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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
ON BEHALF OF FLAGSTAFF MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, WHO IS ABSENT TODAY AS SHE IS THE GUEST OF HONOR FOR CONGRESSMAN ELI CRANE AT THIS YEAR'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, I'M VICE MAYOR AUSTIN ASHLAND, AND I'M CALLING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
AND JUST A QUICK HOUSECLEANING NOTE BEFORE WE KICK THINGS OFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE NOTICE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE IF NEEDED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR DISCUSSIONS OR LEGAL ADVICE WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE OUR MISSION STATEMENT MEMORIZED? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN.
I PROBABLY COULD DO THIS FROM MEMORY.
THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE, ARE YOU ABLE TO READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT? IT'S MY HONOR. THANK YOU.
THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAINS, SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.
[A. Consideration and Approval of Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting of January 4, 2022, Special Meeting of January 6, 2022, Work Session of January 11, 2022, Regular Meeting of January 3, 2023, Special Meeting (Executive Session) of January 10, 2023, Special Meeting (Executive Session) of January 12, 2023, Regular Meeting of January 17, 2023, City Council Retreat of January 19, 2023, and City Council Retreat of January 20, 2023. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of January 4, 2022, Special Meeting of January 6, 2022, Work Session of January 11, 2022, Regular Meeting of January 3, 2023, Special Meeting (Executive Session) of January 10, 2023, Special Meeting (Executive Session) of January 12, 2023, Regular Meeting of January 17, 2023, City Council Retreat of January 19, 2023, and City Council Retreat of January 20, 2023.]
ITEM FOUR A IS THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 4TH, 2022 SPECIAL MEETING OF JANUARY 6TH, 2022.WORK SESSION OF JANUARY 11TH, 2022.
REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 3RD, 2023.
EXECUTIVE SESSION OF JANUARY 10TH, 2023.
SPECIAL MEETING EXECUTIVE SESSION OF JANUARY 12, 2023.
THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 17TH, 2023.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE ALL OF THE MEETING MINUTES I JUST LISTED.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HOW ABOUT A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS LISTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
ANY OPPOSED? NO SURPRISE THERE.
[5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Participation enables the public to address the Council about an item that is not on the agenda. Comments relating to items that are on the agenda will be taken at the time that the item is discussed. If you wish to address the Council at tonight's meeting, please complete a comment card and submit it to the recording clerk as soon as possible. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak. ]
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON ISSUES AND ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE ONE COMMENT HERE FROM STEPHEN PERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR ASLAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO THANK THE COUNCIL STAFF FOR BEING OPEN MINDED ON THE USE OF GENERAL FUNDS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODERATE THE STORMWATER FEE INCREASE WHILE PRIORITIZING THE FLOOD MITIGATION AT HIGHWAY 180 SCHULTZ CREEK CULVERT.
THIS PROVIDES THE RESIDENTS OF COCONINO ESTATES, NORTHWOOD APARTMENTS AND STAVANNAH WAY SOME DEGREE OF COMFORT THAT THE PETITION THAT THEY SIGNED HAS BEEN HEARD.
THANK YOU, STEVE. CITY CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. VICE MAYOR. WE DO NOT.
OKAY. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? OH, ABSOLUTELY. WHY DON'T YOU FILL OUT A CARD REAL FAST AND WE'LL STALL WHILE YOU.
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COME ON UP. YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN FILL OUT THE CARD.GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING TWO ENTITIES, FIRST AS AN OFFICER AT NAACP.
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHO COME ON BOARD THIS TERM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND THAT I WANT TO SAY RELATED TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE WANT TO INVITE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND, OF COURSE, THE VICE MAYOR TO OUR EVENT ON FEBRUARY 19 AT 3:00 AT MODOC COMMUNITY CENTER TO HONOR OUR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR OF NAACP.
THIS IS NOT THE [INAUDIBLE] CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
I KNOW THIS LADY IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY IT, BUT I WILL SAY IT IN TWO WORDS BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE HERE UNTIL THAT COME UP IN THE AGENDA. AS PERSONAL COMMUNITY MEMBER, I WANT TO SAY THAT I SAW IT IN THE AGENDA REGARDING THE PROPOSAL OF FUTURE AGENDA FOR RENAME [INAUDIBLE] PEAK.
I ENCOURAGED MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND INVITE THE NATIVE COMMUNITY INPUT IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[A. Proclamation: Astrotourism Month]
SIX A IS A PROCLAMATION ABOUT ASTRO TOURISM.I SEE SOME FRIENDLY FACES FROM LOWELL AND DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF IN THE BUILDING HERE.
AND THEN PROCLAMATION SIX B IS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND IT'S A LONG ONE AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE EACH TAKE A TURN READING FROM IT BEFORE THE FINAL DECLARATION I MAKE ON THE MAYOR'S BEHALF.
SO LET'S COME STAND IN FRONT OF THE ROOM AND DO THAT WHOLE THING.
AND IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE ASTRO TOURISM PROCLAMATION, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN TO COME JOIN US OVER HERE? WARM BODIES.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS ONLINE TOO, WITH DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF ARE WITH US AS WELL.
AND IN 1958, FLAGSTAFF ENACTED THE WORLD'S FIRST OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE.
AND FLAGSTAFF IS KNOWN FOR CLEAR AND BREATHTAKING SKY SCAPES, WHICH AFFORDED CLYDE TOMBAUGH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER PLUTO IN 1930 AND ALSO PROVIDES PAST AND PRESENT ASTRONOMERS AND NASA TO STUDY THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE.
AND THE FLAGSTAFF GRAND CANYON REGION OFFERS ASTRO TOURISM AS AN EXPERIENTIAL YEAR ROUND FLAGSTAFF ACTIVITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS MADE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AND SURROUNDING AREA BUSINESSES AND ALL THE ASTRONAUTS THAT WALKED ON THE MOON TRAINED IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLAGSTAFF'S LUNAR LEGACY, MAPPING THE MOON TRAINING PAST AND PRESENT ASTRONAUTS TESTING AND DEVELOPING EQUIPMENT TO BE USED ON SPACE MISSIONS, PRACTICING MISSIONS AND IDENTIFYING SITES FOR MISSIONS AND ASTRO TOURISM, PROVIDES JOBS, INSPIRES VISITATION, EDUCATES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECONOMY THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, ON BEHALF OF BECKIE DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, RECOGNIZED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS ASTRO TOURISM MONTH, DATED THIS SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 20, 23.
[APPLAUSE] IF ANYONE WANTS TO PROVIDE A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. ON BEHALF..
ON BEHALF OF DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF.
WE ARE SO PLEASED THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAS RECOGNIZED ASTRO TOURISM MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2023.
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THINGS. STAND IN THE MIDDLE.IT'S VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU.
MY BOSS WAS AT THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER DURING THE MERCURY LAUNCHES BECAUSE WE MADE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM, IN OTHER WORDS, PRESSURIZATION AND THE AIR THAT THEY BREATHED.
ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT FOR FUN.
THANK YOU. YOU GOT ONE MORE? YEAH. OKAY.
[B. Proclamation: Black History Month]
JEAN, YOU WANT TO JOIN US? JEAN TURNER IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS, AND SHE'S GOING TO HELP US BY ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'M GOING TO START READING.AND THEN IN TURN, I WOULD LIKE EACH OF YOU TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PARAGRAPH.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THIS.
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CELEBRATES THE RICH CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND PROUD ANCESTRY OF THE PEOPLES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND RECOGNIZES THEIR VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO STRENGTHEN AND DIVERSIFY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND ARE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AND NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERVES AS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THE STORIES FROM OUR BLACK ANCESTORS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE ONGOING STORY OF AMERICAN CULTURE.
AS THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL EMBRACES AND CELEBRATES NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH, LET US NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE FAULTS, THE BATTLES, THE PROGRESS, THE HOPE, THE ASPIRATIONS AND THE FUTURE.
AS THE CELEBRATIONS SHINE A LIGHT ON BLACK HISTORY TODAY, LET US EMBRACE THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER'S DIFFERENCES AND BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY, CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND NATION TOGETHER.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE PAUSE TO CELEBRATE THE EXTENSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS AND HONOR THE LEGACIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF PAST GENERATIONS AND CONFRONT ALL INJUSTICES THAT STILL EXIST TODAY.
BLACK CULTURES ARE IGNITING CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS AND STIMULATING LEARNING THROUGH THE GLOBAL LENS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, WHICH SHAPE, DEVELOP AND CREATE A VIBRANT CITY.
A CITY WHERE THE FIRST SAWMILL AND RAILROAD WORKERS, INNOVATORS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, EDUCATORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMISSIONERS, A MAYOR AND PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND INCLUDE PEOPLES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL OBSERVES THE 2023 BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME BLACK RESISTANCE, WHICH EXPLORES HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE RESISTED HISTORIC AND ONGOING OPPRESSION IN ALL FORMS, ESPECIALLY THE RACIAL TERRORISM OF LYNCHING, RACIAL PROGRAMS AND POLICE KILLINGS SINCE OUR NATION'S EARLIEST DAYS, ACCORDING TO ASALEIGHT.ORG AND.. THE COUNCIL CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING THE BLACK LIFE EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF LIVE BLACK EXPERIENCE AS A STRATEGIC PLAN IN DECEMBER 2020 THAT PROVIDES DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA PEOPLE IN THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND..
IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH, LET US ALL RECOMMIT TO PROTECT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE SACRED RIGHTS TO VOTE, AS WE UNDO THE STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES THAT HAVE SERVED AS OBSTACLES FOR BLACK FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS, LET US CONTINUE TO FIGHT TOGETHER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, EQUITY AND DIGNITY TO WHICH EVERY HUMAN BEING IS DUE IN EQUAL MEASURE.
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ARCHIVES.
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THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO COUNTY AFRICAN DIASPORA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS THE DESIGNATION OF FEBRUARY 2023 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN UNISON, TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES.[APPLAUSE] GIVE US SOME COMMENTS.
WELL, I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO MAKE THE COMMENTS, BUT IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION AND THANK Y'ALL.
GOOD STUFF. OKAY, WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA.
[7. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]
COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS.COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS OR UPDATES YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE REGARDING THE COMMISSION'S YOUR LIAISONS FOR AS WELL AS ANY EXTERNAL BOARDS OR COMMITTEES YOU MAY BE A PART OF. LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
I WILL REPORT OUT JUST ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION THIS MONTH.
WE JUST HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE AND REVIEWED THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN, 18 MONTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL HERE SHORTLY, AS WELL AS THE CDBG PROGRAM.
MOUNTAIN LION RETURNED TO FULL SERVICE IN JANUARY, OPERATING ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, EXCEPT AS NECESSARY FOR WEATHER, SNOW AND SCHOOL CLOSURES DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 15. RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO REBOUND FROM THE DECREASE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING THIS WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED TRAFFIC CALMING PLANS AND OTHER THINGS.
WE DEAL WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JEFF MALBEC, IS RESIGNING.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS.
THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT I MET WITH HEIDI HANSEN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME WAYS THAT THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CAN BE MORE OF A PART OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO RESIDENTS, TO VISITORS TO OUR CITY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL HISTORY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR THEM.
THEIR MEET AND GREET FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IT WAS THEIR ART EXHIBIT, ALONG WITH A RECEPTION.
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JANUARY 16TH, AND THEY HAD IT LAST SATURDAY.SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND JUST A REALLY WELL PUT TOGETHER EVENT.
ALSO, I SHARE A BOARD POSITION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
AND SO WE ALSO AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ON MOUNTAIN LINE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOOK ACTION TO SEND AN UPDATED LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING CONVERSATIONS WITH NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTH CARE ABOUT FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR SERVICES TO THE NEW PROPOSED LOCATION.
MOUNTAIN LINE WILL BE SEEKING EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT TRANSIT TAX FUNDING IN 2024.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GUESS THAT LEAVES ME.
SO IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE WE HAD LIAISON REPORTS.
I DID ATTEND THE THE JANUARY 26TH SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING.
NOT MUCH TO REPORT FROM THERE.
IT WAS A BIT OF A WONKY MEETING WHERE THE THE LOGISTICS AND THE RIGAMAROLE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS WERE DISCUSSED AND ALSO A NICE DISCUSSION TOWARDS THE END OF HOW TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY FOR THAT IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE REQUESTS AS THEY COME IN.
THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL MET ON THE FRIDAY MORNING OF THE 27TH.
WE ALWAYS MEET ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM OF NOTE IS JUST A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AROUND THE RURAL WATER STEWARDSHIP LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING THAT'S PERCOLATING THROUGH THE ARIZONA HOUSE AND SENATE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON.
AND I HOPE WE CAN GET SUPPORT FROM THE FULL COUNCIL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT.
NICE, ROBUST CONVERSATION, MOSTLY WITH STAFF REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC ON HOW THOSE OPERATIONS HAVE GONE AND ARE PROCEEDING WITH SOME GREAT COMMUNITY INPUT AND CONVERSATIONS AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS LATER ON.
SPECIFIC TO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK THAT'S YEAH I FORGOT ONE GO FOR IT IS FOGGY TODAY THEY ALSO LAST WEEK WE HAD A INDIGENOUS COMMISSION MEETING AND THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON WATER AND WE HAD A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION WITH SOME CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT FLAGSTAFF'S PLANS ARE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY TO PREPARE. AND A BIG CONVERSATION WAS FOR FIVE GENERATIONS OUT, TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FIVE GENERATIONS IN FRONT OF THAT. AND SO IT WAS A REALLY INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION AND I THINK EVERYONE GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S ALL, VERY NICE COUNCIL.
[8. CONSENT ITEMS All matters under Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion approving the recommendations listed on the agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, expenditures approved by Council are budgeted items.]
PLUCKING RIGHT ALONG HERE.WE ARE NOW DOWN TO ITEM EIGHT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
CONSENT ITEMS SHOULD BE NICE AND EASY AS THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM, SO NOTHING TO BE PULLED.
COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN? ARE..
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH SURDEX CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,958 FOR ORTHO IMAGERY AND LIDAR DATA ACQUISITION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? I BLEW RIGHT THROUGH THAT.
NO VICE MAYOR AS A CONSENT ITEM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO NO ORTHO IMAGERY CONVERSATIONS THIS EVENING.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.AYE. ANY OPPOSED. THAT MOTION CARRIES CITY CLERK.
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO OPEN A HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM NINE A.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-01: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, Flagstaff Zoning Code, Division 10-80.20: Definitions of Specialized terms, phrases, and building functions, Section 10-80.20.040: Definitions “D” to modify the term “duplex”; Providing for penalties, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 7th, 2023 Council Meeting: 1) Hold Public Hearing 2) Read Ordinance No. 2023-01 by title only for the first time 3) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-01 by title only (if approved above) At the February 21st, 2023 Council Meeting: 4) Read Ordinance No. 2023-01 by title only for the final time 5) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-01 by title only (if approved above) 6) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-01]
THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-01, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE TEN FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE DIVISION 10-80.20.DEFINITIONS OF SPECIALIZED TERMS, PHRASES AND BUILDING FUNCTIONS.
SECTION 10-80.2 0.040, DEFINITIONS, D, TO MODIFY THE TERM DUPLEX PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCE, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT WE HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF APPROVED, HAVE THE CITY CLERK READ ORDINANCE 2020 3-1 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME? AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I HEREBY DO INDEED OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
STAFF. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BEN MEJIA. I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
IN 2020 ON AN ORDINANCE 2020-11, THERE WAS A MODIFICATION TO THE DEFINITION OF DUPLEX, WHICH ADDED THE TERM DETACHED DUPLEX.
THIS WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY CREATED INCONSISTENCIES WITHIN THE ZONING CODE WHERE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ZONING CODE WEREN'T UPDATED WHEN THIS AMENDMENT WAS PROVIDED.
THE FINDINGS FOR ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT INCLUDE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH AND CONFORMS TO THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND ANY APPLICABLE SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO FOR FINDING ONE, WE FIND THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING GOALS OF THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH INCLUDE LAND USE ITEMS 1.6, 5.2 AND 5.3, AND THOSE ARE LARGELY SUPPORTED IN THEIR CAPACITY OR IN THIS PROPOSAL CAPACITY TO INCREASE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE OR FACILITATE INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ONCE AGAIN REMOVING INCONSISTENCY WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
AND LASTLY, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WAS UNANIMOUS AT SEVEN ZERO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY GO FOR IT.
ONE THING YOU DIDN'T DO IS TELL US WHAT THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE.
AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS WILL MEAN THAT FOR DUPLEXES, THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CUP PROCESS. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT BASICALLY WHY WE'RE DOING THIS? WHAT WILL YOU CONSIDER REALLY WHAT WE CURRENTLY CONSIDER A DETACHED DUPLEX, WHICH WOULD BE A SECOND SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS THAT A SINGLE FAMILY DOES. SO IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE A CONCEPT PLAN SUBMITTAL.
IT WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO BUILDING PLAN.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WHILE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN? VICE MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
SO I'M GETTING READY TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE.
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE FOR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION BEFORE I DO.
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SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.BECAUSE ONCE I CLOSE THIS THING, I AIN'T REOPENING IT.
OK I AM CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL DO WE HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
THANK YOU. I MOVED TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-01 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
OH. CAN I GO AHEAD AND READ THAT? YOU. YOU DID SO WELL WHEN YOU OPENED IT UP.
DEFINITIONS OF SPECIALIZED TERMS, PHRASES AND BUILDING FUNCTIONS.
[B. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-02 : An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10 Flagstaff Zoning Code, Chapter 10-40 Specific to Zones, Division 10-40.30: Non Transect Zones, Section 10-40.30.050 Industrial Zones, to modify Table 10-40.30.050.B to allow Manufacturing/Processing - Heavy in the Light Industrial Zone with a Conditional Use Permit, providing for the repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the February 7th, 2023 Council Meeting: 1) Hold Public Hearing 2) Read Ordinance No. 2023-02 by title only for the first time 3) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-02 by title only (if approved above) At the February 21st, 2023 Council Meeting: 4) Read Ordinance No. 2023-02 by title only for the final time 5) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-02 by title only (if approved above) 6) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-02]
AND NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN A BRAND NEW PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM NINE B.WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-02 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE TEN FLAGSTAFF ZONING CODE CHAPTER 10-40 SPECIFIC TO ZONES.
DIVISION 10-40.30 NON TRANS SEX ZONES.
SECTION 10-40.3 0.050 INDUSTRIAL HEAVY IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
OOPS.. INDUSTRIAL ZONES TO MODIFY TABLE 10-40.3 0.050.
B TO ALLOW MANUFACTURING PROCESSING HEAVY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
SO TODAY, I THINK YOU SAID IT REALLY WELL.
THE PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THIS IS THE TABLE THAT WE'LL BE CHANGING.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THE RED THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A USE PERMIT.
IT USED TO NOT BE PERMITTED AT ALL, AND NOW IT'LL BE REQUIRED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THE THREE FINDINGS ARE THE SAME AS BEN JUST PRESENTED.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER THREE OF THOSE IN A LITTLE MORE DEPTH RIGHT HERE.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND ANY SPECIFIC POLICIES.
THERE ARE A FEW POLICIES IN THE GENERAL PLAN THAT SUPPORT THIS ZONING CODE CHANGE.
THE LAND USE GOAL REFERENCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE WELL MAINTAINED, ATTRACTIVE AND COMPATIBLE, AND THE ALLOWANCE AND THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES REFERENCED PROTECTING EXISTING BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIAL LAND USES AND ALLOWING FOR THEIR EXPANSION, AS WELL AS PROMOTING VARIETY AND FLEXIBILITY AND LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THAT'S INTERNALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING CODE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT, AND, ACCORDING WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED AS WELL AS THE SEVEN ZERO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
GO FOR IT. JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
THE WHOLE IDEA OF ZONING IS TO KEEP INCOMPATIBLE USES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
AND IN THIS CASE, THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE.
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AND PART OF THE PROCESS IS THAT ALL OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS BE NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T JUST SNEAK IT THROUGH.
SO BECAUSE OF THOSE SAFEGUARDS, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THOSE SAFEGUARDS, THEY'D PROBABLY BE AGAINST IT.
THANK YOU. WELL STATED COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
EXCUSE ME. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
VICE MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-02.
AND HOW DO I SAY IT AND READ BY TITLE ONLY..
I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MATHEWS TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-02 BY TITLE ONLY. THE FIRST TIME AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES AND YOU DO THE HONORS CITY CLERK.
NON TRANSECT ZONES SECTION 10.40-30.050.
INDUSTRIAL ZONES TO MODIFY TABLE 10-40.30-050.
B TO ALLOW MANUFACTURING SLASH PROCESSING HEAVY IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-03: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council naming the tunnel under 1-17 along the Sheep Crossing FUTS Trail in honor of Cosmic Ray (Raymond J. Brutti) STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2023-03 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2023-03 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-03]
FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL NAMING THE TUNNEL UNDER I17 ALONG THE SHEEP CROSSING FUTS TRAIL IN HONOR OF COSMIC RAY RAYMOND J.BRUTTI AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 2023-03, AND THEN ADOPT IT.
LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION FROM MARTIN.
VICE MAYOR ASLAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MARTIN INCE, I'M THE THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER FOR THE CITY.
BRUTTI, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS COSMIC RAY.
THE CITY HAS A PROCESS FOR NAMING FACILITIES THAT SPELLED OUT IN RESOLUTION 2173.
IT WAS ALSO AMENDED SLIGHTLY IN 2010, ALSO BY RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
WE HAVE NAMED A COUPLE OF FUTS TRAILS IN HONOR OF INDIVIDUALS OVER THE YEARS.
THE PROCESS TYPICALLY STARTS WITH A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER.
THE RESOLUTION ANTICIPATES THAT THESE REQUESTS ARE GENERALLY MADE BY CITIZENS OR CITIZEN INITIATED.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, WE DO FORMAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL AND HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON IT.
A PERSON MUST HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO FLAGSTAFF IN A DEFINITIVE WAY.
BE ACCEPTED AS A LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL HERO OR HAVE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
AND IN THE CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DECEASED FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
OR IF THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO CIVIC SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF.
THAT PERIOD IS SHORTENED TO A YEAR.
AND IN THIS CASE BEING A FUTS TRAIL.
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AND YOU CAN SEE THE DATES LISTED HERE.ALL OF THAT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT.
ALL THOSE BODIES MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL AND ALL RECOMMENDED TO YOU.
APPROVAL OF THE NAME, A NAME REQUEST.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE REQUEST.
RIGHT OFF THE BAT, FRIENDS AND FAMILY COLLECTED 150 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION.
WE OPENED A COMMUNITY SURVEY ON THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY FORUM AND ASKED VERY SIMPLY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL TO RENAME THE TUNNEL? AND THEN PROVIDED PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
THAT DOES LEAVE SEVEN AND ONE HALF PERCENT WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE NAME.
ONE CONCERN WAS THEY THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING ELSE OUGHT TO BE NAMED FOR HIM INSTEAD.
IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF THINKING OF JUST A TUNNEL, COULD WE NAME AN ENTIRE TRAIL FOR COSMIC RAY? AND THE SECOND CONCERN IS TO MAINTAIN THE SHIP HISTORY OF THAT TUNNEL.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COSMIC RAY BRUTTI.
HE WAS BORN IN 1946 AND MOVED TO FLAGSTAFF IN 1979.
I'VE BEEN TOLD VIA ORAL HISTORY THAT AT THAT TIME PEOPLE IN FLAGSTAFF TENDED TO GO BY NICKNAMES OR MONONYMS. I CAN'T VERIFY THAT TO BE TRUE, BUT THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE HERE.
RAY PASSED IN OCTOBER OF 2020 AT THE AGE OF 74.
AND JUST TO KIND OF BRING US BACK TO THE PROCESS AND THE RESOLUTION, WE'VE LISTED A FEW REASONS WHY WE THINK THAT THE NAMING IS JUSTIFIED, PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE THE BOOK THAT I MENTIONED, FAT TIRE TALES AND TRIALS, CAME OUT AT A TIME WHEN MOUNTAIN BIKING WAS REALLY A BRAND NEW ACTIVITY.
THE BOOK BECAME POPULAR AND HELPED PUT FLAGSTAFF ON THE MAP.
FOR MANY YEARS THAT WAS SORT OF THAT, THE BOOK WAS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDEBOOK FOR FLAGSTAFF TRAILS.
RAY ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO PROMOTING BICYCLING AND FLAGSTAFF IN OTHER WAYS.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHEEP CROSSING FUTS TRAIL.
THIS IS AN AGGREGATE SURFACE TRAIL AT THE END OF THE SOUTHWEST END OF TOWN.
AND IN DOING THAT, IT GOES UNDERNEATH I 17 AND IN THE TUNNEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT TUNNEL IS DEDICATED FOR PET AND BIKE USE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO HALVES TO IT.
BOTH ARE TEN BY TEN IN SIZE AND ABOUT 300 FEET IN LENGTH.
BUT IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AROUND 1960 AS A WAY OF GETTING SHEEP ACROSS THE INTERSTATE.
IN FACT, THIS WAS PART OF OF AN ESTABLISHED ROUTE THAT WAS REFERRED TO AS A SHEEP DRIVEWAY THAT WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STATE AND WAS USED TO MOVE LARGE HERDS OF SHEEP BETWEEN SUMMER PASTURES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, INCLUDING UP IN THE PEAKS AND THEIR WINTER PASTURES, WHICH I THINK WERE TYPICALLY DOWN BY AROUND YUMA.
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AND SO EVERY YEAR THE SHEEP WOULD MAKE TWO LONG TRIPS BETWEEN THEIR SUMMER AND WINTER HOMES.AND I THINK IT SPECIFICALLY SERVED THE FUNCTION OF GETTING SHEEP TO THE RANCH, WHICH IS STILL IN EXISTENCE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF LAKE MARY ROAD AND HIGH COUNTRY TRAIL, KIND OF BACK IN THE TREES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY USE IT FOR SHEEP ANYMORE.
IF THEY DO, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH THE LIVESTOCK.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR HISTORY.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A SLIDE OR TWO.
HERE'S A MAP OF THE TRAILS OF THE TUNNEL.
THIS IS THE PONDEROSA TRAILS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE LARGE GREEN SQUARE IS FORT TUTHILL.
THE PURPLE LINE IS THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL.
AND THE TUNNEL IS IN KIND OF THE MIDDLE OF IT, GOING UNDER 17.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF IMAGES.
THIS IS SHORTLY AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
SO ALL OF THAT, WHAT LOOKS LIKE A FARMER'S FIELD, IS NOW GROWING WITH VEGETATION.
AND THIS IS THE APPROACH ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND HERE'S THE APPROACH ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THE TWO CONCRETE BOXES.
WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS JUST THE FORMAL NAMING.
WE HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT MEMORIALS.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE WORKING ON ON WHAT WE MIGHT DO AT THE TUNNEL TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH BOTH ITEMS ONE ONE BEING TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF COSMIC RAY AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, I THINK BOTH OF THEM ARE ARE WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.
SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY ABOUT HOW WE DO BOTH THOSE THINGS SUCCESSFULLY AT ONE LOCATION ARE TO LEAVE THE WING WALLS AND THE CONCRETE APPROACHES ON EITHER END FOR MEMORIAL OR ARTWORK OR SOMETHING FOR COSMIC RAY.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE CITY WOULD INITIATE A PROJECT TO HAVE SOME INTERPRETIVE SIGNING OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT ABOUT THE SHEEP HISTORY AND THE BASQUE HISTORY AND HOW THAT FITS IN. THE TUNNEL ITSELF I MENTIONED, IS 300 FEET LONG.
IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT, IT'S PAINTED A LOVELY SHADE OF BATTLESHIP GRAY.
THAT IS A PROJECT, BUT THAT MAY BE SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE GO UNDER BUELAH WITH THIS TUNNEL, SO WHEN BUELAH IS WIDENED, THIS TUNNEL WILL BECOME LONGER.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE DO ON THE WEST END OF IT WILL BE WILL HAVE TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND HERE I THINK OF AS AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE THE BUTLER UNDER CROSSING AT BUTLER AND PONDEROSA, WHERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THE TWO TRAILS COME TOGETHER AND THERE'S KIND OF A LITTLE LANDSCAPE AREA BEFORE YOU GO UNDER THE TUNNEL.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT? OF THE BUTLER UNDERPASS.
OH, JUST. JUST HAVE IT OVERHEAD THERE.
YES. YOU CAN SEE THE THREE GRAY LINES KIND OF GOING NORTH TO SOUTH.
TWO OF THOSE LINES ARE THE TRAVEL LANES FOR I 17.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS BEULAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF ADJACENT.
THE TUNNEL GOES UNDER ALL THREE AT ONCE.
BUT WHEN BEULAH GETS WIDENED, THAT TUNNEL IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET WIDER ON THE WEST SIDE.
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AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
I DO KNOW THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF RAY'S ARE HERE, AND I THINK THEY FILLED OUT COMMENT CARDS.
SO YOU'RE INVITED TO HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS READY TO GO.
I DO WANT TO TAKE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WHILE MARTIN IS AT THE MIC.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK I DID JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME VOICE AND SPACE FOR THE CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT THE NAMING AND THE RETENTION OF THAT BASQUE SHEEP HERDING HISTORY.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THIS A SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING RENAMING THE FULL TRAIL, CORRECT? WE'RE WE WOULD BE RETAINING THE NAME OF THE SHEEP TRAIL AND JUST NAMING THE TUNNEL.
IS THAT CORRECT, YOUR HONOR? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE THAT IS CORRECT.
THE TUNNEL WOULD STAY THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL.
I'M SORRY. THE TRAIL WOULD STAY THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL BY NAME.
ONLY. THE TUNNEL WOULD BE NAMED FOR COSMIC RAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, AND THEN SWEET.
THANK YOU. SO. SO THAT TRAIL IS CALLED THE SHEEP TRAIL.
SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH.
VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
AND THE REASON I'D LIKE TO MAKE THEM NOW IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THIS MIGHT WANT TO RESPOND TO THINGS THAT I'VE SAID, SO I'LL ALLOW IT.
EARLIER TONIGHT, I TOLD A REAL QUICK STORY, SO I'M GOING TO TELL ANOTHER REAL QUICK STORY.
ONE TIME I DID A BICYCLE RIDE FROM BRIGHT ANGEL WATCH AT THE GRAND CANYON DOWN TO NOGALES, MEXICO.
AND AS WE WERE COMING THROUGH FLAGSTAFF, MY CRANK WAS A LITTLE LOOSE.
SO WE STOPPED IN AT COSMIC CYCLES ON SAN FRANCISCO STREET, AND THEY FIXED IT FOR ME.
AND I TRIED TO PAY HIM AND HE WOULDN'T TAKE ANY MONEY.
SO I HAVE VERY GOOD MEMORIES OF THAT.
TO ME, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES HERE.
DO WE WANT TO HONOR A COSMIC RAY? ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT RENAMING THE SHEEP CROSSING TUNNEL, AND I MIGHT MENTION THAT I DID SIT THROUGH, I THINK, TWO OR THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS, TRANSPORTATION MEETING FOR SURE, DISCUSSING THIS VERY ISSUE.
AND THERE WAS A CONSENSUS, BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T UNANIMOUS.
SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO NAME SOMETHING ELSE AFTER COSMIC RAY.
WE DEFINITELY SHOULD HONOR HIM.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT THAT.
I MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE WEST SIDE WROTE A LETTER TO COUNCIL.
HIS NAME IS CHARLIE ODEGAARD, AND HE WAS HE LIVES RIGHT OVER THERE.
AND OF COURSE, MOST OF US KNOW HIM THAT HE WAS ON CITY COUNCIL UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY.
AND HE AGAIN WANTS TO HONOR COSMIC RAY, BUT NOT BY RENAMING THE TUNNEL.
HE THINKS IT HAS SO MUCH HISTORY THAT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF IT.
SO. AS WE DISCUSS THIS TONIGHT.
I MEAN, IN MY MIND, THERE'S TWO POSSIBILITIES.
ONE IS THAT WE COULD DO THE NAMING AS PROPOSED AND AS RECOMMENDED BY OUR COMMISSIONS.
I ADMIT THAT. AND THAT HAS A LOT OF WEIGHT IN MY MIND.
BUT ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE WE COULD SEND IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONS AND SAY, HEY, IS THERE ANOTHER TRAIL THAT WE COULD NAME IN HIS HONOR THAT MIGHT GIVE HIM AS MUCH RECOGNITION WITHOUT CHANGING THE HISTORY OF THE EXISTING NAME OF THE SHEEPS CROSSING TUNNEL? SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR REASON WHY THAT PARTICULAR TUNNEL? TO WAS THAT THEY WANT TO NAME THAT PARTICULAR.
IS IT BECAUSE MAYBE HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE? WHY, WHAT WAS THE REASONING? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THERE IS I WILL LEAVE THAT ANSWERING THAT QUESTION TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
I THINK THEY CAN ANSWER IT BETTER THAN I.
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SO IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR LAWS OR PROCEDURES THAT PRECLUDES ADDITIONAL NAMING OF OTHER THINGS AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL? SHOULD WE TAKE THE STEP OF NAMING THIS TUNNEL AFTER RAY.SO MY GUESS IS THAT WE COULD NAME OTHER THINGS AFTER THE SAME INDIVIDUAL AS WELL.
DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT VICE MAYOR, I KNOW OF NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DOING THIS.
I. WOULD LOOK TO CITY ATTORNEY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT.
I WOULD I WOULD HAVE TO READ THE RESOLUTION REALLY QUICK.
I DON'T THINK IT PRECLUDES THAT.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IN REAL TIME HERE, LET US KNOW.
MEANWHILE, IF THERE AREN'T ANY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO FORGET ABOUT YOU.
THANK YOU. I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT I'LL SAVE THOSE UNTIL AFTER.
QUESTION MARTIN, HAVE YOU OR HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED COMBINING THE NAME SO SOMETHING THAT SAYS COSMIC SHEEP SHEEP'S TUNNEL IN MEMORY OF COSMIC RAY.
YOUR HONOR. COUNCIL MEMBER WE HAVE NOT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS THESE REQUESTS ARE CITIZEN INITIATED.
WE'RE RESPONDING TO THEIR REQUEST.
I WOULD DEFER TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO TO WEIGH IN ON THAT PROPOSAL.
GREAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
I HAVE SOME CARDS. I DON'T KNOW IF OUR SPEAKERS WANT TO SPEAK IN A PARTICULAR ORDER.
BUT WITHOUT ANY OTHER DIRECTION THERE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL UP YOU TO START US OFF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR ASSELIN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS HERE.
I'VE LIVED IN FLAGSTAFF SINCE 1981 AND I RESIDE AT 112 NORTH AZTEC STREET DOWNTOWN.
I KNEW COSMIC RAY ALMOST 40 YEARS.
BUT WE FREQUENTLY RODE TOGETHER ALMOST EVERY DAY, SOMEWHERE AROUND TOWN.
AND HIS LAST SUMMER, BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN 2020, THE PANDEMIC WAS ON AND WE WERE FREQUENTING THE AIRPORT AND SWIFT BECAUSE HE LIKED TO DRINK COFFEE WHEREVER HE COULD GET IT, AND WE WOULD RIDE OUT TO THE VICINITY WHERE THE TUNNEL WAS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AND REMODELED.
AND PREPARED FOR USE AND IT MADE A BIG IMPRESSION ON US.
WE KNEW THAT DEVELOPING FOR DECADES AND IT WAS AN ONGOING PROCESS AND THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GET ACROSS THOSE SIX LANES OF MAJOR TRAFFIC FROM INTERSTATE AND 89 A BY GOING THROUGH A TUNNEL WE KNEW EXISTED, BUT HARDLY ANYBODY WOULD GO THROUGH THERE.
IT WAS DIRTY. IT WAS FULL OF DEBRIS.
DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THE SHIP HISTORY AT ALL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SHOW THIS ON THE CAMERA.
HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON HIS OWN HELPING PEOPLE WITH BIKE CLINICS THAT HE WOULD CONDUCT HERE IN THE CITY IF HE KNEW SOMEBODY WAS INTERESTED IN STARTING TO RIDE A BIKE AND DIDN'T HAVE A BICYCLE.
HE WOULD PICK UP OLD BIKES AND HE'D FIX THEM UP AND HE'D GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE AND.
AND SO ANYWAY, WE WERE RIDING FREQUENTLY AND WE WERE SEEING, YEAH, THIS IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT HERE.
THEY'RE CONNECTING THE FOOTE'S TRAIL WITH FORT TUTHILL AND.
AND THERE ARE OTHER TUNNELS IN THIS TOWN, BUT THEY'RE NOT NEARLY 300 FEET LONG.
HE WOULD RING HIS BELL, HE WOULD MAKE NOISE.
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SO AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, I HAD A CHANCE TO RIDE THROUGH THE TUNNEL FOR THE FIRST TIME.AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, THE FRENCH DRAIN, THE LIGHTING, THE PAINT.
I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, MY FRIEND KAY, WHO IS ACTUALLY THE PROPOSER OF THIS, SAID, I'D LIKE TO REALLY DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN HIS MEMORY, BUT A BENCH OR I SAID, THIS TUNNEL IS 300 FEET LONG.
IT'S A BIG DEAL. COULD YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED DURING OUR INITIAL DISCUSSION? YES. SO THE ISSUE OF WHY THE TUNNEL AND NOT A SEGMENT OF THE FUTS, THE TUNNEL IS LOCATED IN QUITE A PASTORAL PLACE, EVEN THOUGH IT GOES UNDER A FREEWAY AND ON BOTH SIDES, WE HAVE THE LARGEST COUNTY PARK AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'S OPEN, OPEN AREA.
AND RAY WAS VERY MUCH INTO THE OUTDOORS.
HE WAS THE LAST THING HE WAS WORKING ON WAS A GUIDE FOR GRAND CANYON VISITORS.
YOU KNOW, HE RODE IN THE CITY ALL THE TIME.
HE USED ROUTE 66, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT, THE BEAUTY OUT IN THAT AREA, IT SEEMED TO BE A PLACE LIKE IF HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RIDE THROUGH THE TUNNEL, I'M SURE HE WOULD HAVE ENJOYED IT.
FUTS, WHERE WE HAVE A RAILROAD AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND NOISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS NEVER AN INTENTION TO UNDERMINE THE HISTORY OF THE BASQUE SHEPHERDS AT ALL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT COMBINING THESE THINGS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF HIM WITH SHEEP, BUT HERE'S HIS FAVORITE T REX.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
TWO QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ADDRESS TO KATE PIPER, I BELIEVE IS ONLINE.
SHE'S THE MAIN PROPOSER AND I THINK SHE'S WAITING IN THE COMMENT AREA AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE A CARD FOR KATE.
JUST FYI THAT'S JUST A HEADS UP FOR OUR CITY CLERK STAFF.
LET'S GO ON TO OUR NEXT CARD, WHICH IS JOEL GEIST.
HELLO, EVERYONE. PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I AM AN ARTIST CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO HELPING DEVELOP SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT COULD BE DECORATIVE PROJECTS ON EITHER SIDE. MOSTLY WE'RE STARTING WITH THINKING MOSTLY ABOUT THE WINGS.
AS MENTIONED, I'M A MURAL ARTIST IN TOWN.
I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS, WHICH ALSO GIVES.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
BUT AS A FAIR NEWCOMER TO FLAGSTAFF, RAY WAS AN AMBASSADOR.
HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON, YOU KNOW, FROM FLAGSTAFF I KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT.
HIS GUIDEBOOK WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WAS PUT IN MY HANDS.
SO THAT SIDE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALL IN SUPPORT, THAT THERE SHOULD BE THINGS WITH HIM.
THE MAIN THING I COULD CONTRIBUTE IS THAT ARTISTICALLY, WHEN I WAS TOLD ABOUT ALL THIS, IT MADE PERFECT SENSE FOR HIM TO BE COMBINED WITH THE SHEEP HISTORY.
THAT MIGHT SEEM SORT OF ODD TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT WITH HIS CARTOON STYLE AND YOU KNOW, THAT BEING THE WAY THAT HE WAS KNOWN, I IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, WAS PICTURING FAR SIDE TYPE THINGS.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A MOCKUP OF A SHEEP HERD WITH A DOG ON A BICYCLE, KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, COMBINING ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE THE THE LONG WING EAST SIDE, I BELIEVE.
AND WE HAVE I'VE DONE SOME OTHER MOCKUPS WITH SHEEP.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE MOSTLY FOCUSING ON RAY AND HIS BICYCLE.
BUT THE IDEA OF COMBINING RAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE FIRST THING THAT I SAW ABOUT HIM WAS ART OF RAY IN NATURE WITH ANIMALS THAT CARTOONY FRIENDLY DEPICTIONS.
SO THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO, AT LEAST ARTISTICALLY, MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
THE MAIN THING I COULD CONTRIBUTE.
THANKS, GUYS. THANK YOU, JOEL.
THOSE ARE SOME EXCITING, INSPIRING CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ADAM [INAUDIBLE] ADAM, IT'S ACTUALLY ADAM SHEEP. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR ASLAN AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS ADAM SHIMONI CITIZEN.
ADAM SHIMONI, AND THIS IS REALLY FUN BEING BACK AT THIS MIC.
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AND ALSO THE INDIGENOUS HISTORY AROUND SHEEP IN THIS REGION.AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS PROCESS.
AT FIRST I REMEMBER HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MARTIN AND OTHERS AND SAYING, CAN WE DO THIS A LITTLE QUICKER? AND MARTIN HELD THE COURSE AND SAID, NO, WE HAVE TO STAY TO THIS COURSE.
AND HOW GREAT IS IT THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE? BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS HELPED US GET TO THIS POINT.
I'VE ATTENDED MANY OF THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETINGS AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS LIKE YOURSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND WITNESS THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
AND AT FIRST GLANCE, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS REALLY THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR COSMIC RAY? YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE ALONG ROUTE 66 IN THE FUTS WOULD BE A MORE VISIBLE LOCATION.
BUT AFTER TALKING TO [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHERS, I LEARNED QUICKLY THAT THAT TRAIL ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING OF PRIDE IN COSMIC RAYS EYES BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP AND QUALITY OF THE TRAIL.
THERE'S A LOT OF CRACKS. IT'S NOT EXACTLY STATE OF THE ART, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THERE WAS A LOT MORE PRIDE AROUND A BRAND NEW TUNNEL THAT WAS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON BIKE PED AND REALLY DESIGNED WELL.
YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING THAT SINCE THE TRAIL ISN'T BEING CHANGED AND IT'S JUST THAT SEGMENT, THAT'S THE TUNNEL, I PERSONALLY DO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH US NAMING THE TUNNEL SPECIFICALLY OUT OF RESPECT TO COSMIC RAY OR FINDING SOME KIND OF HYBRID, BUT KNOWING THAT THE TRAIL IS GOING TO REMAIN WITHIN THE RESPECT TO THE SHEEP.
THE PRELIMINARY ARTWORK I'VE SEEN, WHICH JOEL JUST GAVE YOU A TEASER TO, I THINK INTEGRATES THE THE TWO CONCEPTS WELL, AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, IMAGINE SHEEP.
NOW IMAGINE SHEEP ON BICYCLES, BUT YOU CAN YOU ALREADY GOT A VISUAL.
AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
THANK YOU, ADAM. I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT CARD HERE FOR MARCIA WEISNER.
COME ON DOWN. AND WE DO HAVE SOME ONLINE COMMENTS AFTER AFTER THAT.
3 MINUTES. SO GREETINGS TO YOU, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE HONORING OF MY LATE HUSBAND, RAY BRUTTI.
SO IT'S GONE THROUGH A LOT WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS.
IT WAS MY FIRST REALIZATION THAT RAY WAS A WRITER.
RAY WAS A REALLY FUNNY WRITER.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE READ ANY OF THE BOOKS, WOULD YOU? I JUST WANT TO GET HIM ON A CAMERA.
BUT IS IT OKAY IF I PASS PAST THOSE AROUND YOU? I'D LOVE TO TAKE A LOOK.
YOU COULDN'T TALK TO HIM? HE'D SAY. OK, I'M CUTTING DIAMONDS NOW.
AND YEAH, SO HE WORKED HE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND HE REALLY, HE REALLY LIKED HIS IDENTITY AS COSMIC RAY IN THE TOWN. IF THIS HAD COME UP BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE.
OH, BUT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SECRETLY THRILLED.
HE WOULD. IF THERE WAS A KID WHO BIKE WASN'T WORKING RIGHT, HE WOULD.
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IF IT'S THE SHEEP TUNNEL, TRAIL.HE WOULDN'T MIND SHARING IT WITH THE SHEEP.
THANK YOU, MARCIA. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I FIND IT VERY TOUCHING THAT YOU'RE HERE.
THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS, MR. ODEGAARD SUGGESTED THAT WE NAME THE NEW TUNNEL THAT'S NOT BUILT YET.
GOES UNDER ROUTE 66 AND UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS JUST WEST OF BEAVER.
WOULD IT BE YOUR PREFERENCE THAT THE THE TUNNEL ON SHEEP TRAIL, SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL, THAT WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE TO PUT HIS NAME NOW.
CAN YOU COMMENT TO THAT? AM I RAMBLING? I THINK YOU GET THE IDEA, THOUGH.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS SOME PLACE THAT, THERE'S SOME REALLY FUNNY STUFF IN THERE..
SOMEPLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW ARTWORK THAT EXPRESSED RAY'S JOY IN BICYCLING.
SO AS TO MY PREFERENCE FOR THE SHEEP CROSSING.
I LIKE THAT SHEEP AND BICYCLE ARTWORK.
I CAN'T SAY THAT I WOULD PREFER THAT THAT BE THE PLACE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IN OTHER WORDS, THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL IS PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME REALLY GOOD MURAL ARTWORK.
I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT UP TO YOUR SENSE OF IT, YOUR SENSE OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.
I THINK, OH, NO, WE HAVE SOME ONLINE COMMENTS.
VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OUR FIRST COMMENTER TODAY IS KAY PIPER.
KAY, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.
WE'RE ON. I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR AND ALL MARTIN AND [INAUDIBLE] ALL WHO HAVE PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO INTO THIS PROJECT.
A COUPLE. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
INTERESTING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
A FUNNY THING IS, IS I HAVE A NEW PUPPY IN THE PUPPY CHEWED UP MY MAG CONNECTOR TO MY COMPUTER TODAY, SO I HAD NO COMPUTER ACCESS I'M USING RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY RAY'S OLD IPAD TO CONNECT IN.
BUT AS FAR AS I WORK WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, I SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR THE NAMING OF THE TUNNEL AND TO HAVE SOME ARTWORK DONE. AND I SPOKE WITH SOME LOCAL MURAL ARTISTS WHO ARE THE MURAL MICE WHO ARE NO LONGER THERE AND GOT SOME IDEA OF THE COST, WHICH SEEMED TO BE INSURMOUNTABLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I RAN INTO SOME PROBLEMS WITH FUNDRAISING.
AND SO WITH RESPECT TO NAMING THIS TUNNEL AND IN RAY'S MEMORY AND HAVING THE ARTWORK, IT SEEMS TO BE A PERFECT PLACE TO BE ABLE TO COMMEMORATE THE SHEEP'S CROSSED THE SHEEP CROSSING IN THE BASQUE.
IF I COULD GET IF WE CAN WORK ON THE FUNDING AND GET SOME MURAL PAINTING THAT HONORS THE CURRENT HISTORY OF THE TUNNEL AS WELL AS RAISE MEMORY. IT SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT COMBINATION OF EFFORT FOR THIS BUILDING.
SO I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT RAY.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT HE DESERVES.
HE IS DEFINITELY DESERVES HAVING A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING IN HIS HONOR FOR ALL HE HAS OFFERED TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND THE BICYCLING COMMUNITY.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH KAY.ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAY? WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ONLINE AND SHARING THOSE THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN INWARD AND HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE.
I'LL JUST OPEN VERY QUICKLY BY SAYING I PERSONALLY VERY CLEARLY SEE A PATH FORWARD HERE.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT FOLKS HAVE TO SAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE THANK YOU.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU AND I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET'S PROPOSAL OF THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE THE SHARED NAME ON THAT THAT TUNNEL IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING THAT HISTORY.
I GUESS I'M STILL SEEING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FACT THAT THE FUTS TRAIL ITSELF IS STILL PRESERVING THE NAME AND THE HISTORY AND THAT HERITAGE WITH THE TUNNEL THAT THUS FAR HAS NOT BEEN NAMED BEING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR COSMIC RAY AND THAT HISTORY.
I HAVE A LOT OF AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE CONVERSATION, I WAS THINKING OF JUST I USED TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT MURAL PROJECTS BACK EAST.
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE MODELS FOR THOSE WAS ALWAYS THE HISTORIC MURALIZATIONS, WHERE THEY ESSENTIALLY TOOK YOU ON A JOURNEY FROM THE PAST TO PRESENT AND JUST IMAGINING THE BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATION OF STARTING FROM SHEEPHERDERS AS YOU ENTER THAT TUNNEL, EXITING TO BIKE RIDERS AND SOME REPRESENTATION OF COSMIC RAY.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE THERE AND FINDING WAYS TO JOIN OUR HISTORY WITH OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE HONESTLY, AND JUST FINDING WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. I LIVE OUT IN PONDEROSA TRAILS AND I KNOW THE AREA WELL.
ALSO, JUST FOR AN FYI, THERE ARE SHEEP THAT GRAZE ON THAT LAND ONCE YOU TURN INTO PONDEROSA TRAILS AND EVERY TIME MY BROTHER COMES OUT, HE WALKS DOWN AND VISITS THE SHEEP.
FIRST OF ALL, THE TRAIL WAS THERE BEFORE THE TUNNEL.
AND SO IN MY MIND, I'M SEEING A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE.
I'M LOOKING I'M NOT THINKING THAT WE'RE NAMING THAT HE'S SHARING THE TRAIL NAME WITH THE TRAIL.
BUT THE TUNNEL THAT JUST GOT FINISHED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I GUESS.
YEAH. AND SO TO ME, IT'S A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE.
AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT.
I WOULD SAY COSMIC RAY TUNNEL ON THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL, FUTS TRAIL.
THAT WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT TO PEOPLE IF IT WERE IF I WERE DESCRIBING IT, SO THAT IT DOES DISTINCTLY GIVE EACH GROUP THEIR OWN IDENTITY BECAUSE IT'S THE TRAIL THAT THE SHEEP CROSS AND THAT WE USED IN THE TUNNEL IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. AND I LIKE COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS'S SUGGESTION.
I MEAN, WE'RE HERE IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH TALKING ABOUT REMEMBERING THAT HISTORY, THINGS THAT I NEVER LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT BACK THEN.
SO TO THINK ABOUT JUST TOTALLY DOING AWAY WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS SO STRONG IN OUR HISTORY IN FLAGSTAFF, THE SHEEPHERDERS, THE BASQUE SHEEPHERDERS, I HAVE A FAMILY LINEAGE TO THAT, AND MY MOTHER'S FAMILY CHANGED THEIR NAMES BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING OF SHAME BACK THEN TO BE A SHEEPHERDER.
YOU WERE LABELED AND SO IT WAS HARD TO FIND OUR HERITAGE.
SO I THINK PRESERVING THAT AND HONORING COSMIC RAY, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS SUCH A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY OUR BIKE COMMUNITY I THINK IS VERY WELL DESERVED AND I WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT NOT ERASING THE SHEEPHERDERS HISTORY, BUT JUST REMOVING THEIR NAME HAS SOME UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES.
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SO I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR 45 MINUTES OR SO AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
SHE SUMMARIZED IT ALL IN THE PHRASING THAT YOU SUGGESTED.
AND WITH THAT, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE.
I THINK THAT I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION COME FORWARD.
I KNEW COSMIC RAY FROM BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES WHEN I WORKED AT MACY'S COFFEE HOUSE.
AND RAY WOULD COME IN, SELL HIS BOOKS, AND WE WOULD TALK BIKES.
I HAVE SEVERAL OF RAY'S BOOKS ON MY SHELF TO THIS DAY AND I STILL USE THEM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I ENJOY THE IDEA OF THE PLAQUE, THE MURAL, THE ARTWORK, INTERPRETIVE SIGNS THAT WOULD CELEBRATE BOTH COSMIC RAY AND THE SHEEP'S HISTORY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
I DID NOT KNOW COSMIC RAY, WHICH IS TOO BAD.
I WISH I HAD GOTTEN A CHANCE TO BE AROUND HIM MORE.
I REALLY DON'T SEE THIS AS A ZERO SUM DYNAMIC.
IT DOESN'T, I DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR TENSION HERE THAT CAN'T BE RESOLVED.
COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, THE WAY THAT THAT PHRASING SLIPPED OFF YOUR TONGUE IS VERY NATURAL.
IT FLOWS REALLY NICELY, AND I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
THE IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS, IS AT THE END OF ALL THIS, HOW THE PUBLIC ART AND THE MEMORIAL COMES TOGETHER AND INTERFACES AND LOCKS INTO PLACE WITH THE NAMING OF THIS TUNNEL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, JOEL, YOU SHARING SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS.
I LIKE THE SENSIBILITY THAT YOU'RE SHOWCASING THERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD COSMIC HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH FLAGSTAFF'S DARK SKY STELLAR HISTORY.
WE ARE HONORING ASTRO TOURISM MONTH RIGHT NOW.
WHETHER IT'S COINCIDENTAL OR SOMEHOW TIED IN TOGETHER, THERE'S THERE'S A COSMIC POETRY TO TO THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING THIS EVENING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER RENAMING AND REBRANDING TONIGHT.
SO JUST A REALLY INTERESTING NEXUS FOR SOME OF THESE TOPICS AND CONVERSATIONS.
I DON'T THINK ONE THREATENS THE OTHER AT ALL.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE THE BASQUE SHEPARD'S MEMORIALIZED AS WELL IN THIS IN THIS EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, I RECENTLY WENT TO DISNEYLAND AGAIN AND I REMEMBER SPACE MOUNTAIN AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT RIDE LAUNCHES, YOU KIND OF GO UP THROUGH A TUNNEL WITH SOME REALLY COOL, MESMERIZING LIGHTS, FLASHING LIGHTS AND AND EFFECTS.
I WONDER EVEN JUST JUST THINKING OUT LOUD NOT TO MICROMANAGE THIS IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER, BUT JUST THINKING OUT LOUD ABOUT HOW FUNKY COULD WE GET WITH THIS IN TERMS OF HONORING RAY'S PERSONALITY, YOU KNOW, STAYING WITHIN THE LINES, OF COURSE, OF WHAT'S REASONABLE AND SAFE.
YOU KNOW, SOME SOMETHING THAT THAT GOES A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ART AND INTERACTIVE COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING.
AND HOW DO WE TIE THAT TO FLAGSTAFF'S DARK SKY HISTORY AND LOWELL AND OUR OWN COSMIC IDENTITY.
SO JUST THINKING OUT LOUD ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE PROBABLY READY FOR A MOTION.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO OFFER ONE AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS.
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THERE COULD BE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH HIS NAME SHOWS UP AROUND TOWN AS WELL.AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE OR LOCK US OUT OF ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW. CITY ATTORNEY FINCIL, IF YOU WANT TO CONFIRM THAT OR DENY IT.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE THOUGHT.
I WON'T DENY IT. THE RESOLUTION THAT MARTIN REFERENCED HAS NO MENTION OF ANYTHING ABOUT LIMITING THE NAMES TO ONE FACILITY OR THE NAMING OF ONE FACILITY PER PERSON. SO.
SO THIS DOESN'T SHUT DOWN ANY OTHER FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS TOPIC EITHER.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HOSPITAL MOVING INTO THE AREA ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN THE NEXT 20, 30 YEARS AND BEYOND, THIS AREA WILL HAVE GROWN IMMENSELY.
AND THIS WILL BE A VERY, VERY HIGH TRAFFICKED, VERY POPULAR FUTS DESTINATION AND HIGHLY UTILIZED AS A TOOL AND ARTERY FOR BIKE PED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, TOO.
THIS ISN'T WE'RE NOT DELEGATING RAY'S MEMORY TO SOME ODD CORNER OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY MUCH A LIVING CORRIDOR FROM NOW INTO THE FUTURE FOR SURE.
SO DO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO PROCEED? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. FINCIL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS AROUND THE WORDING THAT MS..
IS THAT INCONSISTENT WITH THE RESOLUTION, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW? ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
LET ME JUST. SO MY HARRIS KNOWS HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
YEAH. I THINK MAYBE YOU WANT TO DIRECT IT TO COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS.
YOU CAN. WELL. WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE JUST SAY WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OR DO WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE EDITING IN IT WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION? I THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO DO A LITTLE EDITING, BECAUSE IF I HEARD THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS USED, IT WAS COSMIC RAY TUNNEL ON SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL.
AND IF THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE TUNNEL INSTEAD OF AS THE RESOLUTION CURRENTLY HAS IT AS THE COSMIC RAY TUNNEL, THEN YEAH YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY AS WITH AS AMENDED BY THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
SO MS. HARRIS MAYBE SHOULD MAKE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. MAYBE YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW TO DO MOTIONS AFTER SIX YEARS ON COUNCIL.
I CAN DO THE MOTION. THAT'S NOT IT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT THE CITIZENS THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS ASKED.
I'M SUGGESTING SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO WHICH MOTION AM I MAKING? SO, COUNCILMEMBER, YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO TO GO FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA ITEM WITH AN AMENDMENT AND THEN MENTION WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS. IF I COULD, I WOULD YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF MOTION TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-03 WITH THE AMENDMENT TO NAME THE TUNNEL COSMIC RAY TUNNEL ON SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL BY TITLE ONLY.
DOES THAT MAKE. AND I CAN SHOW YOU MY LAPTOP IF YOU WANT IT.
THEN I MOVED TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-03 BY TITLE ONLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LANGUAGE THAT IT SHOULD BE NAMED COSMIC RAY TUNNEL ON SHEEP'S CROSSING FUTS TRAIL.
I'LL SECOND. DO WE NEED THE PHRASE FUTS ON FUTS TRAIL? I MEAN, THAT SEEMS I HEARD IT AS ON SHEEP'S CROSSING FUT'S TRAIL.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE NEED THE WORD FUTS.
AND JUST SO, SHALL I MAKE A MOTION AMENDMENT? OR YOU CAN ASK COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS TO RESTATE THEM, WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AND RESTATE.
CAN WE. CAN WE TAKE THAT ONE WORD OUT? FUTS. BECAUSE IT'S JUST SHEEP'S CROSSING TRAIL? SO JUST WITHDRAW, GO AHEAD AND WITHDRAW YOUR.
I'LL JUST WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND SAY IT AGAIN WITH.
MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-03 BY TITLE ONLY WITH THE ADDITION TO THE LANGUAGE OF NAMING
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THE TUNNEL.NAMING THE TUNNEL ALONG THE SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL, COSMIC RAY.
WHY DON'T YOU WITHDRAW THAT MOTION REALLY QUICK? OKAY, I'LL WITHDRAW IT. SO.
SO I'M WITHDRAWING THE MOTION AND I'M AMENDING MY MOTION TO KNOW I'M JUST WITHDRAWING THE MOTION.
AND SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-03 WITH AMENDMENT TO NAME TUNNEL COSMIC RAY TUNNEL ON SHEEP CROSSING TRAIL BY TITLE ONLY.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET SECONDS THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND THANK YOU FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF HOUSECLEANING THERE.
DEFINITELY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO ADOPT THAT NOW.
SO I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2023-03 AS READ, AND I'LL SECOND THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED. THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
ALL RIGHT. OK THAT TAKES US TO OUR LAST REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, TEN B.
[B. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-04: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, declaring, for purposes of Section 1.150 2 of the Federal Treasury Regulations, official intent to be reimbursed in connection with certain capital expenditures related to the November 2022 election for proposition 441 and 442 projects as approved by voters, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2023-04 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2023-04 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-04]
CONSIDERATION ON ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-04 WHICH IS A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1.1502 OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY REGULATIONS OFFICIAL INTENT TO BE REIMBURSED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION FOR PROPOSITION 441 AND 442 PROJECTS AS APPROVED BY VOTERS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 2023-04 AND THEN ADOPT IT AND RICK TADDER IS ON DECK UP TO BAT. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
RICK TADDER, MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR.
THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU 2023-04 IS REALLY A PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT RELATED TO FEDERAL TREASURY REGULATIONS THAT SETS FORTH THE CITY'S INTENT THAT WE WILL REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT OCCUR PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT.
BY APPROVING THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION IS RELATED TO THE NOVEMBER 2022 BALLOT MEASURES WHICH VOTERS DID APPROVE.
THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR UP TO $57,285,000 RELATED TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PROP 441. WHICH WAS INVESTING IN CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION, FLOOD, STORMWATER FLOOD MITIGATION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS UP TO $20 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS RELATED TO PROPOSITION 442 TO CREATING RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF FLAGSTAFF.
AND WHILE WE ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF THE PROJECTS AND WHEN THEY WILL BE DELIVERED, WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO MANAGE THE MATCHING OF THE TIMING OF THE FUNDS AND WHEN WE WANT TO HAVE THE CASH ON HAND, WHICH TIES INTO ISSUING THE DEBT.
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EXPENSE INCURRED BY ISSUING TOO EARLY FOR DEBT.IS MY INTENTION TO ISSUE A PORTION OF THIS DEBT LATER THIS FISCAL YEAR AND I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK AN ORDINANCE FOR COUNCIL FOR YOU TO APPROVE MY AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUING THAT DEBT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
ANY CONVERSATION? NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO READ RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-04 BY TITLE ONLY.
I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
CITY CLERK, GO AHEAD AND READ THAT FOR US.
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL DECLARING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1.1502 OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY REGULATIONS OFFICIAL INTENT TO BE REIMBURSED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION FOR PROPOSITIONS 441 AND 442 PROJECTS AS APPROVED BY VOTERS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WONDERFUL. NOW IT'S TIME TO ADOPT IT IF WE HAVE THE VOTES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2023-04.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE DOWN TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS AND BOTH OF THESE ARE MINE.
[A. Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.): A request by Vice Mayor Aslan to place on a future agenda a discussion about entering into a process to rename Agassiz Peak. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council direction. ]
SO I GUESS IT LOOKS LIKE THE VICE MAYOR SHOW CONTINUES HERE IN FULL FORCE.THE FIRST IS IN REGARD TO THE RENAMING OF AGASSIZ PEAK.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY.
AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? AGASSIZ PEAK.
WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY MOOT IF WE CHANGE THE NAME.
LET'S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES HERE.
IT'S I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE A PROCESS.
ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT WOULD END WITH AN ACT OF CONGRESS, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE SOME PLANNING AND SOME WORK, BUT WITHOUT GETTING TRAPPED INTO SOME OF THE LOGISTICS AND THE MERITS OF THIS TOO MUCH.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO IMPART UPON THIS COUNCIL ABOUT THIS IS THAT I'M JUST I'M LOOKING TO ENGAGE OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS IN A LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATION AND HOW HOW WE VALUE OUR SACRED PLACES AND HOW WE HONOR THAT. I DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE NAME AGASSIZ.
I THINK THERE'S MERITS TO THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MY REQUEST IS ABOUT.
MY REQUEST ISN'T ABOUT THE PAST, IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE.
SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO CONVERSATION.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CITY CLERK HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO SLIP THAT IN.
VICE MAYOR, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
ANYONE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICULARLY? COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK REAL QUICKLY? IN WHATEVER WE DO, I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PROMISING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO IN OUR DISCUSSION.
SO LET'S THAT'S JUST FOR ME, IT'S JUST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING THIS TO US, THAT WE'RE NOT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CANNOT DO.
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ABSOLUTELY. A POINT TAKEN.YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ROSE TOHE HERE ABOUT THIS VERY ITEM ISSUE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRESENT IT OR SPLIT IT UP, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, RENAMING A PEAK WILL TAKE AN ACT OF CONGRESS.
CAN WE LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT AVENUES AND RENAMING? LOOK AT RENAMING THESE DIFFERENT PEAKS ON FLAGSTAFF MARKETING.
YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE COME IN AND WE'RE ON OUR MAPS AND STUFF, WE TAKE THAT CONTROL BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO RENAME A MOUNTAIN OR A PEAK THROUGH A FEDERAL PROCESS, BUT OUR MARKETING PROBABLY COULD BE DONE A LOT FASTER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
AND ROSE AND I HAD A LITTLE BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STEP IN HONORING IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON IT, TO RECOGNIZE THE REQUEST AND NOT WAIT FOR 20 YEARS FOR IT TO BE CHANGED IF WE SO DEEMED.
DULY NOTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT FALLS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE FAIR AS AS LAID OUT.
FIRST UP, I ARE ALL THREE OF THESE ONLINE? YES. VICE MAYOR. FIRST UP, LET'S GO WITH [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I'M CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT I'M NOT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO I STARTED ADVOCATING FOR RESTORING THE NAME OF [INAUDIBLE] BUT I'VE TAKEN IT UPON ME TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RENAMING.
SO OVER THE PAST YEARS, I'VE GONE OUT OF MY WAY TO COLLECT STORIES FROM ELDERS, YOUTH SUPPORTERS, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT LEGACY'S PEAK AND WHERE WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE RENAME/RESTORING OF AGASSIZ PEAK.
THIS CREATES A CULTURE OF RACISM AND COLONIZATION THAT WE DEEM AS UNACCEPTABLE.
SO KEEPING THE NAME AGASSIZ PEAK DEEPLY AFFECTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AS THE CULTURAL NAMES OF THE PEAKS DESCRIBE THE SPIRITUAL HEALING AND POWER THAT THE MOUNTAIN WITHHOLDS.
THIS ALSO CREATES A CULTURE OF RACISM AND COLONIZATION IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AND I'VE ALSO TAKEN IT UPON ME TO COLLECT STORIES.
NOT ONLY FROM MYSELF AND WHAT I BROUGHT UP FROM MY FAMILY, BUT I'VE ALSO GONE INTO OTHER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS THE HOPI TRIBE, AND GONE OUT OF MY WAY TO HELP COLLECT AND HAVE THEM BE HEARD.
AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE GROWING UP I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT THAT WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH HARD TIME OR WAKING UP IN THE MORNING, I'VE THE TWO I PRAYED TO. SO WHEN I DID SOME DIGGING AND HISTORY OF WHO AGASSIZ PICK WAS NAMED AFTER, IT DIDN'T GO AND DIDN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT I WAS TAUGHT AND WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP FROM OUR CREATION STORIES AND AS WELL AS NOT ONLY MY CULTURE BUT OTHER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR CULTURES.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHELILA, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND SHARING THOSE THOUGHTS.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR OTHER TWO ONLINE COMMENTERS.
WE HAVE DARRELL AND MACAIS SMIRKS.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE TWO OF YOU TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE TO GO FIRST.
MACAIS, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FIRST? NO, NO, YOU GO AHEAD DAD. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.
AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM MOSCHELLA AND YOU HOPEFULLY HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR INDIGENOUS YOUTH WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD AND ARE WORKING THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS TO MAKE THAT NAME CHANGE RATHER THAN AN ACT OF CONGRESS.
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AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIKAELA AND MATHIAS ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH OTHER YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.THE PEAKS ARE A PART OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
ALL 14 DIFFERENT TRIBES HAVE AND HOLD SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE PLACES.
AND LIKE MCKAYLA HAD SHARED, IT IS IN OUR CULTURE TO LEAN ON THE MOUNTAINS IN TIMES OF NEED.
AND. WHEN THE YOUTH FIRST BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, THEY HAD SHARED THAT THEY HAD ONLY KNOWN IT BY AN INDIGENOUS NAME BEFORE. IT BECAME KNOWN TO THEM AS WHETHER THEIR STUDENTS OR TRAVELING INTO FLAGSTAFF AND SEEING THAT IT HELD DIFFERENT NAMES THAN THEY WERE BROUGHT UP TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH THEIR OWN THEIR OWN CREATION STORIES OR THROUGH THEIR OWN CULTURE.
NOW WE'VE REACHED OUT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, SINCE FEBRUARY 2020, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING THIS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AND I KNOW THAT FORMER VICE MAYOR WHALEN HAD BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL TO REMOVE THE NAME OF THE STREET THAT WAS NAMED AFTER THIS PERSON AND GIVE IT THE NAME OF WC RILES THAT I THINK WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS.
AND SO AS [INAUDIBLE] SHARED, THIS PERSON WAS KNOWN FOR THE STUDY AND WHAT WE NOW CALL EUGENICS.
RIGHT. AND SO WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS WORK, WE HAD THE FORTUNE OF BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH THE DESCENDANTS OF AGASSIZ AND HIS FAMILY DESCENDANTS SOME OF THEM CAME TO FLAGSTAFF AND MET WITH THE YOUTH.
AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF A LAWSUIT WITH HARVARD TO REMOVE AGASSIZ NAME FROM ONE OF HARVARD'S COLLEGES AND TAKE DOWN THE RESEARCH THAT HE IS KNOWN FOR BECAUSE IT'S BROUGHT SHAME TO THEIR FAMILY AND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE SAME THING THAT HE HAD PRESENTED.
AND SO I HOPE THAT COUNCIL SEES THAT THERE IS HOPE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES HAVE HOPE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CONGRESSIONAL ACT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL SUPPORT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR FUTURE.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT THIS JUST BECOMES ALL THAT MUCH MORE OF A LAUNCHING PAD AND AMPLIFIER OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE YOUR CAUSE AND THE CAUSE OF OUR INDIGENOUS YOUTH HERE IN TOWN.
WAS VERY INSPIRED AND VERY MOTIVATED BY OUR YOUTH DURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY THIS YEAR AND THE DIALOG AND THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT OCCURRED THERE.
AND I GUESS THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO OUR OUR NEXT COMMENTER.
MAKIUS, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US IF YOU CAN.
I GUESS YOU'RE UP. YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES.
I THINK WE JUST WERE ABLE TO CHANGE HIS PERMISSIONS.
HI. YEAH. SEE ME? OKAY, GOOD. GO FOR IT.
SO REAL QUICK, [INAUDIBLE] SO YEAH, HERE.
I'M A YOUTH OF THE PEOPLES AND I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF FOR MOST OF MY LIFE AND LIKE WHAT MY FATHER WAS SAYING IN MY MOTIVATOR, MICHELLEA, SHARED THAT ALL OF US PEOPLES NOTICED THIS PARTICULAR PEAK AS AGASSI'S PEAK. AND AGASSI DOESN'T STAND FOR THE VALUES THAT THIS COMMUNITY, KNOWN AS FLAGSTAFF, STANDS FOR AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
WE AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HAVE KNOWN THIS MOUNTAIN THROUGH A MULTITUDE OF NAMES, AND IT HELPS BRING.
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NOT NECESSARILY DIVERSITY INTO OUR LIVES, BUT A GREATER PERSPECTIVE IN THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLES AND THEIR THEIR LANGUAGES, HOW THEY GREW UP TO BE AND WHAT TAUGHT THEM TO BE HUMAN BEINGS.BUT WHEN WE PUT THOSE GOOD INTENTIONS OUT THERE AND RECOGNIZE THAT ITS CONNECTION TO OTHER PEOPLE, TO OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT HELP US MAKE US BETTER HUMAN BEINGS.
WE HAVE TO PUT GOOD NUTRIENTS WITH GOOD MINERALS WITHIN SO THAT WHAT WE TAKE FROM THE PLANTS THAT WE CONSUME, EVEN THE ANIMALS THAT CONSUME THOSE PLANTS THAT WE THEREFORE CONSUME, IT BECOMES PART OF US.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGE IN THE NAME OF THIS PEAK.
AND AS HUMAN BEINGS, SO THAT WHEN WE STEP INTO THAT, THAT FUTURE, THAT IS UNCERTAIN.
WE KNOW BY TODAY'S ACTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, RIGHT THING OF STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE, STANDING UP FOR OUR HUMANITY, AND STANDING UP FOR A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND HARD WORK.
BUT AS LONG AS WE STAND TOGETHER LIKE THIS FORCE THAT SURROUNDS US.
LIFE AS A COMMUNITY CAN PROSPER AND THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS, THOSE THAT COME AFTER US, WILL HAVE A SENSE OF DIRECTION BY THE CHOICES WE HAVE MADE BY TODAY.
SO I HOPE YOU CARRY THAT WITH YOU, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T COME JUST FROM ME.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS SPACE FOR US TO SPEAK AGAIN.
WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTER, I BELIEVE, ADAM SHIMONI.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I FULLY SUPPORT COUNCIL HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT VICE MAYOR ASLAN BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY THAT COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT THIS THIS JOURNEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON WITH THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS TOPIC.
YOU KNOW, NAMES ARE IMPORTANT AND SHOULD REFLECT OUR VALUES AND OUR GOALS.
YOU KNOW, OUR HISTORY IS NOT SOMETHING I'M PROUD OF.
AND IT'S TOPICS LIKE THIS AND DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS THAT GIVE ME HOPE AND GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, LOOKING FORWARD AND CORRECTING THE WRONGS OF THE PAST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.
COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
SO I'LL START BY SAYING THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS FORWARD.
BUT ALL OF THE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M INTERESTED IN PURSUING WHAT MR. DARRYL MARX RAISED IN TERMS OF THE THE POTENTIAL PROCESS THROUGH THE RENAME PROPOSAL.
I'M INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT OPTIONS OF SENDING LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO CONGRESS AND LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RENAMING WITHIN OUR MARKETING.
I THINK THAT TELLS US THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHS FORWARD FOR THIS.
BUT IT IS ALSO A PATH WORTH PURSUING.
SO I VERY MUCH AM IN SUPPORT OF ENGAGING IN FURTHERING THIS CONVERSATION AND ENSURING THAT AS WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CLARITY, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS OF OF WHAT THAT PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE AND ALSO BE TRANSPARENT IN ANY ROADBLOCKS THAT WE COME ACROSS AND JUST LETTING PEOPLE TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
I DO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD.
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AND I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT I'LL ADD IS THAT AT SOME POINT SOMEONE HAS TO COME UP WITH A NEW NAME THAT WE WILL CALL THIS MOUNTAIN.SO IT ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF TAKING THE OLD NAME OFF, IT'S WHY DO WE WANT TO PUT IN FOR THE NEW NAME? SO ANYWAY, MOVE IT FORWARD.
WE HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING COMING UP WITH A NAME THAT DOES HONOR WE HAVE 13, 13 OR 15, 13 TRIBES THAT THESE PEAKS ARE SACRED TO.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS AND HEARING FROM OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTION IN THIS AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS WELL RECEIVED BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, THE NEXT ONE IS ALSO MY FAIR.
[B. Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.): A request by Vice Mayor Aslan to place on a future agenda a discussion about revisiting the City of Flagstaff Logo/Seal. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council direction. ]
IT'S ABOUT REVISITING FLAGSTAFF'S LOGO AND SEAL.YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
I DON'T FEEL PARTICULARLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HURT MY FEELINGS IF THIS DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, AND THIS ISN'T JUST COMING FROM ME.
I WOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD ALL ON MY OWN.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SIDE CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS AROUND REVISITING THE LOGO, AND THE ONLY REASON I CAN THINK THAT IT NEVER REALLY MOVES FORWARD IS IT JUST DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
BUT I THINK WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.
I THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATION WORTH VISITING.
YOU KNOW, OUR LOGO HISTORICALLY HAS A LOT TO OFFER AND I, I HAVE IT BEHIND ME.
I SIT IN FRONT OF IT VERY PROUDLY.
BUT I DO THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF REBRANDING FOR FLAGSTAFF.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO PUT ONE FOOT INTO THE PRESENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS LOGO REALLY SPEAKS TO THE CURRENT ZEITGEIST OR VIBE THAT FLAGSTAFF HAS TO OFFER THESE DAYS.
BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE LOGISTICAL, MERITORIOUS CONSIDERATIONS FOR JUST MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
HOW HOW WE USE A BRAND, HOW WE USE A LOGO THAT ARE WORTH REVISITING ANYWAY.
AND MY GUESS IS THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER VIGOROUS PUBLIC PROCESS INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR COUNCIL SUPPORT TO GIVE STAFF THE THUMBS UP TO START WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE PROCESS MIGHT BE, AND WE CAN JUST TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND OPEN TO DISCUSSION AND HEARING WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
THANK YOU. I'LL START OFF BY SAYING I AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I DO, HOWEVER, LIKE OUR CURRENT LOGO, AND I'VE TOLD A FEW PEOPLE THAT, BUT I SEE IT'S NOT MAYBE REPRESENTING FLAGSTAFF NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE, SO I'M WILLING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
FOR THAT. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD.
ALSO JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE USE OF THE WORD ZEITGEIST.
THANK YOU. BUT IN SERIOUSNESS, I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS WORTHWHILE TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE REPRESENT OURSELVES AND EMBLEMIZE OURSELVES AND THE CULTURE OR FLAGSTAFF THE HISTORY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO I DEFINITELY DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN ADVANCING THAT CONVERSATION.
I'M NOT ADDING MY NAME TO THE LIST OF THOSE WANTING TO MOVE IT FORWARD, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE DO, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE THAT STAFF GIVES AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS WOULD BE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WAY MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN MAYBE APPARENT AT FIRST BRUSH.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT WILL WEIGH HEAVILY ON WHATEVER WE DO TO MOVE FORWARD.
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BUT I APPRECIATE COUNCIL GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT FOR US TO EXPLORE THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT.WE CAN HAVE AN EDUCATED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN, WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
DO WE HAVE A COMMENT OVER THERE? OK. SORRY. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
CITY CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? NOT THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
[13. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS]
AGENDA ITEM 13 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.LET'S GO THE OTHER WAY AROUND THE DAIS HERE.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. NOTHING TO MY TIME.
THIS SATURDAY I WILL BE ATTENDING THE SUMMIT ON EQUAL RESPONSIVITY AND FLAGSTAFF AT NAU.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ISSUES OF EQUAL RESPONSIVITY IN BUSINESS, HEALTH CARE AND GOVERNMENT.
SHOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING DAY.
THANK YOU. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
LOOKED OVER MY SHOULDER AND STOLE MY NOTES.
SO I'LL ALSO BE ATTENDING THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT FOR THE MINIATURE GOLF PLAYABLE EXHIBIT FROM CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AT COCONINO CENTER FOR THE ARTS THROUGH FEBRUARY 23RD.
I ALSO HAD A MEETING LAST I KEEP SAYING THIS TIME IS ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS TO ME ANYMORE.
AND LASTLY, I WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE CHAMBER ANNUAL MEETING AND ATHENA AWARDS ON FRIDAY.
I THINK I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PRESSING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED RIGHT NOW.
CITY MANAGER DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.
I WANTED TO REMEMBER TO OFFER YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY.
LET'S ALL GO HOME AND AND WATCH OUR TVS AND SEE IF WE CAN SEE OUR MAYOR ON THE TV TONIGHT.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.