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[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 regular meeting, 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).]
WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 4TH, 2023.I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AT THIS REGULAR MEETING 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 ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA.
CITY CLERK CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I WOULD. PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.
VICE MAYOR. WOULD YOU READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? MADAM MAYOR, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
YOU. I'M HAVING SOME TECHNICAL.
. REALLY NOT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I'D LIKE TO READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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 March 1, 2022, Regular Meeting of March 15, 2022, Work Session of February 28, 2023, and Regular Meeting of March 7, 2023. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of March 1, 2022, Regular Meeting of March 15, 2022, Work Session of February 28, 2023, and Regular Meeting of March 7, 2023.]
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS.DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? I WILL TAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN FOR MARCH 1ST, 22, MARCH 15TH, 22. FEBRUARY 28TH OF 23 AND REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 7TH, 23.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT CARRIES BEFORE WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[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. ]
SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IS THAT ITEM NUMBER.MAYOR IT'S GOING TO BE ITEM 12 B.
SO THAT WILL NOT WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING THAT TONIGHT.
AND NOW I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
YEAH. A GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[INAUDIBLE] I AM THE COORDINATOR FOR INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES HERE AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SELECTING AND SEEDING TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS FOR THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION AND WE'RE REALLY BLESSED WITH HAVING A LOT OF APPLICANTS THE PAST TWO YEARS.
LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD 11 APPLICANTS.
AND SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
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THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME, I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT THROUGH THE COCONINO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LISTENING CIRCLES NEXT WEEK AND I EMAILED THAT FLIER TO YOU. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RECOMMENDATION CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THIS WOULD BE UNDER WELLNESS AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.SO UNDER THIS WE WILL BE MEETING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF TUBA CITY AND PAIGE DOING THESE CIRCLES WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN JUSTICE INVOLVED AT EVERY LEVEL, FROM POLICE TO PROBATION WITH IN THE COURT SYSTEM, EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR INPUT AS TO HOW THEIR EXPERIENCE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT THEY FEEL THE GAPS ARE, WHAT THE GOOD THINGS ARE WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
SO I WANTED JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING AND AND I HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE, WE'LL DO A REPORT AND WE'LL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE CJCC AT SOME POINT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR HAVING ME UP HERE.
WHEN THE TRASH CONTAINERS ARE PUT OUT ON THE SIDEWALK, THAT'S FINE.
SO I CALLED, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I CALLED MADISON, WISCONSIN, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA AND TUCSON.
THE PEOPLE I SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS? BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BIKING COMMUNITIES.
SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN NOT PUT THE CONTAINERS IN THE BIKE PATHS BUT HAVE THEM PUT THEM ON THE SIDEWALKS INSTEAD? IT WOULD BE MUCH SAFER FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY WANTED TO SAY.
AND SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER IS THAT DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS OR INTERACT WITH THE SPEAKERS.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT WE ALL SAT HERE AND STARED AT YOU.
EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. SO DON'T WORRY.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS KIND OF A NO, IT'S NOT KIND OF IT'S SHOCKING.
OKAY. I CAN PROMISE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM I'M THE BOOK ON THE NAFTA PUBLIC BUS AGENCY HERE.
OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO READ WHAT I WROTE NOW.
OKAY. I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME BECAUSE I HAVE A 35 HOURS STORY ON THEM.
NAIPTA EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY ABUSING OUR PUBLIC HERE FOR SOME TIME NOW.
I ALSO HAVE THE EVIDENCE THAT NAIPTA IS A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.
I HAVE PERSONALLY DEALT WITH NAIPTA CEO, HEATHER DEL MOLIN, AND NAIPTA SAFETY MANAGER.
FARTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH.
OKAY. SAM SHORT AND I CAN ASSURE EVERYONE THAT THEY BOTH HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIVES ALONG WITH THEIR INTENTIONAL ACTS AGAINST HUMANITY THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY.
OKAY. AND I HAVE THE EVIDENCE OF THAT TOO.
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SHORT. AS SHORT CONTINUES TO ISSUE THESE UNLAWFUL RIDING SUSPENSIONS TO COUNTLESS OTHERS.ALSO, OKAY, THESE UNLAWFUL SUSPENSIONS ISSUED BY NAIPTA MANAGER SAM SHORT ARE ALSO ARRESTABLE FEDERAL LAW VIOLATIONS BY SHORT, UNDER TITLE 18, US CODE 242 REGARDING DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS LITERALLY A FELONY.
LEAVING OUT MY PERSONAL LIBRARY OF NAIPTA EMPLOYEES MISCONDUCT.
AS TIME IS SHORT HERE, I WILL JUST REITERATE ONCE AGAIN THAT NAIPTA HAS BEEN LITERALLY AND INTENTIONALLY RUNNING A MOBSTER ACT ON OUR PUBLIC HERE, AND THE MATTER HAS GOT TO BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION OVER NAIPTA.
THIS THIS THEIR MISCONDUCT WILL CONTINUE.
OKAY. WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER NAIPTA FEDERAL LAW VIOLATION.
A NAIPTA CEO, DEL MOLIN AND NAIPTA SHORT NEED TO BE REMOVED.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY.
HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MOVED HERE FROM THE MIDWEST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND I WAS INITIALLY VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE BICYCLE LANES BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE BACK IN OUR LITTLE TOWNS.
BUT AS BICYCLES BECOME MORE IMPORTANT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR PUSH TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY, WE NEED TO HAVE SAFER WAYS FOR BICYCLISTS TO TRAVEL.
WHAT ABOUT MORE LANES LIKE THOSE ALONG BEAVER STREET NORTH OF DOWNTOWN? VERY OBVIOUS CURB BUMPS WITH OCCASIONAL POSTS SEPARATE THE BICYCLE LANES FROM TRAFFIC.
WOULDN'T THIS BE FEASIBLE ON MORE ROADS? IF NOT A RAISED BORDER, MORE CLEARLY MARKED LINES THAT DON'T SUDDENLY NARROW TO NOTHING WOULD ALSO HELP.
HOW ARE BICYCLISTS EXPECTED TO HANDLE INTERSECTIONS? HOW CAN BICYCLISTS NAVIGATE IN THE WINTER WHEN THEIR LANES ARE PILED HIGH WITH SNOW? MAYBE SNOW REMOVAL IS NECESSARY ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS.
WOULD IT HELP TO HAVE A COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEER CITIZENS WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS? I KNOW THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO ARE AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
PLEASE GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO BICYCLISTS CONCERNS AND NEEDS.
THIS HAS TO BE PART OF YOUR PLAN TOWARDS CARBON NET ZERO BY 2030.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE START THE MEETING WITH PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT SCREENS THAT SAY ON THE PATH TO CARBON NEUTRALITY.
WE SEE THE WORDS, WE SAY THEM.
I HOPE WE CAN START PRACTICING THEM.
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PRETTY GOOD FOR EVERYONE.
WHEN EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF A CAR, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BE PEDESTRIANS.
WE'RE ALSO HOLD INTO THE NEEDS OF OUR LESS FORTUNATE FOLKS WHO CAN'T WALK, WHO DO NEED WHEELCHAIRS OR OTHER ASSISTANCE DEVICES MORE EXTREME THAN EVEN MINE TO GET AROUND THIS TOWN, A TOWN THAT WE LOVE, A TOWN THAT WE TRY TO ENGAGE WITH AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND WE JUST GOT TO GET AWAY FROM ALWAYS ONLY GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE WITH CARS.
WE JUST HAVE TO IF YOU WANT TO PUT DENSITY INTO FLAGSTAFF, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MULTI-MODAL.
YOU HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE JUST BY PERCENTAGES.
MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AROUND.
AND ARE YOU JOKING THAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN AROUND ON A WHEELCHAIR IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS IN DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF OR PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE? NO WAY.
SO WHATEVER THAT TAKES, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE COMING UP.
I KNOW WE CAN START THAT PROCESS AND I GUARANTEE YOU PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ARE ONLY ASKING FOR LIKE TEN, 20 MILES OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE 700 MILES OF CAR PAVED ROAD THAT ONLY REALLY GETS TO BE FULLY USED BY MOTOR VEHICLES.
THAT'S WHO GETS TO BENEFIT FROM IT.
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THAT'S THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE CYCLISTS IS JUST ONE LITTLE AFTERTHOUGHT.AND SO I DO ASK STAFF AND I DO ASK COUNCIL TO ALWAYS JUST THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT CHANGE IS FOR THE MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES AND CAPABILITIES AND ENGAGEMENT POINTS OF CITIZENS IN OUR TOWN.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU, ME ALONE PROBABLY, OR AT LEAST THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I VOLUNTEER MY TIME TO AND ENGAGE WITH HAVE BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXES TO THIS TOWN AND PEOPLE ON THEIR ARMCHAIRS TYPING ABOUT HOW NOTHING COULD STOP THAT ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT BEAVER AND BUTLER.
IF STREETS IN GENERAL WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT SAFER FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST FASTER FOR CARS, WHEN YOU MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, THAT HELPS US.
WE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE USERS.
AND WHEN ACCIDENTS HAPPEN TO US, WE DIE, WE LOSE LIMBS.
WE HAVE TO USE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, NOT OUR CAR INSURANCE.
HELLO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHAT A FEW OF THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE SAID ABOUT BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BIKE LANES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRASH CANS THIS WINTER. ONE THING, BUT I'M HERE TO COMMENT TODAY ON THE NEED TO ALLOCATE FUNDS AS PART OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET DECISIONS RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I URGE YOU TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS, ELEVATED BIKE LANES ON BUTLER IN MORE CITY POSITIONS MADE AVAILABLE TO HELP RAPIDLY IMPLEMENT THESE NEEDS, AS WELL AS TRULY ACTING ON AN INTERCONNECTED AND HOLISTIC BICYCLE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF.
AND THE MORE WE WILL ISOLATE THOSE WHO CANNOT OR CHOOSE NOT TO DRIVE.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL WANT TO FEEL SAFE WALKING AND RIDING BIKES HERE.
SO LET'S TAKE A FEW SIMPLE MEASURES TO MATURE THAT PATH.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND I GOT TO DRIVE AROUND PHOENIX QUITE A BIT.
I MEAN, I'M SURE WE'VE ALL GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
BUT FIVE, SEVEN LANE CORRIDORS, 40, 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH LITTLE BIKE LANES RIGHT.
BUT IT'S NOT A BIKE PED FRIENDLY AREA AT ALL.
AND SO IT WAS PRETTY EYE OPENING, BEING THERE FOR THE SUMMIT WHILE ALSO DRIVING AROUND.
THAT IS ALL WALKABLE, NO PARKING FOR CARS AND THEY'RE ALREADY SOLD OUT IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD.
SO THERE IS A DEMAND FOR WALKABLE COMMUNITIES.
AND WITH YOUR UPCOMING BUDGET RETREAT THIS FRIDAY ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT YOU ALL HELP THE CITY STAFF AND WORK WITH LEADERSHIP TO PRIORITIZE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS MAKING FLAGSTAFF MORE WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE, OF WHICH WE AREN'T TODAY.
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AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND INVEST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO NEW ROADWAYS AND WIDENING PROJECTS, WE REALLY DO HOPE THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO ALSO PRIORITIZE MORE BIKE PED FOCUSED PROJECTS.AGAIN, A FRACTION OF THE COST.
419 FUNDS ARE LIMITED WITHIN THE BIKE PED CATEGORY.
THEIR BUDGET IS ABOUT $29 MILLION, AND IT'S CAUGHT UP IN THINGS LIKE SIGNAGE, MARKINGS, THINGS I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING WITHOUT THOSE FUNDS, BUT YET THE FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
SO OFTEN WHEN COUNCIL WILL ASK FOR MORE BIKE PED PROJECTS AND STAFF SAYS WHERE'S THE FUNDING COMING FROM? THEY POINT TO THE BIKE PED POT OF MONEY, WHICH IS JUST TOO LIMITED.
THE GREATER 419 POT OF MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND WITH THE BEULAH UNIVERSITY ALIGNMENT, IT'S GONE FROM 9 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL 419 FUNDING TO 12 AND NOW TO 13 MILLION.
SO WHATEVER TREE OF MONEY WE'RE PULLING FROM THERE, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK.
AND LASTLY, I HEAR THAT MARTIN'S TEAM IS BEING BUILT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
HELLO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF.
I'VE LIVED IN TOWN ABOUT 20 YEARS.
I'M WITH THE NORTHERN ARIZONA CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE.
AND I'M ALSO HERE TO URGE YOU ALL TO PUT THE DOLLARS TOWARDS BIKE SAFETY.
UH, CARBON NEUTRALITY REALLY IS THE CITY'S GOAL.
AND I LAUD YOU ALL FOR DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN 2020.
IT REALLY IS AN EMERGENCY AND A GLOBAL EMERGENCY IN EVERY WAY AND AN EMERGENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF FIRES AND FLOODING AND INTENSE MONSOON DOWNPOURS.
ET CETERA. SO WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR FOOTPRINT.
ABOUT 30% OF OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT HERE IN TOWN IS FROM COMBUSTION VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION.
WE NEED TO ALLOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL SUPPORT A SHIFT IN OUR CULTURE AWAY FROM COMBUSTION VEHICLES TO INCLUDE MORE WALKING AND MORE BIKING.
CURRENTLY, OUR BIKE LANES COULD BE MUCH BETTER DESIGNED.
THEY'VE BEEN A PROBLEM NOT JUST THIS WINTER, BUT IN GENERAL.
IF WE LIFT THOSE BIKE LANES TO THE SIDEWALK LEVEL, IT'S GUARANTEED THAT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS, ALTHOUGH THERE CAN BE PROBLEMS THERE TOO, BUT IT'S NEVER AS BAD AS THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE WHEN BICYCLES ARE PHYSICALLY INTERACTING WITH COMBUSTION VEHICLES.
SO I URGE YOU GUYS TO PUT THE MONEY TOWARDS THOSE THREE PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP TO IMPROVE BIKING SAFETY AND ALLOW A MORE A LARGER CULTURE OF SHIFTING AWAY FROM OUR COMBUSTION VEHICLES.
AND WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE ONLINE COMMENT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL COMMENT CARDS.
MIRROR. IT LOOKS LIKE THE COMMENTER LEFT THE CHAT.
MOVING ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[A. Proclamation: Child Abuse Prevention Month]
OKAY, FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE COCONINO COALITION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ONLINE.DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE IN PERSON? OH, PLEASE JOIN US DOWN HERE.
HELLO. IS ON LINE TO GIVE COMMENTS.
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SINCE THEN, APRIL HAS BEEN A TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE.AND CHILD MALTREATMENT IS A COMPLEX AND ONGOING PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITIES AFFECTING MANY CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITY ACTION IS NEEDED TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT FAMILIES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR LIVES AND OUR CITY AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HEALING OF THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S, VIRGINIA, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE ONLINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? VIRGINIA. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.
WE COULD TAKE THE PHOTO WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR VIRGINIA TO PLUG IN HERE.
HI. UM, I'M HOPING YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE, FOR HELPING US STRENGTHEN OUR.
ARE YOU WANTING TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY ABOUT THE GRANT? BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
I WANTED TO GET THAT PERMISSION FROM YOU.
YES, WE WERE JUST AWARDED AS ONE OF FOUR AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA WITH A GRANT FOR TRAUMA INFORMED INITIATIVES HERE IN COCONINO COUNTY.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH BOTH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND COCONINO COUNTY TO HELP CREATE TRAUMA INFORMED AND RESILIENCY INITIATIVES AND POLICY AND SYSTEM CHANGE HERE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND VERY THANKFUL TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING THOSE BOARD MEMBERS YOU SEE THERE IN THE LIVE AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU. IT'S VERY EXCITING.
[C. Proclamation: Water Awareness Month]
VICE MAYOR AUSTIN ASLAN IS GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION.RIGHT. WONDERFUL MAYOR, THANK YOU.
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COCONINO PLATEAU ADVISORY WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION REGARDING OUR WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME ON DOWN AND FILL IN SOME SPACE HERE, COME TAKE YOUR SPOT IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND SHINE.
THAT INCLUDES YOU, OUR NEW DIRECTOR.
COME ON. I'LL GET STARTED ON READING THIS AS FOLKS FILL IN HERE AND YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. WHEREAS THE STATE OF ARIZONA DECLARED APRIL AS WATER AWARENESS MONTH AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 2008-19 AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, CONTINUES TO EXPLORE WAYS TO OPTIMIZE EFFICIENT WATER USE THROUGH MUNICIPAL
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INITIATIVES SUCH AS NON-REVENUE WATER AUDITING, REBATE PROGRAMS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, AND HIGH EFFICIENCY FIXTURE PROVISIONING.AND. WHEREAS, FLAGSTAFF WATER CUSTOMERS CAN TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF CONVENTIONAL FIXTURES WITH WATERSENSE CERTIFIED FIXTURES AND BY LOWERING SHOWER CONSUMPTION BY REPLACING SHOWERHEADS, PAUSING FLOW DURING LATHERING OR BY USING A SHOWER TIMER.
AND. WHEREAS, OUTDOOR WATER CONSUMPTION AND APPROXIMATELY 24% OF POTABLE WATER CONSUMPTION IN FLAGSTAFF AND CUSTOMERS CAN REDUCE THEIR OUTDOOR USE THROUGH WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING PRACTICES SUCH AS LOW WATER LANDSCAPE CONVERSIONS AND IRRIGATION ASSESSMENTS FOR LAWNS.
AND. WHEREAS, WATER CONSERVATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SAVING ENERGY WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO LOWERING CARBON EMISSIONS AND HELPING THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF MEET THE GOALS OF THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN.
AND. WHEREAS, FROM APRIL 1ST TO 30TH 2023, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WISHES TO INSPIRE ITS RESIDENTS, STUDENTS AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WYLAND NATIONAL MAYOR'S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION BY MAKING A SERIES OF ONLINE PLEDGES AT MY WATER PLEDGE.COM TO REDUCE THEIR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND TO SEE IMMEDIATE SAVINGS IN THEIR WATER AND ENERGY BILLS.
TAKE IT AWAY. SHE'S BEHIND ME NOW.
THEREFORE, I, BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023 AS WATER AWARENESS MONTH AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE WYLAND NATIONAL MAYOR'S CHALLENGE FOR WATER CONSERVATION.
JUST ONE OF YOU WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING? YES, I WILL.
HAPPY APRIL AND HAPPY WATER AWARENESS MONTH.
WE ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY FUN THINGS FOR THE PUBLIC THIS MONTH.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING TOURS OF THE LAKE MARY WATER TREATMENT PLANT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THIS SATURDAY AT 10 A.M., YOU JUST RSVP TO US AT SAVEWATER@FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV. WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A COUPLE INFORMATIVE TALKS.
AND ALL OF THAT INFO IS AT FLAGSTAFF.AZ.GOV/WAM WAM FOR WATER AWARENESS MONTH.
SO WE NEED EVERYONE TO GO TO MY WATERPLEDGE.COM AND TAKE THE PLEDGE WE COMPETE AGAINST OTHER CITIES.
THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT AT ANY OF OUR EVENTS THAT YOU SHOW UP TO.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ANY OF THE PUBLIC AND ANY OF THE COUNCIL AT THOSE.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SEAN JOHNSON GETS THE FULL LIST OF EVENTS TO YOU GUYS.
MIC] OKAY, JOLENE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
[B. Proclamation: Week of the Young Child]
JOLENE FROM THE EXCHANGE CLUB IS HERE IN PERSON.STAND IN FRONT OF COUNCIL COMING UP SO EVERYONE CAN.
THAT'S GOOD. I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT.
WHEREAS ALL YOUNG CHILDREN DESERVE QUALITY EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT THEM AS LIFELONG LEARNERS AND NURTURING PARENTING AND QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT.
DURING THE CRITICAL YEARS FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE AND INVESTMENTS IN BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE PROFOUND IMPACTS ON BUILDING, THRIVING, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. AND FIRST THINGS FIRST.
ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN, ARE CELEBRATING THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD.
AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROVIDE A STRONG START FOR CHILDREN IN FLAGSTAFF AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AND CHILD CARE PROVIDERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND DESERVE RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT
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AND PUBLIC POLICIES THAT SUPPORT EARLY CARE AND LEARNING FOR ALL YOUNG CHILDREN.HELP ARIZONA'S FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMY THRIVE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 1ST THROUGH SEVENTH, 2023, AS THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? AND OH, IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MIC IN THIS ONE.
I AM JOLENE SHIELD AND I AM WITH THE EXCHANGE CLUB, WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND WE DO THE FIELD OF HOPE EVERY YEAR, USUALLY THE FIRST FRIDAY, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S INTO THE SECOND WEEK.
AND WHAT WE DO IS PUT UP A FLAG FOR EACH CHILD FROM BIRTH TO 18 WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST YEAR FROM NEGLECT OR ABUSE.
IT WAS QUITE SHOCKING WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE NOT 52, NOT 67, NOT 95, BUT 128 CHILDREN WHO DIED FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT THROUGH THE STATE OF ARIZONA. THAT DOES NOT TAKE IN THE RESERVATIONS.
THAT IS JUST THE STATE PROPERTIES THEMSELF AND OF THAT 128.
52% OR BETWEEN THE AGE OF 0 TO 1.
AND I WAS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER.
I WAS A KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADE TEACHER FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
AND IT SHOCKS ME TO HEAR THAT IN THIS STATE THAT'S HAPPENING.
FROM THE DRUGS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE STATE.
WE DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WITH THE EXCHANGE CLUB BECAUSE WE SUPPORT A LOT OF FACILITIES HERE IN FLAGG, AND IT IS BY VOLUNTEER ONLY.
WE DO IT OUT OF LOVE AND FROM OUR HEARTS.
WHO REALIZE THAT OUR CHILDREN.
TOMORROW WE START PUTTING UP THE FIELD OF HOPE AND WE PRAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE SNOW AND WE DON'T HAVE 70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS BECAUSE ON THOSE FLAGS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO KNIT CROCHET OR SEW ITEMS THAT WILL GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T WANT ALL OUR HANDIWORK TO BE RIPPED OFF THE FLAGS.
AND EASTER SUNDAY AT NOON, WE TAKE DOWN OUR FLAGS.
HOWEVER, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FROM 515 TO 545, WE HAVE A CEREMONY HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE PASSED AND EVERYONE IS INVITED AS IT'S AT THE CORNER OF CHERRY AND SAN FRANCISCO ON THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE OLD CHURCH.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME, PLEASE COME SEE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE HONOR THESE CHILDREN.
YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO COME AND STAND.
THERE AREN'T SEATS, BUT YOU MAY COME AND STAND.
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I'M BETH FROST, AND WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE NORTHERN ARIZONA CHAPTER OF NAEYC.WE'VE ALL WE'VE BEEN WE'RE MEMBERS OF NAEYC, WHICH IS WHO PUTS ON THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD TO BRING THE SPOTLIGHT TO EARLY CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY THIS WEEK TO BE CELEBRATING THE YOUNG CHILD AND TO BRINGING THAT ATTENTION TO.
AND WE THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN THIS WEEK.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAVE COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS, AND THESE ARE THE REPORTS
[7. COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]
THAT COUNCIL BRING FROM THEIR COMMISSIONS THAT THEY ARE THE LIAISON TO.COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE, ARE YOU FEELING WELL ENOUGH TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO I HAVE TWO SHORT REPORTS FOR YOU FROM FIRST, THE COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS.
WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDED UPDATES ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY, FORMALIZED EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A WOMAN'S RIGHTS COMMISSION AND FUTURE PROCLAMATION RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS CONTINUED WORK FOR THE RENAMING OF THE PEAKS FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION. THIS PAST MONTH'S MEETING PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON DISCUSSING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ARPA AND CDBG FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
TRANSPORTATION WILL BE THE SUBJECT.
THE FMPO, FLAGSTAFF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHICH WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL METRO PLAN, WILL HAVE THEIR EXECUTIVE MEETING THIS THURSDAY, AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY TOMORROW.
AND THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BUTLER AND BEAVER AND BUTLER AND SAN FRANCISCO IMPROVED INTERSECTION PLANS AND THE SEPARATED BIKE LANES ALONG BEAVER AND BUTLER THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WILL BE TOMORROW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
BUT IT WAS THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND I GET SO MUCH OUT OF THAT.
I REALLY ENJOY PARTICIPATING IN THAT COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
WELL, I HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THIS PAST WEEK OFFICIALLY FOR LIAISON REPORTS.
SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MET LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE.
NOT MUCH TO REPORT OUT THERE FOR YOU ALL.
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FRIENDS OF RIO DE FLAG, A PRESENTATION ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE RIO DE FLAG CULTURALLY, ALL THE RECENT ACTIVITY AND SENSITIVITIES AROUND THAT VERY BRIEFLY GOT INTO THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.BUT IT WAS IT WAS A MUCH MORE BROAD PRESENTATION THAN THAT.
HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SO AND NOT MUCH MORE TO REPORT THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE LARGER GROUP AT THIS TIME.
SO WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO APPOINTMENTS.
[A. Consideration of Appointments: Library Board. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Make one appointment to a term expiring November 2023. Make one appointment to a term expiring November 2025. ]
AND LET ME CLICK THIS.I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET YOU HAVE THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? I DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE APPLICANTS FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD.
IT WAS A VERY ROBUST LIST AND VERY DIFFICULT TO NARROW DOWN.
AND I JUST LOVE EVERYONE'S LOVE FOR BOOKS THAT APPLIED.
IT WAS GREAT TO READ THEIR STORIES.
THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AND THE SECOND APPOINTMENT IS COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
I ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET HAS STATED.
WE HAD A REALLY GREAT LIST OF APPLICANTS AND JUST READING THEIR PASSION FOR THE LIBRARY AND BOOKS AND LEARNING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, IT MADE IT VERY CHALLENGING TO SELECT ONLY ONE OF TWO.
AND BUT THROUGH A LOT OF JUST THOUGHT AND DELIBERATION AND I REACHED OUT TO MOST OF THEM AND ONE OF THEM I ENDED UP HAVING A COUGHING FIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VOICE MESSAGE. SO I APOLOGIZE ONCE AGAIN, BUT I MOVED TO NOMINATE LISA GANNEY TO THE TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 2023.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WELCOME AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE APPLICANTS.
MY ALLERGIES ARE ACTING UP AND MY NOSE IS, LIKE, ITCHING.
OKAY. EVERYONE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT.
AND WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO, NO LIQUOR LICENSE, PUBLIC
[A. Consideration and Action on Liquor License Application: Scott Russel Perry Bromley, "Sizzler #429," 2105 S. Milton Road, Series 12 (restaurant), New License. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open the public hearing. Receive citizen input. Close the public hearing. The City Council has the option to: (1) Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for approval; (2) Forward the application to the State with a recommendation for denial based on information from staff, the testimony received at the public hearing and/or other factors.]
HEARINGS. ITEM NUMBER 9A, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION.SCOTT RUSSELL PERRY, BROMLEY FROM SIZZLER NUMBER 429, 2105 SOUTH MILTON ROAD SERIES 12 RESTAURANT NEW LICENSE.
AND DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMAN.
THE CITY ATTORNEY. WE JUST NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FIRST.
I THOUGHT THAT CAME AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND NOW DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR.
MY NAME IS RYAN TURLEY. I'M A LIEUTENANT WITH THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE INVESTIGATION SHOW NO DEROGATORY RECORDS FOR THE APPLICANT NOR THE BUSINESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT? NOT TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU.
OKAY. AND IS THE APPLICANT ONLINE? AND DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SAY ANYTHING? MAYOR, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE ANY COMMENT AT THIS TIME, MAYOR.
THEY ARE ONLINE, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. SO I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION.
HOW DO WE DO THIS? TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR SCOTT RUSSELL PERRY, BROMLEY SIZZLER NUMBER 429 LOCATED AT 2105 SOUTH MELTON ROAD SERIES 12 RESTAURANT.
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THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE ARE DOWN TO CONSENT ITEMS, 10 A, B, C, D.
[10. 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.]
DOES COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY OF THESE OUT AND CONSIDER THEM SEPARATELY? ALL RIGHT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAYOR MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS TEN A THROUGH D.THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-06: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff Zoning Map to rezone approximately 17.08 acres of real property generally located at 2950 East Butler Avenue, from the Rural Residential (RR) and Medium-Density Residential (MR) zones with a Resource Protection Overlay (RPO) to the Highway Commercial (HC) zone with an RPO, providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Read Ordinance No. 2023-06 by title only for the final time 2. City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-06 by title only (if approved above) 3. Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-06]
ROUTINE ITEMS. 11 A IS CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 202306.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 17.08 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2950 EAST BUTLER AVENUE FROM THE RURAL, RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONES, WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY TO THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE WITH A RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF PRESENTATION ON THIS? MAYOR, THIS IS STERLING SOLOMON AGAIN, CITY ATTORNEY.
WE'LL NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THAT OCCURS.
I GOT IT WRONG. NO, THIS DOESN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
CORRECT. THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL TAKE THE PRESENTATION CORRECTED.
WE DID A PRESENTATION LAST TIME, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, WE MADE SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS TO THE ACREAGE OF THE REZONED AREA FROM 17.02 TO 17.08.
SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE CORRECTIONS REFLECTED IN THE TITLE AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND ALSO PICKED UP IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF AS WELL. THEY WE CLARIFIED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER NAMES AND APPLICANT NAMES AND GOT THOSE ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL TOO.
SO THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES THAT OCCURRED.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR. I MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE 202306 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.
CITY CLERK. OH, CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 17.08 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2950 EAST BUTLER AVENUE FROM THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL RR AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL M-R ZONES TO THE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL HCRC ZONE WITH CONDITIONS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE? I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2023-06.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES AND WE MOVE DOWN TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 12 A.
FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-16.
[A. Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-16 : A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council, authorizing the execution of a development agreement between the City of Flagstaff and MICM BUTLER LOFTS PROJECT LP, SIERRA VISTA NO 6 L.L.C., and BROOKSTONE VENTURES L.C. for the Lofts on Butler, related to the development of approximately 17.2 acres of land located at 2950 East Butler Ave and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Resolution No. 2023-16 by title only 2) City Clerk reads Resolution No. 2023-16 by title only (if approved above) 3) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-16]
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND MICM BUTLER[00:55:02]
LOFTS, PROJECT L.P., SIERRA VISTA, NUMBER SIX, LLC AND BROOKSTONE VENTURES, LC FOR THE LOFTS ON BUTLER RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OF APPROXIMATELY 17.2 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 2950 EAST BUTLER AVENUE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.MY NAME IS PATRICK SAINT CLAIR.
I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE LOFTS ON BUTLER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 2023-16 AND APPLICATION NUMBER PZ2100284-04. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIRECT ORDINANCE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 2023-06 FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT 2950 EAST BUTLER AVENUE, AND WHICH JUST HAD A SECOND READING JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
TO QUICKLY ORIENT YOU TO THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A 5000 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE AND COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE AN APPROXIMATELY 1.09 ACRE COMMERCIAL PAD FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUDES 172 DWELLING UNITS IN 43 FOUR PLEX RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT AGREEMENT IS TO SET OUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT REGARDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND LIMITS ON LAND USES ALLOWABLE ON THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL PAD.
THE PROPORTIONAL SHARE COST AND PAYMENT TIMING OF THE BUTLER AVENUE AND NORTH FOURTH STREET INTERSECTION PERMANENT SIGNAL IDENTIFIES COST AND PAYMENT TIMINGS FOR THE SOLAR AIR TRANSMISSION MAIN PROPORTIONAL SHARE AND ADDRESSES.
THE PROJECT IS RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE FOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SPACES WITH INTACT WIRING INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET BUILDING CODE MINIMUM STANDARDS, BUT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL STEP ABOVE THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE A SINGLE DUAL PORT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AS WELL.
WITH THIS SAME OUTLOOK, THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE ENERGY STAR RATED APPLIANCES IN HVAC UNITS FOR THE PROJECT AND HAS AGREED TO BUILD THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES TO BE APPROXIMATELY 19.2% BETTER THAN THE CURRENTLY ADOPTED 2018 IECC ENERGY CODE, AS SHOWN THROUGH REST CHECK DOCUMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT G.
THE DA ALSO RECORDS THAT THE PROJECT PROVIDES 16 UNCOVERED IN 24 COVERED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, 40 IN TOTAL, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE 19 UNCOVERED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BY THE ZONING CODE.
REGARDING FINDING NUMBER ONE, THE DA PROVIDES COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND PUBLIC GOOD.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ASSOCIATED TO AN APPROVED REZONING FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WILL INFILL AN UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY, COMMITS 5% OF THE DWELLING UNITS AS A PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, PROVIDES CASH IN LIEU PAYMENTS FOR AN OFF SITE PUBLIC WATER MAIN AND FOR TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE BUTLER AVENUE CORRIDOR.
THE DA SUPPORTS A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.
ALL ELECTRIC PROVIDES RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTES ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE DA CONTRIBUTES TO THE STABILITY OF AN ACTIVE AND GROWING URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FINDING IS MET REGARDING FINDING NUMBER TWO.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
AS NOTED, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH AND IN SERVICE TO AN APPROVED REZONING FOR MIXED USE PROJECT WHOSE POLICY ANALYSIS INDICATES THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE DAR PROVIDES STRUCTURE TO MANAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT, DIRECT NEW COMMERCIAL USES ON THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL PAD AND LAYS OUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
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NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS FINDING IS ALSO MET.REGARDING FINDING NUMBER THREE, THE DA COMPLIES WITH ARIZONA STATE STATUTE ARS 9-5 HUNDRED 0.05 IDS STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION, CONCLUDED THE SITE WAS SUITABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE DA ADDRESSES TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT AND IS NOT PART OF AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS FOR ACTION.
CITY COUNCIL CAN APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED.
CITY COUNCIL CAN APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ADDITIONAL MODIFIED OR DELETED TERMS. CITY COUNCIL CAN REMAND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BACK TO STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT OR CITY STAFF CAN DENY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
PER ZONING CODE SECTION TEN 2040 060E, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS PRESENTED.
APPROVED CASE PC 21 0028404 AS PRESENTED WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2316, WHICH INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXHIBITS.
AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? AND IS THE APPLICANT HERE OR ONLINE AND AND DO THEY WISH TO? HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? OKAY. SO CAN I GET A MOTION? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE READ RESOLUTION 2023-16 BY TITLE ONLY.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
CITY CLERK. A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN MICM BUTLER LOFTS, PROJECT LP, SIERRA VISTA, NUMBER SIX, LLC, BROOKSTONE VENTURES, LC AND THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 17.2 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 2950 EAST BUTLER AVENUE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. MAYOR BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE AUDIENCE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THIS AND NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. NO, WE'VE READ ALL THE STAFF REPORTS.
WE'VE STUDIED THIS FOR WEEKS NOW.
SO I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
ACCORDINGLY, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 23-16.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT VERY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT POINT.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.
WE ARE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 12 B, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-05.
[B. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-05: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending Flagstaff City Code, Title 14 Human Relations, Chapter 14-02 Civil Rights, Section 14-02-001-0006 Complaint Procedures, to allow a verified charge to be filed within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days after the alleged violation occurred; providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the March 21, 2023 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2023-05 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-05 At the April 4, 2023 Council Meeting: 4) Read Ordinance No. 2023-05 by title only for the final time 5) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-05 6) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-05]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AMENDING FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE TITLE 14 HUMAN RELATIONS.OH, THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE SKIPPING.
I WAS GOING TO LET YOU FINISH, MAYOR.
SO WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 12 C CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 202307.
[C. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-07: An ordinance of the Flagstaff City Council authorizing the acquisition of real property for the Cinder Lake Landfill Road Improvement Project; providing for delegation of authority, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the April 4, 2023 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2023-07 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-07 by title only (if approved above) At the April 18, 2023 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2023-07 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-07 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-07]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE CENTER LAKE LANDFILL ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PROVIDING FOR[01:05:06]
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, AUTHORITY FOR SEVERABILITY, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BRYCE DOTY, THE REAL ESTATE MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
TODAY I'M HERE WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS RELATED TO THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL IMPROVEMENT. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE.
WAY UP IN THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING.
IF ANYBODY HAS EVER BEEN ON THE LANDFILL ROAD, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER.
WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
MOST OF THIS ROAD IS ALL ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON THE FOREST.
SO THIS IS A FOREST ROAD THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS.
WE FINALLY IN 2022, WE WE FINISHED UP ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE TO ISSUE OR A DECISION OF NO, NO, OH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO THAT WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED A 60 FOOT RIGHT AWAY TO BUILD OUR NEW ROAD IN BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE CURVES HOWEVER, WE DO NEED TO TAKE SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE TO SMOOTH OUT THE GRADES.
SO WHERE THESE ARE ARE ON CURVES ONE AND THREE OF THE PROJECT.
HERE'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
SO HIGHWAY 81, 89 TO THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN CURVE, ONE IS THE VERY FIRST CURVE THAT SHOWS UP.
AND THEN CURVE TWO, WE DON'T NEED ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS ON AND CURVE THREE IS ONE THAT WE DO, AND THEN IT'S JUST FOREST SERVICE FROM THERE ON OUT UNTIL IT HITS THE LANDFILL.
OVERALL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 16,000FT² OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS JUST WHERE THE BACK FENCES OR THE BACKYARDS OF ALL THESE LOTS ALIGN OUT.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SCREEN HERE.
THAT'S THE EXTENT OF THE TAKE.
AND THEN CURVE THREE IS THE THAT'S THE EXTENT IS THAT HASH LINE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.
IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THESE SIX DIFFERENT OWNERS.
WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF THEM.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF THESE IN ESCROW RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? RICE. DID YOU GET ANY PUSHBACK FROM THE OWNERS AT ALL OR WERE THEY PRETTY COOPERATIVE? YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS THEIR LAND TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THANK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I'M ASSUMING THAT IN THE DESIGN YOU LOOKED AT EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT NEEDING TO.
TO GO INTO THE BACKYARDS OF THESE HOMEOWNERS LANDOWNERS.
WE DID AS PART OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT THE THE FOREST SERVICE DID.
THAT WAS AN EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE LOOK AT HOW TO BEST ALIGN THIS ROAD.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SO.
OH, AND WILL YOU? NEVER MIND. I'M ALL MIXED UP TODAY.
SO, MAYOR, I WILL MOVE TO READ ORDINANCE 2023-07 BY TITLE ONLY.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR.YES? MAY I GO AHEAD AND READ? OH, YES.
YES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER LETTER D, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 202308.
[D. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-08: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff authorizing the acquisition of real property interests for the Schultz Creek Stabilization Project and the Highway 180 Culvert Project; providing for delegation of authority, severability, repeal of conflicting ordinances, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the April 4, 2023 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2023-08 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-08 by title only (if approved above) At the April 18, 2023 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2023-08 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-08 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-08]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS FOR THE SCHULTZ CREEK STABILIZATION PROJECT AND THE HIGHWAY 180 CULVERT PROJECT, PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY SEVERABILITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.BRYCE DOTY. THIS AGENDA ITEM, INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, WE'RE OFF OF HIGHWAY 180.
WHEN THE SCHULTZ CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN.
I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF AWARE OF WHERE THIS IS HEADED.
THIS IS AN URGENT NEED THAT WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO TO TACKLE.
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT ARE PLANS, A 30, 30% DESIGN PLANS AT THIS STAGE.
SO THIS IS THE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS THE THE 30% DESIGNS OF THE ONE 180 CULVERT TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.
THAT'S THE MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA PROPERTY.
SO THE NEW CULVERT IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED OH, TO THE TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SEDIMENT BASIN.
THEN THE CULVERT IS GOING TO GO OVER 180 CROSSING, CROSSING UNDER 180 THROUGH THE MOUNT CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH PARKING LOT UNTIL IT TERMINATES INTO THE RIO DE FLAG. SO WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH THE MUSEUM AND WITH THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, KIND OF LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE'VE WE'VE GOT APPRAISALS ORDERED.
WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT SO THAT IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET SOME STATE APPROPRIATE FUNDS, WE CAN MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO THESE THREE PARCELS ARE THE THE PARCELS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
IT'S THE CHURCH, IT'S THE MUSEUM, AND THEN A SMALL TC ON THE ACE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CULVERT.
KIND OF RELATED TO THAT IS A CHANNEL STABILIZATION PROJECT.
AND REALLY THIS IS JUST JUST TO THE NORTH OF IT.
SO NORTH IS TO THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.
ALL THESE LITTLE RED LINES ARE ARE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO TO STABILIZE THE CHANNEL, TO PREVENT EROSION, ALL OF THIS IS OCCURRING ON MUSEUM PROPERTY.
AND TILL YOU GET TO THE SECOND PAGE HERE, SO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S WHERE 180 IS.
SO THIS IS ADDITIONAL CHANNEL STABILIZATION.
WE HAVE A GRANT APPROVED FOR IT.
PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE THESE PROPERTIES IS THE MUSEUM PROPERTY IS BURDENED BY A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WHICH HAS SOME PRETTY STRICT LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.
THE INTENT OF WHEN THEY RECEIVE THIS LAND WAS TO RECEIVE IT AND MAINTAIN IT IN ITS NATURAL STATE.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR THE THE AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE THIS WITH CONDEMNATION LANGUAGE IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THE CURRENT THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY WOULD PREVENT US FROM DOING IT VOLUNTARILY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE BRINGING THIS PROJECT IN AS WELL.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE REST OF MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE.
HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS THANK YOU, MAYOR.
BRYCE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCREEN THAT SHOWS.
SO I'M TRYING TO READ IN SMALL PRINT WITH MY CONTACTS.
IS THE WATER FLOW NOW GOING TO BE REDIRECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CREEKSIDE DRIVE? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON REDIRECTING ANY, BUT I'M GOING TO SEE IF ED CAN COME UP HERE AND ADDRESS ANY DESIGN QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS.
AND I ASK THIS BECAUSE I WAS OUT DURING THE FLOODING LAST YEAR AND A PROPERTY OWNER UP CREEKSIDE DRIVE HAD BUILT HIS OWN DIVERSION BECAUSE THE CREEK WAS COMING RIGHT TOWARDS HIM.
AND THEN HE DIVERTED IT TO A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AROUND HIS HOUSE.
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BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE NOW IT'D BE ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO.GREAT QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER ED SCHENK, STORMWATER MANAGER.
SO WITH THIS PROJECT, THIS IS NRCS EWP FUNDING, SO EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROJECT FUNDING.
SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF SCOUR INCISION GOING ON RIGHT NOW, EVEN AS WE SPEAK.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO DO SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE, THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ON THE EAST SIDE DURING THE SCHULTZ FIRE, THEN ALSO DURING THE MUSEUM FIRE BY PUTTING IN WHAT THEY CALL J-HOOK VANES, CROSS VANE, WEIRS, ROCK FILL DAMS. SO THESE ARE ALL ROCK STRUCTURES THAT ARE INTENDED TO KEEP THE CHANNEL IN PLACE AND REDUCE SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS MOVEMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, THEN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR. I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-08 AND READ IT BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO I MOVED TO READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-08 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. IT CARRIES.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS FOR THE SCHULTZ CREEK STABILIZATION PROJECT AND THE HIGHWAY 180 CULVERT PROJECT PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY SEVERABILITY. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
[E. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-09: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff dedicating a public access easement across city-owned property located at 3500 N. West St.; providing for delegation of authority, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: At the April 4, 2023 Council Meeting: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2023-09 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-09 by title only (if approved above) At the April 18, 2023 Council Meeting: 3) Read Ordinance No. 2023-09 by title only for the final time 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-09 by title only (if approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-09]
2023-09. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DEDICATING A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3500 NORTH WEST STREET, PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BRYCE DOTY, REAL ESTATE MANAGER.
I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FLOODING EFFECTS ON GRANDVIEW.
SO RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'RE JUST NORTH OF THE CEDAR SAFEWAY IN TOWN.
THIS THIS ACTUALLY THIS PARCEL, APN 109-02-001P.
THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY ON THIS OF ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP THIS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT IS NECESSARILY DEAD AT THIS POINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL KIND OF THE MOST RECENT EFFORTS HAVE FINALLY KIND OF WRAPPED UP.
AND WE'RE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO THINK OF A NEW WAY TO TO ACTIVATE THIS PARCEL.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE JUST NORTH OF THIS PARCEL WITH THE STAR, THERE IS GRANDVIEW.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THEM IN THE COMMUNITY HERE, THE THREE THREE NEIGHBORS JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUR PARCEL TO FIND A WAY THAT TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS TO THEIR HOUSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE TO ALLOW THEM TO HELP BUILD SOME FLOOD MITIGATION ON THE GRANDVIEW SIDE.
SO WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE IS GRANTING OUR PARCEL 60,000FT².
GRANTING DEDICATING A PUBLIC EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 9388FT².
AND WHAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO DO IS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO CONNECT, TO CONNECT TO THEIR PARCELS AND EITHER BUILD A GARAGES THERE FOR ACCESS TO THEIR PARCELS. THIS IS A PUBLIC DEDICATION OF A PUBLIC EASEMENT THAT IT WILL BECOME IN EFFECT, PROVIDED THAT THESE OWNERS WILL
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BUILD AND MAINTAIN THESE IMPROVEMENTS.SO THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO INCUR ANY COST TO DO THIS.
BUT WE ARE GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AND IMPROVE THAT PUBLIC EASEMENT.
THIS IS THE STREET VIEW OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THIS IS KIND OF THE CONCEPT PLAN OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE NATURE OF THIS.
SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAD A COMMENT BRYCE.
THE ONLY PICTURE MISSING WAS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE IMPACTED.
I WAS THERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO JUST CHECKING OUT TO SEE IF WE HAD FLOODING.
AND IT'S PRETTY CHALLENGING FOR THEM.
I THINK THEY ALL HAVE FOUR FOOT SANDBAG WALLS.
SO GIVING THEM ACCESS, I THINK IS IS A REALLY GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW AND HELPING THEM JUST GET THEIR LIVES BACK TO SOME SORT OF NORMALCY.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION.
AND AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO YOU DON'T MIND? OKAY. YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
AND SOME OF YOU ARE NEW FACES FOR ME.
BUT THE HOUSE ON THE PICTURE IS ACTUALLY WHERE ME AND MY FIVE CHILDREN USED TO LIVE.
WE HAVE SINCE VACATED THE PROPERTY OF THE SIX HOUSES THAT ARE MOST ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
WHEN THE WATER FIRST BREACHES THE CHANNEL, FOUR OF THOSE FAMILIES HAVE LEFT.
SOME OF THEM LEFT IMMEDIATELY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE SOLD THEIR HOUSES AT A LOSS JUST TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON.
MY KIDS AND I ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T DO THAT.
WE DON'T LIVE THERE AND IT'S NOT FOUR FOOT SANDBAGS.
AND AS HIGH AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE THAT WIDE AS WELL.
SO THE HOUSE CURRENTLY SITS VACANT AND WE LIVE IN HOUSING.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE THREE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT MONTHS.
SO THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE HOUSE A HOME AGAIN AND TO HAVE SAFE YOU KNOW, ACCESS THAT WILL BE YEAR ROUND FOR US. SO I KNOW IT'S A BIG DEAL NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT ALSO FOR OUR NEIGHBORS DOWNSTREAM, FOR US, SO TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WHILE THIS IS A PUBLIC EASEMENT, AND I KNOW THE COMMENT WAS MADE BY STAFF THAT THIS WOULD BE ALL BUILT AT PRIVATE EXPENSE, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OPEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR POSSIBLE CITY CONTRIBUTIONS IN AN IN-KIND BASIS, NOT A FINANCIAL ONE PER SE.
BUT IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HELP OUT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS INTERNALLY, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT OPTION CONSIDERED NOT MANDATED BUT ON THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION INSOFAR AS IT IS A PUBLIC EASEMENT.
I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS JUST MADE BY OUR PRESENTER AND SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE OTHER TWO PROPERTY OWNERS, ONE OF WHOM HAS MOVED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE HOUSE WILL BE REOCCUPIED.
BUT THERE'S A VERY COLLABORATIVE OR COLLECTIVE DESIRE TO SEE THIS EASEMENT GO IN A PLACE THAT WILL HELP THREE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST AFFECTED, NEGATIVELY IMPACTED PROPERTIES FROM THE SPRUCE FLOODING EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND FRANKLY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO OCCUR AT SOME LEVEL IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT LEADS TO MY FINAL COMMENT.
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SIGNIFICANT. $26 MILLION APPROVED BY PROPOSITION 441 THIS YEAR TO GO INTO THESE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.BUT THEY WILL NOT ELIMINATE THE RISK.
THEY WILL MITIGATE IT, BUT THEY WON'T TAKE IT AWAY.
SO FLOODING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF GRANDVIEW REMAINS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE, A WAY OF LIFE AND MINIMIZING THOSE RISKS AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO ADAPT AND BE RESILIENT TO THESE FLOOD EVENTS.
THAT'S THE NARRATIVE WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND WILL, AND THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT AS A POSSIBILITY.
THE IN-KIND HELP WILL THAT NEED TO COME BACK TO US OR IS IS ARE NODDING OF OUR HEADS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK BOTH.
I THINK THE NODDING OF THE HEADS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND WE WILL KEEP YOU APPRIZED.
I FOR ONE AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF HELPING IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN.
THAT CORNER HAS JUST BEEN I MEAN, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT NOT BE AWARE THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT CORNER, HAS BEEN SO HARD HIT WITH THE FLOODING.
AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF MITIGATION THAT WE CAN DO TO SO THAT OUR NEIGHBORS CAN LIVE IN THEIR HOMES AGAIN.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT AREA ARE THEY REQUIRED OR DO THEY HAVE TO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE OR HAVE THEY BOUGHT FLOOD INSURANCE? ARE THEY IN WHAT WE CALL A FLOODPLAIN OR FLOOD WAY OR THEY'RE JUST IT'S JUST FLOODING, PERIOD.
IT'S NOT IN ANY? NO. I'LL SPEAK TO THE INSURANCE PART AND INVITE ED SHANK OR ANYBODY FROM WATER SERVICES TO COMMENT ON THE FLOODPLAIN QUESTION.
INSURANCE. WE CANNOT REQUIRE THAT THE MUNICIPALITY, WE ENCOURAGE IT.
WE SEND NOTICES OUT AND THAT HAS BEEN A PREVALENT MESSAGING OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
MY STRONG SUSPICION IS MANY PEOPLE DO HAVE INSURANCE, BUT NOT ALL.
AND SO AND THAT I THINK, IS GENERALLY THE REALITY IN THESE EVENTS.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD FLOOD INSURANCE.
BUT I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUE ED SCHENCK TO GIVE HIS BEST RESPONSE ON THE FLOODPLAIN QUESTION.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ON TOP OF THIS ONE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH STAFF ON ANOTHER MATTER WITH GRANTS.
SO WHERE IN PARTICULAR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF THIS AREA GRANDVIEW WE'RE SPEAKING OF LIES WITHIN THE THE FLOODPLAIN AND PERHAPS EVEN THE FLOODWAY.
THANK YOU. SO A GOOD PORTION OF GRANDVIEW IS IN THE FEMA FLOOD PLAIN.
SO FLOODPLAIN A THAT WAS DESIGNATED IN 2010.
SO THAT IS UNRELATED TO THE FIRE, THE MUSEUM FIRE.
BUT IT WAS ALREADY IN A FLOODPLAIN.
A WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE HAVE A FLOOD ZONE DETERMINATION GROUP WITHIN STORMWATER TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT BASE FLOOD ELEVATION WOULD BE FOR PARTICULAR PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENTS, BOTH AT THE PRE-CON LEVEL AS WELL AS ALL THE WAY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS FOR EXISTING HOMES.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THERE'S ALSO AN ADMINISTRATIVE FLOODPLAIN OVER THIS AREA.
SO ADMINISTRATIVE FLOODPLAIN IS AT THE CITY LEVEL.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE INSURANCE.
IT'S JUST A FLOODPLAIN TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU AT COUNCIL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE FOR FLOOD ELEVATIONS IN THE INTERIM CONDITION.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE CONDITION RIGHT NOW AS WE DEVELOP PROJECTS FOR SPRUCE WASH, REALLY TO HELP HOMEOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT FLOOD RISK.
BUT THAT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THAT FEMA FLOOD FLOODPLAIN.
AND THEN AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED AT THE CITY LEVEL, WE DO NOT REQUIRE FLOOD INSURANCE.
THAT IS A FEMA REQUIREMENT FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS A MORTGAGE.
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IMPROVING IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND WANTS TO DO SOMETHING ELSE? ARE THEY ARE THERE SOME STIPULATIONS? CORRECT. THERE ARE STIPULATIONS TO NEW DEVELOPMENT OR TO TENANT IMPROVEMENTS IN AREAS THAT ARE WITHIN A FLOODWAY OR FLOOD PLAIN? THAT IS CORRECT.AND REALLY THE HOPE IS TO TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF FLOODWAYS AND OUT OF FLOODPLAINS, WHETHER THAT'S BY RAISING THE BUILDING OR PROVIDING FLOOD PROOFING OR DEVELOPING IN A WAY THAT GETS IT OUT OF THAT FLOODPLAIN.
SO YEAH, WITH ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY.
OUR STAFF IS HAPPY TO TO TAKE THOSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIL TO US.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WHERE IS IT? READ ORDINANCE NUMBER.
202309 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SECOND. IT'S MOTIONED AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
WOULD YOU READ IT, PLEASE? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DEDICATING A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3050 NORTH WEST STREET, PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OKAY. ITEM F, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10.
[F. Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-10: An ordinance of the Flagstaff City Council authorizing the acquisition of real property interests for the Milton Road and University Avenue right-of-way project; providing for delegation of authority, repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Read Ordinance No. 2023-10 by title only for the first time 2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-10 by title only (if approved above) 3) Read Ordinance No. 2023-10 by title only for the final time (requires unanimous vote) 4) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2023-10 by title only (if unanimously approved above) 5) Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-10 (requires unanimous vote)]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS FOR THE MILTON ROAD AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.BRYCE DOTY, REAL ESTATE MANAGER.
I'VE BEEN BEFORE COUNCIL ON THIS AUTHORIZING ACQUISITIONS IN 2021.
WHAT'S CHANGED IS WE'VE HAD TO MODIFY A FEW LEGALS THAT WE'VE AND I'LL GO THROUGH IT ON THE MAP, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY THIS PROJECT STARTED.
SO WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION CREWS ON THE GROUND AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A FIRST AND SECOND READ TONIGHT SO THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE THESE AND KEEP IN FRONT OF THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
JUST UNIVERSITY AND MILTON AND HERE'S OUR OUR PROJECT MAP.
SO SOME OF THESE ARE MODIFICATIONS THAT REDUCE THE ACTUAL LIMITS OF WHAT WE NEED.
THIS WAS INITIALLY DESIGNED TO ACQUIRE THE EXISTING OR THE WIDTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE'RE EXPANDING FOR THE ROUNDABOUT.
WE EXPECT THIS TO SAVE US ABOUT $300,000.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THEM AND SIMILAR SITUATION.
OH, DARE I PUSH THAT X? I DON'T KNOW.
AND A LITTLE BIT OF A RIGHT OF WAY REDUCTION ON THIS.
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EASEMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS.SO THOSE ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE BURGER KING AND THAT'S THIS.
BU 46 B THAT WAS A NEW LEGAL THAT WE NEEDED.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO ALSO AFFECT THE TARGET WITH AN UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE EASEMENT, WHICH IS IN THE CALL OUT, WHICH I'LL TRY TO GET TO ON THE NEXT PAGE.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE THE NEW TAKES AND THE REDUCTIONS OF RIGHT AWAY.
AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR BRICE, YOU SAID IT WILL IMPACT BURGER KING AND TARGET.
CAN YOU JUST EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? LIKE, HOW ARE WE TAKING PROPERTY AWAY FROM THEM PERMANENTLY OR JUST TO DO CONSTRUCTION? SO LET ME GO BACK TO THIS.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE UNDERGROUND.
IT IS THERE IS A VALUE TO THAT, BUT IT'S NOT A PERMANENT TAKING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE ENTIRE FEE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN EASEMENT BURDEN BURDENING THEIR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.
VICE-MAYOR. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE DUE DILIGENCE TO ACKNOWLEDGING THE UNUSUAL ASPECT OF THIS IN TERMS OF FIRST READ AND SECOND READ ON THE SAME EVENING. I'M VERY MUCH OKAY WITH THIS.
AND RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, POSSIBLY TIME IS MONEY.
SO IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY ULTIMATELY THAT I THINK IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A CONVERSATION OF RIGHT OF WAY EXPANSIONS AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT OF WAY REDUCTIONS, I'D BE MUCH MORE RELUCTANT TO TO PUSH THIS THROUGH IN AN UNORTHODOX MANNER.
I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THIS, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF YOU WANT TO.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING LAND BACK TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE'RE WE'RE RELINQUISHING RIGHT AWAY AND WE'RE SAVING A BUNCH OF MONEY BY DOING IT.
SO THAT'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONTEXT THAN.
I'M INCREASING IN ACQUISITION, SO I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN.
I CAN'T KEEP THEM ALL STRAIGHT IN MY HEAD.
I'M GOING TO SPACE THEM OUT NEXT TIME.
OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO IF COUNCIL APPROVES DO, WE'RE GOING TO READ THE ORDINANCE TWICE AND ADOPT TONIGHT.
AND THE READING THE ORDINANCE FOR THE FINAL TIME REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE, AS DOES ADOPTING IT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO READ IT FOR THE FIRST TIME? SO MOVED.
THANK YOU, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. STERLING IS TOO LATE.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE STERLING'S GOT HIS HAND UP.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION MAYOR, THIS SECOND READ WILL NEED TO BE UNANIMOUS AS WELL IN ORDER FOR THAT FINAL ADOPTION TO BE ABLE TO OCCUR. YOU STILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE SECOND REED.
NOT JUST A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THE ADOPTION, THOUGH, BUT A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THE SECOND REED.
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DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO READ FOR THE FINAL TIME? MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-10 BY TITLE ONLY FOR THE FINAL TIME.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. AYE, AYE.
CITY CLERK. AN ORDINANCE OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS FOR THE MILTON ROAD AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, SEVERABILITY, CLERICAL CORRECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT? I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MOVING DOWN TO ITEM 13, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.
[13. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS After discussion and upon agreement by three members of the Council, an item will be moved to a regularly-scheduled Council meeting.]
THIS IS A CITIZEN'S PETITION TITLED DECLARE MACY'S COFFEEHOUSE AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.YEAH. DID STAFF WANT TO COMMENT ON THE STAFF MEMO? I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT MR. RIVAS COMING TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENT HERE.
MARK REVIS, HERITAGE PRESERVATION OFFICER, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNER.
I THINK THE MEMO IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HE HE WANTS TO EXPRESS HIS CONCERNS ABOUT MACY'S AND IN ITS PLACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND I CAN FURTHER EXPLAIN WHERE IT'S CURRENT HISTORIC STATUS IS AND WHAT ITS FUTURE HISTORIC STATUS CAN BE.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
THANKS FOR HAVING MY PETITION ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
I AM CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT NAU.
I'M ALSO A STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT.
SO. I'VE BEEN PURSUING A LOT OF PROJECTS ABOUT CREATING FURTHER UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNITION OF HISTORY, PARTICULARLY AT NAU, PURSUING A HISTORICAL PLAQUE PROJECT ON THAT CAMPUS.
AND I BEGAN LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPUS AND FOUND THAT MACY'S HAS SOME EXTREMELY UNIQUE HISTORICAL QUALITIES SPECIFIC TO NOT JUST FLAGSTAFF, BUT ALSO ARIZONA AS A WHOLE.
AND SO I BEGAN INVESTIGATING THAT.
AND I'LL JUST MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND.
SO MACY'S BEGAN IN FLAGSTAFF IN 1980 AND INSTANTLY BEGAN SERVING ESPRESSO DRINKS.
IT WAS THE ENTIRE ARIZONA STATE'S VERY FIRST COFFEE HOUSE THAT ROASTED ITS OWN BEANS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE, CONSIDERING COFFEE CULTURE WASN'T NECESSARILY EXISTENT BACK THEN. IT ACTUALLY SERVED ESPRESSO FOR YEARS BEFORE STARBUCKS DID.
SO I CONSIDER IT IN COFFEE CULTURE TO BE EXTREMELY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
BUT WHERE IT REALLY STANDS OUT TO ME IS ITS STAPLE, IT BEING A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TO INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS IN FLAGSTAFF. I KNOW FOR A FACT MACY'S HAS MADE ME CREATE A HOME IN FLAGSTAFF, HAVING BEEN ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE THERE AND PLAY A LOT OF CHESS THERE AND DOING A LOT MORE.
THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND TOPICS OF DISCUSSION ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND I'VE ACTUALLY ATTENDED A COUPLE OF THEM DURING MY TIME AT NYU AND HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INSPIRED BY THEIR ENTIRE GROUP'S KINDNESS AND WELCOMENESS, AND I THINK THAT HAS GIVEN IT A CERTAIN STATUS THAT
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DESERVES RECOGNITION.AND MARK HAS SENT ME THE MEMO, WHICH I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF.
THAT IS ACCEPTED BY THE STATE OR NATIONAL REGISTERS.
AND IF THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T GO THROUGH, I WOULD LOVE TO PURSUE LOCAL RECOGNITION BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO SHARED WITH ME IN MY MEETINGS WITH THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS NEVER ACTUALLY PUT A PROPERTY INDEPENDENTLY ON THE FLAGSTAFF REGISTER AND IS ONLY FULFILLED BY STATE AND FEDERAL.
SO I THINK MACY'S IS A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR THAT.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT.
WELL, IT TURNS OUT I'M A BAD PERSON.
SO PHILOSOPHICALLY, I LIKE THIS IDEA.
BUT BEFORE I COULD APPROVE IT, I BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS ARE.
AND MAYBE THAT'S COVERED IN THE MEMO AND IT IS COVERED IN THE MEMO.
EXCUSE ME. MR. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
IT IS PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET FOR THE MEMO IS YOU SUMMARIZE IT? YES. SO THE REQUEST WAS FOR DECLARING MACY'S A HISTORIC LANDMARK, WHICH WOULD BE A NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING.
THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT THE WAY I'LL GIVE THE SHORT COURSE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
SO INDIVIDUAL LISTING IS VERY DIFFICULT.
A DISTRICT LISTING IS EASIER, AND THIS PROPERTY IS UNIQUE BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, ITS PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE IS 1947.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THE ETHNIC HISTORY, AND THE NEW POTENTIAL PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE IS 1962, AND THAT BUILDING WOULD BE WITHIN.
AND THE EVALUATION WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE LISTING FOR MACY'S.
THAT'S THE LISTING FOR THE PROPERTY ITSELF AND THE ARCHITECTURE THAT'S THERE.
AND THAT INFORMATION ABOUT MACY'S BEING IN 1980 AND THE LONG ESTABLISHED WOULD BE PART OF THE HISTORY, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WOULD BE LISTED. SO IT WOULD PROVIDE A LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
IT HAS BEEN EVALUATED AS CONTRIBUTING.
SO IN SUMMARY, THIS IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT LOOKS AT FIRST GLANCE.
I GUESS IF IF THIS WERE GRANTED, THAT WOULD PREVENT CERTAIN THINGS BEING DONE TO THAT BUILDING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY YOU KNOW, WE SIMPLY HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE ALWAYS THERE.
WE JUST HAVE A PROCESS WHEN WE GO THROUGH DEMOLITIONS.
SO IF A PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO TEAR IT DOWN, PROPERTY OWNER CAN TEAR DOWN THE PROPERTY.
BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL REVIEW.
SO THE CONCERN ABOUT KEEPING THAT BUILDING STANDING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE NEW PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE WHEN I SUBMIT IT TO THE SITES COMMITTEE, DOES ESTABLISH THAT WHERE I WOULD REVIEW IT AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION WOULD REVIEW IT.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THE APPLICANT OUT WITH INTERPRETIVE MATERIAL.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS I ASSUME I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT I ASSUME THAT MR. MACY DOES NOT OWN THAT BUILDING.
HE'S PROBABLY JUST RENTING IT.
SO IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THAT BUILDING?
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WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT THIS? I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I DO HAVE THE NAME.IT'S A GROUP THAT THAT OWNS THE BUILDING.
SO BUT THEY DO CONSIDER IT AS A HISTORIC PROPERTY, AND APPARENTLY THEY DO WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
YOU HAD A COMMENT? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
COUNCIL. AND THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION TO EVERYBODY.
I DO. I HEARD WHAT I'VE HEARD NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME IS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME, ALBEIT MINOR, BUT SOME IMPLICATIONS WITH THIS PROPERTY AND THE RIO PROJECT.
THAT'S THE RIO DE FLAG STORM OR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.
I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO EXPLORE WHAT THAT IMPLICATION IS THOROUGHLY.
OKAY. SO IF WE DECIDED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TONIGHT, THEN THAT WOULD GIVE YOU TIME TO DO THAT KIND OF INVESTIGATION.
TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE IMPACTS OF THE RIO DE FLAG.
SO IF WE MOVE IT FORWARD, THAT ISN'T LIKE APPROVING IT.
THAT'S JUST SAYING, HEY, LET'S LOOK INTO THIS IN A LITTLE MORE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
I THINK A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS WARRANTED IN THIS CASE.
AND SPECIFICALLY GOING TO THE THE COMMENTS BY STAFF.
YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WHAT DOES A CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY MEAN FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD? I DO NOT WANT TO CAST ANY SORT OF NEGATIVE SHADOW UPON THIS PETITION AND WHAT IT'S ASKING FOR.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS IS JUST FOR MY EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT.
IS DECLARING A PROPERTY OR A BUSINESS A HISTORIC LANDMARK? IS THAT TYPICALLY GONE THROUGH COUNCIL OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT JUST GOES THROUGH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION? MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER IT.
IT ACTUALLY IS AN ACTION THAT WE DO.
CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES OR POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.
AND AGAIN, I'M INVOLVED IN THAT EXTENSIVELY AS FAR AS EVALUATING HISTORIC RESOURCES.
SO AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU STOP PROJECTS AT ALL.
IT MEANS THAT YOU JUST CONSIDER IT AND SEE WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES ARE.
WELL, I'M. I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION AND A WORTHY TOPIC.
I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE TIME TO EXPLORE THOSE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS.
I WOULD ALSO THINK WE COULD USE THAT TIME TO MAYBE EXPLORE SOME ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF HONORING, RECOGNIZING AND PROTECTING MACY'S AS A BUSINESS AND AS A BUILDING THAT MAYBE DON'T REQUIRE THAT AREN'T SO PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGNATION THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS AND PROTOCOLS.
I LOVE WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HELPING TO PROVIDE INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS FOR THE COFFEE HOUSE.
AND THEN MAYBE A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COFFEE HOUSE AND MAYBE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY AS WELL, WHICH I DON'T EVEN REALLY THINK HAS BEEN TAPPED INTO YET IN THIS CONVERSATION.
SO, YEAH, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS GO FORWARD.
I THANK THE APPLICANT AND THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
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IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION.YOU KNOW, I DO WORRY THAT IT'S IT'S NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER WORTHY BUILDINGS AND LOCALES IN TOWN THAT HAVE BEEN IN LINE ALREADY FOR YEARS AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR CHANCE TO GET THOSE KINDS OF PROTECTIONS AND DESIGNATIONS.
BUT MACY'S IN PARTICULAR, EVEN FOR THE REASONS THAT WERE NOTED DURING THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT, WHICH ARE FACTS THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT, MACY'S ARE REALLY FASCINATING AND SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF AND SOMETHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO LIFT UP AND AND AND RECOGNIZE.
BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, TO HONOR THE SPIRIT OF THE APPLICATION, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME ATTEMPT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR AND CHERISH SUCH AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC BUILDING IN THE MAKING.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
SO I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH WHAT THE VICE MAYOR JUST VOICED.
I FIND THIS CONCEPT VERY INTERESTING AND I JUST WANTED TO DRAW COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO IT'S A FEBRUARY 2010 STORY, I BELIEVE, FROM NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
THAT ALSO DREW ATTENTION TO MACY'S AS ARIZONA'S ORIGINAL COFFEE HOUSE.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOTTEN ITS FAIR SHARE OF ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS.
I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER.
I JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OVER THE WEEKEND TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, AND THOSE SEEM TO SUGGEST MAYBE A 50 YEAR TIME PERIOD THAT THIS MAY FALL JUST SHY OF.
HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT IS A COMPLETE DISQUALIFIER.
I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TO LOOK FURTHER INTO.
I AGREE WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON EXAMINING THE IMPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY TO THE RIO PROJECT, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE INTEREST IN THIS AND I WANT TO AGAIN THANK THOSE WHO BROUGHT IT UP AND AGAIN, VOICE MY AGREEMENT WITH THE VICE MAYOR IN THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY CALLING TO MIND, AT THE VERY LEAST, A DEEPER DIVE INTO SOME OF THE OTHER HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT ALSO BE AWAITING SIMILAR RECOGNITION. SO I AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AT LEAST TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE REST OF COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO I'M HEARING, TOO, IN SUPPORT OF OF FURTHER EXPLORATION.
ALL OF US. AND BRENDAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION FORWARD.
I TOO DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS ABOUT MACY'S BEING THE FIRST COFFEE HOUSE IN ARIZONA.
AND I JUST I APPRECIATE THAT YOU STARTED THIS CONVERSATION.
I'M SORRY. OH, WE HAVE AN ONLINE COMMENT.
MIRROR THIS. THIS IS FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN TO 14 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
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DO I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.SO WE JUST HAVE THE ONLINE COMMENTER.
YES, OUR COMMENTER TONIGHT IS ANTHONY GARCIA.
ANTHONY, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR DAGGETT.
VICE MAYOR ASLIN, HONORABLE COUNCIL MANAGEMENT AND STAFF.
NORTH CENTER STREET, SUNNYSIDE.
AS PROMISED, I AM BACK TO BUILD UPON MY NARRATIVE AND COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK REGARDING THE FUTURE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY POTENTIAL OF FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO AND THE SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS VISION FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOSELY CALLING JOE MONTALVO'S STEM RESEARCH CENTER AND THE NUMEROUS POSSIBILITIES THAT SURROUND THIS INNOVATION.
LAST WEEK I MENTIONED A PREVIOUS MAYOR AND COUNCIL PERSON WHILE STILL IN OFFICE AT THAT TIME, AND ACTING ON THEIR OWN VOLITION AS CITIZENS, REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A HANDS ON ONE STOP STEM RESEARCH FACILITY THAT CATERED TO K THROUGH 12 EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING AND INNOVATED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CITIES.
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ONCE THAT COMMUNITY NEED WAS IDENTIFIED, THE NEXT STEPS WERE TO FIND A SPACE TO FACILITATE SUCH AN INSTITUTION.AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OLD FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, AND THAT'S WHERE IT COMES INTO PLAY.
AFTER AFTER THEY COLLABORATED WITH STAFF, IT BECAME QUITE EVIDENT THAT WITH ALL THE COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO TRANSFORM THE OLD FIRE STATION APPROPRIATELY, THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COST PROHIBITIVE TO REMODEL THE EXISTING FACILITY AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD GET MORE BANG FOR THEIR BUCK IF IT WAS JUST DEMOED AND REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
BUT THEN GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? COVID 19 HIT AND OUR ECONOMY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, SUFFERED.
I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN THANK STAFF AND ESPECIALLY CITY MANAGER GREG CLIFTON FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT BACK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S ATTENTION AT A TIME WHERE THE STARS ARE SEEMINGLY IN ALIGNMENT AND THERE IS A FUNDING RESOURCE THAT SEEMS TO FIT HAND IN GLOVE.
THE SUNNY SIDE FEELS LIKE THAT, LIKE THIS.
LIKE THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT WITH 2.4 MILLION IN UNENCUMBERED ARPA FUNDING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THE PUZZLE PIECES ARE READY TO BE ASSEMBLED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR DAGGETT AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERING THIS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DURING YOUR UPCOMING EXCUSE ME, UPCOMING BUDGET RETREAT.
PLEASE LET US HELP OUR YOUTH HAVE THE TOOLS TO ROCKET THEMSELVES TO THE STARS AND HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROW WITH THE TIMES. THANK YOU, GUYS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? SEEING NONE.
[15. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO/FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND STAFF, AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS]
I WILL START WITH VICE MAYOR.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO MISS CLEO'S TEA PARTY, APRIL 30TH.
AND WHAT TIME IS THAT? IT'S 2 TO 4.
AND IT'S THE EVENT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.
IT IS A LOT OF FUN AND PEOPLE NEED TO RSVP, CORRECT? HAVE TO BUY TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE.
ALL RIGHT. AT THE MURDOCH CENTER.
LAST WEEK, MYSELF, AND I THINK ALMOST ALL OF YOU WENT TO THE VIOLA AWARDS.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD GONE.
I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE REGIONAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AND PLAYED THE GAME.
ALSO DURING THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATER ADVISORY MEETING, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL PLAN, THEY KEPT TALKING ABOUT PITCHER CANYON, AND SO I FELT INSPIRED AS SOON AS THAT MEETING WAS OVER TO GO TAKE A HIKE AND PITCHER CANYON AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND DRY AND NOT MUDDY.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO AND ENJOY THAT WONDERFUL RESOURCE.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. A COUPLE OF THINGS TONIGHT.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, WHICH IS A MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF POETRY AND POETS.
AND AS A POET, I WOULD LOVE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN THAT CELEBRATION BY READING AND SHARING AND JUST ENJOYING THE POETIC ARTS AND WHATEVER WAYS THAT THEY CAN.
IT IS ALSO ARAB-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH IS A CELEBRATION OF ARAB-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS ARAB-AMERICAN AND ARABIC SPEAKING AMERICANS.
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I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE VIOLA AWARDS, WHICH WAS A CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS AND FLAGSTAFF, AND IT WAS A ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL EVENING OF CELEBRATION AND ENLIGHTENING EDUCATION. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SEVERAL OF THE REMARKS THAT WERE MADE THAT EVENING WERE A REMINDER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE AND DIVERSIFY OUR DEFINITIONS OF THE ARTS AND WHAT WE RECOGNIZE AS AS ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FLAGSTAFF, DIVERSE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE AND CELEBRATE BEAUTIFUL AND BELOVED COMMUNITY FOR ALL WHO CALL FLAGSTAFF HOME.
AND FINALLY, APRIL IS ALSO FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING A FLAGSTAFF LANDLORD TENANT AND FAIR HOUSING TRAINING HERE AT CITY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 8:30 A.M.
AND THE COMMUNITY IS, OF COURSE INVITED TO THAT AND TO TO LEARN ALL THAT THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT ARIZONA'S RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ACT, THEIR RIGHTS AS AS RESIDENTS AND RENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY AS TENANTS, BUT ALSO FOR LANDLORDS AND HOMEOWNERS AND AND SO FORTH, ALL WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
SO HOPE TO SEE SOME FOLKS THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
TODAY I WAS FORTUNATE TO JUDGE AS PART OF THE FLAGSTAFF YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION AND WILLOW BEND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER.
AND THE PROJECTS THAT STUDENTS ARE PROPOSING TO DO ARE REALLY INSPIRING AND THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
AND LAST WEEK WE HAD AN ALTERNATE RESPONSE TEAM MEETING WHERE WE THIS IS WHERE THE CARE TEAM CAME OUT OF AND THIS ALTERNATE RESPONSE TEAM HAS BEEN MEETING FOR YEARS.
BUT THIS WAS AN UPDATE ON THE RARE ASSESSMENT WHERE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WENT OUT AND SPOKE WITH AND INTERVIEWED UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BROUGHT THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE TO THE THE LARGER GROUP.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM COME AND PRESENT TO US AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
NOTHING FROM ME. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.