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

I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AT THIS WORK SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA.

CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL.

>> MAYOR DAGGETT.

>> HERE.

>> VICE MAYOR ASLAN.

>> GREETINGS MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM THE SNOWY CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.

>> COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS.

>> HERE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.

>> HERE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

>> HERE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

>> HERE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

>> HERE.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?

>> PLEASE STAND AS ABLE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, WOULD YOU READ THE MISSION STATEMENT?

>> BE MY PLEASURE, MAYOR, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE, OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT?

>> YES, IT'S MY HONOR.

THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THIS AREA'S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ORIGINAL STEWARDS.

THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAINS SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.

WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS HOME.

>> THANK YOU. I'M TRYING OUT MY NEW THING HERE.

WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PREPARED AGENDA.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION APPEARS ON THE AGENDA TWICE AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END OF THE WORK SESSION, YOU MAY SPEAK OUT ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT NOT BOTH.

ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT AT THE MEETING IS ASKED TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORDING CLERK.

WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP ON THE AGENDA, YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED, YOU MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL UP TO THREE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, INCLUDING COMMENTS MADE DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

PLEASE LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES.

ITEM NUMBER 5, REVIEW OF DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 21ST, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WAIT A MINUTE I'M SORRY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH I JUST SAID.

NUMBER 4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DO WE HAVE ANY?

>> MAYOR I HAVE NO CARDS SUBMITTED FOR THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 5,

[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the March 21, 2023 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]

REVIEW OF THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE MARCH 21ST, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

>> MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE DRAFT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.

>> GREAT THANK YOU. WE DON'T DO A MOTION ON THIS, RIGHT? BUT IT'S SO NOTED. [LAUGHTER]

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

[6. City Manager Report Information Only]

>> ITEM NUMBER 6 CITY MANAGER REPORT.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE CITY MANAGERS REPORT, WHICH WILL BE VERY BRIEF, BUT HOPEFULLY WILL ALLOW SOME TIME FOR TWO DIVISIONS TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES THAT WILL FOLLOW.

THERE'S ONE OR TWO ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION IN THE REPORT AND ONE THAT IS NOT IN THE REPORT THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION VERBALLY HERE.

BUT AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE, YOU HAVE SOME UPDATES FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY GIVE PROPS TO OFFICER THAI WEBSTER, WHO WAS HONORED AS THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OFFICER OF THE YEAR CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

SOME NICE UPDATES FROM A PUBLIC WORKS WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON LED LIGHT UPGRADES AND OF COURSE, SNOW REMOVAL.

AN ITEM I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO UNDER FEDERAL EARMARK APPROPRIATIONS THIS FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF

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IT HAPPENS TOO QUICK TO ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION SO I PUT IT IN MY REPORT, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IT, AND WILL HOPEFULLY STAY TUNED FOR POSITIVE RESULTS.

IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE PURSUED PROJECTS FOR THESE APPROPRIATIONS AND USUALLY IT'S BEEN A SCATTERING OF ALL PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY AND RESULTING IN NUMEROUS REQUESTS THIS YEAR AT THE REQUEST OF OUR LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON, WE HAVE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO THREE ITEMS AND THESE ARE IN LINE WITH PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DEUS AND CERTAINLY WITHIN OUR MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BUDGET TEAM AND SO FORTH.

THOSE PRIORITIES WOULD BE THE SHADOW MOUNTAIN DETENTION BASIN, WHICH IS FLOOD MITIGATION, THE PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING EXCHANGE, WHICH CONCERNS WATERSHED PROTECTION WITH OUR FOREST RESOURCES AND THE THIRD ONE IS TO HOPEFULLY SEEK ASSISTANCE WITH THE NEW FIRE FACILITY TO POTENTIALLY REPLACE STATION SIX NEAR THE NAH RELOCATION SITES.

THOSE ARE THE THREE PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES STAY TUNED AND WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES UP THOSE.

LET'S SEE YOU HAVE A LOT THERE ON CURRENT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS I MAKE NOTE HERE IN THE REPORT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN.

WE HAD A NICE MEETING WITH THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THE JOE MONTALBO PROJECT, WHICH COULD BE A NEW FACILITY TO SERVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH USES POSSIBLY INCLUDING STEAM EDUCATION FOR YOUTH, COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE AND SO FORTH.

I WANT TO THANK SCOTT OVERTURN, AMY HAGEN, AND REBECCA SARAHS FOR JOINING ME ON THAT THAT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND THE PONDEROSA PARK PROJECT, WHICH WILL HAPPEN ONCE WE COMPLETE OUR SPRUCE WASH IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

A LOT OF POSITIVE NEWS THERE.

APPENDED TO MY REPORT AND I WOULD ASK FOR SOME OVERVIEW BY OUR DIVISION HEADS YOU HAVE THE BI-MONTHLY ENGINEERING CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A REFERENCE MAP.

THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD INFORMATION AND IF YOU WILL BE LABOR US WILL HAVE OUR ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM PRESENT ON THAT AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THEIR END OF THE YEAR REPORT.

WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL SEE IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY QUEUED UP FROM CITY ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS READY TO GO HERE. [NOISE]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, I WILL BE GIVING THE BI-MONTHLY UPDATE FOR ENGINEERING DIVISION.

WE'LL BE COVERING CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS SOME DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING PROJECTS AS WELL.

SEVERAL PROJECTS TO GO THROUGH, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS AT A HIGH LEVEL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME OR YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AT THE END IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

FIRST PROJECT IS THE BOULDER POINTE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

YOU RECENTLY SAW THAT, AND DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 100% DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE RE-ENGAGED THE DESIGN CONSULTANT DOWN THAT AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING US AN UPDATED SCHEDULE TO GET 100% PLANS.

HOPING TO GET THAT DONE LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER SO WE CAN MOVE RIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION.

NEXT PROJECT IS THE FREMONT, BOULEVARD RESTRIPING PROJECT.

THIS IS A TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT WHERE WE HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN ON FREMONT, BOULEVARD.

WE DID SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES, SHOWED THAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE DIDN'T WARRANT TRAFFIC CALMING.

STAFF DID COME UP WITH A PLAN TO RESTRIP THE STREET.

RIGHT NOW IT'S FOUR LANES; VERY WIDE.

WE WE'RE GOING TO RESTRICT IT TO TWO LANES WITH A CENTER TURN LANE.

WE DID PRESENT THAT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 2ND.

SOME RESIDENTS DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT PROPOSAL.

STAFF DID RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THAT WHEN WEATHER PERMITS AND A LOT OF THE SNOW MELTS, TO RE-ENGAGE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, MEET WITH THEM ON-SITE, LOOK AT THEIR CONCERNS, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE THEIR TRAFFIC SPEEDING ISSUES.

MORE TO COME ON THAT PROJECT.

BEULAH BOULEVARD EXTENSION AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE REALIGNMENT.

THAT IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT.

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COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AWARDED A APPROXIMATE $19,000,000 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION.

WE HELD AN OPEN HOUSE AT CITY HALL ON MARCH 2ND.

IT WAS FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED; WAS RIGHT AFTER ONE OF THE BIG SNOWSTORMS. CONSTRUCTION IS SLATED TO START LATER THIS MONTH SO YOU WILL SEE SOME MOBILIZATION HAPPENING OUT THERE.

THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT.

INCLUDES AN UNDERPASS UNDER MILTON BETWEEN TARGET AND BURGER KING, AND CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUMMER OF 2025.

JWP OR JOHN WESLEY POWELL SPECIFIC PLAN STUDY.

THE CITY STAFF WAS WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT ON A PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ALIGNMENT OF THE ROADWAY.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS SO THIS PROJECT HAS SWITCHED GEARS MORE TOWARDS A SPECIFIC PLAN.

THE CITY STAFF IS WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT, PEAK ENGINEERING AND THEY HAVE A SUB-CONSULTANT WAY BACK WHO IS A WELL-KNOWN PLANNING FIRM.

WE'RE WORKING ON A CHANGE ORDER TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL ON EARLY APRIL FOR A SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS SPECIFIC PLAN AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

STAFF IS ALSO IN TALKS WITH THE LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA REGARDING AGREEMENTS FOR DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, IS THE CITY OR THE DEVELOPERS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT IF THE CITY TAKES ON THE LEAD, WHAT REIMBURSEMENTS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL NEED TO GIVE THE CITY.

NEXT PROJECT IS COCONINO ESTATES.

THERE'S A PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS.

BOTH PHASES OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE FOR WATER AND SEWER LINE REPLACEMENTS OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADS, WHICH WILL ALSO REPLACE THE ROAD CURB WITH CURB AND GUTTER.

THOSE TWO PROJECTS WERE NEARING THE END OF CONSTRUCTION WHEN ALL THE SNOWSTORMS HIT, SO WE DID ISSUE WHAT IS CALLED A WINTER SHUTDOWN.

IT STOPS THE CONTRACT TIME, BUT THE CONTRACTOR CAN WORK OUT THERE IF WEATHER PERMITS.

THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WORKING AND BOTH PHASES ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION EARLY THIS SPRING.

NEXT PROJECT IS THE DOWNTOWN MILE.

THAT'S A SUITE OF SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

ON MARCH 9TH, THE CITY POSTED A SURVEY ONLINE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE AS TO HOW RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES WANT TO GET NOTIFIED OF THE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY AND USE THAT TO HELP ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND THE BUSINESSES IN THE FUTURE WITH OUTREACH, NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO OUR NORMAL MAILER PROCESS.

THE CITY NBNSF AND AMTRAK HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE FINAL SCOPING OF THE DESIGN WORK NEEDED FOR THE 30% PLANS TO COMPLETE THEIR PLATFORM RECONSTRUCTIONS.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECT.

THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECTS ARE NEARING 30% DESIGN.

STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THE INFO GRANT DOCUMENTATION WITH THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.

A LOT OF WORK GOING ON ON THAT PROJECT BEHIND THE SCENES.

NEXT PROJECT IS VERY LARGE PROJECT AGAIN.

THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

WE HAD SOME GROUP SPEAK AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ARMY CORP HAS EXTENDED THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 31ST.

THE CITY HAS POSTED THIS WITH LINKS TO THE DOCUMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER ACCOUNTS.

THE ARMY CORPS ALSO SENT OUT EMAIL BLASTS TO THEIR LIST.

THEN THE CITY STAFF HAS ALSO DIRECTLY EMAILED THE GROUPS THAT HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT THE TIMEFRAME HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND HAVE A LINK TO THE DOCUMENTATION.

ANOTHER EXCITING ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE ARMY CORP WILL BE IN TOWN THIS FRIDAY.

COLONEL BOLTON AND THE ARMY CORP REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PROJECT WILL BE HERE THIS FRIDAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH MAYOR DAGGETT, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, AND STAFF JUST TO GO OVER THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.

THEN WE ALSO WENT THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND HIRED THREE REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS TO HELP OUT WITH APPRAISALS AND PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS,

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SO THERE'S A LOT OF EASEMENTS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL HELP ON THAT.

LONE TREE OVERPASS, YOU RECENTLY SAW AN UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT ON FEBRUARY 21ST.

JUST QUICK UPDATE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DESIGN AND THE REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS FOR THAT PROJECT IS A BIG ITEM AS WELL.

WE'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE COMPLETED.

LIBRARY ENTRANCE, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THE WINTER STORMS. WE DID ISSUE A WINTER SHUTDOWN FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN OUT THERE WORKING WHEN THEY CAN, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT COMPLETED SOME TIME IN MAY.

NEXT PROJECT IS LAKE MARY WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THE SCOPE OF WORK ON THIS PROJECT IS REHABILITATE THE VERY OLD FLOCCULATION AND SEDIMENTATION BASINS, NEW MIXERS, REPLACING OLD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, REPLACING THE OLDER PIPING AND VALVES.

THE WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ENGINEERING STAFF ARE CURRENTLY OUT FOR A SOLICITATION FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, ALSO PURSUING SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP WITH FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT.

THERE'S VERY LONG LEAD ITEMS ON THAT PROJECT, SO THE HOPE IS TO GET THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK UNDER CONTRACT SO WE CAN GET THOSE LONG LEAD ITEMS ORDERED.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION STARTING UNTIL LATER IN FY24 AND THEN GOING THROUGH FY25.

SWITZER CANYON TRANSMISSION MAIN, THAT DESIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT FOR BIDS ON THAT PROJECT.

BIDS ARE DUE MARCH 10TH, AND STAFF IS ALSO FINALIZING A FEW LAST EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS ON THAT PROJECT.

CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE ABLE TO START LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER ON THAT PROJECT.

ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS AT BUTLER AND BEAVER AND BUTLER AND SAN FRANCISCO.

DOING SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 15% DESIGN AND DRAFT TECHNICAL REPORTS ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED SO STAFF IS DOING REVIEW OF THOSE.

HOPE TO GET THOSE FINALIZED HERE IN THE SHORT TERM.

THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE NOT FUNDED IN OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THEY ARE ABOUT $800,000 EACH FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT 15% DESIGN AND TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM IN HAND, WE CAN USE THAT TO GO OUT FOR ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

THE SOLIERE AVENUE TRANSMISSION MAIN, THAT'S OUT FOR BIDS RIGHT NOW AND THOSE BIDS ARE DUE MARCH 10TH.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO COUNCIL IN APRIL FOR THAT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LONG LEAD ITEMS MATERIALS WITH THE PIPING AND VALVES, SO WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION STARTING UNTIL THE SPRING OF '24.

AGAIN, THAT'S TO GET THE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, GET THOSE LONG LEAD ITEMS ORDERED.

THAT WILL BE ADDING ALMOST A MILE OF 12-INCH PVC WATER MAIN ON SOLIERE FROM ELKTON STREET TO FOREST STREET.

BUTLER AND O'LEARY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGING WITH ONE OF OUR ON-CALL DESIGN FIRMS TO GIVE US A SCOPE OF WORK AND PROPOSAL.

THEN WE'LL REVIEW THAT AND HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ISSUING A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR DESIGN AND COMPLETE THAT BY THE SPRING OF '24, WITH CONSTRUCTION IN THE FALL OF '24.

AGAIN, THAT PROJECT WILL DO A PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CROSSING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUTLER AND O'LEARY STREET.

ASPEN AVENUE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS PROJECT WILL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT SOME ENHANCEMENTS FOR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS LOCATED ALONG ASPEN AVENUE IN FRONT OF THE CENTURYLINK PARKING LOT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ON-CALL DESIGN ENGINEER PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR SCOPE OF WORK.

AGAIN, HOPE TO GET THAT COMPLETED THIS SUMMER AND THEN START CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL.

ALL RIGHT KEEP GOING.

THE BNSF UTILITY RELOCATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.

BNSF HAS NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT WE HAVE SOME SEWER AND RECLAIMED WATER MAINS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH SOME OTHER POTENTIAL RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE HAVE AN EASEMENT THAT GOES THROUGH THERE, SO THE CITY HAS TO RELOCATE THOSE LINES.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN.

ROUTE 66 AND FANNING EDGE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS PROJECT WAS RECENTLY BID OUT.

WE RECEIVED BIDS ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

YOU WILL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ON APRIL 4TH.

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LAST CAPITAL PROJECT IS THE SPRUCE WASH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR DESIGN FIRMS ARE NOW UNDER CONTRACT.

WE WENT THROUGH THIS SOLICITATION AND SELECTED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

THEY ARE ALSO UNDER A PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT, SO THEY ARE NOW WORKING WITH OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY TEAM.

WE MEET THE COMMITTEE.

WE MEET EVERY WEEK.

WE GO THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK DESIGN.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO SEQUENCE CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT MAKES SENSE WHICH PROJECTS TO DO FIRST, AND THEN WE ARE ANTICIPATING BRINGING A CONSTRUCTION GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR A PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS TO COUNSEL JULY 3RD BEFORE THE SUMMER RECESS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CAPITAL PORTION AND THEN JUST A QUICK UPDATE FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING.

CONTINUE TO SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY.

WE HAVE THREE SUBDIVISIONS IN PLAN REVIEW, AND WE HAVE NINE SITE PLANS CURRENTLY IN PLAN REVIEW.

WE HAVE NINE SUBDIVISIONS, EITHER IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, ARE WAITING FOR PERMITS TO BE ISSUED, AND WE HAVE 16 SITE PLAN PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION ALL WAITING FOR PERMITS TO BE ISSUED.

WE ALSO INCLUDED A HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ON THE IN AND OUT BURGER WHERE THE OLD PIZZA HUT IS.

A PERMIT IS READY TO BE ISSUED, JUST NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR, SO WE HAD OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING STAFF HAD THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR YESTERDAY, SO AS SOON AS THEY PAY FOR AND GET THAT PERMIT, THEY WILL BEGIN DEMOLITION OF THE OLD PIZZA HUT AND THEN SCRAPE THE SITE AND START TO BUILD IN AND OUT BURGER AND I WAS TOLD THEIR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR IS 180 DAYS SO SIX MONTHS, SO LATE FALL, YOU CAN SEE THE IN AND OUT BURGER OPEN ON MILTON.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

COME TO MEMBER MATTHEWS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AND ALL THE HARD WORK.

I'M SURE YOU ARE WORKING FULL-TIME ON ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING.

>> COUNCIL MAYOR MATTHEWS, APPRECIATE THAT.

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS A VERY GOOD TEAM UNDERNEATH ME AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK, SO THEY DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT.

>> IT'S APPRECIATED.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DAN FULCRUM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND I'M JUST GOING TO DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR YEAR-END REPORT AND SO IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

I HOPE THE PUBLIC GETS A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.

IT REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I WANT TO START BY THANKING ALL OF OUR SECTION HEADS SO HOUSING DIRECTOR SARAH DARR, PLANNING DIRECTOR MICHELE MCNULTY, BUILDING OFFICIAL AMY HAGEN AND REAL ESTATE MANAGER BRYCE DODI.

IT'S THEIR TEAMS THAT ARE DOING ALL THIS AMAZING WORK AND NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THEM.

THEN I WANT TO THANK TORY MARTIN WHO PREPARED THE END OF YEAR REPORT THAT'S IN THE PACKET.

JUST TO WALK THROUGH IT, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION REFLECTING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.

STARTING OUT WITH CURRENT PLANNING.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO REVIEW EVERYTHING FROM CONCEPT PLAN THROUGH FINAL INSPECTIONS ON PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE.

WE'VE GOT A LINK AT THE BOTTOM TO THE DEVELOPMENT STATUS REPORT, WHICH GIVES AN UPDATE REALLY ON ALL THESE PROJECTS, REALLY FROM THE TIME THAT THEY ENTER A CONCEPT TO WHEN THEY GET THEIR FINAL CFO.

YOU CAN TRACK THINGS LIKE THE IN AND OUT BURGER, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT.

WE INVITE PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING A PART OF THE SCHULTZ CRAIG BASIN PROJECT THAT PROBABLY DIDN'T GET A LOT OF DISCUSSION, BUT THIS WAS A STORM WATER PROJECT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DO IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR, AND PART OF THAT WAS GETTING SOME FEDERAL CLEARANCES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION CLEARANCES.

BECAUSE WE ARE A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WE HAVE A QUALIFIED HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER ON OUR STAFF, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT 106 REVIEW INTERNALLY, AND I BELIEVE THIS REALLY HELPED ACCELERATE THE PROJECT AND HELP GET THAT BASIN PROJECT DONE.

MARK RAVIS IS OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, AND SO HE'S GIVEN YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SITE AND WHAT SOME OF THE HISTORY WAS AT THAT SITE WHERE THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED.

WE'VE ALSO GOT A SITE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED MURDOCH NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.

IT'S BEEN FUNDED WITH CDBG FUNDS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

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AGAIN, MARK RAVIS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR OTHER, AMY HAGEN, WHO'S I THINK SHE IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS.

AMY HAGEN WORKING WITH MARK ON THAT SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

WE'VE GOT SOME OVERVIEWS OF WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LOOKED AT THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH A LINK TO THEIR AGENDAS.

THEN WE GET INTO A NICE REVIEW OF THE YEAR SO THIS IS A CALENDAR YEAR REPORT, AND SO WE'VE REALLY SUMMARIZE JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER, SOME OF THE COUNCIL ACTIVITY.

HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT RON COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO RELIVE SOME OF THAT.

WHAT I'M SURE WE'RE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE YEAR.

WE'VE GOT THINGS ON LAND USE, ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS AND WE'VE GOT SOME HOUSING ACTIONS THAT CAME THROUGH YOU.

GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THAT.

WE'VE GOT A NICE REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROGRAM AND THE REGIONAL PLAN UPDATE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE UPDATE TO THE REGIONAL PLAN.

LAST YEAR WE HELD A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE DID VISIONING WORKSHOPS.

WE HIRED OUR SCENARIO PLANNING CONSULTANT ALONG WITH SOME OTHER THINGS AND I'LL PROMOTE WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT IS THE SCENARIO PLANNING COMING UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

SARAH DECTOR WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU THAT LAST WEEK, WE'VE GOT THIS GAME THAT FOLKS WILL PLAY.

THE TECHNICAL STAFF DID IT THIS WEEK.

LET'S SEE. IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, I THINK LAST THURSDAY, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WITH THE PUBLIC AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THERE'S INFORMATION IN THE LOBBY ON THAT AND ON OUR WEBSITE, SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE VISIONING, OR I SHOULD SAY THERE ARE SCENARIO PLANNING WORKSHOPS.

I'VE GOT AN OVERVIEW OF THE REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY.

A LOT OF IT CAME IN FRONT OF YOU.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY CAPITAL PROJECTS IN MY TIME HERE AT THE CITY.

YOU JUST GOT A GREAT REPORT FROM OUR CITY ENGINEER.

ALL OF THOSE PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT WE NEED, WHETHER IT'S REAL PROPERTY EASEMENTS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS COME THROUGH OUR REAL ESTATE PROGRAM AND IT'S REALLY BRYCE AND ONE OTHER PERSON COME IN PRIOR.

WE DO CONTRACT FOR QUITE A FEW SERVICES, BUT WE'RE EXTREMELY BUSY IN REAL ESTATE.

BUILDING SAFETY.

ALSO HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS IN HERE IN TERMS OF PLAN REVIEWS, PERMITS, OVER 2,400 PERMITS, OVER 14,000 INSPECTIONS COMPLETED IN ONE CALENDAR YEAR.

THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION VALUE FOR 2022 WAS 240,500,000.

CLOSE TO 241 MILLION IN VALUATION OF CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED ADUS.

WE HAD 45 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR, AND 353 PHOTO-VOLTAIC PERMITS; SOLAR.

NICOLE AND HER TEAM HAVE REALLY BEEN PROMOTING THAT PROGRAM AND SO THEY COORDINATE REALLY WELL WITH OUR TEAM.

LET US KNOW WHEN WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE A LOT OF PERMITS.

IT'S JUST GREAT TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY ON THOSE.

THE LAST THING WE HAVE IS OUR CODE COMPLIANCE REPORT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL POINT OUT, YOU GET A NICE MIX OF THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT ARE CODE TEAM WORKS ON.

A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE'D GOTTEN SOME DIRECTION TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR CODE COMPLIANCE, WHICH I BELIEVE WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

THERE'S THIS MYTH THAT WE ONLY RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS, THAT'S REALLY NOT TRUE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS REPORT AT THE TOP, WE HAVE A STAFF-DRIVEN COMPLAINT AND A CITIZEN-DRIVEN COMPLAINT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS STAFF DRIVEN ARE THE ONES WHERE WE INITIATED THE VIOLATION.

WE WENT OUT, WE OBSERVED IT, WE MANAGED IT.

THE CITIZENS ARE THE ONES WHERE WE'RE RESPONDING.

I THINK ROUGHLY ABOUT 90% OF OUR CASES ARE ACTUALLY STAFF-INITIATED, WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO CODE COMPLIANCE.

THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR DARK SKY REPORT.

THE WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO COUNTY ON THE JOINT POSITION OR DARK SKY SPECIALIST.

THAT'S IT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THE MONTHLY REPORTS AS WELL, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE HAD AFTER REVIEWING THIS YEAR-END REPORT?

>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. DAN, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING I MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT MOST OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS WERE CITIZEN-DRIVEN AND I WAS SURPRISED AT THAT.

AND REGGIE, HE'S MY BEST FRIEND SO SHOUT OUT TO REGGIE. THANKS.

>> OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE HAD A REALLY BUSY SEASON LIKE OUR STREETS AND PARKS CRUISE AS WELL, WITH SNOW. THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, DAN AND PAUL FOR THOSE NICE UPDATES.

A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS AND I WILL CONCLUDE MAYOR, I ALSO WANTED TO CALL OUT IN MY REPORT,

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THERE'S A LITTLE BLURB ON SOME OF THE RECRUITING EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IS INCLUDING SOME NICE DISPLAYS OUT AT THE AIRPORT, BUT ALSO THE MANY DIGITAL TOOLS AND PLATFORMS BEING USED ON VARIOUS FORUMS AND WEBSITES.

WITH THAT, I WILL GIVE SOME PROPS HERE TO HEIDI HANSON IN THE ECONOMIC VITALITY TEAM AND THEN MANY TALENTED PEOPLE IN THAT TEAM THAT HAD BEEN DOING ALL OF THIS INTERNALLY.

IT'S A GREAT EFFORT AND MUCH APPRECIATED, SO THANK YOU.

LASTLY, IN THIS ITEM YOU WILL NOT FIND IN MY REPORT, I WILL TOUCH ON IT AGAIN.

LIKELY, IT'LL BE BROUGHT TO YOU IN A CONSENT AGENDA IF THERE IS A NOD HERE TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD BE LOOKING TO OR AT LEAST INFORM YOU THAT THERE'S A AN EFFORT BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO SUPPORT WITH A LETTER THAT'S BEING CIRCULATED, SUPPORT THE RAILWAY SAFETY ACT OF 2023 NOW IN THE US SENATE.

THIS OF COURSE, IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS OF INTEREST TO FLAGSTAFF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR FORWARDING THE INFORMATION TO ME.

I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS FORM LETTER.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN APPLICATION AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU LATER FOR RATIFICATION IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD STEP FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

FIRST UP WE HAVE DAPPER DRE.

>> HELLO. GREETINGS, COUNCIL, STAFF, OF COURSE, AND NEW MAYOR, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THIS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN COUNCIL HALLS SINCE A LOT OF THE NEW CANCEL GETTING ON.

MOST OF YOU KNOW WHO I AM AND KNOW WHAT NOT ONLY I'M INVOLVED IN, BUT WAS WAS INVOLVED IN MAY 2020 AND 2021.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO STAFF, TO COUNSEL, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THOSE SAFETY INTERSECTIONS GOING IN WHERE THEY ARE.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU GOT TO SEE CRASH DATA FROM MAINTENANCE, FROM OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE IN TRANSPORTATION, AND WE JUST GOT TO FOLLOW THAT DATA.

IF THAT DATA SAYS THOSE ARE SUPER DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS, WELL THEN I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE DATA TO GET TO WHY THEY'RE DANGEROUS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THEM BETTER.

I'M SURE MOST KNOW, BUT ALSO REMIND A LOT OF FOLKS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THAT WAS ALL FOR PEDESTRIANS.

THAT WAS TO MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

AND WE SEE WHAT A STALWART AND WHAT THE DRAW OF DOWNTOWN IS BECAUSE IT IS PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.

IT COULD BE MORE, THERE'S DEFINITELY PARTS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL ATTENTION AS ALWAYS AS ALL THINGS GROWING PAINS HAPPENED TO ALL CITIES AND IT HAPPENS TO US AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AGAIN REITERATE THE THANKS TO STAFF IN MUCH SO FOR AT LEAST BEING OPEN-MINDED TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE BIKE LANES AS A PILOT TEST TO SEE WHAT HEADACHES THAT BRINGS AND I KNOW YOU GET ALL HEADACHES.

YOU GET ALL PEOPLE WHO SAY, IF YOU JUST CHANGE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, WE'LL GET TO OUR THING FASTER.

IF YOU CAN DEAL WITH CONGESTION, THEN IT WILL MAKE OUR LIVES SO MUCH BETTER.

BUT THE IRONY OF THAT, AND THE IRONY OF ALL CAR TRAVEL IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR IS SPENDING LESS TIME IN THEIR VEHICLES.

WE'RE PUTTING IN, WHAT WAS IT? NINETEEN MILLION TO JUST A BUELLER INTERCHANGE.

WE'RE PUTTING IN MILLIONS, UPON MILLIONS, UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO STREETS, INTO ROADS, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS QUICKER SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN THEIR CARS LESS.

THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF A LOT OF THESE BIG TRANSPORTATION GOALS IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS FASTER.

HOW ABOUT WE TRY HAVING THEM NOT BE IN THEIR CARS? HOW ABOUT WE TRY HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO WALK AND BE ABLE TO BIKE SAFELY, AND INDUCED DEMAND WORKS BOTH WAYS.

IF YOU MAKE STUFF EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND TO RIDE THEIR BIKE, AND IT'S SAFE, AND IT'S EFFICIENT, AND IT'S EASY, MORE PEOPLE WILL DO IT.

IF YOU DO THAT FOR CARS, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CARS AND CARS AND CONGESTION.

WE GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT IT AS PROBLEMS. THIS ISN'T PROBLEMS. THIS IS JUST HOW WE LIVE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BALANCE.

YOU GUYS GET TO DO IT, STAFF GETS TO DO IT, WE ALL GET TO DO IT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR ME TO BALANCE ON ONE LEG NOW, BUT YO KNOW I'LL BE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS.

ALWAYS DO MY BEST.

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THANK YOU. DO YOUR BEST.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LET ME SEE IF I CAN PRONOUNCE THIS CORRECTLY, ADAM SHAMOONEY.

>> IT'S MOONEY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LEADERSHIP, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY, IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL.

JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT REPORTS.

CAPITAL ENGINEER PAL MOOD DID A GREAT JOB AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE TEAM.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF CONCERNS ON THE FREMONT RIGHT SIZING.

I KNOW WE'RE KICKING THAT TO SPRING.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGNS THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET, THE MEDIAN IS 14 1/2 FEET WIDE.

IT'S ALMOST TWICE THE WIDTH OF MOST CARS AND THE VEHICLE TRAVEL LANES ARE THE WIDTH OF A.I17 TRAVEL LANES WHICH IS 12 FEET.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY ENGINEER TEAM TO START MAYBE PLANNING FOR MINIMUM WIDTHS RATHER THAN MAXIMUM WIDTHS.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE RIGHT SIZING FROM FIVE LANES TO THREE LANES, WE'RE STILL BUILDING MAXIMUM WITH LANES, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR PEDESTRIAN COMFORT AND CROSSING ABILITY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS CLOSE TO FOLLOW AND A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

BIKE LANES SHOULD ALSO NOT BE BETWEEN TRAVEL LANES AND PARKED CARS.

BIKE LANES SHOULD BE UP AGAINST THE MARGINS WHERE THEY'RE SAFE AND AWAY FROM CARS.

I THINK THAT THE TEAM CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

I LIKE TO SEE BETTER DESIGN HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AND TO US, THE PUBLIC.

I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME EXCITEMENT FOR THE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED AT SAN FRAN AND BUTLER, AND BEAVER AND BUTLER.

THAT IS TWO OF THE MORE DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN OUR IN OUR TOWN AS DRE SPOKE TO WITH A CRASH DATA BACKING IT UP.

THEY ARE $800,000 EACH.

NOT A LOT OF MONEY WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THE BEULAH WIDENING EFFORT THAT FBO FLIGHTS, THAT BIKING ORGANIZATION JUST SIGNED OFF ON A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS FOR $45 MILLION, SO $800,000 FOR EACH INTERSECTION ISN'T A WHOLE LOT.

WHEN REALLY QUICK FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW A PROTECTED INTERSECTION IS, IT'S A PROTECTED INTERSECTION OR A PROTECTED JUNCTION, ALSO KNOWN AS A DUTCH STYLE JUNCTION.

IT'S A TYPE OF AT-GRADE ROAD JUNCTION IN WHICH CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE SEPARATE FROM CARS.

THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE JUNCTION IS TO MAKE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS SAFER AND FEEL SAFER AT THE ROAD JUNCTION.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A PROTECTED INTERSECTION IS, I ADVISE YOU TO LOOK IT UP.

THE CURVES ARE BUMPED OUT.

CARS HAD TO MAKE A SHARPER RIGHT-HAND TURN.

THERE'S NO RIGHT TURN ON RED, AND PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS GET THE GREEN LIGHT FIRST, OFTEN GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION BEFORE CARS EVEN GET MOVING.

VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS HAPPENING AND IF WE CAN FIND 13 MILLION, I THINK IT IS FOR BEULAH UNIVERSITY ALIGNMENT OF 419 FUNDS, I THINK WE CAN FIND 1.6 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.

JUST GENERAL APPRECIATION TO THE CAPITAL TEAM FOR PUTTING A LOT OF EMPHASIS AND FOCUS AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT ON BIKE AND PED NEEDS IN TOWN.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

>>THANK YOU, ADAM. MOVING ON, THAT WAS ALL CORRECT, YES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON WHETHER

[7. Discussion and direction on whether to consider an invitation for bid for a lease within the Cheshire Park expansion area for a Telecommunication Facility (cell tower). City staff in the Property and Development Committee as well as Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Events (PROSE) staff recommend not pursuing a lease in the Cheshire Park expansion area at this time.]

TO CONSIDER AN INVITATION FOR BID FOR A LEASE WITHIN THE CHESHIRE PARK EXPANSION AREA FOR A TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY CELL TOWER.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS DAN FAULT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

I'M GOING TO KICK OFF THIS PRESENTATION.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO SUPPORT ME IN THIS.

BRYCE DODI, OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER, AND AMY HAGEN, I THINK OUR DEPUTY PARKS DIRECTOR, WHO IS OUR CURRENT TITLE.

THIS IS PROBABLY AN ITEM THAT HAS NOT COME TO COUNCIL BEFORE. IT'S A LITTLE NEW.

WE DO GET REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO WANT TO USE CITY PROPERTY FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO GET COMMUNICATIONS FROM TELECOMMUNICATION FOLKS OR FOLKS WHO DO THE PERMITTING FOR THESE COMPANIES AND SO WE WERE CONTACTED, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR THEY CONTACTED BRYCE DODI OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER.

TYPICALLY, WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE IT THROUGH A PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WHICH IS AN INFORMAL COMMITTEE OF JUST STAFF MEMBERS AND WE TYPICALLY MEET EVERY MONTH AND IT'S FOR THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS, THINGS ON CITY PROPERTY, QUESTIONS ABOUT MANAGEMENT OF CITY PROPERTY, JUST ALL ISSUES AROUND THAT AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING IT TO THAT COMMITTEE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE INCLUDE PROS IN THIS BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL WAS TO DO IT ON A PARKLAND.

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WE HAD THAT MEETING LAST YEAR.

THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WAS NOT TO PURSUE A LEASE.

BUT AFTER TALKING TO OVER INTERNALLY, IT WAS DECIDED THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY BRING THIS TO COUNSEL, GET SOME INPUT FROM COUNCIL, ALSO FROM THE PUBLIC.

IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION, SO ULTIMATELY, WE WILL BE SEEKING YOUR DIRECTION AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION AND THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE INVOLVED.

WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC SOLICITATION.

WE CANNOT JUST ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH ONE COMPANY.

IT'S GOT TO BE AN OPEN PROCESS WHERE IT'S AWARDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT.

AGAIN, AT THE END, WE'LL BE ASKING, DO YOU WANT US TO PREPARE A SOLICITATION OR DO YOU NOT WANT US TO PROCEED? LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE ZONING AND HOW WE ZONE, HOW WE REGULATE CELL TOWERS AND WHAT WE CALL WIRELESS FACILITIES IN OUR ZONING CODE AND SO THIS SECTION, 104-06-0310, IT'S ABOUT I WANT TO SAY 10-12 PAGES OF REQUIREMENTS AND IT LAYS OUT WHAT WE ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND WHAT REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THEY'RE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

THE RESULT OF P&Z IS REPORTED TO COUNCIL AND THEN YOU CAN NOW SELF REFER IT TO YOURSELF OR YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT ALONE AND LET P&Z DECISION STAND.

AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT'S REQUIRED TO APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A NEW WIRELESS FACILITY.

THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE'S A NEED.

THEY NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVES, RATHER THAN PUTTING UP A NEW STRUCTURE, DID THEY LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES AND WHY WON'T THOSE WORK? THEN HOW ARE THEY MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF THE USE? IN THIS CASE, IT'S TYPICALLY VISUAL IMPACT AS WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT MOST OFTEN.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR CODE THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THE PRESENTATION BUT I'LL TOUCH ON IS WE DO TALK ABOUT PREFERRED SITES FOR THESE STRUCTURES, NEUTRAL SITES AND DISFAVORED SITES, SO PREFERRED SITES ARE MOUNTING ON COMMUNITY STRUCTURES, SO PUTTING ANTENNAS ON EXISTING BUILDINGS, EXISTING TOWERS, THAT'S ALWAYS OUR PREFERENCE.

NEW TOWERS ARE PREFERRED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES OR PUBLIC LANDS.

PUBLIC FACILITY PRIMARILY, NOT NECESSARILY PARKS, SO THOSE ARE IN THE PREFERRED SITES AND I'LL GET TO WHAT THIS MEANS IN JUST A MINUTE.

THEN WE HAVE NEUTRAL SITES, SO COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ARE THE NEUTRAL SITES AND THEN DISFAVORED SITES FOR NEW TOWERS WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

SCENIC VIEW CORRIDORS, SO DESIGNATED LOCALES THAT ARE SCENIC AND THEN SCENIC LOCALES SUCH AS PARKS, PUBLIC PARKS ARE LISTED IN HERE.

WHAT THOSE THREE CATEGORIES MEAN IS IT DOES LIMIT THE HEIGHT.

YOU CAN ASK, SO A PREFERRED SITE, YOU CAN ASK FOR UP TO 100 FEET.

NEUTRAL SITE IS 75 FEET AND THEN A DISFAVORED SITE IS 60 FEET.

BUT IN NO CASE MORE THAN 70.

THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT THE TREES AND BEING A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE TREES AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

WHAT CATEGORY THE SITE FALLS INTO THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER.

THEN WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WHERE NEW TOWERS NEED TO BE AT LEAST 300 FEET FROM RIGHT AWAY.

AND THERE'S A LIST OF LOCATIONS AND ONE OF THEM IS US HIGHWAY 184 VALLEY ROAD, SO THIS IS OUT ON FORT VALLEY ROAD.

IF IT WERE TO BE AT THIS PARCEL, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 300 FEET AWAY FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRYCE AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND.

AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AT THE END HERE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE WORLD.

THE YELLOW STAR JUST OFF OF 180 BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SCHULTZ MEADOW OR SCHULTZ.

WHAT THIS IS IS UNIMPROVED PARKLANDS, SO WE HAVE EXPANSION PLANS FOR IT.

CHESHIRE PARK IS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF IT, SO YOU CAN SEE THE COURTS RIGHT THERE AND THERE ARE PLANS WHICH AMY HAGEN, WILL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE ABOUT EXPANDING THE PARK.

BUT THIS IS A SITE THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FROM POTENTIAL TOWER SITE AND COMPANIES AS A PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS.

THIS WAS THE INITIAL CONCEPT PLANS, THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S WHERE THEY IDEALLY WOULD LIKE TO PLACE IT.

AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY.

JUST VIEWING IT FROM THAT STRANGE GOOGLE STREET 3D VIEW, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THOSE MONO PINE CELL TOWERS THESE DAYS.

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WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR IS 100 FOOT SIZE TOWER AND WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF AREA FOR THAT AS A 25 SQUARE FOOT POSTAGE STAMP SIZE.

THAT ACCORDING TO SCREENING AND SIDING WITH THE CUP, IT WOULD BE A BLOCK WALL RIGHT NOW.

IF WE GET WE CAN ALWAYS PUT ENHANCED SCREENING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TO TRY TO PROTECT IT VISUALLY.

BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH SEEING THOSE IN THE COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S JUST THE THE CONCEPT SITE PLAN THAT THEY WERE INITIALLY PROVIDED US AND THAT'S WHAT THAT 2,500 SQUARE FEET WOULD LOOK LIKE.

YOU'D HAVE THE TOWER ITSELF AND THEN YOU'D HAVE A BACKUP GENERATOR THAT WOULD BE UTILIZE AT LEAST TESTED ONCE A MONTH, SO THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE COMING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR WORKS ONCE A MONTH FOR EMERGENCY PROPERTY OR FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BEAUTIFUL FAKE PINE TREE.

CONSIDERING THAT, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT? ONE, WE DO GET THESE REQUESTS A LOT AND IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SAY NO TO THINGS.

BUT AT&T, THEY DEMONSTRATED A NEED TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT BAD SERVICE HERE, WE WANT TO IMPROVE IT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT A CELL TOWER HERE.

THAT WAS THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS A CIDER FROM AT&T.

GENERALLY, ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESIGNED TO CO-LOCATE.

YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL CO-LOCATION SERVICES ON THERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVED SERVICE IN THE AREA.

AT&T DOES ALSO HAVE A FIRST RESPONDERS RADIO NETWORK THAT WOULD BE PLUGGED INTO THIS.

YOU HAVE BETTER ACCESS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS CAPABILITIES.

THE WAY THAT THEY COME UP WITH THIS IS THIS PROPAGATION MAPS OF WHERE THEIR SERVICE PROPAGATES.

THEY'VE PLUG IT INTO, SAY, WELL IF WE HAD A TOWER HERE, HERE'S WHAT OUR CELLS SERVICE WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE AREA.

BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON THAT, THEY SAY THIS WOULD BE A GREAT AREA.

THAT'S WHAT'S THE BONUS ON THEIRS.

THEN THIS SLIDE IS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE SIZE OF THE PRIZE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT? IF WE DID GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DID ISSUE A GROUND LEASE FOR A CELL TOWER A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO, ONE OF THE CITIES IN ARIZONA PASSED AROUND, HEY, WHY DID YOUR CELL TOWER RATES? AND SO WE HAVE A GOOD DATA ON WHAT MUNICIPALS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN CHARGING THESE COMPANIES.

THAT AVERAGE IS ABOUT 18,000, 22,000 A YEAR RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF IF WE PUT THIS OUT TO BID, NOT A TON OF MONEY.

BUT THAT'S REVENUE INTO THE CITY.

GENERALLY, THESE ARE STRUCTURED ON A 50-YEAR LIFE LEASE.

ALL IN TOTAL REVENUES RECEIVED, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AROUND TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION AT A PRESENT DAY VALUE, THAT'S AROUND $700,000.

THAT'S THE TWO CONSIDERATIONS, IMPROVED SERVICE AND THEN SOME REVENUE COMING INTO THE CITY.

WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO AMY TO DISCUSS THOSE POTENTIAL PARK EXPANSIONS.

>> THANK YOU BRYCE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

AMY HAGEN, ASSISTANT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

AS BOTH BRYCE AND DAN MENTIONED, THIS IS A PART OF ABOUT ROUGHLY 8.5 ACRES THAT ARE IN EXPANSION PIECE OF CURRENT CHESHIRE PARK AS THE PARCEL STARTS TO FRONT 180.

WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE IS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2003 FOR THIS EXPANSION AREA.

I DO THINK TODAY, IF WE WERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IT'S GOING TO RESEMBLE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND I'LL GET INTO WHY IT WOULD RESEMBLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE DO NEED AN UPDATED CONCEPT PLAN.

WE WERE AT THE PODIUM IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 WHEN THERE WAS A BOND INITIATIVE OCCURRING AND THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS FOR ANYONE THAT WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR AT THAT TIME.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS TOP PRIORITIES.

WE WENT THROUGH A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND A STRATEGIC PLAN TO IDENTIFY IF FUNDING EXISTED.

WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO AS A TEAM? THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY.

IT IS CURRENTLY IN OUR FIVE-YEAR PROSE IS 5-YEAR A BBB WRECK FUNDED PLAN FOR WHAT WOULD BE YEARS OUT YEARS YEAR 3.

FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 TO DEVELOP AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY AT THIS LOCATION.

WHAT IS THAT SOMETHING? IT'S A MULTIPURPOSE FIELD AND WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNER THAT'S COME TO THE TABLE THROUGH THIS PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, THAT WOULD BE ALMOST A PARTNERSHIP IN THIS, NOT A P3, BUT PROBABLY A P2 WHERE THERE WOULD BE A TRACK AROUND THIS MULTIPURPOSE FIELD BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT ATTRACT

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THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S OUR POTENTIAL LOCAL PARTNER CONTRIBUTION IN ANY CELL TOWER SITING, INCLUDING ACCESS EASEMENTS, ANY OF THAT AS ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN THE CELL COMPANIES CONCEPT PLAN, IT'S GOING TO NEED TO ACCOMMODATE ANY OF THOSE PARK AMENITIES.

WE'LL NEED TO IF THIS IS SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THAT WOULD GO.

I THINK SOME OTHER INTERESTING PIECES TO WIN THIS FUTURE PARK EXPANSION DEVELOPS IS MORE THAN LIKELY.

I WOULD ASSUME A DOTS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A DECELERATION LANE AS YOU'RE HEADING.

IT WOULD TECHNICALLY BE SOUTHBOUND ON ONE AD.

COMING FROM, SAY, FREMONT BOULEVARD TOWARD BEALE, I ENVISION A DSL LINE THERE THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT SHOWN ON ANY CONCEPT DRAWING TODAY.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER IMPACT IN REFERENCING THEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT DAN WAS SPEAKING.

THAT'S STILL 300 FEET FROM THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY EDGE.

POSSIBLY PUSHING ANY POTENTIAL CELL TOWER EVEN BACK FURTHER INTO THE PARK GROUNDS.

I BELIEVE.

DAN ARE YOU NEXT SLIDE. THERE WE GO.

>> YOU'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE.

AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS DID GO TO A STAFF COMMITTEE.

WE CALL IT THE PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD PARK STAFF THERE.

I BELIEVE WE HAD SOME PUBLIC SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES, PUBLIC WORKS, REALLY ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

WE DID TALK ABOUT.

FRED HAD VERY HIGH LEVEL ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE CITY BENEFIT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALL OF THAT? IT WAS AGAIN, THE DETERMINATION WAS NOT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE A CONDITIONALLY USED PERMIT.

WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD STRONG COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THESE HEARINGS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE NEAR RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT THE VISUAL IMPACTS, SOME HEALTH IMPACTS.

I THINK WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS.

THAT'S NOT REALLY THE DETERMINING REASON WHETHER YOU WANT TO PURSUE IT OR NOT, I DON'T THINK BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE PROBABLY SOME STRONG COMMUNITY PUSHBACK ON THIS LOCATION.

MAYBE NOT. HERE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS? WOULD BE IMPROVED SELF-SERVICE.

THERE WOULD BE SOME REVENUE THAT WOULD COME TO THE CITY.

I THINK THE TRICKY PART IS IMPACTS TO THE PARK.

HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE TO LOCATE IT WITHOUT A FINAL PARK PLAN.

I THINK IF WE HAD AN ADOPTED PARK PLAN THAT AMY AND REBECCA SAYS WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

MAYBE WE COULD FIND A LOCATION, BUT BECAUSE IT'S UP IN THE AIR, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES.

WHAT'S OUR ABILITY TO INCORPORATE FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT WITH A WIRELESS FACILITY? THEN WE'VE LISTED JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE TYPICALLY HEAR ON THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS.

I MENTIONED IMPACTS TO THE FUTURE PARK.

THERE'S RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOMES RIGHT NEARBY.

THERE'S A SCHOOL, THE MUSEUM.

CERTAINLY WITHOUT THE PARK DEVELOPMENT AS IT'S SHOWN NOW, IT'D BE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FIELD.

THAT WOULD BE VERY, I THINK VIEWSHED COMMENTS WE'D GET THAT WE DO HEAR ABOUT RF EXPOSURE, THAT'S THE HEALTH CONCERN WE HEAR ABOUT.

THEN THERE IS SOME NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE USES, LIKE WHEN A GENERATOR KICKS ON OCCASIONALLY.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SHOULD YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH A COMPETITIVE LEASE? OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE IT TO PARKS AND REC AND HAVE THEM HELP US INFORM THE REALLY IT'S A I GUESS IT WOULD BE A REQUEST FOR BID? AN INVITATION FOR BID.

SO WE WOULD DO AN INVITATION FOR BID WHERE WE WOULD CITE, PREPARE THE INVITATION, FOR BID WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE THINK INPUT FROM THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION WOULD BE HELPFUL ON THAT.

THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS COMPETITIVE PROCESS WHERE WE ISSUED THE INVITATION FOR BID.

WE GO THROUGH THE EVALUATION, WE COME TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON WHO WE SHOULD ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH.

YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO AWARD THAT LEASE AND ALL THE TERMS OF THAT LEASE.

THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER THEN TAKE IT THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE CARRIER THAN THEY CAN DESIGN THEIR PROPOSAL.

THERE'LL BE QUITE A BIT OF PROCESS.

I THINK THAT'S OUR LAST SLIDE.

NOW WE'RE READY FOR EITHER PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT OR YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND ULTIMATELY DIRECTION ON SHOULD WE START THIS PROCESS OR NOT?

>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THIS INFORMATION.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

FIRST, IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, SO WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED AS A 100-FOOT CELL TOWER, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY REQUEST WAS.

>> WITH THIS BEING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE BY DEFINITION, A DISFAVORED SITE, WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE THAT HEIGHT TO THE 60-70 FEET?

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>> I BELIEVE THEY WERE, I BELIEVE AT THIS LOCATION WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IS WHAT DID I SAY? SIXTY FEET? YEAH, 60 FEET.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AT THIS LOCATION.

>> THANK YOU. THEN JUST WITH THE STATEMENT IN ONE OF THE SLIDES MAKING THE POINT THAT ANY TOWER SITING WOULDN'T HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARK AMENITIES.

IS IT ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROPOSED SITING OF THIS, I KNOW YOU WERE SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT THE PLAN IN PLACE YET.

BUT IS THERE DIFFICULTY ANTICIPATED IN BEING ABLE TO CITE THAT IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY MEETS THE PARK ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE RIGHT-OF-WAY REQUIREMENTS.

>> YOU'RE CORRECT WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.

WITHOUT AN UPDATED CONSENT PLAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO STAY WHERE A REDUCED CELL TOWER HEIGHT COULD FEASIBLY GO AT THIS TIME.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COMMIT TO NOR PACKAGE INTO ANY TYPE OF DESIGN.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF BETTER SELF RECEPTION IN THE AREA.

BUT I WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE BETTER SITES, FOR INSTANCE, JUST TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY 180 THERE IS A WATER STORAGE FACILITY, MIGHT THAT BE A BETTER SITE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH WATER SERVICES ABOUT POTENTIALLY SITING CELL TOWERS ON HERE.

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS NOT TO, IS THAT THEY UTILIZE THE RESERVOIR FOR HELICOPTER DIPS FOR FIGHTING FIRES AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER LEVEL OF HEIGHT THAT THEY GOT TO DIP IN AND UNDER.

>> THE WATER FACILITY IS NOT A GOOD SITE? [LAUGHTER]

>> CORRECT. THE SHOTS WHILE, SO WITH THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS CONSIDERED, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT ONE FOR OTHER THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN, BUT FIGURED THAT WAS OFF LIMITS ALSO.

THIS WAS THE THE LAST SITE THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE AREA FROM A PUBLICLY HELD PROPERTY.

>> MR. FOLK, PART OF THE PROCESS WAS THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THERE'S NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE SITES.

HAVE THEY SHOWN THAT?

>> WELL, NO, WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION.

THIS IS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF ANALYSIS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S PART OF THE APPLICATIONS THEY NEED TO DEMONSTRATE TECHNICALLY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ALTERNATIVES, THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER LOCATIONS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE AT.

>> I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE ANALYSIS SHOWING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE SITES BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A GREAT SITE.

I GUESS I WOULD BE MAYBE, WHICH MEANS I'D VOTE.

WE'RE NOT VOTING TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD GIVE A THUMBS DOWN TONIGHT.

BUT I WOULD BE OPEN-MINDED IF THEY CAN SHOW THAT THERE'S REALLY NO ALTERNATIVES, THEN MAYBE I WOULD BECOME A THUMBS UP.

>> WELL, I THINK IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT THAT WOULDN'T COME UNTIL YOU ARE ACTUALLY HAD AWARDED A LICENSE.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE INVESTMENT INTO DEVELOPING A PROJECT AND PREPARING THE CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION.

WE JUST PROBABLY WON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION UNTIL THEY GET TO THAT CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

>> I GUESS I'M A LITTLE TROUBLED BY THIS.

WE'RE ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION, SPECIFICALLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE SITES.

BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THIS IS NOT A PREFERRED SITE, SO I'M TROUBLED BY THAT.

>> VICE MAYOR.

>>THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S NOT THE ONLY CONSIDERATION, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SOMETHING I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

I FEEL COMFORTABLE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AT THIS TIME.

I AGREE, WE SHOULDN'T BE TOO SKITTISH ABOUT WORSE CELL TOWERS.

BUT THE VETTING THAT OUR STAFF ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS DONE SO FAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO PUMP THE BREAKS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS FOR THE TIME BEING.

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WE'LL SEE IF THINGS CHANGE DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT STAFF HAS PROPOSED? WE'RE WITH YOU.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY.

>> ITEM NUMBER 8,

[8. Update on Minimum Wage and Office of Labor Standards Provide information to Council and obtain feedback and input on the Flagstaff Minimum Wage Ordinance and management of the Office of Labor Standards.]

UPDATE ON MINIMUM WAGE AND OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DAGGETT, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CHRIS RHODE MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

JUST AS I SPOKE TO YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS, I'M HERE TO GIVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON MINIMUM WAGE AND OUR OFFICER LABOR STANDARDS.

FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON OUR ORDINANCE.

THIS IS A BIT MORE, I THINK, KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY THAN OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE JUST TO GO OVER IT.

THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 2016 AFTER IT GAINED BALLOT ACCESS AS A CITIZEN'S PETITION.

IT NEVER WENT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN ON OR AUTHORED BY CITY STAFF AND THE CITY IN GENERAL HAD NO ROLE IN CRAFTING OR PASSING THIS ITEM.

THAT DOES MEAN THAT THIS SECTION OF OUR CITY CODE IS VOTER PROTECTED AS WELL.

THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE WAS TO GET TO $15 AN HOUR AS THE CITY'S MINIMUM WAGE BY 2021.

THEN TO CONTINUE INCREASING THAT MINIMUM WAGE EQUIVALENT WITH THE INCREASES OF INFLATION AFTER THAT POINT.

SITTING HERE IN MARCH OF 2023, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS $16.80 AN HOUR AND $14.80 AN HOUR FOR ANY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TIP WORKERS, PROVIDED THAT THEIR TIPS MAKE UP THAT ADDITIONAL TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR.

THEY STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE FULL MINIMUM WAGE WHEN THEIR TIPS ARE INCLUDED, BUT THEY CAN BE PAID AN HOURLY WAGE OF $14.80 BEFORE THEIR TIPS.

ORDINANCE IS ALSO SET TO PHASE OUT THAT TIP MINIMUM WAGE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS.

ESSENTIALLY, IT'LL JUST CONTINUALLY CATCH THAT FULL MINIMUM WAGE IN THE YEAR 2026, IT'LL GO AWAY COMPLETELY AND WE'LL HAVE ONE MINIMUM WAGE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY'RE PAID OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVE TIPS.

THIS CURRENT YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE USED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX TO DETERMINE WHAT THE MINIMUM WAGE WOULD BE; IN 2022, IS 15.50.

WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR TO DETERMINE WHAT IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

AS LONG AS THIS ORDINANCE REMAINS UNCHANGED, THAT WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY EVERY YEAR IN THE FALL.

I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ARE EXEMPT.

THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IN AU.

BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WANT TO GO OVER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE DID IT.

WE USE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS MEASURED IN AUGUST.

ESSENTIALLY, WE TOOK THE NUMBER FOR AUGUST OF 2022 DIVIDED BY AUGUST OF 2021, AND THEN MULTIPLY THAT BY $15.50 TO GET OUR CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE.

THAT NUMBER IS ALSO ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST $0.05.

IT'S 1,680 THE CALCULATION ENDED UP BEING I BELIEVE, IT WAS 16.77XXXXX KNOWS NOT A ROUND NUMBER, BUT IT ROUNDED UP TO $16.80 AN HOUR.

THERE ARE SEVERAL METRICS. WE USE THE METRIC FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS AND THE US CITY AVERAGE.

IT'S A NATIONAL NUMBER. IT'S NOT A LOCALIZED ONE.

THEY DO HAVE ONE FOR PHOENIX.

THEY ALSO HAVE ONES FOR DIFFERENT SIZES OF CITIES, BUT WE USE THE NATIONAL NUMBER TO CALCULATE OUR WAGE.

THAT NUMBER FOR AUGUST IS RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER.

THEY ACTUALLY RELEASED THE NUMBERS A FEW WEEKS INTO THE NEXT MONTH.

I THINK IT WAS SEPTEMBER 13TH OR SOMEWHERE A COUPLE OF DAYS WITHIN THAT POINT THAT WE GOT THOSE NUMBERS AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CALCULATION.

ONE THING I WANT TO NOTE THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THIS LAST YEAR WAS THAT THE US BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THEIR PREVIOUS CPI NUMBERS GOING BACK AS FAR AS 10 YEARS INTO THE PAST.

THEY CAN DO THAT REALLY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

THEY DO KEEP A LITTLE CHANGE LOG ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT SHOWS YOU WHEN THINGS WERE CHANGED, BUT THEY DON'T PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE OR ANYTHING ELSE.

UNLESS WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, WE WON'T SEE IT.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS RECOMMENDATION HERE.

THIS IS THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION NUMBERING IN TODAY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW THEY CAN.

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THIS IS A VOTER PROTECTED PART OF OUR CODE, BUT JUST BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS, ALMOST ALL THESE ARE VERY MINISCULE, AND HOW MUCH THEY CHANGE SOMETHING.

I SAW JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THEY RELEASED SOME NEW CHANGES BASED ON UTILITY NUMBERS OUT OF THE CHICAGO AREA.

JUST I THINK ONE OF THE UTILITY, OR PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR POWER GENERATION ELECTRICITY MADE A SMALL CHANGE TO HOW MUCH THAT UTILITY WAS CHARGING ITS CONSUMERS.

THAT AFFECTED THE OVERALL NUMBERS FOR JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS A PRETTY QUICK ONE THAT THEY CAUGHT, BUT THEY CAN GO BACK AS FAR AS 10 YEARS.

BECAUSE WE DON'T REGULARLY LOOK FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND OUR CODE DOES NOT MENTION HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE AMEND THIS ORDINANCE IS JUST TO SAY THAT WE'LL USE THE NUMBER AT THE TIME IT'S RELEASED.

IF THERE ARE CHANGES, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER WE CAME TO IS $16.80 AN HOUR.

THIS WOULD STOP US FROM BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE IN MAY OF THE YEAR, SOME POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, A CHANGE IS MADE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOMEONE COMES TO US AND SAYS, OH MY GOODNESS, THAT CHANGED THE CALCULATION WE DID AND OUR MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD CHANGE AS A RESULT OF IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIME BEFOREHAND, OR MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN SEE IT TO BEGIN WITH.

WE'D BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT THE NEXT YEAR.

IT WOULD STILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

IT WOULD JUST BE THE NEXT FOLLOWING YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO MAKING A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A YEAR.

IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE A DRASTIC CHANGE TO OUR ORDINANCE OR THE WAY THAT WE OUR WAGES CALCULATED, IT WOULD JUST ADDRESS A VERY SPECIFIC INSTANCE THAT COULD HAPPEN.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED, AND THE ODDS THAT IT WOULD IMPACT OUR WAGE ARE VERY SMALL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A SMALL CHANGE COULD HELP TO PREVENT A SITUATION THAT CAUSES CONFUSION IN THE FUTURE.

MOVING ON FROM THAT POINT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES, AND THEN I'LL GET INTO SOME OUTREACH EFFORTS AND SOME SPECIFIC THINGS ABOUT THE WAGE THIS YEAR.

WE ENFORCE TITLE 14 OF THE CITY CODE.

THERE'S REALLY FOUR POINTS UNDERNEATH THAT.

WE PUT OUT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TO EMPLOYEES THAT THEY CAN USE.

THERE'S A POSTER WEEK RATE EVERY YEAR THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO HAVE HANGING IN A PREVALENT LOCATION ON THEIR SITES SO THAT EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT THE WAGE IS AND WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.

WE'RE REQUIRED UNDER OUR CODE TO CREATE THAT DOCUMENT IN ANY LANGUAGE THAT'S SPOKEN BY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

I'LL NOTE THAT OUR NAVAJO SPEAKING POPULATION, DEPENDING ON WHICH SOURCE YOU LOOK AT, IS CLOSE TO FIVE PERCENT.

BUT THAT'S NOT A WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

WE DON'T PRODUCE IT IN NAVAJO.

WE DO PRODUCE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE VERBAL IN NAVAJO, BUT WE DON'T PRODUCE A WRITTEN ONE IN NAVAJO JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

WE ALSO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE MEET WITH MANY GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS WAGE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THEN, THE BIGGER ONES THAT WE DO ARE WE INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE WAGE VIOLATIONS, BOTH WHEN THEY ARE BROUGHT TO US.

IF SOMEONE SAYS, ''I BELIEVE I'M NOT BEING PAID THE FULL WAGE," OR IF WE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION MAY BE OCCURRING, WE CAN INVESTIGATE THOSE TO SEE IF THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

WE CAN DEMAND DOCUMENTS FROM A BUSINESS AND GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

IF WE DISCOVERED THAT EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYEES ARE BEING UNDERPAID OR HAVE BEEN UNDERPAID, WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCE BY DEMANDING PAYMENT, INCLUDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON THOSE BACK WAGES.

TALKING ABOUT INFLATION OVER THE LAST YEAR AND HOW WE GOT TO THAT $16.80.

THIS IS OVER THE LAST DECADE WHAT INFLATIONS LOOK LIKE.

IT'S BY THE CALENDAR YEAR.

BEGINNING IN JANUARY, ENDING IN DECEMBER OF EACH YEAR, YOU CAN SEE FOR QUITE SOME TIME IT SAT AT OR BELOW TWO PERCENT.

THEN, AFTER THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN 2021, WE SAW A LARGE SPIKE.

THE TOTAL INFLATION FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2021 WAS SEVEN PERCENT.

IT DID COME DOWN SLIGHTLY LAST YEAR TO 6.5 PERCENT.

A LITTLE BIT OF A REPRIEVE THERE.

BUT THE ANNUAL NUMBERS FOR THE CALENDAR YEARS WE RE STILL PRETTY HIGH.

I DO WANT TO ZOOM IN A BIT ON THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF WHEN WE SAW THAT CHANGE.

JUST LOOKING SINCE JANUARY OF 2021, THE GRAPH DOWN BELOW SHOWS WHAT IT'S DONE MONTHLY, AND THESE ARE STILL ANNUAL NUMBERS.

IT'S STILL A YEAR OVER YEAR.

IT STARTED ABOUT 1.5 PERCENT, AND IT HITS SPIKE LAST SUMMER IN JUNE WHERE IT WAS AT NINE PERCENT, IT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THE NUMBER WE USED IN AUGUST WAS THAT 8.3 PERCENT NUMBER.

THEN IT'S DOWN TO 6.5 PERCENT.

IT'S CONTINUED TO DECLINE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

IF WE ZOOM IN FURTHER, JUST IN THIS SAME TIME PERIOD, THIS IS A SMALLER NUMBER.

INSTEAD OF BEING CALCULATED YEAR OVER YEAR, IT'S JUST CALCULATED OVER A THREE-MONTH PERIOD.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S MORE ACUTE, LESS LONG-TERM.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ACTUALLY, THOSE VERTICAL GRAYISH BLUE BARS,

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THOSE ARE WHEN WE TAKE THE MEASUREMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN FROM AUGUST OF '21 TO AUGUST THE '22, THAT INFLATION REMAINED HIGH FOR PRETTY MUCH THAT WHOLE POINT.

THAT'S WHY WE SAW SUCH A LARGE JUMP IN OUR MINIMUM WAGE.

THEN SINCE THEN, JUST FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, INFLATION HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY LOW.

ACUTELY, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT NUMBERS, AND I'LL NOTE AS WELL, THE NUMBERS CAME OUT THIS MORNING FOR FEBRUARY.

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT THEM IN A SLIDE SHOW, BUT I DID JOT THEM DOWN ON MY NOTEPAD HERE SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE.

THE ANNUAL NUMBER IS DOWN FROM 6.5 PERCENT TO JUST A STRAIGHT 6.0 PERCENT.

SO THAT'S A CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.

THEN THE THREE-MONTH AVERAGES THAT WOULD BE ON THIS GRAPH.

FOR JANUARY, IT WAS 0.04 PERCENT; IN FEBRUARY, IT WAS 1.1 PERCENT.

THAT BRINGS, THOSE ARE IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY'D BEEN SINCE AUGUST, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT LOWER THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO WHEN THEY WERE UP NEAR 1, 2 PERCENT VERY CONSISTENTLY.

NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME WHAT WILL INFLATION, BUT WHAT WILL THE WAGE BE NEXT YEAR? I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST AND NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING PREDICTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS JUST A SIMPLE EQUATION OF IF INFLATION IS AT CERTAIN NUMBERS, WHAT OUR WAGE WOULD BE.

OF COURSE, THESE ARE ROUNDED NUMBERS.

IF IT ENDS UP 1.5 PERCENT, IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IN THE RIGHT BUT JUST DOWN FROM 1-10 PERCENT.

NOT MAKING A PREDICTION OF WHAT IT'LL BE AT THAT POINT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE AT A CERTAIN INFLATION NUMBERS.

THESE NUMBERS WERE FROM JANUARY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO UPDATE IT BECAUSE THEY JUST CAME OUT THIS MORNING.

BUT AGAIN, THAT 6.4 PERCENT IS ACTUALLY NOW SIX PERCENT.

BECAUSE WE'RE AT A SIX-MONTH PERIOD NOW FROM AUGUST TO FEBRUARY, IT'S HALF OF A YEAR.

I HAVE THAT HERE AS WELL.

THAT NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN, THE LEFT THAT IS ONE PERCENT HERE, IS ACTUALLY 1.6 PERCENT IS THE MOST CURRENT ONE.

THAT THE AVERAGE IN 12-MONTH PACE REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME.

I THINK THE 12-MONTH PACE FOR THAT ASCEND ABOUT CLOSER TO THREE PERCENT.

BUT IF INFLATION CONTINUES AT THOSE RATES, WE'D BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING CLOSER TO THREE PERCENT THAN THE CURRENT ONE WE HAVE LAST YEAR WHERE IT WAS OVER EIGHT PERCENT.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOWER MINIMUM WAGE OR A SLOWER ECONOMY.

JUST I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS IN WRITING AS WELL.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS TO THROW AT YOU ALL AT ONCE. I'M SORRY.

I TRIED TO USE GRAPHS AND THINGS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE, BUT THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF RAW NUMBERS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE INFLATION.

FINALLY, JUST A BACKGROUND OF THE CASES THAT WE DEALT WITH LAST YEAR.

WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE FORMAL CASES THAT WE DID FULL INVESTIGATIONS ON, CAME TO FORM CONCLUSIONS ON.

TWO OF THOSE CASES WE WERE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERPAID.

ONE OF THEM WE WERE NOT.

THEN WE'RE COVERED OVER $1,200 ON BEHALF OF THOSE FILLERS IN THEIR BACK WAGES.

WE DETERMINE THOSE FUNDS WERE OWED, THAT WE CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE PAID AS WELL.

THAT'S MUCH WE'RE ABLE TO DO LAST YEAR.

THAT'S A LOT FEWER THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

THREE CASES IS PRETTY LOW.

WE HAD A LOT OF INQUIRIES ON THINGS THAT JUST DIDN'T END UP MATERIALIZING INTO CASES.

BUT WE DO EXPECT THE NUMBER.

THAT'S A LOW NUMBER ON THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE.

I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO BE THAT LOW CONSISTENTLY.

IT IS WELL WITH THE MINIMUM WAGE BEING CALCULATED BY INFLATION, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE MORE OUTREACH THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

WE DID A MULTIFACETED APPROACH THIS YEAR.

IT WAS A NEW WAY OF CALCULATING THINGS, SO WE KNEW THAT THAT WOULD BE A NEW THING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE SENT NOTICES TO EVERY LICENSED BUSINESS OPERATING IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, BOTH VIA EMAIL AND POSTAL SERVICE SO THAT THEY HAD WAYS OF KNOWING THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.

WE ALSO MET AND PRESENTED TO FOUR DIFFERENT LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT FOR US TO THEIR PARTNERS THAT IT WAS HAPPENING AND TO HELP THEM PLAN FOR THE WAGE INCREASE.

WE WERE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH POSTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND THEN WE INCREASED OUR RADIO REACH THIS YEAR AS WELL.

IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, I THINK WE DID EIGHT OR NINE STATIONS, THEY WERE UP TO 11.

AFTER LAST YEAR WE GOT SOME GOOD DEALS FROM SOME OF OUR LOCAL STATIONS THAT HELPED US OUT IN PARTNERING WITH US, AND ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WE PRODUCED ADS IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND NAVAJO, AND I THINK THOSE WERE VERY WELL RECEIVED.

ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE IN THREE DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE DAILY SUN, THE FLAGSTAFF BUSINESS NEWS, AND THE NAVAJO-HOPI OBSERVER, AND WE PRODUCED PUBLICATIONS LIKEWISE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

AGAIN, YOU'LL NOTE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE COULD PRODUCE IN NAVAJO, WE DID AS WELL, BUT ANYTHING THAT WAS WRITTEN WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S NOT A WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

I'M SORRY, CONTINUING FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. I APOLOGIZE.

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[LAUGHTER] IN ADDITION TO THOSE OUTREACH THINGS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID INTERNALLY, WE MADE SOME GREAT CHANGES TO OUR COMPLAINT FORM, THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT SOMEONE HAS TO FILE WITH US TO BEGIN A CASE.

WE SIMPLIFIED IT QUITE A BIT.

IT'S A LOT SHORTER THAN IT USED TO BE.

IT'S ALSO NOW BILINGUAL.

WE HAVE PDFS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

WE CREATED AN ONLINE VERSION THAT HAS BOTH OPTIONS THERE, SO PERSON CAN JUST CHOOSE AND IT'LL PRESENT THE WHOLE FORM TO THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE OF CHOICE.

WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT THAT ONLINE FORM IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED SO THAT THEY CAN HOVER OVER THINGS AND IT WILL READ OUT THE QUESTIONS IN THEIR LANGUAGE OF CHOICE TO THEM AS WELL, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO FILE.

SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT AS POSSIBLE WITH A PIECE OF PAPER OR A PDF.

WE WORKED TO AGGREGATE SOME OF THE DATA ON ALL OF OUR CASES GOING BACK FROM WHEN THE OFFICE BEGAN IN 2017. WE DO HAVE THAT DATA.

IT'S A LITTLE FUNKY JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE OFFICE HAS BEEN RUN HAS CHANGED OVER SEVERAL YEARS, SO LINKING COMMON THINGS TOGETHER BETWEEN CASES THAT ARE OFTEN JUST VERY DIFFERENT END UP BEING MORE DIFFICULT THAN WE ANTICIPATED, BUT WE DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE ALSO ESTABLISH MORE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT INTO THE FUTURE.

WE REALLY HIT A LOT OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND ESTABLISHED GOOD RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE CAN GO BACK.

WE FEEL WE CAN GO BACK TO THEM IN THE FUTURE AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US GET THE MESSAGE OUT.

IN THE FUTURE, IT'S A GOAL OF OURS TO INCREASE THAT SPAN TO MORE EMPLOYEE-CENTERED ORGANIZATIONS.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY FEWER OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FEWER THAT ARE AT LEAST AS BIG AS SOME OF THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT WE DO WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT SECTOR MORE AS WELL AS WE WANT TO BE PRESENT AT MORE EVENTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY JOB FAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AND HAVE ACCESS TO OUR OFFICE AND KNOW WHAT SERVICES WE PROVIDE AND ALL THAT STUFF.

THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ME ABOUT THE WAY THE OFFICE IS RUN, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THEM, AND IF THERE'S DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT RECOMMENDED CHANGE REGARDING CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTER, BUT I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU NEED TO CLARIFY ANYTHING BEFORE I TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. YES.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE CITY IS ENFORCING A NEW VIOLATIONS ON THE MINIMUM WAGE.

DOES THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT GET INVOLVED AT ALL IN THAT?

>> NOT IN CITY ONES. I DO REFER CASES DOWN TO THEIR OFFICE.

USUALLY IF IT'S A CASE THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, PEOPLE COME TO US.

IF IT'S A BUSINESS IN THE OUTSKIRTS.

IF IT'S IN MUNDS PARK, OR DONEY PARK, OR KACHINA VILLAGE, OR MOUNTAINAIRE, THEY WILL COME TO US.

AND THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION, SO WE GO TO THEM.

OR IF IT INVOLVES THINGS THAT DON'T INVOLVE WAGE, SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR VACATION OR SICK ACCRUALS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT AREN'T IN OUR ORDINANCE, THAT AREN'T WHAT WE DO WE REFER THOSE CASES DOWN TO THEM, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN OUR CASES.

>> YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

>> YOU HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MONTH-TO-MONTH CHANGES AND EVERYTHING.

BUT YOUR PROPOSAL IS STILL GOING TO BE AUGUST TO AUGUST.

>> YEAH, NOT EXPECTING TO CHANGE THAT.

THIS IS JUST IF SAY TOMORROW, THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS COMES OUT AND SAYS, MY GOODNESS, WE MADE SOME MISTAKES ON THE AUGUST NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR WHEN YOU DO AMEND THEM, AND ALSO NOTE THAT OUR EQUATION LAST YEAR WHEN WE CALCULATED IT, IT FELL UP VERY CLOSE TO WHICH WAY AROUND IT.

I THINK IT ENDED UP BEING $16.77.

SEVEN FIVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHERE IT CHANGED, IF THEY WENT BACK AND SAID, OH, ACTUALLY, THAT NUMBER FOR HOUSING, WHATEVER IT WAS, SHOULD BE 2% LOWER AND IF YOU REDO THAT CALCULATION, IT BRINGS US BELOW THAT THRESHOLD.

THEN THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T SPECIFY WHETHER WE SHOULD CHANGE OUR WAGE ACCORDINGLY, IF IT ROUNDS DOWN INSTEAD OF UP OR VICE VERSA.

IT WOULD JUST BE IF THERE'S A CHANGE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN IT'S INITIALLY ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST, THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR WAGE.

>> I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU OUR DIRECTION.

>> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO LEAVE THIS UP ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU, OR A CERTAIN SLIDE YOU'D LIKE ME TO LEAVE IT ON?

>> SURE. GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THAT UP IN CASE WE WANT TO FLIP BACK OR FORWARD. JOE BADER.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOE BADER. I LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF.

I AM RIGHT NOW REPRESENTING

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THE FLAGSTAFF LIVING WAGE COALITION ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM.

I WANT TO THANK CHRIS RODIE FOR HIS EXCELLENT REPORT AND THE FACT THAT HE'S DOING AS MUCH OUTREACH AS HE IS AND PROPOSING TO DO OUTREACH TO EMPLOYEE GROUPS.

PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT EMPLOYEES IN TOWN IS VERY IMPORTANT ALONG WITH TALKING TO THE BUSINESSES AND GETTING THE NOTICES OUT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE INITIATIVE WAS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST PLACE, IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, WAS TO HAVE AN OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE EMPLOYEES WHO WEREN'T BEING TREATED CORRECTLY ON THE MINIMUM WAGE AT WORK COULD COME AND SEEK A JURIDIFICATION OF THEIR GRIEVANCES, AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING OUT WELL.

I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE CLARIFICATION.

IT SEEMS WHAT CHRIS IS SAYING AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS WHAT THE LAWYERS WOULD SAY IS DE MINIMIS CHANGE ON THE CPI ASPECT OF THE ORDINANCE.

MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT NEEDS CLARIFICATION.

IT SAYS AUGUST TO AUGUST.

YOU DID AN AUGUST TO AUGUST-CALCULATION.

THE CPI DURING THAT PERIOD FROM AUGUST '21 TO AUGUST '22 WAS 8.3% MULTIPLIED TIMES 1,550, WHICH WAS THE MINIMUM WAGE AT THE TIME, GIVES YOU THE 16.77 OR WHATEVER.

ROUND IT TO 16.80.

THAT CALCULATION WAS CORRECT.

THERE WAS NOTHING UNCLEAR ABOUT THAT.

I SUPPOSE THERE MIGHT BE A TIME WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS COULD SAY, WELL WE MADE A MISTAKE, ETC.

BUT JUST TO BE, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR AND YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT AS CHRIS MENTIONED, IT'S VOTER PROTECTED BECAUSE IT CAME FROM AN INITIATIVE.

SO ANY AMENDMENT HAS TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE OF THE INITIATIVE AND BE DONE BY A THREE-QUARTER VOTE.

I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT BUT I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT, THAT THIS WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS AND IT'S VOTER PROTECTED.

I THINK THE INITIATIVE AND THE ORDINANCE ARE DOING THE JOB IT'S SET OUT TO.

IT'S RAISED THE WAGES OF THE LOWEST-PAID WORKERS IN TOWN AND IT'S SET UP AN OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS TO ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW WHICH DID NOT EXIST BEFORE.

PEOPLE WERE VICTIMS OF WAGE THEFT ON A MASSIVE SCALE IN A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIES IN TOWN, AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE.

THEY HAVE A PLACE THEY CAN COME AND THE LAW WILL BE ENFORCED.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE BY THE CITY AND THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, JOE. COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.

ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF'S SUGGESTED TWEAK? GO AHEAD.

>> I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT I'M GOING TO WANT TO READ THE DETAILS BECAUSE EXACTLY HOW IT'S WORDED COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> OKAY, YOU HAVE OUR APPROVAL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 9,

[9. Council Discussion on Petition to Flagstaff City Council titled: Climate Emergency: Stop the Money Pipeline. Discussion related to the City's banking contract with Wells Fargo specific to the petition request. Allow staff to continue to manage our banking services under the procurement requirements in order to remain compliant with the Procurement Code as adopted by City Council. ]

COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON PETITION TO FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL TITLED CLIMATE EMERGENCY, STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE.

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>> HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS RICK TURNER.

I'M YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR, AND I ALSO SERVE AS A CITY TREASURER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS ABOUT A CITIZEN PETITION THAT CAME FORWARD TO COUNCIL AND YOUR REQUEST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

WE RECEIVED THE PETITION FROM THE CITIZENS ON MAY 3RD OF 2022.

THE TITLE OF IT WAS CLIMATE EMERGENCY STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE.

ACTION REQUESTED WAS WE REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL/CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGER TO MOVE CITY BANKING SERVICES FROM WELLS FARGO,

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ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP FINANCERS OF FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, TO A COMMUNITY BANK OR CREDIT UNION.

ON MAY 17TH, THE PETITION WAS DISCUSSED IN A COUNCIL MEETING, WORK SESSION, AND COUNCIL AGREED WITH THREE OR MORE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BANKING SERVICES AND THIS REQUEST.