUSLY IN MY SLIDES, SO I'M JUST GOING TO HIT REALLY HIGH LEVEL ON THIS. 
          BUT MY NEXT SLIDES ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON BENEFIT COST CHANGES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND WHILE THESE BENEFITS AFFECT ALL FUNDS, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AS I SHARED EARLIER, WE ARE HAVING INCREASES AS OUR PENSION RATES. 
          THOSE RATE INCREASES ARE IMPACTING THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE FOLLOWING, SO WE HAVE ASRS WE'RE EXPECTING A $95,000 INCREASE AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE PENSION AND HEALTH INSURANCE AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM DISABILITY AND WHAT THOSE RATES LOOK LIKE IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          IN PUBLIC SAFETY WE ARE PLEASED WE'RE SEEING ABOUT $105,000 INCREASE AND FOR FIRE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IS AT 305,000, POLICE WAS 150,000 INCREASE. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE OR WE HAVE NO UPDATED INFORMATION ON ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THE INCREASE TO THOSE RATES ARE [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS TIME. 
          MOVING ON TO INSURANCE. 
          WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY INCREASE RELATED TO OUR VISION AND DENTAL INSURANCE. 
          HOWEVER, FOR OUR MEDICAL INSURANCE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING AN AVERAGE OF A 5.5 PERCENT INCREASE AND TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT COST SHARE RATIO BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE IS AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $350,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND, SO IN TOTAL, LOOKING AT PENSION AND HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES, THE IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND IS RIGHT AROUND $900,000. 
          INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL REGARDING MEDICAL INSURANCE, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THAT 5.5 PERCENT INCREASE. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT THAT IMPACT COULD BE FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE COST-SHARING RATIO BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE. 
          THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS TO BE A THREE PLANS ARE BIOP BASED AND HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN AND WITH EACH OF THOSE PLANS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COVERAGE. 
          WE HAVE EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE PLUS ONE, AS WELL AS FAMILY AND EMPLOYEE PLUS ONE IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE STARTED IN FISCAL YEAR OF 23. 
          YOU CAN SEE IN THAT FIRST PART OF THE TABLE IN GREEN IS THE TOTAL NEW COST. 
          BUT THE PORTION THE CITY WOULD PAY AND THE EMPLOYEE COST. 
          THESE ARE PER MONTH COSTS ESTIMATES. 
          THEN IN THE BLUE WE HAVE WHAT THAT INCREASE WOULD BE TO THE EMPLOYEE PER MONTH, THE CITY INCREASE AND NET TOTAL INCREASE. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE BASE ALL OF OUR COST-SHARE ON THE BASE PLAN. 
          FOR EMPLOYEE, WE COVER 100 PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE EMPLOYEE ONLY COVERAGE, ASSUMING EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN OUR WELLNESS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE $20 COST IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE. 
          FOR EMPLOYEE PLUS ONE AND FAMILY, THE CITY COVERS 72 PERCENT AND THE EMPLOYEE PAYS 28 PERCENT AS THE COST-SHARE RATIO. 
          ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO HEALTH INSURANCE? 
          [02:15:04]
I WILL THEN TURN IT BACK OVER TO BRADY.. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY ASKED ME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME COMPENSATION TERMINOLOGIES BECAUSE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS, SOMETIMES YOU JUST FORGET THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN. 
          I'LL JUST TAKE A BRIEF TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT EACH OF THESE ARE. 
          YOU MAY ALREADY BE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM. 
          COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS FOCUSED ON PRIOR TO ME COMING HERE. 
          I WILL SAY THAT YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF FIXING MOST OF THAT. 
          COMPRESSION HAPPENS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          THE TERMINOLOGY IN THE INDUSTRY WAS EDUCATION PLUS EIGHT AND 10. 
          WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS FULL EDUCATIONAL MAXIMUMS, IT REQUIRES A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR MASTER'S DEGREE AND THEY HAVE 8-10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT POSITION. 
          THEY SHOULD BE AT MIDPOINT OR HIGHER. THAT WAS THE TARGET. 
          NOW SINCE THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THEY WERE DRIVING WAGES, THAT'S DROPPED REALLY TO 6-8 USUALLY AS A STANDARD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST DROPPING WAGES. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LAGGING CALLED RANGE PENETRATION. 
          THEY'RE NOT MOVING THROUGH THEIR RANGE IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          IT HAS TWO MAJOR EFFECTS. 
          ONE, THEY'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION, THEY'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE MARKET. 
          BUT TWO, IT'S HOLDING DOWN YOUR HIRES. 
          LET'S JUST SAY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND THEY'RE ONLY 25 PERCENT INTO THE RANGE AND NOW YOUR NEW HIRES ARE DEMANDING $10,000 MORE THAN THEY ARE MAKING. 
          NOW YOU CREATE AN INEQUITY. 
          SOMETIMES ORGANIZATIONS IS LIKE YOU DID, IS WE HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO THE RANGE. THE RANGE DON'T MOVE. 
          THE PEOPLE MOVE WITHIN THAT RANGE TO GET THEM CLOSER TO THAT TARGET POINT. 
          THAT'S WHAT COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENTS DO. 
          GROUPS PEOPLE IN A PENETRATION. 
          THEN THE COST OF LIVING, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME, WAS A COMMON THING FOR YEARS. 
          AS YOU DO TWO PERCENT, EVERYBODY MOVES TWO PERCENT END OF THE RANGE. 
          THE RANGE ITSELF DOESN'T MOVE, BUT EVERYBODY GETS IT. 
          EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE PLACE GETS A COLA. 
          TYPICALLY IT'S A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. 
          ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, THEY WOULD GET THAT. 
          MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S BECAUSE THE LAST TWO YEARS WE REALLY HAVEN'T MOVED THE RANGE OR THE STARTING PAY UP THROUGH. 
          WE WORKED ON COMPRESSION AND MOVING PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE RANGES. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU START GETTING RANGE DELAY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MOVING AT ALL. 
          THIS YEAR, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON COMPRESSION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THOSE RANGES LITTLE BIT FORWARD, OTHERWISE THEY GET STILL AND ALL YOUR COMPETITORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU COMPETE WITH, ACTUALLY ARE BYPASSING, SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE ENTIRE RANGE MOVES. 
          STARTING RANGE OF ABOUT 25 WOULD GO UP X NUMBER OF DOLLARS. 
          THEN ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN THAT RANGE STAY ON THEIR COMP RATIO. 
          COMP RATIO THIS SIMPLY MEANS IF YOU WERE 10 PERCENT INTO THE RANGE, AND WE MOVE THE RANGE, YOU STILL SPEND 10 PERCENT. 
          ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT RANGE MOVE FORWARD JUST A SNITCH AND IT VARIES BASED ON POSITION. 
          ALSO BEEN DOING MERIT INCREASES, WHICH MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE, IF THEY GET A GOOD EVALUATION, THEN THEY ALSO RECEIVE THAT THREE PERCENT. 
          NOW THAT PERSON MOVES UP IN THEIR RANGE, BUT THE RANGE DON'T MOVE WHEN IT COMES TO MERITS ONLY MARKET ADJUSTMENTS ACTUALLY MOVE THE ENTIRE RANGE AND THEN EVERYBODY WITH IT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS YEAR. 
          THEN ALSO MOVING TO PERFORMANCE BASED EVALUATION. 
          THAT'S VERY SIMILAR. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MERIT AND PERFORMANCE IS THEY DON'T. 
          PERFORMANCE, DEPENDING ON YOUR EVALUATION RATING, WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH THAT IS AS OPPOSED TO FLAT RATE. YES, SIR. 
          CAN YOU DEFINE SMIDGE. 
          THREE PERCENT [LAUGHTER] IN THE MARKET WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CPS, THEN WE'RE IN DOUBLE DIGITS. 
          WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAGE INCREASES ACROSS THE NATION, RUNNING 6-7 PERCENT, THREE PERCENT IS A SMIDGE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THE REST OF THE MARKETS DO. 
          >> THANKS. 
          >> SURE. 
          YES. I'M SORRY. 
          >> ON THE MARKET INCREASES WITH FLAGSTAFF BE WHAT? 
          [02:20:03]
WELL, 14% HIGHER COST OF LIVING AND LET'S TAKE PHOENIX. 
          WHAT MARKET ARE WE WHICH PARTLY TO SUGGEST THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR THAT JOB, OR DO WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING HERE. 
          THIS TIES INTO MAKING HOUSING AFFORDABLE. 
          IS NOT JUST IDEA PAID TO SAVE AS A POLICE OFFICER DOWN IN PHOENIX, BUT MY COST OF LIVING IS 14% HIGHER BECAUSE IN HOUSING THIS BIG COMPONENT OF THAT. 
          HOW DO WE BENCHMARK THAT MARKET INCREASE? 
          >> EXCELLENT QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 26 DIFFERENT COMPETITORS, REGIONAL COMPETITORS, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME. 
          THEN IT'S ALSO ADJUSTED BASED ON INFLATION. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SOUTH TOMBOW IS INCLUDED THERE, BUT THERE'S WAY HIGHER THAN OURS. 
          WE HAVE TO ADJUST THAT BASED ON THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THEIR INFLATION. 
          THEN ALSO TOO, AS I HAD MENTIONED IN THE LAST RETREAT, THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO START LOOKING AT WHAT I CALL LOCAL COMPETITORS. 
          IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HOUSE AND DROVE TO IT, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO PROBABLY CAN'T LISTEN TO. 
          WE'RE NOW GOING TO LOOK AT THE 26 COMPETITORS ADJUSTED BY NATIONAL INFLATION AREA AIDS. 
          BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUR LOCAL COMPETITORS AND SEEING WHERE WE FALL IN THAT PARTICULAR POD AS WELL. 
          THAT MAKES IT OKAY. 
          I WON'T SPEND TIME BECAUSE THEY'VE ASKED US TO COME UP A LITTLE TIME. 
          THIS IS JUST A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS WHAT THE CITY ITSELF HAS DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN TERMS OF THESE TYPES OF CHANGES. 
          YOU GUYS KNOW BETTER THAN I DO. 
          WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE WERE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO ASK CITY MANAGER. 
          BUT THIS IS JUST A RUNDOWN OF WHAT THE HISTORICAL COMPENSATIONS. 
          THEN GOING INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU ALREADY SAW THE SLIDE BEFORE. 
          THIS IS JUST A RECAP, SO I WON'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO GO INTO THIS. 
          WE HAVE MOVED TO $16.80 AS THE MINIMUM WAGE. 
          WE KNOW WHAT THE ORDINANCES THAT SHOWS. 
          WE HAVE TO BE AT CPI AND TWO DOLLARS HIGHER THAN THE STATE OF ARIZONA MINIMUM WAGE. 
          I MENTIONED IN THE LAST NAME THAT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE CPI, IF WE START WITH THAT PARTICULAR TRAJECTORY, IT WOULD END UP BEING ABOUT $17.98, SO THE RATHER TO $18 AN HOUR WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE. 
          THIS IS ALL MOVING TARGETS. 
          YOU CAN'T REALLY GAUGE EXACTLY. 
          WELL, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SOFTENING IN THAT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS. 
          THE LABOR MARKET STARTED TO SOLVE A LITTLE BIT. 
          SOME OF THE LATEST REPORTS COMING OUT SHOWS THE WAGE INCREASES ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO SLOW DOWN. 
          WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN IN IT. 
          THERE WAS DISCUSSION. 
          YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MEETINGS ABOUT LOOKING AT ALSO DOING EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OCCUPANT LAST YEAR. 
          REJECTED, IT WAS GOING TO BE $16.60. 
          THE CITY ITSELF MOVED INTO EARLY IMPLEMENTATION IN JULY. 
          CPI ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING $16.80, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE REALLY CLOSE, AS THE WAY HAD TO MOVE TO THAT $16.80. 
          SIMILAR CONVERSATION THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT IN EARLY IMPLEMENTATION IF WE DID $18 AN HOUR IS GOING TO PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THAT FOLLOWING JANUARY ANYWAY. 
          BUT IT PUTS US IN A GOOD POSITION TO RECRUIT. 
          IT PUTS US IN AN ADVANTAGE IN A REALLY TIGHT MARKET TO ATTRACT OUR APPLICANTS TO THE CITY IF WE WENT TO AN EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. 
          THE PAY PLANS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE, WHETHER IT'S OUR STARTING WAGE AND DISTINGUISH STAFF MEMBER WAGE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY VERSUS JUST THE AGENCY OF FLAGSTAFF, OUR MINIMUM STARTING SALARY, IF IT WENT TO $18 AN HOUR, IS GOING TO HAVE AN ACCORDION EFFECT THROUGH THE RANGES ABOVE IT. 
          04R, WHICH IS OUR LOWEST RANGE THROUGH 25R, IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE FELT THE IMPACT ON UP THROUGH THE RANGES. 
          IT'S WHERE IT STARTED STOPPING AT 25R. 
          IN ORDER TO KEEP THOSE THINGS WE'RE HAVING COMPRESSION. 
          AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT COMPRESSION. 
          IF YOUR RANGES START COLLAPSING BECAUSE YOU KEEP PUSHING UP, 
          [02:25:02]
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IF YOU HAVE A 1% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MIDPOINT AND THIS MIDPOINT, THE NEXT ONE, YOU GET A PROMOTION, YOU GET 20% RAISE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMPRESSION BETWEEN THE RANGES. 
          YOU HAVE TO KEEP THOSE RANGES MOVING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, 5-7.5 IS OUR TARGET HERE TO GIVE SOME INCENTIVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT RANGES. 
          WELL, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED. 
          THAT EVERY TIME WE MOVE THAT RANGE UP A LITTLE BIT AND BEAT THAT COMPRESSION BACK, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED TO BRING THEM TO THAT RANGE. 
          THEN WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM PLAN. 
          THIS CITY TEAMS ARE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR WORKFORCE FAR MORE THAN ANY PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN. 
          BUT THE NEED FOR THOSE TEAMS ARE CRITICAL. 
          THOSE TEMPORARY PLANS ARE ALSO TIED TO A REGULAR PAY PLAN. 
          AS WE MOVE UP THE REGULAR PAY PLAN SO TO THE TEMPORARY PAY PLAN WAY TO KEEP THOSE COMPRESSIONS KEPT DOWN. 
          NOW, YOU SAW THESE SLIDES PREVIOUSLY, BUT NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT NUMBERS TO IT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED CHART ON THE RIGHT SIDE, IF WE WENT TO $18 AN HOUR AT THE 05R, AND WE BROUGHT THAT COMPRESSION DOWN TO THOSE ACCEPTABLE LEVELS, WHICH IS 5% BETWEEN RANGES, THE TOTAL FOR THE REGULAR PLAN WOULD BE ABOUT 365,000, THE TEMPORARY WILL COST ABOUT 84,000, AND THE TOTAL WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF 449,000 TO KEEP THOSE COMPRESSIONS FROM HAPPENING. 
          THAT'S TO HAVE A REALLY HEALTHY COMPENSATION PLAN. 
          IT CAN'T LET THAT COMPRESSION GET ON BECAUSE IT'LL TAKE A LOT MORE IN THE FUTURE TO CORRECT, IF WE DON'T KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE'RE AWARE THAT THE MERITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE FUNDINGS EARLIER. 
          THAT'S ON YOUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN. 
          THAT'S BEEN ONGOING YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THIS COMMITMENT TO KEEP THIS COMPENSATION PLAN HEALTHY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A THREE PERCENT INCREASE FOR ALL YOUR REGULAR PAY PLAN ACROSS. 
          WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS EVEN I'VE ONLY BEEN IN 90 DAYS, BUT EARLY DISCUSSIONS POTENTIALLY MAYBE EVEN FIVE TO KEEP IT HEALTHY. 
          YOUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR, PREVIOUS HR GROUP THAT WAS IN THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD AS WE WERE DOING THE TRANSITION, BUT EVEN IN JUST THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE TRAJECTORIES OF THINGS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE A LITTLE BIT. 
          I FELT PRETTY COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING 4-3 PERCENT AS OPPOSED TO FIVE PERCENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THINGS GO. 
          I THINK COULD CHANGE TOMORROW, BUT IF THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO INTO THE DECLINE, THAT THEY ARE, A THREE PERCENT INCREASE AGAINST ALL THOSE RANGES SHOULD KEEP US HEALTHY FOR THIS YEAR. 
          NOW WE'LL HAVE TO JUST BE THERE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE STEP PLANS. 
          I WANT TO TAKE JUST A SECOND AND TALK ABOUT STEP PLANS, BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR PAY PLAN. 
          POLICE FIRE AND WATER SERVICES. 
          THOSE PLANS HAD MOVED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          WHEN I LOOKED AT THE POLICE PLAN, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW FAST THE MARKET'S MOVING. 
          TWO YEARS AGO, THE POLICE PLAN, WAS AT 50 PERCENTILE. 
          THOSE COMPARATORS THAT WE HAD 26 COMPARATORS. 
          WE FELL SOMEWHERE IN ABOUT 50 PERCENTILE. 
          WITHIN TWO YEARS, WE DROPPED DOWN TO 15-12 PERCENTILE, IN JUST TWO YEARS. 
          THAT'S HOW FAST EVERYBODY IS MOVING AROUND US, AND IF WE DON'T MOVE THOSE PLANS FORWARD, THEY BEGAN TO SLIP QUICKLY AND THAT HURTS OUR RECRUITMENT, HURTS OUR RETENTION, AND SO ON. 
          THE STEP PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, IS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AGAIN SO THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO A PAY FOR PERFORMANCE ON 7/1/23 IS BASICALLY GOING TO REPLACE MERITS. 
          RIGHT NOW MERITS, UNLESS YOU HAVE A REALLY SICK LOW RATING ON YOUR EVALUATION, YOU GET THE THREE PERCENT EXTRA ANNIVERSARY BILL. 
          PAY FOR PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO REPLACE THAT. 
          MEANING THAT YOUR ANNUAL INCREASE WILL BE BASED ON YOUR RATING OF YOUR EVALUATION. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS JUST THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          IF YOU GET A TWO, YOU GET TWO PERCENT INCREASE. 
          IF GET THREE, YOU GET THREE PERCENT INCREASE, YOU GET FOUR, YOU GET FOUR PERCENT INCREASE. 
          IT'S REALLY BEEN INCENTIVE. 
          [02:30:03]
THOSE OF US WHO WORKED IN GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND THINGS YOU CAN INCENTIVIZE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES [INAUDIBLE]. 
          THERE'S SO MANY STATE LAWS THAT MINIMIZE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T GET. 
          UNLIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          THIS REALLY HELPS INCENTIVIZED GOOD PERFORMANCE. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE FEW ARROWS. 
          REMEMBER THAT WE CAN USE TO INCENTIVIZE GOOD PERFORMANCE. 
          STEP PLANS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY PAY FOR PERFORMANCE. 
          THEY ARE PUT ON A ROUTINE BASIS MOVING UP, AND SO THAT'S NOT IMPACTING ANY OF THEM AT ALL. 
          AN ANNUAL MARKET. DURING THE YEAR POSITION OF ONETIME SHOWER, BUDGET TIME AND GIVE EVERYBODY AN INCREASE. 
          BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WE KNOW, THE MARKET IS MOVING EVERY DAY. 
          THIS IS A MOVING TARGET. 
          THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT 25 PERCENT OF OUR CLASSIFICATIONS, 100 PERCENT OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS, AND WE'VE LISTENED TO DIVISIONS, WE LISTENED TO THE DIRECTORS. 
          IF WE HAVE A POSITION THAT IS SUPER HARD TO FEEL LIKE MAYBE OUT FOR A YEAR IN CAME AGAIN APPLICANT, WHATEVER. 
          WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE THINGS MID-YEAR. 
          WELL, THAT'S MARKET SHIT WE'RE NOT COMPETITIVE. 
          LET'S JUST SAY AN OPERATOR'S POSITION NEEDS FIVE PERCENT TO BE COMPETITIVE. 
          WELL, THEN THERE WAS A POT OF MONEY SET ASIDE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE THAT TO THE CURRENT POSITION. 
          OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS WE WILL NOT ONLY DO ANNUAL INCREASES, BUT LOOK AT HOW TO FILL POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING IN AN ENTIRE YEAR, WITHOUT TRYING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. 
          THAT'S ALSO OCCURRING. 
          ARE REQUESTING THAT WE FUND THAT 143,000 YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT'S TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR AREAS WITH THE AN OVERALL PAY PLAN GOING UP. 
          WE LOOK AT IT IN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IMPACTED UP THROUGH OUR 25. 
          THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED TRADING COMPRESSION. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, THE 449,000, THAT FIXES THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          WELL, THEN WHEN IT STOPPED, WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE THE REST OF THE RANGES TO KEEP UP. 
          WHEN IT SAYS R30 AND UP, THAT MEANS THAT WAS WHERE THE COMPRESSION ENDED FROM THE MINIMUM WAGE IMPACTS, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE OTHER RANGES. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S TALKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL THREE PERCENT. 
          YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR HIM. 
          THIS IS WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE. 
          ON JUST THE REGULAR PLAN, 30R AND HIGHER TO MOVE THOSE THREE PERCENT OF COST ABOUT 638,000, THE FIRE PLAN, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT HAD BEEN MOVED IN TWO YEARS TO MOVE IT TO WHERE THE MARKET IS TODAY, IT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT 665,000. 
          POLICE PLAN. IT WAS EVEN LAGGING EVEN FURTHER. 
          TO GET IT COMPETITIVE, WE NEED TO INVEST IN THAT ENTIRE STEP PLAN, WHICH WOULD COST 1.1 MILLION. 
          THEN THE WATER SERVICES STILL TRYING TO GET THE BREAD. 
          I KNOW WE'VE GOT A NEW DIRECTOR. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO LOOP THAT NEW DIRECTOR IN BEFORE WE FINALIZE ANYTHING. 
          LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE FOR WATER SERVICES. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO GET SOME TYPE OF BALLPARK FIGURE, WE PUT A PLACEHOLDER IN HERE FOR 60,000. 
          AGAIN, NOT CHANGED THIS PITCHER, THERE DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, BUT WE WANTED SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT. 
          THAT'S AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE THINK IT MAY COST TO MOVE THAT PARTICULAR STEP PLANS. 
          A TOTAL OF 2.4 MILLION, CLOSE TO 2.5 MILLION TO MOVE ALL OF THESE FOUR FOR THIS YEAR. 
          I HELP YOU THERE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          THIS IS THE DISTANCE TO KEEP THIS FAIRLY COMPETITIVE. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS JUST A SUMMARY OF THESE THINGS. 
          THE MINIMUM WAGE IMPACT TO KEEP THE COMPRESSION OUT ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH 25 BAR IS 449,000. 
          MERITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED. 
          THE MARKET ANALYSIS THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO KEEP PEOPLE COMPETITIVE, THAT WE GET THAT POT OF MONEY THERE FOR ABOUT 143,000, AND THEN THE OVERALL MARKET PLAN TO MOVE EVERYTHING FORWARD, SMIDGE [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> SMIDGE IS JUST ALWAYS THREE PERCENT [LAUGHTER] 
          [02:35:01]
          >> IN THIS MARKET IS SMIDGE IS THREE PERCENT. 
          IT REALLY IS. I'VE SEEN SOME OTHER AGENCIES, THIS ONE AS MUCH AS 7-8 PERCENT. 
          IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AN OPEN MARKET [INAUDIBLE]. 
          THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO REALLY KEEP US HAVING A HEALTHY, COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PLAN THIS YEAR. 
          >> GOOD FOR HIM. 
          >> JARED'S GOING TO COME HERE. 
          >> GIVE IT TO HIM FROM THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, BRANDY. 
          >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JARED WOTASIK, AND I'M ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS. 
          AS FAR AS TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE MORE HIGH-LEVEL, BRANDY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON GETTING INTO THE DETAILS, THE NUMBERS, AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. 
          THE EAC DOES SUPPORT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE TALKS WE HAVE. 
          AS YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S GOING BE SOME IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS YOU'LL HAVE, GIVE THE INPUT ON SOME OF THOSE TOPICS. 
          FOUR MAIN AREAS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 
          FIRST OFF, THE IMPACT OF INFLATION AND MARKET TRENDS. 
          BRANDY, YOU DID A GOOD JOB SETTING THE STAGE. 
          I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I'M SORRY, IN OUR MEETINGS WITH SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES, CERTAIN RANGES BRING IT INTO A MORE PERSONAL TO FLAGSTAFF, LEVEL STAFF. 
          THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE MINIMUM WAGE IMPACT. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE FROM AN EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVE. 
          THEN THE LAST THING WHAT BRANDY TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS THE BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION LEVELS BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND THEN THE CITY. 
          EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, GONE NOW. 
          THERE'S HOUSING WHEN IT'S RENT, GASOLINE, FOOD, BASIC SERVICES LIKE CHILDCARE, DAYCARE, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP.BUT TO NO SURPRISE, THIS HAS BEEN OUR NUMBER 1 CONCERN BY EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT ALL OUR MEANS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          THE BIGGEST THING IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY HAS A PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO MAINTAIN THIS. 
          WE GET FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AS BRANDY NOTED, THERE'S A LOT MORE THINGS THEY CAN DO. 
          THEY CAN TURN ON A DIME, DOUBLE THE COST OF THEIR PRODUCT, AND MAKE THAT UP INSTANTLY. 
          WE CAN'T DO THAT AS A CITY, THINGS ARE MUCH SLOWER, THE POT OF MONEY IS MUCH LESS WE GET THAT. 
          BUT TO KATIE'S POINT, THIS IS OUR TIME TO BE QUICK THINKERS, BUILD A MOVE THROUGH THIS EVER-CHANGING MARKET AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE CREATIVE DECISIONS STAY AHEAD OF THE STAFF. 
          DOES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT RECRUITMENT OR RETENTION? I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE A LOT OF THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE COME FROM. 
          YOU LOOK AT OUR PAY RANGES OF OUR 30 OR 35 TO OUR CLASSES. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE STARTING WAGE IS ABOUT $23, $24, AN HOUR. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE POSITIONS THAT FALL INTO THIS, THESE ARE OUR LEAD WORKERS AND OUR SUPERVISORS. 
          FRONTLINE SUPERVISORS ARE IN CHARGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THEY HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A LIABILITY TO TAKE ON INTO THAT MANAGEMENT ROLE. 
          GOING BACK TO 2017 WHEN THE MINIMUM WAGE WAS PASSED, $8 AN HOUR, THEY'RE MAKING ROUGHLY $20-$21 AN HOUR. 
          LOOKING AT THAT, THAT SAME POSITION, EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE PAY, FAST-FORWARD. 
          NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MINIMUM WAGE OF POSSIBLY $18 AN HOUR, THEY'RE MAKING $23 AN HOUR. 
          THAT IS NO LONGER COMPETITIVE BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN TAKE A LOT OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY, DON'T HAVE TO WORK WEEKENDS, OR HOLIDAYS, COMING ON SNOWSTORMS, THEY CAN CALL IN SICK WITH FAR LESS OF AN IMPACT ON THE WORK THAN IF YOU'RE A MANAGER AND NEED TO LEAD THESE PEOPLE THROUGH A CRAZY SNOWSTORM FOR TWO OR THREE DOLLARS AN HOUR OR LESS. 
          BECAUSE OF OUR MINIMUM WAGE BEING SO HIGH HERE, THE WALMARTS, THE TARGETS THESE LARGE CORPORATIONS CAN OFFER $20-$22 AN HOUR STARTING. 
          OR IN PHOENIX, THEY'RE OFFERING 15-16 JUST BECAUSE MIDDLE-WAGE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          THAT'S A UNIQUE THING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
          NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A HIGHER COST OF LIVING, OUR COMPETITORS OFFER A HIGHER WAGE IF YOU DIDN'T CREATE THAT KIND OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ISSUE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN HERE. 
          WHAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED TO US IS IT'S REALLY HARD TO HIRE AND KEEP THESE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POSITIONS. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN MOVE OVER TO SOMETHING, A LOT EASIER JOB, LESS RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT REALLY TAKE A PAY CUT TOO. 
          THE OTHER THING BRANDY TALKED ON, I KNOW FROM THE POLICE-SPECIFIC ROOM, YOU LOOK AT DPS OR PHOENIX PD, YOU'VE SEEN ALMOST A $20,000 PER EMPLOYEE INCREASE. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN'T GO SOMETHING THAT CRAZY, BUT THAT'S THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH HERE IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. 
          OTHER POSITIONS IN THEIR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALSO CHANGED DRASTICALLY. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN LOOKING AT THIS. 
          ONE THING WE DO WANT TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE THE CITY HAS DONE. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS, AND IN THAT TIME FRAME UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, THESE MERITS HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT IN AS A LONG-TERM THING. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN NOW. 
          WELL SEE IT BECOMES IN IF MONEY'S THERE, WE'LL DO IT. 
          THE CITY MADE A HUGE PLAN LAST YEAR IN BUILDING THIS INTO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. 
          [02:40:02]
I WANT TO ABSOLUTELY HIT ON THAT POINT. 
          THAT IS HUGE AND IS GAME-CHANGING FOR US, AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, BUT THAT HAS TO CONTINUE. 
          WE CAN'T LET IT DROP OFF NOW WITH ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS GOING OVER, IT'S GOING TO FALL FURTHER BEHIND ON THAT. 
          IT IS SPECIFICALLY TO THE MINIMUM WAGE IMPACTED. 
          YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE SHARP INCREASES EACH YEAR. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THE DOLLAR FIGURES UP THERE, THERE'S A MILLION IN ONE YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, AT LEAST CLOSE TO 400,000 FOR THE BARE MINIMUM. 
          NOW IF WE MOVE UP TO THE $18, IT'S ANOTHER $500,000. 
          EACH YEAR WE'RE THROWING A HALF A MILLION TO A MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF OTHER MONIES THAT COULD BE SENT ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY FOR THESE NEEDS JUST TO DEAL WITH THESE MINIMUM WAGES. 
          NUMBERS UP THERE AS SHOWN FROM 2017 WHEN THIS WENT UP TILL NOW, IT'S SHOWN FROM EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR OR TO AT LEAST 16-18, POSSIBLY 18, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE TODAY. 
          FOR OTHER JOBS IN THE CITY, I'VE SEEN THREE MERIT INCREASES. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS ROUGHLY A NINE OR 10 PERCENT INCREASE. 
          THE WAGE IS SEEN BY ABOUT 110, 120 PERCENT INCREASE. 
          EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY SEEN ABOUT 10 PERCENT INCREASE THOSE TIME. JOBS WILL BE DIFFERENT. 
          SOME JOBS GOT AFFECTED A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHICH IS THE ROUGH GENERAL NUMBERS THERE. 
          BUT CHEERED A COMMENT EARLIER I HAD SOME PRETTY STRONGLY WORDED COMMENTS ABOUT STATE LEGISLATION PENDING THAT COULD HAVE THE IMPACT OF PENALIZING US, IF YOU WILL, ON OUR MINIMUM WAGE HERE IN FLAGSTAFF. 
          THIS GIVES BASIS TO THOSE COMMENTS I BELIEVE, IT IS PART OF THE NARRATIVE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SHARED. 
          THE FIRST PART, OF COURSE, IS MINIMUM WAGE. 
          HERE WAS BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH A CITIZEN INITIATIVE AND IT WAS ENACTED THROUGH THE CITIZEN INITIATIVE PROCESS. 
          IT WAS NOT A CITY-BORN POLICY, BUT RATHER A COMMUNITY OF VOTER-APPROVED POLICY. 
          OF COURSE, WE ADHERE TO IT BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          THE SECOND PART OF THE NARRATIVE IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS WE, AS AN EMPLOYER, ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THIS JUST LIKE ALL OTHER EMPLOYERS. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT RESONATING, BUT IT IS INTERNALLY. 
          WE ARE SEEING THIS IMPACT IN THESE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CLEAR ON IT. 
          IT IS VERY DIFFICULT THESE YEARS TO DEAL WITH MINIMUM WAGE AND ITS IMPACT IN THE LOWER RAGES. 
          AS BRANDY JUST POINTED OUT, THE RESULTING COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. 
          WE'RE SEEING IT IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS. 
          I BELIEVE YOU'RE SEATED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SURE. 
          >>THANKS FOR LETTING ME LEARN. 
          >> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT POINT. 
          BECAUSE NOW WE ALSO SEE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN IN 2017. 
          AGAIN, THIS MEAN, PERSONALLY AND SPEAKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY WHEN THE VOTERS VOTED ON IT, I'M NOT SURE IF THE CPI PLUS THE TWO DOLLARS WAS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S ONE ARGUMENT. 
          BUT NOW WITH THIS NEW LEGISLATION COMING DOWN THE PIPE, THAT WASN'T HERE WHEN THE VOTERS VOTED IN 2017. 
          AS FAR AS YOU GUYS, YOU'RE THE BODY OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          I GIVE IT AS A CITIZEN VOTER INITIATIVE. 
          THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO BRING IT BACK TO THE CITIZENS, I JUST THINK AS A BUDGET TEAM MEMBER ON EAC, WE HAVE A PUBLIC OBLIGATION TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE PUBLIC'S MONEY. 
          WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH WHERE IT'S BEING SPENT, WHY IT'S BEING SPENT, AND HOW IT'S BEING SPENT. 
          IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THESE NUMBERS. 
          IF THAT ARTICLE IS CORRECTED COUNCILWOMAN MCCARTHY BROUGHT UP, AND THAT PASSES 10 PERCENT OF OUR STATE SHARE REVENUE ISN'T A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          THIS IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ONE YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOSING IF THIS GOES THROUGH. 
          THESE ARE LARGE IMPACTS THAT THE CITIZENS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF AS SOMETHING WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AND EDUCATE THEM ON AND LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION OF HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 
          EAC'S BIG PLAN ON THAT IS, IF YOU WERE IN THIS 30 OR 35 OUR POSITION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS EXPLAINED, YOU SEE THIS FLOOR CATCHING UP TO YOU A LOT QUICKER AND YOU'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT. 
          THEY WANT TO KNOW, DOES THE CITY HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THIS TO HELP THEM TO KEEP THOSE POSITIONS FILLED? WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER TO THEM, TO GIVE THAT COMPETENCE, TO STAY HERE FOR SOME MOVING TO OTHER AGENCIES THAT MAY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE ALREADY. 
          THE NEXT TOPIC I CAN SKIM OVER, IN TIME-SAVING BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL TOPIC. 
          AS FAR AS THE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE, EAC DOES ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS. 
          THE ONE CAVEAT IS AS LONG AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE FOR OUR EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROPER THINGS IN PLACE SUCH AS APPEAL'S PROCESS, IF THE EMPLOYEE DISAGREES WITH IT, THEN WE MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS GOOD AT RATING AND CAPTURING WHAT WE NEED TO AS FAR AS BELOW STANDARDS, 
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STANDARD, OR ABOVE STANDARD. 
          SPEAKING WITH OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS. 
          BUT ONE CAVEAT IS BECAUSE HE IS BRAND NEW TO THIS, IS THIS THE BEST YEAR TO DO IT? IF EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE, HE'S CONFIDENT TO DO IT, WE TRUST HIS JUDGMENT. 
          AT THE SAME TIME IF HE FEELS HE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT CORRECTLY VERSUS RUSHING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE FULLY SUPPORT HIM ON THAT DECISION AS WELL. 
          THE LAST PART IS OUR BENEFIT COVERAGE CONTRIBUTION AND COST-SHARING. 
          BRANDY SHOWED YOU THIS SLIDE. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AROUND TWO YEARS AGO, THESE NUMBERS WERE FAR WORSE. 
          WE WERE AT THE ABSOLUTE BOTTOM, EVEN WITHIN OUR OWN NEED PEP ORGANIZATION. 
          AS FAR AS HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY DID VERSUS HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE THEY'VE PASSED ON TO THE EMPLOYEE. 
          HUGE DRIVES WERE MADE LAST YEAR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THE EMPLOYEE'S COST WENT SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE-WISE, AND THIS YEAR WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO COVER ALL OF IT. 
          ALL WE'RE ASKING IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE SAME RATIOS. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A 91 PERCENT IF YOUR EMPLOYEE ONLY WHAT'S LIKE A 72 PERCENT TO 28 PERCENT EMPLOYEE IF YOU'RE ON THE FAMILY PLAN. 
          AS LONG AS WE MAINTAIN THOSE SAME RATIOS, WE WILL STAY WITHIN MARKET AND BE COMPETITIVE AND THAT'S ALL WE ASK, AND THAT'S THE NUMBERS THAT BRANDY PRESENTED TO YOU. 
          IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE ASKED THE CITY TO TRY TO TAKE ALL OF IT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND THE MARKET. 
          BUT BECAUSE THEY ADVANCED TO MAY LAST YEAR WERE RIGHT THERE WE JUST WANT TO MAINTAIN THEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE SLIDES? FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, COULD YOU VERY BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE EAC HOW OFTEN THEY MEET, YOUR ROLE IN THAT COMMITTEE AND THE TOPIC? I MEAN WE'RE SEEING THE OUTCOMES OF THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIARITY HERE WITH THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> GREAT. 
          >> EAC'S ROLE IS WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM ALL THE DIVISIONS. 
          WE HAVE REPRESENTATION NUMBERS BASED ON HOW BIG YOUR DIVISION IS, SO IT'S ALL EQUAL THROUGHOUT. 
          BUT TWO OR THREE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH FROM EVERY DIVISION. 
          WE MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND WE DISCUSS ANY TOPICS THAT AFFECT THE EMPLOYEE BODY AS A WHOLE. 
          WE TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM SPECIFIC THINGS SUCH AS, JUST POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUST WATER. 
          THOSE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO AFFIRM TO HR TO DEAL WITH. 
          BUT IT'S A TOPIC THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE CITY OR AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE CITY. 
          WE WILL TRY AND DISCUSS IT TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, A RECOMMENDATION WE COULD MAKE THROUGH CIVIC LEADERSHIP, THROUGH HR, THROUGH COUNCIL, WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN DO TO TRY AND GIVE THE EMPLOYEES A VOICE. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, PRIOR TO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE GOT VERY LITTLE DONE. 
          A LOT OF IT WAS MORE A LOT OF COMPLAINING THINGS LIKE THAT WERE GOING ON, AND OUR VOICE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN AVENUE. 
          WITH SOME OF THE NEW CITY LEADERSHIP THAT WAS BROUGHT IN, WE WERE GIVEN A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          ONE OF THOSE SEATS THAT I SERVE IS ON THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS WITHIN ANOTHER HEIGHT IN LEADERSHIP, AND OTHER AREAS THAT ARE REALLY IMPACTFUL AND THEY'VE GIVEN US A VOICE TO LET THE EMPLOYEE BODY HAVE A SAY IN A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY BENEFITS, BUT ALSO POLICY DECISIONS, AND THAT HAS BEEN HUGE. 
          OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE MADE HUGE STRIDES IN COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          I REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BUDGET TEAM AND ALSO TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS. GO AHEAD. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE QUESTION FOR YOU RANDY, BUT IS OUR EMPLOYEE SHARED BENEFITS PERCENTAGE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER BENEFIT DISPARITIES OR? 
          >> I HAVEN'T SEEN ISSUES NUMBERS, BRANDY, WHERE SHE IS MY BUILD LET ME KNOW. 
          LAST YEAR, WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE MATCHED CCSL, WHICH WAS THE TOP OF NAPA. 
          THEY ARE LITTLE ORGANIZATION. 
          WE WERE RIGHT THERE WITH THEM, AND AS LONG AS WE ARE ASSUMING THEY'RE STAYING THE SAME. 
          >> WITH OUR NAPA PARTNERS, WE ARE, I GUESS, NUMBER 2 OF THAT GROUP. 
          THE COUNTY ONLY HAS WELL, EXCEPT CASES WHERE WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY HAS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION, BUT THERE'S ONLY ABOUT $40 DIFFERENCE FOR OUR FAMILY COVERAGE, BUT WE ALSO OFFER EMPLOYEE PLUS 1 WHICH THE COMPANY DOES NOT OFFER. 
          WE'RE RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT AROUND WITH IT FOR $40. 
          ALSO THE COUNTY AND THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU DIDN'T WORK [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE LAST YEAR WERE ABOUT $250 HIGHER, [INAUDIBLE] HUGE STRIDES IN A BIT THERE. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT [INAUDIBLE] I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          MY QUESTION IS, DOES AN EMPLOYEE PAY INCOME TAX ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE CITY PUTS TOWARDS HEALTH INSURANCE? NO. SO IF THAT'S TRUE, 
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IT'S PROBABLY MORE EFFICIENT TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEE A BETTER DEAL ON HEALTH INSURANCE AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GIVE ENOUGH TO THEM AS SAY, INCREASED WAGE. 
          >> CAVEAT ON THAT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE ON OUR BASE PLAN EMPLOYEE ONLY, IT COULD BE ZERO DOLLARS. 
          OUTSIDE OF GIVING THEM MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ARGUMENT THAT HASN'T MADE IN THE PAST, WHERE IF YOU GIVE IT TO FAMILIES OR A DIFFERENT RATE. 
          THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION THERE AS FAR AS [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> IT'S NEVER THAT SIMPLE. 
          >> YES, NEVER IS. 
          >> BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 
          WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          I THINK WE'VE SETTLED PRETTY GOOD ON WHAT OUR COST SHARING RATIOS ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE HAS BEEN TALK ALSO TRYING TO UP IT A LITTLE BIT 5, 10 PERCENT TOWARDS THE FAMILY TO TRY AND BRING IN SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BURDEN REALLY COMES IN. 
          LAST YEAR, WE WERE PAYING $750 A MONTH TO IT. 
          WE COULDN'T GET PEOPLE COMING IN. 
          NOW IT'S LOWER, CLOSER TO THAT 500 MARK. IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALWAYS UP FOR DISCUSSION OF HOW FAR WE WANT TO GO ON THIS. 
          >> JUST TO ADD. THE EMPLOYEE SHARE OF HEALTH INSURANCE IS DEDUCTED FROM YOUR TAXABLE WAGES, SO IT DOES REDUCE YOUR TAXABLE WAGES, RIGHT [INAUDIBLE]? 
          >> I WAS THINKING. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? 
          >> JARED, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION OF THE EAC. 
          YOU ARE A GREAT VOICE FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND YOU'RE VERY DILIGENT IN ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS AND BRINGING THEIR VOICE TO THE TABLE AT THE BUDGET TEAM, LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND ELSEWHERE AND IN THIS FORUM TODAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> YOU GUYS MADE IT 20 MINUTES OF TIME. 
          [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THANK YOU, JARED, RANDY, AND BRANDY. 
          WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START LUNCH ACTUALLY IN FIVE-MINUTES. 
          DO WE HAVE LUNCH DELIVERED? 
          >> LUNCH IS READY AND PREPARED TO [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, SHALL WE GIVE THEM BACK THAT EXTRA FIVE MINUTES FROM THAT SHORT BREAK AND GIVE THAT BREAK NOW? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> YES? [INAUDIBLE] YES? 
          >> YES, OF COURSE. 
          >> SORRY. 
          >> THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK IN OUR SEATS READY TO WORK AT 12:15. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          WE HAVE BOND PROJECTS UPDATES AND WE HAVE MARK, SCOTT, ED, JIM, AND SARAH, TO PRESENT TO US. 
          WHO'S STARTING FIRST? MARK GAILLARD, YOU'RE UP. 
          >> IT'S HARD OF HEARING. I DON'T THINK [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE'RE READY FOR YOU, MARK. 
          >> SHALL WE PROCEED? 
          >> YES. 
          >> I BET YOU COULD COMMAND A PRESENCE IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO. 
          >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
          I'M YOUR FIRE CHIEF, MARK GAILLARD AND I'M HERE TO UPDATE TO YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL PRESENTERS ON PROGRESS OF THE RECENT AND SUCCESSFUL BOND ISSUES THAT WE RECENTLY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION MODULE IS REALLY A MUCH NEEDED FUNDING SOURCE FOR SOME EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVERYTHING THAT THE TWO WILDFIRE ENGINES, THE TYPE 3 ENGINES, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ENGINES THAT WE USE TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THEN THE OTHER TWO WATER TENDER PIECES. 
          IN MANY OF THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT FIRE, PROTECT THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO FIRE HYDRANTS AND WATER SUPPLY, WE HAVE TO BRING OUR OWN WATER SUPPLY. 
          ALL FOUR OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE 20 YEARS AND OLDER AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          CURRENTLY IT'S IN DESIGN SPECIFICATION, WE'LL WORK WITH PROCUREMENT TO GO OUT FOR BIDS. 
          WE ANTICIPATE BEING IN FRONT OF YOU IN MAY OR JUNE, THE PURCHASES ARE LARGE ENOUGH, THEY WILL REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT. 
          TYPICALLY FOR TRUCKS LIKE THIS, WE'RE SEEING 12-18 MONTHS. 
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WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM ON SITE BEFORE THE 2024 WILDFIRE SEASON. 
          THAT'S 12-18 MONTHS. I'LL JUST COMMENT. 
          RECENTLY, YOU ALL JUST AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF A LADDER TRUCK, ANOTHER REPLACEMENT TRUCK. 
          WE'RE GETTING CONSTRUCTION TIME OF 36 MONTHS TIME. 
          THESE APPARATUS REQUIRE MUCH MORE LEAD TIME THAN THEY USED TO, SO IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO THAT. 
          THEN THAT'S A $2.1 MILLION PURCHASE AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL WE HAVE AN AGING FLEET. 
          OUR FLEET FOLKS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB KEEPING EVERYTHING ON THE ROAD. 
          BUT IT GETS TOUGH WHEN APPARATUS GETS THIS OLD. 
          WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS AND GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PASS THIS BOND AND PROVIDE THAT RESOURCE. 
          THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          >> THE WATER TENDERS. 
          YOU SAID THOSE ARE FOR WHEN YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN WATER? 
          >> YES. 
          >> IN THE CITY? 
          >> OUR OWN FIREFIGHTING WATER. 
          >> WATER. DO WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE FIRE HYDRANTS? 
          >> WE HAVE FORESTED AREAS, AND OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE CITY ADJACENT TO POPULATED AREAS WHERE THERE IS [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE. 
          >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          YOU JUST POINT IT OVER HERE THE COMPUTER IS ACTUALLY. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, PAUL WE'RE ON THE CITY ENGINEER AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPRUCE WASH IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE PASSING OF PROPOSITION 441 OVERWHELMING AGREED BY THE RESIDENTS, THE CITY HAD FUNDING FOR APPROXIMATELY $26 MILLION TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SPRUCE WASH. AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON THE PROJECT. 
          REALLY SPEARHEADED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND SCOTT OVER 10 AND THE WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING TEAM AND A WHOLE [INAUDIBLE] CITY THAT ARE FORMED. 
          WE HAVE SIX PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS SPRUCE WASH IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THREE OF OUR ON-CALL DESIGN ENGINEERING FIRMS. THEY PREPARE PROPOSALS, WERE IN THE PROCESS OF FINAL REVIEW OF THOSE PROPOSALS, AND ARE PUTTING CONTACTS TOGETHER TO START THAT DESIGN WORK. 
          WE'VE ALSO ENGAGED THE SURVEYING FIRM, SO THEY'VE BEEN OUT TRYING TO DO SURVEY WORK GOT SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE TO KNOW. 
          [NOISE] BUT WE'RE DOING THAT AS WELL. 
          [NOISE] ALSO, HAVE A GEOTECHNICAL FIRM WANT TO ON-CALL THAT'S GOING TO BE UP GOING OUT THERE AND DOING SOME GEOTECHNICAL WORK FOR US. 
          ALL THOSE FIRMS ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE LARGE TEAM TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          [NOISE] WE ALSO ADVERTISED IN JANUARY WITH OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO HELP DELIVER THIS PROJECT FASTER, WE HAD FIVE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED. 
          STAFF COMPLETED OUR REVIEW AND SCORING OF THOSE PROPOSALS LAST WEEK. 
          WE HAVE THREE TOP FIRMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING INTERVIEWS WITH IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SO WE'RE GETTING THAT CONTRACTOR ON BOARD REALLY QUICK AND THERE'LL BE HELPED. 
          THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A DESIGN PHASE SERVICES CONTRACT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR OVERALL TEAM. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THEIR ISSUES THEY SEE ABOVE CONSTRUCTION AND THE AREA. 
          THEY'LL HELP US WITH PROPER SEQUENCING SO WE CAN DO THIS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING DESIGN THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME OF THE PROJECTS EARLY. 
          TRIED TO START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET SOME OF THESE CHANGE IMPROVEMENTS DONE, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION IN FY24, 25, AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE FY26, THE SUMMER MONTHS. 
          WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> I DON'T SEE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THERE'S ENOUGH COMING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING? 
          >> YES, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TONIGHT. 
          IT'S AT 6:00 PM. 
          IT'S AT CITY HALL AND ALSO ONLINE AND IT'S THE SPRUCE WASH MUSEUM, FLOOD FIRE, FLOOD MITIGATION AND IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT COUNCIL SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          WE'RE JUST GIVING IT, 
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REACHING OUT TO MORE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY PAID WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE THAT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          >> LET'S LINK ON THAT. 
          IS IT JUST YOU THE CITY LIKE SO. 
          >> I HAVE IT I CAN SEND IT OUT. 
          >> [NOISE] THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS GARY MILLER. I'M THE WATER SERVICES ENGINEERING SECTION DIRECTOR. 
          I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE BOND PROJECTS THAT WATER SERVICES THAT COMMUNICATE. 
          BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OR BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE LARGE RECORDING OF THIS BOND. 
          [NOISE]. 
          SO CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OPERATES TO RECLAMATION FACILITIES, WANTS TO RIO DE FLAG WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, THE OTHERS, THE WILDCAT HILL, YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE MAP THERE BELOW. 
          THE RIO DE FLAG RECLAMATION FACILITY CURRENTLY OPERATES AS A SATELLITE FACILITY, COMMONLY CALLED THE SCALPING PLANT AT TIMES, WHAT THE RIO PLANT DOES IS IT REMOVES THE SOLIDS FROM OUR WASTEWATER STREAM AND THEN FORWARDS THAT. 
          FORWARD THOSE SOLIDS DOWN TO THE WILDCAT HILL WHERE WE TREAT ALL OF THE SOLVENTS THERE. 
          BACK IN SEPTEMBER, JIM UCO GAVE A PRESENTATION TO COUNSEL ON SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, OR 14 YEARS. 
          IN THAT TIME, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS. 
          I'M SKIPPING OVER SOME OF THE HISTORY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. 
          BUT THOSE CONSERVATION TRENDS HAVE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR CONCENTRATION OF SOLIDS LOADING AT THE PLANT. 
          WE'VE SEEN A 17% GROWTH IN POPULATION. 
          BUT THE PLANT ITSELF HAS ONLY SEEN A 3% GROWTH IN TERMS OF THE HYDRAULIC DEMANDS PUT ON THE PLANT. 
          BUT IN THAT TIME WE'VE SEEN A 27% INCREASE IN OUR INTERACTIONAL SOLIDS LOADING ON THE PLANT. 
          OVERALL, WE'RE TREATING MORE SOLIDS AND THAT'S WHERE OUR PROJECTS COME INTO PLAY IS LARGELY TREATING A LOT OF THOSE CAPACITY NEEDS FOR SOLIDS TREATMENT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MUCH NEEDED MAINTENANCE FOR THE WILDCAT AND RIO DE FLAG. 
          THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT AS WILDCAT. 
          WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ELECTION. 
          WE HAVE THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER, SO THIS IS WHERE WE, AFTER THE SOLIDS ARE REMOVED FROM THE WASTEWATER, WE TREAT THOSE SOLIDS AND DIGESTERS BEFORE IT GETS DEWATERED, HAVE ENOUGH EVENTUALLY PUT INTO IT OUR DEDICATED LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY. 
          THAT PROJECT IS $16 MILLION. 
          THE DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THAT IS CARRILLO ENGINEERS BASED UP WELL, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NATURAL BIRTH. 
          COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THAT BACK IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER SOME TIME AND THEY ARE STARTING DESIGN THAT WE'RE IN A PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS IT ADDED SOME MUCH NEEDED REDUNDANCY OF WILDCAT CURRENTLY THE TWO DIGESTERS THAT WE HAVE RUN 24/7 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT OR THE TANKS OVER THOSE DIGESTERS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ADD A THIRD DIGESTOR WHICH ALLOW US TO ROTATE AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AS WELL. 
          THE SECOND PROJECT LISTED AS THE PRIMARY EFFLUENT PUMP STATION. 
          THIS PUMP STATION IS DOWNSTREAM OF OUR PRIMARY SEDIMENT BASINS, PRIMARY CLARIFIERS, THAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR. 
          THOSE THAT PUMP STATION WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR DIFFERENT HYDRAULICS IN THE POINT BACK IN 2009, WILDCAT UPGRADED TO A CLASS A A RECLAIMED WATER AND WE ADDED WHAT'S CALLED A IFAS INTEGRATED FIXED FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE PUMPS PUMP INTO. 
          AGAIN, THOSE PUMPS OPERATE 24/7, THERE'S VERY LITTLE REDUNDANCY, IF ANY, IN THAT PUMP STATION. 
          IT WASN'T DESIGNED FOR HOW THE PLANET CURRENTLY OPERATES TODAY AND MUCH NEEDED TO SATISFY OUR REDUNDANCY NEEDS AND IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY. 
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THE LAST PROJECTS AS WILDCAT IS OUR BIO-GAS COGENT. 
          AS PART OF THE DIGESTION PROCESS FOR SOLIDS, THERE'S BIO-GAS THAT'S GENERATED. 
          CURRENTLY, WE LAYER THAT GAS OFF SO WE BURN IT. 
          BUT THERE IS A BENEFICIAL USE FOR THAT BIO-GAS AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. 
          WE DID HAVE COGEN UNIT OUT AT WILDCAT AT ONE POINT THAT IN FACT IT'S STILL THERE BUT IT IS NOT WORKING ANYMORE AND NOT REPAIRABLE, SO THE LAST PROJECT OUT OF WILDCAT IS TO REPLACE THE COGEN UNIT SO WE CAN GENERATE POWER USAGE AT WILDCAT. 
          >> JERRY, IF ONE OF THOSE PUMPS WENT DOWN OR THE DIGESTER, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU HAVE TO GET IT FIXED BEFORE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY? 
          >> NOT MUCH TIME. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ASK OR ANSWER BECAUSE. 
          >> IT WASN'T DIFFICULT TO ASK. 
          [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> THAT'S GOOD. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          RECENTLY WE HAD A FAILURE OF SOME OF OUR PUMPS IN THE IFIS. 
          NOT THE PUMPS, THE MIXERS. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WENT ON. 
          AND SO OUR GUYS CAN GET REALLY CREATIVE BY USING SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS TO MAINTAIN OPERATION. 
          THAT DOESN'T WORK AS EFFICIENTLY AS IT WOULD ORIGINALLY WORK, BUT IT GETS THEM BY IN THE MEANTIME. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE EQUIPMENT AT BOND ORDER FROM THAT FAILURE, AND SO WE'RE STILL IN THIS INTERIM TEMPORARY OPERATING MODE FOR THE IFIS. 
          IT'S NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION, BUT THEY'RE MAKING IT WORK. 
          THAT'S NOT TRUE OF ALL OF OUR PROCESSES. 
          ACTUALLY, THE REASON I HAVE THIS OTHER PICTURE ON HERE, THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS A PICTURE OF A DIVER WHO ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE IFIS TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS OR SOME OF THOSE TEMPORARY REPAIRS. 
          [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THOSE SYSTEMS OFFLINE SO THEY HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE WITH THOSE THINGS IN OPERATION. 
          IT'S NOT IDEAL. 
          >> PEOPLE LINE UP. 
          >> I'M GUESSING IF HE'S REALLY. 
          [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WILDCAT PROJECT? LAST, THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS AT RIO DE FLAG RECLAMATION PLANT. 
          ONE, IS THE GENERATOR. 
          AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CAPACITY NEEDS, WILDCAT WAS OUR END OF POINT PLAN. 
          IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT WRONG AT RIO, IT WAS EASY TO JUST SHUT IT DOWN AND BYPASS ALL THAT FLOW AND SEND IT DOWN TO WILDCAT. 
          WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT OPTION ANYMORE BECAUSE WILDCAT IS MAXED OUT. 
          WHAT THESE GENERATORS DO IS ALLOW US TO OPERATE THE PLANT IN THE EVENT OF A BLACKOUT OR CATASTROPHIC ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          THAT HELPS WITH OUR RESILIENCY AND REDUNDANCY. 
          THEN THE LAST PRODUCT IS THE TURBO BLOWERS OUT AT RIO. 
          THERE'S A BIT OF A STORY BEHIND THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT EFFECTIVELY, WE'RE RUNNING OUR CURRENT BLOWERS AT THEIR LOWEST RATING. 
          IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO TURN IT DOWN ANYMORE. 
          IT'S NOT IDEAL FOR THE TREATMENT PROCESS. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL EFFICIENCY BENEFITS OF THOSE BLOWERS. 
          THIS PROJECT WOULD ADD SOME SMALLER BLOWERS TO ALLOW US TO RUN AT BETTER EFFICIENCIES AND THAT'S REDUNDANCY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE RIO PROJECT BEFORE I STEP AWAY? 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WASTEWATER. NOT YOU. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> I THOUGHT IT WAS MY TURN. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AND AUDIENCE. 
          I CHANGED THE SLIDE. 
          YOU COULD JUST POINT OVER HERE AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I ALWAYS LOVE TALKING TO YOU AN AUDIENCE POST LUNCH WHEN BELLIES ARE FULL AND BRAINS ARE FULLY ENGAGED. 
          WHEN BUDGET CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO DO AN UPDATE ON BOND FUNDS. 
          COUNCIL RETREAT, I SAID, BUT WE'RE SCHEDULED TO GO ON FEBRUARY 14TH. 
          [03:10:02]
[LAUGHTER] WE SPLIT THE BABY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INFO NOW, BUT HOUSING IS SCHEDULED TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU ON FEBRUARY 14TH, THE HAPPY VALENTINE'S MEETING. 
          WE'LL DO AN UPDATE ON 10-YEAR PLAN, THE INCOMING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 10-YEAR PLAN. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF CALCIUM, WHAT I WANT TO GET EVERYBODY USING THE SAME LANGUAGE AND AN OVERVIEW OF MOVING FORWARD WITH BOND MONDAY. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ACCRETION ORDINANCE FOR THE HOUSING COMMISSION TASKS THEM WITH OVERSIGHT OF FUND APPROVED FOR HOUSING PURPOSES BY THE ELECTORATE. 
          WE TALKED TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SAID, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT WE WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR WITH THE COMMISSION AND WITH COUNCIL WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          OF COURSE, COUNCIL WAS THE FINAL DECIDING BODY AT ALL OF IT. 
          THE HOUSING COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL. 
          IT IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO GO TO THE CONDITION AND VET THINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION AND BRING YOU THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THAT'S AN EXTRA STEP IN HOUSING BOND FUNDS THAT MAY NOT EXIST WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS. 
          I'VE LISTED HERE THE APPROVED PURPOSES FOR THE BOND FUNDS UNDER PROP 442 AND THE ASSOCIATED DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 
          THERE ARE SOME LOW-HANGING FRUIT HERE THAT YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT MORE IN DEPTH ON THE 14TH, WHICH IS EXPANDING THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE? DO WE WANT TO TWEAK IT? YES, WE THINK WE WANT TO TWEAK IT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT TO THE HOUSING VISION WILL COME TO YOU WITH FULL RECOMMENDATIONS SURROUNDING THOSE. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING BUDGETING. 
          THANK YOU, HEIDI. $2 BILLION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          WE WILL COME TO YOU WITH THE PROGRAM PARAMETERS OF HOW THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT. 
          THERE WILL BE MORE ON FEBRUARY 14TH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THE VERY BRIEF OUTLINE OR THINGS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I INCLUDE ON THE 14TH. 
          IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE ME, THERE'LL BE OTHER HOUSING STAFF MEMBERS PRESENTING. 
          >> JUST GOING TO SAY, I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION ON THE 14TH BECAUSE MY MATH IN MY HEAD ABOUT THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING COSTS, SO BY MAKING A CHALLENGE. 
          I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED THROUGH THAT. 
          >> YES, WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF GOING THROUGH WHAT NEW PROGRAMMATIC PARAMETERS COULD BE TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE IN OUR CURRENT MARKET. 
          WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH OUR FUNDS ARE GENERALLY FUNDED DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S REALLY SLIPPED DOWN AND IT'S REALLY SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. 
          WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          WE WILL BE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON THINGS PAST 10TH SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS MAKING THE PROGRAM THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF OUR CURRENT MARKET CHALLENGES. 
          >> WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. 
          YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 
          >> YEAH. 
          HI, SARAH. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, AND MAYBE TELL ME IF THIS IS COMING UP IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT IN TERMS OF RE-PURPOSING EXISTING AVAILABLE BUILDINGS INTO RENTAL UNITS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP OR ANY CONNECTION WITH THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM IN TERMS OF THOSE BUILDINGS, MAKING THEM DEVELOP, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          I WILL SAY I THINK IT COULD BE ABSOLUTELY THE ORIGINAL ENVISIONMENT COMING FROM A HOUSING COMMISSION BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TENURE PLAN, WAS THAT THIS WAS MORE CENTERED TOWARDS A PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO ASSIST THEM IN TURNING THOSE BUILDINGS INTO RENTAL UNITS. 
          BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS OF THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM TO SEE HOW THOSE TWO THINGS CAN INTERFACE. 
          MY ANSWER IS MAYBE. 
          WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND LOOK INTO IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> CAN WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SARAH? 
          >> SARAH, ARE YOU GOING TO BE TOUCHING ON THE INCENTIVE POLICY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ANYTIME TODAY OR TOMORROW? 
          >> TODAY OR TOMORROW. 
          >> REQUEST FROM THE BUDGET TEAM WANTS TO COME TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE ON HOW WE FUNDS. 
          [03:15:05]
WE ANTICIPATE TOUCHING INCENTIVE POLICY WITHIN OUR BUDGET REQUEST. 
          I CAN GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF IT ON THE 14TH. 
          >> I MIGHT BE ASKING ABOUT IT LATER. 
          >> YEAH. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING FROM THE PARKING LOT. 
          >> YEAH, CORRECT ANSWER. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> SARAH [INAUDIBLE]. 
          IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION ABOUT APPROACHING SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THE EMPTY REACH OUT TO MAYBE COVERED TO SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP TO CONVERT THOSE BOTTOM LAYERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS? 
          >> THAT IS THE DISCUSSION ORIGINALLY HEARD BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          THAT IS THE ROOT OF THAT IDEA THAT THEN DEVELOPS INTO A BOND REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO YES. 
          WILL IT BE THE CITY APPROACHING THEM? PROBABLY NOT. 
          THE GOAL WAS TO PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, BOTH NON-PROFIT AND FOR PROFIT AT ANY EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          BECAUSE WHILE $3 MILLION IS AWESOME, IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          IT'S MEANT TO HELP SUPPLEMENT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THOSE CONVERSIONS TAKE PLACE, THAT THERE IS ATTENTION PAID TO PROVIDING HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOUSING STAFF START TO REFLECT YOUR LANGUAGE, WHICH IS SHIFTING FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HOUSING SUPPLY. 
          BECAUSE THAT IS THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HEARING COUNCIL HAVING, IT'S THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HEARING THE STATE HAVING, AND IT'S THE CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY AGED AND BELOW THAT IT IS A MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION PASTING. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT RETAIL SPACE THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER IT BEING THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO THAT OR IF THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR WHOEVER BUILT THE BUILDING TO DO THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION OR [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'M GOING TO START THE ANSWER AND THEN PASS TO THE PERSON THAT KNOWS. 
          >> AS WE APPROACH OUR WAY TO THE 14TH TO ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          >> WE WERE NOT PLANNING ON THE 14TH INTO GOING INTO SUPER IN-DEPTH DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES BECAUSE WE NEED THE TIME. WE'RE LIKE WHAT? 90 DAYS OUT FROM ELECTION APPROVAL WHERE WE'RE STILL RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES, AND WE'RE RESEARCHING WHAT THOSE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMATIC PARAMETERS COULD BE SO THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. 
          SO PLEASE KNOW WE'RE NOT SITTING STILL AND NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE IN THE RESEARCH PHASE, AND AS USUAL, AS WITH HOUSING AND FLAGSTAFF, WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT. 
          WE WERE THE FIRST WITNESS OF THE CRASH IN THE LAST FREAKIEST. 
          YEAH. WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE FINDING OUR RESOURCES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL IF WE HAVE TO, WE'D LIKE TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OTHERS MAKE, BECAUSE I'M SURE WILL MAKE PLENTY ON OUR OWN, BUT IF WE CAN AVOID THE ONES THEY MADE, THAT'D BE GREAT, TO THEN BRING TO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE DYNAMICS FOR DECISION. 
          >> THANK YOU, SARAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, DEAN FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION. 
          IT IS A ZONING QUESTION. 
          A LOT OF THOSE LARGE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS WERE APPROVED UNDER, WHAT I CALL THE MIXED-USE INCENTIVE, DOESN'T IDENTIFY THAT IN THE CODE, BUT ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU DID A MIXED-USE BUILDING, WHICH IS DEFINED AS ANY TWO USES. 
          SO RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, EVEN BE INDUSTRIALISTS SUPPOSE. 
          BUT BASIC RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, WE DIDN'T CAPTURE IT AND SEE. 
          IF YOU CAN PUT IN AS MANY UNITS AS YOU COULD ACHIEVE, AS LONG AS YOU FIT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. 
          WITHIN THE BOX OF HEIGHT, SET-BACKS, FEEDING YOUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS, FEEDING ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. 
          AS LONG AS YOU CAN MEET THOSE, WE DIDN'T CUT THE DENSITY IF IT WAS MIXED USE. 
          A NUMBER OF THOSE PROJECTS WHILE AT EMPTY COMMERCIAL SPACE, THEY WERE APPROVED UNDER THAT MIXED-USE CONCEPTS. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO GO BACK AND WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE ZONING CODE. 
          WE DID DO A PRESENTATION TYPE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF THIS IDEA. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'VE EXACTLY FIGURED IT OUT YET AS A STAFF, TO JUST WAVE THE MIXED-USE REQUIREMENT, AND SAID YOU CAN HAVE UNLIMITED DENSITY AS LONG AS AND THESE ARE IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, HIGHWAY COMMERCIALS. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE IS, AT SOME POINT YOU DON'T WANT TO USE UP ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL LAND JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL ONLY. 
          IT SHOULD BE GENERATING SALES TAX AND OTHER USES. 
          THE OTHER CONCEPT WITH MIXED USE TO CAPTURE TRIPS. 
          POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          I WOULD SAY IT FITS IN WITH THE CONCEPT OF THE BIG SHIFT. 
          HAVING MIXED-USE IS PART OF THAT, SO SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON. 
          THAT'S MY LONG ANSWER FOR THAT. 
          [03:20:01]
          >> SURE. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN LONGER. 
          >> I COULD HAVE. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> NO. 
          >> NO. 
          >> YES. 
          >> JUST A VERY QUICK COMMENT, SUSAN, I THINK THE REASON THAT THESE THINGS DID NOT WORK IS IF THERE'S NO PARKING. 
          I MIGHT NOTICE IT, THE SALT MILL IT'S WORKING EXTREMELY WELL. 
          EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IS BEING USED COMMERCIALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S PARKING. 
          >> SARAH. [NOISE] 
          >> I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY QUICK QUESTION. 
          DO INCREASING CONSUMER INTEREST RATES AFFECT BOND INTEREST RATES? 
          >> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> OKAY. [NOISE] 
          >> I MADE UP FOR DANCE STYLE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE BOND RATES AND WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ISSUE AT ARE EFFECTIVE AS THE FEDS CHANGED THE MARKET DYNAMICS AND SO FORTH. 
          WE'RE DEFINITELY WATCHING THAT CHANGE. 
          WHEN WE WENT TO THE BOND HOLDERS, WE WERE PROJECTING IN THE 4%, FOUR-AND-A-HALF PERCENT RANGE FOR THESE BONDS WERE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW. 
          IF IT CONTINUES TO GO HIGHER, IT'S HOW YOU ISSUE THE DEBT. 
          YOU MAY HAVE TO LAYER OVER DIFFERENT TERM TO STAY WITHIN OUR MEANS AND GET THE PROJECTS WE WANT. 
          EITHER WAY IT WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER. 
          [NOISE] CONVERSELY, THE INTERESTING CURVE OF INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW IS THE EARLIER RATES ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARLIER RATES. 
          IT'S A INVERSE CURVE. 
          SO OUR LONGER-TERM DEBT MAY ACTUALLY HAVE LOWER INTEREST RATES THAN OUR SHORT-TERM DEBT. 
          THAT HELPS. A LONG-TERM DEBT, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE PAYING A LOT INTEREST. 
          THAT COULD BE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL. THAT HELPED? 
          >> YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. 
          I CAN ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE WHEN WE ISSUED THE BOND TO REFINANCE THE UNFUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY ATTENTION. 
          THAT WAS DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. 
          THEN WE WENT TO ISSUE OUR BOND. 
          WE LANDED AT A VERY LOW RATE, AGGREGATE OF 2.69 PERCENT, WHICH MEANT THE CITY SAVED THAT BOATLOAD OF MONEY. 
          IT WAS VERY GOOD TIMING AND IT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT COUNTERINTUITIVE AT THE TIME TO BE ISSUING A BOND DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. 
          BUT THERE'S A GOOD STRATEGY TO DOING JUST THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD TO RICK'S COMMENTS IS THESE MUNICIPAL BONDS ARE ATTRACTIVE. 
          THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE IN OUR CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD BOND RATING. 
          BACK TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT REVENUE STREAM. 
          ALL THE INVESTORS LOOK AT THAT STUFF AND THEY SAY, THIS IS CITY IS A GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          THEY HAVE GOOD FISCAL POLICY, THEY HAVE GOOD RATES, AND EVEN THOUGH, ESPECIALLY DURING A VOLATILE MARKET, MUNICIPAL BONDS ARE, THERE'S PRETTY SOLID INVESTMENTS. 
          THERE'S A STRONG MARKET FOR THEM AS A GENERAL STATEMENT. YEAH. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVICE, WHICH IS THE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          YOU'LL SEE AN ITEM NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS AND START SPENDING MONEY BEFORE AND AFTER THAT. 
          MAYBE IF I WAIT A LITTLE WRONG, ESPECIALLY UP RECESSION RATES COULD POTENTIALLY TURN THE OTHER WAY AND MAYBE WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO ISSUE THOSE BONDS MAY BE FAVORABLE TOO. 
          WITH THOSE THINGS THAT WE TRY AND HELP MANAGE TO GET THE BEST. [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THANK YOU. HI. SPACE TO RECOGNIZE OTHER GRANTS CONTRACTS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          [BACKGROUND]. 
          >> NO, I HAVE AN HOUR. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO TALK A WHOLE HOUR. 
          SARAH'S GOT HEARTS, I GOT DOLLARS. 
          [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] GREEN, I'M WEARING GREEN. 
          I JUST REALIZED WE'RE WEARING GREEN AND WE'VE GOT DOLLARS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS DOLLARS. 
          HOPE I CAN KEEP YOU GUYS ALL AWAKE. 
          FEDERAL GRANT UPDATE IS ALWAYS FUN. 
          BUT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PROJECTS DONE WITH IT. 
          LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS OUT. IS IT. 
          >> RIGHT ARROW, THERE YOU GO. 
          >> YEAH, I'M ALREADY THERE. 
          BEFORE I JUMP IN, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT SUPER-QUICK, 1994. 
          [03:25:01]
I'VE BEEN HERE 38 YEARS. 
          BUT IN 94, THE COUNCIL CAME TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SAID, WE GOT TO GO FOR GRANTS. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING FOR ENOUGH GRANTS. 
          THERE WAS ABOUT THREE TO 5 MILLION IN THE BUDGET OF GRANT REVENUE. 
          TODAY IS 100 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE. 
          I THINK THAT PAINTS A BIG PICTURE. 
          I BECAME THE GRANTS MANAGER IN ABOUT '94. 
          I WANTED REALLY TO FOCUS ON GRANTS, AND SO I JUST SHIFTED MY FOCUS FROM CONTRACT DEMONSTRATION THAT I WAS DOING. 
          BUT THAT SHOWS A LOT FOR WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          THAT'S NOT JUST ME, THAT'S A TEAM EFFORT THAT'S JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ARE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO GETTING GRANTS. 
          WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT FUNDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FUNDERS. 
          YOU GUYS GO AND TALK WITH THEM. 
          THEY LOVE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. WE HAVE A GOLD STAR. 
          I HEARD THAT FROM A FEW FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS A GOLD STAR. 
          WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY GET CALLS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE A GRANT, WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO APPLY WHERE WE THINK THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WOULD BE PRIME FOR THIS. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN WHEN A FEDERAL AGENCY IS CALLING YOU AND ASKING YOU AND SAYING AND THEY KNOW THAT OUR HISTORY OF PERFORMANCE, WE DON'T HAVE AUDIT FINDINGS THOUGH BRANDY AND HER TEAM ARE GRANTS, FINANCIAL, OUR PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND DELIVERING WERE PERFORMING. 
          WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO APPLY TO WHEN THE GRANT TO SUCCEED, TO GET THAT BAG OF CASH, WHICH IS HUGE FOR THE CITY. 
          WE NEED THAT BAG OF CASH, WE DO A LOT OF LEVERAGING, THAT IS WHAT FEDERAL FUNDS ARE FOR. 
          WE WERE TO LEVERAGE OUR PROJECTS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HELP US DO THAT. 
          WE HAVE A VERY STRONG, COLLABORATIVE, PROFESSIONAL AND KNOWLEDGEABLE TEAM. 
          TYPICALLY FEDERAL FUNDS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, DON'T LIKE TO PAY FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
          THEY LIKE TO PAY FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THEY DON'T PAY OPERATION MAINTENANCE. 
          BUT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE A SHIFT. 
          I THINK I'M STARTING TO SEE A SHIFT WHERE THEY ARE. 
          STARTING TO LOOK AND KNOW THAT CITIES AND GOVERNMENTS START TO MEET THAT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. 
          AND THEN WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT TODAY IS REALLY FEDERAL FUNDS, OVER A MILLION. 
          THERE'S A FEW THROWN IN THERE, BUT REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THERE ARE FEDERAL THROUGH STATE FUNDS AND THERE ARE STATE ONLY FINDS AND THERE ARE FOUNDATION FUNDS THAT WE ADMINISTER. 
          WE HAVE MANY FUNDS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDS HERE, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WE GO FOR AT THE OTHER LEVELS. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN. 
          I ALWAYS WANT TO GO TO THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO THIS WAY WITH IT. 
          ARPA. SOME OF YOU WERE AROUND WHEN WE DID ARPA, AND WE'RE DOING THIS PROGRAM. 
          THE CITY RECEIVED 13 MILLION IN ARPA. 
          NOW, IT'S REALLY FOR COVID RELIEF. 
          AM I SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH BACK THERE TOO? I KEPT TRYING TO BACK, PROTECT MY VOICE A LITTLE BIT SO WE COULD HEAR BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BACK THERE. 
          THIRTEEN MILLION IN TOTAL AWARDED FUNDS. 
          WE HAD A SPLIT OF THAT, WE HAD A THREE-MINUTE OF FEDERAL AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT ISSUED A NOTICE THAT SAID THAT GOVERNMENTS CAN GO UP TO 10 MILLION IN REVENUE REPLACEMENT FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES. 
          WE JUMPED ON THAT RIGHT AWAY AND TOOK THE 10 MILLION TO DO IT FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES REVENUE REPLACEMENT. 
          THAT THOUGH WE STILL HAVE DECIDED, THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME SAID WE STILL WANT TO MEET THE INTENT OF HOW WE ORIGINALLY GOT THIS 13 MILLION. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE ON THAT. 
          THEN THE COUNCIL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS COME OUT OF THAT 10 MILLION, ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND 3.8 FOR THE REVENUE LOSS REPLACEMENT. 
          THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A REAL BIG PICTURE. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STARTED MAKING SOME DECISIONS OF SAYING, LET'S PUT THIS IN THE FEDERAL POT, LET'S PUT THIS IN THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE REPLACEMENT COLUMN. 
          THAT'S HOW THE SPLIT IS WORKING. 
          I ACTUALLY MORGAN MILLENNIA, AS A GRANTS AND CONTRACTS SPECIALISTS WITH THE CITY, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY DEDICATED TO OVERSEEING THIS ALONG WITH GLORIS IN FINANCE. 
          THEY ARE ROCKET ENROLL AND WE HAVE A CORE TEAM THAT WE'VE REVIEWED THESE PROJECTS AND STAY ON TOP OF THAT ALONG WITH THE STAFF. 
          THAT CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT, CHEATING IN TURNING THESE, AND NOT HAVING A LOOK BACK. 
          FEDERAL FUNDS. THIS WE HAVE CONGREGATE CARE SERVICES, WE HAVE FIVE CONTRACTS AWARDED. 
          HOUSING HAS BEEN AMAZING. 
          WORKING A LOT WITH THE CITY ON SOME OF THESE FUNDS. 
          WE HAD 400, 000 ALLOCATED. 
          WE HAVE FIVE CONTRACTS AWARDED AND WE'RE 90% COMPLETE AND FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES. 
          [03:30:04]
WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY OUT THERE IN THAT CONGRESS AND CARE, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO REAL WEEDS ON THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE STAFF ON THE LINE. 
          AT THE END, IF WE HAVE HOUSING OR AIRPORT. 
          AS I TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          IF WE DO WANT TO GET INTO SOME DETAIL, WE'VE GOT STAFF ON THE LINE THAT CAN HELP ANSWER. 
          COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE, WE ALLOCATED A 75, 000. 
          BUT IN CONGRESS AND CONVERSATIONS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT. 
          MENTAL HEALTH SHANNON'S GROUP HAS A LOT OF MEETINGS ON IT. 
          WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY EXPENDITURES WITH THAT YET, BUT WE ARE IN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. 
          THESE FUNDS DO HAVE ARPA FUNDS EXPIRE, HAVE TO BE OBLIGATED BY 2024, DECEMBER, AND THEN WE GET TILL 2026 TO ACTUALLY SPEND ALL THE MONEY. 
          YES, WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO PLAY WITH SOME OF THESE. 
          THE IDEAL THING IS TO GET THIS FUND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SPENT AND WE'RE DONE WITH THEM. 
          HOUSING, 1.9. 
          THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE HOUSING IS DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB AND COMPLIANCE WITH GRANTS. 
          IT STAYED IN THAT COLUMN WITH FEDERAL FUNDS BECAUSE HOUSING HAS SOME EXPERTISE THERE. 
          THEY DID A NOTICE OF FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          THEY HAVE EIGHT APPLICATIONS, THEY ARE IN REVIEW NOW. 
          NO EXPENDITURES, BUT WE SHOULD BE ISSUING AWARDS SOON ON THOSE EIGHT APPLICATIONS. 
          JOB TRAINING ASSISTANCE, AGAIN, IS IN PROGRESS. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON A NOTICE OF FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL BE GETTING OUT. 
          HEIDI'S TEAM AND JOHN [INAUDIBLE] WORKING ON THAT. 
          BUT NO EXPENDITURES YET, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING THAT GO OUT SOON. 
          THEN AID TO NON-PROFITS FOR VICTIM SERVICES THAT'S IN PROGRESS. 
          UNITED WAY IS ADMINISTERING THOSE FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM. 
          THEY'RE HOSTING THAT, I THINK THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. 
          THEY'RE POSTING SOON. RIGHT? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> I DON'T LIKE THIS NEXT WEEK, WHAT ARE WE READ THE BOARD MEETING. 
          >> SOON. 
          >> YEAH. THEY SHOULD BE POSTING THAT NOTICE OF FUNDING SOON FOR VICTIM SERVICES. 
          FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT. 
          WE ENDED UP AND THE COUNCIL ALLOCATED 85,000 TO HELP FUND PERMITS. 
          WE'VE ISSUED 100 PERMITS, AND WE'RE 50% COMPLETE WITH THOSE FUNDS. 
          THAT'S GREAT SUPPORT FOR FILLING VACANCIES. 
          RECRUITING, AND ADVERTISING, WE REALLY BEEN USING THAT ONE. 
          I'M STILL ON THE SAME SIDE. 
          >> YEAH, GIRL. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> NOW THAT HELPS? 
          >> I LIKED GREG'S SIGNAL THOUGH, HE'S GIVEN ME. 
          [LAUGHTER] SUPPORT FOR FILLING VACANCIES, WE'RE AT 100, 000 FOR THAT, FOR RECRUITING WHERE 50% EXPANDED. 
          THEN EDUCATION ASSISTANCE, WE'VE GOT A NOTICE OF FUNDING PUBLISHED, AND WE'RE ZERO PERCENT COMPLETED FOR THAT. 
          BUT THAT ALSO IS UNDER UNITED WAY. 
          I'VE GOT THAT NOTICE OUT. 
          THAT'S FOR EARLY EDUCATION AND STAFF. 
          ADMINISTRATION. 
          THEN WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE FEDERAL FUNDS AND THEN REVENUE REPLACEMENT. 
          NON-FEDERAL. THINK ABOUT THIS AS NON-FEDERAL DOLLARS, REVENUE REPLACEMENT, UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUNDS. 
          >> EXCUSE CAN WE ADVANCE? 
          >> YEAH. 
          [OVERLAPPING] DON'T YOU KNOW AS FAST AS I'M TALKING. 
          [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH THINGS HERE SO WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP. 
          REVENUE REPLACEMENT FUNDS UNRESTRICTED. 
          WE HAVE THE ALTERNATE CARE FACILITIES. 
          THAT IS 2.4, A LOT OF MONEY PUT ASIDE FOR THAT. 
          AGAIN, SHANNON'S TEAM HAS LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS. 
          I PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY'RE DETERMINING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT, AND YOU MAY EVEN HAVE A BETTER UPDATE THAN I DO, GREG, ON THAT 2.4, IT'S A BIG DOLLAR. 
          >> YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE DISCUSSION TODAY, BUT IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE TO PAUSE AND NOTE THE 2.4 MILLION WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, AND THIS IS GOING BACK OVER A YEAR NOW, IT WAS ENVISIONED THAT THIS WOULD GO INTO A FACILITY, A BRICKS-AND-MORTAR FACILITY OF SOME SORT. 
          WE OF COURSE HAVE THE MOBILE COMPONENT OF OUR CARES PROGRAM IS WORKING AND CHIEF TAYLOR CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT. 
          WE GET UPDATES, THE COUNCIL DOES ON THAT AND IT'S ALL BEEN POSITIVE. 
          BUT THIS LINGERS, THIS 2.4 MILLION AND SPECIFICALLY THIS IDEA OF A FACILITY. 
          FRANKLY, I THINK IT IS RIPE TO COME BACK TO 
          [03:35:02]
COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND A LITTLE BIT OF BRAINSTORMING HERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT A FACILITY IS STILL ON THE TABLE, BUT IF IT IS, WE WANT TO RE-AFFIRM THAT SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE DISCUSSION WAS LAST HAD. 
          OTHER FACILITIES ARE COMING ONLINE. 
          SOME OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE EXPANDED THEIR FACILITIES. 
          I THINK THE LANDSCAPE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS SOME TIME AGO, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF REVISITING AND WE OFTEN HAVE TO DO THAT NOW, BUT I THINK WE COULD AND SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE DATE SOMETIME SOON. 
          >> THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. 
          THEN SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE A NOTICE OF FUNDING PUBLISHED AND ZERO PERCENT EXPENDED, BUT WE DO HAVE A NOTICE OF FUNDING OUT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HEIDI MIGHT REMIND ME HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET, MAYBE 40-50? 
          >> OVER 50 PURPOSELY. 
          >> OVER 54 APPLICATIONS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO ADMINISTER THOSE 50 CONTRACTS, 50 POS, BUT IT IS DOING WHAT THE INTENT OF THESE FUNDS ARE, TO GET THEM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEM OUT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AID TO NON-PROFITS, ARTS AND SCIENCES, WE DID AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR 150,000 TO CREATIVE LIFESTYLE. 
          THEY DID A NOTICE OF FUNDING. 
          THEY'VE AWARDED THE PROJECTS AND ARE JUST NOW ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. 
          THEN AID TO NON-PROFITS FOR FOOD AND OTHER 450 THAT IS PROVIDED TO UNITED WAY TO ADMINISTER AGAIN ON OUR BEHALF AND THAT NOTICE OF FUNDING IS OUT AND PROBABLY CLOSE IN THE NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL GET THOSE FUNDS ALLOCATED AND OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          NUMBER THIS TIME, AID TO TOURISM, THIS WAS A GREAT ONE THAT WAS DONE WITH CONJUNCTION WITH OUR OFFICE, AND WITH ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND THE VISITOR CENTER, [INAUDIBLE] AND LAURIE. 
          THEY HAD 150,000. THEY DID, AGAIN A NOTICE OF FUNDING. 
          THEY AWARDED 23 CONTRACTS AND WERE 25 PERCENT EXPENDED. 
          HOPEFULLY, THOSE ARE COMING IN FAST AND HEAVY AND THEY'RE FROM ALL OVER, FROM COFFEEHOUSES, TO BREWERIES, TO THINGS THAT ARE HELPING THAT TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY FIELD. 
          EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AND FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, 350 WAS SET ASIDE. 
          SCOTT OVERTONE SILVERSTEIN IS ONE OF OUR GREAT ASSISTANTS, THEY DID A FEASIBILITY BUILDING ASSESSMENT AND ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THAT FUNDS. 
          ANYBODY WANT TO ASK SCOTT ANYTHING ON THAT? GOOD? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> FIRE STATIONS YOU TOLD [INAUDIBLE]? 
          >> YEAH. FIRE STATION TOO, AND THAT FOR THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT WAS DONE AND TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THAT FACILITY FOR THIS EDUCATION ASSISTANCE. 
          WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AND EXPENDING THAT FUNDING. 
          THEN PREMIUM PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WOO HOO, WE GOT 100 PERCENT COMPLETE, I'M EXCITED [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS HERE BUT WE'VE EXPENDED 100 PERCENT OF THAT FUND. 
          THEN THE DRINKING WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE CYBERSECURITY, HOW ABOUT 1.5 MILLION? CJ HAS THAT SEVENTH NO'S THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR HIM. 
          HE'S WORKING WITH ISP FIRMS AND SEARCHING OTHER GRANTS THAT THIS COULD BE A MATCH TO. 
          HE'S HAS IT SITTING BUT HE KNOWS IT'S THERE AND LOOKING FOR GRANTS THAT ARE STARTING TO COME ABOUT SOON FOR THIS CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          >> HEY, STACY. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> CAN WE PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> SURE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> CHIEF [INAUDIBLE], IF YOU CAN COME UP AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS TO HOW THE PREMIUM PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HAS WORKED. 
          THIS HAS BEEN PRIMARILY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOW THAT WE'RE AT 100 PERCENT EXPENDITURE, I GUESS MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US THE BENEFIT OF SOME HINDSIGHT HERE HOW THAT'S GOING FORWARD. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] COLORED. [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> CHIEF MUSCLE MAN. 
          >> THANK YOU. THIS MONEY WENT TO PAY OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND OUR DISPATCH STAFF. 
          BOTH OF THOSE SECTIONS IN OUR AGENCY WERE DOWN CLOSE TO 40 PERCENT. 
          POLICE OFFICERS HAD A SENSE REBOUNDED AND WE INCREASED OUR STEP PAID PLAN LAST YEAR, SO THAT'S HELPED A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE'RE CLOSE. WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN VACANCIES RIGHT NOW AND KNOCK ON SOME WOOD. 
          THOSE I GUESS 15-20 OFFICERS RIGHT NOW ON TRAINING SHOULD BE FULLY TRAINED WITHIN THE NEXT 3-4 MONTHS, SO THAT'S LOOKING GOOD. 
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DISPATCH IS STILL STRUGGLING. 
          OUT OF A STAFF OF 30, I'VE GOT 10 VACANCIES AND FIVE STILL IN TRAINING, AND DISPATCH IT'S VERY TOUGH ENVIRONMENT TO BE IN. 
          THEY RUN 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A WEEK AND NO ONE REALLY CALLS DISPATCH WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THEIR BEST DAY IN THEIR LIFE, SO A LOT OF STRUGGLES THERE. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF INTERNAL STAFF, A RELAXATION ROOM IN THERE, BROUGHT IN THERAPY DOGS, BUT THE AD PAY REALLY DID HELP AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL BEFORE THE BUDGET TEAM TO LOOK AT TO TRY AND STRENGTHEN IT. 
          BUT THE MONEY WAS A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM AND IT'S KEPT US AFLOAT, OTHERWISE THINGS WOULD BE MUCH WORSE RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU ALL. THANKS, TEAM. THANKS, BUDGET TEAM. 
          >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION THOUGH OF THAT? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> YES. 
          >> THESE ARE ONETIME FUNDS, RIGHT? YOU USED IT TO TRAIN PEOPLE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE USED IT AS A PREMIUM PAY BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN 40 PERCENT ON STAFFING. 
          WE PAID PEOPLE AN EXTRA 2, 3, 4 $5 PER HOUR TO FILL IN. 
          THEN THAT WAS AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO SIGN UP FOR EXTRA SHIFTS AND COME BACK. 
          WE ALSO DID SOME PART-TIME HIRING, FORMER EMPLOYEES, WE LURED THEM BACK WITH SOME MONEY. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS, CHIEF. 
          >> THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          >> WE'RE GONNA JUMP INTO THE AIRPORT. 
          LOT OF THE AIRPORT GRANTS HERE AND I SEE BARNEY, THANKS, ABANDONED THE CROWDS. 
          BARNEY IS HERE, IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AND I WENT AHEAD AND THREW IN A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE CONTRACT GRANT ON HERE JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT SINCE IT IS A PRETTY HIGH DOLLAR. 
          WE HAD THE CORONAVIRUS, COVID CARES OPERATIONAL COST GRANT THAT WE GOT THAT WAS 18 MILLION. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT ONE TO HAVE SHOW UP. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET ALL THESE DOLLARS, BUT HARD THOUGH IS TRYING TO EXPEND THEM IN THE TIME-FRAME OF A GRANT, AND ALL GRANTS GET WHAT'S CALLED THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. 
          WE CALL IT THE POP. THIS HAS A POP AND ALL GRANTS DO AND IT EXPIRES ON JUNE OF 2024. 
          WE ARE WORKING HARD TO SPEND 18 MILLION. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS, BUT IT'S HARD TO SOMETIMES SPEND THEM. 
          THEY'RE PAYING FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR AIRPORT. 
          WE'VE EXPENDED 7.7 AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. 
          WE'VE GOT 599,000 FOR PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE AND FENCE REPLACEMENT. 
          WE'VE SPENT 356,000 FOR AIRFIELD MAINTENANCE AND THEN SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT BARNEY AND BRIAN ARE WORKING ON AND THE TEAM OF AIRPORT TEAM, TERMINAL MAINTENANCE, TERMINAL FIRE SPRINKLER REPLACEMENT, TERMINAL PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE, AIR RESCUE, FIREFIGHTING, STATION MAINTENANCE AND PERIMETER FENCE REPAIR. 
          WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GET US TO THAT 18 MILLION BY THAT DEADLINE. THAT'S GREAT. 
          THEN WE HAVE SOME, ENOUGH PROJECTS ON OUR PLATE THAT WE COULD GET THIS 18 MILLION BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW, I DON'T GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE FEDS I DO EVERYTHING TO BEND AND EXTEND TIME EXTENSIONS ON GRANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OUR DOLLARS SPENT. 
          SOMETIMES I'LL GIVE HIM BACK AT DOLLAR AND ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT NOT NOT MUCH. 
          WE ALSO WITH ALL THIS COVID, SO MONEY WAS FINE AT US. 
          YOU REMEMBER DURING COVID THEY WERE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY OUT. 
          WE GOT ANOTHER 1.4 FOR OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE THAT EXPIRES MAY OF 2025. 
          THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER, WHAT THEY CALL AIRPORT RESCUE PLAN AND THEY KEPT CHANGING THE NAMES OF THESE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT, BUT THERE WAS CARES AND THEN THEY HAD THIS CRRSA AND THEN THEY HAVE ARPA, WHICH REALLY STANDS FOR AIRPORT RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          THAT EXPIRES AUGUST OF 25. 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THOSE, AND BRIAN AND BARNEY, I KNOW HAVE SOME PROJECTED PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO SPEND THE FUNDS. 
          THEN WE'RE FINISHING UP OUR AIRPORT DRAINAGE PLAN IMPROVEMENTS FOR 350,000. 
          THAT WAS WITH ME AND HAN AS THE CONSULTANT. 
          THEY'VE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL AND THEY'LL COME BACK AND PRESENT THE PLAN. 
          THEN RECENTLY WE JUST RECEIVED THESE LAST TWO GRANTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION FOR 750,000. 
          I THINK WE'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE STATE AND SURROUNDING STATES THAT HAVE GOT THIS GRANT. 
          THIS CAME FROM AN IDEA DURING OUR AIRPORT CAPITAL FUND WITH FAA AND ADA, THEY SHOULD REALLY, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS DO A NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON ALL THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. 
          YOU GUYS SHOULD JUST THINK ABOUT GOING FOR MAYBE ONE GRANT THAT JUST DOES ALL ENVIRONMENTAL WITH 
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ADA AND THEY FUNDED IT AND REHIRED KAUFFMAN AND ASSOCIATES JUST RECENTLY COUNCIL, JUST TO PROVE THAT AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH US ON ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE RUNWAY AND BARNEY CAN JUMP UP HERE ANYTIME BARNEY IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL THINGS, BUT ON BOTH ENDS AND THE RIGHT WAY AND THE RUNWAY IS OWNED OR ENFORCERS LAND. 
          THE FOREST SERVICE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AN AIRPORT, AND THEY WANT TO SELL US THE LAND. 
          WE WROTE A GRANT FOR LAND PROTECTION FOR THE NORTH END FOR 60 ACRES AND WE RECEIVED THAT GRANT THIS LAST MONTH, A LOGISTIC FOR TWO MILLION FOR US TO PURCHASE THE LAND WITH THE FOREST SERVICE. 
          IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME, MAYBE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION. 
          YOU'LL HEAR CADECS IS A TERM. 
          SOME WORK THAT OUR CONFERENCE GOING TO DO WITH US BUT DIDN'T WORK WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, WITH OUR AIRPORT TEAM TO SEE IF WE CAN PURCHASE THAT LAND FROM THE SOURCE OR SERVICE FOR THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S FUNDED WITH ADA. 
          AIRPORT, ANYBODY OR ANYTHING ELSE? BARNEY IS GIVING ME A THUMBS UP. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? SOUNDS GOOD. 
          HOW ARE WE DOING, EVERYBODY GOOD? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> SLOW ME DOWN IF I'M GOING TOO FAST. 
          HOUSING. LOTS OF FUNDS AND HOUSING. 
          HOUSE HAS GOT A GREAT TEAM. 
          THEY ARE VERY HIGH AND COMPLIANCE. 
          CHRISTINE PUBLICS ONLINE. 
          SHE CAN ANSWER ANY HOUSING QUESTIONS ON OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GRANTS. 
          YOU SEE THIS ALL THE TIME AT COUNCIL WITH THE CHRISTINA, IN THE HOUSING TEAM. 
          THEY'VE GOT THE 2019 GRANT, IS PAYING FOR EVICTION PREVENTION, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, KITCHEN RENOVATION, AND SHARON MANOR. 
          THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THAT 616,000, THE 2020. 
          I SHOULD PAUSE RIGHT NOW AS SOME OF THESE GRANTS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT, OUR COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
          I'M MEANING OR COMPETITIVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WHERE YOU HAVE TO APPLY AND COMPETE WITH OTHERS. 
          THERE ARE FORMULA FUNDS THAT THE AIRPORT GETS AN ENTITLEMENT FUND. 
          AIRPORT GETS WHAT'S CALLED AN ENTITLEMENT. 
          THEY GET A MILLION DOLLAR ENTITLEMENT. 
          THEN WE GO FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS BECAUSE AIRPORTS AND COSTS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, SO WE'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS GOING FOR THESE BIG DOLLAR GRANTS. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT THE SNOW REMOVAL BUILDING IS COMING UP HERE, THAT WE GET A MONEY DOLLAR TIMEOUT AND DISCRETIONARY. 
          THEN THERE'S FORMULA FUND GRANTS, AND HOUSING GETS A FORMULA FUND GRANS. 
          THAT'S JUST AN ANNUAL FORMULA THAT IS BASED ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD AND STILL COME UP WITH THAT FORMULA. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY AMOUNT CHANGES OVER THOSE FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO 2021 IS HOUSING AS HEALTHCARE, SHARED MANNER RENOVATIONS AGAIN, SEWING AND TEXTILE PROBABLY MEANT OR UNDER THAT 611, 2022, WE'RE FUNDING UNDER THAT FISCAL YEAR AFTER SCHOOL AND SCHOOL BREAK PROGRAM, CLOSING THE GAP, FACILITY ACQUISITION, OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING REHAB, EMPOWERING YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE AND BUSINESS INCUBATOR. 
          THEN THEY RECEIVE THE COVID GRANT. 
          HERE AGAIN, ANOTHER COVID GRANT, 1.1 MILLION. 
          THAT'S FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          CLOSING THE GAP, FRONT DOOR COORDINATION, HOMELESS A PERMANENT HOUSING, COVID. 
          HOW HOMELESS OUTREACH, ALTERNATIVE, SHELTERING FOR COVID PREVENTION AND CARING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. 
          I HOPE YOU'RE SEEING A THEME HERE. 
          A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          EACH OF THESE HAVE 5-6 CONTRACTS UNDERNEATH THEM. 
          TAKE A LOT OF ADMINISTRATION FROM A LOT OF STAFF ON MY TEAM, FINANCE, HOUSING, AND OTHERS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          SAFER, FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 1.4, 100 PERCENT GRANT FOR SIX FIREFIGHTERS AND THIS IS ONGOING. 
          THIS HAS BEEN YEAR 2 I THINK WE'RE IN THE WORKS. 
          DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT CHIEF? HE'S NOT HERE, BUT ANYWAY. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT GRANT TO GET AND WE'RE SPENDING IT DOWN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          THEN WE HAVE THE INFRA GRANT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          THAT'S A BIG ONE. I SEE THE SMILE 56 MILLION. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. 
          I HAVEN'T GOT UP TO THE $100 MILLION IN ONE GRANT YET, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT. 
          BUT THIS WAS 32 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THIS IS FOR YOUR DOWNTOWN MILE. 
          MANY PROJECTS WITHIN THAT I KNOW IN CAPITAL TALKS 
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THEY'LL GO INTO THE DETAIL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          HIGH LEVEL TILL CAPITAL CAN COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS A GREAT GRANT. 
          WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH FEDERAL RAILROAD, BNSF, WSP IS OUR CONSULTANT. 
          WE HAVE EVERY OTHER WEEK MEETINGS, WE'RE IN THE NEPA AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS RIGHT NOW WITH WSP, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, AND THEN THEY WILL ACTUALLY ISSUE A GRANT AWARD. 
          TECHNICALLY WE HAVE RECEIVED AN AWARD LETTER, BUT WE WILL NOT GET AN AWARD AGREEMENT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS AND THEN WHY I WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL KRISTIE HERMAN AND I TO ACCEPT THE $32 MILLION GRANT. 
          >> THAT WILL BE A FUN COUNCIL MEETING. 
          >> THAT'LL BE A FUN COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING SOME SNACKS, THOSE COOKIES OR SOMETHING. 
          SOME GREEN COOKIES, DOLLAR COOKIES SO THAT'LL BE A FUN ONE WHEN WE CAN BRING THAT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THIS CAME ABOUT THROUGH THE US ARMY CORPS AND IT'S CALLED THE 595 PROGRAM. 
          IT'S A CROSS A GRANT THEY'RE CALLING IT MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP. 
          IT IS A GRANT BECAUSE THEY ARE FUNDING US, THEY'RE GIVING US REVENUE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY CALLING IT A PARTNERSHIP. 
          THEY PROVIDED 1.6 FOR THE DOWNTOWN FLOOD LATERAL. 
          WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH THEM AND ARE WORKING TO GET THAT AGREEMENT IN PLACE. 
          WE NEED TO DO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL AGAIN, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT IN WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THEY WANT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DONE UPFRONT AND THEN THEY ISSUE THE GRANT, BUT THEY HAVE ISSUED US AN AWARD LETTER AND THEN A KILLIP INLET AT PONDEROSA PARK, TWO MILLION AND THESE ARE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS, I PROBABLY DIDN'T SAY THAT EARLIER, BUT IT'S TOTAL PROJECT COST SO THAT INCLUDES YOUR MATCH OF 75, 25 AND GARY AND ANN AND ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ON LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE THAT WE CAN BRING THE COUNCIL AND GET THIS ONE MOVING FORWARD. 
          BOTH OF THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. 
          IT'S IN DESIGN PROCESS NOW. 
          GARY YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? 
          >> NOTHING. 
          >> GOOD. COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING, I CAN SAY EARMARKS. 
          BACK IN MY DAY, IT ACTUALLY USED TO BE EARMARKS. 
          THEY USED TO HAVE EARMARKS TO THE CITY. 
          BUT IT IS CALLED COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING NOW, BUT YOU'LL STILL EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE HEAR THE TERM EARMARK AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US ALREADY. 
          WE ARE SOLICITING NOW FOR 2024 IDEAS. 
          SARAH LANGLEY SENT OUT AN EMAIL AND WE'RE LOOKING TO STAFF TO GIVE US WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING. 
          WE PUT A WHOLE LIST TOGETHER. 
          WE SEND IT OFF TO BOB HOLMES. 
          HE SENDS IT OUT TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, AND THEN THEY HAD TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY WANT TO FUND SO IN 2023, THIS IS WHAT WAS FUNDED WAS THE HOME RETROFIT PROGRAM FOR 750,000, WILDFIRE RISK FOR 3.5. 
          WE JUST RECENTLY HEARD WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO MATCH THAT FUND. THAT WAS GREAT. 
          CHAPMAN HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US THAT WITH NO MATCH REQUIREMENT AND THEN THE MUSEUM POST FIRE MITIGATION, SPRUCE WASH PROPERTY ACQUISITION. 
          THIS CAME ABOUT RECENTLY AND THAT'S 1.48. 
          ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING OTHER THAN GARY HERE. 
          PENDING APPLICATIONS. BIG ONE, LOOK AT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, 45 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH GARY ON BEHALF OF NAH AND OTHER PARTNERS METROPLAN. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE THE APPLICANT AND WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER THE PROJECT FOR THE BEULAH WIDENING COMPLETE STREET. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF STREETS IN THERE. 
          BUT THIS GRANT IS DUE FEBRUARY 28, SO I'M ALL LITTLE OF A PANICKED. 
          BUT JUST BECAUSE THOSE TIMELINES YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS, YOU MISS A GRANT DEADLINE, YOU'RE DONE AND SO THEY HAVE HIRED A CONSULTANT NAHS IS WRITING THE GRANT, PACKAGING IT UP FOR US. 
          WE'RE ON WEEKLY MEETINGS, IF NOT MORE. 
          PAUL BACK IN THE ROOM THERE AND TREVOR AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS ALONG WITH PLANNING WITH TIFFANY AND MICHELLE AND THEIR GROUP SO BIG PROJECT AND RIGHT NOW, 
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ORIGINALLY IT STARTED AT 28 IT KEEPS BUMPING UP AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $45 MILLION SO BIG GRANT THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONSTRUCTION ONLY GRANT. 
          NAH IS DOING THE FULL DESIGN AT THEIR DIME AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO CONSTRUCTION ONLY FOR THIS GRANT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD GETTING THEIR DESIGN DONE AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE SHOVEL-READY SO WHEN A GRANT SHOWS UP IN JUNE 28 IS WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT IF WE RECEIVE THE AWARD, WE CAN BE READY TO GO AND WE'RE WORKING WITH BOB HOLMES ON A CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO SUPPORT THIS GRANT. 
          HE'S VERY MUCH AWARE AND SO THIS IS A BIG ONE. YEAH. 
          >> CAN YOU TOUCH BRIEFLY ON HOW WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS NOW ABOUT HAVING CONFORMANCE WITH SOME OF OUR BIG SHIFT POLICIES? 
          >> I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK PAUL TO HELP ME OUT HERE. 
          PAUL, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? HE'S BEEN REVIEWING THE LETTERS. 
          HE JUST READ JENNY [INAUDIBLE] AND I'LL JUST SEND NICOLE OR JUST CHIME JENNY AND PROVIDED SOME OTHER NAMES. 
          I THINK HE PROBABLY HAS A BETTER ENGINEERING SIDE OF IT THAT YOU CAN SHARE. 
          RIGHT, MR. ENGINEER? THANK YOU. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> YEAH. NO PROBLEM. 
          AS GREG SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF SPEECH SHIFT. 
          NADH HAS PROPOSED ON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AS THEY COMPARE TO THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE COMPONENTS FOR BIKE, PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADS ARE RIGHT-SIZED FOR THE FUTURE TRAFFIC, TO PINCH OFF WITH TRANSIT ROUTES, CONNECTIONS TO OUR FOOT STRAIGHT, PROPER BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES. 
          AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THAT, BUT IT'S MOVING, THIS RAISE GRANT HAS EXPONENTIALLY FAST-FORWARDED THAT PROCESS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN THIS CONDENSED TIME FRAME AND GET THIS RAISED GRANT SUBMITTED. 
          PROBABLY WRITE IT SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE LEEWAY EITHER WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT FOR SUCCESSFUL, IT'LL BE A BIG WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          >> THANKS A LOT. 
          >> THANKS. 
          THIS WOULD BE A BIG WIN, AND THE NAH CAN APPLY HAS TO BE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          CONVERSATION WITH GREG, WE SAID YES, WE CAN BE THE APPLICANT, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER, WE SHOULD DELIVER THE PROJECT AND WHAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, NOW, WHEN YOU ADD THIS GRANT PHASE, APPLICATION PHASE, YOU CAN ADD TO THE BUDGET, ALL STUFF, AND SO PAUL'S GROUP IS ZACH CAPACITY, I'M OVERCAPACITY, I KNOW WE ALL ARE HERE. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO THE GRANT FOR RESIDENT ENGINEER, HIRING AN ENGINEER, HELPING THAT DELIVERY AND HELPING THE GRANT COMPLIANCE, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          THAT'S A NICE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN ADD IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERED FINANCIALLY AS THE CITY WHEN IT DOES SHOW UP, THAT WE COVERED IT FOR DELIVERY. 
          CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, CHRISTIE, THIS IS THE AMTRAK STATION ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT DURING THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR GRANT. 
          WE WERE IN THE REVIEW STAGE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND THE PEER REVIEW STAGE, WHERE THEY'RE REVIEWING OUR APPLICATION, THEY DID NOT FEEL LIKE THE AMTRAK PLATFORMS WERE ELIGIBLE. 
          THEY ASKED US TO REVISE OUR APPLICATION AND RESUBMIT, TAKING THAT ELEMENT OUT, THAT WAS A GOOD SIGN WHERE THEY ASK US TO REVISE OUR APPLICATION THESE ARE PRETTY SERIOUS AND LOOKING AT US, SO WE TOOK THAT OUT AND THEN WE HAVE PLOTTED TO THE CHRISSY GRANT FOR THE AMTRAK. 
          IF THAT SHOWS UP, WILL BE ABLE TO STILL IN WHOLE DO THE DOWNTOWN MILE WITH THE AMTRAK STATION. 
          THAT'S GOOD NEWS, AND I I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE, BUT OVER HERE ON THIS ONE. 
          >> I'M GOING TO CAUSE AN OFFER COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THIS, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, AND THAT IS KEEPING AMTRAK GOING, AND UP BRINGING YOU BACK IN TIME. 
          A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE WERE WRITING LETTERS AND SUPPORT OF JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE AMTRAK AFLOAT AND HAVING SERVICED INTO FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE WE WERE HEARING ABOUT CUTBACKS AND CESSATION OF SERVICES AS WE NOW KNOW IT, AND HERE WE ARE IN THE PRESENT DAY, JUST ENJOYING THE SERVICE, 
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BUT TALKING ABOUT A NEW PLATFORM, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          >> YEAH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND I MENTIONED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING YESTERDAY. 
          THERE, I WAS TALKING ABOUT AMTRAK MOVING THEIR WORDING AND ONBOARDING TO THE NEW DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTERED, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD FOR BLOCKING SAN FRANCISCO AND EVEN WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED, BUT NOW THERE'S TALK ABOUT THE APPARENTLY THIS IS PART OF IT. 
          IMPROVING THE PLATFORM, PUTTING THE PLATFORM ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE NOW, BUT ALSO PUTTING IN ANOTHER FORM ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO THAT WHEN TRAINS OR THE THIRD TRACK OVER THERE, PEOPLE CAN GET ON AND OFF THE TRAINING OVER THERE. 
          YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE TRACKS WHEN THERE'S NO TRAINING SCRIPT AND THE AMTRAK BOARD, THE LAST FEW YEARS REALLY DOESN'T LIKE THE VERY PURPOSE OF AMTRAK, WHICH IS JUST IN STREAMS, AND THEY WANTED TO JUST FOCUS ON THE WASHINGTON DC TO BOSTON. 
          BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTS A LITTLE BETTER AS FAR AS KEEPING LONG DISTANCE TRADE NAMES LIKE CHICAGO TO LA, ONE TO COME THROUGH HERE. 
          I'D BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT'S IN MIND THAT'S ALL I KNOW FOR NOW. 
          >> THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, STAY TUNED, THIS IS AN EXCITING APPLICATION. 
          >> THERE'S QUICK NOTE, I NOTICED THAT 18 MILLION WAS GOING TO OUR AIRPORT, LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE AMTRAK, SAY, "WELL, WE SHOULDN'T SUBSIDIZE AMTRAK." TELL ME WE'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING HERE, BINDING INDUSTRY 18 MILLION LITTLE VIDEO FOR JUST THINK WHAT THEY GET IN LA OR IN PHOENIX. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GOT, BUT I'M SURE THEY GET THE BIG [LAUGHTER] THING ABOUT THIS GRAPH DOES IT HAS THE NORTH PLATFORM ITSELF. 
          >> THAT IS REALLY GOOD AT THAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          >> WE'VE SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION AND SO WHEN I SAY "PENDING," IT NEEDS A SUBMITTED BUT PENDING AWARD. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE APPLICATION, REACH OUT TO ME, AND I CAN SHARE THE APPLICATION WITH YOU. 
          I DON'T TYPICALLY SHARE IT OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED IN FOR COUNCIL, YES. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEE IT IN THE SCOPE OF WORKS IN. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> THIS NEXT ONE SOLID WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM NEW JOBS, EQUIPMENT EDUCATION, SCOTT, EVAN AND JENNY NEIMAN, AND KAYLEE AND SUMMER AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE WORKING ON THIS NOW. 
          THIS GRANT APPLICATIONS COMING DUE HERE THIS MONTH, AND SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED YET, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY 2.7 MILLION AND A 100 PERCENT GRANT. 
          THEN WE SUBMITTED AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATIVE MOBILITY DEPLOYMENT, WE CALL IT THE ALPHABET SOUP, ACRONYM FOR FIBER NETWORK EXTENSION, EXCUSE ME, SIGNAL A DETENTION UPGRADES FOR 4.3. 
          WE HAVE NOT HEARD ON THAT YET AND THAT IS PENDING, IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED PENDING AWARD, WE HOPEFULLY WE'VE RECEIVED THAT WHEN THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD ONE. 
          THEN THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THIS IS UNDER FAA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING, WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT FOR THE DESIGN OF IT, AND WE ARE IN DESIGN NOW WITH APMI, AND WE IN FACT, THIS WEEK, I'VE BEEN REQUESTED TO SUBMIT THE TWO APPLICATIONS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO FUND IT WITH BILL SOME OF OUR AIRPORT BILL MONEY, BILL MEANING BY PARSON INFRASTRUCTURE LAW BILL, AND THEN FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FUNDS, AND SO I'VE GOT TWO APPLICATIONS FOR 24 MILLION. 
          WE DID SHARE BOB HOLMES HAS BEEN VERY HEAVY LOBBYING FOR THIS. 
          WE DID GET WHAT FAA CALLS A GO LEATHER FOR 23.7 MILLION, 23.5, THAT IT'S PROGRAMMED THAT AMOUNT, SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THOSE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED, BUT AGAIN TO A GO-TO LETTER OR ADULT NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE 23.5. 
          THEY'LL GET US TO WHAT WE NEED HERE ON THE 24 MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT. 
          THAT'S FOR THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING RIGHT NOW. 
          A LOT OF THAT IS HOUSED AT OUR FIRE RESCUE FACILITY, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN WALK IN THERE. 
          I TOOK OUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGER THERE LAST FRIDAY. 
          I WAS GOING TO SAY COUNCILMAN LORI HAS BEEN THERE. 
          [04:05:02]
IT'S TIGHT IN THERE. 
          THIS EQUIPMENT IS ALL GRANT-FUNDED BECAUSE FAA PAYS FOR A LOT OF THESE EQUIPMENT IN THEIR MILLION-DOLLAR CLOUDS AND THE AIRPORT. 
          THEY REQUIRE YOU TO PROTECT THE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO KEEP IT ANYMORE. 
          WE'RE ASKING THEM TO BUILD THIS BUILDING WITH US TO PROTECT THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'VE PURCHASED. 
          THEY'VE BEEN ON BOARD WITH US, SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          >> JUST SOME LINE OF THE AIRPORT, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ONLINE, ONE OF THEM WAS BY HEIDI HANSEN, I THINK IN REGARDS TO COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY'S COMMENT ON THE AIRPORT AND JUST THAT SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THERE WAS MILLIONS RECEIVED FOR THE AIRPORT STATING THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THERE'S COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL AVIATION HAPPENING. 
          THEN COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE ASKED A QUESTION. 
          COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE, DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND RESTATE THAT QUESTION OUT LOUD FOR EVERYONE? 
          >> SHE SAYS THAT HER THROAT IS KILLING HER. 
          >> SHE'S ASKING IF WE CAN VERBALIZE IT FOR HER. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER. 
          HAS THE FUNDING BEEN ALLOCATED? THIS GOES TO HEIDI HANSEN, I THINK FOR THE AIRPORT AND SPECIFICALLY, IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL TO SEE SOME OF THAT FUNDING GO TOWARD SHUTTLE SERVICES? 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] THE TEAM HERE. 
          >> YES. 
          >> COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE, WE ARE NOT IN ANY POSITION TO CREATE A SHUTTLES PURPOSE FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING, WE DON'T HAVE THE DRIVERS. 
          I'M SURE SCOTT OVERTON COULDN'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR THIS HAPPENING, BUT WE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSION WITH MOUNTAIN LINE ABOUT THEM. 
          THEY DID A PILOT PROGRAM FOR OUR SHUTTLE SERVICE IN THE SUMMER. 
          IT WAS GOING VERY WELL, BARNEY COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT MORE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH GETTING ENOUGH DRIVERS THEMSELVES. 
          THEY HAD TO HAND IT A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE, BUT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO TALK TO US ABOUT GETTING SOME OTHER GRANTS AND POSSIBILITIES TO HAVE ANOTHER SHUTTLE SERVICE MOVING FORWARD. 
          AGAIN, LIKE I HAD STATED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION THAT WITH THE NAH VILLAGE THAT MAYBE ANOTHER BUS ROUTE WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE AND THAT WOULD ALSO SERVE THE AIRPORT. 
          AGAIN, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO ALL OF YOU, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS A LOT AND WE REALLY FEEL THAT A SHUTTLE SERVICE IS A MUCH BETTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE AIRPORT THAN ASSUMING SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET ON THE BUS WITH THEIR BAGS AND GO TO STOP, TO STOP, TO STOP. 
          BEFORE THE SHUTTLE SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM ALLOWED THEM LITERALLY TO GET PICKED UP AT THEIR HOME FOR TWO DOLLAR AND GET DROPPED OFF, AGAIN, IF THEY DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, THAT WON'T BE TWO DOLLAR, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH MOUNTAIN LINE, BUT WE PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING OR THE ABILITY TO CREATE THAT SHUTTLE SERVICE. 
          >> HEIDI, TO YOUR COMMENTS, WE JUST TALKED WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT AIRPORT PARKING AND FINAL PIECES ARE IN PLACE FOR PAID PARKING TO BECOME INSTITUTIONALIZED LATER THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY BEFORE SUMMER. 
          WHEN PAID PARKING IS INSTITUTED, I THINK IT WILL GIVE MUCH MORE BASIS TO A SHUTTLE SERVICE AND THE LIKELY SUCCESS OF THAT SERVICE. 
          I THINK THESE OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT US. 
          ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THIS IS AS LONG AS PARKING IS CONVENIENT AND FREE OUT THERE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INCENTIVE TO HAVE A SHUTTLE SERVICE EVEN THOUGH WE SAW SOME SUCCESS IN THE PILOT PROJECT, BUT THAT WILL CHANGE. 
          >> BARNEY IS COMING UP. 
          >> IS THIS BARNEY, SOON TO BE RETIRED BARNEY? 
          >> YES. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> BARNEY THINKS HE'S RETIRING APRIL 5TH [LAUGHTER] AND STILL DENIES. 
          >>> IS THIS PROBABLY YOUR LAST RETREAT? 
          >> NO. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF RETREATS BEFORE I RETIRE. 
          >> VERY GOOD. I'LL BE ENTHUSIASTIC. 
          I THINK THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THIS QUESTION. 
          ONE ABOUT THE GRANT FUNDING, MY GRANT FUNDING IS VERY SPECIFIC THAT IT MUST BE USED ON THE AIRPORT. 
          IF WE WERE TO USE IT OFF AIRPORT FOR THE BUS SYSTEM, THEN WE'D BE DIVERTING FUNDS AND COULD BE LOSING FUTURE GRANTS IN FACT. 
          CITY MANAGER CLIFTON BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE PAID PARKING AND I HAVE TO LET RICK TADDER KNOW, DON'T BE SCARED, WE HAVE TO PAY YOUR DEBT SERVICE OFF FIRST. 
          BUT ONCE THAT DEBT SERVICE IS PAID OFF, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THIS COULD BE USED TOWARDS THAT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER THINGS HAPPENING WITH NAH, WHICH WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON SOME THINGS LIKE HEIGHT RESTRICTION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TO WIDEN THE BRIDGE UP THERE AT JW POWELL. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THE SHUTTLE SERVICE WORK GREAT. 
          [04:10:01]
IT'S AN ON-CALL SERVICE. 
          OUR FLIGHT SCHEDULES CHANGE EVERY 30 DAYS, SO BUS SCHEDULE DOESN'T REALLY WORK AS LOT OF TIMES A DAY THE BUS WOULD BE COMING OUT THERE NOT PICKING UP ANYBODY OR NOT DROPPING ANYBODY OFF. 
          WHEREAS THAT SOLE SERVICE WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS LIKE AN ON-CALL TO YOUR HOUSE. 
          BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY DOWN THE ROAD, GOT A LITTLE PROMPT THERE, OF SOME OF THAT MONEY BEING USED TOWARDS THAT IF WE PAY SOMEBODY'S DEBT SERVICE. 
          >> GREAT. THANKS, BARNEY. 
          [NOISE] 
          >> HERE'S THE CLARIFICATION. 
          TO MY COMMENTS BEFORE, WE'RE NOT IN ANY WAY THEN TO SAY THAT THE FUNDING FOR THE AIRPORT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. 
          MY POINT WAS THAT IF WE CAN GIVE MONEY TO THE AIRPORT, A SMALL AMOUNT FOR AMTRAK IS APPROPRIATE. 
          I WAS JUST POINTING OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET ON AND OFF THAT TRAIN HERE IN FLAGSTAFF ALL THE TIME. 
          WE'LL GET OFF, WE'LL GET A HOTEL, WE'LL GET DINNER, GO TO THE GRAND CANYON. 
          WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE DINNER, GO TO OUR LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS OR BARS, AND ANOTHER HOTEL, AND THEN GET BACK ON THE TRAIN A DAY OR TWO LATER. 
          IT BRINGS A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE CITY AND IT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF TRANSPORT THAT SOME PEOPLE PREFER. 
          >> CAN I SAY ONE THING MAYOR? COUNCIL MCCATHY, I AGREE THAT IT DOES NEED SOME LOVE AND WE'RE A FULL HEARTEDLY BEHIND YOU ON THAT AND OUR VISITOR CENTER STACK CAN ATTEST TO THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT THEY SEE THAT TRAFFIC. 
          THE REASON WHY WE RECEIVED MILLIONS AT THE AIRPORT WAS BECAUSE WE, BARNEY AND I AND A WHOLE HUGE GROUP THAT SURROUND US, WERE ABLE TO SECURE A SECOND AIRLINE, UNITED, WHICH NOW HAS LEFT BECAUSE OF OTHER NATIONAL ISSUES. 
          BUT WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULD HAVE ONLY GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS INSTEAD OF MILLIONS. 
          BARNEY HAS CONTINUED WORK WITH HIS TEAM TO SECURE, AND MY WORK, TO SECURE MORE SERVICES IS ALWAYS BENEFICIAL AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY WANT TO INVEST INTO A PROPERTY. 
          WE JUST NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE AMTRAK LOOK MORE THAN ANYTHING APPEALING TO BE INVESTED TO, AND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THOSE STATS. 
          VISITORS STATS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO ASSIST US IN GRANTS. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS WITH STACY. 
          >> I'M COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH. 
          AT LEAST NOTE THAT LAST MONTH I FLEW TO PHOENIX AND PHOENIX TO SEATTLE. 
          I'VE USED THE TRAIN, I'VE USE THE AIRPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THEY'RE BOTH GREAT. 
          >> YES. WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT. 
          [NOISE] 
          >> EXCITING. 
          >> AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION. 
          WE SUBMITTED A BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. 
          THE AIRPORT HAS FUNDS SET ASIDE. 
          WELL, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW HAS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR AIRPORTS AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE SUBMITTED A $3.7 MILLION GRANT FOR AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION AND THEN ONE FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND SERVICE ANIMAL RELIEF AREA FOR 350,000 AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ON THAT AWARD. 
          SEE HOW I'M THINKING, I'M ALREADY GOT THE AWARD. 
          [LAUGHTER] I DON'T LIKE NO LETTERS, THE NO LETTERS DON'T WORK. 
          THEN THE INNER BASIN. 
          THIS IS AN INTERESTING. 
          THIS IS FROM THE PIPELINE WASTE FLOODING OUR PIPE. 
          YOU'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT IT. 
          WE PRESENTED TO YOU. 
          WE JUST RECEIVED OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE COSTS. 
          IT IS COMING IN AT $16.1 MILLION. 
          THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE STATE HAS THE DFFM HOUSE BILL 2001 POST FIRE FLOODING FUNDING. 
          THEN BECAUSE WE DECLARED, DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MILITARY AFFAIRS HAS FUNDING FOR DISASTER RECOVERY. 
          THERE'S A 75, 25. 
          DFFM IS 100 PERCENT. 
          YOU KNOW HOW I AM. 
          I WENT TO DFFM FIRST [LAUGHTER] TO SEE IF THEY FUNDED AT 100%. 
          I SUBMITTED THAT LETTER YESTERDAY TO THE COUNTY. 
          EMERGENCY MANAGER, WES, HE WILL TAKE THAT AND SUBMIT IT UP TO DFFM. 
          WE HOPE TO RECEIVE NOTICE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED 100 % FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          IF NOT, WE'LL DEFAULT TO DMO, BUT IT'S ALL STATE FUNDING. 
          THIS ONE'S A BIG PUSH. 
          WE NEED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TO GET JUST A FORMAL APPROVAL ON THAT. 
          WE DID RECEIVE AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT NOTICE. 
          BOB HOMES JUST SENT THAT OUT THE OTHER DAY TO ME, 133,000. 
          [04:15:02]
IT'S NOT THE HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT GRANT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND FOR THEIR WORK. 
          THEN EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION, THIS IS THE NRCS GRANT THAT WE DID WITH THE BASIN. 
          NRCS IS NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION. 
          WE SUBMITTED THAT GRANT, GOT THE GRANT TO DO THE BASINS. 
          WE SUBMITTED A SECONDARY GRANT WITHIN THE TIME-FRAME THAT IS DUE TO EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION FOR CHANNELS STABILIZATION OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THROUGH MUSEUM PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO 180. 
          ANN AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH NRCS AND WE SHOULD HEAR SOON ON THAT INFORMATION TO WHETHER WE'LL RECEIVE THIS GRANT AND THAT'LL WILL FINISH THAT WHOLE CHANNEL AREA. 
          NOT FINISH IT BECAUSE WE STILL GOT TO GET ACROSS 180 AND DOWN TO THE RIO. 
          THAT'S A BIG WIN IF WE CAN GET THAT. 
          THEN ANN AND HIS TEAM HAVE REALLY BEEN BUSY SUBMITTING GRANT AFTER GRANT FOR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
          LOT OF THESE GRANT PROGRAMS OPEN UP AFTER YOU HAVE AN EVENT, AFTER YOU HAVE THE PIPELINE FIRE, THEY OPEN UP BECAUSE OF THE DECLARATION, THE STATE OPENS UP HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAMS. WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE CEDAR AVENUE CULVERT 1.8, SPRUCE WASH FLOOD MITIGATION 2.7. 
          WE SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION FOR SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD FLOOD MITIGATION FOR 2.6 AND RIO DE FLAG WATER RECLAMATION PLANT GENERATORS FOR 2.3. 
          THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED TO STATE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OVERSEES THE HMGP PROGRAM, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
          THEY REVIEWED OUR APPLICATION, THEY RANK THEM. 
          THEY SAY, GO AHEAD SUBMIT A SUB APPLICATION, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND WE SUBMITTED A SUB APPLICATION. 
          IT GOES THROUGH THE STATE TO FEMA, AND THEN FEMA WILL HOPEFULLY FUND BACK. 
          I MENTIONED EARLIER FY24, FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING. 
          WE'RE RIGHT NOW SOLICITING FROM STAFF, [INAUDIBLE] WORKING ON THAT WITH US TO GET REQUEST OF WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS FOR THEIR COMMITTEE DIRECTED SPENDING. 
          AGAIN, IS A WISH LIST. 
          WE PUT IN WHAT WE WANT AND THEN THE FEDERAL AGENCIES DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO FUND. 
          WHAT'S INTERESTING IN A COMMITTEE DIRECTED SPENDING, IT GOES TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE. 
          THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO FUND. 
          THEN ONCE THEY SAY, YES, WE WANT TO FUND THIS PROJECT, IT GOES TO WHATEVER FEDERAL AGENCY THAT IT BEST FITS IN. 
          IT MAY GO TO US FOREST SERVICE, IT MAY GO TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPENDING IN WHERE FITS. 
          THEN IT BECOMES LIKE A GRANT THOUGH IT'S CALLED COMMITTEE DIRECTED SPENDING. 
          THEN I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ARIZONA. 
          THAT'S THAT 595 PROGRAM WITH THE ARMY CORPS. 
          THIS IS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THEY FUND. 
          WE WILL BE SUBMITTING A NOTICE OF INTENT FOR THIS NEXT FUNDING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE THE LAKE MARY BASINS THAT ARE PRETTY HIGH EXPENSIVE. 
          IT WAS ON OUR PRIORITY LIST. 
          IT WAS LOWER, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT UP WITH THE ARMY CORPS TO GET FUNDING THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          WE CAN SUBMIT TWO TO THREE PROJECTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PER YEAR. 
          ADEN GARY AND US WORK PRETTY HEAVILY WITH ARMY CORPS TO GET THOSE PROJECTS SUBMITTED AND WORK WITH THEM TO GET THOSE FUNDED. 
          I'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD. 
          YOU GUYS HANGING IN THERE WITH ME? 
          >> YES. THIS IS LIKE A [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> ACTUALLY, THAT WAS SARAH LANGLEY AND I FROM LAST YEAR AND IT HAS TO CHANGE. 
          I PULLED IT FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE BILL BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, WHICH FOR FIVE YEARS WE'RE STILL TAPPING INTO THIS. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOUR INFO GRANT IS, THAT'S WHAT YOUR CHRISTEN GRANT IS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RAISED GRANTS COME IN. 
          THIS IS WHERE THIS IS ALL COMING OUT OF THAT. 
          THEY JUST CALL THEM DIFFERENT WHEN THEY DO A NOTICE OF FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT AND NO FILE, THOUGH THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE PULLING THAT FROM. 
          WE'RE TACKLING. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GOING FOR BILL, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE AWARDS ARE COMING FROM. 
          [NOISE] THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR. 
          MAIRE DUGAN I APPRECIATE YOUR EMAILS TO ME ALL THE COUNCIL. 
          WHENEVER YOU SEE NOTICES AND FUNDING THINGS, IT'S GREAT. 
          I APPRECIATE GETTING THOSE. 
          I'M TRACKING THEM ALONG WITH SARAH LANGLEY. 
          BUT THESE ARE SOME AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THESE ARE JUST OUT THERE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE NOTICE OF FUNDING OR ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO APPLY FOR BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE ON 
          [04:20:02]
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET IS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ITEMS ARE THAT ARE COVERED UNDER THAT. 
          SAFER AMERICAN PLAN, THIS IS REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIME PREVENTION. 
          AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FOR MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING. 
          THEN ALL IN IS A NEW ONE THAT IS FOR FEDERAL STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESS. 
          WHERE THIS IS INTERESTING IS WE WATCH IT AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S OUT THERE, THEN THEY'LL HAVE AN ACTUAL NOTICE OF FUNDING AND SOLICITATION THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY APPLY FOR AS FAR BECAUSE UNTIL YOU GET THAT NOTICE OF FUNDING THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS, WHEN THE DEADLINE IS, ALL WE CAN DO IS WATCH IT GET READY. 
          THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE IN AND ONLINE ARE EXCELLENT HOUSINGS LOOKING. 
          EVERYBODY'S WATCHING. 
          I GET A DAILY GRANTS.GOV FROM ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
          EVERY DAY, I GET AN EMAIL ON ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE POSTED THAT I LOOKED THROUGH. 
          I SENT TO THE STAFF AND WE START APPLYING IF WE CAN. 
          I'M FEELING TIRED OF ALL THIS. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> I'M TIRED. 
          >> OUR LITTLE OFFLINE OFFICE. 
          ON THIS APPROPRIATIONS BILL, YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT PARTICULARLY CAPABILITY [INAUDIBLE] SO TO SPEAK. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> BUT I WAS JUST WANTING CLARIFICATION ON THE ALL IN BILL. 
          >> I'M NOT SO SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE YET. 
          >> BUT IT MIGHT BE JUST A SIMPLE ANSWER FOR YOU. 
          I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, DO YOU THINK THAT'S JUST FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? 
          >> I BELIEVE SO. SARAH OR CHRISTINA, ANYBODY ONLINE THAT CAN HELP ANSWER? 
          >> THEY'RE NOT IDENTICAL. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I KNOW IT'S HERE STILL. DO YOU WANT IT TO STAY? YOU WANT TO GIVE ME YOUR HEART EVEN THOUGH I DON'T GIVE YOU MY DOLLARS. 
          >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I WAS JUST WANTING CLARIFICATION ON THE INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, DOES THAT MEAN JUST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR DOES THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING THAN WHAT I'M READING INTO IT? 
          >> THAT JUST CAME OUT. 
          WE HAVE NOT EVEN DEALT. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> DIVE DEEP ENOUGH INTO IT TO FIGURE THAT PIECE OUT YET. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IT'S A LITTLE BIG? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IT IS A LITTLE BIG. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IT IS PART OF HOUSING, HOUSING SUPPLY, OR JUST HOUSING SUPPLY WITH SOME SUPPORTIVE? 
          >> IT WAS RELEASED AS PART OF A BIGGER STATEMENT AND PROGRAM WITH LANGUAGE TALKING ABOUT ENDING HOMELESSNESS. 
          HOW THAT'S DEFINED WAS MUCH DEEPER IN THE DOCUMENT. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT. 
          >> I'D BE INTERESTED. 
          >> ME TOO. IT'S ON THE LIST. 
          WE WILL GET YOU THAT ONE FOR SURE. THANKS. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THEY'RE DIFFERENT. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THIS CAME OUT. KEEP IN MIND, AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THIS IS STUFF THAT WE'RE JUST SEEING GLIMMERS OF AND THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OFFICE. 
          I TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS. 
          I CAN INVITE HIM TO ONE OF THE HOUSE BRIEFINGS WITH PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY WAS ON AND PRESIDENT BIDEN GOT ON AND SAID HI TO EVERYBODY ON THE BRIEFING. 
          IT WAS REALLY COOL. 
          I TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS. 
          I KNOW SARAH IS MUCH BETTER AT KEEPING UP ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND UPDATES. 
          I JUMPED A SLIDE, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THE OMNIBUS BILL, AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT HOUSE BILL 2543 FOR GREATER ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 
          THAT SHOWED UP [INAUDIBLE] SENT THAT TO ME AND TO SARAH. 
          IN THAT BILL ON PAGE 51, 52, HE POINTED OUT THERE'S FUNDING IN THERE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEND THIS BILL OUT, SARAH CAN SEND IT OUT. 
          IT'S IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT BILL WAS LONE TREE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS SHOWED UP AT 2.6. 
          STATE ROUTE 180 FLOOD MITIGATION PERMITS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHULTZ CREEK FOR THREE MILLION, THE A J.W. 
          P BRIDGE INTERSTATE 17 THAT'S THE AIRPORT BRIDGE FOR THE WIDENING. 
          SHOWS UP IN THERE FOR FIVE MILLION TO HELP ADOT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU ALL KNOW THE BRIDGE WAS A PRESERVATION PROJECT THAT WAS JUST GOING TO STAY THE TWO LANES. 
          THEY DESIGNED IT. THEY HELPED DESIGN IT TO WHERE WE COULD EVENTUALLY IF WE DID GET THE MONEY, THEY COULD WIDEN IT. 
          WE KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE WIDENED BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HOSPITAL VILLAGE OUT THERE. 
          BUT I DID GET A DRAFT AND IT'S IN A DRAFT. 
          THIS HOUSE BILL. SARAH, I THINK MIGHT BE ONLINE. 
          I'LL JUMP TO THIS HOUSE BILL 2286 SO IF SARAH HAS ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOWN HOUSE BILL SHE CAN JUMP ON. 
          THESE ARE RIGHT OUT OF THE DRAFT BILL. 
          [04:25:02]
THESE THREE PROJECTS FOR ARIZONA OR FOR FIVE-STEP THAT RELATE TO BICEP. 
          THEN HOUSE BILL 2286, SHE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER FOR THE DETENTION BASIN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. 
          YOU REMEMBER ME SAYING THEY DON'T FIND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE? GUESS WHAT? WE'RE SEEING SHIFTS IN WHAT THE GOVERNMENT STARTED TO LOOK AT. 
          THEN DRAINAGE FOR NINE MILLION. 
          THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND THEN ERECTED FOR THE NINE MILLION. 
          AGAIN, I THINK IT PASSED THE HOUSE. 
          SARAH SAID IN HER EMAIL. 
          I'VE GOT LOTS OF PROJECTS ON MY MIND BUT IT PASSED ONE LEVEL THE SO IT'S OUT THERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR HELP AND I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] TESTIFIED. 
          SHARON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE? ARE YOU ONLINE AT LANGLEY ABOUT THESE HOSPITALS THAT MIGHT HELP? 
          >> HEY STACEY? YEAH, I'M HERE. 
          THANKS FOR THE SUPER INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. 
          JUST TO NOTE ON HOUSE BILL 2286, WHICH IS WHAT OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER WENT DOWN TO TESTIFY FOR. 
          IT HASN'T PASSED THE HOUSE YET. 
          IT DID PASS OUT OF COMMITTEE. 
          BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL STEPS, AS WE ALL KNOW BEFORE IT PASSES THE HOUSE THEN MOVES ON TO THE SENATE, TO THE OTHER CHAMBER. 
          WE'RE WATCHING IT, BUT IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS IN TERMS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          THEN THERE'S ALSO HOUSE BILL 2543. 
          I CAN PUT A LINK TO THAT IN THE CHAT, BUT THAT HAS DIFFERENT PRIORITIES FROM MPO'S METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE STATE. 
          THAT BILL IS ABOUT SEVEN PAGES OF JUST DIFFERENT PRIORITIES LISTED FOR COMMUNITIES AROUND OUR STATE. 
          I CAN PUT THAT LINK IN THE CHAT IF THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          I'LL PASS BACK TO YOU, STACEY. THANKS. 
          >> THANKS SARAH. I HAVE A FEW MINUTES. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO DO SOME QUICK CLOSING REMARKS AND I HOPE I WASN'T TOO BORING. 
          THERE WAS A LOT, A LOT OF INFORMATION, JUST OUR FEDERAL AWARDS. 
          JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS NOT FREE MONEY. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY COMING TO STATES TO LEVERAGE OUR PROJECTS. 
          BUT IT COMES WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES. MANY CHALLENGES. 
          IT COMES WITH ALL THE FEDERAL RULES AND GUIDELINES. 
          THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED TWO CFR PART 200 THAT I LIVE AND BREATHE. 
          IT IS OUR GRANT GUIDANCE, ADMINISTRATION, COST PRINCIPLES, FINANCIAL, EVERYTHING IS IN THAT PROCUREMENT. 
          THERE'S A LOT TO ADMINISTERING THESE GRANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          IF WE GET ONE FINDING FOR A GRANT, THE WHOLE CITY GETS IT BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CITY. 
          OUR OFFICE IS REALLY STRICT. 
          ALONG WITH FINANCE ON PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL REPORTING, ACCOUNTABILITY CONSTRAINTS AND REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A FINDING. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE THAT GOLD STAR AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GET OUR GRANTS. 
          WE DO A LOT OF CERTIFICATIONS AND PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE TO KEEP UP ON GRANTS.GOV, ON SAM'S AWARD SYSTEM, DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, CIVIL RIGHTS. 
          MY OFFICE IS VERY BUSY DOING LIMITED EFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 
          WE DO ALL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN TO BE EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS. 
          JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BIGGER THAN JUST APPLYING AND AWARDING AND DELIVERING THE PROJECTS. 
          THERE'S ALSO, I'M ALMOST DONE. I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTION. 
          MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS THE GOVERNMENT WENT TO THAT THEY WANTED TO DO PAPERLESS. 
          THEY OPENED UP ALSO GOVERNMENT PORTALS. 
          EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY HAS A PORTAL THAT YOU HAVE TO GO INTO APPLY TO MANAGE THE GRANT TO PUT YOUR FINANCIAL. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PORTALS THAT I HAVE. 
          WE HAVE GRANTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          THIS IS FAMILIAR TO YOU. 
          YOU'VE BEEN IN THE GRANT ROW BEFORE I KNOW. 
          THEY'VE JUST GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT PORTALS THAT JUST YOU HAVE TO GO IN AND DO ALL THIS MANAGEMENT. 
          I'VE GOT AMAZING TEAM AND AMAZING STAFF OUT THERE. 
          I CAN'T SAY MORE TO THANK YOU TEAM FLAG STAFF FOR HELPING AND ALL THE GRANTS AND DELIVERY AND KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE FUNDING. 
          IT'S A LOT FOR THE CITY. 
          IT'S A HIGH REVENUE SOURCE. 
          IT SOMETIMES EXCEEDS SALES TAX, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT, BUT IT'S A PRETTY BUSY OFFICE. 
          >> I WAS CURIOUS HOW MANY ACTIVE GRANTS FOR HUMANITY AND HOW BIG IS YOUR STEP? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S OVERWHELMING TO TALK, AND MANAGE ONE BRAND. 
          I'VE DONE ONE. I CAN'T IMAGINE TWO. 
          >> IT'S OVERWHELMING. I HAVE BEEN DOING GRANTS. 
          I'VE SPOKEN WASHINGTON DC ON GRANTS MANAGEMENT, I HAVE BEEN DOING GRANTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE AT THE CITY OVER 30 YEARS. 
          I WAS THE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS MANAGER AND THAT POSITION'S VACANT. I'VE TRIED TO HIRE. 
          I HAVE THREE GRANTS AND CONTRACT SPECIALISTS AND A GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AND ASSISTANT. 
          THAT'S TEMPORARY, TRYING TO GET THAT PERMANENT. 
          [04:30:01]
I'M VERY SURE STAFF WE JUST HIRED AN EMERGENCY MANAGER. 
          BUT IT'S NOT ME AND JUST MY STAFF. 
          WE HAVE A TEAM OF CITY STAFF THAT I REACH OUT TO. 
          I'M VERY MUCH A TEAM PLAYER AND WE HAVE BIDDINGS. 
          WE BRING IN FINANCE, LEGAL CAPITAL, WE'RE ALL SPLITTING THE WEALTH. 
          THAT IS SPLITTING THE WORK. 
          YES, I ALWAYS COULD USE MORE STAFF. 
          IT'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I FOR ONE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> I'VE SEEN A LITTLE FRACTION OF WHAT THAT IS AND IT IS HUGE. 
          >> I THINK I'M OVER 2-300 ACT GRANTS. 
          [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE VERY BUSY. 
          >> WELL. 
          >> CAN CONTINUE WITH THE BRAGGING ON. 
          [OVERLAPPING] YOU'RE NOT DONE. 
          YES. [LAUGHTER] I REALLY LOVE HOW YOUR GLASSES OFF. 
          >> FIVE MINUTES OF COMPLEMENTS. 
          >> FIVE MINUTES OF COMPLIMENTS. 
          [LAUGHTER] YOU MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 38 YEARS? 
          >> THIRTY NINE. FEBRUARY 13TH, I WILL BE 39 YEARS. 
          I STARTED WHEN I WAS 12. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> SHE STARTED WHEN SHE WAS 12, NOW GOING ON HER 39TH YEAR. 
          WE HAVE SAT AND HAD LUNCH AND WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK MY QUESTION WAS, STACEY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP YOU HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER? WE'RE LIKE. [OVERLAPPING] YEAH, WE'RE RUNNING WITH THAT A BIT. 
          BUT YOU MENTIONED YOUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGER, DANIEL. 
          WHO I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> YOU ALSO TOTALLY DID NOT MENTION THAT YOU ARE NOW THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. 
          COUNCIL, TWO WEEKS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT SOME RESTRUCTURES WE'VE DONE, AND NOT SURPRISINGLY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESTRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OF LATE WAS THE CREATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          THAT IS THE REALM WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE SO MUCH OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND FOR THE REST OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION WILL BE ABOUT THAT. 
          THIS IS YOUR MANAGER NOW, YOUR DIRECTOR RATHER IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          TO YOUR COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBER MATHEWS ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT'S INVOLVED IN ADMINISTRATIVE RANKS AND IT'S MIND BLOWING ABOUT WHAT'S INVOLVED. 
          THEN I'M TAKING SOME THINGS TOGETHER. 
          THE SHORTAGE OF STAFFING AND THE CHALLENGES WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT. 
          YOU HAVE TO FILL UP A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION, AND THAT CROSSES THE SPECTRUM OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          NOT ONLY IS THE GRANT MANAGEMENT BURDENSOME, BUT IT'S EVEN MORE SO WHEN WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED IN RESOURCES. 
          IT SEEMS WEIRD TO EVEN BE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'VE RECEIVED SO MUCH MONEY. 
          BUT YET OUR TRUE STRUGGLE IS ANEMIC AND MANAGING, ADMINISTERING IT AND LATER ACCOUNTING FOR IT AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          IT'S REMARKABLE. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT NOW WE'RE DOING ABOUT 100 MILLION A YEAR IN GRANTS. 
          >> REVENUE. 
          >> I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE EVER CALCULATED WHAT YOU HAVE. 
          EVEN IF IT'S BEEN PERIPHERAL INVOLVEMENT, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN UP TO PERSONALLY, PROFESSIONALLY INVOLVED WITH IN TERMS OF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDING AND APPROPRIATIONS [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> THERE'LL BE TIME TO FIND OUT. 
          I KNOW BARNEY AND I DID IT. 
          I DID IT ON AIRPORTS. 
          I WAS BILLIONS, IN AIRPORT ALONE. 
          IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO. 
          I HAVE TO DO SOME TIME TO SEE HOW MANY. 
          MY PASSION AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE TIME, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT JUST AN APPLICATION OF GETTING THAT TO WORK, IS GETTING THE PROJECTS DONE AND LOVE TO GO OUT AND GET THE PROJECT DONE. 
          I LOVE TO GO BACK THERE, SEE THEM, SHOW WHEN THE SWAPPED TRUCK OR BOMB TRUCK OR SOMETHING SHOWS UP OR AN OFFICER GETS A NEW MOTORCYCLE WITH THE STATE GRANT. 
          IT'S REALLY FUN. 
          IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF TEAM FLAGSTAFF TO GET OUR PROJECTS CAN LEVERAGE IT. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY ISN'T ME. 
          IT'S A LOT OF STRESS. 
          >> HUMBLED, BUT YOU'RE UP, YOU'RE GIVING THANKS TO EVERYBODY. 
          [OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE] IN MY MIND, I HAD NICKNAMED YOU STACEY P.K, THE MONEY FINDER, BUT STERLING IN THE CHAT COLUMN SAID IT'S STACEY NOT GIVING ANYTHING BACK. 
          >> YEAH. THAT TOO. 
          [LAUGHTER] THANKS, CHARLIE. 
          WE HAVE A 15 MINUTE BREAK AND IT'S A FECA. 
          DOES ANYONE REMEMBER ONE OF THE CONCEPTS BEHIND FECA? DO YOU TALK ABOUT BUSINESS SPRING FECA? 
          >> NO. 
          >> NO, SO SOCIALIZE, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, TALK ABOUT PETS AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          [04:35:02]
TRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT BUSINESS IN THESE 15 MINUTES. 
          WE WILL BE BACK AT 2:15. 
          >> THANK YOU. [NOISE] [BACKGROUND] 
          >> WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED. 
          TREVOR HENRY. IS GOING TO GET US STARTED WITH RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS AND PRIORITIES. 
          [NOISE] [APPLAUSE]. OVER HERE. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          I AM TREVOR HENRY. 
          I AM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE HERE. 
          I WILL START OFF OUR PRESENTATION. 
          A CLARIFYING QUESTION, I LIKE TO ASK CITY MANAGER CLIFTON, IS WHERE THE RETREAT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR ON APRIL 7TH. 
          TO REVIEW THE CIP, THEY'LL BE A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO GO OVER THE DETAILS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> THAT'S VERY CORRECT. 
          I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF IT LIKE IF THIS IS THE BIG END OF THE FUNNEL AND WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE SPECIFIC AS THIS PROCESS GOES ON. 
          WE WILL TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS TODAY, TREVOR AND WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE SEVENTH TO TAKE IT TO A DEEPER DIVE. 
          >> SOUNDS GREAT. I JUST WANTED THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND STAFF AND CITY MANAGER CLIFTON. 
          I'LL STAY AT A HIGH LEVEL. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, APPROACH IT THAT WAY. 
          THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE LONE TREE OVERPASS PROJECT. 
          THIS WILL PROVIDE A SEPARATED GREAT CROSSING OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW IN TOWN, SO THIS WILL BE ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED. 
          IT IS IN THE AREA OF LONE TREE AND BUTLER AVENUE. 
          IF YOU TAKE LONE TREE ROAD CONTINUE NORTH, IT'LL GO OVER THE TRACKS TIE-IN TO 66. 
          SO THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH PROPOSITION 420 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF PROPOSITION 419. 
          THOSE ARE AT THE OLD TAX AND THE NEW TAX THAT MAKE UP THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THE BUDGET ITSELF IS $82 MILLION. 
          OF THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT $72 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          DESIGN IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE THIS COMING SUMMER. 
          THEN CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START LATER THIS YEAR, POSSIBLY IN THE FALL. 
          WE HAVE ESTIMATED APPROXIMATELY FOUR CONSTRUCTION SEASONS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          SOME OF THE COUNCIL ACTIVITIES THAT YOU SHOULD SEE FROM STAFF IN CALENDAR YEAR 23 WILL BE GMP'S FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'LL HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH BNSF THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU. 
          WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT AND REVIEW WHAT THE PUBLIC ART COMPONENT WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE AESTHETICS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE OVERPASS. 
          THAT'LL COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS CALENDAR HERE. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL. 
          WE'LL DIVE DEEPER ON APRIL 7TH. 
          CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE DOWNTOWN MILE SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY PROJECT. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE EARLIER AS PART OF SOME OF THE GRANT PROJECTS THAT STACY BECHLER-KNAGGS TALKED ABOUT. 
          THIS PROJECT IS A SUITE OF SIX PROJECTS, THROUGH FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN, AND THROUGH THE RAIL CORRIDOR. 
          A FEW OF THOSE PROJECTS STARTING FROM WEST, GOING EAST IS THE FLORENCE WALNUT PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS. 
          THEN NEXT WILL BE THE MILTON ROAD BRIDGE OVERPASS. 
          THAT'LL BE WIDEN, BE IMPROVED TO HELP THE RAILROAD BUT THERE'S THIRD TRACK, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE RIO DE FLAG THE PEDESTRIAN UNDER CROSSING, WHICH WILL PROVIDE CONDUCTIVITY FOR THE FOOT'S RAIL FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          THEN WE HAVE THE RIO DE FLAG AND THE BNSF DRAINAGE COMPONENT. 
          BUT JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A WOODEN STRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE RAIL. 
          THEY'LL BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE FOR THAT DRAINAGE PORTION. 
          THEN WE'LL HAVE THE AMTRAK STATION PLATFORM, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS. 
          THAT IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE DOWNTOWN MODEL. 
          LASTLY, WE'LL HAVE SOME RAIL GREAT IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE STREET AT BEAVER AND BUTLER. 
          [04:40:06]
THERE ARE SOME CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE CONNECTED THERE. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY THE DOWNTOWN FILE, CORRIDOR OR THE SUITE OF PROJECTS DEFINED THERE. 
          THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COORDINATION GOING ON WITH ADOT AND WITH BNSF ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THE DESIGN BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM METRO PLAN AND FROM BNSF. 
          A LOT OF GREAT WORK GOING ON THERE. 
          EXCUSE ME. THE CONSTRUCTION INFRA GRANT IS $56 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, WE COVERED THAT EARLIER. 
          AND THERE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE BNSF AND THE CITY AS PART OF THAT GRANT. 
          BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHICH IS $32 MILLION. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AGAIN. 
          COMING UP SOON, WE'LL BE AT COUNCIL TO PRESENT HOW WE DO THAT AGREEMENT. 
          DESIGN IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN THE EARLY PARTS OF 2024. 
          THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN LATER THAT SUMMER. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING APPROXIMATELY FIVE CONSTRUCTION SEASONS TO GET THAT COMPLETED. 
          THE COUNCIL ACTIVITIES AGAIN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 23, THAT WILL COME FOR YOU AGAIN IS THE INFRA GRANT AGREEMENT. 
          THEY'LL ALSO BE SOME BNSF AGREEMENTS THAT WE'LL PROVIDE TO YOU FOR INPUT AND DIRECTION AND APPROVAL. 
          WE'LL ALSO HAVE A DESIGN CHANGE ORDER TO ADD THE AMTRAK PLATFORM IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. 
          ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE BEULAH UNIVERSITY REALIGNMENT PROJECT. 
          COUNCIL HAS HAD HISTORY WITH THIS PROJECT IN THE PAST. 
          JUST PASSED IN DECEMBER. 
          WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU, IT WAS PROBABLY BEFORE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE SEATED. 
          WE DID AWARD A GMP TO THE CMAR TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT. 
          THERE HAS BEEN SOME HISTORY WITH OUR COUNCIL. 
          SEE, THIS PROJECT AGAIN, WILL BE DELIVERED BY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND THAT IS EAGLE MOUNTAIN. 
          THEY ARE A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM. 
          THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH PORTIONS OF PROPOSITION 403 WHICH WE CALL THE OLD TAX, AS WELL AS PROPOSITION 419, WHICH IS NOW THE NEW TAX. 
          WE ALSO HAVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. 
          THAT IS BASICALLY THE FUNDING FOR BEULAH UNIVERSITY REALIGNMENT. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR MARCH 13TH, SO THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT DOING WORK, BEGINNING ACTIVITIES. 
          THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME REAL PROGRESS MADE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          NOW, WE'RE ESTIMATING TWO CONSTRUCTION SEASONS FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE'LL FINISH UP IN THE EARLY PARTS OF 2025. 
          FOR RIGHT NOW, THE CONTRACTOR, THE CMAR HAS TOLD US, AND WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY, STARTING ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS WHERE THE ROUNDABOUT IS, ALL THAT WORK WILL BE DONE THE FIRST SEASON. 
          THEN THE SECOND SEASON WE'LL CONCENTRATE ON MILTON WHERE THE UNDERPASS IS, OR TO GO FROM THE EAST SIDE GOES INTO THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR TARGET. 
          HERE WE HAVE BUTLER FOURTH IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LITTLE BIT. 
          PLANNING HAS GONE THROUGH SOME EXERCISES TO LOOK AT IT, STUFF HAS RESEARCHED IT, NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS WILL PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          IT'LL BE A LONG BUTLER AVENUE FROM I40 ON THE WEST SIDE OF LITTLE AMERICA, GOING ALL THE WAY EAST TO THE SINHALA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION. 
          BASICALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH IMPROVEMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE AND ON THE EAST SIDE TO WIDEN THAT ROAD. 
          RIGHT NOW, THAT ROAD IS TWO LANES AND IT GETS TO BE CUMBERSOME AND IT GETS TO BE A LITTLE TRAFFIC CONFUSION AND A LOT OF TREES THERE, SO WE GET A LOT OF COLD WEATHER, ICE. 
          THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THERE FOR BUTLER AVENUE. 
          THE TOTAL BUDGET IS ESTIMATED AT 16 MILLION. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR '23, WE HAVE 6.5 MILLION ALLOCATED AND THAT INCLUDES DEVELOPER IN LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALMOST A LITTLE UNDER FOUR MILLION. 
          [04:45:01]
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING ALONG THAT CORRIDOR INSTEAD OF THEM ACTUALLY BUILDING THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A CONTRIBUTION SO THAT WHEN THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD, THE CITY'S PROJECT, WE TAKE THAT CONTRIBUTION AND WE ADD IT TO THE BUDGET. 
          THAT'S JUST A CLARIFYING DEFINITION ON DEVELOPER IN LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          DESIGN IS UNDERWAY TO WHAT THAT IMPROVEMENT WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          DESIGN SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY NEXT SPRING, '24. 
          THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE LATER IN 2024 AND POSSIBLY LEAD INTO 2025. 
          AGAIN, I MENTIONED PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE PART OF THE FUND. 
          COUNCIL ACTIVITIES THAT STAFF WILL BRING BEFORE YOU IN CALENDAR YEAR '23 WILL BE PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE OR REPORT ON HOW THAT OUTREACH WENT, WE'LL I HAVE A PROJECT REVIEW FOR COUNCIL. 
          YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK SEE WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE. 
          WE DID HAVE SOME TIME WITH COUNCIL AT THE EAST, 2022, WE GAVE AN UPDATE AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THAT PROCESS TO GIVE THE COUNCIL INFORMATION AND WHERE WE ARE ON THAT PROCESS. 
          WE WILL ALSO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AWARD THAT WILL BE IN FALL CALENDAR YEAR '23. 
          WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH ANY PROJECT THAT COMES OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. YES. 
          >> I'M THINKING RIGHT THERE, WHEN YOU GET OFF 40 ONTO BUTLER GOING THAT WAY AND YOU'VE GOT THE GAS STATIONS AND OTHERS, HOW MUCH MORE ROOM ARE WE HAVING TO TAKE FOR THIS PROJECT AS FAR AS WIDTH? WE HAVE A TWO LANE ROAD NOW, RIGHT? 
          >> YOUR HONOR, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS, CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF MOBILE AND OF LITTLE AMERICA THERE ARE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION FOR THE CENTER MEDIAN. 
          WE'LL KEEP THAT SAME CONFIGURATION [OVERLAPPING] AND JUST CONTINUE THAT GOING TO THE EAST. 
          >> GO IT. 
          >> THAT IS THE PLAN. AGAIN WE'LL BRING TO YOU, THE DESIGN, WE'LL BRING TO YOU PROJECT UPDATES, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND AND WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR THEM. 
          I THINK WERE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT, WHICH IS LOCKETT AND CEDAR ROUNDABOUTS. 
          THIS IS ALONG FOURTH STREET AT THE VERY NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS IS FOURTH STREET CEDAR AND LOCKETT. 
          THIS IS A ROUNDABOUT THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS. 
          CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SIGNALS FOR THIS INTERSECTION AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO A ROUNDABOUT. 
          I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SO THAT IS USING SAFETY FUNDS TO BUILD THIS PROJECT AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH ADOT ON THIS PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT. 
          WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH COORDINATION WITH ADOT ON THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS CURRENTLY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN HSIP GRANT WHICH IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT, AND THAT AMOUNT IS JUST UNDER TWO MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THE TOTAL PROJECT ITSELF IS 4.2 MILLION AND ALL OF THAT, THE REMAINDER ON TOP OF THE GRANT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTRIBUTION. 
          DESIGN IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE THIS CALENDAR YEAR. 
          WE ARE PLANNING TO START WITH SOME FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS, WHICH WILL OCCUR THIS SUMMER. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE UNDERGROUND FRANCHISE UTILITIES OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION. 
          ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR CALENDAR YEAR '24. 
          I'M GOING TO SAY LATER THIS FALL, WE'LL PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE THIS AND HOW WE WILL GET IT OUT ON THE STREET AND GET THAT APPROVED. 
          ON THIS IN BOTH THE BILL IN THIS ROUNDABOUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MUCH DISCUSSION AT THE DAY IS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT THESE ROUNDABOUTS AND A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS COMING FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS, A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE DESIGN. 
          [04:50:01]
I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS DESIGNS ARE IN THE COLLABORATION OF A LOT OF VERY THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL DAYS. 
          >> IF CITY MANAGER REQUESTED THAT I CAN ADD TO THAT. 
          >> PLEASE. 
          >> WITH BEULAH UNIVERSITY, IN THE PAST 3-4 YEARS, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL. 
          WE'VE ADDED BIKE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE ROUNDABOUT. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE UNDERPASS UNDERNEATH, WHICH IS GOING TO CROSS FROM ONE SIDE OF MILTON TO THE OTHER SIDE. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION THERE WITH COUNCIL. 
          WE'VE HAD REPORTS, WE'VE HAD MANY DIALOGUES, WE'VE JUST CONSIDERED ALL THOSE CHANGES AND REQUESTS THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A ZEBRA CROSSINGS, THOSE WERE IN TO A MINUTE. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT BEACON FLASHING, SO WE ADDED THOSE TO THREE OF THE LEGS OF THIS INTERSECTION. 
          THIS WAS ALL FITTED WITH THE DESIGNER AND THERE WAS AN ADDED COST FOR THAT. 
          THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE CHANGE ORDER TO ADOPT TO MAKE THOSE DESIGN CHANGES. 
          THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF DIALOGUE, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          FINISHING UP WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF COORDINATION, A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH THE BUSINESSES ON 4TH STREET BECAUSE WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION HERE, THIS IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THIS ROAD, THERE IS SCHOOLS HERE, JUST A LOT OF COORDINATION HAS TO GO ON THERE. 
          COUNCIL ACTIVITY, ONE ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT COME BEFORE YOU AND IF NEEDED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE IGA. 
          THAT MAY HAPPEN, SO WE'LL BRING THAT UP FOR YOU IF THAT IS NEEDED. 
          NEXT PROJECT, RIO DE FAG. 
          [LAUGHTER] REALLY NICE AND WONDERFUL PROJECT. 
          REALLY DEAR TO MY HEART, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN A PART OF AND I'VE WORKED ON AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH KRISTINE AND JEREMY ON THAT. 
          I REALLY ENJOYED THIS PROJECT AS LONG AS THE STORMWATER. 
          GARY AND EVERY MAN SAID, IT'S A WHOLE CITY PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN COORDINATED AND WORKED ON A REAL TEA [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> PREPPER? 
          >> YES. 
          >> DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF WHO'S STILL HERE WHO WERE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT? 
          >> I'M GOING TO SAY RICK TADDER [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> STACY BRICKLER REGULAR NAGS. 
          OUR STAFF THAT WE'RE STILL HERE, I'M TRYING TO PAY. 
          WE HAVE RICK BARRETT WHO RETIRED BACK LAST JUNE. 
          HE HAD TO HAVE AN INSTRUMENTAL AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT PROJECT. 
          WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PROJECT MANAGERS. 
          START WITH JIM GAFFIGAN AND HE WAS A STORMWATER MANAGER SEVERAL YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO. 
          THEN WENT TO JEFF MILLER, JAMES DUVALL, AND THEN TO KRISTINE. 
          I WORKED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          NOW WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THAT UP WITH JEREMY THE BRIGADE. 
          >> HER FORMER EMPLOYEES, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN? 
          >> YES. 
          >> WHAT NAME [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> IF ANY OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ARE WIDE AND THEY GOT GRANDCHILDREN THAT ARE PROJECT MANAGERS, WILL HAVE INDEPENDENT. 
          [LAUGHTER] WE TAKE CARDBOARD. 
          BUT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE MIX FOR QUITE AWHILE. 
          I'M REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT THE TEAM, THE CITY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO THE MANAGER CLIFTON, THE COUNCIL, EVERYBODY HAS WORKED HARD ON THIS PROJECT. 
          BUT I'D SAY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE SEEN SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. 
          KUDOS TO OUR TEAM AND TO THE COUNCIL AND UNTO THOSE INVOLVED. 
          BUT THIS IS AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT, THEY ARE THE FEDERAL SPONSOR. 
          THE CITY IS A NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR. 
          IT COMPRISES OF THREE RIDGES. 
          THERE'S A NORTH RIDGE, A WEST RIDGE, AND A EAST RIDGE. 
          RIGHT NOW, THOSE RIDGES WERE COMBINED SO THE PHASE 1 IS THE LOWER REGION, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE ONE TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST. 
          PHASE 2 IS THE NORTH RIDGE. 
          >> MR. [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> YES. 
          >> QUESTION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH THIS? 
          >> YES, WE WILL. EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT APPROPRIATIONS OF ABOUT $52 MILLION THROUGH THE LOBBYISTS, AND THAT IS THE ARMY CORPS SHARE, AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED 
          [04:55:01]
FOR THE PROJECT AND THE CITY IS FULLY VETTED. 
          I'M LOOKING AT RICK FULLY BEDDED FOR OUR PORTION. 
          EVEN IF PRODUCTION COSTS OR MATERIAL COST THE LEFT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH IT. 
          CURRENTLY, WE ARE PLANNING TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT WILL TALK ABOUT COST INFLATION. 
          THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. 
          WE WILL TALK THAT THROUGH WITH OUR FEDERAL SPONSOR AND IF THEN WE CAN, IF THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, WE WILL STRATEGIZE AND FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT. 
          >> THIS COUNCIL WILL BE PUTTING THE FIRST SHOVELS IN THE GROUND ON THIS PROJECT. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> YES, MA'AM. WE DO PLAN TO DO THAT. 
          THIS AGAIN, IT COMPRISES OF THREE RIDGES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT INTO PHASES, BUT THE PLAN IS THIS PROJECT WILL MITIGATE THE 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE BUDGET IS $122 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, THE CITY IS A NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR AND OUR SHARES 35 PERCENT, SO ROUGHLY 43 MILLION IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE ARMY CORPS IS THE REMAINDER. 
          DESIGN IS SET TO BE COMPLETE BY THE ARMY CORPS, THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THAT. 
          WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE BY THIS SUMMER. 
          THEN LATER THIS SUMMER, LATER IN THE FALL, WE'LL GET A CONTRACT AWARDED THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS PROCESS THEN WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES, POSSIBLY LATER PARTS OF 2023. 
          THIS PROJECT WE'RE ESTIMATING THE ARMY CORPS HAS ESTIMATED ABOUT SIX SEASONS. 
          THREE SEASONS PER PHASE. 
          SOME ACTIVITIES THAT YOU MAY SEE IN CALENDAR YEAR 23, WE WILL BRING AGREEMENTS WITH BNSF BEFORE YOU. 
          COUNCIL HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE TALKED WE ARE GOING THROUGH WOULD BNSF'S. 
          SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE COMING TO AN END. 
          WE'RE SITTING TO BRING THOSE BEFORE YOU. 
          WE'LL ALSO HAVE A CHANGE ORDER TO THE DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY SO AS WE'RE GAINING SPEED AND GETTING TRACTION ON THE PROJECT, WE'RE FIGURING OUT THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER, WE NEED TO ADD TO THE PROJECT. 
          WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK BY OUR CONSULTANTS, SO WE'LL HAVE A CHANGE ORDER BEFORE YOU IN CALENDAR YEAR '23. 
          THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE SOME ORDINANCES AND SOME RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION. 
          THOSE WILL BE FOR YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          I THINK WE'RE UP TO AIRPORT AND I BELIEVE IT'LL COME UP WELL. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL, BRIAN COLLUP, AIRPORT PROGRAMS MANAGER IS HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT SOME EXCITING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT THIS YEAR. 
          TO START OFF WITH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING. 
          SNOW REMOVAL AT THE AIRPORT IS A MAJOR OPERATION THAT IS HANDLED BY THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND FIREFIGHTING STAFF. 
          THIS YEAR FOR EXAMPLE IN JANUARY WE HAD 65 INCHES OF SNOW AND THE AIRPORT STAFF WERE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH OUR FLEET OF SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT AND KEEP THE AIRPORT RUNWAY OPEN EVERY DAY THIS WINTER SO FAR WITHOUT ANY WEATHER-RELATED CLOSURES. 
          BIG KUDOS TO THAT TEAM. 
          ACTUALLY, SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS MEETING TODAY, THE DAILY SUN POSTED A VIDEO WITH SOME INTERVIEWS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO CHECK THAT OUT IF THEY GET A CHANCE. 
          IT DOES INCLUDE SOME SHOTS OF THE EQUIPMENT BAY THAT WE CURRENTLY USE THAT STACY TALKED ABOUT WITH THE VEHICLES BEING SO CLOSELY PACKED IN THERE. 
          THIS BUILDING WILL HOPEFULLY HELP US MITIGATE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, SAFE OPERATION FOR OUR PLACE. 
          THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE ADJACENT TO OUR EXISTING AIRPORT RESCUE FIREFIGHTING STATION. 
          HALF OF THAT STATION IS CURRENTLY USED TO STORE STEERABLE EQUIPMENT, WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT BEING STORED IN OTHER AREAS AROUND THE AIRFIELD, INCLUDING IN HANGERS THAT COULD OTHERWISE BE RUNNING THE AIRCRAFT [INAUDIBLE] AIRCRAFT. 
          THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WILL INCLUDE 12 BAYS FOR STORAGE OF SNOW REMOVAL AND OTHER AIRFIELD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE AIRPORT FLEET. 
          WHICH IS CURRENTLY EIGHT PIECES OF SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT PLUS OUR AIRFIELD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT. 
          THAT EQUIPMENT IS FAIRLY SIZABLE. 
          THEY'RE VERY LARGE TRUCKS AND TRACTORS, AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF LARGE ATTACHMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MOVED AROUND WITH CRANES INTO THE BUILDING. 
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IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE BUILDING. 
          THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THE BUILDING IS $24.8 MILLION. 
          AS WITH MANY PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, THAT'S BEEN A BIT OF A MOVING TARGET WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONSTANTLY HAVING PRICE CHANGES. 
          AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE DESIGN, WE'LL REALLY NAIL THAT DOWN. 
          AS STACY FOBAR NICKS MENTIONED IN HER PRESENTATION, THE FUNDING FOR THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN AWARDED, BUT WE FEEL THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION WITH THE FEDERAL GRANTS TO FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT. 
          SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN FOR THAT. 
          I SHOWED 90 PERCENT HERE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 91.06 PERCENT FEDERALLY FUNDED, WITH THE REMAINDER BEING STATE AND LOCAL MATCH. 
          THE FEDERAL FUNDING COMES FROM A MIX OF FEDERAL GRANTS. 
          THAT'S FAA ENTITLEMENT GRANTS, DISCRETIONARY FAA GRANTS, PLUS FUNDING FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT'S ALLOCATED TO AIRPORTS ALONG WITH THOSE STATE-LOCAL MATCHES. 
          DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO START IN FALL OF 2023 IF EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID IS IN CURRENT SCHEDULE. 
          STACY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CARES ACT GRANTS AND THE SHIFT THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SOME FEDERAL FUNDING FROM TRADITIONALLY CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MEANS THIS PROJECTS. 
          IN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BY DEFINITION MORE THAN MAINTENANCE REALM, THAT THEY'RE LARGE ENOUGH IN SCOPE THAT WE DECIDED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEM DURING OUR CAPITAL OF DATE TODAY. 
          ONE OF THOSE IS OUR PARKING LOT MAJOR PROJECTS. 
          THIS GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IN THAT SPECIAL WORK SESSION EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THE AIRPORTS BAY PARKING PROGRAM. 
          THAT PROGRAM IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO OPEN UP THAT ECONOMY LOT, WHICH IS THE MAIN PARKING LOT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THESE TERMINAL MAINTENANCE PROJECTS IS THAT OUR CURRENT AIRPORT PARKING LOT, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1993 AND EXPANDED IN 1997, IS SO CLOSE TO CAPACITY THAT IT DOESN'T ALLOW US THE FREEDOM TO GET IN THERE AND CONDUCT ANY MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUR ECONOMY LOT OPEN SO THAT WE CAN START SHIFTING VEHICLES OUT OF THE TERMINAL LOT. 
          THAT COULD OPEN SPACES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO PARK. 
          THAT WILL LET US GET IN IN THREE PHASES TO UPDATE THE TERMINAL LOT. 
          THAT WORK IS ALL SCHEDULED FOR THE SUMMER. 
          IT'LL BE A THREE-PAGE, THIS PROJECT, PROBABLY STARTING IN THE NORTH HALF OF OUR CURRENT TERMINAL LOT AND THEN SHIFTING THE OTHER TWO, AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO COST $2.2 MILLION AND IS 100 PERCENT COVERED THROUGH THOSE CARES OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRAINTS. 
          ANOTHER SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON FUNDING THROUGH THOSE CARES GRANTS ARE UPDATES TO OUR AIRPORT TERMINAL. 
          THE AIRPORT TERMINAL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1993, SO 30 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT THE TERMINAL OPERATES 365 DAYS A YEAR AND IN 2021, WE SAW OVER 115,000 PASSENGER ENPLANEMENTS. 
          THE ENPLANEMENT IS A PASSENGER DEPARTING ON A COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. 
          IF YOU CONSIDER THAT ROUGHLY IN EVERY DEPARTURE THERE'S AN ARRIVAL, WE'RE SEEING SEVERAL 100,000 PASSENGERS PASS THROUGH OUR TERMINAL ANNUALLY. 
          IT DOES SEE A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR. 
          FIRST OFF, STARTING ANYTIME NOW WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET THE GO-AHEAD ON THE PROJECT TO CONDUCT SOME MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TERMINAL. 
          THE FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO INCLUDE ROOF REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT OF FLOOR ALL OF OUR MAIN ENTRY DOORS, REPAINTING OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE TERMINAL, PLUS SOME MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS TO OUR AIRLINE OFFICES IN TSA OFFICE. 
          THAT PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COST RIGHT AROUND $850,000 AND WILL BE FOLLOWED UP WITH A SECOND PHASE OF MAINTENANCE PROJECTS LATER THIS SUMMER. 
          WE'LL REPLACE THE FLOORING AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL INTERIOR REPAIRS TO THE INSIDE OF THE TERMINAL. 
          CONCURRENTLY WITH THOSE PROJECTS, WE'RE ALSO UNDERGOING EFFORTS TO REPLACE THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITHIN THE TERMINAL AND UPDATE OUR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. 
          THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO START IN MAY. 
          >> BRIAN, CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE NEW FLOORING? I THINK COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE. 
          >> SURE. FLOORING AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW IS CARPET SQUARES. 
          IT'S NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SEE IN THIS OFFICE HERE. 
          BUT IT DOES SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AS I MENTIONED, AND WE SEE A LOT OF SPILLS. 
          PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE AIRPORT ARE OFTEN CARRYING BEVERAGES, OR WE SEE PETS IN THERE, SO IT'S A CHALLENGING MATERIAL TO MAINTAIN. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS ON SOME ADDITIONAL FLOORING OPTIONS. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY AIRPORTS IN SIMILAR CLIMATES TO FLAGSTAFF. 
          YOU MIGHT GO TO AIRPORT LIKE PHOENIX, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S IN SHINY TERRAZZO FLOORS, WHICH LOOK REALLY NICE, BUT HERE IN A PLACE WITH SNOW AND ICE POTENTIALLY BEING ATTRACTIVE, IT MAYBE NOT THE BEST OPTION TO AVOID THINGS LIKE SLIPS AND FALLS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING INTO OPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF RUBBERIZED FLOORING THAT ARE NON-STICK, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME NICE ACOUSTIC QUALITIES, IT DAMPENS NOISE WITHIN THE TERMINAL, 
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ALSO IT'S VERY EASY FOR SPILL CLEANUP AND SHED WEAR PRETTY WELL. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT REPLACEMENT. 
          BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT WILL BRING INTO THE TERMINAL. 
          THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THAT PHASE TWO THAT I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 
          >> THANKS. THAT'S GREAT. 
          >> THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT CARES MAINTENANCE PROJECT. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN SOME NEEDED AND HOPEFULLY I APPRECIATE THE EXCITING CHANGES AT THE AIRPORT FACILITIES. 
          THAT HOPEFULLY MAKE VERY MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SAME? NO, I THINK GARY MILLER IS UP NEXT. 
          THAT'S THE WATER SERVICES I THINK SO. 
          >> WE'VE BEEN CHATTING TOTALLY OFF SCRIPT HERE, BUT YOU MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN WATCH THE VIDEO. 
          WE MIGHT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT. 
          CJ SAYS THAT IT'S TWO-AND-A-HALF MINUTES, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE CHECKING WITH YOU, MAYOR AND SEE IF YOU'RE UP FOR A LITTLE VIDEO. 
          WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S ON THE VIDEO. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE FUN. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> I'VE WATCHED AND I GOT AN INSIGHT OF IT. 
          >> IS IT A GOOD VIDEO? 
          >> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD, BUT I MIGHT BE BIASED. 
          >> OF COURSE YOU ARE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> COULD YOU BEAR WITH US A MINUTE? 
          >> WE'RE TAKING TIME OUT FROM THE AIRPORT, NOT WITH YOUR DISCUSSION. 
          >> IT'S REALLY QUICK. 
          >> NO WORRIES. 
          >> THANKS, CJ. 
          >> WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SOUND ONLINE, BUT [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] LET'S GET BACK. 
          IT'S REMARKABLE TO SEE THAT WE JUST HEARD LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD SNOWIEST JANUARY. 
          YOU'VE NEVER HAD A CLOSURE. 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> IT'S ON OUR GRATITUDE. 
          >> THAT'S A GREAT YEAR FOR OUR TEAM. 
          OUR RUNWAY SURFACE CHANGED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND SO WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR EQUIPMENT TO MATCH THAT. 
          THEY REALLY SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS GETTING THAT DIALED IN AND I THINK THIS HERE SHOWS THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK. 
          >> GREAT. THANKS. 
          >> WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US, GARY? 
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[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> I ACTUALLY WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK. 
          I FORGOT TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROJECTS THAT I INTRODUCED EARLIER, THE WILDCAT PROJECTS. 
          THE CO-GEN IN PEPSI, WE ACTUALLY HAD THOSE NEARLY 100 PERCENT DESIGN. 
          WE'VE RE-ENGAGED THOSE CONSULTANTS TO FINISH THOSE UP AND GOES FORWARD. 
          THEN THE REAL PROJECT, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, THE BOND PRODUCTS I REFERRED TO EARLIER. 
          WE HADN'T STARTED DESIGN ON EITHER OF THOSE, BUT WE'VE STARTED TO ENGAGE SOME DESIGN CONSULTANTS TO START WORKING ON THOSE. 
          I APOLOGIZE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. 
          THEN I WANTED TO MAKE REFERENCE TO SOMETHING STACY PRESENTED ON EARLIER AND THAT WAS THE INFLATION REDUCTION. 
          BOTH THE CO-GEN PROJECT AND THE DIGESTER PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT WE FEEL LIKELY WILL QUALIFY FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS AND ARE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS ON THOSE PROJECTS USING THOSE CONSULTANTS RIGHT HERE. 
          UNDER THE PARTIALLY FUNDED CATEGORY, LARGE SERVICES HAS I THINK FOUR SLIDES. 
          TREVOR IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE REAL PLANT DIGESTERS. 
          THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A NEED LAST YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. 
          WE ENGAGED A DESIGN CONSULTANT TO START DESIGN ON THAT. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 60 PERCENT DESIGN. 
          THE REASON WE'RE MOVING WITH THIS PROJECT SO QUICKLY IS BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMMINENT NEED FOR CAPACITY INCREASES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT. 
          I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER. 
          OUR SOLIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY IS AT CAPACITY AS IT STANDS TODAY OR VERY NEAR CAPACITY AND THE PROJECTED NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SOLIDS TREATMENT CAPACITY IS EXPECTED BY AUGUST OF 2024. 
          I HAVE BEEN TRACKING OUR ADDITIONAL OR INCREASES IN OUR WASTEWATER FLOWS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE DO CALCULATIONS FOR TREATMENT FLOWS IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MATCH WHAT WE SEE OR WHAT COMES IN AFTER DEVELOPMENT HAS COME IN. 
          OUR HYDRAULIC DEMAND HAS AN INCREASED A LOT. 
          BUT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL IN NEED OF THAT SOLID TREATMENT CAPACITY. 
          WE'RE AT 60 PERCENT DESIGN. 
          WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED 60 PERCENT DESIGN PLANS LAST WEEK. 
          OUR STAFF IS REVIEWING THOSE RIGHT NOW. 
          I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY HAD A CHANCE TO CRACK OPEN THOSE PLANS YET AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE AN IMAGE OF THE SITE PLAN THAT OUR DESIGNERS PUT TOGETHER. 
          BASICALLY, IT'S TWO NEW POINTER OBVIOUSLY. 
          >>BUT OTHER THAN THAT CAN WE POINT THIS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN. 
          >> WHAT DO YOU GUYS MIND IF I TALK OVER HERE? 
          >> JUST TALK LAST WEEK AND GET YOU ON THE MICROPHONE. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND YOU CAN USE THE MOUSE. 
          >> CAN YOU SEE MY MOUSE YET? 
          >> YES. 
          >> YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING FACILITY. 
          WE'VE GOT THE OPERATIONS BUILDING, THE PRIMARY CLARIFIERS AERATION BASIN TO THE SECONDARY CLARIFIERS. 
          THAT'S WHAT EXISTS OUT THERE TODAY AND THEN THE SOLAR FIELDS HERE IN. 
          THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, IT INCLUDES THE TWO NEW DIGESTER BUILDINGS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. 
          IT INCLUDES MOTOR CONTROL UNITS AS WELL AS IN SEAWATER FACILITY. 
          ONCE THE SOLIDS ARE DEWATERED AT RIO, THE BYPRODUCTS OF THAT THE SOLIDS ARE THEN GOING TO BE SHIPPED TO WILDCAT FOR FINAL DISPOSAL. 
          THE OTHER BLOCKS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE ARE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF RIO. 
          RIGHT NOW, RIO HAS TWO TRAINS THAT WE UTILIZE FOR TREATMENT. 
          THEY'RE IDENTICAL IN NATURE AND THE FINAL BUILD-OUT FOR RIO INCLUDES THREE TRAIN FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MILLION GALLON CAPACITY AND MY COMPUTER KEEPS GOING ASLEEP ON ME. 
          CHANGE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REAL PROJECT? I THINK I HIT ON ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON A CMAR, OUR SUB QUEUE RIGHT NOW, THE DESIGN CONSULTANTS DRAFTING BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT 
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ADVERTISED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH TWO SEPARATE GMP'S. 
          A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DELIVERED QUICKLY AND THIS INCLUDES STORMWATER PROJECTS. 
          IT INCLUDES THE REAL PROJECT WE'RE GOING WITH A CMAR PROCESS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF PROCUREMENT ISSUES. 
          IT'S A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT IS AT LEAST A YEAR OUT. 
          WE NEED TO GET A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT ORDERED NOW, SO WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO US FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO TREVOR HERE TO TALK ABOUT INNER RISK. 
          >> THANKS, GARY. [APPLAUSE] THE INNERVATION PIPELINE PROJECT IS GOING TO REPAIR A PIPELINE, A WATER LINE COMING FROM THE INNER BASIN THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY RECENT WILDLAND FIRES. 
          ON JANUARY 10TH AND 17TH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BEFORE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS A DESIGN BUILD SERVICES CONTRACT THAT WAS AWARDED. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF DETAIL GIVEN THERE, PROJECT TEAM CONSISTED OF THE FOREST SERVICE, THE DESIGNER, AND THE CONTRACTOR, THE STAFF FROM THE CITY, AND THEY PROVIDED ALL THAT INFORMATION MORE IN DEPTH THERE. 
          I WON'T GO OVER TOO MUCH OF THE DETAILS. 
          BUT THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS ROUGHLY $10 MILLION, THE DESIGN COSTS WILL COME THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE VETTED. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT MORE INFORMATION. 
          WE'LL GATHER WHAT DETAILS NEED TO BE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. 
          BUT THAT FINAL COSTS WILL BE VETTED THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE WILL BE BEFORE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE. 
          THE DESIGN PROCESS AGAIN IS IN PROGRESS, CONSTRUCTION WILL START LATER THIS SUMMER. 
          THERE MIGHT BE SOME ACTIVITIES RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT'S COVERED WITH SNOW, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. 
          BUT JUST HAMPERS ANY INVESTIGATION THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE DESIGN. 
          BUT WE'LL FINISH THAT LATER THIS FALL. 
          GET THAT THROUGH THERE. 
          THEN CONSTRUCTION START AGAIN MAYBE AT THE END OF 2023 AND THEN ROLLING INTO '24. 
          THEY'LL BE A QUICK PROJECT TO TRY TO GET THAT WATERLINE REPAIRED. 
          COUNCIL ACTIVITIES THAT STAFF WILL BRING BEFORE YOU, AGAIN WILL BE MORE GMP'S RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          THEN WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR INSPECTION SERVICES. 
          WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO INSPECT AND TEST. 
          IF WE WERE TO ALLOCATE A RESOURCE CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY ON INSPECTION, SERVICES, AND INSPECTOR THAT WOULD TAKE A FULL DAY IF NOT LONGER MORE, WHATEVER THE CONTRACT DURATION, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED AND THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE PROJECTS THAT ARE DOWN HERE. 
          THE PLAN IS TO DO A CONTRACT FOR INSPECTION SERVICES SO WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE, NOT A CITY RESOURCE. 
          THAT FREEZE THAT UP. 
          THAT SHOULD BE COMING BEFORE YOU SOMETIME IN 2023, BUT WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT ON THE WORKING CALENDAR. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW, MORE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED ON JANUARY 10TH AND JANUARY 17TH. 
          >> I THOUGHT YOU ARE GETTING RID OF ME WITH THAT APPLAUSE. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WELCOME BACK. 
          >> THANKS [INAUDIBLE] THE NEXT ITEM UNDER THE PARTIALLY FUNDED PROJECTS ARE NORESCO PROJECTS. 
          LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT NORESCO PROJECTS ARE. 
          NORESCO IS A COMPANY THAT COMES TO THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND LOOKS AT ALL OF OUR TREATMENT PROCESSES AND SAYS, "IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO MORE EFFICIENTLY FROM AN ENERGY PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY?" WHAT THEY DO IS THEY FUND THAT PROJECT AND THEN WITH THOSE ENERGY SAVINGS THEY GET THE MONEY FROM THOSE ENERGY SAVINGS TO FUND THAT PROJECT. 
          THEY FUND IT UPFRONT AND THEN WE PAY THEM BACK THROUGH THE ENERGY SAVINGS OF THAT PROJECT. 
          THE PROJECTS THAT NORESCO HAS IDENTIFIED ARE, ONE, THE WILDCAT SEPTAGE AND GREASE STATION WITH GREASEZILLA. 
          ACTUALLY IT'S JUST THE GREASEZILLA PROJECT THAT THEY'RE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WE WOULD HAVE TO UPGRADE OUR SEPTAGE AND GREASE FACILITY. 
          THIS IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR WILDCAT, 
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BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE SEPTAGE AND GREASE RECEIVING STATION SENDS ALL OF THAT WASTE DIRECTLY INTO THE HEAD OF THE PLANT. 
          IT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PRIMARY CLARIFIERS, THROUGH IFAS, THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. 
          IDEALLY THAT WASTE WOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR DIGESTERS. 
          BY INSTALLING THAT SEPTAGE AND GREASE RECEIVING STATION IT WOULD HELP HOW THE PLANT OPERATES. 
          THEN GREASEZILLA, WHICH IS WHAT NORESCO IS INTERESTED IN, BASICALLY TAKES THAT WASTE GREASE AND TURNS IT INTO A [INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, BUT THERE'S A BENEFICIAL USE AS A RESULT OF GREASEZILLA THAT THE CITY COULD THEN SELL OR DISTRIBUTE IN SOME WAY [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> CAN I JUST ASK WHAT IS A DIGESTER? 
          >> A DIGESTER? 
          >> YEAH. WHAT IS THAT? 
          >> A DIGESTER IS WHAT TREATS OUR SOLID WASTE AS PART OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS. 
          >> KIND OF DIGEST, IF I THINK ABOUT IT IN THAT TERM? 
          >> YES. THERE'S ACTUALLY A BUNCH OF BUGS IN THERE THAT HELP BREAK IT DOWN. 
          [OVERLAPPING] COUNCIL MEMBER AT OUR APRIL 7TH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RETREAT, YOU'LL KNOW EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DIGESTERS. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] SO EXCITING. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I'M GOING TO WALK OVER TO THE SCREEN AGAIN BECAUSE I WANT TO POINT AT A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT ON THIS LIST IS THE WILDCAT MECHANICAL DEWATERING. 
          THIS PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF OUR WILDCAT TREATMENT FACILITY. 
          AFTER SOLIDS DIGESTION, WHICH IS IN THESE DIGESTERS HERE, THAT WASTE GETS PUMPED INTO OUR CURRENT DEWATERING FACILITIES. 
          WILDCAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED WITH THESE SOLIDS SETTLING BASINS, WHICH ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, WELL I SHOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING, THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING AT THEIR FULL CAPACITY, THERE'S NEEDED MAINTENANCE FOR THEM. 
          WHEN THEY WERE FUNCTIONING AT 100 PERCENT CAPACITY IT DOESN'T MEET OUR CURRENT NEEDS. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN, BUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE BUILT A TEMPORARY SOLUTION WITH THESE GEO BAGS. 
          AGAIN, THESE GEO BAGS HELP WITH THAT DEWATERING PROCESS TO REMOVE MUCH OF THE LIQUID. 
          THEN ONCE THE DEWATERING PROCESS IS DONE, IT GOES INTO THE DEDICATED LAND DISPOSAL, WHICH IS THIS BIG FIELD THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          MECHANICAL DEWATERING REPLACES THE SOLID SETTLING BASINS AND THOSE GEO BAGS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT NORESCO'S INTERESTED IN. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY, AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GEO BAGS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT A REUSABLE PRODUCT, SO WE HAVE TO BUY THOSE GEO BAGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          IT'S A HEAVILY INTENSIVE STAFF PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET OUT THERE WITH EQUIPMENT, MOVE STUFF AROUND, [LAUGHTER] AND TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM. 
          THAT'S WHY NORESCO IS INTERESTED IN THIS. 
          NEXT IS ABAC AERATION. 
          AS PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS YOU AERATE YOUR WASTE, SO THAT BUGS CAN DO THEIR WORK. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU DO YOUR AERATION IS YOUR AMMONIA LEVELS. 
          CURRENTLY AT RIO, WE JUST PUT IN AIR BASED ON WHAT OUR BLOWERS CAN DO. 
          I TALKED ABOUT THE TURBO BLOWERS EARLIER, THAT PRODUCT HAS TO BE COMPLETED FIRST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THOSE BLOWERS ARE OPERATING AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW, SO ONCE WE GET THE TURBO BLOWERS PUT IN, THEN WE CAN INCLUDE THIS ABAC AERATION OR THE AMMONIA-CONTROLLED AERATION, WHICH WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY IT TAKES TO AERATE THOSE BASINS, AS WELL AS PUTTING IN THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF AIR FOR THE TREATMENT PROCESS. 
          THEN FINALLY ON THIS LIST IS FUTURE SOLAR DRYING. 
          THAT IS THE IMAGE ON THE FAR LEFT. 
          AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE DEWATERING PROCESS, YOU CAN PUT YOUR WASTE INTO SOLAR DRYING, AND IT DRIES IT EVEN FURTHER AND IMPROVES THE QUALITY 
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OF YOUR SOLID WASTE AND IT BECOMES A VALUABLE PRODUCT AFTER THAT. 
          IT INCREASES THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT WASTE. 
          >> GOOD QUESTIONS REALLY FAST. 
          TO THE POINT YOU JUST MADE, IT WOULD BE AT A CLASS A BIOSOLID, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. 
          >> FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP STANDPOINT, AND THIS IS WHY SUSTAINABILITY IS INVOLVED WITH THIS, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE, YOU HAVE AN ENERGY-SAVING COMPONENT HERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE. 
          >> BENEFICIAL REUSE. 
          >> THAT BENEFICIAL REUSE OF A PRODUCT RIGHT NOW THAT'S JUST BEING APPLIED TO LAND, WITH SOME NOXIOUS EFFECTS. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF NORESCO MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS FROM WHAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW? 
          >> I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WITH NORESCO, IF THERE'S SOMEONE FROM SUSTAINABILITY, I KNOW THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL OF INTERESTS OR WHAT THE PLANS ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS AT THIS TIME. 
          >> WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE WHO CAN HELP US. 
          >> HI FOLKS, JENNY NEIMAN, CLIMATE AND ENERGY MANAGER. 
          I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, AND RICK TADDER, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AS RICK HAS BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED. 
          [LAUGHTER] WE'RE LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY A TWO-PHASE PROJECT WITH NORESCO. 
          THERE ARE MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO ALL CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FACILITIES, AND REALLY CAPITALIZING ON ENERGY SAVINGS THAT CAN BE ESSENTIALLY FINANCED. 
          THEN WE GET MONEY BACK BECAUSE OF ALL THE ENERGY SAVINGS OF UPGRADING A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, ALSO LIGHTING, ETC. 
          WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF FINANCING IS A FIRST PHASE OF A PROJECT, WHICH WOULD REALLY FOCUS ON WEATHERIZATION AND LIGHTING. 
          SOME OF THOSE LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT REALLY IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS, JUST THE SAME AS IN YOUR HOME AND IN UPGRADING TO LED LIGHT BULBS. 
          THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CONTRACT WOULD BE THESE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE MECHANICAL, BIG EQUIPMENT CHANGES AT OUR WATER PLANTS AS WELL AS OTHER FACILITIES. 
          RICK, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THE TIMING OF THOSE TWO WOULD BE, BUT THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE FIRST PHASE. 
          >> THANKS, JEN. 
          >> I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN MUCH OF WHAT OUR SIDE OR THE OTHER, JUST DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTS AND SO FORTH. 
          WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE LIGHTING, WHETHER IT'S OF SUCH, YOU'LL SEE THAT BEFORE COUNCIL IN NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING A CONTRACT AND HOPEFULLY MOVE THOSE FORWARD. 
          BUT THAT PUTS US ON THE PATH TO DO THE NEXT PHASES WITH WATER SERVICES, BUT ALSO WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THIS TEAM. 
          THE CONCEPT IS THE COST, YOU SAY LONG-TERM CAN HELP FINANCE THE UP FRONT COST OF GETTING THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND GET AN IMPACT EARLY ON FOR MAKING THESE CHANGES. 
          BUT WE HAVEN'T SET SCHEDULE YET FOR THIS PAGE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS GARY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY GARY. 
          >> YES. YOUR QUESTION. 
          >> WHAT IS THE REUSABLE PRODUCTS, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? 
          >> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. YOU GO FIRST. 
          >> AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT CAN BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, FOR PEARLITE. 
          >> THEN THE FRUIT [INAUDIBLE]? [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW THE REGULATIONS ON THE AGRICULTURAL USE OF WASTE. 
          LET'S LOOK FOR CLASS A WASTE. 
          I THINK THERE ARE SOME RULES AS TO WHAT AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES YOU CAN USE IT FOR, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. 
          I WILL SHARE WITH THE CLASS A PRODUCT WHICH IS ENTIRELY INNOCUOUS. 
          IT'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD BUY AT A GREENHOUSE, FRANKLY, IN TERMS OF FERTILIZER, THERE'S A MARKET FOR IT. 
          I'VE SEEN THIS LEVEL OF PROCESSING AND BIOSOLIDS BEFORE AND THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THE PRODUCT TO BE USED MOSTLY. 
          MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AS RESIDENTIAL USAGE, AND IT'S GREAT. 
          IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL REUSE OF A PRODUCT THAT RIGHT NOW IS JUST BEING LAND APPLYING. 
          YOU HAVE TO OPEN YOUR MIND. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THIS ISN'T ANYTHING NEW. 
          I REMEMBER WHEN I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS BEFORE 1957. 
          HOPEFULLY I REMEMBER THAT YEAR, IT WAS USED BACK THEN. 
          I REMEMBER MY PARENTS WAS CALLED [INAUDIBLE] THE LANDSCAPE. 
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          >> WHAT'S THE CODE JUST SO I CAN WATCH FOR DIFFERENT BUYING FERTILIZER, [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> THE LONGER NIGHT. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> I FEEL MY FORCES [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> I'M WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE COSTS OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          THE CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR THE JUST THE SEPTAGE GREASE RECEIVING STATION IS ABOUT FIVE-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY A PROJECT THAT RESCUE WOULD LOOK FOR US TO HELP CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS SINCE THEY'RE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE GREASEZILLA PROJECT. 
          THE WATERING FACILITY I'M LOOKING AT SHEETS IS ROUGHLY SIX MILLION DOLLARS. 
          DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE BUDGETS FOR THE RIO AERATION. 
          SEE YOU BACK HERE. 
          BUT THEN THE SOLAR DRYING FACILITY. 
          CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR THAT ARE ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE? THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST IS THE LAKE MARY RAW WATER PIPELINE. 
          THIS PIPELINE IS WHAT TAKES OUR WATER FROM LAKE MARION INTO OUR LAKE MARY WATER TREATMENT PLANT. 
          THIS LINE IS 60 YEARS OLD, DEFINITELY FITS IN THAT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORY AND IT'S WONDERFUL. 
          IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS YOU KNOW AND AS TREVOR PRESENTED EARLIER. 
          WE HAD SOME DAMAGE TO THE INNER BASEMENT PIPELINE WHICH TAKES AWAY ONE OF OUR SIGNIFICANT WATER RESOURCES INSTANCE HAVE A SECONDARY FAILURE OF ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CRITICAL WATER RESOURCES IS NOT GOOD. 
          WE NEED TO UPGRADE THIS FACILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS MORE RESILIENT THAN IT IS TODAY. 
          I WANT TO SAY THIS STATISTIC IS WE'VE HAD SEVEN BREAKS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          THAT IS NOT A GOOD TRACK RECORD. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME REPLACEMENTS ACTUALLY WAS FUNDED RIGHT NOW. 
          WE WERE TRYING TO FINALIZE OUR CAPITAL BUDGETS. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE FUNDED FOR THIS IS THE ASSESSMENT. 
          BECAUSE OUR CAPITAL REVENUES DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS. 
          WE'RE DOING AN ASSESSMENT SO WE CAN TRY TO PRIORITIZE WHICH SEGMENTS WE'VE WORKED ON FIRST AND START TO PURSUE SOME FUNDING. 
          I AM SURE I HAVE BUDGET NUMBERS ON THAT. 
          I FORGOT TO PUT THEM ON THE SLIDE. I APOLOGIZE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          I'M TRYING TO SEE. 
          WHO'S NEXT? TREVOR IS NEXT. 
          IS THIS THE FINAL APPLAUSE THEN? 
          >> THIS IS THE FINAL APPLAUSE. 
          [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THIS PROJECT IS THE LAST SLIDE AND THIS PORTION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PRESENTATION. 
          THIS PROJECT OR THIS SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION WE HAVE IS PARTIALLY FUNDED. 
          THIS PROJECT FITS IN THERE, SO IT'S THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL ALIGNMENT OR REALIGNMENT OR ROAD OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT. 
          IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR QUITE AWHILE. 
          NOT AS LONG AS THE RIO, BUT IT HAS BEEN THERE. 
          IT'S BEEN IN THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          IT'S BEEN A LINE DRAWN IN THERE, BUT BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE AN ARTERIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN FOURTH STREET AND BUTLER, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO JOHN WESLEY POWELL, WHICH IS NEAR PINE CANYON. 
          THAT WILL BE A PROJECT THAT IS COMING UP AND THE REASON WHY WE SAY THIS IS PARTIALLY FUNDED IS THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 40 PERCENT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT OR THE LAND OWNERS ADJACENT TO THIS ARTERIAL ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 60 PERCENT. 
          THAT IS HOW THIS PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED AND WILL BE DELIVERED. 
          IN THE PICTURE, IT IS SHOWN AS THE YELLOW LINE, AND LAST SUMMER, I'M GOING TO SAY MAY OR JUNE. 
          WE WERE BEFORE YOU, THE COUNCIL WE GAVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN COUNCIL GAVE US DIRECTION ON THIS ALIGNMENT. 
          PREVIOUSLY, IT USED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER PARCELS LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST, BUT THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT WE WERE GIVEN DIRECTION ON AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH. 
          BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT AGAIN, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED IS 40 PERCENT CITY, 
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60 PERCENT ADJACENT LANDOWNERS. 
          THE CITY'S FY23 AMOUNT CURRENTLY IS JUST OVER NINE MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THE LANDOWNERS, THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS WILL PROVIDE THEIR PERCENTAGE AND I DON'T WANT TO DO MATH, BUT I'M GOING TO GUESS IT'S POSSIBLY WELL OVER 11 MILLION. 
          BUT WE'RE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY STAFF IS WORKING ON A SPECIFIC PLAN THAT WILL DEFINE HOW THIS AREA WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR LAND USE. 
          THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS. 
          THIS EFFORT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. 
          THEN WE WILL JUMP INTO THE DESIGN. 
          THIS DESIGN ITSELF, IT GOES THROUGH WHAT THIS ROW IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          HOW BIG ALL THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED THAT WILL BE DESCRIBED AND DEFINED FROM THE SPECIFIC PLAN. 
          ALL THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO THE DESIGN. 
          THAT TOO WILL BE ABOUT A YEAR. 
          WE WILL HAVE DESIGN GOING POSSIBLY IN 2024. 
          WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          THEN WHEN THE DESIGN IS DONE, WE'LL JUMP INTO CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE ARE ESTIMATING TO BE ABOUT 2025. 
          THAT WILL BE COORDINATION WITH ALL THE LANDOWNERS, ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON OUT THERE. 
          WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT. 
          IT IS SOME WORK IN THERE, THERE ARE SOME AGREEMENTS IN THE WORKS AND WE WILL BRING THAT BEFORE YOU. 
          THOSE WILL BE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD SEE COMING UP, POSSIBLY THIS CALENDAR YEAR, MAYBE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. 
          HAVE THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR REVIEW. 
          >> I WILL ADD A CAPSULE. 
          WE'RE HAVING VERY FRUITFUL MEETINGS WITH THE LANDOWNERS ON THIS. 
          WE BEAT ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS, MANY OF THEM FLYING IN FROM OUT-OF-STATE. 
          IT'S EXCITING TO WATCH THIS COME TOGETHER. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVITY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND IT JUST SEEMS THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THIS AND THAT I WON'T EXCLUDING ANYBODY. 
          I'LL JUST SAY IN GENERAL TERMS, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT THE TABLE, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM. 
          WE HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION. 
          OUR OFFICE IS SITTING IN AND OTHERS. 
          DID I MISS ANYBODY? 
          >> I THINK YOU, WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE ROLL. 
          >> THE MEETINGS ARE GREAT AND YOU SEEM TO BE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. 
          JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          >> THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PORTION. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND COUNCIL AND MAYBE JUST CONVEY THAT, WE TAKE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUBMARINE, WHICH IS THE FIVE-YEAR. 
          THAT COVERS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR PLUS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          ON THOSE PROJECTS FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, UNDER STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE ROUGHLY AT ABOUT $90 MILLION THAT ARE BUDGETED. 
          IN THE NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR, AND POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TONS OF MONEY, MILLIONS DOLLARS SPENT ON CONSTRUCTION. 
          AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DESIGN THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND STARTED, THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD, AND COUNSEL HAS BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL ON HELPING US, DIRECTING US, GIVING US GUIDANCE. 
          WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THAT AND THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE PLANNING TO MOVE THE CITY IN A GOOD DIRECTION AND KEEP THIS PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD. 
          THAT IS IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS, TREVOR. [APPLAUSE] IS THERE MORE OR? 
          >> NO, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          >> SO WE WRAP UP? 
          >> NO TIME FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          [5. Public Participation]
          >> WANT TO KEEP GOING? 
          >> GOOD AS SIX OR SEVEN. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> MAYOR WE HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER TODAY AND I THINK IT WAS VERY GENEROUS TO ACCOMMODATE A STEEP BEFORE HE HAD TO LEAVE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T EXCLUDE ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE ONLINE. 
          >> YOU HAVE ONE COMMENT FROM ONLINE. 
          WE HAVE ADAM SHAMONT. 
          >> HEY, MAYOR AND ALL COUNCIL. I GO AHEAD? 
          >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD, ADAM. 
          >> AWESOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          I KNOW THAT I AM PROBABLY THE LAST THING HOLDING YOU UP BEFORE YOU ALL CAN 
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PART ON A WONDERFUL LONG-BUDGET RETREAT THAT YOU HAD TODAY. 
          IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 
          I WISH I WAS THERE IN PERSON. 
          I ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET THERE, BUT I WENT TO THE WRONG LOCATION. BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          WORE MY BEST GREEN SHIRT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH TEAM FLAG AND THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          BUT GREAT THAT YOU HAD TODAY AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TUNING INTO YOUR CONVERSATIONS. 
          LOTS OF VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS BEING ADDRESSED. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS OF CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP AND THE COUNCIL. 
          YOU ARE DOING AMAZING WORK FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          MY NAME IS ADAM SHAMONT. 
          I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE FLAGSTAFF BITING ORGANIZATION TODAY FIO, WHICH HAS ABOUT 2,500 SUPPORTING MEMBERS. 
          I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO FUND THE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH YOU ALL AND THE 3D POSITIONS IN THE PROGRAM FUNDING. 
          YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT UPDATES NOW FROM CAPITAL. 
          BUT NOT MUCH WAS DISCUSSED IN REGARDS TO THOSE FIVE PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL OUTLINED LAST YEAR. 
          ALSO THE BIG SHIFT IDEAS AND THEIR POSITIONS. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY, IN THE UPCOMING CAPITAL RETREAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DONE TO FURTHER INTO SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          THE POSITIONS AND FUNDING WILL HELP THE CITY BETTER ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY AND POLICIES NEEDED OUTLINED WITHIN THE ADT AND P VISION ZERO ORIGINAL PLAN, CLIMATE NEUTRALITY PLAN, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. 
          THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL HAS PUT THE POLICY DOCUMENTS INTO PLACE AND NOW IT'S TIME TO SEE ACTION IS WHAT I'M THINKING. 
          THE OTHER FUNDING COMPONENTS TO BE CONSIDERED ARE THE FIVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE ATMP AND THAT CANCELED FUNDED DESIGN WORK TO 15%. 
          WE WERE HOPING THAT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS AND STACY VK, YOU CRUSH IT FOR THE CITY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          BUT I DO WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THIS FRONT IF YOU'VE LOOKED FOR GRANTS FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THAT OR IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO. 
          BUT I DO WONDER TREVOR AND TEAM IF FUNDING HAS BEEN LOOKED FOR THESE FIVE PROJECTS AND APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. 
          PERHAPS LIKELY FOR 19 FUNDS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED. 
          WE'RE USING 12 MILLION FOR THE BEULAH ALIGNMENT. 
          I WONDER IF A COUPLE OF MILLION COULD BE FOUND FOR THIS. 
          THE KEY PROJECTS AS I'M RUNNING ON MY TIME THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ARE ALONG BUTLER, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AREAS OF TOWN FOR A CYCLIST OR PEDESTRIAN. 
          THE ELEVATION OF THE BIKE PILOT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO BE FUNDED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDEWALK, CREATING FOOT'S TRAILS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SIDEWALK, RATHER STREET AND ALSO THOSE INTERSECTIONS. 
          I'M OUT OF TIME, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 
          >> THANK YOU, ADAM. 
          >> THANKS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEAKER, JOE GARY? 
          >> ANYWHERE NEAR THE MICROPHONE SPEAKS. 
          >> THIS IS OKAY? 
          >> YES. 
          >> GREAT MAYOR-COUNCIL JOE GARY 101 WEST GROUPS 66, SENIOR ADVISOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THANKS SO MUCH FOR A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. 
          I'VE BEEN WATCHING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY. 
          KUDOS TO STAFF AND KUDOS TO YOU FOR YOUR GOOD QUESTIONS OF STAFF. 
          I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR A LOT OF THE SUBJECTS THAT I HEARD AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. 
          I WANT TO START FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE THANK-YOU TO HEIDI AND HER TEAM SPECIFICALLY JOHN SALTONSTALL, TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE 54 APPLICANTS FOR THE RPA FUNDS. 
          THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IS REALLY BIG WHEN WE DID A VERY SMALL PART IN PUSHING THAT NOTIFICATION NOW FOR APPLICATIONS AND WE WERE HAPPY TO DO IT AND WORK WITH THE CITY AND GETTING THE WORD OUT. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FRUITS THAT THAT WILL BRING. 
          THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WE JUST HEARD FROM RIO TO LONE TREE TO BULER TO BUTLER 4TH STREET AND ON, INCLUDING JW POWELL. 
          WHAT A TRANSITION THAT'LL BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, A TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT. 
          WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT TOO AS WELL. 
          A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I THINK ARE INTERESTING. 
          ONE IS A HOUSING, OF COURSE, REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR OUR EMPLOYERS. 
          AS YOU TACKLE THAT ISSUE MOVING FORWARD, WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED WITH YOU AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THAT. 
          ONE THING I'VE BEEN SUGGESTING, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE NO SHORTLIST OF ITEMS WITH THE COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT. 
          BUT PLEASE HAVE THAT AS A PRIORITY AS YOU HAVE JOINT WORK SESSIONS WITH THE COUNTY MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK THE SOLUTION WILL COME COLLECTIVELY AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT ALL OURSELVES. 
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BUT THE COUNTY HOPEFULLY CAN FIND SOME SPACE FOR US ON THE HOUSING ISSUE AND WE CAN GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THERE. 
          EXCITING NEWS ABOUT HB2543, I THINK THAT'LL BE HEARD IN A PROBES COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM NOW. 
          I SIGNED ON AND SUPPORTED THAT BILL. 
          JUST HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH RICK TADDER OFFLINE. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK RICK AND BRANDY PSEUDO I HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM IN DECEMBER TO JUST GO OVER SOME GENERAL BUDGET STUFF. 
          THE NEWS ON STORMWATER AS IT WAS PRESENTED TODAY, IS VERY POSITIVE FROM OUR POSITION. 
          WE'RE EXCITED AND WE WANT TO BE BEFORE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH SUPPORT FOR A FUNDING PACKAGE THAT GETS OUR NEEDS DONE. 
          OF COURSE, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          I HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. 
          ONE OF THE BIG ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM OBVIOUSLY IS THE CITY'S WAGE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND INTERESTING BILL THAT WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT TOO AS WELL. 
          I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH THE OFFLINE ON THAT SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE WORK BEST IN OUR COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS TO SOLVE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT CURRENTLY CREATES FOR OUR BUSINESS MEMBERS. 
          WITH THAT MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS I DID. 
          I'LL SAY THANK YOU, BUT I'M UPSET THAT COUNCILMAN, [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT IN THE ROOM WITH US. 
          [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WE COULD SEE TO IT THAT HE GETS THAT. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THE COUNCIL THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. 
          >> THANK YOU, JOE. TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> THANKS [INAUDIBLE] . THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          [NOISE] 
          >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND CITY STAFF. 
          EACH YEAR, GOT THE DAUNTING TASK OF CREATING A HUGE BUDGET TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF FLAG STAFFS COMMUNITY. 
          I RESPECT THIS PROCESS AND HARD DECISIONS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THOUGH I WANTED TO BRING ONE ITEM TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          FOR OVER 10- YEARS AND FOR NINE HABITAT HOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, HABITAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DECREASE THE PURCHASE PRICE OF EACH HOME BY UTILIZING THE INCENTIVE POLICY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THIS PARTICULAR FUND WAS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS IN PAST FISCAL YEARS AND OFFSET CITY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH AFFORDABLE HOME CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING MODEL-BUILDING PLAN REVIEW, BUILDING PERMITS, TITLE REPORT, CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW, WATER SEWER, CAPACITY, AND TAP FEES, ALONG WITH SOLAR PERMANENT FEES EQUALING $13,671 FOR OUR FIRST STARTER HOME CONSTRUCTION. 
          LAST WEEK, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS FUND NOW HAS A ZERO BALANCE AND MORE UNFORTUNATELY, THE RECENTLY PASSED HOUSING BOND FOR $20 MILLION DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MONIES TO SUPPORT THIS EXISTING FUND. 
          AS YOU KNOW, HABITAT RECENTLY RECEIVED A GENEROUS DONATION OF LAND VALUED OVER $2.7 MILLION TO HOST MORE THAN 40 MORE HABITAT STARTER HOMES. 
          THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVE FUND IS CRITICAL TO KEEPING THE COST OF HOMES DOWN SO THOSE SAVINGS DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE LOW-INCOME HOME BUYER. 
          LET ME BE CLEAR, THESE INCENTIVE FUNDS ARE NEVER GIFTED DIRECTLY TO HABITAT BUT CAN BE USED WITH A FORMAL FUNDING REQUEST. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THIS FUND IS ANOTHER TOOL FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE SELF-PROCLAIMED HOUSING EMERGENCY. 
          ALSO, KEEP IN MIND, HABITAT IS SIMPLY A CONDUIT FOR THE CITY TO REACH THEIR HOUSING GOALS AS A NON-PROFIT, EVERY HOME WE CREATE IS FUNDED THROUGH SMALL INDIVIDUAL GIFTS, CORPORATE SPONSORS, FOUNDATION GIFTS, EVENTS AND YES YOU OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY BECAUSE THE TRUE BENEFITS OF EVERY HOME THAT HABITAT BUILDS, OR THE FAMILIES THAT WE SUPPORT AND THE MISSION OF THE CITY'S 10-YEAR PLAN. 
          DURING OUR HOMEOWNER APPLICATION TIME FRAME FOR THE FIRST-EVER HOME WE HAD OVER 650 FAMILIES APPLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HOME. 
          I HAVE TO UNFORTUNATE DUTY OF LETTING 649 FAMILIES KNOW THEY WERE NOT SELECTED FOR THIS HAND UP UNTIL WEALTH SAVINGS PROGRAM SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BUILDING FAST ENOUGH. 
          YOU ALL HAVE HEARD AND SEEN OUR STARTER HOMES CREATE WEALTH THROUGH EQUITY SAVINGS. 
          EACH STARTER HOME WILL SUPPORT MULTIPLE FAMILIES AND OUR PERMANENT WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR ALSO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO BENEFIT FROM. 
          I FIRMLY REQUEST THAT EACH OF YOU THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER ALLOCATING A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO THE INITIATIVE POLICY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THIS FUND WAS DEPLETED BECAUSE IT WAS WORKING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY. 
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LET'S KEEP IT UP FOR OUR FAMILY STRUGGLING TO GET INTO HOUSING CONTINUUM SERVICES, AND OFF THE STREET. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER? NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE JUMP UP. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] TOP RIGHT AFTER. KATIE WILL OFFER HER WRAP-UP, I'LL OFFER A COUPLE OF VERY QUICK COMMENTS AND MAYOR WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO OFFER ANY COMMENTS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE MEETING. 
          I WANT TO CHECK BRIEFLY. 
          LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S AGENDA, ANOTHER EXCITING AGENDA AND IT WON'T BE AS LONG EVERY DAY AS FULL OF A DAY IT WILL BE FULL CONTENT-WISE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE YOU OUT OF HERE BY AROUND 02:00 PM TOMORROW SO YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR FRIDAY EVENING AND YOUR WEEKEND. 
          TODAY WAS GREAT, I HOPE YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME WHEN I SHARE AN OPINION HERE THAT THESE RETREATS JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER OVER TIME. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT MY HUNCHES IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO COLLABORATIVE. 
          WE HAVE GOOD ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE GOOD QUESTIONS COMING FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS FROM A MULTITUDE OF STAFF. 
          ALL OF YOU ARE EXPERTS AND TO PRESENT IN THE SHORT TIME FRAME THAT YOU HAVE AND TO COVER THE GROUND THAT YOU DID IS VERY REMARKABLE AND QUITE FRANKLY, VERY INTERESTING. 
          IT'S EASY TO SIT HERE. 
          I GET FRONT-ROW SEATS, OF COURSE. 
          IS EASIER TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN AND WATCH AS YOU PRESENT. 
          IT'S AN EXCITING STORY THAT YOU'RE SHARING ON ALL ACCOUNTS, WHETHER IT BE REVENUES WITH DATA, HOW DO YOU MAKE REVENUES EXCITING? I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU DO. 
          [LAUGHTER] BUT THEN AS WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS AND THE AIRPORT AND STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER, AND STREETS, AND THE TRANSPORTATION, AND THE REAL FLAG. 
          IT IS REMARKABLE. 
          THANK YOU, BRANDY, FOR WALKING US THROUGH EXCELLENT DISCUSSION ON COMPENSATION. 
          THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET TEAM AND IN PARTICULAR, AGAIN, HEIDI [INAUDIBLE] ACCOMPANIED BY BRANDY WITH ALL THE GREAT INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED, TOMORROW IS A CONTINUATION. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, WE'LL TALK ABOUT RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS AND PRIORITIES. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE ALL-STAR TEAM OF SAM BECKETT, CJ PERRY, JENNNY NEIMAN CHATTING WITH YOU. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT CARBON NEUTRALITY, OPERATING CAPITAL FACILITIES, FLEET, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          THEN WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR THE COUNCIL, I HOPE AFTER THE MORNING BREAK, YOU WILL GET BACK INTO SOME RELATIONSHIP BUILDING FACILITATED LEAD COACHED BY KATIE. 
          THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT. 
          AFTER LUNCH, BACK INTO RESOURCE NEEDS, WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK ON THE CARES UNIT FUNDING. 
          WE APPROACHED THAT TODAY, EXPECT A LOT MORE ELABORATION OF THAT TOMORROW AND WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE NIH DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS CENTRAL TO SO MANY OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          WE'LL FINISH UP TALKING ABOUT THE SERVICE PARTNER CONTRACTS. 
          ANOTHER ALL-STAR TEAM LEADING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, CHIEF GAILLARD, TIFFANY ANTON, MICHELLE, MCNULTY, PAUL [INAUDIBLE] RICKETIER. 
          THEN LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO END WITH A DISCUSSION AMONGST YOURSELVES ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT YOUR OUTCOMES FROM THIS RETREAT, WHAT HAVE YOU TAKEN AWAY? ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHAT COMES YOUR WAY IN APRIL 7TH, AND THEN LATER IN APRIL. 
          THIS IS SUCH AN INTENSE PROCESS AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          YOU GET A NICE SUMMARY OF IT AT THESE RETREATS. 
          WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND FRANKLY YOUR ENGAGEMENT. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF, WE THANK YOU, COUNSEL, FOR BEING A PART OF THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE SEEN PRETTY ACTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS. 
          LET THAT BE AN INDICATION THAT THESE RETREATS ARE SEEING, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF AN ELEVATION PERHAPS, I WOULD ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE INTERESTING SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE'RE COVERING, BUT ALSO THE HYBRID NATURE OF THESE MEETINGS THAT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND NEAR AND FAR. 
          BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, KATIE, FOR ANY NUGGETS OF WISDOM YOU WANT TO SHARE BEFORE WE TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. 
          >> THANKS. 
          >> THANK YOU. LET'S GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CITY MANAGER [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE]. 
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HE STOLE ALL MY MAJOR TALKING POINTS. 
          [LAUGHTER] SINCE WE'RE ABOUT TO END, I'LL JUST SAY, I STARTED THE DAY SHARING A PERSONAL STORY OF A CITIZEN STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PIVOT IN THE MORNING, HAVING TO BE DECISIVE, HOW TO TAKE IN ALL THEIR VARIABLES AND HOW TO MAKE A DECISION WITH SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO CONSTANTLY. 
          THE MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE CAN GET IN HERE TO GIVE THEIR OPINIONS, YOU'RE GETTING THOSE IMPACTS AS WELL AS ALL THOSE INTERACTIONS YOU'RE HAVING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ALL THE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, THE LEGAL CONSTRAINT, ALL THE THINGS HAVING TO TAKE IT ALL IN. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE BY SAYING JUST IN WATCHING HOW YOU WORK, THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCH HOW YOU PIVOT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF US. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, KATIE. 
          >> [BACKGROUND] BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW AND APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO PUTTING THESE ON, INTO DISTILLING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION INTO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DIGEST AND WORK WITH. 
          I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT WORK HELPING US MAKE THESE DECISIONS. THANK YOU. 
          >> COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 
          THIS HAS BEEN GREAT. 
          LET'S DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW. 
          >> SHALL WE? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> WE'RE ADJOURNED. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          >> THANKS ALL. 
          >> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.