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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 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).]
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE OUR TECHNOLOGY GOING.FOLKS ARE ONLINE. WE'RE GOOD. STACY?
EVERYTHING'S RUNNING JUST LIKE IT SHOULD.
>> WELL THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED AND WE'VE ASKED ME OR DAGGETT TO KICK IT OFF AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER.
[LAUGHTER] > THIS IS OUR BUDGET RETREAT THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING.
TODAY IS FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2023, AND THEN CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? YOU CAN COME UP. MAYOR DAGGETT.
>> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
>> THANK YOU. MISSION STATEMENT.
>> THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, WOULD YOU READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT?
THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE AREA'S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ORIGINAL STEWARDS.
THIS LAND STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, ORDERED MOUNTAINS SACRED TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
WE HONOR THEM, THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE AS [INAUDIBLE].
>> MY APOLOGIES, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT CONTAGIOUS. I PROMISE.
I DID ALL THE TESTS IN JUST WHATEVER ALLERGIES OR SOMETHING.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.
[4. Capital Improvement Program Council Budget Retreat Facilitate Council discussion with a review of the Capital Improvements Program]
CITY MANAGER.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING.
IF YOU'RE FEELING SOME ALLERGIES, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE POLLEN FALLING OFF THE TREES LATELY IS UNREAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THE AIR.
I ASSUME IT'S POLLEN IS SOMETHING.
WELCOME TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT TODAY.
I WILL MAKE A FEW OPENING AND THEN MAKE AN INTRODUCTION.
LOTS OF INFORMATION TODAY, TIME MANAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
USUALLY THESE RETREATS, WE HAVE SOME FREE-FLOWING DISCUSSION TODAY, MIGHT OR ORCHESTRATED JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
WE WANT TO GET THROUGH IT ALL AND WE DON'T WANT TO CUT SHORT ANY DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL OR BY STAFF.
BUT WE WOULD ASK, I THINK ON THE FRONT END, BE PUNCHY WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SAME THING, AND LET'S KEEP THIS THING GOING SO WE CAN COVER A LOT OF GROUND.
WE WILL BE COVERING A LOT OF GROUND TODAY.
I THINK BY THE END OF THE DAY, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT, WE WILL ALL BE EXHAUSTED.
A REMINDER THAT THESE RETREATS ARE INTENDED VERY MUCH TO BE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE STAFF.
THEY'RE NOT TRULY DESIGNED TO BE A FORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THEY ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND AS SUCH, WE DO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN THAT REALM, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME.
IN ANTICIPATION THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE STRUCTURED A BRIEF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THE END OF THE MORNING AND AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON.
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO COMMENT AT TIME DO SO SUCCINCTLY AND WE'LL TRY TO ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENT IN THAT FASHION, BUT IT WILL BE LIMITED IN TIME, 15 MINUTES IN EACH COMMENT PERIOD.
TODAY'S BUDGET RETREAT, WE'LL FOCUS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT REMAIN UNFUNDED, BUT NEVERTHELESS ARE HIGH ON OUR PRIORITY LIST.
ALMOST ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, NOT ALL, BUT ALMOST ALL ARE ON A TIMELINE WITH
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THE HIGH VOLUME OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE.IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE TIMELY AND ON BUDGET DELIVERABLES, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT WILL BE A RECURRING THEME THAT WE'LL TOUCH ON TODAY IS THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED ON MANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE DELIVERABLES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE OBLIGATED BY CONTRACT OR GRANTS OR BONDED DEBT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR BY URGENCY CERTAINLY IN THE CASE OF STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER.
I'VE MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WILL FIND OURSELVES IN THIS PROJECT DELIVERY MODE.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE EVIDENT AS TIME MARCHES ON.
IT'S EXCITING AND IT'S DAUNTING AT THE SAME TIME.
I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE COUNCIL YOU WILL BE GETTING UPDATES ON THESE PROJECTS, BUT YOU'LL ALSO, AS WE KNOW, RECEIVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SOME OF IT NOT NECESSARILY POSITIVE, AND A LOT OF CURIOSITY AND PERHAPS A REQUEST TO REVISIT THINGS.
THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM, IT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE PROJECTS.
WE AT THE STAFF LEVEL WILL BE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN KEEPING THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
IT WILL BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
BUT I CAN ILLUSTRATE WITH SOME RECENT EXAMPLES AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE REAL PROJECT, WHICH IS INDEED OBLIGATED AND FUNDED.
WE ARE STILL FEELING PUBLIC QUERY ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND IT'S BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
THE DESIGN WAS FINISHED A LONG TIME AGO, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET QUERIES ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE.
WE DON'T WANT TO STIFLE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT ALL.
IN FACT, WE WANT TO INVITE IT AND WE WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THESE PROJECTS.
COUNCIL YOU HAVE STAFFS PROMISE THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THESE PROJECTS.
IN TURN, WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN SEEING THESE PROJECTS GO FORWARD SO WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TALL ORDER.
>> I FEEL THAT THE LEGACY THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN SURELY MAKE UPON HIS COMMUNITY WILL BE DEFINED BY THE SUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
THESE ARE LARGELY BRICKS-AND-MORTAR PROJECTS THAT ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
MANY OF THEM FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
AND AS I MENTIONED, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING TIME AS WELL.
WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS ALSO WILL COME THE COMMUNITY IMPACT AS WE SEE CONSTRUCTION UNFOLD.
IT WILL OCCUR IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES ON THE PERIPHERY, SOMETIMES IN THE DRAINAGES, SOMETIMES RIGHT SMACK IN DOWNTOWN AS IN THE DOWNTOWN MOLD, WHICH YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT TODAY.
WITH THAT COMES DETOURS, TRAFFIC DELAYS, INCONVENIENCES, DUST AND NOISE, AND ALL THE PLACEMENT FEES THAT WE SEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LARGE PROJECTS.
THAT LIES AHEAD, BUT LET'S BE MINDFUL OF WHAT LIES AHEAD AT THE END, WHICH IS THE DELIVERY OF VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
SOME OF WHICH AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DECADES, THAT WILL BENEFIT THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
TODAY YOU WILL GET THE FULL SAMPLING.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I MENTIONED IN THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAD THE INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL WHO ATTENDED THAT.
OUR CANDIDATE ASKED A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SHE MADE NOTE OF ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
HER QUESTION SIMPLY WAS, WHAT DO YOU THINK RISES TO THE TOP? A NUMBER OF US FIELDED THAT ANSWER.
I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF OFFERING THAT IN MY OPINION, WHAT RISES TO THE TOP IS MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'LL RESTATE THAT NOW WHAT I DID LAST NIGHT, IT IS A TIME WHERE WE'RE TRYING HARD TO SEE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE KEEP PACE WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT COST CROSSES THE SPECTRUM OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, EVERYTHING.
WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, WATER, WASTE WATER, STORM WATER, PUBLIC WORKS, BIKES AND PAD, BUILDING, FLEET.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SAMPLING OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS TODAY AND THEN SOME.
AND THAT IS, I THINK IN THE OPINION OF MANY,
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IS MAYBE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE INVOLVING THE STUDY, BUT CERTAINLY THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IN TERMS OF WHAT LIES AHEAD.I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S FACILITATOR, JULIE LEID IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO BE HELPING US TODAY.
SHE HAS SUCH A DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANY PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TODAY.
WHEN I ASKED HER MONTHS AGO IF SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FACILITATING A CAPITAL PROJECT'S RETREAT, SHE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I COULD SEE THE EXCITEMENT IN HER EYES, AND SHE CAME BACK AND SAID, YES, I WOULD BE HONORED TO DO THAT.
WE ARE QUITE EXCITED THAT SHE DID SAY YES.
CONSIDER THIS BRIEF BIO AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN.
JULIE'S THE CO-OWNER AND THE FOUNDER OF PEAK ENGINEERING OF FLAGSTAFF BASED CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM.
SHE HAS BEEN PROVIDING CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES TO FLAGSTAFF IN GENERAL SINCE 2002, AND HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF HISTORY WORKING WITH THE CITY ON DELIVERING PROJECTS.
SHE ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH COCONINO COUNTY, MOST RECENTLY, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, IN RESPONSE TO THE POST-WILDFIRE FLOODING MITIGATION EFFORTS? JULIE IS THE LEAD CONSULTANT WITH THE JW POWER BOULEVARD EXPANSIONS SPECIFIC AREA PLAN AND IS THE LOCAL CIVIL DESIGN LEAD FOR THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND THE DOWNTOWN MILE PROJECT WITH WSP.
SHE HAS ALSO LED EFFORTS FOR THE SPRUCE WASH FEASIBILITY DESIGN AND IS PART OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPRUCE SQUASH, INCLUDING THE LEAD ENGINEER FOR THE GRANDVIEW IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
FOR COMMUNITY PURSUITS, JULIE SERVED ON THE REGIONAL PLANS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND THE TRANSPORTATION TAX COMMISSION.
MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE STONE FROM THE DISCUSSIONS IN THOSE DECISIONS.
JULIE CHAIRED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF HER TERM ON THE COMMISSION, I WAS AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON MOUNTAIN LINE'S CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IS THE REGIONAL PLAN TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP, AND SHE HAD TO CROSS A RIVER TO GET HERE TODAY.
>> LITERALLY CROSSING THE RIO THIS TIME OF YEAR, IS IT A LOW-WATER BRIDGE OUT THERE? IS IT ANYTHING?
>> IT IS JUST A CONCRETE DIP IN THE ROAD [LAUGHTER]
>> AND EVERYTHING FLOWS OVER AND BIG THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO BE WILLING TO PICK ME UP IF NEEDED, MAYBE IN A LOADER, I DON'T KNOW [LAUGHTER]
>> REAL FAST AND THEN I'LL WELCOME JULIE HERE.
WE KNOW THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT HERE, WHICH ARE THERE ARE NO REALLY RULES OF ENGAGEMENT OF ASK QUESTIONS ON THE FLY.
WE HAVE MICROPHONES UP HERE AT THE FRONT.
WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM IF YOU STAND UP AND ASK A QUESTION, BUT EVERYBODY ONLINE CANNOT.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT, MAKE YOUR WAY SOMEWHERE UP IN THE VICINITY OF THESE MICROPHONES SO WE CAN PICK YOU UP ONLINE.
THOSE WHO ARE ON ONLINE RAISED HANDS OR INTERRUPTIONS, I THINK WILL WORK.
WE WANT IT TO BE AGAIN, AN ENGAGED DIALOGUE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO COVER A LOT OF GROUND.
WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR FACILITATOR TODAY, JULIE LEID.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CLIFTON. MOST IMPORTANT THING I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THERE I WANT TO GO THROUGH A FEW BASICS HERE.
STARTING WITH RESTROOMS, THEY'RE OUT THE HALL, JUST OUT THESE DOORS.
HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
LADIES, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE RESTROOM, USE THE MIDDLE FAUCET AND STANDS SLIGHTLY TO THE SIDE, AVOID A LITTLE EMBARRASSMENT.
MEN I IMAGINE THERE'S SOMETHING SIMILAR, SO LOOK FOR THE CALCIFICATION ON FAUCET.
>> YES WITH PROBLEMS. [INAUDIBLE] ENGINEERING.
>> THERE'S A WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATION RIGHT OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT EMERGENCY EXITS HERE.
SAM BECKETT HAS PROMISED HE DID NOT LOCK THESE EXITS, SO IF YOU DO GO OUT THESE DOORS TO POSSIBLY ENJOY THE WARMEST DAY THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR SO FAR, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN.
YOU ARE IN THE SECURED AREA OF PUBLIC WORKS.
IF YOU DO GO OUT THESE DOORS, YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING BACK TO THE PARKING LOT.
THERE ARE POWER SUPPLY PORTS ON THE DESK, SO EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT FOR THIS DAY.
FOR OUR ONLINE FOLKS, IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH SOUND OR CAMERA, YOU'LL LET US KNOW.
STACY WILL BE WATCHING THAT. THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE ON TEAMS, MAYBE PUT THAT IN THE CHAT.
FOLKS ONLINE, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL IF YOU'RE STREAMING PUBLIC COMMENT AT FLAGSTAFFAC.GOV,
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IT'S ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE WHERE YOU'RE STREAMING.TODAY, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, TODAY IS ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE CITY MANAGER HAS SAID.
NOT NECESSARILY THE DESIGN DETAILS, BUT THE CURRENT STATUS, HOW THEY ARE FUNDED AND WHEN THEY ARE HAPPENING.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THE 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
IT'S HUGE. IT'S AMBITIOUS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING.
BUT YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE STAFF AND TEAM TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS AND I'M EAGER TO HEAR FROM THEM TODAY.
AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, MIGHT BE A LITTLE INCONVENIENT AT TIMES BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE PROJECTS ON YOUR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, MAINTAINING THAT LONG-TERM VISION AND COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE PUBLIC IS CRITICAL.
IT'S A BIG PUSH BURDEN FOR YOU, FOR STAFF, FOR CONSULTANTS AS WELL.
AS YOU ALWAYS SAY, ONWARD AND UPWARD.
THANKS. OUR SCHEDULE FOR TODAY, THERE'S MUCH TO COVER.
I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO KEEP US ON SCHEDULE.
IF WE ARE TRACKING A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WE MIGHT WANT TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATION ITEMS UP.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO HOLD THE TIMES FOR THE BREAKS AND THE LUNCHES AND THEN ALSO HONOR THOSE TIME SLOTS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WILL BE AT THE END OF THIS MORNING SESSION AND THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS ORGANIZED BY THE COLOR OF MONEY AND FUNDING.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTENT IN THE BEGINNING, AND YOU MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTENT, WELL, MAYBE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTENT IN THE AFTERNOON JUST TO PICK ON ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC.
THE REASON IT'S BROKEN UP THAT WAY HAS TO DO WITH THOSE FUNDING SOURCES.
WHETHER IT'S SPECIAL REVENUE, DEBT SERVICE, ENTERPRISE FUND, AND THAT IS HOW TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND CONVERSATION IS ORGANIZED.
WITH THAT, I SAY LET'S GET TO IT.
FIRST OFF, WILL BE HEIDI DERRYBERRY, YOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
HEIDI, TAKE IT AWAY TALKING ABOUT OVERVIEW AND COLOR OF MONEY.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE, HEIDI.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ADVANCING THEM TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SLIDE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL.
HEIDI DERRYBERRY, CITY'S ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THIS MORNING I'M WITH YOU JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
A LITTLE REMINDER ON THE COLOR OF MONEY.
THANK YOU, JULIE FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE EXCITING STUFF OF TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ADVANCING THE SLIDE FOR ME.
ONE MORE, PLEASE. OH, ONE MORE.
>> OTHERWISE, IF YOU GO THAT WAY, IT GOES BACKWARDS.
>> ARE YOU GOOD, HEIDI? ONE MORE?
THERE SHOULD BE ONE BEFORE THIS.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING IN PERSON TODAY.
I AM RECOVERING FROM THE SURGERY, SO ENJOYING THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK FROM HOME, BUT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY.
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHAT IT IS, AND THEN WHAT IT DOES.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A MULTIYEAR LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IT DOES INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN THE OUT LOOKING FOR YEARS FOR THE PLAN.
IT'S A LONG-RANGE STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF HIGH-COST ASSETS.
THESE ARE ASSETS WITH A USEFUL LIFE OF GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS.
YOU WILL SEE TODAY LOTS OF BIG PROJECTS.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OPERATING CAPITAL, FOR EXAMPLE FLEET PURCHASES, ETC.
A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY FINANCE, DESIGN, AND PLAN, BUDGET AND CONSTRUCT THESE PROJECTS.
BY HAVING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IT GIVES US THE TOOLS AS A CITY SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY PLAN AND APPROPRIATE FOR THESE PROJECTS.
MANY, AS YOU'LL SEE TODAY AS WE ALL KNOW,
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OFTEN LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE PART OF THE BALLOT MEASURE.FOR EXAMPLE WE ALL KNOW WE JUST HAD PROMPT FOR 41 AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT TODAY.
AS A NOTE, YOU WON'T SEE ANY REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT TODAY ARE THOSE BIG PROJECTS, NOT THE ONGOING COST FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHAT'S THE PLAN? THE CIP PLAN PROVIDES US AS A CITY IS IT GIVES US CASH MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE WE CAN LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY NO MATTER WHAT THE FUNDING TYPE IS OR SOURCE IS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN WE BUDGET AND COMPLETE WITH CASH.
IT ALSO GIVES US DEBT MANAGEMENT.
DO WE NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH FLOW TO DO THESE PROJECTS? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FINANCE SOME OF THEM THROUGH DIFFERENT DEBT TOOLS THAT THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE? IT ALSO GIVES US THE EXPENDITURE CONTROLS.
WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION STATUTORILY HAVE AN EXPENDITURE LIMIT THAT SAYS CITY CAN SPEND.
WE DO NEED TO PLAN AND BUDGET APPROPRIATELY SO THAT WE CAN STAY WITHIN OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL PROVE HERE SHORTLY.
IT ALSO GIVES US BUDGETARY CONTROLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT.
THEN FINALLY, IT SHOULD GIVE US A WAY TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION TO THE CITIZENS BY BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR OVERALL CAPITAL PLAN AND SEEING WHAT PROJECTS WE HAVE THAT MAY BE IMPACTING DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN.
AS YOU'LL SEE TODAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS COMING FORWARD, SO THERE WILL BE SOME DISRUPTION, AS GREG MENTIONED, TO MANY AREAS OF OUR STUDY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THE WAY WE HAVE IT LAID OUT TODAY, YOU WILL SEE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS FIRST, WHICH THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE ITEMS THAT MAY BE FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE LIBRARY FUND, PARKING DISTRICT FUND, SUSTAINABILITY, AND A DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS.
THAT JUST REMINDS THE GROUP OR TO TEACH THE GROUP, WAS THERE A QUESTION? THE NON-GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROJECTS, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MAY BE FUNDED BY A VARIETY OF WAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, GRANTS, OTHER DEBT OTHER THAN OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT, CASH OR A COMBINATION OF THESE.
WE'LL SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS MORNING, AS WELL AS WE HAVE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROJECTS.
AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VOTER APPROVED.
THERE'S THE CURED BY THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE USUALLY HAVE PLEDGED TAX REVENUES TO PAY FOR THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL.
THAT IS THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.
THE NEXT SLIDE INCLUDES ALL OF THE OTHER.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION, WHICH INCLUDES HURF AND THE TRANSPORTATION TAX PROJECTS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE BBB PROJECTS, SO BEAUTIFICATION, ARTS AND SCIENCE AND RECREATION, SOLID WASTE, AIRPORT AND WATER SERVICES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JUST AS A REMINDER, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES THE COLOR OF MONEY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN THE RETREATS WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
BUT THIS SLIDE OR THIS DECK OF SLIDES IS GOING TO HAVE THE COLOR OF MONEY INCORPORATED INTO EVERY SLIDE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, AS WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROJECTS SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE FUNDED, A LITTLE MONEY BAGS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AND THE COLORS ARE GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SLIDE DECK, SO ANYTHING THAT'S YELLOW IS GENERAL FUND, GREEN WOULD BE SPECIAL REVENUE, RED WILL BE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND BLUE WILL BE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
YOU CAN USE THIS LITTLE KEY OR THE HANDOUT THAT WAS INCLUDED TO KNOW WHICH FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE RESTRICTED. NEXT SLIDE.
JUST AS A REAL QUICK REMINDER, GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES USED TO FINANCE TRADITIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
THESE ARE THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE FUNDS MOST OF THE TIME.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR REVENUES DERIVED FROM SPECIFIC TAXES OR OTHER EARMARKED REVENUE SOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUND, THOSE ARE RESTRICTED FUNDS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE TODAY.
THOSE ARE JUST FUNDS USED TO PAY FOR THE DEBT WHICH MANY OF THEM ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT THESE ARE USED TO JUST ACCOUNT FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF RESOURCES AND PAYMENTS OF OUR DEBT.
NEXT SLIDE. THEN REMEMBERING OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS,
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THOSE ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR MAJOR CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS SEPARATE FROM OUR ONGOING OPERATIONS.YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, DOWNTOWN MILE PROP 441, ETC.
THEN LAST WE HAVE OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH ARE SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH USER FEES ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
MANY DIFFERENT GRANTS SUPPORT ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS.
BUT THAT'S JUST A QUICK RECAP ON AND REMINDER OF THE COLOR OF MONEY AS WE HEAD INTO LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE THIS MORNING.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT?
>> THANK YOU, HEIDI. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, I MAY BE CONFUSING OR CONFOUNDING A COUPLE OF THINGS.
DOES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IS IT CAPPED BUDGETWISE BY LAW?
>> YES. WELL, SPECIFICALLY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS NOT CAPPED BY LAW, IT'S THE ENTIRE BUDGET IN THE CITY IS IT CAPPED BY LAW, WHICH INCLUDES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE ENTIRE EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY, WE DO HAVE TO STAY WITHIN OUR LEGAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION, THOUGH WE HAVE ALL OF OUR OPERATING COSTS, AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED A BALANCE TO STAY WITHIN THAT LIMITATION.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T SPEND MORE MONEY THAN WE BUDGETED FOR BY LAW.
I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC AND MAYBE SOMEONE HAS BEEN HELPED ME OUT, I REMEMBER WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAD TO VOTE ON INCREASING CERTAIN PURSE.
>> YES. THAT'S OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.
THAT IS THE MAXIMUM THAT THE CITY'S BUDGET COULD BE, WHETHER IT BE OPERATING OR CAPITAL.
THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE CITY INCLUDING ALL ITEMS CANNOT EXCEED OUR LEGAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO JUST THE CIP PROGRAM, IT'S THE ENTIRE BUDGET AS A WHOLE WHICH THAT PROGRAM SITS WITHIN THAT OVERALL BUDGET.
>> NO. I THINK I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE STILL, BUT I WILL LOOK BACK AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS AND SHOW WHAT I FIND OUT.
>> SURE. FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.
>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HEIDI? SHE'S HERE ALL DAY TOO.
>> LET'S MOVE TO GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
TO KICK THAT OFF, IS YOUR IT DIRECTOR CJ PERRY.
>> THANK YOU. MORNING CARRIE COUNCIL, CJ PERRY YOUR IT DIRECTOR, I DIRECT THE BEST DIVISION IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OF COURSE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIBER RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FIBER PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP AND SOME STRATEGIES THAT ARE COMING UP.
THE BIG ONE WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW IS CITY HALL TO BUTLER.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FIBER DOWN BUTLER THAT CONNECTS A LOT OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND WE ARE TRYING TO COMPLETE THAT LOOP ALL THE WAY BACK TO CITY HALL.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN A THORN IN MY SIDE FOREVER, IT HAS BEEN DELAYED MANY TIMES, BUT WE ARE ON TRACK TO GET IT BUILT.
HOWEVER, I SAID WE WERE GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY 1ST ON THIS SLIDE, AND I'M ALREADY DELAYED FROM THAT ONE TOO.
YET ANOTHER THORN IN MY SIDE, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GET IT DONE.
WE'RE RUNNING INTO, SOME PERMITTING DELAYS WITH BNSF, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE AND ONCE WE GET ALL THAT DONE, THIS SHOULD BE LEGAL.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO CONNECT IN WITH NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.
YOU'LL BE SEEING AN IGA COMING TO COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
ALSO EXPANDING SOME COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY PROCEDURES, JUST FORMALIZING SOME COLLABORATION WITH FIBER AND NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITY INITIATIVES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST SETTING UP SOME OF THOSE FRAMEWORKS SO THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE GOING FORWARD.
NEXT STEP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PURCHASING GROUP QUITE A BIT, IS TRYING TO FIND AN ISP PARTNER TO PARTNER WITH US TO BUILD FIBER TO HOPEFULLY EVERY HOME AND BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
WE'RE DEDICATING ABOUT $2 MILLION TO THAT, AS WELL AS SOME CONDUIT.
AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WHAT THAT RSQ LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT CONNECTING ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES AS WELL AND THEN GETTING SOME CITY-OWNED FIBER AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
BUT REALLY LOOKING TO GROW WHAT WE OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY, FASTER SPEEDS, LOWER-COST, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
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AGAIN, SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE SEEING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL ONCE WE WORK THROUGH ALL THE DRAFTS AND EVERYTHING AND GET THAT THING MOVING.THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT FUTURE PLANNINGS.
WE'VE GOT OUR BROADBAND MASTER PLAN.
YOU CAN GO TO BROADBAND.FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV AND LOOK OVER THE LAST ITERATION OF OUR MASTER PLAN THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES WHERE WE NEED FIBER JUST FROM THAT INTERNAL CORE CITY PERSPECTIVE.
WE WORK WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WITH WATER SERVICES, WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS TO COORDINATE A LOT OF PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED ON THIS MAP THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH SOME UPCOMING CAPITAL PROJECTS TO GET CONDUIT IN, GET FIBER IN.
WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO EXPAND AND CONTINUING TO USE OUR RESOURCES TO HELP GROW THAT FIBER FOOTPRINT.
JUST A REMINDER TO COUNCIL SOME OF THESE THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, FROM FIBER STANDPOINT AS A LONG-TERM THINKING.
WE'RE HOPING WE CAN FIND A GOOD ISP PARTNER TO HELP ACCELERATE THAT, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE OF BUILDING OUT FIBER, WE'RE LOOKING REALLY LONG TERM.
WE'RE LOOKING 10-20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL SET UP THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO REALLY PUSH THIS FORWARD, GIVE US THE ABILITY TO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE DIVERSITY INITIATIVES AND OTHER THINGS AT THAT RELY ON THIS FIBER.
THAT'S ALL I HAD. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WE HAVE ASSISTANT PROSE DIRECTOR AMY HAGEN TO KICK IT OFF WITH A JOKE, NO DOUBT.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU.
YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I'M WEARING BLACK BECAUSE NORMALLY I WEAR A LOT OF COLOR AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'M READY TO BID FAREWELL TO THE WINTER.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE GENERAL FUNDED ITEMS FOR PROSE.
WE HAVE THE ONGOING PROJECT RIGHT NOW, THE BUFFALO PARK NAMED AVERY GRANT PROJECT.
THAT ONE IS A GRANT THAT WAS FUNDED WITH ARIZONA STATE PARKS HERITAGE FUND THE USBK AND YOUR TEAM, IN A GRANT AMOUNT OF $100,000.
THE REMAINDER OF THOSE FUNDS, BECAUSE THE TOTAL IS A LITTLE OVER 235, IS COMING FROM CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
WE JUST STARTED A PORTION OF THE PROJECT EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE THE CONCRETE IS ABOUT TO OCCUR.
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO WRAP THIS THING UP, COME MAY WITH SOME SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
THEN IN PROSE, WE HAVE THE PARK RESTROOMS. FINDING SOME PERMANENT RESTROOMS AT OUR LARGEST REGIONAL PART.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE RESTROOM BEING PREFABRICATED INSIDE A WAREHOUSE IN NEVADA.
PRETTY COOL, THAT ALL GETS TO OCCUR INDOORS.
BUILDING IS DELIVERED VIA A SEMI-TRUCK, LITERALLY WITH A CRANE SWUNG ON TOP OF THE SLAB.
WE MAKE ALL THE CONNECTIONS AND WE OPEN THE THING UP.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER $290,000 ADVENTURE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER APPLICATION WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.
I WOULD EXPECT SOME SITE WORK TO OCCUR ON SITE IN APRIL OR MAY, COMING UP THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND WE HOPEFULLY GRAND OPENING IN JUNE.
THEN WE HAVE OUR CEMETERY COLUMBARIUM.
THAT'S A $50,000 PROJECT THAT WAS GENERAL FUNDED.
IT'S A PRECAST COLUMBARIUM METAL ORDER THAT'S WHERE OUR CREMATION BEACHES.
THAT COST THIS $35,000 AND THEN THE EXTRAS WERE SOME ADDITIONAL SITE WORK BECAUSE WE'LL OBVIOUSLY PREP THIS SITE AND I THINK DO SOME BEAUTIFICATION AROUND THE CONCRETE PRECAST COLUMBARIUM.
WE'RE HOPING FOR THAT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THIS MAY.
PROSE IS BUSY, PARKS AND REC AND OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS ARE VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW WITH SOME PROJECTS TO DELIVER.
THORPE PARK ANNEX AND I JUST WON'T EVEN SCRATCHED THE WORD ANNEX AT THIS POINT.
THORPE PARK, THE 8.5 ACRES THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DEVELOP AT THORPE PARK.
THIS HAS BEEN $100,000 THAT THE DIVISION HAS BEEN HOLDING ONTO.
ITS REALLY FOR FURTHER MITIGATION ON SITE.
WE'RE USING THAT SITE RIGHT NOW AND PARTNERING WITH OUR CAPITAL TEAM, EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE USING IT AS A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION YARD FOR THE COCONINO PHASE 1 PROJECT, STATE-PHASE 1 FOR THAT ROAD REPAIR AND STREET SAFETY.
WE'VE JUST BEEN WAITING ONCE THAT PROJECT ENDS CONTRACTOR IS OFF SITE.
THAT $100,000 IS THIS JUST DO SOME FURTHER MITIGATION THERE.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO ENTAIL TAKING DOWN THE FENCE, MAYBE SOME GRADING ACTIVITY AND CLEANING UP THAT ENTIRE PARCEL.
>> MR. CLIFTON, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
>> THANKS, AMIE. ON THIS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY HERE AND CERTAINLY SOME INTERESTS TO OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSION AND THE ICF.
BUT AS WE LOOK AT THIS WITH COUNCIL'S RECENT APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT,
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THAT WAS VERY WELL VETTED.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION TO BE NEXT STEPS AS WE PROGRESS TOWARD THE EVENTUAL REALIZATION OF THAT VISION TO SEE THIS BECOME A CULTURAL CENTER?
>> I THINK EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO DESCRIBE THIS, THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST FOR SOME SITE MITIGATION SITE CLEAN-UP.
PROSE DOES HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS YOU'LL SEE LATER ON IN THESE SLIDES FOR FUTURE OUT YEARS.
IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH AN ACTUAL FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM.
BIG SHIFT IN SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR DIVISION.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ICCT, SO WE NEED TO START TO BRING THAT TO FRUITION.
WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF INTERESTED PARTIES IN FIGURING OUT HOW CAN THEY TEMPORARILY USE THE SITE SPECIFICALLY, MAYBE EVEN AT THE INDOOR OF A VERY INDUSTRIAL TYPE BUILDING WITH OUR HISTORIC BUILDING ONSITE.
YOU GOT LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO START TO BRING FORWARD REGARDING THIS PROPERTY IN GENERAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REALLY PLAN THAT OUT AND START TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE PLUG IN THE DOLLARS TO START TO DELIVER THAT CONCEPT PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO DECEMBER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO ON THE SITE.
>> LASTLY, AND THIS IS WITH OUR OPEN SPACE SECTION, THERE'S THE OBSERVATORY MESA TRAIL PLAN A LITTLE BIT UNDER $24,000.
THAT'S A PROJECT WHERE OPEN SPACE, IT IS THE REVISING SOME OF THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS THAT OCCURRED A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING SOME ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, START TO GATHER SOME MORE PARTNER INPUT AND FEEDBACK, AND THEN START PLANNING ON GOING NOW, INCLUDING INTO A CARRY FORWARD INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR ON THOSE FUNDS.
ANY QUESTION ON ANY OF THESE PROBES? BUDS OR PROJECTS.
>> TEAM BONDS, WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT NOW TO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
TO TAKE THAT ONE OFF, RICHARD TUTWILER.
>> HEIDI HANSON WILL BE FILLING IN FOR RICHARD ON THIS.
[BACKGROUND] YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE LOGO ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SLIDE THAT'S HELPING US TRACK WHICH BONDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, HEIDI HANSON, INTERIM DEPUTY MANAGER.
THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
I KNOW EVERYONE IS LIKE, WHEN WILL IT GET FINISHED? WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW, SO WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THAT, BUT THE CONTRACTORS ARE HOPING TO BE DONE AROUND MAY 1ST.
AND I KNOW JEREMY DEGATOR IS ALSO AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
AFTER THEY GET THIS TO WHERE WE CAN GET THROUGH THE FRONT ENTRANCE AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING THAT YOU SEE HERE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A PHASED PROJECT.
THEN OF COURSE, JENNA WILLDON IS HERE AND SHE CAN ALWAYS TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL ART PROJECT THAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA OF THIS PROJECT.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE FABULOUS.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGER HIGHLIGHTS TOO IS NOT ONLY HAVE WE MADE THIS ACCESSIBLE, IT WILL BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE ADA.
WE ARE DOING SLIDING GLASS DOORS ON THE VERY FRONT SO THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE ENTERING AND EXITING THE MAIN LIBRARY.
THEY'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING.
JEREMY'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB, HATS OFF TO RICHARD TUTWILER FOR ALL THAT HE'S DONE.
IT'S BEEN HARD. BUT AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY PARK IN THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT FOR LIBRARY AND YOU CAN ACCESS US FROM THE BACK.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? WELL NOW DAVE MCINTYRE, ONE OF THE MOST WELL-DRESSED PEOPLE I'M EXCITED.
>> [INAUDIBLE] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SIR. I'M SORRY.
THE PARKING DISTRICT. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
WE MOVED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS PROPERTY ACQUISITION FUNDING, AND BASICALLY, WE HAVE $1.2 MILLION IN THE LOCKBOX THAT'S ROUNDED AND THAT'S AS OF FEBRUARY 28, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT THE WAY THE PARKING PROGRAM IS SET UP, 20% OF ALL REVENUE IS PUT INTO WHAT WE CALL A LOCKBOX.
IT'S A RESTRICTED FUND THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATION OF NEW PARKING INVENTORY.
THAT'S PART OF THAT TWO-PRONGED APPROACH TO PARKING MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS ONE,
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TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PARKING THAT WE HAVE, AND TWO TO BUILD MORE.WE DID NOT PUT THE FULL 1.2 MILLION INTO THE CAPITAL PLAN THIS TIME IN PART BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE LIMITATIONS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER EXPENDITURE LIMIT AND TOTALLY DID PUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN.
THERE IS NOT A PROJECT THAT WE HAD ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT WILL MATURE IN THIS NEXT YEAR WE THINK YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE PUT IN A NEW PARKING LOT WITH COURTHOUSE PROJECT AT ASPEN, AND AT BEAVER THERE'S A NEW PARKING LOT AT THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING PROPERTY, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THE COURTHOUSE.
THERE'S A NEW INVENTORY, BUT THOSE WERE DONE THROUGH THE CORE PROJECT AND NOT WITH PARKFLAG REVENUE.
PARKFLAG REVENUE WITH MILLION DOLLARS IS AVAILABLE AT APPROPRIATED SO THAT IF THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
WE WANT TO BE READY, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE NEEDED TO PUT INTO ONE OF 4.2 MILLION IN BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR REALLY PROMISING CONVERSATIONS GOING.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THREE OR FOUR REALLY PROMISING CONVERSATIONS TO COMPLETE, AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHICH ONES ARE THOSE WILL HAPPEN BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW IT PROCEEDS THAT MILLION IS AVAILABLE TO EXECUTE, WHEN SHOULD SOMETHING.
WE ALSO DO HAVE 120,000 IN SOUTHSIDE CURB GUTTER AND SIDEWALK IN THE OUT YEARS, AND THAT'S TO ASSIST WITH PUTTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, IN THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE ARE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE CURB GUTTER AND SIDEWALK WHICH MAKES PARKING ENFORCEMENT QUITE DIFFICULT, AND SO AS NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING PART OF THE PARKING PROGRAM WE DO TRY TO SET SOME FUNDING ASIDE TO ASSIST WITH CURRENT VETERAN SIDEWALK.
IT'S AMAZING THAT 120,000 DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO THAT MUCH CURB GUTTER AND SIDEWALK, BUT HE DOES GIVE US THE ABILITY TO GET INTO DESIGN AND GET READY TO BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS A MEAL HERE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE, SO NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF YOUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, DAVID PETERSON, AND WE ARE ALSO CHANGING THE COLOR OF MONEY, SO NOW WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO DEBT SERVICE.
>> DO I MAKE A SUGGESTION? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PRINTER HERE ON SITE, BUT IT'D BE GREAT TO GET THAT CURVE BARNEY CARD PRINTED OUT JUST BECAUSE A KEY OR A CHEAT SHEET FOR US.
>> I HAVE IT ON A COMPUTER, BUT TO TALK WITH DR. BORGES.
>> THIS WANTS A CLEAN VERSION, SO THANKS.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I WAS JOKING YESTERDAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLING IT A COUPLE OF EXTRA MONEY BEDS ON THIS [INAUDIBLE].
WE KEPT UP EXPONENTIALLY AND PASSED ON THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT, SO I'LL TRY TO CRAM, LET'S REALLY QUICKLY IN OR THERE'S REALLY THREE FACETS TO THIS PROJECT, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
ONE IS LEASE RENEWAL THAT WILL BE COMING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, PROBABLY BEFORE IT'S DUE IN DECEMBER, SO HOPEFULLY SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW FOR TSA.
WE HOLDS THE LEASE WITH THE USGS, SO TWO OTHER ENTITIES WITH CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, SO THAT LEASE RENEWAL FEE FOR FIVE YEARS WITH AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION UP TO A 10-YEAR PERIOD.
WHICH TIME? THE SECOND ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT IS CALLED A BILL TO SUIT.
THIS IS THE SCIENCE CAMPUS JUST SELL THE BALTIMORE PARK, BALTIMORE PART IS THE TOP OF THIS PICTURE THAT CAME BEFORE YOU AND 21 THAT WE AGREED DID NOT EXECUTE THE LEASE THAT WE APPROVED IN 20 WITH COUNCIL DUE TO SEVERAL VARIABLES, ONE BEING COST, SCOPE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND WHAT THEY CALL THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS 280 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT SPECIFIES ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED ON THAT SCIENCE CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB.
THAT DOCUMENT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 2014, SO IT WAS VERY DATED DID REPRESENT HOW THEY WORK, TELEWORK TODAY, THE LABS SECURITY ID, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED AS WELL, SO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE UPDATED IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS FOR A NEW BUILD, THE STUDENT THAT WILL COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
IN THAT ONE, THE LAST ONE WE WERE DEMOING THESE BUILDINGS HERE, THREE, AND FOUR WHICH COINCIDENTALLY THESE ARE THE LEAST BUILDINGS THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL HERE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR BY DESTROYING TWO, OR DEMOING TWO AND THEN BUILDING TWO BUILDINGS AS PART OF THAT BILL TO SUIT.
THE THIRD ITEM IS CAMPUS REPAIR, SO THESE BUILDINGS ARE ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD.
THE USGS HAS BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1965.
AS A FUN ASIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND BUILD IN SIX, THIS NEWEST ONE UP HERE THAT WAS BUILT RIGHT AROUND 2000, 2001.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE LUNAR LANDER RIGHT IN THE LOBBY.
OBVIOUSLY THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT WAS USED ON THE MISSION OF UNGLUED, BUT PROTOTYPE IS IN THE LOBBY, SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THAT REALLY NEAT. GOT A QUESTION?
>> YEAH. CAN I SPEAK TO THAT FOR A SECOND? IT SEEMS YOU HAVE SPACEBORNE.
YOU COULD FINISH TOO IF YOU WANT, AND THEN I CAN ASK, [INAUDIBLE].
>> I CAN BREAK THIS OUT REALLY QUICK.
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>> TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ME.
THE COST OF THE PROJECT HAD GONE UP ALMOST DOUBLE IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM 2016-2021, WHICH WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE VARIABLES THAT DELAYED THE PROCESS ALONG WITH THOSE PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS THAT NO LONGER FIT THEIR UPGRADES THAT THEY NEEDED, SO WITH THE RENOVATIONS, BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS ARE 50 YEARS OLD, AROUND THIS FINE LINE BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING THERE, AS WELL AS TRYING TO MAKE THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD THAT REMAINS DOABLE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THERE UNTIL WE CAN REDO THE BUILDINGS THAT NEXT BILL THE SUIT, SO PART OF THAT IS THAT THREE MILLION RENOVATION FIGURE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE THAT SHOULD BECOMING FORCED INTO THE NEXT YEAR OR SO TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE THE ESTIMATION FOR THAT WORK FROM A CONTRACTOR IN TOWN THAT DID THAT WORK FOR US LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD FEEL OF HOW MUCH THOSE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO COST HIM.
IT'S A MATTER OF HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE TO REPAIR A BUILDING? IT'S 50 YEARS OLD TO MAKE SURE IT CAN LAST, THAT 5-10 YEAR PERIOD WITHOUT TAKING TOO MUCH CAPITAL FOR THE BILL DOES SEEM TO COME.
BREAKING THAT I THINK IS MAINLY WHAT I WANTED TO COVER IN THIS SLIDE. VICE MAYOR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> THANK YOU. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS TOO.
I RESUMED THE LUNAR LANDER MOCK-UP IS IN THAT NORTHERN MOST BUILDING.
I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR TO STEP IN THAT BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME PERSONALLY MYSELF, THIS PAST WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS WAS GOING TO PAINT FOR OUR COCONUT APPLIED TAILWATER ADVISORY QUARTERLY IN-PERSON MEETING, AND THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING IN THERE ABSOLUTELY BLEW ME AWAY.
THAT BUILDING IS INCREDIBLE, THE DISPLAYS THEY HAVE UP OUR SUMMING EVERY TOURIST WHO COMES THROUGH TOWN NEEDS TO SEE THE WHOLE SETUP THEY HAVE FOR THE LUNAR MODULE JUST REALLY BLEW MY MIND.
THERE'S A ROOM OFF TO THE SIDE WITH MASSIVE GLOBES OF ALL VARIOUS PLANETARY BODIES.
I THOUGHT OF IT AS AN INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY OR BEST KEPT SECRET AMENITY THAT FLEX THAT HAS TO OFFER.
I ASKED ABOUT IS THE PUBLIC LEVEL WALK IN HERE LIKE I JUST WANTED TO TAKE MY FAMILY, MY KIDS AND SPEND 45 MINUTES JUST WANDERING AROUND SO THEY CAN ABSORB EVERYTHING.
IT TURNS OUT, NO, I THINK SINCE COVID THE BUILDING HAS MOSTLY BEEN LOCKED.
THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE PERSONNEL TO BE MONITORING JUST THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMING IN AND OUT THROUGH THERE.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR TOURISM, FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT AND JUST TO HEAR THE HORN IN TERMS OF OUR LUNAR LEGACY.
HOW DO WE USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET THROUGH THAT DOOR?
>> GIVEN THE SECURITY ISSUES AND USGS'S OCCUPATION OF THE BUILDING TOO.
>> THE STAFF IS THRILLED TO SHARE THEIR STORY.
NOW THE TIMES I'VE BEEN UP THERE, THEY'VE ASKED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PRESENTATIONS.
I THINK THE POTENTIAL EXISTS TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM TO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE YOU CAN HAVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH DAYS OR SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TALK WITH AND COORDINATE WITH THEIR STAFF.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF ONLY SIX SCIENCE CENTERS THAT ARE UP THERE.
THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT HUGE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE THAT ARE SERVICED BY THIS FACILITY.
VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR STAFF ARE PHD LEVEL STAFF THAT ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE IF WE CAN OPEN THE DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOLS TO SEE IF WE CAN BE A LIAISON TO HELP AT THAT.
>> MAYBE EVEN MONETIZE IT SOMEWAY, I DON'T KNOW.
I ENCOURAGE US TO THINK AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE ABOUT IT.
ESPECIALLY KNOWING WE'RE IN A PROCESS SORT OF REINVENTING COUPLE OF THINGS UP THERE AS IT IS.
I JUST CAN'T REITERATE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT IS IN THOSE HALLS AND THAT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE WALK UP AND DOWN WITH ALL THEM SEE IT EVERY DAY.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] LOVE THE SHIRT.
ON OUR LUNAR LEGACY PRIOR TO COVID HAPPENING, THERE ARE PART OF THE LUNAR LIKES TO TRAIL.
WE'VE BEEN ENTIRE CAMPAIGN IN LUNAR LEGACY AND THEY'RE COUPLED PIECE.
THERE USED TO BE A WAY FOR US TO ACTUALLY SET UP A TOUR AND HAVE THEM COME IN AND LOOK AT THINGS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED.
I THINK THE IDEA OF MONETIZING IT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER WAVES.
WE HAVE LOL THAT THEY MONETIZE. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
THE PART OF WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE SHUTDOWN OF COVID.
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BUT THEY ARE CLEARLY ON OUR LUNAR LEGACY.THERE'S A WAY TO GET TO THE PHOTOS, TO GET TO SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS, TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF HAS LITERALLY CHECKED THAT BOX.
I'LL SEND YOU SOME OF THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT YOURSELF.
BUT I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME FOR DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TO GO BACK AND TALK WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OPENING THOSE DOORS.
>> FABULOUS. THAT'S ALL I CAN ASK FOR.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH IN THERE AND IT'S NOT REALLY SET UP FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
BUT WITH MINIMAL EXPENDITURE THAT COULD BE DONE TO THE EXTENT THAT I JUST THINK PEOPLE WILL FLOCK TO IT.
>> WE DID BRING FAN TOURS INDICES THE ROVER, AND THEY TAKE SELFIES IN FRONT OF IT.
I'M NOT KIDDING. THERE'S A LOT.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY SELFIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN FRONT OF THAT ROVER.
THERE IS A LOT OF THAT ACTIVITY HAPPENING.
JUST GO TO FLAGSTAFF, JUST HAS TO CALL AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF IT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS. MAYBE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, USGS, THE BUILDINGS UP THERE BELONG TO US, CORRECT? UP MEANING THE CITY.
>> OKAY. BUT THE PROGRAMS INSIDE THE BUILDING BELONG TO USGS? NO, YES.
>> THE OTHER RUNNING THEY THERE FOR SOMEBODY.
>> THEY'RE RUNNING THEIR OWN PROGRAM.
THEY'RE LEASING THOSE BUILDINGS FROM US.
BUT THEY ALLOW US TO COME IN AND BRING PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR FACILITY.
>> IF WE REQUEST IT WAS PART OF THE LUNAR LEGACY.
IF WE REQUEST TO BRING SOMEBODY IN THEY HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE, THEY WILL HELP US TORE THEM.
MAINLY WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS JUST BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THAT FRONT BUILDING, I THINK IT'S SIX, WHERE THEY WOULD SEE THE ROVER.
>> BUT THAT HALLWAY THAT GOES TO THE BACK.
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> RIDEABLE DISPLAY OF PRIVATELY IMAGES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] GRACIOUS TO ALLOW US TO EXTEND THEIR TOUR.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE BIG THING IS THE ROVER.
THAT'S THE MUST BE AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY FAMILIARIZATION TOURS, JOURNALISTS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING FOR THAT PROJECT.
>> AS I CONTINUE. THEN, IN TERMS OF SECURITY UP THERE, ARE THEY SECURING THAT BUILDING? I MEAN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SECURITY AND ALARM SYSTEMS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I GUESS I'M WONDERING, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH MAKING IT LIKE A PUBLIC FACILITY?
>> YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO SEE IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU SPOKE TO THAT ONE PERSON THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT.
THERE MIGHT BE, WE GET CREATIVE.
MAYBE I CAN BRING VISITORS CENTER STAFF PERSON OF THERAPY ONCE IN A WHILE AND HAVE A WEDNESDAY DAY OR SOMETHING.
WE CAN SIT DOWN AND BRAINSTORM WITH PRODUCTION MEETINGS EVERY THURSDAY WITH DISCOVERED FLAGSTAFF.
I CAN TOTALLY COME BACK TO YOU ON THE SUBJECT.
BUT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN TRY TO WORK WITH USGS ON THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO REALIZE THAT MAYBE A LOT OF THEM ARE WORKING AND MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TOURS ALL THE TIME, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE ME DO AFTER HOUR OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONCE WHEN WE HAVE ASTEROID REACHED OUT, THEY'D BEEN NOTHING BUT HELPFUL WITH LETTING US GET SOMEBODY.
>> IS OPEN DURING DARK SKY EVENTS AND BUFFALO PARTIES?
>> I'M NOT SURE I COULD CHECK INTO THAT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO FINISH UP HERE.
WHO ARE THE BUILDINGS YOU MENTIONED WE'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH?
>> THAT WAS PART OF THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM OF REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE IS IN THE NEXT PLAN.
THIS ONE IS THE LAVISH OFFICE SPACE AND THIS ONE IS THE WAREHOUSE.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER SCIENCE CENTERS IS THAT MAJOR COLORADO RIVER MONITORING GRAND CANYON.
>> THEY HAVE RAS AND THE WHOLE KITCHEN AND RAFTING MACHINE SHOP.
IT'S AMAZING FACILITY AS VICE MAYOR.
>> THEN WHICH BUILDINGS ARE YOU RENOVATING?
>> [INAUDIBLE] A LOT OF IT IS A ROOF.
THERE'S ASPHALT IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE VIA LIGHTINGS.
WE CAN UPGRADE ALL LED LIGHTING.
IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE'S PLACES WHERE ROOF HAVE LEAKED FOR AWHILE AND OUR CITY STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PATCHING AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY, BUT IT JUST REALLY NEEDS A TOTAL OVERHAUL.
>> WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE MAKE, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET ABOUT TEN MORE YEARS OUT OF THOSE BUILDINGS BEFORE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT DO WE DO.
>> [INAUDIBLE] HOW TO TRY TO BALANCE, LIKE I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, REPAIRS VERSUS NOT TAKING AWAY FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT TO COME.
>> TOTALLY BLEW YOUR TIME [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT JUST ADDED COMMENT THAT MAYBE [INAUDIBLE] BY THE ART WALL KNEE BECAUSE IT WAS MIND-BLOWING.
I WAS LIKE, HOW DID I MISS THIS ALL THIS TIME AND IT WAS AMAZING.
>> I'LL DEFINITELY BE COMING BACK TO YOU ON THIS.
DON'T WORRY. I'LL WRITE THIS DOWN AS SOON AS IT GETS MY DESK.
>> I WILL ADD THE HOURS THAT THEY WORK AT THERE ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE
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DRIVING ROVERS ON MARS THAT SHOW UP AT 02:00 AM FOR THEIR SHIFT.PLEASE, AS QUESTIONS COME UP, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER FABULOUS SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
CHRISTINE CAMERON IN DOWNTOWN MILE.
>> MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
THIS IS OUR DOWNTOWN MILE, IT'S A SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY PROJECT.
IT'S A CO-OPERATIVE PROJECT IN BETWEEN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF AND VENUS UP RAILWAY.
THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE TWO PEDESTRIAN UNDER CROSSINGS, ONE-ON-ONE CALLS OF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE BY THE FUTURE REAPPLY CROSSING RIGHT SOUTH OF THE CITY HALL.
WE HAVE A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MILTON BRIDGE, THE UNDERPASS STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE AMTRAK STATION IMPROVEMENTS, A NEW MILTON STA. FE SUPREME INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE AT THE PORK CHOP SAW THE CITY HALL ALSO AND [INAUDIBLE] RAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS OVERALL PROJECT TAKES ALL OF THOSE SEPARATE PROJECTS AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A VIABLE OPTION TO GET UNDERNEATH THE RAIL CORRIDOR WITH A RAIL SHIFT.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES ALL OF THESE POSSIBLE.
THE CITY WAS AWARDED A USDOT AND FOR GRANT IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS FOR THAT IS 56 MILLION AND THAT'S FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY.
THAT'S 39 MILLION FEDERAL DOLLARS, 12.8 MILLION CITY SHARE AND 11 MILLION BASF SHARE.
WE ARE UNDER DESIGN, WE'RE UNDER EARLY DESIGN AND WE'RE JUST APPROACHING 30% RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION, EXCUSE ME, ON OUR NEPA ANALYSIS AND GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE DID SEND OUT A SURVEY LAST MONTH INTRODUCING THE PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASKING HOW THEY WANTED TO BE CONTACTED, GOT REALLY GOOD RESPONSE ON THAT.
THAT'S THE DOWNTOWN MILE AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> BEFORE CHRISTINE EXITS, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE LARGER PROJECTS ON OUR HORIZON AND I WOULD JUST INVITE ANY ELABORATION OR FOLLOW-UP THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS ENORMOUS AND THIS GOING BACK TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS, IT WAS PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT WERE IN MIND WHEN I MADE THE COMMENTS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL THING FOR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF IMPACT GETTING THERE AND TOUCHING ON SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CUT SHORT THE NECESSARY TIME ON THIS DISCUSSION.
>> I CAN KICK US OFF WITH A VERY SPECIFIC NIT-PICKY THING AND I HESITATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SO MINOR IN PERIPHERAL TO THE GRANDER, AN IMPORTANCE OF THIS LARGER PROJECT.
I MENTIONED THIS TOWARDS THE END OF A COUNCIL MEETING RECENTLY.
I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING AND THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE TO DO IT.
I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ICE PACK THAT HAPPENS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE JACK ON PHOENIX AVENUE.
JUST VERY CURIOUS IF THERE IS A WAY TO REDUCE THAT ICE PACK IN THE FUTURE AS WE'RE RETHINKING THIS WHOLE AREA.
NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK TO DO IT AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A TRICKY PROBLEM AND I'M NOT SURE THERE IS A SOLUTION TO IT.
BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF I WERE ONE OF THOSE BUS DRIVERS OR ONE OF THOSE OPERATORS, OR SOMEONE INVOLVED IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT LOGISTICS FOR THE MOUNTAIN LINE OPERATION THERE AND THE OTHER, IT IS A TRANSPORTATION HUB.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HEAVILY UTILIZED AND WHEN THAT ICE PACK THAT BUILDS UP ON PHOENIX THIS WINTER, IT WAS THERE FOR THREE MONTHS.
WHAT A HEADACHE. NOW'S THE TIME TO THINK THROUGH TROUBLESHOOTING THAT MAKING THAT PROBLEM GO AWAY.
I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, MY ONLY THOUGHT ON IT WAS MAYBE SOME HEATED PIPES UNDER THE STREET RIGHT THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, I CERTAINLY DON'T MEAN TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AS A VERY PARTICULAR LITTLE PROBLEM THAT IF WE CAN SOLVE IT, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT NOW.
THAT'S ALL. I THINK THERE'S MUCH BIGGER FISH TO FRY WITH THIS WHOLE THING, BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP WHILE IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
>> THAT RECONSTRUCTION OF VENUS AVENUE IS IT WITHIN
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THE SCOPE OF THE DOWNTOWN MILE BUT MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION MARK, OR STREETS ON FREQUENCY OF PLOWING OR MAINTENANCE?>> I DON'T KNOW THE PLOWING IS THE PROBLEM.
IT SNOWS AND THOSE BUSES ARE MOVING AND IT CREATES AN ICE RINK UP THERE.
WITHOUT DELIBERATELY THINKING THROUGH THE PROBLEM AT A TIME, I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO PERSIST INTO THE FUTURE.
>> I DON'T NEED A SOLUTION FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S MORE IN PUBLIC WORKS, I THINK CORD AND MEASURE, CLIFTON, IF WE WANT TO TALK WITH STAFF ABOUT THAT REQUEST?
>> WE CAN INDEED AND PROBABLY SHOULD MENTION IT AS WELL IN RELATION TO THE DCC PROJECT BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE IMPLICATIONS THERE, BUT THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT I'M THINKING OF.
>> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS A SECOND SET OF TRACKS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON CONSTRUCTION TO THE SOUTH OF THOSE NEW TRACKS?
>> CORRECT. THE READ ALIGNMENT IS THE EXISTING TRACK CORRIDOR AND THEN THE TRUCKS WILL BE WILL BE MOVED TO THE NORTH AND THE GREEN ALIGNMENT.
BUT BEFORE THEY'RE MOVED, LAWRENCE TO WALDEN PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS WILL GO TO THE NEW BRIDGE AND WE'LL DO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIO TINTO PROJECT AND THE RIO RING UNDERPASS.
ALL OF THOSE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OFFLINE OF THE EXISTING TRACKS AND THEN THE TRACKS WILL BE SHIFTED OVER AND ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC WILL THEN BE NORTH OVER THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THEN THIS OTHER PORTION OF THE FLOW NET, THE OTHER PORTION OF THE BRIDGE, AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE RIO, AND THE RE-OPENED TUNNEL GETS CONSTRUCTED.
IT KEEPS SPINNING UP OPERATIONAL.
>> THEN DO BOTH SETS OF TRACKS REMAIN?
>> THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US YET WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THIS.
THE BRIDGE WILL BE COMING OUT AND SO WE WON'T REALLY HAVE A CONNECTION.
I ASSUME THAT THEY WILL BE REMOVED.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT RAILS TO TRAIL PROGRAM.
IF THERE'S ANY FEASIBILITY OF PUTTING IN THE TRAIL AND SOME PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN VIABLE FOR THEM.
>> RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO TRACKS.
AFTER THIS IS ALL DONE, THERE'LL BE THREE TRUCKS.
>> THERE'LL BE THREE MAIN ONES HERE DOWN.
>> MILTON LOWER AND THE BRIDGE WILL ALSO RISE, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. YES. MOUNTAIN BRIDGE OR MILTON ITSELF WILL BE LOWERED AND THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION WHEN WE LAY 2024, 2025.
THE PUMP STATION, THAT IS THEIR DEEP WATERS, THAT AREA WHEN IT FLOODS, WILL BE RELOCATED AND ALSO THE BRIDGE ITSELF WILL BE SERVED TO A HIGHER GRADE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
BECAUSE CLEARANCE OF THE BRIDGE RIGHT NOW [INAUDIBLE].
ANOTHER THING IS YOU DO GET STUCK UNDERNEATH THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE BRIDGE WILL BE SIX LANES INSTEAD OF FOUR LANES.
>> THERE'LL BE ENOUGH ROOM TO GET THREE LANES ON EACH SIDE UNDER THE BRIDGE.
>> STREETS FOR CARS, AND OR TRUCKS, OR BICYCLES.
>> THAT'S IN KEEPING WITH OUR MASTERPLAN.
THE BRIDGE ABUTMENTS WILL BE SET TO THAT ULTIMATE CONDITIONS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONSTRUCT IS WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE TODAY IS THE FOUR LANES, BUT THAT CENTER TURN LANE OR FOR THE INTERSECTION AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL WIDTH WILL BE TAKEN UP BY A LARGE PARKWAY AREA AND MULTI-MODAL FACILITIES ON BOTH SIDES.
SOMEDAY IF THEY DECIDE TO BLOW OFF CORRIDOR AND DO THAT EXPANSION AND THE BRIDGES WILL BE READY FOR THAT.
>> WILL 66 REMAIN OPEN THROUGHOUT?
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION IN HERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THE SAME COMMENT THAT YOU DID, SO THANK YOU.
I'M JUST WONDERING CHRISTINE, AS WE TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND STUFF, WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH THE ARMY CORPS A WHILE BACK AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SEQUENCING THIS.
YOU WERE WITH LONE TREE OVERPASS SUBSEQUENT TO THAT CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THAT COULD HELP DEAL WITH THE 66 IMPACT.
AMY, IF HE COULD SPEND SOME TIME WITH THAT.
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER OF AN EFFORT THAT YOU SAW WHEN A DARK CAVE AND THEY RECONSTRUCTED THE RIO BRIDGE HERE.
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THERE WERE AREAS, ARE TIMES THAT THEY HAD ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.I THINK THERE WAS TWO WEEKS WHEN IT WAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN.
I PREDICT THAT CONSTRUCTION OF A PROJECT WILL VARY ON THAT RESTRICTION.
AGAIN, WE'RE 30 PERCENT DESIGNED AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET, REALLY FIGURING THAT OUT.
BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF THIS INTERSECTION, THE OTHER CLIENT AND MILTON FOR THE RIO BECAUSE THE RIO COME STRAIGHT DOWN THE SPIKE, IT'LL COME CROSSWAYS THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION.
>> YEAH, THAT'S THE CLAY WASH BRIDGE.
WHAT ADOT IS REQUIRED THAT WE TIME THE CLOSURE OF THIS TRAFFIC WITH THE OPENING OF THE LONE TREE OVERPASS IN 2026.
WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO CUT OFF TRAFFIC TO BUTLER AND HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAYS AND EVERYONE COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN, IT REALLY WENT AWAY AT ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.
>> THE UNDERPASS CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THAT AND HOW IMPORTANT OF ENERGY THAT IS TO THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.
I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT DOESN'T GET PUSHED ASIDE FOR ANY LOGISTICAL REASONS OR THEY AGREE MADE A PRIORITY.
DOES IT GO ALL THE WAY UNDER 66? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE THE PLAN IS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
IF NOT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT COULD, JUST THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> IT WILL GO UNDER AGE 66 SO THAT'S PART OF THE RAIL PROJECT.
>> AGAIN, WHEN ADOT CAME IN AND BUILT THIS NEW BRIDGE, THE CITY CONTRIBUTED MONEY FOR THEIR CONTRACTOR TO GO IN AND EXCAVATE ALL OF THAT ROCK OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ESCHATON UNDERPASS AND THE REAL, AND SO WHEN WE DO OUR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, WE HAVE A LOT MORE EASY DIGGING AND WE ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THERE.
>> JUST ANOTHER REAL NIT-PICKY THING.
I NOTICED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THAT BRIDGE, THERE'S A REALLY COOL DESIGN ELEMENT TO IT FACING OUTWARD.
SO TRAFFIC DOESN'T SEE THAT NICE DESIGN WITH AMENITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL THIS TO GO BACK IN AND PUT THAT DESIGN ELEMENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE BRIDGE, THE GUARD RAIL ALSO.
OR MAYBE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE AESTHETICALLY SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER. JUST A THOUGHT FOR YOU.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP TO ADOT BECAUSE IT STILL WOULD BE THEIR FACILITY.
BUT I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ZIGZAG PATTERN.
>> IT'S REALLY COOL, BUT IT'S TOTALLY INVISIBLE.
>> WE WILL BE WORKING WITH JANET YELLEN AND OR PROGRAM FOR BEAUTIFICATION OF THE DATA MILE ELVIS APPROACH THESE BRIDGES AND UNDER CROSSINGS HERE.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO DO SOMETHING DRAMATICALLY IN THAT AREA.
>> NEXT TIME, THAT UPDATE IS MADE TO CITY COUNCIL ON DOWNTOWN MILE, ADDRESS CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING AND ADDRESS BEAUTIFICATION IN THAT NEXT UPDATE TO YOU AND WORK SESSION.
WE ARE RUNNING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
WE HAD A BREAK SCHEDULED FOR THIS TIME.
IT'S 9:45 THAT BREAK WAS SCHEDULED FOR ABOUT 10:30.
MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT ITEM AND CLOSE OUT THE DEBT SERVICE CONVERSATION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK NOW?
>> SURE. LET'S CLOSE OUT DEBT SERVICE.
>> CLOSE IT OUT. MOVING FORWARD, THIS ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE I THINK WE'RE STARTING WITH THE CITY MANAGER CLIFTON WOULD LIKE TO KICK OFF PROPOSITION 441 AND THEN YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SCOTT OVERTON WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS EXCITING AND URGENT AND EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
PROPOSITION 441, BOYS ARE COMPANION PROPOSITION 442, WHICH WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NOW.
BUT OF COURSE THAT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCITING.
THAT'S THE HOUSING PROPOSITION.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON 441.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK IN DETAIL ABOUT THE PROJECTS.
THAT WOULD BE SCOTT OVERTON AND JULIE AND THE TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN BUSY ON A WEEKLY BASIS, SOMETIMES MORE FREQUENT THAN THAT, BUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
GOING OVER THIS WATER SERVICES AS WELL,
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A LOT OF MINDS AT THE TABLE ON THIS.I'LL GO BACK TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT OBLIGATED PROJECTS.
THIS POINT MAY BE IN THE SHORTLIST THERE IN TERMS OF OBLIGATED PROJECTS, VOTER APPROVED, OVER 76% OF VOTER APPROVAL MARGIN ON THIS.
THE COMMUNITY SPOKE LOUDLY ON THIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, WHICH IS GREAT.
EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT IS THE TIMING.
SCOTT OVERTON AND JULIE LEID AND I AND OTHERS AWHILE BACK, WAY BEFORE.
MAYBE IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THE VOTE APPROVED FLAWED.
IT WAS BRIGHT AT THAT TIME FRAME.
>> MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRIOR, THE DISCUSSION WENT LIKE THIS.
LET'S ASSUME THIS PASSES HOW QUICKLY CAN WE DELIVER? AND THE ENGINEERS AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND WATER SERVICES HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD, SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS ON THIS, PUTTING PENCIL TO PAPER, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST OPTIMISTIC TIME TABLE THAT WE COULD MEET AND OUT OF THAT WAS A THREE-YEAR TIMETABLE AND WE'RE MARCHING ALONG WITH THAT PREMISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DELIVER EVERYTHING HERE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
I JUST WANTED TO PREFACE SCOTT'S DISCUSSION IN THAT OF OTHER PEOPLE BY NOTING GOING INTO PROPOSITION 441 IN THE VOTER APPROVED BONDS LAST NOVEMBER WAS A LOT OF GROUNDWORK TO MAKE THIS SUCH A SUCCESSFUL BOND MEASURE.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SHANNON ANDERSON AND MANY OTHERS AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND GOING BACK TO A RETREAT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAD IN SEPTEMBER, A YEAR AGO, NOT LAST FALL, BUT THE PRECEDING YEAR.
DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO STAFF TO FORM A CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE AND COME UP WITH POINT TWO OR THREE POTENTIAL BALLOT MEASURES TO ADDRESS THREE STATED PRIORITIES AT THE TIME.
FLOOD MITIGATION AT THE TIME, SPRUCE WASH WAS THE BIG GAME NOW WE KNOW THERE'S MORE TO IT.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, COUPLED WITH THE STORM WATER PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOUSING.
FAST-FORWARD, THAT CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE MET FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, VERY FREQUENT MEETINGS EVERY WEEK, AND WORKED HARD TO PUT TOGETHER SOME VALID MEASURES FOR PROPOSALS FOR COUNCIL.
THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL LAST JUNE AND JULY ENTERTAIN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO PROPOSITIONS FOR 441 AND 442 AND ASKED STAFF TO GO FORWARD WITH AN INTENSE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS WHICH OCCURRED.
ALL OF THAT A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK GOING INTO THE SUCCESSFUL APPROVAL OF THESE BALLOT MEASURES, WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
BUT THE DAY AFTER THE APPROVAL, WE ALL, OF COURSE REALIZED, NOW THE WORK BEGINS, THE REAL WORK, THE HARD WORK.
DESIGN, SCHEDULING, PREPARING FOR A MASSIVE ENDEAVOR HERE, AND I THINK SCOTT, THAT WOULD BE MY INTRODUCTION AND WE'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> NOW, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
WE COME TO YOU MONTHLY WITH UPDATES ON SPRUCE WASH.
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THOUGH TO SPEAK TO EACH OF THE PROJECTS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OR ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
BECAUSE REALLY WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROBABLY FOR MOST OF ALL OF OUR CAREERS, AN UNUSUAL PROCESS OF DELIVERY, AND EVERYONE HAS CARRIED A TON OF WEIGHT ON THIS PROJECT.
AS WE MET IN NOVEMBER, WE MET SHORTLY AFTER HIS ENGINEERING AND STAFF TEAMS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT ONCE WE WERE APPROVED, NOW WE HAVE TO DELIVER THIS.
LOOKING BACK AT POST WILDFIRE FLOODING AND THE IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES, IT'S DRASTIC, IT'S DETRIMENTAL.
WE'RE SEEING IT WITH PIPELINE WEST COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER.
MUSEUM WAS 2019, THE MUSEUM FIRE.
THIS ONE WAS HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH FEASIBILITY, TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH ANALYSIS. ENTITY DESIGN.
PIPELINE WEST HAS ACTUALLY BENEFITED FROM A LOT OF THOSE GOOD MODELS AND GOOD WORK THAT WAS ALREADY DONE IN THESE AREAS.
BUT THIS ONE CAME TO FRUITION FOR IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S MITIGATION BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH SAND BAGS AND BARRIERS AND WE WANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
WE CANNOT PROMISE OUR COMMUNITY GETTING COMPLETELY OUT OF THAT MITIGATION REALM.
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HOWEVER, WE KNOW THESE PROJECTS WILL DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN A WATERSHED THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.ON FOREST WORK, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WORK UPSTREAM, ALL COORDINATED WITH THIS WORK.
ONCE WE HAD ALL OF THAT AND ANALYZED COMPLETED ON FOREST, COMPLETED IN THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THOSE PROJECTS HAVE NOW BEEN DELIVERED AND COMPLETELY IN PLACE FOR THE SYSTEM.
WE'VE TURNED OUR FOCUS NOW TO THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, SO NOW ALL OF THAT POST WILDFIRE FLOW COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR URBAN WILDLIFE OR WILDLIFE IMPACTS, HAS RESULTED IN DESIGN OF THE SUITE OF PROJECTS, THE SEVEN PROJECTS YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT.
THE MILESTONE WE'RE AT NOW, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS WE ARE NEARING 30% DESIGN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'VE ASKED A VERY STRONG ENGINEERING TEAM OF EVERY FIRM IN THE COMMUNITY TO DESIGN SEGMENTS AND ELEMENTS.
JULIE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS AS WELL, SO FEEL FREE TO ASK US QUESTIONS.
THAT WORK IS MOVING QUICKLY ALONG WITH MODELING AND ALONG NOW WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
BY THE YEAR END, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR PLANS DONE FOR EVERY PROJECT IN THIS PRUCE WASH, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE MODELING WORK TO BEGIN SO WE KNOW WE'RE NOT CREATING ADVERSE IMPACTS, AND WE ARE NOW GETTING READY TO TAKE THIS TRANSITION FROM CONCEPTUAL FEASIBILITY DESIGN, AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION AND WE'VE JUST COMPRESSED THAT TIMELINE TO THREE YEARS.
IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE DESIGN WORK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE REVISIONS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT SOME PROPERTIES AND SOME EASEMENTS AND SOME THINGS WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR UTILITY WORK THROUGHOUT.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE NOW HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
WE'LL MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT SHORTLY AS SOON AS WE CAN GET SOME FINAL CONTRACT PAPERWORK PUT TOGETHER.
BUT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE FOR ME WE'RE NOW TRANSITIONING FROM THE ENGINEERING SIDE TO A COMMINGLED EFFORT WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO NOW BE PREPARED TO DELIVER THESE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND IT IS FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE TO DELIVER $26 MILLION OF STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN A PRE-EXISTING URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
FIRST TWO PROJECTS ON THE LIST ARE THE ONES YOU WILL SEE DELIVERED FIRST, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GRANDVIEW DRIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BRAND NEW DRIVE AND TAKE IT FROM A CROWN ROADWAY TO AN INVERTED ROADWAY AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT MORE WATER INTO THE ROADWAY TO TRY TO KEEP IT OUT OF THOSE HOMES ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF GRANDVIEW.
WHEN YOU TAKE THAT ROAD, YOU INVERT IT.
YOU GOT TO DROP ALL THOSE UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THE WAY, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL UTILITY RELOCATION ON THE FRONT END OF THAT PROJECT, LIKELY STARTING SHORTLY AFTER MONSOONS THIS YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE RIGHT AROUND JULY 4TH, A CONTRACT ON YOUR DESKS RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BREAK FOR A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND A SEE MORE CONTRACT, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON JULY 3RD, THAT GROUP WILL START THEIR WORK ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GRANDVIEW AS POSSIBLE AROUND THE MONSOON SEASON, BUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THEY'LL RECEIVE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
THE WEDGE DETENTION BASIN, YOU MIGHT RECALL AT ONE POINT WE TOOK THE ENTIRE WEDGE.
IT'S THE PARCEL JUST TO THE WEST OF THE SAFEWAY AND WE WERE GOING TO PUT IT IN A VERY LARGE DETENTION BASIN.
WE SCALED THAT BACK A BIT, IT IS NOW ABOUT HALF OF THAT PARCEL ON THE EAST SIDE.
IT IS A NECESSARY ELEMENT AND IT WORKS WELL WITH OUR PARKWAY SEDIMENT BASINS, WHICH ARE BEING DELIVERED BY THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
WE CUT TREES ON THAT PARCEL LAST WEEK AND ARE BEING DELIVERED BY THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THEIR CONTRACTOR.
BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT IN PLACE BY JUNE 30 AND READY FOR THE SEASON DETENTION BASIN NUMBER 3
>> ON BOTH OF THOSE FIRST TWO ITEMS, I'LL START WITH THE SECOND FIRST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND BEING ABLE TO SHRINK THAT DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT WEDGE A LOT AS I DRIVE BY THERE AND WONDERING WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN JULY.
JUST MAKING SURE WE CAN KEEP AS MANY TREES ON THE PERIPHERY AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE AS A SITE BREAK, KEEP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS HIDDEN AS POSSIBLE IN THE TREES.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES.
I WAS THERE RECENTLY JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND I DIDN'T SEE TOO MANY TREES CUT DOWN ON THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THAT SPACE. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT?
>> WE HAVE NOT YET STARTED ANY WORK ON THE WEDGE PHYSICALLY.
I THINK THE VALUES AT RISK ARE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO WEIGH FINANCIAL VALUES, HYDRAULIC VALUES, SENSITIVE TREE SITE AND YOU JUST VIEWSHED VALUES.
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WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT REALLY THE BENEFIT TO THE TREE VALUE INTO THE SITE VALUES HYDRAULICALLY, IT WASN'T NECESSARY AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN FINANCIALLY IT WAS REALLY THE BIGGEST DRIVER.IT WAS JUST SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT THAT WE HAD TO START THINKING ABOUT MORE CREATIVE WAYS TO DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK WITH MAYBE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
>> I'M WONDERING IF IT'S IDENTIFIED THE VOLUME OF SPACE YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO FILL THERE, AND IT'S A MATTER OF HOW TO ACHIEVE THAT VOLUME, DIG DEEPER OR DIG WIDER.
>> I'M GOING TO LET JULIE JUMP IN HERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WORKS ON A SIMILAR EQUATION.
>> IT'S A VOLUME THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR ABOUT 11.5 ACRE FEETS, JUST BASED ON SOME PRETTY HIGH-LEVEL ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT.
DEPTH-WISE, WE'RE CONSTRAINED WITH THE OUTLET, SO HOW DEEP WE CAN GO.
WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS WE'RE GOING AS DEEP AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GRAVITY INTO THE SYSTEM ON CEDAR.
JUST TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT ON THAT PARTICULAR SITE, WE'LL HAVE A SECTION ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH EDGES OF A WALL, A PORTION OF THAT, JUST TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GRADING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND REDUCE THE IMPACT OVERALL.
I KNOW YOUR COMMENTS FROM, MAYBE A COUPLE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, LOST TRACK, IT WAS PROBABLY IN THE FALL.
WE'VE KEPT THAT IN MIND, KNOWING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND UNLIKELY TO THE REST OF COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT BUFFER AND MAINTAIN THAT VISUAL AS YOU'RE ON CEDAR IN WEST LINDA VISTA.
>> THANKS FOR THE UPDATE ON THAT.
THEN IN TERMS OF GRANDVIEW, SO I WAS DRIVING THROUGH LINDA VISTA RECENTLY, IT WAS A DAY LIKE TODAY, NO RAIN FOR A WHILE AND I PASSED GRANDVIEW AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH WATER WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT WAS GUSHING. I THOUGHT A FIRE HYDRANT WAS WORKING OR SOMETHING.
I TOOK A DETOUR AND I FOLLOWED IT BACK UP, I THINK TO HILLCREST, WHERE THERE'S LITERALLY A MASSIVE OUTFLOW OF WHAT I ASSUME TO BE A SNOW MELTS COMING OFF THE SIDE OF THAT ONE HOME.
THEN IT JUST DUMPS INTO THE CUL-DE-SAC AND IT RUNS RIGHT DOWN GRANDVIEW.
ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON PUTTING THAT OUTFLOW UNDERGROUND AS YOU'RE TEARING UP THE STREET?
>> NO. IN FACT THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT ISSUE THAT IT ACTUALLY STILL NOT OFF OF BUFFALO PARK AND IT DRAINS BEHIND THOSE PROPERTIES ON HILLCREST, COMES DOWN THROUGH A PRIVATE DRAINAGE IN-BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME.
THERE'S A WATER MAIN BREAK, BUT IT REALLY IS JUST LOCALIZED FLOW.
IT IS NOT RELATED TO MUSEUM, IT IS NOT RELATED TO THE MUSEUM FIRE, OR SPRUCE WASH.
IT'S JUST A TRIBUTARY THAT WINDS ITS WAY DOWN TO GRANDVIEW.
>> DOES THAT FLOW EVERY TIME THERE'S A MAJOR SNOW EVENT?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE KEPT THAT MUCH TRAFFIC, BUT TO BE HONEST, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LOCAL TRIBUTARIES JUST BUILT, PLACES THAT HAVE WATER JUST FROM STONE MOUNTAIN GROUND SATURATION.
>> I KNOW SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THAT CORNER AND I'M JUST THINKING TO MYSELF AS A RESIDENT THERE, ALL THE HEADACHES THEY'RE DEALING WITH ALREADY.
YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FOR A JOG OR WALK YOUR DOG AND YOU HAVE TO CROSS THIS OPEN CHANNEL THAT'S LITERALLY JUST GUSHING SNOW MELT.
IF THERE'S A WAY TO FUNNEL THAT UNDERGROUND WHILE YOU'RE ALREADY TEARING UP THE STREET, ANYWAY, THEY MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO.
AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE.
I JUST SEE THIS AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE.
>> AS A COMMUNITY, WE USE THE STREETS FOR COMMANDS AND YOU HAVE TO.
THERE'S JUST REALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITATIONS WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET ALL STORMWATER UNDERGROUND.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT PERSON TO SPEAK TO THIS OR TO THINK THROUGH OF EVERY CHANNEL, EVERY DRAINAGE, THEY'RE CITYWIDE.
WE UTILIZE THE STREETS FOR PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE.
VERTICAL CURVES, VALLEY GUTTERS, CATCH BASINS, IT DOES GO UNDERGROUND IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT BOTH, EVEN THROUGH SPRUCE WASH WE HAVE BOTH TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO KEEP AS MUCH WATER IN THE ROADWAY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THERE WILL BE A SHORT SECTION OF UNDERGROUND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE VERY END OF GRANDVIEW TO PICK UP THAT FLOW AND RETURN IT TO
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SPRUCE WASH. ONE THING I DID WANT TO ADD SCOTT, TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE SCOPE OF WORK AT GRANDVIEW.THAT ALSO INCLUDES REBUILDING THOSE CUL-DE-SAC.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CUL-DE-SACS SOUTH OF GRANDVIEW AND A KNUCKLE, SO IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE STREET.
IT DOES INCLUDE THOSE CONNECTION POINTS AND NEW CURB AND GUTTER AND DRIVEWAY APRONS FOR THOSE FOLKS.
>> THEN TO BE SURE, I ACKNOWLEDGE AND I IMAGINE THAT BY CHANGING THE CONS WHERE THE WATER WAY THERE, THAT WATER THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW, WILL GO TO THE CENTER OF THE STREET AND NOT BE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WALK THEIR DOGS AND PUSH THEIR STROLLERS.
>> IT MIGHT EVEN GET PICKED UP BY THE CATCH BASINS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO THE WEDGE EVENTUALLY.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GETS CAUGHT UP.
>> BUT IT'S AN ANCILLARY, NOT RELATED INDUSTRIES WASH, BUT CLEARLY, IT'S RUNNING. GOOD QUESTION.
>> WE ALSO ARE DOING NEW ROADWAY SURFACE, SO IT'LL LOOK LIKE [INAUDIBLE] STATES NORTH FROM PHASE 2 NEW ROADS, CURB GUTTER, SIDEWALK, UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT THE UTILITY WORK WILL BE FIRST AND THEN IT'S ABOUT A TWO SEASON PROJECT TO GET GRANDVIEW COMPLETED.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME TIME WHERE IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD DISRUPTION BUT PRETTY NECESSARY TO GET US TO THE END GOAL.
RECALL, ALL OF THESE ARE STILL IN DESIGN, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THEY DO.
BUT I DO HAVE TO BUY THE ENGINEER'S SOME TIME.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE IT DONE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO IT'S REALLY THIS AWKWARD DANCE WE'RE WALKING.
WE WANT TO GO BUILD IT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF GETTING THE FINAL DESIGNS DONE.
>> MY APOLOGIES IF I JUST MISSED THIS.
THE UTILITIES ARE GOING TO BE RELOCATED UNDER GRANDVIEW SOME TIME THIS SUMMER AFTER MONSOON.
DID YOU SAY WHEN THE ROAD WAS GOING TO BE RE-ROADED? [BACKGROUND]
>> WE ACTUALLY JUST SUBMITTED PRELIMINARY PLANS TO STAFF FOR REVIEW YESTERDAY ON ALL OF THE UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION ON GRANDVIEW PUSHING HARD.
THAT'S WHAT'S COMING TO YOU IN JULY.
YOUR FINAL MEETING BEFORE BREAK IS TO REVIEW THAT GMC WITH THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR SO THAT THEY CAN ORDER THOSE MATERIALS AND BE IN THE GROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS IT'S SAFE.
THE REASON THEY WOULDN'T START RIGHT AWAY IS WE REALLY JUST HAVE TO MONITOR THAT MONSOON SEASON.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE TRENCHING.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE TRENCHING AND THEN HAVE FLOWS COMING DOWN GRANDVIEW, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
SO WILL BE MONITORING THE WEATHER.
THE GOAL IS TO WIN, UTILITIES ARE WRAPPING UP RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THAT TO COME IN AND START WITH THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE NEW CURB GUTTER AND ASPHALT SECTION.
THERE IS NO SIDEWALK OUT THERE AND THE PROJECT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF SIDEWALK, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE THERE.
IF THAT'S WORK THAT CAN GET COMPLETED, UTILITIES WORK SPECIFICALLY, IN FALL OF THIS YEAR INTO SPRING OF 24, AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR IS POISED TO START THAT STREET RECONSTRUCTION SPRING OF 24, I THINK, IS THE GOAL TO COMMENCE.
>> ALL THIS OF COURSE, DEPENDS ON SAM'S WINTER PREDICTIONS.
>> IT SLOWS WAY DOWN, BUT WE WORKED THROUGH THE WINTER.
YOUR CONTRACTOR THAT WILL WORK THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS. IT'S ALLOWABLE.
>> QUESTIONS, SO WE'RE ALREADY GETTING READY TO DO THE WORK IN GRANDVIEW, IS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS SLATED FOR SIDEWALKS AT SOME POINT IN TIME? NO?
>> IT ISN'T. SO NOT AT THIS TIME OR NEVER?
WE'VE NOT HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT TO ADD AMENITIES AT THIS POINT, WE'RE REALLY LEAN.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION PIECES.
WE HAVE NOT GONE DOWN THAT ROAD.
>> IT DEFINITELY WORK INTO YARDS.
>> AND TRADE-OFFS WOULD BE NARROWING THE STREETS.
>> WE NEED THE FULL CAPACITY OF THAT STREETS FOR CONVEYANCE OF THIS POST WILDFIRE STORMWATER DISCHARGE.
>> I THINK, JULIE, IS IT WORTH MENTIONING THE TYPE OF STORM WHEN DESIGNING THE ENTIRE BUDGET TO MEET? YOU'VE MENTIONED THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF GRANDVIEW AND THE NEED FOR THE VERTICAL CURVE.
HOW MUCH STORM DOES THAT CAPTURE?
>> WE ARE LOOKING TO CONVEY OR TO MITIGATE THE TWO-INCH 45-MINUTE STORM EVENT.
THAT IS OUR TARGET DESIGN DISCHARGE FOR ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE CORRIDOR.
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IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD JUST TAKE THAT OLD TWO-INCH 45-MINUTE STRONG MOVEMENT, PUT IT IN A BOX AND SEND IT DOWN TO ROUTE 66 AND JUST BRUCE WASH OPEN SPACE AREA.WE HAVE TO SPLIT UP THAT TWO-INCH 45-MINUTE VOLUME AND PUT IT IN THE WEDGE, PUT A LITTLE BIT DOWN GRAND DO YOU PUT SOME DOWN THE CHANNELS IN SIZE THE BOXES ACCORDINGLY.
COUNCILMEMBER THAT YOU SAID YOU HAD A QUESTION. TWO QUESTIONS.
I'VE BEEN DRIVEN AROUND THAT AREA JUST TO ASSESS WHAT'S STILL GOING ON THERE.
THEN THE ROAD IS FAIRLY NARROW AND HERE'S SOME PARKING ON THE STREET.
WHAT LEVEL OF DISRUPTION TO THE I'M SURE THEY'RE WELCOMED THE DISRUPTION, BUT TO GET HOME AND BACK DURING ESPECIALLY THE UTILITY CHANGE OUT?
>> WE CAN BOTH GET IT WILL BE MAJOR DISRUPTION.
IT IS WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, YARD CONNECTIONS.
THE CONTRACTOR, I HAVE GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THEIR FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF PROJECT WORK.
I THINK THEY WILL DO EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE WORK WITH RESIDENTS.
WE WILL HAVE SOME PRE-ESTABLISHED BOWLS CAPITAL.
TREVOR MAC, ELI PAUL'S TEAM HAS BEEN IN STARTING THAT PROCESS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR.
THEY WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD DIRECTORS.
I THINK I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WILL WORK WITH RESIDENTS TRY TO AVOID DISRUPTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS A LONGER PROJECT.
IT'S NOISY, IT'S DUSTY, IT'S DISRUPTIVE, AND WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THESE STEPS TO GET TO THE FINAL PROJECT.
>> WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR DRIVEWAYS DURING CONSTRUCTION?
>> YEAH, MAYBE SPEAK TO IT IF COCA-COLA STATES HAVE SIMILAR.
>> HOW CAN YOU KNOW STATE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, AN EXCELLENT CONTRACTOR ON THAT PROJECT.
THEY WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH EVERY RESIDENT.
THEY CONSTRUCT HALF OF THE DRIVEWAY AT A TIME.
THAT WAY, RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY, GET INTO THEIR GARAGE, MAYBE JUST HALF THEIR DRIVEWAY.
BUT THEY ALSO COORDINATE THAT WITH RESONANT WORK SCHEDULES AND NEEDS.
I'VE SEEN THAT CONTRACT OR TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE'S TRASH FOR THEM AND YOU FEEL THAT OUT JUST TO HELP EASE THE PAIN OF CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
BUT I THINK BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE VISION FOR THE PROJECT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO MITIGATE THE PAIN THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED FROM THE MUSEUM FIRE, I THINK THERE'LL BE IN THIS WITH US TO GET THE END.
>> THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR NOW.
ARE YOU ABLE TO EQUATE COMPARE THE TWO INCH 45-MINUTE STORM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 100 YEARS STORM EVENT, 50 YEARS STORM EVENT.
HUNDRED YEAR STORM EVENT WOULD BE CLOSER TO A THREE-INCH 45-MINUTE EVENT THAT QH IS ABOUT A 25 YEAR. WHERE'S ED?
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT A 25-YEAR.
>> HE MIGHT BE AT PROBABLY 180.
>> I HAVE A COMMENT WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT.
>> IT'S NOT ENTIRELY RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT IS RELATED TO THE FLOOD EVENT.
BUT SCOTT AND I WORK WITH THE MANAGER OF SAFEWAY ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF SAFEWAY.
>> YES. FOR ALTERNATIVE [INAUDIBLE]
>> AFTER THE DIRTY MONSOONAL SEASON.
WHEN THE RAINS HAPPEN AND WE NEED TO GET CARS OFF THE STREET SAFEWAY.
THEY WERE GREAT IN WORKING WITH THEM.
HAVE ALLOCATED SOME ANCILLARY PARKING IN THE BACK OF THEIR STORE AND PUBLIC WORKS, I THINK HAS THAT DRIVE RIGHT, AND IT'S AVAILABLE.
IT'S A SLIGHT INCONVENIENCE TO THE RESIDENTS THERE, BUT THEY DO HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENTS.
THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO CONSTRUCTION.
I GUESS WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.
>> YEAH, I THINK THEY'D BE OPEN TO CONTINUING TO PRACTICE IT.
IT HASN'T BEEN OVERLY UTILIZED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO LET EVENTS DURING THE DAY, BUT IT WAS A RESOURCE FOR THE RESIDENTS GOT REQUEST.
>> JULIE, JUST TO CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING, OR MAYBE SCOTT, WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THIS TO A 25-YEAR STORM EVENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR CULVERTS AND WE CAN'T BUILD BIGGER THAN THE UNDERGROUND.
THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE COULD HOLD.
>> YES, FOR THE MOST PART. BUT REALLY WHAT THE CRITICAL THING IS WE CANNOT CHANGE THAT DRAINAGE CONDITIONS DOWNSTREAM.
THIS BRUCE WASH WATERSHED IMPROVEMENTS, THIS BOND PROJECT IS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THOSE BASINS UPSTREAM.
WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS WE CAN OPEN THE FIRE HOSE, SO TO SPEAK,
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AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CHANGE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE SOUTH OF KILLER.THAT IS WHAT IS DRIVING WHAT WE CAN MANAGE OR DISCHARGE UPSTREAM.
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA MINUTES.
I'M GLAD WE'RE SPENDING THE TIME HERE IT GOES.
FOR A COUPLE OF NEWER, THIS IS A LONG HISTORY AND WE EAT, BREATHE, AND SLEEP IT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT TALKING POINT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR RESOURCES.
IT DOES NOT GET YOUR BIGGER, BIG, BIG STORMS AND THE SYSTEM MAY AND COULD GET OVERRUN.
BUT WE'RE MAKING IT AS BIG AS WE FINANCIALLY CAN MAKE IT.
TO JULIE'S POINT, WE HAD DONE THAT ANALYSIS AND FEASIBILITY, ONE, THAT BIG GIANT BOX CULVERT FROM TACO PARADISE ALL THE WAY TO 66, THAT COULD CONVEY THE LARGE STORMS UNDER $1 MILLION WASN'T FEASIBLE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LAND.
THAT'S WHERE THIS BECAME THE BEST OPTION WE HAVE AVAILABLE WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAD.
IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE WEDGE PIECE.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE GMP'S AND GET CLOSER TO SEEING THE UTILITIES AND THE WEDGE PARCEL WILL AT THAT POINT HALF THOSE DESIGNS IN A BETTER SPOT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE FOOTPRINT OR THE SCALE.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE WEDGE DETENTION BASIN SIDE IS MAYBE A CONSTRUCTION LAY DOWN YARD FOR A DURATION OF TIME FOR THE FIRST PHASES OF THIS PROJECT.
THEY WON'T MAYBE DIG THE HOLE, BUT THEY'LL UTILIZE THE FOOTPRINT.
>> DOES THAT MEAN FOR PARKING VEHICLES?
>> FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, PIPE.
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD OUR PROJECT.
BUT AGAIN, REALLY WHAT THAT CONTRACTOR DEFINE THAT AS WE GET THEM ON BOARD AND WE'LL FIGURE THAT PIECE OUT.
THESE OTHER ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT.
WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR CALENDAR BUILT AND WE'RE GOING TO HIT THOSE MARKS AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY TO THEM.
THEY MIGHT MOVE, THEY MIGHT ADJUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE STILL IN THAT DRAFT PHASE OF WHICH PROJECT GOES FIRST AND WHICH ONE'S EASIEST TO DELIVER WITH THE FASTEST BENEFIT.
SIZING LINDA VISTA CROSSING, WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO GET MORE WATER INTO THAT EXISTING CHANNEL.
THAT WILL BE A COMPLETE REBUILD OF LINDA VISTA AND AT THAT BOX FOLDER LOCATION TODAY IT'S TWO PIPES.
YOU IMPROVE THAT ONE. WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE ONE DOWNSTREAM.
A CEDAR, WE HAVE ANOTHER CROSSING.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT ONE MATCH THE LINDA VISTA CROSSING.
THERE WAS WATER, THEY GOT PEELED OFF TO GO TO THE WEDGE.
THAT'S GREAT NEWS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE REINTRODUCED IN THE CHANNEL AT CEDAR.
CHANNEL THAT GOES BEHIND THE HOMES AND THE BUSINESSES ON GRANDVIEW AND ALTAVISTA WILL BE IMPROVED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE CONVEYING AS MUCH WATER SAINTLY POSSIBLE TO THOSE CROSSINGS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE YET.
THERE MIGHT BE TRAPEZOIDAL IN SHAPE.
THE LIKELY BE ARMORED OF SOME TYPE BY A CONCRETE PRODUCT.
WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE WATER THROUGH THIS AREA.
THE IDEA ABOUT NICE, GENTLE FLOWING, MEANDERING STREAM IS NOT PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN A LARGER EVENT.
WE NEED TO GET WATER OUT OF THERE.
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE IT THROUGH THIS AREA PRETTY QUICKLY.
THEN WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS FROM DORTHA, ARROYO SECO, DORTHA, CHRISTINE DID A GREAT JOB DELIVERING THAT LAST YEAR.
IT'S DONE. IT'S READY TO ACCEPT, IT'S WORKING.
BUT WE NEED TO FINISH UP THAT CONVEYANCE NOW DOWN TO ARROYO SECO, AND THEN ARROYO SECO TOWN HOMES.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT LARGE CONTRAPTION THAT PUT WATER INTO THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN THE OTHER DIRECTION GOES THROUGH PONDEROSA PARK AND FILLS TO KILL A DETENTION BASINS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO RIGHT THERE.
IT'S A FAIRLY COMPLICATED CONFLUENCE OF WHAT OCCURS.
THAT PROJECT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT ON HOW IT IMPACTS THE BASINS AND WE KEEP IT UNDERGROUND UNDER THE TOWNHOMES.
SO ALL RELATED, ALL IMPORTANT PROJECTS, THEY ALL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM DELIVERED WITHIN THREE YEARS.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, I HEAR 30% DESIGN PHASE.
WHAT IS THAT BECAUSE YOU GO FROM 0-100 FROM THERE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS IT LIKE, OH NO, SIX MONTHS TO GET PAST THIS 30%.
>> YOUR BET. WE HAVE INTERIM MILESTONES THAT WE NEED TO HIT AND IT'S REALLY FOR STAFF REVIEW AND FOR CHECKING BACK IN ON THOSE ASSUMPTIONS TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL TRACKING.
IT IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CIMA CONTRACTOR AND THEY ASSIST IN BUDGET PREPARATION AT EACH ONE OF THOSE.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO 100% DESIGN AND THE CONTRACTOR SAYS IT'S 30 MILLION, YOU HAVE 26 AND THEN REDESIGN IS NECESSARY.
IT'S KEY TO HAVE THOSE INTERMEDIATE MILESTONES AS CHECK-INS AND COORDINATIONS WITH THE TEAM.
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AS FAR AS THE LEVEL OF EFFORT, IT IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO GET THERE.IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE AMBITIOUS AND THE TEAMS ARE PUSHING REALLY HARD.
WE'RE ACTUALLY FINISHING UP SOME OF THE GROUND SURVEY.
WE WERE A LITTLE DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING WINTER YOU CAN'T SURVEY THE GROUND WHEN THERE'S THREE FEET OF SNOW.
THE CREWS ARE REALLY PUSHING HARD TO COLLECT ALL THAT DATA TO BECOME THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS DESIGN WORK.
AS FAR AS COUNSEL ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE PRESENT MONTHLY.
I THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE MOVE INTO MONSOON SEASON IS THE CHECK-IN AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT 30% DESIGN, WE'RE ABOUT 60% DESIGN AND GIVE YOU THOSE DESIGN UPDATES AS WELL AS CHECKING BACK IN ON THAT BUDGET.
>> THE MILESTONES ARE ABOUT 30%, 60%.
>> THEN WE USUALLY DO A FINAL 1, FINAL 2.
FINAL IS, WE'RE ABOUT READY TO SEAL IT.
LAST REVIEWS AND THEN SEAL IT AND IT'S PERMITTING.
>> [INAUDIBLE] YOU'LL SEE AT 30% WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE ALIGNMENT IS.
WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD VIEW OF WHAT IT IS FROM THE GENERAL PERSPECTIVE.
AT 60 YOU'RE REALLY STARTING TO NAIL IN SOME DETAILS.
I'VE ALWAYS FOUND FROM 60-90 IT'S DETAILS.
ALL THE BIG FATAL FLOWS ARE GONE.
I THINK WHAT I SEE AT 60, IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE AND THAT TIMELINE COMPRESSES.
BUT THE ENGINEERS THOSE ARE IMPORTANT MILESTONES.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WELL THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY AND HOW THEY CAN TAKE THAT AND MOVE WITH IT.
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DELIVER SOME PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW AREN'T COMPLETELY DESIGNED.
UTILITY OF WORK WILL GET HALF COMPLETE DESIGN AND IT'LL BE READY BUT SOME OF THAT OTHER BLOOD STUFF IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ROLLING ON SOME OF THE PROJECT WORK BEFORE YEAR END.
>> IF I GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL HERE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT.
ONE OF THE CRITICAL PIECES ALSO IS THAT ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTING DOWNSTREAM CONDITIONS NEGATIVELY.
THAT HAPPENS AND THAT IS A KEY PIECE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO JUST KEEP TABS ON.
IS THAT UNDERSTANDING OF AS THESE PROJECTS ARE BUILT AND PUT ONLINE OR EVEN DESIGN FINISHED, THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT DOWNSTREAM CONDITIONS WON'T BE ALTERED NEGATIVELY ON WHAT'S TOLERABLE.
>> WE DO THAT AT EACH ONE OF THOSE MILESTONES AS WELL.
>> GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN.
>> [INAUDIBLE] YOU SAID THIS IS DESIGNED FOR A TWO INCH RAIN IN 45 MINUTES.
THAT'S ASSUMING THE CURRENT FOREST CONDITIONS.
AS THE FOREST RECOVERS, THEN WE CAN PROBABLY HANDLE A LITTLE BIT MORE. IS THAT TRUE?
>> THE GOAL IS TWO INCH 45 MINUTES.
WE'RE GOING TO GET AS CLOSE TO THAT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE IN NOVEMBER WHERE THE CITY MADE AN INVESTMENT TO EVALUATE THE POST-TERM CONDITIONS AND TO HAVE A TOUCHSTONE OF WELL, HOW MUCH HAS IT CHANGED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS SINCE THE FIRE? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE DOWNSTREAM CONDITIONS? WE ARE USING THAT CONDITION FROM NOVEMBER AS OUR TWO INCH 45 MINUTES.
WE'RE TAKING THAT NOVEMBER CONDITION.
WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT IMMEDIATE POST FIRM CONDITION WHICH WAS THE WORST CONDITION, BUT WHERE IT IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME FROM NOVEMBER.
BUT YES, THE HOPE IS THAT THE FOREST CONTINUES TO RECOVER. IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY.
THERE'S SOME REALLY STEEP SLOPES, SO RECOVERY IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
HAD GREAT WINTER THIS YEAR BUT WE CAN ANTICIPATE BUYERS IN THE FUTURE.
>> IT MIGHT BE [NOISE] DONE ON POINT HERE, A LITTLE BIT ON POINT TO TALK ABOUT THE ENFORCED IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, THE ALLUVIAL SAND DIRECTION.
SOME OF THE SAND BASINS UPSTREAM AND HOW THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS WOULD LEND ITSELF WELL TO THE TWO INCH STORM EVENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEBRIS.
BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION.
>> A LOT OF THE MODELING, A LOT OF THE MAPS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THAT SHOW FLOOD DEPTHS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS, THAT'S ASSUMING CLEAN WATER.
WE KNOW POST WILDFIRE CONDITIONS,
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IT'S BRINGING DOWN SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE MESS.MANY OF US SETTLE INTO THIS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
>> THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT WORK THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DID THROUGH FUNDING FROM FOREST SERVICE, THROUGH FUNDING FROM NRCS, IS TO ARREST THAT SEDIMENT AND CAPTURE THAT DEBRIS BEFORE IT EVEN ENTERS THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE MANAGING IT AND IT JUST WORSENS THE PLAIN EVERYWHERE DOWNSTREAM.
THAT WAS A CRITICAL SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE DISTRICT COMPLETED LAST YEAR [OVERLAPPING]
>> AND YEAR PRIOR TO HELP MANAGE THE AMOUNT THAT'S COMING DOWN.
AS A SIDE NOTE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME STRATEGY THAT IS UNDERWAY FOR PIPELINE.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PIPELINE RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOLKS THAT'S IT'S HEAVY ON ALL OF OUR MINDS.
THAT SAME STRATEGY IS LOOKING TO ARREST SEDIMENT DEBRIS ON FOREST WHERE WE CAN THROUGH INSTALLATION OF ALLUVIAL FANS BEFORE IT REACHES OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> I THINK TO GET A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE TOUR YET, LET'S GO ON THE TOUR.
WE START IN THE [INAUDIBLE] WE DRIVE DOWN THROUGH THE WORK THE COUNTY HAD COMPLETED AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAD COMPLETED.
YOU'LL LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE ALLUVIAL FANS, HOW THEY FUNCTION.
THEN WE BRING YOUR RIGHT DOWN INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE INTEREST PARADISE WE TALK ABOUT THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IMPACTS OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT OR YOU WANT A REFRESHER ON IT, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU OUT, SEE IT, UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I THINK AS YOU GET QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS AND AS WE START TO MOVE TO PROJECTS, HAVING THAT BIGGER PICTURE OR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE TALKING POINTS I THINK REALLY PUTS YOU IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO HAVE A REALLY HEALTHY CONVERSATION ON A PRETTY DIFFICULT TOPIC THAT'S REALLY MIRRORED IN JUST TECHNICAL DATA.
PLEASE USE THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD APPROACH TO GO AND SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AS YOU START TO DEVELOP YOUR TALKING POINTS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] USUALLY BUYS LUNCHES FOR THOSE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SWEET, LET'S NOT DO THAT ON A MONSOON DAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE CLOSING COMMENT.
THIS THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT SINCE NOVEMBER.
CREDIT TO THE CITY TEAM, THE ENGINEERING PRIVATE SECTOR TEAM.
NOW OUR CONTRACTOR TEAM, SARAH LANE, THE GARY MILLER HAD CHANGED THE ENTIRE WATER SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE VERY SMALL TEAM.
WE'VE GOT OPERATIONS PEOPLE, IT'S A FUN MEETING ON MONDAYS AND IT'S PRODUCTIVE.
WE JUST HAVE A GOOD, HEALTHY CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DRIVEN TO THE SAME MISSION, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY PULL THEIR WEIGHT AND DO THEIR PIECE, BUT IT'S MOVING SO QUICKLY.
LITERALLY THERE'S 40 PEOPLE AND THEY'RE ALL DOING SOMETHING TO SUPPORT THE MISSION, AND I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE.
I KNOW I'VE LEFT OFF A TON OF NAMES TODAY, BUT TOP-TO-BOTTOM, MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN WE AS A COMMUNITY, CANNOT CONTINUE TO RESPOND LIKE WE HAD TO IN 21 THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.
THIS IS OUR BEST EFFORTS TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THAT CONSTANT RESPONSE APPROACH AND DO THE BEST DELIVERY POSSIBLE FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, AND IT'S REALLY A FUN ONE TO WORK ON.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR ENGINEERING SECTION DIRECTOR OF WATER SERVICES, GARY MILLER, WHO ALSO IS PARTICIPATING, HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH SPRUCE WASH AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. YOU WELCOME GARY.
>> THANK YOU. REMOVE MYSELF AS MUCH AS I CAN.
>> THANK YOU. YES. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSITION OR FOR ONE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED FOR WATER SERVICES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WASTEWATER.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S FIVE PROJECTS IN TOTAL, THREE AT WILDCAT AND TWO AT RIO.
JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
WE HAVE TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, ONES WILDCAT, HELD OUT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND THEN THE RIO RECLAMATION PLANT WHICH IS OFF OF I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE STREET BUT NEAR SAM'S CLUB.
THAT'S JUST GOOD FRAME OF REFERENCE BAD IT OFF ABOUT A DRIVE.
THAT'S RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WILDCAT PROJECTS FIRST.
THE FIRST PROJECT I HAVE LISTED UP HERE IS THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS AT WILDCATS.
IN 2019, THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF COMPLETED BIOSOLIDS MASTER PLAN THAT IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR
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ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND REDUNDANCY OF THREE-MINUTE BIOSOLIDS FOR OUR SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.THE WILDCAT PROJECT CONSISTS OF AN ADDITIONAL DIGESTER AS WELL AS REHAB OF OUR TWO EXISTING DIGESTERS.
CURRENTLY THE TWO DIGESTERS THAT WE HAVE OPERATING 24/7 AND HAVE NO ABILITY TO COME UP, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IF WE HAD A FAILURE OF ONE OF THOSE DIGESTERS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE DIVERS TO COME OUT AND MAKE REPAIRS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS, AND THERE COULD BE OTHER CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THAT'S THE WILDCAT DIGESTER PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED AT ROUGHLY $16 MILLION.
WE'RE TOSSING BETWEEN EACH PROJECT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THAT WAS ONE PROJECT ON THAT LIST.
>> THE NEXT PROJECT ON THIS LIST IS THE PRIMARY EFFLUENT PUMP STATION.
THIS IS THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HERE.
THIS PUMP STATION WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO TAKE THE PRIMARY EFFLUENT FROM WILDCAT AND PUMP IT INTO OUR TRICKLING FILTERS SO THAT WAS OUR PREVIOUS TREATMENT PROCESS YEARS AGO.
THOSE PUMPS WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THAT AT SPECIFIC CAPACITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS BACK THEN.
IN 2000, I'M GOING TO FORGET THE EXACT YEAR, 2007, 2000 AND I DON'T REMEMBER.
WE INSTALLED A NEW TREATMENT PROCESS WITH OUR IFAS FACILITY, WHICH DOES ALL THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR THE WASTEWATER.
WE CONTINUED TO USE THIS PUMP STATION THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE TRICKLING FILTER SO IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR OUR CURRENT PROCESSES TODAY AND THESE PUMPS ARE END OF LIFE, AS WELL AS OPERATING 24/7.
AGAIN, SO THERE'S LITTLE TO NO REDUNDANCY FOR THESE PUMPS.
AND THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT $5 MILLION.
I'M GOING TO STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
SO THESE PUMPS ARE AT END OF LIFE STATES SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THEM? WHAT IS THE FIVE MILLION GOING FOR? REPLACEMENT?
>> YES. IT'S A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THIS FACILITY.
WE'RE RELOCATING OR PUTTING IN A NEW FACILITY BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW FACILITY, WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS SO WE'LL BUILD A NEW BUILDING, REPLOT EVERYTHING AND INSTALL NEW FOAMS. THEN FINALLY, THE LAST PROJECT ON THIS LIST IS LESS ASSOCIATED WITH CAPACITY AND REDUNDANCY AND MORE ASSOCIATED WITH EFFICIENCY.
SO WE HAVE THE WILDCAT CO-GENERATION PROJECT, WHICH BASICALLY TAKES OUR DIGESTER GAS.
THE DIGESTERS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, THERE'S THIS GAS THAT'S CREATED AND CURRENTLY WE JUST DECLARE THAT GAS OFF.
IN THE PAST, WE DID HAVE A CO-GENERATION FACILITY, BUT IT'S NO LONGER IN USE, IT'S BEEN DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR, SO IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
WHAT THIS DOES IS IT OFFSETS ARE ELECTRICAL COSTS AT WILDCAT FOR OPERATIONS SO WE USE THOSE DIGESTER GAS LOADED INTO A GENERATOR, IT RUNS A MOTOR CREATES ELECTRICITY AND WE USE THAT TO PUMP THE VOLUME.
THAT REDUCES OUR TOTAL EXPENSES.
AGAIN, THAT PROJECT IS BUDGETED AT $5 MILLION.
>> GARY, WORTH NOTING AND YOU WERE A BIG PART OF THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, BUT YOU GUYS CAME FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE, YOUR TEAM, WITH THE BIG SLATE OF PROJECTS.
I FORGET WHAT THE TOTAL PRICE TAG WAS, BUT IT WAS PRETTY HIGH, RIGHT?
>> YEAH. I SUMMED ALL THIS UP AND I REALIZED THAT IT WAS IN THE $30 MILLION RANGE, I WANT TO SAY WE HAD $80 MILLION.
> I RECALL 80. AFTER A LOT OF PRESENTATION WITH THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE AND WATER SERVICES TEAM, THAT LIST WAS PARED DOWN TO THE FIVE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
I JUST WANT TO IMPRESS UPON CONSOLE THIS LIST THAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT WAS WELL BEDDED WITH THAT COMMITTEE AND GOOD STAFF, FRANKLY, AND I KNOW ON THE CO-GEN, THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FROM AN ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDPOINT IN ADDITION TO THE UPGRADES.
>> WHAT THINGS WERE ON THE LIST THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW?
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>> I DON'T HAVE THAT LIST PREPARED.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT SOMEWHAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIMARY EFFLUENT PUMP STATION WAS A HEAD WORKS REHAB SO WHERE THE INITIAL INFLUENT COMES INTO THE PLANT, WE HAVE POWER SCREENS AND THAT FACILITIES NEAR END OF LIFE AS WELL, AND IT WAS REALLY ANTICIPATED TO DO THAT PROJECT FIRST, BUT FOR DOING THE PRIMARY EFFLUENT PUMP STATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FAILED TO MENTION IS WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THESE PROJECTS.
THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT PUMP STATION THAT WAS 100 PERCENT DESIGN WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE HEAD WORKS WOULD PRECEDE THAT.
NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR HEAD WORKS, WE HAVE TO DO SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLANTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK.
I'LL SAY THAT IT'S AT 90 PERCENT OF PLANS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DESIGN PHASE TO ADD SOME OF THAT STUFF AND TO MAKE THIS WORK.
>> OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS, THERE'LL BE SOME MORE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IT SOUNDS LIKE?
>> I'LL CATEGORIZE THESE PROJECTS IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS; ONE IS FOR MAINTENANCE AND END-OF-LIFE OF FACILITIES AND, THEN TWO IS FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OF OUR TREATMENT PLAN.
WE'RE APPROACHING OR ENCROACHING ON GETTING OUR CAPACITY FOR OUR TREATMENT PLAN.
I'LL MENTION IT IN FUTURE SLIDES WHEN WE GET TO WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROJECTS LATER BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS A FACILITY'S MASTER PLAN THE BIOSOLIDS MASTER PLAN REALLY LOOKED AT THE BIOSOLIDS CAPACITY AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE SO THOSE PROJECTS OR FACILITIES THAT ARE APPROACHING END OF LIFE.
WE DIDN'T REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS OUR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK AT, IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE APPROACH FOR ADDRESSING THOSE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE BOTH OF THOSE PLANS, PUT THEM TOGETHER AND SAY, OKAY, IS IT WORTH SPENDING MONEY ON REHABBING THIS FACILITY WHEN WE KNOW IT HAS A LIMITED CAPACITY, OR IS IT TIME BETTER SPENT TO JUST REBUILD THAT FACILITY BUILT IT'S THE CAPACITY THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THE FUTURE? THAT'LL BE PART OF THE EXERCISE OF THIS FACILITY MASTER PLAN SO WE CAN IDENTIFY NOT JUST THE PROJECTS THAT NEED MAINTENANCE, BUT DO WE DO MORE THAN THAT AND ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR SOME OF THESE FACILITIES? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> WHEN I WAS A AEROSPACE ENGINEER, THE WAY WE TRIED TO PREVENT AIRPLANES FROM CRASHING IS WE PUT REDUNDANCY IN EVERYTHING SO REDUNDANCY IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON ALSO.
>> BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, THERE'S NO REDUNDANCY, YOU CAN'T DO ANY MAINTENANCE.
THAT REDUNDANCY HELPS WITH SORRY, I MISSED THE COMMENT.
>> I SAID WITHOUT REDUNDANCY GROUP SHOULD CREATE.
>> LET ME APOLOGIZE. ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE ALREADY HAVE A DIGESTER GAS CO-GENERATION OR IS THIS NEW?
>> WE HAD ONE BUT IT FAILED AND IT IS BEYOND REPAIR.
>> I'VE SEEN IT. IT'S JUST SITTING THERE IS ENVIRONMENT TO PAST PROGRESS.
>> GARY AND GREG AND HEADS UP DOORS TWO ON THIS.
I WOULD LIKE A FULL TOUR OF THIS FACILITY AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SCALED UP TO FULL COUNCIL INVITATION, HALF DAY OR HOWEVER MUCH TIME YOU NEED.
BUT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GET AROUND IN THE RECENT ERA, REALLY SEE ALL THIS STUFF AND UNDERSTAND IT TO THE FULL EXTENT POSSIBLE.
>> EXPERIENTIAL LEARNER AND THE TACTILE ONSITE ELEMENT TO THIS WOULD BE INVALUABLE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE DID SEVERAL TOURS DURING, I'LL SAY BOND TO EDUCATION PROCESS.
I KNOW MANY ON COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ON COUNCIL AT THAT POINT IN TIME BUT YEAH.
>> I WOULD SUGGEST COUPLING IT WITH THE RIO SITE AS WELL.
>> I WANT TO SCALE THIS UP AND GO BIG, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
YOU CAN EVEN SCALE IT UP MORE AND GO TO LAKE MARY TREATMENT PLAN IF YOU WANT TO.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'M HAPPY TO CARVE OUT A DAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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>> ANAEROBIC DIGESTER IMPROVEMENT.
THAT PROJECT IS BEING MANAGED BY A CAPITAL MACNAMARIS, THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THAT, WE JUST RECEIVED 30% DESIGN PLANS IN THE LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
I MENTIONED THE PRIMARY PUMP STATION THAT SAID 90% OF PLANTS AND THEN THE DIGESTER GAS CO-GENERATION PROJECT IS CLOSE TO 100%, I WANT TO SAY IT'S AT 90% WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS OF LICENSE PLANTS.
>> FOR THE RIO TREATMENT PROJECT, WE HAD TWO PROJECTS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD BACKUP GENERATORS AT RIO IN THE PAST.
SO THE WAY THE REAL PLANT FUNCTIONS OR HAD FUNCTIONED IN THE PAST WAS A SCALPING PLAN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF RIO WENT DOWN FOR ANY REASON, WE WOULD JUST BYPASS ALL OF THAT FLOW AND SEND IT DOWN THE WILDCAT BECAUSE WILDCAT IS DOWNSTREAM.
WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE NEARING THE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS OR ACTUALLY, IF WE SENT ALL OF THE FLOW FROM RIO TO WILDCAT, WE WOULD BE EXCEEDING OUR CAPACITY LIMITATIONS.
REAL FUNCTIONS LARGELY LIKE AN END-OF-LINE PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE PREFER TO WILDCAT US IN THE PAST.
IN THAT CASE, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS AT RIO 24/7 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE POWER.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED BACKUP POWER GENERATION AT BURRITO AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS FOR.
THIS PROJECT WE DID NOT HAVE DESIGNED STARTED FOR THAT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR ON-CALL CONSULTANTS TO START DESIGN, WORKING THROUGH PROPOSALS RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT PROJECT STARTED.
THAT PROJECT IS BUDGETED CURRENTLY IT LITTLE OVER $2 BILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT? THE LAST PROJECT ON THE LIST IS THE TURBO BLOWERS PROJECT.
AS PART OF THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS, THE WASTEWATER NEEDS ADDITIONAL AIR ENTRAINED INTO THE WASTEWATER FLOWS SO THAT THAT BIOLOGICAL PROCESS CAN HAPPEN EFFECTIVELY.
BUT WE INSTALLED NEW BLOWERS, AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIMEFRAME, I WASN'T HERE SEVEN, TO EIGHT YEARS AGO.
WHEN THEY INSTALLED THOSE BLOWERS, THEY INSTALLED HIGHER EFFICIENCY LOWERS AND WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME LEAKS WITHIN THE BLOWER SYSTEM.
WHEN WE INSTALLED THESE NEW BLOWERS, WE DISCOVERED THAT THEY PUT OUT WAY MORE THAN WE ACTUALLY NEED FOR THEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
THIS PROJECT IS TO INSTALL A COUPLE OF SMALLER BLOWERS TO HELP IN OUR OPERATIONS.
IT COULD ALSO HELP IN SUB-PROJECTS THAT NEBRASKA IS LOOKING AT.
YOU MAY RECALL SOME PRESENTATIONS ON SUMNER ESCORT PROJECTS.
ANYWAY, IT BASED ON THE CHEMISTRY OF THE INFLUENT FLOW INTO THE AEROBIC AREA OF THE DIGESTION OR TREATMENT.
WE CAN CONTROL HOW MUCH AIR GOES INTO THAT PROCESS OR WE CAN REDUCE OR INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF AIR GOING INTO THAT PROCESS.
THROUGH THAT, WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SOME ENERGY SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR AERATION PROCESS.
BUT THIS PROJECT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO THAT.
THIS WILL JUST TAP OUR OPERATIONS OVERALL BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING TOO MUCH OF AIR GOING INTO THAT PROCESS CURRENTLY.
THAT PROJECTS BUDGETED AT $1.4 MILLION.
I ACTUALLY JUST MET WITH DESIGN CONSULTANT YESTERDAY ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL FOR DESIGN SO WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED ON THAT DESIGN PROCESS.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE PROJECTS I HAVE FOR WATER SERVICES UNDER PROPER FORWARD.
>> NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO TAKE A BREAK IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU, A 15-MINUTE GROUP BREAK.
THIS CLOSES OUT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT DEBTS SERVICES.
WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THIS BREAK, 15 MINUTES, WE'LL MOVE INTO SPECIAL REVENUE AND STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THAT AND A LUNCH BREAK.
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I'M LOOKING AT MY WATCH.I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE 11:00 TO CALL YOU BACK, BUT LET'S HOPEFULLY BE BACK AT THE SEATS AT 11:00.
WE ARE RUNNING ABOUT 20 MINUTES AHEAD, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY HEAVY TOPICS IN THE AFTERNOON THAT MIGHT NEED THAT EXTRA TIME.
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL? [BACKGROUND]
>> WE ARE BACK, AND JUST DO A QUICK CHECK FOLKS ONLINE, CAN YOU HEAR SINCE, YES?
>> THANK YOU. EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT.
>> THERE WAS A GROUP CALLED HURF.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
ONE THING BEFORE WE MOVE INTO A DISCUSSION ON SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECTS, I WANT TO REVISIT A QUESTION THAT VICE MAYOR HAD RELATED TO A CAP ON FUNDING OR MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE.
VICE MAYOR ASEN, DO YOU WANT TO RE-ASK THAT QUESTION PERHAPS? ARE YOU PREPARED?
>> VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE VICE MAYOR DURING THE BREAK ABOUT OUR LIMITS THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THE BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES.
JUST WALKING THROUGH IT, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAPS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN A BUDGET PROCESS IN FOR WHAT THE CITY CAN DO.
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS A STATE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS, THAT'S SET BY STATUTES, IT DOES HAVE SOME GROWTH ANNUALLY BASED ON POPULATION AND SOME OTHER THINGS, CIP.
BUT IN ORDER TO ADJUST THAT CAP, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS TO INCREASE.
WHEN WE ADD A NEW TAX TO OUR CITY, SUCH AS A LONE TREE OVERPASS OR SO FORTH, WE MAY OFTEN GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, PLEASE ALLOW US TO INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THAT SETS OUR CAP OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE'VE DONE THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE DID GET THE APPROVAL.
THE BUDGET WORKS WITH THAT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION CAP AND WE CAN SET OUR BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS ANNUALLY AND WE CAN ACTUALLY BE ABOVE THAT CAP FROM APPROPRIATION STANDPOINT.
BUT ONCE YOU SET THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR, YOU CANNOT GO ABOVE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS.
THE REASON YOU MAY BE ABOVE THE EXPANSION LIMITATION, THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS OF WHERE YOU CAN SPEND MORE ABOVE YOUR CAP OF EXPANSION LIMITATION.
THOSE ARE A DEBT-FUNDED PROJECTS, A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, STATE-FUNDED PROJECTS, A HIGHWAY USER REVENUE TAX I BELIEVE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE A HIGHER BUDGET THAN THE EXPANSION LIMITATION.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE A PROVEN A BUDGET, CIP PLAN AND OPERATIONS, THOSE THAT ARE NOT EXEMPT DO NOT GO ABOVE THAT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION CAP.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS YEAR WITH ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE CASH WE HAVE BUILT UP, WE ARE MONITORING THAT AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T GO ABOVE THAT CAPACITY BY STATE LAW.
THE PENALTIES ARE VERY SEVERE.
THE STATE WOULD WITHHOLD OUR STATE SHARE REVENUES IF WE EXCEED THAT IN A FISCAL YEAR.
IT'S VERY CRITICAL TO MATCH THAT AS WELL AS YOUR MAXIMUM APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THAT OUTLINE IT AND EXPLAIN IT.
>> THANKS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON THE SPECIAL REVENUE, WE HAVE OUR STREETS SECTION DIRECTOR DAN BECKETT.
>> GOOD MID-MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE STREETS HURF FUNDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER REVENUES THAT WE UTILIZE TO KEEP OUR ROADWAYS MAINTAINED.
WE ALSO GOT ADAM MIELE HERE WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
HE'S OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER IN PUBLIC WORKS AND REALLY HE'S BEEN DRIVING THIS PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS LONG BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE.
IT'S A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM IN THE SENSE THAT OUR ROADS WEAR OUT.
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[OVERLAPPING]>> THEY ARE LIKE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.
THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE, THEY WEAR OUT.
ROADS AREN'T FAR BEHIND THEM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP UP ON THE MAINTENANCE.
THE PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS HERE TODAY IS THE ROAD REPAIR, STREET SAFETY, AND REALLY THE DESIGNATION BEHIND THIS THROUGH THE PROPOSITION WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE ROADS MAINTAINED, NOT BUILD NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THESE DOLLARS, BUT MAINTAIN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
I'M GOING TO LET ADAM SPEAK TO WHY WE HAVE IT, SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IT, AND THEN WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THAT SO FAR, BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ADAM.
>> THANK YOU, SAM. I BELIEVE YOU SAID MID-MORNING.
>> THANK YOU. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MID-MORNING.
MY NAME IS ADAM MIELE, THE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AS SAM INDICATED.
I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF SLIDES REAL QUICK AS IT PERTAINS TOWARDS PROPOSITION 406.
THAT WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 AND IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS WITH YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS TO A $100 MILLION TAX.
THAT TAX LASTS FOR 20 YEARS AND IT'S A SALES TAX AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FROM THE HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS OR THE HURF FUNDS.
HOW WE HAVE IT SET UP RIGHT NOW IS THAT PROPOSITION 406 WILL DO A LOT OF OUR UTILITY-TYPE PROJECTS, WHICH I BELIEVE CD HAS COMPLETED.
ALL OF THOSE SCHEDULED PROJECTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE UNDER THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
ALSO, IT ALLOWS US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME MORE OF THE SURFACE TREATMENTS AND SOME MINOR RECONSTRUCTIONS.
SINCE WE STARTED IN 2015, WE HAVE COMPLETED 136 LANE MILES OF ASPHALT OVERLAY.
THAT'S WHEN WE GO AND WE ESSENTIALLY GRIND THE SURFACE OFF AND WE PUT A NEW WEARING COURSE ON THAT.
THAT'S 171 ROADWAY SEGMENTS, SO IN THAT EIGHT YEARS OF TIME, WE'VE DONE 390 LANE MILES OF CHIP SEAL AND 559 ROADWAY SEGMENTS.
WHEN I USE TERMS LIKE OVERLAY AND CHIP SEAL, THOSE ARE TRADITIONALLY SURFACE TREATMENTS THAT WE USE TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE ASPHALT, THE INVESTMENT, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS IF YOU THINK OF A BELL CURVE, WE TRY TO EXTEND THAT LIFE, AND EVERY TIME WE PUT A CHIP SEAL ON THERE, ON AVERAGE, WE CAN EXTEND THAT ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE YEARS.
OVERLAY BETWEEN SEVEN AND 10 YEARS.
JUST BY SAVING THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT WE MADE SAVES THE TAXPAYERS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE CAN RECONSTRUCTIONS QUITE A BIT.
IN JUST A MOMENT, I'LL ASK YOU TO GO ON THE NEXT SLIDE. JUST A MOMENT.
REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE DEVELOP THESE PROJECTS.
HOW DO WE IDENTIFY WHICH STREET GETS WHAT SURFACE TREATMENT? AGAIN, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT TYPES.
THERE'S THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY SECTION.
IT'S NOT THIS CURB AND GUTTER AND SIDEWALK.
WE HAVE ASPHALT OVERLAYS AS ANOTHER SURFACE TREATMENT AND THEN CHIP SEAL.
THOSE ARE THE THREE WE LOOK AT.
IN ORDER TO DESIGNATE WHAT SURFACE TREATMENT FOR EACH ROADWAY SEGMENT, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO EVALUATIONS ON ALL 700 LANE MILES OF OUR STREETS.
WE TYPICALLY DO THAT IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL INVENTORY WE'LL FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE AGGRESSIVE WINTERS LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND RE-EVALUATE.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT TO SAY WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH OUR ROADWAYS.
I WAS IN PRESCOTT LAST NIGHT AND THEY'RE HAVING SOME SIMILAR ISSUES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHEN WE GO AND WE EVALUATE ALL OF OUR STREETS, WE COME UP WITH AN OCI, OVERALL CONDITIONS INDEX.
WHAT WE DO IS WE ASSIGN THOSE THREE DIFFERENT SURFACE TREATMENTS TO DIFFERENT BANDS ON THERE.
WHEN WE DO, WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE SURFACE TREATMENT FOR THOSE STREETS.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE OUT RE-EVALUATING SEVERAL PORTIONS OF OUR STREET SEGMENTS DUE TO THE WINTERS THAT WE HAD.
CURRENTLY, WHERE WE ARE ON THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS ARE, WE'RE REEVALUATING OUR INITIAL PROGRAM AND SEEING THE NEW DATA, IF WE NEED TO MOVE THAT AROUND IN ORDER TO CAPITALIZE THOSE NEW ROADWAY NUMBERS.
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CURRENTLY, WE ARE LOOKING ON PROPOSITION 406.WE HAVE A SIX MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND A 2 MILLION BUDGET FOR OUR HURF.
AGAIN, THE HURF IS WHERE WE DO OUR CHIP SEALS.
CHIP SEALS ARE, FUNNY FACT, JUST DEVELOPED IN ARIZONA AND IT WAS PERFECTED IN SOUTH AFRICA, BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION AT ANOTHER TIME.
BUT THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE JUST RE-EVALUATING AND RE-PROGRAMMING CURRENTLY AS IT IS.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU REGARDING PROPOSITION 406 AND OUR HURF FUNDING. VICE MAYOR.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
FIRST, REMIND ME WHAT HURF STANDS FOR AGAIN.
>> HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS.
>> ARE THESE MONIES SPECIFICALLY LOCK BOX TOWARDS ROADS OR CAN THAT INCLUDE THE DEFINITION OF MULTI-MODAL BOOKS, TRAILS, SIDEWALKS, SHOULDER AMENITIES?
>> THE DESIGNATION OF HURF IS REALLY FOR A PARTICULAR TRANSPORTATION.
THAT'S WHY IT'S TIED DIRECTLY TO GASOLINE TAX WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IT'S QUITE A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT COMES UP A LOT, IS REALLY LIMITED TO MAINTENANCE AND RULE-RELATED WORK, FOR THE VEHICLE TRAVEL.
I'VE SAT THROUGH SEVERAL OF THOSE HURF AUDITS AND WHEN THE AG'S OFFICE REVIEWS THOSE BOOKS AT WORK, THERE'S VERY STRINGENT LIMITATIONS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE EVEN IF WE WERE TO HOST A SAFETY EVENT HERE FOR OUR TEAM, WE CANNOT PURCHASE FOOD UNDER THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
IT HAS TO GO TO THAT ROADWAY MAINTENANCE.
WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT NO LONGER CAN BE DESIGNATED FOR THAT.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH ASKING.
>> I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.
>> AS WE'RE TRYING TO RIGHT-SIZE OUR STRATEGY AND DO THE BIG SHIFT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COULD PUT OUR HANDS IN THE RIGHT COOKIE JARS AS AVAILABLE.
MY OTHER QUESTION, AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF A PUT A PIN IN THING FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING EFFORTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT HURF FUNDS ARE SET AROUND THE STATE FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY AND THERE'S A FORMULA THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT FORMULA ACCOUNTS FOR THE QUICKER WEAR AND TEAR THAT WE EXPERIENCE IN FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE OF [INAUDIBLE] AND OUR SEVERE WINTERS.
IS THERE A WAY FOR US MID-LONG-TERM STRATEGY-WISE TO LOBBY FOR THAT FORMULA TO CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN ADEQUATELY STAY ON TOP OF THE ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY REALLY DO EXPERIENCE HERE AS OPPOSED TO CASA GRANDE?
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO AND SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE THERE. IT'S VERY LIMITED.
I KNOW THAT SINCE THIS DATA IS A REALLY BIG PIECE OF THAT EQUATION, SO SOME OF IT IS THE IMPACTS TO THE REGION, BUT A LOT OF IT'S BASED ON THE USE IN YOUR REGION, BUT THEY DO DIVIDE IT UP.
>> WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT RUNNING A LOT FASTER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES, SO THAT SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE'RE ALSO SEEING LARGER IMPACTS AND WE'RE DOING IT TO OURSELVES IN A SENSE, BUT WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
AS WE SEE THIS BIG SHIFT HAPPEN, THERE'S A GAS TAX, WHERE IT'S THE ONE THING ELECTRIC VEHICLES DO NOT USE AND MORE EFFICIENT CARS USE LESS OF.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IT, WE SAW THIS YEAR AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE, HURF IS SEEING THOSE IMPACTS AND FRANKLY, WE'RE RUNNING INTO A BAD PLACE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AS WE TRANSITION TO FULLY ELECTRIC, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL BILLS [OVERLAPPING]
>> ROADWAY THROUGH TRYING TO FIND NEW FUNDING, THAT FUNDING IS BECOMING VERY LIMITED AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GETTING INTO A BAD SPOT WITH THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
>> THE CURRENT ISSUES WITH THE POTHOLES FROM THE STORM WE HAD, IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE HIURF OR THE GAS TAX FOR THE UPWARD SIX MONEY.
>> RIGHT NOW SOME OF THE INITIAL REPAIRS, THAT'S ALL COMING OUT OF HURF, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM AS ADAM IS TRYING TO TIE SOME OF THAT INTO THAT MAINTENANCE REPAIRS FOR ROAD REPAIR STREET SAFETY.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL AREAS THAT WE'VE LOST ENTIRE ROADWAY SEGMENTS THAT WE HADN'T HAD ISSUES WITH BEFORE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THAT, GET CAPTURED, AND GET INTO THE BULK OF WORK SO WE CAN GET THOSE HONESTLY BEFORE COUNCIL HERE BEFORE YOU
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GO ON BREAK SO WE CAN START IMMEDIATELY AND WE'RE HOPING EARLY JULY, MAYBE AUGUST TO GET THIS PROGRAM DONE.>> SOME OF THE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY OR WHATEVER, BROKEN UP.
CAN YOU USE THE HURF FUND TO REPAIR THOSE? THAT'S THE FUNDS YOU WOULD USE SO THEY ARE LIKE BIG OLD THAT WHATEVER IT GOT.
>> WHATEVER IT GOT PUSHED IT OUT?
>> IT'S IMPACTING OUR LONGER GAME, WHICH WAS TO OVERLAY AND REPAIR BIGGER SECTIONS OF ROAD.
WHEN WE HAVE TO DO THOSE SMALLER REBUILDS, IT WILL EAT UP TWO MILES OF ROADWAY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE AN OVERLAY ON AND YET NOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REPAIR THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS STRATEGIC AS WE CAN ON THAT.
WE WERE HOPING TO GET TO A POINT WITH A STORM THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO FILE FOR AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION WHICH MAY HAVE OPENED UP ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T GET THERE.
IT WAS A VERY IMPACTFUL WINTER, BUT IT'S JUST BACK ON US TO KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND FRANKLY, I THINK EIGHT DOTS IN THE SAME BOAT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR ROADWAYS ANY PEOPLE DRIVEN THE HIGHWAYS HERE.
WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH A RECOVERY POINT FROM THIS WINTER.
>> THE COUNTY TAKES CARE OF THE COUNTY'S STUFF, RIGHT?
>> THEY DO MANAGE THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE ROAD MAINTENANCE WORK UP THERE AS WELL.
>> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT TRADITIONALLY RELATIVES BEEN PAID FOR BY THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLES.
HURF OBVIOUSLY, AND GAS TAX AND THE HURF TAX I DON'T THINK HAS BEEN INCREASED IN SOMETHING LIKE 30 YEARS AND IT'S DOLLARS PER GALLON, IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE, THE RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY GOES DOWN, DILUTED BY INFLATION, DILUTED BY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES.
NOW THE POLITICIANS OF THE STATE YOU BASICALLY DECIDED, WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE GAS TAX BUT HEY, NO PROBLEM ABOUT TAXING MERCHANDISE SALES TAX, WHICH IS THE MOST REGRESSIVE TAX AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE FINANCING ROAD REPAIR IN ROADS WITH A VERY REGRESSIVE TAX THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSPORTATION.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. GREAT POINT.
>> MY TERMS REAL QUICK IS AN EDITORIAL COMMENT.
VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE FREESTALL CYCLES.
WE ALSO HAVE VERY POOR SUBGRADE.
NOW I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE ELEMENT ON YOUR THESIS ON HOW THESE ROADS.
WE CAN ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ULTRAVIOLET, THIS SIDE OF THE EQUATOR IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE OF OUR ELEVATION.
THE ULTRAVIOLET, WE PUT IT ALL, WE PUT SUNSCREEN ON OURSELVES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE LOOKED AT CHIP SEALS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A SUNSCREEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT OXIDIZES SURFACE OF THE ROAD SETS ONE MORE ELEMENT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR ARSENAL WITH THAT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS.
WE HAVE VERY HIGH ULTRAVIOLET AND THEY HAVE THOSE ROADS.
>> IF I RECALL, ADAM, I KNOW THE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED SOLELY TO PAVEMENT REPAIR TREATMENT BUT YOU ALSO, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, HAVE PARTNERED WITH MARTIN AND HIS PROGRAM OR PLANK AND PAD SO THAT YOU CAN ALIGN PROJECTS AND THERE CAN BE A FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS, IN A CASE WHERE YOU ARE MISSING SIDEWALK OR YOU HAVE DAMAGE OR YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESSIBILITY.
YOU GUYS ARE COORDINATING ON THOSE TO BRING BOTH OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES TOGETHER TO DELIVER A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU JULIE. SHOULD'VE MENTIONED THAT.
YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH MARTIN ENDS ON HIS SIDEWALK INFILL, WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF SEGMENTS THAT WE'RE REDUCING SIDEWALK AND THE JUSTIFICATION BEHIND THAT IS WE'RE ALREADY DOING SIDEWALK AND CURB AS PART OF OUR OVERLAID PROJECTS.
WHEN WE DO THESE INFILL PROJECTS, WE CAN GET THEIR PRICING.
WE'VE ALSO HELPED OUT SOME OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER SECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY TO GET BETTER PRICING FOR THEIR PROJECTS AS WELL.
>> DID WE NOTE THAT DOWN SOMEWHERE FOR NEXT LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING CONVERSATION?
>> THE METHODOLOGY FOR COMPUTING NEED FUNDING?
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>> TO ME, NO, I THINK IT'S WORTH PURSUING.
THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN AFTER THIS, HEAD TO A LUNCH BREAK.
MARY, DOES THAT SCHEDULE WORK FOR YOU?
>> EXCELLENT. STACY, DO WE HAVE FOLKS ON THE LINE THAT HAVE INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS?
>> I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY ONLINE, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS.
>> EITHER WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE].
>> I THINK OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SHIMONI, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS.
WELCOME, MR. SHIMONI, RIGHT AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, LEADERSHIP STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS A MID MORNING.
I WAS REMINDED THIS MORNING BY A VIDEO THAT PEOPLE MOVE TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DUE TO THEIR WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY AND THAT IS VERY TRUE HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS WHO ARE DOCTORS AT FOMC WHO MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT'S A BIKEABLE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THOUGH TO MAKE.
WHAT MORE BIKEABLE AREAS SUPPORT BUSINESSES? JUST LOOK AT DOWNTOWN.
QUALITY OF LIFE, THE ABILITY FOR A CHILD TO WALK TO SCHOOL, THE ABILITY TO WALK AROUND IN A PEOPLE FOCUSED AREAS, NOT ONLY FEELS GOOD, BUT SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING WHILE BUILDING A COMMUNITY.
CONDITIONS FOR ALL SHOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL, SHOULDN'T BE POLARIZING, ISN'T A RIGHT VERSUS LEFT ISSUE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS ALL OF US.
CARS OVER HERE AND DON'T BUILD COMMUNITY, COURAGE, DON'T SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH OR QUALITY OF LIFE.
DOES ANYONE REALLY REMEMBER A TRIP THAT THEY TOOK WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE WAY THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THEIR CAR? NO. WE TYPICALLY THINK OF THE TRIPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WALK AND BIKE AROUND.
THE BARTLETT CORRIDOR CONNECTS NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOODS AND NAU, CCC, BUSINESSES AT A DOWNTOWN.
HAS ANYONE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE TRAFFIC ON BARTLETT? BUILDING FOR ALTERNATIVES WILL ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WHILE SUPPORTING OUR CLIMATE GOALS, OUR KIDS ABILITY TO GET AROUND SAFELY, MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND MORE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH BUTLER AND I BELIEVE IF PEOPLE FELT SAFE ENOUGH TO WALK AND BIKE, THEY WOULD DO SO MORE FREQUENTLY.
STUDENTS ARE OFTEN GETTING AROUND BY FOOT AND BY BIKE AND ONE'S GETTING HIT BY CARS, ESPECIALLY ALONG BUTLER.
WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS DOLLARS ON ROAD PROJECTS.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THOSE SPINES AND PUT IT AGAIN TOWARDS MY IPAD AT THIS RETREAT.
SHOULD WE PUT THE NEEDS OF A PERSON FIRST WHO'S A RESPONSIBLE CLIMATE OR WHERE CITIZEN AS EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW? THESE EARLY ADOPTERS TO BIKING AND WALKING ARE HELPING TO NORMALIZE GETTING OUT OF ONE'S CAR, WHETHER BY CHOICE OR BY NECESSITY.
THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE MORE CAR, LIKE WALKERS AND BIKERS IS BECAUSE OUR ROADS AREN'T BUILT FOR THEM AND WE DON'T MAINTAIN FOR THEIR NEEDS.
WE WORKED SO HARD TO PUT INTO SEPARATE BIKE LANE AND BUTLER AND NOW STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE REMOVAL OF THAT PALLET AS WE SPEAK.
THEY'RE NOT PERFECT BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS.
REMOVING THE BIKE LANES WILL BE TAKING TWO STEPS BACK AND IT'S REALLY A SMACK TO THE FACE TO ALL OF US DARK THIS FAR AND GETTING THOSE IMPLEMENTED.
PLEASE WORK WITH STAFF TO FIND THE FUNDING NEEDED TO ELEVATE THEIR SEPARATE WAYS, OR AT LEAST NOT REMOVE THOSE BIKE LANES UNTIL THAT FUNDING IS FOUND. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK ONLINE REALLY QUICK, STACY?
THE OPTION IS WE COULD USE THAT TO BEGIN THE TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSION OR JUST HOLD THAT UNTIL AFTER LUNCH.
>> LUNCH HASN'T QUITE BEEN DELIVERED YET, WE ARE LAGGING JUST A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, SO IT MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO CONTINUE GOING AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN LUNCH GET HERE.
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THANKS.>> IT'S FIRST FRIDAY, ART WALK.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION THEN OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDING SOURCE.
WE ARE MOVING INTO TRANSPORTATION SECTION.
AND TO KICK THAT OFF, WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ENGINEER, TREVOR HENRY WHO WILL START THIS.
AND TREVOR, I WOULD SUGGEST JUST LOOKING AT THE TIME ENGAGING IT, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ALL AS ONE BLOCK AND WE HAD AN HOUR SET ASIDE FOR THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION.
MAYBE WE GET THROUGH AN UPDATE ON THE LAUNDRY RAILROAD OVERPASS AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU AS WELL.
>> NEXT SLIDE. LOOK THROUGH A FEW OF THEM.
GOOD MID-MORNING, COUNCIL, [LAUGHTER]
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO ALMOST SAYING GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND ALLOWING STAFF TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND TRANSPORTATION IS WHAT IT'S DEFINED.
AND THEN THE CIP, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT THREE PAGES OF PROJECTS THAT WE OUTLINED HERE.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THEM.
ACTUALLY PROJECT MANAGERS WILL TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THEM.
I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT HIGH LEVEL HERE REAL QUICK.
BUT TRANSPORTATION TAX, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OLD TAX.
SO BACK IN 2000, PROPOSITION 403 INITIATED THE OLD TAX.
AND THAT TAX RAN FOR 20 YEARS AND IT ENDED 2020.
AND THAT TAX WAS DEFINED OR IDENTIFIED SAFETY AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE DELIVERED PROJECTS AS SUCH.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE ARE THE SCHWEITZER TURQUOISE ROUNDABOUT AND CURRENTLY BEULAH UNIVERSITY REALIGNMENT.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT PROJECT IS PROBABLY THE LAST ONE OF THE OLD TAX.
THE NEW TAX, WHICH WAS INITIATED UNDER PROPOSITION 419, AND THAT WAS VOTED ON IN 2018, AND THAT WAS APPROVED AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUATION OR A RENEWAL OF THE OLD TAX.
THAT TAX WOULD RUN FOR 21 YEARS AND IT BEGAN IN 2020 AND IT WILL END IN 2041.
SO THAT NEW TAX NOW IS GOING TO BE SHOWN ON CIP SUMMARIES GOING FORWARD, FIVE YEARS.
SO THE NEW TAX COVERS IMPROVEMENTS FOR ROADWAYS, PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES, AND SAFETY.
SO THESE ARE THE PREMISE FOR THE NEW TAX.
THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW TAX RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY AND SIGNING, ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE, NECESSARY REAL ESTATE AND RELOCATION COSTS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL ITEMS RELATED TO THE NEW TAX WHICH IS PROPOSITION 419.
SO UNDER THE NEW TAX, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS OR CATEGORIES, AND WE'RE CALLING THOSE NEW STREET PROJECTS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS JOHN WESLEY POWELL.
AND WE'LL COVER THAT A LITTLE MORE WHEN WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE OVER TO THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE THE STREET WIDENING PROJECT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS, BUTLER-FOURTH IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE STREET OPERATIONS.
STREET OPERATIONS, A PROJECT EXAMPLE IS THE LOCKET FOURTH ROUNDING OUT.
THEN WE HAVE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS.
SO THIS COVERS A BIGGER SPECTRUM OF 419.
AND ONE EXAMPLE THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT GOING FORWARD IS THIS SCHWEITZER CANYON TRAIL.
BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT.
THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIP.
BUT BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S JUST WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH A AGENCY OR WITH ANOTHER GROUP, THEN WE DIVE INTO THIS CATEGORY.
AND WE DID USE THAT TO HELP US WITH THE DOWNTOWN.
WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND THEN WITH THAT GROUP, WITH THE TEAM, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT.
SO THAT IT IS PART OF OUR GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP.
SO THAT COVERS THE TRANSPORTATION TAX, OLD AND NEW, AT A HIGH LEVEL.
AND BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
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>> [INAUDIBLE] SO WITH PROP 419, THE RAISE WAS FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR IS THERE ANOTHER PROPOSITION THAT WAS PASSED BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THEM WAS A TAX, SO FOR LOAN TREE?
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO PROPOSITION 419 WAS RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE, AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
PROPOSITION 420, WHICH IS LAUNDRY OVERPASS, HAD LANGUAGE IN THERE FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND RELIEVING THAT ON THE MILTON CORRIDOR AND JUST TRYING TO GET THAT PASS TO RELIEVE CONGESTION RELATED TO TRAFFIC.
>> I THINK THE SLOGAN WAS CONGESTION RELIEF.
>> YES, YOUR MEMORY IS CORRECT.
>> PERFECT. I THINK ONE THING I REALLY HOPING STARTS TO STICK IN HOW WE COMMUNICATE THIS IS WHEN WE SAY STREET WIDENING PROJECTS, I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT POPS INTO MIND ABOUT WHAT A STREET WIDENING IS.
AND I REALLY WANT TO START TALKING ABOUT COMPLETE CORRIDORS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE AND THAT'S HOW THEY WERE DISCUSSED AND THAT'S HOW THEY ARE PLANNED IN PROPOSITION 419, IS COMPLETE CORRIDORS.
SO THIS IS THE INCLUSION OF PARKWAYS AND BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS AND IT'S NOT SIMPLY AN ASPHALT, A PAVEMENT WIDENING THAN IT IS A COMPLETE CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS CONDUIT AND OTHER STORM DRAIN THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME END UP DONE.
TREVOR, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT STICKS AND COMPLETE FOR THIS REASON.
>> YES. THAT WAS ONE ITEM THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT WAS A COMPLETE CORRIDOR.
AND THAT IS THE TEAM, IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS A COMPLETE CORRIDOR AND JUST MENTIONING WHAT JULIE TALKED ABOUT, BIKE WAYS, SIDEWALKS, ADDITIONAL WIDTHS AND JUST WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MAKE THAT A COMPLETE CORRIDOR.
SO WE DO WORK ON ALL OUR PROJECTS. WE DO SEE THOSE.
IT DOES GO BACK TO PUBLIC INPUT.
WE DO HAVE THAT TIME WITH TOWN HALLS, PUBLIC MEETINGS SETTINGS, WITH THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THEM COMMENT, TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS.
WE PRESENT A 30%, 60% FINAL ONES, 90 [INAUDIBLE] .
WE TALKED ABOUT GMP'S AND WE JUST GIVE UPDATES ON ALL OUR PROJECTS TO HELP GET THAT OUT THERE FOR A COMPLETE CORRIDOR.
>> AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION.
BUT A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT MEANS?
>> SO MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON A TRADITIONAL HARD BID PROJECT TILL YOU COMPLETE A DESIGN AND THEN YOU ADVERTISE IT, AND THEN YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO DELIVER IT.
SO THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL BID DESIGN PROJECT.
FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, YOU START THE DESIGN, YOU GET TO ABOUT A 60% LEVEL, THEN YOU DO A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR A CONTRACTOR AND YOU BRING THEM ON BOARD.
SO NOW YOU HAVE YOUR DESIGNER AND CONTRACTOR TEAM TOGETHER TO DELIVER THE PROJECT FROM 60% TO FINAL.
AND THIS HELPS THE CONTRACTOR GIVE INFORMATION, HELPS CONVEY TO THE DESIGNER, TO THE TEAM, THIS IS CONSTRUCTABLE AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T.
THIS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST MORE THAN HAVING TO DO IT THIS WAY.
SO YOU GET A LITTLE MORE OF THE ACTUAL PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO CONSTRUCT IT, THEY'RE THE EXPERTS AND THEY GIVE ADVICE AND THEY HELP THE PROJECT GET TO A BETTER SCENARIO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION.
NOW, THE TRADITIONAL BID OR THE BID DESIGN, YOU TYPICALLY GET A CONSTRUCTOR WHO IS THE LOWEST BID, BUT WITH A CMAR, YOU GET A CONTRACTOR WHO IS THE MOST QUALIFIED.
SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY HAS THE BEST SCENARIO, BEST OUTFIT, BEST EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIRE, WHO IS QUALIFIED TO TAKE US TO THE FINISH LINE.
SO THAT'S A HIGH-LEVEL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CMAR AND THE HARD BID TRADITIONAL. DID THAT HELP?
>> IT DID. AND SO THE AT-RISK PORTION MEANS THAT THE PROJECT COST MAY BE VARIABLE,
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BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW AT TIME OF BID, WHAT THE TOTAL COST IS GOING TO BE?>> SO THE AT-RISK PORTION, SO GOING BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL HARD BIT SCENARIO, THE CONTRACTOR HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE DESIGN IS WORKING THROUGH THAT UNTIL HE ACTUALLY GETS THE PLANS WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED AND ADVERTISED.
THEY BID ON WHAT THAT PLAN SET LOOKS LIKE.
SO THERE'S NOT MUCH RISK TO THE CONTRACTOR, BUT THROUGH THE CMAR, THEY'RE HELPING WITH THE DESIGN.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WE CAN DO THIS PROJECT BASED ON THIS SCENARIO, THIS CONSTRUCTABILITY, THE ELEMENTS THERE AND I CAN GUARANTEE THIS PRICE WHEN WE DO THE PROJECT, WHEN WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT'S THE AT-RISK PORTION FOR THE CONTRACTOR.
SO WHEN WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION AND THERE MAYBE WE'RE HAVING SOME QUESTIONS AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU HELPED US IN THE 60% TO THE FINAL, THAT'S THE RISK THAT YOU HAVE AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT ON YOU.
BUT THEN AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO UNFORESEEN ITEMS IN THE CMAR.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME OWNER CONTINGENCIES.
WE HAVE SOME CMAR CONTINGENCIES FOR ITEMS THAT NOBODY COULD EXPECT, UNFORESEEN.
WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY, WE HAVE IT OUTLINED IN FY-24.
THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE BEULAH UNIVERSITY, LONE TREE RAILROAD, BUTLER-FOURTH IMPROVEMENTS, LOCKETT FOURTH ROUNDABOUT, AND SWITZER CANYON DRIVE.
THOSE WILL ACTUALLY BE IN CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR '24.
THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE STARTED GETTING INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE NOT QUITE TO FISCAL YEAR '24, BUT WE'RE STARTING SOME OF THOSE PHASES THERE.
ONE PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN PLANNING OR DESIGN IS THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL EXTENSION.
WE'VE SEEN EMAILS FROM SOME RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT JOHN WESLEY POWELL.
BUT THAT ISN'T A PLANNING DESIGN ELEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR '24 AND THEN FOR THE OUT YEARS.
I DID WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL, WE TOUCHED UP ON IT ALREADY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COMPLETE CORRIDOR OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
THOSE COMPONENTS ARE BEING INTEGRATED INTO ALL OUR PROJECTS CURRENTLY.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TOUCHING, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION TAX, WE ARE TOUCHING ON THE ATMP.
THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE ELEMENTS, THOSE COMPONENTS ARE GOING TO BE RESEARCHED OUT.
AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE TEAM IS LOOKING INTO THOSE TO MAKING SURE THEY'RE PART OF THE PROJECT AND IT'S A COMPLETE CORRIDOR AND IT'S EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ENDORSE THROUGH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
THOSE ITEMS ARE MET AND INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT AND IT'S A COMPLETELY ENDORSED PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD INTO CONSTRUCTION.
IN THE OUT YEARS OF THE CIP SUMMARY, WE HAVE THE LONE TREE, O'LEARY TO PINE KNOLL.
RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A SECTION THAT IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE LONE TREE OVERPASS, BUT IT'LL BE AN EXTENSION GOING A LITTLE FURTHER.
THAT'S IN OUR OUT YEARS, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR '25-'28, NOT CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED IN THAT FASHION, BUT IT IS PROGRAMMED.
WE ALSO HAVE THE COUNTRY CLUB TO OAKMONT INTERSECTION.
THESE ARE JUST ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE OUT YEARS OF THE CIP.
BUT WE WILL TOUCH ON THOSE, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THOSE WHEN THE PROJECT MANAGERS COME UP.
>> LONE TREE OVERPASS CORRIDOR.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM CHRISTINA ALREADY, THE DOWNTOWN MILE.
SHE IS A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR CAPITAL AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON THE LONE TREE OVERPASS CORRIDOR.
>> LONE TREE OVERPASS. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS AN EXTENSION OF LONE TREE ROAD, NORTH OF BUTLER AVENUE, THAT CONNECTS TO ROUTE 66, AND THAT'S THE 420 PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS SOUTH OF BUTLER DOWN TO RIGHT PAST O'LEARY FOR A TRANSITION, AND THAT'S THE 419 PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
420 WAS FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT OF $73 MILLION AND
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419 WAS FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT OF $13.5 MILLION.WE ARE CURRENTLY OVER BUDGET AND THE COST THAT YOU SEE, THE 109, INCLUDES BOTH OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AND BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
THE OVERRUNS THAT WE'RE SEEING COME WITH REAL ESTATE AND WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN GENERAL ESCALATION.
WE ARE WORKING ON ART BEAUTIFICATION FUNDING.
JAN IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE'S TRANSPORTATION FUNDS THAT REGINA SALAS WAS ABLE TO PROCURE IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.7 TO HELP BRING THOSE COSTS FOR LINE.
WE ARE STARTING CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER, AND BECAUSE OF THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE RAILROAD AND WITH ARIZONA MATERIALS DURING RELOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO THE SOUTH OF BUTLER AND WORKING OUR WAY UP NORTH AS SOON AS WE GET CLEARANCE ON THOSE AREAS.
>> WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION NEXT MONTH ON SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS NORTH OF BUTLER, SEVERAL OF THOSE HOMES THAT WE'VE PROCURED.
I'M HOPING TO GET TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE BREAK FOR OUR FIRST GMP FOR THE DESIGN-BUILD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THAT IS LONE TREE IN A NUTSHELL, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES.
>> HAVE WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE, O'LEARY, THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY FOR? I HEARD ON THE STREET THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH ACQUISITION OF SOME BIG COMPANY.
>> CORRECT. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH CONDEMNATION RIGHT NOW WITH ARIZONA MATERIALS, AND THAT IS IN THE AREA THAT'S TO THE NORTH OF BUTLER, RIGHT TO THE SOUTH OF THE RIO CHANNEL.
>> THAT'S THAT PARCEL RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, COUNCIL. THAT'S ON THAT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT RELOCATION.
THEY'VE GOT A SITE IDENTIFIED IN TOWN THAT THEY CAN RELOCATE TO.
WE BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING ON PLANNING ON THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT RE-CONFIGURING THEIR SITE AND KEEPING THEM ON-SITE AND OPERATIONAL AS LONG AS WE CAN AND WORKING THROUGH THAT RELOCATION PROCESS.
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE STARTING THE PROJECT SOUTH OF BUTLER.
>> CAN YOU REFRESH OUR MEMORIES ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE ROADWAY AND THE OVERPASS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF LANES AND BIKE PED?
>> IT ACTUALLY RUNS SOUTH OF SAWMILL DOWN TO ABOUT HERE ON O'LEARY.
THIS WILL BE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS FROM BUTLER DOWN TO HERE AND IT'LL BE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, SO FOUR LANES TOTAL FOR TRAFFIC.
THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATED BIKE PED FACILITY THAT HAS A 10-FOOT FOOTS AND A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK.
THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, THERE'LL BE A SIX-FOOT BIKE LANE THAT'S SEPARATED ALSO OFF THE STREET AND A SIX-FOOT SIDEWALK.
THAT IS THE SECTION, AGAIN, FROM BUTLER DOWN TO O'LEARY.
WE'LL HAVE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS AT SAWMILL, AND AT FRANKLIN, AND AT BUTLER.
>> WE'RE REMOVING THE DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANES.
>> AT FRANKLIN AND SAWMILL, YEAH, WE DON'T.
>> FRANKLIN, NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DETAIL, I KNOW.
>> THEN ON NORTH OF BUTLER, WE'LL CONTINUE, IT WILL GO THROUGH THE LANES.
LANE CONFIGURATION RIGHT NOW IS FIVE LANES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, FIVE LANES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, SIX LANES CURRENTLY ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND SIX LANES ON THE EAST SIDE.
WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ADOT ON THAT DEDICATED SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE, WHICH COULD BE A SEPARATE ADDITIONAL SEVENTH LANE ON THE NORTH LANE.
THEN WE HAVE TWO LANE-USE DIRECTIONS, SO FOUR LANES FOR THE BRIDGE ITSELF.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE SIX LANES FOR RETURNING LANES APPROACHING ROUTE 66.
WE WON'T HAVE A FULLY PROTECTED INTERSECTION AT ROUTE 66 BECAUSE IT'S ADOT JURISDICTION,
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SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.>> WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT AT 66?
>> CORRECT. THERE'LL BE TWO LEFT BOUND LANES AND TWO RIGHT BOUND LANES.
>> WHAT DOES THE BIKE PED LOOK LIKE ON THE NORTHERN STRETCH TO 66?
>> IT CONTINUES WITH THAT 10 AND 16 CONFIGURATION ON THE WEST FOR THE FOOTS AND THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THAT SIX AND SIX AGAIN ON THE EAST, SO IT'S CONSISTENT.
>> SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THE BIKE AND PED INFRASTRUCTURE OVER ROUTE 66 WAS TOO WIDE AND THEY WERE ASKING WHY DO YOU NEED ALL OF THAT SPACE?
>> BUT IT'S THE SAME AS IT IS ALL THE WAY DOWN BEFORE, RIGHT?
>> IT IS AND IT REALLY SUPPORTS THE NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO MOVE, IS TO ENHANCE FACILITIES THAT ARE OFF THE ROADWAY.
IT INCLUDES THE FOOT, WHICH IS A 10-FOOT FOOT, AND THAT'S STANDARD THROUGH TOWN.
BUT IT ALSO ADDS THAT SIX-FOOT SEPARATED PEDESTRIAN FACILITY, SO THERE'S JUST MORE ROOM FOR USERS.
>> CHRISTINE, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN BUSY WITH WHAT WILL BE UNDERNEATH LONE TREE OVERPASS IN TERMS OF CORRECTING SOME RIGHT OF WAY ISSUES AND ACCESS ISSUES AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT TO LEARN THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST BUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING ON THE PROPERTIES OR IN PROXIMITY TO THE OVERPASS.
>> CORRECT. WE PURCHASED THIS BUILDING HERE, WHICH IS I CAN SEE THE GINSBURG PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN BOARDED UP.
WE'VE ALSO PURCHASED THESE TWO HOMES AND THIS ONE WILL BE DEMOLISHED HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH TO SIX WEEKS AND THIS ONE IN A MINIMUM AND MAYBE THE BECKER'S HOUSE.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RELOCATE THAT FAMILY INTO PARKSLAND.
THEN THERE'S ARIZONA MATERIALS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT RELOCATION ON.
THIS PARCEL HERE IS NOT IMPACTED AND THEN THIS PARCEL HERE IS BEATING US UP, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON ACQUISITION AND THIS IS ALSO AN AREA FOR PERHAPS FEATURES CIVIC SPACE FOR SOUTH SIDE.
THEN THIS IS THE PARAMOUNT PETROLEUM PARCEL, SO IT'S ALSO OWNED BY BNSF.
THE RELOAD FLAG CHANNEL COMES THROUGH HERE, THE FUTURE.
WE WILL NEED A SWATH OF THIS AREA FOR BNSF FOR THE REDOS AND THEN THE REMAINDER WILL OR WILL NOT BE PURCHASED BY THE LONE TREE PROJECT.
WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH HOW THE CITY WANTS TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY OVERALL, CAN WE AFFORD IT? THERE ARE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY ALSO TALKED TO THE RAILROAD.
>> I KNOW THERE WAS ONE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESS ISSUE THAT I THOUGHT WAS GETTING CLEANED UP IN THIS PROCESS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ROAD.
>> LOOP. WAS IT THE ELDER LOOP THAT WE TOOK UP?
>> NO, BUT MAYBE BUT I JUST KNOW THERE IS ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN THERE WHO DID NOT HAVE VERY SECURED ACCESS IN WITHIN.
>> THIS PROPERTY OWNER HERE IS COMPLETELY LANDLOCKED BY BNSF ON ALL FOUR SIDES REMEMBER YOU'RE RECALLING.
>> THIS IS GABLE STREET AND THEN THIS IS LUMBER STREET.
WE HAD THE ORIGINAL SCOPE HAD PLANNED FOR THIS SELDEN LOOP WHICH CAME OFF THE END OF THE COTTAGE AND ELTON AND CAME ALONG AS A BOTH TRAVEL LANES AND BIKE FED IMPROVEMENTS.
THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON THE BIKE PED AND TO REMOVE THOSE TRAVEL LANES BUT LUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ACCESS POINT, GABLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ACCESS POINT AND THEN ONCE WE GO IN AND AND CLEAN UP THIS PROPERTY WITH THE RAILROAD, THAT PERSON WILL HAVE AN OFFICIAL ACCESS THAT'S RELIABLE.
HOW MUCH SPACE IS AVAILABLE TO A CIVIC SPACE? WE HAVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OR THE ACREAGE BUT THIS PARCEL IS A FISH SHAPE HERE AND SOME OF IT WILL BE TAKEN BY THE RIO TO FLAG.
THERE'S THIS AREA HERE AND THERE'S THIS AREA THAT'S
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THERE'LL BE LEFTOVER FROM ARIZONA MATERIALS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE THAT'S IN THE [INAUDIBLE] PLAN.IT'S GENERALLY THAT AREA IS WHAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I CAN GET YOU THE ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OR ACREAGE.
>> AS WELL AS THIS IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT DESIGN.
I THINK THAT SHIP HAS SAILED BUT JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE AND JUST THINKING THROUGH THIS, I KEEP LOOKING AT THAT AS SHAPE AND THINKING IT'S LESS THAN IDEAL FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
IT'S FINE WITH ME AND IT WILL PROBABLY SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT NATURALLY.
JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM YOUR SIDE OF THINGS, THAT PERSPECTIVE, IF THAT CURVATURE IS TRADITIONALLY FROWNED UPON AND ROAD BUILDING.
AGAIN, MOSTLY FOR FUTURE REFERENCE SO I'M NOT TRYING TO CONFIRM.
>> IT KEEPS POPPING INTO MY HEAD.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THE CURVATURE IS COMPLETELY INTENTIONAL WITH THIS AND HOW WE NEED TO MATCH INTO BUTLER, HOW WE NEED TO STAY MASHED INTO BRANDON AVENUE FOR THAT ACCESS, THEN HOW WE NEED TO MATCH UNDER 66.
>> I FIGURED IT WAS MORE ABOUT JUST ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OR ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THAT SPACE BUT IT'S REALLY TRULY INTENTIONAL.
>> IT'S ABOUT CONNECTION AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAINTAINING THE GRADE OF THE ROADWAY UP AND OVER BNSF AND OVER THE RIO.
IF WE WERE TO TAKE A STRAIGHT SHOT, I MEAN YOU WOULD BE GOING UP AND THEN DOWN AND THEN THAT GRADES WOULD NOT BE STANDARD.
>> I THINK FROM THAT FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, JEFF RELATED TO THE CURVES OF LAUNDRY TO THOSE CURRENTLY NEAT ENGINEERING STANDARDS THE SPEEDS THAT WE ANTICIPATE.
>> THEY DO. I THINK WE ENDED UP. THANK YOU.
>> THE CURVES ENDED UP. CHRISTINE MAY HAVE TO HELP ME, BUT I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH 35.
WELL, PRIMER DESIGN SPEED IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY.
THEY LOOK AT THIS SCALE, THEY DO LOOK KIRBY BUT 35 IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT SLOW.
>> YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO 45, [LAUGHTER]
>> SPEED ADD UP AND DOWN, BUTLER EVERY DAY.
SPEED LIMIT IS POSTED BUT THEY DON'T FOLLOW IT BUT ANYWAY, WHATEVER.
>> TO THE ROUNDED BAC4K, IS THAT REDIRECTION OF LAUNDRY BECAUSE I TRAVEL A LOT.
I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND HARRIS IS TALKING ABOUT.
>> THAT FIRST GREEN CURVE IS THAT A REDIRECT OR IS THAT HOW THE ROAD IS?
>> THAT'S HOW THE ROAD IS TODAY.
>> THAT'S WHY THE ROAD LOOK GOOD RIGHT THERE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. THAT YOU STILL GO 50.
>> WE'RE AT GREEN AND WE START TO RISE AND GRAY TO FILL IN HERE AND WE'LL HAVE RETAINING WALLS ON BOTH SIDES, THE ROADWAY.
>> NOW IS A GREAT TIME FOR A LUNCH BREAK.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S 11:55, I'M WRAPPING UP.
LET'S PLAN ON COMING BACK INTO THIS ROOM AT 12:25 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AT 12:30.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, MAYOR?
>> EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, TRANSPORTATION RELATED, AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
SEE YOU IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
>> FOOD IS DOWN THE HALL RIGHT.
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CAN YOU HEAR US AND SEE US.>> WELL YOU MISSED LUNCH. IT WAS DELICIOUS.
THAT WAS LOVELY. ACTUALLY I GOT TO SIT OUTSIDE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST PICNIC I'VE HAD IN 2023, IT WAS WONDERFUL.
TO KICK OFF THE AFTERNOON SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE ENERGY.
IT'S ALWAYS HARD AFTER WE HAVE LUNCH.
THAT'S BECAUSE OUR GREG HAS A FEW REMARKS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU.
JULIE REFERENCED HIGH ENERGY, THAT WAS NOT IN REFERENCE TO ME.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME PROPS HERE TO THOSE WHO HELPED ORCHESTRATE THIS MEETING.
SCOTT SAM, AND THE MANY OTHERS THAT HELPED WITH WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VENUE, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE HERE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE RETREATS NICELY.
STACY AND YOUR BIG TEAM IN TERMS OF, I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY PEOPLE STACY INVOLVED IN PULLING THIS TOGETHER, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU OF COURSE, BUT ALSO SHAWN AND DORICE FOR THE GOOD EATS DURING LUNCH.
WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED HERE?
I KNOW THAT STACY CO BAR WILL BE DELIVERING SOME STUFF THIS AFTERNOON, SO APPRECIATE HER ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, BIG THANKS TO SEAN, JONATHAN, AND DORICE, THEY REALLY COORDINATED MOST OF OUR AFTERNOON ENJOYMENT.
>> GREAT. BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THEM, WE'LL ADD TO THE LIST IT, WHO'S ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THE TECHNOLOGY, MAKING SURE THINGS WORK.
THEY PULLED THAT OFF AGAIN THIS MORNING.
ALL RIGHT, WHO ELSE NEED I MENTION HERE?
>> HEIDI DERRYBERRY, AND HER TEAM.
>> WELL, HEIDI DERRYBERRY, AND I KNOW SHE'S ONLINE TODAY. HEIDI, ARE YOU WITH US?
>> HEIDI WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR FACE ONCE AGAIN, BUT THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THIS PRESENTATION, I MEAN, HEIDI HOW MANY SLIDES IN THIS SLIDE DECK TODAY?
>> OH, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO A HUNDRED, SO QUITE A FEW.
>> CLOSE TO A HUNDRED, AND EVERY SINGLE SLIDE HAS THOUGHT GOING INTO IT AND A LITTLE BIT OF REHEARSAL.
HEIDI AND THE TEAM HAD AT LEAST TO DRIVE RUNS ON THIS.
JULIE, YOU WERE INVOLVED IN ONE OF THOSE.
YEAH, WE'RE THANKING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE, HEIDI AND YOU'RE ON THAT LIST, SO THANKS FOR BEING REMOTELY.
YEAH. CAN WE GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO EVERYBODY AT HOME?
>> THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEREMY RYDER, A SENIOR LEAD PROJECT MANAGER WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE PICKING UP ON SPECIAL REVENUE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR MITIGATORS, PROJECT MANAGER ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT TODAY ON TWO PROJECTS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING THE BUTLER-FOURTH IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
THIS IS A ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS STRETCHING ROUGHLY FROM LITTLE AMERICA ALONG THE BUTLER AVENUE VERSUS SWILLS HEIGHTS, AND IMPROVING FOURTH STREET REMOTELY SPARROW AVENUE DOWN, AND THROUGH THE BUTLER AVENUE INTERSECTION.
IT DOES INCLUDE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS BOTH AT HAROLD BRAND'S ROAD, AND AT BUTLER AND FOURTH.
WE'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING TWO ALTERNATIVES THERE, WHICH WILL BE EITHER A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, OR A ROUNDABOUT.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE SELECTIVE ALTERNATIVE IS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, IT WILL INCORPORATE THE PROTECTED INTERSECTION, SO THE ADDITIONAL FEATURES FOR BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, AND PRIORITIZATION.
ANOTHER BIG PART OF THAT CONSIDERATION FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS IS ALSO THE CURRENT CROSS-SECTION THAT WERE SHOWN ON THE SLIDES HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE BIKE LANES FROM THE STREETS TO CREATE 11 FOOT WIDE MULTIPURPOSE BIKE LANES, OR PLACE MULTI-PURPOSE PASS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, GIVING SEPARATE FACILITIES FOR BOTH BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS, AND THOSE WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT LIMITS.
THIS PROJECT HAS A SMALL COMPONENT OF UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, MOSTLY RELATED TO STORM WATER.
THIS IS DOWNSTREAM OF THE WATERSHED IMPACTED BY THE MUSEUM PARK.
THEY WILL BE RAISING THAT INTERSECTION SIGNIFICANTLY TO BRING IT UP OUT OF THE FLOOD.
AS YOU KNOW, APPARENTLY IT FLOODS REGULARLY DURING MONSOON, OR OTHER FLOODING EVENTS.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN BEFORE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I CAME IN AND GIVE A PREVIEW ABOUT WHAT THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
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COUNCIL AWARDED THE DESIGN PURCHASE AT NIGHTFALL.WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN EFFORTS.
THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN, THE BUDGET THAT IS FY23 BUDGET NUMBER, THE CURRENT BUDGET NUMBER THAT DRAFT PROPOSED FOR FY24 IS CURRENTLY AT $17.8 MILLION, AND THIS JUST REFLECTS SOME GENERAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION AND SO ON.
THE BULK OF THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IS TO CONTINUE WORK ON DESIGN THIS YEAR, HOPING TO WRAP UP DESIGN IN EARLY 2024, AND GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND SOMETIME IN 2024.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS IS A MULTI-SEASON PROJECT.
UPCOMING, IT'S ABOUT TO KICK OFF HERE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS INITIALLY AND IN ANALYSIS MODELING MODE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL BE STARTING, WE HAVE PLANS TO GO OUT, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WE WILL VISIT MULTIPLE COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE CITY, INCLUDING BIKE, PEDESTRIANS, TRANSPORTATION.
WE WILL PAY TO SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ON INCLUSION, THEFT, OF LIVING AND OTHERS.
ULTIMATELY COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL HOPEFULLY BEFORE SUMMER BREAK TO PRESENT THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE'VE ARRIVED THAT GET BUY-IN AND GIVE US DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN DIVE FULLY INTO DESIGN AND KEEP US ON TRACK.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE FOR THIS PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.
IS THE INTERSECTION AT FOURTH STREET GOING TO HAVE A SIGNAL?
>> WE'RE STILL EVALUATING A ROUNDABOUT VERSUS A SIGNAL.
>> SO THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE.
>> AT FOURTH STREET AND BUTLER.
HAROLD'S BRANCH ROAD IS IMAGINED AS A ROUNDABOUT, BUT THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HOW WE WOULD ROUTE TRUCKS FROM LITTLE AMERICA AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO CUT ACROSS THE MEDIAN.
>> WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE AROUND LITTLE AMERICA, THE GAS STATION, BLACKBOX, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION? WHAT DO WE EXPECT IN THAT AREA?
>> MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE STREETS, SO WE WON'T REALLY BE MOVING CURVES, OR DOING MUCH.
WE MAY BE MODIFYING SOME DRIVEWAYS AND SO ON, BUT IT'S LARGELY GOING TO BE THE INSTALLATION OF CENTER MEDIANS WHICH WE'LL RESTRICT.
SO WE'RE EVALUATING WHERE WE CAN ALLOW DRIVE-BY ACCESS, AND SO ON AND COORDINATING WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, MOBILE STATION, BLACKBOX, LITTLE AMERICA.
DO WE NEED TO PURCHASE EASEMENTS ALONG BUTLER?
A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY THE ULTIMATE INTERSECTION.
MOST OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS ARE RELATED TO INTERSECTIONS.
ROUNDABOUTS TAKE UP A LOT MORE SPACE ON CORNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO TO BE DETERMINED, BUT WE ANTICIPATE SOME WET-BULB ACQUISITION.
>> THANK YOU. IS HAROLD BROKE THE ONE WITH THE NICKEL ONLY DEVELOP BETWEEN LITTLE AMERICA AND, OR STRAIGHT OFF BUTLER, LIKE CURVES FOR LITTLE AMERICA, AND THERE'S THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY'VE GOT BROKEN.
>> IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE GAS STATIONS.
>> SO IF YOU'RE LEAP DRIVING PAST LITTLE AMERICA, THE FIRST DIRT ROAD THAT COMES OFF AT A SLIGHT ANGLE THAT'S HAROLD FRINCH ROAD.
FARTHER DOWN WHERE YOU'RE DESCRIBING, WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THAT IS PEAK POINT WHICH IS RELATED TO THE KINDA DEL RIO DEVELOPMENT.
>> I KNOW SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ABOUT THE PART OF BUTLER FROM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW TOWARDS THE WEST, UP TO SAINT BEAVER, WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT, OR WOULD THAT BE PRESENTED AND COME UP LATER IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY?
>> I IMAGINED THAT MARTIN IS THAT'S PROBABLY RELATED TO MARTIN'S EFFORTS AND I BELIEVE HE'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT SOME INITIAL PHASES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
>> IS THAT LATER TODAY OR MARTIN?
>> YES. A FEW SLOTS NOT TOO FAR OFF.
>> BUT THE LIMITS OF THIS PROJECT ARE AT [OVERLAPPING]
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOOD. THE SECOND PROJECT I WANTED TO PRESENT TODAY IS SO 4TH LOCKETT CEDAR ROUNDABOUT.
THIS HAS ALSO BEEN IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE PROJECT SCOPE REALLY IT'S ABOUT REPLACING THE CURRENT SIGNAL LINES INTERSECTION AS CEDAR 4TH LOCKETT WITH MODERN ROUNDABOUT.
THERE WILL BE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON ALL THE LEGS OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY ON THE BORDERS,
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WE'VE GOT OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES SUCH AS THE EAST FLAGSTAFF LIBRARY, WE'VE GOT CCC DIRECTLY, WE'VE GOT NORTH COUNTRY JUST DOWN THE STREET.AS I SAID, WE'VE BEEN TO COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES.
COUNCIL HAD SOME REQUESTS DESIGN TWEET SAYS WE'LL CALL THEM AN END WHICH INCORPORATED PEDESTRIAN BEACONS ON ALL THE CROSSINGS AND ALSO INCORPORATING Z-CROSSINGS THAT JUST PAUSES PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE A PAUSE BEFORE THEY CAN JUST RUN STRAIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION GIVEN THE EXPECTED USERS AT THIS INTERSECTION.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, THIS IS BEING ADMINISTERED BY ADOT.
WE HAVE AN IGA WITH ADOT SO SHOULD THAT IGA THEN NEED TO BE UPDATED, WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AGAIN TO UPDATE THAT.
BUT CURRENT BUDGET THAT'S BEING SHOWN HERE IS ALSO FY23.
THE BUDGET FOR FY24 IS AT $5.3 MILLION.
THE HSIP GRAND STAFF STANDING AT 1.9, SO IT'S THE CITY SHARE THAT INCREASES.
THOSE INCREASES AGAIN, THERE'S AN INFLATION FACTOR.
SOME OF THOSE DESIGN TWEETS ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT NUMBER, AND ALSO JUST THAT WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE A FULL PROPERTY ON THERE.
CURRENTLY WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROACHING THE END OF DESIGN.
WE'RE ABOUT 95% FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS SO WE'RE NOT MAKING OFFERS AT ALL, BUT THERE ARE PROPERTY NEEDS THAT WE NEED.
THIS SUMMER, WE EXPECT TO HAVE FRANCHISE UTILITIES GO OUT AND DO THEIR RELOCATIONS AHEAD OF OUR PROJECTS SO THEY'LL GET EVERYTHING OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT WHEN WE COME IN IN 2024, THERE'LL BE ABLE TO JUST CONSTRUCT WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THOSE CONFLICTS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE THOSE RELOCATIONS DURING THE SUMMER.
UPS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS TO GET THE RELOCATION.
THERE WILL BE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR SWITCHOVER FROM THEIR EXISTING TO THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET THAT SUMMER BREAKS SO IT DOES NOT OVERLY IMPACT THE SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, LIKE I MENTIONED, CONSTRUCTION IN 2024.
WE WILL START ROUGHLY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, HOPING TO GET THIS ALL DONE WITHIN ONE YEAR.
THAT'S MY UPDATE ON 4TH STREET LOCKETT ROUNDABOUT.
>> THANK YOU. ALSO ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT IS WE ARE COORDINATING THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SPRUCE WASH IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT JEREMY JUST MENTIONED, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOODS SO WHEN THAT ROUNDABOUT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN ACCESS THROUGH LINDA VISTA.
SO WE'RE SEQUENCING AND SHOULD FOR SOME REASON CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE SLIPS, WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN IN PLACE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
THAT ALSO REMINDS ME THAT WE WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING THIS FALL WHEN WE'VE GOT A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT EXACTLY THAT SCHEDULE, WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR HOW LONG AND SO ON.
AGAIN, LOTS OF SCHOOLS, LOTS OF FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT COORDINATION AND WE WILL BE HOLDING INFORMATION WILL BE AT FLAGSTAFF LIBRARIES LATER THIS FALL.
>> MY QUESTION, AGAIN, DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE AND CLEAN A FRESHMAN HERE, WHEN DID THIS PROJECT GET IDENTIFIED AS BECOMING A PROJECT APPROXIMATELY?
>> THIS IS A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANTS, SO HSIP GRANT, N-TYPE DOPING, IT WAS 2017 OR 2018 THAT THAT APPLICATIONS STARTED AND WE'RE NOT CERTIFIED TO ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS, SO THAT'S WHERE ADOT COMES IN AND ACTUALLY ADMINISTERS FOR US AS A LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY.
>> I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE THE TIMING OF THESE PROJECTS TO AN OUTSIDER JUST SEEMS RIDICULOUS.
I KNOW THAT LITTLE TWEAK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND DESIGN, I THINK I SAW ON ONE REPORT THAT THAT WAS ALMOST $200,000 TWEAK, CORRECT?
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND THE PROCESS AND THEN THE TWEAKS THAT WE DO, THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TIMING AND STUFF.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS SO I CAN START GAINING THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FLOW.
>> ON THE PINE FOREST CORNER THE DOTTED LINE, IS THAT AN EASEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE FROM?
>> THE DOTTED LINE THAT'S REMOVED FROM THE INTERSECTION, THAT RECTANGULAR SHAPE?
>> THAT'S ACTUALLY THEIR BUILDING. THAT'S THEIR BUILDING.
WE WILL BE ACQUIRING A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT EFFECTIVELY UP TO THE EDGE OF THAT BUILDING, WE DON'T NEED IT FOR CONSTRUCTION SO MUCH,
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BUT IT'S TO DO THE LANDSCAPING RESTORATION TIME, THESE ARE THE [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY.>> I KNOW THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT A HUGE TREE.
>> THE HUGE TREE UNFORTUNATELY, IS DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRAVELING, SO THERE'S NO OPTION.
THERE'S ANOTHER TREE THAT'S CLOSER TO THEIR BUILDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT AROUND WHERE WE WIND DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND SO ON THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO IT, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO ASSURE EVEN IF IT WAS DAMAGED IN SOME WAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME RECOURSE FOR REPLACEMENT.
>> THE LAND ACQUISITION IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THERE IS A HOUSE THERE?
>> THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION THERE, FLOCK AND ENFORCE STREETS.
THAT IS THAT IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME, THAT WILL BE THE FULL ACQUISITION. CORRECT.
>> JEREMY, WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THIS ALL THE WAY AT THE INCEPTION BACK IN 2017?
>> I WAS NOT. I CAME ON ROUGHLY AROUND COVID.
>> WELL, I WILL GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF KUDOS THEN.
>> NO. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE THROUGH LINE AND THE LONG VIEW THAT FOLKS HAVE HAD AND THE CONNECTIVITY INVOLVED.
CAN YOU JUST QUICKLY REMIND ME WHAT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OR UNIFICATION ASPECTS ARE FOR THE CENTER OF THE ROUNDABOUT, WHAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE LIKE?
>> OF COURSE. AT THIS TIME THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN ORIENTED VAGINA AND USERFICATION.
THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THAT AND ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING SOME CONDUIT, SOME OTHER SLEEVES AND SO ON.
WE'VE HAD THEM IN THE LOOP ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE A RETAINING WALL ON THAT MEN'S CORNER THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ANOTHER LIKELY SPOT THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR POSTCARD.
>> JUST A THOUGHT TO SHARE OUT.
IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOLS BE ABLE TO DESIGN SOMETHING AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING OR MEMS, PAINTED ROCKS, JUST THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES.
>> BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR EARLY THOUGHTS FOR THAT WALL.
THAT'S ALARM AND THEN JUST HAVE SOME SPACE FOR SUCH AN EFFORT.
>> COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS RIGHT THERE TOO AND PRIME FAIRSTONE.
>> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SWINE CIRCADIAN ROUNDABOUT.
THERE'S A CALL FOR INFORMATION ARTISTS AND SO ON ON THAT.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE THE FUNDING SOURCES AND NOT TO CONFLATE THOSE, BUT CERTAINLY AT THIS POINT, OUR GENERAL APPROACH WITH ROUNDABOUTS IS TO PUT IN ALL THE STUFF THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR ANY FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND COORDINATE THAT EFFORT, BUT THEY WOULD BE SEPARATE AND THE BEAUTIFICATION WOULD BE A LATER PROJECT.
>> AND WILL THAT BE CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
>> THE CENTER OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
IS IT GOING TO BE A HILL OR IS IT GOING TO BE A RETENTION BASIN?
WHEN WE ACQUIRE PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IMPROVEMENT, WHERE PEOPLE USUALLY END UP? DO THEY STILL GET TO LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF OR DO THEY HAVE TO MOVE? IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FEDERALIZED BECAUSE OF THAT FUNDING SOURCE, AND SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE FEDERAL UNIFORM ACT RELOCATION.
IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO GET THEM IN ANOTHER HOME HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.
THEY HAVE THAT PROTECTION EVEN IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, APPRAISERS OR THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES ON WITH THOSE ACQUISITIONS DON'T LINE UP PERFECTLY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO WE HAVE TO RELOCATE THEM.
>> NEXT WE HAVE OUR SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER AND OTHER EXCELLENT SENIOR PM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, DAVID PETERSON, JWP.
THIS ONE HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOUR TIMES IN 2022, VARIOUS BUDGET RETREATS, AS WELL AS THE END OF JUNE, BEGINNING OF JULY, WHEN WE ASKED COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION ON THE FINAL ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE AS THE YELLOW LINE.
HE LOVED BEFORE AS THE SALMON LINE, BUT HAS NOW BECOME YELLOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT ON THAT.
THIS ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE EXTENDING FOUR STREET TO THE NORTH, CONNECTING IT TO CURRENT ITSELF,
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END OF EASTERN TERMINUS, JOHN WESLEY POWELL.WE'VE WORKED WITH A LARGE PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNERS SHOWN HERE.
THERE'S FIVE, IT WILL BE SYMMETRY GIBSON, LITTLE AMERICA, CANYON DEL RIO, AND JUNIPER POINT AS WELL.
THEY HAVE COME TO THE CITY WITH A PROPOSITION THAT WE DISCUSSED BACK IN JULY TO REALIGN THE ROAD FROM THE SOUTH FOURTH STREET ALIGNMENT. THAT WAS BEFORE.
WE WILL BEFORE YOU AGAIN IN MAY TWICE ONCE AT A WORKING SESSION TO GO OVER THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT A SPECIFIC PLAN IS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE NEXT YEAR, IS A PLANNING EFFORT AND A VERY LARGE PUBLIC OUTREACH PUBLIC COMPONENT.
WE'RE RETAINING THAT INFORMATION FROM NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORS OF THIS AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN THE FOCI OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THUS FAR, BUT EXPANDING THAT TO THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY AND THAT COMMUNITY AT LARGE AS WELL.
THAT PLANNING EFFORT ON THAT, LIKE MOST PLANNING EFFORTS HERE AT THE CITY, REQUIRE A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROCESS.
WE'LL BE EXPLAINING THAT IN MID MAY AND THEN UP BECOMING FOR CHANGE ORDER FIVE IF IT GETS IN 16TH OF MAY TO ASK FOR FUNDING AND AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD THAT CHANGE ORDER.
ONE THING THAT WE'LL BE HAVING HERE IN THE CONTEXT OF JULIE GETTING TO THIS MEETING TODAY, CROSSING THE RIO, WE'RE HAVING A MEETING AND MID APRIL WITH THE COUNTY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE OPTIONS OF IMPROVING THAT CROSSING.
MAYBE NOT SO MUCH HAVING A FULL-ON BRIDGE THERE, BUT AT LEAST ARMORING THOSE APRONS, EXTENDING IT OUT.
MAYBE SOME RIP RAP OR SOME CREATIVE IDEAS TO MAKE THAT MORE POSSIBLE AND MAYBE 80, 90% OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
NOW IT'S MORE OF A FORAGING EFFORT IN SOME OF THE LARGER EVENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THAT ACCESS IS GRANTED. GO AHEAD GREGAN.
>> CAN WE JUST PAUSE ON THAT ONE FOR A SECOND?
>> ADD SOME THINGS. THAT IS IF IT DOES GO THROUGH IS NOT PART OF THE JWP PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT REFUELED WE THE CITY CAN BE A PART OF TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WITH THEIR ACCESS ISSUES WHICH EXISTS NOW, ABSENT IF WE CONSIDER JWP THE ACCESS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION AND AGILITY.
YOU CAN GIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF THAT.
WE'RE GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS MORNING.
>> ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE IS SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A PERTINENT TO THE JWP, THE PROJECT, BUT NOT REQUIRED. THANK YOU.
>> PART OF THAT CHANGE OR FIVE MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE INITIAL DESIGN IDEA ON WHAT AN IMPROVE CROSSING WITH P, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE ROPE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> JUST FOR REFERENCE IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THE CROSSING WE'RE REFERRING TO THE OCCURS RIGHT IN HERE.
THIS DEPRESSION HERE THAT'S STILL SHADED IS THE RIO COMING THROUGH HERE.
THIS IS THE CROSSING THAT HAS TO BE FORGED.
CARS ARE PARKED ON THIS SIDE AND SOMETIMES MAYOR SHAUTE HAS SEEN SHUTTLING OUT THERE.
>> IN BOTH? I'VE SEEN IT BOTH.
>> YEAH. LAST YEAR WHEN THE STREET REALIGN THIS PATH FROM FOURTH STREET OVER TO WHAT PART OF THAT MAP?
>> YOU CAN SEE THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THESE PARCELS.
AGAIN, ATTENUATED DOWN HERE AND IT CAME UP, SOUTH FORTH STREET BETWEEN THESE PARCELS HERE AND IT CAME UP AND THEN CROSS THE RIO AGAIN.
IT CROSS THE RIO HERE VERSUS THIS PROVIDED OPENING HERE.
THIS WAS PRESENTED BY ENLARGE PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE REALIGNING IT, WHICH OPEN THAT CONVERSATION JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO.
BEFORE THAT, THIS WAS OUR ONLY OPTION THROUGH OPEN HOUSES AND COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE HEARD THE OPINION OF THOSE THAT IN THAT AREA WHICH IS WHY WE SHIFTED THE ALIGNMENTS.
IT WASN'T AN OPTION BEFORE TO SAVE IT, BUT TO PUT IT ON THAT LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS.
>> IT'S NOT. WE HAVE FINAL ALIGNMENT.
THE BUILDING CAN GO FORWARD WITH MORE DESIGN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT SPECIFIC PLAN, FINDING EFFORT, HAVING THAT COMMUNITY INPUT AS WELL.
MAYBE A GOOD WAY TO SEE IT AS PUTTING DESIGN A LITTLE BIT ON PAUSE WHILE THE PLANNING EFFORT TAKES OVER AGAIN BEFORE DESIGN PICKS UP AGAIN.
>> THE TOTAL BUDGET AND ONE THING I DID WANT TO SHARE IS THE CITY'S PORTION IS 40 PERCENT OF THIS AND THE [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE ARE PICKING UP THE 60 PERCENT COUNT.
SO THE REASON THAT THIS IS SUCH A LARGE NUMBER AT 45 MILLION LIVES, IF I'M RIGHT, GREG OR RED, YOU CAN CORRECT ME THAT THE CITY IS PLANNING TO FRONT THE PROJECT TO BUILD IT AND CONSTRUCT IT AND GET REPAID BACK BY THE LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY.
>> THE PRIMARY WE'RE HAVING EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS THAT THE MOST RECENT ONE OF WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND WE WILL EXPLORE ANY AND ALL OPTIONS TO SEE GOING FORWARD WHAT MAKES SENSE.
AND A BIT OF A COMMENT ON MY PART TOO, IS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME INTO ALIGNMENT HERE FIGURATIVELY,
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WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ALIGNMENT AND MULTIPLE IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT, IT IS FIVE LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS.
I CAN'T UNDERSCORE ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THAT LOOK HAS BEEN TOWARDS SEEING THIS PROJECT PROGRESS.
THE COMPLEXITY OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH A MULTITUDE OF PROPERTY OWNERS, SOME OF WHOM MAY NOT BE ON BOARD WITH THE PROJECT.
I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HAVING THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE TABLE UNDER THE TIMELINE THAT IT IS NOW THE SPIN FORTUITOUS THAT THE SHIFT IN ALIGNMENT AND THE WILLINGNESS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE LOOKING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE FOR SOME, I.E LITTLE AMERICA AND OTHERS, I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY AND THE CITY IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT, THE DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING QUITE WELL.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO MENTION TO YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OPEN SPACE.
NICE MARION MENTIONED ARIZONA TRAIL AND POTENTIAL REALIGNMENT OF THAT AS WELL.
>> SO THAT IS IN HERE AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN OPEN A CORNER, MAYBE PUTTING IT UP AGAINST SOME SLOPED TERRAIN THAT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED TO REALLY INCREASE THAT WHAT'S OPEN SPACE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY JUST CITY OPEN SPACE, IT CAN BE PRIVATE AND DEVELOPABLE LAND ADJACENT TO IT.
SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE TALKS WITH OPEN SPACE.
>> I JUST INSERT IT RIGHT THERE.
I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
THIS IS FOR PUBLIC RECORD AND PUBLIC INTERESTS AND NEWCOMERS.
CAN YOU POINT OUT TO US ON THERE WHERE THE ARIZONA TRAIL CURRENTLY GOES THROUGH?
IT COMES UP AND IT CUTS ACROSS SYMMETRY AND THEN IT TIES INTO. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THERE IT GOES. RIGHT BY THE TREATMENT.
>> TREATMENT PLAN HERE. SO PART OF REALIGNING A NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL LIKE ARIZONA TRAIL IS IT HAS TO BE FOR BETTERMENT OR ENHANCEMENT OF THE TRAIL.
SO WE CAN'T JUST MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE WAY OR INCONVENIENT, IT HAS TO BE A BETTER ALIGNMENT FOR THAT TRAIL.
SO BETTER ALIGNMENT, AT LEAST IN DESIGN AND CONCEPTUAL TALK SO FAR, WOULD BE TO HUG THIS CORRIDOR HERE ALONG THE ORIO AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT BEAUTIFUL CLIFF CAN'T INSET IN, IN A RIPARIAN AREA VERSUS GOING THROUGH PROBABLY GOING TO BE DEVELOPED HELICES INDICATOR.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DESIGN ON THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM OR HEAR BACK FROM YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION.
>> HAVE WE HAD ANY ADDITIONAL ONES, MARTIN, FROM WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD?
>> NOT RECENTLY. WE MET WITH THEM PROBABLY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, BUT WE'RE PLANNING TO CIRCLE BACK.
>> IT HASN'T FALLEN OFF. THERE'S A LOT OF THIS TREE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, HIS GRILLING AT A VERY LARGE TREE.
AND THEN WE'LL KEEP THE CONVERSATIONS OPEN TO THE ARIZONA GAME AND FISH IN BORDER CROSSINGS AS WELL.
THEY'RE THERE. WE JUST HAD TO FIGURE OUT AN ALIGNMENT BEFORE WE CAN FINE-TUNE THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. DEFINITELY DON'T FORGET ABOUT THEM.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS, BOTH IN THE CITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
>> AND THE DEVELOPERS VERY MUCH SO AND THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS FEEDS INTO.
SO ALSO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WERE PROBABLY HOPING TO DO DESIGN TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF THIS YEAR AND THEN HOPEFULLY CAN START CONSTRUCTING WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO ONE THING THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP ALSO DID IS EXPEDITED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECTS, WHICH IS A WIN-WIN.
I DID WANT TO MENTION BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP BEFORE TOO, THAT IT IS A TWO-LANE ROAD, FACILITIES, FOOT SENATE, AND A BIKE LANE OFF THE ROAD AS WELL AS JEREMY HAD MENTIONED, AND THE OTHER FOR STREET AS WELL.
IT'S FINE NOW THESE PROJECTS ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER.
>> SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG PICTURE STUFF HERE, DO WE HAVE A SENSE I'VE HEARD NUMBERS, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN ADD OR CLARIFY THE POSSIBILITIES IN TERMS OF HOUSING UNITS THAT COULD BECOME AVAILABLE OR PART OF THE CITY'S INVENTORY OVER TIME.
WHAT IS THE BEST PROJECTION IN TERMS OF HOUSING IN THIS AREA?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO LEAN ON PLANNING AND I KNOW MICHELLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS A LOT AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE PRESENTED IN THE LAND USE FRAMEWORK, WHICH WE WERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN OCTOBER 20.
THAT NUMBER WAS HIGHER THAN WE'RE SEEING THE NUMBERS OF NOW.
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I THINK THE MODELING IS SEEN DYING DOWN AS LOW AS 4,000 UNITS AND I THINK WE'RE PUSHING FOR 4,500 UNITS.DON'T HOLD ME TO THOSE NUMBERS, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES I RECALL FROM PLANNING.
MICHELLE CAN PROBABLY WEIGH IN [INAUDIBLE].
>> AND THAT'S HALF THE SHORTFALL THAT WE'RE HIGH.
>> THE HIGH-END I EVER SAW WITH LAND-USE FRAMEWORK, I BELIEVE WAS IN THE LOW SEVEN.
THAT ONE WENT DOWN TO MAYBE THE HIGH 3,000.
BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THESE LARGE PARCEL PLAN LANDOWNERS HAVEN'T EVEN HAD ANY CONCEPTUAL LAND DEVELOPMENT OR LAYOUT TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP.
SO THAT'S BASED ON RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE PLANNING AND I SHOULDN'T SPEAK ANYTHING ABOUT PLANNING, BUT HERE'S PLANS, SOME PLANS IN VIRGINIA FOR POINTS, SOME PLANS IN FOR SYMMETRY.
GIBSON AND MIDDLE AMERICA HAVE NO PLANS AND CANYON DEL RIO IS BEING BUILT.
SO A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF THE PLAYERS HAVE SOME IDEA OF JOINT DENSITY TO LOOK LIKE THE OTHERS.
>> WITH THAT MANY HOUSES GOING IN THERE, IS A TWO-LANE ROAD ADEQUATE?
>> JACK, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> I GOT TO SEE GARNERED A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND BEFORE WE HEAR FROM JEFF, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THE DESIRE IS TO KEEP THE ROAD PROFILE AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE BUT ALLOW FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AVERAGES IN THIS PROJECT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION.
SO IT'S BEING BUILT AS A TWO-LANE ROAD.
BUT THE IDEA OF WIDENING THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IS NOT FORECLOSED, BUT IT WILL BE A COMPLETE STREET.
WE WILL HAVE ALL BY COMPETITIVE ENTITIES.
>> JUST SO TWO THINGS, WILL BE LAID OUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF IT EVER DID MAKE SENSE TO MAKE IT FOUR LANES, WE COULD DO THAT.
>> YEAH, AND THEN MY SECOND POINT IS JESSICA HELLMAN.
[INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU. EVERYTHING IS SPOT ON OF COURSE, BUILT AS TWO LANES.
I THINK THE CONCEPT AT THIS POINT IS A LARGE MEDIAN.
SO THE OUTSIDE EDGE IS GOING TO GET BUILT WITH THOSE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND CURVES AND THE MEDIAN CAN BE REMOVED AT SOME POINT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF INFORMATION ON THE LAND USES FOR EVERYTHING AS DAVID MENTIONED, BUT WE HAVE THE REGIONAL PLAN THAT HELPS GUIDE US FOR WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN TO THESE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE SWEAT GLANDS, AND YET METRO PLANS HAVE BEEN DOING MODELING FOR US TO CONFIRM OR DENY TWO LANES.
WE JUST HAD MODELING DONE LIKE A MONTH AGO FOR BUTLER AND IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT HOW THIS WAS ALL GOING TO HAPPEN AND DAVE WESSEL DOES THE MODELING.
AND WE'RE STILL WELL BELOW 20,000 VEHICLES ON THIS SECTION, OF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HEAD TO THE EDGES SO THAT THE MOST LIKELY SPOTS THAT WE HAVE TO WIDEN FOR US TO BE HERE AND MAYBE DOWN HERE AT THE LONE TREE INTERSECTIONS.
THE MIDDLE SEEMS UNLIKELY EVER AND EVEN WITH HIS BUILD-OUT OF THIS AREA, HE'S SAYING, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, YOU'RE JUST TAKING SO IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
>> SPEED LIMIT AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW FAST COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS WILL GO UNLESS WHEN SHE DRIVES IT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] MAYBE IT HELPS.
>> THIS IS RURAL WORLD NOW IT'S GOING TO MOVE TO SUBURBAN.
THERE COULD BE EVEN SOME ACTIVITY CENTERS MAYBE DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS HAPPEN OUT HERE.
IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE TALKING POSTING 35 DESIGNS TO 40 IS WHAT I EXPECT, [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.
>> NOW. HOW MANY MILES IS THAT YELLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF JW POWELL?
I'M SAYING ACTUALLY GOING MISALIGNMENT VERSUS THIS ONE.
>> I'M NOT CALCULATING MY SPEED ON THIS, BUT IT LOOKED LONGER IN THE MATH.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS STOP SIGNS, OR BOTH SIGNS FOR ETL.
PEOPLE GET TRACTION WHEN THERE'S NOTHING SLOWING DOWN.
>> THIS EXHIBIT IS HIGH-LEVEL CONCEPTUAL.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME MORE REFINEMENT AND DIVINE.
WE'RE SEEING WIGGLING OF THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT.
IT DEFINITELY WILL NOT TURN OUT AS A REALLY LONG STRAIGHT SECTION.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING SOME DEVELOPMENT WITH THESE GUYS AND THEY WANT TO SAY RIGHT IN AND HERE IS A FAIRLY MAJOR INTERSECTION.
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THEY'RE PROPOSING A RABBIT OUT AT THIS POINT.MAJOR INTERSECTION HERE AND THERE'LL BE OTHER INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE WAY.
AGAIN, IT WON'T BE BUILT IN A STRAIGHT ROAD LIKE THAT.
BEING PROBABLY WONDERFUL, DISCRETE, ROBUST ENOUGH FOR FOLKS THAT LIKE TO GO FAST.
>> YEAH, MAJOR INTERSECTION HERE.
THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE HERE THAT'S NOT SHOWN.
IT'S CONNECTING TO HAROLD BRANCH ROAD ENDS.
THIS WILL BECOME MAJOR INTERSECTION THERE.
IT'D BE A PRETTY BIG INTERSECTION THERE.
>> THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL WHEN WE GET INTO THIS.
>> YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO GOING BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY'S QUESTION ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING TO BROADEN THAT ROAD.
I WOULD HOPE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA THAT WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE VARIOUS GOALS AND COMMUNITY PLANS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND LOOK AT CREATING MULTIMODAL RESOURCES FOR THAT AREA, BUS TRANSIT, AND OTHER TRANSIT OPTIONS.
I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BIGGER GOALS IS CREATING THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TRANSIT, CONNECTING DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT WOULD HELP TO PREVENT THE NEED TO NECESSARILY EXPAND THE ROAD, BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS SUCH A MAJOR POINT OF CONTENTION FOR THIS AREA, I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE WILL KEEP ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THAT AREA AND THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA TO HELP TO MEET SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT GOALS AT THE SAME TIME.
>> QUESTION. DID CEMETERY PROPOSE A DIFFERENT ROUTE? IT'S CLOSE TO THIS ONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE I SAW A MAP THAT HAD A SIMILAR ROUTE, BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
>> THIS IS THE DESIGN THAT IS DONE WITH BEAK ENGINEERING, ALMOST UP TO THE 30% DESIGN.
THE LARGE PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALSO WORKING ON A SIMILAR DESIGN.
NOW ATTENUATES AND HAS LITTLE INFLECTION POINTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE.
THAT ALIGNMENT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT DESIGN BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT DESIGN FOR YET.
BUT YEAH. THEY ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE KNEW AS OF LAST JULY.
BUT YOU'VE SEEN THIS PROBABLY CREATED AND I KNOW IT WAS CREATED SINCE JUNE.
>> WILLIAMS SPENDING HERE SINCE THE STATIONS.
>> ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT AND COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY LIVES THAT SECURING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR IT'S NICE WHEN YOU CAN BUILD OUT IN, THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO EXPAND ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE.
HAVING THAT FORESIGHT IS EXCELLENT.
BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK RIGHT AWAY, WHICH A GREAT POINT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANALYSIS IS KNOWING THAT WHAT HAVE YOU EVER WORK IN ALIGNMENT IN HERE.
WE WERE TAKING LAND FROM PEOPLE'S YARDS.
THOSE FEEDS MADE HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEREAS FOR NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH UNDEVELOPED LAND.
AN EXTRA 10 FT FOR A SLOPE, ISN'T NOT AS BIG A DEAL WHEN YOU'RE NOT COMING IN DOWN SOME THINGS RIGHT.
>> DAVID AND JEFF, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO ME ON THIS, BUT I'M CURIOUS PRIMARILY DOLLAR BUDGET CITIES SHARE 40%.
DEVELOPERS PONY UP THE OTHER 60. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES WITH NAH AND THE BEULAH COST-SHARING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> SHOULD I BE CORRECTED ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE CITY'S PORTION IS 18 MILLION WITH THE DEVELOPERS 27 MILLION.
I BELIEVE. IT GETS YOU TO THIS 45 MINUTES.
>> BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS, THE PERCENTAGES, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE NAH DEVELOPMENT AND COMFORTABLE OVER THE BUELLER?
>> BUELLER NAH, SORRY, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT MY, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M GOING TO HAVE A GOOD JACKET.
>> MAYBE START WITH A BIG SMILE AND IT'S MADE ME.
IN THIS 40% COMES FROM THE CITIZENS TRANSPORTATION TAX COMMISSION BACK IN 2018.
THIS WAS A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH TRAFFIC WOULD BE ON THIS ROAD.
WE'VE BUILT IT. THERE WAS NO DEVELOPMENT NOW.
CITY TRAFFIC, WAS ABOUT 40% AND THE REST OF THE ROAD WOULD FILL UP WITH 60% DEVELOPER TRIPS.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT 40, 60 SPLIT WITH THIS.
NAH IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE ROAD YOU'LL ALREADY EXIST AND THEY'RE ADDING TO IT.
IT'S TWO LANES TODAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TWO THEY'RE
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ADDING IF YOU THINK OF IT THAT WAY IT'S 50% EITHER.BUT IT'S ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING ALERTED TO BE ALL ON THERE.
THEY'RE DARK. BUT IF YOU THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF AUTHORITY TOO, YOU'RE ADDING 250.
>> I DIDN'T MENTION THE QUESTION.
THEY WERE PROBABLY APPLES AND ORANGES.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO GET A GENERAL SENSE OF HOW THEY COMPARE. PROJECT WISE.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE SOME ITEMS I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL, MAYBE DESIGN-RELATED THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A COUPLE OF THE UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE RELATED TO THE WORK SESSION AND COUNCIL SESSION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE HERE ON JWP THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW RELATED TO BUDGET? COUNCIL.
>> INITIALLY, IN THE COMMENTS.
>> IF THERE WAS A COMMENT FROM DAN FOLK, THIS IS RELATED TO VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION.
DENSITY AND INTENSITY OF LAND USE AND NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS.
THAT WILL BE AN ACTIVITY OF THE SPECIFIC AREA PLAN.
THAT SPECIFIC AREA PLAN ACTIVITY AND THE PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT ALSO INCLUDES DEVELOPER ENGAGEMENT AND RECONCILING THEIR DESIRES FOR WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN AND WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THE ECONOMICS TO SUPPORT THAT INCREASED DENSITY AND INTENSITY OF LAND USE.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING OFF TRACK AND WE GO BACK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THIS CITY PARCEL, BUT CAN WE POINT THAT OUT? THANKS. TWENTY-SEVEN ACRE PARCEL THAT WOULD JOIN THIS AND I THINK IT'S HIS WAY INTO THE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AS TO WHAT THE CITY PROJECTS FOR THAT PARCEL OR IF THAT'S THE RIGHT LOCATION.
THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY TO BE TALKING ABOUT EXCHANGES OR SWAPS, BUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IS 27 ACRES OF VACANT LAND THAT WILL SOON IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE BE ACCESSIBLE WITH UTILITIES AND WITH A NEW STREET CORRIDOR. THANK YOU.
>> IT JUST SKIPPED REALLY FAST.
>> IF THERE'S A DELAY, MY APOLOGIES
>> I AM THRILLED TO SAY THAT AFTER 25 YEARS, THE SHUTTLE WENT UNDERGROUND ON MONDAY, THANK YOU.
>> IT WAS ON THE PAPER TODAY OR YESTERDAY?
>> IT WAS IN THE PAPER EITHER TODAY OR YESTERDAY.
>> IT'S PROBABLY TODAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT YESTERDAY.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU COMMUNITY FOR MAKING THIS EXCITING PROJECT COME TO FRUITION HAD AN EXCELLENT REDESIGN IT TO INCORPORATE THE BIKE AND PADS. THANK YOU, ADAM.
IN BACK, I FEEL LIKE CAN WE REALLY CAME OUT WITH A REALLY STRONG PROJECT TO DELIVER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS, ADDRESSED SEVERAL EMAILS COMING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WAS NOT TO RELIEVE CONGESTION ON MILTON, IT IS TO REALIGN UNIVERSITY AVENUE WITH UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
THEY CURRENTLY AS YOU COME ACROSS, YOU'RE BURGER KING AND WENDY'S THERE'S AN OFFSET BETWEEN THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, SO THIS PROJECT IS REALIGNING THE TWO UNIVERSITIES THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SAFETY PROBLEM BACK EARLY 2000S, I THINK THE FIRST TRANSPORTATION TAX GOING ONTO THE CORNER OF MONEY.
THIS ONE ALSO HAS UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, AS I MENTIONED IN THE GMP IS THEIR COUNSEL BACK IN DECEMBER.
WE HAVE FIBER OPTIC CONDUIT GOING IN, WE HAVE WATER, WE HAVE SEWER.
SOME OF THOSE LINES ARE BEING UPSIZED SO THEY CAN STILL BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY FROM WHAT'S OLD INFRASTRUCTURE NOW THAT'S UNDERSIZED.
WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MOUNTAIN LINE, SO WE HAVE A TWO LANE ROAD WITH TWO BUS LANES AS WELL TWO BUS STOPS HERE ON THE NORTH END OF BEULAH.
WE HAVE THE SAME 11 FOOT SHARED USE PATH THAT JEREMY WAS USING ON BUTLER AND FORTH AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT.
FEAR NOT, NOT ALL THE TREES ARE BEING CUT IN THAT LOT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OTHER E-MAILS ANSWERED THIS WEEK, THEY ARE CUTTING THE SWATH HERE, REASSURED PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT CUTTING THEM DOWN TO BUILD A HIGHWAY THROUGH THERE'S A LARGE CROSS-SECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 11 FOOT SHARE AND USE IN BOTH SIDES.
WE HAVE PARKWAYS, WE HAVE MEDIANS, WE HAVE BUS LANES AND WE HAVE THE TWO TRAVEL LANES, THE ONLY 20 FEET OF THAT SWATH IS TRAVELING.
ALSO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS THANK YOU WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS WITH THE ORDINANCES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL.
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IT'S STILL CONTINUING TO SECURITY THE REAL ESTATE GOING HERE, BUT IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SO FAR AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING FROM THEIR COMMUNITY.WE DO HAVE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NEWS BLAST THAT COMES OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S JUST NEWS AT UNIVERSITY BEULAH PROJECT, I CAN GET IT TO YOU BUT THERE IS A SIGN-UP FOR THAT, THERE'S A HOTLINE PEOPLE CAN CALL AS WELL.
THEN ALSO JUST THE SUPPORT THAT DESIGNED THE FINAL BUDGET, SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS NUMBER HERE IS THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.
WE GAINED THE GMP AT 19.3 MILLION, THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT COSTS THAT WE SEE IF YOU GUYS ARE WONDERING WHY THE COST IS LARGER, THAT COVERS THINGS LIKE OUR PERMIT MANAGEMENT TIME.
IT COVERS DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION, WHICH IS THIS ONE CAME IN AND VINTAGE SO YOU RECEIVED THE 1.6 MILLION, THAT'S PART OF THAT.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 370,000 FROM THAT LINE AS WELL SO THERE'S A HANDFUL OF BLOCKS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS PROFITABLE, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT IF YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 19 MILLION FROM IN 2025.
CONSTRUCTION WILL GO FROM MONDAY THROUGH PROBABLY LATE SUMMER OF 2025.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FOR A MOMENT?
>> WELL, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'RE CONGRATULATING OURSELVES FOR REALIGNING UNIVERSITY BUT I GUESS THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS, HOW DID YOUR UNIVERSITY GET SCREWED UP LIKE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE? [LAUGHTER]
>> I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS, CITY COUNCIL MOVES THE STREET SO THAT TARGET COULD HAVE A LARGER PARKING LOT.
THAT'S THE HISTORY THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.
I GUESS THE BIGGER COMMENT HERE IS, A LOT OF TIMES COUNCIL COULDN'T MAKE DECISIONS THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS DECADES AND DECADES LATER SO WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON BEULAH UNIVERSITY.
>> I'LL POINT OUT TO YOU REAL QUICK THAT UNIVERSITY AVENUE GETS RENAMED TO FRESQUEZ AVENUE, WHICH IS THE PARCEL AND IT WAS OWNED BY THE FRESQUEZ FAMILY HERE.
MEMORY OF THAT FAMILY. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BY SYMPTOM SPEED.
>> WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT AGAIN?
>> FRESQUEZ PROPERTY PARCELS, BUT IT WANTS THE FRESQUEZ AVENUE, THIS CURRENT UNIVERSITY AVENUE, THIS IS GETTING RENAMED.
>> I HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS ONE, WHICH IS IN 2018, WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN BUTTON ON A REALLY CRITICAL PART OF OUR FOOT SYSTEM.
THIS ACTUALLY CONNECTS DOWNTOWN SO THIS IS THE END OF TERRACE AND A FORMER COCINA NEXT TO A RESTAURANT HERE IN MOMENTARY OVERPASS BATTALION HERE.
THIS CONNECTS UP TO THE TURQUOISE ROUNDABOUT GOING UP.
REALLY CONNECTS DOWNTOWN UP TO BUFFALO PARK, ELVIN WHO ARE TRAILS TO THE NORTH.
TRY AND ALSO TO CONNECT WITH THE LONE TREE OVERPASS FROM THAT PROJECT WAS COMING INTO FRUITION LETTING THEM KNOW AND SHARING OUR PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT REALLY EARLY, SO THAT WE CAN NOW HOPEFULLY HAVING A REALLY STRONG NAU CONNECTION TO THIS TRAIL TO GET PEOPLE UP TO KNOWN ELEMENT AS WELL.
THIS IS A AGGREGATE TRAIL WITH A COUPLE CONCRETE CROSSINGS.
THIS CROSSES, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 19 DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS GOING ACROSS THIS HILLSIDE WE'RE JUST ALMOST CONTOURING ACROSS THIS, WHICH IS IT'S THE END OF CHERRY HILL SO IT'S A VERY TOPOGRAPHICALLY RICH AREA.
THE DESIGNER, PEAK ENGINEERING AND THIS ONE DID A GREAT JOB GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CONTOURS, THE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS HERE.
WITH THAT, THIS DOES SUPPORT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN AND ALLIES WITH THE TRAIL SYSTEM AS WELL.
THE BUDGET ON THIS IS 2.4 MILLION, THAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS THAT LITTLE OVER 2.1 MILLION.
THE DESIGN, IT SAYS SUMMER OF 23, BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, DESIGN IS COMPLETE.
IT WAS COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT WHEN IT STAYS AROUND FOR SO LONG AND HAS TO BE UPDATED TO 2023 ENGINEERING STANDARDS, SO THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN DONE.
WE'RE HOPING HERE IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS THAT WE CAN GET THIS ON THE STREET FOR ADVERTISEMENT AND HOPEFULLY THE ESTIMATE IS HIGH, AND THE BID COMES INTO CONSTRUCTED LOWER THAN OUR ESTIMATE AND WE CAN EASILY ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS EXTRACTION WOULD BE LATE FALL, WINTER, AND THEN GOING THROUGH 2024, PROBABLY FALL AS WELL.
WE HAVE DONE THIS TIMEFRAME BEFORE WE WILL START PROJECTS AFTER THE MONSOON SEASON AND THEN IF WE NEED TO DO A WINTER SHUTDOWN, THIS PART OF THE PROJECT ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF SOLAR SELF EXPOSURE THIS IS PROBABLY SNOW FREE IN MOST NORMAL WINTERS AND YOU DON'T HAVE THIS NICE WINTER ON HIS,
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THAT DOES CHANGE AS YOU GO NORTHWARD AS WELL. WE'VE GOT ONE.YOU SAID IT STARTS AT THE ROUNDABOUT.
>> YES. THE TURQUOISE ROUNDABOUT AT SPICER CANYON.
>> THEN SO DOES THIS CONNECT INTO THAT PIECE OF THE DIRT TRAIL THAT SEEMS TO GO NOWHERE?
>> YES. YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN TOWARDS THE CANYON YOU SEE THE LITTLE, MY GOODNESS, UNTIL THE SPACING A LITTLE COTTON TAILS COMING OUT OF THE LITTLE WATER RESTORATION AREA, ACROSS FROM THE JEHOVAH WITNESS CHURCH.
THERE'S A LITTLE STEP-UP THAT GOES UP INTO THE TREES, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE TRAIL.
THEN THE TOWN HOMES DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY HAVE AN PUTS EASEMENTS THROUGH THEN THAT'S ALREADY CLEARED AND GRADED FOR THE TRAIL CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN THERE AS WELL.
>> WE'RE HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT ALTERNATE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS HILLTOP FEEDER AS WELL.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME SWITCHBACKS ON.
>> THAT ONE, I THINK MAY SET A RECORD FOR FOOTSTOOL GRADE WORK.
>> NOT EVEN CLOSE, I THINK IT'S LIKE 12% OR SO, SINCE IT'S A SINGLE PULL PEOPLE OFF THE POOR BY HAND TO GET UP THERE YOU CAN'T GET DRIVING EQUIPMENT.
THAT WILL GO INTO THIS A BIT ALTERNATE, SO IT CAN'T BE DONE NOW HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE DONE LATER AND WE CAN STILL DO TRAVEL.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE CRITICAL CONNECTION, IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO ASK PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CLOSER TO THROW OUT ONE MORE CONNECTION TO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
>> I AM GOING TO FINISH UP THE TRANSPORTATION PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
THESE NEXT TWO PROJECTS, I EXPLAINED BEFORE, ARE PROGRAMMED IN [INAUDIBLE] YEARS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
THOSE ARE NOT ASSIGN SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION FOR A PROJECT MANAGER.
I'LL DO THAT PRESENTATION HERE.
THE PROJECT SCOPE FOR THE LONE TREE O'LEARY TO PINE KNOLL.
EARLIER CHRISTIAN TALKED ABOUT THE LONE TREE CORRIDOR THAT WAS TAKING OFF FROM O'LEARY GOING SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO PINE KNOLL.
IT WILL HAVE THE SAME ELEMENTS THAT THE SECTION NORTH OF O'LEARY WOULD HAVE.
TEN FOOT PATH ON THE WEST SIDE WITH A 6-FOOT SIDEWALK, THE STREETS SECTION, AND THEN A 6-FOOT PATH AND A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE.
I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT. IT WILL HAVE THAT SAME SCOPE, THAT SAME SECTION, THAT COMPLETE CORRIDOR GOING FROM O'LEARY DOWN TO PINE KNOLL.
THE IDEA THERE IS UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO BE ACCOMMODATED, WILL HAVE SEPARATED BIKE WAYS, AND AGAIN, A COMPLETE CORRIDOR SECTION.
THIS ALSO SUPPORTS THE LONE TREE OVERPASS AND THE CORRIDOR SECTION THERE.
IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, GETTING ALL THOSE ELEMENTS IN THERE THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT AND ADDRESSES WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE PUBLIC.
OUR SCHEDULE IS TO BEGIN TO DESIGN IN 2026, AND JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS IS WE WOULD ALSO CONSIDER POSSIBLY MAYBE A SMALL REALIGNMENT FOR THIS CORRIDOR WHEREVER IT'S FEASIBLE.
RIGHT NOW, COMING OFF OF BRENDAN HOMES TO PINE KNOLL, WE HAVE SOME AREAS NEXT TO THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS BY NAU.
ALSO, THERE'S A FRONTAGE ROAD NEXT TO THE HOMES THERE.
THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITY THAT MAYBE THIS CORRIDOR COULD SHIFT TO BETTER FOCUS HOW THIS PART OF THAT SECTION FITS.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO THAT.
BUT WE WILL RESEARCH THAT, LOOK INTO THAT, AND MAKE THAT PART OF WHAT THE FINAL SECTION WILL BE.
AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE NEW TAX 419 AND THIS IS A STREET LIGHTENING CATEGORY.
>> I THINK I KNOW WHERE IT IS. BUT CAN YOU POINT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THERE? I THINK IT IS THE CENTER OF THAT QUADRANT.
>> THERE WERE A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETED IN THIS AREA.
AS YOU ENTER BRENDAN HOMES FROM LONE TREE, WE DID A COUPLE OF SMALL [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT WAS AN HSIP PROJECT AS WELL.
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IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.WE DID SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO ROYAL PARK, TO THE BASEBALL FIELD, TO THE PARKING LOT STRUCTURE THERE, TO GET SOME INFILL HERE WITHIN BRENDAN HOME ITSELF.
WE DID SOME INFILL PROJECTS THERE.
>> IMAGINE [INAUDIBLE] PARTNER RELATED KINZIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHICH I BELIEVE THAT IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO REBUILD OR RELOCATE. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. AS WE START GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SCOPING, GETTING THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY, WE'LL DO SOME OUTREACH, WE'LL TALK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, SPEAK WITHIN THE AGENCIES, THE PARTNERS, MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOMMODATING EVERYBODY WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS COUNTRY CLUB OAKMONT, SO THIS IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FLAGSTAFF.
THIS SECTION HERE, WE HAVE THE DRIVING RANGE.
WE HAVE A CONTINENTAL BASEBALL FIELDS, SOFTBALL FIELDS, CONTINENTAL HILLS GOLF COURSE.
IN THIS SECTION IS COUNTRY CLUB OAKMONT AND OLD WALNUT CANYON ROAD.
THAT'S THE INTERSECTION THERE RIGHT NOW TO THE SOUTH.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HILL THAT GOES UP AND THEN YOU DROP DOWN AS YOU CONTINUE SOUTH.
PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION OR THE SCOPE FOR THIS PROJECT IS INNER SECTION CONTROL.
SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THAT HILL GOING INTO THE SOUTH AND HELP A LITTLE BETTER WITH VISIBILITY.
ALSO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE STREETS, THE EAST AND WEST STREETS COMING IN, LOOKING AT HOW THAT MIGHT WORK.
THIS WILL BE A COMPLETE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS, WE WILL LOOK AT ROUNDABOUTS, WE LOOK AT PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS, WHATEVER WILL FIT FOR THIS AREA BASED ON THE SURROUNDING AREA IS WHAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH.
DEFINITELY BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AGAIN WITH UPDATES, WITH PROJECT DESIGN.
GOING FORWARD, WE WILL SEEK THAT INPUTS.
WE'LL SCHEDULE DESIGN IN 2025, AND THEN HOPE TO BE IN CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.
THIS IS PART OF THE NEW TAX AND IT IS A STREET OPERATIONS UNDER THE CATEGORY TYPE.
I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT?
>> WE'RE SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT ON TIME.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A HOT TOPIC COMING UP, MULTIMODAL PLANNER.
TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
>> I HEARD PEDESTRIAN CONVERSATION.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
FOR PED AND BIKE PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, WE HAVE TWO MAIN FUNDING SOURCES.
ONE IS THE TRANSPORTATION TAX 419.
THAT WILL PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED $29 MILLION OVER THE 21 YEARS LIFE OF THE TAX.
BUT IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, IT WILL PROVIDE $12.8 MILLION FOR PED AND BIKE PROJECTS.
OUR SECOND SOURCE, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU, BUT WHAT MOUNTAIN LINE WAS GRANTED FEDERAL GRANT CALLED FIRST MILE LAST MILE.
IT IS A TOTAL OF $6.9 MILLION.
OF THAT 6.9 MILLION, 5.5 IS THE FEDERAL GRANT AND 1.4 IS TO LOCAL MANAGE.
THAT 1.4 COMES OUT OF THAT $12.8 MILLION ABOVE AND THAT'S REALLY OUR TOTAL OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR PED AND BIKE PROJECTS.
IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO MENTION, LIKE TREVOR SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS PRESENTATION, A LOT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH INCLUDES SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PED AND BIKE COMPONENTS AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH MENTIONING AGAIN.
THEY WERE DESCRIBED IN GOOD DETAIL AS FAR AS EACH PROJECT CAME THROUGH.
BUT THESE ARE REALLY PROJECTS THAT ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR OVERALL PED AND BIKE NETWORKS, AND REALLY PROJECTS THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR OWN AS A PED BIKE PROJECT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BIKE LANES ALONG BUTLER AS A PRIORITY FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THAT IT WAS REALLY A PROJECT THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO TAKE ON OURSELVES AND ADD THOSE BIKE LANES.
NOTE THAT THE ROADWAY PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, WE GET REALLY GOOD BIKE FACILITIES, AND IT CLOSES THAT GAP AND MEETS THAT NEED.
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VERY SIMILAR WITH DOWNTOWN MILE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UNDERPASSES.THE FLORENCE WALNUT WE'VE HAD FUNDED AND DESIGNED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT BECAUSE OF RAILROAD RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR OWN.
THE DOWNTOWN MILE MAKES IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO THAT AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
REALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION ON PED AND BIKE PROJECTS AT AN INFRASTRUCTURAL LEVEL, THERE ARE THREE LEGS TO THE STOOL.
ONE OF THEM IS THE CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR PED AND BIKE PROJECTS IN AND OF ITSELF, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
THE SECOND ONE, OF COURSE, IS THE BIGGER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, THE [INAUDIBLE] DOWNTOWN MILE, KNOLL TREE OVERPASS AND LIKE I MENTIONED, FILLS IT INSIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF OUR NETWORK.
THEN THE THIRD ONE IS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, SO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
WE REALLY NEED TO RELY EQUALLY ON THOSE THREE THINGS TO HELP US BUILD COMPLETE NETWORK.
WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE LOOP AND WATCHING AS PROJECTS PROGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR PED AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT AS PART OF THAT.
MORE RECENTLY WITH THE COUNCIL'S HELP, WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD PED AND BIKE FACILITIES COMPARED TO THE SAY, 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO.
WE'RE UPPING OUR GAME, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
HERE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
NOW THERE ARE SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LONG PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD AND THEN TO PRIORITIZE THEM.
WE STARTED AWHILE AGO WITH INVENTORIES OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT'S MISSING.
WE TRIED TO DEVELOP THE IDEA OF COMPLETE NETWORKS.
WE'VE BROKEN INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR PED AND BIKE, SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS, FOOT TRAILS AND THEN A COUPLE OF TYPES OF CROSSING.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND THE PED AND BIKE COMMITTEES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE ACTUAL FORMAL PRIORITIZATION PROCESS IS OUTLINED A LITTLE BIT THERE ON THE RIGHT.
WE TOOK AN ACCOUNT OF ATTRACTORS AND GENERATORS.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO WALK OR BIKE OR THINGS THAT THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO WALK OR BIKE TO, SOCIAL FACTORS AND THEN NEED OR FUNCTIONALITY.
THIS IS A BIT OF AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF IT.
ALL OF IT, THE PROCESS AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AND THEIR PRIORITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
IF YOU'RE REALLY CURIOUS, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT AND SEE HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
THIS GETS US TO THIS POINT WHERE WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND MAKING REQUESTS AND BUILDING THINGS.
BUT WE NEED TO REVIEW THIS PROCESS EVERY FEW YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE STILL ACCURATE AND ADJUST AS NECESSARY.
THIS IS THE RIGHT FRAMING, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INVENTORIES AND STUFF ON BIKE AND PED PATHS, I LIVE OFF THE ROAD AND I DRAW UP LONE TREE AND THE ASPHALT.
I CAN IN PED PATHS GOT ALL THESE BUMPS ON THEM, ZIPPERS.
PEOPLE LIKE ON LONE TREE, THEY'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE ON A BIKE ON THAT PATH.
THEY'RE ON THE ROAD WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A BIKE LANE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED.
IS THAT PART OF THE MASTER PLAN TO DO STUFF THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT TO MAINTAIN IT SO IT'S USED OR JUST WE HAVEN'T BUILT SO WE SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T BUILT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING GOOD THOSE PATHS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BAD?
THREE LEVELS OF ANSWER TO THE MAINTENANCE QUESTION.
FIRST, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BUILD PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE WE MAY SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE UP FRONT ON THEM, BUT HOPEFULLY THE RETURN IS THAT THEY ARE MORE MAINTENANCE FREE.
LIKE DAVID MENTIONED, THE SWITZER CANYON PROJECT, THAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN USUAL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DRAINAGE CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT NOW, SO THEY DON'T BECOME A PROBLEM LATER.
THAT'S ONE LEVEL. THE SECOND LEVEL IS WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT SOME CAPITAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS PERSISTENT OR ONGOING MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND IN FACT, WE'LL SEE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SET ASIDE MONEY TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS ASPHALT ROUTE BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING AN ISSUE.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF THE BUDGET THAT ADDRESSED SPOT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THOSE CAN BE ENHANCEMENTS, BUT WE ALSO INTEND FOR THEM TO CORRECT DRAINAGE ISSUES, EROSION, OTHER SURFACE ISSUES, LONG TRIALS, AND OTHER PLACES.
BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE MONEY TO THINGS AHEAD OF TIME.
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THEN THE THIRD PART IS A LITTLE MORE ESOTERIC, BUT IT IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE DO MAINTENANCE OF PED AND BIKE FACILITIES AND TAKING THAT BACK DOWN TO BASE LEVEL, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.IF IT TAKES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY SOME PARTS OF THAT RELATE TO HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND HOW WE GO ABOUT PRIORITIZING THINGS.
ALSO WORTH DOING BUT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
WE RECOGNIZE IT AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY CLEAR COUNCIL PRIORITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE, AND YOUR EXAMPLE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T USING THAT TRAIL IS SIGNIFICANT.
THAT TELLS US THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE, WE HAVE THE FACILITY IT'S NOT.
>> IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO BUILD MORE IF THE SAME PEOPLE OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS, ANTHONY, USE THOSE NEW ONES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAINTAINING THEM.
IT'S ONE THING TO BUILD THAT SPACE, BUT THEN IT'S GOT TO BE USABLE.
>> I FIGURED IT WAS THE GRADE OF THAT PORTION.
IF I'M THINKING THE SAME PART OF THE, FOR INSTANCE LONE TREE, THEY CALL IT.
>> LAKE MARY ROAD HAS THE SAME ISSUE, THE SAME SOLUTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE NICE ABOUT THEM, NOT EVERY DAY, BUT I'LL SAY, HEY, WHY DO YOU WANT TO STREAM? [LAUGHTER]
>> THE COMPLAINT IS ALWAYS JUST TOO DANGEROUS ON THE PATHS.
>> OUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THAT THE ISSUE WITH ASPHALT THRILLS IS WE STOPPED BUILDING ASPHALT TRAILS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND TOOK IT ON HER ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
WHATEVER REASON THEY JUST HAVE NOT HELD UP WELL AND WE HAVE NINE MILES OF EXISTENCE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS.
>> HERE WE DIVE INTO THE WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND WE START WITH THE GENERAL CATEGORY.
OUR TERMINAL PLANNING ITEM IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDES SOME STAFF TIME.
THIS WAS PART OF MY POSITION AS WELL AS ENGINEERING ATTACK IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF IT ABOUT ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
THIS LINE ITEM IS NOT FOUND THAT IS A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION AND I THINK THAT'S COMING UP IN LATER IN APRIL.
WHY WE CALL THIS THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET VERSUS THIS IS THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL STAFFING.
WE'LL CALL THAT ONE OUT FOR PARTICULAR DISCUSSION WE'VE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S OF HIGH INTEREST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. GREG. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT CONVERSATION.
THE NEXT BULLET IS FOR PROJECT PRE-DESIGNED, AND THIS IS A FUND THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE TO DO CONCEPT PLANS OR 15 PERCENT PLANS FOR SOME OF THE MORE AMBITIOUS PIPELINE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
THE IDEA IS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT WORK, WHAT RIGHT-OF-WAY OR EASEMENTS WE WOULD NEED IF THERE AREN'T CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUES AND WHAT THEY MIGHT COST.
THAT INFORMATION GETS US A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE WITH IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROJECTS AND REALLY SETS US UP TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GRANTS AND I THINK WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
FOR EXAMPLE WE'VE SPENT SOME OF THAT MONEY IN THE PAST YEAR ON A PRE-DESIGNED OR CONSTANT PLANS FOR PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS ALONG BUTLER BEAVER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE I THINK THAT'S COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THE TALK ABOUT THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
WELL, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF YEARS OF FUNDING IN THAT, AND WE'LL TRY TO DRAW THAT DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THEN SEE AFTER THAT IF THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THAT MONEY.
THIRD BULLET POINT IS FOR A VISIONS, THERE ARE ACTION PLAN SO A PLANNING EFFORT TO LOOK AT A SAFE STREETS OR VISION ZERO CONCEPT.
THEN THE LAST ONE IS ACTUALLY A LIVE LINK TO OUR ONLINE PLANNING MAP AND I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT FOR NOW WE'LL COME BACK TO IT AFTER THE REST OF OUR PRESENTATION ON PROJECTS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE ONE ON THE PROJECT PRE-DESIGNED, WORKED ON SO FAR.
WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE CONSOLE PLANS FOR THE TWO PROTECTIVE INTERSECTIONS WE'RE JUST BEGINNING WORK ON TAKING THE BIKE LANES ALONG BUTLER AND MOVING THE CURVE IN RAISING THE BIKE LANES UP TO THE LEVEL OF SIDEWALK.
HERE TO BIKE RIDING THE BIKE LANES THAT STREET LEVEL NOW THAT IS KURT, WE MOVE OUT INTO BLACKBOARD AND GET RIGHT AND THAT EXTRA VERTICAL CHANGE PROVIDES SOME LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR BICYCLISTS AND ILLUMINATES A GOOD NUMBER, NOT ALL, BUT A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN
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WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION AND SEPARATED PIPELINES.>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
HOW WOULD THAT COMPACT SNOW REMOVAL? I'M GUESSING IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER, BUT IF IT'S STILL RAISE, WHAT DOES THAT DO IN TERMS OF PLOWS AND MOVING THAT SNOW AND THEN SWEEPING UP SETTLERS?
>> ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE SETTLED ON THIS CONFIGURATION, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT ON OTHER ROAD PROJECTS AS WELL THAT YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTERS IS THAT IT GIVES US 11 OR 12 FEET OF CONCRETE AND IT CAN BE RELATIVELY EASILY PLOWED, LIKE WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE THE KNOW-HOW TO SUPPLY THOSE FACILITIES.
THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE WITH BUTLER NOW, WHERE WE NEEDED A SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO FIT INTO THAT TIGHT SPACE.
NOW WE CAN DO THIS WITH A PICKUP TRUCK OR FROM EMBROIDERED.
THERE REMAINS AN ISSUE OF WHERE THE SNOW GETS STORED ONCE IT GETS PLUGGED OFF OF THESE FACILITY BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BUTLER CORRIDOR, THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME LANDSCAPE AREAS THAT THE CITY PURCHASES ARE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, WAY BACK THEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT AND THE CONCEPT PLANNING IS CAN WE USE THOSE AREAS MORE EFFICIENTLY TO CREATE PART WAYS AND OTHER PLACES TO STORE THAT SNOW AS WE ELIMINATE THAT.
ON NEW CONSTRUCTION WE SHOULD HAVE PARKWAY AND A PLACE TO STORE THAT'S SNOW AS PART OF AN INITIAL DESIGN SO WE'RE ADDRESSING.
>> DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THIS?
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE TWO PROTECTIVE NEAR SECTIONS ABOUT A MILLION EACH AND GROUND FIGURES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RACING BIKE LANE A LITTLE BIT WE GET THAT COST AS PART OF THE ESTIMATE.
HOWEVER, THERE'S LOTS OF FEDERAL GRANTS AVAILABLE NOW THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT MIGHT BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT MIGHT BE GOOD CANDIDATES AND THOSE PERHAPS. I'M OPTIMISTIC.
>> CAN I NARROW YOU DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE BUTLER, THIS HAS BEEN SO PROBLEMATIC FOR BIKING HEAD FOR SO LONG.
BUT IT'S A TOPIC THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT.
OPTIMISTICALLY WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY HEAT IS COMING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE?
>> THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION AND I WOULD PROBABLY DO MY TIME-LAPSE.
>> MAYBE SOME VERY QUICK FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AS TO HOW YOU WOULD VIEW THIS AS A PRIORITY.
WE HAVE AN IDEA OF COST YOU'RE GETTING AN ARRAY OF PROJECTS TODAY THAT ARE VERY PRIORITIZED BUT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE CONVERSATION FROM THESE PROJECTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF EMAIL COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE AND THEN I KNOW THE INTEREST IS HIGH, BUT PERHAPS SOME QUICK FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> I'LL JUST START IT OFF THING WITH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT OFF BUTLER, THE TRAFFIC IN THE ISSUES ARE JUST GOING TO INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY WITH HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE ONE OF OUR TALK PROJECTS.
>> THIS LAST NIGHT. I SAT THROUGH ABOUT AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF OF DISCUSSION ON THIS EXACT SUBJECT WITH THE BICYCLE COMMITTEE MEETING.
MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A STRONG CONSENSUS FROM STAFF WITH THE SYSTEM WE'RE HAVING NOW WITH THE CURBS AND THE CANDLESTICKS, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED, IS NOT WORKING.
IT'S VERY INEFFICIENT MAINTENANCE-WISE AND A SIGNIFICANT THING I PICKED UP ON LAST NIGHT, MARTIN WAS THERE, OF COURSE, SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ME, WAS THAT IF WE KEEP THE CANDLESTICKS, THE CURRENT SETUP RIGHT NOW, THE MAINTENANCE COST PER YEAR ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
TO ME, THAT TRANSLATES TO IF WE COULD DO THE PROJECT WHERE WE RACE THE BIPLANE UP TO THE SIDEWALK LEVEL, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN THE LONG TERM BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL THAT VERY EXPENSIVE AND VERY FRUSTRATING MAINTENANCE AND SNOW REMOVAL.
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IN MY MIND, THAT'S A REASON TO MOVE THIS UP.NOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE TO DO THE BUTLER PROJECT AND ALSO THE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS AT BEAVER IN SAN FRANCISCO.
IN MY MIND, I THINK WE SHOULD PUSH THE BUTLER RAISE THE BIKE WAY PROJECT UP AS A HIGHER PRIORITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, SPEND THE MONEY ON BUTLER FIRST AND THEN NOT DO THE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS YET, MAYBE DO THEM BUT CERTAINLY THE BUTLER PROJECT IS HIGHER PRIORITY.
IF WE COULD FIND SOME FUNDING TO DO THE BUTLER PROJECT, THAT WOULD REALLY BE EFFICIENT.
THE BICYCLE COMMITTEE, BY CONSENSUS LAST NIGHT, FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST TAKE OUT THE CANDLESTICKS AND PUT IT BACK TO AN OPEN STREET WITH A WHITE LINE OR WHATEVER.
THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT THE WAY IT IS UNTIL WE CAN DO TO RAISE THE BIKE LANE UP.
IN MY OPINION, THIS ALL BOILS DOWN TO, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO DO THE FINAL PROJECT, SAVE THE MONEY ON MAINTENANCE, AND MAYBE SAVE SOME MONEY BY NOT DOING THE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS RIGHT NOW AND PUT BUTLER AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
IS THAT MAKES SENSE OR QUESTIONS?
I HATE TO ADMIT THAT COUNCILOR MATTHEWS WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING, I THOUGHT YOU'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THE OPPOSITE BUT YOU DIDN'T.
>> I REALLY DEEPLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU CAME TO.
I THINK IT FOLLOWS CLOSELY WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY SAYING, I REMEMBER BEING IN THE VERY INTERESTING POSITION OF BEING THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE KEEP THOSE LANES IN PLACE FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS.
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO SO BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT NEEDS ROOM TO BREATHE AND PEOPLE NEED TIME TO GET OVER THERE KNEE-JERK REACTIONS AND THEIR PRECONCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCE THE AMENITY FOR WHAT IT IS THROUGH A VARIETY OF SEASONS AND CONTEXT.
I DON T THINK THOSE CANDLESTICKS WERE WORKING AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT THE EXPERIMENT NEEDED MORE TIME TO BE CONCLUSIVE.
I COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE WORKING.
THIS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING TO ME, AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE IT A PRIORITY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL IN TERMS OF GETTING RID OF THE PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS TO PRIORITIZE THIS.
THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT A ZERO SUM GAME OF HAVING TO CHOOSE.
THESE ARE ALL SYNERGISTIC AND THEY PLAY OFF OF EACH OTHER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO CREATE THE PROTECTED INTERSECTION AFTER THE FACT.
IT NEEDS TO BE BAKED INTO THE CAKE, AND THE WAY THAT THESE INTEGRATED BIKE PATHS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BAKED INTO THE CAKE ORIGINALLY.
IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, I THINK IT'S A NICE WAY TO TRANSITION FROM A VERY OPEN-MINDED AND CURIOUS GOOD FACE EXPERIMENT THAT WASN'T WORKING AND PIVOT INTO A SOLUTION THAT MAKES EVERYBODY REALLY EXCITED.
THAT'S A NICE WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONTRAST OF THE EXPERIMENT AND THE SOLUTION ON PEOPLE'S MINDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> IF I MAY. YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE BIKE LANE PILOT PROJECT, COMING YOUR WAY RELATIVELY SOON.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT TOPIC, AND I KNOW THE TWO RELATE.
IN FACT, THEY'RE ALMOST INSEPARABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND NOT TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD ALL HEAR, THERE'S A DESIRE TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY AND ALLOW US AT THE BUDGET TEAM [INAUDIBLE] GET AT THIS.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION EDITORIAL HERE.THIS IS THE FIX, THE BIKE PILOT PROJECT WAS AN EXPERIMENT, AND IT WILL HAVE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD AND BAD FROM THAT EXPERIMENT.
THIS IS THE FIX, AND I CAN ONLY UNDERSCORE EVERYTHING MARTIN SAID IS SAFER, AND IT'S MAINTAINABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO EXPAND ENORMOUS SUMS OF MONEY ON SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND UTILIZING EXISTING EQUIPMENT, AND QUITE ARGUABLY, CLEARING THINGS JUST AS FAST AS WE'RE CLEARING THE VEHICULAR ROADWAY BECAUSE IT REALLY IS NO DIFFERENT.
YOU'RE JUST SIX INCHES HIGHER OPERATING THAT WE WON'T BE OUT THERE WITH ROAD GRADERS.
PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT, IN A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
>> MARTIN, YOU JUST INCIDENTALLY, ACCORDING TO YOUR DIAGRAM, I THINK, 22 TRAVEL LANES IS WAY TOO MANY.
>> JUST TO FINISH OFF COMING IN ON VICE MAYOR AND SHMALEY SPENT HOURS DISCUSSING WITH ME THIS ELEVATED BIKE LANE CONCEPT.
WE AGREED ON THIS OVER A YEAR AGO, SO THIS'S ALREADY WELL-DECIDED.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS JUST TO CONCLUDE THAT I HATE TO BE THAT PERSON, BUT WE'RE MISSING A PIECE OF INFORMATION SO FAR, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WILL COST.
SO BEFORE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER A MILLION.
THAT'S CLASSIC UNDERSTATEMENT.
I'M SORRY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT THAT WAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO THAT.
I THINK AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CONVERSATION IS WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS.
AS WE WORK THROUGH THE 15 PERCENT OF CLIENTS WE'LL HAVE BETTER INFORMATION AND WE WILL NEED THAT ROUTE TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE AND KNOW WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE ROUTED CERTAINLY.
>> THE NEXT STEP, OF COURSE, IS DUE TO THE CURRENT STATE ESTIMATE WHICH DISAGREES WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE LOCKET CEDAR ROUNDABOUT IS GOING TO COST FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
I THINK THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY MAKES MORE SENSE THAN THAT, NOT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO TRADE ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE.
I THINK THE THING THAT REALLY PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE WHEN I'M MAKING MY RECOMMENDATION IS WHEN I SAW THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, WHAT THE COST IS TO MAINTAIN THE CANDLESTICKS AND THE CURBS.
HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST EACH YEAR? THIS DOESN'T EVEN COST, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SNOW REMOVAL.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT'S COSTING US TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED CANDLESTICKS AND THE DAMAGED CURVES.
>> YES. THE AMOUNT OF COSTS PER YEAR, AS LONG AS WE STILL HAVE THIS APPROACH, THAT'S WHAT PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE.
ADMITTEDLY, IF YOU ONLY LOOK ONE YEAR AHEAD, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO KEEP THE CANDLESTICKS FINANCIALLY.
BUT IF YOU THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF SAY, FIVE YEARS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL.
I TEND TO THINK OF THINGS IN THE LONG TERM.
I HAVE LONG-TERM GOALS AS OPPOSED TO SHORT-TERM GOALS.
THAT'S WHY I'M HARD OVER ON THIS. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD AS SAYING THE EXPERIMENT WASN'T WORTHWHILE.
>> CAN I PERSONALLY QUITE BE UNDERSTOOD? I THINK IT WAS INVALUABLE AND IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING MORE ROBUST IN A BETTER SOLUTION KNOWING THAT WE'VE TRIED OTHER GREATER POSSIBILITIES.
>> IT REMINDS ME OF A QUOTE OUT OF EDDIE ABBY'S BOOK, DESERT SOLITAIRE.
IT CAN ALWAYS SERVE AS A BAD EXAMPLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.
I KNOW I'VE GOT TO SUBTRACT, BUT THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, SO THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. BARTON, DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED? I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY IN THE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
MARTIN HAS ABOUT SIX OR SO MORE SLIDES RELATED TO OTHER BIKING PED PROJECTS.
NOW YOU JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE SLIDES JUST MOVING FORWARD.
WE MOVE ON. WITH THIS, THE REST OF IT BREAKS UP OUR PROJECTS BY CATEGORY.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY.
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PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROJECT, LET ME KNOW.I WILL POINT OUT ON THE FOOT SLIDE THAT WE DO HAVE ASPHALT REPAIR.
WE PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, I THINK AT $400,000 PER EVERY YEAR.
REALLY NOT ENOUGH TO FIX SOME OF THESE TRAILS LIKE WE NEED TO, BUT IT'S ENOUGH TO GET US STARTED.
I THINK THAT'S AN EFFORT WE'LL HAVE TO UNDERTAKE IN TERMS OF DECIDING HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIX THEM.
WHICH ONES ARE A PRIORITY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT? THAT'S REALLY A TAKE-HOME.
ALSO, ONE OTHER THING ABOUT FUTS TRAILS FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL, MOST OF OUR PED BIKE PROGRAM WAS JUST FUTS TRIALS AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH AND THEY WERE PRETTY WELL.
NOW WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE'RE REALLY MOVING IN A LOT OF NEW DIRECTIONS.
BUT FUTS TRAILS REMAINS BACK THERE AS ONE OF OUR MORE POPULAR, WELL-USED FACILITIES AND REALLY THEY'RE RECREATIONAL BUT THEY'RE ALSO A CRUCIAL PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THAT'S MY PITCH TOO.
DON'T PROTECT THE FUTS TRAILS AND REMEMBER THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SIDEWALKS.
THE ONLY THING I'LL MENTION HERE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SIDEWALKS LISTED IN THIS PART OF THE BUDGET.
THIS WAS THE PART THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH 419 BUT A FEW SLIDES LATER WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIRST MILE AND LAST MILE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SIDEWALK PROJECTS LISTED THERE, SO THAT'S HOW THAT FUNDING ARE BROKEN OUT.
NEXT SLIDE IS ON CROSSINGS AND THIS IS THE SAME AS THE ENHANCED CROSSINGS.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE LISTED HERE BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CROSSINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS PART OF FIRST MILE AND LAST MILE.
A TWO GRADE-SEPARATED CROSSINGS.
THE MONEY FROM THE FLORENCE-WALNUT UNDERPASS WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AS I MENTIONED, WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BUILD IT, SO DOWNTOWN MODEL HELPS US MOVE THAT FORWARD.
THESE TEND TO BE VERY IMPACTFUL PROJECTS IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT ON FOOT AND ON BIKE BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE, SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL, BUT THESE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK FOR GRANTS AND OTHER WAYS TO PAY FOR THEM.
>> CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT BOW AND ARROW TUNNEL?
>> OH, YES, I'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY NOT POSSIBLE THERE.
>> PULL SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP BUT JUST DESCRIBE IT MORE.
>> THIS IS A BARREL WASHERS BEHIND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LONE TREE CAMPUS.
JUNIPER POINT IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING TO DEVELOP REALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TENURE THAT WASH PALM IS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO DO TWO THINGS.
ONE IS BUILT NEW LONE TREE ROAD OVER THAT WASH, AND TWO IS BUILD A FUTS TRAIL ALONG THAT WASH.
>> IS THAT WHERE THESE LETTERS GO THE SAME?
>> THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. YES.
>> YEAH. IF YOU TAKE THAT CANYON FURTHER BACK EAST WHERE THIS IS LOCATED.
WHEN THEY DO THOSE TWO THINGS, BUILD THAT ROAD, BUILD THAT FUTS TRAIL, WE WANT TO HAVE A GREAT SEPARATING CROSSING FOR THAT FUTS TRAIL UNDERNEATH THAT ROAD.
WE CAN'T BUY RIGHT, ASK THEM TO DO THAT AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE PROVIDING THEM SOME MONEY TO DO IT.
WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT'S MUCH MORE ECONOMICAL TO DO IT NOW THAT YOU TRY TO GO BACK AND RETROFIT A TUNNEL.
>> YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE TRAIL AND I THINK IT WILL BE MUCH BETTER IF WE HAVE A GRADE-SEPARATED CROSSING VERSUS REQUIRING PEOPLE TO CROSS THAT BOUNDARY.
BIKEWAYS IS THE NEXT PROJECT CATEGORY.
HERE, A LOT OF OUR WORK IS FOCUSED ON PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND STRIPING, AND SIGNING.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UNDER THE CATEGORY OF BIKEWAYS, BUT THINK OF IT AS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO COMPLETE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM THAT IS COHESIVE, AND COMPREHENSIVE, AND COMPLETE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE FILLING LITTLE PIECES HERE AND THERE AND TRYING TO MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT REALLY HANGS TOGETHER NICELY.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROJECTS, WAY TOO MANY TO MENTION WHICH ARE LISTED INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THAT'S OUR OVERALL GOAL.
THERE'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF BIKEWAYS UNDER THE FIRST MILE LAST MILE.
I THINK IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THERE ARE ONLY TWO ENTRIES FOR THE FIRST MILE LAST MILE, AND THEY ARE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS AND BIKEWAY PROJECTS.
THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE LISTED IS OUR MARCH REQUIREMENT THAT SHOULD ADD UP TO $1.4 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THAT GRANT, BUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED [INAUDIBLE] YOU CAN SEE SIDEWALKS.
NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE MORE CROSSINGS AND THEN ON THE FINAL SLIDE,
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WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BIKEWAYS.WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MOUNTAIN LINE.
THEY GAVE US A LOT OF LATITUDE REALLY IN WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE SELECTING, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A CONNECTION TO TRANSFER THAT.
WE WERE HELPING TO ENHANCE OUR CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT.
REALLY, THAT WASN'T DIFFICULT AT ALL.
THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THAT GOAL AND OUR GOAL OF COMPLETING OUR NETWORKS.
WE HAVE A DESIGN UNDERWAY ON THAT PROJECT.
THEY'RE JUST BEGINNING TO WORK ON THE INITIAL CONCEPT PLANS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD ANYTHING.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO STRETCH SOME BIKEWAYS THIS SUMMER, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON AFTER THAT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A MAP OF ALL OF THESE?
>> I DO. I WAS GOING TO GO ACTUALLY TO A LIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THAT, BUT I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AS A LINK.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE EARLY SLIDES.
>> WHERE YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A LIVE LINK?
>> YEAH. IF YOU CLICK THAT, IT'LL BRING UP AN ONLINE MAP, AND THAT LISTS ALL THE SIDEWALKS, MISSING AND EXISTING FOOT TRAILS, CROSSINGS, AND BIKEWAYS.
THERE ARE ALSO OPTIONS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT PART OF THEIR PRIORITY IS.
IT'S LISTED BY LEVEL OF PRIORITY AND THEN THERE'S AN OPTION TO SHOW THEM BASED ON WHEN WE THINK THEY'LL BE CONSTRUCTED.
IT'S BROKEN INTO THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, THE NEXT 20 YEARS, AND THEN BEYOND 20 YEARS. THERE'S CATEGORIES.
YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO BUILD, BUT IT'S ALSO USEFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE THINGS INTERACT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SHOWED YOU A MAP OF GREAT SEPARATED CROSSINGS, SOME OF THEM JUST FLOAT IN SPACE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PLANNED FOOT TRAILS, NOW THOSE CROSSINGS MAKE SENSE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY FIT INTO THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
>> CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MANY OF YOU THERE ARE? [LAUGHTER]
>> I FEEL LIKE MARTINS HAS BECOME A NEW UNIT OF MEASURE.
>> RIGHT BEHIND YOU [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT IS A FANTASTIC DATABASE TO REALLY DRILL DOWN ON PRIORITIES.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MARTIN STARTED WORKING WITH THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON TO INVENTORY.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK.
WHEN YOU WANT TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THIS AND FIND OUT WHAT MARTIN HAS IN MIND AND GOING INTO THIS BUDGET AND PLAN, HAVE SOME FUN ON THE LINK IN THE GIS DATABASE.
I'M SURE MARTIN WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH ANY OF THIS WITH FOLKS AS YOU'D LIKE.
IT MIGHT BE UNRELATED, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF BIKERS THAT COME UP HERE TO TRAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME, A LOT OF THEM FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
DO WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BRINGING PEOPLE IN IN TERMS OF HOW TO USE THE ROAD PROPERLY?
>> YEAH. THERE'S A THING CALLED THE RACE ACROSS [INAUDIBLE] AROUND THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF [INAUDIBLE] FROM LOS ANGELES TO NORTH CAROLINA.
>> THESE ARE TEAMS THAT COME AND MOST OF THEM ARE INTERNATIONAL.
BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN NAU'S CAMP AND THEN THEY USE THE ROADWAYS AND PARTICULARLY OUT DOWN LAKE MARY ROWE AND OUT DOWN [INAUDIBLE] WHATEVER.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS AS IF WE EVER HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE THAT MAY HAVE SOME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE CITY AND SOME OF OUR TRAILS. ANYWAY, JUST CURIOUS.
>> JUST REAL QUICK. ON THE MAP, IS THERE AN OVERLAY OR IS IT JUST REFERENCE THE [INAUDIBLE] PATH THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE CAN WALK [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT IDENTIFIED IN THAT OVERLAY MAP?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I THINK WE COULD ADD IT.
BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FOOT TRAILS WERE PLANNED COINCIDE WITH MAJOR WASHERS AND PRETTY GOOD PARTS IN THE REGION.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THERE, BUT IT COULD BE ADDED.
>> I DIDN'T NEED TO RUSH YOU THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO BBB FUNDS.
THESE ARE STILL UNDER SPECIAL REVENUE, SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT SAME COLOR GROUP OF MONDAY.
I THINK JUST LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE HERE, LET'S START WITH BEAUTIFICATION.
RIGHT AFTER BEAUTIFICATION, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAYOR,
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WE'LL TAKE A BREAK RIGHT AFTER THAT FIRST SECTION OF THE BBB CONVERSATION.WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME [INAUDIBLE]
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
I'M PLEASED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE UPCOMING CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION FUND AND THE ARTS AND SCIENCE FUND.
WE HAVE EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO PRIORITIZE FOR OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN BECAUSE WE ARE VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGE COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO LOVE TO BRING THESE PROJECT IDEAS ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY'RE VERY EXCITING AND ENGAGED PROJECT IDEAS.
THEN ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BOTH MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL SUPPORT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOSE AESTHETIC ENHANCEMENTS TO THOSE.
TAKING ALL THIS TOGETHER, WE HAVE THIS ANNUAL RETREAT WHERE WE PRIORITIZE FOR EACH YEAR WHAT'S THE MOST PRESSING PROJECTS TO GO FORWARD FOR THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ALSO DO A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, JUST STRAIGHT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE REALLY TRY TO DO FOCUS GROUPS ON EACH PROJECT AND OUT OF THOSE COME IDEAS FOR MORE PROJECTS.
>> WE DON'T WANT FOR NUMBERS OF PROJECTS.
WE JUST HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND HAVE THE STAFFING TO MAKE THEM VERY STRONG WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT SO THAT THEY TRULY ARE REFLECTIVE OF OUR PUBLIC OR COMMUNITY.
IN BEAUTIFICATION, A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY STARTED ON THE UNDERLYING BUILDING IS THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER ART GLASS AND SOUTHSIDE GROVE SCULPTURE.
COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THE FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION CONTRACT ON MARCH 21ST.
SECOND, THROUGH THE SIGNATURE PROCESS, WE WILL START FABRICATING ON THE SCULPTURE AND THE ART GLASS.
THIS IS A LITTLE ERROR, IT WAS A $530,000 CONTRACT, NOT 570.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW PIECES TO PUT IN PLACE.
WE HAVE TO PUT THAT SUPPORT WORK BETWEEN MOUNTAIN LINE'S CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND THE ART.
WE ALSO ARE STILL WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY INPUT AS FAR AS THAT TIMETABLE OF THE SCULPTURE IS CONCERNED SO THAT WE GET ALL THE HISTORY COMPONENTS THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE WORKING WITH DR. GUTHRIE AND CECILIA MUNOZ UP TO NAU'S LIBRARY AND SOME OTHER FOLKS ON THAT.
THERE'S STILL SOME WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON IT, BUT IT IS GOING, AND I THINK THAT THE ART GLASS WILL BE IN BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND THE SCULPTURE WILL PROBABLY GO OVER INTO SEPTEMBER, SO A LITTLE BIT INTO FISCAL YEAR '25.
THE OTHER FY24 CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IS, CHRISTINE CAMERON REFERRED TO YOU EARLY, IS THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.
YOU GUYS HAVEN'T SEEN THIS YET BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING IT SOON, THESE PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THERE'S THINGS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE COMPLETE PROJECT WON'T BE CONSTRUCTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS LIKE FORM LINERS OR THE CONCRETE THAT WE'LL BE BUYING UPFRONT IN FISCAL YEAR '24.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR '24 TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
WITH CHRISTINE, I'M FOLLOWING HER LEAD AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGERS FOR OUR SCHEDULE TO BRING YOU GUYS THE DESIGNS AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE SECOND BUDGET APPROVAL THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD.
THE OTHER PROJECT THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED DESIGN IS WHAT WE CALL ASPEN NICHE BUT IS THAT WONDERFUL LITTLE SPACE, SENSORY LEAK PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE PAY INTAKE AND ACROSS FROM THE ORPHEUM WITH THAT UGLY CHAIN-LIKE FENCE, WE WILL BE GETTING RID OF THAT.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NICE CUT METAL FENCE WITH A NICE DESIGN
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AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME BIKE RACKS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SEALING.HOPEFULLY SOMETHING A LITTLE COLOR, A LITTLE POP, A LITTLE JAZZ.
BUT WE'RE JUST STARTING THE DESIGN PROCESS.
WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH PAY INTAKE, SENSORY LEAK, AND THE ORPHEUM, WE GOT BETTER IDEAS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE EXPANDED RIGHT-OF-WAY GROUP AND SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON THAT.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS UPCOMING, BUTLER AND LOCKETT, BUT WE'RE COMING IN AFTERWARDS.
THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IS PUTTING A LITTLE ELECTRICITY SO THAT A CASE WE NEED SOMETHING FOR LIGHTING, BUT WE'RE STAYING OUT OF THEIR WAY FOR THESE BUT IN THOSE CENTERS WE'RE STARTING TO DO THE ART.
WE'RE STARTING THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS IN SWITZER CANYON, I WILL BE PUTTING A CALL OUT TO ARTISTS VERY SHORTLY.
WE'LL BE IN DESIGN FOR PROBABLY A GOOD SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR ON THAT PROJECT AND WE HOPE TO BRING YOU SOMETHING REALLY GREAT, MAYBE ABOUT DECEMBER FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE A FABRICATION CONTRACT BUT THAT PROJECT IS GOING.
THEN IT'S TIME TO REPAINT ALL THOSE LIGHT POLES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DOWNTOWN.
THEY'RE A LOVELY GREEN THAT DISTINGUISHES THAT DOWNTOWN AREA.
THAT HAS TO BE DONE EVERY SO MANY YEARS, IS TIME.
OF COURSE, WE'LL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EUROPE AND THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
THEN PLAYGROUND BEAUTIFICATION HAS LONG BEEN A PRIORITY.
A CERTAIN SPECIALIZED PLAYGROUND ENHANCEMENTS BY OUR COMMISSION.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S POWER PROJECTS LIKE PONDEROSA PARK THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TIE INTO.
WE'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR PARTNERS.
WE HAVE A PROSE, IS ONE OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS AND WE AMY HAGEN.
>> WE HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND WE REALLY LOOK TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR VERY COMMUNITY-LED PROCESS ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY UP FRONT AND CENTER FOR FY24.
I'M GOING A LITTLE FURTHER OUT AND JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS, ALL THOSE ROUNDABOUTS LIKE FOURTH STREET AND LOCKETT AND THEN BUTLER AVENUE AND FOURTH STREET UPCOMING.
ALSO I THINK YOU GUYS WERE ASKING ABOUT, WAS THERE SOMETHING FOR MAYBE SCHOOL STUDENT PARTICIPATION AS FOR STREET IN LOCKETT? YES, WE HAVE HAD THAT WALL TARGETED.
WE WANT AN ARTIST LED COMMUNITY CREATED MOSAIC PUT ON THAT RETAINING WALL AND AS SOON AS JEREMY IS DONE WE WILL START INITIATING THAT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FY25.
VERY EXCITED TO DO THAT FOR THAT IMPORTANT INTERSECTION.
WITH ALLEY ACTIVATION, THIS IS GOING TO BE BOTH IN BEAUTIFICATION AND IN ARTS AND SCIENCES, WE HAVE FUNDING IN BOTH.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ALLEYS.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, THROUGH OUR VIA GRANTS, BEAUTIFICATION AND EXTRACT GOODS, WE'VE DONE A LOT ON MURALS AND A LOT OF WORK IN THOSE ALLEYS ALREADY.
BUT WE'RE THINKING OF MAYBE A LATTICE CUT CANOPY FEATURE OVERHEAD TO REALLY BE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN USE THEM AS WALKWAYS AND REALLY TO BE ATTRACTIVE AND THAT.
WE'LL LOOK TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE FOURTH STREET BRIDGE HAS GOT SOME STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT IT COULD SUPPORT.
OUR FEATURES ON THAT CAGE, WE HOPE TO INITIATE THAT PRETTY SOON IN FY25 OR '26.
REALLY [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY AND REIGNITE THAT PROJECT, I KNOW IT GOT PAUSED.
BUT TO REIGNITE THAT AND DO SOME NATIVE PLANTINGS AS A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
WHEN TERAHERTZ FIRST DID THE PROJECT WITH NATIVE PLANTINGS, WHICH IS GORGEOUS AND I LOVE, SOME PEOPLE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT TAKING OUT TOO MUCH OF THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER TO WHETHER THEY'RE PROTESTING AGAINST SOMETHING OR SUPPORTING SOMETHING OR WHATEVER, THAT AREA.
I DON'T KNOW THERE HAS TO BE GRASS BUT I'VE JUST HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME SPACE STILL EXISTS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR DAGGETT. THAT VERY MUCH IS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH THE DOWNTOWN MILE BEING CONSTRUCTED AND THE RIO PROJECT BEING CONSTRUCTED,
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WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THIS CITY LONG PROJECT.WE WERE THINKING OF HAVING A DESIGN THAT TAKES IT ALL, THE NEEDS, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR AMPLE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER BECAUSE THAT IS A STRONG [INAUDIBLE].
I THINK MAYBE HAVING A PHASE IN IMPLEMENTATION SO THAT WE LEAVE SOME PARTS OPEN FOR WHERE THE RIO AND THE DOWNTOWN MILE ARE WORKING BUT STILL WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT, REPLACING THAT GRASS, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS NOT TO BE PROMOTING THE VALUES THAT FLAGSTAFF WANTS TO PROMOTE WITH THE NATIVE PLANTING AND SO WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT GOING.
NOT ON HERE YET BUT IT'S STILL OUR HIGH PRIORITY IS SOMETHING THAT AMY HAGEN TOUCHED ON IN HER PRESENTATION, THAT THORPE PARK ANNEX.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S INDIGENOUS CULTURAL CENTER.
WE HAVE SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE TO HELP ENHANCE THAT.
THAT HAS TO BE COMMUNITY LED BY THAT GROUP, WHO'S THE NON-PROFIT INDIGENOUS SPIRIT CIRCLE AND THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.
BUT WE ARE READY TO HELP FUND SOMETHING THAT AESTHETICALLY ENHANCED AS THAT PROJECT.
MAYBE IT IS GOING TO BE A NATIVE GARDEN.
WE DON'T KNOW. BUT AS SOON AS THEY HAVE THEIR IDEA, WE'LL JUMP IN AND ADD SOME FUNDING. NEXT.
ARTS AND SCIENCE FUND, WHICH IS A MUCH SMALLER FUND.
MOST OF IT GOES TO CREATE A FLAG STAFF, TO FUND ALL THE NON-PROFIT ARTS AND SCIENCES.
THAT'S WHERE THE LARGEST PART OF THE DEBT FUNDING GOES TO.
BUT AS FAR AS CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE AN EXCITING PROJECT COMING UP BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING A NEW CITY PARK OUT OF SOME OF THE LAND THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE MURDOCH CENTER.
I KNOW THESE ARE WHOLE OVERALL PLAN GOING ON WITH THE MURDOCH CENTER DOING SOME PLANNING THINGS WHERE THE PARTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RETAINING CONTROL OVER.
BUT WITHIN THIS NEW PART, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A SCULPTURAL ELEMENT AND SO WE HAVE TARGETED $43,000 AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS AND CALL THE ARTISTS.
I HAVE A STAFF MEMBER ASSIGNED.
I THINK IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SPACE AND I THINK THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING VERY DYNAMIC FOR THAT PART THAT SPEAKS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'LL BE TAPPING LOTS OF PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARTIST SELECTION FOR THAT.
THEN NEXT ALSO TARGETED FOR FY24, GEOFF BELLMAN AND REED MILLER, I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO BE APPEARING TO PROCEED COUNSEL, ON APRIL 25TH, BUT PERHAPS A NEW CROSSWALK POLICY THAT MAY ALLOW US TO DO SOME MORE ARTISTIC THINGS IN CROSSWALKS.
THERE WAS AN IDEA PROPOSED FOR THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER.
WE'D LIKE TO USE A CROSSWALK NEAR THERE AS A PILOT TO SEE SOME MATERIALS, HOW THEY'LL WORK, HOW THEY'LL DO.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HOPE TO DO FOR FY24.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON ANOTHER ADDITIONS REPRESENTATION PROJECT AT THE MULTICULTURAL PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND WE'RE GOING TO START ROTATING TEMPORARY ART IN THOSE PROJECTS.
WE'RE WORKING VERY STRONGLY WITH THE COUNTY AND CITY CULTURAL COMMISSIONS.
MOST OF THEM HAVE CONTRIBUTED MEMBERS TO A WORKING GROUP AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING AND FLUSHING OUT WHAT WE WANT THIS REPRESENTATION TO BE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEN ARTX, THE CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF NEW ART FESTIVAL, WE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PILOT PROJECT AND THEY HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR A GRANT BECAUSE I THINK I GET KNOWS A LOT ABOUT AND WE WANTED TO PUT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AND SAID, YES, WE'RE ON BOARD, HERE'S $50,000.
HOPEFULLY, IT WAS LEVERAGED UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS [LAUGHTER]
>> FOR THAT FESTIVAL, WHICH I THINK COULD JUST BRING SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR LOCALS AND FOR TOURISTS TO COME TO FLAGSTAFF.
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AGAIN COMING UP IN ARTS AND SCIENCES, WE HAVE AN EYE TOWARDS THE EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.WE HAVE THE ALLEY ACTIVATION, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED AND WE HAVE SOME RIO DE FLAG COMPONENTS.
WE'RE JUST PUTTING SOME PLACEHOLDERS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AFTER THE ARMY CORPS DOES THERE.
WE ALSO WANT TO START PUTTING SOME TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART IN OUR AQUA FLEXES.
SOME ROTATING ART THAT'S GOING TO BE UPCOMING.
THEN WE HAVE SOME PLUTO, LUNAR LEGACY AND SOME OTHER ASTRONOMY-RELATED PROJECTS.
IN A LITTLE BIT OUT, BUT THEY'RE STILL A PRIORITY JUST A LITTLE BIT IN LATER YEARS.
>> THINGS THAT YOU LIKE THIS MURAL THAT YOU SEE, THEY'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THEY STILL ARE FUNDED BY BBB, BUT WE DO A LOT OF WORK LIKE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS AS CANVAS FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND THEN ALL THESE MURALS AND POLLINATOR GARDENS THAT WE FUND WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION AND ACTION GRANTS.
THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT TECHNICALLY THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING IN.
BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PROMINENT IN VIEW OF THE PUBLIC AND TO YOU FOR WHAT WE DO.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE PROBABLY DO A GOOD 10-12 PROJECTS THROUGH THAT BBB FUNDING THAT ARE TECHNICALLY CAPITAL PROJECTS. QUESTIONS?
>> GENA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S YOUR THIRD SLIDE WITH THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.
>> HOW SPECULATIVE IS THAT THUMBNAIL THERE? IT'S ABSOLUTELY SHOWING [LAUGHTER]
>> YES, IT'S PRETTY FAR A LOT.
THESE ARE SOME PRETTY EXCITING FORM LAYERS, THESE LITTLE PLANNING, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE METAL PIECES THAT ARE OFFSET.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE SCULPTURAL AND THEN THEY'RE OFFSET TO CREATE A LITTLE SHADOW.
THE PATTERN MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY THE SAME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VALUING ENGINEERING LIKE CRAZY TO GET COST DOWN TO GET EACH A LITTLE BIT MORE STANDARDIZED.
BUT YEAH, WE HAVE THAT AND WE HAVE A RAILING THAT'S INVOLVING SOME THINGS LIKE THIS.
YEAH, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE SHOWING YOU VERY SOON.
>> ALL THE MORE FULL DETAILS, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE RAILING, A LOT MORE WALLS AND WE'RE SHOWING HERE.
LET ME SPACE UP UNDER THERE FOR ANY ACTIVITY.
I THINK YOU'RE TALKING IN THE UNDERPASS UNDER THERE.
I KNOW THAT A CIVIC SPACE IS NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THROUGH THE AESTHETICS, WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE A LOCAL MURAL CAN STILL COME IN.
WE'RE KEEPING A SPACE CLEAR LIKE A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT FUTURE WORK.
OUR PROGRAM WOULD BE VERY EXCITED FOR THE CIVIC SPACE TO GO FORWARD.
IN OUR DESIGN, WE DIDN'T COMPLETELY FILL THAT OUT.
WE PUT LIKE A FRAME BORDER AROUND IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S BLANK.
GATHERED GRAFFITI AND IN THE MEANTIME.
WE PUT AS MUCH THOUGHT INTO IT AS WE COULD.
CERTAINLY, SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH AND IN THE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK IDEALLY FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF WE WERE DOING THIS CIVIC SPACE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE OVERPASS IN THE DESIGNING THAT WHAT WE WORKED ON WITH THE ARTIST IS TO TRY TO LEAVE SPACE FOR THAT FUTURE WHILE PROTECTING IT FROM GRAFFITI IN THE PRESENT, SO THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK BLANK.
BUT IT ALLOWED SPACE TO ADD ONTO LATER.
>> GENA, THIS IS TOBY, I'M EXCITED.
I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY SAYING FOR YEARS THAT WITH THIS PROJECT, WE SHOULD AESTHETICALLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT THAT COULD BE COVERED ON A POSTCARD AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT, THE WORLD, AND ALL THE ACCOLADES.
I HOPE WE CAN GET THE NEWS OUT ABOUT THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT'LL HELP TO KEEP PEOPLE'S INTEREST UP ABOUT THIS OTHERWISE VERY INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE PROJECT.
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IT MIGHT GET PEOPLE REALLY JUST->> YEAH, I REALLY WANTED TO THANK MY PARTNER IN CARPER BROTHERS.
WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF WHEN THIS PROJECT CAME ALONG TO FULLY RUN A PUBLIC ART PROCESS.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET IN EARLY ON IN ORDER TO GET INTEGRATED ART AND BASICALLY WE CAME UP WITH A MECHANISM.
IT STILL WENT THROUGH GOOD PUBLIC ART PROCESS REVIEW, BUT ALLOWED THE CONSULTANT TO HIRE THE ARTIST.
THEREFORE, WE COULD MOVE FASTER.
IT'S A HYBRID PROCESS, BUT WE KNEW IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO GET INVOLVED.
>> QUICK QUESTION. BACK TO THE DISCUSSION FOR A MINUTE ON THE CITY HALL FRONT LAWN.
>> I'LL NEVER FORGET. I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY YEARS AGO, MIDDLE OF DECEMBER, SUPER HOT, WHERE MONSOONS AND OUR SPRINKLERS WERE GOING UP LIKE ONE AND A HALF.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT IN SUPPORTING FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THERE TO JUST PUT ARTIFICIAL GRASS THERE SO THERE'S STILL A PLACE FOR COMMUNITY TO SIT OR STAND AND PROTEST AND NOT HAVE PLANTS WHATEVER INVOLVED AND THEN THE WATER CONSCIOUS?
>> GREAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE ARTIFICIAL TYPE, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE A FRIENDLY SURFACE THAT IS INVITING FOR THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND WHERE A PUBLIC PROTEST OR PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION, CERTAIN MANNER.
WE DO REALIZE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT TYPE OF SPACE INVOLVED IN THE CITY LAWN. YES.
>> ME AS WELL, WORKING ON A PROJECT WHERE YOU HAVE ARTISTS.
I MIGHT TAKE THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS ON THE SCREEN FOR INSPIRATION BUT I THINK NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
LET'S JUST TAKE FIVE MINUTES, GET A DRINK, A SNACK, AND THEN AMY WILL KICK IT OFF AND WILL FINISH OUT.
BUT WE HAVE ONE THING BEFORE WE DO AND THAT IS HEIDI HANSON.
I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TODAY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CRUMBLE COOKIE OWNER IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND HE SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF YOUR RETREATS AND HE DONATED ALL THE COOKIES TODAY.
IF I COULD JUST TAKE A QUICK VIDEO AND HAVE YOU THANK HIM, I WILL SEND HIM A NOTE AND I JUST SAVED YOU AT ONE TWO THREE.
SAY THANK YOU, CRUMBLE COOKIE.
>> THANKS. AND THERE'S WARM COFFEE, AND THANKS TO STACY FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME FIRST-TIME MONEY AND THANK YOU TO FINANCE TEAM AND CITY LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
THIS IS LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME [INAUDIBLE] HOST HAS BBB REC FUNDS TO SPEND ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ONCE WE FOUND OUT WE HAD THIS MONEY, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 11 MONTHS AGO.
THIRTEEN MONTHS AGO, WE WERE LIKE, "NOW WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE DO OUR PLANS?" THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE].
>> WE MIMICKED A LOT OF WHAT OUR FRIENDS IN BEAUTIFICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES DO AND WE OBVIOUSLY COLLABORATE QUITE A BIT.
WE SPOKE WITH THEM, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, LET'S SIT DOWN WITH OUR COMMISSION, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, AND LET'S FIGURE OUT.
WE HAVE THESE KNOWN VACANCIES WITHIN OUR DIVISION.
LET'S PROVIDE OUR COMMISSION A GIANT LIST AND PRIORITIZE IT.
HAVE THEM PRIORITIZE IT FOR US ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT [INAUDIBLE].
THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS, THERE WAS A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH OTHER PARTNERS, OTHER SAFETY DIVISIONS, THE FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, OUR USER GROUPS.
WHEN WE SAY USER GROUPS, THOSE ARE ATHLETICS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING OUR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES, AND THEN A BIG PIECE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE WHAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE FIND NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME MONEY.
I'M GOING TO FIRST TALK ABOUT WHAT MEANING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TABLE SOON ON MAY 2ND.
THOSE ARE OUR SPORT COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THAT'S CURRENT, SO CURRENT FUNDING AS PER THE BBB REC FUNDS.
WHAT IS THE SCOPE? IT ENTAILS THESE EIGHT NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS RIGHT HERE BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE RESURFACING OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND THE TENNIS COURTS.
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THEY'RE IN ROUGH SHAPE, NOT GOING TO KID AROUND.VERY ROUGH SHAPE. IT INCLUDES THAT.
IT ALSO INCLUDES LIGHTING ON THE TWO, I'M SORRY, THE EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS.
THE BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS HAVE EXISTING LIGHTING, SO IT'S JUST LIGHTING ON THE NEW COURTS.
PROJECT WILL START SOON PENDING THAT APPROVAL ON MAY 2ND FOR THE DESIGN-BUILD OF THIS AT CITY COUNCIL, AND WE ANTICIPATE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WOULD BE EARLY FALL.
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE ONE.
>> PLEASE PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. I'M KIDDING.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO OUR FUNDS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS THE HERITAGE SQUARE RESTROOM.
TO DO THAT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WITH OUR COMMISSION, THE RESTROOMS, SOME FOLKS CALL THEM THE ALLEY RESTROOMS OR THE HERITAGE SQUARE RESTROOMS. THERE COULD BE A DOZEN OTHER NAMES FOR THESE.
THEY'RE IN THE ALLEY NEAR THE CREPERIE IN UPTOWN COBB.
THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE HOPI BUILDING. THEY'RE IN BAD SHAPE.
THEY'RE ROUGH. THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.
THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO KEEP CLEAN.
THIS IS A PRIORITY, I THINK FOR THE CITY HOLISTICALLY FOR PRO STAFF AND FOR OUR COMMISSION.
THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE IS THE PORTLAND LOO, AND THIS IS LITERALLY A QUOTE ON THEIR WEBSITE, "THE PROOF IS IN THE POTTY".
THEY'RE EASY TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
YOU CAN EVEN GET THEM TO BE SELF-CLEANING IF YOU'D LIKE.
THEY'RE A SINGLE-USE, SINGLE STALL IF YOU WILL, UNIVERSAL RESTROOM.
THERE STILL ARE PLENTY NEXT STEPS TO DO.
IS THAT THE RED SQUARE THERE ON HERITAGE SQUARE, THAT'S A RAISED PLANTER BOX THAT IS A POTENTIAL LOCATION WHERE THIS COULD GO.
REMOVING THAT PLANTER BOX, THERE IS A LARGE SPRUCE TREE THERE.
THE BACKSIDE OF THAT IS THE ENTRANCE FROM UNDERNEATH, FROM THE PARKING GARAGE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF DUE DILIGENCE AND FEASIBILITY.
THAT GREEN DOT, THAT'S THE CLOSEST SEWER MANHOLE.
THAT'S A PART OF THAT DILIGENCE AND FEASIBILITY.
CAN WE CONNECT TO THAT? WILL THE FLOWS WORK? WE ALSO STILL NEED PLENTY OF PRIMARY INPUT.
>> TO THE LEFT. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS.
>> FOR THE POINTER, RIGHT THERE.
>> WE STILL NEED TO DISCUSS WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH HOPI BUILDING TO APPROACH ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE AND WE HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO STILL DISCUSS THIS.
THEN WE NEED TO DELIVER IT AND THEN WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE CLOSURE OF THE EXISTING ALLEY RESTROOMS BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE IN LIEU OF.
>> THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED THROUGHOUT TODAY, IN SOME EARLIER SLIDES THIS MORNING, AND THEN JUST RECENTLY, BEAUTIFICATION OF PONDEROSA PARK FOR EVERYONE'S BACKGROUND AND THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR PROS.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WITH A GRANT PROVIDER.
WE KEEP MEETING TO PUSH IT OFF BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OTHER PIECES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FIRST.
THE PARK WAS DAMAGED ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE FROM THE MUSEUM FLOODING EVENTS.
THERE IS AN UPCOMING CHANNEL CONNECTION THAT WOULD OCCUR FROM [INAUDIBLE] DOWN TO THE KILLIP DETENTION BASINS AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AREA EARLIER.
THE APS/SUNS COURT FAVORITE MAY THEY WERE NOT DAMAGED AT ALL.
NOW IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AROUND THESE COURTS? WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT TO DO? TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WOULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE A NEW PLACE STRUCTURE.
WE KNOW THAT THAT'LL BECOMING, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
USUALLY, WE NEED A [INAUDIBLE] OR A GATHERING AREA, BARBECUE GRILLS, PICNIC TABLES, SOME OF THOSE SMALLER AMENITIES AND THEN HE KNOWS WHAT ELSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO WANT.
>> THERE'S CULTURALLY IMPORTANT MINERALS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT SELF-BUILT.
>> THAT HEAD START BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
>> I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH TO DO AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IN THEIR PARK.
>> AND ANNIE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE I HEARD THIS.
IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR SCOTT TOO, BUT I RECENTLY SEEM TO REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT AN ACQUISITION AROUND PONDEROSA PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY MORE.
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>> YEAH, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> VERY KIND WAY OF YOU TO PUT IT WAY, GREG.
>> THERE ARE THINGS BEING DISCUSSED AND IT'LL BE COMING YOUR WAY, GREG.
>>> LET'S MOVE ON THANK YOU, JULIE, SOME OTHER PROS PROJECTS TO MENTION THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED THE WEST SIDE PARK.
THAT'S ON THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE.
I'LL FLIP AROUND RIGHT HERE THIS GREEN SPACE THAT'S OVER BEHIND THE STAPLES COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ALL THAILAND MESA ROAD.
THAT ONE IT'S GOING TO BE A CARRY FORWARD AND WE'VE BECOME WISER AS WE GET OLDER.
THAT'S A LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY A LITTLE OVER 1.5 MILLION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THAT FORWARD THROUGH TWO FISCAL YEARS BECAUSE REALITY IS FROM A DESIGN ALL THE WAY THROUGH DELIVERY.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN 12 MONTH ANY LONGER, SO WHY NOT SPREAD THOSE FUNDS OUT? THAT WILL BE A CARRY FORWARD INTO THOSE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS ON THAT PROJECT THOUGH, WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT DO YOU STAFF REALLY NEED TO DO? WE NEED AN ACCESS EASILY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL, BUT IF YOU ZOOM IN ON YOUR SCREENS, THAT GREEN SPACE, THAT IS THE ACTUAL PARKLAND AND CITY ON PROPERTY, THERE'S ABOUT A 25 FOOT BREAK BETWEEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THAT BREAK IS IT RESEMBLES A BUTTERFLY THAT'S THE HOAS PROPERTY.
SO WE NEED ACCESS. WE NEED ACCESS TO OUR PARK.
WE NEED TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND A DESIGN CHARRETTE.
THESE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM WHEN WE DID THE BUILDUP PARK EXERCISE FOR THORPE PARK.
THEN WE'LL PRINT THAT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
THEN WE'LL DEVELOP IT, BUT IN THOSE FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
SOME OF OUR FUTURE YEARS AS A PART OF THAT FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN THAT WE BUILT OUT WITH OUR COMMISSION, WE NEED HVAC [APPLAUSE]
>> [INAUDIBLE] RECREATION CENTER.
THERE'S COULD BE A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY HERE, WILL CERTAINLY DO OUR DILIGENCE ON THAT, OR POSSIBLY SOMETHING WITH OUR SIT.
I ALWAYS GIVE THIS UP CDBG WITH A BLOCK GRANT.
AS CLIMATE CHANGES, SO DOES THE ASPECT OF PLAYING INSIDE AND LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE INSIDE JUST IN THAT IMAGE.
IT IS INSIDE OUR YOUTH CENTER, WE NEED HVAC IN THERE.
>> AGAIN IN THOSE OUT YEARS WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THIS IS THE CHESHIRE PARK EXPANSION.
WE WERE RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT THAT CITY COUNCIL A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR A CELL TOWER.
SO AN ATHLETIC TRACK RUNNING TRACK WITH A MULTIPURPOSE FIELD IN THE CENTER AND GO FIGURE ONE PERFECTLY IN THE CENTER.
THIS IS ESTIMATED TO BE A $1 MILLION PROJECT WITH PARTNERS AT THE TABLE OR ADDITIONAL FUNDS ON THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER EIGHT UNDEVELOPED ACRES THAT ARE A PART OF CHESHIRE PARK EXISTING.
CHESHIRE PURCHASED A LITTLE OVERBOARD.
THE SCOPE OF WORK ITEMS TO CONSIDER WITH THIS, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A DECELERATION LANE OF 180.
SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION WHERE DATA.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THOSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONSIDERED A HIGHWAY.
GOT ANY PARKING WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I ESTIMATED AT LEAST THEY NEED FIVE SPACES BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT MULTIPURPOSE FIELD IN BALLPARK.
MAYBE THERE'S A SHARED POTENTIAL THERE THOUGH.
WE DO HAVE THE MUSEUM NEXT DOOR, SO WE COULD START THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING THERE.
PROBABLY GET ANY RESTROOM FACILITIES.
>> THERE WILL BE A FLITS REALIGNMENT THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT PROJECT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DEVELOP.
>> A LIE. IMAGINE THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.
OR I GUESS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN ON THE LEFT, WE CAN DO THAT WITH MONEY WE CAN DO IT.
>> THIS IS EXISTING CONTINENTAL PARK RIGHT HERE WHERE THERE ARE FIVE BALL FIELDS.
ONLY ONE OF THEM IS A SOFTBALL FIELD THE REST ARE FOUR LITERALLY, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 85 PLUS ACRES AS THIS PARK EXTENDS UP TO THE NORTH TO I40.
THE IDEA IS DO WE TAKE THE ACCESS POINT HERE? DO WE TAKE THIS 15, 16 ACRES AND START TO SLOWLY DEVELOP A SOFTBALL COMPLEX? LET'S GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AT THE TIME.
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BY YEAR FIVE, SO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW SHOULD HAVE THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO START TO DO THAT.MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE YOU DESIGN IT FOR FOUR AND AGAIN, YOU DEVELOP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH THEM PLENTY THAT YOU HAVE.
I THINK WE COULD USE OUR EXISTING PARKING LOT THAT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE AS LONG AS THERE IS PRETTY ACCESS AND A DROP-OFF POINT OR A SECONDARY ACCESS SITE TO START WITH THE PARKING FACILITY.
I THINK ONCE YOU START TO ADD THAT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED PERMANENT RESTROOM FACILITIES HERE TO.
YOU'D BE AMAZED AT HOW MUCH WE DEAL WITH RESTROOMS FOR THOSE.
>> THEN AS STATED BEFORE, JUST START TO DELIVER IT IN PHASES BASED ON FUNDS AVAILABLE?
>> AMY, SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS.
I THINK IT'S NECESSARY AND LONG OVERDUE.
MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT JUST GOING TO BE DESTROYING A LOT ABOUT DARK SKY COMPLIANCE AND THEN THE FLOODING AND THIS GOING TO BE BUILT TO BE FLOODED? I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERM OF HOW YOU SAY THAT.
>> IF IT'S IN THE FLOOD WAY OR FLOODPLAIN, I THINK GREAT QUESTIONS.
THE EXISTING PARK IS IN THAT EXACT SAME CATEGORY AS FAR AS FLOODS ARE CONCERNED.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
THERE'S ALSO LIGHTS THAT ARE EXISTING IN THE LIGHTS ARE EXPONENTIALLY BETTER, SO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE NEW, LIKE MENTIONED ON THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT BUSH MASTER.
YOU'LL BE BLOWN AWAY WITH THESE LIGHTS LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE INSTALLED IN OUR CURRENT FACILITIES.
THAT COULD BE A FUTURE MAYBE PROJECT IDEA TO START REPLACING OUR OLDER LIGHTS AND GO LED AND JUST BETTER SCOPE FOR OUR DARK SKIES COMPLIANCY.
THERE'S PLENTY OF CONSIDERATIONS HERE, BUT WITH THIS BEING PROPOSED TO BE FIVE YEARS OUT, LET'S START TO DO THAT FLOODING DUE DILIGENCE NOW AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> BESIDES PICKLEBALL, THIS IS WHAT I HEAR.
>> CORRECT. IT WE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF A SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME DEFINITELY.
>> THEY'RE ALL MY FAVORITE PROJECTS TOO.
>> WE ARE CLOSING OUT SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDING DISCUSSION AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON, WE ARE TALKING ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
TO KICK THAT OFF IS AIRPORT PROGRAM MANAGER, BRIAN GAULLE.
>> I HAVE FUN WITH DIFFERENT COLOR FUNDING BOGUS.
DID SHE MENTION, I'M BRIAN GAULLE, AIRPORT PROGRAM MANAGER. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
TODAY WE'LL GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORTS' FUND AND ITS ASSOCIATED FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THE AIRPORT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS BASED IN LARGE PART ON OUR AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS UPDATED EVERY 10 YEARS.
OUR LAST UPDATE WAS IN 2018 SO WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH OUR CURRENT MASTER PLAN CYCLE.
I'LL COVER HALF OF IT ON THE SCREEN THERE.
THAT DOCUMENT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE AIRPORT WEBSITE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REVIEW IT AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY.
BUT OUT OF THAT DOCUMENT, THEIR PRIORITIZATION FOR PROJECTS TO KEEP THE AIRPORT UP-TO-DATE WITH CURRENT FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND GROWTH PREDICTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH A CYCLE WITH OUR FUNDING AND REGULATORY AGENCIES, THE FAA, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AND ADOT TO DEVELOP OUR ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WITHIN THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ARE THREE PRIMARY FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS.
MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GRANT-FUNDED.
THE PRIMARY FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS OR FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL.
THAT'S USUALLY A 91.06% FEDERAL FUND, BUT THE REMAINING AMOUNT BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND STATE.
THERE'S ALSO A STATE AND LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM IT'S USUALLY 90% STATE FUNDED WITH THE OTHER 10% COMING FROM THE CITY AND THEN THERE ARE OCCASIONALLY LOCAL PROJECTS ON THAT.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE DONE IN COOPERATION WITH OUR AIRPORT COMMISSION MAKING UP TO DATE ON WHAT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SHOWS AND WHAT'S PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND IT DOES SOMETIMES GET CHANGED BASED ON EMERGENCIES THAT WE HAVE AND ISSUES WITH THE NEW WITH ANY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE AIRPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THAT COULD SNEAK IN AND CHANGE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS OUR PLANNING PROJECTS.
I MENTIONED THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SHOWS OUR PRIORITIZATION FOR A 10-YEAR PERIOD SO IT MIGHT BE HARD TO READ THE TEXT ON THE SLIDE THAT'S UP THERE ON THE IMAGE ON THAT SLIDE SHOWS DIFFERENT COLORS FOR DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES FOR THE PROJECTS SO THERE'S SHORT-TERM, INTERMEDIATE-TERM, AND LONG-TERM PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THAT MASTER PLAN.
WITHIN THOSE FEDERAL FUNDING PROMOTE THOSE FEDERAL GRANT-FUNDED PROJECTS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS
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THAT HELP US PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THAT.THERE'S FAA ENTITLEMENT FUNDING, WHICH IS FUNDING THAT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT SO WE GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO US EVERY YEAR, THERE'S ALSO FAA DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, WHICH IS FUNDING WE APPLY FOR TO SAY WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND IT MEETS THESE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
WE'D LIKE TO ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
THERE'S ALSO PROGRAMS LIKE FAA CARES, THE COVID RELIEF GRANT.
THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO MAINTENANCE, SO THEY DON'T REALLY APPLY TO RECAP THIS QUITE AS MUCH, BUT IT IS ANOTHER FEDERAL FUNDING STREAM.
THEN THERE ARE THOSE ONE-TIME FEDERAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, WHERE WE GET DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS PART OF THAT LEGISLATION.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DO GET DOLLARS FROM PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES.
EVERY TIME SOMEONE BOARDS A FLIGHT, THE AIRPORT CAN CHARGE UP TO $104.50 FEE THAT IS ADDED TO THEIR TICKETS WITH THE APPROVAL OF ENTITIES LIKE THE AIRLINES AND I CAN GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THOSE AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS.
NOW WE'LL OFTEN TRY TO USE THAT FOR THE SEASON-MATCHING PORTION OF THESE GRANTS.
FOR THE AIRPORTS CURRENT FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THE 2023/24 BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE FIVE LINES ON THERE.
THOSE LINES ARE ACTUALLY RELATED TO THREE PROJECTS SO THE BOTTOM TWO LINES ON THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAA INFRASTRUCTURE LAW 2022 AND 2023 ARE BEING APPLIED TOWARD OUR SNOW REMOVAL BUILDING PROJECT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'LL SEE FIVE LINES ON THAT PLAN, THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THE FIRST OF THOSE PROJECTS IS THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING, THAT'S BEEN REFERRED TO AS BOTH THE SNOW REMOVAL BUILDING AND THE MULTI-USE BUILDING, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR THAT BACKUP DOCUMENTATION, THE CURRENT ITERATION TO THAT AS SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS SO THAT'S LR FOR TODAY.
THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MID STAGES OF DESIGN AND PLANNING OF BRINGING CONTRACTOR ON WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE.
THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR SHOWS $11 MILLION, WHICH WILL GO TOWARDS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING.
THERE'S A RENDERING OF THAT BUILDING ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.
IT HAS A 12-EQUIPMENT STORAGE BASE, AND ONE MAINTENANCE BAY TO SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN A PREVIOUS RETREAT, WE LOOKED AT SOME VIDEOS THAT THE DALEY'S SON HAD DONE THAT SHOWED HOW CURRENT EQUIPMENT IS STACKED IN THE FIRE STATION AND NOT REALLY EASY TO ACCESS.
THIS BUILDING WILL HELP US A LOT WITH OUR SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED.
ANOTHER PROJECT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, IT IS A LAND ACQUISITION FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO MILLION.
THAT'S THE STATE AND LOCAL GRANT.
THE AIRPORT OVER THE YEARS IS EXPANDED AND THE RUNWAYS GROW IN FEW TIMES AND RIGHT NOW, THE RUNWAY REALLY BUMPS RIGHT UP TO THE LIMITS OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY, ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AREAS OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
THAT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE FOREST SERVICE AND WE HAD ACCESS TO IT THROUGH EASEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THE FAA REALLY ENCOURAGES AIRPORTS TO CONTROL ALL THE PROPERTY WITHIN THEIR SAFETY AREAS SO WE'RE TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY ON BOTH ENDS OF A RUNWAY IN THE NEXT COMING YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT TO DO A DESIGN PHASE FOR AN UPGRADE OR A PERIMETER ACCESS ROAD.
I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T CATCH IT IN TIME TO UPDATE THE SLIDE, BUT THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE 200,000 FOR THIS YEAR.
THE REMAINING OF THAT WILL BE IN ATMOSPHERES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THAT PROJECT.
THEN THE OTHER TWO ITEMS ON HERE ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FOR 2022 AND '23, AND THAT IS THAT FUNDING THAT'S APPLYING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SNOW REMOVAL BUILDING.
I MENTIONED THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOR THE AIRPORT, SO THE GRAPHIC YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS FOR THE OUT YEARS OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY BOTH THE FAA AND ADOT BECAUSE WE DEVELOPED A PLAN EVERY YEAR BUT THIS LIST SHOWS THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING THROUGH 2024-2028 AND OCCLUDES THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE RELOCATION OF ONE OF OUR TAXIWAY WHISKEY.
SOME FEDERAL REGULATIONS HAVE CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS, THEY REQUIRE AIRPORTS TO ELIMINATE AIRCRAFT HAVING DIRECT ACCESS TO A RUNWAY FROM A PARKING AREA.
WE HAVE TO MOVE THE TAXIWAY SLIGHTLY SO THAT AIRCRAFT DOES MAKE A 90-DEGREE TURN BEFORE THEY ENTER A ROADWAY AREA.
THAT'S WHAT THAT PROJECT WILL BE.
ALSO, WE WILL BE REHABILITATING ONE OF OUR TAXI WAYS AND THEN DOING A COUPLE OF MORE FACES IS THAT PERIMETER ROAD REHABILITATION.
THAT'S THE ROAD BECAUSE OF A RANDOM PARAMETER OF THE ENTIRE AIRFIELD TO ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS.
WE DO HAVE SOME MORE FUNDING IN THERE FROM THE AFP INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE SNOW REMOVAL BUILDING AS THAT PROJECT CONTINUES AND SOME MORE DOLLARS ARE THERE FOR REHABILITATION OF TAXIWAYS IN THE FUTURE.
IN 2028, I BELIEVE IT IS, WE ARE ALSO PLANNING A PROJECT TO EXPAND THE AIRPORT TERMINAL AND DO SOME MODERNIZATION AND THEN SOME MORE PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT I MENTIONED FOR SECURING THOSE SAFETY AREAS AND EVEN THE ROADWAY.
NOW, ONE THING THAT IS EXCITING SHOW ON THIS ONE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS I MENTIONED ARE IN THAT FEDERAL,
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STATE LOCAL, OR THE STATE LOCAL FUNDING MECHANISM.THE VERY LAST PROJECT DOWN HERE, THE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS FOR 500,000, IS THE FIRST TIME WE SHOWED A LOCALLY FUNDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN QUITE SOME TIME AND THAT'S A PROJECT TO UPDATE OUR EXISTING PARKING LOTS AND THAT'S BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT WILL BE GENERATING FROM OUR UPCOMING PAID PARKING SYSTEM.
IT'S A NEW FUNDING STREAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING TO USE MAINTAINING THE FACILITY THAT IS GENERATING THOSE FUNDS.
THAT'S A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND AIRPORT PROJECTS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> YOU SAID RUNWAY WHISKEY, DID YOU?
>> IS THAT WEST SIDE OR SOMETHING?
>> GENERALLY, RUNWAYS ON AIRPORTS ARE NUMBERED AND THEN NUMBERED BY THE COMPASS HEADING THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING IS YOUR APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, TAXIWAYS ARE LETTERS, AND THEY USE AN ALPHANUMERIC SO THEY ARE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND ON THE RADIO.
OUR PARALLEL TAXI WAYS ALPHA, THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOES THE FULL LENGTH NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AND THEN THERE'S ONE THAT COMES FROM THE WEST FLEX, WHICH IS AN AREA WHERE PRIVATE HANGARS ARE.
BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH A W, THAT TAXI WAY THAT SERVES THAT WAS TAXIWAY W, AND SO IT GETS SHORTENED VERY ALPHANUMERIC TURNED INTO WHISKEY.
>> WHISKEY, X-RAY, YANKEE, ZULU.
>> PERSONALLY, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY, SO WE ONLY HAVE TO DO AN ALPHA AND WHISKEY, BUT IN THE FUTURE WE'LL SEE.
>> EVERY DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GAULLE.
>> THE OTHER END WILL BE ALPHA, BEAR.
>> NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP EVAN TYRRELL.
EVAN IS YOUR SOLID WASTE SECTION HEAD. WELCOME, EVAN.
>> MY COMPUTER SO I DON'T CONSTANTLY LOOK [INAUDIBLE].
MY NAME IS EVAN TYRRELL I RELATIVELY DO SOLID WASTE AND FLEET SERVICES SECTION DIRECTOR FOR THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AND I REPLACED TODD HANSEN WHO RETIRED, I THINK BACK IN AUGUST OF 2022.
SOLID WASTE AS MOST KNOW IS ENTERPRISE FUNDED AND WE HAVE MOST FUNDS COMING FROM OUR COLLECTIONS, COMPONENTS AND OUR LANDFILL.
WE ALSO MONITOR AND MANAGE THE HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS CENTER AND THE CONTRACT WITH THE MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY WHERE ALL OF THE RECYCLABLES ARE RECOVERED.
CURRENTLY ON OUR OPERATION FROM NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL, THEY'RE ON EAST BUTLER AVENUE.
THE SOLID WASTE FUND AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BRANDY AND AMIR FOR WORKING WITH ME OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO CONSTANTLY REFINE AND REVISIT AND UPDATE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH HAS TAKING SOME WORK AND WE'VE CUT SOME THINGS BACK FROM NUMEROUS PROJECTS TO WHAT ARE OUR MOST IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THOSE ARE BASED ON ONE BEING NEW LANDFILL AIRSPACE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE AREA THAT IS NEEDED TO BURY TRASH.
A NEW CELL IS NEEDED TO BE DEVELOPED.
WE'VE HAD SOME STUDIES GOING ON AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS DESIGN PHASE.
THEN THERE'S THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND THERE'S A PERMITTING AND APPROVAL PHASE OF THIS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SIMILAR TO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN SOLID WASTE, IS PRIMARILY THE LANDFILL ACCESS ROAD THAT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'VE DONE A NEPA-ASSESSMENT EVALUATION.
WE HAVE A CMAR IN PROCESS AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO WORK ON AWARDING THAT AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
YOU'LL PROBABLY START SEEING ME MORE FREQUENTLY AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THESE ONGOING PROJECTS AND NEEDS FOR SOLID WASTE.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, IT'S ALL RELATED TO THE LANDFILL AIRSPACE, ALSO THE FENCING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL, AND THEN OF COURSE, ANOTHER BIG TOPIC ITEM IS THE END OF CONTRACT FOR THE CITY'S MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY BY NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL, THAT ENDS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
WE'LL BE HAVING NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS, WE'RE WORKING ON REPORTS AND WE'VE HAD CONSULTANTS WORKING ON REPORTS FOR THOSE AS WELL THAT WILL BE AGAIN BRINGING TO COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WITH SOLID WASTE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN JUST INFLATIONARY COMPONENTS.
FUEL PRICES HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, MATERIAL LABOR, CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THAT A LOT TODAY AS A WHOLE.
BUT ALSO WITHIN SOLID WASTE, WE ARE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
WE HAVE SEEN ROUGHLY A 3% INCREASE IN LANDFILL TOUCHES.
WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR RECYCLING RATES AND DIVERSION RATES OVER THE COMING YEARS.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING EXPANDED SERVICES WITH NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEW COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS COMING ON LINE.
THE PANDA EXPRESS, FOR INSTANCE, IS ONE NEW CUSTOMER THAT WE JUST SIGNED UP THIS WEEK AND WE HAVE CONTAINERS ALL READY TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
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DIDN'T WORK AS I WAS INTENDING. I'M GOING TO STAND OVER HERE.WITH THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, WE HAVE A FEW COMMITTED ACTIVE PROJECTS.
ONE WHICH I ALREADY MENTIONED IS THE LANDFILL ACCESS ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.
IT'S ROUGHLY A TWO MILE STRETCH OF ROAD CUTTING THROUGH PARTIALLY A RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT LARGELY THROUGH A US FOREST SERVICE LAND THAT WE ARE WORKING ON OBTAINING EASEMENTS.
COCONINO COUNTY SUPPORTING THE PROJECT.
IT'S ROUGHLY $6.0 MILLION CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AND WE'RE HOPING TO START THIS SUMMER AND BRING THE CMAR TO COUNCIL HERE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
CELL D IS THE NEW CELL I WAS DISCUSSING.
THAT IS A NEW PHASE IN THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL.
WE HAVE BASICALLY A COMPLETE ENGINEERING DESIGN.
WE'RE WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS FOR ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATES AND FORMAL DESIGN FOR THAT, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CMAR WITH RUMMEL CONSTRUCTION, SO WE HOPEFULLY BE BRINGING A UPDATED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OR GMP TO COUNCIL HERE ON MEARSK IS OUR GOAL TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATED TOWARDS BEGINNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE II EXCAVATION ON CELL D. THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE ROUGHLY $1.3 MILLION BUDGETED.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH WE'LL GET TO AUTHOR NEXT.
THE OTHER ITEM THIS YEAR IS THE MRF TO TRANSFER STATION TRANSITION STUDY.
THAT IS A FINAL REPORT THAT IS ALMOST IN FINAL STATUS.
WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH WYH RESOURCE GROUP TO BASICALLY ASSESS AND EVALUATE WHAT TRANSITIONING A FACILITY FROM A MRF TO A RECYCLING TRANSFER STATION LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
THOSE DIRECTIVES WERE PROVIDED BY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE BACK IN LATE 2020 AND WE HAD A CONTRACT APPROVED IN MID 2022 THAT WE'VE MOVED FORWARD AND WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THAT STUDY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THIS IS THE BIG ONE, IS THE PHASE TWO CELL D EXCAVATION AND GRADING.
THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE 1.3 WE HAVE BUDGETED THIS YEAR WHERE WE BRING IN THAT GMP, AS I MENTIONED TO COUNCIL HOPEFULLY ON MAY 2ND.
THE EXISTING OPERATIONAL CELL, THAT CINDER LAKE LANDFILL HAVE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF REMAINING LIFE.
THERE ARE, AT THIS POINT STICKS IDENTIFIED SEQUENCES.
WE HAVE SEQUENCED A, WHICH IS A CELL THAT'S STILL HAVE SOME SPACE REMAINING, SEQUENCES B, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT ACTIVE LAND-FILLING AREA, AND SEQUENCE C, SEQUENCE D TO THE SOUTH IS ROUGHLY 30 ACRES.
WE'RE WORKING ON, AS I MENTIONED, THE DESIGN EXCAVATION MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT WILL GIVE US ROUGHLY 20 TO 25 YEARS OF AIRSPACE OR LAND-FILLING CAPACITY ONCE THAT IS FULLY DEVELOPED, AND WE STILL HAVE ALL A SEQUENCE E UP HERE.
IN REALITY, THE LANDFILL WITH OUR FIVE-YEARS OF REMAINING LIGHTS IN THE OPERATIONAL CURRENT SEQUENCES OR CELLS OF THE FACILITY WILL GET ANOTHER 20-25 YEARS OF SEQUENCE D AND SEQUENCE E IS LIKELY ANOTHER 30-50+ YEARS.
WE DO HAVE A RATHER ROBUST PLENTY OF TIME IN THE FACILITY, ONCE DEVELOPED, ONCE WE GET DESIGN ENGINEERING, ONCE WE MOVE THOSE FORWARD FORMALLY THROUGH REGULATORY AGENCIES, PRIMARILY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
THIS IS AND WILL BE THE FIRST CELL THAT WILL REQUIRE A ROBUST ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, MEANING THAT WE HAVE A LEACHATE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
ANY LIQUIDS THAT PERCOLATE THROUGH THE LANDFILLED AREAS THAT IS CAPTURED THROUGH A LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT'S LINED UNDERNEATH THAT AS WELL, THAT PROHIBITS LIQUIDS FROM THE LANDFILL GOING SUBSURFACE BENEATH THE LANDFILLED EXTENT OF THE FACILITY.
THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED. THERE'S A LIGHTLY LITTLE TO NO LEACHATE THAT WILL BE GENERATED FROM THIS FACILITY.
WE HAVE VERY LOW MOISTURE WASTE THAT COMES TO THE FACILITY.
HOWEVER, THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR NEW AND EXISTING ADEQ REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MAKES IT VERY EXPENSIVE AND MORE TECHNOLOGICAL ON THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND PLANNING OF THAT.
THIS TOTAL CELL, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 ACRES OF LAND IS ROUGHLY PROJECTED TO BE OVER $15 MILLION TO FULLY DEVELOPED.
WE'VE LOOKED AT IT AND LOOKING AT THIS HAS TAKING A PHASED APPROACH THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY MULTIPLE PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOTTEN SLATED FOR THREE SUBSEQUENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION.
SEQUENCE D WOULD GO THROUGH PHASE II THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
PHASE III AND PHASE IV, AND OBVIOUS WILL JUST ARE SHOWN ON THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AS I MENTIONED, THE FULL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE ABOUT 20-30 YEARS OF AIRSPACE.
I SAID 20-25 BUT IT'S DEPENDING ON VOLUMES AND WASTE DIVERSION METRICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.
OTHER PROJECTS OR UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS THE MRF TO TRANSPORTATION RENOVATIONS.
WERE NOT CLEAR WHAT THAT TRULY LOOKS LIKE YET.
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE WORKING ON RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE EVALUATING THE CONSULTANT REPORTS, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE BRINGING THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL HERE WITHIN THE NEXT AND FEW COMING MONTHS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 200,000 IN THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE BUDGETED FOR 550,000 FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE PLANNING TO CARRY FORWARD THE 200,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 750,000 FOR THE MRF TO TRANSPORTATION FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE MORE FUNDS NEEDED DEPENDING ON WHAT WE IDENTIFY
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THE NEEDS AND WHAT IS DECIDED AMONGST COUNCIL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THIS FACILITY.CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE ROUGHLY BETWEEN, FOR THE MOST BASIC DESIGN, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN TWO MILLION AND UPWARDS OF UP TO $6 MILLION FOR THE FACILITY.
HOWEVER, THE 750,000 IS LIKELY A VIABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD GET US UP AND RUNNING AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FOR OUR RECYCLING SUPPORT IN CITY COLLECT CENTERS.
THE FINAL ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY A LITTER CONTROL PERIMETER FENCE ENHANCEMENTS.
THE NORTH AND NORTHEASTERLY PORTIONS OF THE LANDFILL.
JUST NORMAL STANDING CHAIN LINK FENCE.
AS WE EXPAND AND GROW THE LANDFILL, IF ANYONE'S BEEN TO THE LANDFILL, IT'S VERY WINDY AS THERE'S A LOT OF WIND BLOWN LITTER THAT IS MOSTLY UNAVOIDABLE.
THERE ARE OTHER MEASURES THAT WE TAKE TO MITIGATE THAT, BUT THAT PERIMETER FENCE, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS AND WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THAT TO GROW THE FENCE TALLER AND HAVING SO IT'S CAPTURING LITTER BEFORE IT GOES OFF SITE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SEEING LITTER GO OFFSITE, BUT AS WE GROW AND EXPAND TO THAT FOOTPRINT OF THE FACILITY, OUR WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY COMING FROM THE SOUTH TO TO THE NORTH.WE NEED TO BUILD THAT AGAIN, AS PART OF A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT OF THE FACILITY.
THIS MAY BE A OPTIONAL THING THAT WE CAN DIFFER FOR A YEAR OR TWO,IF WE NEED MORE MONEY TO SUPPORT THEM MRF.
RATHER THOUGH REAL CONCERNS THERE, BUT IT'S A PRODUCT WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND ADVANCE AT THIS FACILITY.
THESE WOULD BE ROUGHLY 25-FOOT-HIGH FENCES DESIGNED TO CONTAIN WIND BLOWN LITTER.
AGAIN, I'M REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXPANDING OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT AT THE FACILITY.
I THINK THAT'S IT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN CONTACT ME, I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND ME EMAIL, READILY ONLINE AS WELL. THANK YOU.
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, KATHY OR MARK HERE COMING UP.
NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO ALL THINGS LIQUID.
>> WASTEWATER, WATER, RECLAIMED WATER, AND STORMWATER.
WE'VE GOT GARY COVERING THIS SECTION.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR SET ASIDE TO TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THESE FOUR TOPICS.
I BELIEVE GARY, YOU ARE COVERING THE STORMWATER SECTION FOR TODAY?
WE'VE BROKEN IT UP INTO THE DIFFERENT FUNDING CATEGORIES.
WE'VE GOT DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER, AND STORMWATER, AS JULY JUST MENTIONED.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DRINKING WATER.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE DEVELOP OUR MATH HERD, NOT A MASTER PLAN, BUT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, LARGELY OUR CAPITAL BUDGETS ARE BASED OF OF MASTER PLANS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
OUR MASTER PLANS ARE A LITTLE OLD, SO OUR WATER MASTER PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2014 OR 15, AND THE SEWER MASTER PLAN WAS IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON UPDATING OUR WATER MASTER PLAN.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE FUNDING TO UPDATE OUR SEWER MASTER PLAN, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST WITH THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
FOR THE DRINKING WATER, SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THIS WAS DAVID'S PROJECT, YES, DAVID'S PROJECT HE PRESENTED ON EARLIER.
THIS FUNDING IS SET ASIDE FOR THAT PROJECT TO RELOCATE OR EXTEND SOME WATER FACILITIES IN THE AREA OF THAT PROJECT.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.
THERE IS A SLIDE SLATED LATER THAT JANY IS GOING TO PRESENT ON FOR THE RIO DE FLAG, BUT THIS FUNDING IS SET ASIDE FOR AGAIN IN WATER RELOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIO DE FLAGS FLOOD PROJECT.
LET ME CORRECT OR CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S FOR PHASE 1 OF THE RIO DE FLAG.
NEXT, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY THOSE BIDS JUST CLOSED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THESE NUMBERS THAT I HAVE UP ON THE SCREEN ARE A LITTLE OUT OF DATE BECAUSE WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE 100 PERCENT ACCURATE ON THOSE PROJECTS CAME IN OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OVER BUDGET.
WE WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS LAST MINUTE WITHIN THE CAPITAL PLAN, HOPING TO GET THOSE PROJECTS STARTED THIS YEAR.
THE REASON I HESITATE ON THAT IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LEAD TIMES ARE ON SOME OF THE MATERIAL FOR THESE PROJECTS.
THE SWITZER CANYON LINE PHASE 4 PROJECT.
THAT'S A FAIRLY LARGE WATER MAIN.
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IT'S THE MAIN LINE FROM OUR NORTH RESID PLANT TO THE REST OF THE CITY.THIS PROJECT WAS BROKEN UP INTO FIVE SEPARATE PHASES.
SO PHASE 5 WILL BE A FUTURE PROJECT AND WHEN WE'D SEEN BREAKS IN THIS LINE IN THE PAST, IT'S INFECTED PRESSURES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS A NEW WATERLINE TO PROVIDE SECONDARY WATER SOURCE TO THE FOURTH IN BUTLER AREA.
THIS INCLUDES CANYON DEL RIO, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD IN THAT SAME GENERAL VICINITY.
SEVERAL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THIS PROJECT AND THIS PROVIDES THAT SECONDARY SOURCE.
IN THE EVENT OF A LINE BREAK OR THE MAIN LINE BREAK TO BUTLER AREA TOWN.
THEY WOULD HAVE A SECONDARY SOURCE, SO IT WOULDN'T TAKE ANYBODY OFF WORK.
TWO PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR INCLUDE THE LAKE MARY FLOCCULATION OR SEDIMENT BASINS.
THE LAKE MARY SEDIMENT BASINS, THESE ARE BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
THE CONCRETE IS EXTREMELY DEGRADED. WHAT?
>> DEGRADED, THAT'S A BETTER WORD AND A LOT OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IS NEARING FAILURE IN SOME CASES.
THIS PROJECT WE DID PUT ON THE EI GRANT LISTED HERE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
IT WAS PUT ON THIS LIST WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH THE ARMY CORDS TO GET THAT FUNDING AWARDED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE PUSHING REALLY HARD BECAUSE THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THEN FINALLY, FOR DRINKING WATER, WE HAVE THE INNER BASIN WATERLINE.
I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROJECT, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE FLOODS THIS LAST YEAR WASHED OUT OUR ACCESS ROAD TO THE INNER BASIN AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF SECTIONS ABOUT WATERLINE.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT MY SPELL CHECK DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE WORD FLAKY LESIONS [LAUGHTER]
>> JUST A FLOCCULATION IS COMBINING EVERYTHING.
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN? [LAUGHTER]
>> IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
>> WHAT FLOCCULATION MEAN, YOU PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER LIKE COLOR AND IT MAKES THE PARTICLES FIT TOGETHER.
THEN THEY FALL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE MUD OUT OF THE WATER.
>> ON RIVER TRIPS, WE TAKE A FIVE-GALLON CONTAINER OF WATER, WE PUT OLIVE IN AND SHAKE IT UP, LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT, AND ALL OF THE MUD GOES TO THE BOTTOM AND THEY DO BASICALLY THE SAME THING AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
IT SOUNDS NASTY, BUT IT'S NOT.
>> THE FUTURE CHALLENGE WORD I KNOW IT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] TWO QUESTIONS. SWITZER CANYON LINE, DOES THAT RUN STRAIGHT VERTICALLY DOWN SWITZER CANYON?
>> MORE OR LESS SO PHASES 1 THROUGH 3 STARTED AT ROUTE 66 IN SWITZER CANYON DRIVE, MORE OR LESS, WENT UP SWITZER CANYON DRIVE PHASE 3 GOT US ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
THIS PHASE 4 IS GOING TO TAKE US FROM SAN FRANCISCO STREET THAT GOES LIKE YOU TREVOR'S, SHAKING HIS HEAD.
IT GOES FROM SAN FRANCISCO STREET.
TREVOR, WHAT'S THE FURTHEST NORTH?
>> FROM QUINTANA, NORTH OF THERE INTO, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MORPHIC MONTANA.
>> IS THIS THE PROJECT WHERE WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO ANNEX COUNTY PROPERTY INTO THE CITY?
>> MAYBE JUST TO HELP GUARANTEE WITH THAT, THE PROJECT LIMITS.
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PHASE 1 WAS FROM ROUTE 6062, TURQUOISE DRIVE ALONG SWEATER CANYON.PHASE 2 LISTS FROM THAT POINT TO THE ICE RINK, AND THEN PROBABLY ICE RINK TO THE ELKS LODGE WAS PHASE 3.
PHASE 4 IS FROM THE END OF MARCH ALL THE WAY UP TO TONIGHT.
THEN YES, PART OF THIS PROJECT IS IN THE COUNTY AND SO THERE WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE POLICY WATER SERVICES POLICY AND THEN ANNEXATION SO THERE WAS THAT ANNEXATION.
>> THANK YOU. THE INNER BASIN WATER, WAS THAT IN ANY NEED OF BEING REPLACED BEFORE FLOODING OR IS THIS COMPLETELY DUE TO FLOODING?
>> THIS IS COMPLETELY DUE TO FLOODING, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WATER LINE IN THE IMPACTED PORTIONS OF THE ROAD HAD GOOD USEFUL LIFE IN IT.
SOUTH OF THEIR DOWNSTREAM FROM THERE, WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER LINES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING FUTURE ASSESSMENTS TO SEE IF THERE'S A NEED TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE LINES, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE FLOODING.
>> DID WE RECEIVE ANY OUTSIDE FUNDING OR THE WATER LINE?
>> YEAH. THAT'S 100% EMERGENCY FUND ISN'T GRADED.
>> FREEZING WATER GOES THROUGH THOSE PIPES?
>> THIS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MIGHT BE, OLD CAST-IRON PIPE OR LEAD? [LAUGHTER]
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIPE MATERIALS LIKE WE HAVE SPECIFIED CONCRETE PIPE, WE HAVE LEAD PIPE, WE HAVE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
>> MY WATER DOWN AND THEY CAN'T GET THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON DRINKING WATER? MOVING ON TO THE WASTEWATER.
THE SAME PROJECT IS LISTED AT THE VERY TOP FOR THIS AS WELL, THERE IS SOME SEWER EX10SIONS OR RELOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY PROJECT..AGAIN, THE REAL BLACK, BUT A CONTROL PROJECT ALSO HAD SOME SEWER EVOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BEGINNING THIS YEAR, WATER SERVED SINCE IT'S STARTING THIS FACILITY MASTER PLAN.
I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE BIOSOLIDS MASTER PLAN AND IT ONLY TOUCHING ON THE MAIN10ANCE NEEDS FOR OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
THIS IS GOING TO LOOK AT OUR FUTURE EXPANSION NEEDS AND HOW WE APPROACH THOSE FUTURE EXPANSION NEEDS.
IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPANSION DESIGN, WHICH I THINK WE DID A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL BACK IN SEPTEMBER THAT IDENTIFIED A SCHEDULE OF WHEN 10 YEARS OUT FROM NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITHIN OUR TREATMENT PLANS AND WE NEED TO START THAT PROCESS NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US 10 YEARS FROM PLANNING TO PHASING, TO DESIGN TO STEP.
THEN FINALLY ON THIS LIST IS THE RIO SOLIDS TREATMENT SO THIS PROJECT, LAST YEAR WE HAD BUDGETED $12 MILLION, THIS YEAR WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $24 MILLION.
THIS IS LARGELY JUST A RESULT OF BETTER INFORMATION.
WE'RE FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND COST ESCALATION OVERALL.
TALKING ABOUT THE BIOSOLIDS MASTER PLAN, LAST YEAR, WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE OUT OF TREATMENT CAPACITY WITHIN TWO YEARS SO BY THE SUMMER OF 2024, WE WILL BE AT OUR CAPACITY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
THIS IS A DOWNGRADE AND TREATMENT CAPACITY BASED ON THAT BIOSOLIDS MASTER PLAN, AND IT'S LARGELY DUE TO OUR ABILITY TO TREAT BIOSOLIDS SO THE SOLID PORTION OF OUR TREATMENT PROCESSES.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IS THROUGH THIS PROJECT BY ADDING SOLIDS TREATMENT AT RIO.
RIO TODAY, ONLY TAKES OUT THE SOLIDS AND THEN IT PASSES THOSE SOLIDS THROUGH THE COLLECTION SYSTEM DOWN TO A WILDCAT AND WHAT THAT DOES IT WILDCAT BECAUSE IT HAS ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATIONS THAT WILDCAT NOW HAS TO DEAL WITH.
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WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT SOLID STREAM THAT'S BEING PASSED DOWN TO WILDCAT AND START TO TREAT THAT AT RIO, WHICH GIVES US A LOT MORE CAPACITY AT WILDCAT TO GET US THROUGH THE TIME WE NEED TO BUILD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY APPLE OR TREATMENT.THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEED FOR THAT PROJECT AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS CLASS THREE WEEKS IN MULTIPLE FORMS. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GOT THE [INAUDIBLE] DONE THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CONVERTED INTO A SCOPE OF WORK, I GOT THE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT FORM DONE TODAY AND I SHOULD BE CALLING CONTRACTORS AS WE SPEAK TO START SOLICITING CONTRACTORS OR HOPEFULLY FINDING SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO THIS WORK IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
JUST TO EXPAND UPON THAT SLIGHTLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF COUNCIL, YOU HAVE REQUESTED IT, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A VERY NICE PRESENTATION ON PROCUREMENT.
IT WILL BE CALLED PROCUREMENT ONE-ON-ONE, IT'S COMING YOUR WAY QUICKLY.
IN THAT PRESENTATION YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT, WHICH CARRY JUST MADE REFERENCE TO AND THIS WILL ALL MAKE SENSE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT DISCUSSION IS COMING YOUR WAY. THANK YOU DEAR.
AND PART OF THE REASON WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT IS, NOT ONLY DOES A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS SIZE TAKE THAT LONG TO CONSTRUCT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO PURCHASE FOR THIS PROJECT HAS OVER A YEAR LEAD TIME SO IT TAKES US A YEAR AFTER ORDERING JUST TO GET THE EQUIPMENT.
TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT ORDERED AND INSTALLED NEEDS TO HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICKLY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WASTEWATER?
>> THE 24.7 MILLION, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALIZE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE COST OF THE SOLID?
>> THIS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND IT'S COMPLETELY FUNDED OUT OF OUR RATES AND CAPACITY.
UNFORTUNATELY TAKING UP CAPACITY TO DO SOME OF OUR OTHER NEEDED PROJECTS WITHIN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND THE LIKE SO THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN PRIORITY DUE TO THE EMERGENT NATURE OF THE PROJECT.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE LOTS OF OTHER MEANS WITHIN WASTEWATER SYSTEM WAS [INAUDIBLE] PLAYING THE WATER.
THE MAIN PROJECT WITHIN THE RECLAIMED FUNDS IS OUR EIGHT-INCH BOTTLENECK PROJECT.
SO I ADVISE YOU TO GET THIS MATH TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT BOTTLENECK IS SO THIS IS BUFFALO PARK, NORTH END, THIS IS THE ROUNDABOUT PROJECTS THAT DAVID WAS STILL JEREMY WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT'S ROUGHLY THE AREA THAT WE HAVE THIS BOTTLE THAT THIS IS AN EIGHT-INCH LINE IN THIS AREA THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR WILDCAT TREATMENT PLANTS.
FOR RECLAIMED WATER IS BASICALLY ARE TREATED EFFLUENT FROM OUR WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES AND YOU CAN SEE RIO'S DOWN HERE.
SOME OF OUR EFFLUENT THAT'S TREATED TO THE RIGHT STANDARDS GETS PUMPED INTO THE SYSTEM OR USE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT AREAS, PRIMARILY FOR IRRIGATION OR LANDSCAPING PURPOSES.
OUR ONLY STORAGE TANK OR RECLAIMED IS AT BUFFALO PARK, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IT WHEN YOU GROW UP, THEY'RE BIG GREEN TANKS TO GROW.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET WATER FROM WILDCAT TO THAT RECLAMATION STORAGE TANK IS THROUGH THIS LINE AND THE REST OF THIS LINE IS, IT'S A 12-INCH LINE AND THAT EIGHT INCH LINE IN THAT SECTION I HAVE CIRCLED THERE REALLY REDUCES OUR CAPACITY FOR GETTING WATER TO THE STORAGE TANK AS WELL AS GETTING WATER BACK INTO THE SYSTEM WHEN WE NEED IT.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SMALL PROJECTS THAT'S GOING TO BE DESTRUCTION THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT'S A RECLAIMED PONGED BOWEL AND THAT'S OUR RIO RECLAMATION FACILITY.
THE BALANCE WE HAVE OUT THERE JUST FUNCTION AS WELL AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND THIS IS TO REPLACE.
WE HAVE THIS BUDGETED ANNUALLY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BOWELS THERE.
ANY QUESTION ON THE RECLAIMED WATER?
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>> I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF SPRUCE WASH IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S SOUTH OF CEDAR, ISN'T IT?
>> IT'S JUST OFF OF CEDAR, SO THE INTENT IS TO REPLACE THAT WHOLE SECTION NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
>> I HAVEN'T QUITE DEFINED THE PHASES FOR THIS.
WE HAD THIS MUCH FUNDING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WELL, THIS FUNDING IS SPREAD OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, SO IT'S NOT ALL IN FY20 FORWARD.
IT'S TOO MANY NUMBERS GOING INTO MY HEAD, SORRY.
BUT AS IT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO SPRUCE, WHEN WE DID THE DOROTHY PROJECT, WE PROVIDED AN ENCASEMENT UNDERNEATH SPRUCE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
>> WE'LL I JUST WANT TO COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION, SO LESS THAN IMPACTS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IF WE'RE COMING IN WITH RECLAIMED WATER, CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, A NEW ROUND OF HANDBOOKS, NEW BOX CULVERT ON CEDAR, A NEW BOX CULVERT ON LINDA VISTA, JUST TO MAKE SURE FOLKS CAN GET AROUND ALL OF THESE AND THEY LINE UP PROPERLY, SO THANKS FOR ENTERTAINING MY QUESTION.
>> YEAH, I FEEL TRADITION WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF THIS ONE.
THESE PROJECTS WAS 90% DESIGN.
WE HAD A REQUEST FROM IT TO INCORPORATE CONDUIT FOR FUTURE FIBER, SO WE ACTUALLY TOOK THIS BACK TO THE DESIGN CONTENT TO INCORPORATE SOME DESIGN FOR THAT CONDUIT.
>> AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF OUR RECLAIMED WATER.
I REMEMBER A YEAR AGO WE DID A TOUR OF BY THE WAY, THE CITY COUNCIL DID A TOUR OF THE SCOTTSDALE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE MANAGER AND SAID WOULD YOU PUT THIS [INAUDIBLE] PLUS, WHICH IS THE SENTENCE WE HAVE HERE, RECLAIMED WATER INTO YOUR AQUIFER, HE GOES NO WAY WE WOULD DO THAT.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CALLED TERTIARY TREATMENT OR [OVERLAPPING]
ANYWAY, THEY IMPROVED THEIR QUALITY OF THE WATER.
AGAIN AT SOME POINT, I PRESUMED THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF WILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT'S A SOURCE OF WATER AND SO WATER IS HERE, SO MY QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY PLANS IN THE BUDGET OR OUT FIVE YEARS OUT OR WHATEVER TO START IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF OUR WATER TO WHAT IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE?
>> I WAS JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF FERRAN YOUNG IS WITH US.
I DON'T THINK SHE IS AND SHE CAN SPEAK TO THIS AND I THINK WE WILL INCLUDE THIS IN A FUTURE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS ON TOPIC WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND AMONG THE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN WATER SERVICES, THAT ONE IS ONE THAT WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY FOR DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING ON THINGS THAT I'VE JUST HEARD, SO I'M NOT WELL-VERSED ON THIS, BUT I DO THINK WE START WITH WASTEWATER AND ALL THE PROJECTS THAT GARY HAS TALKED TO YOU TODAY ABOUT BOTH THE RIO AND WILDCAT.
>> ARE CRITICAL AND WILL ULTIMATELY, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WATER GROUP AND SO FORTH, WILL LEND THEMSELVES TO DAN IMPROVING OUR RECLAIMED WATER PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
>> AT SOME POINT, I'D BE INTERESTED IN LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
>> AARON WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE EXPERT TO TALK TO, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE AS WELL.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR WASTEWATER EFFLUENT AS A POTENTIAL WATER RESOURCE.
WE USE IT QUITE A BIT TODAY IN IRRIGATION AND THE LIKE.
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS FACILITY MASTER PLAN WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONAL TREATMENT CAPACITY THAT WE NEED, WE'VE ALSO, AS PART OF THAT SCOPE, ARE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY WHAT FUTURE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS THERE MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT OR USE AS DRINKING WATER.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR TREATED WASTEWATER IS A RESOURCE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE WONDERFUL GROUNDWATER RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF CAPACITY WITHIN OTHER ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE TO ACCESS IT THROUGH DRILLING WELLS.
WE HAVE LAKE MARY AS A RESOURCE, WE HAVE THE INNER BASIN AS A RESOURCE, AND THE LONG TERM WE HAVE RED CAP RANCH AS A RESOURCE,
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AND SO HOW WE PRIORITIZE WHICH RESOURCES WE TAP IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW AARON IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK AT THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN AS WELL.STORMWATER AND THIS IS WHY I WROTE MY COMPUTER BECAUSE I ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME A COUPLE OF POINTERS ON THIS EASE OUT DEALING WITH A COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND I OFFERED TO TAKE THIS ALL IMPORTANT.
FOR STORMWATER, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED OUTSIDE OF WHAT SCOTT PRESENTED ON THIS MORNING FOR SPRUCE WASH. FIRST, WE HAVE HIGHWAY 180 CULVERT AT SCHULTZ CREEK.
EVERYONE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.
THE POINTS THAT ED ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON WERE WE'RE EXPECTING 60% PLANS BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THE CONSULTANT ON THAT PRODUCT IS SHEPERD WESINGTER.
WE HAVE PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT'S ONGOING.
COUNCIL WILL BE SEEING A REQUEST FOR CONDEMNATION AUTHORITY SHORTLY.
THE PROPERTY THIS IS A BURIAL I THINK THIS WAS LIKE 15% PLANS OR A CONCEPT PLAN AT ONE POINT IN TIME, SO THE HEAD WALL FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT IS ON THE MUSEUM'S PROPERTY, AND JULIE, MAYBE BUT THERE'S SOME CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE OR IMPACT, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING INTO SOME CONDEMNATIONS AUTHORITY FOR THAT.
SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH THIS PROJECTS, THE MATERIAL LEAD TIMES OR DEPENDING ON WHAT MATERIAL WE CHOOSE, OUR TWO-SIX MONTHS OUT.
THIS PRODUCT IS NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS MONSOON SEASON.
THE MATERIAL LEAD TIMES ARE JUST TOO FAR OUT AND WE'RE NOT FAR FOR LONG ENOUGH IN DESIGN.
THIS PROJECT ALSO IS NOT RIGHT FUNDED.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND COUNCIL PROBABLY KNOWS MUCH OF THE HISTORY, BUT IF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT, IT WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL YEAR TO DELIVER OR THAT FEDERAL FUNDING TO COME THROUGH, SO THAT STATE APPROPRIATION THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP US ON SCHEDULE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST IS SHULTZ CREEKS CHANNEL STABILIZATION, SO THIS IS UPSTREAM FROM THE HIGHWAY 180 CULVERT.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PROJECT.
THIS IS FUNDED BY NRCS FUNDS, AND TO USE THOSE FUNDS, IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 15, AND WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS TO GET THE PROJECT AGREEMENT OR SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.
WE ARE AT A CONCEPT LEVEL AND WE'RE WORKING TO PROCURE THE DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT NOW.
LAST MAIN ONE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS LOWER SPRUCE SWASH CHANNEL RESILIENCY.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF BUTLER WITHIN SPRUCE WASH, SO THIS IS JUST A SMALL WAY TO REBUILDING THE CHANNEL SO IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.
THIS IS A 2019 IMMIGRANT THAT WE RECEIVED AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE GRANT AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED BY FEMA TO THAT PROJECT FORWARD.
SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS CAN TAKE QUITE A WHILE FOR US TO REALIZE AND GET THOSE PRODUCTS.
THEN FINALLY, THE SPOT IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL BUDGET AMOUNT THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR LOCALIZED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THIS IS A VERY HELPFUL THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE LOCALIZED DRAINAGE COMPLAINTS, SOMETIMES WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND MAKE CORRECTIONS OR DO SOME FIELD FIXES TO JUST VERY SMALL PROJECTS.
THESE ARE NOT CAPITAL LEVEL PROJECTS, BUT ED WANTED ME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT ON THE SPINE IMPROVEMENT.
I DO HAVE ONE OTHER STORMWATER PRODUCT THAT JEREMY IS GOING TO TOUCH ON IF WE HAVE TIME FOR IT.
OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON STORMWATER.
>> I THINK WE DO HAVE TIME FOR IT.
IT'S RELATED TO THE RIO DE FLAG ME OR WOULD YOU LIKE AN UPDATE ON THE RIO DE FLAG. THANK YOU.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE, SO HANG IN JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
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THE RIO DE FLAG WE'VE NOW IN OUR THIRD DECADE ON THIS ONE AND THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS PROJECT'S SCOPE IS A FLIGHT CONTROL PROJECT, IT INVOLVES BOTH OPEN CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS AND CLOSED UNDERGROUND BOX CULVERTS.
THE BOX CULVERT IS GENERALLY THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREAS.
THERE ARE SOME PORTION ALONG THE CLAY AVENUE WASH, SOME PORTION THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
IT GOES BACK TO AN OPEN CHANNEL AS WE GO TO THE EAST AND EXIT THE BNSF WHERE THE LINE IS FOR THE BNSF.
THE PHASES AND UNDERGROUND BOX CULVERT, AS IT GOES INTO WHAT WE CALL PHASE 2, AS IT CROSSES THE BNSF TRACKS AND HEADS NORTH TOWARDS SPRINTS OF SHORT PONDS.
THAT STRETCH FROM FRANCE TO SHORT POND DOWN TO ROUGHLY CITY HALL IS GOING TO HAVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING A COMPOSITE CHANNEL.
I HAVE THAT UNDERGROUND BOX CULVERT AND IT WILL HAVE A REMNANT CHANNEL, IT'LL HAVE A LOW FLOW CHANNEL THAT EXISTS ON TOP.
THIS WILL INCORPORATE PUTS, TRAIL AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND SO ON THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK.
AS YOU JUST SAW IN MANY OF GARY'S SLIDES, THERE'S A COMPONENT THERE, A RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.
AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THERE'S A LOT OF UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THAT.
THAT'S SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW ON THOSE EARLIER SLIDES.
COUNCIL HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THIS PROJECT.
THE PROJECT COOPERATION AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED WITH THE ARMY CORPS BACK IN 2004.
THIS OUTLINE WHAT THE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
WE ARE THE LOCAL SPONSORS, SO THAT OUTLINES OUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE DELIVERING THE ESTATE, WHICH INCLUDES EASEMENTS, REAL ESTATE, DEMOLITION, REMOVAL, RECONSTRUCTIONS, GET IT WRAPPED INTO OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
COMING UP WE WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND JUST ON APRIL 18TH FOR A CHANGE ORDER FROM ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK AS WE APPROACH DESIGN COMPLETION.
WE'RE ALSO ON WORKING CALENDAR FOR APRIL 25TH TO COME BACK AND GIVE A PROJECT UPDATE.
I'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THAT TIME.
THE BUDGET NUMBER YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THIS IS THE 2019 ESTIMATE.
AT THIS POINT, THE CITY SHARE IS 35%.
WE WILL UPDATE THIS WHEN WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS AT THIS TIME.
AND AS FAR AS SCHEDULE, WE ARE IN TRACK AT THIS POINT.
IT'S A COMPLETE DESIGN IN 2023, THE CORE IN THE CITY AND ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THIS WRAPPED UP AND GET THIS ADVERTISED LATER THIS FALL.
WE'RE COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH THE OTHER VARIOUS PROJECTS DOWNTOWN, MILE ON TRAIL OVER PASS.
VERY VALUED PARTNERS BNSF, EDOT AND SO ON TO CONTINUE MOVING THIS PROJECT OR IT'S PENDULUM.
LIKE I SAID, MORE TO COME AND JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN UPDATE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO QUICK UPDATE.
WE GOT THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.
RIGHT ON TIME SO BIG THANKS TO STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND THE TEAM.
FANTASTIC. SO WE DO STILL HAVE A FEW PROJECTS TO TALK ABOUT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER CLIFTON TO TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, AFTER WE DO THIS PIECE, WE'LL CALL FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THEN WE'LL DO A BRIEF WRAP UP AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU MAYOR FOR FINAL REMARK IF POSSIBLE.
>> NEXT SLIDE OR IS THIS? SCOTT, FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND JOIN ME ON THIS ONE IF YOU LIKE. IS HE HERE?
>> SCOTT YOUR IDEA, YOU'RE WELL DRESSED TODAY, SO COME ON.
>> I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AT THE END.
WE'VE ALL BEEN TAKING NOTES ON ALL THE PROJECTS TODAY AND YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU, AND IT'S JUST A WHIRLWIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING'S GOING ON.
WE'RE GOING TO END IT LIGHT AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET FUNDED OR AT LEAST NOT FORMALLY FUNDED, BUT THINGS THAT ARE IN THE HOPPER THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET YOU THINKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THE LIST IS ALWAYS EVOLVING.
FIRST, YOU HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST TIME AND SCOTT WAS KIND
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ENOUGH TO SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS OF THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING AND OUR SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD WORK AS A STEAM FACILITY FOR YOUTH, A LEARNING FACILITY AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY.THOSE TWO IDEAS SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN SOME TRACTION.
WE DID PRESENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I THINK IT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, WHEN WE BROACHED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, COUNCIL ASKED US TO GET BACK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO SOME BEDDING WHICH WE HAVE, AND THAT WILL BE A CONTINUING PROCESS.
YOU EMPHASIZE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MULTIPLE USES IN THIS BUILDING AND THAT IS ALSO BEING BEDDED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION OF IT NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S STILL HAPPENING.
THERE IS THIS UNSETTLED QUESTION OF FUNDING, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE OR REALLOCATE SOME FUNDING [NOISE]
>> FOR THIS TO PROBABLY WOULD COVER THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK I CAN SAY SCOTT IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT I JUST SAID?
>> NO, AS I SAID, HE SUMS IT UP, WELL, I MUST BE HERE JUST FOR THE TIME.
WE DID PRESENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUNNYSIDE ASSOCIATION OR SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION A WHILE BACK, REQUEST GREG.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP DURING THE COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH IS, WE HAVE THESE CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS THAT WERE COMPLETED, BUT THEY ARE TRULY CONCEPTUAL.
THEY ARE NOT BUILDING BLUEPRINTS, THEY ARE NOT FINAL DESIGN.
WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE ASSOCIATION AND THE RESIDENTS.
THEN I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD OUR NEXT STEPS RIGHT NOW, ARE TO TAKE THE RENDERINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW COMPLETE.
WE HAVE THE PROBABLE COST DOCUMENT BILL, BUT NOW WE'RE REALLY IN THE STEP WHERE WE GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE MORE FORMALLY AND REALLY START WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN ELEMENTS IN DETAIL.
WE START DEVELOPING WHAT WOULD BECOME THE CONSTRUCTION SET OF PRINTS AND WHAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY BUILD THE FACILITY FROM.
THAT CAN EITHER GO FAIRLY QUICKLY OR IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTENDED TIME.
WE WERE ON THOSE SET TIMELINE WITH PROJECTS.
OUR NEXT STEP IF PROCEEDING WOULD BE TO GO GET THAT COMMUNITY OUTPUT INTO THE PROJECT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
ONCE WE FORMULATE THAT AND WE ARTICULATE ALL OF THE WANTS, DESIRES, NEEDS, AND WE HAVE A GOOD PICTURE, WE WOULD START MOVING TOWARDS THE INTERNAL REVIEW AND PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE WOULD START TO BUILD A PLAN SET.
WE'D WORK IT THROUGH OUR ITS TEAM, THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS AND WE'D START TO LOOK AT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BUILD, PARKING CIRCULATION USED TO THE RESTROOM FACILITIES, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
THEN WE WOULD JUST START CONTINUING THAT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT ACTIVITY AND THAT TAKES TYPICALLY ABOUT A YEAR.
WE'RE ALWAYS OUT FROM CONSTRUCTION, BUT CERTAINLY WILLING AND ABLE TO KEEP THE DESIGN PROCESS MOVING.
BUT WE ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLDING PATTERN UNTIL WE SEE SOME FUTURE DIRECTIONS ON WHEREVER WE'D ALL LIKE TO GO WITH IT AS A COMMUNITY, SO THAT'S THE LATEST ONE.
>> I WILL ALSO NOTE WHEN WE WERE AT THE ASSOCIATION, AMY WAS WITH US AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PONDEROSA PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND YOU HAD A NICE DISCUSSION OF THAT A WHILE AGO.
THERE'S A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT VERY VISIBLE IN THE ROOM AND WE HAVE SEEN IT SINCE THEN.
COULD BE THINKING ABOUT A NEW FACILITY IN THEIR PARK.
THIS PARK, TO BE THINKING ABOUT RESTROOMS. THIS IS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS IT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> TO BE THINKING ABOUT PONDEROSA PARK AND THE POSSIBILITIES THERE.
SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THE NEXT ONE HERE, FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING.
YOU'VE BEEN GETTING SNIPPETS OF THIS FOR SOME TIME.
IT REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING TO GET THE TAX CREDITS NECESSARY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPENING NIGHT CHARACTERIZE IT AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THAT MIGHT BE A BIT OF A STRETCH, BUT WE'RE IN IT WITH PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR NEW COURTHOUSE, WHICH IS IMPERATIVE.
BUT ALSO THIS IS A BIG HOUSING PROJECT FOR SENIORS AND OTHERS.
BUT ALL OF IT, 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MULTIPLE USE PROJECT, VERY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE SUPPORTING IT EVERY WAY WE CAN.
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COUPLE OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND SOME DOCUMENTATION WENT OFF MY DESK RECENTLY TOWARD THAT OBJECTIVE.I GUESS STAY TUNED ON THAT DATE.
MCINTYRE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD AND IF SO, YOU CAN COME BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO WELL-DRESSED TODAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE.
>> IT'S A SHOW OFF THE SHOE STRINGS, WHICH ARE BRIGHT BLUE.
>> THANK YOU. THEY ACTUALLY JUST PUT IN FOR THE TAX CREDIT APPLICATION ON THE 1ST OF APRIL.
WE DIDN'T REALLY APPRECIATE THE LETTERS AND STUFF.
WE WERE TRYING TO PULL TOGETHER SOME DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD KNOW IN JUNE ISH, WHETHER THEY WILL RECEIVE THOSE TAX CREDITS.
AS OF NOW, AS A REMINDER, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TRUE COSTS BECAUSE AS THIS PROJECTS UNFOLD, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
THEY ARE STILL DETAILS TO WORK OUT, BUT IT IS REALLY EXCITING AND FINGERS CROSSED FOR THIS TAX CREDITS HERE WE COME.
AS MENTIONED BY GREG, BOTH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE PARKING FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND THE COURTHOUSE WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
BOTH OF THEM UP HERE FROM ZUKO.
I THINK WE'LL END UP WITH THIS ONE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY.
WE HAVE NOT GIVEN THIS A LOT OF AIRTIME WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S TIME TO START DOING THAT.
WE THINK THE PROCESS WILL NEED TO START WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
A SOLICITATION OF SOME FORM, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE OLD COURTHOUSE SITE, WHICH IS NOW A PARKING LOT.
MOST OF THAT BLOCK, THE CITY OWNS, I THINK, ABOUT HALF OF IT.
A GOOD PART OF IT IS OWNED BY THE HOTEL ACROSS THE STREET.
IT'S A VERY WELL SITUATED AND PROBABLY PRIME TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING, LIKELY IN THE FORM OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, BUT THAT'S NOT AN OUTCOME YET, THAT IS JUST A POSSIBILITY.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT COULD BECOME OF THAT SITE.
COUNCIL MAY RECALL, CERTAINLY THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS WOULD RECALL WHEN THE WHOLE THING WITH THE COURTHOUSE HAPPENED AND THE OLD COURTHOUSE WAS VACATED, THE IDEA WAS OKAY, LET'S PUT IT TO A TEMPORARY USE, SURFACE PARKING FOR SOME TIME AND THAT HAS HAPPENED.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER, AND THAT SOMETHING BIGGER LIKELY SHOULD COMPORT NICELY WITH THE DOWNTOWN VISION PLAN, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY NEARING COMPLETION.
THERE IS NO ONE THING HERE ON THE TABLE.
I THINK IT'S MORE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF THINGS, AND AGAIN, LIKELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT PLAN AND OTHER CITY OBJECTIVES.
IT WOULD BE FUN, EXCITING, AND CHALLENGING, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL START SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. YES.
>> GREAT. WHEN THE PAPER PARKING WAS INTRODUCED, THE SELLING POINT WAS THAT THIS WOULD GENERATE FUNDS TO BUILD A PARKING STRUCTURE ON THAT PROPERTY.
IS THAT NOW NO LONGER AN OPTION?
>> IT'S VERY MUCH IN PLAY AND FORGIVE ME FOR NOT MENTIONING THAT.
IT WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO WHATEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> THAT'S HOW IT WAS SOLD TO THEM.
>> YEAH. FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH ALL THE DRAFTS OF THE DOWNTOWN VISION PLAN, THE CONTEMPLATION IS NO LONGER TO HAVE A SINGULAR PARKING STRUCTURE ANYWHERE, BUT RATHER TO HAVE PARKING FACILITIES DISPERSED AND INTEGRATED INTO OTHER THINGS.
WRAP AROUND BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL, ACCOMMODATIONS, HOUSING, ALL OF THE ABOVE SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT PARKING STRUCTURES PER SE, BUT LOOKING AT MULTI-USE FACILITIES THAT LAND THEMSELVES MANY PURPOSES.
I KNOW THAT VICE MAYOR, THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IT, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MENTIONED IT.
PARKING COULD ALWAYS BE DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED IN A WAY TO BE CONVERTED.
EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DAYS WITH STRUCTURED PARKING WILL HAVE THAT COMPONENT INTEGRATED INTO IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. ANYTHING ELSE?
>> CAN WE PUT A PAWN SHOP AND A LITTLE MOTEL THERE?
>> WHATEVER THE VISION IS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME TIME ON THIS.
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JULIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE THIS OUT?>> WE'RE GOING TO DO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
STACY, DO WE HAVE ANY FOLKS ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO?
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE AT THIS POINT THAT'S INDICATING THAT THEY WANT TO SPEAK.
>> ANY FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE?
>> WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE.
I WANT TO JUST CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
IS THERE ANYTHING PRESSING OR THINGS THAT HAVE COME TO MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? LET'S START HERE.
>> I'LL JUST SAY IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
GREG, HOW DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF IT? [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS HOW WE KEEP TRACK OF IT.
THERE IS SO MUCH VALUE TO HAVING THE SINGULAR EVENT WHERE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE BROUGHT ONTO THE TABLE RAPID FASHION, SO WE CAN GET OUR HEADS AROUND IT, UNDERSTAND COST, TIMELINES, AND SO FORTH.
BUT WE ALL ATTRIBUTE SO MUCH VALUE TO THIS FORUM FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.
>> IT WAS VERY USEFUL. THANK YOU.
>> WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON, I WAS APPROACHED BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT ASKED IF WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING A COMMUNITY FORM TO LET PEOPLE KNOW JANUARY, THIS IS HAPPENING FEBRUARY, AND JUST GIVE PEOPLE JUST THAT AS MUCH AS WE KNOW SO THAT PEOPLE COULD AT LEAST KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I JUST THINK PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHEN IT'S HAPPENING.
>> INDEED. I THINK THE WHEN AND THE WHAT, I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING TO CHRISTY CAMERON EARLIER, THE ARMY CORPS AND THE CITY WILL BE DOING EXACTLY THAT LIKELY IN THE FALL.
WE JUST SAW THAT THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT, IT WAS SHOVELS IN THE GROUND, MAYBE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR MORE LIKELY SPRING OF 2024.
THAT WOULD BE A VERY TIMELY DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE PROJECT I KNOW WITH THE DOWNTOWN MILE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
CERTAINLY THE ITEMS OVER AT [INAUDIBLE] IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, ACTUALLY JUST EVERYTHING IN THAT NORTHERN PART OF TOWN.
WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND FRANKLY, WE THE STAFF NEED TO PREPARE THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE PUBLIC.
OTHERWISE, YOU ARE ELECTED BODY WILL DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH.
IF WE PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY WELL FOR THESE THINGS, IT MIGHT NOT BE WELL RECEIVED, BUT AS LONG AS IT'S UNDERSTOOD WHAT IMPACTS WILL BE FOLLOWING AND APPROXIMATELY WHEN, IT'S GOING TO MAKE HOPEFULLY YOUR LIVES EASIER AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOUR PHONES RINGING OFF THE HOOK BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS SURPRISED THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL OF A SUDDEN HAS A DETOUR.
>> I THINK THAT ONCE WE'VE MADE THE DECISION AND WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION, I THINK ON A LOT OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO LIKE IT AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATION WOULD NOT BE FOR THEM TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED.
BUT AT LEAST TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THIS MAY IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO GET AROUND AND THINK ABOUT ALTERNATE WAYS TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE.
>> I'M REALLY SENSITIVE TO THAT.
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD COMMENT.
YEAH, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> I'D LIKE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT IF I CAN JUST DO NOTE THAT.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS IS VERY OVERWHELMING.
WE EXPECT BASICALLY A FULL EIGHT-HOUR DAY HERE DISCUSSING THIS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.
I THINK THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO GET NOTICEABLY FRUSTRATED.
FLAGSTAFF HAS A BIT OF A REPUTATION OF BEING VERY SLOW ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE HAVE SOME FAMOUS TROLLS IN THIS TOWN AND ONE OF THE FUNNIER COMMENTS I REMEMBER IS THAT THE TURQUOISE ROUNDABOUT TOOK LONGER THAN THE BUILDING OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
>> THERE'S THAT SEDIMENT OUT THERE ALREADY.
JUST BEING SUPER SENSITIVE AND SUPER POROUS WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS IN AN ONGOING BASIS TO JUST GIVE THEM THE VISION, SHOW THEM SOME OF THE BEAUTIFICATION, THAT ARTWORK.
WE INSPIRE THEM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET OUT OF THE CYNICAL POINTING FINGER AT GOVERNMENT INEFFICIENCY.
WE'RE BUILDING A FLAGSTAFF OF TOMORROW RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S GOING TO BE
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SOME GROWING PAINS AND SOME HEARTBURN THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.THEN JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE, BEING NIMBLE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THINGS DONE FASTER OR DOUBLE UP ON PROJECTS WHERE APPROPRIATE.
[INAUDIBLE] IS VERY GOOD AT DOING THAT, YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THIS IS JUST STATING IT FOR THE RECORD AND JUST THE CLARION CALL BACKING UP WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS HAS TO SAY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY RIGHT ON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS A PILE OF BRICKS AND DUST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> YEAH. I'VE DABBED IT THE ERA OF THE ORANGE CONE.
>> IT ALL LIES AHEAD AND THESE ARE ALL VERY GOOD COMMENTS AND IT'S QUITE VALIDATING TO HEAR THEM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES.
>> I'D LIKE TO PUT COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE ON THE SPOT JUST FOR A SECOND.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LUNAR LEGACY EARLIER.
SHE MADE A COMMENT OFFLINE THAT I FIND REALLY INSPIRING.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE THAT PUBLICLY.
>> I WON'T SAY MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT SHE'S GOING TO MENTION MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE OLD COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.
I WILL STEP BACK AND GIVE YOU THE CHANCE.
>> WELL, YOU WROTE ME AN EMAIL.
FINALLY, SHE SAID THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> YEAH. I SHARED THIS WITH THE VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR AND HEIDI EARLIER AS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THE LUNAR LEGACY AND THOSE SCIENCE CENTERS WITH USGS, AND JUST HOW SURPRISING IT IS TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL SCIENCE CENTER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
IT WAS MY FIRST REAL JOB BACK IN PENNSYLVANIA, WAS WORKING AT THE BRAND NEW SCIENCE CENTER THAT WE GOTTEN IN THE CAPITAL CITY.
I JUST REMEMBER ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCE AND SO MUCH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAPPEN THERE.
HONESTLY, I CAN BARELY TELL YOU ANYTHING THAT I LEARNED IN MY HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES BUT I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF THE DISPLAYS THAT WE PUT ON AT THAT SCIENCE CENTER.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REAL MISSED OPPORTUNITY WITH THOSE SPACES AND DISPLAYS AND THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO NOT HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE CITY.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US, NOT ONLY FOR CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT AND SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT, ARTS ENGAGEMENT, REVENUE, BRINGING THAT INTO THE CITY.
BUT THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT IDEA BRINGS.
I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO SEE US LOOK FURTHER INTO IT.
I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THAT IDEA, BUT IT'S ONE THAT'S, I THINK, REALLY EXCITING FOR US.
I THINK I WAS ABLE TO TUNE IN YESTERDAY VIRTUALLY FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND REMEMBER THAT QUESTION OF WHAT ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES AND REFLECTING, CITY MANAGER, ON YOUR COMMENTS OF LOOKING AT HOW WE BRING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT IS MY BIG TAKEAWAY FROM TODAY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY, AS WELL AS LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, GOING BACK TO AN EARLIER QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY, I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR MEETING THOSE VARIOUS GOALS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, THAT ARE OFTEN LOOKED AT AS COMPETING BUT ARE REALLY COLLABORATIVE.
WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT HOUSING WITH TRANSIT AND SUSTAINABILITY OR LOOKING AT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS, BUT ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY.
FINDING WAYS TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO, INCLUDING ZERO CITY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO THAT WE ARE ADVANCING THEM ALL AS MUCH AS WE CAN TOGETHER.
I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT VICE MAYOR BROUGHT UP WAS BUILDING THAT EXCITEMENT AROUND THEM.
THESE ARE NOT JUST INCONVENIENCES, THEY ARE REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO THIS CITY MUCH BETTER AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS WE WANT TO DO.
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I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE EDUCATE AND MAKE THE CITY AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING, WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING IN ON THOSE AS OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST INCONVENIENCES.>> IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, COUNCIL MAYOR.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WERE GONE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND TO HAVE THEM SO ELOQUENTLY STATED AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK AT THE DAYS AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE THOUGHTS.
>> I'LL JUST, FIRST OFF, THANK MY COLLEAGUES, I LOVE ALL THE COMMENTS, AND I'VE TALKED TO CITY MANAGER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY WORRY THAT ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I DO THINK IT IS INSPIRATIONAL AND WE CAN PAINT THAT PICTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
OUR PHONES WILL BE RINGING BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW THE END RESULT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ORANGE CONES FOR A WHILE BUT HERE'S WHY.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR US TO BE ON COUNCIL AND TO BEING IN LEADERSHIP AND ON STAFF.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BUT IT'S EXCITING.
YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT GOING AND MOVING.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO EXPAND ON THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED COMMENTS OVER TIME BECAUSE OF CAMPAIGN AND BEEN ON COUNCIL ABOUT THIS IS TAKING, AND I THINK SAME THING, 20 YEARS TO GET THERE OR 10 OR WHATEVER.
I THINK IF WE GET TO TOOLS AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEONE FAIRLY NEW ON STAFF TO HELP US WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IF WE COULD GET MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CITY DOES IT ON THE BENEFITS OF THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BEULAH UNIVERSITY INCONVENIENCE, BUT IF WE HIGHLIGHTED THE END RESULT, AND IF WE HAD THE TOOLS TO THEN SEND THAT OUT OF THERE AND REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE IS AN END GAME THAT WE'RE GOING TOWARDS, THEN WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THESE PROJECTS DONE AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT IS GOING TO HAVE WOULD REALLY HELP US COMMUNICATE AND JUST HELP THE CITIZENS SEE PAST THE CONVENIENCE AND TO SAY, OH, WOW, THAT'S GOING TO LOOK REALLY GREAT, INSTEAD OF, OH MY GOSH, I HAD TO TAKE DIFFERENT SIDE STREETS.
IF YOU GET THOSE TOOLS, COLLATERAL MATERIAL, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO US.
JUST KEEP PROMOTING THAT IN THE MOST POSITIVE LIKE.
>> IF ADAM SIMONE WERE HERE HE WOULD SAY VIDEOS, WE NEED VIDEOS.
>> I WOULD ADD YOU'RE ALSO DELIVERING ON THE PROMISES MADE THROUGHOUT.
YOU HAVE A SUITE OF PROJECTS THAT VOTERS SUPPORTED.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS? VICE MAYOR.
>> I THINK I'VE SAID PLANNING OF THE DAY. JUST REAL QUICK.
I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE HAS BROUGHT UP.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TOO WE ARE THE NATION'S FIRST STEM CITY WHICH TIES IN NICELY TO THAT.
WITH LOWELL AND THEIR DISCOVERY CENTER UP THE HILL, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
THAT'S NOT A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON WITH ITS OWN MASSIVE IMPACTS.
IT'D BE A NICE COROLLARY IN A NICE BOOKEND.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MAYOR, I HAVE IT SHORTLY AFTER 4 O'CLOCK IS FRIDAY.
YOU ALL HAVE HAD AN AMAZING DAY AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF CONTENT.
I'M SURE WE ALL NEED TO GO HOME AND DECOMPRESS TO SOME EXTENT.
THERE'S MANY IN THE ROOM STILL AND QUITE A FEW ONLINE.
BEFORE I TURN IT BACK TO YOU MAYOR, TO CLOSE THIS OUT, WE'VE HAD JULIE HERE TO FACILITATE.
I HOPE IT'S EVIDENT TO EVERYBODY NOW JUST HOW MUCH SHE BRINGS TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF NOT JUST AN UNDERSTANDING, BUT A FIRM WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF JUST ABOUT EVERY PROJECT WE'VE TALKED TODAY.
SHE'S HAD HER FINGERS ON IT AT SOME POINT.
IN SOME PROJECTS SHE'S ACTUALLY QUITE INVOLVED WITH AS SCOTT MENTIONED, BY THIS SPRUCE WASH WITH DOWNTOWN MILE WITH EVERYTHING.
WE WERE GRATEFUL WHEN SHE SAID YES.
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LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW, WHAT A GREAT RETREAT AND YOU MADE IT ACROSS THE RIVER THIS MORNING AGAIN.I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD ALL JUST GIVE JULIE A HEARTFELT.
I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
IT'S GREAT TO BE SITTING HERE AT THE TABLE WITH YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS EXCITEMENT AND THIS HUGE AMBITIOUS PROGRAM THAT LAYS BEFORE US THAT WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TRANSFORM IT.
ONWARD AND UPWARD, MAYOR DAGGETT, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU TO FIND REMARKS AND TO CLOSE US OUT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL BE SUPER BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE ALL COMING DOWN OFF OF SUGAR.
>> BUT I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE STAFF.
FLAGSTAFF, YOU SHOWED US SUCH CREATIVITY AND WITH THE END POINT OF COUNTLESS HOURS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT IS AROUND THE CORNER AND HOW IT CAN REALLY AFFECT THE LIVES OF FLAGSTAFF RESIDENCE, WHETHER IT IS ALLEVIATING THE ANXIETY OF FLOODING OR HELPING THEM GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO IN A BETTER WAY TO PLEASE A GIRL'S SOFTBALL.
>> THESE ARE REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT IT TAKES YOU TO NOT ONLY DO THE WORK BUT THEN TO PRESENT IT TO US IN A WAY THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
MY COLLEAGUES, WOW, YOU SAID SUCH WONDERFUL THINGS AND I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER, SO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY.
CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND JUST HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE.
>> THANKS ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.