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>> OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED.
[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 discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
WELCOME EVERYONE.TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2023.
I AM CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND 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 DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA. WE HAVE ROLL-CALL.
>> CAN COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
>> IT'S MY HONOR, MAYOR THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, WOULD YOU READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT?
>> IT'D BE, MY HONOR. THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT?
>> LIKE STUFF CITY COUNCIL HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THIS AREA'S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ORIGINAL STEWARDS.
THESE LANDS STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS, BORDER MOUNTAIN SACRED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. WE HONOR THEM.
YOUR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FOREVER NOW THIS PLACE IS HOME.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 4, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[4. Public Participation Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]
THIS ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PREPARED AGENDA.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION APPEARS ON THE AGENDA TWICE.
NOW AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END OF THE WORK SESSION, YOU MAY SPEAK AT ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT NOT BOTH.
ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT AT THE MEETING IS ASKED TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.
THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE BACK AND SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORDING CLERK.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THERE IS A LITTLE TIMER RIGHT HERE.
I AM GOING TO START WITH JANINE KELLY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SUSIE KELLY. HELLO FRIENDS.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN BELIEVED THAT THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT WAS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL ALONE COULD NOT.
FLAGSTAFF ENDURES AN ANNUAL SUMMER TRANSIENT CRISIS, WHICH TRANSIENTS HITCHHIKE FROM FLAGSTAFF TO FLEXOR FROM PHOENIX TO ESCAPE THE HEAT.
SOME TRANSIENTS HAVE TARGETED AND ATTACKED INNOCENT WOMEN ON THE URBAN TRAIL, AND YOUR UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ALL THE WAY UP TO FORT HILL AND IN THE BASHES AND WALMART PARKING LOTS LOCATED NEAR I-17 AND I-40.
SOME, NOT ALL OF THE TRANSIENTS ARE DANGEROUS AND UNSTABLE, POSSIBLY MENTALLY ILL, OR OFF THEIR MEDS, AND SOME ARE SEVERELY ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.
I ASKED WITH ALL MY HEART THAT MAYOR BECKY WORKED WITH THE MAYOR OF PHOENIX TO LEGALLY, COMPASSIONATELY AND PRAGMATICALLY SOLVE THE ANNUAL SUMMER TRANSIENT CRISIS.
EVERY HUMAN BEING NEEDS WATER, FOOD, SHELTER, MEANINGFUL WORK, AND HUMAN CONNECTION.
BUT MAN WHO HARM WOMEN ARE COWARDS AND THEY BELONG IN PRISON.
IT ISN'T IT WISER TO PREVENT A CRIME AND A TRAGEDY THAN TO RESPOND TO ONE.
I'M ADVOCATING FOR THE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENABLE THE BUFFERS, MOST THOR-LIKE POLICE OFFICERS, TO PATROL THE URBAN TRAIL ON MOUNTAIN BIKES, TO PROTECT JOGGERS, DOG WALKERS, CYCLISTS, BIRDERS, AND HIKERS.
TWICE, I'VE OBSERVED TENTS ON THE URBAN TRAIL.
IF A CAMPFIRE IS STARTED ON THE URBAN TRAIL AND GOES ROGUE AND COULD DESTROY THE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND ATHLETIC NEIGHBOR IN HER 20S CYCLING HOME FROM HER BIOLOGY LAB WAS YANKED OFFER MERCH MOUNTAIN BIKE ON THE URBAN TRAIL IN FRONT OF BEULAH.
A NEIGHBOR WITH A BLACK BELT IN MARTIAL ARTS, WHO'S SO PHYSICALLY FIT, SHE COULD HAVE STARTED IN THE PHIL ZIMA WAS HUNTED BY TWO THUGS ON THE URBAN TRAILER MORNING RUN.
ON WALK-UP DRIVE, MY NEIGHBORS DISCOVERED A TRANSIENT TENT CAMPING IN THEIR BACKYARD.
A FILTHY TRANSIT WAS BATHING IN THE WOMEN'S ROOM IN THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.
DURING THE WINTER, A TRANSIENT WAS SLEEPING THE ALCOVE AT THE CLIENT LIBRARY.
WHEN I REPORTED IT TO THE STAFF DURING THE ATTORNEYS TUESDAY NIGHT FILMS, HIS FECKLESS RESPONSE WAS ALWAYS OUR BUDDY, HE'S OUR FRIEND.
I REPLIED, HAVE YOU RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK? BURNING IT WILL BEND WHEN MORNING I OBSERVED A TRANSIENT IN A SLEEPING BAG UNDER THE PAVILION NEXT TO THE POLICE STATION ON SAW MILL.
WINTER PAST, I GO TO BASHES EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GET MILK FROM MY COFFEE.
WHEN I PARKED, FIVE NAVAJO MEN SURRENDERED MY CAR AND BEGAN BANGING ON THE WINDOWS.
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ON APRIL 23RD, [INAUDIBLE] BIRTHDAY, I WENT TO BASHAS IS TO GET SOME PUPPY SUPPLIES FOR A DARLING PUPPY THAT I AM FOSTERING.IN MY EFFORTS TO ALLUDE TO TRANSIENT.
WOULD YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR SISTER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR WIFE, YOUR GRANDMOTHER, TO LOOK LIKE THAT? A KIND.
>> THANK YOU JANINE. BARRETT KIRK.
>> MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BARRETT KIRK.
I'M WITH MCGRATH REAL ESTATE PARTNERS.
WE ARE THE DEVELOPER OF THE ALARM AT THE SAWMILL.
IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS, ALMOST TO THE DAY THAT WE RECEIVE FINAL DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL RIGHT HERE AT THIS PODIUM.
I JUST WANTED TO REPORT IT'S BEEN TOO LONG FOR YEARS.
BUT WE'RE FINALLY COMPLETE AND WE HOPE WE'VE DEVELOPED A PROJECT THAT YOU ALL IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CAN BE VERY PROUD OF. I KNOW WE ARE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION, BUT I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO, NOT A REALLY A GRAND OPENING, BUT JUST TO OPEN HOUSE EVENT THAT WE COULD SHOW AND GIVE TOURS OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US AFTER THIS MEETING, BUT YOU ARE ALL PERSONALLY INVITED ALONG WITH ANYONE FROM THE CITY.
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WE WORKED WITH AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
THEY, EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN PROFESSIONAL AND A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SECTION 8, AND I DON'T WANT TO END UP CAMPING WITH MY FAMILY TWO STEPS AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS WITH THE TRANSIENTS WE JUST HEARD FROM BUT IT IS A REALITY.
IN OUR CURRENT REAL ESTATE SITUATION SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO IS COMING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION WITH NO FAMILY I HAVE A ONE IN 100,000TH OF A CHANCE TO SUCCEED, BUT I NEED A HOME.
I'M A CONSEQUENCE OF LEAVING A VERY VOLATILE MAN WITH MY CHILDREN.
I CAME HERE AND EMBRACE THE KINDNESS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU GUYS RALLY, YOU RALLY.
RIGHT NOW, MY TOWNHOUSE IS FOR SALE.
IT IS FOR SALE AND I HAVE BEEN REJECTED NUMEROUS TIMES BASED ON MY VOUCHER.
AS I STATED LAST TIME MARY COPPA AND TUCSON BOTH ALLOW THIS TO COUNT AS INCOME.
FLAGSTAFF IS NOT DOING THIS AT THIS POINT.
I SAW THAT GOVERNOR HOBBES WAS UP HERE LOOKING AT THE HOMELESSNESS SITUATION, AND I JUST SIT HERE AND I WONDER WHY NOT? I LOOK AT ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
I VOTED FOR SOME OF YOU, SOME I DID NOT, BUT YOU ARE ALL VERY IMPASSIONATE AND HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT YOU TO ASK YOURSELF, WHAT LEGACY DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND? TACKLING THE WAR ON POVERTY JUST BY A SIMPLE VOTE TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE ECONOMICALLY ON FAMILIES THAT HAVE THIS VOUCHER.
POVERTY DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST RACE, SEX, RELIGION.
EVERYONE IS TWO STEPS FROM IT.
OR DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR THE PICKLEBALL WARS? THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS THING AND IT'S VERY UNPOPULAR, BUT YOU'RE NOT SITTING HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO BE POPULAR.
YOU CAME HERE BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE PRIDE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO CONSIDER MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE.
I WAS TOLD THAT THE CEO OF HOUSING SOLUTIONS WAS HERE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
SHE TOLD ME IN MY HOME WHILE WE WERE HAVING PICTURES TAKEN, WHICH IS VERY HUMILIATING FOR A FAMILY OF PTSD THAT SHE GAVE UP ON IT.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ON THIS.
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IT'S A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION.FLAGSTAFF IS KNOWN FOR ITS KINDNESS AND COMPASSION TO ITS PEOPLE.
I'M SURPRISED THAT PHOENIX HAS BEAT US OUT ON THIS VERY TOPIC.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NADINE. JENNIFER KATRA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WHILE IT MAY LOOK LIKE I'M ALONE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, BELIEVE ME, I AM NOT ALONE.
THEY'RE EASILY 800-1,000 PICKLEBALL PLAYERS IN FLAGSTAFF, AND THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GROW BY THE WEEK.
AS I'VE LISTENED TO YOUR RECENT DISCUSSIONS REGARDING NAH, WHAT I HEAR IS SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE IDEA THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO BE FORWARD-THINKING, MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS IT GROWS.
NOTING THAT WHILE PERHAPS NOT EVERYONE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PLAN, THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS IT BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THAT IS EXACTLY THE THINKING THAT'S NEEDED IN NEXT WEEK'S PICKLEBALL DISCUSSION.
THE PICKLEBALL COMPLEX DEVELOPED WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING NEEDS TO BE ROBUST ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY GROWING PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR OR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BUT IN LIGHT OF THE ALMOST ONE MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG FOR IDEALLY THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO.
A PROJECT THAT FAILS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY JUST MEANS REVISITING THESE DISCUSSIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THE BUSHMASTER COMPLEX UNDER CONSIDERATION IS A 16-COURT COMPLEX.
THAT IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF COURTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
IN FACT, ALREADY, THERE ARE DAYS THAT ALL 16 COURTS WOULD BE FULL.
ONE OF THE REASONS BUSHMASTER HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE EIGHT DUAL STRIPE COURT'S ALREADY THERE, THE CITY IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE A 16-COURT COMPLEX FOR ESSENTIALLY THE COST OF BUILDING ONLY EIGHT DEDICATED COURTS.
AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, USING SOME OF THE FUNDS EARMARKED FOR PICKLEBALL TO RESURFACE THE EXISTING DUAL-STRIPE TENNIS AND BASKETBALL COURTS THAT CONVEYS BENEFITS BEYOND THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE BUSHMASTER PARK LOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT WAS NOT THE CHOICE OF THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY.
IT WAS THE CHOICE OF PARKS AND REC, DUE TO THE COST-EFFICIENCY OF THE PROJECT AND THE BENEFIT TO OTHER SPORTS.
THE PICKLEBALL'S COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE WAS A DEDICATED 16-COURT COMPLEX AT THORPE PARK ANNEX FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE ANNEX IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR A DEDICATED 16-COURT COMPLEX.
IT IS ALREADY LEVEL AND DEFORESTED, WHICH WOULD MINIMIZE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
NOT A SINGLE TREE WOULD NEED TO BE CUT.
IN ADDITION, IT'S REMOVED FROM HOMES.
THE CLOSEST HOME IS OVER 300 FEET AWAY, TWICE THE DISTANCE OF BUSHMASTER PARK.
ALL OTHER HOMES ARE FARTHER AWAY, AS WELL AS BUFFERED BY BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY, THUS MINIMIZING ANY CONCERNS REGARDING LIGHTS AND SOUND.
THE PETITION THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT WEEK WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPTION SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOU SEEM TO BE LOOKING FOR.
THORPE PARK ANNEX IS AN OPTION, HOWEVER, REALIZED THERE WILL BE PUSHED BACK, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FACTORED INTO ANY DECISION.
FLAGSTAFF NEEDS A 16-COURT PICKLEBALL COMPLEX SOMEWHERE.
NOW, IT WAS FUNDED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND SLATED TO BE FINISHED THIS SUMMER.
BUSHMASTER PARK OR THORPE PARK ANNEX.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK WITH DIRECTOR HAGEN, WEIGH ALL THE PROS AND CONS MAKE A DECISION, AND ALLOW FLAGSTAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the July 3, 2023 City Council Meeting Citizens wishing to speak on agenda items not specifically called out by the City Council may submit a speaker card for their items of interest to the recording clerk.]
REVIEW OF DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE JULY 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA? IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG ONE.
WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO PROCLAMATIONS.
[6. Proclamation: Community is Stronger Than Cancer Day]
THE FIRST IS COMMUNITY IS STRONGER THAN CANCER DAY.IF THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION COULD JOIN US DOWN HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
COUNCIL, I'LL SEE YOU DOWN THERE.
WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 18 MILLION PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OF CANCER LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND MORE THAN 5,200 INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES MAY BE DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE CANCER IN A SINGLE DAY IN 2022,
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A 2016 REPORT ESTIMATED THAT AT LEAST 2.8 MILLION PEOPLE PROVIDED CARE TO A PERSON WITH CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES IN A GIVEN YEAR.THOSE INDIVIDUALS SPENT AN AVERAGE OF 32.9 HOURS A WEEK PROVIDING THAT CARE.
FORTY-ONE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NEW CANCER DIAGNOSES ARE ESTIMATED FOR 2023 IN ARIZONA BY THE ARIZONA CANCER SOCIETY.
COMMUNITY IS STRONGER THAN CANCER DAY, CELEBRATES THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER TO SUPPORT CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, CAREGIVERS, AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
COMMUNITY IS STRONGER THAN CANCER DAY WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN 2021 BY 175 CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND GUILDERS CLUB LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT TO PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, AND CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
COMMUNITY IS STRONGER THAN CANCER DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED BY 190 LOCATIONS IN 2023.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE PEOPLE VISITED CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY ADULT PROGRAMS IN 2022 AND 28,882 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, CHILD, TEEN, AND FAMILY PROGRAMS, CALLING UPON THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR SUPPORT, EDUCATION, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND SOCIAL EVENTS.
TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTY-SEVEN UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY ARIZONA PROGRAMS IN 2022.
NOW THEREFORE, I BECKY DAGGETT, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF FLAGSTAFF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT JUNE 28, 2023, IS TO BE KNOWN AS COMMUNITY IS STRONGER THAN CANCER DAY.
>> MY NAME IS CINDY PAYNE, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY HERE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE EXIST HERE ON NORTH SAN FRANCISCO STREET TO SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA WHO ARE IMPACTED IN ANY WAY BY ANY CANCER, AND ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE ALWAYS FREE.
THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS IS THAT ALL OF US ARE IMPACTED BY CANCER.
WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE, ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO MEN, ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE WOMEN OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFETIME WILL RECEIVE A CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
PLEASE SEND THEM TO 914 NORTH SAN FRANCISCO STREET SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE FREE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE BACK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO COME DOWN HERE AND JOIN US.
THAT WOULD BE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF.
WONDERFUL. [OVERLAPPING] HELLO, KEN.
>> I'M BECKY DAGGETT. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> [BACKGROUND] YOU'RE GOING TO FIT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] NO, JUST SCOOCH.
>> ARE WE READY? PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
[7. Proclamation: Parks and Recreation Month]
PARKS AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO CREATING, BUILDING, AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY, DIVERSE, AND ENRICHING COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.THE PARK SECTION MAINTAIN 700 ACRES OF PARK GROUNDS,
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59 MILES OF THE URBAN TRAIL SYSTEM, THE CITIZENS' CEMETERY SERVICES AND OPERATIONS, AND SNOW OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY.THE RECREATION SECTION PROVIDES OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ATHLETICS PROGRAMMING AND CLASSES AT A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL CENTERS, WHICH PROVIDES A LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
THE OPEN SPACE SECTION MAINTAINS 3,500 ACRES OF PROTECTED OPEN SPACES, CREATING PASSIVE RECREATION, WILDLIFE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
THE EVENTS SECTION MANAGES 700 PRIVATE EVENTS ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES, PRODUCES SIGNATURE EVENTS, AND MARKETS THE DIVISION'S PROGRAMMING OFFERINGS FOR AN INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
PARKS AND RECREATION BEGINS WITH THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF FLAGSTAFF, WHO ARE PROVIDED WITH A VARIETY OF ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND PHYSICAL PROGRAMS FOSTERING THEIR LOVE FOR FUN.
PARKS AND RECREATION CONTINUES INTO ADULTHOOD, WHERE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ARE ESTABLISHED THROUGH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ATHLETICS, EVENTS IN OUR PARKS, AND CLASSES IN OUR RECREATION FACILITIES.
PARKS AND RECREATION SUPPORTS OUR AGING ADULT POPULATION WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE PHYSICAL HEALTH, ENJOY PASSIVE RECREATION.
PARKS RECREATION OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS DIVISION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DEDICATES THIS YEAR'S PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH TO ONE OF THE FORMER PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTORS, MR. KENNETH INGLES.
[APPLAUSE] NOW THEREFORE, I MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 20, 2023, AS FLAGSTAFF PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN HONOR OF MR. KENNETH INGLES.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF FOLKS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR OWN SITTING RIGHT HERE IN NADINE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US, NADINE, COME ON DOWN.
THE FAMILY OF MR. KENNETH INGLES, WHO IS RIGHT HERE WITH US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION FOR ME AND ALL OF US AND I GUESS I SHOULD PUT THESE ON.
THEY PROVIDED A FEW WORDS IF I COULD SHARE WITH YOU AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO PARAPHRASE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE, THE FAMILY OF KENNETH INGLES, GET TO INTRODUCE OR REINTRODUCE YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FROM THE YEARS 1967-1988.
IT WOULD BE EASY TO LIST ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT HE'S PROVIDED TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S NOT AS EASY IS SHOWING THE MAN BEHIND SUCH THINGS.
AS HE APPROACHES HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY, WE AS A FAMILY, HAVE COME UPON A TIME OF REMEMBRANCE, APPRECIATION, AND GRATITUDE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT WOULD BE A DISHONOR NOT TO MENTION HOW GRATEFUL KEN IS FOR THE ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGERS, AND THE ENTIRE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND MANY OTHERS FOR HELPING KEN CREATE AND DEVELOP SO MANY WONDERFUL AREAS THROUGHOUT FLAGSTAFF.
WHEN ASSUMING THE DIRECTORSHIP, KEN'S INITIAL GOAL FOR THIS CITY WAS TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL SPACES FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS BY ADDING THE MURDOCH CENTRE, THE HALOGENS AND RECREATION CENTER, AND THE OLD ST. PIUS CHURCH NEAR KELEEP SCHOOL.
HE IS MOST PROUD OF HIS WORK WITH DEVELOPERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES THAT SUPPORTED PROJECTS TO ENSURE THE VISION THAT EVERY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HAD AN OPEN SPACE AND OR A PARK FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
THE LIST IS LONG AND BEAUTIFUL.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THEM ALL, BUT PRETTY MUCH THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE PARK NEAR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE HAD A HAND IN IT.
[LAUGHTER] IT WAS KEN'S GOAL AND DREAM FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND RECREATE ANY MONTH OF THE YEAR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
HIS GREATEST MEMORY OF HIS TIMES WITH PARKS AND RECREATION WAS HELPING THE PEOPLE OF FLAGSTAFF CREATE WORTHY USE OF LEISURE TIME.
EVEN TODAY, WHEN YOU ASK KEN WHAT HIS GOALS ARE FOR THE CITY, IT IS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
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KEN KNOWS FLAGSTAFF AND CAN SHARE MANY MEMORIES WHICH I HAVE HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ THEM, OF ITS HISTORY AND ITS PEOPLE AS HE WATCHED IT GROW AND CHANGE THROUGH HIS EYES.EVEN AFTER HIS TENURE WITH THE CITY, KEN CONTINUED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH NORTHERN ARIZONA AND THE COMMUNITY.
HIS NEXT CAREER WAS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AND IT'S NO SURPRISE HE BEGAN THAT CAREER BY WORKING WITH THE YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS.
HE REMAINED WITH THE FOREST SERVICE UNTIL HE RETIRED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
KEN INGLES IS A TRUE LEGACY TO FLAGSTAFF AND WE ARE HONORED TO SHARE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HEART, AND LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, SIR.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, IF I COULD SCOOCH AROUND, I DO WANT TO SHARE JUST A FEW EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON TO CELEBRATE PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH FOR ALL OF YOU.
[BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING OUR FIRST FLAG FOURTH FEST.
THIS IS COMING UP ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
THIS IS FOR ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
IT'S WEIRD THAT I HAVE MY BACK TO YOU, BUT PLEASE JOIN US.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THESE OTHER THINGS AREN'T GOING AWAY.
AT THE FORT TIGHT HEEL QUAD IN CARNIVAL AREA OUT SOUTH OF TOWN, THE GATES WILL BE OPEN AT 5 O'CLOCK.
THE LASER LIGHT SHOW IS AT 9 O'CLOCK.
THIS IS A FIRST FOR US IN THIS LOCATION, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU.
THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COCONINO COUNTY PARKS AND REC, AND WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A PERFECT HIGHLIGHT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW I CAN GET THIS OUT SO? [LAUGHTER] TAP THE WHAT? SHE SAID TAP WHAT? SORRY. [OVERLAPPING] AFTERWARD.
[BACKGROUND] THERE'S MORE STUFF ABOUT KEN IN CASE YOU WANT TO SEE IT.
WE ALSO HAVE CONCERTS IN THE PARK ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, A FULL MOON HIKE AT PICTURE CANYON ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT OUT BY OUR HALOGENS INNER RECREATION CENTER.
THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT JOSEON MONTOYA IS ALWAYS A HUGE HIT.
DOLLAR DAYS AT THE AQUAPLEX AND J LIVELY IS OPEN ALL MONTH LONG. THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME.
[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING]
>> CAN YOU COME IN THE MIDDLE SO I SEE.
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>> STACY, CAN YOU TURN THAT MICROPHONE OFF?
>> IT'S ALL GOOD? THERE WE GO.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
I AM A VICTIM AND I AM BEING TREATED VERY WELL AND CANCER IS A DISEASE THAT WE NEED TO OVERCOME WITH MORE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DARRYL COX AND CHRISTINE COX, MY FIRST TWO RECREATION HIREES ONE WORKED AT MARSHAL SCHOOL, THE OTHER AT SECO SCHOOL FOR OUR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
IT IS SO NECESSARY IN OUR SOCIETY.
I SEE SOME HEADS BEING SHAKEN.
CONTINUE WITH THAT SUPPORT, AND PEOPLE, MAKE USE OF YOUR FACILITIES.
WE NEED MORE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
THE CITY IS GROWING IN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP UP WITH IT. DO IT.
RECREATION IS WORTHY USE OF LEISURE TIME AND CONTINUE.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]
>> YOU HIRED ME ON FEBRUARY OF 1984 AND I'M STILL HERE.
>> SIR, I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU.
>> THESE GUYS WERE 1968. [LAUGHTER].
>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVER TOP THAT PROCLAMATION.
ITEM NUMBER 8, CITY MANAGER REPORT.
[8. City Manager Report Information Only]
>> THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN A BIT HERE SOME TIME SINCE THE LAST REPORT.
THIS REPORT WILL INCLUDE A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE SOME MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY UPDATES AND WE'LL START THAT PROCESS WITH ECONOMIC VITALITY AND THEN WE'LL GO TO WATER SERVICES, IT, AND FINISH WITH PROS.
WE CAN GIVE REBECCA AND HER TEAM A LITTLE BIT OF A REST.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PROCLAMATION.
ONTO MY REPORT, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CALLED OUT IN THE REPORT WITH SOME NICE PHOTOS TO ACCOMPANY THE NARRATIVE.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALING VOTED TO AWARD DEPUTY CHIEF MARK WILSON, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER DESIGNATION.
HE HAS EARNED THIS PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION THROUGH HIS DEMONSTRATION OF EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
DEPUTY CHIEF WILSON IS ONE OF THE 1882 CHIEF FIRE OFFICERS INTERNATIONALLY.
THIS IS REALLY COOL. WE'RE HAPPY FOR HIM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DEPUTY CHIEF WILSON.
ALSO A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO CASEY GONZALEZ, WHO HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO FIRE CAPTAIN.
CONGRATULATIONS CASEY. MOVING ON.
I WANT TO NOTE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER REESE CLEVELAND RECEIVED A LIFESAVING AWARD FOR RESPONDING TO SOMEBODY WHO NEEDED ASSISTANCE WHO WAS NOT BREATHING AND HE WAS ABLE TO BRING THIS INDIVIDUAL BACK TO A STATE OF WELL-BEING.
WE THANK YOU, OFFICER CLEVELAND, FOR YOUR LIFE-SAVING EFFORTS.
ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO COLETTE TRUMAN WITH
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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HER PROMOTION TO RECORDS MANAGER, AND ONE MORE, CONGRATULATIONS TO MELISSA SEA.THANK YOU. I ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH THAT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY MELISSA SEA WHO WAS PROMOTED TO POLICE SERGEANT.
MOVING ON, I DID INCLUDE A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS DOWNTOWN.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWNTOWN RECENTLY, CHECK OUT THE NEW PLANNERS IN THE ALLEYWAYS.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED IN GETTING THOSE PUT INTO PLACE.
A LOT OF UPDATES ON MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO COVER THEM ALL.
I WILL NOTE THAT WE DID RECOGNIZE ON MAY 25TH, THE WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT OF SERGEANT TODD BISHOP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S ON HIS WAY TO ALASKA WITH HIS FAMILY, WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
OF COURSE, GOING BACK TO MAY 31ST, MANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
I THINK WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME AND TURN IT OVER TO HEIDI, WHO IN UNDER FIVE MINUTES IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM ECONOMIC VITALITY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HEIDI HANSON, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR.
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN MY REPORT, YOU KNOW IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO DO FIVE MINUTES.
WHAT DO I DO TO IT? IT'S SPINNING.
IT WILL COME BACK UP. I DON'T HAVE ANY JOKES OR ANYTHING.
>> HEIDI, I'M THE ONE WHO CONTROLS THE TIME, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK MAYOR. [LAUGHTER] I MEAN, WHAT I'M DOING IS IMPORTANT STUFF.
FIRST UP IS THE AIRPORT AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
IF IT GOES OFF, I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MY BEST.
THE AIR SERVICE ATTRACTION, WE'RE WORKING ON IT AS THE EXIT OF UNITED WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET AIR SERVICE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT CONFERENCES NEXT MONTH.
I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT JUMPSTART CONFERENCE.
BUT FOR NOW WHAT WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, AS WE DID PUT IN FOR THE SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
IF WE GET THAT, IT HELPS US TO GIVE AN INCENTIVE TO ANY AIRLINE THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME TO FLAGSTAFF.
WE ACTUALLY PUT I BELIEVE IN, CLAIRE CAN ALWAYS CORRECT ME.
I THINK WE ASKED FOR $750,000 WHICH WOULD GO AND HELP AN AIRLINE TO COME TO FLAGSTAFF.
IF WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT IT SO THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN YOUR TRAVELS AS WELL.
ALSO, THE FLAGSTAFF HOSTED THE ARIZONA AIRPORT ASSOCIATION SPRING CONFERENCE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PREVIOUS AIRPORT DIRECTOR, BARNEY HELMICK FOR GETTING THEM HERE, AND THEN THANK YOU MAYOR BECKY DAGGETT FOR PARTICIPATING IN PROVIDING THE OPENING, AND THEN MARIA ROBINSON OUR RISK MANAGER ALSO DID A PANEL DISCUSSION.
MOVING ON, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THERE ARE TOO MANY TO NAME AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN FAA TO SECURE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN YET AGAIN.
THEN OUR PAID PARKING SYSTEM IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE AIRPORT, I THINK YOU'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE THAT IN BOTH PARKING LOTS, WE WILL BE HAVING A PAID PARKING SYSTEM STARTING VERY SHORTLY.
WE DID SAY JULY 1ST, WE'RE THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE CRAZY OVER THE HOLIDAY AND IT'S A SATURDAY SO WE'RE THINKING MORE OR LESS, IT'S GOING TO START PROBABLY AROUND THE 5TH OR 6TH OF JULY.
DON'T WORRY. WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE TALKING POINTS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WELL-VERSED ON THE PRICES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SYSTEM GOING AND THEN WE'LL START GENERATING SOME REVENUE FOR THE AIRPORT AND YOU'LL FIND SOME PARKING.
OUR EMPLOYMENTS BEAT LAST MAY SLIGHTLY, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAD UNITED LAST MAY AND THIS YEAR WE DON'T HAVE UNITED.
THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY FLYING AMERICAN.
IN COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, THE COCONINO SQUARE THAT'S OUT AT THE AIRPORT, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT LOVELY PROJECT.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIX THE MEDALLIONS AND GET THIS SET.
BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A ACTUAL STATIC INSTALLATION THERE WITH SOME BROCHURES THAT EXPLAINS THE STORY OF FLAGSTAFF, SO IF YOU'RE EVER OUT THERE OR GET PEOPLE OUT THERE, PLEASE HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT.
THE ASPEN AVENUE LIBRARY ENTRANCE AT THE MAIN LIBRARY, OUR CITY MANAGER GETS TO LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT FROM HIS OFFICE EVERY DAY, AND HERE ARE THE CONSTRUCTION.
JEREMY DEGEYTER IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS,
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AND WE ARE ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO IT WILL BE OPEN SOONER THAN THE END OF THE SUMMER.WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ASPEN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE TO COME.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE FLOWERS BECAUSE A CITY MANAGER, CLIFTON DID.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
WE HAVE PUT IN TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS.
PHASE 3 DAY, MCINTIRE'S TEAM IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS OVER BY FOX GLENN.
IT'S ACTUALLY A FOX AND IT IS ADORABLE.
ANYWAY, A LOT OF THEM TELL THE STORY IN HISTORY OF FLAGSTAFF SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM, I HOPE YOU WILL.
WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OUR ARTS FESTIVAL, AND THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO ARTS AND CULTURE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND OTHERS THAT ATTENDED.
THEN WE TOOK THE ADVICE OF OUR DEAR COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE, WHO TOOK OUR GREEN BOOK TOUR AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON PROPERTY MARKERS FOR THAT TOUR.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU VERY SHORTLY ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
MOVING INTO PARKFLAG, WE DID SPRING CLEANING IN DOWNTOWN ALONG WITH THE CLEAN TEAM FROM THE DBA.
RESIDENTS AND CITY STAFF WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DISCUSSED PARKING AND NON-PARKING ISSUES WITH THE SOUTH SIDE.
THEN OUR MAY REVENUES WERE UP 14 % AND OUR PERMANENT SALES WERE UP 16%.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON CITATIONS EVER.
THAT IS THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO, SO WE'RE JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY THE KIOSK, IT'S A DOLLAR.
I THINK WHEN I EVER LEAVE THIS JOB, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE THAT STATED THAT HEIDI SAID PARKING WAS A DOLLAR.
JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW. WE'LL GO INTO BUSINESS ATTRACTION.
WE WERE PART OF THE SELECTUSA CONFERENCE WHERE GOVERNOR DOBBS WAS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING TO THRIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THEN WE ALSO HAD YOU ALL CONTINUE TO KICK OFF OUR FIVE BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. IF ANYONE EVER WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM, GO TO CHOOSEFLAGSTAFF.COM.
THEN WE'RE DONE PHASE 1, THANKS TO DAVID MCINTIRE AND JACK FITCHETT, OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION MANAGER, FOR THEIR GREAT WORK ON THE BUSINESS ONE-STOP-SHOP THAT STARTED WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT'S A LOT EASIER TO NAVIGATE FOR NEW BUSINESS, FOR BUSINESS THAT IS ALREADY HERE IN FOR DEVELOPERS.
THEN PHASE 2, WE'RE GOING TO GET EVEN MORE QUICK ON UNDOING THINGS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS SOME RECRUITMENT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY FILLING AND ONCE THAT ALL GETS PUT TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS ONE-STOP-SHOP FINISHED.
ONCE IT'S FINISHED, WE'LL COME BACK TO WORK SESSION AND GO OVER IT WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW CHOOSE FLEXF.COM IS A VERY IMPORTANT WEBSITE TO US.
HOPE YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT'S PHENOMENAL THANKS TO JOHN SALSTON AND HIS TEAM AND THEN INNOVATE WASTE CHALLENGE.
I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE PART OF THAT, HAPPENED IN MAY AND WE HAD SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT PITCHED FOR THIS INNOVATE WAYS CHALLENGE IN SEVERAL ARE RECEIVING MONEY, SO THANK YOU.
THEN WE HAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
WE HAD SEVERAL THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AND THAT WENT VERY WELL.
WE ACTUALLY HAD GREAT LIBRARY STATS ONCE AGAIN.
WE JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS THAT WERE LOANED OUT, IF THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE OVER $631,000.
I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING IT IN A COUPLE OF PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE LIBRARY.
PEOPLE ARE USING THE LIBRARY AND THEY'RE COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS.
OUR WIFI USED TO USE WAS UP ALMOST 42% SO AGAIN, WE PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH THOSE LIBRARIES.
THEN JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW WEBSITE, IT IS MUCH NEEDED AND WHEN THAT ROLLS OUT, WE'LL BE SURE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE ALSO DID CLIMATE RESILIENCE WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
IT TALKED ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF FIRE SAFETY AND WE ACTUALLY HAD NEIL CHAPMAN COME OUT AND HELP SHARE WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK FOR WITH WILDLAND FIRE AND PRECAUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE THANK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING US WITH THAT.
SORRY THAT I'M SCROLLING, IT'S PROBABLY GETTING YOU SICK.
TOURISM LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MAY METRICS ARE AMAZING.
THE LAST TWO MONTHS WE WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK SO MUCH THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO BEAT THOSE NUMBERS.
MAY IS CRAZY. WE ACTUALLY HAD OCCUPANCY AT 77.1% AND OUR ADR AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND OUR REVPAR WERE ACTUALLY ALL UP AS WELL.
THAT MEANS THEY WERE DRIVING RATE AND THEY WERE FILLING ROOMS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAD 15 PRINT ARTICLES, 192 DIGITAL ARTICLES, 11 PROCURED STORIES, AND EIGHT MEDIA ASSIST FROM DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF IN ONE MONTH, CRAZY.
THEN A COUNCIL MEMBER AS LONG YOU WILL LOVE TO HEAR THIS FILM.
WE HAD FOUR INQUIRIES FOR FILM PERMITS.
THE WORD IS GETTING OUT THAT THE STATE HAS INCENTIVES AND WE GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
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WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE AND WILL ACTUALLY SHARE MORE WITH YOU ONCE THOSE THINGS GET PRODUCED.GREAT STATS WITH THEIR FLEX F TRAILS PASSPORT THAT JUST STARTED SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THAT PASSPORT, PLEASE GO TO DISCOVERFLEXF.COM, READ ABOUT IT.
OUR SOCIAL WAS GREAT, OUR SWEEPSTAKES WERE UP.
WE WENT TO IPW AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, OLSEN FOR JOINING THE TEAM.
I THINK HE WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU 82 APPOINTMENTS IS RIDICULOUS.
IT WAS A LONG SESSION FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WENT OVER THERE.
BUT THAT MEANS 82 DIFFERENT OPERATORS WANTED TO MEET WITH DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TO BRING THEIR TOUR TO FLAGSTAFF.
I HEARD THAT WE HAD COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NEVER TALKED TO US BEFORE THAT ACTUALLY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE SO THAT'S EVEN MORE EXCITING.
AGAIN, COUNCILMEMBER OLSEN YOU WERE THERE REAL TIME, YOU COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT MORE THAN I CAN.
THEN WITH OUR MEETINGS, EVENTS, AND CONFERENCES, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED IMPACT OF A MILLION DOLLARS WITH JUST THREE LEADS THAT WENT OUT LAST MONTH. IT'S HUGE.
VISITOR SERVICES, NUMBERS WERE STABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, THANK THE MAYOR FOR BEING PART OF FLAGSTAFF TRAIN DAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
THE INDIGENOUS ART MARKET STARTED AGAIN AND WE ALL ARE DOING A CALL FOR ARTISTS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ART MARKET AT THE VISITOR CENTER, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW TO REACH OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] BANNER THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, TASTES THAT IS LUMBERJACK SIZE AND IT'S ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR BREWERIES.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SAY BREWERIES, BUT THEY SAID WE HAD TO CHANGE IT TO BREW PUBS.
ANYWAY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BREWERIES, BUT YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
THEN LAST THING NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR FIRE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN FULL OUT MEDIA EVERYWHERE YOU CAN THINK OF FIRE AWARENESS AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE STAGE 1 AND WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE MEDIA OUT ON THAT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC.
I MEAN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERY VISITOR THAT PAYS ATTENTION, DISCOVERFLAGSTAFF.COM SHOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE IN STAGE 1.
AT ANY RATE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, AND THAT I'M SURE IT WAS OVER FIVE MINUTES, SORRY, GREG, BUT IT IS SUPER HARD.
WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. HEIDI, VICE MAYOR?
>> YES. THANK YOU, HEIDI. THREE QUESTIONS.
FIRST IS I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THAT BURGER ON PAGE 21. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT BURGER, I THINK THAT WAS A DIABLO BURGER IN DOWNTOWN.
>> GOOD. WELL, I'M GLAD I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE.
CHERRI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE.
>> YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO HER OR.
>> I WOULD THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH.
CHERRI LAMONT, SHE IS OUR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL TRADE MANAGER WHO IS JUST RETIRING, AND HER LAST DAY IS FRIDAY, AND MEG ROEDERER OR WHO IS OUR COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST HAS APPLIED FOR THAT POSITION AND SHE'S RECEIVED IT AND SHE'S ACTUALLY CROSS-TRAINING WITH CHERRI RIGHT NOW.
THEN WE'RE REVAMPING OUR MARKETING MEDIA RELATIONS PROGRAM AND WE WILL BE HIRING FOR SOMETHING TO THAT.
BUT CHERRI HAS BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND SHE'S HAD A 30-PLUS CARRIER IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, SO SHE IS GOING TO BE DEFINITELY MISSED. THANK YOU.
>> SHE SHOWED ME A GREAT TIME IN SAN ANTONIO AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GOT THAT CALL-OUT.
FOR ME PERSONALLY CHERRI THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVORS AND VERY EXCITED FOR MEG AS WELL, MOVING UP INTO THAT ROLE.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO IT.
YOU CAN GET INTO IT AS YOU DESIRE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PUBLIC SHOUT-OUT FOR PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION AND CATCHING A HOT-BUTTON CONCERN WITH AIRPORT ADVERTISING.
JUST TAKING THE INITIATIVE ON THAT AND GETTING THOSE MEETINGS GOING AND GETTING THAT CONVERSATION ROLLING AND MAKING COUNCIL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
YOU CAN EXPOUND UPON THAT IF YOU WANT TO.
I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE YOU OUT LOUD FOR CATCHING THAT AND MAKING THAT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DEALT WITH IN A VERY PROACTIVE WAY AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REACTING TOO.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MAYOR ROSALYN, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WORKED WITH A LARGE TEAM, CLAIRE HARPER COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND BRIAN GAULLE, AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
THEN I BROUGHT IT TO HER CITY MANAGERS ATTENTION AND WE BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTORNEY. WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS.
EVERYTHING WITH OUR MARKETING PROGRAM IS IN ITS INFANCY.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR PROGRAM OVERALL SO MORE TO COME. GOT IT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
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WAS IT WATER SERVICES? THANKS.>> GOOD AFTERNOON LISA DEEM WATER SERVICES.
IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU.
YOUR REPORT HAS A QUARTER BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON AND I INVITE YOU TO READ THAT REPORT.
I WILL ONLY TOUCH ON HIGHLIGHTS.
OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS VERY BUSY WITH LOTS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOTH THE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS AND OTHER PROJECTS IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN.
YOU HEAR ABOUT THOSE REGULARLY DURING NORMAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK MUCH ABOUT THEM TODAY.
IN RED COMPLIANCE, THE ANNUAL WATER QUALITY REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT, IS OUT.
PHYSICAL PAPER COPIES HAD BEEN MAILED TO EVERY CUSTOMER RECEIVING A PAPER BILL AND THEY'D BEEN HAD RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THIS REPORT.
THERE WILL BE COPIES AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL AND AT WATER SERVICES AND ALSO ONLINE FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THAT REPORT.
ALSO IN RED COMPLIANCE, LANEY STEVENS ACCEPTED THE INDUSTRIAL PRE-TREATMENT SUPERVISOR POSITION EFFECTIVE IN MAY.
CONGRATS LANEY WAS WELL EARNED.
ONE OF OUR PRE-TREATMENT INSPECTORS, CURTAIN OVY, RETIRED IN MAY AFTER SERVING THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS.
WE HAVE SOME NICE LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES.
IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO RETIRE.
YOU HEAR ABOUT STORM-WATER REGULARLY, SO I WON'T GO INTO THOSE PROJECTS.
I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT THE FLOOD CALL CENTER IS NOW LIVE WITH CHASE MCLEOD, WHO IS OUR STORM-WATER FLOODPLAIN MANAGER HEADING THAT EFFORT.
SOMETHING NEW THAT'S DEVELOPED SINCE THIS REPORT WAS COMPLETED IS THE DREDGING FRANCIS SHORT POND IS HAPPENING SOON WORKING ON THE CONTRACTS.
IT ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BE AS ELIGIBLE FOR A DIMA STATE REIMBURSEMENT IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE AUGUST 2ND.
ON WATER PRODUCTION, THE BIG NEWS WE'VE HAD ALL QUARTERS LAKE MARY HAS BEEN OVERFLOWING WAS OVERFLOWED AND THAT REALLY IS A SHOT IN THE ARM TO OUR WATER SUPPLY.
WE'RE RAMPING UP FOR SURFACE WATER PRODUCTION AND PRODUCING AS MUCH SURFACE WATER AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S OUR CHEAPEST SOURCE AND THAT OFFSETS THE GROUNDWATER USE BY QUITE A BIT.
THE STAFF IS ALSO WORKING ON TOURS FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS SO WHERE WE REGULARLY PROVIDE CLASS TOURS BOTH ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR NAU AND THE COLLEGES ON WATER ISSUES AT BOTH THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WILDCAT HILL.
I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT OUR VERY OWN, SHANNON JONES, OUR DIRECTOR, LED A TOUR THIS LAST WEEKEND TO A GROUP OF STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UP IN UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM, WHICH ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT RISK THAT ARE ON A STEM NAU CAREER PATH.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO TALK TO THOSE KIDS AND HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME INTERESTS IN GOING INTO SOME OF THE WATER SCIENCES AND STAYING IN FLAGSTAFF.
STAYING ON WATER, WE DID KICK OFF TWO STUDIES TO EVALUATIONS TO COME TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE INNER BASIN PROJECT, THE LARGER FEMUR PROJECT THAT IS UNDERWAY.
THERE IS THE LOWER ID PIPELINE DOES NEED A CONDITIONAL ASSESSMENT, THE PIPE IS OLD AND IT HAS LEAKS AND THE NORTH RESERVOIR FOR FILTRATION PLANT IS UNDERGOING A TURBIDITY STEADY.
WE'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND LOOK AT FUNDING AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT INTERFACE AND PIPELINE SUPPLY RESOURCE WHOLE AGAIN, BY THE TIME THE INNER BASIN FEDERAL PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
IN WATER DISTRIBUTION, THEIR SERVICE TRUCKS IS STILL A CHALLENGE.
I THINK THEY'RE ONLY DOWN ONE, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE UP TO THREE THAT THEY WERE DOWN.
WE DO HAVE NEW TRUCKS THAT ARE GETTING SERVICE BEDS INSTALLED AND WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT THEY COME SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THERE'S ANOTHER UP-TO-DATE TO THIS REPORT.
THERE'S 3,400 HYDRANTS THAT THE DISTRIBUTION CREW INSPECTS, REPAIRS AND TAKES CARE OF EVERY YEAR AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
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THERE'S DISTRIBUTION STAFF ALSO REMOVED STAM BAGS FROM DAVON AWAY, INSTALLED A NEW MUSCLE WALL BARRIER TO REPLACE THE TIGER DAMS AND PREPARATION OF THE SUMMER MONSOON SEASON.IN WATER RECLAMATION, WE'D LIKE TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO TROY DAGENHART WHO ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF WATER RECLAMATION MANAGER IN IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
SPRING IS THE TIME TO DO LOTS OF REPAIRS.
ASIDE FROM THE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE GATES AND THE FIBER TRENCHING PROJECTS, ANOXIC MIXERS AT BOTH FACILITIES, ODOR CONTROL UNITS AND PHONE LINES HAVE BEEN PROJECTS THAT THEY'D BEEN WORKING ON.
WATER RESOURCES, THEIR WATER WASTE RECLAIMED WEIGHT RATE STEADY WAS A MEETING ON JUNE 2ND.
THIS WILL BE A SIX MONTH PROCESS, SO YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR AWHILE AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH LOOKING AT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT OUR RECLAIM, WHAT ARE RATES SHOULD BE.
WITH THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT UPDATE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ABOUT FRANCIS SHORT POND AND THE CONCERN ABOUT GETTING THE DREDGING DONE SO THAT WATER CAN BE RETURNED TO IT.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU, LISA. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL UPDATE VERY EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE INNER BASIN PIPELINE PROJECT AS WELL.
NEXT, WE HAVE A QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
MAYBE WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGICAL GLITCH.
[LAUGHTER] LET'S HEAR FROM OUR PROSE DIVISION AND WE MIGHT CIRCLE BACK TO IT A BIT LATER. THANK YOU.
>> CLEARLY, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.
JUST FIND MY PRESENTATION WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT GOT CLOSED, SORRY.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE TAKEN UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME TODAY, BUT WE HAVE SOME GREAT WORK GOING ON.
THE OBSERVATORY MESA TRAIL PLAN IS UNDERGOING ITS SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE A SURVEY ON THE COMMUNITY FORUM SITE, THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ALSO ON OUR OPEN SPACES PAGE.
PLEASE PARTICIPATE AND GET YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO CHECK IT OUT AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
TRAILS CONTINUE TO BE VERY POPULAR, OF COURSE, AS WE MOVE INTO SUMMER, THEY ALWAYS RAMP UP.
NOT A WHOLE LOT NEW TO REPORT HERE, BUFFALO PARK IS STILL OUR MOST COMMONLY USED TRAIL, BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR OPEN SPACES ARE HEAVILY USED AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE SEEN OUR SIGNS A LONG TRAIL.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS ONE BIGGER BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY.
WE HEAR FROM THIS ALL THE TIME AND WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM SO COME ON, FLAGSTAFF, PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOGS AND DON'T LEAVE THE BAG ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL, THAT'S JUST GROSS.
YOU WANT ME TO SPEND ANY MORE TIME ON THAT? I COULD [LAUGHTER].
>> I COULD GO ON FOR QUITE AWHILE TO, YOU WANT TO JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT?
>> MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT LATER.
[LAUGHTER] WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF GETTING SOME PERMANENT RESTROOMS INSTALLED AT THORPE PARK NEAR THE PLAYGROUND.
THESE ARE MUCH NEEDED AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO GET RID OF THE PORTABLE RESTROOMS. THESE ARE FROM THE SAME TYPE OF INSTALLATION WE HAD OUT AT BUFFALO PARK,
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ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T GET QUITE AS MANY OF THE BEAUTIFICATION FEATURES AS WE HAVE AT BUFFALO.BUT LOOK FOR THOSE COMING LITERALLY SWINGING INTO PLACE FROM A CRANE IN JULY OR AUGUST, ACTUALLY, I THINK THE UPDATED DATE IS.
AT HAL JENSEN WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER MOUNTAIN BIKE FIX IT OR BICYCLE FIX IT CLINIC.
THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT BICYCLES AND PROVIDING BICYCLES TO THOSE IN NEED.
SHE ARRANGED THIS WITH SOME SUPPORT AND IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF SUMMER FUN PROGRAMMING AT HAL JENSEN RECREATION CENTER.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WE HAVE MEALS FOR THOSE 18 AND UNDER.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP AND GRAB IT.
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY WAS JUNE 3RD AND WE HAD SOME GREAT VOLUNTEER EVENTS GOING ON, SPECIFICALLY OUT AT THE SCHULTZ CREEK BASIN.
WE HAVE THOSE NEW BASINS AND WE NEEDED TO RECONNECT SOME OF THOSE TRAILS AND SO WITH A LOT OF WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS AND FOREST SERVICE PARTNERS AND OUR OPEN SPACES TEAM, AMONG MANY OTHERS.
I'M SURE DEFINITELY STORMWATER WAS INVOLVED IN THIS TOO.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS TRAIL ESTABLISHED.
NOW IT GOES UP AND ACROSS ONE OF THOSE BASINS AND THEN CONNECTS INTO THE FOREST SERVICE WHERE THAT TRAIL SYSTEM BEGINS.
MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE DOING THAT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE GOT FLAG 4TH FEST COMING UP.
THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING FOR OUR STAFF.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT COCONINO COUNTY AND OF COURSE, DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF IS DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST AND HELPING US MARKET IT.
LOOKING FOR A LOT OF FUN OUT THERE AND SOME INFORMATION ON OUR ANALYTICS, OUR MARKETING PROGRAM THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN PROSE ABOUT A YEAR AGO IS REALLY TAKING OFF AND OUR METRICS ARE INCREASING THANKS TO OUR TEAM WORKING ON THAT.
THEN CONTINUING WITH WHAT WE STARTED LAST MONTH.
THESE ARE ALL LINKS TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON, BOTH PRIVATELY HELD THAT WE PERMIT AND THAT WE PUT ON OURSELVES OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GROUPS LIKE THE FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE.
LOTS GOING ON IN AND AROUND TOWN, ESPECIALLY IN SUMMER.
WE KNOW IT'S BUSY AND THIS IS OUR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR, WE LOVE IT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL STOP THERE.
>> THANK YOU, REBECCA. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, STAFF? THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, REBECCA. JUST NOTE HOW COOL IT IS THAT WE ARE HAVING THE FLAG 4TH FESTIVAL WITH WHAT IS LOOKING TO BE AN AMAZING LASER SHOW RIGHT AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE CITY GOING INTO STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS.
COUPLING THINGS TOGETHER, THE EFFORTS BY PROSE AND MANY OTHERS TO ORCHESTRATE THIS LASER LIGHT SHOW THAT WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF FIRE RESTRICTIONS IS JUST WONDERFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I THINK PROSE AND THE OTHERS WHO PRESENTED, I THINK WE'LL CATCH UP ON IT NEXT TIME IF THAT'S OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, MAYOR OR COUNCIL?
>> WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 9,
[9. Post-Wildfire Flooding Update For information only.]
POST WILDFIRE FLOODING UPDATE. THANK YOU, ED.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ED SHANKS, STORMWATER MANAGER, WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE GROUP HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU OUR MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE POST WILDFIRE, FLOOD PROJECTS AND WHAT NOT. A LONG TALK TODAY AS WE GO INTO THE FLOOD SEASON.
TO GIVE YOU THE OBJECTIVES, WE'LL GO OVER THE SPRUCE WASH UPDATES.
THE SCHULTZ CREEK UPDATES, THE PIPELINE FIRE AREA, INNER BASIN, AND WATERLINE ROAD, SOME OF THE MONSOON PREPARATION.
MOVING FROM PRESEASON MITIGATION INTO FLOOD RESPONSE AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS.
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THE FLOOD RISK IS STILL VERY REAL.YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS BACK IN THIS WINTER, WE HAD THE NEW JE.
FULLER UPDATED MODEL THAT WE PRESENTED AND JULIE LITTLE WALK THROUGH SOME OF THAT AGAIN TODAY.
EVEN THOUGH THE WATERSHED HAS RECOVERED SLIGHTLY AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HAD SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE WATERSHED, WE STILL SEE THROUGH THE FLOOD MODELING A VERY REAL FLOOD RISK.
THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY 2.0, WHAT WE'RE ALSO CALLING THE SPRUCE WASH WATERSHED MASTERPLAN OR MANAGEMENT PLAN, WILL BE PRESENTED TONIGHT.
JULIE ILLEGAL TAKE LEAD ON THAT.
I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THOSE BOND-FUNDED, I KNOW LEGALLY.
THOSE BOND-FUNDED PROJECTS, A LOT OF ELI RISE NERVE AS WELL AS EAGLE MOUNTAIN PROVIDE SOME DETAILS ON THAT.
THE EIGHT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UNDER PROPOSITION 441 THAT WILL REDUCE THE IMMEDIATE FLOOD RISK FOR THOSE IN THE PARADISE, GRANDVIEW, AND SUNNY SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WHILE WE'RE SHOWING THIS, SO EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THAT TWO-INCH AND 45-MINUTE STORM.
THAT'S THE DESIGN STORM WE'VE BEEN USING AS EMERGENCY MITIGATION.
JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER THAT IS NOT OUR TYPICAL DESIGN STORM IN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.
THAT IS TYPICALLY A 25-YEAR EVENT, SO A 4% ANNUAL EXCEEDANCES PROBABILITY STORM.
AT SOME POINT, WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE OVER TO A FEMA STANDARD AND THAT'S A ONE-PERCENT STORM, SO 100-YEAR STORM.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND SOME CONCERNS THAT SPRUCE WASH IS IMPROVING AND MAYBE WE DON'T NEED SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A FOREWARNING, WE'RE STILL IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE STAGE HERE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE OVER TO THE TYPICAL FEMA SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA ANALYSIS, WHICH IS THAT 1% STORM.
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE SWITCHING SOME OF THESE MAPS OVER.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JULIE.
THEN WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE SUITE OF, OF AMAZING PRESENTERS AFTER THIS. THANK YOU.
>> I'LL TAKE LEAD ON THIS ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, YOU ARE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SUITE OF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES.
WE'VE ALSO PRESENTED THE SAME SUITE OF PROJECTS AND A COMMUNITY MEETING.
JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, PROJECTS TO ONE THROUGH SEVEN ARE PROUD OF THE PROPOSITION.
PROJECT NUMBER 8, WHICH IS THE KILLIP BASIN INLET THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FUSD.
THEN PROJECT 9 IS THE PARK WAY BASINS PROJECT WHICH IS COMPLETE AS OF JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, I BELIEVE.
THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND NRCS FUNDING.
THE FINAL FEASIBILITY STUDY IS COMPLETE.
IT'S BEEN A HUGE WORK IN PROCESS, BUT THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY HAS REALLY BEEN GUIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUITE OF PROJECTS AND INFORMING WHAT THE CONCEPT DESIGN WILL LOOK LIKE.
FIRST I WANT TO START WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS JUST AS A REMINDER.
EXISTING CONDITIONS, THESE ARE THE MAPS THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYBODY TO LOOK AT THAT WOULD LIKE TO.
THIS IS THE TWO-INCH 45-MINUTE STORM EVENT.
AS ED SAID, THIS IS ABOUT A 25-YEAR EVENT.
I'M GOING TO SHOW THE SOUTH HALF AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW THE NORTH HALF.
THEN I WANT TO TALK THROUGH WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE STARTING AT THE DOWNSTREAM END AND WORKING YOUR WAY UPSTREAM.
BUT YOU SEE IN THESE EXISTING CONDITIONS, MAPPING THE EXHIBIT, THE ANTICIPATED FLOOD DEPTHS FOR THAT TWO-INCH, 45-MINUTE STORM EVENT, YOU SEE A LOT OF BLUE.
THAT LIGHTER BLUE IS UP TO A HALF A FOOT AND DEPTH.
THAT DARKER BLUE IS UP TO ONE FOOT OF IN-DEPTH.
THEN WE SEE THE GREEN WHICH INCREASE IN THAT DEPTH.
THIS IS WHAT WE SAW IN 2021, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED, AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERIENCED.
THEN YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM PART YOU CAN SEE THE KILLIP DETENTION BASIN.
THIS IS THE UPDATED MODEL FROM JE.
FULLER. I TALK ABOUT THE UPDATED MODEL.
THIS IS RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PERFORMED ON FOREST.
THIS IS CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE ALLUVIAL FANS.
THAT HAPPENED UPSTREAM LAST SUMMER.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES FIELDWORK IN NOVEMBER THAT THE JE.
FULLER TEAM CONDUCTED THAT LOOKED AT HOW MUCH RECOVERY HAVE WE SEEN ON FOREST.
THEY LOOKED AT TREE CANOPY, WHAT THE SLOPES ARE, HOW MUCH ORGANIC MATERIAL IS ON THE GROUND.
IN FACTORED ALL OF THAT INTO THIS EXISTING CONDITIONS MODEL AND CALIBRATED IT
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AGAINST THE DATA THAT WE HAVE REGARDING PRECIPITATION EVENTS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF SUMMERS.AS WE MOVE NORTH, CEDAR IS ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SCREEN THERE.
THIS IS THE SAME COLOR CODING, BUT AGAIN, EXISTING CONDITIONS, JUST A BIT OF A REMINDER, WE SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON GRANDVIEW DRIVE.
YOU CAN SEE UPWARDS OF TWO FEET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES ON GRANDVIEW DRIVE.
THEN YOU DO SEE BEHIND GRANDVIEW DRIVE IN THE DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT WHERE ED WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FEMA FLOOD PLAIN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE DEPTHS IN THE WASH BEHIND THE HOMES AND UPSTREAM.
THERE STILL IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF STORM EVENT WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE DURING MONSOON SEASON.
NOW WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS HOW THINGS START TO DRY UP.
AS WE SAY, WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE SUITE OF PROJECTS IS CONSTRUCTED? HOW DO THESE THINGS DRY UP AND HOW DOES THIS LOOK? I'M GOING TO START ON THE DOWNSTREAM END.
YOU CAN SEE THE KILOBASE AND THERE'S YOUR FRAME OF REFERENCE.
NOW IF YOU START TO LOOK AT THIS EXHIBIT, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT BLUE IS DISAPPEARING AROUND THE HOMES AROUND DORTHA AVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU'RE SEEING QUITE A BIT MORE FLOW IN THE CHANNEL THAT'S BEHIND THE HOME.
SPRUCE WASH PROPER FROM CEDAR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A ROYAL SACCO.
THIS ALL STARTS WITH THE KILLIP REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN.
THAT'S WHERE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE A LITTLE BIT, BUT HOW MUCH WATER CAN WE SEND TO KILLIP REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN, THAT INVESTMENT THAT YOU MADE? WE'VE FIGURED THAT OUT.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE'VE FIGURED IT OUT.
WE CAN SEND ABOUT 340 CFS TO THE KILLIP REGIONAL DETENTION BASIN.
FROM THAT POINT, WE'RE GOING TO MARCH OUR WAY UPSTREAM.
THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF FLOW THAT GOES THROUGH THE PIPE AND THEN WE HAVE AN AMOUNT OF FLOW THAT GOES TO KILLIP BASIN.
THE REASON WHY WE SAY IT'S ABOUT 340 CFS IS THAT WE CAN'T SEND MORE WATER THAN THAT.
OTHERWISE, WE START TO SEE A NEGATIVE IMPACT DOWNSTREAM.
WHERE LET'S SAY IF WE WERE TO SEND MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE COULD START SEEING INUNDATION AND FLOODING DOWNSTREAM WHERE IT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST TODAY.
THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO CREATE FLOODING WHERE IT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY FOR RESONANCE.
THAT'S OUR THRESHOLD AND THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THAT FLOW.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MARCH OUR WAY BACK UPSTREAM. THIS PORTION HERE DORTHA, THAT WAS THE BOX CULVERT THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CHANNEL BETWEEN DORTHA AND CEDAR RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP.
YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THAT FLOW IS CONTAINED IN THAT CHANNEL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR. THAT'S GREAT.
AS WE MOVE NORTH, IF YOU REMEMBER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THERE WAS A LOT OF GREEN ON GRANDVIEW DRIVE, A LOT OF TWO-FOOT FLOOD DEPTHS, MAYBE EVEN HIGHER ON GRANDVIEW.
NOW WHAT YOU SEE IS A LOT OF BLUE, AND IT'S GENERALLY CONTAINED FOR THE MOST PART WITHIN THE ROADWAY PRISM.
WE HAVE ABOUT 1,100 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND COMING TO JUST UPSTREAM OF THIS CROSSING ON LINDA VISTA.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH CAN WE SEND TO THE WEDGE? HOW MUCH CAN WE SEND DOWN DRINK GRANDVIEW? THEN HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO SEND DOWN SPRUCE WASH? WHAT WE'VE DONE, LET'S START WITH THE WEDGE.
WITH THE WEDGE HERE, WE CAN SEND ABOUT 15-20% OF THAT FLOW, SO ABOUT 200 CFS WE CAN SEND TO THE WEDGE.
IF WE SEND MORE DOWN TO THE WEDGE, IT STARTS TO OVER TOP, AND IT'S BACK TO THAT SAME ISSUE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT KILO-BASE AND WHERE, THEN WE START SEEING FLOODING DOWNSTREAM THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE.
THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. WE'VE MAXED THAT OUT.
WE CAN SEND ABOUT NOT QUITE 20% TO THE WEDGE.
THEN WE SAY, WELL, HOW MUCH CAN WE SEND DOWN GRANDVIEW WITH THE INVERTED CROWN THROUGH HERE BEFORE WE START HAVING AN ISSUE AT MAIN STREET AND SENDING MORE WATER TO FOLKS ON MAIN STREET AND SUNNYSIDE THAN WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
THAT'S ABOUT THAT SAME AMOUNT, JUST ABOUT 20%.
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ABOUT 200 CFS IS WHAT WE CAN PLAN TO SEND DOWN GRANDVIEW.THAT LEAVES ABOUT 700 OF IT GOING DOWN THE CHANNEL BEHIND THE HOMES HERE.
THIS IS FEASIBILITY LEVEL, SO THIS IS ACCURATE, THIS IS A GENERAL GUIDE.
WHEN I SAY 700, IT COULD END UP BEING 706 OR 692.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AND YOU ROUNDING A LITTLE BIT JUST TO BE THE GENERAL GUIDE.
THIS MODELING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT EVERY DESIGN PHASE.
WE COMPLETED THE MODELING FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN FOR 30% TO CHECK IN.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN AT 60%, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN AT 100%, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN AFTER EVERYTHING IS CONSTRUCTED.
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF THE INVESTMENT THAT VOTERS AND THAT THE COMMUNITY IS MAKING TO HELP EASE THE PAIN OF FLOODING FOR THE FOLKS IN THE GRANDVIEW AND SUNNYSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE INTEND TO RELEASE THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SARAH AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING ON A PRESS RELEASE, SO WE WILL BE SHARING THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SHARED IT PUBLICLY, WE'RE SHARING IT WITH YOU FIRST COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THESE WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE, THAT NEWSLETTER WILL GO OUT, AND THEN I'M SURE WE WILL BE MEETING WITH RESIDENCE AND FIELDING CALLS, AND ALSO FOCUSING ON A PUBLIC MEETING TOWARDS THE END OF SUMMER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S A GENERAL PRESENTATION ON FEASIBILITY, ELI IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO ELI NOW, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I CAN PAUSE HERE, MAYOR IF YOU'D LIKE.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ED WILL WANT TO ANSWER THIS TO YOU.
BUT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WE'RE SEEING MORE FLOODING THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
WE'RE BUILDING ALL THESE NEW STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON A 25-YEAR FLOOD EVENT, CORRECT? TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE IT WAS THREE, WE HAD WHAT, 2100-YEAR FLOOD EVENTS AND A 500-YEAR FLOOD EVENT, I THINK, SPRUCE WASH. CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH WHY DID WE JUST PICK A 25-YEAR OF FLOOD EVENT WHEN WE'RE ALREADY PREDICTING THAT OUR SEASONS WILL GET BIGGER, THE FLOODING STORMS WILL GET BIGGER, AND YET WE'RE INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO JUST A 25-YEAR FLOOD EVENTS.
CAN YOU JUST ADDRESS THAT FOR ME?
>> I'D PAUSE TO ADDRESS [LAUGHTER].
>> I KNEW ED WOULD WANT TO IN FIRST.
>> [LAUGHTER] IT'S PROBABLY MORE MY RESPONSIBILITY ON THAT ONE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE WATERSHED IS RECOVERING WITH TIME.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TWO-INCH AND 45-MINUTE STORM EVENT, WHEN I SAY WE'RE USING THAT AS OUR EMERGENCY GUIDE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE USING FOR THE FIRST FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OVER TIME THAT WATERSHED WILL CONTINUE TO HEAL, PROBABLY IN OUR LIFETIMES IT'S NEVER GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT DID BEFORE 2019.
WE KNOW THAT, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE 1977 RADIO FIREARM ON MOUNT LED, AND YOU CAN LOOK AROUND THE WEST.
AT SOME POINT THERE WILL BE A LESS OF A FLOOD RISK DUE TO THE WATERSHED IMPROVING, WHATEVER THAT FOREST LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE OAK, IT MIGHT BE SCRUBBED LAND, BUT WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE SEE TODAY.
THE OTHER ANSWER IS JUST FEASIBILITY.
IF WERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE-INCH OR TO SAY THAT 1% STORM, THAT 100-YEAR STORM, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE FOUR OR FIVE AFTER THE FIRE.
THAT DISCHARGE, THAT CUBIC FEET PER SECOND IS SO LARGE THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO DESIGN TO THAT, ESSENTIALLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE NOT HOMES, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A VERY LARGE LA RIVER STYLE CONCRETE CHANNEL, IF ONE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, AND TWO IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING SOMETHING, GOING BACK TO MY FIRST STATEMENT, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED AS THAT WATERSHED RECOVERS.
IT'S A MOVING TARGET, BUT WE DO THINK WITH THE SCIENCE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HERE AND COCONINO COUNTY AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA, THAT TWO-INCH AND 45-MINUTE STORM IS THE APPROPRIATE STORM TO BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF DISCHARGES, OR FLOW FOR THE NEAR TERM.
BUT IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS A MOVING TARGET,
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NOT JUST FOR US BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.THERE HAS BEEN SOME REALLY INTERESTING STUDIES COMING OUT OF CHANGING CLIMATE, CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TRENDS, AND THE FLOOD RISKS THAT COME WITH IT.
WE'RE SITTING ON TOP OF THAT, AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING HERE THROUGH FEASIBILITIES TOO, AS WE CALL IT, IT REALLY IS PROBABLY THE BEST, IF YOU WILL BANG FOR THE BUCK, WHERE WE'RE REALLY COMPROMISING AND FINDING THE CENTRAL GROUND FOR PRODUCING A LONG-TERM FLOOD MITIGATION STRATEGY WHILE ALSO NOT ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE NEIGHBORS TOO BADLY, IF YOU WILL.
SOME OF THE STORMWATER DRAINS THAT WE HAVE NOW REFRESH MY MEMORY, I THINK THEY WERE BUILT FOR A 10-YEAR FLOOD EVENT.
>> WE HAVE A WHOLE RANGE HERE.
SOME OF THE OLDER STORMWATER CATCHMENTS AND STORMWATER SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO A 10-YEAR FLOW EVENT.
AGAIN, I SAY WHOLE RANGE BECAUSE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PRECIPITATION AND FLOOD FLOW HAS CHANGED AS WELL.
IF YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, THE DRAINAGE DESIGN MANUAL THAT STORMWATER PUT OUT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THAT HAS ALSO CHANGED.
WHAT WE'RE USING FOR RAINFALL RUNOFF, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE USING FOR RAINFALL, WHAT WE'RE USING FOR RUNOFF, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS CHANGED, TO THE RAINFALL FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE USING ATLAS 14 RIGHT NOW, IT'S A NEWER PRODUCT.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO BRIAN KLIMWOSKI EARLIER, IS VERY INTERESTING, THERE'S A LOT OF SCIENCE GOING ON, ON WHETHER ATLAS 14 IS THE MOST CORRECT PRECIPITATION RECURRENCE INTERVAL THAT WE NEED, AND MOST LIKELY IT'S NOT, WE'LL HAVE AN ATLAS 15 AT SOME POINT, THERE HAS BEEN [LAUGHTER] 14 ITERATIONS AT LEAST.
SAME THING AS RUNOFF, FROM ME WE'RE USING BOLTING AND 17 SEATS, IT'S A RUNOFF COEFFICIENT THAT ARMY CODE JUST WAS BEEN PUBLIC FOR AWHILE, BUT IT'S OFFICIAL AS OF TWO YEARS AGO.
MY POINT IS WITHOUT GOING INTO THE TECHNICAL DETAILS, THE SCIENCE IS EVOLVING, IT'S VERY FAST MOVING.
IT'S VERY EXCITING, BUT ALSO THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXCITING, THIS IS NOT A FIELD WHERE YOU WANT TO BE EXCITING, YOU WANT TO BE AS STEADY AS POSSIBLE.
YOU SAID IN THE BEGINNING IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THERE MAY COME A TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE FEMA ONE-INCH.
CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? WHAT WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE A FEMA.
WE HAVE FEMA FLOOD PLAINS AND FLOOD WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.
THOSE ARE MAPS ROUTINELY, THEY TRIED TO DO AN UPDATE EVERY 10 YEARS.
MOST OF THOSE UPDATES ARE PRETTY MINOR JUST BECAUSE A MAJOR UPDATE IS EXPENSIVE AND QUITE TIME-CONSUMING.
WE'RE RUNNING OFF OF THE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY MAPS, FIS MAP FOR 2010, THERE HAS BEEN AN UPDATE FOR 2020 AT THE COAT AND THIS IS AT AN ACCOUNTING LEVEL.
AGAIN, MOST OF THAT IS VERY SMALL NUANCE CHANGES.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATORS.
THERE ARE SO MUCH SECTION AS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, COCONINO COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATIVE FOR COCONINO COUNTY, SO WE ARE THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR FEMA.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS SUBMIT WHAT'S CALLED A LETTER OF MAP REVISION, SO IT'S A LOMR, WHENEVER WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LARGE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO A FLOODWAY OR FLOODPLAIN.
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A GRACE PERIOD, IF YOU WILL, FOR ALL THIS POST WILDFIRE PROJECTS AND FLOOD AREAS, JUST UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE, IT'S VERY QUICKLY CHANGING WATERSHED, SO WE HAVE NOT PRODUCED A LOMR FOR ANY OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IN THIS AREA, BUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT WITH FEMA.
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE A NEW FEMA MAP, FOR ALL OF THESE POST WILDFIRE FLOODING AREAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IF WE HAVE A NEW FLOODPLAIN OR A NEW FLOODWAY, ALL THE FEMA'S RESTRICTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH IT.
THAT'S DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS TO SOME LEVEL, WHILE THERE'S A FLOOD PLAIN OR FLOODWAY MAKES THAT DETERMINATION.
THEN ALSO THE MANDATORY FLOOD INSURANCE FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS A MORTGAGE WITHIN IT.
WE ARE REALLY PUSHING HARD TO DO THE MOST GOOD WE CAN NOW, WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THAT GRACE PERIOD.
>> [NOISE] GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M ELI REISNER CITY FLAGSTAFF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGER, AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS SPRUCE WASH FLOOD MITIGATION SUITE OF PROJECTS.
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TODAY I'LL BE GOING OVER THE SUITE OF PROJECTS, MILESTONES FOR THE PROJECTS, AND UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD, AND THEN I'LL BE TURNING IT OVER TO THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THEIR UPDATE.I DID ALSO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT FOR THESE PROJECTS, WE ARE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF DESIGN AND THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THESE PROJECTS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ANALYZING A LOT OF THE SURVEY DATA, OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT'LL HELP INFORM THE DESIGN AS WE PROGRESS ON THESE PROJECTS.
MY REVIEW OF THESE PROJECTS TODAY WILL BE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF THE PROJECTS, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
THE FIRST PROJECT ON THE LIST IS THE GRANDVIEW DRIVE.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON GRANDVIEW FROM LINDA VISTA DRIVE TO CEDAR AVENUE.
THIS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY CONSIST OF THE EXISTING OF RECONSTRUCTING THE EXISTING ROADWAY CURB AND GUTTER, WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
JUST TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE ROADWAY IS CURRENTLY CROWNED AT THE CENTER LINE AND AS WELL AS THERE IS CURRENTLY A ROW CURB ALONG THE ENTIRE ROADWAY WHICH HAS A VERY MINIMAL STORM WATER CAPACITY FOR THE ROADWAY.
AGAIN WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING FOR THIS PROJECT IS RECONSTRUCTING THE ROADWAY WITH AN INVERTED CROWN AND VERTICAL CURB THAT WILL INCREASE THE STORM WATER CAPACITY FOR THE ROADWAY.
BY INVERTING AND LOWERING THE ROADWAY THAT WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF THE AGED WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE REPLACING THE WATER AND SEWER MAINS, WATER AND SEWER SERVICES, AND REPLACING THOSE SERVICES OUT TO THE BACK OF THE CURB.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CUL-DE-SACS ALONG THIS SECTION OF GRANDVIEW.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE WEDGE DETENTION BASIN.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE WEDGE SHAPED CITY OWNED PARCEL JUST WEST OF THE CEDAR SAFEWAY.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDE UNDERGROUND STORM DRAIN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE DETENTION BASIN.
WITH THE GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT TO TAKE A PORTION OF THE WATER FROM THE SPRUCE WASH AND LINDA VISTA CROSSING AND DIVERT THOSE WATERS TO THE BASIN.
THE RED LINE AND TRIANGLE DEPICTS A GENERAL LOCATION FOR THE STRONG DRAIN PIPE AND THE [INAUDIBLE] DETENTION BASIN, BUT THE DETENTION BASIN WILL LIKELY BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE LOWER SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WEDGE PARCEL.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS NUMBER 3 ON THE LIST, THE LINDA VISTA DRIVE CROSSING PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON LINDA VISTA DRIVE BETWEEN PARADISE ROAD AND ADRIANNE WAY.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT GENERALLY CONSISTS OF REPLACING THE EXISTING STORM DRAIN PIPES WITH BIGGER BOX CULVERT, ADDING AN INLET FOR THE WEDGE, AND SOME CHANNEL REGRADING UPSTREAM WITHIN THE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCREASE THE INLET CAPACITY TO KEEP AND SEND MORE WATER DOWN THE CHANNEL AND SPREAD A PORTION OF THE FLOWS TO THE WEDGE.
THIS WILL REDUCE BUT NOT ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER TOPPING AT LINDA VISTA DRIVE.
NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST NUMBER 4, CEDAR AVENUE TO LINDA VISTA DRIVE CHANNEL.
THIS IS THE SECTION OF CHANNEL FROM CEDAR AVENUE TO LINDA VISTA DRIVE THAT IS BETWEEN GRANDVIEW DRIVE AND MONTE VISTA DRIVE.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS PROJECT GENERALLY CONSISTS OF REGRADING AND MOST LIKELY HARDENING THE CHANNEL WITH SHOCKCRETE UNDER CONCRETE.
HARDENING IS NEEDED TO PREVENT EROSION BY THE LARGE VOLUME AND VELOCITY OF WATER EXPECTED IN THE CHANNEL.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCREASE THE CHANNELS CAPACITY AND CONVEYANCE.
THIS IS THE AREA THAT A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PROCESSING THIS DATA AND WILL BE FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND THAT INFORMATION WILL HELP DICTATE THE DESIGN OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST IS NUMBER 5, THE CEDAR AVENUE CROSSING.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON CEDAR AVENUE BETWEEN MONTE VISTA DRIVE AND GRANDVIEW DRIVE.
THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY CONSISTS OF REPLACING THE EXISTING BOX CULVERT WITH A BIGGER BOX CULVERT, AND LOWERING THE CHANNEL FLOW LINE.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCREASE THE INLET CAPACITY AND SEND MORE WATER DOWN THE CHANNEL.
NEXT PROJECT IS NUMBER 6, THE ARROYO SECO DRIVE TO DORTHA AVENUE CHANNEL.
THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE CHANNEL FROM ARROYO SECO DRIVE TO
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DORTHA AVENUE BETWEEN FIRST STREET AND ROW STREET..THIS IS THE NEXT SECTION DOWNSTREAM OF THE COMPLETED CEDAR AVENUE TO DORTHA AVENUE PROJECT, THIS SECTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS SECTION THAT IS NORTH OF CEDAR AND THAT IT HAS AN EXISTING SIX INCH STRONG DRAIN PIPE UNDERNEATH THE OPEN CHANNEL.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT GENERALLY CONSISTS OF REGRADING AND MOST LIKELY AGAIN, HARDENING THE CHANNEL WITH SHOCKCRETE UNDER CONCRETE.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL AGAIN INCREASE THE CHANNELS CAPACITY AND CONVEYANCE.
NEXT PROJECT IS NUMBER 7, ARROYO SECO DRIVE INLET.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE ARROYO SECO TOWN HOMES AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PONDEROSA PARK.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT GENERALLY CONSIST OF RECONSTRUCTING THE EXISTING INLET STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE INLET CAPACITY TO CAPTURE MORE WATER INTO THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND 60 INCH CMP.
THE NEXT PROJECT, NUMBER 8 ON THE LIST, THE KILLIP BASINS INLET PROJECT LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE ARROYO SECO INLET AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PONDEROSA PARK.
THIS IS AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FUNDED PROJECT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SEVEN SUITE OF PROJECTS FUNDING SOURCE.
THIS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY CONSISTS OF AN INLET STRUCTURE TO CONNECT THE FLOWS FROM THE SPRUCE WASH TO THE KILLIP DETENTION BASINS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROVIDE A CONTROLLED FLOW ACROSS PONDEROSA PARK INTO THE DETENTION BASINS WHEN THE ARROYO SECO INLET IS AT CAPACITY.
NOW I WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE MILESTONES FOR THE PROJECT.
ON JULY 3RD, UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE AWARD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK, CMR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OR GMP, $2.9 MILLION TO EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE GRANDVIEW UTILITIES AND WEDGE CLEARING PORTION OF THIS SUITE OF PROJECTS.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRANDVIEW UTILITIES WILL BE THE FIRST SCOPE OF WORK CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE SUITE OF PROJECTS AND WE'LL BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS YEAR'S MONSOON SEASON.
IN AUGUST THE PRELIMINARY MODELING WILL BE COMPLETE FOR THE SUITE OF PROJECTS, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC MEETING TO SHOW PRELIMINARY DESIGNS AND THE BENEFITS OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN DECEMBER FINAL PLANS ARE DUE FOR THE ENTIRE SUITE OF PROJECTS.
IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING COUNCIL'S AS AWARD OF THE REMAINING PROJECTS TO THE CMR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION.
IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE ON A SELECT FEW PROJECTS FROM THE SUITE OF PROJECTS.
THE ORDER IN WHICH THESE PROJECTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IS STILL UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, AND WE'LL BE TERMING THIS AS DESIGN PROGRESSES AND AS MATERIAL LEAD TIMES ARE DETERMINED, AND AS WE COORDINATE WITH SIMILARLY TIMED PROJECTS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AGAIN WE ARE TARGETING COMPLETION OF THESE PROJECTS IN FALL OF 2025.
GMP NUMBER 1 INCLUDES THE GRANDVIEW UTILITIES, THE WEDGE CLEARING, EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION, REMAINING DESIGN PHASE SERVICES, AND BETA PR PUBLIC OUTREACH SERVICES.
THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES PORTION OF THE GRANDVIEW PROJECT GENERALLY CONSISTS OF REPLACING AND LOWER THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INVERTED CROWN, AND THE VERTICAL CURVES ON GRANDVIEW.
AS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE, THE CLEARING OF THE WEDGE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF REMOVING TREES AND THE FOOTPRINT OF THE DETENTION BASIN FOR THE WEDGE PROJECT.
THIS CLEARED AREA WILL BE PREPARED AND USED AS A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION YARD FOR THE SUITE OF PROJECTS PRIOR TO THE EXCAVATION OF THE DESCENT ENGINE BASIN.
THE GMP ALSO INCLUDES THE REMAINING DESIGN PHASE SERVICES FOR EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION TO ASSIST WITH CONSTRUCTABILITY, REVIEW, COST ESTIMATES, SCHEDULING, AND SEQUENCING OF THE PROJECTS.
BETA PR, PUBLIC OUTREACH SERVICES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE GMP TO ASSIST WITH COMMUNITY MEETINGS, MAILERS, WEBSITE UPDATES, AND WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY.
STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDING AWARD EAGLE MOUNT CONSTRUCTION, WHO IS SELECTED THROUGH A QUALIFICATIONS-BASED PROCESS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS THE FIRST GMP FOR THE SPRUCE WATCH FLOOD MITIGATION SUITE OF PROJECTS.
THE REMAINING PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IN
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EARLY 2024 WITH A SECOND GMP ADDED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.AGAIN, THIS GMP WILL BE ON THE JULY 3RD COUNCIL MEETING UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
I'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE FLOOD DISTRICT FOR THEIR UPDATE.
>> JUST REAL QUICKLY, JULIE KNOWS I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
THE DETENTION BASIN, THE WEDGE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT A BUFFER OF TREES SURROUNDING IT JUST FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSES.
>> LET ME GET QUICK BACK TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. YES, THAT IS THE INTENT, WHERE WE CAN SEE THAT BUFFER, THE OUTLINE, LOOKING AT THAT BUFFER ALONG THE SLIP LANE OR THE PIECE OF LINDA VISTA THAT CONNECTS TO CEDAR AVENUE.
WE ARE HOPING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP A BUFFER OF TREES ALSO ALONG CEDAR AVENUE.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THE DETAILED ON-THE-GROUND SURVEY AND PROCESSING THAT, SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE IS WE'RE STARTING WITH A FOOTPRINT THAT WE WANT IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE AND KEEP IT IN A LITTLE BIT TIGHT.
JUST SINCE WE'RE NOT AT FINAL DESIGN YET, WE MAY NEED TO EXPAND OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS THE STARTING POINT AND WE THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
>> YEAH, WONDERFUL, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE VOICE TO THAT, I KNOW YOU'LL DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
FUNCTIONALITY OBVIOUSLY IS PARAMOUNT, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF AND PROTECTED FROM VIEW, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TRY WHAT WE CAN. APPRECIATE IT.
>> YES, I KNOW THAT YOU-ALL HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS, BUT I HAVE TO ASK IT ANYWAY.
THE KILLER RETENTION THING, IS THERE SOMETHING AROUND IT, LIKE A FENCE?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KILLER DETENTION BASIN?
>> YES, THERE'S FENCING AROUND IT.
I WAS THINKING WHEN I DROVE BY ALONG SIXTH STREET THERE IS AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE NORTH AND EASTERN PORTION OF IT, I BELIEVE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING UP SOME TEMPORARY FENCING ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE ON THE EAST SIDE NEXT TO THE SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE, EDDIE, JULIE, IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR STAMP THERE IS.
THANKS. ESTOBI IS TELLING US THAT THERE IS.
>> SO THE IDEA IS TO PUT SOME KIND OF PROTECTIVE THING AROUND IT OR SOMETHING.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE WEDGE NOW?
>> NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BASIN THAT'S OVER BY THE SCHOOL.
>> YES. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS FENCING AROUND THE PERIMETER.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ON THE GRANDVIEW CONSTRUCTION, WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE, AND HOW WELL RESIDENTS ACCESS THEIR HOMES?
>> THIS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE [INAUDIBLE] STATES IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS, WILL BECOME AN END DOING ALL THE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS FIRST, EAGLE MOUNT CONSTRUCTION HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN THE COCONUT OIL STATES IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS FOR ME FOR HELPING TO COORDINATE ACCESS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, EITHER PROVIDING PLATES, TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT FOR THE DAY, AND ORGANIZING THE WORK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING ACCESS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MINOR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, IF WE GO TO TIE IN THOSE SERVICES IN MAIN.
>> MY APOLOGIES IF YOU SAID THIS AND I MISSED IT, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED END OF CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION FOR JUST THAT PORTION?
>> FOR JUST THE GRANDVIEW UTILITY PORTIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETION THERE.
>> THE WHOLE GRANDVIEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ONLY KNOW ABOUT THE GRANDVIEW UTILITIES PORTION.
THE ROADWAY SECTION WILL BE DONE AT A LATER DATE AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULING AND SEQUENCING OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, AS WE KNOW IS THAT WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THE GRANDVIEW UTILITIES PORTION FIRST, I GUESS IN ANTICIPATION OF DOING THOSE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS.
THE GRANDVIEW UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THOSE DONE LIKELY IN THE SPRINGTIME AND NEXT YEAR.
AGAIN PENDING ANY DELAYS TO WEATHER THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT.
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>> YOU'LL BE INSTALLING A CURB SO NO SIDEWALK BUT JUST THE CURB?
>> AND WHAT WILL THE CONSTRUCTION FROM LINDA VISTA TO THE WEDGE LOOK LIKE? WILL IT BE IN PHASES, HOW MUCH WILL BE TORN UP?
>> WE HAVEN'T PUT A WHOLE LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT YET.
AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW THE SEQUENCING OF THAT PROJECT, AGAIN, IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF DESIGN HERE, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CURRENT ALIGNMENT FOR THAT CORRUGATED METAL OR FOR THE STRONG JANE PIPE THAT'LL GO FROM THE LINDA VISTA CROSSING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIDGE, SO THAT'LL STILL BE DETERMINED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
>> FOR GRANDVIEW, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS, HOW CAN YOU DO A CURB AND NOT A SIDEWALK?
>> THE SIDEWALK TYPICALLY SITS BEHIND THE CURB, BUT YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT, WE HAVE LOOKED AND CONSIDERED SIDEWALKS FOR THE PROJECT, BUT WE WILL NOT BE CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS FOR THE PROJECT ALONG GRANDVIEW.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT IN MY MIND, HOW YOU COULD PUT A CURB IN BUT NO SIDEWALK AS I THOUGHT CURBS CONNECT TO A SIDEWALK.
>> WELL, MAYBE I CAN BACKUP TO A PICTURE HERE THAT MIGHT HELP OUT WITH THAT.
OUR CURBS ARE OUT HERE NEXT TO ASPHALT EDGE, AND TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE YOUR SIDEWALK BACK HERE BEHIND THE CURB, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT CONSTRUCTING WITH THIS PROJECT , HERE'S THE SIDEWALKS.
JULIE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HOP IN ON A QUESTION AS TO WHY WE'RE NOT CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS, WITH THIS PROJECT.
>> IT'S POST-WILDFIRE FLOOD REMEDIATION, AND THAT'S THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND SO THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE WORK, AND SIDEWALKS DO NOT CURRENTLY EXIST OUT THERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. [NOISE] TWO QUESTIONS CONCERNING THAT SLIDE THAT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SHOWING THAT THE CENTER OF THE STREET WILL BE LOWER.
WILL THE AREA JUST INSIDE THE CURB BE LOWER THAN IT IS NOW TO ADD A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY?
>> COULD BE LIKE BE SIX INCHES LOWER?
>> THE LOW CURB IS TYPICALLY AROUND FOUR INCHES HIGH AND THE VERTICAL IS ABOUT SIX, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE DROPPING THAT EDGE OF PAVEMENT BY AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, 2-3 INCHES FOR THE CURB THERE, AND THEN AS WELL AS INVERTING THE CROWN TO ADD MORE CAPACITY FOR THE ROADWAY.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. MY LAST QUESTION IS CONCERNING THE WEDGE.
WHEN IT OVERFILLS, WILL THERE BE A SPILLWAY AND WOULD YOU SPILL OUT ONTO THE STREET OR WILL IT GO SOMEWHERE?
>> JULIE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BUT RIGHT NOW OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE A CONNECTION POINT INTO THE EXISTING STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALONG CEDAR FOR THAT WEDGE TO SLOWLY DRAIN THE WATER OUT OF.
I DON'T KNOW IF JULIE IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY MORE TO THAT.
>> WE HAVE TO SHUT THE VALVE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THERE'S GOING TO COME A POINT WHEN THAT BASIN IS FULL AND WE HAVE TO STOP FLOW FROM GOING TO THAT BASIN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WHAT THAT VALVE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTROL THAT AND SHUT IT OFF, WE WERE HOPING THAT WE COULD JUST CONTROL IT THROUGH PIPES AND PLACEMENT OF PIPES, BUT THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO WORK, SO WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY A VERY LARGE GATE VALVE CLOSE TO LINDA VISTA TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT.
SO ONCE IT'S FULL, NO MORE WATER GOES INTO IT, OTHERWISE, IT WILL OVERFLOW, AND THAT'LL BE AN UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S IT, IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS.
>> UP NEXT IS THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR JULIE [LAUGHTER].
>> SEAN GOLIGHTLY WANTED TO BE HERE.
HE'S ACTUALLY PRESENTING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RIGHT NOW.
HE ASKED ME IF I COULD TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IS DOING.
I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF,
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BUT I DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND I SUPPORT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IN THE TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION OF SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS.I'M GOING TO PUT ON MY FCD HAT HERE FOR A MOMENT.
LET'S START WITH THE PARK WAY SEDIMENT BASINS, PHASE NUMBER ONE IS COMPLETE.
TO GET YOU ORIENTED HERE, THIS IS LINDA VISTA ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, AND THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE IS PARK WAY, HENCE THE PARK WAY BASIN PROJECT.
THIS IS BASIN ONE, THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S LOWEST IN ELEVATION.
SPRUCE WASH FLOWS FROM THE UPSTREAM SIDE ON THE LEFT DOWN TO LINDA VISTA HERE.
THAT FIRST BASIN IS COMPLETE AND THE INTENT IS TO CONSTRUCT TWO MORE SEDIMENT BASINS IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF THAT.
IF YOU RECALL, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PRESENTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, ABOUT THE REASONING AND JUSTIFICATION FOR DOING THE SINGLE BASIN HAD TO DO A SCHEDULE AND PROCUREMENT, AND FUNDING.
IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT WE GOT THAT FIRST BASIN TO WORK AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF THAT THIS YEAR.
THERE'S A PHOTO OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO THE PIPELINE FIRE.
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE SCHULZ CREEK ON-FOREST WORK, AND THERE ARE TWO PHASES TO THE SCHULZ CREEK ON-FOREST WORK.
THE FIRST PHASE IS IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF THE CITY'S BASINS, THE NEW SCHULTZ CREEK BASINS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM PHASE 1 INCLUDES A NEWER STRATEGY FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN AND FOREST SERVICE, AND IT'S A PLUGIN SPREAD.
THE PLUGIN SPREAD, AND WHEN THIS POWERPOINT WAS PUT TOGETHER WAS ABOUT 50 PERCENT COMPLETE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO WRAP UP THIS WORK THIS WEEK.
TIFFANY CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN MOVING VERY QUICKLY, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE MONSOONS BEGIN.
PLUG AND SPREAD IS PART STABILIZATION OF THE CHANNEL, BUT IT WORKS IN OUR FAVOR IN THIS LOCATION WITH TYPOGRAPHY, THINK OF SOME LARGE ROCK, SHALLOW CHECK DAMS THAT ARE IN A SERIES IN THAT CHANNEL.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT SLOWS DOWN THE WATER, ALLOWS IT TO SPREAD OUT, IT DROPS OUT SOME OF THE SEDIMENT THAT'S CARRYING FROM UPSTREAM, AND THEN IT ALSO HELPS WITH SCOURING AND SOURCING MORE SEDIMENT AS IT'S MOVING DOWNSTREAM.
THIS IS A GREAT STRATEGY BECAUSE IT'S LESS TREE REMOVAL.
THEY'RE JUST WORKING IN THESE SLIVERS ESSENTIALLY IN THE CHANNEL, WORKING THEIR WAY UP AND KEEPING THE VEGETATION AND THE TREES IN PLACE TO DO THAT.
AGAIN, THAT WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
THE INTENT OF THAT IS SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS REDUCTION.
SEAN GOLIGHTLY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LOCAL MEDIA.
THIS IS A REALLY POPULAR AREA.
HE'S BEEN COMMUNICATING, WORKING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AS WELL.
NOW, PHASE 2 IS FURTHER UPSTREAM.
PHASE 2 WILL START AFTER MONSOON SEASON.
THE REASON THAT ONE'S LAGGED A LITTLE BIT IS THAT NEPA CLEARANCE NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THAT WORK CAN START.
THAT'S UNDERWAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AND THAT'S MOSTLY GRAY CONTROL THAT WILL HAPPEN IN PHASE 2 IN THE FUTURE.
THE INTENT IS THAT WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE MONSOONS OF 2024.
I'LL LET ED SPEAK TO THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
>> UNLESS ANYBODY SPEAKS UP FOR COUNTY PUBLIC WORK, I'LL TAKE IT.
MOUNT ELDEN LOOKOUT ROAD IS A COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT AT ROUGHLY 1.85 MILLION, THEY WERE ABLE TO BOND FUND THAT.
BANICKI CONSTRUCTION IS THEIR CONTRACTOR FOR IT, SO IF YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE AT SCHULTZ PASS, YOU'LL SEE THEIR WORK ONGOING.
THEY DO HAVE TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WITH BANICKI WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK AT 10 HOURS EACH, HOPING TO GET THIS COMPLETED BEFORE SEPTEMBER IF POSSIBLE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UPSIDES THE CULVERT AT ELDEN LOOKOUT ROAD FOR SCHULTZ CREEK, SO IT WOULD ALLOW FOR FEWER OVERTOPPING.
IF YOU WERE OUT THERE LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVERTOPPED QUITE A BIT.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE A LONG-TERM PROJECT
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IN PLACE THERE TO ALLOW THE ROAD TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL, AND THEN ALSO PREVENT SCOUR DOWNSTREAM ON THAT KINDER MORGAN PIPELINE, THE HIGH-PRESSURE GAS PIPELINE THAT'S IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM.THEY'RE VERY BUSY, IF YOU'VE BEEN UP IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK BETWEEN WHAT JULIE JUST PRESENTED FOR THE PLUG AND SPREAD INNER BASIN, WHICH STACEY WILL BE SPEAKING TO BRIEFLY OR ASSUME, I SHOULD SAY.
HOPEFULLY NOT BRIEFLY, AND ALSO ELDEN LOOKOUT ROAD.
A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE UPPER SCHULTZ CREEK AREA.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE DOWN TO THE CITY PORTION OF SCHULTZ CREEK, AND GET SOME PROJECT UPDATES THERE.
IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF THE COUNTY'S PROJECTS IS THE CITY'S SCHULTZ CREEK CHANNELS STABILIZATION PROJECT.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS IN OUR LAST COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS.
THIS IS FUNDED TO 75 PERCENT BY NRCS EWP GRANT AND NEW NEWS, THE 25 PERCENT LOCAL MATCH IS NOW BEING MATCHED BY DFFM, SO WE'RE GETTING THAT MATCHED BY THE STATE.
A REAL BIG WIN HERE, REALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUT OF THE CITY IS MOSTLY DESIGN, A RATHER SMALL PORTION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
AGAIN, THEIR GOAL IS TO STABILIZE THE CHANNEL BETWEEN OUR SCHULTZ BASINS AND HIGHWAY 180, AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THERE SO THAT WE HAVE LESS SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS ENTERING OUR STORM-WATER SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM.
AGAIN, THIS IS A RATHER QUICK PROJECT WITH MOST OF OUR EWP GRANTS, THESE ARE 220-DAY PROJECTS, SO WE DO HAVE TO GET THIS COMPLETED BY OCTOBER.
MOVING QUICKLY WITH OUR DESIGNER, NATURAL CHANNEL DESIGN, TO GET US THE 60 PERCENT DESIGN, ACTUALLY, I JUST NOTICED ON MY PHONE I GOT THAT ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO.
WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THE REVIEW OF THAT DESIGN, AND THEN IF IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, WE WILL PUT THAT OUT FOR PROCUREMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
MOVING DOWNSTREAM FROM THERE, VERY EXCITING, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON HIGHWAY 180, YOU'LL NOTICE ALL THE WORK GOING ON THERE.
THIS IS THE ADOT'S PROJECT, THIS IS THE EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM MITIGATION PROJECT.
REPLACING IN-KIND THEIR 48-INCH PIPE THAT GOES ON YOUR FIREHOUSE NUMBER 5, THEN PUTTING IN A NEW PIPE AS WELL.
FORTY-EIGHT-INCH PIPE IN THAT SAME BOX CULVERT THAT WILL GO BETWEEN FIRE STATION NUMBER 5 AND GRAND CANYON TRUST AND PROVIDE SOME FLOOD RELIEF INTO THE RIO THERE.
THE SHORT-TERM PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FLOOD RELIEF TO THE COCONINO ESTATES AREA, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE LONG-TERM PROJECTS.
THE LONG TERM WOULD BE A MUCH LARGER MITIGATION THAT WILL REQUIRE WORK ACTUALLY WITHIN HIGHWAY 180.
CLOSING A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 180 TO CONVEY MORE FLOW TO THE RIO.
OUR DESIGNER IS SWI-ARDURRA, AND WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY ON THIS.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT A SHORT-TERM MITIGATION, WE WERE WORKING WITH ADOT ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY MID-JULY WITH BOTH 48-INCH PIPE SEGMENTS.
MOVING QUICKLY, LOT OF GREAT STUFF, FANN CONTRACTING IS THEIR CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICE CONTRACTOR FOR THE SHORT-TERM MITIGATION.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHASE MCLEOD OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS HERE IN STORMWATER, TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON STEVANNA WAY.
>> HI, CHASE MCLEOD, PROJECT MANAGER, CITY FLAKES OF STORMWATER.
GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON NEAR STEVANNA WAY, THERE'S TWO PROJECTS GOING ON.
ONE IS A NEW OPEN CHANNEL GOING THROUGH A PRIVATE PARCEL THAT WILL DRAIN STEVANNA WAY WITH THE BIGGER FLOWS.
THE SECOND PROJECT IS BANK STABILIZATION.
THIS WAS THE BANK THAT WAS DAMAGED TO THE FLOODING LAST YEAR.
THE BANK STABILIZATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
ORIGINALLY, WE WERE ANTICIPATING WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-JULY, HOWEVER, OUR CONTRACTOR HAS WORKED QUICKLY AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO BE DONE THIS COMING FRIDAY.
MARKHAM WAS OUR CONTRACTOR OUT OF PHOENIX.
THIS WAS DESIGNED BY SWI-ARDURRA AND DELIVERED IN-HOUSE IN THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, CHASE. NEXT UP IS FRANCES SHORT POND.
WE ARE HOPING TO DREDGE THAT SHORTLY.
BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES FEVERISHLY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SHARE PUBLICLY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS COMPLETE IN EARLY JULY.
FUNDING FOR THIS WOULD BE BY SOME OF THE DEMA DISASTER RECOVERY DUE TO THE FLOWS LAST YEAR AS WELL AS BY STORMWATER.
SPEAKING OF DEMA AND ALL THINGS RECOVERY,
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I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STACEY.>> FLOODS, DISASTERS, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYMORE.
>> WOULD YOU MIND IF WE ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION?
>> NO. [LAUGHTER] COUNSEL, BEFORE I ASK QUESTIONS, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
THE PLUG-IN SPREAD THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE SCHULTZ CREEK UPSTREAM.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT TYPE OF MITIGATION ISN'T AVAILABLE FOR THE CHANNEL BEHIND GRANDVIEW? I'M THINKING MAYBE IT'S SPACE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHULTZ CREEK PLUG-IN SPREAD IS THAT IT'S ABOUT DEBRIS REDUCTION AND IT'S A VERY LARGE AREA TO WORK WITH.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CREATING THESE LOW, ALMOST DAMS IF YOU WILL, MAYBE A COUPLE OF FEET HIGH, AND THEN IT ALLOWS WATER TO POOL UP BEHIND IT IN A VERY LARGE AREA.
IN THE GRANDVIEW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPACE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY TIGHT SPACE.
THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT MIGHT BE MORE GENEROUS THAN THAT, BUT THERE'S PRETTY TIGHT SPACE BETWEEN PEOPLE'S WALLS AND FENCES AND SHEDS AND ANOTHER IMPROVEMENTS BACK THERE.
IT'S ALSO A BIT STEEPER THROUGH THERE.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THAT LOCATION.
>> THANK YOU. IS EDA PLANNING TO DOWNSIZE THE PIPE WHEN THE FINAL MITIGATION EFFORT AT 180 IS DONE?
>> THAT WASN'T THE QUESTION I WAS EXPECTING.
[LAUGHTER] WHAT I WAS EXPECTING FOR THIS SHORT-TERM MITIGATION, THEY ARE GOING TO PUT A PLATE ON THE 48-INCH THAT GOES DOWN TOWARDS NORTHWARD APARTMENTS AND STUFF ON IT.
WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW IS IT WILL ALLOW MORE WATER TO BE PUSHED DOWN THE NEW 48 INTO THE RIO AND WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TO SEE LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, THE BUBBLER EFFECT ON YOUR NORTHWOOD APARTMENTS.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR JUST IN THE SHORT TERM.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR THE LONG-TERM MITIGATION, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH DESIGN, BUT MOST LIKELY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'LL HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW CONVEYANCE THAT WILL MOVE WATER FROM THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 180 TO THE RIO.
IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL ABANDON MOST OF THAT 48-INCH PIPE THAT GOES ALONG HIGHWAY 180.
THAT WILL BE THE ABANDONED IN PLACE OR MOVED AND THAT'S STILL UNDER DESIGN AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EDA ON THEIR PREFERENCE AS WELL, SINCE THAT IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
>> THANK YOU. FRANCIS SHORT, HOPEFULLY, EARLY JULY, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU IN THAT?
>> A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO REALLY DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY A CONTRACTOR CAN MOBILIZE.
THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE REALLY CONFIDENT DATES ON THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.
IF YOU GO OUT THERE, IT'S RELATIVELY DRY ON THE SURFACE RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK OUT ON WHAT WAS THE POND, BUT IF YOU DIG DOWN ABOUT SIX INCHES OR A FOOT, IT TURNS PRETTY SOUPY PRETTY QUICKLY.
MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO GET OUT THERE, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET STUCK WITH AN EXCAVATOR OR A LOADER, THAT'S REALLY HIGH ON THEIR LIST OF THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OUT THERE FOR SIX MONTHS EITHER, STUCK IN THE MUD.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE.
HOW CONFIDENT, WE ARE PUSHING VERY HARD.
WE DO HAVE DEADLINES WITH DEMA FOR DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS.
THEN ALSO, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE DEADLINE OF MOTHER NATURE.
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR THIS OUT BEFORE MONSOON SEASON SO THAT WE HAVE BOTH A POND BACK FOR THE POND AMENITY, AND THEN ALSO FOR LIKE WE'RE USING IT LAST YEAR FOR FLOOD MITIGATION FOR DOWNTOWN AND SOUTHSIDE.
>> THANK YOU. NOW YOU CAN GO STACY B.K.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
INNER BASIN, WATERLINE, I WAS UP THERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS THIS MORNING.
IT WAS GREAT. CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING HARD.
FRIDAY, I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE PROJECT.
JUST A REMINDER THAT WE'RE LOSING 2-4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
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TWENTY PERCENT OF OUR PEAK WATER SUPPLY RIGHT NOW, IT IS FLOWING UP TOP AND CREATING JUST A NATURAL CREEK.IT'S JUST GOING INTO THE GROUND.
NOBODY'S GETTING THAT WATER AND IT GOES DOWN 12-MILE ROAD DOWN OF GRAVITY-FED LINES.
WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS SOME WATER FLOWING AND BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR NORTH RESERVOIR, WHICH THAT'S WHERE THAT LINE ENDS UP FILLING THOSE TWO TANKS IN THAT NORTH RESERVOIR WHICH WE USE TO DIP AND USED FOR DIPPING OUT OF IF WE HAVE A FIRE HERE, SO CRITICAL WATER SOURCE.
THE TEAM IS WORKING REALLY HARD.
THERE'S 45 DAMAGED SITES ALONG FROM THE TOP DOWN.
THOSE DAMAGED SITES COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM ROAD DAMAGE TO DAMAGE TO THE WATERLINE.
WE'RE FINDING ABOUT 5-6 PLACES WHERE THE LINE IS ACTUALLY BROKE OR WATER IS COMING OUT.
THAT'S THE TOP PRIORITY, IS REALLY TO GET THE ROAD MAINTAINED AND GET IT POSSIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE TEAM AND THEN TO RESTORE THE WATER.
OUR CONTRACTOR, HUNTER CONTRACTING, AND OUR DESIGN ENGINEER, JACOBS ENGINEERING, BEEN UP THERE AND LOOKING AT EVERY SPOT THAT HAS THE BREAK TO FIX THOSE BREAKS FIRST.
WE CAN GET THE WATER FLOWING AND THEN COME BACK AND FIX THE OTHER AREAS AND DAMAGE ALONG THE ROAD.
PART OF THIS ALSO WAS WORKING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE ON THE DECISION MEMO FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
WE THINK THAT'S PRETTY WRAPPED UP HERE THIS WEEK IN JUNE.
FOREST SERVICE, I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR REALLY WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE AND THAT DECISION MEMO.
WE DO HAVE PACKS OF SPOTTED OWLS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM, BUT THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE LINE IS BROKEN IS NOT IN THE SPOTTED OWL PACK.
THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE CAN FIX OUR WATERLINE.
THEN ALL OF THIS IS DECISION MEMO GETS US TO THAT PERMITTING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AND WILL BE COMING IN JULY 3RD WITH ANOTHER GMP TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT.
WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO DIRECT A TOURIST, WAS AT THE FRIDAY MEETING AND THANK HIM.
ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR, THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED 100% BY DFFM AT $16.1 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITHIN THAT 16 MILLION, I HOPE, BUT WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE FUNDING FOR THIS.
WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, OR YOU READY-MADE TO TURN IT OVER?
>> QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. STACEY, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU DID A PRESENTATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, I GUESS IT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND STUFF.
I KNOW THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY IS THE NUMBER 1.
WAS THERE ANY OPTIONS TO MAYBE AIRLIFT SOME WORKERS UP THERE JUST TO START WORKING ON THE PIPE SO WE'RE NOT LOSING ALL THAT WATER?
>> I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM LOCKET MEADOW AND GET IN THAT DIRECTION.
THEY WERE DOING IT BY-SIDE, BY-SIDE WHEN WE WENT UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE DID A TOUR AND WE ENDED UP HIKING DOWN.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE SMALL SIDE-BY-SIDE AND GET WORKERS IN THERE AND MATERIALS.
RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE ROAD IS PRETTY PASSABLE FOR OUR CONTRACTORS TO GET IN THERE AND OF COURSE, IT'S SHUT DOWN TO MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND OTHERS.
I THINK THEY'RE GOOD RIGHT NOW TO GET IN THERE WITH THE MATERIAL.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BRIAN KLIMOWSKI.
I'M THE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS.
WE CAN KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET.
NORMALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE CAN SEE THE MONSOON CIRCULATION STARTING TO FORM AND THE IMPENDING START OF OUR THUNDERSTORM SEASON.
THIS IS THE TIME THAT THE MODELS ARE PRETTY EFFECTIVE IN GIVING US THAT 1-2 WEEK LOOK.
BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THE START OF THE MONSOON REALLY IS NOT INSIGHT YET IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WHEN IT DOES START, THE LONGER-RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT IT MIGHT BE PRETTY WEAK START TO THE MONSOON.
NOW, THIS HAS BOTH BENEFITS AND SOME NEGATIVE ASPECTS.
THE BENEFITS, WE CAN GET SOME WORK DONE WITHOUT THE SOAKING RAINS OF THE MONSOON.
WE CAN CONTINUE MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, WHICH WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH PROGRESS ON SO FAR.
FIRE THREAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
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I FULLY ANTICIPATE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT FIRE IN THE NEXT MONTH THAN FLOODING.AS WE MOVE ON, JUST ONE SHORT LITTLE GRAPHIC HERE.
THIS SHOWS THE 3-4 WEEK PRECEPT OUTLOOK ACTUALLY.
THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT WAS JUST UPDATED IN THE PAST A WEEK OR TWO.
NOW IT GOES THROUGH JUNE 23RD.
ACTUALLY, THE NEW IMAGE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE, LEANING DRIER THAN NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF JULY TO JULY 21ST IS WHAT THE NEW GRAPHIC WOULD SHOW.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MODEL DATA THAT WE HAVE.
ALSO, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SHOWING A WEAKER-THAN-NORMAL MONSOON OR AT LEAST ONE THAT'S LEANING IN THAT DIRECTION THROUGH SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT CALL CENTER IS LIVE.
IF THERE ARE ANY NEEDS FOR ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS OR MITIGATIONS, THAT NUMBER 928-213-2102 HAS NOT CHANGED.
MITIGATIONS ARE HOLDING UP WELL.
WE'RE TALKING TEMPORARY MITIGATIONS RIGHT NOW.
SAND BAGS AND BARRIERS ONLY IT WAS DAMAGED.
SAND BAGS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THOSE AGAIN JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SAND BAG LOCATIONS IF YOU NEED ANY ARE AT AZTEC STREETS, AT THORPE PARK, AND ALSO AT KING STREET NEAR THE COUNTY HEALTH BUILDING.
WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT AGAIN OVER TO CHASE WITH THE CALL CENTERS SUMMARY AS WE MOVE OUT OF PRECEDING MITIGATION INTO RESPONSE.
>> SO TO SUM IT UP, IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET THIS YEAR.
AS FAR AS HELPING RESIDENTS PLAY SAND BAGS OR DELIVER WE'VE DONE THAT TO THREE RESIDENTS SO FAR.
MOST OF THE CALLS HAVE JUST BEEN INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE DONE AN ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE PLACED PALETTES FOR FOLKS TO PLACE THEIR DAMAGED SAND BAGS ON, AND WE'VE ALSO FILLED ONE RESIDENTS BARRIERS WITH WATER TO REFILL THAT.
ONGOING WORK IS DUMPSTER REQUESTS TO HELP RESIDENTS GET RID OF THOSE OLD SAND BAGS, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE AS OF NOW.
>> THANK YOU CHASE. STEPHEN THOMPSON IS OUT ON VACATION TODAY, SO I'LL COVER FOR HIM FOR VOLUNTEER DAYS.
HE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE WITH OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS, PALLETIZING 1,500 SAND BAGS AND ASSISTING RESIDENTS WITH REFRESHER SAND BAG WALLS.
HE'S ALSO BEEN HELPING MANAGE WITH SONOMA, BOYNTON WITH THE STREAM STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.
A WATERSHED CLEAN UP SERIES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ONCE A MONTH.
IN JUNE THEY HAD 30 VOLUNTEERS REMOVE DEBRIS OUT OF THE RIO, OUR NEXT EVENT IS COMING UP VERY SOON, JULY 1ST.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE EVENTS, YOU HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL AT THE BOTTOM.
SO HIS NUMBER IS 928-213-2144 OR STEPHEN.THOMPSON@FLAGSTAFFAZ.GOV.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SAM BECKETT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SAM BECKETT, SECTION DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS OUR RESPONSE READINESS.
THIS PAST WEEK WE PULLED TOGETHER OUR OPERATIONS TEAM IS WHAT WE CALL THEM.
REVIEWED THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ENSURED THAT WE'RE STAFFED IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS AND WE'RE READY TO RESPOND IF NEEDED.
HONESTLY IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING, OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH WEEKLY MEETINGS AND ESTABLISH ALL OF OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AS WE'RE ALSO BUILDING OUT OUR SOPS, SO OUR STANDARD OPERATIONAL GUIDE.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES LOOK LIKE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT AS YOU HEARD.
WE'RE NOT TRACKING ANY MONSOONAL WEATHER, BUT THE CREWS ARE READY TO RESPOND IF NEEDED.
HOWEVER WE ARE WATCHING THAT OTHER SIDE IF WE DO SEE ANY KIND OF FIRES KICK UP AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD ALSO CHANGE THE WAY OUR OPERATIONS LOOK.
SAME THING WITH THE FLOOD DIRECTOR PROTOCOL.
ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE REVIEWED, IT WILL COME OUT AND BE FINALIZED HERE SHORTLY.
NO REAL CHANGES ON THAT AS WE HAVE THIS FIGURED OUT IN A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE WATER AND HOW WE'RE SEEING THAT WATER.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT DATA, THE RIGHT INFORMATION, AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S CONTACT INFORMATION.
THE EARLY ALERT GAUGES MAINTENANCE WAS COMPLETED.
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RIGHT NOW ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PRETTY MUCH IN GOOD SHAPE.OUR CAMERAS GAUGES ARE ALL READY TO GO AND WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE IN THIS LIMBO PHASE HOPING THAT THE MITIGATIONS BEAT THE MONSOONS.
I THINK WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD RACE RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE.
AGAIN THE WATER SERVICES TEAM, PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PROS TEAM ALL MADE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS THERE.
FRANKLY I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE.
I SHOULD BE ON VACATION HERE STARTING TOMORROW, AND I HAVE NO CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH IT.
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH WHERE THAT TEAM IS AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN AND THEY HAVE PUT IN OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
LASTLY, WE KNOW IF THAT POTENTIAL COMES UP ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES WE HAVE IS THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORT AND BRINGING IN OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES DURING THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS.
WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF THAT WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT UNDERSTANDING HOW TO HAVE EVERYTHING LINED OUT AND BE PREPARED IF WE SEE THAT RESPONSE THAT WAY THERE'S NO LAG TIME AND BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.
AGAIN JUST WANTED THOSE MITIGATIONS TO BE COMPLETED SOONER THAN LATER.
I'LL HAND IT TO DANIEL. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DANIEL KELLY, YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER.
TONIGHT I'M GOING TO REALLY BRIEF FOR YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A 30,000 FOOT OVERLOOK OF YOUR EMS RESPONSE DURING A LARGE EVENTS.
ONE IMPORTANT THINGS WE'LL BE DOING IS LIAISONING WITH THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
WE'LL BE ASKING OR REQUESTING THAT THEY OPENED UP THE EOC, SPK.
WE'LL MOST LIKELY REPORT TO THE EOC, AND I'LL REPORT AN INCIDENT COMMAND AND WE'LL LIAISON TOGETHER.
DEVELOP SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND TIMELY UPDATES, YOU HAVE RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE, AND THAT WAY YOU GUYS, BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
IF THERE'S ANY POLICY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, YOU GUYS HAVE MUCH OF A HEAD START AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GIVE YOU.
THEN WE WILL HELP MANAGE THE COMMON OPERATING PICTURE, THE COP.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL WORK TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL AND NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS.
THAT ALLOWS INCIDENT COMMAND TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND ACTION ON THAT INFORMATION PROPERLY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE'LL BE DOING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IS DOCUMENTATION.
IF IT'S NOT DOCUMENTED, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WE WILL WORK WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO CAPTURE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENT.
THEREFORE WE TRANSITION TO RECOVERY.
WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO BACK AND TRY AND DO MEMORY RECALL.
THEN WE WILL COORDINATE THE TRANSITION FROM RESPONSE TO RECOVERY PHASE.
CURRENTLY TODAY WE HAVE FIVE OPEN DECKER RELATIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE OUT.
WITH THE GREAT HELP OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND DISASTER COORDINATOR, AMY HAGEN FROM BUILDING OFFICIAL.
THEN THE MONSOON SEASON, YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN THE CHECKLISTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING.
WERE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH THE COUNTY'S WEBSITES, AND THEN TO REVIEW THE MERCY THRESHOLDS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF OUR MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY AND IT'S BEEN GOOD RESPONSE.
THEN TO ASSESS THEIR TEMPORARY FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS, WITH OUR CITY STAFF.
IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE AND TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER DAYS.
LIKE I JUST TALKED ABOUT STEVEN, HE'S HAD A VERY GOOD VOLUNTEER SYSTEM WORKED OUT AND THAT SYSTEM DOESN'T STOP, KEEPS GOING.
THEN WE JUST ASK THAT THE NEIGHBORS BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
THEY HELP OUT THE ELDERLY AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND DISABLED.
IF THEY CAN'T HELP THEY FIND EITHER CONTACT OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICE THROUGH STEVEN OR SOME OF THE STAFF AND WE'LL WORK OUT HOW TO HELP THEM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WE ENCOURAGE FLOOD INSURANCE TO BE BOUGHT BY THE HOMEOWNERS.
BECAUSE THERE IS SOME AID THAT IS AVAILABLE AFTER INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED, HOWEVER IT IS VERY, VERY SMALL.
IT IS NOWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY GET BACK ON YOUR FEET.
WITH THAT BEING SAID I WILL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER, HARRIS.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IF YOU BUY FLOOD INSURANCE NOW IT WON'T BE IN EFFECT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
IS THAT TRUE OR AM I ASKING THE WRONG PERSON?
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>> I WILL HELP ANSWER THAT. THAT DOES NOT SOUND CORRECT.
THERE'S BOTH THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES, THE NFIP, AS WELL AS RELATIVELY RECENTLY THERE'S NO PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE WHICH REALLY CONFUSES THINGS A LOT.
PRIVATE IS COMPLETELY PRIVATIZED, SO I CAN'T ANSWER TO THAT.
FOR NFIP THERE IS JUST USUALLY A 30-DAY WAITING PERIOD.
THE ONLY EXEMPTION TO A 30-DAY WAITING PERIOD IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE [INAUDIBLE] KENNEDY WHO WAS ABLE TO GET LOBBIED AFTER THE SHOALS FIRE.
IF THERE IS A FIRE ON FEDERAL LAND, THAT 30-DAY PERIOD IS WAIVED.
BUT AT THE MOMENT IT IS 30-DAY PERIOD.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT, BUT IT CAN BE A VERY PRICEY PROGRAM.
IS THERE ANY FORM OF SUPPORT OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET IT BUT ARE IN AN AREA WHERE IT JUST COSTS A LOT?
>> YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S A QUESTION NOT JUST HERE IN FLAGSTAFF BUT NATIONWIDE.
AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR UNDERWRITING IF YOU WILL, FOR NFIP.
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS IT'S BEEN RUN A PARTICULAR WAY AND STARTING LAST YEAR AND STILL ROLLING OUT THERE UNDER WHAT'S CALLED RISK 2.0.
ESSENTIALLY CONGRESS TOLD FEMA THAT THEY NEED BECOME SELF-RELIANT.
NFIP CAN NO LONGER BE DRAWING DOWN ON THE FEDERAL DEBT BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT WAS NOT SOLVENT.
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THAT MEANS, IS TO MAKE IT SOLVENT THEY'RE PUSHING THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN ONTO THE COMMUNITIES.
RISK TO 2.0 WHICH AGAIN WAS STARTING TO BE ROLLED OUT LAST YEAR AND IT'S STILL ON THE ROLLOUT PERIOD.
DOES SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE RATES FOR THE MAJORITY NOT OF EVERYBODY BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION OF WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE EITHER LOCALLY OR NATIONWIDE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH RELATIVELY LARGE INCREASE IN FLOOD PREMIUMS. SORRY I DIDN'T NOT HAVE A GREAT ANSWER.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, SO I WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
FIRST STEP WE HAVE SHARON TOKSBELLY BLOOM.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR DAGGETT AND COUNCIL.
AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS JUST HERE, [LAUGHTER] I LIVE IN THE OG FLOOD ZONE OF GRANDVIEW DRIVE, AND SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
I WANTED TO START BY JUST SAYING, THANK YOU.
I COULD SPEND AN HOUR SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO JUST SPOKE.
THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING DONE NOW AND THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN IS INCREDIBLE.
BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO MENTION, PERSONALLY, I'M FINE WITH NO SIDEWALKS ON GRANDVIEW, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
[LAUGHTER] WE ALSO, THE THING THAT WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK IS THAT WE REQUESTED THE DESIGN TEAM MODELS THAT OPTION TO KEEP THE CHANNEL NATURAL BETWEEN LINDA VISTA AND CEDAR.
WE'RE NOT SAYING OBVIOUSLY ALL THINGS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, SO I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER HARDENING IT, BUT I WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY BE MODELING AND LOOKING AT, COULD IT BE LEFT NATURAL? WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE'S AT LEAST 40 MATURE TREES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER ASLAN WAS MENTIONING, THE TREES ON THE WEDGE THAT WOULD BE CUT DOWN.
THERE WOULD BE MORE TREES ON THE WASH THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND MAYBE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG HABITAT AREA AND IT IS SUBSTANTIAL FOR BOTH NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE LIVES OF ALL THE SPECIES THAT ARE LIVING THERE.
IN ADDITION, ONE THING I HAVE CONCERN ABOUT AND I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT AS THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE SURVEY WORK ON GRANDVIEW FOR THE CHANGING OF THE STREET AND THE REPLACEMENT OF SEWER AND WATER.
IT IS VERY CLEAR FROM THE MARKINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN MAKING THAT A LOT OF THAT SEWER AND WATER, IT'S A CATTYWAMPUS AND GOES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ON PRIVATE LAND, SUCH AS THE STONEWALLS THAT SO MANY OF US HAVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING FLOOD PROTECTION ON OUR STREET.
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SO THAT WOULD BE MY BIG QUESTION IS, ARE ANY OF THE PRIVATE STONEWALLS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REMOVED OR REPLACED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEWER AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE? I'M ALSO WONDERING WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE JE FULLER MODEL BECAUSE I KNOW JULIE WAS TALKING ABOUT 20% GO INTO THE WEDGE, 20% GO INTO GRANDVIEW WITH AN INVERTED CROWN, BUT BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE.I'M WONDERING IF THE MODEL THAT WE SAW IS INCLUDING THOSE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETE OR IS THAT MODEL AS IT STANDS NOW? SO BASICALLY, THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE AS RESIDENTS BE LOOKING AT THAT MODEL AS WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR FOR THE MONSOON OR IS THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THOSE PRODUCTS ARE COMPLETE.
THEN FINALLY, I HOPE THE CITY WILL LOOK INTO SUPPORTING THOSE OF US LIVING WITH MITIGATION BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH BLOCKED WALKWAYS AND INCREASED DUST FROM ALL OF THE SANDBAG STUFF. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SHARON. STAFF, I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR COMMENTS ON THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENTER. STEPHEN PUHR.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL.
STEVE PUHR, 1640 WEST STEVANNA WAY.
YOU GOT MY QUESTION ON PLATING. THANK YOU.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION ON THE LONG-TERM MITIGATION PLAN ON THE 180 CULVERT THAT ADOT IS GOING TO DO, IS IT GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE 1,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND THAT WAS ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT BEING DONE UP AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH? THANKS.
>> STAFF, WHO WANTS TO TAKE WHICH QUESTIONS? I'LL LET YOU FIGHT IT OUT.
>> I'LL START WITH THE LAST ONE BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT.
[LAUGHTER] WE ARE EXPECTING AND I WOULD PROBABLY, WHAT IS OUR FINAL Q1 ON?
>> ABOUT 900. FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T HEAR, ABOUT 900 CFS, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY LARGE FLOW.
THE REASON I SAY THAT AS WE HAVE THE SCHULTZ BASINS INTACT, SO WE HAVE 56-ACRE FEET OF STORAGE UPSTREAM RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 900 CFS, MOVING THAT FROM 180 TO THE RIO, IT'S IN A MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SPRUCE WASH SIDE IN TERMS OF THAT LONG-TERM, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT FEMA FLOODPLAINS AND FEMA FLOOD WAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO QUITE A BIT ON THAT SCHULTZ CREEK SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS VERY LARGE BASINS AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT RUN BETWEEN HIGHWAY 180 AND THE RIO TO GET WATER TO A REGIONAL WATERCOURSE.
YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 900 CFS ON THAT, SO A HUGE IMPROVEMENT AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING A VERY GOOD STORY ON THE WEST SIDE.
GOING BACK TO SPRUCE WASH AND GRANDVIEW, TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS TO BE SHARED WITH THIS FEASIBILITY 2.0. STUDY THAT GOES OUT.
WE'LL BE BOTH EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THAT IS WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT YOU SHOULD BE MITIGATING TO FOR THIS MONSOON SEASON, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS THAT JULIE SHOWED, JULIAN ELI.
WITH THEIR PROPOSED THAT'S HOW WE EXPECT IT TO LOOK ROUGHLY, WHAT'S THE COMPLETION OF THOSE EIGHT PROJECTS.
I SAY ROUGHLY BECAUSE AS SHE MENTIONED, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCURACY AND PRECISION.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SMALL NUANCES AS WE GET AS-BUILT AND AS THINGS MOVE ON AND THEN ALSO AS THE WATERSHED RECOVERS.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, HERE IN 2023, THIS IS OUR BEST ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH ALL EIGHT PROJECTS COMPLETE.
>> I APOLOGIZE IF I JUST MISSED THIS.
BUT DOES THE MODELING EXIST CURRENTLY FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS GOING INTO THIS MONSOON SEASON?
>> CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS MODEL.
THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER BY JE FULLER AND WE'VE SHARED IT ALREADY.
IT IS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'LL BE SHARED AGAIN WITH THIS FEASIBILITY 2.0.
SO WHENEVER WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE YOUR EXISTING CONDITION.
YOU HAVE YOUR PROPOSED CONDITION, EXISTING IS WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE THAT.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE AND WILL BE SHARED AGAIN THROUGH THIS FEASIBILITY 2.0, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE USING FOR MITIGATION RIGHT NOW.
TODAY IS WHAT RESIDENTS CAN USE RIGHT NOW TODAY FOR THIS YEAR.
THEN WE WILL ALSO KNEW, THIS IS JUST COMING OUT NOW IS THAT PROPOSED CONDITION MODELS SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT PROPOSED MAP THAT'LL BE GOING OUT.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT TODAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IN THREE YEARS WITH ALL THOSE EIGHT PROJECTS COMPLETED,
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AND THAT WILL BE A MAP OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE AT THAT TIME.AGAIN, THERE'LL BE SOME REVISIONS AS WE MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE NEW DESIGN COMPONENTS AND NEW SURVEY GOING INTO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE REVISED THROUGH TIME, BUT IT'S THE PROPOSED CONDITION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION WAS, CAN WE LEAVE THAT OPEN CHANNEL BETWEEN LINDA VISTA AND CEDAR?
>> OR CAN WE AT LEAST MODEL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LEAVE IT NATURAL OR HAVE YOU MODEL IT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE EXISTING CONDITION REALLY IS THE MODEL FOR LEAVING IT NATURAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NATURALIZED. IT HAS GRASS IN IT, IT HAS TREES IN IT, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT NATURAL.
EVERYTHING THROUGH THERE HAS BEEN CHANNELIZED.
THE ORIGINAL SPRUCE WASH NEVER WENT IN THAT DIRECTION, IT CURVE THROUGH AND IT WAS A SMALL LITTLE DITCH.
BUT REALLY THAT EXISTING CONDITION MODEL, WE HAVE BOTH VELOCITY AND WE HAVE DEPTHS.
IT IS MODELED RIGHT NOW AS NATURAL, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF MODIFICATION.
ELI MENTIONED THAT WE'RE SEEING VERY HIGH VELOCITIES THROUGH THERE.
THE CHANCE FOR SCOUR, THE CHANCE FOR MOVING SEDIMENT, THE CHANCE FOR UNDERCUTTING AND HAVING LATERAL EROSION, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY BAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU START LOSING FENCES AND BACKYARDS IS VERY HIGH.
THERE IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OBVIOUSLY OF ANYBODY WHO HAS A HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT CHANNEL.
ALL WE CAN SAY IS WE UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCERNS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS FOR THAT AREA TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
ALL OF OUR HOPES IS THE REASON WHY WE LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF AND NOT IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY IS WE LIKE NATURE, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO OUR HOPES IS TO PROVIDE AS LITTLE DISTURBANCE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IN SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS, THE REALITY IS WE HAVE VERY HIGH VELOCITIES AND VERY HIGH WATER DEPTHS AND UNFORTUNATELY IN SOME AREAS, WE MAY HAVE TO HARDEN IT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THEIR CONCERNS AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING AS BEST AS WE CAN WITH THE CONSTRAINTS WE'RE GIVEN.
>> BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION IS DONE IN THAT AREA, WILL THERE BE MODELING THAT SHOWS WHAT'S LIKELY TO COME DOWN ONCE THE THREE DETENTION BASINS AND THE LITTLE TRIANGLE PIECE DOWN AT [OVERLAPPING] THE WEDGE IS INSTALLED?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY.
WILL WE HAVE A NEW MODEL WITH ALL THREE PARKWAY BASINS IN PLACE AS WELL AS THE WEDGE? I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE DO HAVE THE PROPOSED CONDITION MODEL WHICH HAS THE EXISTING PARKWAY BASIN IN IT, SO THE FIRST OF THE THREE AND IT DOES HAVE THE WEDGE IN IT.
NOW WE'RE NOT REALLY EXPECTING TO SEE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN FLOW WITH TWO NEW PARKWAY BASINS GOING INTO PLAY IF YOU WILL, AND THE REASON WHY IS THOSE BASINS AGAIN ARE NOT MEANT AS FLOOD DETENTION, THEY'RE MEANT FOR SEDIMENT, SO WE'RE GOING TO HOPING TO DROP OUT SEDIMENT THERE IN TERMS OF FLOODS DETENTION.
THEY DON'T REALLY WORK THAT GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO SMALL AND THAT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, SO WE CAN'T BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THE SCHULTZ BASINS IN THAT SMALL OF AN AREA, SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCHULTZ AND SPRUCE SHULTZ.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY, WE HAD A 20 ACRES CITY ON PARCEL AND SPRUCE.
THERE'S REALLY JUST NOT THAT MUCH LAND TO WORK WITH BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FOREST.
>> THANK YOU, AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE CONSTRAINTS OF NOT WANTING TO HARM DOWNSTREAM RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE AREA AROUND HERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS, AND WASN'T THERE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE WALLS? YES, THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE, AND I THINK SHARON WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BLUE STAKE MARKS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WE'VE HAD A HECK OF A TIME FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT EXISTING WATERLINE IS.
I THINK WE FOUND IT. BUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE UTILITIES, THE PROPOSED UTILITIES, THOSE ARE NOT GOING BACK IN THE SAME LOCATION.
THE WATER AND SEWER MAINS ARE NOT GOING BACK FOR THE MOST PART 90% AND THE SAME LOCATION THAT THEY ARE TODAY.
THOSE WILL BE IN THE ROADWAY PRISM UNDER THE ASPHALT SECTION, THE WATER, AND SEWER MAINS.
WE CAN'T PUT THEM IN THE SAME PLACE BECAUSE WE NEED TO KEEP SERVICE GOING.
WELL, CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY, SO WE'LL BE CLEANING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, THE LOCATION AS FOR WILL IT CAUSE A DISTURBANCE TO THE WALLS OR SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT FOLKS HAVE DONE.
WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE SERVICE CONNECTIONS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE THE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT AROUND THE BACK OF CURB.
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IF FOR SOME REASON THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WAY AT THE BACK OF CURB TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, THEN THE CONTRACTOR WOULD WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DO A REPLACEMENT OR TRY TO WORK AROUND WHATEVER THAT IMPROVEMENT IS AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STICK IN THE ROAD AS MUCH AS WE CAN.>> COUNCIL, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 15-MINUTE BREAK.
[10. Update on the Downtown Vision and Action Plan: The Vision & Action Plan will identify priorities and initiatives to guide improvements in Downtown Flagstaff over the next five to ten years. Terry Madeksza, Executive Director for the Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance (FDBA), will provide an update on the process and status for the Downtown Vision and Action Plan. The desired outcome of this update is to inform City Council on where in the process the Downtown Vision and Action Plan is, the intended schedule to complete the Plan, and to provide an opportunity for feedback from Council on the direction of the Draft Plan. ]
TO GET BACK AT IT.WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 10 UPDATE ON THE DOWNTOWN VISION AND ACTION PLAN.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SHOULD WE WAIT FOR, MICHELLE MCNULTY, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, I PROVIDED A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE DOWNTOWN ACTION OR THE DOWNTOWN VISION AND ACTION PLAN AT ONE OF YOUR LAST COUNCIL RETREATS.
HERE THIS EVENING WITH DAVID MCINTYRE, THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, AND TERRY MADEKSZA THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE A MORE IN-DEPTH UPDATE.
JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THIS PLAN WAS INITIATED TO HELP ALIGN THE CITY COUNTY MOUNTAIN LINE, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES INTO A UNIFIED VISION FOR THE DOWNTOWN THAT ADDRESSES ITS PHYSICAL FORM, ITS OVERALL MANAGEMENT, AND ITS CONTINUED ACTIVATION AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS.
THIS PROJECT IS BEING LED BY THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WITH FUNDING AND PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY COUNTY AND MOUNTAIN LINE, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TERRY MADEKSZA FOR THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS MICHELLE SAID, I AM TERRY MADEKSZA.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE AND I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DOWNTOWN VISION PROCESS AND OUR PATHWAY FORWARD, AND I WILL JUST SAY IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
IN FACT FOR SOME ON COUNCIL, THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST UPDATE, SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDING STATEMENTS.
THIS VISION HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE WERE SOME DELAYS DUE TO COVID.
WE HAD SOME STAFF TRANSITION AND THEN SOME MORE STAFF TRANSITION, AND COVID KEPT GOING FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW THERE IS RENEWED ENERGY AND STRONG COMMITMENT FROM OUR PARTNERS TO SEE THIS GET OVER THE FINISH LINE.
THE LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT NEEDS TO BE REVISED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, HOWEVER MANY OF THE FINDINGS ARE RELEVANT AND WILL BE SHARED WITH YOU DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
THE DRAFT DOCUMENT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CITY AND COUNTY STAFF FOR FEEDBACK.
THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT WILL BE UPDATED ONCE WE COLLECT THOSE COMMENTS.
ONCE THE DOCUMENT IS REVISED, WE PLAN ON A MEANINGFUL PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
WE REALIZE THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS A FEW YEARS AGO NEED TO BE RE-ENGAGED AS WELL AS COMMUNITY GROUPS, RESIDENTS AND ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE CITY STAFF FEEDBACK AND A REVISED DOCUMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO GATHER EVERYBODY'S INPUT.
AS I MENTIONED, I REALIZED FOR SOME ON COUNCIL, THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION ON THE DOWNTOWN VISION, AND FOR OTHERS, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, SO I WANT TO START WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT LED US TO UNDERTAKE THE DOWNTOWN VISION IN THE BEGINNING.
WE REALIZE THAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN SEEMED TO HAPPEN IN SILOS.
WE HAD MAJOR PROJECTS BEING PLANNED WITH THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER, THE NEW MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE, AND THEN THE COUNTY DISCUSSING MOVING SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OUT OF DOWNTOWN AND I REMEMBER I FOUND OUT ABOUT EACH OF THOSE THINGS IN ONE WEEK'S TIME AND NOT FROM ANY MEETING I WAS A PART OF IT WAS JUST SOMEONE SAYING DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS OR DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT, AND IT LED US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WASN'T A UNIFIED VISION FOR DOWNTOWNS GROWTH, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS IDEA CAME FROM IS HOW DO WE BRING ALL PARTIES TOGETHER INCLUDING
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DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS AND DEVELOP A SHARED AND AGREED UPON VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR DOWNTOWN.OUR FUNDING PARTNERS INCLUDE THE CITY, COUNTY, MOUNTAIN LINE, AND THE FDBA.
WE WENT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY SELECTED PROGRESSIVE URBAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES AS THE CONSULTANT AND IT WAS BASED ON THEIR EXPERTISE AND OTHER DOWNTOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WON'T READ EVERYTHING ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE KEY GOALS.
ONE IS TO DEVELOP A MARKET-BASED VISION THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN DOWNTOWN BEFORE, SO HAVING THIS IT'S NOT JUST DIVISION, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BASED ON A MARKET ANALYSIS OF WHAT OUR DOWNTOWN NEEDS.
IT IS TO ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT, AND TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION, WALKING, CYCLING, AND TRANSIT.
ONE OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES IS TO CREATE A CALL TO ACTION TO BE BOLD, PROACTIVE AND TO ACTUALLY GUIDE DOWNTOWN'S EVOLUTION NOT JUST LET IT HAPPEN TO US.
THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WANT TO HELP INFLUENCE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DIRECTION OUR DOWNTOWN EVOLVES.
THIS PLAN WAS BUILT ON EXISTING PLANS, PARTICULARLY THE REGIONAL PLAN, HOUSING PLAN, CLIMATE ACTION, SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY PLAN, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PARKING PLAN.
EACH OF THESE PLANS HELPED INFLUENCE THE DOWNTOWN VISION AND OUR HOPE IS THAT OUR DOWNTOWN VISION WILL BE INTEGRAL TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2045 REGIONAL PLAN.
THIS PLAN ALSO HIGHLIGHT SOME CATALYTIC OPPORTUNITY SITES.
SOME OF THESE SITES ARE PUBLICLY OWNED, OTHERS ARE STILL PRIVATELY OWNED.
THESE ARE INTENDED TO SHOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS CURRENTLY PLANNED.
I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'D BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR SOME TIME, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME INITIAL SUCCESSES FROM THE DOWNTOWN VISION PROCESS.
IN THE MIDST OF OUR WORK, COVID IMPACTED OUR PROGRESS, BUT WE REMAINED ENGAGED AND WE SHIFTED OUR WORK TO MORE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
WE WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM AND THE CITY TO FOCUS ON BUSINESS SUPPORT AND ECONOMIC STABILITY.
WE HAD TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND MOVE QUICKLY, AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO JUST THANK CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP FOR WORKING WITH US TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE IDEAS.
MANY OF THE PRACTICES PUT IN PLACE DURING COVID ARE STILL IN PLACE TODAY.
SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE ASPEN ALLEY WHICH WE HAVE CLOSED THE VEHICLES IN THE SUMMER AND FALL AND IT NOW SERVES AS AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION FOR OUTDOOR DINING AND ACTIVATION.
THE CITY INSTALLED GAZEBOS AND HERITAGE SQUARE TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR SEATING AND DINING.
OUR PAID PARKING PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND PICKUP AND DROP-OFF ZONES WERE CREATED.
ONCE PARKING WAS RE-IMPLEMENTED, THE HOURS WERE REDUCED AND 20-MINUTE CURBSIDE PARKING REMAINS TODAY.
ALL OF THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE EURO TEAM WHICH IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT CONTINUES TO MEET AND FOCUS ON EXPANDED USE OF RIGHTS OF WAY. ALSO DURING THIS TIME, GROUP MEETINGS WERE NOT TAKING PLACE.
SO TO KEEP THE PROCESS MOVING, WE CONDUCTED AN ONLINE SURVEY, WHERE MORE THAN 1,200 CITIZENS RESPONDED.
I REALIZED THIS IS NOW THREE YEARS OLD, BUT THE RESPONSES ARE SIGNIFICANT AND LIKELY HOLD TRUE TODAY.
RESPONDENTS VALUE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF DOWNTOWN AND WANT TO SEE THAT MAINTAINED.
THEY WOULD LIKE DOWNTOWN TO BE MORE WORKABLE AND BIKEABLE WITH EXPANDED BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS.
THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME VACANT SITES REDEVELOPED AND THE PARKING EXPERIENCE IMPROVED.
WE WILL CONDUCT ANOTHER SURVEY TO GAUGE CURRENT PRIORITIES, BUT MY GUESS IS THE RESULTS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR.
THE KEY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL ALSO LIKELY REMAIN VERY SIMILAR.
THE FIRST IS TO PROMOTE DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF AS THE HUB OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN INNOVATION FOR THE REGION.
WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC CORE OF DOWNTOWN, ENSURE THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THE DOWNTOWN VISION, AND WE CAN HELP ACHIEVE THESE GOALS BY SEEING SOME ADDED HOUSING AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY.
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I THINK OF DOWNTOWN AS PLACE FOR HOUSING AND I'VE TALKED WITH MANY OF YOU ON COUNCIL ABOUT HOW I'D LOVE TO SEE DOWNTOWN IN HOUSING OR HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.I HEAR ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I THINK DOWNTOWN IS REALLY THE CENTER OF OUR EFFORTS WITH HOUSING.
IF WE ALLOW SOME GENTLE DENSITY IN AREAS WHERE THERE ISN'T CONFLICT WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, DOWNTOWN CAN TRULY BECOME A PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, VISIT, AND STAY.
A MARKET ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED AND THIS WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED.
EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE, THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THE SAME.
FLAGSTAFF IS ON THE LOWER END OF HOUSING DENSITY IN EMPLOYMENT WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR CITIES.
WHILE BOTH OF THESE AREN'T IDEAL POSITIONS, THEY ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES OF THE DOWNTOWN VISION IS TO SEE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AT ALL PRICE POINTS.
LIKE THE CITY, WE KNOW DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING IS CRUCIAL AND DOWNTOWN IS PERFECTLY POSITIONED FOR MORE HOUSING UNITS.
THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER IS PROXIMATE.
DOWNTOWN HAS AMENITIES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND IT IS WALKABLE.
HOWEVER, WE REALIZED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, WE WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY LOGICAL SITES AND ALLOW SOME GENTLE DENSITY WHERE APPROPRIATE.
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
OUR PARTNERS AT DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF DO AN AMAZING JOB, SHOWCASING DOWNTOWN AS A VISITOR DESTINATION AND OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE ON THAT TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER, DOWNTOWN SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS A PLACE FOR INVESTMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND BUSINESS.
DOWNTOWN IS HOME TO MOSTLY INDEPENDENTLY OWNED BUSINESSES AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.
THAT IS ONE DYNAMIC THAT MAKES DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF UNIQUE AND AUTHENTIC.
HOWEVER, FOR DOWNTOWN TO BECOME A TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE SHOULD ALSO BE HOME TO AN URBAN GROCERY, DRUGSTORE, AND OTHER AMENITIES RESIDENTS DESIRE.
AS I MENTIONED, DOWNTOWN IS ALREADY CONSIDERED A DESTINATION FOR VISITORS.
EXPANDING PUBLIC ART EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS LIKE LUNAR LEGACY AND WINTER WONDERLAND ARE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EXTEND THEIR TIME IN DOWNTOWN.
THE VISION STATEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN IS TO ENHANCE AND CREATE A DOWNTOWN THAT IS VIBRANT, WORKABLE, HISTORIC, AND ADAPTABLE, THRIVING, WELCOMING, AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
WHILE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BROAD GOALS, THE DOWNTOWN VISION ALSO PROVIDES A ROAD MAP TO HELP US ACHIEVE THIS VISION BY OFFERING TACTICS AND ACTIONS.
MOST OF WHAT IS ON THIS SLIDE HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED, BUT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN TO REMAIN ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT, OUR EFFORTS NEED TO BE ON POSITIONING DOWNTOWN AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR INVESTMENT, GROWING RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS, ATTRACTING MORE JOBS, SUPPORTING THE STOREFRONT ECONOMY, AND GROWING LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE IS MORE DETAIL ON THE CATALYTIC OPPORTUNITY SITES IN THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WAS SENT TO YOU LAST WEEK.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW.
THE FORMER CITY MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE SITE IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND.
IT IS CURRENTLY A SURFACE PARKING LOT IN THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN.
IT IS NOT AN IDEAL USE IN ANY WAY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AT A MINIMUM THREE-QUARTERS OF A BLOCK AND POTENTIALLY A FULL BLOCK TURN INTO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT ALSO SERVES AS THE GATEWAY INTO DOWNTOWN.
THERE ARE THREE BANK SITES ON BIRCH THAT ARE PERFECTLY POSITIONED FOR HOUSING.
A BANK BUILDING SURROUNDED BY SURFACE PARKING IS NO LONGER THE MODEL.
THOSE SITES ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ARE NOT SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY ARE PERFECTLY POSITIONED FOR HOUSING.
THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN IS SIMILARLY POSITIONED AND ALSO UNDERDEVELOPED.
BOTH OF THESE COULD SERVE AS ADDITIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR DOWNTOWN.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING ECONOMIC VITALITY, OFFERING INEXPERIENCE THAT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND SPEND THEIR TIME IN DOWNTOWN IS KEY.
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THEY VALUE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF DOWNTOWN AND WANT TO SEE THAT PRESERVED.THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN THAT PROTECT OUR HISTORY.
THE EFFORTS OF CITY STAFF AND THE FDBA HAVE FOCUSED ON INCREASING PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION, PUBLIC ART, AND EVENTS.
A CONTINUATION OF OUR WORK DURING COVID AND I'M GOING TO SNEAK IN SO YOU KNOW THAT THIS YEAR IN 2023, THE DBA, WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY PARTNERS, WE ARE ADDING 160 EVENTS TO HERITAGE SQUARED THIS YEAR.
THINK OF WHAT DOWNTOWN WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT ALL THAT ACTIVITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SPEND THEIR TIME.
THERE IS MORE FOR US TO DO FOCUSING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS, AND TREE WELLS.
MANY OF THOSE ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE DOWNTOWN VISION AS ACTION ITEMS. FINALLY, MOBILITY.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DOWNTOWNS ARE ONES THAT ARE WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE WITH A STRONG PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THIS IS A PRIORITY THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF SUPPORT.
THIS PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR THE NEED TO HAVE SOME PARKING ADDED.
YOU CAN HAVE A DOWNTOWN WHERE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WALK, BIKE, AND TAKE TRANSIT, WHILE ALSO HAVING BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PARK ONCE AND THEN WALK.
IT IS NOT ONE OR THE OTHER, WE NEED BOTH.
MOST OF WHAT IS IN THE DRAFT PLAN REMAINS ACCURATE EVEN IF THE TONE IS OUT OF DATE.
HOWEVER, WHERE WE WILL SEE SOME REVISION IS WITH THE ACTION PLAN.
ONCE WE HAVE FEEDBACK FROM CITY AND COUNTY STAFF, WE WILL WORK TO COMPLETE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FUNDING SOURCES.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? WE ARE SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM OUR CITY AND COUNTY PARTNERS NOW, AND ONCE WE HAVE A REVISED DRAFT PLAN, WE WILL RELEASE FOR PUBLIC INPUT THIS SUMMER.
OUR HOPE IS TO BE BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN THE FALL.
ONE CAVEAT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH IS BROAD AND MEANINGFUL.
IF OUR TIMELINE, IT MAY SLIP A LITTLE, BUT WE WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT GENUINE PUBLIC OUTREACH BEFORE WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
OUR HOPE IS THE FALL, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO ADAPT A LITTLE BASED ON ENSURING WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH OUR OUTREACH.
THANK YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU, TERRY. I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THE THINGS I HEARD TONIGHT ARE RIGHT ON.
A COUPLE OF NOTES I TOOK YOUR EMPHASIS ON HOUSING, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IF YOU CAN BRING SOME HOUSING TO THE AREA, WE CAN GET MORE WALKABILITY.
YES, WE DO NEED SOME MORE PARKING.
WHEN I READ THE PACKET, I SAW THOSE LITTLE CHARTS AS THE PRIORITIES OF THE PEOPLE YOU SURVEYED AND PARKING WAS UP THERE, BUT MAINTAINING HISTORICAL CHARACTER WAS NUMBER ONE, AND DENSITY AND JUST AS A GENERAL STATEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN AND FOR THE WHOLE CITY, MAKES BIKE-ABILITY, WALKABILITY MORE PRACTICAL AND IS ACTUALLY VERY CONSISTENT WITH REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS BECAUSE IF PEOPLE CAN WALK TO A PLACE, I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT'S GOING TO BE TO GET A SMALL GROCERY STORE DOWN THERE, BUT I CAN SEE THAT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL, ESPECIALLY IT'S THE CHICKEN IN THE EGG THING.
IT'S LIKE IF WE GET MORE, HOUSING, WILL NEED MORE GROCERY STORES AND WE'LL GET A GROCERY STORE BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL BUILD ONE IF IT MAKES SENSE.
AGAIN, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT AND WHAT I READ IN THE PACKET.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT HAPPEN AND IN THAT PARTICULAR THAT OLD COURTHOUSE SITE. I AGREE WITH YOU.
THAT COULD BE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
IT COULD HAVE PARKING, YOU COULD HAVE RESIDENTIAL, IT COULD HAVE SOME MORE COFFEE SHOPS.
IT COULD HAVE A GROCERY STORE.
IN OTHER WORDS, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND PARKING.
IT COULD DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
MIGHT BE FIVE STORIES HIGH, BUT SO WHAT? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ANYWAY, I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY, I APPRECIATE IT,
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AND MY EXCITEMENT TO SEE THIS PROCESS MOVE MATCHES YOURS.>> ONE LAST THING. THOSE FLOWERS IN THAT ONE SHOT REALLY TAKEN FROM A LITTLE STORE BY HER STORE.
>> THANK YOU MARY AND THANK YOU, TERRY, THIS WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.
IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I THINK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS TO ME IS THE WAY THAT IT UNIFIES SO MANY OF THE GOALS FOR OUR CITY IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY IN GENERAL, CARBON NEUTRALITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMING TOGETHER IN ONE PLAN AND ONE VISION THAT REALLY ADVANCES EVERYTHING THAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AND VERY MUCH NEEDS IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE.
JUST VERY EXCITED TO SEE A LOT OF THIS COME TO FRUITION AND VERY EXCITED BY SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT ARE ALREADY EVIDENT IN THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT IS MY STORE IN THE PHOTO, MR. MCCARTHY, I'M FAMOUS.
[LAUGHTER] I KNOW WHO I WAS PRESENTING TO.
>> YOU GOT TO READ YOUR AUDIENCES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO BE PART OF THIS FROM THE BEGINNING AND I LOVE SEEING THE UPDATES.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR OUR DOWNTOWN.
I MOVED HERE IN THE EARLY '90S AND I REMEMBER WHEN HERITAGE SQUARE WAS A DIRT LOT AND I WOULD BRING MY VOLKSWAGEN BUS AND ROMP IN THE HILLS, CATCH AIR.
MY STORE WHERE IS LOCATED WAS JUST A PILE OF ROCK.
LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE COME FROM THERE.
I GET THE HONOR OF LOOKING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
I LOVE THIS PLAN. I LOVE THAT IT ENCOMPASSES ALL TYPES OF HOUSING.
THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE HIGHER-PAYING JOBS CREATING A WELCOMING SPACE FOR ALL.
THE PLAN ALSO LOOKS AT CONNECTIVITY, WHICH IS A PASSION OF MINE, AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE PLANS, THE SOUTH SIDE, THE REGIONAL, THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION, THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY PLAN, THE HOUSING PLAN, THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STUDY.
YOU COVERED IT ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGHNESS ON THAT.
I DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE CRUCIAL TO HAVE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AT THE TABLE AND WORKING ON THIS AS A COLLECTIVE.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU VALUE THAT.
I JUST THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS FOR CREATING A FUTURE VISION FOR OUR DOWNTOWN.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME. THANK YOU.
I'VE NOT BEEN TO DOWNTOWN LA, BUT MY SON LIVES IN DOWNTOWN LA.
FOR YOUNG FREELANCER WITH NOT A LOT OF MONEY, HE'S FOUND AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE FOR REALLY CHEAP, SO I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.
THERE'S A GROCERY STORE THAT HE WALKS TO.
THERE'S A DRUGSTORE THAT HE CAN GO TO.
THERE ARE HEALTH CENTERS IN THE AREA AND EVERYTHING HE NEEDS IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN.
THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF HOUSING, LOW-INCOME OR WORKFORCE HOUSING IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
THEN RIGHT ACROSS FROM HIM IS A LUXURY APARTMENT BUILDING.
THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, AND SO DOWNTOWNS CAN BE REALLY NICE IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN, BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, AND ONLY ME CAN PROBABLY SAY THIS ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT GROWTH.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UPGRADING YOUR DOWNTOWN AND BRINGING IN ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO GROW.
SO THAT'S A TOUGH CONVERSATION FOR SOME OF US.
SOME OF US ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
[LAUGHTER] I'M JUST BEING REALLY UPFRONT THERE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE.
YOU'RE PROBABLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO WORK WITH THEM.
BUT I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT
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THROWING A WRENCH IN THE WORKS BECAUSE I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVEN'T PULLED OTHER PEOPLE INTO THIS.
MY CONCERN IS AS WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND THEY ALL DON'T LIVE DOWNTOWN WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY LIVE IN ALL THE OTHER HOTELS ALL AROUND US.
I'M WONDERING WHY NO ONE HAS HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THOSE HOTELS AND ASKING THEM TO MAYBE PUT ON SOME SHUTTLES.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF DOWNTOWN WITH CARS.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GO TO A LARGE CONFERENCE AND I'M IN A MAJOR CITY, I CAN JUMP ON A HOTEL SHUTTLE AND PRETTY MUCH GO ANYWHERE.
I WOULDN'T DRIVE A CAR IN SOME OF THOSE CITIES ANYWAY.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT, IS HOW DO WE GET THOSE OTHER HOTELS INVOLVED IN THIS AND WHAT THEY PLAY NICELY IN THE SANDBOX.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING IN IT FOR THEM BECAUSE VISITORS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THEY USE THEIR GPS, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE GPSS ARE NOT FRIENDLY.
YOU WIND UP TRYING TO GO DOWN ONE-WAY STREETS.
ANYWAY, THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT JUST COME TO MY MIND, BUT LIKE I SAY, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, IT'S A GREAT PLAN AND IT'S WORKABLE, AND WE CAN DO IT, BUT EVERYBODY HAS GOT TO BE ON BOARD OR ENOUGH OF US HAVE TO BE ON BOARD. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS BRIEFLY.
YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE SENSITIVITY OF DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I TAKE WITH ME EVERY DAY.
IT'S ON MY MIND EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY.
BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT A POINT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY HEIGHT AT ALL IT NEEDS TO BE DOWNTOWN, AND WE CAN PICK LOGICAL SITES THAT DON'T COMPROMISE OUR HISTORIC CHARACTER AND IS NOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE BANK SITES ON BIRCH, IT MAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
YOU HAVE THE 1980S MODEL OF CHASE BANK SURROUNDED BY A HALF BLOCK OF SURFACE PARKING.
THERE'S NO CONFLICT WITH ANY TYPE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BLOCKS SURROUNDING IN ALL SIDES FROM ANY TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S THE SAME SCENARIO ON THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
I UNDERSTAND I CAN'T PLAY WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THEIR RIGHTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF YOU THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S VERY UNDERDEVELOPED.
IT'S IT ABUTS ROUTE 66 AND A DISPENSARY, AND THERE'S NO HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND.
I FEEL LIKE AT LEAST IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, WE COULD SEE SOME HEIGHTS AND SOME GENTLE DENSITY.
I'M SUGGESTING ANYTHING THAT HAS HUGE MASSING.
WE COULD USE DIFFERENT MATERIALS SO IT BREAKS UP WHAT A DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE.
WE WANT IT TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR DOWNTOWN.
SO YOUR COMMENTS ARE, THEY LAND WITH ME VERY WELL, BUT THESE ARE THE VERY THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT ENGAGING THE HOTELS.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO DO.
>> I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD MY COMMENTS, SO I'M NOT AGAINST IT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN IN OUR DOWNTOWN WHO ARE AND IF YOU HAVE NOT, HOW TO COORDINATE THEM.
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IT'S GOING TO MEET WITH A LOT OF OPPOSITION.
BUT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE NOT STILL.
ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN REACHING OUT AND ENGAGING, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING THIS ACTION FOR DOWNTOWN.
>> THANK YOU. MAYOR. TERRY, THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
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I'M NEW ON COUNCILS, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE OR THIS GROUP, THIS VISION PLAN, BUT NOT REALLY MUCH DETAIL.THIS WAS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR SOME OF THE STUFF.
ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME AND I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED. I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PUTTING A VISION OF PLANNING INTO OUR DOWNTOWN INSTEAD OF A HODGEPODGE.
BUT I'M CURIOUS WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE BANK PROPERTIES, I'M ASSUMING CHASE OWNS ALL THAT PARKING.
THEN THERE'S SOME CITY LAND IN THERE.
BUT HAS THERE BEEN A STRATEGY OR A THOUGHT TO, HOW DO WE ATTRACT DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP IN THIS VISION? TO THE CITY'S VISION VERSUS DO WE HAVE TO DO SOME ZONING CHANGES? THEN IS THERE A PLAN TO APPROACH BANKS THAT HAVE THESE LARGE FOOTPRINTS DOWNTOWN? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ODDS OF THAT ARE?
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.
IT'S A GOOD ONE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER LAND.
I'M PLAYING IN MY MIND ABOUT WHAT COULD BE, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BANK SITES, THERE IS SOME INTEREST IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FROM DEVELOPERS.
WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TEAM, DAVE MCINTYRE AND JACK FITCH.
I'M WONDERING JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE HELP FACILITATE THESE CONNECTIONS? WE KNOW THERE'S INTEREST.
WE KNOW CHASE BANK HAD THIS PROPERTY FOR SALE YEARS AGO, AND SO WE BELIEVE IN HOPE THERE IS INTEREST.
WE JUST NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION HAPPEN BETWEEN A DEVELOPER AND THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, AND OUR WORK WITH THE CITY TO SORT OF HELP NAVIGATE THAT.
HOW LIKELY ARE THESE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS? NONE OF THEM ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
THE PROPERTY HASN'T CHANGED OWNERSHIP, BUT WE'RE AT THE TIME NOW WITH THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND TO SEE IF WE CAN FACILITATE A DEAL, SO I'M HOPEFUL.
I'M A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER.
I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA, THINKING 10 YEARS OUT OF SEEING MORE GENTLE DENSITY AS HE CALLED IT TO THE EAST AND WHERE THE COURTHOUSE IS AND JUST SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THESE SPACES AND OCCUPYING THE SPACE.
I WANTED TO MENTION TWO THINGS, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS BROUGHT UP THE CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE TOO MUCH PUSHBACK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO DO TO HELP GREASE THESE KIDS HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL DENSITY, WHICH IS A TERM I LIKE, WE'RE CAREFUL TO FRAME IT AS AN URBAN LIFESTYLE.
FAMILY LIVING LIKE YOU ARE A DINK POPULATION, DUAL INCOME, NO KIDS.
NOT AN AU STUDENT, SO WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT DORMITORIES.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING A NEW URBAN FEEL AND CENTER TO FLAGSTAFF AND WE CAN BALANCE OUT THE LANGUAGE ON THAT.
BUT JUST TO BE PREEMPTIVELY CASTING THIS VISION OF A DOWNTOWN WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN LIVE THAT DISASSOCIATES THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PAST THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT DORMITORIES AND THE STRONG FEELINGS THAT THOSE EVOKE.
THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY WITHOUT GETTING TOO DETAILED OR PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT IT, THEN FEEL FREE TO COMMENT ON THAT.
BUT THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY SEE IN THE PRESENTATION IS HOW WE'RE PLANNING OUT FOR SAFETY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH HAS SOME SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER AREAS IN TOWN AND WOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO STREAMLINE AND BRING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CITY APPARATUS.
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I GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.IT'S CURIOUS TO ME THAT'S MISSING FROM HERE.
I THINK IT'S A WORTHY PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE UPFRONT AND A BIG PART OF THIS.
THEN ALSO JUST OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN MOTION THAT WE KNOW ARE HAPPENING AND HOW EXCITED WHERE ABOUT THOSE AND HOW WE USE IT AS A SHOEHORN TO SLIP INTO THIS NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THINGS.
THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTIONS CENTER, THE [INAUDIBLE] FLAG UPGRADES, THE UNDERPASSES THERE GOING TO BE GOING IN FOR PEDESTRIAN USE.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT CONVERSATION IS FACILITATING IN SYNERGISTIC WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, EXCELLENT, THOSE ARE REALLY EXCELLENT POINTS.
YOUR POINT ABOUT INCORPORATING SAFETY, I THINK IS REALLY KEY AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO, SO THE NEXT TIME YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WILL JUMP OUT AT YOU.
WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM POLICE AND FIRE THAT ARE REVIEWING THIS PLAN.
THEY'RE SOME OF THE STAFF THAT I MENTIONED THAT HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT.
NOT ONLY WILL THAT INPUT BE INCORPORATED, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT STANDS OUT MORE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THEIR URBAN LIFESTYLE OR I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR TO GO WITH THAT.
>> YEAH. YOU'RE JUST SPOT ON AND THAT'S WHAT THE DBA STANDS FOR, IS CREATING THIS LIVABLE DOWNTOWN.
PEOPLE THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES AND I MEAN THIS HOUSING, AT ALL COST POINTS.
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ABOVE MARKET-RATE HOUSING, THIS IS AT ALL PRICE POINTS, BUT IT REALLY IS GEARED TOWARDS THE RESIDENT AT THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN, WALK DOWNTOWN, SUPPORT DOWNTOWN, UTILIZE OUR PUBLIC SPACES AS THEIR BACKYARD.
THAT IS BUILT INTO THE VERY NATURE OF THIS PROCESS, BUT YOU'RE SPOT ON AND WE ALIGN WITH THAT ENTIRELY.
>> WONDERFUL. I LIKED THE WAY THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE A MUCH MORE NUANCED, REFINED WAY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT, I HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT FROM YOU.
OH, GEEZ, I THINK THERE WAS ONE MORE THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AND I AM NOT REMEMBERING WHAT IT IS, SO CONVERSATION WILL BE ONGOING NOW.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY.
>> DOES THIS PLAN INCORPORATE WHAT'S GOING ON SOUTH AS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AS WELL?
>> HEIDI, SHE'S CAUSING PROBLEMS. MY QUESTION IS YOUR PLAN.
IT'S A GOOD PLAN. DOES IT INCORPORATE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS?
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY, IT DOES.
THE SITE PLAN THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS PRIMARILY NORTH SIDE, A CHERRY GOING ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO BUTLER AND THEN HUMPHREYS OVER TO ALDEN.
>> YEAH. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF PROJECTS DOWN IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STREET.
THEY WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE.
>> I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. ICELAND'S COMMENTS ABOUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE TIER WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A VARIETY OF TIERS, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT HOUSING AND THAT'S GOOD.
IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF REGULAR HOUSING.
GET THE STUDENTS INTO THE STUDENT HOUSING SO THAT THE LIKE, AN AREA WHERE I LIVE, THE TOWNHOUSES WHICH USED TO BE LIKE ALMOST ALL PEER STUDENTS ARE NOW ALMOST ALL FAMILIES.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY, I THINK OUR VISION IS TO SEE DOWNTOWN DEVELOP AS A TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR DOWNTOWN TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE NEED ALL RESIDENTS, WE NEED FAMILIES, WE NEED RETIRED, WE NEED SINGLES, WE NEED IT ALL.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT OUR BUSINESSES NEED THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP VISITOR DESTINATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE HEIDI AND DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF
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AS OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE MADE DOWNTOWN THE VISITOR DESTINATION THAT IT IS AND I THINK NOW WE NEED TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE DOWNTOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT COULD BE.KEEP OUR VISITOR DESTINATION. WE LOVE IT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED WE NEED TO SEE MORE WHEN OUR VISITORS AREN'T HERE.
I STILL WANT TO SEE OUR SIDEWALKS FILLED WITH PEOPLE.
I WANT PEOPLE COMING TO JAZZ ON THE SQUARE, SUPPORTING OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES WHEN OUR VISITORS AREN'T HERE AND A NEIGHBORHOOD WILL DO THAT.
>> I GUESS YOU WOULD WANT TO CATER TO EVERYBODY FROM FORREST GUMP TO PAUL MCCARTNEY.
>> OH, IT'S JUST GOOD TO MENTION THAT SOUTH OF THE TRACKS THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD ONE BLOCK OVER FROM SAN FRANCISCO, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT COMMUNITY IN MIND BECAUSE IT IS AN OLDER COMMUNITY AND SO I THINK IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON MOVING SOUTH OF THE TRACKS, IT'S WORTH IT TO REACH OUT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, WE WANT TO CAST A REALLY WIDE NET TO ENGAGE EVERYONE WE CAN.
I WILL POINT OUT THOUGH IN TERMS OF THE VISION, I WANT THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND THEIR INPUT WITHOUT QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF THE DOWNTOWN VISION, THE AREAS WHERE OUR EFFORTS REALLY ARE FOCUSED ARE THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
IT'S SAN FRANCISCO, BEAVER, AND A LITTLE BIT OVER BY THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER AND MIKE'S PIKE.
THERE'S ONLY EFFORT TO CONNECT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE ACTUAL IDEAS OF DEVELOPMENT OR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OR HOW DO WE CARE FOR THE CIVIC SPACE, THOSE ARE THE KEY POINTS THAT ARE IN THE VISION RELATED TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
>> BUT THAT DOES AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE THERE, WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING IN THAT CIVIC SPACE AND COMMERCIAL SPACE ON SAN FRANCISCO, IT DOES, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THERE.
>> WE DID THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO OR MAYBE ALMOST A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTPUT IN TERMS OF NOISE AND BARS AND THAT STUFF, SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT AND I GUESS YOU CAN TALK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.
HE CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, PERHAPS I WILL SPEAK WITH CITY MANAGER CLIFTON, BUT I COULD ALSO REACH OUT AND MAYBE JUST GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
>> YEAH. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT DOWNTOWN AS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR GENTLE DENSITY TO BE HAPPENING.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S OUR GATEWAY DRUG IN TERMS OF HOW WE SLIP INTO A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GROWING UP INSTEAD OF OUT AND I JUST THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS OPPOSITION FOR THAT CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEARING OUT.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS WE'RE RELOCATING THE HOSPITAL, AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING UP ON TOP OF HOSPITAL HILL RIGHT NOW WILL CLEARLY PLAY INTO THIS VISIONING PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE VOICE TO THAT.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION TOO MUCH, BUT JUST AS WE'RE REDEVELOPING SOMETHING SOUTH OF THE TRACKS, WHAT'S HAPPENING UP ON THE HILL CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE VIBRANCY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE TOO IS THIS IS A REAL LYNCHPIN OR WHEN THINGS CLICK.
THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR ALL OF US TO BE SHOWCASING AND PROUDLY TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ENGAGE BOTH OF OUR EMERGENCIES THAT WE'VE DECLARED AND SHOW THAT THESE THINGS CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A WAY THAT SYNERGISTIC AND CHECKING ALL BOXES AS OPPOSED TO ZERO SOME OR ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.
JUST A REAL GOOD, FEEL-GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE SHOWCASING HOW WE'RE TACKLING BOTH OF THESE CONCEPTS AT ONCE AND IN A WAY WHERE ALL BOATS ARE LIFTED.
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THEN LASTLY, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MENTION THIS BEFORE.I THINK YOU SAID 160 EVENTS THIS YEAR.
>> THAT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
IT BETRAYS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK ON YOUR PART AND THE PART OF YOUR STAFF.
THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN ORGANICALLY.
THEY NEED TO BE PROGRAMMED AND THE ROLE YOU HAVE IN OUR DOWNTOWN IS ESSENTIAL, AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU FELT SEEN AND APPRECIATED BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF OUR DOWNTOWN BEING OCCUPIED AND FEELING VIBRANT AND KEEPING THINGS SAFE THROUGH A COMMUNITY THAT'S ENGAGED IN UTILIZING THE SPACE.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR ASLAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU. SORRY. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM STARTING HOPEFULLY IN THE FALL, THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, TO ADDRESS THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS AND IT NOW GETS MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY ADDING ALL THESE EVENTS THAT OUR VISITORS FEEL SAFE AND THEY DON'T MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE ENCOUNTERS.
I JUST WANT TO REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON THAT.
I WORKED IN A TOWN THAT HAD A LOT OF CRIME ACTIVITY, AND WE WERE VERY PRESENT TO YOU HAVE ONE BAD INCIDENT, AND IT CAN REALLY HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON FUTURE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN, SO I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM COMING ON BOARD VERY SOON, AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MIGHT EVEN NEED TO BE RAMPED UP A LITTLE BIT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT OUT IN PUBLIC FORUM.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND I WOULD IMAGINE I WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE OUTREACH PROGRAM AND GO THROUGH THOSE DETAILS, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
IT IS VERY NECESSARY TO KEEP PEOPLE FEELING COMFORTABLE WHILE THEY'RE DOWNTOWN.
>> IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE TYLER DENHAM.
TYLER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE, YOU CAN OFFER YOUR COMMENTS NOW.
>> HI. MY NAME IS TYLER DENHAM.
I'M CALLING IN AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT WITH SOME THOUGHTS ON THE DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF VISION AND ACTION PLAN.
A BIT OF EARLY PUBLIC OUTREACH, I SUPPOSE.
ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THE POINTS I INTENDED TO MAKE YOU ACTUALLY COVERED IN YOUR DISCUSSION, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED ON THE PLAN.
AS A RESIDENT OF THE PLANNING AREA, I LIVE RIGHT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
IT WAS A FASCINATING READ, AND OBVIOUSLY TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.
THAT SAID, I DO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
THE PLAN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THE NEED FOR BETTER PARKING MANAGEMENT AND MORE PARKING SUPPLY.
I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE NEED FOR BETTER PARKING MANAGEMENT, BUT I'M A BIT SKEPTICAL OF THE NEED FOR MORE PARKING SUPPLY.
THE SECTION OF DOWNTOWN NORTH OF THE TRACKS IS ALREADY 25-30% OFF-STREET PARKING.
WITH PROPER MANAGEMENT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE APPROPRIATE PRICING AND SHIFTING EXISTING SUPPLY TO A SHARED PARKING MODEL, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY IMPROVE ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD ANY NEW SPACES.
MY FEAR AND WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS IS THAT ADDING MORE PARKING COULD ACTUALLY HURT DOWNTOWN.
LAND UTILIZED FOR PARKING IS LAND THAT CAN BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL SPACE, HOUSING, OR OPEN SPACE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS HOLDING BACK ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF SPACE.
THE PLAN MENTIONS THE OFFICE VACANCY RATE IS ONE PERCENT, AND THE RENTAL VACANCY RATE IS TWO PERCENT.
IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHEN THAT DATA WAS COLLECTED, BUT IF IT STILL HOLDS TRUE, BOTH ARE FAR BELOW HEALTHY LEVELS.
RESIDENTS CLEARLY DESIRE TO WORK AND LIVE IN DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF, BUT WITH VACANCY RATES THAT LOW, NO ONE CAN COME IN WITHOUT SOMEONE ELSE LEAVING.
POTENTIALLY, MORE PARKING LOTS WOULD SHRINK THE PIE WHEN IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S ALREADY NOT ENOUGH PIE TO GO AROUND.
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I WANT TO ZOOM OUT A BIT AND CONNECT THIS TO A BROADER POINT UNDERLYING THE STATEMENT THAT DOWNTOWN NEEDS MORE PARKING IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT MORE VEHICLES MEANS MORE ECONOMIC GROWTH.VEHICLES SUPPORT, GOODS DELIVERY, COMMUTING TO JOBS, AND ACCESS TO BUSINESSES, SO MORE VEHICLES MEANS MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, SO THE THINKING GOES.
BUT THAT ASSUMPTION IS ACTUALLY WRONG.
IT'S TRUE THAT VEHICLE TRAVEL SUPPORTS GOODS DELIVERY, COMMUTING, AND ACCESS TO BUSINESSES, BUT VEHICLE TRAVEL ALSO IMPOSES SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC COSTS; THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ROADWAY OR CRASHES, AIR POLLUTION, AND LOSS OF LAND TO PARKING.
WALKING, BIKING, AND PUBLIC TRANSIT DO THE SAME THINGS AS VEHICLES TRAVEL, BUT AT MUCH LOWER COST.
>> TYLER, I'M SO SORRY, BUT YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.
>> OH, OKAY. YEAH, AND REITERATE, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE PLAN.
GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT PUT WORK INTO IT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO PROVIDE A BRIEF ANSWER? I WOULD WELCOME THE CHANCE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN MORE DETAIL WITH TYLER.
WE'VE TALKED BRIEFLY BEFORE TONIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THE DOWNTOWN VISION GOES AGAINST WHAT TYLER IS SUGGESTING.
I DON'T THINK ANYWHERE IN THE PLAN DO WE CALL FOR MORE SURFACE LOTS.
THAT ISN'T WHAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE AS THE FABRIC OF THEIR DOWNTOWN, BUT AS THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCUR, WHETHER YOU TAKE THE FLAGSTAFF SENIOR LIVING SITE OR IF YOU TAKE THE FORMER MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE SITE, I WOULD ARGUE THAT SOME FORM OF PUBLIC PARKING IS NECESSARY IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE HOUSING OR COULD BE RETAIL, WHEN WE HAVE 90% OF OUR VISITORS THAT DO ARRIVE BY CAR, AND I KNOW WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES TO IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH FREQUENCY AND WITH ADDITIONAL ROUTES.
ALL OF THAT MATTERS, BUT THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF PARKING IN DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC PARKING LOT, OR EXCUSE ME, ONE PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE, WHICH IS AT HERITAGE SQUARE.
THE OTHER TWO PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AT THE FORMER MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE SITE AND THE FLAGSTAFF SENIOR LIVING SITE, BOTH OF THOSE SHOULD AND WILL BE DEVELOPED.
I JUST THINK THAT SOME FORM OF PUBLIC PARKING NEEDS TO BE PART OF IT HIDDEN.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A GARAGE.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE A BLOCK THAT IS DEVELOPED SOLELY AS A PARKING STRUCTURE, BUT PARKING SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO SOME DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY ON THE PERIPHERY OF DOWNTOWN. THAT'S OUR OPINION.
>> THANK YOU. GREAT DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND ON THE SQUARE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE AT THIS MOVIE, BUT I WILL BE AT THE NEXT MOVIE, AND I WILL WELCOME YOU WITH GREAT CELEBRATION.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MOVIES ON THE SQUARE.
>> MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 11,
[11. Review and discuss proposed Procurement Code Manual revisions for amending Articles 1 through 7. To discuss staff proposed revisions to amend Articles 1 through 7 of the City of Flagstaff Procurement Code, and to obtain Council input on recommendations. ]
REVIEW AND DISCUSS PROPOSED PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL REVISIONS FOR AMENDING ARTICLES ONE THROUGH SEVEN.>> LET ME GET THIS LOADED HERE.
I DID HAVE IT ON THE DESKTOP, BUT IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.
I DON'T SEE THE PRESENTATION THAT I HAD ON THERE AS WELL, SO I'M GOING TO PULL THAT UP.
I HAD THEM BOTH ON THERE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, UNLESS YOU SEE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND I PUT IT ON A DESKTOP OVER HERE. LET'S SEE.
>> NO THAT'S THE, THAT'S NOT IT.
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>> LET ME DO THAT, DIG IN THROUGH THAT.
>> HE ACCIDENTALLY DELETED IT.
>> IT'S ALRIGHT, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME.
>> YES, WE CAN HOLD HIM TOMORROW.
>> WE WILL [LAUGHTER] GET A LOOK AT.
>> I JUST SAVED IT. I SAVED TO THE PDF.
>> I SAVED TO THE PDF ON THE S DRIVE AND THAT TEMP FOLDER.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
>> AM I DOING AS A PDF OR AS A POWERPOINT?
>> I'M ALMOST THERE. I'M ALMOST TO THE POWERPOINT.
>> IT'S EASIER TO WORK WITH THE PDF.
>> I REALLY WANT TO BRING UP THE POWERPOINT [LAUGHTER].
I REALLY JUST WANTED TO DO IT THAT WAY.
THAT'S THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
LET ME GET MY READERS OUT HERE [LAUGHTER].
HONORABLE MAYOR, HONORABLE VICE MAYOR, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PATRICK BROWN, YOU'RE PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE SUBJECT PROCUREMENT.
TONIGHT, I AM GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU SOME PROCUREMENT CODE REVISIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS, REVIEWING REVISIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM PER THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE CHAPTER ONE, WE HAVE TO BRING ALL REVISIONS TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL TO COUNSEL AS A RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT SO THAT YOU HAVE A PREVIEW OF IT FOR NEXT WEEK.
PERIODICALLY PURCHASING STAFF WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL AND UPDATE IT TO CURRENT PRACTICES OR ANYTHING, OR ADJUST THE POLICY TO MEET CITY NEEDS.
THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME AND WE NEED TO CHANGE WITH IT.
IN THIS CASE, WE REVIEWED ARTICLES ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
WE'VE MADE SOME REVISIONS TO THOSE ARTICLES, AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING THOSE ARTICLES TONIGHT.
THEN WHATEVER COMES OUT TONIGHT, IF THERE'S REVISIONS FROM COUNCIL, IF NOT, I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH IT AS A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT IT INTO THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL.
QUICK OVERVIEW RESOLUTION TO THESE AMENDMENTS OR RESOLUTION TO THESE AMENDMENTS WILL BE NEXT WEEK.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PRELUDE TO THE PRESENTATION ON THE NEXT PAGE.
WE'LL DISCUSS REVISED ARTICLES FOR THE AMENDING AND PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL.
WILL REVIEW THE AMENDMENT REVISIONS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, PRETTY NEAR THE END, WE'LL DISCUSS FUTURE REVISIONS FOR AMENDING THE PROCUREMENT CODE THAT PROCUREMENT HAS IN MIND.
THE PRELUDE, ARTICLES TO THE AMENDMENT.
WE'RE REVISING THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL IN SECTIONS SO WE'RE DOING ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
IN THIS CASE, THERE'S ACTUALLY 31 ARTICLES TOTAL IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL AND WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE BRINGING ALL 31 ARTICLES TO YOU TONIGHT.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
WE THOUGHT ONE THROUGH SEVEN WOULD BE GOOD.
IF WE CAN HANDLE MORE, MAYBE WE WILL DO MORE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIFIC ONES WE WANT TO LOOK AT FOR NEXT TIME.
NOT ALL ARTICLES HAVE REVISIONS SO WE SAY ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND WE SAY ONE THROUGH SEVEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE BULK OR THE GROUP THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU, NOT ALL OF THE ARTICLES ARE REVISED.
MOST OF THEM ARE, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IN THE ARTICLES ARE REVISED EITHER.
FOR THE FULL AMENDMENTS, FULL REVISIONS.
I'VE ALSO ATTACHED TO THE STAFF SUMMARY A FULL SPECTRUM OF THE REVISIONS IN THE FULL PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
TONIGHT, I'M ONLY GOING OVER SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO YOU OR HAVE HIGHER INTEREST.
MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGING WORDS HERE AND THERE AND I DIDN'T THINK YOU WANTED TO SEE EVERY SINGLE WORD THAT WE'RE CHANGING.
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SECTION C SPEAKS TO THE PURCHASING DIRECTORS' DELEGATION OF PROCUREMENT POWERS TO STAFF.BASICALLY, IT'S PURCHASING, GIVING THE PURCHASING POWERS TO MY STAFF TO DO PROCUREMENTS.
IN THIS REVISION, WE'VE JUST CHANGED IT FROM SAYING PURCHASING STAFF TO CALLING OUT THOSE ACTUAL TITLES WITHIN THERE.
WE HAVE THE PURCHASING MANAGER, SENIOR PROCUREMENT SPECIALISTS, PROCUREMENT SPECIALISTS, AND BUYERS AND THEN WE ALSO CHANGE THAT TO PROCUREMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE TOO INTERESTED IN.
WE'RE REVISING LANGUAGE TO IDENTIFY THOSE TITLES AND THEN MOVING ON TO ARTICLE 2 FOR APPLICABILITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ARTICLE 1 IS NOT FULLY HERE.
WE MAY HAVE SOME OTHER LITTLE REVISIONS, BUT THEY'RE LITTLE, THEY'RE NOT LIKE WORD REVISIONS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO REALLY PUT INTO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS TO CLARIFY ARTICLE 2, SECTION E PARAGRAPH 2, THE INTENT OF THAT ARTICLE IN SECTION.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE RISK MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY WHEN IT HAS TO DEAL WITH LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENTS, THAT THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE IN LITIGATION WITH SOMEBODY AND OUR ATTORNEYS FEEL THERE'S AN EXPERT WITNESS THEY NEED TO HAVE AT THE TRIAL THEY CAN CONTRACT WITH THEM.
THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS BECAUSE AN EXPERT WITNESS IS PRETTY MUCH A SOLE SOURCE.
DEFINITIONS. NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A SLEW OF SOME DEFINITIONS.
ARTICLE 4, FOR THE DEFINITIONS, THEY SUPPORT VARIOUS PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL.
THESE AREN'T REALLY PROCESS OR PROCEDURE CHANGES.
WE'RE ADDING SOME DEFINITIONS TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT'S ALREADY IN THERE, AS WELL AS SUPPORT WHAT WE INTEND TO PUT IN THERE LATER.
YOU'LL SEE HERE, COMPETITION IMPRACRABLE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS IMPRACTICAL TO PUT OUT ON THE STREET FOR THE NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF AN EMERGENCY.
IN AN EMERGENCY, WE CAN PRETTY MUCH DIRECT SELECT, BUT WHEN THERE'S AN URGENCY AND IMMEDIATE NEED AND IT'S HIGH-PROFILE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE THIS.
A GOOD EXAMPLE YOU'VE HEARD RECENTLY AS ARMOR FOR OUR MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY.
NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL PULLED OUT.
WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO HAUL OUR RECYCLES DOWN TO PHOENIX.
THERE'S NO THREAT TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS, BUT WE CAN'T JUST KEEP PUTTING RECYCLES INTO THAT BUILDING.
WE USE THIS AS A MEANS TO HIRE A TRANSPORT COMPANY TO TRANSPORT IT DOWN TO PHOENIX FOR US.
COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACTS.
WE BRING THOSE FEE, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THEM A LOT.
YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF NEXT WEEK TOO.
WE HAVE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN OUR MANUAL FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASES, BUT WE DON'T GIVE A DEFINITION UPFRONT, SO WE'RE JUST PUTTING OUR DEFINITION UPFRONT TO HELP SUPPORT THAT PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
THE PROCUREMENT CODE TALKS A LOT ABOUT SAVING DOCUMENTS IN A FILE OR SOLICITING FOR DOCUMENTS AND PEOPLE TURNING IN HARD BITS.
WELL, WE'VE GONE AWAY FROM THAT.
WE DO EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING, AND THIS IS WHERE I SAY WE PLAN ON PUTTING IN THE FUTURE ARTICLES, SOME PROCESS, AND PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRONIC BIDDING OR SOLICITATIONS AND ELECTRONIC FILING.
THIS IS ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION IS THERE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT FOR WHEN WE GET TO THAT, AND IF COUNCIL REFERS ME TO READ EACH ONE OF THESE.
I'M HAPPY TO DO SO [LAUGHTER].
I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION, BUT I GUESS I DID.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURE, AND THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL IN ARTICLE 19, BUT OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T DEFINE IT UPFRONT BEFORE WE GOT TO IT.
AGAIN, THAT'S FOR PROCUREMENTS THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS AND OR STAFF, IF IT'S SOMETHING IN THE FACILITY.
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>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT SORRY [LAUGHTER].
I JUST MOVED OVER ON MY PAGE [LAUGHTER].
I'M SURPRISED THAT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY DO THAT WITH MY EYES. I DON'T KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. GRANT AS YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE, WE TALK ABOUT GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL AND HOW THEY RELATE TO OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DEFINE IT AS WELL.
THEN ONLINE BIDDING AND I WANT TO MAKE A CAVEAT HERE THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A REVISION TO THIS REVISION BEFORE NEXT WEEK.
ONLINE BIDDING IS INACCURATE, BIDDING AS PROCUREMENT TYPE, THERE'S ALSO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND ARE SO ACCUSED, THIS WILL BE CHANGED TO ONLINE SOLICITATIONS.
EVERYWHERE YOU SEE IN THAT DEFINITION WHERE IT SAYS BIDS OR BIDDING, IT'LL BE CHANGED TO SOLICITATIONS OR SUBMITTALS.
MORE DEFINITIONS. YOU'VE SEEN THESE IN MY PURCHASING 101 PRESENTATION ON APRIL 11TH.
I LIKE TO GET THE ACRONYMS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ALL THINK THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE.
I WENT AHEAD AND PUT THIS IN HERE, JUST MORE DEFINITION JUST TO KEEP IT IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT AN INVITATION FOR BID IS AND WHAT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND WHAT DIFFERENTIATES THEM BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
I WANT TO PUT THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION AND IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL.
UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASE, SO IN ARTICLE 5, THESE TWO ITEMS ARE REVISING THE LANGUAGE AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE MORE IMPORTANT TO BE IN HERE, SOMETHING OF INTEREST.
WE'RE CHANGING THE LANGUAGE FROM STATING THAT THE FORMAL THRESHOLD IS $50,000, WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY TO THE FORMAL THRESHOLD AS DESCRIBED IN THE CITY CHARTER, AND THE REASON I'M DOING THAT, AND YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO VOTERS SOME CHANGES TO THE CHARTER, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO RAISE THAT FORMAL THRESHOLD TO $100,000.
I WANTED TO CHANGE IT TO THIS SO THAT IF IT PASSES OR WHEN IT PASSES, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER CHANGE AND IT WILL HOLD TRUE FOR ANY OTHER PURCHASING DIRECTORS OUT THERE THAT CHANGE IT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU'LL SEE THE SAME TYPE OF LANGUAGE AS WE GO THROUGH ARTICLE 7.
ARTICLE 7 ON SECTION A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INFORMAL PROCUREMENT LIMIT.
HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INFORMAL, ANYTHING UNDER 50,000, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
PROCUREMENT OF ANY MATERIALS, SERVICES, LEASES, OR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LESS THAN THE FORMAL THRESHOLD.
THERE'S THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN, AS DESCRIBED IN THE CITY CHARTER, SHALL BE MADE BY FORMAL PROCEDURES.
ITEM 2; THE PURCHASES LESS THAN THE FORMAL THRESHOLD AND THE CITY CHARTER MAY BE MADE UTILIZING A FORMAL PROCESS IF, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS, THE OTHER ONE SAYS, WE'LL DO IT IN AN INFORMAL PROCESS, BUT THE SECOND ONE SAYS WE MAY DO IT AS A FORMAL PROCESS AND HERE'S WHY.
IF IT'S DEEMED BY THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO BE IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY OR DEEMED BY THE CITY MANAGER AS A MATTER OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST AND OR POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY OR IN INSTANCES THAT THE CITY MANAGER DEEMS NECESSARY.
MR. CLIFTON, CITY MANAGER CLIFTON CAN COME TO US AND SAY WE NEED TO PUT THIS OUT FORMALLY.
>> IS THIS A GOOD TIME FOR A COMMENT, MAYOR?
>> THANK YOU, PATRICK, FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT TO WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
THIS HAS GARNERED A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND FRANKLY, STEMMING FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL, EITHER AT THE DAIS OR INDIVIDUALLY AND THERE HAVE BEEN INTERESTS OR INCIDENTS OR EVENTS OR TOPICS RATHER THAT HAVE BEEN OF INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL, BUT HAVE NOT FOUND THEIR WAY TO THE DAIS BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER THE THRESHOLD.
THIS IS A VERY MEANINGFUL AMENDMENT THAT WILL NOW, GOING FORWARD, ENABLE THE MANAGER'S OFFICE OR
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THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TO BRING THINGS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, EVEN IF THEY DON'T MEET THE THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT.YOU CAN THINK OF INSTANCES WHERE IN THE PAST WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVENIENT AND APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE AND ONE THAT WE THINK REFLECTS COUNCIL'S OBJECTIVES.
THE NEED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON MATTERS OF HIGH INTEREST.
WE ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD BECAUSE WHAT THIS ADD-ON PROVISION DOES UNDER SECTION 2 IS GIVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT EVEN WITH A HIGHER THRESHOLD, COUNCIL WILL SEE ITEMS OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST OR OF POTENTIAL CONTROVERSIAL INTEREST.
JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT EXPLANATION. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. PATRICK, DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT YOUR PROCESS ESSENTIALLY REMAINS THE SAME? LET ME JUST SAY IT. YOUR PROCESS REMAINS THE SAME.
THE THING THAT CHANGES IS WHETHER YOU BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR AN OFFICIAL VOTE OR APPROVAL.
>> CORRECT. WE HAVE TWO INSTANCES HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GO WITH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THAT AS WELL.
THIS SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SOLICITING.
IN THIS INSTANCE, MYSELF AND CITY MANAGER CAN SAY WE NEED TO PUT THIS OUT FORMALLY.
WE NEED TO DO A FORMAL PROCUREMENT ON THIS RATHER THAN THE INFORMAL WHERE WE OBTAIN QUOTES, THAT THING.
LET'S PUT IT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND LET'S DO A FORMAL PROCESS.
THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE INTO THE NEXT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS A QUESTION.
>> WELL, A KEY PART OF THAT IS IT WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL AS OPPOSED TO IT WOULD JUST GO THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVELY, CORRECT?
>> I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST ONE CASE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WHICH I DON'T NEED TO BRING UP.
BUT WHERE IT WAS UNDER THE AMOUNT.
BUT IT SHOULD HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT WAS POLITICALLY SENSITIVE AND MR. CLIFTON HAS THIS POLICY OF WHEN IN DOUBT, BRING IT TO COUNCIL, AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AGAIN. GREAT, SEGUE TO THIS NEXT SLIDE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE INFORMAL LIMIT.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT IT SAYS THAT THE INFORMAL LIMIT UNDER 50,000 RIGHT NOW ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED AND AWARDED BY CITY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ADDING ITEM 4; THE CITY MANAGER RESERVES THE AUTHORITY TO BRING ANY CONTRACT RESULTING FROM AN INFORMAL PROCUREMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO OBTAIN INPUT IN MATTERS OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST AND OR POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY OR IN INSTANCES THAT THE CITY MANAGER DEEMS NECESSARY.
THE FIRST PART WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WAY WE PROCURE IT.
THE SECOND ONE WAS, HEY, WE'RE TAKING IT TO COUNCIL. THE NEXT ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FORMAL PROCUREMENT LIMIT.
ANY PROCUREMENTS AT THE FORMAL THRESHOLD, THERE'S THAT LANGUAGE AS DESCRIBED IN THE CITY CHARTER, SHALL BE MADE BY FORMAL PROCESS, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT HAS TO GO OUT ON AN RFP IFP RSOQ, WHAT HAVE YOU.
THEN NUMBER TWO TALKS ABOUT ANY MATERIALS, BASICALLY ANY PROCUREMENT AT THE FORMAL THRESHOLD AS DESCRIBED BY CITY CHARTER OR HIGHER, ARE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED AND AWARDED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE ONLY THING IN THESE TWO IS CHANGING THAT 50,000 TO FORMAL THRESHOLD BY THE CHARTER.
BUT I WANTED TO PUT THEM IN HERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S IN THE CHARTER THAT WE HAVE TO BRING THESE THINGS TO YOU.
ARTICLE 7, THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE.
ON APRIL 11TH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT 101, I INTRODUCED TO YOU OR SHOWED YOU THE THRESHOLD WITHIN THE INFORMAL PROCESS, AND IN THAT WE HAD LIMITS THAT WERE UP TO 5,000 AS A DIRECT SELECT,
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5,000-15,000 WAS A VERBAL WITH DOCUMENTED QUOTES, AND THEN 15,000-50,000 OR 49,999 ARE WRITTEN QUOTES ON COMPANY LETTERHEAD.HERE WE'RE CHANGING IT A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE OF TIMES, WE REALLY DON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF VERBAL QUOTES ANYTHING.
EMAIL PROVIDES US EVERYTHING WE NEED NOW.
EVERYBODY GETS QUOTES VIA EMAIL, SO IT'S A WRITTEN QUOTE.
WE'RE CHANGING SOME OF THE THRESHOLDS UNDERNEATH THE 50,000.
ITEM B, WE'RE CHANGING 5,000-25,000 FOR A DIRECT SELECT.
WHEN THE PROCUREMENT CODE WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN 2013, THE THRESHOLDS WE HAD ESTABLISHED, MADE MORE SENSE.
NOW, GOODS AND SERVICES COST SO MUCH MORE AND WE DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT FOR 5,000 ANYMORE.
WELL, IT MAY SEEM LIKE 25,000 IS ROBUST, THAT WILL CARRY US FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WITH THAT 25,000, THEY SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES.
THE PURCHASING AGENT OR REQUESTING DIVISION OR SECTION MAY DIRECT SELECT THE VENDOR OF CHOICE FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANY MATERIAL OR SERVICES OR CONSTRUCTIONS REQUESTED.
IN ITEM C, IT GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, 25,000 UP TO ONE DOLLAR LESS THAN THE FORMAL THRESHOLD BY THE CITY CHARTER.
WE CHANGED THAT BECAUSE OF OUR CHARTER REVISIONS WE'RE ASKING FOR, WILL BE CONDUCTED.
IT'S NOT IN THIS, BUT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THREE WRITTEN QUOTES.
THAT'S THREE WRITTEN QUOTES ON THEIR COMPANY LETTERHEAD AND SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THAT COMPANY.
ANYTHING FROM RIGHT NOW 25,000-50,000 OR 49,999 WILL REQUIRE WRITTEN QUOTES ON THE COMPANY LETTERHEAD.
IF CHARTER REVISIONS GO THROUGH 25,000 UP TO 100,000 OR 99,999.
[LAUGHTER] I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE.
[NOISE] THIS IS REVISING THAT FIRST THRESHOLD, WE'VE CUT OUT THE VERBAL ALTOGETHER AND WE WENT FROM DIRECT SELECT RIGHT TO WRITTEN.
THIS SLIDE IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR US TO HAVE THESE THINGS ON FILE.
ANYTHING OVER $25,001 UP TO THE GENERAL OR THE FORMAL THRESHOLD WE NEED TO HAVE IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE OR IN THE PROCUREMENT FILE SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE IT FILED IN OUR PROCUREMENT FILES.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION IN THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING RIGHT HERE. NEXT ONE.
SO THAT'S ACTUAL ARTICLES ONE THROUGH SEVEN ARE REVISIONS BEFORE I GO INTO FUTURE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? FUTURE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, PURCHASING IS LOOKING AT, AND WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT A COUPLE OF ACTIONS THAT THE CITY IS UNDERGOING.
RIGHT NOW IT'S THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
SO FOR FUTURE REVISIONS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT CLIMATE ACTION AND CARBON NEUTRALITY.
I SPOKE WITH NICOLE ANTONOPOULOS A LITTLE BIT.
IT WASN'T QUICK, BUT WE CHATTED ABOUT THIS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A MULTI-TIERED APPROACH TO UPDATE, ENHANCE THE SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING POLICY.
WE HAVE SOME SUSTAINABLE LANGUAGE IN OUR PROCUREMENT CODE, BUT IT'S MINIMAL.
IT'S ARTICLE 27. IT'S BRIEF AND LIMITED.
SO WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO COVER FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT GUIDING PRINCIPLES, POLICY OBJECTIVES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, IDENTIFYING THOSE IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL, AND THEN A PROCEDURE REVIEW.
THIS IS WHAT NICOLE AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS AND WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
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AS I STATED, PURCHASING IS WORKING WITH SUSTAINABILITY.WE'RE GOING TO RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES IN OTHER LEADING PUBLIC AGENCIES.
WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK AND IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE ARTICLE 27, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE THERE, IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT, OR MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE IT ITS OWN ARTICLE IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE MANUAL, ARTICLE 32, SUSTAINABILITY OR CLIMATE ACTION.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET.
WE'LL CONDUCT PEER AND PUBLIC REVIEWS AND WE WILL ESTABLISH A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE I HAVE TIMELINE IN THERE, BUT IT'S A TENTATIVE TIMELINE.
THERE IT IS. TENTATIVE TIMELINE.
PURCHASING AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE GOING TO MEET MID JULY.
TO KICK THIS OFF, WE'RE GOING TO START DEVELOPING OUR PLAN OF ATTACK.
WHAT WE SEE IS WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME RESEARCH WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN AUGUST, CANVAS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.
THEN WE WANT TO DEVELOP A TEAM OF EXPERTS, AND WE WANT TO DO THAT IN SEPTEMBER.
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'LL WANT TO HAVE SUSTAINABLE COLLEAGUES ON THERE FROM BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.
PROCUREMENT COLLEAGUES FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.
THEN WE WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LEGAL COLLEAGUE ON THERE TO HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN FROM THAT, WE HOPE TO ESTABLISH A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE IN MID SEPTEMBER.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TENTATIVE TIMELINE.
THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO.
OUR GOAL IS TO BRING SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL FOR PROCUREMENT CODE REVISION SOMETIME AROUND THE FIRST-QUARTER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
FINALLY, OUR OTHER FUTURE REVISIONS.
WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OTHER EMERGENCY OR HOUSING EMERGENCY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
HOUSING AND PROCUREMENT POLICY.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THAT FITS YET.
I'M GOING TO MEET WITH OUR HOUSING FOLKS, CHAT ABOUT THAT, SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH THEM.
THEY KNOW I'M COMING. I'VE ALREADY CALLED AND TALKED TO THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO RESEARCH OR I'M GOING TO RESEARCH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, SEE IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW IT'S WORKING.
SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO TRY TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR POLICY, AND THEN WE'LL RESEARCH WHAT VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS MIGHT BE SEEING OUT THERE.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF JUST THE PUBLIC AGENCY, I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE OUT THERE BUILDING THE STUFF OR WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, SEE IF THEY CAN GIVE US A BIT OF INSIGHT TO WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
MAYBE WE CAN PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THAT.
THEN, OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW THE TIMELINE IS UNDETERMINED BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING AFTER OR HOW IT INCORPORATES WITH THE PROCUREMENT CODE POLICY.
I DO KNOW I WANT TO PURSUE IT BECAUSE IF I DON'T, WE ABSOLUTELY WON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TARGETING THE POINTS THAT COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR PREVIOUSLY.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE A TIMELINE, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S MOVEMENT ON IT.
>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOMED. THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS.
I KNOW COUNCIL HAS MADE IT VERY KNOWN THAT CLIMATE AND HOUSING ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT.
>> COUNCIL. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THIS POINT,
[12. Public Participation]
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 2 FROM MAYOR,[13. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]
COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.I WILL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER MCCARTHY.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT MAYOR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR, I'LL TRY AND MAKE THIS QUICK. LET'S SEE.
LAST FRIDAY I TOOK THE TOUR OF THE WILDCAT HILL WASTEWATER PLANT AND IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION TO SEE THE FUTURE AND THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING.
SUNDAY, I ATTENDED THE FUNDRAISER AT WARNER'S NURSERY FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY HUMANE.
THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT WITH LOTS OF MONEY RAISED.
YESTERDAY I STOPPED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
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WE DID A MURAL UNVEILING AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF KAYLEE QUICK AND HER TEAM, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.THE MURAL IS BEAUTIFUL, YOU SHOULD ALL STOP BY AND SEE IT.
THEN, THIS FRIDAY I'LL BE ATTENDING THE GRADUATION OF OUR NEWEST FIREFIGHTERS SERVING THE GREATER FLAGSTAFF REGION.
AFTER THAT, I'LL BE HEADING TO HERITAGE SQUARE HOPEFULLY WITH ALL OF YOU TO SEE JUMANJI.
IT'S ONE OF THE FREE EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY PROVIDED BY THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST BRIEFLY, LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY THROUGH THE LIVE BLACK EXPERIENCE PROJECT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH ERICA ALEXANDER, WHO WAS BORN IN WINSLOW, ARIZONA, BUT WAS ALSO RAISED IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA FOR A TIME.
SHE SPOKE JUST VERY HIGHLY OF HER EXPERIENCE AND THE IMPACT THAT FLAGSTAFF IN NORTHERN ARIZONA HAD ON HER.
I WANTED TO RAISE THAT BECAUSE SHE WILL BE ACTUALLY COMING TO FLAGSTAFF TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE IMPACT THAT FLAGSTAFF HAS HAD ON HER AND HER FAMILY, AND ALSO REFLECT ON HOW FLAGSTAFF HAS CHANGED SINCE THE TIME THAT SHE WAS HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH A RENOWNED ACTRESS, ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST, SO MANY BUCKETS THAT SHE ENROLLS THAT SHE FILLS FOR COMMUNITY, SO I THINK IT'S GOING BE A WONDERFUL TIME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED OUR MONTHLY MOUNTAIN LINE MEETING.
IT HAS A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS COMING UP.
THEN, THIS FRIDAY, I WILL PARTICIPATE IN I THINK IT'S A MONTHLY, MAYBE BI-MONTHLY CONVERSATION THROUGH NALA FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND CIVILITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THEN AS WELL LATER THAT AFTERNOON, THE RECRUITMENT GRADUATION, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.
>> I'LL BE ATTENDING THE MOVIE.
>> THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION RIGHT NOW IS ALMOST ALL DAY RETREAT THIS COMING FRIDAY FOR THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE JOANNE IS GOING TO BE THERE WITH US HELPING TO FACILITATE.
LOOK BACK AT GREG, I HOPE YOU'LL BE JOINING US AS WELL AND OTHERS ARE WELCOME AND INVITED.
IT'S GOING TO BE LOOK BACK AT THE COCONINO PLATEAU WATER ADVISORY PARTNERSHIPS PAST.
DOING A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL SEARCHING AND VISION CASTING.
IF YOU NEED THE LOCATION FOR THAT, PLEASE ASK ME, I'LL GET IT TO YOU SHORTLY.
IT'S IN MOUNTAIN AIR AT THE HIGHLANDS FIRE DISTRICT STATION AND IT WILL START AT, MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT STARTS, I THINK IT'S 9:00 AM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST, I TOOK A GREAT TOUR OF KINDER CAMP AND THIS THURSDAY I'LL BE GOING TO THE BRIDGING OVER CEREMONY, WHICH IS THEIR GRADUATION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ADORABLE.
COUNCILMEMBER SWEET AND I TOOK THE LUNAR ROVER TOUR AT USGS AND IT WAS SO GOOD.
I RECOMMEND THAT ALL OF YOU GO DO IT AND AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THIS POINT TO SEE IT, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH SEEING.
LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR HOBBES WAS HERE FOR MANY MEETINGS, AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET WITH HER ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS AND COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOANNE KEEN.
COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS AND HOUSE DID A FANTASTIC JOB TALKING TO THE GOVERNOR ABOUT OUR HOUSING NEEDS HERE, LOCALLY.
WE DID HAVE A GREAT MURAL RECEPTION AND I THINK MY FAVORITE PART YESTERDAY EVENING WAS THE FAMILIES AND THEIR REACTION TO THE WORK THAT THEIR STUDENTS DID.
THERE IS A WATERSHED CLEANUP THIS SATURDAY, JULY 1ST, 9-11.
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SOUNDS LIKE I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER SWEET AND COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS, AND CITY MANAGER.IF YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN, THAT'S THE PLACE TO BE WITH US ON JULY 1ST.
ON JULY 1ST, THE CITY COUNCIL IS SPONSORING MOVIES ON THE SQUARE, AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE, I LOOKED IT UP AND IT IS THE NEW JUMANJI WITH THE ROCK SO IT'S WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE.
LIVE MUSIC AND ACTIVITIES START AT 4:00 AND THEN THE MOVIE STARTS AT DUSK.
HOPEFULLY, ALL OF US OR MOST OF US CAN BE THERE.
WE'LL BE SPONSORING ANOTHER ONE LATER ON IN THE YEAR.
JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, THIS IS MORE FOR THE PUBLIC.
OUR COUNCIL MEETING IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, JULY 3RD BECAUSE THE FOURTH IS A HOLIDAY AND THEN THERE WILL BE NO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR JULY OR AUGUST.
BUT I KNOW SOME OF US ARE HOPING TO GET AWAY FOR PART OF IT, BUT ALL OF US WILL BE HERE FOR SOME OF IT FOR SURE.
>> I THINK WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEETING IN LATE AUGUST.
AM I NOT CORRECT? BUT THE LAST WEEK OR SOMETHING.
>> THANK YOU. THEN AS FAR AS THE MOVIE, L'LL BE THERE AROUND 4:00.
>> LET ME CLARIFY WITH DBA AND CONFIRM WITH YOU ALL WHAT TIME WE SHOULD BE THERE.
>> OR YOU SEND US AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] VICE MAYOR, MY GOODNESS. CITY MANAGER.
[LAUGHTER] MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF WE GO TWO MORE MINUTES, I'M GOING TO LOSE THIS BET TO STERLING.
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. [LAUGHTER].
>> WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.