[4. Public Participation Public Participation enables the public to address the council about items that are not on the prepared agenda. Public Participation appears on the agenda twice, at the beginning and at the end of the work session. You may speak at one or the other, but not both. Anyone wishing to comment at the meeting is asked to fill out a speaker card and submit it to the recording clerk. When the item comes up on the agenda, your name will be called. You may address the Council up to three times throughout the meeting, including comments made during Public Participation. Please limit your remarks to three minutes per item to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak. At the discretion of the Chair, ten or more persons present at the meeting and wishing to speak may appoint a representative who may have no more than fifteen minutes to speak.]

THIS ENABLES THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PREPARED AGENDA THIS EVENING, THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION APPEARS ON THE AGENDA TWICE AT THE BEGINNING 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 LOCATED IN THE BACK, AND SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORDING CLERK.

WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP ON THE AGENDA, YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED.

BUT THAT'S WE'RE DOING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RIGHT NOW.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND THERE IS A TIMER CLOCK RIGHT HERE.

AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JEREMY DEGEYTER.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JEREMY DEGEYTER, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MANAGER.

I'M HERE TO HELP INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF CHANGES ON THE RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.

WE HAVE OUR OUTGOING PROJECT MANAGER, PAUL UNDERWOOD, WHO HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE LA DISTRICT ENGINEERING CHIEF.

SO WE CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS PROMOTION AND I'M HAPPY TO WELCOME BRANDON COLVIN TO THE TEAM AS OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

AND I'LL LET THEM GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

THANK YOU. JEREMY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND JUST WATCHING THE CITY STAFF, THEIR CONSULTANTS, PULLED TOGETHER WITH US TO GET THE RED FLAG PROJECT GOING HAS BEEN NOT JUST AN HONOR, BUT JUST FUN AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.

AND WE JUST RELEASED OUR.

WE JUST RELEASED THE FINAL TECHNICAL REVIEW SUBMITTAL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND THAT IS THE TENTPOLE EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO ADVERTISE AND AWARD THE STAGE ONE CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I'M STILL GOING TO BE PULLING FOR THIS PROJECT JUST FROM A DIFFERENT SEAT ON THE BUS, AND JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE BRANDON COLVIN, REALLY EXCITED THAT BRANDON'S BEEN THE ONE CHOSEN TO TAKE OVER THIS. HE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB.

SO BRANDON, DO YOU WANT TO JUST SAY HI? THANK YOU. HELLO, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO NOW BE STEPPING IN THIS ROLE ON BEHALF OF PAUL AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO MANAGE THE FLAG PROJECT.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF HISTORY IN ARIZONA, ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF A PROJECT HERE IN FLAGSTAFF.

A LOT OF ROOTS IN THIS STATE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO WORK A PROJECT YET HERE IN FLAGSTAFF, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN GETTING TO YES AND DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS USING BOLD BUILDING PROJECTS, USING BOLD SOLUTIONS.

THAT'S A BIG FACTOR OF WHAT WE DO AT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SO I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO APPLY THAT HERE ON THIS PROJECT.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO DO IT.

JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR WORK WITH US AND YOUR HELP GETTING TO. YES.

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AND AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. JEREMY.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE MONTSERRAT RODRIGUEZ.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR DAGGETT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ANZAR RODRIGUEZ.

I'M A JUNIOR AT CUPERTINO HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M A PART OF THE COCONINO ANTI-TOBACCO STUDENTS CLUB, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CATS.

BACK IN 2019, THIS COUNCIL PASSED THE T 21 ORDINANCE.

I'M REACHING OUT TO ASK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SOME TYPE OF LICENSING INTO THE ORDINANCE.

THE T 21 ORDINANCE ADOPTED IN 2019 REQUIRED A LICENSE, AND WE WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A LICENSE AS A PART OF THE ORDINANCE.

THE MAIN REASON WHY WE WANT TO STRESS LICENSING IS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S BEEN PROVEN TO PROTECT YOUTH.

EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING LAWS CAN HELP REDUCE OR CAN HELP REDUCE SALES TO UNDERAGE YOUTH.

FOR EXAMPLE, ACROSS 33 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES, SALES TO UNDERAGE YOUTH DROPPED BY AN AVERAGE OF 26% AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRONG TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING LAW.

ANOTHER STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN MINNESOTA DISCOVERED THAT DAILY SMOKING AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS DROPPED BY 28% IN 14 COMMUNITIES.

PLUS, SUCCESSFUL UNDERAGE YOUTH PURCHASES, PURCHASES DROPPED BY DROP FROM 39% TO 5% AFTER IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING ORDINANCES.

IN ADDITION, LOCAL TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSING LAWS CAN ALSO HELP PREVENT POSSIBLE YOUTH TOBACCO USE FOR BOTH CIGARETS AND E-CIGARETTES.

IN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES THAT HAD A STRONG TOBACCO RETAILER.

LICENSING YOUTH WERE 33% LESS LIKELY TO HAVE STARTED CIGARET USE AND 26% LESS LIKELY TO INITIATE INITIATE E-CIGARETTE USE OVER THE COURSE OF ONE AND A HALF YEARS.

COMPARED TO LOCALITIES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSING LAW OR A LICENSING FEE HIGH ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT.

LICENSING IS ESSENTIAL IN PROTECTING OUR PEERS AND LARGER COMMUNITY FROM THE TARGETED PRESSURE FROM FROM THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

WITHOUT LICENSING.

WITHOUT LICENSING, THE T 21 ORDINANCE WILL BE USELESS IN PROTECTING YOUTH FROM BEING ABLE TO EASILY ACCESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

I HOPE THAT THE IDEA OF INCLUDING LICENSING INTO THE ORDINANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SYDNEY HENLEY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR DAGGETT.

MY NAME IS SYDNEY HENLEY AND I'M WITH THE CLUB CATS AT COCONINO HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO EMPHASIZE KEEPING LICENSING AS PART OF THE T 21 ORDINANCE.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, COCONINO COUNTY HAS THE HIGHEST FAILURE RATE OF TOBACCO RETAILERS IN THE STATE.

IT'S ALMOST DOUBLE THE AVERAGE EVEN WITH OUR YOUTH UNDER 18.

THIS MEANS THAT STORES SELL TOBACCO AND COCAINE, SO THAT THE STORES THAT SELL TOBACCO AND COCONINO COUNTY IN FLAGSTAFF ARE SELLING TOBACCO TO MINORS.

CHILDREN UNDER 18 AT AN ALARMING RATE WITHOUT A PENALTY THAT GOES BEYOND A FINE, SUCH AS THE POTENTIAL TO LOSE A LICENSE TO SELL NICOTINE PRODUCTS.

RETAILERS WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK THE LAW.

RETAILERS ARE NOT DISCOURAGED BY A SMALL FINES FOR SELLING PRODUCTS TO UNDERAGE YOUTH, BUT IF THEIR LICENSING IS UP FOR CONTENTION, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND ORDINANCE BECAUSE THERE IS AN ACTUAL WEIGHT TO THIS CONSEQUENCE.

LICENSING ALSO HELPS COMBAT HEALTH DISPARITIES.

IF WE REQUIRE LICENSING, WE ARE ABLE TO MAP RETAILERS TO SEE IF THERE ARE DISPARITIES IN THE DENSITY OF RETAILERS NEAR SCHOOLS AND OVERALL GREATER RETAIL DENSITY IN THE VARYING DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS, SUCH AS IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE KNOW SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT UP THE POINT THAT LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT IS AN UNDERFUNDED MANDATE, BUT MOST TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSES INCLUDE A YEARLY FEE, ACCORDING TO THE AS TS MAPPER.

APPROXIMATELY 145 RETAILERS OPERATE IN FLAGSTAFF.

IF EACH OF THESE RETAILERS PAY A $1,000 YEARLY LICENSING FEE, THAT'S $145,000 TO RUN A LICENSING PROGRAM.

SO THIS WILL BE A SELF FUNDED MANDATE.

FOR ALL THESE REASONS.

I HOPE YOU KEEP THE LICENSING IN THE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A NICE DAY.

THANK YOU. DUFFY WESTHEIMER.

HELLO. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS DUFFY WESTHEIMER, AND I CAME AT YOUR LAST MEETING TO SPEAK, BUT I HAD TO WORK.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW YOU STARTED MEETINGS AT THREE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF MOST PEOPLE KNOW.

I DID NOT KNOW. SO BY THE TIME I GOT HERE, I COULDN'T SPEAK TO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

SO HERE I AM TODAY.

AND WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE PARKS AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT FLAGSTAFF HAS NOT HAD A NEW PARK SINCE, I THINK THE 1980S, AND I THINK THAT WE

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HAVE MAYBE TRIPLED IN POPULATION.

I AM SURROUNDED BY PARKS BECAUSE I LIVE NEAR THORPE PARK.

WE HAVE THE PLAYGROUND, THE ADULT CENTER, THE POND, THE BALL FIELD, THREE SETS OF BALL FIELDS.

WE HAVE WHEELER PARK, WE HAVE THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKLAND FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN FLAGSTAFF.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU ADD TO OUR ZONING CODE THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS ADD MEANINGFUL PARKS THAT CAN BE USED BY EVERYONE, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT PEOPLE MOVE HERE, THEY DO NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THERE ARE ALL THESE NEW RESIDENTS AND THEY WANT WHAT THEY WANT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE, THE TIME TO PROVIDE IT FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THESE PARKS LIKE BUSHMASTER AND THORPE HAVE TO ABSORB IT ALL.

AND WE ARE OVERWHELMED.

AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE PEOPLE AT BUSHMASTER AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING MORE LOUD PARK EVENTS BY THEIR HOMES.

SO MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT ADDING TO THE ZONING CODE THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO ADD MEANINGFUL PARKS GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

WE SHOULD NEVER LOSE PARKLAND.

WE JUST CAN'T BUY IT BACK.

SO OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO GET IT FROM THE DEVELOPERS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT. OH, AND I SUPPORT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

I WORKED ON SMOKE FREE ARIZONA MANY YEARS AGO.

RIGHT ON KIDS.

YES. THANK YOU.

JILL STEVENSON.

HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I ALSO APPRECIATE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING FORTH AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS, BACKED UP BY RESEARCH, AND I HOPE YOU PAY GOOD ATTENTION TO THEM.

THEY'RE OUR FUTURE.

FIRST, I HAVE TWO SUGGESTIONS.

AFTER BEING AT FARMER'S MARKET ALL SUMMER, I'VE BECOME AWARE OF THE NEED FOR BIKE RACKS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE MARKET.

CURRENTLY, BICYCLES ARE LOCKING THEMSELVES UP TO THE RAILINGS, WHICH IS FINE, BUT THEY RUN OUT OF ROOM AND I THINK BIKE RACKS WOULD BE A REAL HELP.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO FACILITATE BIKE RIDING AND WALKING, OF COURSE, IN OUR TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS IS VITAL. ALSO SAME LOCATION THE TRASH RECEPTACLE RECYCLE CONTAINER BETWEEN REAL FLAG AND WHEELER PARK IS OFTEN OVERFLOWING BY 9:00 ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

SO I THINK ADDITIONAL CONTAINERS WOULD BE A REAL HELP.

A LOT OF PEOPLE BUY BREAKFAST OR LUNCH OR SNACKS AT THE MARKET, AND WE SEE A LOT OF TRASH JUST BEING THROWN ON THE GROUND AROUND THE CONTAINERS THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ROOM.

OKAY. ON THE SUBJECT OF NIH, I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE COUNCIL VIEWS THIS HOSPITAL PROPOSAL, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.

A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PLAYS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART IN THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.

A WISE MOVE ON THE COUNCIL'S PART WOULD HAVE BEEN TO PAUSE THE REZONING DECISION, AS VICE MAYOR ASLUND URGED FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF NIH PROPOSAL ON THE HEALTH OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

IF THE CITY IS TRULY AIMING FOR THE STATED GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030, ANY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE JUDGED ON ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT. ANY DECISION THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF MAKE SHOULD BE WEIGHED AGAINST ITS EFFECT ON THE CLIMATE.

THESE DECISIONS ARE VITAL TO THE HEALTH OF US ALL.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU. CHARLIE SILVER.

HELLO MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CHARLIE SILVER, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT OR PERHAPS MORE APPROPRIATELY DIRECTED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AGENDIZED ITEMS. UM, PUBLIC HEARING INPUT AT THE END AFTER STAFF PRESENTATION, AFTER THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION WOULD GO A LONG WAY, AS THIS WOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO CORRECT, CORRECT, OR PROVIDE PERHAPS REBUTTALS TO PERHAPS UNCLEAR INFORMATION THAT WAS ALREADY PROVIDED BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.

THE PUBLIC GETS THREE MINUTES AND WE'VE GOT TO PACK IT IN.

ALSO, THOSE COMMENTS CAN BE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAIN, CAN BE TAILORED, CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS INACCURACIES,

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MISINFORMATION INADVERTENTLY OR ADVERTENTLY, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE TO CORRECT INFORMATION LIKE THAT.

AFTER ALL OF THOSE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, EXCUSE ME, AFTER ALL THOSE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS HAS ALREADY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. October Work Anniversaries and Retirement Recognition of employees celebrating work anniversaries and retirement in the month of October]

OCTOBER. WORK ANNIVERSARIES AND RETIREMENT.

TRY THIS AGAIN.

THERE WE GO. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M JOANNE KEAN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I'M FILLING IN TODAY FOR SHANNON ANDERSON, WHO HAD A HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT SHE HAD TO TEND TO.

SO TODAY I'M COVERING OUR OCTOBER EMPLOYEE WORK ANNIVERSARIES.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES AND A COUPLE OF 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES, A 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND A VERY SPECIAL RETIREMENT.

SO I'LL I'LL START WITH THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARIES.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE NAMES AND READ THROUGH, BUT JUST GIVE A SECOND OR TWO TO READ THE NAMES OF ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE WITH US AT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FOR ONE YEAR.

AND HERE'S THE SECOND SLIDE.

SEVERAL NAMES THAT YOU YOU RECOGNIZE, INCLUDING OUR CITY ENGINEER IS ON HERE, WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM SHORTLY.

A CELEBRATING A 15 YEAR, 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

AS TERRY MCCORMICK, WHO IS A PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR IN SOLID WASTE.

CONGRATULATIONS, TERRY.

CINDY PERGER WHO IS A HR ANALYST.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CINDY.

ERIK CARLSON IS CELEBRATING A 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

ERIK IS A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE CITY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MATT FALL AND TO READ THIS SLIDE AND INTRODUCE MATT.

I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO TYRONE JOHNSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TYRONE JOHNSON.

I'M THE RECREATION MANAGER FOR THE PROS DIVISION WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AND IT'S MY HONOR TO COME UP AND READ THIS SLIDE ON A COLLEAGUE WHOM I'VE KNOWN ALL MY WORKING CAREER AND JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE.

SO FOR MATT, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

IF ASKED TO PROVIDE ONE SINGLE WORD TO DESCRIBE MATT FALL, THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS PASSION.

MATT EXUDES A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS RECREATION THAT HAS CULTIVATED A 30 YEAR CAREER WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

MANY OF MATT'S COLLEAGUES ARE HERE TODAY TO WISH HIM THE VERY BEST ON HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2023, AFTER AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN RECREATION.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM MATT HIMSELF TODAY.

INVITE HIM UP TO THE PODIUM FOR A FEW WORDS.

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND.

MATT FALL. UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MATT FALL.

IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO COME TO AN END OF A 30 YEAR CAREER WITH THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO WORK WITH AND FOR SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER.

I THINK MY FIRST MEETING I ATTENDED WAS MAYOR BAVASI.

MY LAST WILL BE MAYOR DAGGETT.

SO THIS IS QUITE A QUITE A SPAN THAT WE'VE COVERED.

YOUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP IS THE BEST THAT I'VE SEEN.

I'VE SEEN HIM COME AND I'VE SEEN HIM GO.

AND WE'VE GOT A CREW RIGHT NOW THAT ARE GOING TO DO REALLY GOOD THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M JUST REALLY LUCKY AND HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT FOR SO LONG.

MY LAST DAY WILL BE THE THIRD AND I'LL THINK FONDLY OF ALL OF YOU FOREVERMORE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

A GREAT WAY TO START THE MEETING.

THANK YOU.

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OKAY. THAT WAS QUICK.

I LOVE HOW ENTHUSIASTIC PROSE ALWAYS IS.

OKAY, MOVING DOWN TO THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.

[6. City Manager Report Information Only]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL.

THIS WILL ALSO BE QUICK.

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE FOUR UPDATES TO GIVE YOU FROM SOME OF OUR DIVISIONS, INCLUDING PROSE.

I WANT TO SAY I ATTENDED A BARBECUE WITH PROSE, RECOGNIZING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND JUST HAVING SOME FUN OUT AT FORT TUTHILL THIS WEEK.

THIS LAST WEEK AND I SAW THAT SAME ENTHUSIASM YOU WERE REFERENCING.

IT WAS GREAT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

I THINK YOU'LL HOPEFULLY HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN A BIT.

I WANT TO POINT OUT IT'S A SHORT REPORT.

WE'LL GET THESE BACK IN ORDER BEFORE TOO LONG.

BUT I DID CALL OUT ONE THING WITH OUR COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, CCE, WHICH IS A NEW PRODUCT THAT IS NOW ON OUR WEBSITE HOME PAGE, AND IT'S A NEW CALENDAR, AND YOU HAVE A SNIPPET IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

JUST AN EASY ONE.

ONE CLICK ACCESS TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY.

SO BIG PROPS TO THE COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

AND GIVE THAT A TEST DRIVE SOME TIME.

THE CALENDAR ON THE WEBSITE.

WE UNVEILED LAST TODAY'S TUESDAY YESTERDAY AN UPDATE REGARDING HUMAN RESOURCES LEADERSHIP.

AND THERE'S MUCH TO COME ON THIS.

STAY TUNED. BUT RIGHT NOW, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PURSUING AN OUTSIDE INTERIM DIRECTOR.

WE ARE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE SOME NAMES, AND WE'LL MAKE A DECISION HERE IN SHORT ORDER.

IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT TO GIVE SOME PROPS TO SHANNON ANDERSON FOR STEPPING UP, AS SHE ALWAYS DOES, AND ALSO TO TO JOANNE KEANE.

THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF EFFORTS AND ONGOING PURSUITS TO TRY TO FILL WHAT IS A VERY LARGE VOID IN OUR LEADERSHIP IN HR, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE EVEN A BIGGER VOID AS WE'RE SEEING AN UPCOMING RETIREMENT.

AND IN DECEMBER WITH ONE OF OUR MANAGERS THERE.

OTHER CHANGES ARE IN THE WORKS, INCLUDING THE FORMATION AND UTILIZATION OF AN INTERNAL TEAM TO HELP OVERSEE THE MANY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION.

SO WHEELS ARE IN MOTION HERE.

STAY TUNED ON THIS AND WE'LL KEEP YOU APPRIZED.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

ON MY END.

WE HAVE FOUR UPDATES HERE.

AND WE CAN START WITH HEIDI HANSEN WITH ECONOMIC VITALITY.

AND THEN WE WANT TO HEAR FROM PROS SUSTAINABILITY.

AND WE'LL CAP IT OFF WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS.

I DO WANT TO PREFACE OUR PRESENTATION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE AND THEY'RE ALWAYS INTERESTING.

BUT WITH ALL THE MANY PROJECTS GOING ON, THESE UPDATES ARE GOING TO BE LOADED WITH GREAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AND FOR OUR CITIZENRY.

SO, HEIDI.

THANKS, GREG. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS HEIDI HANSEN, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR.

HAPPY TO SHARE SOME OF OUR.

UH, HIGHLIGHTS FROM SEPTEMBER.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING THROUGH OCTOBER.

MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING AGAIN ABOUT OUR AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRE.

SINCE OUR CAFE HAD EXITED, WE ACTUALLY HAD A UNSUCCESSFUL PROCUREMENT, NOT BECAUSE OF OUR PROCUREMENT PROGRAM OR SECTION, RATHER JUST BECAUSE WE JUST DID NOT GET ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT INQUIRED.

SO WE'VE DECIDED TO PULL BACK AND WE ARE REVISING THAT SCOPE OF WORK, AND THEN WE ARE GOING BACK OUT FOR RFP.

AS SOON AS WE DO, WE'LL LET ALL OF YOU KNOW AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO GET SOMEBODY IN THERE QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS.

AS PART AS AS FAR AS ADVERTISING FOR THE AIRPORT, YOU WILL WE'LL BE COMING BACK.

BEFORE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ADVERTISING POLICY, WHEN I TALK ABOUT ADVERTISING AT THE AIRPORT, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO EXTERNALLY TO GET PEOPLE TO FLY FLAGSTAFF.

SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TERMINAL ADVERTISING, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS TO GET THE HOLIDAYS READY AND TO ASK PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO FLY FLAGSTAFF FIRST AND TO THINK OF US DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

THE AIRPORT PARKING IS GOING VERY WELL.

I WILL SAY, THE LAST TIME I SAID THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE REMINDED ME THAT SHE GOT STUCK IN THE PARKING LOT.

SO I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT AND HOPEFULLY THAT IS NEVER, EVER GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU AGAIN.

WE HAD A LIGHTNING STRIKE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THE PARKING SYSTEM IS IS GOING WELL FROM FROM WHAT I CAN TELL.

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AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR VENDOR WISEMAN AVIATION DID GET THEIR LADDER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A NICE PICTURE OF HOW IT WORKS WITH A BIGGER PLANE.

SO THANK YOU TO WISEMAN.

WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.

WE'VE ASKED ALL OF YOU TO COME AND MAYOR, WE DEFINITELY NEED YOU THERE BECAUSE YOU'LL BE SPEAKING.

OUR EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE FINE FOR HAVING ONLY ONE AIRLINE.

WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING FINE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY BEATING 2020, WHICH WE ALL KNOW WAS NOT GREAT.

BUT BEFORE COVID HIT, IT WAS GOING VERY WELL.

GOING INTO THE AIRPORT, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE KITTY THAT DECIDED IT WANTED TO BECOME PART OF THE AIRPORT, AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE ASKING TSA TO STOP FEEDING IT.

WE WERE AFRAID THAT IT WOULD LITERALLY GET HIT BY A PLANE.

SO NOW WE HAVE FOUND A HOME FOR A KITTY AND ALL IS WELL.

BUT IT WAS FUN FOR A WHILE.

IT WOULD JUST COME IN AND MAKE THE THE PATRONS FEEL RELAXED BEFORE THEIR FLIGHT.

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT HAS TONS OF PROJECTS GOING ON WITH BEAUTIFICATION, ARTS AND SCIENCE, AND ONE THAT YOU ALL AGREED TO QUITE A WHILE AGO WAS THE MURAL THAT WAS REPRESENTING COSMIC RAY. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S COMPLETED, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S IN PLACE.

NOW. WE ALSO HAVE SOME WORK THAT WE'RE STILL DOING WITH THE COCONINO SQUIRREL AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAD TO TAKE OUT THE MEDALLIONS, HONESTLY, TOO SMALL AND WE ARE GETTING THAT REVISED.

AND SO PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 21 MEDALLIONS INSTALLED THE RIGHT WAY.

AND ONCE THAT'S FINISHED, WE'LL HAVE YOU COME OUT AND SEE IT ALL AGAIN.

FLOWERS WERE STILL UP IN DOWNTOWN.

WE'RE NOW TRANSITIONING TO SMALLER TREES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING HOLIDAY LIGHTING.

WE HAVE A CALL TO ARTISTS FOR THE INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION AT THE COUNTY PARK.

WE HAD RECEIVED 14 PROPOSALS, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.

WE HAVE THE APPLICANTS WERE NOTIFIED FOR THE MURDOCH SOUTHSIDE PARK ART THAT JAN IS WORKING ON.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON RIO DE FLAG ART.

SO BASICALLY LARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING AROUND WITH OUR CAPITALS AND ENGINEERING AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE LETTING OUR BEAUTIFICATION TEAM KNOW ABOUT IT.

AND IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO PUT ARTWORK OR SOMETHING, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE WHOLE TEAM.

SORRY FOR ALL THE SCROLLING, BUT THERE, AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON, BUT I'M TRYING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS PART.

FLAG. THE LICENSE PLATE READER THAT YOU AGREED TO QUITE A WHILE AGO IS GOING TO BE PUT INTO PLACE.

THIS LICENSE PLATE READER IS GOING TO HELP US TO DO BETTER TRACKING OF THE VEHICLES.

THE WHOLE POINT IS NOT TO BASICALLY CITE PEOPLE SO MUCH AS TO BE AN AMBASSADOR, BUT IT HELPS US TURN CARS SO THAT THE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT MORE OFTEN. SO THAT LICENSE PLATE READER IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL.

YOU AGREE TO THESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, I BELIEVE, LAST WEEK, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE A RECIPIENT OF ONE OF THEM.

PARK FLAG WILL.

SO WE WILL HAVE TWO ELECTRIC VEHICLES NOW TO BE DOING OUR WORK IN DOWNTOWN.

PARKING STATISTICS SHOW THAT WE ARE UP 5% OVER 2022.

AS FAR AS BUSINESS ATTRACTION, WE A LOT OF IT'S CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL THEY HAVE SIGNED A DEAL, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. WE DID HAVE DO HAVE AN EXOTIC CAR MANUFACTURE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT COMING TO FLAGSTAFF WITH 25 NEW JOBS.

IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE WILL.

YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR BUSINESS ONE.

STOP SHOP THAT STARTED WITH THE LAST COUNCIL.

AND WE'RE WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED.

WE ALSO HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS LOGO, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ADAPT THAT ONE STOP SHOP.

WHEN IT GETS COMPLETED, WE WILL BE COMING BACK AND WE WILL SHOW YOU THE COMPLETION AND WE'LL SHOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH IT AS THOUGH YOU WERE A DEVELOPER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

UPCOMING EVENTS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, MIGHT NOT BE TOO LATE.

I DO NOT KNOW. DON'T DON'T MARK MY WORDS.

BUT THE EDI CONFERENCE, THE ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM, IS HAPPENING IN FLAGSTAFF, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND SO IT'S AT LITTLE AMERICA.

AND IF YOU COULD JOIN US AT THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK, CITY OF FLAGSTAFF IS A HOST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY, OF COURSE, PART OF IT.

JACK FITCHETT HAS HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER.

BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE GONE THROUGH DOING THE BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A REVIEW TEAM THAT ARE LOOKING AT APPLICATIONS AND THEY'RE DETERMINING AWARDS FOR THOSE INCENTIVES.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK BEFORE YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

AGAIN, SORRY FOR THE SCROLLING.

THIS IS A BIG ONE.

AND I APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW TO LINDA TILSON, OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR.

I FORGOT TO GET THE PHOTO ON HERE.

BUT OUR STAFF PERSON, JESSICA ARCHER, SHE IS OUR MOBILE LIBRARIAN.

SHE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE ARIZONA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OUTREACH SERVICES AWARD.

I'M GOING TO READ THIS.

THIS AWARD IS FOR PROVIDING EXEMPLARY LIBRARY OUTREACH SERVICES TO UNSERVED, UNDERSERVED, OR MINORITY MINORITY POPULATIONS.

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RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD MUST DEMONSTRATE NOTABLE AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN PRODUCING, DEVELOPING, AND PROMOTING PROGRAMS, SERVICES, COLLECTIONS, AND READING ACTIVITIES FOR THE UNSERVED, UNDERSERVED, OR MINORITY POPULATIONS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

PRETTY BIG DEAL.

SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU'D REACH OUT TO JESSICA ARCHER AND CONGRATULATE HER ON THIS OUTSTANDING AWARD.

IT REALLY SHOWS THAT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING STAFF DOING GREAT THINGS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK LAURA LAUREN CLEMENTINO FOR STEPPING IN.

SHE IS RIGHT NOW THE INTERIM DEPUTY LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR COUNTY SERVICES, AS WELL AS GARZA HAS LEFT THE THE STATE WITH HIS FAMILY.

SOME STATISTICS, DOOR COUNT, WI-FI USE, NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM ATTENDANCE ARE ALL UP, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU TO MAYOR DAGGETT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET, I BELIEVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF YOU, BUT MOST OF YOU WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND JOIN US.

IT WAS DURING THE MORNING TO HELP US WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE ADA LIBRARY ENTRANCE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, GREAT PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, HATS OFF TO JEREMY TO GATOR ON HIS GREAT WORK WITH THIS WITH THIS PROJECT.

UM, ALSO WE DID PAINT NIGHT FOR HISPANIC HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ROOM WAS FULL.

WE DID PEACE DAY.

WE HAVE YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE PUT IN THAT ARE IN FULL SWING FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

AND AGAIN, YOU JUST SEE THE WEALTH OF ACTIVITY WITH THESE PICTURES THAT HAPPEN AT THE LIBRARY.

WE HAVE A KIDS CAFE, AND WHEN I READ THIS, I WAS JUST HOPING THAT REBECCA KNEW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESUMED THEIR KIDS CAFE MEAL SERVICE THROUGH THE SAINT MARY'S FOOD BANK, AND THEY DISTRIBUTE 23 MEALS.

AND THE REASON WHY WE LIKE TO NORMALLY COORDINATE WITH PROS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME, SOME OF THIS.

SO I HOPE IT'S OKAY.

REBECCA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

AND LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH.

WE HAD 650 NEW LIBRARY CARD SIGNUPS, SO THAT'S A LOT.

IT'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THE LIBRARY.

TUBA CITY HAD A HEALTH FAIR, AND WE HAD OUR STAFF GO OUT THERE AND HELP WITH THAT AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THEN GOING INTO TOURISM.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, METRICS ARE HOLDING STRONG.

WE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT I'M TALKING VERY SMALL DIP IN OCCUPANCY REVPAR AND ADR, BUT THESE NUMBERS ARE OUTSTANDING.

IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

WE DID ALL THINGS LIFE OMETER SO THAT ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO COME UP AND LOOK AT THE LEAVES, THEY COULD GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEY COULD SEE WHERE ARE THEY AT ANY TIME SO THEY COULD MAKE THE TRIP.

SOMETIMES THEY JUST CALL US OVER AT THE VISITOR CENTER, AND WE TELL THEM WHERE THE BEST PLACE IS TO LEAVE PEEP.

AND SO WE HAD A LOT OF THAT GOING ON.

WE HAD 14 PRINT AND 76 DIGITAL ARTICLES FOR PROCURED STORIES AND SIX MEDIA ASSISTS, ALL IN THIS MONTH, WHICH IS HUGE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE AS I SCROLL THROUGH HERE, THESE ARE STORIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THESE MAGAZINES.

WE HAVE LORI PAPPAS, OUR MARKETING MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER.

SHE'S HOSTING MEDIA THAT ACTUALLY COME UP HERE AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE LEAF OMETER.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY PUT THE LEAF OMETER ON THEIR OWN CHANNEL, 12, CHANNEL TEN STATIONS SEDONA'S USING OUR LEAF OMETER.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

OUR FILM HAD THREE PERMITS THAT WERE ISSUED, WHICH MEANS THERE'S A LOT MORE ACTIVITY COUNCIL MEMBER ASLAN ON FILM.

AND I CAN GO THROUGH A LOT MORE OF THIS.

THE TRAIL PASSPORT HAD AN 8% INCREASE.

PEOPLE ARE ASKING TO LOOK AT WHERE THE BEST TRAILS ARE.

WE'RE NOT RUINING THE TRAILS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO USE THE TRAILS RESPONSIBLY IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING.

AND THEN BASICALLY AT THE END HERE, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAD A VISIT USA AUSTRIA FAM TOUR HERE, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING.

INTERNATIONAL IS COMING BACK.

OUR MEETINGS ARE PHENOMENAL.

WE DID ONLY SEND OUT ONE LEAD WHICH WAS ABOUT A $23,000 ECONOMIC IMPACT.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE 19 OTHER LEADS IN IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR BACK POCKET.

WALK INS AND RETAIL ARE DOING WELL AT THE VISITOR CENTER.

I REALLY CAN'T THANK THAT STAFF ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR AMAZING CREATIVE SERVICES TEAM, AS YOU CAN TELL, ARE JUST DOING THINGS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY AS WELL AS FOR OUR REGULAR PROGRAM.

WE JUST DID A REGENERATIVE VIDEO THAT YOU WILL SEE IF YOU COME TO OUR ANNUAL LUNCHEON ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

IF NOT, YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS, BUT I WOULD HOPE YOU WAIT.

BUT ANYWAY, IT'S MORE EXCITING AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE ON HOLIDAY MARKETING PREP RIGHT NOW.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE FUN ADS THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT ON WINTER WONDERLAND AND GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU COME TO FLAGSTAFF.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR THE ANNUAL EVENT, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US.

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IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.

AWESOME. I PARKED AT THE AIRPORT WHEN I FLEW OUT TO THE INTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, AND I HAVE NEVER HAD AN EASIER TIME NAVIGATING THAT PARKING LOT.

I KNOW I DIDN'T.

YEAH, I FOUND A PARKING SPACE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REASONABLY PRICED.

AND SO CONGRATS.

I APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE ANY TIME THAT YOU CAN FLY FLAGSTAFF AND APPRECIATE THE THE FEEDBACK.

UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCIL HOUSE WAS THERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ACTUALLY BACKUP SOFTWARE.

WHO KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LIGHTNING STRIKE? I MEAN, SO ANYWAY, BUT SHE HANDLED IT JUST FINE.

AND LUCKILY I ASKED HER WHEN SHE CALLED ME, I'M LIKE, PLEASE TELL ME YOU DON'T.

HAVE ANYWHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE IN A FEW MINUTES, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A SECOND, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE NOW.

WE HAVE ALL OF THE BACKUP AND ALL THAT.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE AIRPORT GREATLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

I ALWAYS FLY OUT OF FLAGSTAFF.

WHAT IS AN EXOTIC CAR MANUFACTURER? CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT JACKSON AND JACK WOULD PROBABLY NOT TELL ME EXACTLY WHO IT IS, BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE IT AWAY, BUT I THINK IT'S BASICALLY MORE OF A LUXURY TYPE OF. VEHICLE.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE THAT WOULD BE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

QUITE EXPENSIVE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE EVERYBODY DRIVING AROUND.

BUT WHAT THEY WHAT THEY'VE REALIZED WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AND WITH THE MEDIAN INCOME, WE PROBABLY COULD SUPPORT IT.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WILL JUST SAY.

HAVE YOU FORGIVEN US? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY FORGIVEN.

YES. IT WAS A ONE TIME FLUKE.

IT HAS BEEN SMOOTH EVER SINCE THEN.

I'VE PARKED THERE NUMEROUS TIMES, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME IT'S BEEN SUPER, SUPER SMOOTH.

SO. AND REALLY APPRECIATE I WANTED TO JUST SHOUT OUT THE TEAM THAT HELPED WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WAS YOURSELF.

SEAN. SEVERAL PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT WERE HELPFUL.

THEY COULDN'T DIRECTLY DO ANYTHING, BUT THEY WERE ALL VERY HELPFUL IN DIRECTING ME TO KIOSKS, LETTING ME KNOW WHERE PHONE NUMBERS WERE, TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT COULD COULD HELP AT A REALLY, IT WAS JUST A REALLY WEIRD TIME.

SO I WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT NOT AT THE FAULT OF OF ANY OF OUR TEAM, WHO WERE ALL JUST WONDERFUL IN THAT.

BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, HEIDI, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THE I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE REQUEST FOR SIGNAGE FOR THE GREEN BOOK TOUR, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY UPDATE ON THAT.

I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT I WILL ASK TRACY WARD TO GET ME AN UPDATE, AND I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND THAT TO ALL OF YOU.

I KNOW THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF ME, I APOLOGIZE.

YEP. I'LL MAKE SURE I GET BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, HEIDI.

I THINK WE'LL GO TO TWO PROS NEXT BECAUSE REBECCA'S BEHIND ME.

SO. REBECCA. AFTERNOON.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M REBECCA SAYERS, THE PROSE DIRECTOR THAT IS PARKS, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE AND EVENTS.

IN CASE YOU FORGOT, WE HAD A GREAT SEPTEMBER.

UM, THIS IS THIS PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS A IS THE CULMINATION OF A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT WAS GRANT FUNDED, ONE OF OUR FIRST GRANTS IN MANY YEARS.

WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE IMPROVE THE SURFACE OF THE NATE AVERY TRAIL AT BUFFALO PARK.

AND WE INVITED OUT MEMBERS OF THE ADAPTIVE MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE CHAIRPERSON OF THAT COMMISSION, ENJOYING SOME TIME WITH OUR PARKS STAFF THAT WORKED ON THAT PROJECT DIRECTLY. IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT TO SEE.

TO SEE OTHERS OF DIFFERING ABILITIES.

USING THE TRAILS.

SHE WENT OUT AS FAR AS SHE HAD TIME TO THAT DAY.

THIS IS RACHEL, AND SHE ALSO GOT IN THERE AND DEMONSTRATED THE USE OF SOME OF OUR UNIVERSAL FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT HAS ALSO BEEN INSTALLED.

SO IF YOU'VE DONE THAT LOOP, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 18 FITNESS STATIONS AROUND IT.

WITH THIS GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE SIX OF THOSE STATIONS WITH UNIVERSAL EQUIPMENT AND MORE TO COME.

WE ALSO TOURED THE STATE PARKS TEAM THAT HELPED FUND THE GRANT, AND THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED AND GAVE US SEVERAL

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IDEAS FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO REQUEST, SO THAT WAS NICE TO SEE.

OUR VERY POPULAR TRAIL COUNTERS ARE.

WE'RE STILL REPORTING ON THESE MONTHLY STATISTICS THAT I PROVIDED TO.

AS CITY MANAGER.

CLIFTON MENTIONED, WE HAD A BARBECUE FOR OUR FULL TIME STAFF LAST WEEK, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I QUIZZED THEM ON WAS, HOW MANY MILES DO WE OR I'M SORRY, HOW MANY? HOW MANY TAKES DID WE GET ON THE TRAIL COUNTERS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, BASICALLY.

I WOULD ASK YOU THE SAME IF YOU HAVE ANY GUESSES.

10,000 WAS A GUESS.

ANYONE ELSE? 10,001. YOU'RE THE WINNER BECAUSE IT WAS OVER 700,000 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

SO OUR FOOT'S TRAILS AND OUR TRAILS AT, AT OUR OPEN SPACE AREAS ARE VERY, VERY POPULAR.

IT JUST SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE SITES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR VISITORS.

WE ALSO GET LOTS AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS COMING OUT JUST TO WORK IN THESE SPACES.

SO HUGE IMPACT THERE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE NUMBERS FOR YOU.

UM FOR RECREATION.

IN SEPTEMBER, WE ENJOYED THE AQUAPLEX ANNIVERSARY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BROUGHT IN OVER 250 NEW PASSES SOLD, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE COMING OUT OF PANDEMIC.

WE'RE STILL INCREASING OUR MEMBERSHIP.

WE'VE STARTED UP SOME PROGRAMS AGAIN AS WELL, INCLUDING NIGHT COURT OUT AT HAL JENSEN, WHICH IS WHERE THE POLICE OFFICERS COME OUT AND PLAY BASKETBALL LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE YOUTH AT THE HAL JENSEN CENTER.

WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT IN SOME ACTING CLASSES, WHICH IS SUPER FUN.

AND IN OUR OPEN SPACES.

AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE, WE DID PLEN AIR IN OPEN SPACES.

IT'S AN OUTDOOR PAINTING AND DRAWING ACTIVITY.

WE DID THAT SEVERAL TIMES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY POPULAR.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A WHOLE LOT OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME, BECAUSE INVASIVE WEEDS REALLY TAKE OVER AFTER THE THE MONSOONS KIND OF WIND UP.

SO HERE ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A BEFORE PICTURE RIGHT HERE AND AN AFTER PICTURE DOWN BELOW.

WE WERE ALSO HAPPY TO HOST THE PHENIX SUNS, WHO WERE FINALLY ABLE TO COME UP AND DO KIND OF A GRAND OPENING.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR ATTENDING THAT CELEBRATION.

IT WAS FUN. WE HAD THE GORILLA.

WE HAD THIS IS AT PONDEROSA PARK, WHERE THEY REDID THE BASKETBALL COURTS THERE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PIGGYBACK AND ADD PICKLEBALL COURTS AS WELL. SO WE GOT KIDS OUT THERE FROM THE SCHOOL THAT'S NEXT DOOR.

I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME KIDS OF OUR STAFF AND THE VICE MAYOR THAT PARTICIPATED AS WELL, AND IT WAS JUST A GOOD TIME.

WE HAD SOME CHEERLEADERS.

THIS PICTURE IS SOME OF THE PHENIX SUNS DANCERS THAT ARE DOING SOME CALISTHENICS WITH THE KIDS.

EVENTS ARE WINDING DOWN, BUT GEARING UP FOR OUR TEAM.

ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE, AS HEIDI MENTIONED, IS WINTER WONDERLAND AND TREE LIGHTING.

SAVE THE DATE FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER.

DECEMBER 2ND.

FOR THAT, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL INVITE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO JOIN US FOR THAT.

FOR FLIPPING THAT SWITCH.

AND I THINK THAT ENDS MY REPORT UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I DID NEGLECT TO MENTION THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED OUR BARBECUE.

THAT WAS A FUN DAY. YOU'LL SEE MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR OCTOBER REPORT NEXT MONTH.

BUT IT WAS JUST A DAY OF CAMARADERIE AND REFLECTION ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ENTIRE DIVISION AND GETTING THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WORK IN IN VERY DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND SO BEING ABLE TO LEARN WHAT EACH OTHER DOES WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY.

IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU. REBECCA.

WELL. WE HAVE SUSTAINABILITY AND WE HAVE A PINCH HITTER HERE

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BECAUSE BOTH NICOLE AND MANY IN HER TEAM ARE GONE.

BUT. STEPHEN HERE.

STEPHEN THOMPSON IS HERE TO TALK TO YOU, AND I WANT TO GIVE STEPHEN SOME PROPS BEFOREHAND.

I KNOW IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, BUT SUSTAINABILITY HAS TAKEN ON THE CITY'S VOLUNTEERISM AND HAS REALLY SEEN IT ELEVATE TO A HIGHER LEVEL. AND IN THAT IS A LOT OF PROGRAMING AND ADMINISTRATION.

STEPHEN'S BEEN AT THE HELM AND IS REALLY PERFECTING OUR CITY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND WE'RE GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU ALL.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LISTENING IN.

AS GREG MENTIONED, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE VOLUNTEERISM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH CITY STAFF AS WELL.

AND THROUGH THE VOLUNTEERISM, POLICY AND DIRECTIVE THAT HAS COME OUT THIS PAST YEAR FOR CITY STAFF, IT HAS REVEALED ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS CITY STAFF ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND NOW WE'RE JUST TRACKING THAT AND SHOWING IT ON PAPER, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

IT'S BEEN A REAL JOY TO HEAR FROM CITY STAFF AND ALL THE WAYS THEY ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS AS USUAL AND IN THE REPORT.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THERE, AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE INPUT FROM CITY STAFF.

SO WE HAVE OVER 70 PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED VOLUNTEERING IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO AND CONTRIBUTING HUNDREDS OF HOURS TO THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

SO MORE TO COME ON.

THAT AND A NOTE ON VOLUNTEERING IN GENERAL.

WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO OBTAIN A SOFTWARE TO BETTER TRACK VOLUNTEERISM AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE MONTHS COMING UP AND DOWN TO THE REPORT IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION SECTION.

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, HUGE INITIATIVES.

AND ONE OF THE MOST RECENT PROGRAMS THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED IS THE FLOOD PROOFING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS RESIDENTS UP TO $2,500 IN GRANT FUNDS TO HELP PURCHASE DRY FLOOD PROOFING MATERIALS AND TARGETED OUTREACH TO OVER TO AROUND 500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THOSE FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE PAPERWORK. NOW FOR THAT, AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO STORMWATER FOR ASSISTING AND HELPING REALLY GUIDE THAT PROJECT AND THE PROGRAM AND PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.

AND THEN THE CLIMATE TEAM HAS ALSO DIRECTLY ENGAGED WITH ALMOST 500 INDIVIDUALS IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS, ADVISORY GROUPS AND THE FESTIVAL.

SCIENCE WAS A BIG ONE AS WELL.

AND ONTO BUILDING FUEL SWITCHING AND REDUCING ENERGY USE.

SO, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE, THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE PROJECT THAT ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS CONTRACTED OUT WITH NESCO TO DO RETROFITS ON A LOT OF OUR LIGHTING, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AND WEATHERIZING CITY FACILITIES.

AND HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT 30 FACILITIES HAVE COMPLETED THE WEATHERIZATION PROCESS AND CLOSE TO 1000 LIGHTS HAVE BEEN RETROFITTED TO BE HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS.

MORE TO COME.

THIS WILL BE GOING ON FOR, WELL, THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS MOVING INTO THE SPRING, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 32 FACILITIES LEFT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

AS FAR AS THE LIGHTING RETROFITS GO.

AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL STAFF AND A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL STAFF AND EVERYONE DEALING WITH WORKERS COMING IN TO MAKE THOSE UPGRADES.

AND A BIG THANK YOU TO FACILITIES AS WELL FOR FACILITATING THESE THINGS.

ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF E-BIKE AND SCOOTER, E-BIKE AND E-SCOOTER PROGRAM HAS LAUNCHED, AND THEY ARE AT SEVERAL CITY FACILITIES THAT STAFF ARE ABLE TO USE FOR SHORT TRIPS HERE AND THERE TO HELP REDUCE MILES TRAVELED AND INCREASE THAT ACTIVITY.

I KNOW THAT THE FOLKS HERE IN THE MAIL ROOM AND COFFEE SHOP OFTEN USE IT TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO THE POST OFFICE.

I KNOW THAT'S A BIG, BIG HELP.

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AND LAST MONTH WE LAUNCHED THE COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, OR ADUS.

AND THAT RECENTLY CLOSED.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY WAS TO IDENTIFY PROCESSES AND POTENTIAL PROGRAMS THAT CAN MAKE CREATING AND BUILDING ADUS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE UNDERSTANDABLE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND CONNECT THAT WITH EXISTING.

SERVICES AS WELL.

FOR OUR COMMUNITY STEWARDS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.

SO ADOPT AN AVENUE, ADOPT A FOOT'S, ADOPT A STREAM.

SEPTEMBER, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING IN IN CLEANUPS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

WE ONLY HAD AROUND NINE CLEANUPS, BUT THAT RESULTED IN CLOSE TO 100 INDIVIDUALS GOING OUT AND CLEANING UP STREETS, AVENUES, FOOTS OR STREAMS. AND THAT RESULTED IN THE REMOVAL OF AROUND 70 TRASH BAGS AND FULL OF LITTER AND DEBRIS, AS WELL AS A DOZEN OR SO BAGS OF RECYCLING.

SO REMOVING A LOT OF THINGS FROM OUR PUBLIC AREAS.

AND THE E3 PROGRAM.

THE ENGAGE, ELEVATE AND EMPOWER PROGRAM WAS THAT GRANT FUNDING WAS AWARDED TO THE CATS PROGRAM IN JULY, AND THIS YEAR FOR THE E3 PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING TO MAKE THAT MORE ROBUST AND HOPEFULLY A LONGER LASTING PROGRAM.

AND THIS PROGRAM EMPLOYS PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GO AND HELP SOLVE OR HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF LITTER IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SINCE JULY.

THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

AROUND 417 HOURS OF SERVICE, OF DIRECT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND HAS EMPLOYED AROUND 127 PEOPLE.

AND JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROGRAM HAVE SHARED WITH US.

ONE PARTICIPANT SAID, I HAVEN'T HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE THANK ME EVER.

WE FEEL APPRECIATED AND IT KEEPS US ENERGIZED AND HEALTHIER.

IT'S NICE TO DO SOMETHING FOR MOTHER EARTH AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.

IT MAKES EVERYBODY FEEL HAPPIER.

OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE SHARED ISSUES AND STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH HAVE SAID THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY. AND WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED ITEMS ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER, THE CITY EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERISM POLICY, AND SEPTEMBER WE OPENED UP AND CLOSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS PROGRAM, AND WE HAD 30 APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO SEE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS COMING IN, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WILL BE REVIEWING AND EVALUATING THOSE THIS COMING.

WELL THIS MONTH AND INTO NEXT MONTH.

THE NEXT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING IS THIS COMING THURSDAY, 4:30 P.M.

TO 6:30 P.M.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AND WE HAVE AROUND $75,000 OF GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO AWARD TO SOME OF THOSE APPLICANTS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

AND THE WORDS CAN BE UP TO $7,500 PER APPLICANT.

WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FOOD SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AREAS OF FOCUS.

LAST SEPTEMBER, WE WERE AWARDED A USDA GRANT TO RESEARCH AND STUDY FOOD SYSTEMS WITHIN THE FLAGSTAFF AREA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH FOR FOR.

THIS FIRST PHASE HAS BEGUN, AND WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN MORE AS THE DATA COMES IN AND THAT RESEARCH PROGRESSES ALONG THOSE LINES. THE FLAGSTAFF URBAN FARM INCUBATOR, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATED BY RUBY EARTH GARDENS, HOSTED SEVERAL VOLUNTEER EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER TEACHING FOLKS ABOUT HOW TO GROW FOOD IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN THIS DRY, ARID PLACE WHICH, IF YOU'VE EVER TRIED TO GROW ANYTHING IN FLAGSTAFF, YOU KNOW IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE.

AND THIS IS A REALLY FANTASTIC PROGRAMS JUST TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHIER KNOWING HOW TO USE THESE SPACES.

AND IN SEPTEMBER, WELL, AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, WE DID INSTALL A ANOTHER DROP OFF LOCATION FOR RESIDENTIAL FOOD SCRAPS.

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THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE DIVERTED NEARLY 2,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE FROM THOSE RESIDENTIAL FOOD SCRAP LOCATIONS.

AND THOSE COMPOST BINS ARE EMPTIED AT LOCAL FARMS, WHICH THEN GROW FOOD.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT FOOD AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IF YOU'VE GONE THIS SUMMER.

AND ONE A PILOT PROGRAM HAS BEEN STARTED AT THE FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RESTORATION SOILS TO PILOT A COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM.

SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME AS WE SEE THE SUCCESSES FROM THAT.

AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU HEARD FROM EVAN TYRELL, SARAH LANGLEY AND SUMMER WHITE ABOUT THE RECYCLING CAMPAIGNS.

AND I WON'T GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT SINCE YOU'VE HEARD SO MUCH ALREADY.

BUT I DO BELIEVE IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOLID WASTE COMMUNICATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY.

AND TO CLOSE THINGS OUT, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE UPCOMING EVENTS, SOMETHING JUST TO BE AWARE OF.

TONIGHT AT 6 P.M., THERE IS A SOLAR 101 WEBINAR.

SO IF ANYONE'S AVAILABLE TO CHECK THAT OUT, JUST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOLAR AND THE SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS PROVIDE DISCOUNTED SOLAR OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THIS COMING SATURDAY AT THE COCONINO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING.

SUSTAINABILITY. THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT, COCONINO COUNTY AND THE HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS CENTER ARE HOSTING A DROP OFF DAY EVENT, SO LIGHT BULBS, BATTERIES, PAPER FOR SHREDDING AND A LEAF DROP OFF LEAVES ONLY IN PAPER BAGS, PLEASE, AT THAT FACILITY OFF OF NORTH KING STREET FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. AND THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 10 TO 2 AT THE JOSE MONTOYA COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER IS ANOTHER FIXIT CLINIC. SO IF YOU HAVE ITEMS, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS LIKE LAMPS, VACUUM CLEANERS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST YOU FIX, PLEASE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR WE SHOW UP DAY OFF AND WE'LL GET YOU ON THE LIST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

HI. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN TERMS OF THE.

DWELLING SURVEY, AND ALSO THE GRANT THE $2,500 GRANT.

HOW ARE YOU GETTING THAT WORD OUT TO PEOPLE? WHAT METHODS ARE YOU USING? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS AS GENEVIEVE THREE IS IN CHARGE OF THE ADU SURVEY.

I KNOW IT'S ON THE COMMUNITY FORUM, AND WE WERE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND OUTREACH IN THAT FASHION.

I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS, SO I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU FOR SURE.

AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

I BELIEVE WE PUT INFORMATION IN THE ARIZONA DAILY SUN AS WELL AS CAF RADIO.

HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING INFORMATION IN PEOPLE'S WATER BILL? BECAUSE MOST FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY, I'M ASSUMING, GETS A WATER BILL.

THEY'D BE LIKE A LITTLE HALF SHEET SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO TO FIND THAT OUT, FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. I'M STILL ON MY KICK THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.

AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF WHERE ALL THAT OUTREACH OCCURRED BECAUSE I WASN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THEM, BUT I CAN FIND OUT FOR SURE.

AND I ADDED THAT TO THE LIST OF ALL THE VARIOUS COMMUNICATION AREAS.

THANK YOU. I'LL SAY THAT I JOINED THE SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS IN THE LAST ROUND, AND I LOVE GETTING NEGATIVE UTILITY BILLS.

IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

THANK YOU STEPHEN. THANKS FOR PINCH HITTING AND THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE HAVE ONE FINAL UPDATE, BUT IT'S A VERY THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE RELEVANT IN TERMS OF ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON.

SO WE HAVE PAUL MOOD AND MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM TO PRESENT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRESENTATION PRESENTATIONS BEFORE ME, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN BEFORE YOU SINCE BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK SINCE THEN.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN A LOT OF THE PROJECTS.

YOU HAVE A MORE DETAILED UPDATE AND A MAP, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TREVOR HENRY, OUR CAPITAL ENGINEER, GO OVER SOME OF THE SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS IN MORE DETAIL, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DAVID MILLIS, OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, TALK ABOUT ALL THE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE CITY AS WELL. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO TREVOR, I KNOW WE HAD THE 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND THE JOANNE HAD MENTIONED I'M COMING UP ON MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IN CITY ENGINEERING, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM, WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS ENGINEERING OR OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF.

WE'RE ALL REALLY WORKING TOGETHER.

WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY SITTING AT THE BACK TABLE.

ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, SECTIONS, PROGRAMS ARE INVOLVED IN THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IF YOU WERE TO SEE THE INVITE LIST FOR THE CALENDAR MEETING, INVITE FOR THE SPRUCE WASH IMPROVEMENTS, THAT PRETTY MUCH HAS EVERY DIVISION IN THE CITY THAT'S WORKING ON THAT.

WE'RE ALSO GETTING GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OUR BUDGET TEAM, WHEN THINGS COME UP.

AND AGAIN, IN REGARDS TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM, WE'VE HAD ONE VACANCY SINCE I STARTED ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

WE'VE HAD ANOTHER VACANCY AND A CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S OUT ON LONG TERM MEDICAL LEAVE.

SO ALL THE SENIOR LEVEL CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGERS HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP TO KEEP THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET A GOOD RECOGNITION.

I KNOW YOU SEE THEM A LOT AT MEETINGS, BUT THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT MANAGER THAT WILL BE STARTING IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG HELP.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TREVOR AND HE'S GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

TREVOR HENRY, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ENGINEER.

ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE OUR MAP THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORT.

AND BEFORE WE START, WE DO HAVE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERS, EITHER IN ATTENDANCE OR ONLINE, SO THEY CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN DEPTH QUESTIONS THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE COVERED.

WE HAVE THE INFORMATION HERE.

AND AS PAUL MENTIONED, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY FIVE PROJECT MANAGERS DOING THE WORK OF EIGHT.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT IS OUT THERE AND A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME.

ALSO, JUST REAL QUICK IN THE REPORT AND I'M NOT GOING TO COVER ON MY PRESENTATION, BUT WE DO PLAN PROJECTS.

WE DESIGN THEM, WE CONSTRUCT THEM.

WE ALSO COMPLETE THEM.

SO AS HEIDI MENTIONED, WE HAD THE LIBRARY THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED BACK IN LATE SEPTEMBER.

WE HAD THE GRAND OPENING AND THAT PROJECT WAS JEREMY, THE GATORS.

HE DELIVERED THAT, AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT HE'S DONE.

HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS ON THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT.

WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED THE COCONINO ESTATES PHASE ONE PROJECT THAT IS PART OF THE ROAD REPAIR AND STREET SAFETY INITIATIVE, WHICH IS PROPOSITION 406. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE PROJECTS OFF THE LIST AND COMPLETED AND OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS. SO THE FIRST PROJECT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON IS THE BIOLA UNIVERSITY REALIGNMENT PROJECT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY TRANSPORTATION TAX.

WE DO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON BOARD.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK ON BOARD.

WHO IS EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION? THEY STARTED WORK IN APRIL.

THEY'RE EXPECTING TO BE DONE SOMETIME IN 2025.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE SEASONS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

PHASE ONE IS TO THE WEST OF MILTON ROAD AND PHASE TWO IS TO THE EAST.

SO THIS IS NEAR BURGER KING TARGET KIND OF IN THAT AREA.

UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE WATER AND SEWER AND STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN PHASE ONE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE EARTHWORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN PHASE ONE, SO THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS THERE.

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CURB PLACEMENT IS NOW BEING PLANNED FOR NEXT MONTH WITHIN PHASE ONE, WHICH IS MOSTLY BEULAH BOULEVARD.

WE ARE THE CREWS AND THE TEAM IS ALSO WORKING NEAR TARGET.

SO THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME STORM DRAINS AND SOME SIDEWALKS ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TARGET PARCEL.

THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON SOME UTILITY RELOCATIONS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

AND THIS IS NEAR THE FUTURE UNDER UNDERPASS OR THE TUNNEL FOR PEDESTRIANS.

SO THEY'RE WORKING. THEY'RE KIND OF SPILLING OVER INTO PHASE TWO AS WELL.

THERE'S ALSO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND FLAGGING PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT THERE.

WHENEVER THERE'S A NEED FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO TO MOVE PROJECTS OVER OR TO MOVE TRAFFIC OVER WHILE PROJECTS ARE BEING WORKED ON.

SO THAT'S THERE, AND THAT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

NOW, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION FIRM THAT'S ON BOARD, AND THEY PROVIDE WEEKLY UPDATES TO OUR PROJECT PARTNERS AND ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT.

SO THEY GET REMINDERS WEEKLY.

HOW WOULD SOMEONE SIGN UP FOR THAT? SO WE DO HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE.

WE WILL CAN AND WE DO HAVE A PROJECT SIGN THAT IS OUT ON THE SITE.

AND SO YOU JUST GO TO THAT EITHER WEBSITE OR YOU CAN CALL US DIRECTLY.

OUR PROJECT MANAGER IS DAVID PETERSON.

AND YOU CAN GET SIGNED UP WITH JUST INFORMATION THROUGH BETA PR, WHO IS OUR PUBLIC FIRM AND WHAT'S THE WEBSITE? I BELIEVE IT IS.

I DON'T HAVE IT ON THE REPORT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND JUST GO TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION.

GREAT. AND WE WILL GET THAT.

WE WILL. IF IT'S NOT THERE, WE WILL UPDATE IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S LISTED.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL PROJECT.

SO THIS IS IN OUR PROGRAM CALLED THE SPECIFIC PLAN BOTH UNDER PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.

PHASE ONE IS THE PROJECT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

AND PHASE TWO IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANNING ELEMENTS FOR THE AREA, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE LAND FRAME USE WORK.

THAT PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN JULY OF 2022, SO I SHOULD SAY IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN JULY OF 2022. AND WE DID PRESENT THAT WITH A WITH DIRECTION OR SEEKING DIRECTION FOR A PREFERRED ALIGNMENT.

SO THAT WAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ITEMS RELATED TO THAT PREFERRED ALIGNMENT.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH LARGE PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO THIS IS CITY LEADERSHIP AND THE PARCEL OWNERS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT FINAL ALIGNMENT IS BEST GOING TO FIT AND SERVE THIS AREA.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO MEET WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND SUB CONSULTANTS ON THE SPECIFIC PLAN.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THE LAND USE FRAMEWORK.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETE WITH THAT SPECIFIC PLAN IN ABOUT 9 TO 12 MONTHS.

AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT HAD COME UP PREVIOUSLY WITH THE RECENT FLOODING LATE LAST YEAR WAS HERALD RANCH ROAD.

WE HAD A LOW FLOW CROSSING THERE AT THE RIO DE FLAG, AND SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THEY WERE COMPLETED BY THE COUNTY.

THE NEXT PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE INNER BASIN WATERLINE RESTORATION PROJECT.

SO THIS PROJECT BEGAN AS PART OF THE DAMAGES THAT WERE A RESULT OF THE PIPELINE FIRE THAT STARTED IN JUNE OF 2022. SO LATER THAT YEAR, DURING THE MONSOONS, A LOT OF THE RUNOFF ON THE BURN SCAR CREATED SOME DAMAGES TO THAT WATERLINE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH WITH A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT, JACOBS ENGINEERING AND HUNTER CONSTRUCTION. AND JUST TO REMIND THE COUNCIL, THERE ARE 46 LOCATIONS THAT DAMAGES WERE A RESULT OF OF THE THE FLOODING FROM DUE TO THE BURN SCAR.

SO RIGHT NOW WORK CONTINUES ON THE REPAIR OF THE WATERLINE.

SO IT'S A LONG SECTION THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE VERY TOP OF THE PEAKS AND COMES DOWN AND GETS INTO THE CITY.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD TIMING.

UM, IS THERE IS WATER COMPLETELY CUT OFF? BECAUSE OF THAT PROJECT OR HAS IT BEEN DIVERTED?

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AND ARE WE STILL GETTING WATER? YOUR HONOR, WE INITIALLY THERE WAS A THERE WERE SEVERAL BREAKS ON THE LINE AND WATER WAS COMING DOWN THE AREA.

IT WAS NOT GETTING TO THE CITY RESERVOIRS.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE MADE REPAIRS AND THE WATER HAS BEGUN TO FLOW DOWN AND COME INTO THE SYSTEM.

BUT IN THE EARLY PARTS OF THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A LARGE RAIN EVENT WHICH CAUSED SOME ADDITIONAL DAMAGES, AND THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS. SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS REPAIRED.

BUT OCCASIONALLY WE DO HAVE SOME SOME DAMAGES DUE TO THE WEATHER.

THEY DID ATTEND, AND THAT WAS ON OCTOBER 6TH, AND WE JUST TOOK THEM TO THE VERY TOP.

THE PROJECT TEAM DID A GREAT PRESENTATION ON WHAT THE ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME.

IT WAS ON OCTOBER 6TH.

IT ENDED WITH A NICE LUNCH AT NOON, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PROJECT TEAM FOR PROVIDING THAT.

SO THIS FAR, SO SO FAR THIS SEASON, THE CONTRACTOR HAS WORKED ON THREE LOCATIONS, WHICH IS FURTHER HIGHER IN ELEVATION, AND THEY DID THAT STRATEGICALLY BASED ON COLDER TEMPERATURES START UP HIGH AND ALSO UNFAVORABLE WEATHER.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET TO THAT TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE DO SEE CONDITIONS THAT AREN'T CONDUCIVE TO TO GOOD CONSTRUCTION METHODS.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS ALSO WORKED TO CLEAR ROADS AND TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS TO WATER LINES LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SO WE'RE DAMAGES HAVE HAPPENED.

THEY'VE ALSO WORKED ON CATCHMENTS AND SPRING BOXES.

SO THESE ARE SMALLER AREAS TO CATCH WATER AND THEN ALSO SPRING BOXES WHICH PROVIDE WATERING FOR THE WILDLIFE.

AND WE DO WORK WITH THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT ON WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE.

STAFF IS EXPECTING TO BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION GMP NUMBER FOUR.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU MAYBE IN THE EARLY PARTS OF 2024, AND THAT SHOULD COMPLETE MAYBE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE PROJECT NOW AND AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO WITH WITH FUTURE FLOODING, WITH FUTURE RAINS, WITH WEATHER, IF WE DO NEED TO INCREASE THE SCOPE, WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT.

SO THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DO HAVE A GRANT FOR APPROXIMATELY 16 MILLION.

THE NEXT PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE DOWNTOWN, THE FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN MILE SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOWNTOWN MILE.

SO THIS PROJECT ESSENTIALLY IS MAYBE 5 OR 6 PROJECTS GROUPED TOGETHER.

AND WE DO HAVE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, WHICH INCLUDE ADOT, BNSF RAILWAY, MOUNTAIN LINE, AMTRAK, AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

IF YOU REMEMBER THIS PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY $56 MILLION.

WE DID RECEIVE AN INFILL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $32 MILLION.

THE REST OF THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE CITY WHICH IS ABOUT 16,000,011 MILLION FROM BNSF.

SO THIS PROJECT IS COVERED.

WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING, BASED ON WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR ESSENTIALLY IN OUR BUDGET, SOME OF THE UPDATES THERE IS THE DESIGN CONTINUES FOR THE RAIL CONSTRUCTION, FOR THE MILTON BRIDGE AND FOR THE UNDERPASSES RELATED TO THE FLORENCE AND WALNUT UNDERCROSSING, AS WELL AS THE RIO DE FLAG CROSSING.

NOW. THERE'S ALSO WORK RELATED AT MILTON AND SANTA FE INTERSECTIONS.

SO ALL OF THAT IS DESIGN IS IN PROGRESS AND WORKING.

THE PROJECT TEAM CONTINUES TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION, ESSENTIALLY THE FRA.

THEY ARE THE LEAD AGENCY IN THE INFO GRANT.

SO WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM TO ENSURE EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSING NICELY.

60% DESIGN CONCEPT PLANS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WE JUST COVERED, AND THEY'RE BEING REVIEWED BY OUR PROJECT TEAM.

AGAIN, A DOT, BNSF, MOUNTAIN LINE, AMTRAK, AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

THE PROJECT TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTION CENTER, AND THE DCC IS A MOUNTAIN LINE PROJECT, SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO COORDINATE TOGETHER IN THIS AREA.

WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 14TH HERE IN CITY HALL, AND THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED.

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AND WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF INPUT.

AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THOSE THOSE COMMENTS AS WE MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.

AGAIN. THERE IS A DOWNTOWN A FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN MILE PROJECT WEBSITE WHICH IS JUST FLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN MILE.ORG.

DOT COM.

I BELIEVE. BUT BUT IT IS ON OUR.

THERE IS A SPECIALIZED WEBSITE FOR THAT FOR THAT PROJECT.

THE NEXT PROJECT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE RIO DE FLAG FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, AS WE HEARD THROUGH OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WE DO HAVE AN OUTGOING ARMY CORPS PROJECT MANAGER AND AN INCOMING ARMY CORPS PROJECT MANAGER, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP US GET TO THE FINISH LINE WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE ARMY CORPS IS THE FEDERAL SPONSOR.

THE CITY IS THE NONFEDERAL SPONSOR.

WE DO HAVE A PROJECT COOPERATION AGREEMENT WHICH OUTLINES ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT WE ARE MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE CITY, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION.

AS THE TEAM MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS A FINAL AGENCY TECHNICAL REVIEW PACKAGE THAT WAS JUST RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER AND THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO OUR PROJECT PARTNERS, AND WE WERE BEGINNING TO REVIEW THAT DOCUMENT.

I HEARD IT'S APPROXIMATELY 240 SHEETS OF INFORMATION, AS WELL AS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO REVIEW.

AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE AS WE GET TO THE GET TO THE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN.

SO THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL MILESTONES, AND THIS IS PROBABLY 5 OR 6 TO GET TO THE END.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS AND THAT HAVE MADE OFFERS AND ARE ACTIVELY MEETING WITH OUR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE NEED.

ACQUISITIONS FROM THE DRAFT BNSF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, AND THE CITY AND THE ARMY CORPS LEGAL STAFF ARE REVIEWING.

THE PROJECT TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE PHASING, THE CONSTRUCTION, PHASING AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS AT FIVE POINTS.

SO THIS IS CLAY MILTON BUTLER AND MIKE PIKE.

SO THAT AREA IS A RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE DO HAVE TO WORK WITH ADOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BEST MANAGE TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.

THE ARMY CORPS HELD AN ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING FOR REVIEW OF THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON MAY 18TH.

IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

WE DID HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THAT DOCUMENT.

THE ARMY CORPS RECEIVED INFORMATION AND COMMENTS, AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO WORK THAT THROUGH AND THEN GET TO A FINAL DOCUMENTATION.

AND I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE TO THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL PORTION OF THE LOW FLOW CHANNEL.

SO AT FRANCIS SHORT POND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INLET STRUCTURE FOR THE LOW FLOW CHANNEL.

SO WHEN THE POND FILLS UP TOO MUCH, IT BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND ALLOW SOME OF THAT FLOW TO GO INTO AN INLET AND THEN A PIPE, AND THEN PIPE THAT DOWN TO THE LOW FLOW CHANNEL.

SO THAT WORK WE DID START LAST WEEK.

IT'S POSSIBLE WE'LL BE DONE.

IT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION.

BUT WE WANT TO SAY THAT THE FLOOD, THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE DO WANT TO SAY THAT.

AND WE DID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE THE POND IS EMPTY RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE DREDGING THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED NOT TOO LONG AGO.

SO AS SOON AS THE INLET PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THEN THE POND CAN.

BE CONSIDERED OR START REVIEWING TO BE FILLED UP.

UH, AND THEN THIS MORNING.

EXCUSE ME JUST A MOMENT.

VICE MAYOR. YEAH.

THANK YOU. TREVOR.

THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR THAT THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PLANS FOR PUBLICITY AROUND THAT HARD HAT SHOVEL PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO.

WHEN CAN WE GET OUT THERE AND THROW SOME DIRT AROUND FOR THE CAMERAS? WELL, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

WE JUST TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE POND WAS EMPTY.

IT'S WE AFFECTIONATELY SAY THAT THE PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT IS A SMALL PORTION.

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BUT IF COUNCIL IS WANTING TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK, WE'RE HAPPY TO.

WELL, PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THAT'S A SUCH A MINOR COMPONENT OF THE WHOLE THING THAT IT MIGHT BE JUMPING THE GUN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST PUT A PLACEHOLDER IN THAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US.

AND, AND JUST IN TERMS OF OUTREACH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THING IS REALLY GEARING UP, IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE DISRUPTIVE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS THAT OUR CITY HAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED.

THAT MOMENT WILL COME, AND I'M SURE OUR, OUR PR PEOPLE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

CONTINUING ON THE TEAM THIS MORNING DID NOT MENTION THE RIO DE FLAG PROJECT TEAM.

DID NOT MENTION THIS MORNING THAT FROM ABOUT EIGHT AND CONTINUING ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY, THERE IS A I GUESS THEY WOULD CALL IT A PAGE TURN MEETING.

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE PLANS, THE AGENCY TECHNICAL REVIEW PLANS, JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS IN LINE.

WE HAD THE ARMY CORPS, THEIR DESIGNER, THE CITY, OUR CONSULTANT IN ATTENDANCE AND JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT.

AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG STEP IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

THE NEXT ITEM WANTED.

NEXT PROJECT WANTED TO COVER IS THE LONE TREE OVERPASS.

SO THIS IS PROPOSITION 420 FUNDED.

THIS WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2018.

MOVING FORWARD, IT IS A DESIGN BUILD, AIMS CONSTRUCTION IS OUR CONTRACTOR AND WSP IS OUR CONSULTANT.

THE CITY HAS RECEIVED 100% DESIGN PLANS FOR THE BRIDGE PORTION, WHICH IS NORTH OF BUTLER.

SO THAT'S A BIG STEP IN MOVING THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETION.

OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR STANDARDS.

ALSO, WE HAVE BNSF, WHO HAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PLANS BECAUSE IT CROSSES THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF COORDINATION AND REVIEWING GOING ON, BUT IT'S A BIG STEP.

WE'RE AT APPROXIMATELY 100%.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BNSF ON THE RAIL RELOCATION.

SO THE RAILS THEY'RE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE HAVE TO BE RELOCATED AND ACCOMMODATED FOR.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION GOING ON THERE WITH BNSF.

THE BNSF RAIL ENGINEERING TEAM MADE A VISIT TO FLAGSTAFF ON AUGUST 7TH, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PLANNING AND REVIEWING AND COORDINATION GOING ON IN THIS MEETING. SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STEPS THAT ARE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.

90% DESIGN PLANS FOR THE PORTION SOUTH OF BUTLER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE TO REVIEW AND GET THOSE COMPLETE COMMENTS ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE EARLY.

WELL, I WOULD SAY MAYBE IN THE SUMMER OF 2024.

SO NEXT SUMMER WE MIGHT HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON THE SOUTH PORTION, WHICH IS BUTLER TO O'LEARY STREET.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE.

WE ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME DEMOLITION OF SOME STRUCTURES WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS.

WE'RE HOPING TO GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR OR PRIOR TO THE END OF NOVEMBER, MAYBE AROUND THANKSGIVING.

HAVE THOSE STRUCTURES DEMOED AND TAKEN OUT SO THAT WE CAN JUST CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROJECT? ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PROJECT IS BUTLER FOURTH IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS RAMPING UP AND BECOMING A PROJECT THAT HAS THE ATTENTION OF OUR PUBLIC, HAS THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL.

AND THIS PROJECT IS PART OF PROPOSITION 419 IS FUNDED THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION TAX.

WE DO HAVE A DESIGNER ON BOARD.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THE CONCEPTUAL AND SCOPING PHASE.

SO WE'RE DOING THIS PLANNING EFFORT TO GET US TO WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND QUICKLY INTO A DESIGN.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO CONSIDER WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WE'VE EVALUATED AND ASSESSED MANY INTERSECTIONS ALTERNATIVES AT BUTLER AND FOURTH.

SO WE'VE THIS TEAM HAS WORKED.

I'M GOING TO SAY SEVERAL MEETINGS A WEEK TO GO THROUGH WHAT THESE ALTERNATIVES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE PHASES OR DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND STYLES OF INTERSECTIONS THAT THEY'VE REVIEWED.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BY THE PROJECT TEAM OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

EXCUSE ME. YES.

SO THERE WAS A PUBLIC MEETING HELD ABOUT THIS.

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DID YOU RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT THAT SURPRISED YOU, OR HOW WOULD THAT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN? YOUR HONOR, THANK YOU.

WE DID HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY ON OCTOBER 18TH, AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGED MEETINGS I'VE BEEN A PART OF WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC, AND OUR PROJECT TEAM DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

JEREMY AND NICK WERE JUST OUTSTANDING, JUST EXCEPTIONAL IN HOW THEY ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC, TAKING IN THE CONCERNS AND JUST SPEAKING CORDIALLY AND JUST BEING POLITE AND RESPECTFUL.

BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT.

WHAT THE ROAD'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

HAVE WE ADDRESSED ITEMS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA? AND THERE WAS ALSO OTHER ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT LIMITS THAT WE DID HEAR THAT WE DID UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS.

BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR PROJECT LIMITS.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN.

WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THEM.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM.

WE'LL SEE IF THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS.

BUT WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND WE DID CONVEY THE INFORMATION.

THERE'S STILL MORE TO BE DONE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN, I'D SAY ON NOVEMBER 7TH TO THE COUNCIL TO GIVE A PROJECT UPDATE, AND I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE PUBLIC INPUT SO THAT THAT IS STILL BEING DISCUSSED, STILL BEING ENGAGED.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE STILL HAVE THAT TIME TO TO HEAR WHAT COMMENTS COME IN FROM THE PUBLIC.

DID THAT HELP? YOUR HONOR? IT DID. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WHEN THE COMMISSION ON INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING GAVE THEIR PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE SOMEONE FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS MENTIONED THAT THE DESIGN OF THIS INTERSECTION WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO, SO THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON SOME OF THE POTENTIAL DESIGNS.

YOUR HONOR, YOU MUST BE LOOKING AT MY NOTES, BECAUSE THE NEXT PART WAS WE IN OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH PHASE, WHICH IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, WHICH IS PART OF WHY WE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING LAST WEEK.

WE WENT TO THE BICYCLE ADVISORY AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

THEY THEY HAD THE SAME ESSENTIALLY PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO EVERYONE.

AND THEY PROVIDED INPUT.

THEY DID SOME SCORING ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE MOST BENEFICIAL ALTERNATIVE AT BUTLER AND FOURTH WOULD BE.

WE WENT TO THE INCLUSION AND ADAPTIVE LIVING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A FOLLOW UP VISIT WITH THEM TOMORROW.

SO WE WILL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE THERE.

AND AGAIN, THEY REVIEWED THE SAME.

THEY SAW THE SAME PRESENTATION AND THEY DID SOME OF THE INITIAL SCORING AND KIND OF WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT THE PROJECT TEAM IS GOING THROUGH.

THEY WERE AT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.

AND WE WERE AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 4TH.

SO OUR PROJECT TEAM HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO HEAR THE COMMISSION'S, AND THEN WE WILL END UP WITH A PRESENTATION AND BE BEFORE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

SO EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SEE IT.

IT'S ALL THE SAME PRESENTATION.

WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ANY CHANGES YET.

WE JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S OUT THERE AND THEN SEEK DIRECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

YOUR HONOR. DOES THAT HELP? AWESOME. OKAY.

YEP, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THE NOTES I HAD FOR BUTLER.

FOURTH MOVING TO FOURTH AND LOCKET.

SO THIS IS A ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH LOCKET AND CEDAR.

SO THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS A STATE TAX.

AND THIS PROJECT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY IDOT.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT MONEY THROUGH THE STATE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CITY FUNDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO APPLY TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW THE FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATION WORK IS IN PROGRESS, SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK OUT THERE.

WE DID HAVE SOME STREET CLOSURES.

WE DID HAVE SOME WORK IN AND AROUND THE INTERSECTION CURRENTLY TO DO SOME RELOCATION OF FRANCHISE UTILITY WORK.

ALL OF THIS IS IN PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION THAT MAY START IN 2024, ROUGHLY THE SPRING.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON WHAT.

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THEY ARE PLANNING TO ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, TO START CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS, TRYING TO COMPLETE THOSE.

THEY ARE IN HAND.

WE DO HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION THAT WE HAD TO ACQUIRE, AND THAT DEMOLITION OF THAT RESIDENCE WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1ST.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF NEEDED SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THEIR SOLICITATION FOR CONTRACTOR.

THE PROJECT TEAM IS ALSO WORKING ON FINALIZING THE DESIGN.

THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH A FEW COMMENTS AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL NEEDED PRIOR TO ADVERTISEMENT.

AND WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO WE DO WANT TO GET OUT AND AND GET IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND JUST MAKE SURE THIS INFORMATION IS CONVEYED.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH ADA ON THAT.

HOW THAT PUBLIC MEETING IS GOING TO BE FORMALIZED AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE PLANNED.

ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER PROJECT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE SCHWEITZER CANYON PHASE FOUR TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT.

IT'S PHASE FOUR OF FIVE PHASES FOR THIS.

FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY TAKING TRANSMISSION MAINS FROM THE DOWNTOWN SECTION NEAR SCHWEITZER CANYON AND ROUTE 66 ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CITY RESERVOIRS NEAR CHESHIRE.

AND THIS PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY OR.

THIS PORTION IS APPROXIMATELY A MILE, 5200 LINEAR FEET OF 24 INCH TRANSMISSION MAIN AND A 16 INCH TRANSMISSION MAIN.

AND THEN THE WORK BEGAN ON JULY 3RD, AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETE IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2600 LINEAR FEET OF BOTH THE 24 INCH AND THE 16 INCH IN PLACE.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE LESS THAN HALFWAY, BUT WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

OUR CONTRACTOR IS MOUNTAIN HIGH EXCAVATION, AND THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PARTNERS, THE AGENCIES, THE COMMUNITY THERE.

OUR TEAM CONTINUALLY WORKS WITH GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT.

AND AS WE WORK THROUGH AND GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE 15 TO 5200 LINEAR FEET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INSTALL.

UM. AND THAT IS A DRINKING WATER.

A WATER SERVICES PROJECT AND WE'RE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUALLY WORKS TO DELIVER PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT COME TO US AND THAT ARE HAVE A PRIORITY AND HAVE A NEED.

SO WE PRETTY MUCH DO EVERYTHING IF WE'RE ABLE TO.

THE LAST PROJECT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE DAVID COMES UP AND COMPLETES OUR REPORT IS THE SPRUCE WASH FLOOD MITIGATION SUITE OF PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS PART OF PROPOSITION 441.

AND THIS PROJECT WAS VOTED ON ALMOST A YEAR AGO AND WAS APPROVED.

AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD FIVE FIRMS THAT WE'VE OBTAINED THROUGH THE CITY'S ENGINEERING ON CALL PROGRAM TO DELIVER THE DESIGNS.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION IS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

SO THEY ARE TASKED TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS.

WE HAVE NINE PROJECTS THAT MAKE UP THIS PROGRAM, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT WITH THEIR HELP.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION, WE DID PRESENT TO YOU IN JULY THE GMP NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS FOR THE UTILITY WORK IN GRANDVIEW.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY GMPS THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND CONSIDERATION FOR COMPLETION OF THE SPRUCE WASH SUITE OF PROJECTS. THAT CONSTRUCTION ON GRANDVIEW BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 5TH AND WILL JUST CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.

UM, RIGHT NOW, THE OVERALL DESIGN OF ALL NINE ARE APPROXIMATELY 60% COMPLETE, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MARCH FORWARD TO COMPLETE THE 100% OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT MAKE UP THIS PROGRAM.

WE DO HAVE WEEKLY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO JUST TALK EVERYTHING, SPRUCE WASH ANYTHING RELATED TO PROJECTS.

THE NINE. WE HAVE ALL OUR DESIGN FIRMS IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE, AND WE JUST TALK THROUGH THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE AND HOW THEY WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THEM, AND TO MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND TRYING TO NOT MAKE THIS AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER.

COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 2ND, AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE IN THIS ROOM.

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AND WE'LL JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION AND KIND OF THE DESIGN AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

I THINK I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAVID FOR THIS PORTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M DAVE MILLIS, DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER.

SO DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING SECTION IS WE'RE BUSY REVIEWING PLANS, MANAGING PROJECTS AND INSPECTING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY.

AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR REPORT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE SUBDIVISION AND 11 SITE PLAN PROJECTS UNDER CIVIL PLAN REVIEW.

SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE REVIEW STAGES OF THEIR CIVIL PLANS, BUT THEY'VE MADE IT THROUGH ZONING ENTITLEMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE NINE SUBDIVISIONS AND 17 SITE PLANS THAT ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR AWAITING PERMITS.

SO THOSE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY MADE IT THROUGH CIVIL PLAN APPROVAL.

SO THAT KEEPS THE STAFF OF PROJECT MANAGERS HERE AT CITY HALL, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR INSPECTORS VERY BUSY.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LONG LIST OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

I'VE HAD A REAL BRIEF ONE IN THE REPORT.

IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC ISSUES OR PROJECTS, I'M HAPPY TO AT THE END, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE LONG LIST OF THOSE.

THE OTHER MAJOR THING I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON IS THAT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING IS CHARGED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ENGINEERING STANDARDS.

THE LAST TIME THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS WERE UPDATED WAS IN 2017.

AND THERE ARE MANY UPDATES THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE.

SO WE'RE WELL INTO THE THE EDITING PHASE OF OUR INITIAL ROUND OF UPDATES.

WE'VE COMPILED IT AND PUT TOGETHER ONE DRAFT, REVIEWED IT WITH STAFF AND OUR WORKING ON OUR EDITS FROM THAT SECOND DRAFT.

NOW, THESE ARE INTENDED PRIMARILY TO BE MORE OF OUR TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES THAT DON'T REFLECT SIGNIFICANT POLICY CHANGES, BUT RATHER UPDATE TECHNICAL DETAILS, SPECIFICATIONS AND COORDINATION OF A LOT OF OUR CODES.

REFERENCE OTHER CODES THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN THE SEVEN YEARS SINCE WE UPDATED OURS LAST, SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE ITEMS IN ORDER.

KIND OF THE INTENTION OF THIS INITIAL ROUND OF UPDATES IS TO GET THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEN ALLOW FUTURE ENGINEERING STANDARD UPDATES, WHICH WOULD BE MORE POLICY RELATED TO OCCUR AND BE CONSIDERED ON THEIR OWN, BECAUSE I THINK THESE INITIAL ROUNDS WILL BE MORE.

KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LESS CONTROVERSIAL THAN POSSIBLY SOME SOME OTHER ONES.

AND WE DON'T WANT THIS INITIAL ROUND TO GET KIND OF BOUND UP IN OTHER BROADER POLICY DISCUSSIONS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE SPECIFICS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

YEAH, I JUST HAVE A REQUEST.

CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE UNDERPASS, THE PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON MILTON? I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO SEE IT IN MY HEAD AND I CAN'T.

TREVOR. TREVOR WILL HAVE A BETTER ONE ON ON THAT THAN I WILL, YOUR HONOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS.

THE. IT'S A TUNNEL.

THAT GOING TO BE UNDER MILTON ROAD.

IT'S GOING TO GO FROM THE TARGET PARCEL ACROSS WEST TO THE BURGER KING PARCEL.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE BELOW GRADE.

IT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET.

HIGH, TALL, AND THEN ABOUT MAYBE 18, 20FT WIDE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO UNDER THE STREET UNDER MILTON.

CORRECT? RIGHT.

OKAY. SO WE DID WORK WITH DOT, WHO IS ONE OF OUR PROJECT PARTNERS, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS CROSS SAFELY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND JUST AND THERE'S ALSO STILL GOING TO BE A SURFACE CROSSING.

SO PEDESTRIANS BICYCLISTS HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER CROSS ABOVE GRADE OR BELOW GRADE.

YEAH I'VE JUST LOOKED AT THAT FOR 30 YEARS AND I JUST CAN'T EVEN PICTURE IN MY HEAD WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I'LL JUST WAIT.

YEAH. YOUR HONOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, IF YOU CAN VISUALIZE THE BUTLER.

PONDEROSA. PIKE PARKWAY.

BUTLER. HUNTINGTON.

INTERSECTION. SO AS YOU ACTUALLY GO WEST ON BUTLER, THERE IS A CROSSING UNDERNEATH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GOING

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TO DO AT MILTON.

I'LL GO FIND IT. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR IF YOU'D LIKE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. VICE MAYOR.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, BECAUSE IT POPPED UP AND WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC.

ARE THERE ART BEAUTIFICATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR THAT UNDERPASS FOR THAT TUNNEL AT THIS STAGE YET? YOUR HONOR, VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

I DO BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME STAMPED CONCRETE.

POSSIBLY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING SOME VISUALIZATION, SOME ART FEATURES.

SO THERE IS SOME DESIGN CONCEPTS OUT THERE FOR THAT.

I HAVE IDEAS, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT MY LANE, SO.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE.

NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HOPE IT WAS ALL INFORMATIVE.

VERY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SUCH THOROUGH, A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

OKAY. WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION OF THE RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM AND FRAMEWORK FOR THE EXPENDITURE

[7. Discussion of the Rental Incentive Bond Program and framework for the expenditure of $5,000,000 in general obligation bond funds for incentivizing the creation of affordable rental units. Discussion and Direction]

OF 5 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS FOR INCENTIVIZING THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE WERE READY IN THE BACK, BUT THAT ENDED QUICKLY.

AND SO WE WE WERE MOVING.

JEN, WILL YOU PLEASE COME OPEN PRESENTATION WHILE I START? ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS SARAH DAR.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.

AND I GET TO DO A QUICK INTRO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE EXPERT.

JENNIFER MICHAELSON.

SO A QUICK PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THE DRAFT RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM.

SO I GET TO COVER JUST A TINY BIT OF HISTORY, BECAUSE THINKING OF IT'S NOT ONLY YOU THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO, BUT THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF PROPOSITION 442, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF.

2022. THAT WAS A LOT OF TWOS.

AND THE ONE WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING IS INCENTIVIZING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO INCORPORATE AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS, WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THE PUBLICITY PAMPHLET AS HAVING $5 MILLION OF THE $20 MILLION.

DEDICATED TO IT A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR PROGRAM CREATION.

WE'RE THE FIRST.

THERE IS NO COOKBOOK.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE OF ALL THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE DRAGGED THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH US FOR THE HOUSING, THE DEEP WORK OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE WORKING GROUP.

ET CETERA. WE MY FIRST DIRECTION TO STAFF WAS LET'S NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL.

LET'S GO FIND SOMETHING AND RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES AND NOT HAVE TO JUST CREATE FROM SCRATCH.

AND WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ENTIRELY, ENTIRELY CREATE FROM SCRATCH, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE IN ARIZONA UNDER OUR LAWS DOING THIS TYPE OF THING WITH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. AND WHILE IT'S AWESOME TO BE FIRST, IT'S SCARY TO BE FIRST.

IT'S IT'S SCARY TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.

IT'S ALSO SCARY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE SOLUTION.

SO IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE, YES, WE'RE MAKING STRIDES.

AND YES, THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD.

WE'RE PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT ALSO ALWAYS OPENS US UP FOR CRITICISM OF, WELL, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING MORE? AND SO SOMETIMES THE CONSIDERATIONS OF THESE THINGS, EVEN FOR US AS STAFF, IS A SCARY STEP.

BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IN PRESENTING THIS PROGRAM.

I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL SHOUT OUTS TO THE STAFF TEAM THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, INCLUDING LEGAL PURCHASING AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WE STAND BEFORE YOU PRESENTING A PRODUCT OF HOUSING STAFF AND HOUSING COMMISSION WORK, AND WE BY NO MEANS HAVE ARRIVED HERE BY OURSELVES.

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WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS SLIDE IN WHEN WE PRESENTED THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND WHEN WE PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS A FAIRLY NEW COMMISSION. IT WAS ONLY CREATED IN 2019, AND WE HAD TWO MEETINGS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT TWO FORMAL MEETINGS.

WE HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER ONES WORKING ON BOND STUFF, BUT IT IS A FAIRLY NEW ONE, AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS SPECIFICALLY TASKED WITH PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OF ANY FUNDS APPROVED BY THE ELECTORATE FOR HOUSING PURPOSES.

AND SO.

WHILE CITY COUNCIL HAS ABSOLUTELY HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY REGARDING BOND FUNDS, UTILIZING THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO DRAFT THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY FULFILLED A COMMITMENT WE MADE DURING THE PRESENTATION OF PROP 442 TO THE COMMUNITY FOR CONSIDERATION THAT THERE WOULD BE INVOLVEMENT AND THERE WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL INPUT AND HOUSING COMMISSION INPUT AND OVERSIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING, YOU CAN CHANGE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

IT DOES REPRESENT A LOT OF HOURS OF INVESTMENT BY OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES OVERALL WERE TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH NON PROFIT AND NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATING AFFORDABLE UNITS INTO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND LEVERAGING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL.

AND WHY IS LEVERAGING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IMPORTANT? WELL, BECAUSE WHY $5 MILLION IS THE MOST WE AS A HOUSING PROGRAM HAVE HAD TO WORK WITH HISTORICALLY.

AT ONE TIME, WHEN WE PUT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPING APARTMENT COMPLEXES, DEVELOPING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT COMPARATIVELY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HELPING DEVELOPERS THAT WILL HAVE COSTS TO BRING A PROJECT TO MARKET, AND SOMETIMES IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND SO WHILE THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR US, AND WHILE WE CAN MAKE A DENT AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL UNITS ON BOARD, WE KEEP TRYING TO KEEP IN PERSPECTIVE THAT THIS IS ONE SMALL PIECE THAT GOES INTO A FUNDING STACK TO MAKE THESE UNITS A REALITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IS LIKELY NOT TO BE A MAJOR FUNDING SOURCE FOR ANYONE, BUT RATHER SOMETHING THAT INCENTIVIZES HELPS ALONG THE INCLUSION OR THE BUILDING OF AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

HERE'S OUR HERE'S THE SCHEDULE.

WHAT WE WERE DOING PRIOR TO MAY WHEN WE CREATED THE WORKING GROUP.

WE WERE SLATED TO BE BEFORE YOU NEXT MONTH IN NOVEMBER.

WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AT YOUR REQUEST, THE CITY MANAGER'S REQUEST TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE WE HOPE, KNOCK ON WOOD, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT, TO BE BACK FOR APPROVAL AT YOUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

AND WE ARE PLEASED TO BE PRESENTING THE PROGRAM TO YOU THIS EVENING.

I GET TO HAND IT OVER TO JENNIFER MICKELSON.

JENNIFER HAS BEEN OUR LEAD STAFF PERSON ON THIS, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT SHE STEPPED INTO SOMETHING WHERE WE WERE INVENTING, AND WE ASKED HER TO BE CREATIVE AND RESTRICTIVE ALL IN THE SAME SENTENCE AND TO SATISFY OPINIONS ON ALL ALONG THE SCALE OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THIS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

ET CETERA. AND SHE'S DONE A MASTERFUL JOB IN LISTENING IN ACTIVELY LISTENING TO.

THREAD THE NEEDLE, IF YOU WILL, AND CREATE A PROGRAM THE HOUSING COMMISSION FELT COMFORTABLE FORWARDING TO YOU FOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

THAT'S VERY NICE. IT WAS TRUE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION, SARAH.

IT'S APPRECIATED.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER MICHAELSON.

I'M THE HOUSING PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE CITY, AND I HAD THE AWESOME TASK OF PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

MY FIRST SLIDE.

YOU GOT IT. OKAY.

MY FIRST SLIDE, I JUST I WANTED TO PROVIDE.

I KNOW SHE DID A RECAP OF HOW WHY WE'RE HERE, HOW WE'RE HERE.

I WANTED TO RECAP HOW THE DOCUMENT EVOLVED.

SO HERE'S A BRIEF WALKTHROUGH OF THAT PROCESS.

GETTING THIS DOCUMENT OR THIS PROGRAM CREATED IN THE LAST FIVE SIX MONTHS, GIVE OR TAKE.

SO AT THE MAY HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING, WE FORMED A WORKING GROUP OF FIVE HOUSING COMMISSIONERS WITH A VARIETY OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE TO SHAPE THE PROGRAM FRAMEWORK. I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE AND THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS VERY MUCH FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND THEIR EXPERTISE.

I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE A MEMBER OF THE WORKING GROUP ATTENDING VIRTUALLY TODAY, AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE WORKING GROUP.

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SO WE'RE LUCKY.

THERE ON THE LEFT OF THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THEIR NAMES AND THE PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING.

WE HAVE WE HAD A REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL, DEVELOPER AND BUILDER REPRESENTATIVES AND A LOW INCOME HOUSING EXPERT ON THAT WORKING GROUP.

SO NEXT STEP AFTER FORMING THE GROUP, WE MET OVER THREE MONTHS THIS SUMMER AND REVIEWED GETTING A DRAFT PROGRAM DEVELOPED WITH THEM OVER NOT VERY MANY MEETINGS, ACTUALLY.

THEY WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE.

THEY WERE VERY EFFICIENT.

AND BY AUGUST 28TH, WE HAD A DRAFT PROGRAM FOR THEIR FOR THEM TO REVIEW.

SO AFTER GATHERING GATHERING THEIR FEEDBACK AT THAT AUGUST LATE AUGUST MEETING, STAFF SENT THAT DRAFT TO LEGAL FOR THEIR REVIEW.

LIKE SARAH SAID, LEGAL HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL GETTING THEIR REVIEW IN OF THIS DOCUMENT VERY QUICKLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT A PRIORITY LEGAL.

SO STAFF WAS ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE NECESSARY REVISIONS AND EDITS TO THE DRAFT PROGRAM IN TIME FOR A SEPTEMBER 28TH HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING.

THAT MEETING WAS THE FIRST TIME THE COMMISSION HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PROGRAM DRAFT PROGRAM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, WITH SOME MINOR CHANGES FOR STAFF TO INCORPORATE BEFORE BRINGING IT HERE TO COUNCIL FOR A WORK SESSION.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY AND THIS NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHARE THE PRIORITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP.

THEY BECAME WHOOPS ONE TWO.

THEY WERE VERY EVIDENT.

THE WITHIN PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST HOUR WE WE MET WITH THIS WORKING GROUP.

IT WAS THEIR PRIORITY TO MAKE ALL $5 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE AT ONCE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE DID DISCUSS OTHER SCENARIOS BRIEFLY, BUT THIS PATH WAS SET FAIRLY QUICKLY.

SO ANOTHER PRIORITY OF THE WORKING GROUP WAS TO WORK IN AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WHEN THAT CAME TO THE TOPIC OF HOW FUNDING WOULD BE AWARDED, THAT MEANT WE WERE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF BOTH REPAYABLE AND FORGIVABLE LOANS.

SO WE'LL COVER THOSE LOAN TERMS IN A FEW SLIDES.

FLEXIBILITY WAS ALSO A PRIORITY WHEN IT CAME TO THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

SO THE PROJECTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS PROJECTS THAT ARE BASICALLY READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

OUR WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS AND THE TWO SUB BULLETS I DO.

I WANT TO MENTION THEY CAME OUT OF LAST MONTH'S HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING.

THE COMMISSION AGREED THE PROGRAM SHOULD SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF MARKET RATE UNITS IN ADDITION TO AFFORDABLE UNITS.

JUST MAKING THAT CLEAR.

AND THEY WANTED TO ALLOW PROJECTS AT ALL STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING.

SO THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES WALK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT OR NOT.

THERE'S SEVERAL THERE'S SEVERAL SLIDES.

DON'T WORRY THAT WALK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT ITSELF BEGINNING WITH A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.

SO I'LL COVER THE DETAILS ABOUT EACH SECTION ON EACH SLIDE.

I'M GOING TO BRING THIS CLOSER.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM OVERALL IS TO UTILIZE BOND FUNDING TO INCENTIVIZE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT.

FUNDING MAY BE SPENT ON PRE-DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING.

I'D LIKE TO NOTE HERE THAT THE AN INELIGIBLE USE OF THESE FUNDS WOULD BE REHABILITATION OR PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UNITS, BECAUSE THAT WORD KNEW THAT THAT WAS A KEY, KEY WORD THERE IN THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET.

SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOTE EARLY IN THE DOCUMENT AS WELL, THAT APPLICATIONS THAT MEET THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD CRITERIA ARE NOT NECESSARILY GUARANTEED AN AWARD OF FUNDING, AND THAT SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS MAY BE AWARDED LESS THAN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUESTED.

SO NEXT ARE A COUPLE OF SLIDES COVERING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

SO, YEAH. WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS? WE HAD GUIDANCE FROM THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET STATING FOR PROFIT AND NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS WERE ELIGIBLE.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE CORPORATIONS, LLCS, THOSE.

BUT OVER THE COURSE OF DRAFTING THIS PROGRAM, WE DRILLED DOWN TO IDENTIFY MORE SPECIFIC SCENARIOS IN WHICH A DEVELOPER WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING, AND THAT INCLUDES DEVELOPERS OF 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS.

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IN ADDITION TO MIXED INCOME PROJECTS.

SO DEVELOPERS WITH EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITMENTS WITH THE CITY ARE ALSO, WE WANTED TO CLARIFY, COULD APPLY, AS WELL AS DEVELOPERS THAT MAY HAVE BENEFITED FROM A VARIETY OF OTHER CITY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.

THAT WOULD NOT BE A DISQUALIFIER TO APPLY FOR THIS SET OF FUNDING.

AND THE PROGRAM ALSO STATES THAT APPLICANTS WITH ANY OUTSTANDING DEBTS TO THE CITY, OR ANY APPLICANTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OTHER CITY ADMINISTERED FUNDING, THAT THEY BE CONSIDERED IN GOOD STANDING PRIOR TO RECEIVING AN AWARD OF FUNDING.

SO. NEXT IS JUST A SLIDE ON THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING, THE PROJECT MUST COMMIT TO A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS OF AFFORDABILITY PROJECT OR APPLICANTS ARE CURRENTLY INCENTIVIZED TO EXTEND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD UP TO 50 YEARS.

WE'LL COVER THAT AGAIN ON AN UPCOMING LOAN SLIDE.

LOAN TERM. SLIDE.

ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE IS THAT THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT, OR A REQUIREMENT, EVEN IF THE PROJECT IS SOLD OR TRANSFERS OWNERSHIP. NEXT IS THE SLIDE COVERING THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD CRITERIA AND THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL CRITERIA.

UM. THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD CRITERIA FOR A PROJECT TO BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE IS VERY BASIC.

INTENTIONALLY, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A RENTAL PROJECT WITHIN CITY LIMITS, SERVING UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND A MINIMUM OF 10% OF UNITS MUST BE AFFORDABLE.

APPLICANTS. YOU KNOW, BASIC THINGS LIKE THEY NEED TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE RESPONSE TO ALL THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS AND SHOW THAT THEIR INTENDED USE OF THE FUNDS MEETS THE ELIGIBLE USE IDENTIFIED, AND THEY WOULD NEED TO SHOW PROOF OF SITE CONTROL AS A MINIMUM THRESHOLD.

SO AS FOR THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL CRITERIA.

WHEN DEVELOPERS ARE APPLYING FOR THESE FUNDS, WE WANT THEM TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITY TO DELIVER THEIR PROJECT BY SHOWING US IN THREE BROAD ASPECTS THAT THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF EXPERIENCE DELIVERING SIMILAR RENTAL PROJECTS, WHETHER THAT IS IN FLAGSTAFF OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

PROJECT READINESS.

WE WANT DEVELOPERS TO CONFIRM WHERE THEY ARE AT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WILL ACCEPT PROJECT AT ALL STAGES OF THE PROCESS, SO WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THAT APPLICANTS PROVE THEIR PROJECT IS FURTHER ALONG OR MEETING A CERTAIN.

MILESTONE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING ISSUED BUILDING PERMITS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

THAT WOULD BE VERY FAR ALONG IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SO PRIORITY FOR FUNDING WILL NOT DEPEND SOLELY ON A PROJECT BEING READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT WILL ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OVERALL COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND THE OTHER FUNDING THAT IS LEVERAGED.

AND LAST, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF THEIR PROJECT.

SO ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR ALL FUNDING SOURCES TO BE IDENTIFIED, WHETHER THAT FUNDING IS SECURED OR THEY'RE EARLY IN THEIR PROCESS, THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE SOME FUNDING OR THERE'S MORE FUNDING THAT THEY INTEND TO APPLY FOR.

WE WANT TO KNOW ALL OF THAT SO THAT CAN BE DETERMINED ONCE PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED.

OR THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED WHEN PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED.

NEXT IS THE AWARD PROCESS.

THIS WAS. THIS PROCESS WAS DEVELOPED TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION REGARDING THEIR OVERSIGHT OF BOND FUNDS, AS WE COVERED A FEW SLIDES AGO WITH SARAH.

SO HOUSING STAFF WILL BE REVIEWING EACH APPLICATION TO ENSURE THAT THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD CRITERIA IS MET, AND WE WILL THEN FORWARD THOSE APPLICATIONS TO A RANKING COMMITTEE.

THE RANKING COMMITTEE WILL EVALUATE, OF COURSE, THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE THEIR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THEN BE FORWARDED TO COUNCIL TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

ONCE THE FUNDING IS FINALIZED AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL, A LETTERS OF AWARD WOULD BE PROVIDED TO APPLICANTS AND STAFF WOULD THEN BEGIN THE WORK OF CREATING INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS FOR THE AWARDEES, WHICH WOULD ALSO NEED COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.

NEXT SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE RANKING COMMITTEE.

SO THE RANKING COMMITTEE'S ROLE, OF COURSE, IS TO BE EVALUATING THE ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS AND TO MAKE THEIR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

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I'LL NOTE HERE THAT THEY WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO IDENTIFY THEIR PRIORITY FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

LIKE THEIR MAIN THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO A CONDITIONAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND ALSO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE WAITLISTED FOR FUNDING AND ALSO PROJECTS THEY BELIEVE SHOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.

THEY DID DISTINGUISH AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

THEY WANTED THAT KIND OF TIERED APPROACH TO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.

THIS WAS OUR BACKUP FOR THE CONDITIONAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATION, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A SMART ADDITION.

MEMBERS OF THE RANKING COMMITTEE.

AS FAR AS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS GROUP, IT WOULD BE COMPRISED OF 4 TO 7 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING A MIX OF CITY STAFF, HOUSING COMMISSIONERS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM AREAS SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ENGINEERING.

ET CETERA. WHEREVER WE HAVE GAPS, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BE SEEKING ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE.

SO AS IS ALWAYS REQUIRED BY THE PROCUREMENT CODE, NO MEMBER OF THE RANKING COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH THIS SUMMARY OF THE DRAFT PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA HERE.

THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE WILL BE USING A SCORING MATRIX TO EVALUATE THESE APPLICATIONS.

ESSENTIALLY IT'S A COST.

IT COMES DOWN TO JUST A COST BENEFIT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED ON EACH PROJECT.

AND THIS ANALYSIS WILL LOOK AT THE TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS PROPOSED, WHICH COVERS BOTH AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE UNITS, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS REQUESTED, OF COURSE, AND THE COST PER AFFORDABLE UNIT.

SO, GIVEN THAT THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST IN THE CREATION OF 400 TO 500 AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND WE HAVE OUR TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN WITH THE GOAL TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN FLAGSTAFF TO ABOUT 8000.

EQUAL CONSIDERATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO BOTH MIXED INCOME AND 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

WE DO WANT TO SEE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

THE MORE THE BETTER.

CREDIT WOULD ALSO OF COURSE, BE GIVEN FOR THOSE THREE CRITERIA I HAD ON THE OTHER SLIDE RELATING TO THE DEVELOPER'S EXPERIENCE, THE PROJECT'S READINESS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES BEING LEVERAGED.

AND JUST TO NOTE, ONCE THIS POLICY IS FINALIZED AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL, A NOFA APPLICATION AND SCORING CRITERIA WILL BE FULLY DEVELOPED.

WE'LL HAVE TO HOP ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.

SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEPS FOR ME.

NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE.

LASTLY, THIS SLIDE IDENTIFIES THE LOAN TERMS AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.

WHAT IS PROPOSED IS PROVIDING THE BOND FUNDING AS A LOAN, WHICH IS SECURED AGAINST THE PROPERTY WITH A PROMISSORY NOTE AND RECORDED DEED OF TRUST. THERE WOULD BE NO INTEREST AND NO PAYMENTS REQUIRED DURING THE 30 YEAR MINIMUM TERM OF THE LOAN.

AFTER THAT 30 YEAR TERM, THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE THE LOAN FORGIVEN ON A PRORATED BASIS OVER 20 YEARS, AS LONG AS THE UNITS, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE AND THE LOAN WOULD BE COMPLETELY FORGIVEN AND RELEASED AFTER 50 YEARS OF AFFORDABILITY COMPLIANCE.

AND IF A DEVELOPER FAILS TO HONOR THAT AGREEMENT AND THE UNITS ARE NOT DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THEIR CONTRACT, THE LOAN WOULD BE CALLED DUE AND PAYABLE IMMEDIATELY. AND AS FOR A COUPLE OF BULLETS ABOUT COMPLIANCE, WE WILL REQUIRE PROGRESS REPORTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF EACH PROJECT JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY UNDERSTANDING WHERE SOMEBODY IS AT.

AND ANNUAL MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE REPORTING FOR THE LIFE OF THE OF THE LOAN IS ALSO REQUIRED, AND I'M SURE WE'LL END UP LEANING ON OUR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS DIVISION TO ASSIST US IN THAT WORK.

SO THIS CONCLUDES THE SUMMARY OF THE DRAFT RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM.

I DO HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE WITH A SUGGESTION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

THIS LAST ONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THROUGHOUT THE CREATION OF THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ABOUT WHEN THIS FUNDING SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.

SO IT'S A TIMING QUESTION.

THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT DEVELOPERS MAY NEED TO USE THIS MONEY FOR MORE THAN JUST HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

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SO WE PROCEEDED TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEIR PROJECT IS AT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED SO THAT WE'D BE PROVIDING LOANS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL. THERE IS ALSO THE ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO WITHHOLD FUNDING UNTIL THE DEVELOPER HAS REACHED A CERTAIN MILESTONE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO BETTER ENSURE THE CITY WOULD BE BENEFITING FROM THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

SO THE THOUGHT IS, IF WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT A PROJECT HAS GOTTEN SO FAR THAT THEY'RE READY TO PULL THEIR BUILDING PERMITS, IS THAT THE POINT AT WHICH THE LOAN WOULD BE? MADE AVAILABLE. UM, AND THAT THIS IS ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR OWN COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, SO I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

AND OTHER STUFF AS NEEDED.

SO. PLEASE.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THE COMMISSION AND STAFF PUT INTO THIS BEING BEFORE US, AND I MEAN EVEN. BEFORE THIS PART, BUT THE BOND PART AND EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THAT AND THE TEN YEAR PLAN.

SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

COUNCIL AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

JENNIFER AND TEAM.

MY GOSH, HAVING TO CREATE THIS CREATE THE WILL HAS, I'M SURE TAKEN SO MUCH WORK AND RESEARCH.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON THIS.

AS YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING.

CRISIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE CONCERNING OUR CITIZENRY.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT.

AND WE MAY NOT GET IT ALL RIGHT, BUT TO TRY TO JUST REALLY LOOK AT THE STUFF IN THE FRONT END.

SO I APPRECIATE THE INDULGENCE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS DURING A WORK SESSION, SO THAT WE CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND JUST ASKING QUESTIONS AND, AND BEING ABLE TO PONDER THE THE ANSWERS BEFORE THEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR AN APPROVAL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN LOOKING AT YOUR WORKING GROUP.

I KNOW YOU PULLED IT FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT CAME UP LAST MONTH THAT HAD QUITE A FEW UNITS.

WAS THERE ANY OUTREACH TO EXPERTS IN THE TAX CREDIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE LATEC DEVELOPERS, THE THE SEMINARS THAT I WENT TO DOWN IN TUCSON AND THE MAYOR AND I WENT TO IN PHENIX IN THE MORRISON INSTITUTE, WE JUST KEPT HEARING THE REPEATING THAT THE IS IT LATEC OR LATEC DEVELOP LATEC IS THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER IN BRINGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO TO A COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE NON PROFIT DEVELOPERS AND MORE AND MORE LATEC DEVELOPERS TAKING INTEREST.

SO HAVE WE DID THE COMMITTEE AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT MY FIRST ONE IS DID THE COMMITTEE CONSULT OR REACH OUT TO THEM TO SAY HOW DOES THIS FLOW WITH WITH HOW YOU DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, AND IS THERE ANY THINGS THAT POP OUT AT YOU? THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.

I CAN SAY THE WORKING GROUP THIS SUMMER DID NOT SPECIFICALLY REACH OUT TO ANY PARTICULAR DEVELOPER.

WE WERE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY CLOISTERED, BUT WE WERE FOCUSED.

IT WAS A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH INTENTIONALLY CHOSEN FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING EXPERIENCE.

NOT NECESSARILY FROM LITEX PERSPECTIVE, BUT JUST FROM THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT ASPECT.

SO WE RELIED ON THEIR THOUGHTS AND EXPERTISE AND WE BUT I WOULD SAY WE WANTED TO BE AWARE.

WE WERE COGNIZANT OF THE HIGH TECH TIMEFRAMES WITH THEIR DEADLINES, WITH THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS, WHICH EVERY YEAR IS ALWAYS DUE IN APRIL, APRIL 1ST.

SO WE WERE AWARE OF WANTING TO, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, GET MAKE LOANS AVAILABLE OR MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE.

IF A LIGHT TECH APPLICANT APPLICANT WAS AWARDED THAT FUNDING, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT AWARD IN TIME FOR THEIR APPLICATION.

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SARAH. IF I COULD ADD, WHILE THE WORKING GROUP DID NOT HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH TECH DEVELOPERS, WE DID.

AS STAFF, WE HAVE TALKED WITH AS STAFF, WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING AND OTHER DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN COMING TO OUR AREA DURING A RECENT STATE CONFERENCE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PICK BRAINS.

AND TIMING WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THERE.

BEING COGNIZANT, THANK YOU FOR THE WORD COGNIZANT OF THE TIME, THE APPLICATION TIMEFRAME.

WE DEVELOPED THE TIMELINE IN MAY WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF HAVING AWARDS MADE BY COUNCIL SO THAT ANYONE APPLYING FOR TECH CREDITS THAT MAY OR THE APRIL 1ST SECOND DEADLINE WOULD HAVE THOSE COMMITMENT LETTERS FROM COUNCIL PRIOR TO THAT APPLICATION BEING DUE.

SO WE DESIGNED THE ENTIRE THING WITH THAT THOUGHT PROCESS IN MIND, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE OFTEN THE DEVELOPERS ABLE TO PRODUCE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF UNITS. THANK YOU.

AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE 10% AFFORDABILITY.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.

SO YOU SAID MARKET RATE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WILL ANY FUNDING AWARDED TO THAT DEVELOPER.

STILL BE SPECIFIC TO THE AFFORDABILITY ASPECT OR HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THAT? THAT'S CHALLENGING.

THAT IS OUR CHALLENGE WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY DRILL DOWN AND UNDERSTAND, GIVEN THAT WE DO WANT MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND IF WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY'RE MARKET RATE OR AFFORDABLE, I THINK THAT IS THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE COST BENEFIT PER AFFORDABLE UNIT OR, I'M SORRY, THE COST PER AFFORDABLE UNIT. IF THEY'RE REQUESTING $1 MILLION AND THEY HAVE THEY'RE PROPOSING 25 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO THE REQUEST OF A 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECT WHERE THEY HAVE 200 AFFORDABLE UNITS? AND IS THAT COST PER AFFORDABLE UNIT WAY LESS? SO IT'S LIKE BETTER BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

SO THAT WOULD DEFINITELY THAT THAT IS WHERE THAT FLEXIBILITY REALLY CAME INTO PLAY.

EVERY TIME I WOULD KIND OF WE'D TRY TO POSE THOSE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS TO THE WORKING GROUP IS LIKE, HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GIVE THE RANKING COMMITTEE THAT RANGE TO REALLY WEIGH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND BE ABLE TO ASSIGN CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE BASED ON THE MERITS OF EACH APPLICATION, EVEN IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT. SO I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER FOR THE LOANS MAY NOT BE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING PREVENTING US FROM USING FROM ALLOWING A DEVELOPER TO USE THE LOANS ON A BUILDING THAT HAS MARKET RATE UNITS.

THIS CAME UP WHEN WE WERE REALLY KIND OF DRILLING INTO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT REALLY OPENING IT UP.

HOW ARE WE? HOW WOULD WE EVER KNOW? IF A PORTION OF A LOAN WAS USED ON A BUILDING THAT HAD MORE MARKET RATE UNITS THAN AFFORDABLE.

SO WE JUST WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CRACK IT OPEN.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A PROPORTIONALITY CONVERSATION WITH THE RANKING COMMITTEE.

DOES THAT COVER IT? OR I REALIZED I THINK WE WOULD HAVE MUCH BETTER, VERY SPECIFIC ANSWERS TO THAT ONCE WE DEVELOP THE SCORING CRITERIA.

AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE IT, I'M STILL LEARNING THE ROPES HERE.

DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE A LOT.

BUT WHEN I READ THE COUNCIL APPROVAL ASPECT, I KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES SOMETHING TO GET ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE'LL.

CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT LIKE IS THAT A.

IT'LL JUST COME UP AND IT'LL GET IN FRONT OF US QUICKLY.

OR AGAIN, BACK TO TIMING AND SPEED AND AND EVERYTHING.

I JUST WHEN THAT WHEN I READ THAT, IT JUST KIND OF POPPED UP ME TO SAY, WOW, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER MONTH, IF NOT LONGER TO THEN GET THAT FINAL DECISION. YEAH, WE WE DEFINITELY ARE ASSUMING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL BE WE WILL BE DOING BACK TO BACK EVERYTHING BACK TO BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THIS WHOLE PROCESS I MEAN, THE WORD PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S.

IT'S HELPFUL AND IT'S FRUSTRATING AT TIMES, LIKE WE HAVE WE HAVE THIS PROCESS WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN, AND TRYING TO SLIP AROUND AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO SHORTEN THINGS HAS BEEN QUITE A CHALLENGE. WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT A BIT, BUT SOME THINGS ARE JUST VERY WE CAN'T GET AROUND CERTAIN THINGS, SO.

JENNIFER'S RIGHT. WE CAN'T GET AROUND CERTAIN THINGS, NOR WOULD WE WANT TO.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED THROUGH AN IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE.

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WE HAVE ALREADY SCOPED OUT THE WORKING CALENDAR, ACTUALLY A LITTLE FURTHER OUT THAN IT'S PUBLISHED AT THE MOMENT, TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR DEADLINES COULD BE LIKE. IF YOU'LL NOTICE WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, IT SAYS STAFF WILL TURN THE ELIGIBILITY REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS WITHIN FIVE DAYS AND THAT WE WILL BE.

WE WERE GOING TO SAY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT REALIZING THAT IF THEIR ELIGIBILITY REVIEW IS DONE THE DAY AFTER OR THE DAY BEFORE STAFF SUMMARIES ARE DUE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT OUR COMMITMENT IS TO BRING THESE FORWARD.

WE'VE ALSO ENJOYED GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE CITY CLERK AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING IMPERATIVE TO COME TO COUNCIL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET ON THOSE CALENDARS, AND I SEE NO REASON THAT WE WOULDN'T ENJOY SIMILAR SUPPORT IN BRINGING SOMETHING OF THIS LEVEL FORWARD.

I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT.

I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS LEFT SO FAR.

STAFF HERE. SARAH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ANSWER IT.

I'M NOT SURE. MAYBE JENNIFER CAN.

WHAT IS THE REASONING BEHIND THE LOAN? WE'VE GOT THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF THE 30 YEARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO END UP FORGIVING IT, MAYBE THE CARROT TO EXTEND IT FOR 20 MORE YEARS.

BUT SOMETIMES A LOAN, DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S STRUCTURED, COULD BE A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC IN IN THE MARKET WORLD.

SO CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHY, IN ADDITION TO OBVIOUSLY REQUIRING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO STAY AFFORDABLE FOR 30 YEARS, WHY ARE WE STRUCTURING IT AS A LOAN? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

IF I GO INTO THE NOT SUPER WAYBACK MACHINE, BUT IN THE LITTLE BIT WAYBACK MACHINE, WHEN THE HOUSING COMMISSION VERY FIRST STARTED COMING UP WITH BOND RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL, WE BROUGHT THOSE REQUESTS OR THE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU IN FEBRUARY OF THE YEAR BEFORE SO THAT WE WERE THINKING TOGETHER AND REPAYMENT OR CREATING AS MANY REVOLVING FUNDS AS POSSIBLE WAS A PRIORITY OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HISTORICALLY HAVE LIMITED FUNDS, AND THAT IF WE CAN MAKE THOSE FUNDS REPAYABLE AND CREATE A RESOURCE THAT CAN BE UTILIZED AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE FURTHER AHEAD.

$5 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT OUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET WHILE I'M DOING CITY BUDGETING, BECAUSE I SAY THINGS LIKE $5 MILLION ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY.

WE CAN GO TO DINNER THREE TIMES A WEEK.

IT'S FINE. SO HAVING THAT REPAYMENT TO GIVE THE CITY, THE MUNICIPALITY THE RESOURCE TO CONTINUE INVESTING OVER TIME HAS BEEN CRITICAL.

WE'VE STRUCTURED MULTIPLE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO TECH DEVELOPERS AS LOANS THAT ARE DUE AND PAYABLE AT THE 30 YEAR MARK.

WE'VE SUBORDINATED WHEN THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REFINANCED FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT THAT MONEY WILL ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO THE CITY.

SO AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION FROM DAY ONE, THE IDEA OF CREATING AS MANY REVOLVING FUNDS AS POSSIBLE HAS BEEN IN PLACE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING A CONTINUATION CONTINUATION OF IN THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

SO, SARAH, DO YOU SEE SIMILAR CHALLENGES TO WHAT YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN PROBLEMATIC IN GETTING FINANCING FOR THE DEVELOPER.

COULD THIS ALSO CAUSE THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUES? MAYOR. MEMBER.

LET ME GO BACK AND ANSWER THE REST OF THE QUESTION YOU ASKED PREVIOUSLY REGARDING TAX IMPLICATIONS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE IN THE MARKET WOULD BE THE FORGIVENESS OF THAT LOAN, CREATING LONG TERM TAX IMPLICATIONS. WE DON'T HAVE TO FORGIVE IT.

IT CAN BE DUE AND PAYABLE.

IF THE DEVELOPER WOULD SAY THIS IS I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT BEING FORGIVABLE.

I NEED FOR TAX PURPOSES IT TO BE REPAYABLE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE.

AND SO ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE WILLING TO MAKE THAT ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY CONTRIBUTION, I DON'T SEE IF THEY'RE MAKING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITMENT, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THROUGH UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM.

WE SEE DEVELOPERS GET MARKET FUNDING FOR THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.

IT'S WITHIN THEIR MARKET RATE.

HOUSING ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE. A FEW HUNDRED UNITS SCATTERED IN MARKET RATE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY NOW.

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AND THOSE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING AND THOSE CONDITIONS WERE CALLED FOR WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WE MONITOR THOSE ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS BEING PROVIDED.

AND WE'VE WE'VE HAD IT WORK.

SO I'LL JUST MAKE TWO COMMENTS AND THEN GIVE SOMEONE ELSE AN OPPORTUNITY.

THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY, HOW I UNDERSTAND IT, AT LEAST THE TAX CREDIT DEVELOPERS, A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES HAVE TO SEE LOCAL COMMITMENT FIRST.

AND SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE LOAN COMMITMENTS BECAUSE WE'D BE FIRST.

AND SO I, I SEE MAYBE AN ISSUE THERE IF WE'RE WANTING THOSE COMMITMENTS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE MAKE OUR COMMITMENT.

IT'S A. CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

SO I SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ACQUISITION, BECAUSE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY LEVEL HAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RISK.

AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT USING.

NOT THAT THERE'D BE A LOT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT UTILIZING THESE BOND FUNDS FOR ACQUISITION PURPOSES.

I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD HAVE ALL THE SKIN IN THE GAME AND THAT AND THEN WE JUST HELP OUT WITH.

YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND OTHER THINGS, DESIGN AND OTHER THINGS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

THANK YOU. WE WE STRUGGLED WITH THE SAME THING.

WHAT WE ERRED ON THE SIDE OF THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY POSSIBLE.

WE'RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT DIRECTION OF ACQUISITION.

IT FEELS TOO MUCH OF A RISK WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.

AND AS FAR AS FIRST SKIN IN THE GAME, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR SHOWING YOUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, AND WE ASK FOR THOSE SECURED OR THOSE APPLIED FOR AND THOSE ANTICIPATED TO BE APPLIED FOR AND THOSE TIMEFRAMES.

AND WHAT WE'VE COME TO YOU BEFORE WITH THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING, IT WAS A SMALL CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU SAW IN MARCH, FEBRUARY, MARCH WAS CONDITIONAL ON RECEIPT OF TAX CREDITS.

AND SO WE SEE A SIMILAR THING HERE BEING, YES, THIS LOOKS GREAT, BUT IF YOUR MAIN FUNDING SOURCE DOESN'T COME THROUGH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE FUNDING ALONG. THAT'S WHY JENNIFER TALKED ABOUT AND THE NOT THE RANKING COMMITTEE THE WORKING GROUP SPENT TIME DISCUSSING.

WELL, CAN WE DO CONDITIONAL AWARDS? YES WE CAN.

CAN WE MAKE A FUNDING LIST OF IF DEVELOPER A DOES NOT RECEIVE TAX CREDITS AND IS UNABLE TO FULFILL THAT COMMITMENT, CAN WE THEN MOVE THAT FUNDING DOWN QUICKLY TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT WAS ELIGIBLE? SHOWS COMMUNITY BENEFIT? ET CETERA MAY BE AT A LESSER SCALE, BUT TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THAT MONEY IS FLOWING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS BEEN EXPRESSED TO US AS THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT IS, WE MAY SEE SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONAL PIECES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE ARE ASKING NOT ONLY WHAT HAVE YOU SECURED, BUT WHAT HAVE YOU ALREADY APPLIED FOR BUT NOT RECEIVED? WHAT TIMELINE ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT? AND WHAT ELSE ARE YOU PLANNING ON APPLYING FOR, AND WHAT IS THAT TIMELINE LOOK LIKE SO WE CAN GET THAT FULL PICTURE AND NOT ONLY ERROR ON THE SIDE OF FOLKS WITH ALL THEIR MONEY SECURED.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU. THERE'S A SPIDER ON MY SCREEN.

I'M GOING TO SCOOT AWAY FROM IT.

HUH? YEAH.

IT'S OCTOBER.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN REVIEW A LITTLE BIT MORE THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING IN TERMS OF THIS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD A LOT, ESPECIALLY I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR, WE DID THE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPER LISTENING TOUR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS JUST HOW LONG SOME OF THE PROCESSES ARE FOR REVIEWS.

THAT WINDS UP BEING VERY COSTLY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THE SAME HAS BEEN SAID IN SOME OF THE FRANKLY, PRESS COVERAGE OF THIS VERY TOPIC WAS HOW OFTEN THE WORK THAT WE TRY AND DO TOWARDS AFFORDABILITY AND PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETS.

I THINK I'M ALMOST QUOTING ONE ARTICLE AND SAYING BOGGED DOWN IN BUREAUCRACY.

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SO HOW ARE WE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE TIMEFRAME OF THIS IS NOT ANOTHER PITFALL OR BARRIER TO ACTUALLY BRINGING UNITS TO MARKET? YOU COMFY? YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? THERE. EXCELLENT. AT THESE.

AND NOW FOR THE SECRET SLIDE.

COUNCIL. HERE'S A POTENTIAL TIMELINE.

THIS IS IF WE ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK TONIGHT, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FLIP AND TURN INTO A POLICY, A PROGRAM TO BRING TO YOU ON THE NOVEMBER 7TH FOR APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED WRITING THE NOFA.

HAVE WE WRITTEN A LOT OF IT? NO, BECAUSE OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN GETTING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE LARGE PIECES OF THE PROGRAM THAT CAN BE TURNED INTO THAT.

JUSTINE SPOKE WITH OUR LOVELY PARTNERS IN LEGAL AND PURCHASING YESTERDAY, WHO SAID THEY WILL DO THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST TO DO A REVIEW WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

OUR CONCEPT IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND THEM SOMETHING COLD THAT DURING OUR TIMELINE WITHIN NOVEMBER, THAT WE WILL BE MEETING AS A GROUP UTILIZING INTERNAL BRAIN TRUST IN ORDER TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT? LET'S BOUNCE THIS IDEA AROUND WITH THE FOLKS WITH THE OTHER BRAINS IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH. OH.

IT'S OKAY. SORRY.

THE TWO COMPUTERS IS CONFUSING TO ME.

MY LITTLE BRAIN PURCHASING REVIEW.

NO SOLICITATION TO OPEN.

WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S, BUT WHY WAIT IF WE'RE READY TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT OUT THERE? WE WORK TO SCHEDULE AROUND THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, KNOWING THAT FOLKS WOULD BE OFF INTERNALLY SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING REVIEW TIME TO THE. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE APPLICATION TO BE VERY SIMPLISTIC.

THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PROJECT, TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE, AND THEN ARE YOU MEETING WHICH CRITERIA ARE YOU MEETING, NOT SAY, READ THE TEN YEAR PLAN AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE MEETING.

BUT HERE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE TEN YEAR PLAN.

WHICH DO YOU SEE YOUR PROJECT MEETING TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, NOT ONLY FOR THE DEVELOPERS APPLYING, BUT FOR THE EVALUATING COMMITTEE TO READ AND GET THROUGH IN A QUICK MANNER.

FLEXIBILITY AND SIMPLICITY HAS BEEN KEY TO WHAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED.

WE WOULD LIKE TO CARRY THAT THROUGH WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THAT SIMPLICITY PIECE.

THIS WOULD GET COUNCIL APPROVAL WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN APRIL 1ST DEADLINE IF THAT NEED BE, AND HAS. SO THE CONCEPT BEING THAT WE WOULD COME FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL, THAT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO ISSUE NOTICE OF AWARD SO THAT FOLKS CAN PUT THAT IN THEIR APPLICATION PACKETS OR THEY CAN PUT IT IN THEIR LENDING PACKET, WHATEVER IT IS.

WHAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME IS THE THE FULL LOAN AGREEMENT SECURITY PIECE.

BUT OFTEN IT'S THAT NOTICE OF AWARD THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE IN THEIR HAND IN ORDER TO PROCEED.

AND SO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING, AGAIN, THOSE LOAN DOCUMENTS BEING AS SIMPLISTIC AS POSSIBLE AND COME BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE AS NEED BE.

AGAIN, OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL AT MAKING HOUSING A PRIORITY.

THE HOUSING EMERGENCY DECLARED IS NOT ONLY SOMETHING ON PAPER, BUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS PRIORITIZE OVER AND OVER. SO DEPENDING ON THE CHANGES TONIGHT, WE'RE HESITANT TO ROLL THIS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF VARIABLES.

COUNCIL, IF YOU'RE UNHAPPY WITH THIS AND YOU SEND US BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET THIS TIMELINE.

IF YOU HAVE INPUT SUCH AS ACQUISITION FEELS RISKY AND WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT.

THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY SIMPLE CHANGES FOR US TO MAKE AND BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

THANK YOU. I THINK MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WAS FOCUSED ON THE COMPETITIVENESS.

WE TALKED ABOUT.

AND I THINK EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DESIRE TO REALLY MAKE THIS AN OPTION THAT WOULD WORK FOR BOTH AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT ON THE WHOLE AND MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT MIGHT STILL BE KIND OF PENDING FOR ME IS, IS SOME MORE SPECIFICS ON HOW YOU BALANCE THAT COMPETITIVENESS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TRADITIONAL HIGH TECH DEVELOPMENT THAT ALREADY HAS AS ONE OF THEIR QUALIFIERS FOR TECH TO HAVE 20 TO

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40% AFFORDABLE OR RENT RESTRICTED UNITS, THAT MEETING EITHER 50 OR 60% AMI.

HOW DOES THAT COMPETE WITH A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS VOLUNTARILY COMMITTING TO TEN OR MORE PERCENT AFFORDABLE MEETING ANY AMI RANGE? SO THOSE SORTS OF QUESTIONS, JUST IN TERMS OF THAT CRITERIA, HOW WERE THOSE SORTS OF COMPETITIONS BETWEEN THOSE THOSE COMPETING REQUIREMENTS BE ADDRESSED? JENNIFER'S COMPUTER IS NOT A TOUCH SCREEN LIKE MINE.

THAT IS SOMETHING. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN BEATING OUR HEAD ON THE WALL.

WHERE? I DON'T HAVE A SOLID ANSWER FOR YOU.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ONE, BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT OUR BENEFIT HERE, AND IF WE THINK ABOUT THE GOALS OF THE TEN YEAR PLAN, IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.

AND SO AFFORDING VALUE TO MARKET RATE UNITS COMING IN WITH AFFORDABLE IS MEETING COMMUNITY GOALS.

AND SO I DO FIRMLY BELIEVE, AND WE HAVE BEEN KICKING AROUND A NUMBER OF IDEAS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.

A WAY TO GIVE.

UM, WHAT WAS THE WORDS WE CAME UP WITH TODAY? WE EVEN 2:00 TODAY, WE'RE LIKE, WE HAVE TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS AND GO TO CITY COUNCIL SO THAT APPLICANTS ARE.

EQUAL, ALMOST EQUAL ACCESS TO THE FUNDING OR EQUAL CONSIDERATION.

EQUAL CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN BRINGING BRINGING UNITS TO THE MARKET THAT WE NEED FOR OUR WORKING PROFESSIONALS, FOR OUR YOUNG FAMILIES, FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR THAT 60% AND BELOW CAN BRING JUST AS MUCH VALUE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF WE HAVE A LIGHT TECH DEVELOPER COMING IN WITH A NUMBER OF UNITS AND A MARKET RATE DEVELOPER COMING IN WITH A NUMBER OF UNITS, AND THIS ONE HAS LESS AFFORDABLE BUT IS ALSO PROVIDING RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE INCREDIBLY NECESSARY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

I AM CERTAIN WORKING WITH LEGAL AND PROCUREMENT, WE CAN COME UP WITH A WAY TO DO THAT.

AND MY MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE POUNDED OUT ANSWER FOR YOU BY NOVEMBER 7TH, COMING BACK TO YOU FOR PROGRAM APPROVAL. WE JUST HAVE NOT ARRIVED THERE.

HOWEVER, WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION THAT ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER IS NOT NECESSARILY VALUED OVER THE OTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE BRINGING NECESSARY UNITS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WHICH IS WHY IN OUR TEN YEAR PLAN REPORTING, WE REPORT AFFORDABLE UNITS AND OTHER UNITS COMING INTO THE MARKET BECAUSE WE NEED THEM ALL.

GREAT, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I KNOW I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT SPIDER GATE KIND OF THREW MY BRAIN OFF SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT I'LL JUST CLOSE THEN WITH I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT YOU DID IT VERY THOUGHTFULLY AND IN A WAY THAT IS IS REALLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE THOSE DIFFERENT GOALS AND JUST SPEAKING FROM THAT PLACE OF OF HAVING WORKED WITH THE COMMISSION FROM THE BEGINNING, BEING ON IT AND NOW IN THIS CAPACITY, IT'S JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO ME TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF THOUGHTFULNESS AND CONTINUED WORK THAT GOES INTO BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I DO THINK ON THE QUESTION THAT THAT YOU ASKED IN TERMS OF WHEN FUNDING WOULD BE AWARDED, JUST AS THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS WITH THE. OH, GOODNESS.

LAURIE, I'M. EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS I'M FORGETTING WHICH CONSIDERATION THAT YOU EXPRESSED SOME, SOME HESITANCY ON.

WAS IT ACQUISITION? JUST AS THERE'S SOME HESITANCY THERE.

I THINK I HAVE SOME HESITANCY IN THE THOUGHT OF WITHHOLDING UNTIL THERE MEETING SOME OF THOSE BENCHMARKS THAT WERE PRESENTED.

BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A, A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL THAT WOULD RELEASE THOSE FUNDS FOR EXPENDITURE ON A PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED IMMEDIATELY, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY ARE NOT MEETING THE GOALS, THEY HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF PAYING IT BACK.

I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LEVEL OF PROTECTION IN DOING IT THAT WAY.

THAT DOESN'T CREATE AN UNNECESSARY BARRIER TO A PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

IF THEY'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING, SO WHAT IF SOMETHING GETS PUSHED OUT OR A TIMELINE GETS SHIFTED IN THE MIDST OF THIS? AND NOW THAT TIMELINE WHERE I NEED THE FUNDING NOW, BUT MY MONTHS GOT PUSHED BACK, JUST HAPPENED FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY BEYOND MY CONTROL.

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SO I NOT ONLY DON'T GET THE FUNDING, BUT NOW I'M FACING THIS AND MY PROJECT MIGHT COMPLETELY COLLAPSE IN THAT TIME.

SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT ON THAT, AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION ON THIS.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK UP HERE.

UM, I DID READ THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IN EVERY DETAIL AND STUDY IT AND HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I GUESS MY FIRST COMMENT IS A LOT OF HARD WORK.

WENT INTO IT AND THE COMMISSION AND ON THE STAFF LEVEL, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, JENNIFER, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT, WELL, IF THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, OR AT THE END OF 30 YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR MONEY PAID BACK.

HOW DO WE ENFORCE THAT? WELL, WE HAVE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, OR IT WAS JUST IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT, WE'D HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO COURT.

DOES ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT THROUGH? FIRST QUESTION. YES.

SO THERE WOULD BE THERE WAS THOUGHT PUT INTO THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DRAFT CONTRACTS WRITTEN UP, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY USE EVERY TOOL THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US TO ENSURE CONTRACTUALLY THAT THERE ARE WAYS FOR US TO.

I GUESS IT'S A BALANCE OF STICKS AND CARROTS, AND THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY MY EXPERTISE.

AS FAR AS THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE AND THE KIND OF FEATURES WE CAN PUT IN THERE.

WE WILL BE, I BELIEVE, SEEKING OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO DEVELOP THOSE CONTRACTS THAT SHOULD HAPPILY, HOPEFULLY INCLUDE A LOT OF THOSE ANSWERS AND TOOLS TO ENSURE REPAYMENT OR OUTLINE A PROCESS.

IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, X, Y, Z FAILS TO HAPPEN, THEN THIS AS.

YES THERE IS.

I NEED TO FIND IT. I WANT TO SAY THE RIGHT EXACT TERM, BUT ON THE LOAN TERMS THERE IS IT STATES.

LOAN REQUIREMENT. LOAN WOULD BE SECURED AGAINST THE PROPERTY WITH A PROMISSORY NOTE AND RECORDED DEED OF TRUST, AND WOULD BE SUBORDINATE TO FIRST MORTGAGE FINANCING, WITH FURTHER FURTHER SUBORDINATION CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WHICH I'VE HEARD IS FLEXIBLE FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPERS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUBORDINATION. DIFFERENT WAY.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WITH THE PROMISSORY NOTE? YEAH. THAT DOES. AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T EXPECT THE FINAL ANSWER NOW, BUT I THINK YOU AND OUR ENFORCER ENFORCER DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER THAT IS, WILL THINK THIS THROUGH.

SO. GOOD.

UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO MY NEXT POINT.

UM. JENNIFER MADE A LOT OF REFERENCES TO THE PUBLICITY PAMPHLET AND HOW THIS WILL BE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WILL BE 400 TO 500 UNITS.

IT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION.

BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS HAVE MISSED ONE LITTLE THING THAT WAS IN THE PUBLICITY PAMPHLET, AND THAT'S THE WORD SAY TO INCORPORATE AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS AND MARKET RATE.

DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT 4 TO 500 NEW RENTAL UNITS, AND IT SAYS IN ADDITION TO THE MARKET RATE UNITS IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SO. YOU KNOW, I DON'T.

I'M NOT A LAWYER, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WORDS ARE BINDING OR IF THEY'RE NOT BINDING, BUT AM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, I FEEL THAT I HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO TO STAND BEHIND THE WORDS THAT THE CITY PUT OUT IN A PUBLICITY PAMPHLET.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I READ THOSE, I TAKE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO I GUESS MY POINT IS, AND I'M INTERESTED IN HOW THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK THIS CANNOT BE 100% AFFORDABLE UNITS.

IT HAS TO BE.

AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS IN A MARKET RATE.

DEVELOPMENT. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SAY THAT THE AFFORDABILITY BE A MINIMUM OF 10%, BUT A MAXIMUM OF 90%, IN OTHER WORDS, AT LEAST 10% MARKET RATE.

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UM, I GUESS MY HEART'S NOT REALLY IN THAT POSITION, BUT.

UH, I SUPPORT KIND OF WAIVING THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT I THINK THAT I HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT THAT.

SO DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, JENNIFER.

OR IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

COUNCIL DISCUSSION, AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT POINT.

REAL QUICKLY, AS FAR AS WHEN SHOULD WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE? I'M OKAY WITH, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.

IN OTHER WORDS, DO IT UP FRONT EARLY, BUT THEN HAVE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL WITH SOME TEETH IN IT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO THEIR PART.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M HOPING TO HEAR SOME MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

WHAT WE TOLD THE VOTERS IN GOOD FAITH, AND THEY VOTERS READ IT IN GOOD FAITH THAT THIS WOULD BE IN MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS. MAYOR, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

STERLING. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND COUNCIL.

IF WE WERE TO GO IN DEPTH INTO INTERPRETATION OF PUBLICITY, PAMPHLET AND MEANING AND BALLOT LANGUAGE, I WOULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND GOING UP INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND YOU'LL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.

MY ALARMS GOING OFF ON MY PHONE.

I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING THAT UP INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IF I WAS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THERE IS STILL A DESIRE TO KNOW ON THAT, THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I THINK YOU COULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITHOUT THAT.

NOW SEE WHICH DIRECTION IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HEADED.

IF THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE MORE THAN FOUR THAT ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE ON THAT.

UPSTAIRS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE MORE POINT TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP.

UM, I REALIZE THAT OR HYPOTHESIZE ANYWAY, THAT THE LEGAL SIDE OF THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE FUZZIER.

MIGHT NOT BE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE MORAL OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LAW SAYS, THE MORAL OBLIGATION IS THAT WE WILL CARRY THROUGH WITH WHAT WE PUT OUT IN OUR PUBLICITY PAMPHLETS.

SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE LAW IS.

WE NEED TO DO IT ANYWAY.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

I'LL. I'LL YIELD.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT INTO IT.

AND SINCE IT WAS MY CHOICE TO PULL THIS OFF AND HAVE YOU COME TO US.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK.

AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I DO TRUST AND VALUE OUR STAFF AND THEIR EXPERTISE.

THERE'S NO WAY THE SEVEN OF US AND CITY MANAGER CAN RUN THIS CITY ALL BY OURSELVES.

SO WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON YOU TO ADVISE US, TO GIVE US INFORMATION, TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, TO EVEN TELL US WHEN WE'RE BEING UNREASONABLE.

BECAUSE. BECAUSE WE CAN BE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS I WANT YOU TO HEAR THAT IN THE SPIRIT THAT THEY'RE GIVEN.

OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL.

WHO? I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THIS BECAUSE THE THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO MONITOR THIS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN TERMS OF THIS LOAN.

CORRECT. THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, OUR GRANTS OFFICE WILL HELP MONITOR, PAY BACK AND ALL OF THE OTHER KIND OF STUFF.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND WE WILL HOUSING STAFF WILL ALSO.

OH, HOUSING STAFF TOO OKAY, GOOD.

OKAY. AND SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION'S GO TO PERCEPTION.

AND FOR ME PERCEPTION IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT WILL LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS, THE 4 TO 7 PEOPLE, WHOEVER THOSE FOLKS ARE, THAT THEY ARE NOT SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR THESE FUNDS.

AND I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR TO NOT ONLY ME, BUT TO ANYONE ELSE THAT'S LOOKING AT THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK THREE YEARS LATER AND SAY, OH, WELL, THAT COMPANY HAD A PERSON ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THEY ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THESE FUNDS.

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SO I THINK WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE PERCEPTION FOR ME.

OKAY. SO JUST TO JUST TO COMMENT AND THEN MY OTHER COMMENTS, NOT REALLY QUESTIONS IS THAT OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A DEED RESTRICTION OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LIEN ON THE BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO THAT 30 YEARS FROM NOW, ONCE THAT BUILDING, I MEAN ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED AND 30 YEARS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE COMPANY WENT KAPUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY SOLD IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN IN 30 YEARS.

AND SO WHO PAYS BACK THE LOAN IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOAN DEAL? WHO THE THE NEW PEOPLE THAT BUY IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TOO DETAILED OF A QUESTION.

DO WE EVEN NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT? I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A CITY ATTORNEY'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE.

THAT DEPARTMENT HAS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT YEAH, I JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOAN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PERSON IS, OH YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SO GOOD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TEN, 20, 30 YEARS THINGS CHANGE.

AND DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE PERSON THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DOING THIS PROJECT, THEY MAY NOT BE AROUND IN 30 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, NOT BEING UNKIND, BUT I JUST WANT.

I JUST WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. YEAH, I CAN ADDRESS THAT REALLY QUICKLY.

THE LANGUAGE WE DO HAVE, WE DID DEVELOP UNDER THE LOAN TERMS. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM THE PROGRAM READING.

IT SAYS THE LOAN MAY BE ASSUMED IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD TO A NEW OWNER.

AND THAT NEW OWNER MUST AGREE TO HONOR THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.

SO I WOULD PRESUME THAT THAT NEW OWNER WOULD BE REPAYING BACK THE LOAN.

OKAY, OKAY.

AND THEY WOULD KNOW THAT GOING INTO THE SALE.

YES. SO IT WOULDN'T THAT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.

BUYER BEWARE.

YOU KNOW KIND OF DEAL.

SO YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT UP FRONT WHEN YOU BUY IT, THEN TOO BAD.

SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FROM EXPERIENCE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THIS AND IT'S COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A TAX CREDIT PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED BY SOMEONE ELSE AND REHABILITATED. AND THEY.

WE? WHAT IS THE WORD? WE EXECUTED NEW LOAN DOCUMENTS WITH THE NEW ENTITY.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY A BUYER BEWARE PROCESS, BUT BECAUSE A DEED OF TRUST AND PROMISSORY NOTE WILL BE RECORDED ON THAT PROPERTY.

WHEN SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT BUYING IT, THAT TITLE SEARCH WILL TURN IT UP, AND THEN THE TITLE COMPANY WILL MAKE SURE THAT EITHER THOSE ENCUMBRANCES ARE CLEARED.

LET'S SAY IT'S AT YEAR 60, HYPOTHETICALLY, AND WE'RE ALL RETIRED AND ENJOYING LIFE AND.

NOBODY RELEASED THE LIEN AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, WELL, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE TEN YEARS AGO AND IT WASN'T RELEASED.

THAT THAT CLOUD WOULD STILL BE ON THE TITLE.

AND SO WE JUST HAD A LOAN FROM 22 YEARS AGO FROM OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE WERE JUST ASKED FOR A PAYOFF STATEMENT FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE SEEING IT WORK.

WE'RE SEEING IT WORK ON THE TAX CREDIT SIDE.

AND WE'VE SEEN IT WORK ON THE THE INDIVIDUAL HOME SIDE WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT ANSWERS OR SATISFIES MY QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

SO. I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

IT READS LIKE A LIKE.

I JUST GOT AN EMAIL TODAY FROM GWEN AT FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION NOTIFYING US THAT THERE'S A GRANT AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING, AND WE HAVE SOME THAT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.

AND WE KNOW, LIKE, OH, I'M GOING TO APPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT IN GENERAL STARTING IN APRIL ISH.

BUT DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY.

LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

I KNOW THERE'S A DEADLINE FOR THE TECH DEVELOPERS, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING OUT

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A SOLICITATION THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A GRANT PROCESS, AND I DON'T VIEW THIS AS IS THAT. AND THEN SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT THAT AGAIN, IT FEELS AGAIN BACK LIKE WE'RE DOING A CDBG GRANT OR SOMETHING AND NOT WHAT THIS BOND WAS MEANT TO DO.

AND THEN IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SCREEN ABOUT THE LOAN OPTION, I THINK YOU WENT TOO FAR, LIKE EITHER ALL AT ONCE OR YOU WOULD OWE UPFRONT OR TRIGGER POINT.

SO I'M WONDERING, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I WAS A COMMERCIAL LENDER, BUT.

I'M WONDERING IF THAT WOULD TRIGGER CONCERN WITH THE OTHER MAJOR LENDERS TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU'RE NOT. I MEAN, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE OTHER HALF OF THAT.

LIKE, WHAT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY WANT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TOO, BUT I JUST I DON'T WANT TO MUDDY THE WATERS.

AND I KNOW HOW RIGID, YOU KNOW, LENDERS CAN BE.

SO I JUST OVERALL I HAVE I UNDERSTAND THE WISDOM IN HAVING A LOAN.

SO WE'VE GOT MONEY IN, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS FROM NOW MAYBE START COMING IN.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO FORGIVE MAYBE A LOT OF IT.

AND I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THE OR THINK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

LIKE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FILING A DEED WITH A PROMISSORY NOTE.

BUT IN 30 YEARS, WHO'S GOING TO TRACK AND WHAT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE TO PUT INTO PLACE NOW TO START TRACKING THAT LOAN FOR REPAYMENT OR FORGIVENESS STAGES? AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT $5 MILLION DIVIDED BY 400 UNITS, IF THEY WERE AVERAGED OUT, WHICH THEY'RE NOT, THAT'S $12,500 PER UNIT.

SO IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COST VALUE IS THERE FOR THE LOAN, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

SO AND THEN KIND OF GETTING BACK TO JIM'S STATEMENT, STERLING.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO INTO E SESSION, BUT THERE'S OTHER PARTS OF THAT IN THE.

FIRST SENTENCE THAT SAYS IN A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT.

DEFINITELY WE NEED TO PUT, I THINK, A PERCENTAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

WE WE ALWAYS TRY TO ENCOURAGE A DEVELOPER TO GIVE US SOME AFFORDABLE RENTALS.

AND USUALLY I THINK THE STANDARD SEEMS TO BE THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU 10%.

BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A DISCUSSION POINT WITH THE LANGUAGE.

IN THEIR.

REALLY? MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

MATTHEWS AND COUNCIL.

IF AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR DISCUSSION HERE, IF COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE AS IS, WHICH I'M FINE WITH AND MY STAFF IS FINE WITH, THEN THERE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE LANGUAGE AND THE PROPOSED POLICY CORRECT, AS STAFF HAS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST SEE A PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT.

I'VE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S A MINIMUM THRESHOLD CRITERIA.

LET ME. WELL AND I CAN GO BACK TO THE ACTUAL.

TOO MUCH. THERE WE GO.

MINIMUM 10% AFFORDABLE SO THEY WOULDN'T REALLY GET PAST OUR.

ELIGIBILITY REVIEW PROCESS IF IT WAS LESS THAN TEN.

DOES THAT HELP? OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOU ALL.

AND I MAYBE YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS, BUT WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA, IS THAT COMING BACK TO COUNCIL BEFORE IT IS WRITTEN IN STONE? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

TYPICALLY MAYOR COUNCIL WITHIN WITHIN PROCUREMENT.

THAT TAKES IT'S A ROLE THAT IS EXECUTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PURCHASING.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU OF IS HOW WE THREAD THAT NEEDLE ON PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY,

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EVALUATING THE SAME BETWEEN MARKET AND.

AFFORDABLE, SORRY, WHERE IT'S HARD TO COME BACK TO INFORM YOU OF THAT.

HOPEFULLY BY THE SEVENTH, IF NOT TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT PURCHASING I WOULD SAY, MAKES US PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE.

THEY DON'T MAKE US DO IT.

THEY GUIDE US TO IT, WHICH IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

SO BUT TYPICALLY IN A PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE'RE NOT BRINGING THAT CRITERIA.

NO ONE IS BRINGING THAT CRITERIA BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD BE AS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS KIND OF STOLE WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO NEXT WITH THE LOAN.

I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK 30 YEARS, 50 YEARS ALL THE TIME IN BETWEEN.

IT JUST APPEARS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH DOING A LOAN BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE STAFF TIME, THE PROCESS.

WHO'S GOING TO KEEP TRACK? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN SPECIFIC WITH THAT.

AND TIME IS MONEY.

AND I JUST AM WONDERING.

YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR STAFF? AND I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM WHAT 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WILL LOOK LIKE, LET ALONE 50.

SO HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK AND HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK OF OUR TIME AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY? I MEAN THAT. YEAH, I MEAN THAT THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE PRETTY MUCH DEPENDING ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR, IF THAT'S KIND OF THEIR PURPOSE.

AND WE HAVE, LIKE SARAH SAID, DEVELOPED LOANS WITH LIGHT TECH PROJECTS.

IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD IN THE PAST.

WE'RE DOING IT NOW.

WE HAVE THINGS WITH WITH TRIGGERS ON THEM NOW.

WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE VIA SPREADSHEET.

HOWEVER, GIVEN WHAT WE'RE EMBARKING ON WITH BOND FUNDS, ET CETERA COUNCIL APPROVED AN ALLOCATION OF FUNDING AS PART OF THIS LAST BUDGET PROCESS TO INVEST IN SOFTWARE THAT WILL ASSIST US GREATLY IN DOING THIS.

IT'S CALLED NEIGHBORLY.

IT HAS REMINDERS THAT WILL POP UP.

IT WILL AUTO GENERATE A NUMBER OF COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO I DON'T SEE IT'S $5 MILLION.

EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY $1 MILLION PER DEVELOPER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE.

IT'S NOT A HUGE ADDITIONAL PIECE.

WE'VE ALREADY ENCOUNTERED THE END OF AFFORDABILITY PERIODS ON TECH DEVELOPMENTS WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO HANDLE THE DOCUMENTS. THE STAFF PERSON THAT IS IN CHARGE OF THIS MIGHT KICK ME.

ACTUALLY, SHE WOULD AGREE IT'S NOT A HUGE INVESTMENT WHEN WHEN WE GET A NOTICE FROM A TITLE COMPANY THAT SAYS WE WOULD LIKE A PAYOFF STATEMENT, OR WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THIS LOAN, IT'S IN YEAR 35.

CAN WE GET A PAYOFF STATEMENT TAKING IN CONSIDERATION THE FORGIVENESS BETWEEN YEAR 30 AND 35? IT'S NOT A HUGE PIECE FOR US.

IT IS SOMETHING TO BE DONE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT WILL ASSIST US IN DOING IT.

AND OF COURSE WE WILL PARTNER WITH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, HOUSING STAFF IS MANAGING ALL OF THOSE.

AND WHILE IT IS A COMMITMENT OF STAFF TIME, IT'S NOT AN OVERWHELMING COMMITMENT OF STAFF TIME.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY AND THEN VICE MAYOR.

OKAY, SO I TRUST THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP US TO DO WHATEVER IT IS WE NEED TO DO TO TRACK ALL OF THAT STUFF.

AND IN 30 YEARS, WHO KNOWS? I'LL PROBABLY BE DOING A WHOLE BUNCH OF IT.

SO MY, MY MY LAST COMMENT TO TO THE GROUP OR TO THE WHATEVER, WHOEVER I'M TALKING TO IS THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING $5 MILLION TO ONE PERSON, WE'RE TAKING THE 5 MILLION AND KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE APPLY FOR, RIGHT? THEY THEY HAVE TO COME TO US AND SAY, I WANT TO APPLY FOR 300,000, OR I WANT TO APPLY FOR 500,000.

IS IT LIKELY THAT WE'LL HAVE TONS OF PEOPLE COMING APPLICANTS APPLICATIONS OR WHATEVER FOR THAT PROCESS? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY DO DO WE HAVE LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION OR LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON LIKE 20, 30, 40 DEVELOPERS COMING TO US? I MEAN, WE DO NOT HAVE 20 TO 30 TO 40 DEVELOPERS COMING TO US, BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM A HANDFUL OF DEVELOPERS IN THE LAST YEAR EXPLAINING TO ME THAT THEIR PROJECTS ARE DELAYED BECAUSE THEY HAVE GAPS IN THEIR FUNDING, BECAUSE COSTS HAVE INCREASED DELAYS, THE WHOLE STORY.

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EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

I MEAN, I, I IT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHO EXACTLY WILL ABSOLUTELY APPLY.

IT IS KIND OF A NEW THING.

IT'S A LITTLE EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPER MAY NEED TO KIND OF CONSIDER.

YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY NEEDS.

SO WITHOUT KNOWING TRULY WHO ABSOLUTELY WILL BE APPLYING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE.

OVER TEN DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COMMITTED AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BUILT YET.

I'VE SEEN THEM ALL COME ALONG OVER THE YEARS.

I KNOW DEVELOPMENT IS A LONG PROCESS, BUT IT JUST FEEL AN EXTRA, EXTRA LONG RIGHT NOW.

AND SO.

THE DEVELOPERS WOULD BE AWARE OF THE LIMITED LIMITED THAT WE HAVE $5 MILLION TO WORK WITH.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THEY WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THEIR ASKS.

KNOWING THAT OTHERS MAY BE WE WE SEE THIS AS WELL EVERY YEAR I THINK WITH CDBG MONEY, BUT IT'S KIND OF A TIGHTER KNIT GROUP, A TIGHTER GROUP OF NONPROFITS KIND OF COORDINATING WITH EACH OTHER, I BELIEVE SO, BUT ANYWAY, WITH WITH THIS TYPE OF FUNDING, WITH THIS BROAD RANGE OF APPLICANTS. WELL, WE KIND OF HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEY SUBMIT TO US.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE IT. UM.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATHEWS MADE A COMMENT AND THEN I'M NOT SURE WHO IT WAS, BUT SOMEONE ON STAFF SAYS THEY POINTED TO THE THE SLIDE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW AND SAID, WELL, THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

AND IN THE BULLET THAT SAYS MINIMUM 10% AFFORDABLE.

WELL, THAT COMPLETELY MISSES MY POINT.

MY POINT WAS THAT WE YES, WE NEED THAT.

BUT WE ALSO NEED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THE THERE HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF AND, YOU KNOW, FILL IN THE BLANK AND WHAT NUMBER YOU WANT TO USE. BUT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST 10%, A MINIMUM OF 10% MARKET RATE UNITS.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR.

SO I'M OKAY WITH ALONE.

I'M ALSO OKAY WITH AN UPFRONT PAYMENT, ALTHOUGH I COULD BE CONVINCED OTHERWISE ON THAT.

I DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT MY INSTINCT TELLS ME THAT THAT MONEY WOULD BE MORE APPRECIATED UP FRONT THAN DOLED OUT OVER TIME, AND IT COULD BE MORE NIMBLE THAT WAY AS WELL.

YOUR ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS'S QUESTIONS HELPED ME SUSS THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS THE TIMELINE.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.

I AGREE WITH COUNCIL.

MATTHEWS. THIS FEELS LIKE AN RFP.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WEIRD TO ME.

THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT HOW I EVER CONCEPTUALIZED ANY OF THIS IN MY HEAD.

WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS THAT WE OPEN A WINDOW FOR SOLICITATION.

AND THEN WE'RE STUCK WITH WHAT WE GET IN TERMS OF WHO APPLIES FOR THAT MONEY.

WITHIN THAT VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THERE COULD BE SOMEONE WHO REALLY IS DESERVING OF THESE FUNDS AND WOULD BE THE PERFECT RECIPIENT OF THEM.

THAT'S, THAT'S THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEIR ACT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.

SO AND CONSIDERING HOW QUICKLY THIS $5 MILLION COULD GET CHEWED UP, WHETHER IT'S OVER TEN APPLICANTS OR ONE PERFECT ONE, I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE POTENTIAL THAT SOMEONE NEW COMES ALONG.

I IN SHORT ORDER.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE I'M THOROUGHLY CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY A PROBLEM.

SO JUST HELP ME THINK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE THINKING IF SOMEONE IF IT'S.

THIS NOFA IS RELEASED.

WHERE DOES THAT SAY JUST JANUARY? DO. SORRY. DECEMBER 27TH.

AND SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE EARLY PHASES OF KIND OF BRAINSTORMING.

I KIND OF WANT TO DO THIS, BUT I DON'T OWN PROPERTY YET.

IF THAT PERSON WE TRIED TO OPEN IT UP TO ENTERTAIN THAT THAT TYPE OF A SCENARIO WHERE DEVELOPER BUILDER HAS AN IDEA BUT THEY DON'T HAVE CITY APPROVALS.

SO TO ADDRESS THAT, WE HAD A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF SITE CONTROL, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY FLEXIBLE.

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THAT MIGHT MAKE SOME PEOPLE KIND OF NERVOUS.

SO IF THAT DEVELOPER WERE TO HAVE A VERY I MEAN, EVEN POTENTIALLY KIND OF A CONCEPTUAL LIKE I WANT TO DO THIS, I HAVE THIS PROPERTY, I HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS LAND OWNER, THEY WOULD BE FREE TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING.

SO I THINK A PART OF WHAT THE ANSWER IS THAT I HEARD YOU WHEN YOU WERE ANSWERING, COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS, IS THAT THERE'S ALREADY A LONG QUEUE OF FOLKS THAT ARE KIND OF READY TO GO OR HAVE WANTED TO GET STARTED ON THIS, AND THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE PUSH.

THIS INCENTIVE MIGHT GET A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO GEAR, AND THAT'S THAT'S FINE.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

MY MY PRINCIPAL CONCERN IS ABOUT THE TEMPORAL NATURE OF THIS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK AWARDING APPLICANTS IN A POOL OF APPLICANTS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO AWARD TO BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EIGHT APPLICANTS.

I'M THIS IS PRETTY THEORETICAL.

I'M SURE AMONG THE FOLKS THAT ARE RARING TO GO ON THIS, THERE'S SOME QUALITY QUALIFIED PROJECTS OUT THERE.

BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? THE RFP, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, SORT OF NATURE OF THIS IS JUST A MORE FINITE AND LIMITED THAN THE WAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT MYSELF.

MAYOR COUNCIL. JUSTINE ACOSTA I'M YOUR ASSISTANT HOUSING DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

AND THE QUESTION, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A PROCESS WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE.

WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS AND THE FASTEST WAY POSSIBLE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS OUTLINES.

OUR ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE MONEY WILL GO QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE TEN DEVELOPERS, AS JEN SAID, THAT ARE JUST READY TO RECEIVE MONEY IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH.

UM APPLICATIONS.

IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE THE ENTIRE $5 MILLION, WE WOULD OPEN UP THE PROCESS.

YEAH. RIGHT HERE IT SAYS UNTIL ALL FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, THE PROCESS WILL BE REPEATED UNTIL ALL FUNDS ARE EXPENDED.

AND SO WE WOULD EITHER REPEAT THE IDENTICAL PROCESS, WE WOULD ALTER IT.

HOWEVER IT NEEDS TO BE ALTERED, BUT WE WOULD CONTINUE IT, POTENTIALLY EVEN CONSIDER LEAVING IT OPEN UNTIL ALL THE MONEY IS GONE.

WE WANT TO GET THIS MONEY ON THE STREET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY, I THINK I UNDERSTAND AND I THINK MY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN.

ADDRESS. I WOULD JUST SAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION, I WILL ADD MY VOICE TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY MCCARTHY'S.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING AT A BARE MINIMUM ABOUT MARKET.

AND AGAIN, THIS THIS ISN'T A LEGAL QUESTION.

THIS IS A MATTER OF POLITICS.

THIS IS A MATTER OF THE CONTRACT WE'VE MADE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.

THEY VOTED FOR THIS BASED ON THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN FRONT OF THEM.

AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER IS, IS, SO TO SPEAK, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE.

ARE OUR LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR IS IS WHAT PEOPLE WOULD GENERALLY UNDERSTAND A SENTENCE TO MEAN.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO.

REALLY CATER TO TWO MARKET RATE FORCES OUT THERE.

I WOULD I WOULD PUT THAT NUMBER AT HIGHER THAN 90%.

BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD WE SHOULD EXPRESS THAT EXPLICITLY.

NOTED. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT EITHER A MINIMUM OR A MAXIMUM THAT SOMEONE COULD APPLY FOR.

IS IT IN THERE? NO, IT IS NOT.

THAT WOULD BE A DETERMINING OR A PROCESS OF THE RANKING COMMITTEE KIND OF EVALUATING HOW MUCH DID THEY ASK FOR? HOW MUCH CAN WE SPREAD AROUND? IT OBVIOUSLY DEPENDS ON THE OTHER APPLICANTS.

SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS REALLY I'M SURE IT WAS FIGURING OUT LIKE, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPREAD OUT THE 5 MILLION? AND WHAT KIND OF A PROJECT WOULD IT HAVE TO LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO GET THIS MAXIMUM? AND THE WORKING GROUP SAID, NO, LET'S JUST LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE GET.

BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY IS ASKING FOR 2 MILLION AND THEIR PROJECT OR WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING FOR, AND THEIR PROJECT IS VERY HIGHLY DESERVING.

OKAY. MAYBE THAT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD EXCEED OUR, OUR INITIAL MAXIMUM IN OUR BRAIN, LIKE, OH WELL WE NEED TO SPREAD THIS OUT.

SO LET'S KEEP THE MAXIMUM TO WHATEVER A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND IF IT'S TRULY A SHINING STAR OF A PROJECT.

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LET'S EXCEED SOME OF OUR INITIAL GUT INSTINCTS OR REACTIONS TO CAP IT AND CAP IT AND CAP IT.

SO. THANK YOU.

AND I, I LIKE THE LOAN ASPECT OF IT AND HAVE LIKED HOW WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS HOUSING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE WITH THAT MONEY COMING BACK TO US.

I'M WILLING TO REVISIT THAT.

IF AT SOME POINT IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS MONEY, WE SEE A REASON WHY WE SHOULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY.

BUT I LIKE THAT PART, AND I AGREE WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT THE STAFF HAS PRESENTED TO US AS I.

AS I READ IT, I SEE THAT IT REFLECTS WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS TOLD THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT FOR.

SO I SUPPORT THAT LANGUAGE.

UM. AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED MY OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO I SAW THAT COUNCIL.

OH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO FOLLOW UP TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE A MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT EVIDENCE BASIS FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, BUT IS THAT THAT'S BUILT IN, I'M ASSUMING CORRECT.

OKAY. TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR WHAT WHAT ARE THEIR EXPENSES.

WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THEIR GAPS.

YEAH. HAVING THAT THAT WAS THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY ASPECT OF THE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS.

STATE YOUR CASE. YOU KNOW KIND OF SHARE EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING.

AGAIN ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE SOLICITATION AND THE DEADLINE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INITIAL, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIMELINES.

WE CAN HAVE A VISUAL OF LIKE, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR FUNDING? BUT. I DON'T THINK I'M IN SUPPORT OF REOPENING IT UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.

I THINK IT SHOULD JUST STAY OPEN.

LIKE THE FIRST WAVE OF OF PROCESS CAN BE THE CUT OFF OF DECEMBER 27TH, BUT IF IF NOT ALL THE MONIES IS DISTRIBUTED, I THINK IT JUST SHOULD STAY OPEN AND WE PROCESS IT LIKE WE DO FOR OTHER INCENTIVES.

MORE OF A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS.

THINKING BACK ON THE WARS PROJECT, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR 2 MILLION TO PUT 221 UNITS ON MARKET.

SO I HOPE IN THE RANKING THAT THAT IS A MAJOR FACTOR, THAT IF IF WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT APPLIES AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED UNITS, YOU KNOW, BRING IT TO MARKET, I HOPE THAT THAT WEIGHS THE HEAVIEST AND NOT JUST AN INCREMENTAL AWARDS, JUST TO TRY TO SPREAD IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, BECAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE 30 UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, TEN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.

AND IF WE CAN GET TO ANOTHER 200 UNITS OUT OF 2 MILLION OR $3 MILLION, I HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LINE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS OPEN.

SO THERE'S NOT THAT MOST MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS DON'T LIVE IN THE WORLD OF WAITING FOR A GRAND OPENING DATE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT COULD VERY WELL ALL BE USED UP HOPEFULLY IN THIS FIRST ROUND.

BUT IF IT'S NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT IT STAY OPEN.

AND THEN AS APPLICATIONS COME IN, WE CAN CONSIDER IT AND JUST KEEP THAT BALL ROLLING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND LOGISTICALLY BECAUSE I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.

LOGISTICALLY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? I. THAT MAKES ME WANT TO ASK PROCUREMENT.

IS IT TYPICAL TO HAVE AN RFP OPEN? REMAIN OPEN.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? DON'T KNOW. SEE, EMILY, I AGREE WITH JENNIFER.

WE WOULD NEED TO ASK PROCUREMENT.

BUT WHAT? MY SENSES TELL ME IS THAT THE GUIDANCE WE RECEIVED IS WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS OF SOME SORT.

SO BECAUSE WE ARE A PUBLIC ENTITY, PERHAPS IT CLOSES.

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BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A PEACE.

WE KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS ARE AND THEN WE REOPEN ON A ROLLING BASIS WITH THAT INSTEAD OF IT.

STAY OPEN PAST THAT DATE.

LET IT CLOSE.

LET US SEE WHAT WE HAVE.

LET US SEE WHAT THE AWARDS ARE.

I THINK THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT CAME TO MY HEAD AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, IS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOME OF THESE WORDS BEING.

CONDITIONAL. ON OTHER DOMINOES FALLING IN PLACE, AND SO WE WOULD, IN A TIMELY MANNER, REOPEN AT ANY POINT. WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING, NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THAT WE HAD FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T.

THE DOMINOES DIDN'T FALL LIKE WE ANTICIPATED.

THEY DID. I COULD BE WRONG.

IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

I AM NOT ANTICIPATING SMALL APPLICATIONS.

I AM NOT ANTICIPATING SOMEONE COMING IN AND ASKING FOR 250,000.

I AM ANTICIPATING UNLESS WE HAVE A SMALLER ENTITY, A NON PROFIT DEVELOPER.

ET CETERA. COME IN WITH WITH SOMETHING SMALL.

I AM NOT ANTICIPATING SMALL ASKS.

I'M ANTICIPATING BIG ASKS AND THAT WE MAY.

I WOULD BE SURPRISED.

AND. AND IF I'M WRONG, I WILL TELL YOU THAT DAY.

I AM SURPRISED IF WE DON'T COME TO YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AWARD OF ALL 5 MILLION.

WITHIN THIS FIRST ROUND, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS.

PLAYING THE WHAT IFS SO THAT WE AS STAFF CAN BE PREPARED TO FULFILL YOUR WISHES.

IF I AM WRONG, IT HAS HAPPENED.

STERLING. YEAH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DIRECTION TO STAFF AND TO US TONIGHT, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THAT.

BE PREPARED TO WORK WITH STAFF TO BE PREPARED FOR YOUR DECISION AND DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL ADVICE THAT WE FEEL IS NECESSARY, WE'LL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE THAT.

BUT WE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO UP TONIGHT.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I HEARD THAT MIGHT BE.

IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU PRESENTED.

AND THE ONE IS THIS ROLLING DEADLINE.

AND SO YOU'LL COME BACK TO US WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

THE OTHER IS THE LANGUAGE AND HOW WE DESCRIBE WHAT KINDS OF PROJECTS.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE ANYONE WHO.

WHO IS FEELS STRONGLY THAT A ROLLING DEADLINE.

WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THREE OF US.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE AND, AND HOW PROJECTS ARE DESCRIBED, I'VE SAID THAT I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE, AS IS, IS GOOD.

VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CHANGES.

WHAT DOES EVERYONE ELSE THINK? OKAY. SO I'M HEARING THAT THAT WE, THE MAJORITY OF US THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE IS FINE.

DID YOU WRITE DOWN ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS MAJOR? THAT. YES, PLEASE.

SARAH. NOTE TAKERS.

THANK YOU. ACQUISITION.

IT WAS PROPOSED THAT PERHAPS ACQUISITION NOT BE AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY FOR FUNDING.

I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY.

WE OKAY? I THOUGHT I HEARD IT FROM TO 1 OR 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ACQUISITION BEING AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.

CAN YOU BRING THAT SLIDE BACK UP? I'M LOOKING FOR THE LANGUAGE HERE IN THE DOCUMENT.

KEEP GOING. OH, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO.

THERE. OH I SEE.

UNDER ELIGIBLE USES.

YEAH. I DON'T THINK IT WAS.

I THINK IT WAS IN HERE.

IN THE IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, IT SPECIFIES ACQUISITION AS AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.

DESIGNING. ENGINEERING.

ACQUIRING. ADMINISTERING.

ADMINISTERING. IMPROVING.

CONSTRUCTING. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAD BY THE WORKING GROUP WAS THAT

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PRE-DEVELOPMENT IS OFTEN SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFICULT TO, THAT IS DIFFICULT TO PAY FOR, AND SO TO HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE RATHER THAN HARD CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, BUT TO HAVE PRE-DEVELOPMENT BE AN ELIGIBLE PIECE.

AND SO ACQUIRING WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE OUT ONE OF THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS THAT THEY THEY SHOW SITE CONTROL.

THAT SITE CONTROL CAN COME IN THE FORM OF A SALES AGREEMENT CAN COME IN.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT THEY'RE IN FULL OWNERSHIP OF IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BUT THAT THEY DO HAVE SITE CONTROL.

SO IN MY OPINION, REMOVING ACQUISITION AS AN ELIGIBLE PIECE WOULD NOT BE A MAKE OR BREAK ELEMENT BECAUSE IT WOULD SHOW THAT IT IS A.

IT'S A PROJECT THAT THAT HAS BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH.

THE SITE IS ACQUIRED.

WE'RE NOT BACK OF NAPKIN YET, SO IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO THAT WAY, I THINK WE'RE FINE.

OKAY. AND ARE THERE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO FEEL STRONGLY? ABOUT THIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

WELL, THANK YOU. MAYOR. UM.

IF THE PERSON DOESN'T HAVE OWNERSHIP OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S THEN THE MONEY WE GIVE THEM.

IF THEY JUST SKIP TOWN, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO GET IT BACK BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY.

RECORDED DEED OR ANY LIEN ON THE PROPERTY OR ANYTHING.

SO WE CAN'T BE GIVING MONEY OUT UNLESS IT'S BACKED UP SOMEHOW, LIKE THROUGH AN AGREEMENT ATTACHED TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, NOT JUST SOME WISHFUL THINKING.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

AND SARAH, DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT THEY HAVE? THAT THEY HAVE THE THE LAND IN QUESTION.

IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, THEY MUST HAVE CONTROL OF THE LAND, EITHER THROUGH A VALID AND CURRENT PURCHASE CONTRACT, AN OPTION AGREEMENT, LEASE AGREEMENT, ETCETERA.

WE WOULD NOT, IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T WHERE THEY DON'T OWN THE LAND, THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT OWN THE LAND.

WE WOULD NOT BRING YOU A LOAN AGREEMENT.

WE COULD ISSUE A CONDITIONAL NOTICE OF AWARD AND SAY, THIS LOOKS GREAT.

ONCE THE LAND IS PROCURED, WE'LL EXECUTE THAT LOAN DOCUMENT AND WE CAN.

RECORD THE DEED AND PROMISSORY NOTE.

NOW WE DO THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW, SOMETIMES AT THE CLOSING TABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, WITH THE LAND TRUST PROGRAM, WHERE THEY OWN THE LAND AND THE UNIT, WE EXECUTE DOCUMENTS AT THE CLOSING TABLE THAT SEPARATE THAT RECORD, THE DEED OF TRUST AND PROMISSORY NOTE.

ET CETERA. OR I'M SORRY, THE THE DEED RESTRICTION AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO THOSE THINGS CAN HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHIN A REAL ESTATE CLOSING IS JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PAY, WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

HOWEVER, IF IT WAS TO SAY THAT THEY MUST OWN THE PROPERTY IN ORDER OR ACQUISITION IS NOT AN ELIGIBLE COST, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE. WE WOULDN'T BE OUT THE MONEY FOR ACQUISITION.

WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SECURE IT AGAINST BEFORE WE BRING YOU LOAN DOCUMENTS.

OTHERWISE WE WOULD BE IN TOO MUCH OF A RISKY POSITION WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH IT ALL HAPPENING AT ESCROW.

THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO, I GUESS JUST ONE THING I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL IS IF A DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY THE LAND, AND LET'S SAY THEY'RE PURCHASING SOMETHING FOR.

5 MILLION, AND THEY COME TO US FOR $1 MILLION OR 500,000 TO HELP THEM ACQUIRE.

THEY COULD THEN FINALIZE THAT ACQUISITION WITH THAT MONEY.

BUT THEN I START GETTING VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THEM BEING ABLE TO FULFILL THE PROJECT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LENDERS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERWRITE THEIR ABILITIES.

YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW AWARD LETTERS OR INTENTIONS TO AWARD.

BUT I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING A LENDING BACKGROUND THAT WE WOULD PUT THIS MONEY OUT THERE.

YES, THEY HAVE A PURCHASE CONTRACT, BUT IT'S NOT FINALIZED UNTIL IT'S RECORDED AND EVERYTHING'S FUNDED.

AND IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE IN THAT, THEN IT MAKES ME REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THEM BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THE PROJECT PROJECT

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AT THE END.

AND I LOOK AT AGAIN, WATCH.

STERLING IS GOING TO OPEN HIS EYES.

IT DOES SAY INCENTIVIZE, NOT HELP, NOT IN ACQUISITION.

IT JUST SAYS TO GIVE THEM INCENTIVE.

NOT TO ACQUIRE.

SO THAT'S JUST ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.

OBVIOUSLY WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.

BUT AS A PRIOR LENDER, THAT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I'LL JUST TACK ON TO THE END OF THAT.

I THINK FOR ME, IN HEARING THAT THE CONTROL OF LAND IS ONE OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, ULTIMATELY THEN TO ME, ACQUIRING DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE AS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO THERE.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE WORKING TO ACQUIRE THE LAND, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY MIND COMES DOWN ON THAT, THAT, THAT MAYBE IT CAN JUST EASILY BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN ACTUAL USE THAT COULD BE SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS OTHER POINT, AND I'LL JUST ADD MY VOICE TO SUPPORT OF THE SOME REFERENCE TO MARKET RATE BEING IN THE THE OPENING OF THIS, I, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL OF THE REASONS THAT I AGREE ON THAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, I'D WANT TO SEE IT AS PART OF THE.

THE PROGRAM. DESCRIPTION.

I HAD A THOUGHT.

UM, MAYOR, IF I MAY, IS WHAT IF WE.

CREATE A SCORING CRITERIA THAT GIVES.

WHEN WE'RE PRIORITIZING SOMETHING WITHIN A GRANT APPLICATION.

AND I RECOGNIZE THIS IS NOT A GRANT APPLICATION.

HOWEVER, WE GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THAT FOR THOSE GRANT MONIES.

WHEN WE'RE PRIORITIZING SOMETHING IN A TARGET NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU GET A POINT OR FIVE POINTS IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS IN A TARGET NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT IF IN THE SCORING CRITERIA, WE WERE ABLE TO.

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A MIXED INCOME PROJECT RATHER THAN 100% AFFORDABLE.

AND HANDLE IT THAT WAY.

WITH HIGHER WEIGHTED POINTS WITH WHERE POINTS WOULD BE AWARDED IF IT'S A MIXED INCOME VERSUS A 100% AFFORDABLE.

DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

I'M LEANING TOWARDS BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO OTHER FOLKS THOUGHTS ON THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF IT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE A CRITERIA.

ANYWAY. I THINK THE POINT THAT I AND OTHERS, NAMELY VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY HAS BEEN POINTING TO, IS JUST ENSURING THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PRIORITY HERE IS THE INCLUSION OR THE INCENTIVIZING OF AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN MARKET RATE.

I, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH GETTING PRESCRIPTIVE ON THE PERCENTAGES OF OF MARKET RATE THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED, BUT I JUST WAS SAYING THAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE REFERENCED SOMEWHERE IN THERE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN ALSO, I DO LIKE THAT IDEA OF OF INCLUDING THAT IN THE SCORING CRITERIA.

WE COULD ACKNOWLEDGE IT THAT WAY.

UM. SO YOU SAID YOU'RE LEANING TOWARDS SUPPORTING THAT.

YOU WOULD SUPPORT THAT IN LIEU OF CHANGING THE LANGUAGE OR IN ADDITION TO.

I THINK IN ADDITION TO.

BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO OTHERS THOUGHTS ON THAT.

VICE MAYOR YEAH, JUST TO MAYBE HELP THINGS ALONG, I DON'T THINK I APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON BOARD WITH WITH THE IDEA THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY FIRST RAISED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAD A MAJORITY FOR THAT OPINION ANYWAY.

SO. MIKE.

YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION HERE, SO BUT JUST JUST TO POINT OUT IT'S NOW A THERE'S THREE PEOPLE WANTING THAT.

IF SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T COME ALONG.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SHIFT TO A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT MIXED INCOME.

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THAT WAS MY ONLY POINT, IS THAT IT'S PREDICATED UPON BY A MAJORITY SUPPORT OF OF A DIFFERENT IDEA.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

LET ME JUST ASK A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.

SO. SOMEONE COULD COME TO YOU WITH.

UM 100 MARKET UNITS AND MAYBE TEN AFFORDABLE.

AND YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT UNDER THIS PROCESS.

RIGHT? AND THEN SOMEONE COULD COME TO YOU WITH 200 AFFORDABLE AND NO MARKET.

RIGHT. AND YOU WOULD TAKE THAT.

YES. SO I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING.

SO BUT MAYBE I'M MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

SO ARE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE THAT COMES AND ONLY HAS MARKET AND.

NO. AFFORDABLE IN THERE BECAUSE DIDN'T OUR HOUSING PLAN SAY THAT WE NEED ALL OF IT? THE OR EVEN IF SOMEBODY CAME THAT JUST HAD MARK, IT WOULD WOULDN'T WOULDN'T THAT BE OKAY.

BECAUSE OUR HOUSING PLAN SAYS WE NEED IT ALL.

WELL, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 10% AFFORDABLE.

AT LEAST 10%. IS THAT MINIMUM? OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, I GOT IT, I GOT IT.

YEAH. I THINK I WANT TO VENTURE AN IDEA OF THIS FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, DEVELOPING THIS POLICY.

AND HEADING INTO THE FOR THE CREATION OF THE NOFA SCORING CRITERIA, WHICH WILL NOT BE SIMPLE.

I'M LISTENING FOR THE WORD PRIORITY.

I PERSONALLY I WAS HESITANT TO USE THE WORD PRIORITY WAS A HARD WORD TO USE IN THIS.

THE WAY THIS HAS ENDED UP BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE OPEN.

WE WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO DICTATE A PARTICULAR.

PRIORITY. WE WANTED TO BE OPEN AND JUST SEE WHAT WE GOT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS USEFUL WITH THIS CONVERSATION.

IS THERE A SENSE OF A PRIORITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPOSE ON THESE SCORING CRITERIA? I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A PRODUCTIVE PLACE FOR ME.

IF I MIGHT. MAYOR.

THE VICE MAYOR RAISED A GOOD POINT.

ARE THERE FOUR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE LANGUAGE AS PROPOSED THAT WANT TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE? AND IF I'M NOT SAYING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING IT.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO WE HAVE MAYOR.

MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? SURE. I THINK THERE WERE THREE MEMBERS THAT SAID THEY DID WANT TO DO IT.

AND THEN LORI MATTHEWS KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT, BUT DIDN'T REALLY SAY DEFINITIVELY.

SO I GUESS I'D ASK HER, WHAT IF SHE'S OKAY WITH THE WAY IT IS NOW, OR IF SHE THINKS THAT WE SHOULD ADD LANGUAGE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE.

THE PAMPHLET THAT WENT OUT TO THE VOTERS.

SO. IN RESPONDING TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.

I AM SENSITIVE TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE PAMPHLET THAT SAYS FINDING WILL BE UTILIZED.

FUNDING WILL BE UTILIZED TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, INCLUDING NONPROFITS, TO INCORPORATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RENTAL HOUSING IN MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS. THE INVESTMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO CREATE ESTIMATED 4 TO 500 RENTAL UNITS AFFORDABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF FLAGSTAFF, IN ADDITION TO THE MARKET RATE UNITS.

SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS TO INCORPORATE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND I'M JUST. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE COG IN THE WHEEL.

BUT I'M.

I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THAT, NOT HAVING THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IF WE IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE DIRECTION AND ASK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE, WE CAN DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE COUNCIL MEETING.

THE DIRECTION TONIGHT CAN BE.

LET'S HOLD UNTIL WE HEAR THAT.

THAT'S FINE TOO.

HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PROCEED.

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THE DIRECTION CAN BE NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE LANGUAGE AS IS, IF THAT'S WHAT FOUR OR MORE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT A VOTE TONIGHT, BUT IT IS DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE GIVING TO STAFF.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'D LIKE YOUR DIRECTION TO BE TO INCLUDE THAT PHRASE? YES. OKAY.

SO SO NOW YOU DO HAVE THE DIRECTION TO DO THAT.

AND SO THERE WERE THREE MAIN POINTS THAT WE WERE STILL MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAD CLARITY ON.

CORRECT. ACQUISITION, WHICH STAFF IS ABSOLUTELY COMFORTABLE WITH ACQUISITION COMING OUT.

IT WAS INCLUDED BECAUSE OUR GOAL WAS TO BE AS OPEN, AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE FOR IT TO COME OUT.

WE'RE FINE.

I FEEL THE HOUSING COMMISSION WOULD BE FINE.

DID WE GET DIRECTION ON UP FRONT VERSUS.

HALF AND HALF. TRIGGER POINTS.

WHAT'S YOUR COUNT ON TRIGGER POINTS ARE.

TRIGGER POINTS. ONE MORE.

SORRY, ONE MORE. JUST QUICK QUESTION.

SO BY BY FOUR INDIVIDUALS SAYING TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO ACCEPT AN APPLICATION FROM A DEVELOPER WHO HAS A 100% AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS FUNDING.

IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING? YEAH. SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SWITCH MY DIRECTION BACK TOWARDS ALLOWING FOR 100% AFFORDABLE.

I DO THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF.

AND THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

AND SO JUST TO MAKE THE WHOLE POINT MOOT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REVERSE COURSE AND SIDE WITH THE NEW MAJORITY. OKAY.

OKAY. SO IS THAT SUPER CLEAR? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECTION.

THE LAST ONE WAS FUNDING UP FRONT AT LOAN APPROVAL OR AT TRIGGER POINTS ALONG THE WAY.

AND AND ADDITIONALLY.

THERE WE GO. THESE WERE SUGGESTIONS A TRIGGER POINT, SUCH AS HALF A BUILDING PERMIT AND HALF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

THAT WAY WE'RE KNOW WE'RE SECURING THE MONEY AGAINST UNITS, NOT JUST LAND.

HOWEVER, WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE THE FUNDING AGAINST ONLY LAND.

IN THE EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.

NOW WE CAN AND MOST LIKELY WILL COME TO YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IF THE DOMINOES FOR THE OTHER FUNDING DON'T FALL IN PLACE, THAT MONEY WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED.

SO WHEN WE SAY UP FRONT, WE MEAN AFTER WE HAVE EXECUTED A NEGOTIATED LOAN AGREEMENT WITH YOU AND THE OTHER PARTY.

AT THE POINT OF.

AT THE POINT OF LOAN APPROVAL, OR AT THE POINT OF OTHER OTHER DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

SO I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

SO WE APPROVE SOMEONE, THEY COME TO US, WE THEY START THEIR BUILDING PROCESS, AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND IT JUST STOPS.

IS THAT A IS THAT A RISK THAT WE TAKE? AND THEY JUST, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY STOLE ALL THEIR MONEY OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT HE STOPPED.

MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE WORKING GROUP AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND STAFF HAVE STRUGGLED WITH.

OUR UNDERSTANDING OF.

THE DESIRE FOR THIS FUNDING IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN PLACES WHERE OTHERS DO NOT.

AND IT IS DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO GET MONEY FOR SOME OF THAT PRE-DEVELOPMENT WORK TO GET MONEY TO, TO DO THE WHO WAS IT THAT SAID FIRST IN I THINK IT WAS MEMBER MATTHEWS A LOT OF FUNDING SOURCES HESITATE TO BE FIRST MONEY AT THE TABLE BECAUSE THEY THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS ARE BUYING INTO IT AS WELL.

SO IT'S ALWAYS RISKY TO BE THAT FIRST IN.

NOW WE CAN MAKE THAT FIRST IN COMMITMENT WITH A LETTER OF AWARD.

WE'RE ON BOARD.

I THINK THE QUESTION COMES AT WHEN DO WE EXPEND THAT MONEY? IF WE EXPEND HALF AT BUILDING PERMITS AND THEY GO BELLY UP HALFWAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, THERE WOULD BE THE LOAN.

THAT PIECE OF IT WOULD STILL BE DUE AND REPAYABLE.

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AND WE HAVE FABULOUS LEGAL MINDS THAT CAN CRAFT DOCUMENTS.

HE SMIRKED AT ME.

THAT CAN CRAFT DOCUMENTS THAT PROTECT US TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.

BUT WE ALWAYS RUN THE RISK OF A DEVELOPER RUNS ENTIRELY OUT OF MONEY THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE IT.

AND SO IF COUNCILS COMFORT LEVEL IS THAT WE WILL MAKE A NOTICE OF COMMITMENT, WE WILL MAKE A NOTICE OF AWARD.

WE ARE READY TO EXECUTE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

AND HERE ARE YOUR TRIGGER POINTS FOR PAYMENT.

IF THAT FEELS MORE RISK TOLERANT, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.

OUR GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE OPTIONS WHERE OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY, WHERE MONEY, LOCAL MONEY MEANS LOCAL RULES.

WE'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANYONE EXCEPT OUR VOTERS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE OTHER FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED IN PARTICULAR AREAS.

I TRUST THAT STERLING WILL MAKE SURE OUR MONEY IS SAFE.

BUT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DIRECTION ON UPFRONT LOAN APPROVAL OR TRIGGER POINT.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL'S TOLERANCE IS OF THOSE.

YES. JUSTINE ACCOUNTED ONE PERSON IN.

AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT DOCUMENT.

AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD A TRIGGER POINT, WE CAN OR WE CAN LEAVE THE DOCUMENT AS IT IS WITH NO TRIGGER POINT.

THAT'S WHY THIS IS IN HERE.

BECAUSE AFTER WE WROTE THE DOCUMENT, TOOK IT TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION FOR CONVERSATION.

THIS KIND OF BUBBLED UP AND WE.

BASED ON THE WAY THE DOCUMENTS ARE WRITTEN, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE CHANGES AFTER HOUSING COMMISSION APPROVAL.

AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU SO THAT THEN WE COULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES, SHOULD YOU ALL WISH.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S UP HERE.

WHAT DO WE THINK? COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

YEAH. I'LL JUST REITERATE, I THINK I WAS PROBABLY THE ONE COUNT THAT YOU HAD FOR BEING MORE IN FAVOR OF UPFRONT AT LOAN APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. UP FRONT.

OKAY. IS THAT EVERYTHING? ACQUISITION. YOU HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION.

CORRECT? COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR EMBARKING ON WHAT WAS A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION.

WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS AND TRIED TO BRING TO YOU A PRODUCT THAT HAD MOST OF THOSE SETTLED DOWN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT AND THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION TO HELP US REALLY CREATE A PROGRAM THAT THAT BALANCES THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE USE OF THIS FUNDING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK AND BE BACK AT 701.

ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME BACK.

LET'S MOVE DOWN.

YEAH. WE ARE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Case No PZ-22-00223: Proposed amendment to the Zoning Code to modify the existing Planned Residential Development requirements. Case No. PZ-23-00135: Proposed amendment to the Zoning Code to modify the standards for Neighborhood & Regional Meeting Facilities. Case No. PZ-23-00136: Proposed amendment to the Zoning Code to add single-family, duplex, and multiple-family dwellings as permitted uses in Public Facility (PF) Zone. Case No. PZ-23-00137: Proposed amendment to the Zoning Code to change the minimum parcel size in the MH zone from 5 acres to 4,000 square feet as well as add minimum lot width and depth standards. Present an overview of the proposed amendments, to allow interested members of the public to provide their ideas, suggestions, and concerns, and for the Council to ask questions, seek clarification, and discuss the amendment, as well as offer alternative suggestions and ideas. The Council will take no action at this work session. After the work session, staff will revise the proposed amendments if necessary. The amendments will then be presented to the Council at a public hearing for consideration and action.]

WE ARE ENERGIZED AND READY TO GIVE OUR FULL ATTENTION.

THANK YOU.

I'LL TURN THAT ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GOING FOR A LONG TIME TODAY, SO I WILL TRY TO BE AS CONCISE AS I CAN BE.

THERE ARE FOUR AMENDMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH FOR YOU.

THREE ARE ON THE EASIER SIDE.

THEY'RE PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET.

ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE MEATY AND DENSE.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME THROUGHOUT.

WHEREVER YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

IT'S JUST BEST TO ASK ME RIGHT ON THE SPOT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT SO MANY DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS.

SO FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR DIFFERENT TEXT AMENDMENTS.

THIS IS A WORK SESSION.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FORMAL IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

THIS IS ONE OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOU AS ELECTEDS AND FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS, TO START TO SEE THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS BEFORE THEY COME FORWARD TO PUBLIC HEARING.

AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL KIND OF GO OVER THE SCHEDULE AND WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE FOR WORKING THROUGH THESE AMENDMENTS.

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SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TONIGHT IS CREATING STANDARDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND REGIONAL MEETING FACILITIES.

NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE THE ADDITION OF SINGLE OR OF RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

THIRD WILL BE THE LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE ZONE OR MANUFACTURED HOME ZONE.

AND LASTLY IS THE TOUGH ONE, WHICH IS OUR PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

SO THE FIRST STEP IS OUR MEETING FACILITIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

THIS USE IS SORT OF THE COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS UNDER ONE DEFINITION, WHICH MAKES THEM REALLY DIFFICULT.

IT'S BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FACILITIES AND REGIONAL MEETING FACILITIES.

THEY ARE COMBINED TOGETHER UNDER ONE DEFINITION AND SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDE CONVENTION FACILITIES OR MEET THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF FACILITIES. SO WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH A RECENT LARGE DEVELOPER AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DOING A CONFERENCE CENTER, THERE WAS NO GREAT PLACE TO PUT THEM.

IN LOOKING AT THESE USES, WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THE WAY THAT WE WERE SEPARATING THEM WAS WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD LESS THAN OR MORE THAN 250 SEATS.

SO IF YOU HAD MORE THAN 250 SEATS, YOU WERE REGIONAL.

IF YOU HAD LESS THAN YOU WERE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN IF BUT YOU COULD STILL APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES TO EXCEED 250 SEATS.

ALSO, IT WAS A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU SOLD ALCOHOL, SO THOSE SEEMED LIKE ODD WAYS TO DIFFERENTIATE THESE USES.

THE BETTER WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE THESE USES IS ONE IS MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, CIVIC TYPE FACILITY, WHERE ONE IS REALLY MORE OF A COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND IS A COMMERCIAL VENUE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BASICALLY SPLIT THIS AND CREATED TWO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.

WE'VE GOT NOW A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FACILITY, WHICH IS A FACILITY FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEETINGS, RECREATION OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY NOT OPERATED FOR PROFIT, INCLUDING COMMUNITY CENTERS, CIVIC AND PRIVATE AUDITORIUMS, LODGES OR FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS, UNION HALLS, MEETING HALLS FOR CLUBS AND OTHER MEMBERSHIP.

ORGANIZATION AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE COMMUNITY, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL USES THAT PROVIDE LOCAL SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS, AND THEN MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR THAT A REGIONAL IS THAT COMMERCIAL ENTITY.

IT'S A FACILITY OWNED AND OPERATED BY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY, INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR THE CONDUCTING OF ORGANIZED ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING TRADE SHOWS, CIVIC EVENTS, CHARITABLE EVENTS, CONFERENCES, CONVENTIONS, SEMINARS, RECEPTIONS, MEETINGS, PARTIES WITH OR WITHOUT THE PROVISION OF FOOD OR LIVE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

EVENTS ARE TYPICALLY HELD BY AN INDIVIDUAL ENTITY ORGANIZATION ON AN ADVANCE REGISTRATION BASIS.

WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THIS USE ANYWHERE IN THE ZONING CODE, SO IF YOU WANTED TO COME IN TODAY AND BUILD A CONFERENCE CENTER OR CONVENTION CENTER, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.

THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT I DID RUN THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY GROUP.

THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

THERE ARE SOME SMALL TWEAKS AND CHANGES WE MAKE TO THE STANDARDS FOR EACH OF THESE FACILITIES.

WE'RE NOT REALLY BASING IT ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY SELL ALCOHOL.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT ANYMORE.

AND IT'S NOT REALLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE BUILDING.

IT'S JUST REALLY ONE IS MORE COMMERCIAL AND ONE IS MORE COMMUNITY BASED.

SO WE CHANGE SOME OF THE STANDARDS AS WELL, TAKING AWAY THE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAD TO BE ON AN ARTERIAL ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A REGIONAL.

WE EVALUATE ALL PROJECTS BASED ON WHAT TRAFFIC THEY GENERATE AND HOW THEY WORK.

AND SO FACILITIES COME IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIZES AND SHAPES.

AND SO IT THE STANDARDS WERE SORT OF PUTTING US IN A BOX AND LIMITING OUR ALLOWANCE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH DEVELOPERS, AS THESE USES COME ON BOARD. AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO MANAGE TRAFFIC AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WE FELT COMFORTABLE ALSO AMENDING THOSE STANDARDS.

YEP. GO AHEAD.

OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT DEFINITION.

MEETING FACILITIES.

COMMA. NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY, SO HERE'S ANOTHER WHAT IF? SO ARE WE TALKING ONLY ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TURNING WHAT MIGHT BE? A SPACE INTO A MEETING FACILITY.

NEIGHBORHOOD. AM I MAKING SENSE? OKAY, SO IF THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING, SAY, A I DON'T KNOW.

THREE STOREY BUILDING WITH 12 APARTMENTS, AND THEN THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT TO NOT A RESIDENTIAL, BUT CHANGE IT TO MEET THIS FACILITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

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ZONING. I MEAN, MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FACILITIES IS A LAND USE.

OKAY. THAT LAND USE WOULD BE PERMITTED IN ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

IF YOU HAD AN EXISTING EXISTING APARTMENT BUILDING AND YOU WANTED TO CONVERT IT, IT WOULD BE A CHANGE OF USE.

AND BUT YOU WOULD BE LIMITED TO WHAT'S IN THIS DEFINITION.

SO YOU COULD ONLY BE A FACILITY FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEETINGS, NOT OPERATED FOR PROFIT, AND THAT PROVIDE LOCAL SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD BE LIMITED IF YOU WERE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

IF YOU WERE IN A COMMERCIAL ZONE, THEN YOU COULD DO THE COMMERCIAL USE.

GOOD. OKAY, NEXT ONE UP.

THIS IS A BOLD MOVE.

THIS IS ADDING RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONE.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONE I THINK WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE.

YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR MORE FROM IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC.

AND SO I'LL BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHY.

BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THIS IS BECAUSE LAST YEAR YOU ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT BASICALLY, IN ITS SHORTENED STATE, GIVES HOUSING THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL ON CITY OWNED LAND.

SO IF THE CITY IS GOING TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY OR THAT PROPERTY IS VACATED, THAT THE HOUSING SECTION HAS THAT FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THAT PROPERTY FOR USE AS HOUSING.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE IS THE ZONING DISTRICT WHERE MOST OF OUR PARKS ARE LOCATED.

THAT'S THE PRIMARY LAND USE.

BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY LAND USE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LAND USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

NOW. FOR EXAMPLE, EMPLOYEE HOUSING IS A PERMITTED USE ALREADY EXISTING IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

SO ARE CONGREGATE CARE FACILITIES.

THERE ARE A SLEW OF INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENTIAL USES, SUCH AS MONASTERIES OR CONVENTS.

THOSE TYPES OF USES THAT REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS IN THIS ZONE.

PUBLIC FACILITIES ALSO COVERS UTILITY INSTALLATIONS.

IT. IT COVERS A VAST ARRAY OF PROPERTIES, SO NOT EVERY PROPERTY IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE IS A PARK OR DESIGNATED TO BE A PARK.

BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S A FEAR THAT THIS COULD PUT A COMPETITION ON LANDS THAT ARE PARKS OR THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE PARKS. SO HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE? THERE ARE RIGHT NOW 181 PARCELS.

THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OWNS 40% OF THOSE.

29% IS OWNED BY YOU.

YES. WE PUT ZONING ON NOAH'S PROPERTY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR ZONING CATEGORY.

SO YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH CONSIDER THOSE 30 THAT 29% OUT OF FUSD OWNS 9%.

OTHER GOVERNMENT AND QUASI PUBLIC AGENCY APS MUSEUMS COUNTY UNISOURCE LOWELL.

THEY OWN 12% AND THE REMAINING 10% FALL UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

THEY DO TEND TO BE SMALL.

AWKWARD. THEY'RE NOT ALL VERY INTERESTING PIECES OF LAND.

I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE WE'RE REALLY MINING A HUGE SOURCE OF LAND.

THIS MAP RIGHT HERE SHOWS YOU ALL OF THE CITY OWNED LANDS IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE.

THERE ARE PROBABLY JUST A FEW THAT MAY WORK IN THE FUTURE FOR HOUSING.

WHAT I COULD TELL YOU IS, IS THAT IT TAKES UP TO A YEAR TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM ANY ZONE TO ANOTHER ZONE, AND CAN POTENTIALLY TAKE LONGER BASED ON COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S RIGHT AND READY TO GO, AND ESPECIALLY AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT YEAR CAN KILL THE FUNDING, THAT YEAR CAN KILL THE PROJECT. THE IDEA HERE IS, IS THAT YOU, AS CITY COUNCIL, ULTIMATELY HAVE CONTROL WHEN IT'S YOUR DIRECTION TO USE CITY LAND IN A WAY THAT IS FOR THE USE OF HOUSING.

THIS WILL ALLOW THAT TO MOVE ALONG A LOT FASTER, AND WILL NOT REQUIRE THAT JUMP THROUGH THOSE REZONING HOOPS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

TIFFANY, CAN I ASK? AND SO LIKE WITH NOAH'S.

WELL, NOAH'S PROBABLY AN OUTLIER.

FUSD. I MEAN, I'VE HEARD TALK OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC ENTITIES BUILDING EMPLOYEE HOUSING OR SOME KIND OF HOUSING ON THEIR LAND.

CURRENTLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT REZONED OR APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

RIGHT? POTENTIALLY, YES.

AND SO THIS WOULD THEN JUST ALLOW THEM BY RIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO PUT HOUSING ON THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL AS THE CITY.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES.

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SO IF USD, I KNOW, WAS LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF ADDING SOME RESIDENTIAL ONTO A SITE, THIS WOULD ALLOW THOSE THINGS TO MOVE ALONG MUCH EASIER IN THAT PROCESS. BUT AGAIN, FOR THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, THERE'S A LOT OF STILL DECISION MAKING TO HAPPEN THERE.

I MEAN, THE THING WITH SCHOOLS IS THAT THEY TEND TO ALREADY BE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SO THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES AREN'T INCOMPATIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING RESIDENTIAL USES.

WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ADD SOME STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE WENT WITH THE HIGHEST, WHICH WAS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH GOES UP TO 29 UNITS PER ACRE AND WOULD STICK WITH ALLOWING MULTIFAMILY DUPLEXES AND SINGLE FAMILY.

SO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL.

NOW, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, AS I HAD HOPED, TO GET IN FRONT OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION BEFORE COMING TO YOU WITH THIS WORK SESSION ITEM.

UNFORTUNATELY, I MISSED THIS MONTH AND I'LL NEED TO GO NEXT MONTH.

AND SO THIS THIS AMENDMENT IS GOING TO GET DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE THE PROCESS OR THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE OTHER AMENDMENTS.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF TIME TO CONTINUE CONVERSATION ON THIS.

WE DID RECENTLY HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE.

WE'VE HAD NO ATTENDEES.

I RECENTLY DID HAVE SOME EMAIL EXCHANGES ABOUT CONCERNS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

AND SO A LOT OF THESE PROPERTIES, I THINK PEOPLE IN TURN, HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN AND FEELINGS FOR.

BUT ULTIMATELY WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AS STAFF IS, IS THAT COUNCIL ULTIMATELY HAS A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROPERTIES.

IS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBER. HARRIS. YES.

OKAY, SO I'M NOT REALLY A REALLY GOOD MAP READER.

SO WHICH ARE OUR PROPER PROPER? WHICH ARE OUR PROPERTIES.

THE GREENS. YES.

OKAY. AND THEN.

LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT A GOOD MAP READER.

SO WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? ALL OVER THE CITY? YES. AND SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT WHEREVER THEY'RE LOCATED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WHOLE ZONING IS GOING TO CHANGE? NO, NO. WELL, THE USES BECOME ALLOWED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

SO THEIR ZONING DOESN'T CHANGE.

ALL OF THESE PARCELS REMAIN JUST.

THEY CAN USE THOSE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YEP. AND REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN WRITING.

CONCERN ABOUT BUILDING HOUSING ON CITY OWNED PARK LAND.

WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER TO THAT OR YOUR RESPONSE.

SURE. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE INTENTION TO REPLACE EXISTING PARKS OR PARKS THAT ARE LANDS THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNATED FOR PARKS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF CITY OWNED LANDS THAT WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNATED FOR HOUSING THAT SORT OF GOT PUSHED INTO THE PUBLIC FACILITY ZONE BECAUSE THEY WERE OWNED BY THE CITY.

SO WHEN THAT WHEN THE LAST ZONING CODE CAME INTO PLAY, WE WE PUSHED A LOT OF CITY OWNED LANDS INTO THIS ZONING CATEGORY BECAUSE MOST OF WHAT FITS IN THE ZONING CATEGORY IS WHAT WE WOULD USE LANDS FOR.

BUT THERE WERE SOME LANDS THAT WERE DEFINITELY CONSIDERED FOR HOUSING, AND I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST TWO THAT ARE IN THE ZONE THAT HAVE HOUSING POTENTIAL, BUT THAT REZONING PROCESS WOULD REALLY DELAY THOSE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

AND THERE ARE SITES THAT HAVE HAD CONCEPT PLANS ALREADY LOOKED AT OR CREATED FOR THOSE SITES, AND THEY MAY BE FIVE SIX UNITS.

THERE, THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANYTHING HUGE, BUT THESE COULD ALSO BE PIECES OF LAND THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM OTHER NEEDS OR USES IN WHICH THE CITY ACQUIRED THOSE LANDS TO BEGIN WITH.

I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S COUNCIL'S DECISION TO DECIDE TO REMOVE A PARK TO ADD IN HOUSING.

I MEAN, PARKS ARE JUST AS A NEED AS MUCH AS HOUSING IS A NEED, AND I THINK WE HEARD THAT EARLIER TONIGHT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO THIS INCREDIBLE OPTION THAT WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A HARD TIME DEVELOPING REGIONAL FACILITIES.

THEY'RE COSTLY. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT CASE WHERE WE ONCE LOOKED AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A VERY INTERESTING PARTNER WHO IS WILLING TO HELP US DEVELOP RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING HOUSING.

SO, I MEAN, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, RIGHT? SO WHY NOT GIVE OURSELVES THE AMOUNT OF CREATIVITY TO GO OUT AND SORT OF PURSUE THOSE THINGS? BUT IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER TO PURSUE THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS IF OUR ZONING CODE DOESN'T ALLOW IT.

ANYONE ELSE QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS LAST ONE IS FOR OUR MANUFACTURED HOME ZONE.

RIGHT NOW, THE ZONING CODE SAYS THAT THE MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE WITHIN THE MANUFACTURED HOME ZONE IS FIVE ACRES.

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THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN MOST ZONES IS 6000FT².

SO THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSES A MINIMUM OF 4000FT².

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM.

UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE ALLOWED A PROCESS CALLED THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WILL TIE IN TO THE NEXT AMENDMENT COMING UP.

PLAN DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED A CREATIVE APPROACH TO DOING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FLAGSTAFF, AND IT ALLOWED YOU TO CREATE SMALLER LOTS WITH THE PROVISION OF OPEN SPACE.

MOST OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, THEY WERE DEVELOPED USING THIS STANDARD, AND THE LOT SIZES WITHIN OUR MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS NOW RANGE FROM ABOUT 4500FT² ALL THE WAY UP.

RAILROAD SPRINGS ACTUALLY HAS LOTS IN THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT LAND CAN MANAGE IN TERMS OF ITS RESOURCES AND SLOPES AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.

BUT THAT 4000 SQUARE FOOT WAS THE MINIMUM ALLOWED REQUIRED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO WE'RE PULLING THAT FORWARD AND BRINGING IT INTO THE CURRENT CODE.

THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY THAT DO HAVE ZONE ZONING ON THEM.

THEY'RE RIPE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE SMALL PLACES WHERE AN ADDITIONAL LOT CAN BE ADDED HERE AND THERE, AND IN A ZONE THAT'S FAIRLY LIMITED AND PRETTY HEAVILY DEVELOPED, IT OFFERS ANOTHER FLEXIBLE HOUSING TYPE IN FLAGSTAFF.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD A REQUIREMENTS THAT FIVE ACRES WAS SPECIFIC TOO.

SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS.

MOBILE HOME. MOBILE HAVEN SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

IT HAS THE SMALLER LOTS OF ALL OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE, OF WHICH WE ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A LOT OF VERY, A QUITE A FEW OF THEM ARE ON THE EAST SIDE.

I LIVE CLOSE BY TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE OTHER PROVISION IN THIS STANDARD OR IN THESE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK ZONES IS THAT WE ALSO ALLOW A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.

SO WE ALLOW THE DIVISION OF A SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LOT AND YOU HAVE YOUR MANUFACTURED HOME ON YOUR LOT.

AND MANUFACTURED HOME PARK IS SORT OF THE EQUIVALENT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

YOU HAVE MULTIPLE HOMES ON THE SAME PARCEL OF LAND YOU RENT.

YOUR SPACE SOUNDS A LITTLE SCARY, BUT THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY OKAY LAWS IN ARIZONA THAT DO PROTECT NOT EVERYONE, BUT THEY DO TRY TO PROTECT TENANTS WITHIN MOBILE HOME PARKS, SO IT'S NOT AS EASY TO EVICT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S THERE PERFECT STANDARDS BY ANY CHANCE, BUT THEY GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS TRYING TO HELP FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THESE SITUATIONS.

BUT A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK BEING EQUIVALENT TO A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY PROPOSING THAT IT NOT.

ALSO THAT IT TOO DOESN'T HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT TO BE FIVE ACRES TO BE A MOBILE HOME PARK.

I WILL TELL YOU, OUR NEWEST TINY HOME VILLAGE ACTUALLY QUALIFIES AS A MOBILE HOME PARK.

THAT'S ITS LEGAL USE.

IT'S TWO AND A HALF ACRES, SO THERE'S NO REASON THAT IT HAS TO BE A FIVE ACRE PARCEL.

THAT WAS AN EXISTING PARCEL.

WE JUST ACCEPTED IT AS LEGAL.

NONCONFORMING. THEY WEREN'T CREATING A NEW.

BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE COULD CREATE THREE UNIT MOBILE HOME PARKS.

IT WOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN CREATING A THREE UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO TREAT LIKE DEVELOPMENT AS WE WOULD OTHERS.

SO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO REMOVE THAT FIVE ACRE LOT STANDARD.

IT WOULD JUST BE BASED ON DENSITY STANDARDS, LIKE ALL DEVELOPMENT IS IN EVERY OTHER ZONING CATEGORY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO THE MEAT OF THE NIGHT.

SO PLAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS A DEVELOPMENT OPTION IN THE ZONING CODE THAT ALLOWS A DEVELOPER OR REQUIRES A DEVELOPER TO CURRENTLY USE THE TRANSECT ZONE OR THE FORM BASED CODE STANDARDS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR DEVELOPMENT A PRIORITY.

WE DO THIS IN TWO WAYS IN THE ZONING CODE.

WE DO THIS IN RELATION TO SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH YOU ACTUALLY SEE A LOT OF.

SO TIMBER SKY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE THIS PRD WHERE YOU'LL SEE THEM USING THE TRANSECT ZONE STANDARDS RATHER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL ZONING THAT THEY'RE IN.

SO A LOT OF THOSE PARCELS ARE EITHER IN THE MMR OR THE R ONE ZONE, BUT THEY'RE USING THE TRANSECT STANDARDS.

THE OTHER PLACE WHERE WE USE THESE STANDARDS IS A LITTLE INTERESTING.

SO RIGHT NOW.

UM, I'M GOING TO SKIP RIGHT NOW.

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IF YOU BUILD A DUPLEX OR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL OR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE, YOU HAVE TO MEET THE FORM BASED CODE STANDARDS.

SO WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE FORM BASED CODE STANDARDS IS THAT THOSE ARE URBAN STANDARDS.

THEY WANT THE HOUSE CLOSE TO THE STREET.

THEY HAVE A LOT MORE LOT COVERAGE.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE REAL SHORTLY OF WHAT THAT IS.

BUT IT'S IT'S TOUGH TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ON A RURAL RESIDENTIAL LARGE ACREAGE LOT, TRYING TO USE THESE TRANSECT STANDARDS.

AND BECAUSE THEY'RE FORM BASED STANDARDS, THEY DON'T JUST CHANGE THE SETBACKS, THEY ALSO CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD.

SO THEY PUT DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON THE BUILDING, WHICH IS ALSO SORT OF INTERESTING.

SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE.

BECAUSE THE OTHER INSTANCE, AND I'LL JUST POINT THIS OUT, IS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE EMR OR THE AIR ZONE, YOU HAVE TO USE THE FORM BASED CODE STANDARD.

DON'T ASK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE FORM BASED CODE STANDARD IF YOU BUILD A DUPLEX OR MULTIFAMILY.

ONLY IF YOU BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SUNNY SIDE.

YOU'VE GOT A 7200 SQUARE FOOT LOT.

ZONED MASTER OWNER WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING INSTEAD OF USING THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

BUILDING HEIGHT, SETBACKS.

ET CETERA. THE OWNER WOULD NEED TO USE THE T FOUR AND TWO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

SO HERE'S THE DIFFERENTIAL.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE OFF.

IT STARTS TO COULD CHANGE THE UNIFORMITY OF WHAT IS IN THIS ZONING CATEGORY.

SO FRONT SETBACK GOES FROM 10FT TO 5FT.

SIDE SETBACK GOES FROM 5FT TO 3FT.

OF COURSE, IF YOU BUILD A DUPLEX, YOU'RE MEETING THE FIVE FEET.

IF YOU DO SINGLE FAMILY, YOU'VE GOT TO MEET THREE FEET OR YOU'VE GOT TO AT LEAST MEET THREE FEET.

REAR SETBACK GOES TO THREE FEET.

LOT COVERAGE GOES TO 80% FROM 40%.

AND THE LITTLE FUN THING ABOUT BUILDING HEIGHT AS IT GOES FROM 35FT TO 52FT.

SO THE OWNER WOULD ALSO THEN NEED TO FOLLOW THE STANDARDS LISTED IN THE BUILDING TYPES, WHICH WOULD CALL OUT THE SPECIFIC SINGLE FAMILY OR SINGLE FAMILY COTTAGE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THOSE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS OF THOSE BUILDINGS.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT. I HATE USING THIS EXAMPLE BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY A HOUSING SOLUTIONS PROJECT.

SO IT'S NOT A SUPER GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY REALLY LOVE THIS PROJECT.

AND CARL DESIGNED THIS BUILDING.

BUT MY POINT IS ON THIS IS WHEN YOU CAN SEE THIS HAS GREATER LOT COVERAGE.

SO THIS BUILDING IS TAKING UP A LOT MORE OF THE LOT.

IT'S ACTUALLY A TRIPLEX.

THE BUILDING IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE STREET THAN THE ADJACENT BUILDINGS.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PROPORTIONALITY DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH THIS BUILDING STAYED WITHIN THE HEIGHT OF THE UNDERLYING ZONE, WHICH WE REALLY TRY TO KEEP, YOU CAN SEE THAT PROPORTIONALLY JUST EVEN THE LENGTH AND BULK OF THIS BUILDING, IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE IT'S BUILT USING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STANDARDS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF GROWS EVER MORE CONCERNED WITH IS MIXING AND MATCHING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS COME IN AND THEY WANT TO USE WHEN THEY'RE IN THE TRANSECT ZONE, AND THEY WANT TO USE THE TRANSECT ZONE STANDARDS, BUT THEN THEY LIKE TO MIX AND MATCH.

AND THIS IS THIS, THIS, THIS IS THIS TOOL THAT LIKES TO MIX AND MATCH.

AND IT REALLY MAKES IT COMPLICATED FOR THE APPLICANTS AND MAKES IT COMPLICATED FOR STAFF.

AND ULTIMATELY, IT MAKES IT COMPLICATED FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.

WHAT CODE ARE WE APPLYING WHEN AND HOW.

THE BEST WAY THAT WE USE THE PRD IS WHEN WE'RE CREATING NEW SUBDIVISIONS.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A WHOLE SUBDIVISION THAT HAS THE SAME SETBACKS AND THE SAME DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, IN THE SAME PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU'RE NO LONGER ONE OFF CHANGING.

SO WHAT IS THIS AMENDMENT REALLY DO? SO IT'S A LOT OF PAGES.

AND IT DOES IT TOUCHES A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE CODE.

BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S TAKING THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUTTING IT SPECIFICALLY ON NEW SUBDIVISIONS.

YOU WANT TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE MASTER OR THE AIR ZONE.

YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE STANDARDS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE IN.

IT'S AS EASY AS THAT.

WE THE ONE TRICK TO THIS IS, IS THAT IN THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WE ALLOW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE ONLY ALLOW THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN SINGLE OR DUPLEX BUILDINGS.

SO THINK MCMILLAN MESA, WHEN YOU SEE THE BUNGALOW PROJECT THAT IS A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.

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ONE IS A MEDIUM DENSITY AND ONE IS ACTUALLY IN SINGLE FAMILY.

THE FIRST ONE BUILT WAS IN THE R ONE ZONE.

AS A PRD, IT USES ONLY A SINGLE FAMILY BUILDING OR A DUPLEX BUILDING, AND THEY'RE LOW IN SCALE.

SO THAT IS THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE DO STILL KEEP THAT REQUIREMENT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY IN THOSE ZONING CATEGORIES, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND COVER A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

THIS IS A TOOL USED BY A FEW OF OUR DEVELOPERS IN TOWN.

SO BEFORE EVEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THIS AMENDMENT HAPPEN, WE REACHED OUT, SAID, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK WITH? BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO DO SOMETHING REALLY COMPLICATED WITH THE CODE AND HAVE MORE PROP 207 CLAIMS. SO THAT WAS THE GOAL.

WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THIS CONVERSATION OF DOING THIS? AND I GOT LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, BUT I ALSO GOT THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

AND ONE OF THOSE CHANGES IS TO THIS CIVIC SPACE REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE.

RIGHT NOW, WE REQUIRE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH 50 OR MORE DWELLINGS TO HAVE 5% OF THE GROSS DEVELOPMENT SITE AS A CIVIC SPACE, AND THAT CIVIC SPACE HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO THINK ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S USING PURITY THAT THEN IS ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 15% OF ITS SITE AS OPEN SPACE. THEY NOW HAVE TO SET ASIDE 20% OF THAT SITE AS EITHER OPEN SPACE OR CIVIC SPACE.

THAT CIVIC SPACE IS GENERALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY HAVE TO KEEP IT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AND THEN ON TOP OF IT YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO MANAGE RESOURCES.

SO ON A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRESERVING 50% OF YOUR TREE RESOURCES, 70% OF CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SLOPES.

IT ALL STARTS TO ADD UP.

AND WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING PROJECTS MEETING THEIR MINIMUM DENSITIES THAT JUST MEETING THE MINIMUM DENSITY OF THE ZONE, NOT EVEN CRACKING THE TOP OF THE GETTING THEM TO.

YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND SAYING, I WANT TO EXCEED.

THIS IS MORE OF A PROBLEM WHEN WE'RE DOING DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAN WHEN WE'RE DOING MULTIFAMILY HOMES, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WITH MULTIFAMILY WE CAN TEND TO GO UP, BUT IT ALSO FORCES US TO GO UP WHEN WE CAN'T GO OUT.

SO THIS WAS A REQUEST.

I HAVE INCLUDED IT IN HERE.

THE 15% WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE 5% CIVIC SPACE BECOMES SPECIFIC TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG CHANGE.

SO I'M TAKING THIS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

THERE ARE SOME GENERAL CLEANUP IN THIS TEXT AMENDMENT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU REALLY QUICK WHY.

UM, WHEN YOU SEE THIS TABLE, YOU CAN SEE MEETING FACILITIES UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT SAYS PERMITTED AND USE PERMIT.

AND THEN A FOOTNOTE.

THIS IS VERY CONFUSING.

IS THIS A PERMITTED USE OR IS THIS A CONDITIONAL USE? WELL, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND YOU READ A FOOTNOTE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN INKLING THAT WHAT REQUIRES WHAT IS PERMITTED AND WHAT WHAT'S A USE PERMIT.

BUT IN THIS PROPOSAL, ALL WE DO IS WE BREAK OUT THESE LINES SO WE NO LONGER HAVE PERMITTED AND USE PERMIT IN THE SAME LINE.

IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR.

IT'S JUST A TECHNICAL CLEANUP MAKES IT SMOOTHER FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ, MAKES IT SMOOTHER FOR STAFF TO READ.

AND I PROMISE I'M TRYING TO GO FAST.

SO I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD TO THE REAL BIG MEAT OF THIS PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE DO NOT WANT TO FOREGO THE BEST PARTS OF THE FORM BASED CODE.

THE FORM BASED CODE AND THE TRANSECT ZONES ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET US TO THAT WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THAT FEELING OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TRIED TO TAKE ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE GET OUT OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S USING THE FORM BASED CODE, AND OFFER THEM AS A MENU OF OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS, A MENU THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN CHOOSE FROM.

IT'S AT THEIR DISCRETION THAT THEY CAN THEY THEY BASICALLY NEED OUT OF THEIR MENU.

THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH FIVE POINTS IN.

EACH ONE OF THESE IS WEIGHTED WITH A POINT VALUE.

EACH ONE OF THESE DESIGN OPTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION IS GRADED WITH A POINT VALUE, AND THEY NEED THEIR POINTS NEED TO ADD UP TO FIVE IN ORDER TO GET SMALLER LOT SIZES, LARGER LOT COVERAGE, REDUCED SETBACKS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF AN INCENTIVE TYPE TOOL.

SO THE FIRST TWO OF THOSE DESIGN CRITERIA ARE MEETING OUR HOUSING CRISIS AND OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS.

SO THE FIRST TWO, THE HIGHEST POINTS, THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN DO HAVE THE HIGHER POINT VALUE.

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SO THE FIRST ONE IS PROVISION OF 10% OF ALL OF THE UNITS.

CATEGORY ONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DONE DEAL.

YOU CAN HAVE THE SETBACKS.

YOU CAN HAVE THE LOTS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU COME IN WITH 100% I'M SORRY.

IT'S A AND C, YOU COME IN WITH 100% OF THE RESIDENTIAL USES AS ALL ELECTRIC.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE POINTS NOW.

YOU'RE SAYING TIFFANY, WHY ARE YOU GIVING THEM THREE POINTS? WELL, I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND THEIR FEELING WAS IS WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THEY'RE REALLY GREAT FEATURES, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE ANY OF THOSE OTHER FEATURES AND GIVE FIVE, FIVE POINTS DIRECTLY JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE.

SO THIS WAS A POINT VALUE VETTED WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN THAT REGARD.

BUT IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE A STREET NETWORK THAT INCLUDES ALLEYS AND TRYING LIKE HECK TO GET A DEVELOPMENT WITH ALLEYS IN IT FOREVER.

PRESIDIO'S THE ONE THAT HAS IT, I'M SURE.

I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD LOTS OF PROS AND CONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT AGAIN, FOUR POINTS BECAUSE IT ADDS A LOT OF COST TO A DEVELOPMENT.

IT TAKES A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY.

ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

THE AVERAGE DWELLING UNITS NO LARGER THAN 1800 SQUARE FEET.

IT SMALLER HOMES DON'T NECESSARILY EQUATE TO CHEAPER HOMES, BUT WE'RE SURE GOING TO TRY.

AND THEN A STREET NETWORK THAT CONNECTS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT FEASIBLE.

WITH NO CUL DE SACS OR SIMILAR TURNAROUNDS.

THIS IS NECESSARY FOR GOOD BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS HOW YOU START TO DESIGN IT.

SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CALMING DESIGN FEATURES AGAIN FOCUSING ON BIKE AND PED WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.

DETACHED GARAGES LOCATED BEHIND THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.

THE FEWER GARAGES YOU HAVE ON THAT FRONT FACADE, THE LESS DRIVEWAYS YOU HAVE, THE SAFER YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FOR BIKES AND PEDS.

ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION INCLUDE A MINIMUM 80 SQUARE FOOT FRONT ENTRY FEATURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT ENTRY DOOR, WITH A DIRECT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FROM THE FRONT DOOR TO THE SIDEWALK. YES, WE DO NEED TO BE THAT SPECIFIC.

SUBDIVISIONS THAT INCORPORATE A COMBINATION OF SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX AND MULTIFAMILY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT MISSING MIDDLE.

WE WANT TO HAVE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE IT ALL.

WE DON'T JUST WANT SUBDIVISIONS WITH SINGLE FAMILY.

WE WANT THEM TO INCLUDE DUPLEXES AND MULTIFAMILY.

THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES WITHIN A PARK OR COMMON SPACE AREA INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED DOG PARKS, PICNIC AREAS, SPORTS COURTS AT LEAST 50% OF THE REQUIRED RESOURCES ARE MAINTAINED WITHIN COMMON SPACE AREAS, NOT ON THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT NEIGHBORS CUTTING DOWN TREES AND OTHER PROBLEMS, AND PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY DON'T.

THEY BUY A HOUSE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RESOURCE STANDARDS ARE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP.

IT WORKS BETTER WHEN OUR RESOURCES ARE ON COMMON OPEN SPACE AREAS.

ATTACHED STREET FACING GARAGES ARE LESS THAN 50% OF THE WIDTH OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.

AGAIN, TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE OCCURRING ON THE BLOCK, OR AT LEAST SEPARATING THEM OUT FURTHER, SUBDIVISION CORNERS AND SETBACK STANDARDS DO NOT PROHIBIT THE DWELLING.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINTS I'VE HEARD OVER TIME IS, IS THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALLOWED THEM, BUT SUBDIVISIONS ARE PROHIBITING THEM.

A MINIMUM OF 15% OF ALL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

SUBDIVISIONS EXCEED THE MINIMUM DENSITY OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT BY AT LEAST ONE WHOLE UNIT PER ACRE.

NO FRACTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU POINTS FOR GETTING OVER THE MINIMUM.

AND THEN SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS LARGER LANDSCAPE AREAS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE TRYING TO HIT SO MANY DIFFERENT OF OUR RECENT GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM INCORPORATED INTO THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH ARE SO DESIRABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY DEFINITELY PROVIDE A NEED, BUT THEY ALSO ARE REALLY LAND CONSUMING.

AND THEY WHEN THEY END UP BEING LOW DENSITY, THEY DON'T BENEFIT AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY NEED TO.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE QUIET AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEWS.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

TIFFANY. MY BRAIN IS A LITTLE NUMB.

SO. WITH THAT LAST PRESENTATION.

AND I'M SURE I MISSED IT.

YOU'RE WANTING TO REPLACE A REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY FOR.

THAT TYPE OF ZONING.

SO RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW IN THE ZONING CODE.

IT SAYS IF YOU WANT TO.

THAT'S JUST.

OH, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

DID I CLOSE IT? OF COURSE I DID.

RIGHT NOW IN THE ZONING CODE, WHAT IT SAYS IS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE MRS ZONE, FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF

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LISTING A P OR U P, IT SAYS PRD.

THAT TAKES YOU TO A SPECIFIC SECTION IN THE CODE, WHICH GIVES YOU A TABLE, AND IN THAT TABLE IT TELLS YOU WHAT BUILDING TYPES ARE ALLOWED IN YOUR UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT.

SO IF YOU'RE IN THE MR. HR ZONE AND YOU WANT TO DO SINGLE FAMILY, YOUR OPTIONS ARE SINGLE FAMILY COTTAGE AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

FROM THERE.

IT SAYS THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR PICKS THE APPROPRIATE TRANSECT ZONE, WHICH WE'VE KIND OF CALIBRATED.

I MEAN, WE DID IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND, AND THEN WE KIND OF HAVE STUCK WITH IT.

SO MR..

AND HR ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE THE T FOR ZONE R1, E, R AND RR ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE THE T THREE ZONE.

WE USE THE N TWO STANDARDS INSTEAD OF THE N ONE.

N ONE IS WHAT'S CALIBRATED TO DOWNTOWN.

SO WE USE THE N TWO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHAT ARE CALIBRATED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THEN WE USE THOSE SETBACKS, THOSE LOT COVERAGES WHICH ARE DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE MUCH MORE URBAN STANDARDS THAN OUR CONVENTIONAL ZONING CODE.

I KNOW IT'S EASY, RIGHT? SIMPLE. IT ONLY TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO FIGURE THIS OUT WHEN I STARTED WORKING IN THE CITY, AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT COST ME COUNTLESS TEARS AND NIGHTMARES.

IT IS DRAMATICALLY HARD FOR STAFF TO WORK THROUGH THIS DETAIL, AND IT IS HARD TO TAKE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS AND APPLY THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY IN EXISTING AREAS.

IT IS MUCH EASIER WHEN WE TAKE THEM THROUGH A SUBDIVISION PLAT AND YOU ALL GET TO HAVE FINAL SAY.

IT'S NO LONGER 100% ADMINISTRATIVE.

WE ARE NOT ADJUSTING SETBACKS AND LOT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATIVELY.

WE ARE NOW DOING IT THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS.

THAT'S THE BIG CHANGE.

SO WHAT IS THE NEGATIVE ON THAT? LIKE WHO WILL IT NOW EXCLUDE? IN A DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT WOULD IT EXCLUDE? IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE ANYTHING.

IT WOULD JUST IT ACTUALLY MAKES DEVELOPING BY RIGHT EASIER UNDER YOUR EXISTING STANDARDS.

NOT HAVING TO BE COMPLICATED BY USING THE TRANSECT OR FORM BASED CODE STANDARDS.

BUT WHEN WE'RE CREATING THESE SUBDIVISION DIVISIONS, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE TO GET A LITTLE ESSENTIALLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE.

THANK YOU TIFFANY.

AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THIS QUESTION MAKE SENSE.

SO TELL ME IF IT DOES NOT WITH THE CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT THE, THE REWRITING OF, OF SOME OF THIS ZONING LANGUAGE.

THAT COULD INFRINGE ON PARK LAND.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS IS NOT PART OF WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD DO? LIKE TO SPECIFY THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO LAND THAT'S BEEN DESIGNATED FOR PARK USE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR WOULD THAT BE OVERLY COMPLICATED? SO GOING BACK TO THE RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE ZONE.

YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, WE COULD.

CERTAINLY. TRY TO ADD IN A FOOTNOTE THAT SAYS THAT RESIDENTIAL USES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON SITES THAT ARE EXISTING OR DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE PARKS, BUT YOU ONLY TIE YOUR OWN HANDS IN TERMS OF GIVING YOURSELF THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE CITY LANDS.

THE THE I GET, I GET IT RIGHT.

IT DOES MAKE IT MORE VULNERABLE.

IT FEELS SCARY.

I, I DON'T THINK I COULD SEE THE DAY WHEN THERE WOULDN'T BE 105,000 PEOPLE IN LINE.

IF YOU WERE GOING TO TURN BUFFALO PARK INTO HOUSING, YOU WERE GOING TO CONVERT IT INTO A SUBDIVISION.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD, ME INCLUDED, WOULD BE IN THAT LINE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE INTENTION OF IT, BUT I THINK THAT, AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CREATIVITY AND THAT POSSIBILITY FOR WORKING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ON, ON FUTURE.

I, I DON'T THINK ANY EXISTING PROPOSED PARKS ARE NECESSARILY AT RISK.

HERE'S THE OTHER THING IS A LOT OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THEM.

THEY ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE PUBLIC OLD PUBLIC WORKS YARD COMES TO MIND.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE HOW WE ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY.

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IT LIMITS IT TO PARK USES.

SO THERE ARE OTHER THERE ARE OTHER PROTECTIONS IN PLACE ON SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE ZONING CODE.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS.

FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN, WHILE WE'VE PUT OBSERVATORY MESA IN THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ZONE, AND WE'RE NOT ADDING RESIDENTIAL USES IN THAT ZONE, BUT WHILE WE'VE PUT THAT LAND IN THE ZONE, IT'S ALSO PROTECTED BY HOW WE ACQUIRED IT THROUGH THE STATE LAND DEPARTMENT.

IT'S GOT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON IT.

SO LAND IS CONTROLLED AND MANAGED THROUGH LOTS OF TOOLS AND NOT JUST THE ZONING CODE.

SO MAYBE IF IT MAYBE IF IT WERE REALLY CONCERNING TO THE PUBLIC, WE COULD GO THROUGH AND ADD ADDITIONAL DEDICATIONS ONTO ALL OF THE EXISTING PARKS LIKE AND JUST BE REALLY, REALLY SPECIFIC AND DEED RESTRICT THOSE PROPERTIES THAT THESE WILL ONLY EVER BE USED FOR THESE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.

CONCERNS COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS.

GROWING UP IN THE MIDWEST, MOST OF OUR GARAGES WERE ON ALLEYS, SO THAT'S REAL COMMON.

FOR FOR ME. SO THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.

ABOUT. AND MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS.

CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE THAT WE DESIGNATE THAT WE TAKE OUR PARKS AND TURN THEM INTO RESIDENTIAL? THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING WITH THIS CODE, RIGHT? NO, NO, JUST WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF LAND FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT USES IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALSO HAS PARKS IN IT.

AND SO PARKS IS A LAND USE, JUST LIKE RESIDENTIAL IS A LAND USE.

AND JUST BECAUSE THE LAND USE EXISTS THERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT IS EVEN BEEN PROPOSED OR IS ANTICIPATED.

OKAY, SO THEN THE LAND THAT WE OWN, THAT'S OUR LAND.

OR DO WE? IS IT DESIGNATED NOW FOR ANYTHING THAT WE KNOW OF? ALL OF OUR LAND HAS A TON OF DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE REAL ESTATE STORY MAP THAT'S ON OUR GIS WEBSITE.

IT'S A PRETTY HANDY TOOL.

I GO TO IT OFTEN.

IT'S NOT A PERFECT TOOL.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S A PERFECT TOOL, AND IT HAS EVERY ANSWER BECAUSE GOSH, THAT WOULD BE HARD.

BUT IT CAN GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD FEELING OF HOW CERTAIN PROPERTIES ARE DESIGNATED.

FOR EXAMPLE, I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A FIRE STATION ON LAKE MARY ROAD.

ONCE THERE'S AN EXISTING FIRE STATION, THERE'S ALSO A REALLY BIG PIECE OF OPEN SPACE NEXT TO IT THAT THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OWNS.

SO WHAT'S THE FIRST THING I DID IS I CHECKED THAT PARCEL.

NO, IT'S DESIGNATED OFFICIALLY AS OPEN SPACE.

SO WE DEFINITELY ALL INTERNALLY USE THOSE THAT STORY MAP TO TRY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

WE WORK WITH OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION.

WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HELP IDENTIFY WHAT OUR LAND HAS BEEN DEDICATED FOR.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT 100% PERFECT SCIENCE.

THINGS HAVE GONE AWRY IN THE PAST.

YEAH. I'LL JUST VERY BRIEFLY SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I THINK THERE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER.

YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK CREATIVELY.

AND ABOUT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, ABOUT OUR DENSITY.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I LIKE ALL OF THESE IDEAS.

I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO SUPPORT.

136 THE.

THE ONE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

YOU MENTIONED A SOLUTION THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND RETRO DESIGNATE A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF EXTRA WORK AND UNNECESSARY, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO.

THROW A ROCK AT THE BEEHIVE ON THAT PARTICULAR SCORE.

WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER GOOD IDEAS THAT WE CAN ALSO IMPLEMENT HERE.

SO THAT'S JUST MY OUT LOUD THANKING FOR THE TIME BEING.

THANK YOU. AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THIS TO COME BACK TO US FOR DECISION? SURE.

SO WE HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TOMORROW ON ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON THURSDAY.

WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, HOPEFULLY ON NOVEMBER 20TH.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE PLAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE MANUFACTURED HOME ZONE AND THE MEETING FACILITIES ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE ONE THAT VICE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO PUBLIC HEARING, HOPEFULLY TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER

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8TH, AND THEN BE BACK TO YOU ON NOVEMBER 21ST FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

FIRST READ SECOND.

READ DECEMBER 5TH.

THE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE ZONE, IF MOVES FORWARD, IF IT MOVES FORWARD, WOULD LAG BEHIND A MONTH OR TWO. OKAY.

ANY LAST QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

OKAY. MOVING DOWN TO NINE REVIEW PROPOSED BUILDING AND PROPERTY CARE STANDARDS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE LITTERING AND ABANDONED VEHICLE CITY CODE CHAPTERS.

[9. Review proposed Building & Property Care Standards and amendments to the Littering and Abandoned Vehicle City Code chapters. Review the proposed amendments, receive public comment, discuss recommended edits, and endorse the adoption schedule. ]

OH. GOOD EVENING. LOOK, THIS IS ALL PULLED UP FOR ME.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DAN FOULK, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AND SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TONIGHT AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME DIRECTION TO GET OUR PROPERTY CARE STANDARDS OVER THE FINISH LINE.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS IN JUNE.

AND SO SOME OF THIS INFORMATION YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY, BUT I INCLUDED IT PRIMARILY JUST AS KIND OF A REFRESHER.

AND FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING US AND FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS INSTEAD OF THE DIAMONDBACKS GAME.

THEY'RE ONLY SIX OUTS AWAY FROM GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES.

THEY'RE AHEAD 4 TO 2 IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.

YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE BEFORE.