Oct 10, 2023 City Council Work Session

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ALL RIGHT. 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).]

THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL'S WORK SESSION.

I'M CALLING IT TO ORDER.

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.

CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL? COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? IT WOULD BE MY WOULD BE MY HONOR.

PLEASE STAND.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY WOULD YOU READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, WOULD YOU READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT? YES, IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE.

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

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

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

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

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS 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.]

IT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION APPEARS TWICE ON OUR AGENDA NOW, AND AT THE END 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, WHICH IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORDING CLERK.

I'LL CALL YOU UP.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL GET STARTED.

JONATHAN DAVIS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I APPRECIATE IT. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

SO I WANTED TO DISCUSS I'M SORRY, THE WAY I LOOK, I RAN ALL THE WAY HERE TO GET HERE ON TIME.

I WANTED TO BRING ANOTHER ISSUE UP, AND I'M NOT GOING TO COME BACK HERE AND KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, I PROMISE.

BUT THERE IS A FURTHER ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION THAT'S NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT.

A DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE BLIND, THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGHT PROBLEMS. I WENT DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION TODAY, FLAGSTAFF PD.

I WENT DOWN TO THE JAIL AND I MADE SOME COMPLAINTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE BRAILLE UP THERE FOR THE BLIND.

I HAPPEN TO BE WORKING WITH SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT HAVE SIGHT PROBLEMS, AND THEY MADE THAT KNOWN TO ME THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM INSIDE OF THE HOSPITALS.

THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT BRAILLE, NOT A SUFFICIENT DIRECTORY OF INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGHT PROBLEMS. THE LIBRARY JUST OPENED OUT BRAILLE AND I GAVE THEM SOME INSTRUCTION ON THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO BETTER FOR IT.

BUT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE LIBRARY AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING DOWN THERE.

BUT IT'S A REALLY BIG ISSUE BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY HAS A SIGHT PROBLEM, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM IF THEY CAN'T SEE FULLY, TRY TO GET OVER ON THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO SOMETIMES THEY MAY WANT TO KEEP IT TO THEMSELVES.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND OUT HERE THAT GOT THAT ISSUE, N OBODY KNOWS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF MISCOMMUNICATION OR MISINFORMATION OR LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THEM, LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE, THINGS COME OUT OF IT.

SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, MISINFORMATION ON THE MEDICAL RECORD, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.

SO I WANTED TO JUST CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND I WOULD INVITE YOU GUYS TO MAKE IT MAYBE MAKE IT SOME SORT OF REQUIREMENT FOR BUSINESSES TO HAVE SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S JUST THE NAME OF THEIR BUSINESS IN BRAILLE.

AND THE LAST THING I WOULD CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COULD MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT YOU HIRE OR SOMEBODY THAT COULD GO AND LOOK THROUGH THESE PLACES AND

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AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SORRY ABOUT THE WAY I LOOK RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID I RAN ALL THE WAY OVER HERE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU.

ANDY FERNANDEZ.

OKAY. ANDY FERNANDEZ, BORN AND RAISED IN FLAGSTAFF, BEEN HERE ALMOST 60 YEARS.

NOW MY SCENARIO HERE IS I'M NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THIS OTHER GENTLEMAN HERE BECAUSE I'LL COME IN, I'LL HARP AND I'LL I'LL GET ON YOUR GUYS'S BUTTS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE DOING MESSED UP, MESSED UP GARBAGE CRAP ON MANY OCCASIONS.

NOW THE SCENARIO IS I'M GOING TO ADDRESS NEPOTISM AND THE GREED AND VANITY.

SO THE BIBLE, PSALM 72 ALSO PETER, THE 2.2.3.

GREED AND EXPLOITING AND FALSEHOODS.

FALSEHOODS, FALSE WORDS CONDEMNATION IS IS NOT IDLE.

THEIR DISTINCTION IS BY THE LORD WHO WILL BE COMETH.

NOW THE SCENARIO IS LIKE I SAID, I ADDRESSED LAST WEEK ABOUT SOME SCENARIOS AND THERE ARE SOME SCENARIOS I KIND OF LEFT OUT AND I KIND OF CAME IN AND AD LIBBING, WHICH I U SUALLY TRY TO AVOID. BUT LATELY IT'S BEEN KIND OF THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE CASE.

ANYWAY LAST WEEK I CAME IN AND ADDRESSED THE ISSUES THAT I ADDRESSED, AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE SOME OF THOSE AGAIN.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS PROPOSITION 460, 64.

THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE NO AND THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S TRANSPIRING.

I PLACED A BID HERE FOR THE CITY HERE OVER 18 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS A CORRUPT SYSTEM.

I'VE SEEN THE NEPOTISM.

SAME THING WHEN I DID DOWN DOWN SOUTH AND I GET I GET THE LOWEST BID YET I I'M NOT I AM NOT ALLOTED THE AWARDED THE CONTRACT WHY EVEN THOUGH I WENT THROUGH ALL THE ALL THE HOOPS I JUMPED ALL THE HOOPS, EVERYTHING I HAD TO GO GET $1 MILLION BOND AND EVERYTHING.

AND I STILL I WAS ROBBED AND FACILITATED CORRUPTION, JUST LIKE I DID WHEN I RAN FOR CONGRESSMAN AND THE CAPITAL.

ALL THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO FACILITATE A DISTRICT.

IT HAS HAS TO QUANTIFY ALL THE SPECIFICS, BUT THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME THE PETITION SIGNATURE.

I'M OUT FOR 14 MONTHS.

AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED 987,000 PLUS, WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS COMBINED.

AND ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A REPUBLICAN STATE.

NOW, AGAIN, REGARDING THE SCENARIO WITH WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I CAMPAIGNED FOR THE PREVIOUS MAYOR EVANS FOR A COUPLE OF GO ROUNDS, BUT THEN SHE STARTED GETTING A LITTLE MUCH HER HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR.

AND I THINK MRS. HOUSE FROM THE COUNCIL HERE ACTUALLY HAS DONE SOME WORK WITH HER.

AND I THINK IT WAS A NEGATIVE SCENARIO.

NOW, AGAIN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 1999, THEY GOING TO MAKE IT ALL GREAT WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND HUD, ALL THESE NEPOTISM SYSTEMS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALL GOP WITH A BUNCH OF DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GETTING THEIR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR.

AND THEY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE MAKING THIS HOUSING AFFORDABLE SCENARIO RIGHT OFF OF FOURTH STREET.

WE HAVE OUR FAMILY HAS SEVERAL RENTALS IN THAT AREA.

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAID AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE HAD THE CITY COUNCIL LIED TO ME FOR NINE MONTHS AND WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE TRUTH, FINALLY TOLD ME, OH, IT'S GOING TO BE $145,000 WELL THE HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET AT $43,000-$49,0000.

THAT'S THAT'S CORRUPTION.

HERE THE CITY COUNCIL NAGGED THE SOUTH SIDE, SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS OWNERS.

LET'S GO ONE WAY, FIVE MONTHS HERE, NUMEROUS MEETINGS.

THEN THEY PROMISED.

THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.

YOUR TIME IS UP. IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.

WE'LL PUT THEM BACK TO TWO WAYS.

THEY'VE RENEGED ON THE DEAL. THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. YOUR TIME IS UP.

THE BUSINESSMAN CAME IN AND THEY SHOWED HIM THEIR TEXT.

THEY SAID, WE WANT THEM RETURNED BACK.

THEY LIED AND THEY NEVER DID IT.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. REVIEW OF THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER 17TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[5. Review of Draft Agenda for the October 17, 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.]

YES. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PULL ITEM 10B AND PUT IT ON A FUTURE WORK SESSION.

IT IS REGARDING THE RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM.

STERLING DO WE NEED A SECOND TO? OR I'VE NEVER HAD THIS COME UP.

NO. IF THERE'S A DESIRE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER TO DO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED IF THE CITY MANAGER WANTS TO DO THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN.

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FOR RAISING THE ISSUE.

IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO GAUGE COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN PUMPING THIS TO A WORK SESSION.

IF THERE IS INTEREST IN DOING SO I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WORK SESSION THAT WOULD BE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

I TAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE.

I BELIEVE TWO OF THEM BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

TWO ADDITIONAL ONES.

THANK YOU. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS IS ALSO IN FAVOR.

YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE A PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT WITHOUT THE PENDING ACTION ITEM REQUESTS.

SO I'D REALLY LIKE THIS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

I THINK WE ALL AGREE AND I'D REALLY LIKE TIME TO FREELY ASK MORE QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH AND HAVE SOME RESOLUTION BEFORE IT GOES TO AN ACTION ITEM.

SO WE CAN EXPECT THAT ON AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION AGENDA.

YES. THANK YOU.

YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY? WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF THAT AGAIN? JUST FOR MY NOTES.

10B. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE PROCLAMATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

[6. Proclamation: Domestic Violence Awareness Month]

IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND JOIN US UP HERE, WE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

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AND THEN I'M GOING TO OFFER SOMEONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AFTER THIS.

SO IF SOMEONE COULD PREPARE THEMSELVES.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR, OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAINING POWER AND CONTROL OVER AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

1 IN 3 WOMEN AND 1 IN 4 MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT, PHYSICAL ASSAULT AND OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER DURING THEIR LIFETIME.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN A FAMILY INCREASES THE RISK OF OTHER VIOLENCE IN THE HOME, INCLUDING CHILD ABUSE.

DURING 2022 ACROSS ARIZONA, AT LEAST 101 INDIVIDUALS WERE KILLED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED INCIDENTS. THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDED 2,208 CALLS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 2022.

467 MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS THAN IN 2021.

WITNESSING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME DURING CHILDHOOD IS AN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE, AND WE'LL OFTEN HEAR THAT REFERRED TO AS ACE, WHICH THROUGHOUT WHICH WITHOUT PROPER SUPPORT, CAN LEAD TO GREATER RISK OF NEGATIVE LASTING IMPACTS ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGHOUT THE CHILD'S LIFETIME.

SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXHIBIT AMAZING COURAGE, STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF SUCH VIOLENCE AND DESERVE FLAGSTAFFS' SUPPORT.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ENCOURAGES ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WORK TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I BECKY DAGGETT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2023 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, AND CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF TO JOIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, VICTIM ADVOCACY GROUPS AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.

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[APPLAUSE] DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO TAKE A PHOTO? OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OR DOES SOMEONE WISH TO SPEAK? IS THIS THE WAY THIS WORKS? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I KNOW WE COME AND DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND IT SEEMS LIKE IS THIS EVER GOING TO STOP? BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT SHOWS THOSE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE, THAT ARE STILL DILIGENTLY WORKING AT THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE FAMILY REUNION EVERY TIME WE COME HERE, ALTHOUGH WE DEAL WITH EACH OTHER ALL DAY LONG TRYING TO HELP SURVIVORS FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO TO COPE AND TO DEAL WITH THEIR PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH.

SO THE SUPPORT IS HUGE.

WE THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING IT.

AND JUST THE MORE AND MORE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT AND THAT YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SUPPORT AND HELP OUT THERE, THE MORE THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A NON DISCRIMINATE TYPE OF VICTIMIZATION, THE MORE THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO REFER AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I SAW SOME PEOPLE COME ACCEPT A PROCLAMATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

LET ME LOOK THAT UP AND FIND SOME HELP FOR YOU.

SO THE MORE THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED, THE MORE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO BE HERE LESS AND LESS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].

THANKS, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I WILL PASS THESE AROUND AS WELL.

WE WERE GIVEN THESE CARDS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE SUGGESTED THAT I READ IT.

SO I ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU ARE WORTHY OF LOVE AND RESPECT.

YOU ARE ENOUGH AND YOU MATTER.

YOU DESERVE A LIFE FREE FROM FEAR.

YOU ARE POWERFUL AND RESILIENT.

YOU DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH KINDNESS.

YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY YOUR PAST.

YOU ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE.

AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE BUSINESS LISTENING TOUR.

[7. Business Listening Tour - Healthcare Receive information about area businesses that are part of the bio-medical research and development, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. Council may be invited to a future tour of the facilities of the businesses represented. ]

SO THANK YOU. I'LL JUST START OVER.

I'M JOHN SALTONSTALL.

I'M THE BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

THANKS FOR LETTING US BE HERE TONIGHT FOR ONE OF OUR QUARTERLY BUSINESS LISTENING TOURS.

BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS, I JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL FAST FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICES.

YOU ALL APPROVED A COUPLE CONTRACTS, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS.

JACK FITCHETT AND I ARE HEADING UP THESE EFFORTS, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THESE TWO CONSULTANTS ARE COORDINATED WITH THEIR OUTREACH TO REALLY MAXIMIZE EVERYBODY'S TIME.

SO THAT'S JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.

AND NOW FOR OUR PRESENTERS, WE HAVE FIRST IN THE ORDER THAT THEY'LL PRESENT IS TYLER KASPRZYK.

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WE'VE GOT DR.

ANNE NEWLAND, WHO IS THE CEO OF NORTH COUNTRY HEALTHCARE.

WE'VE GOT DYLAN MOORE WITH BEN CENTERS REPRESENTING ARIZONA LIVER HEALTH.

AND FINALLY, DR.

AARON TABOR, THE VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR AXOLOTL BIOLOGICS.

SO WITH THAT, TYLER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

MY NAME IS TYLER.

I'VE BEEN WITH POBA FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS NOW AND POBA HAS BEEN AT OUR CURRENT LOCATION FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS OUT BY THE BUSINESS PARK, BY THE AIRPORT.

SO OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO MOVE RAPIDLY, DESIGN LOGICALLY AND DELIVER RELIABLY.

AND SO USING THESE THREE STATEMENTS REALLY HAS FORMED HOW WE APPROACH OUR BUSINESS AND ADDRESS THE MARKETS THAT WE'RE TARGETING.

SO OUR BUSINESS GOALS WERE TO CREATE A MEDICAL DEVICE, CONTRACT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PERFECTING PROCESS TECHNOLOGY AND THE ASSOCIATED KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, RAPID TURN THERMOPLASTIC BALLOONS FOR ANY INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE OR SURGICAL DEVICE APPLICATION.

SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

SO I WANTED TO DEFINE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A CONTRACT MANUFACTURER.

ESSENTIALLY, THAT MEANS WE'RE A THIRD PARTY MANUFACTURER OF COMPONENTS OR PRODUCTS THAT ANOTHER COMPANY NEEDS SOMEONE TO MAKE.

THERMOPLASTICS BEING A POLYMER THAT CAN BE SOFTENED THROUGH HEATING AND PROCESSED THROUGH DIFFERENT METHODS SUCH AS EXTRUDING, MOLDING OR COMPRESSING BALLOONS, WHICH IS OUR CORE COMPETENCY IS ESSENTIALLY A SMALL THERMOPLASTIC BALLOON THAT IS FITTED ON A CATHETER THAT CAN ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF THERAPIES, CONDITIONS IN VARIOUS SIZES, SHAPES AND PARAMETERS AND INTERVENTIONAL IN THIS PERSPECTIVE IS A DEVICE THAT ACTS AS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN A PHYSICIAN AND A PATIENT, ENABLING THEM TO ALTER THE OUTCOME OR THE COURSE OF A CONDITION.

SO JUST A BRIEF LOOK AT THE BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY AS IT RELATES TO ARIZONA AS A WHOLE.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART ON THE LEFT THAT ARIZONA REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FOR THE BIOSCIENCES AS IT RELATES TO THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND EMPLOYMENT METRICS FROM A JOBS PERSPECTIVE, BIOSCIENCE IS OUTPACING THE PRIVATE SECTOR VERY RAPIDLY.

OUR GOAL FOR TACKLING BIOSCIENCES IN ARIZONA IS REALLY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE GROWING BIOSCIENCE WORKFORCE WITHIN THE STATE, ENGAGING WITH NAU AND ASU, HANDS ON EDUCATION AND BIOENGINEERING, ACCESSING TALENT IN OF WITH REGARDS TO MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURING POOL IN FLAGSTAFF AND PROVIDE UNSURPASSED WORK LIFE OPTIONS FOR ENGINEERS AND THE LIKE FROM THE WEST COAST REGION.

A BRIEF GLIMPSE AS TO OUR BACKGROUND AS IT RELATES TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE WE'RE VERY WELL REPRESENTED BY A LOT OF COMPANIES.

I'M SURE YOU RECOGNIZE ON THIS CHART AS WELL AS UNIVERSITIES.

WE'RE REPRESENTING EXCUSE ME, ABOUT 40% OF OUR WORKFORCE HAS A DEGREE FROM EITHER NAU OR CCC.

SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF DOING BUSINESS IN FLAGSTAFF, OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS TODAY.

COST OF LIVING INCREASES CONTINUE TO BE A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE FOR US TO DO BUSINESS HERE.

WE'RE 16% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE RIGHT NOW.

LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY 45% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING COSTS.

FOURTH IN THE NATION FOR A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AND TOP FIVE FOR AREAS NATIONALLY THAT HAVE SECONDARY HOMES MAKE UP MORE THAN HALF OF MORTGAGES, 51% IN THIS CASE.

AND RENT IS AN ISSUE FOR BUSINESSES LIKE US AS WELL.

AGAIN, WE'RE OUT BY THE AIRPORT.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SURPRISINGLY KIND OF DIFFICULT.

MOUNTAIN LION DOESN'T HAVE A ROUTE OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD TO TURN AWAY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN LION ROUTE TO ACCESS THAT AREA.

THE BUSINESS PARK HOUSES SEVEN DIFFERENT BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING JOY CONE, WISEMAN AVIATION, AND THE AIRPORT ITSELF AND AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES AROUND FLAGSTAFF.

MOUNTAINAIRE/KACHINA, DONEY, BELLEMONT DON'T HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS READILY AVAILABLE.

SUCCESSES. AGAIN, 40% OF OUR EMPLOYEE BASE HAS A DEGREE FROM LOCAL UNIVERSITIES.

WE WORK CLOSELY WITH PROFESSORS AT NAU AND AID STUDENTS WITH RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO INTERNSHIPS.

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EASY ACCESS TO SHIPPING HUBS.

ONE OF THE JOYS OF FLAGSTAFF THAT I TELL EVERYONE, IT'S TEN MINUTES ANYWHERE IN TOWN SO WE CAN MANUFACTURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND GET TO OUR SHIPPING HUBS TO SHIP OUT OUR DEVICES SAME DAY.

FLAGSTAFF IS 14% MORE SPECIALIZED IN BIOSCIENCES THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE US AND WE HAVE A DEEP FOCUS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR BIOSCIENCES PROVIDES ACCESS TO MULTI-DISCIPLINED TALENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE OBVIOUS POINTS AND REASONS WHY WE ALL LOVE FLAGSTAFF BEAUTIFUL CLIMATE FOUR SEASONS, BEAUTY ALL AROUND US LOCATION AS IT RELATES TO PROXIMITY TO MAJOR METRO AREAS.

PHENIX IN THIS CASE, WHILE RETAINING THAT SMALL TOWN TIGHT COMMUNITY FEEL THAT IS A DRAW FOR EVERYONE HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OH. OH, THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? YES, JUST PRIOR.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 14% MORE SPECIALIZED.

COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHERE THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM? THAT ACTUALLY IS A QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THIS GUY RIGHT BEHIND ME.

I PULLED IT FROM AN ARTICLE HE WROTE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

HE WAS HE WAS ESSENTIALLY SPEAKING TO HOW FLAGSTAFF AS A COMMUNITY BASED ON OUR TOTAL WORKFORCE IS MORE SPECIALIZED IN THE BIOSCIENCE VERSUS OTHER INDUSTRIES.

SO. YEAH.

THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR.

YES. YOU MIGHT CORRECT ME ON THIS, BUT I KNOW WE RAN A SHORT WE MOUNTAIN LION RAN A SHORT PILOT OUT, I BELIEVE, TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH I JUST SAW YOU YESTERDAY.

I WAS OUT THERE DOING THAT TOUR.

YEAH. AND SO WAS THAT NOT ENOUGH? BECAUSE I KNOW THE RIDERSHIP JUST WASN'T THERE TO SUPPORT IT AS A PERMANENT, PERMANENT BASIS.

SO HAVE YOU TALKED TO MOUNTAIN LION OR ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT PILOT PROGRAM? I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT YET, AND I WILL MAKE THAT ONTO MY AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE HELP. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, HEIDI HANSON, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR.

SO THEY RAN A SHUTTLE, THEY HAD A GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED.

THE SHUTTLE WENT VERY WELL, BUT IT WAS ONLY LIKE $2 BUT THEY ACTUALLY PICKED THEM UP AT THEIR HOME AND THEY TOOK THEM TO THE AIRPORT.

SO WHAT WE WERE HEARING IS AN ACTUAL BUS ROUTE TO THE AIRPORT WASN'T AS INTERESTING AS MORE OF A SHUTTLE SERVICE.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT UTILIZING THEIR SMALLER BUSSES THAT ARE MORE OF A SHUTTLE FOR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.

BUT AGAIN, THEIR GRANT HAD RUN OUT AND BEFORE THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY HAD SOME TROUBLE FINDING THE BUS DRIVERS.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES.

THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, MR. SALTONSTALL? I JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS A NEAT STORY ABOUT WHAT POBA MEANS.

I THOUGHT HE MIGHT MENTION IT, BUT, PLAIN OLD BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY, POBA.

IT'S NOT A MOUTHFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE HAS A QUESTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT.

YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK, GOING BACK TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED ABOUT THE HOUSING CHALLENGES, WHAT SORT OF SOLUTIONS OR WAYS OF ADDRESSING THAT HAVE YOU GUYS LOOKED AT AS FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE OR AT ALL JUST IN GENERAL? SURE. YEAH. WE'VE LOOKED AT INCENTIVIZING EMPLOYEES AND HELPED WITH VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT I KNOW THE CITY HAS HAS PUT OUT THERE FOR HELPING PLACE FAMILIES IN LOWER INCOME HOUSING.

I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE OURSELVES MORE ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND PUSHING THOSE SORT OF PROGRAMS OUT FOR PEOPLE THAT INQUIRE ABOUT IT.

BUT THAT THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THE NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES YOU HAD TO TURN AWAY OR YOU COULDN'T HIRE? I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT THAT CORRECT.

BUT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO WE WE USE A LOT OF PRIVATE JOB POSTING SITES ONLINE.

INDEED, GLASSDOOR.

THERE'S A FEW, A COUPLE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAD WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE APPLYING FOR OPERATOR POSITIONS

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AND SO I COMMUNICATED THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK ON INCENTIVIZING SOME PRIVATIZED UBER CERTIFICATES OR SOMETHING, AND IT ENDED UP NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

IT WAS JUST TOO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET OUT TO THE AIRPORT FROM THEIR LOCATION, MORE CENTRALIZED IN TOWN, SO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I CAN THINK OF TWO.

YES. YEAH.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER KEEPING TRACK OF? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT DR.

ANNE NEWLAND. NORTH COUNTRY HEALTHCARE.

WELCOME, DR. NEWLAND.

THANK YOU. THANKS, JOHN.

YOU BET. MAYOR, VICE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ANNE NEWLAND.

I'M THE CEO OF NORTH COUNTRY HEALTH CARE.

AND I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT NORTH COUNTRY IS A PRIVATE NONPROFIT, AND PART OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM HRSA.

SO THAT'S THE HEALTH AND RESOURCES SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAVE A FEDERAL GRANT, AND THE INTENT OF THAT GRANT IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.

AND WE HAVE ENABLING PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE GET HEALTH CARE.

OUR GOVERNING BOARD IS OVER 50% PATIENTS, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SERVICES OF NORTH COUNTRY.

WE TAKE CARE OF ANYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS AND WE HAVE A SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE THAT'S BASED ON THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES FROM 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ON DOWN TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR PATIENTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BEING A FEDERAL, FEDERALLY FUNDED ENTITY OR PARTIALLY FEDERALLY FUNDED IS THAT WE HAVE SOME ROBUST REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR STANDARD PRIMARY CARE ENVIRONMENT.

WE STARTED IN 1991 AS THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC, AND THEN IN 1996, THAT GROUP JOINED WITH THE NORTH COUNTRY, BECAME NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, FORMING UNDER THE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, AND THAT'S ANOTHER HRSA GRANTEE TO HELP PEOPLE GET INTO THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS.

AND I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

WE'RE NOW IN 11 NORTHERN ARIZONA COMMUNITIES WITH 15 ACCESS POINTS, AND THAT'S HRSA SPEAK FOR CLINICS.

SO THIS IS OUR GEOGRAPHY ALL THE WAY FROM THE CALIFORNIA NEVADA BORDER TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER AS FAR NORTH AS THE GC AND DOWN TO PAYSON.

WE PROVIDE A WHOLE RANGE OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, DENTAL CARE, PRIMARY CARE BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS PHARMACY, TELEMEDICINE, TRANSGENDER SERVICES ET CETERA. AND I'LL PIVOT TO THE COLORADO PLATEAU CENTER FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS.

THAT'S HOW WE'VE REBRANDED OUR AHEC, THE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER.

SO WE DO A LOT OF YOUTH ACADEMIC PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, COLLEGE READINESS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS, EXPLORATION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH.

WE ARE ALSO A COMMUNITY CAMPUS FOR A.T.

STILL UNIVERSITY.

SO SINCE 2008, WE'VE HOSTED MEDICAL STUDENTS, D.O.

STUDENTS, AS THEY'RE PURSUING THEIR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE LAUNCHED A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE RESIDENCY IN JULY OF 2020 AND OFFER A NUMBER OF OTHER HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SLIDE IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKETS, BUT IT HELPS SHOW THE PATHWAY FROM EVERYWHERE, FROM K THROUGH 12 PROGRAMS THROUGH COLLEGE, AND THEN COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS TO ULTIMATELY IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES.

SO BACK IN 2019, NORTH COUNTRY WAS AWARDED FUNDING AS A TEACHING HEALTH CENTER FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IS WHAT WE CALL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS.

SO PHYSICIANS WILL GO TO COLLEGE.

THEN THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR MEDICAL DEGREE, EITHER AN MD OR A D.O., AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO ON TO SPECIALTY TRAINING.

THAT COULD BE INTERNAL MEDICINE.

IT COULD BE FAMILY MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS, GENERAL SURGERY.

BUT WE HOUSE A FAMILY MEDICINE PROGRAM AND WE'RE ALLOCATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS EACH YEAR FOR EACH RESIDENT, AND THAT'S

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THIS IS KIND OF A BUSY SLIDE, BUT I INCLUDED IT BECAUSE MOST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION FUNDING IS THROUGH THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AT HOSPITALS. I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT, BUT THAT'S LIKE OVER 70% OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

WERE THIS TINY LITTLE COHORT OF TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS AND IT'S A GROWING MOVEMENT WITHIN GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

NOW OVER 700 RESIDENTS A YEAR ARE TRAINED IN COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS A WAY FOR THE FEDS TO TARGET THE TYPES OF TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THROUGH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHEREAS THE MEDICARE PROGRAMS AREN'T NECESSARILY TARGETED BY SPECIALTY.

SO THIS IS OUR FIRST CLASS OF GRADUATES.

ALL FOUR, I'M HAPPY TO SAY, ARE STAYING HERE IN ARIZONA.

AND DR.

TASHA HARDER IS STAYING HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

SHE'S JOINED THE FACULTY OF OUR FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE RISING CLASS OF 2024.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY I SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH DR.

AARON GALLAGHER, WHO WILL BE STAYING WITH NORTH COUNTRY.

AND DR. JEFF QUICK IS SORT OF TORN BETWEEN TUBA CITY AND NORTH COUNTRY.

AND I REGARD EITHER ONE AS A WIN BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE TRAIN DOCS WHO ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO SERVE OUR NORTHERN ARIZONA COMMUNITIES.

HERE'S THE CLASS OF 2025.

THEY HAVEN'T MADE CAREER DECISIONS YET, BUT I'M WORKING ON THEM.

AND THEN HERE'S OUR OUR FRESHMAN CLASS OF 2026.

AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST DELIGHTED TO BE HERE, DELIGHTED TO BE OFFERING CARE TO PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE PROGRAMS IS PROFOUND.

IT'S JOBS, IT'S INCREASED ECONOMIC OUTPUT, IT'S TAX REVENUE FOR THE STATE AND INCREASED LOCAL TAX REVENUE.

THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE OBVIOUS HEALTH CARE IMPACTS.

AND IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I CAN SHARE THIS STUDY.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE BIG TAKEAWAY.

WE HAD ROUNDS CONSULTING BACK IN 2019 DO AN IMPACT STUDY ON TEN YEARS OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, AND THIS WAS DURING OUR RAMP UP PERIOD BEFORE WE HAD OUR FULL COMPLEMENT OF RESIDENTS.

AND IT SHOWS THAT THE TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OVER THE FIRST TEN YEARS IS OVER $150 MILLION TO THE STATE, WITH ABOUT 21 PHYSICIANS ESTIMATED TO STAY IN ARIZONA WITH A STATE TAX REVENUE IMPACT OF $2.8 MILLION AND 136 JOBS CREATED.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT'S NEXT? WE'RE WORKING ON A COMMUNITY BASED PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY.

WE RECEIVED A $500,000 GRANT FROM HRSA AND WE HOPE TO START IN JULY OF 2026.

SIMILAR PROGRAM, SIMILAR OUTCOMES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M ASSUMING THAT IN TERMS OF OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND ATTRACTING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, THAT HOUSING IS ALSO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE FACING, THE COST OF HOUSING.

YES. SO EVEN WHEN WE'RE HIRING PHYSICIANS, THAT'S THAT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERING OTHER OTHER PROFESSIONS WHO AREN'T AS HIGHLY COMPENSATED. WE ALWAYS HAVE THEM LOOK AT A COST OF LIVING INDICATOR, COMPARE WHERE THEY'RE FROM TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL HANG UP THE PHONE AFTER THEY SEE, WHOA, MY DOLLAR DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS IT DOES IN WICHITA, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY FRANK CONVERSATIONS.

AND WE HEAR FROM RESIDENTS REPEATEDLY THAT THERE'S SUCH A SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE DOCS.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE FAMILY PRACTICE FOCUS THAT YOU HAVE.

IS THIS THE PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR ISSUE? IS THIS A NATIONWIDE STATEWIDE ISSUE? YES, IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE AND IT'S A STATE ISSUE.

SO JUST IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, WE HAVE A DEFICIT, A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF ABOUT 620 PRIMARY CARE DOCS OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 8 YEARS. AND I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S JUST DROPS IN THE BUCKET IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETAINING FOUR THIS YEAR.

BUT THAT'S THIS IS PART OF THE SOLUTION.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR ARIZONA IS WE ARE A NET EXPORTER OF MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES.

SO WE TRAIN MORE PEOPLE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL HERE IN THE STATE THAT THEN HAVE TO LEAVE THE STATE TO COMPLETE THEIR RESIDENCY TRAINING.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHY PROGRAMS LIKE OUR COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENCY PROGRAM ARE VALUABLE BECAUSE IT WILL HELP RETAIN PEOPLE IN THE STATE.

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AND IF I CAN EXPAND IT TO SIX RESIDENTS A YEAR, MAYBE EIGHT, THAT THAT WILL HELP US RETAIN MORE IN THE STATE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

ACTUALLY, YOU HAD REFERENCED COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE AND MYSELF FURTHER EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS.

SURE. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.

WHEN YOU LIVE IN THIS WORLD, YOU FORGET THAT MAYBE THERE'S DETAILS OTHERS AREN'T AWARE OF.

MOST MEDICAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE HOUSED IN HOSPITALS, OFTEN IN LARGER UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS. SO LIKE WHEN I TRAINED, I WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND WAS IN A UNIVERSITY BASED SYSTEM.

SO MY TRAINING WAS HEAVILY SKEWED TOWARD TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND THERE'S LOTS OF ADVANTAGES TO AN ACADEMIC CENTER.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PUBLISH AND ARE ENGAGED IN RESEARCH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRAINING IN COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE SOME AFFILIATION AND SUPPORT FROM UNIVERSITY, BUT OUR RESIDENTS ARE TRAINED IN FLAGSTAFF, IN TUBA CITY AT THE HOPI HEALTH CENTER AND ARE TRAINED TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ENTITIES.

THEY HAVE ROTATIONS BUILT IN WITH OUR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SO IT GIVES IT A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL AND QUALITY AND IT'S A LOT MORE CONNECTED TO THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY THEY SERVED RATHER THAN A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE STUDENTS WHO YOU SELECT TO COME TO YOUR RESIDENCY PROGRAM, HOW DO YOU SELECT THOSE STUDENTS? SO WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED THE MATCH.

AND THAT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE A KIND OF OMINOUS NAME.

SO THERE'S THIS ALGORITHM THAT APPLICANTS, THE STUDENTS AND THE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS GO THROUGH.

INDIVIDUALS WILL APPLY TO OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 600 APPLICATIONS FOR FOUR SLOTS.

WE INTERVIEWED ABOUT 50.

SO OUT OF THAT POOL OF 600, ABOUT 300 AND SOME WERE GRADUATES OF AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

AND WE PREFERENTIALLY LOOK AT FOLKS WITH A CONNECTION TO ARIZONA BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO STAY IN ARIZONA.

SO WE INTERVIEW ABOUT 50.

WE HAVE A PANEL THAT DOES THE INTERVIEWS ON TWO DAYS A WEEK DURING NOVEMBER THROUGH EARLY JANUARY.

WE COME UP WITH A STANDARDIZED QUESTION SET THAT WE ASK EACH CANDIDATE.

AND ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR ANALYZED ALL THE QUESTIONS TO SEE WHICH ONES WERE HIGH QUALITY QUESTIONS, HELPED US TELL ONE FROM ANOTHER AND LOOKED AT WAYS TO REDUCE BIAS IN THE IN THE QUESTIONS.

AND THEN WHAT WHAT IS DONE ON EACH SIDE, EVERY CANDIDATE, EVERY STUDENT WILL MAKE A LIST OF LET'S SAY THEY INTERVIEW AT TEN PROGRAMS DECIDE THEY WANT TO RANK 8, THEY RANK 8 FROM 1 TO 8.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR 50 THAT WE INTERVIEWED.

AND LET'S SAY OUT OF THE 50, WE WANT TO RANK 48.

SO THEN WE RANK 1 THROUGH 48 AND THEN THE MATCH HAPPENS AND THAT'S THE ALGORITHM THAT LINES UP WHO'S GOING TO GO TO YOUR PROGRAM? OKAY.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS, GIVEN WHAT I'M ASSUMING AND I'M ASSUMING THE CLIENTELE, YOUR POPULATION, YOUR THE PEOPLE WHO USE NORTH COUNTRY, DOES YOUR STAFF MATCH THAT POPULATION IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS, ETHNIC DEMOGRAPHICS? SO I WOULD SAY IN IN SOME PARTS OF OUR OUR OUR COMPANY, THEY DO MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO WE SERVE.

AND IF WE TOOK JUST A SLICE OF OUR CLINICIANS, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, IT WOULDN'T MATCH AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT NORTH COUNTRY COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HIGH PROPORTION OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE AND A HIGH PROPORTION OF PATIENTS WHO ARE ON MEDICARE.

ABOUT 40% OF OUR PATIENTS ARE ON MEDICAID, 10% ARE ON WHAT WE CALL SLIDES, SO THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE OR ARE UNDERINSURED,

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AND A LOT OF OTHER FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS WILL HAVE 85% OR MORE ON MEDICAID.

SO IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES NORTH COUNTRY A LITTLE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

OKAY. SO WE KNOW AND WE DO KNOW THIS FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, ESPECIALLY FOR POPULATIONS, PEOPLE OF COLOR.

AND IS THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO IN TERMS OF YOUR TRAINING OF YOUR STAFF AND ESPECIALLY YOUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY COMING OUT OF PROGRAMS WHERE THEY HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THEM.

RIGHT. NO, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TRAINING FOR THE MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO COME TO US THROUGH A.T.

STILL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I DIDN'T MENTION CLINICAL PHARMACY OR DENTAL, BUT THEY ARE PART OF OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AS WELL.

AND THEN FOR STAFF.

SO WE PROBABLY HAVE BETTER EVOLVED MORE TARGETED TRAINING FOR OUR OUR FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S PART OF ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

EVNER SCOTT, WHO'S WITH HONOR HEALTH, IS ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH TO HELP INFORM EDUCATION FOR THEIR RESIDENTS ON APPROPRIATE CARE AND UNDERSTANDING OF TRADITIONAL APPROACHES FOR THE HOPI POPULATION AS WELL AS NAVAJO POPULATION. BUT WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE VARIOUS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING INSECURITY, FOOD INSECURITY, AND WE LINK TO PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS WHO YOU SELECT TO COME HERE TO LIVE WITH OUR HIGH COST OF LIVING, HOW DO THEY LIVE HERE? WELL, WE LET THEM KNOW EARLY ON THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH OTHER RESIDENTS.

SO FOLKS WERE ABLE TO GET HOUSING THIS YEAR.

THE FOLKS THAT WERE COMING IN, ONE YOUNG WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY BECAME A MEMBER OF OUR SECOND YEAR CLASS.

SHE'S FROM FLAGSTAFF ORIGINALLY AND HAS SOME CONNECTIONS HERE, BUT THEY ALSO LEVERAGE EACH OTHER.

THEY BECOME ROOMMATES.

THEY HAVE LOTS OF CREATIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS THEIR HOUSING CHALLENGES.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WAS GREAT. AND NEXT, WE HAVE DYLAN MOORE WITH ARIZONA LIVER HEALTH.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.

WE HAVE OUR VIRTUAL VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DYLAN MOORE AND I AM REPRESENTING ARIZONA LIVER HEALTH.

THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2017.

WITH THE RECENT MOVEMENT ACTUALLY JUST WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS INTO FLAGSTAFF UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ARIZONA, LIVER HEALTH IS ALSO ARIZONA CLINICAL TRIALS, AND THEN VEN CENTERS, WHICH I PERSONALLY REPRESENT, WHICH IS OUR VIRAL ELIMINATION CENTERS, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL REASONING FOR THE MOVEMENT INTO FLAGSTAFF SPACE.

AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHY WE ARE NOW BRINGING THE FULL WORKFORCE AND PLANS AND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY OF ARIZONA LIVER HEALTH.

SO THIS IS THE AMAZING GROUP THAT I GET TO WORK WITH UP HERE.

SO WE HAVE DR.

MANCH, AND ANN MOORE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING IN THE LIVER DISEASE AND SPECIFICALLY HEPATITIS C SPACE FOR AROUND 30 YEARS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. BOTH OF THEM ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING LIVER TRANSPLANTS WITH BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN, NOW BANNER UNIVERSITY IN PHENIX AND STARTED THE SAINT JOE'S PROGRAM FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.

AT THAT SITE THEY MET DR.

KOHLI, WHO WAS BY SPECIALTY AND TRAINING ACTUALLY WITH DR.

FAUCI, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST WHO HAS THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COME TO BECOME A SPECIALIST IN HEPATOLOGY.

AND DR.

ALKHOURI, WE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DR.

KOHLI. HE WORKS A LOT WITH METABOLIC DISEASES INVOLVING LIVER HEALTH, AND HE'S SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF CLINICAL TRIALS AND RESEARCH AND DRUG STUDIES, LOOKING BASICALLY AT FATTY LIVER DISEASE.

AND THAT'S A BIG PORTION OF WHAT OUR ARIZONA CLINICAL TRIALS HAS BEEN WORKING TO SUPPORT.

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SO WE HAVE A GREAT MEDICAL CENTER HERE.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE FORTUNE.

I WORKED AS A NURSE FOR FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER, MOST RECENTLY MANAGED OUR ICU SINCE 2020, A WONDERFUL TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT HAVE WORKED WITH THOSE PHYSICIANS, WITH THE PROVIDERS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA TO MANAGE VARIOUS DISEASES.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN LACKING HISTORICALLY IS THAT SPECIALTY FOR LIVER DISEASE.

I PERSONALLY SEEN MANY PEOPLE SUCCUMB TO THIS DISEASE, WHETHER IT WAS PREVIOUSLY WORKING IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION OR AT FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER FROM VARIOUS LIVER DISEASES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE IN THE STATE WITH SOME AMAZING PROVIDERS THAT SPECIALIZE IN LIVER DISEASE.

THEY HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH FLAGSTAFF GI SERVICES OVER THE YEARS.

THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME AROUND 2020, PROBABLY 2019, 2020, WHERE ANNE MOORE AND THEN DR.

MANCH ACTUALLY CAME AND CONSULTED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH UP WITH FLAGSTAFF GI IN THE VOLUME OF CASES WAS JUST SO SIGNIFICANT THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENCE UP HERE.

IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

AND SO WE SAW A MOVE OF THAT INABILITY, BUT THEN A LOT OF REFERRALS THAT WERE GETTING SENT DOWN SOUTH.

AND SO THE PROVIDERS UP IN THIS SPACE DO A WONDERFUL JOB AT MANAGING WHAT THEY CAN.

BUT THOSE ADVANCED LIVER DISEASES NEED SOMEONE MORE SPECIALIZED WITH THEIR CARE.

SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU HERE IS THAT, YEAH, THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON THAT WE'RE COMING UP HERE.

SO LOOKING AT THE MOVEMENT INTO THIS SPACE AND I WILL MOVE INTO WHAT VIRAL ELIMINATION CENTERS IS THE UMBRELLA OR WORKS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ARIZONA LIVER HEALTH TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON HEPATITIS C ELIMINATION IN THE STATE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO DR.

KOHLI IN ARIZONA LIVER HEALTH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME AND THE SPECIALTY IN HEPATITIS C TREATMENT.

AND WITH OVER 90,000 CASES ESTIMATED IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND AN INCIDENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN RISING CONSISTENTLY, THERE WAS A REALIZATION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. THE STANDARD MEANS OF HEALTH CARE, JUST DELIVERY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S WORKING FOR THIS POPULATION.

SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY AND TRY TO ADDRESS THIS DIFFERENTLY.

AND SO DR. KOHLI HAS TAKEN ON THIS CHALLENGE WITH DEVELOPING WHAT IS VIRAL ELIMINATION CENTERS IS OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY.

SO INSTEAD OF TAKING REFERRALS INSTEAD OF THAT STANDARD, WHETHER IT'S FROM HOSPITALS, PRIMARY CARE CENTERS OR ANYWHERE ELSE, SPECIFICALLY FOR LIVER DISEASE OR HEPATITIS C, WE'RE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY NOW.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

OUR PROVIDERS HAVE WORKED WITH NORTH COUNTRY IN THE PAST, STARTED AN ECHO PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE ASSISTED WITH CONSULTATION FOR NORTH COUNTRY PATIENTS.

THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM UP IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ARIZONA FOR GETTING OUT AND DOING OUTREACH FOR HEPATITIS C, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL SEEING THIS INCREASE ANNUALLY. SO REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT WITH FOUR OUT OF TEN PEOPLE NOT EVEN KNOWING THEY HAVE IT, THE EDUCATION IS DEFINITELY MISSING THERE.

BUT THEN THE ABILITY TO GET OUT AND ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE THROUGH TO TREATMENT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS OF SIGNIFICANT, JUST LACKING.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO STANDARD HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS ONE THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING PATIENTS TO GO INTO A CLINIC SETTING.

THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE.

AND WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR HEPATITIS C POPULATION, THAT IT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS MODEL IS CHANGING NOT ONLY TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WORKING WITH HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS SUCH AS SYRINGE EXCHANGE, SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS, TREATMENT WITH METHADONE, SUBOXONE CLINICS, REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD TRYING TO GET OUT AND TEST AND EDUCATE BASICALLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING HOME VISITS FOR THIS AS WELL.

AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND, THE WHERE THE LACKING COMPONENT IS IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS THE CASE MANAGEMENT.

SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT AREN'T FOLLOWING UP ON THEIR OWN.

THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN TO A POINT TO WHERE MEDICATIONS AREN'T BEING THE PHARMACIES ARE NOT FOLLOWING UP WITH THE PATIENT.

THE PATIENT DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PHARMACIES, WHETHER IT'S FROM LACK OF PHONE SERVICE OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIVE METHOD.

AND SO WE ARE TAKING THAT NEXT STEP AND OFFERING THAT INDIVIDUALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT TO TRY TO BRING THIS TO THE PATIENT AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

ALL OF THAT, ACTUALLY, AND GOING BACK TO THIS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS CHANGING.

SO IT USED TO BE A FOUR STEP PROCESS ESSENTIALLY, AND TRYING TO GET SO TESTING IS HAPPENING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE STATE CONSISTENTLY. BUT OBVIOUSLY OUR TESTING EFFORTS WITH THAT INCREASE IS NOT RESULTING IN A REDUCTION IN CASES.

SO WHAT WE ARE NOW DOING IS WE ARE DOING TESTING FOR ANTIBODY TESTING TO SEE IF ANYONE'S BEEN EXPOSED.

IF THAT COMES BACK REACTIVE, WE ARE DRAWING BLOOD ON SITE.

WE'RE DOING A TELE VISIT DOING ALL THE CASE MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL ONLY NEEDS TO SEE ME IN PERSON ONE TIME BEFORE I BRING THEM PERSONALLY THAT MEDICATION.

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THIS IS OUR CLINIC LOCATIONS CURRENTLY.

SO ARIZONA HEALTH ITSELF HAS A SPOT IN TUCSON, CHANDLER, MESA, PEORIA AND NOW IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SPACE THAT'S ACTUALLY USED TO BE THE WETLANDS.

IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ON 1150 NORTH SAN FRANCISCO.

SO GREAT PROXIMITY, HOPEFULLY SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND REFERRALS COMING FROM THAT SPACE AND JUST AN AREA THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD IN A GOOD LOCATION THAT'S PROMISING FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED OUR SERVICES.

LOOKING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN MOVING WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS.

SO IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY TESTING, WITH HEPATITIS C, WE SEE THE CLINIC LOCATIONS AND WHERE WE'RE AT ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE ORANGE IS SPECIFIC TESTING SPOTS IN THE COMMUNITY. GREEN IS WHERE WE GET REFERRALS AND WE GET REFERRALS PROBABLY FROM MORE PLACES TO THAT.

BUT THIS IS NOT TWO CLINICS.

THIS IS JUST TO OUR NEW HEP C PROGRAM.

I WAS TOLD THREE MINUTES, SO I SHOULD HURRY ON THIS.

THIS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THIS LONG A PERIOD.

IT'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS OUR TEAM THAT WE HAVE THAT'S ACTUALLY THIS IS OUR OUTREACH COORDINATORS THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY IN THE COMMUNITY TESTING, WHETHER IT'S AT THE FOOD BANK.

WE'RE DOING STAND DOWNS ONES IN WILLIAMS AT THE REC CENTER WE HAVE WORKED WITH, THERE'S A NORTH COUNTRY EMPLOYEE, STORM PREVENTION WORKS, THE SYRINGE SERVICE AND HARM REDUCTION UP HERE. SO REALLY JUST TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHATEVER PARTNERS THAT WE CAN IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AS THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MATTHEWS THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WELL, WELCOME BACK UP HERE.

YOU WERE WORKING AT IT.

YEAH, RIGHT. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS SERVICE COMING TO NORTHERN ARIZONA MORE FOCUSED.

BUT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY AND I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, FATTY LIVER IS MORE ALCOHOL INDUCED OR RELATED, AND HEP C IS MORE USUALLY DRUG USE.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR FATTY LIVER.

IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING BY AASLD THAT'S BEEN TRYING.

SO THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR NOMENCLATURE.

SO THERE USED TO BE IT WAS CALLED NASH, WHICH IS NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS, WHICH BASICALLY IS INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER FROM FATTY LIVER BUT NOT ALCOHOL RELATED.

SO ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE FATTY LIVER IS.

SO ALCOHOL DOES CONTRIBUTE AND CAN CREATE A FATTY LIVER, BUT ALSO CAUSE FIBROSIS OR SCARRING OF THE LIVER.

THE FATTY LIVER COMPONENT CAN DO THAT LONG TERM, BUT CAN BE FROM VARIOUS METABOLIC DISEASES OR JUST OBESITY IN GENERAL.

AS ONE OF THOSE HEPATITIS C ITSELF, THERE ARE MULTIPLE SO YOU HAVE HEPATITIS A, B, C, D, BUT THROUGHOUT THAT, HEPATITIS C IS THE ONE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH WORKING WITH SYRINGE SERVICE HARM REDUCTION IS TRYING TO ELIMINATE THAT STIGMA BECAUSE THERE IS YOU HAVE THAT, YOU HEAR HEPATITIS C, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK DRUG USE AND CERTAINLY THERE IS A PERCENTAGE AND A RELATIVELY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY HEPATITIS C THAT ARE PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS.

BUT BY NO MEANS IS THAT THE TOTALITY OF THIS DISEASE.

SO A LOT OF THINGS SO INDIVIDUALS, BABY BOOMERS ACTUALLY SURPRISINGLY, ARE A LOT OF THE CLASS THAT ARE UNAWARE THAT THEY HAVE THIS AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BLOOD TRANSPLANTS OR BLOOD TRANSPLANTS, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS BACK IN THE DAY WAS SOMETHING.

SO HEPATITIS C UNTIL MORE THE LATE 80S, EARLY 90S WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T EVEN THERE WAS A WIDE AWARENESS OF JUST A VIRUS THAT IMPACTED THE LIVER.

BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY. HEP C WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS TESTED FOR IN TERMS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, VACCINATIONS FOR OUR MILITARY BACK IN THE DAY, LINE THEM UP.

SAME NEEDLE, LOTS OF THINGS.

SO OUR PRISON SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS ONE.

I SAW THAT THERE WAS AN INJUNCTION.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH GETTING TREATMENT INTO THE PRISON SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE COULD IMPACT A LOT MORE.

CHANGE IS GETTING INTO THAT PRISON SYSTEM AND STARTING WITH EARLY TREATMENT, EITHER DURING THEIR INCARCERATION OR POST RELEASE.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE JAIL HERE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MOVING IN VARIOUS PARTS THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND IT REALLY IS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHARING RAZORS, SHARING TOOTHBRUSHES, HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IS VERY, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS A BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN AND ONE THAT DOES REQUIRE BLOOD.

IT'S NOT THE SAME AS MOST STIS, BUT THERE ARE JUST SO MANY REASONS THAT ARE UNAWARE.

AND SO THE EDUCATION OR THAT PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF, SO REDUCING THAT STIGMA, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON.

THANK YOU. AND ONE LAST QUESTION.

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THE MEDICINE MADE HER VERY SICK.

BUT BUT MY QUESTION IS, I WAS JUST AWARE OF WHAT KIND OF THE STRUGGLES THAT SHE WENT THROUGH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO TRY TO GET THAT CURED, I GUESS.

BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU TALKED ABOUT LIVER TRANSPLANTS, IF IT'S EARLY DETECTED, WHAT IS IS THERE A PERCENTAGE OR A CHART WHERE WITH THE LIVER DISEASE YOU CAN AVOID A FUTURE LIVER TRANSPLANT TRANSPLANT? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DO NOT.

THE LIVER, FORTUNATELY, IS ONE OF THE ORGANS OR THE ONLY ORGAN THAT CAN REGENERATE.

AND SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WITH HEPATITIS C IS THAT IT'S USUALLY A SILENT DISEASE.

IT'S ONE THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING THOSE THE INTERNAL IMPACT THAT IT'S WREAKING HAVOC ON YOUR LIVER USUALLY UNTIL ABOUT 20 YEARS AFTER INITIAL INFECTION.

AND BY THE TIME THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE SIDE EFFECTS BE EXTERNAL, YOU'RE AT A POINT TO WHERE YOU HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT LIVER DAMAGE AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TOUGH FOR THE RECOVERY. I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR THE HEP C TREATMENT, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.

SO THERE WERE MEDICATIONS, INTERFERONS, ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH THAT, THIS WAS LIKE, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A CURE FOR HEPATITIS C IN OUR LIFETIME.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

AND IT'S TO A POINT NOW TO WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRALS THAT HAVE A 98 PLUS CURE RATE IN VERY, VERY MINIMAL SIDE EFFECTS WITH 8 TO 12 WEEKS TREATMENT.

SO IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND REALLY IT IS A LOT OF THAT IS EDUCATING BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY KNOW THAT HAD HEP C, MAYBE DIED FROM HEP C, HAD TREATMENT WITH INTERFERON BACK IN THE DAY, AND THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT.

THEY WERE TO A POINT TO WHERE IT WAS ALMOST AS BAD AS CHEMOTHERAPY.

AND SO PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THAT AND IT'S BRINGING THE AWARENESS OUT OF WHAT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY IS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO FLAGSTAFF.

SINCE YOU ARE RECENTLY EXPANDING TO FLAG, I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE, MAYBE SOME STRUGGLES.

WHAT WAS GOOD? WHAT WAS BAD? WHAT ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR FROM THE COMMUNITY? YEAH, SO I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN IN FLAGSTAFF FOR 15 YEARS AND THIS WAS SOMETHING.

SO BRINGING THIS UP HERE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE PROVIDERS.

SO LOOK THIS DIRECTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF AND THIS WAS MENTIONED, THE COST OF LIVING, THE NEED TO INCREASE.

SO BASICALLY OUR COMPENSATION SCALE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IN THE PHOENIX METRO AREA IN TUCSON, WE'RE HAVING TO INCREASE THAT AROUND 15% TO ACTUALLY SEE INTEREST IN CANDIDATES FROM WHAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS THERE.

WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES AND VERY STRONG CANDIDATES UP IN THIS SPACE.

BUT IT'S I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT THAT HAS BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO BE MADE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, I THINK IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING WELCOME SO FAR.

I THINK HAVING SOME CONNECTIONS UP HERE ALREADY, LIKE I SAID, WITH FLAGSTAFF GI, EVEN WITH NORTH COUNTRY AND WITH OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, VERY WARM WELCOME. THE CITY HAS BEEN AMAZING.

ANYONE THAT WE'VE HAD CONTACT WITH, IT'S IT'S BEEN GREAT THUS FAR AND HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES ON THAT TRAJECTORY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WRAPPING UP HERE, GET DR.

AARON TABOR WITH AXOLOTL BIOLOGICS.

THANKS, JOHN. HELLO.

VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD SEEING YOU ALL TODAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ECONOMIC OFFICE FOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

THAT'S GREAT. AND MY CO PRESENTERS THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S FUN TO TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT COLLEAGUES IN THE MEDICINAL SPACE HERE WITHIN OUR SMALL COMMUNITY SO AND GROWING.

AS JOHN STATED, I AM AARON TABER.

I HAVE BEEN WITH AXOLOTL BIOLOGICS NOW SINCE 2019.

FORMERLY I WAS A FACULTY MEMBER AT COCONINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, SO BEEN HERE QUITE A BIT OF TIME, ACTUALLY GOT MY DOCTORAL DEGREE FROM NAU AND THEN WENT ON TO DO A POSTDOC IN COMMERCIAL ENTITIES WITH CROSSING CATHETER STROKE RETRIEVAL DEVICES.

SO MY ROLE AT AXOLOTL HAS BEEN WIDE, VAST AND DARN NEAR EVERYTHING FROM JANITORIAL SERVICE TO RUNNING THE ORGANIZATION.

SO I CURRENTLY OVERSEE TISSUE BANKING OPERATIONS, OUR QUALITY DEPARTMENT, REGULATORY DEPARTMENT, COMMERCIAL SUPPORT WITH OUR PHYSICIAN PROVIDERS AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS.

AXOLOTL WAS FOUNDED IN 2016 IN PHENIX, ARIZONA.

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ROBERT KELLER. SO DR.

KELLER ACTUALLY AIDED A A GROUP OF ENTREPRENEURS IN PHENIX AND BRINGING THIS TECHNOLOGY FORWARD.

IN 2019, THE COMPANY WAS SOLD TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL IN TEXAS, AND WE WENT THROUGH A COMPLETE STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHEN I GOT INVOLVED.

MY GOAL AT THAT POINT WAS TO TO TAKE THE PRODUCTS COMMERCIALLY AND THEN PUSH THEM THROUGH THE FDA WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS AND ONE THAT'S UNDER INVESTIGATIONAL USE SPECIFIC TO THE FDA.

SO YOU CAN ONLY GET IT THROUGH A CLINICAL TRIAL.

SO WE TAKE PLACENTAL TISSUE FROM CONSENTING MOTHERS THAT GOES THROUGH A NUMBER OF SEROLOGIC TESTS, INTERVIEWS, SO FORTH TO GET THAT PLACENTAL TISSUE.

AND THERE'S TWO DISTINCT PATHWAYS.

THE PLACENTA HAS TWO UNIQUE LAYERS, AN AMNION AND A KOREAN.

WE ACTUALLY DISSECT OUT THE AMNIOTIC LAYER.

THAT AMNIOTIC LAYER THEN IS PROCESSED IN A MINIMALLY MANIPULATED FASHION, MEANING WE DON'T ACTUALLY DO MUCH TO IT.

IT GOES THROUGH THREE SIMPLE RINSES AND THEN IT ACTUALLY SITS ON A DEHYDRATOR AND IT'S CUT UP INTO THESE APPROPRIATE SIZES, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MOMENT THAT SPECIFIC PROCESS.

WE HAVE TWO PRODUCTS ON, AND I'LL JUST USE A SHEET OF PAPER BECAUSE IT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

IF YOU THINK OF THE AMNIOTIC LAYER AS BEING A SHEET, THAT'S THE AXOLOTL GRAFT.

WHEN YOU THINK OF THE AXOLOTL DUAL GRAFT, WE TAKE THAT AMNIOTIC SHEET AND YOU FOLD IT IN HALF.

THERE'S YOUR DUAL GRAPH PRODUCT.

NO DRUGS ARE ADDED TO IT.

THIS IS A REGENERATIVE MEDICINE PRODUCT.

THAT'S WHAT THE BASIS OF THE COMPANY IS.

AND IT'S USED TO TREAT A NUMBER OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC WOUNDS.

SO THINGS LIKE DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS, WE KNOW WE SEE THAT IN OUR FOUR CORNERS REGION A GREAT QUANTITIES VENOUS LEG ULCERS, SURGICAL WOUNDS.

SO FORTH. THE OTHER PRODUCT LINE, THE AXOLOTL AMBIENT PRODUCT, IS UNDER CLINICAL INVESTIGATION WITH THE FDA AND A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO CLINICAL TRIAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANKLE ARTHRITIS.

SO THE ANKLE IS A SYNOVIAL JOINT THAT'S SYNOVIAL JOINT JUST HAS FLUID IN IT.

AND THROUGH TIME, THE JOINT ACTUALLY BREAKS DOWN WHETHER IT'S AGE, EXCESSIVE USE, A PRIOR INJURY, CHRONIC, JUST DEGRADATION IS OCCURRING. ONE OF THE TREATMENT MODALITIES RIGHT NOW IS TO ACTUALLY INJECT CORTISONE THERAPY.

CORTISONE, WE KNOW THROUGH CHRONIC THROUGH CONTINUAL USE CAN BE DETRIMENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

ANOTHER IS FUSION.

SO THERE'S VERY FEW PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY CAN TREAT THESE SYNOVIAL JOINTS.

THIS IS A NON OPIOID BASED SECRETOME OR RELEASING OF THE CELLS THAT WE GET FROM THE PLACENTAL TISSUE TO ACTUALLY PUT INTO THAT ANKLE AND REGENERATE THAT THAT HYALINE CARTILAGE.

SO THAT'S THE INTENT AND REDUCE THE INFLAMMATION.

SO HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE GRAFT AND AXOLOTL DUAL GRAFT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SIZES.

SO THE AG JUST REPRESENTS THE AXOLOTL GRAFT.

THE AG IS THE AXOLOTL DUAL GRAFT WITH THE VARYING SIZES ASSOCIATED AND THE REASON FOR THE VARYING SIZES AS WOUNDS COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES.

SO WE CAN TREAT SOMETHING REALLY SMALL TO SOMETHING REALLY BIG.

AND THIS IS ALREADY IN USE.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE FDA.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT TO WHERE THE FDA, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, VISITED US IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR RIGHT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF WITH NO FINDINGS, I MIGHT ADD.

SO, YES, IT'S ALREADY IN USE.

SO THIS IS THE NEXT PRODUCT LINE.

THIS IS A ACELLULAR MEANING NO CELLS ARE IN IT WHERE WE TAKE THAT PLACENTAL TISSUE AND WE REMOVE ALL THE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS OR THE BIRTH CELLS OUT OF IT.

SO THESE ARE NOT THE EMBRYONIC CONTROVERSIAL TYPE.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE JUST PULL OUT OF IT.

WE THEN CULTURE OR GROW THOSE CELLS FROM THERE.

WHEN THOSE CELLS ARE GROWING, THEY'RE RELEASING ALL THESE GROWTH FACTORS, PEPTIDES, THE GOOD STUFF, IF YOU WILL.

AND WE TAKE THAT GOOD STUFF IN THE FLUID AND THAT'S THE PRODUCT AS A WHOLE.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S UNDER FDA INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS IS A FUN PICTURE.

AND I ACTUALLY KEPT IT IN HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE A CALL OUT TO YOU.

SO WE'VE WORKED QUITE A BIT WITH MANY OF THE CORE FACILITIES AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.

THIS ACTUALLY PICTURE WAS TAKEN RIGHT AT THE THE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL FACILITY RIGHT ON NORTH CAMPUS.

SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE DUAL GRAFT THAT I JUST SHOWED IN THE PAPER KIND OF RENDITION.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT GRAPH, THAT LINE, THAT'S THE FOLD WHERE THEY'RE JUST SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

NOW TO THE MAYOR'S POINT.

HOW ARE WE REGULATED? UNLIKE COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE TODAY, THERE'S REALLY MEDICAL DEVICES, PHARMACEUTICALS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE WHAT THEY CALL TISSUE PRODUCTS.

AND I'M BEING VERY GENERALIZED.

THERE'S COMBINATIONS, SO FORTH.

BUT WE ARE REGULATED AS A TISSUE BASED PRODUCT WITH THESE GRAFT SCAFFOLDS.

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OKAY. AS SUCH, YOU YOU DESIGNATE OR YOU SELF REGISTER THROUGH THE FDA WITH YOUR GIVEN PRODUCTS.

IT'S A PROCESS CALLED EJECTORS.

IT'S AN ELECTRONIC REGISTRY THAT YOU GO ON AND JUST DO IT THROUGH THE AGENCY AND YOU MAKE YOURSELF INSPECTABLE TO THAT.

SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE INSPECTED FOR A FULL WEEK BY THE FDA WITH NO 43 OBSERVATIONS.

43 IS JUST A FORM THAT THE FDA USES TO DESIGNATE.

DID THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY NOT RIGHT OR NOT FOLLOWING THE REGULATORY GUIDELINES AND RULES THAT ARE OUT THERE? AND WE HAD NO 43 OBSERVATIONS, SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH OUR TEAM ON THAT.

THE NEXT PIECE IS YOU CAN GO IN THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED THE TISSUE REFERENCE GROUP, AND THE TISSUE REFERENCE GROUP IS THE WAY OF THE FDA ATTESTING THAT YOU ARE SOLELY REGULATED UNDER THIS PRODUCT OR THIS PROCESS, RATHER.

THE PICTURE HERE IS JUST A REPRESENTATION OF OUR LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THAT REPRESENTATION.

SO WE ARE SOLELY REGULATED AS A HUMAN CELL AND TISSUE BASED PRODUCT.

NOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THAT LITTLE VIAL OR FLOWABLE THAT I DESCRIBED A MOMENT AGO THAT IS ACTUALLY AN INJECTABLE DRUG.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH DIFFERENT GUIDELINES, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE UNDER PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND SO FORTH.

OKAY. NOW, THE NEXT PICTURE THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, UNLIKE MY COLLEAGUES TODAY, IS PRETTY GRAPHIC.

IF ANYBODY, INCLUDING AUDIENCE MEMBERS SO FORTH, DOES NOT WANT ME TO SHOW THIS.

I HOPE IT'S OKAY TO DISPLAY, BUT I CAN FOREGO IT.

SO, MAYOR, I SAY GO FOR IT.

I WANT TO SEE IT. OKAY.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT STORY BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE POWER OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE.

YOU SAID GO FOR IT.

I'M GOING FOR IT.

SO THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL VERY SAD CASE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK TO PHYSICIANS, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S WOUNDS THAT CAN HEAL RELATIVELY EASY.

AND THEN THERE'S INDIVIDUALS THAT BECAUSE OF CO-MORBIDITIES, LIFESTYLE CHOICES, THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICS, BACKGROUND, THEY'RE MORE DIFFICULT.

THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL SHE LIVED BY HERSELF, HAD A COMPOUND FRACTURE, FELL BROKE, LAID ON HER KITCHEN FLOOR FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS BEFORE A NEIGHBOR FOUND HER.

OKAY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN AMPUTATION.

AUGUST OF 2018 THAT YOU SEE THERE IS POST-OPERATION.

SO THEY HAD SURGICALLY PUT IN AND CORRECTED THE COMPOUND FRACTURE THAT WAS THE WOUND FROM THE INCISIONS THAT WERE PUT IN.

OKAY. SHE WAS NOT TREATING IT WELL, BY THE WAY.

SHE WAS JUST A NUMBER OF LIFESTYLE CHOICES THAT WOULD PREVENT A WOUND FROM CLOSING.

AND I'LL LET YOU KIND OF JUMP TO WHAT THOSE CONCLUSIONS MIGHT BE.

WE SAID, HEY, WE'LL TREAT HER PRO BONO.

BY THE WAY, SHE IS UNDER INFORMED CONSENT, SO I'M NOT SHOWING ANYTHING THAT I SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

WHAT YOU SEE IN SEPTEMBER 20TH OF 2018, THERE IS A RELEASING INCISION ON TOP OF THAT WOUND TO ACTUALLY REDUCE TENSION AND BEGIN TO BRING THE WOUND TOGETHER.

WE STARTED PACKING THAT THAT CHRONIC OPEN WOUND THERE WITH THE AXOLOTL DUAL GRAFT.

AND THEN WE WERE USING THE FLUID IN A 360 DEGREE INJECTION AROUND THE WOUND BED.

REMEMBER, THIS WAS A WOUND THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HEAL.

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, BASED ON LIFESTYLE CHOICES, WAS TOLD WE'RE GOING TO AMPUTATE.

AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF TIME, WE ACTUALLY HEALED THIS UP.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S MY PHOTO, LITERALLY SEPTEMBER 10TH OF 2019 WHEN I JOINED THE COMPANY.

SO THIS IS JUST ONE ONE CASE OF 28,000 USES THAT WE'VE HAD OF THESE PRODUCTS THAT ARE HELPING FOLKS.

SO WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF AXOLOTL? IT'S VERY BRIGHT, ACTUALLY.

IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS IT'S CHANGED QUITE A BIT IN A POSITIVE FASHION.

SO WE'VE HAD MANY DIFFERENT TRADEMARKS, A NUMBER OF PATENTS THAT ARE EITHER PENDING OR HAVE BEEN ISSUED NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS, BOTH IN THE PEER REVIEWED LITERATURE, SYMPOSIUMS, CONFERENCES, SO FORTH.

WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED, AS I'VE STATED AND DESCRIBED IN THE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG APPLICATION FOR OUR FLUID PRODUCT.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE GRANTS THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND SO FORTH, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH DOD ON A ON A NOVEL BATTLEFIELD WOUND TREATMENT.

AND WE DO HAVE A PRODUCT PIPELINE THAT I CAN'T GET INTO JUST DUE TO PROPRIETARY REASONS.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR PRODUCT LAUNCHES IN THIS COMING YEAR.

UH, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, AXOLOTL BIOLOGICS WAS MERGED AND PURCHASED SOLELY BY CARMEL THERAPEUTICS FOR $147 MILLION.

AXOLOTL IS HERE IN FLAGSTAFF AND THIS IS A BIG SUCCESS FOR US.

WE ARE NOW PART OF THE CARMEL CORP AS A COMPLETE SUBSIDIARY IN PART OF THE NASDAQ OR PUBLICLY TRADED ENTITY NOW.

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YOU KNOW, MOONSHOT AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN A BIG PLAYER IN THAT.

AND FRANKLY, JOHN, IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM DESERVES A PIECE OF THAT CREDIT AS WELL.

SO AND THAT'S A BIT ABOUT AXOLOTL.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. DR.

TABOR. TWO QUESTIONS.

THE PLACENTA TISSUE.

IS THAT RETRIEVED AT NORMAL BIRTH OR IS THERE A RETRIEVAL DURING ABORTION OR.

SO NO ABORTION ABORTED PLACENTAL TISSUE DO WE RETRIEVE? SO THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TISSUE BANKS, THE AATB.

THEY ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST TISSUE BANKS IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY ARE A NONPROFIT.

THEY ACTUALLY SET OUT GUIDELINES THAT MIRROR THOSE 1271 OR THE FDA GUIDELINES THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT ON TISSUE ACQUISITION.

SO THERE WE ARE NOT A TISSUE ACQUIRER.

WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH TISSUE BANKS THAT ACQUIRE THESE TISSUES IN A COMPLIANT FASHION.

AND WE HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHAT MOM MUST HAVE DONE.

WE WE ONLY ACCEPT IN CERTAIN PRODUCT LINES, CESAREAN DELIVERY.

SO THESE ARE SCHEDULED SURGERIES WHERE WE HAVE OUR DONOR COUNSELORS GO IN THERE.

THEY GET MOM TO CONSENT WHEN SHE'S NOT UNDER ANY DRUGS OR THERAPEUTICS.

WE THEN RECEIVE THE PLACENTAL TISSUE AND PROCESS IT FROM THERE.

BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES THAT FOLLOW SPECIFIC GUIDELINES IN THAT.

BUT NO, WE DO NOT TAKE ABORTED TISSUES.

VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

BACK TO THE PICTURE, THE VERY GRAPHIC PICTURE I LIKE, SEEING ASKED MAYOR.

IT WAS JUST CURIOUS TO ME BECAUSE THE JANUARY, I THINK, 19 PICTURE SEEMED TO BE A BETTER LOOKING HEALING THAN THE END RESULT, ALTHOUGH MAYBE IT WAS STILL AN OPEN WOUND.

THERE WAS THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SCAB OR SCAR FORMATION ON IT.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S RELATIVE.

SO THE PEDIATRIC DOC THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH WHO DID A LOT OF THE WOUND CARE ON THAT WITH OUR OFFICE THERE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD REMOVED EXCUSE ME, THEY HAD ACTUALLY SCRAPED THAT OFF THROUGH TIME.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THAT JANUARY 19TH, THEY HAVE THE SMALL RENDITION HERE.

SO THERE IS BURNED IN MY BRAIN.

I CAN REMEMBER THAT. I WASN'T GOING TO PULL IT BACK UP FOR YOU.

I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I SAID, NO.

THAT IS FASCINATING WORK AND IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR THAT FLAGSTAFF HAS TO LEARN THAT WE HAVE SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE MEDICAL RELATED COMPANIES UP HERE AND RESEARCH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST IT'S GREAT TO HEAR AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND AND I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY'S ASKING, BUT HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN UP HERE PERSONALLY AND HOW IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH FINDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? ALL RIGHT.

I GUESS THAT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT HOW DID YOU MAKE IT WORK? AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BOTH PERSONAL AND THEN I'LL ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TODAY AS WELL.

SO I AM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AN UNSUCCESSFUL ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

SORRY FOR THE SUN DEVILS IN THE ROOM.

STUDENT AND I RESTARTED MY ACADEMIC CAREER IN FLAGSTAFF IN 2001, GIVE OR TAKE.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN 2002.

I COMPLETED MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE HERE, WENT OFF TO UMASS LOWELL FOR A MASTER'S IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY.

THEN I GOT A SECOND MASTER'S FROM ARIZONA BACK HERE AT NORTHERN ARIZONA, AND THEN MY PHD IS ACTUALLY THROUGH NAU AS WELL.

SO I HAVE BEEN IN FLAGSTAFF FULL TIME SINCE 2009, ON AND OFF FROM, I'LL SAY, EARLY 2000 TO THAT 2009.

SO I'VE SEEN FLAG CHANGE.

A WHOLE LOT IN 20 PLUS YEARS, WHICH I, I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGES FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT I WOULD SAY OVERALL, IT'S VERY POSITIVE GROWTH.

MY FAMILY WAS FORTUNATE THAT WE BOUGHT AT A VERY DIFFERENT TIME THAN WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT WORK THROUGH THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS.

NOW, I WILL ECHO MANY OF THE CO PRESENTERS TODAY IN THE SENSE THAT I HAVE MYSELF AND I CAN THINK OF TWO INSTANCES.

THESE ARE SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTISTS.

I CAN GIVE YOU THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, BUT I'LL FOREGO THAT.

THE MOST RECENT WAS HE WAS OFFERED THE JOB AND IT WAS A GOOD SALARY.

TURNED DOWN THE JOB BASED ON COST OF LIVING.

AND THE POSITION WAS FULL TIME HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

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HIS WIFE WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM.

THEY HAD VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, SO IT WAS A SINGLE INCOME HOUSEHOLD.

AND I'M NOT TALKING A SIX FIGURE SALARY, BUT IT WAS A VERY WHAT MOST FOLKS WOULD CONSIDER A LIVABLE SALARY COMING OUT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S ANECDOTAL.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE STATS, BUT THERE'S JUST ONE REPRESENTATION THAT KIND OF ECHOES SOME OF THE CO-PRESENTERS.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY COMING TO FLAGSTAFF.

IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

SO I'LL JUST ASK YOU, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE FLAGSTAFF? WHY FLAGSTAFF? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE PERSONAL CONNECTION, BUT WAS THERE MORE THAN THAT? SO THERE'S A DEEP PERSONAL CONNECTION.

I'M INDEBTED TO THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY NAU.

SO I HAD A PREEMIE CHILD VERY EARLY ON THAT IN A USE BIO DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY RAISED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.

THAT HELPED MY FAMILY AND IT'S A PAY IT FORWARD APPROACH.

SO THERE'S THERE'S KIND OF AN INTRINSIC THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY GOING.

I'LL BE VERY CANDID IN THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT.

FLAGSTAFF IS NEW, FRESH AND RIPE FOR BIOTECH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE, NOT ONLY WITH NORTH COUNTRY.

YOU LOOK AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, YOU LOOK AT NIH, WE'VE DONE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH INDIVIDUAL PHYSICIANS THERE.

OUR MEDICAL DIRECTORS FROM NIH.

SO WE'RE IN A COMMUNITY THAT, DARE I SAY, IT IS UNTAPPED, IF YOU WILL, IN A RELATIVE REGARD FOR THE BIOSCIENCES, SPECIFICALLY THE MEDICAL BIOSCIENCES. SO THAT'S I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGER REASONS THAT WE CHOSE TO MOVE IT HERE.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

COUNCILMAN TO MOVE THIS ACTUALLY COMPLETELY TO DENVER.

A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. WE CHOSE TO KEEP IT RIGHT HERE.

WELL, I'LL SAY THANK YOU, ACTUALLY.

VERY INTERESTING COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE.

UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COST OF LIVING.

AND YOU'RE NOT AN ECONOMIST, BUT I'LL JUST YOUR GUT FEEL.

ARE WE PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT HOUSING OR IS IT A LITTLE BROADER THAN THAT? IS HOUSING THE PRIMARY ISSUE? I WOULD SAY IT'S THE ONE OF THE TOP THREE ISSUES.

I WOULD SAY IT'S THAT THERE'S THERE'S THE POTENTIAL SALARIES AND THAT YOU GET INTO A LOT OF THERE'S MANY DEEP CONVERSATIONS TO THAT AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE COST OF LIVING.

SO IT'S A SNOWBALL EFFECT.

BUT I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST PIECES.

SO WHAT'S THAT AGAIN? HOUSING. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE IN SALARIES.

STARTING WAGES.

YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT WHY YOU'RE HERE.

YEAH, I KNOW IT'S PERSONAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A FORMAL MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO BE TRUTHFUL.

WELL, IT'S PERSONAL, BUT YOU ALSO GAVE SOME REASONS THAT WOULD BE BROADER ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT ISN'T JUST PERSONAL.

IT'S MORE THAN THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I FOUND YOUR PRESENTATION VERY FASCINATING.

I'M WONDERING, YOU MENTIONED MOONSHOT AND NASA PLAYING A PART IN THE BUSINESS.

CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY. SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, GIVING CREDIT TO THE ECONOMIC OFFICE WHEN WE KNEW THAT THE FDA WAS COMING.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE AGENCY TO THAT MAGNITUDE WITH THE NUMBER OF INSPECTORS THAT SHOWED UP, WE HAD TO WITH FOLKS ON THE LINE BACK AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS, THERE WERE MANY INSTANCES WHERE THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES WERE NOT UP TO FDA INSPECTION REGARD.

AND THAT'S NOT A KNOCK ON MOONSHOT OR NASA, NOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

IT'S JUST NOBODY WAS ACTUALLY HOSTING THE FDA AT THAT POINT.

SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEEDED IN A HANDBOOK, SO FORTH.

WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE DIRECTLY TO FOLKS HERE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, OR WE'RE GOING TO GET DINGED.

AND THE OFFICE MOONSHOT, DIANA SCOTT, EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO TO REALLY HELP PUT THOSE INTO BEST PRACTICE FOR US.

SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, ANECDOTAL BUT THAT'S THAT'S ONE JUST RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BUSINESS SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'VE HAD THE LUNCH AND LEARNS ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

WHAT KIND OF EMPLOYEE GROWTH, IF ANY, DO YOU FORESEE?

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SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A COSMETIC LINE AND COSMETIC LINE, MEANING MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PRODUCTS THAT WILL ACTUALLY STAY RIGHT HERE.

THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT.

WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS YOU NEED A FORMULATOR.

YOU NEED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE REGULATORY EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE COSMETIC SPACE FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, THE FDA, AS OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN COMING UP WITH SOME, WHAT I BELIEVE, POSITIVE NEW RULES IN THE REGULATORY SIDE, THE FDA HAS STRONGER PURVIEW OVER COSMETICS, WHEREAS BEFORE THEY DIDN'T.

NOW THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR AGENCY IF YOU'RE A MANUFACTURING COSMETICS AND THERE'S QUALITY SYSTEM UPGRADES, SO FORTH.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL AND BRING IN EXPERTISE WITH.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A DENTAL PRODUCT LINE FOR GUM REJUVENATION AND THEN OCULAR AS WELL.

ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO START WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS RIGHT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

I CAN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE PRODUCT OR PRODUCTS, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE ANSWER.

AND YOU SEE THESE THREE PRODUCT LINES STAYING HERE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

JUST GOING TO CLOSE THINGS DOWN.

BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT.

THIS WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION SHARED AND I'M GLAD THERE WON'T BE A TEST.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER.

AND ANDY FERNANDEZ.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

ITEM NUMBER 8 PRESENTATION FROM THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING REGARDING PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY.

[8. Presentation from the Commission on Inclusion and Adaptive Living Regarding Pedestrian Accessibility Presentation and Discussion]

OVER THIS ONE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS THE MOUSE FOR.

LEFT AS BACK AS FORWARD.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOUSE? I THINK RIGHT THERE. I THINK ROSE CAN RAISE IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RUSS RANDALL.

I CHAIR THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING.

HI. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RACHEL SIMUKONDA AND I AM VICE CHAIR FOR THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I WAS HERE BEFORE.

I'M A LOCAL OF FLAGSTAFF.

FOR 52 YEARS I'VE SEEN THE STRUGGLES THAT OUR ELDERLY AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED CITIZENS HAVE HAD TRYING TO TRAVERSE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

BUT I LOVE OUR CITY AND I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO JEREMY DECATUR AND THAT LIBRARY.

I HAVE BEEN TO THAT LIBRARY MORE TIMES IN.

PROBABLY THREE WEEKS THAN I HAVE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

IT'S EASY FOR ME TO GET UP.

I CAN DO IT BY MYSELF.

HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT.

I LOVE SEEING THAT FOR OUR DISABLED CITIZENS, FOR I SAW AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN.

I JUST MY HEART IS SO FULL WITH THAT.

I LOVE IT. I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR FULL TIME.

AND THAT IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS COMMISSION.

BEFORE THAT, I HAD A FIRE FOR DISABLED RIGHTS.

BUT THIS HAS LIT A PASSIONATE FIRE TO HELP FURTHER ADA LAWS AND MAKE THE ENTIRE CITY MORE FRIENDLY TO THOSE OF US WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ON THE COMMISSION FOR AS MANY YEARS AS YOU GUYS CAN STAND ME.

AND AS FOR MY BACKGROUND, I RETIRED LAST YEAR.

I SERVED 41 YEARS FOR FLAGSTAFF UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND A CASE MANAGER, AND I COORDINATED OUR TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK PROGRAM. CURRENTLY, I WORK FOR DIVERGENT, WHICH IS A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES TRANSITION TRAINING FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.

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OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE DUTY TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON ISSUES AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH THAT DUTY IN MIND, WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY TO PROVIDE A VOICE TO THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHOM WE REPRESENT.

AND REALLY FOR JUST ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND MAYBE FOR TEN MONTHS, BUT SINCE EARLY SPRING OF 2023, OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN OBSERVING AND DISCUSSING HOW SIDEWALKS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE OBSTRUCTED AND ENCROACHED UPON, OFTEN DENYING ACCESSIBILITY TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES.

AT TIMES, THESE OBSERVATIONS OR THESE OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETELY PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM ACCESSING BUSINESS, SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND EVEN HOMES.

THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR OUR CITY.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDES A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE OBSTRUCTION ENCROACHMENTS THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY.

OUR PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDES SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE TO HELP ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL.

AND IF I COULD JUMP IN HERE, IF BOTH OF YOU COULD COULD TRY YOUR BEST TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE BOTH MICROPHONES SO THAT YOU CAN SHIFT BACK AND FORTH WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

AGAIN WERE THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING.

AND WE ARE HERE TO SHOW TO ALL OF YOU.

SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION AND ENCROACHMENT ISSUES.

MM. SIDEWALKS PROVIDE SPACE FOR USE BY PEDESTRIANS THAT IS SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. INFRINGEMENT ON THIS SPACE, INCLUDING OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENT ON SIDEWALKS, IS DAMAGING AND DANGEROUS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING HAS IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE CONCERNS RELATED TO OUR SIDEWALKS.

THESE INCLUDE BULK TRASH AND TRASH CANS IMPEDING SIDEWALK FLOW, SIDEWALKS IN NEED OF REPAIR, VEHICLES BEING PARKED ON SIDEWALKS, SAND BAGS BEING IMPROPERLY PLACED, AND LACK OF SNOW REMOVAL.

WORKING TOGETHER, WE IN THE COMMUNITY OF FLAGSTAFF CAN DO BETTER AT KEEPING OUR SIDEWALKS SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE.

FIRST. WE'D LIKE TO TALK. EXCUSE ME.

FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BULK TRASH IMPEDING SIDEWALK FLOW.

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, BULK PICKUP COMES ABOUT EVERY FIVE WEEKS IN OUR CITY.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS ADVISED CITIZENS NOT TO BLOCK THE SIDEWALKS WITH THEIR BULK TRASH.

YET THIS CONTINUES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WAS PLACED OUT ON THE CURB AND IMPEDING THE SIDEWALK FOR 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

BULK TRASH COMPLETELY BLOCKING A SIDEWALK IN THIS PICTURE.

AND NOTE THE APPLIANCE WHICH WILL NOT BE PICKED UP UNLESS AN APPOINTMENT IS SCHEDULED PRIOR FOR PICKUP.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT MANY OF THE CITIZENS OF FLAGSTAFF KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THIS WILL THAT THIS WILL BRING TO LIGHT, HOPEFULLY.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PICTURES.

I'D LIKE YOU TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE FROM MULTIPLE PARTS OF OUR CITY.

THIS IS NOT FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DELIBERATELY WENT OUT AROUND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVERED ALL ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY.

ANOTHER PICTURE OF TRASH BLOCKING A SIDEWALK, THIS TIME IN A SCHOOL ZONE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE.

AND FOR KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL, THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO WALK OUT IN THE STREET TO GET TO THEIR SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION.

AND IT'S ONE THAT WE COMMONLY SEE.

JUST JUST A COUPLE OF BAGS.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT IMPEDES THE SIDEWALKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT THIS FOR ME MEANS THAT I HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO A CURB RAMP, GO ALL THE WAY BACK OUT INTO THE STREET, AND THEN FIND THE NEXT CURB RAMP.

AND IF IT'S A BUSY STREET, WHICH I'VE HAD TO DO, IF IT'S A BUSY STREET, SOMETIMES I'M SQUEEZING BETWEEN CARS AND I SIT A LITTLE BIT LOWER. AND SO IT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR SOMEONE.

AND THE LITTLE SHORTIES THAT GO TO SCHOOL, SOME OF THEM ARE SHORTER THAN I AM.

SO IT'S A BIG CONCERN.

AND RACHEL, YOU ARE A GOOD PRESENTER.

RACHEL IS ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS, SO.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION.

AGAIN, SOMETHING WE SEE COMMONLY, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY IN MY VERY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THAT PILE SAT THERE FOR A MONTH.

MAKING THIS COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE.

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MANY CITIZENS DON'T KNOW THAT TRASH CANS SHOULDN'T BE PLACED ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT ALSO AFTER TRASH PICKUP.

TRASH CANS ARE OFTEN DROPPED BACK ONTO THE SIDEWALK BY CITY STAFF.

AND I THINK JUST SOME BASIC EDUCATION FOR BOTH EMPLOYEES AND FOR CITIZENS WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM, NOT NECESSARILY GET RID OF IT, BUT IT WOULD ALLEVIATE IT A LITTLE BIT.

ON SOME OF OUR SIDE STREETS.

NEARLY EVERY TRASHCAN SITS ON THE SIDEWALK, AND THAT'S BEFORE THE TRASH IS PICKED UP AND AFTER THE TRASH IS PICKED UP.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER THURSDAY IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF I TRIED TO SQUEEZE BY THAT, OBVIOUSLY I COULDN'T GET BY.

I WOULD BE THROWN ALL THE WAY OUT.

BUT IF YOU LOOK FURTHER BACK, THAT TRASH CAN SAT THERE FOR A WEEK.

SO THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THIS STREET, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS THE SIDEWALK ON THE STREET.

HE'S PARKED ON THE SIDE.

HE'S PARKED ON THE SIDE. OH, OKAY.

SORRY. THAT LOOKED LIKE THE ROAD TO ME.

THAT'S THE SIDEWALK. MAYBE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS PARKED THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRASH CANS SITTING THERE, TOO.

SO, NO, THIS IS INACCESSIBLE COMPLETELY.

HERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM.

THIS MAILBOX HAS BEEN HERE FOR PROBABLY 4 OR 5 YEARS, DEFINITELY BEFORE ALL OF THE FLOODING.

THIS MAILBOX ACTUALLY LEAVES LESS THAN THREE FEET CLEARANCE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ADA LAW.

AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE.

IT'S BLOCKING TWO CURB RAMPS TO GET AROUND.

SO AND THIS IS A REALLY BUSY ROUTE FOR KIDS TO GET TO KILLIP ELEMENTARY.

AND IF THEY'RE WORKING WALKING IN GROUPS, IT DEFINITELY SOME OF THEM HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE STREET TO GET AROUND THAT MAILBOX.

ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE SEE FAR TOO OFTEN IS VEGETATION THAT GROWS OVER THE SIDEWALK OR THROUGH THE SIDEWALK OR ABOVE THE SIDEWALK.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF THE RESIDENTS NOT KNOWING THAT THEIR SIDEWALK NEEDS TO BE MADE ACCESSIBLE.

BUT WE THINK THE CITY PERHAPS COULD HELP RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT SITUATION.

SIDEWALKS IN NEED OF REPAIR ALSO PRESENT MAJOR BARRIERS.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THE ONE NEAR THE FIRE HYDRANT, THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGE TO NAVIGATE.

AND THEN ON THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS SEPARATED AGAIN, CREATING SUCH A CRACK THAT IN THAT CASE, FOR A PERSON WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, VERY UNSAFE SITUATION.

AND AGAIN, SOME MORE OF THE SAME.

PARKING ON SIDEWALKS.

THIS THIS NEXT FEW SLIDES HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT AT THE HEART OF WHERE I HIT.

A PERSON SHALL NOT STOP, STAND OR PARK A VEHICLE UNATTENDED ON A SIDEWALK.

ARS 20 8-8 73.

ON THIS. THE WHOLE SIDEWALK IS COVERED.

AND I KNOW THAT CITY CODE COMPLIANCE HAS SAID THAT THAT'S A DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT GOES INTO SOMEONE'S HOME.

HOWEVER, THE CITY INSTALLED THAT SIDEWALK.

IT'S ADA COMPLIANT.

IT'S COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE.

SO THAT IS, IN FACT, NOT HIS DRIVEWAY.

THAT IS STILL A CITY SIDEWALK AND IT'S COMPLETELY BLOCKED.

AND THAT INDIVIDUAL PARKS THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AGAIN, IMPOSSIBLE TO USE THE SIDEWALK HERE.

THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THOSE TWO VEHICLES PARKED THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND APPARENTLY THEY DON'T GET TICKETED.

OR THEY WOULD NOT PARK THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

MORE OF THE SAME.

AND MORE OF THE SAME.

OH. THIS TRUCK'S REAR HITCH IS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER FOR SOMEONE WITH A VISUAL DISABILITY.

THIS POSES A DANGER AS THEY WOULD RUN STRAIGHT INTO THE BALL.

HITCH. WE HAVE A COMMISSION MEMBER WHOSE FAMILY MEMBER IS VISUALLY DISABLED.

SHE GETS AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE HELP OF A SERVICE DOG AS WELL AS HER CANE.

AND SHE SAID MANY TIMES AS SHE'S MOVING THE CANE BACK AND FORTH, THE CANE WILL MISS THAT BALL HITCH AND SHE'LL RUN STRAIGHT INTO IT.

AND IF HER DOG DOES NOT ALERT HER TO IT, THE DOG IS ELDERLY AND HAS CATARACTS.

SO. IF IF THE DOG DOES NOT ALERT HER TO THAT.

SHE SAID SHE HAS RUN HER KNEECAP INTO THOSE BALL HITCHES MANY TIMES.

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THIS IS AN ACTUAL BUSINESS VEHICLE THAT'S IMPEDING THE SIDEWALK.

SHE HAS BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT THAT AND JUST REFUSES TO TO COMPLY WITH ANYTHING THAT'S REQUESTED.

IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PICKING ON ERICKSON.

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE OUT OF BUSINESS, BUT THIS IS A GOOD PREVIEW OF OTHER OTHER BUSINESSES, OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES WITH PROPER STORAGE AND MATERIALS.

PATRONS OF THIS BUSINESS AND OTHERS WOULD BE ABLE TO PARK LEGALLY, THEREBY LEAVING THE SIDEWALK AS A SAFE PASSAGE.

IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S THERE'S I CAN'T SEE REALLY.

I'M SORRY, BUT THERE IS PALLETS AND THERE'S A TRAILER WITH A HITCH THAT'S PARKED OUT ON THE SIDEWALK.

THEIR PARKING SPACES ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH.

AND SO A LONGER VEHICLE THAT PARKS THERE IS ACTUALLY OUT INTO THE BIKE LANE AND THE ROAD AS WELL.

AND SO THAT IS A BIGGER THAN A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER FOR FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE LIKE ME.

ADA REQUIRES AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE SPOT IN A COMMERCIAL PARKING AREA.

AND THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OF MANY THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HAVE NO ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPOTS.

PROPER SIGNAGE AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS ALSO NEED TO BE PLACED IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH ADA LAW.

THE ADA LAW SPECIFICALLY IS 2010 ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN SECTIONS 208 AND 502.

PARKING SPACES.

AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

THIS IS A MAN USING HIS WALKER WHO HAD TO WALK IN THE STREET DUE TO THE BLOCK SIDEWALK.

AGAIN, SIDEWALKS BEING BLOCKED BY VEHICLES PARKED THERE.

THIS IS ONE THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE.

HASH MARKED AREAS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE PARKED IN, BUT TO ALLOW EXTRA SPACE FOR PEOPLE GETTING INTO AND OUT OF ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPOTS.

A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR WOULD BE STUCK.

EVEN A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY PLAQUE CANNOT CIRCUMVENT THAT ADA LAW.

THAT SPECIFIC ADA LAW IS ADA TITLE THREE, SECTION 206 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE.

AS I SAID, I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THIS.

THE WOMAN HAD A DISABLED PLAQUE.

I EXPLAINED TO HER, MA'AM, I NEED THAT ACCESSIBLE HATCHWAY TO GET INTO MY CAR.

AND SHE SAID, I DON'T CARE. I NEED A SPOT.

AND I SAID, YOU'RE PREVENTING ME FROM BEING ABLE TO MOVE FREELY.

AND SHE SAID, CALL THE POLICE.

AND I SAID, TAKES THE POLICE A LONG TIME.

HOW ABOUT JUST SOME RESPECT? AND SHE SAID A FEW BEAUTIFUL WORDS TO ME AND THEN WALKED INTO THE STORE.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, EVEN WHEN CALLING THE POLICE, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S A POLICE OFFICER'S DISCRETION WHETHER OR NOT TO TICKET THE THE OFFENDER.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, RACHEL? THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THAT, DO YOU? NOT REALLY. THAT'S FINE, RACHEL.

ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE SEE IS SANDBAGS.

AND, OF COURSE, FLOOD MITIGATION IS ESSENTIAL IN OUR CITY.

AND I THINK IT WILL BE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFETIME, FRANKLY.

BUT BLOCKING A SIDEWALK INHIBITS DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING A CLEAR PATH TO SAFETY.

THIS ONE IS BLOCKING THE CURB RAMP.

I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT PICTURE.

AND AGAIN, BLOCKING A CURB RAMP.

JUST GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD.

THIS ONE IS MAYBE ESPECIALLY DISTURBING BECAUSE IT BLOCKS THE SIDEWALK COMPLETELY.

BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE, TOO, THAT THE SANDBAG PALLET WAS ACTUALLY DROPPED ON THE SIDEWALK BY CITY STAFF AND LEFT THERE.

AND IT STILL SITS THERE.

TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS AFTER IT WAS DROPPED, IT STILL SITS THERE.

AGAIN. EVEN THE CURB BLOCK IS RAMPED.

THE CURB RAMP IS BLOCKED HERE.

FLAGSTAFF FAVORITE SNOW REMOVAL.

AS EVERYONE KNOWS, LIVING IN FLAGSTAFF MEANS SNOW AND SNOW REMOVAL, AND WE KNOW IT CAN BE CHALLENGING.

BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE DON'T CONSIDER THE DIFFICULTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES.

AND THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED FROM THE LAST FROM SNOWMAGEDDON LAST YEAR.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE SNOW IS PLOWED RIGHT ONTO THE SIDEWALK BY A CITY SNOWPLOW AND A PILE WAS STILL THERE THREE WEEKS LATER.

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CLEARLY, THIS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO NAVIGATE AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO REMOVE AFTER IT'S MELTED AND HARDENED.

AND IN THIS PICTURE, THE STREET HAS BEEN PLOWED.

IT'S SAFE FOR CARS, BUT FOR SOMEONE WITH WHEELS OR SOMEONE WITH A SEEING EYE DOG, THOSE ROADS ARE ICY AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR US. THIS IS KIND OF HALFWAY DOWN THE PICTURE.

SNOW JUST SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK.

AND IT GOES ABOUT ALMOST TO THE TOP OF THE PICTURE WHERE MOUNT ELDEN STARTS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM MY FRONT YARD.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT A CHALLENGE SNOW CAN BE FOR FOLKS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND, OF COURSE, ENFORCEMENT CITY ORDINANCES FOR SNOW REMOVAL.

THAT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

WE MET WITH REGGIE AND I DON'T REMEMBER HIS TITLE, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT HE THERE'S HIM AND I THINK HE HAS ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO ACTUALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT.

AND IT'S JUST AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB FOR HIM TO DO.

FOR MANY FLAGSTAFF CITIZENS, COMPLIANCE ITSELF IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

SO I GUESS WE ASK IF THERE ARE THINGS THE CITY CAN DO TO HELP.

ACCESSIBILITY IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO OUR AGING AND DISABLED POPULATION.

WE BELIEVE THAT WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF DEPARTMENTS CAN TACKLE THIS ISSUE.

BUT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE WITH YOU? I THINK IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH AS PEOPLE, WE WILL ALL EXPERIENCE DISABILITY.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT.

BUT AS A COMMISSION, WE ARE SOLUTION ORIENTED.

WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE HOW THE COMMISSION, THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, CAN MAKE THE SITUATION BETTER.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES COULD BE TRAINED.

THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES COULD BE TRAINED TO NOT PLACE TRASH CANS ON THE SIDEWALK AND TO NOTE VIOLATIONS OF CITY CODES FOR CLEAR SIDEWALKS.

THEY COULD ALSO ADD A NOTE TO THE WATER BILLS AND EMAIL CITIZENS EXPLAINING CODE COMPLIANCE ABOUT BULK PICK UP TRASH CANS AND SIDEWALKS.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY CONTINUE TO ASSESS SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN NEED OF VEGETATION CLEARANCE AND ACTUALLY PERFORM REPAIRS AS NECESSARY.

WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF PROBLEMATIC SIDEWALKS IN OUR CITY.

WE REALLY, REALLY DO.

AND I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1977.

I THINK THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS.

POLICE OFFICERS COULD GIVE A PAMPHLET AND A WARNING FOR A FIRST OFFENSE WITH A MONETARY CONSEQUENCE FOR A SECOND.

SANDBAG PLACEMENT AND OTHER FLOOD MITIGATION SHOULD BE MODIFIED RELATIVE TO ACCESSIBILITY.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN MY RESEARCH I'VE FOUND THAT, OF COURSE, AND IT SHOULD BE THAT SANDBAG PLACEMENT TAKES PRIORITY.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER SOMEONE LIKE ME HAS TO GET OUT OF MY HOME AS WELL.

AND I CAN'T GO UP AND DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE RUSHING TO GET OUT.

THEY'VE GOT THEIR CARS PACKED FULL SO THEY DON'T HAVE COMPLETE VIEW OF EVERYTHING GOING ON AROUND THEM.

AND IT MAKES IT MORE DANGEROUS FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

WHEN I HAVE TO CROSS FOURTH STREET, IF I DON'T HAVE MY SON OR MY DAUGHTER WITH ME AS I'M CROSSING THE STREET, I ACTUALLY GO LIKE THIS SO THAT PEOPLE IN CARS THAT ARE TALLER WILL SEE ME SO THAT IF I DON'T GET COMPLETELY ACROSS, WHICH OFTENTIMES I DON'T, THEY WILL SEE ME SO THAT THEY DON'T RUN ME OVER.

AND. AS WE WHO LIVE IN FLAGSTAFF KNOW, WE STRUGGLE A GREAT DEAL WITH OUR TRAFFIC, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE STRUGGLES WITH THE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE NOW.

INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE SIX AND SEVEN LANES ACROSS ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT WITH PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES.

VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

PROPERTY OWNERS COULD ALSO BE INFORMED AND REMINDER REMINDED OF CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SNOW REMOVAL.

AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB FOR REGGIE AND HIS STAFF TO DO, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO SEE THAT THE CITY HAS BEGUN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SNOW ANGEL PROGRAM OR A SNOW BUDDY PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE A PROGRAM THROUGH WHICH CITIZENS CAN GET ASSISTANCE FOR.

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CODE COMPLIANCE CAN ENSURE LAWS ARE FOLLOWED AND EDUCATE VIOLATORS.

AGAIN, PAMPHLETS ARE A GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT MONETARY PENALTIES COULD ALSO BE APPLIED IF SOME WITH WITH THE TIMES AND THE WAY THAT MONEY IS NOWADAYS, IF SOMEBODY GETS HIT WITH A $25 FINE, MAYBE IT'S GOING TO WAKE THEM UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE NEXT TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A $50 FINE UNTIL THEY CAN COMPLY.

NOW LET'S CHAT.

WHAT CAN THIS COMMISSION DO TO HELP ENSURE TOP NOTCH ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR CITY? WE REALLY, REALLY THE SEVEN MEMBERS THAT ARE NOW SEATED ON OUR COMMISSION.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

WE REALLY WANT TO BE EXTREMELY CONNECTED WITH YOU GUYS AND DO WHAT WE CAN DO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH SNOW ANGEL, WE'RE THERE. WE HAVE A PARKING LIAISON.

I JUST SPOKE WITH CHIEF MUSSELMAN.

WE WILL BE WORKING WITH HIM.

YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AS THE COMMISSION, WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HELP.

AND WE'RE HERE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTER ONLINE AND STAFF HAS SOME THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

SO COULD WE HAVE STAFF SPEAK TO ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL BECAUSE MAYBE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED.

AND I BELIEVE THAT REGGIE IS ONLINE AS WELL, IF WE NEED HIM TO STEP IN HERE.

OH, HEY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

REGGIE ECCLESTON, CO COMPLIANCE MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S IT'S VERY WELL DONE.

I APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT STRUGGLES YOU'RE SHARING WITH US.

WE ARE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF YOU, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO REVAMP SOME OF OUR OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS FIND OTHER SOLUTIONS AND WAYS TO EITHER GET MORE EQUIPMENT SO THAT EVEN MYSELF AND ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER.

SO I'VE GOT TWO NOW, WHICH IS GOOD.

AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY MORE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, MORE ACTIVE, AND WE'LL DO ANYTHING WE CAN, WHETHER IT BE PERSONALLY GETTING A SHOVEL, ESPECIALLY DURING SNOW REMOVAL SEASON OR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IF WE CAN BUDGET FOR IT.

UM, WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE STRUGGLES THAT YOU HAVE.

WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A MEETING TODAY DISCUSSING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE HOPEFULLY CAN GO.

AND SO I WILL JUST OFFER TO YOU TO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AT ANY TIME.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET YOU OUT IN THE FIELD.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU IN MY OFFICE OR AT YOUR HOME, WHATEVER IS MOST CONVENIENT FOR YOU SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE MOST, UM, GOOD EXPERIENCE IN GETTING AROUND TOWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NICHOLSON. THIS IS A GOOD KICKOFF.

I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.

AND SCOTT OVERTON, I SERVE AS THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.

I THINK YOU'VE RAISED A LOT A LOT OF ISSUES.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, FRIDAY WE RECEIVED THE PACKET AND THE PUBLIC POSTING AND WE WERE STARTING TO GO THROUGH IT AND WE HAVE A FEW OTHER STAFF MEMBERS JOINING ME THIS EVENING.

AND A LOT OF THE ISSUES YOU IDENTIFIED CLEARLY SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MODIFY PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS AND LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I THINK IF WE COULD TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL DO SO.

AND MAYBE IT IS A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSION AS PROPER TO TRY TO UNDERSCORE SOME OF THESE UNIQUE SITUATIONS.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IN PARTICULAR IS, AS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR REPORT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO REGGIE IS ONE PIECE FROM CODE COMPLIANCE, A VERY SMALL TEAM, PUBLIC WORKS HANDLES A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES.

OUR COMMUNITY ON TRASH CART PLACEMENT AND BULKY PLACEMENT IS A REALLY BIG PIECE OF EDUCATION WE CAN ASSIST WITH.

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WE KNOW OUR FRIENDS IN PARKS WILL BE VERY ASSISTIVE IN HOW WE GET AROUND OUR FACILITIES AND OUR GROUNDS, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE PLENTY OF CONVERSATION WITH US.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP TO TRY TO SORT OUT WHEN BEHAVIORS CAN CHANGE, THEY'LL THEY'LL BE AT THE TABLE WITH US TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.

BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO SAW THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION SOME THINGS THAT RAISED SOME CONCERNS.

SO WHEN YOU RAISE THE SIDEWALK CONCERNS, WE COMPLETELY AGREE.

IN FACT, WE'VE MOVED A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

SO WHETHER IT'S ROAD REPAIR, STREET SAFETY LIKE YOU SEE TODAY ON WOODLANDS OR ON COLUMBUS, YOU KNOW, WE START TO REALLY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS THEY COME UP HERE.

WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS REPORTING AREAS THAT WE WILL GET TO MARK, LOCATE AND CORRECT.

CLEARLY, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.

THAT'S A JOINT VENTURE, RIGHT? THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SOME STAKE IN THE GAME FINANCIALLY.

SO IT'S THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS AND THEN HOW THAT CITY IN OUR CASE STARTS TO WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP AND A PROCESS PIECE.

BUT I THINK YOU'VE POINTED OUT SOME THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR US TO FOCUS ON.

I THINK WE CAN BALANCE SOME OF THESE VALUES.

THEN THERE'S A FEW THAT REALLY SEEM PRETTY SIMPLE THAT MAYBE WE'VE OVERLOOKED.

SO MAYBE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT MITIGATIONS AS PROJECTS COME ONLINE AND MITIGATIONS CHANGE, HOW DO WE WORK WITH IN PARTICULAR OUR FLOOD AREAS SUCH AS GRANDVIEW, SUNNYSIDE AND COCONINO ESTATES TO REALLY MODIFY THOSE SHORT TERM MITIGATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE BALANCE THE VALUES BETTER.

WE CAN STILL GET GOOD PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY ACCESS AND MAYBE SOME OF THE GOALS OF FLOOD MITIGATION, BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE REALLY IN CONFLICT.

SO I PROVIDE THESE COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD REPORT, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROPER WAYS TO REPORT THINGS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THOSE TOOLS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COOPERATING STAFF HERE THIS EVENING THAT ARE TAKING NOTES AND WILLING TO WORK THE ISSUES AS WELL.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO LET MAYOR AND COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW UP FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT THIS EVENING, TOO.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS IF A RESIDENT COMES ACROSS A SIDEWALK THAT'S GOT SOME DAMAGE OR HAS VEGETATION GROWING OVER IT, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO? YEAH, EXCELLENT QUESTION.

SO PUBLIC WORKS TYPICALLY TAKES THAT CALL.

SO IT'S EITHER AN EMAIL TO PUBLIC WORKS OR A CALL TO THE MAIN LINE.

SOMETIMES CITIZENS WILL REPORT IT EVEN TO YOU AND YOU MIGHT FORWARD IT ON TO A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHO THEN FORWARDS IT ON TO US.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL WALK IN TO PUBLIC WORKS.

OTHER TIMES WE IDENTIFY THE ISSUE.

MAYBE A STAFF MEMBER WILL SEE IT OR WE WILL BE DOING AN INSPECTION IN AN AREA WITH OUR ENGINEERING CREWS AND THEY'LL IDENTIFY A CERTAIN AREA.

SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT ON THE ROAD REPAIR STREET SAFETY PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IN THE COMMUNITY.

ONCE THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED, THEY ARE KIND OF CATEGORIZED, PRIORITIZED, AND THEN WE TRY TO ADDRESS THEM WITH WORK CREWS AS AVAILABLE.

A LOT OF THEM DO BECOME WEATHER DEPENDENT, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE OF JANUARY.

THOSE ARE REALLY UNLIKELY TO GET FIXED QUICKLY.

BUT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, IT'S A REALLY ROBUST PROGRAM.

SO REPORTING CAN BE THROUGH ANY METHOD WE HAVE TYPICALLY PUSHED OUT.

AND MAYBE THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.

SO AS WE WORK WITH SARAH LANGLEY'S OFFICE, HOW DO WE JUST LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, HERE'S THE WAY TO REPORT THESE THINGS, IF THAT'S THE MECHANISM THAT MAYBE WOULD HELP US IMPROVE, GET THAT WORD OUT, AND WE TEND TO GET A LOT OF REPORTS.

SO SOMEWHERE THE INFORMATION IS SITTING.

THANK YOU. AND SO WE CAN GET A LIST OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED THROUGH YOUR WORK AND GET THEM TO PUBLIC WORKS SO YOU CAN ADD THEM TO YOUR LISTS.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE SNOW ANGELS.

AND I'M WONDERING IF BEFORE WE GET TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, WHETHER COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. OVERTON. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK YOU ARE FREE TO STEP AWAY.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS STEPHEN THOMPSON.

I SERVE AS A SUSTAINABILITY SUPERVISOR AND HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SNOW ANGELS, SNOW HEROES SNOW BUDDIES PROGRAM, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING.

AND WE'RE COMING UP WITH AS MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS POSSIBLE USING SUCCESSFUL MODELS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO WORK OR WHAT COMBINATION OF THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT NEIGHBORS WITH NEIGHBORS TO HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THESE

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NOW, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER EFFORT, SO IT CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR FOLKS THAT ARE IN PUBLIC WORKS AND IN PROSE HAVE DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TRY AND KEEP SIDEWALKS AND OUR COMMUNITY OPEN AND WALKABLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH PROS, CODE COMPLIANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED AND DEFINITELY OPEN TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THAT MEETING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I SHOULD BE ADDRESSING IN THAT PRESENTATION AND AS PLANS CONTINUE.

YEAH, THAT'S A VERY EXCITING THING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IN PLACE LAST YEAR.

YES, IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.

ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT LOCAL GROUPS WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP TOO, SO MAYBE THEIR MEMBERS CAN CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO COULD USE A HAND CLEARING SNOW FROM THEIR SIDEWALKS.

IDEALLY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO EFFICIENTLY CONNECT THOSE IN NEED WITH EITHER INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP CLEAR SNOW FROM FROM SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S RESIDENCE.

HOW THAT'S GOING TO FUNCTION LOGISTICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS STILL TO HAPPEN AND A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGAL AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING NOT NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED, BUT VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.

YEAH, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLY HAVING SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS SIGN UP.

SO KEEP WORKING HARD ON THIS PROGRAM.

DEFINITELY. AND IF YOU FORWARD ME THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION OR IF ANYONE HAS INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, SEND THEM MY WAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

UM, ARE THERE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION? OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL.

WELL, BEFORE I GO TO COUNCIL, WHAT I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH IS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS PRESENTATION.

WHEN I SAW IT AT THE COMMISSION, I KNEW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SEE BEFORE COUNCIL AND BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF PARKING ON THE SIDEWALK OR, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE CAN SWITCH SOME BEHAVIOR JUST FROM AWARENESS.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. BEFORE GOING TO OUR COMMENTS, THOUGH, DID WE WANT TO DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT? I LIKE TO DEFER TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT JUST IN CASE IT COVERS SOME OF OR ADDS ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE CONVERSATION.

SURE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER IS KEITH BECKER.

KEITH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR COMMENTS NOW.

HI, KEITH. HELLO.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? WE CAN.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

I WANT FIRST I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM A COMMISSION MEMBER.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ONLY TWO OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT A QUORUM.

I THINK YOU'RE. I THINK YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

OKAY. UM.

UM. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT WALKABILITY.

AND OF COURSE, IF I MAY COIN A PHRASE, WHEELCHAIR ABILITY.

UM, SIDEWALKS ARE USELESS IF THEY'RE NOT WALKABLE DUE TO OBSTRUCTIONS OR THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK, OR EVEN IF THEY'RE MISSING.

BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN, THEY'RE USELESS IF WE CAN'T GET OVER THEM BECAUSE SOMETHING IS BLOCKING THEM OR THEY'RE BROKEN.

UM, I WANT TO KNOW.

I WANT TO SAY THAT WE DO, AND WE WILL IN THE FUTURE PRESENT SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COST SOME MONEY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD PROP, UH, WHAT WAS IT, 419 I BELIEVE IT IS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN DIG OUT SOME MONEY TO HELP WITH FLIERS OR EVEN SOME STAFF FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THINGS MOVING. ANYWAY, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM AND I WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

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AND I KNOW THEY WANT TO BE, TOO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL CITY STAFF TO JOIN US BY BECOMING INVOLVED WITH BRAINSTORMING OBSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS AND PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION FOR FLAGSTAFF CITIZENS AND FLAGSTAFF CITY EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GOING TO WE'VE TOLD SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS LIKE REPORTING A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR REPORTING WOULD BE REALLY NICE.

SO YOU COULD REPORT ANY KIND OF ISSUE WITH THE SIDEWALK OR BLOCKAGE.

UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT WAY.

POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO ON.

UM, OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT CONTACT WARNINGS, ENFORCEMENT AND CITATIONS DATABASE, HOPEFULLY FOR DISPATCHERS AND CITY EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO CHECK PREVIOUS REPORTS.

BECAUSE WHEN I'VE REPORTED THINGS, IT SEEMS LIKE I REPORT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND NOTHING REALLY SEEMS TO GET DONE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN REPORTED ONE PLACE REPORTED OVER 40 TIMES.

UM, SO INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLETS.

THAT'S GOING TO COST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT THAT MAY BE WHERE THAT PROPOSITION COMES INTO PLAY FOR US.

THE WARNING SIGNS THAT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT STICKERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION HERE.

EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC, EDUCATION TO THE POLICE.

UM, ENVIRONMENTAL CITY EMPLOYEES.

EVEN CODE COMPLIANCE PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME EDUCATION GO ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN A POLICE OFFICER DOES GO UP TO SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEY GO AND THEY TALK TO THEM, THEY CAN HAND THEM A PAMPHLET THAT HAS ALL OF THE STUFF IN IT THAT THEY NEED.

UM, AS A CITIZEN AND LINKS ON THERE AS A CITIZEN, THEY CAN GO AND LOOK THESE THINGS UP AND COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THAT.

THANK YOU, KEITH.

THANK YOU. YES, THESE ARE THESE ARE GREAT SUGGESTIONS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING ALL OF THESE DOWN IN WRITING.

MAYBE AT OUR NEXT AT OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

AND AND I WILL BE CALLING YOU ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT YOU ALERTED ME TO.

OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK REALLY BRIEFLY HERE.

I DO WANT TO SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE ON CODE COMPLIANCE AND MAYBE, AGAIN, THAT PROP MIGHT HELP US WITH ALL THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS WAS TRULY INFORMATIVE AND GREAT INFORMATION FOR US.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT TO ME AND WHAT YOU SHARED AND THAT I TRULY APPRECIATED FROM THE PRESENTATION WAS NOTING THAT YOU'RE A SOLUTIONS ORIENTED COMMISSION AND THE NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD ARE REALLY IMPACTFUL.

I LOVED YOUR FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIP OVER PUNITIVE MEASURES, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR ONE GROUP IN OUR COMMUNITY, I TRULY BELIEVE WE'RE DOING FOR ALL.

AND IT'S WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FULL COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE AND LIVING OUT OUR MISSION.

FOR ME FROM THIS PRESENTATION, WHAT I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE IS THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE AND MORE OF THAT PROGRAMMATIC FOCUS THAT'S PLACED ON EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION EFFORTS AND SO FORTH.

I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT IS COME UP WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THE STAFF MEMBERS BROUGHT FORWARD THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT AND WORKING TOWARDS.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND OVERALL, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION THAT'S LOOKING TO COME FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CONVERSATION.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

WE CHANGED OUR NAME BACK WHEN.

A FEW YEARS AGO FROM THE DISABILITY AWARENESS COMMISSION TO THE INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID.

WE WANT TO HAVE INCLUSION FOR EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN IN THIS CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO REPEAT AGAIN A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HALL SAID, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REPEAT.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS COMMISSION, FIRST OF ALL, GAVE US A LENS TO SEE THINGS

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AND WE ARE BLINDED TO THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOUR LENS TO JUST ALL THESE AREAS.

I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT MY STREET WAS GOING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE I HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT PUT THEIR TRASH CANS ON THE SIDEWALK. AND OF COURSE, BULK TRASH IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.

SO I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS THERE.

BUT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT SOLUTIONS THAT ARE REASONABLE AND WORKABLE ALL IT'S REALLY HARD AND NOT THAT IT TAKES AWAY FROM OUR DESIRE TO ADDRESS ISSUES, BUT WHEN IT'S JUST COMPLAINTS WITHOUT LIKE, WELL, WHAT WOULD WORK? AND I JUST LOVED SO MANY OF THE, WELL, ALL THE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU YOU BROUGHT TO COUNCIL TODAY, THEY'RE WORKABLE.

THEY'RE DOABLE.

THEY'RE REASONABLE.

AND COMMUNICATION, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS IS CAN BE A HUGE IMPACT TO RESOLVING SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEING PLACED IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES.

AND SO I REALLY FEEL HOPEFUL THAT, MAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REALLY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN A VERY SHORT TIME FRAME.

I HEARD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING TO DECIDING WHAT DEPARTMENT MAYBE TO REPORT IT TO.

SO MAYBE STAFF CAN ALSO DO THIS, A HOTLINE TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE PRONE TO NOTICE THESE ISSUES CAN CALL IN AND SAY ON FERN STREET, NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, YOU KNOW, THE CARS PARKING ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE REGGIE DOES HAVE A SMALL STAFF EVEN THOUGH HE GAINED ONE.

BUT STILL WE HAVE A HUGE TOWN AND SO IT WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE IMPACT IF INSTEAD OF US LOOKING AROUND FOR THE ISSUES, IF WE WERE GIVEN A HEADS UP, HEY, THERE'S AN ISSUE OVER HERE.

THERE'S THIS PROBLEM.

I REALLY ENJOYED THE PICTURE OF THE MAILBOX ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

I HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE.

I WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS THAT WE DON'T SEE EVERY DAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHT AND THE WORK AND JUST WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, YOUR WHOLE COMMISSION IS DOING.

AND I FOR ONE, AND I'M SURE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ALSO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THAT HEART AND THAT PASSION TO REALLY LOOK AT A PROBLEM AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND WANT TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF US INVOLVED TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT A BETTER ADAPTIVE LIVING FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR GREG.

PRESENTATION IN GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF TALK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RESONATED WITH ME.

FIRST, I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES BEING REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ADA PARKING, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE FLEXIBLE ON THAT, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF IT AND THE TYPE OF BUSINESS.

SO DISCRETION THERE.

AS FAR AS THE SIDEWALKS, I'VE DONE A LOT OF WALKING AROUND FLAGSTAFF SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

I'VE TAKEN TRASH CANS AND MOVED THEM AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK AND PUT THEM IN THE STREET.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD ANY IMPACT, BUT I'VE DONE THAT.

I THINK IN THIS YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON ALL OF THIS, BUT I'LL KIND OF PUT IT IN FOCUS.

I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS EDUCATION.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? I WAS THINKING WE COULD PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER BILLS THAT EXPLAINS TO PEOPLE THESE THINGS.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW OR THINK, WELL, I'M PUTTING MY TRASH CAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK AND I'M BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.

AND IF THEY PUT IT IN THE STREET, WELL, CARS CAN GET AROUND THAT.

BUT A WHEELCHAIR OR EVEN A PEDESTRIAN OR KIDS ON A LITTLE MINI BIKE, THEY CAN'T GET AROUND IT.

SO I THINK WATER BILLS, EDUCATION, FIRST STEP, SECOND STEP, MORE EDUCATION.

AND THAT IS IN THE FORM OF WARNINGS.

WHEN PEOPLE BREAK THE RULES THAT ARE OBVIOUS THAT THEY NEED TO BE PUT A STICKER ON THEIR FRONT

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THIRD STEP ENFORCEMENT.

THAT MEANS THEY'RE GIVEN A TICKET.

AND IT MAY BE THAT THE FIRST OFFENSE THEY DON'T GET.

A FINE. WE'RE NOT HERE TO RAISE MONEY ON THIS.

WE'RE HERE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.

BUT IF THEY DO IT AGAIN, THERE SHOULD BE A FINE.

I REMEMBER ABOUT FOUR DECADES AGO, I LIVED IN SCOTTSDALE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME BETWEEN MARRIAGES.

I WAS LIVING WITH A FRIEND WHILE MY HOUSE WAS BEING BUILT, AND I GOT A TICKET IN SCOTTSDALE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY I PARKED.

I WASN'T BLOCKING ANYTHING.

IT WAS I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS, BUT SCOTTSDALE GIVES TICKETS AND I HAD TO PAY A FINE SO IT CAN HAPPEN.

I'M THINKING WE NEED SOME STICKERS FOR TRASH CANS.

IF THERE'S A RECURRING PROBLEM, WE PUT A STICKER ON THE TRASH CAN.

AND WHEN THE PEOPLE SEE THE STICKER, THEY'RE GOING TO READ IT AND MAYBE THEY'LL GO, WOW, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

AND THE STICKER SHOULD NOT JUST SAY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

IT SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY.

SO BE CONSIDERATE.

WHATEVER. AND I'LL MENTION THAT THERE WAS A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS HERE THAT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEY HAD A TREE THING.

I'LL JUST SAY IT PAY AND TAKE.

AND I TALKED TO THE OWNER THERE AND I SAYS, MY WIFE USES A WHEELCHAIR.

SHE COULDN'T GET BY HERE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID? AND IT WASN'T AN IDEAL SITUATION.

BUT NEXT TIME YOU WALK DOWN THERE, THERE'S SOME LIKE, GRAY PLASTIC THEY PUT IN THE TREE.

WELL, THAT A TREE THAT A WHEELCHAIR CAN GET ACROSS.

SO MY ONLY POINT IS THAT WE CAN ALL TALK TO PEOPLE.

I TALK TO THAT PERSON, THEY DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WHICH IS KIND OF UNRELATED.

AND SCOTT AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS TO SOME EXTENT, BUT WE NEED TO WHEN IT COMES TO SNOW REMOVAL.

CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN HAVE OUR PLOWS NOT PUT THESE AMAZING ICE DAMS RIGHT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAY.

I MEAN, THAT NICE FLUFFY SNOW IS ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY TO SHOVEL.

BUT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY PLOW IT ONTO MY DRIVEWAY.

IT'S HARD.

IT'S DIFFICULT.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY ACTUALLY BROUGHT SOME EQUIPMENT.

I DON'T KNOW, SCOTT, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THIS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY BOUGHT SOME EQUIPMENT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVER BEEN TRIED.

AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF CHALLENGING, BUT I'M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND I'M THINKING THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

AND SO THAT'S VERY RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

EDUCATION, MORE EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR. MCCARTHY. LIKE YOU, I AM A WALKING MAN.

MY WIFE CALLS ME A WALKING MAN.

IF I DO NOT EXERCISE, I DO NOT SLEEP.

SO I WALK A LOT AND I ENJOY WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AS I SEE THOSE GARBAGE CANS SITTING ON THE SIDEWALKS, I MOVE THEM OFF THE SIDEWALK AS WELL.

BUT SOMETIMES THAT MEANS A CONFRONTATION.

AND AS I GET OLDER, I REALLY TRY TO AVOID THOSE KIND OF CONFRONTATIONS.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF A STICKER AS WELL, MAYBE A LESS AGGRESSIVE FORM OF ACTUALLY MAKING A PROBLEM.

RIGHT. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS.

I'LL JUST SAY REAL QUICKLY, BEING AS TALL AS I AM, WHICH IS ITS OWN KIND OF HANDICAP, NOT AS BAD, OBVIOUSLY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE BRANCHES WILL HIT ME LIKE RIGHT HERE.

AND IT'S LIKE, WHY CAN'T PEOPLE TRIM OR SHOWN IN YOUR PICTURE? THE BRUSH, THE THE SHRUBS WERE COVERING HALF THE SIDEWALK.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

SO THOSE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, TOO.

THERE'S NOT AS SERIOUS AS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BUT THEY'RE AN ISSUE ALSO.

AND THAT'S AN EDUCATION ISSUE, RIGHT? IT REALLY IS AN EDUCATION ISSUE.

YEAH, IT IS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CAN I ADD THAT WITH COUNCIL'S PERMISSION, THE WORKING SESSION OR THE WORKING GROUP THAT HAS PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FORMATTING SOME TEMPLATES THAT WOULD HAVE CITY CODE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WITH COUNCIL'S PERMISSION, WE COULD CONTINUE DOING THAT AND THEN FORWARD IT HOWEVER WE NEED TO TO MAKE SURE IT'S LEGAL, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT AND WE CAN CONTINUE THAT.

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AND AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THAT REALM OF OF STICKERS OR NOT.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A DISCUSSION WE CAN'T DECIDE HERE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CAMPAIGN OF SORTS. YOU KNOW, ALL THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE BEING BEING PUT TOGETHER IN A THOUGHTFUL CAMPAIGN TO TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. SCOTT, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS.

WHETHER WE'VE USED THAT EQUIPMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SNOW OPS PRESENTATION COMING UP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS.

WE WERE CLEARLY MOVING TOWARDS ANY NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ANY NEW EQUIPMENTS THAT WE CAN FIND THAT DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

MOTHER NATURE DID NOT HELP US LAST YEAR AT 160IN.

SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT IF I CAN, I'D LIKE TO DEFER SOME OF THOSE SNOW OP QUESTIONS TO WHEN WE HAVE SAM AND THE ENTIRE SNOW OPS TEAM HERE TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR THIS COMING SEASON, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS QUICK BECAUSE EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO SAY HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN SAID.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND RACHEL, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND OUR CONVERSATION WAS ENLIGHTENING FOR ME AND IT JUST REMINDED ME AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER, THAT THERE ARE THINGS I CAN DO.

AND IN THE PRESENTATION IT WAS A GENTLE REMINDER AND.

I THINK HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT IS A GREAT FIRST START TO WHAT WE CAN DO AND KEEP INFORMING AND REMINDING OUR CITIZENS.

AND I THE ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS MAYBE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOME VIDEOS ON THE TRASH CANS AND THE SNOW AND THE SIDEWALKS AND THE LEAVES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THANK YOU AGAIN. YEAH, I KNOW.

THIS LAST SUMMER WAS SUMMER.

THIS LAST WINTER WAS CHALLENGING FOR EVERYONE, AND I SAW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRUDGING THROUGH THREE INCHES OF SNOW ON A ON A ON A BUSINESSES SIDEWALK TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE.

AND I KNOW THAT IT SHUT IN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES.

SO I'M GLAD TO START THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL.

AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THE COMMISSION DOES.

YOU ALL ARE AWESOME.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE AS COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE NOT THE EXPERTS, THE CITY STAFF ARE THE EXPERTS.

WE JUST ARE KIND OF THE EYES AND EARS AND WE DO PAY ATTENTION AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AS ADVOCATES SOMETIMES, MAYBE TOO GOOD AS ADVOCATES, BUT BUT THE STAFF IS OBVIOUSLY THE THE EXPERTS, SO.

WELL, YOU HAVE OUR ATTENTION.

EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9, RECYCLING UPDATES AND PATH FORWARD.

[9. Recycling Updates and Path Forward Update City Council and the community on the status of the City's recycling program and operations.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SCOTT OVERTON, ONCE AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING WITH A FAIRLY ROBUST BUT DETAILED AND POIGNANT CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR RECYCLING EFFORTS. AND THIS EVENING YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF OUR EXPERTS AND A LOT OF THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING THIS PROBLEM.

OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH RECYCLING IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IT HAS CHANGED.

AND I'M HERE TO REPORT THIS EVENING THAT THIS STATUS REPORT REALLY IS A GOOD NEWS STORY.

WE ARE NOT DONE WITH OUR WORK.

I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AS YOU'VE REVIEWED YOUR MATERIALS, YOU PAY ATTENTION THIS EVENING AND YOU LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU FORMULATE THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OR THINGS YOU

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AND THIS IS ALWAYS A TOPIC THAT COMES UP IN CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE TACKLED IT AND WE'VE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE STEP TO US MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME BACK AFTER WE'VE HAD SOME TRIALS AND ERRORS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND AS WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE NORTON OPERATION AND PROVIDE YOU WITH WHAT REALLY IS THE BEST AND LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT OUR RECYCLING EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF BRIEFLY WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND ALL THE THINGS WE WANT YOU TO LEARN AND TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING.

AND THEN THE TEAM THAT HAS ASSEMBLED THE MAJORITY OF THIS PRESENTATION AND REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE DEPTHS OF THE TOPIC WE'LL BE SHARING KIND OF IN A TAG TEAM EFFORT IN ABOUT A 20 TO 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION NEEDS, WE'LL RESPOND TO THOSE ACCORDINGLY TOWARDS THE END.

SO I MIGHT ASK YOU ALL TO KIND OF HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS AND MAYBE JOT THEM DOWN.

IT WILL GO MORE SMOOTHLY FOR YOU.

WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THIS A ROBUST PRESENTATION THAT GETS TO ALL THE THINGS WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT, BUT WE KNOW IF WE'VE MISSED ONE, WE WILL CERTAINLY COME BACK TOWARDS IT.

SO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE STATUS OF OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM AND THE OPERATION.

WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF HISTORY.

SOME OF THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL RECYCLING IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE HAD.

AND THAT REALLY PUTS THE CONTEXT INTO THE WHY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD.

WE DO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY, AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS VERY BRIEF BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAIRLY LENGTHY HISTORY WITH OUR LOCAL RECOVERY FACILITY.

WE WANT TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS AND HOW IT'S BEEN GOING.

WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER GROUPS THAT WE TEAM UP WITH SUSTAINABILITY, OUR ENGAGEMENT UPDATES WITH OUR INFORMATION OFFICE.

WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FOR FEEDBACK.

WE THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION COMING OUT OF SOME OF THE EFFORTS.

AND THEN WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO GIVE YOU NEXT STEPS, SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT TIMELINE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION FOR A FEW WEEKS.

SO I KNOW THE TEAM IS EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOUR SOLID WASTE SECTION DIRECTOR WILL BE UP FIRST.

SECTION DIRECTOR WILL BE UP FIRST THIS EVENING.

EVAN TURELL.

THANKS SCOTT. I APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. EVAN TYRELL, SOLID WASTE AND FLEET SERVICES SECTION DIRECTOR.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONTENT, AS SCOTT MENTIONED.

I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BUT GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF MORE CONTEXT TO THE DISCUSSION.

BUT I'D FIRST LIKE TO START AND JUST SAY THAT THIS ENTIRE RECYCLING OPERATION AND THE PROGRAMS AND THIS ONGOING TRANSITION HAS BEEN AN AMAZING COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND THE ORGANIZATION.

SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

PURCHASING. PROCUREMENT.

LEGAL. PUBLIC WORKS.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT AND VERY SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

SO I'D LIKE TO START THERE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK THE SALT WASTE COLLECTIONS TEAM HAS REALLY TAKEN A LOT OF THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THIS FACILITY WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDED OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN ALSO A HUGE EFFORT AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM A LARGE DEGREE OF KUDOS FOR THE EXTRA WORK THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING INTO THE OPERATION THERE.

SO BUT OVERALL, IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS, I WOULD SAY.

SO TALKING ABOUT THE RECYCLING LANDSCAPE FOR MORE OF A KIND OF GLOBAL OR NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN RURAL AND GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED COMMUNITIES SUCH AS FLAGSTAFF HAVE AND CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGING.

SO THE PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE, MURPH'S AND MARKETS, MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, THEY'RE TYPICALLY LOCATED IN LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS SUCH AS PHOENIX.

FOR A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING SENT TO NOW FOR PROCESSING AND RECOVERY.

RECYCLING IS AND HAS BECOME MORE COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING TO THE CONSUMER.

MARKETING, DIFFERENT KIND OF PACKAGING SCHEMES AND THE WAY THAT MATERIALS ARE MARKETED AND EVEN LABELED AS RECYCLABLE DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT THEY ARE RECYCLABLE.

SO IT'S BECOME A MUCH MORE CONFUSING INDUSTRY AND THE CONSUMER.

IT'S EVEN MORE CHALLENGING WITH THESE SYSTEMS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS NATIONWIDE.

MANY COMMUNITIES DO AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION THAT RECYCLING IS EITHER FREE OR THAT IT MAKES MONEY.

IT MADE MONEY FOR A WHILE, BUT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, IT'S REALLY NOT BEEN A MONEY MAKER.

IT'S TYPICALLY AND OFTENTIMES SUBSIDIZED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

SOMETIMES FEDERAL FUNDS SUBSIDIZE RECYCLING.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THIS AS WELL.

AND ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT CUSTOMER BILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT ONLY SAY SOLID WASTE CHARGE AS OPPOSED TO SAYING GARBAGE CHARGE VERSUS RECYCLING CHARGE.

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SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY CONCEPTUALIZING THE COST FOR THOSE RECYCLING NEEDS AND THE OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THOSE.

UM. NEXT ITEM POST COLLECTION RECYCLING COSTS HAVE SEEN LARGE INCREASES IN THE PAST TEN AND MORE YEARS.

SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING.

THE INCEPTION OF THAT IDEA HAS CONTINUED TO GROW NATIONWIDE.

THESE MURPHS THAT ARE DEVELOPED TO PROCESS SORT RECOVER THESE MATERIALS.

MURPH BEING A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY ARE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, VERY LARGE UPFRONT COSTS.

BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN VERY LARGE AND LARGELY SINCE COVID AND MOVING FORWARD, INFLATIONARY IMPACTS THAT HAVE LED TO THE FURTHER COST INCREASES, LABOR, FUEL PARTS.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMMODITY VALUE FLUCTUATIONS FOR THE VALUE OF THESE MATERIALS AFTER THEY ARE RECOVERED AND SOLD TO MARKETS FOR RECYCLING.

THE NORTON MURPH.

CONVERSELY, AND COMING BACK TO THE LOCAL PICTURE HERE WAS A 20 YEAR CONTRACT AND LARGELY BASED OFF OF NOW OBSOLETE RECYCLING MODELS. LESS MODERN RECOVERY AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND.

LARGELY A UNREALISTIC PROCESSING FEE.

THE FEE ON THE NORTON CONTRACT WAS $34.25 A TON.

THE CITY HAD TO PUT HER PAY PROVISION.

I'LL KIND OF SKIP OVER THAT, BUT WE WERE GUARANTEEING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TONNAGE THAT WE WEREN'T HITTING, SO IT ENDED UP COSTING US MORE.

HOWEVER, A CONVENTIONAL MURPH NOWADAYS IS ABOUT 80 TO $130 A TON TO PROCESS THE MATERIALS POST COLLECTION.

SO $34 A TON VERSUS 80 TO $130 A TON.

AND THESE MURPH'S ARE EQUIPPED WITH AI, ROBOTICS, OPTICAL SORTERS, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE NOW FURTHER ADVANCED AND CAN SORT UP TO 50 TONS AN HOUR IN SOME CASES.

OUR FACILITY HERE IS TAKING IN ABOUT 25 TONS PER DAY.

SO COMPARING THAT TO 50 TONS PER HOUR IN OPERATION, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKER FROM HERE ON OUT, I PROMISE.

HISTORY OF THE FLAGSTAFF MURPH, 1998.

IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. CONSTRUCTED.

NORTON RAN THE FACILITY IN THE OPERATION FROM 98 TO ABOUT 2023 INTO EARLY MAY OF THIS YEAR, 2017.

I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT COMMODITY FLUCTUATIONS AND THE PRICING AND VALUES OF MATERIALS.

IN 2017, THE CHINA IMPLEMENTED A NATIONAL SWORD POLICY, BASICALLY SAYING THAT LARGELY RESTRICTING MATERIALS COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT VERY PURE OR WELL PROCESSED, BALED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

SO THEY RESTRICTED THAT.

IT BASICALLY PUT A HUGE GLOBAL IMPACT ON THE MARKETS.

AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE UNITED STATES IS AND NOW IS RECOVERING FROM THAT.

PRICES ARE STILL LOW, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEVELOPING OUR OWN MURPHS, OUR OWN PROCESSING FACILITIES AND OUR OWN RECOVERY AND RECYCLING FACILITIES.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY CREATED THE NEED FOR UNITED STATES TO BE MORE ROBUST AND SELF-RELIANT ON ITS OWN DOMESTIC SYSTEMS. 2020, THERE WAS A MURPH ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS CONDUCTED.

SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THE COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION TO THE SOLID WASTE SECTION TO PURSUE THE TRANSITION OF THE MURPH INTO A TRANSFER FACILITY TO TRANSFER THOSE RECYCLABLES TO A MORE DISTANT AND MORE MODERN FACILITY FOR THE PROCESSING AND RECOVERY.

IN APRIL OF 2023, THERE WAS A SECOND REPORT THAT WAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION AND THE SOLID WASTE SECTION THAT WAS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TRANSITIONING, TRANSITIONING THE FACILITY FROM A MURPH TO A TRANSFER STATION.

THROUGHOUT THAT TIME AND THROUGHOUT MY TENURE WITH THE CITY, LARGELY STARTING IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING TRANSITION PLANS, CONTINGENCY PLANS, ETCETERA.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE CONTRACT ENDED ABRUPTLY ON MAY 3RD NORTON FACILITY.

THEY KIND OF WALKED FROM THE CONTRACT.

WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A VERY LARGE SUCCESS STORY.

WE WERE SOMEWHAT READY AND WE MADE A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TO CONTINUE THE CITY'S RECYCLING OPERATIONS, BUT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE AT THAT TIME.

SO RECYCLING AND FLAGSTAFF MORE LOCAL KIND OF FOCUS HERE.

SO THE CITY HAS BEEN OPERATING THE FACILITY AS A TRANSFER OPERATION SINCE MAY OF 2023, LARGELY BEING RAN BY THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS PROGRAM.

THE PUBLIC RECYCLING DROP OFF SITES ARE AVAILABLE.

WE RE-INSTITUTED THAT AT THE NORTON FACILITY.

THERE'S ALSO ONE AT THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL FOR COCONINO COUNTY RESIDENTS.

LANDFILL IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.

THE NORTON FACILITY, NOW THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF RECYCLING TRANSFER FACILITY, IS ACCEPTING PUBLIC DROP OFF FROM 9 A.M.

TO 3 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE AND JUST AT THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS DISCUSSION IS THAT THE CITY STAFF HAVE DEVELOPED A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL MURPH TRANSITION TEAM.

NEARLY EVERY CITY DIVISION IS INVOLVED.

IT'S BEEN A VERY LARGE SUCCESS.

A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND VERY SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT THIS TRANSITION PERIOD.

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WE ARE LOOKING TO FACILITATE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, BUT WE STILL ARE IN A VERY MUCH OF A TRANSITION PHASE CURRENTLY AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE TODAY.

SO WHAT IS A MURPH VERSUS A TRANSFER FACILITY? I'LL GO QUICKLY OVER THIS.

COMMON FACTOR IS THAT THE RECYCLABLES ARE TYPICALLY TIPPED ON A TRANSFER FLOOR OR A TIPPING FLOOR TYPICALLY IS WHAT IT'S REFERRED TO.

A MURPH HAS MULTIPLE CONVEYORS, SYSTEMS, MACHINERY, PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SORTING EQUIPMENT.

AND THE COMMODITIES ARE ULTIMATELY SEPARATED BY TYPE OF MATERIAL.

SO PLASTIC BOTTLES, MIXED PAPER, CARDBOARD, ETCETERA, AND THEN THEY'RE COMPRESSED INTO BIG CUBES OR BALES AND THEN SOLD TO RECYCLING, BASICALLY PLACES THAT ACTUALLY DO THE TRUE RECYCLING OF THE MATERIALS.

SO EVEN HERE IN FLAGSTAFF THAT WE WERE WE'RE COVERING FACILITIES, WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY CREATING THE END USE TO THE NEXT LIFE OF THOSE MATERIALS.

WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY RECYCLING.

IN ITS ENTIRETY IN FLAGSTAFF.

SOME PEOPLE MAYBE MAYBE HAVE HAVE THOUGHT THAT THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED.

ANYTHING THAT WAS BAILED HERE AND SHIPPED OFF TO MARKET WAS SENT TO MILLS.

SO THEY PROCESSED FOR FULL RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OF THOSE MATERIALS INTO NEW PRODUCTS.

COUPLE PICTURES HERE.

THE ONES ON THE BOTTOM ARE ACTUALLY THE CITY OF PHENIX NORTH GATEWAY MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY.

WE TOURED THAT. THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE MATERIALS WERE GOING EARLY ON.

AND THE INITIAL STAGES OF THIS TRANSITION, THEY'RE NOW GOING TO ANOTHER FACILITY IN PHENIX AS WELL.

JUST KIND OF A SCHEMATIC TO SHOW THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE SYSTEMS FOR A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY.

AND AS IT PERTAINS TO A TRANSFER FACILITY, A MUCH MORE SIMPLIFIED VERSION, THERE'S STILL A TIPPING FLOOR.

THE RECYCLABLES ARE TIPPED ON THAT FLOOR, LOADED INTO LARGER CONTAINERS AND TRANSPORTED ELSEWHERE FOR PROCESSING AND RECOVERY.

SO THESE PICTURES HERE KIND OF REFLECT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSFER STATIONS.

THE UPPER LEFT IS A HIGH, HIGH TIP BAY WHERE TRUCKS CAN BACK INTO AND TIP MATERIALS.

THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS TRUCKS CAN ACTUALLY SOMETIMES ENTER THESE BUILDINGS AND TIP ON A TIPPING FLOOR.

THE CITY OF PHENIX IS LARGELY LIKE LIKE THAT FACILITY TO SOME DEGREE.

THAT'S NOT CITY OF PHENIX, HOWEVER.

AND THEN YOU CAN LOAD MATERIALS INTO SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS SIMILAR TO THE BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE AND ALSO INTO STATIONARY COMPACTORS THAT WOULD LOAD INTO VARIOUS DIFFERENT CONTAINERS OR VESSELS AS REFLECTED ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR? APRIL 26TH, 2023.

NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL STOPPED ACCEPTING THIS, ACCEPTING THE CITY'S RECYCLABLES WITHIN SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS.

BY MAY 8TH OF 2023, THE CITY RESUMED ALL RECYCLING OPERATIONS.

WE BEGAN USING THE FACILITY AS A AS A TRANSFER STATION.

HUGE SUCCESS.

WE, FOR BETTER LACK OF A BETTER TERM, MOVE MOUNTAINS IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND IT'S BEEN CONTINUED EVER SINCE AND WE'RE WORKING ON OPTIMIZING THESE OPERATIONS.

ALSO IN MAY 18TH, AS I MENTIONED, WE DID ALSO REOPEN THE PUBLIC DROP OFF AT THE BUTLER AVENUE FACILITY AS WELL.

A COUPLE NEWS ARTICLES HERE.

THE PICTURE ON THE CENTER RIGHT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS ONE OF THE INTERNAL CITY STAFF TOURS THAT WE TOOK AT THE GLASS RECYCLING FACILITY, STRATEGIC MATERIALS, INC.

WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO SEND OUR SOURCE SEPARATED GLASS THERE HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, IF NOT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE HAVE A BIG, LARGE PILE OF GLASS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING DOWN THERE FOR TRUE AND FULL RECYCLING.

THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS WHAT THE PUBLIC DROP OFF LOOKS LIKE AT THE BUTLER FACILITY AS WELL.

SO. WELCOME YOU TO COME BY AND CHECK IT OUT.

SO WHAT ELSE HAS HAPPENED? SO BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION.

THE CITY DID WORK WITH THE CITY OF PHENIX AND WE DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO UTILIZE ONE OF THEIR TWO.

MURPH'S IN THE VALLEY.

WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THEIR SECOND MURPH.

IT'S MORE DISTANT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN USING THAT, BUT ALSO TO USE THEIR FACILITY FOR ANY USE THAT THE CITY MIGHT NEED IN THE FUTURE.

DURING THAT TIME, WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED COUNCIL, APPROVED AN EMERGENCY HAULING CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL HAULER TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORT OF THOSE MATERIALS TO THE PHOENIX MURPH, PRIMARILY THE NORTH GATEWAY TRANSFER FACILITY OPERATED OWNED BY CITY OF PHENIX, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE COMPANY.

THE UPPER RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS WHAT THAT OPERATION LOOKED LIKE.

WE WERE USING A HIGH TIP FRONT END LOADER TO LOAD INTO SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE DURING THAT TIME FRAME OF MAY THROUGH JUNE.

AS OF JULY OF 2023, THE CITY HAS ENTERED INTO A SIX MONTH CONTRACT WITH FRIEDMAN RECYCLING.

THEY ALSO OWN AND OPERATE A MURPH IN THE PHENIX AREA.

THAT'S A SIX MONTH CONTRACT WITH UPWARDS OF 2 TO 3 MONTHS EXTENSIONS.

SO WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THAT OPERATION SINCE JULY.

THAT IS CONTINUING TODAY.

WE'RE WORKING ON OPTIMIZING AND ENHANCING THAT OPERATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR UPCOMING SNOW SEASON.

AND WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR BASICALLY OUR TONNAGE THAT WE'RE HAULING PER TRIP.

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THOSE RED MACHINES ARE STATIONARY COMPACTORS.

THAT KIND OF FLARED OPENING ON THE TOP IS WHERE WE ARE LOADING THE RECYCLABLES INTO AND IT'S COMPRESSING THOSE INTO 40 YARD RECEIVER BOXES THAT ARE THEN SUBSEQUENTLY HAULED FROM BY FRIEDMAN TO THEIR FACILITY FOR PROCESSING AND RECOVERY.

SO THEY'RE HAULING THOSE TYPICALLY TWO AT A TIME ON A DOUBLES TRUCK TO MAXIMIZE THE HAULING CAPACITY AND TO LIMIT ENERGY CONSUMPTION, CARBON EMISSIONS, ETCETERA. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE'RE KIND OF FINALLY GETTING SOME TRACTION FOR SEPTEMBER TO PRESENT TIME.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING THIS.

WE ARE DEVELOPING A RFP TO IDENTIFY THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT USE FOR THE FACILITY, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE PROCESSING AND RECOVERY FOR THE CITY'S LONG TERM POST COLLECTION RECYCLING NEEDS.

A LOT OF DATA HERE.

THE BASICALLY WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE COST PER TON, WHICH IS THAT VERY BOTTOM ROW.

SO WE'VE DONE SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF.

EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT EMPIRICAL REAL DATA TO DEVELOP AND IDENTIFY THE COST PER TON OF THE CITY'S RECYCLING COST AFTER COLLECTION IS COMPLETED. UNDER THE NORTON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTS THERE WAS THAT PUT OR PAY MECHANISM THAT I MENTIONED AND WE'VE KIND OF EXTRAPOLATED THE FULL YEAR TO SEE WHAT WOULD THE CITY'S COST AT A FULL YEAR BASED ON THE ACTUAL TONS WE WOULD HAVE THEORETICALLY DELIVERED TO THE FACILITY AND THE FULLY BURDENED COST PER TON FOR THAT WAS ABOUT $130 PER TON TO THE CITY.

THAT'S WHAT THE PUT OR PAY.

THAT'S WHAT MOVING THINGS TO THE CINDER LAKE LANDFILL.

THAT'S WITH THE LIMITED RECOVERABILITY OF MATERIALS BASED ON THE OBSOLETE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT UNDER THE EMERGENCY HAULING CONTRACT FROM MAY TO JUNE.

THIS IS MORE OF REAL DATA.

I'VE FACTORED IN INTERNAL CITY COSTS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, PROCESSING COSTS AND ANY EQUIPMENT RENTAL COSTS.

THAT COST PER TON SKYROCKETED AND WAS ABOUT $430 PER TON POST COLLECTION DURING THAT TWO MONTH TIME FRAME.

WE'VE SINCE MOVED ON TO THE FREEDMEN CONTRACT.

MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.

WE'RE GETTING SOME BETTER NUMBERS HERE.

NOT AS TO WHERE WE WERE WITH THE NORTON CONTRACT, OF COURSE.

THIS IS WHAT THE RFP WILL HELP US TO HOPEFULLY IDENTIFY IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MEANS AND METHODS.

WE'VE GOT TWO MONTHS OF DATA.

WE'VE COMPILED THOSE DATA TOGETHER AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $224 PER TON POST COLLECTION WITH THE FREEDMEN RECYCLING CONTRACT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAILS.

I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK HERE. I EVEN HAVE MORE DETAIL WITH ME IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT.

BUT I'M GOING TO MOVE ON UNLESS THERE'S IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS ON THAT.

THANK YOU. NOW.

WE'LL HAVE SOME UPDATES FROM OUR SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION.

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOMMER WHITE, WHO WAS WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION, AND SHE WILL START WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.

HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SOMMER WHITE, SUSTAINABILITY SUPERVISOR.

THE SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION HAS FACILITATED THE FLAGSTAFF RECYCLES CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON RECYCLING EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS IN COLLABORATION WITH SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

SOME OF OUR LARGER EFFORTS INCLUDE THE LAUNCH OF A MOUNTAIN LION BUS ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN IN AUGUST FOCUSED ON WHICH PLASTICS ARE ACCEPTED FOR RECYCLING.

SINCE JUNE, WE'VE CREATED TAILORED RECYCLING MESSAGES EACH MONTH ON COUNTRY RADIO, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN FEATURED ON SEVERAL OF THEIR RADIO SHOWS, INCLUDING ON CAF COUNTRY AND RADIO SUNNYSIDE, SPEAKING TO COMMON RECYCLING QUESTIONS.

OTHER DIRECT OUTREACH HAS INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS TO BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS TABLING AT THE FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY MARKET AND OTHER IN-PERSON EVENTS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING BIN CHECKS IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS FLAGSTAFF.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INVEST A LOT OF TIME IN DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT WAS DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS OR HAVING MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS.

NOW I'LL PASS IT OFF TO SAMANTHA VICTOR, WHO'S BEEN CRITICAL TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE OF OUR CAMPAIGN STRATEGY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SAMANTHA VICTOR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION.

I WILL BE DISCUSSING OUR FLAGSTAFF RECYCLE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, WHICH BEGAN IN JULY OF THIS YEAR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION.

WE'VE BEEN SHARING A VARIETY OF CONTENT, INCLUDING GRAPHICS VIDEOS AND POSTS WITH DIFFERENT TONES.

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THE TWO ON THE LEFT ARE GRAPHICS AND THE TWO ON THE RIGHT ARE VIDEOS.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND PLAY THESE TWO VIDEOS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SHARING.

DID YOU KNOW THAT FLAGSTAFF'S RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING CONTAMINATION RATE IS AROUND 30%, WHICH IS REALLY HIGH.

CONTAMINATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT RECYCLABLE, SUCH AS PLASTIC BAGS, USED, PAPER NAPKINS AND EVEN BUBBLE WRAP.

RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS ALSO NEED TO BE EMPTY, CLEAN AND DRY.

INCORRECT RECYCLING CREATES MANY CHALLENGES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SENDING MORE ITEMS TO THE LANDFILL, WHICH CREATES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, CREATES POTENTIAL HAZARDS TO SOLID WASTE WORKERS AND GREATER COSTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP CONTAMINATION OUT OF OUR RECYCLING.

IF IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RECYCLING IN FLAGSTAFF, VISIT FLAGSTAFF.

AZ.GOV/RECYCLE. AND THAT LAST VIDEO HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED MORE VIEWS AND LIKES THAN ANY PREVIOUS INSTAGRAM POST WE'VE HAD. SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR CITY MANAGER, SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR AND SOLID WASTE SECTION DIRECTOR FOR VOLUNTEERING TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT.

I THINK IT'S GREG.

YES, IT IS, GREG.

THANKS, GREG. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS CAMPAIGN IS GENERATING SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT AND PEOPLE ARE EAGER FOR MORE CONTENT.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO PLAN AND SHARE CONTENT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

LASTLY, PLEASE VISIT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO HELP SHARE THIS CAMPAIGN.

I'LL NOW HAND IT OVER TO SARAH LANGLEY TO DISCUSS OUR BROADER OUTREACH PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SAM, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SARAH LANGLEY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.

I'LL BE WRAPPING UP OUR OUTREACH UPDATE BY PROVIDING YOU SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

FOLKS FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY HAVE ALL BEEN MEETING REGULARLY TO PLAN HOW WE CAN FURTHER EXPAND OUR OUTREACH FOR THE FLAGSTAFF RECYCLES CAMPAIGN AND LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE RECYCLED AND FLAGSTAFF.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON A VARIETY OF ONLINE PRINT AND IN-PERSON CHANNELS TO GET THE WORD OUT.

SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE WE ARE WORKING WITH HEIDI'S TEAM, THE ECONOMIC VITALITY FOLKS TO GET RECYCLING CONTENT INTO THE FLAGSTAFF LOCAL.

MY ACTIONS MATTER CAMPAIGN, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO USE BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL ADS TO REACH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO THOSE VISITORS WHO MAY BE COMING UP FROM PHOENIX.

BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT RECYCLING GUIDELINES THAN THAN IS DOWN IN PHOENIX.

SO MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT.

OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA WILL BE A CENTRAL PILLAR OF OUR CAMPAIGN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS SAM JUST OUTLINED WITH SOME EXAMPLES.

WE PLAN TO ALSO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT SUSTAINABILITY HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE FRIDGE MAGNETS.

SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN HAVE THAT AS A REFERENCE IN THEIR KITCHEN AND WE CAN CATCH THAT CONTAMINATION BEFORE IT EVER ENTERS YOUR INSIDE RECYCLING BIN.

WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHETHER THAT BE NIU OR NONPROFITS LIKE WILLOW BEND, TO HELP US SPREAD OUR MESSAGE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY THE CREATIVITY THAT'S COME OUT OF THIS TEAM.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON SOME HALLOWEEN THEMED CONTENT.

SORRY. WE FOUND THAT THE PUBLIC REALLY ENJOYS HOLIDAY THEMED CONTENT ENGAGING IN THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS FROM OUR MARKETING GURUS HEIDI HANSEN AND LORI PAPPAS FOR SOME FUN, CREATIVE IDEAS THAT COULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE NAMING BINS OR BIG RECYCLING BINS, FOR EXAMPLE, BERNIE THE BIN, AND ESTABLISHING LITTLE PERSONALITIES FOR THE BINS THAT WE CAN MAKE VIDEO SERIES OUT OF.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME SOME OF THE CREATIVE THINGS THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING COMING FORWARD AND.

SEE. SO WE'VE OUTLINED ALL THE EFFORTS THAT STAFF HAVE TAKEN TO REALLY TRY AND GET OUR CONTAMINATION RATE DOWN.

AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY RECEPTIVE TO THIS EDUCATION.

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SO FRIEDMAN RECYCLING, WHO IS OUR CURRENT PROCESSOR, DID AN AUDIT OF OUR MATERIALS BACK IN AUGUST, AND THEY FOUND THAT OUR CONTAMINATION RATE WAS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN WE WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE.

THEY FOUND THAT ABOUT 20% OF OUR RECYCLING WERE NOT ACTUALLY RECYCLABLE AND SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.

SO THAT'S REALLY AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY.

I KNOW IN THE VIDEO THEY REFERENCED 30%.

IT IS HARD TO COMPARE DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT FRIEDMAN IS SO MUCH MORE MODERN AND THEY CAN RECOVER MORE RECYCLABLES.

BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THAT IS A REAL IMPROVEMENT IN OUR CONTAMINATION RATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

OUR MAIN CONTAMINANTS RIGHT NOW ARE PLASTIC BAGS, PLASTIC WRAP, STYROFOAM AND THEN TEXTILES LIKE CLOTHES AND SHOES.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE PICTURES ON THE SLIDE.

SO THAT REALLY GIVES US SOME DATA TO FOCUS OUR OUTREACH AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE WE TARGET THOSE CONTAMINANTS TO KNOW SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THOSE AREN'T RECYCLABLE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO EVAN TO WRAP UP.

THANKS, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT.

I LIKE THE ZOOLANDER POST THE BEST MYSELF PERSONALLY, SO.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO USE THESE RECYCLING CATCHPHRASES SO THE EMPTY, CLEAN AND DRY, THAT'S KIND OF A NATIONAL THING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

I WENT TO TUCSON NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THEY'RE USING VERY SIMILAR TYPE OF CATCHPHRASES AND IT'S BEEN A BIG ONE NATIONWIDE, IS TO SAY, IF IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE IF SOMETHING IS RECYCLABLE, DON'T WASH.

CYCLE IT AND THROW IT IN. YOUR RECYCLE CAN THROW IT IN THE TRASH CONTAINER.

SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF A REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY WIDELY USED CATCH PHRASES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE.

TIMELINE. SO FALL, THIS IS KIND OF ONGOING.

SO AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE THE EXISTING FREEDMEN, CONTRACT EFFICIENCIES AND THE CAPACITY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR FLOOR CLEAR, THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE COMPACTION OF THESE CONTAINERS THAT ARE BEING HAULED TO MAXIMIZE OUR TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES, WHICH ALSO REDUCE THE CITY'S COST WITH THIS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY BE NEEDED TO OPTIMIZE THESE OPERATIONS.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW STAFFING ALLOCATIONS YET.

THOSE ARE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.

AS FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET SEASON AND THE UPCOMING REQUEST FOR POTENTIAL STAFFING ALLOCATIONS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT AND THOSE ARE THINGS I'M ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY LOOKING FOR THROUGHOUT ANY OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND AND OPERATIONAL.

AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE WORKING ON AN RFP AND WE'RE HOPING TO ISSUE THAT SOLICITATION BY THE END OF FALL, PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER TIME FRAME. WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A GOAL OF SOLICITING THAT THROUGH PLANET BIDS AND WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT BY THE END OF NOVEMBER AND GET THAT OUT IN THE STREETS FOR PROPOSALS. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.

IN THE WINTER, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THOSE RESPONSES FROM THE RFP, EVALUATE THOSE RESPONSES .

FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE COST AND THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES THAT WE CAN ENHANCE AT THIS FACILITY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY BRING TO COUNCIL ONE OR MORE RESPONSES FROM THE RFP FOR AWARD.

THIS RFP IS GOING TO BE VERY MULTIFACETED.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT. BUT IT COULD BE MORE THAN ONE CONTRACT, MORE THAN ONE AWARD FOR ALL OF THE OPERATIONS AND THE NEEDS FOR THIS RECYCLING PROGRAM AFTER THE COLLECTION IS COMPLETED.

IN SPRING, WE ARE INVESTIGATING AND EVALUATING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REMOVAL OF THAT NOW OBSOLETE AND END OF LIFE EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN THE NORTON FACILITY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL AUCTION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF THAT FORMER PROCESSING EQUIPMENT IN THE FACILITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, TRANSITIONING TO THAT LONGER TERM CONTRACT, THE FRIEDMAN CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE THE SIX MONTHS IN DECEMBER.

WE'LL LIKELY SEE A THREE MONTH EXTENSION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO ONE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY THE SECOND EXTENSION AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FOR US. AND OF COURSE, AS THE BOTTOM CONTINUING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC, THE BUSINESSES, ET-CETERA, SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND HOPEFULLY MORE FUN AND EXCITING SOCIAL MEDIA EXERCISES.

SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO WATCH MYSELF ON THOSE SOMETIMES.

BUT SO THE RFP, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE GOALS ARE TO IDENTIFY THE MOST EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE MEANS AND METHODS TO OPERATE THE FACILITY AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S ONGOING POST COLLECTION RECYCLING NEEDS FROM A LONGER TERM BASIS.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FIVE PRIMARY ITEMS. ONE IS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY SHOULD AGAIN SUB OUT THE OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY TO A CONTRACTED ORGANIZATION AN TO RUN IT AS A TRANSFER FACILITY OR

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DENSIFYING OR COMPACTING THE MATERIAL BEFORE IT'S TRANSPORTED TO A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO WHERE ARE WE AGAIN? FURTHER MAXIMIZE THOSE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES AND MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF HALLS THAT ARE HAVE TO BE HAULED TO THE PHENIX METROPOLITAN AREA TO REALLY REDUCE THE COST AND MAXIMIZE THOSE EFFICIENCIES AS WELL.

MATERIAL PROCESSING AND RECOVERY IS, OF COURSE, THE SMURFS.

SO WHERE WILL THESE GO TO? THERE ARE MULTIPLE SMURFS IN THE PHENIX METROPOLITAN AREA.

THERE'S A FREEDMAN SMURF, A WASTE MANAGEMENT SMURF CITY OF PHENIX SMURF.

THERE'S A REPUBLIC SERVICES SMURF.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACILITIES THERE THAT COULD ACCEPT THE CITY'S MATERIALS.

ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER I HAD IN MY NOTES WAS THAT RIGHT NOW, THE CITY'S ACCEPTABLE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

WE'VE NOT MODIFIED THOSE.

WE'RE STAYING WITH THE SAME PROGRAM.

THIS RFP COULD ENHANCE AND HOPEFULLY INCREASE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE CITY'S RECYCLING PROGRAM.

GLASS IS A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC WE'VE LOOKED AT AND FOUND A REALLY EFFICIENT WAY TO MANAGE THAT MATERIAL, ACTUALLY AT A NET COST OF THE CITY OF $5 A TON AFTER REBATES.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON ADDING GLASS TO THE STREAM.

WE'RE PLANNING ON KEEPING THAT AS A SEPARATE COMMODITY AS PART OF THIS RFP AND THE CITY'S RECYCLING PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD, WHICH HAS SHOWN TO BE VERY COST EFFECTIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE ARE DOING THAT CURRENTLY.

AND OF COURSE, AS THE FRIEDMAN CONTRACT ALSO HAS, THERE ARE SOME MATERIAL REBATES FOR THE COMMODITY PRICES.

SO THESE PRICES FOR CARDBOARD, ALUMINUM CANS, ETCETERA ARE UPDATED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE ACTUALLY UPDATED WEEKLY FOR STEEL MILLS IN DIFFERENT FACILITIES LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO IDENTIFY THE BEST REBATE STRUCTURE FOR THE CITY'S RECYCLING.

SO IF IT'S A SINGLE STREAM CO-MINGLED MATERIALS, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE AND WHAT IS THAT MURF OR THAT PROCESSING ORGANIZATION DO TO HELP PROVIDE THE CITY REBATES AND AGAIN, LOWER OUR COSTS AND INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCIES FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM? THAT IS THE FINAL SLIDE I HAVE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AND I'LL I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER AS MANY AS I CAN.

AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY ROBUST TEAM HERE TO ANSWER ANYTHING ELSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, STAFF, ALL OF YOU, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND AGAIN, FOR.

FIGURING SOMETHING OUT IN SEVEN DAYS.

AFTER THAT VERY ABRUPT RESIGNATION.

SO, COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE I TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? NO QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN COUNCIL ANY FURTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.

SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE WARD DAVIS.

ONLY. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO EVENING, SO I'M A RESIDENT.

I'VE BEEN 20 YEARS HERE AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING RECYCLING AND I'M SORT OF A DATA NUT.

SO I'VE BEEN COLLECTING ALL THE DATA FROM BOTH NORTON AND I'VE BEEN GETTING ALL THE FRIEDMAN INFORMATION, SOME FROM EVAN AND A LOT FROM PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS. AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL STUDIES THAT HAVE THE TWO STUDIES THAT HE MENTIONED THAT EVAN MENTIONED HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR PULLING OLD CARDBOARD, CORRUGATED CARDBOARD.

AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THOSE PROCESSES WILL BE IMPORTANT AND IT MIGHT END UP BEING IN THE THE PROPOSALS THAT COME FORWARD.

SO I'VE BEEN DOING THE MATH ON ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND SOME OF THE OPTIONS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE PAYBACKS IN A YEAR, WHICH MEANS THERE'S SOME MONEY TO BE MADE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE DOING THE STUDY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CONVERSION OF THE OLD MURPH CONFERENCE ROOM INTO A RECYCLING INFORMATION CENTER.

IT'D MAKE A GREAT BASE FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND FOR CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH DISCUSSIONS, VIDEOS AND DISPLAYS.

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN IN THAT ROOM IF YOU EVER TOOK ANY TOURS OF THE OLD MURPH.

IT IT HAS SOME PROBLEMS. IT. THERE'S BLACK MOLD IN THE BATHROOMS, AND THAT'S GOING TO COST SOME MONEY.

AND PROBABLY THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH MANPOWER? HOW WOULD YOU MAN IT? WELL, A GROUP OF MASTER RECYCLERS, INCLUDING ME, USED TO DO A FIRST SATURDAY EVENT AT THE MURPH.

AND AND WE DID THAT KIND OF OUTREACH.

WE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING DROP OFF, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

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THAT CENTER, I KNOW THIS IDEA IS ALREADY ON THE TO DO LIST.

IT'S JUST GOTTEN PUSHED DOWN A WAYS.

BUT I THINK IT'S PRIORITY SHOULD BE RAISED.

IT'S SUCH A USEFUL TOOL TO HAVE A PERSONAL CONTACT INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ON A BUS OR A FACEBOOK FACEBOOK POST.

SO I THINK IT COULD REALLY BE HELPFUL.

AND I'LL JUST END WITH SAYING.

THATRILLIONECYCLING FROM A MONEY STANDPOINT.

THE MONEY AND RECYCLING IS NOT HAVING TO MAKE A BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND TO PUT THEM.

THE LANDFILL AND WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT VERY WELL, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE MONEY WITH RECYCLING IS YOU, YOU YOU DON'T FILL UP YOUR HOLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WARD, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

VERY GOOD. CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT CARDBOARD AND WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? YEAH. CARDBOARD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF IT.

WE'VE HAD ABOUT 40%, ACCORDING TO WHAT NORTON WAS PULLING AND SELLING.

AND WE FOUND WE HAD A LITTLE LESS WHEN WE GOT IT FROM FRIEDMAN, WE GOT 34.

AND SO IT TURNS OUT THAT WHEN YOU COMPRESS CARDBOARD, YOU LOSE SOME OF IT.

WHEN YOU COMPRESS IT LIKE WE DO SO HARD, YOU CAN'T DETECT IT AS CARDBOARD ANYMORE.

IT LOOKS LIKE PAPER, BUT WE CAN SELL IT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A GOOD MARKET FOR CARDBOARD.

AND SO FOR A LONG TIME WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING WHETHER THAT IS IN OUR FUTURE OR NOT.

WE'RE RIGHT ON I-40.

WE WE CAN SEND CARDBOARD SEVERAL PLACES.

THANK YOU. AND EVAN, I'M GUESSING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN ALL OF YOUR THINKING ABOUT OUR RECYCLABLES AND OUR LANDFILL. YES.

AND WE ARE EVALUATING THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS NEEDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE CITY'S RECYCLING PROGRAM.

THAT SECOND STUDY THAT JUST CAME IN RIGHT BEFORE THE NORTON FACILITY CLOSED PROVIDED KIND OF AN ANALYSIS OF THREE OPTIONS AND ACTUALLY A FOURTH OF JUST DIRECT HAULING TO THE LOCAL WASTE MANAGEMENT TRANSFER FACILITY.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD THAT COST FROM A CAPITAL INVESTMENT? WHAT WOULD THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT TIMEFRAME BE AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT OPERATION AND EFFECTIVELY STAFF IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONTINUITY FOR THAT PROGRAM? THANK YOU. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU. I THINK I'M.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND.

RECYCLING OF PAPER, CARDBOARD, METAL.

VARIOUS TYPES, BUT I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE PLASTIC.

OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT PLASTIC BAGS BECAUSE THEY GUM UP THE MACHINE AND WE DON'T WANT, LIKE, PLASTIC PACKING MATERIAL.

I PRESUME IT'S THE SAME REASON.

BUT THEN ALL OTHER PLASTIC CONTAINERS YOU'LL TAKE.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER FIVE.

IS THAT TRUE? SO THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT OF PLASTICS ARE WHERE RECYCLING IS EXTREMELY CONFUSING.

SO. SINCE THE CHINA SWORD POLICY THAT CAME INTO PLACE.

TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHEN FLAGSTAFF TOOK OUT THE PLASTIC NUMBERS OR RESIN CODES THREE THROUGH SEVEN AND ONLY CONTINUED AND HAS CONTINUED TO ACCEPT PLASTIC NUMBERS ONE AND TWO.

SO ONES ARE YOUR WATER BOTTLES, GATORADE BOTTLES, TWOS ARE MILK JUGS AND LAUNDRY CONTAINERS.

THOSE ARE TYPICALLY HAVE THE BEST MARKETS.

THEY HAVE THE BEST RECYCLABILITY.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, WITH PLASTIC BAGS AND PACKAGING.

NO ONE WANTS THOSE IN ANY CONVENTIONAL MURF.

THEY CREATE A LOT OF DOWNSTREAM PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO STOP THESE SYSTEMS AND PICK OUT PLASTIC BAGS FROM STAR SEPARATORS AND OTHER CONVEYORS AND ROTATING PARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE EXTREMELY CONFUSING ARE WHAT STRAWBERRIES COME IN.

CLAMSHELLS ARE TYPICALLY REFERRED TO SALAD CONTAINERS, SMALL PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CAPS.

THERE ARE GROWING MARKETS AND THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT ACCEPT THOSE AND RECOVER THOSE FOR RECYCLING.

WE'RE NOT THERE AT THIS POINT AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE IS NOT THERE.

THOSE ARE OFTEN REQUIRED TO BE SOURCE SEPARATED, MEANING THAT THEY'RE NOT MIXED IN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE TO ACTUALLY TRULY RECOVER THOSE MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER MARKETS THAT ARE ACTUALLY EMERGING AND HAVE IDENTIFIED AND BEEN KIND OF STRONG AND CONTINUOUS MARKETS FOR LARGELY PLASTICS NUMBER

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THOSE ARE POLYPROPYLENE.

NUMBER FIVE. AND I'M GETTING SOME MORE DETAILS HERE THEN YOU WANT TO HEAR.

THOSE DO HAVE EMERGING AND GROWING MARKETS THAT HAVE BEEN STABLE.

AND IT'S LIKELY WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ADD SOME OF THOSE OTHER PLASTIC TYPES INTO THE STREAM, 3 TO 7 AS A WHOLE, THOUGH, THAT USED TO BE BALED AS ONE BIG BALE CUBE OF PRODUCTS HAVE RARELY, IF EVER, BEEN FULLY RECOVERED FOR RECYCLING.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING SHIPPED OVER TO CHINA.

THOSE ARE WHAT KIND OF CREATED MORE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THIS CHINA SWORD POLICY THAT KIND OF PUT A BIG IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL RECYCLING MARKETS.

OKAY, PROPERLY, THEN THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE IN 2023IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, RECYCLED PLASTICS ONE AND TWO AND ANY OTHER NUMBERS, THROW IN THE TRASH.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT'S THE BIG EMPHASIS ON WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE BOTTLES, JARS AND JUGS.

SO IF IT HAS A GOOD FORM OF MATERIAL AND USUALLY WE'D REFER TO IT AS HAVE A THREADED LID ON THE CONTAINER.

SOME OF THE PLACES WE'RE SENDING TO NOW, JUST TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT, THEY ARE RECOVERING SOME OF THE OTHER MATERIALS THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING WE TRULY ACCEPT IN OUR PROGRAM. WE'VE SPECIFICALLY NOT ADDED THOSE TO NOT CONFUSE THE PUBLIC UNTIL WE'RE READY FOR A LONGER TERM CONTRACT.

SO IT'S VERY LIKELY AGAIN, BOTTOM LINE IS 1 IN 2, RECYCLE, EVERYTHING ELSE THROW OUT.

YES. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE.

YES, SIR. PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO RECYCLE.

I MEAN, EVEN ME AND MY WIFE, NUMBER FIVE, I'VE BEEN THROWN IN THE TRASH.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE BEEN RECYCLING, IF IT WAS CLEAN, BUT ONE AND TWO.

YES. EVERYTHING ELSE? NO. THAT GENERALLY CORRECT? YES. ONES AND TWOS, BOTTLES, JARS AND JUGS.

THOSE CLAMSHELLS ARE OFTEN LABELED NUMBER ONE.

SO THOSE GET CONFUSING.

SO. SO YES, BOTTLES, BOTTLES, JARS AND JUGS ARE THE AGAIN, THAT RECYCLING KIND OF LINGO OR CATCHPHRASES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE WHEN IN DOUBT.

THROW IT OUT.

WELL, I MEAN, IN THE UPPER PICTURE, THERE'S A KIND OF A CLEAR WITH THE RED CAP THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT OFTEN IS A NUMBER FIVE.

SO THAT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT UNLESS IT'S A ONE OR A TWO.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S A PEANUT BUTTER JAR, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NUMBER ONE.

SO YEAH, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, RECYCLING IS CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T EVEN READ THE NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER, RIGHT? IT'S ONES AND TWOS.

1 OR 2. IT'S FOR YOU.

THE NEW CATCHPHRASE.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE TEAM.

ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION AND AND TEAMWORK AND AMAZING WHERE WE WERE JUST NOT TOO LONG AGO AND WHAT WE'VE HAD TO JUST COME PRETTY MUCH FULL CIRCLE.

AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT RECYCLING AND JUST THE EFFICIENCIES THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO JUST PICK UP AND AND TURN AROUND IN A REALLY SHORT TIMEFRAME. SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON THE TEAM AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WORKED ON IT.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO JUST ME.

IT'S THE ENTIRE TEAM. SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A HUGE TEAM EFFORT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 10.

I DO NOT SEE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

SO NOW WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO 11 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, TWO FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS.

I'LL START WITH VICE MAYOR.

[11. Informational Items To/From Mayor, Council, and City Manager; future agenda item requests]

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

THANK YOU. IN FACT, I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS.

I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THE THUNDER FROM LAURIE BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VISIT TO THE INNER BASIN.

AND SO EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, DITTO.

SO I'M GOING TO LET HER DO THAT.

I DID WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT I AM GOING OUT TO THE ARIZONA TOWN HALL.

THAT'S TOMORROW FROM NINE TO NOON AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SO AND THE TOPIC IS EQUITY FOR ALL ARIZONANS.

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AND NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO BE HANGING OUT AT THE AIRPORT WITH WISEMAN AVIATION TO DO SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU ALL ALL ABOUT THAT WHEN I'M DONE.

SO I MAY NOT BE HERE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE I'LL BE HAVING FUN.

I'M SORRY. NOT THAT THIS ISN'T FUN, BUT IT IS.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IN TERMS OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REQUESTS AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT CATEGORY THIS FALLS INTO, I'M SURE STERLING WILL TELL US, BUT I HAD ASKED EARLIER WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL ABOUT AN ETHICS WORKSHOP OR ETHICS AND MORALS WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER, SOMETHING IN THAT AREA, AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THAT BECAUSE WE ALL SWORE AN OATH.

WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THOSE OATHS, THAT OATH THAT WE SWORE.

RIGHT, YOU KNOW, DO NO HARM AND ALL OF THAT STUFF DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

BUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE ARE NOT NECESSARILY LEGAL.

THEY COULD OFTENTIMES INVOLVE ETHICS AND MORALS.

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO AT LEAST HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION AT NIU.

IN FACT, IT'S THE ETHICS INSTITUTE.

IT WAS FUNDED BY THE MORRISON FOUNDATION.

AND I THINK THAT THEY THEY WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL, IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR US IF WE COULD FIND TIME ON OUR AGENDA AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I'M SURE CITY MANAGER AND STERLING COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.

AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS WORTH MENTIONING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATHEWS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I BEFORE I FORGET, I'M DOING A VOLUNTEER SERVICE DAY PICKING UP TRASH WITH DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF TOURISM SERVICE DAY TOMORROW BETWEEN 1130 AND 1230 AT THE SWIFT TRAVEL CENTER.

SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, I THINK YOU CAN REACH OUT TO DISCOVER FLAGSTAFF AND FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL.

ALSO LAST WEEK IN OUR INDIGENOUS COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION FROM AMY HAGAN ABOUT THE PROGRESS IN THE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL CENTER THAT IS GOING ON, BEING DEVELOPED OVER BY THORPE PARK AT THE OLD MAINTENANCE YARD.

I HAVE I ASKED AMY AND I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT OUR BUDGET RETREAT TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A CLEARER FIGURE ON HOW MUCH IT WILL COST AND WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO RENOVATE THAT BUILDING.

IT'S A HUGE EMPTY SHELL WITH A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION NEEDS.

I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME BUDGET ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FRACTIONAL AND AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANTS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE WHERE THE GOALPOST IS.

SO I ASK THEM TO COME UP WITH SOME NUMBERS.

AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE SO MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS GET VERY TEARY EYED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD AND THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT IT COULD BE.

SO IT WAS IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING CONVERSATION.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE US MAKING SOME STRIDES IN THAT.

THEN, OF COURSE, FRIDAY, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS AND I WERE VERY, VERY BLESSED TO END THE CITY ATTORNEY AND JOANNE, WE ALL GOT TO HAVE JUST A FABULOUS TOUR.

THIS STARTED REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY, AND WE WERE WITH JACOBSON ENGINEERING AND HUNTER CONSTRUCTION AND A LOT OF STAFF. I THINK THERE WAS 21 OF US AND WE LOOK LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAD ALREADY CAME TO TOWN.

WE HAD QUITE A BIG ENTOURAGE OF SUVS, BUT I'D NEVER BEEN TO THE INNER BASIN AND UP THAT BACKSIDE AND EVEN THROUGH THE DEVASTATION OF THE FIRES AND FLOODINGS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED BACK THERE, THE BEAUTY WAS JUST BREATHTAKING.

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SCARY. VERY SCARY TO SEE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND REALLY JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ONCE AGAIN, JUST I CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLABORATION AND THE TEAMWORK OF DIFFERENT OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND OUR STAFF AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY PUT ON IT.

AND JUST IT WAS AWE STRUCK.

I PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME OF THE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE WASHED OUT AREAS.

WE SAW PICTURES OF DAVID PETERSON STANDING AT THE MAIN WASHOUT AREA, AND HE WAS JUST THIS LITTLE TEENY SPECK IN THIS HUGE.

JUST VALLEY AND THEY FILLED ALL THAT UP AND THE ENGINEERING AND STUFF.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS REALLY REMARKABLE.

AND TO COME FROM OFF.

BY TIMBERLINE AND END UP IN SHULTZ PASS.

AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S IN THE HEAD OF HUNTER JUST PUT ON HIM AND HIS WIFE PUT ON A FABULOUS LUNCH FOR US.

PULLED PORK BARBECUE AND WE GOT SOME SWAG.

AND I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SUPER AMAZING.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE ACTIVITY THAT I'VE DONE SINCE I WAS ON COUNCIL.

AND WE WERE LIKE KIDS.

I WAS HANGING OUT THE WINDOW.

THEY WERE KIND OF LAUGHING AT ME. I WAS LIKE TAKING PICTURES AND HANGING OUT LIKE A KID AT ARIZONA.

BUT IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.

AND THE ONLY THING WE MISSED WAS THEY HAVE SEEN MOUNTAIN LIONS AND BEARS AND WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE ANY.

BUT ANYWAY, AND THEY HAVE A AVALANCHE CABINS UP THERE THAT I NEVER KNEW EXISTED.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE.

SO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. NOTHING FOR ME THIS EVENING, THOUGH.

I DO WANT TO JUST RE-HIGHLIGHT THE COMMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS ABOUT CHILDREN HANGING OUT OF THE WINDOWS OF ARIZONA.

DON'T DO THAT, KIDS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU FOR THAT ADVICE.

UM. LET'S SEE. I WAS HONORED TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I DO HAPPEN TO LOVE OUR DOWNTOWN HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT IN 1993 WHEN I MOVED HERE.

AND I'VE HAD A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN FOR 23 YEARS.

AND I CAME BACK JUST SUPER REINVIGORATED WITH HOW MUCH I DO LOVE AND WANT TO SEE OUR DOWNTOWN THRIVE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO CREATE HOUSING DOWNTOWN AND WHAT THAT CAN DO TO REVIVE THINGS AND BRINGING IN AMENITIES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS AND REALLY WORKING ON CREATING A LIVE WORK PLAY EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WAS A FANTASTIC CONFERENCE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I TOO, LOVE OUR DOWNTOWN.

ALWAYS HAVE, SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE.

I ATTENDED THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVENT YESTERDAY AND THE MAYOR WAS THERE, SO I'LL LET YOU ELABORATE ON IT.

I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, BUT I DID ENJOY WHAT I DID HEAR.

UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD THE METROPLAN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, WHICH I WENT TO, OF COURSE.

AND TODAY IS MY SON'S BIRTHDAY.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAIME.

DOES JIMMY WATCH OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS? I DOUBT IF HE'S EVER WATCHED ONE.

I TOO WILL BE AT THE ARIZONA TOWN HALL TOMORROW FROM NINE TO NOON, AND IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO WATCH ONLINE AND PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE.

AND YOU CAN PROBABLY STILL REGISTER.

I'M THINKING YOU JUST GO TO ARIZONA TOWN HALL TO THEIR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE PROPS TO ROSE TOHE AND TO THE ENTIRE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT, INCLUDING LUNCH.

MEMBER MATTHEWS AND I WERE ABLE TO PARTAKE OF LUNCH AND THE INTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

I WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND I AGREE.

IT OPENED MY EYES TO SO MUCH MORE THAT WE COULD DO IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND JUST GOT ME REALLY ENERGIZED TO TO START TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE DOWNTOWN VISION IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO A JOINT MEETING.

SO NEXT MONDAY, WE'RE HAVING A JOINT MEETING, CITY COUNCIL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION ON THE ON THE

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NO, IT'S ON TUESDAY, SO IT'S NOT AT THE JOINT MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO GET IT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, CORRECT? ON THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE REGIONAL PLAN.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S 1017 NEXT TUESDAY.

TODAY IS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY.

AND JUST A REMINDER TO ALL OF US THAT THERE IS ONE NUMBER, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE THE 911 SYSTEM FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

IT IS NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT CITY MANAGER.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REAL FAST? AND THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL.

UM, AGAIN, A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A RETREAT WITH YOU THE COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

ON THURSDAY AS THE 12TH IS AT THE AQUAPLEX.

IT'S ALL DAY. IT WILL BE FACILITATED.

SO SOFT START AT 8:00 WILL BE ROLLING BY 830.

AND IT SHOULD GO ALL DAY.

I DO WANT TO MAKE MENTION BECAUSE I HEARD REFERENCE EARLIER TO A BUDGET RETREAT.

THIS IS NOT A BUDGET RETREAT PER SE, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING IN THE MORNING.

BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS TOOK GOOD NOTES ON YOUR QUERY ABOUT THE COST OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER.

IK WE WILL BE TRYING TO PUT THOSE COSTS TOGETHER AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET SEASON, SO THAT WILL BE HELPFUL INFORMATION.

UM. PLEASE NOTE I WILL BE TRAVELING AND OUT OF THE OFFICE THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF NOVEMBER.

THE CITY WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH OUR DEPUTY AND SENIOR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

SO I'LL REMIND YOU AGAIN OF THAT AS WE APPROACH THAT TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR A GREAT MEETING.

AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.